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SECSTATE SECTOR SECURITY SEMAAN GABY EID SEN SENC SENG SENS SENU SENV SENVQGR SENVSPL SENVSXE SEP SERBIA SERZH SETTLEMENTS SEVN SEXP SF SFNV SG SGNV SGWI SH SHANNON SHI SHUM SI SILVASANDE SIMS SIPDI SIPDIS SIPR SIPRNET SIPRS SIUK SK SKCA SKEP SKI SKSAF SL SLM SLOVAK SM SMAR SMI SMIG SMIL SMIT SMITH SMRT SN SNA SNAP SNAR SNUC SO SOC SOCI SOCIA SOCIETY SOCIO SOCIS SOCISZX SOCR SOCY SOE SOFA SOI SOIC SOLI SOLIC SOM SOMALIA SOPN SORT SOSI SOVIET SOWGC SP SPAS SPC SPCE SPCVIS SPECI SPECIALIST SPILL SPP SPSTATE SR SREF SRIT SRS SRYI SSA SSH ST STAG START STATE STC STEINBERG STEPHEN HADLEY STET STP STR STUDENT SU SUCCESSION SUFFRAGE SULLIVAN SUMMIT SUR SUSAN SV SW SWHO SWMN SX SXG SY SYAI SYMBOL SYR SYRIA SYSI SYTH SZ TA TAGS TALAL TAUSCHER TAX TB TBI TBID TBIO TBIOZK TBKIO TBO TC TCOR TCSENV TD TDA TE TECH TECHNOLOGY TER TERAA TERFIN TERR TERROR TERRORISM TF TFIN TG TGRY TH THANH THE THERESE THIRDTERM THKSJA THOMAS THOMAS THOMMA THPY TI TIA TIBO TIFA TINT TIO TIP TITI TIUZ TJ TK TL TM TN 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KUIR KUM KUNA KUNC KUNH KUNP KUNR KUS KUWAIT KV KVBL KVIP KVIR KVIS KVPR KVRC KVRP KW KWAC KWAK KWAWC KWBC KWBG KWBW KWCI KWCR KWGB KWHG KWIC KWIM KWIR KWKN KWM KWMJN KWMM KWMN KWN KWNM KWNN KWOMN KWPA KWPB KWPG KWPR KWRC KWRF KWRG KWUN KWWT KWWW KX KY KZ LA LAB LABOR LANSANA LANTERN LARREA LARS LAS LAURA LAVIN LAW LB LBAR LBY LE LEAGUE LEB LEBIK LEGAT LEGATT LEIS LEON LEVINE LEW LG LGAT LH LI LIB LICC LIMA LINE LK LMS LN LO LOG LOPEZ LORAN LOTT LOVE LR LS LT LTG LTTE LU LV LVPR LY LZ MA MAAR MACEDONIA MACP MANUEL MANUEL SERGIO GONZALEZ MAP MAPP MAPS MAR MARAD MARANTIS MARIA MARIE MARINO MARITIME MARK MARQUEZ MARR MARS MARTIN MARV MAS MASC MASS MATT MAYA MB MBM MC MCA MCAP MCAPARR MCAPN MCAPP MCAPS MCAT MCC MCCAIN MCCONNELL MCCP MCGRAW MCRM MCTRE MD MDA MDC MDO ME MEA MED MEDIA MEETINGS MENDIETA MEP MEPI MEPN MEPP MERCOSUR MESUR MEX MF MFA MFO MG MGL MGMT MGOV MGT MGTA MH MHUC MI MIAH MIC MICHAEL MICHEL MIGUEL FELIPE CANAHUATI YACAMAN MIGUEL VARGAS MALDONADO MIK MIKE MIL MILI MILITANTS MILITARY MILLENNIUM MINURSO MINUSTAH MITCHELL MJ MK ML MLS MMAR MMED MN MNLF MNNC MNNUC MNU MNUC MNUCH MNUCWA MNUM MNUN MNUR MNUS MNVC MO MOHAMAD MOHAMED HESHAM ELDIN YOUSSEF MOHAMMAD MOLINA MONTENEGRO MONUC MONY MOOPS MOP MOPP MOPPS MOPS MORALES MORG MOROCCO MORS MOS MOTO MOTT MP MPOL MPOS MPP MPS MQADHAFI MR MRCRE MRRR MRS MRSEC MS MSG MSIG MT MTAA MTAG MTCAE MTCR MTCRA MTCRE MTRCE MTRE MTRRE MTS MU MUC MUCN MUKASEY MULLEN MUNC MURAD MURRAY MV MW MX MY MZ NA NAC NACB NADIA NAFTA NAM NAMSA NANCY NAR NARC NARCOTICS NARR NAS NASA NAT NATEU NATGAS NATIONAL NATO NATOAFGHAN NATOBALKANS NATOIRAQ NATOOPS NATOPOLICY NATSIOS NAVO NB NBTS NBU NC NCCC NCD NCT NCTC NDI NDP NE NEA NEC NEGROPONTE NEI NELSON NEPAD NERG NET NEW NFATC NFMS NFSO NG NGO NGUYEN NH NI NICHOLAS NICOLE NIH NIPP NK NKWG NL NLD NLIAEA NLO NMFS NMNUC NMUC NNPT NO NOAA NOI NOK NON NONE NORAD NOTAG NOVO NP NPA NPG NPT NR NRC NRG NRR NRRC NS NSC NSF NSFO NSG NSSP NT NTDB NTSB NTTC NU NUC NUIN NV NW NZ NZUS OA OAO OARC OAS OASC 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08ASHGABAT574 | TURKMENISTAN DEVALUES THE EURO [...] (C) Europa House Coordinator Emilio Valli told EmbOffs May 4 that Turkmenistan has recently devalued the euro 30% in relation to the Turkmenistan manat. He explained this was done in order to prevent people from further profiting on a difference between the European and Turkmenistan euro/dolla [...] | 2008-05-06 11:15:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL ECON EFIN SOCI TX |
08ASHGABAT58 | TURKMENISTAN: SENATOR LUGAR RAISES RFE/RL [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) On January 11, just before the arrival of SFRC Minority Chairman Senator Richard Lugar, Post received e-mail documentation of harassment by Turkmen authorities of three Turkmenistan citizens who report for RFE/RL. Post pre [...] | 2008-01-14 10:42:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM TX |
08ASHGABAT586 | TURKMENISTAN: MAY 6 PRISONER PARDON DECREE [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) The May 6 edition of Neytralniy Turkmenistan published the presidential order pardoning another group of prisoners in honor of the Victory Day holiday on May 9. Post reviewed the list of those released, and of the 908 names [...] | 2008-05-07 06:15:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM TX |
08ASHGABAT587 | TURKMENISTAN: CONSTITUTIONAL REFORM GETS [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Observers and citizens alike were caught off-guard when Turkmen television reported April 18 that the government had kicked off an effort to revise the national constitution. Although authorities want to presen [...] | 2008-05-07 07:21:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM EAID KDEM TX |
08ASHGABAT590 | CHEVRON READY TO INVEST IN SOCIAL PROJECTS (INCLUDING AT [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) SUMMARY: On May 1, Chevron Nebitgaz (Turkmenistan) President told USAID Representative that Chevron is willing to invest in social development projects prior to signing a contract in Turkmenistan in order to demonstrate its l [...] | 2008-05-07 11:38:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EAID ECON ENRG EPET TX |
08ASHGABAT591 | TURKMENISTAN: GOVERNMENT FOCUSING ENERGIES ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: A meeting with a Turkmen constitutional expert provided post with some insight into the process of constitutional reform that is now underway. All other legislative reform work has been halted and appropriate human resources are being focused on developing proposals that will [...] | 2008-05-08 08:08:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM TX |
08ASHGABAT599 | TURKMENISTAN'S BLACK MARKET IN EXCHANGE -- HOW IT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Officials from various of Turkmenistan's ministries and state enterprises have profited from a system, run by the Central Bank, where money from dollar denominated "special" accounts were originally valued at the official rate and sold at the higher black market or "unofficial rat [...] | 2008-05-08 13:27:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON EFIN SOCI TX |
08ASHGABAT60 | TURKMENISTAN: MOVING TOWARDS A UNIFIED EXCHANGE RATE [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The Government continues to prohibit almost all currency exchange operations outside of banks. Although the "commercial" rate remains stable for cash operations, the Central Bank of Turkmenistan has not yet issued [...] | 2008-01-14 12:11:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON EFIN TX |
08ASHGABAT602 | TURKMENISTAN: PRESIDENT BERDIMUHAMEDOV INCREASES [...] (C) Over recent months, there has been a noticeable increase in security around President Berdimuhamedov. For example, both RSO and defense attaches from various embassies have noticed that there are more police (including plainclothes officers) on the street when the president moves around [...] | 2008-05-09 06:05:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ASEC PTER SOCI TX |
08ASHGABAT604 | TURKMENISTAN: RUSSIAN-SPONSORED VICTORY DAY [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The Russian embassy hosted the annual dinner/reception for the dwindling Red Army veteran community. While the event celebrated the end of the Great Patriotic War and the end of the Fascist threat, it was unde [...] | 2008-05-12 09:20:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SOCI RS TX |
08ASHGABAT605 | TURKMENISTAN: A FRUSTRATED MIDLAND CONTINUES TO [...] (C) Murad Sariyev, a former U.S. UGRAD exchange student who now works as an interpreter for Midland Oil and Gas, told EmbOff May 7 that his new employers continue to wait -- with no results yet -- for a contract to do business in Turkmenistan. (NOTE: Midland Chairman Robert Murphy told Char [...] | 2008-05-12 12:13:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON EPET TX |
08ASHGABAT606 | TURKMENISTAN: GOVERNMENT EXHIBITION SHOWCASES CHANGING [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) SUMMARY: Turkmenistan's first ever International Exhibition and Conference of Education, Science, Sports and Tourism in the Epoch of Great Revival took place in Ashgabat May 1-3. The exhibition provided additional hope that [...] | 2008-05-13 03:04:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV SCUL KPAO TX |
08ASHGABAT61 | STATE AGENCY'S MURADOV TELLS SENATOR LUGAR [...] (C) SUMMARY: Executive Director of Turkmenistan's State Agency for Management and Use of Hydrocarbon Resources, Bayrammurat Muradov, told Senator Richard Lugar on January 11 Turkmenistan needs energy revenue to fund its development, and increasing foreign direct investment in Turkmenistan's [...] | 2008-01-14 12:30:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EPET TX |
08ASHGABAT614 | TALKING POINTS AND U.S. 60-DAY REPORT TO UN [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-14 05:21:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV EFIN ETRD TRGY KNNP AORC UNSC IR TX |
08ASHGABAT615 | TURKMENISTAN: IMF ACCEPTS "NEW DAWN" IN RELATIONSHIP WITH [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) SUMMARY: On May 8, International Monetary Fund (IMF) Deputy Division Chief (Middle East and Central Asia) Peter Winglee briefed representatives of international organizations on the delegation's recently concluded mission. [...] | 2008-05-14 09:46:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EAID ECON EFIN TX |
08ASHGABAT617 | TURKMENISTAN: MOSQUE-HOPPING IN ASHGABAT FINDS NO TRACE [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: PolOff's visit to various Ashgabat mosques revealed the conspicuous absence of the Ruhnama, former President Niyazov's required "spiritual guide," underscoring the book's decline in influence in post-Niyazov Turkmeni [...] | 2008-05-14 09:48:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM SOCI KIRF KISL TX |
08ASHGABAT618 | TURKMENISTAN: FOOD PRICES LEVEL OFF [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) While the unification of the currency exchange rate at 14,250 manat to the dollar in late April resulted in stress and uncertainty among Turkmenistan's residents, prices for most major market basket items showed little or n [...] | 2008-05-14 12:50:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON SOCI TX |
08ASHGABAT62 | TURKMENISTAN: SFRC MINORITY CHAIRMAN SENATOR [...] (C) PARTICIPANTS: UNITED STATES: Senator Richard Lugar Kenneth A. Meyers III, Republican Senior Professional Staff Charge d'affaires (note-taker) TURKMENISTAN: President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov Deputy Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers for Foreign Affairs [...] | 2008-01-14 12:37:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EAGR EPET EU AZ GG RS TX |
08ASHGABAT63 | TURKMENISTAN: SERIOUS ABOUT CHANGE IN NEWS MEDIA [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: During a January 10 meeting with a Public Affairs Section (PAS) assistant, a Ministry of Culture official expressed a desire for greater reform of state news media and increased support for more exchanges with the Un [...] | 2008-01-14 12:40:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM EAID SCUL KDEM KPAO TX |
08ASHGABAT632 | TURKMENISTAN EXPANDING COOPERATION WITH NATO, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: NATO Secretary General's Special Representative for Caucasus and Central Asia Robert Simmons discussed NATO's ongoing relationship with Turkmenistan and NATO's interest in an agreement for a commercial-based ground transport route for non-lethal goods through Turkmenistan to s [...] | 2008-05-15 11:56:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR MARR SNAR NATO TX |
08ASHGABAT637 | TURKMENISTAN: COUNCIL ON RELIGIOUS AFFAIRS A [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: A meeting with Council on Religious Affairs Deputy Chairman and two junior functionaries revealed that there has been little progress on several issues that have dogged minority religious groups' capacity to eng [...] | 2008-05-16 10:01:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KIRF TX |
08ASHGABAT638 | TURKMENISTAN: EUROPA HOUSE HELPING FULFILL EU [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The coordinator for the EU's central clearinghouse for assistance and initiatives in Turkmenistan updated post on the work that Europa House is now doing to implement EU initiatives that will raise the prospects [...] | 2008-05-17 07:30:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KDEM EPET TX |
08ASHGABAT639 | TURKMENISTAN: RUSSIAN TELECOM COMPANY INTRODUCES LIMITED [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) SUMMARY: Turkmenistan's government has been moving gradually to act on President Berdimuhamedov's call for universal Internet access. Turkmen Telecom, so far Turkmenistan's sole Internet provider, has signed a contract with [...] | 2008-05-19 11:21:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM ECON EINV ECPS TX |
08ASHGABAT640 | TURKMENISTAN'S NORTH: SATELLITE DISHES ON MUD HOUSES, [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: During a recent visit to Turkmenistan's northern city of Dashoguz, PolOff found local residents generally positive about life in their region. Vendors in the city's largest market, which was bustling with activity [...] | 2008-05-19 11:22:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM ECON SOCI UZ TX |
08ASHGABAT647 | TURKMENISTAN: DONORS COMPARE NOTES ON HUMAN [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Representatives from several Western embassies and international organizations met May 16 at the British embassy to compare notes on current and planned projects that focus on human rights and the rule of law. [...] | 2008-05-20 07:34:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL EAID KDEM TX |
08ASHGABAT65 | TURKMENISTAN: SENATOR RICHARD LUGAR AND FOREIGN [...] (C) SUMMARY: SUMMARY: During a positive and businesslike meeting on January 12, Foreign Minister Meredov told Senator Lugar Turkmenistan -- has designed its new foreign policy to further expand and deepen relations in the world, focuses on improving regional relations (especially with Uzb [...] | 2008-01-15 07:48:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL EAID EPET AF AZ UZ TX |
08ASHGABAT651 | TURKMENISTAN: SAUDI AMBASSADOR SAYS OVER 1,000 [...] (C) On May 19, Saudi Arabian Ambassador Abdel Aziz Al-Ghadeer told Charge that in 2007 1,100 Turkmen had received special Saudi hajj visas, in addition to the planeload of 188 pilgrims officially sponsored and funded by Turkmenistan's government (reftel). The ambassador somewhat reluctantly [...] | 2008-05-21 07:18:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KIRF TU SA TX |
08ASHGABAT652 | TURKMENISTAN: UNSETTLED TIMES, BUT NO REVOLUTION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Even though 2008 has brought a number of economic displacements that have put new pressures on people used to minimal price raises and an extensive system of subsidies, Turkmenistan remains far from revolt. Grumbling -- a new phenomenon that would never have been heard, or pe [...] | 2008-05-21 08:25:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON SOCI TX |
08ASHGABAT653 | TURKMENISTAN: SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Embassy Ashgabat warmly welcomes your visit to Turkmenistan as an important opportunity to advance our bilateral dialogue in the areas of education and the human dimension. President Bush met briefly with Preside [...] | 2008-05-21 09:46:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ECON SCUL SOCI SNAR KDEM TX |
08ASHGABAT656 | SUCCESS OF TURKMEN PRESIDENT'S VISIT TO [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: President Berdimuhamedov was in Baku May 19 and 20 for the first visit by a Turkmen president to Azerbaijan in 12 years, and appears to have closed the door on seven years of sour diplomatic relations between th [...] | 2008-05-22 12:35:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EPET ETRD RS AJ TX |
08ASHGABAT657 | TURKMENISTAN: SOME IN TURKMENBASHY UPBEAT, OTHERS [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Conversations with local residents during a recent visit to the Caspian port city of Turkmenbashy revealed a mixture of attitudes, with several individuals expressing satisfaction with their lives and overall optimi [...] | 2008-05-22 12:49:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM ECON SOCI AJ TX |
08ASHGABAT665 | LOCAL IMF REPRESENTATIVE UPBEAT ABOUT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Local International Monetary Fund (IMF) Liaison/Research Officer Jennet Hojanazarova is very optimistic about economic and financial reforms underway in Turkmenistan. According the Hojanazarova, the current team of economic leaders is working well together, and that they are al [...] | 2008-05-23 13:44:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON EFIN TX |
08ASHGABAT666 | TURKMEN-AZERI JOINT CASPIAN EXPLOITATION: A WILL [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a readout of President Berdimuhamedov's May 19-20 visit to Baku, Hydrocarbon State Agency Director Muradov said: -- the will exists in both Ashgabat and Baku for trans-Caspian transportation of Turkmenistan's natural gas through Azerbaijan to Europe, and for a bi-nation [...] | 2008-05-27 09:33:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EPET AJ TX |
08ASHGABAT667 | TURKMENISTAN-EU ENERGY MOU MIGHT OPEN NEW DOORS [...] (C) During his early-November 2007 visit to Brussels, President Berdimuhamedov agreed that Turkmenistan and the European Union would draw up and sign an energy memorandum of understanding (MOU). The original intention was that Deputy Prime Minister for Oil and Gas Tachberdi Tagiyev would retu [...] | 2008-05-27 11:09:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON EPET EU TX |
08ASHGABAT668 | TURKMENISTAN: HUMAN RIGHTS NON-PAPER DELIVERED [...] (SBU) As instructed reftel, Charge delivered on May 27 to Deputy Prime Minister/Foreign Minister Rashid Meredov the English original and Russian translation of the non-paper, "Steps for Further Democratic Reform and Human Rights Protection," noting SCA Assistant Secretary Richard Boucher coul [...] | 2008-05-27 12:25:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM TX |
08ASHGABAT670 | TURKMENISTAN: SCENESETTER FOR VISIT BY SPECIAL [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Embassy Ashgabat warmly welcomes your visit to Turkmenistan as an important opportunity to advance our bilateral dialogue on energy. President Bush met briefly with President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov on April 3 [...] | 2008-05-27 12:52:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ECON EPET TX |
08ASHGABAT671 | TURKMENISTAN CONTINUES TO SHUCK VESTIGES OF NIYAZOV'S [...] (U) In response to April 23 instructions from President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov, Turkmenistan's Mejlis (Parliament) on May 24 adopted a resolution that returns the names of the months of the year to their Russian (international) names and the names of the days of the week to their traditiona [...] | 2008-05-27 12:57:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL SOCI TX |
08ASHGABAT673 | TURKMENISTAN'S CONSTITUTIONAL COMMISSION UNVEILS [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On May 22, President Berdimuhamedov delivered a speech, then sat in on a televised constitutional commission meeting where some 10-12 proposals for revision were publicly unveiled for the first time since the pr [...] | 2008-05-27 13:08:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KDEM TX |
08ASHGABAT676 | TURKMENISTAN: INSTITUTE FOR DEMOCRACY AND HUMAN [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) On May 27, OSCE's human dimension director, Benjamin Moreau reported that during his visit to Turkmenistan last week, the OSCE High Commissioner for National Minorities Knut Vollebaek, made two proposals to the governmen [...] | 2008-05-29 05:22:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KDEM TX |
08ASHGABAT677 | TURKMENISTAN: BERDIMUHAMEDOV DAZED AND CONFUSED [...] (S) During the second half of their nearly two-hour meeting on May 28, President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov asked all the participants in his meeting to step out so that he could brief SCA Assistant Secretary Richard Boucher on his May 9-10 visit to Baku and his talks with President Ilham Aliy [...] | 2008-05-29 07:51:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | SECRET | PGOV PREL EPET AJ TX |
08ASHGABAT680 | TURKMENISTAN: BERDIMUHAMEDOV PLIES AND A/S [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov told Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs Richard Boucher: -- Turkmenistan is committed to funding and building two new power stations to provide electricity to Afghanistan, and strongly supports the Trans-Afghani [...] | 2008-05-29 10:03:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM ECON EPET KEDM AF TX |
08ASHGABAT681 | TURKMENISTAN: FOREIGN MINISTER TO BOUCHER: [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a May 28 meeting with Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs Richard Boucher, Turkmenistan's Deputy Prime Minister/Foreign Minister Rashid Meredov welcomed broader cooperation in the education sector, especially in exchange programs. He did not rule out [...] | 2008-05-29 11:35:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM EPET SCUL AF TX |
08ASHGABAT684 | TURKMENISTAN: TAKING ITS TIME TO OPEN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Although the Government of Turkmenistan up to now has pursued a policy of banning foreign companies from its gas fields onshore (foreign companies are working the Caspian oilfields),Turkmenistan may be reconsidering this policy. At the heart of this new thinking is a need to [...] | 2008-05-29 12:16:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EPET TX |
08ASHGABAT685 | TURKMENISTAN: UNODC HOSTS QUARTERLY LAW [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The local UN Office of Drugs and Crime (UNODC) organized a Law Enforcement Donors Coordination meeting on May 22, where representatives from several Western embassies and international organizations met to discuss [...] | 2008-05-29 12:25:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EAID SNAR TX |
08ASHGABAT688 | TURKMENISTAN: BOUCHER MEETS OFFICIALS ON [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On May 28, Assistant Secretary Richard Boucher had separate meetings focusing on Democracy/Human Rights and Education. In the meeting with the Institute for Democracy and Human Rights, Institute Director Shirin [...] | 2008-05-29 13:25:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KDEM TX |
08ASHGABAT692 | FOLLOW-UP TO CENTRAL AND SOUTH ASIA REGIONAL [...] Per reftel request, the Embassy on April 30, 2008 conveyed to Turkmenistan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs a diplomatic note regarding USTDA's plan to organize a follow-up conference in September 2008 in Baku, Azerbaijan to the April 2007 Central and South Asia Regional Telecommunications Policy [...] | 2008-05-30 10:49:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV EAID ECON EFIN EINT ETRD TX |
08ASHGABAT694 | EXPERTS DOUBT NIYAZOV'S GRAND "TURKMEN LAKE" PROJECT WILL [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Turkmenistan's plan to construct a man-made lake in the desert to collect agricultural run-off water, initiated under former President Niyazov, is both ambitious and controversial. It has triggered fears of long-t [...] | 2008-05-30 11:47:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV EAGR ECON SENV TX |
08ASHGABAT695 | TURKMENISTAN'S HYDROCARBON SECTOR: THE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Technocratic and generalist participants in a U.S. Trade and Development Agency-sponsored study visit for officials from Turkmenistan's hydrocarbon sector offered different explanations for why Turkmenistan's oil company is facing declining production. The technocrats -- enginee [...] | 2008-05-30 12:09:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR EPET EINV TX |
08ASHGABAT697 | TURKMENISTAN'S PETROLEUM LAW UNDER REVISION [...] (C) SUMMARY: Turkmenistan's hydrocarbon agencies are working on changes to the country's Petroleum Law. One set of changes would seek to address major complaints by subcontractors in the hydrocarbon sector, exempting them from paying value-added and many other taxes, and making it easier fo [...] | 2008-05-30 13:44:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EPET TX |
08ASHGABAT699 | TURKMENISTAN BANK COUNCIL APPROVES NEXT STEPS TOWARD [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On May 24, Turkmenistan's Council of Bank Directors met to discuss the banking sector's transition to International Financial Reporting Standards. Representatives of leading banks in Turkmenistan, including those [...] | 2008-06-02 13:05:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EAID TX |
08ASHGABAT700 | TURKMEN PRESIDENT SAYS THE COUNTRY WILL "CONTINUE" [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Turkmenistan's president spoke about reform, democracy, and human rights as he laid the first stone for a monument in Ashgabat's southern Berzengi neighborhood dedicated to the country's constitution, now undergoing revision. He spoke at length of Turkmenistan's "continued" [...] | 2008-06-02 14:42:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PHUM KDEM TX |
08ASHGABAT704 | TURKMENISTAN: PLANS FOR EDUCATION REFORM SEEK TO END [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: If all goes according to plan, the 2008 school year should look a lot different than the start of the 2007 school year. Former President Niyazov's "book of the soul," the "Ruhnama," will no longer be taught in scho [...] | 2008-06-03 08:55:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV EAID SCUL KPAO TX |
08ASHGABAT710 | TURKMENISTAN: SUPREME COUNCIL APPROVES INTERNATIONAL [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On May 26, Turkmenistan's Supreme Council on Science and Technology formally approved a proposal from the International Research and Exchanges Board to develop the use of technology for education, science, and rese [...] | 2008-06-03 12:25:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EAID TX |
08ASHGABAT712 | TURKMENISTAN: SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF NAVCENT [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Embassy Ashgabat warmly welcomes your visit to Turkmenistan as an important opportunity to advance our bilateral dialogue in the area of security cooperation. Your second visit to Turkmenistan follows Assist [...] | 2008-06-04 04:08:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON EPET MARR SCUL SNAR SOCI KDEM |
08ASHGABAT718 | TURKMENISTAN: INTERNATIONAL AND STATE MEDIA HIGHLIGHT [...] (U) SUMMARY: Assistant Secretary Boucher's May 27-30 visit to Turkmenistan received wide media coverage. International media gave positive coverage to Boucher's statements on both economic and human rights issues. State media focused on his remarks of economic progress and U.S. assistance to [...] | 2008-06-05 12:47:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL SCUL KPAO TX |
08ASHGABAT722 | TURKMENISTAN: FOREIGN MINISTER OPEN-MINDED ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a nearly two-hour meeting on June 4 with U.S. Special Envoy for Eurasian Energy C. Boyden Gray, Deputy Prime Minister/Foreign Minister Rashid Meredov: -- praised U.S.-Turkmenistan energy cooperation; -- expressed cautious interest in an idea that could by-pass the cur [...] | 2008-06-06 08:35:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EPET AJ TX |
08ASHGABAT726 | TURKMENISTAN: RADIO LIBERTY REPORTERS FACING [...] (C) SUMMARY: Four RFE/RL reporters are attempting to travel out of Turkmenistan for training and meetings. One of the reporters was already prevented from leaving for training on April 24, but all believe they might be barred from traveling between now and June 15. Post delivered points to [...] | 2008-06-06 12:41:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM TX |
08ASHGABAT727 | TURKMENISTAN: NEGOTIATIONS ON AFGHANISTAN [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: High-level representatives from Turkmenistan, Afghanistan, Pakistan, and India met in Ashgabat in late May to resolve some issues that continue to stand in the way of more substantive negotiations on the envisa [...] | 2008-06-06 12:58:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV EPET ECON ETRD IN PK AF TX |
08ASHGABAT728 | TURKMENISTAN: 2008 REPORT ON INVESTMENT DISPUTES [...] (U) a. Claimant A b. 2004: c. Claimant A concluded a contract on purchasing 3,000 tons of K-354 type carbon black at a price of $320.00 per ton with the State Concern "Turkmen Fertilizers and Chemistry" in November 2004. During 2005, the selling organization failed to deliver t [...] | 2008-06-06 15:37:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL BTIO ENRG EINV CASC OPIC TX |
08ASHGABAT732 | TURKMENISTAN: EBRD DIRECTOR DETAILS MAJOR BREAKTHROUGH IN [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. (SBU) SUMMARY: In a June 4 lunch with visiting European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) Central Asia Director, Masaru Honma, and new EBRD Resident Representative, Neil McKain, told USAID that as a result of a recent bre [...] | 2008-06-09 06:18:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL AMGT ECON EFIN EAID TX |
08ASHGABAT734 | TURKMENISTAN: SPECIAL ENVOY GRAY HEARS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Both Deputy Prime Minister for Oil and Gas Tagiyev and Hydrocarbon State Agency Director Muradov told U.S. Special Envoy for Eurasian Energy C. Boyden Gray on June 5 Turkmenistan welcomes investment by U.S. companies and promotes multiple export routes, including Westward across [...] | 2008-06-09 07:57:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EPET RS AJ TX |
08ASHGABAT735 | TURKMENISTAN: PRICEY WHITE MARBLE SUMMER CAMP [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On June 9, President Berdimuhamedov opened the Nebitchi children's summer camp, a high-class resort for kids located outside of Ashgabat. The state-of-the art white marble facilities, fun activities, and amusement [...] | 2008-06-09 10:20:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON EINV SOCI TX |
08ASHGABAT736 | TURKMENISTAN: TURKMENTELEKOM RESUMES PRIVATE INTERNET [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: International press reports and local users indicate that Turkmentelekom is expanding private Internet services by up to twenty homes daily. This is the first time since 2002, when Turkmentelekom froze all new private [...] | 2008-06-09 11:19:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM ANET KPAO TX |
08ASHGABAT737 | TURKMENISTAN: GLOBAL ENERGY CAPITAL SEEKS [...] (C) During a meeting on June 6, Global Energy Capital's AmCit managing partners told Charge that their company, which focuses on providing direct equity for direct investment in frontier and emerging energy markets, is looking at investing in Turkmenistan. The two, visiting Ashgabat to attend [...] | 2008-06-09 12:00:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EPET EINV TX |
08ASHGABAT739 | TURKMENISTAN: ELITE APARTMENTS - II [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) SUMMARY: The Government of Turkmenistan is acknowledging the emerging problem of skyrocketing real estate prices. New elite apartments that have yet to be built are now selling for 2.4 - 3.2 billion manats (the equivalent o [...] | 2008-06-10 09:01:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON SOCI KCOR TX |
08ASHGABAT740 | TURKMENISTAN: EXXONMOBIL INCHING FORWARD [...] (C) ExxonMobil's Caspian Manager Rob YOung (please protect) told the Charge June 6 that his company is still hoping to get a contract to work in Turkmenistan's onshore gas fields, but has not yet submitted a bid. ExxonMobil wants to get a better sense of what the Government of Turkmenistan w [...] | 2008-06-10 10:52:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EPET TX |
08ASHGABAT741 | TURKMENISTAN: MARATHON CLOSE TO SIGNING [...] (C) SUMMARY: Marathon International Petroleum Limited is very close to signing a confidentiality agreement that would allow it to carry out a definitional study for a project that would, if allowed to go forward, involve construction of an onshore gas extraction rig, a gas processing facility [...] | 2008-06-10 10:55:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EPET EINV TX |
08ASHGABAT744 | TURKMENISTAN'S OIL EXHIBITION AND CONFERENCE: A LESS THAN [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. SUMMARY. (SBU) On June 6-7, the Government of Turkmenistan held the Exploration of Oil Fields, Oil Production, Refining, and Petrochemicals Exhibition and International Conference. This was the second of three separate events Tu [...] | 2008-06-11 09:55:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EPET TX |
08ASHGABAT748 | TURKMENISTAN: BERDIMUHAMEDOV FOLLOWS HIS OWN [...] (C) SUMMARY: At the June 6 CIS Summit in St. Petersburg, President Berdimuhamedov reaffirmed Turkmenistan's neutrality and held bilateral meetings. While expressing support for the relatively new goal of expanding economic ties among the CIS states, he again reminded attendees and observer [...] | 2008-06-12 06:42:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EINV KCIS RS UP TX |
08ASHGABAT75 | TURKMENISTAN/IRAN: NOW THE IRANIANS ARE BLAMING [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) As Turkmenistan's gas pipelines to Iran remain shut off for the second week, both sides have dug in their heels in the natural gas war that began just after the new year. However, Iran continues to rachet up the stakes. Acco [...] | 2008-01-15 11:49:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EPET IR TX |
08ASHGABAT754 | TURKMENISTAN REGISTERS FIRST NGO SINCE 2005 [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) SUMMARY: On June 3, 2008, Turkmenistan's Ministry of Justice registered the Ak-Bugday Gardeners' Association as a public association. Post believes this is the first non-governmental organization (NGO) registered by the Min [...] | 2008-06-13 09:55:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM EAID KDEM TX |
08ASHGABAT758 | TURKMENISTAN OFFERS NAVCENT COUNTER-NARCOTICS [...] (S) SUMMARY: Minister of Defense Mammetgeldiyev told NAVCENT Commander Vice Admiral Cosgriff on June 12: -- Turkmenistan is keenly aware of the Afghan narcotics problem and offers the United States full cooperation; -- precursor chemicals for heroin processing need closer attention; - [...] | 2008-06-13 11:52:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | SECRET | PGOV PREL PARM MARR SNAR KCRM IR AF TX |
08ASHGABAT76 | TURKMENISTAN: NO MORE SUBSIDIZED GASOLINE? [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: During the president's first cabinet meeting this year on January 11, the Government decided to establish a quota-based fuel-distribution mechanism. Under this plan, Turkmenistan nationals will be given a certain [...] | 2008-01-15 11:56:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ENRG EPET TX |
08ASHGABAT762 | TURKMENISTAN: LUKOIL PARTNERSHIP BECOMES A DRAG [...] (S) SUMMARY: ConocoPhillips, bidding with its partner Lukoil on production sharing agreements (PSAs) for Turkmenistan's offshore Blocks 19, 20 and 21, is very close to resolving all outstanding issues in its negotiations with the Government of Turkmenistan and has even accepted a non-standa [...] | 2008-06-16 12:06:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | SECRET | PGOV PREL EPET RU TX |
08ASHGABAT763 | TURKMENISTAN: STRIKE CONFIRMED AT BURREN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Deutsche Welle reported June 10 that there had been a violent demonstration by up to 600 workers at the field just south of Balkanabat (formerly Nebitdag) whose production sharing agreement Italian oil company Eni had purchased in November 2007 from Burren Energy. According to [...] | 2008-06-16 12:25:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM ELAB EPET SOCI TX |
08ASHGABAT765 | TURKMENISTAN: ICITAP TRAINING SUCCESSFUL, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A June 2-13 Department of Justice International Criminal Investigative Training Assistance Program (ICITAP) course for Ministry of Internal Affairs (MVD) investigators and forensic experts went very well, with another crop of very motivated and hard-working Turkmen investigato [...] | 2008-06-16 12:52:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EAID SNAR KCRM TX |
08ASHGABAT77 | CENTRAL ASIAN NORTH-SOUTH RAILWAY LINE: A LOT OF [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. GREAT HOPES RESTING ON NORTH-SOUTH LINE 2. (SBU) Head of the Ministry of Railway Transportation International Affairs Department Annamurat Horantsanliyev met january 7 with EconOff to discuss the Kazakhstan-Turkmenistan-Iran Nort [...] | 2008-01-15 11:58:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON ELTN IR KZ TX |
08ASHGABAT771 | TURKMENISTAN: AUSTRIA'S OMV JUMPS INTO THE ENERGY [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a June 17 meeting, Austrian oil company OMV's Country Manager for the Caspian Region, Wolfgang Sporrer, told the Charge that his company will propose two separate gas deals to Turkmenistan: a simple gas-at-the-border purchase (OMV is willing to build the pipeline to tra [...] | 2008-06-17 13:14:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EPET AJ RU AU TX |
08ASHGABAT778 | TURKMENISTAN: HUNGARY'S NABUCCO AMBASSADOR MAKES [...] (C) SUMMARY: Hungary's new Ambassador-at-Large for the Nabucco Pipeline Project, Mihaly Bayer, told the Charge June 18 that, though Nabucco has "full European Union (EU) backing," less-than-united support from individual capitals and a multiplicity of interests at play in Brussels are slowin [...] | 2008-06-19 10:42:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EPET EU HU TX |
08ASHGABAT780 | TURKMENISTAN: RELATIVE OF OVERSEAS OPPOSITION [...] (C) SUMMARY: Allowed to depart Turkmenistan for heart surgery in Moscow in May 2007, Ovez Annayev, brother-in-law of exile opposition leader and former Central Bank Chairman Khudaiberdy Orazov, is not being allowed to return to Moscow following a short trip home earlier this month to see his [...] | 2008-06-19 12:39:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM OSCE TX |
08ASHGABAT783 | TURKMENISTAN: CUSTOMS CHIEF FIRED AMID REPORTS OF [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Following briefings from senior officials of military and law enforcement agencies, President Berdimuhamedov fired Turkmenistan's Chief of the State Customs Service and reshuffled State Customs Service and State Immigration Service personnel during a June 19, 2008, meeting of [...] | 2008-06-20 10:39:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ETRD KCRM TX |
08ASHGABAT789 | TURKMENISTAN: POST INPUT TO OSCE PRE-HDIM [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) In response to reftel request, post provides the following input for the pre-HDIM demarche to the Turkmen government: BEGIN DEMARCHE TEXT: 3. (SBU) The Government of the United Sta [...] | 2008-06-23 12:41:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM OSCE TX |
08ASHGABAT79 | TURKMENISTAN: PRESIDENT USUALLY NOT IMPRISONING [...] (C) SUMMARY: Little solid information exists about the fates of former ministers and deputy ministers President Berdimuhamedov fired during his first year in office. The one official whose arrest (for corruption) Post was able to confirm -- former Minister of Railroads Orazberdy Hudayberdiy [...] | 2008-01-16 07:22:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR KDEM TX |
08ASHGABAT793 | TURKMENISTAN SENDS FIRST PARTICIPANT TO CDC'S FIELD [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) SUMMARY: After rejecting repeated invitations for participants since 2004, Turkmenistan sent its first-ever epidemiologist to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control & Prevention's (CDC) USAID-funded Field Epidemiology Training [...] | 2008-06-25 08:04:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EAID SOCI CDC TX |
08ASHGABAT794 | TURKMENISTAN: INTERNATIONAL EMPLOYERS "WAIT AND SEE" TO [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) SUMMARY. Local employees for foreign companies and organizations working in Turkmenistan, most of who are paid in dollars, effectively lost 40% value of their salaries since Turkmenistan's government started unifying the dua [...] | 2008-06-25 11:19:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ECON AMGT APER ABUD TX |
08ASHGABAT795 | TURKMENISTAN: GIFTS TO NIYAZOV "RETURNED TO THE PEOPLE" [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) The Ministry of Culture opened a special exhibition on "Great Reforms of the Revival Era" at the Presidential Museum in the Cultural Center complex on June 24, but, in fact, the exhibit has nothing directly to do with either Pre [...] | 2008-06-26 02:46:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SCUL TX |
08ASHGABAT798 | TURKMENISTAN: DIPLOMATIC CORPS WITNESSES [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: In a public relations move, not coincidentally taking place during the visit to Turkmenistan of a European Union human rights delegation, the Government of Turkmenistan on June 25 invited members of the diplomati [...] | 2008-06-26 12:26:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM TX |
08ASHGABAT80 | TURKMENISTAN: APPOINTMENT OF NEW MINISTER OF CULTURE AND [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: During the January 11 Cabinet of Ministers meeting, President Berdimuhamedov named Deputy Minister of Culture Gulmyrat Myradov the new Minister of Culture and TV/Radio Broadcasting. Myradov is a career civil serva [...] | 2008-01-16 08:41:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR SCUL KPAO OIIP TX |
08ASHGABAT801 | TURKMENISTAN: ENGAGE, ENGAGE, ENGAGE [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) Since the fall of the Soviet Union, the fundamentals of U.S. policy in Central Asia have remained consistent and on-target: to advocate political and economic reform as the keystone of America's strategic interests. After [...] | 2008-06-27 04:01:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM RS CH TX |
08ASHGABAT802 | TURKMENISTAN: EXCHANGE RATE DEPRECIATION ALLOWS [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On June 25, Turkmenistan's Parliament passed an adjusted State Budget for the 2008 financial year. The revision took place due to the appreciation of the manat against the U.S. dollar -- the currency of Turkmenistan [...] | 2008-06-27 05:45:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV EFIN ECON TX |
08ASHGABAT803 | TURKMENISTAN: WHY THINGS DON'T WORK WELL [...] (C) Charge met with Ministry of Foreign Affairs America's Director Serdar Bashimov the evening of June 26 after Deputy Prime Minister/Foreign Minister Rashid Mererdov once again abruptly cancelled a meeting on three urgent matters because, as very frequently happens, he was summoned to the Pr [...] | 2008-06-27 06:43:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL TX |
08ASHGABAT807 | TURKMENISTAN: SENIOR RFE/RL REPORTER CONFIRMS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) reporter Halmurat Gylychdurdiyev has confirmed recent reports that a Turkmen contributor to the Azatlyk radio program has been arrested and tortured by the MNB. Sazak Durdymuradov, a school teacher for 35 years, focused his contributions [...] | 2008-06-27 11:59:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM TX |
08ASHGABAT808 | TURKMENISTAN: RFE/RL NEWS COLLECTION PRACTICES [...] (C) SUMMARY: A Turkmenistan-based RFE/RL reporter told Poloff on June 26 that a June 23 RFE/RL story that he was uncertain where the report that hundreds of families were being forcibly resettled -- possibly due to their ethnicity -- to frontier outposts in an effort to populate new territor [...] | 2008-06-27 12:34:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM SOCI TX |
08ASHGABAT810 | TURKMENISTAN: BROTHER CONFIRMS ARREST OF FORMER [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) PolOff spoke on June 27 with Charygeldy Annaniyazov, the brother of Gulgeldy Annaniyazov, a former political activist who left the country in 2002 after serving almost five years in prison in Turkmenistan. Charygeldy co [...] | 2008-06-30 08:11:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM TX |
08ASHGABAT811 | TURKMENISTAN: CHARGE TO FM MEREDOV: RELEASE [...] (C) When Foreign Minister Rashid Meredov called him in June 30 on other business, Charge took the opportunity to raise the issue of detained Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty contributor Sazak Durdymuradov, and passed to the minister a copy of the Department's June 27 press statement. 2. (C [...] | 2008-06-30 08:44:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM TX |
08ASHGABAT812 | TURKMENISTAN: CABINET OF MINISTERS AGAIN PUSHES EDUCATION [...] (SBU) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: In an extended meeting on June 23, the Cabinet of Ministers discussed, at length, education reform, including planned increases for matriculation into higher education and vocational schools and state support of [...] | 2008-06-30 12:25:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV SCUL KPAO TX |
08ASHGABAT814 | TURKMENISTAN: RFE/RL REPORTER'S SON AT WITS' END [...] (C) Turkmenabat-based Turkmen Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) reporter Osmanguly Halliyev and his son, Umid, told EmbOff during a June 30 meeting that Umid, who has been studying Arabic at the Institute of Foreign Languages, had just been expelled from the school. The Institute's ac [...] | 2008-07-01 06:43:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM SCUL TX |
08ASHGABAT817 | TURKMENISTAN: BERDIMUHAMEDOV ON AZERBAIJAN: [...] (S) SUMMARY: In a surprising display of pique and frustration, Berdimuhamedov let loose to the Charge against Azerbaijan's President Aliyev, implying that the brief standoff in April between Azeri border patrol boats and a Turkmen vessel in the mid-Caspian disputed Serdar/Kyapaz block (ref A [...] | 2008-07-01 07:36:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | SECRET | PGOV PREL EPET RS AJ TX |
08ASHGABAT819 | TURKMENISTAN: CURRENT STATE OF RELATIONS WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: Since President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov took office in February 2007, Turkmenistan's relations with Russia have been gradually expanding, especially the economic relationship. However, contrary to Russian press reports, the degree to which the Turkmen government has been ente [...] | 2008-07-02 05:36:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON ETRD EPET MARR RS TX |
08ASHGABAT820 | TURKMENISTAN: EMBASSY REJECTS MFA "CORRECTION" [...] (C) SUMMARY: In responding to the Embassy's demarche on Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty contributor Sazak Durdymuradov, First Deputy Foreign Ministery Wepa Hajiyev characterized the case as an internal affair about student-teacher ethics and professional responsibilities. The Charge rejected [...] | 2008-07-02 09:37:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM KPAO TX |
08ASHGABAT821 | TURKMENISTAN'S STATE COUNTERNARCOTICS AGENCY ASKS [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The chief of Turkmenistan's DEA-like State Counternarcotics Service (SCNS),Murad Islamov, said in a June 24 meeting that he is eager to accept technical assistance from the United States and that "we need a fo [...] | 2008-07-02 10:01:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EAID SNAR TX |
08ASHGABAT822 | TURKMENISTAN'S TELEPHONY SYSTEM APPEARS TO IMPROVE [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) For the first time since August 2006, Post has been able to complete successfully a monthly emergency telephone system test. This change indicates a basic improvement in Turkmenistan's international dialing capabilities an [...] | 2008-07-02 10:06:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECPS TX |
08ASHGABAT824 | TURKMENISTAN: EU RAISES HUMAN RIGHTS CASES OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: An EU delegation met for nine hours with Government of Turkmenistan officials on June 24, discussing steps the government could take to improve civil, religious, media, and other rights in the country. In the course of the meeting, the delegation also passed an EU-vetted list o [...] | 2008-07-02 10:50:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM EU TX |
08ASHGABAT826 | TURKMENISTAN: RFE/RL CONTRIBUTOR DURDYMURADOV [...] (C) SUMMARY: On July 4, a half hour before he was to leave for the airport to greet Russian Federation President Dmitriy Medvedev, Deputy Prime Minister/Foreign Minister Rashid Meredov urgently called in the Charge. Meredov conveyed the official position of his government that detained Radi [...] | 2008-07-07 06:18:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM TX |
08ASHGABAT827 | TURKMENISTAN: GOVERNMENT REPRESENTATIVES REJECT [...] (C) Local OSCE Human Dimension Officer Benjamin Moreau told PolOff June 25 that OSCE had recently held a meeting with Institute for Democracy and Human Rights Director Shirin Akhmedova and other government officials to discuss Turkmenistan,s view of the draft election law assessment that th [...] | 2008-07-07 06:41:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM OSCE TX |
08ASHGABAT829 | TURKMENISTAN: GOVERNMENT CONSIDERING CHANGES TO [...] (C) British Petroleum (BP) is continuing its efforts to register a new office in Ashgabat -- although very slowly, the company's Country Manager for Turkmenistan told EmbOff during a July 3 meeting. For the time being, the country manager is continuing to commute between his home in Baku and [...] | 2008-07-07 09:35:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EPET TX |
08ASHGABAT848 | TURKMENISTAN: MEMBER OF OLD INTELLIGENTSIA SITS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The son of a man imprisoned in fall 2006 on corruption charges has approached the Embassy for advice on how to get his father freed. The son has told the Embassy that the corruption charges against the father, who tried to found a political party in Turkmenistan in 1991, were f [...] | 2008-07-08 04:43:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM TX |
08ASHGABAT850 | TURKMENISTAN: STATE AGENCY'S MURADOV [...] (C) SUMMARY: Charge paid a farewell call on Executive Director of the Hydrocarbon State Agnecy Bayrammurad Muradov on July 7. Muradov (almost) confirmed that Turkmenistan is seriously reconsidering its past hard-line policy of no Western energy majors working onshore other than in service-c [...] | 2008-07-08 08:05:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EPET RS KZ AJ TX |
08ASHGABAT853 | TURKMENISTAN: NEW UNION OF ENTREPRENEURS EMERGES [...] (C) In late March 2008, as part of a new initiative to promote small and medium enterprise development, President Berdimuhamedov announced that he was closing Turkmenistan's Union of Entrepreneurs and establishing a new Union of Entrepreneurs and Industrialists (reftel). At the time, most ob [...] | 2008-07-08 11:39:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON TX |
08ASHGABAT855 | TURKMENISTAN: UNODC'S CASPIAN SEA INITIATIVE [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The First Caspian Sea Initiative meeting, held in Ashgabat on June 24-26, gave Caspian littoral states a good opportunity to discuss the counternarcotics challenges their countries face. While the attendance of a [...] | 2008-07-09 10:01:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EAID SNAR IR TX |
08ASHGABAT856 | TURKMENISTAN: BTRP-CTR-GPP DISCUSS [...] Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On 16-17 June, Turkmenistan,s Ministry of Defense (MOD) and Ministry of Health and Medical Industry (MOHMI) received introductory presentations from a U.S./Canadian delegation on the Department of Defense,s Biologica [...] | 2008-07-09 12:02:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MASS TX |
08ASHGABAT861 | TURKMENISTAN/RUSSIA: MEDVEDEV VISIT NUDGES [...] (C) SUMMARY: Russian President Dmitriy Medvedev's July 4-5 visit to Ashgabat might have succeeded in modestly advancing the new president's personal relationship with Turkmenistan's President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov, but did not lead to any major breakthroughs. The two sides signed a seri [...] | 2008-07-09 12:19:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON EPET MARR RU TX |
08ASHGABAT864 | TURKMENISTAN: CONTRARY TO REPORTS, RELEASED [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a July 9 meeting with EmbOff, recently released RFE/RL contributor Sazak Durdymuradov appeared to be healthy and relaxed. Durdymuradov said that he had not been physcially or mentally tortured or mistreated in any way, but confirmed that doctors in the psychiatric facili [...] | 2008-07-10 11:54:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM TX |
08ASHGABAT865 | TURKMENISTAN: DRUG ADDICTS HAVE NOWHERE TO TURN [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Families in Turkmenistan afffected by drug abuse struggle daily to help their family members deal with heroin addictions but receive little help from the government. Often, they are forced to choose between cutti [...] | 2008-07-10 12:20:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SNAR SOCI TX |
08ASHGABAT866 | TURKMENISTAN: DASHOGUZ RELIGIOUS GROUP TWO STEPS [...] (C) Shokhrat Shirmedov, a leader of the Turkmen Baptist Church in Dashoguz, told EmbOff on July 10 that both the local provincial Council on Religious Affairs (CRA) office and the central CRA office in Ashgabat had informed him about two and a half months ago that they had approved the church' [...] | 2008-07-10 12:26:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KIRF TX |
08ASHGABAT869 | TURKMENISTAN PASSES NEW LAW ON LICENSING [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) SUMMARY: Less than two months after amending Turkmenistan's licensing law, President Berdimuhamedov on July 8 signed a newly redrafted licensing law. The new version of the law reduces the list of licensed activities and cl [...] | 2008-07-11 05:14:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON EPET TX |
08ASHGABAT872 | TURKMENISTAN: GOVERNMENT STILL MAKES FARMERS GROW WHEAT, [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Lack of precipitation this spring and shortage of irrigation water has led to lower crop yields. The government has not released any statistics on the harvest, but the overall production is expected to be lower tha [...] | 2008-07-11 09:00:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV EAGR ECON SENV SOCI TX |
08ASHGABAT873 | TURKMENISTAN: DESPITE PRESS REPORT, KOREANS NOT [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) The Turkmenistan.ru website reported that South Korean Minister of Knowledge Economy, Lee Youn-ho, had told President Berdimuhamedov during a July 6 meeting in Astana that the Republic of Korea is setting up a special consort [...] | 2008-07-11 10:21:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EPET TX |
08ASHGABAT879 | TURKMENISTAN: SON OF A POSSIBLE HUMAN RIGHTS CASE [...] (C) Shanazar Shaberdiyev, who first approached an emboff several weeks ago looking for advice on how he might get his father -- imprisoned on corruption charges -- freed (reftel),told poloff on July 14 that, for a reasonably small bribe of 600,000-1,000,000 manat (about $40-$70),he could bri [...] | 2008-07-14 10:58:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM TX |
08ASHGABAT881 | TURKMENISTAN: NEW CUSTOMS CHAIRMAN SEES NEW [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: State Customs Service Chairman Yaylym Berdiyev expressed his gratitude for U.S. assistance and eagerly discussed with emboffs his ideas for future cooperation. His first priority is to review all training progra [...] | 2008-07-14 11:00:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EAID SNAR TX |
08ASHGABAT885 | TURKMENISTAN: OSCE TRAINING EXPOSES TURKMEN [...] (C) An OSCE-sponsored team made up of a prosecutor from the Republic of Georgia and a judge from the UK recently spent two weeks in Turkmenistan giving seminars on British jurisprudence. The British judge told emboff July 11 that they had held sessions in Turkmenbashy, Turkmenabat, Mary, and [...] | 2008-07-14 13:29:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KJUS TX |
08ASHGABAT886 | TURKMENISTAN: BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT STILL [...] (C) SUMMARY: According to a U.S. information technology expert who has been in Turkmenistan for about one year, the business environment has become more obstructionist. Over the past year, in order to clear deals between his company and Turkmen state agencies, he has encountered increasing [...] | 2008-07-15 06:03:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON EINV EFIN TX |
08ASHGABAT89 | TURKMENISTAN: NEW ENERGY-SECTOR PROJECTS [...] (C) During his January 17 farewell call on the Charge before he moves to Abu Dhabi, Chalik Holding executive Aziz Chengel (please protect) discussed several of Turkmenistan's new projects in the energy sector. UAE COURTS, BUT ITERA SCORES 2. (C) Turkmenistan intends to build two new ure [...] | 2008-01-17 11:28:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EPET EINV ENRG TX |
08ASHGABAT893 | TURKMENISTAN: IT'S ALL IN THE (BERDIMUHAMEDOV'S) [...] (C) SUMMARY: Turkmenistan's President Berdimuhamedov has a large extended family, with four children and five sisters. Like many of his counterparts elsewhere in the region, he apparently is pursuing a policy of favoring family members and relatives. Over the last year, he has appointed re [...] | 2008-07-15 13:28:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL EFIN TX |
08ASHGABAT894 | TURKMENISTAN: HYDROCARBON TOUR D'HORIZON WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a July 11 tour d'horizon meeting, German oil company Wintershall's country manager told emboff that Wintershall is beginning exploratory drilling the week of July 14 in the southern part of block 11. In an effort to promote rapid exploration of Block III, for which Canadi [...] | 2008-07-15 13:36:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EPET TX |
08ASHGABAT897 | TURKMENISTAN: USAID IMPLEMENTER'S VISA EXTENSION [...] (C) On July 15, Charge met with DFM Wepa Hajiyev to discuss the denial of a visa extension to the Chief of Party for the Aglinks project administered by Winrock International in Turkmenistan. Hajiyev said Turkmenistan is pleased with its cooperation with USAID and wants to provide the best c [...] | 2008-07-16 12:38:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EAID ECON TX |
08ASHGABAT9 | SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT TO TURKMENISTAN OF [...] Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Embassy Ashgabat warmly welcomes the visit to Turkmenistan of Senator Richard G. Lugar, Ranking Member, Senate Foreign Relations Committee. Your visit will advance our bilateral dialogue on energy issues, while rein [...] | 2008-01-04 07:47:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ECON EPET SCUL OREP TX |
08ASHGABAT900 | TURKMENISTAN: PLANS TO COOPERATE WITH MINISTRY OF EDUCATION [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The USAID-funded Quality Learning Project (QLP) started in October 2007, with implementing partners Creative Associates International, Inc. and Abt Associates. The goal of the project is to improve student educati [...] | 2008-07-17 07:43:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM EAID KDEM TX |
08ASHGABAT901 | TURKMENISTAN: DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER DISCUSSES [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a July 16 meeting with the U.S. Trade and Development Agency (USTDA) Regional Director for Europe and Eurasia, Dan Stein, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Hajiyev acknowledged that Turkmenistan must upgrade the knowledge of its petrochemical specialists. He also welcom [...] | 2008-07-17 09:21:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EAID EPET TINT TX AZ |
08ASHGABAT902 | TURKMENISTAN: FAMILIES USE BRIBERY TO PROTECT [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: In Turkmenistan, military conscription is highly unpopular. Treatment of conscripts is often very poor, and parents fear for their children's well-being and resent the "wasted time" spent in service. Families us [...] | 2008-07-17 10:51:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SOCI TX |
08ASHGABAT903 | TURKMENISTAN: PETRONAS NATURAL GAS PRODUCTION TO [...] (C) During a July 15 meeting, Malaysian petroleum firm Petronas general manager in Turkmenistan Mohammed Ridzan Mohammed Sharif told emboff that his company is now planning on producing only 5 billion cubic meters of natural gas per year in Turkmenistan's block I (Livanov). (NOTE: This stat [...] | 2008-07-17 10:59:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EPET TX |
08ASHGABAT912 | TURKMENISTAN: MEETING WITH CENTRAL BANK CONFIRMS SUPPORT [...] (SBU) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) On July 08,2008, USAID/CAR Regional Mission Director Bill Frej met with the Chairman of the Central Bank of Turkmenistan, Guvanch Geoklenov, to announce USAID's plan to extend the Accounting/CIPA program in Turkmenistan f [...] | 2008-07-17 12:20:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM EAID KDEM TX |
08ASHGABAT913 | TURKMENISTAN: INCREASE IN AIRFARES HAS LED TO IMPROVED [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Turkmenistan Airlines (Turkmenistan Hawayollary),previously known for its ridiculously cheap airfares and chaotic, corrupt and inconvenient service, is taking a stab at professionalizing itself. Effective June 1, [...] | 2008-07-18 11:17:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAIR ELTN PGOV TX |
08ASHGABAT916 | TURKMENISTAN: FORMER DEMOCRATIC PARTY LEADER MAY [...] (C) The former First Secretary of the Democratic Party and Galkynysh (Revival) national movement, Onjyk Musayev, has been imprisoned, according to an FSN's relative who lives close to the village where Musayev's mother lives. Musayev, who resigned his job for health reasons during a June 22 [...] | 2008-07-18 13:18:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV TX |
08ASHGABAT917 | TURKMENISTAN: STATE AGENCY EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a July 16 meeting, the Executive Director of Turkmenistan's State Agency for Management and Use of Hydrocarbon Resources, Bayrammurat Muradov, told U.S. Trade and Development Agency (USTDA) Regional Manager for Europe and Eurasia Dan Stein that the State Agency was please [...] | 2008-07-18 13:18:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EPET AJ TX |
08ASHGABAT923 | TURKMENISTAN: POST RESPONSE TO CUSTOMS CHAIRMAN [...] Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: At a meeting on May 12 at the Department of State (Ref. A),the former Chairman of Turkmenistan's State Customs Service raised some concerns regarding discrepancies in Department of Defense Counternarcotics support at [...] | 2008-07-21 07:51:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MASS TX |
08ASHGABAT925 | TURKMENISTAN: DELUGE OF ACCURATE STATE MEDIA COVERAGE OF [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: During the 46 day period between June 1 and July 16, 2008, there were no less than 27 stories - all favorable -- broadcast or printed in Turkmenistan's state news media on the U.S. Embassy, its visitors, or progra [...] | 2008-07-21 12:33:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV SCUL KPAO TX |
08ASHGABAT926 | TURKMENISTAN: OIL AND GAS MINISTER EAGER FOR [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: During meetings on July 16, Turkmenistan's Minister of Oil and Gas, Baymurat Hojamuhammedov, offered U.S. Trade and Development Agency (USTDA) Regional Director Dan Stein and Department of Energy Director for Rus [...] | 2008-07-21 12:51:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV EAID EPET AJ TX |
08ASHGABAT93 | SCENESETTER FOR CDR, USCENTCOM VISIT TO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Your second visit to Turkmenistan follows the visits in mid-January of Senator Lugar to Ashgabat and of the Turkmenistani Defense Minister and Border Service Chief to NAVCENT HQ in Bahrain. This visit will help continue the ongoing, bilateral dialogue on security issues, while [...] | 2008-01-18 03:01:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | SECRET | PGOV PREL MARR EPET ECON TX |
08ASHGABAT930 | TURKMENISTAN: AGRICULTURAL FIXES FAIL TO RESOLVE [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: As demonstrated by this year's poor wheat harvest, Turkmenistan's agricultural sector is facing a growing crisis. At fault is the sector's fundamental resistance to change. While the Soviet-era collective farms h [...] | 2008-07-23 07:15:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV EAGR ECON SOCI TX |
08ASHGABAT933 | TURKMENISTAN: PRESIDENT APPOINTS NEW DEPUTY [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: During a July 21 extended cabinet meeting, held to review the government's work over the last six months, President Berdimuhamedov said the country's economic indicators are good enough to increase wages and pens [...] | 2008-07-23 10:43:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON EPET EAGR TX |
08ASHGABAT955 | TURKMENISTAN: ROMANIANS SAY BERDIMUHAMEDOV PROMISED TO CUT BACK GAS TO RUSSIA TO FILL NABUCCO [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Berdimuhamedov's July 16 trip to Romania appears to have been a success, yielding constructive agreements that will expand the political and economic bilateral relationship and Romania's assistance with development in the areas of education, water management, and investment. [...] | 2008-07-24 12:17:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON EPET TX RO |
08ASHGABAT957 | TURKMENISTAN AND AFGHANISTAN JOINT WORKING GROUP MEETING ON [...] (SBU) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On July 16-18, 2008, the Joint Working Group of the Afghanistan Ministry of Energy and Water and the Turkmenistan Minister of Energy and Industry met in Ashgabat to discuss technical details of the construction o [...] | 2008-07-24 13:08:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM EAID KDEM TX |
08ASHGABAT958 | TURKMENISTAN/AZERBAIJAN: GAC MARINE OFFERS DETAIL [...] (C) SUMMARY: The country manager of GAC Marine, the company that was providing towing services for the rig intercepted by Azeri border guard vessels on April 11 told A/DCM on July 24 that the rig and vessels were at no time anywhere close to the median line that Azerbaijan claims at its bord [...] | 2008-07-24 14:03:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EPET AJ TX |
08ASHGABAT961 | TURKMENISTAN: MORE DETAILS ON 2007-2008 FREEDOM [...] (C) SUMMARY: Freedom of travel issues in Turkmenistan were the focus of a July 22 RFE/RL article that put post local employee Jennet Gylychdurdiyeva, who has a health condition that cannot be treated in Ashgabat, in the spotlight. Gylychdurdiyeva, the daughter of RFE/RL senior reporter Hal [...] | 2008-07-25 07:49:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM TX |
08ASHGABAT963 | TURKMENISTAN PUBLISHES DRAFT CONSTITUTION [...] (C) SUMMARY: On July 22, state media published the new draft constitution, now under consideration by the parliament. Post's initial examination of the draft seems to indicate that while a few minor tweaks and some rewording have taken place, the draft largely resembles the country's 1992 [...] | 2008-07-25 13:38:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM TX |
08ASHGABAT964 | TURKMENISTAN/AZERBAIJAN: SUMMER OF DISCONTENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: While commercial contacts between Turkmenistan and Azerbaijan apparently have continued to expand, the two countries' budding political dialogue by all accounts has taken a nosedive. While not solely responsible for the cooling of efforts to find a political resolution of the [...] | 2008-07-25 14:21:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EPET AJ TX |
08ASHGABAT973 | TURKMENISTAN: BURIED HILL SAYS IT IS UNFAZED BY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Canadian oil firm Buried Hill, which has a contract from the Government of Turkmenistan to develop hydrocarbons in the Serdar/Kyapaz field in block III, is moving forward very slowly in its plans. It concluded 2-D seismic imaging in February, and hopes to drill three explorator [...] | 2008-07-28 12:25:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EPET AJ TX |
08ASHGABAT981 | TURKMENISTAN: AT FRONT END OF PREPARATION TO MEET [...] (U) SUMMARY: A U.S. Department of Treasury team focusing on assessing Turkmenistan's anti-money laundering law enforcement capacity met with relevant state financial, legal, and legislative entities, as well as two of the three foreign banks currently operating here. Turkmenistan's banks a [...] | 2008-07-29 12:59:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EFIN TX |
08ASHGABAT982 | TURKMENISTAN: NATIONAL LIBRARY DIRECTOR WANTS REAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A meeting with the new National Library director revealed new opportunities for deeper cooperation and engagement. While the Library falls under the normally cooperative Ministry of Culture, the new director's frankness and leadership style were a refreshing contrast to what we [...] | 2008-07-30 07:53:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SCUL KPAO TX |
08ASHGABAT984 | TURKMENISTAN: BROKEN WATER PUMP LEAVES [...] (C) Most of Balkan Province, including the Caspian port city of Turkmenbashy, has not had access to fresh water for at least a week, according to the country manager of Wintershall, Cal Sandhu (strictly protect). Sandhu claims that the explanation he has received is that a pump on the main l [...] | 2008-07-30 11:55:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EPET TX |
08ASHGABAT99 | TURKMENISTAN: INSTITUTE FOR DEMOCRACY AND HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) SUMMARY: On January 16, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs delivered a positive reply to USAID's October 29 proposal for cooperation with the Institute for Democracy and Human Rights. Areas for cooperation included information e [...] | 2008-01-18 12:00:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM EAID KDEM TX |
08ASHGABAT993 | TURKMENISTAN: FOUR JEHOVAH'S WITNESSES ADHERENTS [...] (C) Senior Jehovah's Witness representative Andrei Zhbanov confirmed to poloff July 30 that a police raid on the apartment of a Jehovah's Witness adherent in Balkanabat had taken place on May 6. As also reported in a press release issued by the religious organization's headquarters in New Y [...] | 2008-07-30 13:36:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KIRF TX |
08ASHGABAT994 | TURKMENISTAN: MOTHER OF FORMER AMERICAS DESK [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Embassy was recently approached by a woman claiming to be the mother of a former MFA Americas desk officer who was arrested by Turkmen authorities in 2005 for engaging in espionage on behalf of Russia. The woman requested assistance in passing a letter, in which her son cla [...] | 2008-07-31 08:08:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM TX |
08ASHGABAT995 | TURKMENISTAN: DETERMINING CULTURAL HISTORY IN A [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Cultural identity is illusive in Turkmenistan, due in large part both to Soviet Russification efforts and the inability of Niyazov's Ruhnama to provide a believable and cohesive history. President Berdimuhammedov [...] | 2008-07-31 08:51:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SOCI SCUL TX |
08ASHGABAT996 | TURKMENISTAN: STATE AGENCY HEAD TELLS CHEVRON IT [...] (C) During a brief July 31 meeting, Chevron's AMCIT country manager told emboff that he had a very positive July 30 meeting with the Executive Director of Turkmenistan's State Agency for Management and Use of Hydrocarbon Resources, Bayrammurat Muradov. This was the second meeting between the [...] | 2008-07-31 12:01:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EPET TX |
08ASHGABAT997 | TURKMENISTAN: GAZPROM REACHES AGREEMENT WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: Despite much hype in the Russian media that Gazprom has locked in its monopoly on Turkmenistan's gas, it appears that, during a July 25 visit to Turkmenistan, Gazprom CEO Alexei Miller reportedly reached agreement only on a pricing formula for Turkmenistan's natural gas exports i [...] | 2008-07-31 12:22:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EPET RU CH TX |
08ASMARA102 | UPDATE: MURDER OF ERITREAN BUSINESSMAN FIKRE [...] (C) A mid-ranking Eritrean National Security Agency (ANS) officer told Emboff how Eritrean businessman Fikremariam Andemariam (Fikre) had been murdered in jail in October 2007, a crime which prompted the later assassination attempt on the Deputy Chief of the ANS overseeing the investigation int [...] | 2008-02-27 12:26:00 | Embassy Asmara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCRM ER |
08ASMARA143 | CARE INTERNATIONAL WILL CLOSE ERITREAN OPERATIONS [...] (U) On March 3, CARE International Country Director Dr. Claudia Futterknecht informed the Eritrean Ministry of Labor and Human Welfare (MLHW) that CARE would cease Eritrean operations in three months. CARE provided a letter to the MLHW stating that its decision to close the office was based o [...] | 2008-03-18 13:57:00 | Embassy Asmara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PREL PGOV ECON ER |
08ASMARA155 | ARS ON AL-SHABAAB, SOMALI RECONCILIATION [...] (C) Summary: Senior members of the Alliance for the Re-Liberation of Somalia (ARS) warned the ambassador March 19 that the unpopular Ethiopian "occupation" of Somalia is causing Somalis to hail al-Shabaab gunmen as heroes and freedom fighters. The ARS members stressed that al-Shabaab's value [...] | 2008-03-24 12:18:00 | Embassy Asmara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINS PTER SO ER |
08ASMARA158 | SPLM OFFICIAL: ARREST, TORTURE AND POLITICAL [...] (C) Summary: On March 13, DCM met with Amar Najm Eddine al-Jak (Amar),a Khartoum spokesman for the Sudanese People's Liberation Movement (SPLM),who had been spirited from Sudan to Asmara by the SPLM after being arrested and tortured by Sudanese National Security services (reftel). Amar relay [...] | 2008-03-25 11:16:00 | Embassy Asmara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM PREF SU ER |
08ASMARA160 | CHINESE REPORTEDLY FUNDING CHADIAN OPPOSITION [...] (C) On March 13, DCM met with Amar Najm Eddine al-Jak (Amar),a Khartoum spokesman for the Sudanese People's Liberation Movement (SPLM),who had been spirited from Sudan to Asmara by the SPLM after being arrested and tortured by Sudanese National Security services (reftel). In the meeting, Am [...] | 2008-03-26 08:45:00 | Embassy Asmara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL SU CD CH ER |
08ASMARA161 | SUDANESE PRISON OFFICIALS HOODWINK AMNESTY [...] (C) On March 13, DCM met with Amar Najm Eddine al-Jak (Amar),a Khartoum spokesman for the Sudanese People's Liberation Movement (SPLM),who had been spirited from Sudan to Asmara by the SPLM after being arrested and tortured by Sudanese National Security services (reftel). In the meeting, Am [...] | 2008-03-26 08:48:00 | Embassy Asmara | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREF SU ER ET |
08ASMARA187 | GSE PAYS NEVSUN 25 MILLION FROM CHINESE LOAN [...] (SBU) The Government of the State of Eritrea (GSE) paid Nevsun A $25 million down payment for purchasing a 30% stake in the Bisha mining project, according to Nevsun and Bisha Mining Share Company General Manager Stan Rogers (please protect). Rogers said the GSE paid with a partial distributi [...] | 2008-04-03 14:43:00 | Embassy Asmara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EMIN ECON PGOV ER |
08ASMARA188 | LIGHTS FOR ALL, BREAD FOR THE SELECT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Government of the State of Eritrea (GSE) is investing its limited resources heavily in renewable energy, particularly solar and wind power, for the rural sector. At the same time, the rural sector is most heavily hit by shortages of staples such as wheat and flour, creatin [...] | 2008-04-03 14:48:00 | Embassy Asmara | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EAGR ENRG EAID PGOV ER |
08ASMARA197 | GSE CHRONICALLY LATE REPAYING WORLD BANK [...] (SBU) World Bank (WB) Country Manager for Eritrea Chris Lovelace (strictly protect) told Emboff the Government of the State of Eritrea (GSE) came within mere days of being 60 days past due on a repayment to the WB for the second consecutive time. The first late payment was made "less than a w [...] | 2008-04-04 07:55:00 | Embassy Asmara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV EFIN EAID ER |
08ASMARA198 | RARE INSIGHTS FROM PFDJ INSIDER [...] (C) Summary: Hagos Ghebrehiwot gave subtle signals to the ambassador that the Eritreans were ready to work with, rather than against, the United States on bilateral and regional interests. Considered to be strictly the bagman and CEO of party-run enterprises, Hagos displayed surprising poli [...] | 2008-04-04 08:45:00 | Embassy Asmara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON ER |
08ASMARA205 | CATHOLIC CHURCH WINS A ROUND [...] (C) A Catholic priest at Asmara's Cathedral told PolOff April 8 that the GSE has issued seminary students identification cards exempting them from national service. This recent policy represents an about-face by the Government of the State of Eritrea (GSE),who months earlier threatened to sei [...] | 2008-04-10 06:31:00 | Embassy Asmara | CONFIDENTIAL | KIRF PHUM SOCI PGOV ER |
08ASMARA207 | PFDJ INVADES THE SCHOOLS [...] (SBU) On March 26, the American School in Asmara implemented its first mandatory political-education meeting, a new requirement directed by the Government of the State of Eritrea (GSE). These meetings are instituted by the People's Front for Democracy and Justice (PFDJ),the nation's sole po [...] | 2008-04-11 07:50:00 | Embassy Asmara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PROP PHUM ER |
08ASMARA211 | PFDJ MONEY-MAN SPEAKS ON ERITREA'S WAR ECONOMY [...] (C) People's Front for Democracy and Justice (PFDJ) money-man Hagos "The Sack" Ghebrehiwot told the ambassador on April 2 that Eritrea's current economic polices are "directly tied to the situation" on the border rather than driven by Marxist ideology, and that Eritrea's economy must remain on [...] | 2008-04-15 07:00:00 | Embassy Asmara | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV ER |
08ASMARA212 | 3,225 CHRISTIANS IN PRISON (AND COUNTING) [...] (C) SUMMARY: Reverend Zecharias Abraham (strictly protect) of the Mehrete Yesus Evangelical Presbyterian Church met with PolOff on April 10 to discuss the status of the Christian churches in Eritrea. Rev. Zecharias provided updated numbers on imprisoned Christians, and his views on the new G [...] | 2008-04-15 12:50:00 | Embassy Asmara | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KIRF PGOV ER |
08ASMARA221 | WFP'S ASMARA OFFICE DOWNSIZES TO PRESENCE POST [...] (SBU) World Food Program (WFP) Country Director Rahman Chowdhury paid a farewell visit to the ambassador on April 16 to discuss the downsizing of WFP's presence and food security in Eritrea. Chowdhury said the WFP will convert its office from program facilitation to a presence post, given the [...] | 2008-04-22 15:32:00 | Embassy Asmara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAID EAGR PGOV ER |
08ASMARA223 | MFA ASSERTS GSE WILLINGNESS FOR REGIONAL [...] (SBU) Ambassador and Director of East African Affairs James Knight met on April 17 with Eritrea's Acting Foreign Minister, Fessehazion Petros, to discuss bilateral relations and regional dynamics. Knight emphasized the need for Eritrea to lift restrictions on Embassy Asmara and stressed the i [...] | 2008-04-23 05:51:00 | Embassy Asmara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KREC ER ET |
08ASMARA225 | EC SHEDS LIGHT ON CONFISCATED FOOD AID [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: European Commission (EC) First Secretary Stephane Halgand (protect) told Emboffs the EC, with the full cooperation of the Eritrean government, is reviewing the seizing of 12,500 metric tons (MT) of its food aid in spring 2006. The review will likely recommend retroactively ame [...] | 2008-04-23 12:25:00 | Embassy Asmara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAID EAGR PGOV ER |
08ASMARA228 | PFDJ VOICES OPINIONS ON BORDER AND SOMALIA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Ambassador and Director of East African Affairs James Knight met on April 18 with Yemane Ghebreab, head of Political Affairs for the People's Front for Democracy and Justice (PFDJ),Eritrea's ruling (and sole) political party. Yemane reiterated the two main points made in Knigh [...] | 2008-04-23 14:03:00 | Embassy Asmara | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV KREC ER ET SO |
08ASMARA235 | ANOTHER NGO CONTEMPLATING LEAVING ERITREA [...] (C) The Lutheran World Foundation (LWF),one of the few remaining non-governmental organizations operating in Eritrea, may close its doors in the upcoming year if the operating environment worsens, stated representative Jan Schutte on April 10. Schutte commented on the extreme difficulties i [...] | 2008-04-29 12:20:00 | Embassy Asmara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EAID ER |
08ASMARA236 | RESPONSE: IMPACT OF RISING FOOD/COMMODITY PRICES - ERITREA [...] (SBU) The following answers are keyed to reftel. Point of contact is Brian Shelbourn, shelbournbl@state.gov, 291-1-120004. ---------------- 2. (SBU) DEMAND ---------------- Wheat, sorghum, and teff are the most important agricultural commodities in Eritrea and are extremely scarce. W [...] | 2008-04-29 13:10:00 | Embassy Asmara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAGR PGOV ER |
08ASMARA240 | RESPONSE: CHINA'S ENGAGEMENT IN ERITREA [...] (SBU) CHINESE ENGAGEMENT IN ERITREA --------------------------------------- The relationship between the Government of China (GOC) and the Government of the State of Eritrea (GSE) is strong. President Isaias visited President Hu during the China-Africa Summit in November 2006. During a Ja [...] | 2008-05-02 09:52:00 | Embassy Asmara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON EFIN EMIN PREL ER |
08ASMARA248 | ERITREA - MAJOR AUSTRALIAN GOLD STRIKE [...] (SBU) Summary: Australia's Sub-Sahara Resources exploration company reports it has discovered a deposit of 1.04 million ounces of gold in north-central Eritrea worth one billion dollars at today's prices (about equal to Eritrea's GDP). This gold deposit is similar in size to the Vancouver-ba [...] | 2008-05-07 09:00:00 | Embassy Asmara | CONFIDENTIAL | EMIN ECON PGOV PINS PREL ER |
08ASMARA25 | PUBLIC BEATING BY EDF SOLDIERS [...] (C) Embassy source informed A/PolOff that she witnessed the severe beating of a young Eritrean male in the compound of a small military camp near the Orota Hospital in Asmara on the evening of January 11, 2008. The exterior gates of this military compound are always partially open due to the f [...] | 2008-01-16 13:35:00 | Embassy Asmara | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV MOPS ER |
08ASMARA252 | SANU RESOURCES' MINING PROSPECTS [...] (SBU) Summary: Canada's Sanu Resources exploration company reported successful drilling results indicating large deposits of copper and zinc near Nevsun's Bisha Mining Project (reftel A). Only a small amount of gold was also discovered at this site, but Sanu anticipates "finding more gold ne [...] | 2008-05-09 08:34:00 | Embassy Asmara | CONFIDENTIAL | EMIN ECON PGOV PINR PREL ER |
08ASMARA258 | ERITREA'S DIESEL DIET [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Diesel fuel remains an extremely scarce commodity in Eritrea. UN agencies and the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) have not received their diesel allocations from the Eritrean government since April 10. Many of the Eritrean government's civilian vehicles are [...] | 2008-05-14 07:47:00 | Embassy Asmara | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV ENER PINR ER |
08ASMARA266 | ANOTHER ASMARA LIBERATION DAY: ROUND-UPS AND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Within the last two weeks, Embassy Asmara has noticed a substantial increase in military presence and citizen round-ups, as well as anti-U.S. sentiments voiced by President Isaias Afwerki in the lead-up to the May 24 Liberation Day celebration. End Summary. NO ID EQUALS "VERY [...] | 2008-05-15 14:23:00 | Embassy Asmara | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PROP PGOV ER |
08ASMARA27 | CODEL PAYNE MEETS SOMALI ARS REPRESENTATIVES [...] (U) Summary. On January 4 CODEL Payne met with five representatives of the Alliance for the Reliberation of Somalia (ARS) at the Intercontinental Hotel in Asmara. ARS members stated their views of U.S. policies in the Horn of Africa, the reasons for and consequences of the Ethiopian invasion [...] | 2008-01-17 08:19:00 | Embassy Asmara | CONFIDENTIAL | KPKO PGOV PREL PTER ER SO |
08ASMARA290 | GSE ACTIVELY SEEKS TO DIVIDE ARS [...] (C) Summary: A Finnish Parliamentarian who recently travelled from meetings with Alliance for the Re-Liberation of Somalia (ARS) members in Djibouti to meet with ARS members in Asmara emphasized that both sides expressed their desire to reunite. However, Asmara members have been discouraged f [...] | 2008-05-29 14:17:00 | Embassy Asmara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SO ER |
08ASMARA300 | ERITREA - NO FUEL BY JULY? [...] (C/NF) Summary: Eritrea has fuel reserves of only one month, and poor prospects for purchasing more, according to Total's Managing Director in Eritrea. Eritrea's Kuwaiti suppliers reportedly have not been paid since December 2007, and will not supply more fuel until the government makes paym [...] | 2008-06-04 18:34:00 | Embassy Asmara | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ECON PGOV PREL ENRG PINR ASEC ER |
08ASMARA305 | REPORTED EXECUTION OF ERITREAN SOLDIERS AS "AN [...] (C/NF) A local employee (LES) told RSO that ten Eritrean soldiers were summarily executed after a group of soldiers complained about the lack of food. According to the LES, the Eritrean Defense Forces (EDF) were conducting field exercises last week in the village of Tukul, located approximatel [...] | 2008-06-10 13:07:00 | Embassy Asmara | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | MOPS PGOV PINS ASEC PINR ER |
08ASMARA306 | ANTI-U.S. SENTIMENTS MARK ANOTHER ERITREAN [...] (SBU) Summary: As in the past two years, President Isaias used the May 24 Eritrean Liberation Day festivities to lambast the U.S. Administration for its policies on the Eritrean-Ethiopian border and in the Horn of Africa, and to blame the United States for virtually all economic and political [...] | 2008-06-10 14:07:00 | Embassy Asmara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PROP SOCI ER |
08ASMARA312 | ERITREAN FUEL DYNAMICS [...] Summary: A confluence of internal and external factors has resulted in a diesel fuel shortage in Eritrea since December. The overall quantity of fuel imports, most especially diesel and gasoline, have declined over the past five years. Eritrea continues to subsidize the sale of diesel, in [...] | 2008-06-12 08:59:00 | Embassy Asmara | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV ENRG PINR ER |
08ASMARA313 | ASSAB - ERITREA'S USELESS PORT [...] (C) UNMEE Chief of Mission Support Maurice Critchley (protect) informed Emboff the port of Assab may be unusable. In the course of his duties with UNMEE, Critchley has transited Assab numerous times when traveling by UN flights between Eritrea and Ethiopia. (Note: UNMEE's flight between Erit [...] | 2008-06-12 11:07:00 | Embassy Asmara | CONFIDENTIAL | EWWT ECON PINR PGOV ER |
08ASMARA322 | ERITREA'S FUNCTIONAL YET TEETERING ELECTRICAL [...] (SBU) Summary: Eritrea's electrical system provided remarkable electricity availability to communities connected to the main grid for several years. Without expensive overhauls of the seven main heavy fuel oil (HFO) fired generators during the next few years, however, Eritrea can expect bro [...] | 2008-06-16 13:36:00 | Embassy Asmara | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ENRG PGOV PINR ER |
08ASMARA325 | PRESIDENT ISAIAS - BREAD AND PASTA ARE LUXURIES [...] (SBU) Summary: President Isaias Afwerki appeared to be preparing the Eritrean people for future reduced supplies of basic foodstuffs in recent interviews and speeches, including his May 24 Liberation Day address. High import costs and heavy subsidies have combined to lead Eritrea's command ec [...] | 2008-06-18 09:14:00 | Embassy Asmara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAID EAGR PGOV ER |
08ASMARA332 | MEETING WITH ERITREAN SOLDIERS IN ASSAB [...] (S/NF) RSO source relayed the following second-hand information provided by a member of the Eritrean National Security Agency. According to source, an unidentified group of Eritrean military colonels and one general went to Assab from 06/20-21/08 to meet with a group of approximately 200 Erit [...] | 2008-06-24 11:47:00 | Embassy Asmara | SECRET//NOFORN | MOPS PREL PGOV ASEC ER |
08ASMARA334 | OLF CLAIMS TO BE FIGHTING FOR DEMOCRACY [...] (C) Summary: The Chairman of the Oromo Liberation Front (OLF),Daawud Ibsa, believes his organization's support among Ethiopia's largest ethnic group bodes well for the OLF's chances in the event of fair elections in Ethiopia. He complained to the ambassador June 19 that PM Meles has failed [...] | 2008-06-24 14:25:00 | Embassy Asmara | CONFIDENTIAL | PINS PREL PGOV KDEM ER ET |
08ASMARA337 | ERITREAN FUEL AND ELECTRICITY: FROM BAD TO WORSE [...] (C) Summary: Eritrea's electricity supplier announced that on June 27 electricity supplies in Asmara will shut down for 11 hours per day for an indefinite period. A run on gasoline occurred on June 26, leading filling stations to suspend servicing customers. All forms of cooking fuel remai [...] | 2008-06-26 13:03:00 | Embassy Asmara | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV ENRG PINR ASEC ER |
08ASMARA339 | UPDATE ON UNMEE OPERATIONS IN ASMARA [...] (C) UNMEE Deputy Chief Security Officer (DCSO) provided RSO and UK Deputy Head of Mission (DHM) with an update June 30 on UNMEE operations in Eritrea. UNMEE has ceased operations in Assab and UNMEE flights are no longer stopping there to refuel. After an approximately two-month wait, the Eri [...] | 2008-06-30 13:44:00 | Embassy Asmara | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS KPKO PREL PGOV ASEC ER |
08ASMARA341 | DIASPORA YOUTH WARY OF MILITARY TRAINING CAMPS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The number of Eritrean diaspora youth volunteering to spend part of their summer in the Sawa military training camp has significantly declined in recent years. Conditions in the military camps remain poor while reports of abuse and death of those conscripted continue to surface. [...] | 2008-07-03 07:52:00 | Embassy Asmara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV SOCI PHUM ER |
08ASMARA343 | POSITIVE INTERACTIONS WITH KEREN LEADERS DURING [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-07 07:33:00 | Embassy Asmara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SOCI ER |
08ASMARA345 | IS ISAIAS UNHINGED? [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: A well-connected businessman of Eritrean origin claims that President Isaias Afwerki is mentally ill and that his disastrous governance is generating concern among powerful actors within the Eritrean establishment. The businessman predicts Isaias will attempt to appease popul [...] | 2008-07-08 13:22:00 | Embassy Asmara | SECRET | PGOV AMED PINR ER |
08ASMARA349 | IMPRISONED FSN RELEASED [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador met with former local guard Aklilu Yohannes (strictly protect) on July 9, who was imprisoned underground for nearly a year without charge. Aklilu was additionally imprisoned for 12 days in 2005 for belonging to an unregistered church. While in prison, Aklilu reports b [...] | 2008-07-11 06:53:00 | Embassy Asmara | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV APER KIRF SOCI ASEC ER |
08ASMARA353 | MYSTERY SURROUNDS ERITREAN DEPORTEES FROM EGYPT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Mystery and conflicting statements continue to surround the status of the Eritreans recently deported from Egypt (reftel). While the UNHCR reports that some have been returned to their homes and some returned to national service, the MFA insists that each individual has been safel [...] | 2008-07-15 07:04:00 | Embassy Asmara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PHUM PGOV SOCI ER |
08ASMARA362 | ERITREA TEMPORARILY AVOIDS FUEL CRISIS [...] (C) Summary: Eritrea managed to avoid an electricity supply disaster in June by finding a new supplier of generator lubricant. An unknown supplier is sending a barge to restock Eritrea's depleted automotive and aviation fuel supplies. Embassy Asmara will receive its diesel fuel the week of [...] | 2008-07-21 08:34:00 | Embassy Asmara | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV PREL ENRG PINR ASEC ER |
08ASMARA363 | COOKING FUEL SHORTAGES MET WITH RATIONING [...] (C) Kerosene, used extensively for cooking in Eritrea, was distributed at market prices until April, but is now available only with a ration card. This is similar to other commodities, such as food staples, automotive diesel, and liquid propane. Families are limited to one gallon per month, [...] | 2008-07-22 05:25:00 | Embassy Asmara | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV ENRG ER |
08ASMARA365 | INSIGHTS ON ERTIREA'S FUEL DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM [...] (C) Summary: Total's Manager in Eritrea described an inefficient fuel distribution system being hamstrung by state control. Desire to dominate and control all aspects of the economy led to the rejection of mutually beneficial proposals to relieve Eritrea's diesel shortage. Total is breaking [...] | 2008-07-22 05:32:00 | Embassy Asmara | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV ENRG ER |
08ASMARA366 | ASMARA,S UNFAIR EGYPTIAN TRADE FAIR [...] (C) SUMMARY: An Egyptian trade fair in Asmara concluded July 18, after a week-long shopping frenzy generated by Eritreans restricted by their tyrannical government from traveling abroad or buying almost anything in Eritrea. The regime extracted a high price from Egypt for agreeing to allow t [...] | 2008-07-22 12:04:00 | Embassy Asmara | CONFIDENTIAL | ERTD PREL PGOV EG ER |
08ASMARA369 | ANOTHER RELIGIOUS PRISONER DIES [...] (C) Deaths reportedly continue in the Wi'a military camp as religious, political, and other prisoners are either beaten, starved, or denied medical treatment. Reverend Zecharias Abreham (strictly protect) of the Mehrete Yesus Evangelical Church informed PolOff July 23 that an imprisoned woman [...] | 2008-07-23 14:16:00 | Embassy Asmara | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV KIRF ER |
08ASMARA370 | VIEWS OF AN ERITREAN OPPOSITION LEADER [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: The two senior Eritrean opposition figures in Asmara are both wealthy businessmen, one of whom is a prominent ex-fighter and the husband of a cabinet minister. Both are sympathetic to the Addis Ababa-based Eritrean Democratic Alliance (EDA). In their view, the regime is unit [...] | 2008-07-24 11:55:00 | Embassy Asmara | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV KDEM PREL ER |
08ASMARA371 | THE SAD STORY OF FORMER EMBASSY ASMARA LES DANIEL [...] (C) Summary: In May, the People's Front for Democracy and Justice (PFDJ, the ruling political party of Eritrea) called the Embassy to request the dismissal of its employee, Daniel Haile. The Embassy refused to accede to the request and protested the action to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs [...] | 2008-07-25 07:18:00 | Embassy Asmara | SECRET | PHUM PGOV APER KSOCI KIRF ASEC ER |
08ASMARA376 | GSE CONFISCATES $20,000 FROM AMCIT [...] (C) The Government of the State of Eritrea (GSE) confiscated $21,700 from an Eritrean-American who arrived in Asmara June 22. The AmCit declared $2,000 at the airport and was later pulled into a side room along with other passengers where they were told "now is the time to declare any other mo [...] | 2008-07-29 12:30:00 | Embassy Asmara | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV EFIN ER |
08ASMARA38 | INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT 2008 [...] The following responses are keyed to reftel paragraph 15. Post submitted the 2006 Investment Climate Statement by email only, thus no reftel. ------------------------------ Openness to Foreign Investment ------------------------------ 2. Eritrea remains a strict command economy, pushi [...] | 2008-01-28 11:23:00 | Embassy Asmara | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV USTR OPIC ER |
08ASMARA386 | DUTCH INTERCHURCH AID DEPARTS ERITREA AFTER 30 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-08-08 10:05:00 | Embassy Asmara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EAGR ER |
08ASMARA387 | DUTCH INTERCHURCH AID DEPARTS ERITREA AFTER 30 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-08-08 10:05:00 | Embassy Asmara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EAGR ER |
08ASMARA388 | DUTCH INTERCHURCH AID DEPARTS ERITREA AFTER 30 [...] (C) John Veron, Director of the Dutch InterChurch Aid (DIA) office in Eritrea, informed the ambassador August 4 that DIA will be departing Eritrea in the next three months after a presence of nearly 30 years, reducing the number of NGOs in Eritrea to seven. While the official memo sent to the [...] | 2008-08-08 10:05:00 | Embassy Asmara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EAGR ER |
08ASMARA389 | GSE SUPPLIES FOREIGN ERITREANS WITH INCREASED [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Government of the State of Eritrea (GSE) rations basic commodities through government-owned stores. Though the majority of Eritreans complain that the rations allowed are not enough to sustain the average family, so-called Beles (Eritreans living abroad who return to Eritrea f [...] | 2008-08-08 10:05:00 | Embassy Asmara | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV SOCI ER |
08ASMARA390 | DUTCH INTERCHURCH AID DEPARTS ERITREA AFTER 30 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-08-08 10:05:00 | Embassy Asmara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EAGR ER |
08ASMARA391 | SQUEEZING ERITREAN FARMERS TO FEED THE TROOPS [...] No summary [...] | 2008-08-08 10:06:00 | Embassy Asmara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR PGOV EAID ECON MOPS ER |
08ASMARA392 | DUTCH INTERCHURCH AID DEPARTS ERITREA AFTER 30 [...] (C) John Veron, Director of the Dutch InterChurch Aid (DIA) office in Eritrea, informed the ambassador August 4 that DIA will be departing Eritrea in the next three months after a presence of nearly 30 years, reducing the number of NGOs in Eritrea to seven. While the official memo sent to the [...] | 2008-08-08 10:06:00 | Embassy Asmara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EAGR ER |
08ASMARA394 | GSE CONFISCATES AMCIT PASSPORT AND $9,000 [...] (C) SUMMARY: On August 4, an American citizen reported that the Government of the State of Eritrea (GSE) confiscated from him $8,550 of undeclared funds and $700 of declared funds at the Asmara airport. Officials later informed the AmCit that one of his $100 bills was counterfeit; they then c [...] | 2008-08-08 10:40:00 | Embassy Asmara | CONFIDENTIAL | CASC CPAS PREL PGOV ER |
08ASMARA401 | ASMARA'S INTERCONTINENTAL HOTEL TOLD TO CLOSE [...] (C) TWO MONTHS TO PACK AND GO: The Amcit manager of Asmara's Intercontinental Hotel (strictly protect) told the ambassador August 8 that the government of Eritrea had abrogated Intercontinental's management contract of the country's best hotel; the company was given until October 5 to clear ou [...] | 2008-08-13 12:13:00 | Embassy Asmara | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON BEXP PGOV ER |
08ASMARA402 | SQUEEZING ERITREAN FARMERS TO FEED THE TROOPS [...] (U) Why Most Eritreans are Skinny -------------------------------------- Most Eritreans are poor farmers who barely scratch out a living in this dry, rocky country. In a good year Eritrea can produce only 80% of its food needs, yet the Isaias regime spurns food aid. UNICEF reports that 40% [...] | 2008-08-13 12:59:00 | Embassy Asmara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR PGOV EAID ECON MOPS ER |
08ASMARA412 | GSE ARRESTS EMBASSY LOCAL GUARD AT HIS RESIDENCE [...] (C) Embassy Local Guard Force (LGF) Commander Mehari Zemhret was arrested at his residence on 08/18/08 at approximately 1300 hrs while on his lunch break by members of the Eritrean National Security Agency (ENSA). An unidentified Eritrean male asked if "Mehari" was in the residence. Since m [...] | 2008-08-19 14:45:00 | Embassy Asmara | SECRET//NOFORN | ASEC PHUM PGOV APER AMGT KSOCI KIRF ER |
08ASMARA413 | EGYPT NO LONGER A "SISTER" TO ERITREA [...] (C) An Egyptian diplomat admitted to PolOff that diplomatic relations between Eritrean and Egypt have become strained over recent months. In addition to having to endure the restrictive in-country travel policies (requiring all foreign diplomats to request in-country travel 10 days in advance [...] | 2008-08-20 11:40:00 | Embassy Asmara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EG ER |
08ASMARA420 | NGO STAFF TAKEN AT GUNPOINT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Government of the State of Eritrea (GSE) soldiers invaded NGO compounds August 14, rounding up local employees (reftel). Though most employees were later returned, the GSE took several to the Wi'a military prison camp. Employees of diplomatic missions were not affected, alth [...] | 2008-08-25 14:12:00 | Embassy Asmara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV ER |
08ASMARA426 | MFA HAS NO FORMAL OPINION ON RUSSIA-GEORGIA [...] No summary [...] | 2008-08-27 11:17:00 | Embassy Asmara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV GG RS ER |
08ASMARA427 | IMMIGRATION DEPT FURTHER RESTRICTS PASSPORTS AND [...] (SBU) The Government of the State of Eritrea (GSE) suspended without explanation most exit visa and passport services to Eritrean citizens on August 11. Embassy contacts believe the GSE was responding to increased corruption, noting many individuals otherwise unqualified for passports or exi [...] | 2008-08-27 13:55:00 | Embassy Asmara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CACS PGOV ER |
08ASMARA429 | NGO STAFF TAKEN AT GUNPOINT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Government of the State of Eritrea (GSE) soldiers invaded NGO compounds August 14, rounding up local employees (reftel). Though most employees were later returned, the GSE took several to the Wi'a military prison camp. Employees of diplomatic missions were not affected, althou [...] | 2008-08-28 07:04:00 | Embassy Asmara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM ER |
08ASMARA43 | MILITARY ACTIVITIES IN ASSAB REGION [...] (S/NF) RSO Source stated he met with a friend who is a soldier stationed in the port city of Assab and in Asmara on leave. He stated the Eritrean Defense Forces (EDF) recently received 110 new tanks that are deployed along the border regions near Assab (NFI). 2. (S/NF) The soldier stated M [...] | 2008-01-31 07:04:00 | Embassy Asmara | SECRET//NOFORN | MOPS PGOV PREL PINR ER |
08ASMARA430 | GSE CLAMPS DOWN ON VOA [...] (C) The international supervisor for Voice of America's (VOA) Horn of Africa broadcasting, confided that the Asmara stringer, Ms. Senait Habtu (protect),has been forced to discontinue reporting. According to VOA, Minister of Information Ali Abdu warned her to stop reporting for VOA. The gove [...] | 2008-08-28 08:02:00 | Embassy Asmara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PROP PGOV ER |
08ASMARA438 | EARLY SIGNS OF FOOD INSECURITY [...] (C) Eritreans are starting to manifest signs of malnutrition in villages surrounding Asmara. RSO met with a reliable Embassy source who had visited villages approximately 30 km. NW of Asmara on the road to Keren. The villagers showed signs of malnutrition including visible loss of hair and [...] | 2008-09-03 14:00:00 | Embassy Asmara | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC ER PGOV PHUM |
08ASMARA441 | GSE ARRESTS 38TH CHRISTIAN LEADER [...] No summary [...] | 2008-09-05 07:41:00 | Embassy Asmara | CONFIDENTIAL | KIRF PHUM PGOV ER |
08ASMARA452 | ARS HARD-LINERS FINALIZE A NEW IDENTITY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Alliance for the Re-Liberation of Somalia (ARS) hard-liners are in the process of finalizing their split from the ARS leadership now based in Djibouti. The hard-liners have drawn up plans to transform their organization into the Movement for the Establishment of the Third Republ [...] | 2008-09-16 08:28:00 | Embassy Asmara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SO ER |
08ASMARA453 | PFDJ "MONEY-MAN" IN HOT WATER [...] (C) Hagos Ghebrehiwot, the Eritrean regime's "money-man," has reportedly been at least partially relieved of his responsibilities. Hagos is responsible for overseeing the regimes's economic interests, including its financial accounts in Malta (reftel). Hagos is suspected for pocketing money [...] | 2008-09-16 08:40:00 | Embassy Asmara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ER |
08ASMARA454 | ISAIAS ADDRESSES DAKAR AGREEMENT CONTACT GROUP [...] (SBU) Summary: President Isaias made a two-hour appearance on September 12 at the fifth meeting of the Dakar Agreement Contact Group. Appearing physically fit and mentally sharp, Isaias delivered in good English a constructive speech supportive of the Contact Group's efforts to reconcile Ch [...] | 2008-09-16 09:31:00 | Embassy Asmara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPKO ER |
08ASMARA457 | FIFTH SUDAN-CHAD CONTACT GROUP MEETING: EDGING [...] (U) SUMMARY: At the September 12 ministerial-level portion of the fifth Sudan-Chad Contact Group (CG) meeting, the foreign ministers of Sudan and Chad had agreed to re-open their respective embassies and exchange ambassadors. However, Chad's commitment to this course of action seemed weak. Th [...] | 2008-09-16 13:57:00 | Embassy Asmara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV CD SU ER |
08ASMARA459 | ERITREA EXPROPRIATES $1.3 MILLION PROPERTY FROM [...] (C) An American citizen of Eritrean origin informed Emboff that in September 2007 the Government of the State of Eritrea (GSE) expropriated 15 acres of land containing lumber trees and 2,000 coffee plants worth approximately $1.3 million. The land is in the Filfil area, approximately 30 mile [...] | 2008-09-17 08:04:00 | Embassy Asmara | CONFIDENTIAL | CASC ER KIDE PGOV |
08ASMARA465 | UPDATE ON ERITREANS DEPORTED FROM EGYPT [...] No summary [...] | 2008-09-18 11:12:00 | Embassy Asmara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PHUM PGOV SOCI ER EG |
08ASMARA488 | INSIGHTS ON ERITREA'S STATE-OWNED FISHING INDUSTRY [...] (SBU) Summary: Eritrea will sustainably harvest 80,000 metric tons (MT) of fish per year, according to Minister of Fisheries Ahmed Haj Ali. Eritrea recently built three port facilities and purchased eight industrial fishing vessels and put them under the control of the parQatal NatQal Fishing [...] | 2008-10-07 08:12:00 | Embassy Asmara | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIS PGOV ECON ER |
08ASMARA49 | SOMALI REFUGEES IN ERITREA [...] (SBU) United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Representative in Eritrea Vedasto Joseph Mwesiga and UNHCR Senior Protection Officer Alvin Gonzaga informed Emboffs that there are 4,789 Somali refugees in Eritrea located in the Emkulu Camp outside of Massawa. Mwesiga said that the m [...] | 2008-02-01 06:04:00 | Embassy Asmara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PGOV PHUM SO ER |
08ASMARA490 | BISHA MINING'S REMAINING CHALLENGES [...] (C) Summary: Bisha Mining's Stan Rogers said extraction of gold is on schedule to begin in 2010. The present condition of roads and bridges between the mining site and the port cannot handle the weight of the trucks, and 25 megawatts of electricity are needed to operate the mine. Financing [...] | 2008-10-07 12:26:00 | Embassy Asmara | CONFIDENTIAL | EMIN PGOV ER |
08ASMARA492 | GSE GOES ALL OUT TO DISCRIMINATE AGAINST CHRISTIAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: PolOff met with Reverend Zecharias Abraham (protect) of the Mehrete Yesus Evangelical Presbyterian Church Sept 26 to discuss religious freedom violations perpetrated by the Government of the State of Eritrea (GSE). Zecharias reported three recent developments in the GSE's efforts [...] | 2008-10-07 14:30:00 | Embassy Asmara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KIRF KE ER |
08ASMARA494 | A SORDID TALE OF UNMEE CORRUPTION [...] (C) Summary: A well-placed UNMEE contact recounted a long and twisted tale of personal empire building and corruption during UNMEE's presence in Eritrea. High-ranking UNMEE officials enhanced their careers at the expense of the mission and personally profited from their positions. The cont [...] | 2008-10-08 14:14:00 | Embassy Asmara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPKO ER |
08ASMARA506 | AFRICA UNION PULLS OUT OF ERITREA [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-17 07:41:00 | Embassy Asmara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPKO ER |
08ASMARA519 | WORLD BANK SUSPENDS ERITREA DISBURSEMENTS [...] (C) DEADLINE MISSED, CASH-FLOW HALTED ----------------------------------------- As the cash-strapped government of Eritrea missed yet another World Bank repayment deadline, the World Bank Country Director (please protect) told Emboffs October 24 that the Bank, in accordance with policy and r [...] | 2008-10-27 10:09:00 | Embassy Asmara | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN PREL EAID PGOV ER |
08ASMARA525 | ISAIAS AND PFDJ OFFICIAL MEET WITH PUBLIC DISSENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Both President Isaias Afwerki and the ruling party's political chief Yemane Ghebreab faced strong dissent during their respective meetings with the Eritrean populace, contrary to glowing reviews plastered across the state-owned media outlets. An unusually feisty expatriate crowd in [...] | 2008-10-30 10:07:00 | Embassy Asmara | CONFIDENTIAL | SOCI PGOV ER |
08ASMARA526 | ERITREAN AMBASSADOR IN KENYA COMPLICIT IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Former Eritrean Orthodox Bishop Hadgu Gebrehimanot (protect) gave visiting Embassy Asmara PolOff a detailed description of his harassment and assault by Eritrean embassy officials in Nairobi, including reported threats from Eritrean Ambassador Saleh Umar. According to Bishop Hagd [...] | 2008-10-30 11:19:00 | Embassy Asmara | CONFIDENTIAL | KIRF PREL PROP PHUM PGOV KE ER |
08ASMARA527 | GSE ABUSE EXTENDS BEYOND ERITREAN BORDERS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Government of the State of Eritrea (GSE) maintains a tight watch over its diaspora community, using its embassies as information-gathering hubs and its employees as agents of harassment. Eritrean refugees in Nairobi detailed a well-oiled system of monitoring and harassment or [...] | 2008-10-30 11:23:00 | Embassy Asmara | CONFIDENTIAL | SOCI PREL PHUM PGOV KE ER |
08ASMARA529 | ERITREAN TROOPS SENT TO HARVEST GRAIN [...] (C) Rifles Swapped for Sickles ---------------------------------- Troops from Eritrea's large standing army have been deployed to grain-producing areas to harvest the country's sparse barley and sorghum crops. Emboffs have witnessed units of uniformed soldiers harvesting barley with small s [...] | 2008-11-03 13:04:00 | Embassy Asmara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EAGR MOPS ER |
08ASMARA530 | EU DIPLOMATS CONCERNED ABOUT SECURITY, EVACUATION, [...] (C) RSO briefed European Union member country diplomats on a broad range of security issue, particularly the security situation in Eritrea. RSO expressed concern over the potential food crisis in Eritrea, the continued increase in crime associated with high unemployment, the increasing lack [...] | 2008-11-03 13:05:00 | Embassy Asmara | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ASEC CASC PGOV PREL ER |
08ASMARA531 | ERITREAN GOVERNMENT FEARS OF AL QAEDA POTENTIAL IN [...] (S/NF) Eritrean Minister of Defense Sebhat Ephrem told the French ambassador he was concerned about the possibility that Al Qaeda could establish a presence in Djibouti. He cited five factors he thought made Djibouti vulnerable to Islamist extremism: 1) Djibouti's proximity to Yemen; 2) its [...] | 2008-11-04 11:19:00 | Embassy Asmara | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER ASEC PGOV ER DJ |
08ASMARA534 | OLF CHAIRMAN SURVIVES "COUP ATTEMPT" [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Asmara-based chairman of the Oromo Liberation Front (OLF),Daawud Ibsa, claims to have consolidated control of the party after a failed takeover attempt by General Kamal Galchuu, a deserter from the Ethiopian army who reputedly wanted to launch the OLF on a more militant traj [...] | 2008-11-05 11:46:00 | Embassy Asmara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PREF ER ET |
08ASMARA536 | DEMOCRACY OUTREACH REACHES ENTHUSIASTIC ERITREANS [...] (U) Embassy Asmara hosted a successful election watch on the morning of November 5. Despite the 6:00am starting time, the event drew attendees eager to witness the U.S. election results televised live from three different networks. Open both by invitation and to the general public, the event [...] | 2008-11-05 12:37:00 | Embassy Asmara | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV SCUL ER |
08ASMARA537 | JEM OFFICIAL ON REGIONAL DYNAMICS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Osman A. Wash, JEM's Asmara-based Secretary for Legal Affairs, averred that disgruntled pro-government gunmen were behind the recent kidnapping of Chinese oil workers in Southern Kordofan. He detailed Eritrean support for the JEM in Eritrea, was dubious about the Qatari initiati [...] | 2008-11-06 05:21:00 | Embassy Asmara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINS SU ER |
08ASMARA540 | SHEIKH DAHIR HASSAN AWEYS SPOTTED AT LUNCH [...] (C) RSO observed Sheikh Dahir Hassan Aweys at the Lion Hotel restaurant in Asmara on 11/06/08. At approximately 1400 hrs, Aweys, accompanied by three unknown males entered the restaurant, which was empty of other patrons except for those at the RSO's table. Aweys looked at the RSO's table, w [...] | 2008-11-10 04:57:00 | Embassy Asmara | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER ASEC PGOV ER SO |
08ASMARA541 | ONE GOLD MINE MOVING FORWARD [...] (C) Summary: Most mining exploration companies have temporarily halted exploration and extraction activities in Eritrea due to difficulties securing financing. Nevsun's Bisha project, slated to begin extraction operations in 2010, is the sole exception. Eritrea's Ministry of Energy and Mine [...] | 2008-11-10 12:57:00 | Embassy Asmara | CONFIDENTIAL | EMIN PGOV ER |
08ASMARA542 | HARD-LINE ARS MEMBER TALKS OF MONEY, AWEYS, AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: A contact from the hard-line ARS claims Emboff that Gulf States were sending "hundreds of millions" of dollars to the Eritrean government to support the ARS. He also provided insight on both Sheik Dahir Aweys' and Hussein Mohamed Farrah Aidid's roles in the ARS, as well as person [...] | 2008-11-12 10:39:00 | Embassy Asmara | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV SO ER |
08ASMARA544 | HARD-LINE ARS LEADERSHIP [...] (C) Dr. Salah Ali from the hard-line ARS faction informed Emboffs on November 6 that Sheik Dahir Aweys is the official leader of the hard-line ARS, claiming to hold the posts of both overall ARS Chairman and Chairman of the ARS Executive Committee. Ali's supposed role is Chairman of the Centra [...] | 2008-11-12 11:33:00 | Embassy Asmara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS SO ER |
08ASMARA546 | ARREST, INTERROGATION, AND TORTURE OF [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: On XXXXXXXXXXXX was released after five months in jail. XXXXXXXXXXXX emotionally recounted his experience to the RSO, including his interrogation, deplorable prison conditions, beatings, and witnessing the torture of other prisoners being held at the XXXXXXXXXXXX facility. XXXX [...] | 2008-11-12 11:46:00 | Embassy Asmara | SECRET//NOFORN | ASEC ER PGOV PREL PHUM KIRF |
08ASMARA555 | SKINNY VILLAGERS AND STUNTED CROPS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Poor rains left crops in the Eritrean village of Weki (protect) stunted and yielding very little food. The Eritrean government prohibits the villagers from keeping what little crops they've harvested, forcing them to sell their produce only to the government at controlled prices [...] | 2008-11-19 08:30:00 | Embassy Asmara | CONFIDENTIAL | EAGR PGOV ER |
08ASMARA558 | ERITREA'S PRECARIOUS ENERGY SITUATION [...] (C) SUMMARY: Eritrea's electrical grid narrowly averted a complete shutdown due to lack of generator lubricant in October, according to Total Oil's country manager. The Eritrean government is still in arrears on payments made for fuel delivered in December 2007, and is now receiving all of [...] | 2008-11-21 09:36:00 | Embassy Asmara | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ENRG PGOV ER |
08ASMARA563 | POSSIBLE IRANIAN SUBMARINE IN ASSAB [...] (S/NF) An Iranian submarine was reportedly sighted in the port city of Assab on 11/24/08. A reliable embassy source obtained this information on 11/25/08 from a contact who belongs to an unknown Eritrean Army intelligence unit based in Assab. The contact said the submarine visit is widely k [...] | 2008-11-26 09:31:00 | Embassy Asmara | SECRET//NOFORN | MOPS PGOV PREL ASEC ER IR |
08ASMARA565 | REGIONAL MEETING ON FOOD SHORTAGES AND CRIME IN [...] (C) During a community meeting with regional administrators in the village of Adi Segodo (located approximately 3 miles NW of Asmara) on 11/23/08, local residents asked the administrator for increased rations, stating the 10 kilos of sorghum per month was not enough to feed their families. A [...] | 2008-12-01 09:20:00 | Embassy Asmara | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC ER PGOV PHUM PREL |
08ASMARA575 | HOW TO ESCAPE FROM ERITREA [...] (C) SUMMARY: All young Eritreans have "a plan" for getting out of the country. Those who must leave illegally, however, face potential capture by Eritrean police and military from the early planning stages up to when they cross the border. Post compiled information from numerous sources, i [...] | 2008-12-04 11:11:00 | Embassy Asmara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREF KTIP ER |
08ASMARA577 | IRAN REFURBISHING AND OPERATING ERITREAN OIL [...] (C) The Eritrean government has reportedly sold, leased, or granted operating rights of its Russian-built oil refinery in Assab. A reliable embassy source stated an unknown "Arab" country would be operating this refinery. BBC reported on 11/25/08 that according to the Eritrean website www.E [...] | 2008-12-04 14:33:00 | Embassy Asmara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ENRG ER ASEC IR |
08ASMARA586 | ASMARA ANGST [...] (C) Asmara is awash in speculation about domestic instability stemming from food shortages, economic decline, and stepped-up repression from the Isaias regime. In an isolated society with no media freedoms, Eritreans depend on "bado seleste," (akin to the grapevine or bush telegraph) for info [...] | 2008-12-11 04:57:00 | Embassy Asmara | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PGOV SOCI ASEC ER |
08ASMARA591 | LOCAL STAFF HARANGUED WHILE DONATING BOOKS [...] (C) On December 11, public affairs section local staff reported being closely scrutinized by a plainclothes Eritrean National Security Agent (ENSA) during a routine book drop-off to the American Corner in Dekemhare, 25 miles south of Asmara. According to one local staff, the agent rifled thro [...] | 2008-12-12 09:03:00 | Embassy Asmara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PROP ER |
08ASMARA592 | SLM/UNITY OFFICIAL ON DARFUR DYNAMICS [...] (C) DARFUR FRACTIONALIZATION: Darfur rebel leader Sharif Harir, SLM/Unity's chief of Foreign Relations, claims his organization has surpassed JEM in terms of size and clout to become the largest of the many Darfuri rebel groups. Meeting with Emboffs at the Peacebuilding Center for the Horn of [...] | 2008-12-12 09:24:00 | Embassy Asmara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINS SU ER |
08ASMARA597 | ERITREA'S CORRUPT AND DIVIDED MILITARY [...] (S) SUMMARY: The Eritrean military's five regional commanders are bitter rivals and would actively contest a coup attempt by any of the others, according to a knowledgeable contact. Isaias personally selects the regional commanders' deputies to act as spies, and rotates them frequently. Low [...] | 2008-12-17 08:09:00 | Embassy Asmara | SECRET | MOPS PGOV MCAP ASEC ER |
08ASMARA598 | NGO SURVIVAL IN ERITREA [...] (C) SUMMARY: PolOff met with three of the more prominent NGOs left in Eritrea to discuss operational hardships. The NGOs (Lutheran World Federation, LWF; Catholic Relief Services, CRS; and Oxfam) each described a tightening of restrictive measures making it next to impossible to operate. The [...] | 2008-12-17 12:51:00 | Embassy Asmara | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID PHUM PGOV PREL ER |
08ASMARA603 | INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT 2009 [...] The following is keyed to reftel, para 15. Openness to Foreign Investment ------------------------------ 2. Eritrea remains a strict command economy, with government activities crowding out most private investment. Investors in Eritrea face significant risks, including: lack of transparen [...] | 2008-12-23 10:37:00 | Embassy Asmara | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB OPIC USTR PGOV ER |
08ASMARA605 | GSE ARRESTS EVANGELICALS AND JEHOVAH'S WITNESSES [...] (C) The Government of the State of Eritrea (GSE) strengthened its efforts to clamp down on banned religious groups during the month of December. For the past two weeks, the GSE has rounded up leaders of evangelical churches, including a prominent doctor closely associated with the American-b [...] | 2008-12-24 11:55:00 | Embassy Asmara | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KIRF PGOV ER |
08ASMARA71 | MORE MILITARY ROUNDUPS IN ASMARA [...] (SBU) RSO, DAO, and CLO witnessed Eritrean soldiers detaining Eritrean males in a roundup on 02/12/08 near the Intercontinental Hotel. Several groups of three to four soldiers, armed with clubs and rifles, were detaining Eritreans on the side of the road and walking them to a police station n [...] | 2008-02-13 14:06:00 | Embassy Asmara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV ASEC MOPS ER |
08ASMARA72 | REPORTED ARRESTS OF IMMIGRATION OFFICIALS FOR [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-14 07:38:00 | Embassy Asmara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON PINR ER |
08ASMARA73 | SHEIKH SHARIF AHMED - MARCH TO NOVEMBER 2007 TRAVELS [...] (SBU) Based on review of passport pages provided to post by a Western Mission, Post has determined the following international travels for Alliance for the Reliberation of Somalia (ARS) Chairman Sheikh Sharif Ahmed from March to November 2007. Sharif traveled on Somali passport number A001277 [...] | 2008-02-14 08:24:00 | Embassy Asmara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SO ER |
08ASMARA90 | REPORTED GSE REACTIONS TO UNMEE CRISIS [...] (S/NF) RSO met with Source February 20 who relayed second-hand information from the MFA's Americas desk officer. Source has provided reliable informaton to RSO in the past. 2. (S/NF) The MFA desk officer told Source many GSE ministers and high-ranking civil servants are upset with President [...] | 2008-02-22 08:12:00 | Embassy Asmara | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL MOPS KPKO ASEC PINR ER |
08ASMARA92 | ERITREA'S DIESEL SITUATION: SHORTAGE OR POLITICAL [...] (SBU) Summary: Claims by the Government of the State of Eritrea(GSE) since December that UNMEE's fuel crisis results from its own shortage of supply, raises the question "What is the situation with Eritrea's fuel supply?" Diesel fuel stocks in Eritrea have decreased over the past few years fo [...] | 2008-02-22 08:35:00 | Embassy Asmara | CONFIDENTIAL | KPKO ECON EPET PGOV PREL ER |
08ASMARA95 | GSE INTERNAL DEBATE OVER SAWA [...] (C) High-ranking Eritrean officials are said to be debating which ministry should provide funding for Sawa Secondary School, a government-run boarding school/military camp located in the Gash Barka region near the Sudanese border. The Government of the State of Eritrea (GSE) requires all Erit [...] | 2008-02-25 08:41:00 | Embassy Asmara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV SOCI PHUM MOPS PINR ER |
08ASMARA97 | ELF FOUNDING FATHER DIES IN PRISON [...] (U) Taha Mohammad Nur, one of six intellectuals who founded the Eritrean Liberation Front (ELF) in Cairo in 1960, died in an Eritrean prison in mid-February. The ELF, largely supported by lowland Muslims, was decimated by Isaias Afwerki's Eritrean Peoples Liberation Front in the late 1970s an [...] | 2008-02-25 11:54:00 | Embassy Asmara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KISL ER |
08ASTANA1007 | KAZAKHSTAN - ALMATY NOTES, MAY 12 - MAY 23, 2008 [...] The "Almaty Notes" series is intended to maintain focus on developments in civil society, the media, and the opposition in Kazakhstan's "southern capital," following the move of the Embassy to Astana. National Social Democratic Party Initiates Coalition --------------------- --------------- [...] | 2008-05-29 12:18:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM KZ |
08ASTANA1022 | CODEL RAHALL DISCUSSES ENERGY, SECURITY, DEMOCRACY [...] (C) Summary: Codel Rahall traveled to Astana on May 28 for meetings with President Nazarbayev, Prime Minister Masimov, Foreign Minister Tazhin, State Secretary Saudabayev, and members of both houses of Parliament. The delegation's Kazakhstani interlocutors praised U.S. - Kazakhstan relations. [...] | 2008-06-02 09:47:00 | Embassy Astana | SECRET | PGOV PREL KZ |
08ASTANA1065 | KAZAKHSTAN - PRESIDENT NAZARBAYEV REFUTES RUMORS OF [...] (SBU) Rumors have been swirling around Astana in recent weeks that President Nazarbayev will announce his resignation on July 6 -- Nazarbayev's 68th birthday and the day the country will officially celebrate Astana's 10th anniversary as Kazakhstan's capital. (Note: Several heads of state, inc [...] | 2008-06-09 11:28:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KZ |
08ASTANA1072 | KAZAKHSTAN: ALMATY NOTES, MAY 27 - JUNE 6, 2008 [...] The "Almaty Notes" series is intended to maintain focus on developments in civil society, the media, and the opposition in Kazakhstan's "southern capital" following the move of the Embassy to Astana. Hunger Strike Against Property Seizures --------------------------------------- 2. On [...] | 2008-06-09 13:01:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PREL KZ |
08ASTANA1084 | KAZAKHSTAN RATIFIES UN CONVENTION AGAINST TRANSNATIONAL [...] On June 4, President Nazarbayev signed legislation ratifying the 2000 UN Convention against Transnational Organized Crime and three additional protocols against the production of firearms, their parts, components, and ammunition; against human trafficking, especially of women and children; and [...] | 2008-06-11 09:51:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SOCI KCRM PGOV KZ |
08ASTANA1107 | KAZAKHSTAN - CHANGES MADE TO RELIGION LAW [...] (C) The Mazhilis passed on first reading a revised text of amendments to Kazakhstan's religion law. Some of the most problematic provisions were removed from this latest version, though at the same time, new provisions were added which raise concerns. The amendments must go through a second [...] | 2008-06-12 11:44:00 | Embassy Astana | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KIRF KDEM KZ |
08ASTANA1111 | KAZAKHSTAN: TIP REPORT DELIVED [...] (SBU) On June 4, Post delivered the annual Trafficking in Persons Report to Director of the Department of International Law of the Ministry of Justice Elvira Abilkhasimovna Azimova. A copy of the Kazakhstan narrative and non-paper were provided. The Ministry of Justice was complimented for [...] | 2008-06-13 11:56:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV KCRIM KZ |
08ASTANA1121 | TIMUR KULIBAYEV VISITS THE EMBASSY [...] (C) Summary: Timur Kulibayev, Chairman of KazEnergy Association and son-in-law of President Nazarbayev, met with the Ambassador on June 12 and toured the Embassy. During his conversation with the Ambassador, Kulibayev discussed changes at KazMunayGas, described relations with Russia as improvin [...] | 2008-06-16 11:39:00 | Embassy Astana | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EPET KZ |
08ASTANA1158 | SCENESETTER FOR CODEL HASTINGS'S VISIT TO KAZAKHSTAN FOR [...] (SBU) Your visit to Kazakhstan for the annual session of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly comes at a particularly opportune time. With its recent selection as 2010 OSCE chairman and thriving energy sector, Kazakhstan is showing increasing confidence on the international stage. The country is r [...] | 2008-06-20 05:16:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON OSCE OVIP OTRA KZ |
08ASTANA1164 | KAZAKHSTAN - 2008 INVESTMENT DISPUTES REPORT UPDATE [...] (SBU) This cable constitutes post's response to reftel. The United States Government is aware of recent claims by two (2) United States persons against the Government of Kazakhstan (GOK). Claimant B's dispute was fully resolved during the reporting period. 2. (SBU) a. Claimant A b. 19 [...] | 2008-06-23 06:32:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIDE CASC EINV OPIC PGOV KZ |
08ASTANA1194 | KAZAKHSTAN - PRESIDENT NAZARBAYEV DISCUSSES MADRID [...] (U) President Nazarbayev touched on Kazakhstan's Madrid commitments on democratic reform at the conclusion of his June 29 speech to the annual session of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly, which is being held in Astana from June 29 to July 2. This is the first time that Nazarbayev has publicly [...] | 2008-06-30 11:12:00 | Embassy Astana | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PHUM OSCE PREL KZ |
08ASTANA1195 | PAVLODAR - CIVIL SOCIETY SHOWS SIGNS OF INCREASED [...] (SBU) Emboffs visited Pavlodar during June 4 to June 6 and met with the Akimat (local government administration),the ruling Nur Otan party, opposition political parties, a representative of the Central Election Commission, media, and NGOs. Akimat officials were upbeat regarding both the poli [...] | 2008-06-30 12:06:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KDEM ECON KZ |
08ASTANA1202 | KAZAKHSTAN - NOMINEES FOR THE MAKTOUM FOUNDATION [...] (SBU) Per reftel, post would like to submit the following Kazakhstani entrepreneurs as possible participants in the Maktoum Foundation Entrepreneurs Conference in Dubai. Please note that the nominees are all ethnic Kazakhs, which means we believe they are all Muslims by ancestry, but we do not [...] | 2008-07-02 01:46:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON KZ |
08ASTANA1209 | KASHAGAN UPDATE: GOK CONFIRMS DELAY OF COMMERCIAL [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-03 05:29:00 | Embassy Astana | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EPET KZ |
08ASTANA1210 | ASSET STRUCTURE OF KAZAKHSTAN'S NATIONAL OIL AND GAS [...] (U) KazMunayGas (KMG),Kazakhstan's state-owned oil and gas company, is a vertically integrated company holding 25 subsidiaries in oil and gas exploration, extraction, processing, transportation, and sales. KMG produces 16% of Kazakhstan's oil output, transports 65% of its oil, and manages 10 [...] | 2008-07-03 05:33:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL EPET KZ |
08ASTANA1211 | SUBJECT: KAZAKHSTAN - ASIA SOCIETY CONFERENCE [...] (U) The Asia Society's Second Kazakhstan International Business Conference was held June 12-14 in Astana. The event brought together businessmen from Kazakhstan and abroad, government officials, diplomats, and academics to discuss obstacles to and opportunities for economic development in Kaz [...] | 2008-07-03 06:07:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON EINV KZ |
08ASTANA1212 | KAZAKHSTAN: AZERBAIJAN STILL SLOW TO COOPERATE ON [...] (C) Summary: Azerbaijan has still not approved a Heads of Agreement on trans-Caspian transportation despite assurances to Kazakhstan that they would approve the agreement by June 15. Azerbaijan is also encouraging Kazakhstan to use the Baku - Novorossiysk pipeline and downplaying Baku - Supsa [...] | 2008-07-03 08:44:00 | Embassy Astana | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EPET KZ |
08ASTANA1220 | KAZAKHSTAN - SUPREME COURT CHIEF JUSTICE SEEKS FURTHER USG [...] (SBU) On June 18, Ambassador Ordway and USAID Regional Director Bill Frej attended the opening ceremony for a USAID-funded courtroom recording system in Astana. The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Kazakhstan, Kairat Mami, attended as well. After the ceremony and a brief demonstration, M [...] | 2008-07-08 11:17:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM EAID KZ |
08ASTANA1222 | KAZAKHSTAN - CODEL HASTINGS MEETS WITH PRESIDENT [...] (C) President Nazarbayev told CODEL Hastings on June 29 that Kazakhstan is committed to deepening its cooperation with the U.S. He explained that Kazakhstan's crude production would increase significantly in the coming years, and that transport remains the big issue to resolve. Nazarbayev rem [...] | 2008-07-08 12:04:00 | Embassy Astana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM ECON EPET KZ |
08ASTANA1223 | KAZAKHSTAN - DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON KOSOVO [...] (C) As the Ambassador was unable to arrange a meeting with Foreign Minister Tazhin, Pol-Econ Chief delivered reftel demarche on Kosovo independence to MFA Americas Department head Talgat Kaliyev on July 3. Kaliyev indicated that Kazakhstan's position on Kosovo remained unchanged. He also dou [...] | 2008-07-08 12:04:00 | Embassy Astana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPKO KV KZ |
08ASTANA1225 | KAZAKHSTAN - ROUND TABLE ON POLITICAL PARTY LEGISLATION [...] Summary: On July 1, the NDI and IRI organized a round-table on Kazakhstan's political party law which also included broader discussion of Kazakhstan's Madrid commitments. All the major parties were represented, including the ruling Nur Otan party. Several participants presented concrete propo [...] | 2008-07-09 07:43:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM PHUM PREL KZ |
08ASTANA1236 | KAZAKHSTAN - ALMATY NOTES, JUNE 23 - JULY 4, 2008 [...] The "Almaty Notes" series is intended to maintain focus on developments in civil society, the media, and the opposition in Kazakhstan's "southern capital" following the move of the Embassy to Astana. Opposition Parties Propose Legislation -------------------------------------- 2. On Ju [...] | 2008-07-10 02:41:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PREL KZ |
08ASTANA1271 | SCENESETTER FOR SPECIAL ENVOY BOYDEN GRAY'S JULY 22-23 [...] (SBU) Your visit to Astana will acquaint you more intimately with the dynamic developments in Kazakhstan's energy sector. U.S. and Kazakhstani strategic interests are essentially aligned regarding Kazakhstan's vast energy resources. The Kazakhstanis agree with us that U.S. and Western compani [...] | 2008-07-16 04:37:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET ECON PGOV PREL KZ |
08ASTANA1279 | KAZAKHSTAN - ASTANA CELEBRATES 10TH ANNIVERSARY IN GRAND [...] (SBU) Astana celebrated its 10th anniversary as Kazakhstan's capital on July 6. The jubilee consisted of a week of events, ranging from monument dedications and gala concerts to an official anniversary ceremony attended by nine foreign heads of state, including Russian President Medvedev. The [...] | 2008-07-17 01:57:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SOCI PREL ECON KZ |
08ASTANA1288 | USOSCE DCM SCOTT DISCUSSES MADRID COMMITMENTS [...] SUMMARY: During his June 26-30 trip to Kazakhstan, USOSCE DCM Kyle Scott met with government officials and opposition and civil society leaders to discuss Kazakhstan's Madrid commitments. In meetings held after President Nazarbayev's June 29 speech, government officials strove to reassure DCM [...] | 2008-07-18 11:44:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SOCI PREL ECON KZ |
08ASTANA1309 | KAZAKHSTAN - BURKITBAYEV SURPRISE CHOICE AS NEW [...] (C) Serik Burkitbayev, chairman of "Samgau," replaced Uzakbay Karabalin as KazMunayGas president on May 29. Burkitbayev is a long-time government insider with a mixed record. Contacts at KazMunayGas and western oil and gas companies called the move a surprise and saw no obvious explanation fo [...] | 2008-07-21 11:29:00 | Embassy Astana | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET PGOV EINV PINR KZ |
08ASTANA1321 | KAZAKHSTAN - LAUNCH OF THE PUBLIC PRIVATE ECONOMIC [...] (U) Special Representative for Commercial and Business Affairs Frank Mermoud and Commerce DAS Paul Dyck joined Kazakhstani Prime Minister Masimov and a delegation of U.S. and Kazakhstani public and private sector officials to launch the U.S.-Kazakhstan Public-Private Economic Partnership Initia [...] | 2008-07-23 01:47:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EAID PREL PGOV KZ |
08ASTANA1327 | KAZAKHSTAN - DISCUSSIONS WITH GOK ON CO-FINANCING HEALTH [...] (U) Summary: The DCM and USAID held a productive meeting with Minister of Health Dernovoi on July 15 to discuss a new joint strategy in the health sector, the "Partnership for Health Development" (PHD). The proposal would combine USG assistance funds with matching funds from the GOK to suppor [...] | 2008-07-23 11:32:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID SOCI PGOV PREL KZ |
08ASTANA1346 | KAZAKHSTAN - GOVERNMENT MOVING FORWARD ON TAX CODE REFORM [...] Following presidential guidance, a Government of Kazakhstan (GOK) Tax Working Group quickly produced proposed amendments to the tax code. USAID assistance in the areas of corporate income tax, value added tax (VAT) and the attendant administrative procedures was well received. On June 18, Pr [...] | 2008-07-25 02:49:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EAID EINV PGOV KZ |
08ASTANA1355 | SCENESETTER FOR CODEL REID'S AUGUST 7-8 VISIT TO [...] (SBU) Your visit to Kazakhstan comes at a particularly opportune time. With its recent selection as 2010 OSCE chairman and thriving energy sector, Kazakhstan is showing increasing confidence on the international stage. The country is rightly proud of its achievements: a booming economy, larg [...] | 2008-07-28 04:49:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL OREP PGOV ECON OVIP OTRA KZ |
08ASTANA1360 | KAZAKHSTAN - EURASIAN ENERGY COORDINATOR MANN [...] (C) Samruk Deputy Chairman Kairgeldy Kabyldin told visiting Eurasian Energy Diplomacy Coordinator Steven Mann on July 24 that the international oil and gas companies have insisted on ownership stakes in the pipeline portion of the Kazakhstan-Caspian Transportation System (KCTS) -- i.e., the pi [...] | 2008-07-28 08:51:00 | Embassy Astana | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET PREL PGOV EINV KZ AJ TX GG |
08ASTANA1368 | KAZAKHSTAN - ASTANA CONFERENCE DISCUSSES SULFUR STORAGE, [...] (U) The Kazakhstan-Canada Business Association (KCBA),in partnership with Canada's Alberta Sulfur Research Ltd. organized the First International Conference on Sulfur Reutilization and Sustainable Development in Astana on July 9. Representatives of the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources [...] | 2008-07-30 10:31:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET SENV PGOV PREL KZ |
08ASTANA1374 | KAZAKHSTAN - PRESIDENTIAL ADVISOR YERTYSBAYEV [...] (C) Nazarbayev advisor (and former Culture and Information Minister) Yermukhamet Yertysbayev told the Ambassador on July 21 that the government is looking for a way to bring in a multi-party parliament before taking over the OSCE chairmanship in 2010. Early elections, he explained, are not li [...] | 2008-07-31 11:55:00 | Embassy Astana | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PHUM KZ |
08ASTANA1375 | KAZAKHSTAN - GOVERNMENT TAKING FURTHER MEASURES [...] (C) A Wall Street Journal article in which Rakhat Aliyev made new charges of corruption against President Nazarbayev and his family appears to have provoked the government to strike back with an anti-Aliyev media campaign and a threat of new charges against him. Some of Aliyev's allegations to [...] | 2008-07-31 12:20:00 | Embassy Astana | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KCRM ECON KZ |
08ASTANA1377 | KAZAKHSTAN ESTH UPDATE, JULY 2008 [...] Summary: This information is drawn primarily from the Kazakhstani press and has not been verified. The opinions expressed in this report, therefore, should not be interpreted as official positions and/or policy of the U.S. Government. -- Falsified Maternal and Infant Mortality Rates -- Po [...] | 2008-08-01 06:16:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV TBIO TSPA PGOV KZ |
08ASTANA1380 | KAZAKHSTAN: ALMATY NOTES, JULY 21 - AUGUST 1, 2008 [...] The "Almaty Notes" series is intended to maintain focus on developments in civil society, the media, and the opposition in Kazakhstan's "southern capital" following the move of the Embassy to Astana. Oppositionists Join With Nur Otan in Public Council --------------------- ------------------ [...] | 2008-08-01 14:22:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM KZ |
08ASTANA1381 | KAZAKHSTAN - SPECIAL ENVOY GRAY DISCUSSES ENERGY [...] (C) During July 22 meetings, Kazakhstani government officials expressed optimism to visiting Special Envoy Boyden Gray regarding the restructuring of Kashagan. They explained that Kazakhstan was moving forward with Azerbaijan and the companies on the Kazakhstan-Caspian Transportation System ( [...] | 2008-08-01 14:48:00 | Embassy Astana | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET EINV PGOV PREL KZ |
08ASTANA1382 | KAZAKHSTAN - SPECIAL ENVOY GRAY DISCUSSES ENERGY [...] (C) During July 22 meetings, Kazakhstani government officials expressed optimism to visiting Special Envoy Boyden Gray regarding the restructuring of Kashagan. They explained that Kazakhstan was moving forward with Azerbaijan and the companies on the Kazakhstan-Caspian Transportation System ( [...] | 2008-08-04 02:11:00 | Embassy Astana | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET EINV PGOV PREL KZ |
08ASTANA1456 | KAZAKHSTAN - PUBLIC SECTOR STRIVES TO CATCH UP WITH [...] During June 16-26, 2008, the USAID Accounting Reform Project provided a Training of Trainers (TOT) in the application of International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) to the lecturers of a newly established Ministry of Finance (MOF) training centre. The TOT capped a series of MOF-requested [...] | 2008-08-11 10:04:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EAID EINV PGOV KZ |
08ASTANA1499 | KAZAKHSTAN - DAS KROL DISCUSSES IAEA BOG, MADRID [...] (C) In a July 22 meeting in Astana, SCA DAS George Krol stressed to DFM Kairat Sarybai the urgency of Kazakhstan's moving forward on its candidacy for the MESA seat on the IAEA Board of Governors (BOG). Sarybai said he has heard from Vienna that most of the Arab members of the MESA group have [...] | 2008-08-12 06:47:00 | Embassy Astana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IAEA EAID PGOV KDEM KZ |
08ASTANA1510 | KAZAKHSTAN - DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON AUGUST SCO [...] (C) The Ambassador raised reftel demarche points on the August SCO Summit with Foreign Minister Tazhin on August 5, stressing that the U.S. hoped that the SCO would not admit Iran to SCO membership or adopt any statement critical of the U.S. presence at Manas air base. While not responding di [...] | 2008-08-13 11:33:00 | Embassy Astana | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS PGOV PREL AFIN KZ |
08ASTANA1527 | KAZAKHSTAN: ALMATY NOTES, AUGUST 4 - AUGUST 15, 2008 [...] The "Almaty Notes" series is intended to maintain focus on developments in civil society, the media, and the opposition in Kazakhstan's "southern capital" following the move of the Embassy to Astana. Protest at Nur Otan Office -------------------------- 2. On August 1, approximately 100 [...] | 2008-08-19 06:01:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM KZ |
08ASTANA1531 | KAZAKHSTAN TO LIFT WHEAT EXPORT BAN [...] (SBU) Prime Minister Masimov announced at an August 16 meeting at the Ministry of Agriculture that Kazakhstan would lift its ban on wheat exports, effective September 1. This move was long anticipated. Our government interlocutors had previously emphasized to us on several occasions that the [...] | 2008-08-19 11:24:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ETRD PGOV PREL EAID KZ |
08ASTANA1558 | TFGG01: KAZAKHSTAN CAUTIOUS ON GEORGIA-RUSSIA [...] (C) Kazakhstan will likely continue its cautious approach toward the Georgian-Russian conflict to preserve its equities with both countries. Nevertheless, the Kazakhstanis appear genuinely concerned about the long-term implications of Russia's actions for other CIS states. While Kazakhstan is [...] | 2008-08-21 07:11:00 | Embassy Astana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EAID KZ GG RS |
08ASTANA1562 | KAZAKHSTAN'S GERMAN MINORITY IS MORE THAN JUST A SHOWPIECE [...] (SBU) Although their community shrank dramatically in the 1990s, ethnic Germans remain one of the largest and best organized minority groups in Kazakhstan. The German government provides the German minority significant resources to strengthen its minority Association, improve its economic pros [...] | 2008-08-21 11:10:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SOCI PGOV PREL ECON KZ |
08ASTANA16 | STIRRED, NOT SHAKEN: KAZAKHSTAN MANAGES THE LIQUIDITY [...] (SBU) Summary. Top officials at the National Bank of Kazakhstan and the Financial Supervision Agency, as well as Kazakhstan's leading bankers see a very low risk of a default by a major Kazakhstani bank. The difficulties for the banking sector and the economy at large resulting from the globa [...] | 2008-01-04 02:45:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PGOV EFIN EINV KTDB KZ |
08ASTANA1608 | KAZAKHSTAN - DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON RUSSIAN [...] (C) The Deputy Chief of Mission delivered ref A demarche on Russia's recognition of South Ossetia and Abkhazia to DFM Kairat Sarybay on August 27. The DCM also raised the Kazakhstan-specific points from ref B, and noted that Kazakhstan was in a unique position of influence because of its good [...] | 2008-08-27 07:39:00 | Embassy Astana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV RS GG KZ |
08ASTANA1617 | GOVERNMENT OF KAZAKHSTAN EXPLORES OPTIONS FOR EXPANDING [...] In response to a request from Kazakhstan's Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources, on August 21, USAID completed and presented a study on options for stimulating investment in new electricity generation capacity through the use of capacity markets. The study will be presented to stakeholders [...] | 2008-08-29 02:33:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG ECON EAID EINV PGOV KZ |
08ASTANA1646 | KAZAKHSTAN - KARACHAGANAK FACES DIFFICULTIES AND [...] (SBU) Summary: Kazakhstan's Karachaganak field has large proven reserves of natural gas, but further Karachaganak expansion (i.e., a Phase III) faces obstacles, including administrative delays. The Karachaganak consortium, KPO, maintains that it was recently pressured into paying an environmen [...] | 2008-09-03 06:51:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET EINV PGOV KZ |
08ASTANA1647 | KAZAKHSTAN - NAZARBAYEV DISCUSSES RUSSIA-GEORGIA [...] (U) Summary: In a September 2 speech to Parliament, President Nazarbayev called for negotiations on the Georgia conflict based on Sarkozy's six points and fundamental principals of international law. He publicly discussed Kazakhstan's Madrid commitments for just the second time, promising th [...] | 2008-09-03 09:53:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KDEM ECON KZ GG RS |
08ASTANA1655 | KAZAKHSTAN: ALMATY NOTES, AUGUST 18 - 29, 2008 [...] The "Almaty Notes" series is intended to maintain focus on developments in civil society, the media, and the opposition in Kazakhstan's "southern capital" following the move of the Embassy to Astana. Nurlan Alimbekov Released ------------------------- 2. On July 31, a Shimkent court issu [...] | 2008-09-04 01:39:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PREL SOCI KZ |
08ASTANA1669 | KAZAKHSTAN - FAA DISCUSSES CIVIL AVIATION ISSUES WITH [...] (SBU) Brian Staurseth, Moscow-based Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Senior Representative for the CIS, visited Astana from August 25-28, 2008 for meetings with Mukhit Kubayev, Chairman of the Civil Aviation Committee; Marat Dautaliyev, Deputy Director General of KazAeroNavigatsiya; Johar [...] | 2008-09-05 06:21:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR PGOV PREL KZ |
08ASTANA1672 | KAZAKHSTAN - KMG EXPRESSES OPTIMISM ON CPC EXPANSION [...] (SBU) KazMunaiGas (KMG) head Kairgeldy Kabyldin told the Ambassador on September 2 that progress was being made in negotiations over the expansion of the CPC pipeline. Transneft CEO Nikolay Tokarev was in Astana, along with ExxonMobil and Chevron executives, to continue discussions on the iss [...] | 2008-09-08 01:39:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET EINV PGOV KZ |
08ASTANA1699 | KAZAKHSTAN - MASIMOV AND MYNBAYEV STRESS IMPORTANCE OF [...] (U) The 3rd annual KazEnergy Eurasian Energy Forum was held in Astana during September 4-5. In opening remarks, Prime Minister Masimov promised that Kazakhstan "will always be a reliable and dependable international partner," stressing that Kazakhstan's "principled stand" is "to ensure stabili [...] | 2008-09-08 08:21:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET EINV PGOV KZ |
08ASTANA1702 | KAZAKHSTAN - NEW PRESIDENT OF KAZMUNAIGAZ ON NATIONAL OIL [...] (SBU) New KazMunaiGas (KMG) head Kairgeldy Kabyldin outlined for the Ambassador his company's strategic priorities in a September 2 meeting. He said that despite the conflict in Georgia, Kazakhstan remained committed to exporting crude through the Caucasus. Kabyldin explained that the Kazakhst [...] | 2008-09-08 10:52:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET EINV PGOV KZ |
08ASTANA1711 | KAZAKHSTAN - COURTS SUSPEND JEHOVAH'S WITNESSES [...] (C) In recent months, courts in southern Kazakhstan have ordered three chapters of Jehovah's Witnesses to suspend their activities for six months for holding meetings at venues other than their registered addresses. Similar cases heard by courts in other regions of the country have been dism [...] | 2008-09-10 06:41:00 | Embassy Astana | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KIRF KDEM PGOV KZ |
08ASTANA1721 | KAZAKHSTAN - IMPACT OF THE GLOBAL CREDIT CRUNCH ON THE [...] Even in resource-rich Kazakhstan, the global credit crunch is having a major impact. This impact is being felt throughout the financial system; however, the microcredit industry has been surprisingly resilient. Long a partner in fostering microcredit industry growth, USAID support has spanned [...] | 2008-09-11 05:39:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN PGOV EAID KZ |
08ASTANA1724 | KAZAKHSTAN - TWO STEPS FORWARD, ONE STEP BACK ON DOING [...] The 2009 World Bank Doing Business report was published on September 10. It ranks Kazakhstan as the 70th out of 181 countries regarding the ease of doing business, a 10-place improvement from its revised rank of 80th place in the 2008 report. Kazakhstan made major gains in two specific Doing Bu [...] | 2008-09-11 08:31:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV PGOV KZ |
08ASTANA1767 | KAZAKHSTAN - BAKER HUGHES SAYS BUSINESS IS GOOD AND ABOUT [...] (SBU) Baker Hughes Country Director for Kazakhstan Don McKelvie and Houston-based Government Relations Director Jennifer Cutaia told the Ambassador on September 10 that their company's business in Kazakhstan is good and will likely get even better, once Tengizchevroil (TCO) completes constructi [...] | 2008-09-12 07:06:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET EINV PGOV KZ |
08ASTANA1774 | KAZAKHSTANIS TELL NATO THEY WANT TO ENHANCE [...] (C) NATO Deputy Secretary General Claudio Bisogniero held meetings in Astana on September 11 with Defense Minister Akhmetov, Foreign Minister Tazhin, Security Council Secretary Suleymenov, and officials from the Ministry of Emergency Situations. In a readout he gave to resident NATO-country a [...] | 2008-09-15 11:22:00 | Embassy Astana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NATO KZ |
08ASTANA1798 | KAZAKHSTAN: ALMATY NOTES, SEPTEMBER 2 - 12, 2008 [...] The "Almaty Notes" series is intended to maintain focus on developments in civil society, the media, and the opposition in Kazakhstan's "southern capital" following the move of the Embassy to Astana. Unique Protest -------------- 2. The Talmas youth movement, a group of young activists, [...] | 2008-09-16 09:54:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PREL KZ |
08ASTANA1815 | KAZAKHSTAN - WORKING GROUP SUBMITS RECOMMENDATIONS ON [...] (SBU) The Information and Culture Ministry's working group on amendments to Kazakhstan's media law has forwarded a "concept" for the amendments and nine specific proposals to the Ministry of Justice for further action. Two NGOs that participated in the working group complained to us that the n [...] | 2008-09-19 09:47:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV KDEM OSCE KZ |
08ASTANA1819 | KAZAKHSTAN'S SENATE ELECTIONS NOT REALLY A TEST [...] (SBU) Kazakhstan's Senate elections will take place on October 4, when local and regional maslikhats (legislatures) will vote to fill 16 Senate seats. The government has launched a wide media campaign to raise the profile of these usually low-key elections and has invited international organi [...] | 2008-09-19 11:58:00 | Embassy Astana | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM KZ |
08ASTANA1849 | KAZAKHSTAN - RELIGION LAW AMENDMENTS HEADED TOWARD [...] No summary [...] | 2008-09-22 11:38:00 | Embassy Astana | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KIRF PGOV KZ |
08ASTANA1850 | KAZAKHSTAN - RELIGION LAW AMENDMENTS HEADED TOWARD [...] (C) The Mazhilis will hold its second reading on a package of amendments to Kazakhstan's religion law on September 24. The latest text is an improvement over the June version that was passed at the first reading, although it still includes several problematic provisions. Civil society and r [...] | 2008-09-22 12:33:00 | Embassy Astana | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KIRF PGOV KZ |
08ASTANA1863 | KAZAKHSTAN - CHARGE'S VISIT TO HARE KRISHNA SITE ATTRACTS [...] (SBU) The Charge visited the Hare Krishna community 20 kilometers outside of Almaty on September 17. The Krisha community's property at this site has been the subject of a long-running dispute with local authorities, who have tried to force the Krishnas off of their valuable land plot. The he [...] | 2008-09-24 11:12:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KIRF PGOV KZ |
08ASTANA1865 | KAZAKHSTAN - ATYRAU OIL REFINERY LOOKS TO UPGRADE [...] (SBU) Charge and Energy Officer met with Kairat Urazbayev, First Deputy General Director of the Atyrau oil refinery, on September 18 and toured the refinery's processing facilities. The original plant was built in 1936, but was upgraded most recently in 2006. It is therefore, said Urazbayev, [...] | 2008-09-24 11:16:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET EINV PGOV KZ |
08ASTANA1868 | KAZAKHSTAN - CASPIAN OIL PRODUCTION, PLANS, AND PROSPECTS [...] (SBU) Summary. Oil production at Tengiz has expanded to 540,000 barrels per day (bpd) and the Kashagan consortium is expected to produce at least 150,000 bpd by 2013 and up to 1.5 million bpd by 2020. Tengizchevroil (TCO) could easily increase oil production to 600,000 bpd but is constrained [...] | 2008-09-25 02:26:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET EINV PGOV KZ |
08ASTANA1870 | KAZAKHSTAN - DECISION NOT TO INVEST IN BATUMI REFINERY [...] (SBU) Energy Officer spoke on September 25 to Nurlan Sauranbayev, Managing Director of Oil Transportation at KazMunaiGas (KMG),about press reports that KMG has abandoned plans to invest $1 billion in an oil refinery in the Georgian port city of Batumi. Sauranbayev confirmed that KMG decided n [...] | 2008-09-25 10:57:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET EINV PGOV KZ GG |
08ASTANA1872 | KAZAKHSTAN - CRIMINAL CASE OPENED UP AGAINST KEY [...] (SBU) The Ministry of Internal Affairs announced on September 24 that it has opened a criminal case against several key opposition figures -- Azat's Bulat Abilov, OSDP's Amirzhan Kosanov, Alga's Vladimir Kozlov, and the Shanyrak movement's Asylbek Kozhakhmetov -- for allegedly concealing the w [...] | 2008-09-25 11:13:00 | Embassy Astana | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM KCRM KZ |
08ASTANA1873 | KAZAKHSTAN - RELIGION LAW AMENDMENTS PASS [...] (U) On September 24, the Mazhilis -- the lower house of parliament -- passed at a second reading a package of amendments to Kazakhstan's religion law. There were no significant changes made to the legislation during the reading. The bill will now move to the Senate for consideration, althou [...] | 2008-09-25 11:50:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM KIRF PGOV KZ |
08ASTANA1910 | KAZAKHSTAN: GOVERNMENT TO PRESENT DRAFT OF NEW SUBSOIL LAW [...] (SBU) The Government of Kazakhstan will present to Parliament in October a draft of a new law on subsoil use. The proposed legislation would require separate contracts for exploration and production operations, put shorter time limits on exploration contracts, enhance the government's authorit [...] | 2008-09-29 12:43:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET EINV PGOV KZ |
08ASTANA1946 | KAZAKHSTAN: ALMATY NOTES, SEPTEMBER 15-26, 2008 [...] (U) The "Almaty Notes" series is intended to maintain focus on developments in civil society, the media, and the opposition in Kazakhstan's "southern capital" following the move of the Embassy to Astana. DEMONSTRATION IN SUPPORT OF THE KAZAKH LANGUAGE 2. (U) On September 21 in Almaty, sev [...] | 2008-10-01 12:02:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM SOCI KCRM KZ |
08ASTANA1964 | KAZAKHSTAN: DOING BUSINESS IN ATYRAU [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On September 18-20, DCM and Energy Officer visited Atyrau, the oil capital of Kazakhstan on the northeastern Caspian coastline. Local government officials said that they welcome foreign investment and expressed int [...] | 2008-10-03 07:04:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV EPET EINV KZ |
08ASTANA1965 | KAZAKHSTAN: YOUNG, WESTERN-EDUCATED OFFICIAL [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) Daulet Yergozhin was named chairman of the Ministry of Finance's Tax Committee on October 1. The 32 year-old Yergozhin, a fluent English speaker who received an MBA from Suffolk University in Massachusetts in 2003, had been vi [...] | 2008-10-03 07:28:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR ECON EFIN KZ |
08ASTANA1966 | KAZAKHSTAN: CRIMINAL INVESTIGATORS INTERVIEW [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Three opposition leaders met separately with criminal investigators on September 29 in connection with charges that they harbored a fugitive in a murder case. Authorities named one of the three, OSDP Deputy Chairman [...] | 2008-10-03 07:52:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KDEM KCRM KZ |
08ASTANA1968 | KAZAKHSTAN: MILITARY UNITS SOON MAY BE READY TO DEPLOY [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified (military FOUO). Not for public internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: A NATO evaluation team judged the Kazakhstani deployable battalion (KAZBAT) "interoperable and deployable," but did note some deficiencies. ARCENT experts believe that the deficiencies are not insu [...] | 2008-10-05 07:19:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV MARR MOPS NATO KZ |
08ASTANA1974 | KAZAKHSTAN: CONOCOPHILLIPS SIGNS MAJOR OFFSHORE DEAL [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On October 5, ConocoPhillips CEO Jim Mulva signed a memorandum of understanding with Kazakhstan's national oil and gas company, KazMunaiGas (KMG),and Abu Dhabi's Mubadala for the exploration and development of th [...] | 2008-10-06 11:02:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EPET EINV RS TX KZ |
08ASTANA1976 | KAZAKHSTAN: NO CLEAR EVIDENCE OF RUSSIAN PRESSURE TO [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The Georgian media have alleged that a Kazakhstani grain shipment to Georgia was delayed because of Russian pressure. We spoke to several sources in Kazakhstan and could find no clear evidence that this was the ca [...] | 2008-10-06 11:04:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV EAGR ECON GG RS KZ |
08ASTANA1977 | KAZAKHSTAN: INTERNATIONAL OIL COMPANIES BRIEF AMBASSADOR [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) SUMMARY: Several international oil companies active in Kazakhstan briefed the Ambassador on their current operations and future plans in separate meetings during September 30 to October 2. They reported that negotiations on [...] | 2008-10-06 11:33:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV EPET EINV ELAB TX GG RS KZ |
08ASTANA1978 | KAZAKHSTAN'S SENATE ELECTIONS BRING NO SURPRISES [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) Kazakhstan's October 4 Senate elections passed with no surprises, with a landslide victory for the ruling Nur Otan party. Nur Otan-dominated regional and local maslikhats (legislatures) voted into office sixteen senators, o [...] | 2008-10-06 11:40:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KDEM KZ |
08ASTANA2008 | KAZAKHSTAN: KAZMUNAIGAS PRESIDENT DISCUSSES GEORGIA, [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) SUMMARY: KazMunaiGas (KMG) President Kairgeldy Kabyldin informed Eurasian Energy Diplomacy Coordinator Ambassador Steve Mann on October 6 that Kazakhstan remains committed to its strategic investments in Georgia. Kabyldin r [...] | 2008-10-08 11:33:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EPET EINV GG KZ |
08ASTANA2019 | KAZAKHSTAN: HARE KRISHNAS TAKEN TO COURT OVER LEGALITY OF [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) The Almaty Hare Krishna Society will head to court again on October 13 over the plot of land that has been the subject of a long-standing dispute with local authorities. The Karasai District Court will decide whether the [...] | 2008-10-10 11:30:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KIRF KZ |
08ASTANA2025 | KAZAKHSTAN: KASHAGAN PROJECT UNLIKE ANYTHING ELSE IN THE [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On October 4, Eurasian Energy Diplomacy Coordinator Ambassador Steve Mann visited the offshore and onshore facilities of the North Caspian Sea Production Sharing Agreement project -- also known as Kashagan -- with [...] | 2008-10-14 10:46:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV EPET EINV KZ |
08ASTANA2032 | KAZAKHSTAN: EMBASSY HOSTS MADRASSA STUDENTS FOR IFTAR [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On September 28, Embassy Astana hosted a group of students from the Astana madrassa for an iftar. This was the first time that most of the students had met Americans or visited an American home. The evening went a [...] | 2008-10-15 04:32:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SOCI KISL KPAO KZ |
08ASTANA2036 | KAZAKHSTAN: PRESIDENT NAZARBAYEV SIGNS DECREE ON CTR [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) Deputy Foreign Minister Sarybay called in the Ambassador on October 15 to inform him that President Nazarbayev had signed a decree on the amended Cooperative Threat Reduction (CTR) Umbrella Agreement under which the Kazakhs [...] | 2008-10-15 12:06:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MNUC KNNP KZ |
08ASTANA2070 | KAZAKHSTAN: NAZARBAYEV ANNOUNCES MAJOR STEPS TO DEAL WITH [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: President Nazarbayev announced on October 13 major steps the government will take to deal with the global financial crisis. The Samruk state assets holding company and Kazyna Sustainable Development Fund will be m [...] | 2008-10-16 13:50:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR ECON EFIN KZ |
08ASTANA2071 | KAZAKHSTAN: PHONE CONVERSATIONS RELEASED BY ALIYEV RAISE [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: President Nazarbayev's ex-son-in-law, Rakhat Aliyev, posted on the Internet recordings of alleged phone conversations involving former Presidential Administration Chief Adylbek Dzhaksybekov, former National Securit [...] | 2008-10-17 02:16:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KDEM KZ |
08ASTANA2079 | KAZAKHSTAN: SENIOR COUNTER-NARCOTICS OFFICIAL DISCUSSES [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. The Embassy's Office of Military Cooperation (OMC) and the International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Office (INL) met with Colonel Nygmedzhan Saparov, the Deputy Chairman of the Committee on Combating Drug Traffic [...] | 2008-10-20 11:03:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL SNAR KCRM KZ |
08ASTANA2081 | KAZAKHSTAN: TIMUR KULIBAYEV DISCUSSES OIL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Timur Kulibayev, Chairman of the oil and gas industry association KazEnergy and billionaire son-in-law of President Nazarbayev, met with the Ambassador and visiting Eurasian Energy Diplomacy Coordinator Ambassador Steve Mann on October 7 to discuss oil transportation issues, the [...] | 2008-10-20 11:59:00 | Embassy Astana | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EPET EINV GG AJ RS KZ |
08ASTANA2082 | KAZAKHSTAN: KAZMUNAIGAS VICE PRESIDENT IDENOV [...] (C) SUMMARY: On October 6, Maksat Idenov, First Vice President of Kazakhstan's national oil company KazMunaiGaz (KMG) and Chairman of KazTransOil, told Ambassador Mann his frustrations and expectations for the future development of Kashagan, the largest oil and gas field outside the Middle E [...] | 2008-10-20 12:05:00 | Embassy Astana | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EPET EINV KZ |
08ASTANA2083 | KAZAKHSTAN: EXXON-MOBIL PROVIDES UPDATE ON [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) The Ambassador met on October 20 with Steve Rose, General Manager for ExxonMobil Kazakhstan and a direct participant in the ongoing negotiations to amend the Kashagan agreement. Rose said that the Kashagan partners (KazMu [...] | 2008-10-20 12:12:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV EPET EINV KZ |
08ASTANA2084 | KAZAKHSTAN: TIMUR KULIBAYEV NAMED AS CO-DEPUTY HEAD OF [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) On October 17, President Nazarbayev's son-in-law, Timur Kulibayev, was appointed as one of two Deputy Chairman of the Management Board of the Samruk-Kazyna National Welfare Fund, which was established on October 13 through the [...] | 2008-10-20 12:16:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR ECON EFIN KZ |
08ASTANA2085 | KAZAKHSTAN: ALMATY NOTES, SEPTEMBER 29 - OCTOBER 11, [...] The "Almaty Notes" series is intended to maintain focus on developments in civil society, the media, and the opposition in Kazakhstan's "southern capital" following the move of the Embassy to Astana. STUDENT ADVOCACY GROUP AGAINST HIGHER TUITION 2. Bakhytzhan Toregozhina, head of the Ar [...] | 2008-10-20 12:19:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM SOCI KZ |
08ASTANA2086 | KAZAKHSTAN: AES SUCCESS TEMPERED BY CONCERNS OVER PRICE [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On October 9, AES Country Manager Mike Jonagan briefed the Ambassador on the history of AES's investments in Kazakhstan's power sector, outlined a proposed solution to pending anti-monopoly charges, and expressed [...] | 2008-10-22 04:22:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV EPET EINV ENRG KG KZ |
08ASTANA2087 | KAZAKHSTAN: JUDICIARY EXPRESSES FURTHER INTEREST IN [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On October 8, USAID led an emergency meeting to resolve issues related to the Memorandum of Understanding with the Supreme Court of Kazakhstan's Administration Committee. USAID met with the Chairman of the Committee [...] | 2008-10-22 04:23:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM EAID KZ |
08ASTANA2092 | KAZAKHSTAN: COMMON WORLD FORUM MINISTERIAL BRINGS [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Zalmay Khalilzad led the U.S. delegation to the October 17 Common World Forum ministerial meeting in Astana. Aimed at promoting understanding between the Muslim world and the [...] | 2008-10-22 10:49:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KISL KIRF KZ |
08ASTANA2095 | KAZAKHSTAN: WORLD BANK COUNTRY MANAGER DISCUSSES [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for Internet distribution. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. During an October 15 introductory meeting with the Ambassador, World Bank Country Manager for Kazakhstan Sergei Shatalov provided his views on the state of the Kazakhstani economy, discussed the government's [...] | 2008-10-22 12:49:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON EINV EFIN EAID KZ |
08ASTANA2098 | KAZAKHSTAN: EXXONMOBIL EXCITED ABOUT NEW NORTH CASPIAN [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. On October 21, ExxonMobil Kazakhstan's New Business Development Manager Peter Claypool (protect) described to Energy Officer a promising onshore North Caspian development opportunity that ExxonMobil has pursued qu [...] | 2008-10-23 06:09:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV EPET EINV KZ |
08ASTANA2101 | KAZAKHSTAN: HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE 2008 KAZAKHSTAN [...] SUMMARY: The 16th annual Kazakhstan International Oil and Gas Exhibition and Conference (KIOGE) was held during October 7-10 in Almaty. The exhibition featured more than 550 companies from 30 countries and was visited by more than 15,000 oil and gas industry professionals. The conference in [...] | 2008-10-23 08:34:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL EPET EINV RS GG KZ |
08ASTANA2115 | ASIAN DEVELOPMENT BANK DIRECTOR LAYS OUT HIS PRIORITIES IN [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. On October 24, Asian Development Bank (ADB) Country Director Stephen Wermert briefed the Ambassador on ADB's current priorities in Kazakhstan, touted the Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation Program and the [...] | 2008-10-24 11:18:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON EFIN EINV KZ |
08ASTANA2116 | KAZAKHSTAN: CITIBANK EXECUTIVES DISCUSS THEIR LOCAL [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: During an October 22 meeting with the Ambassador, Shirish Apte, CEO of Citibank Central and Eastern Europe, and Dan Connelly, CEO of Citibank Kazakhstan, described Citibank as doing very well in Kazakhstan. They [...] | 2008-10-24 11:21:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON EFIN KZ |
08ASTANA2118 | KAZAKHSTAN: BRITISH FCO,S CASPIAN ENERGY ADVISOR [...] (C) During an October 15 meeting with the Ambassador, Angus Miller, Caspian Region Energy Advisor to Britain's Foreign and Commonwealth Office, expressed his concerns that Kazakhstan will not be able to expand its maritime capacity quickly enough to handle the expected volumes of Kazakhstani c [...] | 2008-10-24 11:34:00 | Embassy Astana | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EPET EWWT AJ KZ |
08ASTANA2119 | KAZAKHSTAN: CHIEF OF FINANCIAL INTELLIGENCE UNIT LAYS OUT [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) SUMMARY: On October 1, the Minister of Finance appointed Mussiraly Utebayev to head the Committee on Financial Monitoring, which is Kazakhstan's Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU). Representatives of the Embassy's Office of I [...] | 2008-10-24 12:56:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR EFIN SNAR KCRM KZ |
08ASTANA2121 | KAZAKHSTAN: BUILDING DEMOCRACY FROM THE [...] (U) SUMMARY: At the 14th annual meeting of the Assembly of the Peoples of Kazakhstan, a multi-ethnic presidential advisory commission, President Nazarbayev emphasized his fundamental goal to build a peaceful, tolerant, multi-ethnic country that would move slowly and responsibly toward making [...] | 2008-10-28 08:14:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV SOCI KDEM GG KZ |
08ASTANA2126 | KAZAKHSTAN: ULBA METALLURGICAL PLANT SECURE AND [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Poloff met on September 10 in Ust-Kamenogorsk with several officials from the Ulba Metallurgical Plant, Kazakhstan's leading uranium production enterprise, to discuss the company's business plans. Ulba is trying [...] | 2008-10-28 09:07:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR ENRG EINV OREP KNNP KZ |
08ASTANA2127 | KAZAKHSTAN: OPTIMISM IN EAST KAZAKHSTAN OBLAST [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Poloff visited Ust-Kamenogorsk, the capital of East Kazakhstan oblast, September 10-13. In addition to attending a Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism exercise (see reftel),poloff also conducted a serie [...] | 2008-10-28 09:07:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM ECON EINV KWMN KCRM CH KZ |
08ASTANA2144 | KAZAKHSTAN: BP SUPPORTS CPC EXPANSION - AT THE RIGHT [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. On October 29, Jonathan Popper of British Petroleum's (BP) Exploration Operating Company, briefed Energy Officer on the status of negotiations to expand the capacity of the Caspian Pipeline Consortium (CPC) pipeli [...] | 2008-10-30 08:48:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV EPET EINV KZ |
08ASTANA2147 | KAZAKHSTAN: FM TAZHIN REAFFIRMS MADRID [...] (C) SUMMARY: During an October 29 meeting with the Ambassador, Foreign Minister Tazhin: -- reaffirmed Kazakhstan's commitment to fulfilling its Madrid commitments; -- made a case for building a more mature bilateral relationship by noting his government's desire to be released from the [...] | 2008-10-30 11:02:00 | Embassy Astana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM ETRD KDEM KNNP IZ AF KZ |
08ASTANA2148 | KAZAKHSTAN: NUR OTAN DISCUSSES PARTY ACTIVITIES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During an October 29 meeting with the Ambassador, Nur Otan party First Deputy Chairman Darkhan Kaletayev explained that Nur Otan aims to become a party of "real deeds." The party sees itself as a conduit between the public and government, helping to solve socio-economic and ot [...] | 2008-10-30 11:12:00 | Embassy Astana | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR EAID SOCI KDEM KZ |
08ASTANA2152 | KAZAKHSTAN: ECONOMIC AND ENERGY UPDATE, OCTOBER 12-25 [...] SUMMARY: The information in this Kazakhstan economic and energy update is drawn primarily from the Kazakhstani press. -- Deposit Insurance Increased -- EU-Kazakhstan WTO Talks: Update From Aitzhanova -- News From the Agricultural Sector -- Pipeline News -- K-WAC Ltd. To Design Facilitie [...] | 2008-10-31 05:56:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV ECON EIND EAGR EPET EFIN KZ |
08ASTANA2153 | KAZAKHSTAN: ALMATY NOTES, OCTOBER 13-24 [...] The "Almaty Notes" series from U.S. Office Almaty focuses on developments in civil society, the media, and the opposition in Kazakhstan's "southern capital." "PUBLIC PARLIAMENT" SUPPORTS ELECTION AMENDMENTS 2. During an October 13 meeting, the "Khalyk Kenesy" ("People's Parliament") expr [...] | 2008-10-31 06:08:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM ECON SOCI KDEM KZ |
08ASTANA2156 | CENTRAL ASIAN LEADERS REACH AGREEMENT ON WATER AND ENERGY [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The presidents of the five Central Asian states overcame their disagreements and signed an agreement in Bishkek on October 10 to share water and energy resources this winter. One expert sees Gazprom's influence beh [...] | 2008-10-31 09:46:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL SENV TX TI KG UZ KZ |
08ASTANA2165 | KAZAKHSTANI DELEGATION STUDIES ASSISTANCE TO VICTIMS OF [...] SUMMARY: In an effort to improve Kazakhstan's ability to protect victims of trafficking in persons, INL sent a Kazakhstani interagency delegation to Rome to study the work of the Italian government and Italian NGOs. The delegation -- representatives of the Ministries of Justice, Internal Affa [...] | 2008-11-03 08:56:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM SNAR KCRM IT KZ |
08ASTANA2166 | KAZAKHSTAN: SCENESETTER FOR CODEL CORKER'S NOVEMBER 13-14 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Your visit to Kazakhstan will be most useful to reinforce the importance we place on the U.S.-Kazakhstan strategic partnership. Both Secretary of State Rice and U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Zalmay Khalilzad visited Astana in October. With its selection as 2010 OSCE ch [...] | 2008-11-03 09:58:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM ECON EPET OREP KDEM KZ |
08ASTANA2175 | KAZAKHSTAN: SHELL'S CANDID CONVERSATION WITH UK EURASIAN [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. On October 31, energy officer was the only non-British government official invited to a briefing by Neil Carmichael (protect),Shell's General Manager for Business Development in Central Asia, given to British ene [...] | 2008-11-04 11:11:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV EPET EINV KZ |
08ASTANA2176 | KAZAKHSTAN: KASHAGAN AMENDMENT FINALLY SIGNED [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. On October 31, Minister of Energy Mynbayev and Kashagan consortium partners KazMunayGas, ExxonMobil, Total, ConocoPhillips, Shell, and INPEX signed four documents amending the Kashagan production sharing agreement [...] | 2008-11-04 11:24:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV EPET EINV KZ |
08ASTANA2177 | KAZAKHSTAN: AES LOSES SUPREME COURT APPEAL [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. AES Country Manager Mike Jonagan informed the Ambassador on November 4 that AES lost its final appeal to the Kazakhstan Supreme Court on charges of engaging in profiteering and monopoly behavior. AES will send a [...] | 2008-11-04 11:26:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ENRG EINV KZ |
08ASTANA2178 | KAZAKHSTAN: CIVIL SOCIETY EXPRESSES CONCERNS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On October 30, civil society leaders briefed several Astana-based diplomatic missions on Kazakhstan's progress on its Madrid commitments on democratic reform and on religion legislation pending in parliament. In their view, the government is not going far enough in fulfilling [...] | 2008-11-04 11:38:00 | Embassy Astana | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM KIRF KZ |
08ASTANA2182 | KAZAKHSTAN: ELECTION EVENTS RAISE AWARENESS OF AMERICAN [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) SUMMARY: Mission Kazakhstan conducted a wide variety of events to raise awareness of the 2008 U.S. elections in Kazakhstan and underscore our commitment to democratic values. Activities included distributing election-related [...] | 2008-11-05 11:56:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SCUL OIIP KPAO KZ |
08ASTANA2194 | KAZAKHSTAN: INFORMATION AND CULTURE MINISTER SAYS [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: During a November 5 meeting, the Ambassador stressed to Information and Culture Minister Mukhtar Kul-Mukhammed the importance of Kazakhstan's follow through on its Madrid commitments on democratic reform. Kul-Mukh [...] | 2008-11-07 06:22:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM SCUL KDEM KPAO KZ |
08ASTANA2195 | KAZAKHSTAN: CRUDE EXPORT DUTY RAISES CONCERNS, GOVERNMENT [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Kazakhstan introduced an export duty on crude oil and oil products through a government decree issued on April 8. The rate for the crude duty is calculated based on a formula linked to the price of Brent crude. I [...] | 2008-11-07 06:24:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV EPET EINV KZ |
08ASTANA2225 | KAZAKHSTAN: PUSH ON RENEWABLE ENERGY, KYOTO PROTOCOL IS [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: A Presidential Administration official told us on October 31 that a draft law on renewable energy currently in Parliament is expected to be passed before the end of the year. The Ministry of Energy will create a ne [...] | 2008-11-10 02:14:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ENRG EINV SENV KZ |
08ASTANA2226 | KAZAKHSTAN: PROPOSED TAX CODE CHANGES COULD IMPACT OIL [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: In September, the Ministry of Finance submitted several proposed changes to the tax code to Parliament. If Parliament adopts the amendments, the changes will take effect January 1, 2009. A major objective of the [...] | 2008-11-10 02:15:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV EPET EINV KZ |
08ASTANA2232 | KAZAKHSTAN: KAZATOMPROM PLAYS LEAD ROLE IN COUNTRY'S [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. Kazakhstan has more than one million tons of uranium reserves, 15% of the world's total and the largest reserves after Australia. The country is currently the world's third largest uranium producer after Canada a [...] | 2008-11-10 11:29:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV EPET EINV KZ |
08ASTANA2233 | KAZAKHSTAN: ALMATY NOTES, OCTOBER 27 - NOVEMBER 7 [...] The "Almaty Notes" series from U.S. Office Almaty focuses on developments in civil society, the media, and the opposition in Kazakhstan's "southern capital." UIGHUR INCIDENTS 2. According to an October 28 report of the International Human Rights Bureau NGO, two law enforcement officials [...] | 2008-11-10 11:30:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM SOCI KDEM KZ |
08ASTANA2245 | KAZAKHSTAN: AUSTRIANS PURPORTEDLY PREPARING TO [...] (S) On November 11, Canadian Embassy Political Counselor Dierdrah Kelley confirmed for us rumors that Austrian Embassy DCM Peter Hoehlmuller and his family had departed Kazakhstan several days previously on short notice and might not be returning to the country. Kelley, who is close to Hoehl [...] | 2008-11-12 12:06:00 | Embassy Astana | SECRET | PGOV PREL PINR KCRM AU KZ |
08ASTANA2249 | KAZAKHSTAN: OPPOSITION POLITICIANS PESSIMISTIC ON [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The Ambassador met with leaders of four key opposition parties in Almaty on November 6. They told him that while they expect "great change" from the new U.S. Administration, they do not foresee any drastic shifts [...] | 2008-11-13 11:19:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM KPAO RS KZ |
08ASTANA2250 | KAZAKHSTAN HOSTS INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON PRIMARY [...] SUMMARY: The Government of Kazakhstan recently hosted nearly 500 participants from 65 countries, including 11 health ministers, at the International Primary Health Care Conference dedicated to the 30th anniversary of the Alma-Ata declaration on primary health care. Dr. Margaret Chan, Directo [...] | 2008-11-13 11:21:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL EAID SOCI KG TI TX UZ KZ |
08ASTANA2252 | KAZAKHSTAN: ATYRAU AKIM EAGER FOR UNBIASED NEWS, ANXIOUS [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On November 11, the Ambassador held his first meeting with Atyrau oblast governor (Akim) Bergey Ryskaliyev, a 41-year old former oil company director appointed in October 2006. Ryskaliyev greeted the Ambassador wa [...] | 2008-11-14 07:30:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON EPET EINV SOCI KPAO KZ |
08ASTANA2255 | KAZAKHSTAN: ISRAELI AMBASSADOR SAYS ELITE [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Israeli Ambassador in Astana asserts many in the elite are dissatisfied about President Nazarbayev,s alleged isolation and lack of a plan of succession. The Israeli Embassy,s main functional interest is trade, with &modest military sales8 that include unmanned aerial vehicl [...] | 2008-11-14 09:59:00 | Embassy Astana | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR ETRD MASS KIRF UZ TI IS KZ |
08ASTANA2256 | KAZAKHSTAN: LEGISLATION IMPLEMENTING MADRID COMMITMENTS [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The Cabinet approved draft legislative packages amending Kazakhstan's laws on elections, political parties, and the media on November 11. Prime Minister Masimov promised they would be sent expeditiously to the Ma [...] | 2008-11-14 10:42:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KDEM OSCE KZ |
08ASTANA2259 | KAZAKHSTAN: AMBASSADOR TOURS TENGIZ AND KASHAGAN [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The Ambassador toured the supergiant oil fields Tengiz and Kashagan on November 11 and 12 respectively, discovering in the process new facts about future production, transportation options, public perceptions, lab [...] | 2008-11-17 09:36:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV EPET EINV SENV KZ |
08ASTANA2263 | KAZAKHSTAN: BOLASHAK PROGRAM ADMINISTRATOR CLAIMS INTEREST [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On November 13, CAO met with Aida Sagintayeva, president of the Center for International Programs, which is responsible for administering Kazakhstan's "Bolashak" program, through which the government funds up to 3, [...] | 2008-11-17 11:28:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON SCUL SOCI KPAO KZ |
08ASTANA2266 | KAZAKHSTAN: KAZMUNAIGAS AND SOCAR SIGN AGREEMENT ON [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On November 14, the state oil companies of Kazakhstan and Azerbaijan signed an agreement outlining the basic principles for implementation of a trans-Caspian oil transportation system. The agreement defines the r [...] | 2008-11-18 10:35:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON EPET EINV SOCI KPAO KZ |
08ASTANA2276 | KAZAKHSTAN: KAZMUNAIGAS FIRST VP IDENOV ON SWAPS WITH [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On November 19, KazMunaiGas (KMG) First Vice President Maksat Idenov briefed the Ambassador on KMG's trans-Caspian oil transportation agreement with the State Oil Company of the Azerbaijan Republic (SOCAR),indica [...] | 2008-11-19 10:42:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON EPET EINV SOCI KPAO KZ |
08ASTANA2277 | KAZAKHSTAN: TRANSPORT AND COMMUNICATIONS MINISTER [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Minister of Transport and Communications Serik Akhmetov told the Ambassador on November 19 that Kazakhstan aims to improve its transport infrastructure and develop itself as a transit corridor. The capacity of th [...] | 2008-11-19 10:42:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EAIR ELTN EINV MARR AF KZ |
08ASTANA2290 | KAZAKHSTAN: HEALTH MINISTER SACKED AFTER PRESIDENT'S [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) On November 19, Anatoliy Dervonoy was replaced by Zhaksylyk Doskaliyev as Kazakhstan's Health Minister. Rumors of Dernovoy's dismissal had circulated for several months, but reached their peak after President Nazarbayev's [...] | 2008-11-21 09:38:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR SOCI KZ |
08ASTANA2291 | KAZAKHSTAN: KULIBAYEV ON THE STATE OF THE ECONOMY, [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On November 20, Timur Kulibayev, newly-appointed Deputy Chairman of the Samruk-Kazyna Sovereign Wealth Fund, gave the Ambassador his assessment of the domestic impact of the global financial crisis and an update o [...] | 2008-11-21 10:24:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON EAGR EPET EINV SOCI KPAO RS IR AJ |
08ASTANA2297 | KAZAKHSTAN: MINISTRY OF DEFENSE REQUESTS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Ambassador called on Minister of Defense Akhmetov and, separately, Deputy Minister of Defense General Sembinov on November 19. The two meetings illustrate the generally sound U.S.-Kazakhstan military relationship, but they also illustrate Kazakhstan's multi-vector foreign [...] | 2008-11-24 08:19:00 | Embassy Astana | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MARR AF KZ |
08ASTANA2298 | KAZAKHSTAN APPROVES LIMITED FUNDING TO MAINTAIN [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph nine. 3. (SBU) SUMMARY: On November 5, U.S. and Kazakhstani officials met in Aktau to celebrate the construction of the $3.35 million U.S. government-funded sodium proces [...] | 2008-11-24 08:30:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PGOV ENRG MNUC KNNP TRGY UK KZ |
08ASTANA2316 | ENCOURAGING KAZAKHSTAN TO MEET ITS BN-350 SPENT [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph nine. 3. (SBU) SUMMARY: In the 1997 agreement, &Implementing Arrangements between the Department of Energy of the United States of America and the Ministry of Sciences ) [...] | 2008-11-24 10:18:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PGOV PREL ENRG MNUC KNNP TRGY UK KZ |
08ASTANA2317 | KAZAKHSTAN'S NATIONAL SHIPPING COMPANY OPTIMISTIC [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On November 6, DCM and poloff met with Kazakhstan,s National Shipping company, Kazmortransflot (KMTF),to discuss its business structure and operations. KMTF identified the Kazakhstan Caspian Transportation System [...] | 2008-11-24 10:36:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON EINV EPET EWWT AJ KZ |
08ASTANA2318 | PRESIDENT NAZARBAYEV CALLS FOR GREATER INTERNATIONAL ROLE, [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for Internet distribution. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: In his speech to Kazakhstan's top diplomats on November 19, President Nazarbayev asked the MFA to develop a new foreign policy concept that underscores Kazakhstan's growing role on the global scene. He n [...] | 2008-11-24 10:54:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM ECON KDEM OSCE KZ |
08ASTANA2320 | KAZAKHSTAN: GOVERNMENT MOVES SWIFTLY TO STABILIZE BANKING [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) This is the first in a three-part series analyzing Kazakhstan's response to the global financial crisis. 3. (SBU) SUMMARY: On October 13, President Nazarbayev announced a series of sweeping measures to be enacted by the G [...] | 2008-11-24 11:13:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON EFIN KZ |
08ASTANA2321 | KAZAKHSTAN PURSUES ECONOMIC DIVERSIFICATION IN [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On November 6, DCM and poloff met with a newly created national corporation to discuss business promotion and public-private partnerships in Kazakhstan,s Mangystau oblast. The Chairman of the Mangystau and Atyrau [...] | 2008-11-24 11:36:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON EINV KZ |
08ASTANA2336 | KAZAKHSTAN: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON PROPOSED GLOBAL [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) In response to the GPAF demarche request, Econoff delivered reftel points and non-paper to Talgat Kaliyev, Head of the America's Department at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA). Kaliyev expressed his support, agreeing t [...] | 2008-11-25 10:55:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EAGR EAID TBIO PGOV KZ |
08ASTANA2338 | KAZAKHSTAN: GOVERNMENT MOVES SWIFTLY TO STABILIZE BANKING [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) This is the second in a three-part series analyzing Kazakhstan's response to the global financial crisis. 3. (SBU) SUMMARY: On October 13, President Nazarbayev announced a series of sweeping measures to be enacted by the [...] | 2008-11-25 10:56:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON EFIN KZ |
08ASTANA2345 | KAZAKHSTAN'S MAEC-KAZATOMPROM FACES FUNDING [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On November 5, DCM and poloff visited Mangystau Atomic Energy Complex (MAEC),a subsidiary of Kazatomprom, to attend the construction completion ceremony of the U.S.-funded Sodium Processing Facility on the terri [...] | 2008-11-25 10:58:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON EINV ENRG KNNP TX KZ |
08ASTANA2346 | KAZAKHSTAN: PRESIDENTIAL ADMINISTRATION HEAD MUSIN [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On November 24, the Ambassador met Aslan Musin, Head of the Presidential Administration, to discuss Kazakhstan's broad goals as Chairman-in-Office of the OSCE and the package of legislative amendments currently be [...] | 2008-11-25 10:58:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PARM ECON EFIN EINV SOCI KNNP KDEM KPAO |
08ASTANA2349 | MANGYSTAU - KAZAKHSTAN'S OTHER OIL CENTER [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On November 6, DCM and poloff met with several oil companies to discuss the state of the energy industry in Kazakhstan,s Mangystau oblast. Oil companies in Mangystau noted the region,s untapped potential, good i [...] | 2008-11-25 14:17:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON EINV EPET CH IR KZ |
08ASTANA2350 | KAZAKHSTAN: OPPORTUNITY IN MANGYSTAU OBLAST [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Deputy Chief of Mission and poloff visited the port-city of Aktau, the capital of Mangystau oblast, during November 5-6. In addition to attending the construction completion ceremony of the U.S.-funded Sodium Pr [...] | 2008-11-25 15:13:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL ECON EINV EPET KPAO KDEM AE |
08ASTANA2351 | KAZAKHSTAN: GOVERNMENT MOVES SWIFTLY TO STABILIZE BANKING [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On October 13, 2008, President Nazarbayev announced a series of sweeping measures to be enacted by the Government of Kazakhstan in response to the global financial crisis. Established to ensure the stability of K [...] | 2008-11-26 02:12:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON EFIN KZ |
08ASTANA2353 | KAZAKHSTAN: TWO FRONTS IN "THE WAR OF IDEAS" [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Embassy Kazakhstan is facing a "War of Ideas" on two separate fronts. As a Muslim-majority country, Kazakhstan is susceptible to religious extremism from its neighbors to the south. As a former Soviet and largely Ru [...] | 2008-11-26 02:17:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL SOCI KISL KPAO ZK RS KZ |
08ASTANA2361 | KAZAKHSTAN: ALMATY NOTES, NOVEMBER 10 - NOVEMBER 21, 2008 [...] (U) NOTE: The "Almaty Notes" series is intended to maintain focus on developments in civil society, the media, and the opposition in Kazakhstan's "southern capital" following the move of the Embassy to Astana. END NOTE. NUR OTAN REACHES OUT TO NGOS 2. (U) On November 12, the new deput [...] | 2008-11-26 09:15:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL SOCI KDEM KZ |
08ASTANA2364 | CHINESE AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES CHINA'S WIDE-RANGING [...] (C) SUMMARY: On November 25, China's Ambassador to Kazakhstan Guoping Cheng called on the Ambassador to brief him on Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiabao's visit to Kazakhstan for the October 29 Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) ministerial meeting in Astana, and Cheng's views on the role [...] | 2008-11-26 11:51:00 | Embassy Astana | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON EINV CH RS TX UZ KZ |
08ASTANA2365 | KAZAKHSTAN: SENATE CHAIRMAN OFFERS TO CONSULT WITH THE [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On November 26, Ambassador Hoagland met with Senate Chairman Kasym-Zhomart Tokayev. Tokayev told the Ambassador that the Senate's priorities are to pass a package of "Madrid" amendments now making their way throug [...] | 2008-11-26 12:26:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM ECON SOCI KDEM KZ |
08ASTANA2372 | KAZAKHSTAN: MFA SEEKS HIGH PROFILE VISIT TO SIGNAL [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On November 25, 2008, Econoff met with the Head of the Americas Department at the MFA, Talgat Kaliyev, to deliver a demarche on the proposed development of a Global Partnership for Agriculture and Food (GPAF). Af [...] | 2008-11-28 11:00:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON EFIN KZ |
08ASTANA2374 | KAZAKHSTANI BORDER GUARDS EAGER FOR INL-SUPPORTED OSCE [...] Sensitive but unclassified. Not for internet distribution. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: DCM, INL chief and Legatt visited Uralsk, the capital of the Western Kazakhstan oblast (region). While in Uralsk, the DCM and INL chief dedicated an INL-funded Border Guard training facility. Following Soviet tr [...] | 2008-12-01 02:21:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KPAO KZ |
08ASTANA2375 | KAZAKHSTAN: CHANGES IN THE MINISTRY OF INTERIOR [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Vice-Minister of Internal Affairs Alik Shpekbayev has been appointed to a position in the presidential administration. Shpekbayev was one of post's closest interlocutors in the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MVD) [...] | 2008-12-01 02:32:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR SNAR KCRM KZ |
08ASTANA2383 | KAZAKHSTAN'S ASYLUM SEEKER DEPARTS VOLUNTARILY [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) Summary: On December 1, Ramazan Yesergepov, Editor-in-Chief of the Alma-Ata Info, a small weekly opposition newspaper with a circulation of approximately 8,000 copies, requested political asylum and refused to leave the U [...] | 2008-12-03 02:03:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL ASEC CVIS KDEM KPAO KZ |
08ASTANA2384 | KAZAKHSTAN OFFERS TRANSCOM "AGREEMENT IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: During his visit to Astana on November 21, TRANSCOM CDR General Duncan McNabb and his delegation received general agreement from the Government of Kazakhstan for its territory to be used for a non-lethal Northern Distribution Network (NDN). The Deputy Secretary of the president [...] | 2008-12-03 06:30:00 | Embassy Astana | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MARR AF GM KZ |
08ASTANA2388 | KAZAKHSTAN: RELIGION LAW PASSES PARLIAMENT [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On November 26, Kazakhstan's parliament adopted the amendments to the religion law, and the legislation is now before President Nazarbayev for signature. While the draft is a marked improvement over the origina [...] | 2008-12-03 10:59:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM KZ |
08ASTANA2391 | GE REGIONAL CEO DISCUSSES TRADE AND INVESTMENT [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On November 26, DCM and energyoff met Ron Pollett, President and CEO of General Electric (GE) Russia/CIS, who said that GE will break ground in 2009 on a locomotive production facility in Astana. Konstantin Nazar [...] | 2008-12-03 13:25:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON EIND ENRG ETRD BEXP BTIO KZ |
08ASTANA2392 | KAZAKHSTAN ECONOMIC AND ENERGY UPDATE, November 9 - [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) Summary: This information is drawn primarily from the Kazakhstani local press and has not been verified for accuracy. -- National Bank Eases Reserve Requirements -- Use of the National Fund Criticized -- New Appointme [...] | 2008-12-04 01:57:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON EFIN EIND ENRG EPET KTDB KZ |
08ASTANA2398 | KAZAKHSTAN: OPPOSITION PARTIES CRITICIZE MADRID LAWS, BUT [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) This is the first in a series of cables analyzing reactions to Kazakhstan's Madrid legislation. 3. (SBU) SUMMARY: On November 19, a group of Western diplomats met with leading opposition parties to gather their reactio [...] | 2008-12-04 11:15:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM OSCE KDEM KZ |
08ASTANA2399 | KAZAKHSTAN: CIVIL SOCIETY PESSIMISTIC ON MADRID LAWS [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) This is the second in a series of cables analyzing reactions to Kazakhstan's Madrid legislation. 3. (SBU) SUMMARY: On November 19, several leading NGOs shared their views on the draft laws on political parties, electio [...] | 2008-12-04 12:00:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM OSCE KDEM KZ |
08ASTANA2404 | HIV OUTBREAKS AMONG CHILDREN HIGHLIGHT NEED FOR REFORM [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Recent outbreaks of HIV and AIDS among children in three countries of Central Asia point to dangerous and unnecessary medical procedures being performed throughout the region. A recent assessment conducted by USA [...] | 2008-12-05 10:30:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL EAID SOCI KG TI TX UZ KZ |
08ASTANA2407 | KAZAKHSTAN: WAS THAT AN INSULT? OPPOSITION NEWSPAPER [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On December 1, Charge d'Affaires met with Yermurat Bapi, Editor-in-Chief of Taszhargan newspaper. Taszhargan is a weekly opposition paper printed in Russian and Kazakh with a total circulation of 72,000. Bapi re [...] | 2008-12-05 11:53:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM SOCI KDEM KZ |
08ASTANA2408 | KAZAKHSTAN: SHELL COMMITTED TO CONTINUED [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Shell Kazakhstan,s Asset Manager for Kashagan, Devin Garrity, and County Chairman Campbell Keir met with CDA Kevin Milas on December 3 to provide an update on Shell operations in the Caspian Sea region. Offering [...] | 2008-12-05 12:11:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV EPET KZ PGOV |
08ASTANA2437 | KAZAKHSTAN: UN TRANSBOUNDARY WATER CONFERENCE DISCUSSES [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The UN Trans-boundary Water Conference took place in Almaty, Kazakhstan, on November 17-18. The key element of the Conference was the presentation of a water management project developed by the German Agency for Te [...] | 2008-12-09 11:35:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL SENV ENRG KZ |
08ASTANA2445 | KAZAKHSTAN: AMBASSADOR IDRISOV ON RAKHAT ALIYEV, [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Ambassador met Kazakhstan's Ambassador Erlan Idrisov for lunch at the Georgetown Club in Washington on December 5. They discussed -- President Nursultan Nazarbayev's exiled ex-son-in-law and how he is an irritant in the U.S.-Kazakhstan bilateral relationship; -- presid [...] | 2008-12-10 11:00:00 | Embassy Astana | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON SOCI KDEM RS KZ |
08ASTANA2447 | KAZAKHSTAN: 2008-2009 INCSR, PART II, FINANCIAL CRIMES [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) In response to reftel, the text of Part II of the 2008-2009 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report (INCSR),Financial Crimes and Money Laundering for Kazakhstan follows. The INCSR currently covers only the first n [...] | 2008-12-10 14:26:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV EFIN KCRM KCOR SNAR KZ |
08ASTANA2449 | KARACHAGANAK: KAZAKHSTAN'S UNSUNG SUPERGIANT OIL AND GAS [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On December 2-4, Energy Officer toured the vast Karachaganak oil and gas field near the small town of Aksai (pop. 35,000),40 kilometers from the Russian border in northwestern Kazakhstan. Although less well-know [...] | 2008-12-11 03:51:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV EPET EINV RS KZ |
08ASTANA2450 | KAZAKHSTAN: PRESIDENTIAL ADMINISTRATION HEAD [...] (S) SUMMARY: President Administration head Aslan Musin called in the Ambassador on December 10 to discuss Rakhat Aliyev, expressing concerns about international press reporting on the Aliyev case and explaining he had information that Aliyev might be seeking American citizenship or U.S. polit [...] | 2008-12-11 11:24:00 | Embassy Astana | SECRET | PREL PGOV PHUM KCRM KDEM KIRF KNNP KZ |
08ASTANA2452 | KAZAKHSTAN: ALMATY NOTES, NOVEMBER 24-DECEMBER 5 [...] The "Almaty Notes" series from U.S. Office Almaty focuses on developments in civil society, the media, and the opposition in Kazakhstan's "southern capital." OPPOSITION LEADERS CHARGED WITH CRIME 2. On December 1, the Interior Ministry charged Azat party leader Bulat Abilov with "concea [...] | 2008-12-12 05:47:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM ECON SOCI KDEM KIRF KZ |
08ASTANA2457 | KAZAKHSTAN: FOLLOW-UP ON RAKHAT ALIYEV, PEACE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador met with President Nursultan Nazarbayev's Foreign Policy Adviser Yerzhan Kazykhanov on December 12 on three current issues: the impact of exiled former son-in-law Rakhat Aliyev on the bilateral relationship, the need to move rapidly on TRANSCOM's Northern Distributio [...] | 2008-12-12 09:18:00 | Embassy Astana | SECRET | PGOV PREL CASC MARR KCRM KZ |
08ASTANA2465 | KAZAKHSTAN: CONOCO-PHILLIPS DISCLOSES N BLOCK CONTRACT [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On December 12, Energy Officer met with Nick Olds (protect throughout),Caspian Region President for ConocoPhillips (COP),to discuss the status of negotiations for the N Block, an offshore hydrocarbon-rich reserv [...] | 2008-12-15 11:18:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV EPET EINV KZ |
08ASTANA2469 | KAZAKHSTAN: THE STATE OF THE MEDIA - STILL A LONG WAY TO [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On November 26, the Kazakhstani Press Club hosted a conference on the state of the media in Kazakhstan. Some 200 people -- including media experts, representatives of international and nongovernmental organizations [...] | 2008-12-18 16:25:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM SOCI KDEM KPAO OSCE KZ |
08ASTANA2470 | KAZAKHSTAN ECONOMIC AND ENERGY UPDATE, NOVEMBER 23 - [...] SUMMARY: This information is drawn primarily from the Kazakhstani local press and has not been verified for accuracy. -- New Budget Code Signed by President -- Regional Trade News -- ArcelorMittal Guarantees Employment to Share Purchasers -- Renaissance Capital Advisor for Distressed A [...] | 2008-12-18 16:26:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV ECON EFIN EIND ENRG EPET KTDB KZ |
08ASTANA2471 | KAZAKHSTAN: SOCIAL MOVEMENTS IN HOUSING AND ECONOMIC [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On December 1, Charge d'Affaires met with Talmas movement leader Aynur Kurmanov. Kurmanov discussed the impact of the current financial crisis and the creation of a "new poor class" from members of the middle cla [...] | 2008-12-18 16:26:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM SOCI KDEM KZ |
08ASTANA2474 | KAZAKHSTAN: GOVERNMENT REDOUBLING EFFORTS TO MAKE [...] SUMMARY: Prime Minister Masimov has redoubled the Government of Kazakhstan's commitment to reforms to improve the legal environment for business, making this a top priority since the September release of the 2009 World Bank Doing Business (WBDB) report. In November, Masimov ordered each rele [...] | 2008-12-18 16:27:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV ECON EINV KZ |
08ASTANA2475 | KAZAKHSTAN: SOCAR DISCUSSES TRANS-CASPIAN OIL [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On December 12, Energy Officer met with Vurgun Jafarov, State Oil Company of the Azerbaijan Republic (SOCAR) Country Director for Kazakhstan, and Fuad Khodjayev, SOCAR Country Manager, to discuss the November 14 a [...] | 2008-12-18 16:52:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV EPET EINV AJ KZ |
08ASTANA2479 | KAZAKHSTAN: SOCAR DISCUSSES TRANS-CASPIAN OIL [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On December 12, Energy Officer met with Vurgun Jafarov, State Oil Company of the Azerbaijan Republic (SOCAR) Country Director for Kazakhstan, and Fuad Khodjayev, SOCAR Country Manager, to discuss the November 14 a [...] | 2008-12-18 17:17:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV EPET EINV AJ KZ |
08ASTANA2480 | KAZAKHSTANI DELEGATION STUDIES U.S. 911 EMERGENCY SYSTEMS [...] SUMMARY. As part of an effort to enhance cooperation between the Crime Statistics and Special Records Committee of Kazakhstan's Procurator General's Office (PGO) and the U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS),the Embassy's INL Office organized and co-funded the U.S. visit of two PGO represen [...] | 2008-12-19 02:04:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL SNAR KCRM KZ |
08ASTANA2481 | KAZAKHSTAN: SMALL BORDER TOWN BALANCES RUSSIAN INFLUENCE, [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Aksai is a small, provincial border town in northern Kazakhstan much like many others -- with the notable exception that it has billions of dollars worth of oil and gas buried in its backyard. Unfortunately, it w [...] | 2008-12-19 02:48:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV EPET EINV SOCI PBTS RS KZ |
08ASTANA2492 | KAZAKHSTAN: FOREIGN MINISTER TAZHIN [...] (C) In an alleged internal government memo, a copy of which we received from a contact at the NGO Freedom House, Foreign Minister Marat Tazhin wrote to Prime Minister Karim Masimov that the government should postpone adopting amendments to Kazakhstan's religion legislation until after its 20 [...] | 2008-12-19 09:04:00 | Embassy Astana | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM KIRF KZ |
08ASTANA2522 | KAZAKHSTAN: CIVIL SOCIETY LEADER ZHOVTIS: "I'D RATHER [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: During a December 18 meeting in Almaty with the Ambassador, Kazakhstan International Human Rights Bureau Director Yevgeniy Zhovtis offered his views on democracy, human rights, and the political situation in Kazakh [...] | 2008-12-22 08:48:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM SOCI KDEM OSCE KZ |
08ASTANA2523 | KAZAKHSTAN: ARTICLES ACCUSE OIL COMPANIES OF CAUSING [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On October 30, the Russian-language, independent weekly newspaper "Svoboda Slova" launched a series of inflammatory articles written by journalist Igor Larra called, "Defending the Caspian." The paper has publish [...] | 2008-12-22 10:05:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV EPET EINV SENV KPAO KZ |
08ASTANA2530 | KAZAKHSTAN: FIRST INTERNATIONAL BIOTECH CONFERENCE HELD [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The First International Conference "Astana Biotech 2008" took place on December 12-13, at the National Center for Biotechnology in Astana, Kazakhstan. Its stated goal was to develop further Kazakhstan's overall sci [...] | 2008-12-22 10:42:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL SENV EIND TBIO KZ |
08ASTANA2534 | KAZAKHSTAN: NSDP LEADER TUYAKBAY - AN HONORABLE [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: During a December 18 meeting with the Ambassador in Almaty, the chair of the National Social Democratic Party (NSDP) Zharmakhan Tuyakbay argued that Kazakhstan's democratic hopes were dashed in mid-1990s when Presi [...] | 2008-12-23 03:56:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM SOCI KDEM KZ |
08ASTANA2535 | KAZAKHSTAN: CIVIL NUCLEAR ENERGY SECTOR OVERVIEW [...] SUMMARY: In response to reftel A, this report summarizes the structure, plans, projects, and players of Kazakhstan's civilian nuclear energy sector. Kazakhstan has the world's second largest uranium reserves after Australia and is currently the world's third largest uranium producer after Ca [...] | 2008-12-23 06:11:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KGIC KNNP EINV ENRG KZ |
08ASTANA2538 | KAZAKHSTAN: 2008 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Kazakhstan continued to combat domestic terrorism and extremism aggressively and took tangible steps to continue cooperation and information-sharing with the United States and international organizations. Kazakhstan a [...] | 2008-12-23 09:33:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PTER EFIN KCRM KHLS AEMR ASEC KZ |
08ASTANA2545 | KAZAKHSTAN'S DUVANOV: "YOU'RE LOSING THE INFORMATION WAR [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Independent journalist Sergei Duvanov judges: -- the United States is losing the information war with Russia in Kazakhstan because we are doing little effective to provide an alternative to Russia's massive domi [...] | 2008-12-24 02:46:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PROP SOCI KDEM RS KZ |
08ASTANA2546 | KAZAKHSTAN: ALMATY NOTES, DECEMBER 9 - 19 [...] The "Almaty Notes" series is intended to maintain focus on developments in civil society, the media, and the opposition in Kazakhstan's "southern capital" following the move of the Embassy to Astana. CITY AKIM RECEIVES OPPOSITION LEADER ABILOV 2. The Almaty akim (mayor) Akhmetzhan Yesim [...] | 2008-12-24 05:12:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL SOCI KDEM KZ |
08ASTANA2547 | KAZAKHSTAN: GOVERNMMENT INTERESTED IN EXTENDING PROGRAM [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The primary Kazakhstani government counterpart for the Program for Economic Development (PED),Deputy Minister of Economy Marat Kussainov, informally requested USAID to prepare a concept paper which would outline [...] | 2008-12-24 07:43:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON EFIN EIND ENRG EPET KTDB KZ |
08ASTANA2551 | KAZAKHSTAN HANDS OVER NON-PAPER AND COURT DOSSIER [...] (C) SUMMARY: A government of Kazakhstan non-paper alleges that President Nursultan Nazarbayev's exiled ex-son-in-law Rakhat Aliyev has hired U.S. public relations firms to build the case that he is a political dissident standing up to a tyrannical and corrupt Nazarbayev, with the ultimate go [...] | 2008-12-24 10:29:00 | Embassy Astana | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PROP KCRM KZ |
08ASTANA2553 | KAZAKHSTAN LIKELY TO APPROVE TRANSCOM'S NORTHERN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Kazahkstan is close to making a positive decision to participate in TRANSCOM'S Northern Distribution Network. On December 26, Security Council Secretary Kairbek Suleymenov said he would instruct his staff immediately to draft a decision memo for President Nursultan Nazarbayev. [...] | 2008-12-29 04:27:00 | Embassy Astana | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MARR KZ |
08ASTANA2561 | KAZAKHSTAN ECONOMIC AND ENERGY UPDATE, December 7 - [...] (U) SUMMARY: This information is drawn primarily from the Kazakhstani local press and has not been verified for accuracy. -- Kazakhstan Ready to Negotiate Debt Restructuring -- Banks to Receive Government Assistance by March -- Conservative Scenario for 2009 National Budget -- Economic S [...] | 2008-12-30 06:09:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV ECON EFIN EIND ENRG EPET KTDB KZ |
08ASTANA2566 | KAZAKHSTAN: MFA RESHUFFLES SENIOR DIPLOMATS [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. MFA RESHUFFLE 2. (SBU) On December 29, Kairat Sarybay, until December 26 the Deputy Foreign Minister, was appointed senior foreign policy advisor to President Nazarbayev, succeeding Yerzhan Kazykhanov, who was named Kazakhstan's [...] | 2008-12-30 10:16:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR OFDP KZ |
08ASTANA2567 | KAZAKHSTAN: WATER RESOURCE COMMITTEE DEPUTY CHAIRMAN [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Ministry of Agriculture Water Resource Committee Deputy Chairman Amirkhan Kenshimov highlighted the recent political agreement by the five Central Asian presidents on water use and energy delivery for the winter of [...] | 2008-12-30 10:16:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ENRG SENV KZ |
08ASTANA2570 | KAZAKHSTAN: CUSTOMS UNION WITH RUSSIA AND BELARUS [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Kazakhstan's WTO negotiator told the Ambassador on December 24 Kazakhstan is ready to accelerate WTO accession negotiations with the United States. However, the international financial crisis is making some Kazah [...] | 2008-12-30 10:44:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON EFIN RS KZ |
08ASTANA2572 | KAZAKHSTAN: PRESIDENT NAZARBAYEV CONVENES FOREIGN [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On December 5, President Nazarbayev chaired the biannual Foreign Investors Council in Almaty, which was attended by the entire Cabinet and the top 15 foreign investors in Kazakhstan. The meeting was notable for it [...] | 2008-12-30 11:05:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV BEXP ECON EFIN EINV ELAB EPET KZ |
08ASTANA2576 | KAZAKHSTAN: DINNER WITH STATE SECRETARY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Kazakhstan's self-described Number Two and President Nazarbayev's confidante, State Secretary Kanat Saudabayev, told the Ambassador on December 29: -- Kazakhstan would give TRANSCOM a positive reply to the U.S. request to include Kazakhstan as an essential link in the Northern [...] | 2008-12-31 05:53:00 | Embassy Astana | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR ECON MARR RS KZ |
08ASTANA2577 | KAZAKHSTAN: ASTANA-BASED AMBASSADORS AGREE: "DEMOCRACY [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) This is the third in a series of cables analyzing reactions to Kazakhstan's OSCE Madrid-commitment legislation (reftels A and B). 3. (SBU) SUMMARY: On December 30, the Ambassador hosted a working lunch for ambassadors [...] | 2008-12-31 08:05:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM OSCE KDEM KZ |
08ASTANA280 | NAZARBAYEV'S STATE OF THE NATION SPEECH FOCUSES ON [...] (U) President Nazarbayev's 2009 state of the nation address focused largely on the economy, as well as on government social programs. He only touched briefly on foreign policy, highlighting Kazakhstan's selection as OSCE chairman for 2010. He said little about democratic reforms. End Summary [...] | 2008-02-08 02:28:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON EPET KZ |
08ASTANA281 | SCENESETTER FOR SCA ASSISTANT SECRETARY BOUCHER'S VISIT TO [...] (SBU) Summary: Your trip to Kazakhstan follows January visits from Senator Lugar, Eurasian Energy Diplomacy Coordinator Mann, and Acting Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Central Asia Shivers. The steady traffic of high-level visitors to and from Kazakhstan (Prime Minister M [...] | 2008-02-08 02:29:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON EPET KZ |
08ASTANA282 | Kazakhstani Koreans Wield Disproportionate Influence [...] (SBU) Summary: Kazakhstan's ethnic Korean minority has made great strides in the country's business and political spheres since independence, with a number of them holding influential positions. The success Kazakhstani Koreans have achieved in the post-Soviet era is a product of their higher ra [...] | 2008-02-08 02:29:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON SOCI KZ |
08ASTANA301 | KAZAKHSTAN: SLAVERY CONVENTIONS RATIFIED [...] According to a government press service, President Nazarbayev signed the bill on February 5 to ratify the League of Nations' Slavery Convention of 1926, the 1953 UN Protocol on Amendments to the Slavery Convention, and the 1956 UN Supplementary Convention on the Abolition of Slavery. 2. The l [...] | 2008-02-11 06:48:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SOCI KCRM PGOV KZ |
08ASTANA315 | KAZAKHSTAN: ALMATY NOTES, JANUARY 28 - FEBRUARY 8, 2008 [...] The "Almaty Notes" series is intended to maintain focus on developments in civil society, the media, and the opposition in Kazakhstan's "southern capital" following the move of the Embassy to Astana. Comments on President's State of the Nation Address ---------------------------------------- [...] | 2008-02-13 05:48:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM KZ |
08ASTANA338 | CHEVRON INCIDENT REFLECTS CHANGING DYNAMICS IN [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-15 11:18:00 | Embassy Astana | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EPET PINR KZ |
08ASTANA354 | DESPITE OBSTACLES, KAZAKHSTAN MAINTAINS [...] (C) Summary: KazMunayGas, (KMG) Executive Director for Oil Transportation Arman Darbayev expects the Parliament to soon ratify the Azerbaijan ) Kazakhstan Inter-governmental Agreement on Trans-Caspian transport. KMG is establishing a sister company focused on Trans-Caspian transport issues. [...] | 2008-02-20 10:56:00 | Embassy Astana | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EPET PINR KZ |
08ASTANA357 | KAZAKHSTAN: KNB INTENSIFIES INVESTIGATION OF GRACE [...] (C) Summary: On January 25, Committee for National Security (KNB) agents raided yet another Grace Presbyterian Church, this time in Almaty. The raid is the latest step in an ongoing KNB investigation of the denomination, which began with August 2007 raids on two churches and several church-re [...] | 2008-02-21 09:14:00 | Embassy Astana | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL KIRF KDEM KZ |
08ASTANA363 | CORRUPTION CHARGES BROUGHT AGAINST MINISTRY OF [...] (SBU) On February 18 Kazakhstan's financial police brought criminal charges against a group of officials at the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources (MEMR). The officials, who have not yet been publicly identified, were charged with misfeasance and corruption. According to a press release [...] | 2008-02-22 10:28:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EPET KZ |
08ASTANA371 | KAZAKHSTAN: ADVANCING THE U.S. POSITION FOR CHANGE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-25 09:22:00 | Embassy Astana | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL CU KZ |
08ASTANA4 | PRESIDENTIAL VISIT SIGNALS HEIGHTENED TURKISH [...] No summary [...] | 2008-01-03 13:40:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KZ |
08ASTANA405 | KAZAKHSTAN SEARCHES FOR NEW ENERGY SECTOR MODEL [...] (C) Summary: Kazakhstani officials have made a series of announcements since the beginning of 2008 indicating that Kazakhstan intends to take a tougher stance with foreign energy investors. Prime Minister Masimov has banned new production-sharing agreements, called for a new tax code for natu [...] | 2008-02-29 11:48:00 | Embassy Astana | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET PGOV PREL KZ |
08ASTANA411 | KAZAKHSTAN: UPSURGE IN NEGATIVE MEDIA COVERAGE OF [...] (SBU) Summary: Several media outlets in the last month have published or broadcast stories critical of religious groups not traditional to Kazakhstan, such as evangelical Protestant Christians, Jehovah's Witnesses, Scientologists, and Hare Krishnas, depicting them as dangerous sects harmful to [...] | 2008-03-03 11:21:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KIRF KZ |
08ASTANA422 | KAZAKHSTAN: ALMATY NOTES, FEBRUARY 11 - 22, 2008 [...] The "Almaty Notes" series is intended to maintain focus on developments in civil society, the media, and the opposition in Kazakhstan's "southern capital" following the move of the Embassy to Astana. KNB Trying to Discredit Alga? ----------------------------- 2. The National Security Co [...] | 2008-03-04 10:43:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM KZ |
08ASTANA480 | KAZAKHSTAN: PRESSURE BUILDING FOR NEW OIL EXPORT [...] (C) Summary: On February 27, ExxonMobil Kazakhstan General Manager Steven Rose gave the Ambassador a detailed overview of ExxonMobil's presentation to Kazakhstan on the Kazakhstan Caspian Transportation System (KCTS). ExxonMobil is attempting to be the Kashagan consortium's lead voice in KCT [...] | 2008-03-11 09:37:00 | Embassy Astana | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EPET KZ |
08ASTANA485 | KAZAKHSTAN BEGINS THE DIFFICULT AND DELICATE TRANSITION [...] (SBU) Kazakhstan is slowly transitioning from Russian to Kazakh as the primary language of governance. Spoken by only a minority of Kazakhstanis at the time of independence, demographic shifts and government programs have increased the prevalence of Kazakh in Kazakhstani society. However, the [...] | 2008-03-12 04:52:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SOCI KDEM KZ |
08ASTANA494 | KAZAKHSTAN'S GAS EXPORTS: NOT YET ABUNDANT, BUT [...] (C) Summary: Kazakhstan, along with Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan, plans to sell its gas exports at "European prices" in 2009. KazMunayGas President Uzakbay Karabalin announced Kazakhstan's intent at a meeting in Moscow between Gazprom and energy officials from Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, and Uz [...] | 2008-03-12 11:13:00 | Embassy Astana | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PRL EPET KZ |
08ASTANA498 | KAZAKHSTAN: ALMATY NOTES, FEBRUARY 25 - March 7, 2008 [...] The "Almaty Notes" series is intended to maintain focus on developments in civil society, the media, and the opposition in Kazakhstan's "southern capital" following the move of the Embassy to Astana. --------------------------------------------- - True Ak Zhol Changes Name, Shuffles Leadersh [...] | 2008-03-13 06:56:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM KZ |
08ASTANA50 | KAZAKHSTAN: PENTECOSTAL CHURCH, CHRISTIAN [...] (C) Summary: Kazakhstan is home to the world's largest Russian language Christian satellite television network and a steadily growing, openly evangelical Pentecostal church, surprising facts considering the negative attention the country sometimes receives for its treatment of groups that are [...] | 2008-01-11 11:20:00 | Embassy Astana | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM KZ PGOV PHUM PREL |
08ASTANA522 | YUSHCHENKO'S VISIT TO KAZAKHSTAN PAYS NO IMMEDIATE [...] (C) Summary: Presidents Yushchenko and Nazarbayev both described Kazakhstan - Ukraine relations as excellent during Yushchenko's March 5-6 visit to Kazakhstan. No agreements were reached, however, on energy cooperation. Instead, President Nazarbayev publicly pronounced that Kazakhstan will n [...] | 2008-03-17 08:35:00 | Embassy Astana | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EPET KZ |
08ASTANA611 | KAZAKHSTAN - SHYMKENT IS YOUNG, MUSLIM, AND GROWING FAST [...] (SBU) South Kazakhstan oblast and its capital, Shymkent, are experiencing rapid population growth due to high birth rates, an influx of ethnic Kazakhs from abroad, and labor migration from Uzbekistan. While local officials claim local media is largely independent, civil society representatives [...] | 2008-03-21 05:37:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KDEM KIRF PREL KZ |
08ASTANA614 | KAZAKHSTAN - SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY COOPERATION OVERVIEW [...] (SBU) EST Officer's January 20 - February 19 TDY visit to Kazakhstan provided a timely opportunity to discuss the Kazakhstani government's science and technology (S&T) infrastructure, particularly in light of continued negotiations on a bilateral Science and Technology Agreement. Kazakhstani o [...] | 2008-03-21 10:03:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TSPL PREL PGOV KSCA KZ |
08ASTANA615 | KAZAKHSTAN - SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY - BIOTECH AND [...] EST Officer's January 20 - February 19 TDY visit to Kazakhstan provided a timely opportunity to discuss the Kazakhstani government's Science and Technology (S&T) infrastructure, particularly in light of continued negotiations on a bilateral Science and Technology Agreement. This cable focuses [...] | 2008-03-21 11:57:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | TSPL EAGR KSCA PREL PGOV KZ |
08ASTANA616 | KAZAKHSTAN - SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY - NUCLEAR TECHNOLOGY [...] (U) EST officer's January 20 - February 19 TDY visit to Kazakhstan provided a timely opportunity to discuss the Kazakhstani government's science and technology (S&T) infrastructure, particularly in light of continued negotiations on a bilateral Science and Technology Agreement. This cable focu [...] | 2008-03-21 11:58:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TSPL EAGR KSCA PREL PGOV KZ |
08ASTANA617 | KAZAKHSTAN - SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY - ADDITIONAL AREAS FOR [...] EST officer's January 20 - February 19 TDY visit to Kazakhstan provided a timely opportunity to discuss the Kazakhstani government's Science and Technology (S&T) infrastructure, particularly in light of continued negotiations on a bilateral Science and Technology Agreement. This is one of a s [...] | 2008-03-21 12:17:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | TSPL KSCA PREL PGOV KZ |
08ASTANA620 | KAZAKHSTAN: ALMATY NOTES, MARCH 10 - MARCH 23, 2008 [...] The "Almaty Notes" series is intended to maintain focus on developments in civil society, the media, and the opposition in Kazakhstan's "southern capital" following the move of the Embassy to Astana. - NGO's Criticize Fight Against Extremism and Terrorism - No Alliance with Aliyev - Complai [...] | 2008-03-25 08:20:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PREL KZ |
08ASTANA66 | SENATOR LUGAR MEETS WITH GOVERNMENT LEADERS IN [...] (C) Summary: During his January 9-11 visit to Astana Senator Richard Lugar discussed energy, non-proliferation, regional security, and economic cooperation issues in a series of meetings with high-ranking officials. Kazakhstani officials praised Senator Lugar for his long support of Kazakhsta [...] | 2008-01-14 11:34:00 | Embassy Astana | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EPET ENRG KZ |
08ASTANA685 | KAZAKHSTAN - ALMATY NOTES, MARCH 24 - APRIL 7, 2008 [...] The "Almaty Notes" series is intended to maintain focus on developments in civil society, the media, and the opposition in Kazakhstan's "southern capital" following the move of the Embassy to Astana. - Azat Statement Prompted by Aliyev's Conviction - OSDP Says Government-Opposition Dialogue [...] | 2008-04-08 09:53:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM KDEM SOCI KZ |
08ASTANA729 | WITH IGA ON TRANS-CASPIAN OIL TRANSPORT RATIFIED, [...] (C) Summary: On March 26, Kazakhstan's Parliament ratified an intergovernmental agreement with Azerbaijan on trans-Caspian oil transportation. According to the Kazakhstanis, Azerbaijan appears "not in a hurry" in trans-Caspian talks and, sensing Kazakhstan's vulnerabilities, is driving a hard [...] | 2008-04-15 08:31:00 | Embassy Astana | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EPET KZ |
08ASTANA754 | TURMOIL AT KMG - FIRST VP IDENOV MAY BE OUT THE [...] (C) KazMunaiGas (KMG) First Vice President Maksat Idenov called the Ambassador from Dubai on April 14 and told him that he is on the verge of leaving KMG. According to Idenov, KMG President Uzakbay Karabalin met earlier that day with President Nazarbayev to complain about Idenov's activities a [...] | 2008-04-15 11:50:00 | Embassy Astana | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EPET KZ |
08ASTANA760 | LIFESTYLES OF THE KAZAZHSTANI LEADERSHIP [...] (C) Kazakhstan's political elites appear to enjoy typical hobbies -- such as travel, horseback riding, and skiing. Not surprisingly, however, they are able to indulge in their hobbies on a grand scale, whether flying Elton John to Kazakhstan for a concert or trading domestic property for a pal [...] | 2008-04-17 10:35:00 | Embassy Astana | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR KZ |
08ASTANA767 | KAZAKHSTAN: NEW LEGISLATION THREATENS RELIGIOUS [...] (SBU) On April 2, a group of parliamentarians introduced draft amendments to Kazakhstan's laws governing religious organizations. Among other things, the amendments would require all religious groups in the country to re-register under more restrictive procedures; limit the activities of smal [...] | 2008-04-18 11:52:00 | Embassy Astana | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV KIRF KDEM PREL KZ |
08ASTANA769 | AMBASSADOR OPENS AMERICAN CORNER, MEETS WITH KEY [...] (C) The Ambassador attended the official opening of the eighth American Corner in Kazakhstan on April 8 at the Aktobe branch of the Republican Science Technical Library. While in Aktobe, he also held meetings with oblast (regional) and city officials, NGO's representatives, and local businessm [...] | 2008-04-18 12:35:00 | Embassy Astana | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON SOCI KZ |
08ASTANA779 | GOK INCREASES PRESSURE ON TENGHIZCHEVROIL OVER [...] (C) Summary: Kazakhstani authorities continue to closely scrutinize TenghizChevroil (TCO),which has already paid hundreds of millions of dollars in fines in recent years. Consortium representatives describe a working environment made difficult by government harassment and constant requests fo [...] | 2008-04-21 11:52:00 | Embassy Astana | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EPET KZ |
08ASTANA848 | KAZAKHSTAN - UPDATE ON AFGHANISTAN ASSISTANCE PLANS [...] (SBU) Pol-Econ Chief met on April 29 with MFA Asian Cooperation Department Advisor Yerzhan Kalekenov to discuss Kazakhstan's assistance plans for Afghanistan and its participation in the upcoming Afghanistan support conference in Paris. 2. (SBU) As previously reported, Kazakhstan allocated [...] | 2008-04-29 11:57:00 | Embassy Astana | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID PREL PGOV KZ AF |
08ASTANA867 | KAZAKHSTAN: OUTREACH ON DEMOCRACY, HUMAN RIGHTS, AND [...] (SBU) In response to reftel, there are no high profile dissidents from un-free nations living in exile or seeking asylum in Kazakhstan. 2. (SBU) In the course of my work, I do, however, regularly meet with leading Kazakhstani democracy and human rights activists, including Yevgeniy Zhovtis, [...] | 2008-05-06 03:36:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KDEM KIRF PREL KZ |
08ASTANA869 | RESPONSE: IMPACT OF RISING FOOD/COMMODITY PRICES - [...] (SBU) This cable constitutes post's response to reftel, which requested specific information regarding the impact in host country of rising food and agricultural commodity prices. 2. (SBU) DEMAND: The most important foods and agricultural commodities consumed in Kazakhstan include flour, b [...] | 2008-05-06 06:45:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ETRD PGOV KZ |
08ASTANA870 | KAZAKHSTAN - ALL IS CALM IN ALMATY OBLAST, AND THAT'S HOW [...] (SBU) All is calm in Almaty Oblast and its capital, Taldykorgan, and residents are enjoying a steadily improving quality of life, at least according to oblast officials. The urban population is growing, though the oblast remains largely rural and agricultural. Taldykorgan itself has experience [...] | 2008-05-06 07:32:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KDEM KIRF PREL KZ |
08ASTANA871 | AKTAU: A CENTRAL HUB FOR THE CASPIAN REGION [...] (SBU) Summary: Aktau, situated on the Caspian coast and the capital of Mangystau Oblast, is poised to become Kazakhstan's next boomtown. With four major ports in operation or under construction and improving road and rail infrastructure in Mangystau Oblast, Aktau is perfectly situated to beco [...] | 2008-05-06 09:56:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KZ EPET |
08ASTANA962 | KAZAKHSTAN - OIL EXPORT DUTY GOES INTO EFFECT, BUT [...] (U) Kazakhstan's recently announced duty on the export of crude oil and oil products went into effect on May 17. The duty does not apply to companies whose contracts set fixed tax regimes, which means that Kazakhstan's three principal oil and gas projects -- Tengiz, Karachaganak, and Kashagan [...] | 2008-05-19 11:02:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET ECON ETRD PGOV KZ |
08ASTANA970 | SCENESETTER FOR CODEL RAHALL'S MAY 25-27 VISIT TO [...] (SBU) Summary: Your visit to Kazakhstan comes at a particularly opportune time. With its thriving energy sector and recent selection as 2010 chairman of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE),Kazakhstan is showing increasing confidence on the international stage. The [...] | 2008-05-22 06:45:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON EPET OVIP OTRA KZ |
08ASUNCION102 | YELLOW FEVER UPDATE [...] As of February 15, there are 46 reported cases of yellow fever in Paraguay. Twenty-six are live cases; only five cases have been confirmed to date. The first case of yellow fever surfaced January 15 in San Estanislao, San Pedro Department. A team of experts dispatched to the region found fiv [...] | 2008-02-15 21:03:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREL AEMR CASC MASS SOCI TBIO AFSN PGOV PA |
08ASUNCION103 | YELLOW FEVER UPDATE [...] As of February 15, there are 46 reported cases of yellow fever in Paraguay. Twenty-six are live cases; only five cases have been confirmed to date. The first case of yellow fever surfaced January 15 in San Estanislao, San Pedro Department. A team of experts dispatched to the region found [...] | 2008-02-15 21:03:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREL AEMR CASC MASS SOCI TBIO AFSN PGOV PA |
08ASUNCION107 | YELLOW FEVER UPDATE [...] (SBU) Paraguay now has seven confirmed cases of yellow fever. Of 66 additional suspected cases, 25 have been ruled out; seven resulted in deaths. The GOP had 800,000 vaccines available last week, and an additional 750,000 will be arriving in country shortly from Peru and PAHO. The USD 50,00 [...] | 2008-02-20 10:44:00 | Embassy Asuncion | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID PREL AEMR CASC MASS SOCI TBIO AFSN PGOV |
08ASUNCION115 | COURT APPROVES PRESIDENT'S SENATE CANDIDACY [...] (U) Paraguay's Electoral Court upheld President Nicanor Duarte Frutos, Senate candidacy February 12. The decision rejected challenges by both National Solidarity Party president Carlos Filizzola February 4 and Beloved Fatherland presidential candidate Pedro Fadul February 5. The opposition [...] | 2008-02-25 11:12:00 | Embassy Asuncion | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PA |
08ASUNCION127 | COLORADO CASTIGLIONI: "I WAS ROBBED" [...] (C) Former Colorado presidential candidate and dissident Luis Castiglioni personally confirmed to Ambassador February 25 reports that President Duarte and "oficialista" candidate Blanca Ovelar stole the Colorado primary. Castiglioni said it became clear that Ovelar's faction was stealing the [...] | 2008-02-27 14:32:00 | Embassy Asuncion | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PA |
08ASUNCION131 | PRESIDENT INVESTIGATED FOR MONEY LAUNDERING [...] (U) Prosecutors in Paraguay's financial crimes specialized unit launched an investigation February 28 against President Nicanor Duarte Frutos on suspicion of violating Paraguay's anti-money laundering statutes. The unit's lead prosecutor, Carlos Arregui, appointed two prosecutors, Rene Ferna [...] | 2008-02-29 10:26:00 | Embassy Asuncion | CONFIDENTIAL | SNAR PGOV PREL PA |
08ASUNCION132 | PRESIDENT INVESTIGATED FOR MONEY LAUNDERING [...] (U) Prosecutors in Paraguay's financial crimes specialized unit launched an investigation February 28 against President Nicanor Duarte Frutos on suspicion of violating Paraguay's anti-money laundering statutes. The unit's lead prosecutor, Carlos Arregui, appointed two prosecutors, Rene Ferna [...] | 2008-02-29 10:44:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR PGOV PREL PA |
08ASUNCION135 | AMBASSADOR AND FADUL: ON THE SAME PAGE [...] (C) Beloved Fatherland Party (PQ) presidential candidate Pedro Fadul told Ambassador February 26 that the more Paraguayans turn out to vote, the greater the chance an opposition party will win the April 20 national elections. Fadul said one of the PQ's biggest challenges is a lack of funding, [...] | 2008-03-03 18:53:00 | Embassy Asuncion | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PA |
08ASUNCION140 | PARAGUAYAN RESPONSE TO DEATH OF FARC COMMANDER [...] (SBU) President Nicanor Duarte Frutos condemned March 4 Colombia's actions in killing FARC Commander Raul Reyes, stating that Paraguay condemned Colombia's "external agression" and reaffirmed "the sovereignty of nations" such as Ecuador. A confidential message from the Paraguayan government [...] | 2008-03-06 10:36:00 | Embassy Asuncion | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL CO ER PA |
08ASUNCION145 | HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW - UNITS OF PARAGUAYAN SECURITY [...] Embassy has reviewed its internal files and records in accordance with standardized vetting procedures and finds no derogatory information on the following units (or person) of the Paraguayan security forces that are intended recipients of U.S. training and/or security assistance. 2. Candid [...] | 2008-03-10 15:53:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA |
08ASUNCION148 | "GOT VIAGRA?" PARAGUAY RISES TO THE OCCASION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: After almost two years of legal and illegal maneuvering, one of the largest cases of Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) violations prosecuted in Paraguay concluded March 6 with the destruction of the seized shipment of counterfeited medicines. With a combined local market value [...] | 2008-03-11 19:33:00 | Embassy Asuncion | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV ECPS PREL PA |
08ASUNCION149 | HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW - UNITS OF PARAGUAYAN SECURITY [...] Embassy has reviewed its internal files and records in accordance with standardized vetting procedures and finds no derogatory information on the following persons of the Paraguayan security forces that are intended recipients of U.S. training and/or security assistance. 2. Candidate name: [...] | 2008-03-11 20:03:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA |
08ASUNCION163 | LUGO'S AMCHAM SPEECH LACKS SUBSTANCE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Patriotic Alliance for Change (APC) presidential candidate Fernando Lugo outlined his six-point plan for governing to the Paraguayan-American Chamber of Commerce March 11. Three goals were economic -- agrarian reform, "economic growth with social equity," and "emergency" job creat [...] | 2008-03-14 12:29:00 | Embassy Asuncion | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PREL PGOV PA |
08ASUNCION172 | CATHOLIC CLERGY SPEAK OUT BEFORE ELECTIONS [...] (U) SUMMARY: Eight Catholic clergy members comprising the Paraguayan Episcopal Conference (CEP) issued a joint manifesto March 14 outlining their political positions in the run up to the April 20 national elections. They expressed opposition to electoral fraud, political patronage, vote bu [...] | 2008-03-19 11:45:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL SCUL PA |
08ASUNCION178 | BLANCA OVELAR'S VISION FOR PARAGUAY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Colorado Party standard-bearer told Ambassador March 18 she will seek to broaden and deepen relations with the United States should she win Paraguay's April 20 presidential elections. She spoke of the need to reform the state, fight corruption, increase citizen participation in [...] | 2008-03-19 21:28:00 | Embassy Asuncion | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON PA |
08ASUNCION192 | PARAGUAY FAVORABLY DISPOSED TO IOM CANDIDATE SWING [...] (SBU) Ambassador William Swing met March 27 (ref A) with Foreign Minister Ruben Ramirez Lezcano, Vice Minister Carlos Antonio Rivas, and other members of the Foreign Ministry to discuss his candidacy for Director General (DG) of the International Organization for Migration (IOM). Although the [...] | 2008-03-31 11:11:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC PREF PREL PGOV SMIG EUN PA |
08ASUNCION195 | THREE WEEKS 'TIL ELECTIONS [...] (SBU) Please see Action Requests contained in paragraph 18. 2. (C) With three weeks remaining before the April 20 national elections, Colorado Party candidate Blanca Ovelar represents the status quo and the continuation of 61 years of uninterrupted Colorado rule. Patriotic Alliance for Chang [...] | 2008-03-31 14:37:00 | Embassy Asuncion | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL CASC ECON SNAR PGOV PA |
08ASUNCION196 | CRAWLING CRABS TO FLYING GEESE: OVELAR'S ECONOMIC [...] (C) SUMMARY: Colorado presidential candidate Blanca Ovelar presented February 28 her economic platform to the American-Paraguayan Chamber of Commerce (AMCHAM). Ovelar's main themes were building an economic agenda based on active collaboration between civil society, the public, and private se [...] | 2008-03-31 14:52:00 | Embassy Asuncion | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PREL PGOV PA |
08ASUNCION198 | COLORADO SENATOR IMPLORES THE US TO "DO MORE" [...] (C) Multiple-term Colorado Senator (and brother of former Foreign Minister Leila Rachid) Bader Rachid told Pol/Econ Chief and RLA March 26 that the United States is "failing" in its approach to Latin America and Paraguay and that it should "do more" in the region. He argued that the United Sta [...] | 2008-04-01 11:49:00 | Embassy Asuncion | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SNAR PGOV PA XM |
08ASUNCION199 | FADUL IMPRESSES AMCHAM [...] (C) SUMMARY: Pedro Fadul, presidential candidate for the Beloved Fatherland (PQ) Party, told the Paraguayan-American Chamber of Commerce March 18 that although business and government should work together to promote economic and social development, the private sector should be the economy,s dr [...] | 2008-04-01 11:54:00 | Embassy Asuncion | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PA |
08ASUNCION221 | HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW - UNITS OF PARAGUAYAN SECURITY [...] Embassy has reviewed its internal files and records in accordance with standardized vetting procedures and finds no derogatory information on the following persons of the Paraguayan security forces that are intended recipients of U.S. training and/or security assistance. 2. Candidate name: [...] | 2008-04-08 13:46:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA |
08ASUNCION228 | PARAGUAY-VENEZUELA ENERGY AGREEMENTS [...] (C) SUMMARY. Paraguay signed April 1 in Caracas a food-for-oil Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Venezuela. The MOU includes Paraguay's agro technology transfers to Venezuela, and an option for Venezuelan public and private investment in the sector. Venezuelan Foreign Minister Maduro wi [...] | 2008-04-09 22:08:00 | Embassy Asuncion | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PGOV PREL PA VZ |
08ASUNCION233 | UN CONFIRMS PARAGUAY TOP POT PRODUCER IN SOUTH [...] (U) The United Nation's International Narcotics Control Board (INCB, or JIFE in Spanish) declared Paraguay the top South American producer of marijuana in its 2007 report, published March 5. The report (available on www.incb.org website) noted that Paraguay now is by far the region's primary [...] | 2008-04-11 17:39:00 | Embassy Asuncion | CONFIDENTIAL | SNAR PREL PGOV PA |
08ASUNCION234 | ELECTION CAMPAIGNS REACH FEVERED PITCH [...] (C) With the April 20 elections just one week away, Patriotic Alliance for Change (APC) presidential candidate Fernando Lugo continues to lead the race by a small margin. Although Lugo may have a narrow lead, most analysts believe the Colorado Party can make up 7-8 points on election day via [...] | 2008-04-14 13:59:00 | Embassy Asuncion | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ASEC ECON SNAR PGOV PA |
08ASUNCION238 | AND THE WINNER IS.... TOO CLOSE TO CALL WITH ONE [...] (C) Two new polls released April 11 show divergent results just one week before Paraguay's April 20 national elections. A major poll conducted by COIN for leading daily Ultima Hora shows a virtual three-way tie for president, with Fernando Lugo at 34.5 percent, Lino Oviedo with 28.9 percent, [...] | 2008-04-14 22:43:00 | Embassy Asuncion | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PA |
08ASUNCION239 | A PRIMER ON GENERAL OVIEDO [...] (C) SUMMARY: National Union of Ethical Citizens (UNACE) presidential candidate Lino Oviedo, one of the top three contenders for the presidency in the April 20 national elections, has a long (and somewhat dark) history in Paraguayan politics. This message is intended to provide a chronological [...] | 2008-04-15 16:58:00 | Embassy Asuncion | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PA |
08ASUNCION245 | OVIEDO PITCHES FREE MARKET AND DEMOCRATIC REFORMS [...] (SBU) Coup-plotting general turned presidential candidate Lino Oviedo told U.S. business representatives March 27 that his plan for governing is based on economic development, decentralized government, and reform. Oviedo said he will privatize corrupt and inefficient government-owned enterpri [...] | 2008-04-16 14:34:00 | Embassy Asuncion | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON PGOV PA |
08ASUNCION248 | ROUNDING UP VENEZUELANS, ECUADORIANS AND THE LIKE [...] (SBU) President Duarte denounced April 15 the presence in Paraguay of Venezuelan and Ecuadorian "experts in social agitation" passing themselves off as elections observers. He accused citizens of Ecuador, Bolivia and Venezuela of placing "explosives" in community radio stations in San Pedro. T [...] | 2008-04-16 18:44:00 | Embassy Asuncion | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ASEC PREL PINS XM PA |
08ASUNCION255 | HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW - UNITS OF PARAGUAYAN SECURITY [...] Embassy has reviewed its internal files and records in accordance with standardized vetting procedures and finds no derogatory information on the following units (or person) of the Paraguayan security forces that are intended recipients of U.S. training and/or security assistance. 2. Candid [...] | 2008-04-18 11:59:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA |
08ASUNCION256 | PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES DEFINE THEIR FOREIGN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Paraguay's four major presidential candidates express interest in expanding and strengthening regional relations. They offer differing views on engaging or disengaging with hemispheric actors, including the United States and Venezuela. Fernando Lugo and Blanca Ovelar express i [...] | 2008-04-18 11:59:00 | Embassy Asuncion | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL CASC ECON SNAR PGOV PA |
08ASUNCION259 | OAS AND IFES KEEPING PRESSURE ON ELECTORAL COURT [...] (C) The National Electoral Court (TSJE) is ready for Paraguay's April 20 elections. The Organization of American States (OAS) and IFES electoral missions report that the TSJE accepted and has acted on all ten of the political opposition's recommendations regarding the electoral process. The [...] | 2008-04-18 17:46:00 | Embassy Asuncion | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PA |
08ASUNCION260 | MILITARY COMMITTED TO THE DEMOCRATIC PROCESS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Paraguayan Armed Forces Commander General Soto stated publicly April 16 that the military would respect the electoral process. The military played a major role in past elections, but efforts by Soto to institutionalize and professionalize the military -- banishing politics from [...] | 2008-04-18 20:00:00 | Embassy Asuncion | CONFIDENTIAL | PINS MOPS ASEC CASC SNAR PGOV PA |
08ASUNCION261 | THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT OVIEDO BUT WERE [...] (C) A review of much Embassy reporting since the early 1990's reveals a fairly consistent description of General Lino Oviedo's dominant personality traits: a strong, messianic leader with great ambition and perhaps some mental instability, undemocratic and violent tendencies, and a knack for d [...] | 2008-04-18 20:31:00 | Embassy Asuncion | SECRET | PINR PREL SNAR PINS PGOV PA XM |
08ASUNCION263 | LUGO LANDSLIDE FOR CHANGE IN PARAGUAY [...] SUMMARY: Former bishop Fernando Lugo is Paraguay's president-elect. Despite high tensions, the elections were seemingly fraud free with record turnout. With all exit polls indicating a clear win for Patriotic Alliance for Change (APC) candidate Lugo, confirmed by official quick count resul [...] | 2008-04-21 02:56:00 | Embassy Asuncion | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PA |
08ASUNCION267 | PARAGUAY ELECTION DAY MEDIA PLAY [...] (U) "Lugo Overpowers the Colorado Party," shouts almost identical Monday morning headlines in two of the three national dailies, while circulation-leader ABC Color uses its entire front-page for an editorial entitled "The people defeat those who humiliated them, impoverished them and betrayed [...] | 2008-04-21 21:52:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED | SCUL KPAO OEXC PGOV PREL CI AR BR PA UY |
08ASUNCION268 | PRELIMINARY RESULTS - SENATE AND GUBERNATORIAL [...] (U) As of April 21, the preliminary results for the Paraguayan Senate show the Colorado Party maintaining its current total of 16 out of 45 possible senators. The Liberal Party (PLRA),part of Fernando Lugo's Patriotic Alliance for Change (APC),is projected to win 13 senators; other members [...] | 2008-04-22 12:18:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PA |
08ASUNCION269 | HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW - UNITS OF PARAGUAYAN SECURITY [...] Embassy has reviewed its internal files and records in accordance with standardized vetting procedures and finds no derogatory information on the following units (or person) of the Paraguayan security forces that are intended recipients of U.S. training and/or security assistance. 2. Candid [...] | 2008-04-22 14:46:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA |
08ASUNCION273 | ARCHBISHOP CUQUEJO ON LUGO AND THE ELECTION [...] (C) SUMMARY: Asuncion's Archbishop Cuquejo told Pol/Econ Chief April 23 he believes the Catholic Church will neither ex-communicate president-elect Fernando Lugo nor accept his resignation from the clergy, but would deal with Lugo as Paraguay's president. He said the Colorado Party's April 20 [...] | 2008-04-24 00:03:00 | Embassy Asuncion | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PA |
08ASUNCION313 | HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW - UNITS OF PARAGUAYAN SECURITY [...] Embassy has reviewed its internal files and records in accordance with standardized vetting procedures and finds no derogatory information on the following units (or person) of the Paraguayan security forces that are intended recipients of U.S. training and/or security assistance. 2. Candid [...] | 2008-05-12 20:28:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA |
08ASUNCION32 | COLORADOS CAN'T COME TO TERMS [...] (SBU) With the results of the December 16 Colorado Party presidential primary still pending, the ruling party's internal conflict between supporters of Luis Castiglioni and President Duarte's hand-picked successor, Blanca Ovelar, is intensifying. Both sides continue to claim victory, although [...] | 2008-01-15 18:27:00 | Embassy Asuncion | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PA |
08ASUNCION333 | A TEST OF LUGO'S LEADERSHIP: LAND INVASIONS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In the weeks since the April 20 national elections, landless peasant groups have invaded properties in the northeastern part of the country. The San Pedro Department, where President-elect Fernando Lugo served as bishop, is at the center of the issue with about 730 families inv [...] | 2008-05-21 21:36:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PGOV EFIN PREL PA |
08ASUNCION344 | HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW - UNITS OF PARAGUAYAN SECURITY [...] Embassy has reviewed its internal files and records in accordance with standardized vetting procedures and finds no derogatory information on the following individuals of the Paraguayan security forces that are intended recipients of U.S. training and/or security assistance. 2. Candidate na [...] | 2008-05-28 17:27:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA |
08ASUNCION350 | HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW - UNITS OF PARAGUAYAN SECURITY [...] Embassy has reviewed its internal files and records in accordance with standardized vetting procedures and finds no derogatory information on the following individual of the Paraguayan security forces who is an intended recipients of U.S. training. 2. Candidate name: Jose Javier Lopez Lope [...] | 2008-05-29 15:49:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA |
08ASUNCION352 | MILITARY REQUESTS MUNITIONS DESTRUCTION ASSISTANCE [...] (U) The Paraguayan government seeks USG assistance in destroying the 2,900 firearms and 130,865 pounds of rockets, missiles, and other expired munitions under the auspices of the U.S. Small Arms/Light Weapons Stockpile Management and Destruction Effort Program. Currently, most of these firea [...] | 2008-05-30 11:32:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM MASS PGOV PA |
08ASUNCION353 | IT'S OFFICIAL: PARAGUAY'S ELECTION RESULTS [...] (U) SUMMARY: Paraguay's National Elections Tribunal released official election results May 24 and declared Fernando Lugo president-elect with 40.8 percent of the vote (reftel). Final results indicated that the current political opposition (including Liberals, National Union of Ethical Citize [...] | 2008-05-30 15:55:00 | Embassy Asuncion | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PA |
08ASUNCION358 | PRESIDENT-ELECT FERNANDO LUGO: A PROFILE [...] (S) President-elect Fernando Lugo will need to rely on his diverse background to govern Paraguay and hold together the varied interests in his political coalition. Lugo comes from a family of long-time Colorado dissidents, particularly vocal during the Stroessner years. After distinguished national [...] | 2008-06-02 15:32:00 | Embassy Asuncion | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PINR PREL SNAR PA XM |
08ASUNCION360 | VICE PRESIDENT-ELECT FEDERICO FRANCO: A PROFILE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-02 18:19:00 | Embassy Asuncion | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR PGOV PREL PA |
08ASUNCION364 | HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW - UNITS OF PARAGUAYAN SECURITY [...] Embassy has reviewed its internal files and records in accordance with standardized vetting procedures and finds no derogatory information on the following units (or person) of the Paraguayan security forces that are intended recipients of U.S. training and/or security assistance. 2. Candid [...] | 2008-06-02 20:44:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA |
08ASUNCION365 | TERMS OF REFERENCE CONCURRENCE FOR 6TH SPECIAL [...] (U) The Ambassador, Office of Defense Cooperation Paraguay (ODC),and the Paraguayan Military Forces Commander concur with the 6th Special Operations Squadron (6th SOS) Counter Narco-Terrorism Terms of Reference (TOR) and deployment as outlined here (reftel). In accordance with the TOR, the f [...] | 2008-06-03 12:07:00 | Embassy Asuncion | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA |
08ASUNCION37 | COLORADO DEMONSTRATION PLANNED FOR JANUARY 18 [...] (C) Colorado Party presidential pre-candidate Luis Castiglioni announced his supporters will hold a "massive" demonstration late January 18 in support of electoral justice. In light of President Duarte's January 15 maneuvers to maintain control of the National Electoral Court (TSJE) by remov [...] | 2008-01-17 16:58:00 | Embassy Asuncion | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PA |
08ASUNCION376 | INVITATION TO ATTEND LUGO INAUGURATION CEREMONY, [...] (U) Post received official invitation 456/08 from Foreign Minister Ruben Ramirez Lezcano addressed to Secretary Rice inviting President Bush to attend the inauguration of president-elect Fernando Lugo August 14-15. 2. (U) Post's English translation of the original Spanish invitation is a [...] | 2008-06-09 21:53:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV OVIP PA |
08ASUNCION379 | REVISED: TERMS OF REFERENCE CONCURRENCE FOR 6TH [...] (U) The Ambassador, Office of Defense Cooperation Paraguay (ODC),Drug Enforcement Agency Attache, and the Paraguayan Military Forces Commander concur with the 6th Special Operations Squadron (6th SOS) Counter Narco-Terrorism Terms of Reference (TOR) and deployment as outlined here (reftel). I [...] | 2008-06-10 20:58:00 | Embassy Asuncion | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA |
08ASUNCION382 | NEUROPSYCHIATRIC HOSPITAL IMPROVES HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Asuncion's Neuropsychiatric Hospital, Paraguay's only facility for mentally impaired patients, resolved or alleviated several deficiences cited by previous human rights reports, including overcrowding; inadequate patient care; rampant infections; malnourishment; underaged pati [...] | 2008-06-11 20:07:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF ELAB PGOV ASEC |
08ASUNCION384 | MAJORS LIST SUBMISSION [...] Below find Post's submission on the Government of Paraguay's cooperation on counter-narcotics as requested in reftel A. ------------------------- Cultivation/eradication ------------------------- 2. The USG asked the GOP to reduce the cultivation of marijuana in Paraguay, and to focus e [...] | 2008-06-13 15:42:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR PGOV PA |
08ASUNCION394 | PARAGUAY WILL ACCEPT CUBAN MIGRANT [...] (SBU) PolOff delivered reftel demarche June 9 to the Foreign Ministry's Director General of Consular Affairs Felipe Robertti and Passports and Consular Services Director Raul Montiel Gasto. Robertti, who also serves as president of the National Commission for Refugees, affirmed that the Para [...] | 2008-06-17 13:27:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PREF PGOV SMIG CU PA |
08ASUNCION396 | HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW - UNITS OF PARAGUAYAN SECURITY [...] Embassy has reviewed its internal files and records in accordance with standardized vetting procedures and finds no derogatory information on the following individuals of the Paraguayan security forces that are intended recipients of U.S. training. The proposed candidates are scheduled to att [...] | 2008-06-17 21:09:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA |
08ASUNCION400 | TERMS OF REFERENCE CONCURRENCE FOR NAVAL SPECIAL [...] (U) The Ambassador, Office of Defense Cooperation (ODC) Paraguay, and the Paraguayan Military Forces Commander concur with the Terms of Reference (TOR) and deployment as outlined here (reftel). In accordance with the TOR, the following information is provided: A. (U) Chief of Mission (COM) [...] | 2008-06-19 12:29:00 | Embassy Asuncion | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA |
08ASUNCION401 | CANCELLATION OF JOINT COMBINED EXCHANGE TRAINING [...] (C) Chief of Mission and Office of Defense Cooperation (ODC) Paraguay nonconcur with the Joint Combined Exchange Training (JCET) mission (reference SPA2008JCET420WH) scheduled for August 10 - September 18, 2008, due to political sensitivities in Paraguay. Paraguayan Armed Forces Commander Gen [...] | 2008-06-19 12:31:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA |
08ASUNCION403 | CANCELLATION OF JOINT COMBINED EXCHANGE TRAINING [...] (C) Chief of Mission and Office of Defense Cooperation (ODC) Paraguay nonconcur with the Joint Combined Exchange Training (JCET) mission (reference SPA2008JCET420WH) scheduled for August 10 - September 18, 2008, due to political sensitivities in Paraguay. Paraguayan Armed Forces Commander Gen [...] | 2008-06-19 22:25:00 | Embassy Asuncion | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA |
08ASUNCION406 | PARAGUAYAN SUPREME COURT VACANCIES [...] (C) Paraguay's notoriously politicized judiciary remains a major impediment to continued democratic progress. While the Supreme Court has made recent strides in terms of putting in place new transparency and accountability systems, the selection process for judges remains opaque and linked to [...] | 2008-06-20 18:07:00 | Embassy Asuncion | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS PA |
08ASUNCION409 | HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW - UNITS OF PARAGUAYAN SECURITY [...] Embassy has reviewed its internal files and records in accordance with standardized vetting procedures and finds no derogatory information on the following unit of the Paraguayan security forces that is an intended recipient of U.S. training and security assistance. The unit is scheduled to p [...] | 2008-06-23 14:32:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA |
08ASUNCION415 | TUG OF WAR OVER PRESIDENT DUARTE'S RESIGNATION [...] (C) As planned, President Duarte Frutos submitted his resignation to Congress early June 23 in an effort to prepare to take his Senate seat with the new Congress July 1. Duarte's presidential term expires August 15, when President-elect Fernando Lugo takes office. Since Duarte may not constit [...] | 2008-06-24 14:33:00 | Embassy Asuncion | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PA |
08ASUNCION418 | HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW - UNITS OF PARAGUAYAN SECURITY [...] Embassy has reviewed its internal files and records in accordance with standardized vetting procedures and finds no derogatory information on the following member of the Paraguayan security forces that are intended recipients of U.S. training and/or security assistance. 2. Candidate name: [...] | 2008-06-24 19:28:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA |
08ASUNCION42 | WHA DAS MCMULLEN VISITS PARAGUAY [...] (C) SUMMARY: During his January 9-11, 2008 visit to Asuncion, WHA DAS Chris McMullen co-led the USG delegation to the Three-Plus-One meeting (septel),and also conducted separate meetings with the Paraguayan Foreign Ministry, Brazilian diplomatic representatives, and business sector leaders. [...] | 2008-01-18 13:32:00 | Embassy Asuncion | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PA |
08ASUNCION425 | PARAGUAYAN SENATE OVERRULES PRESIDENT ON PENAL CODE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Paraguay's Senate overruled President Duarte's partial veto of the revised penal code June 25 and passed it into law, ending the penal code's 15-month journey through the legislative process. Final passage is a success for Paraguay, but it still has much to do to reform its le [...] | 2008-06-26 22:27:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER KCRM PREL PGOV ECON PA |
08ASUNCION43 | AN ECONOMIC ASSESSMENT OF DUARTE'S TENURE [...] (U) SUMMARY: President Duarte,s 2003-2007 economic performance yielded mixed results. Macroeconomic stability was achieved but a rigid expenditure structure, a visible bias to support current expenses instead of public investments, and a political rather than an economic spending rationale un [...] | 2008-01-18 13:43:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN PGOV PREL PA |
08ASUNCION445 | HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW - UNITS OF PARAGUAYAN SECURITY [...] Embassy has reviewed its internal files and records in accordance with standardized vetting procedures and finds no derogatory information on the following member of the Paraguayan security forces that is an intended recipient of U.S. training. 2. Candidate name: Marcelino Antonio Marino M [...] | 2008-07-01 20:19:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA |
08ASUNCION446 | HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW - UNITS OF PARAGUAYAN SECURITY [...] Embassy has reviewed its internal files and records in accordance with standardized vetting procedures and finds no derogatory information on the following unit of the Paraguayan security forces that is an intended recipient of U.S. training and/or security assistance. This unit of the Paragu [...] | 2008-07-01 20:20:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA |
08ASUNCION45 | GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS PLAY MUSICAL CHAIRS BEFORE [...] (C) President Duarte named Senator Roberto Gonzalez January 17 to head the Ministry of Public Works and Communications. Gonzalez, who has been serving as presidential hopeful Blanca Ovelar's campaign manager, replaced Rogelio Benitez, who resigned to run for a senate seat on Ovelar's ticket [...] | 2008-01-21 15:19:00 | Embassy Asuncion | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PA |
08ASUNCION456 | HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW - UNITS OF PARAGUAYAN SECURITY [...] (U) Embassy reviewed its internal files and records in accordance with standardized vetting procedures and finds no information regarding human rights violations for Javier Hernan Benitez Duarte (DOB November 14, 1979; POB Asuncion, Paraguay; Nationality: Paraguayan). Mr. Benitez Duarte is a [...] | 2008-07-03 17:35:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA |
08ASUNCION463 | HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW - UNITS OF PARAGUAYAN SECURITY [...] Embassy has reviewed its internal files and records in accordance with standardized vetting procedures and finds no derogatory information on the following member of the Paraguayan security forces that are intended recipients of U.S. security assistance. 2. Candidate name: Benigno David Fe [...] | 2008-07-07 16:19:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA |
08ASUNCION464 | HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW - UNITS OF PARAGUAYAN SECURITY [...] Embassy has reviewed its internal files and records in accordance with standardized vetting procedures and finds no derogatory information on the following members of the Paraguayan security forces that are intended recipients of U.S. training. 2. Candidate name: Luis Maria Benitez Riera [...] | 2008-07-07 16:20:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA |
08ASUNCION468 | HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW - MEMBERS OF PARAGUAYAN [...] Embassy has reviewed its internal files and records in accordance with standardized vetting procedures and finds no derogatory information on the following members of the Paraguayan security forces that are intended recipients of U.S. training. These individuals from Paraguay's drug enforceme [...] | 2008-07-09 13:56:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA |
08ASUNCION470 | PARAGUAY GOING GLOBAL WITH PEACEKEEPING UNIT [...] (C) The 175-member Paraguayan United Nations Peace Keeping Operations Multi-Role Engineer Company -- Paraguay's first unit dedicated to global peacekeeping under its own command -- celebrated its official dedication June 6. Once it deploys in the second half of 2008, the unit will join 1,662 [...] | 2008-07-09 14:49:00 | Embassy Asuncion | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MASS MOPS PGOV PREL PA |
08ASUNCION475 | NEW PARAGUAYAN CONGRESS GETS DOWN TO BUSINESS [...] (C) The new Paraguayan Congress took office June 30 and elected its leadership. President-elect Fernando Lugo's Patriotic Alliance for Change (APC) and Lino Oviedo's UNACE Party announced June 30 a political alliance which led to the election of UNACE Senator Enrique Gonzalez Quintana as Sena [...] | 2008-07-09 21:39:00 | Embassy Asuncion | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PA |
08ASUNCION48 | COLORADOS' ELECTION TRIBUNAL DECLARES OVELAR [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Colorado Party has declared President Duarte's chosen successor, Blanca Ovelar, as the party's candidate for April's presidential elections. Former Vice President Castiglioni, however, has legally appealed to block Ovelar's formal insciption as the Colorado candidate, claimin [...] | 2008-01-22 18:51:00 | Embassy Asuncion | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PA |
08ASUNCION505 | CHILD AND FORCED LABOR IN GOODS PRODUCTION [...] (U) This cable responds to the Department of Labor's request for information on the use of forced labor and exploitative child labor in the production of Paraguayan goods as mandated in the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act (reftel). Per reftel, this cable focuses on labor [...] | 2008-07-23 16:25:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI PGOV PA |
08ASUNCION512 | LUGO'S SURPRISE VISIT TO NICARAGUA [...] (C) President-elect Fernando Lugo made a surprise visit to Nicaragua July 18 to celebrate the 29th anniversary of the Sandinista Revolution. Lugo joined Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, Honduras President Manuel Zelaya, and Aleida March, the widow of Erne [...] | 2008-07-25 14:50:00 | Embassy Asuncion | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PA |
08ASUNCION516 | FOREIGN MINISTER NOMINATION IGNITES CONTROVERSY [...] (SBU) This message contains an action request in paragraph 5. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (S) President-elect Fernando Lugo's decision to designate Paraguayan Ambassador to Lebanon Alejandro Hamed Franco as his foreign minister July 23 ignited a domestic political controversy. In 2007 [...] | 2008-07-29 13:08:00 | Embassy Asuncion | SECRET | PGOV PREL CVIS PA |
08ASUNCION526 | TERMS OF REFERENCE CONCURRENCE FOR FY09 DEPLOYMENT [...] (U) The Ambassador, U.S. Office of Defense Cooperation Paraguay (USODC),Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA),and U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) concur with the 1st Psychological Operations Battalion (POB) Military Information Support Team (MIST) deployment as outlined here (reft [...] | 2008-07-30 20:19:00 | Embassy Asuncion | SECRET | PHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA |
08ASUNCION531 | HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW - MEMBER OF PARAGUAYAN [...] Embassy has reviewed its internal files and records in accordance with standardized vetting procedures and finds no derogatory information on the following member of the Paraguayan security forces that is an intended recipient of U.S. training. 2. Candidate name: Ricardo Preda DOB: No [...] | 2008-07-31 13:02:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA |
08ASUNCION532 | HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW - UNITS OF PARAGUAYAN SECURITY [...] Embassy has reviewed its internal files and records in accordance with standardized vetting procedures and finds no derogatory information on the following unit commanders of the Riverine Customs Unit (DETAVE) of the Paraguayan security forces that are intended recipients of U.S. training. Thi [...] | 2008-07-31 14:30:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA |
08ASUNCION535 | SCENE-SETTER FOR LUGO INAUGURATION [...] (C) Embassy Asuncion warmly welcomes Secretary of Commerce Carlos Gutierrez and members of the U.S. delegation attending the August 15 inauguration of President Fernando Lugo. The Lugo administration represents the first interruption in Colorado Party rule in 61 years. Your visit provides an o [...] | 2008-08-01 18:01:00 | Embassy Asuncion | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON PGOV SNAR PA |
08ASUNCION538 | POPE GRANTS LUGO WAIVER TO SERVE AS PRESIDENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Vatican issued a decree July 30 announcing that Pope Benedict XVI granted President-elect Fernando Lugo a special waiver dispensing him of his clerical duties -- the first of its kind in Catholic history. Lugo advisors told Acting DCM that Lugo's biggest worry for months had [...] | 2008-08-04 16:41:00 | Embassy Asuncion | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PA |
08ASUNCION545 | AMBASSADOR'S FAREWELL DINNER WITH LUGO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador and A/DCM met with President-elect Fernando Lugo and Foreign Minister-designate Alejandro Hamed Franco August 1, Ambassador Cason's last night in Paraguay before departing post August 2. While Hamed said very little, Lugo's demeanor was warm and engaging. Ambassador a [...] | 2008-08-05 22:10:00 | Embassy Asuncion | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON PGOV PA |
08ASUNCION549 | EMBASSY COMMUNITY HELPS RURAL CHILDREN'S ORPHANAGE [...] (U) Carmen Cason, wife of Ambassador James Cason, visited the Santa Rita Children's Home in rural La Colmena, Paraguay July 28 and delivered much-needed donations to the home. The donation, totaling more than USD 2,300 and including ten bunk beds, a freezer, an oven, bedding, and sporting equ [...] | 2008-08-06 14:26:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PA |
08ASUNCION555 | HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW - MEMBERS OF PARAGUAYAN [...] Embassy has reviewed its internal files and records in accordance with standardized vetting procedures and finds no derogatory information on the following members of the Paraguayan security forces that are intended recipients of U.S. training. These individuals are scheduled to attend the La [...] | 2008-08-08 14:22:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA |
08ASUNCION562 | HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW - UNITS OF PARAGUAYAN SECURITY [...] Embassy has reviewed its internal files and records in accordance with standardized vetting procedures and finds no derogatory information on the following members of the Paraguayan security forces that are intended recipients of U.S. training. They are scheduled to attend the 12th session of [...] | 2008-08-12 21:01:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA |
08ASUNCION572 | WHMSI CONFERENCE IN PARAGUAY [...] (U) Hosted by the Paraguayan Ministries of Environment and Tourism and Guyra Paraguay (an environmental NGO),the third Western Hemisphere Migratory Species Initiative (WHMSI) Conference was held from July 22 to July 25. Representatives from NGOs such as World Wildlife Fund (WWF),international [...] | 2008-08-18 18:32:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON SENV ETRD PA PGOV |
08ASUNCION575 | SEC. GUTIERREZ ASSURES LUGO OF US FRIENDSHIP [...] (C) SUMMARY: President-elect Lugo received Secretary of Commerce Gutierrez and the U.S. delegation to his inauguration August 14, one day before taking his oath as president. Lugo told Secretary Gutierrez that he was pleased with U.S. cooperation and assistance. Gutierrez stressed that despit [...] | 2008-08-19 21:43:00 | Embassy Asuncion | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON PGOV PA |
08ASUNCION583 | SEC GUTIERREZ LUNCH WITH LUGO'S ECONOMIC TEAM [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador Ayalde hosted a lunch for Secretary Gutierrez and the U.S. delegation to Lugo's inauguration and Lugo's economic team August 14. Finance Minster Borda outlined an expansive agenda of economic policy priorities: pro-growth macro-economic policies; public sector reform to [...] | 2008-08-22 14:46:00 | Embassy Asuncion | CONFIDENTIAL | ECIN PREL ECON ETRD PGOV EIND PA |
08ASUNCION584 | SEC GUTIERREZ MEETS WITH US COMPANIES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: U.S. companies operating in Paraguay met with Secretary Gutierrez and the U.S. delegation for President Lugo's inauguration at the Chamber of Commerce August 14. The companies indicated that insecurities in the judicial system undermine Paraguay's capacity to attract foreign inv [...] | 2008-08-22 18:33:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECIN PGOV EIND ECON EINV ETRD PREL PA |
08ASUNCION590 | CHAVEZ BREAKS ALL THE RULES [...] (C) SUMMARY: Venezuelan President Chavez attempted to steal President Lugo's limelight on and around his August 15 inauguration, but most of his efforts backfired, making him the object of widespread criticism in the Paraguayan press. Chavez did, however, get a good amount of "face time" with [...] | 2008-08-25 22:33:00 | Embassy Asuncion | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PA |
08ASUNCION592 | LUGO STEERS MODERATE COURSE IN INAUGURATION SPEECH [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: After taking his oath with an emphatic "I swear," President Fernando Lugo delineated his ideals for Paraguay in an emotive inauguration speech, some of which he delivered in Guarani. Lugo marked a strong affinity with the left as he emphasized the cause of the poor and the indig [...] | 2008-08-26 12:50:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON PREL PA |
08ASUNCION598 | SENATE TUG-OF-WAR OVER DUARTE'S SENATE SEAT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Senate President Enrique Gonzalez Quintana swore former president and Colorado senator-elect Nicanor Duarte Frutos in as senator August 26 without quorum or Senate vote -- provoking outrage in the Senate. Hours later, Liberal Senate Vice President Oscar Denis Sanchez convened an [...] | 2008-08-28 13:01:00 | Embassy Asuncion | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PA |
08ASUNCION599 | HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW - MEMBERS OF PARAGUAYAN [...] Embassy has reviewed its internal files and records in accordance with standardized vetting procedures and finds no derogatory information on the following members of the Paraguayan security forces that are intended recipients of U.S. training. 2. Candidate name: Adrian Meza Martinez D [...] | 2008-08-28 13:58:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA |
08ASUNCION606 | LUGO AND HAMED FRIENDLY WITH A/S SHANNON BUT LIGHT [...] (C) SUMMARY: In his August 28 meeting with President Lugo, Assistant Secretary Shannon reinforced Secretary Gutierrez' message to Lugo about U.S. interests in strengthening commercial ties, and also expressed support for Lugo's social agenda. Above all else, Lugo said he wants to strengthen P [...] | 2008-08-29 18:30:00 | Embassy Asuncion | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON PREL SNAR PA |
08ASUNCION611 | COUP RUMORS: JUST ANOTHER DAY IN PARAGUAY [...] (C) After swirling rumors and exaggerated press reports of an attempted coup on September 1, President Lugo appeared on national television with his military cabinet behind him. Lugo assured his people that he remained in control and that he would not tolerate any attempts to undermine Paraguay [...] | 2008-09-02 21:04:00 | Embassy Asuncion | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PA |
08ASUNCION62 | THREE PLUS ONE READOUT [...] (C) The January 10-11 Three-Plus-One Security Dialogue with Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay and the United States in Asuncion played out as expected, with fruitful coordination on the margins of the meeting, but plenary interventions from the three focused primarily on crime fighting and preserving [...] | 2008-01-29 17:16:00 | Embassy Asuncion | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER KCRM PGOV GTIP SNAR PA BR AR |
08ASUNCION624 | LUGO FOCUSES ON COUNTERNARCOTICS, MICROENTERPRISE [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Lugo expressed interest in closer counternarcotics cooperation with the United States and requested U.S. assistance with microenterprise development during a Friday, August 29 dinner with the Ambassador. Lugo made clear that he does not trust some of his closest advisors [...] | 2008-09-05 18:58:00 | Embassy Asuncion | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SNAR PGOV ECON PA |
08ASUNCION625 | HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW - MEMBER OF PARAGUAYAN [...] Embassy has reviewed its internal files and records in accordance with standardized vetting procedures and finds no derogatory information on the following member of the Paraguayan security forces who is an intended recipient of U.S. training and/or security assistance. 2. Candidate name: [...] | 2008-09-08 12:59:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA |
08ASUNCION626 | HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW - MEMBERS OF PARAGUAYAN [...] Embassy has reviewed its internal files and records in accordance with standardized vetting procedures and finds no derogatory information on the following members of the Paraguayan security forces that are intended recipients of U.S. training at the Center for Hemispheric Defense Studies sche [...] | 2008-09-08 13:33:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA |
08ASUNCION629 | HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW - MEMBERS OF PARAGUAYAN [...] Embassy has reviewed its internal files and records in accordance with standardized vetting procedures and finds no derogatory information on the following member of the Paraguayan security forces that are intended recipients of U.S. training. 2. Candidate name: Carlos Humberto Benitez Gon [...] | 2008-09-09 17:53:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA |
08ASUNCION641 | UPDATED CONTACT INFORMATION FOR PARAGUAY [...] (U) The primary contacts for Embassy Asuncion are as follows: -- Embassy Asuncion Telephone number (Post 1): dialing from US: 011 595 21 213-715 x2210, dialing within Asuncion: 213-715 x2210, dialing within Paraguay: 021 213-715 x2210; -- Ambassador Liliana Ayalde: 011 595 21 213-715 x2 [...] | 2008-09-12 15:07:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PA |
08ASUNCION646 | A/S SHANNON'S VISIT TO PARAGUAY [...] (C) SUMMARY: WHA Assistant Secretary Shannon visited Paraguay August 28-29 to meet President Lugo (reftel) and -- as he articulated to Paraguay's press -- to discuss ways the United States and Paraguay can work together to combat corruption, strengthen democratic institutions, improve health c [...] | 2008-09-15 13:13:00 | Embassy Asuncion | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON PGOV PA |
08ASUNCION655 | HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW - MEMBERS OF PARAGUAYAN [...] Embassy has reviewed its internal files and records in accordance with standardized vetting procedures and finds no derogatory information on the following members of the Paraguayan security forces that are intended recipients of U.S. training. These members of Paraguay's National Anti-Drug S [...] | 2008-09-17 13:44:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA |
08ASUNCION657 | RSO MEETING WITH NEW COMANDANTE OF POLICE [...] (S) SUMMARY: On September 11, RSO met with the new Comandante of the Paraguayan National Police (PNP),Federico Acuna Araujo. Araujo reaffirmed his commitment to supporting the US Embassy's security needs and thanked the RSO for the large number of training opportunities the Embassy provides [...] | 2008-09-17 21:12:00 | Embassy Asuncion | SECRET | ASEC PGOV PREL PA |
08ASUNCION660 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON AMBASSADORS IN BOLIVIA AND [...] No summary [...] | 2008-09-18 22:19:00 | Embassy Asuncion | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM ASEC BL PA |
08ASUNCION661 | XXXXXXXXXXXX CONCERNED ABOUT REGIONAL POLITICS [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: XXXXXXXXXXXX sought an unofficial meeting with Emboffs September 13 to discuss the Bolivian crisis and regional spillover. XXXXXXXXXXXX said Venezuela has a presence in virtually all of Bolivia's military bases, and that Venezuela's center of operations is in San Andita. The Ve [...] | 2008-09-22 18:37:00 | Embassy Asuncion | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV SNAR MARR ECON PREL MASS PA BL |
08ASUNCION667 | TERMS OF REFERENCE CONCURRENCE FOR CIVIL MILITARY [...] (U) The Ambassador, Office of Defense Cooperation (ODC) Paraguay, and the Paraguayan Military Forces Commander concur with the Terms of Reference (TOR) and deployment as outlined here. In accordance with the TOR, the following information is provided: A. (U) Chief of Mission (COM) Liliana [...] | 2008-09-26 20:48:00 | Embassy Asuncion | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA |
08ASUNCION672 | LUGO'S FIRST MAJOR ATTACK ON CORRUPTION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The new Paraguayan government scored its first major victory against corruption in September. Prosecutors and police conducted a mega-operation which uncovered the existence of the infamous "black suitcases" containing bribery monies. For years, the Paraguayan press has report [...] | 2008-10-01 20:19:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON PREL PA |
08ASUNCION675 | HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW - MEMBERS OF PARAGUAYAN [...] Embassy has reviewed its internal files and records in accordance with standardized vetting procedures and finds no derogatory information on the following members of the Paraguayan security forces that are intended recipients of U.S. training assistance. These individuals from the Paraguayan [...] | 2008-10-02 11:09:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA |
08ASUNCION691 | TRADE-TALK: PARAGUAY'S OPPOSITION IN THE WTO [...] (C) SUMMARY: The new Paraguayan Government of Fernando Lugo is soon to decide whether to lift Paraguay's three-year old opposition in the WTO to U.S. requests for waivers for AGOA, CBERA, and ATPA trade preference programs. Commerce Minister clearly wants to reverse Paraguay's position. Howev [...] | 2008-10-09 18:56:00 | Embassy Asuncion | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN PGOV EIND ECON EINV ETRD PREL PA |
08ASUNCION696 | SCENE-SETTER FOR BUSH-LUGO MEETING: PARAGUAY [...] (C) President Fernando Lugo's administration represents the first break in Colorado Party's 61-year stranglehold on power; as such, it is shaking the foundations of Paraguayan society. President Bush's October 27 meeting with President Lugo offers the United States an opportunity to reaffirm it [...] | 2008-10-14 18:49:00 | Embassy Asuncion | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON PGOV SNAR PA |
08ASUNCION7 | LIBERAL PARTY POLITICS [...] (C) Hermes "Rambo" Saguier (protect),an opposition Liberal Party leader and one of presidential hopeful Fernando Lugo's advisors, told Pol/Econ Chief December 28 that the Liberal Party will not likely announce its December 9 primary results (designating Lugo's running mate) before early Febru [...] | 2008-01-03 12:40:00 | Embassy Asuncion | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PA |
08ASUNCION701 | ANTI-DRUG AGENTS ARREST FIRST CAPITAL COMMAND [...] (C) Paraguay's National Anti-Drug Secretariat (SENAD) arrested six members of the Sao Paulo-based gang First Capital Command October 13 operating near Pedro Juan Caballero (PJC),Amambay Department. SENAD agents -- with the assistance of the U.S.-trained Paraguayan Military Forces' Joint Imm [...] | 2008-10-15 17:39:00 | Embassy Asuncion | CONFIDENTIAL | SNAR MOPS PGOV BR BL PA |
08ASUNCION709 | PPL MEMBERS INDICTED FOR KIDNAPPING AS LAND [...] (C) SUMMARY: Paraguayan authorities indicted former Free Fatherland Party (PPL) members Manuel Cristaldo Mieres and Osvaldo Villalba September 23 for the kidnapping (and post-ransom release) of former Tacuati mayor and wealthy rancher Luis Alberto Lindstron. Whether politically or just finan [...] | 2008-10-20 13:49:00 | Embassy Asuncion | SECRET | PTER ASEC PINS PGOV PA BR AR |
08ASUNCION712 | HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW - MEMBERS OF PARAGUAYAN [...] Embassy has reviewed its internal files and records in accordance with standardized vetting procedures and finds no derogatory information on the following members of the Paraguayan security forces that are intended recipients of U.S. training. These individuals are police officers with the N [...] | 2008-10-22 18:33:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA |
08ASUNCION713 | HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW - MEMBER OF PARAGUAYAN [...] (SBU) Embassy has reviewed its internal files and records in accordance with standardized vetting procedures, and finds no credible derogatory information on the following member of the Paraguayan security forces that is an intended recipient of U.S. training. 2. (SBU) Candidate name: Fede [...] | 2008-10-22 19:55:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA |
08ASUNCION718 | HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW - UNIT OF PARAGUAYAN SECURITY [...] Embassy has reviewed its internal files and records in accordance with standardized vetting procedures and finds no derogatory information on the following members of the Paraguayan Peace Keeping Operations Multi-Role Engineering Company that are intended recipients of U.S. training and/or sec [...] | 2008-10-23 21:02:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA |
08ASUNCION720 | VENEZUELANS PERFORMING EYE SURGERIES AND MORE [...] (SBU) Venezuela's ""Miracle Mission"" Program has sent several thousand Paraguayans abroad for free eye surgeries and ""leadership"" training in Cuba and Venezuela. The last Paraguayan government signed an agreement with Venezuela in April 2006 to launch the program, and the Lugo administration e [...] | 2008-10-24 14:57:00 | Embassy Asuncion | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PROP PGOV SOCI CU VZ PA |
08ASUNCION721 | NEGATIVE PUBLIC REACTION TO PARAGUAY-VENEZUELA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Paraguay and Venezuela signed 13 agreements August 16 which attempt to establish the framework for extensive Venezuelan activity in Paraguay. Constitutionally, Congress is required to authorize agreements with a foreign government, and reproached the Executive for not submitting [...] | 2008-10-24 15:48:00 | Embassy Asuncion | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON PGOV PA |
08ASUNCION722 | TENSIONS WITH BRAZIL INCREASE OVER LAND AND [...] (C) Paraguay's bilateral relations with Brazil soured in October over Brazilian military exercises on the Paraguayan border and an increase in invasions of land owned by Brazilian-Paraguayans. Although Brazil informed Paraguay of its plans to conduct military exercises, Paraguayan officials c [...] | 2008-10-24 18:41:00 | Embassy Asuncion | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER ASEC PINS PGOV PREL PA BR AR ES |
08ASUNCION726 | PARAGUAYAN MUNITIONS DESTRUCTION YIELDS EXPLOSIVE [...] (SBU) The Paraguayan military destroyed over 75 percent of its total munitions stockpile -- all of it expired -- with PM/WRA assistance in two phases during July and September (ref A). Paraguayan Military Forces Commander General Bernardino Soto thanked the USG for its assistance in destroyi [...] | 2008-10-27 19:10:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM MASS PGOV PA |
08ASUNCION734 | HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW - MEMBERS OF PARAGUAYAN [...] Embassy has reviewed its internal files and records in accordance with standardized vetting procedures and finds no derogatory information on the following member of the Paraguayan security forces that are intended recipients of U.S. training. 2. Candidate name: Nicolas Angel Narvaez Retam [...] | 2008-10-31 12:06:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA |
08ASUNCION735 | HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW - MEMBERS OF PARAGUAYAN [...] Embassy has reviewed its internal files and records in accordance with standardized vetting procedures and finds no derogatory information on the following members of the Paraguayan security forces that are intended recipients of U.S. training and/or security assistance. 2. Candidate name: [...] | 2008-10-31 12:06:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA |
08ASUNCION740 | PARAGUAY AND TAIWAN MAINTAIN DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS [...] (C) Paraguay's new Lugo government redefined Paraguay's relationship with the Republic of China (Taiwan) when it announced August 31 that it would no longer actively support Taiwan's interests in the United Nations. Taiwan reacted by hinting September 11 that it might cut off financial aid to [...] | 2008-11-03 19:09:00 | Embassy Asuncion | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PA CH TW |
08ASUNCION747 | SCENE-SETTER FOR CODEL ENGEL TO PARAGUAY [...] (C) Embassy Asuncion warmly welcomes Codel Engel November 11-13. President Fernando Lugo's administration represents the first break in the Colorado Party's 61-year streak in power; as such, it is shaking the foundations of Paraguayan society. Just on the heels of President Lugo's October 27 [...] | 2008-11-04 12:32:00 | Embassy Asuncion | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON PGOV SNAR PA |
08ASUNCION775 | HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW - MEMBERS OF PARAGUAYAN [...] Embassy has reviewed its internal files and records in accordance with standardized vetting procedures and finds no derogatory information on the following member of the Paraguayan security forces who is an intended recipients of U.S. training. 2. Candidate name: Williams Celestino Lezcano [...] | 2008-11-18 17:36:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA |
08ASUNCION79 | THREATS TO DISQUALIFY LUGO [...] (U) The Colorado Party's focus -- and with it the media spotlight -- has shifted from its disputed primary elections to confronting presidential hopeful and resigned Catholic bishop Fernando Lugo following the January 20 announcement that presidential candidate Blanca Ovelar had been declared [...] | 2008-02-06 19:37:00 | Embassy Asuncion | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PA |
08ASUNCION796 | HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW - MEMBERS OF PARAGUAYAN [...] Embassy has reviewed its internal files and records in accordance with standardized vetting procedures and finds no derogatory information on the following members of the Paraguayan security forces that are intended recipients of U.S. training. These individuals are scheduled to attend the St [...] | 2008-11-28 11:07:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA |
08ASUNCION814 | PARAGUAY SHAKES UP SECURITY FORCES LEADERSHIP [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Lugo administration in late November appointed new leadership in the Military Forces and the National Police in the biggest change in Paraguay's security apparatus in decades. By retiring many scores of security officials and promoting a new cadre of leaders, the Lugo adm [...] | 2008-12-09 13:16:00 | Embassy Asuncion | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER ASEC MARR PINS PGOV PREL PA |
08ASUNCION815 | LUGO'S FIRST 100 DAYS IN OFFICE [...] (SBU) President Fernando Lugo publicly reviewed November 25 his administration's progress in its first 100 days. Lugo emphasized a frontal fight against corruption and said he is trying to impose a new style of government, while humbly assuming responsibility for his errors to date as presiden [...] | 2008-12-09 15:39:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON PREL PA |
08ASUNCION830 | HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW - UNIT OF PARAGUAYAN SECURITY [...] Embassy has reviewed its internal files and records in accordance with standardized vetting procedures and finds no derogatory information on the following unit of the Paraguayan security forces that is an intended recipient of ongoing U.S. training and/or security assistance in Asuncion, Para [...] | 2008-12-12 18:29:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA |
08ASUNCION837 | TRACTORAZO - AGRO-BUSINESS SECTOR UNITES [...] (SBU) Lining up tractors, tractor trailers, automobiles, and motorcycles along 1,000 kilometers of Paraguay's highways, 30,0000-50,0000 representatives of the country's agro-business sector protested in favor of jobs and security December 15-16 in 13 of Paraguay's 17 departments. The United Un [...] | 2008-12-16 19:39:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON PA |
08ASUNCION840 | FORMER ITAIPU DAM DIRECTOR INDICTED FOR CORRUPTION [...] (SBU) Paraguayan prosecutors indicted former Itaipu Binational Enterprise (EBI) director (and current Colorado Senator) Victor Bernal Garay December 11 on corruption charges related to the alleged misuse of Itaipu Dam funds. Judge Patricia Gonzalez, who oversees Bernal's case, indicated Decem [...] | 2008-12-17 18:40:00 | Embassy Asuncion | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON PHUM PA |
08ASUNCION847 | PARAGUAY'S THRESHOLD PROGRAM WORKING TO FORMALIZE [...] (U) Ambassador and Paraguayan Minister of Industry and Commerce Martin Heisecke visited December 10 manufacturers in Ciudad del Este (CDE) supported by USAID's Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) Threshold Program. Ambassador and Heisecke visited Qin Yi America and Cortinerias del Paragua [...] | 2008-12-19 16:45:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL EAID ECON PA |
08ASUNCION855 | HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW - MEMBERS OF PARAGUAYAN [...] Embassy has reviewed its internal files and records in accordance with standardized vetting procedures and finds no derogatory information on the following member of the Paraguayan security forces who is an intended recipient of U.S. training. 2. Candidate name: Cesar Eduardo Frutos Casco [...] | 2008-12-23 12:19:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA |
08ASUNCION856 | HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW - MEMBER OF PARAGUAYAN [...] Embassy has reviewed its internal files and records in accordance with standardized vetting procedures and finds no derogatory information on the following member of the Paraguayan security forces who is an intended recipient of U.S. training. 2. Candidate name: Eduardo Guillen Paez DO [...] | 2008-12-23 12:20:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA |
08ASUNCION857 | AMBASSADOR IN CIUDAD DEL ESTE: REFORMS STILL [...] (C) Political, law enforcement, and private sector representatives told Ambassador in Ciudad del Este December 9-10 that the Paraguayan government needs significant political, economic, and judicial reform. Prosecutors, business leaders, and activists expressed concern over political corrupt [...] | 2008-12-23 14:38:00 | Embassy Asuncion | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON SNAR PTER PHUM PA |
08ASUNCION869 | AG SECTOR UNCERTAINTY BREEDS PESSIMISM [...] (C) SUMMARY: Major Paraguayan soy producers are skeptical of President Lugo's economic plans, particularly agriculture policy. Recent declines of 30 to 40 percent in commodity prices are a serious but manageable concern. The government's intention to tax production, however, generates a strong [...] | 2008-12-29 21:38:00 | Embassy Asuncion | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN PGOV EIND ECON EINV ETRD PREL PA |
08ASUNCION877 | PARAGUAYANS UNCOVER MORE EVIDENCE OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: A leading Paraguayan human rights activist discovered numerous personal records belonging to political prisoners tortured during the Stroessner regime (1954-89) in a building then used by the Interior Ministry. Further evidence of Stroessner-era human rights abuses will be rele [...] | 2008-12-31 18:49:00 | Embassy Asuncion | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PA |
08ASUNCION92 | HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW - MCC THRESHOLD COUNTRY PROGRAM [...] In support of the U.S. Agency for International Development (AID),post is requesting human rights vetting, in accordance with the Leahy Amendment, of the personnel listed below that will be participating in the MCC Threshold Country Program as customs enforcement officers for a period of at l [...] | 2008-02-12 17:01:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PGOV PREL AID PA |
08ASUNCION99 | AMBASSADOR'S FIRST MEETING WITH CANDIDATE LUGO [...] (C) In his first meeting with bishop-turned-presidential front-runner Fernando Lugo, Ambassador delivered a strong message that the United States wants good relations with whomever becomes Paraguay's next president, and we have numerous opportunities to work together toward common interests. [...] | 2008-02-14 15:05:00 | Embassy Asuncion | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SNAR PGOV PA |
08ATHENS1009 | GREECE/MACEDONIA: GRUEVSKI LETTER ON MINORITIES [...] (U) This message has been cleared with Embassy Skopje. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (C) Greece reacted negatively to a July 14 letter from Macedonian PM Gruevski to PM Karamanlis requesting that Greece address issues related to property restitution and citizenship of ethnic Macedonians [...] | 2008-07-15 13:42:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM MK GR |
08ATHENS1015 | GREECE: EXPANDED NATO TRAINING MSSION-IRAQ PAPERS [...] (C) On 11 July, A/Pol Counselor and Poloff delivered ref A points on NTM-I to Ambassador Heracles Asteriades, Director of the MFA D-2 Directorate for the North Atlantic Treaty (NATO) and the Western European Union (WEU). A/Pol Counselor emphasized that now that the NAC had taken a decision to [...] | 2008-07-16 09:13:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | GR IZ MARR PGOV PREL NATO |
08ATHENS1023 | SCENE SETTER FOR ATHENS GREECE (U) [...] (SBU) Welcome back to Athens, we look forward to your important visit which comes at an important time in the U.S.-Greece bilateral relationship. Since your visit last July, ADM Fitzgerald (2-3 April),Lt Gen McFann (2 July),and LTG Eikenberry (3 July) visited Athens and met with key Greek m [...] | 2008-07-17 08:17:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MOPS NATO TU MK GR |
08ATHENS1027 | GREECE/MACEDONIA: KARAMANLIS RESPONDS TO GRUEVSKI [...] (U) Greek Prime Minister Karamanlis has responded in a July 18 public letter (full text in para 4) to the July 14 letter from Macedonian Prime Minister Gruevski (ref A) in which Gruevski asks that Greece address issues related to property restitution and citizenship of ethnic Macedonians who [...] | 2008-07-18 14:49:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NATO MK GR |
08ATHENS1030 | GREECE/MACEDONIA: FURTHER PERSPECTIVES ON [...] (C) Embassy Skopje has provided useful ideas on steps the U.S. might take to advance the name negotiations. In that spirit we want to offer Embassy Athens' thoughts on where the Greeks currently are on this issue, and what it might take for them to conclude a deal. We believe the Greeks are [...] | 2008-07-21 08:13:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NATO MK GR |
08ATHENS1034 | KEEPING PRESSURE ON THE FARC POINTS DELIVERED [...] (C) A/Pol Counselor met July 21 with Christos Maniakis Grivas, Deputy Director of the MFA A-8 Department for Latin America and the Caribbean, to make reftel points on keeping the pressure on the FARC. Maniakis Grivas listened carefully and said that he would ensure that the MFA Political Dire [...] | 2008-07-21 15:24:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL COL VE HR EU PTER AF SNAR PGOV GR |
08ATHENS1053 | GREECE WELCOMES KARADZIC ARREST [...] (SBU) GOG officials, including FM Bakoyannis, and the main opposition party have welcomed Serbia's arrest of former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic and have emphasized that this action further opens Serbia's path to Europe. The only discordant note was sounded by Greece's Communist Party [...] | 2008-07-23 14:39:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV BK SR GR |
08ATHENS1070 | GREECE/SYRIA: GREEK VIEWS ON DEALING WITH THE SARG [...] (C) A/Pol Counselor delivered ref A points on the Syrian Arab Republic Government (SARG) on 7/24 to George Ayfandis, acting Director of the MFA A-6 Directorate for Arab Countries and the Middle East. Ayfandis said that Greece shared U.S. concerns about the SARG, highlighting, in particular, S [...] | 2008-07-25 13:31:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SY LE EU RS TU NO SW |
08ATHENS1073 | GREECE/AFGHANISTAN: STILL CONSIDERING A POSSIBLE [...] (C) Ambassador Heracles Asteriades, Director of the MFA D-2 Directorate for the North Atlantic Treaty (NATO) and the Western European Union (WEU),told A/Pol Counselor and Poloff that Greece continues to evaluate the U.S. request that it lead a Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) in Afghanista [...] | 2008-07-25 14:28:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV MOPS MASS NATO GR |
08ATHENS1095 | P-1 REFERRAL FOR U.S. RESETTLEMENT PROGRAM: WARDA, [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Embassy has identified Iraqi citizen Johnson Hermiz Warda as a candidate for the U.S. Refugee Admissions Program as a Priority 1 referral. Warda submitted a written request to the Embassy for refugee resettlement to the United States based on his prior employment in Iraq wit [...] | 2008-07-31 10:53:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF CVIS KDEM PGOV PHUM GR IZ |
08ATHENS1114 | GREECE: JULY 08 TIP UPDATE [...] This is Embassy Athens' second regular update on Greece's efforts to combat trafficking in persons (TIP). RATIFICATION OF GREECE-ALBANIA AGREEMENT ----------------------------------------- 2. The Greek Parliament ratified on July 31, 2008 a bilateral Greece-Albania agreement on child repa [...] | 2008-08-01 14:50:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV PREL SMIG KCRM KWMN GR |
08ATHENS1120 | NEW GREEK DOMESTIC TERROR GROUP EMERGES [...] (SBU) Greek anti-terrorist investigators believe that a new terrorist group has emerged following bombing incidents on June 24 and July 28. In the first incident, a small explosion was set off outside an officAthens suburb of MarouQwQ In both incidents, "died improvised devic verified manner [...] | 2008-08-04 16:18:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PTER GR |
08ATHENS1132 | URGING THE EU TO MAINTAIN TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS ON [...] (C) We delivered reftel points on maintaining travel restrictions on the Karadzic family to Antonia Katzourou, European Correspondent for the MFA A11 Directorate that deals with EU Common and Foreign Security Policy and to Asterios Tsiourvas, MFA Desk Officer for Serbia, Kosovo and Montenegro. [...] | 2008-08-07 05:44:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM GR |
08ATHENS1143 | PERSONAL FROM AMBASSADOR SPECKHARD: RETAIN TERROR [...] (U) Personal from Ambassador Speckhard to S/CT Dell Dailey. 2. (S) BEGIN TEXT OF MESSAGE: Dell: I understand that the Greek terrorist group November 17 (N17) is being considered for removal from the Foreign Terrorist Organization list. I believe N17 may still retain the intent to eng [...] | 2008-08-08 13:01:00 | Embassy Athens | SECRET | PTER PGOV PREL GR |
08ATHENS1149 | NEW BURMA SANCTIONS [...] (C) On August 8, PolAssistant delivered reftel points on the New Burma sanctions to MFA Deputy Director of the A10 Directorate for Asia and Oceania Antoula Balanou. In an August 11 follow-up, Balanou mentioned that the most recent GAERC meeting of EU foreign ministers had not addressed the i [...] | 2008-08-11 08:57:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ETRD BMGT GR |
08ATHENS115 | GREEK VIEWS ON ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN ISSUES [...] (U) This message contains an action request for Department. See paragraph 4. 2. (C) DepPolCouns and PolOff discussed ref a points on Israeli-Palestinian issues with MFA A6 Middle East Directorate deputy head Giorgos Ayfantis. On the demarche overall, Ayfantis complemented the author for a [...] | 2008-01-25 08:23:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EAID OPRC KPAL IS GR |
08ATHENS1156 | TFGG01: GREEKS WILL FOLLOW FRENCH LEAD ON GEORGIA [...] (C) SUMMARY: The GOG has still not announced an official position on the crisis in Georgia, probably due to its concerns about alienating either the Russians or Georgians, with both of whom Greece maintains close ties. But our conversations with MFA and other high-placed interlocutors indicate Gree [...] | 2008-08-12 15:26:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL GG GR |
08ATHENS1183 | TFGG1: GREEK FM ON GEORGIA CRISIS, OSCE MONITORS [...] (C) Following the August 19 NATO Special Ministerial to address the on-going crisis in Georgia (reftel),Greek FM Dora Bakoyannis issued a statement, which contained both favorable and unfavorable elements in terms of U.S. policy and generally adhered to the positions of the "old Europe" NATO [...] | 2008-08-20 15:17:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MOPS GG GR |
08ATHENS1188 | TFGG01: RUSSIA-GEORGIA CONFLICT: ATHENS DIPLOMATIC [...] (C) SUMMARY: Greek MFA and MOD officials are saying the right things on Greece's support for Georgia's territorial integrity and the early withdrawal of Russian forces from Georgia. At the same time, a team of Russian defense industry experts is scheduled to visit Athens next week to discuss [...] | 2008-08-22 16:55:00 | Embassy Athens | SECRET//NOFORN | GR PGOV PREL MARR RU GG |
08ATHENS1202 | DESIGNATION OF ADDITIONAL IRANIAN ENTITIES [...] On 19 August, Poloff delivred reftel points to Loukas Tsokos, First Secretary MFA D1 Directorate of UN and International Organizations. On August 26, A/Economic Counselor delivered reftel points to Ioannis Sidiropoulos, Secretary General of the Ministry of Economy and Finance; Panagiotis Tho [...] | 2008-08-26 14:43:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN GR IR KNNP MNUC PARM PGOV PREL |
08ATHENS1203 | SCENESETTER FOR AMBASSADOR LAGON'S SEPTEMBER 1-3 [...] (C) Welcome to Athens. Your visit is an excellent opportunity to press Greece to show progress on TIP issues if it wishes to avoid a Tier-Two Watch-List rating. Your visit comes at a particularly delicate moment in U.S.-Greece relations. A NATO ally and EU member, Greece has been helpful in [...] | 2008-08-26 15:37:00 | Embassy Athens | SECRET | GR PGOV PHUM PREL |
08ATHENS1204 | GREEK POLICE DISMANTLE UKRAINIAN TRAFFICKING [...] (U) Greek Anti-Trafficking police dismantled a trafficking network that forced Ukrainian women into prostitution. Police arrested five Ukrainians and one Uzbek on charges of human trafficking, abduction, use of false documents, and laundering of proceeds from criminal activities. 2. (U) Fol [...] | 2008-08-26 15:38:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED | GR KCRM KWMN PGOV PHUM PREL |
08ATHENS1205 | ADDITIONAL REASONS NOT TO REMOVE 17N FROM FTO LIST [...] (S) Embassy Athens remains strongly opposed to the removal of the Greek terrorist organization 17 November (17N) from the Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO) list. We offer the following new factual elements to supplement information provided in refs A, B, and C. 2. (S/NF) There are, as w [...] | 2008-08-26 16:07:00 | Embassy Athens | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PTER ASEC KCRM KJUS GR |
08ATHENS1216 | TFGG01: GREECE'S BUSINESS-AS-USUAL WITH RUSSIA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Despite strong statements at NATO and the EU by FM Bakoyannis supporting Georgian territorial integrity and condemning Russia's recognition of South Ossetia and Abkhazia as independent states, the GOG at the same time is moving ahead with several "business-as-usual" events with Ru [...] | 2008-08-28 17:51:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV GG GR RS |
08ATHENS123 | GREEK MFA ON IRAN ISSUES [...] (S) On January 24, DepPolCouns met with MFA A6 Directorate for Middle East Affairs deputy head Giorgos Ayfantis to discuss various Iran issues, including a readout of the Iranian DFM Bagheri's January 14 visit to Athens, Greece's overall posture towards Iran, and Iran's role in Iraq. DFM Vali [...] | 2008-01-25 15:52:00 | Embassy Athens | SECRET | MOPS PARM PREL PGOV CASC KDEM IR IZ GR |
08ATHENS1236 | POINTS ON AFGHAN NATIONAL ARMY EXPANSION DELIVERED [...] On September 3, A/Pol Counselor delivered reftel non-paper on the Afghan Governemnt's proposal to expand the Afghan National Army to Ambassador Alexios Christopoulos, Director of the MFA A10 Directorate for Asia and Oceania. Christopoulos noted that Greece is not a member of the Joint Coordin [...] | 2008-09-03 08:39:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV GR AF |
08ATHENS124 | DEATH OF THE ARCHBISHOP OF ATHENS AND ALL GREECE [...] (SBU) The Archbishop of Athens and All Greece, Christodoulos, passed away at 0515 local time on Monday, January 28. His funeral is expected to take place on Thursday, January 31 -- or possibly Friday, February 1. The Archbishop played a social and political role, and his successor is expecte [...] | 2008-01-28 12:38:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KREL PHUM KIRF GR |
08ATHENS1243 | GREECE/EU: GYMNICH POINTS DELIVERED [...] (C) On September 2, A/Political Counselor delivered ref A points on Georgia and EU/Russia relations in advance of the September 5-6 Gymnich, and ref B points on other issues on the Gymnich agenda to MFA European correspondent Antonia Katzoulou. Katzoulou had the following observations: -- [...] | 2008-09-03 15:28:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EU GG GR RU |
08ATHENS1249 | GREECE SUPPORTS U.S. UNGA FIRST COMMITTEE [...] On August 27, Poloff delivered reftel points to Loukas Tsokos, First Secretary MFA D1 Directorate of UN and International Organizations. Tsokos said Greece would support the resolution at the upcoming 63rd UNGA, just as they had supported it in 2005. SPECKHARD [...] | 2008-09-04 13:48:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED | GR PARM PGOV PREL UNGA |
08ATHENS127 | GREECE/MACEDONIA: GREEK NEGOTIATOR NOT OPTIMISTIC [...] (C) Ambassador and DCM met January 24 with Ambassador Adamintos Vasilakis for a readout of the January 21 Ohrid negotiations on the Macedonian name issue, chaired by Matthew Nimetz. Vasilakis said that the opening remarks by FM Milososki contained some of the same "unhelpful" statements he s [...] | 2008-01-28 14:44:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NATO MK GR |
08ATHENS1272 | GREECE: ACTION GUIDE TO COMBAT TIP (2008-2009) [...] (SBU) On August 26, Charge, A/Polcouns, and PolAssistant delivered the TIP Action Guide to Minister of Justice Hatzigakis and SecGen of the Justice Ministry Gletsos. On August 28, Charge and Poloff delivered the guide to MFA General Secretary Agathocles. In these meetings, the Charge outlin [...] | 2008-09-09 09:07:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV GR PHUM SMIG KCRM KWMN KTIP |
08ATHENS1290 | GREECE/CYPRUS: GOG SUPPORTS UN PROCESS BUT WORRIED [...] (C) PM Karamanlis and FM Bakoyannis are pleased with the momentum on Cyprus, sending positive signals about the September 3 start of UN-brokered talks. Cyprus has been center stage in Athens with visits from UN Special Envoy Downer and Cypriot Foreign Minister Kyprianou. PM Karamanlis and F [...] | 2008-09-10 14:50:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV GR CY UN |
08ATHENS1291 | MONASTERY LAND DEAL BUFFETS GOVERNMENT [...] (SBU) Summary: The senior prosecutor of the Greek Supreme Court, George Sanidas, has ordered an inquiry into a 2007 land swap between the Vatopaidion monastery and the state. Opposition parties have seized on the issue, alleging the state traded some prime facilities built for the 2004 Athen [...] | 2008-09-10 15:03:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL GR |
08ATHENS1294 | SCENESETTER FOR GENERAL GRAPSAS' VISIT TO D.C. [...] (C) The visit of General Demetrius Grapsas, Chief of the Hellenic National Defense General Staff, to Washington is an important opportunity to recognize Greece's support of multiple U.S. Navy and Air Force operations in the Eastern Mediterranean and the Middle East, including Iraq through ove [...] | 2008-09-11 14:27:00 | Embassy Athens | SECRET | GR PGOV PREL |
08ATHENS1296 | FM BAKOYANNIS ACCEPTS INVITATION TO TRANSATLANTIC [...] (U) Post has delivered reftel invitation to the September 24 TransAtlantic luncheon to Greek FM Dora Bakoyannis. Bakoyannis has confirmed her participation in the luncheon. SPECKHARD [...] | 2008-09-12 08:02:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV UNGA EUN NATO PREL GR |
08ATHENS1297 | GREECE AGREES ON PREVENTING IRAN'S ACQUISITION OF [...] (U) On September 11, Poloff delivered reftel demarche on preventing Iran's acquisition of new supplies of uranium to Pantelis Margaris, Counselor-Expert for Disarmament Issues in the MFA D1 Directorate for UN and International Organizations. Margaris agreed that preventing Iran's acquisitio [...] | 2008-09-12 11:15:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED | EMIN ENRG ETTC GR IR KNNP MNUC PARM PGOV |
08ATHENS1298 | GREECE: UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY THIRD COMMITTEE 2008 [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche on September 9 to Loukas Tsokos, First Secretary at the MFA D1 Directorate of UN and International Organizations. The D1 office received the points but had no substantive comment and passed them to the D2 Directorate of Human Rights. Post will report any f [...] | 2008-09-12 11:17:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | GR PGOV PREL PHUM |
08ATHENS1299 | GOG TO EMB SKOPJE DCM: POSITION FIRM BUT READY TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Greece is prepared to make a deal on the name dispute with Macedonia "tomorrow," senior Greek officials told visiting Embassy Skopje DCM Navratil in meetings August 22 in Athens, but Greece's position on a composite name and its universal international usage -- "ergo omnes" -- rema [...] | 2008-09-12 12:16:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL GR MK |
08ATHENS13 | GREECE: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON PAKISTAN ELECTIONS [...] (SBU) On December 31, 2007, poloff delivered reftel points to Ambassador Alexios Christopoulos, Director of the A10 Directorate for Asia and Oceania. 2. (SBU) On January 3, poloff spoke with Ms. Vassiliki Bafi, attache to Ambassador Christopoulos, who advised that Greece "shares the same vi [...] | 2008-01-03 13:37:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR PINS PREL PTER GR |
08ATHENS1301 | GREECE/NATO: NO SUBSTANTIVE REPLY ON ISAF OPLAN TO [...] (C) Upon receipt of reftel, we engaged with GOG interlocutors to press Greece to be supportive of an amendment to the ISAF OPLAN to authorize ISAF forces to interdict narcotics production and trafficking facilities where such action would offer a direct military advantage. On August 12, Polof [...] | 2008-09-12 14:43:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS NATO PGOV PREL SNAR GR |
08ATHENS1302 | AMID ALLEGATIONS, MINISTER OF MERCHANT MARINE [...] (U) Minister of Merchant Marine and Island Policy George Voulgarakis resigned as Minister on September 12 amid various allegations linking him to scandal, including his wife's ties to a controversial government/church land swap and his involvement in the creation of an off-shore company that [...] | 2008-09-12 14:54:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL GR |
08ATHENS1303 | GREECE/IRAN: AMBASSADOR WARNS MFA SECGEN TO CANCEL [...] (S) At a September 9 dinner hosted by the Turkish Ambassador, MFA Secretary General Agathocles told Ambassador Speckhard he was planning a trip to Teheran in the near future. Ambassador warned him to cancel the visit, given UN and EU sanctions against Iran and the current state of Iran's rela [...] | 2008-09-12 15:16:00 | Embassy Athens | SECRET | GR IR PGOV PREL |
08ATHENS1327 | GREECE UNDECIDED ON UNAIDS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR [...] (U) On September 11, Poloff delivered reftel on requesting support for UNAIDS Executive Director candidate Michel Sidibe to George Panagiotidis, Embassy Attach of the MFA D1 Directorate for International Organizations. Panagiotidis thanked us for the information and said it would be reviewed [...] | 2008-09-18 07:25:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED | GR PGOV PREL UNGA EAID KHIV |
08ATHENS1335 | OLYMPIC AIRLINES EMPLOYEES DISRUPT ATHENS AIRPORT [...] (SBU) Athens International Airport flight operations were briefly disrupted September 18 when members of Olympic Airlines' machinists and ground support union staged a sit- in on the tarmac of one of the airport's two main runways. The unionists were protesting EU approval of a decision by th [...] | 2008-09-19 11:22:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ELAB EAIR KCRM GR |
08ATHENS1348 | GREECE/NATO: POINTS DELIVERED ON "NO BUSINESS AS [...] (C) On 22 September, Poloff delivered ref points on "no business as usual" in NATO-Russia relations to Andreas Kintis, NATO desk officer in the MFA's D2 Directorate for NATO and Western European Union (WEU) Affairs. Kintis said he would forward the information to his superiors and to the Gr [...] | 2008-09-22 13:40:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PGOV PREL GR GG RS |
08ATHENS1349 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: U.S. AMBASSADORS IN BOLIVIA [...] No summary [...] | 2008-09-22 14:01:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM BL VE GR |
08ATHENS1356 | GREECE/NATO: DEMARCHE ON ADDITIONAL SUPPORT TO [...] (C) On September 19, Poloff delivered reftel points requesting for additional support to the NATO Training mission-Iraq to Andreas Kintis, NATO desk officer in the MFA's D2 Directorate for NATO and Western European Union (WEU) Affairs. Kintis said he would forward the information to his su [...] | 2008-09-24 13:53:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | GR PGOV PREL MARR NATO IZ |
08ATHENS1362 | GREECE: UN MINORITIES EXPERT REFUTES ERRONEOUS IMPRESSIONS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During an August 16 visit to Greece at the invitation of the GOG, UN Minorities expert Gay McDougall examined Greek legislation, policies, and practices related to minority rights and highlighted challenges and good practices. McDougall refuted erroneous claims in the Greek pres [...] | 2008-09-25 11:06:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV PREL GR MK |
08ATHENS1380 | TOUGH TIMES FOR PM KARAMANLIS [...] (C) Recent weeks have not been kind to PM Karamanlis. His ruling New Democracy (ND) party is now polling lower than major opposition party PASOK. His razor-thin two-vote majority in Parliament has been further reduced to a one-vote majority, following a September 30 expulsion from the ruling [...] | 2008-09-30 17:45:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV GR |
08ATHENS1383 | AFGHAN NATIONAL ARMY: SOLICITING GREEK [...] (C) On September 23, Ambassador Speckhard raised with MFA Secretary General Agathocles reftel request for Greece to contribute USD 30 million per year from 2010 to 2014 in additional funding for sustainment of the expanded Afghan National Army. Agathocles responded that Greece placed a high p [...] | 2008-10-01 10:21:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS PGOV PREL AF |
08ATHENS1387 | GREEK SLANDS: A GATEWAY TO EUROPE FOR ILLEGAL [...] (SBU) ver-increasing numbers of illegal immigrants Afghans, Iraqis, Palestinians, Somalis, and ohers) are using boats and rafts to travel fro Turkey to Greek islands in the Aegean Sea, making the islands the preferred route for these immigrants into the EU. The wave of newcomers has all but o [...] | 2008-10-02 05:39:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PRL PGOV PBTS PTER PHUM GR |
08ATHENS1399 | GREEK PM STAYS THE COURSE DESPITE OBSTACLES [...] (SBU) Buffeted by scandals and allegations of financial mismanagement, as well as dissent within his own New Democracy party (ref A),PM Karamanlis called an emergency cabinet meeting on October 2 to reassert his authority and strengthen resolve to continue forward with the government's reform [...] | 2008-10-03 14:54:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EFIN ECON GR |
08ATHENS1400 | GREECE/NATO: GREECE WITHDRAWS FROM NATO AEGEAN [...] (C) Greece informed NATO military authorities October 6 that it has withdrawn from a NATO table top exercise ("Noble Aspect 08") on the Aegean. Greece sought to include "tracks" of a civilian aircraft overflying Agios Efstratios island (reftel) - an island that Turkey maintains is "demilitari [...] | 2008-10-06 15:08:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS NATO PGOV PREL TU GR |
08ATHENS1408 | NEW DEMOCRACY MAJORITY UP SLIGHTLY WITH RETURN OF PRODIGAL [...] (SBU) Stavros Dailakis, the New Democracy deputy expelled from the parliamentary caucus for criticizing PM Karamanlis's personal aides on October 2 (reftels),has been reinstated by the PM. As a result, the GoG again has a majority of 152 seats in the 300-member Parliament. Dailakis had earl [...] | 2008-10-08 12:34:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PTER GR |
08ATHENS1427 | GREECE/MACEDONIA: FM BAKOYANNIS POSITIVE ON NIMETZ [...] (C) In a 10/9 conversation with Ambassador Speckhard, FM Bakoyannis said Greece considered UN mediator Nimetz' latest proposal to be a "good basis," but with some remaining areas for refinement - particularly stronger provisions on bilateral usage of the new name. Bakoyannis laid out the GOG [...] | 2008-10-10 11:15:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV CVIS MK GR |
08ATHENS1432 | GREEK VIEWS ON OCTOBER GAERC ISSUES [...] (SBU) DepPolCouns and visiting EUR/SE Desk Officer Goodman delivered reftel points to MFA European Correspondent Antonia Katzourou. Her responses below are keyed to the main issue topics of the demarche: -- ZIMBABWE: Katzourou did not expect a long discussion. Conclusions had already been f [...] | 2008-10-10 14:43:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV EUN PHUM GR |
08ATHENS1457 | DAS GRAFFY MEETS WITH GREEK PARLIAMENTARIANS ON [...] (SBU) Summary: On October 8, Deputy Assistant Secretary (DAS) for Public Diplomacy for Europe and EurAsia Colleen Graffy met with several Members of Parliament (MP) from the Greek Special Standing Committee on Protection of the Environment. The discussion focused largely on managing carbon [...] | 2008-10-20 06:35:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED | KGHG EAGR SENV ENRG TRGY PREL PGOV OSCE AF GR |
08ATHENS147 | GREECE MOURNS ARCHBISHOP'S DEATH [...] On January 31, Greece paid its final respects to Archbishop of Athens and All Greece Christodoulos in a funeral service at Athens' Metropolitan Cathedral. The service, lasting two hours and broadcast live on several television channels, was attended by a who's-who of Greek society, as well a [...] | 2008-01-31 12:59:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM KIRF SOCI GR |
08ATHENS1473 | GREECE: IRAN'S UPCOMING NUCLEAR CONFERENCE [...] (U) On October 23, DepPolCouns and Poloff delivered reftel demarche on the upcoming nuclear conference in Iran to Ambassador Tryphon Paraskevopoulos, Director of the MFA D1 Department United Nations and International Organizations Affairs, and Loukas Tsokos, D1 First Secretary. Tsokos said D [...] | 2008-10-24 08:38:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC GR MNUC PGOV PREL TRGY IR |
08ATHENS1476 | VATOPAIDION SCANDAL CLAIMS ANOTHER VICTIM IN GREEK [...] (C) On October 23, one of Prime Minister Karamanlis's closest aides, Minister of State and GoG spokesman Theodoris Roussopoulos, resigned in connection with the Vatopaidion real estate scandal -- the second minister to do since September. Roussopoulos is expected to remain in his seat in Parl [...] | 2008-10-27 07:07:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL GR |
08ATHENS148 | GREECE/TURKEY: MFA TERMS KARAMANLIS VISIT [...] (C) MFA officials termed PM Karamanlis' January 23 - 25 trip to Turkey "positive but not concrete." They were pleased by statements by PM Erdogan that "could be seen as positive openings" on the status of the Ecumenical Patriarchate in Istanbul, on the Aegean "casus belli," and on broader Ae [...] | 2008-01-31 14:20:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KIRF PHUM SOCI TU GR |
08ATHENS1495 | GREEK VIEWS ON NOVEMBER GAERC ISSUES [...] (S) DepPolCouns and PolOff delivered ref A points to MFA European Correspondent Antonia Katzourou and her future successor Niki Kamba. Her responses below are keyed to the main issue topics of the demarche: -- RUSSIA: Katzourou noted that the Medvedev Security Treaty Proposal had not been di [...] | 2008-10-31 13:01:00 | Embassy Athens | SECRET | PREL PGOV ETRD GR EUN |
08ATHENS1498 | GREECE/MACEDONIA: FM BAKOYANNIS BRIEFS PARLIAMENT [...] (C) FM Bakoyannis told the Parliamentary Committee on Defense and Foreign Affairs October 29 that Greece will work from the most recent Nimetz proposal as a basis, but that certain (unspecified) changes are required. She asserted that Greece seeks a new, compound name with a geographic quali [...] | 2008-10-31 13:58:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NATO MK GR |
08ATHENS1512 | GREECE WORRIED ABOUT DEVELOPMENTS IN BOSNIA [...] (C) A/Political Counselor met 11/4 with Dimitris Tsoungas, Deputy Director of the MFA A3 Balkans Directorate, to follow-up on ref A points on engaging the EU on Bosnia. The points had previously been delivered to Tsoungas and the MFA's EU Correspondent to inform Greek preparations for the EU [...] | 2008-11-04 13:24:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV GR BK EU |
08ATHENS1517 | GREECE/RUSSIA: KEEPING THE GOG ON THE RIGHT TRACK [...] No summary [...] | 2008-11-05 12:13:00 | Embassy Athens | SECRET | PGOV ENRG RS IR NATO PREL CY IT TU OSCE GR |
08ATHENS152 | NO INVITATION FOR MACEDONIAN CHURCH LEADERS TO [...] (U) This message has been cleared by Embassy Skopje. 2. (C) After news emerged Wednesday that leaders of the Macedonian Orthodox Church intended to attend the funeral liturgy of Greek Archbishop Christodoulos in Athens on Thursday, Greek Church authorities declared that the Macedonians were [...] | 2008-02-01 15:28:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KIRF MK GR |
08ATHENS1528 | GREECE/TERRORISM: NOVEMBER 17 SOUNDS OFF, [...] (SBU) An imprisoned assassin from Greece's most famous domestic terrorist group, November 17 (17N),recently published an unrepentant manifesto in a Greek newspaper, while another group with a similar ideology, Revolutionary Struggle (RS),may have launched a new bomb attack, possibly its firs [...] | 2008-11-07 14:04:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV ASEC GR |
08ATHENS153 | RULING PARTY MAJORITY RAZOR THIN FOLLOWING MP [...] (SBU) On January 31, the ruling New Democracy party's already-thin majority was shaved further (152 to 151 seats of 300) when ND MP Kostas Koukodimos announced he was leaving the party following allegations of corruption in connection with the parties to the overheated Zachopoulos scandal (refs [...] | 2008-02-01 16:46:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL GR |
08ATHENS1534 | GREEKS GET RUSSIA MESSAGE IN TIME FOR GAERC [...] (SBU) On November 8, DepPolCouns discussed reftel GAERC points on dealing with Russia with Haris Lalacos, head of the MFA A11 Directorate for the EU CFSP. Lalacos was grateful to receive the information over the weekend because he was departing along with the rest of FM Bakoyannis' party on S [...] | 2008-11-10 12:01:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EUN PGOV PREL RS GR |
08ATHENS1539 | GEORGIAN FM VISIT TO ATHENS: GREEK, GEORGIAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: During her November 6-7 visit to Athens, Georgian FM Tkeshelashvili discussed with FM Bakoyannis and other Greek interlocutors problems with the OSCE observer mission in Georgia, the recent donors' conferences, the plight of IDPs, the Geneva talks, energy pipelines, and domestic i [...] | 2008-11-10 15:41:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV OSCE GR RS GG |
08ATHENS1541 | GREECE: AMBASSADOR RAISES MLAT, TIP, IPR WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a November 6 meeting, Ambassador Speckhard raised with Georgios Panagiotopoulos, President and Justice of the Greek Council of State (an equivalent to the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court),several legal issues: 1) the need for Greece to move expeditiously in ratifying the U [...] | 2008-11-12 07:47:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM KTIP KCRM GR |
08ATHENS1542 | GREECE ON EXPULSION OF DEA FROM BOLIVIA [...] No summary [...] | 2008-11-12 10:52:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SNAR KDEM GR XM BL |
08ATHENS1561 | GREECE: 2008-2009 INCSR PART I [...] (U) The full text of the draft 2008-2009 INCSR Part I for Greece follows: Greece[DVM1] 2008-2009 INCSR Part I: Drugs and Chemical Control I. Summary Greece is a "gateway" country in the transit of illicit drugs and contraband. Although not a major transit country for drugs headed f [...] | 2008-11-17 05:56:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR KCRM PGOV PREL GR |
08ATHENS1569 | GREEK RESPONSE TO MACEDONIAN ICJ LAWSUIT STRONG [...] (SBU) Greek reaction was swift and forceful to the announcement by the Republic of Macedonia that it had filed legal proceedings against Greece in the International Court of Justice (ICJ) for violating the terms of the 1995 Interim Accord by blocking MacedoniaQs NATO accession (reftel). Almo [...] | 2008-11-18 15:52:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL GR MK EU NATO |
08ATHENS1572 | GREECE SUPPORTING IRAQI DIPLOMATS WITH TRAINING, [...] (U) On November 17, the Greek MFA announced that its Diplomatic Academy would be hosting a two-week training program in Athens November 17-28 for ten young Iraqi diplomats. The MFA announcement said the aim of the training was to strengthen friendship and understanding between Greece and Ira [...] | 2008-11-20 09:28:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | GR IZ PGOV PHUM PREL AF EAID KPAO |
08ATHENS1574 | GREECE ANNOUNCES 15 PERCENT CUT IN MILITARY [...] (U) In a November 14 statement before Parliament, Prime Minister Karamanlis announced he would reduce military spending by 15 percent in the 2009 state budget in a bid to save money. While the revised budget has not yet been sent to Parliament, Karamanlis indicated the funds would instead be [...] | 2008-11-20 14:13:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL MASS PARM GR |
08ATHENS1575 | GREECE/MACEDONIA: GREEK NAME NEGOTIATOR BRIEFS [...] (SBU) In a hastily arranged November 19 briefing for all NATO and EU Diplomatic Missions and the European Commission Representative, Greek name negotiator Adamantios Vassilakis made the following points: -- Greece intends to continue to work on a solution under the auspices of UN Envoy Nime [...] | 2008-11-20 16:06:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NATO EU MK GR |
08ATHENS1595 | GREEK RESPONSE: UPDATE AND ACTION REQUEST ON [...] (SBU) A/DepEconCouns delivered reftel points on November 21 to Antonias Zambelas and Pavlos Pezaros, Ministry of Rural Development and Food; Mr. Elias Karanikas, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Directorate for Internal Market, Agriculture and Other Policies; and Dr. Nike-Catherine Koutrakou, Hell [...] | 2008-11-25 16:35:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EAGR TBIO EAID PGOV GR |
08ATHENS1600 | GREECE AND ALBANIA AGREE ON MILITARY CEMETERIES IN [...] (U) On November 21, the Greek Foreign Ministry announced that Greece and Albania had reached agreement on the establishment of two military cemeteries in Albania (reftel). The two cemeteries, which will honor Greek soldiers killed in Albania in WWII, will be located in Gjirokaster and Kelcyr [...] | 2008-11-26 12:42:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | GR PGOV PREL AL |
08ATHENS1607 | GREECE: 18-DAY PRISON STRIKES END WITH GOG [...] (SBU) On November 21, an estimated 8,000 inmates nationwide ended their 18-day hunger strike against overcrowding in Greek prisons following GOG announcement that it would release almost half of Greece's prison population. Since November 3, the unrest in prison detention centers propelled supp [...] | 2008-11-28 15:39:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KCRM KTIP GR |
08ATHENS1617 | GREECE/IRAQ: U.S.-IRAQ AGREEMENTS AND GOG [...] (SBU) During a wide-ranging initial call, DCM Deborah McCarthy discussed ref A points on the U.S.-Iraq Agreements with MFA A6 Middle East Directorate head Ambassador Vassilis Papaioannou. Papaioannou was already aware of the agreements through the Greek Embassy in Baghdad, though he neverthele [...] | 2008-12-03 13:23:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON EFIN GR IZ PGOV PREL UNSC |
08ATHENS1627 | GREEK VIEWS ON DECEMBER GAERC ISSUES [...] (SBU) DepPolCouns and PolOff delivered reftel points to MFA European Correspondent Antonia Katzourou. Her responses below are keyed to the main issue topics of the demarche: -- BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA: Katzourou was unable to speak directly to the issue of Bosnia and Herzegovina, but said EU [...] | 2008-12-04 15:18:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV ETRD EUN PHUM GR |
08ATHENS1635 | GREECE/CHINA: GREEKS SEE PRC AS MORE "AGGRESSIVE" [...] (C) SUMMARY: Chinese Embassy and Greek MFA readouts painted very different pictures of Chinese President Hu's recent visit to Athens. The Chinese saw the visit as fulfilling three goals: repaying Greece for President Papoulias' visit during the Olympics; cementing the Chinese-Greece "comprehe [...] | 2008-12-05 14:57:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN ETRD GR PGOV PREL CH |
08ATHENS1636 | GREECE TO JOIN CONSENSUS ON NUCLEAR SUPPLIERS [...] (U) On December 4, Poloff delivered reftel demarche to MFA D1 First Secretary Loukas Tsokos and Expert on Disarmament Issues Pantelis Margaris. Tskokos confirmed that Greece will join consensus on the text for amendment of NSG Nuclear Guidelines on control of transfers of ENR equipment and t [...] | 2008-12-05 15:11:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG ETTC GR KNNP MNUC PARM PGOV PREL TRGY |
08ATHENS164 | EXTREMISTS CLASH IN ATHENS RIOT [...] (SBU) Competing demonstrations of far-right and leftist groups turned ugly on February 2 when violence broke out between the two groups. Downtown streets were closed, several hundred riot police were mobilized, and several businesses were damaged. The rioting lasted for 10 hours. Several peo [...] | 2008-02-04 14:50:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KCRM SOCI ASEC GR |
08ATHENS1643 | GREECE: UNPRECEDENTED ANARCHIST VIOLENCE FOLLOWING [...] (C) SUMMARY: On December 6-7, anarchist rioters caused extensive damage in downtown Athens and other Greek cities following the shooting by police of a 15-year-old protester Saturday evening. Lower key protests continued on Monday, but the situation remained volatile. The Education Minister [...] | 2008-12-08 15:31:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER SOCI GR |
08ATHENS1649 | GREEK RIOTS: DECEMBER 9 UPDAT [...] (SBU) Rioting continued in multiple cities on the evening of December 8 and further protests are expected December 9 as the funeral takes place for the 15-year-old student. In Athens, several businesses and public buldings, including the National Library and a uilding housing part of the For [...] | 2008-12-09 14:06:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ASEC CASC PTER SOCI GR |
08ATHENS165 | GREEK DFM LEADING DEL TO SYRIA [...] (S) SUMMARY: In a series of conversations with MFA interlocutors over the last few days, Ambassador and DCM have emphasized that a planned trip by DFM Petros Doukas as head of a Greek trade delegation to Syria later this week was a bad idea that sent the wrong message to Damascus. Doukas repl [...] | 2008-02-04 16:16:00 | Embassy Athens | SECRET | GR PGOV PREL SY |
08ATHENS1652 | EMBASSY ATHENS WELCOMES CODEL POE [...] (SBU) Embassy Athens warmly welcomes the December 15-16 visit of CODEL Poe to Athens. Control Officer for the visit to Athens will be Political Officer Elaine Paplos, 30-210-720-2756 (Office),30-694-439-0185 (cell),30-210-729-5313. The Control Officer will meet you at the Athens Airport acc [...] | 2008-12-10 06:07:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP PGOV PREL ASEC GR |
08ATHENS1653 | GREECE AND THE LIBERTAD ACT [...] (C) Per reftel request, Embassy Athens offers the following information on the general state of Greece-Cuba relations as they pertain to the Libertad Act. 2. (C) We assess that Greece will continue to follow the EU common position to support the development of democracy and human rights in [...] | 2008-12-10 13:28:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD PREL ETTC PGOV GR CU |
08ATHENS1658 | GREEK RIOTS: DECEMBER 11 UPDATE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Greece was relatively quiet at late afternoon Thursday. PM Karamanlis traveled to Brussels to participate in European Council meetings December 11-12. The atmosphere in the country remained tense, however, and it was impossible to predict whether the slacking off of demonstrat [...] | 2008-12-11 15:11:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM ASEC GR |
08ATHENS1669 | GREEK RIOTS: DECEMBER 12 UPDATE [...] (C) The level of violence dropped in Greece over the night of December 11, but there were still attacks on police stations. On December 12 two demonstrations took place. Police are concerned that anarchists will try to use an evening rally on December 12 to enter Parliament and perhaps the Pr [...] | 2008-12-12 13:30:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM ASEC GR |
08ATHENS1680 | PM KARAMANLIS DEFENDS GOVERMENT, PASOK LEADER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Despite mounting domestic criticism of his handling of the recent demonstrations and violence, PM Karamanlis defended his government's restrained approach and criticized opposition parties for failing to come together during the crisis at a December 12 press conference in Bruss [...] | 2008-12-15 16:18:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PTER GR |
08ATHENS1687 | PM KARAMANLIS DISCUSSES RIOTS, VATOPAIDION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a widely publicized December 16 speech to his ruling New Democracy (ND) party caucus in Parliament, Prime Minister Karamanlis took what is now a familiar line of sharply criticizing the actions of the accused police officer while simultaneously condemning the street violence a [...] | 2008-12-17 16:31:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON SOCI GR |
08ATHENS1698 | GREEK RIOTS: SETTLING IN FOR THE LONGER-TERM [...] (SBU) Levels of rioting and violence have increased in localized areas of Athens, and anarchists are clearly trying to injure or kill police and state security officials. Rioters have sought to increase further their visibility by placing banners on the Acropolis and attempting to burn down ( [...] | 2008-12-22 06:29:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ASEC SOCI PHUM GR |
08ATHENS1706 | GREECE: NO SUBSTANTIVE RESPONSE ON DEMARCHES [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-22 09:47:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV GR AMGT AORC APER UNGA UNESCO GG |
08ATHENS1707 | GREECE/UNESCO: POINTS DELIVERED ON UNESCO [...] (C) PolOff delivered reftel points on the UNESCO Director-General election on December 16 to Emmanuel Papadoyorgakis, Counselor for UN issues of the Greek MFA D1 Directorate for UN and International Organizations and Conferences. Papadoyorgakis remarked that it would be "difficult" to find a [...] | 2008-12-22 13:29:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNESCO GR |
08ATHENS1715 | GREECE: DECEMBER 2008 TIP UPDATE [...] (U) This is Embassy Athens' third regular update on Greece's efforts to combat trafficking in persons (TIP). REFTELS refer to previous TIP update cables. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Greek anti-TIP police continued aggressively tackling trafficking rings, successfully completing two major investigatio [...] | 2008-12-23 13:02:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KCRM PHUM PREL SMIG KTIP GR |
08ATHENS1720 | GREEK RIOTS: DECEMBER 24 UPDATE [...] (SBU) Rioting and violence remain ongoing in Athens in localized areas, although at a lower tempo in advance of the holidays. A bus carrying police officers was fired upon -- purportedly with Kalashnikov rifles -- from the grounds of the satellite campus of the Polytechnic University. Police [...] | 2008-12-24 11:44:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ASEC SOCI PHUM GR |
08ATHENS1728 | GREEK FM URGES ACTIVE EU ROLE IN GAZA CONFLICT, [...] (SBU) SUMARY: Events in Gaza temporarily pushed domestic concerns, such as anarchist violence, the Vatopaidion scandal, and economic troubles, off Greek front pages, giving the Karamanlis government a much-needed breather after weeks of bruising criticism and declining poll figures (reftels). [...] | 2008-12-30 11:05:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER MOPS SOCI GR IS |
08ATHENS1730 | GLOBAL INITIATIVE: U.S./DUTCH/RUSSIAN TEAM [...] (U) On December 22, Poloff, together with Dutch Ambassador Von Rij and Russian Poloff Dimitriy Novikov, delivered reftel demarche on the Fifth Global Initiative Meeting in June 2009 to Ambassador Tryphon Paraskevopoulos, Head of the MFA D1 Directorate for the UN and International Organization [...] | 2008-12-31 09:09:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV GR PARM PINR PINS KGIC |
08ATHENS179 | GREECE ELECTS NEW ARCHBISHOP -- SAME LINE, LOWER [...] (U) Ieronymos, Archbishop of Thebes, was elected February 7, 2008 as the new Archbishop of Athens and all Greece by the Holy Synod of the Greek Orthodox Church. Signaling election of a new Archbishop with illumination of the exterior lights of Athens' Metropolitan Cathedral -- a new procedure [...] | 2008-02-07 14:56:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KIRF KREL SOCI GR |
08ATHENS196 | OSCE/KOSOVO: GREECE OPPOSES BERLIN MECHANISM [...] (C) A/Political Counselor met with MFA Ambassador Petros Avierinos, Director of the D3 Directorate for OSCE and Council of Europe Affairs, to make reftel points on the possibility of Serbia invoking the OSCE's Berlin Mechanism following a declaration of independence from Kosovo. Avierinos was [...] | 2008-02-12 13:15:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV YI KV EU OSCE GR |
08ATHENS20 | SCENESETTER FOR CODEL DAVIS [...] (SBU) INTRODUCTION: Welcome to Athens. We look forward to hosting your visit, which comes at an important time in the U.S.-Greece bilateral relationship. Greece is a NATO ally and strategic partner of the U.S., as well as a member of the European Union. The center-right New Democracy governm [...] | 2008-01-04 17:43:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV ECON GR |
08ATHENS201 | IRAN ELECTIONS: GREECE PREFERS EU STATEMENT IN [...] (C) On February 12, DepPolCouns delivered reftel points on Iranian elections and a third sanctions resolution to MFA A6 Directorate for Middle East Affairs deputy head Giorgos Ayfantis. PolOff also delivered sanctions points to MFA D1 Directorate for International Organizations, which handles [...] | 2008-02-13 12:20:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL UNSC KDEM IR GR |
08ATHENS205 | GREECE/MACEDONIA -- CONTINUED INSISTENCE ON [...] (C) In our ongoing conversations on the Macedonia name issue, we have been highlighting the importance of the Interim Agreement, emphasizing the need to respond seriously and positively to Nimetz' framework and proposals, and pointing out the gaps we see in Greece's current approach. Uniforml [...] | 2008-02-13 15:58:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NATO MK GR |
08ATHENS21 | PM KARAMANLIS TOUGH ON MACEDONIA NAME, PRAGMATIC [...] (C) SUMMARY: In his first meeting with the Ambassador, Prime Minister Kostas Karamanlis took a hard line on te Macedonia name issue, saying he had "done hs part," while Skopje had become increasingly intransigent. A mutually acceptable solution -- which could include a composite name of "New, [...] | 2008-01-05 12:58:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV GR |
08ATHENS210 | GREECE: NATIONAL STRIKE OVER SOCIAL SECURITY [...] (U) On February 13, the two leading labor unions in Greece held a 24-hour general strike to protest the proposed (though still unveiled) legislation for reforming the Greek social security system. Much of Greece was shut down. Unions are angry at plans that purportedly call for increasing the [...] | 2008-02-14 16:22:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV ELAB SOCI GR |
08ATHENS213 | CONTRARIAN FORMER FM PANGALOS ON MACEDONIA, [...] (C) In a cordial introductory meeting wit Ambassador, former PASOK Foreign Minister (196-1999) Theodoros Pangalos -- known during his tenure at the MFA for a sharp tongue and undiplomatic approach -- said he thought the name issue between Greece and Macedonia was "ridiculous" and a "disaster f [...] | 2008-02-15 08:53:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL GR |
08ATHENS214 | GREEK POSITION ON FEBRUARY 18-19 GAERC [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-15 15:23:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | EUN PHUN PREL PGOV KVIR IS IR CD BM GR |
08ATHENS216 | CT TASK FORCE: CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE [...] (U) As requested in Reftel, this message contains Embassy Athens' assessment of critical infrastructure and key resources in Greece which, if destroyed, disrupted, or exploited, might have an immediate and deleterious effect on the United States. 2. (U) Greek Shipping Industry: Greek compan [...] | 2008-02-15 16:02:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC ECON PTER PREL PGOV ETTC EAID EFIN GR |
08ATHENS217 | GREEK MFA ON RUSSIA/ABKHAZIA AND GREECE/RUSSIA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Greek MFA Russian affairs directorate chief Ambassador Tsamados said Greece had seen little evidence indicating Russia was serious about recognizing Abkhazia as independent and had no interest in altering Soviet-era borders. The GOG was not pleased by Putin's recent comments comp [...] | 2008-02-15 16:52:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | GR PGOV PREL GG RU KNAR |
08ATHENS224 | MGKV01: GREECE/KOSOVO: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON U.S. [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-19 15:31:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UN UNMIK PGOV YI EU KVIR GR |
08ATHENS23 | SEX, SUICIDE, AND DVDS: SCANDAL IN GREECE [...] (U) PM Karamanlis' much-touted anti-corruption campaign is under heavy fire from the opposition following eruption of a scandal involving former Culture Ministry Secretary General and Karamanlis confidant Christos Zahopoulos, who resigned in mid-December then attempted suicide by throwing himse [...] | 2008-01-08 13:46:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV GR |
08ATHENS231 | GREECE/MACEDONIA: FM BAKOYANNIS WELCOMING [...] (U) In comments to the press on the margins of the 2/19 talks in Athens under UN Special Envoy Nimetz on Macedonia's name, FM Bakoyannis made a welcoming and (for a Greek official, uncommonly positive) statement to Skopje, calling for Athens and Skopje to work together to put the past behind t [...] | 2008-02-20 16:44:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV UN NATO MK GR |
08ATHENS238 | ROMA OF GREECE: "MORE RATS THAN CHILDREN" [...] From February 11 - 13, Poloff visited a dozen makeshift Roma camps within a hundred kilometers of Athens. In meeting after meeting, the terribly poor Romani occupants asked for jobs, housing and education. Evidence abounds that a GoG program offering housing loans to individual Roma families [...] | 2008-02-21 14:59:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PGOV GR |
08ATHENS239 | GREECE/MACEDONIA: GREEKS READY TO ENGAGE ON [...] (S) Greek name negotiator Vassilakis reported that Athens will work from the most recent Nimetz proposal as a basis for negotiations, but will seek changes to it. PM Karamanlis and FM Bakoyannis emphasized to Nimetz that Greece will "engage seriously" as now is the time to resolve this issue. [...] | 2008-02-21 17:40:00 | Embassy Athens | SECRET | PREL PGOV NATO MK GR |
08ATHENS246 | GREEK GOVERNMENT OPTIMISTIC ABOUT CYPRIOT ELECTIONS [...] (C) On February 21, MFA A2 Cyprus Department Director Ambassador Dimitris Yannakakis told A/PolCouns that the GOG is monitoring the Cypriot elections with cautious optimism. Greece notes positively the fact that both Dimitris Christofias and Iannis Kasoulides have expressed readiness to deal w [...] | 2008-02-22 15:13:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL CY GR |
08ATHENS250 | INTELLIGENCE ASSESSMENT: GREEK TERROR GROUP [...] (SBU) The domestic counterterrorism division of the Hellenic National Police (HNP) and FBI at Embassy Athens collaborated on a joint intelligence assessment of the Greek domestic terrorist group Revolutionary Struggle. Their assessment is summarized below: 2. (SBU) RS is the most domina [...] | 2008-02-25 09:14:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PTER GR |
08ATHENS254 | TFKV01: KOSOVO: GREECE "YAWNS" [...] (U) Notwithstanding Greece's special relationship with Serbia and Greece's previous history of large demonstrations against NATO and "the West" in response to Kosovo activities, there has been relatively little public reaction to Kosovo's declaration of independence. Greek media coverage has [...] | 2008-02-25 12:51:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ASEC YI KV GR |
08ATHENS255 | GREEK LEADERSHIP HERALDS CHRISTOFIAS VICTORY AS [...] (C) Summary and Comment: Greek officials and party leadership from across the political spectrum heralded Demetris Christofias' February 24 presidential election victory as a new era for all Cypriots -- Greek and Turkish alike. The Greeks welcome Christofias, readiness to constructively enga [...] | 2008-02-25 13:30:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL CY GR |
08ATHENS257 | BSEC THINK-TANKERS ON BLACK SEA PROSPECTS [...] (C) On February 20, Ambassador hosted Dr. Dimitrios Triantaphyllou and Amb. Tedo Japaridze, respectively, director and deputy director of the International Center for Black Sea Studies (ICBSS),the think tank of the organization for Black Sea Economic Cooperation (BSEC). In a wide-ranging dis [...] | 2008-02-25 14:26:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV GR ZS XH |
08ATHENS258 | GREECE/MACEDONIA: PM KARAMANLIS REITERATES VETO [...] (U) In response to Parliamentary Questions, PM Karamanlis publicly reiterated that Greece will block a NATO invitation to Macedonia absent a name agreement, while reiterating desire to reach agreement. Greek opposition parties have loudly criticized any "dual name" solution, favoring a change [...] | 2008-02-25 14:43:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV MK GR |
08ATHENS260 | GREECE FACING ONSLAUGHT OF IMMIGRANTS [...] (C) The immigration statistics for 2007 reveal that Greece continues to face a sharp increase of migrants attempting to cross into Greece as a destination point or a stop-over en route to other parts of Europe and beyond. Asylum applications have increased four times from the previous year wh [...] | 2008-02-25 15:13:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREF PHUM SOCI TU GR |
08ATHENS261 | CUBA: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON U.S. POSITION FOR [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-25 15:27:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EU GR CU |
08ATHENS269 | GREECE/MACEDONIA: GREEK NAME NEGOTIATOR TELLS DIP [...] (SBU) Greek name negotiator Adamantios Vassilakis briefed the diplomatic corps on 2/26 on the state of play on the name issue. His key messages were: -- Greece believes Macedonia maintains extensive irredentist designs on Greek territory (and he provided handouts and books); -- Greece is co [...] | 2008-02-26 15:58:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NATO MK GR |
08ATHENS272 | GREECE TO SPEAK OUT AGAINST SERBIAN VIOLENCE [...] (C) On 2/26, Ambassador Speckhard met with MFA Secretary General Agathocles to request that Greece take steps both in private with Serbian officials and publicly to discourage any suggestion that violence against the United States and other states who have recognized Kosovo is justified, and t [...] | 2008-02-26 16:33:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SR YI KV GR |
08ATHENS273 | CONSTRUCTION BEGINS IN ANCIENT JEWISH CEMETERY [...] (C) Notwithstanding our long-standing advice to the contrary and assurances from the GOG to consult with us and the Thessaloniki Jewish Community, Greece has begun construction for a metro station in Thessaloniki in an area that falls within the ancient Jewish Cemetery. Ambassador Speckhard [...] | 2008-02-26 16:40:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SOCI KIRF GR |
08ATHENS291 | DISCOURAGING EU DEVELOPMENT COMMISSIONER'S VISIT [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-29 11:24:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM EU CU GR |
08ATHENS299 | GREECE/MACEDONIA: GREEK CHURCH GIVES SOME [...] (SBU) The Greek Orthodox Church has given the GoG some breathing space on the Macedonia name issue. On February 28, the Holy Synod convened for the first time under the chair of new Archbishop Ieronymos. At the conclusion of the meeting, the Holy Synod released a statement which underlines t [...] | 2008-03-03 06:48:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV MK GR |
08ATHENS300 | GREECE/TURKEY: TGS CONCERNS DOMINATE [...] (C) Summary and Comment: Athens has kept its ears to the ground and eyes toward Ankara in the month following Karamanlis, historic visit to Turkey (reftel). While we have not seen indications of a serious effort to capitalize on the momentum created by his trip, the GOG is cautiously optimist [...] | 2008-03-03 06:52:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NATO TU GR |
08ATHENS303 | GREECE/MACEDONIA: PM TELLS PARLIAMENT "ONE NAME" [...] (SBU) During the PM's "Question Time" at the Greek Parliament, Prime Minister Karamanlis stated clearly that Greece seeks one international name for all uses, and rejected any compound names that would "describe the existing type of government" in Skopje. These statements further limit the G [...] | 2008-03-03 12:19:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV MK GR |
08ATHENS313 | FM BAKOYANNIS ON MACEDONIA, KOSOVO, AFGHANISTAN, [...] (C) In a March 3 meeting, FM Bakoyannis told Ambassador Speckhard that she will tell NATO FMs March 6 that Greece is not ready for a NATO invitation for Macedonia and expects Alliance solidarity on this issue. Greece remains ready to make a deal on a composite name -- using "upper" or "new" [...] | 2008-03-04 15:08:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV CMGT CVIS MK NATO AF GR |
08ATHENS323 | GREECE/NATO: MFA NATO DIRECTOR ON MACEDONIA, [...] (C) In a March 5 meeting with A/Political Counselor, Ambassador Iraklis Asteriadis, MFA Director of the D2 Directorate for NATO and WEU Affairs, affirmed that FM Bakoyannis will tell NATO FMs at the March 6 informal that Greece cannot agree to a NATO invitation for Macedonia absent an agreeme [...] | 2008-03-05 15:19:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NATO GR MK AF GG UP |
08ATHENS325 | STRIKES AGAINST PENSION REFORM INTENSIFY [...] Strikes in Greece continue as the government tables in Parliament this week its plan to reform Greece's debt-ridden pension system. The plan aims to reduce Greece's 133 pension, health, and retirement funds for private sector workers to just 13 umbrella funds. It will also effectively raise [...] | 2008-03-05 15:32:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV ELAB SOCI ENRG ECON GR |
08ATHENS330 | GAERC DEMARCHE: GREECE EXPECTS "NO DECISIONS" [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-06 12:44:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EU ZL PK AFIN ZI IR GG IS SY LE |
08ATHENS336 | SLOVAKIA PM FICO VISITS ATHENS/KOSOVO ON THE AGENDA [...] (SBU) Slovak PM Robert Fico paid a one-day visit to Athens March 3, meeting with President Papoulias, PM Karamanlis, and Foreign Minister Bakoyannis. According to Greek MFA officials, this visit had been planned for "several months." 2. (U) In public statements, the two PMs said they had [...] | 2008-03-07 10:31:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL GR LO KV YI |
08ATHENS337 | SLOVAKIA PM LVO ON THE AGENDA [...] (SBU) Slovak PM Robert Fico paid a one-day visit to Athens March 3, meeting with President Papoulias, PM Karamanlis, and Foreign Minister Bakoyannis. According to Greek MFA officials, this visit had been planned for "several months." 2. (U) In public statements, the two PMs said they had [...] | 2008-03-07 13:25:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL GR LO KV YI |
08ATHENS338 | GAERC DEMARCHE: GREECE EXPECTS "NO DECISIONS" [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-07 13:28:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EU ZL PK AFIN ZI IR GG IS SY LE |
08ATHENS340 | STRIKES AGAINST PENSION REFORM INTENSIFY [...] Strikes in Greece continue as the government tables in Parliament this week its plan to reform Greece's debt-ridden pension system. The plan aims to reduce Greece's 133 pension, health, and retirement funds for private sector workers to just 13 umbrella funds. It will also effectively raise [...] | 2008-03-07 13:29:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV ELAB SOCI ENRG ECON GR |
08ATHENS341 | GAERC DEMARCHE: GREECE EXPECTS "NO DECISIONS" [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-07 13:29:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EU ZL PK AFIN ZI IR GG IS SY LE |
08ATHENS342 | GREECE/NATO: MFA NATO DIRECTOR ON MACEDONIA, [...] (C) In a March 5 meeting ith A/Political Counselor, Ambassador Iraklis Asteriadis, MFA Director of the D2 Directorate for NATO and WEU Affairs, affirmed that FM Bakoyannis will tell NATO FMs at the March 6 informal that Greece cannot agree to a NATO invitation for Macedona absent an agreement [...] | 2008-03-07 13:29:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NATO GR MK AF GG UP |
08ATHENS344 | STRIKES AGAINST PENSION REFORM INTENSIFY [...] Strikes in Greece continue as the government tables in Parliament this week its plan to reform Greece's debt-ridden pension system. The plan aims to reduce Greece's 133 pension, health, and retirement funds for private sector workers to just 13 umbrella funds. It will also effectively raise [...] | 2008-03-07 13:29:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV ELAB SOCI ENRG ECON GR |
08ATHENS346 | GAERC DEMARCHE: GREECE EXPECTS "NO DECISIONS" [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-07 13:29:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EU ZL PK AFIN ZI IR GG IS SY LE |
08ATHENS347 | GREECE/NATO: MFA NATO DIRECTOR ON MACEDONIA, [...] (C) In a March 5 meeting with A/Political Counselor, Ambassador Iraklis Asteriadis, MFA Director of the D2 Directorate for NATO and WEU Affairs, affirmed that FM Bakoyannis will tell NATO FMs at the March 6 informal that Greece cannot agree to a NATO invitation for Macedonia absent an agreeme [...] | 2008-03-07 13:29:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NATO GR MK AF GG UP |
08ATHENS353 | STRIKES AGAINST PENSION REFORM INTENSIFY [...] Strikes in Greece continue as the government tables in Parliament this week its plan to reform Greece's debt-ridden pension system. The plan aims to reduce Greece's 133 pension, health, and retirement funds for private sector workers to just 13 umbrella funds. It will also effectively raise [...] | 2008-03-07 13:30:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV ELAB SOCI ENRG ECON GR |
08ATHENS367 | GREECE/CYPRUS: CHRISTOFIAS' FIRST OFFICIAL VISIT [...] (U) This message has been cleared with Embassy Nicosia. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (C) During his March 4 - 6 visit to Athens, newly elected Cypriot President Christofias emphasized his interest in rejuvenating UN-led efforts to achieve a settlement. In public, he reiterated that the [...] | 2008-03-07 15:39:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KV YI CY GR |
08ATHENS369 | LEBANON: GREECE UNLIKELY TO ATTEND MARCH 14 BEIRUT [...] (C) A/Political Counselor delivered reftel points on encouraging attendance at the March 14, 2008 convention in Beirut to Georgos Ayfantis, Deputy Director of the MFA A6 Directorate for Arab Countries and the Middle East. Ayfantis said Athens was unaware of the convention, but after hearing [...] | 2008-03-11 08:31:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREF PREL PTER MASS PARM SY IS LE |
08ATHENS377 | IRAN'S PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS -- GREECE SUPPORTS [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-12 10:13:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV IR KDEM PHUM PREL GR |
08ATHENS378 | MERCHANT MARINE MINISTER VOULGARAKIS ON MACENDONIA [...] (C) In his March 4 courtesy call on Minister of Merchant Marine, Aegean and Island Policy George Voulgarakis, Ambassador Speckhard took the opportunity to press the New Democracy (ND) party insider for maximum flexibility on the Macedonia name issue. Voulgarakis told Ambassador Speckhard h [...] | 2008-03-12 15:34:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EINV EWWT GR PGOV PREL MK |
08ATHENS394 | DEPUTY GOVERNOR OF CENTRAL BANK: BANK FUNCTIONING [...] (C) In a meeting on March 13, Deputy Governor of the Bank of Greece Panayotis-Aristidis Thomopoulos told the Economic Counselor and the Economic Deputy that, despite the ongoing bank strike, the Bank of Greece was functioning adequately, albeit at a reduced level. Thomopoulos also discusse [...] | 2008-03-14 16:32:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN ELAB GR PGOV |
08ATHENS399 | PASOK PRESIDENT MANUEVERS TO HALT SLIDE [...] (SBU) At the PASOK party Congress over the March 14 - 16 weekend, party leader Papandreou moved to bolste PASOK's plunging poll figures by replacing old guard central committee members with new blood. PASOK rank and file and voters appear to remain dissatisfied with his leadership and apparen [...] | 2008-03-17 15:58:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL SOCI GR |
08ATHENS400 | POWER BLACKOUTS AND TRASH-STREWN STREETS -- [...] (U) Rolling electrical blackouts and burgeoning trash piles persist across Greece as unions extend and intensify strikes against social security and pension reform (reftel). The Karamanlis government's social security/pension reform bill is now scheduled for vote in Parliament on Thursday, Mar [...] | 2008-03-17 16:32:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV ELAB SOCI ECON GR |
08ATHENS426 | KOSOVO: SERBIAN FM JEREMIC PRESSES ATHENS [...] (SBU) In a "surprise" short visit to Athens March 19, Serbian FM Jeremic asked that Greece continue not to recognize Kosovo's independence. In public statements he appealed for no further recognitions of Kosovo independence and criticized the decision by Croatia, Hungary, and Bulgaria to rec [...] | 2008-03-19 16:04:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SR YI KV GR MK |
08ATHENS427 | GREECE/OSCE: BILATERAL CONSULTATIONS ON 2009 [...] (U) This is a joint Embassy Athens/USOSCE Cable. 2. (C) Summary. USOSCE Ambassador Finley, EUR A/DAS Robbins, and Embassy Athens and USOSCE personnel met March 17 with Greek officials to consult on Greek plans for the upcoming 2009 Chairmanship of the OSCE. The Greeks have identified ke [...] | 2008-03-20 08:56:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | OSCE PGOV PREL PHUM KRIF GR AF ZL |
08ATHENS432 | JUSTICE MINISTER: RAPID RATIFICATION OF U.S./EU [...] (C) On March 7, Ambassador Speckhard met with Greek Minister of Justice Hatzigakis to encourage rapid ratification of the U.S./EU Extradition and Mutual Legal Assistance Agreements before the June 2008 EU/U.S. Summit. The Minister was optimistic they would be ratified by the Greek Parliament b [...] | 2008-03-20 13:13:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL CJAN CPAS ECON KIPR GR |
08ATHENS433 | STRIKES BRING GREECE TO STAND STILL - SOCIAL [...] (SBU) Private and public sector unions continued their ongoing strike against government-sponsored social security reforms today, a situation which has essentially brought most of the country to a stand still. Professionals from the ranks of lawyers, doctors, engineers, and teachers joined e [...] | 2008-03-20 15:34:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ELAB ECON SOCI GR |
08ATHENS441 | SOCIAL SECURITY REFORM BILL PASSES IN PARLIAMENT [...] (U) Greece's parliament approved its government- sponsored pension reform bill late Thursday, March 20, after weeks of protests and strikes by labor unions. The bill passed in its proposed form with 151 votes in favor and 13 against. Major opposition party PASOK and far-right LA.OS walked o [...] | 2008-03-21 12:23:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ELAB ECON SOCI GR |
08ATHENS445 | GREECE: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON REFERENDUM IN BURMA [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-24 07:19:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL BM GR |
08ATHENS449 | GREECE: LIMITED BILATERAL RELATIONS WITH BELARUS - [...] (U) Poloff delivered subject demarche on March 26 to the MFA A5 Department for CIS Countries, Counselor Elisabeth Fo with Belarus at this time. Lacking a diplomatic mission in Minsk, minimal reporting on Belarussian affairs is covered by the Greek mission in Moscow. The Greek Ambassador las [...] | 2008-03-26 09:40:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM BO EU PREL PGOV |
08ATHENS452 | OPPOSITION TABLES NO CONFIDENCE MOTION AGAINST [...] (U) Main opposition PASOK leader George Papandreou tabled a motion of no confidence against the Karamanlis administration March 26, following a debate punctuated by sharp exchanges between government and opposition on the issue of social security reform. Although it is unlikely PASOK will mu [...] | 2008-03-26 14:46:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SOCI ECON MK GR |
08ATHENS453 | GREECE RELUCTANTLY ACQUIESCES TO CWC MEETING IN [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-26 17:49:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PARM PREL KTIA CWC GR |
08ATHENS454 | ISRAEL LOBBIES GREECE ON IRAN [...] (C) On the margins of a meeting with A/PolCouns on non-proliferation matters, Ambassador Rallis, Director of the MFA D1 Directorate for the UN and International Organizations and Conferences and Non-Proliferation, told us that Greece had hosted a delegation from Israel on March 21 at Israel's [...] | 2008-03-27 06:52:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PARM GR IS IR |
08ATHENS458 | GOG RESPONSE TO U.S. POINTS ON MARCH GYMNICH AGENDA [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered subject demarche on March 25 to Ms. Antonia Katzourou in the MFA's A11 Directorate for Common Foreign and Security Policy. While Katzourou appreciated the opportunity to review U.S. positions, she emphasized that the March 28-29 Foreign Ministers' Gymnich meeting will be [...] | 2008-03-27 13:09:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM IS SY GR EUN ZL LE RS CH |
08ATHENS464 | GREECE/MACEDONIA: KARAMANLIS AND BAKOYANNIS [...] (U) Following the March 25 meetings hosted by UN Envoy Nimetz in New York on the Macedonia name issue, the Greek press trumpeted that the proposed international name was "Republic of Macedonia (Skopje)." Almost immediately, Greek officials publicly laid out concerns with the proposal, both t [...] | 2008-03-27 14:22:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL NATO MK GR |
08ATHENS469 | SCENESETTER: ADMIRAL FITZGERALD VISITS ATHENS [...] (SBU) Welcome to Athens. We look forward to hosting your visit which comes at an important time, during the Bucharest Summit, in the U.S.-Greece bilateral relationship. As you know, Greece is an important NATO ally and strategic partner of the U.S., as well as a member of the European Union. [...] | 2008-03-31 07:47:00 | Embassy Athens | SECRET | GR NATO ODC PARM PGOV PREL |
08ATHENS478 | NO CONFIDENCE MOTION FAILS IN GREEK PARLIAMENT [...] (U) On March 28, a censure motion - essentially a call for a vote of no confidence - raised by the main opposition PASOK party, failed by a vote of 152 to 138. The three-day debate preceding the vote provided Greek parliamentarians an opportunity to excoriate the government for its handling of [...] | 2008-03-31 14:55:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV ELAB ECON SOCI GR |
08ATHENS479 | GREECE/MACEDONIA: FM DISMISSES "REPUBLIC OF [...] (U) During debate in Parliament on the opposition's motion to censure the government (ref A),FM Bakoyannis stated publicly that the most recent Nimetz proposal "Republic of Macedonia (Skopje)" was not acceptable; PM Karmamanlis was less specific, but equally negative, terming Skopje "intrans [...] | 2008-03-31 17:18:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL KPAO NATO MK GR |
08ATHENS492 | NO GREEK AGENDA ITEMS ADVANCED FOR NATO HLG [...] Poloff delivered the refereced letter from the Chair of the High Level Goup (HLG) of NATO's Nuclear Planning Group soliciting agenda items for the HLG meeting schduled for May 8th in Brussels. The letter wasdelivered on March 27 to Mr. Andreas Kintis o the Greek MFA D2 Directorate for NATO an [...] | 2008-04-02 13:49:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR NATO PARM PREL PGOV MCAP MNUC |
08ATHENS494 | HUMAN RIGHTS COURT SIDES WITH TURKISH MINORITY IN [...] (U) Two important human rights issues related to the Turkish minority in Thrace were recently addressed by court decisions: the first, by the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) and the second, by a local court in Rodopi. The ECHR decision indirectly confirms the right of Thrace Muslims to [...] | 2008-04-03 09:10:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV SOCI KIRF PHUM GR |
08ATHENS495 | HUMAN RIGHTS COURT SIDES WITH TURKISH MINORITY IN [...] No summary [...] | 2008-04-03 09:23:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV SOCI KIRF PHUM GR |
08ATHENS505 | GREECE/MACEDONIA: KARAMANLIS ADDRESSE TE NATION [...] (U) In the wake of Greece's veto of a NATO invitation for Macedonia, Prime Minister Karamanlis and Foreign Minister Bakoyannis have made public statements that reiterate the Greek perspective on the name issue, stressing their desire for continuing talks under UN auspices to find a mutually a [...] | 2008-04-04 14:40:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL NATO MK GR |
08ATHENS507 | MESSAGE FROM AMBASSADOR SPECKHARD: MEETING WITH [...] (C) Mr. Attorney General, I'm pleased you will be meeting with Greek Minister of Justice Sotiris Hatzigakis on April 11. Although I'm sure your staff has prepared briefing material, I wanted to highlight a few key issues that I would ask that you raise with him. I met with Hatzigakis on Marc [...] | 2008-04-04 15:13:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL KCRM GR |
08ATHENS536 | PASOK MP VENIZELOS' TOUR D'HORIZON ON EVE OF U.S. [...] (C) In a cordial initial meeting, Ambassador discussed current affairs with senior opposition PASOK MP Evangelos Venizelos ranging from his upcoming visit to the U.S., the Macedonia name issue, Kosovo, education reform, and the future of PASOK. Venizelos, whose public persona is a frequently- [...] | 2008-04-16 07:14:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL GR |
08ATHENS537 | AMBASSADOR MARKS INTERNATIONAL ROMA DAY WITH VISIT [...] (U) SUMMARY: In observance of International Roma Day on April 8 (Ref A),Ambassador visited a segregated Roma-only school in the Athenian suburb of Aspropyrgos, where he was met by a host of local government officials and educators bemoaning the woes of having a Roma population in their jurisd [...] | 2008-04-16 07:17:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV GR |
08ATHENS548 | MACEDONIA NAME, KOSOVO STIR HEATED EXCHANGES AT [...] (SBU) Summary: Rhetoric on Balkan policy from the Macedonia name issue to Kosovo independence continues to dominate the political scene in Greece. At a high-level conference on Balkan policy, Greek Foreign Minister Bakoyiannis reiterated standard themes of Greek policy toward the Balkans, no [...] | 2008-04-18 07:07:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL GR |
08ATHENS55 | ESDP DEPLOYMENT TO CHAD AND C.A.R.: GREEKS [...] (C) A/Political Counselor delivered reftel points to Greek MFA EU/ESDP Department Head Sofia Grammata on January 14. Grammata responded that Greece is committed to the establishment of an ESDP PKO Mission to Chad and CAR and has already pledged military support for the mission; Greece has p [...] | 2008-01-15 14:44:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV CD MOPS GR UN |
08ATHENS566 | MFA CITES THREE CONCERNS WITH OSCE ROLE IN [...] (C) On Aprl Poloff delivered reftel demarche and points to Mr. Sotirios Demestichas of the MFA D3 Directorate for the OSCE and the Council of Europe. Demestichas emphasized that any OSCE engagement with Afghanistan should address what the Afghan government cites as its priorities, and he look [...] | 2008-04-22 09:44:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV BGMT OSCE PREL PTER GR AF |
08ATHENS575 | GREEK VIEWS ON APRIL 29 GAERC ISSUES [...] (C) On April 23, DepPolCouns discussed issues likely to be addressed at the April 29 EU Foreign Ministers meeting (GAERC) with MFA European Correspondent Antonia Katzourou. Katzourou said the GAERC agenda was to be announced on April 24 but agreed that many of the following topics were likely [...] | 2008-04-23 13:12:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | EUN GR PGOV PREL |
08ATHENS596 | GREECE/MACEDONIA: RECENT IRRITANTS [...] (U) This message has been cleared by Embassy Skopje. 2. (SBU) In the aftermath of the veto of Macedonia's NATO accession, the Government of Greece has generally avoided escalating actions against Macedonia. We are not able to identify any major escalations in Greek behavior vis-a-vis Mac [...] | 2008-04-30 12:04:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV EAID EAIR EAGR MK GR |
08ATHENS626 | IRAQ: GREEK MFA ON ICI AND DEBT FORGIVENESS [...] (C) DepPolCouns delivered ref A demarche on the May 29 International Compact with Iraq (ICI) Ministerial to MFA A6 Directorate for Middle East Affairs deputy head Giorgos Ayfantis. Ayfantis was unable to say definitively which senior Greek official would attend the Ministerial, but he believe [...] | 2008-05-08 12:45:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ECON EFIN EINV PGOV PREL IZ GR |
08ATHENS627 | GREECE/MACEDONIA - FOSTERING PROGRESS FROM ATHENS [...] (C) Foreign Minister Bakoyannis and Prime Minister Karamanlis continue the public line that Greece supports Macedonian integration into Euro-Atlantic structures, but only after the name issue is resolved. They continue to profess that the next move must be Macedonia's to agree to a name acce [...] | 2008-05-08 13:09:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NATO MK GR |
08ATHENS631 | FOREIGN TERRORIST ORGANIZATION LIST: 17N, RN, AND [...] (S/NF) In response to reftel request seeking information on the activities of the Greek terrorist groups 17 November (17N) and Revolutionary Nuclei (RN) since their last re-designation as Foreign Terrorist Organizations (FTOs) in 2003, Embassy Counterterrorism Task Force (CTTF) reviewed all av [...] | 2008-05-09 15:23:00 | Embassy Athens | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER ASEC PGOV PREL KCRM KJUS GR |
08ATHENS637 | CONFERENCE CHALLENGES CONVENTIONAL WISDOM ON U.S. [...] (SBU) In Greece, conventional wisdom holds that the United States was comlicit in the April 21, 1967 coup that put a mlitary junta in power through 1974. In a rare public conversation about these sensitive events, former PM Mitsotakis (father of current FM akoyannis) and his foundation hoste [...] | 2008-05-12 14:12:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL SOCI GR |
08ATHENS64 | SEX, SUICIDE AND DVDS PART II: MORE SMOKE, SOME [...] (C) The scandal involving former Culture Ministry Secretary General Christos Zahopoulos (reftel) continues to SIPDIS dominate headlines and television news shows throughout Greece. Lurid photos of Zahopoulos and Evi Tsekou, a former contract employee at the Culture Ministry, supposedly take [...] | 2008-01-16 15:50:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV GR |
08ATHENS647 | GREECE SHARES NATO INTEROPERABILITY CONCERNS ON [...] Poloff delivered reftel A points to Andreas Kintis from the D2 Directorate for NATO and the Western European Union (WEU). Kintis expressed appreciation for the background and Washington's acknowledgment of Greece's position to refrain from the Oslo Process based on concerns stemming from clus [...] | 2008-05-13 12:39:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PARM PREL NATO UN GR PGOV |
08ATHENS651 | GREECE/IRAN: WHAT'S CAUSING GREEK RELUCTANCE WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: Deputy head of the Greek MFA Middle East directorate told us Greek reluctance to sign on to further Iran sanctions stemmed from several factors, including lack of an EU consensus, doubts about the effectiveness of sanctions, belief that greater engagement, not less, provided great [...] | 2008-05-13 15:02:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ETRD TRGY UNSC KNNP IR GR PREL PGOV AORC |
08ATHENS654 | GREECE/TURKEY: GREECE OBJECTS TO TURKISH MFA [...] (C) Greek FM Bakoyannis has publicly objected to statements on the Turkish Foreign Ministry website related to Greece, terming them "absolutely groundless." The Greek MFA has called in a Turkish Embassy representative and delivered a protest note in Ankara. The issue rose to public consciou [...] | 2008-05-14 09:37:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PARM TU GR |
08ATHENS665 | AMBASSADOR'S TRIP TO RHODES DURING USS TRUMAN [...] (U) Ambassador Speckhard visited Rhodes May 7-9 in conjunction with the visit of the USS Truman, a U.S. Navy nuclear-powered aircraft carrier transiting the Mediterranean on its return to Norfolk from nearly seven months in the Persian Gulf. The visit afforded the Ambassador the opportunity [...] | 2008-05-15 06:50:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL TU GR PARM NATO |
08ATHENS671 | GREECE/MACEDONIA: GREEK NAME NEGOTIATOR ON STATE [...] (C) Ambassador Speckhard and DCM met May 13 with Greek name negotiator Vassilakis to press for robust Greek engagement in resolving the name issue and to probe Greek positions. Vassilakis said FM Bakoyannis is determined to resolve this issue quickly, but the GOG is pessimistic much progress c [...] | 2008-05-16 08:53:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NATO MK GR |
08ATHENS678 | GREECE/TURKEY: FALLOUT OF NATO DECISION NOT TO [...] (C) We understand NATO authorities have informed Greek military officials that NATO will not provide support for the proposed May 20 "Noble Archer" exercise, which involved overflight of Agios Efstratios island (but which had excluded overflight of the island of Limnos, which has long been a N [...] | 2008-05-16 13:18:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NATO MOPS TU GR |
08ATHENS698 | LEBANON: GREECE SEES USEFUL ROLEIN OPEN CHANNEL [...] (S) DCM and DepPolCouns delivered ref A points on supporting the Arab League's efforts in Lebanon to, resectively, Director of the Foreign Minister's Cabinet Kostas Chalastanis and Deputy Head of the MFA's A6 Middle East irectorate Giorgos Ayfantis. On the question of designating Hizballah as [...] | 2008-05-20 14:51:00 | Embassy Athens | SECRET | PGOV PREL SY IR GR |
08ATHENS706 | GREEK VIEWS ON MAY GAERC [...] (C) DepPolCouns discussed likely issues for the May 26-27 EU Foreign Ministers' meeting (GAERC) with MFA European Correspondent Antonia Katsourou. Key points of the discussion are summarized below by issue topic: -- WESTERN BALKANS: Katsourou believed GAERC discussion would focus in general [...] | 2008-05-21 14:20:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM EU GR |
08ATHENS716 | Scenesetter for Representative Sarbanes and former [...] (SBU) Dear Senator and Congressman, we are looking forward to your visit. I wanted to offer you the following background information that you may find interesting in preparing for your trip. I look forward to the opportunity to meet and discuss some of these issues in more detail when you ar [...] | 2008-05-22 11:14:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON SOCI GR |
08ATHENS717 | GREECE TO SEND REP TO BURMA CONFERENCE [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel demarche on the Burma Donor's Conference May 21 to Vassiliki Bafi, Burma Desk Officer at the MFA A10 Directorate for Asia and Oceania. Bafi said the Economic Counselor from the Greek Embassy in Thailand would attend the Burma Conference. Bafi was unable to provi [...] | 2008-05-22 12:24:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PGOV PHUM GR |
08ATHENS719 | UNHCR DISAPPROVES OF GREECE'S HANDLING OF REFUGEE [...] (C) A stunning April 15 UNHCR report called upon EU Member States to refrain from returning asylum seekers to Greece under the Dublin Protocol until further notice. According to the report, asylum seekers in Greece face undue hardships in having their claims adjudicated due to problems with p [...] | 2008-05-22 14:47:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PGOV PREL PHUM GR |
08ATHENS720 | GREEK MFA IN SHOCK OVER TIP TIER DOWNGRADING [...] (C) On May 22, Ambassador met with MFA SecGen Agathocles at the latter's request to discuss Greece's tier ranking on Trafficking in Persons (TIP). Although information on tier classifications for this year has not yet been publicly released, Agathocles was aware that Greece would likely be do [...] | 2008-05-22 15:44:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL GR |
08ATHENS721 | CANCELLED NATO EXERCISE STIRS POLITICAL ROW [...] (SBU) The Government and opposition sparred over NATO's withdrawal of support to Noble Archer (ref),which the opposition claimed had led to the "indirect questioning" of Greek sovereignty over the island of Aghios Efstratios. In Parliament, Minister of Defense Meimarakis dismissed oppositio [...] | 2008-05-22 16:00:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS TU GR |
08ATHENS723 | BURMA: GREEK MFA ON ADDITIONAL BURMA POINTS [...] (C) A/Political Counselor delivered ref A points to First Counsellor Anthi Balonou, the Deputy Director of the MFA A 10 Diretorate for Asia and Oceania. Balonou reiterated that Greece would be represented at the May 25 UN-ASEAN co-sponsored conference by the Greek Economic Counselor from Ba [...] | 2008-05-23 11:19:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID PREL PGOV PHUM BM GR |
08ATHENS728 | LIBERTAD ACT: GREECE AND CUBA [...] (C) In response to reftel, post offers the following observations on the general state of Greece-Cuba relations as they pertain to the Libertad Act. 2. (C) Greece generally follows the common EU position on relations with Cuba. Like other EU countries, Greece maintains diplomatic relations [...] | 2008-05-27 13:19:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD ETTC PREL PGOV GR CU |
08ATHENS734 | TOUR D'HORIZON WITH FM BAKOYANNIS [...] (C) In a May 23 meeting with Ambassador Speckhard, FM Bakoyannis said she and PM Karamanlis had told Macedonian President Crvenkovski that Greece seeks to conclude the name negotiations quickly. Macedonia must choose an adjective for "Macedonia" that makes clear the country is part of a broad [...] | 2008-05-28 13:52:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NATO UNSC IR MK GR |
08ATHENS743 | Scenesetter for Ambassador Tahir-Kheli's visit, June 2-5 [...] (SBU) Dear Ambassador Tahir-Kheli, we are looking forward to your visit. I wanted to offer you the following background information that you may find interesting in preparing for your trip. I look forward to the opportunity to meet and discuss some of these issues in more detail when you are [...] | 2008-05-30 09:18:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON SOCI GR |
08ATHENS771 | AEGEAN ILLEGAL MIGRATION: GREEK COMPLAINTS AND [...] (C) In a May 22 meeting with DCM and DATT, Deputy Minister of Mercantile Marine, Aegean, and Island Policy Mr. Panogiotis Kamenos discussed the problem of illegal migration in the Aegean. According to Kamenos, over 11,000 illegal immigrants had entered Greece this year, and his ministry, whic [...] | 2008-06-04 13:19:00 | Embassy Athens | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PREF MOPS GR TU |
08ATHENS778 | CONSTITUTIONAL REVISION CONCLUDES WITH WHIMPER [...] (SBU) The Karamanlis government's ambitious plans for constitutional revision came to a lackluster close on May 27 when only 3 relatively minor (out of 38 proposed) constitutional amendments were adopted by parliament. With major opposition party PASOK removing itself from the constitutiona [...] | 2008-06-05 09:54:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ELAB ECON SOCI GR |
08ATHENS783 | GREECE AND US REACH ACCORD ON HSPD-6 DRAFT TEXT [...] (C) Summary: State Department and Terrorist Screening Center (TSC) representatives engaged in a marathon negotiating session with Greek Foreign Ministry and Hellenic police officials on May 28. After 11 hours, a mutually-acceptable draft of the Homeland Security Presidential Directive-6 (HSP [...] | 2008-06-05 13:10:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV PINR ASEC CVIS GR KHLS KVPR |
08ATHENS784 | FM BAKOYANNIS TO ATTEND JUNE VIENNA AND BERLIN [...] (SBU) DepPolCouns passed reftel demarche on the June 23 Vienna conference on Reconstruction of Lebanon's Nahr al-Baid Refugee Camp to MFA A6 Directorate for Middle East Affairs deputy head Giorgos Ayfantis. Ayfantis said FM Bakoyannis intended to attend the Vienna conference, as well as the Do [...] | 2008-06-05 13:18:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PGOV PREL PHUM LE GR |
08ATHENS792 | SENIOR ADVISOR TAHIR-KHELI ATTENDS WOMEN [...] (SBU) Senior Advisor for WomenQs Empowerment Ambassador Tahir-Kheli visited Greece on behalf of the Secretary to attend the Women LeadersQ Working Group Conference hosted by Greek Foreign Minister Dora Bakoyannis. The June 3 QLagonissi Declaration summarized the Working GroupQs initiative to [...] | 2008-06-06 14:07:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON SOCI KWMN KPAO GR |
08ATHENS795 | CYCLONE NARGIS DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (U) On 3 June poloff delivered reftel demarche on Cyclone Nargis to First Counselor Anthi Balonou, the Deputy director of the MFA A10 Directorate for Asia and Oceania. Balonou reiterated that, from the Greek perspective, it remained important to continue to draw attention to the Burma regim [...] | 2008-06-06 15:04:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PHUM PREL PGOV GR |
08ATHENS802 | SARKOZY WOWS ATHENS [...] (SBU) With already established "rock star"-like status in Greece, French President Sarkozy's June 6 visit to Athens solidified Athens' perception of him as Greece's closest partner within the EU. Feted by the President, Prime Minister, and receiving the rare honor of speaking before the Gree [...] | 2008-06-09 13:39:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV FR GR |
08ATHENS804 | UPDATE ON POTENTIAL SALES TO IRAN AND SYRIA [...] (S) On 2 June poloff met with Loukas Tsokos, First Secretary at the MFA D1 Directorate of UN and International Organizations at the latter's request to discuss GOG findings on potential sales to Iran and Syria by Greek firm, XXXXXXXXXXXX. Tsokas said XXXXXXXXXXXX's main product was fishing ne [...] | 2008-06-09 14:18:00 | Embassy Athens | SECRET | ETTC PARM PREL GR IR SY PGOV |
08ATHENS81 | INTERIOR MINISTER PLEDGES COUNTERTERORRIST [...] (S) On 16 January 2008, Ambassador Speckhard, accompanied by Regional Affairs (RAS) Counselor Chadason, paid a courtesy call on Interior Minister Prokopis Pavlopoulos and Deputy Interior Minister for Public Order Panayiotis Chinofotis. In his first official meeting with them, the Ambassador s [...] | 2008-01-18 16:09:00 | Embassy Athens | SECRET | PREL PGOV KTER KCRM ASEC KHLS EAGR SENV TU GR |
08ATHENS819 | DEPUTY GOVERNOR OF CENTRAL BANK ON BANK SADERAT [...] (SE) In a meeting on June 9, Deputy Governor of the Bank of Greece (BG) Panayotis-Aristidis Thomopoulos told the Acting Deputy Economic Counselor that the Bank of Greece had just conducted a detailed control operation against Bank Saderat,s Athens branch as a follow-up to reftels A and B. Thom [...] | 2008-06-10 15:24:00 | Embassy Athens | SECRET | ECON EFIN ELAB KNNP MNUC PGOV GR |
08ATHENS835 | GREEK PARLIAMENT RATIFIES LISBON TREATY [...] (U) Early on the morning of June 12 -- on the eve of Ireland's referendum on the Lisbon Treaty -- the Greek Parliament ratified the Lisbon Treaty 250 to 42. Greece has now joined the group of EU member states who have completed legal approval of the treaty. 2. (SBU) Parliamentary conside [...] | 2008-06-12 12:09:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV EU GR |
08ATHENS837 | TIP NEXT STEPS DISCUSSED WITH MFA [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-12 14:52:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | ELAB PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG KCRM KPAO KWMN GR |
08ATHENS845 | GREEK MFA ON JUNE GAERC ISSUES [...] (C) On June 11, DepPolCouns discussed issues likely to be taken up at the June 16-17 EU Foreign Ministers' meeting (GAERC) with Greek MFA European Correspondent Antonia Katzourou (ref A). Her responses below are keyed to likely agenda items: -- IRAN: Katzourou noted that EU foreign policy c [...] | 2008-06-13 14:01:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PGOV IR IZ IS SY CU GR |
08ATHENS860 | STATEMENT ON PRISONERS OF CONSCIENCE DECLARATION [...] (SBU) PolOff delivered reftel statement on the U.S.-EU Prisoner of Conscience Declaration on June 17 to Loukas Tsokos, First Secretary at the MFA D1 Directorate, UN and International Organizations. We expressed our appreciation to the EU for co-sponsorship of the declaration at the UN and ur [...] | 2008-06-17 14:33:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV GR ELAB PHUM SMIG KCROM KPAO KWMN |
08ATHENS873 | INPUT FOR OSCE HUMAN DIMENSION MEETING [...] (C) Post is grateful for the opportunity per reftel to provide preliminary input on U.S. statements regarding Greece at the upcoming Warsaw OSCE Human Dimension Meeting (HDIM). As context, Embassy notes this is a sensitive period in U.S.-Greece bilateral relations, and the statements made at [...] | 2008-06-19 14:20:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | ELAB PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG KCRM KPAO KWMN GR |
08ATHENS877 | UNHCR FINDS GREECE LACKING IN PROTECTION OF [...] (SBU) On June 18, PolOff and PolAssistant attended a press conference hosted by the Greek Chapter of the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR) to commemorate World Refugee Day 2008 and to release a new study concerning separated children seeking asylum in Greece. All participants at the conf [...] | 2008-06-20 15:28:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PREL PGOV PHUM SMIG GR |
08ATHENS88 | DEFENSE MINISTER: MACEDONIA VETO THREAT [...] (C) Ambassador Speckhard paid an introductory call on Minister of Defense Meimarakis January 18. On Turkey, Meimarakis noted that Greece considers Turkey an ongoing threat, but termed PM Karamanlis' pending trip on January 23 a step forward. Meimarakis reiterated the Greek desire to see Mac [...] | 2008-01-22 14:09:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR MOPS MASS MK AF GR |
08ATHENS896 | U.S./GREECE MIL-TO-MIL COOPERATION: THE GOOD, THE [...] (C) The U.S.-Greece bilateral relationship is facing a particularly difficult time, as Washington and Athens have differing views on issues such as the Macedonian name, the independence of Kosovo, and relations with Russia. However, the U.S./Greek military-to-military relationship and the wor [...] | 2008-06-24 12:09:00 | Embassy Athens | SECRET | MASS MOPS MARR PREL PGOV GR |
08ATHENS899 | GREECE: AS SUMMER HEATS UP, PASOK MELTS DOWN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Despite popular discontent with the New Democracy (ND) government stemming from steep rises in food and fuel costs, continued problems in the universities, and hard-to-swallow pension reforms, leading opposition party PASOK remains behind in the polls and has descended into an int [...] | 2008-06-24 14:22:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL GR |
08ATHENS910 | ONE MORE TIME: 17 NOVEMBER TERRORISTS APPEAL - AGAIN [...] (SBU) Eight of 13 convicted members of the Greek terrorist organization "17 November," which was responsible for 23 murders including five U.S. Embassy employees during a twenty-year period from the mid-1970s to earlier this decade, filed appeal briefs with the Arios Paghos Supreme Court on Ju [...] | 2008-06-26 11:18:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PGOV PREL GR |
08ATHENS92 | MANAGING GREECE ON KOSOVO AND MACEDONIA [...] (C) Managing Greece over the next few months is likely to be difficult on the key Balkan issues of Macedonia and Kosovo. To leverage Greek behavior we should: -- Engage the Greeks on Kosovo and Serbia, including through extending an invitation to them to participate in international struct [...] | 2008-01-22 16:24:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MASS NATO MK KI SR GR |
08ATHENS920 | TROUBLING LIVING CONDITIONS AND MEDICAL ACCESS FOR [...] (SBU) At a May 21, 2008, press conference, the organization Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) presented the damning results of an exploratory mission conducted in February 2008 to assess the health and living conditions at various immigrant detention centers and camps throughout Greece. The MSF [...] | 2008-06-27 11:47:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PHUM PREL PGOV GR |
08ATHENS925 | JOINT EXERISE HIGHLIGHTS DIFFERENT GREEK, ISRAELI [...] (S) In a June 25 conversation with DCM, PM Karamanlis' diplomatic advisor Constantinos Bitsios confirmed that the military exercise that took place in the eastern Mediterranean over Greek airspace in early June and reported in the NY Times June 20 was a joint Israeli-Greek exercise. Bitsios ex [...] | 2008-06-27 15:42:00 | Embassy Athens | SECRET | PREL PGOV GR IR IS |
08ATHENS935 | PASOK STEWS ALONE IN SIEMENS SCANDAL AS PM DELAYS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A major scandal involving alleged pay-offs by the German firm Siemens to officials of the former PASOK government may also ensnare current New Democracy officials, but PM Karamanlis has put off any parliamentary inquiry until after judicial officials have completed their investig [...] | 2008-07-01 14:06:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV GR |
08ATHENS951 | BURMA: GREECE'S POST-CYCLONE ASSISTANCE [...] (SBU) On July 3, PolOff delivered ref A points on shaping post-cyclone assistance in Burma to First Counselor Anthi Balonou, Deputy Director of the MFA A10 Directorate for Asia and Oceania. Balonou agreed the success of the aid to Burma was dependendent on the unity of the international com [...] | 2008-07-03 11:36:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV EAID GR |
08ATHENS952 | KOSOVO: GREEKS NOT READY TO RECOGNIZE BUT [...] (C) Ambassador Speckhard spoke with FM Bakoyannis July 3 to urge that Greece recognize Kosovo independence, emphasizing the need to take steps that foster regional stability, and noting that it is time for Greece to join the other 20 EU states that have recognized Kosovo. Bakoyannis said Gre [...] | 2008-07-03 11:59:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNMIK PGOV KPKO UN YI EU KV GR |
08ATHENS959 | GREECE: JUNE TIP UPDATE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND INTRODUCTION: This is the first in what we intend to be regular updates on Greece's efforts to combat trafficking in persons (TIP). In June, Greek authorities in cooperation with Europol and officials from neighboring countries, broke up three trafficking rings and granted [...] | 2008-07-03 12:32:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV PREL SMIG KCRM KWMN GR |
08ATHENS966 | GREECE/TURKEY - NEXT STEPS ON NATO AEGEAN EXERCISES [...] (C) In the aftermath of NATO's May 2008 decision not to support a Greek exercise that would overfly the island of Agios Efstratios (AE)(ref A),the Greeks are considering developing a new exercise that would again seek to overfly the island. Various Greek contacts have told us that they belie [...] | 2008-07-07 13:31:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS NATO MARR PREL PGOV TU GR |
08ATHENS967 | FM BAKOYANNIS ON MACEDONIA NAME, HSPD-6, AND [...] (C) In a July 3 conversation, FM Bakoyannis told Amb. Speckhard that although UN Mediator Nimetz' recent meetings had been "positive," she was skeptical that the Macedonians were prepared to "accept and use" a new name. Ambassador Speckhard emphasized the importance of flexibility, noting th [...] | 2008-07-07 15:41:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV CVIS NATO IZ MK IS GR |
08ATHENS972 | GREEKS TO ENVOY KENNEDY: WE'LL KEEP DIGGING IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: THIS IS A JOINT EMBASSY ATHENS AND CONGEN THESSALONIKI MESSAGE. Ambassador J. Christian Kennedy, Special Envoy for Holocaust Issues, visited Athens June 25-26 and Thessaloniki 26-28 to discuss Holocaust restitution issues with Greek officials, with a special focus on the Thessal [...] | 2008-07-08 12:33:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM GR |
08ATHENS996 | GREEK PARLIAMENT'S STEFANOU ON TGI, SOUTH STREAM, [...] (C) In a meeting on July 10, the Secretary General of Parliament, Nikos Stefanou, voiced his support for the TGI pipeline and confirmed the GoG,s strong support for this project. At the same time, he expressed skepticism on South Stream, implying there is no concrete plan in place for its dev [...] | 2008-07-14 05:53:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG GR PGOV PREL RS CVIS KCRM EU EPET |
08AUCKLAND9 | NEW ZEALAND BUSINESS BETWEEN COMPLACENCY AND FATALISM [...] (SBU) Summary. New Zealand's business leaders - like their compatriots - are uneasy about their economy's ability to compete in a globalized world. While the cliche is that cheap travel and the Internet have made the world smaller, New Zealanders still feel disadvantaged by their small size [...] | 2008-01-25 03:33:00 | Consulate Auckland | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PGOV NZ |
08BAGHDAD1005 | ANATOMY OF A BAGHDAD RECONCILIATION EFFORT: [...] (U) This is a Baghdad PRT reporting cable. 2. (SBU) Introduction: Reconciliation movements in Baghdad quickly spread through the province following the surge of Coalition Forces and the success of the "Anbar Awakening." Unlike other areas in Iraq with more homogeneous populations, reconci [...] | 2008-04-01 15:21:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER KDEM PINR PHUM IR IZ |
08BAGHDAD1006 | IRAQI NSA RUBAIE ON RECENT SAUDI VISIT [...] (C) In a March 30 meeting with S/I Satterfield and Polmilcouns Ries, National Security Advisor Muwaffaq al-Rubaie said his recent meetings in Saudi Arabia were "very good." During his meetings he outlined common Saudi - Iraqi interests, particularly in combating terror, and told his hosts th [...] | 2008-04-01 16:08:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | IR IZ SA PTER PGOV |
08BAGHDAD1007 | HELPING THE NEGIHBORS MAKE SENSE OF BASRAH [...] (S) Observers trying to make sense of this week's fighting in Basrah face a somewhat baffling array of narratives. For PM Maliki, the Basrah operation was about asserting central government authority over a city that had long been dominated by criminals and extremists, and which was slipping e [...] | 2008-04-01 16:11:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL IZ |
08BAGHDAD1008 | MINISTERIAL CAPACITY SURGE ASSESSMENT - INTERIM REPORT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: As of March 30, 97 percent of the 75 "surge" advisors on Ministerial Capacity have arrived in Baghdad. Their arrivals were staggered; in mid-January, 53 percent were present and working in country. Surge personnel focus on providing targeted skills to several key non-security [...] | 2008-04-01 16:48:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID AMGT PGOV ECON PREL SOCI PINR IZ |
08BAGHDAD101 | AMAR AL-HAKIM ON MALIKI, BILATERAL SECURITY [...] (C) Summary: ISCI Heir Apparent Amar al-Hakim told S/I Satterfield January 13 that ISCI agrees with the USG position that the Maliki government must operate in a more inclusive manner and should start by reactivating the "Three Plus One" leadership mechanism. Amar, who delivered a well-public [...] | 2008-01-14 09:20:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV IZ |
08BAGHDAD1010 | ISF GENERAL ON SECURITY SITUATION IN BAGHDAD [...] (S) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: During a March 26 conversation, amid a crescendo of unrest in Baghdad, Major General Abdul Ameer, the Western Baghdad deputy commander and commanding general of the Iraqi Army Sixth Division, painted a bleak picture of the security situation. Abdul Ameer told several [...] | 2008-04-02 07:54:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PREL PGOV PTER PINR IZ |
08BAGHDAD1015 | RRT ERBIL: BARZANI ADVISOR SUPPORTS CRACKDOWN ON [...] (C) Summary: Dr. Fuad Hussein, a key advisor to Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) President Masoud Barzani, told RRTOFF that Barzani voiced his support to PM Maliki's crackdown on criminal gangs and militia in Basra in a March 31 phone call. The call, the first conversation between the two [...] | 2008-04-02 09:30:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER EPET IZ |
08BAGHDAD1017 | Koya's Mayor Shortchanged by KRG's Incomplete Government [...] (SBU) Koya's Mayor, Kurda Omar, told RRTOffs March 31 that her district had received only $2 million in Provincial Reconstruction Funds from Erbil since 2006. Omar explained that Koya district had shifted administratively from Sulaymaniah province to Erbil province in 2006 as a result of the U [...] | 2008-04-02 12:14:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PTER IZ |
08BAGHDAD1019 | MCNS ON MARCH 30 REVIEWS BASRAH, BAGHDAD, NINEWA [...] (S REL AUS UK) SUMMARY: With PM Nouri al-Maliki still in Basra, Deputy PM Barham Salih chaired the March 30 Ministerial Committee on National Security (MCNS) foreshadowed by the sound of indirect fire (IDF) impacting in the International Zone as participants arrived at the meeting. The Commit [...] | 2008-04-02 14:49:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | MOPS MARR PGOV PREL PTER SY IZ |
08BAGHDAD102 | IRAQI PARLIAMENTARIAN ALLEGES TERRIBLE PRISON [...] No summary [...] | 2008-01-14 11:11:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM ECON KDEM KJUS PGOV IZ |
08BAGHDAD1020 | FADILA BLOC MEMBER DR. BASIM SHARIF ON THE COR, PM [...] (C) Summary: In a frank conversation held at the al-Rasheed Hotel in Baghdad, COR and Fadila bloc member Dr. Basim Sharif al-Hechaimi discussed the recent Iraqi military operation in Basra. Decrying what he considered a unilateral act on the part of the PM, Dr. Basim highlighted the recent ac [...] | 2008-04-02 18:51:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KISL IZ |
08BAGHDAD1022 | NSA RUBAIE BLAMES IRAN FOR BASRAH CONFRONTATION; [...] No summary [...] | 2008-04-03 06:33:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PGOV PREL PTER MOPS IR IZ SA |
08BAGHDAD1026 | HOFF GUARDED ABOUT GERMAN ENGAGEMENT IN IRAQ AND [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY. During a March 25-28 visit to Baghdad marred by indirect fire (IDF),German Bundestag member Elke Hoff, accompanied by Hans Christian Roessler from Frankfuter Allgemeine Zeitung, Dieter Bednarz from the weekly Der Speigel and Nazyr Bircholtz of the German Iraq Friendship Socie [...] | 2008-04-03 13:57:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV GM IZ |
08BAGHDAD1027 | DAWA PARTY OFFICIAL ON BASRAH OPERATION AND [...] (C) Summary: Senior Dawa Party official Haidar al-Abadi told us April 1 that Iraqi public opinion, as demonstrated through claimed pro-GOI demonstrations in Basrah and elsewhere, and the Najaf-based Marja'iyah are strongly behind PM Maliki in his efforts to deal firmly with militias and armed [...] | 2008-04-03 14:38:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IZ IR |
08BAGHDAD1028 | AYAD ALLAWI: WE ARE ALL IN THIS BOAT TOGETHER [...] (S/NF) Summary. Former Prime Minister Ayad Allawi told PolCouns on April 2 that re-establishing peace and stability following the violence in Basrah will be critical to Iraq's long-term stability. Allawi said the GOI is not doing enough to reach out to its Arab neighbors, which is one strateg [...] | 2008-04-03 14:42:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV IZ |
08BAGHDAD1029 | PRT WASIT: 3ID DEP CG DISCUSSES WASIT SECURITY [...] (U) This is a PRT Wasit reporting cable. 2. (S//REL USA, ACGU) Summary. On 29 March, 3ID Deputy Commanding General-Support (DCG-S),BG Edward Cardon, met with Wasit civilian and military leaders at the Wasit Governance Center (GC),site of the ISF HQ during the recent fighting against non [...] | 2008-04-03 14:46:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PGOV MOPS IZ IR |
08BAGHDAD103 | SADRIST SEEKS USG HELP IN "CLIPPING SATAN'S [...] (C) Summary: Jawad al-Hasnawi, a senior Sadrist Trend official and Deputy Governor of Karbala province, told us January 10 that he and a growing number of other Sadrists have come to the conclusion that Iran, not the United States, is Iraq's greatest nemesis, and he proposed that the USG work [...] | 2008-01-14 13:42:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV IZ |
08BAGHDAD1030 | ATTIYAH AND MASHHADANI STAND BY MALIKI, OPTIMISTIC [...] (C) Summary: In separate April 3 conversations with Polcouns, COR Speaker Mahmoud al-Mashhadani and COR Deputy Speaker Sheikh Khalid al-Attiyah both proclaimed their support for PM Maliki's government. Attiyah stated that all Sadrists had ties to Iran, while Mashhadani offered a more nuanced [...] | 2008-04-03 14:48:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV IR IZ |
08BAGHDAD1031 | EPRT: HR ADVISOR AL-JABOORI EXPLAINS SUNNI [...] (U) This is a Baghdad 2 E-PRT reporting cable. 2. (C) On March 25, Sheikh Omar Al-Jaboori, Human Rights Advisor to Vice President Tariq Al-Hashimi told E-PRT Team Leader and BCT Commander during a biweekly reconciliation meeting that prominent Sunni political parties refused to participate [...] | 2008-04-03 15:16:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV SOCI SCUL IZ |
08BAGHDAD1033 | BADR'S HADI AL-AMRI ON BASRAH CRACKDOWN AND TALKS [...] (C) Summary: Badr Organization strongman Hadi al-Amri told us April 2 that the recent GOI crackdown in Basrah was a largely successful and long-overdue first step in "the surgical removal of the disease of armed militias," a process that will continue in the coming days. Hadi claimed that Pri [...] | 2008-04-03 18:41:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IZ IR |
08BAGHDAD1036 | JAM IN BAGHDAD -- HOW STRONG IS IT? [...] (U) This is a joint Embassy political-Baghdad PRT cable. 2. (S) SUMMARY: Jaysh Al-Mahdi's (JAM) show of force in Baghdad since March 23 has demonstrated its potential to bring Iraq's capital to a standstill for a limited period, but not without alienating large segments of the local popul [...] | 2008-04-04 19:26:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PREL PGOV PTER PINR IZ |
08BAGHDAD1039 | FOREIGN MINISTER: IRAN WILL ESCALATE CONFRONTATION [...] (S) SUMMARY. During a March 31 meeting, Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari - just off the plane from the Arab League Summit in Damascus - told Ambassador Crocker, MNF-I CG GEN David Petraeus, NSC Senior Director McGurk and PolMil Minister Counselor Ambassador Marcie Ries that Iran had se [...] | 2008-04-05 12:30:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | IR IZ PGOV PREL |
08BAGHDAD1040 | PRT-WASIT: MID-LEVEL SADRISTS REENGAGE OVER [...] (U) This is a PRT Wasit reporting cable. 2. (S/NF) Summary. On 1 April, TL and IPAO met with three Wasit Sadr Trend district-level officials who complained that ISF and CF operations disproportionably targeted Sadrists, though they admitted the movement "has some bad people" who deserve ar [...] | 2008-04-05 12:31:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PGOV IZ |
08BAGHDAD1041 | MOHR DISCUSSES AMNESTY LAW, COM DECISIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Minister of Human Rights Wijdan Salim discussed with PolOff on April 2 the state of amnesty implementation and recent Council of Ministers votes. A Ministry of Human Rights team has been investigating actual releases of detainees under the Amnesty Law and has found that far [...] | 2008-04-05 12:43:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PHUM KDEM KJUS PGOV PINS IZ |
08BAGHDAD1042 | NSA RUBAIE ON PCNS, SOFA/SFA, BASRAH AFTERMATH [...] (C) Summary: In an April 4 meeting with Senior Director for Iraq and Afghanistan Brett McGurk and Polmilcouns, Iraqi National Security Advisor Muwafaq al-Rubaie agreed on the need to capitalize on the positive political atmosphere by releasing a strong, unified statement during the April 5 PC [...] | 2008-04-05 14:35:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV IR IZ PINS |
08BAGHDAD1043 | STUCK BETWEEN AN ARROGANT MAN AND A MAD MAN [...] (C) Summary: Wearing his mediator hat, Dr. Ahmed Chalabi spoke with PolCouns on April 3 to discuss Basra and the Iranian involvement in the conflict, as well as the subsequent Sadrist movement to oust Maliki. Chalabi urged the USG to take great caution in dealing with the Sadrists, and indic [...] | 2008-04-05 14:46:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER IZ IR |
08BAGHDAD1044 | IRAQI OFFICIALS ON MALIKI'S BASRAH CAMPAIGN [...] (C) In a series of March 30 conversations with Iraqi officials including Ali Merza, Director of the National Security Advisor's Joint Planning Committee (JPC),Saiid Jaber from the Crisis Action Cell (CAC) secretariat, and A'amer Al- Musawi, chief of staff to the National Security Advisor (pro [...] | 2008-04-05 14:50:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | EWWT MCAP MOPS PGOV PINS PTER IZ |
08BAGHDAD1045 | VP ADEL ON SECURITY CRACKDOWN, "CONFUSED" [...] (C) Summary: In an April 5 meeting, Vice President Adel Abdel Mehdi told us that the time is ripe for harsh and decisive GOI action against the "cancer" of armed outlaw groups, a measure supported by the Iraqi political class and public and even by Iranian General Qasim Sulaimani. He said th [...] | 2008-04-05 17:47:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IZ IR |
08BAGHDAD1047 | SAI LEADER SHEIKH AHMED SPEAKS ON HIS NEW [...] (U) This is a PRT Anbar reporting cable. Summary ------- 2. (C) Sheikh Ahmed Abu Risha, leader of the Iraq Awakening Movement, or Sahawa Al-Iraq (SAI),spoke to us on April 2 for over two hours about SAI's movement towards becoming a national political party, his personal attitude on th [...] | 2008-04-06 07:26:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINS KDEM SOCI IZ |
08BAGHDAD1048 | PRT MUTHANNA: POST-BASRAH ATMOSPHERICS [...] (U) This is a PRT Muthanna reporting cable. 2. (C) The new OMS leader in Muthanna is known as Muhannad Abdulhussein al-Karbala'i (although there is suspicion that this is a pseudonym). He cooperated closely with Gov. Marzook during the outbreak of violence in late March, including reachi [...] | 2008-04-06 07:55:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PINS PGOV IR |
08BAGHDAD105 | REACTION TO THE ACCOUNTABILITY AND JUSTICE LAW AND [...] (S) Summary: Sunni reaction to the January 12 passage of the Accountability and Justice Law, an early indicator of the ultimate political impact, has been somewhat tepid. The Sunni Tawafuq Front issued a statement January 13 calling the law "mediocre" but acknowledging it contains some positiv [...] | 2008-01-14 16:44:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PGOV IZ |
08BAGHDAD1051 | VICE PRESIDENT HASHIMI ON BASRA OPERATIONS, [...] (S) During an April 1 meeting, the Ambassador and Vice President Tariq al-Hashimi discussed the situation in Basra and the aftermath of the recent showdown with Sadrist forces there. Hashimi described how he had supported PM Maliki during the Basra campaign, putting personal differences aside [...] | 2008-04-06 10:02:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PGOV PREL IZ IR |
08BAGHDAD1052 | APRIL 2 MEETING BETWEEN THE AMBASSADOR, GENERAL [...] (S) Summary: Prime Minister Maliki, flushed with the success of recent ISF operations in Basrah, reviewed next steps with the Ambassador and General Petraeus on April 5. Maliki noted that he was dedicating $100 million dollars towards Basrah's reconstruction, and is using Tribal Support Counci [...] | 2008-04-06 10:05:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PGOV PREL IZ |
08BAGHDAD1054 | MEETING WITH KRG SECURITY DIRECTOR SINJARI AND [...] (S) SUMMARY: MNF-I DCS for Strategic Effects MG Bergner and D/PolMil Couns met with KRG security director Karim Sinjari March 19 to discuss closing Makhmour refugee camp. Sinjari supported closure of the camp, noting that absent any employment prospects, the younger residents would likely gra [...] | 2008-04-06 13:01:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PGOV PREF PREL PTER IZ TU |
08BAGHDAD1055 | ECONOMIC IMPACT OF IRAQ'S ONGOING SECURITY [...] (C) Summary: Post contacts report that the recent Basra security operations have led to economic disruptions throughout Iraq. Basra Province itself has borne the brunt of economic impacts. Supplies of health-related material have been stretched, but the Ministry of Health reports sufficient [...] | 2008-04-06 13:01:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD EAGR ELTN ENRG PGOV IZ |
08BAGHDAD1056 | PRT WASIT: LOCAL LEADERS ASSESS RECENT VIOLENCE [...] (U) This is a PRT Wasit reporting cable. 2. (C) Summary. On 04 April, PRT TL and IPAO met first with the Wasit Governor and then with the PC Chairman to discuss events of the past week and the current situation in Wasit. Both officials shared their views of the Sadrist movement and their [...] | 2008-04-06 13:07:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV IR IZ PINS PINR |
08BAGHDAD106 | TALABANI ON KURDISH EFFORTS TO IMPROVE RELATIONS [...] (S) Summary: Iraqi President Talabani on January 12 told S/I Satterfield he and Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) President Barzani had agreed on a list of measures to improve relations with the U.S. and restart political progress under the Maliki government. These include eliminating Kurd [...] | 2008-01-14 18:13:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PREL PGOV PINS PINR IZ |
08BAGHDAD1065 | MALIKI SCORES BIG AT APRIL 5 PCNS MEETING [...] (C) According to an ISCI representative, the April 5 meeting of the Political Committee for National Security (PCNS),a body comprised of representatives of all political blocs, was attended by President Talabani; Prime Minister Maliki; Deputy PM Barham Saleh; Vice Presidents Adel Abdel Mehdi [...] | 2008-04-07 07:42:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IZ IR |
08BAGHDAD1066 | POLITICAL NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL MEETING [...] (C) The Political National Security Council (PCNS) met Saturday, April 5, 2008 at President Jalal Talabani's residence, with representatives of all the political parties represented in the Parliament. They discussed the security situation, political issues, and economic challenges in Iraq. [...] | 2008-04-07 08:38:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IZ |
08BAGHDAD107 | FLEDGLING "NATIONAL PROJECT" SEEKS POLITICAL [...] (C) Summary: Billing their fledgling group as a broad-based CoR coalition that cuts across sectarian lines, organizers of the "National Project" told the media January 13 that they hope to attract as many as 145 CoR members from across Iraq's political spectrum with a common goal of fostering [...] | 2008-01-14 18:15:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV IZ |
08BAGHDAD1070 | DPM SALIH: TIME IS RIGHT FOR BIG MOVES ON BASRAH [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a cordial and far ranging conversation at the DPM residence April 6, EMIN introduced to DPM Barham Salih incoming Anti-Corruption Coordinator Ambassador Lawrence Benedict and discussed economic/reconstruction measures the GOI can take in coming days to solidify gains from th [...] | 2008-04-07 14:00:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON EAID EFIN MOPS IZ |
08BAGHDAD1071 | CORRUPTION INVESTIGATION AT PORT NOT YET CREATING [...] (C) Summary: The Deputy Minister of Trade's concerns that Prime Minister Maliki's April 3 decision to put all staff at the Port of Umm Qasr on leave for investigation of corrupt practices may lead to shortages of wheat, rice and other Public Distribution System (PDS) commodities throughout the [...] | 2008-04-07 14:12:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | EAGR ETRD EWWT EFIN ECON PGOV KCOR IZ |
08BAGHDAD1072 | MINFIN HAS MONEY FOR BASRA, BUT IS WAITING ON [...] (C) Summary: At an April 6 meeting, Minister of Finance Bayan Jabr said that the 100 million USD for humanitarian assistance and development in Basra could be funded by taking money from the Basra Provincial Government's capital budget. A line item in the upcoming 2008 supplemental budget could [...] | 2008-04-07 14:18:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON PGOV IZ |
08BAGHDAD1073 | RRT ERBIL: SRSG PREVIEWS DISTRICT VISITS; KURDS [...] (C) Special Representative of the Secretary General (SRSG) Staffan de Mistura briefed RRT that his upcoming visits to Hamdaniya, Makhmour, and Akre districts will lay the groundwork for recommendations to the Presidency Council to begin resolving Article 140. He said his goal is for the UN t [...] | 2008-04-07 14:20:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IZ |
08BAGHDAD1074 | IESC MEETING APRIL 4 [...] (SBU) Summary. Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki chaired the Iraq Executive Steering Committee (IESC) in support of Operation Fardh al-Qanoon (FAQ) April 4. Discussion focused on the provision of essential services and humanitarian aid to areas affected by the recent violence and featured a len [...] | 2008-04-07 14:46:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | KDEM PGOV PINR PINS IZ |
08BAGHDAD1075 | VP ADEL ON APRIL 5 PCNS AND GOI OFFENSIVE AGAINST [...] (C) Summary: In an April 7 meeting, Vice President Adel Abdel Mehdi said political unity expressed in the April 5 meeting of the Political Council for National Security (PCNS) had built momentum for progress on several fronts, particularly the dissolution of the Jaysh al-Mehdi (JAM) and the r [...] | 2008-04-07 15:34:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IZ IR |
08BAGHDAD1076 | KRG LAW ESTABLISHES FRAMEWORK FOR INCREASED JUDICIAL [...] (SBU) In November 2007 the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) passed a law separating the judiciary from the executive. Specifically, the Judicial Power Law (JPL) establishes a Judicial Council (KJC) to take over responsibility for the management of judges and courts from the KRG Ministry of J [...] | 2008-04-07 16:18:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KJUS IZ |
08BAGHDAD1080 | COR SPEAKER MAHMOUD MASHADANI DEEMS POLITICAL [...] (C) Summary. Council of Representatives (CoR) Speaker Mahmoud Mashadani told us the Political Council for National Security (PCNS) meeting (Saturday, April 5, 2008) was successful in bridging the key differences between the political blocs. He added the CoR will work to ban armed militias fr [...] | 2008-04-07 18:09:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IZ |
08BAGHDAD1083 | AMIDST CEASE-FIRE, SADRIST MOSQUES IN BAGHDAD BEAT [...] (C) A sampling of several Sadrist-affiliated mosque sermons in the greater Baghdad area from last Friday, April 4, reveals that despite Muqtada as-Sadr's recent cease-fire declaration, tensions between the Sadrists and the GOI and CF continue to run high. Criticism of the GOI and its perceive [...] | 2008-04-08 07:55:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KISL IZ |
08BAGHDAD1084 | D/PM BARHAM SALIH MEETS NEW EMBASSY [...] (C) Summary: In his introductory call on D/PM Barham Salih, AMB. Lawrence Benedict described his mission as identifying how the U.S. could best support GOI anti-corruption initiatives. AMB Benedict asked for D/PM Barham Salih's cooperation in this endeavor. D/PM Barham Salih welcomed AMB [...] | 2008-04-08 11:26:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ECON KCOR PGOV PREL IQ |
08BAGHDAD1093 | NSA RUBAIE ON CURRENT SECURITY ISSUES AND [...] (S) SUMMARY: During a meeting on April 6 with the Charge d'Affaires, Iraqi National Security Advisor (NSA) Rubaie called the April 5 Declaration by the Political Committee for National Security (PCNS) a breakthrough. It had isolated the Sadrists, he said, and forced them to choose whether or [...] | 2008-04-08 16:25:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | MARR MCAP MOPS PGOV PINS PNAT PTER IZ |
08BAGHDAD1094 | BAGHDAD SITUATION REPORT: APRIL 8, 2200 LOCAL [...] (C) Summary: Muqtada Al-Sadr (MAS) announced on April 8 that he had postponed indefinitely a "million-strong" demonstration originally scheduled for April 9 in Sadr City. The march had been planned to coincide with the fifth anniversary of the fall of Baghdad. News media also reported Sadr t [...] | 2008-04-08 20:01:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINS PTER MOPS IZ |
08BAGHDAD1095 | I WAS KIDNAPPED BY A BUNCH OF AMATEURS [...] (C) Summary. Tahseen Sheikhly, Government of Iraq (GOI) spokesman for the Baghdad Security Plan, told USMI and MNFI personnel during an April 1 debriefing that his kidnappers were a gang of amateurish Jaish al-Mahdi (JAM) thugs. Released after 115 hours of captivity and reunited with his fami [...] | 2008-04-08 20:15:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PGOV PINR PINS PTER IZ |
08BAGHDAD1099 | FADHILA ON THE PCNS, PROSPECTS FOR RECONCILIATION [...] 1. (C) Summary: In a meeting held at the COR on Monday, April 7, Dr. Basim Sharif al-Hechaimi of Fadhila shared his views on the current crisis between the GOI and the Sadrists, including Fadhila's participation in the Political Council for National Security (PCNS) meeting held on Saturday eve [...] | 2008-04-09 02:45:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KISL IZ |
08BAGHDAD11 | KIRKUK: ATMOSPHERICS FROM PRT MARKET WALKS IN LATE [...] (SBU) Summary: The catastrophic summer 2007 explosions in Kirkuk dampened market activity as residents stayed home and merchants limited their hours. While violence continued through September and October, it focused more on GOI officials than residential and market areas and market activity [...] | 2008-01-02 13:17:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EPET ECON PGOV IZ |
08BAGHDAD1105 | SADRIST CONFIDANTE WARNS OF BAD PRESSURE BUILDING [...] (C) Summary: In an April 8 meeting with Poloffs, Ibrahim al-Sumaydai - a local political observer with close ties to senior Sadrist Trend and JAM figures - told us Sadrists see an Iranian hand behind recent events, accusing Tehran of pushing Maliki into a confrontation with the Sadrist movemen [...] | 2008-04-09 13:17:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | IR IZ PGOV |
08BAGHDAD111 | UPDATE ON GOI MINISTERIAL COMMITTEE ON RULE OF LAW [...] (U) Summary. Since its formal commissioning in mid-2007, the Ministerial Committee on Rule of Law and Detention (MCRLD) has made significant progress in the practical application of its operation. MCRLD has ensured all relevant ministries are adequately represented, meaningful issues are ide [...] | 2008-01-15 08:07:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL IZ |
08BAGHDAD1111 | NINEWA: WIDE-RANGING PRT SUPPORT BOOSTS [...] (SBU) Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) Ninewa has worked closely over the last year with farmers, produce processors and GOI agencies to support the province's struggling agricultural sector. The sector is crucial to fighting provincial unemployment: rural residents rely on grain producti [...] | 2008-04-09 16:28:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAGR SENV EAID PGOV PHUM IZ |
08BAGHDAD1112 | APRIL 6 MCNS: BASRAH NEXT STEPS, SADR CITY [...] (S REL AUS UK) SUMMARY: The April 6 session of the Ministerial Committee on National Security (MCNS) featured upbeat assessments of the result of the GoI security operation in Basra, along with agreement on the need for job creation, development, and humanitarian initiatives to stabilize the [...] | 2008-04-09 18:23:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | MOPS MARR PGOV PREL PTER SY IZ |
08BAGHDAD1113 | ISCI'S AMAR AL-HAKIM ON POST-BASRAH UNITY, JAM, [...] (C) Summary: In an April 8 meeting, Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq (ISCI) heir apparent Amar al-Hakim told us the recent GOI crackdown in Basrah was an important step in affirming Iraq's identity as a nation based on the rule of law and institutions rather than a country ruled by outlaw gang [...] | 2008-04-09 19:08:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IZ IR |
08BAGHDAD1114 | IRAQIS DEEM THE AMBASSADOR'S TESTIMONY REALISTIC [...] (C) Assessing Iraqi reaction to the Congressional testimony by the Ambassador and General Petraeus has been complicated somewhat by the GOI's April 9 closure and a Baghdad-wide curfew, but initial soundings here and in Iraq's provinces have been largely positive. The most common reaction thus [...] | 2008-04-09 19:11:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IZ IR |
08BAGHDAD1115 | TALABANI APPARENTLY PERSUADES IRAN TO CONDEMN IZ [...] (S) SUMMARY: NSC Senior Director for Iraq and Afghanistan Brett McGurk spoke on April 7 with Iraqi President Jalal Talabani to discuss the ongoing political situation including the recently held PCNS meeting and the Executive Council meeting scheduled for that evening. Talabani reiterated th [...] | 2008-04-09 19:33:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PREL PGOV PINS PINR IZ |
08BAGHDAD1116 | IESC MEETING MARCH 14 [...] (C) Summary: This cable is a record of the meeting notes from the March 14 Iraqi Executive Steering Committee (IESC) in support of Operation Fardh al-Qanoon (FaQ),chaired by Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki. The lightly attended and relatively brief meeting featured an update on discussions c [...] | 2008-04-09 19:53:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | IZ KDEM PGOV PINR PINS SENV |
08BAGHDAD1117 | BAGHDAD SITUATION REPORT: APRIL 9, 2200 LOCAL [...] (SBU) PRTs and ePRTs report that most neighborhoods in Baghdad have been relatively quiet today, with fewer JAM members in evidence than before and greater IP presence. Sporadic violence continued between Jaysh Al-Mahdi (JAM) elements and Iraqi Security Forces (ISF),and mortar rounds reporte [...] | 2008-04-09 19:58:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV IZ PINS MOPS PREL |
08BAGHDAD1118 | GOI'S LARGEST DETENTION FACILITY GETS LEGAL CLINIC [...] SUMMARY: A modest grant from the Ambassador's Targeted Development Program fund has given the Iraqi Bar Association (IBA) resources to operate a legal aid clinic at Baghdad's largest detention center. Many of the detainees have been held for years without charges or progress in their cases. [...] | 2008-04-10 02:58:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID KCRM KJUS PGOV PHUM IZ |
08BAGHDAD1120 | HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING [...] This is an action request. 2. Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates of the Iraqi Security Forces who have been nominated for training in the United States. Post has no derogatory information. [...] | 2008-04-10 12:12:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL |
08BAGHDAD1147 | SADIQ AL-RIKABI UPBEAT ON REBUILDING SADR CITY, [...] (C) Summary: Special Assistant to the President Brett McGurk met on April 10 with Sadiq al-Rikabi, political advisor to Prime Minister Maliki. Rikabi detailed a $150 million plan to rebuild Sadr City and Shula, Sadrist-heavy neighborhoods in Baghdad which have seen heavy fighting since late [...] | 2008-04-12 13:45:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINS PINR IZ |
08BAGHDAD1151 | REO BASRAH SITREP 12 APRIL 2008 [...] (U) This is a Basrah REO situation report for April 12, 2008. 2. (S//REL ACGU) Summary: The ISF commenced "Operation Charge of the Knights II" on April 12, targeting remaining JAM strongholds in Basrah. There has been limited resistance from small arms fire and IED screens. Basrah Oper [...] | 2008-04-13 09:56:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | MOPS IZ PINS PINR PGOV |
08BAGHDAD1153 | SADR TO COALITION: HEY INFIDEL, WE WILL ALWAYS BE [...] (C) Summary: After more than six months of relative silence, Muqtada al-Sadr has issued three public statement in the past five days. The latest statement on April 12 addressed recent public remarks by Secretary Gates (who Sadr branded a "terrorist") and is a rabble-rousing screed that turns [...] | 2008-04-13 16:39:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IZ IR |
08BAGHDAD1154 | RRT ERBIL: NEW UNAMI ELECTORAL OFFICER ARRIVES [...] (C) Erbil RRTOff met April 10 with newly-appointed UNAMI Electoral Officer for northern Iraq, Diederik Willems, at his request, for a meet and greet discussion. Willems said that he has met with the Governorate Electoral Officers (GEOs) for Dohuk and Kirkuk, who complained bitterly about the l [...] | 2008-04-14 03:08:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PINR PHUM IZ |
08BAGHDAD1155 | HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING [...] This is an action request. 2. Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates of the Iraqi Security Forces who have been nominated for training in the United States. Post has no derogatory information. [...] | 2008-04-14 06:39:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL IZ |
08BAGHDAD1157 | PRT DIYALA: ENCOURAGING SIGNS IN DIYALA [...] (U) This is a PRT Diyala reporting cable. SUMMARY ------- 2. (U) The Diyala Provincial Government is increasingly eager to engage with the PRT thanks to improving security, the onset of the election season, the long-delayed passage of the 2008 provincial budget coupled with initial exe [...] | 2008-04-14 06:42:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV EAGR ECON ETRD EAID EFIN IZ |
08BAGHDAD1168 | NECHIRVAN BARZANI HAILS NEW AMITY WITH BAGHDAD [...] (C) Econ Minister-Counselor Charlie Ries, Pol/Mil Minister-Counselor Marcie Ries, and Special Assistant to the President for Iraq and Afghanistan Brett McGurk met on April 12 with Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) Prime Minister Nechirvan Barzani. Barzani proclaimed a dramatic upswing in G [...] | 2008-04-14 10:16:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINS PINR IZ |
08BAGHDAD117 | S/I SATTERFIELD PRESSES IRAQI OFFICIALS ON [...] Summary: In the days leading up to the passage of the Justice and Accountability Law on January 12, S/I Satterfield pressed the CoR leadership and other prominent leaders to reach agreement based upon a consensus that included Tawafuq leader VP Tariq al-Hashimi on the proposed amendments and [...] | 2008-01-15 16:47:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IZ |
08BAGHDAD118 | READOUT OF THE JANUARY 14 THREE PLUS ONE MEETING [...] No summary [...] | 2008-01-15 18:10:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PGOV IZ |
08BAGHDAD1186 | AYAD ALLAWI: RELUCTANT FOR IRAQIYYA LIST TO [...] (S/NF) Summary. Former Prime Minister Ayad Allawi told PolCouns and Special Assistant to the President Brett McGurk on April 13 other GOI leaders are encouraging Iraqiyya to rejoin the GOI. He is open to this goal, he said, but demands that PM Maliki clear his name in unfair allegations fro [...] | 2008-04-16 08:26:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV IZ |
08BAGHDAD1191 | COUNCIL OF MINISTERS SG ALI ALA'AQ DISCUSSES JOINT [...] (C) Summary: In a meeting held on Monday, April 14, at the Council of Minister's Secretariat (COMSEC),EMIN introduced the Council of Ministers Secretary-General Ali Ala'aq to incoming Anti-Corruption Coordinator Ambassador Lawrence Benedict. During the meeting, Ala'aq, EMIN, and Ambassador [...] | 2008-04-16 16:34:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV PREL IZ |
08BAGHDAD1197 | PRESIDENT TALABANI ON SUPPORT FOR MALIKI; IRAN, [...] (S) Summary: At a lunch on April 14, President Talabani told the Ambassador he was optimistic that broad political support for PM Maliki in the wake of Basra would hasten the return of Sunni Arab Tawafuq and secular Iraqiya blocs to government. He said that his analysis of Iran was that Tehr [...] | 2008-04-17 07:01:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PREL PGOV IZ IR |
08BAGHDAD1198 | THE AMBASSADOR'S AND GENERAL PETRAEUS' APRIL 14 [...] (S) Summary: Prime Minister (PM) Maliki reviewed plans for security operations in Mosul with the Ambassador and General Petraeus on April 14. Maliki expressed consternation with what he saw as overly-generous descriptions of the Sadrists during the recent Congressional testimony; the Ambassado [...] | 2008-04-17 08:48:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PGOV PREL IZ IR |
08BAGHDAD1201 | PRT MUTHANNA: DANGEROUS BUSINESS: IRANIAN EFFORTS [...] (U) This is a PRT Muthanna reporting cable. 2. (S/REL MCFI) SUMMARY: Post Basra, Sadrist fortunes are reviving in Muthanna, coupled with growing disenchantment with Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq (ISCI) and Dawa,a politicians who control the local and provincial government. However, a th [...] | 2008-04-17 12:44:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PGOV PREL PINS IR IZ |
08BAGHDAD1202 | ANTI-CORRUPTION UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary and introduction: Following on the heels of a flurry of anti-corruption activity by the Government of Iraq (GOI) over the past three months - the GOI,s first conference on Anti-Corruption (AC) in January, and a second conference in mid-March hosted jointly by UNDP and the World [...] | 2008-04-17 15:06:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON IQ KCOR PGOV UN |
08BAGHDAD1206 | IESC MEETING APRIL 11 [...] (SBU) Summary. National Security Advisor (NSA) Muwafak al-Rubaie chaired the Iraq Executive Steering Committee (IESC) in support of Operation Fardh al-Qanoon (FAQ) April 11. Discussion focused on services and humanitarian assistance to Sadr City. Ministry officials reported ongoing problem [...] | 2008-04-17 18:03:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | KDEM PGOV PINR PINS IZ |
08BAGHDAD1207 | VP ADEL: JAM AND SADRISTS DOWN BUT NOT OUT, IRAN [...] (C) Summary: In an April 16 meeting, Vice President Adel Abdel Mehdi told the Ambassador that Sadrist insiders have confirmed his analysis that Muqtada al-Sadr (who is in Iran, not Iraq) is mainly a symbolic leader of a fragmented and failing movement comprised of diverse bands of thugs, sheik [...] | 2008-04-17 19:15:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IZ IR |
08BAGHDAD1209 | MALIKI'S MILITARY OPERATION IN BASRAH: LESSONS [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: Operation "Charge of the Knights" (OCK) - PM Maliki's campaign to wrest control of Basra from militias and criminals - demonstrated substantial deficiencies in Iraqi Security Forces (ISF) planning, logistics, command and control, individual loyalty and unit reliability. It als [...] | 2008-04-18 13:25:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PTER MOPS IR IZ PINR MCAP MARR |
08BAGHDAD1211 | PMO OFFERS CONTEXT ON DISPOSITION OF CORRUPTION [...] (SBU) In an April 16 meeting, the DCM introduced Ambassador Lawrence Benedict to Dr. Tariq Abdallah, Prime Minister (PM) Maliki's Chief of Staff. Ambassador Benedict said he looked forward to supporting the GOI in its anti-corruption efforts, and noted one immediate subject of concern: Judge [...] | 2008-04-18 14:26:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL IZ IR |
08BAGHDAD1218 | MCNS APRIL 13: BASRAH LESSONS LEARNED, MOSUL NEXT [...] (S REL AUS UK) SUMMARY: PM Maliki chaired the 13 April Ministerial Committee on National Security, focusing on security operations in Basrah and Mosul. Discussion underscored the importance of analyzing recent operations in Basrah and elsewhere to correct deficiencies in Iraqi Army and Police [...] | 2008-04-20 02:13:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | MOPS PINS PGOV PREL PTER IZ IR |
08BAGHDAD1219 | ADEL AND BARHAM OPTIMISTIC OVER BATTLE WITH JAM [...] (C) Summary: In separate April 15 meetings with Special Assistant to the President Brett McGurk, Vice President Adel Abdel Mehdi and Deputy Prime Minister Barham Saleh marveled at the new political atmosphere in Baghdad following PM Maliki's offensive in Basrah. Both leaders expressed optimi [...] | 2008-04-20 06:45:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV IR IZ MOPS |
08BAGHDAD1221 | MALIKI IMPATIENT TO BEGIN MORE INTENSIVE MILITARY [...] (S) SUMMARY: At an April 14 Crisis Action Cell (CAC) concerning operations in Ninewa province, Prime Minister Maliki complained that the operational plan briefing lacked substance; Vice President Hashimi and Deputy Prime Minister Salih concurred. Maliki--clearly frustrated by what he perceive [...] | 2008-04-20 07:16:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PGOV IZ MARR MASS MCAP MOPS PINS PTER |
08BAGHDAD1223 | NINEWA: LOW-KEY REACTION IN TAL AFAR TO BASRA [...] (C) Key officials in Tal Afar, the second-largest city in Ninewa province with a large Shia Turkoman population, told PRT Leader and Western Ninewa Branch Office Chief March 30 that they supported Iraqi efforts to contain the violence in Basra generated by Shia militia. Tal Afar appeared focus [...] | 2008-04-20 07:37:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV MARR PHUM PREL IZ |
08BAGHDAD1237 | EPRT BAGHDAD 2 AT YEAR ONE; SUCCESS STORIES [...] (U) This is a Baghdad 2 BCT E-PRT reporting cable drafted by Team Leader Eric Whitaker. 2. (SBU) Summary: Over the past year, Baghdad 2 E-PRT has undertaken a variety of activities in the areas of local governance, community reconciliation, economic growth and development, and essential [...] | 2008-04-21 15:41:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KDEM ECON EAID SOCI IZ |
08BAGHDAD1238 | GOI AMNESTY LAW MEETINGS [...] (C) SUMMARY: GoI officials held two recent meetings to discuss the problems with Amnesty Law implementation and to explore potential solutions. According to Minister of Human Rights Wijdan Salim, the first meeting on April 17 focused on finger-pointing, with participants blaming each other f [...] | 2008-04-21 18:40:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | KJUS PREL PGOV PINS IZ |
08BAGHDAD1241 | SISTANI REP WARNS AGAINST EXCLUDING SADRISTS [...] (C) Summary: In a sermon delivered on Friday, April 18, at the Imam al-Husayn Shrine in Karbala, Sheikh Abd al-Mahdi al-Karbalai, the representative of the higher religious authority, Grand Ayatollah al-Sistani, addressed a variety of issues, including the upcoming provincial elections, the on [...] | 2008-04-22 10:31:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | KISL PGOV PREL IZ |
08BAGHDAD1243 | SADR THREATENS "OPEN WAR UNTIL LIBERATION" [...] (S) Summary: Muqtada al-Sadr issued an April 19 internet statement in a continuing effort to rally and unify his followers in the face of a concerted GOI crackdown on the Jaysh al-Mehdi (JAM) militia. Heaping scorn on both the GOI and "American occupiers," Sadr repeatedly sounded the powerful [...] | 2008-04-22 12:09:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PGOV PREL IZ IR |
08BAGHDAD1244 | PRT WASIT: WHO IS BURNING BADRAH'S FRUIT ORCHARDS? [...] (C) This a PRT Wasit reporting cable. 2. (C) Summary: In April 14 and 18 meetings with the PRT, Badrah Qada mayor Ali Hadi al Meshoeh speculated that Iranian interests were behind a recent series of orchard burnings was linked to the March 18 seizure of a large weapons cache by ISF. Ali [...] | 2008-04-22 12:39:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | IR IZ PINS PGOV |
08BAGHDAD1250 | RUN-UP TO ANBAR PIC - WHO'S IN CHARGE? [...] (C) SUMMARY: In an occasionally animated three-hour meeting between representatives of Coalition Forces, the GOI and the leadership of Anbar province April 7, the senior provincial leaadership pushed back against what it believed to be central government efforts to take provincial security a [...] | 2008-04-23 01:13:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | MASS MCAP MOPS PGOV PINS PREL PTER IZ |
08BAGHDAD1251 | MCNS APRIL 20: RULE OF LAW, MOSUL AND BASRAH [...] (S REL AUS UK) SUMMARY: Topics covered at the April 20 MCNS session included implementation of the Amnesty Law (cases are moving through the system - but there were concerns that some judicial review committees were approving too many); planning for military operations in Mosul (additional for [...] | 2008-04-23 01:13:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | MOPS MARR PGOV PREL PTER PHUM ECON IZ IR |
08BAGHDAD1254 | KRG BUILDING ITS OWN POWER GENERATING CAPACITY [...] (C) Summary: A privately-constructed build-own-operate 500 MW power plant located on the outskirts of Irbil at Pir Daoud should be completed by July 2008. Since the supply of associated gas it was designed to run on is not yet available, two of the 125 MW GE turbines have been retrofitted to [...] | 2008-04-23 07:06:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG PGOV EAGR EPET IR IZ |
08BAGHDAD1256 | HASHEMI: OLIVE BRANCH TO MALIKI TENTATIVELY [...] (C) Vice President Tariq al-Hashemi on April 17 met with the Ambassador and Special Assistant to the President Brett McGurk in Hashemi,s temporary home on President Talabani,s compound in Baghdad. The VP hailed the improved political climate since Prime Minister Maliki,s Basrah operation, sa [...] | 2008-04-23 09:16:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PREL PGOV PINS PINR IZ |
08BAGHDAD1257 | ALLAWI: IRAQIYYA PARTICIPATING POLITICALLY WITHOUT [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador and Special Assistant to the President Brett McGurk met on April 17 with Iraqiyya leader Ayad Allawi and MP Adnan Pachachi. Allawi gave little indication of near-term plans to re-enter the cabinet, but remains involved in the political process by participating in [...] | 2008-04-23 09:19:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINS PINR IZ |
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