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07MOSCOW5884 | THE RUSSIAN NGO LAW ONE YEAR LATER [...] (SBU) More than year after the implementation of controversial amendments with tougher reporting requirements for Russian non-governmental organizations, the fears of extensive, politically-motivated NGO closures have not materialized. A USAID-funded study, civil society assessments and Emba [...] | 2007-12-20 09:31:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM SOCI RS |
07MOSCOW5898 | RUSSIA-MOLDOVA RELATIONS: BACK ON TRACK? [...] (C) Summary. While evaluating Russia-Moldova relations without the Transnistria conflict is difficult, there are a few signs that the GOR is continuing its efforts to "mend" the bilateral relationship through economic and other means. The MFA told us that Russia is hopeful that frequent high [...] | 2007-12-20 15:00:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON MD RS |
07MOSCOW5899 | RUSSIA-CHINA RELATIONS [...] (C) Summary. The pragmatic pursuit of economic growth and political stability, and a determined effort to avoid "interfering" with each other's domestic political developments have brought an improvement in ties between Russia and China. The conclusion of two "national years" created a stro [...] | 2007-12-20 15:24:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON ENRG CH RS |
07MOSCOW5924 | RUSSIA'S LATEST STATE CORPORATION: HOUSING [...] (SBU) Summary. In an effort to revitalize Russia's housing, President Putin on July 27 signed the law creating the Fund to Assist Housing Maintenance. Minister of Regional Development Kozak will head the Fund's supervisory board and his protg, Konstantin Tsitsin, a Federal Council member, w [...] | 2007-12-21 14:31:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PGOV SOCI RS |
07MOSCOW5969 | POINTS DELIVERED ON U.S. POLICY ON PAKISTAN'S [...] We delivered reftel points to the office of MFA Second Asia Department Director Aleksandr Maryasov. The MFA is closed for the holidays, but Maryasov's staff promised to pass the points to Maryasov immediately. RUSSELL [...] | 2007-12-31 10:08:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PINR PINS PREL PTER SHUM PK RS |
07MOSCOW601 | RUSSIA-JAPAN RELATIONSHIP: NOT YET A NEW CHAPTER [...] (C) Summary. Despite growing economic ties and a newly launched strategic dialogue, improvements in Russian-Japanese bilateral relations will likely continue to move at a glacial pace. The disputed Kurile Islands remain a sticking point; oil-rich and confident Russians see little gain in mak [...] | 2007-02-09 15:54:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON JA RS |
07MOSCOW610 | PUTIN WILL GO [...] (C) Although rumors swirl after each major public appearance, even diehard skeptics now agree that President Putin will leave office when his second term expires in May 2008. With each passing month the conspiracy theories, which most recently crested in the wake of the Litvinenko assassinati [...] | 2007-02-12 13:59:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR KDEM PREL RS |
07MOSCOW613 | PUTIN IN MUNICH: SHARP TONE, BUT FAMILIAR [...] (C) Summary: Putin's February 10 remarks to the Munich Conference on Security Policy were a familiar litany of complaints about Russia's treatment by the West, and particularly the U.S. The substance of his critique of the dangers of unilateral U.S. actions, NATO enlargement, and ballistic [...] | 2007-02-12 15:31:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV RS |
07MOSCOW627 | KOSOVO: DFM TITOV DETAILS PRINCIPLED DIFFERENCES [...] (C) Summary: Deputy Foreign Minister Titov told Special Envoy Wisner on February 8 that Russia's differences with the U.S. over Kosovo were strategic, not simply tactical, but should not color the broader bilateral relationship. Russia's vote at the UN would be predicated on whether Belgrad [...] | 2007-02-13 14:15:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV RS |
07MOSCOW628 | KOSOVO: SPECIAL ENVOY WISNER HEARS RUSSIAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Fresh from meetings in Pristina, Belgrade and Vienna, Special Envoy for Kosovo Final Status Frank Wisner held consultations in Moscow on February 9 to gauge Russian opinion on Kosovo's independence and emphasize the need for Contact Group unity. In meetings with DFM Titov (septel) [...] | 2007-02-13 14:39:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV RS |
07MOSCOW644 | RUSSIA: LIBERAL PARTIES STRUGGLE TO STAY IN GAME [...] (C) Political observers believe that the prospect of a liberal political party winning representation in the State Duma is slim, but statistically possible. However, local efforts by ruling party officials to remove the liberal-minded Union of Rightist Forces and Yabloko from some ballots in [...] | 2007-02-14 12:16:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PHUM SOCI RS |
07MOSCOW656 | OREL: VULNERABLE GOVERNOR CREATES OPPORTUNITIES [...] (SBU) Meetings during an early-February visit to Orel region suggested that a variety of factors could combine to make the March 11 regional elections very competitive. Rumored infighting in United Russia (YR) and an unpopular YR-affiliated governor have allowed the Communist Party (KPRF) to [...] | 2007-02-14 14:56:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR KDEM SOCI RS |
07MOSCOW673 | THE CHECHEN PRESIDENCY: KADYROV PROPOSES, BUT [...] (C) Chechen Prime Minister Ramzan Kadyrov, seeking to be president, is pushing hard against President Alu Alkhanov. Kadyrov aims either to force Alkhanov to make way for him and resign, or to persuade Putin to remove Alkhanov. Press articles inspired by one or another side appear frequently b [...] | 2007-02-15 14:22:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR PTER MOPS RS |
07MOSCOW692 | RE-SHUFFLE ADVANCES SUCCESSION PROCESS [...] (C) President Putin's late February 15 government re-shuffle has brought presidential contender Sergey Ivanov to the same starting line as his rival Dmitriy Medvedev, relieved him of the albatross that is the Ministry of Defense, and given him issues that could potentially resonate with the Ru [...] | 2007-02-16 12:02:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR RS |
07MOSCOW693 | PUTIN DISPOSES: ALKHANOV DISMISSED, KADYROV ACTING [...] (C) President Putin dismissed Chechen President Alu Alkhanov late February 15, acting before the escalating tensions between Alkhanov and strongman PM Ramzan Kadyrov (Ref. A) got out of hand. Alkhanov was given a sinecure as Deputy Justice Minister. 2. (C) Putin named Kadyrov acting Presid [...] | 2007-02-16 12:10:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PTER MOPS RS |
07MOSCOW695 | NGOS: SILVER LINING BUT A LOOMING DARK CLOUD [...] (C) SUMMARY: After initial difficulties in getting re-registered, our U.S. and foreign NGO contacts have resumed normal activities and express little concern over the follow-on reporting requirements. The Federal Registration Service (FRS) surprisingly has even expressed interest in working [...] | 2007-02-16 12:27:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM EAID RS |
07MOSCOW697 | RUSSIA: KHODORKOVSKIY/LEBEDEV CHARGES DETAILED [...] (C) Summary. Russia's Attorney General has charged Mikhail Khodorkovskiy and Platon Lebedev with two counts of embezzlement and two counts of money-laundering (under Articles 160 and 174 of the Russian Criminal Code),which carry a maximum sentence of 15 and 10 years, respectively. The case i [...] | 2007-02-16 12:53:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON PGOV RS |
07MOSCOW705 | PUTIN'S MUNICH SPEECH: ONE WEEK LATER [...] (C) Summary: One week after delivery, Putin's Munich speech continues to draw praise among Russian analysts as a direct expression of Moscow's foreign policy views and a needed corrective to Western assumptions which take Russian interests for granted. Among Moscow experts, there was littl [...] | 2007-02-16 15:04:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV RS |
07MOSCOW749 | CONGRESSMAN LANTOS' MEETING WITH FM LAVROV [...] (SBU) Summary: Congressman Tom Lantos, meeting with FM Lavrov February 19, underlined the importance of building strong ties between Russia and the U.S. by reinvigorating links between legislators and working together on issues like nuclear nonproliferation. Lavrov welcomed closer legislati [...] | 2007-02-21 11:34:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV OREP RS |
07MOSCOW753 | HIRC Chairman Lantos Meeting with Russian Security Council [...] (SBU) Summary: In a February 19 meeting with Russian Security Council Secretary Ivanov, HIRC Chairman Lantos announced his intent to introduce legislation repealing Jackson-Vanik and inaugurate a formal congressional working group with Russian Duma Chairman of the International Relations Com [...] | 2007-02-21 12:47:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV OREP RS |
07MOSCOW774 | RUSSIA: PROSECUTORS COMPLETE KHODORKOVSKIY [...] (C) Summary. On February 16, the Russian General Prosecutor's Office announced that it had completed the preliminary investigation in the new criminal case against Mikhail Khodorkovskiy and Platon Lebedev (Reftel). The case file will now be turned over to the defendants and their lawyers for [...] | 2007-02-22 14:07:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON KCRM KJUS PGOV PREL RS |
07MOSCOW777 | BOSNIA: RUSSIANS NOT KEEN ON EXTENDING OFFICE OF [...] (C) Vadim Gorelov, Chief of the MFA's Bosnia and Herzegovina Affairs Section, told us February 21 that the GOR would not be able agree to extend the mandate of the Office of the High Commissioner (OHC) at the February 26-27 Peace Implementations Council's Steering Committee meeting. Gorelov s [...] | 2007-02-22 16:00:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV BK RS |
07MOSCOW827 | RUSSIA: THE CASE FOR LIMITED U.S. FUNDING OF RFFE [...] (C) The U.S. Mission strongly supports continued limited USG funding for the Russian Foundation for Free Elections (RFFE) under its existing grant. U.S. monies would be used only to train election observers and to operate a voter hotline. While RFFE does receive some government support, cont [...] | 2007-02-27 16:27:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID KDEM PREL PGOV PHUM RS |
07MOSCOW845 | "FOR A JUST RUSSIA" POSITIONS SELF AS [...] (SBU) The second, Kremlin-approved party, "For a Just Russia (SR)" at its inaugural congress February 24-27 combined left-wing rhetoric, criticism of the GOR's performance, anger at its treatment in the regions, and patriotism in a credible effort to establish itself as an alternative to the g [...] | 2007-02-28 16:00:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR KDEM SOCI PREL RS |
07MOSCOW85 | RUSSIA'S VNESHTORGBANK AND EADS (C-RE6-01894) [...] (C) Summary. A Senior Vneshtorgbank (VTB) official tells us VTB's decision in early summer to purchase 5.38 percent of EADS stock was made for investment/financial reasons alone, and without GOR political interference. The public announcement September 12 by Presidential Advisor Sergey Prihod [...] | 2007-01-12 08:21:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR ECIN EINV PGOV RS |
07MOSCOW868 | KOMI: ALL PARTIES REGISTERED; UNITED RUSSIA IN [...] (SBU) Observers in Komi predicted to Poloff in mid-February that United Russia would capture solid pluralities in the March 11 republic-level and local elections, with "For a Just Russia" poised to place a respectable second, and the Communists and LDPR expected to cross the seven percent thr [...] | 2007-03-01 13:25:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR KDEM PHUM SOCI RS |
07MOSCOW870 | CENTRAL ELECTION COMMISSION CHAIRMAN OFFERS VIEWS [...] (C) Central Election Commission Chairman Aleksandr Veshnyakov on February 28 reviewed with Ambassador the state-of-play in advance of elections to be held in fourteen regions on March 11. Key points: -- average of seven parties registered in each region; -- average of five candidates comp [...] | 2007-03-01 13:47:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PHUM PINR RS |
07MOSCOW871 | MOSCOW MAYOR IN SEVASTOPOL: MFA DISTANCES ITSELF [...] (C) Moscow Mayor Yuriy Luzhkov's February 21 rant in Sevastopol about Russian interests in Crimea merited modest coverage on the major evening television news programs, but did not have much resonance in GOR official circles. The GOR continues to emphasize the "new maturity" in Russian-Ukrai [...] | 2007-03-01 13:50:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UP RS |
07MOSCOW960 | "VICTORY" FOR "A JUST RUSSIA" [...] (SBU) Five youth groups have announced their intention to establish a coalition called "Victory" which would support the newly framed left of center pro-Kremlin party, "For a Just Russia" (SR). "Victory" is positioning itself as a competitor to the youth wing of United Russia (YR),the domi [...] | 2007-03-07 07:42:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM PGOV PINR SOCI RS |
07MOSCOW966 | OTHER RUSSIA'S BOUNCE FROM GOR OVERREACTION [...] (C) An adviser to ex-Prime Minister Mikhail Kasyanov, United Civil Front leader Garry Kasparov, and Yabloko Deputy Chairman Sergey Ivanenko told us in the wake of the March 3 Other Russia demonstration in St. Petersburg (reftel) that: -- While reports of violence were overblown, St. Petersbu [...] | 2007-03-07 12:02:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PINR PHUM SOCI RS |
07MOSCOW976 | SENIOR HEALTH OFFICIAL TAKES THE FALL FOR MINISTER [...] (C) SUMMARY: On March 5 Prime Minister Fradkov fired Ramil Khabriyev, head of the Russian Federal Supervision Service for Health Care and Social Development (Roszdravnadzor). Fradkov cited continuing problems with inconsistent supply and deficit spending for drugs provided under the government [...] | 2007-03-07 15:09:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | TBIO ETRD ECON SOCI PGOV PINR RS |
07MOSCOW978 | MUCH SPECULATION, LITTLE PUBLICALLY-AVAILABLE [...] (C) The March 2 death of veteran Kommersant military correspondent Ivan Safronov has sent shock waves through Moscow's journalistic community. Investigations by the Prosecutor General's office and the Kommersant staff have to date produced no serious evidence that would point to suicide, forc [...] | 2007-03-07 16:15:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PHUM SOCI PINR RS |
07MUMBAI111 | STAFFDEL FITE GIVES DAE OPTMISTIC OUTLOOK FOR 123 AGREEMENT [...] (SBU) Congress will support any 123 Agreement that complies with U.S. law, House Foreign Affairs Committee staffers David Fite and Douglas Seay told Dr. Ravi Grover of the Department of Atomic Energy (DAE) on February 23. Grover asked several questions about the 123 Agreement's prospects in Co [...] | 2007-02-24 11:10:00 | Consulate Mumbai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY IN |
07MUMBAI195 | CODEL LOWEY SIGNALS CONGRESSIONAL SUPPORT FOR NUCLEAR DEAL [...] (SBU) In a meeting with the Nuclear Power Corp. of India (NPCIL),Codel Lowey expressed general support for the planned U.S.-India civil nuclear cooperation, yet cited concerns that members of Congress still have about the deal. Congressman Edward Royce told the NPCIL leadership that India mus [...] | 2007-04-12 11:21:00 | Consulate Mumbai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY IN |
07MUMBAI38 | MUMBAI GOES TO THE POLLS ON FEBRUARY 1 [...] (SBU) Residents of Mumbai and several other cities in Maharashtra will go to the polls on Feb. 1 to elect the 277 members of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC),the city's main municipal body. As in the past, the urban poor, swayed by opportunistic politicians who deliver the pork sh [...] | 2007-01-23 05:53:00 | Consulate Mumbai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM PINR PTER KDEM KISL IN |
07MUMBAI39 | BJP, SHIV SENA FACE TROUBLES HEADING INTO MUMBAI ELECTIONS [...] (SBU) Since 1992 a "saffron alliance" of Shiv Sena and the BJP has controlled the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC),Mumbai's main municipal body. By all accounts, both parties will struggle to maintain power in the BMC in the elections scheduled for February 1 (ref A). The Shiv Sena w [...] | 2007-01-23 07:09:00 | Consulate Mumbai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM PINR PTER KDEM KISL IN |
07MUMBAI651 | CHURCH ADVOCACY RESULTS IN ACTION BY RELUCTANT POLICE AFTER [...] Summary: On October 25, 15 to 20 members of a right- wing Hindu group allegedly assaulted and injured five nuns of the Franciscan Clarist order near Indore, Madhya Pradesh. Christian sources told us that the Indore police were initially reluctant to register a complaint against the Hindu att [...] | 2007-11-08 07:11:00 | Consulate Mumbai | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM IN |
07MUMBAI81 | SHIV SENA/BJP DEFY EXPECTATIONS, RETAIN CONTROL OF MUMBAI [...] (SBU) Defying nay-sayers, the Shiv Sena/BJP alliance retained control of the Mumbai Municipal Corporation in the February 1 elections (ref A). The alliance will return to power with a smaller majority, however. The result cemented Uddhav Thackeray's claim to succeed his aging father and Shiv [...] | 2007-02-08 11:19:00 | Consulate Mumbai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM PINR PTER KDEM KISL IN |
07MUNICH104 | BAVARIAN MINISTER ON PHARMACEUTICALS AND HEALTH CARE [...] On February 14, Consul General Nelson called on Christa Stewens, Bavarian Minister for Labor, Social Affairs, and Family, to discuss the potential impact of German health care reform on innovation in the Bavarian pharmaceutical sector. Stewens agreed with several of the points made by the CG, [...] | 2007-02-21 15:23:00 | Consulate Munich | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV PGOV ETRD GM |
07MUNICH15 | BAVARIA'S STOIBER - BEYOND REDEMPTION? [...] (U) The political year in Bavaria began with further erosion of Bavarian Minister-President and CSU Party Chairman Edmund Stoiber's popularity - and questions about his future. Stoiber's current woes include allegations that he ordered inquiries into the private life of a CSU politician criti [...] | 2007-01-12 15:16:00 | Consulate Munich | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV GM |
07MUNICH196 | CRISIS AT SIEMENS - JUST HOW BAD IS IT? [...] Manufacturing giant Siemens, a household name in Germany and in much of the world, has become embroiled in a recent string of scandals ranging from "outsourced" job losses to accusations of bribery of customers and unions that have tarnished the firm's reputation. Even before the March 27 ar [...] | 2007-04-03 14:40:00 | Consulate Munich | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD PGOV EINV PREL EUN GM |
07MUNICH21 | BAVARIAN MINISTER-PRESIDENT STOIBER TO STEP-DOWN [...] Bavarian Minister-President Edmund Stoiber announced January 18 he will resign his posts as Minister-President and Christian Social Union (CSU) Party Chairman by September 30, 2007. Bavarian State Parliament (Landtag) President Alois Glueck confirmed to the Consul General shortly after Stoibe [...] | 2007-01-19 13:04:00 | Consulate Munich | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV GM |
07MUNICH218 | BECKSTEIN LEADS BAVARIA'S GET-TOUGH APPROACH TO ISLAMIC [...] (SBU) Guenther Beckstein, Germany's longest-serving state Interior Minister and presumptive future Bavarian Minister President (REF A),has for years identified Islamic terrorism as the greatest risk to domestic security in Germany. According to Beckstein, about 50 people living in Bavaria ha [...] | 2007-04-11 09:34:00 | Consulate Munich | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PTER KCRM KISL GM |
07MUNICH28 | BAVARIA'S NEXT MINISTER-PRESIDENT [...] (SBU) Bavarian Interior Minister Guenther Beckstein is expected to be elected Bavarian Minister-President in early October 2007, succeeding Edmund Stoiber. Beckstein is the longest-serving and best-known of Germany's state interior ministers. His "law and order" approach has provided Bavaria [...] | 2007-01-19 18:24:00 | Consulate Munich | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV GM |
07MUNICH325 | MUNICH G-8 JUSTICE AND INTERIOR MINISTERS MEETING [...] The below text is the concluding declaration from the G-8 Justice and Interior Ministers Meeting held in Munich May 23-25. The U.S. was represented at the meeting by Attorney General Gonzales and Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security Jackson. 2. Begin text: During our meeting in Munich on [...] | 2007-05-25 15:24:00 | Consulate Munich | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PTER KCRM KISL GM |
07MUNICH403 | BAVARIA'S CSU - PALACE POLITICS PLAY ON [...] (SBU) It now appears all but certain that Interior Minister Beckstein will succeed Edmund Stoiber as Minister-President. Further, it appears that federal Agriculture Minister Seehofer's personal problems and negative campaign style have given Bavarian Economic Minister Huber a decisive, if not [...] | 2007-07-09 09:42:00 | Consulate Munich | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV GM |
07MUNICH409 | ANSAR AL-ISLAM MEMBERS CONVICTED BY BAVARIAN COURT [...] (SBU) The Bavarian Supreme Court sentenced Ansar al-Islam member Farhad Kanabi Ahmad to five years and six months in prison on July 9 following the sentencing of Dieman Abdulkadir Izzat to three years and three months in prison on June 25. Prosecutors had asked for sentences of six years for [...] | 2007-07-11 07:54:00 | Consulate Munich | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER ASEC ETTC PGOV PREL KCRM KISL KVPR GM |
07MUNICH412 | NAVIGATING A MESS: EADS OFFICIALS ON GALILEO [...] (SBU) Senior EADS-Astrium officials told ConGen Munich the recent collapse of the Galileo consortium of private firms resulted as much from squabbling between EU states over apportionment of contracts as a failure to find a workable economic model. They described the current economic model as [...] | 2007-07-13 13:56:00 | Consulate Munich | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON TSPA EAIR ETRD PGOV EINV PREL EUN FR GM |
07MUNICH463 | BIOGAS IN BAVARIA: A MODEL FOR ENERGY INDEPENDENCE? [...] ConGen Munich visited a biomethane plant in Pliening, Bavaria built and run by Schmack Biogas AG, a leader in the biogas field. The plant is a showcase for the state of the art in biogas technology, and an example of the potential of biomass as a fuel source. Schmack representatives are optim [...] | 2007-08-13 05:40:00 | Consulate Munich | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD PGOV EINV PREL ENRG TRGY KGHG GM |
07MUNICH560 | CSU PARTY CONVENTION USHERS-IN POST-STOIBER ERA [...] (SBU) At the annual CSU party convention, Erwin Huber decisively defeated Horst Seehofer and Gabrielle Pauli in the race to lead his party forward. Delegates also overwhelmingly endorsed Guenther Beckstein as the CSU's candidate for Bavarian Minister-President, all but ensuring his election o [...] | 2007-10-02 15:55:00 | Consulate Munich | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV GM |
07MUNICH636 | FILLING BIG SHOES: BAVARIA'S NEW INTERIOR MINISTER [...] (SBU) The recent selection of Joachim Herrmann to be Bavaria's new Interior Minister, after 14 years of Bavarian Minister-President Guenther Beckstein holding that office, caught nearly everyone by surprise. Herrmann not only has no background in law enforcement, but appeared content to remai [...] | 2007-12-03 16:50:00 | Consulate Munich | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV GM |
07MUNICH646 | PROPOSED BAVARIAN ISLAMIC ACADEMY HIGHLIGHTS [...] (C) A controversial proposal for an Islamic academy in Munich illustrates some of the challenges of balancing integration and security concerns in a conservative German state. The academy, to be funded by the UAE, would be a first-of-its-kind proposal by IVLP grantee Imam Benjamin Idriz of t [...] | 2007-12-18 11:18:00 | Consulate Munich | CONFIDENTIAL | GE KCRM KISL PGOV PREL PTER SOCI |
07MUNICH652 | GALILEO AND THE EU -- NAVIGATING THE PORK BARREL [...] (SBU) EADS-Astrium officials told Embassy Berlin EMIN and ConGen Munich that the Galileo satellite navigation project is proceeding under its new EU funding mechanism, albeit well behind schedule. The officials expressed frustration at the Byzantine web of EU politics and blatant promotion of [...] | 2007-12-21 10:53:00 | Consulate Munich | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON TSPA EAIR ETRD PGOV EINV PREL EUN FR GM |
07MUNICH92 | APPRECIATION FOR MISSION GERMANY ASSISTANCE WITH THE [...] Consulate General Munich wishes to express its appreciation for the assistance provided by colleagues in Mission Germany supporting the 43d Munich Security Conference. This was the largest Security Conference in history with four heads of government, 16 foreign ministers, and 24 defense minis [...] | 2007-02-15 07:45:00 | Consulate Munich | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV GM |
07MUSCAT1014 | RESOURCE NATIONALISM NOT EVIDENT IN OMAN [...] (C) The growth of resource nationalism is not evident in Oman. The government controls majority stakes in Oman's primary energy production companies in long-term partnerships with foreign firms, and actively seeks further foreign investment to augment output in both the oil and gas sectors. [...] | 2007-11-04 06:44:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET PGOV MU |
07MUSCAT1016 | GOVERNMENT TO ALLOW PUBLIC VIEWING OF OFFICIAL [...] The Omani government recently promulgated Royal Decree 60/2007, authorizing the creation of the National Authority for Documents and Archives to manage official documents. Under this decree, the newly-established authority, to be temporarily supervised by the Minister of Heritage and Culture, [...] | 2007-11-04 13:45:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV SOCI MU |
07MUSCAT1026 | POST-ELECTION ANALYSIS AND DEVELOPMENTS [...] (C) Many Omanis continue to comment favorably on the successful October 27 national elections for Oman's Majlis al-Shura. Approximately 70% of the new Majlis member hold a bachelor's degree or higher. According to contacts, some vote-buying did occur and a few voters in several districts re [...] | 2007-11-07 11:49:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PINT PGOV KDEM KMPI KWMN MU |
07MUSCAT1034 | SULTAN QABOOS TO NEW OMAN MAJLIS: STATUS QUO JUST [...] (C) Sultan Qaboos delivered his annual address opening the Majlis Oman on November 6. During the relatively rare public speaking engagement, the Sultan tipped his hat to the work of the Majlis and expressed appreciation for voter participation in the recent national elections (refs A, B). How [...] | 2007-11-12 13:23:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM MU |
07MUSCAT1037 | MINISTER STAYS THE COURSE ON PRICE INCREASES [...] (C) On November 11, the Ambassador discussed the impact of recent price increases with Minister of Commerce and Industry Maqbool bin Ali Sultan. The Minister stated that the government was concerned with the hikes, especially with respect to rents. (Note: For example, one survey reported ren [...] | 2007-11-13 08:18:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV SOCI MU |
07MUSCAT1061 | SCENESETTER FOR CODEL MORAN'S VISIT TO OMAN [...] (U) Embassy Muscat and I warmly welcome you and your delegation to Oman. We look forward to your arrival on November 25 to discuss regional stability and economic development issues in the context of our overall bilateral relationship. In order to fulfill these objectives, we are seeking an [...] | 2007-11-19 12:06:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP PGOV PREL ECON ETRD ELAB PHUM MU |
07MUSCAT1064 | OMAN CONFIRMS ATTENDANCE TO ANNAPOLIS CONFERENCE [...] (C) On November 20, Minister Responsible for Foreign Affairs Yusuf bin Alawi confirmed to the Ambassador that he will lead Oman's delegation to the November 26 Annapolis Conference. The Minister will be accompanied by Mohammed al-Hassan, Director of Political Affairs, Minister's Office, and A [...] | 2007-11-20 13:50:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL PGOV MU |
07MUSCAT1093 | BIGGER BUDGET EXPECTED FOR OMAN IN 2008 [...] (C) The Ministry of National Economy presented the first glimpse of Oman's 2008 budget during a November 26 presentation by its Minister before representatives of the Majlis al-Shura. The budget numbers, which the Ministry characterized as striking a balance between economic development and f [...] | 2007-12-04 10:47:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON PGOV PREL MU |
07MUSCAT1099 | GAS COMPANY FIRES UNION PRESIDENT, BUT DENIES [...] No summary [...] | 2007-12-05 12:01:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM ELAB ETRD KMPI MU |
07MUSCAT1120 | OMANI PLANS FOR PARIS DONORS CONFERENCE [...] No summary [...] | 2007-12-12 11:03:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KWBG KPAL IS MU |
07MUSCAT153 | OMAN ADOPTS NEW ANTI-TERRORISM LAW [...] (U) On January 23, the Omani government announced that Sultan Qaboos had issued a Royal Decree the previous day promulgating a comprehensive new anti-terrorism law. The full text of the law was published in Oman's official gazette on February 3 and entered into force the following day. The [...] | 2007-02-14 14:01:00 | Embassy Muscat | SECRET | PGOV PTER EFIN ASEC MU |
07MUSCAT179 | UNRESOLVED PASSPORT ISSUES COMPOUNDING AFGHAN [...] This is an action request for Department guidance. Please see paragraph 4. 2. (C) During a recent meeting with the Ambassador, the Charge d' Affairs of the Embassy of Afghanistan to Oman, Sayyid Mohammad Gailani, stated that he is facing considerable difficulty conducting his official busi [...] | 2007-02-21 15:01:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV AF MU |
07MUSCAT181 | OMAN FACES CHALLENGES IN PROMOTING ELECTIONS AS [...] (C) Summary: Registration for candidates for elections to the Majlis al-Shura began February 10 and concluded February 21. In keeping with the government's efforts to promote the elections, the registration process is more user-friendly than previously, although tribalism will continue to h [...] | 2007-02-24 09:14:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM KMPI MU |
07MUSCAT227 | OMANI REQUEST FOR INVESTIGATE REPORT ON JANUARY [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 4. 2. (SBU) Embassy Muscat recently received a diplomatic note, dated February 28, 2007, from the Omani Ministry of Foreign Affairs regarding the January 8, 2007 collision of a U.S. military submarine and a Japanese oil tanker near the S [...] | 2007-03-06 11:38:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KNNP MARR MU |
07MUSCAT229 | GCC MONETARY UNION WITHDRAWAL CRITICIZED [...] (C) The Omani government's decision to opt out of the proposed GCC currency union received sharp criticism from an Emirati economics professor during a public lecture sponsored by the Oman Economic Association. The well-attended forum provided a unique opportunity for a non-Omani national to [...] | 2007-03-07 06:20:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EIND EINV PGOV MU |
07MUSCAT232 | CHAIRMAN OF MUSCAT MUNICIPALITY NAMED OMAN'S [...] (SBU) A Royal Decree issued on March 4, 2007, granted the current Chairman of the Muscat Municipality, Abdullah bin Abbas bin Ahmad, the rank of minister. With the addition of Abbas, there are now approximately 50 individuals with ministerial rank in Oman, although only 30 of them have forma [...] | 2007-03-07 13:53:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR KISL MU |
07MUSCAT27 | TRIPARTITE VIEWS ON LABOR REFORMS IN OMAN [...] (C) Summary: Local contacts in business, labor and government are responding with uncertainty to Oman's recent and rapid labor reforms in connection with the U.S.- Oman Free Trade Agreement (FTA). Business is concerned that workers immediately will strike or bargain for higher wages, upsettin [...] | 2007-01-09 11:17:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PHUM ELAB ETRD KMPI MU |
07MUSCAT29 | BIGGER BUDGET ON TAP FOR OMAN IN 2007 [...] (U) Oman's 2007 budget, recently unveiled by the Minister of National Economy, calls for increased expenditures in anticipation of increased revenues. The government intends to plow a significant portion of the budget into investment-related initiatives to boost energy production and to diver [...] | 2007-01-09 12:54:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV EIND PGOV PREL MU |
07MUSCAT306 | WOMEN'S EMPOWERMENT THROUGH LABOR UNIONS [...] (C) Poloff and Post's MEPI Coordinator met March 24 with the lone female member of the General Federation for Oman's Laborers regarding her ideas to increase women's participation and voice in Oman's nascent labor unions. Aida Hashmya (protect),Assistant Training Manager at the Al Bustan Pal [...] | 2007-03-27 10:06:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM ELAB KMPI MU |
07MUSCAT368 | FORMER IRAQI PM SHARES VIEWS DURING VISIT TO OMAN [...] (C) On April 14, the Ambassador discussed the April 8 visit of Iraq's former premier Iyad Allawi with Minister Responsible for Foreign Affairs Yusuf bin Alawi. Per bin Alawi, the Omani government welcomed Allawi to Muscat as part of its efforts to strengthen relations with Iraq, as requested [...] | 2007-04-16 12:58:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IZ MU |
07MUSCAT38 | SCENESETTER: VISIT OF DEPUTY SECRETARY OF COMMERCE [...] (U) Greetings and welcome to Oman. The Embassy staff and I look forward to your arrival on February 5 to promote the U.S.-Oman Free Trade Agreement in the context of our overall bilateral relationship. In addition to your planned participation as the keynote speaker at an Oman Chamber of Com [...] | 2007-01-14 14:25:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | BEXP ECON ETRD EAIR EIND PGOV PREL OTRA MU |
07MUSCAT462 | MINISTRY OF MANPOWER SET TO APPROVE OMAN'S FIRST [...] (SBU) Summary: The Ministry of Manpower (MOM) likely will approve Oman's first labor union by the end of May 2007. The MOM is actively encouraging employee groups currently organized as representative committees (RC) ) Oman's precursors to unions ) to become legally recognized unions. Many of [...] | 2007-05-12 06:04:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM ELAB ETRD KMPI MU |
07MUSCAT473 | STRIKE AT PORT OF SALALAH [...] (SBU) Summary: Workers at Port of Salalah, Oman's primary transshipment port, went on strike May 11. The Ministry of Manpower (MOM) declared the strike illegal under recently issued regulations covering work stoppages, and the private company that manages the port suspended many of the strike [...] | 2007-05-14 10:31:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM ELAB ETRD KMPI MU |
07MUSCAT492 | OMAN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE HOLDS BOARD ELECTIONS [...] (U) On May 16, Econoff spoke with Oman Chamber of Commerce and Industry (OCCI) Director General Mohammed bin Nassir al-Shoraiqi regarding the organization's May 15 elections, in which 37 candidates vied for 15 open positions on the chamber's Board of Directors. Shoraiqi commented that the ele [...] | 2007-05-16 13:43:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PGOV MU |
07MUSCAT531 | NEGOTIATIONS CONTINUE OVER PORT OF SALALAH STRIKE [...] (SBU) Summary: Officials from the Port of Salalah are close to reaching an agreement with relevant government ministries and institutions over outstanding issues stemming from the recent strike at the port. Port management has taken steps to protect itself from future work stoppages and assur [...] | 2007-05-29 10:35:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM ELAB ETRD KMPI MU |
07MUSCAT542 | BUSINESS PERCEPTIONS OF US SUPPORT FOR LABOR UNIONS [...] (SBU) Contacts among Oman's business community have commented recently that as the Ministry of Manpower (MOM) begins to promote union development (ref A),many of their colleagues feel they are being "forced" to accept unions, and see the USG - often acting through the International Labor Orga [...] | 2007-05-30 12:47:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM ELAB ETRD KMPI MU |
07MUSCAT587 | OMANI MEDIA CHALLENGED BY CYCLONE REPORTING [...] (SBU) The profound limitations of Oman's media, public and private, have been thrown into high relief by the challenge of reporting the approach, onset, and aftermath of Cyclone Gonu between June 4 and the present. While basic information regarding the storm's arrival was disseminated on a re [...] | 2007-06-11 12:33:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OIIP KPAO PREL PGOV KMDR MU |
07MUSCAT596 | OMAN ISSUES CYCLONE RECOVERY DIRECTIVES, QUIETLY [...] (SBU) After being conspicuously absent from the public eye during and following the devastating impact of tropical cyclone Gonu on Oma (refs A-C),Sultan Qabos presided over a heavily-publicized meeting of the Council of Ministers on the evening of June 11 at his residence outside of Muscat. [...] | 2007-06-12 12:18:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | AMER AMGT ASEC PGOV PREL CASC KSAC KHLS MOPS |
07MUSCAT597 | TIP DEMARCHE READ OUT- CONCERN OVER TIER 3 [...] (C) On Monday morning, June 11, Emboffs delivered ref A, the Trafficking in Person's (TIP) demarche on Oman's Tier 3 designation, to the Director of the Under Secretary's Office at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA),Humaid al-Ma'ani. Al-Ma'ani expressed his disappointment with the lowered [...] | 2007-06-12 12:23:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PGOV KWMN KNNP MARR MU |
07MUSCAT61 | OMANI DEFENSE AND INTELLIGENCE CHIEF WARNS OF [...] (C) Summary: Iran has embarked on a policy of expansionism in the Arab and Muslim world, using religion to divide Arab Muslims, destabilize the region and threaten U.S. interests, according to Gen. Ali bin Majid al-Ma'amari, Minister of the Royal Office and Supreme Commander of the Armed Fo [...] | 2007-01-22 12:04:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS PGOV IR MU |
07MUSCAT654 | C-NE7-01141: OMAN THREE WEEKS AFTER GONU [...] (C) Oman and its capital continue to recover from tropical cyclone Gonu. A majority of Muscat residents have returned to their pre-storm lives and daily routines, but a lack of building contractors and heavy flood damage in areas have prevented the re-opening of some businesses and the retur [...] | 2007-06-27 13:29:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV AMER AMGT KSAC KHLS PINR MU |
07MUSCAT661 | OMANI ACTIVIST SPEAKS OUT ON AL HURRA [...] (C) Summary: In what contacts say is a first, an Omani human rights activist appeared recently on the al-Hurra television network to criticize the Omani government's record on human rights. The activist, Tayba al-Ma'wali ) who was imprisoned in 2005 after speaking against the actions of gove [...] | 2007-07-02 03:20:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PGOV PINR KMPI KPAO SCUL SOCI MU |
07MUSCAT668 | C-NE7-01141: SULTAN QABOOS ADDRESSES NATION ON [...] (U) On the evening of June 30, Sultan Qaboos delivered a televised speech broadcast by Oman TV to commend the country's response to the devastating impact of tropical cyclone Gonu (refs A - E). The Sultan stated that it was "the Almighty's will" that Oman experienced the powerful storm, whic [...] | 2007-07-02 14:42:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR MU |
07MUSCAT688 | JULY 31 GCC+2 MEETING: OMAN [...] No summary [...] | 2007-07-14 13:50:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MU |
07MUSCAT694 | NEW BOARD FOR OMAN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE [...] On May 15, 2007, roughly 20,000 members of Oman's Chamber of Commerce and Industry (OCCI) cast ballots for the organization's new Board of Directors (reftel). Eight of the fifteen elected positions were reserved for representatives from the Batinah, Buraimi, Dahirah, Dakhiliyah, Sharqiyah, W [...] | 2007-07-16 07:29:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON PGOV MU |
07MUSCAT705 | GCC+2 MEETING: OMANI VIEWS [...] (U) This is an Action Request. Please see paragraph 9. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (C) Omani Minister Responsible for Foreign Affairs Yusef bin Alawi recommended that the upcoming GCC plus 2 meeting focus primarily on the peace process and Iraq. Bin Alawi hoped that an agreement coul [...] | 2007-07-23 10:54:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPAL IS IZ MU |
07MUSCAT714 | GOVERNMENT REVENUES DIP ON LOWER OIL PRODUCTION [...] (U) Statistics released by the Ministry of National Economy reported government revenues of 2.21 billion Omani Rials (USD 5.74 billion) from January to April 2007, a 6% drop in revenues over the same time period in 2006. Heading the decline was revenue derived from oil production, which gene [...] | 2007-07-25 12:52:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV EPET PGOV MU |
07MUSCAT718 | DAMAGE ASSESSMENTS CONTINUE IN WAKE OF GONU [...] (C) The Omani government continues its efforts to assess the damage caused by tropical cyclone Gonu. Construction work remains on track, though questions have arisen regarding the supply of cement. Businesses remain committed to reopening in heavily damaged areas, and the environment appears [...] | 2007-07-28 07:05:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EINV PGOV MU |
07MUSCAT72 | LABOR PROGRAMMING NEEDS IN OMAN [...] Summary: The recently signed U.S.)Oman Free Trade Agreement (FTA) presents numerous opportunities for the USG to build the capacity of unions, promote worker rights, encourage greater activity on the part of women, and support our democratization goals. Labor unions likely will be, for the fo [...] | 2007-01-24 15:31:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM ELAB ETRD KMPI MU |
07MUSCAT720 | PROMOTING DEMOCRACY IN OMAN [...] (C) Oman presents a challenging environment for U.S. efforts to directly promote democracy. Civil society is still in its infancy, the press is constrained by unwritten government redlines and self-censorship, and a large majority of Omanis are content with the political status quo. While t [...] | 2007-07-28 11:38:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM KMPI KPAO MU |
07MUSCAT734 | EDITORIAL CHALLENGES OMAN'S TIP RANKING [...] (U) An English language daily editorial criticized the USG for ranking Oman as a Tier III country in its trafficking-in-persons (TIP) report and claimed that TIP allegations regarding Oman were not factually supported. The editorial acknowledged, however, that more should be done in Oman to c [...] | 2007-07-30 13:27:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB PHUM PGOV PREL MU |
07MUSCAT742 | C-NE7-00774: OMAN FORGES AHEAD IN PREPARING FOR [...] (C) A total of 717 candidates, including 20 women, have been certified to run in national elections on October 27 for the Majlis al-Shura. The Omani government has worked aggressively to increase the number of registered voters, including by sending "awareness teams" to address employees at [...] | 2007-08-01 05:00:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR PGOV KDEM KMPI KWMN MU |
07MUSCAT790 | OMAN RESPONSE TO SECTION 527 REQUEST [...] (U) In response to reftel request, Embassy submits one case involving the Omani government that was brought to our attention by a U.S. citizen who works for a Bahraini-based company involved in the dispute. 2. (U) Case summary. The United States Government is aware of one claim against the [...] | 2007-08-19 12:32:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CASC EINV KIDE OPIC PGOV MU |
07MUSCAT810 | IRAN TRANSIT POINT FOR ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION TO OMAN [...] (C) Summary: Thousands of illegal immigrants, primarily from Pakistan and Afghanistan, enter Oman by boat across the Gulf of Oman from Iran every year. Contacts in the Royal Oman Police (ROP) Coast Guard accuse elements of the Iranian Republican Guard (IRGC) of facilitating the flow of illegal [...] | 2007-08-27 10:41:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM SMIG ELAB IR MU |
07MUSCAT881 | A RARE RE-SHUFFLING OF OMANI MINISTERS [...] (C) On September 9, the Omani government announced that Sultan Qaboos had issued Royal Decrees re-shuffling government ministers and splitting off ministerial portfolios to create two new ministries. In accordance with standard Omani practice, no official explanations were given for the re-s [...] | 2007-09-12 13:30:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR MU |
07MUSCAT931 | C-NE7-00774: OMAN ELECTION UPDATE [...] (C) A total of 632 candidates are competing in the October 27 elections for the Majlis al-Shura. Contacts indicate that only one of the twenty female candidates stands a good chance of being elected. Final voter registration figures show a substantial increase over corresponding numbers for [...] | 2007-10-03 12:26:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR PGOV KDEM KMPI KWMN MU |
07MUSCAT932 | C-NE7-00774: OMAN ELECTION UPDATE [...] No summary [...] | 2007-10-03 12:26:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR PGOV KDEM KMPI KWMN MU |
07MUSCAT948 | 2007 RELIGIOUS FREEDOMS REPORT ELICITS POSITIVE [...] (SBU) Officials at the Ministry of Endowments and Religious Affairs (MERA) characterized the 2007 International Religious Freedoms Report (IRFR) as a fair assessment of religious freedom in Oman and welcomed continued dialogue with the USG on this issue. Post has identified a number of opport [...] | 2007-10-10 10:23:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL OPRC KIRF KPAO MU |
07MUSCAT949 | UPDATED DEMOCRATIC REFORM STRATEGY FOR OMAN [...] (C) As reported ref B, Oman represents a challenging environment for U.S. efforts to directly promote democracy. Civil society is under-developed and the registration of new non-governmental organizations and associations (which are limited in their areas of activity) can literally take years. [...] | 2007-10-10 10:25:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM KMPI KWMN PGOV PREL MU |
07MUSCAT97 | OMAN 2007 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] Per reftel request, Embassy submits the following Investment Climate Statement for 2007. 2. Begin text of Investment Climate Statement: Economic Overview Oman's economy is based primarily on petroleum and natural gas, which are expected to account for 79% of the government's revenue [...] | 2007-01-30 13:25:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB ENRG KTDB OPIC PGOV USTR |
07MUSCAT970 | UNIONS INCREASING IN NUMBER BUT LACKING IN STRENGTH [...] (C) Summary: The number of labor unions in Oman increased substantially during the second and third quarters of 2007. Contacts claim, however, that despite a few isolated examples, unions remain weak and continue to lack effective organization or leadership. The General Federation of Oman's L [...] | 2007-10-22 12:41:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM ELAB ETRD KMPI MU |
07MUSCAT979 | C-NE7-00774: FINAL ELECTION PUSH IN OMAN AS VOTING [...] (C) Omanis in 10 countries outside Oman voted without incident on October 20 for their representatives in the Majlis al-Shura. The government continues to assert that all will be ready for national elections inside Oman on October 27 and that various safeguards (e.g. secure voting forms and [...] | 2007-10-23 12:33:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR PGOV KDEM KMPI KPAO KWMN MU |
07MUSCAT989 | ARAB DONORS CONFERENCE ON DARFUR: OMAN [...] No summary [...] | 2007-10-28 12:42:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPKO SU MU |
07MUSCAT992 | FEW SURPRISES IN OMAN'S NATIONAL ELECTIONS [...] (C) Thanks in part to a relentless government effort to get out the vote, a larger than expected 62.7% of registered Omani voters reportedly cast ballots in the October 27 Majlis al-Shura elections. According to the results of a speedy electronic vote count, newcomers won 46 of the 84 seats in [...] | 2007-10-29 12:08:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR PGOV KDEM KMPI KPAO KWMN MU |
07NAHA128 | OKINAWA MAYORS FINALLY REALIZE BASE REALIGNMENT IS REAL [...] No summary [...] | 2007-09-27 07:43:00 | Consulate Naha | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR PGOV PREL PINS JA |
07NAHA47 | DEFENSE MINISTER KYUMA AGREES TO PRESS AHEAD ON FRF PLAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: DEFENSE MINISTER KYUMA TRAVELED TO OKINAWA FOR A ""PRIVATE"" BUT WIDELY REPORTED MEETING WITH THE CONSUL GENERAL TO DISCUSS THE WAY FORWARD ON IMPLEMENTING THE FUTENMA REPLACEMENT FACILITY (FRF) PLAN THAT HAD BEEN AGREED TO BY THE TWO GOVERNMENTS AT THE OCTOBER 2005 AND MAY 2006 S [...] | 2007-03-12 08:33:00 | Consulate Naha | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PGOV PINS PREL JA IZ |
07NAHA49 | WEATHER GIVES OKINAWA GOVERNOR OPTION OF SIDE-STEPPING [...] No summary [...] | 2007-03-16 04:01:00 | Consulate Naha | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PGOV PREL JA CH TW |
07NAHA65 | LOWEST OKINAWAN VOTER TURNOUT SINCE REVERSION, CONSERVATIVE [...] Summary: Just 47.8% of Okinawa's eligible voters turned out for the national Diet upper house by-election, the lowest rate of participation in a national-level election since Okinawa's 1972 reversion to Japan. The ruling coalition's young female candidate defeated the consolidated reformist [...] | 2007-04-25 08:50:00 | Consulate Naha | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV MARR JA |
07NAHA89 | FIRST USN CIVILIAN PORT CALL IN OKINAWA A SUCCESS [...] (S) The mine countermeasures ships USS Guardian (MCM 5) and USS Patriot (MCM 7) conducted the first USN call on a civilian port in Okinawa Prefecture since Okinawa's 1972 reversion to Japan, successfully visiting Sonai Port on Yonaguni Island June 24-26. This port call to Japan's westernmost [...] | 2007-06-27 11:29:00 | Consulate Naha | SECRET | MARR PGOV PREL PINS JA |
07NAHA90 | OKINAWAN GOVERNOR SUFFERS STROKE, 2 WEEKS CONVELESCENCE [...] (U) On June 25 Okinawa Prefectural Government (OPG) officials and the local media reported that Governor Hirokazu NAKAIMA suffered a mild stroke, and would convalesce for two weeks before returning to public responsibilities. According to the press, the stroke might have occurred as early as [...] | 2007-06-28 08:42:00 | Consulate Naha | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PGOV PREL PINS JA |
07NAHA94 | MEDIA PAPERS OVER OKINAWANS' DIFFERENCES ON MASS SUICIDES [...] (SBU) Summary: The Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology's (MOE) decision on March 30, 2007 to delete references to "military ordered" mass suicides from high school textbooks has met a strong reaction in Okinawa, where the large majority assumes the over 700 suicides t [...] | 2007-07-05 04:27:00 | Consulate Naha | UNCLASSIFIED | JA PREL PGOV MARR |
07NAIROBI10 | SOMALIA - LETTER FOR PRESIDENT BUSH FROM PRESIDENT [...] Ambassador Ranneberger was presented the following letter today. The letter is dated December 30, 2006 Text of letter: Mr. President, I am writing to communicate with you the situation in Somalia in the light of the recent developments that, in my view present a better opportunity to ac [...] | 2007-01-03 11:15:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | OPDC PGOV PREL ASEC MOPS SO ET KE |
07NAIROBI1009 | U.S./CHINA DIALOGUE - KENYA RESPONSE [...] (SBU) In response to ref B, Embassy Nairobi directs Washington to refs A, C, and D. Ref D is a baseline cable on the economic dimensions of the China-Kenya relationship. Refs A and C contain additional new information on the same topic, and in so doing responds to many of the issues raised r [...] | 2007-03-02 09:14:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV ENRG EFIN PREL PGOV KE CH |
07NAIROBI1026 | Kenya: New Central Bank Governor Appointed [...] (SBU) Summary: Kenya has appointed a new Central Bank Governor, academic Njuguna Ndung'u. The 48-year old economic professor appears to have the credentials to run the Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) effectively, and also has a reputation for integrity. That said, in an election year, he may face [...] | 2007-03-05 07:41:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PGOV KCRM KE |
07NAIROBI1027 | Trafficking in Persons Donor Working Group a Success [...] Summary: The Donor Working Group on Trafficking in Persons and Child Protection, established by the U.S. Embassy, UNICEF and the IOM, has greatly enhanced coordination within the donor and diplomatic community in assisting Kenyan government agencies and non-governmental organizations to develop [...] | 2007-03-05 07:46:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB GTIP KCRM ECON PHUM PGOV KE |
07NAIROBI103 | SOMALIA: JANUARY 5 MEETING OF THE INTERNATIONAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The recent meeting of the International Contact Group (ICG) on Somalia centered on supporting Somalia at this crucial moment, in particular with respect to consolidating stability through an inclusive political process, security, and humanitarian and development assistance. Th [...] | 2007-01-08 06:54:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PTER ASEC MOPS SO ET KE |
07NAIROBI1041 | Civil Society Meetings on Reconciliation [...] (C) Civil Society groups, and the Hawiye/Haber Gedir/Ayr clan, have met and discussed specific recommendations for the planned National Reconciliation Congress. In the meantime, the Transitional Federal Government is proceeding with plans for the Congress. President Yusuf announced a start d [...] | 2007-03-05 14:29:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER ASEC MOPS SO ET |
07NAIROBI1042 | Civil Society Meetings on Reconciliation [...] (C) Civil Society groups, and the Hawiye/Haber Gedir/Ayr clan, have met and discussed specific recommendations for the planned National Reconciliation Congress. In the meantime, the Transitional Federal Government is proceeding with plans for the Congress. President Yusuf announced a start d [...] | 2007-03-05 14:35:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER ASEC MOPS SO ET |
07NAIROBI1069 | KENYA ELECTIONS: MAIN PARTIES STRUGGLE TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: While talk of early or snap elections has faded, the political debate has shifted to the main parties' internal leadership struggles. On the opposition side, leaders continue to put on a brave face regarding the viability of their coalition ODM-K party. In the President's NARC- [...] | 2007-03-06 13:37:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM PINR KE |
07NAIROBI1093 | POLITICS AND GOVERNANCE IN KALONZO COUNTRY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Officials and local leaders in Machakos, a medium-sized Kenyan city, are no less engaged in the current general elections debate than their counterparts in the capital, but have a cooler view of what the next 10 months hold. Overwhelmingly populated by members of the Kamba tri [...] | 2007-03-07 13:29:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM KE |
07NAIROBI1127 | Somali Insurgents Attack Arriving Ugandans [...] (C) Summary. Mortars interrupted the welcoming ceremony on Tuesday (3/6) for the first contingent of arriving Ugandan troops. Ethiopian troops engaged in a firefight with unknown gunmen the same day, and insurgents attacked a Ugandan vehicle convoy on Wednesday (3/7). As many as 16 Somali [...] | 2007-03-09 09:35:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PREF EAID ASEC MOPS SO ET UG |
07NAIROBI1128 | KENYA ELECTIONS: NARC-K IN THE DARK, ODM ROADSHOW [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A day before it was scheduled to kickoff, NARC-Kenya postponed indefinitely its party elections and President Kibaki's expected announcement of his candidacy. The sudden change of plans was accompanied by further protest from one-time government supporter, Health Minister Charit [...] | 2007-03-09 10:02:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM KCOR KE |
07NAIROBI1133 | Somalia - Hawiye Clan Meeting [...] No summary [...] | 2007-03-09 10:28:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PREL ASEC SO |
07NAIROBI1135 | SOMALIA EMBASSY MEDIA OUTREACH [...] (U) On March 7 the Embassy of the Somali Republic in Nairobi held a media conference and issued the following statement. Begin Text: Embassy of the Somali Republic Nairobi -Kenya GOOD MORNING LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, MEMBERS OF THE PRESS: First I would like to take this opportunity t [...] | 2007-03-09 10:30:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER ASEC MOPS SO ET |
07NAIROBI1150 | COASTAL MUSLIM LEADERSHIP VIEWS: SHEIKH DOR [...] (SBU) Summary: Sheikh Dor, a vocal leader of Kenya's coastal Muslim community, harangues the USG and GoK, cites some legitimate grievances concerning biased treatment of his community by the GoK, praises the American people and threatens to disrupt the World Cross Country Championship in Momb [...] | 2007-03-12 12:26:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC KE KISL KPAO PGOV PHUM |
07NAIROBI1185 | Charterhouse Bank Winding Down [...] (SBU) Summary: The Appeals Court rejected Charterhouse Bank's appeal of High Court rulings supporting the Central Bank of Kenya (CBK),which will next advise the Minister of Finance to finalize his Ministry's refusal to renew Charterhouse's license. Charterhouse Bank may still try to appeal to [...] | 2007-03-14 11:14:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PGOV KCRM KE |
07NAIROBI1286 | Somalia's Labor Sector Needs [...] (SBU) Summary: On March 15, Mr. Abdi Abdille, Technical Advisor to Somalia's Labor Minister, gave LabAtt the following priorities for Somalia's labor sector and asked for assistance in addressing them: Creating jobs quickly through labor intensive projects; rebuilding both vocational and academ [...] | 2007-03-20 13:32:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB ECON PHUM PGOV SO |
07NAIROBI1318 | KENYA PRESIDENT REOPENS PARLIAMENT: FOCUSES ON [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Opening the final session of Parliament before December's general elections, President Kibaki on March 20 delivered a speech strongly focused on his government's development accomplishments. While he noted that the government will reintroduce the anti-money laundering bill and [...] | 2007-03-22 12:43:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KDEM PGOV ASEC PTER KE |
07NAIROBI1335 | SOMALIA - HAWIYE/ETHOPIAN "TRUCE" [...] (C) After heavy fighting midweek (reftels),Ethiopia opened talks yesterday with Hawiye leaders in Mogadishu. Reportedly the Hawiye told the Ethiopians they see three options: the Ethiopians can remain in Somalia as a neutral force while Somalis work out their own problems; the Ethiopians can [...] | 2007-03-23 11:51:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER ASEC MOPS SO ET |
07NAIROBI1336 | Ambassador?s call to Somali TFG President Yusuf [...] (C) Ambassador Ranneberger spoke with TFG President Yusuf the evening of March 22 to discuss the security situation and to urge restraint. The Ambassador noted that the TFG draft framework for the national reconciliation conference is positive and a basis for maintaining momentum to build an [...] | 2007-03-23 12:08:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER ASEC MOPS SO ET |
07NAIROBI1385 | KENYA ELECTORAL COMMISSION: PRESSURE'S ON, BUT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Electoral Commission of Kenya Chairman Samuel Kivuitu is confident his team will be able to successfully administer national elections later this year, but skeptical of the government's conduct and attitude toward the Commission. Kivuitu told the Ambassador during a March 22 mee [...] | 2007-03-27 13:16:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KDEM PGOV KE |
07NAIROBI1416 | AMBASSADOR-AT-LARGE FOR WAR CRIMES URGES KENYA TO [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador-at-Large for War Crimes Issues Clint Williamson met privately with GOK Ministers to push for Felicien Kabuga's apprehension and also met with various Chiefs of Mission to discuss further cooperative strategies on the issue. It is widely believed that Kabuga, ICTR fugi [...] | 2007-03-29 09:47:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL KCRM RW KE |
07NAIROBI1439 | OPPOSITION POLITICS: SUSPICION, ALLIES, AND A [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Two opposition insiders recently shared their views on the current state of play within ODM-Kenya party ranks. While there is plenty of suspicion and alliance-making, there is still no apparent movement towards consensus on a single ODM-K presidential candidate or even on how [...] | 2007-03-30 10:07:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KDEM PGOV KE |
07NAIROBI1456 | Somali Security Chief on Fighting [...] (C) In the context of a meeting at the Embassy on April 1 with DS agents regarding future VIP travel to Somalia, Transitional Federal Government (TFG) security chief Mohamed Warsame Farah (AKA Darawish) discussed the current fighting in Mogadishu with Poloff. He stated that he had been in Ye [...] | 2007-04-02 11:16:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PTER ASEC MOPS PGOV PREL EAID SO ET UG |
07NAIROBI1514 | KENYA CONSTITUTION: MINIMUM REFORMS, MAXIMUM DEBATE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A step back from complete overhaul, the current constitutional review debate in Kenya centers on a slate of "minimum reforms." Supporters of the proposed changes, many of which concern the electoral process, argue that these initial reforms must be made before the next general [...] | 2007-04-04 09:38:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM KE |
07NAIROBI1603 | BAD GOVERNANCE THE ROOT OF INSECURITY IN MT. ELGON [...] (SBU) Summary: With the death toll approaching 150 and the number of displaced persons rising to above 61,700, the conflict over land settlement in the Mt. Elgon district of Western Kenya has become a major political issue. The Kibaki administration is promoting dialogue among the warring fa [...] | 2007-04-12 06:52:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KDEM PGOV PHUM KE |
07NAIROBI1636 | Somali Truce Holds Despite Fighting [...] (U) The truce between Hawiye clan militia and Ethiopian troops in Mogadishu appears to be holding despite relatively heavy small arms and mortar fire since Tuesday evening (4/12). The fighting was mainly between Transitional Federal Government (TFG) forces and Hawiye/Abgal militia, with occa [...] | 2007-04-13 11:30:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PREF ASEC MOPS SO ET |
07NAIROBI1639 | MUSLIM LEADERSHIP VIEWS: HASSAN OLE NAADO [...] (SBU) Summary: The national chairperson of the Kenya Muslim Youth Alliance (KMYA) depicts "African Islam" under siege from "Wahabi extremist foreigners." HKMYA favors moderate, modern, indigenous Islam with an emphasis on education as a means of uplifting the Muslim community. He also advoc [...] | 2007-04-13 11:51:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER KE KISL KPAO PGOV PHUM |
07NAIROBI1669 | ACHIEVING USG GOALS IN KENYA'S ELECTION [...] (SBU) Summary and Introduction: Kenya has an opportunity this year to enhance its position as a leading African democracy. USG goals for Kenya's December 2007 general elections are that 1) they are transparent and competitive, producing credible, widely accepted results; 2) candidates and th [...] | 2007-04-17 09:24:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KE PGOV PHUM EAID |
07NAIROBI1704 | KENYA: JOURNALISTS QUESTIONED OVER ASSASSINATION [...] (SBU) Following Kenyan daily The Standard's report of an alleged assassination plot against former President Moi's son, four of the paper's managers were questioned by police on April 16 at police headquarters. Human rights groups rallied to support the newspaper, decrying the six-hour quest [...] | 2007-04-18 09:46:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PGOV PHUM KE |
07NAIROBI1715 | Somalia Fight Sharp but Short [...] (U) Press reporting and Embassy sources indicate fighting in Mogadishu last night (4/17) between Ethiopian forces and Hawiye/Haber Gedir militia, concentrated between the stadium and the presidential palace compound (Villa Somalia). According to the sources, there was heavy artillery and mort [...] | 2007-04-18 13:38:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PREF ASEC MOPS SO ET |
07NAIROBI1747 | TWO TOP OPPOSITION CANDIDATES LAY OUT THEIR [...] (C) SUMMARY: During recent separate lunches with the Ambassador, the two top candidates of the main opposition coalition (the Orange Democratic Movement Kenya, ODM-K),Raila Odinga and Kalonzo Musyoka, discussed their strategies for the national elections later this year. While both expresse [...] | 2007-04-19 12:57:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KDEM PGOV KE |
07NAIROBI1789 | POLITICS IN LUOLAND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The perception that the central government is actively opposed to the interests of Nyanza Province's Luo community and its leaders motivates many Luos to stand firmly behind "their man" Raila Odinga. Support for Odinga's ODM-K is widespread in Nyanza, but a pile-up in identific [...] | 2007-04-23 14:09:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KDEM PGOV KE |
07NAIROBI1792 | KENYA ELECTIONS: ELECTORAL COMMISSION UPDATE [...] (U) SUMMARY: On April 19, the DCM and the German and Swiss Ambassadors called on Commissioners of the Electoral Commission of Kenya (ECK) to discuss the ECK's administration of Kenya's next general election, expected in December. Among the topics discussed were: presentation of a non-paper de [...] | 2007-04-24 13:57:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KDEM PGOV KE |
07NAIROBI1830 | FRACTURED LUHYA IN WESTERN PROVINCE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The diverse Luhya groups in Kenya's Western Province defy a single characterization. However, disillusionment with the current administration's failure to deliver on its campaign promises is creating fertile ground for eager opposition ODM-K campaigners. END SUMMARY. Divers [...] | 2007-04-26 12:55:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KDEM PGOV KE |
07NAIROBI1832 | UPCOMING BY-ELECTION ON KENYA'S COAST [...] Summary: The Magarini by-election features ten contending parties. The putative incumbent, whose seat was vacated by a court order finding his election in 2002 fraudulent, represents a Coast Province party that advocates decentralization and favored treatment of "indigenous" residents over t [...] | 2007-04-26 15:12:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | KDEM KE PGOV PHUM |
07NAIROBI1867 | SOMALIA--THE WAY FORWARD [...] (U) Summary. Building on Nairobi 1401, this message lays out a roadmap for influencing Somalia towards security and stability. Many of the elements we delineated in reftel remain relevant to current developments. End summary. 2. (C) The fighting in Mogadishu in recent weeks has clouded effo [...] | 2007-04-30 14:03:00 | Embassy Nairobi | SECRET | PGOV PREL PTER MOPS EAID SO ET |
07NAIROBI1905 | Somalia--TFG/Hawiye Talks and Appointments [...] (SBU) On April 29, Transitional Federal Government (TFG) President Abdullahi Yusuf met with members of the Hawiye Leadership Committee in his headquarters, Villa Somalia. The meeting was initiated by Ethiopian military commanders and included TFG Prime Minster Ali Gedi and Ethiopian General [...] | 2007-05-02 15:43:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER ASEC MOPS SO ET |
07NAIROBI1907 | NURTURING DEMOCRACY -- AMBASSADOR'S VISIT TO [...] Summary. During a four-day trip to Nyanza and Western Provinces (in western Kenyan),the Ambassador talked with a wide cross-section of Kenyans about the state of democracy in the country, and about the importance of an inclusive, fair, and transparent electoral process. Although rich in res [...] | 2007-05-03 10:59:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KDEM PGOV KE |
07NAIROBI1908 | MISSION'S EFFORTS TO COMBAT FEMALE GENITAL [...] Summary: On April 21, the Ambassador participated in a high profile event in Kilgoris in Transmara to support efforts to end female genital mutilation (FGM). See text of Ambassador's speech in paragraph 6. Participation in this event was part of the Mission's broader efforts to address gen [...] | 2007-05-03 11:56:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM KDEM PGOV KE |
07NAIROBI1918 | Somalia--Peace Is Not Yet at Hand [...] (C) Since the termination of fighting in Mogadishu last Thursday (4/26),the city has been unusually calm, in terms of combat; and the daily mortar, RPG, and small arms attacks have ceased--for the time being. Transitional Federal Government (TFG) and Ethiopian troops reportedly are moving f [...] | 2007-05-03 14:04:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PREF ASEC MOPS SO ET |
07NAIROBI1926 | MICHUKI LAUDS VISIT TO U.S., RELEASES JOINT [...] (SBU) On Thursday May 3, Minister of State for Provincial Administration and Internal Security John Michuki called Ambassador to express his appreciation for his Qhighly constructiveQ visit to Washington. He said that he particularly appreciated the high level at which he was received. He to [...] | 2007-05-04 07:09:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ASEC KCRM KE |
07NAIROBI1930 | Somalia-Ambassador's Telecon with Hawiye Elder [...] (U) On May 2, the Ambassador spoke with Haji Abdi Iman (Imaam) Omar, chairman of the Hawiye Leadership Committee. The Ambassador contacted Omar because of the leadership role he and his colleagues are playing in discussions with the Ethiopians and, most recently, with President Abdullahi Yusu [...] | 2007-05-04 09:24:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER MOPS SO ET |
07NAIROBI1931 | Somalia-Ambassador's Letters to TFG President and [...] (U) Following telecon with Hawiye Leadership Committee Chairman Haji Abdi Iman Omar, and in an effort to support the critical dialogue process, the Ambassador sent the following letters to Transitional Federal Government President Abdullahi Yusuf and Chairman Haji Abdi Iman (Imaam). 2. (C) [...] | 2007-05-04 09:28:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER MOPS SO ET |
07NAIROBI1948 | POLITICS IN KISII LAND [...] Summary: The Kisii community, accounting for four percent of Kenya's population, have been loyal to FORD-People party baron Simeon Nyachae, who supports the Kibaki administration. Now that Nyachae has announced his retirement from politics, opposition politicians are eyeing the Kisii vote. [...] | 2007-05-07 13:08:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KE PINR PHUM PGOV SOCI |
07NAIROBI1959 | Somalia-Telcon with NGRC Chairman Ali Mahdi [...] (SBU) On May 3, Somalia Political Unit staff had a conference call with National Reconciliation and Governance Committee (NGRC) Chairman Ali Mahdi on current developments in the planning for the upcoming National Reconciliation Congress. 2. (SBU) In the conversation, we emphasized that with [...] | 2007-05-08 12:49:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER MOPS SO ET |
07NAIROBI1981 | KENYA'S VISION 2030: THINKING BIG, BUT IS IT REALISTIC? [...] (SBU) Summary: Kenya has unveiled Vision 2030, an audacious national development plan whose goal is middle-income status for the country by 2030. The Vision calls for 10% GDP growth annually over the next 25 years (up from the current 6%),allowing Kenya to multiply per capita income by six t [...] | 2007-05-09 14:27:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAID EFIN PGOV KE |
07NAIROBI1996 | Somalia--Round Two of TFG/Hawiye Talks [...] (C) Summary. Transitional Federal Government President Abdullahi Yusuf met with elders from the Hawiye clan for a second time since the fighting ended on April 28. The talks were reportedly cordial although PM Gedi evidenced continued hostility towards the elders. There appear to be indicatio [...] | 2007-05-09 15:08:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER ASEC MOPS SO ET |
07NAIROBI200 | UPDATE OF WORST FORMS OF CHILD LABOR REPORT FOR KENYA [...] The following is the updated text of the worst forms of child labor report for Kenya for 2006, as required under the Trade Act, for Department of Labor. Kenya Selected Child Labor Measures Adopted by Governments Ratified Convention 138 4/9/1979 U Ratified Convention 182 5/7/2001 U ILO-IP [...] | 2007-01-10 14:00:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB ECON PHUM PGOV KE |
07NAIROBI2069 | Somalia - Meeting with President Yusuf [...] (C) Summary. During a May 15 meeting, TFG President Yusuf told the Ambassador that he is pursuing dialogue with various sub-clans and is committed to power-sharing to be worked out in the context of the National Reconciliation Congress. He indicated his intention to replace Prime Minister Gedi [...] | 2007-05-15 14:23:00 | Embassy Nairobi | SECRET | PGOV PREL PTER MOPS SO |
07NAIROBI2072 | KENYA & ETHIOPIA ENHANCE BORDER COOPERATION [...] (SBU) Summary: Kenya and Ethiopia are enhancing coordination at the local level in the border region to better manage cross-border security issues involving the Borana/Oromo and Gabra communities. End Summary. 2. (SBU) PolCouns met with Sheikh Abdinassir, a former International Visitor g [...] | 2007-05-16 05:03:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC ET KE KPAO PGOV PHUM PINR |
07NAIROBI2098 | Somalia - Meeting with Solana Envoy [...] (C) On May 14 the Ambassador met with Jean-Christophe Belliard, the Personal Envoy for Somalia of Javier Solana, EU Secretary-General. Belliard first visited Cairo and Addis Ababa before coming to Nairobi. In Addis Ababa Belliard met with Prime Minister Meles Zenawi, who reportedly expressed [...] | 2007-05-16 11:14:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER MOPS SO |
07NAIROBI2099 | Somalia--Divide and Conquer Dialogue [...] (U) Transitional Federal Government (TFG) President Yusuf met with politicians, intellectuals, and officials of the Hawiye/Haber Gedir/Ayr sub-clan on May 10 at the presidential palace in Mogadishu. Among the Ayr were Justice Minister Hassan Dimbil, political leader Mohamed Ulusow, and two m [...] | 2007-05-16 11:14:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER SO ET |
07NAIROBI2118 | GOVERNMENT-BACKED CANDIDATE WINS COAST BY-ELECTION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: With the government's backing, Harrison Kombe, of the Shirikisho party, won the May 14 low-turnout parliamentary by-election in the coastal Magarini constituency. The result was not surprising. Kombe won resoundingly with 37 percent of the votes cast, far ahead of the competi [...] | 2007-05-17 14:17:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KDEM PGOV KE |
07NAIROBI213 | ICRC LETTER ON SOMALIA [...] On January 11 Embassy Nairobi received a letter from the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) informing the USG that the ICRC considers U.S. actions in Somalia to be governed by the rules applicable to situations of non-international armed conflict. Full text follows in para 2. [...] | 2007-01-12 05:49:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PTER ASEC MOPS SO ET KE |
07NAIROBI2135 | Somalia--Attempt on PM's Life [...] (U) Assassins attempted to kill Transitional Federal Government (TFG) Prime Minister Ali Muhammad Gedi yesterday (5/18). According to press reports, Gedi and his entourage were returning from a ceremony marking the departure of the bodies of four slain Ugandan peacekeepers at Mogadishu Inter [...] | 2007-05-18 10:20:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV SO |
07NAIROBI2136 | Somalia--Attempt on PM's Life [...] No summary [...] | 2007-05-18 10:20:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV SO |
07NAIROBI2151 | Somalia - Meeting with Ethiopian State Minister [...] (C) Summary: As requested, the Ambassador met May 20 with Tekeda Alemu, Ethiopian State Minister for Foreign Affairs to discuss a joint U.S.-Ethiopian approach on Somalia. Tekeda pressed on a U.S.-Ethiopia meeting with Somalia Transitional Federal Government (TFG) President Yusuf to be held i [...] | 2007-05-21 14:18:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC PTER SO ET |
07NAIROBI219 | KIBAKI SIGNS BILLS THAT MAY SPUR ECONOMIC GROWTH [...] (SBU) Summary: On New Year's Eve 2006, Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki signed into law 11 more bills, including important laws with important implications for the financial and energy sectors. This tally adds to several economic development-related bills passed earlier in the parliamentary year a [...] | 2007-01-12 08:03:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PGOV EINV ENRG EFIN KCRM EPET KCOR KE |
07NAIROBI220 | PRESIDENT HAND PICKS ELECTORAL COMMISSIONERS; [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In what opposition leaders are calling a "blow to multi-party democracy," President Kibaki on January 11 appointed nine Commissioners to the Electoral Commission of Kenya, without consulting opposition parties. Although completely within Kenyan law, the move sets a bad preceden [...] | 2007-01-12 08:07:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM PGOV PREL KE |
07NAIROBI2209 | Somalia--Security a Long Way Off [...] (C) Summary. The level of violence has risen in Mogadishu and the provinces since the Ethiopian/TFG action against the Ayr sub-clan and Courts' radicals in late April 2007. Attacks tend to be more focused than earlier in the year. While this violence could be laid at the feet of Islamic ex [...] | 2007-05-23 14:58:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER ASEC EWWT EAID SO ET UG KS |
07NAIROBI2215 | MUNGIKI: KENYA'S LARGEST CRIMINAL ORGANIZATION [...] (SBU) Summary: The Mungiki, a large criminal organization operating within the Kikuyu community, has a network of supporters within the government bureaucracy and political leadership. It's use of extreme violence to amplify its influence through terror and its parallel government weakens th [...] | 2007-05-24 07:41:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC KDEM KE PGOV PREL PTER |
07NAIROBI2238 | MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT FROM MUNGIKI-LAND: "I'M [...] (C) Summary: Member of Parliament Elias Mbau recounts his own intimidation by the Mungiki in his constituency. He frankly admits that he was forced to change his tune after initially publicly opposing the criminal organization. He also confirms reports that the Mungiki have supporters in gov [...] | 2007-05-25 09:58:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ASEC KCRM KDEM KE PGOV PINR PREL PTER |
07NAIROBI2239 | MEETING WITH SOMALI FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (SBU) Summary. In a meeting with Somalia's Foreign Minister, the Ambassador warned that time is running out for genuine reconciliation. The US will not support a conference that does not offer political reconciliation. Without political reconciliation, clan war will resume. The TFG needs t [...] | 2007-05-25 10:03:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PINR SO |
07NAIROBI2242 | CITES COP 14: KENYA SEEKS USG SUPPORT ON IVORY TRADE BAN, [...] (U) Sensitive but Unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: Kenya remains hopeful that the U.S. will side with it and Mali and oppose efforts by Namibia, Zimbabwe, Botswana, and South Africa to get CITES approval for additional one-off sales of government-held stockpile [...] | 2007-05-25 13:54:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV ECON KSCA ETRD PGOV PINR KE |
07NAIROBI2263 | Ali Mahdi on the Somalia Reconciliation Congress [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador met with Ali Mahdi, Chairman of the National Governance and Reconciliation Committee (NGRC) to discuss planning and preparations for the National Reconciliation Congress (NRC) that will begin June 14. Mahdi confirmed that the NRC will cover social, political, and tr [...] | 2007-05-29 14:17:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC PTER SO ET |
07NAIROBI2281 | Meeting with Former Foreign Minister Hurreh [...] (C) Summary. At a meeting with the Ambassador, Somali Education Minister Hurreh discussed the milieu of the upcoming National Reconciliation Congress and confirmed that the pressure to remove Prime Minister Gedi from office is building. The Ambassador emphasized that the Congress must inclu [...] | 2007-05-30 14:21:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SCUL SO ET |
07NAIROBI2299 | Somalia--NGRC Independence in Doubt [...] (C) Summary. The May 25 resolution passed by Somalia's Transitional Federal Parliament originally reported to confirm the independence of the National Governance and Reconciliation Committee has proven to be ambiguous, at best, upon review of the actual text. The reported behind-the-scenes [...] | 2007-06-01 08:05:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SO |
07NAIROBI23 | SOMALIA - - OVERVIEW OF CURRENT ISSUES [...] (C) Somalis across the spectrum ) including TFG officials, members of civil society, the business community, clan elders, and even moderate members of the Islamic Courts ) are all telling us that they deeply appreciate the positive role that the U.S. has been playing since the start of the Eth [...] | 2007-01-03 18:56:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER ASEC MOPS SO ET KE |
07NAIROBI2326 | Somalia - Meeting with President Yusuf [...] (C) Summary. During a June 5 meeting, President Yusuf welcomed as positive the joint A/S Frazer/Lord Triesman letter to him and agreed with its key points, including on the need for inclusive reconciliation on an urgent basis. Yusuf promised to send a written communication to the Contact Group [...] | 2007-06-05 08:49:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SCUL SO |
07NAIROBI2349 | SOMALIA: LETTER FROM TFG PRESIDENT YUSUF TO THE [...] Per reftel, we followed up with the Somalia Embassy in Nairobi and received the attached letter from TFG President Yusuf to the International Contact Group meeting in London. 2. Text of letter: Honorable Representatives of the Contact Group: I wish to express my appreciation for the s [...] | 2007-06-06 10:08:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL SCUL SO |
07NAIROBI2351 | KENYAN NOTABLES DISCUSS THE NEIGHBORS WITH [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During his recent visit to Kenya, Ambassador Johnnie Carson, National Intelligence Officer for Africa, discussed developments in Somalia and Sudan with Kenyan interlocutors. From the Kenyan perspective, instability in both countries is of significant concern for Kenya's well-b [...] | 2007-06-06 13:05:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KDEM PGOV PTER KE SO SU |
07NAIROBI2353 | 2007 REPORT ON INVESTMENT DISPUTES AND EXPROPRIATION CLAIMS [...] (U) The U.S. Mission in Kenya is aware of one (1) outstanding claim of a United States business interest against a branch of the Government of Kenya (GOK). 2. (U) Background: In December 1995, Claimant A entered into a joint venture with a Kenyan public university ("the university"),via [...] | 2007-06-07 03:35:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV KIDE OPIC CASC PGOV KE |
07NAIROBI2375 | KENYAN OPPOSITION POLITICS: DEAL OR NO DEAL? [...] (C) SUMMARY: Uncertainty and mistrust endure within the opposition coalition. While the Orange Democratic Movement-Kenya (ODM-K) continues to struggle with its presidential nomination process, it is increasingly clear that back-room deals will be made, egos will be bruised, and ODM-K leaders [...] | 2007-06-07 11:43:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KDEM PGOV PHUM KE |
07NAIROBI2385 | EMBU BISHOP: MPS WANT TO KEEP 'EM POOR & IGNORANT [...] (C) Summary: The Bishop of Embu Diocese maintains that Mbere District's Members of Parliament purposely undermine efforts to raise educational standards and to develop the economy of the area so as to keep the population poor, dependent and easily manipulated. They also stymie projects with w [...] | 2007-06-07 13:33:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | KE PGOV PHUM |
07NAIROBI2405 | POLICE ENGAGE MUNGIKI CRIMINAL ORGANIZATION IN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Following through on its pledge to destroy the Mungiki criminal organization, the Government of Kenya deployed hundreds of police to Nairobi's Mathare slum this week. Security forces conducted a series of operations to round up suspects. At least 18 people died during the ope [...] | 2007-06-08 10:05:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM ASEC KE |
07NAIROBI2406 | Travel to Somalia [...] (SBU) Summary. This message lays out proposed plans for travel by USG personnel to Somalia during the next 6 months. End Summary. -------------------------------- National Reconciliation Congress -------------------------------- 2. (C) The Somalia National Reconciliation Congress (NRC) [...] | 2007-06-08 15:50:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC PTER SO ET |
07NAIROBI2421 | Somalia -- Delay in Reconciliation Congress [...] (C) Ali Mahdi, Chairman of the National Governance and Reconciliation Committee (NGRC) told the Ambassador on June 10 that the kickoff for the National Reconciliation Congress (NRC),planned to begin on June 14, has been delayed by two weeks. Mahdi said the delay was inevitable because much re [...] | 2007-06-11 13:59:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC PTER SO ET |
07NAIROBI2446 | KANU NATIONAL CONFERENCE: KENYATTA HOLDS HIS GROUND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Amid ongoing debate about the party's position within the opposition coalition and an internal power struggle, KANU held its National Delegates' Conference in Nairobi on June 11. According to KANU officials, the meeting was a success as the party made clear its position with r [...] | 2007-06-12 13:04:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KDEM PGOV KE |
07NAIROBI2449 | LAND REFORM IN KENYA: TRYING TO RIGHT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The combination of an ever-expanding population, settler legacy, poverty, corruption, elite impunity, and an inadequate land law system make the ownership, tenure, and use of land one of the most volatile questions in Kenya today and one of the most serious impediments to econo [...] | 2007-06-12 13:18:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAGR EINV EAID ETRD PGOV KCOR KE |
07NAIROBI2452 | SOMALIA -- COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST [...] (U) This is an action request. See para 5. 2. (S/NF) As described in current threat assessments, travel of USG personnel into Somalia, particularly in Mogadishu, remains problematic (Ref A). However, attendance by an appropriately high level USG official at the opening of Somalia's Nation [...] | 2007-06-12 14:19:00 | Embassy Nairobi | SECRET | PGOV PREL ASEC PTER MOPS SO |
07NAIROBI2506 | Kenya Improves Governance and Public Services [...] (SBU) Summary: Stung by a series of reports showing poor public services and governance, and recognizing that improvements were needed to boost investment, economic growth and job creation, the GOK has used Results Based Management (RBM),performance contracts, and a Rapid Results Approach (RRA [...] | 2007-06-15 10:17:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KCOR ECON EINV EAID ELAB KE |
07NAIROBI2566 | KENYATTA KEEPING HIS OPTIONS WIDE OPEN [...] (SBU) When KANU Chairman and opposition presidential hopeful Uhuru Kenyatta failed to meet the June 15 deadline for formally declaring himself an Orange Democratic Movement-Kenya (ODM-K) candidate, there was speculation that KANU was splitting from ODM-K. Kenyatta has not (yet) pulled KANU o [...] | 2007-06-20 13:21:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KDEM PGOV KE |
07NAIROBI2567 | Trafficking in Persons: Ambassador?s Trip [...] Summary. See para 8 for action request. The combination of the Ambassador?s visit to the Kenyan coast, the rollout of the GTIP annual report, and celebrations of the Day of the African Child cast a spotlight on the problems of trafficking and sex tourism in Kenya. As a result of the Ambassad [...] | 2007-06-20 14:20:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG PREL PGOV KE |
07NAIROBI2575 | Ambassador's Visit to the Kenyan Coast [...] No summary [...] | 2007-06-21 10:03:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KE PGOV KCRM KWMN SNAR PHUM PTER |
07NAIROBI2578 | Somalia - Conversation with President Yusuf [...] (C) The Ambassador, at his request, spoke with President Yusuf by phone on June 20 to raise the following: the amnesty, concerns about recent arrests, expansion of the national reconciliation committee, and the desire to have a more extended conversation with Yusuf during his next visit to Na [...] | 2007-06-21 13:05:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER MOPS SO ET |
07NAIROBI2606 | Tour d'Horizon with Prime Minister Gedi [...] (SBU) Summary: The Ambassador and Special Envoy John Yates met Prime Minister Ali Gedi on June 21 to discuss the June 18 announcement of a general amnesty, preparations for the National Reconciliation Congress, the current security situation, and the PM's upcoming travel to Washington and New Y [...] | 2007-06-22 13:06:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC PTER SO ET |
07NAIROBI2614 | Somalia - Response Letter from Yusuf [...] Following on the transmission of a letter to TFG President Abdullahi Yusuf, the Ambassador received a response on June 22. 2. The text of the letter from Yusuf reads as follows: Dear Mr. Ambassador: Your letter of June 21, 2007, is clearly in line with other previous letters that showe [...] | 2007-06-25 13:19:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER SO |
07NAIROBI2618 | Ali Mahdi on National Reconciliation Congress [...] (C) Summary: On June 22 Ali Mahdi, Chairman of the National Governance and Reconciliation Committee, and other committee members and advisors briefed the Ambassador and Special Envoy on delegate selection for the Congress, his meetings with the Hawiye, the status of security service and the sit [...] | 2007-06-26 04:11:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC PTER KPAO SO ET |
07NAIROBI263 | PRIME MINISTER GEDI PROMISES A "NEW SOMALIA," ACTS [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a January 7 meeting in Nairobi with Assistant Secretary Frazer, Somali Prime Minister Ali Gedi was confident a "new Somalia" was on its way, and appealed for immediate donor support. The rosy picture Gedi painted did not mask the very serious problems which remain within the [...] | 2007-01-17 05:44:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER ASEC MOPS SO ET KE |
07NAIROBI2630 | Somalia -- Update on AMISOM [...] (C) The following (paras 2-14) is a retransmission in Department format of Reftel titled "Ugandan Peacekeeping Presence in Somalia, mid-June 2007" disseminated by Embassy Nairobi's Defense Attache Office (DAO) on June 25. 2. (S/REL TO USA, ACGU) SUMMARY. As of mid-June 2007, the AU Mission in [...] | 2007-06-26 15:43:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC PTER SO ET |
07NAIROBI2631 | Somalia -- Update on AMISOM [...] (C) The following (paras 2-14) is a retransmission in Department format of Reftel titled "Ugandan Peacekeeping Presence in Somalia, mid-June 2007" disseminated by Embassy Nairobi's Defense Attache Office (DAO) on June 25. 2. (S/REL TO USA, ACGU) SUMMARY. As of mid-June 2007, the AU Mission in [...] | 2007-06-26 15:43:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC PTER SO ET |
07NAIROBI2632 | Somalia -- Update on AMISOM [...] (C) The following (paras 2-14) is a retransmission in Department format of Reftel titled "Ugandan Peacekeeping Presence in Somalia, mid-June 2007" disseminated by Embassy Nairobi's Defense Attache Office (DAO) on June 25. 2. (S/REL TO USA, ACGU) SUMMARY. As of mid-June 2007, the AU Mission in [...] | 2007-06-26 15:43:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC PTER SO ET |
07NAIROBI2640 | Somalia -- Update on AMISOM [...] (C) The following (paras 2-14) is a retransmission in Department format of Reftel titled "Ugandan Peacekeeping Presence in Somalia, mid-June 2007" disseminated by Embassy Nairobi's Defense Attache Office (DAO) on June 25. 2. (S/REL TO USA, ACGU) SUMMARY. As of mid-June 2007, the AU Mission in [...] | 2007-06-27 13:11:00 | Embassy Nairobi | SECRET | PGOV PREL ASEC PTER SO ET |
07NAIROBI2641 | GOK'S FY08 BUDGET - AN ATTEMPT TO WOO VOTERS OR BEGIN [...] (U) Sensitive but Unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: On June 14, Kenya's Finance Minister Amos Kimunya presented the Kibaki government's budget for FY08 (July 1, 2007-June 30, 2008) to Parliament under the theme "Vision 2030 -- Working Together, on the Path to Pro [...] | 2007-06-27 14:17:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV ELAB ETRD PGOV EAGR KE |
07NAIROBI2754 | CENTRAL BANK OF KENYA GOVERNOR REPUTEDLY UNDER [...] (U) Sensitive but Unclassified. Please protect accordingly. For USG use only. 2. (SBU) Summary: Former Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) Bank Supervision Director Gerald Arita Nyaoma suggested to Economic Specialist on June 29 that he fears that President Mwai Kibaki and the State House are a [...] | 2007-07-05 13:29:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN PGOV EINV KCOR KCRM PINR KE |
07NAIROBI2764 | KENYA & SOMALIA SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF ADMIRAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Welcome to Kenya, a stable, dynamic democracy and a key regional partner for the United States. Our partnership with Kenya focuses on five major goals: cooperate to fight insecurity and terrorism; combat disease and save lives; promote prosperity, fight poverty and invest in [...] | 2007-07-06 05:02:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM KE PGOV PREL |
07NAIROBI2773 | JULY 4 - HIGHLIGHTING BILATERAL PARTNERSHIP AND DEMOCRATIC [...] The Mission used the July 4 reception to highlight the U.S.-Kenyan partnership and to focus on shared democratic values. (See text of Ambassador's remarks in paragraph 6.) These themes have increasingly strong resonance with all sectors of Kenyan society and politics. As a result, the turnout [...] | 2007-07-06 07:19:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV KEDM KE |
07NAIROBI3093 | ADMIRAL FALLON MEETING WITH PRESIDENT KIBAKI [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a July 19 meeting with visiting CENTCOM Commander Admiral William J. Fallon and the Charge, Kenyan President Kibaki praised the U.S. Kenya partnership, while encouraging greater U.S. attention to the region. With respect to Kenya, Kibaki appealed for greater U.S. assistance f [...] | 2007-07-30 07:16:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KDEM MASS PGOV KE |
07NAIROBI3175 | Somalia - Travel Plan and Security Assessment [...] (S/NF) This is an action request. See para 10. This message proposes travel to Somalia during the next three months. I consider this travel essential to advance the high USG foreign policy priority to promote security and stability in Somalia. The travel is aimed at: facilitating our inter [...] | 2007-08-06 11:32:00 | Embassy Nairobi | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL ASEC PTER SO ET |
07NAIROBI3209 | KENYA'S WANGARI MAATHAI CONTINUES TO SPEAK OUT [...] Summary: Kenya's Nobel Peace Prize laureate Wangari Maathai, recipient of the 2007 Nelson Mandela Award for Health and Human Rights, continues to be a forceful advocate for better governance as a path to environmentally sustainable economic development in Kenya and across Africa. Her ability [...] | 2007-08-09 06:01:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV ENRG KGHG ECON PGOV KCOR KE |
07NAIROBI3251 | COURT RULES FATHER KAISER'S DEATH HOMICIDE [...] (SBU) Summary: The recent finding by a Kenyan court that the death in 2000 of an American priest, Father John Kaiser, was a result of homicide has stirred renewed interest in the case due to his prominence as a human rights activist and vocal opponent of the former Kenyan government. The Cour [...] | 2007-08-13 11:20:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL KCRM CASC KE |
07NAIROBI3257 | Somalia - PM Gedi on Reconciliation [...] (SBU) See para 15 for action recommended. The Ambassador met August 11 with Somalia Transitional Federal Government (TFG) Prime Minister Ali Gedi to discuss reconciliation efforts, security in Mogadishu, and TFG efforts to secure Arab support. End Summary. -------------------------------- [...] | 2007-08-13 13:06:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC PTER SO ET |
07NAIROBI3281 | SOMALIA - TELCON WITH NGRC CHAIRMAN ALI MAHDI [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Special Envoy spoke with National Governance and Reconciliation Council Chair Ali Mahdi by telephone August 14 to obtain update on National Reconciliation Congress. Mahdi confirmed that reconciliation portion of proceedings were "successfully" completed August 9 and that politic [...] | 2007-08-14 14:36:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL SO |
07NAIROBI3313 | Somalia - Norwegian Diplomacy [...] (C) We met August 15 with Brynjulf Mugaas, Norwegian Counselor for Somalia, to discuss Norwegian regional diplomacy focused on Somalia. Mugaas told us he spoke at length August 14 with Ibrahim Addow (Hawiye/Haber Gedir/Sa'ad),the former "Foreign Secretary" of the Council of Islamic Courts (CIC [...] | 2007-08-16 13:47:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC PTER SO ET |
07NAIROBI3373 | Somaliland -- Foreign Minister on the Way Forward [...] (C) Summary. On August 20, the Ambassador held consultations with Somaliland Foreign Minister Abdillahi Mohamed Duale (at his request) to discuss the full range of issues in the U.S.-Somaliland relationship. Topics included the arrest of opposition political leaders, elections and recognition [...] | 2007-08-22 09:11:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER ASEC MOPS SO ET |
07NAIROBI3375 | Somalia -- President Yusuf on the Way Forward [...] (C) Following the U.S.-TFG consultations on August 16 (Ref A) President Yusuf privately discussed with the Ambassador and Special Envoy Yates the way forward on national reconciliation and other issues. 2. (S/NF) Yusuf said that some members of the TFG, including Prime Minister Gedi, want t [...] | 2007-08-22 09:26:00 | Embassy Nairobi | SECRET | PGOV PREL ASEC PTER SO ET |
07NAIROBI3386 | KENYA STATE OF PLAY - WOMEN'S JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT [...] (SBU) Summary: At an August 21 meeting with the DCM, Kenya's primary interlocutors on the Women's Justice and Empowerment Initiative said they are receptive to moving forward with the program. At the same time, they want to ensure it meets their priorities, including help in developing a foren [...] | 2007-08-23 05:52:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PGOV PHUM SOCI KE |
07NAIROBI3457 | IT'S HARD OUT THERE FOR A (WOMAN) CANDIDATE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Three aspiring members of parliament, two women and one first-time candidate, shared their views recently on the difficult and generally very undemocratic process by which a Kenyan attempts to get elected, in particular the party nomination process. Their accounts confirmed wh [...] | 2007-08-28 13:20:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KDEM PGOV KE |
07NAIROBI3463 | Somalia - NRC Closing and Next Steps [...] No summary [...] | 2007-08-28 14:53:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC PTER SO ET |
07NAIROBI3513 | A TALE OF TWO ORANGE CONVENTIONS: OPPOSITION [...] (SBU) Summary: The Orange Democratic Movement-Kenya (ODM-K) nominated Kalonzo Musyoka for President at its convention held on 31 August. The Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) nominated Raila Odinga for President at its convention the following day. As in '92 and '97, the opposition will ente [...] | 2007-09-04 08:59:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | KDEM KE PGOV PHUM |
07NAIROBI3564 | Somalia-After the Reconciliation Congress [...] (SBU) Summary: As anticipated the NRC closed on August 30. Chairman Ali Mahdi recognizes the reconciliation process will be ongoing, and he expects to continue playing a pivotal role. (See Septel text of NRC Communique) President Yusuf has committed the TFG to moving forward with the transitio [...] | 2007-09-07 10:30:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER ASEC MOPS SO ET |
07NAIROBI3581 | KENYA ELECTIONS: PRESUMPTIVE ETHNIC ALIGNMENTS [...] (SBU) Summary: Analysis of raw voter registration data reveals the approximate ethnic composition of the electorate, which differs somewhat from that of the general population. Given current ethnic voting bloc political alignments and assuming no major disparities in voter turnout, this data [...] | 2007-09-10 12:22:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KE PGOV PHUM |
07NAIROBI3609 | KENYA ELECTIONS: GENDER, RELIGION & THE ELECTORATE [...] (SBU) Summary: Analysis of raw voter registration data reveals the gender and approximate religious composition of the electorate, which differs somewhat from that of the general population. Women account for 47 percent of registered voters. Nairobi has the lowest share of women voters at o [...] | 2007-09-11 13:19:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KE PGOV PHUM |
07NAIROBI3664 | Somalia: Alleged Assassination Threat [...] (S/NF) Summary: Somalia Transitional Federal Government President Abdullahi Yusuf allegedly told Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles in Addis that he intends to remove Somalia TFG Prime Minister Gedi on October 14 or 15. Meles warned Yusuf against doing so, and told Yusuf to maintain the current TF [...] | 2007-09-14 11:02:00 | Embassy Nairobi | SECRET | PGOV PREL PTER ASEC MOPS SO ET |
07NAIROBI3675 | AMBASSADOR HIGHLIGHTS NEED TO COMBAT VIOLENCE AGAINST [...] A week ago, Flora Tera, a woman who is competing in Meru in central Kenya to be the candidate for Parliament for a pro-government party, was severely beaten by a gang of thugs. The circumstances make clear that the gang deliberately sought to intimidate her from campaigning. Her leg was brok [...] | 2007-09-17 13:50:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | KE KPAO PGOV PHUM |
07NAIROBI3676 | AMBASSADOR'S SPEECH ON DIVERSITY, DEMOCRACY, AND [...] As part of continuing outreach on key issues, on September 10 in Mombasa Ambassador Ranneberger delivered a policy speech entitled "Diversity, Democracy, and Development." The speech was intended both to convey U.S. views on this important topic and to stimulate thought among Kenyans in the [...] | 2007-09-17 13:52:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KPAO KE |
07NAIROBI3761 | KENYA ELECTIONS: ONE-THIRD OF CONSTITUENCIES [...] (SBU) Summary & Introduction: Kenya's first two multiparty elections, in '92 and '97, were marred by widespread violence, most of it organized by the government. The 2002 election was much less violent and the November 2005 referendum was even less violent. This year, we predict little organ [...] | 2007-09-21 10:41:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC KDEM KE PGOV PHUM |
07NAIROBI3790 | KENYA ELECTIONS: LIKELY TIMELINE [...] (SBU) Summary: Our best information at this point indicates dissolution of parliament in early October and an election date of Monday, 17 December. End Summary. 2. (U) Reftel provides information on violence-prone constituencies and references for previous election-related messages. 3. [...] | 2007-09-25 13:47:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM KE PGOV PHUM |
07NAIROBI3795 | Somalia: Gedi/Yusuf Tensions Intensify [...] (C) Arrests, detentions, and firings marked the latest developments in the growing tension between Transitional Federal Government (TFG) President Abdullahi Yusuf and Prime Minister Ali Gedi as dividing lines are reportedly being drawn in Mogadishu. An Ethiopian intervention may in the works, [...] | 2007-09-25 14:52:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER ASEC MOPS SO ET |
07NAIROBI3797 | Puntland/Somaliland Border Fighting [...] (SBU) On September 24, InterPeace, a U.S. funded peace-building and reconciliation NGO, alerted supporters within the international community in Nairobi that the long-standing conflict between sub-clans in the Las Anod region of western Somaliland appeared likely to escalate into open fighting [...] | 2007-09-25 15:09:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER ASEC MOPS SO ET |
07NAIROBI3830 | KENYA: PARLIAMENT MOVES TO PREVENT INVESTIGATION OF [...] (SBU) Summary: Kenya's Parliament has passed a bill containing an amendment to the country's primary anti-corruption law that would effectively bar the Kenya Anti-Corruption Commission from investigating corruption cases prior to May 2003. This brazen attempt to secure immunity for some of the [...] | 2007-09-27 04:29:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON KCOR PGOV KE |
07NAIROBI3897 | KENYA ELECTIONS: PROJECTED VOTERS [...] (SBU) Summary: Using recent and historic voter registration, voter turnout and population data, we have projected likely voters by region and ethnic community. Kibaki's Kikuyu/Meru/Embu base accounts for at least 30 percent of projected voters. Raila Odinga's Luo base and Maasai/Samburu alli [...] | 2007-10-01 13:51:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KE PGOV PHUM |
07NAIROBI3958 | Pace of Anti-Trafficking Activities Quickens in Kenya [...] (U) Summary: The pace of anti-trafficking activities in Kenya quickened in the last week of September, with the first Africa-Wide Conference on Child Sexual Abuse, the regular meeting of the National anti-TIP Steering Committee, a briefing for 15 new Kenyan Ambassadors on TIP and victim assista [...] | 2007-10-04 14:29:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB GTIP KCRM PHUM PGOV KE |
07NAIROBI3969 | KENYA ELECTIONS: A GUIDE FOR THE PERPLEXED [...] (SBU) Summary: The protagonists in Kenya's election drama have known one another for decades. At various times they were both allies and rivals. Incumbent President Mwai Kibaki will present himself as a stable, mature and dependable leader who reversed Kenya's downward spiral under Moi and i [...] | 2007-10-05 03:29:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM KE PGOV PHUM |
07NAIROBI3991 | KENYA ELECTIONS: MAIN OPPOSITION CANDIDATE ODINGA [...] (C) SUMMARY: During lunch on October 1, the Ambassador discussed the electoral process with Raila Odinga, the main presidential opposition candidate. A relaxed Odinga was looking and sounding presidential, though he professed not to be overly confident. Odinga described the political strategy [...] | 2007-10-09 09:27:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PGOV PHUM KE |
07NAIROBI3992 | Somalia - Tour d'horizon with Minister Hurreh [...] (C) Transitional Federal Government (TFG) Minister of Education Ismael Hurreh told the Ambassador October 3 that on or about October 12 the government of Prime Minister Gedi will be dissolved by Parliament. There is no leading candidate to replace Gedi. End Summary. ----------------------- [...] | 2007-10-09 10:26:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER ASEC MOPS SO ET |
07NAIROBI3993 | KENYA ELECTIONS: INTERNAL SECURITY MINISTER [...] (C) Summary and Introduction: On October 8, the Political Counselor met with Minister of State for Internal Security John Michuki over lunch at Michuki's swank hotel and country club on the outskirts of Nairobi. PolCouns had planned to have lunch with Michuki's son Francis when Michuki unexpec [...] | 2007-10-09 11:46:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | KDEM PGOV PHUM KE |
07NAIROBI3998 | AD EXEC ON DISARRAY IN KIBAKI CAMP, EVOLVING [...] (C) Summary: An advertising executive currently working on the Kibaki campaign describes confusion in the President's camp. He posits that Kenya's newfound democratic freedoms have altered the political climate in ways that most of the country's politicians have failed to notice or adapt to. [...] | 2007-10-10 11:04:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | KE PGOV PHUM |
07NAIROBI4097 | KENYA ELECTIONS: ELECTORAL COMMISSION CHAIRMAN [...] (SBU) Summary and Introduction: The Electoral Commission of Kenya (ECK) Chairman Samuel Kivuitu recently prepared a speech on the theme "Election 2007: Can Kenya Remain a Model for Africa?" The speech was delivered to the Kenya Alliance of Resident Associations by Kivuitu's deputy, as the Ch [...] | 2007-10-16 08:49:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KDEM PGOV KE |
07NAIROBI4120 | NAIROBI TRANSPORT BOSS ON CRIME, CORRUPTION & [...] (C) Summary: The Chairman of Nairobi's private transportation association describes how the city's criminal organizations and police feed off the cash-rich sector. He also expresses concerns about a possible Raila Odinga presidency and mild support for Kibaki remaining in office. End Summary [...] | 2007-10-17 12:20:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | ASUP KCRM KE PGOV PHUM PINR |
07NAIROBI4175 | KENYA'S ELECTIONS: PRESIDENT KIBAKI'S NATIONAL DAY [...] (SBU) On October 20, President Mwai Kibaki delivered a National Day speech at Nairobi's Nyayo National Stadium before a near capacity crowd. Rival presidential candidate, Raila Odinga, was seated near the speaker's podium with other senior leaders of the opposition. Kibaki used the occassion [...] | 2007-10-22 15:34:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KDEM KE |
07NAIROBI4178 | Kenya: NGO Board Offers Prize to Encourage Best Practices [...] (SBU) Summary: On October 17, Kenya's NGO Coordination Board (NGO Board) and the NGO Resource Alliance of the UK launched their new "NGO of the Year" awards to be presented in July 2008 to NGOs that demonstrate competence and integrity with their service recipients and their donors. Separately [...] | 2007-10-23 10:57:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAID PHUM PGOV KCRM EFIN KTFN KCOR KE |
07NAIROBI4186 | PRESIDENT KIBAKI DISSOLVES PARLIAMENT [...] (SBU) On October 22, President Mwai Kibaki delivered a televised address dissolving Parliament and officially triggering Kenya?s election clock. Kibaki also announced that he signed eleven bills into law immediately prior to the dissolution, including the important Political Parties Bill (ref [...] | 2007-10-24 03:59:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KUM KE |
07NAIROBI4232 | KENYA ELECTIONS: WOMEN CANDIDATES INTIMIDATED BUT NOT DEFEATED [...] (SBU) Summary: In the last two months, at least six women candidates for local office and Parliamentary seats have been physically attacked in attempts to intimidate them into dropping out of the race. On October 7, Asha Ali became the latest victim of such an attack. Ali, who is running fo [...] | 2007-10-26 09:27:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM KE PHUM PREL |
07NAIROBI4234 | KENYA ELECTIONS: PARTY PRIMARIES TRIGGER SOME VIOLENCE [...] (SBU) Summary: In the run-up to Kenya's national elections, some violence is occurring. Clashes have happened in areas which so strongly favor one party that the person who secures the party nomination is essentially assured of winning the Parliamentary seat. This type of intra-party violenc [...] | 2007-10-26 12:09:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM KE PHUM PREL |
07NAIROBI4235 | KENYA ELECTIONS: Kenya Elections: The Swing States Part One: Rift Valley Province [...] (SBU) Summary: Rift Valley Province (RVP) is one of Kenya's most geographically and ethnically diverse provinces, encompassing both desperately poor arid lands and wealthy agricultural regions. Former President Daniel arap Moi, who is backing the re-election campaign of President Kibaki, hails [...] | 2007-10-26 12:22:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM KE PHUM PREL |
07NAIROBI4236 | KENYA ELECTIONS: ELECTION DATE SET FOR DECEMBER [...] (U) The Electoral Commission of Kenya (ECK) just announced that the national elections will take place beginning on December 27. The silver-lining to a nation that now must spend its holiday season embroiled in what promises to be turbulent elections is that most people will be visiting fami [...] | 2007-10-26 12:32:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM PGOV PREL KCOR KE |
07NAIROBI4237 | Kenya-U.S. Foreign Service Institutes Video Conference [...] On October 25, Kenya's new Foreign Service Institute (FSI) Director, Ambassador Kipyego Cheluget, and his staff consulted with State Department FSI Director Ruth Whiteside, Executive Development Division Director Christine Powers, and Orientation Division Director Bruce Donahue. Director Chel [...] | 2007-10-26 15:11:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KE |
07NAIROBI424 | KENYA: ETHNIC MAKE UP OF THE GOK [...] (SBU) Summary: Kenyans often accuse the Kibaki administration of stacking the government with fellow Kikuyus. Our study of the top 198 government positions indicates that in fact Kikuyu representation is in line with their share of the general population. However, Kikuyu ministers run the k [...] | 2007-01-24 11:34:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM PGOV PREL KE |
07NAIROBI4240 | Somalia - TFG Prime Minster Gedi Resigns [...] (SBU) Transitional Federal Government (TFG) Prime Minster Ali Mohamed Gedi offered his resignation to TFG President Abdullahi Yusuf on October 29 in Baidoa. Gedi's resignation follows several weeks of acrimonious political debate in parliament on whether a vote of confidence should be called o [...] | 2007-10-29 14:48:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SO |
07NAIROBI4248 | KENYA ELECTIONS: UNIFEM ROLLS OUT GENDER RAPID RESPONSE [...] No summary [...] | 2007-10-30 10:11:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | KDEM PGOV PREL KCOR KE |
07NAIROBI4258 | KENYA ELECTIONS: SWING STATES PART TWO: WESTERN [...] (SBU) Along with Rift Valley and the Coast, we have identified Western Province (WP) as one of Kenya's three key "swing states" in deciding the December 27 national elections. These three provinces potentially contain enough electoral votes and polling volatility to decide the election. Ref [...] | 2007-10-30 15:14:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PHUM PREL KE |
07NAIROBI4269 | KENYA ELECTIONS: ODM RALLY ON THE COAST: FANNING [...] (SBU) Summary: PolCouns observed an Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) rally in the coastal town of Khilifi during which some prominent ODM leaders used explicitly anti-Kikuyu language, receiving roars of approval from the crowd. Other prominent ODM leaders chose to appeal to reason rather than [...] | 2007-10-31 12:32:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM PGOV PREL KE |
07NAIROBI4312 | Somalia - Conversation with President Yusuf [...] (C) On November 1 Ambassador and Special Envoy telephoned President Yusuf to discuss the search for a replacement for former Prime Minister Ali Gedi. They also underlined our concern about the current insecurities and humanitarian situation in Mogadishu. 2. (C) President Yusuf said the sea [...] | 2007-11-02 10:33:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SO |
07NAIROBI4397 | JOINT STATEMENT OF U.N. COUNTER-TERRORISM [...] (SBU) The Fifth Special Meeting of the U.N. Counter-Terrorism Committee with Regional and Sub-Regional Organizations on "Prevention of Terrorist Movement and Effective Border Security" was held in Nairobi on October 29-31. A draft "Joint Statement and Plan of Action" on counter-terrorism was [...] | 2007-11-07 09:28:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KDEM PGOV KE |
07NAIROBI4402 | KENYA ELECTIONS: COAST RUNNING 60/40 [...] (SBU) Summary: PolCouns' travels in Coast Province indicate that the coastal strip is strongly pro-Raila Odinga and his Orange Democratic Movement (ODM). The interior of the province is much less committed, with the President's Party of National Unity (PNU) coalition better represented. The [...] | 2007-11-07 13:33:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KE PGOV PHUM |
07NAIROBI4411 | KENYA ELECTIONS COUNTDOWN 1: 49 DAYS AWAY [...] (C) SUMMARY: U.S. Mission Nairobi will send out over 60 observers nationwide for the party nomination process (primaries) scheduled around 16 November. Kalonzo Musyoka has until 13 November to decide if he wants to stand down in Kibaki's favor, as the presidential ballot will be set after tha [...] | 2007-11-09 03:54:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | KDEM PGOV PREL KE |
07NAIROBI4423 | 'Majimbo' - Kenya Finds An Election Issue [...] (SBU) The issue of federalism - 'majimbo' - has recently emerged as a main plank in the opposition platform and a topic of intense public debate. Majimbo proponents - which include both major opposition parties - claim that devolving power to Kenya's provinces will allow citizens more contro [...] | 2007-11-09 10:36:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KE |
07NAIROBI4424 | 'Majimbo' - Kenya Finds An Election Issue [...] (SBU) The issue of federalism - 'majimbo' - has recently emerged as a main plank in the opposition platform and a topic of intense public debate. Majimbo proponents - which include both major opposition parties - claim that devolving power to Kenya's provinces will allow citizens more contro [...] | 2007-11-12 08:00:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KE |
07NAIROBI4427 | KENYA ELECTIONS: Presidential Candidate Kalonzo Musyoka on the Elections [...] (C) Summary. Kalonzo Musyoka, one of the three principal presidential candidates, recently laid out to the Ambassador his campaign strategy and views on the upcoming elections. The bottom line is that Musyoka realizes he has no chance to win the election this round and sees his campaign as a [...] | 2007-11-13 14:43:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM KE PHUM PREL |
07NAIROBI4428 | KENYA ELECTIONS: Presidential Candidate Kalonzo Musyoka on the Elections [...] (C) Summary. Kalonzo Musyoka, one of the three principal presidential candidates, recently laid out to the Ambassador his campaign strategy and views on the upcoming elections. The bottom line is that Musyoka realizes he has no chance to win the election this round and sees his campaign as a [...] | 2007-11-13 14:43:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM KE PHUM PREL |
07NAIROBI4429 | KENYA ELECTIONS: ELECTORAL COMMISSION CHAIR: "THE [...] (C) Summary: ECK Chairman Kivuitu expressed to the Ambassador his determination to perform his function in a neutral, professional manner, resisting those who would have him favor one party over the others. He sees the press and "the people" as his allies in this effort. His initial impression o [...] | 2007-11-13 14:56:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | KE PGOV PHUM |
07NAIROBI4430 | ELECTORAL COMMISSION CHAIRMAN RE-APPOINTED [...] (SBU) On 12 November, President Kibaki re-appointed Samuel Kivuitu as Chairman of the Electoral Commission of Kenya effective 3 December for a full five year term. The US Mission advocated in favor of Kivuitu's re-appointment over the last several months, including numerous discussions of the [...] | 2007-11-14 04:05:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM PGOV PREL KE |
07NAIROBI4435 | Ambassadors Call On the Electoral Commission [...] (SBU) Summary & Introduction: Electoral Commission of Kenya (ECK) Chairman Samuel Kivuitu, Vice-Chair Kihara Muttu, and four staff members met with Chiefs of Missions from the UK, the United States, Canada, Sweden, and the European Commission on 8 November to review preparations for the 27 De [...] | 2007-11-14 04:43:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KE |
07NAIROBI4457 | KENYA ELECTIONS: POLLING MATTERS [...] (C) Our election analysis (reftels) indicates a close race for the presidency. This analysis is based on voter registration data and traditional turnout rates as well as polling on presidential candidate preferences. We were concerned that widely published public opinion polls, which showed [...] | 2007-11-14 13:32:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PGOV PREL KE |
07NAIROBI4483 | NINTH PARLIAMENT WRAP UP (CORRECTED FORMAT) [...] (U) President Kibaki dissolved the Ninth Parliament of Kenya on October 22, 2007, ending its five year term. Overall, its record was mixed. Parliament made strides strengthening its role as an independent branch of government. At times Parliament served as an effective counterweight to the his [...] | 2007-11-19 12:00:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | KDEM PGOV KE |
07NAIROBI4510 | SOMALIA PRIME MINISTER -- Yusuf Changes His Mind [...] (C) SUMMARY: Nur Hassan Hussein "Adde" will likely be announced as the new Prime Minister of the Somalia Transitional Federal Government (TFG) November 20 rather than Sheikh Hassan Ali Nur who had been presented to us as the presumptive candidate just one week ago. We were told that Nur's ca [...] | 2007-11-20 13:48:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC PTER SO ET |
07NAIROBI4511 | SOMALIA PRIME MINISTER -- Yusuf Changes His Mind [...] (C) SUMMARY: Nur Hassan Hussein "Adde" will likely be announced as the new Prime Minister of the Somalia Transitional Federal Government (TFG) November 20 rather than Sheikh Hassan Ali Nur who had been presented to us as the presumptive candidate just one week ago. We were told that Nur's ca [...] | 2007-11-20 14:30:00 | Embassy Nairobi | SECRET | PGOV PREL ASEC PTER SO ET |
07NAIROBI4512 | KENYA ELECTIONS COUNTDOWN 2: 37 DAYS AWAY [...] SUMMARY: Nine presidential candidates will contest the 27 December election. The ECK plans to release the final, approved list of parliamentary candidates on 23 November. The final voter register indicates that the top five ethnic voting blocs are Kikuyu/Meru/Embu (27 pct),Kalenjin (13 pct) [...] | 2007-11-21 04:07:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | KDEM PGOV PREL KE |
07NAIROBI4550 | RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ON HOST [...] (SBU) U.S. Mission Kenya provides the following on host government practices in response to REFTEL. A. Watchlisting: -- If host government maintains a "watchlist," how many records does the watchlist contain, and how many are terrorist-related? Answer: The GoK/Immigration has approximate [...] | 2007-11-23 11:08:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | KVPR PTER PREL PGOV PINR CVIS ASEC KHLS KE |
07NAIROBI4567 | Kenya Election: Western Province Primaries [...] (SBU) The U.S. Mission sent 20 observation teams across Kenya to cover the party nomination process on November 16. To a team, our observers reported that all three major parties (ODM, PNU and ODM-K) often failed or refused to supply proper ballots or, often, any ballots at all. Reports of vo [...] | 2007-11-26 14:18:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KE |
07NAIROBI4601 | KENYA ELECTIONS COUNTDOWN 3: 29 DAYS AWAY [...] (U) SUMMARY: An average of 12 candidates will compete in each of Kenya's 210 parliamentary constituencies (2,547 candidates in total). The Steadman poll, generally considered the most credible, now shows Raila at 43.6 percent, Kibaki at 43.3 percent and Kalonzo at 11.4 percent. So far, we [...] | 2007-11-28 14:39:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | KDEM PGOV PREL KE |
07NAIROBI4630 | LOOKING FOR MR. KABUGA: POSSIBLE SIGNS OF [...] (U) SUMMARY: Chief Prosecutor Jallow of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) met on 29 November with Kenyan Foreign Minister Tuju. FM Tuju promised Jallow that he would press for the Kenyan government to increase its cooperation with the ICTR's efforts to find and apprehen [...] | 2007-12-03 07:50:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | KCRM KE PGOV PHUM PREL |
07NAIROBI4645 | KENYA SHILLING'S RISE AGAINST DOLLAR A TWO-EDGED SWORD [...] (SBU) The Kenya shilling has appreciated 12.3% against the U.S. dollar this year, from Ksh69.55 on January 1 to Ksh61 on November 27. Kenya is highly dependent on dollar-denominated horticultural, tea, and tourism export earnings. Frightened exporters are intensifying their pressure on the C [...] | 2007-12-04 09:02:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV ELAB ETRD PGOV EAGR KE |
07NAIROBI4647 | KENYA ELECTIONS: ANALYSIS OF PARLIAMENTARY [...] (U) SUMMARY: Nearly ten percent of outgoing Members of Parliament (MPs) were eliminated in party nomination exercises while a further 25 percent lost major party nominations and took refuge with smaller parties where their prospects for reelection are exceedingly dim. President Kibaki's Pa [...] | 2007-12-04 15:09:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM PGOV PREL KE |
07NAIROBI4648 | Somalia - Update on Health of President Yusuf [...] (C) As per refs Somalia Transitional Federal Government President Abdullahi Yusuf is quite ill and was flown to Nairobi from Baidoa early on the morning of December 4. Post's Regional Medical Officer (RMO) visited Yusuf in Nairobi hospital and reported that the President looked frail, but othe [...] | 2007-12-04 15:10:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SO |
07NAIROBI4652 | Kenya Election: Role of Religious Institutions [...] (SBU) Kenya's vibrant religious institutions play an active role in public life. They have figured prominently in the run up to the 2007 general elections. From sponsoring civic education efforts to backing certain candidates, religious leaders from the Christian and Muslim communities have u [...] | 2007-12-05 10:58:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM KE |
07NAIROBI4656 | Somalia - President Yusuf Health Update #2 [...] (C) As per Reftel Somalia Transitional Federal Government (TFG) President Abdullahi Yusuf is quite ill and was flown to Nairobi from Baidoa early on the morning of December 4. Post's Regional Medical Officer (RMO) has consulted with Yusuf's attending physician at Nairobi hospital and was infor [...] | 2007-12-05 13:15:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SO |
07NAIROBI4674 | Somalia - Cabinet Prospects [...] (C) Sheikh Adan Mohamed Nur "Madobe," Speaker of the Transitional Federal Parliament of Somalia, told us Parliament is highly likely not to endorse PM Hussein's cabinet as announced December 2. Moreover, if submitted as now formulated and rejected by Parliament, Madobe said the government would [...] | 2007-12-07 08:47:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SO |
07NAIROBI469 | GUINEA: FORMER PM FALL ON CURRENT IMPASSE [...] (SBU) Summary: Former Guinea PM Fall sees a yawning gap between President Conte's red lines and those of the union leaders. He predicts violent conflict between "the people and the army" on one side and "Conte's armed supporters" on the other. End Summary. 2. (SBU) PolCouns met with SRSG [...] | 2007-01-26 10:10:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ELAB ASEC CASC PINS AEMR EAID GV |
07NAIROBI4745 | KENYA ELECTIONS: CREDIBLE VOTE LIKELY, BUT WE'RE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Less than three weeks from the election, we remain confident that the exercise will be generally free and fair. This confidence is based on six pillars: an independent and non-partisan electoral commission, free and vibrant civil society organizations and media, responsible be [...] | 2007-12-14 04:01:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM PGOV PREL KE |
07NAIROBI4756 | U.S. Support for Kenya's Electoral Process [...] (SBU) SUMMARY & INTRODUCTION: In the run up to Kenya's 27 December presidential and parliamentary elections, the USG is heavily engaged to support a free and fair electoral process in order to preserve, broaden and deepen Kenya?s democratic gains (see also reftel). Given indications that th [...] | 2007-12-14 10:53:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | KDEM PGOV PREL KE |
07NAIROBI4759 | KENYA ELECTIONS: COUNTDOWN 4: 13 DAYS AWAY: [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Political Section compared notes with other well informed political observers on prominent government and opposition MPs likely to be defeated in the parliamentary contest. The results appear below. In total, we expect the defeat of 136 MPs out of a total of 210 (65 perc [...] | 2007-12-17 03:39:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM PGOV PREL KE |
07NAIROBI4788 | KENYA ELECTIONS: STATE OF PLAY ON ELECTION [...] Kenya will be awash in election observers by the time voters go to the polls on December 27. Roughly 17,500 international and domestic observers will cover about 27,500 polling stations in 210 parliamentary constituencies, in addition to party agents who will monitor the proceedings on behal [...] | 2007-12-18 10:06:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | KDEM PREL KE PGOV |
07NAIROBI4803 | KENYA ELECTIONS: COUNTDOWN 5: 9 DAYS AWAY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The latest opinion polls show Odinga in the lead. All three major candidates express public confidence, while some of their prominent supporters express private gloom. There exists a theoretical possibility that Odinga or Kibaki could win the national vote while still failin [...] | 2007-12-18 12:40:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM PGOV PREL KE |
07NAIROBI4804 | MEDIA COVERAGE OF KENYAN ELECTION CAMPAIGN: REASONABLE [...] Summary: A UNDP-funded, independent assessment of Kenyan mainstream media coverage in the run-up to the December 27 general election indicated that, from November 10 to December 10, media coverage was generally balanced and accurate, with a few notable exceptions. This coincided with US Embas [...] | 2007-12-18 12:59:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KDEM PREL OPRC PHUM KPAO KE |
07NAIROBI4812 | KENYA AVIATION AGENCIES PICK UP THE BALL TO MOVE TOWARDS [...] (SBU) Summary: During December 6-7 meetings in Nairobi, Kenyan aviation officials and officials from the U.S. DOT and FAA committed to renewed close cooperation to enable Kenya to meet ICAO requirements for Category 1 within 18 months. They also agreed to work with the resident U.S. Transporta [...] | 2007-12-20 03:46:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECON PTER ETRD PGOV KE |
07NAIROBI4816 | KENYA ELECTIONS: COUNTDOWN 6: 7 DAYS AWAY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Steadman Group released its final poll results: 45.5 percent Raila Odinga, 42.7 percent Mwai Kibaki and 9.6 percent Kalonzo Musyoka. Given the vagaries of turnout rates, this makes the election too close to call. Two pro-Kibaki parliamentary candidates in Odinga's Langata [...] | 2007-12-20 14:17:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM PGOV PREL PHUM KE |
07NAIROBI4824 | KENYA GDP GROWTH AND INFLATION STAY STRONG [...] Summary: The Statistics Bureau estimated that real GDP grew 7.1% year-on-year (YOY) in the second quarter of 2007, based on growth in all sectors. Overall seasonally-adjusted inflation in the second and third quarters remained above 10%, and underlying inflation hit the Central Bank's 5% warni [...] | 2007-12-21 12:52:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN PGOV KE |
07NAIROBI4825 | KENYA ELECTIONS: THE BATTLE FOR LANGATA - HOW A [...] (C) Kenya,s Constitution requires that its President also be an elected Member of Parliament. Of the three major presidential candidates, only Raila Odinga lacks a safe seat. Odinga's choice to run for parliament in the ethnically mixed, Nairobi-based Langata constituency he has represented [...] | 2007-12-21 12:53:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM KE |
07NAIROBI4827 | KENYA ELECTIONS: STATE OF PLAY ON ELECTION [...] Kenya will be awash in election observers by the time voters go to the polls on December 27. Roughly 17,500 international and domestic observers will cover about 27,500 polling stations in 210 parliamentary constituencies, in addition to party agents who will monitor the proceedings on behal [...] | 2007-12-21 13:20:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | KDEM PREL KE PGOV |
07NAIROBI4828 | KENYA ELECTIONS: ELECTORAL VIOLENCE - ECK AND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The run up to the December 27 election is proving to be more violent than the last such contest in 2002, but still much less violent than Kenya's first two multiparty elections in 1992 and 1997. The majority of campaign activity falls within the bounds of the Electoral Code of [...] | 2007-12-21 13:42:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM PREL KE PGOV |
07NAIROBI4829 | KENYA ELECTIONS: ELECTORAL VIOLENCE - ECK AND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The run up to the December 27 election is proving to be more violent than the last such contest in 2002, but still much less violent than Kenya's first two multiparty elections in 1992 and 1997. The majority of campaign activity falls within the bounds of the Electoral Code of [...] | 2007-12-21 13:46:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM PREL KE PGOV |
07NAIROBI4830 | KENYA ON THE EVE OF NATIONAL ELECTIONS [...] Summary: On balance, the Kenyan elections set for December 27 will likely be credible, but determining this will require careful reading of what is likely to be a messy process. Although President Kibaki and his Party of National Unity (PNU) could eek out victory, many observers see a win by o [...] | 2007-12-24 11:12:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM KE |
07NAIROBI4832 | KENYA'S ELECTIONS - A POSITIVE PROCESS THUS FAR [...] (SBU) Summary. The relatively smooth and peaceful way in which the elections were carried out on December 27 represents a victory first and foremost for the Kenyan people and their democracy. Herculean efforts by the Electoral Commission of Kenya (ECK),the responsible statements made by t [...] | 2007-12-28 13:55:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM KE |
07NAIROBI5401 | SOMALIA DISCUSSIONS WITH TFG FOREIGN MINISTER HURRE [...] (C) As the Somalia crisis has unfolded, TFG Foreign Minister Hurre, who has been in Nairobi throughout, has been a useful source of information and insights into TFG actions. While he does not have much political clout within the TFG, he is in close contact with Yusuf and Gedi and reliably p [...] | 2007-01-02 10:22:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER ASEC MOPS SO ET KE |
07NAIROBI5402 | SOMALIA TFG PARLIAMENT SPEAKER HASSAN'S ROLE [...] (C) As the current situation in Somalia has unfolded, we have been in close touch with TFG Parliament Speaker Hassan. Hassan left Baidoa over a month ago, stating that Parliament could not deliberate with freedom given pressures coming from President Yusuf and PM Gedi. He has insisted that Ged [...] | 2007-01-02 10:22:00 | Embassy Nairobi | SECRET | PGOV PREL PTER ASEC MOPS SO ET KE |
07NAIROBI5403 | SOMALIA - SHEIKH SHARIF AND THE FUTURE ROLE OF [...] Although Sheikh Sharif, the head of the Islamic Courts, executive branch has sometimes made harsh public statements, he is considered by most knowledgeable observers to be a moderate (the Ambassador took away that impression from his late August 2006 meeting with Sharif). Sharif is a respected [...] | 2007-01-02 10:24:00 | Embassy Nairobi | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PTER ASEC MOPS SO ET KE |
07NAIROBI5404 | SOMALIA - KENYAN INTERDICTION OF TERRORISTS AND [...] (C) As the leadership of the Islamic Courts and the high value targets of interest to us fled towards Kismayo, we urged the Kenyan government to reinforce security along the land and sea borders to interdict/deter/apprehend any of these individuals seeking to cross into Kenya. 2. (C) The Ke [...] | 2007-01-02 10:24:00 | Embassy Nairobi | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PTER ASEC MOPS SO ET KE |
07NAIROBI5405 | SOMALIA - CONVERSATIONS WITH TFG PRESIDENT YUSUF [...] (C) Since the start of the Ethiopian intervention in Somalia, the Ambassador has been in close contact with TFG Prime Minister Gedi by phone, first from Baidoa and, during the past three days, from Mogadishu, and with President Yusuf. Yusuf from the outset has indicated that he understands th [...] | 2007-01-02 10:30:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER ASEC MOPS SO ET KE |
07NAIROBI5406 | "CORRECTED COPY TO INCLUDE PARAGRAPH [...] (S) Although Sheikh Sharif, the head of the Islamic Courts, executive branch has sometimes made harsh public statements, he is considered by most knowledgeable observers to be a moderate (the Ambassador took away that impression from his late August 2006 meeting with Sharif). Sharif is a resp [...] | 2007-01-02 11:07:00 | Embassy Nairobi | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PTER ASEC MOPS SO ET KE |
07NAIROBI5407 | SOMALIA - US CITIZENS [...] A variety of reporting indicates that there are a significant number of U.S. citizens in Somalia (particularly in Mogadishu),although we have no reliable statistics. Our clear impression is that most are duel nationals. A number of Amcits are in parliament and/or are players elsewhere on th [...] | 2007-01-02 12:10:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PTER ASEC CASC SO KE |
07NAIROBI5408 | IN THE CIC'S WAKE, WARLORDS SEEK TO REASSERT THEIR [...] (C) Summary and comment: Following the swift withdrawal of CIC forces from central and southern Somalia, several of Somalia's more notorious warlords are seeking to reassert their influence. The resurging warlords are reportedly assuming control of the weapons turned over by the CIC to the s [...] | 2007-01-02 17:33:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER ASEC MOPS SO ET KE |
07NAIROBI588 | ACTION REQUEST: IMMEDIATE ASSISTANCE TO PROMOTE [...] (C) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST: Increased violent crime over the past several months -- highlighted by the January 27 killing of two American Mission family members in a carjacking -- has heightened my concern about the Government of Kenya's ability to adequately respond to both criminal and [...] | 2007-02-05 11:22:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ASEC PINS KCRM PTER KE |
07NAIROBI628 | POLITICS & RELIGIOUS IDENTITY IN KENYA [...] (SBU) Summary: We estimate Kenya's religious demographics at 80 percent Christian, 10 percent Muslim and 10 percent followers of traditional African religions and other faiths. In the past, significant numbers of Kenyan voters have responded to appeals by their religious leaders to rise above [...] | 2007-02-06 15:44:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KE KISL PGOV SOCI |
07NAIROBI67 | SOMALIA: KENYAN PUSHBACK OF ASYLUM SEEKERS [...] (C) The Ambassador raised reftel points with Foreign Minister Tuju the morning of January 4. The Ambassador emphasized the need for Kenya to cease the involuntary return of refugees (400 from Liboi and another 291 from Lamu) and meet its international humanitarian obligations to open its bord [...] | 2007-01-04 13:42:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PGOV PREL PHUM EIAD PTER KE SO |
07NAIROBI733 | AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES PARTNERSHIP WITH PARLIAMENT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Following the successful delivery of the presentation of the U.S.-Kenya partnership to President Kibaki in December, a Mission team led by the Ambassador on February 7 gave the Mission's "Partnership Presentation" to the leadership of Kenya's Parliament. During the well-attend [...] | 2007-02-13 10:53:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM PGOV PREL EAID PTER ASEC KE |
07NAIROBI762 | Somalia Security Highlights [...] (C) Two Somali groups have emerged claiming to lead the resistance to the TFG and its Ethiopian supporters. One of the groups has threatened to attack aircraft attempting to use Mogadishu International Airport, though it may be satisfied for the time being with disrupting TFG revenue flows. [...] | 2007-02-14 13:30:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER ASEC MOPS SO ET |
07NAIROBI790 | TFG Appointments [...] (U) In the last few days, TFG President Abdullahi Yusuf has appointed more than 70 local and regional administrative positions in Galgudud, Lower Juba, Middle Juba, and Bakool regions. According to sources in Mogadishu, on February 13 the TFG nominated commissioners for the 16 districts in the [...] | 2007-02-15 15:57:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER ASEC MOPS SO ET |
07NAIROBI809 | KENYA COMMITS TO CONTINUED PARTICIPATION IN COESPU [...] We discussed Kenya's continued participation in the Center of Excellence for Stability Police Units (COESPU),as requested in reftel, with the GOK point of contact for police training, Mr. F.T. Kimemia, Deputy Secretary, Office of the President, Office of the Permanent Secretary for Provincial [...] | 2007-02-20 03:45:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR MASS PGOV IT KE |
07NAIROBI87 | DIPLOMATIC NOTE ON REFOULEMENT DELIVERED TO THE [...] Embassy Nairobi sent a diplomatic note to the Kenyan MFA on January 5 expressing concern over reports of refoulement of Somali asylum seekers, the text of which follows. Begin Text of Diplomatic Note: The Embassy of the United States of America presents its compliments to the Ministry of Fo [...] | 2007-01-05 10:12:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PREF PTER ASEC MOPS SO ET KE |
07NAIROBI871 | GOVERNANCE REPORT HELPS CRYSTALIZE DONOR CONSENSUS ON THE [...] (SBU) Summary: A comprehensive World Bank assessment of governance in Kenya, still in draft, concludes that the control of corruption in Kenya improved in the early years of the Kibaki administration, but has since stagnated. Graft has not, however, returned to the levels seen under previous [...] | 2007-02-23 09:32:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAID EFIN KCOR PGOV KE |
07NAIROBI905 | Somali Insurgents Attack Ethiopians [...] Somali insurgents attacked Ethiopian forces camped at the former Defense Ministry building in Mogadishu on February 23 between 1730 and 1800 local time. In what sources describe as a well-planned attack, insurgents caught the Ethiopians off guard with mortars and automatic weapons fire. The [...] | 2007-02-26 13:14:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PTER ASEC MOPS SO ET |
07NAIROBI906 | Somalia Security: A Stagnant Insurgency [...] (C) The Somali insurgency in Mogadishu remains deadly but does not appear to be spreading significantly throughout the country. Perpetrators include Islamic Courts remnants, marginalized Hawiye clan members, disaffected warlords, and common criminals; and they continue to terrorize the city's [...] | 2007-02-26 13:31:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER ASEC MOPS SO ET |
07NAIROBI91 | COMMUNIQUE OF JANUARY 5 INTERNATIONAL CONTACT [...] The International Contact Group (ICG) on Somalia met on January 5 in Nairobi, Kenya, co-chaired by Assistant Secretary Jendayi Frazer and Kenyan Minister for Foreign SIPDIS Affairs Raphael Tuju. Details of the meeting will follow septel. The text of the communique issued following the ICG [...] | 2007-01-05 14:40:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PTER ASEC MOPS SO ET KE |
07NAIROBI924 | KENYA MAKES STEADY PROGRESS COMBATING COUNTERFEITING AND [...] Sensitive but Unclassified. Please protect accordingly. ------- Summary ------- 2. (SBU) Although the Kenyan Minister of Trade himself admits that his country is the "dumping ground in East Africa for substandard goods" from China and India, Kenya in fact made steady progress in 2006 [...] | 2007-02-27 10:51:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIPR ETRD EINV EFIN ECON PGOV KE |
07NAIROBI927 | KENYA & SOMALIA SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF A/S [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Welcome to Kenya, a stable, dynamic democracy and a key regional partner for the United States. Our partnership with Kenya focuses on five major goals: cooperate to fight insecurity and terrorism; combat disease and save lives; promote prosperity, fight poverty and invest in [...] | 2007-02-27 11:49:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM PGOV PREL KE |
07NAIROBI973 | KENYA & SOMALIA SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF S/WCI [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Welcome to Kenya, a stable, dynamic democracy and a key regional partner for the United States. Our partnership with Kenya focuses on five major goals: cooperate to fight insecurity and terrorism; combat disease and save lives; promote prosperity, fight poverty and invest in [...] | 2007-03-01 06:42:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM PGOV PREL KE |
07NAIROBI990 | Somali Insurgents Switch to Assassinations [...] (C) Summary. Following a mortar and RPG attack last week on an Ethiopian encampment, insurgents this week have only attacked with hand grenades and personal weapons. The TFG Prime Minister's brother-in-law was among the assassinated. Banditry appears to be a growing problem in Mogadishu a [...] | 2007-03-01 14:45:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PREF ASEC MOPS SO ET |
07NAPLES118 | APULIA: INNOVATION AT HOME, OUTREACH TO THE BALKANS [...] No summary [...] | 2007-11-19 20:52:00 | Consulate Naples | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON PGOV PREL IT |
07NAPLES119 | THE NAPLES GARBAGE CRISIS: A CASE STUDY IN SOUTHERN ITALIAN [...] (SBU) Summary: Although the accumulation of garbage in Italy's Campania region has declined significantly since it grew to crisis proportions earlier this year, continued national and even international press coverage have made it a symbol of everything that is wrong with the Italian South: i [...] | 2007-11-20 16:38:00 | Consulate Naples | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV PGOV PREL CASC TBIO IT |
07NAPLES129 | SICILIAN MAFIA REELING FROM POLICE AND BUSINESS ACTIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: A series of law enforcement successes in Sicily, including the arrest of a major mafia boss in November and a raid that netted 70 suspects on December 4, has the Cosa Nostra reeling. Business owners have increasingly banded together, refusing to pay the protection money that h [...] | 2007-12-06 15:09:00 | Consulate Naples | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KCRM IT |
07NASSAU1051 | BANNISTER PLEDGES STRONGER BAHAMIAN IPR ENFORCEMENT [...] (C) Charge' Hardt met with Minister ofState for LegalAffairs Desmond Bannister, who pedged stronger enforcement on intellectual propety rights and requested U.S. help for the trainig of court reporters. Noting the government's onoing concern over the high cost of some extradition cases, he re [...] | 2007-08-23 21:15:00 | Embassy Nassau | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV KJUS KIPR BF |
07NASSAU1053 | FINANCE MINISTER AFFIRMS BAHAMAS' INTEREST IN [...] (C) Minister of State for Finance Zhivargo Liang affirmed the new FNM government's interest in attracting more small-scale, boutique tourism investments as opposed to the large-scale investments popular during the Christie Administration. Liang emphasized that no investors would be turned awa [...] | 2007-08-24 11:37:00 | Embassy Nassau | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EINV ENRG ECON BF |
07NASSAU1196 | OPPOSITION LEADERSHIP SEEKS CONTINUED DIALOGUE [...] (C) Former Prime Minister Perry Christie hosted a working lunch for the Charge and Embassy senior staff September 24 to exchange views on current bilateral issues and domestic Bahamian politics. Christie, who remains as Leader of the Opposition, emphasized his party's commitment throughout t [...] | 2007-09-26 19:16:00 | Embassy Nassau | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SNAR ETRD BF |
07NASSAU1244 | WORKING GROUP DISCUSSES REGULATING WOODEN-HULLED COMERCIAL [...] (SBU) On September 6 the U.S./Bahamas Joint Task Force (JTF) Working Group held a meeting to follow-up its June 14 meeting discussing how to eliminate the narcotics and migrant trafficking threats posed by wooden-hulled Haitian sailing sloops in The Bahamas. During the discussions, Bahamian of [...] | 2007-10-04 18:34:00 | Embassy Nassau | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR PGOV PREL BF |
07NASSAU1458 | BAHAMAS GRAPPLES WITH SHARP RISE IN VIOLENT CRIME [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A series of high-profile murders of prominent professionals in Nassau and Freeport in mid-November, followed by a number of gangland-style killings in the capital November 24-28, have focused renewed public attention on a rising tide of violent crime in The Bahamas. Police stati [...] | 2007-12-07 18:54:00 | Embassy Nassau | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KCRM KJUS BF |
07NASSAU273 | CABINET MINISTER RESIGNS OVER PHOTOS WITH ANNA [...] (U) SUMMARY. Bahamian Minister of Immigration Shane Gibson resigned February 18 following publication of photographs of Gibson embracing Smith in her bed. The photos, which also appeared to show an exchange of gifts, created additional press and opposition scrutiny of potential irregularities in Sm [...] | 2007-03-06 15:13:00 | Embassy Nassau | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KCOR BF |
07NASSAU414 | OPPOSITION LEADER INGRAHAM SUPPORTS US ON AVIATION [...] (C) Summary: In a final courtesy call, Ambassador Rood and Free National Movement (FNM) Leader Hubert Ingraham discussed aviation issues, judicial reform, educational initiatives, bilateral cooperation and upcoming elections. Ingraham promised to work closely with the FAA on aviation issues i [...] | 2007-04-02 11:24:00 | Embassy Nassau | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SNAR EAIR BF |
07NASSAU435 | PM CHRISTIE CALLS MAY 2 ELECTIONS; TIGHT RACE [...] (C) SUMMARY: On April 4, Prime Minister Perry Christie dissolved parliament and announced that elections will be held May 2. At present, the race is too close to call, and neither party is likely to enjoy the same parliamentary majority now held by the Progressive Liberal Party (PLP). The key [...] | 2007-04-04 21:10:00 | Embassy Nassau | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM |
07NASSAU455 | ATTORNEY GENERAL OPENS WINDOW OF OPPORTUNITY FOR [...] (U) This is an action message. Please see paragraph 4. 2. (SBU) During his farewell call on Attorney General Allyson Maynard Gibson on April 4, Ambassador Rood reiterated his interest in seeing the U.S. and The Bahamas conclude a Proliferation Security Initiative agreement (PSI) -- a poin [...] | 2007-04-11 22:20:00 | Embassy Nassau | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MNUC PARM PGOV PHSA PREL KNMP BF |
07NASSAU516 | TIGHT, EMOTIONAL RACE LEADS TO PRE-ELECTION [...] (C) The Bahamas is generally known for peaceful and fair elections, but with political parties contending desperately for voters in a tight election scheduled for May 2, an increasing lack of civility between the parties has carried over into the public. A brawl between supporters, including [...] | 2007-04-23 20:23:00 | Embassy Nassau | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM KCRM BF |
07NASSAU523 | EMBATTLED FOREIGN MINISTER ACCUSED OF CHINESE VISA [...] (S) SUMMARY: Bahamian Consular Affairs Chief Dorothea Lafleur in a private lunch with Embassy's Consular Chief accused Foreign Minister Fred Mitchell of complicity in pressuring consular officers to issue visas to patently ineligible applicants. She further alleged that Mitchell was involve [...] | 2007-04-24 21:35:00 | Embassy Nassau | SECRET | PGOV PREL KCOR CH BF |
07NASSAU550 | PRE-ELECTION ROUNDUP: MOMENTUM TO FNM AS PARTIES [...] (C) SUMMARY: In the final run up to May 2 elections, violence has faded, replaced with isolated vote-buying allegations, though these are not expected to compromise outcomes. In its recently released party platform, the opposition Free National Movement (FNM) has promised to restrict foreig [...] | 2007-04-30 21:12:00 | Embassy Nassau | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM KCOR BF |
07NASSAU551 | WATERING THE GRASS ROOTS WITH FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (C) SUMMARY: Poloff observed last-minute campaigning by Foreign Minister Fred Mitchell in his hotly-contested Fox Hill constituency. With small constituencies of only about 4000 people, candidates know voters by name, and are expected to visit with each voter personally. The result is a de [...] | 2007-04-30 21:38:00 | Embassy Nassau | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KCOR KDEM BF |
07NASSAU559 | INGRAHAM AND FREE NATIONAL MOVEMENT WIN BAHAMIAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: According to still unofficial counts, The Free National Movement (FNM) captured 24 of 41 parliamentary seats in Bahamian elections May 2. Hubert Ingraham, who served as Prime Minister from 1992-2002, returns to office and is expected to name his cabinet in the coming week. Desp [...] | 2007-05-03 20:43:00 | Embassy Nassau | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM KCOR BF |
07NASSAU579 | BRENT SYMONETTE NAMED BAHAMIAN FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (C) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Hubert Ingraham tapped Free National Movement (FNM) Deputy Party Leader Brent Symonette as The Bahamas' new Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs May 4. Symonette is a successful businessman and a former Attorney General and Minister of Tourism in [...] | 2007-05-07 22:31:00 | Embassy Nassau | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR ETRD BF |
07NASSAU608 | NEW BAHAMIAN CABINET BUILT FOR ACTION [...] (C) SUMMARY: Bahamian Prime Minister Hubert Ingraham made his initial cabinet appointments May 7, with others following in subsequent days. With few exceptions, the new Ministers are experienced and well-suited to their portfolios, having served in Ingraham's previous government. Ingraham r [...] | 2007-05-15 19:10:00 | Embassy Nassau | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR EAIR BF |
07NASSAU673 | GOVERNMENT IN THE SUNSHINE: INGRAHAM ROLLS OUT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Ingraham rolled out his government's plans for The Bahamas at the ceremonial opening of parliament May 23. Picking up on his campaign theme of restoring trust, Ingraham pledged to focus on good governance, accountability, transparency and respect for human righ [...] | 2007-05-31 18:41:00 | Embassy Nassau | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM ECON EINV KCOR BF |
07NASSAU939 | BAHAMAS ENERGY MINISTER CONFIRMS PETROCARIBE ON [...] (C) Summary: During a courtesy call with the Charge' and PolChief, Minister of State for Public Utilities Phenton Neymour confirmed that Petrocaribe was not and would not be a priority for the new Bahamian government. He also indicated that the government had not had time to assess the Liquef [...] | 2007-07-31 18:57:00 | Embassy Nassau | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ENRG SENV BF VZ |
07NASSAU967 | TERRORISM FINANCE: MARTYRS FOUNDATION AND AS-QARD [...] No summary [...] | 2007-08-07 22:22:00 | Embassy Nassau | UNCLASSIFIED | KTFN PREL PTER PGOV BF |
07NDJAMENA101 | CHAD: NEW CLASHES ON SUDAN/CHAD BORDER [...] (U) In what was apparently a combined operation, UFDD (Union of Forces for Democracy and Development),RAFD (African Assembly of Democratic Forces) and RNDP (National Assembly for Democracy and Progress) rebels attacked Adre in the early hours of February 1. Humanitarian aid workers in the ar [...] | 2007-02-01 17:01:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MOPS PGOV PREF PREL CD |
07NDJAMENA104 | CHAD: Inter-ethnic Fighting in Guereda [...] (SBU) While Humanitarian workers report that fighting in around Adre subsided last night after some 200 houses in different villages were burned and 120 civilian and combatant wounded hospitalized, the situation around Guereda remains tense. Some 30 rebels are reported dead in fighting betwe [...] | 2007-02-02 14:36:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MOPS PGOV PHUM PREF PREL CD |
07NDJAMENA142 | CHAD'S OURE CASSONI REFUGEE CAMP POSES UNIQUE RISKS [...] (SBU) Summary. Oure Cassoni refugee Camp, close to the Sudan border, continues to be highly politicized. Both the camp and the host community of Bahai lack security (reftels). The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is active in trying to repatriate Sudanese soldiers hospitaliz [...] | 2007-02-14 14:08:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREF PREL KCRS CD SU |
07NDJAMENA145 | CHAD: European Commisssion support for [...] (SBU) Summary: The European Commission (EC) seeks to develop a program to support the capacity of Chadian political parties to engage in a national political dialogue in the near term, and to be able to compete responsibly in an open democratic process over the longer term. Chad's current pol [...] | 2007-02-15 10:35:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PHUM PGOV KDEM CD |
07NDJAMENA149 | CHAD'S GRAND IMAM REQUESTS HELP TO INVESTIGATE [...] (C) Post calls attention to the following request from Chad's Grand Imam, Sheikh Hissein Hassan Abakar, conveyed in a February 7 meeting with the Ambassador (reftel). In the meeting, Abakar requested assistance from Post and the USG to investigate and interdict possible terrorist and extremis [...] | 2007-02-15 16:26:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | CONFIDENTIAL | KTFN CD PGOV PREL |
07NDJAMENA160 | CHAD: PUBLIC SERVANTS WANT THEIR SHARE OF OIL [...] (SBU) Summary: Public expectations have ballooned with the widespread anticipation of a huge oil tax "windfall" and the president of Chad's largest labor federation has warned that failure to increase public sector wages by at least 50 percent will lead to a general strike that could exceed t [...] | 2007-02-22 16:22:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ELAB PGOV CD |
07NDJAMENA167 | EXPLAINING UN FORCE TO PRESIDENT DEBY:FRENCH ADVICE [...] (C) Summary. Chad's unqualified support for UN operation in eastern Chad should not be assumed, according to French Ambassador Foucher. In a meeting with the Ambassador, Foucher emphasized that the UN peacekeeping operation needed to be carefully explained to President Deby as humanitarian i [...] | 2007-02-26 09:11:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PHUM PREL UNSC SU CD |
07NDJAMENA17 | CHAD: CENSORSHIP UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary: Nearly one month after declaring a state of emergency throughout the country, the Government of Chad continues to talk a tough line vis--vis the national press. The state of emergency, under which the GOC has implemented a hard line censorship policy, has been extended for s [...] | 2007-01-09 06:48:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KPAO PHUM CD |
07NDJAMENA171 | EXPLAINING UN FORCE TO PRESIDENT DEBY:FRENCH ADVICE [...] (C) Summary. Chad's unqualified support for UN operation in eastern Chad should not be assumed, according to French Ambassador Foucher. In a meeting with the Ambassador, Foucher emphasized that the UN peacekeeping operation needed to be carefully explained to President Deby as humanitarian i [...] | 2007-02-26 14:17:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PHUM PREL UNSC SU CD |
07NDJAMENA174 | CHAD: Ministry for Morality Anti-fraud Unit [...] (U) Summary: Based on an investigation of malfeasance in the grading of entrance examinations and selection procedures for admission to Chad's teacher colleges, the anti-fraud unit of the Ministry for Morality identified 11 senior Ministry of Education and other officials for prosecution and/ [...] | 2007-02-27 11:01:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN PHUM PGOV CD |
07NDJAMENA176 | CHAD'S VIEWS ON A UN BORDER FORCE: TALK WITH US [...] (SBU) Chad is open to discussions on a UN peacekeeping force on its border with Sudan, but believes its mandate should be focused on protecting civilian populations, Chad's Foreign Minister Allam-mi told the Ambassador February 27. Speaking on his cell phone in Paris en route to Moscow and T [...] | 2007-02-27 15:05:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KPKO PGOV PHUM PREL UNSC CD |
07NDJAMENA18 | DEBY PEACE ACCORD WITH FUC'S NOUR -- ONE LESS [...] (C) Summary: The withdrawal of Sudanese government support and an alleged payment of $5.5 million from Libyan President Moammar Gadaffi may have combined to induce Chadian rebel leader Mahamat Nour to sign a peace agreement with the Deby government in Tripoli December 24. The significance of [...] | 2007-01-09 15:15:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | CONFIDENTIAL | CD MOPS PGOV PREL |
07NDJAMENA189 | CHAD'S POSITION ON A UN BORDER FORCE HARDENING [...] (U) On February 28 the Ambassador was called to the Foreign Ministry to receive a statement from Acting Foreign Minister Djidda Moussa Outman clarifying Chad's reservations on proposals by the UN Department of Peacekeeping Operations (UNDPKO) to the UN Security Council (UNSC) for a peacekeepi [...] | 2007-02-28 15:54:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KPKO PGOV PHUM PREL UNSC CD |
07NDJAMENA195 | CHAD: PRIME MINISTER YOADIMNADJI DIES; KASSIRE [...] (SBU) President Deby selected Dr. Nouradine Delwa Kassire Koumakoye to replace Prime Minister Yoadimnadji who died in Paris on February 24. Kassire previously served as Prime Minister from 1993-1995. Kassire is a southern Muslim with ties to some of Chad,s northern ethnic groups. --------- [...] | 2007-03-01 15:17:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL CD |
07NDJAMENA196 | CHAD: 2007 BUDGET IN DANGER OF SLIPPING [...] (SBU) Summary: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) and European Commission (EC) are concerned about the GOC's political will and capacity to meet agreed 2007 budget targets. Wage pressures, corruption and mounting military and off-budget spending -- combined with unrealistic assumptions of [...] | 2007-03-02 11:00:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ELAB PGOV CD |
07NDJAMENA198 | CHAD OIL PROJECT: 6 YEARS AND 6 BILLION [...] No summary [...] | 2007-03-02 14:52:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ENRG PGOV EPET ELAB CD |
07NDJAMENA199 | ABECHE: EASTERN CHAD HUB FOR THE UN, NGOS AND ANY [...] (u) Summary. Abeche is the major city in eastern Chad, used as a hub by the UN agencies and international non-governmental organizations (NGOs) that work in the region. Security remains an issue, with the UN still drawn down to essential personnel only (Phase IV)). UN and NGO staff favor a [...] | 2007-03-02 15:57:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREF PREL KCRS KPKO CD SU |
07NDJAMENA20 | SUDANESE REBELS PASS THROUGH N'DJAMENA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Sudanese rebel groups plan to make every effort to meet Special Envoy Natsios during his visit to Chad. Sudanese Liberation Movement's Ahmed Abdul Shafi and representatives from the National Redemption Front claimed that there was extensive military coordination on the ground, b [...] | 2007-01-10 09:57:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PHUM PREF ASEC CD SU |
07NDJAMENA200 | ABECHE: EASTERN CHAD HUB FOR THE UN, NGOS AND ANY [...] (u) Summary. Abeche is the major city in eastern Chad, used as a hub by the UN agencies and international non-governmental organizations (NGOs) that work in the region. Security remains an issue, with the UN still drawn down to essential personnel only (Phase IV)). UN and NGO staff favor a [...] | 2007-03-02 15:57:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREF PREL KCRS KPKO CD SU |
07NDJAMENA205 | LET'S TAKE THIS YES FOR AN ANSWER: NEXT STEPS ON A [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATION: President Deby's rejection of the UN border force proposed by the UN's Department of Peacekeeping Operations (UNDPKO) leaves an opening for bringing in a smaller force tasked with protecting humanitarian operations in eastern Chad. We believe we should pur [...] | 2007-03-05 17:20:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KPKO PGOV PHUM PREF PREL UNSC CD |
07NDJAMENA222 | CHAD: TALKING TO SUDANESE REBELS [...] (SBU) Summary: Sudanese rebel leaders Adam Shogar, Gamal Addine Ibrahim, Tadjadine Bechin Niam and Sharif Harir told Ambassador on March 9 that the proposed SLM rebel conference should occur soon, but funding for transportation and logistics is needed. Shogar reiterated that a unified SLM/A p [...] | 2007-03-13 14:55:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CD PGOV PHUM SU |
07NDJAMENA245 | CHAD EXPLAINS RESERVATIONS ON UN BORDER FORCE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Chad supports a UN force of police and gendarmes to protect refugees, displaced Chadians, and humanitarian workers on its border with Sudan, but not proposals for a much larger military force, Chad's Foreign Minister told the Ambassador March 20. He said a "massive" force ra [...] | 2007-03-20 16:46:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KPKO PGOV PHUM PREF PREL UNSC CD |
07NDJAMENA257 | PRESIDENT DEBY ACKNOWLEDGES GUEREDA INSECURITY [...] (SBU) Summary. President Deby visited Guereda March 22 to deal with ongoing Tama/Zaghawa conflict. In a meeting in Kounoungou Refugee Camp, he acknowledged to refugees, local residents, and the humanitarian community that there were indeed security problems, and said that he would create a n [...] | 2007-03-26 12:25:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PGOV KCRS CD SU |
07NDJAMENA258 | CHAD: MEETING WITH AHMED DIRAIJ [...] (SBU) Summary. Sudan Federal Democratic Alliance (SFDA) leader Ahmed Diraij shared his impressions of diplomatic moves and countermoves by Chad, Sudan and Eritrea relative to the Darfur conflict with the Ambassador March 21. He expected continuing jockeying for position in the week ahead amo [...] | 2007-03-26 12:32:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV SU CD |
07NDJAMENA262 | NEW CHAD CABINET: KEEP YOUR FRIENDS CLOSE, YOUR [...] (SBU) President Deby's new cabinet, announced on March 4, features eight new ministers. The new cabinet has several notable characteristics. Some 13 percent have participated in the international visitors program and one is a former USAID employee. For the first time in recent memory, the c [...] | 2007-03-26 15:47:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PGOV PHUM PREL CD |
07NDJAMENA274 | IMF WORRIED ABOUT CHAD FISCAL SUSTAINABILITY [...] (SBU) Summary: A visiting IMF team and World Bank mission leader said that maintaining fiscal sustainability in Chad will continue to be difficult, especially when substantial oil revenue is about to be received (oil taxes paid March 30 come to USD $420 million.) Major concerns include: incre [...] | 2007-03-30 10:23:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ENRG EPET PGOV CD |
07NDJAMENA278 | CHAD: DAS SWAN MEETING WITH FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (SBU) Summary: In a meeting with Deputy Assistant Secretary (DAS) James C. Swan April 2, Chad Foreign Minister SIPDIS Allam-mi explained that he had not yet briefed the Cabinet on his meetings in New York and therefore could not give an update on whether a green light would be given to the [...] | 2007-04-03 09:43:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PREF PGOV UNSC CD SU |
07NDJAMENA302 | CHAD SCENESETTER FOR DEPUTY SECRETARY NEGROPONTE [...] (C) Summary: United States interests in Chad have evolved over the last seven years. Highlights of the new relationship include U.S. humanitarian support for the Sudanese refugees in eastern Chad and U.S. political leadership in seeking a resolution of the Darfur conflict, U.S./Chad coopera [...] | 2007-04-06 11:01:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PREF OTRA SU CD |
07NDJAMENA309 | CHAD PRIME MINISTER MEETS WITH CODEL MCGOVERN [...] (SBU) Summary: Massachusetts Congressman James P. McGovern, Ranking Minrity Member of the House Subcommittee on Rules mt on April 5 with Chad Prime Minister Nouradine elwa Kassire Koumakoye. Kassire spoke at length about his countr's relationship with the U.S. and fforts to resolve the Darf [...] | 2007-04-10 11:06:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM CD |
07NDJAMENA318 | CODEL MCGOVERN VISITS EASTERN CHAD, MEETS SUDAN REBELS [...] (U) SUMMARY. Rep. James McGovern and staffers, plus Ambassador and Emboffs, visited the Abeche area on 6-7 April, meeting with local Chadian authorities, UN officials, NGO workers, and Sudanese rebel leaders. The group drove to Gaga camp to meet with Sudanese refugees. In a meeting with Rep [...] | 2007-04-12 10:40:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PGOV PHUM KCRS CD SU OVIP OTRA |
07NDJAMENA324 | CODEL McGovern Visits IDPs Fleeing Attacks [...] (U) SUMMARY. Rep. James McGovern and staffers, along with the Ambassador and Emboffs, witnessed the grave humanitarian crisis unfolding near Koukou Angarana in eastern Chad on 7 April. An estimated 9,000 people have fled west towards the area after attacks on the villages of Tiero and Marena [...] | 2007-04-12 15:02:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PGOV PHUM KCRS CD SU OTRA OVIP |
07NDJAMENA325 | CLASHES CONTINUE, IDP SITUATION WORSENS IN EASTERN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Over the last two weeks the security and humanitarian situation in eastern Chad has taken a dangerous turn for the worse. The Dar Sila region near the border with Sudan south of Abeche has been the scene of attacks by janjaweed militias, an upsurge in new Internally Displaced [...] | 2007-04-13 08:14:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREF PREL UNSC CD SU |
07NDJAMENA329 | CAR REFUGEES IN CHAD: INCREASE IN MALNUTRITION [...] (SBU) Summary. An end-March monitoring visit to the three refugee camps for Central African Republic (CAR) refugees near Gore found that the malnutrition rate at Amboko Camp - the oldest of the three (established mid-June 2003) - had tripled from December to March. While the malnutrition rat [...] | 2007-04-17 12:13:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PGOV KCRS CD CT |
07NDJAMENA331 | DEPUTY SECRETARY MEETING WITH DARFUR REBELS [...] (SBU) Summary: Representatives of Sudanese rebel movements from JEM, NMRD and SLA met with Deputy Secretary Negroponte in Ndjamena, April 17. The movements explained that three months of meetings in Chad had failed to unify the movements, but that they were still trying. The effort by GNU V [...] | 2007-04-18 08:25:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PREF PGOV SU CD |
07NDJAMENA341 | DEPUTY SECRETARY NEGROPONTE MEETS CHADIAN [...] (S) SUMMARY: Deputy Secretary Negroponte met President Idriss Deby Itno and Foreign Minister (FM) Alam-mi late Monday afternoon April 16, in the Chadian capital of N'Djamena. In both meetings the Deputy Secretary discussed regional peace and stability, the ongoing humanitarian crisis in Darfur [...] | 2007-04-20 11:34:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | SECRET | PGOV OVIP PREL PREF UNSC CD SU |
07NDJAMENA357 | REFUGEE PROTECTION IN EASTERN CHAD - Part 1 [...] (U) Summary: A team from the DepartmentQs Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration/Africa Office (PRM/AFR) and the office of the Coordinator for Reconstruction and Stabilization (S/CRS) visited Sudanese refugee camps in eastern Chad from March 20-28 to monitor USG-funded protection and [...] | 2007-04-26 09:35:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PGOV KCRS SU CD |
07NDJAMENA358 | REFUGEE PROTECTION IN EASTERN CHAD - Part 2 [...] No summary [...] | 2007-04-26 09:37:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PGOV KCRS SU CD |
07NDJAMENA385 | JEM LEADER ON CHAD-SUDAN BORDER CONFLICT [...] (C) More fighting on the Chad-Sudan border is likely as both countries move to implement the agreement reached in Riyadh to stop supporting rebel groups aimed at each other, Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) Chairman Khalil Ibrahim told the Ambassador and Poloff May 5. Khalil expected Kha [...] | 2007-05-07 14:54:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL CD SU |
07NDJAMENA396 | SUDAN REBEL LEADER SEEKS DARFUR PEACE TALKS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) is ready to start Darfur peace talks tomorrow and wants to cooperate with the United States, JEM Chairman Khalil Ibrahim stressed in a meeting on May 5. Khalil expressed support for the United Nation's mediation effort, a Darfur ceasefire [...] | 2007-05-08 16:59:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREF PREL UNSC CD |
07NDJAMENA403 | DONORS ASKED TO TELL CHAD TO REIN IN SPENDING [...] (C) Summary and action request: The IMF and the World Bank have asked the United States and France to join them in a new Multi-Donor Mission (MDM) to urge President Deby to rein in military and infrastructure spending in order to maintain Chad's solvency into 2008 and 2009. Chad's request to [...] | 2007-05-10 09:32:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EFIN EAID CD |
07NDJAMENA410 | CHADIAN TROOP BUILD-UP UNDERWAY; ALL QUIET, FOR NOW [...] (C) Summary: The Government of Chad (GOC) is ready to launch a major attack against Chadian rebels if the rebels cross over from Sudan for one last offensive before the rainy season -- or if they are expelled by Sudan. Embassy sources do not put much weight in the Saudi-brokered accord between [...] | 2007-05-11 12:18:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL CD SU |
07NDJAMENA419 | CHAD'S NEW PETROLEUM CODE [...] (SBU) Summary: Representatives of the ExxonMobil-led oil consortium view Chad's new Petroleum Code as presenting a reasonable framework of incentives and obligations for foreign companies interested in oil exploitation. The Code is ambiguous on whether companies with existing agreements are [...] | 2007-05-16 12:35:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EPET EFIN PGOV CD |
07NDJAMENA43 | C-130'S FOR CHAD? [...] (C) SUMMARY: Chad wants to buy four C-130 aircraft at a cost of over USD 300 million. Whether Chad needs or can afford so many new aircraft is questionable. Also an issue is how they will be used. Chad wants to buy them primarily to defend the regime against a backlash provoked by its re [...] | 2007-01-12 12:06:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | CONFIDENTIAL | BEXP EFIN KDEM PGOV PHUM PREL CD |
07NDJAMENA434 | SLM UNITY MEETING YIELDS STILL ANOTHER FACTION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The attempt to reunify the Sudan Liberation Movement (SLM) at Ameri in Darfur last month appears instead to have succeeded in giving birth to yet another splinter group. According to its spokesman, speaking with us on May 22, the newly christened Revolutionary Military Counc [...] | 2007-05-23 14:42:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREF PREL UNSC CD SU |
07NDJAMENA446 | CHAD ELECTION DIALOGUE: A POSSIBLE OPPORTUNITY? [...] (U) SUMMARY: Discussions on electoral reform are moving forward between the Mouvement Patriotique de Salut (MPS),Chad's ruling party, and the opposition. Agreement could come in the next weeks. Even diehard critics of the regime see promise that the talks could lead toward a more inclusive [...] | 2007-05-30 14:47:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM PGOV PHUM PREL CD |
07NDJAMENA455 | GRAND IMAM VOICES CONCERN OVER EXTREMISTS' "NEW [...] (C) SUMMARY Fundamentalist and extremist ideologies continue to gain influence in Chad, according to the Grand Imam, who reported on the "new strategy" of a number of Islamic organizations. The World Association of Muslim Youth (WAMY) and the Islamic Forum (IF) have been officially banned by [...] | 2007-06-04 18:01:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | CD PGOV PREL KISL |
07NDJAMENA46 | CHAD'S ROLE IN PEACE IN DARFUR: IS THIS THE RIGHT [...] (C) AMBASSADOR'S INTRODUCTION: This is an important piece on our engagement with Chad and its role in peace efforts in Darfur. It was prepared by Jitu Sardar, who is completing an impressive tour here after having contributed significantly to our reporting on eastern Chad and our Darfur re [...] | 2007-01-13 13:43:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PHUM PREF ASEC CD SU |
07NDJAMENA462 | SLM LEADER COMMENTS ON UNIFICATION EFFORTS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The prospects for leaders within the Sudanese Liberation Movement (SLM) to unify appear to be dim and getting dimmer. During a recent meeting with SLM leader Adam Shogar, he expressed dismay with recent unification efforts, and was focused on the differences between the vari [...] | 2007-06-05 16:20:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREF PREL UNSC SU CD |
07NDJAMENA468 | KOME OILFIELD SECURITY [...] (SBU) After receiving tearline information that suspected extremists had allegedly conducted surveillance on the Doba Oil facility in Chad, on May 24, 2007 the Regional Security Officer was invited to review the oilfield security operation in the Kome region of Chad near the city of Doba by the [...] | 2007-06-06 13:53:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC CD EPET PGOV PREL |
07NDJAMENA499 | CHAD: IMPORTANT JUNCTURE IN INTERNAL POLITICAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The ongoing political dialogue in Chad has come to a crunch point. According to a senior official who serves as go-between in the dialogue, several key areas of disagreement remain, but each one is surmountable. A prominent oppositionist has removed himself from the dialogu [...] | 2007-06-15 15:42:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM PGOV PHUM PREL CD |
07NDJAMENA50 | EASTERN CHAD: USAID ASSESSMENT OF INTERNALLY [...] Summary: The USG humanitarian assessment team in eastern Chad is investigating reports of rising numbers of internally displaced persons. On January 17 and 18, the team visited two IDP sites and refugee camps in the Farchana area of Assounga Departement. Recent arrivals at the sites are from [...] | 2007-01-19 19:16:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PGOV PHUM PREF SOCI CD |
07NDJAMENA506 | ISLAM IN SOUTHERN CHAD [...] (SBU) Summary: What is the status of Islam in southern Chad, a relatively densely populated area but traditionally largely Christian or animist? Embassy NQDjamena PAO and Arabic/Muslim Outreach Specialist set out to answer this question, at least anecdotally, during two trips over a three- [...] | 2007-06-19 16:13:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL OIIP KPAO KIRF PHUM CD |
07NDJAMENA507 | CHAD: TOWARD FREER RADIO AND [...] (U) Summary: There are some potentially significant changes underway in ChadQs media environment, and, with the apparent end of the State of Emergency, censorship of the independent press has virtually ceased. First, ChadQs government-controlled national radio and television are moving tow [...] | 2007-06-19 16:16:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL OIIP KPAO KIRF PHUM CD |
07NDJAMENA508 | CORRECTED VERSION: ISLAM IN SOUTHERN CHAD [...] (SBU) Summary: What is the status of Islam in southern Chad, a relatively densely populated area but traditionally largely Christian or animist? Embassy N'Djamena PAO and Arabic/Muslim Outreach Specialist set out to answer this question, at least anecdotally, during two trips over a three- [...] | 2007-06-20 06:43:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL OIIP KPAO KIRF PHUM CD |
07NDJAMENA509 | CORRECTED VERSION; CHAD: TOWARD FREER RADIO AND [...] (U) Summary: There are some potentially significant changes underway in Chad's media environment, and, with the apparent end of the State of Emergency, censorship of the independent press has virtually ceased. First, Chad's government-controlled national radio and television are moving tow [...] | 2007-06-20 06:44:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL OIIP KPAO KIRF PHUM CD |
07NDJAMENA516 | CHAD: DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES ON DIALOGUE, REBELS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Abderaman Moussa, the National Mediator, and Jean Alingue, prominent oppositionist, gave the Ambassador June 19 their very different views on the ongoing political dialogue and, in particular, participation of the rebels. Alingue said that the dialogue had reached agreement o [...] | 2007-06-21 18:30:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM CD |
07NDJAMENA523 | CHAD: STRIKE DRAGS ON [...] SUMMARY: Some progress has been made, but the general strike in Chad still drags on. The government is holding to its offer of a 15 percent salary increase. Some minor unions have accepted but the major union has again balked. Meanwhile, a peaceful group of female teachers on June 21 block [...] | 2007-06-22 14:57:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ELAB PGOV ASEC CD |
07NDJAMENA544 | CHAD: FISSURES IN OPPOSITION RANKS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Two tracks of government-opposition talks have been under way for the past week, one with the Chadian rebels in Tripoli, the other a continuation of the internal dialogue in Ndjamena. Preliminary indications suggest that serious fissures are developing within the formerly cohe [...] | 2007-06-29 10:30:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV CD LY SU |
07NDJAMENA546 | CHAD OIL: GOVERNMENT WAVES THE CARROTS [...] (SBU) Summary: Working relations between the Government of Chad and the Esso-led oil consortium continue to improve. It appears that the President has been persuaded that taking too aggressive an approach at a time when the Consortium is weighing future investment decisions could jeopardize [...] | 2007-07-02 16:08:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ENRG EPET PGOV CD |
07NDJAMENA553 | TRANSFORMING CHAD: A CAUTIONARY TALE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Over the last three years the United States has devoted more attention and resources to Chad than at any time since the joint fight against Libyan aggression in the 1980's. Chad is a major beneficiary of the Trans Saharan Counter-Terrorism Partnership initiative. It receive [...] | 2007-07-03 20:54:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID EFIN EPET KDEM KPKO PGOV PHUM PREL PTER |
07NDJAMENA555 | CHAD: PRESIDENTIAL ADVISOR YOUNOUSMI ON SUDAN, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: President Deby's close advisor Adoum Younousmi told the Ambassador July 3 that, during his trip to Khartoum the previous week, he had found the Sudanese leaders "lacking in vision" in their objectives in Darfur, but "evolving." They had asked for Chadian mediation with the Da [...] | 2007-07-04 10:32:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM PGOV CD SU |
07NDJAMENA557 | DEMOCRACY AND STABILITY IN CHAD: IS THERE HOPE? [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: President Idriss Deby Itno is a master survivor in a political culture as cruel and a neighborhood as dangerous as any in the world. Over the course of the last few years he has succeeded once again in facing down all challengers despite the fierce backlash his move to become [...] | 2007-07-05 07:35:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EAID EFIN EPET KDEM KPKO PGOV PHUM PREF PREL |
07NDJAMENA594 | CHAD: TWO UNEASY TRACKS OF DIALOGUE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Strains within the opposition coalition have not yet led to an open rupture, but the internal political dialogue is blocked over the issue of a government of consensus. Meanwhile, there is apparent progress in the parallel dialogue in Tripoli between the government and rebels [...] | 2007-07-13 18:06:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV CD LY SU |
07NDJAMENA61 | SUPPORTING HUMAN RIGHTS AND DEMOCRACY (SHRD) [...] Chad is a centralized republic with a population of approximately 10 million. The Government of Chad,s human rights record remained poor in 2006. President Idriss Deby has ruled the country since taking power in a 1990 rebellion. Political power remained concentrated in the hands of a north [...] | 2007-01-23 16:27:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB PGOV PHUM PREF KDEM CD |
07NDJAMENA618 | CHAD FOREIGN MINISTER ON ARUSHA MEETING [...] (SBU) Summary: Chad Foreign Minister Allam-mi stressed to Charge that Chad would do all it could to ensure a successful meeting in Arusha. Referring to Embassy demarches concerning the Center for Humanitarian Dialogue's aborted meeting in Mombasa, he stated that Chad did not want to have a bi [...] | 2007-07-25 16:39:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV SU CD |
07NDJAMENA619 | EASTERN CHAD - INTERNAL DISPLACEMENT UPDATE [...] Most internally displaced people (IDPs) in eastern Chad are now receiving assistance from humanitarian organizations. The numbers have stabilized at about 170,000, and due to the rains no major conflict is expected for several months. Issues faced by the humanitarian community include insecu [...] | 2007-07-25 17:17:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PGOV PHUM SOCI PREF PREL CD |
07NDJAMENA62 | VISIT OF SPECIAL ENVOY NATSIOS TO CHAD: MEETINGS [...] (SBU) Summary: In meetings with Chadian President Idriss Deby Itno and Foreign Minister Allam-mi on January 18 in N'djamena, Chad, Special Envoy for Sudan Andrew Natsios expressed thanks to Chad for receiving Darfur refugees and for its support for a UN force on the border. He stressed that [...] | 2007-01-23 16:33:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PREF PHUM CD SU |
07NDJAMENA625 | EASTERN CHAD - IDP NEEDS BEING MET [...] Most of the estimated 173,000 internally displaced people (IDPs) in eastern Chad are now receiving assistance from humanitarian organizations. USAID/OFDA's partners and other humanitarian organizations are providing services to the IDPs in the water/sanitation/hygiene (WASH),health/nutritio [...] | 2007-07-30 16:18:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PGOV PHUM SOCI PREF PREL CD |
07NDJAMENA633 | CHAD - UN OCHA WEAKNESSES [...] (SBU) The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) effort to coordinate humanitarian activities in eastern Chad is falling short of expectations and promises made to donors earlier in 2007. To improve its performance, OCHA HQ needs to take eastern Chad's requirements more [...] | 2007-08-02 13:20:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PGOV PHUM SOCI PREF PREL CD |
07NDJAMENA637 | SCENESTTER FOR GENERAL WARD [...] (C) General Ward: Your first visit to Chad will highlight for President Idriss Deby Itno the importance the United States attaches to the Trans-Sahara Counterterrorism Partnership (TSCTP) and U.S. appreciation for Chad's support on counter-terrorism issues. We anticipate that the President [...] | 2007-08-03 12:19:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV CD |
07NDJAMENA657 | GUINNESS TESTS THE WATERS IN CHAD [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On July 26, Chad's only brewery, Les Brasseries du Tchad (BDT),announced the addition of Guinness to its existing product line. Chad's neighbor, Cameroon, has produced Guinness for years and some Cameroonian Guinness was imported to Chad both legally and clandestinely. By pr [...] | 2007-08-13 12:59:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CD ETRD ECON PGOV PREL |
07NDJAMENA665 | GENERAL WARD,S MEETING WITH CHAD PRESIDENT, [...] (SBU) Summary: Deputy Commander of the European Military Command General William Ward met President Deby August 8 in Chad in a meeting primarily focused on aircraft sales. While arguing the case for Chad's need for C-130's, President Deby also expressed interest in learning more about the C-2 [...] | 2007-08-14 13:28:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | CONFIDENTIAL | CD PGOV PREL |
07NDJAMENA674 | EASTERN CHAD - USAID FIELD VISIT TO DOGDORE IDP [...] The week of August 13, a USAID's Bureau for Democracy, Conflict, and Humanitarian Assistance (DCHA) field officer based in eastern Chad traveled to the internally displaced person (IDP) site of Dogdore, the largest IDP site in eastern Chad. Dogdore's proximity to the Chad-Sudan border and the [...] | 2007-08-16 16:37:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PGOV PHUM SOCI PREF PREL CD |
07NDJAMENA675 | POLITICAL ACCORD REACHED WITH CHADIAN OPPOSITION [...] (SBU) Summary: After eight months of negotiation under the aegis of the European Union (EU) and the UN, Chad's ruling party (MPS) signed an agreement August 13 with the opposition coalition (CPDC) on reform of Chad's electoral process. The signing took place in the presence of President Idri [...] | 2007-08-17 07:19:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM CD |
07NDJAMENA689 | CHAD SCENESETTER FOR CODEL JACKSON LEE [...] (U) U.S. Embassy N'Djamena warmly welcomes CODEL Jackson Lee to Chad August 26-27, 2007. Chad is a landlocked, impoverished nation situated in the geographical "heart" of Africa. Violent regime change has been the rule since independence in 1960. Chad's estimated 9.4 million people are prim [...] | 2007-08-23 09:01:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP PREL PGOV PHUM PTER CD |
07NDJAMENA711 | CONTACT INFORMATION FOR EMBASSY NDJAMENA AND [...] Listed below is contact information for Heads of Sections, U.S. Embassy Ndjamena. All personnel may be contacted via the switchboard 24/7. Embassy telnos: Country Code: 235 Switchboard: 251-7009/251-6211/251-9233/251-9218/251-4727/ 251-4296 Switchboard cell: (235) 679-0978/679-0979 IVG: [...] | 2007-09-06 16:12:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT PGOV CD |
07NDJAMENA712 | CHAD:EU TEAM ASKS HARD QUESTIONS ABOUT PROPOSED [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: After the week-long visit of a European Commission Technical Assessment Team, many questions were still unanswered as to how a possible multidimensional UN/EU force would go about protecting refugees, IDPs and humanitarian workers in eastern Chad given the complex political an [...] | 2007-09-07 15:32:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CD PGOV PHUM PREF PREL |
07NDJAMENA752 | UNDER-AGE RECRUITMENT IN DARFUR REFUGEE CAMPS [...] (SBU) Summary: UNHCR protection officers in Darfur refugee camps in Farchana and Iriba report recent incidents of recruitment of under-age combatants for Sudanese rebel movements. Chadian officials assert that they are working to prevent recruitment and ensure the civilian character of the re [...] | 2007-09-26 14:36:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM CD SU |
07NDJAMENA784 | SUDAN REBELS IN CHAD REPORT JEM SPLIT [...] (SBU) Summary: JEM representatives informed Emboffs that a split has taken place within the movement, pitting Chairman Khalil Ibrahim on one side against his former Vice-Chair Bahar and field Commander Banda on the other. JEM "Chief Negotiator" Ahmed Tugod Lissan accused JEM/Bahar of perpetrat [...] | 2007-10-10 08:52:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PREF CD SU |
07NDJAMENA792 | PEACE ACCORDS MULTIPLY WITH FRINGE CHAD REBEL [...] (SBU) Summary. Five minor Chadian rebel/exile groups have signed generic peace agreements with the Government of Chad (GOC) in the last two weeks. The agreements include amnesty for rebels and a commitment to integrate rebel forces into the Chadian army and civil service. Negotiations in Trip [...] | 2007-10-12 10:52:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL LY GB BN CD |
07NDJAMENA798 | CHAD: AMCIT DETAINED NEAR LIBYAN BORDER [...] (U) The Embassy was notified on Sunday, October 14, that American citizen Stephen Godbolt had been detained since October 12 in the town of Zoumri by ten members of the Chad rebel group MDJT. The rebels belong to a small MDJT faction that has not accepted the terms of recent peace agreements [...] | 2007-10-15 13:59:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CASC PGOV CD |
07NDJAMENA807 | CHAD: NO PROGRESS ON DETAINED AMCIT [...] (SBU) No progress has been made in the more than five days of contacts between members of the Chadian Tubu community and the MDJT rebel group currently holding Amcit Steve Godbolt in Zoumri, northern Chad. The local Radio France International (RFI) reporter had agreed to temporarily hold off [...] | 2007-10-17 15:37:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CASC PGOV PTER PREL CD LY |
07NDJAMENA810 | CHAD: DETAINED AMCIT CASE [...] (SBU) Radio France International (RFI) broadcast information on the detained Amcit during the 6:30 a.m. (Chad time) Africa news broadcast on October 18. RFI reported that Godbolt had been detained while accompanying members of a Chadian association on a trip from N'Djamena to Bardai. The br [...] | 2007-10-18 15:58:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CASC PGOV CD LY |
07NDJAMENA819 | CHAD:1206 FUNDED PROPOAL "IMPROVE PARTNER NATION [...] (SBU) Post has reviewed information containd in ref-email concerning 1206-funded activities o improve partner nation intelligence. The actiities are designed to developa self-sustaining indigenous intelligence capacity capable of detecting, tracking, reporting and sharing intelligence on te [...] | 2007-10-22 14:12:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PTER CD |
07NDJAMENA85 | Eastern Chad: USAID Assessment of Internally [...] Summary: A USG humanitarian assessment team spent two weeks in Chad, including ten days in the East, investigating reports of internal displacement and assessing humanitarian conditions and response for the affected communities. This is the fourth and final cable from the team and includes k [...] | 2007-01-29 15:30:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI KCRS |
07NDJAMENA877 | PRESIDENT DEBY SIGNS "THE LAST PEACE AGREEMENT" [...] (C) Summary. President Deby signed what he called "the last peace agreement" with the remaining Chadian rebel groups at large in Libya on October 25. The formation of a new Government is still expected but other events (in particular, the Zoe's Ark Affair) have taken up government attention. [...] | 2007-11-13 08:22:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM PTER CD |
07NDJAMENA88 | Chad: 2007 Trafficking in Persons Report Part 1 [...] Summary: The Government of Chad cooperates with United Nations (UN) agencies, local communities and church-based and other domestic and international non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in combating trafficking, primarily in the area of prevention. Due to intense rebel activity throughout 20 [...] | 2007-01-30 10:48:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC ELAB PGOV PHUM PREF SMIG KCRM KFRD KWMN CD |
07NDJAMENA89 | Chad: 2007 Trafficking in Persons Report Part 2 [...] No summary [...] | 2007-01-30 10:49:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC ELAB PGOV PHUM PREF SMIG KCRM KFRD KWMN CD |
07NDJAMENA9 | PRESIDENT DEBY CELEBRATES 16 [...] (SBU) Summary: President Idriss Deby Itno celebrated the sixteenth anniversary of his successful coup detat (December 1, 1990) at the annual day of freedom and democracy, held this year in the southern town of Kyabe, in the Moyen Chari region of Chad, on December 29. Representatives from th [...] | 2007-01-04 16:27:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM CD |
07NDJAMENA903 | CHAD: JEM EXPLAINS ARAB ALLIANCE AND WARNS OF [...] (SBU) Summary: Representatives of the Khalil Ibrahim-led wing of the Sudan Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) met with Emboffs November 19 to announce a new JEM/Arab alliance, explain the defects of the Sirte meeting and warn of future armed conflict in Darfur and Kordofan. End summary. JE [...] | 2007-11-21 13:51:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KPKO PGOV PHUM CD SU |
07NDJAMENA916 | CHAD: FIGHTING BREAKS OUT ON BORDER [...] (SBU) Summary. Chadian rebels have taken up arms again, almost one year to the day that they seized and held Chad's eastern town of Abeche for 24 hours. Rebel groups UFDD and RFC claim that the Libyan-brokered peace agreement is not being honored; the Government of Chad points the finger at [...] | 2007-11-29 17:34:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM PREF CD SU |
07NDJAMENA920 | CHAD: FIGHTING CONTINUES, DEFENSE MINISTER FIRED [...] (SBU) Summary: Heaving fighting continues between the government and rebel factions in eastern Chad, with significant casualties among the President's clan. President Deby returned to N'Djamena on December 1 to commemorate 17 years in power and to fire the Defense Minister (former FUC rebel M [...] | 2007-12-02 12:51:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREF PREL CD SU |
07NDJAMENA921 | CHAD: FIGHTING CONTINUES, DEFENSE MINISTER FIRED [...] No summary [...] | 2007-12-02 12:51:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREF PREL CD SU |
07NDJAMENA933 | CHAD: FIGHTING CONTINUES BETWEEN ANT AND RFC [...] (C) Summary. Fighting continues in the Biltine area between the Chadian army (ANT) and the RFC rebel group. Cut off from supply lines in the Sudan, the RFC may not be able to survive a siege. On the other hand, coordinated action between the RFC and the UFDD could pull the ANT away and prol [...] | 2007-12-06 06:40:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PREF SD CD |
07NDJAMENA94 | CHAD: PRESIDENT DEBY ASKS TO BUY FOUR C-130 [...] (U) President Idriss Deby Itno has sent a letter to the President requesting approval for the purchase of four new C-130 aircraft under the Foreign Military Sales program. Dated January 19 and delivered by Chadian Ambassador to the United States Mahamoud Bechir to the Ambassador January 30, [...] | 2007-01-31 11:37:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | BEXP EFIN PGOV PREL CD |
07NDJAMENA944 | CHAD: CONTINUED FIGHTING AND HUMANITARIAN CONCERNS [...] (C) Summary. Intermittent fighting between the Government and rebel groups has spread to the CAR/Sudan/Chad tri-border region. The UN and NGO's have drawn-down expatriate staff from the Farchana and Goz Beida areas, but road travel and humanitarian flights continue. Common banditry (rather [...] | 2007-12-07 17:09:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PREF PGOV CD SU |
07NDJAMENA951 | CHAD: EUFOR PROSPECTS GLOOMY [...] (SBU) Summary: Cancellation or postponement of EUFOR due to resource and logistics constraints is a possibility according to EUFOR's General Gannacia. Nonetheless, EUFOR and MINURCAT advance teams continue to lay the groundwork for eventual deployment. MINURCAT may request assistance from do [...] | 2007-12-13 16:14:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | UNSC PGOV PREL PREF CD CR |
07NEWDELHI1009 | AMBASSADOR PUSHES FOR DEFENSE SALES AND [...] (C) Summary: In a February 27 call on Minister of Defense A.K. Antony, the Ambassador: -- emphasized the commitment the USG and American companies have demonstrated toward India's defense trade; -- pressed for a level playing field for American defense companies seeking business in India; [...] | 2007-02-28 13:16:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR ETRD MOPS IN |
07NEWDELHI1010 | BOFORS SCANDAL MIDDLEMAN CAUSING TROUBLE FOR [...] (SBU) Summary: On February 27, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MPs disrupted both houses of Parliament, demanding Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's resignation over alleged UPA mishandling of Ottavio Quattrocchi's extradition from Argentina. Quattrocchi is the main accused in the Bofors gun payo [...] | 2007-02-28 13:30:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IN |
07NEWDELHI1050 | INDIA AND U.S. HOLD COUNTER-TERRORISM JOINT [...] (C) SUMMARY: MEA Additional Secretary (International Organizations) K.C. Singh and Acting Coordinator for Counterterrorism Frank Urbancic chaired the 8th U.S.-India Counter-Terrorism Joint Working Group (CTJWG) on February 28th in New Delhi. Calling the timing "late, but better late than ne [...] | 2007-03-02 14:30:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR PBTS MOPS KDEM KISL PK |
07NEWDELHI1051 | INDIANS OFFER BLEAK ASSESSMENT OF AFGHANISTAN AND [...] (S) Summary: During the February 28, 2007 session of the U.S.-India Counter-Terrorism Joint Working Group (CTJWG),the Indian delegation gave a tour d'horizon of developments in Afghanistan, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, and Nepal to help set the stage for the day's discussions (reported Septel). Indian int [...] | 2007-03-02 14:42:00 | Embassy New Delhi | SECRET | PREL PGOV EFIN PINR MOPS KDEM KISL IN |
07NEWDELHI1076 | MEA ASKS U.S. TO PROPOSE DATES FOR PEACEKEEPING [...] No summary [...] | 2007-03-06 02:30:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPKO IN |
07NEWDELHI1098 | CHIKUNGUNYA VIRUS RE-EMERGES IN INDIA - MAN VS. [...] (U) Summary: After a 32 year hiatus, the chikungunya virus is making a comeback in India. While the Government of India (GOI) estimates over 180,000 cases of chikungunya infection since December 2005, the actual number of cases is difficult to assess. The GOI,s lack of transparency in reporti [...] | 2007-03-06 13:05:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV AMED EAGR IN KFLU ECON PREL SENV TBIO PTER |
07NEWDELHI1101 | CONGRESS LEADERS CRITICIZE NUCLEAR DEAL AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: Following a string of electoral defeats in Bihar, Mumbai, Uttarakhand, and Punjab, the most influential voices in the Delhi cocktail circuit as well as some of our most insightful political contacts in the states are telling us with one voice that Sonia Gandhi and her personal ad [...] | 2007-03-06 16:38:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR ECON KISL KDEM KNNP PARM IN |
07NEWDELHI1216 | DEMARCHE ON ARGENTINA'S REQUEST FOR USG ASSISTANCE [...] No summary [...] | 2007-03-13 12:39:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER IR IN |
07NEWDELHI1218 | SCENESETTER FOR DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY SECRETARY SAMUEL W. BODMAN'S MARCH 2007 VISIT TO INDIA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Secretary Bodman, the members of the Country Team warmly welcome you to New Delhi and Mumbai and look forward to your arrival on March 19. You are visiting at a crucial time in Indo-U.S. relations and are positioned to significantly advance our growing government-to-government, commer [...] | 2007-03-13 13:28:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG TRGY EPET EAID SENV PREL PGOV IN |
07NEWDELHI1248 | US PARTICIPATION IN AMAN 07 "SURPRISES" AND [...] (C) PolCouns was summoned to the Ministry of External Affairs by Joint Secretary (Americas) Gaitri Kumar on 12 March for an urgent meeting to discuss the USG's participation in the multinational joint naval exercise "Aman 07." Kumar delivered the non-paper in para. 4 to Polcouns as directed [...] | 2007-03-14 12:48:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MOPS CH PK IN |
07NEWDELHI1250 | INDO-FIJIAN RELATIONS GOOD DESPITE MILITARY COUP [...] (C) Summary: Fiji's interim Foreign Affairs and External Trade Minister, Ratu Epeli Nailatikau, visited New Delhi March 3-4 (reftel). He met with both Ambika Soni, Indian Minister of Tourism and Culture, and Pranab Mukherjee, Minister of External Affairs, from whom Nailatikau reportedly re [...] | 2007-03-14 13:40:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL FJ IN PBTS PGOV PINR |
07NEWDELHI1273 | BJP RE-ENERGIZED, LOOKING FORWARD [...] No summary [...] | 2007-03-15 12:49:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PREL PINR ECON KISL IN |
07NEWDELHI1274 | BELLWETHER PROJECT: UTTAR PRADESH ELECTION [...] (C) Summary: The crucial state of Uttar Pradesh (UP) is facing an election in April and May 2007 that could displace the current Samajwadi Party (SP) government. Although the political situation in UP is fluid and changing rapidly, there was a consensus on a number of key points during a mi [...] | 2007-03-15 12:54:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SOCI ECON KISL KDEM KCRM IN |
07NEWDELHI1275 | HIZBOLLAH AND HAMAS DELEGATES PARTICIPATE IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Delegates of the "International Conference on War, Imperialism and Resistance: West Asia," held in New Delhi March 12-14, adopted a resolution urging the Indian government to change its Middle East policy, break ties with Israel, and promote dialogue with Iran. Hizbollah spokes [...] | 2007-03-15 13:31:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR IS IR IN |
07NEWDELHI1292 | ECON HIGHLIGHTS FROM NEW DELHI(March 12-16, 2007) [...] (U) Below is a compilation of Economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of March 12-16, 2006. --------------------------------------------- - ECONOMIST CONFERENCE: GOI ROLLS OUT RED CARPET --------------------------------------------- - 2. (U) Prime Minister Singh address [...] | 2007-03-16 11:30:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR EFIN ECON ETRD ENRG PREL PGOV IN |
07NEWDELHI1295 | KASHMIRI REJECTIONIST HARDLINER GEELANI SEEKS U.S. [...] This is an ACTION REQUEST for CA, S/CT, DS, PA, SCA and others. Please see paragraphs 15 and 16. 2. (S) SUMMARY: Hardline Kashmiri separatist leader Sayeed Ali Shah Geelani applied March 16 for a visa to travel to the United States for medical treatment for cancer in his one remaining kid [...] | 2007-03-16 11:58:00 | Embassy New Delhi | SECRET | PTER CVIS ASEC PREL PGOV PBTS MOPS KDEM KISL |
07NEWDELHI1297 | NAXALITES KILL 55 IN ATTACK ON SECURITY FORCES IN [...] (C) Summary. Hundreds of Naxalite insurgents stormed a heavily-fortified security post in the Dantewada district of southern Chhattisgarh during a pre-dawn raid on March 15. After three hours of fighting, 55 security and police personnel were killed. This unfortunate and gruesome attack co [...] | 2007-03-16 12:51:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER IN |
07NEWDELHI1302 | GOI "VERY UNEASY" ABOUT RECENT EVENTS IN BANGLADESH [...] (C) SUMMARY: External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee's recent visit to Dhaka was "excellent," according to Joint Secretary Mohan Kumar. Chief Adviser of the Caretaker Government Dr. Fakhruddin Ahmed received high marks from the GOI with Kumar noting that, "He talks like us. He's brillian [...] | 2007-03-19 06:25:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL BG CE IN |
07NEWDELHI1325 | INDIA FALLING SHORT OF POTENTIAL IN AFRICA, [...] (C) Summary. Indian strategic thinkers agree that China is leading India in involvement with Africa by almost all economic and political measures. Not only does China have a greater volume of bilateral trade with Africa, but China is also pouring development aid and concessional loans into [...] | 2007-03-19 12:53:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR IN CH ECON ENRG EPET EAGR |
07NEWDELHI1327 | INDIAN ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICE OFFICERS HEAD TO [...] No summary [...] | 2007-03-19 13:20:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EAID AF IN |
07NEWDELHI1328 | PRIME MINISTER WARM ON U.S.-INDIA-JAPAN TRILATERAL [...] (C) Summary. PM Singh told Ashley Tellis he hoped a U.S.-India-Japan trilateral dialogue could become official at the Foreign Secretary level. The PM's comment seems to reflect a fairly broad sentiment in New Delhi, as recent public speakers have come out in support of closer trilateral ties [...] | 2007-03-19 13:39:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM IN JA |
07NEWDELHI1383 | AMBASSADOR TAHIR-KHELI DISCUSSES PAKISTAN, WOMEN'S [...] (C) Summary. In separate meetings with Foreign Secretary Shiv Shankar Menon and Prime Minister Media Advisor Sanjaya Baru, Ambassador Shirin Tahir-Kheli: -- discussed Indo-Pakistan relations, agreeing that the relationship is in relatively good shape at this time; -- urged her interlocutors [...] | 2007-03-22 12:14:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KWMN PK IN |
07NEWDELHI139 | MINISTER OF STATE SHARMA: 123 AGREEMENT [...] (C) Summary. In a January 9 meeting, Minister of State for External Affairs Anand Sharma told the Ambassador: - India has "too much political capital invested" in the civil-nuclear agreement to allow for 123 Agreement talks to languish, adding a successful 123 conclusion is "imperative;" [...] | 2007-01-10 13:08:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ETRD ECON KNNP EAGR SOCI IN |
07NEWDELHI1401 | AMBASSADOR TAHIR-KHELI ENCOURAGES INDO-US [...] (C) SUMMARY: In separate meetings, Senior Adviser to the Secretary Ambassador Shirin Tahir-Kheli met with Ministry of SIPDIS External Affairs (MEA) officials March 22 to discuss a number of UN-related issues, including: - India's role on the UN Human Rights Council - Secretary General Ban [...] | 2007-03-22 13:43:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IN |
07NEWDELHI1402 | HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL VOTE ON SUDAN: INDIA FAVORS [...] (C) Senior Adviser to the Secretary Ambassador Shirin Tahir-Kheli met March 22 with Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) Joint Secretary (UN Economic and Social) Manjeev Singh Puri and delivered reftel points. Puri rebutted, saying that there had been "good forward movement" in Geneva on the ne [...] | 2007-03-22 13:46:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM IN |
07NEWDELHI1403 | SARAN ASSURES AMBASSADOR OF ENGAGEMENT, DESIRE TO [...] (C) Summary. Ambassador met with Special Envoy Shyam Saran to emphasize the necessity for progress in the upcoming 123 Agreement talks. The upcoming round of 123 talks should not be a negotiation of previously agreed upon points, but rather a codification and definition of outstanding issues, [...] | 2007-03-22 14:31:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY IN |
07NEWDELHI1424 | BJP MEMBER CLAIMS THE RSS IS ACTIVE IN NEPAL - CORRECTED [...] (S) SUMMARY: Bharataya Janata Party (BJP) member and Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) activist Seshadiri Chari (PROTECT),claimed March 19 that the RSS is involved with the Madhesi movement in Nepal's southern Terai region. This is the first RSS confirmation Post has had. Chari claimed the [...] | 2007-03-23 10:03:00 | Embassy New Delhi | SECRET | PREL PGOV PINR MOPS KISL NP PK CH IN |
07NEWDELHI1446 | BELLWETHER PROJECT: BIHAR IS MORE THAN JUST CROPS [...] (SBU) Summary: For the last two decades, Bihar was ruled by a kleptocratic and corrupt government, suffered from discriminatory central government policies, and was mired in caste and class-ridden social divides. Despite its Buddhist sacred sites, bountiful rivers and fertile soil, Bihar has [...] | 2007-03-23 14:41:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL PHUM ECON SOCI KDEM KISL IN |
07NEWDELHI1458 | BELLWETHER PROJECT: BIHAR IS MORE THAN JUST CROPS [...] (SBU) Summary: For the last two decades, Bihar was ruled by a kleptocratic and corrupt government, suffered from discriminatory central government policies, and was mired in caste and class-ridden social divides. Despite its Buddhist sacred sites, bountiful rivers and fertile soil, Bihar has [...] | 2007-03-26 09:00:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL PHUM ECON SOCI KDEM KISL IN |
07NEWDELHI1485 | OPPORTUNITIES FOR INDIAN SOFT POWER IN AFGHANISTAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: As requested, this cable contains specific, concrete ideas for opportunities for India to use soft power in helping Afghanistan's reconstruction, with the broader objective of seeking ways for the U.S. to synergize its efforts with Afghanistan's "natural ally." Some of the ideas are ne [...] | 2007-03-28 12:06:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EAID ECON ENRG SCUL SOCI AF IN |
07NEWDELHI1488 | A SNAPSHOT OF INDIAN THOUGHTS ON IRAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: In various meetings over the last few weeks, Post has been taking stock of what Indian analysts, professors, lawmakers and journalists are thinking about Iran. This cable is a summary of those conversations. Interlocutors agreed that, while Indians do not want a nuclear Iran, t [...] | 2007-03-28 13:28:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ENRG EPET ELTN IR IN |
07NEWDELHI1508 | NO CLEAR OUTCOME IN SIGHT FOR UPCOMING UTTAR [...] (C) Summary: Although the election is set to commence on April 7, UP politics remain as confused and murky as ever. In the past few weeks, a close associate of Uttar Pradesh (UP) Chief Minister Mulayam Singh Yadav has bolted to form a new party, and his Muslim support base appears to be incr [...] | 2007-03-29 13:50:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR KDEM KISL SCUL IN |
07NEWDELHI1509 | DELHI DIARY, MARCH 8-29 [...] (U) Below is a compilation of Political highlights from Embassy New Delhi for March 8-29, 2007 that did not feature in our other reporting. Former Iranian President Gets a Warm Reception in India ------ 2. (SBU) The mostly Indian audience at the India Today annual "conclave" March 23 h [...] | 2007-03-29 14:34:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KIRF KNNP IR BT KZ |
07NEWDELHI1517 | INDIA "WILL CONSIDER" IRAN REQUEST TO BECOME SAARC [...] (U) This is an action request for the Department - please see paragraph six. 2. (C) Indian Foreign Secretary Shiv Shankar Menon announced on March 28 that the SAARC (South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation) Council of Ministers, during its April 2 meeting in New Delhi, will conside [...] | 2007-03-30 10:25:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IR IN |
07NEWDELHI1534 | DEMARCHE: INDIA PREFERS ELECTIONS TO MOVE FORWARD [...] (C) SUMMARY: Foreign Secretary Menon told Ambassador Mulford that India would "stick by its agreements" with the U.S. on Nepal. In a separate meeting, the Ambassador expressed concern to National Security Advisor (NSA) M.K. Narayanan about a new GOI flexibility with regard to the Maoists' f [...] | 2007-03-30 14:18:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM NP IN |
07NEWDELHI1536 | BJP COCKY ABOUT UTTAR PRADESH AND DELHI POLL [...] (C) SUMMARY: On March 25, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) kicked off its campaign for the upcoming Uttar Pradesh (UP) State Assembly elections with a bang. The BJP is focusing on the UP elections, which start on April 7 with results to be announced May 11, and on April 5 Delhi Municipal electi [...] | 2007-03-30 14:54:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL PINR KISL IN |
07NEWDELHI1620 | KARZAI TELLS BOUCHER THAT AFGHANISTAN IS GROWING [...] (C) SUMMARY: Meeting Afghan President Hamid Karzai April 3 on the sidelines of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) Summit, Assistant Secretary Boucher noted that Pakistan had given Karzai a warm welcome into the organization. A Joint Jirga session last week was succe [...] | 2007-04-04 12:33:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR MOPS PTER AF PK IN |
07NEWDELHI1622 | PM KOIRALA UPDATES ASSISTANT SECRETARY BOUCHER ON [...] (S) SUMMARY: Assistant Secretary Boucher met Prime Minister Koirala of Nepal April 3 on the sidelines of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation summit, and assured him that the U.S. supported the Government of Nepal, despite misgivings regarding Maoist entry into the Interim Gov [...] | 2007-04-04 14:32:00 | Embassy New Delhi | SECRET | PREL PGOV NP BT IN |
07NEWDELHI1640 | PM WANGCHUK UPDATES ASSISTANT SECRETARY BOUCHER ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs Assistant Secretary Richard Boucher and Ambassador David Mulford met Prime Minister Wangchuk of Bhutan April 4 on the margins of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation Summit to discuss Bhutan's ongoing democratization [...] | 2007-04-05 13:31:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PREF PHUM MOPS NP IN |
07NEWDELHI1641 | BANGLADESH LEADER TELLS BOUCHER CREDIBLE ELECTIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Chief Advisor Fakhruddin Ahmed of Bangladesh told Assistant Secretary Richard Boucher April 5 that free, fair and credible elections were the primary goal of the caretaker government. In a meeting following the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation Summit in New Delhi, [...] | 2007-04-05 13:37:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM BG IN |
07NEWDELHI1642 | BOUCHER DISCUSSES EDUCATION REFORM WITH NATIONAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On April 4, Assistant Secretary Richard Boucher met with National Knowledge Commission member Deepak Nayar to discuss the state of affairs in education reform in India and possible areas of cooperation between the United States and India. During an hour long lively conversation, [...] | 2007-04-05 13:37:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PREL IN |
07NEWDELHI1643 | SRI LANKA'S FOREIGN MINISTER ASSURES BOUCHER THAT HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUES WILL BE ADDRESSED AND REQUESTS MORE SUPPORT [...] (C) SUMMARY: In his meeting with Sri Lankan Foreign Minister Rohitha Bogollagama, Assistant Secretary Boucher emphasized that it was vital that the forthcoming devolution package reassure moderate Tamils about their future place in Sri Lankan society and guarantee that their rights are protected. [...] | 2007-04-05 13:38:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER CE IN |
07NEWDELHI1653 | THE STATUS OF WOMEN IN INDIA - PART I [...] (SBU) Summary: During the March 19-24 visit of Senior Advisor to the Secretary of State for Women's Empowerment Ambassador Shirin Tahir-Kheli, Mission officers joined Ambassador Tahir-Kheli to survey New Delhi's leading NGOs, think tanks, pundits, government officials and activists on the ch [...] | 2007-04-09 07:29:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PREL PINR SOCI KWMN IN |
07NEWDELHI1675 | BJP WINS BIG IN DELHI LOCAL ELECTIONS [...] (C) On April 5, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) swept Delhi's Municipal Council polls, winning 164 of 272 seats (60 percent),reducing Congress from 103 seats to 67. The widely-predicted outcome boosted BJP spirits on the eve of the multi-stage Uttar Pradesh (UP) elections. After its victo [...] | 2007-04-09 14:02:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PREL PINR IN |
07NEWDELHI1676 | CODEL LOWEY DISCUSSES 123 AGREEMENT, CONGRESSIONAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a joint meeting with Foreign Secretary Shiv Shankar Menon and Special Envoy to the Prime Minister Shyam Saran, Codel Lowey outlined their concerns on the civil-nuclear agreement, including fears that the Government of India (GOI) had come to the conclusion that the U.S. Congre [...] | 2007-04-09 14:49:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY IN |
07NEWDELHI1698 | INDIA DID NOT ATTEND IRAN'S NATANZ RIBBON-CUTTING [...] (C) PolCouns delivered reftel points to Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) Joint Secretary (Pakistan, Iran and Afghanistan) Dilip Sinha April 9. Amandeep Singh Gill, Director of MEA Disarmament and International Security Affairs, told PolOff April 10 that the MEA had instructed its Embassy i [...] | 2007-04-10 13:13:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KNNP IAEA PARM MNUC TRGY AORC UNSC |
07NEWDELHI1699 | DESPITE WILD SPECULATION, UTTAR PRADESH ELECTORAL [...] (C) Summary: Uttar Pradesh (UP) completed its first phase of polling on April 7. Due to the active involvement of an effective Election Commission (EC),the vote went smoothly and was violence free. Notoriously unreliable exit polls predict that the SP and BJP will lose seats, while Congre [...] | 2007-04-10 13:26:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PHUM PINR SCUL KDEM KISL IN |
07NEWDELHI1702 | ASSISTANT SECRETARY BOUCHER REVIEWS SOUTH ASIAN [...] (C) Summary: During a one hour meeting on April 5, Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs Richard Boucher and Indian Foreign Secretary Shivshankar Menon reviewed political and economic developments with Pakistan, Nepal and Sri Lanka. When it comes to the region, New Delhi a [...] | 2007-04-11 07:17:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PHUM PINR PREF ECON ETRD AF |
07NEWDELHI1704 | INDO-PAK DISCUSSIONS ON SAARC SIDELINES HINT AT [...] (C) Summary: The recently concluded SAARC Summit (April 3-4) was notable for its lack of major tension over the perennially contentious issues between India and Pakistan. Indo-Pak experts on the sidelines of SAARC saw signals that a proposal may be just around the corner to try to resolve l [...] | 2007-04-11 09:02:00 | Embassy New Delhi | SECRET | PREL PGOV PTER PINR PBTS MOPS KDEM KISL PK IN |
07NEWDELHI1715 | ASSISTANT SECRETARY BOUCHER AND GAITRI KUMAR [...] No summary [...] | 2007-04-11 11:15:00 | Embassy New Delhi | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV MARR ETRD MOPS KPAO ENRG PARM PTER |
07NEWDELHI1720 | DELHI DIARY, MARCH 29-APRIL 11 [...] (C) Below is a compilation of political highlights from Embassy New Delhi for March 8-29, 2007 that did not feature in our other reporting, including: -- Naxalites Looking to Join the Fray in Kashmir -- BJP Coalesces Its Strategy of Attack on Congress -- Civil Society Holds SAARC Accountabl [...] | 2007-04-11 12:06:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PHUM PK IR JA IN |
07NEWDELHI1723 | ASSISTANT SECRETARY BOUCHER AND GAITRI KUMAR [...] (C) SUMMARY: South and Central Asian Affairs Assistant Secretary Richard Boucher met Ministry of External Affairs SIPDIS Joint Secretary Gaitri Kumar April 5 to review progress and obstacles on key U.S.- India bilateral issues, including defense, military relations, education, the Agricult [...] | 2007-04-11 12:19:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR ETRD MOPS KPAO ENRG PARM PTER |
07NEWDELHI1727 | PDP WINS PUBLIC BATTLE OVER JAMMU AND KASHMIR [...] (S) Summary: People's Democratic Party (PDP) leader Mufti Muhammad Sayeed rather astutely and with exquisite timing caused a major dilemma that threatened to unravel the Congress-PDP coalition government of Jammu and Kashmir state. In negotiations before the SAARC Summit and on the eve of Ut [...] | 2007-04-12 05:14:00 | Embassy New Delhi | SECRET | PREL PGOV PTER PHUM PBTS MOPS KDEM KISL PK IN |
07NEWDELHI1749 | THE STATUS OF WOMEN IN INDIA - PART II [...] (U) SUMMARY: This is the second in a two part series on the status of women in India. This cable is derived from Post's ongoing analysis of the issues facing women as well as conversations with politicians, think tanks, NGO activists, pundits, and government officials during Senior Advisor to [...] | 2007-04-12 12:12:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PREL PINR SOCI KWMN IN |
07NEWDELHI1827 | INDIA OFFERS CREW LIST EXEMPTION [...] This is an action request for the Department - please see paragraphs 4 and 5. 2. The Indian Ministry of External Affairs has presented a Diplomatic Note (No. 794/JS/AMS/2007, dated April 11, 2007) offering a bilateral resolution of the outstanding "crew list" issue, proposing exemption of t [...] | 2007-04-17 12:22:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV MARR MOPS PBTS KREC KTIA IN |
07NEWDELHI1866 | DELHI DIARY, APRIL 12-19 [...] (U) Below is a compilation of political highlights from Embassy New Delhi for April 12-19, 2007 that did not feature in our other reporting, including: -- Third Phase of the Uttar Pradesh Election Completed -- The Saffron Crowd Finding a Home in the BJP Again -- Chief of Naval Operations Vi [...] | 2007-04-19 08:59:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM MNUC KUNR ETRD EPET KWMN BR |
07NEWDELHI1915 | RAHUL GANDHI JUMPS INTO THE U.P. ELECTORAL FRAY [...] (C) Summary: Rahul Gandhi, the heir apparent of the Gandhi family dynasty, has made a number of gaffes, suggesting an uneven start to his active political career. During a series of ""roadshows"" meant to jump-start the Congress campaign in ongoing Uttar Pradesh (UP) elections, Rahul made ellipti [...] | 2007-04-23 11:56:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PHUM PINR SCUL KDEM KISL IN PK |
07NEWDELHI1918 | CALM OR CHAOS IN STORE FOR NEPAL? INDIAN EXPERTS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Indian experts and politicians sounded off at a recent roundtable hosted by PolCouns, in which guests debated whether or not the likely delay of Nepal's Constituent Assembly elections would be harmful to the peace process. While some experts claimed chaos would ensue if electio [...] | 2007-04-23 13:11:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR NP IN |
07NEWDELHI1920 | RECORD CROWD ATTENDS HARDLINE SEPARATIST GEELANI'S [...] (C) Summary: In a show of force as well as strength, hardline separatist Sayeed Ali Shah Geelani held a rally in Srinagar on April 22nd to mark his return to the Valley following cancer surgery in Mumbai. Our interlocutors say the rally was attended by several thousand mostly young people -- [...] | 2007-04-23 13:17:00 | Embassy New Delhi | SECRET | PREL PGOV PTER PINR PBTS MOPS KDEM KISL PK IN |
07NEWDELHI1921 | HINDU RIGHT WING PLANNING AN ANTI-MAOIST COALITION [...] (C) Former Commerce, Law and Justice Minister Dr. Subramanian Swamy, President of the Janata Party, told DepPolCouns April 23 that he is headed to Nepal April 26 to meet "secretly" with King Gyanendra and publicly with Prime Minister Koirala, whom he described as "an old friend." Swamy was a m [...] | 2007-04-23 13:29:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR NP IN |
07NEWDELHI193 | IRAQ: GUIDANCE DELIVERED TO GOVERNMENT OF INDIA [...] (C) As the DCM was delivering reftel demarche to the Indian government (see below),in a visit to broadcaster CNN-IBN, Ambassador briefed the entire editorial team on bilateral relations and specifically addressed the President's new initiative on Iraq. In an subsequent interview, Ambassador [...] | 2007-01-12 12:52:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS PGOV IZ IN |
07NEWDELHI1938 | BRINGING SHAME ON FEMALE FETICIDE IN RAJASTHAN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On an April 10-14 trip to Rajasthan, Poloff met with government officials, NGO's and others combating female feticide. They outlined hopeful new steps they are taking. Although only in the early stages, such programs hold promise in making inroads against female feticide and [...] | 2007-04-24 11:22:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KWMN ECON PREL SOCI IN |
07NEWDELHI1946 | NO CLEAR LEADER EMERGES FROM THE FOURTH PHASE OF [...] (C) Summary: The fourth phase of the contentious Uttar Pradesh (UP) elections came off without a hitch in a remote area of the state bordering on Nepal, which has been a stronghold of the ruling Samajwadi Party (SP). An influential caste leader from the area split from the SP and launched h [...] | 2007-04-24 12:05:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PHUM PINR SCUL KDEM KISL IN |
07NEWDELHI1971 | GOI JOINT SECRETARY (EAST ASIA): CHINA BORDER [...] (C) Summary. In an April 25 discussion, new MEA JS (East Asia) Vijay Gokhale: -- briefed PolCouns on the latest round of India-China border talks, saying little progress was made; -- downplayed the May 1 visit by North Korean Vice-Foreign Minister Kim Hyong Jun, stating such a meeting was a [...] | 2007-04-25 12:04:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV CH KN JA IN |
07NEWDELHI1974 | INDIA CAPABLE BUT UNWILLING TO PARTICIPATE IN IRAQ [...] (C) The Government of India (GOI) is capable of sending both military and civilian resources to help accomplish the mission in Iraq, but the will to do so does not exist. In 2003, when the U.S. first approached the GOI to contribute troops to Iraq, then-Prime Minister Vajpayee's initial reac [...] | 2007-04-25 12:33:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR MASS MOPS PTER IZ IN |
07NEWDELHI1975 | RUMINATIONS OF A BJP LEADER ON DOMESTIC POLITICS [...] (C) On April 24, PolCouns met with former Foreign Minister Yashwant Sinha, who is currently a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Rajya Sabha Member of Parliament. A party insider who is well-connected to the BJP leadership, Sinha spoke at some length on current Indian domestic politics. Sinha emp [...] | 2007-04-25 12:51:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM PINR SCUL KDEM KISL IN |
07NEWDELHI1976 | ONE PRIVATE SCHOOL IN RAJASTHAN TRIES TO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On an April 10-14 trip through Rajasthan, PolOff discussed Indian public education with politicians, school directors, and journalists. They confirmed that the poor quality of public schools compels parents to rely on private options to ensure their children receive a good edu [...] | 2007-04-25 13:01:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL PINR KDEM SOCI IN |
07NEWDELHI1977 | DELHI DIARY, APRIL 20-25 [...] (U) Below is a compilation of political highlights from Embassy New Delhi for April 20-25, 2007 that did not feature in our other reporting, including: -- Mid-Election Scandal Could Shake Up Politics -- Bhutan,s Voters Elect "Yellow" in Mock Polls -- Another Bomb Found and Defused in Bhutan [...] | 2007-04-25 13:24:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV CVIS KCRM KDEM PHUM SOCI PTER MOPS |
07NEWDELHI2037 | INDIAN OFFICIAL SEES BANGLADESH AT CROSSROADS, SRI [...] (C) Summary. In a meeting with PolCouns on April 26, MEA Joint Secretary Mohan Kumar: -- said that the caretaker government in Bangladesh has reached a crossroads by allowing Sheikh Hasina and Khaleda Zia to return, stating such a move weakens the government and will force it to reassert itself in [...] | 2007-04-27 12:27:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV BG BM CE IN |
07NEWDELHI2056 | BIOGRAPHY: MEA JOINT SECRETARY GAITRI KUMAR [...] (C) Gaitri Kumar replaced Subrahmanyam Jaishankar as Ministry for External Affairs (MEA),Joint Secretary (Americas) in January. She joined the Indian Foreign Service in 1986. Prior to her current assignment, her career trajectory is as follows: --1987-1989 - Third Secretary/Second Secreta [...] | 2007-04-30 11:54:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR IN |
07NEWDELHI2067 | BIOGRAPHY: RAJASTHAN CHIEF MINISTER VASUNDHARA RAJE [...] (C) On an April 10-14 trip to Rajasthan, PolOff met with politicians, journalists, NGOs, and academicians to get a fix on the current state of affairs. This cable is largely derived from conversations during this trip about Chief Minister (CM) Vasundhara Raje. A POLITICAL MAHARANI ------- [...] | 2007-04-30 13:18:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL PINR KWMN IN |
07NEWDELHI2070 | RAJASTHAN STRUGGLES TO ESCAPE FROM THE HINDI BELT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Rajasthan, located in North India and bordering Pakistan, is the country's largest state and embodies numerous contradictions. Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Chief Minister (CM) Vasundhara Raje (ref A),although extremely popular, is heavily criticized and not expected to win the [...] | 2007-05-01 06:26:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM PREL PINR SOCI ECON KWMN KIRF |
07NEWDELHI2072 | G-8 SEEKING IMPROVED CT COOPERATION WITH INDIA [...] (C) Summary: PolCouns attended a meeting of the G-8 Counter-Terrorism Action Group (CTAG) in New Delhi, which is now chaired by the German Political Counselor. The group attempts to coordinate G-8 efforts to partner with the Indian government against terrorism. The group discussed each coun [...] | 2007-05-01 08:03:00 | Embassy New Delhi | SECRET | PREL PGOV PTER PINR PBTS MOPS KDEM KISL PK IN |
07NEWDELHI209 | MUKHERJEE'S PAKISTAN TRIP YIELDS LITTLE FOR INDIA [...] (C) Summary. Indian Foreign Minister Mukherjee met with Pakistani leaders in Islamabad on January 13th and 14th, announcing that Pakistani Foreign Minister Kasuri will visit New Delhi in February, inaugurating the next round of composite dialogue with Foreign Secretary talks on March 13th a [...] | 2007-01-16 10:53:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR PBTS MOPS KDEM KISL PK IN |
07NEWDELHI2092 | LATEST UTTAR PRADESH POLL CONFIRMS CONTINUED [...] (C) Summary: The fifth phase of seven phases of the Uttar Pradesh (UP) election concluded on April 28, with a growing consensus that this election will likely spell the end of SP rule. An effective Election Commission has prevented the ruling Samajwadi Party (SP) from using dirty tricks to [...] | 2007-05-02 11:23:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PHUM PINR SCUL KDEM KISL IN |
07NEWDELHI210 | COMMUNISTS COPECETIC WITH UPA REGIONAL APPROACH, [...] (C) Summary: The Left Front (LF) and UPA are locked in agreement when it comes to South Asian regional policy, but differ sharply when it comes to the US and countries with which the US has disputes, such as Iran. In preparation for his January 13-14 Pakistan visit, External Affairs Minister [...] | 2007-01-16 11:08:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM PREF PINR KDEM IN PK BT BG |
07NEWDELHI2101 | TOUR D'HORIZON WITH INCOMING MEA JOINT SECRETARY [...] (C) SUMMARY: IN A TOUR D'HORIZON WITH INCOMING MINISTRY OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS (PAKISTAN, AFGHANISTAN AND IRAN) JOINT SECRETARY T.C.A. RAGHAVAN MAY 1, POLCOUNS RAISED PETROLEUM SIPDIS AND NATURAL GAS MINISTER MURLI DEORA'S RECENT STOPOVER IN TEHRAN. RAGHAVAN SAID HE HAD NOT RECEIVED DETAILS, [...] | 2007-05-02 12:44:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER EPET ETRD MARR PINR MOPS IR |
07NEWDELHI2102 | PM HOSTS THIRD JAMMU AND KASHMIR ROUNDTABLE AS [...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Singh chaired a third Roundtable Conference in New Delhi with Kashmiri leaders on April 21st, although separatists from both moderate and hard-line political camps refused to attend. The Prime Minister sat through more than 10 hours of presentations by Kashmiri p [...] | 2007-05-02 12:48:00 | Embassy New Delhi | SECRET | PREL PGOV PTER PINR PBTS MOPS KDEM KISL PK IN |
07NEWDELHI2106 | DEMARCHE ON ZIMBABWE'S BID FOR CHAIRMANSHIP OF THE [...] No summary [...] | 2007-05-03 06:58:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SENV UNCSD AORC ZI IN |
07NEWDELHI2107 | UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL - CANDIDACY OF BELARUS [...] No summary [...] | 2007-05-03 07:07:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM UNHRC BO IN |
07NEWDELHI2117 | INDIAN DEOBANDIS SAY PAKISTANI JUI-F WILLING TO BROKER PEACE TALKS WITH TALIBAN [...] (S) Summary: Poloffs met on April 27th with Pandit N. K. Sharma -- who once headed Muslim Outreach for the Rao government and who claims close ties to the Gandhi family -- as well as Maulana Mahmood Madani, a member of Parliament and prominent leader of the Deobandi political organization Jamiat U [...] | 2007-05-03 10:17:00 | Embassy New Delhi | SECRET | PREL PGOV PTER PINR PBTS MOPS KDEM KISL PK IN |
07NEWDELHI2126 | HINDU RIGHT WINGER SAYS CLEAR-CUT NEPAL POLICY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Former Commerce, Law and Justice Minister, Dr. Subramanian Swamy, President of the Janata Party, gave DepPolCouns May 1 a read-out of his April 26 visit to Nepal. Swamy said he met one-on-one with the following: -- King Gyanendra -- Gyanendra's son Crown Prince Paras -- Prime [...] | 2007-05-03 13:28:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR NP IN |
07NEWDELHI2139 | DELHI DIARY, APRIL 26-MAY 4 [...] (U) Below is a compilation of political highlights from Embassy New Delhi for April 26-May 4, 2007 that did not feature in our other reporting, including: -- Indian Boots on the Ground in Afghanistan? -- Parliamentary Histrionics Play On -- Bhutanese Refugees Want To Participate In Election [...] | 2007-05-04 11:02:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR MOPS AF PK IR IN |
07NEWDELHI2140 | BSP MAINTAINS ITS LEAD IN UTTAR PRADESH SIXTH [...] (U) The sixth phase of the Uttar Pradesh (UP) election took place without significant problems on May 3. Polling was conducted in 52 constituencies in nine districts in a remote area of southeastern UP. Three of the districts are home to Naxalite activity, but they did not emerge from their [...] | 2007-05-04 11:14:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR PTER SCUL KDEM IN |
07NEWDELHI2142 | IRAN MANIPULATING INDIAN ELITE OPINION-MAKERS [...] (C) This cable contains an action request for SCA. Please see paragraph 6. New Iranian Mischief ------ 2. (C) Ambassador K.V. Rajan, former Secretary of the Ministry of External Affairs and current Chairman of the Prime Minister's National Security Advisory Board (NSAB),called Charge May 4 for a [...] | 2007-05-04 11:42:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR IR IN |
07NEWDELHI2177 | NEW PUNJABI LEADERSHIP SEEKS EDUCATIONAL [...] (SBU) Summary: During a May 2 meeting with POLCOUNS in Chandigarh, Punjab Chief Secretary Ramesh Inder Singh and Principal Secretary to the Punjab Chief Minister D.S. Guru discussed opportunities for India/U.S. education cooperation, water and electricity subsidies, relations with Pakistan, and [...] | 2007-05-07 13:04:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL PINR SCUL IN PK |
07NEWDELHI2192 | IRAN ENCOURAGES INDIAN ELITE TO GET BACK TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Left-wing think-tanker Professor S.D. Muni told PolCouns May 7 about his trip to Iran, fully paid for and sponsored by the Government of Iran, in which he and 13 Indian academics, former diplomats, journalists and scientists visited the Arak heavy water complex and met the Minis [...] | 2007-05-08 13:08:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR ENRG EPET MNUC IR IN |
07NEWDELHI2203 | UTTAR PRADESH ELECTIONS CONCLUDED; RESULTS ON MAY [...] (U) On May 8, polling concluded in the seventh and final phase of the protracted election in Uttar Pradesh (UP). The voting took place in 59 constituencies in East UP. Approximately 45 percent of the electorate cast their votes and there were no reported security incidents. The East UP dist [...] | 2007-05-09 07:48:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR PTER SCUL KDEM IN |
07NEWDELHI2209 | INDIA COMPARES ASIA DEMOCRACY PARTNERSHIP TO [...] No summary [...] | 2007-05-09 09:49:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM XB AS CA ID JA KS NZ RP IN |
07NEWDELHI2223 | INDIA-PAKISTAN STILL STUCK ON SIACHEN TALKS [...] (S) Summary: Indian Defense Minister A K Antony traveled to the Army's Siachen base camp to demonstrate his administration's ongoing tough stance toward Pakistan in negotiations over troop withdrawal from the peaks surrounding the glacier, as well as to set a marker by which India can claim v [...] | 2007-05-09 12:03:00 | Embassy New Delhi | SECRET | PREL PGOV PTER PINR PBTS MOPS KDEM KISL PK IN |
07NEWDELHI2225 | DELHI DIARY, MAY 5-9 [...] (U) Below is a compilation of political highlights from Embassy New Delhi for May 5-9, 2007 that did not feature in our other reporting, including: -- GOI Responds to LTTE Air Attacks in Sri Lanka with Increased Vigilance in the South -- Think-tanker: Lantos Letter "Less Than Diplomatic" [...] | 2007-05-09 12:54:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MOPS MARR MNUC PTER PINR BT CE UK |
07NEWDELHI2230 | PARLIAMENT ADJOURNS AMIDST CHAOS: US LAWMAKERS' [...] (C) Summary: May 7 marked another day of shouting and chaos in both houses of the Indian Parliament. Congress went after the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on the fake encounter killings of Muslims in Gujarat, demanding the resignation of Gujarat Chief Minister (CM) Narendra Modi for his alleged [...] | 2007-05-09 13:56:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL PINR ENRG IN IR |
07NEWDELHI2246 | BILDT IN INDIA: REBUILDING TRADE TIES AND MORE [...] (C) Summary. In his May 2-4 visit to India, Swedish Foreign Minister Bildt, accompanied by an impressive business delegation, brought a message that Sweden will aggressively pursue its share of India's bulging consumer market. Also aiming for a stake in the lucrative Indian defense market, B [...] | 2007-05-10 11:24:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ETRD MARR KNNP IN |
07NEWDELHI2247 | INDIA REQUESTS FORMAL TERRORISM WATCH LIST EXCHANGE [...] (S) This is an ACTION request for the Department S/CT and SCA. Please see paragraph 4. 2. (S) Summary: Indian MEA Counter-Terrorism Cell Director I M Pandey passed a request to Poloff that the U.S. and India sign an agreement to create a formal and continuous channel to exchange terrorism [...] | 2007-05-10 11:41:00 | Embassy New Delhi | SECRET | PREL PGOV PTER PINR PBTS MOPS KDEM KISL ASEC |
07NEWDELHI2254 | GOI REMAINS SKEPTICAL ON IRANIAN GAS PIPELINE AND [...] (S) SUMMARY: EconMinCouns delivered to Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas (MPNG) Secretary M.S. Srinivasan on May 9 information that he had requested (ref A) confirming that -- contrary to top Iranian officials' claims to Srinivasan -- Iran does not have domestic engineering and technologi [...] | 2007-05-10 12:05:00 | Embassy New Delhi | SECRET | EPET ELTN PREL EINV PGOV IN PK IR |
07NEWDELHI2258 | TERRORIST INFILTRATION FALLING IN INDIAN KASHMIR, INCREASING IN INDIAN HEARTLAND [...] (S) Summary: The Indian Home Ministry released its finding on May 10th that terrorist infiltration from Pakistan and Pakistani Kashmir into Indian Kashmir fell to an all time low from January through March of 2007. Although these winter months are often considered a low period in violence and infil [...] | 2007-05-10 13:15:00 | Embassy New Delhi | SECRET | PREL PGOV PTER PINR PBTS MOPS KDEM KISL PK IN |
07NEWDELHI2266 | A MAYAWATI LANDSLIDE IN UTTAR PRADESH ELECTIONS [...] (U) Although the EC has not yet released the final vote tally in the Uttar Pradesh (UP) Legislative Assembly Elections, initial analysis indicates a clear victory for the BSP party of former Chief Minister Mayawati, and Chief Minister Mulayam Singh Yadav has already conceded defeat. NDTV proj [...] | 2007-05-11 06:38:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PINR PTER SCUL KDEM IN |
07NEWDELHI2268 | MAYAWATI VICTORY IN UTTAR PRADESH ELECTION [...] (C) Mayawati's decisive victory in the just-concluded Uttar Pradesh (UP) elections will reverberate throughout India and has serious implications for the UPA government in New Delhi and for India/US relations. Projections now place her Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) party just a hair's breath away [...] | 2007-05-11 08:59:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR PTER SCUL KDEM KISL IN |
07NEWDELHI2313 | AFTER UTTAR PRADESH ELECTION DOMESTIC POLITICS [...] (C) Summary: The Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) won a landslide victory in Uttar Pradesh (UP) on May 11 and the state and India's domestic politics will never be the same. Mayawati, the new Chief Minister of UP, handed decisive defeats not only to her bitter rivals the Samajwadi Party (SP),but t [...] | 2007-05-14 12:32:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM PINR PTER SCUL KISL IN |
07NEWDELHI2360 | DELHI DIARY, MAY 10-17 [...] (U) Below is a compilation of political highlights from Embassy New Delhi for May 10-17, 2007 that did not feature in our other reporting, including: -- Handicapping the Presidential Race -- The Mysterious Process of Indian Presidential Elections -- Next Phase of India-Pakistan Composite Di [...] | 2007-05-17 14:13:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PHUM MASS PINR SOCI PK IN |
07NEWDELHI2370 | REQUEST FOR BUSH-SINGH MEETING AT G-8 SUMMIT [...] This is an action request for the Department. Please see paragraph three. 2. Post received on May 18 from the Indian Ministry of External Affairs a diplomatic note requesting a bilateral meeting between Prime Minister Singh and President Bush to take place during the G-8 Summit in Germany [...] | 2007-05-18 10:04:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV IN |
07NEWDELHI2390 | TOUR D'HORIZON WITH CPI-M POLITBURO CHIEF SITARAM [...] SUMMARY (C) On May 17, PolCouns met with Sitaram Yechury, a Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPI-M) Member of Parliament (MP),member of the politburo and editor of the party journal "People's Democracy." Yechury welcomed the outcome of the recently concluded Uttar Pradesh (UP) elections a [...] | 2007-05-18 13:36:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL PINR IN |
07NEWDELHI2432 | PUNJAB CONTINUES TO SIMMER OVER RELIGIOUS LEADER'S [...] (SBU) Since May 14, Punjab has been in a state of crisis over an alleged sacrilegious act. Sikh leaders have demanded that Sant Gurmeet Singh Ram Rahim, the head of the Dera Sacha Sauda religious sect apologize for insulting their faith by dressing up as the tenth holy Guru in Sikhism, Guru Go [...] | 2007-05-22 12:42:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL PINR IN |
07NEWDELHI2433 | BIOGRAPHY: UTTAR PRADESH CHIEF MINISTER MAYAWATI: [...] (C) On May 13, 2007, Kumari Mayawati, commonly referred to as Mayawati or Bhenji (sister),was sworn in as Chief Minister (CM) of Uttar Pradesh (UP),India's most populous state. President of the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP),a party created to represent low caste voters, Mayawati has long been [...] | 2007-05-22 12:54:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL PINR IN |
07NEWDELHI2449 | NEW INDIAN DEPUTY NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR [...] (C) Summary. In an initial courtesy call on incoming Deputy National Security Advisor L.K. Ponappa, Charge highlighted U.S. priorities for the bilateral security relationship and invited Ponappa to visit Washington at the earliest convenience to begin building contacts with USG counterparts. [...] | 2007-05-23 10:48:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR IN |
07NEWDELHI2460 | DELHI DIARY, MAY 18-23 [...] (U) Below is a compilation of political highlights from Embassy New Delhi for May 18-23, 2007 that did not feature in our other reporting, including: -- Crude Bombs in UP Point to Internal Politics -- India Gives the Green Light for Civil Servants to Visit China -- Indian Army Chief Begins [...] | 2007-05-23 12:48:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER MOPS MARR PHUM BT PK CH IN |
07NEWDELHI2475 | THE UPA AT THREE YEARS - MIRED IN MEDIOCRITY [...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh released a "Report to the People" on May 22, outlining the achievements of his UPA government at the three year point. The PM acknowledged that inflation is a problem, providing assurances that his government would take measures to keep it from hur [...] | 2007-05-24 10:28:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON PHUM PINR PTER KDEM IN |
07NEWDELHI2480 | IRAQ'S OIL MINISTER TO SEEK INDIAN INVESTMENT [...] (C) Summary. Iraqi Oil Minister Hussein al-Shahristani will visit India May 25-28, leading a delegation from a broad spectrum of the Iraqi government, in addition to several businesspeople. The main goal for Iraq is to get an Indian agreement for investment in either building a new oil refine [...] | 2007-05-24 12:58:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ETRD EPET ENRG IQ IN |
07NEWDELHI2533 | BIOGRAPHY: SATISH CHANDRA MISHRA, BAHUJAN SAMAJ [...] (C) Satish Chandra Mishra, Member of Parliament (MP) from Uttar Pradesh (UP) in the Rajya Sabha (Upper House) and General Secretary of the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP),is widely acknowledged to be the right hand man of Mayawati, the new powerful BSP Chief Minister (CM) of UP. She inducted him i [...] | 2007-05-29 11:44:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL PINR IN |
07NEWDELHI2553 | GOI BRIEFED ON AIR DEFENSE CONSULTATIONS WITH SRI [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) expressed appreciation for the briefing provided by the Defense Attache (DATT) regarding the recent U.S. military survey of the Government of Sri Lanka's (GOSL) air defense capabilities. MEA requested the USG to apprise the GOI of radar equipmen [...] | 2007-05-30 09:34:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL PGOV PHUM CE BM |
07NEWDELHI2563 | DELHI DIARY, MAY 24-30 [...] (U) Below is a compilation of political highlights from Embassy New Delhi for May 24-30, 2007 that did not feature in our other reporting, including: -- Left Groups Disparage United Progressive Alliance Performance -- Kerala Communist Party Punishes Leaders for Public Feud -- BJP Hopes for [...] | 2007-05-30 12:45:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV KDEM BT IN |
07NEWDELHI2564 | PROTESTS IN RAJASTHAN TURN VIOLENT [...] (C) On May 28, caste tensions turned violent in the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)ruled state of Rajasthan. Demanding to be socially demoted from the Other Backward Caste (OBC) to the Scheduled Tribe (ST) category, the Gujjar community staged protests and blocked national highways in Rajasthan. [...] | 2007-05-30 13:01:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV CASC PHUM PREL PINR SCUL IN |
07NEWDELHI2583 | TENSIONS IN RAJASTHAN ESCALATE AND SPREAD [...] (SBU) The Gujjar community continues it demands to be socially demoted from the Other Backward Castes (OBC) category to the Schedule Tribe (ST) category to access job and education benefits reserved for STs. Violent Gujjar demonstrations have escalated and spread to neighboring states over th [...] | 2007-05-31 15:09:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PREL PINR ASEC PTER SCUL CASC IN |
07NEWDELHI2621 | KASHMIRI PARAMILITARY SEEKING US VISA [...] (S) This is an ACTION Request for the Department. SCA please see paragraph 4. 2. (S) Summary: Kashmiri paramilitary leader and J&K State MLA Usman Abdul Majid is seeking a U.S. visa to attend functions hosted in Washington by the United States Institute of Peace starting on June 7th. Majid is a le [...] | 2007-06-04 11:37:00 | Embassy New Delhi | SECRET | PREL PGOV PTER PINR PBTS MOPS KDEM KISL PK IN |
07NEWDELHI2624 | SITREP: TRIBAL COMMUNITIES IN RAJASTHAN BATTLE FOR [...] (SBU) Summary: Tensions in Rajasthan between the Gujjar and Meena communities continued unabated on June 2, as Meenas staged counter-demonstrations against Gujjar protests. To maintain pressure on the government, Gujjar leaders brought their protests to the capital, calling a bandh (general s [...] | 2007-06-04 12:49:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL PINR IN |
07NEWDELHI2628 | INDIA HAS NO CIVIL SOCIETY OR DEMOCRACY PROGRAMS [...] No summary [...] | 2007-06-05 05:15:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM KPAO IR IN |
07NEWDELHI2636 | GOVERNMENT AND GUJJARS REACH DEAL: RAJASTHAN LIMPS [...] (C) Summary: On June 4, Rajasthan Chief Minister (CM) Vasundhara Raje and Gujjar leader Col. Kirori Singh Bhaisala reached an agreement that ended the Gujjar agitation. Under the terms of the compact, the Rajasthan state government will establish a three-person committee to investigate the Guj [...] | 2007-06-05 11:37:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL PINR IN |
07NEWDELHI2664 | DELHI DIARY, MAY 31-JUNE 6 [...] (U) Below is a compilation of political highlights from Embassy New Delhi for May 31-June 6, 2007 that did not feature in our other reporting, including: -- Mayawati Escapes the Noose -- Bhutan Now Has Four Political Parties -- Bhutan Reaffirms Support for "One China" Policy Mayawati Esc [...] | 2007-06-06 11:51:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PREF KDEM PHUM BT CH TW KS IN |
07NEWDELHI2669 | INDIA'S 60-DAY REPORT ON UNSCR 1747 STILL BEING [...] (C) PolOff delivered reftel points and text of the USG 60-day report on UN Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) 1747 June 6 to MEA Deputy Secretary (United Nations Political) Ajaneesh Kumar, who stated that the Government of India (GOI) was still in the process of formulating its 60-day report [...] | 2007-06-07 08:59:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KNNP EFIN UNSC AORC ETRD TRGY IR IN |
07NEWDELHI2678 | A THIRD FRONT GETS OFF TO A SHAKY START [...] (C) Summary: On June 6, eight regional parties met in Hyderabad under the auspices of Telegu Desam Party (TDP) President N. Chandrababu Naidu and agreed to form a "third front" aimed at eventually unseating the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) and forming the government. The j [...] | 2007-06-07 12:10:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY IN |
07NEWDELHI268 | INDIA SEEKS U.S. HELP TO KEEP "UNNECESSARY" [...] (C) MEA Joint Secretary (North) Pankaj Saran called A/PolCouns on January 18 to convey the following demarche regarding the upcoming vote on Nepal in the UNSC: -- In the spirit of superb, close and on-going US-India coordination on Nepal, India wanted the U.S. to keep the "bigger picture" in [...] | 2007-01-18 12:04:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV AORC MOPS KDEM KISL PK IN |
07NEWDELHI27 | INDIA RESPONDS FAVORABLY TO PARTNERSHIP FOR [...] (C) DCM received a letter dated December 20, 2006 from Manjeev Singh Puri, Ministry of External Affairs Joint Secretary (UN Economic and Social),responding to Ambassador SIPDIS Mulford's letter of November 6, 2006 inviting India to participate in the "Core Group" meeting to help shape the [...] | 2007-01-04 01:39:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM KCOR BR MX SF IN |
07NEWDELHI2711 | DEMARCHE ON SHANGHAI COOPERATION ORGANIZATION [...] No summary [...] | 2007-06-11 10:32:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR MOPS AF CH IN IR MG PK RS ZK |
07NEWDELHI2722 | INDIA ENHANCING TIES WITH LIBYA [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Ministry of External Affairs Director for West Africa and North Africa N.J. Gangte characterized External Affairs Minister (EAM) Pranab Mukherjee's 26-28 May visit to Tripoli as "a political blessing to the bilateral economic activity." Mukherjee and Libyan FM Abul Rehman S [...] | 2007-06-12 05:54:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IN LY ENRG KPET ECON |
07NEWDELHI2763 | INDIA'S PRESIDENTIAL RACE STILL WIDE OPEN [...] (C) Summary: On June 13, the Indian Election Commission (EC) notified the Presidential election, stipulating that Presidential nominations must be filed by June 30. The election will occur on July 19 and the winner will be announced July 21. With the election imminent, the ruling United Prog [...] | 2007-06-13 11:16:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL PINR KDEM IN |
07NEWDELHI2766 | DELHI DIARY, JUNE 6 - 13 [...] (U) Below is a compilation of political highlights from Embassy New Delhi for June 6 - 13, 2007 that did not feature in our other reporting, including: POL-MIL: -- India, China announce joint military exercises -- Russian Ground Force commander visits India -- Russia continues to gouge I [...] | 2007-06-13 13:18:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PREF PHUM PGOV MASS MARR KOMC KSTC RS |
07NEWDELHI2788 | NEW UNION CABINET SECRETARY: K.M. CHANDRASEKHAR [...] (C) On June 14, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh named former Revenue Secretary in the Ministry of Finance, K.M. Chandrasekhar, as Union Cabinet Secretary. A member of the 1970 batch of the Indian Administrative Service (IAS) -- Kerala Cadre, Chandrasekhar now holds the highest ranking bureaucra [...] | 2007-06-14 12:08:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL PINR IN |
07NEWDELHI2792 | HOT, TENSE SUMMER AWAITS JAMMU AND KASHMIR [...] (S) SUMMARY: An unknown group claiming to be Al Qaeda's Indian wing has made and distributed in Jammu recorded statements declaring jihad on India. The Indian Army and several trusted analyst and journalist sources have scornfully dismissed the claim as a hoax, similar to last year's publici [...] | 2007-06-15 01:13:00 | Embassy New Delhi | SECRET | PREL PGOV PTER PINR PBTS MOPS KDEM KISL PK IN |
07NEWDELHI2805 | INDIA ON THE THRESHOLD OF ELECTING ITS FIRST WOMAN [...] (SBU) Summary: On June 14, after what threatened to become an insurmountable impasse, Congress and Left Party leaders agreed on current Rajasthan Governor Pratibha Devisingh Patil as the UPA/Left nominee for President of India. A longtime Gandhi/Nehru family loyalist, Patil would be the first [...] | 2007-06-15 09:54:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL PINR KIRF IN |
07NEWDELHI2830 | AMBASSADOR PRESSES FOR 123 CONCLUSION, SIGHTS ON [...] (C) Summary. In a June 15 meeting with National Security Advisor MK Narayanan, the Ambassador: -- pressed for the earliest possible conclusion to 123 Agreement negotiations and pressed the Indian to clarify their notion of a stand-alone fully safeguarded reprocessing facility; -- urged for [...] | 2007-06-18 10:48:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER KNNP TSPA SENV SCUL IN EAGR |
07NEWDELHI2836 | INDIA-CHINA RELATIONS PART ONE - BUDDING MIL-MIL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Indian Army Chief General and Chairman of Staffs Committee (COSC) J.J. Singh led a delegation of army, navy, and air force officers on a five-day visit to China in an effort to expand military relations. Highlights of the visit included: -an agreement to conduct periodic joint [...] | 2007-06-19 03:47:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV CH IN |
07NEWDELHI2840 | THE NEW UTTAR PRADESH GOVERNMENT WANTS CLOSE U.S. [...] No summary [...] | 2007-06-19 05:01:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINS KDEM SCUL SOCI EIND EINV ENRG |
07NEWDELHI2865 | DELHI DIARY, JUNE 13-20 [...] (U) Below is a compilation of political highlights from Embassy New Delhi for June 13-20, 2007 that did not feature in our other reporting, including: -- Gloomy Pakistan Envoy -- GOI Ministry of Defense sends Shekhar Dutt to Bait the Bear -- Doctor in India Arrested for Female Feticide -- [...] | 2007-06-20 11:47:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IN |
07NEWDELHI2911 | PATIL PITCHES ONE TO THE PRESIDENT [...] (U) On June 20, her last day as Governor of Rajasthan, UPA Presidential hopeful Prathiba Patil forwarded the state's controversial anti-conversion bill to President Adbul Kalam for legal review and guidance on its constitutional merits. Governors have the option to send state legislation to the [...] | 2007-06-22 11:10:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL PINR IN |
07NEWDELHI2918 | INDIAN OFFICIALS PRESS PDAS WARLICK ON UN REFORM, [...] (C) Summary. In side meetings around the U.S.-India Peacekeeping Joint Working Group, Indian officials: -- pressed PDAS Warlick to support India's bid for a permanent UN Security Council; -- briefed on India's efforts within the G4 and the wider UN membership for the perm seat; -- agreed o [...] | 2007-06-25 01:02:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KUNR IN |
07NEWDELHI2935 | KASHMIR ANXIOUS WITH LITTLE SHORT-TERM HOPE FOR [...] (S) SUMMARY: Unknown terrorists threw a grenade at a bus stop in Doda in J & K June 25, wounding 15, three critically. Thousands of Kashmiri Muslims, both Shi'a and Sunni, staged minor, non-violent street actions and chanted anti-US slogans June 14 and 15 to protest the Iraq Samarra Mosque bom [...] | 2007-06-25 12:32:00 | Embassy New Delhi | SECRET | PREL PGOV PTER PINR PBTS MOPS KDEM KISL PK IN |
07NEWDELHI2957 | ROME RULE OF LAW CONFERENCE DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO [...] No summary [...] | 2007-06-26 10:45:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV IN AF |
07NEWDELHI2991 | DELHI DIARY, JUNE 20-27 [...] (U) Below is a compilation of political highlights from Embassy New Delhi for June 20-27, 2007 that did not feature in our other reporting, including: -- KK Katyal: Potential for South Asian Parliament -- Tawang Residents Speak Out Against China's Territorial Claims -- Controversy Continue [...] | 2007-06-27 12:11:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IN |
07NEWDELHI3031 | THE BHARATIYA JANATA PARTY: A HOUSE IN DISARRAY [...] (C) Summary: In the Spring of 2007, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) appeared to be making a comeback after a series of electoral wins in both state assembly and municipal elections (reftel A). However, the euphoria ended following the party's abysmal performance in the May and June Uttar Pra [...] | 2007-06-29 11:14:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL PINR IN |
07NEWDELHI306 | INDIA ON ALERT AS USUAL FOR REPUBLIC DAY THREATS [...] (C) Summary. As India's Republic Day fast approaches, security in the capital and the country's largest cities has increased to its highest level as Indians prepare for a significant national holiday. Airports remain on alert as press reports surfaced of threats, over the January 13-14 week [...] | 2007-01-19 12:47:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR ASEC KDEM KISL PK IN |
07NEWDELHI3081 | DELHI DIARY, JUNE 28-JULY 5 [...] (U) Below is a compilation of political highlights from Embassy New Delhi for June 28-July 5, 2007 that did not feature in our other reporting, including: -- SAARC Protocol on Trafficking Likely -- Mayawati Lays Out Her Priorities SAARC Protocol on Trafficking Likely ------- 2. (SBU [...] | 2007-07-05 05:50:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM IN |
07NEWDELHI310 | INDIA SET TO INCREASE PLEDGED AID TO AFGHANISTAN [...] (S) Summary. PolOffs met with Afghan Second Secretary Asadi to discuss Foreign Minister Mukherjee's January 22nd to 23rd visit to Afghanistan, including press reports that India is considering increasing its aid to Afghanistan by $100 million. Asadi, speaking through an interpreter, also gav [...] | 2007-01-19 13:16:00 | Embassy New Delhi | SECRET | PREL PGOV PTER EAID ETRD MOPS KDEM KISL PK |
07NEWDELHI3134 | INDO-PAK TALKS ON TERRORISM AND NARCOTICS [...] (U) SUMMARY: Indian Home Minister Madhukar Gupta and Pakistani Secretary of the Interior, Syed Kmal Shah, met July 2-3 for the fourth round of Home Secretary-level talks on Terrorism and Drug Trafficking as part of the continuing Composite Dialogue process. Major topics were an exchange of [...] | 2007-07-09 11:23:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER SNAR PINR PK IN |
07NEWDELHI3227 | EXCESSIVE AIRSPACE CLAIM DEMARCHE - INDIA [...] No summary [...] | 2007-07-13 12:06:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EAIR KREC MARR MOPS PHSA BM IN |
07NEWDELHI3248 | DELHI DIARY, JULY 6-16 [...] (U) Below is a compilation of political highlights from Embassy New Delhi for July 6-16, 2007 that did not feature in our other reporting, including: -- Sweet Success in Ethiopia: India Invests in Ethiopian Sugar and Wins African Support for a Security Council Seat -- India Looks East with [...] | 2007-07-16 11:53:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MASS MARR KUNR EINV PTER MCAP AS |
07NEWDELHI3281 | CD DEMARCHE DELIVERED: INDIA HEDGES ON ALL BUT [...] No summary [...] | 2007-07-18 12:56:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PGOV PREL PHUM UNGA IN |
07NEWDELHI3318 | U.N. ADVISOR ON BURMA ENCOURAGES INDIA TO PROMOTE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The UN Secretary General's Special Advisor on Burma, Ibrahim Gambari, met with Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) Foreign Secretary Shivshankar Menon during a July 10-12 visit to New Delhi. According to the MEA, Gambari recognized India's ability to influence Burma, and expresse [...] | 2007-07-20 13:09:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KDEM MARR MASS PGOV PHUM BM IN |
07NEWDELHI3336 | INDIAN LEGISLATORS ELECT FIRST WOMAN PRESIDENT [...] (SBU) Summary: After courting controversy and enduring a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led assault (Ref B & C) on her alleged corruption, Pratibha Devisingh Patil swept the Indian Presidential election on July 19, becoming the first woman to hold the mostly ceremonial but prestigious office. On [...] | 2007-07-23 14:10:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PREL KWMN PINR IN |
07NEWDELHI3383 | DELHI DIARY, JULY 17-25 [...] (U) Below is a compilation of political highlights from Embassy New Delhi for July 17-25, 2007 that did not feature in our other reporting, including: -- MEA Questions General Toolan on China and Nepal -- Australia and India Raising the Bar on Defense Cooperation -- Indian Vice-Presidential [...] | 2007-07-25 11:52:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM MOPS MARR MCAP MASS KPKO PBTS |
07NEWDELHI342 | BJP DOWNPLAYS IMPORTANCE OF FOREIGN POLICY [...] (C) Summary: The UPA's January 3 luncheon meeting with the BJP leadership proved to be largely a flash in the pan. Subsequent events and statements by BJP insiders confirm that little of substance took place at the meeting, which consisted primarily of a briefing by Minister of External Affa [...] | 2007-01-22 13:31:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM PREF PINR PTER KDEM IN PK BT |
07NEWDELHI343 | INDIAN NSA NARAYANAN UPBEAT ON PAKISTAN, CAUTIOUS [...] (S) Summary: National Security Advisor M.K. Narayanan expressed optimism about the general trajectory of talks with Pakistan during a January 22nd meeting with Ambassador Mulford, although he said Prime Minister Singh was unlikely to schedule a trip to Islamabad before the SAARC summit in Ap [...] | 2007-01-22 13:35:00 | Embassy New Delhi | SECRET | PREL PGOV PTER PINR PBTS MOPS KDEM KISL PK |
07NEWDELHI346 | UTTAR PRADESH MUSLIMS - DISILLUSIONED AND MORE [...] (C) Summary: The Muslims of Uttar Pradesh (UP) are increasingly fed-up with the corruption and poor governance of the Samajwadi Party (SP) government of Chief Minister Mulayam Singh Yadav, with many ready to desert to Congress and the rival BSP. Lucknow's Shias have historic and cultural tie [...] | 2007-01-23 06:08:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR PTER KDEM KISL SCUL IN IZ IR |
07NEWDELHI3462 | INDIA'S LEFT FRONT (C-NE7-01274) [...] (C) Summary: In response to reftel's request for reporting on the Left Front in India, Post has compiled below a list of reporting out of Chennai, Kolkata, and New Delhi on the Left from the past year. There is a negligible Left presence in the Mumbai Consulate district. The cables below re [...] | 2007-07-31 09:20:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL PINR IN |
07NEWDELHI3521 | INDIAN VIEWS ON CENTRAL ASIA: AIRBASE HOPES AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ministry of External Affairs Deputy Secretary for Eurasia L. Savithri denied that India was SIPDIS establishing a military base in Ayni, Tajikistan, as had been reported in the press, insisting that the Government of India (GOI) was only involved in a civilian project of runwa [...] | 2007-08-03 10:08:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PBTS MOPS MARR KISL SNAR AF KZ CH |
07NEWDELHI3529 | DELHI DIARY, JULY 26-AUGUST 3 [...] (U) Below is a compilation of political highlights from Embassy New Delhi for July 26-August 3, 2007 that did not feature in our other reporting, including: -- India "Looks East" and Discusses Bus Links with Burma -- NHCR Releases Guidelines for Child Rape Cases -- Five Arrested in Child La [...] | 2007-08-03 12:38:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PINR KIRF KCRM ELTN BM IN |
07NEWDELHI362 | INDIAN AND CHINESE OFFICIALS MUM ON BORDER TALKS [...] SUMMARY: (C) Indian and Chinese officials are adhering to a joint "gag rule" regarding their ninth round of border talks held on 17-18 January, probably exercising understandable caution after Chinese Ambassador Sun Yaxi's brash claims to the state of Arunachal Pradesh cast a pall over Pre [...] | 2007-01-23 11:58:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR PBTS IN CH |
07NEWDELHI3633 | COMMUNIST LEADER YECHURY: PARTY WILL NOT BLOCK 123 [...] (C) Summary. In an August 9 meeting, Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPI-M) Polit Bureau member and Head of the International Department Sitaram Yechury told PolCouns: -- The Left will not join the opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in demanding a vote in next week's Parliament dis [...] | 2007-08-09 11:53:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR IN |
07NEWDELHI364 | INDIA CHOOSES NATIONAL INTERESTS OVER HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Indian Foreign Minister Pranab Mukherjee visited Burma on January 19-22 to enlist the junta's help in India's counterterrorism efforts in the Northeast, to cooperate on the erection of border fences, and to attempt to secure a natural gas supply. The visit was trumpeted as a su [...] | 2007-01-23 12:42:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER IN CE |
07NEWDELHI3657 | VICTORY PREDICTED FOR VICE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE [...] (C) Our contacts, media reports, and senior FSNs are confident that Ambassador Mohammad Hamid Ansari, the vice presidential nominee of the ruling UPA coalition and Left parties, will emerge victorious from today's contest in the electoral college comprising of members of Parliament. "The Hi [...] | 2007-08-10 12:29:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM KISL IN |
07NEWDELHI3664 | HAL CHIEF ASSERTS U.S. LICENSING, VISA PROCEDURES [...] (C) This is an action request for the Department. Please see paragraph 8. 2. (C) Summary. Charge agreed to meet with the Chairman of Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) at the latter's request on the margins of a visit to Bangalore to accompany U.S. Senator John Ensign. After briefing Cha [...] | 2007-08-13 06:31:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR ETRD CVIS IN |
07NEWDELHI3844 | DELHI DIARY, AUG 04-22 [...] (U) Below is a compilation of political highlights from Embassy New Delhi for August 4-22, 2007 that did not feature in our other reporting, including: -- MEA Opens a 22-year-old "Rulebook" to Keep Other Government Entities Out of Foreign Affairs -- Indo-Pak Border to Open for Trade October [...] | 2007-08-22 12:28:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MOPS MARR KISL KWBG KPAL ELTN AS |
07NEWDELHI3905 | SCO SUMMIT: INDIA "WATCHING AND WAITING" ON THE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Following the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit in Bishkek, Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) Director for Eurasia Sandeep Arya and Under Secretary L. Savithri told PolOff Aug. 23 that the Government SIPDIS of India (GOI) was not interested in seeking full membe [...] | 2007-08-27 12:10:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MOPS ENRG MARR CH KZ KG TX TI UZ |
07NEWDELHI3909 | JAPANESE PM ABE TAKES ECONOMIC & SECURITY TIES [...] (C) SUMMARY: Calling Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's August 21-23 visit to New Delhi a "historic milestone" which witnessed the elevation of the Indo-Japan Global and Strategic Partnership, Japanese Embassy colleagues in New Delhi claimed to be "very happy" with the trip. Ministry of External Af [...] | 2007-08-27 14:29:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ETRD ECON MARR JA IN |
07NEWDELHI396 | THE UTTAR PRADESH GOVERNMENT TEETERS ON THE EDGE [...] (C) Summary: A long series of missteps by the ruling Samajwadi Party (SP) in Uttar Pradesh (UP),has convinced most observers that its days are numbered and its ouster from power seemingly inevitable. Congress and an important regional party have withdrawn support from the SP government, re [...] | 2007-01-25 08:22:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR SCUL KDEM KISL IN |
07NEWDELHI3972 | DELHI DIARY, AUGUST 22-30 [...] (U) Below is a compilation of political highlights from Embassy New Delhi for August 22-30, 2007 that did not feature in our other reporting, including: -- Narayanan in Moscow for Defense Talks -- India and Russia to Conduct Indra 2007 War Games in Russia in September Narayanan in Mosc [...] | 2007-08-31 09:09:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR MASS MOPS RS IN |
07NEWDELHI406 | INDIA MULLING TALKS WITH KASHMIRI SEPARATISTS [...] (S) Summary. Deputy PolCouns met with one of India's chief negotiators with the Kashmiri separatists, Union Cabinet Minister for Water Resources Professor Saifuddin Soz, himself a Kashmiri, to discuss Mirwaiz Omar Farooq's visit to Pakistan, New Delhi's response to the Mirwaiz's statements de [...] | 2007-01-25 11:39:00 | Embassy New Delhi | SECRET | PREL PGOV PTER PINR PBTS MOPS KDEM KISL PK IN |
07NEWDELHI4088 | DELHI DIARY, AUGUST 31-SEPTEMBER 7 [...] No summary [...] | 2007-09-07 09:17:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KIRF KISL PHUM ENRG IN |
07NEWDELHI4095 | DEHI DIARY, AUGUST 31-SEPTEMBER 7 [...] (U) Below is a compilation of political highlights from Embassy New Delhi for August 31-September 7, 2007 that did not feature in our other reporting, including: -- Chennai Yawns through New President's First Visit -- Playing the Muslim Card: Congress Prepares for Possible Mid-term Electio [...] | 2007-09-07 10:43:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KIRF KISL PHUM ENRG IN |
07NEWDELHI4224 | DELHI DIARY, SEPTEMBER 8-14 [...] (U) This week's product is a joint effort of Embassy New Delhi and Consulate General Mumbai. Below is a compilation of political highlights for September 8-14, 2007 that did not feature in our other reporting, including: -- Senior Nuclear Scientist Speaks in Support of Nuclear Deal -- BJP [...] | 2007-09-14 12:53:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MNUC KNNP KISL IR PK BU IN |
07NEWDELHI4253 | INDIA AND BHUTAN IRF REPORT: DELIVERY, POSTING AND [...] (U) Per Reftel, Post is pleased to report that the International Religious Freedom Report's Introduction, Executive Summary and individual country reports for India and Bhutan were posted in English on the Embassy's website immediately upon release and clearance from the Department. PolOff als [...] | 2007-09-17 12:22:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL KDEM PGOV KIRF IN |
07NEWDELHI4254 | INDIA AND THE COMPLEMENTARY NATURE OF ISLAM AND [...] (C) PolOff spoke with Ministry of External Affairs Under Secretary for United Nations Political Affairs Vishwas Nagee SIPDIS September 10, who stated that the Government of India has not yet decided who will represent India at the Ministerial Meeting of Communities of Democracies in Bamako [...] | 2007-09-17 12:54:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM KISL IN |
07NEWDELHI4376 | G/TIP AMBASSADOR LAGON SHARES VIEWS WITH INDIAN [...] (U) On 18 September, the National Media Coalition (NMC) held a conference in New Delhi on human trafficking entitled, &Tracking Change ) Fighting Injustice; Voices in Solidarity.8 The opening panel included Ambassador Mark Lagon of G/TIP, Minister Renuka Chowdhury of Women and Child Developme [...] | 2007-09-25 12:45:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM ELAB KWMN KCRM SOCI IN |
07NEWDELHI4377 | IRAN AND THE NUCLEAR DEAL ARE NOT ELECTION ISSUES [...] (C) SUMMARY: During an Iran roundtable event hosted by PolCouns September 19, a group of Indian analysts, journalists and diplomats agreed that, while the Government of India (GOI) was struggling to live down the perception that it took orders from Washington, neither the nuclear deal nor Ir [...] | 2007-09-26 01:18:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MNUC KNNP MOPS ENRG EPET PINR KISL |
07NEWDELHI439 | ACQUISITIONS DIRECTOR GENERAL SUGGESTS BELL [...] (SBU) Contains proprietary information. Please protect accordingly 2. (SBU) Summary. Ministry of Defense Director General (Acquisitions) Banerjee told DCM that Bell Helicopter had been disqualified from the 197 Army helicopters competition, due to non-compliance with two essential paramet [...] | 2007-01-29 12:51:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PGOV PREL ETRD IN |
07NEWDELHI4396 | UTTAR PRADESH POLITICIANS DISSECT US-INDIA [...] (C) Summary: On September 6, PolCouns met with a cross section of political leaders in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh (UP). As the group did not feel comfortable publicly critiquing the new government established under the leadership of Chief Minister Mayawati, the conversation quickly turned to Indo- [...] | 2007-09-26 13:33:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL PINR IN |
07NEWDELHI4414 | DELHI DIARY, SEPTEMBER 15-27 [...] (U) This week's product is a joint effort of Embassy New Delhi and Consulate General Mumbai in conveying items of interest for September 15-26, 2007 that did not feature in our other reporting, including: -- India to Launch Israeli Spy Satellite? -- BJP President Urges UN Resolution 1373 Sa [...] | 2007-09-28 05:19:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KISL PTER MARR MOPS PHUM IS PK TI |
07NEWDELHI4456 | WEST BENGAL CPM LEADER STANDS STRONG AGAINST [...] (C) SUMMARY: Following two days of Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPM) central committee meetings September 29-30 in Kolkata, West Bengal Chief Minister Jyoti Basu took a stand separating himself and his clique from the hardliners opposed to the 123 Agreement and the Indo-U.S. civil nucle [...] | 2007-10-01 11:20:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KNNP PARM TSPL ETTC ENRG TRGY IN |
07NEWDELHI4473 | INDIA AND NEPAL HOLD TALKS ON BORDER SECURITY [...] (C) SUMMARY: India and Nepal held Home Secretary level talks on border security in Kathmandu September 26. The two sides agreed to set up a joint task force of security agencies for better cross border cooperation. Indian Home Secretary Madhukar Gupta stated that the Government of India [...] | 2007-10-03 12:27:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PBTS MARR NP IN |
07NEWDELHI4487 | DELHI DIARY, SEPTEMBER 28-OCTOBER 4 [...] (U) Below is a compilation of political highlights from Embassy New Delhi for September 28-October 4, 2007 that did not feature in our other reporting, including: -- Trucks Cross Indo-Pak Border for the First Time in 60 Years -- New Army Chief Assumes Office -- Protests and Rallies Portend [...] | 2007-10-04 10:18:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ELTN MARR MOPS PHUM PK IN |
07NEWDELHI4493 | NEPAL ELECTIONS - NOW OR NEVER ACCORDING TO THE MEA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ministry of External Affairs Joint Secretary for Nepal and Bhutan Preeti Saran told PolCouns October 3 that it would be difficult for the Government of Nepal to switch to a proportional representation system now, as the Maoists are demanding, but that the Interim Parliament might [...] | 2007-10-04 10:49:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MASS NP CH IN |
07NEWDELHI4537 | UTTAR PRADESH: MAYAWATI HAS LITTLE TO SHOW FOR [...] (C) Summary: A recent visit by Emboffs to Uttar Pradesh (UP) revealed that newly elected Chief Minister Mayawati of the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) has left a trail of governance and policy missteps in her first 100 days in office but continues to engender hope and confidence in many sections of [...] | 2007-10-09 12:32:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL PINR PARM IN |
07NEWDELHI456 | INDIAN EXPERTS VOICE CONCERN ABOUT MIDEAST AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a January 24th roundtable on the Middle East, aka &West Asia8, Indian experts and Emboffs and PolCouns discussed the U.S. and Indian roles in Iran, Iraq, Syria, Israel and the Palestinian territories, Afghanistan, Pakistan, and the Gulf. The Indian experts urged greater [...] | 2007-01-30 11:58:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR IN |
07NEWDELHI4597 | DELHI DIARY, OCT 5-12 [...] (U) Below is a compilation of political highlights from Embassy New Delhi for October 5-12, 2007 that did not feature in our other reporting, including: -- FM Mukherjee Visiting Moscow -- India Put the Brakes on Rail Service to Dhaka -- Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's Trip to Africa -- Sin [...] | 2007-10-12 13:31:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ELTN MOPS MARR ENRG EPET BG SN SF |
07NEWDELHI4690 | DELHI DIARY, OCT 13-22 [...] (U) Below is a compilation of political highlights from Embassy New Delhi for October 13-22, 2007 that did not feature in our other reporting, including: -- Indo-Pak Dialogue on Conventional and Nuclear Confidence Building Measures -- SAARC Home Ministers Meeting Scheduled for Next Week -- [...] | 2007-10-23 08:41:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR MOPS PBTS PK BT IN |
07NEWDELHI4700 | THE SON ALSO RISES: RAHUL GANDHI TAKES ANOTHER [...] (C) Summary: Congress Party supremo Sonia Gandhi appointed son Rahul Gandhi to a senior position in the Congress Party on September 24, a move that gives Rahul a formal role in the party organization and is seen as ensuring a clear line of dynastic succession. The appointment came as part of [...] | 2007-10-23 11:44:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL PINR PARM ENRG IN |
07NEWDELHI4714 | EMBASSY PLANS TO OBSERVE BHUTAN'S FIRST ELECTION [...] (U) Summary: Marking the transition from absolute monarchy to democracy, the Kingdom of Bhutan will hold its first national elections in December 2007 and March 2008. Though the USG has no formal diplomatic relations with the Bhutanese government, the Bhutanese have welcomed Embassy observers [...] | 2007-10-24 11:11:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KDEM PHUM PREL PINR PGOV IN |
07NEWDELHI4724 | INDIA LIKELY TO SUPPORT WALKER FOR UN IAAC SEAT [...] Poloff delivered reftel demarche to MEA Director (United Nations Economic and Social) Dinesh Patnaik on October 24. Patnaik replied that he "sees no problem" for the GOI to support Mr. Walker's candidacy for the Western Europe and Other States Group (WEOG) seat on the UN Independent Audit Adv [...] | 2007-10-25 09:27:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL KUNR AORC IN |
07NEWDELHI4731 | INTERNATIONAL WOMEN OF COURAGE AWARD: REKHA MISHRA [...] (U) SUMMARY: Per reftel, please find Embassy,s nominations for the Secretary of State,s Award for International Women of Courage. In a country of over a billion people, India is home to dozens of worthy candidates who are extraordinary leaders in furthering justice and equality. This year Em [...] | 2007-10-25 13:57:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL KWMN KISL PGOV IN |
07NEWDELHI4756 | NEW DELHI NERVOUSLY WATCHING DEVELOPMENTS IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: India-Pakistan relations continue to exude positive vibrations, but officials in New Delhi are closely watching developments in Pakistan for storm clouds on the diplomatic horizon. The Composite Dialogue process continues unabated despite distractions at the political level in [...] | 2007-10-26 11:25:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR PTER PK IN |
07NEWDELHI4758 | DELHI DIARY, OCT 23-26 [...] (U) Below is a compilation of political highlights from Embassy New Delhi for October 23-26, 2007 that did not feature in our other reporting, including: -- India, China and Russia Jointly Oppose Further Burma Sanctions -- Bhutanese Election Dates Announced India, China and Russia Jointl [...] | 2007-10-26 11:50:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM ENRG MARR CH RS BT BM IN |
07NEWDELHI4761 | INDIAN DEFENSE MINISTER CHIDES RUSSIANS ON ARMS [...] (U) SUMMARY: While meeting with his Russian counterparts for high-level military discussions in Moscow October 16 ) 20, Indian Defense Minister Antony signed an agreement with Russia to co-develop a fifth generation fighter jet intended to rival the F/A-22 Raptor and the F-35 Joint Strike Figh [...] | 2007-10-26 11:53:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MASS MARR KOMC KSTC IN RS |
07NEWDELHI4766 | ANGELA MERKEL TO FOCUS ON CLIMATE CHANGE, [...] (U) SUMMARY: German Chancellor Angela Merkel will be accompanied by a large private business delegation when she visits New Delhi October 29, and her visit will focus on Indo-German bilateral ties rather than EU and multilateral issues such as the NSG. German and Indian officials are expected [...] | 2007-10-29 01:07:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECIN ECON EFIN ETRD ETTC KGHG SENV |
07NEWDELHI4767 | MEA INSISTS INDIAN POLICY ON U.S.-LED MISSILE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Following the October 24 trilateral meeting in Harbin, China, reporters asked Indian Minister for External Affairs Pranab Mukherjee if India was going to join a U.S.-led missile defense system. Mukherjee dismissed the idea as "groundless." Despite press reports here signaling an [...] | 2007-10-29 01:07:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MCAP MARR IN RS CH |
07NEWDELHI4804 | UNGA RAPE RESOLUTION DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO GOI [...] Poloff delivered reftel demarche to MEA Director (United Nations Economic and Social) Dinesh Patnaik on October 29. Patnaik confirmed to Poloff October 30 that he had passed the request onto the Permanent Mission of India (PMI) to the UN, which will take the lead on deciding the final GOI posi [...] | 2007-10-31 10:59:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM KTIA UN IN |
07NEWDELHI4822 | MEA SLAMS UNMIN, URGES ELECTIONS AT THE SOONEST [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) Joint Secretary (for Nepal and Bhutan) Preeti Saran conveyed in an SIPDIS October 30 meeting with Acting PolCouns her government's disappointment with the electoral delay in Nepal, emphasized the need for New Delhi and Washington to pressure [...] | 2007-10-31 13:27:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PREF KDEM UN BT NP IN |
07NEWDELHI4832 | AMBASSADOR, INDIAN DEFENSE MINISTER DISCUSS [...] (C) Summary. In a November 1 meeting between Ambassador Mulford and Minister of Defense A.K. Antony, the Ambassador: -- stressed the probity and accountability of American business practices in the context of defense sales to India, providing Antony with a copy of the Foreign Corrupt Practic [...] | 2007-11-01 13:49:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR PARM MNUC ECPS BEXP ENRG PK IN |
07NEWDELHI4835 | ABRIDGED WINTER SESSION OF PARLIAMENT DUE TO KEY [...] (SBU) Summary: The upcoming winter session of Parliament is likely to start a week sooner (on November 15) and run shorter than in previous years. The condensed schedule would allow party leaders a few days of full-scale campaigning for state assembly elections in Gujarat on December 11 and 16 [...] | 2007-11-02 08:52:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY IN |
07NEWDELHI4843 | ARGENTINE AMBASSADOR ON INTERPOL REQUEST [...] (C) Argentina's Ambassador to India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, and Nepal, Ernesto Alvarez, has conveyed his opinion -- without elaboration -- that it could be counterproductive for the Embassy to deliver the remarks supporting Argentina's position on the upcoming Interpol vote to the Indian gov [...] | 2007-11-02 14:26:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV IR IN |
07NEWDELHI4847 | INDIA CONFIRMS ATTENDANCE AT APDP BREAKFAST, [...] Ministry of External Affairs Joint Secretary (United Nations Political) Sanjiv Arora confirmed to Acting PolCouns November 2 that India's delegation to the Community of Democracies Ministerial in Bamako Nov 14-16 will be headed by Anand Sharma, Minister of State for External Affairs. Arora a [...] | 2007-11-05 04:12:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM IN |
07NEWDELHI4848 | INDIA CONFIRMS ATTENDANCE AT APDP BREAKFAST, [...] Ministry of External Affairs Joint Secretary (United Nations Political) Sanjiv Arora confirmed to Acting PolCouns November 2 that India's delegation to the Community of Democracies Ministerial in Bamako Nov 14-16 will be headed by Anand Sharma, Minister of State for External Affairs. Arora a [...] | 2007-11-05 05:46:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM IN |
07NEWDELHI4855 | DELHI DIARY, OCT 27-NOV 2 [...] (U) Below is a compilation of political highlights from Embassy New Delhi for October 27-November 2, 2007 that did not feature in our other reporting, including: -- March of the Landless -- Tehelka Expos of Modi Role in 2002 Gujarat Riots -- Bhutan Takes Out the Trash -- Indian Military to [...] | 2007-11-05 13:19:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV MARR MOPS BT IN |
07NEWDELHI4887 | MERKEL URGES INDIAN ACTION ON BURMA, IRAN, [...] (C) SUMMARY: German Chancellor Angela Merkel took advantage of her first visit to India to address recent developments and crises in India's neighborhood and beyond. Merkel urged India to publicly condemn Burma for its recent anti-democratic internal crackdowns. Prime Minister Singh sideste [...] | 2007-11-07 06:40:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MARR MASS KUNR AF BM GM IR IN |
07NEWDELHI4898 | MEA SILENT REGARDING PUBLIC DECLARATION OF BAN ON [...] (C)SUMMARY: MEA Joint Secretary T.S. Tirumurti acknowledged that the Government of India (GOI) denied a Burmese request for military equipment but did not comment on PolCouns' suggestion that the GOI announce the decision publicly. Tirumurti reported that three Burmese recently arrested in Manipur [...] | 2007-11-07 13:17:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM BM IN |
07NEWDELHI4899 | INDIA TALKS 123 WITH PAKISTAN DURING CBM DIALOGUE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ministry of External Affairs Disarmament and International Security (DISA) Director Amandeep Singh Gill gave PolOffs a read-out November 6 of the fourth round of Conventional and Nuclear Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) held in New Delhi October 18-19. During the nuclear CBM [...] | 2007-11-07 13:21:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KNNP MARR MNUC MOPS KTIA PK IN |
07NEWDELHI4900 | APDP BREAKFAST INVITATION DELIVERED TO GOVERNMENT [...] PolCouns delivered ref A invitation to MEA Joint Secretary (United Nations Political) Sanjiv Arora on SIPDIS November 6, drawing attention to the fact that the breakfast has been moved up to eight from eight-thirty am. Arora had previously confirmed GOI attendance at the APDP breakfast (re [...] | 2007-11-08 01:30:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM IN ML |
07NEWDELHI4925 | BHUTANESE REFUGEE RESETTLEMENT - GOI TELLS A/S [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) Joint Secretary for Bhutan and Nepal Preeti Saran and MEA Joint SIPDIS Secretary for Americas Gaitri Kumar told Assistant Secretary SIPDIS for Population, Refugees and Migration (PRM) Ellen Sauerbrey November 8 that the Government of Indi [...] | 2007-11-08 13:50:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM NP BT IN |
07NEWDELHI4932 | BANGLADESH HIGH COMMISSION REFUTES MEA CLAIMS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Bangladesh Political Minister in Delhi dismissed as untrue Indian Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) claims that Bangladesh is unwilling to ensure security of the "Friendship Train" operations. She asserted that the two sides continue to search for a mutually acceptable solu [...] | 2007-11-13 04:23:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV BG IN |
07NEWDELHI4946 | INDIAN GOVERNMENT RELUCTANT TO REVEAL ITS POSITION [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to MEA Director (United Nations Economic and Social) Dinesh Patnaik on November 13, noting the tight deadline for a decision, with the vote only two days away. Patnaik replied that the GOI is still deliberating on its position, stating "we'll do whatever [...] | 2007-11-13 13:03:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KTIA UN IN |
07NEWDELHI4989 | DELHI DIARY, NOVEMBER 3-15 [...] (U) Below is a compilation of political highlights from Embassy New Delhi, in coordination with Consulate Chennai, for November 3-15, 2007 that did not feature in our other reporting, including: -- Indo-Japan Relations Expected to Continue Positive Trend, But On Hold While Fukuda Gets Settl [...] | 2007-11-15 12:16:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM CH JA IN |
07NEWDELHI5026 | INDIA WANTS TO STAY QUIET ON ITS WESTERN (IRAN AND [...] (C) Summary: Foreign Secretary Shivshankar Menon told the Ambassador November 19 that the Indian government had not yet determined how it would express its concern about the IAEA Director General's Iran report. Although he conveyed the Indian government's continuing concern with the lack of t [...] | 2007-11-20 11:51:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR EPET ENRG EINV IR PK IN |
07NEWDELHI5047 | DELHI DIARY, NOVEMBER 16-21 [...] (U) Below is a compilation of political highlights from Embassy New Delhi for November 16-21, 2007 that did not feature in our other reporting, including: -- MEA Concerns about Negotiating with the Taliban -- PM Singh Uses ASEAN to Urge Burma to Expedite the Reconciliation Process -- Three [...] | 2007-11-21 09:41:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR IR PK AF CH SN KS JP |
07NEWDELHI5053 | SUGGESTIONS FOR AREAS OF FOCUSED COOPERATION IN [...] (C) Summary. In preparation for Assistant Secretary Silverberg's November 30 meeting with Additional Secretary K.C. Singh, Post would like to suggest several UN-related issues ripe for closer collaboration with the GOI. These include peacekeeping, religious freedom, UN budget reform, energy [...] | 2007-11-21 12:43:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPKO KUNR USUN IN |
07NEWDELHI5054 | RAHUL PROVIDES STAR POWER, CONGRESS REAFFIRMS [...] (SBU) Summary: Rahul Gandhi generated the buzz and excitement for party faithful at his official coming out party at the All India Congress Committee (AICC) meeting on November 17. Beside the celebration of Rahul (Refs A,B),the party strongly supported Congress President Sonia Gandhi,s and P [...] | 2007-11-21 12:50:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL PINR PARM ENRG IN |
07NEWDELHI5099 | DEMARCHE ON OPPOSING ANTI-ISRAELI UN RESOLUTIONS [...] (U) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to MEA Director (United Nations Political) Aveg Agarwal on November 26, urging the GOI to vote no or at a minimum abstain in voting to continue the mandate for the three UN Committees named in reftel. Agarwal affirmed that he will consult within the Minist [...] | 2007-11-27 07:19:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL UNGA KPAL IS IN |
07NEWDELHI51 | LIMP GOI RESPONSE TO SADDAM EXECUTION DICTATED BY [...] (C) Summary: The GOI issued a tepid if not unhelpful response to the December 30 execution of Saddam Hussein. This was dictated by Congress concerns regarding the sensibilities of India's Muslims. Congress faces a crucial election in Uttar Pradesh (UP) later this year and the state's Muslim [...] | 2007-01-04 13:33:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ASEC KDEM KISL SCUL PGOV IN IZ |
07NEWDELHI511 | SEPARATISTS CONTEMPLATING JOINING 2008 JAMMU AND [...] (U) This is an ACTION REQUEST for SCA. Please see paragraph 8. 2. (S) Summary: Moderate Kashmiri separatist Bilal Lone met with Deputy PolCouns on January 31st to discuss his January 19 to 27 trip to Pakistan with All Parties Hurriyat Council (APHC) leader Mirwaiz Omar Farooq. Bilal told [...] | 2007-02-01 15:32:00 | Embassy New Delhi | SECRET | PREL PGOV PTER PINR PBTS MOPS KDEM KISL PK IN |
07NEWDELHI5118 | NEW INDIAN AMBASSADOR TO AFGHANISTAN [...] (U) The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) has announced that Jayant Prasad, presently serving as India's PermRep in Geneva, has been appointed as the next Ambassador of India to Afghanistan, succeeding Rakesh Sood. 2. (SBU) COMMENT: U.S. diplomats who worked with him say Prasad is an ent [...] | 2007-11-28 13:14:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PINR IN AF |
07NEWDELHI5119 | AUTHOR TASLIMA NASREEN: PAWN IN POLITICAL WEB [...] (SBU) Summary: Claiming that the Communist Party of India - Marxist (CPM) pushed her to leave Kolkata (ref A),controversial Bangladeshi writer Taslima Nasreen finally settled in a "safe place" in Delhi under the security of the Indian central government. Her flight from Kolkata sparked a po [...] | 2007-11-28 13:32:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PREL KISL ASEC BG IN |
07NEWDELHI5127 | A/S SAUERBREY VOICES CONCERN OVER SRI LANKA'S [...] (C) SUMMARY: In response to Assistant Secretary Ellen Sauerbrey's points regarding the status of Sri Lanka's Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs),the Government of Sri Lanka's (GOSL) slow pace of identification and prosecution of human rights abusers, allegations of child recruitment into the [...] | 2007-11-29 05:22:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL PTER CE IN |
07NEWDELHI513 | SEPARATISTS CONTEMPLATING JOINING 2008 JAMMU AND [...] (U) This is an ACTION REQUEST for SCA. Please see paragraph 8. 2. (S) Summary: Moderate Kashmiri separatist Bilal Lone met with Deputy PolCouns on January 31st to discuss his January 19 to 27 trip to Pakistan with All Parties Hurriyat Council (APHC) leader Mirwaiz Omar Farooq. Bilal told [...] | 2007-02-02 01:15:00 | Embassy New Delhi | SECRET | PREL PGOV PTER PINR PBTS MOPS KDEM KISL PK IN |
07NEWDELHI5137 | FOREIGN MINISTER TELLS PARLIAMENT NO U.S. PRESSURE ON GAS [...] (SBU) Media reported on November 28, 2007 that India's Minister of External Affairs, Pranab Murkherjee, had sent to the Lok Sabha a written reply to a question in which he denies that the U.S. has asked India not to move forward with the proposed Iran-Pakistan-India (IPI) natural gas pipeline [...] | 2007-11-30 01:13:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG PREL EPET EINV PGOV IN IR |
07NEWDELHI5156 | CONGRESS PUNTS UNAUTHORIZED CONSTRUCTION MESS INTO [...] Summary: The Indian Parliament passed a law on November 27 that set a moratorium on demolition in Delhi of any unlawful construction, including unauthorized slum dwellings and commercial establishments, until at least 2009. Unauthorized construction has been a charged political issue ever sinc [...] | 2007-11-30 13:15:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL SOCI IN |
07NEWDELHI5157 | DELHI DIARY, NOVEMBER 22-30 [...] (U) Below is a compilation of political highlights from Embassy New Delhi for November 22-30,2007 that did not feature in our other reporting, including: -- India Freezes Arms sales to Burma -- India votes against the UN's draft resolution on Burma -- PM Singh to Visit China -- Indian is Fi [...] | 2007-11-30 13:50:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PTER SENV ECON CH BM IN |
07NEWDELHI5158 | TERRORISTS USE U.P. NODES TO SWIFTLY REACT TO [...] (C) Summary: The November 23 terrorist bombings in Varanasi, Lucknow and Faizabad in response to the arrests of three alleged Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) members seeking to kidnap Rahul Gandhi killed at least thirteen people and injured many more (Ref A). Politicians quickly scrambled to blame e [...] | 2007-12-03 01:12:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER AESC PGOV CASC PREL KISL IN |
07NEWDELHI5189 | REFUGEE ADMISSIONS REFERRAL: YALDA SHOJAE SANGANI [...] (C) Embassy New Delhi refers Yalda Shojae Sangani to the U.S. Refugee Admissions Program (USRAP) based on her experiece of persecution in Iran. Below is biographical information of the principal applicant, a description of the persecution claim, her current economic means, and health conditio [...] | 2007-12-04 12:44:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PGOV PHUM PREL PINR IN |
07NEWDELHI5226 | FORMER HARYANA CONGRESS CHIEF MINISTER DITCHES [...] (C) Summary: The departure from the Congress Party of Haryana heavyweight Bhajan Lal muddies the political landscape in the state and weakens the Congress Party's electoral prospects. Bhajan Lal commands a considerable following among certain sections of the state's non-Jat community. By sp [...] | 2007-12-07 10:16:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IN |
07NEWDELHI5228 | DELHI DIARY, DECEMBER 3-7 [...] (U) Below is a compilation of political highlights from Embassy New Delhi for December 3-7, 2007 that did not feature in our other reporting, including: -- Delhi Police on Terror Alert -- Babri Masjid: Continues to Cast Shadow -- India Conducts New Missile Defense Tests. -- Minor Demonstra [...] | 2007-12-07 11:24:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PTER KISL MCAP PINR SOCI IN |
07NEWDELHI5234 | GOI APPROACHED ON SUPPORTING UNGA PLENARY VOTES ON [...] (C) Poloff delivered ref A talking points to MEA Director (United Nations Political) Aveg Agarwal on December 6, seeking GOI support to ratify these resolutions in the upcoming UNGA Plenary vote. Agarwal confirmed that he had passed the request onto the Permanent Mission of India to the UN, wh [...] | 2007-12-07 12:42:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM UNGA IN IR KN |
07NEWDELHI5235 | INDIA LAUNCHES NOVEL HIV/AIDS AWARENESS PROGRAM [...] (U) On December 1, the GOI commemorated World AIDS day with the launch of the Red Ribbon Express, a seven-coach train designed to raise awareness of HIV/AIDS throughout India and provide education and health services,particurlarly in areas with low media reach. The train will travel across Ind [...] | 2007-12-07 12:55:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KHIV SOCI PREL PGOV IN |
07NEWDELHI5238 | GOI SACKS HEAD OF PREMIER MEDICAL INSTITUTE [...] (C) Summary: One of the only pieces of legislation to emerge from the winter session of Parliament was a bill to remove an eminent cardiac surgeon from his position as head of the prestigious All India Institute of Medical Sciences. The bill was sheperded through the the legislature by Health [...] | 2007-12-07 13:24:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SOCI IN |
07NEWDELHI5240 | A/S SAUERBREY MEETS THE DALAI LAMA [...] Summary: On November 10, Population, Refugee, and Migration Assistant Secretary Ellen Sauerbrey met His Holiness the Dalai Lama in Dharamsala. The Dalai Lama shared his favorable views on resettling Tibetan refugees in Western countries, which differs from those of some members of the Tibetan [...] | 2007-12-07 13:50:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PREF PHUM KIRF PINR IN |
07NEWDELHI5243 | A/S SAUERBREY DISCUSSES REFUGEE PROBLEM WITH [...] (SBU) Summary: On a November 4-7 trip to Bhutan, Assistant Secretary for Population, Refugee, and Migration (PRM) Ellen SIPDIS Sauerbrey met with the Fourth and former King Jigme Singye Wangchuck, the Prime Minister, the Foreign Secretary, and the Managing Director of Kuensel, the national n [...] | 2007-12-07 14:42:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PGOV PHUM PREL PINR IN BT |
07NEWDELHI5258 | DOMICHI AFFIRMS CONTINUED CLOSE U.S-JAPAN [...] (C) Summary. Japanese Ambassador-Designate Domichi, in an initial courtesy call on Ambassador: -- hinted that Japan will likely support the civil-nuclear deal in the IAEA and NSG, while expressing his hope that the U.S. will understands Japan's sensitivities on nuclear issues; -- said he [...] | 2007-12-10 12:08:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KNUC KNNP JA IN |
07NEWDELHI5278 | BJP TO FIGHT NEXT ELECTION UNDER ADVANI LEADERSHIP [...] (U) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) announced on December 10 that former Party President, former Deputy Prime Minister and longtime party heavyweight Lal Krishan Advani would be its candidate for Prime Minister going into the next national elections. In a show of party unity, BJP President [...] | 2007-12-11 13:14:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IN |
07NEWDELHI5299 | BHUTAN EXPERIENCING GROWING PAINS IN ITS [...] (C) Summary: In November, Poloff accompanied Population, Refugee, and Migration (PRM) A/S Ellen Sauerbrey to Bhutan to discuss resolution of the protracted Bhutanese refugee crisis in Nepal (ref A). During this visit, interlocutors including the former King, Jigme Singye Wangchuck, Prime Minis [...] | 2007-12-13 09:00:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL PINR KDEM KWMN IN BT |
07NEWDELHI5305 | HIMACHAL PRADESH ELECTIONS: BJP EDGE [...] (SBU) Summary: With the rhetorical back and forth between Congress and the BJP (Bhartiya Janata Party) over the US-India nuclear initiative and the Gujarat elections, little attention has focused on the December 19 state polls in Himachal Pradesh (HP). Based on anti-incumbency, conventional [...] | 2007-12-13 12:19:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM SOCI IN |
07NEWDELHI5306 | INDIA CONTINUES "CLOSE AND NEIGHBORLY" TIES WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: India's Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) announced that Deputy Minister in Burma's Ministry of Foreign Affairs Kyaw Thu visited Delhi on December 11-12 for regularly scheduled Foreign Office consultations. Thu met with External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee and Foreign Sec [...] | 2007-12-13 12:46:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL BM IN |
07NEWDELHI5319 | DELHI DIARY, DECEMBER 10-14 [...] (U) Below is a compilation of political highlights from Embassy New Delhi for December 10-14, 2007 that did not feature in our other reporting, including: -- Bhutan Election Commission Disqualifies Third Political Party. -- India Finally Offers Balanced Assessment of Israeli-Palestini [...] | 2007-12-14 12:39:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KDEM KJUS KPAL IS IN BT |
07NEWDELHI5327 | INDIAN DEFENSE SECRETARY TO GC HAYNES: TIES [...] (C) Summary. In a December 14 meeting among Department of Defense General Counsel William J. Haynes, Indian Defense Secretary Vijay Singh, and Integrated Defense Staff Chief SIPDIS General Hardev Singh Lidder, Singh and Lidder: -- Accepted responsibility on India for failure to complete [...] | 2007-12-17 10:55:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR IN |
07NEWDELHI5334 | DALAI LAMA OUTFLANKS PRC ON SUCCESSION [...] (C) SUMARY: In response to China's State Administration of Religious Affairs' August 2007 decree declaring that tulkas (living Buddhas) must be approved by the state, the Dalai Lama announced on November 28 that he may call for a public referendum to decide the fate of the institution of the [...] | 2007-12-17 12:29:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL CH IN |
07NEWDELHI535 | BJP LEADERSHIP SHUFFLE COMPOUNDS CONFUSION [...] (U) On January 29, BJP Party President Rajnath Singh announced a shake-up in the party leadership. He moved Arun Jaitley, considered by many to be the most articulate and perhaps the sharpest of the party's Generation Next leadership, from "Party Spokesman" to "Secretary of the Parliamentary [...] | 2007-02-02 12:30:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KDEM KIRF IN |
07NEWDELHI5380 | DELHI DIARY, DEC 17-21 [...] (U) Below is a compilation of political highlights from Embassy New Delhi for Decemebr 17-21, 2007, that did not feature in our other reporting, including: -- Court Orders Reopening Riots Case Against Congress Leader Jagdish Tytler -- Rajasthan Gujjars Threaten Warpath Again -- India-China [...] | 2007-12-20 12:39:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | KIRF CVIS PREL PGOV KJUS PHUM SOCI NP VM CH |
07NEWDELHI5410 | RETAINING UNMIS FORCE COMMANDER LIDDER [...] No summary [...] | 2007-12-28 07:38:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PKO UN MARR IN SU |
07NEWDELHI5422 | INDIAN REACTION TO BHUTTO ASSASSINATION: UNIVERSAL CONDEMNATION, AND WORRY OVER CONTROL OF PAK-BASED TERRORISTS [...] No summary [...] | 2007-12-28 12:55:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC IN KISL PGOV PK PREL PTER |
07NEWDELHI574 | INDIA PREPARING FOR US-INDIA COUNTER-TERRORISM [...] (S) Summary: Deputy PolCouns met on February 1st with the new Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) Director for India's Counter-Terrorism Cell, Indra Mani Pandey, as well as Director (Military Affairs) Brig. AS Nundal, who is acting as a coordinator for the India-U.S. Counter-Terrorism Joint Wo [...] | 2007-02-06 09:48:00 | Embassy New Delhi | SECRET | PREL PGOV PTER EFIN PINR MOPS KDEM KISL IN |
07NEWDELHI582 | NEPALI MPS FIND INDIAN GOVERNMENT SUPPORTIVE ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: Nepali Congress - Democratic (NC-D) Members of Parliament Prakash Mahat and Arjun Thapa told Poloff February 1 that PM Singh had said one day earlier the government of India was ready to support the government of Nepal in addressing the unrest in Nepal's Terai region. In a meet [...] | 2007-02-06 11:48:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PBTS SCUL ECON NP IN |
07NEWDELHI636 | KASHMIRIS IRATE OVER CUSTODIAL KILLINGS; PM SINGH TAKING ACTION [...] (S) Srinagar was once again gripped with protests on February 7th, as police officials announced that they had dug up five unmarked graves in an ongoing investigation of custodial killings. Our interlocutors say Prime Minister Singh is influencing the investigations as a confidence building [...] | 2007-02-08 12:50:00 | Embassy New Delhi | SECRET | PREL PGOV PTER PHUM PBTS MOPS KDEM KISL PK IN |
07NEWDELHI658 | INDIA COMPLETES PLANS TO BUY FORTY MORE SUKHOI 30S [...] (U) Reporting from Aero India in Bangalore, Indian media quoted Chief of Air Staff S.P. Tyagi on February 8 as saying India would soon sign a deal to import 40 more Sukhoi-30 planes from Russia. The news, which was overshadowed in morning papers by multi-billionaire Ratan Tata's "exhilarating [...] | 2007-02-09 12:57:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ETRD PINR IN |
07NEWDELHI659 | THE UTTARAKHAND ELECTION: A SMALL CONTEST WITH [...] (C) Summary: Uttarakhand had the good sense in 2000 to break away from Uttar Pradesh (UP). This has spared the state from the chaotic and criminal regional parties that continue to destroy UP. Instead, Uttarakhand has a political system dominated by the two national parties - Congress and [...] | 2007-02-09 13:06:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR KDEM IN |
07NEWDELHI661 | PUNJAB'S ELECTION OUTCOME REMAINS MURKY [...] No summary [...] | 2007-02-09 13:37:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM SOCI KDEM IN |
07NEWDELHI662 | BELLWETHER PROJECT: INDIA RISING, PUNJAB STRUGGLING [...] (C) Summary: For decades, Punjab has struggled with corruption and bad political leadership. Despite its reputation as the breadbasket of India, Punjab's agriculture economy is failing and the common Punjabi feels left out of India's economic boom. Unemployment is widespread, inflation is r [...] | 2007-02-09 13:54:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL PHUM ECON SOCI KDEM IN |
07NEWDELHI663 | MUKHERJEE TREADS CAREFULLY IN IRAN, BUT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Indian Foreign Minister Mukherjee tried to steer clear of controversy in a February 6-7 visit to Tehran, according to MEA Joint Secretary Dilip Sinha. Emphasizing that the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) must play a central role, and that the nuclear issue must be resol [...] | 2007-02-12 01:29:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM KNNP KISL PGOV ENRG EPET ETTC IR |
07NEWDELHI664 | MUKHERJEE TREADS CAREFULLY IN IRAN, BUT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Indian Foreign Minister Mukherjee tried to steer clear of controversy in a February 6-7 visit to Tehran, according to MEA Joint Secretary Dilip Sinha. Emphasizing that the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) must play a central role, and that the nuclear issue must be resol [...] | 2007-02-12 01:29:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM KNNP KISL PGOV ENRG EPET ETTC IR |
07NEWDELHI701 | INDIAN NSA NARAYANAN DISCUSSES RUSSIAN MIG-35, [...] (S) Summary: Lieutenant General Maples, Director of the Defense Intelligence Agency, met with Indian National Security Advisor MK Narayanan on February 8th to discuss joint efforts to increase U.S.-India defense cooperation. NSA Narayanan explained India's longstanding concern about Chinese d [...] | 2007-02-12 14:08:00 | Embassy New Delhi | SECRET | PREL PGOV PTER PINR PBTS MOPS KDEM KISL PK IN |
07NEWDELHI729 | AFGHAN AMBASSADOR OPEN TO INCREASED INDIAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Afghan Ambassador to India, Dr. Sayed Makhdoom Raheen, told Ambassador Mulford February 12 that India and Afghanistan had a strong relationship, and that Indian help in strengthening Afghanistan's infrastructure was welcome. He said that Pakistan is overly sensitive about India [...] | 2007-02-13 11:10:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MOPS ELTN AF PK IR IN |
07NEWDELHI750 | PUNJAB OUTCOME TOO CLOSE TO CALL [...] No summary [...] | 2007-02-14 12:09:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL PINR IN |
07NEWDELHI752 | BOTH SIDES VICTORIOUS IN BAGLIHAR VERDICT, INDIA [...] (C) Summary. The World Bank-appointed neutral expert announced his ruling on February 12 regarding the controversial Baglihar dam project, which both Pakistan and India claimed as a victory. Several specifications contested by Pakistan are being addressed, but the overall design of the dam [...] | 2007-02-14 13:02:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KWWT ECON PBTS ENRG ECIN KISL PK IN |
07NEWDELHI753 | PUNJAB OUTCOME TOO CLOSE TO CALL [...] (U) On February 13, despite heavy rains an estimated 65-70 percent of Punjab's 10 million member electorate voted in the state's hotly-contested Legislative Assembly election. The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD)/BJP coalition and the Congress are vying for political leadership in the state (reftel). [...] | 2007-02-14 13:08:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PREL PINR IN |
07NEWDELHI776 | MORE BAD NEWS FOR U.P. CHIEF MINISTER MULAYAM [...] (SBU) In Uttar Pradesh (UP),the shaky and beleaguered government of Chief Minister Mulayam Singh Yadav (reftels) came another step closer to falling on February 14. The Supreme Court ruled that the defection of 13 MLAs from the opposition BSP to the ruling Samajwadi Party (SP) on August 27, [...] | 2007-02-15 11:05:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KDEM IN |
07NEWDELHI779 | INDIAN DEFENSE MINISTER DEMANDS DEMARCATION ON [...] (U) Speaking to Indian reporters on February 10th on the sidelines of a conference on India and the ASEAN sponsored by the Institute for Defense Studies and Analysis, Indian Defense Minister AK Antony reiterated that any agreement with Pakistan over Siachen would be unacceptable to the Indian [...] | 2007-02-15 12:32:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PTER PINR PBTS MOPS KDEM KISL PK IN |
07NEWDELHI783 | GUTIERREZ WEIGHS IN WITH FM MUKHERJEE ON BELL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Even while extolling the significant growth in U.S. ) India economic and political ties and assuring the GOI,s continued support, Indian External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee stubbornly defended to Secretary of Commerce Carlos Gutierrez, Under Secretary Frank Lavin, and Ambas [...] | 2007-02-15 13:10:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR PBTS MOPS KDEM KISL PK IN |
07NEWDELHI786 | INDIA APPEASES LEFT AND MUSLIMS WITH TEHRAN VISIT, [...] (C) SUMMARY: "Times of India" diplomatic correspondent Indrani Bagchi, who accompanied Foreign Minister Mukherjee on his visit to Tehran February 6-7, told Deputy PolCouns that the visit had been an exercise by the government of India (GOI) to garner headlines that would please the Indian Mus [...] | 2007-02-15 13:48:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EPET PARM KNNP IR PK IN |
07NEWDELHI80 | CONGRESS GOVERNMENT IN HIMACHAL PRADESH PASSES A [...] (U): On December 29, 2006, the legislature of the Congress run Himalayan state of Himachal Pradesh (HP) passed an anti-conversion bill during its truncated four day session. Under the provisions of the bill, any person convicted of engaging in "forced" conversion will face a two year jail s [...] | 2007-01-08 10:48:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | KIRF PGOV PHUM SCUL KDEM IN |
07NEWDELHI816 | INDIA, RUSSIA, AND CHINA TRILATERAL MEETING [...] (C) Summary. In their seventh trilateral meeting, the foreign ministers of India, Russia, and China discussed substantive issues including cooperation on terrorism, crime, trade, Iran, Iraq, Afghanistan and UN reform. Deliverables were few; however, the meetings have served to institutional [...] | 2007-02-16 12:22:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV RS CH IN |
07NEWDELHI847 | GOI EXPOUNDS UPON ITS BURMA POLICY AFTER RECEIVING [...] (C) PolCouns delivered reftel demarche to Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) Joint Secretary (Bangladesh, Burma, Sri Lanka and the Maldives) Mohan Kumar. Kumar made the following points regarding the GOI's current Burma policy: -After a period of limited interaction with Burma because of its po [...] | 2007-02-20 13:36:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR PHUM BM IN |
07NEWDELHI849 | SAMJHAUTA EXPRESS TRAIN BOMBINGS UNEXPECTEDLY [...] (C) Summary: Indian and Pakistani officials rushed to mobilize joint efforts in response to the February 18th attack on the New Delhi to Lahore Samjhauta ("friendship") Express train, which killed 67 Indian and Pakistani nationals. Indian press reports point out that this may be the first ti [...] | 2007-02-20 14:17:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR PBTS MOPS KDEM KISL PK IN |
07NEWDELHI863 | INDIA CONCERNED ABOUT VIOLENCE POSSIBLY CROSSING [...] (C) SUMMARY: Government of India (GOI) officials acknowledged February 7 that India is concerned about the possibility of violence in Nepal's Terai region spilling over into India. The government of Nepal (GON) should address the concerns of ethnic Indian Madhesis who have been violently pr [...] | 2007-02-21 10:33:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR NP IN |
07NEWDELHI870 | ITALIAN PM PRODI HAS "SATISFYING" TRIP TO INDIA [...] (C) Summary. Italian Prime Minister Prodi and his 400-person entourage wrapped up their five-day trip to India on February 15 in New Delhi. The trip was marked by a heavy emphasis on business opportunities between the two countries (reftel) and personal rapport between Prodi and Prime Mini [...] | 2007-02-21 12:57:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KNNP PARM TSPL ECON IT IN |
07NEWDELHI871 | SAMAJWADI PARTY PULLS SUPPORT FROM UPA GOVERNMENT, [...] No summary [...] | 2007-02-21 14:31:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL PINR KISL IN |
07NEWDELHI872 | INDIA AWASH WITH SPECULATION ABOUT FRIENDSHIP [...] (S) Summary. As the death toll in the February 19th Samjauta Express bombing continued to rise on February 21st, press reports in India began to hint at rumors that the likely culprits were Lashkar-e-Taiba or Jaish-e-Muhammad. Police and Indian officials, however, continue to join their Pakis [...] | 2007-02-21 14:48:00 | Embassy New Delhi | SECRET | PREL PGOV PTER PINR PBTS MOPS KDEM KISL PK IN |
07NEWDELHI909 | SCENESETTER: INDIA COUNTER-TERRORISM JOINT WORKING [...] (S) Summary: Embassy New Delhi warmly welcomes the visit of Acting Coordinator for Counterterrorism Frank Urbancic, and looks forward to adding dynamism to the India-U.S. Counter-Terrorism Joint Working Group (CTJWG) and developing an atmosphere where ideas and information are easily exchanged by b [...] | 2007-02-23 11:41:00 | Embassy New Delhi | SECRET | PREL PGOV PTER PINR PBTS MOPS KDEM KISL KTFN |
07NEWDELHI910 | UTTARAKHAND: SLIM MARGIN MAY DETERMINE ELECTION [...] (SBU) Summary: On February 21st, an estimated 55-60% of Uttarakhand's 6 million member electorate voted in the second Legislative Assembly election since the state was created out of Uttar Pradesh in 2000 (reftel). The main battle was between the BJP and Congress for sixty-nine assembly seat [...] | 2007-02-23 11:57:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR IN |
07NEWDELHI916 | WITH AN EYE ON CHINA, JAPAN AND INDIA KICK OFF [...] (C) SUMMARY: The governments of India and Japan are hoping to commence a new economic partnership with round one of negotiations on the Japan-India Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA),followed by the visit of a high-level Japanese business delegation to India. The Economic Minister of the [...] | 2007-02-23 12:35:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON ECIN EINV JP CH IN |
07NEWDELHI937 | DELHI TO ELECT A NEW MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT ON APRIL [...] (U) On March 23, the Delhi State Election Commission announced that the city will hold municipal elections on April 5, with the results tabulated on April 7. The city recently increased its municipal wards from 134 to 272. Each of these much smaller bodies will elect a Municipal Counselor. [...] | 2007-02-26 11:12:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR ECON IN |
07NEWDELHI94 | PARTY SPOKESMEN AGREE THAT EQUITABLE DEVELOPMENT [...] (C) Summary: On January 9, during the annual meeting of the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI),political leaders from the BJP, Congress and the CPI(M) examined Indian economic policy from their own ideological perspectives. Despite an attempt by the BJP's Ravi Sh [...] | 2007-01-09 11:49:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | EAGR ECON ETRD ELAB ENRG PGOV PREL PINR IN |
07NEWDELHI944 | MOD ASSURES STAFFDEL FARKAS INDIA WILL CHOOSE [...] (C) Summary. On February 23, MOD Acting Joint Secretary for Planning and International Cooperation Kiran Chadha, Chadha told Steffdel Farkas: -- India's procurement policy is guided by the Defense Procurement Policy of 2006; -- promised that in upcoming procurements India will be "choosin [...] | 2007-02-26 12:57:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR ETRD IN |
07NEWDELHI945 | STAFFDEL FARKAS DISCUSSES AFGHANISTAN, IRAN, [...] (C) On February 23, Senate/House Armed Services Committee staffdel Farkas met with Dilip Sinha, Ministry of External Affairs Joint Secretary for Pakistan, Afghanistan and Iran, then separately with Brigadier AS Nundal, MEA Director for Military Affairs, and Avinash Pandey, MEA Director for Co [...] | 2007-02-26 14:06:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV AF IR PK IN |
07NEWDELHI946 | STAFFDEL FARKAS DISCUSSES AFGHANISTAN, IRAN, [...] (C) On February 23, Senate/House Armed Services Committee staffdel Farkas met with Dilip Sinha, Ministry of External Affairs Joint Secretary for Pakistan, Afghanistan and Iran, then separately with Brigadier AS Nundal, MEA Director for Military Affairs, and Avinash Pandey, MEA Director for Co [...] | 2007-02-26 14:08:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL PTER NATO IN |
07NEWDELHI974 | INDIAN JOURNALISTS AND POLITICAL WATCHERS [...] (C) On February 16, a group of distinguished Indian journalists and political strategists gathered in Delhi for a digital video conference (DVC) discussion of Iran,s nuclear program with U.S. Permanent Representative to the UN Mission in Vienna Ambassador Schulte. With two IAEA votes and many [...] | 2007-02-27 12:18:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV AF IR PK IN |
07NEWDELHI975 | BJP WINS CLEAR MAJORITY IN UTTARAKHAND [...] (U) Summary: The Uttarakhand unofficial election results were announced February 27, and the BJP won a clear mandate to form the next state government. According to media reports, Congress has conceded defeat, with state party spokesman Surendra Agarwal blaming divisions among secular voters [...] | 2007-02-27 12:18:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL IN |
07NEWDELHI976 | UTTAR PRADESH FACES A LONG BITTER ELECTION SEASON [...] (C) Summary. The protracted drama of Uttar Pradesh (UP) politics is likely to go on throughout a long grueling election campaign, and may not even be resolved after the election results are out. Despite growing opposition against SP misrule, the crafty UP Chief Minister Mulayam Singh Yadav [...] | 2007-02-27 12:37:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL PINR KISL IN |
07NIAMEY100 | PRES. TANDJA'S ANTI-CORRUPTION CAMPAIGN NAILS A [...] In his remarks on Niger's Republic Day, December 18, 2006, President Tandja declared war on corruption in public life. He instructed the Minister of Justice to take action on over 60 cases that had developed since a public education funds scandal came to light last summer (reftels A,B). In the [...] | 2007-02-01 16:56:00 | Embassy Niamey | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KCOR KMCA NG |
07NIAMEY1055 | NIGER: MNJ ATTACKS IN THE AGADEZ REGION CONTINUE [...] Summary. The number of attacks conducted by the Mouvement Nigerien de Justice (MNJ) in the Agadez region continues to rise, with several incidents over the last couple of days, some resulting in the death of Government of Niger (GON) military personnel. Since April 2007, about a dozen land m [...] | 2007-08-23 16:24:00 | Embassy Niamey | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ASEC MARR CASC PINR NG |
07NIAMEY1112 | NIGER: TANDJA DECLARES "STATE OF ALERT" IN AGADEZ [...] On August 24, President Tandja declared a "State of Alert" for three months in the Agadez region plagued by armed conflict between the Niger Movement for Justice (MNJ) and government forces. Prime Minister Seini Oumarou undertook a regional diplomatic outreach to seek regional support in resolv [...] | 2007-08-28 09:40:00 | Embassy Niamey | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ASEC MARR CASC PINR NG |
07NIAMEY1188 | NIGER: GOVERNMENT ENTERS CYBERSPACE [...] The Government of Niger (GON) announced the launch of two websites on September 11, 2007, connecting government institutions and the Presidency to cyberspace for the first time. Both websites (French language) are still a work in progress, but reflect a step forward for the GON institutions. [...] | 2007-09-18 15:32:00 | Embassy Niamey | UNCLASSIFIED | TINT PGOV PREL SOCI NG |
07NIAMEY1217 | NIGER: MEETING WITH HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR THE [...] (C) Summary. On September 26, Ambassador Allen met with the Government of Niger (GON) High Commissioner for the Restoration of Peace, Mohamed Anacko, to discuss the insecurity in northern Niger and to inquire whether the cessation of violence during Ramadan bodes well for possible future neg [...] | 2007-09-26 16:23:00 | Embassy Niamey | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV MOPS ASEC PREL NG |
07NIAMEY1220 | Journalist's arrest sparks international concern [...] On September 25 Nigerien journalist Moussa Kaka was charged with violating Niger's national security for alleged collaboration with MNJ rebels fighting against GON forces in the North. Police arrested Kaka on September 20 citing evidence including phone records and recordings of telephone call [...] | 2007-09-27 10:23:00 | Embassy Niamey | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM SOCI KCOR KPAO NG |
07NIAMEY1222 | NIGER: AMBASSADOR'S TRIP REPORT [...] (U) Summary. Over a 16-day period, an Embassy delegation supported a successful basketball caravan and tolerance campaign that covered eight cities in seven of Niger's eight regions. The insecurity in the Agadez region (northern Niger) made it impossible to include a caravan stop there; howev [...] | 2007-09-27 14:01:00 | Embassy Niamey | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON SOCI ASEC CASC EAID NG |
07NIAMEY123 | ISLAM IN NIGER (3): FAITH FOLLOWS THE DOLLAR IN [...] (C) NOTE: This is the third in a series of cables (reftels A&B) reporting on the changing nature of Islam in Niger. END NOTE During recent travel to Agadez, Poloff and AIDoff tried to square an interesting circle. Traditional authorities - the Sultan and Grand Mosque Imam - claimed that the Nig [...] | 2007-02-12 10:00:00 | Embassy Niamey | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PINR EAID SOCI KDEM NG |
07NIAMEY1237 | NIGER: IS TANDJA SEEKING A THIRD TERM? [...] (SBU) There are signs that President Tandja may seek to stay in office beyond the end of his current term in 2009: -- He has put a growing number of government activities under his "Presidential Special Program" and is increasing the amount of time the government-controlled media gives to tho [...] | 2007-10-02 14:27:00 | Embassy Niamey | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV NG |
07NIAMEY1270 | NIGER: In News from Abroad GON President Tandja Rules Out [...] (U) Summary. Local newspapers have reported and are commenting on excerpts of Government of Niger (GON) President Mamadou Tandja's October 2 interview with "Le Monde". In that interview Tandja rules out running for a third term and invites combatants in northern Niger to lay down their arms. [...] | 2007-10-10 15:54:00 | Embassy Niamey | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM SOCI NG |
07NIAMEY128 | NIGER TRIP REPORTS (1) ILLELA: LESSONS LEARNED FROM SMALL [...] (U) In December, Poloff conducted extensive travel to Niger's Tahoua and Agadez Regions. One outcome was a series of in-house trip reports providing readers with background on the issues, people, and preoccupations of several key towns and sub-regions. With the expectation that such a "virtual [...] | 2007-02-13 08:25:00 | Embassy Niamey | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV EAGR EAID ECON SOCI SMIG SENV NG |
07NIAMEY1301 | NIGERIEN PRIME MINISTER ADDRESSES DONOR CONCERNS [...] (SBU) The Prime Minister and Foreign Minister addressed donor concerns about the situation in the north and press freedom in an October 19 meeting with diplomats and foreign aid officials. The Prime Minister called the meeting to discuss these issue in Niamey, rather than in the upcoming dono [...] | 2007-10-22 13:29:00 | Embassy Niamey | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM MOPS EAID NG |
07NIAMEY1346 | GON Arrests Another Journalist [...] Ibrahim Manzo Diallo, director of biweekly Agadez-based newspaper Air Info, was arrested on October 9, 2007 in Niamey. He remained in custody without formal charges until October 31, 2007, when he was charged with conspiracy and transported to prison. 2. Diallo was arrested at Niamey's inte [...] | 2007-11-02 10:02:00 | Embassy Niamey | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM SOCI KCOR KPAO NG |
07NIAMEY137 | NIGER TRIP REPORTS (2) TAHOUA & THE CHALLENGES OF [...] (SBU) This is the second cable in a series commenting on issues examined by Poloff during December travel to northern and central Niger. This edition examines some of the challenges facing Niger's process of political decentralization. Since 2004, the Government of Niger (GON) has tried to devo [...] | 2007-02-14 09:17:00 | Embassy Niamey | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV EAGR EAID ECON SOCI SMIG NG |
07NIAMEY1412 | NIGER: CORRUPTION SCANDAL HITS CITY HALL [...] (U) In the latest phase of Niger's "clean hands" anti-corruption campaign, the Nigerien authorities have arrested a number of Niamey city officials on corruption charges. The actions started at the top, with the November 1 arrest of the president of the city council (essentially the mayor) of [...] | 2007-11-29 11:56:00 | Embassy Niamey | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON NG |
07NIAMEY1418 | NIGER: FOREIGN MINISTER MEETS WITH DIPLOMATIC [...] (C) Summary. Government of Niger (GON) Foreign Minister Mindaoudou convoked the diplomatic corps ambassadors and resident representatives of international organizations on November 29 to discuss the insecurity in northern Niger. The discussion focused on the GON position with regard to negot [...] | 2007-11-30 14:08:00 | Embassy Niamey | CONFIDENTIAL | PINS PGOV PHUM PTER ASEC CASC NG |
07NIAMEY1430 | NIGER: THE SITUATION IN THE NORTH [...] (SBU) A truck hit a landmine south of Agadez on December 5. The Nigerien Military has resupplied its garrison in Ifeoruane. The MNJ claims the United States as friend based on a VOA stringer's contact with it. The GON is organizing a regional conference on trafficking. A UN consultant has [...] | 2007-12-05 18:19:00 | Embassy Niamey | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MOPS PGOV PREL NG |
07NIAMEY1432 | NIGER: HUMAN RIGHTS AND THE CONFLICT IN THE NORTH [...] (SBU) Corinne Dufka, Human Rights Watch senior researcher for West Africa on December 5 briefed DCM and Development Coordinator on her visit to Niamey to look into human rights issues associated with the current conflict in northern Niger. Dufka had met with a number of GON officials, includin [...] | 2007-12-06 09:08:00 | Embassy Niamey | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM MOPS PGOV NG |
07NIAMEY1444 | BUS HITS MINE IN THE SOUTH, PROMINENT TUAREGS [...] (C) A bus hit a landmine near the southern city of Maradi the morning of December 10. It reportedly left a one meter deep crater in the dirt road. The governor of the region told the Ambassador that it occurred 50 meters outside of town on the road to Dakoro. He said six people were injured, [...] | 2007-12-10 14:55:00 | Embassy Niamey | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PGOV PHUM NG |
07NIAMEY1446 | NIGER SECURITY UPDATE [...] (U) A vehicle struck a landmine the evening of December 10 near the wrestling stadium in Tahoua. We have heard reports that one person was killed and two people were injured. 2. (U) Tahoua is the site of this year's December 18 Republic Day festivities. President Tandja, a large number of [...] | 2007-12-11 12:44:00 | Embassy Niamey | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS ASEC PGOV PTER NG |
07NIAMEY1452 | Journalists' Arrests Raise Questions about GON Commitment [...] (U) On December 5, 2007 two journalists of the private biweekly L'Enqueteur were arrested and held in custody in Niamey. Editor/journalist Ibrahim Souley and owner/journalist Soumana Maiga were detained in response to a libel complaint filed by Niger's Minister of Economy and Finance Mahamane A [...] | 2007-12-12 15:39:00 | Embassy Niamey | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM SOCI KCOR KPAO NG |
07NIAMEY1453 | NIGER SECURITY UPDATE -- DECEMBER 12 [...] (U) On postings on its web site, the MNJ has denied planting the landmine in Tahoua and blamed the Nigerien Armed Forces (FAN) for the mine, as it had previously done regarding the Maradi landmine (ref A). It also warned against the GON going ahead with the December 18 Republic Day festivitie [...] | 2007-12-12 15:39:00 | Embassy Niamey | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MOPS PTER PGOV NG |
07NIAMEY1478 | NIGER: WHAT DIDN'T HAPPEN ON DECEMBER 18 [...] (C) Niger's national day celebration went off without incident despite MNJ threats against it. The GON and MNJ continue to blame each other for landmines in the south. There was a reported attempt to lay a mine in the southern town of Tanout on December 18. The MNJ's recent actions have not [...] | 2007-12-21 09:32:00 | Embassy Niamey | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PGOV ASEC NG |
07NIAMEY158 | IN LAST PLACE AND FALLING: THE PROBLEM OF EDUCATION IN [...] Niger's education system ranks among the worst in the world. It suffers from a crumbling infrastructure, a lack of resources and a teacher corps that is under-trained and demoralized. Niger's woes are compounded by a population growth rate of 3.4%, one of the highest in the world. Corruption [...] | 2007-02-22 15:59:00 | Embassy Niamey | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM SOCI KCOR KPAO KMCA NG |
07NIAMEY167 | NIGER TRIP REPORTS (3) THE NOMADIC ZONE [...] (SBU) This is the third cable in a series of trip reports (reftels A&B) that examine conditions, contacts, and political issues in central and northern Niger. This edition takes a look at the nomadic zone known as the Azaouagh (or Azawak). A large and sparsely populated zone in the northern par [...] | 2007-02-23 12:39:00 | Embassy Niamey | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV EAID ECON SOCI NG |
07NIAMEY26 | TIP IN A TRANSIT TOWN: AGADEZ, NIGER [...] During recent travel to Agadez, the principal city of northern Niger, Poloff explored the town's oldest industry - trafficking. Whether in items as benign as cars or as dangerous as drugs and guns, Agadez excels at both legal and illicit cross-border trade. The movement of persons is a perenn [...] | 2007-01-10 15:28:00 | Embassy Niamey | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM SMIG SOCI KCRM KWMN NG |
07NIAMEY610 | NIGER TRIP REPORTS (4) ARLIT: PORTRAIT OF A BOOM TOWN [...] (U) This is the forth in a series of trip report cables documenting life, leaders, and issues in several key towns and regions (reftels A, B, C),of central and northern Niger. 2. (SBU) Arlit, in northern Niger, owes its existence and prosperity to uranium mining. As world prices rise and th [...] | 2007-04-24 16:21:00 | Embassy Niamey | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PAGR ECON EMIN EINV SENV NG |
07NIAMEY616 | NIGERIEN PRESIDENT CONCERNED WITH SMUGGLING [...] (U) President Tandja devoted much of his April 23 speech marking the 12th anniversary of the agreement ending the Tuareg rebellion to blaming drug and weapons traffickers for recent insecurity in the north. 2. (SBU) Tandja also expressed his concern about drug trafficking to the UNDP resid [...] | 2007-04-27 12:39:00 | Embassy Niamey | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV SNAR NG |
07NIAMEY62 | NORTHERN NIGER POST KIDAL: UN STAFF / VOLUNTEERS [...] (C) During recent travel to Tahoua, a city in north-central Niger, Poloff interacted with several United Nations Volunteers (UNVs) who work with Tuareg and Arab ex-combatants in the country's northern Azaouagh region. The Azaouagh borders Mali's Kidal region, and is an area of concern for sev [...] | 2007-01-24 11:20:00 | Embassy Niamey | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR PREL PGOV PTER NG |
07NIAMEY625 | NIGER: A PESSIMISTIC ASSESSMENT OF GON-TUAREG [...] (C) Summary: Mohamed Anacko, the man responsible for implementing the 1995 agreement ending the Tuareg rebellion, fears that President Tandja's desire for a military solution to the recent Tuareg uprising risks turning it into a full fledged rebellion that could affect the entire region. He [...] | 2007-05-03 12:06:00 | Embassy Niamey | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PGOV PREL CASC EMIN NG |
07NIAMEY635 | NIGER: AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH POLITICAL [...] (C) Summary: Opposition party officials are concerned about the stalled trial regarding corruption in the education sector, student violence, and the lack of action during the current Assembly session. Their biggest concern, however, is the recent violence in the north, which they said could t [...] | 2007-05-07 13:30:00 | Embassy Niamey | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL NG |
07NIAMEY636 | NIGER: AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH INTERIOR MINISTER [...] (C) Summary: Interior Minister Abouba hinted that the GON was negotiating with dissident Tuaregs, but he largely dismissed their grievances. He feared alliances developing involving the Tuareg rebels, drug traffickers, AQIM and the Nigerian Taliban. He did not appear to be particularly seize [...] | 2007-05-07 13:30:00 | Embassy Niamey | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MOPS EMIN CASC PINR NG |
07NIAMEY639 | NIGER: FRENCH AMBASSADOR ON THE SECURITY SITUATION [...] (C) Summary: The French Ambassador to Niger believes a GON attempt to defeat Tuareg dissidents risks turning bandits and drug smugglers into something much worse, possibly to include allies of AQIM. The Nigerien Armed Forces (FAN) cannot defeat the Mouvement des Nigerien pour la Justice (MNJ),[...] | 2007-05-08 11:55:00 | Embassy Niamey | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MOPS MASS FR NG |
07NIAMEY641 | NIGER PROFITS FROM URANIUM IN REVITALIZED MARKET [...] (C) For the first time since 1983, the Government of Niger (GON) will exercise its right to purchase and sell some of the country's uranium production this year. Moreover, it may sell its share (anticipated to be 300 tons this year and as much as 1,045 tons/year from 2008) to an American power [...] | 2007-05-08 16:33:00 | Embassy Niamey | CONFIDENTIAL | EINV EMIN ENRG ETRD PGOV PREL NG BBSR BTIO |
07NIAMEY646 | NIGER: MINISTER OF DEFENSE ASKS USG NOT TO ABANDON [...] (C) Summary. Government of Niger (GON) Defense Minister (DefMin),Hassane Souley, requested a meeting with Ambassador Allen to ask for USG support of GON military efforts to deal with Tuareg dissidents in the North. The GON seeks military support, especially intelligence assistance. The DefMi [...] | 2007-05-09 16:29:00 | Embassy Niamey | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PGOV PREL NG |
07NIAMEY656 | NIGER: GON EFFORTS REGARDING TUAREG DISSIDENTS, [...] Nigerien police officer and Tuareg ex-combatant Daouada Algabid on May 10 told DCM that a high-level French military delegation is in Niamey to ask the GON to allow French troops currently in Chad to come to Niger to provide security for the French Uranium company AREVA's mines near Arlit. Th [...] | 2007-05-11 10:44:00 | Embassy Niamey | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL MOPS FR NG |
07NIAMEY691 | DRUGS THROUGH NIGER? LOCAL VIEWS ON NARCOTICS [...] (SBU) On May 7, Poloff met with officials in the Nigerien border town of Birni N'Konni, ninety kilometers north of Sokoto, Nigeria. The local Prefect, chief judge, and Procurer (prosecutor) described drug seizures and their perceptions of a drug trafficking route through the town and through Ni [...] | 2007-05-21 11:42:00 | Embassy Niamey | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SNAR KCRM NG |
07NIAMEY703 | NIGER AND THE MAPUTO PROTOCOL: A CLERIC'S [...] (SBU) After trying and failing to get the Additional Protocol to the African Human and People's Rights Charter Relating to Women's Rights in Africa (the Maputo Protocol) adopted by the National Assembly last year (reftel A),the Government of Niger (GON) is trying again. Women's NGOs, GON offi [...] | 2007-05-22 09:18:00 | Embassy Niamey | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SOCI KWMN PHUM NG |
07NIAMEY713 | NIGER: MINISTRY OF RELIGIOUS AFFAIRS (MRA) [...] (SBU) Summary. Ambassador, accompanied by locally-engaged staff Political Assistant (notetaker),paid a May 16 courtesy call on the recently-appointed Cabinet Minister for the Ministry of Religious Affairs (MRA),Issaka Labo. The MRA's responsibilities include a security element complementa [...] | 2007-05-22 11:36:00 | Embassy Niamey | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL SOCI PINR NG |
07NIAMEY714 | COLD CASE: SHARI'A AND THE MIGRATION OF VICE [...] Open-source reporting and some academic studies have suggested that the imposition of Shari'a in northern Nigeria led to an exodus of prostitutes, petty criminals, and bar owners to the southern frontier zones of Niger. Nigerien Hausaland, these reports suggested, saw a considerable increase [...] | 2007-05-22 12:47:00 | Embassy Niamey | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM KWMN SOCI EAID SMIG NG |
07NIAMEY728 | NIGER: KORANIC SCHOOLS CALL FOR HELP [...] (C) During recent travel across southern Niger, Poloff interacted with traditional and religious leaders and religious educators. In each instance, they were concerned by the quality and diversity of instruction they were able to offer in their madrassas. Religious leaders felt that many Niger [...] | 2007-05-24 13:31:00 | Embassy Niamey | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID PINR SCUL SOCI PGOV PREL PTER NG |
07NIAMEY737 | NIGER: PARLIAMENT PLAYS WITH PM CENSURE MOTION [...] (U) On Saturday the 26th, the opposition in Niger's National Assembly raised a censure motion against the coalition government of Prime Minister (PM) Hama Amadou, alleging negligence in its management of the investigation of a public school funds scandal rumored to implicate the PM (reftel). A [...] | 2007-05-29 13:10:00 | Embassy Niamey | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM KCOR NG |
07NIAMEY739 | ISLAM IN NIGER (4): ATTITUDES TOWARD IZALA IN [...] (U) NOTE: This is the fourth in a series of cables (reftels A,B,C) reporting on the changing nature of Islam in Niger. END NOTE ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (C) Previous cables in this series examined the rise, in Niger, of a Wahhabist-inspired form of Islamic fundamentalism from the Sha [...] | 2007-05-29 15:48:00 | Embassy Niamey | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID KDEM PGOV PINR PTER SOCI KISL NG |
07NIAMEY742 | ALIVE AND WELL: PROFILES OF TRADITIONAL [...] During recent travel Poloff examined the role of traditional chiefs in Niger. Characterized since colonialism by a highly-centralized state that often undercut traditional rulers, Niger has recently embraced a system of political decentralization based on democratically elected local governme [...] | 2007-05-30 16:04:00 | Embassy Niamey | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KDEM PHUM SOCI NG |
07NIAMEY756 | PM CENSURE: TIDE TURNS AGAINST HAMA? [...] (C) As reported reftel, the Nigerien National Assembly has been considering a motion of censure against the government of Prime Minister Hama Amadou since Saturday. After two days of suspension, the Assembly re-convened this afternoon. Mission contacts indicate that the ground may have shifted [...] | 2007-05-31 14:38:00 | Embassy Niamey | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM KCOR NG |
07NIAMEY76 | ISLAM IN NIGER (2): STUMBLING BLOCKS FOR IZALA IN [...] (C) Reftel offered several themes to be examined in a series of cables on Islam in Niger. In this edition, Poloff reports on conversations with a prominent Imam that illuminate the extent of fundamentalist penetration into the central Nigerien region of Tahoua - an area linked by proximity and [...] | 2007-01-26 08:52:00 | Embassy Niamey | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PINR EAID SOCI KDEM NG |
07NIAMEY763 | GON FALLS ON CENSURE MOTION; NEW PM AND CABINET WILL [...] On May 31, the National Assembly of Niger passed (by 62 votes out of 113) a motion of no confidence moved by opposition MPs against the GON. Prime Minister Hama Amadou and all of the GON's 31 ministers must now resign. President Mamadou Tandja will name a new PM. Yesterday's events brought an e [...] | 2007-06-01 13:11:00 | Embassy Niamey | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM KCOR NG |
07NIAMEY783 | NIGER: PRESIDENT TANDJA NAMES NEW PRIME MINISTER TO [...] President Tandja appointed Seini Oumarou as Prime Minister to replace Hama Amadou, who was removed by the National Assembly's no confidence vote. The National Assembly's removal of the Prime Minister through constitutional means is a positive sign that Niger's relatively new democratic culture [...] | 2007-06-07 10:35:00 | Embassy Niamey | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KDEM KCOR NG |
07NIAMEY787 | NIGER: PRESIDENT TANDJA NAMES NEW CABINET [...] Summary: President Tandja, on June 9, announced a new cabinet made up of 32 members (including the Prime Minister),to replace the one that was dissolved following the National Assembly's May 31 no confidence vote on the former Prime Minister (ref a). Nineteen incumbent ministers, including t [...] | 2007-06-11 13:48:00 | Embassy Niamey | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KDEM KCOR NG |
07NIAMEY995 | MORE FIGHTING REPORTED IN NORTHERN NIGER [...] The website of the Mouvement des Nigeriens pour la Justice (MNJ) on August 10 reported that on the night of August 9/10 it attacked military camps in Tchirozerine (some 25 miles north of Agadez on the road to Arlit) and inflicted heavy casualties on government forces. It reminds "those who h [...] | 2007-08-10 11:47:00 | Embassy Niamey | UNCLASSIFIED | MOPS PGOV EMIN NG |
07NICOSIA1002 | FM LAVROV DELIVERS SUPPORT FROM MOSCOW [...] (C) SUMMARY: Greek Cypriot opinion leaders characterized Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov's December 9-10 visit to the island as "Russia Riding to the Rescue." Lavrov's timing was impeccable, and seemingly too providential (for the G/C cause) to be coincidental. He arrived shortly before two [...] | 2007-12-19 14:52:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV CY RU SE |
07NICOSIA1006 | Political Polling Center-stage in Cypriot Election [...] (SBU) Summary: With the Cypriot presidential campaign in full-swing, pollsters are conducting and presenting "Gallups" nearly every week. Compared to the February 2003 race and earlier elections, their numbers have almost doubled. Cypriot media outlets conduct many surveys, and later devote [...] | 2007-12-21 12:46:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL CY |
07NICOSIA1010 | DECEMBER 2007 TIP UPDATE: CHURCH OF CYPRUS JOINS [...] SUMMMARY: December proved a busy and fruitful month in the fight against trafficking in persons (TIP) in Cyprus. First, a new and highly-visible actor -- the Church of Cyprus -- vowed to "get involved" in combating trafficking. The Church intends to study the severity of TIP on the island and [...] | 2007-12-27 13:51:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL TIP KCRM KWMN CY |
07NICOSIA103 | INTERNAL, EXTERNAL WOES THREATEN T/C "STATE U" [...] (C) SUMMARY: North Cyprus's Eastern Mediterranean University is "in dire trouble," worries Vice Rector for Student Affairs Samil Ergodan and Senior Advisor to the Rector Johann Pillai. Beset by labor strife, empty "government" funding commitments, and cronyism at home, the "TRNC's state" univ [...] | 2007-02-02 15:24:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV OEXC PREL KPAO CY TU |
07NICOSIA111 | CYPRUS TO CONSCRIPT HERETOFORE EXEMPT MINORITIES [...] (SBU) Summary: Cyprus's Ministry of Defense announced January 9 its intention to lift an exemption that allowed the country's "official religious groups" -- Maronites, Armenians, and Latins -- to avoid compulsory military service in the Greek Cypriot National Guard (GCNG). Rather than present [...] | 2007-02-05 14:44:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL CY |
07NICOSIA115 | ARMENIANS IN CYPRUS: FITTING IN BEATS FALLING OUT [...] SUMMARY: Successful for four hundred years in maintaining their unique culture, language and religion, Cyprus's Armenians -- who enjoy "official religious group" status under the Republic's 1960 convention -- nonetheless seek closer ties to the majority Greek Cypriot population. As such, Arm [...] | 2007-02-07 09:12:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM PREF CY TU |
07NICOSIA120 | CYPRUS OIL AND GAS LICENSING RIGHTS CHALLENGED BY [...] (C) Summary: The GoC intends to go forward with its first licensing round for the exploration and exploitation of potential offshore oil and natural gas deposits, despite strong criticism and thinly-veiled threats from the Government of Turkey and the Turkish Cypriot leadership. The GoC plans [...] | 2007-02-08 15:40:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ETRD PGOV PREL EINV ECON TU CY |
07NICOSIA124 | CYPRUS'S "LATINS" CHART COURSE FOR GROWTH [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The smallest of Cyprus's three "official religious groups," the "Latins," originally the descendants of the island's Frankish and Venetian overlords, are also the least homogenous. This Roman Catholic grouping, along with the Armenian Orthodox and Maronite Catholics, were recogn [...] | 2007-02-12 15:26:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM CY |
07NICOSIA125 | NEW LAW BRINGS CYPRUS INTO COMPLIANCE WITH EU [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Cyprus's Parliament passed February 1 a new immigration law to bring the nation into compliance with European Union norms. Under the legislation, legally employed foreign workers who have been on the island for five years can apply for long-term residency. That many officials [...] | 2007-02-13 05:10:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM CY |
07NICOSIA126 | NEW TURKISH ENGAGEMENT REGS; LIVE FIRE IN BUFFER [...] (U) UN Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP) military informed Embassy DAO January 31 that Turkish Forces (TF) a day earlier had fired on Greek Cypriot farmers in or near the Buffer Zone (BZ). Two separate incidents had occurred, in Astromeritis, west of Nicosia and the site of a BZ crossing point, and i [...] | 2007-02-13 10:27:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNFICYP MOPS CY TU |
07NICOSIA136 | OPPOSITION PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE SOON TO ANNOUNCE [...] (C) SUMMARY: European Parliamentarian and former Foreign Minister Ioannis Kasoulides will stand in Cyprus's 2008 presidential elections, with a formal announcement likely in March. Behind the decision to run was his conviction that a new generation of leaders should take command in Cyprus, [...] | 2007-02-14 09:18:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM CY |
07NICOSIA140 | CYPRUS: CIV-MIL RELATIONS HIT NEW LOW, TALAT [...] (S) SUMMARY AND COMMENT. Relations between the increasingly assertive Turkish military and the increasingly hesitant Turkish Cypriot civilian leadership have taken a definite turn for the worse in recent months. The January contest of wills between "TRNC President" Talat and the generals ove [...] | 2007-02-14 13:55:00 | Embassy Nicosia | SECRET | PGOV PREL PHUM UNFICYP MOPS TU CY |
07NICOSIA146 | BOTH CYPRIOT COMMUNITIES AND THE TURKISH ARMY, [...] No summary [...] | 2007-02-16 15:14:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED | OEXC KPAO SCUL PREL PGOV CY TU |
07NICOSIA151 | BOTH CYPRIOT COMMUNITIES AND THE TURKISH ARMY, [...] (C) SUMMARY: The recent roll-out of a Greek-drafted history textbook containing a "nationalistically" incorrect and too-short Cyprus section has sparked protests in Nicosia and prompted demands that the government draft its own texts instead of relying on mother Greece's. In the meantime, th [...] | 2007-02-21 05:58:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | OEXC KPAO SCUL PREL PGOV CY TU |
07NICOSIA197 | COMMUNIST CHIEF UNDECIDED ON PRESIDENTIAL RUN [...] (C) SUMMARY: AKEL desires continued cooperation with coalition mates DIKO and EDEK, Secretary General Dimitris Christofias informed the Ambassador March 5. Nonetheless, party leaders have not yet determined whether to support a re-election bid by President Tassos Papadopoulos, urge the coal [...] | 2007-03-07 15:54:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL CY TU |
07NICOSIA205 | HOPES HIGHER FOR LEDRA STREET REOPENING, BROADER [...] (C) SUMMARY: On President Tassos Papadopoulos's command, Greek Cypriot workers late March 8 demolished a wall and viewing platform on Ledra Street, raising hopes that a Buffer Zone crossing in the heart of Old Nicosia might soon open. T/C leaders greeted the wall's fall with guarded optimism, [...] | 2007-03-09 16:11:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNFICYP CY TU |
07NICOSIA209 | DIKO: NEW LEADERSHIP, OLD THINK [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Of Cyprus's Big Four political parties, only DIKO saw its vote haul increase in the most recent elections (December 2006). A confident DIKO President Marios Karoyian attributes the success to a reorganization effort he initiated upon taking office in October. The party's mess [...] | 2007-03-12 15:09:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM CY TU |
07NICOSIA21 | TALAT'S SHOWDOWN WITH TURKISH ARMY OVER LEDRA [...] (C) SUMMARY. "TRNC President" Mehmet Ali Talat's public promise to remove the controversial pedestrian bridge at the Green Line on Ledra Street has put him on a collision course with the Turkish military. The bridge, which crosses over a Turkish army patrol track along the north edge of the Bu [...] | 2007-01-05 16:25:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL UNFICYP EUN MOPS TU CY |
07NICOSIA211 | MESSAGE CANCELLATION [...] No summary [...] | 2007-03-13 07:03:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED | CY PGOV PHUM PREL |
07NICOSIA213 | Cyprus Steps Up Anti-Trafficking Efforts [...] (SBU) Summary: In recent meetings with authorities and NGO representatives involved in the fight against trafficking in persons (TIP),EmbOffs and visiting Desk Officer witnessed increased efforts and new initiatives. In the south, the GOC has taken concrete steps to fulfill the "Three P's" -- [...] | 2007-03-13 11:25:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM CY |
07NICOSIA256 | UN-BROKERED TALKS HIT SNAG; SPEED BUMP OR MAJOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: Two week ago, there was cause for Cyprus Problem optimism. Hairline cracks were showing in hard-line President Tassos Papadopoulos's coalition, Brussels appeared to be tiring of Nicosia's maximalist position on Turkish Cypriot direct trade, and T/C leaders mostly were behaving, [...] | 2007-03-23 15:31:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNFICYP CY TU |
07NICOSIA263 | ROC TO FOLLOW EU CONSENSUS ON KOSOVO INDEPENDENCE [...] (C) In response to Reftel, DCM March 23 delivered Kosovo-related points to Euripides Evriviades, MFA Political Director and former ambassador in Washington. In her demarche, she emphasized that Kosovo's independence was inevitable; it was vital the international community closely coordinate [...] | 2007-03-27 05:27:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV CY |
07NICOSIA282 | ARCHBISHOP TAKING STEPS ON INTER-FAITH TALKS, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Recent Cyprus developments on inter-faith dialogue, Church re-organization, and the fight against trafficking in persons (TIP) dominated discussion at a March 22 meeting between Poloff and Archbishopric official Bishop Vasilios. In a pleasant surprise, new Archbishop Chrysostom [...] | 2007-04-02 13:32:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM CY |
07NICOSIA301 | NATIONALISTS AND DEEP STATE STIRRING THE "TRNC" POT [...] (C) SUMMARY: In recent months, nationalist elements in the "Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus" appear to be manufacturing and/or exploiting events in order to pressure pro-solution "President" Mehmet Ali Talat and "Prime Minister" Ferdi Soyer to toe a harder line more consistent with polici [...] | 2007-04-05 07:57:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNFICYP CY TU |
07NICOSIA304 | DIKO LEADER CLASHES WITH PRESIDENTIAL PALACE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The recent appointment of controversial "insider" Kikis Lazarides as the executive chairman of troubled state-controlled Cyprus Airways has sparked a new round of bickering between the Presidential Palace and leaders of the three-party governing coalition. Party chieftains init [...] | 2007-04-05 12:13:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EAIR CY |
07NICOSIA350 | CYPRUS: U.S. FEDERAL RESERVE BOARD STAFFER NAMED NEW [...] (SBU) Summary: President Papadopoulos has appointed Athanasios Orphanides, an MIT-educated, U.S. Federal Reserve Senior Adviser, to serve as the new Governor of the Central Bank of Cyprus. Orphanides will succeed aging incumbent Christodoulos Christodoulou, whose five-year term ends on May 3 [...] | 2007-04-20 13:26:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PGOV CY |
07NICOSIA365 | T/C LABOR UNIONS DISAPPOINTED WITH "GOVERNMENT" [...] Summary: Turkish Cypriot (T/C) labor union leaders are voicing growing disappointment with the performance of the current "TRNC government." The Republican Turkish Party (CTP) came to power in 2005 with overwhelming labor support, union representatives told us in a series of recent meetings; [...] | 2007-04-26 13:31:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV ELAB PHUM CY |
07NICOSIA418 | FAMAGUSTA MAYOR FAVORS INCREASED BI-COMMUNAL [...] (SBU) INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY: Despite the total failure of the so-called "Finnish Initiative" in 2006 (Reftel),Greek Cypriot officials and property owners in Famagusta are actively seeking ways to keep their issue on the political map. The opening of the fenced-off area of Varosha and it [...] | 2007-05-15 14:41:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV UNFICYP CY TU |
07NICOSIA434 | TURKISH CYPRIOT CENSUS DEBATE FOCUSES ON NATIVES [...] (C) SUMMARY: "Native" Turkish Cypriots continue to outnumber their mainland Turkey-born brethren, according to a controversial census that T/C authorities conducted in 2006 but whose results they are releasing in periodic installments. The census findings also refute an oft-repeated Greek Cy [...] | 2007-05-18 11:12:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL TU CY |
07NICOSIA456 | PRISON BRAWL REVEALS HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES, DISCOMFORT WITH [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Turf battles over drug dealing morphed into open rioting May 8 at a prison in north Nicosia. Unable to suppress the fighting, penitentiary leadership summoned for assistance "TRNC" riot police, who ended the conflict quickly. Soon afterwards, however, media alleged that polic [...] | 2007-05-29 14:12:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PREL CY TU |
07NICOSIA475 | AKEL FERMENT DENTS SENSE OF INEVITABLE PAPADOPOULOS SECOND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: As late as mid-May, Communist party AKEL looked certain to back the re-election of Cypriot President Tassos Papadopoulos and the continuation of the three-party (AKEL, EDEK, DIKO) governing coalition. Papadopoulos likely considered the Communists' support a given when he revea [...] | 2007-06-01 10:37:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL CY |
07NICOSIA489 | FRINGE CANDIDATE SUPPORTS ANNAN PLAN REVIVAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Costas Themistocleous, a former Minister of Agriculture in the Glafkos Clerides administration (1998-2003),will run in next year's presidential elections, "not to win, but to tell Cypriots my version of the 'truth' about the Cyprus problem." Themistocleous warns that Cyprus is [...] | 2007-06-05 12:12:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL CY |
07NICOSIA498 | CYPRUS GETS PRELIMINARY ECOFIN GO-AHEAD TO JOIN EUROZONE; [...] (SBU) Summary. As expected, EU finance ministers gave Cyprus (and Malta) a preliminary green light to adopt the Euro effective January 1, 2008, at the June 4-5 ECOFIN meeting. The finance ministers are expected to give final approval at the July 10 ECOFIN meeting, where they will also establ [...] | 2007-06-08 15:07:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON PGOV EUN CY |
07NICOSIA506 | MISSING PERSONS COMMITTEE'S FIRST REMAINS HANDOVER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Genetics testing and anthropological investigations have positively identified the remains of 29 Cypriots who went missing between 1963 and 1974, according to UN Committee on Missing Persons (CMP) International Member Christophe Girod. CMP staff will notify families beginning [...] | 2007-06-12 14:06:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL PGOV UN CY TU |
07NICOSIA507 | "TRNC" PROPERTY COMMISSION GATHERING STEAM [...] (C) SUMMARY: Established in 2005 as a "local remedy" for Greek Cypriots seeking redress over confiscated property in northern Cyprus, the "TRNC Property Commission" is gaining visibility and, in certain circles, acceptance. Over 180 G/Cs have petitioned the Commission seeking restitution of [...] | 2007-06-12 14:11:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV CY TU |
07NICOSIA510 | NEW GOC MEASURES FOR TURKISH CYPRIOTS: LESS THAN [...] (C) Summary and comment: The GoC recently announced new measures ostensibly designed to promote economic development in the Turkish Cypriot community. These include 30 million Euro in grants from 2007 to 2010 to joint ventures with at least 30 percent Turkish Cypriot participation (although [...] | 2007-06-14 11:00:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV PREL ETRD EUN CY |
07NICOSIA519 | POSITIVE REACTIONS TO TIP REPORT; SIDES FOCUSED ON [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a refreshing change from prior years, Cypriots on both sides of the Buffer Zone reacted constructively to the June 12 release of the 2007 TIP Report. Authorities, faced with a fair and factual report (and ranking),publicly admitted the need to combat trafficking in persons [...] | 2007-06-18 09:38:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN PREL PGOV CY SMIG KPAO |
07NICOSIA52 | ASSIMILATION, AGING THREATEN CYPRUS MARONITES [...] SUMMARY: The Maronite community -- self-described as 6,000-strong but likely half that -- enjoys "official religious group" status under Cyprus's 1960 constitution. Concentrated historically in four villages south and west of Kyrenia, the Catholic Maronites endured near-total dislocation aft [...] | 2007-01-16 15:26:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL UNFICYP PHUM PREF TU CY |
07NICOSIA521 | SOUTH'S TURKISH CYPRIOTS CITE DISCRIMINATION, NEEDS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Perhaps 1500 Turkish Cypriots reside in the government-controlled areas of Cyprus. Like the enclaved Greek Cypriots of the Karpass peninsula, the T/C community, centered in second-city Limassol, endures isolation and depends heavily on Republic of Cyprus handouts for its exist [...] | 2007-06-18 14:03:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL PGOV CY TU |
07NICOSIA525 | FORMER FOREIGN MINISTER KASOULIDES ENTERS THE PRESIDENTIAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Ioannis Kasoulides, the Cypriot foreign minister during the second Glafcos Clerides administration (1998-2003) and a leading member of the Democratic Rally party (DISY),announced June 13 that he would run as an independent in the February 2008 presidential elections. Before a [...] | 2007-06-19 11:49:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL CY |
07NICOSIA57 | MINISTER'S DEATH MAY HARM BILAT COOPERATION IN [...] (SBU) Summary: Minister of Education and Culture Pefkios Georgiades, a childhood friend of RoC President Tassos Papadopoulos, died suddenly January 17 from cardiac arrest; he was 72. An internationally renowned architect whose works are prominent in Nicosia, Georgiades, a former participant i [...] | 2007-01-18 15:08:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPAO OEXC CY |
07NICOSIA579 | AKEL CONGRESS GIVES GREEN LIGHT TO CYPRUS'S FIRST COMMUNIST [...] (SBU) Summary: In a historical first, coalition partner and communist party AKEL decided at its July 8 congress to nominate its own leader, Demetris Christofias, as presidential candidate, either for the pro-government coalition parties jointly or on his own. The decision signals the end of th [...] | 2007-07-10 13:41:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL CY |
07NICOSIA582 | CYPRUS GETS FINAL APPROVAL TO ADOPT EURO JANUARY 1, 2008 [...] (SBU) Summary. As expected, EU finance ministers formally invited Cyprus (and Malta) to adopt the Euro on January 1, 2008, during the July 10 ECOFIN meeting in Brussels. The EU finance ministers also set the final rate at which the Cypriot pound will be exchanged into Euro at one Euro equals [...] | 2007-07-11 14:34:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON PGOV EUN CY |
07NICOSIA583 | ELECTORAL HEAT ON, PAPADOPOULOS MOVES ON ONE-YEAR [...] (C) Summary: ROC President Tassos Papadopoulos and Turkish Cypriot leader Mehmet Ali Talat are likely to meet in an attempt to "break through the stalemate" of their agreement on July 8 of last year. In two July 5 letters sent to the UN and forwarded to Talat, Papadopoulos called for two se [...] | 2007-07-12 05:26:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | CY PGOV PREL |
07NICOSIA585 | LILLIKAS ON PAPADOP'S POLITICAL FUTURE (AND HIS [...] (C) In a one-on-one conversation on the evening of July 11, Foreign Minister Giorgos Lillikas, who earlier that day had submitted his resignation to President Papadopoulos, offered the Ambassador comments on the collapse of the governing coalition and the upcoming presidential race. Lillikas n [...] | 2007-07-12 11:33:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | CY PGOV PREL |
07NICOSIA594 | TURKEY'S ELECTIONS AS SEEN FROM THE "TRNC" [...] (SBU) With only six days until Turkey goes to the polls, the July 22 election is, perhaps surprisingly, not at the forefront of everyone's minds in Cyprus's north, the self-proclaimed, unrecognized "TRNC." This is partly because ongoing domestic issues, including a "government" financial scan [...] | 2007-07-16 10:45:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL CY |
07NICOSIA595 | EMOTION OF FIRST RETURNS OF MISSING PERSONS [...] (SBU) Summary: The UN Committee on Missing Persons (CMP) in Cyprus has returned to family members the remains of 28 Cypriots missing from the 1963 to 1974 period of intercommunal conflict. The remains of all 13 Turkish Cypriots were buried in an elaborate and emotional July 12 military cere [...] | 2007-07-17 06:50:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CY UNFICYP PHUM PGOV |
07NICOSIA596 | CYPRUS'S FOUR NEW CABINET MINISTERS SWORN IN [...] (SBU) GOC President Tassos Papadopoulos announced July 13 the appointment of four new ministers (including the first woman Foreign Minister, career diplomat Erato Kozakou-Marcoullis) to serve for the remaining seven months of the current administration. The four replace the communist AKEL mini [...] | 2007-07-17 12:37:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ETRN CY |
07NICOSIA610 | CORRUPTION SCANDAL CRIPPLING "TRNC GOVERNMENT" [...] (C) Summary: The "parliament" of the self-proclaimed "Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus" ("TRNC") officially entered its summer break on July 13, but the "government," led by "Prime Minister" Ferdi Soyer's Republican Turkish Party (CTP),will find the summer months to be uncomfortable. C [...] | 2007-07-20 13:10:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | CY PGOV PREL TU |
07NICOSIA619 | TURKISH ELECTORATE GRANTS "TRNC GOVERNMENT" WISH [...] (C) Summary: The resounding win of the Justice and Development Party (AKP) in Turkey was a surprise to most Turkish Cypriot contacts of the Embassy and has stabilized the wobbly CTP-OP "TRNC Government". The post-election euphoria, though, will not dispel the allegations of corruption that [...] | 2007-07-27 13:50:00 | Embassy Nicosia | SECRET | CY PGOV PREL |
07NICOSIA620 | PRESIDENT PAPADOPOULOS OFFICIALLY ENTERS PRESIDENTIAL RACE [...] (SBU) Summary: On July 24, the last of the three main contenders for the presidency, incumbent Tassos Papadopoulos, officially confirmed that he will seek reelection. The main themes of his televised announcement were the rejection of the Annan Plan and support of the subsequent July 8 process [...] | 2007-07-27 14:11:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL CY |
07NICOSIA640 | YOUTH POLITICAL ORGANIZATIONS: CYPRUS'S FUTURE [...] (SBU) Summary: Every major political party in the Republic of Cyprus has a youth branch. The two largest and most significant are EDON and NEDISY, affiliates of Cyprus's largest political organizations, AKEL and DISY, respectively. Though distinct from the mother parties, these Greek Cyprio [...] | 2007-08-07 11:16:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM PREL CY |
07NICOSIA657 | NO CHANGE ON CYPRIOTS' APPROACH TO KOSOVO [...] (SBU) In response to Ref A, PolChief August 8 delivered Kosovo-related points to Constantinos Chrystomides in the Cypriot Foreign Ministry's European Affairs division. Covering a staffing gap and admitting Kosovo and the broader Balkans were not his regular beat, Chrystomides offered only the [...] | 2007-08-09 11:35:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SE KO CY |
07NICOSIA664 | PAPADOPOULOS CONFIDENT ON RE-ELECTION PROSPECTS [...] (C) During the course of a visit to Cypriot President Tassos Papadopoulos and his family at their beach house in Protoras, Ambassador asked Papadopoulos for his thoughts on the looming campaign. Papadopoulos,s first reply was that "of the three of us, I think that my chances are best, becaus [...] | 2007-08-14 13:31:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNFICYP CY TU |
07NICOSIA669 | PRESIDENTIAL CHALLENGER KASOULIDES SEES OUTLOOK [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ebullient and outgoing as ever, DISY-supported presidential candidate Ioannis Kasoulides displayed a new air in a recent meeting with EmbOffs: confidence. Just two months ago, certain he faced a Herculean challenge in defeating incumbent Cypriot President Tassos Papadopoulos, Ka [...] | 2007-08-17 09:21:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PGOV PREL CY |
07NICOSIA674 | "TRNC": THE MUFTI RESIGNS [...] (C) Summary: Beset for months by allegations he had misused his office for political gains, Turkish Cypriot Mufti Ahmet Yonluer resigned his position August 14. In actuality a mid-level "TRNC" bureaucrat who couldn't find Mecca with a map -- Yonluer's ceremonial robes, displayed prominently [...] | 2007-08-17 14:14:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL CY |
07NICOSIA685 | TALAT WILL MEET, BUT IS WARY OF PAPADAPOULOS'S [...] (C) SUMMARY: Domestic political concerns -- mainly the need to show Greek Cypriot voters that their president sought a Cyprus Problem solution -- was driving Tassos Papadopoulos's push for a meeting of community leaders, "TRNC President" Mehmet Ali Talat told the Ambassador August 20. Despite [...] | 2007-08-22 15:34:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNFICYP CY TU |
07NICOSIA691 | THE CYPRIOT PATH FROM JUNIOR OFFICER TO AMBASSADOR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Cypriot Foreign Ministry is a relatively small institution, accepting a dozen new professionals per year; most are among Cyprus's best and brightest. New diplomats enter the corps through a hiring process lasting seven months. Once on board, an A100-like (but shorter) ori [...] | 2007-08-24 10:40:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OFDP PGOV PREL CY |
07NICOSIA696 | RUMORS OF DEVELOPMENT SHAKE CYPRUS'S KARPASS [...] (U) Summary: The pristine Karpass peninsula, the long finger of land stretching northeast "like a dagger toward the heart of Anatolia," has dominated north Cyprus newscasts nightly this summer. A sleepy corner of the island known more for its turtle hatcheries and unbroken surf, Karpass has [...] | 2007-08-27 11:56:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM SENV CY TU |
07NICOSIA700 | NEW INTERIOR MINISTER COMMITTED TO FIGHT TIP [...] (U) Combatting trafficking in persons ranked amongst his highest priorities, Republic of Cyprus Interior Minister Christos Patsalides, just six weeks in office, informed the Ambassador August 24. Prior experience as a professor of European Union law had made him aware of the international co [...] | 2007-08-28 09:27:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM KWMN KPAO PHUM PREL PGOV SMIG CY |
07NICOSIA701 | NOT RENDERING UNTO CAESAR THAT WHICH IS CAESAR'S: [...] (C) SUMMARY: Never one to shy from cameras or controversy, Archbishop Chrysostomos II's latest political interventions have brought vociferous reactions from the political opposition and sectors of the Greek Cypriot media, and left thoughtful pundits questioning the ostensible separation of c [...] | 2007-08-28 12:57:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL CY |
07NICOSIA71 | CYPRUS SUPPORTIVE BUT DOES NOT HAVE IRAN-FOCUSED [...] No summary [...] | 2007-01-25 05:04:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL CY PGOV KDEM KPAO EUN IR |
07NICOSIA721 | CYPRUS: CENTRAL BANK GOVERNOR TAKES NEW JOB IN HIS STRIDE [...] (SBU) Summary: The recently appointed Governor of the Central Bank of Cyprus, Athanasios Orphanides, assured us that global financial problems arising from the "sub-prime" sector shake-out is a non-issue for Cyprus. Problems he identified for Cyprus are locally sourced (an overheated property m [...] | 2007-08-31 11:02:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PGOV CY |
07NICOSIA729 | LEADERS' MEETING BRINGS NO BREAKTHROUGHS [...] (U) SUMMARY: Fourteen months after concluding a framework arrangement to restart stalled Cyprus Problem negotiations -- the July 8 or Gambari Agreement, which envisioned regular tete-a-tetes of the island's community leaders -- RoC President Tassos Papadopoulos and Turkish Cypriot "President [...] | 2007-09-06 13:59:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNFICYP CY TU |
07NICOSIA74 | MISSING PERSONS COMMITTEE OPTIMISTIC ON RETURN OF [...] (C) SUMMARY. The Tripartite Committee on Missing Persons (CMP) is making steady progress exhuming and identifying Greek and Turkish Cypriots missing since 1963-1974. Pledges from the USG and other donors have ensured sufficient funding for operations to continue well into 2008, and CMP member [...] | 2007-01-25 13:43:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM UNFICYP TU CY |
07NICOSIA754 | SWEDES' CYPRUS MUSINGS: CHANNEL THEIR INTEREST [...] (C) Summary: Our UK counterparts share our skepticism about the timing of Sweden's emerging proposal on Cyprus. A formal proposal at this stage runs the risk of backfiring and allowing President Papadopoulos and the other candidates in the presidential race to shift to the international comm [...] | 2007-09-14 14:00:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNFICYP CY TU SW FI |
07NICOSIA771 | FM GUL VISIT TO NORTHERN CYPRUS: LITTLE OBVIOUS [...] (C) Summary: During his September 18-19 visit to the "Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC)", Turkish President Abdullah Gul delivered what seemed to be an intentionally mixed message in an effort to please both Turkish Cypriot "two states" hard-liners and pro-2004 referendum forces. His [...] | 2007-09-21 14:00:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL TU CY |
07NICOSIA777 | TWO OF THE PRESIDENTIAL HOPEFULS OUTLINE THEIR CYPRUS [...] (SBU) Summary: In televised press conferences on September 11 and 14, President Tassos Papadopoulos and Democratic Rally (DISY)-backed presidential candidate Ioannis Kasoulides outlined their Cyprus problem policy - the top issue of every national election campaign. Papadopoulos confirmed tha [...] | 2007-09-25 06:47:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL CY |
07NICOSIA780 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR HENRY TUCKER [...] Embassy Nicosia grants country clearance for the visit of Henry "Hank" Tucker, Deputy Office Director of the Office of Regional Security and Arms Transfers in the Bureau of Political-Military Affairs (PM/RSAT) to travel to Cyprus from October 2 - 4, 2007 as stated in reftel. Control Officer fo [...] | 2007-09-26 11:09:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED | CY GR MARR MCAP MOPS PARM PGOV MASS DOMC |
07NICOSIA786 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR LEON YATES [...] Embassy Nicosia grants country clearance for the visit of Leon Yates, End-Use Monitoring Program Manager, Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA),Department of Defense to travel to Cyprus from October 2 - 4, 2007 as stated in reftel. Control Officer for traveler is Political Chief Greg Ma [...] | 2007-09-27 10:17:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR MASS MCAP PARM PGOV MOPS CY |
07NICOSIA797 | "TRNC" ANTI-MONEY LAUNDERING: THERE'S SOME WILL, BUT THEY [...] No summary [...] | 2007-09-28 13:27:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PGOV ETER CY |
07NICOSIA80 | NEW MAYOR OUTLINES PRIORITIES, AMONG THEM TIP [...] (U) SUMMARY: The fight against trafficking in persons "ought to be a priority," new Nicosia Mayor Eleni Mavrou told the Ambassador January 26. Revealing the municipality had not yet finalized its strategic plans, Mavrou promised her team would search out areas where it could take action on [...] | 2007-01-29 15:04:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL UNFICYP TIP CY |
07NICOSIA803 | ELECTIONS: CITING FRONT-RUNNERS' FLAWS, LONG SHOT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Despite trailing Cyprus's "serious" presidential candidates by significant margins, outsider Costas Themistocleous voices no intention of abandoning his electoral campaign anytime soon. Recent polling shows Themistocleous's three rivals each tallying between 29 and 31 percent; i [...] | 2007-10-03 11:52:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL UNFICYP CY TU |
07NICOSIA804 | DEMANDS OF MFA POSITION TO HARDEN SOFT-LINER? [...] (C) SUMMARY: Foreign Ministry dissatisfaction over our concept of "consultations" -- translated, the Embassy's continuing attempts to brief and respect the sensitivities of the MFA on our assistance to Turkish Cypriots (T/Cs) in northern Cyprus -- dominated the DCM's September 25 courtesy ca [...] | 2007-10-03 12:02:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNFICYP CY TU |
07NICOSIA822 | UPDATED CONTACT INFORMATION FROM POST [...] The list below is the updated contact information, including after-hours and emergency contact names and telephone numbers, for all Embassy section heads. Ronald L. Schlicher, AMB, schlicherRL@state.gov, office: 22393596, home: 22393300, cell: 99332121 Jane Zimmerman, DCM, zimmermanJB@state. [...] | 2007-10-11 11:27:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT PGOV CY |
07NICOSIA836 | LOSING SUPPORT, MAJOR T/C PARTIES DEBATE EARLY, [...] (C) Summary: Two of three major Turkish Cypriot political parties admit a recent drop in voter support, while a third argues its numbers are steady or rising despite indications to the contrary. Together, the Republican Turkish Party (CTP),National Unity Party (UBP) and Democratic Party (D [...] | 2007-10-18 04:03:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL CY TU |
07NICOSIA839 | DISY CHIEF OPTIMISTIC BUT LAMENTS CANDIDATE'S [...] (C) Summary: DISY-backed presidential candidate Ioannis Kasoulides bests his competitors in smarts and moderation, but has failed to impress the Cypriot electorate with leadership skills and political savvy, bemoaned party chief Nikos Anastassiades in an October 16 meeting with the Ambassado [...] | 2007-10-18 11:41:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL UNFICYP CY TU |
07NICOSIA849 | CAUTIOUS CHRISTOFIAS REVEALS LITTLE ON CAMPAIGN [...] (C) SUMMARY: In clear contrast to DISY leader Nikos Anastassiades (Reftel),AKEL Secretary General Dimitris Christofias avoided tactical discussions and stuck to electoral generalities in his October 18 meeting with the Ambassador. February's presidential elections were distant, Christofias [...] | 2007-10-23 13:42:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL CY TU |
07NICOSIA85 | PARLIAMENT TO CONSIDER "COMMANDEERING" T/C [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: As a result of a landmark 2005 Supreme Court decision that returned the property of a Turkish Cypriot who had resettled in the south, Greek Cypriot "refugees" inhabiting T/C houses have lived with the constant threat of eviction should legal T/C owners move south and seek rest [...] | 2007-01-30 16:07:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL UNFICYP ECON CY |
07NICOSIA851 | CYPRUS SUPPORTS "SMART SANCTIONS" AGAINST BURMA [...] Per reftel, PolOff October 21 met with Nikos Panayi, a counselor in the Multilateral Affairs division of the Cypriot MFA. Panayi stated that Cyprus, like the broader European Union, supports "smart sanctions" against Burma. He noted that EU foreign ministers already have approved sanctions [...] | 2007-10-24 09:38:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM CVIS ETRD CY |
07NICOSIA855 | ELECTIONS 2008: MECHANICS AND PROCESS [...] (U) Summary: Cypriots will go to the polls on February 17 to elect their president. With three strong candidates in the race, it is doubtful that one of them will tally the required 50 percent-plus-one to win outright, forcing a February 24 runoff. Historically, successful candidates have en [...] | 2007-10-26 09:27:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL CY |
07NICOSIA856 | DIKO CHIEF CONFIDENT OF PARTY GROWTH, PAPADOPOULOS [...] (C) SUMMARY: In trumpeting his party's double-digit growth and asserting that "his" presidential candidate -- incumbent President Tassos Papadopoulos -- would win easy re-election in February 2008, Democratic Party (DIKO) chief Marios Karoyian oozed confidence in his October 22 meeting with [...] | 2007-10-26 09:31:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL CY |
07NICOSIA862 | TURKISH CYPRIOT REACTIONS TO PKK VIOLENCE: FROM [...] (C) Summary: Turkish Cypriot responses to the recent PKK raids in Turkey run the gamut from outrage to outrageous. All major political parties -- including "government" leaders -- issued statements condemning the attacks and voicing solidarity with Ankara, while public demonstrations were held [...] | 2007-10-29 13:59:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV CY TU |
07NICOSIA863 | CYPRIOTS FREAK OVER UK-TURKEY AGREEMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: "Relations with UK Hit New Low" screamed Nicosia's English-language daily October 25. The cause? Island-related elements of the recent "Strategic Partnership Agreement" between the United Kingdom and Turkey that codified the countries' desires to help end the isolation of Turki [...] | 2007-10-29 15:46:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV CY UK TU |
07NICOSIA881 | EMBASSY NICOSIA, CYPRIOT NGO ANTI-TRAFFICKING [...] SUMMARY: In addressing the grave problem of trafficking in persons in Cyprus, Embassy Nicosia has adopted a multi-pronged, multi-sector strategy that leverages the efforts of our Bicommunal Support Program (BSP),Public Affairs Section (PAS),USAID mission, Political Section (POL),and Regio [...] | 2007-11-02 07:53:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL TIP KCRM KWMN CY |
07NICOSIA886 | CYPRIOTS WILL SUPPORT RED NOTICES AGAINST IRANIAN [...] (C) Per Reftel, the Embassy November 1 demarched Foreign Ministry and Cypriot Police interlocutors to win support for the Government of Argentina's attempt to secure Interpol Red Notices against suspects in the 1994 AMIA bombing in Buenos Aires. On November 2, Maria Charalambous, head of the P [...] | 2007-11-02 15:14:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | KJUS PTER ASEC PREL PGOV IR CY |
07NICOSIA887 | TURKISH CYPRIOT PROTEST VOTE SEEKS PARTY TO SUPPORT [...] (C) Summary: New Turkish Cypriot (T/C) political parties have begun to emerge in response to growing voter frustration with traditional offerings. On the right, the Freedom and Reform Party (OP) -- which formed one year ago, allegedly with Ankara's aid -- is trying to re-brand itself as a mod [...] | 2007-11-05 14:39:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV CY TU |
07NICOSIA888 | T/C NEGOTIATOR RASIT PERTEV RESIGNS [...] (C) Summary: T/C lead negotiator Rasit Pertev resigned from his post as "Undersecretary" on November 5 and announced plans to form an as-yet-unnamed political party. He cited worsening conditions in which the T/C community lives as reason for his departure. Pertev led the "TRNC" negotiating te [...] | 2007-11-05 16:25:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL TU CY |
07NICOSIA890 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: BURMESE PARTICIPATION IN [...] No summary [...] | 2007-11-07 13:16:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED | BM PGOV PHUM |
07NICOSIA896 | THIRD-PLACE CANDIDATE STILL OPTIMISTIC [...] (C) SUMMARY: Polling that shows him well behind front-runner incumbent President Tassos Papadopoulos and left-wing challenger Dimitris Christofias troubles DISY-backed presidential candidate Ioannis Kasoulides little. In a meeting with Embassy officers November 8, the soft-spoken but articu [...] | 2007-11-09 09:49:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL NATO CY |
07NICOSIA898 | ANNAN PLAN STILL DOMINATING ELECTION CAMPAIGN [...] (SBU) Summary: Incumbent Tassos Papadopoulos's continuing lead in the presidential race is forcing his opponents to attempt to deconstruct the hero image that the President has forged with his hard-line Cyprus Problem tactics. AKEL leader Dimitris Christofias, for example, has abandoned his [...] | 2007-11-13 11:58:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL CY |
07NICOSIA915 | TIP INTERIM ASSESSMENT FOR CYPRUS [...] The Republic of Cyprus (RoC) has made progress in combating trafficking in persons since the end of last year's TIP reporting period (March 1, 2007). It passed comprehensive anti-TIP legislation and ratified the Council of Europe Convention for Action Against Trafficking in Human Beings, com [...] | 2007-11-15 14:42:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM KWMN PHUM PGOV PREL SMIG CY |
07NICOSIA927 | CYPRUS GENERALLY AGREES WITH USG POSITION ON [...] No summary [...] | 2007-11-19 13:13:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM VE WHA EU CY |
07NICOSIA928 | CYPRUS SUPPORTS SUSTAINED, BUT CAREFUL PRESSURE ON [...] No summary [...] | 2007-11-19 13:14:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV ETRD EFIN BM CY |
07NICOSIA932 | ELDER STATESMAN TROUBLED BY ELECTORAL THEMES, [...] (C) SUMMARY: The possible re-election of incumbent Tassos Papadopoulos deeply concerns former President and DISY founder Glafcos Clerides. In a November 14 meeting with the Ambassador, the octogenarian Clerides noted that many Cypriots realized the dangers "five more years of Tassos" would [...] | 2007-11-19 15:01:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL UNFICYP CY |
07NICOSIA940 | WELCOME TO CYPRUS, CODEL SIRES [...] (SBU) Welcome to Cyprus, Representative Sires, my home since December 2005 and an island whose complexity belies its small size. We have crafted a program that contains calls on President Tassos Papadopoulos and other high ranking Republic of Cyprus officials, contact with both Turkish Cyprio [...] | 2007-11-26 15:07:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ECON KCRM PTER CY TU |
07NICOSIA944 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: CYPRUS FOCUSED MORE ON [...] No summary [...] | 2007-11-29 14:37:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR MOPS PREL PGOV UNGA CY |
07NICOSIA945 | CYPRUS DEFENDS MEMBERSHIP IN BIASED, ANTI-ISRAEL [...] No summary [...] | 2007-11-29 14:38:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL MARR MOPS PGOV IZ CY |
07NICOSIA952 | CANDIDATES COURTING KEY OVERSEAS VOTE [...] (SBU) Summary: Over a half-million Cypriots reside abroad, with 300,000 in the London area alone. While eligible voters represent just a fraction of the total overseas population, Cyprus's presidential candidates will devote great time and effort to winning the diaspora vote, which many expe [...] | 2007-12-05 12:41:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL CY |
07NICOSIA968 | NOD TO SLEIMAN "NO SURPRISE" TO CYPRIOTS [...] (C) Polchief December 7 delivered Reftel points on Lebanon to MFA Middle East Desk Officer Dionysus Dionysiou. It was vital that Cyprus support immediate, "non-linked" Lebanese presidential elections in its diplomatic discussions and public commentary, he emphasized. Dionysiou responded by n [...] | 2007-12-11 07:54:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PREL PGOV LE CY |
07NICOSIA971 | AKP AND OP: IS THE AKP GOVERNMENT IN SEARCH OF A [...] (C) Summary: Many Turkish Cypriots (T/Cs) consider Turkey's AKP the force behind the T/C Freedom and Reform Party (OP),the junior "coalition" partner to "TRNC President" Mehmet Ali Talat's CTP. Any doubts regarding AKP's support for OP were dispelled recently by the Turkish party's high-prof [...] | 2007-12-11 14:58:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL TR CY |
07NICOSIA978 | CYPRUS SUPPORTS USG POSITIONS ON COUNTRY-SPECIFIC [...] No summary [...] | 2007-12-12 14:30:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PGOV UNGA CY |
07NICOSIA979 | CYPRIOTS OPPOSE KOSOVO UDI, TIGHT-LIPPED ON ESDP [...] (C) SUMMARY: Cognizant that Kosovo final status represented the European Union's greatest foreign policy challenge -- "one we must confront successfully" -- Cyprus nonetheless could "never" support Pristina's unilateral declaration of independence (UDI),asserted Foreign Ministry Political D [...] | 2007-12-13 15:41:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KO SE CY |
07NICOSIA980 | "TRNC" ECONOMIC SLIDE AND THE DEUS EX MACHINA [...] (C) Summary. The "TRNC" economy has grown at break-neck speed over the last three years, largely fueled by the boom in real estate. Overbuilding, poor finance structures and issues that have scared off foreign property buyers have turned the boom into a bust resulting in a growing liquidity sh [...] | 2007-12-14 06:35:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PGOV PREL CY |
07NICOSIA987 | CYPRUS: BILATERAL EXTRADITION AND MLAT AGREEMENTS [...] Per reftel, PolOff spoke with First Secretary Nikos Panayi of the Cypriot Foreign Ministry on December 14 regarding the current status of bilateral and U.S.-EU Extradition and Mutual Legal Assistance (MLAT) agreements. Panayi's response is keyed to questions posed in reftel. a) Cyprus alrea [...] | 2007-12-14 14:55:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED | KTIA KCRM KJUS CJAN PGOV PREL CY |
07NICOSIA994 | TURKISH CYPRIOT PARTIES HEAD FOR DECEMBER SHOWDOWN [...] (C) Summary: An October agreement between the "governing" Republican Turkish Party (CTP) and the opposition to amend the "TRNC constitution" and consider early elections may derail before January 1 given the wildly differing goals of the participants. CTP considers the ad hoc committee agree [...] | 2007-12-17 14:31:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL TR CY |
07NOUAKCHOTT139 | STEPS TOWARD DIALOGUE [...] (U) Post reported reftel on a January 31 meeting of the principal candidates for President, one intended to exchange views, work for success of the transition, and put together a code of conduct. A subsequent statement indicated they also agreed to ask the transitional authorities to abstain f [...] | 2007-02-06 18:37:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PGOV MR |
07NOUAKCHOTT140 | MEETING WITH NATIONAL SECURITY CHIEF [...] (C) Charge and EmbOff called on Director General of National Security Colonel Mohamed Ould Cheikh Mohamed Ahmed, aka Colonel Ghazwany, February 7. Joined by the Director General of State Security, Commissioner Taleb Abeidi Mohamed Abdelahi, Colonel Ghazwany said he understood the principled r [...] | 2007-02-07 17:50:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM MASS PGOV PINR PINS MR |
07NOUAKCHOTT177 | TFGV01: DEMARCHE ON THE CRISIS IN GUINEA: [...] (C) Charge called on Foreign Minister Ahmed Ould Sid'Ahmed February 19 to present demarche (ref A) and to deliver a copy of Embassy Conakry's public statement (ref B). Sid'Ahmed took careful note of our position and objectives. His eyes widened, however, when we asked that President Vall cons [...] | 2007-02-19 14:21:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL GV MR |
07NOUAKCHOTT207 | MEETING WITH PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE HANANA [...] (C) Summary. Presidential candidate Saleh Ould Hanana said the August 2005 coup d'etat was a "vindication" of his bloody 2003 coup attempt. While pleased with the transition, he believes that the new government will need to go further in several areas. He was a "witness" to the 1989 Events, w [...] | 2007-02-23 16:07:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR EAID KDEM MR |
07NOUAKCHOTT33 | MILITARY VIEWS ON ELECTIONS AND AFTERMATH [...] (C) Summary. Two high-level military officials express concerns about civilian abilities to govern while listening to our urging non-interference of the military in the presidential elections just ahead. The armed forces intend to focus on their own role and needs in the post-transition peri [...] | 2007-01-10 16:52:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM MARR MASS PGOV PHUM MR |
07NOUAKCHOTT334 | MAURITANIA SCENESETTER FOR PRESIDENTIAL DELEGATION [...] (C) After almost 30 years of military rule, Mauritania's first credibly elected president since independence will be sworn in on April 19. The U.S., in cooperation with its international partners and the Mauritanian transitional government, worked actively to bring about this historic transit [...] | 2007-04-05 18:55:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | OVIP PGOV ECON EAID PREL KMCA MARR MASS ASEC |
07NOUAKCHOTT357 | PRESIDENT-ELECT: THE PEOPLE TO DECIDE THE FUTURE [...] (U) President-elect Sidi Mohamed Cheikh Ould Abdallahi, in an interview with the Algerian newspaper "Al-Khabar Al-Jazaaaeri published April 8, is quoted as saying "the last word on (Mauritanian-Israeli) relations belongs to the Mauritanian people." He added, "the reality is that there is an I [...] | 2007-04-10 14:57:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IS MR |
07NOUAKCHOTT400 | PARLIAMENT CONVENES, ELECTS ITS LEADERSHIP [...] (U) The new parliament met for the first time April 26, in the final step to the return to constitutional order. The Military Council for Justice and Democracy following the August 3, 2005 coup dissolved parliament and suspended the part of the constitution requiring parliamentary decision, a [...] | 2007-04-27 13:46:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EAID KDEM PHUM PINR MR |
07NOUAKCHOTT407 | NEW WAY FORWARD ON IRAQ -- MAURITANIA [...] (C) Mauritania lacks the capability to provide military contribution to the Coalition at this time. Mauritania has a small contingent n the AMIS peacekeeping forces in Sudan (a 20-memer liaison unit). We have proposed that Mauritani join the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISM),but have [...] | 2007-04-30 18:39:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR MASS MOPS PTER IZ MR |
07NOUAKCHOTT487 | CHARGE,S INTRODUCTORY CALL ON FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (C) SUMMARY: THE CHARGE PAID AN INTRODUCTORY CALL MAY 22 TO THE NEWLY APPOINTED MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND COOPERATION MOHAMED SALECK OULD MOHAMED LEMINE. THE MINISTER SAID U.S.-MAURITANIAN RELATIONS WERE "IMBALANCED" TOWARD POLITICAL ENGAGEMENT AND HOPED THAT THE USG COULD PROVIDE COMMEN [...] | 2007-05-29 12:04:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | SECRET | IS MARR MR PGOV PHUM PREL |
07NOUAKCHOTT566 | FOREIGN MINISTRY REFUTES ALLEGATIONS OF SECRET CIA [...] (U) This an action request. Please see paragraph 6. 2. (U) A spokesman from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation has categorically denied what he called "baseless" allegations, published in the New Yorker, that the government of Colonel Ely Vall had allowed the creation of secre [...] | 2007-06-21 17:36:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | SECRET//NOFORN | MR PGOV PHUM PREL PTER |
07NOUAKCHOTT584 | CHARGE MEETING WITH PRIME MINISTER ZEINE OULD [...] (C) Summary: In a tour d'horizon meeting June 21, Prime Minister Zeine Ould Zeidane assured Charge that Mauritania would continue to work closely with the United States on counter-terrorism despite the recent release of suspects thought to pose a threat to United States interests. He indicated [...] | 2007-06-26 14:56:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ETRD MR PGOV PHUM PREL PTER |
07NOUAKCHOTT700 | COURT SENTENCES FIVE FOR TERROR RELATED CRIMES [...] (U) The trial of the remaining 14 detainees accused of belonging to "Al Qaeda in the Lands of the Islamic Maghreb," formerly the Groupe Salafist pour la Predication et le Combat(GSPC) (reftel),concluded on July 31 with five convictions and nine acquittals. 2. (U) The Criminal Court condemn [...] | 2007-08-02 17:08:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PHUM PGOV PREL ASEC CASC MR |
07NOUAKCHOTT711 | U.S. GOVERNMENT ASSISTANCE FOR REFUGEE REPATRIATION [...] As seen reftel, Mauritanian government has begun to act on President Abdallahi's courageous decision to put an end to the issue of Mauritanian refugees. The refugee issue has had lasting effects on the human rights of refugees and other victims of the 1989 Events, has impeded national reconci [...] | 2007-08-07 19:25:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PHUM EAID PGOV PREL MR |
07NOUAKCHOTT712 | ABDALLAHI PROMISES CONTINUED CT AND CN COOPERATION [...] Summary: President Abdallahi stressed his government's determination to continue close cooperation with the United States on Counter Terrorism and Counter Narcotics. He expressed his disappointment in the outcome of the recent terrorist trials, and explained his government's decision to reco [...] | 2007-08-08 07:15:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MASS ECON PHUM MR |
07NOUAKCHOTT78 | MEETING WITH KEY MILITARY OFFICIAL ABDEL AZIZ [...] (C) Summary. The Presidential election will be held as scheduled, without interference and in a transparent manner, according to one of the country's key military officers. Colonel Abdel Aziz said that the ruling Military Council will maintain its neutrality, while an individual, such as he, m [...] | 2007-01-29 10:59:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM MASS PGOV MR |
07NOUAKCHOTT912 | OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES IN MAURITANIA'S [...] (U) Summary: Mission personnel have made several trips in September and October to Mauritania's second city of Nouadhibou. The city offers unique opportunities and challenges for U.S. engagement as both the center of economic activity in Mauritania and as the cross-roads for drugs and alien [...] | 2007-10-31 18:06:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV ECON PREF SNAR MR |
07NOUAKCHOTT98 | MEETING WITH ISLAMIST LEADERS [...] (C) Charge and DCM called on newly elected National Assembly member Jemil Mansour, coordinator of the RC (Reformistes Centristes) group and head of the political wing of the Islamist movement in Mauritania, January 30, as part of our occasional contact with that group. Our last meeting was re [...] | 2007-01-30 18:57:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PGOV PINR MR |
07OSAKAKOBE12 | KOMEITO ROLLS OUT ELECTION THEMES IN OSAKA [...] At the Osaka Chapter Komeito New Year event, Party President Akihiro Ohta and other Komeito heavyweights made energetic calls to the party faithful to get out the vote in this year's upcoming "critical" elections locally in April and in the Upper House in July. They also clearly framed junior [...] | 2007-01-17 07:45:00 | Consulate Osaka Kobe | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV JA |
07OSAKAKOBE187 | UPPER HOUSE ELECTIONS: A VOTER REVOLT IN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Voters in western Japan lashed out at the ruling LDP coalition in last weekend's Upper House elections. This anger stems from several factors, including resentment of the LDP's tax policies, especially a number of governmental blunders that increased the tax burden of traditio [...] | 2007-07-31 01:20:00 | Consulate Osaka Kobe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON JA |
07OSAKAKOBE268 | HIROSHIMA MAYOR ON IWAKUNI CASE: QDOOR OPEN TO [...] (SBU) Summary: Hiroshima Mayor Tadatoshi Akiba telephoned Consul General on December 5 to discuss the October 14 incident involving Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) Iwakuni personnel and a woman in nearby Hiroshima City, now that the criminal investigation has been dropped by Japanese prosecut [...] | 2007-12-06 04:50:00 | Consulate Osaka Kobe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR PGOV ASEC JA |
07OSAKAKOBE56 | PRO-NORTH KOREAN DEMONSTRATION IN KOBE - HIGH TURNOUT BUT [...] (SBU) About 3,300 members and supporters of the pro-DPRK General Association of Korean Residents in Japan (Chosen Soren) held a noisy but peaceful outdoor demonstration in the Higashi Yuenchi area in Kobe on Saturday, March 3. The demonstration was billed as the "Kinki District Convention of [...] | 2007-03-07 08:00:00 | Consulate Osaka Kobe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL JA KN |
07OSAKAKOBE70 | JAPANESE CONSERVATIVES: USING THE NUCLEAR CARD [...] (C) Former Cabinet Security Chief Atsuyuki Sassa, an influential member of the conservative Japanese establishment, in remarks to a large gathering in Osaka called for Japan to periodically use its potential "nuclear weapons card" to shore up security assurances from the United States and to i [...] | 2007-03-23 05:41:00 | Consulate Osaka Kobe | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PARM PREL KN JA |
07OSLO1038 | NORWEGIANS DISCUSS BURMESE ASSISTANCE [...] (SBU) On October 15 we delivered reftel points to MFA East Asia Section Deputy Director General Tanja Hegga. Hegga described the goal of Norway's Burmese foreign assistance to "alleviate human suffering," focusing primarily on refugees and their health concerns. In 2007, GON assistance is [...] | 2007-10-15 16:31:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM BM NO |
07OSLO1099 | PAKISTANI NORWEGIANS RIPE FOR RADICALIZATION? [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 23. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Norway is increasingly a land of immigrants, with over twenty three percent of the capital city,s population now designated as non-Norwegian,. The largest non-Western group is Pakistani, a population that has established deep [...] | 2007-11-08 15:28:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV PINR KCRM KPAO PK NO |
07OSLO1101 | NORWAY'S LOCAL ELECTION RESULTS: A WARNING OF [...] (SBU) Summary: As the fallout from the September local elections finally subsides, the larger issues which will shape the 2009 general election are becoming clear. The center/left governing coalition (Labor, Center and Socialist Left Parties) were given a rebuke in the local elections, partic [...] | 2007-11-13 08:48:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PINR NO |
07OSLO1113 | NORWAY AND AFRICA, A RELATIONSHIP UNDERGOING CHANGE [...] (U) Summary. The GON has made Africa a priority, expanding activities there beyond its long-standing development presence. One concrete example is the GON,s commitment to contribute a 200 person engineering battalion to the UN mission in Darfur. A more negative example is the recent expulsi [...] | 2007-11-19 11:13:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS PBTS KPKO ET ER NO |
07OSLO1134 | RESOURCE NATIONALISM AND NORWAY [...] (C) Summary. Norway, the world's third largest gas exporter and fifth largest oil exporter, adheres to energy resource policies which work to maximize governmental financial returns while ensuring its strict stewardship of natural resources. Hailed internationally as a transparent, predict [...] | 2007-11-29 13:17:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET PGOV NO |
07OSLO1155 | NORWAY WILL URGE SERBIA TO REMAIN CLAM ON KOSOVO [...] (C) DCM delivered reftel demarche on 11 December to State Secretary Raymond Johansen, who stated that Norway would use SIPDIS its good offices to urge Serbia to remain calm regarding the situation in Kosovo. Norway will be following the events there closely, and agrees that it is vital that [...] | 2007-12-12 14:13:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV YI NO |
07OSLO1161 | NORWAY'S DEFENSE POLICY AT A CROSSROADS: CLARITY [...] (SBU) Norway is undergoing a philosophical, bureaucratic and public debate on what its defense policy, obligations and needs will be for the next five to ten years. The outcome will have significant implications for Norway,s ability to fulfill NATO obligations as well as its ability to cope wi [...] | 2007-12-18 13:17:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MASS MCAP PREL PINR PINS PGOV NO |
07OSLO148 | MINUSTAH RENEWAL DEMARCE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] | 2007-02-15 06:34:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED | OVIP PREL AID PGOV EFIN UA HA EUN SF ID PE MINUSTAH |
07OSLO248 | NORWAY: MISSLE DEFENSE PUBLIC DIPLOMACY AND OUTREACH [...] (C) Summary: As reported in ref b and c, Norway,s government remains opposed in principle to missile defenses writ large and skeptical of U.S. plans to base missile installations in Central Europe. Embassy Oslo continues to engage with media, government and think tank researchers to present the fac [...] | 2007-03-13 16:18:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR |
07OSLO294 | NORWAY FULLY SUPPORTS AHTISAARI RECOMMENDATIONS [...] No summary [...] | 2007-03-27 12:04:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNMIK UNAUS YI EU NO |
07OSLO295 | UN DEMOCRACY FUNDED PROJECT: OSLO GOVERNANCE CENTRE [...] Summary. Per Ref A, on March 26 we spoke with Director of the Oslo Governance Centre Bjoern Foedre regarding the United Nations Democracy Fund (UNDF) project, Communication for Empowerment. The project is not a Norwegian government initiative, and only has recently begun. End Summary. 2 [...] | 2007-03-27 12:08:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PGOV PREL OIIP NO KDEM KPAO UN NGO |
07OSLO31 | NORWAY CONSIDERS WHETHER TO ASSIST IN IRAQ [...] (C) Summary. In a January 11 meeting, the Ambassador briefed MFA State Secretary Raymond Johansen on the President's Iraqi speech. The Ambassador highlighted that success is critical for Iraq, for the region and for the world and emphasized the focus on reconstruction and reconciliation-issue [...] | 2007-01-11 15:55:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS PGOV PREL IZ NO |
07OSLO513 | NORWAY CONTINUES TO BACK AHTISAARI PROPOSALS [...] (C) On May 14 we delivered reftel points to MFA Section for European Affairs and Trade Policy Senior Adviser Per Mannes and MFA West Balkan Section Adviser Toril Langlete. Mannes emphasized that the GON strongly supported the Ahtisaari proposals, and that the MFA has made such position known [...] | 2007-05-15 07:14:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NO |
07OSLO529 | NORWAY BACKS U.S. POSITION ON OSCE "CHARTER" [...] No summary [...] | 2007-05-22 15:28:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL OSCE KTIA PGOV NO |
07OSLO614 | POSITIVE MOVEMENT IN THE MISSILE DEFENSE DEBATE IN NORWAY BUT NO BREAKTHROUGH [...] (U) SUMMARY: Lt. General Obering,s June 6 visit to Oslo, building on Secretary Rice,s April visit and Embassy Oslo,s continued outreach, has helped move the governmental and public debate over missile defense in Norway in a positive direction. Norway has not changed its basic skepticism of missile [...] | 2007-06-08 13:16:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PGOV PREL NO |
07OSLO667 | FM STOERE AND AMBASSADOR WHITNEY ON THE MIDDLE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Ambassador Whitney met with Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Stoere on June 15 over lunch and discussed a variety of issues including the Middle East, Afghanistan, Russia and missile defense, a White House visit for Prime Minister Stoltenberg and the New Embassy Compound. END SUMMARY [...] | 2007-06-19 08:44:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV NO |
07OSLO706 | BOUCHER DOES BUSINESS IN OSLO ON MARGINS OF [...] (C) Summary. On the margins of the June 26 Sri Lanka Co-Chairs meetings, Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs Richard Boucher met with high-level Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Defense officials, covering a broad range of matters including Afghanistan, Pakistan, [...] | 2007-07-02 07:29:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ETTC PARM PREL IN PGOV PHUM PTER NP CE |
07OSLO718 | NORWAY UNLIKELY TO PROVIDE LEBANESE ARMY ASSISTANCE [...] No summary [...] | 2007-07-05 15:06:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | MASS MARR MOPS PGOV PREL LE NZ AS NATO EU NO |
07OSLO758 | NORWEGIANS CONSIDER AZERBAIJAN POINTS [...] No summary [...] | 2007-07-19 11:06:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED | AJ EUN OSCE PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM NO |
07OSLO780 | NORWAY SUBMISSION: INVESTMENT DISPUTES AND [...] (U) Post has no knowledge of any investment disputes where a U.S. citizen alleges an expropriation, as outlined in reftel. 2. (U) Post's primary point of contact on related issues is Pol/Econ Counselor Kristen Bauer. Ms. Bauer's telephone number is (47) 2130-8809, with an unclassified [...] | 2007-07-26 14:54:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED | CASC EINV OPIC PGOV KIDE NO |
07OSLO814 | HAMAS: MAIN THEME OF FM STOERE'S MID EAST TRIP [...] No summary [...] | 2007-08-13 09:32:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | IS KPAL PGOV PREL NO |
07OSLO815 | HAMAS: MAIN THEME OF FM STOERE'S MID EAST TRIP [...] No summary [...] | 2007-08-13 09:32:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | IS KPAL PGOV PREL NO |
07OSLO829 | NORWAY'S VIEW ON PERMANENT OBSERVER STATUS IN THE [...] (C) On 16 August we delivered reftel points to Norwegian MFA Desk Officer for Somalia, Kjell Dalen. Norway fully supports granting permanent observer status in the International Contact Group on Somalia to Canada and Yemen. Dalen noted that State Secretary Raymond Johansen told A/S Frazer th [...] | 2007-08-17 15:22:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL NO |
07OSLO91 | NORWAY OPEN TO QUICKLY CLEARING LIBERIA'S ARREARS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Norway wants to see a quick clearing of Liberia's International Financial Institution (IFIS) arrears and is open to solutions. However, Norway is concerned about custom deals setting precedents that could ultimately damage IFIS financial health. Norway is willing to compensate [...] | 2007-02-01 15:32:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PGOV LI NO |
07OSLO936 | NORWEGIANS VOICE MINUSTAH SUPPORT [...] On September 17 we delivered reftel points to MFA UN Section Senior Adviser Rut Kruger Giverin, who emphasized Norwegian support of renewing the UN Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH). She stressed Norway's long-standing support of the UN's peace and security efforts in Haiti. WHITNEY [...] | 2007-09-17 14:20:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EFIN PGOV PREL KPKO NO |
07OSLO962 | NORWAY CONSIDERING CLEARINGHOUSE PARTICIPATION [...] No summary [...] | 2007-09-21 15:19:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR MASS PGOV NO |
07OTTAWA1107 | CANADA'S TAKE ON MISSING/DETAINED AMCITS IN IRAN [...] (SBU) On June 11, POL M/C raised the issue of missing and detained American citizens in Iran with Dennis Horak, Director of the Iran Desk at Foreign Affairs Canada. He asked Horak if Canada would raise this issue in discussions with Iranian officials. 2. (SBU) Horak said Canada shared U.S [...] | 2007-06-12 19:42:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM PGOV PHUM PREL CA EUN IR |
07OTTAWA1126 | Ottawa to make it easier for Canadians to get passports [...] Summary: In a relaxation from previous policy, Canadians will be able to renew their passports without submitting proof of citizenship or a guarantor declaration after August 15. The "guarantor" process will also be simplified for first-time applicants so that most citizens can act as guaranto [...] | 2007-06-13 12:52:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | ECIN ECON SOCI PGOV PREL KHLS CPAS CA |
07OTTAWA1192 | CANADIAN MPS RAISE BORDER AND SPP CONCERNS [...] (SBU/NF) Summary: In a recent Border Caucus meeting with the Ambassador and in one-on-one meetings with Emboffs, MPs have expressed a wide variety of issues about the border and cross border travel and trade. Most of the MPs from border provinces say they have as one of their key issues (not j [...] | 2007-06-20 20:03:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KHLS PGOV PREL CA |
07OTTAWA1514 | KOSOVO: CANADA'S INITIAL REACTION TO DEMARCHE ON [...] (C) We delivered reftel points on August 8 to Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Senior Advisor for Defence and Security Relations Melissa Burke. She responded that, like the U.S., Canada wanted to see Kosovo become an independent state. Further, she said, Canada w [...] | 2007-08-08 21:27:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KV CA |
07OTTAWA1587 | CANADA'S NEW FOREIGN AFFAIRS MINISTER MAXIME [...] (C) SUMMARY: Maxime Bernier has enjoyed a swift rise in his eighteen-month career in federal politics, becoming only the fifth Quebecer to serve as Canada's Foreign Affairs minister following a shuffle of cabinet responsibilities on August 14, 2007. Bernier is regarded as an ambitious, smart [...] | 2007-08-17 21:22:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL CA |
07OTTAWA1828 | CANADIAN VIEWS ON COMMUNITY OF DEMOCRACIES [...] (C) According to the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade's Democracy Unit Manager Ben Rowswell, Canada's UN Permrep Ambassador John McNee will represent Ottawa in the CD meeting hosted by Mali on October 1. He expressed hope that Deepak Obhrai, Parliamentary Secretary to th [...] | 2007-09-26 20:37:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KDEM PREL UNGA PGOV CA |
07OTTAWA1830 | CANADIAN REP FOR GPOI G8+ GLOBAL CLEARINGHOUSE [...] (SBU) According to Marina Laker, Deputy Director in the Peacekeeping and Peace Operations Group at the Department of International Affairs and Foreign Trade, Tony Anderson from her office will represent Canada at the Global Clearinghouse Conference. His POCs are: 613-992-9386 and Tony.Anderso [...] | 2007-09-27 15:26:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR MASS PGOV CA |
07OTTAWA1831 | CANADIAN VIEWS ON PARTNERSHIP FOR DEMOCRATIC [...] (C) According to Graham Shantz, Head of Policy Planning at the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade, Canada has put a good deal of diplomatic effort into the Partnership for Democratic Governance (reftel) and is pleased to be a founding member and steering group member. The GO [...] | 2007-09-27 18:39:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM OAS EAID CA |
07OTTAWA1862 | HARPER TO OPPOSITION: BRING IT ON! [...] (C) Summary: PM Harper held the first press conference of his tenure to deliver one simple message to the opposition: if you don't go along with the conservative program, you can meet us in the voting booth. In a rare and gutsy move, he laid out the essence of his upcoming Throne Speech - tax [...] | 2007-10-05 01:54:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV CA |
07OTTAWA1878 | CANADA LOOKING FOR NEW APPROACHES TO [...] (C) Summary: Recognizing the need to better organize Canada's institutions to promote democratic development abroad, the Canadian Parliamentary Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Development recently conducted a study of democracy promotion. The committee's report was issued in J [...] | 2007-10-05 19:06:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV KDEM CA PREL |
07OTTAWA1881 | G-8: CANADA LOOKING FOR HELP ON THE AFGHAN-PAK [...] (SBU) Summary: Canada's Foreign Ministry briefed G-8 embassies on its recent mission to the Afghanistan-Pakistan border which was focused on border management, immigration, and counter-narcotics. Under the G-8 border initiative Canada is taking the lead on the piece of the frontier where its [...] | 2007-10-09 12:03:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL CA AF PK |
07OTTAWA189 | CANADA'S NEW ENVIRONMENT MINISTER HITS THE GROUND [...] (C) Summary: Canada's new Environment Minister John Baird seems delighted to have responsibility for the politically charged environmental portfolio which is expected to be a key issue in the national election anticipated for later this year. Already, he has demonstrated his skills on the flo [...] | 2007-02-02 16:40:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | SENV PGOV PINR ENRG CA |
07OTTAWA1910 | OCTOBER 16 THRONE SPEECH: NEW BEGINNING OR AN END? [...] (C) Summary. The government's early evening October 16 Speech from the Throne will lay out the revised agenda of Prime Minister Stephen Harper for the new parliamentary session. The Bloc Quebecois and the New Democratic Party (NDP) are already committed to opposing it. The Liberals therefor [...] | 2007-10-15 19:29:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV CA |
07OTTAWA1922 | CANADA: MAKING THE CASE FOR THE AFGHAN MISSION [...] (C/NF) Summary. The Canadian body politic is highly conflicted over the Afghan mission, with one poll in September indicating that 68 pct of Canadians want a complete pullout in February 2009 and 56 pct want the troops out even earlier, while an October poll shows that 54 pct want Canadian tr [...] | 2007-10-17 16:10:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL MOPS PGOV CA AF PK |
07OTTAWA1924 | THE HARPER GOVERNMENT'S BLUEPRINT FOR PARLIAMENT [...] (U) In a tradition-heavy ceremony on October 16 that also broke with tradition by taking place in the early evening rather than mid-afternoon, Canada's Governor General opened the new session of Parliament by reading the government's "Speech from the Throne," which lays out clearly the agenda [...] | 2007-10-17 18:04:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ECON SENV CA |
07OTTAWA1928 | HARPER GOVERNMENT TO SURVIVE THRONE SPEECH [...] (SBU) Summary. The Liberal leadership will not seek to bring down the Harper government over the contents of the October 16 Throne Speech, recognizing election fatigue among the voters. The Liberals have charged that the government's comments on Afghanistan were nonetheless too ambiguous, w [...] | 2007-10-17 22:57:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL CA AF |
07OTTAWA1932 | CANADA MAKES AUNG SAN SUU KYI AN HONORARY CITIZEN [...] (U) On October 17, the Parliament of Canada unanimously adopted a motion from Prime Minister Stephen Harper to make Aung San Suu Kyi an honorary Canadian citizen "as a demonstration of Canada's support for the people of Burma in their struggle against the brutal military dictatorship that rules [...] | 2007-10-18 18:57:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PGOV PREL BM CA |
07OTTAWA1961 | GOOD PROSPECTS FOR REVISED SECURITY LEGISLATION [...] (U) Summary: The Harper government on October 22 introduced a bill to amend Canada's long-standing system of immigration security certificates in response to a February 2007 Supreme Court ruling that had struck down key provisions as unconstitutional. The certificates provide the government t [...] | 2007-10-23 19:10:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PGOV PREL CA |
07OTTAWA1993 | CANADA: POSITIVE INTERIM RESPONSE TO PIC DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...] | 2007-10-30 11:59:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL NATO PK CA |
07OTTAWA2016 | HARPER GOVERNMENT ADVANCES ITS AGENDA... FOR NOW [...] (SBU) Summary: With the opposition Liberal party abstaining on another key confidence vote on October 31, the Harper government continues aggressively to push its policy agenda in Parliament. Key legislation that Prime Minister Harper promised in the Speech from the Throne (ref c) - on terrori [...] | 2007-11-01 20:04:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV CA |
07OTTAWA2029 | INFORMATION ON HOST GOVERNMENT PRACTICES - [...] (SBU) Officials of the Canadian Border Services Agency (CBSA) declined to meet with Emboffs to discuss elements of their border practices in time to meet the deadline for responding to reftel. The entire issue of "Watch-listing" is extremely politically sensitive in Canada. Therefore, respo [...] | 2007-11-05 14:43:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL KVPR PGOV PINR CVIS ASEC KHLS CA |
07OTTAWA2035 | THE U.S. - CANADA BORDER IN 2007: GROUND TRUTH AND [...] (SBU) Managing U.S.-Canada relations means managing the border. It's that simple. And that makes the border the number one priority for Mission Canada. For the past year dozens of officers from the Embassy and our seven consulates have fanned out across Canada to observe the border and disc [...] | 2007-11-05 22:18:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KCRM PGOV ASEC KHLS ECON CA |
07OTTAWA2048 | THE U.S. - CANADA BORDER IN 2007: GROUND TRUTH AND [...] (SBU) As part of a year-long effort to "map the border," Mission Canada officers fanned out along the frontier to observe ground truth in how the border functions and how to make it work better. Part I of this three-part series covered our conclusions and recommendations. This message covers [...] | 2007-11-07 20:37:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KCRM PGOV ASEC KHLS ECON CA |
07OTTAWA2058 | THE U.S. - CANADA BORDER IN 2007: GROUND TRUTH AND [...] (SBU) As part of a year-long effort to "map the border," Mission Canada officers visited the frontier to observe ground truth in how the border functions and how to make it work better. Part I of this three-part series reviewed conclusions and recommendations, Part II covered ports of entry, [...] | 2007-11-08 18:12:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KCRM PGOV ASEC KHLS ECON CASC CA |
07OTTAWA2078 | DEMARCHE ON DEMOCRACY IN VENEZUELA [...] (C) In a meeting with PolMinCouns on November 13, Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade's South America Division Director Daniel Daley expressed appreciation for reftel views as well as shared concern about negative trends in Venezuela. He cited mid-October talks in Washingt [...] | 2007-11-13 19:38:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM VE CA |
07OTTAWA2080 | NEW CHALLENGES TO HARPER GOVERNMENT FROM AN OLD [...] (C) Summary: New revelations about a more than decade-old scandal involving then-Conservative Prime Minister Brian Mulroney have begun to haunt the Conservative government of PM Stephen Harper. With opposition members of Parliament openly raising the possibility of a cover-up and rifts devel [...] | 2007-11-13 21:14:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV CA |
07OTTAWA2125 | SCENESETTER FOR CANADA POLICY PLANNING TALKS, [...] (C) Summary: Stephen Harper leads one of the most stable minority governments in Canadian history. He is a Western conservative who came to power on a domestic agenda but has been surprisingly focused on foreign affairs. Harper's foreign policy style includes a halting transition from "peac [...] | 2007-11-20 23:06:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV CA |
07OTTAWA2138 | CANADIAN VIEWS ON OSCE MADRID MINISTERIAL [...] (C) In a meeting with PolMinCouns on November 23, the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade's Defence and Security Relations Division Director Michael Walma and Deputy Director Anne Burgess expressed appreciation for reftel views on the OSCE Madrid Ministerial and said that C [...] | 2007-11-23 20:08:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL OSCE PGOV PHUM CA |
07OTTAWA214 | HOUSE PASSES NON-BINDING KYOTO RESOLUTION [...] (U) The House of Commons voted along party lines on Monday to adopt a non-binding resolution calling on the government to "reconfirm Canada's commitment to honor the principles and targets of the Kyoto Protocol in their entirety." Liberal (and Opposition) leader Stephane Dion introduced the me [...] | 2007-02-06 14:47:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV ENRG PGOV CA |
07OTTAWA2150 | CANADIAN ATTENDANCE AT G-8 INTERNATIONAL [...] (C) Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade Director of Crime and International Terrorism Evelyn Puxley will lead the Canadian delegation to the Third Annual G-8 International Kidnappers Conference, accompanied by officers from the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, Canadian Security [...] | 2007-11-27 12:55:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER ASEC PREL PGOV KCRM CA |
07OTTAWA2231 | CANADA WORKING HARD ON COUNTRY SPECIFIC RESOLUTIONS [...] No summary [...] | 2007-12-07 21:32:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV CA UNGA |
07OTTAWA2233 | U.S.-CANADA POLICY PLANNING TALKS: AFGHANISTAN, [...] (C) Summary: U.S. and Canadian Policy Planners met November 29-30 to discuss the broad strategic outlook over the next 25 years (with specific reference to the National Intelligence Council's 2020 and 2025 projects) and a range of international and regional issues that represent policy priorit [...] | 2007-12-07 22:06:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV CA AF PK XB XL XM XK |
07OTTAWA2266 | CANADA ON KOSOVO [...] (C) According to Department of Foreign Affairs Director General for Central, East, and Southern Europe Robert Hage, Canada will not be among either the first or the last to recognize Kosovo following a unilateral declaration of independence. While the government has not yet reached a formal [...] | 2007-12-14 21:05:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV YI CA |
07OTTAWA2308 | NEW BY-ELECTIONS MAY SIGNAL CONSERVATIVE CONFIDENCE [...] (U) Prime Minister Stephen Harper on December 21 set the date of March 17 for by-elections in the Commons' ridings in Toronto Centre (Ontario),Willowdale (Ontario),Vancouver Quadra (British Columbia),and Desnethe-Missnippi-Churchill River (Saskatchewan). Liberals (including three former [...] | 2007-12-21 21:30:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV CA |
07OTTAWA303 | ADDITIONAL CANADIAN AID TO SUDAN [...] (U) Summary: On February 13, International Cooperation Minister Verner announced that Canada is committing C$13 million over five years to fund an umbrella project to support displaced populations and home communities in Sudan's disputed regions of Abyei, South Kordofan and Blue Nile. End Sum [...] | 2007-02-14 22:36:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PGOV SOCI PREF CA SU |
07OTTAWA345 | AFGHANISTAN: A/S BOUCHER'S DECEMBER 14-15 VISIT TO [...] (C) Welcome to Ottawa. Your visit provides a great opportunity to reinforce the improved relationship we have developed with Canada since you were here earlier this year. It will be an excellent chance to take stock of what we are doing together in Afghanistan and elsewhere in South Asia, to [...] | 2007-02-23 22:35:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV MARR AF CA |
07OTTAWA452 | INTERNATIONAL COMPACT WITH IRAQ (ICI) UN INTERIM [...] No summary [...] | 2007-03-09 23:24:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON EFIN EINV PGOV PREL CA IZ |
07OTTAWA50 | HARPER NAMES BAIRD ENVIRONMENT MINISTER; HOPES FOR [...] (SBU) Summary and Comment: The most noteworthy change in PM Harper's January 4 cabinet re-shuffle in preparation for a probable election later this year saw the oft-criticized Rona Ambrose depart Environment Canada for the much less sensitive Intergovernmental Affairs portfolio. Her replaceme [...] | 2007-01-11 13:24:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV ENRG PGOV PINR CA |
07OTTAWA505 | CANADA: NEW BUDGET COULD SPUR FEDERAL ELECTION [...] (SBU) Canada's Conservative Government will deliver its second federal budget on March 19. The budget vote, possibly as early as the week of March 26, is an automatic confidence vote that could determine the timing of the next federal election. The budget will be seen as a sign of the Harper [...] | 2007-03-16 20:21:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL CA |
07OTTAWA524 | Canada's federal budget provides lots of cash to [...] (U) Summary: Canadian Finance Minister Jim Flaherty laid out the government's budget on March 19 with the lion's share of new spending, C$39 billion, directed toward the provinces in the effort to create 'Fiscal Balance' in the federation. As expected, it is an "election" budget crafted to pro [...] | 2007-03-21 17:54:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN PGOV CA |
07OTTAWA627 | RE-WRITTEN CLEAN AIR ACT WOULD CAP GHG EMISSIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: The Conservative's "Clean Air Act" emerged March 30 from its legislative committee re-draft a very different document from the draft bill that went to the committee in December 2006. The new bill C-30 emphasizes hard targets for reducing greenhouse gas emissions and penalties f [...] | 2007-04-05 19:55:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV ENRG PGOV CA |
07OTTAWA761 | BANK OF CANADA GOVERNOR DODGE RETIRING NEXT JANUARY [...] (U) Summary: The Governor of the Bank of Canada (BOC),David Dodge, will step down at the end of January 2008 at the end of his seven-year term. The news was a surprise. Dodge is widely regarded as an extremely effective Governor who has kept Canada's inflation under control while presiding o [...] | 2007-04-26 18:56:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN PGOV CA |
07OTTAWA819 | SCENESETTER FOR AMBASSADOR SCHWAB'S VISIT TO [...] (SBU) Welcome back to Ottawa, Ambassador Schwab. This cable offers background information on Canada,s political and economic environment, especially on issues that may be raised outside the formal agenda of your talks with Trade Minister Emerson. Information regarding Canada-Brazil relations [...] | 2007-05-07 18:12:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | BR CA ETRD KIPR PGOV PREL |
07OUAGADOUGOU1080 | Burkina Faso Believes Cote d'Ivoire Ready for Peace, [...] Classified by Amb. Jeanine Jackson for 1.5 (b) 2. (C) Summary. Intense diplomacy by Burkina Faso's President Compaore led to the November 29 signature by Ivorian President Gbagbo and Prime Minister Soro of two side agreements to the Ouagadougou Peace Accord (OPA). These side agreements pr [...] | 2007-12-10 17:23:00 | Embassy Ouagadougou | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PBTS MASS UNGA UV IV |
07OUAGADOUGOU1086 | BURKINA FASO CELEBRATES NATIONAL DAY IN GRAND STYLE FOR THE [...] (U) Key Points: -- On December 11, Burkina Faso held an elaborate celebration marking the 47th anniversary of its 1960 independence from France. The festivities included a Presidential address and a huge parade involving around 7,000 participants from Burkina Faso, including the entire U.S.- [...] | 2007-12-17 14:28:00 | Embassy Ouagadougou | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KDEM MASS SOCI UV |
07PANAMA1035 | PANAMA POST: EDITION I [...] (U) This cable is the first edition of what we hope will be a periodic series of reports on political developments. The Panama Post will include news items that would normally fall on our editor's cutting room floor. Our intent is to provide our Washington consumers a more textured understan [...] | 2007-06-18 19:25:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON ELAB PHUM KCRM AMGT VE PM |
07PANAMA1042 | PANAMA: WHITE PAPER LAYS OUT POLICY ON COLOMBIAN [...] (U) Panama's MFA and Council for Public Security and National Defense (CSPDN) separately provided Embassy Panama a copy of the GOP's white paper on "Displaced Colombians on the Border" in March. Regarding Colombian refugees, this paper states: -- Panama has an obligation to guard its borde [...] | 2007-06-19 18:48:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PREL PGOV PM CO |
07PANAMA1052 | PANAMA POST: EDITION II [...] (U) Welcome to edition II of the Panama Post! We hope that our readership will enjoy the following items and that they will enhance your understanding of Panama's political environment: -- Terrorist possible next National Assembly President; -- Balbina Herrera may be Revolutionary Democrat [...] | 2007-06-21 20:55:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER KCRM PM |
07PANAMA1053 | PANAMA: KOSOVO DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] | 2007-06-21 20:56:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNSC UNMIK YI PM |
07PANAMA1081 | PANAMA: EMBASSY INITIATES NEW OUT-REACH TO MUSLIM [...] (C) EMBOFFs visited for the first time a traditional Muslim school (madrasa) in Aguadulce, Cocle Province on June 21. Representatives from the Embassy's Political and Public Diplomacy sections donated English-language books and discussed a possible opportunity for students to participate in [...] | 2007-06-25 21:55:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SOCI PM |
07PANAMA1089 | PANAMA: TAIWANESE SEEK CLOSER COORDINATION WITH [...] (U) This is an action request. See para 6. ------- Summary ------- 2. (C) "Taiwan and the U.S. should coordinate more closely on assistance to Panama," Taiwanese Ambassador to Panama Ping-Fu Hou told POLCOUNS on June 11. "Working together we can ensure that the chavista threat does [...] | 2007-06-26 21:27:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EAID ECON PM TW |
07PANAMA1099 | PANAMA: PRIVATE ORGANIZATION GIVES TO SCHOOL WHAT [...] (U) The Santa Rosa School-- an impoverished public school in Ipeti, Darien Province-- inaugurated on June 15 its kindergarten and newly installed indoor plumbing, projects supported by the U.S.-based Panama Missions. The completion of these efforts was yet another success for the Embassy's Pe [...] | 2007-06-28 21:01:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PM PREL SOCI |
07PANAMA1102 | PANAMA POST: EDITION III [...] (C) The following are the top stories for the third edition of the Panama Post: -- Attorney General names new acting head of FBI-equivalent; -- Fifth candidate announces run for presidency of governing Revolutionary Democratic Party (PRD); -- Insights into why Panamanians join political par [...] | 2007-06-29 20:30:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KCRM KJUS SNAR SOCI PM |
07PANAMA1111 | PANAMA: NEW CANAL MINISTER DISHES [...] (C) While ostensibly reaching out to make himself available to address concerns U.S. firms may have concerning the canal expansion project, recently appointed Minister of Canal Affairs (and former Comptroller General) Dani Kuzniecky was more intent on dishing on the Panama Canal Authority (AC [...] | 2007-07-02 22:15:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EWWT ECON PM |
07PANAMA1112 | PANAMA: 2007 REPORT ON INVESTMENT DISPUTES AND [...] Below is Embassy Panama's input for the Congressionally mandated annual report on investment disputes as contemplated in Section 527 of the FY 94-95 Foreign Relations Authorizations Act. Test is keyed to reftel. The United States is aware of one claim of United States citizens that may be [...] | 2007-07-03 13:53:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED | CASC ECON EFIN ENIV KIDE PGOV PM OPIC |
07PANAMA1143 | PANAMA POST: EDITION IV [...] (C) Welcome to the Fourth of July edition of the Panama Post! Our staff members were out in force trolling crowd at the Ambassador's residence for this year's Independence Day reception to take Panama's political pulse. This week, Panamanian President Torrijos flexed his muscle: powering [...] | 2007-07-06 17:12:00 | Embassy Panama | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PINR KCRM SMIG SOCI PM |
07PANAMA1186 | PANAMA: TORRIJOS VENTS TO AMBASSADOR [...] (C) Panamanian President Martin Torrijos vented to Ambassador on July 9 as they traveled together from Panama City to Colon to visit the USNS Comfort. In an atypically chatty mood and highly agitated, Torrijos let down his guard and let loose: lambasting the press, asserting that former civil [...] | 2007-07-11 20:42:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON ETRD PM |
07PANAMA1197 | PANAMA POST: EDITION V [...] (C) In this week's edition, the Panama Post takes a look at the internal workings of the governing Revolutionary Democratic Party (PRD) and the Patriotic Union (UP) party. Also, the Panama Post reports that the Technical Judicial Police (PTJ) reform effort is on hold and that its newly appoin [...] | 2007-07-13 21:08:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SNAR KCRM PM |
07PANAMA1210 | PANAMA: NEW POLL OUT [...] (C) While Democratic Change (CD) President and presumed presidential candidate Ricardo Martinelli maintained a comfortable lead in the polls and dominated the opposition, the real news of Dichter and Neira's latest poll was the near two-fold jump in undecideds "don't knows," and "didn't answer [...] | 2007-07-16 21:59:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PM |
07PANAMA1226 | PANAMA POST: EDITION VI [...] (C) Dichter and Neira's latest poll (REFTEL B),published by Panama City broad sheet daily La Prensa on July 16, set the political tone for this week. Taking a significant dive in the polls, Panama City Mayor and aspirant for the governing Revolutionary Democratic Party (PRD) presidential no [...] | 2007-07-23 12:31:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PM |
07PANAMA1302 | PANAMA: DRC ARMS EMBARGO DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] | 2007-08-02 15:56:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNSC DR PM |
07PANAMA1303 | PANAMA: MFA RESPONDS TO REQUEST FOR 505 AGREEMENT [...] No summary [...] | 2007-08-02 20:45:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED | KTIA MARR MASS PGOV PM XK |
07PANAMA1309 | PANAMA POST VII [...] (C) In its latest edition, the Panama Post covers the following stories: -- Pedro Miguel Gonzalez, wanted in the U.S. for the 1991 murder of U.S. serviceman Zak Hernandez, riding high in his campaign to be President of Panama's National Assembly; -- Jose Miguel Aleman to be Endara's vice pr [...] | 2007-08-03 17:21:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PM |
07PANAMA1346 | PANAMA POST: EDITION VIII [...] (C) The latest edition of the Panama Post reports on a relatively slow week in Panamanian politics, though with some important movement on efforts to block a terrorist from becoming National Assembly President. Highlights include: -- President Torrijos gets message on Pedro Miguel Gonzalez, [...] | 2007-08-10 20:04:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER KJUS KCRM EWWT PM |
07PANAMA1369 | PANAMA: EDUCATION SYSTEM NEEDS DRASTIC REFORM [...] (U) Most stakeholders interviewed recently view the most significant challenges faced by Panama's education system as: inequality, lack of quality, cronyism, corruption, poor budget administration, antiquated technology, and politicized education initiatives, the longevity of which lasts only a [...] | 2007-08-15 16:38:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB PGOV PM SOCI |
07PANAMA1430 | PANAMA POST: EDITION IX [...] (C) For the ninth edition of the Panama Post, our top stories are: -- Ernesto "El Toro" Perez Balladares will run for president, wants to face Vallarino; -- Jose Manuel Teran: opposition needs to rally around Vallarino; -- Juan Carlos Varela and his campaign team lunch with Ambassador; [...] | 2007-08-24 21:22:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON ELAB PM |
07PANAMA1431 | PANAMA: PRD NATIONAL ASSEMBLY DEPUTIES TO ELECT [...] (C) Governing Democratic Revolutionary Party (PRD) National Assembly Deputies will meet on August 30 to select in a secret ballot its slate of candidates to lead the chamber, PRD National Executive Committee (CEN) Member Samuel Buitrago explained to Ambassador on August 23. Presently, Pedro M [...] | 2007-08-24 22:26:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KCRM KJUS PM |
07PANAMA1440 | PANAMA: CABINET RESIGNS, PEDRO MIGUEL GONZALEZ [...] (C) President Torrijos, entire cabinet composed of fourteen ministers resigned on the afternoon of August 27. Torrijos will now be free to accept and reject resignations as he reorganizes his cabinet. This sudden mass resignation is not only the culmination of months-long rumors of a cabinet [...] | 2007-08-27 22:09:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KCRM KJUS PM |
07PANAMA1474 | PANAMA POST: EDITION X - "THE PEDRO MIGUEL [...] (C) This week's politics -- and in turn this week's edition of the Panama Post -- was dominated by the race to become the next President of the National Assembly and the prospects that Pedro Miguel Gonzalez (PMG),a fugitive from U.S. justice in connection with the 1992 murder of U.S. servic [...] | 2007-08-31 20:31:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KCRM KJUS PM |
07PANAMA1476 | PANAMA: TORRIJOS NAMES NEW CABINET [...] (U) Replacing five cabinet ministers, Panamanian President Martin Torrijos named a total twenty-seven high-level appointments to his administration. Torrijos' decisions were announced by Secretary of State Communication Erich RODRIGUEZ Auerbach on August 30 in a press release. On August 27, a [...] | 2007-08-31 21:04:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON PM |
07PANAMA1484 | PANAM POST: EDITION XII [...] (C) The election and aftermath of Pedro Miguel Gonzalez -- wanted in the U.S. in connection with the 1992 murder of a U.S. serviceman -- dominated political discussions in Panama this week. Nonetheless, the Panama Post's editor nonetheless found the time for a sit-down with presidential aspir [...] | 2007-09-05 18:23:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KCRM KJUS PM |
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