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01DOHA1093TALIBAN PROPOSAL FOR BIN LADEN ISLAMIC TRIBUNAL
[...] No summary [...]
2001-04-07 12:16:00Embassy DohaSECRETPREL PTER AF PA QA
01STATE61624TALIBAN PROPOSAL FOR BIN LADEN ISLAMIC TRIBUNAL
[...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST FOR DOHA. PLEASE SEE PARA 3. 2. (S) THERE HAVE BEEN REPORTS FROM VARIOUS SOURCES THAT DURING THE TALIBAN DELEGATION VISIT TO QATAR THE TALIBAN AND QATARIS MAY DISCUSS A TRIBUNAL OF MUSLIM SCHOLARS TO TRY USAMA BIN LADEN IN QATAR. REPORTEDLY, UNDER THIS FOR [...]
2001-04-07 00:01:00Secretary of StateSECRETPREL PTER QA AF
02AMMAN4526GOJ RECALLS AMBASSADOR TO QATAR FOR CONSULTATIONS,
[...] (C) SUMMARY. The Government of Jordan closed the al-Jazeera office in Amman on August 7 and subsequently recalled its Ambassador to Qatar for consultations in response to an "inflammatory" episode of "Opposite Direction" by al-Jazeera. The program featured a guest who was aggressively criti [...]
2002-08-12 14:20:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM QA JO
02KUWAIT5415KUWAIT ACTING OIL MINISTER ON PROJECT KUWAIT,
[...] No summary [...]
2002-12-17 07:29:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALEPET ETRD PREL KU SA QA IR ENRG EINV
02VATICAN5640VATICAN AND QATAR ESTABLISH DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS
[...] THE HOLY SEE ANNOUNCED NOVEMBER 18 THAT IT HAS ESTABLISHED FORMAL DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS WITH QATAR. THE HOLY SEE WILL BE REPRESENTED AT THE LEVEL OF NUNCIO AND QATAR BY AN AMBASSADOR. THE HOLY SEE HAS DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS WITH MOST MOSLEM STATES WITH THE GLARING EXCEPTION OF SAUDI ARABIA, OM [...]
2002-11-20 09:09:00Embassy VaticanUNCLASSIFIEDPREL QA VT
03ABUDHABI1383MFA MINSTATE: ARAB LEAGUE COMMUNIQUE FAR
[...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY AMBASSADOR MARCELLE M. WAHBA FOR REASONS 1.5 (B,D). 2. (C) AMBASSADOR DELIVERED REFTEL DEMARCHE ON THE AFTERNOON OF 3/23 TO MFA MINSTATE SHAYKH HAMDAN BIN ZAYID (OTHER TOPICS SEPTEL, NOTAL). SHAYKH HAMDAN NOTED THAT NOT MUCH COULD BE EXPECTED FROM THE ARAB LEAGUE SESSIO [...]
2003-03-23 13:32:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV IZ QA TC
03ABUDHABI3680AFGHANISTAN -- TRAVEL OF PRESIDENT'S SPECIAL
[...] (SBU) Shaykh Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan, the President of the UAE, is currently vacationing at his villa in France near Geneva. We expect him to continue his vacation in Morocco. Our MFA Protocol contacts were not able to pinpoint his date of return to Abu Dhabi. Because of Sh. Zayed's adva [...]
2003-08-10 10:11:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOVIP OTRA KU QA TC AF
03ABUDHABI4764 UAE, OMAN FORMALIZE BORDER PACT
[...] (U) Summary: The historical dispute between the UAE and Oman over their common international border appears to be over. On October 11, the two neighbors exchanged authenticated documents on the agreement reached on the common border from east of Al Aqeedat to Al Daar in the north on the Arabi [...]
2003-10-27 11:53:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR QA SA IR MU TC
03ABUDHABI870UAEG WILL CONSIDER MULTILATERAL OPEN SKIES REGIME
[...] (U) Classified by DCM Richard Albright for reasons 1.5 (b) and (d). 2. (C) Econchief delivered reftel demarche on the benefits of joining a multilateral open skies aviation regime on 2/22 to UAE Ministry of Communications Assistant Undersecretary for Civil Aviation Mohamed Yahya Al-Suweidi [...]
2003-02-22 14:00:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALPREL EAIR PGOV ECON MU QA BA TC
03DOHA1748IN-HOUSE VIEWS ON POTENTIAL HAMAS TARGETS
[...] (S) SUMMARY. The organizations named in ref B, Qatar Charitable Society (QCS),Sheikh Eid bin Mohammed Charitable Society and the Qatari Joint Committee for Relief, are three of the four charitable entities in Qatar (the fourth is the Qatar Red Crescent Society). The GOQ is committed to combat [...]
2003-07-10 11:43:00Embassy DohaSECRETEFIN PTER ECON ETTC QA
03KUWAIT3409KUWAIT ON SUPPORT FOR POLISH STABILIZATION FORCES
[...] (S) The Ambassador delivered reftel demarche to Foreign Minister Shaykh Dr. Mohammed Al-Sabah during their July 28 meeting (other topics septel). The FM said Kuwait had already agreed in principle to supporting Polish forces, as long as the burden was also shared by other nations. He added that Pri [...]
2003-07-29 06:07:00Embassy KuwaitSECRETMARR MASS PREL KU QA BA SA MU TC
03KUWAIT5209GCC CONFORMITY CERTIFICATION SCHEME FOR COUNTRIES
[...] No summary [...]
2003-11-17 05:18:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDECON ETRD MU QA BA SA KU WTRO GCC USTR TC
03KUWAIT5756(C) GOK STILL AWAITING QATARI GAS; UNLIKELY TO
[...] (C) Summary: Despite increased publicity surrounding a possible Kuwaiti-Iranian natural gas deal, the GOK is unlikely to conclude an agreement with Iran, according to a well-placed Kuwait Petroleum Company (KPC) official. Rather, Kuwait is betting that Qatar will eventually serve as its prima [...]
2003-12-20 13:44:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALEPET ENRG ETRD PREL KU SA QA IR
03OTTAWA1862A/S WAYNE'S MEETING WITH ABDULLA BIN AL-ATTIYAH,
[...] (SBU) Summary: During a bilateral meeting held June 25 on the margins of the International Arab Banking Summit in Montreal, A/S Anthony Wayne and Abdulla bin al-Attiyah, Governor of the Central Bank of Qatar, discussed the regional economic situation with a focus on the fight against terror [...]
2003-06-30 20:03:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ECIN EFIN ETRD EINV ETTC PREL PTER PINR QA XF
04ABUDHABI138QATARI FM DEFENDS PRESENCE OF FOREIGN BASES;
[...] Qatar's First Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister defended Gulf countries that invite foreign forces on their soil saying countries have the sovereign right to protect themselves against invaders, such as dictators like Saddam Hussein. Shaykh Hamad bin Jassim bin Jabr Al Thani was speak [...]
2004-01-12 13:38:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDPREL IZ QA TC
04ABUDHABI2061VIEWS ON QATAR-SAUDI MEETING, QATAR'S TIES
[...] (C) In farewell calls with the Ambassador, the Qatari Ambassador to the UAE, Abdullah Al-Othman, and Abu Dhabi Deputy Crown Prince and Chief of Staff of the UAE Armed Forces, Shaykh Mohamed bin Zayed (MbZ),gave their respective readouts on the recent Qatar- Saudi talks, and on the Qatari Crow [...]
2004-06-22 14:04:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALPREL QA TC
04AMMAN3955U/S LARSON MEETING WITH QATARI MINISTER OF ECONOMY
[...] (SBU) U/S Larson met with Qatari Minister of Economy and Commerce Mohammed Bin Ahmed Bin Jassim Al-Thani on May 15 at the margins of the World Economic Forum at the Dead Sea in Jordan. Larson opened by seeking the views of the Qataris on the G-8 reform initiative. He passed a copy of the late [...]
2004-05-19 13:55:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEINV EPET EAID QA IZ NG
04CARACAS3826CHAVEZ'S ANTI-IMPERIALIST MISSIONARY JOURNEY
[...] (C) President Hugo Chavez visited Spain, Libya, Russia, Iran, and Qatar during November 23-30 as part of what GOV officials called an "international offensive" to promote the new phase of the Bolivarian Revolution. In Spain, Chavez capitalized on Foreign Minister Moratino's assertion that the [...]
2004-12-10 21:13:00Embassy CaracasCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM ECON VE SP RS IR QA
04KUWAIT3462GCC DISCUSSES COMMON THREAT OF TERRORISM
[...] (U) In preparation for an October 9-10 meeting of Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Interior Ministers in Kuwait, GCC Interior Ministry Undersecretaries met in Kuwait on October 2 and 3 to discuss the common threat of terrorism and what steps the Council could take to further bolster their cooper [...]
2004-10-04 13:52:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER KU BA YM QA UE OM
04KUWAIT786(SBU) KUWAIT AND IRAQ BEGIN ADDRESSING BILATERAL
[...] (SBU) Summary. Energy Ministry Undersecretary Al-Own told USG officials that Kuwait and Iraq have begun direct discussion of bilateral energy issues through the creation of a technical committee, but he remains concerned that Iraq is lacking well-organized plans for the sector. (See septel o [...]
2004-03-09 04:00:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALENRG ETRD EINV KU IZ SA QA IR
04KUWAIT928(C) KUWAIT PETROLEUM COMPANY: UNCOMPROMISING ON
[...] (SBU) Summary. On 9 March Embassy and US Military officials from OMC-K and the 143rd Transportation Unit met with Kuwait Petroleum Company (KPC) Deputy Chairman Nader Sultan to discuss the current status of the Iraq humanitarian fuel contract and the US military's future land needs at the po [...]
2004-03-22 11:34:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALENRG ETRD EINV EWWT PREL MARR KU IZ SA QA IR
04MANAMA725BAHRAIN MAY SIGN BIG IRAN GAS DEAL AT YEAR'S END
[...] (C/NF) Bahraini CP Sheikh Salman bin Hamed told CDA on May 15 that Bahrain may conclude a major agreement to buy Iranian gas by the end of CY 2004. Bahraini demand for natural gas is increasing with projects such as the expansion of the aluminum smelter go forward. These projects are vital [...]
2004-05-17 14:37:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNEPET ENRG ETTC PREL IR QA BA
04YEREVAN2635GOAM GETS QUOTAS FROM QATAR FOR LABOR
[...] The Department on Migration and Refugees (DMR) has finished work with the Government of Qatar to create a legal framework for Armenians working in Qatar. In the agreement (scheduled to be signed in the near future) the Government of Qatar has provided quotas for the workers in the following [...]
2004-12-09 06:10:00Embassy YerevanUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL ELAB QA AM KTIP
04ZAGREB552MESIC PLEASED WITH MIDDLE EAST VISIT
[...] (C) In a meeting on March 27 with the Ambassador arranged to discuss a Croatian proposal to refit a Libyan military vessel (ref),Croatian President Stipe Mesic spent most of his time discussing his recent visit to the Middle East. He said he had a very full schedule of meetings in Damascus [...]
2004-04-01 08:57:00Embassy ZagrebCONFIDENTIALPREL ETRD HR QA IS SY
05ABUDHABI1271UAE CONDEMNS TERROR ATTACK IN QATAR
[...] UAE leaders have denounced the March 19 attack in Doha, and have pledged to cooperate with Qatar in fighting terrorism. Press reports said that President Khalifa called the Emir of Qatar on March 20 to condemn the attack. Khalifa said the security of Qatar was an "integral part" of the UAE' [...]
2005-03-21 10:59:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDPTER PREL QA TC
05ABUDHABI1331UAE INCREASES SECURITY AFTER BOMBING IN QATAR,
[...] (C) Summary: After the Doha theater bombing, UAE officials markedly increased the security presence throughout the cities of Abu Dhabi and Dubai in locations such as diplomatic communities, western schools, and residential neighborhoods. UAEG officials are worried they are vulnerable to this [...]
2005-03-23 13:30:00Embassy Abu DhabiSECRETPTER PREL ASEC QA TC
05ABUDHABI4200MINSTATE FOREIGN AFFAIRS MEETS AMBASSADOR KHALILZAD
[...] (C) Summary: U.S. Ambassador to Iraq Zalmay Khalilzad visited Abu Dhabi October 4 to urge Deputy Prime Minister/Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Sheikh Hamdan bin Zayed (HbZ) and the UAE to support the Iraqi political process. HbZ agreed that the UAEG would encourage Dubai-based Iraqi Su [...]
2005-10-04 11:13:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV IR IZ QA TC
05ABUDHABI4696UAEG RECOMMENDATIONS FOR AFGHANISTAN
[...] (S) Summary: On November 9, U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan, Ronald Neumann, visited Abu Dhabi and met with Minister of Information Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed al Nahyan (AbZ) and MFA U/S Abdullah Rashid al Noaimi. He inquired about GCC states, views and UAEG's recommendations on Afghanistan. [...]
2005-11-19 12:50:00Embassy Abu DhabiSECRETPREL PGOV AF KU QA SA TC
05AMMAN9319JORDAN SEEKS US SUPPORT IN ADVANCE OF OIC SUMMIT
[...] (C) King Abdullah II and Jordanian Foreign Minister Abdulillah Al Khatib separately briefed Ambassador December 1 on GOJ efforts to prepare for the December 7-8 summit in Mecca of the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC). Khatib explained that the GOJ is working for a final communiq [...]
2005-12-01 13:04:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALKISL PREL PTER SA QA JO
05AMMAN9899FSN Conference in Doha on ESTH Builds Awareness,
[...] Summary: FSNs from Embassies Kuwait, Sanaa, Amman, and Doha and Consulate General Dubai met with Regional Hub Officer and Doha Econ/Pol officers on December 21 to learn about environment, science, technology and health (ESTH) issues. The conference included an introduction to ESTH topics, an [...]
2005-12-27 13:24:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDSENV AFSI KGLB QA XF
05ANKARA1650POTENTIAL TURKISH CONTRIBUTION TO BMENA INVESTMENT
[...] (SBU) Summary. In recent months, Turkish government and private sector officials have shown an increasing interest in becoming more involved on the economic side of the BMENA initiative. This fits with Turkey's large and growing trade and investment with the region and its potential -- as a [...]
2005-03-22 13:56:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ECON EINV KCRM PGOV QA EG TU
05BAGHDAD3566SUNNI ARAB OFFICIALS ON HOW TO HELP THE
[...] (C) Summary: Fatwa Association (Salafist) Dr. Mahmud al Mashadani told the Ambassador August 30 that changes to the draft constitution in four areas -- Arab identity, Iraqi unity, placement of statement on Islam and human rights, and clarification of ownership of future oil and natural gas dis [...]
2005-08-31 21:16:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV QA IZ
05BAGHDAD3567SUNNI LEADER REJECTS CONSTITUTION, ALLEGES POLICE
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Adnan al-Dulaimi told Ambassador on August 30 that Minister of Interior Baqr Jabr should be removed due to allegations of arbitrary arrest, abuse, and murder of Sunnis by Iraqi Police (IP). Dulaimi worried that federalism would divide the country and urged that the referendum be [...]
2005-08-31 21:27:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV QA IZ
05DJIBOUTI196GUELLEH REQUESTS QATARI INVESTMENT OF NATURAL GAS
[...] (C) Summary: Acting Foreign Minister Mahamoud Ali Youssouf briefed Ambassador on the highlights of President Ismail Omar Guelleh's Qatar trip in a February 23 meeting she requested to discuss several issues (see septels). Youssouf said Guelleh's visit was in response to an invitation extended b [...]
2005-02-28 09:54:00Embassy DjiboutiCONFIDENTIALPREL ECON EPET ENRG DJ QA
05DOHA1005FRAN TOWNSEND'S JUNE 2, 2005 MEETINGS IN QATAR
[...] (S) Summary: Frances (Fran) Townsend, Assistant to the President and Advisor on Homeland Security, visited Doha for a few hours on Thursday, 2 June 2005. In her meetings with Sheikh Tamim the Heir Apparent, with the Amir (in which Foreign Minister Sheikh Hamad bin Jassim sat in),and finally [...]
2005-06-06 09:16:00Embassy DohaSECRETASEC KPAO MARR PREL QA
05DOHA1039DISCUSSION WITH QATARI OPPOSITION FIGURES
[...] (SBU) P/E Section hosted a small group of Qatari oppositionists for lunch on May 26. The guests conveyed the view that economic and political power are overwhelmingly in the hands of the state and that democratic ideas had not yet taken root in the overall population. There was some criticism o [...]
2005-06-09 14:44:00Embassy DohaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM QA
05DOHA1056CONVERSATION WITH ISLAMIC SCHOLAR YOUSEF
[...] (C) P/E Chief met with influential Islamic scholar Dr. Yousef al-Qaradawi in May. Qaradawi maintained an attitude of intellectual superiority and aloofness during the meeting. He made a point to reaffirm his well-known positions on suicide bombings against Israel and on interacting with Jews. H [...]
2005-06-13 14:45:00Embassy DohaCONFIDENTIALPREL KISL PTER PINR IZ IS QA
05DOHA1081G77 Begins the Second "South Summit" in Qatar
[...] (U) Foreign Ministers of the Group of 77 UN bloc met June 13 in Doha as part of the second "South Summit." Heads of State, largely from the African, Pacific, and Arab regions, will meet June 15 and 16. The conference is expected to deal with issues of UN reform, international development assist [...]
2005-06-15 08:57:00Embassy DohaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL ETRD KDEM QA UN
05DOHA1096QATAR REFUTES AL-QAIDA PAYOFF ALLEGATION
[...] Post received the note verbale in paragraph two from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs by fax on June 8. The message refutes the allegation made in a Sunday Times article May 1 that Qatar pays al-Qaida to spare it from attack. The note requests that the Qatari position be transmitted to the "high [...]
2005-06-16 11:22:00Embassy DohaUNCLASSIFIEDPTER PGOV PREL UK QA
05DOHA1131G77 SUMMIT: NEW DEVELOPMENT FUND PROPOSED AT CLOSING
[...] Summary. The G77 South Summit ended June 16 with a proposal for a new development fund to which Qatar would contribute $20 million. Leaders called on developed nations to meet the target of 0.7% of GDP toward overseas assistance. In addition to improved access to markets in developed economies, [...]
2005-06-21 08:15:00Embassy DohaUNCLASSIFIEDECON PREL ETRD KDEM XA XB XC XD XE XK XL XM XO QA UN
05DOHA1132ASIAN LABOR DEMOGRAPHICS AND EXPERIENCE
[...] (U) Summary. Poloff hosted a group of Asian labor attaches for lunch on May 17. Labor attaches from Indonesia, Nepal, Pakistan, the Philippines, and Sri Lanka attended. Poloff also met individually with attaches from Bangladesh, China and India. For the most part, the attaches openly expressed [...]
2005-06-21 08:41:00Embassy DohaUNCLASSIFIEDELAB ETRD PHUM QA
05DOHA1155QATAR'S NEW CONSTITUTION TAKES EFFECT WITHOUT FANFARE
[...] (SBU) Qatar's first constitution took effect June 9, replacing a temporary law in place since 1971. The event passed without any attention from the media or other official recognition. When the constitution was approved by popular referendum in 2003, there was much fanfare to highlight the occa [...]
2005-06-23 13:05:00Embassy DohaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM QA
05DOHA1158MINISTER OF ENERGY ON GAS INVESTMENTS AND RESERVES
[...] (SBU) Summary. Energy Minister al-Attiyah welcomed a possible visit by Secretary Bodman in November, telling senior officials from the Department of Energy "we will plan a good trip for him." Attiya discussed Qatar's investment plans with the DOE delegation and noted that Qatar expects to supp [...]
2005-06-23 15:30:00Embassy DohaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEPET EINV PREL QA
05DOHA1225AMIR EXTENDS CURRENT ADVISORY COUNCIL SESSON FOR
[...] (SBU) The Amir of Qatar, Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, extended the current, all-appointed legislative body by one year, to June 30, 2006, according to official reports seen June 28. The Advisory Council's term was to expire on June 30, 2005 (ref A),in order to conform to Qatar's new con [...]
2005-07-03 15:07:00Embassy DohaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM QA
05DOHA1226DIALOGUE OF RELIGIONS CONFERENCE: AMIR WELCOMES
[...] (U) Summary. The Amir of Qatar opened the Third Conference on Dialogue of Religions and welcomed Jewish participants for the first time. (Though none came from Israel, there was a five- member delegation of rabbis from the U.S.) In his opening remarks, the Amir expressed liberal views on reform [...]
2005-07-04 08:45:00Embassy DohaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KISL IS QA
05DOHA1240HOW ELITE QATARI WOMEN VIEW THEMSELVES
[...] (U) Summary. The Political Section has been following up with Qatari women throughout the last few months to gain their perspective on various facets of Qatari society and the changing role of women. At a recent gathering of elite Qatari women, Poloff asked the women to express their views on a [...]
2005-07-06 12:26:00Embassy DohaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PINS PREL SOCI QA
05DOHA1268QARADAWI VIEWED LOCALLY AS A MODERATE SCHOLAR
[...] (C) Summary. Dr. Yousef al-Qaradawi is the most influential Muslim scholar in Qatar. His positions on social issues are seen as moderate by his followers. He plays an important role in Islamic banking in the country. His personal wealth is due to favors bestowed by the ruling Al Thani family. [...]
2005-07-12 14:43:00Embassy DohaCONFIDENTIALPREL KISL PTER QA
05DOHA1443QATAR WELCOMES ISRAEL'S WITHDRAWAL FROM GAZA
[...] The government of Qatar announced its satisfaction with the Israeli withdrawal from the Gaza Strip in a diplomatic circular received August 16. The circular included an "unofficial translation" in English (para. 2). In its statement, the GOQ calls for withdrawal from all Palestinian territories [...]
2005-08-17 14:13:00Embassy DohaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL GZ IS QA
05DOHA1445DATA REQUEST: QATARI ASSISTANCE TO THE PALESTINIAN
[...] No summary [...]
2005-08-18 10:41:00Embassy DohaUNCLASSIFIEDEAID EFIN PREL IS WE GZ QA
05DOHA1468OULD AL-TAYA ARRIVES IN DOHA, JOINING OTHER EXILES
[...] (U) Ousted Mauritanian president Maouiya Ould al-Taya arrived in Doha at 8 PM August 22 with his family. According to a local news report, he was also accompanied by the "teacher of his children" and is staying at a luxury hotel. He arrived on a Qatar Airways plane via Cairo. Sources indicate [...]
2005-08-24 13:58:00Embassy DohaCONFIDENTIALPREL KDEM PTER KISL XA QA
05DOHA1474CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION UPDATE: QATAR
[...] (C) Post delivered reftel points, including the offer to meet Qatari officials at The Hague, to the MFA. Ambassador had previously discussed Washington's offer to send officials to Doha before or after Ramadan 2005 to discuss the CWC Challenge Inspections issue. Post has also delivered the dra [...]
2005-08-25 13:17:00Embassy DohaCONFIDENTIALPARM MARR PREL KTIA QA
05DOHA1567AL JAZEERA INTERNATIONAL: THE HASSAN AND JOSH SHOW
[...] (SBU) Summary: Pol/Econ chief participated September 2 in the filming of an Al Jazeera International pilot program not intended for broadcast. The program, co-hosted by two personalities prominent in the 2004 documentary `Control Room', still lacks polish. AJI operations are still in a somewha [...]
2005-09-13 10:50:00Embassy DohaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KPAO QA ALJAZEERA
05DOHA15939/17 MEETING WITH AL JAZEERA MANAGING DIRECTOR
[...] (SBU) Summary: PAO met 9/17 with Wadah Khanfar, Managing Director of Al Jazeera (AJ). The following topics were discussed: Para 2: Khanfar's view of GWOT; Para 3: A new entity: "The Al Jazeera Network" Paras 4-7: Al Jazeera's relations with Arab governments (including Iraq's); Paras 5: USG [...]
2005-09-18 13:08:00Embassy DohaCONFIDENTIALKPAO PREL PTER QA ALJAZEERA
05DOHA1605AL JAZEERA CHILDREN'S CHANNEL
[...] Summary: Al Jazeera Children's Channel was launched to great media fanfare in Doha on September 9. Ninety percent owned by Qatar Foundation, the new channel has a limited administrative relationship with the original Al Jazeera satellite channel. Developed and implemented in association with t [...]
2005-09-20 06:48:00Embassy DohaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KPAO QA ALJAZEERA
05DOHA1609FINAL MEETING WITH ISRAELI TRADE REP
[...] (C) Summary. Dov Segev-Steinberg, Israeli trade representative, shared his views on a range of issues with Poloff in a final meeting before his departure from Qatar the last week of September. While the trade representative did not foresee any change in Qatar-Israeli relations and the current [...]
2005-09-20 11:21:00Embassy DohaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV IS QA
05DOHA1657COMBATING EXTREMISM: QATAR
[...] (S) The extent and nature of extremism in Qatar is limited by several factors. One is Qatar,s considerable wealth, which enables it to steer clear of the poverty-inspired extremism affecting poorer nations. Other factors are the small size of the country (comparable to Connecticut) and populat [...]
2005-09-29 09:28:00Embassy DohaSECRETEAID KDEM KPAO PHUM PREL QA ALJAZEERA
05DOHA1701AMERICAN BUSINESSES IN QATAR EAGER TO DO THEIR
[...] (U) Summary. Post continues its effort to promote labor standards and raise awareness of labor issues in Qatar. Recent efforts culminated in a presentation by Qatari Labor Department officials to the American Business Council of Qatar. The presentation highlighted the growing interest and conc [...]
2005-10-05 12:25:00Embassy DohaUNCLASSIFIEDELAB ETRD ECON PREL QA
05DOHA1721QATAR: CODEL REED'S 10 OCTOBER 2005 MEETING WITH
[...] (C) Senators Jack Reed of Rhode Island and Chris Dodd of Connecticut met with Qatari Foreign Minister Sheikh Hamad bin Jassim al-Thani (HBJ) in his private majlis at Al-Wajba Palace outside Doha on the evening of 10 October 2005. Senator Dodd is the third-ranking Democrat on the Foreign Relati [...]
2005-10-12 10:19:00Embassy DohaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER QA
05DOHA1726SPORTS AS POLITICS: QATAR DONATES MILLIONS TO
[...] No summary [...]
2005-10-13 10:27:00Embassy DohaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV IS QA
05DOHA1733QATAR CONVICTS TWO EXECUTIVES OF INSIDER TRADING
[...] (SBU) Summary. The State of Qatar recently convicted two senior corporate executives on charges of insider trading on the Doha Stock Exchange. One of the executives convicted, Saeed Abdullah Al-Misnad, is an uncle to the Amir's wife, the powerful Sheikha Mozah Bin Nasser Al-Misnad. When th [...]
2005-10-13 13:27:00Embassy DohaUNCLASSIFIEDECON ETRD QA
05DOHA1734EMBASSY DEMARCHES ON OBJECTIONABLE AL JAZEERA
[...] (C) Summary: Ambassador and PAO met separately 10/13 with GOQ and Al Jazeera officials to express USG objections to material published recently on Al Jazeera's website (www.aljazeera.net) relating to the recent visit of U/S Karen Hughes to the region. Al Jazeera's website director acknowledged [...]
2005-10-13 14:08:00Embassy DohaCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAO QA ALJAZEERA
05DOHA1744QATAR: AMBASSADOR UNTERMEYER'S 14 OCTOBER 2005
[...] (U) The Ambassador met with Qatar's First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Sheikh Hamad bin Jassim al-Thani (HBJ) at Wajbah Palace during the evening of Friday, 14 October. ---------------------- Iraq Referendum ---------------------- 2. (S) HBJ said he had been ca [...]
2005-10-17 14:08:00Embassy DohaSECRETPREL PTER KPAO QA IZ
05DOHA1752QATAR: S/I JEFFREY'S OCTOBER 6, 2005 MEETING WITH
[...] (C) Summary: Senior Advisor on Iraq James Jeffrey and an interagency team that included representatives from the NSC, DOD, and Treasury met with Qatari Foreign Minister Sheikh Hamad bin Jassim al-Thani (HBJ) on October 6. HBJ assured the U.S. delegation that Qatar was committed to winning the [...]
2005-10-19 07:08:00Embassy DohaCONFIDENTIALIZ PREL PTER QA
05DOHA1764AMIR'S INAUGURAL ADDRESS TO ADVISORY COUNCIL
[...] (U) Summary. On Tuesday, October 11th, the Amir Sheikh Hamad Bin Khalifa Al-Thani delivered the opening address to the 34th session of the Advisory Council. The Amir's speech was perhaps more noteworthy for what it did not say, as opposed to what it said. The speech touched on Qatar's economic [...]
2005-10-20 13:17:00Embassy DohaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL QA
05DOHA1765PAO MEETING WITH AL JAZEERA MANAGING DIRECTOR
[...] (C) Summary: PAO met 10/19 with Al Jazeera Managing Director Wadah Khanfar to discuss the latest DIA report on Al Jazeera and disturbing Al Jazeera website content. Khanfar is preparing a written response to the DIA points from July, August and September which should be available during the co [...]
2005-10-20 13:25:00Embassy DohaCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAO QA ALJAZEERA
05DOHA1779QATARIS SEE TRUTH IN MEHLIS REPORT BUT ARE CAUTIOUS
[...] (C) Summary. Qataris and resident non-Qatari Arabs (largely Palestinians, Jordanians, and Egyptians) are generally of the view that the Mehlis report on the Hariri assassination is credible but should not be used as a justification to use force against Syria. Qataris and non-Qatari Arabs hold [...]
2005-10-24 13:37:00Embassy DohaCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER SY LE QA
05DOHA1786MEETING WITH AL JAZEERA QUALITY ASSURANCE CHIEF
[...] (C) Summary: PAO met 10/26 with Jaafar Abbas Ahmed, the head of Al Jazeera's Quality Assurance unit. Abbas spoke frankly of the difficulties the unit faces in encouraging the professionalization of Al Jazeera, including resistance and hostility from AJ's older generation of journalists. He said [...]
2005-10-26 13:14:00Embassy DohaCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAO QA ALJAZEERA
05DOHA1790DEMOCRATIC REFORM STRATEGY FOR QATAR - QUARTERLY
[...] (C) This is a quarterly update on Embassy Doha's democratic reform action plan under the Middle East Partnership Initiative. This update addresses activities in three areas: strengthening the rule of law, developing open political competition, and developing civic education. Rule of Law --- [...]
2005-10-27 13:35:00Embassy DohaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM KMPI ECON PHUM QA
05DOHA1798SYRIAN DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER VISIT TO DOHA
[...] (U) Syrian Deputy Foreign Minister Walid Moallem visited Doha for several hours October 30, meeting with the Amir and Foreign Minister. His tour also included Jeddah, Kuwait, and Abu Dhabi. According to reports, Moallem emphasized Syria's desire the cooperate with the Mehlis Committee and said [...]
2005-10-31 13:12:00Embassy DohaCONFIDENTIALPREL SY QA UNSC
05DOHA1803MEETING WITH AL JAZEERA MEDIA TRAINING CENTER
[...] (SBU) Summary: PAO met 10/31 with Mahmoud Abdel Hadi, Director of the Al Jazeera Media Training and Development Center located in Doha, now in its second year of operation. Abdel Hadi said the focus of the Center is regional and that 1,500 Arab journalists have participated in the Center's pro [...]
2005-11-02 10:41:00Embassy DohaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KPAO KMPI QA ALJAZEERA
05DOHA1805DIRECT FUNDING PROPOSAL - QATAR
[...] Embassy Doha requests $2,100 for curriculum materials and $1,900 for an instructor from FSI/Tunis to provide training for post's two teachers. See paragraphs 3 - 6. 2. Embassy Doha's Language Program: Post's two part-time instructors teach Arabic to three new beginners, one continuing begin [...]
2005-11-02 11:15:00Embassy DohaUNCLASSIFIEDAFSI AMGT QA
05DOHA1809QATAR ECONOMY HEATS UP
[...] Summary. Qatari Minister of Economy and Commerce, Sheikh Mohamed bin Ahmed Al Thani, has highlighted the country's bright economic prospects in interviews with local press and in a front- page story in the recent Middle East Economic Digest. The economy is expected to grow by 25 to 27 percent, [...]
2005-11-02 12:33:00Embassy DohaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EPET EINV PGOV QA
05DOHA1823SCENESETTER - VISIT OF ENERGY SECRETARY BODMAN TO
[...] (C) Mr. Secretary, we are pleased to welcome you to Doha. Your visit is an important one: you will be the first cabinet-level U.S. official to meet with Qatari officials in Doha this year. Your visit will demonstrate the importance we place on the future of our energy relationship and will help [...]
2005-11-09 12:33:00Embassy DohaCONFIDENTIALEPET ENRG ECON ETRD EINV PGOV QA ALJAZEERA
05DOHA1836QATAR: TIP INTERIM ASSESSMENT
[...] (U) Post is submitting the following update on Qatar's efforts to address weaknesses identified in the 2005 TIP Report for inclusion in the Interim Assessment Report. 2. (U) The GOQ has begun implementing the broad recommendations contained in the anti-trafficking national action plan. The [...]
2005-11-14 10:27:00Embassy DohaUNCLASSIFIEDKCRM KWMN PHUM PREL QA
05DOHA1856RELIGIOUS FREEDOM: THE DISCUSSION THAT DID NOT
[...] (C) The Amir's decision in May to lease land for the building of churches (reftel) surfaced in non-Qatari Arab and western newspapers at the end of October and early November. At issue was the degree to which the churches would be welcomed by Qatari society. The fact that it appeared primarily [...]
2005-11-16 14:28:00Embassy DohaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV SOCI KISL QA
05DOHA1898PREPARATIONS BEGIN FOR LEGISLATIVE ELECTIONS
[...] (U) The GOQ appears to have launched preparations for Qatar's legislative elections expected in early 2007. The First Deputy Premier and Foreign Minister, Sheikh Hamad bin Jassem bin Jabor Al Thani, said that "Preparations are currently under way to hold the first-ever parliamentary poll in the [...]
2005-11-28 14:25:00Embassy DohaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KDEM QA
05DOHA1907QATAR: OUTLINE OF DRAFT NATIONALITY LAW
[...] (C) Summary. A draft law on nationality shared with the Embassy limits the number of foreigners who can be granted Qatari nationality to 50 per year. Those nationalized would not have the right to vote and their citizenship could be revoked upon the recommendation of the Ministry of Interior. [...]
2005-11-30 07:16:00Embassy DohaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM QA
05DOHA1937GOQ REQUESTS OFFICIAL EXPLANATION OF AL-JAZEERA
[...] (C) Text of diplomatic note received by Ambassador Untermeyer on 4 December 2005: Begin Text: UNOFFICIAL TRANSLATION The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the State of Qatar presents its compliments to the State Department of the United States of America and has the honor to refer to the [...]
2005-12-06 13:58:00Embassy DohaCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAO QA ALJAZEERA
05DOHA1961DAS GORDON GRAY MEETING WITH SHEIKH HAMAD BIN
[...] (U) Present on the Qatari side: Sheikh Hamad bin Jassim al-Thani (HBJ),Foreign Minister and First Deputy Prime Minister of Qatar; Sheikh Jabor bin Yusuf al-Thani, HBJ,s Office Director and nephew; Sheikha Mayassa bint Hamad al-Thani, daughter of the Amir of Qatar and newly-appointed Assistan [...]
2005-12-11 14:06:00Embassy DohaSECRETPREL KPAO QA
05DOHA1976DAS GRAY'S DECEMBER 1 MEETING WITH AL JAZEERA
[...] (C) Summary: DAS Gray met with Al Jazeera Managing Director Wadah Khanfar December 1 in Doha. Topics discussed included the Daily Mirror story alleging President Bush considered bombing Al Jazeera offices in Doha; USG concerns about Al Jazeera's professionalism, and possible cooperation in the [...]
2005-12-14 08:15:00Embassy DohaCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAO QA ALJAZEERA
05DOHA2022QATAR: FIRST STEPS TOWARD THE FREEDOM TO ASSOCIATE
[...] Summary. In the one year that has passed since the enactment of the Law for Societies and Private Foundations, only three private societies have received permission to form. Applicants for private status are critical of an application process that is lengthy, convoluted, and laden with restric [...]
2005-12-22 11:12:00Embassy DohaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PHUM KDEM QA
05DOHA2037QATAR: CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION CHALLENGE
[...] (C) Summary. Qatari authorities balked at meeting a CWC Challenge Inspections negotiating team from Washington on December 15 because, in post's view, senior decision-makers had not been prepared by subordinates on the substance of the meeting. Officials also had not obtained sufficient decisi [...]
2005-12-27 13:44:00Embassy DohaCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL MARR KTIA QA
05DOHA2038SECRETARY OF ENERGY BODMAN'S MEETING WITH AMIR OF
[...] (U) U.S. Energy Secretary Samuel W. Bodman met with the Amir of Qatar, Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, on November 15, 2005, in the course of a two-day visit to Qatar. Secretary Bodman also visited energy installations and met SIPDIS with resident U.S. business executives. The meeting wit [...]
2005-12-28 06:16:00Embassy DohaCONFIDENTIALENRG EPET EINV PREL IR QA
05DOHA206Special Media Reaction: Qatari coverage of the
[...] SUMMARY: All the Qatari papers from 01/29-02/03/2005 provided front-page coverage for the Iraqi elections. The papers focused on the absence of Sunni Iraqi voters in the Elections, linking the poor participation to the deteriorating security situation. Today, all the papers front-paged the Qat [...]
2005-02-03 10:12:00Embassy DohaUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PREL OPRC QA IZ MEPP
05DOHA845QATAR: UPDATE ON NATIONALITY ISSUE
[...] (C) Summary. Over the past several months, post has received numerous reports from Qatari nationals that the government has revoked their nationality (reftel A). According to various sources, the group most affected by these revocations is the Al-Ghufran branch of the Al-Murra tribe. This trib [...]
2005-05-10 13:51:00Embassy DohaSECRETPGOV PREL PHUM PINR QA
05DOHA849QATAR: UPDATE ON UNDERAGE CAMEL JOCKEYS
[...] (U) Summary. Recently concluded camel races in Qatar provided an opportunity to learn about the child camel jockey situation in Qatar. While the findings point to a significant problem, recent statements and pledges by government officials suggest that the GOQ may finally be taking some impor [...]
2005-05-11 14:45:00Embassy DohaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL PGOV ELAB KCRM QA
05DOHA852005 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT: QATAR
[...] This report serves as the 2005 Investment Climate Statement for Qatar. It will be provided to assist U.S. investors wishing to do business in Qatar. 2. A.1 Openness to Foreign Investment: 3. The Government of Qatar, under the leadership of His Highness the Emir Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa [...]
2005-01-12 11:10:00Embassy DohaUNCLASSIFIEDEINV EFIN ELAB ENRG EPET QA KTBD OPIC USTR
05DOHA858QATAR'S SPONSORSHIP LAW
[...] (U)Summary. Sponsorship rules are believed by many to be at the heart of labor issues and disputes in Qatar. The current law requires expatriate workers to have the signed permission of their sponsors when changing employment or departing Qatar. Critics of the law allege that it creates a sy [...]
2005-05-12 12:16:00Embassy DohaUNCLASSIFIEDELAB ETRD PHUM QA
05DOHA861DOHA SECURITIES MARKET OPENING TO FOREIGN
[...] Summary. On April 3 the Doha Securities Market (DSM) opened up to allow greater yet limited foreign investment in all sectors of the economy. The opening of the DSM has created a lot of excitement and speculation among Qatari investors who see opportunities to create wealth. However, foreig [...]
2005-05-15 09:09:00Embassy DohaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN ETRD QA
05DOHA881DEMOCRATIC REFORM MEPI STRATEGY FOR QATAR
[...] Post has developed a three-pronged approach to advance the GOQ's democratic reform agenda. Our planning revolves around Qatar's first national legislative elections, expected to take place in 2006. Post sees the following as primary objectives of the MEPI partnership: promoting open political [...]
2005-05-17 04:22:00Embassy DohaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KMPI KDEM XF QA
05DOHA910GOVERNMENT OF QATAR AGREES TO LEASE PROPERTY FOR
[...] On 10 May, representatives of Christian churches in Qatar signed an agreement at the Foreign Ministry for a 50-year lease on a large piece of property in Doha on which they will erect six churches at their own expense. The churches will pay nominal leases of only a few hundred dollars a year, [...]
2005-05-22 11:58:00Embassy DohaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL QA
05DOHA934NATURAL GAS UPDATE: BAHRAIN PIPELINE, VENEZUELA
[...] (SBU) Summary. A Ministry of Energy official told post that a natural gas pipeline to Bahrain announced in papers in Doha and Manama does not have much basis in reality. The official said that Venezuela had asked Qatar to participate in a project to supply LNG to the United States; the Qataris [...]
2005-05-25 15:02:00Embassy DohaUNCLASSIFIEDEPET EINV PREL VE BA QA
05DOHA953SCENESETTER FOR NSC FRANCES TOWNSEND'S JUNE 2,
[...] (C) Let me extend a warm welcome to you from me and the team at Embassy Doha. Your visit fulfills a pledge President Bush made to the Emir last April for you to visit Qatar to explore enhanced counterterrorism cooperation. To that end, we have requested meetings with the Emir, Sheikh Hamad bin [...]
2005-05-26 15:01:00Embassy DohaSECRETPREL PTER MARR QA
05DOHA962PROPOSED MINI-ACTION PLAN FOR QATAR
[...] (U) Embassy Doha has reviewed the TIP Mini-Action Plan in reftel and proposes several revisions to reflect recent actions taken by the Government of Qatar (GOQ) and to set out a realistic and achievable series of steps for the GOQ to take before July 30. Revised Mini-Action Plan is below. - [...]
2005-05-31 11:47:00Embassy DohaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM KWMN OPRC PREL KCRM SMIG QA
05DOHA991QATAR: DELIVERY OF 2005 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS
[...] (U) DCM delivered advance draft of the 2005 TIP report and action plan for Qatar on Thursday, June 2 to Amb. Khalid Al-Mansouri, Director of the Americas and European Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs. 2. (C) DCM informed Al-Mansouri that Qatar had been placed on Tier 3 based on the l [...]
2005-06-02 13:42:00Embassy DohaCONFIDENTIALOPRC KCRM KWMN PHUM PREL SMIG QA
05DOHA993QATAR NEWS AND RUMORS
[...] (U) Some schools in Doha have established a forum called "small parliament" to discuss children's issues such as the Child's Rights Convention. Several young sheiks have participated in these small parliaments, which have held several meetings. The views expressed in these parliaments have bee [...]
2005-06-05 11:55:00Embassy DohaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL ECON KISL KDEM ELAB PHUM EINV QA INL
05MANAMA816QATAR-BAHRAIN GAS PIPELINE: BAHRAIN REMAINS
[...] (SBU) Ref B reported indications from Bahrain that Bahrain and Qatar had concluded a framework agreement on an agreement for Qatar to supply Bahrain with natural gas via a pipeline, and that GOB officials were confident that the project would soon move forward. Ref A quoted Qatari officials as [...]
2005-06-08 10:42:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALEPET PREL BA QA
05NEWDELHI9319INDIA SEEKS TO PROTECT CITIZENS, SECURE ENERGY INTERESTS IN MIDDLE EAST (C-NE5-00945)
[...] (C) Summary: While India has major interests in the Middle East (energy, trade, expatriate workers, and religious ties),it has historically had lackluster relations in the area. GOI attention focuses on a few nations of particular importance to those interests, primarily Saudi Arabia, Iran, Iraq [...]
2005-12-12 01:08:00Embassy New DelhiSECRETPREL PGOV ETRD ENRG EPET PTER PINR IN BA IR IS IZ QA MU AE XF
05SANSALVADOR2126EL SALVADORS'S EVOLVING FOREIGN POLICY - ARAB
[...] (C) Summary: Following a July 20 visit by Morocco's Health Minister, leading daily "La Prensa Grafica" led July 25 with a 3-page spread detailing El Salvador's evolving political strategy and rapprochement with the Middle East. The article discussed El Salvador's hopes of gaining an ECOSOC, o [...]
2005-07-27 20:35:00Embassy San SalvadorCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV IS MO QA BA ES UNGA
06ABUDHABI2875UAE-QATAR DOLPHIN PROJECT UNDER FIRE FROM SAUDI
[...] (C) Summary. The UAE-Saudi border dispute continues, albeit largely out of the public eye. Saudi Arabia claims that the Dolphin pipeline that will bring natural gas from Qatar to UAE crosses Saudi territory. As such, the SAG recently sent letters of complaint to the relevant governments, Do [...]
2006-07-12 12:44:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALPREL EPET SA QA AE
06ABUDHABI3097MBZ'S VIEWS ON IRAQ COMPACT, HIZBOLLAH AND
[...] (S/NF) Summary: Treasury Deputy Secretary Robert Kimmitt and Counselor of the State Department Philip Zelikow won Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed Al-Nahyan's support for the International Compact on Iraq during their July 22 visit. However, MbZ said that he was less worried about Ira [...]
2006-07-31 12:28:00Embassy Abu DhabiSECRET//NOFORNPREL PTER EAID EFIN KDEM LE QA IZ AE
06ABUDHABI3632LEBANON A KEY TOPIC IN A/S HILLEN DISCUSSION WITH
[...] (S) Summary: Assistant Secretary of State for Political-Military Affairs John Hillen and Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan (MbZ) met on September 11 and discussed the Gulf Security Dialogue (GSD),Qatar and Lebanon. MbZ welcomed the GSD scheduled for October 19 and reiterat [...]
2006-09-14 11:11:00Embassy Abu DhabiSECRETMASS PREL EAID LE QA IZ SY IR AE
06ABUDHABI3882PSI: UAE PARTICIPATION IN EXERCISE LEADING EDGE
[...] (C) On September 3, econchief and poleconoff met with Yacoub Al-Hosani, Director of International Organizations at the MFA to encourage the UAE to participate actively in the late October Leading Edge exercise. Econchief explained that the UAE military had already received an invitation to [...]
2006-10-05 05:54:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALKNNP MNUC PARM PREL BA KU MU QA AE
06ABUDHABI779UAE TO AID PALESTINIANS, NOT HAMAS
[...] (C) Summary: During a visit to Abu Dhabi February 27-28, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas met with UAE President Khalifa, Deputy Prime Minister Sheikh Hamdan bin Zayed, and Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed. The UAE leaders assured Abbas that they would not stop sending humanitaria [...]
2006-03-01 13:58:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL WE GZ IS QA AE
06ABUDHABI951UAE AID TO PALESTINIANS UNCERTAIN
[...] (C) Summary: Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas reportedly telephoned UAE Deputy Prime Minister Sheikh Hamdan bin Zayed al-Nahyan March 9 to request UAE assistance in paying overdue February salaries. HbZ reportedly agreed to contribute $40 million, which would cover some of the salaries, ac [...]
2006-03-13 09:26:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL WE GZ IS QA AE
06AMMAN7592GOVERNMENT AND MEDIA LASH OUT AT QATAR
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Jordan's official government spokesman sharply criticized Qatar for failing to support the candidacy of Prince Zeid for SecGen. Media and lawmakers also piled on. END SUMMARY. GOJ: QATAR BROKE FROM ARAB RANKS 2. (U) GOJ spokesman Nasser Judeh told media October 2 that th [...]
2006-10-03 14:33:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPREL UN AL QA JO
06AMMAN7624JORDAN RECALLS AMBASSADOR FROM QATAR
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Jordan escalated its row with Qatar by recalling its Ambassador from Doha. END SUMMARY. 2. (U) The dispute between Jordan and Qatar escalated October 3 when Jordan recalled its Ambassador for "consultations." The GOJ's official spokesman explained that Jordan took this step in [...]
2006-10-04 13:51:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPREL UN AL QA JO
06ANKARA6372IRAQ: GOT SEEKS TO POSTPONE CONTROVERSIAL SUNNI
[...] (S) Summary: Turkish MFA has learned that a Nov. 14-16 NGO conference in Istanbul of apparent Iraqi Sunni Arab rejectionists may complicate the visit of Iraqi PM Maliki, scheduled for the same dates. The GOT has had no hand in organizing the conference and has been able to learn few specifics [...]
2006-11-08 15:04:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETPREL PTER PGOV TU IZ TC QA
06BEIRUT2912LEBANON: REQUEST FOR AMMUNITION FROM GCC COUNTRIES
[...] (U) This cable includes an action request in Paragraph 7. 2. (S/NF) Through our discussions with contacts in the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) and political leadership, it is clear there remains a critical need -- as expressed in reftel A -- to immediately equip the LAF to empower it to dep [...]
2006-09-08 14:49:00Embassy BeirutSECRET//NOFORNMASS EAID PREL QA SA AE KU LE PARM
06CAIRO6677EGYPT TO REVIEW DECISION ON UN COUNTER-TERRORISM
[...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche November 2 to MFA Cabinet Staff Member responsible for counter-terrorism issues, Mohamed al Shinnawy, requesting Egypt to consider a visit in the coming year by UN Counterterrorism Committee Executive Directorate (CTED) staff. Shinnawy was unaware of the [...]
2006-11-02 15:01:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPREF PGOV UNGA PTER UNSC EG SA QA
06DOHA104ENTERING ITS TENTH YEAR, AL JAZEERA COVETS GLOBAL
[...] (C) Summary: PAO met 1/18 with Wadah Khanfar, Al Jazeera Managing Director, to discuss Ref A demarche and continuing USG concerns with Al Jazeera programming. Khanfar described a series of initiatives planned by Al Jazeera to mark its tenth anniversary year with a view to positioning itself on [...]
2006-01-23 08:24:00Embassy DohaCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAO QA ALJAZEERA
06DOHA106A/S WAYNE MEETS WITH MINISTER OF ENERGY AND
[...] (C) Summary. Assistant Secretary for Economic and Business Affairs E. Anthony Wayne met separately with Second Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Energy and Industry Abdallah bin Hamad al-Attiyah and Central Bank Governor Abdullah bin Khalid al-Attiyah on January 5. Treasury DAS Ahmed Saeed [...]
2006-01-23 13:41:00Embassy DohaCONFIDENTIALPREL ECON EPET ENRG KTFN EFIN QA
06DOHA1216QATAR'S ISLAMIC FINANCIAL AND INSURANCE SERVICES
[...] SUMMARY. Qatar's four main Islamic banks comprise up to 20% of the financial sector. The Islamic banks continue to grow rapidly, from $2.6 billion in assets in 2003 to $4.5 billion in 2005, attributing their success to ethical banking and due diligence. Islamic banking is in such demand that th [...]
2006-08-14 11:07:00Embassy DohaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN EINV BMGT BEXP QA
06DOHA1237PALESTINIAN DIASPORA IN QATAR: C-NE6-00547
[...] (C) Summary. Embassy officer spoke to several Palestinian private-sector businessmen on issues facing the community in Qatar. They viewed the election of Hamas as a protest vote but believed Hamas should have been given a better chance to govern and through governance, adapt to the reality of t [...]
2006-08-17 14:05:00Embassy DohaCONFIDENTIALPINR KPAL QA
06DOHA1244DOHA SECURITIES MARKET: INDEX DROP, INVESTOR BASE, EXCHANGE
[...] Summary. Doha Securities Market (DSM) officials and Doha-based investment analysts believe that the main reason for high volatility on the Doha Securities Market is that 90 percent of investors have no financial education. Other reasons given for the drop include high liquidity and a pack menta [...]
2006-08-20 14:14:00Embassy DohaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EPET EINV PGOV QA
06DOHA125QATARI FOREIGN MINISTER VISITS IRAN AND MEETS
[...] (U) Qatari Foreign Minister Hamad bin Jassim Al Thani met the Iranian president, Mahmoud Ahmedi-Nejad, delivering a verbal message from the Qatari Amir, on Tehran January 23. He met with his counterpart, Manouchehr Mottaki, the following day. Qatari official press reported that HBJ described, i [...]
2006-01-26 13:15:00Embassy DohaCONFIDENTIALPREL IR QA
06DOHA1257DISAPPOINTMENT IN ELECTED MUNICIPAL COUNCIL
[...] (U) Summary. A recent newspaper survey revealed that most Qataris are disappointed in the performance of the Central Municipal Council, to date Qatar's only elected body. Critics said that the Council has no real power and has not accomplished anything of note. The survey suggests that Qataris [...]
2006-08-21 14:31:00Embassy DohaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM QA
06DOHA1265QATARI AMIR: AFTER ARAB "VICTORY," TIME TO TALK
[...] (U) Qatari Amir Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani made the first visit to Lebanon by an Arab leader after the end of the recent fighting. Following a tour of bombed-out areas of southern Beirut, he held a press conference with Lebanese President Lahoud carried live on Al Jazeera, in which he said "t [...]
2006-08-22 15:37:00Embassy DohaCONFIDENTIALPREL IS LE QA
06DOHA1268QATAR'S ASSISTANCE TO LEBANON
[...] Mohamed al-Rumaihy, Assistant to the Foreign Minister and Vice Chairman of the Qatari National Committee for the Relief of the Lebanese People, told Ambassador August 22 that his country has spent USD 10-11 million post-conflict in Lebanon to date. He returned from a trip to Lebanon August 20 a [...]
2006-08-23 11:09:00Embassy DohaUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREL LE QA
06DOHA127A/S SILVERBERG'S MEETING WITH QATARI FOREIGN
[...] (C) Summary. A/S Silverberg met with FM Hamad bin Jassim Al Thani (HBJ) January 21 to discuss UN Security Council issues related to the Darfur conflict in Sudan and Syria's adherence to UNSC 1559. The Foreign Minister said Qatar is keen to cooperate with the United States. But he said he hoped [...]
2006-01-26 14:30:00Embassy DohaCONFIDENTIALPREL IR SU SY QA UNSC
06DOHA1288SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF ATTORNEY GENERAL TO QATAR
[...] (C) Mr. Attorney General: Embassy Doha is pleased to welcome you to Qatar. Yours is the highest-ranking visit by a U.S. official to Qatar since the President himself came in June 2003, and the first cabinet-level visit to Qatar since Energy Secretary Bodman came in April 2006. The Qataris app [...]
2006-08-27 10:43:00Embassy DohaSECRETPREL PGOV OVIP QA
06DOHA1301DCM CONVEYS USG CONCERN OVER LEBANON CONFLICT
[...] (C) Summary: During a courtesy call with Wadah Khanfar, Al Jazeera Network Director-General, DCM conveyed USG concerns about the channel's coverage of the recent Lebanon conflict. Khanfar said November 1 is the expected launch date of Al Jazeera English channel and that a replacement for himsel [...]
2006-08-29 12:33:00Embassy DohaCONFIDENTIALKPAO PREL QA ALJAZEERA
06DOHA1384AL JAZEERA ENGLISH SAYS IT WILL LAUNCH AFTER RAMADAN
[...] (U) Summary: The Managing Director of Al Jazeera International told DCM the English language channel would likely launch in late October/early November, with limited U.S. distribution, at least initially. End summary. 2. (U) DCM, accompanied by PAO, made a courtesy call 9/13 on Nigel Parson [...]
2006-09-17 09:00:00Embassy DohaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KPAO QA ALJAZEERA
06DOHA152QATARI VIEWS ON ELECTION OF HAMAS IN PALESTINIAN
[...] (C) Summary. The Qatari foreign minister said that Palestinian election results should be respected, as they came about by democratic means. Other Qataris and non-Qatari resident Arabs are cautiously optimistic that the Hamas victory will change the terrorist organization and will benefit the [...]
2006-01-31 14:03:00Embassy DohaCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER XF QA
06DOHA1575QATARI MFA: AL JAZEERA S NOT A BILATERAL
[...] (C) Summary: After recalling its Ambassador from Qatar October 19 in protest at the content of an Al Jazeera interview with a Tunisian opposition member concerning the Tunisian government's hijab policy, the Tunisian government (GOT) announced the closure of its mission to Qatar October 25. A [...]
2006-10-30 05:05:00Embassy DohaCONFIDENTIALKDEM KPAO PGOV QA TS
06DOHA1603DEMOCRACIES CONFERENCE DOES NOT MEET EXPECTATIONS;
[...] (SBU) Summary. The International Conference of New or Restored Democracies did not meet the Qatari hosts' greater expectations and a range of participants felt that international representation was at a low level. The Israeli FM's plans to attend and then cancellation left the conference organ [...]
2006-11-02 15:07:00Embassy DohaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM KPAL IS QA
06DOHA1610IRAQ: QATAR CAN SUPPORT EDUCATION, INFLUENCE SUNNI
[...] (S) SUMMARY. In contrast to its support for our military in the region, Qatar has not been an important partner on political issues regarding Iraq. Post believes Qatar can provide increased support in areas where it can achieve leadership, such as education and training. Its contacts with Iraq [...]
2006-11-05 14:28:00Embassy DohaSECRETPREL MARR MOPS IZ XF QA
06DOHA1614AL JAZEERA TURNS TEN
[...] Al Jazeera celebrated its 10th Anniversary November 1 with a lavish celebration held in the open-air on the Al Jazeera compound in Doha. The event was attended by the Qatari Amir and his wife, Sheikha Moza, as well as a wide range of Qatari dignitaries and members of the diplomatic community, [...]
2006-11-06 10:36:00Embassy DohaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KPAO QA
06DOHA1639QATAR SEEKS USG SUPPORT FOR PARAGUAY TO HOST NEXT
[...] (C) Mohamed al-Rumaihy, Assistant to the Minister for Follow-Up Affairs at the Qatari MFA and Qatar's chief organizer for the Sixth International Conference for New or Restored Democracies (ICNRD - see reftel),asked Ambassador November 8 for USG assistance in raising funds for Paraguay to hos [...]
2006-11-09 13:11:00Embassy DohaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL KDEM QA
06DOHA1659AL JAZEERA ENGLISH LAUNCHES - FINALLY
[...] MORE THAN TWO YEARS AFTER ITS INITIAL CREATION IN 2004, THE ENGLISH-LANGUAGE VERSION OF AL JAZEERA - NOW KNOWN AS AL JAZEERA ENGLISH (AJE) - LAUNCHED TO GREAT FANFARE IN DOHA NOVEMBER 15. 2. IN LAUNCHING THIS PROJECT, THE AMIR OF QATAR HAS DISBURSED UNDISCLOSED, BUT UNDOUBTEDLY VAST, SUMS OF [...]
2006-11-16 14:38:00Embassy DohaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KPAO QA
06DOHA1715AL JAZEERA ENGLISH HEAD OF NEWS CAUTIOUSLY
[...] (U) PAO met December 6 with Ibrahim Helal, Deputy Managing Director for News and Programming of Al Jazeera English (AJE). The Egyptian-born Helal is 36 years old and worked as program editor for the Al Jazeera Arabic (AJA) channel from its founding in 1996 until 1999. He then worked for Abu Dha [...]
2006-12-07 11:04:00Embassy DohaCONFIDENTIALKPAO PREL QA ALJAZEERA
06DOHA1725QATARIS WILL USE ARAB LEAGUE OR TEMPORARY
[...] (SBU) P/E Chief spoke to Assistant Minister for Foreign Affairs Mohamed al-Rumaihy December 7 regarding the mechanism for transfering funds promised by the Qatari government to the Palestinian Authority (reftel). Rumaihy said that Qatar will "certainly" use the Arab League bank account or the [...]
2006-12-10 14:16:00Embassy DohaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KPAL EFIN EAID PTER GZ IS QA
06DOHA1737QATAR WILL CONSIDER DEPOSIT IN LEBANON'S CENTRAL
[...] (C) Summary. Ambassador discussed the crisis in Lebanon with Minister of State Ahmed Al-Mahmoud (number two in the Qatari MFA) December 13. Al-Mahmoud said that Lebanon's Ambassador in Qatar had recently requested that Qatar act as a mediator between the Lebanese government and oppostion facti [...]
2006-12-13 14:35:00Embassy DohaCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID EFIN MASS LE QA
06DOHA1738QATAR/UNSC - LEANING TOWARD SUPPORT ON IRAN
[...] (C) Ambassador met with Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Ahmed Al-Mahmoud (number two at the Qatari MFA) December 13 to encourage Qatari support for the UK-French draft Iran sanctions resolution (reftel). Al-Mahmoud said Qatar followed French amendments closely and is "positively" incline [...]
2006-12-13 14:35:00Embassy DohaCONFIDENTIALPREL UNSC IR QA
06DOHA1743CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION IMPLEMENTATION
[...] DCM delivered ref demarche to Dr. Hassan al-Hamadi, Head of the Legal Affairs Department at the MFA, on December 13. Al-Hamadi said that Qatar has an inter-agency committee (of which he is a member) charged with implementing the Chemical Weapons Convention. "You will see it becoming more active [...]
2006-12-14 10:35:00Embassy DohaUNCLASSIFIEDPARM PREL CWC OPCW CBW BWC QA
06DOHA1745AL JAZEERA QUALITY ASSURANCE CHIEF BELIEVES
[...] (C) Summary: PAO met December 14 with Al Jazeera Quality Assurance Chief, Jaafar Abbas Ahmed, to review progress made by the Qality Assurance (QA) Unit in his assessment since Ref A report in October 2005. In the intervening period, Abbas was named head of QA for the overall Al Jazeera Network, [...]
2006-12-14 13:12:00Embassy DohaCONFIDENTIALKPAO PREL QA ALJAZEERA
06DOHA1788QATAR RECEPTIVE TO SECURE FREIGHT INITIATIVE
[...] No summary [...]
2006-12-27 13:12:00Embassy DohaUNCLASSIFIEDEWWT KHLS ASEC PTER ECON QA
06DOHA1789TERRORIST FINANCE: LIKELY QATARI VIEWS ON POSSIBLE
[...] No summary [...]
2006-12-28 05:32:00Embassy DohaSECRETPTER ETTC PREL EFIN KTFN QA
06DOHA1791REPORT OF VISIT TO TEHRAN FOR IAEA TRAINING COURSE
[...] (S) Summary. A Qatar-based Jordanian nuclear expert believes he and other participants of an IAEA workshop in Tehran in December were targeted by internal security services. He said the Iranian nuclear agency had increased its security. The Iranian official in charge of safety at the Bushehr p [...]
2006-12-28 11:16:00Embassy DohaSECRETPREL KNNP IR QA
06DOHA213HUMAN RIGHTS STANDARDS IN QATAR,S LEGISLATION
[...] Summary: At a recent workshop sponsored by the National Human Rights Committee (NHRC),participants examined and discussed the extent to which Qatar's constitution and legislation meets international human rights standards. Participants from the government sector, academia, the press and quasi [...]
2006-02-13 10:31:00Embassy DohaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PGOV PREL SOCI QA
06DOHA219AL JAZEERA AND KIDNAPPING TAPES
[...] (S) Summary: Officials from Embassies Doha and Baghdad met with Al Jazeera leadership on Feb 11 to discuss Al Jazeera,s handling of videos that Al Jazeera receives from terrorist hostage takers, its broader editorial polices, and the media,s role in hostage and terrorist crises. Al Jazeera o [...]
2006-02-13 13:07:00Embassy DohaSECRETPREL KPAO QA ALJAZEERA
06DOHA237BRIEF READOUT ON AMIR'S MEETING WITH HAMAS LEADERS
[...] (C) First Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Hamad bin Jassim Al Thani (HBJ) hosted the Ambassador and his family for an informal dinner February 9. HBJ talked about the 3-hour meeting he and the Amir had that day with Khalid Mishal and two others. HBJ implied that the Qataris lectured [...]
2006-02-15 12:35:00Embassy DohaCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER XF QA
06DOHA293U/S HUGHES' MEETINGS WITH QATARI FOREIGN MINISTER
[...] (U) Summary: U/S Karen Hughes visited Doha Feb 17-19 to attend the US-Islamic World Forum, sponsored by the Saban Center at the Brookings Institution and the Qatari Ministry of Foreign Affairs. While in Doha, she met with the Foreign Minister and Sheikha Mozah, wife of the Amir. This cable rep [...]
2006-02-26 13:14:00Embassy DohaCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER KPAO IZ IR QA
06DOHA3DOHA SECURITIES MARKET: THIRD QUARTER 2005
[...] Summary. Qatar's stock market is keeping up with the frenetic, bullish trajectory of Gulf region stock indexes. Although the market has remained below the 12,000 trading range reached in the summer, it is up 85 percent from the beginning of the year. Speculation -- rather than value investing [...]
2006-01-02 04:01:00Embassy DohaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EPET EINV PGOV QA
06DOHA303QATAR: 2006 ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP)
[...] (U) Sensitive But Unclassified--entire report. 2. (U) Embassy Point of Contact is Political Officer, Farah Chery-Medor. Tel. 974-488-4101 ext. 6453. Fax 974 488-4163. One FS-04 officer spent 34 hours in the preparation of this report cable. 3. (U) Following is post's sixth annual Anti- [...]
2006-02-27 12:58:00Embassy DohaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB QA
06DOHA312 AL JAZEERA NETWORK BOARD OF DIRECTORS NAMED
[...] (SBU) In an effort to maintain brand identity and consistency of message and quality, the GOQ established in late 2005 (reftel) an entity known as the Al Jazeera Network (AJN),charged with overseeing all bodies bearing the Al Jazeera brand name. On March 1, an Amiri decree announced the estab [...]
2006-03-01 07:58:00Embassy DohaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KPAO IZ QA ALJAZEERA
06DOHA317U/S HUGHES MEETINGS AT AL JAZEERA
[...] (C) Summary: U/S for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs Karen Hughes met February 19 with Al Jazeera managing director Wadah Khanfar at the Al Jazeera studios in Doha. She also participated in a roundtable discussion with Khanfar and four senior Al Jazeera staff members and recorded an Al Jaz [...]
2006-03-01 12:38:00Embassy DohaCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER KPAO IZ QA ALJAZEERA
06DOHA328Al Jazeera website director to quit; start new
[...] (SBU) Summary: The director of the Al Jazeera Arabic website, Abdulaziz Al Mahmoud, said he is quitting his Al Jazeera job to take up the chief editorship of an Arabic newspaper called "Al Arab", which will become the fourth Arabic daily newspaper on the Qatari market. Al Mahmoud is the only s [...]
2006-03-02 14:24:00Embassy DohaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKPAO PREL QA ALJAZEERA
06DOHA360NATIONALITY LAW: CITIZENSHIP AND POLITICAL RIGHTS
[...] (C) Summary. The recent Amiri decision to restore citizenship to approximately 6,000 people who were stripped of their Qatari nationality last year came as a welcome surprise to thousands of people whose fate has been uncertain for over a year. Not coincidentally, the decision comes on the hee [...]
2006-03-09 06:02:00Embassy DohaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PINR PREL QA
06DOHA362QATARI WOMEN ON ELECTION ISSUES
[...] Summary. The political section recently met with a group of Qatari women as part of Post's outreach activities to Qatari women in support of their efforts to realize broad political participation in society. Young and old women from various professional backgrounds credited Sheikha Mozah, wife [...]
2006-03-09 13:35:00Embassy DohaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM PREL KWMN KDEM KMPI QA
06DOHA371AL JAZEERA AND NORMALIZING RELATIONS WITH QATAR
[...] (S) I recently asked LGEN Mike Maples USA, director of the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA),to address this question: "Does Al Jazeera's reporting/commentary incite violence against the United States?" I did so because I have long heard that Al Jazeera,s broadcasts do exactly this - or, wors [...]
2006-03-12 10:05:00Embassy DohaSECRETPREL PTER KPAO QA ALJAZEERA
06DOHA418ISLAMIC LEADERS DESCRIBE QATAR'S MODERATION
[...] (C) Summary. Prominent Islamic scholars describe a prevailing state of tolerance in Qatar. While fundamentalist tendencies exist, followers are not hostile to other members of society. According to these Islamic leaders, the Qatari government's policy of promoting religious moderation has had [...]
2006-03-19 14:20:00Embassy DohaCONFIDENTIALSOCI PGOV KISL PTER QA
06DOHA442WHITE HOUSE MEETING FOR AMIR OF QATAR
[...] (C) As part of the President's and Secretary's initiative to strengthen relations with moderate Arab countries, I strongly advise that the Amir of Qatar be invited to call on the President in the White House while he and Sheikha Mozah are in the US for their daughter's graduation from Duke. The [...]
2006-03-23 05:55:00Embassy DohaCONFIDENTIALPREL QA
06DOHA461COUNSELOR ZELIKOW'S MEETING WITH QATARI FOREIGN
[...] (S) Summary. Department Counselor Dr. Philip Zelikow met with the Qatari Minister of Foreign Affairs, the Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces, and the Minister of State for Foreign Affairs March 20 to begin a strategic dialogue between the two countries, consult on Iran, and enlist support for [...]
2006-03-27 09:41:00Embassy DohaSECRETPREL MARR KPAL XF IR IZ QA
06DOHA464COUNSELOR ZELIKOW'S MEETING WITH QATARI MINISTER
[...] (C) In two meetings with Minister of Finance Yousef Kamal on March 20, Department Counselor Dr. Philip Zelikow outlined U.S. strategic thinking on Iran and regional security and commended Qatar for choosing the path of reform, progress, and prosperity. At a brief meeting in the Finance Ministry [...]
2006-03-27 13:37:00Embassy DohaCONFIDENTIALEFIN PREL EAID EINV KPAL IZ XF QA
06DOHA465SCENESETTER FOR U/S ROBERT JOSEPH'S VISIT TO DOHA
[...] (C) Embassy Doha is pleased to welcome you. You will find the Qatari foreign minister, Sheikh Hamad bin Jassim Al Thani (HBJ),will be interested to meet you to further the nascent Strategic Dialogue put forth by Counselor Zelikow during his visit March 20-21. HBJ will be particularly intereste [...]
2006-03-27 13:48:00Embassy DohaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR KNNP QA
06DOHA467WADAH KHANFAR TAKES THE HELM OF THE AL JAZEERA
[...] (C) Summary: PAO met March 27 with Wadah Khanfar, Managing Director of Al Jazeera satellite channel. Khanfar discussed his recent appointment as Director-General of the Al Jazeera Network, noting that his two mandates are to minimize costs by integrating the infrastructures of the diverse Al Ja [...]
2006-03-27 14:49:00Embassy DohaCONFIDENTIALKPAO PREL QA ALJAZEERA
06DOHA48A/S WAYNE BRIEFS QATARI OFFICIALS ON STRATEGIC
[...] (C) Summary. The Qatari Minister of State for Foreign Affairs and Finance Minister welcomed in principle the USG proposal presented by EB A/S Wayne for strategic investments in stability in the region. They were well-prepared and provided updates on their current assistance to the four priorit [...]
2006-01-09 13:01:00Embassy DohaCONFIDENTIALPREL ECON EAID EINV EFIN KPAL IZ AF LE QA
06DOHA480MINISTER OF ECONOMY AND COMMMERCE REMOVED FROM
[...] (U) Local papers March 29 announced that the Minister of Economy and Commerce, Mohamed bin Ahmed Al Thani, has been relieved of his ministerial post. The Minister of Finance, Yousef Hussain Kamal, will assume the economic and commercial portfolio on an interim basis, in addition to his present [...]
2006-03-29 14:40:00Embassy DohaCONFIDENTIALPREL ECON ETRD EFIN QA
06DOHA5SCENESETTER - VISIT OF ASSISTANT SECRETARY ANTHONY
[...] (C) Embassy Doha is pleased to welcome you back to Doha. We expect that you will find the Qatari leadership open and responsive to the proposed Strategic Investment Initiative (SII) for several reasons. Our goals for regional democratic reform largely coincide with those of Qatar. Also, the Qat [...]
2006-01-02 09:30:00Embassy DohaCONFIDENTIALECON EPET EFIN KTFN QA
06DOHA512006 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT: QATAR
[...] This report serves as the 2006 Investment Climate Statement for Qatar. It will be provided to assist U.S. investors wishing to do business in Qatar. 2. Begin text of Investment Climate Statement. A.1 Openness to Foreign Investment: The government of Qatar, under the leadership of the [...]
2006-01-10 15:11:00Embassy DohaUNCLASSIFIEDEINV EFIN ELAB ENRG EPET QA KTBD OPIC USTR ECON
06DOHA524FOREIGN MINISTER ON DEMOCRACY, TERRORISM, IRAN
[...] Summary. First Deputy PM and Foreign Minister Hamad bin Jassim Al Thani (HBJ) gave a speech on democratization in the Middle East April 1 during the Doha Cultural Festival. Answering questions afterwards, he said that Qatar will hold the first elections for the country's legislative body in ear [...]
2006-04-06 04:08:00Embassy DohaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KDEM ECON PTER IZ IR QA
06DOHA526AMCIT AL JAZEERA NETWORK BOARD MEMBER CRITICIZES
[...] (C) Summary: Mahmud Shammam, Washington bureau chief for the Dar Al Watan Newspaper and Newsweek Arabic, is an American citizen of Libyan descent, well-known for his criticism of the current Libyan regime and reportedly close to Qatar's Amir. Recently named a member of the newly-formed Al Jaze [...]
2006-04-06 12:55:00Embassy DohaCONFIDENTIALKPAO PREL PTER QA ALJAZEERA
06DOHA552IMAMS TO PREACH ON AVIAN FLU
[...] Summary. As part of their broad strategy for preventing and containing avian flu, Qatari officials recently held a seminar to educate Imams, religious leaders, on the global phenomenon avian influenza. Imams were provided with practical information on the disease, how to detect and respond to [...]
2006-04-10 13:08:00Embassy DohaUNCLASSIFIEDAMED KFLU PREL CASC QA
06DOHA559 FIVE YEARS ON: THE STATUS OF EDUCATION REFORM IN
[...] (U) Summary: In 2001, the government of Qatar embarked on an ambitious mission to reform the country's education system. Under the banner of, "Education for a New Era," this initiative, led by the Amir's consort, Sheikha Mozah, aims to comprehensively reform education from kindergarten throug [...]
2006-04-12 11:22:00Embassy DohaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKPAO SCUL KMPI QA
06DOHA562U/S JOSEPH MEETING ON IRAN WITH MINISTER OF STATE
[...] (S) Summary. Undersecretary for Arms Control and International Security Robert Joseph told Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Ahmed al-Mahmoud that Iran was approaching the "point of no return" on its nuclear program, after which it will be much more difficult and costly to stop the country [...]
2006-04-12 14:15:00Embassy DohaSECRETPREL KNNP IR QA UNSC
06DOHA616INCREASING DIPLOMATIC PRESSURE ON IRAN: QATAR'S
[...] (S) Ambassador delivered ref A message to Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Ahmed al-Mahmoud April 18. Al-Mahmoud said that, as he told U/S Joseph during his recent visit (ref B),Qatar is in a "difficult position." He said Qatar's main interest is to resolve the crisis peacefully so that [...]
2006-04-20 12:03:00Embassy DohaSECRETPREL AORC EU EUN IAEA KNNP UNSC IR QA
06DOHA670FOURTH INTERFAITH DIALOGUE: AN "ACADEMIC" EXERCISE
[...] Summary. On April 25-27, Qatar held its Fourth Interfaith Dialogue Conference. Representatives from the main monotheistic religions--Christianity, Islam, and Judaism--attended. This year's event witnessed notable differences from the previous three conferences. The conference was organized by [...]
2006-05-03 07:39:00Embassy DohaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KISL IS QA
06DOHA77SCENESETTER FOR A/S SILVERBERG'S VISIT TO QATAR
[...] (C) Embassy Doha is pleased to welcome you. We expect that you will find the Qatari leadership welcoming -- in principle -- of cooperation with the United States on UN Security Council issues. Our goals for regional security largely coincide with those of Qatar; the number two in the foreign m [...]
2006-01-17 14:53:00Embassy DohaSECRETPREL PGOV ECON QA UNSC
06DOHA793AL JAZEERA ACCORDING TO WADAH KHANFAR
[...] Summary: (U) On May 21, a Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) delegation met with Wadah Khanfar, Director-General of the Al Jazeera Network (AJN) and Managing Director of the Arabic Al Jazeera TV channel. Khanfar told the delegation that Al Jazeera, reflecting regional developments, has ent [...]
2006-05-24 12:58:00Embassy DohaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KPAO QA ALJAZEERA
06DOHA868A/S WELCH'S MEETINGS JUNE 4 WITH QATAR'S HEIR
[...] (S) Summary. A/S David Welch met with the Qatari leadership, including Heir Apparent Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani and later with Foreign Minister Hamad bin Jassim Al Thani (HBJ),June 4 to discuss Iran, Iraq, and Israel/Palestine. Relaxed and well-prepared, Sheikh Tamim, who handles defense [...]
2006-06-06 12:28:00Embassy DohaSECRETPREL KNNP KPAL IR IZ IS QA
06DOHA923AL JAZEERA PETITIONS IRAQI GOVERNMENT TO RETURN TO
[...] (SBU) Summary: Wadah Khanfar, Director-General of the Al Jazeera Network, told PAO that Al Jazeera has asked the Iraqi government for permission to return to Baghdad and is awaiting a response. He said the decision to replace him as head of Al Jazeera Arabic is unlikely to occur before the end [...]
2006-06-14 10:17:00Embassy DohaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYIZ KPAO PREL QA ALJAZEERA
06JERUSALEM4893PA HEALTH SECTOR UNION AGREES TO END STRIKE;
[...] (C) Summary: The PA government and the PA health sector employees union reached an agreement December 3 to end the health sector strike with payment of salary arrears. Health sector employees are scheduled to return to work December 5 but vowed to restart the strike if salary payments are not [...]
2006-12-04 16:45:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALEFIN ELAB PGOV KWBG QA
06KHARTOUM666 Kuwaiti Kismit: Juba's 5-Star Hotel, Port, and
[...] SUMMARY: A 5-star destination resort rises from the dusty streets of Juba. A modern port handles 15,000 tons of cargo a month while the tourists at the neighboring harbor enjoy a bite to eat and some shopping before taking a pleasure cruise on the Nile. This is the future of Juba, accordin [...]
2006-03-15 16:12:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIEDECON SOCI PREL KU QA SU
06KUWAIT3136KUWAIT GRANTS COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CODEL MILLER(6-8 AUG)
[...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and hereby grants country clearance for CODEL Miller to travel to post o/a 6-9 August, 2006. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Hotel reservations have been made at the Radisson SAS [...]
2006-08-05 12:33:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDOREP AMGT ASEC AFIN BE EI IS IZ JO KU QA COUNTRY
06KUWAIT3324KUWAIT GRANTS COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR STAFFDEL KILEY (20-27
[...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and hereby grants country clearance for STAFFDEL Kiley to travel to post o/a 21 to 25 August, 2006. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Hotel reservations have been made for 21 thru [...]
2006-08-16 13:40:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDOREP AMGT ASEC AFIN KU AF IZ QA GM COUNTRY CLEARANCE
06KUWAIT3621COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR TREASURY OFFICIALS
[...] This is an action request: See para 7. 2. Embassy Kuwait welcomes and hereby grants country clearance for Treasury DAS Ahmed Saeed and Economist Jonathan Rose to visit Kuwait o/a September 13th. 3. Embassy driver, expeditor, and control officer will meet and assist at the airport. E [...]
2006-09-09 14:33:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDKU QA OTRA COUNTRY CLEARANCE
06KUWAIT3703COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR DOJ OFFICIAL MICHAEL
[...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and hereby grants country clearance for Michael Gunnison, Department of Justice Resident Legal Advisor at Embassy Abu Dhabi, to visit Kuwait from September 17-19 for meetings with Kuwaiti officials to discuss possible training in the areas of money laundering and terro [...]
2006-09-16 07:16:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDKU QA OTRA COUNTRY CLEARANCE
06KUWAIT3746COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR OPIC OFFICIALS TAN
[...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and hereby grants country clearance to Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) officials Geoffrey Tan and Nancy Rivera. We understand that Tan and Rivera will visit Kuwait between September 19-28 for meetings and a due diligence review of Kuwait Gulf Links Port [...]
2006-09-18 14:35:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDKU QA OTRA COUNTRY CLEARANCE
06KUWAIT4204KUWAIT GRANTS COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR STAFFDEL JONES (23-30
[...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for STAFFDEL Jones to travel to post o/a 27 to 30 October, 2006. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Hotel reservations have been made for 27 to 29 Oct, a [...]
2006-10-23 06:11:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDOREP AMGT ASEC AFIN IZ AF KU QA GM UK
06KUWAIT4484KUWAIT GRANTS COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CODEL KING (22 NOV - 29
[...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for CODEL King to travel to post o/a 24-25 November, 2006. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/expedi [...]
2006-11-20 09:11:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDOREP AMGT ASEC AFIN AE AF IZ KU KG GM QA UK PK
06MANAMA326SECRETARY GUTIERREZ MEETS WITH KING HAMAD: FTA,
[...] (C) Summary. In a February 27 meeting with visiting Commerce Secretary Gutierrez, King Hamad strongly praised the strength of the U.S.-Bahrain relationship, said that Bahrain can never forget what the U.S. has done for it, and stressed the importance of the Free Trade Agreement for Bahrain. He [...]
2006-03-05 09:00:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPREL BA IS QA ETRD OVIP SECRETARY OF COMMERCE GUTIERREZ BILAT ECTRD OFFICIALS REGION
06PARIS596CHIRAC MEETING WITH QATARI AMIR FOCUSES ON IRAN,
[...] (C) Summary: Elysee contacts reported that President Chirac's January 27 discussion with the visiting Qatari Amir focused largely on Iran, with the Qatari leader stressing concern over Iran's nuclear program and its negative regional role. On Syria/Lebanon, Elysee contacts stressed that Chirac [...]
2006-01-30 16:02:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL QA IR SY LE KPAL FR
06ROME1005EUR DAS BRYZA DISCUSSES CASPIAN BASIN NATURAL GAS
[...] (U) Summary: In March 17 meetings, GOI officials in the Ministries of Foreign Affairs, Productive Activities, and the Prime Minister's office concurred with EUR DAS Matthew Bryza's assessment of the risk to Italian and European energy security of Gazprom's dominance of natural gas shipments t [...]
2006-04-04 04:36:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDECON ENRG EPET RU IR QA IT
06ROME1308ITALY: 2005/2006 REPORT TO CONGRESS ON ALLIED
[...] This unclassified cable is Embassy Rome,s contribution to the 2005 ) 2006 Report to Congress on Allied Contributions to the Common Defense. Post understands from Reftel, Paragraph 6, that DOD will secure significant quantitative data, including defense spending data, from other sources. Pos [...]
2006-05-03 08:25:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDJA KS KU MCAP PREL QA SA US MARR IT TC NATO
06ROME556ITALY: 2005/2006 REPORT TO CONGRESS ON ALLIED
[...] The following is Embassy Rome,s contribution to the 2005 ) 2006 Report to Congress on Allied Contributions to the Common Defense. Post understands from Reftel, Paragraph 6, that DOD will secure significant quantitative data, including defense spending data, from other sources. Post will prov [...]
2006-02-23 09:42:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYJA KS KU MCAP PREL QA SA US MARR IT TC NATO
06STATE93016(U) ISLAMIC FINANCE (C-TN6-00207)
[...] (C) AS POSTS ARE AWARE, POLICY MAKERS ARE INTERESTED IN THE GROWTH AND IMPLICATIONS OF ISLAMIC FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS, WHICH OFFER PRODUCTS AND SERVICES DESIGNED TO COMPLY WITH ISLAMIC LAW, WHICH FORBIDS PAYING OR RECEIVING INTEREST, MANDATES THAT FINANCIAL TRANSACTIONS BE BASED ON REAL ECON [...]
2006-06-07 23:17:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALPINR ECIN EFIN AL BA BK EG ID KU MU MY PK QA SA
06TUNIS2639TUNISIAN EMBASSY IN QATAR CLOSED TO PROTEST
[...] (C) SUMMARY. On October 25, the Tunisian MFA announced the closure of Tunisia's embassy in Qatar, citing al-Jazeera's lack of objectivity. The announcement followed numerous international media reports that Tunisia had withdrawn its ambassador in protest over al-Jazeera coverage of Tunisian d [...]
2006-10-27 14:14:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALPGOV KPAO KDEM QA TS
06TUNIS2802VISIT OF EMIR FORESHADOWS RE-OPENING OF TUNISIAN
[...] (C) Qatari Ambassador Saad Ben Nasser al-Hamidi told Ambassador that the Emir of Qatar, on a private visit to Tunisia, met one-on-one with President Ben Ali on November 22. The session was an effort to resolve differences, following recent frictions between Tunisia and Qatar over satellite T [...]
2006-11-24 13:58:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPAO KDEM QA TS
06USNATO731RFG: QATAR CHALLENGING IMMIGRATION STATUS OF NATO
[...] (SBU) This is a request for guidance; see para 5. 2. (C) SUMMARY. The Qatari government has informed NATO that fourteen ISAF personnel at the CAOC at al Udeid airbase are in illegal immigration status, working ISAF issues in the absence of a NATO-Qatar SOFA. Qatar has asked NATO to decl [...]
2006-12-19 16:29:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIALNATO PREL MOPS MARR AF QA
06WARSAW207POLAND: 2005/2006 ALLIED CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Over the last two years, Poland has been a staunch ally of the United States. According to the General Staff of the Polish Armed Forces, Poland spent about 1,213,151,800 Zloty ($370,994,434) and committed 4,122 troops to Iraq-coalition and NATO operations in 2005. In 2004, Polan [...]
2006-02-09 12:54:00Embassy WarsawUNCLASSIFIEDPREL MCAP PM KS KU QA SA US PL TC NATO
07ABIDJAN959(U) ACTION COMPLETED: IDENTIFYING "CREDIBLE
[...] (SBU) Embassy Abidjan completed action requested in reftel. Here is the biographic information on three influential Ivoirian Muslim leaders who have favorable views of the United States and offer an alternative view to Islamic extremism. 2. (SBU) El Hadj Aboubacar FOFANA Gender: Male DOB [...]
2007-09-12 18:50:00Embassy AbidjanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPK PO QA RP RS RW SA SF SG SL SN SO SP
07ABUDHABI1206SATELLITE COOPERATION AGREEMENT - INFORMAL UAE
[...] (S/NF) DATT met with UAE Air Force Intelligence Chief Colonel Mahash Al-Hameli on July 16 to follow-up on our previous approaches on the draft U.S. - KSA, UAE, and Qatar Satellite Cooperation Agreement (SCA). Col Mahash said he preferred a bilateral agreement with the USG on this subject. T [...]
2007-07-19 08:49:00Embassy Abu DhabiSECRET//NOFORNETTC KSTC PARM PREL SA QA AE
07ADDISABABA1079SOMALIA: TFG REACHES OUT TO HAWIYE, BUT PLANS FOR
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Somalia's Ambassador to Ethiopia and PermRep to the African Union, Abdulkarim Farah, disputed reports of inter-clan tensions between the Darood (President Abdullahi Yusuf's clan) and Hawiye who control Mogadishu, asserting they were exaggerated by disenchanted Hawiye/Habr-Gedir/Ay [...]
2007-04-11 08:02:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MOPS EAID KDEM ET SO QA CA
07ADDISABABA1234SOMALIA: TFG PRESIDENT YUSUF HIGHLIGHTS ROLE OF
[...] (C) SUMMARY. In an April 20 meeting with Ambassador, visiting Transitional Federal Government of Somalia (TFG) President Abdullahi Yusuf said the security situation in Somalia was improving, but that Council of Islamic Court (CIC) remnants in Mogadishu continued to provoke the TFG. While the [...]
2007-04-20 13:27:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MOPS KPKO SO ET DJ QA EG IR
07ADDISABABA2392SOMALI TFG PRIME MINISTER GHEDI OPTIMISTIC ABOUT
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Transitional Federal Government of Somalia (TFG) Prime Minister Ali Mohammed Ghedi, accompanied by TFG Foreign Minister Hussein Elabe Fahiye, informed Ambassador on July 27 that earlier meetings with AU Commission Chairperson Konare and French FM Kouchner "went well," with Kouchne [...]
2007-07-30 15:50:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM KPKO SO EG QA
07AMMAN2870A/S WELCH MEETING WITH FOREIGN MINISTER KHATIB
[...] (S) SUMMARY: Assistant Secretary Welch and Ambassador met Foreign Minister Abdelelah Al Khatib on June 27. A/S Welch and Khatib agreed that the new PA government led by Salaam Fayyad represented positive change compared to the NUG. Khatib emphasized that PM Olmert's actions now would be more [...]
2007-07-04 12:55:00Embassy AmmanSECRET//NOFORNPREL PREF JO KPAL IS IZ QA LE
07AMMAN3004JORDANIAN FM LIKELY TO ATTEND GCC+2
[...] (SBU) Polcouns delivered reftel demarche on 7/14 to Thamer Adwan, Director of the Foreign Minister,s private office. (Note: FM Al-Khatib was in transit in Europe on his way back from King Abdullah,s visit to Canada. End note.) 2. (C) Adwan expressed satisfaction at the senior level of USG r [...]
2007-07-15 09:52:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV BA EG JO KU MU QA SA AE
07ANKARA1620TURKEY: POL-MIL ROUND-UP, May 2007
[...] The 8th International Defense Industry Fair (IDEF - the biennial Turkish defense fair) was held on May 22-25 in Ankara. 494 companies (333 foreign and 161 Turkish firms) from 48 countries participated in the fair, including 42 American companies. Many high level officials from different count [...]
2007-06-25 13:11:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDMASS MARR PREL GG MK BK AF GR EG AJ QA BA SA LE
07ASMARA307EXPANDING QATARI INTERESTS IN ERITRA; COMMERCIAL,
[...] (C) In a March 14 meeting with DCM, the Sudanese DCM in Eritrea Hussein Mohammed Hussein expanded on recent press reports on March 7-8 discussions between Eritrean President Isaias, Sudanese President Bashir, and Sheikh Hamed Al-Thani, Emir of Qatar in Doha. The topics they focused on include [...]
2007-03-16 09:07:00Embassy AsmaraCONFIDENTIALPREL SU ER QA
07BAGHDAD498IRAQI SUNNI ENDOWMENT HEAD PLANS NEW RELIGIOUS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Sheikh Ahmed Abdul Ghafour al-Samarraie, head of the Sunni Endowment, told Poloffs on February 12 that he plans to start a new Sunni religious organization that will be a moderate alternative to the Association of Muslim Scholars (AMS). He predicts that approximately ninety perce [...]
2007-02-13 14:33:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER IZ JO QA SA
07BEIRUT1346WITH NAHR AL-BARID IN LAF HANDS, DEFMIN MURR
[...] (S) On 9/3, Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister Elias Murr called the Ambassador to report that the wife of Fatah al-Islam (FAI) leader Shakr al-Absi had positively identified the body of her husband, apparently killed on the last day of fighting on 9/2 in the Nahr al-Barid camp. Whil [...]
2007-09-03 09:19:00Embassy BeirutSECRETPREL PGOV PTER PARM LE SY QA
07BEIRUT2007LEBANON: MARCH 14 TURNS DOWN LATEST FRENCH EFFORT
[...] (C) Parliament Majority Leader Saad Hariri's advisor Ghattas Khoury, explained to CDA and Poloff that the latest French proposal on solving the political crisis in Lebanon -- based on a 15-13-2 cabinet -- would be rejected by the majority. Khoury referred to the initiative as a Syrian proposa [...]
2007-12-28 16:47:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER FR LE QA SY UNSC
07CAIRO1690EGYPT: GOVERNMENT-CONTROLLED PRESS SLAMS DOHA
[...] (C) Editorials in the GOE-controlled press (Refs A-C) have strongly criticized the May 27-29 conference in Doha on "Democracy and Political Reform in the Arab World." The attacks have singled out the Doha meeting's most prominent Egyptian participant, Egyptian-American democracy activist Sa [...]
2007-06-05 11:22:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL KDEM EG QA
07CAIRO539EGYPT RAIL: U.S. COMPANIES SWEEP LOCOMOTIVE TENDER
[...] (SBU) U.S. companies General Electric (GE) and Electromotive Diesel (EMD) recently beat out Chinese competition, with each company selling forty new locomotives to Egyptian National Railways (ENR) as part of Egypt's multi-billion dollar transport infrastructure development plan. The GE portio [...]
2007-02-28 07:08:00Embassy CairoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYELTN ECON PREL EG QA
07DOHA1007QATAR TO STUDY REQUEST FOR LEADING ROLE IN LEBANON
[...] (C) Charge delivered reftel demarche October 22 to MFA Assistant Minister for Follow-up Affairs Mohamed Al-Rumaihi, stressing U.S. support for a Qatari leadership role in a joint EU-Arab Lebanon border mission proposed by Lebanese PM Siniora. Charge also emphasized our desire that Qatar garner [...]
2007-10-22 14:21:00Embassy DohaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV LE QA
07DOHA1009QATAR MFA WARNED THAT VISA SUSPENSION LOOMS IF
[...] (C) Charge d'Affaires, accompanied by P/E Chief, informed MFA Assistant Minister for Follow-up Affairs Mohamed Al-Rumaihi October 22 that November 1 would be the last day Embassy Doha could issue U.S. visas due to a shortage of visa foils, which the Embassy must receive by classified diplomati [...]
2007-10-23 15:07:00Embassy DohaCONFIDENTIALADCO ADPM PREL CVIS ASEC ACOA ATRN KRIM QA
07DOHA1020QATAR GIVES ORAL ASSURANCES THAT DIPLOMATIC POUCH
[...] (C/NF) Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Ahmed Al-Mahmoud convoked Charge October 25 to discuss delivery of U.S. diplomatic pouches (see reftel for background.) Al-Mahmoud informed Charge that following the GOQ's review of the bilateral discussions on this matter, the GOQ had taken the dec [...]
2007-10-25 14:42:00Embassy DohaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNADCO ADPM PREL CVIS ASEC ACOA ATRN KRIM QA
07DOHA1021QATAR AIRWAYS SECURITY UPDATE
[...] (C) Econoff visited Doha International Airport October 29 to observe security screening procedures for the direct Doha to Washington/Dulles flight (see reftel for background). The flight had 90 passengers flying out of the economy terminal and another 20 from the separate first and business c [...]
2007-10-29 13:32:00Embassy DohaCONFIDENTIALEAIR ASEC KSAC QA
07DOHA1040SENIOR MFA OFFICIAL OUTLINES QATAR'S FOREIGN POLICY
[...] (C//NF) Summary: MFA Assistant Minister for Follow-up Affairs Mohamed Al-Rumaihi in an October 23 presentation to a group of recently promoted senior U.S. military officers (CAPSTONE) gave a noteworthy overview of Qatar's foreign policy and made some significant remarks about domestic policy. [...]
2007-11-04 13:42:00Embassy DohaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV KDEM QA
07DOHA1042PRIME MINISTER OFFERS "SINCERE ADVICE" ON IRAQ
[...] (S) Summary: Ambassador Crocker briefed Qatar's Prime Minister/Foreign Minister Hamad bin Jassim Al Thani (HBJ) October 31 on the progress in Iraq and asked his assessment of building on this progress with the help of Arab states. HBJ said Qatar was a friend of the U.S. and wanted us to succe [...]
2007-11-05 10:03:00Embassy DohaSECRETPREL PGOV MASS IZ QA
07DOHA1043INFLATION, HOUSING COSTS TAKING TOLL ON QATARI
[...] SUMMARY: Double-digit inflation in Qatar has become the norm, with increases in the housing sector felt most acutely. The high cost of living dominates public and private discourse. The government has begun to take steps to address inflation, though they have been ineffective thus far, and the [...]
2007-11-05 12:35:00Embassy DohaUNCLASSIFIEDAFIN AFSN ALOW AMGT APER ECON ELAB QA
07DOHA1046SUPPORTING ARGENTINA'S REQUEST FOR INTERPOL
[...] (C) Poloff approached the MFA International Organizations, Conferences and Treaties Department October 28 regarding Government of Qatar (GOQ) participation in the November 5-8 INTERPOL General Assembly in Marrakech, Morocco and inquired about GOQ thinking regarding Argentina Red Notices (reft [...]
2007-11-05 13:50:00Embassy DohaCONFIDENTIALPREL KJUS PTER ASEC PGOV IR QA
07DOHA1047QATAR-ISRAEL COMMERCE CONTINUES QUIETLY
[...] (C) The Israeli Trade Representation Office in Qatar opened in 1996 but, despite its name, focuses less on promoting trade than on facilitating political engagement, such as Shimon Peres' January 2007 visit to Qatar and various civil society interactions. (Note: See reftel for more backgroun [...]
2007-11-06 10:09:00Embassy DohaCONFIDENTIALPREL KBCT USTR QA IS
07DOHA1050QATARI IMPLEMENTATION OF UNSCRS 1737 AND 1747
[...] (C) The Qatari Ministry of Foreign Affairs informed the Embassy via diplomatic note on October 25 that the GOQ examined the list of Iranian entities and individuals listed in the annexes to UNSC resolutions 1737 and 1747 and found "no accounts or financial transactions with the individuals an [...]
2007-11-07 12:23:00Embassy DohaCONFIDENTIALKNNP EFIN PARM QA
07DOHA1052QATAR FORGES ITS OWN "WAHABI" PATH
[...] (C) Summary: Qatar's brand of Islam, according to three sources, is both traditional and progressive. It is traditional in that it is based on scripture and standing interpretations, but progressive in its tolerance for various Islamic schools of thought and moderate social strictures. Even [...]
2007-11-08 13:51:00Embassy DohaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KIRF KISL QA
07DOHA1053QATAR'S DEPORTATION DETENTION CENTER - NO APPARENT
[...] (U) Summary. A visit to the Qatar Deportation Detention Center (DDC) 30 October revealed little to no improvement over the previous year. What appear to be obvious trafficking-in-persons (TIP) victims continue to be administratively apprehended, detained and deported. End Summary. ------ [...]
2007-11-08 13:51:00Embassy DohaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV PREL ELAB KWMN SMIG QA
07DOHA1054DEMARCHE ON QATAR'S HOLD ON UNSCR 1267 TERRORIST
[...] (C) Econoff and British Political Secretary James Lynch delivered Ref A demarche November 8 to Adel Al-Khal, Director of International Organizations, Conferences and Treaties at the MFA. Al-Khal explained that at the time of the UN 1267 Committee meeting, the Qatari mission at the United Nati [...]
2007-11-08 14:44:00Embassy DohaCONFIDENTIALPTER ETTC KTFN UNSC QA IZ
07DOHA1071QATARI MFA AND CENTRAL BANK VIEWS ON IRAN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Ahmad Al-Mahmoud told Charge November 14 that Iran's acquisition of weapons of mass destruction would be a "disaster" for Qatar, the U.S. and the region. Qatar agreed that a peaceful and diplomatic resolution of the Iranian nuclear issue was [...]
2007-11-15 09:52:00Embassy DohaCONFIDENTIALPREL MNUC KNNP PARM EFIN IR QA
07DOHA1073GCC FOREIGN MINISTERS PREPARE FOR UPCOMING SUMMIT
[...] (C) The Foreign Ministers of the GCC member states met in Doha November 11 to discuss the agenda for the heads of state summit, scheduled to take place in Doha December 3-4. Omani DCM Salim Abdulla Al-Alawi told Charge and P/E Chief November 14 that it appeared certain King Abdullah of Saudi [...]
2007-11-15 15:03:00Embassy DohaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV GCC QA
07DOHA11SCENESETTER FOR UNDER SECRETARY FORE'S JANUARY
[...] (C) Embassy Doha is pleased to welcome you to Qatar. The Government of Qatar remains a key ally of the U.S. in the war on terror and supports a significant U.S. military presence in the country. Qatar's Amir, Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, took power from his father in 1995 and embarked on [...]
2007-01-03 13:44:00Embassy DohaSECRETPREL AMGT PGOV ASEC CMGT QA
07DOHA1104QATAR CENTRAL BANK GOVERNOR DOWNPLAYS CURRENCY
[...] (C) Qatar Central Bank Governor Sheikh Abdulla Bin Saoud Al Thani told Charge and Econoff November 25 that recent press commentary speculating on an imminent move by GCC countries' to depeg or revalue their currencies is overblown. Sheikh Abdulla said Qatar's economy had been well served by [...]
2007-11-26 10:33:00Embassy DohaCONFIDENTIALEFIN QA
07DOHA1112QATARIS AMBIVALENT ABOUT IRANIAN THREAT FOR NOW
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Qataris by and large remain ambivalent about the Iranian threat, especially with respect to Iranian intentions to acquire nuclear weapons. Key Embassy contacts paint a composite picture of Qataris' welcoming, on an emotional level, Iranian nuclear weapons capability to counter [...]
2007-11-29 06:01:00Embassy DohaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV IR QA
07DOHA1115BOEING DELIVERY, FCS OPENING HIGHLIGHT COMMERCIAL
[...] State-owned Qatar Airways took delivery today of its firs... [...]
2007-11-29 13:54:00Embassy DohaUNCLASSIFIEDBTIO ECON BEXP BMGT EAIR QA
07DOHA1127GCC SUMMIT OPENS IN DOHA WITH LOW PUBLIC
[...] (SBU) The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Summit opened December 3 in Doha with all six heads of state, plus Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmedinejad in attendance. Though not on the written agenda, Ahmedinejad delivered a largely non-inflammatory speech that included a twelve-point proposal to a [...]
2007-12-03 13:46:00Embassy DohaCONFIDENTIALPREL EFIN GCC QA
07DOHA1133GCC SUMMIT WRAPS UP IN DOHA WITHOUT NOTABLE
[...] (C) The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Summit officially closed December 4 with a brief and low-key ceremony and with no notable achievements. Neither the Iranian president nor the UAE president attended the closing. (According to press reports, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmedinejad departed [...]
2007-12-04 13:30:00Embassy DohaCONFIDENTIALPREL EFIN GCC IR QA
07DOHA1134BAN ON SAUDI POULTRY DUE TO AVIAN INFLUENZA MAKES
[...] The World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) announced November 13 the reoccurence of Avian Influenza in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA). Based on the OIE finding of H5N1 in the KSA, Qatar's Minister of Municipal Affairs and Agriculture, Sheikh Abdulrahman bin Khalifa Al-Thani, issued a M [...]
2007-12-04 13:30:00Embassy DohaUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR ECON PREL TBIO SENV KFLU QA SA
07DOHA1136QATAR LIKELY TO BE ONE OF THE FIRST GCC STATES TO
[...] (C) P/E Chief delivered Ref A demarche December 5 to MFA Director of GCC Affairs Yousef Al-Jaber. Al-Jaber said the GCC heads of state discussed how to proceed on stabilizing Iraq in their December 3-4 Doha summit. According to Al-Jaber, the GCC states believed that the security situation i [...]
2007-12-05 11:59:00Embassy DohaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL IZ IR TU QA
07DOHA1141READOUT ON GCC SUMMIT FROM THE DOHA ORGANIZER
[...] (C) MFA Director of GCC Affairs Yousef Al-Jaber (strictly protect),who was the organizer of the December 3-4 Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Summit in Doha, provided P/E Chief December 5 a readout of the event and the preparations leading up to it. Had it not been for Iranian President Mahmo [...]
2007-12-06 13:04:00Embassy DohaCONFIDENTIALPREL EFIN GCC IR QA
07DOHA1172SCENESETTER FOR DECEMBER 18 GULF SECURITY DIALOGUE
[...] (S) In November, Qatar's Amir told the Commander of CENTCOM, Admiral Fallon, that he wants the Qatari leadership to seek ways to deepen its military partnership with the U.S. at all levels. While a desirable goal given the considerable equities we have in our relationship with Qatar, the Amir' [...]
2007-12-12 14:19:00Embassy DohaSECRETMASS MARR PREL QA
07DOHA1174VODAFONE AND QATAR FOUNDATION BEAT AT&T FOR MOBILE
[...] (U) United Kingdom-based Vodafone and its local partner, the Qatar Foundation (QF),won Qatar's second mobile phone operating license. The winning consortium plans to start operations in 2008 and would compete with government-owned Q-tel, currently Qatar's sole mobile telephone provider. Vod [...]
2007-12-13 13:33:00Embassy DohaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECPS EINV BTIO QA
07DOHA1187DEMARCHE DELIVERED: SHARING DRAFT IRAQ UNSCR
[...] (SBU) Poloff approached the MFA International Organizations, Conferences and Treaties Department December 11 regarding Government of Qatar (GOQ) support for extending the mandates for the Multinational Force - Iraq (MNF-I),Development Fund for Iraq (DFI),and International Advisory, and Moni [...]
2007-12-16 11:00:00Embassy DohaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM PREL UNSC EFIN MARR QA IZ
07DOHA1195QATARI MFA OFFICIAL OFFERS ADVICE ON POST-NIE
[...] (C) Summary: U.S. Representative to the IAEA Ambassador Gregory Schulte briefed MFA Assistant Minister for Follow-Up Affairs Al-Rumaihi December 11 on the recent National Intelligence Estimate on Iran and U.S. policy toward Tehran in the wake of it. As Qatar prepares to leave the UN Securit [...]
2007-12-17 12:25:00Embassy DohaCONFIDENTIALPREL PNUC ETTC IAEA IR QA
07DOHA1199QATAR LOOKS EAST TO SINGAPORE AS A MODEL FOR
[...] (C) Summary: The Government of Qatar (GOQ) has over the past two years been building a strong, strategic relationship with the Government of Singapore (GOS),particularly in the areas of security and economic development. Both small, prosperous states surrounding by much larger neighbors, the [...]
2007-12-17 13:29:00Embassy DohaCONFIDENTIALEFIN MARR ECON PREL QA SN
07DOHA1214EMPOWERING QATARI WOMEN TO TACKLE FAMILY VIOLENCE
[...] The Qatar Supreme Council for Family Affairs (SCFA) organized November 25-26 a workshop on combating violence against women, a subject once considered taboo in Qatar. Even today, the Qatari Criminal Code does not define punishments or penalize offenders in this regard. Likewise, Qatar has not [...]
2007-12-30 06:31:00Embassy DohaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM KDEM KWMN QA
07DOHA135QATAR FINANCIAL CENTRE: SOLID REGULATIONS,
[...] Summary. On 28 January Qatar Financial Centre (QFC) regulatory officials told EmbOffs that the Authority has licensed 17 financial services firms and focuses on corporate governance as the primary risk in evaluating applications. The Authority, which regulates the QFC as a sort of financial fr [...]
2007-02-07 12:18:00Embassy DohaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN QA KTFN
07DOHA137C-NE6-02072 SHIA IN QATAR QUIET ON POLITICAL
[...] (C) Summary. Shia amount to 5% of Qatari citizenry. They are well-represented in the business sector and also hold some important government positions, though not the most senior. Their mosques are un-regulated, and Sunni and Shia frequently pray together. Shia would like more official oversig [...]
2007-02-07 13:51:00Embassy DohaCONFIDENTIALPREL KISL IZ IR QA
07DOHA163SECURITY GAPS IN QATAR'S ONSHORE OIL FACILITY
[...] (U) Summary. On January 30 Ambassador and Emboffs visited Qatar Petroleum's Dukhan compound and oil field. Qatar Petroleum is undertaking a major infrastructure upgrade at Dukhan to improve the administrative and living spaces. No armed guards were present at the compound and the area was prot [...]
2007-02-14 13:39:00Embassy DohaCONFIDENTIALECON EPET QA ASEC PTER
07DOHA168PUTIN VISITS DOHA BUT NO TANGIBLE RESULTS
[...] (C) Summary. Russian president Vladimir Putin met with the Qatari Amir in Doha February 12. The two agreed on the need for a Middle East peace conference, the date and locale of which was undefined. The two also agreed on holding discussions on an OPEC-like organization for gas producers at th [...]
2007-02-14 14:45:00Embassy DohaCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL EPET UNSC RU IR QA
07DOHA174C-TN6-01921: SASOL CHEVRON FIRST OF MANY IN QATAR
[...] (U) Summary. Sasol Chevron's Qatar Country Manager and Public Relations Executive told Emboffs February 6 that the GTL industry is in the phase that liquefied natural gas was 15 years ago, and they expect GTLs will follow the same course. Sasol's Oryx plant will produce 34,000 barrels per day [...]
2007-02-19 10:38:00Embassy DohaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EPET QA EINV
07DOHA201QATAR PETROLEUM'S CONFIRMATION OF SECURITY PROCEDURES
[...] Saad al-Kaabi, director of oil and gas ventures at Qatar Petroleum (QP),submitted by e-mail the following document in response to reftel. The QP document confirms, line by line, all of the security procedures noted during the January 31 videoconference between QP and U.S. energy, transportatio [...]
2007-02-22 13:12:00Embassy DohaUNCLASSIFIEDENRG EPET ETRD ASEC QA
07DOHA202RISING COSTS END EXXONMOBIL GTL PROJECT
[...] (U) On February 21 Exxon Mobil and Qatar Petroleum (QP) terminated plans to build a gas-to-liquids (GTL) plant because of increasing costs to build the facility. The plant was supposed to be become the world's largest GTL plant, producing 154,000 barrels per day of base oils and synthetic fuel [...]
2007-02-22 14:31:00Embassy DohaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EPET QA
07DOHA206QATARI MFA DOES NOT WANT NATO/ISAF TO BECOME A
[...] (S) SUMMARY: Qatari Deputy Minister for Follow-Up Affairs Mohamad al-Rumaihi told Ambassador and DCM February 25 that U.S. personnel supporting the NATO/ISAF Afghanistan mission out of Al-Udeid Air Base are covered by the bilateral Defense Cooperation Agreement. He nevertheless complained tha [...]
2007-02-25 14:57:00Embassy DohaSECRETMARR NATO PGOV PTER QA XF
07DOHA212QATAR ESTABLISHING A TOURISM NICHE
[...] (U) Summary. The acting Director General of the Qatar Tourism Authority (QTA) told Emboffs that in developing a tourism sector, Qatar is not looking to become a mass-market destination like Dubai but is aiming to be a niche market for East to West travel. The government has dedicated USD 18 bi [...]
2007-02-26 09:32:00Embassy DohaUNCLASSIFIEDECON QA
07DOHA224U/S HENRIETTA HOLSMAN FORE'S FEBRUARY 15 MEETING AT QATARI
[...] (SBU) Under Secretary of State for Management Henrietta Holsman Fore met February 15 with Qatari Minister of State for Foreign Affairs (Qatar's second-ranking MFA official) Ahmed al-Mahmoud to discuss consular notification of arrested Americans, Iran, Iraq, and other regional issues. Al-Mahmou [...]
2007-02-28 04:18:00Embassy DohaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL CASC QA
07DOHA260QATAR: INPUT FOR THE SEVENTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN
[...] (U) The following is post's input for the seventh annual Anti-Trafficking in Persons Report. Answers are keyed to reftel questions. 2. (SBU) Paragraph 27. Overview of a country's activities to eliminate trafficking in persons: A. (SBU) Is the country a country of origin, transit, or des [...]
2007-03-08 09:25:00Embassy DohaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM KCRM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF ELAB QA
07DOHA271QATAR'S LEADING BANKS SUPPORT ERO DIVERSIFICATION
[...] Summary. In iscussions with senior management of Qatar's top two banks, Qatar National Bank and Doha Bank, Emboffs learned that the private sector anticipates Qatar's continued diversification away from the dollar as the country becomes more involved in the global economy. Bank officials also s [...]
2007-03-12 10:37:00Embassy DohaUNCLASSIFIEDECON FIN QA
07DOHA285INTERNATIONAL COMPANIES ON QATAR'S ENERGY SECURITY
[...] (C) Summary. Security officials from ExxonMobil, ConocoPhillips, and KBR operations in Qatar told Emboffs of their current security measures and future plans. The companies do not have direct influence on the security of the plants they are invested in but some hope to change this in the futur [...]
2007-03-15 14:24:00Embassy DohaCONFIDENTIALASEC ECON EPET QA
07DOHA311POST ACTION PLAN FOR ENGAGING QATAR ON ENERGY
[...] (C) Qatar's intention to become the world's liquefied natural gas (LNG) and gas-to-liquids (GTL) leader by 2012 necessitates a robust energy infrastructure security program that it currently lacks. While the Qataris have adequately prepared a production and shipping infrastructure for the boom [...]
2007-03-25 13:35:00Embassy DohaCONFIDENTIALEPET ASEC ECON PREL QA
07DOHA321QATAR GAS SLOWLY MOVING FORWARD ON SECURITY
[...] (C) Summary. QatarGas is in the midst of improving its security procedures with new equipment, better training, and more security personnel, the goal is to be ISO 28000 compliant in the next two years. While undergoing physical improvements, the QatarGas head of security is also trying to rais [...]
2007-03-26 13:39:00Embassy DohaCONFIDENTIALECON EPET ASEC EWWT QA
07DOHA330QATAR AIRWAYS CHAIRMAN SEES MORE BOEINGS AND
[...] (C) Summary: At a recent meeting with Ambassador, Akbar Al Baker, CEO of Qatar Airways (QA),discussed QA expansion plans for the near future, which he said now include the purchase of 60 Boeing 777 aircraft, up from an original buy of 20. According to Al Baker, QA will fly to Los Angeles and [...]
2007-03-28 13:05:00Embassy DohaSECRET//NOFORNASEC CVIS EAIR PREL QA KHLS IR
07DOHA335INFORMATION EXCHANGE: QATARI BORDER DATABASES AND
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. THIS CABLE PROVIDES DETAILS OF QATAR'S USE OF IMMIGRATION DATABASES AND BIOMETRICS SYSTEMS AT PORTS OF ENTRY. IMMIGRATION OFFICIALS AT QATAR'S INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT SCREEN ARRIVING AND DEPARTING PASSENGERS FOR PREVIOUS PASSENGER RECORDS AND FRAUDULENT, LOST OR STOLEN TRAVEL DOCU [...]
2007-03-29 13:34:00Embassy DohaSECRETPGOV ASEC PTER KVPR CVIS PINR KHLS QA
07DOHA339RARE PUBLIC DEMONSTRATION IN QATAR: SOLIDARITY
[...] (U) The Qatari Central Municipal Council organized a "rally" the afternoon of March 28 to show solidarity with Iraq. It lasted 1 hour and 40 minutes. The event took place at a central location along the city's corniche. Participants numbered a maximum of 400 and mostly included high-school and [...]
2007-03-29 14:50:00Embassy DohaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ASEC PREL IZ QA
07DOHA351FOREIGN MINISTER ASSUMES PRIME MINISTERSHIP
[...] (U) Qatar News Agency announced today that the Qatari Prime Minister, Abdullah bin Khalifa Al Thani, who is the Amir's brother, has resigned. The First Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister, Hamad bin Jassim Al Thani (HBJ),has replaced him while retaining the foreign affairs portfolio. T [...]
2007-04-03 14:29:00Embassy DohaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL QA
07DOHA353QATAR ESTABLISHES LARGEST NATIONAL PARK IN THE COUNTRY
[...] Summary. On January 22, 2007, the Government of Qatar (GOQ) passed a law establishing the largest national park in the country. Post and the U.S. National Park Service (NPS) have supported the project since its inception in 2000. The GOQ is now requesting further assistance from the U.S. to dev [...]
2007-04-04 08:18:00Embassy DohaUNCLASSIFIEDSENV PGOV QA
07DOHA359SECURITY OBSERVATIONS AT QATAR'S ENERGY PORTS
[...] (C) Summary. Security at Qatar's most important ports, Ras Laffan and Mesaieed, currently meet the basic standards for infrastructure protection but many improvements could be made. Both ports are in the process of upgrading security with new equipment including x-ray units for passenger cars [...]
2007-04-04 14:37:00Embassy DohaCONFIDENTIALEPET ENRG ASEC PGOV QA
07DOHA368QATAR CENTRAL MUNICIPAL COUNCIL ELECTIONS SEE
[...] Summary. Qatar held national elections for the third session of the Central Municipal Council (CMC) April 1. The turnout (nearly 50 percent) was higher than many predicted. One of three women running for the council was re-elected in a landslide. Voting ran smoothly without significant problem [...]
2007-04-05 14:32:00Embassy DohaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KDEM KMPI PREL QA
07DOHA385GAS EXPORTING COUNTRIES FORUM: NO GAS CARTEL
[...] (U) Summary. Ministers at the Gas Exporting Countries Forum (GECF),representing the world,s top gas producers, rejected the idea of forming an OPEC-style gas cartel. The decision came after member countries, which together hold more than 70 per cent of natural gas reserves, discussed a propos [...]
2007-04-10 13:56:00Embassy DohaCONFIDENTIALEPET PGOV RU IR QA
07DOHA388LAUNCH OF RASGAS TRAIN 5 MAKES QATAR WORLD'S
[...] Summary. Qatar recently launched RasGas Train 5, the world,s largest liquefied natural gas (LNG) production facility. The start-up of Train 5, which will produce 4.7 million tons of LNG per annum (mtpa),will increase Qatar's total LNG production capacity to approximately 30.7 mtpa, making it [...]
2007-04-12 10:31:00Embassy DohaUNCLASSIFIEDEPET ECON PGOV QA
07DOHA420DEMOCRACY FORUM: LEBANESE PRESIDENT AND SYRIAN
[...] (U) The Amir of Qatar, Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, opened the seventh annual Forum on Democracy, Development, and Free Trade April 23 with a speech that focused on the need for democratic reforms in the Arab region. He described a "sort of lassitude" in Arab movement toward reform in the region [...]
2007-04-24 14:16:00Embassy DohaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM LE SY QA
07DOHA433FORMER ARAB KNESSET MEMBER BISHARA SPEAKS AT DOHA DEMOCRACY
[...] (U) Former Arab member of the Israeli Knesset Azmi Bishara was a featured speaker on the "Political Reform: National Programs and External Projects" panel of the Doha Forum on Democracy, Development and Free Trade on April 24. Speaking without notes, Bishara asked how a state could be built on [...]
2007-04-29 04:34:00Embassy DohaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL IS KPAL QA
07DOHA439QATARIS WILL SUPPORT KOSOVO RESOLUTION ON PRINCIPLE
[...] (C) Summary. Qatari Minister of State for Foreign Affairs told S/R Frank Wisner that Qatar "will support the same position you support" on Kosovo. He appreciated consultation on the matter. He said a Serbian envoy had tried to convince him to back a "middle way" -- but the Qataris were not swa [...]
2007-05-01 10:58:00Embassy DohaCONFIDENTIALPREL UNSC XH QA
07DOHA495WADAH KHANFAR LOSES POSITION AS MEMBER OF AL
[...] (C) Summary: In a long-awaited move, the Amir has appointed a new board of governors for the Al Jazeera Network (AJN). Highlights include: the retention of Sheikh Hamad bin Thamer as chairman; the replacement of Wadah Khanfar as a board member and possibly as manager of the entire AJ Network; [...]
2007-05-16 08:55:00Embassy DohaCONFIDENTIALKPAO PREL QA ALJAZEERA
07DOHA507QATAR INCLINED TO SUPPORT ALTERNATIVE TO BELARUS
[...] No summary [...]
2007-05-17 12:58:00Embassy DohaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL QA
07DOHA508QATAR "FIFTY-FIFTY" ON SUPPORT FOR HARIRI TRIBUNAL
[...] (C) Assistant Minister Mohamed al-Rumaihi, who holds the MFA's UN portfolio, told the Ambassador May 17 that Qatar was "fifty-fifty" on supporting the Hariri assassination tribunal. He said the tribunal was "important to approve," but then outlined reasons why Qatar believes the decision shoul [...]
2007-05-17 13:03:00Embassy DohaCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER LE SY QA
07DOHA511SCENESETTER FOR MAY 24 GULF SECURITY DIALOGUE IN
[...] (C) Embassy Doha is pleased to welcome the Gulf Security Dialogue delegation to Qatar. This second GSD meeting and the first in Doha will mean a lot to the Qatari leadership. It will strengthen our mil-to-mil relationship and help in our efforts to moderate the Qataris' more objectionable fore [...]
2007-05-18 12:52:00Embassy DohaSECRETPREL MARR PARM IR IZ QA
07DOHA556QATAR STRONGLY HINTS IT WON'T SUPPORT THE SPECIAL
[...] (C) During Gulf Security Dialogue discussions in Doha May 24, Acting PM A/S Mull expressed the hope that Qatar would vote for the UN Security Council resolution establishing the Hariri Tribunal under Chapter 7 of the UN Charter. Qatari MFA Assistant Minister Mohammad al-Rumeihi replied, "We wi [...]
2007-05-24 14:05:00Embassy DohaCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER UNSC LE SY QA
07DOHA575QATARI-U.S. GULF SECURITY DIALOGUE MAY 24
[...] No summary [...]
2007-05-31 14:32:00Embassy DohaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR KNNP EPET IR ASEC IZ SU LE QA
07DOHA577SCENESETTER FOR AMBASSADOR GREGORY SCHULTE'S VISIT
[...] (C) Embassy Doha is pleased to welcome you to Qatar. This visit - your second - will mean a lot to the Qatari leadership. It will strengthen our cooperation on UN Security Council issues and help in our efforts to move Doha to take stronger positions on Iran and its nuclear activities, about w [...]
2007-06-01 10:05:00Embassy DohaSECRETPREL KNNP UN IR QA
07DOHA581QATARI-U.S. GULF SECURITY DIALOGUE MAY 24
[...] (C) Summary. State/DOD Gulf Security Dialogue delegation met with Qatari MFA, MOD, and MOI officials May 24 in Doha. The Qataris acknowledged the importance of maintaining ambiguity on whether there might be a military attack in response to Iranian plans to develop a nuclear weapon. Noting per [...]
2007-06-03 08:25:00Embassy DohaSECRETPREL MARR KNNP EPET IR ASEC IZ SU LE QA
07DOHA594QATAR LIKELY TO SUPPORT FURTHER IRAN SANCTIONS IF
[...] (C) Summary. The GOQ's Assistant Minister for Foreign Affairs, Mohamed al-Rumaihi, who holds the UN portfolio, told Ambassador Greg Schulte June 4 that Qatar would likely support additional Iran sanctions in the UN Security Council if the sanctions did not exceed unspecified red lines. Rumaihi [...]
2007-06-06 11:27:00Embassy DohaSECRET//NOFORNPREL KNNP IR QA
07DOHA606NEW INDICATIONS THAT ELECTIONS WILL TAKE PLACE IN
[...] (U) The Qatari Amir, Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, issued a decree June 6 which extended the term of the current Advisory Council to June 30, 2008. The term had been set to end June 30 of this year. The Advisory Council consists of 30 members appointed by the Amir; it had been extended, with some [...]
2007-06-07 14:00:00Embassy DohaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM QA
07DOHA641BEGINNING OF THE END? KHANFAR STILL AT THE HELM OF
[...] (C) Summary: Wadah Khanfar remains Director-General of the Al Jazeera Network (AJN),but no longer has responsibility for financial and administrative issues. Although Khanfar placed a positive spin on the recent AJN board reshuffle in a meeting with Emboffs, our assessment is that his position [...]
2007-06-18 12:29:00Embassy DohaCONFIDENTIALKPAO PREL QA ALJAZEERA
07DOHA705DELEGATION TO LEBANON: ARAB LEAGUE INITIATIVE
[...] (C) Summary. MinState for Foreign Affairs Al Mahmoud told Ambassador July 2 that a special Arab League delegation that involved him had attempted to mediate between Lebanese factions during a June visit to Beirut to deal with the Lebanese political crisis. The group made no progress, for the i [...]
2007-07-05 07:16:00Embassy DohaCONFIDENTIALPREL LE QA
07DOHA709SOMALIS MEET IN QATAR, REJECT RECONCILIATION
[...] (C) Summary. A local NGO affiliated with Islamic hard-liners hosted Somali activists in Doha for a conference June 7-8 2007. Sheikh Sharif of the Islamic Courts movement and Sharif Hassan, former parliamentary speaker, participated. The event was paid for through a hard-line Sunni organization [...]
2007-07-05 14:39:00Embassy DohaCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER MOPS XF AL QA
07DOHA710SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF ASSISTANT TO THE
[...] (C) Embassy Doha is pleased to welcome you to Qatar. This is your third visit here, and the most senior USG visit since Secretary Gates met the Amir in January 2007. Your meetings SIPDIS can help define the tone of bilateral engagement on a range of issues over the coming 18 months, help s [...]
2007-07-05 16:25:00Embassy DohaSECRETPREL PINR IZ LE QA
07DOHA713DEMARCHE TO OIL EXPORTERS: QATAR "ON THE SAME PAGE"
[...] (C) Minister of State for Energy and Industry Mohamed al-Sada agreed with Charge in a meeting July 9 that statements in support of high oil prices made it difficult for the U.S. Administration to oppose the No Oil Producing and Exporting Cartels Act (reftel). Al-Sada nevertheless made the poin [...]
2007-07-09 14:28:00Embassy DohaCONFIDENTIALEPET PREL QA
07DOHA723QATAR TO CONSIDER GCC+2 MEETING
[...] No summary [...]
2007-07-15 13:33:00Embassy DohaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL XF QA
07DOHA764FREEDOM AGENDA: SUPPORT FOR DEMOCRACY AND HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] (SBU) Qatar's April 1 municipal elections, the country's third, served as a focal point for democracy promotion in 2007. Ambassador and Emboffs engaged in a program of support and undertook the following activities: -- Ambassador hosted a series of salons at his residence to discuss election [...]
2007-08-01 10:23:00Embassy DohaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KMPI KDEM SCUL KPAO QA
07DOHA771UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY ATTENDANCE - QATAR
[...] GOQ contacts have told us that the Qatari Amir will lead his country's delegation to the UNGA. The GOQ has not yet formed the full delegation, and specific travel plans have not been made. Post will report as information becomes available. 2. Currently available information: A. Attendan [...]
2007-08-02 09:13:00Embassy DohaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL OVIP UNGA QA
07DOHA78SUNNI AND SHI'A DISCUSS RAPPROCHEMENT IN DOHA
[...] (SBU) Summary. Prominent cleric Yousef Qaradawi called on Iraqi Shi'a and Iran to take steps to end sectarian violence in Iraq at Doha's Conference for Dialogue of Islamic Schools of Thought. Shi'a and other clerics said that Muslims must unite in the face of a common (some mentioned Zionist) e [...]
2007-01-22 13:16:00Embassy DohaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KISL QA
07DOHA863SUBJECT: QTEL CHAIRMAN DISCUSSES PLANS FOR IRAQ,
[...] (C) SUMMARY: CDA and Econoff met August 29 with Sheikh Abdulla bin Mohamad Al Thani, Chairman of government-controlled QTel, and Dr. Nasser M. Marafih, QTel CEO, to discuss QTel investments in Iraq and elsewhere in the region, as well as ArabSat broadcasts of Al-Zawraa. QTel continues a rap [...]
2007-08-30 11:04:00Embassy DohaCONFIDENTIALECPS EINV KPAL KPAO PGOV EG IS IZ KU QA
07DOHA871(C) SCENESETTER FOR DEPUTY SECRETARY NEGROPONTE'S
[...] (C) Embassy Doha welcomes you on this brief stop in Qatar. You last met with Foreign Minister Hamad bin Jassim Al Thani (HBJ) in Washington in December 2006 in your capacity as DNI. In April 2007, HBJ also became Prime Minister, long an inconsequential portfolio held by the Amir's brother. D [...]
2007-08-31 10:23:00Embassy DohaSECRETPREL QA
07DOHA897DEPUTY SECRETARY NEGROPONTE'S MEETING WITH QATARI
[...] (SBU) Deputy Secretary John Negroponte met the evening of September 9 at the Qatari Ministry of Foreign Affairs with Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Ahmed Al-Mahmoud, the number two official in the Qatari MFA. Joining Al-Mahmoud were Assistant Minister Mohamad Al-Rumaihi, Director of Eu [...]
2007-09-12 10:50:00Embassy DohaCONFIDENTIALIAEA IR IS IZ KWBG PREL QA
07DOHA922NEW QATAR LABOR MINISTER PLEDGES COOPERATION ON
[...] (SBU) Summary. State Department Special Representative for Social Issues Ambassador Grover Joseph Rees used his visit to Qatar September 4-8 to engage GOQ officials on the issue of forced labor and trafficking-in-persons (TIP) among the large migrant worker population. During a meeting with [...]
2007-09-20 14:24:00Embassy DohaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PREL ELAB QA
07DOHA964QATAR WILLING TO CONSIDER SOVEREIGN WEALTH FUND
[...] (C) Summary: In September 18 meetings at the Ministry of Finance and Central Bank, a U.S. Treasury delegation led by DAS Saeed told the Qatari Finance Minister and Central Bank Governor that the USG remains committed to an open investment climate in the United States and invited Qatar's part [...]
2007-10-03 06:55:00Embassy DohaCONFIDENTIALEFIN EINV QA
07DOHA972QATARI TEXTILES AND APPAREL PRODUCTION
[...] (U) Textiles and apparel production is not a significant part of Qatar's hydrocarbon-based economy. Until recently, there were a handful of textile factories in Qatar, many of which were started by investors from the Asian subcontinent as a means to avoid textile quotas from the global multifi [...]
2007-10-04 12:37:00Embassy DohaUNCLASSIFIEDECON ETRD KTEX QA
07DOHA978TERRORIST FINANCE: PRE-NOTIFICATION OF DESIGNATION
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-08 13:37:00Embassy DohaUNCLASSIFIEDKTFN EFIN PTER ETTC PREL IZ QA
07DOHA979QATAR AIRWAYS U.S. FLIGHTS - GETTING SECURITY RIGHT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Barely two months after the inauguration of direct Doha to U.S. flights via Qatar Airways, an assessment by Transportation Security Administration (TSA) inspectors found several major areas of concern for the flights, including insufficient passenger screening, particularly for wo [...]
2007-10-09 09:41:00Embassy DohaCONFIDENTIALASEC KSAC EAIR QA
07DOHA980QATAR AGREES TO GULF SECURITY DIALOGUE IN
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-09 11:51:00Embassy DohaUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS PINS PREL QA
07DOHA982CODEL BOYD MEETING OCTOBER 5 WITH QATARI HEIR
[...] (SBU) A congressional delegation led by Rep. Allen Boyd of Florida, and accompanied by charge, met Qatar's Heir Apparent, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, October 5 in Doha. In addition to Boyd, the Delegation included Rep. Roger Wicker of Mississippi, Rep. Wayne Gilchrist of Maryland, Rep. B [...]
2007-10-10 13:01:00Embassy DohaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV QA
07DOHA983UPDATED DEMOCRATIC REFORM STRATEGY FOR QATAR
[...] (U) Embassy Doha continues to use a combination of programmatic and diplomatic means to assist the GOQ in its efforts to build and sustain democratic institutions. In line with the Mission Strategic Plan, Post has expanded its areas of emphasis to include: promoting democratic elections, pro [...]
2007-10-10 13:23:00Embassy DohaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KMPI AMGT KDEM ECON KPAO QA
07DOHA986QATAR NOMINATION FOR THE 2008 SECRETARY'S AWARD
[...] Embassy Doha nominates Amal Abdullatif Al Mannai to receive the Secretary of State's Award for International Women of Courage for 2008. Amal Al-Mannai has been informed of her nomination and was flattered by the news. Requested information follows: Full Legal Name: Amal Abdullatif Al-Mann [...]
2007-10-11 12:35:00Embassy DohaUNCLASSIFIEDKWMN KPAO PREL PHUM QA
07DOHA999NEW QATARI MINISTRY OF LABOR AND SOCIAL AFFAIRS
[...] (U) Summary. As of October 1, the Qatari ministry formerly known as the Ministry of Civil Service Affairs and Housing officially became the Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs. Dr. Sultan bin Hassan Al-Dhabit Al-Dousari remained Minister during the transition. Most of the functions of the [...]
2007-10-21 10:51:00Embassy DohaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PINR ELAB QA
07JAKARTA2228MUSLIM ORGANIZATION OFFERS ASSISTANCE ON KOREAN
[...] (SBU) Pol/C met August 15 with Rozy Munir, Indonesia's Ambassador-designate to Qatar. Munir is currently a senior Nahdlatul Ulama (NU) official and chairman of its international relations committee. NU, a mainstream group, is Indonesia's largest mass-Muslim organization with an estimated 35 [...]
2007-08-15 09:56:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL KISL PTER ID AF PK KS QA
07JERUSALEM222PA PRESIDENCY PAYS PA SALARIES
[...] (C) Summary: The PA Presidency disbursed salary payments to PA security and civil service members, except health and education employees, beginning January 28. This marks the first time that the Presidency has made salary payments on behalf of the PA government. The PA government disbursed [...]
2007-02-02 12:45:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALEFIN ELAB PGOV KWBG QA IS AE
07KHARTOUM1846MINAWI PRESSES QATAR FOR ASSISTANCE
[...] (SBU) Please see action request para. 4. 2. (S) Senior Assistant to the President and Sudan Liberation Movement (SLM) leader Minni Minawi traveled to Doha November 21 to 25 as part of a broader effort to solicit political and financial support from Arab capitals for his beleaguered movement [...]
2007-11-26 05:53:00Embassy KhartoumSECRETPREL PGOV SU QA
07KHARTOUM406SUDAN, ACCEPTING ISOLATION, TURNS TO IRAN, QATAR
[...] (C) Egypt's influence on Sudan's leadership and its ability to persuade the government to engage in constructive dialogue with the international community has waned, Egyptian diplomat Hani Khedr (please protect) told Poloff on March 15. Sudan has accepted its growing isolation from the West, m [...]
2007-03-15 15:53:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR UN SU EG IR CD QA
07KHARTOUM951MINAWI PREVIEWS TRIP OF ARAB CAPITALS
[...] (C) Senior Assistant to the President and SLM leader Minni Minawi will travel to five Arab capitals next week to seek political and financial support for his movement in an effort to stabilize the situation in Darfur. He has asked for U.S. assistance in previewing his trip with these Arabs go [...]
2007-06-15 10:18:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL AU UN SU EG SA KU QA TC
07KUWAIT1097MINISTER SAYS GCC CRISIS MANAGEMENT CENTER TO BE
[...] (C) Minister of Social Affairs and Labor Shaykh Sabah Al-Khalid Al-Sabah told the Ambassador on July 9 that agreement had been reached at the recent GCC meeting of defense and foreign ministers and national security chiefs on establishing a GCC crisis management center in Kuwait. He credite [...]
2007-07-10 09:28:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL ASEC LE QA SA IR IZ IS KU
07KUWAIT1122GOK INTEREST IN REGIONAL RADIOACTIVE SEALED
[...] (U) The following Government of Kuwait officials have expressed an interest in participating in reftel workshop: Eng. Samir Al-Asfour Director Radiation Protection Department Ministry of Health Tel. 965-241-5047/ 965-243-9889 Fax 965-241-5049 Mr. Fadhel A. H. Ghuloum Head of Ionizing [...]
2007-07-16 10:04:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDJO SA QA KU IZ TC ENRG TRGY
07KUWAIT1543KUWAIT COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR AMBASSADOR
[...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance to Ryan Crocker, U.S. Ambassador to Iraq; Senior Advisor David Pearce; Special Assistant Ali Khedery; and A/RSO David Hazarian, to travel to post on October 29, 2007 to meet with host government principals. 2. An Embassy visit officer and [...]
2007-10-22 12:54:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDBA EG JO KU QA OTRA AMGT ASEC
07KUWAIT219TERRORIST FINANCE: REQUEST FOR ASSISTANCE IN
[...] (C/NF) The following response is keyed to ref A. 2. (S/NF) Effectiveness of Tranche I Designations: Tranche I designations have had little discernible impact on the three Kuwaitis identified as terrorist facilitators -- Hamad Al-Ali, Jaber Al-Jalamah, and Mubarak Al-Bathali -- though we [...]
2007-02-14 13:29:00Embassy KuwaitSECRET//NOFORNKU QA KTFN EFIN ETTC PREL PTER
07KUWAIT281KUWAIT COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED: KUWAIT CRITICAL
[...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and hereby grants country clearance for the following Kuwait Critical Energy Infrastructure Protection Survey Team (ATA 6156) members traveling to Kuwait from March 13-21, 2007: Richard Soler - DS/T/ATA; Kevin Maloy - DS/T/ATA; Patrick Willging - U.S. Dept. of Energy; [...]
2007-02-27 10:48:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDKU QA KCIP ASEC ENRG OTRA PTER
07KUWAIT481KUWAIT GRANTS COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CODEL SANCHEZ (APRIL
[...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for CODEL Sanchez to travel to post April 7-8, 2007. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/expeditor w [...]
2007-04-04 11:50:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDOREP AMGT ASEC AFIN KS VM CH JA IT QA TH KU
07KUWAIT542KUWAIT COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR GULF SECURITY
[...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for PM Acting A/S Stephen Mull, DOD Acting A/S Mary Beth Long, NEA DAS Gordon Gray, NSC Director Nik Ramchand, Lt. Col. Reginald Robinson, Capt. James Pelkofski, and Cmdr. Edward Palmer to travel to post o/a May 21 to May 22, 2007. 2. Th [...]
2007-04-15 11:16:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDSA QA KU PREL AMGT OTRA COUNTRY CLEARANCE
07KUWAIT789KUWAIT COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR GULF SECURITY
[...] This is an action request; please see paragraph j. 2. Embassy Kuwait welcomes and hereby grants country clearance for PM Acting A/S Stephen Mull, DASD Mark Kimmitt, NEA DAS Gordon Gray, Col Ronald Tuggle, Brigadier General Michael Jones, DIA Senior Defense Intelligence Analyst Bruce Hardc [...]
2007-05-19 12:21:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDKU QA SA AMGT OTRA PREL APER COUNTRY CLEARANCE
07KUWAIT879KUWAIT COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR HANS WECHSEL
[...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and hereby grants country clearance for Hans Wechsel, Regional Office Director, to travel to post o/a June 10-11, 2007 and for Dima Toukan, Political Women's Issues Specialist, to travel to post o/a June 8-10. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; [...]
2007-06-06 05:41:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDQA BA KU KMPI OTRA AMGT APER
07KUWAIT952UN LABOR CONFERENCE IN KUWAIT IN DOUBT, MAY MOVE
[...] (C) The Ambassador spoke with UN Resident Representative Valerie Cliff by telephone on June 16. He urged the ILO (International Labor Organization) positions on TIP and the labor situation in the region be made clear, since local officials are claiming that the ILO has not criticized local [...]
2007-06-19 13:57:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM ELAB AE SA QA KU TIP
07PRISTINA301 COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO AMBASSADOR FRANK WISNER AND
[...] (SBU) US Office Pristina warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Ambassador Frank G. Wisner, Special Representative of the Department of State for Kosovo Final Status Issues, and his assistant, Patrick Hanish, to visit Pristina April 26 - April 27, 2007. The purpose of the visit is f [...]
2007-04-17 16:32:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV ASEC EG KSAC AU QA OTRA
07SANAA1133SAADA: WAR IS OVER, BUT CAN ROYG NOW WIN THE PEACE?
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Post contacts have confirmed media reporting of a peace deal brokered by the Government of Qatar to bring an end to almost five months of intensive fighting in the northern governorate of Saada. The deal reportedly provides safe haven for the al-Houthi rebel leadership in Doha [...]
2007-06-18 13:57:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MOPS MARR QA YM
07SANAA2124EFFORTS UNDERWAY TO REVIVE QATARI MEDIATION
[...] (C) Summary. According to Presidential advisor Abdul Karim al-Eryani, Qatari FM Hamid bin Jassim has undertaken efforts to revive his government's stalled efforts to mediate an end to hostilities between the ROYG and the rebellious al-Houthi tribe in the northern governorate of Saada. Notin [...]
2007-11-18 12:50:00Embassy SanaaSECRETPREL PINS QA YM
07STATE111591MIDDLE EAST MULTILATERAL WORKING GROUP ON WATER
[...] (U) This cable is Sensitive but Unclassified. Please handle accordingly. ------------------------ Summary and Introduction ------------------------ 2. (U) The Executive Council (ExCouns) of the Middle East Desalination Research Center (MEDRC) held its twentieth meeting in Salalah, Om [...]
2007-08-09 17:47:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL SENV XF MU IS JO KS KWBG JA NL QA
07TOKYO1146JAPANESE ATTENDANCE AT INTERNATIONAL COMPACT WITH
[...] (C) In an exchange of letters with Treasury Deputy Secretary Kimmitt, Japanese Ambassador SIPDIS for Iraq Reconstruction Gotaro Ogawa confirmed his plan to attend the March 16 meeting on the International Compact with Iraq in New York. He also indicated that the Japanese Diet had recentl [...]
2007-03-15 08:58:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALEAID ECON EFIN PGOV PREL QA SA KU
07TOKYO1760PREVIEW OF PRIME MINISTER ABE'S TRIP TO THE MIDDLE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Immediately following his summit with President Bush, Japanese PM Abe will visit Saudi Arabia, Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Kuwait, Qatar, and Egypt between April 28 and May 2. A major goal of the trip will be to enhance economic relations and to raise Japan's profile in the region. Abe w [...]
2007-04-20 07:22:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL ECON ETRD ENRG XF EG KU QA SA AE JA
07TOKYO2190JAPANESE PLEASED WITH PRIME MINISTER ABE'S TRIP TO
[...] (C) SUMMARY: PM Abe's April 28-May 2 visit to the Middle East was a "great success" which enabled Tokyo to advance its "Japan and the Middle East: Entering a New Level" policy goal, according to MOFA contacts. National Security Advisor Koike told Charge d'Affaires that Abe enjoyed the trip, [...]
2007-05-15 09:27:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL ECON ETRD ENRG XF EG KUNC QA SA AE JA
07TOKYO2269ECON CONTACTS CONFIRM SUCCESS OF ABE'S MIDDLE EAST
[...] (C) Summary. Separate talks with METI and Keidanren officials largely confirmed MOFA and Kantei reports (reftel) that Prime Minister Shinzo Abe,s April 28-May 2 visit to the Middle East was a success. One official emphasized the improved relationship with Saudi Arabia but explained that the [...]
2007-05-21 09:01:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL ECON ETRD ENRG XF EG KUNC QA SA AE JA
07TOKYO2306METI MINISTER'S VISIT TO CENTRAL ASIA, MIDDLE EAST
[...] (SBU) Summary: Officials from the Ministry of Economy Trade and Industry (METI),the Agency for Natural Resources and Energy (ANRE) and the Ministry for Foreign Affairs (MOFA) confirmed the success of METI Minister Akira Amari's April 27 - May 5 visit to Central Asia and the Middle East. In [...]
2007-05-23 07:53:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL ECON ETRD ENRG XF EG KUNC QA SA AEMR JA
07TOKYO695JAPANESE AMBASSADOR FOR IRAQI RECONSTRUCTION
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Japanese Ambassador in Charge of Reconstruction Assistance to Iraq Gotaro Ogawa visited Turkey, Syria, Saudi Arabia, and Qatar January 24-31. Ogawa reports he found all four countries to be deeply concerned about the lack of stability in Iraq, critical of United States policy, a [...]
2007-02-16 09:02:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL IZ SA QA TU SY JA
07USNATO113UPDATE ON NATO-QATAR TALKS ON STATUS OF ISAF
[...] (C) SUMMARY: High level discussions between Qatar's military and NATO on the future of ISAF's support to the Coalition Air Operations Center (CAOC) at al-Udeid Airbase in Qatar are back on track after a number of miscommunications. However, the overall prospect for this dialogue is still fra [...]
2007-02-23 12:07:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIALMARR NATO REL PTER QA XF
07USNATO117QATAR REQUESTS NATO PERSONNEL DEPART BY 4 MARCH
[...] (U) This is a request for guidance. see para. 3. 2.(C) Summary: Qatari Ambassador to Belgium al-Dosari met with NATO D/SYG Ambassador Minuto Rizzo February 22 and hand delivered a Note Verbale (see para. 6) reporting that the presence of NATO personnel at al-Udeid Airbase would be illegal a [...]
2007-02-23 19:24:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIALMARR NATO PGOV PTER QA XF
07USNATO131QATAR-NATO SHOWDOWN OVER AIR OPERATIONS
[...] (U) This is a request for guidance - see para. 5. 2.(C) Summary: A senior Qatari Air Force officer told NATO Deputy Assistant Secretary General (DASG) Robert Simmons in Brussels on March 1 that Qatar would assert full jurisdiction over NATO personnel in the ISAF liaison group working at the [...]
2007-03-01 18:00:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS MARR QA XF
07USNATO139NATO-QATAR TALKS FAIL, ALLIES PACKING BAGS TO LEAVE
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-02 17:58:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIALMARR PREL MOPS QA
07USNATO146ISAF LIAISON GROUP TO STAY IN QATAR ANOTHER THREE
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-06 17:49:00Mission USNATOSECRET//NOFORNMARR MOPS PREL NATO QA
07USNATO172NATO WEIGHING NATURE OF POSSIBLE TIES TO QATAR
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-16 15:45:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIALMARR MOPS PREL NATO QA
07USNATO342REQUEST FOR IMMEDIATE GUIDANCE ON WITHDRAWAL OF
[...] (U) Please see request for guidance by OOB Friday in para 3. 2. (C) NATO D/ASG Bob Simmons concluded two days of talks with Qatari BG Abdullah Juman Al-Hamad May 30 on the status of NATO personnel assigned to the Combined Air Operations Center (CAOC) at Qatar's Al-Udeid Airbase. Key issue [...]
2007-05-30 16:23:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIALNATO PREL MARR QA
07USUNNEWYORK129EVALUATION OF TERRORIST FACILITATORS/INCITERS
[...] (S/NF) UNSC 1267 (al-Qaida/Taliban) Sanctions Committee members treated as normal the November 30 joint request by the United States and the United Kingdom to sanction five terrorist facilitators and inciters (TF and I). The Statements of Case demonstrated that these individuals were "associa [...]
2007-02-13 19:18:00USUN New YorkSECRET//NOFORNEFIN ETTC KTFN PREL PTER KU QA SW NO UNSC
07USUNNEWYORK630UNSC: QATAR AND INDONESIA DROP GAZA PRST
[...] (SBU) Qatar and Indonesia formally abandoned July 30 an effort to push a UNSC Presidential Statement expressing concern about the humanitarian situation in Gaza, including a call to open the border crossings, after USUN advised the Council we would not be able to support the statement. USUN [...]
2007-08-01 00:33:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KPAL ID QA
08ABUDHABI189UNIFIL LOBBYING FOR ARAB SUPPORT
[...] (C) The Charge pressed UAE Minster of State for Foreign Affairs Mohammed Hussain al-Sha'ali February 10 on the need for a continued Arab presence in UNIFIL, a prospect complicated by the impending withdrawal of Qatari forces. Asked to consider a UAE contribution, al-Sha'ali said frankly, "may [...]
2008-02-11 13:56:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL QA LE AE
08ABUDHABI543APRIL 2008 MENAFATF PLENARY SUMMARY
[...] (SBU) The Middle East and North Africa Financial Action Task Force (MENAFATF) held a plenary session (MENAFATF VII),and working group meetings from April 6-9, 2008 at the Hilton Hotel in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (UAE). Treasury Deputy Assistant Secretary for Terrorist Financing and Fi [...]
2008-05-01 07:01:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN KTFN PREL PTER AE QA YM
08AMMAN2579JORDAN'S REACTION TO MAURITANIA COUP LINKED TO
[...] No summary [...]
2008-09-04 13:23:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALAG EG IS JO KDEM LY MO MR PREL QA SA
08AMMAN3122 JORDANIAN-QATARI RELATIONS START TO THAW IN BUSINESS AND
[...] (C) Prime Minister Nader Dahabi led a high-level November 8-9 delegation to Qatar which included the Ministers of Labor, Industry and Trade, and Media Affairs. According to press reports, Jordan and Qatar agreed to establish a joint investment fund, with up to $1 billion from Qatar, and to se [...]
2008-11-17 07:09:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALEINV PREL PGOV KISL KWBG JO QA
08ANKARA349TURKEY: POL-MIL ROUND-UP: January 2008
[...] Turkey carried out air strikes against PKK terrorist positions in northern Iraq on January 15. Turkish General Staff (TGS) announced that over 60 targets were hit. Counter-terrorism operations within Southeast Turkey against PKK terrorists continued during month. TGS reported that 36 terrori [...]
2008-02-25 08:45:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDMASS MARR PREL IZ IT UK MK QA GR TU
08ANKARA932TURKISH RESPONSE ON UNSCR 1267 LISTING REQUEST
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph four. 2. (S) Summary. We met May 14 with Ministry of Foreign Affairs Deputy Director General for Security Affairs Inan Ozyildiz and Section Chief Metin Ergin. Ozyildiz promised to share reftel A information promptly with appropriate e [...]
2008-05-14 14:24:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETKTFN PTER PINR EFIN PREL BA QA TU
08ASHGABAT751TERRORISM FINANCE: U.S. DOMESTIC DESIGNATION OF GULF-BASED
[...] No summary [...]
2008-06-13 06:04:00Embassy AshgabatUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN KTFN PTER ETTC PREL PINR UNSC BA QA TX
08ASHGABAT781TERRORIST FINANCE: DESIGNATION OF NINE NAMES DELIVERED TO
[...] No summary [...]
2008-06-19 12:44:00Embassy AshgabatUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN KTFN PTER PINR UNSC BA QA TX
08BEIJING1267 April 3 MFA Press Briefing: Hu Jia Case, Olympic Boycott,
[...] Key points at the April 3 MFA Press Briefing were: -- China has handled the Hu Jia case according to law and will not accept criticism. -- The IOC is right to reject calls to boycott the Beijing Olympics and the torch relay should not be disrupted. -- Reports China supplied the IAEA with [...]
2008-04-03 11:14:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PHUM PTER CH PK TN TZ CI QA KZ AS SW
08BEIJING1316 April 8 MFA Press Briefing: Dalai Lama, Olympic Torch,
[...] Key points at the April 8 MFA Press Briefing were: -- The Dalai Lama "lies for a living" and wants to bring emancipated Tibetans back to slavery. -- United States and Chinese officials have been in contact to ensure safe passage for the Olympic torch in San Francisco. -- China will hold [...]
2008-04-08 11:15:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PHUM PTER CH PK TN TZ CI QA KZ AS SW
08BEIJING2179JUNE 5 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: Security Dialogue, Tibet,
[...] Key points at the June 5 MFA press briefing were: -- The Security Dialogue held in Beijing was pragmatic and conducive to the development of security relations. -- Tibet is stabilizing "gradually." -- China has taken note of Australian Prime Minister Rudd's proposal for an Asia Pacific [...]
2008-06-05 10:56:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV KOLY PTER PHUM KS ZI KN MG SA YM QA
08BEIRUT1270LEBANON: NEA DAS HALE MEETS SPEAKER BERRI
[...] (C) In an August 28 meeting with Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri, NEA DAS David Hale reiterated the USG's continued support for Lebanon. Berri thanked DAS Hale for USG assistance to the Lebanese Armed Forces and expressed his concern over the recent violence in Tripoli, blaming Al-Qaeda and f [...]
2008-09-02 09:25:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR IS LE QA
08BEIRUT1299LEBANON: MAKKAWI SAYS GULF STATES NEED TO HELP
[...] (C) In a September 3 meeting with the Ambassador, Lebanese Palestinian Dialogue Committee President Ambassador Khalil Makkawi said Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, the United Arab Emirates, and Qatar had yet to make any pledges for the reconstruction appeal for the destroyed Palestinian Refugee camp Nah [...]
2008-09-04 14:13:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALEAID PREF PREL PTER KPAL LE AE KU QA SA
08BEIRUT1345LEBANON: MINISTRY OF ECONOMY AND TRADE DISCUSSES
[...] (C) In a meeting with the Ambassador, Ministry of Economy and Trade Mohammad Safadi praised majority leader Saad Hariri's role in the reconciliation among opposing groups in Tripoli, but said their weapons will remain. He worried that the Beddawi Palestinian refugee camp outside Tripoli is b [...]
2008-09-15 10:38:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECON EFIN ETRD KPAL QA LE
08BEIRUT1363LEBANON: USG ANNOUNCES CONTRIBUTION TO SUPPORT
[...] (SBU) At a September 11 donors conference, the USG announced a $17.81 million pledge to the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) to provide relief and reconstruction assistance to displaced Nahr al-Barid camp refugees. The U.S. was the only donor to ma [...]
2008-09-17 11:38:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALEAID PREF PREL PTER KPAL LE AE KU QA SA
08BEIRUT1729LEBANON: HARIRI ON OPPOSITION ATTACKS ON SUNNIS
[...] (C) Ambassador and DCM met December 4 with Parliamentary Majority Leader Saad Hariri, who said opposition March 8's fanning of anti-Sunni sentiment was not succeeding politically. He claimed that Michel Aoun's trip to Syria would backfire on Aoun, and said it was a "fact" that Aoun was receiv [...]
2008-12-05 18:26:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER LE SY QA
08BEIRUT1787LEBANON: WITH DAS HALE, CHATAH SHARES THOUGHTS ON
[...] (C) Joking that, in addition to his continued role as advisor to PM Siniora, he was "moonlighting" at the Ministry of Finance, Finance Minister Mohamad Chatah met with visiting NEA Deputy Assistant Secretary (DAS) David Hale, Ambassador, visiting NEA Lebanon Desk Officer Matthew Irwin, and acti [...]
2008-12-23 13:14:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPGOV EFIN MASS IS LE SA QA RU
08BEIRUT2LEBANON: SLEIMAN SEES AOUN AS "DANGEROUS" AND
[...] (C) In a 1/2 meeting with the Ambassador, LAF Commander -- and presidential front-runner -- Michel Sleiman came across as both bemused and exasperated by the presidential limbo. While skeptical that elections would occur on 1/12, he denied rumors he would pull out of the race. Dismissing p [...]
2008-01-02 14:50:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER KDEM LE SY QA SA
08BEIRUT807LEBANON: DILUTE HIZBALLAH'S INFLUENCE WITH
[...] (C) "Daily Star" editor-in-chief and influential Lebanese Shia figure Jamil Mroue told the Charge that he advised newly-elected President Michel Sleiman to take immediate advantage of Emirati and Qatari economic and technological assistance to improve the daily lives of Lebanese. Mroue, who h [...]
2008-05-30 12:18:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PREL