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| Identifier | Subject | Date | Office | Classification | Tags |
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| 02ANKARA7766 |
AK PARTY IN A PARLIAMENTARY LANDSLIDE: CLOSE TO A [...] Summary: Justice and Development (AK) Party's landslide victory and Establishment standard-bearer Republican People's Party's (CHP) distant second-place finish in Turkey's Nov. 3 general elections cuts the number of parties in parliament back to only two for the first time in decades. While P. [...] |
2002-11-03 23:47:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PINS TU POLITICAL PARTIES |
| 02ANKARA7921 |
TURKEY: AK PARTY'S LANDSLIDE VICTORY SWEEPS ASIDE [...] (C) Summary: After crushing defeat by AK in Nov. 3 elections, leaders of MHP, ANAP, and DYP, all of which failed to reenter Parliament, separately declared their intent to vacate their party chairmanships. With P.M. Ecevit's pre-election announcement that he will leave DSP leadership in April [...] |
2002-11-05 14:39:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR TU POLITICAL PARTIES |
| 02ANKARA8079 |
TURKEY: CHP ELECTION POSTMORTEM [...] (C) Summary: The Nov. 3 Parliamentary elections were a major defeat for CHP at the hands of AK. Although CHP joins AK as one of only two parties in Parliament, CHP officials and activists are deeply disappointed by their distant second-place finish. Much of the blame has been placed on CHP [...] |
2002-11-08 12:25:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR TU POLITICAL PARTIES |
| 02ANKARA8108 |
AMBASSADOR'S INITIAL MEETING WITH AK PARTY CHAIRMAN ERDOGAN [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador met with victorious AK Party leader Erdogan for first post-election visit. He complimented AK on its constructive electoral campaign and victory and noted U.S. readiness to work with the new AK government. U.S. seeks stronger bilateral economic ties and urges AK to fo [...] |
2002-11-08 15:09:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINS ECON AA POLITICAL PARTIES |
| 02ANKARA8139 |
AK PARTY DYNAMICS AND U.S. INTERESTS [...] No summary [...] |
2002-11-12 14:12:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PARTIES PGOV PINS POLITICAL PREL TU |
| 02ANKARA8165 |
CAN AK PARTY REMOVE OBSTACLES TO PARTY LEADER [...] (C) Summary: On the surface of it, and given AK Party's strong parliamentary majority, there should be a straightforward, if sequential, legal way ahead for disenfranchised AK Party chairman Erdogan to reclaim his political rights, gain election to Parliament, and be appointed Prime Minister. [...] |
2002-11-13 15:46:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM TU POLITICAL PARTIES |
| 02ANKARA8783 |
TURKEY: OPPOSITION CHP SEES AN AK PARTY DIVIDED [...] (C) Summary: Trounced at the polls on Nov. 3, Deniz Baykal's CHP is already trying to turn the tables on the Islam-influenced AK Party government. CHP is now focusing on the headscarf controversy that flared up again when AK's Speaker of Parliament Arinc and his headscarf-clad wife were on ha [...] |
2002-12-03 09:54:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINS TU POLITICAL PARTIES |
| 02ANKARA9051 |
TURKEY: AK PARTY SEES DENKTAS AS OBSTACLE TO [...] (C) Summary: The political debate in Ankara regarding Turkey's EU candidacy and the future of Cyprus is revealing sharp differences between the ruling AK (Justice and Development) Party/Government and the Establishmentarian foreign policy class, including elements that predominate in the MFA. [...] |
2002-12-19 12:06:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON TU POLITICAL PARTIES |
| 04BRATISLAVA205 |
Slovakia Political Roundup February 7-27, 2004 [...] Sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. Same Date, Separate Elections ----------------------------- 2. (SBU) The referendum on early parliamentary elections, though scheduled for the same day as the presidential election, will not be on the same ballot because the refere [...] |
2004-03-02 17:06:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR LO POLITICAL REFORM |
| 05ALMATY1011 |
KAZAKHSTAN: MARCH 9 MEETING WITH NATO SGSR AMBASSADOR [...] (SBU) Summary: During his March 9 visit to Almaty, NATO SGSR for Central Asia Ambassador Robert Simmons met with NATO chiefs of mission to brief on the organizations efforts to implement Istanbul Summit commitments regarding Central Asia. The two most tangible results were the creation of his [...] |
2005-03-16 07:51:00 | US Office Almaty | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR PREL KZ POLITICAL |
| 05ALMATY1012 |
AMBASSADOR HOSTS NATO PARLIAMENTARIANS [...] SBU) Summary: On March 9, the Ambassador hosted two meetings for visiting NATO parliamentarians from the Committee on the Civil Dimension of Security. The NATO Secretary General's Special Representative (SGSR) for Central Asia, Ambassador Robert Simmons, participated in the first meeting. (Det [...] |
2005-03-16 07:51:00 | US Office Almaty | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR PREL KZ POLITICAL |
| 05ALMATY1027 |
USAID MEDIA TOUR IN ALMATY SUCCESSFULLY PROMOTES [...] Summary: On March 10, the Ambassador hosted a day-long Media Tour in Almaty, in an effort to increase Kazakhstani public awareness of U.S. assistance projects. USAID's Country Representative in Kazakhstan, Almaz Sharman, also helped to "MC" the event. This was the fourth media tour in a se [...] |
2005-03-17 06:06:00 | US Office Almaty | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREL PGOV KZ POLITICAL |
| 05ALMATY1081 |
KAZAKHSTAN: FRACTURED OPPOSITION ATTEMPTS TO [...] (C) Summary: Against the backdrop of the liquidation of Democratic Choice of Kazakhstan and a split in Ak Zhol, the majority of the Kazakhstani opposition has united around former Mazhilis speaker Zharmakhan Tuyakbay as their presidential candidate. The parties have formed an electoral bloc [...] |
2005-03-23 09:16:00 | US Office Almaty | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV KZ POLITICAL |
| 05ALMATY1109 |
KAZKHSTAN: AMBASSADOR AND FOREIGN MINISTER DISCUSS [...] (SBU) Foreign Minister Tokayev called Ambassador at 9:30 p.m. on March 24. Tokayev apologized for not being available to meet the Ambassador earlier, as he had requested, due to an extended meeting with President Nazarbayev to review the situation in Kyrgyzstan. The Foreign Minister said that [...] |
2005-03-25 06:42:00 | US Office Almaty | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KZ POLITICAL |
| 05ALMATY1130 |
KAZAKHSTAN'S MEDIA COVERAGE OF KYRGYZSTAN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: From the start of the revolt in southern Kyrgyzstan, international media speculated on how events there might affect their rich neighbor in the north. Many international media relied on the Interfax wire service in their reporting, although Interfax sometimes posted uncorrobor [...] |
2005-03-28 04:03:00 | US Office Almaty | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KPAO KDEM KZ POLITICAL |
| 05ALMATY13 |
KAZAKHSTAN: AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH OTAN PARTY [...] (SBU) Summary: During a December 21 introductory meeting with the Ambassador, pro-presidential Otan Party deputy chair Armangeldy Yermegiyayev described a party with a strong vertical structure, an extensive local network, and a clear platform. He outlined a vision of quality-of- life improv [...] |
2005-01-04 05:25:00 | US Office Almaty | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR KZ POLITICAL |
| 05ALMATY1391 |
KAZAKHSTAN: SAAKASHVILI AND NAZARBAYEV MEET IN [...] (C) Summary: Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili made a state visit to Astana March 30-April 1. Presidents Nazarbayev and Saakashvili met at Nazarbayev's new residence in Astana, conducted a joint press conference and talked alone for two unscheduled hours following the state dinner for S [...] |
2005-04-11 08:33:00 | US Office Almaty | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KZ GG POLITICAL |
| 05ALMATY1393 |
KAZAKHSTAN: DEPUTY EUCOM COMMANDER'S MEETING WITH [...] (U) Summary: On April 2, Deputy Commander U.S. European Command (EUCOM) General Charles Wald met with Deputy Minister of Defense General-Major Bulat Sembinov in Astana. Sembinov's staff presented three briefings on transformation of Kazakhstani Armed Forces and Caspian security, Kazakhstani op [...] |
2005-04-11 08:33:00 | US Office Almaty | SECRET | KZ MARR MOPS PREL POLITICAL |
| 05ALMATY1432 |
GRAND MOSQUE OPENS IN ASTANA, MADRASSA TO COME [...] SUMMARY: On April 5, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs arranged a tour for diplomats of the new Grand Mosque and Islamic Cultural Center in Astana. Moderate Islam is a central part of traditional Kazakh culture, though years of Soviet influence had a secularizing influence on Kazakhstani soci [...] |
2005-04-12 11:47:00 | US Office Almaty | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PINR KZ POLITICAL |
| 05ALMATY1436 |
KAZAKHSTAN: REPONSE TO INQUIRY ON BIOKOMBINAT [...] (C) Summary: The GOK has investigated the USG's concerns regarding dangerous pathogens at the Biokombinat facility in Almaty and discovered a number of strains which, under Kazakhstani law, should be moved to a centralized GOK storage facility. The GOK does not consider the strains to be a pr [...] |
2005-04-12 12:14:00 | US Office Almaty | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP KSCA KZ PARM TBIO POLITICAL |
| 05ALMATY1437 |
PSI: REQUESTING KAZAKHSTAN'S ENDORSEMENT OF THE [...] (C) POEC chief delivered reftel points and Internet link to Dastan Eleukenov, deputy director of the MFA's security affairs office, on April 6. 2. (C) Eleukenov promised to raise the matter for discussion within the MFA. He considered it important that Russia had already endorsed the Statem [...] |
2005-04-12 12:16:00 | US Office Almaty | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP KZ MNUC PARM PGOV PHSA PREL POLITICAL |
| 05ALMATY1501 |
KAZAKHSTANI PARLIAMENT PASSES REGRESSIVE AMENDMENTS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During a joint meeting of both chambers on April 8, the Kazakhstani Parliament passed a set of amendments to the Elections Law that raise serious concerns about the GOK's political will to support free and fair elections. Although there are some amendments that appear to be an [...] |
2005-04-14 09:36:00 | US Office Almaty | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM PINR KZ POLITICAL |
| 05ALMATY1508 |
KAZAKHSTAN: BAIMENOV WING OF AK ZHOL RE-REGISTERS, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Alikhan Baimenov has re-registered Ak Zhol in a very short time, thereby confirming his status as the party's sole leader and giving credence to conventional wisdom that the GOK supports him. He nevertheless appears to be taking great pains to underscore the fact that Ak Zhol r [...] |
2005-04-14 11:41:00 | US Office Almaty | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KZ POLITICAL |
| 05ALMATY1525 |
KAZAKHSTAN: ELECTION COMMISSION CHAIR, JUSTICE [...] (U) Summary: The GOK announced April 13 that Zagipa Baliyeva, the long-serving chair of the Central Election Commission, was stepping down from her position in advance of the scheduled completion of her term in May. The Parliament quickly approved the nomination of Justice Minister Onalsyn [...] |
2005-04-15 12:46:00 | US Office Almaty | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR KZ POLITICAL |
| 05ALMATY153 |
OSCE FIELD MISSION WEIGHS IN ON DCK CASE [...] (SBU) On January 13, OSCE field officer Bjorn Halvarsson told Astana Poloff that OSCE Ambassador Vikki had delivered a statement on January 11 to Kazakhstani MFA authorities (NFI) on the judicial dissolution of opposition party Democratic Choice of Kazakhstan (DCK) (See Refs B-C). While Halva [...] |
2005-01-13 21:42:00 | US Office Almaty | UNCLASSIFIED | PINR PGOV PREL PHUM IO KZ POLITICAL |
| 05ALMATY1595 |
KAZAKHSTANI PARLIAMENT CONSIDERS TROUBLING PACKAGE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Mazhilis (lower house of Parliament) is currently considering a set of national security amendments that continues the regressive trend of the recent Law on Extremism and amendments to the Elections Law. The draft legislation would set new limits on, inter alia, freedom of [...] |
2005-04-22 01:33:00 | US Office Almaty | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM PINR KZ POLITICAL |
| 05ALMATY1596 |
KAZAKHSTANI PARLIAMENT CONSIDERS TROUBLING PACKAGE [...] (U) This cable replaces Almaty 1595. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The Mazhilis (lower house of Parliament) is currently considering a set of national security amendments that continues the regressive trend of the recent Law on Extremism and amendments to the Elections Law. The draft legislation woul [...] |
2005-04-22 04:22:00 | US Office Almaty | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM KZ POLITICAL |
| 05ALMATY1720 |
KAZAKHSTAN: AMB. MINIKES' MEETING WITH HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In an April 25 roundtable, Kazakhstani human rights activists described for Amb. Minikes a rapidly deteriorating environment in which the GOK is implementing a series of troubling pieces of legislation designed to increase state control over society. With one exception, they b [...] |
2005-05-04 11:24:00 | US Office Almaty | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KIRF PHUM KZ POLITICAL |
| 05ALMATY1721 |
KAZAKHSTAN: AMB. MINIKES' MEETING WITH OPPOSITION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In an April 25 roundtable in Almaty, Amb. Minikes heard the views of opposition politicians on Kazakhstan's bid to become the chair of the OSCE in 2009 and the current state of play with regard to respect for human rights and democratic principles in Kazakhstan. Participants di [...] |
2005-05-04 11:24:00 | US Office Almaty | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM KZ POLITICAL |
| 05ALMATY1838 |
KAZAKHSTAN: TROUBLING NGO LAW UNDER CONSIDERATION [...] (SBU) Summary: Draft legislation currently under consideration in the Kazakhstani parliament has the potential to severely restrict the activities of NGOs, particularly those receiving foreign assistance. U.S. implementing partners are mobilizing to fight the draft, which legal experts have [...] |
2005-05-13 04:36:00 | US Office Almaty | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM EAID KZ POLITICAL |
| 05ALMATY1851 |
KAZAKHSTAN: ENCOURAGING SUPPORT FOR THE IRAQ [...] (SBU) Drawing on reftel points, EBO Astana principal officer on May 11 conveyed to Zhandos Asanov, director of the MFA's Department of Europe and Americas, the request for Kazakhstan to support the Iraqi Transitional Government. 2. (SBU) Asanov responded positively and said that he would co [...] |
2005-05-13 12:37:00 | US Office Almaty | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL IZ KZ POLITICAL |
| 05ALMATY1856 |
USOSCE AMBASSADOR MINIKES' MEETINGS WITH ASTANA [...] (SBU) Summary. On April 26, U.S. Ambassador to the OSCE Minikes, accompanied by Ambassador Ordway, met separately with Deputy Speaker of the Mazhilis (lower house of Parliament) Dyachenko, Chairman of the Central Elections Commission Zhumabekov, and Minister of Justice Baliyeva. Ambassador Min [...] |
2005-05-16 01:48:00 | US Office Almaty | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM KDEM KZ POLITICAL |
| 05ALMATY1883 |
OUTREACH FOLLOWING NEWSWEEK'S RETRACTION OF ITS [...] (SBU) Post regrets delay in responding to reftel request. Reporting in Kazakhstan's media on the erroneous Newsweek report of Koran desecration at Guantanamo started only on May 16, and was low-key and non-inflamatory. The May 16 primetime news on one Kazakhstani state channel and one indep [...] |
2005-05-18 11:32:00 | US Office Almaty | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KPAO KISL PREL KZ POLITICAL |
| 05ALMATY1901 |
KAZAKHSTAN: DEF MIN COMMENTS ON IRAQ WITHDRAWAL [...] (SBU) Summary: Kazakhstani Defense Minister Gen. Mukhtar Altynbayev commented to journalists May 17 that in his "personal opinion" the country should not send a new contingent of sappers to replace the 27 personnel Kazakhstan currently has in Iraq. The contingent is due to rotate in July 2005 [...] |
2005-05-19 01:43:00 | US Office Almaty | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MOPS PREL PGOV IZ KZ POLITICAL |
| 05ALMATY1932 |
KAZAKHSTAN: EFFORTS TO OVERTURN BAN ON JET FUEL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Since the April 19 ban on export of jet fuel from Kazakhstan, post has contacted every relevant ministry and agency in the GOK to request it be lifted. Beginning with an April 22 letter to Prime Minister Akhmetov, who signed the decree, Embassy has approached the Ministries of Fore [...] |
2005-05-20 11:45:00 | US Office Almaty | SECRET//NOFORN | KZ MOPS PREL POLITICAL |
| 05ALMATY1938 |
KAZAKHSTANI MFA "DISAPPOINTED" WITH CERTIFICATION [...] (SBU) Summary. On May 19, Charge briefed Deputy Foreign Minister Aleksey Volkov on the Department's decision to request a national security interest waiver of Section 578's requirement (Foreign Operations) that Kazakhstan demonstrate significant progress on human rights in order to continue f [...] |
2005-05-20 12:28:00 | US Office Almaty | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM KDEM KZ POLITICAL |
| 05ALMATY1953 |
OPPOSITION PAPER OUTMANEUVERS AUTHORITIES IN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On May 5, the information ministry ordered Democratic Choice of Kazakhstan's (DCK) weekly newspaper "Respublika: Business Review" to stop publishing. It revoked the weekly's registration after filing suit in February following Respublica's republication of the transcript of an [...] |
2005-05-24 05:21:00 | US Office Almaty | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KPAO KDEM KZ POLITICAL |
| 05ALMATY1993 |
KAZAKHSTAN: AMB. MINIKES' APRIL 27 MEETING WITH [...] (C) Summary: Leading Kazakhstani human rights activist Yevgeniy Zhovtis told Amb. Minikes on April 27 that the deteriorating political and human rights situation in the country was the direct result of the government's paranoia about events in Georgia, Ukraine, and Kyrgyzstan. He described a [...] |
2005-05-27 07:19:00 | US Office Almaty | CONFIDENTIAL | KZ PGOV PHUM POLITICAL |
| 05ALMATY2047 |
Kazakhstan Proposal for Human Rights and Democracy [...] (SBU) Summary. Per reftel request on small grants for human rights and democracy projects, Mission is pleased to submit a proposal to establish a "Polyton" discussion club in Astana. At present, there is one venue where Kazakhstan's intelligentsia -- whether members of government, opposition [...] |
2005-06-01 12:04:00 | US Office Almaty | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM EAID PHUM SOCI KZ POLITICAL |
| 05ALMATY2058 |
KAZAKHSTAN: WORRISOME NATIONAL SECURITY, NGO [...] (U) This cable contains an action request; see para. 7. 2. (SBU) Summary: Troubling legislation is progressing rapidly through Kazahkhkstan's Parliament. If adopted in its current form, the legislation would stifle civil society here, and roll back several fundamental freedoms. Although [...] |
2005-06-02 13:01:00 | US Office Almaty | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM EAID KZ POLITICAL |
| 05ALMATY2111 |
KAZAKHSTAN: DEMARCHE ON DELIVERABLES FOR THE US-EU [...] (SBU) On June 3, CDA Asquino delivered the demarche requested in reftel to Foreign Minister Tokayev, urging the GOK to attend the US-EU International Conference on Iraq to be held in Brussels on June 22. Tokayev said he planned to attend the event if other countries were also being represented [...] |
2005-06-06 08:58:00 | US Office Almaty | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV EAID IZ KZ POLITICAL |
| 05ALMATY2121 |
KAZAKHSTAN: CONVERSATION WITH UZBEK HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (C) Summary: POEC chief met with Uzbek human rights activist Lutfullo Shamsiddinov (refs A-C) and his wife on June 2 to discuss their efforts to obtain refugee status in Kazakhstan. Shamsiddinov, who is from Andijon and witnessed the killing of civilians there on May 13, also briefed POEC ch [...] |
2005-06-06 14:16:00 | US Office Almaty | CONFIDENTIAL | KZ MOPS PHUM UZ POLITICAL |
| 05ALMATY215 |
INDEPENDENT MEDIA OUTLETS COVETED BY NAZARBAYEV [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Media advocates in Kazakhstan report that over the past few weeks, momentum has been building to consolidate ownership of influential media outlets among Nazarbayev loyalists in advance of the presidential elections. A source within the presidential administration revealed tha [...] |
2005-01-21 04:49:00 | US Office Almaty | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KPAO KDEM KZ POLITICAL |
| 05ALMATY2231 |
KAZAKHSTAN: CANWFZ TREATY [...] No summary [...] |
2005-06-15 12:32:00 | US Office Almaty | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP KZ MNUC PARM PREL WMD POLITICAL |
| 05ALMATY2233 |
KAZAKHSTAN: MDA POINTS DELIVERED [...] On June 10, Embassy Branch Office Astana delivered reftel points to the MFA urging the GOK to indicate by June 17 its support for the diplomatic conference organized by the Swiss during which a proposal will be made to integrate the MDA society of Israel into the Red Cross/Red Crescent Movement [...] |
2005-06-16 02:21:00 | US Office Almaty | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV EAID KZ POLITICAL |
| 05ALMATY2288 |
KAZAKHSTAN: NAZARBAYEVA HIGHLIGHTS THREAT OF "DEMOCRATIC [...] (SBU) Summary: In a June 7 speech to an Asar Party congress in Astana, party leader and first daughter Dariga Nazarbayeva discussed her vision for the party, the upcoming presidential elections, and concerns about opposition forces and Western-led democratization efforts. Most notably, she spo [...] |
2005-06-17 10:20:00 | US Office Almaty | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KZ POLITICAL |
| 05ALMATY2367 |
CENTRAL ELECTION COMMISSION SCHEDULES EXPERIMENTAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Central Election Commission announced on June 21 that four district akims will be chosen by local, directly elected legislatures (maslikhats) on August 12. This pattern mirrors the selection of national senators by oblast level maslikhats (Reftel). Until now, akims had been [...] |
2005-06-24 04:26:00 | US Office Almaty | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM PINR KZ POLITICAL |
| 05ALMATY2368 |
SENATE ELECTIONS SET FOR AUGUST 19 [...] Summary: Sixteen seats will be contested in the August 19th Senate elections. A one-month nomination period commenced on June 18. As candidates will be chosen indirectly by the Maslikhats (oblast-level, elected legislatures controlled by pro-Nazarbayev parties) the elections, predictably, wil [...] |
2005-06-24 04:27:00 | US Office Almaty | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM KZ POLITICAL |
| 05ALMATY2370 |
SENATE ELECTIONS SET FOR AUGUST 19 [...] (SBU) Summary: Sixteen seats will be contested in the August 19th Senate elections. A one-month nomination period commenced on June 18. As candidates will be chosen indirectly by the Maslikhats (oblast-level, elected legislatures controlled by pro-Nazarbayev parties) the elections, predictabl [...] |
2005-06-24 04:41:00 | US Office Almaty | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM KZ POLITICAL |
| 05ALMATY2380 |
KAZAKHSTAN: TROUBLE LOOMING FOR PRIME MINISTER AKHMETOV? [...] (SBU) Summary/Background. Prime-Minister Daniyal Akhmetov's government may face a motion for its dismissal at a special joint session of Parliament June 27. The special session was proposed after contentious June 13 session during which the Senate received a bleak report from the Finance Mini [...] |
2005-06-24 11:02:00 | US Office Almaty | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KZ POLITICAL |
| 05ALMATY2386 |
NGO LAW PASSED BY MAZHILIS STILL PROBLEMATIC; ASAR [...] (SBU) Summary: Informal OSCE analysis of draft NGO legislation adopted by the Mazhilis (lower house of Parliament) on June 10 provides clarification on changes made during the parliamentary review process. Contrary to previous media reports that certain restrictive parts of the legislation [...] |
2005-06-26 03:10:00 | US Office Almaty | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM PINR KZ POLITICAL |
| 05ALMATY24 |
KAZAKHSTAN: DEATH OF PROMINENT BANKER SPARKS RUMORS [...] (SBU) Summary: The December 19 death of Bank TuranAlem (BTA) president Erzhan Tatishev in a hunting accident has put the local rumor mill into high gear. Despite calming words from representatives of the bank, the second largest in Kazakhstan, the accident has received a great deal of media a [...] |
2005-01-04 07:46:00 | US Office Almaty | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN PGOV PHUM KZ ECONOMIC POLITICAL |
| 05ALMATY2436 |
KAZAKHSTAN SUPPORTS UN REFORM [...] (SBU) On June 28, Ambassador delivered reftel demarche to Minister of Foreign Affairs Tokayev (other issues discussed reported septel). The FM expressed satisfaction with the U.S. decision to frame potential changes to the UN Security Council in a broader discussion of comprehensive UN reform. [...] |
2005-06-30 07:10:00 | US Office Almaty | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KUNR AORC KZ POLITICAL |
| 05ALMATY2439 |
KAZAKHSTAN READY TO ENGAGE ON UZBEK REFUGEES AND [...] (SBU) Summary. On June 28, Ambassador met with Foreign Minister Kasymzhomart Tokayev. Ambassador raised developments surrounding the presence of Uzbek refugees in Kyrgyzstan. Tokayev said that Kazakhstan is ready to cooperate with Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan. In talks with Kyrgyz FM Roza Otu [...] |
2005-06-30 09:28:00 | US Office Almaty | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PHUM PREL KZ UZ KG POLITICAL |
| 05ALMATY2445 |
DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON POSSIBLE THIRD COUNTRY [...] (SBU) On June 30, Astana PO met with MFA's Director for Economic and Humanitarian Cooperation Akan Rakhmetulin and delivered reftel demarche, asking Kazakhstan to consider providing temporary refuge to Uzbek asylum seekers in Kyrgyzstan. Rakhmetulin remarked that Foreign Minister Tokayev had [...] |
2005-07-01 02:26:00 | US Office Almaty | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PHUM KZ UZ KG POLITICAL |
| 05ALMATY2462 |
DEMARCHE DELIVERED - CODEX ALIMENTARIUS [...] On July 1, post delivered reftel demarche and the CV of Dr. Hulebak to the MFA Americas desk officer, Kuat Seksenalinov. Seksenalinov promised to convey all of the information to his colleagues on the International Organizations desk, who were not available to receive the demarche personally. [...] |
2005-07-05 04:35:00 | US Office Almaty | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ETRD AORC KZ POLITICAL |
| 05ALMATY2503 |
DETAINED UZBEK REFUGEE FACING DEPORTATION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Concerned about governmental retaliation for his role in reporting on the recent events in Andijon, Uzbek human rights observer Lutfullo Shamsudinov fled with his family to Kazakhstan in late May. UNHCR formally determined on June 24 that Shamsudinov was a bona fide refugee, n [...] |
2005-07-06 12:08:00 | US Office Almaty | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM PINR SMIG IO UZ KZ POLITICAL |
| 05ALMATY2548 |
DEMARCHE REQUEST: G-4 FRAMEWORK DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (SBU) On July 8 Ambassador Ordway, in the framework of a larger telephone conversation, raised the issue of the G-4 framework resolution with Foreign Minister Minister Tokaev. Tokayev stated that has instructed Kazakhstan's ambassador to the UN to abstain. Tokayev also added that he believed [...] |
2005-07-08 10:07:00 | US Office Almaty | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL POLITICAL |
| 05ALMATY2549 |
KAZAKHSTAN - ENGAGING THE IRAQ COALITION [...] (SBU) On June 24, Astana PO delivered reftel demarche to Yerlan Baudarbek-Kozhatayev, Office Director for Africa and Asia, Ministry of Foreign Affairs. (Note: This office's responsibility includes the Middle East.) PO emphasized U.S. appreciation for Kazakhstan's contribution to operations [...] |
2005-07-08 10:21:00 | US Office Almaty | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR MOPS PREL IZ KZ POLITICAL |
| 05ALMATY255 |
AMB ORDWAY MEETS DFM SHAKIROV: BWC COMING SOON, [...] (SBU) Summary/Background: Ambassador Ordway met with Deputy Foreign Minister Askar Shakirov January 19 in Astana. The meeting focused primarily on nonproliferation issues. Shakirov indicated that the GOK is not yet ready to sign the WMDIE-K PPI agreement. However, Shakirov did provide clear [...] |
2005-01-25 06:46:00 | US Office Almaty | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KZ WMD POLITICAL |
| 05ALMATY2550 |
UNHCR REPORTS PENDING RELEASE OF UZBEK REFUGEE [...] (SBU) On July 8 at 12:00 pm, UNHCR Protection Officer N.L. Narasimha Rao reported to Embassy that it appears a deal has been struck to release Uzbek refugee Lutfullo Shamsudinov. UNHCR reported that the GOK has agreed to release Shamsudinov if he is directly removed to the airport and then to [...] |
2005-07-08 10:40:00 | US Office Almaty | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM PINR SMIG IO UZ KZ POLITICAL |
| 05ALMATY2558 |
KAZAKHISTAN: OPPOSITION LEADER FEARS [...] (C) Summary: Ak Zhol party leader Alikhan Baimenov voiced concern over a tightening of party financing and the possibility of administrative manipulation of presidential elections in a June 23rd meeting with Ambassador Ordway. He admitted increasing prosperity of the electorate but hoped an an [...] |
2005-07-08 11:15:00 | US Office Almaty | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM KZ PGOV PHUM PREL POLITICAL |
| 05ALMATY2595 |
SUBJECT: KAZAKHSTAN: UZBEK EMBASSY CIRCULATES [...] No summary [...] |
2005-07-14 09:20:00 | US Office Almaty | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KZ PREL MARR POLITICAL |
| 05ALMATY2638 |
DEMARCHE ON EXECUTIVE ORDER ON WMD PROLIFERATOR [...] Emboff delivered Reftel talking points and the text of the Executive Order to Olzhas Togyzbayev, head of the MFA Division on the OSCE and International Security Institutes, on July 15. 2. Togyzbayev did not have an immediate substantive response to the demarche; he however reiterated Kazakh [...] |
2005-07-18 08:53:00 | US Office Almaty | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL PGOV MNUC EFIN ETTC KZ WMD POLITICAL |
| 05ALMATY2742 |
DELIVERY OF POTUS LETTER FOR PRESIDENT [...] Emboff delivered the subject letter from President Bush to President Nursultan Nazarbayev to Zhandos Asanov, Director of the Department of Europe and America at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on July 26. 2. Asanov accepted the letter and promised to convey it immediately to the Presidentia [...] |
2005-07-26 11:40:00 | US Office Almaty | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL KZ POLITICAL |
| 05ALMATY2758 |
KAZAKHSTAN: DEMARCHE AGAINST G-4 RESOLUTION [...] (C) As reported Ref A, Kazakhstani FM Tokayev told the Ambassador on July 8 that he had personally instructed Kazakhstan's ambassador to the UN to abstain on the G-4 resolution. Given that the GOK has already committed itself to abstaining, post sees no benefit in raising the issue again. [...] |
2005-07-27 11:00:00 | US Office Almaty | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KZ POLITICAL |
| 05ALMATY2762 |
KAZAKHSTAN: MINISTRY OF HEALTH DESIGNATED [...] (SBU) Summary: On 21 July, Embassy Almaty received Dipnote 10-2-1/1749 from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, reporting that the Ministry of Health has been designated the implementing agent for the BWPP. 2. (SBU) Embassy translation follows: //BEGIN TEXT OF TRANSLATION// The Ministr [...] |
2005-07-28 02:17:00 | US Office Almaty | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG KNNP KZ WMD POLITICAL |
| 05ALMATY2833 |
KAZAKHSTAN: NEW LAW CHANGES STATUS OF INTERNATIONAL [...] (SBU) Summary: According to local human rights activists, Kazakhstan's new law "On the International Agreements of the Republic of Kazakhstan," signed by President Nazarbayev on May 30, may challenge the principle of supremacy of international agreements over domestic legislation in Kazakhsta [...] |
2005-08-03 11:36:00 | US Office Almaty | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KZ POLITICAL |
| 05ALMATY2838 |
KAZAKHSTANI YOUTH MOVEMENT FINDS INSPIRATION IN [...] (SBU) Summary: In an initiative to mobilize apathetic youth in Kazakhstan, a new non-partisan youth movement, called Kahar [Protest], emerged last winter. Drawing inspiration, if not the numbers, from influential youth groups like Otpor and Pora, Kahar could attract more young people, especial [...] |
2005-08-04 01:47:00 | US Office Almaty | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KZ POLITICAL |
| 05ALMATY2842 |
KAZAKHSTAN AVIAN FLU INCIDENT: NO HUMAN CASE, USG [...] Summary/Background: Despite serious fears to the contrary, the Kazakhstani Ministry of Health stated on August 2 that the poultry farm worker from the Golubovka farm (Pavlodar oblast) has not/not tested positive by any locally available laboratory means for the strain of avian influenza (AI) [...] |
2005-08-04 06:35:00 | US Office Almaty | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR TBIO ECON RS ETRD PGOV KZ POLITICAL |
| 05ALMATY2878 |
KAZAKHSTAN: CICA MEETING DISCUSSES CREATION OF [...] (SBU) Summary: The Conference for Interaction and Confidence-Building Measures in Asia (CICA) is taking steps to establish a Secretariat and working groups to develop regional confidence-building measures. The creation of a Secretariat might result in a call for donations. The GOK SIPDIS [...] |
2005-08-08 10:26:00 | US Office Almaty | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KZ POLITICAL |
| 05ALMATY2904 |
KAZAKHSTAN AVIAN INFLUENZA UPDATE [...] (U) Summary: After additional testing using reagents developed with U.S. assistance, the suspected human avian influenza (AI) patient in Pavlodar oblast (reftel) has not yet indicated the presence of the AI virus. The hospitalization of fifteen people in East Kazakhstan oblast has been confi [...] |
2005-08-11 09:33:00 | US Office Almaty | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR TBIO ECON RS ETRD PGOV KZ POLITICAL |
| 05ALMATY2957 |
KAZAKHSTAN AVIAN INFLUENZA UPDATE [...] Summary: Post has obtained confirmation that on August 12, Kazakhstani health authorities released diagnoses of H5N1 AI in birds from parts of North Kazakhstan and Akmolinskaya oblasts. The diagnoses were based on polymerase chain reaction (PCR) tests developed with the assistance of U.S. exp [...] |
2005-08-17 01:55:00 | US Office Almaty | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR TBIO ECON RS ETRD PGOV KZ POLITICAL |
| 05ALMATY2958 |
DELIVERY OF LETTERS ROGATORY IN THE MATTER OF [...] Per ref, the Consular Section at U.S. Embassy Almaty was requested to deliver Letters Rogatory to the appropriate judicial authorities for the case Sokol Holdings, Inc. v. BMB Munai, Inc., Boris Cherdabayev, Alexandre Agaian, Bakhytbek Baiseitov, Mirgali Kunayev, and Georges Benarroch; Service [...] |
2005-08-17 04:33:00 | US Office Almaty | UNCLASSIFIED | CMGT KZ POLITICAL |
| 05ALMATY2985 |
KAZAKHSTAN: TUYAKBAY ON HARASSMENT OF OPPOSITION [...] (C) Summary: Kazakhstani authorities are carrying out a large-scale campaign to harass and intimidate the opposition, according to "For a Just Kazakhstan" leader Zharmakhan Tuyakbay. Measures have included surveillance, provocation, violence, and threats/intimidation. Although Tuyakbay's or [...] |
2005-08-18 13:06:00 | US Office Almaty | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR KZ POLITICAL |
| 05ALMATY2986 |
KAZAKHSTAN SUBSCRIBES TO THE HAGUE CODE OF CONDUCT [...] (SBU) Summary: The Government of Kazakhstan has subscribed to the Hague Code of Conduct against Ballistic Missile Proliferation (HCOC). End Summary. 2. (SBU) Zhulduz Baizakova of the MFA's office of international security told POEC chief on August 16 that the GOK had formally subscribed t [...] |
2005-08-19 01:40:00 | US Office Almaty | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KSCA MNUC ETTC TSPA PREL KZ WMD POLITICAL |
| 05ALMATY3047 |
KAZAKHSTAN: PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS TO BE HELD IN [...] (SBU) Summary: The Constitutional Council of Kazakhstan announced that Presidential elections should be held on December 4, 2005. The elections were previously scheduled for December 2006. The Constitutional Council's ruling was in response to an inquiry from the Mazhilis. The question of t [...] |
2005-08-22 01:44:00 | US Office Almaty | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KZ POLITICAL |
| 05ALMATY3084 |
KAZAKHSTAN: NGO LAWS RULED UNCONSTITUTIONAL [...] (SBU) Summary: The Constitutional Council has ruled that pending NGO legislation which had provoked a storm of international criticism is unconstitutional. President Nazarbayev is expected to comply with the ruling and reject the legislation. This is a very positive development, as the legi [...] |
2005-08-23 12:39:00 | US Office Almaty | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM EAID KZ POLITICAL |
| 05ALMATY3085 |
KAZAKHSTAN AVIAN INFLUENZA UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary: This telegram supplements Reftels A-C and responds to the directive in para. 5 of Reftel D. On August 18, additional outbreaks of H5N1 AI were confirmed in villages of North Kazakhstan Oblast, which borders on the Russian Federation. Thousands of domesticated birds have been c [...] |
2005-08-24 03:05:00 | US Office Almaty | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR TBIO ECON RS ETRD PGOV KZ POLITICAL |
| 05ALMATY3091 |
KAZAKHSTAN: AVIAN FLU DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (U) In accordance with Ref A instructions, A/DCM delivered subject demarche to two senior GOK officials: Chairman of the Veterinary Committee of the Ministry of Agriculture Asylbek Kazhumratov and First Deputy Minister of Emergency Situations Nurakhmet Bizahnov in Astana August 24. 2. (SBU) [...] |
2005-08-24 10:32:00 | US Office Almaty | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR TBIO ECON SOCI ETRD PGOV KZ POLITICAL |
| 05ALMATY3107 |
KAZAKHSTAN: HUMAN RIGHTS BUREAU ROBBED [...] (SBU) Summary: An August 14 robbery of the Kazakhstani International Bureau for Human Rights resulted in the loss of almost all the organization's databases and temporarily crippled its work. Emergency grants and post's donation of ten excess computers are helping KIBHR get back up and runni [...] |
2005-08-25 11:13:00 | US Office Almaty | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM EAID KZ POLITICAL |
| 05ALMATY3112 |
KAZAKHSTAN: UPDATE OF CHILD LABOR INFORMATION [...] Summary: In accordance with Ref A, this telegram provides updated data on Kazakhstan's compliance with international norms on the prevention of the worst forms of child labor. This cable updates Ref B. This information is provided to assist in the determination of Kazakhstan's continued eli [...] |
2005-08-25 12:39:00 | US Office Almaty | UNCLASSIFIED | EIND ELAB ETRD PHUM SOCI KZ POLITICAL |
| 05ALMATY3147 |
KAZAKHSTAN AVIAN INFLUENZA UPDATE, AUGUST 26 [...] (SBU) Summary: This cable supplements Refs A-E and responds to the directive in paragraph 5 of Reft F. No/no further reports of bird deaths, suspected AI, or human contraction of AI have been made since August 15. GOK authorities appear optimistic that they have succeeded in containing the c [...] |
2005-08-31 01:47:00 | US Office Almaty | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR TBIO ECON RS ETRD PGOV KZ POLITICAL |
| 05ALMATY3157 |
KAZAKHSTAN: PROPOSAL TO SWAP SUPPORT AT UNESCO [...] (U) This cable contains an action request; please see paragraph 3. 2. (SBU) On August 23, Post received Diplomatic Note No. 10- 1-1/1947 from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in response to reftel demarche. Text follows: The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan prese [...] |
2005-08-31 09:16:00 | US Office Almaty | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM KZ POLITICAL |
| 05ALMATY3223 |
KAZAKHSTAN PLANNING TO OFFER ASSISTANCE, NO [...] On September 5, Acting Principal Officer delivered list of priority needs in reftel to Aidar Shukenov, Head of the Americas Desk at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Shukenov indicated that the Government of Kazakhstan was putting together an offer of disaster relief assistance for those affe [...] |
2005-09-06 10:49:00 | US Office Almaty | UNCLASSIFIED | AEMR EAID PREL KZ US POLITICAL |
| 05ALMATY3224 |
KAZAKHSTAN RECEIVES FACT SHEET ON IRAQI [...] On September 2, Acting Principal Officer delivered reftel fact sheets to Aidar Shukenov, Head of the Americas Desk at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Shukenov expressed appreciation for the information and had no further comment. ASQUINO NNNN [...] |
2005-09-06 10:51:00 | US Office Almaty | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL IZ KZ POLITICAL |
| 05ALMATY3230 |
KAZAKHSTAN AVIAN INFLUENZA UPDATE SEPTEMBER 6 [...] Summary: This cable responds to the directive in paragraph 5 of Ref A. No/no further reports of human or animal cases of AI have been made since Ref B August 26. The GOK lifted the quarantines imposed in three of four affected oblasts. North Kazakhstan Oblast is the only region where prevent [...] |
2005-09-06 11:30:00 | US Office Almaty | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR TBIO ECON RS ETRD PGOV KZ POLITICAL |
| 05ALMATY3277 |
OMNIBUS OF MEDIA DEVELOPMENTS IN KAZAKHSTAN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. This is the first of a series of bi- monthly cables on developments among Kazakhstan's media. Most of the incidents reported here indicate a pattern of restrictions against editorially independent media in the run-up to the December presidential elections. To their great credit [...] |
2005-09-09 10:00:00 | US Office Almaty | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KPAO KDEM KZ POLITICAL |
| 05ALMATY3284 |
KAZAKHSTAN: PRESIDENTIAL ADMINISTRATION BUYS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Nurbulat Masanov, a well-known human rights activist and political commentator, will forego his role as expert analyst at a discussion club to head an institute on ethnology created for him by the presidential administration. In accepting the new position, Masanov agreed to refrai [...] |
2005-09-09 14:06:00 | US Office Almaty | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KPAO KZ POLITICAL |
| 05ALMATY3295 |
KAZAKHSTAN: MAZHILIS CALLS PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS, [...] (SBU) Summary: With the September 7 announcement by the Mazhilis that presidential elections will be held December 4, Kazakhstani political parties have begun to nominate their candidates. President Nazarbayev used his acceptance speech to highlight his success in managing the economy and out [...] |
2005-09-13 02:49:00 | US Office Almaty | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KZ POLITICAL |
| 05ALMATY3301 |
KAZAZKHSTAN: PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS TO [...] (C) Summary: Kazakhstani President Nursultan Nazarbayev unofficially kicked off his reelection campaign in a September 1 speech to the fall session of parliament. The President gave a glowing review of social goals he set out in his February address to the nation. His overall theme, stability [...] |
2005-09-13 10:56:00 | US Office Almaty | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KZ POLITICAL |
| 05ALMATY3374 |
KAZAKHSTAN: PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION ROUNDDUP, [...] (U) This is the first in a series of weekly election roundups, in advance of Kazakhstan's December 4, 2005 presidential elections. Items were drawn primarily from the local press and media. The Gloves Are Off ------------------ 2. (U) "I am determined to run for the presidency," was th [...] |
2005-09-19 14:25:00 | US Office Almaty | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KZ POLITICAL |
| 05ALMATY3415 |
KAZAKHSTAN AVIAN INFLUENZA UPDATE SEPTEMBER 23 [...] Summary: This cable responds to the directive in paragraph 5 of Reftel. No/no further reports of human or animal cases of AI have been made since Ref B. CDC's Central Asia Region representatives are continuing their informal, but fruitful cooperation with Kazakhstani authorities. End Summar [...] |
2005-09-23 10:48:00 | US Office Almaty | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR TBIO ECON RS ETRD PGOV KZ POLITICAL |
| 05ALMATY3419 |
KAZAKHSTAN: CHARGE DELIVERS TIP BENCHMARKS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On September 8, Charge delivered reftel trafficking in persons benchmarks to Serik Nugmanov, Vice Minister of Justice, and Aisha Aitkalieva, Head of the International Law Department at the Ministry of Justice. The Charge discussed the history of bilateral cooperation on TIP issu [...] |
2005-09-23 12:39:00 | US Office Almaty | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KZ POLITICAL |
| 05ALMATY342 |
AMBASSADOR'S MEETINGS WITH PRESIDENTIAL CHIEF OF [...] (SBU) Summary: During separate meetings on January 25 with Head of Presidential Administration Adilbek Dzhaksybekov and Senate Speaker Nurtay Abykayev, Ambassador cautioned that recent law enforcement raids targeting democracy NGOs and the dissolution of opposition party Democratic Choice of [...] |
2005-01-31 08:10:00 | US Office Almaty | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL EAID KZ POLITICAL |
| 05ALMATY3431 |
KAZAKHSTAN: COMBATING EXTREMISM [...] (S) Summary: Efforts to insure stability by supporting political reform and countering terrorism are at the top of the bilateral U.S.-Kazakhstan relationship, as reflected in the first two performance goal's of the Kazakhstan MPP. Post engages in a continuous dialogue with all levels of the [...] |
2005-09-26 08:46:00 | US Office Almaty | SECRET | PREL PHUM EAID KDEM KZ POLITICAL |
| 05ALMATY3447 |
KAZAKHSTAN: PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION ROUNDDUP, [...] (U) This is the second in a series of weekly election roundups, in advance of Kazakhstan's December 4, 2005 presidential elections. Items were drawn primarily from the local press and media. --------------------------------- Would-be Candidates for President ------------------------------- [...] |
2005-09-26 15:18:00 | US Office Almaty | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KZ POLITICAL |
| 05ALMATY3450 |
KAZAKHSTAN: DEMOCRACY PROMOTION STRATEGY [...] (C) SumQry: Post welcomes the selection of Kazakhstan as an EUR focus country for the democracy promotion strategy (Ref A). Kazakhstan is preparing for what could be its first truly contested presidential race this December, against the backdrop of serious GOK concerns about U.S. intentions a [...] |
2005-10-03 14:54:00 | US Office Almaty | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL KDEM KZ POLITICAL |
| 05ALMATY3451 |
KAZAKHSTAN: A/S FRIED,S MEETINGS WITH KAZAKHSTANI [...] (C) Summary: During meetings with Kazakhstani opposition presidential candidates, A/S Fried heard several common themes about Kazakhstan's differences from its neighboring countries, the importance of strengthening its western orientation, the need for political reform, and the toll that corr [...] |
2005-10-04 06:39:00 | US Office Almaty | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KZ POLITICAL |
| 05ALMATY3453 |
KAZAKHSTAN: OPPOSITION MEDIA UNDER PRESSURE IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: The risks of doing business with opposition media in the run-up to the December presidential elections became apparent when the Vremya Print majority owner cancelled printing contracts with several opposition newspapers, fearing reprisals against his business interests. The pape [...] |
2005-10-04 14:48:00 | US Office Almaty | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL KZ POLITICAL |
| 05ALMATY3454 |
KAZAKHSTAN: SHKOLNIK ON CANWFZ, CWC, INDIA [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Ordway met with Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources Vladimir Shkolnik on September 27 in Astana. Shkolnik assured the Ambassador that there will not/not be a signing ceremony for the proposed Central Asia Nuclear Weapons Free Zone (CANWFZ) Treaty in the near term [...] |
2005-10-04 14:49:00 | US Office Almaty | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL CW KNNP KZ PARM POLITICAL |
| 05ALMATY3455 |
KAZAKHSTAN: PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION ROUNDDUP, [...] (U) This is the third in a series of weekly election roundups, in advance of Kazakhstan's December 4, 2005 presidential elections. Items were drawn primarily from the local press and media. Pre-Registration of Candidates ------------------------------ 2. (U) As of October 4, the Central [...] |
2005-10-05 04:39:00 | US Office Almaty | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KZ POLITICAL |
| 05ALMATY346 |
PROCURATOR GENERAL DISCUSSES NGO RAIDS WITH [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During a January 24 introductory call on Procurator General Rashid Tusupbekov in Astana, the Ambassador discussed several recent law enforcement raids against USAID implementing partner democratization NGOs (Ref A). The Ambassador cautioned that these GOK actions may have serio [...] |
2005-01-31 08:35:00 | US Office Almaty | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM KZ POLITICAL |
| 05ALMATY3494 |
KAZAKHSTAN: DEMARCHE ON SUA [...] (SBU) Post conveyed Ref A points to the Kazakhstani MFA by diplomatic note on September 15. Olzhas Togyzbayev, of the MFA's international security department, told POEC chief on September 30 that the MFA was coordinating a response with other relevant agencies. 2. (U) Post will report resp [...] |
2005-10-05 04:56:00 | US Office Almaty | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP MNUC PARM PREL KZ POLITICAL |
| 05ALMATY3551 |
KAZAKHSTAN: AMBASSADOR ORDWAY CALLS ON EMERGENCY [...] (SBU) Summary/Background: Ambassador Ordway met with Kazakhstani Minister of Emergency Situations Shalbai Kulmakhanov in Astana on September 21. In a cordial meeting, covered by local press, Kulmakhanov discussed the challenges his ministry faces and his hopes for continued cooperation with t [...] |
2005-10-05 05:17:00 | US Office Almaty | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR KZ POLITICAL |
| 05ALMATY3553 |
KAZAKHSTAN: AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH DEFENSE MINISTER [...] (SBU) Summary: Ambassador Ordway met with Kazakhstani Minister of Defense General of the Army Mukhtar Altynbayev in Astana September 22. Altynbayev gave an update on the military reform process and discussed the developing security infrastructure in the Caspian region. He also assured Ambassa [...] |
2005-10-05 05:19:00 | US Office Almaty | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MARR PGOV KZ POLITICAL |
| 05ALMATY3563 |
Delivery of JCIC-DIP-05-016, "U.S. question [...] (SBU) On September 28, per Ref D, Defense Threat Reduction Office Almaty (DTRO-A) delivered JCIC-DIP-05-016 to Lieutenant Colonel Akhmetalin, Acting Deputy Chief, Arms Reduction Control and Inspection Activities Support Center, Republic of Kazakhstan Ministry of Defense. Lieutenant Colonel Ak [...] |
2005-10-05 05:21:00 | US Office Almaty | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM KZ KACT PREL JCIC START POLITICAL DTRO |
| 05ALMATY3603 |
KAZAKHSTAN: A/S FRIED'S MEETING WITH PRESIDENT [...] No summary [...] |
2005-10-05 08:34:00 | US Office Almaty | CONFIDENTIAL | KZ PGOV PHUM PREL POLITICAL |
| 05ALMATY3604 |
EUR A/S FRIED,S MEETING WITH FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (U) Participants: U.S.: EUR A/S Fried Ambassador Ordway SA DAS Gastright DASD MacDougall NSC Director Merkel Astana PO Tracy (notetaker) Kazakhstan: Foreign Minister Tokayev First Deputy Foreign Minister Aliyev MFA Chief of [...] |
2005-10-05 08:41:00 | US Office Almaty | CONFIDENTIAL | KZ MARR PGOV PREL POLITICAL |
| 05ALMATY3607 |
SCENESETTER FOR THE SECRETARY,S VISIT TO KAZAKHSTAN [...] (C) Summary/overview: Your visit provides an extremely valuable and timely chance to consult with President Nazarbayev as the presidential election campaign officially begins. Nazarbayev will undoubtedly share with you his vision of Kazakhstan's development in the wake of independence. He s [...] |
2005-10-05 12:40:00 | US Office Almaty | SECRET | KZ PGOV PREL POLITICAL |
| 05ALMATY3609 |
KAZAKHSTAN: POLICE RAID KAHAR YOUTH MOVEMENT [...] (SBU) Summary: Police raided the Almaty office of the Kahar movement on October 4, allegedly in search of proof of foreign financing of the relatively controversial youth protest movement. So far there have been no arrests or seizures as a result of the raid. The action was likely connected [...] |
2005-10-06 02:33:00 | US Office Almaty | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KZ POLITICAL |
| 05ALMATY3629 |
KAZAKHSTAN: DEMARCHE ON PROPOSALS TO ENABLE CIVIL [...] (SBU) In a September 27 meeting with Foreign Minister Tokayev, Ambassador delivered Ref A demarche outlining U.S. support of India's pursuit of civilian nuclear energy in exchange for a stronger non-proliferation regime. The United States, he continued, would like to raise this further with t [...] |
2005-10-06 13:19:00 | US Office Almaty | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KNNP PARM KZ POLITICAL |
| 05ALMATY3750 |
A/S FRIED'S MEETING WITH KAZAKHSANI CIVIL SOCIETY [...] (SBU) Summary: Participants in a civil society roundtable with A/S Fried cited corruption, inadequacies in legislation regulating business, an economy over-dependent on oil revenues, the weakness of independent media, and the lack of political involvement among young people as some of the cha [...] |
2005-10-13 13:24:00 | US Office Almaty | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PGOV KDEM EAID EPET KZ ECONOMIC POLITICAL |
| 05ALMATY3790 |
KAZAKHSTAN: PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION ROUNDDUP, [...] (U) This is the fourth in a series of weekly election roundups, in advance of Kazakhstan's December 4, 2005 presidential elections. Items were drawn primarily from the local press and media. Nomination Period Ends ---------------------- 2. (U) The nomination period ended on October 3. O [...] |
2005-10-17 20:58:00 | US Office Almaty | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KZ POLITICAL |
| 05ALMATY3839 |
KAZAKHSTAN: INTERIOR MINISTER FIRED OVER ARREST OF [...] (C) Summary: Interior Minister Turisbekov was fired over the arrest of an opposition politician just hours before Secretary Rice's arrival here, according to presidential SIPDIS advisor Masimov. Turisbekov will be replaced by deputy PA head Baurzhan Mukhamedzhanov, thought to be the initia [...] |
2005-10-19 09:05:00 | US Office Almaty | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM PINR KZ POLITICAL |
| 05ALMATY3861 |
KAZAKHSTAN: PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION ROUNDUP, [...] (U) This is the fifth in a series of weekly election roundups, in advance of Kazakhstan's December 4, 2005 presidential elections. Items were drawn primarily from the local press and media. CEC in Action ------------- 2. (U) As of October 21, three candidates - Nazarbayev, Tuyakbay, an [...] |
2005-10-23 08:33:00 | US Office Almaty | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KZ POLITICAL |
| 05ALMATY3902 |
KAZAKHSTAN: AMBASSADOR'S INTRODUCTORY CALL ON [...] (U) Summary/Background. Ambassador Ordway called on Kazakhstani Minister of Transport and Communications Askar Mamin on October 21 in Astana. The Ambassador and the Minister discussed the GOK's attempts to attract international air traffic to Astana, development of rail and road infrastructu [...] |
2005-10-28 07:04:00 | US Office Almaty | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAIR ELTN PGOV PREL KZ ECONOMIC POLITICAL |
| 05ALMATY3905 |
KAZAKHSTAN: AMBASSADOR MEETS DFM SHAKIROV, NO [...] (SBU) Summary: Ambassador Ordway met with Deputy Foreign Minister Askar Shakirov on October 20 in Astana and raised the issue of the strain transfers envisioned by the November 2004 Biological Weapons Prevention Program (BWPP) Amendment. Shakirov, discouragingly, replied in the same vein as th [...] |
2005-10-29 00:31:00 | US Office Almaty | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM TBIO PREL KZ POLITICAL |
| 05ALMATY3912 |
KAZAKHSTAN: PRESIDENT'S SON-IN-LAW RESIGNS FROM [...] (C) Summary. In a surprise move, President Nazarbayev's son-in-law, Timur Kulibayev, resigned on October 22 as First Vice-President of the state-owned oil and gas company, reportedly to pursue private business interests. Kulibayev's replacement is Aleksandr Pavlov, a former Deputy Prime Min [...] |
2005-10-31 05:56:00 | US Office Almaty | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET KZ POLITICAL |
| 05ALMATY3915 |
KAZAKHSTAN: NEXT STEPS ON BIOKOMBINAT [...] (C) Summary: The owners of the privatized Biokombinat facility in Almaty are willing to transfer ownership of 69 fermenters to the Nonproliferation and Disarmament Fund for destruction in return for $500,000 plus taxes. Post recommends that the Department act quickly to formalize agreement o [...] |
2005-10-31 06:39:00 | US Office Almaty | CONFIDENTIAL | KZ PARM TBIO WMD POLITICAL |
| 05ALMATY3919 |
KAZAKHSTAN: PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION ROUNDUP, [...] (U) This is the sixth in a series of weekly election roundups, in advance of Kazakhstan's December 4, 2005 presidential elections. Items were drawn primarily from the local press and media. Commitments to Free and Fair Elections -------------------------------------- 2. (SBU) OSCE Ambas [...] |
2005-10-31 21:19:00 | US Office Almaty | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KZ POLITICAL |
| 05ALMATY3924 |
ZERO TOLERANCE FOR KAZAKHSTAN'S OPPOSITION PRESS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Harassment of opposition print media intensified in the three weeks leading up to start of the official campaign period October 25. While print runs have increased, there have been incidents ranging from confiscation of the entire print run of one paper, to grabbing copies out [...] |
2005-11-01 00:36:00 | US Office Almaty | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KPAO KDEM KZ POLITICAL |
| 05ALMATY3929 |
KAZAKHSTAN CONSIDERING AID TO PAKISTAN [...] (C) Ambassador delivered reftel demarches in an October 27 meeting with Kazakhstani FM Tokayev. Tokayev indicated that the GOK was considering providing a field hospital in the context of the Geneva conference (Ref B). He promised to raise the issue of providing spare parts and/or maintenance [...] |
2005-11-01 06:01:00 | US Office Almaty | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID PREL MASS NATO POLITICAL |
| 05ALMATY4010 |
KAZAKHSTAN: PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION ROUNDUP, [...] (U) This is the seventh in a series of weekly election roundups in advance of Kazakhstan's December 4, 2005 presidential elections. Items were drawn primarily from the local press and media. President Nazarbayev's Campaign ------------------------------- 2. (U) President Nazarbayev cont [...] |
2005-11-08 21:01:00 | US Office Almaty | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KZ POLITICAL |
| 05ALMATY4029 |
KAZAKHSTAN: U.S. OFFICIALS PRESS FOR FREE AND [...] (U) This is a joint Embassy Almaty-USOSCE cable. 2. (C) Summary: USOSCE Ambassador Finley and Ambassador Ordway met with opposition, civil society and youth group representatives and government officials October 25-28 to discuss progress on democratic reforms, the upcoming presidential el [...] |
2005-11-09 21:12:00 | US Office Almaty | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KZ POLITICAL |
| 05ALMATY406 |
GOK INTERAGENCY TIP WORKING GROUP SHOWCASES WORK ON [...] (U) On January 13, the GOK interagency TIP working group met in Astana to discuss GOK progress in meeting TIP National Plan goals. Minister of Justice Olnasyn Zhumabekov chaired the highly publicized meeting, which included a broad range of participation from the GOK, IOM, OSCE, NGOs and Ast [...] |
2005-02-03 07:57:00 | US Office Almaty | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PINR PGOV PREL PHUM SMIG IO KZ POLITICAL |
| 05ALMATY409 |
2004-05 SUPPORTING HUMAN RIGHTS AND DEMOCRACY: THE [...] (SBU) The following is the draft summary of U.S. strategy and efforts to combat human rights abuses and bolster democracy in Kazakhstan for 2004-05. BEGIN DRAFT STRATEGY TEXT: In Kazakhstan, the United States forcefully advocated support of human rights and democracy, emphasizing that bi [...] |
2005-02-03 23:54:00 | US Office Almaty | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KDEM PREL PGOV ELAB KPAO KSEP KZ POLITICAL |
| 05ALMATY4142 |
KAZAKHSTAN: REQUEST FOR DATA ON MANPADS DELIVERED [...] (C) POEC Chief delivered reftel request for information on MANPADS in Kazakhtan to Olzhas Togyzbayev, head of the MFA's international security institutes division, on November 4. Togyzbayev indicated that he would work with the MFA's OSCE affairs division to respond to the request for informati [...] |
2005-11-22 04:33:00 | US Office Almaty | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM ETTC MASS KZ POLITICAL |
| 05ALMATY4263 |
KAZAKHSTAN: MFA RESPONSE ON MI-8 AND MI-17 SPARE [...] (C) In response to Ref A demarche, Post received a diplomatic note on November 23 from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Informal Embassy translation of letter follows: Letter No. 09-2-1/4676 The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan presents its compliments to the Emba [...] |
2005-12-01 05:15:00 | US Office Almaty | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID PREL MASS NATO POLITICAL |
| 05ALMATY4267 |
KAZAKHSTAN: DIP NOTE ON REHABILITATION OF [...] (SBU) On November 22 post received a diplomatic note from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs thanking the USG for its decision to co-sponsor the draft resolution on ecological rehabilitation and development of the Semipalatinsk region. The note was drafted in English. 2. (SBU) Begin text: L [...] |
2005-12-01 18:28:00 | US Office Almaty | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PGOV PREL KZ POLITICAL |
| 05ALMATY4412 |
KAZAKHSTANI ANALYSTS UNCONCERNED ABOUT RUSSIA- [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: At a recent roundtable to discuss the November 14 military pact between Russia and Uzbekistan, a group of political analysts and academics considered the pact both a hedge against U.S. influence in Central Asia, as well as a signal from Russia that it still has influence in the [...] |
2005-12-15 13:09:00 | US Office Almaty | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KPAO KDEM KZ POLITICAL |
| 05ALMATY4480 |
DEMARCHE TO KAZAKHSTAN ON REPATRIATED UZBEK [...] (SBU) On the morning of December 22, PolOff delivered reftel demarche to Aidar Shakenov, Head of the Americas desk at the MFA. Shakenov had no immediate comment, but said that the message would be passed to the Foreign Minister for his information and action. Poloff emphasized the high level [...] |
2005-12-22 14:50:00 | US Office Almaty | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KG KZ PHUM PREF PREL TK UZ POLITICAL |
| 05ALMATY4488 |
DEMARCHE TO KAZAKHSTAN ON FORCE ADJUSTMENT [...] (SBU) Ambassador phoned Foreign Minister Tokayev late December 22 and told him that we would be making a force adjustment announcement, and that details would be provided to the Ministry the next day. Poloff then delivered reftel demarche in full on December 23 to Aidar Aitashev, First Secret [...] |
2005-12-23 10:42:00 | US Office Almaty | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINS PREL MARR MOPS IZ KZ ECONOMIC POLITICAL |
| 05ALMATY4525 |
KAZAKHSTAN: FOLLOW UP DEMARCHE ON ANNOUNCEMENT OF [...] (U) This cable contains an action request, para. 3. 2. (U) Poloff delivered reftel demarche on December 28 to Aidar Aitashev, First Secretary, MFA Department of Asia and Africa. 3. (SBU) Aitashev said that the GOK was interested in facilitating Kazakhstani companies' efforts to bid for [...] |
2005-12-28 15:37:00 | US Office Almaty | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINS PREL MARR MOPS KZ POLITICAL |
| 05ALMATY4532 |
KAZAKHSTAN: TRUE AK ZHOL LOOKS TOWARD THE FUTURE [...] (C) Summary: In the wake of Nazarbayev's resounding victory in the December 4 presidential elections, leaders of the True Ak Zhol movement are focused on obtaining registration as a party, and increasing their ability to get their message out to the public through independent mass media. The [...] |
2005-12-29 12:51:00 | US Office Almaty | CONFIDENTIAL | KZ PGOV PREL POLITICAL |
| 05ALMATY537 |
KAZAKHSTAN: EUR DAS KENNEDY'S MEETING WITH [...] (C) Summary: In a February 5 roundtable with Kazakhstani opposition politicians, DAS Kennedy discussed the current political environment following flawed parliamentary elections and the opposition's attempts to develop a unified campaign platform and a single presidential candidate. Democrati [...] |
2005-02-10 07:11:00 | US Office Almaty | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV KZ POLITICAL |
| 05ALMATY538 |
KAZAKHSTAN: EUR DAS KENNEDY'S MEETING WITH FM [...] (C) Summary: Kazakhstani Foreign Minister Kasymzhomart Tokayev hosted a working lunch on February 4 for EUR DAS Kennedy, accompanied by Ambassador Ordway. Tokayev's comments after the recent flurry of law enforcement visits to USAID implementing partners tracked with those of other senior Kaz [...] |
2005-02-10 07:16:00 | US Office Almaty | CONFIDENTIAL | KZ PGOV PHUM PREL POLITICAL |
| 05ALMATY545 |
KAZAKHSTAN: DEMOCRATIC CHOICE OF KAZAKHSTAN [...] (C) Summary: A February 9 ruling by an Almaty appeals court resulted in the liquidation of Democratic Choice of Kazakhstan (DCK) and raised serious questions about due process. Although the case can still be appealed to two higher levels of the courts, party leaders and lawyers are pessimist [...] |
2005-02-10 08:43:00 | US Office Almaty | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV KZ POLITICAL |
| 05ALMATY572 |
ENGAGING THE MEDIA TO DISPEL RUMORS ABOUT U.S. [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The election of Viktor Yushchenko as Ukraine's President has intensified suspicions and fueled rumors in Kazakhstan that U.S.-sponsored NGOs are here to support opposition political parties. There are widespread rumors that NGOs such as Soros Foundation of Kazakhstan (SFK), Fr [...] |
2005-02-13 23:32:00 | US Office Almaty | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KPAO KDEM KZ POLITICAL |
| 05ALMATY582 |
FAULT LINES WITHIN AK ZHOL- LEADERS MANEUVER FOR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During the February 12-13 weekend, Ak Zhol co-chairman Alikhan Baimenov held a special, closed party meeting with 62 regional Ak Zhol leaders to discuss the direction of the party. In addition to initiating a successful no-confidence vote against fellow co-chairman Altybek Sa [...] |
2005-02-16 07:34:00 | US Office Almaty | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM PINR KZ POLITICAL |
| 05ALMATY746 |
KAZAKHSTAN: DAS KENNEDY'S MEETING WITH KARLYGASH [...] (C) Summary: In a February 5 meeting in Almaty, EUR DAS Laura Kennedy and Karlygash Zhakiyanova discussed the state of jailed Democratic Choice of Kazakhstan (DCK) leader Galymzhan Zhakiyanov's health and increasing pressure on him by settlement colony authorities. Zhakiyanova handed over a [...] |
2005-02-23 07:40:00 | US Office Almaty | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV KZ POLITICAL |
| 05ALMATY794 |
DCK NEWSPAPER SOZ CLOSED BY COURT ORDER [...] (SBU). SUMMARY. Democratic Choice of Kazakshtan's (DCK) newspaper, Soz ("Word"), has been closed down via official court order. On January 31, an inter-district economic court ordered the newspaper to pay the National Security Committee (KNB) 5 million tenge ($38,500) in damages for a Sept [...] |
2005-02-28 07:39:00 | US Office Almaty | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KPAO KDEM KZ POLITICAL |
| 05ALMATY977 |
Kazakhstan: Procurator General Begins [...] (SBU) Summary: On March 9, the Procurator General's Office (PG) for the City of Almaty, Kazakhstan systematically began investigating 33 U.S. Mission implementing partners at the instigation of Mazhilis member E.A. Abilkasimov. Officials from the Procurator's Office were often accompanied by [...] |
2005-03-15 08:41:00 | US Office Almaty | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM KPAO KZ POLITICAL |
| 05ANKARA4042 |
TURKISH OPPOSITION PARTIES: DEVELOPMENTS ON THE [...] (C) Summary. Turkey's three main left-of-center parties have been unable to mount a serious challenge to the governing AKP. The left-of-center parties share similar ideologies and compete for the same minor segment of the Turkish electorate but are unable to cooperate and are plagued by poli [...] |
2005-07-12 08:41:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV TU POLITICAL PARTIES |
| 05ANKARA4182 |
TURKEY'S SOUTHEAST: UPDATE ON PRO-PKK POLITICAL [...] No summary [...] |
2005-07-19 14:18:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PGOV PHUM PREL TU POLITICAL PARTIES |
| 05ANKARA4497 |
TURKISH OPPOSITION PARTIES: DEVELOPMENTS ON THE [...] (C) Summary. Turkey's two main right-of-center opposition parties have been unable to mount a serious challenge to the governing AKP. The two parties share very similar ideologies and compete for the same voters, but they are unable to unite under a common banner. As with the parties on the [...] |
2005-08-03 08:37:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV TU POLITICAL PARTIES |
| 05ANKARA6337 |
CENTER-RIGHT ANAP: A TURKISH BEE RISES FROM THE [...] (C) Summary. Over the past several months, more than 20 Turkish MPs have defected to the ostensibly center-right, liberal, and democratic Motherland Party (ANAP), giving ANAP the right to form its own group in the Turkish Grand National Assembly (TGNA). As an official parliamentary group, ANA [...] |
2005-10-20 12:37:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PINS PREL TU POLITICAL PARTIES |
| 05ANKARA7070 |
BAYKAL USES NATIONALISM TO CEMENT CONTROL OF [...] (C) Summary. Party Chairman and former Foreign Minister Deniz Baykal was re-elected chairman of the main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) on November 19, solidifying his dictatorial control over the party. The convention also showcased the continued evolution of CHP from a progressi [...] |
2005-12-01 16:47:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINS TU POLITICAL PARTIES |
| 05ANKARA7215 |
NO SPLITS IN TURKEY'S GOVERNING AKP PARLIAMENTARY [...] (C) Summary: Despite media reports and opposition rumors of splits among PM Erdogan's Justice and Development Party's (AKP) 357 parliamentarians, the group remains intact )- for now. Among AKP MPs, there are distinctive pious, pragmatic and nationalist currents, with crosscutting personal l [...] |
2005-12-08 15:55:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV PINR TU POLITICAL PARTIES |
| 05ISTANBUL1420 |
CHP DISSIDENTS: VOICES FROM ISTANBUL [...] (C) Summary: Discontent among "dissidents" within the opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) (ref A) continues to fester in Istanbul. The party's July 31 Istanbul Congress, which began in fisticuffs, left the provincial party apparatus firmly in the hands of supporters of CHP Chairman D [...] |
2005-08-18 15:06:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL TU POLITICAL PARTIES |
| 05ISTANBUL147 |
INTERNECINE WARFARE THREATENS TO SPLIT OPPOSITION [...] (sbu) Summary: Republican People's Party (CHP) Chairman Deniz Baykal and Sisli Mayor Mustafa Sarigul are set for a collision course at the upcoming January 29-30 party congress. Efforts by Istanbul MP Zulfu Livaneli and CHP delegate Hursit Gunes to present themselves as compromise candidates [...] |
2005-01-28 17:43:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL TU POLITICAL PARTIES |
| 05ISTANBUL2110 |
ISTANBUL'S AK PARTY WOMEN: GETTING (RELATIVELY) [...] (SBU) Summary: Turkey's ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) Istanbul Women's Branch celebrated the 71st anniversary of women's suffrage in Turkey December 5 with a panel discussion focused on expanding the role of women in politics. AKP remains a party in which women do the grassroot [...] |
2005-12-14 08:48:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV TU POLITICAL PARTIES |
| 05KUWAIT1016 |
KUWAITI ELECTORATE TO JUMP 160% IF WOMEN VOTE; [...] If the National Assembly grants Kuwaiti women the right to vote, women will become a vital political constituency as they will constitute 61% of eligible voters. The overall electorate will more than double to 39% of the total citizen population (cited as 956,000) from 15% today. According to [...] |
2005-03-13 13:19:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KWMN PHUM KDEM KU WOMEN POLITICAL RIGHTS FREEDOM AGENDA |
| 05KUWAIT1091 |
KUWAITI WOMEN'S RIGHTS: WEEK IN REVIEW [...] (C) Summary: Indications continue to point toward Parliamentary approval of the GOK's draft bill granting women the right to vote. The Ambassador's contacts during the week shared their belief that women will be voting in the 2007 elections. Similar sentiments were heard on the diwaniya circui [...] |
2005-03-16 15:26:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM KWMN PHUM KU WOMEN POLITICAL RIGHTS |
| 05KUWAIT1200 |
KUWAITI VOTING RIGHTS WEEK IN REVIEW: FATWA [...] Summary: As the parliamentary review of the draft legislation granting women political rights moves slowly forward, Islamist MPs are making their supporting and opposing views known. The Ambassador continues to hear from his contacts that the GOK will succeed in efforts to grant women suffrage [...] |
2005-03-23 14:51:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM KWMN PHUM KU WOMEN POLITICAL RIGHTS |
| 05KUWAIT1311 |
KUWAITI VOTING RIGHTS: MOCK PLEBISCITE CANCELED [...] (C) Summary: Pro-Government MP Jamal Hussein Al-Omar told the Ambassador that the GOK still lacks enough votes to pass legislation granting women's suffrage, but the Government continued to insist the voting rights bill would pass. Sources claim a cabinet reshuffle is in the works to secure en [...] |
2005-03-30 14:50:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM KWMN KU WOMEN POLITICAL RIGHTS |
| 05KUWAIT1349 |
NEW INFORMATION MINISTER HAILED BY LIBERALS, [...] (C) Summary: Moving to fill cabinet vacancies in the run-up to an expected Parliamentary vote on women's rights, the GOK announced March 31 it had chosen Dr. Anas Mohammed Al-Rasheed, sworn in on April 4, as its new Information Minister. A professor and former editorial adviser to local Arabi [...] |
2005-04-04 14:13:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PINR KWMN KDEM KU WOMEN POLITICAL RIGHTS |
| 05KUWAIT1401 |
MUNICIPAL COUNCIL: KUWAITI WOMEN'S SECOND VOTING [...] (U) Summary: The Kuwaiti women's political participation debate has erupted on a second front: the Municipal Council. A new Municipality Law went into effect March 20 but without reference to the article that would have permitted women to vote, run for office and serve on the Municipal Council. [...] |
2005-04-06 13:32:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM KWMN KU WOMEN POLITICAL RIGHTS |
| 05KUWAIT1404 |
STILL NO DATE FOR DECISION ON KUWAITI WOMEN'S [...] (U) An expedited National Assembly vote on Kuwaiti women's voting rights may not happen before May. The recent grilling and subsequent proffered resignation of the Health Minister and other Cabinet changes (septel) have delayed a Parliamentary vote originally anticipated for April. Furthermore [...] |
2005-04-06 14:00:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM KWMN KU WOMEN POLITICAL RIGHTS |
| 05KUWAIT1600 |
PARLIAMENT GIVES NOD TO WOMEN'S PARTICIPATION IN [...] The National Assembly gave preliminary approval April 19 to a municipality law amendment giving Kuwaiti women the right to run for, vote in, and be appointed to the Municipal Council. The measure passed 26 to 20 with three abstentions. A second round of voting is expected to take place in tw [...] |
2005-04-19 15:01:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL KDEM KWMN KU WOMEN POLITICAL RIGHTS |
| 05KUWAIT1633 |
KUWAITI WOMEN MOVE TOWARD NEW POLITICAL RIGHTS; [...] (U) Summary: Kuwaiti women moved one step closer toward gaining political rights April 19 as Parliament voted to allow women to vote in elections for and run for Municipal Council (ref A). The amendment to the Municipality Law granting women these new political rights is scheduled to face anot [...] |
2005-04-20 13:52:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KWMN PHUM KU WOMEN POLITICAL RIGHTS |
| 05KUWAIT1777 |
FOREIGN MINISTER: PROGRESS ON WOMEN'S RIGHTS, IRAN [...] (C) Summary: During an April 27 meeting with the Ambassador, Foreign Minister Shaykh Dr. Mohammed Al-Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah told the Ambassador that he believes that the GOK has enough votes to pass the women's rights bill for Municipal Council elections on May 2 and that once women are regis [...] |
2005-05-01 14:13:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON PBTS KUNC KPAL IZ KU WOMEN POLITICAL RIGHTS KUWAIT IRAQ RELATIONS IRAN |
| 05KUWAIT1808 |
KUWAITI WOMEN'S MUNICIPAL POLITICAL RIGHTS REMAIN [...] (U) Summary: The results of the second round of Parliamentary voting May 2 on an amendment to the Municipal Law granting women political rights at the municipal level were 29 in favor, 2 against and 29 abstentions, sparking a debate as to the actual outcome. Some MPs claim a quorum was not rea [...] |
2005-05-02 15:05:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PGOV KWMN KU WOMEN POLITICAL RIGHTS |
| 05KUWAIT1836 |
CONFUSION AND DELAYS CONTINUE ON WOMEN'S VOTE FOR [...] (U) Summary: After admitting that he was wrong to declare "suspended" the May 2 vote on amending the Municipal Law to allow women political participation (reftel), Kuwaiti National Assembly Speaker Jassem Al-Khorafi provided the MPs with legal consultants' opinions on the previous day's vote. [...] |
2005-05-03 14:47:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV KWMN KU WOMEN POLITICAL RIGHTS |
| 05KUWAIT1863 |
WOMEN SPLIT ON FUTURE OF POLITICAL RIGHTS, SOME [...] (C) Summary: During several meetings with women's rights activists and supporters on May 4, PolOffs noted varying differences in opinion on the chances of success for women's political rights. Several expressed little hope that the two-week delay requested by Prime Minister Sabah Al-Ahmad Al [...] |
2005-05-05 07:57:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KWMN SOCI KU WOMEN POLITICAL RIGHTS |
| 05KUWAIT1901 |
AMBASSADOR HOSTS WOMEN'S RIGHTS DIALOGUE; WOMEN [...] (U) Summary: During a May 7 luncheon hosted by the Ambassador for Kuwaiti women's rights activists, many women expressed astonishment that an amendment to allow women political participation at the municipal level did not succeed during a second-round vote May 2. In general, they now reject th [...] |
2005-05-08 14:52:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV KWMN KU WOMEN POLITICAL RIGHTS |
| 05KUWAIT1907 |
MFA UNDER SECRETARY SAYS GOK SERIOUS ABOUT WOMEN'S [...] (C) During a May 7 meeting on regional issues (ref b), Ministry of Foreign Affairs Under Secretary Khaled Al-Jarallah opened the discussion with the Ambassador with comments about the debate between the Government and Parliament on women's political rights. Stating, "I can assure you the Go [...] |
2005-05-09 10:51:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM SOCI KWMN KU WOMEN POLITICAL RIGHTS |
| 05KUWAIT1912 |
PRIVATE POLL IN KUWAIT REVEALS MAJORITY OF MEN [...] (C) Political up-and-comer Shaykh Mohammed Al-Abdullah Al-Mubarak Al-Sabah (ref B) provided the Ambassador with the results from a poll he commissioned indicating 50% of Kuwaiti men back full political rights for women. Another 28% support women's right to vote, but not pursue elected office, w [...] |
2005-05-09 14:16:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV KWMN KU WOMEN POLITICAL RIGHTS |
| 05KUWAIT1947 |
WOMEN'S RIGHTS: AN UPDATE FROM THE FRONT LINE [...] (C) Summary: Two female women's rights delegations met with Prime Minister Shaykh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah on May 9 to discuss the GOK's position on the issue of women's political rights. Both groups pledged not to discuss the details of the meeting and promised not to protest or rally in supp [...] |
2005-05-10 14:21:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PGOV KWMN KU WOMEN POLITICAL RIGHTS |
| 05KUWAIT2041 |
GOK UPS ANTE ON WOMEN'S RIGHTS; REQUESTS IMMEDIATE [...] (U) The GOK surprised many during the May 16 session of the National Assembly in what was expected to be a re-vote on the proposed measure to grant women political rights at the Municipal Council level. Bypassing any discussion on municipal-level rights for women, the GOK introduced a motion, [...] |
2005-05-16 13:09:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL PGOV KWMN KDEM KU WOMEN POLITICAL RIGHTS NATIONAL ASSEMBLY |
| 05KUWAIT2064 |
WELL WORTH THE WAIT: KUWAITI WOMEN GAIN FULL [...] After six hours of debate, the National Assembly passed May 16 an amendment to Article 35 of the election law granting Kuwaiti women full political rights, including voting in parliamentary elections and running for national office starting in 2007, the date of the next elections. Of the 59 M [...] |
2005-05-16 17:00:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL PGOV KWMN KDEM KU NATIONAL ASSEMBLY WOMEN POLITICAL RIGHTS |
| 05KUWAIT2093 |
"MABROUK:" KUWAITI WOMEN GAIN POLITICAL RIGHTS YET [...] (U) Summary: The Government resuscitated a seemingly moribund campaign for women's political rights May 16 culminating in the passage of an amendment granting women full suffrage. On the sixth anniversary to the day that the Amir attempted to grant Kuwaiti women their voting rights in 1999, a [...] |
2005-05-17 15:48:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV KWMN KDEM PREL KMPI KU WOMEN POLITICAL RIGHTS |
| 05KUWAIT2094 |
MEDIA REACTION: FULL POLITICAL RIGHTS FOR KUWAITI [...] Summary: Kuwaiti media hailed the granting of full political rights for women by the National Assembly on the evening of May 16, 2005, as a "historic" moment. Initial reaction in all papers was positive and they are calling the granting to Kuwaiti women full political rights as the first st [...] |
2005-05-18 03:43:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OIIP PGOV KMDR XF KU WOMEN POLITICAL RIGHTS |
| 05KUWAIT2173 |
ASSEMBLY SPEAKER SURPRISED BY VOTE ON WOMEN'S [...] (C) Summary: During a May 21 meeting, Speaker of Parliament Al-Khorafi told the Ambassador the May 16 vote on women's political rights was a difficult day and he had not been confident legislation permitting their participation would pass. He named the Prime Minister as the reason for the [...] |
2005-05-22 14:41:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KWMN ECON EAID IZ KU EPTE WOMEN POLITICAL RIGHTS NATIONAL ASSEMBLY |
| 05KUWAIT2212 |
SUFFRAGE MOVEMENT CELEBRATES NEW RIGHTS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On May 22, Kuwait's Women's Cultural and Social Society held an official reception to celebrate the May 16 passage of the law allowing women to vote and run for office. The event, held at the Society's headquarters and hosted by its President, activist Shaykha Al Nisif, featured [...] |
2005-05-24 09:47:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV KWMN KDEM PREL KMPI KU WOMEN POLITICAL RIGHTS |
| 05KUWAIT2416 |
JUNE 2 MUNICIPAL COUNCIL ELECTIONS TO MARK [...] (SBU) Summary: The Kuwaiti Municipal Council (Al Majlis Al Baladi) is an influential governing body that retains great authority on important issues such as construction projects, economic development, and commercial planning. Despite its "municipal" name, the Council's jurisdiction is nationa [...] |
2005-06-01 13:45:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV KWMN EIND KU WOMEN POLITICAL RIGHTS |
| 05KUWAIT2509 |
AMBASSADOR CONGRATULATES NEW MUNICIPAL COUNCIL [...] (U) Summary: Ten Kuwaiti men were elected in June 2 elections to the 2005-2009 Municipal Council and the GOK appointed on June 3 two women and four men to the Council completing the formation of the 16-member local governing body. The Ambassador paid courtesy calls on several newly-elected Cou [...] |
2005-06-07 13:57:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PINR KWMN EIND KU WOMEN POLITICAL RIGHTS |
| 05KUWAIT2674 |
AMBASSADOR CALLS ON FIRST WOMEN MUNICIPAL COUNCIL [...] (C) Summary and Comment: Earlier this month, the GOK appointed six members to the 16-person Municipal Council, including, for the first time, two women: engineers Shaykha Fatima bint Nasser Al-Sabah and Fawziya Al-Bahar. The appointments represented a historic first step for women's political [...] |
2005-06-15 13:44:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR KWMN EIND KU WOMEN POLITICAL RIGHTS |
| 05KUWAIT3224 |
ACTIVISTS LAUD WOMEN'S RIGHTS ACCOMPLISHMENTS; [...] (U) Summary: The Charge hosted on July 19 a tea for the three delegations of Kuwaiti women who traveled in early July to the U.S., the UK, and France to talk about women's rights (ref b). Other attendees included political activists, Members of Parliament, journalists, and members of the d [...] |
2005-07-20 14:53:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM KWMN KMPI KU WOMEN POLITICAL RIGHTS |
| 05KUWAIT4325 |
MEPI-FUNDED REGIONAL CAMPAIGN SCHOOL BRINGS ARAB [...] (U) Summary. The National Democratic Institute (NDI) held in Kuwait from September 25 - 28, the fourth regional campaign school funded by the Middle East Partnership Initiative (MEPI). "Partners in Participation" attracted women activists from 14 countries in the Middle East and North Afri [...] |
2005-10-05 09:35:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KDEM KMPI KWMN PGOV PREL PINR KU XF WOMEN POLITICAL RIGHTS MEPI |
| 05KUWAIT5183 |
LEGISLATION PASSED AUTOMATICALLY REGISTERING ALL [...] Following the May 16 decision to grant women full political rights, the National Assembly on December 13 approved a temporary amendment to the 1962 election law to facilitate the first-time registration of female voters in Kuwait. The amendment requires, for this registration period only, th [...] |
2005-12-18 11:50:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM KDEM KWMN KU WOMEN POLITICAL RIGHTS |
| 05KUWAIT796 |
KUWAITI GOVERNMENT BEGINS TO PRESS PARLIAMENT ON [...] If Kuwait's senior leaders have their way, Kuwaiti women soon will have the right to join men at the ballot box. The GOK asked the National Assembly on February 20 to hold a special session to debate a draft law granting women the right to vote, pending since May 2004. This move comes four day [...] |
2005-02-22 13:19:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KDEM KWMN KU WOMEN POLITICAL RIGHTS |
| 05KUWAIT927 |
SPEAKER SAYS NATIONAL ASSEMBLY COULD GO EITHER WAY [...] (C) During a brief exchange at a social event on March 5, National Assembly Speaker Jassem Al-Khorafi told Ambassador that the Assembly vote on women's political rights would either pass or fail by one or two votes. The Speaker said that the government could decide to handle the issue through [...] |
2005-03-06 14:00:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KDEM KWMN PGOV KU WOMEN POLITICAL RIGHTS |
| 05KUWAIT941 |
MEDIA REACTION - WOMEN'S VOTING RIGHTS [...] Summary: With National Assembly discussion of the proposed bill granting women their political rights scheduled for March 7, media speculation on the bill's chances, and attempts to rally both support and opposition, has reached a steady pitch. While handicapping has evinced no clear favorite, [...] |
2005-03-07 13:10:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KU KDMR WOMEN POLITICAL RIGHTS |
| 05KUWAIT991 |
KUWAITI MP SAYS WOMEN WILL VOTE, ARTICLE 98 TO [...] (C) Summary: Kuwaiti MP Mohammed Jassem Al-Sagr, chair of the Foreign Affairs Committee, expressed his tempered optimism that the National Assembly will approve the GOK's bill allowing women's suffrage. He added, however, that the GOK is nervous to pressure undecided MPs. Al-Sagr also predicte [...] |
2005-03-09 13:55:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KWMN PARM LE KU WOMEN POLITICAL RIGHTS NATIONAL ASSEMBLY |
| 05RABAT1072 |
MOROCCO POLITICAL HIGHLIGHTS [...] (C) Norwegian Ambassador Returns: Emboffs were pleased to greet the freshly groomed and chastened Norwegian ambassador, Arne Aasheim, at Norway's National Day reception on May 17. Aasheim returned to Morocco on May 15 after being recalled to Oslo on May 4 to clarify public remarks on the We [...] |
2005-05-20 12:18:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PGOV KMPI PREL PHUM MO MOROCCO POLITICAL HIGHLIGHTS |
| 06ALMATY1001 |
KAZAKHSTAN: OSCE ROUNDTABLE ON IMPLEMENTING THE ICCPR [...] (U) Summary: On February 13 the local NGO "Charter for Human Rights NGO" and the OSCE Center in Almaty hosted a roundtable discussion on the implementation of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR), ratified by Kazakhstan on November 28, 2005. The roundtable included [...] |
2006-03-21 01:45:00 | US Office Almaty | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV KZ ECONOMIC POLITICAL OSCE |
| 06ALMATY1068 |
SECRETARY BODMAN MEETING WITH PRESIDENT NAZARBAYEV [...] (C) SUMMARY: Secretary Bodman met President Nazarbayev for nearly an hour on March 14. Bodman conveyed President Bush's desire to send VP Cheney to Kazakhstan in May, and invite Nazarbayev to the White House in the early fall. Nazarbayev accepted both parts of the proposal, but said that hi [...] |
2006-03-27 07:27:00 | US Office Almaty | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON PREL KZ POLITICAL |
| 06ALMATY1070 |
KAZAKHSTAN: IMAM NAZAROV DEPARTS FOR SWEDEN [...] (SBU) After receiving UNHCR refugee status, well-known Uzbek imam Abidkhan Nazarov and his extended family left Kazakhstan for Sweden on March 15. Despite the UNHCR's careful coordination with the MFA to avoid any immigration problems, at the last moment the KNB tried to block Nazarov's depar [...] |
2006-03-27 11:08:00 | US Office Almaty | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREF UZ KZ POLITICAL |
| 06ALMATY158 |
KAZAKHSTAN: ZHAKIYANOV RELEASED ON PAROLE [...] (SBU) Summary: Jailed Democratic Choice of Kazakhstan leader Galymzhan Zhakiyanov was freed on January 14 and has returned to Almaty. He stated at a January 17 press conference that, although the terms of his parole will prevent him from holding elected or appointed public office for several [...] |
2006-01-17 13:35:00 | US Office Almaty | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KZ POLITICAL |
| 06ALMATY1627 |
KAZAKHSTAN: KEEPING THE DRUGS IN THE FAMILY [...] (SBU) Summary: Traders from South Kazakhstan ply age-old skills to traffic Afghan narcotics and local marijuana. MVD tries to clamp down but the mostly women drug dealers who manage the business get off lightly. Stiffer penalties for drug traffickers, as in Singapore, are on hold pending coa [...] |
2006-05-05 05:11:00 | US Office Almaty | UNCLASSIFIED | POLITICAL |
| 06ALMATY1725 |
A/S BOUCHER'S MEETING WITH GALYMZHAN ZHAKIYANOV, [...] (C) Summary: On May 6, 2006, Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asia Richard Boucher and NSC Senior Director Elisabeth Millard met at the Ambassador's residence in Almaty with opposition political activist Galymzhan Zhakiyanov. The meeting followed the government of Kazakhstan's refu [...] |
2006-05-16 11:02:00 | US Office Almaty | CONFIDENTIAL | POLITICAL |
| 06ALMATY188 |
KAZAKHSTAN: REQUEST TO REMOVE EQUIPMENT PROVIDED [...] (SBU) On January 6, Embassy Almaty received a diplomatic note from the Ministry of Foreign affairs requesting that the U.S. Government take steps to remove equipment provided under the Cooperative Threat Reduction (CTR) program's former Defense Conversion program. The equipment is a productio [...] |
2006-01-19 02:09:00 | US Office Almaty | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA PARM KZ POLITICAL DTRO |
| 06ALMATY211 |
SECRETARY JOHANNS' JANUARY 11, 2006 MEETING WITH [...] (U) Participants in the January 11, 2006 meeting in Astana, Kazakhstan: U.S. Secretary Mike Johanns SIPDIS Mrs. Stephanie Johanns Ambassador John Ordway Undersecretary of State for Economic, Business and Agricultural Affairs, Josette Shiner Undersecretary of Treasury for International [...] |
2006-01-23 08:26:00 | US Office Almaty | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET GA KZ OVIP POLITICAL |
| 06ALMATY216 |
KAZAKHSTAN: SECRETARY JOHANNS' JANUARY 11 MEETING [...] (U) Participants in Secretary Johanns' January 11 meeting with Kazakhstani Foreign Minister Tokayev in Astana: U.S. Secretary Mike Johanns SIPDIS Mrs. Stephanie Johanns Ambassador John Ordway Under Secretary of State for Economic, Business, and Agricultural Affairs Josette Shiner Unde [...] |
2006-01-23 09:38:00 | US Office Almaty | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OVIP PREL ECON KZ POLITICAL |
| 06ALMATY23 |
KAZAKHSTAN: ZHAKIYANOV RELEASE DELAYED [...] (SBU) Summary: A local procurator in Pavlodar has blocked the release of jailed opposition leader Galymzhan Zhakiyanov, who had been scheduled for parole on December 24. A court will consider the case on January 10. The move has raised concerns that the GOK may have reversed its decision t [...] |
2006-01-04 12:17:00 | US Office Almaty | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KZ POLITICAL |
| 06ALMATY264 |
KAZAKHSTANIS BREAK DOWN DOORS TO GET INTO U.S. FILM [...] Summary: Embassy Almaty's first American film festival in November, featuring five films from U.S. producer Michael Fitzgerald, was widely viewed as the cultural event of the season, with audience attendance exceeding expectations. Combining the film screenings with a program of master classe [...] |
2006-01-24 11:14:00 | US Office Almaty | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KPAO SCUL OEXC KZ POLITICAL |
| 06ALMATY339 |
KAZAKHSTAN: REQUEST FOR NUCLEAR SMUGGLING TALKS [...] (SBU) Post conveyed reftel points to the Kazakhstani MFA by diplomatic note on January 20. Olzhas Togyzbayev, of the MFA's international security department told POEC chief on January 25 that, in principle, he thought the idea of a systematic review of programs to combat nuclear smuggling was [...] |
2006-01-31 02:46:00 | US Office Almaty | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP PREL PARM PINS KZ POLITICAL |
| 06ALMATY411 |
EUCOM DEPUTY COMMANDER GENERAL WALD,S MEETING WITH [...] (U) Participants: U.S. European Command Deputy Commander Charles F. Wald Charge Mark Asquino Deputy Assistant Secretary for Defense James MacDougall Rear Admiral Michael J. Lyden, J4 Director of Logistics and Security Assistance, EUCOM Brigadier General Melvyn Spiese, J5/J8, Deputy Direc [...] |
2006-02-03 02:19:00 | US Office Almaty | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PINS PTER PREL KZ POLITICAL |
| 06ALMATY49 |
KAZAKHSTAN: SUIT AGAINST ZHUMA TIMES BEGINS [...] SUMMARY. The trial to close the opposition newspaper Zhuma Times began January 6 and was immediately put on hold pending a request to move the case to another jurisdiction. Lawyer Sergey Utkin asked that the case be transferred from Almaty's inter-district economic court to the Auezovskiy di [...] |
2006-01-05 12:49:00 | US Office Almaty | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KPAO KDEM KZ POLITICAL |
| 06ALMATY541 |
EUCOM DCDR GENERAL CHARLES WALD DISCUSSES SECURITY [...] (SBU) Summary. Deputy Commander of the US European Command (EUCOM) General Charles F. Wald had separate meetings on January 20 with Minister of Defense General Mukhtar Altynbayev and Lieutenant General Bolat Zakiyev, Director of the Border Guards (BG) Service. At the Ministry of Defense (MOD) [...] |
2006-02-09 19:15:00 | US Office Almaty | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MASS POLITICAL |
| 06ALMATY576 |
KAZAKHSTAN: OPPOSITION FIGURE MURDERED IN ALMATY [...] (SBU) Summary: The body of leading opposition figure Altynbek Sarsenbaiuly, along with those of two associates, was found in an Almaty field on February 13. All three men had been shot to death and appear to have been murdered. The Minister of Internal Affairs is personally supervising the i [...] |
2006-02-13 13:48:00 | US Office Almaty | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | POLITICAL |
| 06ALMATY646 |
KAZAKHSTAN: UPDATE ON MURDER OF OPPOSITION FIGURE [...] (SBU) Summary: An estimated three to five thousand people, including the Ambassador, DCM and representatives from other missions and international organizations, attended the February 15 memorial services in Almaty for slain opposition leader Altynbek Sarsenbaiuly. No prominent GOK official [...] |
2006-02-15 12:54:00 | US Office Almaty | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | POLITICAL |
| 06ALMATY717 |
KAZAKHSTAN: SEVEN ARRESTED IN SARSENBAIULY MURDER [...] (C) Summary: The Ministry of Interior (MVD) announced the arrest of six suspects in the Sarsenbaiuly murder case (reftels) on February 20. According to the MVD, five of the suspects -- all current KNB (National Security Committee) agents -- have confessed to kidnapping the victims on orders o [...] |
2006-02-22 12:14:00 | US Office Almaty | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL KZ POLITICAL |
| 06ALMATY733 |
KAZAKHSTAN: ALLEGED SARSENBAIULY MURDER MASTERMIND [...] (C) Summary: Kazakhstani law enforcement officials have detained the alleged mastermind of the Sarsenbaiuly murder (reftels), current Head of the Senate Administration, Yerzhan Utembayev. Utembayev was detained on February 22, after the alleged murderer (in custody but unidentified -- hereaft [...] |
2006-02-24 01:43:00 | US Office Almaty | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV KZ POLITICAL |
| 06ALMATY756 |
KAZAKHSTAN: WHITHER IN 2006 [...] (C) Summary: The U.S.-Kazakhstan relationship is broad and deep, built on a number of significant points of congruence. The GOK is a potential ally and partner on a whole range of issues that are critically important to the U.S., including diversifying Eurasian gas supplies and routes to w [...] |
2006-02-24 14:00:00 | US Office Almaty | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EINV KDEM PHUM PARM KPAO KZ POLITICAL |
| 06ALMATY761 |
KNB HEAD STEPS DOWN FOLLOWING ARRESTS IN [...] (U) Summary: On February 22, two days after the arrest of five KNB officers in the Sarsenbaiuly murder case (reftel), Kazakhstani President Nursultan Nazarbayev accepted the resignation of Committee of National Security (KNB) Chairman Nartai Dutbayev. According to press reports, KNB Vice Cha [...] |
2006-02-25 10:05:00 | US Office Almaty | SECRET | PHUM PGOV PREL PTER KZ POLITICAL |
| 06ALMATY78 |
KAZAKHSTANI RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON AFGHAN COMPACT [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. 2. (SBU) On December 22, Poloff delivered reftel demarche on donor pledging for the Afghanistan Compact in London to Aitzhan Aidashev, First Secretary in the Asia Department of the Kazakhstani Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Aidashev co [...] |
2006-01-12 05:07:00 | US Office Almaty | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV EAID PREL AF KZ POLITICAL |
| 06ALMATY79 |
KAZAKHSTAN: BAYMENOV LOOKS TOWARD ASTANA [...] (SBU) Summary: Unsuccessful Ak Zhol presidential candidate Alikhan Baymenov is moving to reorganize his party, with the goal of occupying the Mazhilis seat it won in 2004 elections and engaging the GOK in discussion of political reform. The party also intends to take part in the Democratizat [...] |
2006-01-12 05:08:00 | US Office Almaty | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KZ POLITICAL |
| 06ALMATY808 |
KAZAKHSTAN: UZBEK REFUGEES UNDER RENEWED PRESSURE? [...] (C) Summary: In a February 28 meeting in Almaty, imam Abidkhan Nazarov of the Tukhtaboy mosque in Tashkent told Poloff that he fears that Uzbek and Kazakhstani authorities have recently intensified their efforts to locate him and his followers in Kazakhstan. Nazarov voiced his concerns three [...] |
2006-03-01 12:29:00 | US Office Almaty | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PREF PTER KZ POLITICAL |
| 06ALMATY821 |
OPPOSITION, AMBASSADOR DISCUSS SARSENBAIULY CASE [...] (SBU) Summary: In a March 2 meeting, opposition leaders Oraz Zhandosov and Tulegan Zhakayev told Ambassador that, while they could accept that the ten people arrested thus far in the Sarsenbaiuly murder case (reftels) had been involved in the crime, they did not believe that Senate Administ [...] |
2006-03-02 12:57:00 | US Office Almaty | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV KZ POLITICAL |
| 06ALMATY895 |
KAZAKHSTAN: REQUEST FOR TRANSFER OF SA-16 AND [...] (S) On February 28, Poff delivered ref B demarche immediately following the delivery of Ref C demarche to Gaukhar Biseyeva, Head of the Office of European Security in the Kazakhstani Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and her assistant Yerzhan Zhukenov. Biseyeva appeared cautiously optimistic abo [...] |
2006-03-09 07:07:00 | US Office Almaty | SECRET | PARM PREL PTER MASS MARR KZ POLITICAL |
| 06KUWAIT1176 |
FREEDOM AGENDA: KUWAITI WOMEN "JUBILANT" AS THEY [...] (SBU) Summary and comment: For the first time since being given full political rights in May 2005, Kuwaiti women exercised their right to vote on April 4 in a Municipal Council by-election. Female campaign workers and voters were "jubilant" about exercising their political rights. "Today we [...] |
2006-04-04 14:05:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KDEM KWMN KU WOMEN POLITICAL RIGHTS |
| 06KUWAIT1774 |
FREEDOM AGENDA: KUWAITI WOMEN CELEBRATE FIRST ANNIVERSARY [...] May 16 marked the one-year anniversary of the historic parliamentary decision granting Kuwaiti women full political rights. The Ambassador attended an event entitled "Together towards a Promising Partnership" under the patronage of Amir Shaykh Sabah Al-Ahmad and attended by Crown Prince Shayk [...] |
2006-05-16 14:10:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KDEM KWMN WOMEN POLITICAL RIGHTS |
| 06ZAGREB1260 |
FAR RIGHT POSITIONS ITSELF FOR 2007 ELECTIONS [...] (U) Summary and comment: The Croatian Party of Rights (HSP) has consolidated its status as a major right-wing political party and gained greater acceptability as a democratic political entity, although some statements made by its leaders occasionally echo its extreme nationalist past. Domestica [...] |
2006-10-18 07:19:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV HR POLITICAL PARTIES ELECTIONS |
| 07KUWAIT174 |
PARLIAMENT COMMITTEE APPROVES "LANDMARK WOMEN'S [...] (U) On February 4, Parliament's Women's Affairs Committee approved a bill, introduced by Islamist MPs (reftels), that would give Kuwaiti women a host of new benefits, including the right to apply for government housing, longer paid maternity and mourning leave, unemployment allowances for sta [...] |
2007-02-06 13:50:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KWMN KDEM KU WOMEN POLITICAL RIGHTS |
| 07KUWAIT220 |
NOMINATION OF MA'ASOUMA AL-MUBARAK FOR [...] (U) Post nominates Dr. Ma'asouma Al-Mubarak, Minister of Communications, for the International Woman of Courage Award. 2. (U) Dr. Ma'asouma became the first woman in Kuwait's history to be appointed to the cabinet when she was named Minister of Planning and Minister of State for Administ [...] |
2007-02-15 12:40:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KWMN KHUM KU WOMEN POLITICAL RIGHTS |
| 07KUWAIT271 |
LIBERAL KUWAITI WOMEN SEE NEW LAW AS MEANS TO KEEP [...] (SBU) Aisha Al-Reshaid, a women's activist, journalist, and former candidate for parliament, told PolOff on February 19 that the proposed new law on women's social and civil rights (reftel) is an Islamist project to buy women's support while at the same time keeping them out of public life. [...] |
2007-02-21 14:27:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KHUM KWMN KU WOMEN POLITICAL RIGHTS |
| 07ZAGREB1021 |
ELECTIONS 2007: PROFILE OF THE MAIN CHALLENGER -- [...] (C) SUMMARY: This cable, part of our series (ref A) leading up Croatia's November 25 parliamentary elections, looks at the prospects for the opposition Social Democratic Party, the only serious challenger to the ruling HDZ. Having entered the election season confident it would oust the HDZ, t [...] |
2007-11-20 08:37:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV HR POLITICAL PARTIES |
| 07ZAGREB1024 |
ELECTIONS 2007 - THE DIASPORA VOTE [...] (U) This cable, the fifth in our series of pre-election reports (reftels), focuses on Croatia's unique institution of diaspora-elected parliamentary seats. With polls predicting a very close race between the ruling Croatian Democratic Community (HDZ) and the opposition Social-Democratic Party [...] |
2007-11-20 15:10:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV HR POLITICAL PARTIES |
| 07ZAGREB1025 |
PRELIMINARY REPORT OF ODIHR LIMITED ELECTION [...] SUMMARY: The OSCE/ODIHR's Limited Election Observation Mission (LEOM) to Croatia released its interim report on November 20. All indicators point toward free and fair elections conducted in line with the established legal framework, but the report does draw particular attention to the new La [...] |
2007-11-21 11:44:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV HR OSCE POLITICAL PARTIES ELECTIONS |
| 07ZAGREB1061 |
CROATIA'S RIGHT-WING - STILL CONSERVATIVE, BUT LESS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a stunning blow to right-wing politics across Croatia, the Croatian Party of Rights (HSP) lost 7 parliamentary seats in the November 25 parliamentary elections. Despite attempts to repackage itself as a mainstream alternative to the dominant Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ), t [...] |
2007-12-06 08:26:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV HR POLITICAL PARTIES |
| 07ZAGREB292 |
RIGHT-WING COALITION WINS PLURALITY IN EARLY LOCAL [...] (SBU) Summary and comment: A coalition of three parties ranging from the far-right Croatian Party of Rights (HSP) to the center-right Croatian Peasant Party (HSS) and the moderate Croatian Social-Liberal Party (HSLS) won 10 of 25 seats in local elections held March 18 in Slavonski Brod. The gr [...] |
2007-03-27 11:23:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV HR POLITICAL PARTIES |
| 07ZAGREB353 |
OPPOSITION LEADER RESIGNS [...] SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Former Prime Minister Ivica Racan resigned April 11 as president of the Social Democratic Party (SDP), Croatia's largest opposition party, due to health reasons. After weeks of increasingly bleak cancer diagnoses, his departure is not unexpected, but coming just seven mon [...] |
2007-04-12 13:23:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL HR POLITICAL PARTIES |
| 07ZAGREB431 |
END OF AN ERA: DEATH OF OPPOSITION LEADER AND FORMER PRIME [...] (U) Ivica Racan - the first and so far only President of the Social Democratic Party of Croatia (SDP) -- died April 29 of cancer at the age of 63. Three weeks earlier, Racan resigned as SDP president, after his health took a turn for the worse. While his funeral will be a private event, hund [...] |
2007-05-03 06:39:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV HR POLITICAL PARTIES |
| 07ZAGREB512 |
SOCIAL DEMOCRATS LINE UP TO LEAD PARTY INTO NOVEMBER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Croatia's Social Democratic Party (SDP) will choose a new leader at the June 2 party conference, to replace Ivica Racan, the former PM who died last month. The candidates are Zelka Antunovic, former deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister; Milan Bandic, current ma [...] |
2007-05-25 10:26:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL HR POLITICAL PARTIES |
| 07ZAGREB546 |
MAIN OPPOSITION PARTY ELECTS YOUTHFUL NEW LEADER [...] (SBU) Summary and Comment. Zoran Milanovic is the new President of the Social Democratic Party of Croatia (SDP). A youthful 41 years old, this former diplomat defeated acting party president and former defense minister Zeljka Antunovic in the second round of voting by 828 to 675 votes of dele [...] |
2007-06-04 15:31:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV HR POLITICAL PARTIES |
| 07ZAGREB670 |
SDP NOMINATES JURCIC AS CANDIDATE FOR PRIME [...] (C) SUMMARY: The opposition Social Democratic Party of Croatia (SDP) has nominated economics professor and Former Minister of Economy Ljubo Jurcic as its candidate for Prime Minister. Although not altogether new in Croatia, the idea of separating the role of PM from that of Party President wa [...] |
2007-07-12 09:41:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV HR POLITICAL PARTIES |
| 07ZAGREB816 |
SDP CANDIDATE FOR PRIME MINISTER CRITICIZED FOR OPPOSING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Ljubo Jurcic, Prime-Ministerial candidate of Croatia's leading opposition party, the Social Democratic Party (SDP), in late August commented that Serbian investment would not be welcomed in Croatia. All of Croatia's other centrist parties, including the governing HDZ, seeing nat [...] |
2007-09-06 06:20:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV HR POLITICAL PARTIES |
| 07ZAGREB950 |
SCENESETTER FOR CROATIA'S NOVEMBER 25 PARLIAMENTARY [...] This is the first in a series of reports on Croatia's upcoming elections, providing a general overview of the issues central to the election. Further installments will discuss specific parties and issues in greater detail. 2. SUMMARY: As Croatia gears up for parliamentary elections tentati [...] |
2007-10-17 12:36:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV HR POLITICAL PARTIES |
| 07ZAGREB953 |
CROATIA ADOPTS LEGISLATION ON DIRECT ELECTION OF MAYORS AND [...] On October 5, just one week before adjourning for the upcoming legislative elections, the Croatian Parliament (Sabor) passed a package of legislation providing for direct election of mayors, county prefects, and their deputies. Until now, these officials have been chosen by the members of the [...] |
2007-10-18 11:42:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV HR POLITICAL PARTIES |
| 07ZAGREB954 |
REFERENDUM ON CROATIA'S ENTRY INTO NATO - NOT LEGALLY [...] SUMMARY: Real public debate on the pros and cons of Croatia's NATO membership has only just begun, but the campaign for the November 25 parliamentary elections has already produced promises of a NATO referendum from some Croatian opposition parties. While all parties in Parliament are pro-NATO [...] |
2007-10-19 07:54:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV HR POLITICAL PARTIES |
| 07ZAGREB955 |
REFERENDUM ON CROATIA'S ENTRY INTO NATO - NOT LEGALLY [...] SUMMARY: Real public debate on the pros and cons of Croatia's NATO membership has only just begun, but the campaign for the November 25 parliamentary elections has already produced promises of a NATO referendum from some Croatian opposition parties. While all parties in Parliament are pro-NATO [...] |
2007-10-19 07:58:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV HR POLITICAL PARTIES |
| 08ZAGREB24 |
NEW CROATIAN GOVERNMENT CONFIRMED; PM SANADER'S [...] (U) Croatia,s re-elected Prime Minister Ivo Sanader on January 12 presented his new government and its program to the newly elected Croatian parliament (Sabor). After a full day of parliamentary debate, 82 Sabor members supported Sanader,s cabinet, while 62 members of the opposition voted aga [...] |
2008-01-15 15:21:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV HR POLITICAL PARTIES |
| 08ZAGREB41 |
BRANKO VUKELIC, NEW DEFENSE MINISTER [...] (SBU) Among the more controversial appointments made in the forming of the new Croatian government on January 12 was the naming of former Economy Minister Branko Vukelic as Croatia's new Minister of Defense. Vukelic's tenure as Economy Minister was not viewed as among the more successful per [...] |
2008-01-22 12:30:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PINR MARR HR POLITICAL PARTIES |
| 08ZAGREB42 |
GORDAN JANDROKOVIC, CROATIA'S NEW FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (U) In a new Croatian government that consists largely of too familiar faces (reftels), perhaps the most important new face, certainly for U.S. engagement with Croatia, belongs to new Foreign Minister Gordan Jandrokovic. From 2004 to the present, Jandrokovic was chair of the Croatian parliame [...] |
2008-01-22 12:58:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PINR HR POLITICAL PARTIES |
| 08ZAGREB65 |
AMBASSADOR MEETS SPEAKER OF PARLIAMENT LUKA BEBIC [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: New Sabor President Luka Bebic strongly endorses all of PM Sanader's priorities, including close cooperation with the US, a strong desire to join NATO, and an eagerness to play a constructive role in the region. He said the Sabor should shortly take up several pieces of legisla [...] |
2008-01-30 11:51:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV HR POLITICAL PARTIES |