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00THEHAGUE1776	DEMARCHE ON NO ANCHORING PROPOSAL [...] IN RESPONSE TO REFTEL, WE CONTACTED MARTEN KOOPMANS, SENIOR STAFFER IN THE DUTCH TRANSPORT MINISTRY'S TRANSPORT SAFETY DEPARTMENT, WHO WILL HEAD THE DUTCH DELEGATION TO THE IMO SUBCOMMITTEE MEETING ON SAFETY OF NAVIGATION (NAV). KOOPMANS TOLD US THAT THE U.S. PROPOSALS HAVE BEEN DRAWN UP IN C [...]	2000-06-15 09:52:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	EMIN EWWT KSCA PHSA SENV NL

02AMMAN6989	DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO JORDAN ON PROPOSED [...] (U) On December 1, PolCouns and PolOff delivered message in ref A regarding the Suppression of Unlawful Acts (SUA) convention and its protocol to Samer Naber, Legal Adviser to the Foreign Ministry. PolCouns also passed the full text of proposed USG changes to the SUA per ref B. 2. (SBU) [...]	2002-12-01 14:57:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KTIA AORC ASEC UK PTER EWWT PHSA JO
02ROME5602	CLOSING THE DRIFTNET LOOP IN ITALY [...] SUMMARY. DESPITE SEVERAL FOLLOW-UPS, POST HAS NOT YET RECEIVED A COMPREHENSIVE REPLY TO REF A DEMARCHE. HOWEVER, GOI OFFICIALS HAVE ASSURED US ILLEGAL DRIFTNETTING HAS BEEN PROSECUTED EFFECTIVELY AND THAT THE PHENOMENON IS GOING TO EXPIRE. A COPY OF THE 2000 AND 2001 ENFORCEMENT REPORTS WERE [...]	2002-11-19 07:19:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIS SENV PHSA ETRD IT MARITIME
02ROME5662	CLOSING THE DRIFTNET LOOP IN ITALY [...] SUMMARY. DESPITE SEVERAL FOLLOW-UPS, POST HAS NOT YET RECEIVED A COMPREHENSIVE REPLY TO REF A DEMARCHE. HOWEVER, GOI OFFICIALS HAVE ASSURED US ILLEGAL DRIFTNETTING HAS BEEN PROSECUTED EFFECTIVELY AND THAT THE PHENOMENON IS GOING TO EXPIRE. A COPY OF THE 2000 AND 2001 ENFORCEMENT REPORTS WERE [...]	2002-11-21 15:06:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIS SENV PHSA ETRD IT MARITIME
03ABUDHABI4495	UAE: PSI STATEMENT OF INTERDICTION PRINCIPLES [...] (C) Per Refs A and B, Polchief delivered the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) Statement of Principles on September 7 and followed up with MFA interlocutors September 28 and 30. Polchief also made contact with other embassies that had received similar demarche instructions from their ca [...]	2003-10-06 12:27:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET	KNNP MNUC PARM PREL PHSA PBTS EAIR EWWT TC
03AMMAN6255	PSI BACKGROUND AND TALKING POINTS DELIVERED TO [...] (C) PolCouns and PolOff September 29 delivered ref a points on the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) to Ali al-Ayed, Foreign Minister Muasher's Private Office Director. PolCouns had previously delivered ref b text of the Statement of Interdiction Principles (SOP) to Ayed on September 7. [...]	2003-09-30 12:29:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP MNUC PARM PREL PHSA PBTS EAIR EWWT JO
03AMMAN6934	RESPONSE TO INTERNATIONAL MARITIME ORGANIZATION - [...] No summary [...]	2003-10-27 16:23:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC EWWT KTIA PHSA JO IMO
03ANKARA1792	NOTMAR AND NOTAM DELIVERED TO GOT [...] Economic Officer delivered Reftel NOTMAR to MFA Chief of Maritime Affairs Cagatay Erciyes, and reftel NOTAM to MFA Chief of Aviation Affairs Bekir Uysal on March 20. Uysal asked if the U.S. could provide coordinates to more specifically define "Eastern Mediterranean Sea." Both Uysal and Erci [...]	2003-03-20 12:18:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL MOPS MARR XF EWWT PHSA EAIR
03ANKARA2254	TURKS: RESOLUTION ON AEGEAN CLAIMS "NOT PRODUCTIVE" [...] (C) Summary. MFA's DDG for Maritime and Aviation Affairs, Vakur Gokdenizler, convoked pol-mil counselor to tell us that Congress' adoption of House Concurrent Resolution 87 on Aegean claims would be a "symbol of deteriorating U.S.-Turkish relations." He asked that the USG do what it could t [...]	2003-04-08 07:32:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS PHSA GR TU
03ANKARA4656	Turkey Not Yet a Party to the ICCAT [...] No summary [...]	2003-07-23 12:38:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIS AORC PHSA SENV
03ANKARA6306	Turkish MFA Proposes Mutual Support for [...] This message contains an action request in para 3. 2. Econoff delivered reftel demarche seeking Turkish support for the U.S. candidacy to the International Maritime Organization (IMO) Council in Category "A" to Orkun Ersoy, of MFA's Maritime and Aviation Department, on October 7. Ersoy r [...]	2003-10-08 06:43:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC EWWT KTIA PHSA TU
03ANKARA6375	Turkish MFA Proposes Mutual Support for [...] This message contains an action request in para 4. 2. MFA followed up our October 7 demarche on elections to the International Maritime Organization (IMO) Council with a diplomatic note proposing mutual support for Turkish and U.S. candidacies. The text of the October 7 note is reproduce [...]	2003-10-10 08:53:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC EWWT KTIA PHSA TU
03COLOMBO1826	In meeting with the Ambassador, Defense [...] (C) SUMMARY: In an October 20 meeting with the Ambassador, Defense Minister Marapana related that based on what he understood the Sri Lanka Monitoring Mission (SLMM) had inadvertently thwarted a recent attempt by the Sri Lankan Navy (SLN) to intercept a suspected Tiger arms ship. In light [...]	2003-10-21 11:26:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MOPS PTER PHSA KPAO CE NO
03COLOMBO1845	President demands removal of chief monitor, [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Kumaratunga has requested that Norway remove the Sri Lanka Monitoring Mission (SLMM) chief. In making this demand, the president complained that the SLMM had lost "objectivity." While the GoN reviews next steps, the SLMM is continuing its operations. The GSL is balk [...]	2003-10-23 14:07:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER MOPS PHSA CE NO LTTE
03GUATEMALA1609	COUNTER-NARCOTICS MARITIME AGREEMENT SIGNED [...] (U) Ambassador Hamilton and Foreign Minister Gutierrez signed the bilateral counter-narcotics maritime agreement (reftels) in a ceremony at the MFA on June 19. Signature of this landmark agreement has been an important element in our dialogue with the GOG on counter-narcotics certification. T [...]	2003-06-20 18:45:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KTIA SNAR PBTS KCRM PHSA EWWT EAIR GT
03GUATEMALA2277	DECREE ENACTING COUNTERNARCOTICS MARITIME [...] No summary [...]	2003-09-04 18:16:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR PREL KTIA MOPS PHSA GT EWWT
03GUATEMALA2527	GUATEMALA DOES NOT HAVE A POSITION YET ON [...] No summary [...]	2003-10-01 15:38:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	KNNP MNUC PARM PREL PHSA EAIR GT
03HOCHIMINHCITY713	Vietnam: Pirates in the Gulf of Thailand [...] (SBU) During a courtesy call on the Kien Giang provincial People's Committee, Ambassador Burghardt asked Chairman Bui Ngoc Suong and Vice Chairman Van Ha Phong for their views on reports of increasing maritime piracy in the Gulf of Thailand and the impact on Vietnamese fishermen. Noting that [...]	2003-08-07 09:30:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PBTS PHSA EFIS EWWT PTER PREL PGOV VM
03KUWAIT482	GOK EFFORTS TO ELIMINATE EXTREMIST INFLUENCES IN [...] (C/NF) Summary: Embassy PAO met January 27 with Kuwait's Minister of Education, Dr. Mus'aad al-Haroun, to discuss his ministry's efforts to reform the country's secondary school curriculum and the (false) reports of embassy interference in this process. Al-Haroun, who obtained undergraduate a [...]	2003-02-05 15:06:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	KISL SCUL PGOV PHSA KU
03MAPUTO558	INTERIOR MINISTER ENGAGED ON COUNTER-TERRORISM [...] (U) Summary: In an April 19 meeting with the Ambassador, Interior Minister Almerino Manhenje described his plans to travel to Texas for a counter-terrorism conference the week of May 3. In addition, Manhenje described his goals of reducing vulnerability to terrorism, drug trafficking, traffick [...]	2003-12-17 15:55:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PGOV PREL ASEC PHSA KPAO MZ KNAR SANR
03OTTAWA2092	SUPPORT FOR US CANDIDATE FOR EXECUTIVE SECRETARY [...] No summary [...]	2003-07-22 19:41:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIS AORC PHSA SENV
03OTTAWA487	BEAUFORT SEA LEASE SALE DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2003-02-20 15:01:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	PHSA PBTS PREL ENRG SENV CA
03OTTAWA587	CANADA WILL SUPPORT ARF ANTI-PIRACY STATEMENT [...] No summary [...]	2003-03-03 21:31:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL AORC ASEC PTER EWWT PHSA KTIA CA ARF
03OTTAWA595	GOC DIPNOTE ON BEAUFORT SEA DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...]	2003-03-04 19:00:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	PHSA PBTS PREL ENRG SENV CA
03ROME3484	Progress Report on Ending the Italian Driftnet [...] Summary: On 25 July 2003, Department and Embassy Rome officers met with Italian Department of Fisheries Deputy Director Plinio Conte to discuss Italy's implementation of the 1999 US-Italy driftnet agreement. It appears that Italy has made significant progress towards ending the use of large [...]	2003-08-01 07:34:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIS SENV PHSA ETRD IT EUN
03SANAA2487	DEMARCHE OF YEMENI MFA OFFICIAL ON PSI BACKGROUND [...] (c) On October 12, Pol/Econ Chief met with Ministry of Foreign Affairs Director of the Americas Office Abdulsalem Qassim al-Awadhi to re-deliver and discuss the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) Statement of Interdiction Principles (refs a and b) and to review the questions and answers [...]	2003-10-13 11:16:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	MNUC PARM PREL PHSA PBTS EAIR EWWT KNNP DEMARCHE
03SANAA592	PMAT: MIDDLE EAST NOTICE TO MARINERS (NOTMAR) AND [...] No summary [...]	2003-03-25 10:56:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL MOPS MARR EWWT PHSA EAIR YM MARITIME SECURITY
03SANTODOMINGO5275	STILL WAITING FOR GODR SUBSTANTIVE REACTION TO PSI [...] (C) Per ref A, we again contacted GODR Deputy Director for the Americas, Roger Espaillat, to inquire if the GODR has any substantive comment on the Statement of Interdiction Principles adopted by the Proliferation Security Initiative participants. Espaillat replied that the GODR generally s [...]	2003-09-30 15:15:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP MNUC PARM PREL PHSA PBTS EAIR EWWT DR
03THEHAGUE1824	MARITIME COUNTERNARCOTICS AGREEMENT [...] With respect to reftel, Embassy's Global Issues Specialist asked the Dutch Foreign Ministry's about the status of the MOU, and was referred to Mr. Th. Sneek, deputy director for international and legal matters in the Defense Ministry. According to Sneek, there is no such MOU being drafted. [...]	2003-07-17 12:48:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	KTIA SNAR PHSA EWWT EAIR JM NL
03THEHAGUE2693	DUTCH POSTPONE ELIMINATION OF P-3 FORCE FOR ONE [...] (U) Dutch Defense Minister Henk Kamp has postponed the planned closure of Valkenburg Air Base and the elimination of the Royal Dutch Navy P-3 Orion maritime patrol aircraft fleet based there until January 2005. He had previously planned to eliminate these assets in January 2004. In postponi [...]	2003-10-24 09:06:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR SNAR KCRM EAIR PHSA MOPS NL XL
03ZAGREB1678	CROATIA DOES NOT SUPPORT U.S. CANDIDATE FOR [...] ON JULY 23 WE PROVIDED REFTEL TALKING POINTS TO THE ANDREA BEKIC, DEPARTMENT FOR NORTH AMERICA, MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS, AND IVAN KATAVIC, ASSISTANT MINISTER OF FISHERIES AND AGRICULTURE IN CHARGE OF THE FISHERIES DIRECTORATE. ON JULY 25, KATAVIC TOLD US CROATIA DOES NOT SUPPORT THE CANDI [...]	2003-07-25 13:59:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIS AORC PHSA SENV HR ICCAT
03ZAGREB1903	TENSIONS MOUNT OVER CROATIAN INTENT TO DECLARE EEZ [...] (C) Relations between Croatia and Slovenia have taken another downward plunge over Croatia's announced intention to declare an Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) in the Adriatic Sea. The Slovenian ambassador to Croatia has apparently been recalled. The Croatian MFA presented the Croatian point of [...]	2003-09-02 16:03:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS PHSA EWWT EFIS SENV HR
03ZAGREB1925	INTENT TO DECLARE EEZ ADDS NEW WRINKLES TO OLD [...] (C) On September 3, the Slovenian Charge called upon the DCM to deliver a fairly low-key pitch that the U.S. and EU help "create the atmosphere" for a resolution over the conflict over the Croatian intention to announce an exclusive economic zone (EEZ) in the Adriatic. In a presentation that [...]	2003-09-05 08:29:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS PHSA EWWT EFIS SENV SI HR EUN
03ZAGREB2173	CROATIA SUPPORTS PSI [...] On September 18, at a meeting with representatives of embassies of all eleven PSI states, Croatia's Foreign Ministry made an informal declaration of support for PSI principles, but asked questions about the legal framework for PSI and about plans for PSI infrastructure (ref a). After receipt [...]	2003-10-07 15:36:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED	KNNP MNUC PARM PREL PHSA PBTS HR NATO
03ZAGREB2200	CROATIAN ELECTIONS PUT OUR BILATERAL ISSUES ON HOLD [...] (C) With the parliamentary campaign heating up, some bilateral issues have been put on hold until they can be addressed without political interference. In separate meetings, Presidential Foreign Policy Affairs Advisor Ivica Mastruko and MFA Asstant Minister for Non-European Affairs Drazen Mar [...]	2003-10-10 13:59:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHSA PBTS HR NATO
03ZAGREB2227	TROUBLED WATERS OVER CROATIA'S ECOLOGICAL AND [...] (C) Croatia continues to have trouble with its neighbors and the EU over its economic zone waters. On October 3, the Croatia parliament approved the government's proposal to proclaim an ecological and fishing zone in the Adriatic. By scaling back its earlier plan to declare an exclusive eco [...]	2003-10-16 07:37:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS PHSA EWWT EFIS SENV HR
04ABUDHABI1157	PRIORITY OF PSI SHIP BOARDING AGREEMENTS - [...] (C) Summary: Post concurs with Ref B statements about the Proliferation Security Initiative's (PSI) importance, and understands that concluding ship boarding agreements is a high priority. Senior UAE Government officials at the second round of Strategic Partnership talks in Abu Dhabi on March [...]	2004-04-14 14:20:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	MNUC PARM PGOV PHSA PREL KTIA TC
04BRUSSELS4332	DHS U/S HUTCHINSON'S OCT 1 MEETING WITH EXTERNAL [...] (SBU) DHS Undersecretary for Border and Transportation Security Asa Hutchinson met External Relations Director General Eneko Landaburu October 1 in Brussels. Hutchinson told Landaburu that the EU and U.S. need to stand shoulder to shoulder even when we do not agree to show we are working tog [...]	2004-10-07 15:37:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC EAIR EWWT PHSA PTER EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS4334	DHS U/S HUTCHINSON'S OCT 1 MEETING WITH TRANSPORT [...] (SBU) DHS Undersecretary for Border and Transportation Security Asa Hutchinson met with Director General for Transport and Energy Francois Lamoureux October 1. Lamoureux briefed Hutchinson on the growing Commission program of airport inspection. Hutchinson committed to Lamoureux that DHS wo [...]	2004-10-08 08:47:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC EAIR EWWT PHSA PTER EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04CARACAS1505	VENEZUELAN READINESS FOR ISPS IMPLEMENTATION [...] REFTELS REQUEST THAT POST INFORM THE GOV REGARDING USG ENFORCEMENT OF THE NEW INTERNATIONAL MARITIME ORGANIZATION INTERNATIONAL SHIP AND PORT FACILITY SECURITY CODE (ISPS). 2. ON APRIL 29, THIS INFORMATION WAS FORMALLY CONVEYED TO THE MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS, DIRECTORATE GENERAL O [...]	2004-05-05 15:42:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED	EWWT ENRG ETRD ECON PHSA PREL VE
04COLOMBO1132	SUICIDE BOMBER HITS POLICE INSTEAD OF TAMIL MINISTER AMID AN INCREASE IN VIOLENCE IN THE EAST [...] (C) SUMMARY. On July 7, a suspected LTTE suicide bomber detonated herself at a local police station in Colombo. Four police officers were killed and at least 11 injured. The police station is located near the Chancery, but no Americans were injured, nor was the compound damaged. There is n [...]	2004-07-07 12:07:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER ASEC PGOV CASC CE LTTE PHSA PREL
04GUATEMALA8	PSI SHIPBOARDING AGREEMENT ON HOLD PENDING NEW [...] No summary [...]	2004-01-06 15:52:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHSA PARM MNUC KTIA GT
04GUATEMALA985	ACTION PLAN FOR PSI AGREEMENT WITH GUATEMALA [...] (C) We discussed the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) and proposed ship-boarding agreement with the MFA in December 2003 (Ref B). We have been careful in following up to avoid distracting the Berger administration from our highest priority which is the achievement of an Article 98 agr [...]	2004-04-22 22:10:00	Embassy Guatemala	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PARM PHSA KTIA MNUC GT
04HALIFAX188	U.S./CANADA SOVEREIGNTY DISPUTE: UPDATE ON MACHIAS SEAL [...] SUMMARY: Despite an ongoing sovereignty dispute, Maine and New Brunswick fishermen are managing to fish side by side in waters off Machias Seal Island without any major incidents to date. However, Canadian authorities remain frustrated by the inability of local groups to conclude a complemen [...]	2004-07-20 19:24:00	Consulate Halifax	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIS PBTS PREL ETRD PHSA CA
04LJUBLJANA92	SLOVENIA: IMO BALLAST WATER TREATY [...] (SBU) ON 04 FEBRUARY, ECON SPECIALIST FOLLOWED UP REF A INQUIRY WITH BRANKO MAHNE, STATE UNDERSECRETARY AT THE MINISTRY OF TRANSPORT, DETERMINING THE GOS POSITION ON REF B POINTS AND DRAFT PROPOSAL FOR A BALLAST WATER DISCHARGE STANDARD IN REGULATION D-2 OF THE INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION FOR THE [...]	2004-02-06 13:06:00	Embassy Ljubljana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EWWT PHSA SENV SI IMO
04MADRID2488	SPAIN: STILL REVIEWING PSI INFORMATION SHARING [...] No summary [...]	2004-07-01 14:51:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP MNUC PARM PGOV PHSA PREL SP
04MADRID2605	SPAIN: MARINE SECURITY PROGRAMS [...] SUMMARY: Per reftel request, we interviewed Spanish officials regarding marine security programs. No single GOS agency is responsible for marine security. Each regional port authority is responsible to assure that ports in its jurisdiction comply with International Ship and Port Facilities [...]	2004-07-09 08:02:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT EWWT ACOA ASEC ETRD ECON ETTC ENRG PARM PTER PHSA SP
04MADRID2936	SPAIN: RESPONSE TO PSI INFORMATION SHARING REQUEST [...] (C) Spain concurs with the PSI proposal to share information with non-member countries, but Spanish defense officials continue to question its operational aspects and lessons learned. End Summary. 2. (C) Over the past few months, we have met with Marcos Rodriguez in the Office of Interna [...]	2004-08-03 05:56:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP MNUC PARM PGOV PHSA PREL SP
04MADRID4787	SPAIN ON AUSTRALIA'S SUBMISSION TO CONTINENTAL [...] No summary [...]	2004-12-21 10:43:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC PBTS PHSA PREL KTIA AS AY SP
04MANAMA1047	BAHRAIN CONFIRMS IMPLEMENTATION OF MARITIME [...] No summary [...]	2004-07-05 08:18:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED	EWWT ACOA ASEC EAIR ETRD ECON ETTC ENRG KSTC PARM PTER PHSA PREL BA
04MAPUTO1321	STATUS OF MOZAMBIQUE PORT ISPS COMPLIANCE [...] On September 29, econ/poloff delivered reftel letter and Port Security Advisory (PSA) to Ministry of Transportation and Communication Chief of Staff Antonio Cuna. Mr. Cuna responded by saying that the Port of Maputo and the Port of Beira were in compliance with the International Maritime Organ [...]	2004-09-30 13:49:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD EWWT KTIA PBTS PHSA PINS PREL PTER MZ ASEC
04NASSAU1282	U.S.- BAHAMAS COMPREHENSIVE MARITIME AGREEMENT [...] On June 29, 2004 The Bahamas and the United States put into force the Comprehensive Maritime Agreement at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Bahamian signatory, Minister of Foreign Affairs Frederick Mitchell and U.S. signatory, Charge d'Affaires, Robert M. Witajewski, gave brief remarks and met [...]	2004-06-29 21:25:00	Embassy Nassau	UNCLASSIFIED	KTIA PHSA PBTS PHUM KCRM SMIG EWWT EAIR SNAR BF
04NASSAU2336	RIOT AND FIRE AT MIGRANT DETENTION CENTER [...] (C) Detained Cuban migrants set fire to a dormitory at the Carmichael Road Detention Center the morning of December 9, 2004, with three detainees temporarily escaping. Violence broke out between some of the migrants and the Bahamian personnel attempting to regain control of the situation. 11 [...]	2004-12-13 11:52:00	Embassy Nassau	CONFIDENTIAL	SMIG PREL PGOV PHSA CU BF
04NASSAU2369	MIXED MIGRATION FLOWS: IOM/UNHCR CONFERENCE IN [...] The International Organization for Migration (IOM) and the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) co-hosted the second annual regional seminar in Nassau, The Bahamas on November 8-12, 2004. Entitled "Contingency Planning for Mixed Migratory Flows in the Caribbean: Effective Pr [...]	2004-12-16 15:40:00	Embassy Nassau	UNCLASSIFIED	PHSA SMIG PHUM CU HA BF
04NASSAU322	ROYAL BAHAMAS DEFENSE FORCE PREPAREDNESS -- A ROOT [...] No summary [...]	2004-02-13 16:45:00	Embassy Nassau	CONFIDENTIAL	MCAP PBTS PHSA PINS PREF
04NASSAU733	BAHAMIAN PERSPECTIVE ON CARICOM AND HAITI [...] (C) Charge hosted a lunch for the Bahamian Foreign Minister Fred Mitchell, and Foreign Ministry Permanent Secretary, Ms. Patricia Rodgers on March 29. A/DCM and Consular Section Head also participated. The discussion covered a number of topics: The dynamics of recently-completed Caricom h [...]	2004-04-06 15:13:00	Embassy Nassau	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHSA HA BF CARICOM
04QUEBEC107	QUEBEC PORT AUTHORITY COMPLIES WITH ISPS CODE [...] Summary: The Port of Quebec announced significant investments to heighten security at its six harbor facilities hence fulfilling the International Maritime Organization (IMO) International Shipping and Port Security Code (ISPS). With financial assistance from the federal government to help [...]	2004-07-15 18:11:00	Consulate Quebec	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EWWT KCIP PHSA PTER PREL KCRM MARAD IMO
04ROME1296	2003 driftnet enforcement data - no violations in [...] Summary: On January 22, Department and Embassy Rome officers met with Paolo Scarpa Bonazza Buora, the Italian Under Secretary of Agriculture responsible for fisheries. The U/S was very familiar with the driftnet problem and urged his Fisheries people to pass the 2003 enforcement data to the [...]	2004-04-01 14:49:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIS SENV PHSA ETRD IT
04ROME667	IMO BALLAST WATER TREATY: ITALIAN VIEWS [...] ITALY'S TRANSPORT MINISTRY DIRECTOR FOR MARITIME AFFAIRS, COSIMO CALIENDO, AND HIS DEPUTY, DR. GIORDANO, WHO REPRESENTED ITALY AT THE FEBRUARY 9 MEETING, TOLD SCIENCE COUNSELOR FEBRUARY 17 THAT ITALY HAD BEEN SATISFIED WITH THE RESULTS OF THE MEETING ON THE BALLAST WATER TREATY. THEY FELT THA [...]	2004-02-23 17:15:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EWWT PHSA SENV IT IMO
04SANAA256	YEMEN MINISTRY OF DEFENSE ON U.S. MILITARY [...] (s) Summary/comment: DCM and Acting Defense Attach delivered reftel b demarche and diplomatic note to Major General Ali Mohamed Saleh, Deputy Chief of Station for Operations at the Ministry of Defense (MOD) on January 27, with Pol/Econ Chief as notetaker. Major General Saleh had already recei [...]	2004-02-04 08:12:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET	MARR MOPS PREL PBTS PHSA YM DEMARCHE
04TAIPEI3152	TAIWAN TO INVESTIGATE SIGHTINGS OF POSSIBLE HIGH [...] No summary [...]	2004-10-08 08:34:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIS PREL PHSA SENV ESTH
04TAIPEI3251	SUSPECT HIGH SEAS DRIFTNET VESSELS NOT TAIWAN [...] Fisheries Agency Deputy Director-General James Sha has provided AIT with a written response to the questions posed in Ref B regarding suspected high seas driftnet fishing vessels in the North Pacific. Mr. Sha indicates that none of the vessels listed in Reftels are Taiwan-flagged, but did pr [...]	2004-10-19 08:49:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIS PREL PHSA SENV TW ESTH
04TAIPEI3268	TAIWAN INVESTIGATES GEORGIAN FLAGGED HIGH SEAS [...] No summary [...]	2004-10-20 06:24:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIS KTIA AORC EWWT GG PHSA PREL SENV
04TAIPEI3537	CONSERVATION AND MANAGEMENT OF SHARKS, SEABIRDS [...] No summary [...]	2004-11-10 01:43:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIS PHSA SENV AORC ESTH
04TAIPEI3671	TAIWAN NGOS PLAN TO ATTEND FAO SEA TURTLE [...] In response to Reftel, AIT ESTOFF discussed sea turtle points with Fisheries Administration Senior Specialist Huang Hong-yen on November 15. Huang informed AIT that he will represent the Taiwan NGO FDCI (Fisheries Development Council International) as an observer at the meeting. He further i [...]	2004-11-18 00:23:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIS SENV PHSA TW ESTH
04THEHAGUE1684	DUTCH RESPONSE ON PSI INFORMATION SHARING [...] No summary [...]	2004-07-06 14:29:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	MNUC PARM PGOV KNNP PHSA PREL
04THEHAGUE554	DELIVERY OF NONPAPER TO DUTCH ON PSI INFORMATION [...] No summary [...]	2004-03-04 14:41:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MNUC PARM PREL PHSA NL
04WELLINGTON819	NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR GIBBONS-FLY, [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to William Gibbons-Fly, Director, Office of Marine Conservation; Holly Koehler, Office of Marine Conservation; William Robinson, Regional Administrator, NOAA Fisheries; Charles Karnella, Pacific Island Area Office, NOAA Fisheries; and Raymond Clar [...]	2004-09-24 00:08:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA EFIS SENV PHSA NZ
04WELLINGTON858	NIUE MARITIME BOUNDARY TREATY - U.S. [...] On October 8, POL/ECON Counselor presented Ref. A U.S. instrument of ratification to Hima I L Takelesi, the High Commissioner at the Niue High Commission in Wellington. The High Commissioner was extremely pleased to receive the document, and said he would ask some visiting Niuean government o [...]	2004-10-13 04:11:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED	PBTS PHSA KTIA US NE NZ XV
04ZAGREB1718	CROATIA ORGANIZING FOR PSI PARTICIPATION [...] (C) Poloff met with MFA Head of Cooperative Security Section Drazen Hrastic on September 13 to discuss ref B guidance on how Croatia could enhance its participation in the Proliferation Security Initiative. The GoC hopes to have its PSI interagency process and points of contact settled by the [...]	2004-09-28 21:55:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP MNUC PARM PREL PHSA KTIA HR NATO
04ZAGREB1737	CROATIA FEARS POLITICKING OVER CROATIA-SLOVENIA [...] (SBU) As rhetoric on border questions between Slovenia and Croatia escalates before the October 3 Slovenian parliamentary election, Croatia calls for arbitration and rejects as blackmail recent Slovenian threats to use the EU card. The potential for violence is small, but each side will contin [...]	2004-10-01 14:08:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PBTS PREL EFIS PHSA PGOV SENV SI HR
04ZAGREB1741	CROATIA STRUGGLES TO DECOUPLE FISHING ZONE AND [...] (SBU) Croatia,s Fishing and Environmental Protection Zone (FEPZ) will enter into force in the Adriatic Sea on October 3. It will not apply to EU member states, thanks to a political concession Croatia made in the run-up to a decision on its EU candidate status in June (ref A). Despite GoC ef [...]	2004-10-04 10:17:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHSA PBTS PREL SENV HR SI
04ZAGREB1803	CROATIA STILL OPEN TO NEGOTIATED SETTLEMENT ON [...] (SBU) Croatia remains open to a negotiated bilateral settlement on the Croatia-Slovenia maritime boundary despite press reports to the contrary. A much-hyped Slovenian proposal to avoid fishing incidents in the Adriatic has not yet been presented to the GoC. Two weeks after Slovenian parliamen [...]	2004-10-15 14:46:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PBTS PHSA SENV PREL HR SI
05ABIDJAN1861	COTE D'IVOIRE: ICCAT CHAIRMANSHIP AND NEW [...] On October 7, econoff delivered ref A and B demarches to Seraphin Dedi Nadje, Director of Fishery Production, Ministry of Animal Production and Fishery Resources. 2. In response to ref A demarche, Mr. Dedi Nadje replied that Cote d'Ivoire would be interested in supporting Dr. Hogarth's ca [...]	2005-11-09 10:23:00	Embassy Abidjan	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIS ETRD PHSA SENV AORC IV ICCAT IATTC
05ABUDHABI3008	ONE MORE CRACK IN THE GCC - UAE/SAUDI BORDER [...] (S) Summary. Tensions between UAE and Saudi Arabia over a border dispute have broad implications for intra-Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) relations and the long-term viability of the GCC. UAE officials view Saudi objections to a planned causeway to link the UAE and Qatar as Saudi Arabia's at [...]	2005-07-06 11:29:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET	PBTS PREL PHSA EPET ENRG TC GCC
05ADDISABABA4178	EUCOM J5 AND AU DISCUSS MARITIME SECURITY IN AFRICA [...] (SBU) Summary: The African Union (AU) takes maritime security seriously, AU Commissioner for Infrastructure and Energy Bernard Zoba told EUCOM J5 Maj Gen Scott Gration and Polad Amb. Mary Yates December 16. The AU is adopting a step-by-step approach to ensure member states receive the requir [...]	2005-12-22 08:05:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHSA EWWT PTER AU XA
05ALMATY1437	PSI: REQUESTING KAZAKHSTAN'S ENDORSEMENT OF THE [...] (C) POEC chief delivered reftel points and Internet link to Dastan Eleukenov, deputy director of the MFA's security affairs office, on April 6. 2. (C) Eleukenov promised to raise the matter for discussion within the MFA. He considered it important that Russia had already endorsed the Statem [...]	2005-04-12 12:16:00	US Office Almaty	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP KZ MNUC PARM PGOV PHSA PREL POLITICAL
05ALMATY1952	KAZAKHSTAN: RESPONSE ON REQUEST FOR ENDORSEMENT OF [...] (C) In response to Ref A demarche, the Kazakhstani Ministry of Foreign Affairs sent diplomatic note 10/2-1-1205, dated May 17, to Embassy Almaty. Informal Embassy translation of the text follows: The Republic of Kazakhstan shares the goals of the Security Initiative in combating the prolife [...]	2005-05-23 13:00:00	US Office Almaty	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP KZ MNUC PARM PGOV PHSA PREL WMD
05ALMATY4095	IMO CANDIDACY DEMARCHE DELIVERED; KAZAKHSTAN LIKELY [...] On November 16, Econoff delivered Reftel demarche and talking points on the United States' candidacy for Category A membership in the International Maritime organization (IMO) to Baurzhan Sarsenbekov of the International Relations Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. 2. Sarsenbeko [...]	2005-11-17 06:06:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC PHSA KTIA PREL PGOV EWWT KZ IMO
05AMMAN3088	PROLIFERATION SECURITY INITIATIVE OUTREACH IN [...] In response to reftel, PAO Amman, in consultation with Legal Attache, has made plans to exploit the following outreach opportunities to publicize the message of the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) in Jordan. PAO will use material available on the Bureau of International Information Pro [...]	2005-04-18 04:59:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KNNP KPAO OIIP PARM PHSA JO
05AMMAN4075	PROLIFERATION SECURITY INITIATIVE UPDATE: JORDAN [...] (C) On May 17, 2005, Charge briefed Jordanian Foreign Minister Qasrawi on the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) and encouraged active Jordanian participation in this effort. Qasrawi received the information favorably, as had Prince Faisal, whom Charge had briefed earlier on the PSI. How [...]	2005-05-25 04:26:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP KPAO PARM PHSA MNUC OIIP JO
05AMMAN4303	PROLIFERATION SECURITY INITIATIVE - JORDAN [...] No summary [...]	2005-06-01 13:23:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP KPAO PARM PHSA MNUC OIIP JO
05AMMAN7288	JORDAN - SUPPORT FOR SUA AMENDMENTS DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...]	2005-09-12 13:37:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP MNUC PARM PREL KTIA PHSA EWWT JO
05AMMAN7953	OBTAINING JORDANIAN SUPPORT FOR AMENDING SUA [...] No summary [...]	2005-10-05 12:26:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP MNUC PARM PREL KTIA PHSA EWWT PGOV JO
05AMMAN8460	JORDAN ENDORSES THE PROLIFERATION SECURITY [...] No summary [...]	2005-10-27 08:53:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PHSA PREL ETTC KNNP KPAO OIIP JO
05AMMAN8994	JORDAN: IMO ELECTION DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche November 17 to Jamal Al-Shamayleh, chief of the Foreign Ministry's International Organizations Department. Shamayleh said that he was unsure if Jordan would have representation at the 24th International Maritime Organization (IMO) assembly, and that he woul [...]	2005-11-20 03:13:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PHSA AORC EWWT KTIA US JO IMO
05AMMAN9882	PROLIFERATION SECURITY INITIATIVE: JORDAN REQUESTS [...] (SBU) A DoD delegation led by Dr. David Cooper, OSD Director for Nonproliferation Policy, provided GOJ officials two informational briefings on operational aspects of the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) in Amman December 14. The focus was on how Jordan could organize at the national l [...]	2005-12-26 15:02:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PHSA PREL ETTC KNNP KPAO OIIP JO
05ANKARA1805	CONVENTION FOR SUA: DEMARCHE TO MFA REQUESTING [...] No summary [...]	2005-03-30 05:58:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNNP MNUC PARM PREL KTIA PHSA EWWT PGOV TU
05ANKARA6733	QUID PRO QUO: TURKEY ALSO SEEKS SUPPORT FOR [...] This message contains an action request in para 4. 2. GOT MFA contacted us on November 14 to request USG support for their Category C candidate in the upcoming IMO elections. Per ref A, Econoff informed the GOT of the US's Category A candidate and requested GOT support. MFA attache in the [...]	2005-11-15 13:00:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	EWWT AORC PHSA KTIA IMO TR
05ASUNCION1223	PARAGUAY SUPPORTS SUA NONPROLIFERATION AMENDMENTS [...] No summary [...]	2005-09-27 21:36:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED	KNNP MNUC PARM PREL KTIA PHSA EWWT PA
05ATHENS799	INTERNATIONAL COORDINATION AND OUTREACH [...] This is in response to reftel invitation of post's input on Greece's adoption of maritime security measures in accordance to the President's Maritime Security Policy. 2. Greece, as host of the 2004 Summer Olympics, has expedited implementation of many security plans including maritime sec [...]	2005-03-22 10:35:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED	EWWT ECON ETRD KSTC PARM PHSA PREL PTER ASEC EU GR IASA
05BANGKOK5673	INTERNATIONAL MARITIME ORGANIZATION MEETING: [...] The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) confirmed that Thailand will send a delegation to the September 7-8 International Maritime Organization (IMO) meeting in Jakarta on Malacca Strait security among littoral states. The Thai delegation will be led by Mr. Pornchai Danvivathana, Director of t [...]	2005-09-02 10:03:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHSA KCRM PBTS PTER EWWT TH
05BANGKOK6551	JOINT DEMARCHE ON PSI DELIVERED IN THAILAND [...] (C) On October 14, in an attempt to prod Thailand into endorsing the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI),the Ambassador joined a group of Ambassadors from PSI countries led by Australia and including COMs from Canada, Japan, New Zealand, and the UK in a joint demarche on MFA Deputy Perm [...]	2005-10-17 03:52:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM PHSA PINS PTER TH PSI
05BANGKOK7045	A/S RADEMAKER'S MEETINGS AT THE ARF SEMINAR FOR [...] (C) Summary: The U.S. delegation at the ARF CBM Seminar on Missile Defense, held in Bangkok October 6 and 7, was led by Acting A/S for International Security and Nonproliferation Stephen Rademaker. In the plenary session and side meetings with numerous participants, Rademaker stressed three ke [...]	2005-11-10 10:01:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM PHSA PINS PTER TH ARF
05BRASILIA2672	BRAZIL AND USG SIGN MARITIME TRANSPORT AGREEMENT [...] Summary. On September 30, after several years of negotiation, Brazil and the USG signed a Maritime Transport Agreement in Washington, DC. The agreement still must be ratified by the Brazilian Congress, which we do not anticipate will happen in the near-term. The signing was, nevertheless, o [...]	2005-10-06 18:52:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	EWWT ETRD PHSA PREL ASEC
05BRASILIA825	BRAZIL - COORDINATION AND OUTREACH ON MARITIME [...] Maritime security issues are handled primarily by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Attache in Brasilia, Julio Velez. Maritime security issues are coordinated with the Economic Section, the Foreign Commercial Service (FCS),and the Defense Atta [...]	2005-03-29 11:36:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	EWWT ECON ETRD KSTC PARM PHSA PREL PTER ASEC BR
05BRATISLAVA27	SLOVAKIA SUPPORTS SUA AMENDMENTS [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche January 12 to Henrik Markus, Deputy Director of the Department for Disarmement, OSCE, and Council of Europe at the MFA, and Marek Smid, Deputy Director of the International Law Department at the MFA. Markus said the dual-use provision was in-line with the [...]	2005-01-13 15:24:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP KTIA MNUC PARM PREL PHSA EWWT
05BUENOSAIRES184	GAINING ARGENTINE SUPPORT FOR U.S. [...] (U) Polcouns met on January 26 with Ambassador Carlos Sersale, director of the Argentine MFA's Office of International Security, Nuclear and Space Affairs, to deliver talking points in reftel. Also attending the meeting was Ariel Gonzalez of the MFA Legal Advisor's Office who will be represe [...]	2005-01-26 20:57:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	EWWT KNNP KTIA MNUC PARM PHSA PREL AR
05CAIRO2740	EGYPT: RAISING AWARENESS OF PSI [...] (SBU) Post appreciates ref A opportunity to consider how public diplomacy might raise awareness of the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) in Egypt. Egypt is an influential leader in the non-proliferation (NP) community and Egyptian experts hold unequaled sway in international fora. Whi [...]	2005-04-07 15:57:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PHSA OIIP KNNP KPAO EG

05CAIRO2801	EGYPT: SUA CONVENTION AND NONPROLIFERATION [...] (SBU) Poloff discussed reftel demarche April 11 with Adel Ibrahim, Director of the Office of Arms Control and Disarmament at the Egyptian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Ibrahim was generally familiar with U.S. goals pertaining to nonproliferation aspects of the SUA convention (Convention for t [...]	2005-04-11 16:25:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EWWT KNNP MNUC MX PARM PGOV PHSA PREL EG
05CAIRO3729	MARITIME PORT SECURITY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Egyptian officials responded positively to presentations by U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) International Port Security Liaison Officer John Bowers in Cairo and Alexandria March 6 to 8, as he described the USCG plans to monitor foreign compliance with International Maritime Organization [...]	2005-05-16 12:27:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EWWT PBTS PINR PHSA PTER OTRA EG
05CAIRO4172	EGYPT COMFORTABLE WITH "NON-RESULT" OF NPT REVCON; [...] (C) Summary: In a June 1 conversation with a member of the Egyptian delegation to the NPT Review Conference, Poloff heard Egypt's view that the RevCon's inability to agree on a final document was a satisfactory outcome for Egypt. "We did your work for you" in preventing discussion of intrac [...]	2005-06-02 16:31:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PHSA OIIP KNNP KSTC ETTC EG IAEA NPT
05CANBERRA749	FM DOWNER MAY RAISE IDEA OF RICE/DOWNER JOINT [...] (U) Poloff delivered on April 27 Ref A talking points on activities related to the second anniversary of the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) to the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) International Security Division Executive Officer Lucinda Bell. Bell expressed [...]	2005-04-28 05:57:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED	MNUC PARM PGOV PHSA PREL KNNP GG KPAO OIIP AS
05DARESSALAAM2151	TANZANIA SUPPORTS U.S. CANDIDATE FOR IMO COUNCIL [...] (U) On November 16, PolOff delivered reftel demarche to Ambassador Liberata Mulamula, Director of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Division of Multilateral Cooperation and International Organizations. Mulamula said the Government of Tanzania (GOT) would send a strong recommendation to its de [...]	2005-11-22 02:07:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	UNCLASSIFIED	ARC IMO EWWT PHSA KTIA US TZ
05DHAKA5636	BANGLADESH: DEMARCHE DELIVERED INTERNATIONAL [...] No summary [...]	2005-11-20 04:38:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC EWWT KTIA PHSA BG IMO
05DJIBOUTI1139	DEMARCHE DELIVERED INTERNATIONAL MARITIME [...] Charge d'Affaires David W. Ball called on Ministry of Foreign Affairs Director of Bilateral Relations Mohamed Ali Hassan to inform the Government of Djibouti of and seek support for the re-election of the United States to the International Maritime Organization Council (IMO) in Category "A." [...]	2005-11-17 07:32:00	Embassy Djibouti	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC EWWT PHSA KTIA IMO
05DJIBOUTI259	REPORT OF ATTACK ON U.S. SAILBOATS NEAR YEMEN [...] (U) ConOff was approached March 10 by an officer from CJTF-HOA, informing her that CJTF-HOA had received a report that two private American sailboats had come under fire while sailing the Gulf of Aden on March 8. The source of the report, a third American sailboat, had contacted the military [...]	2005-03-10 12:12:00	Embassy Djibouti	UNCLASSIFIED	EWWT PHSA KCRM PBTS YM DJ
05DJIBOUTI290	CLARIFICATION ON ATTACK ON U.S. SAILBOATS NEAR YEMEN [...] (U) Action requested paragraph 7. 2. (U) ConOff followed up on the report of an attack on two American sailboats in the Gulf of Aden on March 8 (see ref) offering victims' assistance. Between 15 March and 21 March, she received multiple emails from each of the sailboats involved. They indi [...]	2005-03-22 12:17:00	Embassy Djibouti	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER EWWT PHSA KCRM PBTS YM CASC CMGT DJ
05DUBLIN1204	IRELAND SUPPORTS SUA AMENDMENTS AS DRAFTED [...] No summary [...]	2005-09-29 10:30:00	Embassy Dublin	UNCLASSIFIED	KNNP MNUC PARM PREL PGOV KTIA EWWT PHSA
05DUBLIN1417	IRELAND EXPECTS U.S. RE-ELECTION TO IMO COUNCIL [...] No summary [...]	2005-11-18 17:28:00	Embassy Dublin	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC EWWT PHSA KTIA EI IMO
05DUBLIN50	IRELAND SUPPORTS U.S.-PROPOSED SUA AMENDMENTS [...] (C) On January 14, Post delivered reftel talking points to Declan Smith, Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) First Secretary for Legal Affairs and Director for Law of the Sea SIPDIS Issues. (Eoin Fannon of Ireland's Attorney General's office will participate in the EU's January 17 Law of t [...]	2005-01-14 18:34:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP MNUC PARM PREL KTIA PHSA EWWT
05DUBLIN944	NEW ANTI-TERROR SECURITY IN PLACE IN IRISH PORTS [...] Summary. On July 27, the GOI completed the installation of new anti-terror security measures at all Irish international sea ports, bringing Ireland into compliance with the UN International Maritime Organization (IMO) code established in July 2004. These arrangements are aimed at preventing [...]	2005-07-29 11:14:00	Embassy Dublin	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER ASEC EWWT PHSA KHLS
05KINGSTON2220	INTERNATIONAL SEABED AUTHORITY - 2005 (ELEVENTH) [...] (U) The Eleventh Session of the International Seabed Authority (ISBA) took place in Kingston, Jamaica from 15-26 August, 2005. The majority of the meeting's time was spent on the first detailed review of proposed regulations on prospecting and exploration for polymetallic sulphides and cobal [...]	2005-09-23 18:39:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHSA TPHY JM
05KINGSTON2587	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: SUPPORT OF U.S. CANDIDACY TO [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 4. 2. (U) On November 17, Econoff delivered reftel talking points via fax to Angella Brown, Assistant Director of the International Organizations Department at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade (MFAFT). In a follow-up cal [...]	2005-11-22 17:23:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC EWWT PHSA KTIA JM IMO
05KUWAIT4778	DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON SUPPORT FOR U.S. CANDIDACY [...] (U) On November 16, Embassy delivered reftel points via diplomatic note to the MFA. Embassy will report on the results of the demarche as appropriate. ********************************************* Visit Embassy Kuwait's Classified Website: http://www.state.sgov.gov/p/nea/kuwait/ You can [...]	2005-11-16 07:06:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC IMO EWWT PHSA KTIA KU US
05LAGOS1778	NIGERIA: STILL FISHING FOR COMPLIANCE ON TURTLE [...] Summary. Fishing industry leaders claim product loss from the use of turtle excluder devices (TEDs) outweighs potential gains derived from renewed trade with the U.S. Without industry support, it will be difficult for the government alone - even if it intensifies efforts beyond their current [...]	2005-11-23 06:51:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIS ETRD EIND PHSA SENV NI
05LAGOS1961	AQUACULTURE EXPERTS STATE NIGERIAN FISHING [...] (U) Aquaculture experts report Nigeria has consistently underperformed in meeting targeted fish production quotas. They blame the low productivity on lack of available commercial vessels and able seafarers, environmental pollution, poor enforcement of fishing regulations, lack of defined water [...]	2005-12-30 08:14:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIS ETRD EINV PHSA SENV PGOV PREL CH NI
05LAGOS578	SEEKING SUPPORT FOR THE U.S. NONPROLIFERATION [...] (SBU) On April 12 AmEmbassy Abuja delivered text of reftel non-paper to the Nigerian Ministry of Transportation (MOT). AmConsul Lagos delivered the same non-paper to National Maritime Authority (NMA) Director General (DG),Engineer Festus U.C. Ugwu, and NMA Secretary and Legal Advisor, M.E. E [...]	2005-04-17 16:25:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	EWWT KNNP MNUC MX PARM PGOV PHSA PREL
05LIMA4023	DEMARCHE URGING SUPPORT FOR SUA NONPROLIFERATION [...] No summary [...]	2005-09-16 16:09:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNNP MNUC PARM PREL KTIA PHSA EWWT PE
05LIMA4889	PERU: INTERNATIONAL MARITIME ORGANIZATION DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...]	2005-11-17 18:50:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC EWWT PHSA KTIA PE IMO
05LJUBLJANA39	SLOVENIA: LITTLE EU SUPPORT FOR U.S. AMENDMENTS TO [...] (C) As reported ref B, Pol-Miloff delivered ref A talking points on 12 January to MFA Security Policy Department staffer Bostjan Jerman, who serves as MFA's point person for non-proliferation issues. Jerman read through the points and issue paper with interest, remarked that UNSCR 1540 is see [...]	2005-01-21 02:30:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP KTIA MNUC PARM PREL PHSA EWWT SI
05LJUBLJANA689	SLOVENIA: SUA DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (U) On September 28, PolMil Off delivered reftel demarche to MFA Security Policy Division staffer Maja Zuzek. Zuzek did not have any immediate comment and noted that Slovenia was not heavily involved in the SUA negotiations. ROBERTSON NNNN 2005LJUBLJ00689 - Classification: UNCLASSIFIED [...]	2005-09-29 03:34:00	Embassy Ljubljana	UNCLASSIFIED	KNNP KTIA MNUC PARM PREL PGOV EWWT PHSA SI
05LJUBLJANA795	SLOVENIA ON SUPPORT FOR U.S. CANDIDACY FOR THE [...] (U) Econoff delivered reftel talking points 15 November to Ales Zabukovec of the Maritime Office in the Slovene Ministry of Transportation. In an official reply on 18 November, Zabukovec said that Slovenia would "do what is in its power" to support the U.S. candidacy. ROBERTSON NNNN [...]	2005-11-18 08:25:00	Embassy Ljubljana	UNCLASSIFIED	KTIA AORC EWWT PHSA SI
05LJUBLJANA799	SLOVENIA TO SUPPORT U.S. CANDIDACY TO IMO [...] (U) The Slovene Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) confirmed 21 November to Econoff that Slovenia would support the U.S. candidacy for re-election to category "A" in the IMO Council. Slovenia will be represented at the IMO Assembly by Iztok Mirosic (head of the delegation and Slovene Ambassador [...]	2005-11-21 08:49:00	Embassy Ljubljana	UNCLASSIFIED	KTIA AORC EWWT PHSA SI
05MADRID113	SPAIN'S VIEWS ON U.S. NONPROLIFERATION AMENDMENTS [...] (C) Poloff discussed policy issue papers and reftel talking points concerning U.S. nonproliferation amendments to the Convention against the Suppression of Unlawful Acts against the Safety of Maritime Navigation (SUA) with Marcos Rodriguez Cantero, MFA Deputy Director General for Disarmament [...]	2005-01-12 16:40:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP MNUC PARM PREL KTIA PHSA EWWT
05MADRID1346	SPAIN CONFIRMS NEED FOR DIPLOMATIC CLEARANCE [...] (U) ECONCOUNS and ESTHOFF made reftel points April 7 to MFA International Economic Affairs Director General (A/S equivalent) Emilio Fernandez-Castano, urging Spain to not/not require a formal diplomatic clearance for 3U Technologies or other future U.S. commercial enterprise vessels operating [...]	2005-04-07 10:26:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KRVC KTIA PHSA SENV SP
05MADRID1892	U.S. COMMERCIAL VESSEL REQUEST TO MEET WITH OES [...] This is an action request for OES/OA -- see paragraph 7 2. SUMMARY: Mr. Chuck Collins, representative of 3U Technologies, requests to meet with OES/OA, L/OES, and other OES experts sometime between May 23-25 to discuss several options his company is considering pending resolution of its [...]	2005-05-18 10:55:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	KRVC KTIA PHSA SENV SP
05MADRID4037	SPAIN ON U.S. INTERNATIONAL MARITIME ORGANIZATION [...] No summary [...]	2005-11-21 16:48:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC EWWT PHSA KTIA SP IMO
05MANILA1700	SEEKING SUPPORT FOR THE U.S. NONPROLIFERATION [...] (U) Post on April 8 provided maritime and nonproliferation officials in the Department of Foreign Affairs' (DFA) Bureau of United Nations and International Organizations (UNIO) the non-paper (reftel) on the proposed amendments to the Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts Against the [...]	2005-04-13 07:21:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED	EWWT KNNP MNUC PARM PHSA PREL RP
05MAPUTO1522	MOZAMBIQUE: SUPPORT FOR U.S. CANDIDACY TO [...] No summary [...]	2005-11-17 14:16:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC IMO EWWT PHSA KTIA MZ
05MUSCAT1027	CSI TARGETS PORT SALALAH FOR EXPANSION [...] (U) On June 17, at the request of Omani Minister of Commerce and Industry Maqbool bin Ali Sultan, an assessment team for the Container Security Initiative (CSI) program arrived in Oman to meet with government contacts and officials from Salalah Port Services (SPS) to discuss Oman's potential p [...]	2005-06-29 12:52:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EWWT PARM PHSA PREL MU
05MUSCAT151	OIL SPILL CLOSES PORT SALALAH FOR 48 HOURS [...] (C) Three tons of oil spilled into the port of Salalah January 18 after a routine bunkering operation went awry. The immediate cause of the accident appears to be human error aboard the "Maersk Greenwich." Based on preliminary information regarding the actions taken by Port Salalah and the [...]	2005-01-26 13:17:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	SENV EWWT PHSA ETRD EPET MU ESTH
05MUSCAT322	OMAN SEEKS SUPPORT FOR JUDGE CANDIDATE TO LAW OF [...] This is an action request for OES/OA - please see para 3. 2. The Omani Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued a circular to resident diplomatic missions on February 16 requesting support for its candidate to the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS). The salient portions of the [...]	2005-02-26 13:06:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED	PHSA TPHY PREL PINR MU
05MUSCAT833	OMAN WITHDRAWS CANDIDACY OF JUDGE TO LAW OF SEA [...] No summary [...]	2005-05-22 11:53:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED	PHSA TPHY PREL MU
05NAIROBI4817	International Maritime Organization Demarche re [...] U) Poloff delivered reftel demarche November 17 to Diana Kiambuthi, First Secretary, International Organizations and Conferences Division, Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Kiambuthi indicated that Kenya has been approached by other nations seeking support for their candidacies for the IMO council [...]	2005-11-18 06:57:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC IMO EWWT PHSA KTIA KE
05NASSAU504	BAHAMAS DENIES ASYLUM AND REPATRIATES 29 CUBANS [...] (C) The Bahamian Department of Immigration repatriated 29 Cubans on March 15, 2005, including nine Cuban men who had claimed to be members of the "November 30 Frank Pais Party." Bahamian Immigration, upon the recommendation of the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR),denied the [...]	2005-03-15 19:36:00	Embassy Nassau	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM SMIG PHSA PREF PREL CU BF
05NEWDELHI1764	SCENESETTER FOR ADMIRAL PRAKASH,S MARCH 19-28 VISIT TO USA [...] (C) Summary: Admiral Clark, we greatly appreciate your willingness to host the upcoming visit to the USA of your counterpart, Admiral Arun Prakash, India's Chief of Naval Staff and Chairman, Chiefs of Staff Committee. President Bush and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh agree that Indo-US relati [...]	2005-03-08 05:08:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHSA MASS MOPS PTER PK XD IZ IN
05NEWDELHI7421	BREAKING INDIA'S PSI LOGJAM [...] (U) This is an action request for Department L/LEI. See para 7. 2. (C) Summary: To gain GOI support for the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) we should quickly respond to GOI concerns about the Suppression of Unlawful Acts against the Safety of Maritime Navigation (SUA) Convention [...]	2005-09-23 10:54:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHSA KNNP IN UK PSI
05NEWDELHI860	INDIAN INTEREST, AND HESITATION, ABOUT MARITIME [...] (C) Summary: Despite skepticism from some strategic commentators, the Indian government continues to express interest in the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) and other maritime security programs, but will not join PSI unless the matter of the Core Group is resolved. In the latest sign [...]	2005-02-03 12:25:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHSA ETRD EWWT XD XO IN NSSP
05NEWDELHI9409	GOI INTERESTED IN US SPONSORED IMO DONOR CONFERENCE [...] (U) Poloff delivered Ref A demarche to MEA D/S (Disarmament and International Security) Naveen Srivastava, who commented that the Ministry of Defense had indicated interest in such a conference. 2. (C) PolCouns followed up with Joint Secretary (DISA) Hamid Ali Rao on December 14, who also [...]	2005-12-14 13:23:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PHSA PBTS EWWT PTER GM IN KS
05OTTAWA1869	CANADIAN REQUEST FOR TRANSIT RIGHTS THROUGH U.S. [...] (U) This is an action request: see paragraph 5. 2. (SBU) Embassy Ottawa received a diplomatic note dated June 20, 2005 from Foreign Affairs Canada. The note provides details of Canadian plans to deploy three joint RCMP/Canadian Coast Guard vessels on the Great Lakes and the Saint Lawrence [...]	2005-06-21 17:58:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM EWWT PBTS PHSA PREL CA
05OTTAWA1975	LETTER ON PSI CORE GROUP DELIVERED TO CANADA [...] (C) Undersecretary Joseph's letter was delivered on June 27 to Assistant Deputy Minister for International Security Jim Wright, with a copy to Rob McDougall, Director of Non-Proliferation, Arms Control and Disarmament Division (IDA) at Foreign Affairs Canada. In a follow-up conversation on Ju [...]	2005-06-29 17:30:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	MNUC PARM PGOV PHSA PREL KNNP CA
05OTTAWA2128	CANADIAN - U.S. DISCUSSION ON MARITIME TRANSIT [...] (SBU) Summary: A U.S. delegation headed by USCG Rear Admiral Sirois met July 11, 2005 with Canadian officials to discuss the US/Canada Great Lakes shiprider proposal and a recent Canadian request for Canadian Coast Guard (CCG) vessels with armed RCMP officers embarked to transit US waters dur [...]	2005-07-14 13:07:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EWWT KCRM PBTS PHSA PREL CA
05OTTAWA3247	NMFS CHIEF HOGARTH SEEKING ICCAT CHAIRMANSHIP [...] No summary [...]	2005-10-31 20:37:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIS PHSA SENV AORC CA
05OTTAWA3483	GOVERNMENT OF CANADA WILL SUPPORT U.S. CANDIDACY [...] (U) Foreign Affairs Canada (FAC) notified post transportation officer on November 23 that Canada will support the U.S. candidacy for re-election to Category A of the IMO Council. 2. (U) FAC indicated that Canada would similarly appreciate U.S. support for Canada's candidacy. Note: Canad [...]	2005-11-23 17:33:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC EWWT PHSA KTIA CA IMO
05OTTAWA970	CANADA ON SUPPORT FOR EXISTING DRAFT SHIP BOARDING [...] (U) Polmiloff discussed reftel B points with Catherine Boucher, in the UN, Criminal and Treaty Law Division (JLA) at Foreign Affairs Canada late on March 31. Boucher prefaced her comments by noting that Canada-U.S. consultations on this matter are on-going. In this regard, collaboration has b [...]	2005-04-01 20:29:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNNP MNUC PARM PREL KTIA PHSA EWWT PGOV CA
05PARIS1032	UNESCO SCIENCE SECTOR LAUNCHES CAPACITY [...] SUMMARY AND INTRODUCTION: SINCE THE U.S. RE-ENTRY, USDEL HAS ENCOURAGED UNESCO TO ASSUME A LEADERSHIP ROLE IN PROMOTING CAPACITY BUILDING FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT. THIS STRATEGY HAS MET WITH SUCCESS. IN A LETTER TO AMBASSADOR OLIVER, UNESCO NATURAL SCIENCES SECTOR DIRECTOR ERDELEN ANNOU [...]	2005-02-17 17:21:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	KTIA OPDC PHSA PBTS IHO KSI UNESCO
05PARIS2601	FRANCE SUPPORTS DRAFT SHIP BOARDING AMENDMENT TO [...] No summary [...]	2005-04-15 17:03:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP MNUC PARM PREL KTIA PHSA EWWT FR
05PARIS285	SUA CONVENTION: FRANCE NOT FULLY ON BOARD WITH [...] (C) We delivered January 11 ref A points on proposed U.S. nonproliferation amendments to the Convention against the Suppression of Unlawful Acts against the Safety of Maritime Navigation (SUA) January 11 to Veronique Vouland, MFA deputy director for disarmament and nuclear nonproliferation. Sh [...]	2005-01-14 14:34:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP MNUC PARM PREL KTIA PHSA EWWT FR
05PARIS3024	USUNESCO -- UNESCO 171st EXECUTIVE BOARD: [...] Summary and Comment: The U.S. draft decision establishing a cross-sector capacity building program was adopted, to general acclaim, at the 171st meeting of UNESCO's Executive Board. The resolution, the first presented by the U.S. since reentry, was co-sponsored by twenty-one other member st [...]	2005-05-04 12:17:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	KTIA OPDC PHSA PBTS IHO KSI UNESCO
05PARIS3488	UNESCO SCIENCE SECTOR OUTLINES POTENTIAL AREAS [...] Summary: OSTP Officer Gene Whitney met on April 29 with leaders of UNESCO's Natural Sciences Sector. These discussions focused on the new capacity building unit (refs A and B),as well as on potential areas for U.S. engagement in the natural sciences, as follows: -- Assistant Director Gen [...]	2005-05-20 15:51:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	KTIA OPDC PHSA PBTS EAID IHO KSI UNESCO
05PARIS7151	DEMARCHE REQUESTING THE FRENCH TO PRESS RUSSIA TO [...] (SBU) On September 6, ESTH/NP officer delivered reftel demarche urging France to press for Russian support to amend the UN Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts Against the Safety of Maritime Navigation (SUA),to French MFA desk officer for Nuclear Nonproliferation, Sebastian Jaunet [...]	2005-10-19 10:36:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNNP KTIA MNUC PARM PREL PHSA EWWT FR
05PARIS7587	USUNESCO: UNESCO BASIC SCIENCES DIVISION [...] SUMMARY. On November 3, Mission staff attended an informal UNESCO panel discussion "60 Minutes on the Advancement of Scientific Knowledge," presented by the Basic Sciences Division of the Science Sector. This was one of a series of talks to mark the organization's 60th anniversary. While th [...]	2005-11-07 14:33:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	KTIA OPDC PHSA PBTS IHO KSI UNESCO
05PARIS7725	NMFS CHIEF HOGARTH SEEKING ICCAT CHAIRMANSHIP: [...] (U) On November 8, ESTH Officer delivered talking points contained in REFTEL to Julien Turenne, Chief of the Bureau of Resources and International Affairs at the Ministry of Agriculture and Fish. Mr. Turenne understood the points delivered, and explained that GOF has no objection to Mr. Hog [...]	2005-11-14 13:31:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIS PHSA SENV AORC FR ICCAT
05PARIS7844	FRANCE: INTERNATIONAL MARITIME ORGANIZATION - [...] No summary [...]	2005-11-18 10:36:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	KTIA AORC EWWT PHSA FR
05PRAGUE1621	CZECH REPUBLIC'S CONDITIONAL SUPPORT TO U.S. [...] Post delivered reftel demarche to the Czech Ministry of Foreign Affairs Department of Multilateral Economic Relations. The MFA responded that it would support USG re- election to the IMO Council in Category "A." However, the MFA said that support would be conditional upon the USG's support [...]	2005-11-18 13:52:00	Embassy Prague	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC EWWT PHSA KTIA EZ IMO ECIP
05PRETORIA1111	OPPORTUNITIES FOR INTERNATIONAL COORDINATION AND [...] Per reftel, Post welcomes the opportunity to help improve the global maritime security framework. The Port of Durban is the largest of South Africa's seven ports and the busiest in Africa. Its container terminal is the largest in the southern hemisphere. In addition, it is uniquely situate [...]	2005-03-15 14:57:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC ETRD EWWT KSTC PARM PHSA PTER SF
05PRETORIA4582	INTERNATIONAL MARITIME ORGANIZATION - DEMARCHE IN [...] No summary [...]	2005-11-17 14:42:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC EWWT PHSA KTIA SF
05QUITO2244	ECUADOR OPEN TO SUA NON-PROLIFERATION AMENDMENTS [...] (SBU) MFA Director of Sovereignty Office Helena Yanes responded to RefTel points on September 30. Yanes said that Ecuador agrees in principle to the dangers related to high seas transport of dual-use items, but is not ready to commit regarding criminalization. That decision will likely be i [...]	2005-09-30 19:38:00	Embassy Quito	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNNP MNUC PARM PREL KTIA PHSA EWWT EC
05QUITO808	ECUADOR NONCOMMITTAL ON U.S. SUA CONVENTION [...] In response to Reftel, the Embassy April 12 transmitted non-paper and supporting talking points to the Ecuadorian Foreign Ministry's Multilateral Affairs subsecretariat. In a follow-up telcon with Poloff April 14, MFA officer Doug Martinez noted Ecuador had yet to formulate a position on the [...]	2005-04-14 17:09:00	Embassy Quito	UNCLASSIFIED	KNNP EWWT MNUC PARM PGOV PHSA PREL EC
05QUITO884	PSI SPAWNS LITTLE INTEREST IN ECUADOR [...] Regarding Reftel request for Embassy comment on the utility of various Public Diplomacy tools in winning Ecuador's support for the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI),we consider that placement of USG-drafted articles in local print media the best weapon available. There simply is not s [...]	2005-04-21 22:05:00	Embassy Quito	UNCLASSIFIED	KNNP KPAO OIIP PARM PHSA EC
05ROME1660	ITALY TO COORDINATE AT EU LEVEL INTERNATIONAL [...] The Government of Italy has transmitted to the Embassy a diplomatic note dated May 5 in response to Embassy Rome's diplomatic note (ref A) requesting the GOI position on the IMO long-range information and tracking of ships proposal (ref B). Italy will coordinate its position with other EU Me [...]	2005-05-13 13:08:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EWWT KTIA PHSA IT IMO MARITIME
05ROME2001	LETTER TO ITALIAN OFFICIAL ON DRIFTNETS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On June 7, Emboffs delivered letter in ref (A) to Paolo Scarpa Bonazza Buora, the Italian Under Secretary of Agriculture responsible for Fisheries. Scarpa SIPDIS emphasized that as of 2002, the GOI had "solved and stopped" the driftnet problem, and strongly opposed any ille [...]	2005-06-13 12:34:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIS SENV PHSA ETRD IT FAO
05SANSALVADOR2682	DEMARCHE URGING SUPPORT FOR SUA NON-PROLIFERATION [...] No summary [...]	2005-09-27 21:02:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED	KNNP MNUC PARM PREL KTIA PHSA EWWT ES
05SANTIAGO2324	INTERNATIONAL MARITIME ORGANIZATION CANDIDACY [...] (C) Post delivered reftel demarche November 14 to Ximena Verdugo at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Multilateral Candidacies office. Verduga said that Chile's votes at the IMO are coordinated through Veronica Rocha at the Chilean Embassy in London. Verdugo noted it should be possible to arr [...]	2005-11-15 10:22:00	Embassy Santiago	CONFIDENTIAL	EWWT PHSA KTIA AORC US CI IMO
05SANTIAGO2588	BLUE MARLIN AND SBX-1 TRANSIT UNEVENTFUL, CHILE [...] The Blue Marlin, carrying the SBX-1 radar array (ref D),cleared Chilean waters the morning of December 18. The passage was uneventful and occasioned no press coverage. On December 17, as it passed the Chilean port of Punta Arenas, the vessel offloaded the body of a Blue Marlin crewmember wh [...]	2005-12-29 11:30:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR MOPS PREL PHSA CI
05SANTIAGO615	INTERNATIONAL COORDINATION AND OUTREACH ON [...] In response to Reftel, Post submits the following information regarding maritime security and coordination. 2. Maritime security issues are handled by Economic Officer Stephanie Acosta-Mikulasek (tel: 56-2-330-3394). Depending on the maritime issue, other agencies at the embassy are ofte [...]	2005-03-21 20:53:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	KSTC EWWT ECON ETRD PARM PHSA PREL PTER
05TAIPEI1226	TAIWAN - MARITIME SECURITY COORDINATION AND [...] (SBU) In response to reftel, AIT/T offers the following information on maritime security issues in Taiwan. Taiwan's cooperation with the U.S. on maritime security issues is excellent, due in part to the importance of the shipping industry to the island's economy and Taiwan's exclusion from in [...]	2005-03-22 09:06:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EWWT ECON ETRD KSTC PARM PHSA PREL PTER ASEC
05TAIPEI3835	TAIWAN TO INVESTIGATE POSSIBLE HIGH SEAS DRIFT NET [...] This is an action message. Please see para 4. 2. Per ref A, AIT ECONOFF discussed the reported sightings of high seas driftnet vessels with Taiwan Deep Sea Fisheries Deputy Director Chen Yu-Chen. AIT left a written copy of the questions posed in ref A, as well as the pictures sent by ema [...]	2005-09-15 08:08:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIS SENV PREL PHSA TW ESTH
05THEHAGUE167	DUTCH MFA ON U.S. AMENDMENTS TO THE SUA [...] (C) PolMilOff made ref A demarche to MFA Nonproliferation Affairs Chief Paul Wilke and MFA Deputy Director of Juridical Affairs Liesbeth Lijnzaad on January 11 and followed up with Lijnzaad on January 21. As reported preliminarily ref B, Wilke said that in general, the Netherlands shares U.S. [...]	2005-01-25 07:31:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP MNUC PARM PREL KTIA PHSA EWWT NL
05THEHAGUE1855	PSI: DUTCH SUPPORT ELIMINATING CORE GROUP [...] No summary [...]	2005-06-30 12:23:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	MNUC PARM PGOV PHSA PREL KNNP NL
05THEHAGUE2675	NETHERLANDS: SUPPORTIVE ON SUA AMENDMENTS [...] Poloff discussed reftel points October 4 with Dr. Liesbeth Lijnzaad (Deputy Head, Legal Affairs Department, International Law Division, MFA),who will head the Dutch delegation to the International Maritime Organization Diplomatic Conference on October 10-14. 2. Lijnzaad said that she wou [...]	2005-10-05 15:48:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNNP MNUC PARM PREL PGOV KTIA EWWT PHSA NL
05THEHAGUE865	PSI: DUTCH ON AMENDMENTS TO THE SUA [...] No summary [...]	2005-04-01 15:29:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNNP MNUC PARM PREL KTIA PHSA EWWT PGOV NL
05VIENNA1064	GAINING PSI PARTNERS' SUPPORT FOR EXISTING TEXT OF [...] (SBU) EconPol Unit Chief conveyed reftel points to Ambassador Dorothea Auer (2005 Australia Group Chair and Austria's PSI representative) on March 29. In a follow-up meeting on March 30, Auer agreed that her office would support the draft text that had emerged from the working group. 2. [...]	2005-04-01 15:38:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNNP MNUC PARM PREL KTIA PHSA EWWT PGOV AU
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
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
05VIENNA3674	INTERNATIONAL MARITIME ORGANIZATION -- AUSTRIA [...] Econ Unit Chief delivered reftel demarche November 17 to Georg Woutsas, Counsellor in the MFA's Transport Department. Woutsas, along with Viktor Siegl from the Ministry of Transportation, will represent Austria at the November 21-December 2 International Maritime Organization (IMO) Assembly. [...]	2005-11-18 12:18:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC EWWT PHSA KTIA AU IMO
05WELLINGTON243	NEW ZEALAND: INTERNATIONAL COORDINATION AND [...] In response to reftel, following are details and a few observations on how post handles maritime security issues in New Zealand. 2. Post and the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) attach, based in Singapore, work closely to coordinate our approaches to the New Zealand government [...]	2005-03-23 04:07:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED	EWWT ASEC ECON ETRD KSTC PARM PHSA PREL PTER NZ ADM
05WELLINGTON293	NEW ZEALAND SUPPORTS THE EXISTING DRAFT SHIP [...] (C) Summary: New Zealand is likely to oppose efforts to reopen the draft SUA 8bis text, and hopes the United States will support the Canadian text for Article 2bis. New Zealand strongly supports the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI),and feels the proof of the exercise's effectiveness [...]	2005-04-08 02:29:00	Embassy Wellington	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP KTIA MNUC PARM PREL PHSA EWWT PGOV NZ
05WELLINGTON310	NEW ZEALAND RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR SUPPORT FOR [...] (C) Pol-Econ Counselor on April 13 passed talking points (Ref A) to Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade Legal Division's Deputy Director Caroline Bilkey and new Legal Advisor Gerard Van Bohemen. Van Bohemen will formally start his position in June and will lead the New Zealand delegation t [...]	2005-04-14 02:53:00	Embassy Wellington	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP MNUC PARM PREL PHSA EWWT PGOV NZ
05WELLINGTON513	NEW ZEALAND RESPONDS TO SECRETARY'S MESSAGE ON [...] (SBU) Embassy passed reftel message and talking points to New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT) Disarmament Division on April 26, 2005. Dell Higgie, Director of MFAT's Security Policy Division and Ambassador for Counter-Terrorism responded in a letter that the embassy recei [...]	2005-07-05 03:36:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MNUC PARM PGOV PHSA PREL KNNP GG KPAO OIIP NZ
05WELLINGTON748	NEW ZEALAND: CONFIRMING SUA DEMARCHE DELIVERY [...] No summary [...]	2005-09-28 02:26:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED	KNNP KTIA MNUC PARM PREL PGOV EWWT PHSA NZ
05WELLINGTON82	U.S. NONPROLIFERATION AMENDMENTS TO THE SUA [...] (C) Acting DCM conveyed reftel points on the Suppression of Unlawful Acts Against the Safety of Maritime Navigation (SUA) to Caroline McDonald, Director of the Disarmament Division at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT) and Scott Sheeran, an MFAT Legal Advisor. A/DCM said she was [...]	2005-01-28 04:51:00	Embassy Wellington	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP KTIA MNUC PARM PREL PHSA EWWT NZ
05WELLINGTON883	NEW ZEALAND'S POSITION ON U.S. CANDIDACY FOR IMO [...] No summary [...]	2005-11-14 03:10:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED	KTIA AORC EWWT PHSA US NZ IMO
05WELLINGTON900	NEW ZEALAND RESPONSE ON DPRK FLAG OF CONVENIENCE [...] (S/REL NZ) Summary: The New Zealand government does not consider Maritime Mutual Insurance Association NZ (MMIA) to be an insurance company. Although MMIA is incorporated in New Zealand, the government says that it has advised the Japanese government that the company does not meet New Zealand [...]	2005-11-21 03:16:00	Embassy Wellington	SECRET	KNNP MNUC PARM PREL EWWT PHSA KN NZ
05YEREVAN1298	ARMENIA DRAGS ITS FEET ON PROLIFERATION SECURITY [...] No summary [...]	2005-07-20 10:58:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	MNUC PARM PGOV PHSA PREL KNNP AM
05YEREVAN865	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: REQUESTING ARMENIA'S [...] No summary [...]	2005-05-16 11:43:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	MNUC PARM PGOV PHSA PREL KNNP AM
05ZAGREB155	PSI: CROATIA SOON READY TO CONSULT ON OPERATIONAL [...] (C) Poloff and DATT delivered reftel demarche to MFA North America Office Director Andrea Bekic and Multilateral Affairs Office Director Marina Vasilj on January 19. Bekic responded that the legal review of the draft bilateral shipboarding agreement was near completion and that interministeria [...]	2005-02-02 07:01:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP KTIA PARM MNUC PHSA PREL HR NATO
05ZAGREB1818	GOC LIKELY TO SUPPORT U.S. ICCAT [...] (SBU) Croatian Assistant Minister for Fisheries Ivan Katavic, Ministry of Agriculture, told Econoff on November 9 that the GOC supported Dr. Gerald Scott for chair of the Standing Committee on Research and Statistics (SCRS) and that he expects Croatia to support Dr. Hogarth as well. Katavic [...]	2005-11-14 11:34:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIS PHSA SENV AORC ICCAT
06ABUDHABI1268	TRANSIT OR TEMPORARY DETENTION OF SOMALI PIRACY [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-02 13:05:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PHSA SO AE
06ABUDHABI1520	UAE MAKES PRIVATE ENDORSEMENT OF PSI [...] (U) This message contains an action request in para 3. 2. (C) The Embassy received a diplomatic note from the UAE MFA April 15 endorsing the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) and its Statement of Interdicting Principles. In response to our query about whether the endorsement was publ [...]	2006-04-17 10:29:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	MNUC PARM PGOV PHSA PREL KNNP AE
06ABUDHABI1644	UAE'S PRIVATE ENDORSEMENT OF THE PSI [...] (C) On April 22 Ambassador passed ref A points to UAE Foreign Minister Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan who expressed no objection to sharing UAE's private endorsement with the other government in the region that has privately endorsed PSI (Oman) and with other interested Gulf countries in order t [...]	2006-04-24 10:44:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	MNUC PARM PGOV PHSA PREL KNNP AE
06ABUDHABI4225	PSI: LETTER FROM U/S JOSEPH AND EXERCISE LEADING [...] (SBU) Post delivered reftel letter from U/S Joseph to MFA Acting Under Secretary Tariq Al-Haidan under cover of a diplomatic note. Following up on delivery of the letter, PolChief discussed its content November 7 with our primary interlocutor on nonproliferation issues at MFA, Director for I [...]	2006-11-07 15:45:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNNP PARM PREL PHSA MNUC AE
06ABUDHABI852	PSI: SEEKING ENDORSEMENT BY THE UAE [...] (C) During a March 5 meeting with UAE Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al-Nahyan (AbZ) and MinEcon Sheikha Lubna Al-Qasimi, Under Secretary of Commerce for Industry and Security David McCormick and Ambassador both urged that the UAE endorse the PSI Statement of Interdiction Principles [...]	2006-03-07 07:37:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	MNUC PARM PGOV PHSA PREL KNNP AE
06ABUJA1144	NIGERIA: PSI DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-16 11:49:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	MNUC PARM PHSA PREL KNNP NI
06ADDISABABA2321	MOZAMBIQUE NOMINATES CHISSANO FOR INTERNATIONAL [...] Post received a note verbale August 21 from the Embassy of Mozambique located in Addis Ababa indicating Mozambique's intention to nominate Miguel Alberto Chissano for a position on the Legal and Technical Commission of the International Authority of Ocean Floors. Note verbale requests USG sup [...]	2006-08-22 07:51:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHSA SENV MZ
06AMMAN1156	PSI DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2006-02-16 14:36:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHSA ETTC KNNP MNUC JO
06AMMAN1576	PAPERS FOR PSI PLANNING MEETING DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-05 15:28:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHSA ETTC KNNP MNUC JO
06AMMAN2572	NORTH KOREAN FLAGS OF CONVENIENCE DEMARCHE [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche April 10 to Jamal Al-Shamayleh, deputy chief of the Foreign Ministry's International Organizations Department. Shamayleh said that he would notify Foreign Minister Khatib and Minister of Transportation Saud Nseirat of our position regarding any Jordanian o [...]	2006-04-12 14:14:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL PHSA KNNP MNUC EWWT KN JO

06AMMAN3101	DEMARCHE ON PSI ASSISTANCE DELIVERED, DELEGATION [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-01 11:40:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MNUC PARM PGOV PHSA PREL KNNP JO
06AMMAN3111	SUA PROTOCOL DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-01 13:05:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL PHSA KNNP MNUC EWWT KTIA JO
06AMMAN8487	DPRK DEMARCHES [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel demarches and letter requesting GoJ cooperation on UNSCR 1718 to the Foreign Ministry's desk officer for the U.S., Asal al-Tal. Al-Tal said she would deliver the letter to FM Al-Khatib. She also undertook to provide any substantive response to the demarches onc [...]	2006-11-19 09:44:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KNNP PARM PHSA EWWT EAIR PBTS JO
06ANKARA2119	TURKEY PLEDGES TO SUPPORT SEARCH FOR ADDITIONAL [...] (C) Per ref a request, we met with MFA Arms Control and Disarmament Office Head Osman Yavuzalp on April 17 to urge Turkey to encourage the participation of 50 new countries in the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI). Yavuzalp said Turkey would review the US request, but he expected a posit [...]	2006-04-19 04:28:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	MNUC PARM PGOV PHSA PREL KNNP TU
06ANKARA2231	DEMARCHE TO TURKEY ON RATIFICATION OF SUA [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-24 08:21:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNNP MNUC PARM PREL KTIA PHSA EWWT
06ANKARA4785	TURKS CONCERNED BUT STILL MAINTAIN NO KNOWLEDGE OF [...] (C) In separate meetings, MFA and Maritime Affairs Undersecretariat officials said they shared U.S. concern about the use of DPRK flags ships but said an internal investigation did not uncover any Turkish-owned vessels using North Korean flags. They explained that Turkish law does not require [...]	2006-08-17 10:18:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL KNNP EWWT PHSA TU
06ANKARA6385	PSI: LETTER TO PSI PARTICIPANTS ON UNSCR 1718 [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-09 14:55:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR EWWT KNNP PARM PBTS PHSA PREL TU
06ANKARA6522	PSI: TURKEY'S FORMAL REPLY TO U/S JOSEPH LETTER ON [...] Post received a formal reply to ref a letter from U/S Joseph to MFA Deputy U/S for Security Affairs Rafet Akgunay on November 28. Original of the reply letter will be forwarded via diplomatic pouch. Text of reply follows. 2. Begin Text: Dear Ambassador Joseph, I have received your le [...]	2006-11-28 14:22:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR EWWT KNNP PARM PBTS PHSA PREL TU
06ASTANA438	KAZAKHSTAN FOCUSED ON UNSCR 1718 [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-02 11:32:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNNP PARM PREL PHSA EWWT EAIR PBTS KZ
06ASUNCION491	PARAGUAY ON SIGNATURE AND RATIFICATION OF THE 2005 [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-10 14:55:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED	KNNP MNUC PARM PREL KTIA PHSA EWWT PA
06ATHENS3135	GREEK RESPONSE TO DECEMBER 7TH UNGA OCEANS DEBATE [...] (U) The Greek MFA, through its International Organizations department, informed us that in principle they are sympathetic to the U.S. position on the Torres Strait, as they appreciate the precedential value of the Australian action in other international waterways. Our MFA interlocutors told [...]	2006-12-06 15:44:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	GR PHSA
06ATHENS374	DEMARCHE DELIVERED - MARINE BIODIVERSITY BEYOND [...] (U) Post delivered demarche as instructed in Reftel to the appropriate persons at both the Greek Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Greek Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries Directorate on 9 February 2006. 2. (U) Post will advise on response from the GoG when available. RIES [...]	2006-02-09 14:24:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED	PHSA TPHY EFIS SENV TSPL GR
06BANDARSERIBEGAWAN564	PSI UNSCR 1718 LETTER DELIVERED [...] (U) DCM delivered the letter requested reftel to Pg. Dato Hj Osman, Permanent Secretary for Regional Policy (coordinator for PSI) at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MOFAT),care of Pg. Hj. Alihashim, Acting Director for Bilateral Affairs at MOFAT. Alihashim said that we would ensur [...]	2006-11-02 07:02:00	Embassy Bandar Seri Begawan	UNCLASSIFIED	KNNP PARM PREL PHSA EWWT EAIR PBTS BX
06BANGKOK2190	PSI: URGING THAI ENDORSEMENT [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Charn Jullamon, Director of the Peace, Security and Disarmament Division of MFA. Charn said that the Thai government could not move forward towards endorsement of the Proliferation Security Initiative given that the current government is in caretaker [...]	2006-04-17 09:51:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MNUC PARM PGOV PHSA PREL KNNP TH PSI
06BANGKOK4446	PSI: ENCOURAGING THAI ENDORSEMENT [...] (C) Summary: MFA American Division Director General Nongnuth Phetcharatana said that Foreign Minister Kantathi would discuss the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) with the Indonesian and Malaysian Foreign Ministers at the ASEAN Regional Forum in Kuala Lumpur. She suggested that Thailan [...]	2006-07-24 09:22:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	MNUC PARM PGOV PHSA PREL KNNP KPAO TH
06BANGKOK5153	DEMARCHE DELIVERED SEEKING PROTECTION OF SUNKEN [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-23 08:11:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	EWWT MARR PBTS PHSA SCUL TH
06BANGKOK7330	THAILAND: DEMARCHE DELIVERED SEEKING SUPPORT FOR [...] No summary [...]	2006-12-08 09:37:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	PHSA TH
06BEIRUT1290	LEBANESE RESPONSE TO 2005 SUA PROTOCOLS DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-26 14:13:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED	KNNP MNUC PARM PREL KTIA PHSA EWWT PTER UN LE
06BEIRUT1380	MGLE01: PSI: URGING PSI ENDORSEMENT [...] (C) On May 3 DCM raised with MFA Acting Secretary General Boutros as-Sakr reftel issues concerning Lebanese participation in the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI). as-Sakr said that the GOL had received an invitation for the senior-level PSI meeting in Poland in June, and replied that [...]	2006-05-04 09:46:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP MNUC PARM PGOV PHSA LE
06BELIZE543	BELIZE: SHIP REGISTRY RESPONSE TO CURTAILING THE [...] (S) Following the demarche of March 30, the MFA referred questions (reftel) to the Belizean ship registry company, IMMARBE (International Merchant Marine Registry of Belize),which has provided post a copy of its reply to the MFA: BEGIN TEXT ---------- We refer to your fax transmission date [...]	2006-06-16 16:49:00	Embassy Belmopan	SECRET	PARM PREL KN KNNP MNUC EWWT PHSA BH
06BOGOTA10581	INVITATIONS SENT FOR WHITE WATER TO BLUE WATER [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-17 12:44:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV EAID PHSA CO XL XK
06BOGOTA3995	GOC SUPPORTS PSI IN THEORY; UNLIKELY TO ENDORSE [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 4. 2. (C) Poloff delivered reftel points urging the GOC to endorse the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) to MFA Coordinator for the U.S. and Canada Patricia Cortes on April 7. In a May 3 follow up meeting that included Coordinator for [...]	2006-05-05 16:34:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	MNUC PARM PGOV PHSA PREL KNNP CO
06BRASILIA1804	TORRES STRAIT - DEMARCHE ON AUSTRALIAN COMPULSORY PILOTAGE [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-28 18:38:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	EWWT PBTS PHSA BR
06BRASILIA2090	COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVED FOR FISHERIES-RELATED VISIT TO [...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for William T. Hogarth, Director of the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS),U.S. Government Commissioner to the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT) and to the International Whaling Commission (IWC),and ICCA [...]	2006-10-02 13:04:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA EFIS SENV PHSA BR
06BRASILIA2570	UNGA OCEANS AND LAW OF THE SEA - BRAZIL WILL NOT MAKE [...] No summary [...]	2006-12-07 19:22:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	PHSA KSCA SENV BR
06BRIDGETOWN1140	DOMINICA MAY CEDE BIRD ISLAND TO VENEZUELA [...] (SBU) Summary: Dominica has moved closer to abandoning its claim on Bird Island, a small piece of rock and sand located in the center of the Caribbean Sea that is also claimed by Venezuela. Following a June meeting with Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, Dominica Prime Minister Roosevelt Sker [...]	2006-07-05 14:30:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	PBTS PHSA PGOV PINR PREL EAID DO VE XL
06BRIDGETOWN1640	DOMINICA HOPES FOR IMPROVED U.S.-CARIBBEAN [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Kramer and Dominica Foreign Minister Savarin exchanged views on U.S.-Caribbean relations in a September 8 meeting in Bridgetown. Savarin explained that, in addition to Guatemala's claim on Belize territory, Guatemala's role in damaging the Caribbean banana industry is [...]	2006-09-15 19:53:00	Embassy Bridgetown	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR PBTS PHSA DO CH VE XL
06BRIDGETOWN604	DELIVERED: CURTAILING THE USE OF NORTH KOREAN [...] Embassy Bridgetown delivered by phone, fax, and mail the demarche on Curtailing the use of North Korean Flags to the Permanent Secretaries of the Ministries of Foreign Affairs of St. Kitts and Nevis (Diplomatic Note No. 393) and St. Vincent and the Grenadines (Diplomatic Note No. 394) on March [...]	2006-04-07 11:59:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL MNUC EWWT PHSA KNNP SC VC
06BRIDGETOWN605	DELIVERED: URGING PSI ENDORSEMENT [...] Embassy Bridgetown delivered the demarche Urging Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) Endorsement to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for the Governments of Antigua and Barbuda (Diplomatic Note No. 411),Barbados (Diplomatic Note No. 412),Dominica (Diplomatic Note No. 413),St. Kitts and Ne [...]	2006-04-07 12:00:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	MNUC PARM PGOV PHSA PREL KNNP XL
06BRIDGETOWN635	WIN-WIN OR LOSE-LOSE: MARITIME BORDER DISPUTE [...] (U) SUMMARY: On April 11, the Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague handed down its ruling finally establishing a single maritime boundary between Barbados and Trinidad and Tobago. The new border differs from those claimed by each of the parties in their pleadings, yet both countries a [...]	2006-04-12 18:05:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	PBTS EWWT ETRD EPET PHSA TT BB GY VE XL
06BUCHAREST981	ROMANIAN BLACK SEA FORUM: FIRST STEPS TOWARD A [...] (C) Summary. Senior GOR officials assert that they will use the momentum initiated by the June 5 "Black Sea Forum for Dialogue and Partnership" summit in Bucharest as a "launching pad" for further dialogue and cooperation in the Black Sea region. Romanian interlocutors have also expressed gr [...]	2006-06-13 16:33:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL AORC ECIN PINS PHSA NATO PGOV AM AJ BU
06COLOMBO212	DEMARCHE: PSI ENDORSEMENT BY THE 2/13 2006 ASTOP [...] (C) DCM joined Australian High Commissioner French, Japanese Ambassador Suda, British High Commissioner Evans and Canadian Charge' Shea in February 9 Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) demarche (reftel) on Foreign Secretary H.G.M.S. Palihakkara. French presented reftel points, focusing [...]	2006-02-09 08:08:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	MNUC PARM PGOV PHSA PREL KNNP XC CE
06COLOMBO737	SRI LANKA HOPING FOR "POSITIVE RESPONSE" ON PSI [...] (C) The Ambassador presented reftel demarche to Foreign Minister Mangala Samaraweera on April 4 and raised it in a subsequent meeting with Foreign Secretary H.M.G.S. Palihakkara one day later. Palihakkara indicated that his Government was interested and said he hoped to have "a positive res [...]	2006-05-04 11:35:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	MNUC PARM KNNP PGOV PREL PHSA CE
06DARESSALAAM600	TANZANIA SEES UN AS PROPER VENUE FOR PSI [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-12 10:37:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	CONFIDENTIAL	MNUC PARM PGOV PHSA PRL KNNP TZ
06DHAKA2221	BANGLADESH DELIVERED DEMARCHE REQUEST: URGING [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-20 06:24:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	KNNP KTIA MNUC PARM PREL PHSA EWWT BG
06DJIBOUTI361	DJIBOUTI AND REQUEST FOR IMMEDIATE COOPERATION ON [...] (SBU) Ambassador conveyed to Mahmoud Ali Youssuf, Djibouti's Minister of Foreign Affairs, substance of points provided in reftel during an urgent meeting at her request on March 23. She also converted the cable's instructions into a series of points which she left with the Minister as a non-p [...]	2006-03-23 13:31:00	Embassy Djibouti	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL MARR PHSA SO DJ
06DJIBOUTI383	DJIBOUTI RESPONSE ON SOMALI PIRACY SUSPECTS [...] (C) Ambassador met 3/26 with Acting Foreign Minister Badri Ali Bagoreh and Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Bilateral Affairs Director Mohamed Ali Hassan as a follow up to reftel (B) request to the Government of Djibouti on the suspected Somali pirates. Bagoreh and Hassan advised Ambassador [...]	2006-03-27 12:15:00	Embassy Djibouti	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PHSA SO DJ
06DJIBOUTI558	DJIBOUTI ON PSI ENDORSEMENT [...] Poloff delivered reftel demarche on May 10 to Nasser Mohammed Hassan, the Assistant Director for Bilateral Affairs in charge of Europe and America at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Hassan said he could not make an official response, but said he would pass on the information to the Foreign Mi [...]	2006-05-10 12:49:00	Embassy Djibouti	CONFIDENTIAL	MNUC PARM PGOV PHSA PREL KNNP DJ
06DUBLIN469	NO IRISH MOVEMENT ON SUA PROTOCOLS [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-28 10:49:00	Embassy Dublin	UNCLASSIFIED	KNNP MNUC PARM PREL KTIA PHSA EWWT EI
06GUANGZHOU32144	U.S.-China Bilateral on Margins of Seventh North Pacific [...] (SBU) Vice Admiral Wurster, Commander of the Coast Guard's Pacific Area, told Deputy Director General Li Qingping of the Maritime Safety Administration (under the Ministry of Communications),at an October 25 bilateral meeting on the margins of the Seventh North Pacific Coast Guard Forum that t [...]	2006-11-03 08:35:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHSA MARR CH
06GUANGZHOU32146	U.S.-China Bilateral on Margins of Seventh North Pacific [...] (SBU) Summary: Coast Guard Commandant Thad Allen and PRC Vice Minister of Public Security Meng Hongwei exchanged views October 25 on a variety of maritime safety and security topics, including `border security, search-and-rescue and disaster relief issues. The Admiral said that the U.S. was pre [...]	2006-11-03 08:35:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHSA MARR CH
06GUATEMALA1051	GUATEMALA: URGING PSI ENDORSEMENT [...] (C) Following up on an April 29 working-level demarche with Foreign Ministry officials, the Ambassador presented reftel points to Foreign Minister Briz on May 24. Briz affirmed strong GOG support for PSI, and instructed his subordinates to see how an endorsement could be done in the quickest [...]	2006-05-30 16:17:00	Embassy Guatemala	CONFIDENTIAL	MNUC PARM PGOV PHSA PREL KNNP GT
06GUATEMALA1961	AMBASSADOR MAISTO'S SEPTEMBER 27-28 VISIT TO [...] (C) Summary: During a September 27-28 visit to Guatemala, U.S. Ambassador to the OAS John Maisto promoted "relevant multilateralism" in a number of fora and discussed the Guatemala-Belize dispute with the Belizean Ambassador to Guatemala and with senior officials in the Guatemalan Foreign Mi [...]	2006-10-05 15:13:00	Embassy Guatemala	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PBTS PHSA KDEM OTRA OAS GT BH HO
06HANOI1135	VIETNAM CONSIDERING SUA PROTOCOL RATIFICATION [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-12 04:02:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KNNP MNUC PARM PHSA PREL VM
06HANOI686	ARF SEMINAR: VIETNAM AVAILABLE FOR A MEETING [...] (SBU) Post delivered reftel points March 24 to Phan Minh Giang of the MFA ASEAN Affairs Department. He reported that, in addition to himself, GVN attendees will be MFA International Organizations Department Deputy Director General (and delegation head) Le Hoai Trung and Ministry of Defense Se [...]	2006-03-24 09:36:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MNUC PARM PGOV PHSA PREL KNNP VM
06HANOI782	VIETNAM: PSI ENDORSEMENT UNLIKELY SOON [...] (SBU) Summary: Heavy Embassy pressure on the GVN has forced the issue of the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) all the way to the Prime Minister's office, where we are told the decision has been made to authorize Vietnam's participation in PSI-related activities on a case-by-case basis, [...]	2006-04-05 06:36:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KNNP MNUC PARM PHSA PREL VM
06HELSINKI1119	PSI: LETTER TO PSI PARTICIPANTS ON UNSCR 1718 - [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-02 14:28:00	Embassy Helsinki	UNCLASSIFIED	KNNP PARM PREL PHSA EWWT EAIR PBTS FI
06HELSINKI355	HIGHLIGHTS OF ADMIRAL COLLINS VISIT TO FINLAND, [...] (U) Admiral Thomas Collins, Commandant of the U.S. Coast Guard, visited Finland, March 28 - April 1, 2006. Finnish Chief of the Border Guard, Vice Admiral Jaakko Smolander, was the host of the visit. The Admiral's itinerary included meetings with senior GoF officials, briefings by the Finnis [...]	2006-04-27 11:28:00	Embassy Helsinki	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PHSA EWWT SENV IMO FI
06HELSINKI889	NO FINNISH POSITION ON RECAPP - ASIAN ANTI-PIRACY [...] (SBU) Econoff spoke with Tapio Puurunen, Unit for Public International Law at the MFA about Finland's position on the Regional Cooperation Agreement on Combating Piracy and Armed Robbery against Ships in Asia (ReCAPP). Puurunen expressed that it was an interesting initiative and that Finland w [...]	2006-09-05 13:30:00	Embassy Helsinki	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EWWT KRCM KTIA PBTS PHSA PREL FI
06HONGKONG4641	HONG KONG TO ATTEND PPAQC DEC. 13 - 15 [...] No summary [...]	2006-12-05 09:31:00	Consulate Hong Kong	UNCLASSIFIED	EIND EWWT PHSA SENV HK
06ISLAMABAD7771	PSI: DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (U) See action request at para 5. 2. (C) Polcouns delivered reftel demarche in a meeting with MFA Director General for Disarmament Qazi Khalilullah and Director for Disarmament Kamran Aktar, urging that Pakistan endorse PSI Interdiction Principles as a precursor to participation in the Ju [...]	2006-05-02 11:49:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	MNUC PARM PGOV PHSA PREL KNNP PK
06ISLAMABAD9703	GOP DECLINES PSI INVITATION...AGAIN [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-25 11:51:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PK PHSA KNNP MNUC PARM PGOV
06KHARTOUM2642	U.S. INTERCEPTS SUDANESE FERRY [...] (SBU) The Sudanese Arabic daily "Al Shari Al Syasi" reported on November 3 that U.S. naval forces had boarded a Sudanese ship in the Red Sea. Post has confirmed the interception, which has been reported through other channels. The newspaper has ties to the National Islamic Front (NIF),thoug [...]	2006-11-08 13:22:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KPAO EWWT MOPS PHSA PTER ASEC
06KUALALUMPUR544	MALAYSIAN OFFICIAL AGREES TO MEET ON MARGINS OF [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-24 10:01:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM KNNP MNUC PREL PHSA MY
06KUWAIT1558	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: URGING SIGNATURE AND [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-03 08:49:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL KNNP MNUC KTIA PHSA EWWT KU
06KUWAIT4500	PSI: LETTER TO PSI PARTICIPANTS ON UNSCR 1718 [...] (U) Post received GOK response below to ref A letter from U/S Robert Joseph on November 18 from Khalid Al-Jarrallah, Undersecretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Following is an unofficial translation of the response as provided by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The original letter in [...]	2006-11-21 15:30:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	KNNP PARM PREL PHSA EWWT EAIR PBTS KU
06KYIV4149	UKRAINE IN AGREEMENT ON UNSCR 1718 OBLIGATIONS ON DPRK CONVENTIONAL ARMS [...] (C) On October 31, PolCouns delivered the points in reftel A and a copy of the letter in reftel B to Vasyl Pokotylo, Head of Division, MFA Arms Control Department. (Note: As requested, we also forwarded a copy of the letter ref B through official channels addressed to Deputy Foreign Minister [...]	2006-10-31 16:48:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP PREL PHSA EWWT EAIR PBTS UP PARM
06LIMA1361	PERU ON PSI ENDORSEMENT [...] (C) On 4/7, D/Polcouns delivered reftel points, background and draft diplomatic note regarding PSI endorsement to Foreign Ministry Director of Multilateral Affairs Julio Garro. Since this was the first time we had discussed PSI with Garro, who is still relatively new to his position, Emboff b [...]	2006-04-07 23:18:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PGOV PHSA PREL KNNP PE
06LISBON1922	PORTUGUESE ACCESSION TO RECAAP UNLIKELY UNLESS [...] No summary [...]	2006-09-08 17:06:00	Embassy Lisbon	UNCLASSIFIED	EWWT KCRM KTIA MY PBTS PHSA PREL PO
06LJUBLJANA257	SLOVENIA DEMARCHES BELGRADE ON PSI [...] (C) On April 20, PolMiloff delivered reftel demarche to MFA Nonproliferation Department Head Bostjan Jerman. On April 26, during a subsequent and unrelated demarche, Jerman confirmed that Slovenia had demarched Serbia and Montenegro (SaM) in Belgrade to seek SaM's support for the Proliferation [...]	2006-04-26 05:40:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP MNUC PARM PGOV PHSA PREL SI
06LJUBLJANA54	SLOVENIA: GOS AND ITF CONSIDER CIVILIAN ENGAGEMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: The GOS is currently exploring the idea of sending civilian reconstruction personnel to Herat, Afghanistan, where 29 members of the Slovenian Armed Forces (SAF) are currently stationed as part of a Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) within the ISAF mission. The reconstruction o [...]	2006-01-25 07:44:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS PREF PHSA SI
06LONDON5267	INTERNATIONAL MARITIME ORGANIZATION (IMO): REPORT OF THE [...] SUMMARY: The 14th session of the Flag State Implementation Subcommittee (FSI 14 S/C) met at IMO Headquarters, London, UK. Mrs. Tatjana Krilic of Croatia chaired the meeting. The meeting was attended by seventy members, two associate members, one United Nations specialized agency, two intergover [...]	2006-07-18 14:57:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC IMO EWWT PHSA SENV KTIA UK
06LONDON5476	CONDEMNATION OF DPRK MISSILE LAUNCHES AT IMO [...] Summary. USDel delivered the statement contained in Ref A at the July 19 meeting of the IMO NAV 52 conference. USDel's statement followed the Japanese intervention which condemned the DPRK missile launches and was joined by statements of concern from the Russian Federation, HMG, France, Italy [...]	2006-07-26 13:10:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED	EWWT PHSA PARM MOPS MCAP KN KS JA UK IMO
06LONDON5547	INTERNATIONAL MARITIME ORGANIZATION (IMO): REPORT OF THE [...] SUMMARY: The International Maritime Organization (IMO, or "the Organization") held meetings in London from June 13 through June 23, 2006, consisting of the Technical Co-operation Committee's fifty-sixth session (TCC56) and the Council's ninety-sixth session (C96). Significant agenda items dur [...]	2006-07-28 15:46:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHSA EWWT ECPS MOPS AORC IMO KTIA US UK KE XA
06LONDON7695	INTERNATIONAL MARITIME ORGANIZATION (IMO): REPORT OF THE [...] SUMMARY: The 55th Session of IMO's MEPC convened 9-13 October 2006 under the chairmanship of Mr. A. Chrysostomou (Cyprus). The meeting was attended by 86 members, one associate member, one country not a member of IMO (Cook Islands),six United Nations agencies, eight intergovernmental organi [...]	2006-10-31 16:45:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED	IMO AORC UK EWWT PHSA SENV KTIA ASEC
06LONDON8438	INTERNATIONAL MARITIME ORGANIZATION (IMO): [...] SUMMARY: The Maritime Safety Committee (MSC) of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) held its 82nd session at the Polat Renaissance Istanbul Hotel in Istanbul, Turkey from 29 Nov ? 8 Dec 2006. The meeting was chaired by MSC vice chairman Mr. N. Ferrar (Philippines) as the Acting Ch [...]	2006-12-21 08:52:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC IMO UK EWWT PHSA SENV KTIA ASEC ORTA
06MANAGUA756	NICARAGUA SUPPORTS PSI INITIATIVE [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-05 20:38:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	MNUC PARM PGOV PHSA PREL KNNP NU
06MANAGUA780	NICARAGUAN TRADE IN LARGE NUMBERS OF UNDERSIZED [...] (SBU) Summary: In the past month, Nicaraguan law enforcement has seized a total of 10,000 illegal undersized lobsters from two tanker trucks. Yet another vehicle, thought to contain thousands more, managed to slip past the police. While officials are confident that they will obtain convictio [...]	2006-04-07 19:38:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIS PHSA SENV NU
06MANAMA1018	BAHRAIN ENDORSES PROLIFERATION SECURITY INITIATIVE [...] (C) Post received the following diplomatic note June 11 from the Bahraini MFA. Begin text of dip note: 11 June 2006 1/100/231-69649 The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of Bahrain presents its compliments to the United States Embassy, and has the honor to inform the Embass [...]	2006-06-11 12:19:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER KNNP MNUC PARM PHSA BA BILAT REGION
06MANAMA1868	BAHRAIN: DEMARCHES ON UNSCR 1718 [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-02 09:21:00	Embassy Manama	SECRET	PARM KNNP PREL PHSA EWWT EAIR BA ROW CTR
06MANAMA800	BAHRAIN: FOLLOW UP ON THE PROLIFERATION SECURITY [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-07 13:47:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KNNP MNUC PARM PHSA BA BILAT CTR
06MANILA1888	PHILIPPINES: URGING SIGNATURE AND RATIFICATION OF [...] (SBU) According to Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Office of UN and International Organizations (UNIO) Director Gary Domingo, the DFA is still awaiting inputs from other Philippine government agencies -- notably, the Departments of Justice and of Transportation and Communications -- on the [...]	2006-05-02 09:26:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED	KNNP MNUC PARM PREL KTIA PHSA EWWT RP
06MANILA2523	GRP MULLS AN IMO-BASED MULTILATERAL MARITIME [...] (SBU) On May 22, EAP Security Affairs Officer William Comley met separately with GRP officials and Australian and Japanese emboffs to brief them on recent discussions with the International Maritime Organization (IMO) Secretary General and continue previous discussions on building a mechanism [...]	2006-06-16 05:50:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EWWT ETRD PBTS PREL PTER PHSA KTIA RP
06MANILA4528	PSI LETTER ON UNSCR 1718 [...] (SBU) Poloff on October 30 delivered reftel letter from U/S Joseph for Proliferation Security Initiative participants on UNSCR 1718 to Department of Foreign Affairs Director for International Political, Legal, and Security Affairs Jesus Domingo. Domingo promised to convene an interagency mee [...]	2006-10-30 09:40:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL EWWT KNNP PARM PBTS PHSA EAIR RP
06MEXICO2026	MEXICO STILL EVALUATING PSI COMMITMENT [...] (SBU) We delivered reftel demarche to Julian Juarez, Assistant Director General for United Nations Affairs, at Mexico's Foreign Relations Secretariat (SRE). Juarez explained that the PSI issue was undergoing serious discussion within the SRE, but stated that Mexico would most likely not suppo [...]	2006-04-18 21:21:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PARM KNNP MNUC PHSA MX
06MONTEVIDEO473	URUGUAY STILL DITHERING ON PSI [...] (C) Per instructions reftel, we have at various opportunities urged the GOU to endorse the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) Statement of Interdiction Principles and encouraged it to attend the Senior Level Political meeting in Poland, in June. Embassy understands that the embassies of [...]	2006-05-26 17:53:00	Embassy Montevideo	CONFIDENTIAL	MNUC PARM PGOV PHSA PREL KNNP UY
06MUSCAT553	PSI: EXPANDING PARTICIPATION IN THE MIDDLE EAST [...] (C) With other Omani officials unavailable to receive reftel demarche, Pol/Econ Chief raised the points on April 4 with Mohammed al-Hassan, Political Affairs Director for FM Yusuf bin Alawi. Taking on board the USG's points and pledging to pass them directly to the Minister, al-Hassan observe [...]	2006-04-05 13:31:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM KNNP MNUC PGOV PHSA PREL MU
06MUSCAT602	URGING SIGNATURE AND RATIFICATION OF THE 2005 SUA [...] (SBU) During the course of an April 16 meeting with MFA International Organizations Department Chief Ambassador Talib Miran al-Raisi on other matters (septel),Ambassador encouraged Oman's signing and ratifying the 2005 Protocols to the United Nations Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful [...]	2006-04-16 11:12:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EWWT PHSA PTER PARM PREL MNUC KTIA MU
06MUSCAT945	PSI: OMAN STUDYING POLAND INVITE [...] (SBU) Foreign Ministry Disarmament Affairs officer Abdullah al-Riyami confirmed to Pol/Econ chief June 11 that Oman has received the official Polish invitation to attend the June 23 Proliferation Security Initiative High-Level Political Meeting (refs A-C),including information regarding on-li [...]	2006-06-11 13:08:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MNUC PARM PHSA PREL KNNP PL MU
06NAIROBI1243	SOMALI PIRATES CAPTURED AFTER FIRING ON US NAVY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Post sees no likelihood of Kenyan prosecution of those captured March 18 for armed attack against U.S. warships off the coast of Somalia. Post supports direct transfer (NOT via Kenya) of the detainees for U.S. prosecution. END SUMMARY. 2. (SBU) Presumed Somali "pirates" enga [...]	2006-03-18 16:49:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PHSA ASEC PTER KE SO
06NAIROBI1393	KENYA AGREES TO TEMPORARY DETENTION OF SOMALI [...] (SBU) Juliet Gicheru, Acting Head of the Legal Division, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA),confirmed to poloff March 29 that Kenya consents to both the immediate transfer of Somali pirate suspects in Kenya and temporary detention of those suspects identified for repatriation to Somalia. Post [...]	2006-03-29 14:59:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MAAR PHSA SO KE
06NAIROBI1601	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH SOMALI PRIME MINISTER [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: Ambassador Bellamy met Somali Prime Minister Ali Mohamed Gedi on April 6 at the Residence. Gedi offered an up-beat account of developments within the TFIs, especially the work of parliamentary committees in Baidoa. He also worried about the recent fighting in Mogadishu. The A [...]	2006-04-12 03:19:00	Embassy Nairobi	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PHSA MARR SO KE
06NAIROBI1661	ICRC AGREES TO REPATRIATE SOMALI PIRATE SUSPECT'S [...] (C) The Delegation of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) for Somalia (based in Nairobi) agreed to the Embassy's formal request (dated April 13) to facilitate the repatriation of the remains of the deceased Somali national to Somalia. The ICRC's April 18 communication states " [...]	2006-04-18 15:30:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PHSA ICRC SO KE
06NAIROBI1883	U.S.-CAPTURED SOMALIS REPATRIATED TO SOMALIA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Ten Somali nationals under U.S. control since an encounter on the high seas in mid-March were successfully repatriated April 29 to Somalia via Kenya with the assistance of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC). The remains of the deceased Somali are expected to be [...]	2006-05-02 15:05:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PHSA MOPS ASEC PTER PREL ICRC SO KE
06NAIROBI2003	COMPENSATION DEMANDS BY DECEASED SOMALI'S FAMILY [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 6. SUMMARY -------- 2. (C) The family of a Somali national killed during a mid-March engagement with the U.S. Navy intends to request compensation from the USG as a condition for accepting the remains. Post recommends against offering any f [...]	2006-05-08 15:32:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PHSA MOPS ASEC PTER PREL ICRC SO KE
06NAIROBI2059	NEW SEARCH AND RESCUE CENTER MAY BOLSTER [...] Summary: The recent launch of a new regional search and rescue center in Mombasa could potentially serve as crucial resource in furthering maritime security in the region. However, the limited capacity of maritime forces may undermine the center's effectiveness. Incidents of piracy in the r [...]	2006-05-11 13:05:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EWWT PHSA PTER PREL IMO KE
06NAIROBI2166	SOMALIA: UPDATE ON DISPOSITION OF DECEASED [...] (C) Pursuant to ref A, Post requested the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) convey the message to the deceased Somali's next of kin their two options: that they can either accept the remains without any form of compensation from the USG or that the body will be properly disposed [...]	2006-05-17 13:54:00	Embassy Nairobi	SECRET//NOFORN	PHSA ICRC ASEC MARR PREL KE SO
06NAIROBI416	U.S.-CAPTURED SOMALI PIRATES NOW IN KENYAN CUSTODY [...] (U) SUMMARY: Ten Somali pirates captured by the U.S. Navy for high-seas piracy of an Indian vessel have been turned over to Kenyan authorities. Absent interventions by U.S. or Indian authorities to assert jurisdiction, Kenyan police are proceeding full steam to prosecute domestically. END S [...]	2006-01-30 12:28:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHSA MOPS EAID ASEC PTER PREL SO KE
06NAIROBI462	KENYA CONFIRMS INTENT TO PROSECUTE U.S.-CAPTURED [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Kenyan authorities confirm their intent to proceed to prosecute and bring to trial in coming days the 10 Somali pirates captured January 22 by U.S. forces. They seek immediate transfer to Kenyan authorities any/all items of evidentiary value still in U.S. hands. The nation's [...]	2006-02-01 12:20:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHSA MOPS EAID ASEC PTER PREL SO KE
06NAIROBI4726	NO PLANK TO WALK BUT TEN GUILTY PIRATES GET SEVEN [...] (SBU) Summary: A Mombasa court found all ten of the Somali nationals captured by the U.S. Navy off the coast of Somalia in January guilty of piracy on the high seas and sentenced each to seven years imprisonment on November 1. The defense's planned appeal of the verdict on jurisdictional gr [...]	2006-11-03 07:24:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHSA MOPS EAID ASEC PTER PREL SO KE
06NAIROBI526	KENYA ARRAIGNS U.S.-CAPTURED SOMALI PIRATES [...] (SBU) The government of Kenya formally announced its intent to prosecute the 10 Somali pirates captured by U.S. forces January 22 (reftels) via a diplomatic note dated February 1. The note stated that the government "is willing to prosecute the 10 alleged pirates." (MFA Diplomatic Note MFA. [...]	2006-02-06 11:50:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHSA MOPS EAID ASEC PTER PREL SO KE
06NAIROBI592	US-CAPTURED SOMALI PIRATES' TRIAL CONFIRMED [...] (SBU) The trial of 10 Somali pirates (reftel) began February 8 in Mombasa, as scheduled, with lawyers for the suspects arguing that the Kenyan judicial system did not have the authority to try the men. In a February 9 ruling, however, the presiding magistrate ruled in favor of the prosecutio [...]	2006-02-09 11:53:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHSA MOPS EAID ASEC PTER PREL SO KE
06NEWDELHI6770	INDIA WELCOMES COORDINATION WITH US AS IT PURSUES [...] SUMMARY: India's senior foreign ministry official charged with managing relations with Asia, Ashok Khanta, unofficially expressed interest in pursuing a four-party dialogue with the US, Japan, and Australia with a focus on regional issues including maritime security, science and technology c [...]	2006-09-28 12:15:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR AORC EAID EIND MOPS OVIP PHSA
06NICOSIA1545	CYPRUS: TORRES STRAIT - REQUEST TO DEMARCHE AUSTRALIAN [...] Per reftel request, Post delivered on September 7 demarche on the Australian government's decision to impose compulsory pilotage for the Torres Strait to Sotos Zackheos, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs. We have also sent a copy to Makis Constantinides, Permanent Secretary, at [...]	2006-09-12 12:39:00	Embassy Nicosia	UNCLASSIFIED	EWWT PBTS PHSA CY AS
06NICOSIA1549	CYPRIOTS REVEAL NEXT STEPS ON M/V GREGORIO [...] (S) SUMMARY: Cypriot investigations into the activities, crew, and cargo of the M/V Gregorio I (Reftels) are nearly complete. Foreign Ministry officials informed the Embassy September 12 that the 21 vehicles in the vessel's holds comprised an air defense system; their search had uncovered n [...]	2006-09-13 04:00:00	Embassy Nicosia	SECRET	KNNP PARM PREL MNUC EWWT PHSA CY GR
06NICOSIA1707	CYPRUS: TORRES STRAIT - REQUEST TO DEMARCHE AUSTRALIAN [...] Further to Ref A, the GOC has confirmed that it supports U.S. views on the Torres Strait issue (Ref B). On October 2, Nicolas Kyriacou, of MFA's Community and International Law Department, informed us that Cyprus had submitted a Note Verbale to the Australian High Commission in Nicosia, prote [...]	2006-10-03 13:55:00	Embassy Nicosia	UNCLASSIFIED	EWWT PBTS PHSA CY AS
06OSAKAKOBE351	LIANCOURT SURVEY: ANOTHER FLASHPOINT IN THE JAPAN SEA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Observers in western Japan are making an unfortunate public linkage between the ROKG maritime survey in the disputed EEZ of the Liancourt Rocks and the DPRK's missile launches of July 5, local time. Whether or not the DPRK deliberately timed the launches to coincide with the ROK [...]	2006-07-07 06:38:00	Consulate Osaka Kobe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EWWT PHSA PREL KS JA PBTS
06OSLO1385	PSI LETTER DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-08 11:33:00	Embassy Oslo	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL PHSA EWWT EAIR PBTS NO KNNP
06PANAMA1166	GOP SHARES U.S. CONCERN ON TORRES STRAIT [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-15 18:52:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EWWT PBTS PHSA SENV PREL PM
06PANAMA2372	PANAMA'S RESPONSE TO UNSCR 1718 [...] (U) Post delivered reftel letter to MFA Director for Foreign Policy Javier Bonagas November 1. Below is an unofficial translation of the text of the MFA's reply, diplomatic note DGPE-DG-348-2006 dated November 21, 2006. 2. (U) BEGIN TEXT. (Complimentary opening.) As a member of the Uni [...]	2006-12-13 16:04:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED	KNNP PARM PREL PHSA EWWT EAIR PBTS PM

06PANAMA884	GOP HAS NO RECORD OF DPRK FLAG OF CONVENIENCE SHIPS [...] (S) Fernando Solorzano, Director of the Panamanian Maritime Authority's (AMP) Merchant Marine Office, advised Econ Chief on May 8 that, based on reftel information, the AMP has no record of any North Korean flagged ships associated with Panama. He said that, as Panama does not maintain a mer [...]	2006-05-09 20:11:00	Embassy Panama	SECRET	PARM PREL KNNP MNUC EWWT PHSA PM KN
06PARAMARIBO164	SURINAME CONSIDERS EXPANDING ITS MARITIME BORDER [...] Suriname's Minister of Foreign Affairs, Lygia Kraag Keteldijk, announced on March 10, that Suriname would exercise its option to increase the country's maritime border (northern Atlantic seacoast) an additional 150 nautical miles under the auspices of the United Nation's Convention on the Law [...]	2006-03-17 13:58:00	Embassy Paramaribo	UNCLASSIFIED	PBTS PGOV PHSA PREL KTIA ECON EPET ENRG NS
06PARAMARIBO201	REQUEST FOR GUIDANCE ON SURINAME CALL FOR [...] This cable is an action request --- see paragraph 2. 2. (SBU) On January 19 Suriname's Attorney General Subhas Punwasi publicly made a plea for the U.S. to expand its bilateral cooperation with Suriname by taking better advantage of the "Shiprider" Agreement, which entered into force in Aug [...]	2006-04-07 17:41:00	Embassy Paramaribo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL SNAR KCRM PGOV PHSA NS
06PARAMARIBO46	ATTORNEY GENERAL PUBLICLY PRESSES FOR MORE [...] (SBU) On January 19 Suriname's Attorney General Subhas Punwasi publicly made a plea for the U.S. to expand its bilateral cooperation with Suriname by taking better advantage of the "Shiprider" Agreement, which entered into force in August 1999. Punwasi's comments were unexpected as the "Shipr [...]	2006-01-25 18:39:00	Embassy Paramaribo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL SNAR KCRM PGOV PHSA NS
06PARIS2615	PSI: URGING ASSISTANCE IN SEEKING ENDORSEMENTS [...] (C) Ref A points were delivered to French MFA action officer for PSI, Sebastien Jaunet, on April 12. Jaunet said that the French were preparing to make their own PSI demarche and noted that that the U.S. demarche did not include a number of countries that the French were considering approach [...]	2006-04-20 15:39:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP MNUC PARM PGOV PHSA PREL FR
06PARIS5827	FRANCE: ACCEDING TO THE REGIONAL COOPERATION [...] Econoff discussed reftel with MFA Legal Affairs Law of the Sea officer Frederic Lepez August 29, following earlier inquiry with MOT Maritime Affairs International Affairs Office Director Daniel Silvestre. Neither was aware of any GOF position on accession to ReCAAP, but said they would make f [...]	2006-08-30 13:22:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM KTIA EWWT PBTS PHSA PREL FR
06PARIS7151	FRANCE SUPPORTS STRONG ENFORCEMENT OF UNSCR 1718 [...] (C) Poloff delivered Under Secretary's letter (reftel) October 30 to Benoit Guidee, IO office director-equivalent at the MFA. Guidee reiterated France's "total solidarity" with the U.S. and agreed that the U.N. Security Council must maintain a firm stance on the North Korean nuclear tests. The [...]	2006-10-31 17:03:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP PARM PREL PHSA EWWT EAIR PBTS FR KN
06PORTLOUIS752	MAURITIUS DENIES PLAN TO CEDE AGALEGA ISLANDS TO INDIA, BUT ISSUE SHOWS MAURITIAN SUBORDINATION [...] (C) Summary: Mauritian officials deny any intention to cede Agalega islands to India, as alleged in an Indian newspaper report. They have said that India agreed to help with economic development and infrastructure improvement but they were unable to deny categorically that India has no ulterior mot [...]	2006-12-15 08:26:00	Embassy Port Louis	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR EPET PBTS ECON PHSA PINS IN MP IO
06PORTOFSPAIN1388	DEMARCHE: SEEKING SUPPORT FOR DEC 7TH UNGA OCEANS DEBATE [...] No summary [...]	2006-12-07 11:49:00	Embassy Port Of Spain	UNCLASSIFIED	PHSA TD
06PRETORIA4010	SOUTH AFRICA: TORRES STRAIGHT DEMARCHE RESPONSE [...] (SBU) Per reftel talking points were delivered to Mr. Andrew Maswanganye, Director Safety, Security and Bilateral Affairs - South Africa Department of Transport and to Ms. Nokwazi Mtshali, Americas Desk - South Africa Department of Foreign Affairs on 21 August. No response was received by hos [...]	2006-09-27 11:04:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	EWWT PBTS PHSA SF
06QUITO1107	GOE UNLIKELY TO ENDORSE PSI [...] (C) PolOff delivered RefTel points in a diplomatic note on April 11, and PolChief followed up on May 3 with MFA U/S for Multilateral Affairs Mauricio Montalvo, conveying U.S. hope that Ecuador would endorse PSI principles so that it may participate in the Warsaw meeting. Montalvo said that he [...]	2006-05-04 17:00:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	MNUC PARM PGOV PHSA PREL KNNP
06RABAT1000	MOROCCO: URGING SIGNATURE AND RATIFICATION OF THE [...] (SBU) On April 27, poloff discussed ref (a) request for countries to sign and ratify the 2005 SUA protocols with MFA Director of International Organizations and UN Affairs Nasser Bourita. Polcouns followed up with Bourita on May 24. Bourita told Polcouns that the GOM was supportive of the US [...]	2006-05-24 15:43:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNNP MNUC PARM PREL KTIA PHSA EWWT MO
06RIYADH4961	SAG NOTIFIED OF PSI WARSAW MEETING PARTICIPANTS [...] (C) On June 14 A/PolCouns gave Abdulrahman al-Rassi, Office Director for MFA's International Organizations Department, a list of Middle Eastern states the USG expects will participate in the June 23 Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) High Level Political Meeting in Warsaw, Poland. A/Pol [...]	2006-06-20 11:30:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	MNUC PARM PGOV PHSA PREL KNNP XF
06ROME1359	ITALY CONSIDERING APPROACH TO NORTH KOREAN FLAGS [...] (C) Econoff and Poloff delivered Reftel A points and information on the Italian vessel using a North Korean flag to Federico Failla, MFA Office Director for the Far East, April 28, and urged the GOI to consider a law or regulation to make it illegal for Italian nationals and companies to use D [...]	2006-05-08 10:47:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL KN KNNP MNUC EWWT PHSA IT
06ROME1911	ITALY CONDEMNS DPRK MISSILE LAUNCH THREAT, WILL [...] (S) Summary. June 28 Poloff and Polmiloff met with MFA Deputy Office Director for East Asia Filippo Nicosia to follow up on Ref A demarche requesting GOI regulation of DPRK flags of convenience, and to deliver Ref B points on North Korean long-range missile launch. Nicosia noted that the new [...]	2006-06-30 15:03:00	Embassy Rome	SECRET//NOFORN	PARM PREL KN KNNP MNUC EWWT PHSA KS IT
06SANAA385	AL-QA'IDA ESCAPE: COORDINATING MARITIME EFFORTS [...] (C) Summary: On February 11, Office of Military Cooperation (OMC) Chief and NAVCENT Liaison Officer (LNO) met with Yemeni military and coast guard officials to discuss maritime cooperation to capture 23 escaped al Qa'ida prisoners (ref A). Led by the Chief of Staff for the Yemeni Armed For [...]	2006-02-15 11:05:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MASS PTER PHSA YM MARITIME SECURITY
06SANJOSE1267	COSTA RICA NOT YET COMMITTED TO PSI ENDORSEMENT [...] On June 1, Post hosted a digital video conference (DVC) between members of the Costa Rica Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) and several officials in Washington from the Bureau of International Security and Nonproliferation as well as a Department of Defense official. The Costa Rican delegatio [...]	2006-06-08 14:43:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED	MNUC PARM PGOV PHSA PREL KNNP CS
06SANJOSE734	URGING COSTA RICA TO ENDORSE PSI [...] (C) On April 3, Polcouns delivered reftel demarche to the MFA's Director General for Foreign Policy, Jose Joaquin Chaverri, emphasizing the importance of controlling the trade in WMD and missile-related materials and noting that endorsement of PSI was a statement of political support and did [...]	2006-04-05 14:12:00	Embassy San Jose	CONFIDENTIAL	MNUC PARM PGOV PHSA PREL KNNP CS
06SANSALVADOR1021	2005 SUA PROTOCOLS SIGNATURE AND RATIFICATION(EL [...] This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. 2. On April 18, Poloff spoke to the Director of Legal Affairs for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA),Elizabeth Villalta, regarding the signature and ratification of the 2005 protocols to the Suppression of Unlawful Acts (SUA) conventi [...]	2006-04-20 17:43:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED	KNNP KTIA MNUC PARM PREL PHSA EWWT ES
06SANSALVADOR1297	EL SALVADOR: URGING PSI ENDORSEMENT [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-16 14:15:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED	MNUC PARM PREL PHSA KNNP ES
06SANTIAGO1074	CHILE SHARES U.S. POSITIONS ON GMDSS, LRIT AND [...] Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Cmdr. Daniel Sarzosa of DIRECTAMAR (Directorate of Maritime Affairs, roughly equivalent to the U.S. Coast Guard) on May 11. Sarzosa told Poloff on May 18 that Chile shared the the U.S. position on limiting the role of the International Mobile Satellite Org [...]	2006-05-19 20:01:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	ECPS ETRD ETTC EWWT PHSA CI
06SANTIAGO1108	TRIPARTATE DEMARCHE FINDS CHILE NOT READY TO [...] (C) Summary: At the request of the Spanish Embassy, on May 19, Ambassador accompanied his Polish and Spanish counterparts in a joint demarche urging the GOC to accede to the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI). Foreign Ministry Director General Carlos Portales said the MFA needed time to [...]	2006-05-24 12:43:00	Embassy Santiago	CONFIDENTIAL	MNUC PARM PGOV PHSA PREL KNNP CI
06SANTIAGO171	CHILE: PSI ENDORSEMENT STILL NOT FINAL [...] (C) Poloff delivered Ref. A demarche and non-paper to Foreign Ministry Special Policies Counselor Jaime Contreras and Americas Desk Officer Beatriz de la Fuente on January 17. Post also provided a copy to Claudio Ortiz, advisor to the Minister of Defense. In delivering the demarche to the Fo [...]	2006-01-25 20:58:00	Embassy Santiago	CONFIDENTIAL	MNUC PARM PREL PHSA KNNP CI
06SANTIAGO260	CHILE: PSI STALLED AT TOP POLICY LEVEL [...] (C) Foreign Ministry Director of Special Policies Luis Winter told EPOL Counselor on January 29 that a Chilean decision to endorse the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) Statement of Interdiction Principals (SOP) was effectively stalled at the policy level at the Foreign Ministry. Winte [...]	2006-02-06 17:04:00	Embassy Santiago	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP MNUC PREL PHSA PARM CI
06SANTIAGO907	CHILE NOT READY TO DECLARE FOR THE PROLIFERATION [...] (C) Prompted by the Ambassador's call to Foreign Ministry Director General Carlos Portales (number three in the MFA),Director for Special Policies Luis Winter contacted EPOL Counselor on May 3 to confirm Portales' receipt of Ambassador's reftel A demarche on the Proliferation Security Initi [...]	2006-05-03 18:31:00	Embassy Santiago	CONFIDENTIAL	MNUC PARM PGOV PHSA PREL KNNP CI
06SANTIAGO998	CHILE TO RATIFY SUA PROTOCOLS BY YEAR'S END [...] Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Eugenio del Solar at the Special Policies division of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on May 2. On May 10, Cmdr. Daniel Sarzosa of DIRECTEMAR (Directorate of Maritime Affairs, Navy branch comparable to U.S. Coast Guard) told Poloff that DIRECTEMAR had reco [...]	2006-05-12 20:53:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	KNNP MNUC PARM PREL PHSA CI
06SEOUL1246	ROKG PROTESTS PROPOSED JAPANESE SURVEYS IN [...] (C) Deputy Foreign Minister Yun Byung-se on April 14 informed the DCM that the Japanese Maritime Security Agency through its website announced its intention to conduct geological surveys beginning April 14 in a part of the East Sea (Sea of Japan) that would violate international law, ROK dome [...]	2006-04-14 12:48:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHSA PBTS KS JA
06SEOUL1271	JAPANESE EMBASSY REPORTS TOKYO TO BEGIN MAPPING [...] (C) The Japanese Embassy in Seoul informed us April 18 that Japan will begin mapping operations on April 21 in waters that both Tokyo and Seoul claim as within their Exclusive Economic Zone. Japanese Embassy First Secretary Yamamoto told poloff that if faced with physical resistance by ROK f [...]	2006-04-18 09:28:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PBTS PHSA PREL EFIS MOPS KS JA
06SEOUL1284	ROKG CONSIDERS RATIFICATION OF 2005 SUA PROTOCOLS [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-19 05:50:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	KNNP MNUC PARM PREL KTIA PHSA KS
06SEOUL1314	DFM YUN BRIEFS DCM ON ROK-JAPAN MARITIME SURVEY [...] (C) In an April 20 meeting with the DCM, ROK DFM Yun reported that earlier in the day, South Korean Foreign Minister Ban Ki-moon had told the Japanese Ambassador that (1) Japan should immediately abandon its proposed maritime survey of submarine features in waters that Tokyo and Seoul both cl [...]	2006-04-20 09:39:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PBTS PHSA PREL EFIS MOPS KS JA
06SEOUL1349	ROKG READOUT ON MARITIME RESOLUTION WITH JAPAN [...] (C) MOFAT DG for the Asian and Pacific Affairs Bureau Lee Hyuk on April 24 told POL M/C that Seoul was relieved that it managed the maritime survey dispute and prevented a worsening of the already strained relationship with Tokyo. Both sides agreed that (1) Japan would recall its ships and dr [...]	2006-04-24 10:19:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PBTS PHSA PREL EFIS MOPS KSAC JA
06SEOUL1379	PRESIDENT ROH DRAWS RED-LINE UNDER LIANCOURT ROCKS [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Only days after Seoul and Tokyo announced a diplomatic agreement to end the stand-off over the Dokdo Islets (known in Japan as "Takeshima") (REFTELS),President Roh in a strongly worded address to the nation reasserted ROK sovereignty over the islets and declared that [...]	2006-04-25 08:48:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS PHSA EFIS MOPS KS JA
06SEOUL1433	DFM YUN PROVIDES UPDATE ON LIANCOURT ROCKS ISSUE [...] (C) In an April 28 meeting with the DCM, DFM Yun Byung-se offered an update on the ROKG approach to its maritime dispute with Japan. Seoul was (1) preparing for the next round of EEZ talks with Tokyo that would be held by the end of June; (2) providing foreign diplomats with Seoul's justific [...]	2006-04-28 08:51:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PBTS PHSA PREL EFIS MOPS KS JA
06SEOUL2113	BAN AND ASO DISCUSS MISSILE LAUNCH, EEZ, FUTURE [...] (C) In a June 20 telephone conversation, Japan Foreign Minister Taro Aso and ROK Foreign Minister Ban Ki-moon shared concern over the possible DPRK missile test. Aso asserted that Japan would work with the U.S. to take a tough response in the event of a launch. Ban said that the ROK wanted t [...]	2006-06-26 09:28:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS PHSA EFIS MOPS KS JA
06SEOUL2185	ROK SURVEY VESSEL IN DISPUTED WATERS NEXT WEEK [...] (C) MOFAT DG for the Asian and Pacific Affairs Bureau Lee Hyuk on June 30 told A/DCM that the ROK planned to dispatch a research vessel on July 3 to conduct a sea stream survey, arriving possibly as soon as July 4 or 5, in waters of overlapping claims with Japan. Seoul, however, did not cons [...]	2006-06-30 10:30:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS PHSA KS JA
06SEOUL3558	PSI: ROKG NEEDS MORE TIME [...] (U) This is an action message. Please see para 10. SUMMARY ------- 2. (C) In response to reftel request, the Ambassador on October 15 raised PSI with National Security Advisor Song Min-soon. Separately, DCM also conveyed reftel points on October 16 to Park In-kook, Deputy Foreign Min [...]	2006-10-17 08:25:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	MNUC PARM PREL PHSA KNNP EWWT KS KN
06SINGAPORE142	MFA ON IRAN'S NUCLEAR PROGRAM, U.S. REGIONAL [...] (C) Summary: During a January 18 courtesy call by the Ambassador, MFA Permanent Secretary Peter Ho said Singapore shared our concern about Iran's recent actions on its nuclear program. Iran appeared impervious to outside pressure, he added. The Ambassador raised the importance of concluding a [...]	2006-01-18 09:32:00	Embassy Singapore	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD PHSA KNNP ECON SN
06SINGAPORE1935	TORRES STRAIT DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] This is an action request. See paragraph 3. 2. Econoff delivered reftel note and talking points on June 7 to Florence Lim, Ministry of Transport (MOT) Sea Transport Division Assistant Director, and Benjamin Wong, Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore International Department (Policy Di [...]	2006-06-13 07:36:00	Embassy Singapore	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EWWT PBTS PHSA PREL SENV
06SINGAPORE2854	SINGAPORE TO EXPAND STRATEGIC GOODS CONTROL LIST [...] Singapore Customs and MFA announced plans September 7 to implement an expanded strategic goods control list in January 2008 that it says will include all items covered by the Australia Group, the Nuclear Suppliers Group, the Missile Technology Control Regime, and the Wassenaar Arrangement. In [...]	2006-09-08 09:47:00	Embassy Singapore	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC MNUC PARM PGOV PHSA PREL KNNP KOMC EFIN
06SINGAPORE2900	KL MEETING ON MALACCA STRAIT: GOS URGES MEASURED [...] (SBU) Summary: MFA Southeast Asia Deputy Director Foo Chi Hsia asked to meet us September 8 to urge USG patience in pressing for maritime security at the September 18-20 conference in Kuala Lumpur. At the conference, the littoral states would present a new "cooperation mechanism" to enhance n [...]	2006-09-12 09:36:00	Embassy Singapore	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PTER EWWT PHSA KCRM MRSEC SN
06SINGAPORE3669	SINGAPORE PLAYS TOUGH ON TORRES STRAIT IN UNGA [...] (SBU) Ambassador-at-large Tommy Koh called in Ambassador Herbold to the MFA on November 22 to urge the United States to continue trying to get Australia to accept tougher language on the right of free passage contained in the UNGA draft resolution on Oceans and the law of the sea. Koh stress [...]	2006-11-22 10:17:00	Embassy Singapore	CONFIDENTIAL	AS EWWT ID MY PBTS PHSA PREL SN UNGA MRSEC
06SKOPJE1059	MACEDONIA SUPPORTS U.S. EFFORTS TO FULLY IMPLEMENT [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-04 12:11:00	Embassy Skopje	UNCLASSIFIED	KNNP PARM PREL PHSA EWWT EAIR PBTS MK
06STATE133232	U.S. SURVEY SHIP OPS NEAR SENKAKUS - USG REPLY TO [...] (C) Per post's request (ref B),following are talking points in response to a GOJ demarche in which Japan asked the United States to explain the activities of U.S. Navy survey vessel USNS Victorious on August 1 in waters north of the Senkaku islands and what interactions took place with the Ch [...]	2006-08-14 23:05:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHSA PGOV MARR CH JA
06STATE137357	U.S. SURVEY SHIP OPS NEAR SENKAKUS; USG REPLY TO [...] (C) Per post's request (ref B),following are talking points in response to a GOJ demarche in which Japan asked the United States to explain the activities of U.S. Navy survey vessel USNS Victorious on August 1 in waters north of the Senkaku islands and what interactions took place with the Ch [...]	2006-08-21 20:47:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHSA PGOV MARR CH JA
06STATE91785	SEEKING UPDATE ON PROGRESS OF JAPAN-KOREA EEZ [...] (U) This is an action message ) see para 3 for action. Background in para 2 is provided for Post's information only. ---------- Background ---------- 2. (SBU) In April, tensions between South Korea and Japan flared up when Japan announced plans to carry out a hydrographic survey in disp [...]	2006-06-06 18:44:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIS PBTS PHSA PREL JA KS
06TAIPEI2953	TAIWAN NEEDS TO COMPLY WITH WCPFC FISHING CAPACITY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. A U.S. fisheries delegation visited Taiwan August 9 to discuss Taiwan fishing fleet overcapacity, ship-boarding policy in the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission (WCPFC) and Taiwan membership in fisheries organizations. The U.S. called on Taiwan to reduce its fish [...]	2006-08-25 02:34:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIS SENV KTIA PHSA CH TW
06TALLINN1012	ESTONIA: DEMARCHE ON UNSCR 1718 DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-14 15:38:00	Embassy Tallinn	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM KNNP PREL PHSA EWWT EAIR PBTS EN
06TALLINN388	ESTONIA: SIGNATURE AND RATIFICATION OF THE 2005 [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-25 07:24:00	Embassy Tallinn	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNNP PARM PREL KTIA PHSA EWWT EN
06TEGUCIGALPA2257	FOREIGN MINISTER INTERESTED IN CONCLUDING [...] (SBU) At a meeting between Foreign Minister Milton Jimenez, the Ambassador, DCM and Polcouns on 11/27, the latter presented the Foreign Minister with the draft PSI shipboarding agreement and implementing agreement (Ref A),noting that they are based on our existing anti-narcotics shipboardin [...]	2006-12-01 21:24:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNNP MNUC PARM PHSA PREL HO
06THEHAGUE2394	NETHERLANDS: RESPONSE TO PSI LETTER ON UNSCR 1718 [...] Polmiloff discussed reftel letter with MFA Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) Senior Advisor Frank van Beuningen on November 6. Van Beuningen appreciated the letter, characterizing it as a "fruitful" effort to combine PSI and UNSCR 1718 efforts. He noted that Dutch implementation of UNS [...]	2006-11-06 16:26:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	KNNP PARM PREL PHSA EWWT EAIR PBTS NL
06THEHAGUE304	GONL RESPONSE ON MARINE BIODIVERSITY BEYOND [...] GlobalOff delivered reftel talking points on marine biological diversity to Liesbeth Lijnzaad, Deputy Director of the MFA International Law Division. Lijnzaad expressed appreciation for being informed of the USG position prior to next week's ad hoc group meeting, but indicated that the GONL s [...]	2006-02-10 06:39:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	PHSA TPHY EFIS SENV TSPL NL
06THEHAGUE311	NETHERLANDS/CARIBBEAN: MOD ON CARRIER PORT CALL [...] (U) This contains an information request for State Department (paragraph 6). 2. (C) Summary: DATT and poloffs met on January 9 with Major General Bertholee, Director of Operational Readiness, The Netherlands Defense Staff, Dutch Ministry of Defense (MOD) to discuss Caribbean Lion (CL),Part [...]	2006-02-10 14:53:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS PHSA MARR PINS SNAR NT VE XL
06THEHAGUE353	NETHERLANDS/NAVAL EXERCISES: DUTCH CABINET HAS [...] (C) This is an action/guidance request. Please see para 7. 2. (C) Summary: The Dutch cabinet is seized with the issue of proposed carrier port calls to the Netherlands Antilles and is expected to discuss it, as well as the upcoming Caribbean Lion exercise, at the February 17 cabinet meeti [...]	2006-02-16 10:45:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MOPS PHSA MARR PINS PREL SNAR XL NT VE
06THEHAGUE386	NETHERLANDS/NAVAL EXERCISES: GONL WILL APPROVE [...] (C) The MFA has informed us that the GONL would approve a formal request for a carrier visit by USS George Washington to St. Maarten in mid-April. They would also approve cruiser and destroyer visits to Curacao and Aruba. 2. (C) In a conversation February 21 with CDA, Marion Kappeyne van d [...]	2006-02-22 06:36:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MOPS PHSA MARR PINS PREL SNAR XL NT VE
06THEHAGUE894	NETHERLANDS/PSI: URGING ASSISTANCE IN SEEKING [...] (C) Polmiloff discussed reftel points with MFA Senior Advisor Frank van Beuningen on April 21. Van Beuningen, the Dutch coordinator for the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI),appreciated the points and said he would review the matter further. He noted that the Dutch have actively engag [...]	2006-04-21 15:58:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	MNUC PARM PGOV PHSA PREL KNNP NL
06TOKYO1446	DPRK FLAGS OF CONVENIENCE [...] (S) Following up on questions raised by MOFA in February 2006 (reftel),Bureau of International Security and Nonproliferation officials Anthony Ruggiero and Jae Jo met with MOFA Northeast Asia Division Director Naoki Ito in Tokyo on March 10, 2006 to deliver a non-paper on DPRK flags of conven [...]	2006-03-17 08:19:00	Embassy Tokyo	SECRET	PARM PREL MNUC KNNP EWWT PHSA KN JA
06TOKYO1617	CURTAILING USE OF NORTH KOREAN FLAG OF CONVENIENCE [...] (S) Embassy delivered points contained in reftel to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Northeast Asia Director Naoki Ito on March 23 and Ministry of Finance International Bureau Legal Office Deputy Division Chief Shunichi Fukushima on March 24, 2006. Both officials expressed appreciation to the Uni [...]	2006-03-28 08:18:00	Embassy Tokyo	SECRET	KNNP PARM PREL MNUC EWWT PHSA
06TOKYO2072	TOKYO REMAINS CALM OVER TOKDO/TAKESHIMA [...] (C) SUMMARY: At midnight on April 14, MOFA Northeast Asia Division Director Ito invited Political Officer to the Foreign Ministry to explain why Japan had notified the South Korean government that it intended to send a Maritime Safety Agency vessel to map the seabed in the area surrounding the [...]	2006-04-17 10:51:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHSA PBTS KS JA
06TOKYO2098	LIANCOURT ROCKS: JAPAN OFFERS SECRET PROPOSAL TO [...] (S) MOFA Asian and Oceanian Affairs Deputy Director General Kunio Umeda informed Political Minister Counselor Meserve on April 18 that Vice Foreign Minister Yachi had put forth a "secret proposal" to Ra Jong-il, South Korea's Ambassador to Japan. Under that proposal, the Japanese government [...]	2006-04-18 09:21:00	Embassy Tokyo	SECRET	PBTS PHSA PREL JA KS
06TOKYO2221	PATCHED UP HULL: JAPAN-ROK AGREEMENT ENDS MARITIME [...] (C) SUMMARY: On April 24, MOFA Asian and Oceanian Affairs DDG Sadoshima briefed Political Minister Counselor Meserve on the outcome of negotiations with the ROK to end the dispute that erupted over Japan's plan to conduct a bathymetric survey of a zone that lies between their contested EEZs. [...]	2006-04-24 09:18:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	EWWT PBTS PHSA PREL JA KS
06TOKYO3211	SEEKING UPDATE ON PROGRESS OF JAPAN-KOREA EEZ TALKS [...] (C) Ministry of Foreign Affairs Northeast Asia Division Deputy Director Yo Takaba responded to reftel points on June 9 by stating that the June 12-13 resumption of Japan-ROK EEZ negotiations is, in itself, a very significant development given the air of crisis that existed between the two cou [...]	2006-06-09 09:20:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIS PBTS PHSA PREL JA KS
06TOKYO3360	JAPAN INFORMED OF U.S. POSITIONS AT PSI HIGH-LEVEL [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-19 02:33:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	MNUC KNPP PARM PHSA PREL JA
06TOKYO3623	LIANCOURT ROCKS: GOJ TO RESPOND TO ROKG DISPATCH [...] (C) Charge Donovan met June 29 with MOFA Asian Affairs DG Sasae at Sasae's request. Sasae stated that: -- the ROKG has rejected Japan's proposals to establish a mechanism to allow access to dispute territorial waters; -- the ROKG would dispatch a research vessel to disputed waters on Jul [...]	2006-06-29 10:34:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EWWT PBTS PHSA KS JA
06TOKYO3707	LIANCOURT ROCKS: ROK SHOULD "PAY A COST" [...] (S) Summary: On July 3, the DCM delivered reftel A points to MOFA Asian Affairs DG Sasae, urging restraint and emphasizing that our common agenda on North Korea should not be side-tracked by the Liancourt Rocks dispute. DG Sasae said FM Aso would try this evening to call ROK FM Ban, but su [...]	2006-07-03 09:43:00	Embassy Tokyo	SECRET	EWWT PHSA PREL KS JA PBTS
06TOKYO3808	LIANCOURT ROCKS: JAPAN PROTESTS ROK SURVEY [...] (C) Japanese Vice Foreign Minister Shotaro Yachi called in ROK Ambassador Ra Jong Yil on July 5 to protest South Korea's marine survey in the Liancourt Rocks area. According to MOFA Northeast Division Deputy Director Yo Takaba, the protest included both the contested EEZ and the ROK-claimed [...]	2006-07-07 08:43:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	EWWT JA KS PHSA PREL
06TOKYO4395	JAPAN PLAYS DOWN MARINE SURVEY IN LIANCOURT ROCKS [...] (C) Asked on August 3 about press reports that Japan would soon be conducting maritime research in areas near the disputed Liancourt Rocks, MOFA Northeast Asia Division Deputy Director Yo Takaba suggested that the reports were not entirely accurate. According to Takaba, shortly after the ROK [...]	2006-08-04 08:09:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EWWT MARR PBTS PHSA KS JA
06TOKYO4723	U.S. SURVEY SHIP OPS NEAR SENKAKUS - USG REPLY [...] (C) In an August 16 meeting with MOFA China Division Principal Deputy Director Nomura, Poloff delivered points ref A concerning the activities of USNS Victorious in waters north of the Senkaku islands and her interaction with PRC vessels. 2. (C) Nomura said MOFA was "glad" to hear that Vict [...]	2006-08-18 00:42:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHSA PGOV MARR CH JA
06TOKYO4738	JAPAN STILL FORMULATING POSITION ON RECAAP [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-18 06:21:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	EWWT KCRM KTIA PBTS PHSA PREL JA
06TOKYO4889	JAPAN ASKS FOR PATIENCE ON RECAAP [...] (C) Summary. Japan is concerned that early accession by the United States to the Regional Cooperation Agreement on Combating Piracy and Armed Robbery Against Ships in Asia (ReCAAP) could dissuade other countries in the region from participating, MOFA Ocean Division Principal Deputy Director [...]	2006-08-25 08:14:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	EWWT KCRM KTIA PBTS PHSA PREL JA
06TOKYO5210	JAPAN AND KOREA REACH AGREEMENT ON JOINT RADIATION [...] (C) MOFA Asian Affairs Bureau DG Kenichiro Sasae told the DCM September 11 that following lengthy talks the week of September 4, Japan and the ROK reached a tentative ad referendum agreement to conduct a joint survey to search for possible radiation dumped by the Russians in the disputed areas [...]	2006-09-11 09:13:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS PHSA KS JA
06TOKYO6300	JAPAN: LETTER TO PSI PARTICIPANTS ON UNSCR 1718 [...] No summary [...]	2006-10-31 07:49:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KNPP PARM PHSA EWWT EAIR PBTS KN JA
06TOKYO800	PREVENTING USE OF THE DPRK AS A FLAG OF CONVENIENCE [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 4. 2. (S) While in Tokyo to participate in the Asian Senior Level Talks on Nonproliferation (ASTOP III),ISN PDAS Frank Record raised the points contained in reftel A nonpaper with MOFA Northeast Asia Division Director Naoki Ito. Ito responde [...]	2006-02-14 10:12:00	Embassy Tokyo	SECRET	PARM PREL MNUC KNNP EWWT PHSA KN JA
06TUNIS2663	PSI LETTER ON UNSCR 1718 DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2006-10-31 14:30:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM KNNP PREL PHSA EWWT EAIR PBTS TS
06VATICAN64	HOLY SEE SUPPORTS PSI [...] (C) Holy See Office Director for Disarmament Paolo Conversi noted April 7 the Vatican's support for the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) (ref a) and noted the Holy See's previous support at events such as the first anniversary meeting for the PSI in May 2004 (ref b). As he has done in [...]	2006-04-12 14:10:00	Embassy Vatican	CONFIDENTIAL	MNUC PARM PGOV PHSA PREL KNNP XX VT
06VIENTIANE404	LAO RESPONSE ON PSI INITIATIVE [...] (C) Embassy demarched the MFA's International Organizations Department on March 31 and again on May 4 regarding the PSI initiative, conveying the talking points contained in reftel. International Organizations Director Saleumsai Kommasith told us that the GoL was "closely following" discussio [...]	2006-05-04 09:32:00	Embassy Vientiane	CONFIDENTIAL	MNUC PARM PHSA PGOV PREL KNNP LA
06WELLINGTON176	NEW ZEALAND REPORTS ON DPRK FLAG OF CONVENIENCE [...] (S/REL NZ) A representative of Maritime Mutual Insurance Association NZ (MMIA) has told a New Zealand official that the company no longer insures North Korean vessels. The representative believes that the North Korean ships that had been insured by MMIA are now being insured by the South of E [...]	2006-03-05 21:45:00	Embassy Wellington	SECRET	KNNP MNUC PARM PREL EWWT PHSA KNAR NZ
06WELLINGTON361	SOUTH PACIFIC TUNA TREATY: CASE SETTLEMENT [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-10 05:24:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIS SENV PHSA NZ
06WELLINGTON699	NEW ZEALAND THOUGHTS ON UNGA FISHERIES RESOLUTION [...] (SBU) Summary: GNZ is developing its official policy on the UNGA fisheries resolution and bottom trawling but is likely to support our position. GNZ is concerned that the UNGA and Regional Fisheries Management Organization (RFMOs) mandates may clash. Working level GNZ officials will provide m [...]	2006-09-05 05:29:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIS SENV PHSA NZ
06WELLINGTON714	NZ FAVORS USG CONSULTATIONS ON RECAAP PIRACY [...] (C) PE Couns discussed GNZ views on the Regional Cooperation Agreement on Combating Piracy and Armed Robbery against ships in Asia (ReCAAP) with Michael Swain, Deputy Director of the Security Policy Division at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT). Despite reftel observation that [...]	2006-09-10 21:19:00	Embassy Wellington	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EWWT IN KCRM KTIA MY PBTS PHSA PREL SNAR UK
06WELLINGTON883	NEW ZEALAND RESPONSE LETTER TO PSI PARTICIPANTS ON UNSCR [...] Embassy delivered reftel letter from U/S Joseph to John McKinnon, Deputy Secretary at the New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade on October 30. 2. Post received a response letter from John McKinnon to Under Secretary Joseph, dated November 3. Post faxed the letter to SIPDIS [...]	2006-11-08 22:25:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM KNNP PREL PHSA EWWT EAIR PBTS NZ
06WELLINGTON929	COOK ISLANDS: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON TRADE TRACKING [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-24 06:30:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIS ETRD SENV PHSA NZ
06YEREVAN1518	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: PSI AND UNSCR 1718 [...] No summary [...]	2006-10-30 13:18:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED	KNNP PARM PREL PHSA EWWT EAIR PBTS AM
06YEREVAN1566	ARMENIAN RESPONSE TO PSI AND UNSCR 1718 DEMARCHE [...] (SBU) Deputy Foreign Minister Arman Kirakossian sent the embassy a reply to Under Secretary Joseph's letter (ref A) on PSI. Kirakossian reaffirmed Armenia's support for the PSI and the Statement of Interdiction Principles. He also commented on Armenia's record of non-proliferation cooperatio [...]	2006-11-06 07:22:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNNP PARM PREL PHSA EWWT EAIR PBTS ETTC AM
06YEREVAN531	ARMENIA: URGING SIGNATURE AND RATIFICATION OF THE [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-13 10:59:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP MNUC PARM PREL KTIA PHSA EWWT AM
06ZAGREB1414	GOC PROPOSES PSI EXERCISE [...] (U) This is an action request. See para 4. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Head of MFA's Department for International Security Sanja Bujas Juraga presented PolOff and EXBS advisor with a non-paper on November 16 describing a GoC offer to host a regional WMD-response exercise under the Prolife [...]	2006-11-28 05:57:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNNP PARM PREL PHSA EWWT PBTS HR
06ZAGREB296	CROATIA WELCOMES PSI PAPERS [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel papers on March 3 to Sanja Bujas-Juraga, Director for International Security Programs, MFA. Bujas-Juraga welcomed receiving the input prior to the Warsaw meeting and said she would review them carefully. 2. (SBU) Bujas-Juraga said that she would brief intereste [...]	2006-03-03 16:36:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KMFO MNUC PARM PGOV PHSA PREL HR
06ZAGREB538	CROATIA AGREES TO SEEK SERBIAN ENDORSEMENT OF PSI [...] (C) PolOffs delivered reftel points to Sanja Bujas-Juraga, Head of the Department for International Security, MFA on April 26. Bujas-Juraga agreed that Croatia could best approach Serbia for interest in endorsing the PSI principles. She said that she had received little traction in previous [...]	2006-04-27 11:03:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	MNUC PARM PGOV PHSA PREL KNNP HR
07ABUDHABI1809	INTERNATIONAL MARITIME ORGANIZATION - DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-31 09:07:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC EWWT PHSA UK AE
07ASTANA2957	KAZAKHSTAN SUPPORTIVE OF US INTERNATIONAL MARITIME [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-31 13:22:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC IMO EWWT PHSA KZ
07ATHENS175	TIME WARP: GREEK COUNTER-PROPOSAL ON PSI [...] (SBU) On January 24, MFA provided Embassy a proposed text for the claims provisions section of the bilateral shipboarding agreement (see para 4 below). According to Vassilios Moutsoglou of the MFA D1 Directorate for International Organizations and Non-Proliferation, this text reflects MFA dis [...]	2007-01-26 12:20:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	MNUC PARM PREL PHSA EWWT KNNP KTIA GR
07ATHENS2017	DASD DOUGLAS PUSHES FOR GREEK PSI SHIPBOARDING [...] (U) This is an action request for Department. See paragraph 8. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: During his September 30-October 5 visit to Greece as head of the U.S. delegation to the PSI Operational Experts Group (OEG) conference in Rhodes, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense Richard Douglas advocate [...]	2007-10-10 09:39:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNNP KTIA EWWT PHSA PARM PREL GR
07ATHENS2132	GREEKS EAGER TO COOPERATE ON BLACK SEA ISSUES [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a readout of the October 25 BSEC FMs' meeting, MFA participant Ambassador Metaxas said it had been a "very tough meeting," which ultimately proved a success. Greece had opposed the proposed admittance of Iran, Japan, and Cyprus as BSEC observers because of the second-class stat [...]	2007-10-30 11:58:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PARM PBTS PHSA ECON EWWT GR
07ATHENS2138	PSI: PRESIDENT OF UNION OF GREEK SHIPOWNERS SAYS [...] (U) This message contains action requests -- see paragraphs 6 and 9. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) Nikos Efthymiou, President of the Union of Greek Shipowners (UGS),told Charge Oct. 30 that the U.S. and Greece should "get on with" concluding a PSI Shipboarding Agreement now that [...]	2007-10-31 07:19:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP KTIA EWWT PHSA PARM PREL GR
07ATHENS303	PSI: SHIPOWNERS ALMOST THERE, FOCUS SHIFTS TO MFA [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a February 9 meeting with Ambassador, Union of Greek Shipowners (UGS) President Nikos Efthymiou expressed a desire to conclude a U.S./Greece shipboarding agreement as soon as possible, said the UGS had not been consulted on the latest text provided to the Embassy by the MFA (re [...]	2007-02-09 16:03:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	MNUC PARM PREL PHSA EWWT KNNP KTIA GR
07BANGKOK5834	RTG REQUESTS WRITTEN STATEMENT OF RECIPROCAL SUPPORT AT IMO [...] This is an action request (see paragraph 9). 2. (SBU) On August 27, econoff presented a demarche to Mr. Chalor Kotcharat, Deputy Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Transport, seeking Thai support for U.S. ICAO Council candidacy. Chalor expressed support for the U.S. candidacy but also asked t [...]	2007-11-16 04:09:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC ICAO IMO EAIR EWWT PHSA PREL TH
07BEIJING4898	CHARGE PROTESTS PRC INTERFERENCE WITH U.S. NAVAL [...] (C) Summary: The USNS LOYAL is a sovereign immune vessel engaged in lawful military activities in international waters and should enjoy complete freedom from interference by Chinese forces, Charge told MFA Department of Treaty and Law Director General Duan Jielong on July 25. Drawing from Ref [...]	2007-07-26 07:37:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHSA PBTS MOPS KTIA CH
07BEIJING6637	BEIJING-BASED G-5 CHIEFS OF MISSION ON BURMA, THE [...] (C) At the October 12 bi-weekly G-5 Chiefs of Mission gathering, UK Ambassador William Ehrman said that China's concerns in Burma are driven by the long common border, the 2.5 million ethnic Chinese in Burma, the 150,000 PRC citizens living there and the 3,000 Chinese companies active in the c [...]	2007-10-12 08:28:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PHSA CH FR GM JA UK BM
07BELGRADE1562	IMO DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-19 08:18:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC IMO EWWT PHSA SR
07BRASILIA2012	BRAZIL: SUPPORTIVE OF U.S. PROPOSALS COMMISSION FOR THE [...] (U) THIS CABLE IS SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED AND NOT FOR INTERNET DISTRIBUTION. REF: SECSTATE 138243 2. (SBU) SCICOUNS delivered reftel points on October 11 October to Government of Brazil (GOB) Ministry of Exterior Relations (MRE) Director for Space, Marine and Antarctic Affairs, Couns [...]	2007-10-22 09:39:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIS SENV PHSA BR
07BRUSSELS2628	EU RESPONSE REGARDING 46 AFRICAN MIGRANTS RESCUED [...] (SBU) Sandra Platt, Acting Head of Unit for Immigration and Asylum at the European Commission's Directorate General for Justice, Freedom, and Security (DG-JLS),told PRM officer that she would issue a Reseau d'Alerte, or network alert, to appropriate people within the European Commission, inclu [...]	2007-08-20 15:53:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PHUM PHSA MOPS EWWT SMIG EUN

07BRUSSELS3046	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: EU MOVING AHEAD ON PLAN FOR [...] (SBU) Per reftel instructions, USEU delivered the Black Sea Strategy demarche to Janos Herman, Principal Advisor for Regional Cooperation, DG RELEX on September 27. Herman agreed that the U.S. regional strategy complemented the EU's new "Black Sea Synergy" initiative approved by EU Foreign Mi [...]	2007-10-02 11:38:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PARM PBTS PHSA SENC ECON EWWT BU
07BUENOSAIRES2175	Argentina: Demarche on International Maritime Organization [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-05 18:14:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC IMO EWWT PHSA AR
07CAIRO3227	IOM CANDIDACY DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-08 14:23:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC EWWT PHSA EG
07CANBERRA1742	AUSTRALIA'S PARTICIPATION IN DECEMBER 12 [...] (C/NF) Gerry McGuire, Director for Counter-Proliferation, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, told poloff December 11 Australia agreed with the U.S. judgment that Jakarta's December 12 seminar on "PSI in the Framework of Maritime Security" does not meet its requirements as a venue to adv [...]	2007-12-11 02:14:00	Embassy Canberra	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PARM PREL PHSA PBTS MNUC ETTC KNNP EWWT AS ID
07COLOMBO1550	IMO COUNCIL ELECTIONS - SRI LANKA AND MALDIVES SUPPORT FOR [...] (SBU) Econoff delivered reftel demarche to Sri Lanka Ministry of Foreign Affairs Deputy Director for the United Nations and Multilateral Affairs Division, Satya Rodrigo. Rodrigo told Econoff that Sri Lanka will support the U.S. candidacy in the upcoming International Maritime Organization (IMO [...]	2007-11-15 11:43:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC EWWT PHSA PREL CE MV
07COTONOU873	BENIN WILL SUPPORT US CANDIDACY AT IMO [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-16 07:53:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL AORC IMO EWWT PHSA BN
07DHAKA1664	BANGLADESH SEEKS RE-ELECTION TO INTERNATIONAL MARITIME ORGANIZATION COUNCIL [...] Bangladesh requests U.S. support in its bid for re-election to the International Maritime Organization (IMO) Council in Category B for the 2007-2008 term. 2. At the upcoming 25th Regular Session of the IMO Assembly in London (23 November, 2007),Bangladesh will seek to be re-elected to the [...]	2007-10-18 11:08:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	PHSA PREL BG EWWT
07DHAKA713	BANGLADESH: SHIP RECYCLING - INTERNATIONAL TRADE [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-02 07:51:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	EIND PHSA SENV ETRD BG
07HANOI1876	MARITIME: GVN WILL GET BACK TO US ON IMO DEMARCHE [...] (SBU) On October 30, Econoff met with Dr. Bui Thien Thu, Deputy Director General of International Cooperation at the Ministry of Transport, to ask for the government of Vietnam's (GVN) support for re-election of the United States to the International Maritime Organization (IMO) Council in Categ [...]	2007-11-02 00:34:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC IMO EWWT PHSA UK VM
07HANOI2051	SCENESETTER FOR VISIT BY COMMANDER, UNITED STATES [...] (SBU) Admiral, your visit to Vietnam is well timed to complement the successes of recent trips by other senior civilian and military leaders and will be an important contribution to the growing U.S.-Vietnam relationship, especially in advance of Vietnam taking its seat on the UNSC next year. [...]	2007-12-07 04:04:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MASS MOPS PHSA VM
07HANOI210	COMMANDER, U.S. PACIFIC FLEET KICKSTARTS NAVAL [...] (C) During a recent visit to Hanoi and Hai Phong, Vietnam, the Commander of the U.S. Pacific Fleet, Admiral Gary Roughead, proposed a range of new initiatives intended to broaden U.S.-Vietnam naval cooperation, including cooperation in the fields of Meteorological-Oceanographic (METOC) predict [...]	2007-01-31 10:20:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS PHSA VM
07HELSINKI816	FINLAND "POSITIVE" ABOUT U.S. IMO CANDIDACY [...] (SBU) In response to the demarche on re-election of the U.S. to the IMO Council in category "A," Ann-Christine Kivela, Secretary for International Affairs at the Finnish Maritime Administration said Finland "acknowledges the United States will be seeking re-election to Category 'A' of the Coun [...]	2007-11-02 07:33:00	Embassy Helsinki	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC IMO EWWT PHSA UK FI
07HONGKONG837	HONG KONG GOVERNMENT RESPONSE TO SOUTHERN OCEANS [...] (U) SUMMARY: AmConGen Hong Kong Economic Officer and Deputy Agricultural Section Chief delivered reftel message to Dr. S.F. Leung, the Hong Kong Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department's (AFCD) Assistant Director (Fisheries),and Dr. Albert Leung, Senior Fisheries Officer at AFCD. [...]	2007-03-23 11:03:00	Consulate Hong Kong	UNCLASSIFIED	CH EFIS HK KTIA PHSA SENV
07JAKARTA2161	PSI: FOLLOW-UP WITH INDONESIA [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 4. 2. (C) Mission is in the process of following up with relevant Indonesian officials to discuss the points provided ref a on the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI). Pol/C plans to meet with Director for International Security and Disar [...]	2007-08-09 04:03:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL PHSA KTFN ETRD ID
07JAKARTA2218	REVIEW OF PROLIFERATION SECURITY INITIATIVE POINTS [...] (C) Summary: Pol/C reviewed latest points concerning the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) with key GOI maritime expert Ambassador Hasyim Djalal. Djalal underscored that further review by the GOI was necessary, elaborating that the Yudhoyono administration was concerned that an outright [...]	2007-08-14 10:04:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHSA KTFN PARM ID
07JAKARTA2295	PDAS MCNERNEY RAISES PSI WITH INDONESIA [...] (C) Visiting ISN PDAS Patricia McNerney passed reftel nonpaper on the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) to Desra Percaya, Director for International Security and Disarmament Affairs at the Department of Foreign Affairs (DEPLU),on August 14. Percaya remarked that DEPLU's thinking on PSI [...]	2007-08-22 08:51:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHSA KTFN PARM ID
07JAKARTA2893	DEFENSE COOPERATION -- INDONESIAN NAVY CHIEF [...] (U) This is an Action Request -- Please see para 7. 2. (C) SUMMARY: CDA recently discussed the proposed USG 1206 program placement of coastal radars in the Sulawesi Sea area with Hashim Jalal, an influential Indonesian expert on the Law of the Sea. Jalal explained that the top Indonesian [...]	2007-10-12 06:08:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHSA MASS MARR ID
07JAKARTA3396	PROLIFERATION SECURITY -- INDONESIA CONTINUES TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: The GOI-hosted conference on the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) on December 12 yielded a constructive exchange of views. U.S. and Australian participants felt the exchange moved forward the dialogue with the GOI. While noting--sometimes unhelpfully--familiar reservati [...]	2007-12-14 07:34:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHSA PARM PTER ID AS
07KATHMANDU1979	NEPAL: DEMARCHE DELIVERED IN SUPPORT OF U.S. [...] On November 14, Rudra Nepal, Under Secretary of UN and International Organizations at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA),informed Emboff that the Government of Nepal was still considering its vote for the International Maritime Organization (IMO) council. Emboff on November 5 had met wit [...]	2007-11-15 07:08:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC IMO EWWT PHSA UK NP
07KINGSTON1604	JAMAICA: DEMARCHE ON US CANDIDACY FOR IMO DELIVERED [...] On October 26, PolOff met with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade's Director of Multilateral Affairs, Pamela Ingelton, to deliver reftel demarche. 2. Ms. Ingleton was receptive to supporting the U.S. candidate, as Jamaica has sought U.S. support for its candidate for categor [...]	2007-10-29 17:28:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC IMO EWWT PHSA JM XL
07KINGSTON1605	JAMAICA: DEMARCHE ON US CANDIDACY FOR IMO DELIVERED [...] On October 26, PolOff met with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade's Director of Multilateral Affairs, Pamela Ingelton, to deliver reftel demarche. 2. Ms. Ingleton was receptive to supporting the U.S. candidate, as Jamaica has sought U.S. support for its candidate for categor [...]	2007-10-29 17:28:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC IMO EWWT PHSA JM XL
07KINGSTON1625	JAMAICA: LETTER TO TRANSPORTATION SECRETARY PETERS re [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-01 19:18:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC IMO EWWT PHSA UK JM XL
07KINGSTON1656	JAMAICA: REQUEST FOR SUPPORT OF JAMAICAN CANDIDATE TO IMO [...] Per Reftel B, on October 30, Embassy received a diplomatic note from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT) requesting the U.S. officially support the Jamaican candidate for Category "C" of the Council. 2. On November 5, the Embassy received a follow-up phone call from the Bilat [...]	2007-11-09 16:10:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC IMO EWWT PHSA JM XL
07KUALALUMPUR1000	MALAYSIA: PRESIDENTIAL STATEMENT ON THE UNITED [...] No summary [...]	2007-06-08 04:20:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED	KSCA KTIA PBTS PGOV PHSA SENV UNEP KPAO MY
07KYIV126	UKRAINE: BILATERAL NONPROLIFERATION WORKING GROUP [...] (U) This is an action request. See para 8. 2 (S) Summary: We delivered draft agenda contained ref A to MFA Director Belashov January 17. His specific comments on the agenda contained below in para 4. Belashov also complained that USG suspicions about possible transfer cases were often ba [...]	2007-01-19 09:03:00	Embassy Kyiv	SECRET	PARM PREL MNUC ETTC PHSA PINR CA UK PL UP
07KYIV183	UKRAINE: PROLIFERATION SECURITY INITIATIVE AND [...] (U) This is an action request. See para 9. 2. (SBU) Summary: After a year-long hiatus (refs A and B were transmitted in January 2006),a Ukrainian MFA official said Ukrainian comments on a draft PSI ship-boarding agreement might be provided by the end of January, after which the Ukrainian [...]	2007-01-25 13:24:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PARM KNNP PHSA KTIA EWWT PL UP
07KYIV3039	UKRAINE: PROLIFERATION SECURITY INITIATIVE AND [...] On December 11, we delivered ref A non-paper providing U.S. plans to sponsor a 5th anniversary Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) conference to MFA Arms Control and Military Technical Cooperation Counselor Oleksandr Bondarenko and Attache Maryna Stroga. Bondarenko opined that Deputy Fore [...]	2007-12-11 12:34:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PARM KNNP PHSA KTIA EWWT UP
07LAPAZ2933	BOLIVIA ON U.S. CANDIDACY TO IMO [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-01 19:02:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC IMO EWWT PHSA UK BL
07LIBREVILLE62	GABON AS EL DORADO [...] On January 29, 2007, 75 West African immigrants attempting to enter Gabon illegally were detained by local authorities as they disembarked from a boat. The group, which included 65 men, 9 women and one child, were nationals of Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Niger, Ghana and Burkina Faso. In an intervi [...]	2007-02-01 14:01:00	Embassy Libreville	UNCLASSIFIED	PBTS KTIP PGOV PHSA PHUM SMIG GB
07LIBREVILLE63	GABON AS EL DORADO [...] On January 29, 2007, 75 West African immigrants attempting to enter Gabon illegally were detained by local authorities as they disembarked from a boat. The group, which included 65 men, 9 women and one child, were nationals of Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Niger, Ghana and Burkina Faso. In an intervi [...]	2007-02-01 14:11:00	Embassy Libreville	UNCLASSIFIED	PBTS KTIP PGOV PHSA PHUM SMIG GB
07LIMA3577	PERU RESPONSE: INTERNATIONAL MARITIME ORGANIZATION - DEMARCHE IN SUPPORT OF U.S. CANDIDACY [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-06 21:01:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC EWWT PE PHSA
07LIMA541	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DAS DAVID BALTON [...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of Ambassador David Balton, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Oceans and Fisheries from February 26-28, 2007. The purpose of this trip is to attend and deliver the keynote address to the Humane Society International Conference [...]	2007-02-23 16:24:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA SENV EFIS PHSA ASEC PE
07LIMA545	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DEPUTY ASSISTANT MARA M. BURR [...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of Mara Burr, Deputy Assistant United States Trade Representative for Environment and Natural Resources Office of the United States Trade Representative from February 25-28, 2007. The purpose of this trip is to attend the Humane So [...]	2007-02-23 17:39:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA SENV EFIS PHSA ASEC PE
07LISBON46	PSI: URGING BRAZILIAN PARTICIPATION [...] (C) Emboff notified MFA Director for Security and Disarmament Joao Corte-Real about the U.S. interest in including Brazil in the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) community by engaging in a direct dialog through our Embassy in Brasilia. Portugal would welcome Brazil's inclusion, accordi [...]	2007-01-05 15:51:00	Embassy Lisbon	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	KNNP MNUC PARM EWWT PHSA PO
07LJUBLJANA687	INTERNATIONAL MARITIME ORGANIZATION - DEMARCHE IN [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-30 15:13:00	Embassy Ljubljana	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC EWWT PHSA IMO SI
07LONDON314	INTERNATIONAL MARITIME ORGANIZATION (IMO): [...] SUMMARY: The Maritime Safety Committee (MSC) of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) held its 82nd session at the Polat Renaissance Istanbul Hotel in Istanbul, Turkey from 29 Nov ? 8 Dec 2006. The meeting was chaired by MSC vice chairman Mr. N. Ferrar (Philippines) as the Acting Ch [...]	2007-01-25 15:18:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC IMO UK EWWT PHSA SENV KTIA ASEC ORTA
07LONDON317	INTERNATIONAL MARITIME ORGANIZATION (IMO): [...] SUMMARY: The International Maritime Organization (IMO) met at Central Hall Westminster in London, UK from 06-09 November 2006, to hold the ninety-seventh session of the Council (C97) chaired by Mr. Johann Franson (Sweden). Topics of significant interest included: Condolences for the recent pa [...]	2007-01-25 16:18:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHSA EWWT ECPS MOPS AORC IMO KTIA
07LONDON894	INTERNATIONAL MARITIME ORGANIZATION (IMO): REPORT OF THE [...] SUMMARY: The combined annual meeting for both the 1972 London Convention on the Prevention of Marine Pollution by Dumping of Wastes and Other Matter (the 'London Convention') and the 1996 Protocol to the London Convention (the 'London Protocol') took place in London, October 30 to November 3, [...]	2007-03-07 17:45:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED	IMO PHSA SENV AORC ASEC UK
07LUANDA475	GULF OF GUINEA COMMISSION OPENS ITS OFFICE IN [...] (C) Summary: Embassy Luanda Charge visited the Gulf of Guinea Commission,s new headquarters in Luanda and met with Secretary General Carlos Gomes and staff to welcome Gomes to SIPDIS Luanda and convey USG willingness to cooperate with the Commission. Having only recently taken possession o [...]	2007-05-15 12:47:00	Embassy Luanda	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR PHSA AO
07MADRID1001	MFA DEMARCHES ON ODYSSEY'S NEW SHIPWRECK FIND [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 5. 2. (SBU) Summary. A recent discovery by Odyssey Marine Exploration company of an unidentified shipwreck, currently referred to as the "Black Swan", has created some controversy in the Spanish press and in GoS days before the local elections. [...]	2007-05-24 17:01:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON SP PREL EWWT SCUL PHSA
07MADRID1155	SPAIN ON PRESIDENTIAL STATEMENT ON LAW OF THE SEA [...] No summary [...]	2007-06-12 10:58:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	SP ID KSCA KTIA MY PBTS PGOV PHSA SENV UNEP
07MADRID1275	BRITISH AMBASSADOR TALKS ABOUT ODYSSEY [...] (C) In a June 26 courtesy call, newly arrived British Ambassador to Spain Denise Holt (strictly protect) told the Ambassador that tensions with Spain over Odyssey were continuing to pose an unnecessary threat on the two countries' bilateral relationship. Holt stated for the record that the Br [...]	2007-06-28 15:26:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON SP PREL EWWT SCUL PHSA PBTS
07MADRID1281	BRITISH AMBASSADOR TALKS ABOUT ODYSSEY [...] (C) In a June 26 courtesy call, newly arrived British Ambassador to Spain Denise Holt (strictly protect) told the Ambassador that tensions with Spain over Odyssey were continuing to pose an unnecessary threat on the two countries' bilateral relationship. Holt stated for the record that the Br [...]	2007-06-28 16:35:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON SP PREL EWWT SCUL PHSA PBTS
07MADRID1285	WHEN WILL ODYSSEY SHIPS SAIL OUT? [...] (C) Odyssey Marine Exploration representatives Marie Rogers and Ali Nasser requested a meeting with EconOff June 26 to informally update the Embassy on the American company's plans to sail out from Gibraltar. Despite assurances that the Spanish would indeed attempt to execute the warrant against Od [...]	2007-07-02 07:10:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON SP PREL EWWT SCUL PHSA PBTS
07MADRID1331	SPANISH POLDIR ON KOSOVO, HIZBALLAH, YEMEN, [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a July 5 meeting on a separate issue, Spanish MFA Political Director Rafael Dezcallar and the DCM discussed key bilateral issues going forward. Dezcallar said that a crucial priority in coming months should be avoiding a unilateral declaration of independence by Kosovo. [...]	2007-07-06 14:29:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PHSA PBTS EWWT SP LE YM VE YI
07MADRID1670	ODYSSEY UPDATE: AMBASSADOR DELIVERS ODYSSEY [...] (C) Summary. On August 29, the Ambassador delivered reftel A dipnote to Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos, who promised to provide a subsequent diplomatic note incorporating the necessary information and assurances. Post's DHS-ICE Attache, who already has in hand the import documentatio [...]	2007-08-31 14:08:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EWWT PBTS PHSA SCUL SP CA
07MADRID1722	ODYSSEY UPDATE: DHS DELIVERS CUSTOMS INFORMATION [...] (SBU) On September 6, DHS-ICE Attache delivered the Odyssey Customs import documents to Director of Aduanas Nicolas Bonilla, as requested by GOS via the Customs Mutual Assistance Agreement (CMAA) on July 24. The DHS-ICE Attache advised Bonilla that the information was confidential and to be u [...]	2007-09-07 10:49:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL EWWT PBTS PHSA SCUL SP CA
07MADRID1723	ODYSSEY UPDATE: DHS DELIVERS CUSTOMS INFORMATION [...] (SBU) On September 6, DHS-ICE Attache delivered the Odyssey Customs import documents to Director of Aduanas Nicolas Bonilla, as requested by GOS via the Customs Mutual Assistance Agreement (CMAA) on July 24. The DHS-ICE Attache advised Bonilla that the information was confidential and to be u [...]	2007-09-07 10:49:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL EWWT PBTS PHSA SCUL SP CA
07MADRID1952	SPANISH DEMARCHES ON ODYSSEY ONCE AGAIN [...] (SBU) On October 9, Foreign Ministry Deputy Director for North American Affairs Fernando Prieto presented a nonpaper to desk officer Elaine Samson and EconOff reinforcing the GOS' desire to obtain broader access to the Odyssey import documents into the U.S. and requesting that the U.S. conduct [...]	2007-10-10 12:06:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	PBTS PHSA SCUL SP UK
07MADRID1977	SPAIN DETAINS ODYSSEY EXPLORER IN DISPUTED [...] (C) The Bahamian-flagged Odyssey Explorer sailed out of Gibraltar at 9:38 am local time the morning of October 16 and was immediately approached by the Spanish Navy and the Guardia Civil approximately 3.5 nautical miles south of Gibraltar in disputed waters. The Spanish authorities detained t [...]	2007-10-16 17:59:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PBTS PHSA SCUL SP UK CA ECON
07MADRID2048	DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO SPAIN IN SUPPORT OF U.S. [...] EconOff relayed reftel demarche on October 29 to Juan Luis Munoz de Laborde, MFA's Deputy Director for Economic Multilateral Relations. EconOff asked that Spain support the U.S. candidacy for Category A membership to the International Maritime Organization (IMO) council. Munoz de Laborde exp [...]	2007-10-30 10:22:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC IMO EWWT PHSA UK
07MADRID75	SPAIN ON URGING BRAZILIAN PSI PARTICIPATION [...] No summary [...]	2007-01-12 18:35:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	MNUC PARM KNNP EWWT PHSA BR PO SP
07MANAMA987	BAHRAIN UNDECIDED ON IMO VOTE [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-30 14:50:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC IMO EWWT PHSA UK BA
07MANILA3615	PHILIPPINE VIEWS ON M/V GOLDEN NORI PIRACY [...] (S) As relayed to Department via ref B telcon, poloff on November 2 delivered to the Department of Foreign Affairs reftel C points regarding the actions of U.S. naval vessels that responded to the Panamanian tanker M/V Golden Nori's call for assistance off the coast of Somalia. The DFA was u [...]	2007-11-07 08:38:00	Embassy Manila	SECRET	EWWT IMO KCRM PBTS PGOV PHSA PM PREL RP SO
07MONROVIA1293	LIBERIA: REHABILITATING A TROUBLED BUT PROPITIOUS MARITIME [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Liberian maritime sector has a unique and vibrant past, but years of war and neglect have taken a toll on the fishing industry (ref A),the port (ref B),and overall maritime control and security inside Liberia's Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ). Although Liberia's U.S.-based [...]	2007-10-29 10:58:00	Embassy Monrovia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EWWT EFIS PHSA SENV LI
07MONROVIA610	SHIP "STOLEN" FROM LIBERIAN WATERS NOT AN [...] (SBU) Summary: On May 11, unknown assailants "stole" the Saint Vincent-flagged M/V "Tahoma Reefer" from its anchorage in Liberian waters and proceeded to tow the vessel towards the Ivory Coast. United Nations Police (UNPOL) and the Liberian National Police (LNP) arrested two individuals (one o [...]	2007-05-23 09:56:00	Embassy Monrovia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EWWT LI PGOV PHSA
07MOSCOW4725	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: RUSSIA SEES INCREASED U.S. [...] (SBU) We delivered reftel demarche to Black Sea Economic Cooperation Division Second Secretary Aleksandar Fedorinov on September 26. He told us that Russia sees the Black Sea Economic Forum as the best way to increase multilateral cooperation in the region, noting that some of its working gr [...]	2007-09-26 14:03:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PARM PBTS PHSA SENC ECON EWWT BU
07NASSAU455	ATTORNEY GENERAL OPENS WINDOW OF OPPORTUNITY FOR [...] (U) This is an action message. Please see paragraph 4. 2. (SBU) During his farewell call on Attorney General Allyson Maynard Gibson on April 4, Ambassador Rood reiterated his interest in seeing the U.S. and The Bahamas conclude a Proliferation Security Initiative agreement (PSI) -- a poin [...]	2007-04-11 22:20:00	Embassy Nassau	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MNUC PARM PGOV PHSA PREL KNMP BF
07NEWDELHI3227	EXCESSIVE AIRSPACE CLAIM DEMARCHE - INDIA [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-13 12:06:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAIR KREC MARR MOPS PHSA BM IN
07NEWDELHI5098	TORRES STRAITS PILOTAGE DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO GOI [...] (U) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to MEA Director (United Nations Political) Aveg Agarwal on November 26. He had no substantive comment at this time and offered to reply after consulting within the Ministry. MULFORD [...]	2007-11-27 06:47:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	PHSA PBTS EWWT PREL KTIA SENV AS IN
07OSLO468	DEMARCHE ON SHIP RECYCLING DELIVERED TO NORWAY [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-04 10:05:00	Embassy Oslo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EIND PHSA SENV ETRD NO
07OTTAWA133	CANADA KEEN TO PARTICIPATE IN U.S.-UKRAINE [...] (C) Responding to reftel, on December 24 Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Global Partnership Program Director General Troy Lulashnyk told us that Canada would be pleased to participate in any non-proliferation discussions with the Ukrainians that the U.S. thinks a [...]	2007-01-25 17:05:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM EWWT CW PHSA EAID PINR UP UK PL CA
07OTTAWA883	SHIP RECYCLING DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO CANADA [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-11 14:11:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	EIND PHSA SENV ETRD
07PANAMA1739	SOMOLIA PIRACY: PANAMA "PREPARED TO ASSUME CASE" [...] (U) This is an action request; see para 5. ------- Summary ------- 2. (C) "Panama is prepared to assume the case" to prosecute the alleged pirates who have seized the GOLDEN NORI off the coast of Somalia, Public Ministry Secretary for International Affairs Greta Marchovsky told POLC [...]	2007-11-04 22:25:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM KCSY PHSA PBTS PGOV PREL EWWT UN UNSC
07PANAMA1782	PANAMA SUPPORTS U.S. IMO COUNCIL REELECTION [...] (U) On November 19, 2007, Post received a letter from the Panamanian Maritime Authority AMP) stating that it will support the re-election of the U.S. to the International Maritime Organization as a Category A member. The AMP letter stated that such voting instructions have been transmitted. [...]	2007-11-20 16:25:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED	EWWT IMO PHSA PM
07PANAMA1797	GOP REQUEST USG SUPPORT FOR REELECTION TO IMO [...] (U) On November 20, 2007, Post received a diplomatic note from the GOP's Ministry of Foreign Relations, dated November 16, 2007, requesting USG support and vote for Panama's re-election as a Category A member to the International Maritime Organization's Council. On November 19, 2007, the GO [...]	2007-11-21 17:46:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED	EWWT IMO PHSA PM
07PRAGUE1189	CZECHS SUPPORT U.S. CANDIDACY FOR INTERNATIONAL [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-01 06:57:00	Embassy Prague	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC IMO EWWT PHSA EZ
07PRETORIA3914	IMO - U.S. CANDIDACY - AND EASWIO MARITIME [...] Transportation Officer transmitted Ref A demarche in support of U.S. candidacy to the International Maritime Organization (IMO) Council to SAG Multilateral International Department of Transportation Deputy Director Dumisani Mthembu on October 30. He promised to provide a response "in due cou [...]	2007-11-08 14:08:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC IMO EWWT MARR PREL PHSA SF UK
07QUITO1680	CORREA LEGALIZES "INCIDENTAL" SHARK FISHING [...] (SBU) Summary: On July 20 President Rafael Correa signed a declaration legalizing the sale, transport and export of shark "caught incidentally in the catch of other fish." Political observers have called the move an effort to shore up votes from coastal fishermen in the upcoming September el [...]	2007-07-27 14:36:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	SENV EFIS PHSA PGOV UNESCO EC
07QUITO1779	ECUADOR ARRESTS U.S. CITIZEN ENVIRONMENTALIST FORCOMBATING [...] (U) Summary: On August 4 Ecuadorian immigration police arrested U.S. citizen Sean O'Hearn, Country Director of the environmentalist group Sea Shepherd, revoked his visa and issued an order for his immediate deportation. O'Hearn was charged with "crimes against Ecuadorian sovereignty" for his [...]	2007-08-07 19:25:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	SENV EFIS CASC PHSA PGOV
07RABAT1677	MOROCCAN RESPONSE - U.S. IMO CANDIDACY [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-31 13:09:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC EWWT PHSA MO
07RANGOON1089	DEMARCHES ON PIRACY DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-05 10:54:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM KCSY PHSA PBTS PGOV PREL EWWT UN UNSC
07RANGOON505	EXCESSIVE AIRSPACE DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] Charge a.i conveyed reftel talking points to Kyaw Zeya, Deputy Director of MFA Consular and Legal Affairs Department, on May 30. Kyaw Zeya stressed that he did not have any direct knowledge of the November 22 airspace incident and that it did not reflect any change in Burmese policy. He surm [...]	2007-05-30 10:35:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR KREC MARR MOPS PHSA BM IN
07ROME1787	ITALY ACCEPTS 46 AFRICAN MIGRANTS RESCUED AT SEA [...] (SBU) On August 20 Embassy Rome made an urgent request per Secstate 116313 for assistance with the 46 African migrants, rescued at sea by the U.S. Navy August 19 in international waters 60 nautical miles off the coast of Libya. The GOI decided late August 20 to take custody of the migrants, [...]	2007-08-21 16:26:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EWWT MOPS PHSA PHUM PREF SMIG LY TS IS MT
07SANJOSE1934	COSTA RICA POSITIVE BUT NONCOMMITAL ON U.S. [...] On October 31, we delivered reftel request to support the U.S. candidacy for re-election to category "A" of the International Maritime Organization to Montserrat Vargas of the MFA. Vargas told us that although the GOCR could not commit to supporting the U.S. candidacy yet, she indicated that [...]	2007-10-31 22:55:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC IMO EWWT PHSA UK CS
07SANSALVADOR50	EL SALVADOR RESPONSE TO U/S JOSEPH LETTER [...] (U) On December 28, 2006 post received the following dipnote in response to reftel A. 2. (SBU) Begin Text (unofficial translation): Mr. Under-Secretary: With great interest we received your message which makes reference to the role that the countries that participate in the Prolifer [...]	2007-01-11 21:10:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNNP PARM PREL PHSA EWWT EAIR PBTS ES
07SANTODOMINGO2547	DEMARCHE ON U.S. CANDIDACY FOR IMO DELIVERED [...] POLOFF delivered Reftel talking points on the U.S. candidacy for the International Maritime Organization to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Ambassador Pedro Blandino, Assistant Secretary for International Organizations, took our views on board but had no immediate reply. We will report any [...]	2007-11-09 19:06:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL AORC IMO EWWT PHSA UK DR
07SEOUL3266	ROK WILLING TO PROSECUTE PIRATES, SEEKS [...] (C) In response to reftel demarche and non-paper, Park In-kook, Deputy Foreign Minister for International Organizations and Global Issues, agreed on the need for stronger multilateral enforcement mechanisms against piracy. In a November 6 meeting with the DCM, Park asked in particular about th [...]	2007-11-06 06:26:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM KCSY PHSA PTER PREL EWWT UN UNSC IMO PM
07SHANGHAI637	SHANGHAI GOVERNMENT PROMISES TO PUBLISH ALL DRAFT LAWS FOR [...] (C) Summary: In a September 19 lunch discussion, Shanghai Municipal People's Congress officials confirmed news reports that the Shanghai Government will publish all of its draft laws on the Internet for public comment and hold public hearings on drafts that it considered affected people's dail [...]	2007-09-27 10:38:00	Consulate Shanghai	CONFIDENTIAL	PHSA PHUM KJUS SOCI ETRD CH
07SINGAPORE1612	GOS LETTER TO DHS REGARDING NEW CARGO SCANNING LEGISLATION [...] (U) Transportation Minister Raymond Lim recently sent the letter in paragraph 2 to Secretary Chertoff highlighting Singapore's concerns about our new cargo scanning legislation. Per State 119837, we will report other local reactions septel. 2. (SBU) Begin text of letter: MINISTER FOR T [...]	2007-08-31 00:20:00	Embassy Singapore	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PTER PHSA ETRD EWWT SN
07SINGAPORE249	SINGAPORE HOSTS FIRST-EVER ARF EXERCISE [...] (U) SUMMARY: Singapore hosted a multilateral Maritime Security Shore Exercise (SHOREX) January 22-23 -- the first exercise conducted under the auspices of the ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF). The exercise appeared to fulfill its goals of building capacity and demonstrating the advantages of close [...]	2007-02-06 09:51:00	Embassy Singapore	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHSA EWWT MARR ASEAN SN MY ID
07SOFIA1181	DEMARCHE ON BLACK SEA STRAGEGY [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-02 13:28:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PARM PBTS PHSA SENC ECON EWWT BU
07SOFIA1223	BULGARIA REQUESTS US SUPPORT FOR ITS CANDIDACY FOR [...] Post received on October 10, 2007 a Diplomatic Note Dated October, 8, 2007 from the Bulgarian Ministry of Foreign Affairs requesting the U. S. Government's support for Bulgaria's candidacy for the Council of the International Maritime Organization (IMO),in Category C, at the elections to be h [...]	2007-10-12 13:16:00	Embassy Sofia	UNCLASSIFIED	OPDC PHSA PREL TSPL BU
07SOFIA1295	BULGARIA SUPPORTS US CANDIDACY TO THE [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-08 10:12:00	Embassy Sofia	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC IMO EWWT PHSA UK BU
07SOFIA187	BULGARIA SEEKS US VOTE FOR INTERNATIONAL MARITIME [...] Post received a Diplomatic Note from the Bulgarian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, notifying the U.S. government, that Bulgaria will seek a seat in the Council of the International Maritime Organization (IMO). The IMO Council will be holding elections at their assembly scheduled to take place in [...]	2007-02-13 13:48:00	Embassy Sofia	UNCLASSIFIED	OPDC PHSA PREL TSPL BU
07STATE167346	SOMALIA - INSTRUCTIONS FOR DECEMBER 17 DEBATE [...] This is an action cable. Please see paragraph 2. 2. USUN is requested to draw from the following points for the December 17 debate on Somalia Begin text: -- We thank UN Special Representative of the Secretary-General Ahmedou Ould-Abdallah for his insightful SIPDIS briefing this a [...]	2007-12-14 23:46:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	UNSC PREL PHUM PHSA EWWT XA XW SO
07SUVA169	KIRIBATI NEW FLAG OF CONVENIENCE SHIP REGISTRY; [...] (C) Ship owners looking for a flag of convenience can now hoist the colors of the tiny Pacific island nation of Kiribati, which amended its maritime shipping act in June 2006 to allow creation of a foreign ship registry. Singapore-based Sovereign Ventures Limited is the agent, as it is for Tuv [...]	2007-03-18 21:30:00	Embassy Suva	CONFIDENTIAL	EWWT PHSA KR SN
07SUVA427	KIRIBATI UPDATE: [...] (C) Kiribati President Tong, Vice President Onorio, and five other Ministers were re-elected to Parliament in a first round of elections on Aug. 22. A second round of run-off races takes place today. Once Parliament is in place, it will select three or four MPs to run for President in Octobe [...]	2007-08-29 19:27:00	Embassy Suva	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EFIS SENV PHSA KCRM KWMN ELAB EAID
07TAIPEI46	BROKEN OIL TANKER FOULS TAIWAN EAST COAST [...] (U) SUMMARY. On December 24, the 23,000 ton Maltese registry oil tanker Tzini lost power and ran aground on the coast of Eastern Taiwan, spewing about 130 tons of fuel oil and polluting fisheries areas along with a 9 km stretch of coast south of the port of Suao. The Taiwan Coast Guard (CG) [...]	2007-01-08 08:36:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	SENV EPET PHSA TW
07TALLINN712	IMO: ESTONIA SUPPORTING U.S. CANDIDACY [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-02 10:56:00	Embassy Tallinn	UNCLASSIFIED	IMO EWWT PHSA UK AORC EN
07TBILISI2501	GEORGIA: DEMARCHE ON BLACK SEA STRATEGY [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-05 11:11:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PARM PBTS PHSA SENC ECON EWWT GG
07TELAVIV2522	EMBASSY TEL AVIV CONTACTS GOI TO REQUEST URGENT [...] (SBU) DCM Luis Moreno conveyed reftel request for assistance to Alon Ushpiz, head of the Foreign Ministry's Bureau of Coordination. (Ushpiz is equivalent of Deputy Director General to Foreign Ministry Director General Aaron Abramovich.) Following internal GOI discussion, Ushpiz informed DCM [...]	2007-08-21 04:27:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PHUM PHSA MOPS EWWT SMIG LY TS IS IT
07THEHAGUE1727	Dutch seek U.S. cooperation on marine conservation [...] Summary: During a recent meeting, an Agriculture Ministry official responsible for Law of the Sea issues inquired about U.S. position on three marine resources issues: cooperation on Regional Fish Management Organizations (RFMOs),genetic research on the high seas, and a third agreement under [...]	2007-09-19 14:28:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIS SENV FWS INPFC NFMS PHSA NL
07TOKYO978	EAP/MLS DIRECTOR SCOT MARCIEL,S FEBRUARY 27 [...] (C) Summary: Japan is still studying the question of how best to increase collaboration with the United States on assistance to Southeast Asia, MOFA First Country Assistance Planning Division Director Maeda told EAP/Office of Maritime Southeast Asia Director Marciel, on February 27. Establish [...]	2007-03-07 22:45:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PHSA PREL CH ID RP PO AS JA
07ULAANBAATAR109	List of Mongolian Registered Ships [...] Mongolia's Ministry of Roads, Transportation and Tourism (MRTT) has provided post with a list of 283 "active ships" currently registered under the Mongolian flag. Ministry officials define "active" as those vessels operating on a regular, long-term basis with a normal or permanent registration [...]	2007-02-20 02:59:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED	EWWT PHSA PINR PREL ETRD MG
07USUNNEWYORK1044	COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST GRANTED TO ATTEND UNGA [...] In response to Reftel, USUN grants country clearance for Constance Arvis and Kenli Schaaf to attend the UNGA Oceans Omnibus Negotiation to be held at the United Nations headquarters on November 26 - 30. 2. USUN POC is James Donovan at 212-415-4300. Khalilzad [...]	2007-11-19 20:35:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA UNGA PHSA
07USUNNEWYORK1224	UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY ADOPTS OCEANS AND FISHERIES [...] (U) SUMMARY: The General Assembly adopted without a vote the draft resolution on Sustainable Fisheries (A/62/L.24) on December 18 and the draft resolution on Oceans and the Law of the Sea (A/62/L.27) with a vote (146-2-3) on December 22. The majority of delegations emphasized the significance [...]	2007-12-28 20:07:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	UNGA PHSA PREL PREF PREM
07USUNNEWYORK829	COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR US DELEGATION TO [...] In response to reftel, USUN grants country clearance for the five (5) individuals listed in para 2 below to attend the 62nd informal consultations on the UNGA sustainable fisheries resolution to be held at the United Nations headquarters October 8-11 and November 11-22. 2. Begin list: [...]	2007-10-08 19:21:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA PHSA EFIS
07VIENNA2709	INTERNATIONAL MARITIME ORGANIZATION: AUSTRIA SUPPORTS U.S. [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-30 09:47:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC IMO EWWT PHSA UK AU
07VILNIUS792	LITHUANIA LIKELY TO SUPPORT U.S. CANDIDACY FOR [...] (C) On October 30 we met with Dr. Irena Skardziuviene, Head of the MFA's UN and Council of Europe Division and on October 31 we saw the Ministry of Transport's Director of the Water Transport Department, Juozas Darulis and Deputy, Livita Kretkovskiene to discuss reftel. Skardziuviene said the [...]	2007-11-02 15:43:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC EWWT PHSA LH

07ZAGREB1017	CROATIA WILL SUPPORT U.S. FOR IMO COUNCIL [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-19 08:23:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC IMO EWWT PHSA UK HR
07ZAGREB721	PROPOSED 2008 PSI EXERCISE UPDATE [...] THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. Please see para 5. 2. Head of MFA's Department for International Security Sanja Bujas-Juraga advised PolOff July 16 that the GOC's National Commission for Non-Proliferation of WMD has accepted the GOC's proposal to host a Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) e [...]	2007-07-30 15:18:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM MNUC PGOV PHSA PREL KNNP HR
08ABUDHABI1371	PIRACY CONCERNS NOTED TO UAEG [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-01 11:05:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PBTS PHSA MOPS AE
08ABUDHABI1405	DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON PIRACY CONTACT GROUP [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-14 15:21:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PBTS PHSA MOPS AE
08ABUDHABI1419	MBZ OFFERS COUNTER PIRACY SUPPORT [...] (S) On December 14, Abu Dhabi Crown Prince (and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces) Mohammed bin Zayed (MbZ) discussed regional naval issues with OSD Assistant Secretary for International Security Affairs Mary Beth Long in Abu Dhabi. MbZ said the UAE wanted to assist in the figh [...]	2008-12-18 08:03:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET	PTER PBTS PHSA MOPS AE
08ABUDHABI1439	UAE REACTION TO PIRACY CONTACT GROUP [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-22 12:23:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PBTS PHSA MOPS AE
08ABUJA1494	BAKASSI: NIGERIAN FEDERAL COURT ISSUES INJUNCTION [...] (C) SUMMARY: On July 31, a Federal Court in Abuja issued an injunction to postpone the August 14 scheduled handover to Cameroon of the disputed Bakassi Peninsula, pending resolution of a suit to stop the transfer or compensate residents. Senator Jubril Aminu (strictly protect),Chair of the Se [...]	2008-08-01 14:57:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS PHSA PGOV NI CM
08ABUJA1543	NIGERIA: GON BALANCING BAKASSI HANDOVER, COURT [...] (C) On July 31, a Federal High Court in Abuja issued an injunction to postpone the August 14 scheduled handover to Cameroon of the disputed Bakassi Peninsula, pending resolution of a suit to stop the transfer or compensate residents. Poloff spoke on August 4 to Special Advisor to the Presiden [...]	2008-08-05 16:34:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PBTS PHSA NI CM
08ABUJA1549	NIGERIAN MFA SAYS BAKASSI HANDOVER PROCEEDING AS [...] (C) On August 6, A/DCM spoke with Amb. Chike Anigbo, MFA African Affairs Department Director (A/S equivalent) to discuss whether the handover of the Bakassi peninsula to Cameroon might be delayed by the court case against the handover recently filed by Bakassi residents (see ref A). Anigbo ins [...]	2008-08-06 16:21:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PBTS PHSA ASEC CM NI
08ABUJA1626	BAKASSI HANDOVER [...] (SBU) Embassy Abuja has no problem with the proposed statement in para 8 of reftel. 2. (C) We are, however, concerned that attempting to build a public diplomacy campaign around the Bakassi handover might be seen by the GON as less than helpful, and strengthen the view among some Nigerians [...]	2008-08-13 16:13:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PBTS PHSA KPAO NI CM
08ABUJA1632	NIGERIA-CAMEROON: BAKASSI HANDOVER PROCEEDS [...] (C) Summary: The transfer of authority over the Bakassi Peninsula happened as scheduled on August 14. GON Attorney General (AG) Michael Aondoakaa headed the Nigerian delegation, and GRC Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Justice Ahmadu Ali led that of Cameroon. The ceremony took place in [...]	2008-08-15 06:26:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PBTS PHSA NI CM
08ABUJA1636	NIGERIA: PRESS COVERAGE FOLLOWING AUG 14 BAKASSI [...] (SBU) In the first day following Nigeria's handover of the disputed Bakassi peninsula to Cameroon, press coverage was considerably less than the days preceding the handover and the rhetoric was noticeably reduced. Articles instead focused predominantly on reporting the details of the handover [...]	2008-08-15 13:01:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PBTS PHSA NI CM
08ABUJA2131	NIGERIA TO EXTEND EXCLUSIVE ECONOMIC ZONE, NO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: According to October 10 press reports, President Yar'Adua has ordered the National Boundary Commission (NBC) to "ensure the extension of Nigeria's continental shelf beyond the present 200 nautical mile limit." The GON believes this move will not/not upset relations with Nigeria [...]	2008-10-29 15:08:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PBTS EPET EFIS EMIN PHSA PGOV PREL GH CM TP
08ABUJA837	NIGERIA: PSI ENDORSEMENT DEMARCHE RE-DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-07 16:18:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	MNUC PARM PGOV PHSA PREL KNNP NI
08AMMAN1991	GLOBAL MARITIME PARTNERSHIP - JORDAN DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-06 09:30:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EWWT ECON PHSA PINS PREL SMIG ASEC JO
08AMMAN295	JORDAN TO ATTEND FEBRUARY 7 PSI OUTREACH EVENT IN [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel demarche on January 28 to Khalid Takhayneh from the Foreign Ministry's International Organizations Department. Takhayneh said he received last week the UK's invitation to the February 7 Proliferation Security Initiative meeting in London, and that his office had [...]	2008-01-28 15:24:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	PHSA PARM PREL KNNP ZR JO
08AMMAN3370	JORDAN TO CONSIDER ANTI-PIRACY EFFORTS [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-23 14:05:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET	PREL MOPS PTER PBTS PHSA JO
08ATHENS1028	SOMALI PIRACY: GREEK SUPPORT FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-18 15:42:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	EWWT KCRM KCRS KJUS PHSA PREL SOCI XA XW GR
08ATHENS1667	GREECE TO JOIN PIRACY CONTACT GROUP [...] (C) Summary and Comment: Greece is willing to increase its already active role in international efforts to combat piracy off the Horn of Africa. Greece informed us December 12 that it would become a founding member of our proposed contact group on piracy, and recommended that the UN urge all s [...]	2008-12-12 12:58:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PBTS PHSA PTER UNSC EUN SO GR
08ATHENS1717	GREECE/PIRACY: GREECE WILL ATTEND CONTACT GROUP [...] (SBU) A/Political Counselor delivered reftel invitation and points on December 22 on the inaugural meeting of the Contact Group on Somali Piracy (CGSP) to Dimitrios Papandreou, Counselor for Non-proliferation and Security in the MFA's D1 (IO equivalent) Department. Papandreou immediately con [...]	2008-12-23 15:57:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EWWT KCRM MOPS PBTS PHSA PTER GR
08ATHENS764	PSI: GREEK SHIPBOARDING AGREEMENT NOT DEAD [...] (C) Although Greek Ambassador to Washington Mallias told USG officials and the press that the proposed PSI bilateral shipboarding agreement was "dead," following Greece's departure from the PSI 5th anniversary meetings in Washington due to the seating of Macedonia as the "Republic of Macedoni [...]	2008-06-03 15:22:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP KTIA EWWT PHSA PARM PREL GR
08BANDARSERIBEGAWAN101	BRUNEI: URGING PSI ENDORSEMENT PRIOR TO MAY [...] (U) Per reftel B, Ambassador met with Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT) Permanent Secretary Datin Maimunah to urge formal Government of Brunei (GOB) endorsement of the Proliferation Security Initiative Statement of Interdiction Principles (SOP) prior to the May 28-29 PSI Fifth Anniv [...]	2008-03-25 07:58:00	Embassy Bandar Seri Begawan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MNUC PARM PHSA PREL KNNP XE XD XO XT BX
08BANDARSERIBEGAWAN179	BRUNEI BRIEFED ON GLOBAL MARITIME PARTNERSHIPS [...] (SBU) Charge delivered reftel briefing on May 29 to Malai HjH Halimah, Director of the Political II Department (U.S. and non-ASEAN member countries) at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MoFAT) and Florence Chong, Assistant Director for International Organizations at MoFAT and point of [...]	2008-06-09 00:28:00	Embassy Bandar Seri Begawan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EWWT EAID ECIN ECON EFIS MARR MASS MCAP MOPS PHSA
08BANGKOK1733	Thai Port of Laem Chabang and GMP [...] This is an action request (see paragraph 4). 2. In discussing reftel talking points with Thai maritime stakeholders, the idea for a joint maritime security best-practices seminar between the Thai Port of Laem Chabang and the Port of Singapore was raised in the context of the Global Maritime [...]	2008-06-06 06:40:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	EWWT EAID ECIN ECON EFIS MARR MASS MCAP MOPS PHSA
08BANJUL193	THE GAMBIA: GLOBAL MARITIME PARTNERSHIP RESPONSE [...] Post did not receive a substantive response to its demarche on the Global Maritime Partnership. However, Post notes that the Gambian government might be responsive to future collaborations following the successful installation of the Maritime Security and Safety Information System (MSSIS) in [...]	2008-06-17 09:40:00	Embassy Banjul	UNCLASSIFIED	EWWT EAID ECON EFIS MARR MCAP MOPS PHSA PINS SMIG
08BEIJING1203	VISITING STAFFDEL MEETS NORINCO OFFICIALS [...] (C) NORINCO Vice President He Xiaodong told Senate Foreign Relations Committee staff members Frank Januzzi and Puneet Talwar that NORINCO can serve as an educator and lobbyist on the subject of export control compliance. VP He said NORINCO unilaterally stopped exporting "explosives" to Syria a [...]	2008-03-31 08:27:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	MNUC PARM PHSA PREL CH IR SY
08BEIJING1656	PRC TOLD TO REFRAIN FROM INTERFERING WITH U.S. [...] (S) Summary: The continued harassment of U.S. vessels conducting lawful activities in China's Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) is "provocative and potentially dangerous," the Charge told MFA Treaty and Law Department Director General Duan Jielong on April 28. Duan called the surveys "very close" [...]	2008-04-29 07:32:00	Embassy Beijing	SECRET	PREL KTIA MOPS PBTS PHSA CH
08BEIJING1734	UNSC RESOLUTION ON SOMALI PIRACY [...] (C) PolOff on May 6 conveyed to MFA reftel points explaining the basis for the draft UN Security Council resolution on piracy off the coast of Somalia. MFA International Organizations and Conferences Department UN Division Deputy Director Sun Xiaobo said China agrees in principle to a UNSC re [...]	2008-05-07 03:03:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PHSA EWWT KCRM UNSC SO CH
08BEIJING1930	UNSC RESOLUTION ON SOMALI PIRACY [...] (C) PolOff on May 6 conveyed to MFA reftel points explaining the basis for the draft UN Security Council resolution on piracy off the coast of Somalia. MFA International Organizations and Conferences Department UN Division Deputy Director Sun Xiaobo said China agrees in principle to a UNSC re [...]	2008-05-19 08:55:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PHSA EWWT KCRM UNSC SO CH
08BEIJING2305	U.S.-CHINA SECURITY DIALOGUE: MEETING WITH DEPUTY [...] (C) In a June 5 meeting at the Ministry of National Defense with Acting Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security Affairs John Rood, PRC Deputy Chief of the General Staff Department Lieutenant General Ma Xiaotian summarized the People's Liberation Army's major arms c [...]	2008-06-12 10:48:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PARM MNUC KTIA MOPS PBTS PHSA CH
08BEIJING3499	MFA: PRC HISTORICAL CLAIMS TO SOUTH CHINA SEA NOT [...] (C) Summary: According to a MFA Treaty and Law Department official, China's territorial claims in the South China Sea outlined on PRC maps by the nine-segment dotted line (called "Cow's Tongue" or "Nine Dashes") do not contradict the 1982 UN Convention on Law of the Sea (UNCLOS). As a "reflec [...]	2008-09-09 09:50:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PBTS PHSA PREL PGOV ECON CH TW XC
08BEIJING355	VIETNAM DPM MAKES NO PROGRESS ON SOUTH CHINA SEA [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-31 10:22:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PBTS PHSA PREL PGOV ECON CH VM
08BEIJING4254	CHINA WARNED ON HARASSMENT OF U.S. NAVY VESSELS [...] (C) PolOff and Naval Attache delivered ref A demarche and nonpaper warning China to cease harassment of U.S. Navy vessels in China's EEZ to MFA Treaty and Law Department Oceans and Law of the Sea Division Director Yang Li on November 18. 2. (C) Yang responded that China "cannot accept the b [...]	2008-11-18 10:53:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHSA PBTS MOPS KTIA CH
08BEIJING4373	CHINA ON ENHANCING EFFORTS TO COMBAT PIRACY [...] (C) PolOff on December 1 conveyed to MFA reftel points on deepening cooperation on countering piracy in the Horn of Africa region. International Organizations and Conferences Department UN Division Deputy Director Sun Xiaobo said that China has been a victim of piracy in the Horn of Africa re [...]	2008-12-01 10:00:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PBTS PHSA PTER CH
08BEIJING4520	CHINA NEEDS TIME TO STUDY HORN OF AFRICA PIRACY [...] (C) PolOff on December 11 conveyed to MFA International Organizations and Conferences Department United Nations Division Deputy Director Shen Bo ref A points inviting China's participation as a founding member in a new Contact Group (CG) on piracy off the Horn of Africa. Shen recalled that In [...]	2008-12-12 07:18:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PBTS PHSA PTER CH
08BEIJING4553	CHINA ON ENHANCING EFFORTS TO COMBAT PIRACY [...] (C) PolOff and Naval Attache on December 16 discussed the possibility of China sending a PLA naval vessel off the Horn of Africa to combat piracy with PLA Academy of Military Science Department of Strategic Studies Senior Fellow and Senior Colonel Chen Zhou and PLA National Defense University [...]	2008-12-16 09:20:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PBTS PHSA PTER CH
08BEIJING4624	MFA ON PLANNED PRC NAVAL DEPLOYMENT TO COMBAT GULF [...] (C) Summary: China intends to deploy two destroyers and a support vessel to the Gulf of Aden and waters off the Somali coast to combat piracy, MFA North American Affairs Department Deputy Director General Zheng Zeguang informed the DCM on December 21. The ships plan to sail from China Decembe [...]	2008-12-22 08:03:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EWWT KCRM MOPS PBTS PHSA PTER CH
08BEIJING4669	CHINA: INVITATIONS TO SOMALI PIRACY CONTACT GROUP [...] (C) PolOff on December 22 conveyed to MFA International Organizations and Conferences Department United Nations Division Deputy Director Shen Bo ref A invitation to the January 13-14 meeting of the Contact Group on Somali Piracy. PolOff on December 23 delivered the ref B invitation to a pre-me [...]	2008-12-24 07:50:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	EWWT KCRM MOPS PBTS PHSA PTER CH
08BEIJING924	MFA MAINTAINS CLAIMS TO SOUTH CHINA SEA; URGES [...] (C) Summary: China continues to explain its claims in the South China Sea (SCS),including the nine-segment dotted line that traces out its jurisdiction over islands and waters in the SCS and overlaps with territorial and economic exclusion zone claims of five other countries and Taiwan, throu [...]	2008-03-13 09:15:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PBTS PHSA PREL PGOV ECON CH TW XC
08BEIRUT953	LEBANON: ARMY MAKES HUMANITARIAN DEMINING A [...] (C) Summary. Charge and Office of Defense Cooperation Chief visited three Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) sites on 30 June, including the Lebanese Mine Action Center (LMAC),the LAF Engineer Regiment, and the Mine Detecting Dog unit. The purpose of these visits was to publicly demonstrate the scope [...]	2008-07-01 12:26:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	LE MARR MAS MCAP MOPS PGOV PHSA PM
08BELMOPAN254	BELIZE RESPONSE TO GLOBAL MARITIME PARTNERSHIPS [...] On May 19, Poloff met with Ayesha Borland of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to discuss reftel concerning Global Maritime Partnerships (GMP). 2. Ms. Borland stated that Belize, as a sea-bordering nation, would have an interest in and could certainly benefit from an organization that promo [...]	2008-05-20 17:41:00	Embassy Belmopan	UNCLASSIFIED	EWWT EAID ECIN ECON EFIS MARR MASS MCAP MOPS PHSA
08BELMOPAN423	BELIZE RESPONSE: HIJACKING OF BELIZE-FLAGGED CARGO [...] (S) Poloff delivered reftel demarche September 27 to Mr. Oliver del Cid, Deputy Coordinator of the National Security Council Secretariat, Ministry of National Security. Mr. del Cid stated that IMMARBE, the International Merchant Marine Registry of Belize, was concerned about the welfare of t [...]	2008-09-27 21:17:00	Embassy Belmopan	SECRET	EWWT MOPS PREL PHSA XA SO RS LG UP BH
08BELMOPAN424	BELIZE RESPONSE: HIJACKING OF BELIZE-FLAGGED [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-29 16:05:00	Embassy Belmopan	SECRET	EWWT MOPS PREL PHSA XA SO RS LG UP BH
08BELMOPAN438	BELIZE REQUEST FOR ASSISTANCE ON M/V FAINA [...] (SBU) Post received an e-mail message from Oliver del Cid, Deputy Coordinator of the National Security Council of Belize on Monday October 13, 2008. The email includes correspondence from the Belizean ship registry office and from TOMEX, the ship's agent. The text of the forwarded messages is [...]	2008-10-14 20:50:00	Embassy Belmopan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EWWT MOPS PREL PHSA BH
08BERLIN1597	GERMANY STICKING TO UNSCR 1816 BUT OPEN TO [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel to MFA Deputy Division Head of ESDP Jens Beikuefner, ESDP Desk Officer Stefan Roessel, and UN Policy Desk Officer Dirk Stockhausen on November 28. Although contacts strongly opposed a technical resolution delaying UNSCR 1816 for two weeks, they supported extending [...]	2008-11-28 15:37:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PBTS PHSA PTER
08BERLIN1665	GERMANY SUPPORTS CONTACT GROUP, BUT WARY OF ANY [...] (C) SUMMARY. While welcoming the establishment of the Contact Group as a useful way to improve coordination in counter-piracy efforts, MFA officials voiced concerns about the U.S. desire for the new proposed UNSC resolution to address the need to pursue pirates ashore. They pointed out that t [...]	2008-12-12 15:11:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PBTS PHSA PREL PTER GM
08BOGOTA1716	POST REITERATES PSI ENDORSEMENT REQUEST AND [...] On May 7, post delivered all points in reftel to Vice Minister for Multilateral Affairs Adriana Mejia-Hernandez and Acting MFA Director for U.S. and Canadian Affairs Claudia Cuevas. Cuevas thanked us for the information and said the GOC is still reviewing the request. Post will continue to f [...]	2008-05-09 20:35:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	MNUC PARM PGOV PHSA PREL KNNP CO
08BOGOTA2902	COLOMBIA INSTITUTES TUNA MORATORIUM; PLEDGES NEW [...] (U) On July 22 the Instituto Colombiano Agropecuario (ICA),Colombia's lead agency for fishing-related issues, published resolution 002557 creating a moratorium-period on tuna fishing from July 22 to December 31. Luisa Maldonado, the marine biologist who drafted the resolution, told Econoff [...]	2008-08-06 21:30:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIS PHSA SENV CO
08BOGOTA3005	COLOMBIA REVIEWS INTER-AMERICAN TROPICAL TUNA [...] (SBU) On August 14 EconCouns delivered demarche (ref B) concerning Colombia's obstreperous participation at the June meeting of the Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission (IATTC) to Maria Andrea Alban, Director of Economic, Social and Environmental Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA). [...]	2008-08-15 13:23:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EFIS PHSA SENV CO
08BOGOTA3146	EUROPEANS BLAST COLOMBIAN INTER-AMERICAN TROPICAL [...] (C) Gonzalo Fournier, Political and Economic Counselor for the European Commission to Colombia (EC),told Econoff that the EC, Spain, and France collectively delivered a formal demarche to the GOC condemning Colombia's behavior at the June meeting of the Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commissi [...]	2008-08-26 22:06:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIS PHSA SENV CO
08BOGOTA3892	COLOMBIA RETOOLS ITS IATTC POLICY, BUT GOC [...] (SBU) Summary. On October 23 MFA Director of Economic, Social and Environmental Affairs, Maria Andrea Alban, told EconCouns that the GOC has been meeting to revise its posture before the Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission (IATTC) in an effort to avoid the embarrassment caused in Panama ( [...]	2008-10-24 21:43:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIS PHSA SENV CO
08BRIDGETOWN310	UNSC RESOLUTION ON SOMALI PIRACY DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] Per reftel instructions, demarches on the UNSC Resolution on Somali Piracy were delivered to Foreign Ministers by fax under cover of Diplomatic Notes (Antigua and Barbuda #0455, Barbados #0456, Dominica #0457, St. Christopher and Nevis #0458, St. Lucia #0459, St. Vincent and the Grenadines #04 [...]	2008-05-09 14:40:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM PHSA EWWT KCRM UNSC SO XL
08BRUSSELS1065	BELGIUM: SUPPORT FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF UNSCR 1816 [...] (U) Belgian MFA officials told econoff Belgium supports efforts to protect shipping from piracy off the Somali coast. The officials consider UNSCR 1816 a good resolution and hope useful action results in the next six months and/or the time period will be extended. They noted that France and S [...]	2008-07-15 09:39:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EWWT KCRM KCRS KJUS PHSA PREL SO BE
08BRUSSELS1745	EU PREPARING FOR PIRACY MISSION, NO PLAN FOR [...] (C//NF) Summary: The EU expects to launch its first naval operation by mid-December, when it will begin counter-piracy operations off the Horn of Africa. The operation, dubbed Atalanta, will be commanded from an Operational Headquarters at Northwood, UK, with a Force Headquarters afloat. The [...]	2008-11-17 14:05:00	USEU Brussels	SECRET	EAID EUN EWWT PHSA PREF PREL XA XO XW ZP
08BRUSSELS1878	EU INTERESTED IN PIRACY CONTACT GROUP PARTICIPATION [...] (SBU) On December 12, USEU delivered reftel points on U.S. plans for a new, stronger UN Security Council Resolution on Horn of Africa piracy, to include the formation of a Contact Group, to Didier Lenoir, Head of the Operations and Exercises Unit in the EU Council Secretariat's DG E VIII. Leno [...]	2008-12-12 15:24:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MOPS PBTS PHSA PTER EUN
08BRUSSELS1891	BELGIUM: DEMARCHE REQUEST ON UNSC SOMALIA PIRACY [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-15 14:44:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM PREL PHUM PHSA EWWT SO BE
08BRUSSELS1937	EU LAUNCHES ANTI-PIRACY OPERATION DESPITE [...] (C//NF) Summary: The EU has launched its counter-piracy operation ATALANTA and has begun escorts off the coast of Somalia. USEU contacts suggest the force will comprise four to five ships on station throughout the year, plus three maritime patrol aircraft and supply ship support. While ten [...]	2008-12-22 06:20:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS PBTS PHSA PTER XA XW SO EUN
08BUCHAREST430	ROMANIA: GLOBAL MARITIME PARTNERSHIPS DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-02 09:00:00	Embassy Bucharest	UNCLASSIFIED	EWWT EAID ECIN ECON EFIS ETRD ENRG PHSA PINS
08BUENOSAIRES812	ARGENTINA: GLOBAL MARITIME PARTNERSHIPS (GMP) [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-13 12:52:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	EWWT EAID ECIN ECON EFIS MARR MASS MCAP MOPS PHSA
08CAIRO2505	EGYPT SUPPORTIVE OF UNSC RESOLUTION AND CONTACT [...] (C) Polmincouns on December 15 delivered demarche to Egyptian MFA Ambassador Abdelhameed Marzouk on the UNSC resolution and formation of a contact group (CG) to address piracy in the Horn of Africa (reftel). Marzouk already was aware of the resolution and the CG idea because he led the Egyptia [...]	2008-12-15 15:30:00	Embassy Cairo	SECRET	MOPS PBTS PHSA PTER KCRM EWWT EG
08CAIRO610	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: URGING PSI ENDORSEMENT PRIOR [...] (C) We delivered ref A demarche March 27 to MFA Counselor for Arms Control and Disarmament Omar Amr Youssef and passed non-paper points. Youssef said he would pass the message to other concerned GOE agencies, but cautioned us "not to be optimistic" that Egypt would be able to endorse PSI withi [...]	2008-03-27 16:54:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	MNUC PARM PHSA PREL KNNP XI EG
08CANBERRA1073	TORRES STRAIT: LATEST LETTER DELIVERED [...] (C/NF) Australia should be able to accept the key elements of reftel letter, according to Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade International Legal Division Assistant Secretary Adam McCarthy. Stressing that he could only give a very preliminary response based on his initial reading of the l [...]	2008-10-24 06:28:00	Embassy Canberra	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	AS EWWT PHSA PREL
08CANBERRA1080	AUSTRALIA ON INDONESIAN STRAIT OF MALACCA PILOTAGE SCHEME [...] (C/NF) Australia has not been approached recently by Indonesia about either Australia,s Torres Strait Mandatory Pilotage Regime or Indonesia,s reported proposal to introduce a mandatory pilotage regime in the Strait of Malacca. Australia strongly opposes the Indonesian proposal, which it bel [...]	2008-10-27 06:54:00	Embassy Canberra	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	AS EWWT PHSA PREL
08CANBERRA1232	AUSTRALIA RESPONDS TO COUNTER-PIRACY EFFORTS [...] (C/NF) Australia cannot offer an immediate response to USG inquiries on counter-piracy efforts according to Jon Richardson, Director, Africa Section, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Richardson advised that contributions of Australian Defence assets is tied to pending decisions on the [...]	2008-12-08 03:34:00	Embassy Canberra	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	MOPS PBTS PHSA PTER AS
08CANBERRA1298	NO ANTI-PIRACY CONTACT GROUP DECISION UNTIL 2009 [...] (SBU) On December 19, Lee Kerr, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT),United Nations and Commonwealth Section, told poloff that the GOA will not make a decision on either participation in a Contact Group or on any request for resources to combat Somali piracy until early 2009. DFAT [...]	2008-12-19 05:51:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED	MOPS PBTS PHSA PTER AS
08CANBERRA1299	TORRES STRAIT: AUSTRALIAN RESPONSE ON NON-PAPER [...] (C/NF) Australia can accept reftel draft paper with one change, according to DFAT International Legal Division Assistant Secretary Adam McCarthy. Econcouns delivered reftel to McCarthy and several of his staff December 19. Recognizing that this was a U.S. draft designed to lay out our views, [...]	2008-12-19 05:58:00	Embassy Canberra	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EWWT PHSA PREL AS
08CANBERRA1308	AUSTRALIAN RESPONSE - CONTACT GROUP ON SOMALI [...] (U) We delivered the USG invitation to the Contact Group on Somali Piracy (CGSP) meeting in January to Lee Kerr, Director, UN and Commonwealth Section, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT). She will forward the invitation, CGSP objectives, and meeting details to senior DFAT officials [...]	2008-12-22 06:17:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED	MOPS PBTS PHSA PTER AS
08CANBERRA277	URGING PSI ENDORSEMENT BY KEY ASIAN STATES: [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-20 05:46:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED	MNUC PARM PHSA PREL KNNP AS
08CANBERRA773	TORRES STRAIT PILOTAGE REGIME [...] (C/NF) Econcouns met July 29 with Adam McCarthy, Assistant Secretary of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) International Legal Division to deliver ref A letter and paper. McCarthy, joined by two of his staff, thanked the United States for the response and stressed Australia's [...]	2008-07-31 09:03:00	Embassy Canberra	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	AS EWWT KTIA PHSA PREL SENV
08CANBERRA892	IMSO ASSEMBLY: AUSTRALIA WILL NOT ATTEND [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-10 02:43:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECPS EWWT PBTS PHSA PREL KSCA AS
08CANBERRA995	TORRES STRAIT: AUSTRALIAN LETTER [...] (C/NF) Summary: After interagency consultations about changes to the Torres Strait Pilotage regime discussed in Washington in early August (reftel),the Australian Government is willing to move forward and seeks a more formal statement from the United States in order to bring modification to [...]	2008-09-30 06:59:00	Embassy Canberra	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	SENV PREL PHSA PBTS EWWT KTIA AS
08CONAKRY257	GUINEA: GLOBAL MARITIME PARTNERSHIP STATUS [...] (U) Reftel requests that post solicit host country support for the Global Maritime Partnership (GMP). Guinea is fully engaged in the partnership and Embassy's Defense Attache Office is coordinating implementation of the GMP with the Guinean Government. Post will continue to work with the Govern [...]	2008-06-02 11:18:00	Embassy Conakry	UNCLASSIFIED	EWWT EAID ECON EFIS MARR MCAP MOPS PHSA PINS SMIG
08COPENHAGEN321	DEPUTY SECRETARY'S PARTICIPATION AT ARCTIC OCEAN [...] (SBU) Summary: Deputy Secretary Negroponte led the U.S. delegation to the Arctic Ocean Conference hosted by the Kingdom of Denmark and Greenland Home Rule Government in Ilulissat, Greenland May 27-29. In closed discussions during the conference and at a concluding press conference, all part [...]	2008-06-06 10:53:00	Embassy Copenhagen	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SENV OVIP PBTS PHSA KGHG ENRG ETRD
08COPENHAGEN335	DEPUTY SECRETARY'S PARTICIPATION AT ARCTIC OCEAN [...] (SBU) Summary: Deputy Secretary Negroponte led the U.S. delegation to the Arctic Ocean Conference hosted by the Kingdom of Denmark and Greenland Home Rule Government in Ilulissat, Greenland May 27-29. In closed discussions during the conference and at a concluding press conference, all part [...]	2008-06-11 11:13:00	Embassy Copenhagen	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SENV OVIP PBTS PHSA KGHG ENRG ETRD
08DARESSALAAM852	TANZANIA A STAKEHOLDER IN UNSC SOMALIA PIRACY [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-18 12:32:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM PREL PHUM PHSA EWWT TZ SO
08DJIBOUTI1032	DJIBOUTI: SENATOR FEINGOLD DISCUSSES REGION, [...] (C) SUMMARY. During a December 18-21 CODEL in Djibouti, Senator Feingold discussed Djibouti, Somalia, and regional concerns with top GODJ and Somalia officials. In meetings with President Guelleh, Foreign Minister Youssouf, and members of Djibouti's civil society, the Senator focused on the s [...]	2008-12-23 12:47:00	Embassy Djibouti	CONFIDENTIAL	OREP PGOV PREL PHSA PTER PHUM EAID ECON KCOR
08DJIBOUTI393	DJIBOUTI FM CONCERNED ABOUT APPARENT ERITREAN [...] (S) SUMMARY. Djiboutian Foreign Minister Mahmoud Ali Youssouf plans to travel to Asmara to protest Eritrea's ongoing construction of an apparent naval facility at Ras Doumeira, along the strategic Bab al Mandab strait. Imagery from the Djibouti President's April 22 visit to Ras Doumeira show [...]	2008-04-23 14:20:00	Embassy Djibouti	SECRET	PREL MOPS PBTS PHSA DJ ER XW
08DJIBOUTI412	DJIBOUTI-ERITREA: ACTING DEFENSE CHIEF REPORTS ON [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY. Djibouti's Acting Chief of Defense, MG Zakaria Cheikh Ibrahim, reports that an April 24 meeting with the Eritrean military resulted in an agreement to establish a buffer zone (along disputed territory in Ras Doumeira),but that such a zone had not been implemented. However, M [...]	2008-04-28 14:00:00	Embassy Djibouti	SECRET	PREL MOPS PBTS PHSA ER DJ
08DJIBOUTI424	DJIBOUTI SEEKS MULTILATERAL SUPPORT ON ERITREAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Djibouti's Foreign Minister called in Ambassadors today to say that the GODJ is now seeking an international fact-finding mission to visit the Djibouti-Eritrean border at Ras Doumeira (adjacent to the strategic Bab-al-Mandeb strait),assess the situation, and assist Eritrea and Dj [...]	2008-04-30 12:49:00	Embassy Djibouti	SECRET	PREL MOPS PBTS PHSA UN DJ ER AU
08DJIBOUTI428	DJIBOUTI PUBLICLY ANNOUNCES ERITREAN BORDER INCURSION [...] Embassy received via diplomatic note April 30 from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs a statement and chronology of events regarding the Djibouti/Eritrean border dispute (reftels). 2. BEGIN EMBASSY TRANSLATION: The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation presents its compl [...]	2008-04-30 15:39:00	Embassy Djibouti	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KPAO MOPS PBTS PHSA ET ER DJ
08DJIBOUTI432	DJIBOUTI FOREIGN MINISTER REITERATES CALL FOR [...] (S/REL FR/RS/UK) SUMMARY: Ambassador met with the Djiboutian Foreign Minister, and French, Belgian, Norwegian, Russian and British Ambassadors May 4 to discuss the Djibouti-Eritrean border issue at Ras Doumeira (reftels). Following Djibouti's public call on April 30 (refs A, C) for internation [...]	2008-05-05 16:32:00	Embassy Djibouti	SECRET	PREL MOPS PBTS PHSA DJ ER AU UN
08DJIBOUTI449	DJIBOUTI-ERITREA: FRANCE CAUTIOUS ABOUT U.N. ACTION [...] (C) SUMMARY. Bound by mutual defense treaties to defend Djibouti, and with over 3,000 troops stationed in the country, France seeks to deQe rising tensions between Djibouti and Eritrea through diplomatic means, including the possible dispatch of a special envoy. According to France's Ambassa [...]	2008-05-12 17:45:00	Embassy Djibouti	SECRET	PREL MOPS PBTS PHSA DJ ER SO UN
08DJIBOUTI472	DJIBOUTI REPORTS ERITREAN "ULTIMATUM" TO REMOVE [...] (S) SUMMARY. Djibouti's Foreign Minister Mahamoud Ali Youssouf reports that Eritrean military officials have given Djibouti an "ultimatum" demanding the withdrawal of Djiboutian troops from Doumeira Island, claimed by Djibouti. Djibouti recently deployed troops on the island following Eritrea [...]	2008-05-20 17:01:00	Embassy Djibouti	SECRET	PREL MOPS PBTS PHSA DJ ER UN SO FR
08DJIBOUTI482	DJIBOUTI-ERITREA: U.S. OFFICERS VISIT RAS DOUMEIRA [...] (S) SUMMARY. A May 27 visit to the disputed Djibouti-Eritrea border at Ras Doumeira found opposing troops only meters apart in some areas. Eritrean forces are reportedly armed with RPGs and heavy machine guns, and are continuing to construct fortifications on Ras Doumeira. Approximately 20 E [...]	2008-05-27 14:51:00	Embassy Djibouti	SECRET	PREL MOPS PBTS PHSA
08DJIBOUTI513	SUBJECT: ONE SHOT FIRED ON DJIBOUTI-ERITREA BORDER [...] (C) ON JUNE 9, CDA MET BRIEFLY WITH FRENCH AMBASSADOR TO DJIBOUTI DECHERF TO DISCUSS THE FRENCH POSITION ON THE DJIBOUTI-ERITREA BORDER. DECHERF STATED THAT FRANCE HAD BEEN IN CONTACT WITH THE ERITREANS TO REMIND THEM, IF THEY NEEDED REMINDING, THAT FRANCE HAD A TREATY OBLIGATION TO PROTECT [...]	2008-06-11 07:58:00	Embassy Djibouti	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS MOPS PHSA ER AU DJ
08DJIBOUTI518	DJIBOUTI: FONMIN APPRECIATIVE [...] (C) Chargee attended the Russian National Day celebration June 11 and spoke with numerous diplomats, all of whom seemed unaware that anything more serious than two dead in a Djiboutian skirmish with the Eritrean military at the border had occurred. 2. (C) Upon return to the Embassy, CDA cal [...]	2008-06-12 14:12:00	Embassy Djibouti	SECRET	PREL PBTS MOPS PHSA ER AU DJ
08DJIBOUTI519	FRENCH AMB TO DJIBOUTI ON RECENT EVENTS [...] (C) CDA met with French Ambassador to Djibouti Phillipe Decherf on June 12 to discuss the French response to fighting in the northeast of Djibouti between the Eritrean and Djiboutian militaries. The Ambassador said the Djiboutians had approached his government, requesting various kinds of m [...]	2008-06-12 15:33:00	Embassy Djibouti	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS MOPS PHSA AU ER DJ
08DJIBOUTI531	DJIBOUTI: FRENCH REPORT CALM ON BORDER [...] (C) CDA stopped by to see French Ambassador Dominique Decherf the afternoon of June 18 en route to the Maritime Safety and Security Conference being sponsored by CJTF-HOA. While discussing the mostly non-credible rumors floating around the capital, the Ambassador received a call from Brigadier [...]	2008-06-18 15:06:00	Embassy Djibouti	SECRET	PREL PBTS MOPS PHSA AU ER DJ
08DJIBOUTI602	DJIBOUTI ON SOMALI PIRACY AND IMPLEMENTATION OF UNCSR 1816 [...] (SBU) PolOff delivered reftel points to Djibouti Ministry of Foreign Affairs Deputy Director of Bilateral Affairs Youssouf Aden Moussa on July 17. 2. (SBU) Moussa reemphasized Djibouti's vital national interest in combating piracy off the Somali coast, especially to protect the security and [...]	2008-07-17 10:23:00	Embassy Djibouti	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EWWT KCRM KCRS KJUS PHSA PREL PGOV SO DJ
08DJIBOUTI924	DP WORLD CEO BULLISH ON DJIBOUTI INVESTMENTS [...] (U) SUMMARY. In a recent meeting with the Ambassador, Dubai Ports World (DP World) CEO Mohammad Sharaf outlined DP World's growing investments in Djibouti and throughout the region. Sharaf said that the multimillion-dollar Doraleh Port project was on track to receive its first ships in Decem [...]	2008-11-20 11:54:00	Embassy Djibouti	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV EWWT PHSA PREL KCOR DJ XA
08DJIBOUTI947	ESDP TO USE DJIBOUTI TO SUPPORT COUNTER-PIRACY OPS [...] (C) Summary: The EU's counter-piracy "Operation Atalanta" includes plans to base in Djibouti a small staff element, three surveillance aircraft, and a naval commando contingent, plus use Djibouti's fuel port to resupply participating naval vessels. The French (as EU President) have approach [...]	2008-11-25 14:45:00	Embassy Djibouti	CONFIDENTIAL	DJ EU EWWT MOPS PHSA PREL SO
08DJIBOUTI950	SOMALIA - DJIBOUTIAN FOREIGN MINISTER ON [...] (C) SUMMARY. In response to demarche (ref A),Foreign Minister Mahmoud Ali Youssouf left open the possibility of Djibouti accepting apprehended Somali pirates ("persons under control" or PUCS) for prosecution in national courts, but said he and his staff would need to study the 1988 Convention [...]	2008-11-25 15:37:00	Embassy Djibouti	CONFIDENTIAL	EWWT MOPS PHSA PREL XA XW SO DJ
08DJIBOUTI957	DEMARCHE: ENHANCING EFFORTS TO COMBAT PIRACY - [...] (C) Per Ref A, Ambassador has raised USG talking points on combating Somali piracy with key Government of Djibouti principals, including Foreign Minister Mahmoud Ali Youssouf, Presidential National Security Advisor Hassan Said Khaireh, and Minister for Islamic Affairs Hamoud Abdi Sultan (whose [...]	2008-12-01 14:57:00	Embassy Djibouti	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PBTS PHSA PTER DJ SO KPKO
08DJIBOUTI998	DJIBOUTI: RESPONSE TO PIRACY CONTACT GROUP DEMARCHE [...] (C) Summary: On Dec. 13, Ambassador delivered to Djiboutian Foreign Minister Mahmoud Youssouf Ref A demarche on U.S. objectives for the Dec. 16 UNSC Ministerial on Piracy and proposal to form a Contact Group. Youssouf said he had already been informed of the Ministerial by PermRep Roble Olha [...]	2008-12-14 08:16:00	Embassy Djibouti	CONFIDENTIAL	DJ MOPS PBTS PHSA PTER SO
08DUBLIN263	IRELAND'S VIEW OF UNSC RESOLUTION ON SOMALI PIRACY [...] (C) POLOFF delivered reftel demarche on May 8, 2008 to Pat Kelly ,Acting Director, Africa Division, Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA). Kelly stated that Ireland was concerned about piracy off the coast of Somalia, and that the Irish Government agreed in principle that international coordin [...]	2008-05-12 11:10:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM PREL PHUM PHSA EWWT UNSC EI
08GRENADA72	GLOBAL MARITIME PARTNERSHIPS (GMP) DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] Embassy Grenada delivered demarche contained reftel to Grenada's Ministry of Foreign Affairs on May 13, 2008. There was no immediate reaction. 2. Post will report any response as soon as it is received. MCISAAC [...]	2008-05-14 04:38:00	Embassy Grenada	UNCLASSIFIED	EWWT EAID ECIN ECON EFIS MARR MASS MOPS PHSA
08GUATEMALA590	GUATEMALA: DEMARCHE ON UNSC RESOLUTION ON SOMALI [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-07 22:40:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM PHSA EWWT KCRM UNSC SO XW GT
08HALIFAX25	SEAL HUNT PROTESTS: THE ANNUAL CONTROVERSY AND ARRESTS [...] Summary: Animal rights activist Paul Watson has seen Canadian authorities tow his vessel the "Farley Mowat" into Sydney, Nova Scotia and his two key officers arrested in connection with his traditional battle to stop Canada's seal hunt. End Summary. 2. The annual seal hunt off Canada's e [...]	2008-04-14 20:01:00	Consulate Halifax	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHSA EFIS SENV CASC
08HALIFAX50	TRIAL DATE SET FOR SEA SHEPHERD SEAL HUNT PROTESTORS [...] SUMMARY: Two officers of a Dutch-registered vessel, owned and operated by the U.S.-based Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, will be back in Canada in April 2009 to face trial over their involvement in a marine protest against Canada's east coast seal hunt. END SUMMARY. 2. Court officials [...]	2008-07-10 19:26:00	Consulate Halifax	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIS PHSA PREL CASC CA
08HANOI1359	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: UNSC SOMALIA PIRACY RESOLUTION [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-15 09:35:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL UNSC PGOV PHSA KCRM SO XA XW VM

08HANOI1363	VIETNAM UNDECIDED ON SOMALI PIRACY RESOLUTION, [...] (C) While not completely satisfied with the current UNSC Resolution on Somali Piracy, Vietnam acknowledges that the version currently "in blue" goes some way to address Vietnam's concerns. In a follow-up to the Ambassador's December 15 conversation with VFM Pham Binh Minh (reftel),in which [...]	2008-12-16 10:30:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	UNSC PREL PHUM PHSA EWWT KCRM SO XA XW VM
08HANOI1409	VIETNAM EXPRESSES SUPPORT FOR SOMALIA PKO, BUT MUST [...] (SBU) On December 30, Deputy PolCouns met with Ngo Thi Xuan Ha of the MFA's International Organizations Division to urge Vietnam to support the U.S.-sponsored resolution authorizing a peacekeeping operation for Somalia. Building on an earlier conversation between the Ambassador and VFM Pham B [...]	2008-12-30 05:12:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL UNSC KPKO PHSA SO VM
08HANOI464	SOME IN GVN APPARENTLY UNWORRIED ABOUT SITUATION [...] (C) Summary. An MFA expert on maritime issues recently described the situation in the South China Sea in 2008 as "stable and quiet." He expressed no concern about the possibility of a reoccurrence of last year's fishing and oil drilling disputes with China. On the other hand, he focused on [...]	2008-04-22 07:28:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBGT PHSA VM
08HANOI493	GVN STRETCHES HISTORICAL RECORD TO ENHANCE CLAIM FOR SOUTH [...] Summary: A recent ceremony to honor past heroes in Vietnam's fight for the Spratly and Paracel Islands received primetime attention on national television, highlighting Vietnam's historical claim to the islands. The ceremony was dedicated to the "tens of thousands" of 19th century Nguyen Dyna [...]	2008-04-28 08:31:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHSA PBTS SOCI VM
08HANOI87	EAP DAS MARCIEL AND GVN DISCUSS HUMAN RIGHTS, GOVERNANCE, [...] (U) This cable is Sensitive But Unclassified. For official use only, not for posting on the internet. 2. (SBU) Summary: Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Scot Marciel discussed human rights, cooperation in governance reform and law enforcement, and a possible visit by Prime Minister Dung [...]	2008-01-25 09:52:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ABLD PBTS PHSA PHUM PREL ECON VM
08JAKARTA2175	REDUCED PIRACY IN INDONESIAN WATERS DUE TO TRAINING, [...] (U) This message is Sensitive But Unclassified (SBU). Please protect accordingly. 2. (U) Summary. Sustained peace in Aceh, increased Marine Police capabilities as a result of additional assets and training provided by USG and others, and improved coordination with Singapore authorities hav [...]	2008-11-28 09:01:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EWWT PHSA PREL ID
08JAKARTA2188	PIRACY RESOLUTION -- INDONESIA REVIEWING [...] (C) SUMMARY: GOI officials say the U.S.-proposed compromise language may allow Indonesia to support the renewal of UNSCR 1816, but the language must still pass the review of foreign affairs legal experts. END SUMMARY. 2. (C) Poloff discussed the renewal of UNSCR 1816 authority to conduct [...]	2008-12-01 11:01:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHSA UNSC ID SO
08JAKARTA2193	PIRACY RESOLUTION -- ONE ISSUE STILL OUTSTANDING [...] (C) SUMMARY: GOI officials believe the U.S.-proposed compromise language for the draft UNSC Resolution on anti-priacy operations off Somalia satisfy all but one of Indonesia's concerns. The GOI wants additional language clarifying that the resolution only applies to Somali waters and does n [...]	2008-12-02 10:16:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHSA UNSC ID SO
08JAKARTA2199	DEMARCHE RESPONSE ON INDONESIA SCHEME FOR PILOTAGE IN THE [...] (U) This message is Sensitive But Unclassified (SBU). Please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary. The Foreign Ministry (DEPLU) and Transportation Ministry confirmed that the Indonesian pilotage program in the Strait of Malacca (SOM) is an ongoing voluntary program. The program was not v [...]	2008-12-04 00:58:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED	EWWT PHSA PREL ID
08JAKARTA2245	UNSC/SOMALI PIRACY -- INDONESIA STILL REVIEWING [...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Mission delivered reftel message urging support for a UN Security Council (UNSC) resolution on Somali piracy to Indonesian officials. We underscored the importance of a robust resolution. GOI [...]	2008-12-12 10:08:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHSA UNSC ID SO
08JAKARTA2263	PIRACY RESOLUTION -- INDONESIA OUTLINES CONCERNS [...] (C) SUMMARY: On December 14, as requested per ref, DCM discussed Somali piracy with the senior GOI official responsible for United Nations matters. DCM underscored the seriousness of the piracy threat and urged Indonesia to support a strong UN Security Council (UNSC) resolution that granted [...]	2008-12-15 10:17:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHSA UNSC ID SO
08JAKARTA2343	SOMALI PIRACY -- ENGAGING INDONESIA IN THE CONTACT [...] (C) SUMMARY/ACTION RECOMMENDATION: We have an opportunity to deepen Indonesia's engagement in the global campaign against piracy. Indonesia has had success fighting piracy in its own waters and would bring valuable experience to the fight against Somali piracy. Mission recommends that we w [...]	2008-12-30 09:25:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHSA MOPS ID SO
08JAKARTA937	UNSC RESOLUTION ON SOMALI PIRACY -- INDONESIAN [...] (U) On May 12, Poloff discussed draft UNSC resolution (reftel) with Fikri Cassidy, Deputy Director for International Security and Disarmament at the Department of Foreign Affairs (DEPLU). Urging Indonesia's support for the proposed resolution, Poloff emphasized that the measure was designed [...]	2008-05-13 01:57:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHSA UNSC SO XW ID
08KUALALUMPUR941	MALAYSIA OPPOSED TO MANDATORY SCHEME FOR PILOTAGE [...] (SBU) Summary: Malaysia does not support mandatory pilotage in the Straits of Malacca. However, DPM Najib recently voiced GOM interest in setting shipping limits in the Straits and has noted that GOM does not consider the Straits of Malacca international waters, two policy views with importan [...]	2008-10-24 08:51:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EWWT PHSA PREL IMO MY
08KUWAIT111	U.S. SUPPORT PROVIDED FOR UK PSI OUTREACH EVENT TO [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-29 15:37:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNNP PHSA PARM PREL ZR KU
08KYIV1891	HIJACKING OF CARGO SHIP FAINA: INITIAL UKRAINIAN [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-27 19:10:00	Embassy Kyiv	SECRET	EWWT MOPS PREL PHSA XA SO RS LG BH UP
08LAGOS434	NIGERIA: PIRATES ATTACK OIL SUPPLY VESSELS AND [...] (C) Summary: On October 25 and 26 in five separate incidents pirates attacked three oil supply vessels and six fishing trawlers, taking seventy Nigerian crewmen and seven Frenchmen hostage; by October 27 all hostages had been released. Bourbon Offshore, owner of two of the oil supply vessels [...]	2008-11-04 08:54:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PHSA PREL PTER EFIS EPET KCRM KCOR NI
08LIMA805	PERU: URGING PSI ENDORSEMENT PRIOR TO MAY 2008 [...] (C) Poloff on May 7 contacted MFA Chief of International Security and Disarmament Liliam Ballon regarding reftel demarche. Ballon explained that the MFA had forwarded to Peru's MOD our invitation to attend the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) outreach workshop May 29 in Washington. Ba [...]	2008-05-07 21:40:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP MNUC PARM PGOV PHSA PREL
08LONDON1648	SOMALIA: POLITICAL SOLUTIONS REQUIRED FOR SHIPPING [...] (C) Summary. Discussing French efforts to establish secure maritime supply chains for humanitarian aid for Somalia at a June 12 think-tank event in London, French MFA and Defense Ministry representatives were met with strong demands from shipping industry leaders for the international communi [...]	2008-06-18 13:22:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS EWWT PHSA UNSC KPKO SO XW UK
08LONDON1870	UK SUPPORT FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF UNSCR 1816 ON [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-16 14:38:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EWWT KCRM KCRS KJUS PHSA PREL SO XW UK
08LONDON2035	IMO: FLAG STATE IMPLEMENTATION SUB-COMMITTEE - [...] SUMMARY: The International Maritime Organization (IMO) 16th Session of the Flag State Implementation Sub- Committee (FSI 16) met at IMO Headquarters, London, UK. Mrs. Tatjana Krilic of Croatia chaired the meeting. The meeting was attended by eighty members, three associate members, one state n [...]	2008-08-05 11:52:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC EWWT PHSA UK TU JA
08LONDON2036	IMO: SUB-COMMITTEE ON SAFETY OF NAVIGATION, [...] SUMMARY: The 54th session of the Sub-Committee (S/C) on Safety of Navigation (NAV 54) was held from June 30 to July 4 2008, under the chairmanship of Mr. K. Polderman (Netherlands). The session was attended by 65 member governments, one associate member government, one IMO non-member, and 25 U [...]	2008-08-05 11:52:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC EWWT PHSA SENV UK KTIA
08LONDON2621	IMO: SUB-COMMITTEE ON DANGEROUS GOODS, [...] SUMMARY: The 13th session of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) Sub-Committee (S/C) on Dangerous Goods, Solid Cargoes and Containers (DSC) met in London from September 22-26, 2008 under the chairmanship of Mrs. Olga Pestel-Lefevre (France). The session was attended by delegations fr [...]	2008-10-17 12:13:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC EWWT PHSA SENV UK
08LONDON2898	HORN OF AFRICA PIRACY - HMG SHARES ADDITIONAL [...] (C/NF) FCO Deputy Head Security Policy Chris Holtby (strictly protect) confirmed that HMG is satisfied with the progress in establishment of Operational Headquarters (OHQ) in Northwood UK, and afloat Force Headquarters (FHQ) for the EU counter-piracy mission "Atalanta." Holtby admitted that Gree [...]	2008-11-19 15:37:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EUN EWWT PHSA PTER PREL UK
08LONDON3107	SOMALIA/PIRACY: UK ON UNSC PIRACY RESOLUTION, CONTACT GROUP [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-12 15:20:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL	UNSC PREL PHUM PHSA EWWT KCRM SO XA XW UK
08LONDON3181	IMO: LONDON CONVENTION REPORT ON MARINE [...] SUMMARY: The International Maritime Organization's (IMO) annual meetings for both the 1972 London Convention on the Prevention of Marine Pollution by Dumping of Wastes and Other Matter (the "London Convention") and the 1996 Protocol to the London Convention (the "London Protocol") made progre [...]	2008-12-19 16:22:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED	EWWT PHSA SENV KGHG KRAD UK
08LONDON3218	SOMALI PIRACY:INDUSTRY UNCOMFORTABLE WITH ON-BOARD [...] SUMMARY: The Oil Companies International Marine Forum (OCIMF) hosted a Joint Industry and Naval Forces Workshop on Somali piracy in London on December 18, 2009. Military representatives from EU Naval Forces, Coalition Forces (CTF-150),and NATO outlined their operations and dilemmas in the Gul [...]	2008-12-29 12:20:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED	EWWT PREL PHSA KCRM SO UK
08LONDON981	IMO: LONDON CONVENTION REPORT - 29TH [...] SUMMARY: The International Maritime Organization (IMO) combined annual meetings for both the 1972 London Convention on the Prevention of Marine Pollution by Dumping of Wastes and Other Matter (the 'London Convention') and the 1996 Protocol to the London Convention (the 'London Protocol') took [...]	2008-04-04 13:54:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED	PHSA SENV AORC ASEC UK
08LUANDA562	AN YUE JIANG - ANOTHER TAKE ON THE FATE OF CHINESE [...] (C ) Although we do not yet know definitively whether or not the Angolans off-loaded in April Zimbabwe-bound arms and ammunition from the Chinese vessel An Yue Jiang, Embassy has received additional unconfirmed information that the Angolans, true to their word, did not allow the materiel desti [...]	2008-07-23 10:24:00	Embassy Luanda	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD PHSA CH ZI AO
08MADRID1303	HORN OF AFRICA PIRACY: FORMATION OF CONTACT GROUP [...] (C) Polcouns delivered ref a demarche to Spanish MFA DG for Strategic Affairs and Terrorism Carmen Bujan December 12. Bujan said Spain, in principle, welcomed the formation of a contact group. She emphasized, as she and other GOS officials have in the past, that finding adequate judicial arr [...]	2008-12-12 11:26:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PBTS PHSA PTER SP
08MADRID724	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH MINISTER OF CULTURE [...] (U) Summary: Ambassador met with Minister of Culture Cesar Antonio Molina on 6/30/08. The minister told the Ambassador that he was willing to meet with the claimant or his representative in a Nazi art loot case. The minister emphasized he was willing to continue to fight intellectual propert [...]	2008-07-02 09:21:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD KIPR PBTS PHSA SCUL SP
08MADRID746	SPAIN SUPPORTS GLOBAL MARITIME PARTNERSHIPS CONCEPT [...] (C) As per reftel request, Econoff conveyed the Global Maritime Partnerships concept to Alberto de la Calle from MFA's Foreign Policy Directorate as well as to Juan Luis Munoz de Laborde, Deputy Director for Economic, Maritime, and Aviation issues. Both directorates represent Spain on issues [...]	2008-07-07 14:59:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	EWWT ECON EFIN MASS MCAP MOPS PINS PHSA PREL
08MASERU127	LESOTHO: SOMALI PIRACY DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-09 10:28:00	Embassy Maseru	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL PHSA EWWT KCRM UNSC SO LT
08MEXICO3742	MEXICO ON HORN OF AFRICA PIRACY: FORMATION OF [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-18 23:02:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MOPS PBTS PHSA PTER MX
08MEXICO3777	MEXICO ON HORN OF AFRICA PIRACY [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-23 18:27:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MOPS PBTS PHSA PTER MX
08MONROVIA1006	LIBERIA: RECOMMENDATIONS ON COUNTER-PIRACY EFFORTS [...] The Commissioner of Liberia's Bureau of Maritime Affairs, Binyah Kesselly, stated the GOL position on piracy at the recent session of the International Maritime Organization. He described the hijacking of the Liberian-registered SIRIUS STAR as part of "an international crisis of monumental pr [...]	2008-12-08 16:40:00	Embassy Monrovia	UNCLASSIFIED	MOPS PBTS PHSA PTER ECON LI
08MONTEVIDEO82	URUGUAY PLANTS VENEZUELAN FLAG IN ANTARCTICA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The opposition Colorado Party joined forces with Frente Amplio (FA) deputies to approve a Venezuela-sponsored joint expedition to Antarctica that departed Montevideo this week. According to GOU officials, Venezuela aims to become a full consultative party to the Antarctic Tre [...]	2008-02-19 19:05:00	Embassy Montevideo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHSA KTIA EAID AY VZ UY
08MOSCOW1280	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: UNSC RESOLUTION ON SOMALI [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-07 13:31:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM PHSA EWWT KCRM UNSC SO XW RS
08MOSCOW2907	RUSSIA HAS NO PLANS TO INTERVENE IN HIJACKING OF [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-01 11:43:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EWWT MOPS PREL PHSA XA SO RS LG BH UP
08MOSCOW2919	GOR AGREES TO EXTENSION OF U.S. RUSSIA 1988 AGREEMENT ON [...] Post received on September 19th, 2008, Government of Russia (GOR) Diplomatic Note in reply to the Embassy's diplomatic note of March 28, 2008 (REFTEL). Embassy courtesy translation follows: No. 4244 The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation presents its compliments to the [...]	2008-10-02 05:56:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIS PHSA SENV KTIA RS
08MOSCOW3051	RUSSIAN RESPONSE TO SOMALI PIRACY REMAINS UNCERTAIN [...] (C) Contradictory statements to the press by Russian naval officials have further frustrated attempts to understand Russian intentions to respond to the hijacking of the M/V Faina or the larger issue of Somali piracy: 2. (U) ITAR-TASS reported on October 13 that a high-ranking MOD official [...]	2008-10-15 10:30:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EWWT MOPS PREL PHSA XA SO UP RS
08MOSCOW3508	RUSSIA ON ENHANCING EFFORTS TO COMBAT PIRACY [...] (C) We discussed reftel points on enhancing efforts to combat piracy with the MFA Legal and Africa departments on December 4. Legal Department Director for Public Law Vasiliy Titushkin told us that the GOR was "fully prepared to support any reasonable effort" to tackle this issue and Russia wo [...]	2008-12-05 06:57:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PBTS PHSA PTER RS
08MOSCOW3624	DEMARCHE ON UNSC SOMALIA PIRACY RESOLUTION [...] (C) We delivered ref A demarche on December 15 to MFA Department of International Organizations Senior Counselor Valentin Berezovskiy, who said that the GOR remained concerned about elements of OP4 of the draft UNSC resolution on Somali piracy, but had yet to determine a final position on the [...]	2008-12-15 11:25:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PHSA EWWT KCRM UNSC SO XA XW RS
08MOSCOW3763	RUSSIAN MFA UNDECIDED ON LEAD DEPARTMENT FOR [...] (SBU) In response to reftel requests, Post sent invitations for the January 13-14, 2009 inaugural meeting of the Contact Group on Somalia Piracy (CGSP) in New York and the January 13 pre-meeting of key countries to the Legal, International Organizations, and North Americas Departments of the [...]	2008-12-30 14:00:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	EWWT KCRM MOPS PBTS PHSA PTER RS
08MUSCAT557	PIRATED GERMAN CARGO SHIP SEEKS REFUGE IN SALALAH [...] (U) Local press reported that a 120-meter German cargo ship, MV Lehmann Timber, arrived in the southern port city of Salalah on July 21 after being captured and released by armed Somali pirates. According to media articles, the vessel, taken by force on May 28 during a voyage in the Gulf of A [...]	2008-08-04 05:05:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHSA KCRM EWWT MU
08MUSCAT72	OMAN RESPONSE TO UK PSI OUTREACH EVENT [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-29 13:14:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED	PHSA PARM PREL KNNP MU
08MUSCAT842	OMAN ON COUNTER-PIRACY EFFORTS [...] (C) In a December 2 meeting between a visiting U.S. CENTCOM Assessment Team (CAT) and MFA Secretary General Sayyid Badr al-Busaidi, the discussion turned to the topic of piracy in the Gulf of Aden and counter-piracy efforts. Sayyid Badr explained that Oman and its maritime industry has yet t [...]	2008-12-08 11:50:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	PBTS PHSA PTER MOPS MU PREL
08MUSCAT853	CENTCOM COMMANDER PETRAEUS' MEETING WITH SULTAN [...] (C) U.S. CENTCOM Commander General David Petraeus and the Ambassador met for an unprecedented three hours on November 30 with Sultan Qaboos at Beit al Baraka palace outside Muscat. In a wide-ranging discussion of regional issues, the Sultan acknowledged progress in Iraq and expressed a degree [...]	2008-12-17 06:15:00	Embassy Muscat	SECRET	PARM PBTS PHSA PREL PTER PK IR IZ YM MU
08MUSCAT864	OMAN ACCEPTS INVITATION TO JOIN CONTACT GROUP ON [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-22 12:01:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED	PBTS PHSA PTER EWWT KCRM MOPS MU
08NAIROBI2277	NOTIFICATION OF AFFECTED STATES: HIJACKING OF [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-29 14:56:00	Embassy Nairobi	SECRET	EWWT MOPS PREL PHSA KE
08NAIROBI2290	WHITHER M/V FAINA'S TANKS? [...] (S-NF) A shipment of 33 Ukrainian T-72 tanks and other ammunition and equipment aboard the M/V Faina, currently under the control of pirates off the coast of Somalia, has raised questions and controversy in Kenya about their final destination. It is a poorly kept secret that the tanks are boun [...]	2008-10-02 15:46:00	Embassy Nairobi	SECRET//NOFORN	MASS PTER PHSA KE UP SO SU
08NAIROBI2667	KENYANS MOVE AHEAD ON NEW PIRACY PROSECUTION [...] (SBU) Summary: On November 11, the UK's Royal Navy seized eight Somali nationals in international waters off the coast of Yemen after the British responded to a distress call from a Danish ship that the Somalis had attempted to board. After proceeding to Mombasa, Kenya, the British relinquishe [...]	2008-11-26 12:03:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV ASEC PHSA MOPS KCRM KJUS UK SO DA
08NAIROBI2793	GENERAL WARD DISCUSSES SECURITY WITH KENYAN LEADERS [...] (C) On November 24 and 25, AFRICOM Commander General William Ward had introductory meetings with President Kibaki, Prime Minister Odinga, Assistant Minister for Defense Major General (retired) Joseph Nkaisserry, and Chief of General Staff General Jeremiah Mutinda Kianga. The conversations foc [...]	2008-12-16 12:15:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MCAP MOPS PHSA PBTS PREL KE SO SU CG
08NAIROBI2869	UPDATE ON KENYAN PROSECUTION OF SUSPECTED SOMALI [...] This is an action message. Action recommendations and requests are at paragraphs 7, 8, 9, 12, and 16. 2. Summary: On December 11, the eight Somali nationals charged with piracy again appeared before a magistrate judge in Mombasa. The prosecutors asked the magistrate to postpone the trial to [...]	2008-12-23 12:11:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV ASEC PHSA MOPS KCRM KJUS SO YM DA
08NASSAU471	BAHAMAS APPROVES PSI SHIP-BOARDING AGREEMENT [...] (U) The Ministry of Foreign Affairs informed Post via diplomatic note dated June 13 that the GCOB had approved the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) reciprocal ship-boarding agreement preliminarily concluded by the U.S. and Bahamian delegations on April 30-May 1, 2008 in Nassau (reftel [...]	2008-06-23 20:49:00	Embassy Nassau	UNCLASSIFIED	KTIA KNNA EWWT MARR PARM PGOV PHSA PREL BF
08NASSAU590	WHA DAS MADISON SIGNS PSI SHIPBOARDING AGREEMENT, [...] (C) SUMMARY: WHA DAS Madison signed a Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) shipboarding agreement with Bahamas Acting Prime Minister Symonette on August 11 in Nassau. In separate discussions with top Bahamian officials, Madison focused on the GCOB,s stated security priority of improving [...]	2008-08-14 20:37:00	Embassy Nassau	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SNAR PREL PHSA KTIA KNNA EWWT MARR PARM
08NASSAU780	NO TIMETABLE YET FOR BAHAMAS PSI ENTRY INTO FORCE [...] (U) On October 21, PolOff asked Ministry of Foreign Affairs Assistant Secretary Natasha Turnquest about GCOB internal procedures for the entry into force of the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) reciprocal shipboarding agreement, which was signed in Nassau in August, and inquired about [...]	2008-11-07 21:31:00	Embassy Nassau	UNCLASSIFIED	EWWT KNNP KTIA MARR PARM PGOV PHSA PREL BF
08NEWDELHI3032	INDIA CAREFULLY CONSIDERING ANTI-PIRACY PLANS, [...] (C) Summary. While media reports begin to surface that the INS Tabar sunk a pirated fishing boat with hostages -- and not a pirate "mothership," as the Indian Navy had first claimed -- Indian officials are struggling to come up with a policy for Indian involvement in anti-piracy operations i [...]	2008-12-01 16:16:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHSA MARR PTER EWWT KPKO IN
08NEWDELHI3126	INDIA INTERESTED IN ANTI-PIRACY CONTACT GROUP -- [...] (SBU) In a conversation with Polcouns on December 11, Ministry of External Affairs Joint Secretary UN-Political Asith Bhattacharjee conveyed India's keen interest in joining the Contact Group (CG) to combat piracy off the Horn of Africa. However, J/S Bhattacharjee informally noted that the GO [...]	2008-12-11 12:44:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	MOPS PBTS PHSA PTER IN
08NEWDELHI3153	INDIAN NAVY CONFIRMS INTERDICTING 24 PIRATES IN [...] (C) The Indian Navy confirmed to Post press reports of the Indian Navy Ship Mysore successfully interdicting two pirate vessels in the act of attacking the Ethiopian-flagged MV Gibe in the Gulf of Aden on December 13. According to the Indian Navy's version of events, the Mysore received a di [...]	2008-12-15 11:54:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PGOV KCRM PHSA EWWT IN
08NEWDELHI379	U.S. COAST GUARD AND MEA AGREE TO STEP UP MARITIME [...] (C) SUMMARY: Following a series of Indian port inspections, a U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) Internet Port Security Program (IPSP) delegation told Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) Joint Secretary for Americas Gaitri Kumar that they found Indian port security to be at an acceptably high level and [...]	2008-02-06 08:06:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR MOPS PHSA CE IN
08NEWDELHI879	INDIA: SUA PROTOCOL AMENDMENTS FORESHADOW INDIAN [...] (C) PolOffs delivered reftel points and sample diplomatic note regarding the Proliferation Security Initiative to Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) Disarmament and International Security (DISA) Division Directors Amandeep Singh Gill and Jayant Khobragade March 19. PolOff recalled that the U. [...]	2008-03-26 11:42:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	MNUC PARM PHSA PREL KNNP XE XD XO XT
08NICOSIA354	CYPRUS: GLOBAL MARITIME PARTNERSHIPS (GMP) [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 12. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. Per reftel request, on May 15 Post delivered demarches on the Global Maritime Partnership (GMP) initiative to the Ministries of Foreign Affairs and Communications and Works at the ministerial level. We followed up with [...]	2008-06-02 08:24:00	Embassy Nicosia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EWWT EAID ECIN ECON EFIS MARR MCAP MOPS PHSA PINS
08NICOSIA745	CYPRUS LIKLEY TO SUPPORT US PROPOSALS AT THE IMSO ASSEMBLY [...] (SBU) Per reftel request, Post delivered on September 9 demarche on the upcoming Assembly of Parties Meeting for the International Mobile Satellite Organization (IMSO) in Valletta, Malta, from September 29 to October 3, 2008 to Nicholas Emiliou, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs. [...]	2008-09-17 13:04:00	Embassy Nicosia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECPS EWWT IMO KSCA PBTS PHSA PREL CY
08OSLO390	NORWAY SUPPORTIVE OF IMPLEMENTATION OF [...] (SBU) On July 11, 2008, Poloff spoke with Torfinn Stenseth, Assistant Director General of the Section for Global Security Issues and CIS Countries of the MFA, to deliver reftel demarche. Stenseth said that piracy off the coast of Somalia is a serious issue with which the GON is very concerned [...]	2008-07-14 12:32:00	Embassy Oslo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	XA KCRM KJUS EWWT PHSA PREL NO
08OSLO398	NORWAY: RUSSIAN PRESENCE IN SVALBARD WATERS [...] (S) Summary: Russian claims that Russian warships have been sent to patrol Svalbard waters to protect fisheries do not appear to reflect reality. At present there is no indication that any Russian warship is currently patrolling near Svalbard. Russian warships have passed through Svalbard wat [...]	2008-07-16 13:58:00	Embassy Oslo	SECRET	MOPS PGOV PHSA PINR PREL NO
08OTTAWA333	INTERNATIONAL OCEANS POLICYMAKING IN CANADA: AMBITIOUS VISION, PAROCHIAL POLITICS [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-04 22:02:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIS EWWT PHSA SENV CA
08OTTAWA419	CANADA ALSO ENCOURAGING PSI ENDORSEMENTS [...] (C) According to Colleen Swords, Assistant Deputy Minister for International Security and Political Director of the Department of International Trade, Canada fully shares the U.S. goal of encouraging more states to participate in the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) (reftel). Swords c [...]	2008-03-26 14:31:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	MNUC PARM KNNP PHSA PREL XL XM CA
08PANAMA356	PANAMA: SOMALI PIRACY UNSCR DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (C) POLCOUNS delivered reftel demarche to Panamanian MFA DG for External Political Affairs Javier Bonagas on May 6. As a co-sponsor of the draft UNSCR concerning Somali piracy, Panama remains supportive of this initiative and appreciative of U.S. efforts to engage UNSC capitals. Panama can be [...]	2008-05-06 16:09:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PHSA EWWT KCRM UNSC SO PM
08PANAMA623	GOP "DEEPLY CONCERNED" ABOUT US ARREST OF [...] (U) This is an action request; see para 8. ------- Summary ------- 2. (C) The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) is "deeply concerned" about the situation of eight imprisoned Panamanian citizens who were arrested at sea and brought to the U.S. in 2006 after the Panamanian flagged ship M/ [...]	2008-07-28 20:50:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	KTIA PREL PGOV KJUS PBTS PHSA SNAR
08PARIS2108	PARIS: SOMALIA PIRACY DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-17 16:51:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	UNSC PREL PHUM PHSA EWWT KCRM SO XA XW FR
08PARIS2256	P-3 PLUS GERMANY DISCUSS COUNTER-PIRACY AND THE [...] (SBU) Summary: At a 12/2 meeting hosted by the French MFA on combatting piracy off the Horn of Africa, the P-3 plus Germany agreed in principle to the creation of an international Contact Group (CG) and deliberated on the timing of its roll-out with respect to a planned UNSC Ministerial Mee [...]	2008-12-12 10:40:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER MARR EWWT KPKO UNSC FR PHSA
08PARIS2322	FRENCH SUPPORT SOMALIA PIRACY CONTACT GROUP [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-23 15:59:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EWWT KCRM MOPS PBTS PHSA PTER UNSC SO FR
08PARIS574	SOMALIA: FRENCH SUPPORT ANTI-PIRACY EFFORTS, MAY [...] (C) France continues to support anti-piracy efforts concerning Somalia, MFA Somalia desk officer Thierry Caboche said on March 27, in response to reftel. He expressed appreciation for reftel's detailed points and for the USG's understanding of France's activities in the region. Caboche sai [...]	2008-03-27 14:28:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	UNSC PREL PHUM PHSA EWWT KCRM SO XA XW FR
08PARIS861	DJIBOUTI/ERITREA: MFA SAYS NOT TO [...] (C) MFA AF/E DAS-equivalent Helene Le Gal said on May 2 that the French were not in favor of Djibouti's bringing Eritrea's recent border incursion (reftels) before the African Union, Arab League, or UN Security Council, despite the fact that the Arab League is going to discuss the matter on [...]	2008-05-02 15:01:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS PBTS PHSA ET ER FR
08PARIS874	UNSCR/SOMALI PIRACY: FRENCH INFORMED [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-06 13:21:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM PHSA EWWT KCRM UNSC SO XW FR
08PORTAUPRINCE677	HAITI ATTENDING PSI FIFTH ANNIVERSARY CONFERENCE [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-08 18:15:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	MNUC PARM PGOV PHSA PREL KNNP HA
08PRAGUE290	SOMALI PIRACY UN RESOLUTION RAISED WITH CZECHS [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-12 11:47:00	Embassy Prague	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM PHSA EWWT KCRM UNSC SO EZ EUN
08PRAIA132	UN SECURITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION ON SOMALI PIRACY [...] (U) On May 06, POLOFF delivered reftel demarche to Neusa Marques, Legal Advisor to the Director General of External Affairs of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Marques accepted the demarche, and stated that the GOCV appreciates the importance of maritime security issues. However, they are un [...]	2008-05-07 14:47:00	Embassy Praia	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM PHSA EWWT KCRM UNSC SO CV
08QUITO196	ECUADOR ECON WEEKLY: Assembly Debates Law of the Sea, Tax [...] (U) The following is a weekly economic update for Ecuador that reports notable developments that are not reported by individual cables. Assembly Debates Law of the Sea ------------------------------- 2. (U) On February 21 Jaime Barberis, Under Secretary for Sovereignty of the Ministry o [...]	2008-02-28 19:22:00	Embassy Quito	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PHSA EFIN EPET PREL EC
08RABAT314	MOROCCO OPTIMISTIC ON PROSPECT OF SIGNING ON TO [...] (SBU) On April 3, 2008, Poloff extended ref invitation to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Director for United Nations Division Azzedine Farhane for the Government of Morocco (GOM) to attend the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) May 28-29 event in Washington D.C. Farhane said that he would [...]	2008-04-10 15:41:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED	MNUC PARM PHSA PREL KNNP MO
08RABAT463	KINGDOM OF MOROCCO FORMALLY ACCEPTS AND ENDORSES [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-20 17:29:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED	MNUC PARM PHSA PREL KNNP MO
08RABAT478	SECRETARY GENERAL HILALE CONFIRMS MOROCCAN [...] (SBU) Moroccan Foreign Ministry Secretary General Omar Hilale sent a letter to Undersecretary of State John Rood on May 19 underscoring Morocco's endorsement of the Proliferation Security Initiative. It asks that we alert the GOM as to when we will announce this and looks forward to his atte [...]	2008-05-22 11:52:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED	MNUC PARM PHSA PREL KNNP MO
08RABAT850	LEGAL ADVISOR'S DISCUSSION WITH MOROCCAN [...] (C) Summary: Legal Advisor John Bellinger met with Moroccan intelligence chief Mohamed Yasinne Mansouri in Rabat on September 7 to discuss issues related to the repatriation of prisoners held in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba (GITMO). Bellinger praised Morocco's cooperation on GTMO repatriations. Man [...]	2008-09-10 12:19:00	Embassy Rabat	SECRET	PHUM PHSA PREL PTER MO
08RIYADH1716	PIRATES DIVERT SAUDI OIL SHIPMENT DESTINED FOR US [...] (S/NF) Summary: Saudi Aramco officials confirmed with Consulate General Dhahran that one of their ultra-large crude carriers destined for the U.S., carrying more than 2 million barrels of crude oil, was captured by Somali pirates approximately 450 kilometers off the Kenyan coast. The crew of [...]	2008-11-18 11:09:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET//NOFORN	ENRG EPET EWWT PHSA PINS PTER
08ROME1485	PIRACY: ITALY FAVORS ROBUST APPROACH BUT MAY LACK [...] (C) Poloffs raised reftel points with Italian MFA NATO Desk Officer Andrea Romussi and UN Desk Officer Gabriela Biondi on December 4. They said Italy shared U.S. concerns over the increasing danger of piracy and the threat it posed to commerce, maritime safety and the delivery humanitarian as [...]	2008-12-08 09:50:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS PBTS PHSA PTER NATO IT
08ROME1567	HOA PIRACY: EMBASSY ROME REQUEST TO INCLUDE ITALY [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-23 11:28:00	Embassy Rome	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV MARR MOPS NATO EWWT KCRM PBTS PHSA
08ROME568	SOMALIA PIRACY: ITALY CONCERNED ABOUT SETTING A [...] (C) On May 6 Poloff delivered reftel points to Leonardo Bencini of the MFA UN Office. Bencini said Italy agrees that piracy in Somali territorial waters is becoming an increasingly serious threat to international vessels and the that the international community needs to take action. Bencini n [...]	2008-05-06 11:12:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PHSA EWWT KCRM UNSC SO IT
08ROME915	ITALIAN SUPPORT FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF UNSCR 1816 [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-24 15:23:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM KCRS KJUS EWWT PHSA PREL IT
08SANAA161	UK PSI OUTREACH DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (C) POL/E Chief and his British counterpart delivered reftel demarche to MFA Assistant Deputy Minister Khaled al-Akwa on January 29. The representative of HMG passed al-Akwa an informal copy of the invitation and promised to follow up with a formal copy. (Note: The original formal invitatio [...]	2008-01-29 12:25:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KNNP PHSA PARM ZR YM
08SANAA1924	DEMARCHE: ENHANCING EFFORTS TO COMBAT PIRACY [...] Post maintains an ongoing discussion with the ROYG on deepening cooperation with the international community to fight Somali piracy. During our discussions, emboffs have raised all of the points outlined in para 4 of reftel. Yemeni military sources assert that, to be effective, the internatio [...]	2008-12-02 06:46:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	MOPS PBTS PHSA PTER YM
08SANAA1947	GENERAL PETRAEUS' VISIT TO YEMEN [...] (S) SUMMARY. On November 29, during his first visit to Yemen, General David Petraeus, Commander of the U.S. Central Command, met with President Ali Abdullah Saleh and senior ROYG officials for frank and open discussions. Discussions focused on security issues, including counter-terrorism, pi [...]	2008-12-06 11:19:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET	PREL MARR MCAP PHSA PINS PTER MOPS OTRA YM
08SANAA2064	YEMEN'S PERMANENT REP TO THE UN MAY ATTEND CONTACT [...] Although Post did not receive an official response to reftel invitation, Abdul Hakeem al-Eryani, Director of the Office of the Foreign Minister, told Poloff at a December 30 meeting that the ROYG is considering sending its Permanent Representative to the UN to participate. He was unable to co [...]	2008-12-30 13:00:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	EWWT KCRM MOPS PBTS PHSA PTER YM
08SANJOSE360	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: UNSC RESOLUTION ON SOMALI [...] On May 6, we delivered refel demarche to Juan Salas, UNSC Desk Officer at the MFA. Salas commented that he had also received a letter from Spain on the subject. Due to a state visit by the Chinese Vice Premier, the MFA had been tied up in meetings, and Salas stated he would review the matter an [...]	2008-05-07 19:22:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM PHSA EWWT KCRM UNSC SO XW CS
08SANJOSE585	COSTA RICA SIGNS SEARCH AND RESCUE MOU; POST [...] On July 2, Minister of Public Security Janina Del Vecchio signed Reftel Search and Rescue Memorandum of Understanding (SAR MOU) between Costa Rica and the United States. The GOCR made no changes to the text. 2. As per Para 3c of Reftel, Post requests authority for our Chief of the Office o [...]	2008-07-09 22:56:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED	EWWT PBTS PHSA CS US
08SANSALVADOR717	EL SALVADOR SUPPORTS GLOBAL MARITIME PARTNERSHIP [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-17 15:50:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED	EWWT EAID ECIN ECON EFIS MARR MASS MCAP MOPS PHSA
08SEOUL1606	ROK RELIEVED DPRK NOT MAKING ISSUE OF COLLISION OF [...] (C) At 2:25 a.m. on August 12, the 658 ton "Dongi No.1," a South Korean barge, collided with an unnamed North Korean fishing vessel in North Korean territorial waters approximately 8 km northeast of Jangjon, a port on the DPRK's eastern cost. The ten crewmen of the South Korean barge admitte [...]	2008-08-14 05:01:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PBTS PGOV PHSA PINS MARR KS KN
08SEOUL1841	DASD SEDNEY MEETING WITH ROK DEFENSE MINISTER [...] (C) SUMMARY: Following the end of SPI-19 (septel),DASD David Sedney and Ambassador Vershbow met with ROK Minister of National Defense Lee Sang-hee. The Ambassador delivered reftel points on the pending announcement by the Government of Iraq regarding reductions in Coalition forces that would [...]	2008-09-17 07:09:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PBTS PGOV PHSA PINS MARR KS KN
08SEOUL1844	SPI CLOSED SESSION: IRAQ, AFGHANISTAN, BURDEN [...] (CO) SUMMARY: DASD David Sedney met with MND Deputy Minister Jeon on September 10 for a closed meeting of the U.S.-ROK Security Policy Initiative (SPI). The discussed the following four issues: -- DASD Sedney informed DM Jeon of the reftel A decision that would result in the drawdown in I [...]	2008-09-17 07:13:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PBTS PGOV PHSA PINS MARR KS KN
08SEOUL1845	DASD SEDNEY MEETING WITH MOFAT NORTH AMERICA DG [...] (CO) SUMMARY: On September 11, DASD David Sedney and EAP/K Director Kurt Tong paid an office call on MOFAT North American Affairs DG Chang Ho-jin. They agreed that the September 10 Security Policy Initiative talks had gone well, but that several issues -- camp returns and the SMA burden-shar [...]	2008-09-17 07:14:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PBTS PGOV PHSA PINS MARR KS KN

08SEOUL2355	ROK COUNTER-PIRACY RECOMMENDATIONS AND PLANS [...] (C) Summary. ROK officials describe their approach to counter piracy in the Horn of Africa as having three elements: international cooperation and coordination, preferably under the UN; capacity building for local maritime security forces; and joint military efforts. Nevertheless, budget c [...]	2008-12-09 09:14:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PBTS PHSA PTER PREL KS
08SEOUL2387	HORN OF AFRICA PIRACY: FORMATION OF CONTACT GROUP [...] (U) Poloff met with Ahreum Cho of the Security and Counter-Terrorism Cooperation Division within the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MOFAT) on December 12. Cho welcomed the information in reftel A, and will pass on the information to her director and to MOFAT representatives in the U [...]	2008-12-12 07:53:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	MOPS PBTS PHSA PTER KS
08SEOUL2496	ROK TO SEND REPRESENTATIVES TO CONTACT GROUP ON [...] This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. 2. In response to reftel, Hyunghwa Cho of the Security and Counter-Terrorism Cooperation Division within the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade informed poloff on December 31 that the ROKG will send the following two representatives to [...]	2008-12-31 01:52:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM EWWT MOPS PBTS PHSA PTER
08SEOUL936	ROKG RESPONSE TO UNSC RESOLUTION ON SOMALI PIRACY [...] (C) In a 7 May meeting with poloff, Kie-joo Kim, MOFAT Director of Security and Counter-terrorism Division, said the ROKG will both support the reftel points in their entirety and actively court the support of the Asian elected members on the UN Security Council (UNSC),Indonesia and Vietnam. [...]	2008-05-07 07:32:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	EWWT KCRM KS PHSA PHUM PREL SO XW UNSC
08SINGAPORE1228	SINGAPORE CONCERNED ABOUT INDONESIAN PILOTAGE [...] (C) SUMMARY: The GOS has conveyed in various senior and working level meetings its concerns about Indonesia's launch of a pilotage program for ships transiting the Malacca Strait. Indonesia instituted a limited pilotage program in September, and provided some detail on its thinking in a pre [...]	2008-11-19 09:10:00	Embassy Singapore	CONFIDENTIAL	EWWT ETRD PBTS PHSA SN ID MY
08SINGAPORE1241	DUTCH TO JOIN RECAAP; SINGAPORE STILL PREFERS SLOW [...] (SBU) The Netherlands will soon join the Regional Cooperation Agreement on Combating Piracy and Armed Robbery Against Ships in Asia (ReCAAP),Yoshiaki Ito, ReCAAP Information Centre Executive Director told Poloffs during an early November visit to the Centre. The Netherlands request had been [...]	2008-11-21 09:56:00	Embassy Singapore	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHSA EWWT SN ID MY
08STATE100219	Secretary Rice's 09/16/2008 Meeting with [...] (U) Classified by EUR A/S Daniel Fried. Reason 1.4(b) and (d). 2. (U) September 16, 2008; 11 a.m.; Secretary's Office. 3. (U) Participants: U.S. The Secretary EUR A/DAS Nerissa Cook EUR/WE Stacie Zerdecki (Notetaker) Spain Ambassador Jorge Dezcallar DCM Jose Pascual Marco 4. (C) SUMMARY. Re [...]	2008-09-19 03:29:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP RICE CONDOLEEZZA PREL PHSA SP KV CU
08STATE103511	NOTIFICATION OF AFFECTED STATES: HIJACKING OF BELIZE-FLAGGED [...] (SBU) This message is NIACT due to potential fast-breaking events, and urgent action is required from action addressees. 2. (U) Classified by Acting DAS James Knight, Reasons 1.4 (b) and (d). 3. (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraphs 4-7. OBJECTIVES ---------- 4. (S/Rel to Ukrai [...]	2008-09-27 03:33:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	EWWT MOPS PREL PHSA XA SO RS LG BH UP
08STATE106405	SOMALIA PIRACY: VOTING INSTRUCTIONS FOR FRENCH [...] USUN is instructed to vote in favor of and co-sponsor the French drafted resolution on Somalia piracy to be adopted in the Security Council early next week. 2. Begin text of resolution: (1) Recalling its resolutions 1814 (2008) and 1816 (2008),(2) Gravely concerned by the recent prol [...]	2008-10-05 17:48:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	UNSC PREL PHUM PHSA EWWT KCRM SO XA XW
08STATE106406	SOMALIA PIRACY: VOTING INSTRUCTIONS FOR FRENCH [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-05 17:52:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	UNSC PREL PHUM PHSA EWWT KCRM SO XA XW
08STATE111373	DEMARCHE: COUNTER-PIRACY COOPERATION [...] This is an action request. Please see paragraph 2. OBJECTIVES ---------- 2. Department requests Post expand discussion with the Government of Kenya (GOK) on deepening cooperation with the United States to counter piracy in the Gulf of Aden and off the coast of Somalia. Post is request [...]	2008-10-18 23:03:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	EWWT MOPS PHSA PREL XA XW SO KE
08STATE111716	UKRAINE: REPORTING ON THE NONPROLIFERATION [...] (S) SUMMARY: At the July 31 and August 1, semi-annual U.S.-Ukraine Nonproliferation Working Group (NPWG) meeting in Kyiv, Ukraine, Ukraine demonstrated improvement in addressing nonproliferation issues. While Ukraine has shown incremental improvements over the past three years, this meeting [...]	2008-10-20 20:08:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	ETTC PARM PREL EWWT PHSA UP
08STATE113639	DIPLOMATIC NOTE REGARDING JAPAN'S CONTINENTAL [...] Embassy Tokyo is requested to deliver a note verbale to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan using the text in Paragraph 2. 2. Begin text: The Embassy of the United States of America presents its compliments to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and has the honor to acknowledge recei [...]	2008-10-24 18:02:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	KSCA PBTS PHSA SENV TPHY JA
08STATE120864	WARNING CHINA ON HARASSMENT OF U.S. NAVY VESSELS [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 7. 2. (U) Background: Over the past 18 months, the frequency of China's verbal warnings, vessel-shadowing by multiple platforms simultaneously, unprofessional seamanship, and unsafe maneuvering have increased the risk of miscalculation in inte [...]	2008-11-14 00:24:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	CH KTIA MOPS PBTS PHSA PREL
08STATE121430	SOMALIA PIRACY: DEMARCHE INSTRUCTIONS FOR UK AND [...] This is an action cable see paragraph 2. 2. Posts are requested to demarche host governments at the appropriate level to relay USG concerns about French and British edits to the draft UN Security Council resolution (UNSCR) on Somalia piracy. Post may draw from the background in paras 4 a [...]	2008-11-15 00:50:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	UNSC PREL PHUM PHSA EWWT KCRM SO XA XW
08STATE123225	SOMALIA: INSTRUCTIONS ON TABLING OUR UNSC [...] This is an action cable. USUN is instructed to deliver the following draft resolution (complete text paragraph 4) to the British and the French Mission in New York immediately. USUN should table the resolution to the Council NLT COB on November 20. 2. Objectives: -- Thank the British [...]	2008-11-20 16:03:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	UNSC PREL PHUM PHSA EWWT KCRM SO XA XW
08STATE123238	SOMALIA: TALKING POINTS FOR SOMALIA BRIEFING [...] USUN is instructed to draw from the talking points in paragraph 2 for the UN Security Council briefing and consultation on Somalia to be held on November 20. 2. Begin points: -- We would like to thank the (DPA official),(DPKO official),as well as the IMO Secretary-General Mitropoulos [...]	2008-11-20 16:23:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	UNSC PREL PHUM PHSA EWWT KCRM SO XA XW
08STATE124034	DEMARCHE: COUNTER-PIRACY COOPERATION [...] This is an action request. Please see paragraph 2. OBJECTIVES ---------- 2. Department requests Post initiate discussion with the Government of Djibouti (GOD) on deepening cooperation with the United States to counter piracy in the Gulf of Aden and off the coast of Somalia. Post is re [...]	2008-11-22 01:13:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	EWWT MOPS PHSA PREL XA XW SO DJ
08STATE125514	DEMARCHE: ENHANCING EFFORTS TO COMBAT PIRACY [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraphs 4 and 5. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (U) The growth of piracy in the Gulf of Aden and in waters off the coast of Somalia has emerged as a serious threat to international commerce, the safety of mariners, and the delivery of humanit [...]	2008-11-26 18:44:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PBTS PHSA PTER
08STATE126579	SOMALIA: VOTING INSTRUCTIONS FOR UNSC RESOLUTION [...] The Department instructs USUN to vote in favor of the following UN Security Council resolution on Somalia piracy, to be considered on Tuesday, December 2. 2. Begin text: The Security Council, Recalling its previous resolutions concerning the situation in Somalia, especially resolution [...]	2008-12-02 00:17:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	UNSC PREL PHUM PHSA EWWT KCRM SO XA XW
08STATE129528	SOMALIA: INSTRUCTIONS ON TABLING OUR RESOLUTION [...] Action Request: USUN is instructed to circulate the draft resolution on Somali piracy (paragraph 3) to our P3 partners upon receipt of this message and report responses to the Department. After having shared the draft with the P3, USUN should table the resolution to the rest of the Council NLT [...]	2008-12-10 00:24:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	UNSC PREL PHUM PHSA EWWT KCRM SO XA XW
08STATE129941	HORN OF AFRICA PIRACY: FORMATION OF CONTACT GROUP [...] (C) The Secretary will participate in a Ministerial at the UN Security Council on December 16 that we expect will adopt a resolution calling for intensified and coordinated international efforts against piracy off the Horn of Africa. We plan to build on this resolution to seek establishment of [...]	2008-12-10 22:23:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PBTS PHSA PTER
08STATE130489	SOMALIA: DEMARCHE REQUEST ON UNSC SOMALIA PIRACY [...] This is an action cable. Posts are instructed to demarche host governments at a high level about our draft Security Council resolution on Somalia piracy currently being debated in the Security Council. USUN may use points and background provided in this cable in the experts meeting on the re [...]	2008-12-12 03:01:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	UNSC PREL PHUM PHSA EWWT KCRM SO XA XW
08STATE130491	SOMALIA: DEMARCHE REQUEST ON UNSC SOMALIA PIRACY [...] This is an action cable. Posts are instructed to demarche host governments at a high level about our draft Security Council resolution on Somalia piracy currently being debated in the Security Council. USUN may use points and background provided in this cable in the experts meeting on the re [...]	2008-12-12 03:11:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	UNSC PREL PHUM PHSA EWWT KCRM SO XA XW
08STATE130492	SOMALIA: DEMARCHE REQUEST ON UNSC SOMALIA PIRACY [...] This is an action cable. Posts are instructed to demarche host governments at a high level about our draft Security Council resolution on Somalia piracy currently being debated in the Security Council. USUN may use points and background provided in this cable in the experts meeting on the re [...]	2008-12-12 03:12:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	UNSC PREL PHUM PHSA EWWT KCRM SO XA XW
08STATE130496	SOMALIA: DEMARCHE REQUEST ON UNSC SOMALIA PIRACY [...] This is an action cable. Posts are instructed to demarche host governments at a high level about our draft Security Council resolution on Somalia piracy currently being debated in the Security Council. USUN may use points and background provided in this cable in the experts meeting on the re [...]	2008-12-12 03:17:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	UNSC PREL PHUM PHSA EWWT KCRM SO XA XW
08STATE133199	INVITATION TO CONTACT GROUP ON SOMALI PIRACY [...] This is an action request. UN Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) 1851, adopted unanimously on December 16, 2008, calls for the establishment of a mechanism for international cooperation to deal with all aspects of combating piracy off Somalia,s coast. Pursuant to resolution 1851, the U.S has [...]	2008-12-20 01:11:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	EWWT KCRM MOPS PBTS PHSA PTER
08STATE133493	U.S. PROPOSAL FOR PIRACY MOU [...] (U) This an action request. Please see paragraphs 2 and 3. MOU text is provided SEPCOR. ACTION REQUEST -------------------------- 2. (SBU) Post is requested to demarche host government officials to pursue the following objectives: -- Deliver the proposed Memorandum of Understanding [...]	2008-12-22 17:23:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EWWT MARR MOPS PHSA PREL SO XA XW
08STATE133750	INVITATION TO PIRACY CONTACT GROUP PRE-MEETING [...] This is an action request. Per reftel A, Assistant Secretary-level officials from 26 states and organizations are invited to the inaugural meeting of the Contact Group on Somali Piracy (CGSP) on January 13-14, 2009 in New York City. There will be a pre-CGSP meeting on the 13th with eight key [...]	2008-12-22 23:41:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	EWWT KCRM MOPS PBTS PHSA PTER
08STATE134918	INVITATION TO TURKEY TO JOIN THE CONTACT GROUP ON [...] (SBU) This is an Action Request, please see para. 3. 2. (SBU) Following the Government of Turkey,s formal offer of at least one frigate with air element embarked to support counter piracy operations off the coast of Somalia, the Department concurs with Embassy Ankara,s support for Turkey,s [...]	2008-12-29 21:13:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV EWWT KCRM MOPS PBTS PHSA PTER TU
08STATE134960	PROGRESS ON U.S. COUNTER-PIRACY AGENDA AT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The UN/Kenya International Conference on Piracy around Somalia was held in Nairobi, Kenya on December 10-11, 2008. The U.S. delegation was led by Assistant Secretary of State for Political-Military Affairs Mark Kimmitt, and included representatives from AF, L, Embassy Nairobi' [...]	2008-12-29 23:13:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EWWT MOPS PHSA PREL KE SO XA XW
08STATE15620	SOMALIA -- TALKING POINTS FOR FEBRUARY 15 [...] USUN is instructed to draw from the following talking points during their February 15 consultations on Somalia. Begin points: -- The United States continues to have the utmost concern over the ongoing crisis in Somalia. -- The United States is grateful to the AU Mission in Somalia for [...]	2008-02-14 22:33:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	UNSC PREL PHUM KCRM PBTS PHSA EWWT SO XA XW
08STATE17204	SOMALIA -- INSTRUCTION CABLE ON AMISOM RESOLUTION [...] USUN is instructed to vote in favor of the following Security Council Resolution on AMISOM slated to be adopted on February 20: Begin text The Security Council, PP1 Recalling its previous resolutions concerning the situation in Somalia, in particular resolution 733 (1992),resolution [...]	2008-02-20 20:37:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	UNSC PREL PHUM KCRM PBTS PHSA EWWT SO XA XW
08STATE29766	URGING PSI ENDORSEMENT BY WESTERN HEMISPHERE [...] The U.S. is hosting two events in Washington on May 28-29, 2008 on the occasion of the Fifth Anniversary of the establishment of the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI). First announced by President Bush at Krakow, Poland, this initiative is one of the hallmarks of the Administration's e [...]	2008-03-21 17:30:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	MNUC PARM PHSA PREL KNNP XL XM
08STATE31432	SOMALIA-- DRAFT ELEMENTS FOR POSSIBLE UNSCR ON [...] (SBU) This is an action request for USUN, Embassy London, Paris, and Panama City. See paragraphs 2 and 3. 2. USUN is instructed to provide to its British, French and Panamanian counterparts draft elements of a UN Security Council Resolution (paragraph 12) to combat piracy off the Somali [...]	2008-03-26 23:02:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	UNSC PREL PHUM PHSA EWWT KCRM SO XA XW
08STATE32356	SOMALIA-- TALKING POINTS FOR 03/28 EXPERTS MEETING [...] This is an action message, see paragraph 2. 2. USUN is instructed to draw from the following talking points and seek elements in paragraph 3 for a PRST on Somalia in response to the March 14 Secretary General (SYG) report on Somalia. Begin points: -- The United States believes the Ma [...]	2008-03-28 19:29:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	UNSC PREL PHUM PHSA EWWT KCRM SO XA XW
08STATE32521	PSI SHIPBOARDING AGREEMENT NEGOTIATIONS WITH [...] Summary: U.S. and Ukrainian negotiating teams discussed the major areas of disagreement regarding the draft Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) shipboarding agreement during a second round of talks in Washington, DC on February 13, 2008. Major issues identified for near-term follow-up i [...]	2008-03-28 22:15:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	KNNP KTIA PHSA PARM PREL EWWT UP
08STATE32527	SOMALIA- TALKING POINTS FOR MARCH 31 ARRIA STYLE [...] This is an action message. See paragraph 2. 2. USUN is instructed to draw from the following talking points for the March 31 Arria style meeting on Somalia. Begin points: -- The United States would like to thank the UK Permanent Mission for organizing this Arria-style meeting. We wo [...]	2008-03-28 22:27:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	UNSC PREL PHUM PHSA EWWT KCRM SO XA XW
08STATE34695	UKRAINE: REPORTING ON THE NONPROLIFERATION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUESTS: On February 14-15, the U.S. and Ukraine held the semi-annual U.S.-Ukraine Nonproliferation Working Group (NPWG) meeting in Washington, DC. This marks at least nine years of cooperation between the U.S. and Ukraine on important nonproliferation issues. Both [...]	2008-04-03 18:01:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	ETTC PARM PREL EWWT PHSA UP
08STATE43018	USN ACTIVITIES IN CHINA'S EXCLUSIVE ECONOMIC ZONE [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph eight. 2. (U) Background: China objects to military surveys in its EEZ, and has on occasion challenged or interfered with U.S. Navy ships conducting military surveys within China's claimed EEZ. The U.S. has on several occasions objected [...]	2008-04-23 19:31:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	CH KTIA MOPS PBTS PHSA PREL
08STATE47531	UNSC RESOLUTION ON SOMALI PIRACY [...] (C) This is an action request. Posts are requested to approach host governments to explain the basis for the draft Security Council resolution on piracy off the coast of Somalia and seek their support. As consultations on the draft resolution are already underway in New York among Security [...]	2008-05-05 22:42:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PHSA EWWT KCRM UNSC SO XW
08STATE49237	PSI FIFTH ANNIVERSARY: OFFICIAL INVITATION FROM [...] Following the April 17 phone call from Acting U/S Rood to MFA Secretary General Omar Hilale to discuss Morocco's endorsement of the PSI Statement of Interdiction Principles, below is an official U.S. invitation to the events we are hosting in Washington on the fifth anniversary of the Preside [...]	2008-05-08 20:56:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	MNUC PARM PHSA PREL KNNP MO
08STATE57532	SECRETARY'S 5/19 MEETING WITH SPANISH FM [...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY: EUR A/S DANIEL FRIED, REASONS; 1.4 (B) AND (D). 2. (U) MAY 19, 2008, 3:00 P.M., SECRETARY'S OFFICE 3. (U) PARTICIPANTS: UNITED STATES ------------- THE SECRETARY EUR A/S DANIEL FRIED PA A/S SEAN MCCORMACK S EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT STEVE BEECROFT EUR ELAINE SAMSON [...]	2008-05-29 18:34:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP RICE CONDOLEEZZA PREL PHSA SP LE IR GG
08STATE71264	REPLY: REQUEST FOR ASSISTANCE TO THE MV LEHMANN [...] (SBU) This is an action request. Drawing from the points in paragraph 3 below, Department requests Posts respond to diplomatic notes from the Embassy of Estonia (received 24 June, 2008) and from the Embassy of Ukraine (received 23 June, 2008) requesting supplies and assistance to Ukrainia [...]	2008-07-02 18:47:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHSA BM CY EN GM NATO RS SO UK UP
08STATE79681	PSI SHIPBOARDING AGREEMENT WITH THE BAHAMAS, [...] SUMMARY AND BACKGROUND: Ref A reports the approval by the Government of the Commonwealth of the Bahamas (GCOB) of a bilateral reciprocal Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) shipboarding agreement negotiated in Nassau April 30-May 1, 2008 (ref B). The Department has received interagency [...]	2008-07-24 14:18:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	KNNP KTIA EWWT PHSA PARM PREL MARR BF
08STATE98072	SOMALIA PIRACY: LETTER TO SC RELAYING USG ACTIONS [...] This is an action request see paragraph 2. 2. Operational paragraph 12 of UNSCR 1816 requests states cooperating with the TFG inform the Security Council within 3 months of the progress of actions undertaken in the exercise of the authority provided in operational paragraph 7 of that resol [...]	2008-09-12 22:45:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	UNSC PREL PHSA PBTS EWWT XA XW
08STATE99654	SEEKING PROGRESS ON PSI SHIPBOARDING AGREEMENT [...] (SBU) OBJECTIVES: Washington remains committed to completing a bilateral shipboarding agreement with Ukraine under the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) and is prepared to send an interagency team of experts to Kyiv to resolve remaining differences between the Ukraine-proposed and U.S.- [...]	2008-09-17 20:51:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	KNNP KTIA MNUC PARM PHSA PREL UP
08TAIPEI1348	KAOHSIUNG TRAVEL AGENTS CONTEND CHINA EXERTING CONTROL OVER [...] (SBU) Summary: Before the inauguration of weekend direct flights on July 4, there was a steady flow of Mainland tour groups traveling to Taiwan via a stop-over in a third-country. However, Kaohsiung travel agents reported to AIT/K that in negotiations with Mainland China to establish weekend d [...]	2008-09-11 09:09:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIS PHSA PGOV CH TW
08TALLINN231	TALLINN DELIVERS MV LEHMANN TIMBER DIP NOTE RESPONSE [...] (SBU) Conoff delivered reftel's points verbally and in the form of a letter from Charge to acting Director General of the Estonian MFA's Consular Affairs Division, Kerli Veski. In the letter, CDA reaffirmed the USG's commitment to combating piracy and to assist the GoE's efforts to resolve the [...]	2008-07-07 14:02:00	Embassy Tallinn	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHSA BM CY GM NATO RS SO UK UP EN
08THEHAGUE1049	NETHERLANDS/PIRACY CONTACT GROUP: DUTCH PLAN TO [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-24 13:16:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	EWWT KCRM MOPS PBTS PHSA PTER UNSC SO NL
08THEHAGUE607	NETHERLANDS/SOMALIA: IMPLEMENTATION OF UNSCR 1816 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On July 15, Poloffs discussed reftel points with Bob Aal, Dutch MFA Security Policy Department contact for Africa. At the request of the UN, the Dutch protected humanitarian aid convoys to Somalia this spring, but for the moment the Dutch are following the EU lead on responding [...]	2008-07-18 13:05:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EWWT KCRM KCRS KJUS PHSA PREL NL SO XA XW
08TOKYO2836	DIPLOMATIC NOTE REGARDING JAPAN'S CONTINENTAL [...] Following is the text of Diplomatic Note 3938/E-O from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs dated October 9. The note was submitted following up on the July discussions between the U.S. and Japan regarding the extended continental shelf. The note was delivered to the Embassy in English. Embassy i [...]	2008-10-10 08:13:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	PBTS PHSA SENV TPHY KSCA JA
08TOKYO3405	JAPAN'S ANTI-PIRACY EFFORTS: IN THE EARLY STAGES [...] (C) Summary: Possible Japanese participation in international efforts to combat piracy in the Horn of Africa has received extensive media, government, and political attention in Japan in recent weeks. Current Japanese legislation allows the Prime Minister to dispatch the Japanese Maritime Sel [...]	2008-12-15 09:19:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PBTS PGOV PHSA PINR PREL PTER ELTN JA
08TOKYO3520	GOJ AGREES TO LOGGERHEAD SEA TURTLE CONSERVATION [...] (U) SUMMARY: Experts from the USG and GOJ agreed December 11 to continue their informal dialogue and to look at further steps to protect North Pacific loggerhead sea turtles. Representatives from the Fisheries Agency of Japan (FAJ),Ministry of the Environment (MOE),National Marine Fisheries [...]	2008-12-29 23:17:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIS PHSA SENV KSCA JA MX
08TOKYO3535	JAPAN ANTI-PIRACY UPDATE: LEGAL WRANGLING, [...] (C) Piracy issues in the Horn of Africa (HOA) remain a topic of extensive interest in Japan, both in the media and among contacts in the Japanese government. Calls from major publications for Japan to "do something" have grown louder in recent weeks, driven in part by China's December 26 dispa [...]	2008-12-30 08:47:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIS ELTN EWWT JA MOPS PBTS PGOV PHSA PINR
08USEUBRUSSELS1946	EU COUNCIL ASKS FOR INTEL-SHARING ON SOMALIA [...] (C) On December 22, the USEU Ambassador received a letter dated December 19 from the EU Council Secretariat's Director for Defense Issues, Claude-France Arnould. The letter requests the USG to share intelligence information with the EU in support of the EU-led Operation Atalanta, which is d [...]	2008-12-23 06:11:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS PBTS PHSA PTER XA XW SO EUN
08USNATO447	COMMUNIQUE OF THE DECEMBER 2-3 NATO FOREIGN [...] (U) The following is part 2 of the Communique from the December 2-3 NATO Foreign Ministers' Meeting: CONTINUE TEXT: 20. We welcome the progress made by Bosnia and Herzegovina and Montenegro in their cooperation with the Alliance and the development of ambitious Individual Partnership Ac [...]	2008-12-03 16:43:00	Mission USNATO	UNCLASSIFIED	NATO MARR PARM PHSA PTER XG ZM XA XF
08USNATO448	COMMUNIQUE OF THE DECEMBER 2-3 NATO FOREIGN [...] (U) The following communique was approved and released by NATO Foreign Ministers following their December 2-3 meeting: BEGIN TEXT: MEETING OF THE NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL AT THE LEVEL OF FOREIGN MINISTERS HELD AT NATO HEADQUARTERS, BRUSSELS, ON 2-3 DECEMBER 2008 FINAL COMMUNIQUE Â [...]	2008-12-03 16:43:00	Mission USNATO	UNCLASSIFIED	NATO MARR PARM PHSA PTER XG ZM XA XF
08USNATO463	NATO: FORMATION OF HORN OF AFRICA PIRACY CONTACT [...] (C/NF) The Acting Political Advisor delivered reftel demarche to NATO Deputy Assistant Secretary General for Operations Maurits Jochems on December 12. Jochems welcomed an observer role for NATO in the proposed Contact Group as "excellent work" for the Alliance. He noted that the issue of pi [...]	2008-12-15 14:55:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PBTS PHSA PTER
08USUNNEWYORK1037	MISSION CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR AMBASSADOR DAVID [...] In response to reftel, USUN grants mission clearance to Ambassador David Balton listed as noted in para 2 below to chair consultations on November 12 to prepare for the Informal Consultations of the States Parties to the United Nations Convention on Fish Stocks. The meeting will take place o [...]	2008-11-07 21:43:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIS OTRA PHSA
08USUNNEWYORK1165	USUN: COUNCIL RESPONSE TO SOMALIA PIRACY RESOLUTION [...] (U) This is an urgent action request. Please see paragraph 7. 2. (U) SUMMARY: In response to reftel instructions, USUN circulated our draft resolution on Somalia piracy to the P3 on the evening of December 9 and to the broader Council on December 10. Initial expert-level consultations wer [...]	2008-12-12 00:49:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM PHSA EWWT KCRM UNSC SO XA XW
08USUNNEWYORK1168	UNGA: GENERAL ASSEMBLY DEBATE ON OCEANS AND THE [...] (U) Summary: The 63rd UN General Assembly held its debate on agenda item 70, "Oceans and the Law of the Sea," on December 4. The General Assembly considered two resolutions relating to this agenda item, both of which were co-sponsored by the United States. The resolution on Oceans and the Law [...]	2008-12-12 14:03:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	UNGA SENV EWWT PHSA PREL
08USUNNEWYORK208	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR US DELEGATION TO [...] In response to Reftel, Country Clearance is granted for U.S. Department ofQe and U.S. Department of Commerce personnel to participate as the U.S. Delegation to informal consultations of States Parties to the UN Fish Stocks Meeting on March 10-12, 2008. 2. The following personnel are appro [...]	2008-03-06 15:25:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA PHSA
08USUNNEWYORK233	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO ATTEND ICP [...] In response to Reftel, Country Clearance is granted for the individuals listed in para 2 to attend the March 18 informal preparatory meeting for the upcoming session of the United Nations Informal Consultative Process on Oceans and Law of the Sea (UNICPOLOS). 2. The following personnel are [...]	2008-03-14 14:35:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA PHSA
08USUNNEWYORK543	MISSION CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR MICHAEL CARTER TO [...] Mission clearance granted for Michael Carter, Director, Office of the Environment, Maritime Administration, of the U.S. Department of Transportation to attend a presentation on June 25 by the World Ocean Council on "The World Ocean Council: Industry Leadership and Collaboration in Ocean Susta [...]	2008-06-19 20:58:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA PHSA
08USUNNEWYORK788	MISSION CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR US DELEGATION TO [...] In response to reftel, USUN grants country clearance for the individuals listed in para 2 below to attend the 63rd informal consultations on the UNGA sustainable fisheries resolution to be held at the United Nations Headquarters on September 17-19 and November 10-14. 2. Begin List: D [...]	2008-08-29 22:06:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIS OTRA PHSA
08YAOUNDE817	NIGERIA-CAMEROON: BAKASSI HANDOVER - A WEDDING [...] (C) Summary: The handover of final control of the Bakassi Peninsula from Nigeria to Cameroon took place in Calabar, the capital of Cross River State, on August 14 as scheduled, amid tight but spotty security and obviously poor coordination between the two governments. It was clearly a difficul [...]	2008-08-18 15:26:00	Embassy Yaounde	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PBTS PHSA CM NI
08YAOUNDE825	CAMEROON: BIYA ADDRESSES THE NATION ABOUT BAKASSI [...] (U) On August 21, Cameroonian President Paul Biya gave a televised speech to the nation that dealt exclusively with Nigeria's August 14 final handover of the Bakassi Peninsula to Cameroon (reftel). Biya congratulated the people of Cameroon for their "moderation and patience" in pursuing a p [...]	2008-08-22 12:30:00	Embassy Yaounde	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PBTS PHSA MOPS MARR CM NI
08ZAGREB359	GOC EXPRESSES SUPPORT FOR UNSC RESOLUTION ON [...] (C) Reftel points were delivered to Andrej Dogan of the Department for the United Nations at the Croatian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and European Integration on 06 May 2008. According to Dogan, Croatian Permanent Representative to the UN Neven Jurica has expressed support for the resolution. [...]	2008-05-08 15:12:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PHSA EWWT KCRM UNSC SO XW HR
08ZAGREB852	SOMALI PIRACY: CROATIA STILL REVIEWING PROPOSED [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-12 14:15:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM PHSA UNSC MARR EWWT KCRM SO XA XW
08ZAGREB893	CROATIA WILL ATTEND INAUGURAL MEETING OF CONTACT [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-31 10:29:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED	EWWT KCRM MOPS PBTS PHSA PTER HR
08ZAGREB94	FIRE BROUGHT UNDER CONTROL ON SHIP OFF CROATIAN [...] (U) Croatia's Ministry of Sea, Transport, and Infrastructure told emboff today that the fire on the Und Adrijatic, a Turkish cargo ship, is under control. Five tugboats (3 Croatian and 2 Italian) continue to work to cool the ship's hull. When temperatures are lowered sufficiently, a Dutch team [...]	2008-02-08 14:06:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED	PHSA EWWT HR
09ABUDHABI1077	UAE SUPPORTS U.S. INTERNATIONAL MARITIME ORGANIZATION [...] (SBU) On November 15, PolOff delivered Ref A demarche to the Director General of the National Transport Authority Dr. Nasser Saif Al Mansoori, who said the UAE would "definitely" support the U.S. candidacy for a seat on the International Maritime Organization (IMO) Council in Category A, as it [...]	2009-11-15 11:38:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC IMO EWWT PHSA KTIA PREL PGOV AE
09ABUDHABI29	UAE PARTICIPATION IN CONTACT GROUP ON SOMALI PIRACY [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-08 14:26:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER PBTS PHSA MOPS EWWT KCRM AE
09ABUDHABI501	UAE SEEKS SUPPORT AS IMO COUNCIL "CATEGORY C" [...] Post received the following diplomatic note on May 18, 2009, requesting USG support for the UAE's candidacy as a "category C" member of the IMO Council. Begin text of Note No. MM1/5/73-1036 A dated 13 May 2009: Complimentary opening The Ministry has the honor to inform the Embassy that [...]	2009-05-18 14:20:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL EWWT PHSA ECON AE
09ABUDHABI761	UAEG STRICT LIMITS ON PRIVATE WEAPONS POSSESSION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The UAEG has strict laws regarding private possession of weapons and ammunition. Americans have been arrested and jailed for transporting such weapons and equipment, even in cases where airline and U.S. authorities allowed shipment on a U.S.-originating flight. Although diploma [...]	2009-07-27 11:14:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EWWT KHLS ASEC KOMC MARR PARM PREL PHSA CASC AE
09ABUDHABI765	CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE AUTHORITY INTEREST IN USCG, DHS [...] (SBU) On July 26, the Ambassador received a letter (text in para 2) from the Chairman of Abu Dhabi's Critical National Infrastructure Authority (CNIA) Sheikh Ahmed bin Tahnoon Al Nahyan requesting formal and ongoing cooperation with the US Coast Guard and Department of Homeland Security. Sheik [...]	2009-07-28 12:44:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EWWT KHLS ASEC KOMC MARR PARM PREL PHSA AE
09ABUDHABI899	UAE REQUESTS USG SUPPORT FOR A SEAT ON IMO COUNCIL [...] (U) This is an action request; please see paragraph 4. 2. (SBU) The UAE is seeking U.S. support for a seat on the International Maritime Organization (IMO) Council when the 26th Assembly meets in December. CDA, along with mission chiefs from Argentina, Brazil, Canada, and Venezuela attended [...]	2009-09-10 10:30:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC IMO EWWT PHSA KTIA PREL PGOV
09ABUJA1098	NIGERIA: PIRACY COURT DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (U) Poloff delivered reftel demarche and non-paper "An International Piracy Court -- Not the Right Direction" to Ms. Maria Laose, the Director of the First UN Division at the Nigerian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) on June 17. Ms. Laose pledged to pass copies of the non-paper along to the [...]	2009-06-17 16:21:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	EWWT MARR PGOV PHSA PHUM PREL NI
09ABUJA1135	DIPNOTE: NIGERIAN CANDIDACY FOR INTERNATIONAL [...] (SBU) Embassy received the following diplomatic note number F-766/2009 dated June 2, 2009 from the Nigerian Ministry of Foreign Affairs on June 23 regarding GON re-election into Category "C" of the International Maritime Organization. The text of the note is as follows: 2. (SBU) BEGIN TEX [...]	2009-06-24 08:46:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	PHSA PREL EWWT IMO NI
09ABUJA1210	NIGERIA: FOREIGN MINISTER DISCUSSES AU SUMMIT AND [...] (C) Ambassador had a short June 28 breakfast meeting with Nigerian Foreign Minister Ojo Maduekwe at his residence a few hours before his departure for Libya for the African Union (AU) Summit. Ambassador covered a range of issues ranging from Nigeria,s delegation to both the AU and upcoming G-8 [...]	2009-06-30 12:10:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAGR EAID EWWT KCRM PBTS PHSA PARCA
09ALGIERS564	DEMARCHE DELIVERED RE: INTERNATIONAL PIRACY COURT [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-16 08:03:00	Embassy Algiers	UNCLASSIFIED	EWWT MARR PGOV PHSA PHUM PREL AG
09AMMAN1191	ARMS/SECURITY TEAMS ABOARD MERCHANT VESSELS DEMARCHE [...] (SBU) EconOff and Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Attaches delivered ref A demarche to Al-Moutasem K. Alsaket, Director General of the Jordan Maritime Authority (JMA),and several members of his staff in Aqaba on May 18. This meeting also served as the introductory courtesy call by DHS [...]	2009-05-26 07:25:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EWWT ASEC MARR PARM PREL PHSA KHLS JO
09AMMAN1379	JORDAN: RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON INTERNATIONAL [...] (C) POL Off delivered reftel demarche on June 16 to Samer Naber, Deputy Chief of Staff at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA),emphasizing U.S. opposition to the formation of an international tribunal to prosecute suspected pirates and soliciting the Jordanian view on the subject. Although [...]	2009-06-18 12:51:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	EWWT MARR PGOV PHSA PHUM PREL JO
09ANKARA1223	TURKEY: ON BOARD WITH US APPROACH TO BROADEN [...] (SBU) MFA Maritime Affairs Section Head Haldun Tekneci confirmed on August 19 that the GOT fully supports the proposal to shift from the concept of "membership" in the Contact Group for Piracy Off the Coast of Somalia (CGPCS) to one of participation, in line with ref a and the presentation Pri [...]	2009-08-19 14:35:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EWWT MARR PGOV PHSA PHUM PREL
09ANKARA1466	TURKEY: DEMARCHE ON IMO CANDIDACY DELIVERED [...] (SBU) We delivered reftel demarche and aide-memoire to Haldun Tekneci, Maritime Department Head at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. He recognized the ongoing and active participation of the United States in the IMO and observed that Turkey and the United States have a long history of excellen [...]	2009-10-09 09:25:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC IMO EWWT PHSA TU
09ANKARA239	TURKISH PARLIAMENT APPROVES SENDING FRIGATE TO THE [...] The Turkish Parliament approved February 10 a motion authorizing the government to send naval forces to the Gulf of Aden to protect commercial vessels from pirates. The Turkish Naval Forces frigate Giresun (ex USS Flatley, an Oliver Hazard Perry class frigate) will reportedly depart February [...]	2009-02-13 05:07:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	MOPS KCRM PREL PGOV EWWT PBTS PHSA PTER TU
09ANTANANARIVO781	GROWING THREAT OF PIRACY IN MALAGASY AND COMORAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Piracy in the Indian Ocean is expanding south and east beyond the Gulf of Aden and the Somali coast, and will likely reach Malagasy or Comoran territorial waters by 2010. Neither country has the resources to deter or respond to this threat, nor will they be able to rely on French [...]	2009-11-16 14:19:00	Embassy Antananarivo	CONFIDENTIAL	PHSA EWWT MARR MA CN MP SE
09ASHGABAT1214	TURKMENISTAN: DEMARCHE ON U.S. IMO COUNCIL [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-25 07:40:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC EWWT PHSA IMO UK TX
09ASHGABAT1425	TURKMENISTAN TO SUPPORT U.S. CANDIDACY IN IMO [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-06 12:56:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC EWWT PHSA IMO UK TX
09ASTANA2067	KAZAKHSTAN TO SUPPORT U.S. CANDIDACY FOR IMO [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) On November 20, Rimma Zhunussova of the MFA's UN office told PolOff that Kazakhstan will support the U.S. candidacy for re-election to Category A membership in the International Maritime Organization Council (ref A and B). S [...]	2009-11-20 07:54:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL AORC EWWT PHSA IMO KZ
09ATHENS1079	GREECE AGREES AN INTERNATIONAL PIRACY COURT IS NOT THE RIGHT [...] (SBU) We delivered ref A non-paper, "An International Piracy Court: Not the Right Direction," to the Greek MFA June 9, and discussed it in a follow-up meeting with D1 Directorate (UN and IO Affairs) Counselor Dimitrios Papandreou and Legal Advisor Fani Livada on June 18. Echoing earlier commen [...]	2009-06-26 07:13:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EWWT MARR PGOV PHSA PHUM PREL GR
09ATHENS1153	GREECE SUPPORTS MOVING BEYOND MEMBERSHIP IN CONTACT GROUP ON [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-02 15:04:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EWWT MARR PGOV PHSA PHUM PREL GR
09ATHENS1443	GREEK VIEWS ON PIRACY CONTACT GROUP PARTICIPATION [...] (C) MFA Counselor Dimitrios Papandreou commended U.S. efforts to resolve the impasse over participation in the Contact Group for Piracy Off the Coast of Somalia, agreed with excluding North Korea and Iran from participation, and labeled our reftel message "a nice compromise." He noted his und [...]	2009-08-26 14:04:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	EWWT MARR PGOV PHSA PHUM PREL SO GR
09ATHENS1457	GREECE: CONTACT GROUP FOR PIRACY OFF THE COAST OF SOMALIA [...] (SBU) On August 31 we delivered reftel message to Greek MFA D1 Directorate (UN and International Organizations Affairs) Counselor Dimitris Papandreou, inviting Greece to join other countries that are among the 20 largest ship registries to sign the Commitment to Best Management Practices to Avo [...]	2009-09-03 13:47:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EWWT KCRM PHSA PHUM PREL UNSC SO GR
09ATHENS1549	ATHENS LAY OF THE LAND FOR PM A/S SHAPIRO [...] (C) Andrew: Welcome to Greece. Your visit comes at a time of calm between two storms; the first being the recently concluded Parliamentary elections in which PM Papandreou scored a decisive victory over the moribund Karamanlis administration, and the second being Greece's dismal economic sit [...]	2009-10-15 15:38:00	Embassy Athens	SECRET	PREL PHSA PGOV EWWT MARR MASS GR
09ATHENS1555	GREECE SUPPORTS U.S. IMO CANDIDACY, EXPECTS SAME [...] (SBU) On October 2, we delivered reftel demarche and diplomatic note to the MFA's D1 Office, responsible for the UN and other international organizations and conferences. On October 16, we followed up with Director Emannouil Papadorgiorgakis, who assured us of Greek support for the United Sta [...]	2009-10-16 12:28:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC IMO EWWT PHSA GR
09ATHENS1597	NEW GOVERNMENT WANTS TO DEEPEN U.S-GREECE STRATEGIC [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a cordial October 22 meeting with Alternate Minister of Defense Panos Beglitis, A/S Shapiro urged Greece to deepen its partnership with the U.S. on counterpiracy, sign the New York Declaration on Best Practices, follow through on its commitment to move its ISAF engineering batt [...]	2009-11-04 14:12:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHSA PGOV MARR MASS EWWT GR
09ATHENS1599	ALT/MFA DROUTSAS OPTIMISTIC ON BALKANS, TURKEY WITH A/S [...] (C) SUMMARY: PM A/S Shapiro used an October 22 meeting with Alternate Foreign Minister Dimitri Droutsas to encourage closer U.S.-Greek cooperation in counter-piracy, urging Greece to sign the New York Declaration on best practices and to try piracy suspects in Greek courts. He also thanked th [...]	2009-11-04 14:17:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHSA PGOV MARR MASS EWWT GR
09ATHENS1611	PIRACY: GREEK HEARTBURN WITH THE NEW YORK DECLARATION [...] (C) SUMMARY. PolMil Chief met at MFA November 3 to establish Greek views on signing the New York Declaration at the upcoming Plenary of the Contact Group on Piracy off the Coast of Somalia (CGPCS) in January 2010. While the MFA values our overall cooperation on counterpiracy, they have conti [...]	2009-11-09 13:25:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHSA EWWT GR

09ATHENS1693	PIRACY: GREECE WANTS CGPCS CHAIR, WILL CONSIDER NY [...] (U) This cable contains an action request, please see paragraph 6. 2. (C) SUMMARY. The MFA formally requests to chair a future Plenary of the Contact Group for Piracy off the Coast of Somalia (CGPCS),MFA D1 Directorate Head Franciscos Verros and Counselor Dimitris Papandreou told Po [...]	2009-12-11 11:07:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PHSA KPIR PREL PGOV GR
09ATHENS2064	Greek Shippers Drowning in the Wake of Economic Pressures [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. A seafaring nation for millennia, the resilience of the Greek shipping industry is being tested seriously for the first time since it rose to modern prominence in the 1960s. As the global economic crisis continues, and the demographics of international trade shift, the Greek sh [...]	2009-11-20 16:11:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PHSA KPIR CH GR
09ATHENS210	GREECE: POINTS DELIVERED ON PROSECUTION OF [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-18 12:33:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED	PHSA PBTS EWWT KCRM PTER MOPS PREL GR
09ATHENS875	DEMARCHE DELIVERED - GREEK PROSECUTION OF SUSPECTED M/V [...] (C) We delivered reftel message inquiring about possible Greek interest in exercising jurisdiction over 17 suspects in U.S. Navy custody on May 21 to MFA D1 (UN and International Organizations Affairs) Counselor Dimitios Papandreaou. Papandreou took note of the details of the case, including o [...]	2009-05-28 08:38:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EWWT KCRM MARR PBTS PGOV PHSA PREL GR EG
09BANGKOK2766	Thailand Supports U.S. Candidacy in IMO [...] (SBU) Post delivered reftel demarche via diplomatic note on October 19. The Thai Ministry of Foreign Affairs replied via diplomatic note on October 29 and stated that the Royal Thai Government (RTG) supports the re-election of the United States to the International Maritime Organization's (IM [...]	2009-10-29 09:32:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC EWWT IMO PHSA UK TH
09BEIJING1095	CNO ADM ROUGHEAD DISCUSSES MIL-MIL TIES, PIRACY, [...] (S) In an April 18 meeting with Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) Admiral Gary Roughead, Vice Foreign Minister He Yafei said China adhered to the principle of peaceful development and noted that the PLA Navy (PLAN) had been expanding to safeguard China's sovereignty and territorial integrity. AD [...]	2009-04-23 09:57:00	Embassy Beijing	SECRET	PREL MARR MOPS PBTS PHSA CH KN
09BEIJING1168	SOMALIA: CHINA'S VIEWS ON COMBATING PIRACY [...] (C) SUMMARY: China supported the Contact Group on Piracy off the Coast of Somalia (CGPCS) and would like to improve military coordination but had to maintain sole control of its military operations and avoid a "military hierarchy," an MFA official told PolOff April 29. The official said China [...]	2009-04-30 09:23:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	CH MARR MOPS PGOV PHSA PREL SO
09BEIJING1280	SOMALI PIRACY: CHINA INVITED TO ATTEND CGPCS [...] (SBU) China will send a delegation of officials from the MFA, Ministry of National Defense (MND) and Ministry of Transportation to attend the May 29 meeting of the Contact Group on Piracy off the Coast of Somalia (CGPCS),MFA International Organizations and Conferences Department UN Affairs Di [...]	2009-05-13 06:54:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHSA MARR MOPS CH SO
09BEIJING1295	PRC: NEW MFA BOUNDARY AND OCEAN AFFAIRS DEPARTMENT [...] (C) The recently-established MFA Department of Boundary and Ocean Affairs would focus more on technical and legal issues than on policy matters, including providing advice on incidents involving USNS vessels in the South and East China seas, Maritime Delimitation Division Director Yang Li told [...]	2009-05-14 09:05:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PBTS PHSA PREL PGOV ECON CH TW XC
09BEIJING1384	SINO-INDIAN RELATIONS A MIXED BAG OF TENSIONS, [...] (C) Chinese academic and Indian diplomatic contacts in recent meetings painted a mixed picture of Sino-Indian ties. Interlocutors cited historic tensions and present disagreements, but also noted that incremental progress had been made. Chinese scholars downplayed the "String of Pearls" strat [...]	2009-05-22 09:59:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS PBTS PHSA IN NP PK CH
09BEIJING1386	SOMALI PIRACY: CHINA INVITED TO ATTEND MAY 29 [...] (SBU) China's Ministry of National Defense would likely continue to push its proposal to put counter-piracy military operations in the Gulf of Aden under UN command, MFA International Organizations and Conferences (IO) Department UN Affairs Division official Jiang Hua told PolOff May 22 in res [...]	2009-05-22 10:04:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHSA MARR MOPS CH SO
09BEIJING1657	INTERNATIONAL PIRACY COURT: CHINA SHARES U.S. CONCERNS [...] (SBU) China shared U.S. concerns about creating an international piracy court, MFA Treaty and Law Department International Law Division Deputy Director Xu Yu told PolOff June 17 in response to reftel points urging China's support for the U.S. position opposing the creation of an international t [...]	2009-06-18 08:12:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EWWT MARR PGOV PHSA PHUM PREL CH
09BEIJING1710	JUNE 23 MFA PRESS BREIFING: DPRK VESSEL, H1N1, IRAN [...] Key points at the June 23 MFA press briefing: -- Ministry of Foreign Affairs Spokesperson Qin Gang stated that China was aware of relevant reports of a DPRK vessel transporting munitions but emphasized that any related inspections must abide by the provisions of UNSC 1874. -- Qin asserted [...]	2009-06-23 11:43:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHSA AO BM CH JA IR KN KS SW TW
09BEIJING1757	JUNE 25 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: GOOGLE, FISHERMEN IN INDONESIA, [...] Key points at the June 25 MFA press briefing: -- Ministry of Foreign Affairs Spokesperson Qin Gang stated that recently Google was spreading "lewd and vulgar content," and as an internet enterprise operating in China, Google should "earnestly" abide by Chinese law. All punitive measures take [...]	2009-06-25 11:01:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL PHUM PGOV PHSA PBTS EINT EPET ETRD BM CE
09BEIJING1804	JUNE 30 MFA PRESS BREIFING: ASEAN+3, FIVE PARTY TALKS, [...] Key points at the June 30 MFA press briefing: -- Ministry of Foreign Affairs Spokesperson Qin Gang stated that China would continue to "play a constructive role" through the ASEAN+3 and Regional Security Forum and, given that the international security and economic situation was "changing ra [...]	2009-06-30 23:07:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM MARR PHSA AO BM CH JA IR KN KS SW
09BEIJING1851	SOMALI PIRACY: CHINA ASKED TO SUPPORT ADDITIONAL [...] (SBU) China was "flexible" if additional states wished to participate in the Contact Group on Piracy off the Coast of Somalia (CGPCS),MFA International Organizations and Conferences Department UN Affairs Division official Cheng Lie told PolOff July 2 in response to reftel points encouraging C [...]	2009-07-05 03:00:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHSA MARR MOPS CH SO
09BEIJING2408	CHINA DOES NOT WANT TAIWAN IN THE CGPCS [...] (C) China would oppose Taiwan participation in the Contact Group on Piracy off the Coast of Somalia (CGPCS),but otherwise welcomes broader participation, according to MFA International Organizations and Conferences Department UN Affairs Division official Cheng Lie. Cheng, who plans to attend [...]	2009-08-21 05:43:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EWWT MARR PGOV PHSA PHUM SO CH
09BEIJING2491	PRC RECEPTIVE TO SIGNING THE NY DECLARATION [...] (C) Barring unforeseen problems, China will likely sign the Commitment to Best Management Practices to Avoid, Deter or Delay Acts of Piracy (the New York Declaration) during the public ceremony on September 9 before the plenary meeting of the Contact Group on Piracy off the Coast of Somalia (CG [...]	2009-09-01 10:18:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EWWT KCRM PHSA PHUM SO XA XW UNSC
09BEIJING2699	PRC FOCUSED ON ITS TERRITORIAL CLAIMS IN SOUTH [...] (C) Summary: China's primary interests in the South China Sea (SCS) are to defend its claimed territorial boundaries, protect and develop its claims to natural resources, and maintain freedom of navigation, according to an Embassy contact. Scholars and officials suggest China prefers to addr [...]	2009-09-21 10:22:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS PHSA MARR PHUM PGOV VN CH
09BEIJING2914	EAP A/S CAMPBELL'S MEETING WITH MND/FAO MG QIAN [...] (C) Summary: Major General Qian Lihua, Director of the Foreign Affairs Office of China's Ministry of Defense, responded positively, if cautiously, to EAP A/S Campbell's urging of improved military-to-military relations within a broader, inter-agency strategic dialogue, but complained that res [...]	2009-10-21 06:52:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MASS PHUM PBTS PHSA PINS TW CH
09BEIJING3083	NOVEMBER 10 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: OBAMA VISIT, EXCHANGE RATE, [...] Key points at the November 10 MFA press briefing: -- The visit of U.S. President Obama will have a great influence on the future development of bilateral relations. -- China will follow a proactive and transparent policy to improve the Renminbi (RMB) exchange mechanism and give full play to [...]	2009-11-11 23:06:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM EFIN ECON PHSA ABUD IN XA TW SY
09BEIJING3091	NOVEMBER 12 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: OBAMA VISIT, OBAMA-DALAI [...] Key points at the November 12 MFA press briefing: --The U.S. President will have the opportunity to speak with youth in Shanghai -- China and the United States are "consulting on the specific arrangements" about media coverage. --China's opposition to foreign leaders meeting with the Dalai [...]	2009-11-12 08:54:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM PHSA CH
09BEIJING3113	NATO DEPUTY SECRETARY GENERAL IN BEIJING [...] (C) Summary: In Beijing November 9-12 for the NATO-China dialogue, NATO Deputy Secretary General Ambassador Claudio Bisogniero briefed the Chinese on NATO's New Strategic Concept effort, operations in Afghanistan, and relations with Russia, Central Asia, the Shanghai Cooperation Organization [...]	2009-11-13 09:25:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR MASS MNUC PHSA MOPS AF PK IR
09BEIJING3138	NOVEMBER 19 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: OPPOSITION TO JEWISH [...] Key points at the November 19 MFA press briefing: -- China opposes Israel's plans to build new Jewish settlements in East Jerusalem, viewing the move as likely to undermine trust and security in the region. -- The decision not to accept journalist questions following the meeting between P [...]	2009-11-19 11:53:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM PHSA CH IS KN AF IN VM JA
09BEIJING3163	NOVEMBER 24, 2009 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: LIANG GUANGLIE'S DPRK [...] Key points at the November 24 MFA press briefing: -- The PRC views Liang Guanglie's visit to the DPRK as a "normal exchange" between the two militaries. -- The PRC supports U.S.-DPRK dialogue in advance of U.S. Ambassador Bosworth's trip to the DPRK. -- The PRC states that India's ballis [...]	2009-11-24 10:31:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM ECON SENV PHSA CH IN KN RP
09BEIJING3211	DECEMBER 1, 2009 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: COPENHAGEN [...] Key points at the December 1 MFA press briefing were: -- At the 12th China-EU Summit in Nanjing, President Hu met with EC President Jose Manuel Barroso and other EU leaders and discussed climate change, sustainable development, and joint responses to the financial crisis. -- China believes [...]	2009-12-01 11:40:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM ECON SENV PHSA CH EUN KN RP XK
09BEIJING3489	DECEMBER 29, 2009 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: AMCIT IN NORTH KOREA, [...] Key points at the December 29 MFA press briefing were: -- China hopes the U.S. will uphold the larger issue of stability on the Korean Peninsula when addressing US citizen Robert Park's detention in North Korea. -- The execution of UK citizen Akmal Shaikh for drug smuggling, despite claims [...]	2009-12-29 10:51:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM PARM PHSA PTER CH BM KN IS
09BEIJING579	PRC: COW'S TONGUE CLAIM NOT LICKED, DESPITE [...] (C) China expects the South China Sea (SCS) sovereignty dispute arising from a maritime baselines bill recently passed in the Philippines Congress will not ratchet up tension in the region and will not affect China's SCS claim, according to an MFA official. China will continue its "shelve dif [...]	2009-03-05 09:55:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PBTS PHSA PREL PGOV ECON CH TW XC
09BEIJING600	CHARGE D'AFFAIRES PROTESTS HARASSMENT OF USNS [...] (C) On March 8 in the South China Sea international waters near the PRC's Hainan Island, five Chinese ships harassed and interfered with a U.S. survey vessel, the USNS Impeccable, conducting routine operations (reftel). In response, the Charge d'Affaires protested Chinese actions to MFA Americ [...]	2009-03-09 09:20:00	Embassy Beijing	SECRET	PREL PHSA PBTS MOPS MARR KTIA CH
09BEIJING645	CHINESE MFA ON IMPECCABLE INCIDENT [...] (C) The Charge d'Affaires spoke with Assistant Foreign Minister Liu Jieyi March 12 to underline the importance of the U.S.-proposed telcon between Chief of Naval Operations ADM Roughead and his PLA Navy counterpart ADM Wu Shengli to discuss the March 8 USNS Impeccable incident in the South Chi [...]	2009-03-12 09:49:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHSA PBTS MOPS MARR KTIA CH
09BEIJING66	CONTACT GROUP ON SOMALI PIRACY: PRC WILLING TO [...] (C) Summary: China will participate in the Contact Group on Somali Piracy (CGSP) but would like to see member states take a cautious approach, MFA Department of International Organizations and Conferences UN Affairs Division Deputy Director Sun Xiaobo told PolOff January 9 in response to reft [...]	2009-01-09 08:18:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EWWT KCRM MOPS PBTS PHSA PTER CH SO
09BEIJING692	MARCH 17 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: NORTH KOREAN PREMIER VISIT, [...] Key points at the March 17 MFA press briefing: -- North Korean Premier Kim Yong-il arrived in Beijing today, March 17, for an official visit. -- China is "concerned" about the situation on the Korean peninsula, which is "complicated with an increasing number of uncertain factors." China h [...]	2009-03-17 12:05:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV PHSA PBTS PREL PARM SU PG ES BU PK JP
09BEIRUT1181	LEBANON REQUESTS ICAO VOTE IN EXCHANGE FOR IMO AND [...] (C) We delivered ref A demarche regarding the International Maritime Organization (IMO) on September 30 and ref B demarche on the UN International Civil Service Commission (ICSC) (ref B) on October 23 to both MFA Americas desk officer Reina Charbel and Acting Director General of the MFA Depart [...]	2009-10-28 15:26:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC APER KJUS KUNR PHSA PREL UNGA
09BELGRADE1210	Serbia To Support U.S. IMO Candidacy [...] SBU) In response to the demarche requested in reftel, Serbia declared in a diplomatic note that it will support the candidacy of the US for re-election in the IMO council under Category A during the 26th session of the IMO Assembly in London from 23rd November to 4th December 2009. BRUSH [...]	2009-10-21 13:17:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC IMO EWWT PHSA UK SR
09BELMOPAN424	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: U.S. CANDIDACY FOR THE INTERNATIONAL [...] Poloff delivered reftel demarche and diplomatic note on USG candidacy for the International Maritime Organization (IMO) Council to Ayesha Borland, Western Hemisphere Desk Officer at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on November 17. Director of Economic Affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs [...]	2009-11-17 19:49:00	Embassy Belmopan	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC IMO EWWT PHSA UK BH
09BERLIN1183	BRINGING THE GERMANS AROUND ON GRANTING SOVEREIGN [...] (SBU) This is an action request. See para 10. 2. (C) SUMMARY: The German MFA and MOD continue to argue that only U.S. "warships" can be granted "sovereign immunity" against search or arrest when visiting German ports, but this seems to be based on an overly narrow and traditional reading o [...]	2009-09-24 09:25:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS PARM PGOV PHSA PBTS GM
09BERLIN1467	EUROPEANS TRACK U.S. ON EAST AFRICA BUT REMAIN [...] (C) Summary: During a German MFA experts level meeting in Berlin to discuss the challenges facing East Africa, it was clear the Europeans saw eye to eye with the United States on most Horn issues but differed on the advisability of sanctions against Eritrea. We agreed Ethiopia's role in the region [...]	2009-11-18 09:20:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PTER PHSA SENV DJ ER ET GM KE SO
09BERLIN19	GERMANY: ONBOARD FOR CONTACT GROUP ON SOMALI PIRACY [...] (U) Poloff delivered Ref A and Ref B to MFA Deputy Division Head for European Security and Defense Policy (ESDP) Jens Beikuefner, who noted that MFA already had received the draft communiqu and proposed agenda from the German Permanent Mission to the UN. MFA Division Head for ESDP Kampmann l [...]	2009-01-08 12:17:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED	EWWT KCRM MOPS PBTS PHSA PTER
09BERLIN245	EUR PDAS RIES'S FEBRUARY 24-25 VISIT TO BERLIN [...] (C) SUMMARY. During EUR PDAS Ries's February 24-25 visit to Berlin, senior German officials warmly welcomed the commitment of the new U.S. Administration to partnership and consultation, and foresaw no major divergence between the U.S. and Germany on the key issues to be addressed at the Marc [...]	2009-02-27 14:03:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON MARR MNUC MOPS NATO PGOV PHSA PREL PTER
09BERLIN831	CGPCS: GERMANY AGREES ON PARTICIPATION ISSUE, BUT [...] (C) Post delivered ref A points to MFA UN Security Council Action Officer Dirk Stockhausen on June 30 and then followed up with him on July 2, emphasizing the importance that the U.S. placed on reaching a resolution that would allow the six aspirant countries to participate in the Contact Group [...]	2009-07-09 17:15:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	EWWT MARR PGOV PHSA PHUM PREL MOPS GM
09BERN494	SWISS SUPPORT U.S. CANDIDACY FOR THE INTERNATIONAL [...] (SBU) Department of Foreign Affairs US Desk Officer Alexandra Baumann informed econoff on November 18 that Switzerland will support the U.S. candidacy for re-election to Category A membership in the Council of the International Maritime Organization. BEYER [...]	2009-11-18 14:00:00	Embassy Bern	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC EWWT PHSA UK SZ
09BOGOTA2803	COLOMBIA: LAND-BASED SOURCES PROTOCOL DEMARCHE [...] (SBU) EconOff delivered reftel message to the Ministry of Environment's Minister Carlos Costa, Vice Minister Claudia Mora, and International Relations advisor Giannina Santiago. Minister Costa recognizes the importance of the Land-Based Sources (LBS) Protocol and has instructed the Ministry to [...]	2009-09-01 21:00:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIS SENV PHSA CO
09BOGOTA2942	COLOMBIA SUPPORTS U.S. "CATEGORY A" MEMBERSHIP IN [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-14 21:54:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV PHSA EFIS CO
09BOGOTA545	IATTC: USG AND EC MAKE JOINT DEMARCHE OVER GOC [...] (U) Summary. On February 17, EconOff and the European Commission Political/Economic Counselor Gonzalo Fournier, discussed the GOC's position toward the Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission (IATTC) with Carlos Robles, Director of Fishing at the Ministry of Agriculture (MOA). The impetus fo [...]	2009-02-20 16:09:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIS PHSA SENV PGOV PREL CO
09BRASILIA1211	BRAZIL: NON-COMMITAL RESPONSE TO U.S. CANDIDACY AT THE [...] (SBU) On September 25 Science Officer delivered the demarche per REFTEL A requesting Brazil's support the U.S. candidacy at the International Maritime Organization (IMO) to Second Secretary Andre Tenorio Mourao of the Division of Oceans, Antarctica, and Outer Space at the Ministry of External [...]	2009-10-02 14:18:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC IMO EWWT PHSA UK BR
09BRUSSELS123	DELIVERY OF DEMARCHE ON PARTICIPATION IN GAZA ARMS [...] (C) Deputy Political Counselor delivered reftel demarche January 27 to Wolfgang Barwinkel, Director of the Middle East Division at the Middle East Maghreb Unit of the EU Council. (Note: Head of Unit Christian Jouret was traveling with Javier Solana in the Middle East.) Barwinkel noted that the [...]	2009-01-28 16:40:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL MARR MOPS PARM NATO EU IS PHSA
09BRUSSELS1326	EU: U.S. IMO CANDIDACY [...] (U) On September 28, EconOff spoke with Jacques Michaux and Philippe Burghelle-Vernet at the European Commission's Energy and Transport Directorate (DG-TREN) about the U.S. interest in seeking re-election to the International Maritime Organization (IMO) Council in Category A and followed up wi [...]	2009-10-01 09:45:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC IMO EWWT PHSA UK EUN
09BRUSSELS133	WORKING WITH THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION ON [...] (U) This is a request for guidance. See paragraphs 2 and 6. 2. (SBU) Summary: On January 22, USEU facilitated a videoconference with representatives of the European Commission to discuss the Critical Maritime Routes initiative, which is designed to provide capacity building support t [...]	2009-01-29 17:13:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EWWT EAID PHSA PTER XI XO XW ZR EUN
09BRUSSELS164	BELGIUM ACCEPTS INVITATION TO JOIN PIRACY CONTACT [...] (C) On February 3 Poloff met with Pol De Witte, Director for Security Policy at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. De Witte said that Belgium accepts the invitation of the Contact Group on Piracy off the Coast of Somalia (CGPCS) to join as a member of the group. Poloff provided De Witte with a [...]	2009-02-05 06:23:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	AL EWWT KCRM PBTS PHSA BE
09BRUSSELS908	EU SUPPORTS EXPANDED PIRACY CONTACT GROUP [...] (C) On June 29, PolOff delivered reftel points supporting an expanded Contact Group on Piracy off the Coast of Somalia to Didier Lenoir, head of operations and exercises in the EU Council Secretariat. Lenoir, who led the EU's delegation to the May Contact Group meeting in New York, believes [...]	2009-07-01 15:45:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	EWWT MARR PGOV PHSA PHUM PREL EUN
09BRUSSELS966	BELGIUM SUPPORTS MORE OPEN PARTICIPATION IN [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-13 15:15:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	EWWT MARR PGOV PHSA PHUM PREL BE
09BUDAPEST716	HUNGARY ON IMO AND CANDIDATES FOR INT'L [...] (U) On September 24, Econoff delivered reftel demarche advocating U.S. re-election to the International Maritime Organization (IMO) Council in "Category A" to Andrea Balog of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' International Organizations division, whose unit is responsible for candidates for int [...]	2009-09-30 15:30:00	Embassy Budapest	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC EWWT PHSA PREL HU
09BUDAPEST732	HUNGARIAN RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE: INTERNATIONAL [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-07 13:51:00	Embassy Budapest	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC EWWT PHSA PREL HU
09BUENOSAIRES1243	Argentina Will Support U.S. Candidacy for International [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-25 14:30:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EWWT AORC PREL PHSA IMO AR
09BUENOSAIRES868	ARGENTINA SUGGESTS SOLUTION TO CONTROVERSY OVER ITS CLAIM [...] (SBU) ADCM and ESTCouns met on July 22 at the Argentine MFA with Rafael Grossi, Director General for Political Coordination and a close advisor to Foreign Minister (FM) Jorge Taiana, regarding the issue of Argentina's submission of its claim to the Antarctic continental platform. Grossi reiter [...]	2009-07-24 17:18:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PTBS PHSA AR
09BUENOSAIRES920	ARGENTINA AGREES TO PROPOSAL TO RESOLVE DISAGREEMENT OVER [...] (SBU) ADCM and ESTCouns delivered ref A points to the Argentine MFA's Director General for Political Coordination, Rafael Grossi, a close advisor to FM Jorge Taiana. Grossi was pleased with the USG proposal regarding Argentina's submission of its claim to the Antarctic continental platform (re [...]	2009-08-11 19:51:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PTBS PHSA AR
09BUENOSAIRES939	ARGENTINA: SECOND DIPNOTE ON TRANSIT OF MAKIN [...] (U) Action Request for Department, see para 5. 2. (SBU) Embassy Buenos Aires received a second diplomatic note from the GOA dated August 13 regarding the transit of the Amphibious Assault Ship Makin Island LHD8 through the Strait of Magellan. An Embassy translation of the note follows: [...]	2009-08-14 21:06:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PBTS PHSA MARR PGOV AR
09CAIRO1180	EGYPTIAN RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON AN INTERNATIONAL PIRACY COURT REF: STATE 58579 Classified By: Minister Counselor for Economic and Political Affairs William R. Stewart for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d). [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-23 13:44:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHSA PGOV PHUM EWWT MARR KCRM SO EG
09CAIRO184	ARAB LEAGUE AGREES TO JOIN PIRACY CONTACT GROUP [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-02 14:15:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	EWWT KCRM PBTS PHSA PREL MOPS AL
09CANBERRA322	TORRES STRAIT: U.S. AGREEMENT TO REVISED MARINE [...] (C/NF) ECONCOUNS delivered ref A message to DFAT International Legal Division Assistant Secretary Adam McCarthy March 30. McCarthy, joined by Director of the DFAT Sea Law Section Damien White, welcomed the prompt U.S. response as well as the substantive agreement with Australia's willingness [...]	2009-03-30 07:24:00	Embassy Canberra	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EWWT PHSA PREL AS
09CANBERRA404	TORRES STRAIT: AUSTRALIANS AGREE TO MODIFY MARINE [...] (C/NF) Though surprised at U.S. expressions of concern about the text of the Marine Notice updating Australia's Torres Strait pilotage regime issued on April 17, Australia agrees to remove both the opening clause and the closing sentence saying that details about applicable legislation, appli [...]	2009-04-23 07:24:00	Embassy Canberra	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EWWT PHSA PREL AS
09CANBERRA600	AUSTRALIAN RESPONSE TO CABLE RE:PIRACY OFF COAST [...] (U) Andrei Seeto, Executive Officer, United Nations and Commonwealth Section, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade received reftels on June 30. Seeto had attended the May 29 conference, but appreciated the USG read-out and our points on the growth of the group. Seeto will respond to both [...]	2009-06-30 06:19:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED	EWWT MARR PGOV PHSA PHUM PREL AS
09CANBERRA899	AUSTRALIA WILL SUPPORT US CANDIDACY AT IMO COUNCIL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Australia will support the U.S. candidate for the International Maritime Organization (IMO) Council. GOA nominated a candidate under Category "C" membership and has requested U.S. support. GOA requests clarification on reftel paragraph 7. End summary. 2. (SBU) Econoff del [...]	2009-09-30 05:43:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC IMO EWWT PHSA AS
09CHISINAU457	MOLDOVA RECEIVED INTERNATIONAL PIRACY COURT DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-16 06:34:00	Embassy Chisinau	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL EWWT MARR PGOV PHSA MD
09CHISINAU770	DEMARCHE REPLY: INTERNATIONAL MARITIME [...] We delivered reftel demarche to Dorin Panfil, Head of NATO and Politico-Military Cooperation Division, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and European Integration (MFA),on September 28, 2009. Panfil responded that the Government of Moldova would duly consider this request and that he would pass the [...]	2009-10-07 06:03:00	Embassy Chisinau	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM AORC IMO EWWT PHSA UK MD
09COLOMBO1049	SRI LANKA CONSIDERING INTERNATIONAL MARITIME [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-19 10:39:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC IMO EWWT PHSA UK CE
09COLOMBO973	INTERNATIONAL MARITIME ORGANIZATION - DEMARCHE TO [...] (U) Embassy Colombo delivered REFTEL to the Republic of Maldives Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) and the Maldivian High Commission in Colombo on 22 September 2009. Post followed up with the Maldivian High Commission in Colombo and was advised that while the MFA was still formally evaluating [...]	2009-10-21 10:04:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC IMO EWWT PHSA UK
09COPENHAGEN20	DANES WANT "AMBITIOUS" SOMALI PIRACY CONTACT GROUP [...] (SBU) Summary. Denmark supports a robust mandate for the Contact Group on Somali Piracy (CGSP),and hopes that the CGSP's January 13-14 inaugural meeting will provide it with an ambitious and substantive operational agenda. The Danes hope to take on leadership of the CGSP's legal and judicial [...]	2009-01-08 15:50:00	Embassy Copenhagen	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM EWWT MOPS PBTS PHSA PTER DA
09COTONOU557	BENIN: PIRATES ATTACK TANKER IN GULF OF GUINEA [...] (C) On November 24 at approximately 2:30 AM three Nigerian pirates boarded the 750-foot, Liberian-flagged tanker M/T Cancale Star in Benin's near international waters south of Cotonou, approximately 14 nautical miles offshore. Second in command Chief Officer Oleksiy Frolin was killed and thre [...]	2009-11-24 15:51:00	Embassy Cotonou	CONFIDENTIAL	PBTS MCAP EWWT PHSA BN
09DARESSALAAM153	AIR TANZANIA: SAVED BY CHINESE INVESTMENT? [...] (SBU) Summary. The Government of Tanzania appears to have finally found an investor to keep troubled Air Tanzania aloft, but the carrier's long term viability remains in question. After the Tanzanian Civil Aviation Authority (TCAA) revoked the airworthiness license of Air Tanzania Corporation [...]	2009-03-04 13:51:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ECON PGOV PHSA PINR TZ
09DARESSALAAM154	PORT CONGESTION IN DAR ES SALAAM - TOO MUCH OF A GOOD [...] Summary: Ships arriving in the Dar es Salaam harbor must wait fourteen to twenty-two days before offloading, at a cost of USD 20,000 a day, pushing up the prices of imported goods and squeezing profits for Tanzania and its landlocked neighbors. The Port of Dar es Salaam got off to a fresh sta [...]	2009-03-04 13:51:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EWWT PGOV PHSA PINR TZ
09DARESSALAAM649	TANZANIA POSITIVE ON U.S. CANDIDACY FOR IMO [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-05 12:18:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC IMO EWWT PHSA TZ
09DARESSALAAM676	PIRACY PROSECUTION IN TANZANIA A DISTANT PROSPECT [...] (SBU) Summary and Action Request: Although MFA is cautiously positive about eventually accepting captured pirates for prosecution, the EU's experience in frustration with the GOT over the issue suggests progress towards legislative changes and a memorandum of understanding will be slow at best [...]	2009-10-19 08:48:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS MP PBTS PHSA PGOV TZ
09DHAKA884	BANGLADESH SEEKS TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO DEMARCATE [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 5. Summary ------- 2. (SBU) The Government of Bangladesh (GOB) is seeking foreign aid for a survey of the nation's continental shelf in the Bay of Bengal. According to the GOB, Bangladesh requires a seismic survey of 4,000 kilometers [...]	2009-09-13 08:54:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL SENV ENRG EWWT PBTS PHSA EPET BG
09DILI271	DEMARCHE RESPONSE: INTERNATIONAL MARITIME ORGANIZATION [...] Post delivered reftel demarche supporting the U.S. candidacy for the International Maritime Organization to Isilio Coelho, MFA Director of External Affairs, on September 30. Post also conveyed the demarche material via diplomatic note. 2. Coelho expressed his appreciation for the info [...]	2009-10-05 01:38:00	Embassy Dili	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC PHSA TT
09DJIBOUTI101	PRESIDENT GUELLEH PRAISES PARTNERSHIP WITH USG, AFRICOM [...] (C) SUMMARY. In a February 5 meeting with AFRICOM Commander General Ward, President Guelleh accepted thanks for Djibouti's hosting of the Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA),reiterated the GODJ's interest in maintaining a strong partnership with the USG, and praised AFRICOM' [...]	2009-02-08 14:11:00	Embassy Djibouti	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHSA MASS SO ER IR DJ
09DJIBOUTI113	DJIBOUTI APPROVES BLACKWATER FOR COMMERCIAL COUNTER-PIRACY [...] (C) SUMMARY. U.S. security firm, Blackwater Worldwide (BW),has received permission from the Government of Djibouti to operate an armed ship from the port of Djibouti, to protect commercial shipping from pirates off the coast of Somalia. Blackwater's U.S.-flagged ship is expected to arrive in ear [...]	2009-02-12 16:01:00	Embassy Djibouti	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHSA MOPS BEXP DJ SO XA
09DJIBOUTI1333	Djibouti Response-Entry of Arms for Security Assets [...] (SBU) In response to Ref A, Ambassador Regional Security Officer met with the General Manager of the Djibouti Maritime Security Services (DMSS),Mr. Bruno Pardigon, on November 23. A February 2009 GODJ decree authorized the DMSS to issue licenses to maritime security operators on behalf [...]	2009-11-25 09:39:00	Embassy Djibouti	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EWWT KPIR MARR PREL DJ PHSA
09DJIBOUTI1425	DAS WYCOFF DISCUSSES SOMALIA AND ERITREA WITH DJIBOUTIAN FOREIGN MINISTER [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-27 12:42:00	Embassy Djibouti	SECRET	MOPS MASS PREL PGOV PHSA PTER DJ SO ER AG
09DJIBOUTI150	FRENCH FM KOUCHNER'S VISIT FOCUSES ON DJIBOUTI-ERITREA, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. FM Kouchner's surprise February 21-22 visit to Djibouti focused on Djibouti-Eritrea, Somalia, and countering Somali piracy, but did not address bilateral issues, according to the French Ambassador. Despite the expiration of the 5-week deadline imposed by UNSCR 1862 for Eritrea [...]	2009-03-01 08:40:00	Embassy Djibouti	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHSA PBTS MOPS KPKO FR SO DJ RS
09DJIBOUTI156	JAPAN SEEKS TO DEPLOY P-3 AIRCRAFT AND SHIPS TO DJIBOUTI FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY. Mid-February discussions with visiting Japanese officials--from the Diet, MFA, MOD, and Japanese embassies in Addis Ababa and London--suggest that Japan is preparing to deploy two P-3C maritime patrol aircraft and possibly two JMSDF frigates to Djibouti, in order to support intern [...]	2009-03-01 16:58:00	Embassy Djibouti	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHSA MARR MOPS JA DJ SO XA
09DJIBOUTI176	SOMALI PIRACY: DJIBOUTI FOREIGN MINISTER REAFFIRMS [...] (C) In a March 11 meeting with Ambassador and DCM, Foreign Minister Mohamed Ali Youssouf and MFA Director of Bilateral Relations Mohamed Ali Hassan reaffirmed the Government of Djibouti's concurrence to allow the USG to transit suspected pirates by air, via Djibouti, en route to Kenya for prose [...]	2009-03-12 12:06:00	Embassy Djibouti	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHSA MOPS KJUS DJ SO KE
09DJIBOUTI255	JAPANESE TROOPS EN ROUTE TO DJIBOUTI TO COMBAT SOMALI PIRACY [...] (C) SUMMARY. In anticipation of signing a SOFA on April 3 with Djibouti's foreign minister, two Japanese destroyers, each with 200-man crews, are expected to arrive in Djibouti in the next ten days to conduct counter-piracy operations off the coast of Somalia. They will be joined in May by t [...]	2009-03-29 15:08:00	Embassy Djibouti	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHSA MARR MOPS EWWT JA DJ SO XA
09DJIBOUTI27	DJIBOUTI SEEKS TO HOST SOMALI COUNTER-PIRACY [...] (U) Per reftel, Post forwarded draft agenda and draft communique for January 13-14 Contact Group on Somali Piracy (CGSP) to MFA Director of Bilateral Affairs Mohamed Ali Hassan on January 8. Ambassador subsequently provided Post's French-language translation (emailed to AF/RSA and PM/PPA) to [...]	2009-01-12 13:01:00	Embassy Djibouti	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM EWWT MOPS PBTS PHSA PTER SO DJ XA
09DJIBOUTI307	CONGRESSMAN PAYNE DISCUSSES REGIONAL ISSUES WITH GODJ [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. During an April 11-13 visit in Djibouti, CODEL Payne discussed regional challenges with Djiboutian President Ismail Omar Guelleh and other top GODJ officials. After speaking with President Guelleh about the ongoing Eritrea-Djibouti border dispute, Representative Payne traveled [...]	2009-04-15 05:39:00	Embassy Djibouti	CONFIDENTIAL	OREP PGOV PREL PBTS PHSA PTER PHUM PREF ECON EAID ET
09DJIBOUTI415	BELGIAN SPECIAL FORCES REQUEST USG ASSISTANCE FOR POSSIBLE [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-29 16:19:00	Embassy Djibouti	SECRET	PREL PHSA MOPS DJ SO BE
09DJIBOUTI43	FMF PROJECT GREATLY IMPROVES DJIBOUTIS MARITIME SECURITY [...] SUMMARY. A $14.2 million Foreign Military Funding (FMF) project to improve naval facilities in the northern Djibouti port city of Obock will significantly improve GODJ capacity to protect its littoral frontier in the vicinity of the strategic Bab-el-Mandeb strait. Related USG programs to furn [...]	2009-01-16 20:42:00	Embassy Djibouti	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR PREL PHSA EAID DJ
09DJIBOUTI449	DJIBOUTIAN NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR AND CHOD CONCUR WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY. In a May 2 meeting with RDML Mercer, Djiboutian National Security Advisor Hassan Said Khaireh and CHOD MG Fathi A. Houssein concurred with the proposed establishment in June 2009 of a U.S. Navy Harbor Security Unit in the Port of Djibouti. The establishment of a Harbor Security [...]	2009-05-05 16:17:00	Embassy Djibouti	CONFIDENTIAL	MASS MOPS PHSA PTER ASEC DJ
09DJIBOUTI593	DJIBOUTI SCREENING PRESUMED SOMALI MIGRANTS AND TRAFFICKERS [...] (C) SUMMARY. On May 31, the USS Lake Champlain disembarked 52 presumed Somalis in Djibouti, who had been picked up May 23 from a skiff adrift in the Gulf of Aden apparently en route to Yemen. UNHCR and Djiboutian officials are jointly screening the group's 48 would-be migrants, who include sev [...]	2009-06-01 08:21:00	Embassy Djibouti	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PHSA KCRM KTIP DJ SO YM
09DJIBOUTI6	SOMALI PIRACY - DJIBOUTI RECOMMENDS USG [...] (C) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST. Djiboutian Foreign Minister Youssouf confirmed that the GODJ would participate in the Jan. 13-14 Contact Group on Somali Piracy (CGSP) to be held in New York, and strongly urged USG participation in a regional International Maritime Organization (IMO) conference [...]	2009-01-04 14:42:00	Embassy Djibouti	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM EWWT MOPS PBTS PHSA PTER DJ SO XA
09DJIBOUTI683	DJIBOUTI: NO POSITION YET ON INTERNATIONAL PIRACY COURT [...] (SBU) DCM and PolOff delivered nonpaper and discussed reftel points with GODJ Ministry of Foreign Affairs Director of Bilateral Relations Mohamed Ali Hassan June 11. 2. (C) Hassan said that the GODJ had not yet taken a position on the question of an international piracy court [...]	2009-06-11 15:00:00	Embassy Djibouti	CONFIDENTIAL	EWWT PHSA PGOV PREL MARR DJ
09DOHA676	ARAB DEMOCRACY FOUNDATION HEAD RELATES DRAFT PLAN [...] (SBU) At a November 12 meeting with Ambassador, Arab Democracy Foundation (ADF) Director Marzen Marzouk unveiled a three part draft plan for how his organization plans to engage the parties to the conflict in Somalia with the aim of formulating a blueprint for a peace process. The meeting was [...]	2009-11-19 05:43:00	Embassy Doha	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PHSA SOCI QA
09DUBLIN102	RUSSIANS TAKE BLAME FOR OIL SPILL OFF IRISH COAST [...] (C) On February 27, Emboff spoke with Ruaidhri Dowling, Deputy Director of the Russia/Europe Office at the Irish Department of Foreign Affairs, regarding the February 14 oil spill off Ireland's coast (reftel). Dowling said that a "reasonably senior" Russian delegation met with the Irish Coas [...]	2009-03-03 15:45:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHSA RU EI
09FREETOWN258	DON'T STOP TIL YOU GET ENOUGH: OVERFISHING, [...] Summary: Fishing is a huge potential source of revenue for Sierra Leone, as well as the primary source of protein for the population, yet the sector remains under-developed. The Government of Sierra Leone (GoSL) estimates that the country loses at least $30 million in revenue per year to illega [...]	2009-07-06 12:18:00	Embassy Freetown	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIS MCAP PHSA SL
09FREETOWN364	SMALL BOAT CAPSIZES: OVER 200 PASSENGERS BELIEVED [...] Summary: On September 8 a small boat capsized off the coast of Sierra Leone, killing over 200 passengers on board. Overloading of both passengers and cargo, improper monitoring, poor weather and a slow rescue response have been blamed for the disaster. The country is in mourning as the chance [...]	2009-09-14 14:37:00	Embassy Freetown	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHSA EWWT SL
09HALIFAX17	SEVEN STOWAWAYS APPREHENDED IN HALIFAX [...] (SBU) Enforcement officers with the Canadian Border Services Agency (CBSA) and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) took seven male stowaways into custody in Halifax on the afternoon of April 23. All seven were onboard the Swedish-registered container ship "ATLANTIC CONCERT," which arrived [...]	2009-04-24 19:41:00	Consulate Halifax	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHSA PREF PHUM PBTS SMIG EWWT KFRD CA
09HANOI1024	Demarche Delivered: U.S. CANDIDACY FOR INTERNATIONAL [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-30 03:58:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC IMO PREL EWWT PHSA VM
09HAVANA592	GOC SIGNALS "READINESS TO MOVE FORWARD" [...] (C) SUMMARY. Avowing a "readiness to move forward in our relationship," the Government of Cuba granted us unprecedented access to its state institutions during the visit of Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Bisa Williams from September 16 to 22. To underscore the move, the GOC also offered t [...]	2009-09-25 17:39:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL CASC EAID ETTC ODIP OEXC OFDP PHSA PHUM
09HELSINKI337	FINLAND WELCOMES MORE, BUT NOT ALL, VOICES IN [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-10 11:14:00	Embassy Helsinki	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EWWT PHSA PREL SENV FI
09HELSINKI440	HELSINKI HOSTS SCPAR WHILE PARLIAMENT PUSHES FOR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In separate but nearly simultaneous events November 18-19 in Helsinki, the Standing Committee of Parliamentarians of the Arctic Region (SCPAR) held a workshop and meeting and the Finnish Parliament held a plenary session to which called for a comprehensive national Arctic Strate [...]	2009-11-24 14:59:00	Embassy Helsinki	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EWWT FI PHSA PREL SENV

09HONGKONG2136	CHINA WANTS TO LEAD INTERNATIONAL FIGHT ON SOMALI [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On November 13, at a well-attended private sector-organized International Piracy Conference, senior Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) Navy officers stated China was committed to deploying its fleet to the Horn of Africa (HOA) until the region was stable and secure. They ur [...]	2009-11-20 09:53:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	PHSA EWWT ATRN PREL KPIR KCRM SO BA CH HK
09JAKARTA1169	INDONESIA REQUESTS SUPPORT FOR IMO CANDIDACY [...] This is an action request - Please see para 3. 2. Embassy received on July 1 a diplomatic note from the Department of Foreign Affairs requesting USG support towards the candidature of Indonesia to the Council of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) Category "C". 3. Action Reques [...]	2009-07-10 10:12:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC EWWT IMO PREL PHSA KTIA ID
09JAKARTA1615	ENGAGING INDONESIA ON U.S. INTERNATIONAL MARITIME [...] (U) SUMMARY: Mission has urged Indonesia to support the United States' candidacy for the International Maritime Organization (IMO) (Category "A") during the November 23-December 4 IMO meetings in London. Our interlocutors promised to review the U.S. candidacy carefully, adding that Indonesi [...]	2009-09-28 07:30:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHSA ECON IMO ID
09JAKARTA1687	INDONESIAN RESPONSE T0 USG IMO CANDIDACY -- QUID [...] (C) SUMMARY: Indonesia has responded formally to Ref B demarche seeking support for the United States' candidacy to the International Maritime Organization (IMO),promising to consider the matter carefully. Informally, a Department of Foreign Affairs official told poloff that Indonesia was a [...]	2009-10-07 09:02:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHSA ECON IMO ID
09JAKARTA584	WORLD OCEAN CONFERENCE -- RAISING ISRAELI [...] (C) SUMMARY: Mission has learned that Indonesia does not plan to invite Israeli representatives to the World Ocean Conference (WOC) it will host, May 11-15. We have noted that a failure to invite Israeli participants could undermine the WOC's claim to be a world conference. We also urged GO [...]	2009-04-01 10:35:00	Embassy Jakarta	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PHSA SENV ID IS
09KABUL782	Are the Chinese Reliable Partners for Afghan [...] (SBU) Summary and Introduction: In recent discussions with Emboffs, Afghan and Chinese officials and international partners in Kabul appear optimistic that the Chinese government and Chinese state-owned companies working in Afghanistan will fulfill important Chinese commitments to Afghan recons [...]	2009-03-30 11:42:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV EAID ECPS ELTN SENV PHSA ENRG ETRD AF CN
09KAMPALA1306	DEMARCHE RESPONSE: UGANDA WILL SUPPORT U.S. [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-13 05:23:00	Embassy Kampala	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC IMO EWWT PHSA PREL UG
09KATHMANDU1023	NEPAL: INTERNATIONAL MARITIME DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (SBU) In a November 11 meeting with Foreign Secretary Madan Kumar Bhattarai (septel),Charge urged the Government of Nepal to support the U.S. candidacy for the International Maritime Organization Council. Post had previously delivered the diplomatic note and aide memoire as per Ref B request [...]	2009-11-12 12:28:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHSA AORC EWWT IMO UK NP
09KINGSTON144	JAMAICA ANNOUNCES CANDIDATURE FOR RE-ELECTION TO [...] Post has received the following diplomatic note, dated 4 February 2009, from the Government of Jamaica (GoJ)'s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade (MFAFT): (begin text of diplomatic note 50/140/19) "The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade presents its compliments to the/ [...]	2009-02-24 17:58:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHSA PBTS EFIS AORC IMO JM XL
09KINGSTON394	CHINAQS PERM MISSION INTERNATIONAL SEABED AUTHORITY DIPNOTE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On May 18, Post received the following dipnote from the Permanent Mission of the PeopleQs Republic of China to the International Seabed Authority. BEGIN TEXT: The Permanent Mission of the People's Republic of China to the International Seabed Authority presents its complimen [...]	2009-05-20 15:33:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHSA EWWT PBTS SENV EMIN ASEC SOCI CH XE XL JM
09KINGSTON609	JAMAICA: RESPONSE TO CARIBBEAN MARINE ENVIRONMENT LBS [...] (SBU) In response to reftel demarche request on Land-Based Sources (LBS) Protocol, Emboff met with Pat Sinclair McCalla, Permanent Secretary in the Office of The Prime Minister on August 11. McCalla said the Government of Jamaica (GOJ) is in strong support of the LBS protocol and will look to [...]	2009-08-14 20:01:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIS SENV PHSA EIND JM XL
09KINGSTON746	JAMAICA: DELIVERY OF DEMARCHE ON U.S. CANDIDACY FOR [...] (SBU) Per reftel, EmbOff presented a diplomatic note and delivered demarche requesting the support of the Government of Jamaica (GOJ) for the U.S. candidacy in the International Maritime Organization (IMO) Council election at the 26th IMO Assembly, to be held in London, November 23-December 4, [...]	2009-09-25 19:44:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC IMO EWWT PHSA UK JM XL PREL
09KINGSTON890	JAMAICA: LETTER TO U.S. SECRETARY OF TRANSPORTATION re [...] Under cover of the Government of Jamaica (GoJ)'s diplomatic note 50/140/19 dated 16 October 2009, Post has received the attached letter addressed to U.S. Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood and signed by the GoJ's Minister of Transport and Works L. Michael Henry, with the request that it be [...]	2009-10-23 18:38:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	PHSA EWWT PBTS EFIS AORC PTER IMO JM XL
09KINSHASA1061	SA WOLPE IN KINSHASA 2/3: ANGOLAN RESOURCES, [...] (SBU) Summary: Special Advisor for the Great Lakes Howard Wolpe met with GDRC decision makers and key foreign ambassadors as part of his November 13-17 visit to Kinshasa in which he outlined USG objectives and initiatives in the region (reftel B). In meetings with GDRC Foreign Minister Thambw [...]	2009-12-07 10:17:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS PHSA PREF CG
09KUALALUMPUR193	MALAYSIA TO HOST INTERNATIONAL PIRACY CONFERENCE [...] (SBU) Summary and Comment: Malaysia has officially invited United States participation in a May 18-19 "International Conference on Piracy and Crimes at Sea" hosted by the Foreign Ministry. The conference aims to share experiences in the Straits of Malacca and Southeast Asia in support of th [...]	2009-03-16 07:16:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHSA MARR EWWT MY
09KUALALUMPUR291	MALAYSIA/PIRACY - CONTACT GROUP, SHIP DEPLOYMENT, [...] (S) The Malaysian Foreign Ministry remains very interested in Malaysia's prospects for joining the Contact Group on Piracy off the Coast of Somalia (CGPCS) and requests an update on planned meetings. Malaysia is rotating its current naval vessel in the Gulf of Aden and, according to DAO repo [...]	2009-04-17 10:21:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	SECRET	PREL PHSA MARR MASS SCUL SO MY
09KUALALUMPUR404	MALAYSIAN PARTICIPATION IN THE CONTACT GROUP ON [...] (SBU) Summary and Comment: Post conveyed reftel points on the Somali piracy Contact Group to Malaysia's Foreign Ministry on May 20. The MFA official proposed no changes to the draft CGPCS agenda and offered that Malaysia will be represented at the CGPCS by its PermRep and staff from its Perm [...]	2009-05-26 09:02:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PBTS PHSA KCRM MARR ECON EWWT MY
09KUALALUMPUR452	MALAYSIA'S ANTI-PIRACY CONFERENCE, MAY 18-19 [...] (SBU) The Kuala Lumpur International Conference on Piracy and Crimes at Sea, May 18-19, was both well-timed given the global focus on piracy and well-placed near one of the epicenters of global shipping. Participants from 66 countries included Ambassador Keith and representatives of six U.S. [...]	2009-06-08 06:47:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PARM PHSA KHLS KOMC EWWT ASEC MARR MY
09KUALALUMPUR929	MALAYSIA ON U.S. INTERNATIONAL MARITIME [...] (U) Post delivered reftel demarche via dipnote to Malaysia's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) with info copy to Ministry of Transportation (MOT) on November 18. 2. (U) Ministry of Transportation Deputy Under Secretary Mohd Saiful Ridwan told EconOff that Malaysia would carefully consider t [...]	2009-11-18 07:13:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHSA ECON IMO AORC UK MY
09KUALALUMPUR949	MALAYSIA SEEKS U.S. SUPPORT FOR INTERNATIONAL MARITIME [...] (U) The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) informed post via dipnote (Ref A) regarding Malaysia's intention to seek re-election to the Council of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) under category "C" for the 2010 to 2011 term. The election will be held during the 26th Regular Session [...]	2009-11-25 03:06:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHSA ECON IMO AORC UK MY
09KUWAIT465	PROTOCOLS ASSIST IRAQI AND KUWAITI NAVIES IN [...] On an encouraging note in an otherwise strained bilateral relationship, eight Iraqi and ten Kuwaiti junior naval officers participated in a military-military exchange and training opportunity April 15 on Ticonderoga class cruiser USS Lake Champlain in the northern Arabian Gulf. The event, sp [...]	2009-05-08 00:35:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHSA MOPS KU IZ
09LAGOS370	NIGERIA: CAN A COAST GUARD HELP? [...] (C) Summary: Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency's new Director General admits that Nigeria has severe shortfalls in maritime security and no institutional capacity to monitor, patrol or control Nigerian territorial waters. He believes his agency has a mandate to convert the mor [...]	2009-09-30 15:57:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PHSA EWWT MCAP NI
09LAGOS95	NIGERIA: AFRICA'S LARGEST PRODUCER OF CATFISH HOPES TO [...] (U) Summary: Mr. Rahman O. Oguntade, the Nigerian Institute of Oceanography and Marine Research (NIOMR) principal catfish researcher told Pol-Econ Associate on February 17 that African catfish constitutes over 70 per cent of fish farmed in Nigeria. NIOMR is providing training on fish farming to [...]	2009-03-02 14:40:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	PHSA EAID TPHY PGOV GH NI
09LIBREVILLE487	GABON: SUPPORTIVE OF U.S. CANDIDATE FOR IMO "IN [...] On November 3, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Deputy Director General Monkala told poloff that "in principle" Gabon would have no problem supporting the U.S. candidacy for the International Maritime Organization. Monkala said that he could not give a definitive answer, but that the U.S.'s long h [...]	2009-11-05 10:11:00	Embassy Libreville	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC IMO EWWT PHSA GB
09LILONGWE622	MALAWI TO SUPPORT U.S. IMO CANDIDACY [...] Post delivered reftel demarche to Malawi Ministry of Foreign Affairs Director of Political Affairs Paul Chiunguzeni on Sept. 24, delivering both the diplomatic note and the aide memoire. Mr. Chiunguzeni did not offer any substantive response other than to indicate that IMO issues are handled [...]	2009-11-18 15:14:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC EWWT PHSA MI
09LIMA1569	PERU RESPONSE: U.S. CANDIDACY TO INTERNATIONAL [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-22 21:16:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC IMO EWWT PHSA PREL UK PE
09LIMA1678	Peru opposes inclusion of map in South Pacific Regional [...] (U) SUMMARY: Peru continues to oppose inclusion of the illustrative map found in the most recent proposed draft of the South Pacific Regional Fisheries Management Organization (SPRFMO) Convention, regardless of efforts to blur the portion of the maritime territory under contention between Chil [...]	2009-11-06 14:05:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIS PHSA PE
09LIMA422	PERU RESPONSE: MAY 2009 PSI OUTREACH MEETING [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-25 15:56:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED	MNUC PARM PHSA PREL KNNP PE
09LISBON265	PORTUGAL IN THE CONTACT GROUP ON PIRACY OFF THE [...] No summary [...]	2009-05-19 11:45:00	Embassy Lisbon	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM MARR ECON PREL PGOV EWWT PBTS PHSA PO
09LISBON380	CONTACT GROUP FOR PIRACY OFF THE COAST OF SOMALIA: [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-17 07:43:00	Embassy Lisbon	UNCLASSIFIED	EWWT MARR PGOV PHSA PHUM PREL PO
09LISBON546	PORTUGAL ON U.S. CANDIDACY FOR IMO COUNCIL [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-20 12:33:00	Embassy Lisbon	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC EWWT PHSA PGOV PO
09LISBON83	PORTUGAL TO JOIN PIRACY CONTACT GROUP [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-05 12:57:00	Embassy Lisbon	UNCLASSIFIED	AL KCRM EWWT PBTS PHSA PO
09LJUBLJANA365	SLOVENIA WILL SUPPORT US IMO CANDIDACY [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-25 12:07:00	Embassy Ljubljana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC IMO PHSA SIUK AADP SI
09LONDON2001	IMO: REPORT OF THE 86TH SESSION OF THE MARITIME [...] Summary. The Maritime Safety Committee (MSC) of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) held its 86th session (MSC 86) at IMO Headquarters in London under the chairmanship of Mr. N. Ferrer (Philippines) on May 27 - June 5, 2009. Regarding armed response to piracy, the MSC recommends th [...]	2009-08-27 16:30:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED	EWWT IMO PHSA UK
09LONDON2111	IMO: REPORT OF THE MARINE ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION [...] SUMMARY: The 59th session of the International Maritime Organization's (IMO) Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC) convened 13)18 July 2009 under the chairmanship of Mr. A. Chrysostomou (Cyprus). Major U.S. policy interests were advanced by MEPC: 1) approving a North American Emission [...]	2009-09-10 19:14:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED	EWWT KGHG PHSA SENV UK
09LONDON2119	IMO: REPORT OF THE 55TH SESSION OF THE [...] SUMMARY: The 55th session of the Subcommittee on Safety of Navigation (NAV S/C) of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) was held July 27 to 31, 2009, under the chairmanship of Mr. J. M. Sollosi (United States). The session was attended by 64 member governments, 1 associate member gov [...]	2009-09-11 11:50:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED	EWWT PHSA UK
09LONDON2125	IMO ANNUAL MEETING OF THE TECHNICAL COOPERATION [...] SUMMARY: The 59th Session of the Technical Cooperation Committee (TCC) of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) was held at IMO Headquarters in London, June 23-25. There was detailed discussion on funding the Djibouti Code of Conduct on Somali piracy. End Summary ACTIONS AND ACHIEVE [...]	2009-09-11 16:13:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC EWWT KGHG PHSA SENV UK
09LONDON2291	DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO UK ON U.S. CANDIDACY FOR IMO [...] ESTH Counselor made reftel demarche and sent diplomatic note and aide-memoire to the UK's Permanent Representative to the International Maritime Organization (IMO) Simon Cockburn and to Stephen Taylor at the Foreign Commonwealth Office's (FCO) International Organization office on September 24, [...]	2009-10-06 07:56:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED	EWWT IMO PHSA UK
09LONDON2676	IMO: 14TH SESSION OF THE DANGEROUS GOODS, SOLID [...] Summary: The fourteenth session of the IMO Dangerous Goods, Solid Cargoes and Containers (DSC) Sub Committee (S/C) met in London from 21-25 September 2009, under the chairmanship of Mrs. Olga Pestel-Lefevre (France). The session was attended by delegations from fifty-nine member states, one as [...]	2009-12-01 17:03:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EWWT IMO IR PHSA SENV UK
09LONDON67	IMO: LEGAL COMMITTEE, REPORT OF THE 94TH [...] SUMMARY: The Legal Committee (LEG) of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) held its ninety-fourth session at the IMO Headquarters in London, 20-24 October 2008, under the chairmanship of Professor Lee-Sik Chai (Republic of Korea). The Legal Committee discussed, among other issues, p [...]	2009-01-12 14:17:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED	EWWT AORC ELAB PHSA PHUM UK
09MADRID1014	DEMARCHE IN SUPPORT OF U.S.CANDIDACY FOR IMO [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-16 14:43:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC IMO EWWT PHSA UK SP
09MADRID31	DEMARCHE RESPONSE: SPANISH PARTICIPATION IN [...] (C) Spanish MFA officials took under advisement invitations and discussion materials (ref A) for GOS participation in New York meetings on combating piracy off the Horn of Africa. MFA,s Director General of Strategic Affairs and Terrorism, Carmen Bujan, will represent Spain at the Contact Gro [...]	2009-01-12 15:41:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PBTS PTER PHSA KCRM EWWT MOPS KPAL PREL MARR
09MADRID341	SPAIN: INTERESTED IN JOINT OUTREACH DEMARCHES FOR [...] (C) Embassy Madrid on March 31 provided a dip note to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation to accompany REFTEL invitations to the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) meetings in Miami, FL during May 12-14. On March 24, POLOFF had advised Carlos Torres, Counselor for Nuclear Non [...]	2009-04-01 10:05:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	MNUC PARM PHSA PREL KNNP XL XM SP
09MALABO48	EQUATORIAL GUINEA RAW, PAPER 6: REFINING OUR APPROACH [...] (U) Triggered by changes underway in Washington D.C., upcoming personnel rotations in Embassy Malabo and animated by the recent attack on the capital, this is the final in a series of cables intended to update our perspective on Equatorial Guinea, and to provide a ground-level view of one of th [...]	2009-05-21 17:29:00	Embassy Malabo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PINR PHSA ENRG EPET EK KCOR ECON SOCI
09MANAGUA329	NICARAGUA: PSI INVITATION DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-27 20:54:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MNUC PARM PHSA PREL KNNP NU
09MANAGUA672	NICARAGUA: ARMS/SECURITY TEAMS ABOARD MERCHANT VESSELS [...] (U) On July 1, Econoff and visiting U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) International Port Security Liaison Officer delivered reftel demarche to representatives of Nicaragua's three port and maritime security agencies, the National Port Agency (EPN),the Ministry of Transportation's Office of Aquatic Tran [...]	2009-07-08 22:39:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED	EWWT ASEC MARR PARM PREL PHSA ECON NU
09MANILA2145	INTERNATIONAL MARITIME ORGANIZATION, SUPPORT FOR U.S. [...] (SBU) Embassy delivered reftel demarche to Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA),Office of United Nations and International Organizations, Director Leah Ruiz on September 25, 2009. Ruiz's assistant later informed us that they are waiting for further instructions and will send a formal response [...]	2009-10-09 08:51:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC IMO EWWT PHSA RP
09MANILA2176	INTERNATIONAL MARITIME ORGANIZATION, SUPPORT FOR U.S. [...] (SBU) Embassy delivered Ref A demarche to Department of Foreign Affairs, Office of United Nations and International Organizations on September 25, 2009. On October 14, we received a diplomatic note from the Department of Foreign Affairs stating that the Philippines will support the U.S. candi [...]	2009-10-16 04:32:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC IMO EWWT PHSA RP
09MANILA428	PHILIPPINE COMPROMISE ON SPRATLYS DRAWS PRC IRE [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Philippine Senate and House recently agreed to exclude the disputed Spratly Islands from the country's baselines, defining them instead under the terms of the UN Convention on Law of the Sea as a "regime of islands" -- although still subject to Philippine claims. President [...]	2009-02-26 09:47:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PBTS PGOV PHSA PREL RP
09MEXICO3160	IMO DEMARCHE DELIVERED - MEXICO [...] (U) Coast Guard Attache and Econoff delivered reftel demarche in support of the U.S. candidacy for Category A reelection to the International Maritime Organization (IMO) Council on 29 October. Captain Marco Antonio Vinaza, director general of the Mexican Merchant Marine, and Captain Luis Muriel [...]	2009-11-05 20:03:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC IMO EWWT PHSA UK MX
09MEXICO3357	GOM PROPOSES TRADE ON IMO ELECTION [...] (SBU) Post sent a dipnote and aide-memoire October 14 requesting GOM support for USG candidacy in Category "A" of the International Maritime Council election. Before sending the dipnote, Poloff also spoke regarding this candidacy with Dulce Maria Valle, SRE Deputy General of Specialized Inter [...]	2009-11-25 20:27:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MX AORC IMO EWWT PHSA UK PREL
09MONROVIA241	LIBERIA: SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENTS IN PORT SECURITY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) International Port Security (IPS) Program country visit team reported March 27 that they will recommend that Liberia be found in compliance with the minimum International Ship and Port Security (ISPS) Code standards, at which time restrictions on ship [...]	2009-04-03 08:32:00	Embassy Monrovia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EWWT EFIS PHSA SENV LI
09MONROVIA374	LIBERIA:MAY 29TH MEETING OF CONTACT GROUP ON [...] (U) The May 29 meeting of the Contact Group on Piracy of the Coast of Somalia (CGPCS) will be attended by Liberia. The following individuals plan to attend: * Margaret Ansumana, Deputy Commissioner and Delegation Leader, BMA David Friesen, Head of Maritime Security, LISCR Victor Do [...]	2009-05-29 11:51:00	Embassy Monrovia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR ECON PREL PGOV EWWT KCRM PBTS PHSA LI
09MONROVIA70	LIBERIA: A NEW, ASSERTIVE BUREAU OF MARITIME AFFAIRS [...] (SBU) Summary: Recently appointed Liberian Bureau of Maritime Affairs (BMA) Commissioner Binyah Kesselly is seeking to assert tighter control over the country's outsourced shipping registry and has embarked on an ambitious program to transform Liberia into a "maritime nation" by expanding BMA [...]	2009-01-21 10:03:00	Embassy Monrovia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EWWT EFIS PHSA SENV LI
09MONROVIA731	LIBERIA'S RESPONSE TO IMO CANDIDACY DEMARCHE [...] (SBU) Econoff met with Bureau of Maritime Affairs Commissioner Binyah Kesselly October 6 to deliver reftel demarche informing GOL of USG intention to seek re-election to category "A" membership on the Council of the International Maritime Organization (IMO). 2. (SBU) GOL thanked USG for th [...]	2009-10-06 17:36:00	Embassy Monrovia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC EWWT PHSA UK LI
09MONROVIA799	LIBERIA'S RESPONSE TO IMO CANDIDACY DEMARCHE [...] Following is the text of a dipnote dated October 5 and received at U.S. Embassy Monrovia on October 27, 2009 from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs responding to our note of October 5 on the U.S. candidacy for the IMO. The note repeats Bureau of Maritime Affairs (BMA) Chairman Kessely's respons [...]	2009-10-28 15:13:00	Embassy Monrovia	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC EWWT PHSA UK LI
09MONTEVIDEO59	URUGUAY: STRENGTHENING BILATERAL ANTARCTIC [...] Summary: Starting with the signing of the bilateral Science and Technology Agreement (April 29 2008) and the ensuing U/S Dobrianksy visit, the U.S. and Uruguay have deepened relations in the field of Antarctic cooperation. U.S. Antarctic institutions are showing interest in pursuing joint rese [...]	2009-02-02 10:22:00	Embassy Montevideo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHSA KTIA EAID AY MESUR UY
09MOSCOW1280	RUSSIAN VIEWS ON AN INTERNATIONAL PIRACY TRIBUNAL [...] (C) Summary: Russia favors some form of an international tribunal as the best means to ensure that suspected pirates are tried by uniform legal standards and to allow for thorough investigations to help build evidence against the criminal bosses directing piracy operations. Among the options [...]	2009-05-20 12:59:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR EWWT KCRM PBTS PHSA RS
09MOSCOW1281	RUSSIAN MFA REQUESTS COOPERATION ON BERING STRAIT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Head of Bilateral Relations at the MFA U.S. Desk on April 17 raised several Bering Strait issues, primarily extending the existing visa-free travel regime to all permanent residents of Chukotka and Alaska, agreeing to create a joint protected territory, and reviving the Berin [...]	2009-05-20 13:19:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV CVIS ECON EWWT PBTS PHSA PREL KTIA XQ RS
09MOSCOW1599	RUSSIAN RESPONSE TO U.S. NONPAPER ON AN [...] (SBU) Summary: On June 16, MFA Legal Department Section Chief Titushkin provided a response to reftel nonpaper laying out U.S. opposition to an international piracy court. He explained that the GOR considered an international tribunal an appropriate forum to prosecute suspected pirates, espe [...]	2009-06-18 08:42:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EWWT MARR PGOV PHSA PHUM PREL RS
09MOSCOW2168	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: CONTACT GROUP FOR PIRACY OFF [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-24 12:11:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EWWT MARR PGOV PHSA PHUM PREL SO RS
09MUSCAT147	OMAN CONTINUES BIG PORT PLANS [...] (C) Summary: Said bin Hamdoon Al-Harthy, the Undersecretary for Ports and Maritime Affairs at the Ministry of Transport and Communication (MOTC),met with DCM, poloff and commercial officer on February 17 to discuss port development and access in Oman. According to al-Harthy, the Government is [...]	2009-02-28 08:31:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	EWWT ECON ETRD MOPS PREL PHSA MU
09MUSCAT377	OMAN GOVERNMENT SAYS NO USAGE OF SOHAR PORT FOR MILITARY [...] (C) On April 14, Pol/EconOff and post Naval AttachC) met with Air Commodore Salim al-Rahbi, Office Director for the Omani Minister of Defense. The meeting was requested by the Omani government to discuss postbs diplomatic note referencing our interest in prepositioning non-lethal military equi [...]	2009-04-25 13:26:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	EWWT ETRD MOPS PREL PHSA MU
09MUSCAT391	Oman: Port Access and Utilization [...] (C) Summary: In an April 24 meeting with the Ambassador and poloff, Said bin Hamdoon Al-Harthy, Undersecretary for Ports and Maritime Affairs at the Ministry of Transport and Communication (MOTC) said he was willing to raise the issue of US military use of the Port of Sohar again with the Oman [...]	2009-05-03 12:09:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	EWWT ETRD MOPS PREL PHSA MU
09MUSCAT603	IRANIAN COMMUNICATIONS WITH OMAN ON ANTI-PIRACY (C-NE9-01111 [...] (S/NF) This is in response to reftel request for additional information. Mohammed al-Hassan, Political Affairs Director for Minister Responsible for Foreign Affairs Yusef bin Alawi (YBA),told the DCM and poloff in a May 31 conversation that the Iranians had not approached Oman with any infor [...]	2009-06-09 13:17:00	Embassy Muscat	SECRET//NOFORN	PINR MARR PHSA DJ IR SO YM MU
09MUSCAT79	(S) OMAN TO FACILITATE TRANSFER OF IRANIAN SMUGGLERS [...] (S/REL USA AND CMFC) Omani Minister Responsible for Foreign Affairs, Yusef bin Alawi, told the Ambassador January 28 that Oman would facilitate the repatriation of Iranian smugglers rescued in the Persian Gulf by the USS Ramage. The transfer is being coordinated between appropriate Embassy ele [...]	2009-01-28 13:35:00	Embassy Muscat	SECRET	PREL MOPS IR MU KCRM PHSA
09MUSCAT845	OMAN ESTABLISHES PROCESS TO TRANSIT WEAPONS TO EMBARKED [...] (C) Summary: Driven by private industry interest, Embassy civilian and military engagement with the public and private sector, and the encroachment of the piracy threat into Omani waters (ref A, B, C),Oman has established a process to transport both lethal and non-lethal equipment through the [...]	2009-08-05 12:41:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	EWWT MARR PHSA KHLS PREL MU
09MUSCAT92	(S) Successful Transfer of Iranian Smugglers to Omani [...] (S/REL USA AND CMFC) On January 29 at 0925 the USS Ramage successfully completed the transfer of seven Iranian smugglers to the Royal Omani Navy (RON) in Omani territorial waters. By request of the RON, the Iranians were transferred via the USS Ramage's RHIB (rigid-hull inflatable boat) to an [...]	2009-02-03 13:31:00	Embassy Muscat	SECRET	PREL MOPS KCRM PHSA IR MU
09MUSCAT943	RECALL 09 MUSCAT 943 [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-07 13:16:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC IMO EWWT PHSA UK MU
09MUSCAT953	Demarche Delivered: Oman Supportive of U.S. Re-Election to [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-11 03:33:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC IMO EWWT PHSA UK MU
09NAIROBI1042	DISPOSITION OF PIRATE SUSPECTS FROM M/V AMIRA [...] (U) See para 3 for urgent action request. 2. (C) Post understands that dialogue may still be ongoing with the Governments of Greece and Egypt to determine if either nation is willing to receive and initiate legal proceedings against 17 suspected Somali pirates captured by the United States N [...]	2009-05-26 10:23:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PHSA KCRM KDEM PREL KE
09NAIROBI1106	Kenya and Piracy Prosecutions [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-04 05:37:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KJUS PHSA KCRM ASEC PREL KE
09NAIROBI1245	KENYAN RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON PIRACY [...] (U) This is an action message; request at para 4. 2. (U) The Deputy Chief of Mission delivered ref A and B talking points and nonpapers to Beatrice Karago, Principal State Counsel for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Government's primary point of contact on piracy issues, on June 19. [...]	2009-06-22 14:11:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EWWT MARR PGOV PHSA PHUM PREL KE
09NAIROBI2016	KENYA THREATENS END TO PIRACY PROSECUTIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: On September 12, the Kenya Attorney General (AG),Amos Wako, presented opening remarks at the Kenya prosecutors' convention in Mombasa, and touted the Department of Public Prosecutions' (DPP) progress under his leadership. He listed a dozen specialized units that had been forme [...]	2009-09-24 14:29:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM KJUS PHSA KCOR PGOV KE IT
09NAIROBI209	PRESIDENT SUPPORTS COORDINATION CENTER ON PIRACY [...] During the Ambassador's meeting with President Kibaki on January 27, the President expressed strong interest in having a coordination center established in Kenya as a "headquarters unit" for the Contact Group on Somali Piracy (CGSP). Post understands the concept of a coordination center was ad [...]	2009-02-06 05:13:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHSA PGOV KE SO
09NAIROBI4	KENYAN VIEWS ON SOMALI PIRACY CONTACT GROUP [...] Summary: Kenya supports the proposal to establish a Contact Group on Somali Piracy and plans to send an appropriate high-level official to participate in the inaugural meeting of the CGSP in New York January 13-14. End Summary. 2. In response to Reftel, the Kenyan MFA told us December 29 th [...]	2009-01-02 08:59:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	EWWT KCRM MOPS PHSA PBTS PTER KE
09NAIROBI550	FOREIGN MINISTER WETANGULA BRIEFS THE DIPLOMATIC [...] (U) Summary: On March 3 Foreign Minister Moses Wetangula convened the Nairobi diplomatic corps to review developments in Kenya and highlight the accomplishments of the Coalition Government. Th Coalition Government is strong, and Wetangula expects it to serve out its full term to 2012. The GO [...]	2009-03-18 11:18:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHSA PREL PHUM PGOV KE
09NAIROBI941	DEMARCHE: ARMS/SECURITY TEAMS ABOARD MERCHANT VESSELS [...] No summary [...]	2009-05-11 12:27:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	EWWT KHLS ASEC KOMC MARR PARM PREL PHSA KE
09NAPLES64	LAMPEDUSA: THE TINY ITALIAN ISLAND THAT LOOMS LARGE FOR [...] (SBU) Summary: During a May 13 visit to Italy's southernmost territory, the island of Lampedusa, we observed a well-run migrant detention center that provides humane treatment, food and medical care to those who arrive by boat from North Africa. While the camp has suffered from severe overc [...]	2009-05-22 19:34:00	Consulate Naples	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PHUM PREL SMIG PGOV PBTS PHSA UNHCR IT LY
09NDJAMENA404	LAKE CHAD BASIN COMMISSION FIGHTS NATURAL RESOURCE LOSS [...] (U) Cheibou Mohamed, Project Director at the Lake Chad Basin Commission (LCBC),a regional body in charge of water resource management for one of Africa's most significant environmental challenges, briefed Embassy staff on the organization's history and current activities. Mohamed said that w [...]	2009-09-18 09:23:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV PREL EFIS EWWT PHSA CD
09NEWDELHI1678	INDIA LIKELY TO ENDORSE INTERNATIONAL PIRACY COURT [...] (SBU) Sanjay Rana, MEA Deputy Secretary for UN Political Affairs, told us August 10 that the GOI is unlikely to oppose an effort by the Contact Group on Piracy off the Coast of Somalia (CGPCS) to set up an international tribunal to prosecute pirates. Rana expressed little enthusiasm for the o [...]	2009-08-11 14:21:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EWWT MARR PGOV PHSA PHUM PREL IN
09NEWDELHI34	INDIA TO SUPPORT CONTACT GROUP ON SOMALI PIRACY [...] PolCouns delivered reftel invitation, information on the Contact Group (CG) on Somali Piracy, and additional issues for consideration by core members to Ministry of External Affairs Joint Secretary (United Nations - Political Division) Asith Bhattacharjee. Bhattacharjee confirmed that he will [...]	2009-01-08 09:53:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	PHSA KCRM EWWT MOPS PBTS PTER IN
09NICOSIA625	CYPRUS: INTERNATIONAL MARITIME ORGANIZATION - DEMARCHE IN [...] (SBU) Per reftel request, Post has urged the GOC to support re-election of the United States to the IMO Council in Category "A." On September 25, Mr. Serghios Serghiou, Director of the Department of Merchant Shipping (under the Ministry of Communications and Works) offered us his verbal assura [...]	2009-09-29 12:27:00	Embassy Nicosia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC IMO EWWT PHSA UK CY
09NOUAKCHOTT640	MAURITANIA: UNCERTAIN SUPPORT TO US INTERNATIONAL [...] (SBU) In response to reftel, post delivered demarche on October 5 to the Ministry of Fishing and Maritime Economy's Director of Shipping Mohamed Lemine Ould Sidi Brahim who stated in principle the US could count on Mauritanian support for its candidacy. Nevertheless, he stressed the Ministry [...]	2009-10-06 13:58:00	Embassy Nouakchott	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC IMO EWWT PHSA MR UK
09OSLO10	NORWAY PLEASED WITH ARCTIC POLICY BRIEFING [...] (C) In a January 7 meeting with MFA North American Coordinator Morten Aasland, High North Coordinator Jostein Mickleton, and officers from the Arctic Council and High North sections, P/E Counselor delivered reftel points. The MFA officials were pleased to receive the information, and also ve [...]	2009-01-07 14:41:00	Embassy Oslo	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON KGCC PBTS PHSA PREL SENV EWWT
09OSLO120	M/S POLARIS: NORWEGIANS DENY JURISDICTION [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-18 13:56:00	Embassy Oslo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHSA PBTS EWWT KCRM PTER MOPS PREL NO
09OSLO361	NORWEGIAN DELEGATION TO CGPCS [...] (U) The Norwegian delegation to the Contact Group on Piracy off the Coast of Somalia will consist of : Carl P. Salicath, Senior Advisor, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (head of delegation) email cps@mfa.no cell phone: 47 916 92 684 Gaute Syvertsen, Deputy Director General, Ministry of Trade [...]	2009-05-20 15:43:00	Embassy Oslo	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR ECON PREL PGOV EWWT KCRM PBTS PHSA NO
09OSLO389	NORWAY AGREES PIRACY COURT A BAD IDEA [...] (C) Poloff discussed reftel demarche with Deputy Director Anita Nergard of the MFA Section for Global Security on June 10. Nergard said that Norway agreed with the US that the idea of an international tribunal to prosecute piracy suspects was a bad idea for the reasons we listed in reftel no [...]	2009-06-10 14:21:00	Embassy Oslo	CONFIDENTIAL	EWWT MARR PGOV PHSA PHUM PREL
09OSLO424	NORWEGIANS MUSE ON CGPCS AND ASPIRANT COUNTRIES [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a wide ranging discussion, Norway's representative to the Contact Group on Piracy off the Coast of Somalia (CGPCS),Carl Salicath, expressed reticence about admitting flag-of-convenience states to membership. He also discussed Cyprus's membership, Egypt's "odd" behavior with r [...]	2009-06-30 11:13:00	Embassy Oslo	CONFIDENTIAL	EWWT MARR PGOV PHSA PHUM PREL
09OSLO615	NORWAY NON-COMMITTAL ON U.S. IMO CANDIDACY [...] (U) Dep PoleconCouns, Political Specialist, and Intern met with Deputy Director General Kirsten Hammelbo and Senior Advisor Anita Christoffersen of the Norwegian Ministry of Fisheries and Coastal Affairs on October 6 to deliver reftel demarche seeking Norwegian support for the U.S. Government' [...]	2009-10-07 12:25:00	Embassy Oslo	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC IMO EWWT PHSA UK NO
09OTTAWA793	CANADA TO SUPPORT US CANDIDACY IN IMO ELECTION [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-15 20:15:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	PHSA APCS EWWT IMO UK CA
09PARAMARIBO390	Demarche Delivered: International Maritime Organization [...] (U) On October 29, Post delivered Ref A via diplomatic note, requesting the Ministry of Foreign Affairs pass the information to the appropriate officials in the Ministry of Transport, Communication, and Tourism as well as other appropriate ministries or agencies. 2. (SBU) On November 17 [...]	2009-11-24 13:59:00	Embassy Paramaribo	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC IMO PHSA NS UK
09PARIS1295	FRANCE SUPPORTS U.S. FOR IMO COUNCIL [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-23 15:17:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL AORC EWWT PHSA IMO UK FR
09PARIS1340	HORN OF AFRICA/PIRACY: FRENCH OFFICIAL DISCUSSES [...] (C) SUMMARY: The French will attend the October 6-8 Maritime Security Sector Reform (MSSR) meeting in Brussels but may also want a USG team to visit Paris to discuss Horn of Africa piracy on a broad inter-agency basis. France favors taking action to block ports used by pirates and against [...]	2009-09-30 10:04:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	EWWT KCRM PHSA PHUM PREL SO XA XW FR
09PARIS24	FRANCE: JANUARY 13-14 CONTACT GROUP MEETING ON [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-08 17:30:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EWWT KCRM MOPS PBTS PHSA PTER SO XW FR
09PARIS814	PIRACY: FRANCE SHARES OPPOSITION TO INTERNATIONAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador Chantal Poiret, MFA Coordinator for Anti-Piracy Policy, said on June 17 that France was opposed to the creation of an international tribunal that would try suspected pirates. France plans to send a representative to the expert-level meeting that the Dutch have propo [...]	2009-06-18 13:37:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	EWWT MARR PGOV PHSA PHUM PREL NATO SO FR
09PARIS963	HORN OF AFRICA PIRACY: FRENCH FAVOR INCLUSIVE [...] (C) SUMMARY: France favors broad participation in anti-piracy activities off the Horn of Africa as outlined reftel, but would prefer that a mechanism, "based on objective criteria," be established that would allow current participants to reject "problem states" such as Iran from participati [...]	2009-07-17 13:00:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	EWWT MARR PGOV PHSA PHUM PREL SO IR FR
09PHNOMPENH724	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: INTERNATIONAL MARITIME [...] (SBU) Post delivered reftel demarche to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation via diplomatic note September 23. Post will report any substantive response via septel. RODLEY [...]	2009-09-28 09:51:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC IMO EWWT PHSA CB
09PORTLOUIS103	SEYCHELLES: USG ASSISTANCE SOUGHT TO COMBAT SOMALI PIRATES' [...] (SBU) On April 6, Post received by fax a diplomatic note dated April 2 from the Seychelles' Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) stating that the vessel "Indian Ocean Explorer" had been captured with a crew of seven Seychellois nationals in Seychelles' territorial waters, and was heading toward th [...]	2009-04-06 13:22:00	Embassy Port Louis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PBTS PHSA EWWT MARR MASS MOPS SO SE
09PORTLOUIS109	DEMARCHE: COUNTER-PIRACY COOPERATION WITH MAURITIUS [...] (SBU) On April 13, CDA met with Mauritian Foreign Minister (FM) Arvin Boolell to discuss ref A points regarding Mauritian willingness in the future to prosecute piracy suspects. In order to obtain a legal opinion of Mauritian laws on piracy, the FM said he would to send the technical points t [...]	2009-04-13 11:32:00	Embassy Port Louis	CONFIDENTIAL	EWWT MOPS PHSA PREL KJUS XW MP

09PORTLOUIS139	MAURITIAN RESPONSE: ARMS/SECURITY TEAMS ABOARD [...] (SBU) A/DCM put reftel questions to Ambassador Jagdish Koonjul, Head of Bilateral Directorate I at Mauritius Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Answers are keyed to reftel questions. Q.1) The only special procedures required would be that any weapons would have to be declared to Customs and eithe [...]	2009-05-08 08:58:00	Embassy Port Louis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KHLS KOMC EWWT ASEC MARR PARM PREL PHSA MP

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