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SECSTATE SECTOR SECURITY SEMAAN GABY EID SEN SENC SENG SENS SENU SENV SENVQGR SENVSPL SENVSXE SEP SERBIA SERZH SETTLEMENTS SEVN SEXP SF SFNV SG SGNV SGWI SH SHANNON SHI SHUM SI SILVASANDE SIMS SIPDI SIPDIS SIPR SIPRNET SIPRS SIUK SK SKCA SKEP SKI SKSAF SL SLM SLOVAK SM SMAR SMI SMIG SMIL SMIT SMITH SMRT SN SNA SNAP SNAR SNUC SO SOC SOCI SOCIA SOCIETY SOCIO SOCIS SOCISZX SOCR SOCY SOE SOFA SOI SOIC SOLI SOLIC SOM SOMALIA SOPN SORT SOSI SOVIET SOWGC SP SPAS SPC SPCE SPCVIS SPECI SPECIALIST SPILL SPP SPSTATE SR SREF SRIT SRS SRYI SSA SSH ST STAG START STATE STC STEINBERG STEPHEN HADLEY STET STP STR STUDENT SU SUCCESSION SUFFRAGE SULLIVAN SUMMIT SUR SUSAN SV SW SWHO SWMN SX SXG SY SYAI SYMBOL SYR SYRIA SYSI SYTH SZ TA TAGS TALAL TAUSCHER TAX TB TBI TBID TBIO TBIOZK TBKIO TBO TC TCOR TCSENV TD TDA TE TECH TECHNOLOGY TER TERAA TERFIN TERR TERROR TERRORISM TF TFIN TG TGRY TH THANH THE THERESE THIRDTERM THKSJA THOMAS THOMAS THOMMA THPY TI TIA TIBO TIFA TINT TIO TIP TITI TIUZ TJ TK TL TM TN 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KUIR KUM KUNA KUNC KUNH KUNP KUNR KUS KUWAIT KV KVBL KVIP KVIR KVIS KVPR KVRC KVRP KW KWAC KWAK KWAWC KWBC KWBG KWBW KWCI KWCR KWGB KWHG KWIC KWIM KWIR KWKN KWM KWMJN KWMM KWMN KWN KWNM KWNN KWOMN KWPA KWPB KWPG KWPR KWRC KWRF KWRG KWUN KWWT KWWW KX KY KZ LA LAB LABOR LANSANA LANTERN LARREA LARS LAS LAURA LAVIN LAW LB LBAR LBY LE LEAGUE LEB LEBIK LEGAT LEGATT LEIS LEON LEVINE LEW LG LGAT LH LI LIB LICC LIMA LINE LK LMS LN LO LOG LOPEZ LORAN LOTT LOVE LR LS LT LTG LTTE LU LV LVPR LY LZ MA MAAR MACEDONIA MACP MANUEL MANUEL SERGIO GONZALEZ MAP MAPP MAPS MAR MARAD MARANTIS MARIA MARIE MARINO MARITIME MARK MARQUEZ MARR MARS MARTIN MARV MAS MASC MASS MATT MAYA MB MBM MC MCA MCAP MCAPARR MCAPN MCAPP MCAPS MCAT MCC MCCAIN MCCONNELL MCCP MCGRAW MCRM MCTRE MD MDA MDC MDO ME MEA MED MEDIA MEETINGS MENDIETA MEP MEPI MEPN MEPP MERCOSUR MESUR MEX MF MFA MFO MG MGL MGMT MGOV MGT MGTA MH MHUC MI MIAH MIC MICHAEL MICHEL MIGUEL FELIPE CANAHUATI YACAMAN MIGUEL VARGAS MALDONADO MIK MIKE MIL MILI MILITANTS MILITARY MILLENNIUM MINURSO MINUSTAH MITCHELL MJ MK ML MLS MMAR MMED MN MNLF MNNC MNNUC MNU MNUC MNUCH MNUCWA MNUM MNUN MNUR MNUS MNVC MO MOHAMAD MOHAMED HESHAM ELDIN YOUSSEF MOHAMMAD MOLINA MONTENEGRO MONUC MONY MOOPS MOP MOPP MOPPS MOPS MORALES MORG MOROCCO MORS MOS MOTO MOTT MP MPOL MPOS MPP MPS MQADHAFI MR MRCRE MRRR MRS MRSEC MS MSG MSIG MT MTAA MTAG MTCAE MTCR MTCRA MTCRE MTRCE MTRE MTRRE MTS MU MUC MUCN MUKASEY MULLEN MUNC MURAD MURRAY MV MW MX MY MZ NA NAC NACB NADIA NAFTA NAM NAMSA NANCY NAR NARC NARCOTICS NARR NAS NASA NAT NATEU NATGAS NATIONAL NATO NATOAFGHAN NATOBALKANS NATOIRAQ NATOOPS NATOPOLICY NATSIOS NAVO NB NBTS NBU NC NCCC NCD NCT NCTC NDI NDP NE NEA NEC NEGROPONTE NEI NELSON NEPAD NERG NET NEW NFATC NFMS NFSO NG NGO NGUYEN NH NI NICHOLAS NICOLE NIH NIPP NK NKWG NL NLD NLIAEA NLO NMFS NMNUC NMUC NNPT NO NOAA NOI NOK NON NONE NORAD NOTAG NOVO NP NPA NPG NPT NR NRC NRG NRR NRRC NS NSC NSF NSFO NSG NSSP NT NTDB NTSB NTTC NU NUC NUIN NV NW NZ NZUS OA OAO OARC OAS OASC 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05DUBLIN489 | IRISH RESPONSE TO PRE-GAERC DEMARCHE [...] (C) On April 22, Post delivered ref A talking points to Gerard Keown, Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) EU Correspondent. In his responses, Keown focused primarily on Sudan and the Middle East Peace Process. He noted that Minister of State for Overseas Development, Conor Lenihan, had held [...] | 2005-04-26 06:56:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL EUN |
05DUBLIN598 | IRISH RESPONSE TO PRE-GAERC DEMARCHE [...] (C) Summary: On May 18, Post delivered ref A talking points to Gerard Keown, Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) EU correspondent. Keown noted that Ireland viewed the China arms embargo in terms of the EU's opportunity to send a major political signal encouraging China to play a constructive [...] | 2005-05-20 10:36:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS EUN |
05DUBLIN683 | IRISH RESPONSE TO DEMARCHES ON U.S.-EU [...] (U) On June 2, Post delivered ref A talking points to Stephen Dawson, Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) First Secretary for the Middle East and North Africa. Dawson said SIPDIS that the Commission has been in touch with Member States about the June 21-22 U.S.-EU International Conference [...] | 2005-06-07 09:29:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PREL EUN |
05DUBLIN715 | IRISH RESPONSE TO PRE-GAERC DEMARCHE [...] (C) Summary: On June 8, Post delivered ref A talking points to Gerard Keown, Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) EU correspondent. Keown said that the GOI might contribute police personnel to the EU's planned Rule of Law training program for the Iraqi Transitional Government, but would not l [...] | 2005-06-10 08:52:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM EUN |
05DUBLIN921 | IRELAND: ALL PARTIES SHOULD BE INVITED TO [...] No summary [...] | 2005-07-25 16:09:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | OPDC PARM PBTS PHUM PREL PGOV EUN OSCE |
05FRANKFURT1092 | International Use of the Euro - Broadly Stable; [...] (SBU) Summary: The European Central Bank's (ECB) annual publication on the international role of the Euro concludes that the euro's role in international capital and foreign exchange markets and use as an international reserve currency "has remained largely stable," while "there have [...] | 2005-02-04 15:56:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EUN |
05FRANKFURT1373 | Lisbon Acton Program: Its All About Growth and [...] (SBU) Summary: On February 2 European Commission President Barroso presented his proposal to make economic growth and job creation the focus of EU activities for the next five years. To move beyond slogans, Barroso has proposed setting out who, the EC or member states, is respons [...] | 2005-02-15 11:04:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EUN |
05FRANKFURT174 | EU's Stability and Growth Pact: Tidying Up the [...] (SBU) Summary: In December the European Commission (EC) issued several statements for member states under the Stability and Growth Pact's (SGP) excessive deficit procedures (EDP). For Germany and France, the Commission acknowledged that (a) both would get an extra year, to 2005, to correct t [...] | 2005-01-07 15:30:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EUN |
05FRANKFURT2410 | New Legal Payments Framework: Monetary Integration [...] (SBU) Summary: The European Commission (EC) intends to propose a directive for payments services in the internal market by June or September. A legally consistent framework for the EU payments market, providing for transparency of payment services contracts, competition and consumer [...] | 2005-03-24 11:52:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EUN |
05FRANKFURT2435 | Stability Pact Revision: Art Imitates Life [...] (SBU) Summary: Ecofin's report that was approved by the European Council on improving the stability and growth pact (SGP) is a vindication of the Council's application of the SGP, not its demise. While the Council had always implicitly considered prolonged economic stagnation and [...] | 2005-03-24 15:40:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EUN |
05FRANKFURT2671 | Structures and Trends in German Banking Industry: [...] (SBU) Summary: There is a lively debate about whether the relatively poor performance of the German banking sector is related to its "three pillar" structure of (1) private commercial, (2) public state and savings, and (3) cooperative banks. The discussions were triggere [...] | 2005-04-05 13:08:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EUN |
05FRANKFURT312 | EU Financial Supervisory Framework: Standing on [...] (SBU) Summary: The EU-wide financial supervisory framework created and made operational in less than three years is about to come into its own. The three new supervisory committees, the Committee of European Securities Regulators (CESR),the Committee of European Banking Supervisors (CEBS) a [...] | 2005-01-13 12:01:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EUN |
05FRANKFURT4988 | Stability and Growth Pact: Revived, Passes First [...] (SBU) Summary: Even before modifications of the Stability and Growth Pact (SGP) were adopted by the Council on June 27, the European Commission (EC) had passed its first test applying the "spirit" of the new rules to Italy and Portugal. The EC's recommendations that thes [...] | 2005-07-01 12:58:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EUN |
05FRANKFURT5048 | German Finance Agency Issues USD Bond [...] (SBU) Summary: The German Finance Agency made news with its first borrowing in US dollars since World War II, a cool USD 5 billion. The move was taken in response to Asian demand and to save money, but does not mark the beginning of a regular dollar-borrowing program by [...] | 2005-07-05 13:30:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EUN |
05FRANKFURT5056 | The Chancellor and Hedge Funds [...] (SBU) Summary: Chancellor Schroeder has pledged to raise "standards for hedge funds" at the G-8 Summit. His position reflects a negative characterization, publicly stated by the Chairman of the SDP and others in the Chancellor's party, of investors fixed on quick financi [...] | 2005-07-05 14:53:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EUN |
05FRANKFURT549 | Germany's Economy Grows in 2004: Break Out the [...] (SBU) Summary: Germany's Federal Statistical Office reported that Germany's economy grew 1.7% in real terms last year. Even taking into account that 0.6 percentage points of that growth came from extra working days, the growth was higher than any experienced since 2000. The cause for celebr [...] | 2005-01-21 09:36:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EUN |
05FRANKFURT7207 | Drama in EU Clearing and Settlement Heightens: US [...] (SBU) Summary: European securities infrastructure industry of stock exchanges, clearing and settlement activities is among the most dynamic in the financial industry, undergoing substantial change in the last decade. As the European Commission (EC) prepares to decide whe [...] | 2005-09-23 11:50:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EUN |
05GENEVA2809 | TRIPS COUNCIL, CHINA TRM, OCTOBER 25, 2005 [...] No summary [...] | 2005-11-17 04:07:00 | US Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED | KIPR ETRD KJUS PGOV CH JA SW CA WTRO EUN |
05HELSINKI1022 | FINLAND: TURKEY, IRAN AND CROATIA TO DOMINATE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Finland believes discussions of Turkey and Iran are likely to dominate the Oct. 3 GAERC meetings. The GOF is optimistic about an Oct. 3 start date for EU accession talks with Turkey, but fears that some member states may try to push prematurely for a statement regarding Croatia's [...] | 2005-09-27 12:22:00 | Embassy Helsinki | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM KDEM KPAL FI TU EUN EU GAERC |
05HELSINKI1047 | CODEL HOBSON VISIT TO FINLAND [...] Summary. CODEL Hobson -- House Appropriations Energy and Water Development Subcommittee Chairman David Hobson (R-OH),Representative Ed Pastor (D-AZ),Representative Marion Berry (D-AR),Representative James Clyburn (D-SC),and Representative Phil Gingrey (R-GA) -- visited Finland, August 18- [...] | 2005-09-29 13:55:00 | Embassy Helsinki | UNCLASSIFIED | OREP ENRG PREL FI EUN |
05HELSINKI1066 | FINLAND: PLANS FOR UPCOMING EU TALKS ON UNCHR [...] (SBU) Poloffs on Oct. 3 spoke with MFA Director for Human Rights Johanna Suurpaa and other Finnish officials about Finland's and the EU's next steps on UNCHR reform. Finland will be EU President beginning in July 2006, and the GoF hopes that negotiations on UNCHR reform can be concluded in t [...] | 2005-10-04 14:07:00 | Embassy Helsinki | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC PHUM PREL EUN UNGA |
05HELSINKI1146 | FINLAND SUPPORTIVE OF COORDINATED U.S-EU EFFORTS [...] (C) Summary: The GOF welcomes U.S. efforts to coordinate a robust Belarus strategy with EU partners. It views a strong message to Lukashenko as desirable and welcomes democracy promotion and outreach to civil society. However, the GOF cautions that the U.S. and EU must commit for the long-ter [...] | 2005-10-27 12:52:00 | Embassy Helsinki | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM KDEM EAID BO FI PROG EUN |
05HELSINKI1165 | FINLAND OFFERS TO SEND FOUR SHORT-TERM ELECTION [...] On August 25 post delivered reftel talking points to Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Department for America and Asia Haiti desk officer Veikko Soralahti, North America Unit Counselor Anna Wickstrom-Noejgaard, and to the Unit for Humanitarian Assistance, urging Finland to use its voice in EU meeti [...] | 2005-11-02 06:06:00 | Embassy Helsinki | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EFIN HA FI EUN |
05HELSINKI1170 | FINNISH VIEWS IN ADVANCE OF NOVEMBER GAERC [...] (SBU) PolChief delivered reftel demarche to EU Correspondent Jarno Syrjala, who highlighted the Balkans, ICTY cooperation, Syria, Iran and the Middle East Peace Process (MEPP) among Finnish priorities for the November GAERC. 2. (SBU) BALKANS: Syrjala anticipated (correctly) that former Mar [...] | 2005-11-02 13:29:00 | Embassy Helsinki | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL EAID BO KPAL IZ SY YI EAGR MK ETRD FI EUN EU GAERC |
05HELSINKI1209 | FINNISH REACTION TO PRE-GAERC DEMARCHE [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Tanya Jaaskelainen, Deputy EU Correspondent in the MFA's Unit for EU Common Foreign and Security Policy. The points were also sent to the EU Coordinator in the Prime Minister's Office. Jaaskelainen said that Finland would focus on the MEPP, Kosovo, an [...] | 2005-11-17 11:27:00 | Embassy Helsinki | CONFIDENTIAL | KPAL PREL IZ FI EUN EU GAERC |
05HELSINKI1211 | CHARGE'S MEETING WITH UN SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR [...] (C) Summary: The Charge spoke with UN Special Rapporteur for Human Rights Scheinin in Turku on Nov. 10. Scheinin said he planned to be proactive in investigating human rights abuses committed in the name of combating terrorism. He plans to go beyond reporting and to engage governments and [...] | 2005-11-17 12:01:00 | Embassy Helsinki | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL FI UNGA EUN |
05HELSINKI1281 | FINNISH RESPONSE TO S LETTER ON ALLEGED US [...] (C) Summary: Finnish MFA officials have offered generally measured reactions to the Secretary's response to Foreign Secretary Straw on alleged US detention and transportation of terrorist suspects through the EU. FM Tuomioja publicly welcomed the Secretary's dialogue with European partners at [...] | 2005-12-12 13:38:00 | Embassy Helsinki | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM FI EUN |
05HELSINKI160 | AMBASSADOR'S LUNCH WITH FM: MIDDLE EAST IS "NUMBER [...] (C) Finnish Foreign Minister Erkki Tuomioja invited the Ambassador to a working lunch February 2. Tuomioja was more relaxed and upbeat than we have seen for some time; the Ambassador was received unusually warmly and a cordial atmosphere existed throughout. The FM welcomed the President's Fe [...] | 2005-02-04 15:59:00 | Embassy Helsinki | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL XF AF ID CH MARR CASC KIPR FI EUN |
05HELSINKI186 | AMBASSADOR'S LUNCH WITH PRESIDENT HALONEN [...] (C) In a meeting over lunch February 11, Finnish President Tarja Halonen reinforced in person what we have already heard from her staff: that she would appreciate an opportunity to meet with the President. Halonen told the Ambassador that she wants to take a leading role in promoting the norma [...] | 2005-02-14 17:01:00 | Embassy Helsinki | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL XF AF CH IZ RS FI EUN |
05HELSINKI202 | FINLAND'S RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON EU DESIGNATION [...] (C) Embassy delivered reftel demarche February 14 to Jarno Syrjala, MFA's "regional director" for Lebanon, Syria, Israel, and the Palestinian Authority in its Middle East Unit, and to Juha Rainne of the Unit for Public International Law. On the same day, Ambassador met with Israel Ambassador [...] | 2005-02-16 14:21:00 | Embassy Helsinki | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER ETTC EFIN XF LE FI EUN EU GAERC |
05HELSINKI207 | FEBRUARY 21 GAERC: FINLAND RESPONSE [...] (U) We delivered Ref A demarche to the Finnish MFA and the Prime Minister's Office on February 11. In a February 16 follow-up conversation with Kimmo Lahdevirta, Finnish EU Correspondent, Lahdevirta provided GoF views on the GAERC agenda and a preview of the issues the Finns want to raise dur [...] | 2005-02-17 13:04:00 | Embassy Helsinki | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UP MD SR BK SU HR FI EUN EU GAERC |
05HELSINKI300 | AMBASSADOR'S CONVERSATION WITH NEW EU REP KEMPPINEN [...] (C) Reijo Kemppinen, who until recently was European Commission spokesman, has been appointed the Commission's new Head of Representation in Finland. In his introductory conversation with the Ambassador, discussion covered a wide range of topics, from the President's and Secretary's February [...] | 2005-03-10 15:20:00 | Embassy Helsinki | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL XF RS FI EUN |
05HELSINKI320 | FINLAND: CHR RESOLUTION ON CUBA [...] No summary [...] | 2005-03-15 14:27:00 | Embassy Helsinki | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM CU FI UNCHR EUN |
05HELSINKI321 | FINLAND: VIEWS ON MARCH GAERC ISSUES [...] (U) On March 15 we met with Finnish MFA Acting European Correspondent Leena Aalto to review issues on the agenda for the March 16 GAERC, and to reinforce USG concern over the future of the EU's China arms embargo. Following are Finnish views, by subject: 2. (C) Croatia: Aalto said that "fr [...] | 2005-03-15 15:17:00 | Embassy Helsinki | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM XF CH HR LE RS FI EUN EU GAERC |
05HELSINKI475 | APRIL 25-26 GAERC: FINLAND'S RESPONSE [...] (C) On April 22 we met with Jarno Syrjala, Finnish MFA's new European Correspondent, to review the agenda for the April GAERC meeting (Reftel). Finnish views follow, by subject. See below for bio information on Syrjala, who has just taken over this position. 2. (C) Iraq: Syrjala said he e [...] | 2005-04-25 14:54:00 | Embassy Helsinki | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL EAIR XF IZ SU LE CG ZI RS FI EUN EU GAERC |
05HELSINKI590 | U/S BROWN'S MEETING WITH FINLAND'S INTERIOR [...] (C) Summary: U.S. Under Secretary of Homeland Security Michael Brown and U.S. Ambassador to Finland Earle I.Mack met with Finland's Interior Minister, Kari Rajamaki, on April 26 in Helsinki. Rajamaki told them that Finland was just beginning its preparations for its fall 2006 EU Presidency; [...] | 2005-05-26 07:52:00 | Embassy Helsinki | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PREL PTER KCRM KWMN FI EUN NATO EU |
05HELSINKI906 | FINLAND: SUPPORTING TURKEY'S EU ACCESSION PROCESS [...] (C) The Government of Finland supports Turkish accession to the EU and the start of accession talks in October. Former Finnish President Martti Ahtisaari chaired the EU Independent Commission on Turkey exploring the question of Turkish membership; the Commission published its report earlier [...] | 2005-08-16 12:06:00 | Embassy Helsinki | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL TU FI RU EUN |
05HELSINKI930 | FINLAND: PLANS FOR SEPTEMBER 1-2 GYMNICH MEETING [...] Summary: (U) The GoF plans to concentrate on three issues at the Gymnich: EU enlargement, the Middle-East Peace Process, and the Arms Trade Treaty (ATT). Finland will strongly support the start of Turkish accession talks on Oct. 3, and EU Commissioner for Enlargement Ollie Rehn (a Finn) [...] | 2005-08-26 14:00:00 | Embassy Helsinki | UNCLASSIFIED | EU PGOV PHUM PREL FI EUN |
05KINSHASA232 | DRC REPORTING TO UN 1267 COMMITTEE AND CTC [...] Summary: Emboffs met with Congolese Central Bank (BCC) Governor Jean-Claude Masangu and Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Chief of Staff Fabian Zulu to discuss DRC reporting to the UN 1267 Committee and the CTC. The two officials outlined the counter-terrorism structure of the GDRC and assured [...] | 2005-02-09 15:50:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN KTFN ETTC PTER PREL CG EUN |
05KUWAIT2380 | KUWAITI FOREIGN MINISTER WILL ATTEND U.S.-EU [...] (SBU) Along with his Dutch counterpart (representing EU Presidency) and EU Commission rep (resident in Riyadh),Ambassador met Under Secretary of Foreign Affairs Khalid Al-Jarallah June 1 to confirm Kuwaiti attendance at the Brussels conference on Iraq. Al-Jarallah said that the GOK highly [...] | 2005-06-01 11:55:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID IZ KU EUN KUWAIT IRAQ RELATIONS |
05LJUBLJANA164 | SLOVENIA: DELIVERY OF DEMARCHE ON GEORGIA'S [...] No summary [...] | 2005-03-11 10:17:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS ZJ RS GG SI OSCE EUN |
05LJUBLJANA285 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NORVAL FRANCIS [...] Embassy Ljubljana welcomes the visit of and grants Country Clearance to USEU Brussels Agricultural Minister-Counselor Norval Francis, to visit Ljubljana, Slovenia May 03 - 04, 2005, as a Committee Member for the FAPC Expert Training Seminar. 2. Control Officer for your visit is Matjaz Kav [...] | 2005-04-29 05:34:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR EUN |
05LJUBLJANA366 | SLOVENIA: WILL SUPPORT COMMON EU POSITION ON CUBA [...] (C) Pol-Miloff delivered reftel talking points to MFA EU Department staffers Peter Grk and Vesna Hojnik on 06 June. Grk pointed out that Cuba is "not in Slovenia's strategic interest zone" and that Slovenia would only weigh in on the debate surrounding suspension of restrictive measures in or [...] | 2005-06-07 08:45:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM CU SI EUN |
05LJUBLJANA413 | SLOVENIA AND DELIVERABLES FOR US-EU CONFERENCE ON [...] Ambassador discussed reftel points with MFA State Secretary Bozo Cerar June 17. Cerar was interested to know SIPDIS how the sum of $205 million of Iraq debt had been attributed to Slovenia. He explained that he was under the impression that Serbia and/or Montenegro was claiming all this d [...] | 2005-06-21 05:53:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON EIND PGOV PREL IZ SI EUN |
05MADRID1000 | SPAIN'S VIEWS IN ADVANCE OF MARCH 16 FOREIGN [...] (C) SUMMARY. Poloff discussed the China arms embargo, Croatia, Human Rights in Belarus and Cuba, the Middle East Peace Process, Hamas, Lebanon, Sudan, Moldova, and Georgia with the MFA's Head of EU Policy Planning Enrique Mora Benavente on March 10 and March 14. Spain's position regarding [...] | 2005-03-15 17:44:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC PREL PTER HR CH LE KPAL SU RS GG SP EUN |
05MADRID1063 | SPAIN'S AID PROGRAM IN ANDEAN REGION [...] Econoff met March 13 with Spanish Agency for International Development (AECI) officials in the Subdirectorate General for South America to answer reftel questions. Our contacts noted that Andean countries have been priorities for Spanish Aid for several years, and that most Andean countries wi [...] | 2005-03-17 16:51:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EAID PREL CO ECIN PE BL VE SP EUN |
05MADRID1140 | SPANISH VIEWS ON EU DELEGATION'S MEETINGS ON CHINA [...] (C) Summary: The EU failed to make a persuasive case for lifting the EU arms embargo on China in its recent meetings with USG officials in Washington, according to the Spanish Foreign Ministry's deputy director for disarmament affairs. EU members are now convinced that any decision to lift th [...] | 2005-03-23 16:06:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETTC CO SP EUN |
05MADRID1317 | DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MEETING WITH PRESIDENT ZAPATERO [...] No summary [...] | 2005-04-06 11:34:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL CO SP EUN NATO VZ |
05MADRID1577 | SPAIN'S VIEWS IN ADVANCE OF APRIL 25 FOREIGN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Poloff discussed Iraq, the Middle East Peace Process, Lebanon, Sudan, Zimbabwe, and the Great Lakes with Carlos Fernandez-Arias, MFA EU Policy Coordinator (and Special Assistant to MFA Political Director Dezcallar) on April 21. Fernandez-Arias did not expect detailed discussion [...] | 2005-04-22 14:35:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAL IZ LE ZI SU SP EUN CGEN |
05MADRID1578 | SPAIN'S VIEWS IN ADVANCE OF APRIL 25 FOREIGN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Poloff discussed Iraq, the Middle East Peace Process, Lebanon, Sudan, Zimbabwe, and the Great Lakes with Carlos Fernandez-Arias, MFA EU Policy Coordinator (and Special Assistant to MFA Political Director Dezcallar) on April 21. Fernandez-Arias did not expect detailed discussion [...] | 2005-04-22 14:54:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL IZ LE ZI SU SP EUN CGEN |
05MADRID1619 | SPAIN: DOE LETTER ON ITER NEGOTIATIONS DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] | 2005-04-26 15:13:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | TRGY TNGD ENRG KSCA CH KSAC RS JA SP EUN |
05MADRID1646 | ENCOURAGING EU PARTICIPATION IN APRIL 28-29 [...] No summary [...] | 2005-04-27 15:31:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN PTER KTFN SP EUN |
05MADRID1786 | UPDATE ON TERRORISM FINANCE IN SPAIN [...] (U) Summary. Meetings with Spanish contacts suggest that Spain remains serious about fighting terrorism finance. The GOS conducts searches for funds from all individuals and organizations listed in prenotifications and notifications from the U.S.; no such funds have been found in Spanish acc [...] | 2005-05-10 15:02:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON ETTC KTFN PTER PGOV PREL EU SP EUN |
05MADRID1891 | SPAIN'S VIEWS IN ADVANCE OF THE MAY 23 EU FOREIGN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Poloff discussed the China Arms Embargo, European Security and Defense Policy (ESDP),and Sudan with Carlos Fernandez-Arias, MFA EU Policy Coordinator (and Special Assistant to MFA Political Director Dezcallar) on May 17. Fernandez-Arias does not expect the China Arms Embargo [...] | 2005-05-18 10:37:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | CH PREL SU MARR MOPS SP EUN |
05MADRID1950 | US-EU INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON IRAQ [...] No summary [...] | 2005-05-23 10:58:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL SP EUN UN |
05MADRID2241 | SPAIN IRKED ON UNRWA ADVISORY COMMISSION [...] (C) MFA desk officer for the Middle East Eva Martinez requested a meeting with poloff on June 8 to relay Spain's frustration with the ongoing discussions on the expansion of the UNRWA Advisory Commission. Martinez said Spain had been surprised to learn at the May 17-19 major donors informal m [...] | 2005-06-10 14:45:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF KPAL PREL SP EUN |
05MADRID2275 | SPAIN: RESPONSE TO HAITI ELECTIONS BUDGET SHORTFALL [...] No summary [...] | 2005-06-14 09:19:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC EAID EFIN PREL PGOV SP HA EUN OAS |
05MADRID2721 | SPAIN: RESPONSE TO AMERICAN BUREAU OF SHIPPING [...] No summary [...] | 2005-07-21 11:52:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | EWWT SP EUN |
05MADRID2792 | DHS U/S BEARDSWORTH MEETS WITH SPANISH OFFICIALS [...] (SBU) Summary. DHS Acting Under Secretary for Border and Transportation Security visited Madrid July 19 to brief Spanish Ministry of Interior and MFA officials on DHS discussions with EU interlocutors regarding the value of Passenger Name Record (PNR) data as a tool for enhancing border secur [...] | 2005-07-29 08:32:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER EAIR SP EUN |
05MADRID2833 | CORRECTED COPY: DHS U/S BEARDSWORTH MEETS WITH [...] (SBU) Summary. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Acting Under Secretary for Border and Transportation Security Randy Beardsworth visited Madrid July 19 to brief Spanish Ministry of Interior (MOI) and Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) officials regarding the value of Passenger Name Record [...] | 2005-08-02 14:35:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER EAIR SP EUN |
05MADRID3512 | TERRORISM FINANCE - SPAIN'S REACTION ON ECI COURT [...] (C) EconOff discussed reftel discussion points with Miguel Enrique Garcia Herraiz, Area Director for EU Terrorism Issues within the MFA's Subdirectorate on International Terrorism. He said that the GOS is pleased with the European Court of First Instance's ruling on the "Swede 3" cases since th [...] | 2005-10-05 11:57:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN KTFN KPAO PREL PGOV PTER SP EUN |
05MADRID550 | SPAIN PREPARES FOR EU CONSTITUTION REFERENDUM [...] SUMMARY. On February 20, Spain will become the first EU country to put the European Constitution to a popular referendum. Because of support from both the governing Socialist party and the opposition Popular Party (PP),there is little doubt that a "yes" vote will win. Many in Spain see Sp [...] | 2005-02-11 12:19:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV SP EUN |
05MADRID666 | SPANISH VOTERS APPROVE EU CONSTITUTION [...] On February 20, Spain became the first EU nation to approve the European Constitution by popular referendum with 76.73 percent of voters in favor of the Constitution. There had been little doubt that a "yes" vote would win, and the 17.24 percent "no" vote was in line with expectations. The [...] | 2005-02-22 11:46:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV SP EUN |
05MADRID681 | SPAIN: TERRORISM FINANCE - IDENTIFYING DESIGNATION [...] Spain's designation of financiers of terrorism follows the EU Clearinghouse standard. Spain brings entities for designation to the EU Clearinghouse and freezes assets of terrorists designated by the EU or the UN. 2. The responsible entity for ensuring that sanctions are implemented against [...] | 2005-02-22 17:05:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN PTER SP KTFN PGOV EUN |
05MADRID987 | CHINA ARMS EMBARGO: SPANISH POSITION UNCHANGED [...] (C) Poloff met with Enrique Mora Benavente, the Head of EU Policy Planning at the MFA, on March 10 and March 14 to discuss the China arms embargo, reiterating U.S. concerns over human rights violations, the possible transfer of U.S. military technology to China, and the shifting balance of p [...] | 2005-03-15 11:22:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL CM SP EUN |
05MADRID988 | DELIVERY OF HIZBALLAH NON-PAPER TO SPAIN [...] No summary [...] | 2005-03-15 11:33:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC PTER EFIN SP EUN |
05MADRID992 | SPAIN: DEMARCHE ON GEORGIA'S BORDER MONITORING [...] (C) Charge raised the issue of a Georgia Border Monitoring Organization (BMO) in a March 14 discussion with Rafael Dezcallar, MFA Director General for Foreign Policy, and Josep Pons, MFA Director General of Foreign Policy for Europe and North America. Dezcallar professed little knowledge of [...] | 2005-03-15 15:03:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ZJ RS GG PBTS EUN OSCE |
05MANAMA577 | BAHRAIN: DEMARCHE ON BELARUS IN UNCHR [...] No summary [...] | 2005-04-18 15:20:00 | Embassy Manama | UNCLASSIFIED | KDEM PHUM BA EUN |
05MANAMA792 | BAHRAIN: DEMARCHING INVITEES TO THE U.S.-EU [...] (C) Ambassador June 1 delivered Ref B demarche concerning the invitation to the June 21-22 international conference on Iraq in Brussels to Minister of State for Foreign Affairs/Minister of Information Mohammed Abdul Ghaffar. Abdul Ghaffar, who spends much of his time now at the Ministry of In [...] | 2005-06-01 14:23:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ASEC BA IZ EUN |
05MANAMA810 | BAHRAIN: DELIVERABLES FOR THE U.S.-EU [...] No summary [...] | 2005-06-07 14:59:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON BA IZ EUN |
05MILAN519 | Subject: Multiethnic Milan -- Caritas [...] (U) Summary: Caritas Ambrosiana recently held a conference to present Caritas' annual report on immigration. While the report included national statistics, the focus of the presentation in Milan was on the Lombardy Region in general and Milan specifically. Almost a quarter of Italy's immigrant [...] | 2005-11-17 05:38:00 | Consulate Milan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SMIG SOCI ELAB PGOV ASEC IT EUN |
05OTTAWA1205 | CANADA: RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON UNRWA EMERGENCY [...] Poloff delivered reftel demarche concerning an appeal for countries to make contributions to the 2005 Emergency Appeal for UNRWA to Sam Hanson, Deputy Coordinator, Middle East Peace Process Division at Foreign Affairs Canada, on April 12. Hanson stated that the Government of Canada had just [...] | 2005-04-20 20:54:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF KPAL PREL CA EUN CIDA |
05PARIS1055 | FRENCH FORMER PRESIDENT GISCARD D'ESTAING ON [...] (C) Former French President Giscard d'Estaing, over lunch February 16, told Ambassador Leach that he had been impressed by Secretary Rice on her recent visit to Paris. He thought that following the Iraqi elections and the constitution of an Iraqi government, France would be more open to assi [...] | 2005-02-18 12:04:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL FR TU IZ SY UK EUN LB PINT |
05PARIS1084 | EU CHINA ARMS EMBARGO: EXPANDING ON FRENCH DEFENSE [...] (C) During the course of a meeting on an unrelated issue with Mr. Camille Grand, Diplomatic Advisor to Defense Minister Alliot-Marie, we inquired about the minister's comments in the recent Financial Times article entitled "France urges end to China arms embargo." We noted our confusion over [...] | 2005-02-18 18:53:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM ETTC PREL FR EUN |
05PARIS1085 | ADDITIONAL FRENCH THOUGHTS FOR NATO SUMMIT [...] (C) Summary: MFA and Presidency advisors preparing for next week's February 22 NATO summit told us that the EU -- not NATO - is best placed to handle police and gendarme training for the Iraqis. In line with the comments made by French Presidency Diplomatic Advisor Maurice Gourdault-Montagne [...] | 2005-02-18 19:09:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREL FR NATO EUN |
05PARIS1106 | AMBASSADOR CHALLENGES SOCIALISTS ON EU [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Leach and DCM Wolff February 21 expressed concern to the Socialist Party (PS) leadership about the negative message on U.S.-EU relations contained in the party's campaign material in support of a yes vote on the EU constitution in France's late spring referendum. In c [...] | 2005-02-22 14:09:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV FR EUN |
05PARIS1356 | FRENCH RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON DESIGNATING HIZBALLAH AS A TERRORIST ORGANIZATION [...] (S) Summary: On March 1, poloffs delivered reftel demarche on designating Hizballah as a terrorist organization to Julien Deruffe and Yves Trotignon from the MFA's office of counter-terrorism and Remy Bouallegue, Lebanon/Syria desk officer. Poloff also informed Dominique Boche, President Chir [...] | 2005-03-02 14:35:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET | ETTC PTER EFIN FR EUN |
05PARIS1588 | JAPANESE EMBASSY ON CHIRAC VISIT TO JAPAN, EU ARMS [...] (C) Summary: On March 8, 2005, Japanese DCM confirmed to DCM that President Chirac will visit Japan officially March 26-28. Chirac, who will be accompanied by a French business delegation and Commerce Minister Loos, will attend the 2005 Aichi Expo and later meet with PM Koizumi and the Empero [...] | 2005-03-10 11:23:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR ETTC JA FR EUN |
05PARIS1667 | FORMER FOREIGN MINISTER VEDRINE ON "DECISIVE YEAR" [...] (C) Summary: Former Foreign Minister Hubert Vedrine told Ambassador Leach March 11 that Europe was beginning to ask itself whether the Bush Administration's pursuit of democracy and reform in the Arab world and elsewhere might be bearing fruit. Elections in Iraq and the Palestinian territories, [...] | 2005-03-14 11:40:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PARM KWBG IS SY LE IZ IR FR EUN |
05PARIS1698 | CHINA ARMS EMBARGO: FRENCH POSITIONS UNCHANGED [...] (C) As per reftel instructions, we raised with MFA DAS-level Director for East Asia Marc Abensour the upcoming visit to Europe of the Chinese Foreign Minister Li and reiterated the U.S. position against the lifting of the EU arms embargo, as well as our concerns on human rights, and the need f [...] | 2005-03-14 17:27:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM CM FR EUN |
05PARIS1713 | FRENCH RESPONSE TO BELARUS DRAFT RESOLUTION [...] No summary [...] | 2005-03-15 13:17:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | BO FR UNHRC PDEM EUN |
05PARIS1727 | FRENCH RESPONSE ON MARCH 16 GAERC DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...] | 2005-03-15 16:12:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC PREL PTER HR CH LE KPAL RS GG FR SY EUN |
05PARIS1733 | FRANCE "CAUTIOUS" ON EU-LED BMO MISSION [...] No summary [...] | 2005-03-15 17:44:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ZJ RS GG PBTS FR EUN OSCE |
05PARIS1823 | MOD ADVISOR UPBEAT ON BILATERAL RELATIONSHIP; SEES [...] (C) Summary: Defense Minister Alliot-Marie's Diplomatic Advisor Bertrand Besancenot provided Political Minister-Counselor with a readout of the Minister's March 9-10 visit to the United States. He described at length the positive tone in the bilateral relationship, as reflected in Alliot-Mari [...] | 2005-03-18 10:13:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM CH FR NATO EUN |
05PARIS1856 | FRENCH OUTCRY AGAINST THE SERVICES DIRECTIVE FUELS [...] SUMMARY. (U) Recent polls showing the anti-European Constitution vote taking the lead in France are forcing the Chirac government to take an even harder line against the European Commission's proposed Services Directive. French President Jacques Chirac strongly restated France's position on t [...] | 2005-03-21 10:54:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD PGOV PREL FR EUN |
05PARIS1883 | GOF SAYS RUSSIA-FRANCE-GERMANY-SPAIN MARCH 18 [...] (C) Summary: Laurent Bili, President Chirac's technical advisor on pol/mil and Russia issues, told POL M/C March 21 that the meeting between the Russian, French, German and Spanish leaders on March 18 focused primarily on EU-Russia relations, with the goal of concluding negotiations on the "Fo [...] | 2005-03-21 17:39:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR RS FR EUN |
05PARIS2006 | CHIRAC WINS EU COUNCIL'S BACKING ON HOT-BUTTON [...] (C) Summary: Playing on collective nervousness over polls suggesting that French voters could reject the draft EU constitution in the May 29 referendum, President Jacques Chirac persuaded fellow EU heads of state and government March 22 to send back to the drawing board the Commission's "serv [...] | 2005-03-24 18:22:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON ELAB FR EUN |
05PARIS206 | UNESCO CULTURAL DIVERSITY CONVENTION NEGOTIATIONS: [...] (SBU) Summary and Action Request. UNESCO Senior Legal Officer John Donaldson called into question the October 2005 goal for adoption of a Cultural Diversity Convention, noting that UNESCO rules and past practice are consistent with a four-year timetable, not the current two-year schedule. He [...] | 2005-01-11 16:59:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SCUL UNESCO EUN UN |
05PARIS2262 | FRANCE STRENGTHENS PUSH FOR "CULTURAL EXCEPTION" [...] (SBU) France has ramped up its efforts to influence UNESCO-sponsored discussions on a Convention on the Protection of the Diversity of Cultural Contents and Artistic Expressions ("Cultural Diversity Convention"),which it apparently sees as a vehicle to strengthen the "cultural exception" to [...] | 2005-04-05 13:20:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SCUL KIPR ETRD FR EUN |
05PARIS2402 | UNESCO: EU Seems to be Gaining Ground in its Push for EC Representation at Cultural Diversity Convention [...] Summary. The Luxembourg Ambassador, representing the European Union Presidency, and European Commission (EC) officials held an April 7 briefing to support the request that the April 2005 UNESCO Executive Board issue a decision that EC may participate, but not vote, in UNESCO-based negotiati [...] | 2005-04-08 16:07:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ETRD UNESCO EUN SCUL |
05PARIS2405 | CHR 61: FRENCH ASSISTANCE ON THE CUBA RESOLUTION [...] No summary [...] | 2005-04-08 16:38:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM FR UNHRC EUN |
05PARIS2441 | UNESCO: UNESCO: NEED FOR DEMARCHE ON EU COMPETENCY IN CULTURAL DIVERSITY NEGOTIATIONS [...] (SBU) I understand that there has been a lot of discussion in Washington about the need to demarche UNESCO Executive Board members on the EU's draft resolution on EC participation in the cultural diversity negotiations. I cannot emphasize strongly enough that we need to demarche capitals on t [...] | 2005-04-11 16:39:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ETRD UNESCO EUN SCUL |
05PARIS2483 | GOF WEIGHING RESPONSE TO UNRWA EMERGENCY APPEAL, [...] (U) This message contains an action request for Washington in para 4. 2. (C) We discussed reftel talking points on the 2005 UNRWA emergency appeal with MFA action officer for UN/Middle East issues Alice Guitton April 12, urging a sizable French contribution to help alleviate Palestinian ref [...] | 2005-04-12 16:28:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF KPAL PREL FR EUN |
05PARIS2603 | FRENCH DENY ANY PLANS TO SELL FIGHTER AIRCRAFT TO [...] (U) Reftel FBIS reports quoted Taiwan and Hong Kong press reports that France intends to sell 210 Mirage 200-9CS fighter aircraft, along with 1,200 MICA missiles and 180 alternative engines, as part of a 12 billion euros defense trade package. The sale allegedly was agreed to last December 20 [...] | 2005-04-15 17:06:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM ETTC CH FR EUN |
05PARIS2630 | SEEKING CLARIFICATION ON SECURITY REGULATIONS AND [...] (U) This is a request for guidance. See para 4. 2. (SBU) We were recently made aware of at least one case in which the CEO of one of France's largest companies, with significant investments and business interests in the U.S., was denied permission to fly, in a private European- registere [...] | 2005-04-18 16:18:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR PTER FR EUN |
05PARIS2659 | CHR 61: FRENCH ON GUANTANAMO RESOLUTION [...] (U) This cable contains an action request. See para 4. 2. (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel points to Donatienne Hissard in the Human Rights office of the MFA's United Nations and International Organizations bureau on April 19. Hissard noted that France agreed completely with our view that t [...] | 2005-04-19 16:37:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM FR UNHRC EUN |
05PARIS2825 | THE FRENCH REFERENDUM ON THE EUROPEAN CONSTITUTION: [...] (SBU) The current debate over French referendum on the EU Constitution has highlighted France's deep-rooted economic and social malaise. With unemployment at a five-year high of just over 10 percent, labor groups and public sector unions have linked outsourcing to this general malaise to just [...] | 2005-04-26 15:12:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD PGOV PREL ELAB PINR FR EUN |
05PARIS2863 | EU CONSTITUTION DOMINATES AGENDA OF FRANCO-GERMAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Chirac and Chancellor Schroeder used the fifth meeting of the Council of Franco-German ministers to support Chirac's efforts to highlight the benefits of the EU to a skeptical French public in the run-up to the French May 29 referendum on the draft EU constitutional tr [...] | 2005-04-27 15:52:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV GM FR NATO EUN |
05PARIS3076 | A/S WAYNE DISCUSSES TSUNAMI RELIEF WITH FRENCH [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. EB Assistant Secretary Wayne briefed French government tsunami relief coordinators on U.S. efforts, and shared with them the U.S. approach to public-private partnerships, as well as innovative financing loan facilities. Both A/S Wayne and his French counterpart Jean-Claude Mal [...] | 2005-05-06 14:27:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PGOV PREL FR EUN |
05PARIS3146 | DARFUR: FRENCH PREFER EU MISSION, BUT WOULD [...] (C) Summary: A senior MFA official confirmed France's preference for an EU assistance mission to the African Union (AU) in Darfur. While the French approach is still evolving, MFA officials believe the EU should continue to build on its existing assistance efforts to the AU (AMIS). Towards th [...] | 2005-05-10 14:41:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS SU FR NATO EUN |
05PARIS3232 | DARFUR: FRENCH POSITION ON NATO ROLE [...] (C) Drawing on reftel points, Charge raised a possible NATO role in Darfur with MFA Political Director Stanislas de Laboulaye May 11. Charge said French opposition to a NAC meeting with AU SYG Konare was not consistent with FM Barnier's assurances that Paris would not object to a NATO role in [...] | 2005-05-12 10:41:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS SU FR EUN |
05PARIS3292 | TERRORISM FINANCE: FRENCH AUTHORITY TO FREEZE [...] (SBU) Per reftels, Post includes below points on French asset-freezing authority for terrorist finance issues. 2. (SBU) France's legal authority to freeze assets is based on the state's traditional power to use capital controls where necessary. Therefore, the main authority is based on Fre [...] | 2005-05-16 05:25:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC PTER EFIN KTFN FR PGOV EUN |
05PARIS3401 | IRAQ: POTENTIAL PROGRESS ON FRANCE'S GENDARME [...] C) During the course of a meeting with MOD contacts on May 13, we learned that Iraq has responded to France's bilateral offer to train Iraqi security forces, which President Chirac had conveyed to then IIG President Yawer last January. According to Captain Devaux, a MOD desk officer for NATO i [...] | 2005-05-18 12:42:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS IZ FR EUN NATO |
05PARIS3491 | FRENCH ON MAY 23-24 GAERC [...] (C) SUMMARY: Poloff delivered reftel points on May 16 and spoke with MFA deputy chief for Common Foreign and Security Policy Pascal LeDeunff on May 19. LeDeunff described Sudan as "incontestably the most important" subject the GAERC will tackle; said that the EU-3 will seek EU support for th [...] | 2005-05-20 16:57:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | CH PREL SU MARR MOPS PARM KNNP MNUC FR EUN NATO |
05PARIS3625 | FRANCE'S EU REFERENDUM: "NO" HAS THE MOMENTUM AS [...] (C) Summary: When President Chirac addresses a national audience May 26 to urge a vote in favor of the EU constitution three days later, he may be talking to an electorate that has largely made up its mind -- to vote no. Opinion polls and many of the country's sharpest political commentators [...] | 2005-05-25 17:43:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL FR EUN |
05PARIS364 | EU-CHINA ARMS EMBARGO: LATEST FRENCH THINKING [...] (C) Following recent EU discussions on lifting the EU arms embargo on China (ref C),we spoke with Jacques Maillard, MFA DAS-equivalent for export controls, with respect to French thinking on this issue. Maillard said that the EU had already decided in December to lift the arms embargo by the [...] | 2005-01-20 11:46:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR ETTC PREL FR EUN |
05PARIS3668 | FRANCE IN EUROPE: WHAT'S AT STAKE IN THE MAY 29 [...] (C) Summary: Whether they accept or reject the draft EU constitution three days from now, French voters May 29 will have a major effect on their country's ability to influence the course of EU policy, and the future of the European Union. Win or lose, Jacques Chirac is unlikely to give up hi [...] | 2005-05-26 16:50:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON FR EUN |
05PARIS3864 | FRANCE'S NEW GOVERNMENT AND THE ECONOMY: MOVING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. French voters may have cited the poor state of the economy as a key reason to reject the European constitution in last week's referendum, but neither incoming Prime Minister de Villepin nor President Chirac have signaled that economics will be the focus of the new government's a [...] | 2005-06-03 13:17:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PGOV EIND EFIN FR EUN |
05PARIS3921 | FRENCH OPPOSE RETURN TO EU SANCTIONS AGAINST CUBA [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel points on June 3 and followed up with a conversation on June 6 with Pascal LeDeunff, head of the French MFA's Common Foreign and Security Policy office, the unit that prepares French input for the GAERC meetings. LeDeunff took note of the U.S. position, but emphasi [...] | 2005-06-06 16:12:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM NL CU FR EUN |
05PARIS4043 | DELIVERABLES FOR U.S.-EU IRAQ CONFERENCE: NO NEW [...] (C) Summary and comment: The GoF will not be announcing new assistance for Iraq at the June 22 U.S.-EU conference, which FM Douste-Blazy is likely to attend. MFA officials responded somewhat defensively to our points encouraging additional French support for Iraq, and stressed that the Bruss [...] | 2005-06-09 17:25:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EAID EIND ECON FR IZ EUN |
05PARIS4095 | FRENCH ON JUNE 13 GAERC [...] (C) Poloff spoke with MFA Common Foreign and Security Policy deputy chief Pascal LeDeunff on June 6 about the upcoming GAERC, and followed up with reftel (A) points on June 7 and reftel (D) points on June 10. Reftel B notes that the French continue to oppose reimposing measures against the Cu [...] | 2005-06-10 15:32:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL CM IR IZ LE YI PARM FR EUN |
05PARIS4141 | POLICY PLANNING CHIEF LEVY ON WHY AND WHAT NEXT OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a June 10 discussion with visiting acting NIC Chairman David Gordon and NIO for Europe Ambassador Richard Kauzlarich, Pierre Levy, the head of the MFA's policy planning staff, offered his assessment of the reasons for and implications of France's "no" vote on the EU constitution [...] | 2005-06-13 16:07:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV FR EUN |
05PARIS4153 | ASSISTANT SECRETARY FRIED'S PARIS MEETING WITH [...] (C) Summary: A Europe turned inward in the wake of the rejection of the EU constitution by voters in France and the Netherlands would set back U.S.- EU cooperation in meeting global challenges, and would be unwelcome, visiting Assistant Secretary Daniel Fried told President Chirac's Diplomatic [...] | 2005-06-14 09:56:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL FR EUN |
05PARIS4154 | ASSISTANT SECRETARY FRIED'S PARIS MEETING WITH MFA [...] (C) Summary: MFA Political Director Stanislas de Laboulaye told visiting Assistant Secretary Daniel Fried June 8 that French and Dutch voters' rejection of the EU constitution had precipitated a crisis in European affairs. This was not the EU's first such set-back, but it was serious and woul [...] | 2005-06-14 09:58:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL FR EUN |
05PARIS4235 | CHIRAC TO PRESS HIS ATTACK ON THE BRITISH REBATE [...] (C) Summary: President Jacques Chirac, licking his wounds in the wake of French voters' rejection of the EU constitution May 29, will attempt to negotiate results at the June 16-17 European Council that bolster his sagging popularity at home and demonstrate that he "heard the message" of the [...] | 2005-06-15 17:43:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL FR EUN |
05PARIS4621 | USUNESCO: Conferences Focus on Illicit Traffic in [...] Summary. The 22-23 Paris UNESCO meetings of the Second International Coordination Committee for the Safeguarding of Cultural Heritage of Iraq (Second Iraq ICC),Iraqi officials, donor country officials and Iraqi specialists focused on the fight against illicit traffic in Iraqi cultural prop [...] | 2005-07-01 11:10:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | CJAN PREL SOCI MOPS MARR SCUL FR UNESCO EUN |
05PARIS4909 | French Journalist NATO Tour to Norfolk Virginia [...] SUMMARY: Paris Public Affairs nominated senior foreign editor Alain Louyot from weekly center-right news magazine l'Express [circulation 548,195] for the June 13-17 NATO Tour to Norfolk Virginia. Louyot's article, "Norfolk: The Antiterrorist Armada" appeared in the July 11-17 issue of the mag [...] | 2005-07-15 13:22:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | KIRC KPAO OIIP OTRA FR NATO EUN |
05PARIS5004 | MFA UNCERTAIN ON TRANSNISTRIA CONFERENCE, [...] (C) Summary: In a meeting July 18 with POL M/C and Poloff, Jean-Francois Terral, the MFA's A/S-equivalent for the Balkans, Russia and the former Soviet space, said France was studying our ref A demarche supporting a multilateral conference on the Transnistria conflict, but was uncertain of its [...] | 2005-07-19 15:04:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | OPDC PARM PBTS PHUM PREL PGOV MD FR UZ EUN OSCE |
05PARIS5025 | ELECTION OF NEW FRENCH BUSINESS LEADER HINTS AT [...] (SBU) France's leading business association, MEDEF, on July 5 elected Laurence Parisot, head of major French pollster, IFOP, as its new president. Parisot is a first for MEDEF, both in that she is the CEO of a cutting-edge services sector business and a woman. MEDEF has long been considered [...] | 2005-07-20 09:53:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD PGOV PREL ELAB PINR FR EUN |
05PARIS5045 | PARIS VISIT OF CDU LEADER MERKEL [...] (C) SUMMARY: The front-page photos of CDU leader and Germany's probable next Chancellor Angela Merkel and UMP president and Interior Minister Nicolas Sarkozy in today's IHT and FT illustrate the tantalizing prospect that the pair holds for European commentators. The reality, however, is that [...] | 2005-07-20 16:56:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV FR GM EUN |
05PARIS5307 | VILLEPIN STIRS THE POT ON TURKISH EU ACCESSION [...] (C) SUMMARY: In an August 2 radio interview, PM Villepin appeared to raise the bar for French support for the opening of accession negotiations with Turkey scheduled to begin October 3, saying that, "It doesn't appear to me conceivable that such a negotiation process can be opened with a count [...] | 2005-08-03 11:13:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV FR TU EUN |
05PARIS5350 | FURTHER CLARIFICATION OF VILLEPIN'S STATEMENT ON [...] (C) Summary: Challenged to explain Prime Minister de Villepin's August 2 remarks on Turkish accession to the EU (reftel),MFA Acting European Director and Assistant to the PM's EU Advisor defended them as a justified response to the Turkish statement on its non-recognition of Cyprus. Both o [...] | 2005-08-04 16:40:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL FR EUN |
05PARIS547 | FRENCH ON JANUARY 31 GAERC [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche points to MFA CFSP deputy Pascal LeDeunff on Jan. 18 and followed in conversation with LeDeunff Jan 28. LeDeunff noted that the French are awaiting "with enthusiasm" the visits to Europe of both President Bush and Secretary Rice. With regard to the Presid [...] | 2005-01-28 17:56:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM EAID KPAL BK CU IR IZ UP CH FR EUN |
05PARIS5471 | FRENCH DENY CHIRAC MESSAGE TO PAPADOPOLOUS; REMAIN [...] (C) Summary: Both Presidency and MFA contacts have denied Cypriot press reports that President Chirac last week passed a message to Cypriot President Papadopoulos in which he argued that EU accession talks with Turkey should not begin until Ankara recognized the Government of Cyprus, and asked [...] | 2005-08-11 18:04:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV FR TU EUN |
05PARIS5528 | EMBASSY PARIS RESPONSE TO ACTION REQUEST ON [...] (C) Post refers Washington to refs B, C and D for its current analysis of French views and intentions with respect to the beginning of EU accession negotiations with Turkey on October 3. We continue to believe that PM de Villepin's statement on recognition of Cyprus was motivated primarily by [...] | 2005-08-16 13:57:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET | PREL PGOV FR TU EUN |
05PARIS5694 | FRANCE: SEEKING MORE LABOR FLEXIBILITY [...] (SBU) PM de Villepin has announced an emergency employment plan, which will introduce more flexibility into the rigid French labor market. The plan creates a new type of hiring contract that will allow companies of up to 20 employees to lay off workers anytime during the first two years of e [...] | 2005-08-24 11:01:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD PGOV PREL ELAB PINR FR EUN |
05PARIS5818 | CHIRAC DEFINES FRENCH FOREIGN POLICY IN ANNUAL [...] (C) Summary: President Chirac delivered a speech August 29 to France's assembled ambassadors in an annual event this year focused on France's policy toward the EU in the wake of the failed May 29 referendum on a constitutional treaty. As such, it was clearly aimed more at reassuring French c [...] | 2005-08-29 17:01:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MNUC PTER FR EUN UNSC |
05PARIS5864 | FRENCH RESPONSE ON SEPT 1-2 GYMNICH: CHIRAC AND FM [...] (C) SUMMARY: According to Pascal LeDeunff, deputy of the MFA's Common Foreign and Security Policy unit, the French have tabled a paper for discussion on Turkey at the September 1-2 EU Gymnich meeting. LeDeunff told us Aug. 30 that FM Douste-Blazy will meet with President Chirac Aug. 31 to de [...] | 2005-08-30 17:07:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | KPAL PREL IR CH TU IZ VE CY FR EUN |
05PARIS5935 | NEW FRENCH BUSINESS LEADER WARNS AGAINST GOVERNMENT [...] (SBU) Laurence Parisot, the new head of France's leading business association, MEDEF, recently warned the French Government against any resurgence of protectionism. In a newspaper interview on Aug. 30, she reiterated her intention to reconcile the French with the market economy, business cult [...] | 2005-09-01 11:15:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD PGOV PREL ELAB PINR FR EUN |
05PARIS5942 | FM DOUSTE-BLAZY'S SPEECH TO FRENCH AMBASSADORS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: FM Douste-Blazy kicked off the August 30 second session of the annual Ambassadors' Conference with a more detailed elaboration or "road map" for President Chirac's foreign policy "grand orientation" of the previous day (reftel). On relations with the U.S., Douste-Blazy said th [...] | 2005-09-01 13:48:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV TU FR EUN UNSC |
05PARIS5961 | GOF LEAKS STRATEGIC SECTORS TO BE PROTECTED FROM [...] (U) Summary. The French Government is slowly unveiling the contents of an upcoming decree listing the specific strategic sectors to be shielded from foreign takeover (per reftel). The State Council, France's highest administrative body, is currently reviewing the decree before its signature [...] | 2005-09-01 16:43:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ETRD ECON FR EUN |
05PARIS6033 | A/S FRIED'S MEETING WITH EUROPEAN DIRECTOR BRIATTA [...] (C) Summary: French MFA A/S equivalent Briatta told A/S Fried September 2 that he was "reasonably optimistic" that the EU could work out a declaration on Turkey that would allow accession negotiations to begin as scheduled on October 3, so long as the Greeks and Cypriots did not insist on new [...] | 2005-09-07 07:15:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL FR TU EUN NATO |
05PARIS6047 | UNESCO: DG DEPLORES KILLING OF IRAQI [...] SUMMARY: On August 31, the UNESCO Director General, Koichiro Matsuura, issued a statement that deplored the killing of a Reuters sound engineer by U.S. forces in Iraq on August 28, 2005. The statement, which UNESCO issued after the UN press office asked them to respond, did not directly im [...] | 2005-09-07 10:56:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM ETRD SCUL KPAO UNESCO EUN |
05PARIS6113 | EUR A/S FRIED AND GERMAN POLITICAL DIRECTOR [...] (C) Summary: A/S Dan Fried met with German Political Director Michael Schaefer September 1 in Paris, just prior to the latter's departure for the EU's Gymnich in Cardiff. Schaefer noted the EU3 considered the Paris Agreement negotiations to have ended, given that Iran had resumed conversion ac [...] | 2005-09-09 09:21:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KNNP PARM FR NATO EUN |
05PARIS6125 | EUR A/S FRIED'S SEPTEMBER 1 MEETINGS WITH SENIOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: On September 1, EUR A/S Daniel Fried met separately with French MFA Political Director Stanislas de Laboulaye, A/S-equivalent Director for Strategic Affairs Philippe Carre, and Presidential Diplomatic Advisor Maurice Gourdault-Montagne. They discussed Iran, NATO, the EU, Russia, [...] | 2005-09-09 14:22:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR PARM UP FR NATO EUN RU |
05PARIS6231 | UNESCO: AMBASSADOR'S 9/2 MEETING WITH DG [...] (C) Summary. On September 2, Ambassador Oliver met with UNESCO Director-General Koichiro Matsuura to discuss the Convention on Cultural Diversity, a call for no new instruments at the upcoming General Conference in October, management issues at a UNESCO field office in Brazil, oil for food, a [...] | 2005-09-14 10:45:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM ETRD SCUL KPAO UNESCO EUN |
05PARIS6328 | FRENCH SAY AGREEMENT NEAR ON EU DECLARATION ON [...] (C) Summary: French MFA DAS-equivalent Ferrari expressed optimism on September 15 that the EU would soon come to full agreement on the text of a declaration on Turkish non-recognition of Cyprus. She downplayed the risks of a Cypriot veto, while indicating that France would continue to suppo [...] | 2005-09-16 14:09:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL FR TU CY EUN |
05PARIS6439 | FRENCH REACTION TO GERMAN ELECTION RESULTS; MOSTLY [...] (C) Summary: By and large, French politicians have interpreted the results of the German elections through purely partisan lenses -- and with an eye on the 2007 presidential elections in France. They find in this weekend's results across the Rhine primarily cautionary lessons against party [...] | 2005-09-21 15:04:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV FR GM EUN |
05PARIS6447 | FRENCH GOVERNMENT WARY OF POSSIBLE WTO PRE-AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE EU AND THE U.S., READY TO OPPOSE IT. [...] (SBU) AGRICULTURAL MINISTER COUNSELOR MET WITH HERVE LEJEUNE, ADVISER FOR AGRICULTURE TO FRENCH PRESIDENT JACQUES CHIRAC ON TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 20. DURING THAT MEETING, LEJEUNE EXPRESSED FRENCH CONCERNS ABOUT A POSSIBLE PRE- AGREEMENT ON WTO PARAMETERS FOR AGRICULTURE BETWEEN THE U.S. AND THE [...] | 2005-09-21 16:19:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ETRD PGOV FR WTRO EUN |
05PARIS6530 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO FRENCH GOVERNMENT ON NORTH [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel nonpaper to MFA desk officer for North Korea, Clea LeCardeur, on September 21 and to MFA action officer for Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR) David Bertolotti and MFA Conventional Weapons action officer Jean-Francois Guillaume on September 22. Bertolotti said [...] | 2005-09-23 15:11:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL MNUC KNNP FR EUN |
05PARIS6570 | FRANCE TO IMPLEMENT EU TAKEOVER DIRECTIVE; DECREE [...] (SBU) The Council of Ministers has adopted a draft bill implementing the EU Takeover Directive, which will allow targeted French companies to adopt anti-takeover defenses permitted in a potential bidder's own country. This bill comes on top of a draft decree to create a list of ten "sensitiv [...] | 2005-09-26 14:22:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ETRD ECON FR EUN |
05PARIS6631 | Secretary of Agriculture Mike Johanns meeting with [...] INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY: (SBU) After opening cordialities, Minister Bussereau implicitly referred to the previous day's meeting between Secretary Johanns, USTR Portman and their EC counterparts, stating that whatever the EC negotiates will have to be approved by all 25 Member States. He str [...] | 2005-09-27 16:27:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ETRD PGOV FR WTRO EUN |
05PARIS6633 | FRENCH MFA ON NEXT STEPS FOR EU [...] (C) Summary: MFA DAS-equivalent for EU institutional affairs Setton told us September 27 that FM Douste-Blazy's September 23 proposal, at the governing center-right party's conference on Europe, for a two-speed Europe was "personal" not GOF policy. (The same holds true for Interior Minister [...] | 2005-09-27 16:37:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL FR PINR EUN |
05PARIS6741 | FRENCH ON OCTOBER 3 GAERC [...] (U) Poloff delivered reftel A points on September 27 to MFA deputy for CFSP Pascal Le Deunff and DAS-equivalent for enlargement and European neighborhood policy Caroline Ferrari, and followed up in conversation September 30. 2. (C) Both LeDeunff and Ferrari echoed comments in reftel B that [...] | 2005-09-30 14:15:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | BO GG HR IZ KDEM KPAL PREL RS TU UP MD FR EUN |
05PARIS6936 | BLAIR-CHIRAC MEET, LOOKING PAST DISAGREEMENTS TO [...] (C) In an October 7 meeting between EUR PDAS Kurt Volker and French MFA Director for European Cooperation, Gilles Briatta, Briatta spoke about the discussion that took place earlier in the day between British PM Tony Blair and French President Jacques Chirac. Briatta said that during their m [...] | 2005-10-07 17:37:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EFIN UK FR EUN |
05PARIS6995 | FOREIGN INVESTMENT & NATIONAL SECURITY CONFERENCE [...] (SBU) A parliamentary conference on foreign investment and national security on October 10 has helped to inject some market sense into Prime Minister Villepin's "economic patriotism" agenda, although it also highlighted shortcomings in the French approach to protecting firms from foreign inve [...] | 2005-10-12 10:32:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ETRD ECON FR EUN |
05PARIS7195 | GISCARD D'ESTAING ON FRENCH POLITICAL SCENE, [...] (C) On October 18 former President Giscard d'Estaing hosted Ambassador Stapleton to breakfast -- and to a magisterial presentation of French history and the current political scene, along with trenchant observations on Europe and transatlantic relations. Giscard said he believes that post-Iraq [...] | 2005-10-20 13:52:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | FR PREL EUN POLINT |
05PARIS7223 | French press minimizes US offer [...] SUMMARY: The French daily paper Le Figaro dated October 19, 2005, published an article entitled : "America supports its farmers as never before" which asserts that despite last week's proposal to make deep cuts in domestic support, US agriculture would continue to be highly distortive. END S [...] | 2005-10-21 13:48:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ETRD PGOV FR WTRO EUN INR |
05PARIS7225 | FRENCH RESPOND TO U.S. BELARUS POLICY DEMARCHE, [...] (C) On October 20, Poloff spoke with Aurelia Bouchez, DAS-equivalent for Russia and the former Soviet space, to discuss reftel demarche on U.S. policy toward Belarus. Bouchez said France was pleased with U.S./EU cooperation regarding Belarus, and called for further in-depth consultations durin [...] | 2005-10-21 14:15:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM KDEM EAID PGOV BO FR EUN |
05PARIS7226 | Perspectives on WTO, Biotechnology, the [...] SUMMARY: Fred L. Dailey, Director, Ohio Department of Agriculture recently met with representatives of the French Ministry of Agriculture (MinAg) to share perspectives on the WTO, biotechnology, the Farm Bill and biofuels. After making it clear that he did not speak for the USG, Director Dai [...] | 2005-10-21 14:38:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ETRD PGOV FR WTRO EUN INR |
05PARIS7329 | NATO SUPPORT TO PAKISTAN - FRANCE ALSO [...] No summary [...] | 2005-10-26 14:59:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR AEMR EAID MASS PREF FR EUN NATO |
05PARIS7521 | FRENCH REACTION TO DEMARCHE FOR EU GAERC [...] (SBU) Deputy Political Minister-Counselor met November 3 with MFA Common Foreign and Security Policy CFSP unit deputy director Pascal Le Deunff to receive an informed French reaction to ref A and B demarches for the November 7 meeting of EU foreign ministers. The points were also shared with [...] | 2005-11-03 17:02:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL FR EAID BO KPAL IZ SY YI EAGR MK ETRD EUN |
05PARIS7787 | MFA EUROPEAN DIRECTOR NOT OPTIMISTIC ON EU BUDGET [...] (C) Summary: MFA EU Affairs A/S-equivalent Briatta told us November 15 that he was not optimistic the EU would reach a budget deal by year's end, in part because of Blair's weakened domestic standing, and notwithstanding the UK's fears of increasing isolation within the EU and growing unhapp [...] | 2005-11-16 15:45:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETRD FR ECON PGOV EUN |
05PARIS7813 | FRENCH RELUCTANT TO DEPLOY EU GENDARMERIE TO HAITI [...] (C) Summary and Comment: The French are reluctant to send the EU Gendarmerie to Haiti in support of upcoming elections for a number of reasons. The primary concern they cite is that the EU Gendarmerie is not yet ready to deploy, and won't be until sometime in 2006. Additionally, the GoF is w [...] | 2005-11-17 13:40:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREL KPKO FR HA EUN |
05PARIS7896 | FRENCH ON NOVEMBER 21 GAERC - ISRAELI/PALESTINIAN, [...] (U) Poloff delivered reftel points on November 16 to MFA CFSP deputy Pascal LeDeunff and European Affairs DAS-equivalent for EU External Relations Caroline Ferrari, and discussed them with LeDeunff November 18. Embassy Middle East watcher discussed points on November 16 with MFA DAS-equival [...] | 2005-11-18 17:03:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD IZ KPAL PREL SR SY UP YI FR EUN |
05PARIS7935 | Unofficial translation of article from Le [...] Trade Minister Christine Lagarde has signed two recent op-ed pieces on the WTO round. The latest, published on November 21 in the Financial Times entitled "Big Cuts in Farm Tariffs are No Solution to Poverty" warns against "blindly slashing" agricultural tariffs, and proposes focusing on the [...] | 2005-11-21 18:34:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ETRD FR WTRO EUN |
05PARIS8029 | NATO - FRENCH STILL RETICENT ON USE OF NAC-R [...] (C) Summary: On November 21, MOD Strategic Affairs officer Colonel Creux provided a very positive readout of Strategic Affairs Director Jean Ponton d'Amecourt's October 31 meetings at the Pentagon, the NSC, and the Department. While outstanding issues remain with the Pentagon, most notably the [...] | 2005-11-25 14:54:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR FR NATO EUN |
05PARIS8062 | FRANCE: HSPD-6 TERRORIST LOOKOUT SHARING PROSPECTS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Agencies at post involved in our productive and extensive counterterrorism dialogue with the French have considered HSPD-6 requirements to explore obtaining terrorist watchlist information. We consider it highly unlikely the GOF would consent to unilateral sharing of its watchli [...] | 2005-11-28 15:22:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER CVIS CASC PGOV PREL PINR FR EUN |
05PARIS8071 | NATO Tour for Young French Political Leaders - [...] INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY: The future shape of NATO as well as its ability to ensure collective security and co- exist with an independent European defense have been the subject of discussions in French political and media circles for some time. At an illustrative debate at the French Senate [...] | 2005-11-29 09:22:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | KIRC KPAO OIIP OTRA FR NATO EUN |
05PARIS8081 | USUNESCO GUIDANCE REQUEST: EXHIBITS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND GUIDANCE REQUEST: Mission continues to receive requests from American artists, consortia and NGOs for support in securing UNESCO exhibit space. This is because navigating the exhibits bureaucracy at UNESCO is deeply confusing to the uninitiated, rates to rent out the spac [...] | 2005-11-29 12:34:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM ETRD SCUL KPAO UNESCO EUN |
05PARIS8128 | Corrected Copy -- NATO Tour for Young French [...] INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY: The future shape of NATO as well as its ability to ensure collective security and co- exist with an independent European defense have been the subject of discussions in French political and media circles for some time. At an illustrative debate at the French Senate [...] | 2005-11-30 14:10:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | KIRC KPAO OIIP OTRA FR NATO EUN |
05PARIS8173 | MFA CABINET ADVISOR ON FRANCO-GERMAN RELATIONS AND [...] Summary: FM Douste-Blazy's advisor for Franco-German relations Heldt and German Ambassador Neubert, speaking about German Chancellor Merkel's November 23 inaugural visit to France, both predicted continuity in the Franco-German relationship while emphasizing more a marriage of reason than of [...] | 2005-12-01 18:29:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL FR GM PINR EUN |
05PARIS8240 | FRENCH REMAIN UNDECIDED ON MACEDONIA'S EU CANDIDACY [...] (C) Poloff discussed reftel B points with MFA DAS-equivalent for External Community Relations Caroline Ferrari. Ferrari said that the GOF has not yet decided if it will support the granting of candidate status to Macedonia as recommended on November 9 by the Commission. Ferrari said that the [...] | 2005-12-05 16:27:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL GM FR MK DA EUN |
05PARIS8374 | FRANCE - BUSINESS UPDATE [...] (U) This message contains a series of updates on French trade and business news. U.S. Investment in France is Up ---------------------------------- Â [...] | 2005-12-09 16:25:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV ETRD PREL FR EUN |
05PARIS8462 | COUNCIL OF EUROPE ON ALLEGATIONS OF SECRET [...] (C) Summary: Council of Europe Secretary General Davis warned the Ambassador December 12, citing NATO "unresponsiveness" to repeated written queries, that he intended soon "to go public" with respect to the alleged use of KFOR-run detention centers in Kosovo for secret CIA secret prisons (this [...] | 2005-12-15 06:13:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PINR FR EUN |
05PARIS8505 | Despite Obstacles French Corn Growers [...] SUMMARY: Despite a recent judicial decision suspending jail sentences for 49 people found responsible for test plot destruction and the absence of a French law on coexistence of biotech and non-biotech crops, French corn growers are determined to continue planting biotech corn. They planted [...] | 2005-12-16 14:41:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ETRD PGOV FR WTRO EUN |
05PARIS8582 | UNESCO: Kosovo Experts' Meeting: Establishes [...] (U) Summary. A 9 December UNESCO Experts' Meeting on Kosovo resulted in an agreed list of 13 priorities (seven Orthodox, six Muslim) for cultural restoration and the basis for a cooperative working relationship with UNMIK. The substantive part of the Expert Meeting, which took place in the p [...] | 2005-12-21 16:12:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SCUL CJAN EAID YI UNESCO EUN |
05PARIS8606 | AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH KEY SARKOZY ADVISOR FRANCOIS [...] (SBU) Summary: Sarkozy advisor and former Education Minister Francois Fillon told the Ambassador December 20 that Sarkozy had a chance to buck the French predisposition to vote against the ruling party in 2007 by focusing his presidential campaign on the electorate's deep-seated desire for re [...] | 2005-12-22 12:25:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PINR SOCI FR EUN |
05PARIS8619 | FRANCE'S LEADING FARMERS UNION [...] Summary: Even though France's President Jacques Chirac publicly expressed his satisfaction with the commitments made during the Doha negotiations in Hong Kong, the leading French farm organization, Federation Nationale Des Syndicats D'Exploitants Agricoles (FNSEA),issued a press release on [...] | 2005-12-22 15:42:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ETRD PGOV FR WTRO EUN INR |
05PARIS8623 | FRENCH LOWER HOUSE VOTES TO LEGALIZE PEER-TO-PEER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In a vote that surprised the Government, France's lower house, empty on the eve of the holiday season, voted 29-28 late Dec 21 in favor of amendments that would legalize peer-to-peer downloading on the Internet. To the dismay of French and U.S. industry as well as mainstream l [...] | 2005-12-22 17:55:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD KIPR SCUL FR EUN |
05PARIS8626 | FRENCH LOWER HOUSE VOTES TO LEGALIZE PEER-TO-PEER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In a vote that surprised the Government, France's lower house, empty on the eve of the holiday season, voted 29-28 late Dec 21 in favor of amendments that would legalize peer-to-peer downloading on the Internet. To the dismay of French and U.S. industry as well as mainstream l [...] | 2005-12-23 06:15:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD KIPR SCUL FR EUN |
05PARIS8627 | FRANCE'S LEADING FARMERS UNION DISSATISFIED WITH [...] Summary: Even though French President, Jacques Chirac publicly expressed his satisfaction with the commitments made during the Doha negotiations in Hong Kong, the leading French farm organization, Federation Nationale Des Syndicats D'Exploitants Agricoles (FNSEA),issued a press release on [...] | 2005-12-23 06:23:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ETRD PGOV FR WTRO EUN |
05PARIS8631 | AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH FORMER EU COMMISSION [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a meeting with Ambassador Stapleton on December 21, former EU Commission president Jacques Delors underlined his feeling that Europe is currently in a deep crisis, in part because of the lack of visionary European leadership, but also because of Europeans' hostility to EU enlar [...] | 2005-12-23 10:35:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV FR EUN |
05PARIS964 | FRENCH DELAYING TACTICS ON EU DESIGNATION OF [...] (C) Summary and comment: Despite multiple appeals from the U.S. and Israel, the GoF appears likely to seek a delay in EU designation of Hizballah as a terrorist organization at the EU Clearinghouse meetings February 16. The chief GoF preoccupation appears to be the perceived complicating effe [...] | 2005-02-15 18:21:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER ETTC EFIN LE SY FR EUN |
05PRAGUE1007 | CZECH RESPONSE ON UN REFORM [...] (C) Summary. On June 20, PolCouns delivered ref A demarche on U.S. priorities for UN reform to Mr. Jan Kara, Director of the UN Department at the MFA. In addition, we referred Mr. Kara to the June 16 On-the-Record briefing on UN reform delivered by the Under Secretary and followed up with a [...] | 2005-07-01 16:08:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EZ EUN |
05PRAGUE1023 | CZECH PM IN CHINA FOCUSES ON BUSINESS, DODGES THE [...] (C) Summary. On July 7, ADCM met with Ivan Busniak, foreign policy advisor to the Prime Minister, to discuss Czech PM Jiri Paroubek's recent visit to Japan and China. In Japan, discussions focused on increasing Japanese investment and UN Security Council Reform. In China, the dialogue was [...] | 2005-07-08 18:06:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EINV ETRD CH EZ EUN JP |
05PRAGUE1026 | CZECH RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON USG CANDIDACY FOR [...] (U) This message is Sensitive But Unclassified-Not for Internet Distribution. 2. (SBU) On July 8, we delivered the diplomatic note in reftel regarding the U.S. intention to seek World Heritage Committee membership with Mr. Jan Kara, Director of the UN Department at the MFA. Kara informed [...] | 2005-07-11 08:38:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL SCUL EZ EUN UNESCO |
05PRAGUE1059 | CZECH RESPONSE TO JULY 18 GAERC DEMARCHE [...] (C) On July 14 we delivered reftel demarche to Mr. Petr Kaiser, the new Director of the Common Foreign and Security Policy Department at the Czech MFA. Kaiser offered the following views on items that will be on the agenda of the July 18-19 GAERC meeting: A. Turkey: Kaiser was reluctant t [...] | 2005-07-14 16:37:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EZ EUN |
05PRAGUE1243 | CZECHS QUESTIONING TURKISH ACCESSION, BUT LIKELY [...] (C) Summary: Czech public and official position on Turkey's EU accession has softened noticeable from late last year, when the GOCR came out clearly in favor. A petition opposing Turkish accession received 12,000 signatures last month; the Foreign Minister this week published an editorial sa [...] | 2005-08-25 08:50:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL TU EZ EUN |
05PRAGUE1245 | CZECHS ON SEPTEMBER 1-2 GYMNICH POINTS [...] (C) Pol-Econ Chief met August 25 with Czech MFA Director for CFSP Issues, Petr Kaiser, to discuss ref A points in advance of the September 1-2 EU Foreign Ministers Gymnich meeting. Kaiser noted that HMG had not yet circulated a final agenda for the meeting, but he expects it will cover most [...] | 2005-08-25 14:09:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EZ EUN |
05PRAGUE1256 | CZECHS ON GYMNICH/TURKEY/CROATIA: NOT YET FIRMLY [...] (C) Summary: The Czechs continue to deliberate their position on Turkish EU accession and to send mixed signals. Visiting Turkish MFA officials last week heard what they wanted to hear: the GOCR supports the Oct 3 starting date and will not impose new conditions. But during an Aug 29 speech [...] | 2005-08-29 15:08:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL TU HR EZ EUN |
05PRAGUE128 | CZECH VIEWS IN ADVANCE OF THE JANUARY 31 GAERC [...] (U) On January 27, conveyed reftel points concerning issues to be raised at the January 31 meeting of the GAERC to Michal Strouhal, Director of the Common Foreign and Security Policy Department at the MFA. Strouhal's responses follow: A. (C) TSUNAMI RELIEF: Strouhal said the EU member st [...] | 2005-01-27 17:15:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PTER EAID KPAL CU IR IZ UP CH EZ EUN |
05PRAGUE1296 | CZECH REPUBLIC: NO BILATERAL AID TO HAITI BUT [...] No summary [...] | 2005-09-07 05:52:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON EFIN EZ HA EUN |
05PRAGUE1304 | EU/TURKEY: CZECHS REMAIN FAVORABLE, BUT NOT FIRM; [...] (C) Summary: The Czechs continue to support moving forward with the Oct 3 negotiations on Turkish accession. They are engaged in negotiating the EU's counter-declaration, with the focus not on recognition but the modalities of the Customs Union, i.e, restrictions at Turkish ports. The Czechs [...] | 2005-09-07 16:15:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL TU EZ EUN |
05PRAGUE1339 | INDIA NUCLEAR DEMARCHE - CZECHS THINK EUROPE [...] No summary [...] | 2005-09-15 15:29:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EZ IN KNNP PARM EUN |
05PRAGUE1407 | CZECHS ON OCT 3 GAERC [...] (C) Summary. The Czechs are optimistic that the upcoming GAERC will find a way forward on Turkey. The GOCR has formally stated that they support launching talks with Turkey without establishing a privileged partnership or other status as an option. They also insist that there is no linkage w [...] | 2005-09-30 16:51:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EZ TU EUN |
05PRAGUE1461 | CZECH REPLY TO UNESCO CULTURAL DIVERSITY CONVENTION [...] (C) Pol-Econ Chief delivered Secretary's letter to Czech FM Svoboda on the UNESCO Cultural Diversity Convention (ref A) to MFA Political Director Martin Povejsil on Oct 13. Povejsil was familiar with USG positions from previous discussions (ref B). He stated that the Czechs believe the Conven [...] | 2005-10-13 13:47:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD OPDC PREL SCUL EZ UNESCO BHUM EUN |
05PRAGUE1503 | CZECH REPLY TO DEMARCHE ON UNESCO CONVENTION [...] No summary [...] | 2005-10-20 14:29:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD PREL SCUL EZ UNESCO EUN |
05PRAGUE1557 | CZECHS WELCOME RESULTS OF IRAQ CONSTITUTIONAL [...] No summary [...] | 2005-11-02 17:26:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | IZ KDEM KPAO PGOV PREL EUN |
05PRAGUE1558 | CZECH GOVERNMENT CONDEMNS IRANIAN PRESIDENT'S [...] (SBU) Polec officer delivered ref A demarche on October 31 to Miloslav Stasek, director of the Middle East and Africa Department at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Stasek agreed that the inflammatory remarks by Iranian President Ahmadi-nejad were unacceptable. He added that he also met with [...] | 2005-11-02 17:32:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | IR PHUM PREL PTER EZ EUN |
05PRAGUE1561 | CZECH REPUBLIC ON EU CHEMICALS POLICY (REACH): [...] (U) SUMMARY: Experts at the Czech Ministry of Industry and Trade believe that despite the admitted flaws in the draft EU REACH legislation, all EU member states are ready to press on with the legislation in its current format 'to get the ball rolling,' and necessary alterations to the agreement [...] | 2005-11-03 07:10:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON SENV EZ EUN |
05PRAGUE1562 | CZECH GOVERNMENT APPROVES BILATERAL SCIENCE AND [...] The government of the Czech Republic approved the draft of a US-Czech bilateral agreement on science and technology on October 19. The Czech government is the first of the ten new EU members to approve a new agreement, which includes reimbursement for VAT and customs duties imposed on commod [...] | 2005-11-03 07:12:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED | OSCI TSPL EZ EUN |
05PRAGUE1568 | CZECHS AND THE WSIS: WHY FIX IT IF IT AIN'T BROKE? [...] (U) SUMMARY: All of the Czech players involved on WSIS echo the refrain "why fix it if it ain't broke?" and seek to maintain the status quo on internet governance. The GOCR is preparing to argue this point at COREPER in Brussels on 4 November, but are resigned to follow the final decision of [...] | 2005-11-04 06:56:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECPS ETRD ECON EINT ETTC EZ EUN |
05PRAGUE1572 | CZECHS ON NOV 7 GAERC [...] (C) Summary. The Czechs support tough measures against Syria, Belarus, and Cuba, but do not have the full support of their EU partners. On Iraq, the Czechs will continue their mission independent of any EU mission. In the Balkans, Czechs support the open door policy. However, due to enlarge [...] | 2005-11-04 09:01:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EZ EUN |
05PRAGUE1601 | CZECHS PROVIDE RECIPE FOR DEMOCRACY IN BELARUS [...] (C) Summary. The Czechs have been working for years to promote democracy in Belarus. Thus, talking to the Czechs about Belarus is like preaching to the choir. The Czech MFA, in the words of their Transition Promotion Unit Coordinator, supports U.S. policy toward Belarus without hesitation. She [...] | 2005-11-10 14:55:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID PHUM KDEM PGOV BO EZ EUN |
05PRAGUE1623 | CZECHS ON NOV 21 GAERC [...] (C) Summary. The primary focus of the Nov 21 GAERC will be the EU budget. The Czechs support the Luxembourg Compromise, but pragmatically believe no compromise will be reached in the upcoming GAERC (or even this year). The Czechs generally support EU efforts in the Middle East, the Balkans, and [...] | 2005-11-18 16:21:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EZ EUN |
05PRAGUE1677 | CZECH REPUBLIC: TRADE POLICY AND TRENDS AFTER EU [...] (U) SUMMARY: As the Czech Republic prepares for the WTO Ministerial Meeting in Hong Kong December 13-18, the Czech economy is basking in rosy statistics (reftel A). The CR is enjoying a trade surplus for the first time since becoming an independent nation in 1993, with 2005 trade surplus forec [...] | 2005-12-04 13:21:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON WTRO EUN EZ |
05PRAGUE1678 | CZECH REPUBLIC: HOPEFUL ON DDA BUT EXPECTING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The 24 member Czech delegation to Hong Kong, led by Minister of Industry and Trade Milan Urban, is doubtful that progress can be achieved in Hong Kong and yet remains hopeful about the Doha Development Agenda (DDA). Both the Ministries of Industry and Trade and Foreign Affairs b [...] | 2005-12-04 13:25:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ETRD WTRO EUN EZ |
05PRAGUE1688 | DAS MARK PEKALA FINDS COMMITTED ALLIES IN PRAGUE [...] (U) Action requests in paragraphs 25 and 26. 2. (C) Summary. DAS Mark Pekala traveled to Prague November 30-December 1 to meet with Czechs actively working to promote democracy and human rights in Cuba, Belarus, and elsewhere; and to discuss Czech policy priorities on neighboring countries, [...] | 2005-12-07 06:58:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KDEM PHUM EUN CU PGOV EZ |
05PRAGUE1721 | CZECHS WANT TO ADD CUBA TO U.S.- EU DEMOCRACY [...] (U) Action request in paragraph 5. 2. (C) In a meeting with poloffs December 7, Edita Hrda, Czech MFA Director of the Department of Americas, said the Czechs strongly support the U.S.- EU Democracy Initiative. To maximize the results of the initiative, the Czechs think the U.S. and EU shoul [...] | 2005-12-15 13:49:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KDEM PHUM EUN CU PGOV EZ |
05PRAGUE174 | CZECH PLANS TO REMAIN THE GADFLY IN THE EU'S CUBA [...] (C) Summary. While the Czechs eventually agreed with the EU's proposal to lift the restrictive measures against Cuba at last week's GAERC meeting, they are continuing to fight for EU approval of a detailed plan for structured dialogue with dissidents and hope to establish criteria to use as a [...] | 2005-02-07 15:35:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EZ CU EUN |
05PRAGUE213 | NEW EC DEPUTY DIRECTOR GENERAL FOR EXTERNAL [...] (U) Post offers the following background and biographical information on Karel Kovanda, the current Czech Ambassador at NATO, who was appointed February 9 as European Commission Deputy Director General for External Relations. Kovanda will replace Fernando Velenzuela Marzo. His portfolio will [...] | 2005-02-14 16:26:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PINR EZ EUN |
05PRAGUE221 | CZECHS SUPPORT EU DESIGNATION OF HIZBALLAH AS [...] No summary [...] | 2005-02-15 16:45:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC PTER EFIN EZ EUN |
05PRAGUE241 | CZECHS AND GAERC MEETING: PREPARING TO SPEAK OUT [...] (C) Summary: The Czech Republic plans to use the Feb 21 GAERC meeting to lead EU members to designate Hizballah as a terrorist organization. The Czechs are also working towards taking a leading role in the EU debate over the China arms embargo. The Czechs share our optimism about improving [...] | 2005-02-17 15:51:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER ETTC CH IR UP MD HR KPAL EZ EUN |
05PRAGUE376 | CZECHS ON GAERC, CHINA ARMS EMBARGO, HIZBALLAH AND [...] (C) Summary. On March 14, we met with Mr. Michal Strouhal, Director of the Common Foreign and Security Policy Department in the Czech MFA, to discuss the GAERC (ref a),China Arms Embargo (ref b),and visit of Syrian FM to Europe (ref c). We also delivered the statement on U.S. support of t [...] | 2005-03-15 14:38:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETTC PTER HR CH LE KPAL SU RS GG EZ IR EUN |
05PRAGUE44 | CZECH POSITION ON EU CUBA POLICY [...] (C) Summary: The Czech MFA appreciates reftel effort to remind European capitals of the real issues at stake in the EU debate over its common Cuba policy. Czech efforts are currently focused on establishing a meaningful format for the structured EU dialogue with the opposition. The Czech re [...] | 2005-01-10 15:49:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM CU EZ EUN |
05PRAGUE473 | CZECH PLANS TO LOBBY FOR CHR CUBA RESOLUTION [...] This message is Sensitive But Unclassified; not for internet distribution. 2. (SBU) Poloff contacted Jan Kaminek of the Human Rights Department at the MFA regarding the referenced request for EU Member State assistance on the Commission on Human Rights Cuba resolution. Kaminek was happy [...] | 2005-04-04 10:20:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM EZ UNHRC EUN |
05PRAGUE480 | CZECH REPUBLIC OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH [...] The following information relates to the questions e- mailed to post in conjunction with reftel. CONTACT NAME IN COUNTRY: Mr. Zdenek Cais, Specialist, Department of Occupational Safety and Health, Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs. PHONE: 420-221-922-460. E-MAIL: zdenek.cais@mpsv.cz [...] | 2005-04-04 14:46:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB EZ EUN |
05PRAGUE500 | HIGH PRICE FOR CESKY TELECOM PLEASES CZECH [...] Summary: (U) The Spanish telcommunications firm Telefonica will pay $3.6 billion for Cesky Telecom (CT),much more than the government had expected to get for its share of the company at the outset of the privatization process. Telefonica will have to offer to buy out the minority shareholde [...] | 2005-04-07 14:11:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECPS EINV EZ EUN |
05PRAGUE519 | CZECH REPUBLIC WILL OBSERVE BAN ON LIGHTERS [...] Post delivered the demarche on DHS banning lighters on flights to, from and within the U.S. to Josef Turecky, Director General, Civil Aviation Department, Ministry of Transportation of the Czech Republic, on March 10, 2005. Based on the information in the demarche, the Czech authorities are b [...] | 2005-04-12 14:55:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR PTER EZ EUN |
05PRAGUE536 | CZECH REPUBLIC TO SUPPORT COMMISSION ON BT10 CORN [...] We discussed the impending vote in the Standing Regulatory Committee on Food and Animal Health, relating to imposing a certification requirement on U.S. corn gluten feed that may contain BT10 corn, with two officials at the Ministry of Agriculture on April 14. Both Milena Vicenova, Director [...] | 2005-04-14 15:03:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD EAGR TBIO PREL EZ EUN |
05PRAGUE814 | EXPELLED CZECH POLITICIAN SAYS CUBA UNDERESTIMATED [...] (C) Summary. On May 25, we met with Czech Senator Karel Schwarzenberg, who was one of the European politicians deported from Cuba during last week's opposition gathering in Havana (see reftel). Schwarzenberg who did have an opportunity to meet with some dissidents prior to his expulsion, st [...] | 2005-05-27 11:36:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM EZ CU EUN |
05PRAGUE833 | CZECH VIEWS ON DEBATE OVER CHANGES TO EU'S CUBA [...] (U) This is an action message, please see paragraph 8. 2. (C) Summary. The Czechs expect the June review of EU Cuba policy to result in a number of tougher measures, although the package will remain less robust than it was before the current policy was adopted earlier this year. The ex [...] | 2005-06-02 13:41:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM CU EZ EUN |
05PRAGUE842 | EU REFERENDUM DEFEATS INTENSIFY CZECH DOMESTIC [...] (C) Summary: Not surprisingly in a country where the government has declared passage of the EU constitution the reason for its existence, and whose President has staked out a position as one of Europe's leading critics of the agreement, the French and Dutch "no" votes have only amplified dome [...] | 2005-06-05 15:01:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECIN EZ EUN |
05PRAGUE860 | CZECH DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER ON EU AND ARMS [...] No summary [...] | 2005-06-07 09:32:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETTC EZ EUN |
05PRAGUE869 | CZECHS DISAPPOINTED WITH EU CUBA NEGOTIATIONS; [...] (C) The Czechs are very disappointed with their inability to win support for tougher EU measures towards Cuba. MFA Cuba Desk officer Petr Mikyska confirmed assessments provided to USEU by Solana's office (ref A) from this week's COLAT and PSC meetings. Mikyska said that, despite their optimis [...] | 2005-06-08 09:08:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM CU EZ EUN |
05PRAGUE870 | CZECH REPUBLIC NOT SUPPORTIVE OF SEPARATE IPR OR [...] (SBU) Post delivered reftel points to oficials at the Ministry of Trade and Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The Czechs are sending Ivana Holubkova (Deputy Director of the Americas Department in the MFA) and Zuzana Skalna (of the MFA trade and agriculture policy section) to Brussels on June 7 to [...] | 2005-06-08 13:40:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON PREL EZ EUN |
05PRAGUE888 | CZECH RESPONSE TO JUNE 13 GAERC DEMARCHE [...] (C) On June 9, we discussed the points in ref A demarche with Mr. Michal Strouhal, Director of the Common Foreign and Security Policy Department at the Czech MFA. Strouhal provided the following responses: A. Kosovo: Strouhal emphasized the importance of the EU playing an active role in th [...] | 2005-06-10 13:33:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL CH CU EZ EUN |
05PRAGUE896 | CZECH DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER KOLAR ON IRAQ [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Czech republic is promoting former Czech Ambassador to the US Alexandr Vondra to become the Special EU Representative to Bosnia, and has garnered the support of Slovakia and Poland. The Czechs are presenting a proposal on the EU on dealings with Cuba which includes developmen [...] | 2005-06-13 15:04:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL CVIS PINR EAID IZ BK EZ EUN |
05QUITO866 | ECUADOR WILL ABSTAIN ON GUANTANAMO RESOLUTION [...] (SBU) On April 19, PolOff conveyed reftel pertinent to Carmen Larrea in the MFA's Human Rights Office and requested the GOE oppose Cuba's resolution on Guantanamo. Larrea thanked us for sharing the draft resolution, and said the GOE will follow its well-established position of abstaining on [...] | 2005-04-20 15:34:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM EC UNHRC EUN |
05RABAT1161 | MOROCCO TO ATTEND THE U.S.-EU INTERNATIONAL [...] (SBU) Poloff joined Dutch Counselor Caroline Weijers (as local representative of the EU Presidency) and EU Commission Charge d'Affaires Olivier Ruyssen to deliver ref (a) demarche (with ref b changes) to MFA Director of Arab and Islamic Affairs Mohamed Azeroual on June 2. The delegation explai [...] | 2005-06-03 17:13:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ASEC IZ MO EUN |
05ROME1005 | ITALY-CHINA: FINI - LI MEETING DOOMED AFTER EU [...] (C) Summary. The March 18 meeting of Foreign Ministers Fini and Li was a disappointment for both sides, according to the Italian MFA. Li made no headway in pushing for a lifting of the EU arms embargo, getting instead public and private lectures from Fini on human rights. So, he gave nothin [...] | 2005-03-23 16:35:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETTC CM IT EUN EXPORT CONTROLS |
05ROME1023 | SYRIA/LEBANON: ITALY POSTPONES FM SHARA'A'S VISIT [...] (C) Summary. Italy has decided to postpone the April 6 visit of Syrian FM Shara'a. The MFA delivered the message to Syria's Ambassador in Rome on March 24, on instructions from FM Fini. End summary. 2. (C) MFA Director General for the Mediterranean and Middle East, Riccardo Sessa, phoned [...] | 2005-03-24 16:48:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SY LE IT EUN |
05ROME1125 | ITALY: CENTER-LEFT'S PRODI NOT PREDICTING 2006 [...] (C) At a farewell dinner hosted by the Ambassador, center-left leader Romano Prodi predicted his coalition would take at least three additional regions in April 3-4 regional voting. He surprised the Ambassador by not predicting his own victory in next year's national balloting. Despite eff [...] | 2005-04-01 17:06:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON IT EUN MEPP ITALIAN POLITICS ITALY NATIONAL ELECTIONS |
05ROME1127 | EU COMMISSIONER FRATTINI PREDICTS BIG CABINET [...] (C/NOFORN) During Ambassador Sembler's April 1 farewell courtesy call, EU Commissioner for Justice and Home Affairs (and former Italian FM) Franco Frattini (strictly protect) predicted that PM Berlusconi's program of tax cuts and infrastructure improvements would win his center-right coalition [...] | 2005-04-04 07:42:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV IT EUN ITALIAN POLITICS ITALY NATIONAL ELECTIONS |
05ROME1145 | CHR 61: ITALY ON CUBA RESOLUTION [...] No summary [...] | 2005-04-05 10:00:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM IT UNHCR EUN HUMAN RIGHTS |
05ROME1390 | ITALIAN VIEWS ON APRIL 25 EU FOREIGN MINISTERS [...] (C) MFA EU CFSP Director Luigi Mattiolo told Poloff that during the April 25 EU GAERC, FMs would discuss preparations for the June US-EU conference on Iraq. Italy wants to be sure Baghdad authorities views are also incorporated into the preparation phase of the conference. ---- MEPP ---- [...] | 2005-04-22 16:15:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL IZ LE ZI CG SU IT EUN |
05ROME1450 | SYRIA: ITALY AGREES ON NEED TO MAINTAIN PRESSURE [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 4. 2. (C) Summary. A mid-level Italian MFA official shares our view that we need to continue to maintain pressure on Syria on full compliance with UNSCR 1559. At the same time, Italy still prefers engagement and the MFA is contemplating [...] | 2005-04-28 16:58:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SY LE IT EUN |
05ROME1529 | ITALIAN VIEWS ON "POST-STANDARDS" KOSOVO; SUPPORT [...] (C) EUR DAS Kathy Stephens, in town on April 29 for the Aspen Institute's rollout of the International Commission on the Balkans report on "The Balkans in Europe's Future" (copy emailed to EUR/SCE),discussed briefly with MFA EUR DG Giovanni Caracciolo and Deputy PolDir Claudio Bisognero Itali [...] | 2005-05-04 15:43:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IT SR EUN OSCE KFOR |
05ROME1588 | Italian Economic Policy and Challenges Under [...] (SBU) By reluctantly agreeing to resign and form a new Government, PM Berlusconi bought himself and the governing coalition another year to convince Italian voters to re- elect them in 2006. Growing evidence indicates that a weak economy is a leading contributor to public dissatisfaction with [...] | 2005-05-09 14:41:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ELAB PGOV IT EUN KPRP ITALIAN POLITICS |
05ROME1623 | ITALY,S PASSIVE APPROACH TO TRADE POLICY [...] (C) Summary. Italy defers to other EU member states, especially France and Germany, in setting the direction of EU trade policy, despite the size of the Italian economy and the importance of trade to the country's prosperity. Italian trade officials generally support U.S. views on many issues, [...] | 2005-05-11 09:59:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD EAGR EAIR PREL IT EUN |
05ROME1732 | ITALY ON SYRIA AND LEBANON [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. 2. (C) Pol MC spoke with Luca Ferrari, MFA Office Director for the Middle East, on May 19 regarding the upcoming PrepCom for the US-EU conference on Iraq. Ferrari said that FM Shara'a had asked Italy whether he could visit Rome May 24 [...] | 2005-05-19 14:36:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SY LE IZ IT EUN |
05ROME1734 | ITALIAN VIEWS ON MAY 23 GAERC AGENDA [...] (C) MFA Director for EU CFSP told Poloff that the GAERC would begin with a Monday morning EU defense ministers meeting to discuss an ESDP progress report. He described the draft he had seen as "non-controversial," with a dozen or so chapters devoted to assessments of rapid response capabilit [...] | 2005-05-19 15:04:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | CH PREL MARR MOPS IT EUN |
05ROME1859 | UNDER SECRETARY BURNS' MAY 13 DISCUSSIONS IN ROME [...] (C) Summary. Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Burns exchanged views with senior Italian Foreign Ministry officials on UN Security Council reform, the Balkans, Afghanistan, Syria/Lebanon, Darfur, and Iran during his May 13 stopover in Rome. On most issues, Italian positions were [...] | 2005-06-01 09:45:00 | Embassy Rome | SECRET | PREL MOPS SY LE AF SR IT EUN BI |
05ROME1981 | ITALIAN VIEWS ON JUNE 13 GAERC AGENDA; ITALY WILL [...] (C) MFA Director for EU CFSP Luigi Mattiolo told Poloff that since this is the first GAERC after the French and Dutch "no" on the Constitution, FMs will discuss, over dinner Sunday evening June 12, alternatives on the way forward for ratification and the implications of freezing the process fo [...] | 2005-06-10 13:35:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | IT PREL CM IR EUN |
05ROME2051 | U.S.-EU IRAQ CONFERENCE, ITALY UNLIKELY TO [...] (SBU) Summary: Italian Foreign Minister Fini will attend the Brussels conference, but aid officials tell us Italy will not commit to new assistance for Iraq. End summary. 2. (SBU) Visiting A/S Fried discussed reftel points with Giovanni Castellaneta, Diplomatic Advisor to Prime Minister Be [...] | 2005-06-16 05:06:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV EAID EIND ECON IT IZ EUN IRAQI FREEDOM |
05ROME2115 | IRAQ/ITALY - MOD/IDGS STUDYING ISF EMBEDDING [...] (S) Ambassador discussed Engaging the Coalition message (Ref A) with DefMin Martino June 17; Army Attache and PolMilCouns, accompanied by UK counterparts, followed up with D/CHOD Castagnetti and MoD Diplomatic Advisor Amerio June 20. The Italians noted that while they would begin an internal [...] | 2005-06-20 16:46:00 | Embassy Rome | SECRET | MARR MOPS PREL IT IZ NATO EUN IRAQI FREEDOM |
05ROME2178 | ITALY-EU: BERLUSCONI STANDS FIRM, BUT PRODI [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified; not for Internet distribution. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) Italian reactions to the French/Dutch rejection of the EU Constitution are playing out in the context of national election politics, Italy's own battle with Brussels over Stability Pact bu [...] | 2005-06-27 12:20:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ECON IT TU EUN ITALY NATIONAL ELECTIONS |
05ROME2310 | ITALY OPEN TO MULTILATERAL CONFERENCE ON [...] No summary [...] | 2005-07-11 13:02:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | OPDC PARM PBTS PHUM PREL PGOV MD IT EUN OSCE |
05ROME2349 | IRAQ: AMBASSADOR JONES DISCUSSES ECONOMIC AND [...] (C) Summary. Senior Advisor and Coordinator for Iraq Policy Ambassador Richard H. Jones updated key Italian MFA officials on Iraqi efforts to draft a new constitution, including the increased Sunni participation in the drafting committee, and US views on UNSCR 1546 and continuing the mandate [...] | 2005-07-14 06:48:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON EAID EIND IZ IT EUN IRAQI FREEDOM |
05ROME2874 | ITALY SAYS TURKEY WILL LIKELY DOMINATE SEPTEMBER [...] (C) Summary. On August 24, Poloff met separately with Sergio Mercuri of the MFA's EU office and Stefano Ravagnan of the MFA's Southern Europe office to discuss ref A demarche. Poloff also met with Raimondo De Cardona from the MFA's Balkans office on August 29. Mercuri and Ravagnan stated t [...] | 2005-08-29 14:38:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL TU IT EUN |
05ROME2919 | SYRIA/LEBANON: ITALY WILL NOT ENGAGE SYRIA AT THE [...] (C) Summary. Italy will follow its EU partners in not engaging with Syria at the UNGA. Though sharing our concerns about Syrian failure to meet its obligations under UNSCR 1559, Rome, however, still favors engagement over isolation. The Italian MFA believes that at some point the internationa [...] | 2005-09-01 16:56:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SY LE IT EUN |
05ROME2997 | BOSNIA: ITALY TO PUSH MIRACHIAN CANDIDACY FOR OHR ON MARGINS OF UNGA; BELIEVES DUTCH CANDIDATE UNSUITABLE [...] (C) In DCM's introductory call on Italian MFA Political Director Terzi, Terzi made a strong pitch for the U.S. to support senior Italian diplomat Laura Mirachian to replace Paddy Ashdown as High Rep in Bosnia-Herzegovina. Terzi said the Italians learned on Sept. 8 that The Netherlands was pro [...] | 2005-09-09 15:44:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV BK IT EUN PREL |
05ROME3080 | PROMOTING GREATER TRANSATLANTIC COOPERATION: EUR [...] (C) Summary. EUR PDAS Volker discussed BMENA, Iraq, Iran, Turkey's accession to the EU, and the Balkans with senior Italian MFA officials during his September 6 stopover in Rome. Greater transatlantic cooperation, especially in dealing with challenges outside of Europe, provided the backdrop [...] | 2005-09-15 10:44:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS IR IZ IT EUN |
05ROME3547 | ITALIANS SHARE USG CONCERNS ON BELARUS [...] (C) Summary. On October 24 Poloff met with Antonino Cascio, Deputy Director of the Office of Eastern European Affairs of the Italian MFA to deliver reftel points. Cascio stated that Italy and the EU share the USG opinion that pressure must be stepped up on the Lukashenko regime in advance of [...] | 2005-10-24 15:29:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM KDEM EAID PGOV BO IT EUN |
05ROME3669 | ITALY DEFERS TO EU ON ALEMAN, BOLIVIA SUPPORT GROUP [...] (C) Summary. Italy will defer to EU policies on denying safe haven to Jose Aleman (reftel A),and endorsing the Bolivia Support Group message (reftel B),according to MFA officials. Italy shares U.S. concerns about the political developments in Nicaragua, but is encouraged by what it sees as [...] | 2005-11-03 16:17:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCRM BL IT EUN |
05ROME3671 | ITALIAN VIEWS ON NOVEMBER 7 EU FOREIGN MINISTERS' [...] (C) Summary. Post delivered ref d points to MFA interlocutors during the week of October 31. The GOI supports the US position on Middle East, Balkans, and Avian Flu issues. Progress on WTO issues, however, will depend on the whether there is movement on issues of key importance to the GOI - [...] | 2005-11-03 16:47:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID PREL BO KPAL ETRD IT EUN EAGER |
05ROME3796 | ITALY SEES NO POSSIBILITY TO DEPLOY EGF FOR [...] (C) Poloffs delivered ref demarche to MFA Central America and the Caribbean Office Director Paolo Miraglia and to Major Fabio Cairo, who handles European Gendarme Force policy for Carabinieri HQ Rome. Poloffs urged consideration of early European Gendarmerie Force (EGF) deployment, but both M [...] | 2005-11-17 12:16:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREL KPKO HA IT EUN |
05ROME3827 | ITALIANS WELCOME LEAD ROLE IN EU MISSION AT RAFAH [...] (C) Summary. NEA DAS Elizabeth Dibble held consultations with senior GOI officials on Middle East issues November 15. The GOI officials welcomed the recent agreement between Israel and the Palestinian Authority on reopening the Rafah crossing and noted that an Italian general would lead the EU [...] | 2005-11-21 07:43:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL XF IT EUN |
05ROME4029 | 2005 INCSR SUBMISSION FOR ITALY (PART I) [...] Summary. The Government of Italy (GOI) is firmly committed to the fight against drug trafficking domestically and internationally. The Berlusconi government continues its strong counternarcotics stand with capable and effective Italian law enforcement agencies. Italy is a consumer country [...] | 2005-12-09 13:59:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR IT EUN |
05ROME4046 | IPR Public Education in Italy: Refining the [...] Uneven IPR enforcement by police remains a problem in Italy, but a lack of respect for intellectual property among the general public also represents a significant hurdle. Some 20 percent of Italian consumers, according to a recent poll, admit to buying fakes. The Embassy, in cooperation wit [...] | 2005-12-13 08:18:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | KIPR ETRD EINV IT EUN |
05ROME4074 | ITALY: 2005 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM [...] (U) Please find post's proposed text for the Italian section of the 2005 Country Report on Terrorism. Begin text: Italy has been a staunch ally in the war against terror. Italy works to fight terrorism within its borders, cooperates internationally, and participates with a strong military [...] | 2005-12-16 16:49:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER ASEC IT EUN |
05ROME4075 | ITALY POSITIVE ON U.S.-EU AIR SERVICES AGREEMENT [...] Summary: Officials at the Italian Ministries of Transport and Foreign Affairs say Italy will be supportive of the U.S.-EU Air Services Agreement, provided the Department of Transportation follows through with proposed rule changes. End summary. 2. Econoff delivered reftel points to Maria Cr [...] | 2005-12-19 09:32:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR ETRD ECON IT EUN AVIATION FAA |
05ROME4116 | ITALIANS RESPOND FOR EGF ON HAITIAN DEPLOYMENT [...] Following on Rome's initial response (Ref A) to the request for a European Gendarmerie Force (EGF) deployment in advance of the Haitian elections (Ref B),Italy, as current president, has provided a letter to Embassy Rome on behalf of the EGF affirming that the force is not yet fully operation [...] | 2005-12-21 12:39:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR PREL KPKO HA IT EUN |
05ROME746 | MFA ON FINI'S BALKANS VISIT; DAS STEPHENS ROME [...] (C) Summary: The MFA told us that FM Fini's February 23-25 Balkans visit had been"constructive," and that Fini reassured his interlocutors that Italy would "maintain maximum attention" to the region. In Belgrade he pointed out that ICTY cooperation remains crucial for the region's advancemen [...] | 2005-03-04 17:07:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SR IT KI EUN |
05ROME795 | MGLE01: ITALY INSISTS THAT SYRIA COMPLY WITH UNSC [...] (U) Italy strongly insists, in both public and private statements, on the complete and swift withdrawal of all Syrian forces from Lebanon. FM Fini issued a public statement on March 8 (see para. 2),and our MFA interlocutors continue to press their Syrian counterparts as well. 2. (U) Begin [...] | 2005-03-09 15:54:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL SY LE IT EUN |
05ROME861 | ITALY ON GAERC AGENDA: NO CONSENSUS FOR CROATIA [...] (C) MFA EU-CFSP Director Luigi Mattiolo told poloff that no Member States expect Ministers to approve a start date for Croatian accession talks at the March 16 GAERC. He predicted Ministers would urge completion of the EU's own bureaucratic preparations for negotiations to start, while underli [...] | 2005-03-14 17:39:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IT EUN |
05ROME878 | SYRIA/LEBANON: ITALY GETS OFF THE FENCE ON [...] (C) Summary. Italian MFA officials agreed to forward our "strong and important" message on the April 6 visit of Syrian FM Shara'a to Rome to FM Fini, who will make the decision. One official argued, though, that it is in the United States' broader interest to have the meeting take place in ord [...] | 2005-03-15 17:05:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | KTFN PREL SY LE IT EUN |
05ROME905 | ITALY WILL MAKE NO COMMITMENTS TO CHINESE FM LI ON [...] (C) Drawing from points ref a, poloff reiterated with EU CFSP Office Director Luigi Mattiolo continued strong US concern over the possibility that the EU may lift its arms embargo against China within the next few months, and the damaging signal such a development could send to Beijing and to [...] | 2005-03-17 08:36:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL CM IT EUN EXPORT CONTROLS |
05ROME921 | ITALY SUPPORTS ENHANCED EU PRESENCE ON [...] (C) As reported ref b, MFA EU CFSP Director Luigi Mattiolo told poloff March 11 that the EU strategy at the moment would be to reinforce the office of the recently created EU Special Representative for the Caucuses, to include the 6 trainers mentioned in ref a. He underlined that this was an [...] | 2005-03-17 17:24:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ZJ RS CG PBTS IT EUN OSCE |
05ROME976 | SYRIA/LEBANON: ITALY STILL PLANS TO HOST FM [...] (C) Summary. The Italian MFA has given serious consideration to our request that Italy postpone the April 6 visit of Syrian FM Shara'a but, barring major changes on the ground in Lebanon, still plans to go through with the visit. Rome continues to view engagement as the best way to deal with [...] | 2005-03-22 11:47:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SY LE IT EUN |
05ROME989 | US-ITALIAN GOALS FOR BALKANS: "PLAYING THE SAME [...] (C) Summary. In meetings with MFA Political Director Terzi and European Affairs Director-General Caracciolo, DAS Stephens heard a strong Italian pledge of continued participation and cooperation with the US in the Balkans. Terzi said that Italy was focusing on a number of important issues, fr [...] | 2005-03-22 17:17:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AL SR BS EUN HZ |
05SOFIA1597 | ECONOMY MINISTER: BULGARIA TO STAY THE MACRO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador Beyrle made an introductory call on Roumen Ovcharov, the new Minister of Economy and Energy, on September 12. He stressed USG support for Bulgaria's EU accession in January 2007, as well as continued close cooperation on economic and commercial issues. In the ensuing [...] | 2005-09-15 14:30:00 | Embassy Sofia | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EINV KIPR ENRG EFIN ETTC PREL BU EUN |
05SOFIA1785 | BULGARIA CAUTIOUSLY OPTIMISTIC - PERHAPS OVERLY SO [...] (C) SUMMARY: All eyes are on Brussels on the eve of the October 25 European Commission (EC) progress report on Bulgaria's EU accession. The government is engaged in a complex strategy of playing down the public's expectations, encouraging parliament to pass the necessary legislation - partic [...] | 2005-10-14 15:24:00 | Embassy Sofia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV BU EUN |
05SOFIA2089 | SHADES OF GRAY: BULGARIA'S UNDERGROUND ECONOMY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Bulgaria's thriving underground economy is one of the few cloudy areas in an otherwise bright macroeconomic outlook. Most experts estimate the gray economy is responsible for 30-40 percent of GDP. Likewise 14 to 25 percent of the labor force are employed in the gray economy, [...] | 2005-12-22 05:20:00 | Embassy Sofia | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD KCOR KCRM BU EUN |
05SOFIA548 | SCENESETTER FOR VISIT TO WASHINGTON OF BULGARIAN [...] (C) SUMMARY. Bulgarian Foreign Minister Solomon Passy's meeting with you on March 25 is an opportunity to shape Bulgaria's commitment to the Iraq coalition as the government searches for an exit strategy. Passy has consistently been the most pro-American voice in this government on the full [...] | 2005-03-22 15:01:00 | Embassy Sofia | SECRET | PREL PGOV MOPS MARR EFIN LY IZ BU EUN |
05SOFIA859 | BULGARIAN PARLIAMENT RATIFIES EU ACCESSION TREATY, RULING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Bulgaria's parliament ratified May 11 the EU accession treaty, as another step on the way to join the European Union on January 1, 2007. The document, signed in Luxembourg on April 25, passed with 231 votes in favor, one against and two abstentions. To come into force, the trea [...] | 2005-05-11 13:52:00 | Embassy Sofia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON SOCI BU EUN |
05SOFIA922 | BULGARIA: PRESIDENT PURVANOV CONFIRMS TRIP TO [...] (C) Summary: President Georgi Purvanov will travel to Libya later this month to raise the case of the Bulgarian medics. According to his staff, the President has tentatively scheduled the trip for May 27-28. During the visit, Purvanov plans to meet with Qadhafi and the medics in Tripoli [...] | 2005-05-20 12:45:00 | Embassy Sofia | CONFIDENTIAL | BU LY OPDC PREL EUN |
05THEHAGUE1063 | CHR 61: DUTCH REJECT POLITICAL MOTIVATION OF [...] No summary [...] | 2005-04-20 07:45:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM NL UNHRC EUN |
05THEHAGUE1073 | NETHERLANDS/GAERC: DUTCH MOSTLY TRACK U.S. [...] (C) SUMMARY: Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Adriaan Palm (MFA, Office of Political Affairs) on April 21 and participated in the Dutch briefing on the GAERC later the same day, where Canada and Australia also took part. Palm said this GAERC would have an abbreviated agenda and adjourn [...] | 2005-04-21 14:50:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL IZ LE ZI CG SU NL EUN |
05THEHAGUE1434 | NETHERLANDS/EU: WHERE'S PLAN B? DUTCH BRACE FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: With polls showing a clear majority opposed to ratifying the EU Constitutional Treaty, the Dutch government is belatedly stepping up its efforts to obtain a ""Yes"" vote in the June 1 referendum. At the same time, Prime Minister Balkenende is actively distancing his government from the [...] | 2005-05-26 16:46:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NL EUN |
05THEHAGUE1536 | DUTCH REFERENDUM YIELDS HUGE NO [...] No summary [...] | 2005-06-02 14:12:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PINR NL EUN |
05THEHAGUE161 | NETHERLANDS/EU: EXPECTATIONS FOR JAN 31 FOREIGN [...] (C) SUMMARY: The U.S. and EU need to agree to disagree on China and prepare a soft landing for the transatlantic relationship after the inevitable lift of the China arms embargo, Jaap Werner (MFA, Political Director) and Bahia Tahzib (MFA Deputy European Correspondent) told Poloff during di [...] | 2005-01-21 15:32:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PTER EAID KPAL BK CU IR IZ UP CH NL EUN |
05THEHAGUE164 | NETHERLANDS/EU: EXPECTATIONS FOR JAN 31 FOREIGN [...] (C) SUMMARY: The U.S. and EU need to agree to disagree on China and prepare a soft landing for the transatlantic relationship after the inevitable lift of the China arms embargo, Jaap Werner (MFA, Political Director) and Bahia Tahzib (MFA Deputy European Correspondent) told Poloff during di [...] | 2005-01-21 16:54:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PTER EAID KPAL BK CU IR IZ UP CH NL EUN |
05THEHAGUE1647 | NETHERLANDS/IRAQ: BOT UNDECIDED ON ATTENDING [...] (C) On June 1, Ambassador Sobel raised the June 22 US-EU International Conference on Iraq with Dutch Foreign Minister Bot. Per ref a, Ambassador Sobel urged Bot to attend the conference and to take advantage of the opportunity to announce additional Dutch contributions to the Iraqi Transition [...] | 2005-06-13 06:56:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EAID EIND ECON IZ NL EUN |
05THEHAGUE1853 | NETHERLANDS/VENEZUELA: SEEKING ALLIES TO CONTAIN [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Dutch remain concerned about Chavez's intentions and are seeking allies to contain and moderate his regional and domestic policies. The Dutch hope Venezuela's social and political traditions will limit his ability to become a "new Castro," but they are worried about his in [...] | 2005-06-30 08:53:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EPET NL EUN VELS |
05THEHAGUE1876 | NETHERLANDS: TOUR D'HORIZON WITH FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (S) SUMMARY: Ambassador Sobel, DCM, and POLCOUNS met with Dutch FM Bot on June 30 for a tour d'horizon discussion of outstanding issues. Bot praised the excellent (and improving) state of U.S.-Dutch relations, but identified four irritants to be addressed through ongoing consultations: Dutch d [...] | 2005-07-01 12:38:00 | Embassy The Hague | SECRET | PREL PGOV MOPS IZ IR AF NL EUN |
05THEHAGUE1988 | NETHERLANDS/GAERC: DUTCH VIEWS ON JULY 18-19 GAERC [...] (C) Summary. Poloff participated in the Dutch pre-briefing for the GAERC to be held in Brussels on July 18-19. It will emphasize the fight against terror, in light of the recent London bombings. On Lebanon and Syria, the Dutch believe the situation in Lebanon is "very fragile" and that the [...] | 2005-07-15 10:35:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AORC NL EUN |
05THEHAGUE206 | NETHERLANDS/CUBA/EU: STILL A CHANCE TO RESIST [...] (C) Dutch interlocutors informed Poloff on January 27 that the Czech Republic continues to pose obstacles to implementing the COLAT's proposed revisions to the EU's strict "June measures" against the Cuban regime. If the Czechs remain firm, this could make it difficult for the January 31 GA [...] | 2005-01-27 14:20:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM NL CU EZ EUN |
05THEHAGUE2175 | NETHERLANDS/EU: FINANCIAL PERSPECTIVES AND TURKEY [...] (C) SUMMARY: According to a senior Dutch MFA official, the Dutch hope to see the debate on EU finances concluded during the British EU presidency, but will hold out for a system that lowers the Netherlands' high per capita contribution. On Turkey, the Dutch continue to support starting acces [...] | 2005-08-05 16:16:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR ECON NL EUN |
05THEHAGUE2309 | AMBASSADOR’S PARTING THOUGHTS ON TAKING THE DUTCH [...] (S) SUMMARY: With the EU divided and its direction uncertain, the Dutch serve as a vital transatlantic anchor in Europe. As one of the original six EU members, the Dutch ally with the British to counter Franco-German efforts to steer Europe off a transatlantic course. The Netherlands' solid Europea [...] | 2005-08-22 17:01:00 | Embassy The Hague | SECRET | PREL PGOV PTER ECON EAID NL EUN USUN |
05THEHAGUE2427 | NETHERLANDS/SYRIA: NO PLANS TO MEET AT UNGA [...] (S) On September 7, POLCOUNS delivered reftel points separately to Tessa Terpstra (Acting Syria/Lebanon Desk Officer, Dutch MFA) and Karel van Kesteren (Director of the MFA's Department of UN and International Financial Organizations Affairs.) POLCOUNS also asked directly whether the Dutch an [...] | 2005-09-07 11:38:00 | Embassy The Hague | SECRET | PREL PGOV PTER SY NL EUN |
05THEHAGUE2463 | NETHERLANDS/EU/TURKEY: DUTCH LOSING PATIENCE [...] (C) SUMMARY: According to a senior Dutch MFA official (Pieter de Gooijer),the Dutch support starting EU accession talks with Turkey on October 3, but are losing patience with all sides. The MFA assumes there will be a September 26 GAERC and is planning accordingly. PM Balkenende is facing [...] | 2005-09-09 15:34:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL TU NL EUN |
05THEHAGUE2465 | NETHERLANDS/NATO: DUTCH THOUGHTS ON NATO INFORMAL [...] (C) Summary: Polmiloff met with Sebastian Reyn (Deputy Director, Department of General Policy Affairs, MOD) September 9 to discuss Dutch thinking leading up to the September 13-14 NATO Informal Defense Ministerial in Berlin. Reyn handed over an 11-point paper (provided below) that Dutch Defens [...] | 2005-09-09 16:01:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS PREL NL NATO EUN |
05THEHAGUE2565 | NETHERLANDS/AFGHANISTAN: MOD STRATEGY FOR MOVING [...] (C) Summary: According to Lo Casteleijn (Director, General Policy Affairs, MOD),the Dutch government is expected to make a positive decision by the end of October to deploy 1,000 - 1,2000 troops to Uruzghan province in Afghanistan in support of ISAF Stage III. Casteleijn hoped that parliamen [...] | 2005-09-21 15:17:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS AF NL EUN |
05THEHAGUE2587 | DUTCH MINISTER NICOLAI'S UPCOMING VISIT TO U.S. [...] (C) SUMMARY: Dutch Minister for European Affairs Atzo Nicolai views his first visit to the U.S. as an opportunity to strengthen transatlantic ties by cultivating a solid working relationship with senior USG interlocutors. A consummate European insider and political survivor, Nicolai could be [...] | 2005-09-23 14:28:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NL EUN |
05THEHAGUE2640 | NETHERLANDS/EU: DUTCH ANTICIPATE TURKEY, CROATIA [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Dutch anticipate Turkey and Croatia to dominate discussion at the October 3 GAERC, and are cautiously optimistic that a positive decision on Turkish accession talks will emerge from the meetings. The Dutch are standing firm on "full cooperation" with the ICTY as a prerequisi [...] | 2005-09-30 11:02:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NL EUN |
05THEHAGUE2723 | DUTCH REFLECTIONS ON THE OCTOBER 3 GAERC [...] (C) SUMMARY. According to MFA interlocutors on October 4, the Dutch were pleased that the October 3 GAERC started accession talks with Turkey, and "can live with" the insertion of "absorption capacity" to the negotiating framework. Although it took them by surprise, the Dutch believe Carla de [...] | 2005-10-07 16:45:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NL EUN |
05THEHAGUE2845 | NETHERLANDS/BELARUS: DUTCH SUPPORT CIVIL SOCIETY [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Dutch support promoting civil society in Belarus and are prepared to pursue this objective bilaterally. At the same time, they do not want to appear out of step from an EU consensus, and in general prefer constructive engagement over isolation. The Dutch recognize that rel [...] | 2005-10-20 13:07:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PGOV KDEM EAID BO NL EUN |
05THEHAGUE2897 | PUSHING THE DUTCH TO HELP ON WTO/AGRICULTURE [...] (SBU) On October 24, Charge called Helen van Dongen, Deputy Director of WTO Affairs, Ministry of Economic Affairs (MEA),to urge continued Dutch activism within the EU for an improved market access offer ahead of the October 27 Five Interested Parties (FIPs) meeting in Geneva. Van Dongen sai [...] | 2005-10-25 15:44:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ETRD NL WTRO EUN KPAO |
05THEHAGUE2904 | NETHERLANDS/AFGHANISTAN: ISAF STAGE III PLANS KEEP [...] (C) Summary: MFA Deputy Head of Conflict Prevention and Crisis Operations Joop Nijssen described recent Dutch-Australian discussions on a possible ISAF Stage III partnership in Uruzghan province as "extremely positive". Australian troop contribution offers exceeded Dutch expectations, while di [...] | 2005-10-26 12:17:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV MARR AF NL REL EUN |
05THEHAGUE2905 | DUTCH WANT "SHARED RESPONSIBILITY" FOR INTERNET [...] (C) SUMMARY. Dutch Foreign Ministry contacts appear more receptive to USG concerns about the risks posed by the EU's recent proposal to create an "international cooperation model" for internet governance to further innovation of the Internet and freedom of information issues. Working-level [...] | 2005-10-26 12:17:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ECPS KIPR NL EUN |
05THEHAGUE3009 | NETHERLANDS/IRAQ: CONSTITUTIONAL REFERENDUM [...] (SBU) On November 1, POLCOUNS delivered reftel points and Secretary Rice's statement on the results of the SIPDIS Constitutional Referendum in Iraq to Willemijn Kallenberg (Iraq Desk Officer, Dutch MFA). In response to POLCOUNS' questions, Kallenberg said she was not aware of any "official [...] | 2005-11-04 10:14:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KPAO KDEM IZ NL EUN |
05THEHAGUE3054 | NETHERLANDS/AFGHANISTAN: WHAT THE DUTCH WANT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Dutch officials have compiled a list of conditions for deploying to Uruzghan province in Afghanistan under ISAF Stage III which they shared with SACEUR on November 8. A key Dutch request is that U.S. forces remain at current levels in Zabol and two northern firebases in Uruzghan [...] | 2005-11-09 17:23:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR MARR MOPS AF NL EUN |
05THEHAGUE3088 | NETHERLANDS/HAITI: EXPLORING ROLE FOR EU [...] (C) On November 11, Charge delivered reftel points to Marnix Krop (Director-General for European Cooperation, MFA). On November 14, POLOFF followed up with Hester Jongman (Policy Officer, Civil-Military Affairs, MFA). Jongman welcomed the points, but was skeptical that an European Gendarmeri [...] | 2005-11-15 15:38:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR NL EUN |
05THEHAGUE3100 | NETHERLANDS/AFGHANISTAN: CONTINUING DUTCH [...] (S) SUMMARY: Senior Dutch military and diplomatic contacts say that Defense Minister Kamp feels he has not yet received sufficient assurances from the U.S. to proceed with a proposed Dutch troop deployment to Oruzgan under ISAF Stage III. Kamp hopes to talk directly to SecDef Rumsfeld to res [...] | 2005-11-16 16:35:00 | Embassy The Hague | SECRET | PREL PGOV PINR MARR MOPS AF NL EUN |
05THEHAGUE3121 | NETHERLANDS/EU: APPROACHING THE DUTCH IN ADVANCE [...] (C) SUMMARY. During the November 21-22 GAERC, the Dutch will advocate for a "non-binding regime for civ-mil coordination" that favors development of national capacities and express concern on Iran. While the Dutch are proud of EU involvement in the Iraqi elections, they do not advocate for a [...] | 2005-11-18 15:28:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL ETRD SR SY UP YI NL EUN |
05THEHAGUE3164 | NETHERLANDS/ISAF: STAGE III PLANS STILL ALIVE [...] (C) Summary: The Dutch government has not yet made a decision on participation in ISAF Stage III in Uruzghan province. Prime Minister Balkenende, Foreign Minister Bot and Defense Minister Kamp decided November 23 to postpone a decision on Dutch participation until Balkenende returns the follo [...] | 2005-11-23 17:21:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREL PGOV PINR MOPS AF NL EUN |
05THEHAGUE3294 | NETHERLANDS/EU: APPROACHING THE DUTCH IN ADVANCE [...] (C) SUMMARY. The Dutch share the majority of reftel U.S. concerns with regard to the upcoming GAERC meeting. MFA interlocutors expect the unresolved EU budget to cast a shadow on the December 12 GAERC but claim the Balkans, Africa, and the "European Neighborhood Policy" will dominate discussi [...] | 2005-12-09 15:45:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON NL EUN |
05THEHAGUE3342 | TERRORISM FINANCING: OP-ED PLACEMENT IN DUTCH PAPER [...] The Financieele Dagblad (the Netherlands' equivalent to the Wall Street Journal) is interested in running the Op-Ed provided reftel. However, the paper's editors have suggested some changes to the text, which Post has forwarded to EB/ESC/TFS for approval. 2. ACTION REQUESTED: Post reque [...] | 2005-12-16 16:25:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | KTFN EFIN PTER ETTC PREL NL EUN |
05THEHAGUE3380 | NETHERLANDS/EU: DUTCH VIEWS ON TURKEY, ENERGY [...] (C) SUMMARY: On December 13, EUR DAS Matthew Bryza discussed Turkey, Energy Security, and the European Neighborhood Policy (ENP) in meetings with Marnix Krop (Director General for European Cooperation, MFA),Pieter de Gooijer (Deputy Director General for Political Affairs, MFA) and Kees van R [...] | 2005-12-22 07:40:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS EUN TU NL |
05THEHAGUE3406 | TERRORIST FINANCE: LET AMENDMENT -- DUTCH RESPONSE [...] (S) On December 23, Post delivered reftel points concerning the USG intention to amend its previous designation of Lashkar e-Tayyiba (LET) to Eric Ligthart, Deputy Director, Financial Integrity Department, Dutch Ministry of Finance (MOF). The MOF will forward the information provided to the [...] | 2005-12-28 16:13:00 | Embassy The Hague | SECRET | KTFN EFIN PTER ETTC PREL CVIS NL EUN |
05THEHAGUE393 | NL/EU CONSTITUTION: DUTCH REFERENDUM CAMPAIGN OFF [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Dutch government is committed to holding a referendum on the EU Constitutional Treaty -- most likely in late May or early June -- and also to obtaining a positive outcome. Some members of parliament have criticized the government for setting aside funds for a "yes" campaig [...] | 2005-02-10 16:54:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | NL PREL EUN |
05THEHAGUE406 | YOUR MEETING WITH DUTCH FOREIGN MINISTER BOT [...] (C) Foreign Minister Bot requested this meeting to discuss a wide range of U.S.-EU issues prior to the President's visit to Europe. A former Dutch permrep to the EU with a pro-European reputation, Bot's appreciation of the transatlantic relationship appears to have deepened and strengthened du [...] | 2005-02-11 11:23:00 | Embassy The Hague | SECRET | PREL NL EUN NATO |
05THEHAGUE423 | NETHERLANDS/HIZBALLAH - DUTCH SUPPORT DESIGNATION [...] (C) Jules Gerzon (MFA, Office of Political Affairs) confirmed that the Netherlands supports designating Hizballah as a terrorist organization at the February 16 meeting of the EU Clearinghouse. Dutch efforts to lobby EU Member States have had a mixed reaction, he added, noting that some stat [...] | 2005-02-14 12:57:00 | Embassy The Hague | SECRET | ETTC PTER EFIN NL EUN |
05THEHAGUE448 | NETHERLANDS/HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION: DUTCH [...] (C) SUMMARY: At the upcoming Commission on Human Rights (CHR) in Geneva, the Dutch want a resolution on Sudan regardless of the status of UNSC action. They expect no AU action on the DRC, which means the EU will likely have to sponsor a resolution. They think an EU resolution on Zimbabwe [...] | 2005-02-16 10:43:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL NL AORC EUN |
05THEHAGUE451 | YOUR MEETING WITH DUTCH FOREIGN MINISTER BOT [...] (C) Foreign Minister Bot requested this meeting to discuss a wide range of U.S.-EU issues prior to the President's visit to Europe, which he is prepared to help ensure is a success. Although a longtime former Dutch PermRep to the EU with a pro-European reputation, Bot demonstrated his support f [...] | 2005-02-16 12:50:00 | Embassy The Hague | SECRET | PREL NL EUN NATO |
05THEHAGUE48 | NETHERLANDS/CUBA: DUTCH HOPE FOR RESULTS FROM NEW [...] (C) Although no longer in their EU Presidency role, the Dutch will not play spoiler but will continue to work for a consensus EU policy toward Cuba. This task is made difficult by the fact that there remains a wide range of opinions among EU partners, according to Jan Jaap Groenemeyer (MFA, [...] | 2005-01-10 15:11:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM NL CU EUN |
05THEHAGUE74 | NETHERLANDS/CUBA/EU: EU LIKELY TO CHANGE POLICY [...] (C) Following up reftels demarche, Poloff met January 13 with Jan Jap Groenemeyer (MFA, Cuba Desk),who confirmed the January 31 GAERC would likely approve relaxing the EU's June 2003 measures to encourage more positive movement from the Cubans; the EU Presidency is drafting "conclusions" for [...] | 2005-01-13 15:24:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM NL CU EUN |
05THEHAGUE789 | SCENESETTER FOR DEPUTY SECRETARY ZOELLICK'S APRIL [...] (C) My staff and I are eager to welcome you to the Netherlands for your first visit here as Deputy Secretary. Your trip reinforces the message of transatlantic cooperation delivered by the President and Secretary Rice, and will help focus the Dutch, in particular, on taking practical steps on the i [...] | 2005-03-24 12:03:00 | Embassy The Hague | SECRET | PREL PGOV NL EUN NATO |
05VATICAN489 | AFTER TENSIONS, VATICAN SEEKING MORE CONSTRUCTIVE [...] (C) Holy See Deputy Foreign Minister Pietro Parolin told the Charge that the Vatican had decided to pursue the path of dialogue and offer "an outstretched hand" when dealing with the government of Venezuela, despite past tensions. In response to ref (a) and (b) points and inquiries, Parolin [...] | 2005-07-01 14:14:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EPET VE VT EUN |
05VIENNA101 | EU COMMON POSITION ON CUBA: AUSTRIAN RESPONSE [...] (SBU) Embassy conveyed reftel points to Austrian MFA DAS-equivalent for Latin American Kornelia Weihs on January 10. Pol Unit Chief followed up with Weihs (who had just returned from the COLAT EU working group meeting in Brussels) on January 12. Weihs told us that the Luxembourg Presidency [...] | 2005-01-12 13:12:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL CU AU EUN |
05VIENNA1062 | AUSTRIA IN LINE WITH EU CONSENSUS ON CHR CUBA [...] (SBU) On March 22, following receipt of ref a, Embassy Vienna provided a copy of the draft Cuba resolution to the Austrian MFA Human Rights Bureau and requested Austria's support for EU co-sponsorship. On April 1, Acting head of the Human Rights Bureau Ingrid Pech told EconPolOff that the de [...] | 2005-04-01 14:51:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL AU UNHRC EUN |
05VIENNA1073 | AUSTRIAN VIEWS ON THE STABILITY PACT, LISBON [...] (C) The GoA understands the political necessity behind the recent Stability and Growth Pact (SGP) reform and believes the SGP can still be an effective mechanism to ensure sound fiscal policies. Nevertheless, the GoA fears the recent reforms will lead to more "exceptional" spending by Member [...] | 2005-04-04 09:34:00 | Embassy Vienna | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PREL AU EUN |
05VIENNA1097 | AUSTRIA'S 2005/06 GROWTH OUTLOOK - STILL LEAN [...] The two leading Austrian economic institutes now forecast real GDP growth of up to 2.1-2.2% in 2005 and 2.3-2.5% in 2006. The institutes stress that these figures represent upper limits. The recovery is still export-driven, as investment and private consumption remain weak. The continued s [...] | 2005-04-05 07:51:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ELAB AU EUN |
05VIENNA1124 | CHR 61: REQUEST TO AUSTRIA FOR ASSISTANCE ON THE [...] On April 5, EconPolCouns and Pol Unit Chief presented reftel points to Rudolf Lennkh, the Foreign Ministry's Americas director. Lennkh noted (per ref b) that Austria had supported EU co-sponsorship of this year's Cuba resolution in the UN Human Rights Commission. He said that Fidel Castro's [...] | 2005-04-06 11:57:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM AU UNHRC EUN |
05VIENNA1221 | TERRORISM FINANCE: AL-HIYARI DESIGNATION - [...] (SBU) Per reftel instructions, Post submitted Bilal AL- HIYARI designation (List 69) demarche on April 13 to Alfred Lejsek, Head of the Financial Markets Directorate in the Federal Ministry of Finance (MOF),and Birgit Ertl, money laundering and terrorism financing coordinator in Lejsek's offi [...] | 2005-04-14 08:43:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTFN ETTC EFIN PTER KSEP CVIS KVPR AU EUN |
05VIENNA1222 | TERRORISM FINANCE: LET SUBMISSION - DEMARCHE [...] (SBU) Per ref A instructions, Post submitted LET submission to 1267 Committee on April 13 to Alfred Lejsek, Head of the Financial Markets Directorate in the Federal Ministry of Finance (MOF),and Birgit Ertl, money laundering and terrorism financing coordinator in Lejsek's office. Post also s [...] | 2005-04-14 08:45:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTFN ETTC EFIN PTER KSEP CVIS KVPR AU EUN |
05VIENNA1235 | DEMARCHE ON BUSH-SHARON MEETING AND GAZA [...] (C) EconPolCouns and Pol Unit Chief conveyed reftel points to Austrian MFA A/S-equivalent for the Middle East and North Africa Ralph Scheide and Israel/Palestine desk officer Wolfgang Lapuh on April 14. Scheide welcomed the President's reaffirmation of the road map as the guiding document for [...] | 2005-04-14 13:46:00 | Embassy Vienna | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL KWBG IS GZ AU WB EUN |
05VIENNA1239 | UNRWA EMERGENCY APPEAL: AUSTRIA TO INCREASE [...] No summary [...] | 2005-04-15 06:10:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAL PREF PREL IS AU EUN |
05VIENNA1312 | AUSTRIANS SKEPTICAL AFTER 10 YEARS OF EU [...] A recent poll by the Austrian Association for European Politics (OGE) revealed that the Austrian public remains highly skeptical of the EU. A significant majority of Austrians do not believe EU membership has brought the benefits they expected, such as higher growth, lower inflation, and red [...] | 2005-04-21 06:06:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ECIN ECON ETRD AU EUN |
05VIENNA132 | SUPPORT FOR U.S. AMENDMENTS TO SUA CONVENTION: [...] (C) Political Unit Chief delivered reftel demarche to MFA head of Multilateral Legal Affairs unit Michael Postl on January 12. Postl reiterated that the SUA convention is not the highest priority for Austria, given how few Austrian-flagged ships there are. Postl recalled the January 2003 me [...] | 2005-01-14 09:52:00 | Embassy Vienna | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP MNUC PARM PREL KTIA PHSA EWWT AU EUN |
05VIENNA1326 | APRIL 25 GAERC DEMARCHE: AUSTRIAN RESPONSE [...] (C) Economic-Political Counselor and Pol Unit Chief delivered reftel demarche on April 20 to Austrian MFA EU Common Foreign and Security Policy Coordinator Andreas Riecken. Riecken told us that MFA was in the process or working out its positions on the draft Council conclusions. He noted tha [...] | 2005-04-21 12:10:00 | Embassy Vienna | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL IZ LE ZI CG SU AU EUN |
05VIENNA1383 | DOE ITER LETTER DELIVERED TO GOA [...] On April 26, post conveyed reftel letter from DoE Science Director Orbach to GoA officials responsible for International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER) issues. We delivered the letter to Martin Sajdik, Director General of Economic Affairs and European Integration in the MFA, and M [...] | 2005-04-27 13:48:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | TRGY TNGD ENRG KSCA AU EUN |
05VIENNA1461 | SYRIAN COMPLIANCE WITH UNSCR 1559: AUSTRIAN [...] (C) Embassy Vienna conveyed reftel demarche on April 29 to MFA A/S-equivalent for the Middle East and Africa Ralph Scheide. EconPolCouns and Pol Unit Chief followed up with Scheide on May 3. Scheide reported discussing the matter of the EU-Syria Association Agreement with his German [...] | 2005-05-04 12:39:00 | Embassy Vienna | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPAO LE SY AU EUN |
05VIENNA1472 | SUPPORT FOR IRAQI TRANSITIONAL GOVERNMENT: [...] (SBU) EconPolCouns and Pol Unit Chief delivered reftel demarche to MFA head of Middle East/Africa Bureau Ralph Scheide on May 3. Scheide noted that Chancellor Schuessel had sent a congratulatory message to Prime Minister al-Ja'afari, and that President Fischer had sent a greeting to Presiden [...] | 2005-05-06 13:18:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL IZ AU EUN |
05VIENNA1498 | BWC 2005 WORK PROGRAM MEETINGS ON CODES OF [...] (SBU) Pol Unit Chief delivered reftel demarche and associated non-paper to acting head of MFA Nonproliferation Bureau Dorothea Auer on May 6. Auer thanked us for the information and responded that it was clear that any "universal" code of conduct was a non-starter. She also thought it unlik [...] | 2005-05-09 14:28:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL AU CBW EUN |
05VIENNA1561 | Austrian Parliament ratifies EU Constitution [...] (U) On May 11, the Austrian parliament voted to ratify the EU Constitution. Only one MP, Barbara Rosenkranz (Freedom Party),voted "no." In the debate that preceded the vote, government representatives stressed that the EU Constitution would bring the member states together to shape a socia [...] | 2005-05-12 13:04:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV AU EUN |
05VIENNA1653 | DEMARCHE TO AUSTRIA IN ADVANCE OF THE MAY 23 EU [...] (SBU) EconPolCouns met on May 18 with Andreas Riecken, the Austrian Foreign Ministry's European Correspondent, to present reftel points and discuss the May 23-24 General Affairs and External Relations Council (GAERC) meeting. 2. (C) Riecken made the following comments concerning the point [...] | 2005-05-19 12:01:00 | Embassy Vienna | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS CH SU AU EUN |
05VIENNA1740 | U.S.-EU CONFERENCE ON IRAQ: AUSTRIAN RESPONSE [...] (SBU) Economic-Political Counselor and Political Unit Chief discussed ref (A) information on May 23 with Austrian MFA A/S-equivalent for Africa and the Middle East Ralph Scheide and Director for Gulf Affairs Oskar Wuestinger. Scheide observed that the U.S. and EU now appeared to have a "compl [...] | 2005-05-25 14:56:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EAID IZ AU EUN UN |
05VIENNA175 | DEMARCHE TO AUSTRIA ON JANUARY 31 EU FOREIGN [...] (U) EconPolCouns met with Foriegn Ministry EU Affaris director Werner Almhofer on January 21 to present reftel points. Almhofer made the following substantive replies: 2. (SBU) Tsunami: Almhofer expressed some frustration with the European public's dissatisfaction with the response of t [...] | 2005-01-21 14:17:00 | Embassy Vienna | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PTER EAID KPAL BK CU IR IZ UP CH AU EUN |
05VIENNA1886 | DEMARCHE TO AUSTRIA: DELIVERABLES FOR THE U.S.-EU [...] Acting DCM delivered ref (a) points on June 6 to Ralph Scheide, the Austrian Foreign Ministry's assistant secretary-level Director for Middle East and African Affairs. SIPDIS 2. Scheide said the June 22 conference was "on the schedule" of Foreign Minister Ursula Plassnik. He said he ha [...] | 2005-06-07 15:41:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV EAID EIND ECON IZ AU EUN |
05VIENNA1895 | AFGHANISTAN: AUSTRIA SENDING UP TO 100 SOLDIERS [...] (SBU) On June 7, the Austrian Council of Ministers (cabinet) unanimously approved the deployment of up to 100 Austrian soldiers to Afghanistan in August - October 2005. Parliament's standing committee will have to give final approval to the deployment mandate, possibly as early as June 10. [...] | 2005-04-08 12:01:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR PREL KPKO AF AU BK SR MK NATO EUN |
05VIENNA1935 | EU FOREIGN MINISTERS' MEETING AND EU CUBA POLICY: [...] (SBU) Embassy delivered ref (a) points on the upcoming GAERC to Austrian Ministry of Foreign Affairs on June 7. Embassy delivered ref (b) points on Cuba on June 3. Pol Unit chief then discussed the issues on June 8 with Andreas Riecken, MFA Coordinator for EU Common Foreign and Security Poli [...] | 2005-06-10 09:28:00 | Embassy Vienna | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PARM IR IZ LE YI CM CU AU EUN |
05VIENNA1966 | AFGHANISTAN: PARLIAMENT APPROVES DEPLOYMENT OF [...] (SBU) On June 10, Parliament's standing committee (Hauptausschuss) unanimously approved the cabinet's decision (ref a) to send up to 100 Austrian soldiers to the ISAF mission in Afghanistan for a period of three months, until October 31, 2005. The Austrian soldiers will join the German PRT i [...] | 2005-04-08 12:01:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR PREL KPKO AF AU BK SR MK NATO EUN |
05VIENNA1969 | AUSTRIA: LEADERS EXPRESS SKEPTICISM ABOUT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Austria's political establishment is underlining its deep skepticism of Turkish EU membership. First, Chancellor Schuessel (conservative People's Party - OVP) reiterated the position he took at the December 2004 EU summit: that the EU should conduct "open-ended" negotiations wit [...] | 2005-06-14 12:39:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ECIN AU TU EUN |
05VIENNA2035 | DEMARCHE TO AUSTRIA ON DRAFT CONFERENCE STATEMENT [...] (SBU) EconPolCouns delivered ref (a) demarche on June 17 to Ralph Scheide, the Austrian Foreign Ministry's assistant secretary-level Director for the Middle East and Africa. SIPDIS 2. (C) Scheide took note of the U.S. position that the Iraq conference statement should include the phrase [...] | 2005-06-17 15:12:00 | Embassy Vienna | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EIND IZ AU EUN |
05VIENNA2036 | DEMARCHE TO AUSTRIA: ADDITIONAL SUGGESTIONS FOR [...] (U) EconPolCouns delivered ref (a) demarche on June 17 to the Austrian Foreign Ministry's Director (assistant secretary equivalent) for the Middle East and Africa, Ralph Scheide. 2. (U) Scheide thanked us for the suggestions, and noted that Austria is engaged in several areas which appear [...] | 2005-06-17 15:21:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV EAID ECON EIND IZ EUN |
05VIENNA2126 | AUSTRIA'S GROWTH FORECAST OPTIMISTIC, BUT [...] According to a recent forecast from the Austrian Institute for Economic Research (WIFO),the Austrian economy should grow at an average annual real rate of 2.3% during 2005-20009. WIFO cautioned that further Euro appreciation would negatively affect this projection, and that sustained growth [...] | 2005-06-24 13:59:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ELAB AU EUN |
05VIENNA2130 | EUFOR-ALTHEA: AUSTRIA TO ASSUME COMMAND OF "TASK [...] No summary [...] | 2005-06-24 14:34:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR PREL KPKO AU BK NATO EUN |
05VIENNA2210 | AUSTRIAN REACTION TO DEMARCHE ON VENEZUELA [...] (SBU) EconPolCouns presented reftel points on June 29 to Andreas Melan, the Austrian Foreign Ministry's DAS-equivalent for Latin American affairs. 2. (C) Melan said he had heard nothing about a possible high-level Venezuelan visit to Europe. He noted that Austrian Foreign Minister Ursula [...] | 2005-06-30 09:40:00 | Embassy Vienna | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV VE AU EUN |
05VIENNA2276 | AUSTRIAN REACTION TO DEMARCHE IN ADVANCE OF THE [...] (SBU) EconPolCouns presented reftel demarche on July 6 to Andreas Riecken, the Austrian Foreign Ministry's EU Correspondent and ESDP Coordinator. 2. (C) Riecken had the following reactions to our points: -- On China, the EU is preparing for the EU-China Summit in New York in early Sept [...] | 2005-07-06 14:58:00 | Embassy Vienna | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AU EUN |
05VIENNA2324 | DEMARCHE TO AUSTRIA: COORDINATING CONSTITUTIONAL [...] (U) EconPolCouns delivered ref (a) demarche on July 7 to Wolfgang Lapuh, acting head of the Austrian Foreign Ministry's Middle East and Africa division. 2. (SBU) Lapuh said Austria had been prepared to provide training on constitutional issues to Iraqis, and had offered this to the Iraqi [...] | 2005-07-11 13:01:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV EAID IZ AU EUN |
05VIENNA2349 | DOWNWARD REVISION FOR AUSTRIA'S 2005/2006 GROWTH [...] Austria's two leading economic institutes have lowered economic growth forecasts for 2005 to 1.8-1.9%, and for 2006 to 1.9-2.3%. The institutes stress again that these figures represent upper limits. The recovery remains export-driven, but there is a possibility that investment and private [...] | 2005-07-13 11:53:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ELAB AU EUN |
05VIENNA2400 | AUSTRIA VIEWS RUSSIAN PARTICIPATION IN [...] (C) On July 7, post conveyed reftel talking points to Josef Litschauer, Head of the MFA's CIS Unit. Acting Econ-Pol Counselor met with Litschauer on July 15 to elicit GoA views on a multilateral conference. Litschauer said the GoA would support EU participation in such a conference, but onl [...] | 2005-07-15 15:57:00 | Embassy Vienna | CONFIDENTIAL | OPDC PARM PBTS PHUM PREL PGOV AU EUN OSCE |
05VIENNA2410 | YUSHCHENKO IMPRESSES AUSTRIANS DURING VISIT [...] (U) During a July 12-13 visit to Austria, Ukrainian President Victor Yushchenko met with Austrian President Heinz Fischer, Chancellor Wolfgang Schuessel, parliamentary leaders, and a group of Austrian businessmen. Ukraine's efforts to integrate more closely with the European Union featured p [...] | 2005-07-18 14:10:00 | Embassy Vienna | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UP AU EUN |
05VIENNA2412 | TERRORISM FINANCE: MOVEMENT FOR ISLAMIC REFORM [...] (SBU) Per reftel instructions, Post submitted the Movement for Islamic Reform in Arabia (MIRA; List 70T) designation demarche on July 18 to Alfred Lejsek, Head of the Financial Markets Directorate in the Federal Ministry of Finance (MOF),and Anelika Schloegel, money laundering and terrorism f [...] | 2005-07-18 14:29:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTFN ETTC EFIN PTER KSEP CVIS KVPR AU EUN |
05VIENNA2441 | AUSTRIAN CHANCELLOR SCHUESSEL CALLS FOR AN EU [...] Austrian Chancellor Wolfgang Schuessel has proposed an EU-wide tax on financial cross-border transactions. Schuessel said he believes the tax would provide increased financial autonomy for the EU's budget and close the unresolved financing gap in the 2007-2013 financial framework. Despite ov [...] | 2005-07-20 12:09:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ECIN EFIN AU EUN |
05VIENNA2626 | EU/TURKEY: AUSTRIANS SHARPEN CRITICISM, BUT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Austrian attitudes are hardening on Turkey's prospects for EU accession. Polls show only ten percent of Austrians support Turkish entry. In recent statements, leaders across the spectrum have voiced increasing skepticism regarding Turkish EU membership. Finance Minister Grasse [...] | 2005-08-04 13:14:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ECIN AU TU EUN |
05VIENNA2670 | AUSTRIA HOSTS 4TH INFORMAL BALKANS SUMMIT [...] Summary: The Austrian Government and the Stability Pact for Southeastern Europe hosted leaders from six southeastern European countries from 2-3 August for the 4th informal "Balkans Summit." Participants discussed the region's expectations for EU membership, establishing a common [...] | 2005-08-09 09:04:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV ECIN AL BK HR MK RO SR AU EUN |
05VIENNA2684 | IRAN EXILE GROUP SAYS NEW REGIME DETERMINED TO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Paris-based National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) claimed at an August 8 press conference in Vienna that the new Iranian regime was determined to continue its nuclear program "to build the bomb." An NCRI official argued that the "cat and mouse game" with [...] | 2005-08-10 06:34:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP MNUC PREL PGOV ETTC IR AU UNSC EUN |
05VIENNA2698 | CENTRAL EUROPEAN INTERIOR MINISTERS PLEDGE TO [...] (U) SUMMARY: At the annual meeting of the "Salzburg Forum" (an informal conference of Central European Interior Ministers) Austria, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia, Slovenia, and Romania pledged to strengthen police cooperation against organized crime, corruption, and [...] | 2005-08-11 09:43:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PTER KCOR KCRM SMIG EZ HU PL LO SI RO BU AU EUN |
05VIENNA2699 | AUSTRIA'S 2006 EU PRESIDENCY: CHANCELLOR [...] (C) Summary: Austrian Chancellor Wolfgang Schuessel brings a formidable toolbox of political skills and savvy to his task of directing Austria's EU presidency in the first half of 2006. Ever conscious of the inherent limitations of stepping into the Presidency from one of the EU's sm [...] | 2005-08-11 09:50:00 | Embassy Vienna | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECIN EFIN AU EUN |
05VIENNA2717 | AUSTRIANS SUPPORT EU MEMBERSHIP, BUT SKEPTICISM GROWING [...] According to a recent poll, two-thirds of Austrians support EU membership, roughly the same percentage resulting from the 1995 membership referendum. However, support for the EU is at the lowest level since 1997, confirming an increasingly skeptical attitude towards the EU and its institutions. [...] | 2005-08-12 11:37:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ECIN EFIN AU EUN |
05VIENNA2752 | EU-TURKEY: AUSTRIANS ON CONSISTENT LINE; WON'T [...] (C) The Austrian position on Turkey's EU accession (as reported ref b) has been fairly consistent over the past several months and is not likely to change prior to October 3. Austria does not and will not want to reopen the December 2004 decision to begin talks this autumn. Austria [...] | 2005-08-17 15:06:00 | Embassy Vienna | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECIN TU AU EUN |
05VIENNA2786 | GOA UNVEILS PACKAGE TO FIGHT RISING [...] The GoA recently announced a Euro 1.2 billion ($1.5 billion) stimulus package of employment and growth initiatives. The GoA also plans to introduce a combination-wage model to subsidize low-paid jobs. Economists view the GoA's package as positive, but note that only GDP growth in e [...] | 2005-08-19 14:32:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ELAB AU EUN |
05VIENNA2827 | DEMARCHE ON TURKISH EU ACCESSION: AUSTRIA SUPPORTS [...] (C) Summary: The Austrian Foreign Ministry's Southern Europe head and its director for Common Foreign and Security Policy told us August 22 that Austria considers the October 3 start date for Turkey's EU accession talks absolute. Austria is seeking language in the negotiating framew [...] | 2005-08-23 14:41:00 | Embassy Vienna | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECIN TU CY AU EUN |
05VIENNA2828 | PRE-GYMNICH DEMARCHE: AUSTRIAN RESPONSE [...] (C) Embassy Vienna delivered reftel points on August 22 to MFA Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP) Director Andreas Riecken. Riecken said that the UK Presidency had not circulated a final agenda for the meeting. Given the ostensibly informal nature of the Gymnich, it was diffic [...] | 2005-08-23 15:24:00 | Embassy Vienna | CONFIDENTIAL | KPAL PREL IS HR IR AU EUN |
05VIENNA2922 | HAITI ASSISTANCE DEMARCHE: AUSTRIAN RESPONSE [...] (SBU) On August 30, Econ Unit Chief delivered reftel points to Klaus Koegler, Head of the MFA's European Union Development Policy Unit. Koegler pointed out that Austria currently had no bilateral assistance programs in Haiti and would not be able to help Haiti meet the anticipated financing [...] | 2005-08-31 14:49:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON EFIN AU HA EUN |
05VIENNA2944 | TURKISH EU ACCESSION: CYPRIOT FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (C) Summary: On August 31, EconPolCouns met with the Foreign Ministry's Assistant Secretary-level Director for Southern European Affairs, Clemens Koja, to receive a readout of the Cypriot Foreign Minister Georgios Iacovou's August 30 visit to Vienna and to discuss Turkey's accession talks wi [...] | 2005-09-02 10:07:00 | Embassy Vienna | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECIN TU CY AU EUN |
05VIENNA3011 | AUSTRIAN INTERIM RESPONSE: INTERNATIONAL [...] On September 8, DCM delivered reftel talking points on the International Partnership on Avian and Pandemic Influenza (IPAPI) to Clemens Auer, the Minister of Health's Chief of Staff. Auer thanked the USG for promoting increased cooperation on avian and pandemic influenza. Auer said Austria [...] | 2005-09-09 13:46:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR EAID ECON KSCA PREL SOCI TBIO AU EUN |
05VIENNA3025 | ALPBACH ECONOMIC FORUM - EUROPE NEEDS MORE [...] The August 18-September 3 European Forum Alpbach's Reform Symposium focused on the flagging Lisbon Agenda, moribund EU growth rates, labor market inflexibility, and Germany's bleak economic outlook. Politicians, academics, and subject experts called for more democracy and closer po [...] | 2005-09-12 10:50:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ECON EFIN ECIN ELAB AU EUN |
05VIENNA3062 | AUSTRIA WILL SUPPORT SUA AMENDMENTS AT DIPLOMATIC [...] (SBU) Acting Econ/Pol Couns delivered reftel points to MFA A/S for Nonproliferation and Arms Control Dorothea Auer on September 7. Auer assured us that Austria supports the goals of the SUA amendments and would weigh in again in favor of them in MFA's internal discussions. 2. (SB [...] | 2005-09-14 14:19:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP MNUC PARM PREL EWWT KTIA PHSA AU EUN |
05VIENNA3064 | VISA WAIVER PROGRAM: AUSTRIA REQUESTS EXTENSION [...] (SBU) Secretary General Johannes Kyrle (the third- ranking MFA official) raised the issue of the Visa Waiver Program (VWP) as the first order of business in his meeting with visiting EUR PDAS Kurt Volker. In a follow- up to Foreign Minister Ursula Plassnik's pointed comments to Amb [...] | 2005-09-14 14:44:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL CVIS CMGT PGOV FR IT AU EUN |
05VIENNA3142 | ALPBACH POLITICAL FORUM: EU UNABLE TO PROJECT [...] SUMMARY: The EU, a self-conscious "soft power," is unable or unwilling to use the potential for political clout that stems from its economic might. At the same time, EU membership holds considerable attraction for countries in the Western Balkans and beyond, and is an important inc [...] | 2005-09-21 15:06:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ECIN ELAB TU SR AU EUN RU CZ |
05VIENNA3144 | USNATO/USEU POL-MIL CONFERENCE: EMBASSY VIENNA [...] Embassy Vienna is pleased to accept the invitation to attend the 2005 USNATO/USEU Pol-Mil Conference and will send the following participant: Michael R. DeTar Political Unit Chief Security Clearance: Top Secret tel: 43 1 31339 2114 fax: 43 1 31339 2916 e-mail: detarmr@state.gov 2. [...] | 2005-09-22 06:36:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT MARR PREL AU NATO EUN |
05VIENNA3157 | AMBASSADOR'S SEPTEMBER 22 MEETING WITH CHANCELLOR [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Brown paid his farewell call on Austrian Chancellor Wolfgang Schuessel on September 22. Discussion focussed on Austrian views of Croatian and Turkish accession to the European Union. Schuessel thanked the Ambassador profusely for his work in Austria over the l [...] | 2005-09-23 06:53:00 | Embassy Vienna | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV AU EUN |
05VIENNA3245 | DEMARCHE TO AUSTRIA IN ADVANCE OF OCTOBER 3 EU [...] (SBU) EconPolCouns delivered ref (a) demarche on September 28 to Andreas Riecken, the Austrian Foreign Ministry's European Union "correspondent." ------ Turkey ------ 2. (C) Riecken noted continuing discussions between the British Presidency and his colleagues in Brussels on [...] | 2005-09-29 15:14:00 | Embassy Vienna | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM KPAL PREL TU AU EUN |
05VIENNA328 | AUSTRIAN BANK HIGHLIGHTS BENEFITS TO EU OF [...] (U) A recent study by Austria's largest bank, Bank Austria Creditanstalt, concludes the EU would benefit economically from Turkish membership and that costs would be approximately the same as the costs from the May 2004 enlargement. There are certain caveats associated with Turkish membershi [...] | 2005-02-04 13:33:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECIN PREL TU AU EUN |
05VIENNA3323 | UNFC DEMARCHE ON COMPLIANCE RESOLUTION:AUSTRIAN [...] (SBU) Embassy Vienna delivered reftel points and a copy of the U.S. draft compliance resolution to MFA Acting A/S-equivalent for International Organization Affairs Helmut Boeck on September 30. Pol Unit Chief followed up on October 5 with MFA A/S for Nonproliferation and Arms Control Dorothe [...] | 2005-10-07 14:11:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL AU CDG UNGA EUN |
05VIENNA3402 | AUSTRIA EAGER FOR CLOSE COORDINATION ON BELARUS, [...] (C) Summary: Austria welcomes the U.S. approach to promote democracy in Belarus, and looks forward to close coordination during its EU Presidency in the first half of 2006. It will be necessary to identify the targets for outreach, with a focus on opinion-leading elites. An appr [...] | 2005-10-19 12:33:00 | Embassy Vienna | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM KDEM EAID PGOV BO AU EUN |
05VIENNA3489 | DEMARCHE TO AUSTRIA: NOVEMBER 7 EU FOREIGN [...] (U) EconPolCouns delivered reftel points to Austrian MFA European Correspondent Andreas Riecken on October 28. 2. (C) Riecken made the following comments on our points: -- On Iran, there will be a conclusion calling on the need to maintain contact with civil society. The conclusion will [...] | 2005-10-28 16:36:00 | Embassy Vienna | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID PREL KPAL IZ SY EAGR ETRD AU EUN |
05VIENNA3495 | AUSTRIA'S 2005/2006 GROWTH OUTLOOK REVISED [...] Austria's two leading economic institutes again have lowered economic growth forecasts for 2005 slightly to 1.7-1.8%, and for 2006 to 1.8-2.1%. High energy prices necessitated the modest downward revision. The Austrian economy remains dependent on exports, as consumer spending and [...] | 2005-10-31 11:37:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ELAB AU EUN |
05VIENNA3569 | PRE-GAERC DEMARCHE ON BELARUS: AUSTRIAN RESPONSE [...] (C) PolOff delivered reftel demarche to Austrian MFA A/S for Eurasian Affairs Hans Porias on November 4, stressing that the U.S. hoped the EU would specifically call on Lukashenko not to run again. Porias told us that he believed that the Council Conclusions on Belarus were essentially final [...] | 2005-11-07 13:46:00 | Embassy Vienna | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KDEM PGOV BO AU EUN |
05VIENNA3672 | AUSTRIA ON THE NOVEMBER 21 EU FOREIGN MINISTERS [...] (SBU) EconPolCouns delivered reftel demarche to Andreas Riecken, the Austrian Foreign Ministry's European Correspondent, on November 17 concerning the November 21 meeting of the EU General Affairs and External Relations Committee (GAERC). Riecken had the following substantive comme [...] | 2005-11-17 17:13:00 | Embassy Vienna | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD IZ KPAL PREL AU EUN |
05VIENNA372 | NPT 2005 REVCON PREPARATIONS: AUSTRIAN RESPONSE [...] (C) Embassy conveyed reftel demarche to Austrian MFA Non-Proliferation Bureau on February 2. PolOffs followed up on February 4 with Robert Zischg, MFA director for Nuclear Nonproliferation, Disarmament, and Arms Control. Zischg's likely successor, Alexander Kmentt, also participated. Zischg [...] | 2005-02-08 15:34:00 | Embassy Vienna | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM KNNP AU NPT IAEA EUN |
05VIENNA3786 | DEFENSE MINISTER REJECTS ALLEGATIONS OF CIA [...] At the request of the opposition Social Democrats (SPO) and Greens, the Austrian National Security Council met November 30 regarding allegations that a U.S. overflight of Austria on January 21, 2003 may have been a CIA flight to transport prisoners. Afterwards, Austrian Defense Minister Plat [...] | 2005-12-01 13:43:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL MARR EAIR KPAO AU EUN |
05VIENNA3793 | DEMARCHE ON RUSSIAN DRAFT NGO LAW: AUSTRIA SHARES [...] No summary [...] | 2005-12-01 16:21:00 | Embassy Vienna | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL RS AU EUN |
05VIENNA3824 | AUSTRIAN REACTION TO THE SECRETARY'S STATEMENT ON [...] (SBU) Charge and visiting EUR/AGS Director Weygandt discussed the Secretary's December 5 statement and related letter to Foreign Secretary Straw (refs A and B) with Chancellery Diplomatic Advisor Hans-Peter Manz in the context of Chancellor Schuessel's December 8 meeting with the President. [...] | 2005-12-06 17:53:00 | Embassy Vienna | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL OPDC AU EUN |
05VIENNA3832 | AUSTRIAN MFA ON DECEMBER EU FOREIGN MINISTERS' [...] (C) Pol Unit chief delivered reftel demarche to Austrian MFA Coordinator for EU Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP) Andreas Riecken on December 2. We provided (per reftel) documents on the Dayton anniversary and the President's Iraq policy speech. In particular, we underlined the impo [...] | 2005-12-07 17:09:00 | Embassy Vienna | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON YI BK AF AU EUN |
05VIENNA3883 | AUSTRIA NAMES CHARGE IN BAGHDAD FOR THE DURATION [...] (SBU) On December 13, the Austrian government announced that journalist and Middle East expert Gudrun Harrer will head Austria's diplomatic mission in Baghdad during the Austrian EU presidency, from January through June 2006. The Foreign Ministry's assistant secretary-level Director for Midd [...] | 2005-12-15 12:39:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL IZ AU EUN |
05VIENNA3889 | EU PRESIDENCY TORCHPASSING: JANUARY 9-10, 2006 [...] This is an action request - please see paragraph 4. 2. Embassy Vienna is pleased to host the EU Presidency torch-passing from the United Kingdom to Austria for USG officers on January 9-10, 2006. Post welcomes participants from the State Department, USEU, and Embassies London and Helsink [...] | 2005-12-16 09:52:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ECON CVIS AU EUN |
05VIENNA3926 | AUSTRIAN FORMIN PLASSNIK HAILS IRAQ ELECTIONS [...] Austrian Foreign Minister Ursula Plassnik issued a statement December 17 welcoming the Iraq elections. Plassnik stressed that the turnout was "an encouraging sign for Iraq's still-young democracy." She also detailed elements of the EU's Iraq policy during Austria's EU presidency in the first [...] | 2005-12-20 12:34:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV IZ AU EUN |
05VIENNA3974 | RUSSIA-UKRAINE GAS NEGOTIATIONS: AUSTRIAN RESPONSE [...] (C) Embassy Vienna delivered reftel demarche to Austrian MFA Acting A/S-equivalent for Economic Relations with Central, Eastern and Southeastern Europe Elisabeth Kornfeind and Director for Energy Policy Gisela Polte on December 29. Kornfeind and Polte confirmed that the GoA was following deve [...] | 2005-12-30 14:51:00 | Embassy Vienna | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ECON UP RS AU EUN |
05VIENNA3975 | DON'T INVEST IN SYRIA: AUSTRIAN RESPONSE [...] (C) Embassy conveyed reftel demarche to Austrian MFA Acting A/S-equivalent for Bi- and Multilateral Economic Relations and International Financial Institutions Hans Kogler on December 23. We followed up with Kogler on December 29. Kogler told us he had only recently assumed his duties as Di [...] | 2005-12-30 15:04:00 | Embassy Vienna | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD EFIN PREL PGOV SY AU EUN |
05VIENNA437 | DESIGNATION OF HIZBALLAH AS A TERRORIST [...] No summary [...] | 2005-02-14 14:59:00 | Embassy Vienna | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ETTC PTER IS LE AU EUN |
05VIENNA45 | AUSTRIA'S 2005/06 GROWTH OUTLOOK ?EAN [...] Austria's GDP grew 2.0% in 2004, driven by booming exports in response to strong world economic growth, according to two leading Austrian economic institutes. The institutes now forecast real GDP growth of 2.2-2.3% in 2005 and 2.2-2.4% in 2006. The strong Euro, high oil prices and the U.S. tw [...] | 2005-01-07 15:49:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ELAB AU EUN |
05VIENNA462 | TERRORISM FINANCE: FADHLI DESIGNATION - DEMARCHE [...] (SBU) Per reftel instructions, Post submitted Muhsin Fadhli designation (List 67) demarche on opening of business February 16 to Alfred Lejsek, Head of the Financial Markets Directorate in the Federal Ministry of Finance (MOF). Post also sent a copy to the Foreign Ministry's International Sec [...] | 2005-02-16 14:45:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTFN ETTC EFIN PTER KSEP CVIS KVPR AU EUN |
05VIENNA473 | APPROACHING EU IN ADVANCE OF FOREIGN MINISTERS [...] (SBU) Economic-Political Counselor and Pol Unit Chief conveyed reftel demarche to MFA Director/Coordinator for EU Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP) Werner Almhofer on February 11 and followed up with him on February 16. Almhofer's likely successor, Andreas Riecken, also attended. 2 [...] | 2005-02-17 15:35:00 | Embassy Vienna | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL IR UP MD SU CG SR BK AU EUN |
05VIENNA474 | TERRORISM FINANCE: IDENTIFYING DESIGNATION [...] Below are the answers to reftel questions regarding Austria's designation mechanisms and authorities. National Authority to Implement Sanctions ----------------------------------------- 2. UN Security Council resolutions are generally reflected in EU Council regulations, which in Austr [...] | 2005-02-17 15:48:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN KTFN PGOV PTER AU EUN |
05VIENNA572 | SYRIAN PRESIDENT ASSAD TO VISIT VIENNA MARCH 15 [...] (C) EconPol Counselor and Pol Unit Chief met Austrian MFA A/S-equivalent for the Middle East and Africa Ralph Scheide on February 28. In the course of a general discussion on Middle East issues, we made reftel points and raised concerns about President Bashir al-Assad's planned visit to Austr [...] | 2005-03-01 08:49:00 | Embassy Vienna | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV SY LE IS AU EUN |
05VIENNA607 | AUSTRIA CONTINUES TO SUPPORT HIZBALLAH DESIGNATION [...] (S) On March 1, Econ Unit Chief met with Johann Froehlich, Head of the MFA's Justice and Home Affairs Division, to deliver ref A talking points. Froehlich reiterated that Austria continues to support Clearinghouse designation of Lebanese Hizballah. "Austria," in Froehlich's words, "was not [...] | 2005-03-02 08:34:00 | Embassy Vienna | SECRET | ETTC PTER EFIN AU EUN |
05VIENNA655 | DEMARCHE ON UNGA DECLARATION ON HUMAN CLONING: [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified. 2. (SBU) Embassy Vienna conveyed reftel points to the Austrian MFA Human Rights Bureau on March 1. EconPolOff followed up on March 2 with Dr. Ingrid Pech, a director in the bureau whose portfolio covers human cloning. Dr. Pech said that th [...] | 2005-03-03 11:48:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO AU UNGA KSCI EUN |
05VIENNA7 | LACK OF COMPETITION IN AUSTRIA'S ELECTRICITY MARKET [...] (U) According to a recent report from Austria's Federal Competition Authority, the anticipated benefits from the liberalization of the electricity market in 2001 have not materialized because incumbent providers have successfully cooperated to maintain a de-facto oligopoly. The incumbents ha [...] | 2005-01-04 08:39:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG ECON EINV AU EUN |
05VIENNA792 | DEMARCHE TO AUSTRIA ON MARCH 16 EU FOREIGN [...] (SBU) On March 10, EconPolCouns and Pol Unit Chief presented ref (a) points to Andreas Riecken, the Austrian Foreign Ministry's new EU Affairs director. 2. (C) Riecken made the following substantive comments: -- On the EU's China arms embargo, Riecken said the issue was not supposed to [...] | 2005-03-10 16:33:00 | Embassy Vienna | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETTC PTER HR CH LE KPAL SU RS GG AU EUN |
05VIENNA796 | AUSTRIAN ASSISTANCE TO ANDEAN REGION [...] The GOA focuses its public development assistance (ODA) projects on certain "priority and cooperation countries." None of the Andean states are in this category. Consequently, bilateral projects in the Andean region only accounted for a tiny fraction (0.4%) of Austria's total ODA, which amoun [...] | 2005-03-11 07:47:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON PREL CO EC PE BL VE AU EUN |
05VIENNA840 | AUSTRIAN RESPONSE TO UNHCR 61 DEMARCHE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: EconPolOff delivered ref a demarche on March 11 to Engelbert Theuermann, head of the Austrian MFA's Human Rights Bureau (with responsibility for the CHR). Theuermann reported that he had attended an EU Human Rights working group meeting the previous day which had discussed comm [...] | 2005-03-14 16:05:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL AU UNHRC EUN |
05VIENNA846 | EU CHINA ARMS EMBARGO AND CHINESE FM VISIT: [...] (SBU) EconPolCouns and Pol Unit Chief delivered reftel demarche on March 14 to Thomas Hajnoczi, Austrian MFA A/S-equivalent for Political-Military Affairs and EU Common Foreign and Security Policy. 2. (C) Hajnoczi, who had returned earlier that day from a trip to Washington, recounted tha [...] | 2005-03-15 10:52:00 | Embassy Vienna | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL CM AU EUN |
05VIENNA847 | GEORGIA BORDER MONITORING: AUSTRIAN RESPONSE [...] No summary [...] | 2005-03-15 10:55:00 | Embassy Vienna | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ZJ RS GG PBTS AU EUN OSCE |
05VIENNA850 | HIZBALLAH DESIGNATION NON-PAPER: AUSTRIAN RESPONSE [...] No summary [...] | 2005-03-15 12:02:00 | Embassy Vienna | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC PTER EFIN AU EUN |
05VIENNA907 | SOMALIA - IGAD DEPLOYMENT: AUSTRIAN RESPONSE [...] (SBU) Pol Unit Chief discussed reftel points with Austrian MFA DAS-equivalent for Sub-Saharan Africa Caroline Gudenus on March 18. Gudenus related that an EU fact-finding mission to Somalia in mid-February had found some positive developments. While acceptance of a possible African Union-sp [...] | 2005-03-18 16:26:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL SO AF AU UNSC EUN |
05VIENNA975 | AUSTRIAN RESPONSE TO UK REQUEST FOR AFGHAN [...] (SBU) After coordinating with our British colleagues, EconPolCouns presented reftel points on March 23 to Johannes Froehlich, Head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Justice and Home Affairs Division, and Wolfgang Spadinger, Head of the Foreign Ministry's Office for International Cooperation [...] | 2005-03-24 13:38:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL SNAR AF UK AU EUN |
05VIENNA983 | AUSTRIAN EU PRESIDENCY, FIRST HALF OF 2006 - [...] (SBU) This message provides an informal, first outline of the GoA's planned work program and a calendar of events for Austria's EU Presidency in the first half of 2006. We developed this information from public sources and personal contacts. This outline reflects a preliminary phase of plan [...] | 2005-03-25 09:01:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ECIN EFIN ETRD AU EUN |
05WARSAW1057 | Poland Still Lobbying EU on Open Pension Fund [...] (SBU) Summary: Poland is concerned that it will not be able to meet the 2007 target date agreed with the EU for meeting the Maastricht criteria on the road to adopting the Euro if the EU does not change the way it counts pension fund assets. In 2004, the EU's statistical agency, Eurostat, dec [...] | 2005-02-25 11:21:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON PREL PL EUN |
05WARSAW1396 | BRUSSELS CUTS TWO BILLION DOLLARS WORTH OF CO2 [...] (SBU) On March 8, the European Commission issued its much- delayed decision on national CO2 allotments under the EU's Emissions Trading Scheme. The EU conditionally accepted Poland's National Allocation Plan, but cut its proposed emissions by 16.5 percent (from 286 to 239 million tons). Altho [...] | 2005-03-14 08:30:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV ENRG ECON PREL PL EUN |
05WARSAW1469 | GEORGIA BORDER MONITORING ORGANIZATION AND THE EU: [...] (C) Pol-Mil Chief delivered Ref A demarche on the EU and Georgia Border Monitoring on March 14 to Mieczyslaw Kuzinski, Counselor in the Security Policy Department, who handles all security issues related to Georgia. Kuzinski responded on March 15, indicating that the GOP position on Border Mo [...] | 2005-03-16 11:08:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS GG RS ZJ PL EUN OSCE |
05WARSAW1895 | Poland to Host Visegrad Meeting of Environment [...] (U) On April 7-8, the Polish Minister of Environment will host his counterparts from Hungary and the Czech and Slovak Republics in Krakow. MinEnvironment officials report that the primary focus of the agenda will be to coordinate their approaches to a variety of environmental issues within the [...] | 2005-04-05 13:46:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV ECON ENRG ETRD PREL PL EUN |
05WARSAW3151 | Economic Impact of EU Accession on Poland [...] (SUB) Sixteen months after Poland's EU accession, post surveyed a number of government officials and economic experts on the impact of accession. Despite some caveats, there appears to be consensus that Poland has adapted smoothly to the EU's common market. Dramatic export growth has fuele [...] | 2005-08-19 09:10:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN PL EUN |
05WARSAW3194 | SUPPORTING TURKEY'S EU ACCESSION PROCESS: POLAND [...] (C) Post delivered reftel demarche to the Polish MFA's European department, underscoring our concern about possible attempts to impose additional pre-conditions for Turkish EU accession negotiations. Polish MFA desk officer for Turkey Patrycja Ozcan assured us that the Polish government fully [...] | 2005-08-24 11:52:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL TU PL EUN |
05WARSAW3234 | POLISH APPROACH TO SEPTEMBER 1-2 EU GYMNICH [...] (C) Responding to reftel points, Polish MFA Director for CFSP Beata Kolecka confirmed that Poland will hold a firm line against any new conditions for the start of Turkish accession talks, resist efforts to soften ICTY conditionality for Croatia, and maintain positions complementary to the U.S. [...] | 2005-08-30 14:02:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM TU PL EUN |
05WARSAW3625 | POLISH MFA REQUESTS U.S. SUPPORT FOR CANDIDATE FOR [...] (C) Pol-Mil Chief was called in to MFA October 17 by Deputy Director for Security Policy Tadeusz Chomicki to discuss the upcoming selection of a new chairman for the Zangger Committee. Chomicki explained that the Polish delegation had provided to the British Mission in Vienna, which acts as s [...] | 2005-10-18 14:41:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM ETTC KNNP PL EUN |
05WARSAW3762 | POLISH RESPONSE ON BELARUS PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION [...] (C) Acting Polcouns delivered reftel demarche to Beata Kolecka, Deputy Director of the EU Department of the Polish MFA. Kolecka welcomed the U.S. perspectives, which she said very closely paralleled Poland's own policy on Belarus. She noted the ongoing excellent bilateral and regional cooper [...] | 2005-11-04 14:49:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KDEM PGOV BO EUN |
05WARSAW3872 | POLISH APPROACH TO NOVEMBER 21 EU GAERC [...] (SBU) Post delivered reftel demarche upon receipt and reviewed with Polish MFA Director CFSP Beata Kolecka November 18. Kolecka provided the following outline of the Polish government's approach to the November 21 GAERC. 2. (C) Defense Issues: Poland is in full accord with our position an [...] | 2005-11-18 14:22:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON PGOV PL EUN |
05WARSAW3909 | POLISH RESOLVE REINFORCED ON CUBA POLICY [...] (C) Summary: The transition to a center-right government in Poland and the Polish MFA Latin America director's recent visit to Havana appear to have strengthened Polish determination to promote democratic reform in Cuba, both through the European Union and bilaterally. We view this developmen [...] | 2005-11-25 10:06:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PGOV CU PL EUN |
05WARSAW4009 | POLISH VIEWS ON DECEMBER 12 GAERC [...] (C) Post delivered ref (A) demarche upon receipt and reviewed with Polish MFA Director for CFSP Beata Kolecka December 8. Points on Balkans issues were delivered separately and Polish views were reported in Ref (B). 2. (C) The December 12 GAERC and the subsequent European Council meetings [...] | 2005-12-08 14:56:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON PL EUN |
05WARSAW4025 | POLAND'S 2005-2006 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS [...] No summary [...] | 2005-12-12 15:07:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR PL EUN |
05WELLINGTON435 | LUIS POSADA CARRILES - MESSAGE PASSED TO NEW [...] No summary [...] | 2005-06-02 02:33:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR IT KJUS PHUM PREL PTER CU US VE NZ EUN |
05WELLINGTON454 | NEW ZEALAND: US-EU INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON IRAQ [...] (U) Post on June 8 delivered ref B demarche. Post learned June 9 that the New Zealand government has decided to allocate NZ $2 million (US $1.4 million) for Iraqi reconstruction for the fiscal year 2005-6 (ref A). The government has not yet decided which programs will be funded by that alloc [...] | 2005-06-10 03:20:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV EAID EIND ECON IZ NZ EUN |
06ANKARA2010 | TURKISH ECONOMY MINISTER ON EU PROCESS, CONTINUED [...] (C) Summary: Turkish Minister of Economy and EU Accession lead negotiator Babacan described to the Ambassador on April 7 a fast-paced EU screening process that he expects to be completed by October, at the same time recognizing the political difficulties inherent in actual chapter negotiations [...] | 2006-04-13 04:18:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN MASS PREL EUN TU |
06ANKARA3763 | TURKISH RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON UN REFORM AND [...] No summary [...] | 2006-06-27 13:18:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT AORC PREL EU EUN UNGA TU |
06ANKARA5335 | TURKEY: PHRMA INDUSTRY DATA EXCLUSIVITY UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary: According to PhRMA company representatives in Turkey, an August 3 Turkish MOH letter to the EU has specifically acknowledged data protection for 22 of the 67 molecules for which data exclusivity (DE) had been ambiguous under Turkey's new DE regulations (ref A). The remaining 45 [...] | 2006-09-15 04:53:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD KIPR USTR EUN TU |
06ANKARA586 | TURKEY REQUEST DELAY OF IRAN NUCLEAR BRIEFING [...] (C) As reported in ref (b),the Government of Turkey welcomes the opportunity to be briefed by the United States interagency team concerning the Iran nuclear program. We were informed the afternoon of Feb. 7 that due to the Feb. 15 visits by the Sheik of Bahrain, as well as the foreign mini [...] | 2006-02-09 14:45:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC EUN IR KNNP PARM PREL TU |
06ANKARA612 | TURKEY CTRY CLR GRANTED FOR IRAN BRIEFING TEAM [...] (U) Mission welcomes and grants country clearance to USG interagency team led by Ambassador Schulte to travel to Turkey from February 15 through February 18, 2006. Embassy control officer for the visit is EXBS Advisor Kevin Lyon, who can be contacted 24 hours/day at (90)(312)455-5555, ext. 0. [...] | 2006-02-10 14:29:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC EUN IR KNNP PARM PREL TU |
06ANKARA647 | SCENESETTER FOR THE FEB 15- 17 VISIT OF AMB [...] (S) Summary: Your visit to Ankara provides a welcome opportunity to accomplish two things in our Iran diplomacy: brief the Turks on what we know about Iran's nuclear weapons development efforts and consult with them on the way forward. Turkey is at best a reluctant supporter of the internatio [...] | 2006-02-14 06:01:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | AORC EUN IR KNNP PARM PREL TU |
06ANKARA6500 | Scenesetter for CODEL Shays' Nov. 27-29 Visit to Turkey [...] (SBU) Summary: Turkey broadly agrees with U.S. goals in Iraq and tangibly supports our military effort there. However, Turkish concerns about Iraq's stability and future, as well as the PKK issue, complicate the relationship. Turkey has generally good intentions in promoting Middle East peace [...] | 2006-11-24 13:44:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER ETRD PGOV TU IZ IR LE SY AM EUN |
06ANKARA6512 | TURKEY/EU/CYPRUS: HELSINKI MEETINGS NOT [...] (C) Summary: Turkish MFA Deputy U/S Apakan used his November 21-22 consultations in Helsinki on Turkey/EU/Cyprus to tease out details related to the Finnish package on Cyprus ports and trade issues. In a readout given to Ambassador November 25, Apakan said he took a hard line on Varosha, ci [...] | 2006-11-27 15:46:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EUN TU CY |
06ANKARA6530 | TURKEY AGREES WITH UNIFIED APPROACH TO [...] (C) Summary: Turkey agrees with a unified approach to the conflicts in Georgia and Moldova, strongly supports the sovereignty and territorial integrity of both countries, and sees no recourse except to encourage more dialogue with separatists in each case. The Turks are skeptical that a mini [...] | 2006-11-29 16:10:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS EUN NATO OSCE MO GG RU TU |
06ANKARA6568 | SENIOR TURKS GIVE UPDATE ON EU TALKS [...] (c) Summary: Turkey may be considering additional steps on the Cyprus/ports issue in its negotiations with the European Union, FM Gul, Deputy U/S Apakan and PM/FM foreign affairs advisor Davutoglu told Ambassador in separate conversations December 2 and 4. The Turks complained about the Euro [...] | 2006-12-04 14:30:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EUN TU |
06ANKARA6573 | EU AMBASSADORS ON TURKEY ACCESSION [...] (c) Summary: Ambassadors of Finland, Germany and the US, plus the UK DCM, met December 4 to review Turkey's efforts with the EU and compare notes on recent talks with the Turks. All agreed that the key next step is an apparent proposal or package being readied by the GOT. Among ideal element [...] | 2006-12-04 15:51:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EUN TU |
06ANKARA6600 | SWEDISH FM BILDT IN TURKEY: EU ACCESSION TALKS [...] No summary [...] | 2006-12-06 16:12:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL TU EUN SW |
06ANKARA6611 | TURKEY: PHRMA IPR ISSUES IN EU PROGRESS REPORT [...] (SBU) Summary: The November EU Commission Progress Report on Turkey's accession process included language about the slow movement of pharmaceutical IPR reforms. While U.S. pharmaceutical companies in Turkey have not received any new information from the Ministry of Health regarding the MOH's [...] | 2006-12-07 14:57:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD KIPR USTR EUN TU |
06ANKARA6640 | TURKEY REACTS TO GAERC DECISION MORE IN SORROW [...] (SBU) Turkish officials are reacting with grudging acceptance to the December 11 GAERC decision by EU Foreign Ministers to suspend eight of the 34 remaining chapters in Turkey's EU accession negotiations, as the European Commission had recommended. Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul referred to a [...] | 2006-12-12 14:33:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON TU EUN |
06ANKARA6666 | TURKEY: REPUBLICAN PEOPLE'S PARTY: DR. BAYKAL AND [...] (C) SUMMARY. In an unexpected charm offensive, Republican People's Party (CHP) leader Deniz Baykal hosted the Ambassador for almost two hours on December 6, offering his views on the coming election year, the EU, and Cyprus. He agreed that CHP and the Embassy should have more open channels o [...] | 2006-12-15 13:42:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL TU EUN CY |
06ANKARA6674 | FM GUL ASKS TO MEET SECRETARY RICE IN WASHINGTON [...] (S) Turkish FM Gul,s personal assistant, Ambassador Altay Cengizer, contacted Ambassador December 15 to advise that FM Gul would like to visit Washington in February to meet with Secretary Rice, other Administration officials, members of Congress and others. He said that Gul mentioned the po [...] | 2006-12-16 08:32:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PREL EUN TU |
06ASHGABAT1283 | EU SPECIAL ENVOY MOREL MEETS NIYAZOV -- TRIES TO [...] (C) EU Special Envoy (and former French Ambassador to Turkmenistan) Pierre Morel met with President Niyazov and Foreign Minister Meredov December 18 and gave Charge a readout on December 19. Highlights of the meeting include: -- Observance of a more bloated and less animated Niyazov than t [...] | 2006-12-19 11:54:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EPET PARM EUN TX |
06ATHENS1057 | GREECE SUPPORTS INCREASING DIPLOMATIC PRESSURE ON [...] No summary [...] | 2006-04-19 14:11:00 | Embassy Athens | SECRET | PREL AORC EU EUN IAEA KNNP UNSC IR GR WMD |
06ATHENS1779 | GREEK FM GUARDEDLY OPTIMISTIC ABOUT CYPRUS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Following a day of meetings between the GoG and Greek Cypriot President Papadopoulos, Greek FM Bakoyannis told Ambassador she is guardedly optimistic about the agreement signed by Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot leaders on July 8. While the key will be getting the respective [...] | 2006-07-11 13:31:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EUN UNFICYP TU CY GR |
06ATHENS1838 | GREEK VIEWS IN ADVANCE OF THE JULY 17 GAERC [...] (C) On July 14, poloff met with Thanos Kafopoulos, action officer for EU-Transatlantic issues in the MFA's EU Foreign Relations Directorate, to deliver ref A and B demarches. Kafopoulos, who had been faxed ref A points earlier, noted that the GoG has no significant differences with any of the [...] | 2006-07-14 16:52:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EUN CY GR |
06ATHENS1839 | GREEK VIEWS IN ADVANCE OF THE JULY 17 GAERC [...] (C) On July 14, poloff met with Thanos Kafopoulos, action officer for EU-Transatlantic issues in the MFA's EU Foreign Relations Directorate, to deliver ref A and B demarches. Kafopoulos, who had been faxed ref A points earlier, noted that the GoG has no significant differences with any of the [...] | 2006-07-14 16:57:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EUN CY GR |
06BAGHDAD2238 | EU TROIKA QUESTIONS URGENCY OF IRAQ COMPACT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador and A/DCM Speckhard met June 24 with an EU Troika delegation (participants listed para 10) to discuss EU policy toward Iraq, particularly with regard to the Compact process. The EU delegation expressed the EU's desire that the Compact be more than "just a pledging exer [...] | 2006-06-27 06:01:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON EAID PREL PINR IZ EUN IR GCC |
06BAKU459 | AZERBAIJAN: DEMARCHE ON ESTABLISHMENT OF GUAM [...] (SBU) On March 17 DCM delivered reftel demarche on GOAJ contributions to the GUAM Secretariat to Deputy Foreign Minister Mahmud Mamadguliyev. Mamadguliyev was not immediately familiar with the issue but promised to look into the matter. HARNISH [...] | 2006-03-24 09:14:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KDEM EAID EUN SNAR PGOV AJ |
06BAKU518 | GUAM SECRETARIAT DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO AZERBAIJAN [...] (SBU) Ambassador delivered ref demarche to Foreign Minister Mammadyarov on March 31. Mammadyarov affirmed Azerbaijan's support for GUAM, telling the Ambassador that the GOAJ wants to see GUAM become a much stronger organization. On the GUAM Information Center, Mammadyarov said that at the G [...] | 2006-04-04 13:16:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KDEM EAID EUN ENRG SNAR PGOV AJ |
06BEIJING19793 | BEIJING-BASED CHIEFS OF MISSION ON WEN JIABAO IN [...] (C) Premier Wen Jiabao told Prime Minister Blair China is gradually reforming its political and administrative structure. UK Ambassador Ehrman said that the two discussed Iran, Lebanon, North Korea, human rights, trade issues and China's economic growth during their London meeting. FM Li Zh [...] | 2006-09-18 09:42:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV AMGT CASC FR GM JA UK EUN CH |
06BEIJING20987 | BEIJING-BASED CHIEFS OF MISSION ON POSSIBLE HU-ABE [...] (C) Hopes are high for a pre-APEC meeting between President Hu Jintao and newly-elected Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, Japanese DCM Shinyichi Nishimiya said. No specific agreements are in place. However, the Japanese viewed Hu's recent acknowledgement that both countries needed to improve relat [...] | 2006-09-29 14:05:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV CH FR GM JA UK EUN |
06BERLIN1025 | DEPUTY ASSISTANT SECRETARY KRAMER'S MEETING IN [...] (C) (Summary) During his visit to Berlin on April 11, Deputy Assistant Secretary David Kramer met with Rolf Nikel, Deputy Director General for Foreign Affairs, Security Policy, and Global Issues at the Chancellery, and Rolf Welberts, Office Director for Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Moldova and [...] | 2006-04-13 15:03:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM CVIS EUN GM BO |
06BERLIN1132 | GERMANY'S GAS IMPORTS FROM RUSSIA: BACKGROUND TO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Energy issues will feature in Chancellor Merkel's agenda for April 26-27 talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Siberia. Recent EU-Gazprom exchanges and German media have played up the emotional side of Russian gas deliveries to the EU. Economics Minister Glos and an al [...] | 2006-04-27 05:00:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EINV PREL PGOV GM RU EUN |
06BERLIN1171 | GERMANY: DEMARCHE ON EU LISTING OF TAMIL TIGERS [...] (C) Global Affairs officer delivered ref A demarche to Anke Reiffenstuhl, desk officer in the German MFA Counterterrorism Office, on April 28. Reiffenstuhl said after the recent developments in Sri Lanka, especially the assassination attempt, Germany is in the process of hardening its policy [...] | 2006-04-28 16:13:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | EUN PGOV PREL PTER KTFN GM |
06BERLIN1342 | Merkel Previews German EU Presidency Agenda [...] SUMMARY: Chancellor Merkel highlighted energy coordination, deregulation, and research investment as key priorities for Germany's EU Presidency next year in two Berlin speeches on May 9 and May 11. However, she described the politically sensitive issue of the EU Constitution as requiring "f [...] | 2006-05-16 14:44:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD ENRG EFIN PGOV ECON PREL EUN GM |
06BERLIN1651 | GERMANY'S 2007 EU PRESIDENCY: THE ENERGY AGENDA [...] (U) SUMMARY: Germany expects to coordinate an ambitious energy initiative for the country's 2007 EU Presidency in the first half of 2007. Germany's EU Presidency will include a kind of "Lisbon Agenda" action plan for EU energy efficiency, use of renewables, and internal market coordination. [...] | 2006-06-16 04:56:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG ETRD PGOV SENV EINV PREL EUN GM |
06BERLIN1803 | Germany and the Airbus Management Squabble [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Pressures on Airbus to re-design its A350 and to resolve production problems with the jumbo A380 have focused German official and press attention on shortcomings in the current Franco-German management of Airbus. Inquiries into insider trading of Airbus shares have increased pre [...] | 2006-06-28 14:55:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ETRD PGOV EINV PREL EUN GM |
06BERLIN3354 | DAS KRAMER'S VISIT TO BERLIN, NOVEMBER 17 [...] (C) (Summary) National Security Advisor Christoph Heusgen, MFA Political Director Michael Schaefer, and other senior German officials discussed Russia, Moldova, Ukraine, Georgia, and Belarus in meetings with DAS Kramer who visited Berlin on November 17. Schaefer and Heusgen argued that we s [...] | 2006-11-22 16:16:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EUN GM RU UP MD GG |
06BERLIN3492 | A/S SILVERBERG'S VISIT TO BERLIN [...] (C) (Summary) A/S Kristen Silverberg met Commissioner for Global Affairs, Peter Wittig, State Secretary Reinhard Silberberg, Deputy National Security Advisor Rolf Nikel, and other German officials and opinion leaders in Berlin on December 4 and 5 to discuss UN policy issues such as Iran, Leba [...] | 2006-12-14 08:08:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | UNHRC UNIFIL UN SU IR LE SY EUN GE |
06BERN2122 | SWISS ELECTORATE REAFFIRMS TIES WITH EU; APPROVES $800 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-11-28 16:16:00 | Embassy Bern | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV EAID EUN SZ |
06BRATISLAVA309 | SLOVAKIA SUPPORTS CHAPTER VII RESOLUTION ON IRAN [...] (C) CDA delivered reftel demarche April 18 to MFA Acting Political Director Stefan Rozkopal, Director for Disarmament, OSCE, and Counter-Terrorism Karol Mistrik, and UNSC Coordinator Marcel Pesko. They affirmed that Slovakia's position is clear: Slovakia supports a strong Chapter VII resol [...] | 2006-04-18 15:59:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AORC EU EUN IAEA KNNP UNSC IR LO |
06BRATISLAVA925 | SLOVAKIA WON'T PUSH TURKEY AWAY FROM EU [...] (C) Per reftel, DCM on 11/27 advocated for Turkey's EU accession process, the Finnish Famagusta-Varosha proposal or a more gradual version, and a moderate alternative EU plan to the Director of the MFA Common Foreign and Security Policy Department Anna Turenicova. DCM also emphasized that Gree [...] | 2006-11-27 15:46:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | EUN NATO TU LO |
06BRUSSELS1075 | EU STILL DEBATING FOLLOW-UP TO IRAQ TRAINING [...] (C) SUMMARY: According to EU interlocutors, the EU is still deliberating on an extension of the EUJUST LEX training mission (for Iraqi police, justice and prison officials),which expires on June 30. While the EU Council Director for Civilian Crisis Management said EU activities would probabl [...] | 2006-03-29 11:54:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PHUM EAID IR EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
06BRUSSELS1128 | CENTRAL ASIA: LOOKING FOR WAYS TO ADD SUBSTANCE TO [...] (C) Summary: Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan are both trying to add "more substance" to their respective relationships with the EU by broaching the idea of extending the European Neighborhood Policy (ENP) to their countries. Kyrgyzstan plans to propose a draft Action Plan, similar to those the EU n [...] | 2006-04-03 09:55:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ZK EAID ENRG EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
06BRUSSELS1133 | GEORGIAN EXPECTATIONS FOR ITS ACTION PLAN [...] (C) Summary: According to Georgian Mission to the EU, Georgia wants several deliverables out of negotiations with the EU on its European Neighborhood Policy (ENP) Action Plan. First, Georgia wants its Action Plan to be a three-year document rather than a five-year document; the EU is currentl [...] | 2006-04-03 13:28:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ENRG ETRD GG EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
06BRUSSELS1153 | EU OFFICIALS PREVIEW MAY 24 EU-RUSSIA SUMMIT FOR [...] (C) Summary: In meetings March 23 with visiting EUR/RUS Director Warlick, EU officials said their overall expectations for the May 24 EU-Russia Summit are low. The sides will begin discussions/negotiations on a successor framework document to replace the existing EU-Russia Partnership and Coo [...] | 2006-04-04 15:55:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL RS XH EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
06BRUSSELS1154 | EUR/RUS DIRECTOR WARLICK DISCUSSES ENERGY [...] (C) Summary: The European Commission has three main priorities with Russia on energy: 1) Russian ratification of the Energy Charter Treaty; 2) third-party access to Russian pipelines and; 3) a reduction in state interference in the oil and gas sector. On Belarus, Russian officials have told t [...] | 2006-04-04 16:06:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ENRG EPET RS XH EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
06BRUSSELS1165 | BOSNIA WAR CRIMES CHAMBER CONFERENCE: 9.25 [...] (SBU) A March 31 conference in Brussels on the Bosnia judicial system raised 9.25 million euros for the War Crimes Chamber (WCC) for 2007-09. BiH PM Terzic and BiH finance and justice ministers presented the case for additional funding needs and noted that the cost of trying cases in BiH's sy [...] | 2006-04-05 14:23:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EAID PHUM BK EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
06BRUSSELS1166 | BURMA'S HUMANITARIAN SITUATION DETERIORATING: EU [...] (SBU) Summary. The 2006 Burma/Myanmar Forum, sponsored by the European Institute for Asian Studies (EIAS),focused on the deteriorating humanitarian situation in Burma. NGOs, international organizations, academics and government officials outlined the reasons for increased displacement in 20 [...] | 2006-04-05 16:15:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PHUM PREL EAID BM TH EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
06BRUSSELS1175 | HAMAS LIKELY TO DOMINATE MEETING OF EU FOREIGN [...] (C) Judith Gebetsroithner, an advisor to External Relations Commission Ferrero-Waldner, told us April 6 that discussion of Hamas would likely be the main issue for EU Foreign Ministers to tackle at their monthly meeting (GAERC) in Luxembourg April 10. Gebetsroithner noted that member states [...] | 2006-04-06 15:35:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID PHUM KPAL BO UP XF EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
06BRUSSELS1435 | EU JHA COUNCIL FOCUSES ON VISA FEES, [...] EU Justice and Home Affairs Ministers (JHA Council) on April 27 agreed to raise the price of Schengen visas from EUR 35 to 60, while allowing for more favorable treatment of EU neighbors. "Countries with a European perspective" are eligible for reduced rates if they sign readmission agreement [...] | 2006-04-28 14:25:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS PREL PREF SMIG EAID KCRM EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
06BRUSSELS1452 | EU COUNCIL AGREES ON "ROME II" REGULATION [...] EU Justice and Home Affairs Ministers (JHA Council) on April 28 agreed on rules intended to ensure that courts in all EU member states apply the same law in the event of cross-border disputes on non-contractual obligations (Rome II). The Council also reached consensus on a Framework Decision [...] | 2006-05-02 15:23:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PTER KJUS EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
06BRUSSELS1502 | COMMISSION OFFICIAL: BULGARIA AND ROMANIA LIKELY [...] (C) European Commission Unit Head for Bulgaria and Romania Timo Summa told us May 3 that Bulgaria and Romania will almost certainly join the EU in 2007, as 2008 "is no longer an option politically." Summa noted that the Commission likely will recommend safeguards for each country. The EU h [...] | 2006-05-04 16:10:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL BU RO EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
06BRUSSELS19 | INTRODUCING THE EU VI: EVER-WIDER UNION: [...] Enlargement is one of the EU's "most successful policies" and "a powerful foreign policy tool" for extending a zone of peace and democracy across the European continent. The conditions for joining and the various stages of the accession process, as outlined below, allow for little flexibilit [...] | 2006-01-04 15:27:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV EAID EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
06BRUSSELS409 | EU ON AMIS REHATTING: BRUSSELS DONOR CONFERENCE? [...] (C) Summary. The EU agrees that AMIS rehatting to a UN peacekeeping operation should happen as soon as possible. Because of funding constraints, both the AU and the UN need to make important decisions this month. The UN has urged the Commission to host a donor conference in Brussels. While [...] | 2006-02-06 15:49:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PREF DPKO EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
06BRUSSELS4113 | MANDELSON PUSHES EU'S LABOR AND TRADE [...] SUMMARY. EU Trade Commissioner Mandelson keeps pushing for the inclusion and development of a social dimension in trade policy instruments and policies. Speaking at a Brussels conference last week, Mandelson pressed the EU Council to adopt the withdrawal of GSP benefits from Belarus. He al [...] | 2006-12-13 15:55:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB ETRD ILO PREL PGOV BM IN BO EUN |
06BRUSSELS4121 | EU SUMMIT TO ISSUE TOUGH MESSAGE TO IRAN [...] EU Foreign Ministers will prepare a tough declaration on Iran and the Middle East for European leaders to approve at their December 15 summit in Brussels, according to Jesper Hostrup, Principal Administrator and Iran Coordinator in the European Commission,s Directorate General for External Re [...] | 2006-12-13 18:22:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | EUN IR KDEM PGOV PREL |
06BRUSSELS429 | EU OFFICIALS AGREE ON NEED TO BUILD MOMENTUM ON [...] (C) European Commission and Parliament officials agreed with visiting DAS Bryza February 6-7 on the need to build on the momentum created by Turkish FM Gul's recent proposal on opening Turkish and Northern Cypriot ports. The EU officials noted that Turkey could not open its ports to Cypriot v [...] | 2006-02-08 14:52:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID CY GR TU EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
06BRUSSELS442 | MIGRATION MANAGEMENT: REGIONAL APPROACH FOR EU AND [...] (U) Summary. At a ministerial conference held on January 24-25, EU officials and counterparts from eastern and south neighbors launched the "Vienna Process" to improve migration management via a structured, regional dialogue and a joint program of action. Major themes of the conference -- whi [...] | 2006-02-09 11:26:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | SMIG PREL KCRM PREF PHUM ELAB EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
06BRUSSELS456 | COMMISSION ARGUES FOR LIFTING CURBS ON [...] SUMMARY. The EU Commission released its analysis of the impact of workers from Central and Eastern European countries on the labor markets of the "old" member states. The report listed arguments against restrictions to the free movement of workers imposed in 2004 by most of the "old" EU me [...] | 2006-02-10 06:05:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB ECON EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
06BRUSSELS472 | MESSAGE ON LATIN AMERICA RESONATES WITH EU [...] (C) SUMMARY: During his recent visit to Brussels, WHA A/S Shannon's message that the U.S. was seeking partners in promoting the Summit of the Americas agenda for the hemisphere resonated strongly with EU officials, including EU HighRep Javier Solana. On Venezuela, the EU said it would continu [...] | 2006-02-10 17:16:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON ETRD EAID VE BL CU POGV EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
06BRUSSELS491 | FOLLOW-UP ON BHUTANESE REFUGEE DEMARCHE TO EC [...] (SBU) PRM Assistant received feedback from the European Commission, DG RELEX India/Bhutan/Nepal Desk Officer, Rensje Teerink, on the February 2 courtesy visit between the Benita Ferrero-Walder, Commissioner for External Affairs, and Bhutan's Foreign Minister, Lyonpo Khandu Wangchuk which was p [...] | 2006-02-13 14:52:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | BT IN NP PREF EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
06BRUSSELS504 | DRC: HUMANITARIAN ACTION PLAN LAUNCHED BY UN AND EU [...] (U) Summary. At the launch of the Humanitarian Action Plan (HAP) for the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) on February 13, the UN and EU called on donors to fund 330 projects worth almost $682 million that will benefit 60 million people in 2006. In a taped address to the Ministerial Confere [...] | 2006-02-14 16:24:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PHUM PREL PGOV EAID EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
06BRUSSELS508 | EUROPEAN COMMISION AND U.S. WORK TOWARD PROGRESS [...] (U) SUMMARY: Assistant Secretary Jendayi Fraser met in Brussels on January 26 with European Commission (EC) Director General for DG Development Stefano Manservisi to discuss the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC),Sudan, Chad and the Horn of Africa. Mutual perspectives and targeted assist [...] | 2006-02-15 07:30:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EAID XA EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
06BRUSSELS509 | EUROPEAN COUNCIL AFRICA TASK FORCE COMMITS TO [...] (C) Vervaeke initiated the discussion by noting the European Union (EU) had received a letter from the UN, requesting EU support for a flexible "rapid reaction" force to assist, if needed, to ensure electoral stability in DRC. Vervaeke indicated the UN request lacked specificity, but that the [...] | 2006-02-15 07:33:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EAID XA EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
06BRUSSELS524 | SECSTATE LEGAL ADVISER ON WAR ON TERROR [...] (C) SUMMARY: Secstate Legal Adviser John Bellinger met with a comprehensive array of EU interlocutors in Brussels on February 7-8 to discuss U.S. views on the legal framework for the war on terrorism. He stressed that U.S. decisions on how to deal with an unprecedented global terrorist threat h [...] | 2006-02-15 17:13:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PHUM EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
06BRUSSELS557 | EC 2006 FUNDING FOR UNRWA, PALESTINIAN REFUGEES [...] (SBU) Summary. The EC plans to maintain its funding level to assist Palestinian refugees through UNRWA at 100 million euros in 2006. Support to UNRWA represents over a third of EC assistance to Palestinians. The EC may earmark a portion of its contribution to UNRWA's general fund. End Summa [...] | 2006-02-17 14:12:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL EAID EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
06BRUSSELS685 | THE EUROPEAN UNION ON REHATTING AMIS [...] (U) This is a corrected copy of Brussels 679. See para 4. 2. (C) Summary. While the EU favors rehatting, they believe Konare is seeking alternative sources of funding for the AMIS mission from the North African states in order to reduce or eliminate the role of other donors. There is growing [...] | 2006-03-01 15:03:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SU KPKO EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
06BRUSSELS707 | EUR DAS KRAMER DISCUSSES RUSSIA, UKRAINE, MOLDOVA, [...] (C) Summary: On February 22, EUR DAS David Kramer held COEST Troika consultations with the EU on Russia, Ukraine, Moldova, and Belarus. On Russia, the EU agrees that a combative Russia feels it is in an increasingly strengthened position. The European Commission viewed the "creeping reasserti [...] | 2006-03-03 09:20:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL RS MD UP EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
06BRUSSELS716 | EUROPEAN COMMISSION: WILLING TO SUPPORT BIH WAR [...] No summary [...] | 2006-03-03 12:26:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREL PGOV BK EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
06BRUSSELS743 | EU CONSTITUTION AND ENLARGEMENT: PROSPECTS FOR [...] (C) Pundits and politicians have claimed that the EU Constitution is everything from dead to simply waiting for the European Council in June for resuscitation. Cries of a "crisis" in the EU following the French and Dutch referenda are overstated; the EU is functioning, even if it is not meet [...] | 2006-03-06 10:28:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
06BRUSSELS774 | U.S. AND EU DISCUSS W. BALKANS [...] (C) EUR/SCE Director English met in Brussels March 1 with EU and Austrian Presidency officials to discuss the Western Balkans. EU officials characterized U.S.-EU cooperation on the Balkans as "excellent." English noted how EU accession prospects continue to serve as a major catalyst for refo [...] | 2006-03-07 09:57:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID ZL EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
06BRUSSELS775 | EU ENLARGEMENT OFFICIAL ON W. BALKANS [...] (C) Heather Grabbe, Advisor to Enlargement Commissioner Rehn, and visiting EUR/SCE Director Charles English reviewed the Western Balkans March 1 (English's meeting with EU COWEB Troika reported septel). Grabbe said EU FMs, at their informal "Gymnich" meeting in Salzburg March 10-11, would re [...] | 2006-03-07 10:04:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID ZL EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
06BRUSSELS791 | LEVERAGING EU ASSISTANCE FOR US FOREIGN POLICY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: President Bush's historic visit to Brussels in February 2005 has been followed by increased US-European cooperation on a range of political and security issues. An important component of that cooperation is greater synergy between US and EU approaches to development and humani [...] | 2006-03-08 10:55:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON KDEM PREF PREL KMCA EUN UN USEU BRUSSELS |
06BRUSSELS800 | U.S.-EU TROIKA ON HUMAN RIGHTS, FEBRUARY 16, 2006 [...] (C) SUMMARY. The U.S.-EU Troika on Human Rights (COHOM),held February 16 in Brussels, provided an important forum for in-depth discussions, but no agreement on what kind of Commission on Human Rights (CHR) meeting might take place should UN agreement on the Human Rights Council (HRC) not be [...] | 2006-03-08 14:34:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL CH IR CU BL VE XR EUN UN USEU BRUSSELS |
06BRUSSELS835 | CENTRAL DUBLIN GROUP MEETING: FEBRUARY 2006 [...] Summary. During its February 22 meeting, the members of the Central Dublin Group (DG) reviewed regional reports from Northern Africa (submitted by Spain),Africa (France),the Caribbean (France),Central America (US),South America (Spain),as well as an interim report from the June 2005 mee [...] | 2006-03-10 15:03:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID KCRM PREL SNAR EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
06BRUSSELS864 | U.S.-EU COUNTERTERRORISM AND JHA AFFAIRS: [...] Summary: The U.S. Mission to the European Union (USEU) will sponsor a two-day conference in Brussels for U.S. officers at posts in the EUR region on U.S. counterterrorism policy in Europe and Eurasia and critical issues in the area of Justice and Home Affairs (JHA). The conference will open [...] | 2006-03-13 15:03:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM KJUS PREL PTER CVIS EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
06BRUSSELS886 | EU "GYMNICH" MEETING: FUTURE OF W. BALKANS IS IN [...] (C) EU foreign ministers, in their informal "Gymnich" formation, met with their Balkan and Turkish counterparts in Salzburg March 11, issuing a joint press statement that reaffirmed the European perspective for the region but noted that the EU's absorption capacity has to be taken into accoun [...] | 2006-03-14 15:08:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM ETRD ZL EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
06BRUSSELS899 | EU PUSHING FOR MORE DIALOGUE ON ASIA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Assistant Secretary of State for East Asia and Pacific Affairs Chris Hill met with EU Foreign Policy Advisor Robert Cooper during a brief stop-over in Brussels February 17. Hill's perspective on key developments in DPRK, China, Burma and Indonesia were well-received by a fully [...] | 2006-03-15 17:18:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR XE EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
06BRUSSELS919 | MOLDOVA'S EU AMBASSADOR ON EU/MOLDOVA RELATIONS [...] (C) Summary: According to Moldovan Ambassador to the EU Eugen Carpov, Moldova has four main issues to address in its relations with the EU. First, Moldova is drafting an internal report on the status of the first year of implementation of its European Neighborhood Policy (ENP) Action Plan wit [...] | 2006-03-16 16:03:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MD XH EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
06BRUSSELS928 | GAERC: WAITING ON HAMAS GOVERNMENT, LIKELY TO [...] (C) A Commission official told us March 17 that she expects no movement on WTO and heavy criticism of Belarus to dominate the March 20 GAERC. EU Foreign Ministers will review how to handle Hamas, given rumors that Hamas could name the personnel it wants in a government over the March 18-19 w [...] | 2006-03-17 13:52:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON KPAL BO ZL EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
06BRUSSELS934 | U.S.-EUROPEAN CT AND JHA AFFAIRS: CONFERENCE [...] Summary: The U.S. Mission to the European Union (USEU) will sponsor a two-day conference in Brussels for U.S. officers at posts in the EUR region on U.S. counterterrorism policy in Europe and Eurasia and critical issues in the area of Justice and Home Affairs (JHA). The conference will open [...] | 2006-03-17 14:30:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM KJUS PREL PTER CVIS EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
06BRUSSELS942 | EU RESPONSE: SUDAN - ACCELERATING UNSC ACTION ON [...] (C) Summary. The EU agrees with the U.S. interpretation that the three components of the AU decision of March 10 regarding the transition of AMIS are not interlinked. However, the EU is concerned that UN Assistant Secretary Annabi may perceive a linkage. EU Special Representative Pekka Haavis [...] | 2006-03-17 16:04:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SOCI KPKO SU EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
06BRUSSELS975 | EU FOREIGN MINISTERS DISCUSS HAMAS, BELARUS, OTHER [...] (U) EU foreign ministers, meeting in Brussels March 20, agreed with the preliminary conclusions of the OSCE/ODIHR that the Belarusian elections were "severely flawed." FMs reportedly discussed Hamas' proposed list of cabinet members but did not issue a substantive statement on Hamas. Rather [...] | 2006-03-21 13:47:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETRD EAID KPAL BO XF ZL EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
06BRUSSELS988 | U.S.-EUROPEAN CT AND JHA AFFAIRS: CONFERENCE [...] Summary: This cable is being retransmitted to ensure it is received by all posts in the EUR region. The U.S. Mission to the European Union (USEU) will sponsor a two-day conference in Brussels for U.S. officers at posts in the EUR region on U.S. counterterrorism policy in Europe and Eurasia [...] | 2006-03-22 08:14:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS KCRM KJUS PREL PTER XG EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
06BUCHAREST1808 | STABILITY PACT MEETINGS IN BUCHAREST FOCUS ON [...] (SBU) The November 15-16 meetings in Bucharest of the Stability Pact for South East Europe saw continued progress toward shifting the Pact's program of regional cooperation initiatives to the responsibility of regional governments under the umbrella of the South East Europe Cooperation Proces [...] | 2006-12-04 13:43:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON ETRD EUN PREL BK BU GR HR MD MI |
06BUDAPEST1024 | HUNGARY: RESPONSE TO FOLLOW-UP DEMARCHE ON EU [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel points and background to Erno Bohar, Director General of the MFA's Fifth Territorial District on May 15. Bohar told Poloff that the MFA does not plan to have a response until May 18. Post will report response septel. 2. (U) Visit Embassy Budapest's classified [...] | 2006-05-16 06:46:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EUN CE HU |
06BUDAPEST1127 | HUNGARY: FINAL RESPONSE TO EU TAMIL TIGERS [...] No summary [...] | 2006-05-26 09:44:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EUN CE HU |
06BUENOSAIRES886 | ARGENTINA ON PRESSURING IRAN [...] (C) Ambassador, accompanied by POLOFF, met with FM Jorge Taiana April 18 to discuss reftel points and asked for Argentina's support for a strong Chapter VII resolution requiring Iran to comply with the steps called for in the UNSC Presidential Statement and in past IAEA Board of Governor resol [...] | 2006-04-19 14:17:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AORC EUN IAEA KNNP UNSC IR AR |
06COPENHAGEN1555 | DANES WANT TO AVOID "TRAIN WRECK" ON TURKISH EU [...] (C) Summary: Denmark agrees that the current row over Turkish relations with Cyprus should not be allowed to result in Turkey's exclusion from the EU accession process, Danish MFA Director for EU Enlargement Lars Bo Moller declared to us November 22, even as the Danish government maintains that [...] | 2006-11-22 11:38:00 | Embassy Copenhagen | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EUN TU CY DA |
06DARESSALAAM640 | TANZANIA GIVES IRAN BENEFIT OF THE DOUBT [...] (S) SUMMARY. Charge delivered reftel demarche regarding increasing diplomatic pressure on Iran to Ambassador Liberatta Mulamula, Director of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Multilateral Division, on April 18, 2006. The Government of Tanzania (GOT) is waiting for the International Atomic Ener [...] | 2006-04-19 16:41:00 | Embassy Dar Es Salaam | SECRET | PREL AORC EU EUN IAEA KNNP UNSD IR TZ |
06DARESSALAAM641 | TANZANIA GIVES IRAN BENEFIT OF THE DOUBT [...] (S) SUMMARY. Charge delivered reftel demarche regarding increasing diplomatic pressure on Iran to Ambassador Liberatta Mulamula, Director of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Multilateral Division, on April 18, 2006. The Government of Tanzania (GOT) is waiting for the International Atomic Ener [...] | 2006-04-19 16:42:00 | Embassy Dar Es Salaam | SECRET | PREL AORC EU EUN IAEA KNNP UNSD IR TZ |
06DOHA616 | INCREASING DIPLOMATIC PRESSURE ON IRAN: QATAR'S [...] (S) Ambassador delivered ref A message to Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Ahmed al-Mahmoud April 18. Al-Mahmoud said that, as he told U/S Joseph during his recent visit (ref B),Qatar is in a "difficult position." He said Qatar's main interest is to resolve the crisis peacefully so that [...] | 2006-04-20 12:03:00 | Embassy Doha | SECRET | PREL AORC EU EUN IAEA KNNP UNSC IR QA |
06DUBLIN270 | IRELAND: EU COMMON CHARGING SCHEME FOR ANS SHOULD [...] The EUROCONTROL draft regulation on the Common Charging Scheme for Air Navigation Services (ANS) is evolving toward a version that would protect exemptions of state aircraft from ANS fees, according to Fintan Towey, Department of Transport Principal Officer for Aviation Security, to whom embof [...] | 2006-03-14 15:26:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR MARR MOPS PREL NATO EUN |
06DUBLIN275 | BELARUS: IRELAND SUPPORTS U.S.-EU COORDINATION, [...] (SBU) Ireland agrees strongly with U.S. points on the continuing importance of U.S.-EU coordination in the run-up to, and aftermath of, the March 19 presidential election in Belarus, according to Ruadhri Dowling, Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) First Secretary for Russia and Eastern Europe [...] | 2006-03-15 14:52:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KDEM PGOV EUN BO EI |
06DUBLIN277 | PRE-GAERC RESPONSE: IRELAND NOT CONSIDERING BALKAN [...] (C) Summary: On March 15, Post delivered ref A and B demarche points to Jim Kelly, Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) EU Correspondent. Regarding the Balkans, Kelly said that Member States would respect the electorate's chosen outcome in the Montenegrin referendum, but had not begun to deve [...] | 2006-03-16 17:20:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON ETRD EUN YI MW SR BK BO IR |
06DUBLIN314 | IRELAND SUPPORTS VISA BAN ON LUKASHENKA [...] (C) Ireland supports an extended visa/travel ban on Lukashenka and other officials associated with the fraudulent March 19 Belarusian elections, in line with discussions at the March 24 EU leaders meeting, according to Conleth Brady, acting Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Desk Officer for [...] | 2006-03-28 11:19:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM CVIS EUN BO EI |
06DUBLIN335 | IRELAND SHARES USG CONCERNS ON MICROSOFT [...] No summary [...] | 2006-03-30 14:57:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD KIPR EUN EI |
06DUBLIN374 | GAERC: IRELAND STILL AVERSE TO BELARUS SANCTIONS [...] (C) Summary: On April 6, Post delivered reftels' demarche points to Jim Kelly, Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) EU Correspondent. Kelly noted Ireland's support for the April 10 GAERC's likely approval of an expanded visa ban against Belarusian officials culpable in the fraudulent March 19 [...] | 2006-04-07 17:15:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PTER OPRC EUN ECON ETRD SOCI EI |
06DUBLIN420 | POST NOMINATION FOR USEU COUNTERTERRORISM/JHA CONFERENCE [...] No summary [...] | 2006-04-19 17:07:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED | EUN KCRM PREL PTER CVIS EI KJUS |
06DUBLIN455 | POST NOMINATION FOR USEU COUNTERTERRORISM/JHA [...] No summary [...] | 2006-04-26 15:14:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED | EUN KCRM KJUS PREL PTER CVIS EI |
06DUBLIN500 | IRELAND SUPPORTS LTTE DESIGNATION, BUT DOUBTFUL ON [...] (C) On May 4 emboff delivered reftel points to Department of Foreign Affairs Asia and Oceania Deputy Director James McIntyre and UN/Terrorism and Illicit Drugs section First Secretary Maurice Biggar. McIntyre said that Ireland shares SIPDIS USG concern over the deteriorating situation in Sr [...] | 2006-05-05 11:50:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | EUN PGOV PREL CE EI |
06DUBLIN529 | IRISH HESITANT BUT OPEN TO TERRORIST SCREENING [...] (C) On May 11, emboff met to discuss reftel matters with Irish Department of Foreign Affairs Assistant Secretary for Consular Affairs Ray Bassett and Department of Justice Head of Division Michael Walsh. Bassett and Walsh initially met with hesitation emboff's proposal to establish a Framework [...] | 2006-05-12 11:27:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | CVIS PTER PINR PGOV PREL EUN EI |
06DUBLIN530 | PRE-GAERC DEMARCHE: GOI EXPECTS PRELIMINARY [...] (C) Summary: On May 11, Post delivered ref A pre-GAERC demarche to Jim Kelly, Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) EU correspondent, and, on May 12, further discussed ref A's Iran points with Stephen Dawson, DFA First Secretary for the Middle East and North Africa. Dawson expected GAERC minis [...] | 2006-05-12 15:21:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM UN EUN MW SR BO IR IZ CG SU LI |
06DUBLIN555 | PUBLIC DEBATE ON RENDITION AND SHANNON CONTINUES [...] (SBU) Summary: A May 9 seminar on rendition and torture hosted by Amnesty International Irish Section and the Irish Centre for Human Rights focused on the USG's use of Shannon Airport and the CIA's alleged practice of leasing civilian planes to circumvent authorities. Debate at the seminar hi [...] | 2006-05-18 17:08:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM EUN EAIR KTIA EI MARR MOPS |
06DUBLIN668 | GAERC: IRELAND HOPES FOR POSITIVE OUTCOME TO [...] (C) Summary: On June 8, Post delivered reftel points to Jim Kelly, Department of Foreign Affairs EU Correspondent. Kelly stated that Montenegro will highlight the discussions on the Balkans and that he believes the EU will welcome the Montenegrin Parliament's expected declaration of independe [...] | 2006-06-09 18:29:00 | Embassy Dublin | SECRET | PREL PHUM PTER EUN ECON ETRD SOCI EI |
06DUBLIN779 | IRELAND AGREES WITH UN REFORM DRAFT RESOLUTION [...] No summary [...] | 2006-06-30 15:54:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT AORC EU EUN PREL UNGA EI |
06DUBLIN839 | PRE-GAERC DEMARCHE: IRELAND CALLS FOR MIDDLE EAST [...] (C) Summary: The Irish Government recognizes Israel's right to self-defense, though not at the expense of Palestinian and Lebanese civilians, according to Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) EU Correspondent Jim Kelly, to whom emboffs delivered refs A-C demarches. Kelly cited a July 13 state [...] | 2006-07-14 16:40:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNAUS EUN YI MW SR BO IR IZ KPAL SU |
06DUBLIN903 | IRELAND MAINTAINS CONCERNS ON BURMA BUT WILL NOT [...] (C) On August 1, emboff delivered reftel points to Irish Department of Foreign Affairs Asia Section First Secretary James McIntyre. McIntyre said that the GOI would not ask the EU Presidency to withdraw or downgrade their invitation for Burma to attend the September Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) [...] | 2006-08-02 12:41:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM FI BU EUN EI |
06DUBLIN98 | PRE-GAERC DEMARCHE: IRELAND URGES CALM ON HAMAS, [...] (C) Summary: On January 26, Post delivered reftel points to Jim Kelly, Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) European Correspondent, and Siobhan Coyne, DFA Deputy European Correspondent. The GOI, said Kelly, regards the Iranian regime's behavior as unacceptable and supports the EU-3's intent [...] | 2006-01-27 15:27:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EUN EI |
06FLORENCE12 | APPROACHES TO ECONOMIC STAGNATION IN ITALY'S CENTER-NORTH: A [...] Summary. Italian business associations from the Emilia-Romagna and Tuscany regions report a slowdown in traditional manufacturing industry output and a decline in earnings for regional producers. Local observers attribute this stagnation to a decrease in competitiveness of Italian products [...] | 2006-01-24 11:57:00 | Consulate Florence | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ELAB ETRD EFIN IT EUN |
06FLORENCE24 | TIP 2005 REPORT FOR SAN MARINO [...] (SBU) Following is Congen Florence TIP report for the Republic of San Marino: Overview: San Marino is not a country of origin for international trafficking of persons, nor is it a country of transit or destination of such persons. According to Government officials, there has not been a [...] | 2006-03-01 09:04:00 | Consulate Florence | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB SM EUN HUMAN RIGHTS |
06FLORENCE27 | ARAB-APPALACHIAN FUSION MUSIC CONCERTS [...] On the first week of March 2006, the U.S. Consulate General in Florence organized three fusion music concerts in Colle Val D'Elsa (Siena),Bologna and Modena, targeting local Muslim communities, high school and university students, authorities and representatives from local community inst [...] | 2006-03-09 11:05:00 | Consulate Florence | UNCLASSIFIED | OEXC OPRC SCUL EUN |
06HELSINKI1003 | FINLAND: DAS BRYZA'S MEETING WITH FM TUOMIOJA AND [...] (C) Summary: In Helsinki Sept. 27, DAS Bryza encouraged the Finnish Presidency to implement its plan for helping the EU and Turkey move forward on Cyprus, and stressed that all US efforts on this issue aim to support the Finnish EU Presidency's own initiative. Finnish FM Tuomioja welcomed the [...] | 2006-10-02 11:25:00 | Embassy Helsinki | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EUN FI CY GR TU |
06HELSINKI1032 | CUBA TRANSITION COORDINATOR MCCARRY'S DISCUSSIONS [...] (C) Summary: Cuba Transition Coordinator Caleb McCarry delivered well-received messages in Helsinki Sept. 29, emphasizing that change is imminent and that Europe and the United States have a historic opportunity to help foster a transition to democracy on the island. Finnish EU Presidency offi [...] | 2006-10-11 13:43:00 | Embassy Helsinki | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ETRD CU FI EUN |
06HELSINKI1058 | PUTIN AT THE OCT. 20 EU HEADS OF GOVERNMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: The October 20 EU Heads of State or Government Informals will feature two main components: (1) the informal EU leaders' sessions, where principals will discuss migration, Darfur, innovation and energy; and (2) a dinner with Russian President Putin, which will focus on energy issue [...] | 2006-10-17 13:30:00 | Embassy Helsinki | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM ENRG ETRD PGOV EUN MOPS FI RU SU |
06HELSINKI1064 | THE VIEW FROM HELSINKI: PREPARING FOR THE HIGH [...] (SBU) Because of their long-held interest in climate change and related issues, and their keen interest in launching this dialogue during their Presidency to find areas of common ground for the US and EU, the Finns asserted themselves with the Commission in a manner we have not seen on other i [...] | 2006-10-20 05:12:00 | Embassy Helsinki | CONFIDENTIAL | SENV ENRG EUN FI |
06HELSINKI1073 | A READ-OUT ON THE EU-INDIA SUMMIT [...] (SBU) Emboffs met Oct. 18 with Johan Schalin, Prime Minister Matti Vanhanen's Special Advisor for Foreign Affairs. Schalin offered the following tidbits from the Oct. 12-13 EU-India Summit: Joint Action Plan and a Bilateral Trade Agreement --------------------------------------------- ---- [...] | 2006-10-20 11:08:00 | Embassy Helsinki | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ENRG PGOV EUN ETRD FI IN |
06HELSINKI1088 | ENERGY, IMMIGRATION, AND INNOVATION: EU HEADS OF [...] (U) The EU Heads of State or Government on 20 October met in Lahti, Finland to discuss external energy relations, immigration, and technological innovation. In press statements throughout the day, the Finnish EU presidency sought to portray the EU as united on these difficult issues, but publ [...] | 2006-10-26 11:22:00 | Embassy Helsinki | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG ETRD EUN FI MOPS PGOV PHUM PREL SU |
06HELSINKI1092 | CORRECTED COPY: ENERGY, IMMIGRATION, AND [...] (U) Summary: The EU Heads of State or Government on 20 October met in Lahti, Finland to discuss external energy relations, immigration, and technological innovation. In press statements throughout the day, the Finnish EU presidency sought to portray the EU as united on these difficult issues, [...] | 2006-10-27 12:24:00 | Embassy Helsinki | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG ETRD EUN FI MOPS PGOV PHUM PREL SU |
06HELSINKI1093 | PUTIN IN LAHTI: MAKING FRIENDS AND INFLUENCING [...] (U) Summary: Russian President Vladimir Putin was the guest of honor at a dinner following the EU Heads of State or Government summit in Lahti on October 20. The leaders were also joined by Finnish President Halonen who has faced criticism for inviting Putin at all. Prime Minister Vanhanen t [...] | 2006-10-30 06:40:00 | Embassy Helsinki | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM FI MOPS ENRG ETRD EUN RU |
06HELSINKI1112 | EU-RUSSIA JHA PERMANENT PARTNERSHIP COUNCIL READOUT [...] The EU-Russia Permanent Partnership Council on Justice and Home Affairs met in Helsinki on 30 October. The Finnish Minister of Justice Luhtanen and Minister of the Interior Rajamaki represented the Presidency, German Minister of Justice Zypries and Minister of the Interior Schauble represented [...] | 2006-11-01 06:45:00 | Embassy Helsinki | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KJUS PHUM PTER EUN FI RU |
06HELSINKI1131 | EU-RUSSIA SUMMIT: PREPARATIONS UNDERWAY [...] (C) SUMMARY: POLOFF on 6 November met with Finnish MFA Counselor for Russia Paivi Laine to discuss the Nov. 3 EU-Russia foreign affairs PPC and preparations for the EU-Russia summit on 24 November. The PPC had "gone well" and Northern Dimension preparations are "on track"; however, the Presi [...] | 2006-11-07 09:07:00 | Embassy Helsinki | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EUN PGOV ETRD ENRG PL FI RU |
06HELSINKI1137 | U.S.-EU HIGH LEVEL DIALOGUE ON CLIMATE CHANGE, [...] At the first-ever High Level Dialogue on Climate Change, Clean Energy and Sustainable Development (HLD) October 24-25 in Helsinki, the U.S. and EU agreed to strengthen bilateral efforts in areas including clean coal, carbon sequestration, energy efficiency, renewables, methane recovery, and b [...] | 2006-11-07 12:50:00 | Embassy Helsinki | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV ENRG TRGY TSPL ELTN EUN EPET FI |
06HELSINKI1148 | AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH PM VANHANEN [...] (C) Ambassador Ware met with Prime Minister Matti Vanhanen Nov.8. Fresh from having recently hosted the EU-Ukraine Summit and the EU Heads of State/Government informals in Lahti (which included dinner with Russian President Putin),Vanhanen provided additional insights on Putin's Russia; ener [...] | 2006-11-09 14:41:00 | Embassy Helsinki | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM ETRD ENRG EUN FI RU UP |
06HELSINKI1173 | DAS KRAMER AND FINNISH DG ESKELINEN DISCUSS [...] (SBU) Summary: Deputy Assistant Secretary David Kramer on 15 November met with Finnish Director General Eskelinen and other foreign ministry staff to discuss U.S. consultations around the G-8 Political Directors' meeting in Moscow and Finnish preparations for the upcoming EU-Russia summit on 24 [...] | 2006-11-21 14:26:00 | Embassy Helsinki | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ENRG RU FI EUN BO MD PL UP |
06HELSINKI1176 | FINLAND TO SUPPORT U.S. POSITION ON LRIT AT IMO,S [...] (SBU) Econoff delivered reftel demarche on the International Maritime Organization,s (IMO) Maritime Safety Committee meeting (MSC) to Captain Paavo Wihuri, Director of Maritime Safety at the Finnish Maritime Administration. Captain Wihuri will also be leading the eight person Finnish delegatio [...] | 2006-11-22 14:37:00 | Embassy Helsinki | CONFIDENTIAL | EWWT KTIA AORC PREL ECPS IMO INMARSAT EUN FI |
06HELSINKI1193 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: UNIFIED APPROACH TO [...] (SBU) On 29 November, DCM delivered demarche to Finnish Foreign Ministry Political Director Pilvi-Sisko Vierros Villeneuve. Vierros Villeneuve welcomed US points on Georgia and agreed that maintaining US-EU unity is crucial. 2. (C) On Moldova, Vierros Villeneuve also fully agreed on the ne [...] | 2006-11-30 13:08:00 | Embassy Helsinki | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EUN NATO OSCE MO GG RU |
06HELSINKI1198 | EU DECISION ON AVIATION EMISSIONS TRADING SET FOR [...] (SBU) Econoff delivered reftel demarche on the EU,s proposal to include international emissions from non-EU air carriers in its Emission Trading Scheme to Anna Wickstrom-Noejgaard and Anu Pulkkinen, both from the North America Unit of the Finnish Ministry for Foreign Affairs. Contacts were unw [...] | 2006-12-01 13:39:00 | Embassy Helsinki | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECON SENV EUN FI |
06HELSINKI1199 | ENERGY FROM THE EAST: FINNISH RELIANCE ON RUSSIAN [...] (C) Summary: Gasum, Finland,s sole supplier of natural gas, has managed to settle into a peaceful coexistence with its notorious Russian partner Gazprom. Although totally dependent on Gazprom for 100 percent of its supply, Gasum ensures stability through long-term contracts with Gazprom which [...] | 2006-12-01 14:47:00 | Embassy Helsinki | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET ETRD EUN FI RS |
06HELSINKI1200 | FINNISH POLDIR ON EU'S NEXT STEPS IN THE MIDDLE [...] (C) Summary: The Finnish EU Presidency has emerged from the Nov. 27-28 EUROMED Ministerial with a decidedly upbeat impression of both the substance and the atmospherics surrounding the EU's discussions with Israel, the Palestinians and other Middle Eastern stakeholders. MFA Political Director [...] | 2006-12-04 07:59:00 | Embassy Helsinki | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MOPS EUN FI IS |
06HELSINKI1209 | GAERC - FINNISH RESPONSE [...] (U) PolChief delivered December GAERC demarche to Finnish EU Correspondent Jarno Syrjala November 5 and followed up further by phone November 7. Syrjala highlighted the following points: 2. (C) TURKEY/ENLARGEMENT: The Finnish Presidency is greatly encouraged by Turkey's announcement that i [...] | 2006-12-07 13:12:00 | Embassy Helsinki | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM UN EUN YI SR BK IS LE IR TU |
06HELSINKI1214 | DEMARCHE TO EU MEMBERS ON UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL [...] No summary [...] | 2006-12-08 12:11:00 | Embassy Helsinki | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM EUN LE FI |
06HELSINKI1221 | FINLAND SAYS REBALANCE NEEDED TO LAUNCH U.S.-EU [...] (SBU) Econoff delivered reftel demarche on the U.S.-EU Air Transport Agreement to Petri Hakkarainen, North America Unit of the GOF Ministry for Foreign Affairs and Anne Torkkeli in the Transport Services Unit of the GOF Ministry of Transport and Communications. Both contacts expressed disappoi [...] | 2006-12-11 14:25:00 | Embassy Helsinki | CONFIDENTIAL | EAIR ECON EUN KTIA EI FI |
06HELSINKI1231 | FINNS PREPARE FOR THE WORST: A RUSSIAN OIL SPILL [...] (SBU) Summary: Fearing that Russia will react slowly to an oil spill and utilize controversial environmentally harsh clean up methods, Finland has taken a leadership role in the region by developing new oil spill clean up technology and by providing bilateral aid to Russia. During the past de [...] | 2006-12-12 14:57:00 | Embassy Helsinki | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV EWWT EPET EUN FI |
06HELSINKI1236 | BEST PRACTICES FROM FINLAND'S ENERGY AND [...] (U) Summary: In 2002, Finland established a unique Energy and Environment Partnership with Central America, inspired by U.S. private-public partnership concepts, which aims to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by promoting the sustainable use of renewable energy sources and clean technologies. [...] | 2006-12-14 11:44:00 | Embassy Helsinki | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG SENV EUN FI |
06HELSINKI1248 | FINLAND: NATO DEBATE HEATS UP [...] (SBU) Summary: The March 2007 parliamentary election campaign is about to kick off and NATO is emerging as a key theme, just as it did in the January 2006 presidential elections -- and despite the efforts of several prominent politicians to muzzle public debate on this sensitive topic. This ca [...] | 2006-12-19 13:12:00 | Embassy Helsinki | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MOPS MARR EUN RU FI |
06HELSINKI18 | FINNS SUPPORT JOINT STATEMENT TO BELARUS; WILL [...] (C) Following up on reftels, PolChief called on MFA Director for Eastern Europe and Central Asia Matti Turunen to discuss Belarus. The GOF views a joint US-EU demarche to Lukashenko in advance of the March election as imperative, Turunen said. Finland, for its part, would welcome a very stron [...] | 2006-01-05 14:50:00 | Embassy Helsinki | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KDEM BO FI EUN |
06HELSINKI523 | FINNISH VIEWS ON JUNE GAERC [...] (U) PolChief delivered subject demarche to European Correspondent Jarno Syrjala June 7. Syrjala said the GOF generally supports most of our points and suggested that the ministers will focus on the Balkans and Iran. 2. (C) On Iran, Syrjala reiterated the warm welcome others in the GOF have [...] | 2006-06-08 11:00:00 | Embassy Helsinki | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UN EUN YI MW SR BO IR IZ CU KPAL FI |
06HELSINKI56 | Charge Meets with Finnish Legal Expert on Counter- [...] (SBU) Summary. Charge met with one of Finland's most senior officials on counter-terrorism, Marja Lehto, who recently was appointed to chair the Council of Europe's Committee of Experts on Terrorism. Lehto requested input for the Designators' Workshop to be held during Finland's presidency of [...] | 2006-01-20 11:24:00 | Embassy Helsinki | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN KTFN PGOV PTER FI EUN |
06HELSINKI665 | FINNISH VIEWS ON JULY GAERC [...] (U) PolChief and Emboff delivered subject demarche to Deputy European Correspondent Tanja Jaaskelainen on July 14. Jaaskelainen said the GOF generally supports most of our points. The ministry response focused on Kosovo, Israel/Palestine, North Korea and Iraq. 2. (SBU) Kosovo: Jaaskelain [...] | 2006-07-14 13:53:00 | Embassy Helsinki | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EUN FI PREL UN |
06HELSINKI676 | JULY 2006 EU INFORMAL ENVIRONMENTAL MINISTERIAL [...] (U) SUMMARY: At the July 2006 EU Environmental Informal Ministerial, the GOF made clear its eagerness to begin a dialogue with the US on climate change, clean energy, and sustainable development as agreed to during the recent US-EU Summit in Vienna. Finnish contacts understand and accept the [...] | 2006-07-18 14:03:00 | Embassy Helsinki | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV ENRG ETRD EAGR EUN FI |
06HELSINKI680 | FINLAND EU PRESIDENCY VIEWS ON NEXT STEPS IN THE [...] (C) SUMMARY: The EU has agreed to offer peacekeepers for a mission in Lebanon if called upon by the UN. Privately, Finnish MFA Secretary of State Torstila told us that UN and EU hopes to send a force to the region any time soon are "unrealistic," given the current level of violence and apparen [...] | 2006-07-19 12:31:00 | Embassy Helsinki | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MOPS MARR EUN FI |
06HELSINKI696 | EU-US INFORMAL SENIOR-LEVEL MEETING ON JUSTICE AND HOME [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The U.S. and EU, under the chair of the Finnish Presidency, met in Helsinki on July 18 for the Informal Senior Level Justice and Home Affairs (JHA) Meeting. Led by Acting INL DAS Elizabeth Verville, DOJ liaison to USEU Mark Richard, and DHS Acting A/S for Policy Development Pau [...] | 2006-07-21 12:28:00 | Embassy Helsinki | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR PREL PGOV CVIS CPAS KCRM KFRD SMIG EUN FI |
06HELSINKI697 | TUOMIOJA WILL ATTEND LEBANON CORE GROUP MEETING [...] No summary [...] | 2006-07-21 13:14:00 | Embassy Helsinki | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL AORC IS LE EUN FI |
06HELSINKI700 | EU ENVIRONMENTAL MINISTERS SUPPORT CREATION OF [...] (U) SUMMARY: During the July EU Informal Ministerial meeting on the Environment, Finnish Minister Enestam and EU Commissioner Dimas called upon EU countries to support a measure creating a United Nations Environmental Organization (UNEO) and a Panel on Natural Resources. END SUMMARY. 2. ( [...] | 2006-07-24 12:07:00 | Embassy Helsinki | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV PREL UNEP EUN FI |
06HELSINKI701 | FINNISH U/S OFFERS UPDATE ON EU PRESIDENCY'S [...] (C) SUMMARY: The GOF welcomes Israel's announcement that it could eventually accept NATO peacekeepers in Lebanon. However, U/S for Political Affairs Lyra suggested that an EU- or UN-led force -- perhaps with NATO support under Berlin Plus arrangements -- would be better than a strictly NATO-l [...] | 2006-07-24 12:54:00 | Embassy Helsinki | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR PGOV MOPS EUN FI |
06HELSINKI72 | FINNISH VIEWS ON JANUARY GAERC [...] (U) European Correspondent Jarno Syrjala said Finland supports nearly all the views outlined in our pre-GAERC demarche (reftel). His other comments of note follow. 2. (C) IRAN: Finland views the cooperation of the EU, the U.S. and, to an increasing extent, Russia as very encouraging. Howe [...] | 2006-01-26 12:24:00 | Embassy Helsinki | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL FI EUN GAERC |
06HELSINKI725 | FINNISH EU PRESIDENCY ON EXTRAORDINARY AUG. 1 GAERC [...] (C) Summary: A/DCM met with Finnish MFA European Correspondent Jarno Syrjala to discuss the Aug. 1 extraordinary GAERC. Syrjala also offered the latest Finnish EU Presidency thinking regarding a potential international force for Lebanon. End Summary. 2. (C) Regarding the GAERC agenda, Syr [...] | 2006-07-28 14:40:00 | Embassy Helsinki | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MARR MOPS EUN FI |
06HELSINKI733 | TFLEO1: AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES LEBANON CRISIS WITH [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Ware met with Finland's Foreign Minister, Erkki Tuomioja, on July 31. Tuomioja said that his just-completed trip to the Middle-east confirmed his view that Israel could not achieve its military goals, and that an immediate cease-fire followed by a comprehensive settl [...] | 2006-07-31 15:45:00 | Embassy Helsinki | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM MEPP EUN FI |
06HELSINKI783 | GOF PESSIMISTIC ON SRI LANKA CEASEFIRE [...] (C) Echoing reftel concerns about the escalating violence in Sri Lanka, MFA Asia Department Deputy Director Rauli Suikkanen, desk officer Marita Meranto, and EU secretariat first secretary Niklas Lindqvist told Emboff Helsinki is currently coordinating an EU demarche to be delivered this week [...] | 2006-08-09 12:14:00 | Embassy Helsinki | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL CE EUN FI |
06HELSINKI800 | FURTHER FINNISH RESPONSE TO UNSC RESOLUTION 1701 [...] (U) As indicated Reftel A, the GOF welcomed UNSC Resolution 1701; the text of the Finnish Foreign Ministry's Statement on Behalf of the EU Presidency has been forwarded to the Department. In a subsequent conversation with PolChief July 14, Office Director for the Middle East Eija Rotinen offe [...] | 2006-08-14 13:21:00 | Embassy Helsinki | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MOPS EUN FI |
06HELSINKI815 | FINLAND WON'T JOIN BERN PROCESS DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...] | 2006-08-16 12:02:00 | Embassy Helsinki | CONFIDENTIAL | CH PGOV PHUM PREL EUN FI |
06HELSINKI816 | FINLAND: PRESIDENCY UPPING SRI LANKA INVOLVEMENT [...] No summary [...] | 2006-08-16 13:27:00 | Embassy Helsinki | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM CE EUN FI |
06HELSINKI859 | AMBASSADOR WARE'S MEETING WITH FINLAND'S MINISTER [...] (SBU) Summary: On August 24, Ambassador Ware met with Finnish Minister for Foreign Trade and Development Paula Lehtomaki. Lehtomaki described her August 14-16 trip to Lebanon and Israel, noting that she was particularly surprised by how quickly refugee centers emptied following the announcem [...] | 2006-08-28 04:57:00 | Embassy Helsinki | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON EAID EUN PREL FI |
06HELSINKI990 | FINLAND: PREVIEW OF EU INFORMAL DEFENSE MINISTERS' [...] (SBU) Summary. The Oct. 2-3 informal EU defense ministers' meeting will focus on operations in Bosnia, Sudan, and Congo; review the EU's force catalogue and the state of civil-military coordination; and discuss the European Defense Agency's (EDA) long term planning scenarios. NATO SYG de Hoo [...] | 2006-09-27 09:20:00 | Embassy Helsinki | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV NATO EUN FI |
06KIEV1107 | UKRAINE: DELIVERABLES FOR GUAM SUMMIT, NSDC AND [...] (C) Summary: According to a National Security and Defense Council (NSDC) staff official, the May GUAM summit aims to feature agreements to enhance regional energy security and cooperation in solving "frozen conflicts." The official opined that NSDC Secretary Kinakh's visit to Moscow might ha [...] | 2006-03-22 15:52:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KDEM EUN ENRG PGOV PINR RS AZ GG MD UP |
06KIEV3569 | UKRAINE: PM YANUKOVYCH ADVANCES RELATIONS WITH EU [...] (C) Summary: While media attention had focused on PM Yanukovych's comments regarding a NATO Membership Action Plan during his September 14 visit to Brussels, MFA European Union Department acting director Dir argued that Yanukovych had made significant statements and substantial progress on EU [...] | 2006-09-18 14:58:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECIN ETRD EPET EUN UP |
06KIGALI410 | GOR DEMARCHED ON UN HRC AND AU MISSION IN SUDAN [...] (U) On 28 April, DCM delivered the talking points from refs to Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation Secretary General Amandin Rugira. 2. (SBU) Rugira said he was aware of the reported lack of response by African Union forces in close proximity to attacks on civilians in Darfur. He s [...] | 2006-05-02 10:34:00 | Embassy Kigali | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR NATO PARM PGOV PHUM PINS PREL SOCI EUN |
06KINSHASA1439 | THREE DAYS IN KINSHASA: HIGH-LEVEL MEETINGS AND A [...] (C) Summary. Two days of high-level visitors to Kinshasa September 11 and 12 were followed September 13 by the long-awaited face-to-face meeting between President Joseph Kabila and Vice President Jean-Pierre Bemba, the two protagonists in the Congolese presidential elections and August 20-22 [...] | 2006-09-14 14:36:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM CG EUN UK SA |
06KINSHASA1543 | EUFOR: MANDATE TO END NOVEMBER 30 [...] (C) Summary. Senior EU Force (EUFOR) commanders in Kinshasa say that EUFOR intends to leave the DRC as scheduled November 30. They think they are doing the job they were sent to do, and doing it well. End summary. 2. (C) EUFOR Commander and Major General Christian Damay and chief of staf [...] | 2006-10-05 15:42:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV MARR PREL EUN CG |
06KINSHASA658 | DRC: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON NATO ASSISTANCE TO AMIS [...] (C) PolOff delivered April 26 reftel demarche and talking points to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Chief of Staff Jacques Djoli. Djoli said the GDRC would welcome any assistance NATO could provide the AU, particularly in the form of logistical support. Djoli added that the AU does not have the mea [...] | 2006-04-27 11:23:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | AU EUN MARR NATO PREL CG SU |
06KYIV4063 | UKRAINE: PREPARATIONS ON TRACK FOR EU SUMMIT [...] (C) Summary: With just a week to go, the EU and Ukraine are still working to finalize a key document to be initialed at the October 27 Ukraine-EU summit in Helsinki -- a visa facilitation agreement and an associated readmission agreement. Ukrainians are insisting that the provisions of the r [...] | 2006-10-20 16:39:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECIN ETRD CVIS EUN UP |
06KYIV4413 | UKRAINE: INFORMAL POLITICAL DIRECTORS' MEETING - [...] (C) Summary: In what the Ukrainian MFA would like to see morph into a regular informal gathering, political directors from select EU countries and countries of the "Baltic-Black-Caspian seas" region, along with EUR A/S Fried, discussed Ukraine's relationship with the EU and NATO and exchanged [...] | 2006-11-30 15:56:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NATO EUN XH ZB ZK UP |
06KYIV4466 | EU MAKES BELARUS AN OFFER, AWAITING RESPONSE [...] (C) Summary: EU European Commission official Jean-Eric Holzapfel told us December 4 that the initial Belarusan government reaction was noncommittal to the November 21 delivery of an EU non-paper stating its readiness to assist Belarus if the government implemented democratic reforms. The timi [...] | 2006-12-05 14:48:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KDEM PHUM EAID EUN BO UP |
06LIMA1491 | INCREASING DIPLOMATIC PRESSURE ON IRAN (PERU) [...] No summary [...] | 2006-04-18 23:03:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AORC EU EUN IAEA KNNP UNSC IR PE |
06LIMA1511 | INCREASING DIPLOMATIC PRESSURE ON IRAN (PERU) [...] No summary [...] | 2006-04-20 14:41:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AORC EU EUN IAEA KNNP UNSC IR PE |
06LISBON1110 | PORTUGAL: JUNE 12 GAERC READOUT [...] (C) P/E officer delivered reftel demarche June 8 to MFA Deputy European Correspondent Ana Filomena Rocha. Rocha observed that Kosovo would not be on the agenda and proceeded to address the following reftel points: Balkans ------- 2, (C) Montenegro: The Montenegrin Parliament's declaration [...] | 2006-06-09 15:22:00 | Embassy Lisbon | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EUN KPAL UN YI MW SR BO IR PO |
06LISBON1425 | PORTUGUESE VIEWS ON JULY 17 GAERC [...] (C) P/E officer met with MFA Deputy European Correspondent Ana Filomena Rocha on July 14 to discuss the Balkans, Middle East, Sudan, Congo, and North Korea per reftels. Rocha anticipates this GAERC will be slow since it is the first under the Finnish EU Presidency. ------- Balkans ------- [...] | 2006-07-14 16:03:00 | Embassy Lisbon | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UN EUN YI MW SR BO IR IZ KPAL SU CG |
06LISBON1658 | PORTUGAL ON BURMESE FOREIGN MINISTER INVITATION TO [...] No summary [...] | 2006-08-08 15:46:00 | Embassy Lisbon | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM FI BU EUN PO |
06LISBON2719 | PORTUGAL TO BE VOICE OF MODERATION IN EU ACCESSION [...] No summary [...] | 2006-11-30 17:48:00 | Embassy Lisbon | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EUN NATO PO TU |
06LISBON2769 | PORTUGAL'S POLICIES IN ADVANCE OF THE DECEMBER [...] (C) Summary: Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Deputy Director for the Common Foreign and Security Policy Ana Filomena Rocha provided a review of MFA's preparations for the reftel December 11-12 European Union (EU) General Affairs and External Relations Council (GAERC) in a December 7 discus [...] | 2006-12-07 16:44:00 | Embassy Lisbon | CONFIDENTIAL | PRM PGOV PHUM PREL PO CH EUN YI SR BK IS |
06LJUBLJANA791 | SLOVENES HAVE SELECT INTERESTS IN INT'L MARITIME [...] On November 6 Econoff learned that the Government of Slovenia (GOS) would not be attending the Maritime Safety Committee meeting. When Econoff delivered reftel points on November 28 to Jadran Luin, Director General at the Ministry of Transport (MOT) in charge of Maritime affairs, Luin explaine [...] | 2006-12-08 05:10:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | UNCLASSIFIED | ANET AORC ECPS EUN EWWT KTIA PREL IMO |
06LJUBLJANA793 | SLOVENIA WILL FOLLOW EU POSITION ON U.S./EU AIR [...] On December 5 Econoff presented reftel points to Franc Zupanic of the Aviation Directorate at the Minstry of Transport. Zupanic thanked Econoff for presenting USG views but made it clear that the Government of Slovenia (GOS) intends to follow EU guidance on this issue. ROBERTSON [...] | 2006-12-08 13:11:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR ECON EUN KTIA SI |
06LONDON6113 | UK: "NOT NOW" FOR G8 BTEX FOOD DEFENSE EXERCISE [...] According to Post's contacts at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, HMG's Food Standards Agency (FSA) feels it is too early for HMG to effectively participate in the G8 BTEX exercise outlined in Reftel. The FSA currently plans on holding its own exercise this autumn and will not be able to c [...] | 2006-08-21 09:08:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER TBIO PINS EAGR EUN UK |
06LONDON8254 | (C) UK DISLIKES UN HRC LEBANON COMMISSION [...] No summary [...] | 2006-12-07 19:05:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM EUN LE UK |
06LONDON8279 | UK VIEWS ON DECEMBER EU FOREIGN MINISTERS MEETING [...] (SBU) The UK expects Turkey and the China Arms Embargo to be the most "difficult" issues at the upcoming December GAERC meeting, according to Martin Sherman, head of the FCO's EU Coordination Office. PolCouns discussed the upcoming GAERC with Sherman on December 7, who confirmed Foreign Secre [...] | 2006-12-08 17:24:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM KPAL EUN YI SR BK IS LE IR |
06LONDON8292 | TERRORIST LISTS: UNITED KINGDOM [...] No summary [...] | 2006-12-11 11:44:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN KFTN PREL PGOV EUN EU UK |
06LUXEMBOURG424 | LUXEMBOURG MIRRORS OTHER EU MEMBERS ON ASEM [...] No summary [...] | 2006-08-08 09:13:00 | Embassy Luxembourg | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM FI BU LU EUN |
06LUXEMBOURG454 | LUXEMBOURG HESITANT TO ENGAGE CHINA PRIOR TO STATE [...] No summary [...] | 2006-08-18 10:07:00 | Embassy Luxembourg | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL EUN CH LU |
06LUXEMBOURG568 | JUSTICE MINISTER WARNS INTERNATIONAL BANKERS ABOUT NORTH [...] (U) In remarks during an October 23 financial seminar in Tokyo, Luxembourg Minister for Justice and Budget Luc Frieden warned financial institutions to be extremely cautious in any dealings which might involve North Korea. As he has often in other public fora, Frieden touted Luxembourg's "le [...] | 2006-10-24 13:34:00 | Embassy Luxembourg | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EFIN KTFN ECON PTER PGOV EUN LU |
06LUXEMBOURG569 | JUNCKER TRIES TO STOP SPECULATION ABOUT A SUCCESSOR AND HIS [...] (U) Popular Luxembourg Prime Minister and chairman of the Eurozone, Jean-Claude Juncker, tried to end speculation about who will succeed him during the October 21 conference of his governing Christian Social People's Party (CSV). He surprised the party faithful by announcing that he was tired [...] | 2006-10-25 06:46:00 | Embassy Luxembourg | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EUN LU |
06LUXEMBOURG613 | JUNCKER TELLS TURKEY TO ADMIT GREEK CYPRIOT SHIPPING [...] (C/NF) During their November 14 private meeting Luxembourg Prime Minister Jean Claude Juncker told Turkish Economy Minister Ali Babacan that Turkey should remove a major obstacle to its EU accession woes by admitting Greek Cypriot ships and aircraft to a designated port of entry under a plan pr [...] | 2006-11-21 14:04:00 | Embassy Luxembourg | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL EUN LU TU |
06LUXEMBOURG638 | PRIME MINISTER JUNCKER DISCUSSES THE EU [...] (C/NF) During a private meeting with the Ambassador on December 11, Prime Minister Juncker expressed a pessimism concerning the future of the EU Constitution which contrasted with his generally more optimistic public comments. Noting the lack of effective governments in several EU countries, [...] | 2006-12-13 15:44:00 | Embassy Luxembourg | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL TU LU EUN |
06LUXEMBOURG639 | PRIME MINISTER JUNCKER DISCUSSES THE IRAQ STUDY [...] (C/NF) During a private meeting with Ambassador Wagner on December 11, Prime Minister Juncker expressed hope that the Iraq Study Group (ISG) report would prove productive in helping the USG to resolve problems in Iraq. He said he was surprised that the study (and especially its findings) had [...] | 2006-12-13 15:55:00 | Embassy Luxembourg | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL SY LU EUN |
06MADRID1558 | SPAIN/IRAN: MFA READOUT OF IRANIAN FM VISIT [...] (C) MFA Subdirector General for Middle East Affairs Alberto Moreno contacted poloff on June 15 to respond to the Embassy's request for a readout of the June 14 visit to Madrid of Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki. (NOTE: Originally, Iranian Secretary of the Supreme National Security [...] | 2006-06-15 16:26:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EUN IR SP |
06MADRID1908 | SPAIN: GOS POSITION ON PHARE ASSISTANCE TO TURKISH [...] (U) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to GOS European Correspondent Carlos Fernandez Arias on July 18 and Jose Luis Pardo, an official in the Subdirectorate General for General Affairs, on July 27. 2. (C) Fernandez Arias told Poloff that the Cyprus reintegration is coming to a head and r [...] | 2006-07-27 15:17:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID LH EUN CY SP |
06MADRID1994 | SPAIN ACCEPTS BURMA'S PRESENCE AT ASEM [...] No summary [...] | 2006-08-07 09:34:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM EUN BU SP |
06MADRID2927 | SPAIN STILL DISAGREES WITH IMO MSC PROPOSALS [...] No summary [...] | 2006-11-21 12:53:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EWWT IMO EUN SP |
06MADRID2956 | SPAIN: ACTIVE SUPPORT ON TURKEY/EU; WILL SEEK [...] (C) DCM met with Alberto Navarro, Spanish Secretary of State for the European Union, on November 24 to discuss the future of Turkish accession into the EU. DCM asked Navarro if Spain would be an active supporter of Turkey at the December European Council and also asked what role France and [...] | 2006-11-27 16:49:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | EUN PREL NATO SP |
06MADRID3007 | DEMARCHE TO SPAIN ON CHINA ARMS EMBARGO [...] (C) The DCM discussed the EU's reconsideration of the China Arms Embargo with MFA Director General for Foreign Policy Rafael Dezcallar on December 5. Dezcallar assured the DCM that Spain is not seeking to lift the embargo, nor would it support such an effort. He noted that he had recently [...] | 2006-12-07 09:35:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PARM PREL PGOV PHUM EUN SP CH |
06MILAN39 | Fiat Out of the Red [...] Fiat Chairman Luca Cordero di Montezemolo held a press conference to announce that after almost five years of steady losses, the auto giant posted operating profits of 1.33 billion euro in 2005. Fiat ended the year with 7 billion euro in cash, compared with 6 billion euro at the end of 2004, [...] | 2006-02-02 15:42:00 | Consulate Milan | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EIND ETRD PGOV IT AORC EUN |
06MILAN77 | Good prospects for Italy's Stock Market [...] Data from February indicates that 2006 will see an increase in new listings for the Italian stock market (Borsa Italiana) over 2005. The Borsa saw 19 new listings last year, already the highest number of new listings since 2000. This included 15 IPOs and 4 spin-offs, incorporations, or re-l [...] | 2006-03-06 15:13:00 | Consulate Milan | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN EINV ECON IT EUN |
06MUNICH437 | EADS/AIRBUS CRISIS -- THE VIEW FROM EADS' MUNICH [...] (SBU) Senior German EADS officials told the Consulate that Noel Forgeard's departure was necessary for EADS to move beyond its current mess, and the Forgeard affair was but one example of the challenges of dealing with spotlight- seeking French partners. As for BAE's divestiture of its EADS [...] | 2006-07-13 12:41:00 | Consulate Munich | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAIR ETRD PGOV EINV PREL EUN FR GM |
06MUNICH558 | EADS' EUROCOPTER -- WHAT AIRBUS WOULD LIKE TO BE [...] (U) Eurocopter, enjoying rising market share, is particularly exuberant over the recent decision by the U.S. Army to purchase up to 352 UH-145 helicopters, the firm's first U.S. defense contract. Eurocopter officials said this would put greater pressure on colleagues at Eurocopter parent EADS [...] | 2006-08-23 16:31:00 | Consulate Munich | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAIR ETRD PGOV EINV PREL EUN FR GM |
06MUNICH715 | EADS/AIRBUS CRISIS -- THE SAGA CONTINUES [...] (SBU) Amid a flood of bad news, a senior EADS official told the Consulate the A380 would, despite delays, be certified for flight. However, the A380's drain on resources was adversely impacting programs such as the A350 and the A400M, possibly resulting in a postponement of the A350 program. [...] | 2006-10-13 13:57:00 | Consulate Munich | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAIR ETRD PGOV EINV PREL EUN FR GM |
06NICOSIA1000 | CYPRUS -- DEMARCHE DELIVERED: WTO DOHA ROUND [...] (SBU) We delivered reftel demarche June 28 to Commerce Ministry Trade Director and 133 Committee Representative Andreas Sofocleous. Sofocleous replied that the EU was signaling that it was willing to improve its agricultural market access offer but only if the U.S. was willing to both accept [...] | 2006-06-29 13:10:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON EUN CY |
06NICOSIA1039 | CYPRUS WILL SUPPORT EU CONSENSUS ON UN MANAGEMENT [...] (U) On June 28, poloff delivered reftel message to Panayiotis Papadopoulos in the MFA's Division of Multilateral Affairs. Papadopoulos said that Cyprus was generally in favor of UN management reform and that it would closely follow EU countries' consensus on the proposed draft resolution. S [...] | 2006-07-03 09:44:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT AORC EU EUN PREL UNGA |
06NICOSIA1088 | CYPRIOT LEADERS MEET, AGREE ON NEXT (BABY) STEPS [...] (C) SUMMARY. On July 8, Turkish Cypriot and Greek Cypriot leaders meeting with U/SYG Gambari reached agreement on a "Set of Principles" and immediate next steps to get the stalled Cyprus settlement process moving again. Working with the UN, the two sides will engage in technical talks on day [...] | 2006-07-10 14:50:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EUN UNFICYP TU CY |
06NICOSIA1099 | ERDOGAN IN CYPRUS: FIRST, DO NO HARM [...] (C) Turkish Prime Minister Erdogan's planned July 20 visit to the "TRNC" comes at a potentially awkward moment, given the just-concluded Gambari agreement (ref a) and the looming likelihood of a Cyprus-related crisis between the EU and Turkey over accession this fall. The official purpose of t [...] | 2006-07-12 13:03:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL UNFICYP EUN TU CY |
06NICOSIA1114 | BULK OF EU AID TO TURKISH CYPRIOT COMMUNITY [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 10. 2. (C) Summary: EU Member States failed to approve the first "quick" phase of projects under the European Commission's 139 million Euro assistance program for the Turkish Cypriot Community. At the July 3 PHARE meeting, negative vot [...] | 2006-07-14 14:49:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID PREL PGOV EUN CY |
06NICOSIA1164 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON JULY 17 FOREIGN MINISTERS [...] (U) On July 14, poloff delivered reftel message to Elena Rafti, who covers the Balkans in the MFA's Division of Bilateral Affairs. Rafti said that Cyprus largely agrees with U.S. policy in the Balkans, but differs slightly in its position on Kosovo. The GOC feels the current timeline in Kos [...] | 2006-07-18 09:16:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL UN EUN YI MW SR BO IR IZ KPAL SU CG |
06NICOSIA1331 | DEMARCHING CYPRUS ON BURMESE FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel message on August 7, 2006 to Stelios Makriyiannis in the MFA's Division of Asia and Africa. He replied that the Finnish decision was not surprising because it was indeed in accordance with the EU common position that visas could be issued to Burma cabinet members f [...] | 2006-08-08 04:58:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM FI BU EUN |
06NICOSIA1345 | TURKISH CYPRIOTS: LOSING THE PRO-SOLUTION BEAT? [...] (C) In the two years since the Annan Plan referendum, the Turkish Cypriots have slowly lost their enthusiasm for the kind of pro-settlement policies and rhetoric which, by 2004, had sidelined Denktash, won them unprecedented international sympathy, and kept them "one step ahead" of Papadopoulos [...] | 2006-08-09 10:42:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EUN UN TU CY |
06NICOSIA1362 | CYPRUS: EU MEMBER STATES DEMARCHE ON POSSIBLE WTO DISPUTE [...] (SBU) Post delivered on August 10 reftel demarche to Eleni Pitsillidou, Commercial Officer, at the Ministry of Commerce, Industry, and Tourism, who has just taken over the EU trade issues and 133 Committee portfolio from Charalambous Roussos. Pitsillidou is part of a skeleton staff at the Min [...] | 2006-08-11 10:40:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD AORC KIPR EURM WTRO USTR CH CY EUN |
06NICOSIA1505 | CYPRUS PROPERTY: ORAMS RULING A SETBACK FOR GREEK [...] (C) SUMMARY. Greek Cypriot plaintiffs owning land in north Cyprus have suffered a high-profile legal setback in the landmark "Orams" property case. On September 6, a UK judge ruled that an ROC court's cease-and-desist judgment against a British couple (who had built a home on Greek Cypriot l [...] | 2006-09-08 06:59:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM ECON EUN TU CY |
06NICOSIA1543 | "TRNC GOVERNMENT" CALLS IT QUITS [...] (C) SUMMARY. The ruling coalition in the "TRNC" resigned on September 11 following months of internal wrangling in the wake of June parliamentary bi-elections. Talat ally "PM" Soyer, from the ruling CTP, announced his resignation and said he would seek "new formulations," ditching "DPM" and [...] | 2006-09-12 09:49:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EUN TU CY |
06NICOSIA1565 | GREEK CYPRIOTS CONVICTED OF FRAUD IN CASE ON [...] (SBU) On September 12, a court in Paphos found six Greek Cypriots guilty of illegally selling Turkish Cypriot-owned properties in the south. The conviction, which could bring the defendants up to fourteen years in prison each, results from an investigation dating back to the year 2000. The d [...] | 2006-09-14 11:16:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM ECON EUN TU CY |
06NICOSIA1743 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: NORTH KOREAN NUCLEAR TEST [...] (U) DCM Zimmerman delivered reftel points and a copy of the President's statement to Cyprus MFA Political Director Thalia Petrides on October 10. DCM added that, as an EU member, Cyprus could play a key role in ensuring that the European response to the apparent North Korean nuclear test woul [...] | 2006-10-10 13:26:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KN PARM KNNP UN EUN CY |
06NICOSIA1842 | UN, FINNS OFFER UPDATES ON THEIR RESPECTIVE EFFORTS [...] (C) SUMMARY. Top UNFICYP officials privately outlined for us the UN's latest plan to unblock the current deadlock in the Gambari Process. A last-minute snag over procedure threatens to delay the start of work by the technical and substantive committees, however, and UN officials privately wo [...] | 2006-10-27 16:48:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL UNFICYP TU EUN CY |
06NICOSIA1869 | TALAT ON FINNISH PROPOSAL, UN PROCESS [...] (C) SUMMARY. In a November 1 meeting with Ambassador Schlicher, Turkish Cypriot "President" Mehmet Ali Talat was pessimistic about the prospects of the Finnish proposal on Varosha/ports -- and criticized the EU process for making "unfair" and one-sided demands of his community for the sake of [...] | 2006-11-02 09:22:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EUN UNFICYP TU CY |
06NICOSIA1916 | MOLLER CALLS PARTIES ON THE CARPET AT UNFICYP [...] (C) SUMMARY. In the course of a November 9 briefing to the local diplomatic corps, UNFICYP Chief Michael Moller frankly described the deadlock in the UN settlement process (ref a). Acknowledging that both sides have done their fair share of stonewalling over the past 40 years, SRSG Moller and [...] | 2006-11-09 13:41:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EUN UNFICYP TU CY |
06NICOSIA1944 | "TRNC DAY" SPEECH: TALAT STICKS FOOT IN MOUTH WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY. "TRNC President" Mehmet Ali Talat delivered a petulant rhetorical broadside during November 15 commemorations of the 1983 Turkish Cypriot unilateral declaration of independence (UDI). The "good" parts of Talat's speech (throw-away references to the need for rule of law and democ [...] | 2006-11-20 14:54:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EUN UNFICYP TU CY |
06NICOSIA1970 | NEW CYPRUS PROPERTY LAW: TURNING THE SCREWS [...] (C) SUMMARY. New ROC legislation introducing stiff prison sentences for those buying Greek Cypriot property in the north has upped the stakes in the ongoing property war between Greek and Turkish Cypriots. Three non-Cypriot land-buyers have already been arrested under the new law, and more a [...] | 2006-11-29 16:42:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM ECON CASC EUN TU CY |
06NICOSIA2010 | ECHR GIVES TENTATIVE BLESSING TO "TRNC" PROPERTY [...] (C) SUMMARY. In a December 7 ruling on the Xenidis-Arestis case (reftels),the European Court of Human Rights upheld a Greek Cypriot claimant's ownership of her property in the closed city of Varosha and ordered Turkey to pay her over a million dollars in damages. At the same time, the ECHR [...] | 2006-12-08 16:07:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON CASC PHUM EUN UNFICYP TU CY |
06NICOSIA2024 | CYPRUS UNLIKELY TO BE MUCH OF A PLAYER ON TFTP, [...] (C) We raised reftel demarche with Finance Minister Michalis Sarris, MFA Acting PermSec Erato Marcoullis, MoI PermSec Lazaros Savvides and Commerce Ministry PermSec Efstathios Hamboullas. All were relatively unfamiliar with the issue. Finance Minister Sarris promised the Ambassador that the [...] | 2006-12-13 14:47:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN PTER ECON EUN CY |
06NICOSIA2033 | CYPRUS ON TRACK TO ADOPT EURO ON JANUARY 1, 2008 [...] (SBU) Summary. The Cypriot economy continues to perform well within the Maastricht criteria, and the European Union is expected in June 2007 to invite Cyprus to adopt the Euro as its currency effective January 1, 2008. The European Commission, however, has criticized the GoC's technical pre [...] | 2006-12-18 10:06:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EUN CY |
06NICOSIA265 | CYPRUS AGREES WITH MOST U.S. POSITIONS ON THE [...] (C) On February 23, poloff delivered reftel message to the appropriate action officers in the MFA's office of bilateral affairs. Elena Rafti, who follows Balkan issues, agreed with most U.S. points on the Balkans, and stressed that a strong EU presence in Kosovo and a successful referendum in [...] | 2006-02-24 14:23:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | BK BO CG CY EUN IR IZ KPAL MW PREL SR YI |
06NICOSIA273 | CYPRUS REACTS TO EU AID PACKAGE FOR TURKISH [...] (C) SUMMARY. The EU's decision to approve its long-awaited 139 million euro aid package for the Turkish Cypriots has been welcomed as a triumph of diplomacy on the Greek Cypriot side. GOC contacts note that the shape of the aid package -- as well as the content of an accompanying declaratio [...] | 2006-02-27 16:04:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UN EUN TU CY |
06NICOSIA374 | CYPRUS WILL CONSIDER SUGGESTIONS FOR REACTION TO [...] (C) On March 1, poloff delivered reftel message to Vasos Chamberlain, who handles Russian and Eastern European issues in the MFA's Division of bilateral affairs. Chamberlain said that Belarus was discussed at the Informal Meeting of EU Foreign Affairs Ministers held March 10-11 (Gymnich) in [...] | 2006-03-13 14:47:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KDEM PGOV EUN BO CY |
06NICOSIA380 | TURKISH CYPRIOTS STILL STEWING OVER PARIS [...] (C) In a March 13 meeting with Ambassador Schlicher, "TRNC President" Talat's Under Secretary Rasit Pertev expressed continued bitterness over the joint communique issued after the Annan-Papadopoulos meeting in Paris on February 28 (ref a). Pertev stressed that both he and "President" Talat fe [...] | 2006-03-14 15:46:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EUN UN TU CY |
06NICOSIA447 | TALAT'S ILLNESS LEAVES TURKISH CYPRIOTS RUDDERLESS [...] (C) SUMMARY. The Turkish Cypriots have been foundering in a political vacuum since "TRNC President" Mehmet Ali Talat's February bypass surgery. Subsequent political developments with regard to EU aid and UN-brokered talks have caught the Turkish Cypriots flatfooted, prompting muddled response [...] | 2006-03-24 10:52:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EUN TU CY |
06NICOSIA454 | TURKISH CYPRIOT LEADER TALAT SAYS TECHNICAL TALKS [...] (C) On March 27, a tired but healthy-looking Mehmet Ali Talat briefed Ambassador Schlicher on his meeting with UNFICYP Chief Michael Moeller earlier that day. Talat's meetings with Moeller and the Ambassador were his first meetings with foreigners since he underwent unexpected heart surgery i [...] | 2006-03-28 13:17:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | UN PGOV PREL EUN TU CY |
06NICOSIA455 | PAPADOPOULOS CONFIDENT THAT UN PROCESS, TURKISH EU [...] (C) Summary: In one-on-one Sunday lunch, Ambassador Schlicher and President Papadopoulos discussed prospects for moving forward with "technical talks" between representatives of the Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot communities, as well as Turkey's EU accession process and domestic political [...] | 2006-03-28 15:46:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EUN CY |
06NICOSIA476 | BUMPY START TO EU AID FOR TURKISH CYPRIOTS [...] (C) SUMMARY. With the long-awaited EU aid package for the Turkish Cypriots finally approved, the European Commission and Turkish Cypriots have begun negotiating over project priorities and sensitive details of implementation. The question of whether the EU's aid office will be located in the [...] | 2006-03-29 15:26:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EAID EUN TU CY |
06NICOSIA503 | TURKISH CYPRIOTS UNDERWHELMED BY FIRST UN-BROKERED [...] (C) The Turkish Cypriots were "disappointed" by the first UN-brokered meeting to discuss the way ahead on technical talks, according to "President" Talat's Under Secretary Rasit Pertev. Held in Nicosia on March 31, the meeting brought together UNFICYP Chief and SRSG Michael Moeller, ROC Presi [...] | 2006-04-04 14:58:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL TU EUN UN CY |
06NICOSIA522 | SMOOTHING TURKEY'S EU PATH -- DG ENLARGEMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY. On April 6, visiting EC Director General for Enlargement Michael Leigh (accompanied by Georg Ziegler and Andrea Battista from the Commission's Cyprus team) briefed Ambassador Schlicher on implementation plans for the European Union's assistance package to the Turkish Cypriot commu [...] | 2006-04-06 13:17:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EAID EUN TU CY |
06NICOSIA593 | READING TEA LEAVES: POLLS SHOW MIXED FEELINGS [...] (C) SUMMARY. A recent CyBC poll suggesting that only 45 percent of Greek Cypriots are willing to live together with Turkish Cypriots (down from 67 percent when the Green Line checkpoints opened in 2003) has raised serious questions in the minds of many local pundits over whether a solution to [...] | 2006-04-20 13:07:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SOCI EUN CY |
06NICOSIA641 | TALAT PLEASED WITH SECRETARY'S REMARKS; STILL [...] (C) SUMMARY. "TRNC President" Talat told Ambassador that he appreciated the Secretary's "balanced" remarks on Cyprus during her recent visit to Athens. He doubted the technical talks would start in earnest any time soon, however, and blamed the Greek Cypriots for tying down the process by in [...] | 2006-04-28 14:23:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL UN EUN TU CY |
06NICOSIA653 | CYPRIOT FM TO ATTEND DUTCH CONFERENCE ON [...] (U) This cable is sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Cypriot Minister of Foreign Affairs George Iacovou will attend the May 18 Dutch Conference on Transatlantic Energy Security co-hosted by Deputy Secretary Zoellick, according to Demetris Hadjiargyrou, Directo [...] | 2006-05-03 14:38:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EPET ECON PREL EUN CY |
06NICOSIA716 | TURKISH CYPRIOT PROPERTY COMMISSION BEGINS HEARING [...] (C) SUMMARY. The Turkish Cypriot Property Commission has begun processing claims from Greek Cypriots displaced from their properties in the north since the 1974 war -- and sources close to the body say it may start "closing cases" by returning land or paying compensation in the coming months. [...] | 2006-05-17 10:32:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM EUN TU CY |
06NICOSIA721 | Turkish Cypriot Areas Become Active Transit Point [...] Located along a heavily-used migration route and hobbled by weak border controls, the area administered by Turkish Cypriots - the unrecognized "Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC)" - is becoming an attractive transit point for undocumented economic migrants, especially from the Middle [...] | 2006-05-17 12:48:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED | SOCI KFRD PGOV PREL TU CY EUN SMIG CVIS |
06NICOSIA781 | EU OFFICIAL BRIEFS ON TURKISH CYPRIOT ASSISTANCE [...] (C) Summary: The European Commission is going forward with plans to implement the delivery of 259 million Euro of assistance to the Turkish Cypriot community over the next three years. DG Enlargement's Technical Assistance and Information Exchange Unit (TAIEX) will begin work immediately and [...] | 2006-05-24 15:29:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID PREL PGOV EUN CY |
06NICOSIA838 | TURKISH CYPRIOTS LAY DOWN MARKERS ON PORTS/TRADE; [...] (C) SUMMARY. According to the Turkish Cypriots, June 1 talks in Vienna between "TRNC President" Talat's U/S Rasit Pertev and representatives of the Austrian Presidency explored ways to move forward on question of EU direct trade measures for the Turkish Cypriots. The Austrians, keen on aver [...] | 2006-06-08 04:36:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EUN TU CY |
06NICOSIA935 | TURKISH CYPRIOTS SCHLEP TOWARD JUNE 25 ELECTIONS [...] (C) Summary. Turkish Cypriots go to the polls on June 25 to elect "mayors" and councils in all 26 of the north's municipalities -- and to fill two empty seats in the "TRNC Parliament." Having been to the polls four times since 2003, however, most voters are unenthusiastic about these electio [...] | 2006-06-20 14:53:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EUN UN TU CY |
06NICOSIA975 | "TRNC" LOCAL ELECTIONS: SERDAR DENKTASH BIGGEST [...] (C) SUMMARY. Turkish Cypriots voted on June 25 for two empty seats in the "parliament," as well as for mayors and local officials in the north's 28 municipalities (ref a). While the ruling CTP of "President" Talat won both empty seats, they suffered serious setbacks at the municipal level, lo [...] | 2006-06-26 13:48:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EUN EU TU CY |
06NICOSIA979 | FM LILLIKAS: CYPRUS "NOT BLUFFING" ON TURKEY-EU [...] (C) SUMMARY. In their first meeting since the June 8 Cyprus government reshuffle, Ambassador Schlicher and newly-appointed FM Lillikas stressed the importance of continued U.S.-Cyprus cooperation on counterterrorism and other important issues on the Transatlantic Agenda. Lillikas warned that [...] | 2006-06-27 12:37:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EUN UN TU CY |
06OSLO398 | OSLO NOMINEE FOR BRUSSELS CT AND JHA AFFAIRS [...] Post nominates Pol/Econ officer Edward Canuel to attend the Counter-terrorism Policy/Justice and Home Affairs Brussels conference, from May 31 through June 2. 2. Per reftel, the following is the requested information of the nominee: Edward T. Canuel, Pol/Econ Officer, Second Secretary, Phon [...] | 2006-03-31 11:22:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PTER CVIS NO EUN KCRM KJUS |
06OSLO896 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED - HAITI INTERIM COOPERATION [...] No summary [...] | 2006-07-18 14:03:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON EFIN EUN NO |
06OTTAWA2254 | CANADA ON PROPOSED G8 BTEX FOOD DEFENSE TABLETOP EXERCISE [...] No summary [...] | 2006-07-27 16:11:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER TBIO PINS EAGR EUN CA |
06OTTAWA3458 | CANADA SUPPORTS UNIFIED APPROACH TO GEORGIA AND [...] (U) Urgent action request. Please see para four (4). 2. (SBU) We conveyed reftel demarche on November 22 to Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Political Director Colleen Swords, and on November 24 to OSCE Desk Officer Neil Brennan. Canada is in strong agreement [...] | 2006-11-24 20:53:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PBTS EUN NATO OSCE MO GG RU CA |
06OTTAWA3480 | CANADA APPLAUDS WTO RULING ON GMO IMPORTS [...] (U) On November 22, Canadian Agriculture Minister Chuck Strahl and International Trade Minister David Emerson welcomed the WTO's adoption of a ruling against the European Union's (EU) treatment of imports of genetically modified organisms (GMOs). Emerson said that "the (Canadian) government h [...] | 2006-11-28 16:45:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ECON ETRD EUN WTO CA |
06PARIS1130 | GOF REAFFIRMS QUARTET CONDITIONS, NO-CONTACT WITH [...] (C) Summary: MFA and Elysee contacts continue to reiterate GoF attachment to the Quartet conditions and that the GoF has no intention of seeking contacts with Hamas. At the same time, GOF contacts remain reluctant to prejudge the consequences of Hamas refusal to meet Quartet conditions on EU [...] | 2006-02-23 17:07:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL IS PTER EUN FR |
06PARIS1186 | FRENCH ON FEBRUARY 27 GAERC [...] (C) SUMMARY: Pol Deputy delivered points to Pascal LeDeunff, deputy chief of the MFA's CFSP unit, on February 17; poloff followed up with LeDeunff on February 24. According to LeDeunff, the GAERC will issue strong conclusions on Iran, but none on Iraq or the Israeli-Palestinian situation. END [...] | 2006-02-24 17:26:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL YI MW SR BK BO IR IZ KPAL CG FR EUN |
06PARIS1455 | FRENCH VISIT OF POLISH PRESIDENT, FEBRUARY 24, 2006 [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Chirac and Prime Minister de Villepin received Polish President Lech Kaczynski on February 24 for his first visit to France since taking office. Chirac and Kaczynski discussed the future of the Weimar Triangle and the European constitutional treaty, and Chirac told Kaczy [...] | 2006-03-07 15:12:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV FR PO EUN |
06PARIS1510 | SOME MOD THINKING ON NATO, DARFUR, AND ARM SALES [...] (S) Summary: In a March 8 meeting, senior MOD officials affirmed that the French Government has embargoed arms sales to Venezuela, although the decision may still not be final. On Darfur, France is not opposed to a NATO assistance role, but officials cautioned that the West, whether NATO or EU, [...] | 2006-03-09 13:12:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET | PREL MARR FR EUN NATO |
06PARIS1526 | FRANCE AND THE THIRD MEETING OF THE [...] In response to reftel, Paris AGR, ECON and ESTH officials transmitted the talking points to the French Ministry of Agriculture, the Ministry of Ecology, the Fraud Control Office of the Ministry of Economy, Finance and Industry, and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. 2. Jean-Louis Maurer, F [...] | 2006-03-10 10:33:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ETRD FR EUN |
06PARIS166 | PRESIDENT CHIRAC'S ANNUAL ADDRESS TO THE [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a non-controversial January 10 address to the assembled diplomatic corps, President Chirac touched on the foreign policy challenges of combatting terrorism, preventing nuclear weapons proliferation, fostering progress in the Middle East and Africa, strengthening European defens [...] | 2006-01-10 16:38:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EUN FR |
06PARIS1681 | SARKOZY ADVISOR ON FIRST EMPLOYMENT CONTRACT, END [...] (C) Summary: Former Industry Minister and close Sarkozy advisor Patrick Devedjian predicted March 15 that student and labor union opposition to the First Employment Contract (CPE) was spreading and might yet become a major test for the government. In any event, he believed that PM de Villepin [...] | 2006-03-16 15:31:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ELAB PREL FR SOCI PINR EUN |
06PARIS1715 | FRANCE - BUSINESS UPDATE [...] (U) This message contains a series of updates on French trade and business news. France to ease restrictions on new EU workers --------------------------------------------- 2. (U) Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin announced on March 13 that France would "gradually" open up its labor [...] | 2006-03-17 14:49:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV ETRD ELAB PREL FR EUN |
06PARIS1735 | FRENCH ON MARCH 20 GAERC [...] (C) SUMMARY: French MFA officials spent much of March 17 helping plan the EU response to the summons received by EU and US Ambassadors in Minsk late March 16; the Austrian presidency will issue a statement holding Lukashenko alone responsible for any violence surrounding this weekend's presid [...] | 2006-03-17 17:57:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON ETRD YI MW SR BK BO IR IZ SU FR EUN |
06PARIS1922 | FRANCE WILL SUPPORT BELARUS TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS [...] (C) On March 24, Poloff delivered reftel demarche on expanding a visa ban against Belarusian officials to Antoine Gosset, the MFA's Belarus desk officer. Gosset said the MFA was examining the legal implications of extending the visa ban to include Aleksandr Lukashenka, given the lack of prece [...] | 2006-03-24 17:06:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM CVIS BO FR EUN |
06PARIS1966 | FORMER PRESIDENT GISCARD D'ESTAING ON A TROUBLED [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a March 21 meeting with the Ambassador, Former President Valery Giscard d'Estaing characterized the current social upheaval in France over the First Employment Contract as the latest episode in France's deep-seated resistance to change ("in no way pre-revolutionary"). He argued [...] | 2006-03-27 16:28:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON ELAB FR EUN PINR |
06PARIS2272 | HAMAS PARTICIPATION IN COE PARLIAMENTARY ASSEMBLY [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Stapleton received April 4 a letter from Congressman Wexler to COE Parliamentary Assembly (PACE) President van der Linden seeking to dissuade the parliamentary assembly from meeting with a Palestinian delegation of which one member belongs to Hamas. Embassy and CG St [...] | 2006-04-06 16:40:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL FR PHUM PTER KPAL IS EUN COE |
06PARIS2273 | FRANCE RESIGNED ON PENDING ADOPTION CASES IN [...] (C) Deputy PolCouns discussed reftel points March 28 with MFA European Affairs desk officer (filling in for an absent Romania desk officer) Virginie Bioteau March 28, who requested and received a copy of talking points for the purpose of coordinating an informed MFA response. She understood [...] | 2006-04-06 16:43:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL FR EUN CASC RO |
06PARIS2306 | POLISH EMBASSY ON FRANCO-POLISH AND FRANCO-GERMAN [...] (C) Summary: Polish Embassy PolCouns described for us April 6 an improving Franco-Polish relationship and growing French interest in the Weimar triangle grouping of France, Germany and Poland. She attributed growing French activism to attempts to offset its waning influence both vis-a-vis G [...] | 2006-04-07 15:29:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL FR EUN GE PL KPKO CG |
06PARIS2313 | FRENCH ON HAMAS/COE: GIVE US UNTIL THE 4/10 GAERC [...] (C) SUMMARY: On April 7, post further discussed possible Hamas participation in upcoming Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) meetings with MFA DAS-equivalent for Strategic Affairs Nicolas Niemtchinow (responsible for CoE political affairs) and shared ref A points with DAS-eq [...] | 2006-04-07 16:07:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL IS FR KHUM KTER COE EUN |
06PARIS2439 | FRENCH SENATE VOTES BIOTECH BILL [...] (SBU) Summary: On March 21, 22 and 23, the French Senate debated and approved a Biotech Bill presented by the Minister of Research, Francois Goulard. Significant outcomes from the debate included: further definition of the new French Biotech Council charged with evaluating and authorizing [...] | 2006-04-13 10:26:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ETRD FR EUN |
06PARIS2654 | FRENCH DEMARCHE ON CHINA POUCH ISSUE [...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. SEE PARAS 6 & 7. 2. (SBU) French A/S-equivalent for Asia Herve Ladsous called in U.S. and UK Embassy representatives April 19 to share French thinking on next steps in dealing with the Beijing pouch problems. Political and Tri-Mission Management M-Cs attend [...] | 2006-04-21 15:09:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AMGT KREC CVIS ADPM CH FR GM JA UK EUN |
06PARIS2660 | FRANCE ON PRODI/HAMAS CALL: "SHOCKED," BUT NO [...] (C) Summary: French MFA officials responsible for EU CFSP and the Middle East told us April 21 that they were "shocked" by Prodi's agreement to receive a phone call from a political-level Hamas member. However, citing the fact that Prodi was not yet a government official at the time of the [...] | 2006-04-21 16:34:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL FR EUN IT KPAL |
06PARIS3152 | LAURENT FABIUS ON EUROPE AND THE SOCIALIST PARTY'S [...] No summary [...] | 2006-05-12 12:50:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV FR PINR EUN |
06PARIS3178 | CHIRAC/VILLEPIN/SARKOZY AND THE CLEARSTREAM SCANDAL [...] (C) Summary. As ref A Paris Points document, the "Clearstream" scandal has become a classic French "affaire d'etat," a scandal which threatens the life of the government and the careers of many leading political, judicial, and even military figures. Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin continu [...] | 2006-05-12 16:15:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV FR EUN PINR |
06PARIS3181 | FRENCH ON MAY 15-16 GAERC - FOCUS ON AID TO [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel points to MFA deputy for CFSP Pascal LeDeunff on May 10 and discussed them with him on May 12. LeDeunff said that the biggest issue for the GAERC would be the question of EU assistance to the Palestinians. He noted that the GoF was refusing to agree to inclusion o [...] | 2006-05-12 16:25:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM KPAL UN EUN MW SR BO IR IZ CG SU |
06PARIS336 | FRENCH MFA WELCOMES USG ENGAGEMENT ON UN REFORM, [...] (SBU) Political Minister-Counselor discussed demarche points on January 18 with French IO A/S-Equivalent Sylvie Bermann (Ref A). Joining Bermann were desk officers Donatienne Hissard and Nicolas Kassianides, who respectively handle human rights issues and Security Council reform. Bermann and [...] | 2006-01-18 18:02:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | KUNR PREL PHUM PARM KNNP IR FR UNSC UNGA EUN |
06PARIS3360 | DOMINIQUE STRAUSS-KAHN ON CLEARSTREAM, HIS [...] (C) Summary: In a remarkably wide-ranging tour de force equally remarkable for its candor, former finance minister and leading Socialist party presidential candidate Dominique Strauss-Kahn shared with Ambassador Stapleton May 16 his views that: the Clearstream scandal is far from over; the Soc [...] | 2006-05-19 07:37:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON FR PINR EUN |
06PARIS357 | " ECONOMIC PATRIOTISM " TAKES SHAPE IN FRANCE [...] (C) As reported reftels, the GOF continues to enact elements of Parliamentarian Bernard Carayon,s &economic intelligence8 recommendations, as outlined in his 2003 report. The GOF issued a decree on December 31, 2005, to define which sectors merit protection from foreign control for &national [...] | 2006-01-19 15:56:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | EINV ETRD ECON EUN PREL FR |
06PARIS3721 | USNATO AMBASSADOR NULAND'S MEETING WITH SOCIALIST [...] (C) Summary and comment: Pierre Moscovici, the Socialist Party's National Secretary for International Relations, met May 29 with visiting Ambassador to NATO Nuland to discuss transatlantic relations in the context of France's 2007 presidential elections. Moscovici insisted that a PS Administra [...] | 2006-06-05 10:15:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL FR NATO EUN |
06PARIS3843 | FRENCH MFA CFSP CHIEFS ON EU DYNAMICS [...] (C) Summary: In a June 6 meeting, the MFA's CFSP chiefs lamented a certain absence of political will in the EU, but argued that the EU had largely succeeded, through an increase in ESDP operations, in recapturing some momentum following rejection of the EU constitutional treaty. They indicat [...] | 2006-06-07 12:56:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL FR EUN COE KPAL CY TU |
06PARIS3922 | FRANCE ON JUNE 12 GAERC - RECOGNITION OF MONTENEGRO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Foreign Minister Douste-Blazy will announce at the June 12-13 GAERC that France recognizes Montenegro, according to MFA CFSP deputy chief Pascal LeDeunff. He listed as the most important topics at the GAERC preparation of the June 20-21 U.S.-EU summit, Montenegro, Cuba, Iran, I [...] | 2006-06-09 16:18:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UN EUN YI MW SR BO IR IZ CU KPAL FR |
06PARIS4477 | FRANCE/UN: DRAFT REFORM RESOLUTION USEFUL; TIME TO [...] (SBU) Embassy delivered reftel demarche points at opening of business on June 27 to MFA IO PDAS-equivalent Jean-Pierre Lacroix, DAS-equivalent Jean-Hugues Simon-Michel, and IO desk officer Nicholas Kassianides. Lacroix offered feedback on June 28 in which he emphasized French concurrence on [...] | 2006-06-28 15:53:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AMGT AORC EU EUN PREL UNGA FR |
06PARIS5154 | JUDICIAL DECISIONS FAVORABLE TO BIOTECH CULTIVATION [...] Summary: Two recent judicial decisions have been supportive of biotech cultivation in France. The first overturned a lower court ruling exonerating test plot destroyers. The second required Greenpeace to remove from its website names and locations of biotech corn growers. Both decisions wil [...] | 2006-07-31 07:59:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ETRD EUN FR |
06PARIS5262 | FRENCH AGRICULTURE MINISTRY FIRMLY CONDEMNS BIOTECH CROP [...] On July 30, anti-biotech activists struck again in southwestern France destroying a Pioneer biotech test plot and, for the first time, commercial fields of biotech corn. Although activists are continuing to express their anti-biotech stance in this manner (reftel),we have noted that a growin [...] | 2006-08-03 14:03:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ETRD EUN FR |
06PARIS5423 | EUR DAS BRYZA'S PARIS CONSULTATIONS ON GEORGIA [...] (C) Summary: Visiting DAS Matt Bryza met August 2 with French Deputy PolDir Baleine du Laurens to discuss developments in Georgia and Abkhazia. On Georgian reforms, Bryza countered a suggestion by Laurens that Georgia was regressing by pointing to continued improvements in press freedom, tr [...] | 2006-08-10 16:09:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL FR EUN GG NATO KDEM |
06PARIS560 | FRENCH ON JANUARY 30 GAERC: HAMAS, IRAN, IRAQ, [...] (U) Poloff delivered ref (A) points on January 24th to MFA's deputy of CFSP unit, Pascal LeDeunff, and discussed the points with him on January 27th. 2. (C) Hamas Victory: LeDeunff referenced the January 27th Quartet statement and, echoing Prime Minister de Villepin's statement of January 2 [...] | 2006-01-27 17:31:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EUN KPAL IS HIZ FR |
06PARIS5668 | LEBANON/UNFIL: CHIRAC TO MAKE ANNOUNCEMENT ON [...] (U) President Chirac will go on national television at 8:00 p.m. tonight, August 24, to announce the decision taken earlier today, in his meeting with concerned cabinet ministers (PM, MFA, MOD),regarding France's participation in UNIFIL-plus. 2. (C) In an August 24 meeting of CDA with in [...] | 2006-08-24 12:32:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS MARR EUN LE KPKO UNSC FR |
06PARIS5698 | LEBANON/UNIFIL: CHIRAC ANNOUNCES 1600 ADDITIONAL [...] (U) Summary: Speaking on national television late August 24 reftel President Chirac pledged to contribute two more battalions at 800 soldiers each to UNIFIL, bringing the total French participation to 2,000 total. France will retain command on the ground and review the situation in six month [...] | 2006-08-24 18:46:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL MOPS MARR EUN LE KPKO UNSC FR |
06PARIS5737 | FM LIVNI'S AUGUST 22-23 VISIT TO PARIS [...] (C) SUMMARY: In separate read-outs of FM Livni's August 22-23 visit to France, French Middle East A/S Equivalent Jean Felix-Paganon and Israeli CDA Rafael Barak both emphasized that Livni was adamant on the need for full implementation of UNSCR 1701, given the explosive regional context. She [...] | 2006-08-28 12:39:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS MARR EUN LE KPKO UNSC FR |
06PARIS5811 | FRANCE'S PRESIDENT CHIRAC OUTLINES KEY FOREIGN [...] (C) Summary: President Chirac's annual foreign policy speech to France's ambassadors August 29 focused in particular on Middle East issues and crises, including Lebanon. He warned of clashes of civilizations (including between rich and poor),and stressed the importance of political processes [...] | 2006-08-29 15:45:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EUN UNSC NATO FR XF |
06PARIS5824 | CHIRAC/MERKEL FOCUS ON LEBANON, MIDDLE EAST; [...] (C) Summary: The August 25 informal Blaesheim meeting between President Chirac and German chancellor Merkel and their foreign ministers focused on Lebanon and the situation in the Middle East. Merkel publicly supported France's position on lifting the Israeli air/sea blockade of Lebanon, wi [...] | 2006-08-30 12:07:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL FR EUN GE MARR MOPS PHUM XF |
06PARIS5837 | FM DOUSTE-BLAZY'S SPEECH TO FRENCH AMBASSADORS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Foreign Minister Douste-Blazy addressed the annual conference of French ambassadors on August 29, echoing many of the same themes outlined by President Chirac in his address to the ambassadors the day before (reftel). Douste-Blazy stressed the exceptional role France still plays [...] | 2006-08-30 15:48:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV EUN UNSC TU PTER NATO FR |
06PARIS599 | FORMER FM VEDRINE ON MIDDLE EAST, IRAN, EUROPE, [...] (C) Summary: In a January 26 breakfast meeting with the Ambassador, former FM Hubert Vedrine provided a tour d'horizon on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict (it all depends on Israel and, specifically, the eclipse of the Likud),Iran (the difficulties of preventing it from acquiring a nuclear [...] | 2006-01-30 17:17:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL FR EUN KNNP KPAL |
06PARIS6165 | USUNESCO: EXECUTIVE BOARD ITEM - EUROPEAN COMMUNITY [...] See action request at paragraph 10. 2. In reftel report of the April 2006 (174th ) UNESCO Executive Board (EB) session, Mission reported (in para 30) on the possible need to review and revise the EB rules of procedure in the light of a novel European Union (EU) practice involving ambassadori [...] | 2006-09-14 09:32:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | SCUL ETRD UNESCO EUN PREL |
06PARIS6179 | EUR DAS BRYZA MEETS FRENCH POLITICAL DIRECTOR ON [...] (C) Summary: In a September 12 meeting with EUR/DAS Matt Bryza and EUR/CARC Director Rood, French Political Director Laboulaye expressed relief over U.S. efforts to persuade Georgian President Saakashvili to avoid being overly provocative toward Russia at the UNGA. To give Saakashvili an add [...] | 2006-09-14 14:52:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL FR GG NATO EUN KDEM |
06PARIS6274 | TURKISH FM GUL IN FRANCE: GOOD ATMOSPHERICS, NO [...] (C) Summary: According to the Turkish Embassy, Turkish FM Gul's September 13-14 meetings with President Chirac, FM Douste-Blazy and Minister-delegate Colonna produced nothing new in substance from the French side. The Turks nonetheless profess to have discerned some softening in French attit [...] | 2006-09-19 16:28:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL FR EUN TU CY MARR |
06PARIS6554 | FRANCE - TRADE AGREEMENT COMPLIANCE AND MONITORING [...] (SBU) In response to reftel request, post has created an interagency team on trade-related issues. The team includes representatives from the Economic Section, Foreign Commercial Services/U.S. Department of Commerce, and Agriculture. It will work closely with officers posted in France's two [...] | 2006-10-02 16:02:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV ETRD ELAB PREL EUN FR |
06PARIS680 | IRAN/IAEA: FRANCE REMAINS FIRM ON REFERRAL OF IRAN [...] (C) On Feb 2, post delivered reftel demarche to Nicolas Roche, deputy to Francois Richier in the MFA's Strategic affairs and Disarmament office, as well as to the Political Director's special assistant. Embassy Polmiloff conveyed U.S. rejection of a proposed Egyptian amendment to the resolut [...] | 2006-02-02 11:53:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP PARM PREL AORC EUN IR FR |
06PARIS686 | FRANCE - BUSINESS UPDATE [...] (U) This message contains a series of updates on French trade and business news. France's foreign trade deficit widened in 2005 --------------------------------------------- - 2. (U) France's trade deficit widened last November, leading many experts to conclude that France is heading for [...] | 2006-02-02 12:06:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV ETRD ELAB PREL EUN FR |
06PARIS7127 | EUROPEAN UNION AMBASSADORIAL DELEGATION [...] (U) The question of EU ambassadorial delegation switching - which provoked strong, negative reactions at the Spring 2006 Executive Board session - was followed up with determination by the Asia-Pacific (ASPAC) States (led by India and Japan, and joined by Afghanistan, China, Indonesia) to have [...] | 2006-10-31 09:07:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | UNESCO SCUL UNGA EUN |
06PARIS7337 | FRANCE/GAERC: GOF MAD ON LEBANON; SKEPTICAL ON [...] (U) We shared reftel points November 7 with MFA DAS-equivalent for the Middle East Herve Besancenot, DAS-equivalent for Iran Franck Gellet, DAS-equivalent for Nonproliferation (Iran) Philippe Errera and Deputy David Bertolotti, and DAS-equivalent for CFSP Emmanuel Cohet. Separately, we raised [...] | 2006-11-09 16:22:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL FR EUN PGOV PHUM UNAUS YI SR BK CG IS |
06PARIS7450 | UNESCO GENEVA GROUP UPDATE [...] UNESCO's Geneva Group met November 15, and was briefed by two senior UNESCO staff members on the status of the drafting of the 34 C/4 Medium Term Strategy (MTS) and 34 C/5 Program and Budget documents which will provide the foundations for the direction and funding of the organization during th [...] | 2006-11-20 11:03:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | UNESCO SCUL UNGA EUN |
06PARIS7484 | TRANSNISTRIA: GOF AGREES IN SUBSTANCE ON PCE, BUT [...] (C) Summary: Aurelia Bouchez, DAS-equivalent for Russia, Central Asia, and the Caucasus, explained on November 17 that France did not disagree in substance about the need for a multilateral peacekeeping mission in Transnistria, but was doubtful that the Russians would easily be convinced. She [...] | 2006-11-21 14:30:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | OSCE EUN PREL MD RS UP FR |
06PARIS7486 | TRANSNISTRIA: GOF AGREES IN SUBSTANCE ON PCE, BUT [...] (C) Summary: Aurelia Bouchez, DAS-equivalent for Russia, Central Asia, and the Caucasus, explained on November 17 that France did not disagree in substance about the need for a multilateral peacekeeping mission in Transnistria, but was doubtful that the Russians would easily be convinced. She [...] | 2006-11-21 15:10:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | OSCE EUN PREL MD RS UP FR |
06PARIS7508 | APPROACHING FRANCE ON TURKEY-EU [...] (C) SUMMARY AND ACTION RECOMMENDATION: Widespread public opposition to Turkish EU membership in the run-up to France's presidential elections severely limits the GOF's flexibility in dealing with the Turkey-Cyprus issue, notwithstanding Chirac's foreign policy prerogatives and his long-standi [...] | 2006-11-22 13:49:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL FR EUN NATO TU CY UNO |
06PARIS7731 | FRANCE/GAERC: AGREEMENT ON MOST ISSUES EXCEPT [...] (U) We shared refs A and B points December 5 with MFA CFSP Unit Deputy (DAS-equivalent) Emmanuel Cohet (all points),DAS-equivalent for industrial questions and sensitive exports Marc Abensour (China embargo),DAS-equivalent for the Levant Herve Besancenot (Israel-Palestinian conflict and Leb [...] | 2006-12-08 16:30:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL FR EUN PGOV PHUM UN YI SR BK IS LE IR |
06PARIS7755 | A/S FRIED AND FRENCH NSA-EQUIVALENT [...] (S) SUMMARY: EUR A/S Dan Fried's December 7 meeting with presidential diplomatic advisor Maurice Gourdault-Montagne (MGM) focused largely on Russia, with France in a defensive posture. MGM raised the aborted Putin-Chirac dinner on the margins of the NATO Riga Summit, saying it had been instigated b [...] | 2006-12-12 13:05:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET | PREL FR EUN NATO RS UNO SR YI TU CY |
06PARIS7795 | ASSISTANT SECRETARY FRIED'S MEETING WITH JACQUES [...] (C) Assistant Secretary Fried met with recognized intellectual and long-time Segolene Royal confidant Jacques Attali on December 6. Attali underlined that Royal, even though she is a leading contender for France's presidency in next spring's elections, has had very little experience making and [...] | 2006-12-14 13:37:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ELAB EUN PINR SOCI ECON PREL FR |
06PARIS7928 | THE FIRST LADY'S JAN 14-17 VISIT TO PARIS [...] (U) The First Lady's visit to France comes at an ideal moment, just as the French are contemplating a generational change in their politics and reassessing their role in the world. The First Lady will be able to highlight our historic friendship, our effective modern-day collaboration, and ou [...] | 2006-12-29 14:14:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OVIP BUSH LAURA PREL PGOV FR EUN UNO NATO |
06PARIS798 | DEPSEC ZOELLICK REVIEWS INVESTMENT BARRIERS, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Deputy Secretary Zoellick reviewed French economic reforms, new GoF restrictive investment rules, and the current state of the Doha Round trade negotiations with Christine Lagarde, France's Minister-delegate for Foreign Trade. Lagarde said France was "open for business", and [...] | 2006-02-08 11:49:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PREL OTRA ETRD EINV EFIN EUN FR |
06PARIS827 | FRENCH ON TURKISH PLAN FOR CYPRUS [...] (C) SUMMARY: France not only sees nothing new in the January 24 "Gul proposal," but considers it essentially as a step backward, according to MFA DAS-equivalents responsible for Cyprus in the EU and UN. In their view, Turkey is already obliged to fulfill its Ankara protocol commitments on o [...] | 2006-02-08 17:41:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV CY TU FR EUN |
06PARIS851 | France and ISTA Executive Committee [...] Per REFTEL, FAS/Paris sent the talking points to Joel Lechappe, French Delegate to the International Seed Testing Association (ISTA),and discussed the points with him in a follow-up conversation. 2. Joel Lechappe said that he will be the French Delegate at the ISTA Executive Committee m [...] | 2006-02-09 17:21:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ETRD PGOV TBIO FR WTRO EUN |
06PARIS854 | DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MEETING WITH MINISTER-DELEGATE [...] (C) Summary: At a February 3 meeting with the Deputy Secretary, Minister Delegate for European Affairs Catherine SIPDIS Colonna affirmed a vision of an ever-deepening European Union despite recent turmoil, stated that the next enlargement should be limited to the Balkan states, and sketche [...] | 2006-02-10 09:14:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL FR EUN NATO KNNP IR SU CD CG |
06PARIS955 | EUR PDAS VOLKER'S FEBRUARY 3 MEETING WITH FRENCH [...] (C) Summary: French MOD Diplomatic Adviser Besancenot and deputy Grand gave EUR PDAS Volker February 3 a preview of the points that MOD Alliot-Marie planned to make at the Annual Security Conference in Germany the following day and at the NATO Informal Defense Ministerial at Taormina February [...] | 2006-02-14 17:15:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREL NATO EUN AF FR |
06PARIS984 | French Conclusions to WTO Panel Decision [...] SUMMARY: While there was no official reaction by the GOF to the recently announced WTO interim panel decision on the biotech case, the national press covered the issue widely. The French biotech bill was presented to the Council of Ministers the day after the WTO ruling was released, fuelin [...] | 2006-02-15 17:39:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ETRD PGOV FR WTRO EUN |
06PRAGUE1134 | CZECHS ON SEPTEMBER 15 GAERC [...] (C) Summary. At the September 15 GAERC, the Czechs expect the focus to be on the Middle East (Iran, Israel, Lebanon, and Iraq),the Balkans, and Africa. The Czechs support sanctions for Iran, although they hope for international consensus. On Palestine, the Czechs will urge the EU to issue GAE [...] | 2006-09-14 15:16:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV UN EUN SR LE IS KPAL EZ |
06PRAGUE1158 | CZECHS NOT LIKELY TO SUPPORT U.S. CANDIDATE FOR [...] Econoff met September 6 with Ministry of Informatics Head of European Integration and International Relations Unit Marketa Morska about reftel request for support of Mr. Steven Lett as Director of International Mobile Satellite Organization. Morska explained her ministry will not make the fina [...] | 2006-09-18 15:23:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC ECPS EUN EWWT IMO INMARSAT KHLS EZ |
06PRAGUE1191 | CZECH REPUBLIC SUPPORTS CATEGORY 3 CLASSIFICATION [...] In response to reftel demarche, both the Czech Ministry of Industry and Trade and the Ministry of the Environment pledged that the GOCR would continue to support category 3 classification for borates and boric acid. Deputy Minister of the Environment Dr. Blaha assured us that the Czech Missio [...] | 2006-09-26 15:56:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD BEXP EUN EZ |
06PRAGUE1252 | CZECHS ON UNGA AND CUBA RESOLUTION [...] (U) Polec Counselor and Poloff met October 6 with Czech MFA UN Department Director Jan Kara to discuss Czech impressions of UNGA to date, and specifically Ref A proposal on the Cuba embargo resolution (note that Ref B was received subsequent to our meeting. Several issues in Ref B were cover [...] | 2006-10-09 11:11:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | UNGA PREL PHUM EUN CU UN EZ |
06PRAGUE1267 | CZECHS ON OCTOBER 12 GAERC [...] (C) Summary. At the October 12 GAERC, the EU will focus on the Middle East, the Russia-Georgia conflict, the Balkans, Sudan, and North Korea. On the Middle East, the EU will likely support sanctions for Iran, support President Abbas in Palestine, and address the security situation in Lebanon. T [...] | 2006-10-12 16:45:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UN EUN SR LE IS KPAL RU EZ |
06PRAGUE1406 | CZECHS ON NOVEMBER 13-14 GAERC [...] (C) Summary. At the November 13 GAERC the Czechs expect the focus to be on the Middle East (Iran, Israel/Palestine, Lebanon),Russia, and the Balkans. Czech policy closely mirrors U.S. policy in these regions/countries. Specifically, the Czechs support: (1) a strong UNSC resolution with sancti [...] | 2006-11-09 15:48:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM UNAUS EUN YI SR BK CG IS LE |
06PRAGUE1437 | CZECHS SUPPORT U.S. POSITION ON TURKEY/EU ACCESSION [...] (C) Czech Deputy Foreign Minister Tomas Pojar told DCM November 24 that the Czech Republic supports the USG position that the upcoming European Council meeting not reach any conclusions that could lead to a break in Turkish-EU accession negotiations. Pojar noted that Foreign Minister Vondra h [...] | 2006-11-24 11:24:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EUN EZ |
06PRAGUE1448 | CZECHS SUPPORT U.S. APPROACH TO GEORGIA/MOLDOVA [...] (SBU) The Czech delegation to the upcoming OSCE Ministerial in Brussels on December 4-5 will support the U.S. position on the resolution of conflicts in Georgia and Moldova. MFA Deputy Director of the Eastern Europe Department Martina Tauberova told Poloff on November 24 that Czech FM Alexandr [...] | 2006-11-29 14:05:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS EUN NATO OSCE MO MOPS GG RU EZ |
06PRAGUE1471 | CZECHS ON EU-TURKEY DIALOGUE [...] (C) PolCouns met December 4 with Czech MFA Director General of the European Union Section Libor Secka to discuss Czech views on Turkey-EU negotiations over coming days. Secka emphasized that the Czech Republic strongly supports continued negotiations with Turkey; this stance had been confirmed [...] | 2006-12-04 16:02:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EZ TU EUN |
06PRAGUE1491 | CZECHS ON THE DECEMBER 11-12 GAERC [...] (C) Summary. At the December 11-12 GAERC, the Czechs expect the focus to be on the Balkans, the Middle East, Afghanistan, China, and Turkey. Czech policy continues to closely track U.S. policy in these regions/countries. At the upcoming GAERC, the Czechs will support (1) ICTY compliance and th [...] | 2006-12-07 16:09:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM UNAUS EUN YI SR BK IS LE IR |
06PRAGUE1510 | CZECH ATTITUDES TOWARD AFGHAN OPIUM PRODUCTION AND [...] (C) Summary: In response to reftel, Czech authorities said that the increased production of opium in Afghanistan will not change the character of Czech operations in Afghanistan. Ministry of Interior officials doubt that the increased production would have a negative impact on Czech society as [...] | 2006-12-14 07:43:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR EAID EUN SNAR AF EZ |
06PRAGUE1523 | CZECH VIEWS ON U.S./EU AIR TRANSPORT AGREEMENT [...] No summary [...] | 2006-12-18 08:49:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR ECON EUN FINV KTIA EZ |
06PRAGUE1528 | CZECH REPUBLIC: NO STRONG POSITION ON EU DECISION [...] In response to reftel, Ministry of the Environment Department of Climatic Changes Specialist Dr. Jiri Dobiasovsky said that while the government has not indicated an official opinion on the latest EC decision to include international aviation emissions from non-EU air carriers in the EU Emissi [...] | 2006-12-18 13:54:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR ECON SENV EUN EZ |
06PRAGUE1540 | CZECH REPUBLIC: SUPPORT FOR U.S.-EU GPS GALILEO [...] No summary [...] | 2006-12-21 15:27:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED | TSPA SENV KTIA SPCE EUN EZ |
06PRAGUE171 | CZECHS WARN OF EU PROBLEMS AHEAD AS A RESULT OF [...] (C) In a February 16 meeting Czech MFA UN Department Director Jan Kara warned A/DCM that he was seeing signs the EU would become more hostile to the United States as a result of the UN Special Rapporteurs Report on Treatment of Detainees at Guantanamo Bay. Reflecting on discussions he had held [...] | 2006-02-16 17:48:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAO EUN EZ |
06PRAGUE184 | CZECHS VIEWS ON EVOLVING EU CUBA POLICY [...] (C) A/DCM met February 17 with Jakub Skalnik, Czech MFA Director for the Americas, to discuss a range of issues, including Cuba policy. Skalnik, a self-professed hardliner on Cuba, said he hoped the Czechs would join with Poland, Slovakia, and possibly the Germans and the Dutch, in making the [...] | 2006-02-17 15:55:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KDEM EUN CU EZ |
06PRAGUE199 | CZECHS ON FEB 27 GAERC [...] (C) Summary. At the February 27 GAERC, the top priorities will be the Balkans, the Middle East, and Belarus. The Czechs stress the importance of observing international standards in Kosovo, and of managing the impact in Belgrade of any permanent solution for Kosovo. The Czechs strongly support [...] | 2006-02-24 07:53:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EUN YI MW SR BK BO IR IZ KPAL CG |
06PRAGUE257 | CZECHS WELCOME COORDINATION ON [...] (C) A/DCM March 10 delivered reftel points on reacting to the Belarus election to Deputy Foreign Minister Thomas Pojar. Pojar welcomed the U.S. desire to ensure unified action. 2. (C) Czech officials have been positive on the idea of coordinating the international response to the election. [...] | 2006-03-10 18:36:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KDEM PGOV EUN BO EZ |
06PRAGUE285 | CZECHS ON MARCH 20 GAERC [...] (C) Summary. The Czechs predict that the Balkans, Palestine, and Belarus will be the top priorities at the March 20 GAERC. On the Balkans, progress is being made, but some EU member states may be losing their appetite for admitting the Balkan states to the EU in the foreseeable future. On Pale [...] | 2006-03-17 16:30:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON ETRD EUN YI MW SR BK BO IR IZ SU |
06PRAGUE309 | CZECHS STRONGLY SUPPORT TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS FOR [...] (C) In a meeting on March 23, MFA Eastern Europe Director Tomas Szunyog told Poloff the Czechs support travel restrictions for top Belarusian government officials, ref A. On MQch 24, Poloff called Szunyog to confirm the Czechs support travel restrictions for Belarusian President Aleksandr Luka [...] | 2006-03-24 17:03:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM CVIS EUN BO EZ |
06PRAGUE388 | CZECH DIPLOMAT EXPELLED FROM CUBA - MORE [...] (C) Summary. On April 13, the Castro regime announced it would not renew the visa of Czech diplomat Stanislav Kazecky, effectively expelling him. The Czechs believe another Czech diplomat may be expelled next week. The Cuban Charge d'Affaires in Prague said the GOC expelled Kazecky because his [...] | 2006-04-17 13:17:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KDEM CU EZ EUN |
06PRAGUE389 | CZECH DIPLOMAT EXPELLED FROM CUBA - MORE [...] No summary [...] | 2006-04-18 06:09:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KDEM CU EZ EUN |
06PRAGUE390 | CZECH DIPLOMAT EXPELLED FROM CUBA - MORE [...] No summary [...] | 2006-04-18 06:10:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KDEM CU EZ EUN |
06PRAGUE425 | CODEL DAVIS IN CZECH REPUBLIC: TRANSATLANTIC [...] (C) Summary. On April 21, 2006, a delegation of eight members of the U.S. House of Representatives met with Czech Prime Minister Jiri Paroubek and President Vaclav Klaus. Both leaders stressed the importance of strong U.S.-Czech relations; Representatives expressed strong appreciation for thes [...] | 2006-04-24 16:16:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV CVIS EUN EZ |
06PRAGUE504 | CZECHS SAY CUBA CONFERENCE A SUCCESS [...] (C) Summary. The Czech MFA, in cooperation with Czech NGOs, recently hosted a Conference on Cuba in Prague to search for common ground with other EU member states active in Cuba, and share the best practice of European NGOs working there. The Conference participants included MFA representative [...] | 2006-05-11 14:17:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KDEM CU EZ EUN |
06PRAGUE508 | CZECHS ON MAY 15 GAERC [...] (C) Summary. At the May 15 GAERC, Czechs expect the focus will be on the Balkans, the Middle East, and Africa. On Serbia, the Czechs agree with the EU decision to suspend accession talks for failure to comply fully with ICTY. They urge Montenegro to use the Czech-Slovak "Velvet Divorce" as a m [...] | 2006-05-12 08:41:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM UN EUN MW SR BO IR IZ CG SU LI |
06PRAGUE509 | CZECH DIPLOMAT EXPELLED FROM CUBA: CAUTIONARY TALE? [...] (C) Summary. Poloff met April 28 with Stanislav Kazecky, the Czech diplomat recently expelled from Cuba (ref A). Kazecky observed that the human rights situation in Cuba appears to be worsening, and shared tips on effective "public diplomacy" in a closed society. End summary. 2. (C) Kazecky [...] | 2006-05-12 12:28:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KDEM CU EZ EUN |
06PRAGUE531 | CZECHS: EU SHOULD DESIGNATE TAMIL TIGERS AS [...] No summary [...] | 2006-05-17 12:15:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EUN PGOV PREL CE EZ |
06PRAGUE540 | CZECH FOREIGN MINISTER CALLS IN AMBASSADOR ON [...] (SBU) Czech FM Cyril Svoboda called in the Ambassador on the morning of May 19 to discuss the recently approved Senate amendment to immigration reform legislation that would extend the visa waiver program (VWP) to Poland, but not to the Czech Republic. Svoboda, who faces re-election in two wee [...] | 2006-05-19 13:55:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL CVIS PGOV EUN PL EZ |
06PRAGUE635 | CZECHS ON JUNE 12 GAERC [...] (C) Summary. At the June 12 GAERC, the Czechs expect the focus to be on Cuba, the Middle East, and the Balkans. On Cuba, the GAERC conclusions are expected to contain strong language on Cuba (already negotiated by the Czechs and the Spanish) denouncing the human rights conditions in Cuba and o [...] | 2006-06-09 14:56:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UN EUN YI MW SR BO IR IZ KPAL EZ |
06PRAGUE674 | RESPONSE FROM CZECH REPUBLIC ON REACH: IT IS TOO [...] SUMMARY: The Czech government was receptive to USG concerns on the pending EU Chemicals Directive (REACH),but indicated that changes are not likely as it is now a choice between the Council,s and the Parliament,s versions. Given the history of GOCR active engagement and pragmatism on REACH (r [...] | 2006-06-16 13:56:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD BEXP SENV EUN EZ |
06PRAGUE747 | PROSPECTS FOR FUTURE CZECH POLICY TOWARD IRAN, AND [...] No summary [...] | 2006-07-01 10:12:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETTC MNUC PGOV EUN EZ IR |
06PRAGUE755 | PROSPECTS FOR FUTURE CZECH POLICY TOWARD IRAN, AND [...] (C) Summary and comment: This is the final of three cables on Czech-Iranian relations. The Czech Government is likely to remain solidly aligned with the USG on Iran. Czech mainstream parties whose platforms are supportive of USG positions vis-a-vis the Iranian nuclear issue will occupy 174 o [...] | 2006-07-03 15:14:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETTC MNUC PGOV EUN EZ IR |
06PRAGUE806 | CZECHS ON JULY 17 GAERC [...] (C) Summary: At the July 17 GAERC, the Czechs expect the focus to be on the Middle East and the Balkans. The Czechs are strong supporters of USG policy in both regions. Of particular note, outgoing Czech FM Cyril Svoboda plans to take a tough stand in support of Israel during the debate on the [...] | 2006-07-14 12:54:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL UN EUN YI MW SR BO IR IZ KPAL SU CG |
06PRAGUE851 | CZECHS SUPPORT PHARE ASSISTANCE, BUT ONLY UNDER [...] (C) Poloff discussed the Czech position on PHARE assistance for the Turkish Cypriot Community on July 25 with MFA Director of Southeast and Eastern Europe Department Tomas Szunyog, and MFA Director of Coordination and Institutions of EU Tomas Ulicny. Szunyog said the Czechs support the PHARE a [...] | 2006-07-25 15:05:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID LH EUN CY EZ |
06PRAGUE893 | CZECHS SAY NOT TO WORRY: ASEM WILL FOCUS ON [...] No summary [...] | 2006-08-02 15:58:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM FI BU EUN EZ |
06PRAGUE9 | CZECHS ON JOINT U.S.-EU STATEMENT TO LUKASHENKO: [...] (C) CDA and Poloff met January 3 with Tomas Szunyog, Czech MFA's Director of the Eastern Europe Department, to discuss the proposed U.S.-EU joint statement to Belarus President Lukashenko urging him not to run in the presidential election. Szunyog said the Czechs' support the U.S. position 100 [...] | 2006-01-03 16:07:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KDEM EUN BO OSCE EZ |
06PRAGUE94 | CZECHS ON JAN 30 GAERC [...] (C) Summary. At the January 30 GAERC, the Czechs will urge the EU not to engage with the newly elected Hamas government unless it renounces violence, recognizes Israel, and accepts the two-state process. On Iran, the Czechs will support referral to the UNSC, and will continue to hope for a dip [...] | 2006-01-27 16:53:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EUN EZ |
06PRISTINA763 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO VINCENT CARVER [...] US Office Pristina welcomes and grants country clearance to Vincent Carver to visit Pristina September 12 - September 14, 2006. The purpose of the visit is to attend the September 13 coordination meeting chaired by DAS DiCarlo. Point of contact will be Political Officer, David Whiddon, who can [...] | 2006-09-12 14:53:00 | Embassy Pristina | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA EUN |
06PRISTINA811 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO JOHN ERATH, EUR/SCE DEPUTY DIRECTOR [...] US Office Pristina welcomes and grants country clearance to EUR/SCE Deputy Director for Kosovo John Erath to visit Pristina September 28-30, 2006. The purpose of the visit is for consultations with US Office Pristina staff and with local and international officials. Point of contact is Polit [...] | 2006-09-26 14:31:00 | Embassy Pristina | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC OTRA PREL EUN AU SE NATO US |
06PRISTINA822 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO VINCENT CARVER [...] US Office Pristina welcomes and grants country clearance to USEU Political Officer Vincent Carver to visit Pristina October 2-December 15, 2006. The purpose of the visit is to participate in the international civilian office planning. Point of contact is Deputy Chief Political Officer David [...] | 2006-09-29 14:12:00 | Embassy Pristina | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC EUN |
06RIGA518 | LATVIA ON WTO GENEVA MEETING [...] (C) Pol/Econ Chief delivered reftel points to Maija Manika, MFA U/S for Economic Issues June 28. Manika will accompany Economics Minister Stokenbergs to Geneva. Manika said that Latvia was among the EU member states urging a more flexible approach by the commission, but acknowledged that lar [...] | 2006-07-03 07:28:00 | Embassy Riga | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD PREL EUN WTO LG |
06RIGA533 | LATVIAN PRESIDENT VETOS CONTROVERSIAL LABOR LAW [...] SUMMARY. Latvian president Vaira Vike-Freiberga returned to the Saeima (parliament) a bill to amend the Labor Law, which did not include sexual orientation as one of the protected categories in employment. The language of the law appears to violate an EU directive that Latvia must incorporat [...] | 2006-07-07 11:18:00 | Embassy Riga | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM EUN LG |
06RIGA633 | SEX, LIES AND VIDEOTAPE: LATVIAN MFA,S REACTION TO [...] (C) Summary: Latvia believes that the recent incident alleging that one of its diplomats in Minsk was distributing pornography was a set up meant to retaliate against Latvian support for Belarusian NGO's and Belarusian opposition forces, notably while Latvia was the EU presidency representa [...] | 2006-08-08 09:02:00 | Embassy Riga | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM KDEM PINR EUN BO LG |
06RIGA698 | LATVIAN VIEWS ON POSSIBILITY OF EU/RUSSIA [...] (C) In a meeting with pol/econ chief August 28 on other issues, Latvian MFA PolDir Ilgvars Klava raised the topic of ongoing discussions in the EU on potential joint peacekeeping efforts with Russia. According to Klava, this topic would be discussed at the September 1 - 2 Gymnich. Klava said [...] | 2006-08-31 06:15:00 | Embassy Riga | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS EUN RU LG |
06RIGA734 | POLICING HATE CRIMES - LATVIAN NGO HOSTS SEMINAR [...] Summary. On August 28, the Latvian Center for Human Rights (a local NGO) hosted a seminar titled Policing Hate Crime. Approximately 20 police officers and 20 representatives from the Latvian government and NGOs attended. The daylong event covered a range of issues, but the most valuable we [...] | 2006-09-12 14:21:00 | Embassy Riga | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PGOV ASEC EUN LG |
06RIGA832 | LATVIAN VIEWS ON GAERC - FOCUSED ON GEORGIA [...] (C) Pol/econ chief delivered reftel demarche to Veronika Erte, A/S-level official responsible for EU issues at the MFA, on October 12. The GOL adopted its GAERC positions in cabinet on October 10. Latvia will be represented at the GAERC by its Ambassador to the EU. 2. (C) Georgia - Althou [...] | 2006-10-12 14:04:00 | Embassy Riga | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MASS EUN GG RU LE LG |
06RIGA885 | LATVIA BANS DISCRIMINATION IN EMPLOYMENT ON THE BASIS OF [...] Summary: Latvian President Vike-Freiberga has signed amendments to Latvia's Labor law adding sexual orientation to the categories of people protected from employment discrimination and the law takes effect October 25. The President had vetoed an earlier version of the law that omitted this gr [...] | 2006-10-25 13:54:00 | Embassy Riga | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PGOV ELAB EUN LG |
06ROME1093 | PROTESTING THE IRANIAN REGIME'S TREATMENT OF [...] No summary [...] | 2006-04-11 08:50:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PTER PHUM EUN KNNP IR IT |
06ROME1182 | ITALIAN VIEWS ON NATO GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP - [...] (C) Italy has a positive impression of the U.S. concept for a NATO Global Partnership and is interested in pursuing it further, but registered concerns about our presentation and approach, fearing we are moving too fast, without a clear enough sense of what partners want or expect, or of possib [...] | 2006-04-19 15:45:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR IT NATO EUN |
06ROME1209 | ITALY: PRODI ADVISER TALKS GOVERNMENT FORMATION, [...] (C) A senior adviser to Romano Prodi says President of the Republic Carlo Azeglio Ciampi has privately agreed to tap Prodi as PM-designate before Ciampi's term expires. If that happened, it could accelerate the government formation process by about two weeks, to mid-May. Levi also said he th [...] | 2006-04-21 17:33:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MOPS KNNP PTER EUN IZ IR IT |
06ROME1324 | ITALY UNCERTAIN LISTING TAMIL TIGERS WILL PROMOTE [...] (C) Poloff discussed Ref demarche on May 3 with the MFA's Enrico Valvo of the counter-terrorism office and Giuseppe Cinti, Soth Asian Office Director. Both officials fully agreed that the suicide bombing last month was an abhorrent escalation and said Italy would continue denouncing all forms [...] | 2006-05-04 13:03:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IT EUN |
06ROME137 | FM FINI'S MESSAGE TO BELGRADE LANDS ON DEAF EARS [...] (C) Summary. Italian FM Fini's recent visit to Belgrade failed to persuade Serbian PM Kostunica to accept the possibility that a decision on Kosovo's status could result in anything other than broad autonomy. Kostunica is convinced that the international community would be prevented by inter [...] | 2006-01-13 16:44:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SR MW YI IT EUN |
06ROME1625 | ITALY: PM PRODI ON CIVILIAN COMMITMENT TO IRAQ, [...] (C) In a wide-ranging meeting with Senator Allen and the Ambassador on May 30, Italian PM Prodi said Italy was firmly committed to Iraq's future, but had to figure out how to end its military engagement while continuing to contribute to reconstruction and political development. He said he was [...] | 2006-05-31 14:52:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NATO MOPS EUN IZ AF IT |
06ROME1726 | ITALIAN VIEWS ON JUNE GAERC [...] (C) Summary. The GOI is prepared to recognize Montenegro as an independent state following an EU statement on the results of the referendum but wants the international community to continue to focus on trafficking, organized crime and security issues after the dissolution of the union between [...] | 2006-06-09 14:22:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EUN KPAL YI MW IZ IT |
06ROME1755 | ITALIAN FM D'ALEMA SEEKING GOOD START TO [...] (S/NF) I met with FM D'Alema June 13 to preview his plans for his June 16 meetings with you. He wants to start the new Italian government's relations with us on a positive and constructive note. D'Alema said Italy can and will do more in Afghanistan, is willing to do more in Iraq under a NATO [...] | 2006-06-13 15:21:00 | Embassy Rome | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV OVIP MOPS IZ IT EUN NATO |
06ROME1856 | ITALY TELLS IRAN TO ACCEPT EU3 PACKAGE [...] (C/NF) Summary. On June 22, visiting EUR/WE Office Director Kathy Allegrone discussed Iran, Syria, Iraq, and UN Security Council reform with MFA Political Director Giulio Terzi. On June 21 in Rome, Italian FM D'Alema told visiting Iranian FM Mottaki to accept the EU3 package and that Italy, d [...] | 2006-06-23 09:15:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PTER PHUM EUN KNNP IR IT |
06ROME187 | 2005-2006 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL [...] Italy is not an important regional or offshore financial center. However, money laundering is a concern both because of the prevalence of homegrown organized crime groups and the recent influx of criminal organizations from abroad, especially from Albania, Romania, and Russia. The heavy inv [...] | 2006-01-19 16:46:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN KCRM KTFN PTER IT EUN UN |
06ROME1897 | ITALY WANTS PROGRESS ON UN MANAGEMENT REFORM [...] No summary [...] | 2006-06-28 13:40:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL UNGA EU EUN AORC AMGT IT |
06ROME2006 | IRAN: TEHRAN-BASED UN OFFICIAL SEES INCREASING [...] (C/NF) An Italian UN official based in Tehran says Iran is using all means at its disposal -- from support for terrorist groups to its own counter-narcotics campaign -- to boost its influence in the region. Accustomed to years of economic sanctions and international isolation, key Iranian powe [...] | 2006-07-14 07:50:00 | Embassy Rome | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PTER PHUM EUN KNNP SNAR IR IT |
06ROME2093 | P5+1 INCENTIVE PACKAGE FOR IRAN: NO SURPRISE TO [...] No summary [...] | 2006-07-21 14:45:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER PHUM EUN KNNP SNAR IR IT |
06ROME2195 | ITALY: INVITATION TO BURMESE FM AN EU EXPERIMENT [...] (C) Poloff delivered Ref A demarche to Giuseppe Mistretta, MFA Office Director for Southeast Asia, August 2, stressing U.S. disappointment with the Finnish Government's decision to invite the Burmese Foreign Minister to the September ASEM meeting in Helsinki. Mistretta responded that the invit [...] | 2006-08-04 12:14:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM FI BU EUN IT |
06ROME2547 | PRODI TO AFFIRM TO BEIJING: GOI RESPECTS ARMS [...] (C) Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi will travel to China September 13-18, stopping in Beijing, Nanjing, Canton, Shanghai, and Tianjin. In light of the upcoming trip, Poloff spoke with Assistant Diplomatic Advisor to the Prime Minister Sem Fabrizi September 7 to discuss the China arms embar [...] | 2006-09-11 15:06:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM EUN ETTC ETRD CH IT |
06ROME2636 | LEGAL ADVISER BELLINGER MAKES CASE FOR GREATER CT [...] (C) Summary: State Department Legal Adviser John Bellinger joined the Ambassador in a series of events commemorating the September 11 attacks, urging support for the President's September 6 remarks on detainees and deeper counter-terrorism cooperation. Bellinger delivered the keynote address a [...] | 2006-09-19 07:50:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PTER PGOV PREL EUN IT |
06ROME2637 | VOLKER DISCUSSES IRAN, LEBANON AND SYRIA WITH [...] (C/NF) On Sept. 13 in Rome, EUR PDAS Volker met PolDir Terzi and other MFA officials, and PM Deputy Diplomatic Advisors Gentilini and Carnelos. Terzi thanked the U.S. for helping get Italy included in the Berlin Iran talks and called the common U.S.-EU position on Iran a major achievement. T [...] | 2006-09-19 09:04:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL NATO EUN IR UNSC SY LE IT |
06ROME2653 | LEGAL ADVISER BELLINGER MAKES CASE FOR GREATER CT [...] (C) Summary: State Department Legal Adviser John Bellinger joined the Ambassador in a series of events commemorating the September 11 attacks, urging support for the President's September 6 remarks on detainees and deeper counter-terrorism cooperation. Bellinger delivered the keynote address a [...] | 2006-09-20 14:23:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PTER PGOV PREL EUN IT |
06ROME278 | EXPROPRIATION CLAIMS AND DISPUTES [...] There is one outstanding expropriation case concerning the estate of a U.S.citizen of Italian descent against the City of Rome for expropriation of property. Two other cases appear either settled or abandoned. In the latter two cases, the Embassy/Consulate General has not been directly involv [...] | 2006-01-31 13:48:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV KIDE EFIN CASC IT EUN |
06ROME2780 | ITALIANS NEUTRAL ON SUPPORTING AMENDMENT TO CUBA [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel points to Leonardo Bencini, Director of the UN office of the Italian MFA, on October 3. Bencini noted that the EU regularly supports the Cuba Embargo resolution and would likely do so again. Bencini said that Italy's position on support for an amendment would be for [...] | 2006-10-03 15:47:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | EUN UNGA PREL PHUM UN IT |
06ROME3119 | TRANSNISTRA: ITALIANS SUPPORT CHANGING [...] No summary [...] | 2006-11-20 12:14:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | OSCE EUN PREL MD RS UP IT |
06ROME3166 | ITALY QUINT MEETING "DAMAGE CONTROL"; ITALY SAYS [...] (C) Summary. The DCM delivered reftel points to senior MFA officials November 22 and underscored our concern regarding the Spanish MEPP Initiative and Italy's association with it. The Italians said they see the Quint meeting, which Italy is hosting November 24, as an opportunity to do "damag [...] | 2006-11-22 16:47:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV XF EUN IT |
06ROME3170 | ITALY CONCERNED RUSSIA WON'T ACCEPT [...] (C) The DCM and poloff delivered reftel points to MFA Political Director Terzi and OSCE Office Director Brunella Borzi on November 22. Terzi expressed a desire for consensus on the best text possible but voiced concern regarding probable Russian objections to tough language, especially parts [...] | 2006-11-24 12:30:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PBTS EUN NATO OSCE MO GG RU IT |
06ROME3214 | ABRAMS ENGAGES ITALIANS ON MEPP, IRAN AND [...] (C) Deputy National Security Advisor Elliott Abrams November 27 engaged senior MFA officials, members of the Prime Minister's Office and (on background) journalists from Italy's leading dailies on Syria/Lebanon, the Middle East Peace Process (MEPP) and Iran. On Syria and Lebanon, he noted th [...] | 2006-12-01 12:27:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL XF IR LE UNAUS EUN IT |
06ROME323 | (UPDATE) 2005 INCSR SUBMISSION FOR ITALY (PART I) [...] In accordance with Ref B instructions, Post submits an update to the INCSR report (Ref A) transmitted in December 2005. The updated text and figures below reflect the latest information from the GOI and should be included in the final draft of the INCSR. 2. Ref A cable, paragraph five. [...] | 2006-02-03 13:31:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR IT EUN |
06ROME328 | GOI SAYS JUDICIAL REFORM WILL NOT REDUCE IPR [...] (U) Summary: The Italian Ministry of Justice, in a written reply to the Ambassador, has firmly rejected U.S. copyright industry arguments that recent judicial reforms will hamper the prosecution of intellectual property crimes. Contrary to the claims of the Recording Industry Association of [...] | 2006-02-03 14:29:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIPR ETRD EINV IT EUN |
06ROME329 | IRAN: ITALY STEADY ON REFERRAL, WANTS [...] (C) Italy supports the U.S. "100 percent" on the Iranian nuclear issue, including referral to the UN Security Council. MFA officials continue to stress to the Iranians the need to suspend enrichment activities to restore the confidence of the international community. While unhappy at Italy's [...] | 2006-02-03 14:43:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PHUM EUN KNNP IR IT |
06ROME338 | ITALY FACING AN ENERGY CRISIS? [...] (C) Summary: An unexpectedly cold winter and miscalculation of the rate at which Italy consumes natural gas may mean that Italy will not have sufficient gas reserves to generate electricity for the remainder of the winter, according to knowledgeable Embassy sources. In a worst case scenari [...] | 2006-02-03 17:44:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ECON EPET IT EUN |
06ROME344 | SERBIAN AMBASSADOR: ITALIAN MESSAGES ON KOSOVO [...] (SBU) Summary. Serbia and Montenegro Ambassador Darko Uskokovic told Poloff that the GOI has given a balanced message to Belgrade and Pristina as the Kosovo status talks prepare to get underway. He noted that the Italian MFA has urged both sides to remain open as during the negotiations and [...] | 2006-02-06 12:03:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV SR MW YI IT EUN |
06ROME347 | ITALY WILL PUSH FOR ACTION ON CARICC PROJECT [...] (SBU) Poloff took advantage of Ref demarche to approach Enrico Valvo of the MFA's Counterterrorism Policy Unit (which also covers counternarcotics issues) and gauge Italian sentiment ahead of the Feb. 7-9 meeting. Valvo said Italy fully agrees with USG goals for the CARICC meeting. The GOI b [...] | 2006-02-06 17:22:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR KCRM IT EUN ANTITERRORISM FORCE PROTECTION |
06ROME438 | FRAUD SUMMARY - ROME [...] COUNTRY CONDITIONS: Italy has relatively few instances of fraud in connection with consular services. Italians, who enjoy a developed economy and access to the visa waiver program, find little reason to commit fraud to obtain visas or passports. The Italian government has a relatively secure [...] | 2006-02-13 16:16:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | KFRD KCRM CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC IT EUN |
06ROME449 | Italy's Parliament Passes "Sarbanes-Oxley". [...] SUMMARY. On December 23 Italy's Senate passed the financial market oversight reform bill, two years after the massive Parmalat fraud scandal and just following the resignation of Bank of Italy (BOI) Governor Fazio. The bill leaves in place the five regulatory authorities: antitrust, central [...] | 2006-02-14 15:29:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ELAB PGOV IT KPRP EUN |
06ROME471 | AMBASSADOR'S PARTNERSHIP FOR GROWTH: ITALY'S [...] Italy has proven to be the best U.S. ally in continental Europe in this young millennium. Unfortunately, since 2000, Italy's economy has grown at an anemic annual rate of only 0.75 percent. To promote economic dynamism in Italy that will produce the resources for Italy to continue to join th [...] | 2006-02-16 10:33:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ELAB PGOV IT KPRP EUN |
06ROME599 | 2006 TIP REPORT: ITALY [...] Below is the 2006 Trafficking in Persons Report for Italy. Answers are keyed to questions in reftel. The Embassy point of contact is Labor Counselor Candace Putnam, telephone: 39-06-4674-2327, fax 39-06-4674-2623. OVERVIEW -------- 2. (SBU) 21.A. Italy is a country of destination an [...] | 2006-02-27 15:21:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB IT HUMAN RIGHTS EUN |
06ROME638 | SYRIA EIB LOAN: ITALY WILL ALLOW LOAN TO PASS [...] (C) A/ECMIN and EconOff delivered reftel demarche February 28 to Ignazio Angeloni, Ministry of Finance Director General for International Financial Relations, and Sangante Filippo, Office Director for Bilateral Affairs with non-European Union countries. Angeloni was surprised to hear a Europ [...] | 2006-03-02 14:36:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID EFIN EINV EU IT PGOV PHUM PREL EUN |
06ROME794 | AIR NAVIGATION COMMON CHARGING SCHEME, ITALY [...] A/ECMIN delivered reftel demarche March 10 to Achille Vinci Giacchi, Diplomatic Advisor to Minister of Transportation Pietro Lunardi. A/ECMIN simultaneously delivered a letter from the Ambassador to Lunardi, which reiterates reftel talking points. Vinci Giacchi said the Ministry would need to [...] | 2006-03-14 10:49:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR MARR MOPS PREL IT NATO EUN AVIATION FAA |
06ROME824 | INTERNATIONAL TRACING SERVICE: ITALY SENDS INITIAL [...] (U) Labor Counselor met February 27 and March 15 with Francesco De Stefani, Acting Director of the MFA's UN Office, to deliver reftel demarche and discuss Italy's participation in the International Tracing Service (ITS). De Stefani confirmed that MOD Colonel Sandro Tortoro has replaced Carlo [...] | 2006-03-16 10:11:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC PREL KNAR IT EUN |
06ROME85 | ITALY'S CENTER-LEFT PLANS IRAQ PULLOUT BY END OF [...] (C) Romano Prodi's international affairs adviser and spokesperson January 10 expressed confidence in a center-left victory in Italy's elections next April. He said that a Prodi-led government would announce immediately upon winning national elections its intent to withdraw from Iraq. Ricardo [...] | 2006-01-10 15:53:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IT EUN IRAQI FREEDOM ITALY NATIONAL ELECTIONS |
06ROME903 | SENDING SPENT ELK RIVER FUEL TO INDIA [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 2. 2. (U) As instructed reftel, the Ambassador wrote to Prime Ministry Under Secretary Gianni Letta February 28 that the United States could not accept the uranium-thorium spent nuclear fuel stored at the Trisaia Research Center (ITREC) in [...] | 2006-03-22 15:38:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ENRG IT KNNP KSCA EUN |
06ROME915 | DEMARCHE CONCERNING PENDING ADOPTION CASES IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: In response to ref A, Conoff contacted the GOI Ministry of Foreign Affairs on March 22 to raise the issue of pending Romanian adoption cases. According to Minister Giuseppe Panocchia, the GOI agrees with the U.S. that the rigid position of the Romanian government on the outstandi [...] | 2006-03-23 17:28:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | KOCI CASC CVIS PREL SOCI RO IT EUN UN |
06ROME934 | G8 IPR: ITALY FLEXIBLE, BUT CONCERNED ABOUT [...] A/Ecmin delivered reftel points March 24 to Italy G8 Sous Sherpa Massimo Leggeri. Econoff received a response March 27 from Luigi De Chiara, an office director who works on G8 issues in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Directorate for Multilateral Economic Cooperation. 2. De Chiara describ [...] | 2006-03-27 14:16:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON KIPR IT EUN |
06ROME956 | ITALIANS OPEN TO EU VISA BAN AGAINST LUKASHENKA, [...] (C) Summary. On March 27, Poloff met with Antonino Cascio of the Eastern European Department of the Italian MFA to deliver reftel points. Cascio said the MFA is concerned that an extended visa ban, including a ban on Lukashenka, could prove to be ineffective and could backfire if Lukashenka [...] | 2006-03-29 16:05:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM CVIS EUN BO IT |
06SANTODOMINGO268 | REPORTING IRAN TO THE UNSC - DOMINICAN REPUBLIC [...] (C) Embassy delivered reftel demarche as a nonpaper, seeking support for reporting Iran to the UN Security Council, to MFA director of UN affairs Michelle Cohen on January 20 (as soon as we received the official Spanish language version of the points). Cohen on January 25 informed us she had [...] | 2006-01-25 20:39:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP PARM PREL IR DR EUN AORC |
06SARAJEVO2999 | BOSNIAN POLICE REFORM: A TROUBLED PROCESS COMES [...] (C) Summary: The Office of the High Representative (OHR) has proposed a third initiative, in as many months, to salvage the stalled police reform process by facilitating political talks in Banja Luka and on the margins of the December PIC in Brussels. The new OHR strategy seeks to simultaneou [...] | 2006-11-27 16:36:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | SECRET//NOFORN | BK KCRM KJUS PGOV PREL EUN |
06SARAJEVO3209 | BOSNIA - GBIH OPTS FOR UNILATERAL ACTION ON [...] (C/NF) Summary: After several years of lobbying the United Nations to revise its stance on police officers decertified by the United Nations International Police Task Force (UNIPTF),the Bosnian Government has opted for unilateral action. Rather than accept a UN proposed compromise to allow t [...] | 2006-12-20 17:05:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PINR KJUS EUN BK |
06SARAJEVO3271 | BOSNIA: POLICE REFORM DIRECTORATE REPORT COMPLETE [...] (C) Summary: The Police Reform Directorate (PRD) issued its final report on December 22, but the process of political approval and implementation remains at an impasse despite US and EU warnings that without agreement Bosnia cannot sign a Stabilization and Association Agreement (SAA) until poli [...] | 2006-12-29 13:45:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR KCRM KJUS EUN BK |
06SEOUL2144 | ROK SUPPORTS UN REFORM, CONCERNED ABOUT BUDGET CAP [...] No summary [...] | 2006-06-28 08:31:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV UNGA AMGT AORC EUN EU KS |
06SKOPJE614 | MACEDONIA: DEMARCHE ON UN REFORM AND LIFTING THE [...] No summary [...] | 2006-06-29 02:00:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT AORC EU EUN PREL UNGA MK |
06SOFIA1089 | BULGARIA NOT IN A POSITION TO OPPOSE INVITATION TO [...] No summary [...] | 2006-08-07 08:20:00 | Embassy Sofia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM EUN BU |
06SOFIA1316 | BULGARIA'S IN GENERAL AGREEMENT ON THE GAERC'S [...] (C) Summary: Bulgaria has long supported including the Western Balkans into EU and NATO. On Congo and Sudan, the GOB supports international involvement but will not be able to contribute because of its commitments in Afghanistan and Iraq. Bulgaria hopes GAERC will produce a common EU positio [...] | 2006-09-14 15:20:00 | Embassy Sofia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EUN BU |
06SOFIA1342 | YOUR MEETING WITH BULGARIAN FOREIGN MINISTER KALFIN [...] (C) Your meeting with Foreign Minister Ivailo Kalfin in New York on September 20 comes just six days prior to the European Commission's final report on Bulgaria's readiness for accession. Much of official Bulgaria is holding its breath in anticipation of the report, which in turn will play in [...] | 2006-09-19 14:37:00 | Embassy Sofia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EUN LY IZ BU |
06SOFIA1402 | RELIEVED BULGARIA ACKNOWLEDGES NEED TO CONTINUE EU [...] (C) SUMMARY: Bulgarians' satisfaction over receiving the green light for a January 2007 entry into the European Union has not been dampened by the threat of "safeguard" actions if certain reforms are not completed following accession. Ruling coalition politicians have put a positive spin on the [...] | 2006-09-29 14:27:00 | Embassy Sofia | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV EUN BU |
06SOFIA1425 | BULGARIA SUPPORTS AMENDING EMBARGO RESOLUTION, [...] (C) Panteley Spassov of the MFA's UN and Global Issues Department agreed that the Cuban Embargo Resolution at UNGA should be balanced with a statement on Cuba's human rights record. He said the GOB will seriously consider our proposed language for the amendment but doubted our text would pas [...] | 2006-10-06 12:26:00 | Embassy Sofia | CONFIDENTIAL | EUN INRO PHUM PREL UNGA UN CU BU |
06SOFIA1518 | BULGARIA NAMES POPULAR, PRO-U.S. MINISTER AS EU [...] (C) SUMMARY: The government on October 26 nominated European Affairs Minister Meglena Kuneva to serve as Bulgaria's first EU Commissioner. EC President Jose Manuel Barroso welcomed the nomination and assigned Kuneva the consumer protection portfolio. One of Bulgaria's most respected politica [...] | 2006-11-02 13:56:00 | Embassy Sofia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL EUN BU |
06SOFIA1613 | BULGARIA SEEKS TO WITHDRAW FROM TWO BILAT TREATIES [...] This is an action request, please see para. 4. 2. (SBU) On Nov. 24, Emilena Popova, Head of MFA's International Law Directorate, presented us with diplomatic note #54-00-17 proposing to terminate two U.S. - GOB bilateral trade agreements and to amend one. According to the three-part note, [...] | 2006-11-29 10:13:00 | Embassy Sofia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EISNLN EUN PREL BU |
06SOFIA1648 | GOB READY TO EXCHANGE BIT INSTRUMENTS DURING [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para. 4. 2. (SBU) We delivered ref. A points and draft protocol to MFA's Emilena Popova, Director of the International Law Department, on December 7. Popova confirmed that the Additional Protocol to the Bilateral Investment Agreement (BIT) was rati [...] | 2006-12-08 14:11:00 | Embassy Sofia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EINV KTIA OVIP OFDP PREL EUN BU |
06SOFIA1662 | YOUR MEETING WITH BULGARIAN FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (C) SUMMARY: FM KALFIN'S VISIT TO WASHINGTON, A SHORT TWO WEEKS BEFORE BULGARIA CELEBRATES ITS FORMAL ACCESSION TO THE EU ON JANUARY 1, TOPS OFF AN EXTRAORDINARILY PRODUCTIVE YEAR IN THE U.S.-BULGARIAN RELATIONSHIP. KALFIN AND PRIME MINISTER STANISHEV ARE LEADING BULGARIAN PUBLIC OPINION IN [...] | 2006-12-14 08:35:00 | Embassy Sofia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EINV EUN MARR MOPS OVIP KPAS SR IZ LY |
06SOFIA562 | SCENESETTER FOR YOUR BILATERAL PROGRAM IN SOFIA [...] (C) SUMMARY. All of Bulgaria -- and many others in the region -- will be watching April 27 as you and Foreign Minister Kalfin sign in Sofia the Defense Cooperation Agreement (DCA),which gives U.S. military forces access to Bulgarian bases. The long-awaited agreement will be the highlight of [...] | 2006-04-20 12:55:00 | Embassy Sofia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR ENRG EINV OVIP EUN LY IZ BG |
06SOFIA565 | SCENESETTER FOR YOUR BILATERAL PROGRAM IN SOFIA [...] (C) SUMMARY. All of Bulgaria -- and many others in the region -- will be watching April 27 as you and Foreign Minister Kalfin sign in Sofia the Defense Cooperation Agreement (DCA),which gives U.S. military forces access to Bulgarian bases. The long-awaited agreement will be the highlight of [...] | 2006-04-20 14:45:00 | Embassy Sofia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR ENRG EINV OVIP EUN LY IZ BG |
06SOFIA579 | YOUR MEETING MAY 4 WITH BULGARIAN PRESIDENT [...] (C) Bulgarian President Georgi Purvanov, whom you will meet May 4 in Vilnius, Lithuania, has played a key role in ensuring the continuity of this country's pro-U.S. foreign policy through three administrations in Sofia. By any measure -- percentage of GDP spent on deployments abroad, number o [...] | 2006-04-25 12:57:00 | Embassy Sofia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR EUN LY IZ BG |
06SOFIA716 | NUCLEAR POWER INCIDENT HIGHLIGHTS BULGARIA'S [...] No summary [...] | 2006-05-19 13:25:00 | Embassy Sofia | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG TRGY EUN PGOV SENV IAEA BU |
06SOFIA827 | BULGARIA: SHORT WINDOW TO COMPLETE "ACTION PLAN" [...] (C) SUMMARY: Bulgaria presented its Action Plan to the European Community on June 8 after weeks of collaboration to identify the most important weaknesses that threaten its 2007 entry. The government has until mid-July's first draft of the EC report to make real progress and begin swaying op [...] | 2006-06-13 12:57:00 | Embassy Sofia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EUN BU |
06SOFIA918 | AMB. BEYRLE'S 6/30 MEETING WITH PRESIDENT PARVANOV [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador on June 30 delivered Ref A letter from President Bush to President Parvanov reiterating U.S. support for Bulgaria's European Union accession. In the ensuing 40-minute discussion, Parvanov expressed deep appreciation for the President's timely response and vowed Bulga [...] | 2006-07-03 10:41:00 | Embassy Sofia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM KNAR EUN LY BU |
06STATE202497 | IDENTIFICATION OF GOVERNMENT MEASURES THAT [...] (SBU) IN RECOGNITION OF THE STRATEGIC IMPORTANCE OF THE NORTH AMERICAN STEEL INDUSTRY, THE THREE NAFTA GOVERNMENTS AGREED IN 2005 TO PURSUE A NORTH AMERICAN STEEL STRATEGY TO PROMOTE GROWTH, COMPETITIVENESS, AND PROSPERITY. THE STRATEGY IS A "SIGNATURE ISSUE" UNDER THE NORTH AMERICAN SECURITY [...] | 2006-12-22 19:33:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD OTRA FR GR IT JA KS EUN |
06STATE203173 | ENERGY-EFFICIENCY LABELING PROGRAMS FOR OFFICE [...] This is an urgent action cable. See paras 4 and 5. Please note that despite EC holiday status a deadline of COB Friday, December 29, is requested. 2. BACKGROUND FOR MISSION: USG rep (EPA Deputy Administrator Marcus Peacock) and EU reps (Chief of EU Mission in Washington Amb. John Bruton and [...] | 2006-12-27 19:58:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG EUN KTIA SENV |
06STOCKHOLM1921 | SWEDES ON 11/12 DECEMBER GAERC [...] (c) Polcouns discussed 12/7 with MFA deputy European Correspondent Niclas Kvarnstrom the 12/11-12 GAERC topics (reftels). Responses are keyed to the agenda items. Turkey/EU Accession ------------------- 2. (c) Sweden considers itself to be one of the most enlargement-friendly countries; [...] | 2006-12-08 11:04:00 | Embassy Stockholm | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM UNAUS EUN VY SR BK IS LE IR |
06STOCKHOLM214 | SWEDEN'S 2005 REPORTS ON HUMAN RIGHTS IN VENEZUELA [...] (C) We reported via reftel (A) Sweden's preliminary response to our demarche on defeating Venezuela in the 2006 election for a seat on the UNSC. Sweden has not reached a decision on which candidate country to support, and has left the door open to a Venezuelan seat, depending in part on Chav [...] | 2006-02-16 08:26:00 | Embassy Stockholm | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL EUN KDEM VE SW |
06STOCKHOLM420 | SWEDEN: BELARUS VISA BANS [...] (c) Polcouns made reftel demarche on expanding travel restriction against Belarus officials to MFA Eastern Europe Director Malena Mard. Mard said that prior to the elections in Belarus, Sweden had been reluctant to play the visa card. The election and its aftermath had changed the equation, a [...] | 2006-03-24 16:05:00 | Embassy Stockholm | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM CVIS EUN BO SW |
06STOCKHOLM941 | SWEDEN: DEMARCHE ON UN REFORM AND LIFTING THE [...] No summary [...] | 2006-06-27 14:14:00 | Embassy Stockholm | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AMGT AORC EU EUN UNGA SW |
06SUVA287 | Fiji's Sugar Industry: An Uncertain Future [...] (SBU) For decades, sugar has been the backbone of Fiji's economy. Nearly a quarter of the population depends on the sugar industry. The EU decision to drastically cut sugar subsidies over the next four years, however, casts a giant shadow over the industry's future. A variety of fixes ha [...] | 2006-07-17 17:43:00 | Embassy Suva | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAGR ENRG SENV EUN FJ IN |
06TALLINN1065 | ESTONIA: TURKEY-EU ACCESSION PROCESS [...] No summary [...] | 2006-11-29 14:28:00 | Embassy Tallinn | CONFIDENTIAL | EUN NATO EN |
06TALLINN1087 | ESTONIA: GAERC RESPONSE [...] (C) Pol/Econ Chief discussed reftel points on GAERC agenda items with Kristina Meius, the MFA's European Correspondent, on November 7. Meius provided feedback on the following issues: -- Afghanistan: The GOE believes the EU should be engaged in the reconstruction process in both Kabul an [...] | 2006-12-08 13:44:00 | Embassy Tallinn | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EUN TU CH AF EU EN |
06TALLINN302 | ESTONIA POSITION ON EU COMMON CHARGING SCHEME [...] (U) On February 17 Poloff and DATT delivered reftel points to officials from the MFA, MoD, and the Estonian Air Navigation Services (EANS, which operates under the auspices of the Ministry of Economy) in regards to the EU's Common charging scheme for air navigations services (ANS). 2. (SBU [...] | 2006-03-30 14:47:00 | Embassy Tallinn | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR MARR MOPS PREL NATO EUN EN |
06TALLINN433 | ESTONIA: PARLIAMENT RATIFIES EUROPEAN [...] No summary [...] | 2006-05-09 14:57:00 | Embassy Tallinn | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV EUN EN |
06TALLINN448 | ESTONIA: LITTLE DAYLIGHT BETWEEN U.S./EU ON MAY [...] (SBU) Summary: MFA EU Correspondent Arti Hilpus told us on May 12 he thought the U.S. and EU shared common views on GAERC agenda issues. Hilpus said Estonia was pleased the EU would expand the mandate of its Iraq Rule of Law program (EUJUST LEX) at the May 15 meeting. End summary. Balkan [...] | 2006-05-12 12:16:00 | Embassy Tallinn | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PARM UN EUN EN |
06TALLINN480 | ESTONIA: DEMARCHE ON EU TAMIL TIGERS DESIGNATION [...] No summary [...] | 2006-05-19 09:44:00 | Embassy Tallinn | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EUN CE EN |
06TALLINN568 | TREASURY UNDER SECRETARY ADAMS STUDIES ESTONIAN [...] (U) Summary: In a June 12 visit to Estonia, Treasury Under Secretary for International Affairs Timothy Adams met with Finance Minister Aivar Soerd, Central Bank Governor Andres Lipstok and representatives of the American Chamber of Commerce. He also hosted a roundtable discussion with leadin [...] | 2006-06-15 08:07:00 | Embassy Tallinn | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETTC PREL EUN EN |
06TALLINN597 | ESTONIAN CENTRAL BANK CITES SIGNS OF [...] (U) Summary: On June 14, Central Bank Governor Andres Lipstok warned of signs of overheating in the Estonian economy, announcing that wage growth was twice as large as productivity growth in the first quarter of 2006. He urged the GOE to forego a planned supplementary budget and recommended [...] | 2006-06-22 11:16:00 | Embassy Tallinn | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETTC PREL EUN EN |
06TALLINN615 | UN REFORM DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] | 2006-06-30 14:27:00 | Embassy Tallinn | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT AORC EU EUN PREL UNGA EN |
06TALLINN659 | ESTONIA: GAERC DEMARCHE [...] (SBU) Summary. Deputy European Correspondent Kristel Kase told us on June 14 that the June GAERC meeting would be dominated by the recent escalation of violence in Lebanon and Gaza (with Iraq and Bosnia being bumped from the agenda to free up more time). Kase also briefed us on the Council's [...] | 2006-07-17 15:02:00 | Embassy Tallinn | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL UN EUN YI MW SR BO IR IZ KPAL SU |
06TALLINN660 | ESTONIA: PRE-GAERC DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (SBU) Summary. Deputy European Correspondent Kristel Kase told us on June 14 that the June GAERC meeting would be dominated by the recent escalation of violence in Lebanon and Gaza (with Iraq and Bosnia being bumped from the agenda to free up more time). Kase also briefed us on the Council's [...] | 2006-07-18 04:41:00 | Embassy Tallinn | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL UN EUN YI MW SR BO IR IZ KPAL SU |
06TALLINN912 | ESTONIA: RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON CUBA EMBARGO [...] No summary [...] | 2006-10-06 11:32:00 | Embassy Tallinn | UNCLASSIFIED | EUN UNGA PREL PHUM UN |
06TALLINN974 | ESTONIA PREPARES FOR SCHENGEN IMPLEMENTATION [...] Summary: GOE officials expect implementation of the Schengen Agreement to be delayed until early 2009, because of a delay in the European Commission's introduction of the second generation Schengen Information System (SIS II). In preparation for accession, the GOE is focused on bringing borde [...] | 2006-10-26 15:03:00 | Embassy Tallinn | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS KFRD EUN EN |
06TELAVIV2459 | FERRERO-WALDNER SEEKS ISRAELI CONTRIBUTION TO TIM [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a June 19-20 visit to Israel, European Commissioner for External Relations Benita Ferrero-Waldner sought Israeli support for the Temporary International Mechanism (TIM) and urged the GOI to contribute revenues collected on behalf of the Palestinian Authority through the mec [...] | 2006-06-22 10:20:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID KPAL KWBG PGOV IS EUN GOI EXTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
06TELAVIV4397 | SOLANA IN ISRAEL: CROSSINGS, MADRID-TYPE [...] (C) SUMMARY: According to the MFA and the EC delegation, High Representative Javier Solana used his October 25-27 visit to urge the Israelis to strengthen Palestinian President Mahmud Abbas. The GOI was generally cautious in its response, although the EC claimed that PM Ehud Olmert is conside [...] | 2006-11-03 16:56:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EUN KWBG IR IS |
06TELAVIV4736 | ISRAEL'S OPPOSITION TO SPAIN'S MIDDLE EAST PLAN [...] (C) SUMMARY/COMMENT: Israel is strongly opposed to the Middle East peace initiative proposed by Spanish PM Zapatero. Israeli FM Livni bluntly informed Moratinos of this position on November 16 and urged him to put the initiative aside or at least to discuss it with the GOI before proceeding f [...] | 2006-12-05 15:22:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR PREL PGOV EUN SP IS |
06THEHAGUE1052 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO KENNETH PROPP AND [...] The Hague warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Kenneth Propp and Thomas Burrows to travel to The Hague, Netherlands. May 15-16, 2006. 2. Control Officer at the Embassy is Susan Garro. Post would appreciate an apportunity to meet with travelers for an update on US-EU law enforce [...] | 2006-05-10 12:43:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | CJAN KTIA EUN NL |
06THEHAGUE1080 | NETHERLANDS: APPROACHING THE EU IN ADVANCE OF THE [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche May 10 to Deputy European Correspondent Bahia Tahzib-Lie and attended subsequent diplomatic community pre-GAERC briefing with European Correspondent Desiree Kopmels. The MFA does not expect significant progress on enlargement during this GAERC but does exp [...] | 2006-05-12 13:57:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM UNAUS EUN MW SR BO IR IZ CG SU |
06THEHAGUE120 | DUTCH SAY TOO LATE TO REVERSE EIB ACTION ON SYRIA [...] (C) Post conveyed reftel demarche January 4 to officials at the Dutch Ministries of Foreign Relations and Finance. On January 17, Econoffs followed up with Stefan van Wersch, Director of the Office for EU External Affairs, Directorate for European Cooperation, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MF [...] | 2006-01-19 08:13:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD EFIN PREL PGOV SY EUN NL |
06THEHAGUE1308 | NETHERLANDS/EU: APPROACHING THE EU IN ADVANCE OF [...] (U) Poloff and intern delivered reftel demarche June 7 and 8, to policy officers of the MFA Political Affairs and European Integration Departments. Substantive responses follow. Balkans ------- 2. (C) The GONL expects Serbia/Montenegro to dominate discussion of the Balkans, particularl [...] | 2006-06-09 13:50:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EUN KPAL UN BO CU IR IZ MW SR YI NL |
06THEHAGUE1441 | NETHERLANDS/UN: UN REFORM AND LIFTING THE BUDGET [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered demarche on UN management reform and lifting the budget cap to Alain Ancion at the Dutch MFA's Office of UN Management Reform Office on June 27. Per instructions, Poloff also provided a copy of the draft resolution for the MFA to review. 2. (SBU) Ancion was supportiv [...] | 2006-06-28 12:15:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL AORC EU EUN UNGA NL |
06THEHAGUE1562 | NETHERLANDS/EU: APPROACH IN ADVANCE OF THE JULY 17 [...] (C) Summary: The Dutch expect discussion at the July GAERC to be more limited than normal - a reflection of the vacation season. Iran and the Israel are expected to be major foci of discussion. The Dutch will not raise North Korea but are not averse to its being raised by other members. Like [...] | 2006-07-14 15:14:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EUN KPAL UN BO CG IR IZ KN MW SR SU |
06THEHAGUE1566 | NETHERLANDS/NICARAGUA: SUPPORT FOR ELECTION DONOR [...] No summary [...] | 2006-07-17 11:22:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AORC EUN KDEM PGOV NU NL |
06THEHAGUE192 | NETHERLANDS/TERRORISM FINANCING: OP-ED USEFUL [...] (U) On January 4, the Financieele Dagblad (the Netherlands' equivalent to the Wall Street Journal) ran the Op-Ed provided ref A, with changes approved by EB/ESC/TFS (refs B and C). To date, the paper has not received any follow-up letters or reactions to the Op-Ed. Econoff also followed up [...] | 2006-01-27 13:14:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTFN EFIN PTER ETTC EUN PREL NL |
06THEHAGUE2000 | NETHERLANDS/EU: SEPTEMBER 15 GAERC TO FOCUS ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: The September 15 GAERC will focus exclusively on "external" issues rather than "general" issues such as enlargement, according to Dutch MFA contacts. The Dutch will continue to push for Serbian cooperation with ICTY but believe it is too early for a meaningful GAERC discussion o [...] | 2006-09-13 14:27:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EUN NL |
06THEHAGUE2005 | NETHERLANDS/EU/IRAN: DUTCH WEIGHING OPTIONS [...] (C) POLCOUNS delivered reftel points urging EU foreign ministers to use the September 15 GAERC to deliver a strong message to Iran to Wim Geerts, Deputy Director General for Political Affairs at the Dutch MFA, on September 13. Geerts confirmed that Iran would be on the agenda and said he would [...] | 2006-09-13 16:03:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM KNNP EUN IR UN NL |
06THEHAGUE207 | NETHERLANDS/SUDA: GATHERING INFORMATION FOR [...] No summary [...] | 2006-01-31 13:41:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | KTFN EFIN PTER ETTC EUN PREL CVIS KVPR NL |
06THEHAGUE2177 | NETHERLANDS/CUBA: SEEKING EU SUPPORT FOR AMENDMENT [...] No summary [...] | 2006-10-04 13:25:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM EUN PREL UNGA UN NL |
06THEHAGUE2301 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR USEU DELEGATION TO [...] Country clearance is granted for Mark Richard, James McAnulty, Thomas Scarantino and Kathleen Conway to visit the Netherlands from October 24-26, 2006 to attend attend meetings at Europol and attend selected sessions of the cyber-crime Conference. 2. Embassy control officer for the visit [...] | 2006-10-24 14:47:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA EUN KCRM KJUS NL |
06THEHAGUE2431 | NETHERLANDS/GAERC: DUTCH POSITIONS AHEAD OF THE [...] (C) Summary: The Dutch expect the GAERC to focus largely on Turkey and enlargement, with limited discussion on a range of other issues. They do not expect the Turks to fulfill their Ankara protocol commitments, but seem unlikely to press for wholesale suspension of negotiations. The Dutch exp [...] | 2006-11-09 21:46:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL MARR PGOV PHUM EUN UN BK CG CU IR |
06THEHAGUE2465 | UNGA ESS: DUTCH LIKELY TO ABSTAIN [...] No summary [...] | 2006-11-17 11:53:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL UNGA EUN IS NL |
06THEHAGUE2474 | NETHERLANDS/UNSCR 1718: REPORT PENDING [...] No summary [...] | 2006-11-20 12:20:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KNNP PARM EUN XX KN NL |
06THEHAGUE253 | DUTCH VIEWS ON MITTAL'S TAKEOVER BID FOR ARCELOR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Dutch industry and financial experts see Amsterdam-traded Mittal Steel's takeover bid for Arcelor as part of a continuing consolidation of the European steel industry. If the takeover succeeds, antitrust concerns would likely prevent Mittal from going after other leading Eur [...] | 2006-02-06 15:49:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EIND ECON ETRD LU NL OECD EUN |
06THEHAGUE2550 | NETHERLANDS/CHINA/EU: GONL COMMITTED TO CHINA ARMS [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche December 5 to MFA Deputy European Correspondent Jeroen Boender, who said he foresaw no change in the EU's position on the China arms embargo. The French call for a discussion of the embargo was, he said, a "Pavlovian reaction to the Finnish Presidency's" p [...] | 2006-12-05 13:17:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM EUN PHUM PREL MARR CH JA TW NL |
06THEHAGUE2564 | NETHERLANDS/TURKEY: ACCESSION DEBATE IN PARLIAMENT [...] Summary: (SBU) The GONL supports the goal of Turkish accession but continues to insist that the Turks meet their obligations, particularly the opening of northern Cypriot ports. The GONL is fighting to avoid a formal suspension of, or an outright deadline for ending, accession negotiations. A [...] | 2006-12-06 16:16:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM EUN NL |
06THEHAGUE2579 | NETHERLANDS/EU: DUTCH ON DECEMBER 11-12 GAERC [...] (C) SUMMARY: On December 7, POLCOUNS was briefed by Jeroen Boender (Deputy European Correspondent, MFA) and Koes Dijkstra (MFA Department of European Integration) on Dutch positions for the upcoming December 11-12 GAERC (ref A). Boender and Dijkstra anticipated enlargement questions, particul [...] | 2006-12-08 14:14:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EUN NL |
06THEHAGUE2619 | NETHERLANDS/SYRIA: BOT'S ROAD TO DAMASCUS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Dutch Foreign Minister Bot used his December 12 visit to Damascus to press for quick resolution of a controversial child custody case as well as to discuss broader regional issues, including Iraq, Lebanon, and Israeli-Palestinian relations. Bot's Syrian interlocutors, including [...] | 2006-12-15 11:31:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EUN SY NL |
06THEHAGUE2634 | NETHERLANDS/IRAN: MEDIA PROJECTS TO PROMOTE DEMOCRACY [...] (SBU) Summary: Eleven Dutch-funded Iranian media projects, worth over 13 million Euros, have moved into the operational phase. The projects, begun in early 2006 at the behest of the Dutch parliament, represent the broadest Dutch media diversity efforts anywhere, according to MFA officials. En [...] | 2006-12-18 16:49:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM EUN PREL IR NL |
06THEHAGUE356 | USTR OFFICIALS BRIEF DUTCH ON USG WTO SERVICES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Senior USTR representatives recently met with Dutch trade officials to reinforce the USG commitment to seeking an "ambitious" agreement on services negotiations within the WTO Doha Round. Despite concerns about progress to date, meeting participants agreed on the need to inte [...] | 2006-02-16 15:19:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD WTO PREL EUN NL |
06THEHAGUE396 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: APPROACHING THE DUTCH AHEAD OF [...] Poloff delivered reftel demarche February 17, to Bahia Tahzib-Lie, Deputy European Correspondent, Political Affairs Department, Dutch MFA. Tahzib-Lie apologized for being unable to provide immediate responses, as her office has been hit by the flu and is desperately short-staffed. 2. The D [...] | 2006-02-22 12:14:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL EUN YI MW SR BK BO IR IZ KPAL CG NL |
06THEHAGUE419 | DUTCH TERRORIST FINANCE CONFERENCE MARCH 15-16 [...] The Dutch Finance Ministry will host on March 15-16 in The Hague an international conference on terrorist financing issues. This initiative was first raised during Treasury Secretary Snow's June 2005 meeting with Dutch Finance SIPDIS Minister Zalm (reftel). The U.S. Treasury Department, S [...] | 2006-02-24 15:48:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN KTFN ETTC PTER ECON EUN NL |
06THEHAGUE462 | EIB/SYRIA: DUTCH WILL NOT BLOCK WATER LOAN [...] (C) Post delivered reftel points February 23 to officials at the Dutch Ministries of Foreign Affairs and Finance. On March 1, Econoffs followed up with Gita Salden, Director of the Office for International Economy and Financial Institutions, Foreign Financial Relations Directorate, Ministry [...] | 2006-03-02 17:09:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD EFIN PREL PGOV SY EUN NL |
06THEHAGUE553 | EU Energy Green Paper - Dutch Views [...] (U) Dutch officials are generally pleased with the main points of the energy green paper released by the Commission on March 8 and discussed by EU energy ministers on March 14. On the paper's call for a common EU energy policy, officials in both the Economics Ministry (which has the lead on en [...] | 2006-03-15 14:41:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG PREL ECON EUN NL |
06THEHAGUE569 | NETHERLANDS: DEMARCHING EU MEMBERS ON REACTION TO [...] No summary [...] | 2006-03-17 15:02:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM EUN KDEM PGOV PREL BO NL |
06THEHAGUE570 | NETHERLANDS: APPROACHING THE EU IN ADVANCE OF [...] (U) Poloff delivered reftel demarche March 15 to MFA Political Affairs Department Director Pim Dumore. He had no immediate response. 2. (C) On Sudan, the GONL is concerned that China will attempt to scupper UNSC action. They would be interested in hearing our ideas on how to avoid this. [...] | 2006-03-17 15:02:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON ETRD EUN YI MW SR BK BO IR IZ SU |
06THEHAGUE606 | DUTCH CABINET APPROVES SEMI-ANNUAL BILATS WITH [...] (SBU) The Dutch Council of Ministers (cabinet) on March 17 approved the establishment of semi-annual bilateral consultations with the Turkish government. The Dutch plan a working group dedicated specifically to EU issues, including the accession process. Additional working groups will discus [...] | 2006-03-21 14:33:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EUN CY GR TU NL |
06THEHAGUE609 | TREASURY A/S O'BRIEN'S MEETING WITH DUTCH MFA DG [...] (C) SUMMARY. In an open and frank exchange with visiting Treasury Assistant Secretary O'Brien, Director General Siblesz discussed the Dutch Foreign Ministry's establishment of a "Terrorism and New Threats" unit, designed to improve the exchange of information related to terrorism and intern [...] | 2006-03-21 17:18:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | KTFN ETTC EFIN PTER PREL EUN NL |
06THEHAGUE616 | DUTCH TERRORIST FINANCE CONFERENCE MARCH 15-16 [...] SUMMARY. Treasury Under Secretary Levey led the USG delegation to the March 15-16 Dutch-hosted international conference on terrorist financing issues. Expert-level workshops addressed enhancing the effectiveness of financial investigations, improving communications between the public and p [...] | 2006-03-22 15:58:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | KTFN ETTC EFIN PTER ECON EUN PREL NL |
06THEHAGUE763 | NETHERLANDS/EU: APPROACHING THE EU IN ADVANCE OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: Poloff delivered reftel demarche April 7 to MFA European Correspondent Desiree Kopmels and Deputy Correspondent Bahia Tahzib-Lie. The Dutch do not expect the Balkans to be on the GAERC agenda and are content to let UN Special Envoy Ahtisaari set the pace for future status talks. [...] | 2006-04-07 16:03:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON ETRD EUN YI MW SR BK BO IR UP SY |
06THEHAGUE995 | NO DUTCH RESERVATIONS ON EU LISTING OF TAMIL TIGERS [...] (U) Econoff met April 28 with Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) official Joost van Ettro, Policy Officer, Terrorism and New Threats Unit, Political Affairs Department to deliver reftel A. points urging the immediate EU listing of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) as a terrorist organ [...] | 2006-05-03 15:33:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | EUN PGOV PREL KTFN PTER NL |
06TOKYO2398 | 15TH JAPAN-EU SUMMIT: FOCUS ON POLITICAL AND [...] (C) SUMMARY. The 15th Japan-EU Summit on April 24 in Tokyo highlighted the maturing Japan-EU partnership. During the Summit: -- PM Koizumi stressed three points: his concern about low public awareness of the Japan-EU relationship, his desire to enhance the strategic dialogue on East Asia' [...] | 2006-05-01 09:27:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETRD ECON MEPP EUN KNUC UNSC BO UP RS |
06TOKYO4088 | JAPAN RECEIVES P5-PLUS-ONE INCENTIVE PACKAGE FOR [...] No summary [...] | 2006-07-21 09:13:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KNNP PARM AORC EUN IR JA |
06USEUBRUSSELS4207 | EU PRESIDENT BARROSO'S JANUARY VISIT: THE VIEW [...] (C/NF) European Union Commission President Jose-Manuel Barroso's January 8 trip to Washington is an opportunity to marshal Commission support for action over the next six months in accelerating political and technical cooperation on energy and climate change, completing the Doha Round, and ma [...] | 2006-12-22 11:21:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | CVIS EAID ECON ELAB ENRG EUN PGOV PHUM PREL |
06USUNNEWYORK1493 | UN DEMOCRACY FUND REVIEWS FIRST PROJECT PROPOSALS [...] No summary [...] | 2006-08-07 17:18:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EUN KDEM KUNR PHUM |
06USUNNEWYORK2156 | AUSTRALIAN AMENDMENT TO RESOLUTION AGAINST CUBA [...] (C) Summary: Australia's push to amend the 61st General Assembly (GA) Resolution on "The Necessity of Ending the Economic, Commercial and Financial Embargo Imposed by the United States of America Against Cuba" failed due to a no-action motion raised by Cuba with a 127-50-5 vote. The GA adopt [...] | 2006-11-15 01:24:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | UNGA ETRD PGOV PREL EUN CU |
06USUNNEWYORK352 | AMBASSADOR WOLFF'S FEBRUARY 21 MEETING WITH [...] (C) Summary: During a February 22, meeting Ambassador Wolff and Belgian Ambassador Johan Verbeke discussed the Human Rights Council, Peacebuilding Commission and U.S.-EU cooperation. Both Ambassadors agreed that the U.S. and EU needed to cooperate more closely to avoid having our mutual inte [...] | 2006-02-24 23:36:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KUNR EUN HPKO EAID BE |
06USUNNEWYORK469 | UN DEMOCRACY FUND: TEXT OF NOTE FROM UN SECRETARY [...] (U) Mission received the following diplomatic note from the UN Secretary-General regarding the establishment of the UN Democracy Fund (UNDEF). The note outlines the vision and basic structure of the Fund and notes the first meeting of the Advisory Board that took place on March 6. (Note: Refte [...] | 2006-03-13 15:46:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EUN KDEM KUNR PHUM |
06VIENNA1101 | AUSTRIAN GOVERNMENT BANS ON GT73 OILSEED RAPE [...] (U) Following up on its initial announcement in January (reftel),the Austrian Ministry of Health (MoH) issued a government ordinance April 13 to implement a marketing ban on Monsanto's GT73 oilseed rape. The ordinance expires December 31, 2008, at which time, the MoH intends to re- assess t [...] | 2006-04-14 14:36:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ETRD EUN TBIO AU |
06VIENNA1102 | European Imams Meet in Vienna April 7-9 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Some 130 European Islamic leaders and Islam experts from more than 40 countries attended an April 7-9 conference of European imams in Vienna. The agenda focused on integration of Muslims into European societies, education, politics, women's rights, and the Mohammed cartoon deba [...] | 2006-04-14 14:59:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL PGOV KISL EUN AU |
06VIENNA1152 | AUSTRIA'S 2006/2007 OUTLOOK - SOLID GROWTH AND [...] Two Austrian economic institutes have presented growth projections of 2.4-2.5% for 2006 and 2.0-2.2% for 2007. Although export growth remains the engine driving the economy, industrial production and business investment should increasingly contribute to growth. Private consumption remains w [...] | 2006-04-21 13:25:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ELAB EUN AU |
06VIENNA1199 | APRIL 21-22 INFORMAL COMPETITIVENESS COUNCIL [...] Under the overarching theme of "Investing in Excellence and Innovation," the EU's informal Competitiveness Council met in Graz April 21-22 to discuss how the EU could best meet the challenges of an increasingly competitive global marketplace. Ministers focused on the completion of the intern [...] | 2006-04-26 13:25:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | EUN PREL ECIN EFIN ETRD AU |
06VIENNA1227 | SCENESETTER FOR THE MAY 3-5 VISIT BY THE ATTORNEY [...] (U) The Austrians are looking forward to your attendance, and that of Deputy Secretary Jackson, at the May 3-5 JHA Ministerials. These meetings constitute one of the more significant events of the six-month Austrian Presidency of the European Council. 2. (SBU) Austrian-U.S. relations hav [...] | 2006-04-28 15:10:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EUN PREL PTER AU |
06VIENNA1419 | EU-LATIN AMERICA SUMMIT: SLOW PROGRESS TOWARD [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: At the May 11-12 EU-LAC (Latin America/Caribbean) Summit, the two regions sought strategies for closer cooperation. A striking lack of unity among LAC countries hampered the effort. The meeting produced a "Declaration of Vienna" enumerating common goals, among them the continu [...] | 2006-05-15 15:35:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ECIN ETRD PGOV PHUM CU BL VE EUN AU |
06VIENNA1483 | EU IN FAVOR OF DRAFT DECLARATION ON INDIGENOUS [...] (SBU) Embassy Vienna Pol Unit chief accompanied Australian Embassy First Secretary Cameron Archer on a demarche to Austrian MFA A/S-equivalent for Human Rights Engelbert Theuermann on May 19. Archer made a detailed and vigorous presentation of the views of Australia, New Zealand and the U.S. [...] | 2006-05-19 15:22:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL EUN AU |
06VIENNA1551 | May 4 U.S.-Russia - EU Multi Presidency Meeting [...] (SBU) Summary. In the first meeting of its kind, U.S., Russian and EU officials met informally in Vienna May 4 to discuss possible areas for future cooperation in the fight against terrorism, organized crime and corruption, and illegal immigration. The U.S. delegation was led by Attorney G [...] | 2006-05-31 11:55:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV CVIS CPAS KCRM KFRD SMIG EUN AU |
06VIENNA1552 | May 4 EU Ministerial on the Role of Internal [...] (SBU) Summary. Over 50 states and international organizations attended the May 4-5 Austrian Presidency sponsored Internal Security Ministerial, designed in part to implement the EU JHA External Strategy paper adopted in December 2005. A U.S. delegation led by Attorney General Gonzales, who [...] | 2006-05-31 11:56:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV CVIS CPAS KCRM KFRD SMIG EUN AU |
06VIENNA1586 | AUSTRIAN EU PRESIDENCY URGES IRAN TO RETURN TO [...] In her capacity as current President of the EU Council, Austrian Foreign Minister Ursula Plassnik issued a statement on behalf of the EU urging Iran to return to the negotiating table. Before the June 1 "P5 1" meeting in Vienna, Plassnik met separately with Secretary of State Condoleeza Ri [...] | 2006-06-02 12:16:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV KNNP ETTC MNUC ENRG IR EUN AU |
06VIENNA1649 | May 3 EU-U.S. JHA Ministerial Troika [...] Summary. The U.S. - EU JHA Ministerial Troika was held in Vienna May 3 with the U.S. delegation led by Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, accompanied by DHS Deputy Secretary Michael Jackson. The EU delegation was headed by SIPDIS Austrian Minister of the Interior Prokop, Justice Minister [...] | 2006-06-08 09:12:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV CVIS CPAS KCRM KFRD SMIG EUN AU |
06VIENNA1737 | AUSTRIA SUPPORTS U.S. PROPOSAL ON FMCT NEGOTIATIONS [...] (SBU) Political Unit Chief and PolOff delivered reftel points on June 13 to Alexander Kmentt, Austrian MFA Director for Nuclear Nonproliferation. Kmentt assured us that Austria places an absolute priority on getting FMCT negotiations moving as soon as possible (the position the country has he [...] | 2006-06-16 06:43:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MNUC PARM PREL KNNP CDG EUN AU |
06VIENNA1898 | AUSTRIA EXTENDS PARTICIPATION IN EU'S IRAQ TRAINING [...] (SBU) On June 22, Parliament's Steering committee unanimously voted to extend Austrian participation in the EU's integrated mission to support rule of law in Iraq (EUJUST LEX) to December 2007. Parliament authorized the government to deploy up to three Justice Ministry trainers and up to two [...] | 2006-06-27 14:50:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV EUN MARR KPAO IZ AU |
06VIENNA190 | AUSTRIA'S 2006/2007 OUTLOOK - HIGHER GROWTH [...] Austria's two leading economic institutes have revised 2006 growth projections upward to 2.3-2.4%, based on stronger demand in export markets and a modest recovery of business investment. However, the 2007 growth rate should slow to 2.0-2.2%, as German demand dampens after implementation of [...] | 2006-01-23 09:00:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ELAB AU EUN |
06VIENNA1939 | GOVERNMENTS COMMIT TO NABUCCO PIPELINE -- INDUSTRY [...] (C) At a June 26 conference, senior government officials from Austria, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, and Turkey, as well as EU Energy Commissioner Andris Piebalgs, signed a joint declaration to initiate the Nabucco pipeline project. Construction of the Euro 4.6 billion ($5.8 billion) pipeline s [...] | 2006-06-30 10:59:00 | Embassy Vienna | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET PGOV EUN AU |
06VIENNA2030 | AUSTRIA'S 2006/2007 OUTLOOK CONTINUES TO IMPROVE [...] The Austrian economy exhibits solid growth and more optimism. Data for the first few months of 2006 show strong growth of exports and investments, and some improvement in private consumption. The two leading Austrian economic institutes have upgraded their 2006 forecasts slightly, predictin [...] | 2006-07-07 10:10:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ELAB EUN AU |
06VIENNA2109 | DEMARCHE TO AUSTRIA: GAERC AND NORTH KOREA [...] (SBU) EconPolCouns delivered reftel demarches on July 14 to Austrian MFA European correspondent Andreas Riecken and deputy European Correspondent Klaus Famira. Riecken and Famira made the following substantive comments. 2. (C) Iraq has been taken off the agenda, although there will likel [...] | 2006-07-17 07:26:00 | Embassy Vienna | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EUN KN AU |
06VIENNA230 | JANUARY 30 GAERC PRE-DEMARCHE: AUSTRIAN RESPONSE [...] (C) EconPolCouns and Pol Unit Chief delivered ref (a) demarche to Austrian MFA Common Foreign and Security Policy Coordinator Andreas Riecken on January 24. Riecken noted that, in addition to the topics mentioned in reftel, the EU Foreign Ministers would discuss the problem of granting visas [...] | 2006-01-25 16:01:00 | Embassy Vienna | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AU EUN |
06VIENNA2317 | AUSTRIAN RESPONSE: EU INVITES BURMESE FM TO ASEM-6 [...] (SBU) Acting Economic-Political Counselor delivered reftel demarche on August 1 to Peter Storer, the Deputy Director for Asia and Oceania in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Storer said it was a difficult decision, but that the EU had reached a consensus to invite the Burmese Foreign Ministe [...] | 2006-08-02 15:12:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM EUN FI BU AU |
06VIENNA2322 | AUSTRIA'S EU PRESIDENCY: MANAGING THE GAME [...] (C) Summary: The Austrians approached the EU presidency like a solid backup quarterback takes the field: they had modest expectations, they strove for technical competence, and they set realistic goals. Their biggest successes -- winning agreement on a financial perspective, getting agreem [...] | 2006-08-03 11:30:00 | Embassy Vienna | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL EUN AU |
06VIENNA245 | AUSTRIA CALLS ON FUTURE PALESTINIAN CABINET TO [...] (U) Austrian Foreign Minister (and EU Foreign Ministers Council chair) Ursula Plassnik issued a press release on January 26 welcoming the peaceful nature of the recent Palestinian elections and reporting that the EU election observers had found the election to be "fair and open." She caution [...] | 2006-01-26 15:07:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL IS AU EUN |
06VIENNA247 | AUSTRIA PLANS TO BAN BIOTECH OILSEED RAPE GT73 [...] During a January 20 press conference on Austria's EU Presidency health agenda, Minister of Health and Women's Affairs (MoH),Maria Rauch-Kallat, announced that Austria plans to issue a government ordinance to implement a marketing ban on Monsanto's GT73 oilseed rape until the end of 2008. Th [...] | 2006-01-26 15:50:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ETRD EUN TBIO AU |
06VIENNA3043 | AUSTRIA'S ECONOMY POISED FOR FASTER GROWTH [...] Austrian economic institutes have revised 2006 and 2007 GDP forecasts upward to 3.1% and 2.3-2.5% respectively. Data for the first half of 2006 indicate continued robust growth of exports and investments, and some improvement in private consumption. Growth in 2007 should slow, as the negativ [...] | 2006-10-13 12:35:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ELAB EUN AU |
06VIENNA310 | COUNCIL OF EUROPE INQUIRY ON RENDITION FLIGHTS: [...] (C) DCM met Austrian MFA Legal Advisor Ferdinand Trauttmannsdorff (at the latter's request) regarding Council of Europe Rapporteur Dick Marty's inquiry into "Alleged Secret Detentions in Council of Europe Member States." SIPDIS Trauttmansdorff handed over a Verbal Note (sic) requesting in [...] | 2006-02-02 07:47:00 | Embassy Vienna | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AU EUN |
06VIENNA3264 | AUSTRIA ON NOVEMBER 13-14 EU FOREING MINISTERS [...] (SBU) Charge delivered reftel points on November 7 to Andreas Riecken, the Austrian MFA's European Correspondent. 2. (C) Riecken made the following substantive comments: -- Western Balkans: Kosovo will be a lunch topic, and Serbia will be a topic during the regular meeting, Riecken said. [...] | 2006-11-08 09:19:00 | Embassy Vienna | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM EUN AU |
06VIENNA3268 | AUSTRIA ON DISRUPTION OF CHISINAU-MOSCOW RAIL LINKS [...] (SBU) Charge delivered reftel demarche on November 8 to Hannes Porias, the Austrian MFA's A/S-level Director for Eastern Europe and Russia. DAS-level Russia/Ukraine/Moldova/Belarus Director Josef Litschauer also participated. 2. (C) Porias said the EU had made clear to Kyiv that it is i [...] | 2006-11-08 11:23:00 | Embassy Vienna | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ELTN EUN RU MD UP AU |
06VIENNA3401 | DEMARCHE TO AUSTRIA: UNIFIED APPROACH TO [...] (SBU) Post conveyed reftel points on November 22 to Thomas Mayr-Harting, the Austrian MFA's Political Director. Charge met with Mayr-Harting on November 24 to discuss the issue. Austrian OSCE Political Affairs Director Christophe Ceska, Eastern Europe Director (DAS-equivalent) Josef Litschau [...] | 2006-11-24 14:19:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PBTS EUN NATO OSCE MO GG RU AU |
06VIENNA3482 | AUSTRIA'S OPPOSITION TO CZECH NUCLEAR POWER PLANT [...] (SBU) The recent Czech decision to grant a final operating license for the controversial Temelin nuclear power plant has unleashed a barrage of criticism in Austria. State government officials in Upper Austria, which lies approximately 40 miles from Temelin, have been the most vehement critic [...] | 2006-12-05 11:09:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG SENV PGOV EUN AU |
06VIENNA3491 | AUSTRIA ON THE DECEMBER 11-12 EU FOREIGN MINISTERS [...] (SBU) A/DCM delivered reftel demarches on the upcoming EU Foreign Ministers meeting (GAERC) to Austrian European Correspondent Andreas Riecken on December 6. 2. (C) Riecken made the following substantive comments: -- On the China Arms Embargo: Riecken confirmed that there was a policy [...] | 2006-12-06 15:35:00 | Embassy Vienna | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM EUN PARM CH AU |
06VIENNA3591 | THE AUSTRIAN ECONOMY - STATUS AND POLICY OUTLOOK IN LIGHT [...] (SBU) The Austrian National Bank (ANB) and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) have recently presented positive analyses of the Austrian economy and the impact of reforms over the last five years. However, both the ANB and IMF recommend that Austria should continue to focus on macroeconomic [...] | 2006-12-21 13:38:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PGOV EFIN ELAB EUN AU |
06VIENNA3602 | Austria's Raiffeisen - A Domestic and Regional Heavyweight [...] The Raiffeisen Association is a commercial heavyweight within Austria, with wide-ranging and diverse business holdings. Its business interests permeate Austria's economy, with impressive holdings in the banking, investment, insurance, dairy, media, and retail sectors. By virtue of its commer [...] | 2006-12-22 10:21:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV ECIN EFIN ETRD EUN AU |
06VIENNA3605 | Austria's Raiffeisen - A Domestic and Regional Heavyweight [...] The Raiffeisen Association is a commercial heavyweight within Austria, with wide-ranging and diverse business holdings. Its business interests permeate Austria's economy, with impressive holdings in the banking, investment, insurance, dairy, media, and retail sectors. By virtue of its commer [...] | 2006-12-22 10:23:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV ECIN EFIN ETRD EUN AU |
06VIENNA383 | "SOUND OF EUROPE" CONFERENCE: THE EU IN ANALYSIS [...] SUMMARY: Austrian Chancellor (and current chairman of the European Council) Wolfgang Schuessel invited more than 400 European political and cultural personalities to a January 27-28 conference on the "Sound of Europe." The conference, which took place in Salzburg, examined the European ident [...] | 2006-02-08 14:02:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV EUN AU |
06VIENNA387 | DEMARCHE ON HMONG CHILDREN: AUSTRIAN RESPONSE [...] No summary [...] | 2006-02-08 16:35:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PHUM PREL LA TH EUN AU |
06VIENNA453 | AUSTRIAN EU PRESIDENCY'S AGRICULTURE AGENDA [...] During a February 3 briefing to emboffs, Hans Kordik, the Austrian Ministry of Agriculture's (MoA) EU Coordinator, identified two political priorities and four thematic priorities for its EU Presidency. The GoA will resist any efforts to reform the CAP further, arguing the farming sector nee [...] | 2006-02-15 08:38:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ETRD EUN TBIO AU |
06VIENNA506 | AUSTRIAN, DANISH FMS MEET WITH MUSLIM [...] (U) Austrian Foreign Minister Ursula Plassnik, in her capacity as EU Council President, and Danish Foreign Minister Per Stig Moeller held an informal meeting with leading Muslim Representatives in Vienna on February 16. Participants included the leader of the Islamic Faith Community in Bosni [...] | 2006-02-17 16:01:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM EUN SY DA BK TU SP AU |
06VIENNA529 | DEMARCHE TO AUSTRIA IN ADVANCE OF THE FEBRUARY 27 [...] (SBU) EconPolCouns delivered reftel points on February 21 to Klaus Famira, the Austrian MFA's acting European Correspondent. 2. (C) Famira made the following substantive comments: -- On the Balkans: Meetings of the Political and Security Committee (PSC) on February 21 and 22 will cons [...] | 2006-02-21 17:24:00 | Embassy Vienna | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL AU EUN |
06VIENNA540 | AUSTRIAN EU PRESIDENCY JUSTICE AND HOME AFFAIRS [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Austrians have organized a broad range of law enforcement and counterterrorism-related meetings and seminars during their EU Presidency from January - June 2006. The recently adopted (December 6, 2005) EU Council paper on "A Strategy for the External Dimension of JHA: Global [...] | 2006-02-22 10:39:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER KCRM SNAR EFIN ETTC AU EUN |
06VIENNA574 | AUSTRIA ON TRANSITION TO UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL: [...] (C) EmbOffs discussed UN reform issues on February 16 with MFA's International Organizations head, Dr. Helmut Boeck. On CHR reform, Boeck noted that UNGA President Eliasson would propose a new draft on February 21, but that the window of opportunity for completing this reform, in the GoA's v [...] | 2006-02-24 15:40:00 | Embassy Vienna | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM UN EUN AU |
06VIENNA578 | AUSTRIANS WARY BUT NONCOMMITTAL ON VENEZUELA'S [...] (C) Ambassador demarched MFA Secretary General Johannes Kyrle regarding Venezuela's bid for a UN Security Council seat on the margins of a dinner she hosted for him on February 9. Pol Unit Chief met with MFA A/S for International Organizations Helmut Boeck on February 16 to follow up. Boeck [...] | 2006-02-27 07:29:00 | Embassy Vienna | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM UNSC GT VE EUN AU |
06VIENNA6 | Austria's Economic Footprint in Central Europe [...] Austrian commercial interests continue to benefit greatly from intensified trade and investment relations with the countries of Central and Eastern Europe (CEE),as well as Southeastern European (SEE) nations. Exports to CEE have more than doubled since 1995 and exports to SEE have quadrupl [...] | 2006-01-03 12:34:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV ECIN ETRD AU EUN |
06VIENNA655 | CODEL WEXLER'S DISCUSSIONS ON IRAN WITH AUSTRIAN [...] (C) Congressman Robert Wexler (D-Florida) and Professional Staff Member Jonathan Katz, accompanied by DCM and PolOff, met with Chancellor Schuessel's foreign policy adviser Hans Peter Manz on February 22. Manz gave his views on next steps in reaction to Iran's actions regarding its nuclear p [...] | 2006-03-03 12:03:00 | Embassy Vienna | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETTC IR AU IAEA EUN |
06VIENNA715 | REPORT ON EU INFORMAL DEFENSE MINISTERIAL IN [...] (SBU) Discussions of a possible EU mission to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) dominated the EU Informal Defense Ministerial in Innsbruck on March 6-7. Despite press speculation that countries would offer up forces for such a mission while in Innsbruck, the ministers agreed only to dis [...] | 2006-03-09 11:10:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MARR CG BK SR EUN AU |
06VIENNA722 | U.S-INDIA CIVIL NUCLEAR ENERGY: AUSTRIAN EU [...] (C) INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY: Embassy conveyed ref (a) points to MFA A/S-equivalent for Nonproliferation Dorothea Auer on March 3. Pol Unit Chief followed up on March 8 with Auer and her deputy, DAS for IAEA and nuclear issues Alexander Kmentt. Auer and Kmentt made it clear that Austria is [...] | 2006-03-09 14:20:00 | Embassy Vienna | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ENRG KSCA PARM KNNP ETTC IN EUN AU |
06VIENNA725 | AUSTRIA TO SUPPORT GUATEMALA OVER VENEZUELA FOR [...] (C) During a March 8 meeting, Austrian MFA Americas Director Rudolf Lennkh told EconPolCouns that Austria had decided to support Guatemala's candidacy instead of Venezuela's for the 2007-2008 Group of Latin American and Caribbean countries (GRULAC) seat on the UN Security Council. 2. (C) [...] | 2006-03-09 15:49:00 | Embassy Vienna | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM UNSC GT VE EUN AU |
06VIENNA761 | EU FOREIGN MINISTERS CALL FOR CONTINUED IRAN [...] Summary: EU leaders used the the informal "Gymnich" meeting of EU foreign ministers on March 10-11 to call for continued international consensus as Iran and its nuclear program is referred to the UN Security Council -- as well as to express hope that a diplomatic solution was still possible. [...] | 2006-03-13 17:07:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL FR IR EUN AU |
06VIENNA764 | MARCH 2-3 U.S.- EU SENIOR LEVEL TALKS ON JUSTICE, [...] (SBU) Summary. The Senior Level U.S.-EU Informal Meeting on Justice, Freedom, and Security (JLS) was held in Vienna March 2 and 3, and covered the full range of JLS issues on migration, borders and visas, counter-terrorism and security, and law enforcement cooperation. Among the key outcom [...] | 2006-03-14 08:36:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER EUN KCRM SNAR EFIN ETTC AU |
06VIENNA778 | EU INFORMAL MINISTERIAL IN SALZBURG: [...] Speaking at the informal "Gymnich" meeting of the EU foreign ministers in Salzburg on March 10-11, European External Relations Commissioner Benita Ferrero-Waldner commented that Belarus was a country "at a crossroads," with the elections a crucial test for democracy. If the elections are fre [...] | 2006-03-15 10:48:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL UP BO EUN AU |
06VIENNA785 | AUSTRIA ON REACTION TO BELARUS ELECTION [...] (C) Summary: During a March 14 meeting, MFA Belarus expert Josef Litschauer said Austria would issue a "presidential statement" on the Belarusian elections an hour after the ODIHR press conference (which will take place at 2:00 pm Minsk time on March 20). Litschauer said there was no EU con [...] | 2006-03-15 13:52:00 | Embassy Vienna | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KDEM PGOV BO AU EUN |
06VIENNA786 | Abbas Plea for Continuation of EU Assistance [...] (U) PALESTINIAN PRESIDENT MAHMOUD ABBAS VISITED VIENNA ON MARCH 14. THE TALKS WITH GOA OFFICIALS CENTERED ON ABBAS' PLEA FOR CONTINUATION OF EU ASSISTANCE TO THE PALESTINIANS. 2. (U) ABBAS UNDERLINED THE PALESTINIAN COMMITMENT TO INTERNATIONAL TREATIES, THE OSLO ACCORDS, THE ROADMAP, AN [...] | 2006-03-15 14:39:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV IS EUN AU |
06VIENNA788 | DEMARCHE TO AUSTRIA -- MARCH 20 EU FOREIGN [...] (SBU) EconPolCouns delivered reftel demarche on March 14 to Austrian MFA European Correspondent Andreas Riecken. Riecken made the following substantive comments 2. (C) MEPP -- In light of the day's developments in Gaza, there might be more discussion of the situation in the Middle East. [...] | 2006-03-15 15:05:00 | Embassy Vienna | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON ETRD AU EUN |
06VIENNA811 | BERN PROCESS: AUSTRIAN/EU VIEWS ON CHINESE [...] (C) EconPolOff delivered reftel points on March 14 to Engelbert Theuermann, MFA A/S-equivalent for Human Rights and Thomas Unger, Human Rights Bureau desk officer. (Unger participated in the December 1-2 Bern Process meetings in Brussels). Theuermann and Unger, speaking for the EU Presidency [...] | 2006-03-17 08:24:00 | Embassy Vienna | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL KJUS CM AU EUN |
06VIENNA829 | Abbas Plea for Continuation of EU Assistance [...] (U) PALESTINIAN PRESIDENT MAHMOUD ABBAS VISITED VIENNA ON MARCH 14. THE TALKS WITH GOA OFFICIALS CENTERED ON ABBAS' PLEA FOR CONTINUATION OF EU ASSISTANCE TO THE PALESTINIANS. 2. (U) ABBAS UNDERLINED THE PALESTINIAN COMMITMENT TO INTERNATIONAL TREATIES, THE OSLO ACCORDS, THE ROADMAP, AN [...] | 2006-03-20 10:44:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV IS EUN AU |
06VIENNA830 | SUDAN: UNSC ACTION ON RE-HATTING - EU PRESIDENCY [...] (C) Pol Unit Chief delivered reftel points to MFA A/S-equivalent for International Organizations Helmut Boeck and his deputy Peter Huber on March 17. Boeck pointed out that Austria is not currently a UNSC member. However, as EU Council President Austria chairs discussions of UN issues in va [...] | 2006-03-20 12:04:00 | Embassy Vienna | CONFIDENTIAL | KPKO PREL SOCI SU AU UNSC EUN |
06VIENNA832 | DEMARCHE TO AUSTRIA ON RELEASE OF IRANIAN PRISONER [...] No summary [...] | 2006-03-20 13:19:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV SOCI IR EUN AU |
06VIENNA833 | HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES IN SYRIA: AUSTRIAN RESPONSE [...] (C) Pol Unit Chief conveyed reftel points on March 17 to MFA DAS-equivalent for Middle East affairs Wolfgang Lapuh. Lapuh said the timing of the demarche was excellent. The MFA had received an EU report (note: presumably either from the EU Commission or Council Secretariat) detailing the sam [...] | 2006-03-20 14:38:00 | Embassy Vienna | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL SY AU EUN |
06VIENNA892 | DEMARCHE TO AUSTRIA ON BELARUS TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS [...] (SBU) EconPolCouns delivered ref (a) demarche on March 24 to Josef Litschauer, the MFA's DAS-level Director for Eastern Europe. (Note: Political Director Thomas Mayr-Harting was not in Vienna. Ambassador will press these points on March 27 and 28 in meetings with the Chancellor's Diplomatic [...] | 2006-03-24 13:59:00 | Embassy Vienna | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM CVIS BO AU EUN |
06VIENNA940 | TURKISH LOBBYING EFFORTS IN AUSTRIA HAVE MINIMAL [...] (SBU) As requested in reftel, Post has researched Turkish lobbying campaigns in Austria aimed at improving Turkey's image in the EU. We found little evidence of any lobbying campaigns with enough profile to move public opinion significantly -- especially when compared to the virulently anti-T [...] | 2006-03-30 10:56:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL TU EUN AU |
06VIENNA942 | EC V. MICROSOFT DEMARCHE: AUSTRIAN RESPONSE [...] (U) Post conveyed reftel non-paper and talking points March 29 to Stefan Keznickl, Deputy Managing Director of the Austrian Federal Competition Authority (FCA),which is responsible in the GoA for national and EU-level antitrust cases. Post also provided reftel information to Martin Eichting [...] | 2006-03-30 11:19:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD KIPR EUN AU |
06VIENNA956 | U.S.-EU TROIKA ON NONPROLIFERATION, ARMS CONTROL [...] (SBU) INTRODUCTION: ISN Acting DAS Andrew Semmel and Acting Permanent Representative to Geneva Conference on Disarmament Thomas Cynkin met representatives of the Austrian EU Presidency, the future Finnish Presidency, the European Commission's delegation to IAEA, and the EU Council Secretariat [...] | 2006-03-31 12:00:00 | Embassy Vienna | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL PTER MARR MNUC ETTC EFIN KNNP EUN |
06VILNIUS1037 | LITHUANIAN FM MEETS WITH RUSSIAN FOREIGN, [...] (C) Summary. Lithuanian FM Vaitiekunas's discussions November 14 with Russia's Foreign and Transport Ministers in Moscow focused on positive areas of cooperation, like Kaliningrad policy and the EU-Russia PCA, as well as touchier subjects such as energy supply and neighborhood policy. Vaitiek [...] | 2006-11-17 14:57:00 | Embassy Vilnius | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EUN ENRG RS LH |
06VILNIUS1051 | LITHUANIA ON TURKEY'S EU ACCESSION PROCESS [...] (C) Summary. Lithuania's government agrees with us on the importance of keeping Turkey engaged in the EU accession process, but also wants Turkey to fulfill its Ankara commitments. Going into the December European Council, Lithuania is pushing its EU partners to consider a middle way, suspen [...] | 2006-11-22 14:39:00 | Embassy Vilnius | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EUN TU LH |
06VILNIUS1072 | STRANDED TRUCKERS PONDER EU "OPEN MARKET" [...] (SBU) Summary: The long lines of trucks that began appearing November 20 at all four border crossing points where commercial traffic can enter Latvia from Lithuania have now largely disappeared, but the episode has affected Lithuanian-Latvian relations. Lithuania formally complained to the Eu [...] | 2006-12-01 13:59:00 | Embassy Vilnius | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELTN PREL LH LG EUN RS BO |
06VILNIUS1073 | LITHUANIA UNAWARE OF AVIATION EMISSIONS TRADING SCHEME [...] (SBU) We delivered reftel non-paper on November 27 to officials in the Ministry of Environment, the Ministry of Transportation, and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. None of our interlocutors was aware of the European Commission's specific proposal to force non-EU air carriers to join the EU Em [...] | 2006-12-01 14:46:00 | Embassy Vilnius | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECON SENV LH EUN |
06VILNIUS1089 | LITHUANIAN FM TO RAISE TURKEY, BELARUS, EUROPEAN [...] (C) Summary. Lithuania's FM plans to intervene at the December 11 GAERC to support Turkey's EU accession, discourage the repeal of GSP for Belarus, and oppose draft language in the upcoming European Council conclusions about "integration capacity" and "constitutional treaty reform." The Minis [...] | 2006-12-08 12:21:00 | Embassy Vilnius | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM EUN LH |
06VILNIUS120 | GOL WON'T LINK TURKEY/CYPRUS AGENDA AND CUSTOMS [...] No summary [...] | 2006-02-07 11:30:00 | Embassy Vilnius | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL CY TU LH EUN |
06VILNIUS852 | SEPTEMBER GAERC AND LITHUANIAN VIEWS ON GYMNICH [...] (C) We delivered reftel points September 13 to Tomas Gulbinas, head of MFA's Common Foreign Policy and Security Division who is responsible for briefing the FM for the GAERC. Gulbinas said that the Lithuanian FM does not plan any interventions in the September 15 GAERC, which focuses on issue [...] | 2006-09-14 13:00:00 | Embassy Vilnius | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL LH EUN RS UP |
06VILNIUS952 | LITHUANIAN FM ADVOCATES PATIENCE TO GEORGIA, MAKES [...] (C) Summary. Lithuania's Foreign Minister Vaitiekunas visited Georgia October 12 to pitch the Georgians on a strategy of de-escalation in order to garner international support for their positions in territorial conflicts while easing current tensions with Russia. Vaitiekunas relied on his tr [...] | 2006-10-18 13:41:00 | Embassy Vilnius | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL LH GG EUN |
06VILNIUS969 | LITHUANIA PLEASED WITH ENERGY TALK AT LAHTI SUMMIT [...] (C) Summary. President Adamkus's silence at the October 20 EU-Putin dinner notwithstanding, Lithuania was pleased that EU leaders reached a stronger consensus on external energy policy. Lithuanian officials believe that Putin's comments on Georgia may help them build sympathy for the Georgia [...] | 2006-10-25 13:05:00 | Embassy Vilnius | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EUN LH RS GG |
06VILNIUS982 | LITHUANIA RECEIVES LETTERS OF SUPPORT ON ENERGY [...] (C) During his October 24 meeting with the Ambassador (reftel),MFA Political Director Zygimantas Pavilionis mentioned two recent letters addressing energy issues: an October 19 letter from EC President Barroso to President Adamkus and a September 25 letter from EC Energy Commissioner Piebalgs [...] | 2006-10-31 11:57:00 | Embassy Vilnius | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ENRG EUN LH RS |
06WARSAW1515 | POLAND: DEMARCHE RESPONSE ON CONTRIBUTIONS FOR [...] On July 18, Econoff delivered reftel demarche points to Mr. Jerzy Pomianowski, Director of Development Co-operation Department at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Mr.Pomianowski sent the following response dated July 21, 2006. 2. Begin text. Thank you for the information on U.S. assistanc [...] | 2006-07-25 15:44:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON EFIN EUN PL |
06WARSAW2238 | POLAND ON LAHTI DINNER: ENERGY POLICY KEY, "NO [...] (C) SUMMARY. Poland looks forward to both the internal EU meetings and dinner with Russian President Putin October 20 in Lahti, Finland. The GOP considers Lahti an important venue for discussing renewal of the Russian Partnership and Cooperation Agreement (PCA),but believes that there is no [...] | 2006-10-20 12:54:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ENRG ETRD PL EUN RS |
06WARSAW2404 | TRANSNISTRIA: POLAND SUPPORTIVE ON EU PEACE [...] (C) Pol External Chief delivered reftel points to Mieczyslaw Kuzinski, action officer for global threats and the Eurasian conflicts in the MFA Security Policy Department. Kuzinski noted that Poland continued to support strongly efforts to develop an EU Peace Consolidation Mission (PCM) for Mo [...] | 2006-11-16 15:53:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | OSCE EUN PREL PL |
06WARSAW2434 | POLAND ON TURKEY EU ACCESSION [...] (C) DCM and PolCouns conveyed U.S. concerns about the prospect of EU sanctions on Turkey (reftel) to Deputy FM Pawel Kowal on November 21. Kowal acknowledged the concerns but had no substantive response. 2. (C) PolExt Chief discussed the issue in greater detail later the same day with Pawe [...] | 2006-11-22 08:45:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | EUN NATO PL |
06WARSAW2491 | POLISH ATTITUDES TOWARD INVOLVEMENT IN AFGHAN DRUG [...] No summary [...] | 2006-12-01 13:15:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PINR EAID EUN SNAR PL |
06WARSAW2514 | POLAND'S RESPONSE TO US-EU AIR TRANSPORT AGREEMENT [...] (U) Econoff delivered reftel demarche on December 6 to Sylwia Ciszewska, Director of the Air Transport Department and Malgorzata Alberti, Head of the International Agreements Division, both with the Civil Aviation Office (CAO). The CAO had learned about the U.S. announcement from the European [...] | 2006-12-06 15:45:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EAIR EI EUN KTIA PL |
06WARSAW789 | DUTCH ENERGY CONFERENCE - POLISH RESPONSE [...] (SBU) Econ Counselor and Dutch Econ Officer jointly demarched Ministry of Foreign Affairs Director for North America Ambassador Henryk Szlajfer per reftel instructions. Szlajfer stated that Foreign Minister Meller is considering attending the dinner on the evening of May 17 and the first hou [...] | 2006-04-28 09:55:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG EPET ECON PREL NL PL EUN |
06ZAGREB1231 | SCENESETTER - PM SANADER’S MEETING WITH PRESIDENT [...] (C) Fifteen years after the death of Yugoslavia and eleven years after a horrible civil war, Croatia is poised to become that rarity ) a Balkans success story. With EU entry negotiations underway, tourism arrivals breaking records, and new construction on every corner, Croatia is rebranding itself [...] | 2006-10-11 10:46:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV HR EUN NATO |
06ZAGREB1233 | MEETING WITH CROATIAN MINISTER OF ECONOMY [...] (SBU) Croatian Prime Minister Ivo Sanader will travel to Washington to meet with President Bush on October 17. Sanader's meeting with the President comes at an important time for Croatia as it seeks to bind itself firmly to Euro-Atlantic institutions. Securing continued economic growth is a c [...] | 2006-10-11 13:11:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON PREL PGOV HR EUN |
06ZAGREB1490 | MAINTAINING MOMENTUM AFTER THE CROATIAN PRIME [...] (U) Summary: Following up on their October 27 meeting, Ambassador and DCM met with Croatian FM Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic December 14 to review progress on outstanding issues and areas of cooperation. Discussions on CEFTA and BiH have been reported separately. Kosovo 2. (C) The Ambassado [...] | 2006-12-15 14:12:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KIPR CASC CJAN EFIN EAIR EUN NATO |
06ZAGREB697 | (C) EU TRIOKA DEMARCHES CROATIAN MFA REGARDING [...] (C) European Union troika ambassadors told the MFA last week that signing an article 98 agreement with the United States would jeopardize Croatia's accession to the EU, an MFA official (protect) told the DCM June 7. The EU ambassadors told Assistant Minister for the European Union and Europea [...] | 2006-06-08 14:26:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR HR EUN REGIONAL ISSUES |
07ABIDJAN810 | DEMARCHE TO COTE D'IVOIRE ON U.S. CANDIDATE FOR [...] (SBU) Emboff demarched Ambassador Tanoh Boutchoue, MFA Director of International Organizations and UN Affairs on July 26 on action points in reftel. As Ambassador Swing and his work with MONUC are well-known in African diplomatic circles, Boutchoue was immediately personally disposed toward [...] | 2007-08-01 16:55:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC EUN PREF PREL SMIG |
07ABUJA2322 | NIGERIA: PILOTING THE PARTNERSHIP FOR DEMOCRATIC [...] (SBU) Summary: Nigeria is an admittedly risky environment in which to pilot a new governance initiative, particularly at the state level. Despite the risk, the establishment of better governance in Nigeria can have positive spillover effects for the rest of West Africa and the continent as a [...] | 2007-11-01 15:44:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID EUN OECD NI |
07ACCRA1549 | CANDIDACY OF AMBASSADOR WILLIAM SWING FOR IOM [...] No summary [...] | 2007-07-16 17:36:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC EUN PREF PREL SMIG GH |
07ADDISABABA326 | A/F FRAZER AND EC DEVELOPMENT COMMISSIONER MICHEL [...] (C) SUMMARY. In a January 30 meeting with AF A/S Frazer on the margins of the African Union Summit, EC Development Commissioner Louis Michel said that he would recommend the release of EU peacekeeping funds earmarked for Somalia, as soon as the Transitional Federal Government of Somalia (TFG) [...] | 2007-02-03 09:51:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM SO SU EUN AU |
07AMMAN3889 | JORDANIAN FOREIGN MINISTER TO ATTEND AHLC [...] No summary [...] | 2007-09-19 11:30:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID KPAL KWBG XF EUN |
07ANKARA1261 | BRITISH REPORT ON TURKEY/EU DISCUSSIONS WITH FRANCE [...] (C) According to the British ambassador in Ankara, PM Blair and Chancellor Merkel made little progress with French President Sarkozy in recent discussions regarding Turkey and the EU. 2. (C) Blair reportedly talked at length with Sarkozy regarding Turkey during their meeting in early May. [...] | 2007-05-23 14:49:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER EUN TU |
07ANKARA1454 | TURKEY-EU TROIKA CONSULTATIONS: FOCUS ON EU-NATO [...] (C) During June 4 EU Troika-Turkey consultations in Ankara, headed for the Turks by FM Abdullah Gul and State Minister/lead EU negotiator Ali Babacan and on the EU side by German FM Steinmeier, Turkey-EU-NATO relations was one of many topics discussed. According to German DCM Pruegel, FM Gul [...] | 2007-06-08 14:32:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR PGOV EUN NATO TU |
07ANKARA1600 | WARNING FROM TURKISH FORCES COMMANDER ON IRAQ [...] (S) Mission LNO on Turkey's border with Iraq was called in urgently the evening of June 21 by the local Turkish Special Forces brigade chief of staff and G-3 to be advised of intelligence on PKK plans to attack Turkish forces stationed in Iraq and receive notice of Turkey's intention to retalia [...] | 2007-06-22 09:34:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PREL PTER EUN TU US |
07ANKARA1628 | TURKEY/NATO: TURKISH GENERAL STAFF VIEWS ON NATO [...] (C) Turkish Chief of Defense Buyukanit told visiting USAFE Commander Gen Hobbins June 22 that Turkey supports the NATO Response Force (NRF) concept and has earmarked forces for it. However, he claimed, there has been an effort to change the NRF concept from that of a "first-in/first-out" force [...] | 2007-06-26 07:29:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR NATO EUN |
07ANKARA1660 | TURKEY UNSATISFIED WITH CURRENT STATE OF EU [...] (C) SUMMARY. Turkey received the June 26 EU decision to open only two negotiating chapters rather than three with calm frustration. Turkish negotiators and business representatives reject the EU's technical justifications presented for not opening the economic and monetary union chapter, ar [...] | 2007-06-27 16:36:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EFIN ECIN ETRD EUN FR TU |
07ANKARA21 | MINISTER BABACAN SEES NEW, UNCERTAIN ERA IN [...] (C) Summary: EU negotiator Ali Babacan told the Ambassador December 22 that Turkey's relations with the EU have entered a new, uncertain era, with progress depending more on political considerations than technical progress in meeting the EU acquis. Without clear targets and timelines to open [...] | 2007-01-08 06:48:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ECIN PREL EUN |
07ANKARA2332 | TURKEY: FS MILIBAND ADVOCATES BOLD EU STEPS [...] (C) Summary and Comment: UK Foreign Secretary David Miliband utilized his first visit to Turkey to urge the GOT to take bold moves on EU accession. Regarding Cyprus, Miliband pressed for responsible Turkish engagement. FM Babacan's pitch for increased UK engagement with Syria fell flat. M [...] | 2007-09-13 10:06:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | EUN IR IZ PREL SY TU UK |
07ANKARA2361 | TURKEY: MFA ON POTENTIAL LEBANON-SYRIA BORDER [...] (C) We pulsed Turkish MFA Middle East Department desk officer Cem Ulusoy regarding the Spanish proposal on a potential ESDP monitoring mission on the Lebanon-Syria border (ref A). Professing no knowledge of the Spanish proposal, Ulusoy said Turkey shares USG concerns about weapons smuggling f [...] | 2007-09-18 10:23:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | EUN PGOV PREL LE TU |
07ANKARA2647 | TURKEY: ERDOGAN TALKS PKK IN THE UK [...] (C) Turkish PM Erdogan met with UK PM Gordon Brown, opposition leader David Cameron, MPs from both Houses of Parliament, British investors, and Oxford University students during his October 22-23 trip to London. UK Ambassador to Turkey Nick Baird told us PM Erdogan spoke at length with PM Bro [...] | 2007-10-25 14:05:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER TU UK IZ EUN |
07ANKARA293 | BEST YEAR EVER: TURKEY IMPORTANT MARKET FOR U.S. PHRMA [...] (SBU) Summary: Turkey currently represents the 14th largest market in the world in terms of pharmaceutical sales, and it is on track to grow to the 10th largest by 2009. The size of the market comes from volume and not from the pricing of pharmaceuticals, which PhRMA company representatives c [...] | 2007-02-12 12:23:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD KIPR USTR EUN TU |
07ANKARA860 | TURKS SEEKING ENHANCED ROLE IN ESDP PLANNING [...] (C) Summary: Turkish MFA U/S (D equivalent) Apakan told Ambassador April 11 that Turkey would like an enhanced role in ESDP planning. The Turks are approaching other NATO and EU members individually; PM Erdogan spoke with Javier Solana in Riyadh. As an EU accession candidate which participa [...] | 2007-04-12 15:30:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PREL NATO EUN TU |
07ATHENS1087 | GREEK VIEWS ON BEST APPROACH TO SYRIA [...] (C) On May 24, A/Polcouns delivered ref a demarche on Syria's sham presidential referendum to Deputy Director of the Greek MFA A-6 Division for Middle East Affairs Giorgos Ayfantis. Ayfantis promised to inform his superiors of the U.S. position, though he said Greece took another view of the [...] | 2007-05-24 15:00:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | EUN GR KDEM PGOV PHUM PREL SY |
07ATHENS1225 | GREECE ON UPCOMING EU FOREIGN MINISTERS MEETING [...] (C) D/Polcouns delivered reftel demarche on the June 18-19 GAERC to MFA A11 European Cooperation correspondent Penny Douti. Douti observed that the main issue for the GAERC was expected to be institutional reform and, in particular, the way forward in light of the constitutional treaty defeats [...] | 2007-06-14 13:47:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | EUN ENRG ETRD ETTC KPAL PARM PGOV PREL SOCI |
07ATHENS1249 | AMCITS IN IRAN: GREEKS SUPPORT EU APPROACH [...] (SBU) On June 12, DepPolcouns delivered reftel demarche on the treatment of Amcits in Iran to MFA A6 Directorate for Arab and Middle East Countries First Counsellor Ioannis Pediotis. Pediotis promised to look into the possibility of Greece's making an approach to the Iranians. 2. (SBU) On [...] | 2007-06-18 14:07:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KDEM IR PHUM EUN GR |
07ATHENS1384 | GREECE: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON U.S DISAPPOINTMENT [...] No summary [...] | 2007-07-09 14:09:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM EUN UNHCR GR |
07ATHENS1386 | GREECE: DEMARCH DELIVERED ON AMBASSADOR WILLIAM [...] No summary [...] | 2007-07-09 14:35:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC EUN PREF PREL SMIG GR |
07ATHENS1460 | GREECE: VIEWS ON UPCOMING GAERC [...] (C) On July 18, DepPolCouns discussed reftel points on the July 23 GAERC with MFA European Correspondent Penny Douti. Responses below are keyed to major issue items: -- KOSOVO: Douti anticipated Kosovo would be discussed at lunch. Greece's position was well-known. While Greece acknowledged [...] | 2007-07-19 08:51:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | EUN ENRG ETRD ETTC KPAL PGOV PREL SOCI GR |
07ATHENS1740 | TRAVEL BAN ON SYRIAN ACTIVIST RIAD SEIF [...] (C) Polcouns delivered reftel demarche to Ambassador Vassilis Papaioannou, Director of the MFA's Middle East Department. Papaioannou was aware of the difficulties faced by Riad Seif, whom he had met during an earlier posting. Papaioannou believed that Greece's voice carried more weight as p [...] | 2007-08-31 12:49:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EUN JA KDEM PHUM SA SY GR |
07ATHENS1768 | GREEK RESPONSE TO GYMNICH DEMARCHE [...] (SBU) On September 4, A/PolCouns delivered reftel non-paper on U.S. positions on issues to be considered at the September 7-8 EU informal foreign ministers meeting (Gymnich) to MFA European Correspondent Penny Douti. Her following responses are keyed to the major issues raised in the non-pape [...] | 2007-09-05 11:40:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | EUN PGOV PREL YI RS CH IN GR |
07ATHENS186 | INFLUENTIAL WOMEN IN GREECE: WOMEN'S EMPOWERMENT [...] In response to reftel action request, post has identified the following top five most influential women in Greece in order of importance, starting with most important person based on USG interests: -- Theodora (Dora) Bakoyiannis, Her Excellency Minister of Foreign Affairs; the Ministry of F [...] | 2007-01-26 15:04:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KWNM PHUM EUN |
07ATHENS1866 | GREECE POSITIVE ON EU MISSION FOR LEBANON [...] (C) We delivered reftel points to the Greek MFA's Penny Douti, Deputy Director of the MFA Directorate for Common Foreign and Security Policy. After reviewing the points, Douti termed them "right," and "fully consistent" with the Greek position on this issue. 2. (C) Douti cautioned that t [...] | 2007-09-17 11:16:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SY IS LE EUN GR |
07ATHENS1871 | IRAN/IAEA BOG FOLLOW-UP POINTS DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] | 2007-09-17 13:57:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP IR IAEA MNUC PARM EUN GR |
07ATHENS192 | CORRECTED COPY: INFLUENTIAL WOMEN IN GREECE: [...] In response to reftel action request, post has identified the following top five most influential women in Greece in order of importance, starting with most important person based on USG interests: -- Theodora (Dora) Bakoyiannis, Her Excellency Minister of Foreign Affairs; the Ministry of F [...] | 2007-01-29 07:51:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KWNM PHUM EUN |