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| 00ATHENS1501 | GREEK RESPONSE ON URGENT SUPPORT NEEDED FOR HUMANITARIAN [...] (SBU) DepEconCouns delivered reftel points on September 18 to Dr. Nike-Catherine Koutrakou, Director of Emergency Humanitarian and Food Aid Programs at Hellenic Aid (HA). On September 23, Dr. Koutrakou advised DepEconCouns that the GoG has made Ethiopia and Somalia two of its highest priority [...] |
2000-09-23 15:10:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PREF EAGR ET KE SO EUN GR |
| 00ATHENS1917 | ENGAGING GREECE ON THE BALKANS: WHAT A DIFFERENCE A [...] (C) LAST APRIL OUR EMBASSY ENDURED DAILY DEMONSTRATIONS, MANY OF THEM VIOLENT, BY ANGRY GREEKS PROTESTING THE NATO AIR CAMPAIGN AGAINST SERBIA. EMOTIONS RAN HIGH WITH ANTI-AMERICANISM AND PRO- SERB EMOTIONALISM OFTEN TWO SIDES OF THE SAME COIN. ALTHOUGH POLLS INDICATED OVER 90 PERCENT OF THE [...] |
2000-04-20 12:18:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECIN ZL GR |
| 00ATHENS1937 | PRESS SUPPLEMENT ON THE 25-YEAR HISTORY OF 17 NOVEMBER [...] (U) THE ATHENS DAILY, "ELEFTHEROTYPIA," PUBLISHED A DETAILED 23-PAGE SUPPLEMENT TO ITS APRIL 15 EDITION, ENTITLED "25 YEARS OF 17N." AT FIRST BLUSH, THE SUPPLEMENT SEEMED TO BE A TYPE OF EXPOSE ON 17 NOVEMBER. ON CLOSER READING, THE COVERAGE'S MESSAGE IS NOT HARD-HITTING. INDEED, THE SUPPLE [...] |
2000-04-21 07:12:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER GR |
| 00THEHAGUE1801 | GREECE/TERRORISM: DUTCH PM KOK MAY RAISE CONCERNS [...] No summary [...] |
2000-06-16 15:13:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL GR UK NL EUN |
| 00THEHAGUE1850 | GREECE/TERRORISM: DUTCH PM KOK PRESSES SIMITIS AT [...] No summary [...] |
2000-06-21 17:06:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL GR UK NL EUN |
| 01VATICAN1615 | VATICAN - "VIEWS FROM THE HILL" [...] (U) THE MARCH 17 - 23 EDITION OF NEWS AND VIEWS FROM VATICAN CITY. CONTENTS: - SOUTH KOREAN ARCHBISHOP LIKES POTUS RECIPE FOR KOREA - VATICAN OFFICIAL CONFIRMS PAPAL VISIT TO ATHENS - PAPAL SUPPORT FOR ARAB CHRISTIANS - VATICAN ADMITS NUNS SEXUALLY ABUSED BY PRIESTS ----------------- [...] |
2001-03-23 13:28:00 | Embassy Vatican | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM SOCI IS GR KN KS VT MEPP VTPREL |
| 01VATICAN2459 | THE VATICAN RAG [...] THE APRIL 28 - MAY 4 EDITION OF NEWS AND VIEWS FROM VATICAN CITY - UNDER A NEW TITLE. CONTENTS: - POPE APPEALS FOR END TO IRAQI EMBARGO - VATICAN STRESSES POSITIVE APPROACH TO GREECE - PUERTO RICAN BEATIFIED IN RECORD TIME - POPE SAYS WORLD LEADERS MUST CONTROL GLOBALIZATION -------- [...] |
2001-05-04 13:04:00 | Embassy Vatican | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM EFIN ECON IZ GR VTPREL |
| 01VATICAN2600 | VATICAN VERBATIM [...] THE MAY 5 - MAY 11 EDITION OF NEWS AND VIEWS FROM VATICAN CITY. CONTENTS: UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 VATICA 02600 01 OF 02 122002Z - VATICAN SAYS POPE'S ILL HEALTH PART OF HIS LEGACY - VATICAN DECLARES PAPAL VISIT TO GREECE AND SYRIA A SUCCESS - SWISS GUARD [...] |
2001-05-11 12:37:00 | Embassy Vatican | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM GR SY VT VTPREL |
| 02ATHENS4072 | GREECE: 2002 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT [...] IN SUPPORT OF THE GLOBAL COALITION AGAINST TERRORISM, THE GOG HAS ROTATED THREE FRIGATES (HS SPETSES, HS ADRIAS, AND HS PSARA) THROUGH ARABIAN SEA DUTY. EACH FRIGATE CARRIES APPROXIMATELY 200 CREW MEMBERS, A S-70B6 HELICOPTER, AND A UNIT OF HELLENIC NAVY COMMANDOS. GREECE HAS ALSO BEEN CONT [...] |
2002-11-26 09:18:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER GR |
| 02ISTANBUL2107 | ANNAN CYPRUS PLAN: ISTANBUL COMMENTATORS [...] (C) Summary: Turks in Istanbul continue to debate the merits and drawbacks of a possible Cyprus settlement in the wake of Denktas's acceptance of the UN plan as a "basis for negotiations." Consensus among the experts with whom we have spoken in Istanbul (including Turkish Cypriots, journalist [...] |
2002-12-04 10:00:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV TU GR CY UN |
| 02ROME2862 | GOI TO NAME SPECIAL COORDINATOR FOR CYPRUS; WILL [...] (C) SUMMARY: ON JUNE 10, THE ITALIAN MFA'S DIRECTOR GENERAL FOR EUROPEAN AFFAIRS, MAURIZIO MORENO, AND DIRECTOR FOR SOUTHERN EUROPE, GIOVANNI RICCIULI, TOLD SPECIAL CYPRUS COORDINATOR TOM WESTON THAT ITALY WOULD APPOINT ITS OWN SPECIAL ENVOY FOR CYPRUS, SOMEONE OF APPROPRIATE RANK AND [...] |
2002-06-12 17:01:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL CY GR IT TU EU EUN |
| 02ROME5601 | GREECE'S DOMESTIC COTTON PROGRAMS [...] SUMMARY: GREEK COTTON PRODUCTION IS SUSTAINED BY EU PRICE SUPPORTS WHICH VARY ACCORDING TO OVERALL PRODUCTION TARGETS. BECAUSE OF OVERPRODUCTION IN THREE OF THE LAST FIVE YEARS, THE AVERAGE PRICE PAID FOR SEED COTTON HAS VARIED FROM 62.50 EUROS PER 100 KG TO 88.0 EUROS PER 100 KG. 2. KE [...] |
2002-11-19 07:18:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR EU GR IT USTR |
| 03ANKARA140 | GOT PROTESTS PORT VISIT BY US NAVY TO RHODES [...] (U) The Embassy recently received a diplomatic note from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs regarding visits by US Naval vessels to the island of Rhodes. 2. (U) Begin text of MFA note No. 2002DHGY/485435: The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Turkey presents its compliments [...] |
2003-01-07 09:23:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS MARR GR TU |
| 03ANKARA2145 | CYPRUS MIL EXERCISES: TURKS NON-COMMITTAL [...] (C) Summary: MFA is not yet ready to confirm Embassy Nicosia's reporting that Turkey will not formally conduct May's Toros I military exercise. Instead, we heard Turkey's traditional policy that it will mirror whatever the Greek Cypriots choose to do. Post will follow up to see if we can se [...] |
2003-04-02 07:40:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PREL CY GR TU |
| 03ANKARA2245 | CYPRUS MIL EXERCISES: TURKS HAVE NO EXERCISE PLANS [...] (C) On April 7, in response to Post's follow up on Ref A, acting MFA Cyprus Department Head Barkan Oz contacted polmiloff with an update on Turkey's intentions regarding the spring Toros I exercise in Cyprus. Oz said that he had confirmed with the Turkish General Staff that Turkey has "no pl [...] |
2003-04-07 15:29:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PREL CY GR TU |
| 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 |
| 03ANKARA3691 | DEMARCHE ON STROVILIA DELIVERED [...] (SBU) We presented reftel demarche to Ethem Barkan Oz, first secretary in Cyprus Directorate General, who undertook to convey USG concerns to Cyprus DG Ertugrul Apakan. 2. (C) Implying that he did not understand why the USG was making the demarche, Oz denied vehemently that Turkish Cyprio [...] |
2003-06-06 13:56:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL TU CY GR |
| 03ANKARA5897 | TURKEY OPEN TO CANCELING FALL MILITARY EXERCISES [...] (C) Summary: In receiving Ref A demarche, GOT interlocutors from MFA and TGS did not push back on canceling this year's Toros/Barbaros exercise and expressed openness to following past practice of mirroring the Greek activities. However, they were characteristically unwilling to commit to doin [...] |
2003-09-18 06:23:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PREL TU GR CY |
| 03ANKARA6139 | TURKEY UNLIKELY TO OFFICIALLY CANCEL CYPRUS [...] (C) We followed up on our earlier demarche about canceling the upcoming exercises on Cyprus (ref A) with MFA Deputy DG for Greece/Cyprus Necip Eguz on Sept 29. PolMilCouns pressed upon Eguz the need for an early official GOT position in order to ensure all sides follow last year's precedent [...] |
2003-09-30 15:02:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PREL TU GR CY |
| 03ANKARA6391 | TURKEY AND GREECE AGREE TO CANCEL FALL MILITARY [...] No summary [...] |
2003-10-10 15:09:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL CY GR TU MARR |
| 03ANKARA6395 | AMBASSADOR EDELMAN RAISES CONCERNS ABOUT CYPRUS [...] No summary [...] |
2003-10-10 15:42:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL TU CY GR |
| 03ANKARA6451 | AMBASSADOR MILLER MEETS WITH TURKISH MFA U/S ZIYAL [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador to Greece Thomas Miller met with Turkish MFA U/S Ziyal during a one-day trip to Ankara on October 10. Ziyal said his relations with Greek MFA SecGen Skopelitis were good and he predicted Turkish-Greek relations would improve as Turkey's relations with the EU improved. [...] |
2003-10-16 09:00:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | CY GR IZ PREL TU |
| 03ANKARA6844 | TURKISH CYPRIOT ELECTION CONCERNS: ROUND FOUR: [...] (C) Summary: In response to reftel demarche, MFA DirGen for Northeastern Mediterranean Affairs to Ertugrul Apakan asserted that GOT intervention with the Turkish Cypriot "High Election Board" (HEB) would be improper. However, he would convey the demarche to higher levels of the MFA; in his o [...] |
2003-11-03 11:23:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | CY GR PGOV PHUM PREL TU |
| 03ANKARA7007 | AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH EDUCATION MINISTER CELIK [...] (C) SUMMARY: In the Ambassador,s October 31 courtesy call on Huseyin Celik, Minister of National Education and a co-founder of the AK (Justice and Development) Party, Celik praised the high level of educational cooperation between the U.S. and Turkey. While characterizing himself as a friend o [...] |
2003-11-10 10:34:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | KPAO PREL TU GR |
| 03ANKARA885 | MFA REACTION TO CONGRESSIONAL DRAFT RESOLUTION ON [...] (C) MFA Cyprus DG Ertugrul Apakan called us Feb. 4 to pass on GOT views about the draft resolution on Cyprus currently circulating on the Hill. 2. (C) Apakan stated that the GOT disagrees wholly with the substance of the draft resolution. He offered the following comments, which he said [...] |
2003-02-04 16:39:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL CY TU GR |
| 03ISTANBUL91 | ECUMENICAL PATRIARCH ON ESPHIGMENOU MONASTERY [...] (SBU) On January 16, Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew passed the Consul General a copy of a recent Ecumenical Patriarchate "Notification on the Sacred Monastery of Esphigmenou." The notification (see below) reiterates the Patriarchate's position on the long-standing dispute with the Esphigmen [...] |
2003-01-22 05:37:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV KIRF GR TK |
| 03ROME2315 | ITALIAN MOD ON NATO COMMAND STRUCTURE [...] (C) ITALIAN DEFENSE MINISTER ANTONIO MARTINO IS ADAMANT THAT ANY NATO COMMAND STRUCTURING PLANS SHOULD MAKE SENSE BOTH ECONOMICALLY AND OPERATIONALLY, ACCORDING TO FRANCESCO TRUPIANO, MARTINO'S DIPLOMATIC ADVISOR. DURING A MAY 23 DISCUSSION ON OTHER MATTERS, TRUPIANO TOLD POL-MIL COUNSELOR T [...] |
2003-05-23 15:50:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS GR IT NATO |
| 03ROME4150 | ITALY'S EU PRESIDENCY: CYPRUS DISCUSSIONS WITH SCC [...] (C) SUMMARY: ON SEPTEMBER 8, SPECIAL COORDINATOR FOR CYPRUS TOM WESTON DISCUSSED UPCOMING ELECTIONS IN NORTHERN CYPRUS AND TURKEY'S ROLE IN THE PEACE PROCESS, INCLUDING THE UNHELPFUL "CUSTOMS UNION AGREEMENT" SIGNED RECENTLY WITH NORTHERN CYPRUS. IN SEPARATE MEETINGS, PRIME MINISTER BERLUSCON [...] |
2003-09-11 12:01:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL CY TU GR IT EUN |
| 04ANKARA2181 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: GOT CONTINUED SUPPORT FOR [...] No summary [...] |
2004-04-15 12:22:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AL BK BU GR HR KSEI MD MK PREL RO SR TU EUN |
| 04ANKARA2224 | TURKISH MFA BRIEFS UNSC AMBASSADORS ON CYPRUS [...] (C) Turkish MFA Deputy U/S briefed UNSC member state ambassadors on April 19 about possible UNSC action over the next several days. Ilkin explained that the SYG will issue a report, and the agreement will go to the UNSC to endorse the Foundation Agreement and authorize a UN peacekeeping force [...] |
2004-04-20 05:41:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | CY GR PREL TU |
| 04ANKARA2231 | TURKISH MFA LAYS OUT SERIOUS BUT FIXABLE PROBLEMS [...] (C) This is an action request. See paragraph 8. 2. (C) Summary: In an April 20 meeting with Ambassador Edelman and UK Ambassador Westmacott Turkish MFA officials laid out objections to the timing and language of the draft UNSCR on Cyprus. The Turks prefer a UNSCR be passed after the [...] |
2004-04-20 15:52:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | CY GR PREL TU |
| 04ANKARA2283 | CONTINUING TURKISH CONCERNS WITH DRAFT CYPRUS [...] (C) MFA Deputy U/S Ilkin called Ambassador Edelman on April 21 to express continuing Turkish concerns about the effect of the current draft Cyprus UNSCR. Ilkin expressed three concerns; MFA Cyprus Department Head Bilman expressed the same concerns in a separate call to poloff. 2. (C) F [...] |
2004-04-21 14:46:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | CY GR PREL TU |
| 04ANKARA2330 | PRESIDENTIAL CABINET CHIEF ATACANLI ON CYPRUS, [...] (C) Summary: On April 21, President Sezer's Cabinet Chief (also Senior Foreign Policy Adviser and Spokesman) Atacanli told Ambassador that Sezer remains concerned with making a Cyprus agreement primary EU law, and with implementation of the agreement's property arrangements. In the event of [...] |
2004-04-26 07:27:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | CY GR PGOV PREL TU |
| 04ANKARA2341 | TURKEY'S WAY FORWARD ON CYPRUS [...] (C) Summary: Despite the wake of the GCs' "no," we need to move toward an eventual GC "yes" to the Burgenstock agreement. On the Turkish side, we should help Ankara preserve the its delicate balance for Cyprus settlement; encourage the Erdogan government to continue its "one step ahead" pol [...] |
2004-04-26 13:51:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | CY GR PREL TU |
| 04ANKARA2360 | TURKISH MFA REQUESTS U.S. ACTION AT UN, U.S. HELP [...] (C) Summary: In an April 27 meeting with DCM, Turkish MFA Deputy U/S Ilkin requested that the U.S. push the UNSC for a Presidential Statement placing blame on the Greek Cypriots for failure to reach a Cyprus settlement. He also asked that the U.S. make concrete gestures toward Turkish Cypri [...] |
2004-04-28 05:34:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | CY GR PREL TU |
| 04ANKARA2362 | TURKISH MFA BRIEFS UNSC REPRESENTATIVES [...] (C) Summary: Turkish MFA Deputy U/S Ilkin urged UNSC country representatives on April 26 to support lifting the embargo on the "TRNC" and other measures to ameliorate the situation of the TCs following the GC "no" on April 24. He said Turkey is not asking for recognition of the "TRNC." Ilki [...] |
2004-04-28 05:42:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | CY GR PREL TU |
| 04ANKARA2664 | TURKISH MILITARY WANTED YES/NO CYPRUS OUTCOME [...] (C) Summary: The Turkish General Staff is appreciative of US and UK assistance in forging a balanced although problematic Cyprus plan. TGS wanted the yes/no outcome from the referenda, although it has no clear idea of where to go from here. The Turkish military worries that Cyprus might use [...] |
2004-05-12 09:08:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS GR CY TU PINR |
| 04ANKARA2698 | TURKEY LOOKING TO MINIMIZE AEGEAN TENSIONS FOR [...] (C) PolmilCouns sought an update on the status of Greek-Turkish military relations in the wake of PM Erdogan's visit to Athens (ref B) from TGS/J5 Greece/Cyprus Director RADM Mucahit Sislioglu on May 10. The Admiral was hopeful that the PM's visit had laid the groundwork to move forward on be [...] |
2004-05-12 17:29:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS GR TU |
| 04ANKARA2821 | REDUCED AEGEAN AIR ACTIVITY: NEED WE JUMP IN? [...] No summary [...] |
2004-05-18 16:40:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS GR TU |
| 04ANKARA3156 | MOD'S DEFENSE BUDGET STATEMENT MIFFS TGS [...] (C) Summary: MOD Gonul surprised TGS with his statement to the Greek MOD that Turkey would slash its defense spending by $10 billion. TGS believes this was in part an attempt by the government to allocate resources to domestic priorities at the military's expense. End summary. 2. (U) M [...] |
2004-06-08 14:40:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREL PGOV TU GR |
| 04ANKARA5376 | Ambassador Raises Rice Demarche and AgTrade Issues [...] (SBU) Summary. In separate meetings, the Ambassador delivered a demarche on the Turkish rice import regime (reftel) to the Ministers of Foreign Trade and Agriculture. Both Ministers noted that the decision to impose quotas and seasonal bans was an effort to protect a politically sensitive sec [...] |
2004-09-21 14:43:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EAGR PGOV PREL CY GR TU |
| 04ANKARA5883 | TURKISH/GREEK AEGEAN AGREEMENT ON HOLD, CONTACTS [...] (C) Summary: According to Turkish MFA U/S Ziyal, the Greek government is currently not ready to conclude a comprehensive Aegean agreement but still wants to maintain an Aegean dialogue with the Turks. Ziyal believes Greek FM Molyviatis is reluctant to conclude an agreement and that lack of [...] |
2004-10-15 15:19:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | GR TU PREL CY MARR |
| 04ANKARA6003 | CYPRUS/MALTA PROBLEM: THE VIEW FROM ANKARA [...] (C) Summary: Turkey will base its decision on how to break the impasse over Cyprus and Malta's participation in NATO-EU security cooperation on several factors: EU action to reach out to the Turkish Cypriots, EU leaders' Dec. 17 decision on beginning accession talks with Turkey, and Turkey's e [...] |
2004-10-22 14:07:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL GR TU CY MT |
| 04ANKARA6134 | AEGEAN ISSUE: TURKS DENY A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN [...] (C) Summary: Turkey has not significantly increased flights in the Aegean and is not seeking confrontation with Greece, MFA and TGS officials told the embassy. The Turks provided data which (if accurate) indicate that they have not in fact significantly increased flights, but merely resumed n [...] |
2004-10-28 14:29:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV TU GR |
| 04ANKARA6209 | AEGEAN: TURKEY MIFFED WITH GREEKS BUT WILL SHOW [...] (C) Ambassador discussed the possible increase in Greek-Turkish tensions over Aegean freedom of navigation issues Oct. 29 with TGS DCHOD General Ilker Basbug. Basbug stated that the claim of Aegean tension was "completely contrived by the Greeks." He said that the Greeks knew that Turkey had [...] |
2004-11-02 15:37:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS GR TU CY |
| 04ANKARA6442 | AEGEAN: TURKS ASSERT THAT THEY ARE DOING "NOTHING [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador raised Greek complaints about territorial air space violations by Turkish aircraft with TGS DCHOD GEN Ilker Basbug and MFA U/S Ali Tuygan on November 18. They both said that they understood the need for restraint, asserting that they were doing "nothing abnormal." [...] |
2004-11-18 17:07:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS MARR TU GR |
| 04ANKARA6443 | DAS KENNEDY DISCUSSES AEGEAN ISSUES WITH TURKISH [...] (S) Summary: DAS Laura Kennedy and Embassy Ankara DCM discussed the latest round of Turkish/Greek Aegean negotiations on November 12 with Turkish MFA Deputy U/S Baki Ilkin. Ilkin gave a readout of the status of Turkish/Greek negotiations on the Aegean, having just returned from Athens. Ilk [...] |
2004-11-18 18:15:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | GR MOPS PREL TU |
| 04ANKARA895 | U.S. ORTHODOX LEADERS DISCUSS HALKI, PATRIARCHATE [...] (C) Summary: An eight-member delegation of the Archons of the Ecumenical Patriarchate, a New York-based Greek Orthodox group, met with three GOT ministers in Ankara and discussed the continued closure of the Halki Seminary and other problems confronting the Ecumenical Patriarchate. The Archon [...] |
2004-02-17 12:42:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM GR TU |
| 04ANKARA943 | TURKS CAUTIOUS ABOUT PAPANDREOU'S PROPOSAL FOR [...] (C) Summary: In response to Greek PASOK candidate Papandreou's proposal that both Greece and Turkey cut their defense budgets to allow for more spending on education and other social programs (reftel), Turkish officials at MFA and TGS voiced skeptical openness to the idea. While they acknowle [...] |
2004-02-18 14:35:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL GR TU |
| 04BRATISLAVA736 | SLOVAKIA POLITICAL ROUNDUP JULY 30, 2004 [...] (SBU) Miroslava Lihanova of the European Affairs and Foreign Relations Department at the Ministry of the Interior told poloff that Slovakia has responded positively to the Greek bilateral request for security assistance for the Olympics. Throughout August, the Ministry of Interior Civil Defens [...] |
2004-08-03 12:57:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KOLY GR LO NATO |
| 04BRUSSELS2938 | NEW COMMISSION PROPOSALS FOR NORTHERN CYPRUS [...] (SBU) On July 7, EU Enlargement Commissioner Gunter Verheugen presented the Commission's plan fulfill the EU's pledge to end the isolation of the Turkish Cypriot community following their support for the Annan Plan. The two main proposals are: 1) a new "preferential trade regime" allowing dir [...] |
2004-07-09 14:40:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID ETRD PGOV CY GR TU EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
| 04BRUSSELS3224 | EU MAY ACT TO BAN BELARUSIAN SPORTS MINISTER FROM [...] (C) Summary. The EU is looking seriously at steps it can take to ban Belarusian Sports Minister Sivakov from the Olympic games. Greece supports a ban, but wants to approach the International Olympic Committee first, as visas are issued along with IOC credentials, and Sivakov is likely to a [...] |
2004-07-30 07:18:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | KOLY PHUM PREL GR BO EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
| 04DJIBOUTI446 | POSSIBLE DIPLOMATIC FALL-OUT FROM CANCELED GERMAN [...] (C) Reftel conveys report of Djiboutian government reaction to cancellation of the March 24 visit to Djibouti of German President Rau. Embassy notes that the German Ambassador to Ethiopia (who also has responsibility for Djibouti), Helga Strachwitz, expressed considerable concern to Ambassado [...] |
2004-03-25 15:28:00 | Embassy Djibouti | SECRET | PREL ASEC PGOV PTER GR DJ |
| 04DJIBOUTI461 | DJIBOUTI'S OFFICIAL STATEMENT ON THE RAU [...] (U) This is an action message. See action requested paragraphs 4 and 5. 2. (U) Following is translated text of the official statement of Djibouti's Ministry of Foreign Affairs on cancellation of the visit of German President Rau. This statement was issued March 24 and was sent by the Mini [...] |
2004-03-29 09:59:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ASEC PGOV PTER GR DJ |
| 04ISTANBUL1714 | THE PLIGHT OF TURKS IN WESTERN THRACE: RED HERRING [...] (sbu) Summary: There is a solid strain of Turkish opinion promoting the idea of "reciprocity" re dealing with the Ecumenical Patriarchate. Increasingly, opinion makers and the GOT attempt to justify the current situation by citing the "mistreatment" of Turks living in Greece. The Association [...] |
2004-11-17 11:11:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV GR TU |
| 04ISTANBUL789 | TRUCKING INTO THE EU...VIA CYPRUS? [...] (SBU) Summary: Hundreds of Turkish truckers were stopped for days at several EU border crossings on May 1 when European customs officials insisted that they present insurance cards valid in Cyprus. Although the crisis was resolved by issuing replacement insurance cards, Turkish truckers and [...] |
2004-05-17 04:18:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELTN ETRD GR PREL TU |
| 04ISTANBUL797 | THE ECUMENICAL PATRIARCH STRIKES BACK [...] (sbu) Summary: Following a decision by Archbishop Christodoulos of Greece to appoint three new bishops without his approval, Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew and an enlarged Holy Synod formally broke communion with Christodoulos on April 30 and called on the newly-appointed bishops not to assu [...] |
2004-05-20 08:06:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL GR TU |
| 04MADRID2203 | SPANISH POSITION ON RENEWAL OF UNFICYP MANDATE [...] No summary [...] |
2004-06-10 16:37:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | CY GR KPKO SC TO SP |
| 04MANAMA505 | DONORS' CONFERENCE FOR CYPRUS SETTLEMENT [...] No summary [...] |
2004-04-11 10:24:00 | Embassy Manama | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL CA CY GR TU BA GCC EUN |
| 04THEHAGUE1845 | CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): RABTA [...] (SBU) In the aftermath of EC-37, delegation has been working closely with UK, Italy, and Libya, to facilitate and garner support for Libya's proposed change to the Verification Annex of the CWC, to enable the conversion of its former CW production facility at Rabta. In particular the delegati [...] |
2004-07-22 14:27:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL AG CM ER UK IT KE MO SF TS YM SU GM FR GR KS CWC |
| 04THEHAGUE3001 | DUTCH ASK USG HELP WITH TURKEY ON CYPRUS, AND [...] (C) Summary: Still expecting a positive outcome on December 17 for Turkey, the Dutch DG for the EU, Marnix Krop, sees trouble brewing on Greece and Cyprus and has asked the U.S. to help in two specific ways. First, urged us to impress upon Turkey the problems that Turkey's Aegean flights ha [...] |
2004-11-19 08:02:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL TU CY GR PGOV EUN |
| 04THEHAGUE3098 | TURKEY/EU: TURKEY ON TRACK WITH HURDLES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Turkish FM Gul met with the EU troika in the Hague November 23 in the last high-level meetings before the Council on December 17 faces its moment of truth. The Council will make its decision based both on the Commission report and issues Member States raise; elements of an in [...] |
2004-11-26 16:37:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC CY GR NL PREL TU EUN |
| 04THEHAGUE3223 | TURKEY/EU: DUCH PM'S DEC 9 DINNER WITH ERDOGAN [...] (C) PM Balkenende's focus at dinner with PM Erdogan in Brussels tonight, December 9, is to seek an agreement over how Turkey can adequately indicate recognition of Cyprus in the context of accession negotiations, Jochem Wiers (MFA EU Enlargement office and main drafter of accession texts for [...] |
2004-12-09 13:56:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC CY GR NL PREL TU EUN |
| 05ANKARA1103 | TURKS AND GREEKS AGREE TO MILITARY CBMS [...] (C) Summary: During the week of February 14, a Turkish General Staff (TGS) delegation visited Athens and reached agreement with the Hellenic General Staff on a series of exchanges to occur over the next year. The Turks also proposed a list of 20 measures for Greece to consider the two doing [...] |
2005-03-02 15:36:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS MARR TU GR |
| 05ANKARA1319 | GOT PROTESTS PORT VISIT BY US NAVY TO RHODES [...] (U) The Embassy received on March 8 a Diplomatic Note dated March 4 regarding a Jan. 22-25 port visit to the island of Rhodes by the US Navy ship The Sullivans-DDG 68 (DDG-Guided Missile Destroyer). Text is at para. 3. 2. (C) COMMENT: We believe this is the first formal protest by the GOT [...] |
2005-03-11 05:40:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS MARR GR TU |
| 05ANKARA1900 | TURKISH AEGEAN ACTIVITY RETURNING TO 2003 LEVELS [...] (C) Summary: 2004 had specific events (Cyprus negotiations, Olympics, EU Summit) which prompted Ankara to hold down its flight activity in the Aegean down, but it is now apparently ramping its activity back up to 2003 levels. While the Turks see this as returning to normal, the military is i [...] |
2005-04-01 14:39:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS MARR TU GR |
| 05ANKARA2730 | TURKEY MOVES FORWARD (AGAIN) ON AEGEAN CBMS [...] (C) Summary: The CBMs announced during Greek FM Molyviatis' visit to Turkey are on track after a temporary freeze while TGS waited to see Athens' response to a mid-April incident when a desecrated Turkish flag was placed in the room of a Turkish cadet on an official exchange to the Greek mil [...] |
2005-05-12 08:31:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL MOPS MARR TU GR |
| 05ANKARA2891 | AEGEAN: TURKEY MULLS NO LONGER FILING FLIGHT [...] (C/NF) Turkey is considering ceasing filing flight information with NATO for military flights over the Aegean, an MFA official told us May 20. TGS contacts confirm this. Mounting Turkish frustration with Greece's public relations and diplomatic efforts to paint the Turks as aggressors--along [...] |
2005-05-20 15:19:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | MARR PREL TU GR NATO |
| 05ANKARA4858 | OFFICIAL TURKISH REACTION TO HELIOS AIRLINE CRASH [...] (U) On August 15, in response to a question, Turkish MFA spokesman Tan said Turkey is "deeply saddened for many Southern Cypriots and Greeks" who lost their lives in the August 14 Helios crash. Tan noted that PM Erdogan and FM Gul sent written condolences to Greek PM Karamanlis and FM Molyvi [...] |
2005-08-18 13:02:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL TU CY GR |
| 05ANKARA5420 | TURKEY APPARENTLY NOT YET DECIDED ON CANCELING [...] (C) Summary: The Turkish MFA and TGS will discuss the cancellation of military exercises on Sept. 19. MFA is inclined to cancel (if Greece does); the TGS J5 Greece/Cyprus Branch Chief told us he will recommend the decision be linked to whether EU accession negotiations commence Oct. 3. We be [...] |
2005-09-16 15:50:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PREL CY GR TU |
| 05ANKARA6339 | CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): TURKEY REQUESTS [...] Acting PolMilCouns delivered to Turkish MFA Arms Control and Disarmament Office Director Osman Yavuzalp on Oct. 20 reftel talking points and request for a meeting with Turkish experts on the margins of the CWC 10th Conference of the States Parties to discuss the draft agreement on challenge i [...] |
2005-10-20 13:21:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM MARR KTIA TU GR CWC |
| 05ANKARA6351 | SUSTAINING INTERCHANGE WITH TURKISH CYPRIOTS [...] (C) Summary: In line with Embassies Nicosia and Athens ideas for a post-October 3 way forward on Cyprus, Embassy Ankara offers two suggestions: initiating a sustained interchange with Turkish Cypriot authorities in areas of unassailable U.S. interest; and offering financing assistance for c [...] |
2005-10-20 14:35:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL TU CY GR EU |
| 05ANKARA6775 | Meeting at Turkish Foreign Trade Regarding WTO Rice [...] (SBU) Summary. The Turkish Under Secretariat for Foreign Trade has requested the U.S. response for dates in Geneva for consultations in connection with the U.S. WTO case concerning Turkey's import rice regime as well as data regarding the case. Turkish officials expressed the desire to res [...] |
2005-11-18 05:52:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EAGR PGOV PREL GR TU |
| 05ANKARA7593 | Minister of Agriculture, Mehdi Eker's comments on [...] (SBU) Summary. In a December 22 meeting, Minister of Agriculture Mehdi Eker gave the Ambassador a general overview of the new Turkish agriculture policy and commented on the Turkish rice situation, in light of the current WTO case. Both sides agreed that the best manner to resolve the rice [...] |
2005-12-28 09:28:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EAGR PGOV PREL GR TU |
| 05ANKARA7648 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR EUR/SE CYPUS DESK [...] (U) Mission warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to EUR/SE Cyprus Desk Officer Elise Mellinger to travel to Ankara January 18 - 19 and to Istanbul January 20 - 22, 2005. The purpose of the visit is to conduct meetings with local government officials. The point of contact for the visit [...] |
2005-12-30 08:46:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV OTRA PREL TU GR CY |
| 05ATHENS1123 | Hellenic Civil Aviation Authority [...] Post has received a response from the Greek Ministry of Transportation (MoT) regarding the FAA proposal for a technical review of the Hellenic Civil Aviation Authority (HCAA). The Government of Greece is requesting a technical services agreement to facilitate a technical review, preferably t [...] |
2005-04-22 09:20:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR ECON GR IASA |
| 05ATHENS114 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE AND THREAT ASSESSMENT FOR [...] Embassy warmly welcomes and grants country clearance for the visit of National Security Administration's (NNSA) Office of Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation personnel: William John Dougherty, Frederick Joseph Baumgartner, Joe John Capezza, Allen Edward Crabtree, George Gregory Lord, Randal James Rob [...] |
2005-01-11 12:59:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG PARM KNNP OTRA GR CTRYCLR |
| 05ATHENS115 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE AND THREAT ASSESSMENT FOR [...] Embassy warmly welcomes and grants country clearance for the visit of EPA Official Walter Frick, Office of Air and Radiation, to travel to Crete and Athens, Greece from January 28 to February 7, 2005. Mr. Frick will attend and be the keynote speaker at the Technical University of Crete and Heleco' [...] |
2005-01-11 13:01:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG PARM KNNP OTRA GR CTRYCLR |
| 05ATHENS1197 | UNDER EC PRESSURE, GREEKS DECLARE INTENT TO [...] This is an action request. Please see paragraph 6. 2. (U) Summary: On April 28, DCM met with MFA Director General for Economic Affairs Chrysanthopoulos at his request. Chysanthopoloulos informed DCM that Greece intends to abrogate its 1991 Bilateral Air Transport Agreement (BATA) with [...] |
2005-05-03 12:59:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR ECON GR BATA |
| 05ATHENS122 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE AND THREAT ASSESSMENT TO [...] Embassy warmly welcomes and grants country clearance for the visit of Allan Krass, NP/NE Physical Science Officer, Charles Edward Messick, Sr., Program Manager, DOE Savannah River Operations Office, James Dunavant and Michael Douglas Dunsmuir of Westinghouse Savannah River Company and Nicholas Lyl [...] |
2005-01-12 09:37:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG PARM KNNP OTRA GR CTRYCLR |
| 05ATHENS1268 | MOLYVIATIS FOLLOWS UP ON TIP ISSUES IN GREECE [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a May 9 meeting with Ambassador (following a May 5 Interministerial Council on TIP --the result of Molyviatis's April 29 telcon with U/S Burns), Molyviatis undertook to speed up agreement with Albania on a child repatriation protocol, to provide more comprehensive trafficking [...] |
2005-05-09 13:29:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM KWMN GR TIP |
| 05ATHENS1294 | GREEKS UNDERSTAND DENUNCIATION UNDESIREABLE, BUT [...] (U) Summary: DCM delivered demarche (reftel B) on May 9, regarding the U.S.-Greece Bilateral Air Transport Agreement (BATA) to MFA Director General of Economics Chrysanthopoulos. Chrysanthopoulos acknowledged that abrogating the BATA with the U.S. would not be desireable, but he reiterated th [...] |
2005-05-11 10:01:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | EAIR ECON GR BATA |
| 05ATHENS1372 | EUROPEAN COURT RULES AGAINST OLYMPIC AIRLINES ON [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The May 12 decision of the European Court of Justice (ECJ) confirming the European Commission's position that the GoG's payment of 194 million euros to Olympic Airlines (OA) was an illegal subsidy does not appear to have altered the GoG's plan to sell the ailing national carri [...] |
2005-05-18 11:36:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR ECON GR OLYAIR |
| 05ATHENS1379 | ATHENS ENERGY AND RESOURCES REPORTING CONTACTS [...] No summary [...] |
2005-05-19 11:49:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EPET EMIN ENRG GR |
| 05ATHENS1440 | SCENESETTER FOR CODEL SHELBY'S MAY 29-JUNE 1 VISIT [...] (SBU) Embassy Athens warmly welcomes your May 29- June 1 visit. We have arranged a meeting with Foreign Minister Molyviatis to discuss general political and economic topics, as well as a meeting and lunch with Central Bank Governor Garganas to discuss banking policy. Finally, you will have [...] |
2005-05-25 10:46:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON GR OREP PGOV PREL CODEL |
| 05ATHENS1445 | GREECE SEEKS MEMBERSHIP ON IOC EXECUTIVE COUNCIL [...] No summary [...] |
2005-05-25 13:49:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED | TPHY PREL GR |
| 05ATHENS1505 | CONTINUED GREEK ANGST, BUT POSITIVE NUMBERS ON [...] (C) Summary. Senior Greek officials continue to express concern about the level of Turkish air activity in the Aegean. At the same time, statistics recently released by the MOD paint a more positive picture of the actual situation in the region. Greek officials insist that, the content and [...] |
2005-06-03 07:24:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM MARR GR TU TURKEY |
| 05ATHENS1528 | GREEK FOREIGN MINISTER REJECTS LINK BETWEEN [...] (SBU) In advance of Greek FM Molyviatis' June 2 press conference with the Foreign Press Association in Athens, Ambassador drew on reftel points to suggest to Molyviatis, chief of staff Constantinos Rallis that the FM use the occasion to emphasize that the French referendum outcome should have [...] |
2005-06-03 13:50:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED | GR TU PREL TURKEY |
| 05ATHENS1598 | MOLYVIATIS ON TURKEY/CYPRUS [...] (C) At a June 9 lunch, FM Molyviatis and Ambassador discussed Cyprus and Turkey issues in light of Turkish PM Erdogan's visit to Washington and Under Secretary General Prendergast's recent trip to the region. Molyviatis commented that the idea of a report to the SYG on "the failures of 2004" [...] |
2005-06-10 08:32:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | CY GR PREL TU TURKEY |
| 05ATHENS1611 | NGOS LOOK FOR MORE COOPERATION ON TIP, GOG ADMITS [...] THIS MESSAGE IS SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED -- PLEASE HANDLE ACCORDINGLY. 2. (U) SUMMARY: During May 23-25 meetings with visiting Foreign Affairs Officer for Southeastern Europe, Suzanne Yountchi, officials from the Ministries of Health (MOH), Justice (MOJ), Public Order (MPO), Foreign Aff [...] |
2005-06-10 13:22:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL KCRM GR TIP |
| 05ATHENS171 | WTO SERVICES NEGOTIATIONS: GREEK [...] Greece as a member of the EU has an open market and services represent the largest and fastest growing sectors of the Greek economy. U.S. and other non-EU investors receive less advantageous treatment than domestic or EU investors in the banking, mining, broadcasting, maritime and air transport se [...] |
2005-01-14 13:53:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD GR |
| 05ATHENS1770 | 2005 REPORT ON INVESTMENT DISPUTES AND [...] Per ref A, the following are the investment dispute and expropriation claims that have come to attention of ConGen Thessaloniki and FCS and Consular and Economic sections Athens since post's last report in June 2004 (ref B). 2. Case 1: a) Claimant A b) June 1999 c) Claimant A is [...] |
2005-06-30 14:09:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN PGOV KIDE CASC GR |
| 05ATHENS181 | GREEK FM STRESSES GRADUAL INTEGRATION IN THE [...] (C) SUMMARY: In their introductory meeting on January 13, Greek FM Molyviatis told the Ambassador that Greece wanted to bring Serbia into the European family, which would also be a way to ease the way forward on Kosovo. An "intermediate trusteeship" for Kosovo would be more stabilizing for th [...] |
2005-01-14 14:08:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | GR PREL MACEDONIA |
| 05ATHENS187 | 2005 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT GREECE [...] No summary [...] |
2005-01-18 07:45:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV KSPR KIDE KTDB ELAB GR |
| 05ATHENS1903 | AEGEAN CEO: IT'S JUST BUSINESS, AIRBUS FITS OUR [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador met with Aegean Airlines CEO Theodoros Vassilakis and fellow Board-member and son, Eftihios Vassilakis, to discuss Aegean's recent decision to purchase six Airbus aircraft over Boeing aircraft. Theodoros denied any political angle in the Airbus decision, claiming tha [...] |
2005-07-18 07:17:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | EAIR ECON GR |
| 05ATHENS193 | AMBASSADOR'S INTRODUCTORY MEETING WITH MPO FOCUSED [...] (S/NF) Summary: The Ambassador paid an introductory call on the Minister of Public Order, Yeorgos Voulgarakis on Tuesday, January 18. The MPO provided an update on the investigation into the shooting of a Hellenic Police Special Guard on December 31, and discussed his views about terrorism [...] |
2005-01-18 16:25:00 | Embassy Athens | SECRET//NOFORN | ASEC GR PTER AMB |
| 05ATHENS1982 | PRELIMINARY GREEK REACTION TO UNSCR 1267 SUCCESSOR [...] (C) PolCouns delivered reftel demarche OOB local time July 25 to Ambassador Frangiskos Verros, head of the MFA's Directorate for International Organizations Affairs. At that time, Verros was unaware of the proposed "European" language to limit the designation process to those who "willingly" [...] |
2005-07-25 14:25:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC GR PREL PTER KTFN EFIN UNSC |
| 05ATHENS2053 | GREECE CRACKS DOWN ON HEATING OIL FRAUD [...] (U) Summary: The GoG announced on July 29th the implementation of a two-phase plan designed to crack down on the burgeoning illegal trade of heating oil for use in commercial diesel vehicles. Skyrocketing oil prices, and much lower taxation on heating oil compared to diesel fuel, have crea [...] |
2005-08-01 14:02:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ENRG GR OIL |
| 05ATHENS2054 | SUBJECT: GREECE MAKES SIGNIFICANT PROGRESS IN [...] No summary [...] |
2005-08-01 14:05:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN GR |
| 05ATHENS2086 | SUBJECT: NOT IN MY BACKYARD--GREECE CONFRONTS [...] (U) Summary: Greece, threatened with legal action by the European Commission for environmental violations, is once again attempting to confront its recurring waste management problem by implementing a National Waste Management Plan. The focus will be to shut down the 2626 illegal landfills and [...] |
2005-08-05 06:31:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON GR SENV |
| 05ATHENS2092 | GOG PLANS NEW TAX PACKAGE AS REVENUES FALL SHORT [...] (U) Summary: The GoG is considering a new round of tax increases in the face of disappointing half-year revenue and expenditure actuals. As a result of lower than expected revenues and higher than expected government expenditures from previous revenue efforts, the 2005 budget deficit will b [...] |
2005-08-05 12:36:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN GR |
| 05ATHENS210 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE AND THREAT ASSESSMENT FOR [...] Embassy warmly welcomes and grants country clearance for the visit of IRS Tax Specialist, Carol A. Saunders March 9-March 15, 2005 to provide assistance to overseas residents (part of a customer service tour). 2. Per reftel no Embassy assistance is requested. 3. Pursuant to State 66 [...] |
2005-01-19 14:38:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP EFIN OTRA GR CTRYCLR |
| 05ATHENS2114 | GOG SIGNS MOU WITH OLYMPIC INVESTORS FOR SALE OF [...] (SBU) Summary: U.S. based Olympic Investors has confirmed that it has signed an MOU for the purchase of Olympic Airlines from the Greek Government. The MOU is good for 60 days, during which time the GOG must obtain consent for the sale from the European Commission, as well as convince the E [...] |
2005-08-10 11:43:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR ECON GR OLYAIR |
| 05ATHENS2134 | CSI: ONE YEAR LATER [...] (SBU) Summary: One year after the signing of the Container Security Initiative (CSI), the program continues to operate in the Port of Piraeus. Unfortunately, staffing and efficiency problems are marring the effectiveness of the program. The GoG has requested a one-year extension for the use [...] |
2005-08-12 08:54:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EWWT GR KTIA PTER |
| 05ATHENS2151 | GOG WORKS TO RESPOND TO CRASH OF CYPRIOT AIRCRAFT [...] (U) Summary: The GoG has swung into action to cope with the crash of Cypriot airliner Helios Flight 522. The Hellenic Air Accident Investigation Board has taken charge of the investigation. A National Transportation Safety Board team has arrived, along with Boeing technical experts, to pro [...] |
2005-08-17 04:27:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EAIR CASC GR |
| 05ATHENS2161 | SCENESETTER FOR CODEL HYDE (ATHENS, AUGUST 25-28) [...] (SBU) Embassy Athens warmly welcomes the August 25-28 vist by CODEL Hyde to Greece. You will arrive just as the summer holidays are winding down, and your visit will provide an excellent opportunity, not only to showcase U.S.-Greece relations, but to kick off the fall quarter with high-level [...] |
2005-08-18 10:34:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV GR OREP PREL VISIT |
| 05ATHENS218 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE AND THREAT ASSESSMENT FOR [...] Embassy warmly welcomes and grants country clearance for the visit of EX-IM Bank Officials Vasilios Aristomenis Giannopoulos, Senior Project Officer, Structured Finance Division and Michael Sams, Electrical Engineer, Engineering and Environment Division to visit Greece, January 23- February 1 [...] |
2005-01-20 07:45:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP EFIN OTRA GR CTRYCLR |
| 05ATHENS2263 | CODEL HYDE AFFIRMS STRONG U.S.-GREECE FRIENDSHIP [...] (C) SUMMARY: At an August 26 meeting with Foreign Minister Molyviatis, CODEL Hyde emphasized the close relationship between the U.S. and Greece, and noted that despite differences in the run-up to the Iraq war, the bilateral relationship was strong and getting stronger. Standing in for Chairm [...] |
2005-08-30 13:58:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | OREP PREL PGOV IR TU IZ GR VISIT |
| 05ATHENS232 | GREEK COTTON FARMERS DEMAND FULL SUBSIDIES FOR [...] (U) SUMMARY: Greek cotton farmers are staging their annual protest and threatening to block the North-South highway unless they receive subsidies on their entire cotton production, not just the amount within the EU?s quota. The GoG cannot subsidize the entire 2004 cotton crop unless it uses state [...] |
2005-01-20 15:58:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ECON ETRD GR |
| 05ATHENS236 | AMBASSADOR'S TOUR D'HORIZON WITH GREEK MOD [...] (C) SUMMARY: In their introductory meeting on January 19, Greek Defense Minister Spiliotopoulos told the Ambassador that Greece was prepared to increase its presence in Afghanistan by deploying a Role 2 Medical Unit to Herat. Greece was not yet able to lift its caveat to allow Greek staff off [...] |
2005-01-21 10:40:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | GR MARR PREL AMB |
| 05ATHENS2371 | MOLYVIATIS WORRIED TURKEY/EU IN DOWNWARD SPIRAL [...] (C) On the margins of the Prime Minister_ September 10 Thessaloniki Fair speech (septel), Foreign Minister Molyviatis told Ambassador that he was worried political pressures in Cyprus and France were pushing the Turkey/EU issue into a downward spiral. A glum Molyviatis, who had assured Ambassa [...] |
2005-09-11 08:35:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | CY GR PGOV PREL TU EU TURKEY |
| 05ATHENS2376 | GOVERNMENT FINALLY BANS PLANNED RACIST [...] Summary: On September 6 the Greek government said it would ban a planned pan-European "festival" of extreme right-wing political groups, sponsored by the Greek racist, neo-Nazi group Golden Dawn. The gathering, scheduled for mid-late September and reportedly to include far-right groups such [...] |
2005-09-12 12:24:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREF PGOV KCRM GR HRIGHTS |
| 05ATHENS2395 | AEGEAN AIRLINES MAKES FINAL DECISION TO GO WITH [...] (C) On Friday, September 9th, Aegean airlines informed Ambassador and Boeing representatives that its Board of Directors, despite Boeing's new offer (reftel D), had confirmed its previous decision to refleet with Airbus. According to shareholder Eftichios Laskaridis, the Board, in a meeting h [...] |
2005-09-14 04:23:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | EAIR ECON GR |
| 05ATHENS2403 | DAS BRYZA AND GREEK DEFMIN ON DEEPENING BILATERAL [...] (C) Summary. DAS Bryza with Greek DefMin Spiliotopoulos discussed how to deepen bilateral military ties during a September 7 meeting. Bryza praised the increased focus on strategic concerns, such as promoting stability in Iraq, Afghanistan, and the Balkans, and away from relatively minor, [...] |
2005-09-14 11:59:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR GR TU CY AMB |
| 05ATHENS2438 | GREEK RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE: CODEX AD HOC TASK [...] (U) On September 12, Embassy received GoG response to reftel demarche. Response in entirety follows: 2. (U) Begin text: Greece is extremely interested in the re-establishment of the new Task Force and its mandate, and will thus participate with two representatives to the 5th Session of th [...] |
2005-09-16 08:12:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO EAGR ECON GR |
| 05ATHENS2439 | PM AT THESSALONIKI:"RE-INVENTING THE GREEK STATE [...] (U) Summary: At his September 10 speech at the international trade fair in Thessaloniki, the Greek equivalent to an annual State of the Union address, Prime Minister Kostas Karamanlis revealed the two main axes of his administration's policies: "Re-inventing the state" and "seeking economic gr [...] |
2005-09-16 08:14:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV GR ECON |
| 05ATHENS2441 | GREEK TOURISM IMPROVES AFTER 2004 OLYMPICS, [...] (U) Summary. Tourism in Greece is up in 2005, one year after the country played host to the Olympics. Tourist arrivals are projected to reach 14 million by the end of the year, marking a 10 percent increase over 2004, but receipts from tourism are projected to increase only 5 percent over las [...] |
2005-09-16 10:18:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EAIR EWWT EFIN GR TOURISM |
| 05ATHENS2470 | GREEK GOVERNMENT UNDECIDED ON FUTURE OF OLYMPIC [...] (U) A European Commission decision ordering Olympic Airlines to pay back some 500 million euros in illegal state aid, although widely expected by industry observers, appears to have taken the Greek government by surprise. The decision, which came in the midst of a final Greek government effor [...] |
2005-09-21 06:16:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR ECON GR OLYAIR |
| 05ATHENS2529 | COMBATING EXTREMISM IN GREECE [...] (S) SUMMARY: In Greece, the twin threats of extremism and violence stem more from a decades-old, homegrown anti-U.S., anti-NATO, anti-globalization sentiment that is deeply engrained in Greek society than from extremism exported from the Middle East. Domestic terrorist groups and an active a [...] |
2005-09-27 13:53:00 | Embassy Athens | SECRET | PREL KDEM KPAO EAID PHUM KMPI GR INTERNAL |
| 05ATHENS2545 | ORGANIZED CRIME GROUPS IN GREECE (C-CN5-00417) [...] (C) In response to ref, post provides the following information on organized crime groups in Greece (keyed to ref questions): A. Are there organized crime groups present in the host country that originated in the following countries: Russia, Ukraine, Italy, the Balkans (Albania, Serbia, [...] |
2005-09-28 12:46:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR GR INTERNAL |
| 05ATHENS2625 | TOUR D'HORIZON WITH FINMIN ALOGOSKOUFIS: WE'RE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In the wake of PM Karamanlis' Thessaloniki speech (reftel) Finance Minister Alogoskoufis detailed GOG economic reform efforts in a wide-ranging meeting with Ambassador on October 3. Stressing that Greece needed to change its international image from being "a country of ten mi [...] |
2005-10-06 06:49:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PREL GR AMB |
| 05ATHENS2628 | ALOGOSKOUFIS ON OLYMPIC AIR: STILL SEEKING EU [...] (C) During a meeting to discuss general economic reform topics (reftel), Greek Finance Minister Alogoskoufis apprised Ambassador of the status of GoG efforts to privatize Olympic Airlines. At this point in time, the Minister said, the GoG is seeking to clarify the EC's "Delphic utterance" that [...] |
2005-10-06 10:50:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | EAIR GR OLYAIR |
| 05ATHENS263 | AMBASSADOR RIES CALLS ON GOVERNOR OF THE BANK OF [...] (U) SUMMARY: Ambassador Ries paid an introductory call on Greek Central Bank Governor Garganas on January 20 and thanked him for his efforts, and those of his staff, in combating terrorist financing. They discussed the January 17 ECOFIN meeting, which covered measures Greece must take to bring it [...] |
2005-01-25 12:56:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV GR AMB |
| 05ATHENS2635 | SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF HHS ACF A/S DR. WADE HORN [...] (SBU) Embassy Athens warmly welcomes the October 8-12 visit of Dr. Wade Horn, Assistant Secretary, Administration for Children and Families, HHS to Greece. Your visit will provide an excellent opportunity not only to showcase U.S.-Greece relations, but to reiterate our strong commitment to [...] |
2005-10-06 14:42:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA PHUM TBIO EI GR HRIGHTS |
| 05ATHENS2647 | THE WAY AHEAD ON CYPRUS: THE VIEW FROM ATHENS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Embassy Athens welcomes an exchange with the Department, Nicosia, and Ankara on the way ahead on the Cyprus issue. From our perspective, the October 3 accession wrangle provides an opportunity to take a fresh look at the Cyprus problem, and underscore the importance of grasping [...] |
2005-10-07 15:34:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL CY GR |
| 05ATHENS2648 | USG INVITEES FOR SIGNING OF THE TREATY OF THE [...] (U) On October 25, the European Commission, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Albania, Macedonia, Romania, Bulgaria, Serbia and Montenegro and UNMIK are scheduled to sign the treaty to create the Energy Community for Southeast Europe (ECSEE). The treaty will create a regional electricity and natural gas [...] |
2005-10-07 17:15:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ENRG GR |
| 05ATHENS2663 | MACEDONIA NAME: GOG REJECTS LATEST NIMETZ PROPOSAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Citing its long-standing opposition to a dual-name solution, the GoG clearly rejected the latest proposal from UN Envoy Matthew Nimetz, leaving prospects for a solution dim before the EC's November 9 avis on Macedonia's EU application. At an October 11 meeting with Ambassador, [...] |
2005-10-11 16:10:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MK GR AMB MACEDONIA |
| 05ATHENS2664 | DEP FONMIN STYLIANIDES: WE WANT TO WORK WITH YOU [...] (C) Summary. Deputy Foreign Minister Stylianides met with the Ambassador October 7 to discuss bilateral cooperation in the field of energy and international assistance. Stylianides noted he had recently returned from a trip to Russia, where he had urged the inclusion of U.S. companies in la [...] |
2005-10-11 16:25:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID PREL GR |
| 05ATHENS2684 | GREEK INDUSTRIES CHIEF ON THE ILLS THAT PLAGUE THE [...] (SBU) Summary. The Ambassador met October 11 with Federation of Greek Industries (SEV) Chair Ulysses Kyriacopoulos to discuss the state of the Greek economy. Although the SEV Chair was broadly supportive of PM Karamanlis' rhetoric at the Thessaloniki trade fair, but he was critical of the g [...] |
2005-10-13 06:28:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN GR |
| 05ATHENS2693 | DEPUTY FINANCE MINISTER ON ATTRACTING INVESTMENT [...] (C) Summary. The Ambassador discussed Greek efforts to attract more investment, as well as the Macedonia name issue, with Deputy Minister for Finance and National Economy Christos Folias on October 12. On economics, Folias recounted the GoG's economic reform efforts, stressing that his majo [...] |
2005-10-14 08:47:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PREL GR AMB |
| 05ATHENS2715 | BIRD FLU IN GREECE; AUTHORITIES TESTING FOR H5N1 [...] (SBU) Minister of Agricultural Development Basiakos announced October 17 that the first case of avian influenza (H5) has occurred in Greece. Basiakos noted that the affected birds lived on the small island of Oinousses, near Chios, in the eastern Aegean. According to Angelos Hatzakis, Chair [...] |
2005-10-18 10:56:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CASC TBIO GR AVIANFLU |
| 05ATHENS2742 | GREECE/TIP: NEW SHELTERS OPENED, BUT FEW VICTIMS [...] SUMMARY: The GoG continues to make progress on trafficking in persons (TIP) infrastructure, but has so far protected few victims. Probable causes are inadequate NGO involvement until now in the screening process and limited understanding on the part of the police and TIP victims of the prote [...] |
2005-10-20 13:52:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PGOV GR TIP |
| 05ATHENS2748 | UPDATE ON AVIAN INFLUENZA IN GREECE; H5N1 NOT [...] (SBU) Summary: Despite the GoG announcement on 17 October of a positive test for Avian Influenza within its borders, recent serological testing for H5N1 has proven negative at both the Thessaloniki Virological Laboratory and EU Reference Laboratory in Weybridge, UK. Additional testing is ongo [...] |
2005-10-21 12:21:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED | CASC TBIO GR AVIANFLU |
| 05ATHENS2769 | GREEK SHIPMENT OF APCS AND AK-47S EN ROUTE TO IRAQ [...] (C) On October 24, Embassy DATT confirmed that the "Aegean Star," a Greek-flagged ship contracted to the Ministry of Defense, finished loading thirty-six BMPs (Russian APCs) and one thousand AK-47s for transshipment to Iraq. The ship already had on board seventy-two Hungarian T-72 tanks on b [...] |
2005-10-24 13:33:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | GR IZ MARR PREL NATOIRAQ |
| 05ATHENS2779 | AMBASSADOR VISITS IOANNINA, REAFFIRMS CLOSE TIES [...] (U) SUMMARY: In a full day of meetings with a range of political, diplomatic, community, and NGO leaders in the northwestern Epirus regional capital of Ioannina on October 14, Ambassador emphasized U.S. interest in the region, possibilities for economic development, progress for religious and [...] |
2005-10-25 09:37:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM KIRF GR AMB |
| 05ATHENS2781 | GREECE PLEDGES 1.5 MILLION FOR FOUNDATION [...] (C) Per reftel, Greek Foreign Minister Molyviatis informed Ambassador on October 25 that Greece will pledge 1.5 million USD for the Foundation for the Future. Molyviatis will provide Embassy with a letter confirming Greece's pledge as soon as possible. Looking ahead to the November 11-12 Fo [...] |
2005-10-25 10:38:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID PGOV PHUM EU XG XF GR AMB |
| 05ATHENS2792 | Suspect charged as November 17 terror group [...] (U) Kostas Avramides, a.k.a. "Pontios," was indicted on October 20 as the 20th defendant in the November 17 terrorist organization case. Avramides, a three-judge panel found, was "supportive" of N17 because his fingerprints were allegedly found inside a book recovered at a N17 safe house and [...] |
2005-10-26 12:42:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER GR ANARCHISTS |
| 05ATHENS2793 | GREECE SUPPORTS BURMA DISCUSSION IN UNSC [...] No summary [...] |
2005-11-02 11:21:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL BM PGOV PHUM GR UNSC |
| 05ATHENS280 | BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE LICENSE END-USE CHECK ON [...] (U) Reftel requests a pre-license check on a purchase by the Hellenic Navy through Bridgetown Business Co. Ltd, and post verified the following information. ETAL/Dynamics represents Bridgetown Business Co. in Greece. On 22 April 2004 the Hellenic Navy signed contract No. 604.1.422/2/03 with Brid [...] |
2005-01-27 14:29:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KOMC GR UK |
| 05ATHENS2802 | HHS ASSISTANT SECRETARY ADVANCES AGENDA ON TIP AND [...] (U) SUMMARY: Dr. Wade Horn, Assistant Secretary for Children and Families at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, shared domestic U.S. policy and his compelling experiences on trafficking in persons, welfare issues, pension reform, and refugee integration during his October 9-11 [...] |
2005-10-27 09:43:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM ELAB PREL PREF GR TIP |
| 05ATHENS2805 | GREEK GOVERNMENT APPROVES NEW ANTI MONEY- [...] (U) The Greek government approved October 24 a draft bill aimed at combating money laundering, which brings Greek legislation into line with EU directive 2001/97/EC. According to the Ministry of Economy, the bill greatly extends the ambit of Greece's anti- money-laundering legislation to a n [...] |
2005-11-03 08:42:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN GR |
| 05ATHENS2809 | GREEK FM PREVIEWS PM'S TRIP TO TURKEY, OTHER ISSUES [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a tour d'horizon October 27, Greek Foreign Minister Molyviatis previewed for Ambassador the Prime Minister's proposed trip to Ankara in November, raised the latest public flap over the proposed purchase of 30 F-16s by Greece and promised to follow up on the status of the U.S. [...] |
2005-10-27 14:01:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON MARR PGOV PREL GR AMB |
| 05ATHENS2810 | GREECE DRAWING UP PLANS TO RESOLVE CYPRUS ARMS [...] (C) Summary. Greece is preparing a proposal to resolve U.S. concerns about illegal transfers of U.S.-origin equipment to Cyprus, according to the Foreign Minister and DCHOD. Ambassador and embassy officers have made clear that the U.S. bottom line for any resolution is that it must unequi [...] |
2005-10-27 15:17:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR GR CY CYPRUSARMS |
| 05ATHENS2811 | BALKANS UPDATE FROM THE GREEK FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (C) SUMMARY: In an October 27 meeting, Foreign Minister Molyviatis confirmed to Ambassador that Greece will support the opening of EU accession talks with "FYROM," absent resolution of the name issue between Greece and Macedonia. Prospects for resolution of the name issue, however, are dim, [...] |
2005-10-27 15:40:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | GR PGOV PREL EU AMB |
| 05ATHENS2841 | RESPONSE TO BLUE LANTERN CHECK ON UNAUTHORIZED [...] (SBU) Post and ODC have completed the above referenced investigation into the modification of A.M. General HMMWV's with the Russian Kornet E ATGM missle system. The information collected has indicated that in 2001, AM General Corporation signed contract No 2001-173 with the Greek State owned [...] |
2005-11-04 14:30:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KOMC RS GR |
| 05ATHENS2845 | UPDATE ON AVIAN INFLUENZA IN GREECE; ALL TESTS FOR [...] (U) The GoG Ministry of Agriculture announced on 29 October that the virological test results for the previously reported case of Avian Influenza on the Island of Oiniousses were negative in the data supplied by both the EU laboratory in Weybridge U.K. and the Thessaloniki Virological Laborato [...] |
2005-11-07 07:35:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED | CASC TBIO GR AVIANFLU |
| 05ATHENS2861 | Convicted ELA member to leave prison [...] (U) Eirini Athanassaki, convicted in October 2004 (ref) to a 25-year sentence for her participation in the Revolutionary People's Struggle (ELA) terrorist organization, is expected to leave the Korydallos prison soon after an appellate court panel unanimously agreed on November 7 to suspend [...] |
2005-11-08 07:29:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PTER GR ANARCHISTS |
| 05ATHENS2870 | NATURAL GAS DEVELOPMENTS IN THE GREEK ENERGY [...] (U) Summary. On November 4th, GoG Minister of Development Dimitris Sioufas signed an agreement between the Greek public gas utility (DEPA) and the Italian Gas concern Edison, for a 212 Kilometer underwater natural gas pipeline to be built across the Ionian Sea. The joint venture is one of 5 ke [...] |
2005-11-09 03:58:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG GR NATGAS |
| 05ATHENS288 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE AND THREAT ASSESSMENT FOR E [...] Embassy warmly welcomes and grants country clearance for the visit of NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) Official, Epaminondas Stassinopoulos, to Athens, Greece from January 27-February 7, 2005. Mr. Stassinopoulos will preside over the Organizing Committee Meetings on radiation and its eff [...] |
2005-01-28 10:37:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED | TSPA OTRA GR CTRYCLR |
| 05ATHENS2887 | BENEFIT CONCERT FOR HURRICANE KATRINA VICTIMS [...] SUMMARY: A November 2 benefit concert at the Athens main concert hall raised tens of thousands of Euros, all of which will be donated to the Habitat for Humanity organization in the U.S. to rebuild homes in the areas devastated by Hurricane Katrina. The Stavros Niarchos Foundation, in coopera [...] |
2005-11-09 13:44:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM GR EVENTS |
| 05ATHENS2898 | RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON GREEK ASSISTANCE TO [...] (U) Ambassador delivered reftel demarche on Greek Assistance to Pakistan earthquake relief and rehabilitation on November 3, 2005 to Deputy Foreign Minister Evripidis Stylianidis. 2. (U) Mr. Stylianidis replied in a letter dated November 4, 2005. Text of letter: Dear Mr. Ambassador, [...] |
2005-11-10 11:05:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PHUM PK PREL GR |
| 05ATHENS2925 | HELLENIC CIVIL AVIATION AUTHORITY RESPONSE TO [...] (U) Post has received the following response to the OA 412 incident at JFK involving pilot Konstantinos Vardakis, related in FAR violation letter 2005 EA 290023. Text as follows: Dear Ms. Susan Bennet, Thank you for your letter advising of the unfortunate event of July 9, 2005 at JFK I [...] |
2005-11-15 13:49:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR GR OLYAIR |
| 05ATHENS2927 | GREECE/TIP: RESPONSES FOR INTERIM ASSESSMENT FOR [...] (U) SUMMARIZE THE PROGRESS, OR LACK THEREOF, THE GOG HAS MADE IN DEVELOPING AN EFFECTIVE SCREENING AND REFERRAL MECHANISM FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT AND NGOS TO USE IN IDENTIFYING VICTIMS AND DIRECTING VICTIMS TO APPROPRIATE CARE. -The GoG is actively negotiating a "Memorandum of Cooperation" (MOC [...] |
2005-11-15 15:37:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM KWMN KCRM GR TIP |
| 05ATHENS2982 | STATUS OF GREEK F-16 BUY [...] (C) Negotiations on the GoG purchase of 30 F-16 aircraft, with an option for a further 10, are moving forward. This will complete the process formalized by the July 19 purchase decision of the Greek Government's Council for Foreign Affairs and Defense (KYSEA). The responsible Air Force offic [...] |
2005-11-22 15:42:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | EAIR GR |
| 05ATHENS2992 | GREEKS FLEXIBLE ON WTO MARKET ACCESS, BUT [...] (SBU) Summary: At the end of a week of pressing at all levels, Ambassador met with Greek Minister of Finance Alogoskoufis for second time, who admitted that while Greece is willing to be flexible regarding market access for the Doha Development Agenda (DDA), their national interest does not [...] |
2005-11-23 11:21:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD GR |
| 05ATHENS3113 | DISSENSION IN THE RANKS: PUBLIC POWER [...] (U) Summary. On December 1st, Public Power Corporation's (PPC) President, Ioannis Paleokrassas resigned from his politically appointed post after his latest misstep within the ranks of the ruling New Democracy (ND) party. A former Minister of Finance in the previous Mitsotakis administration, [...] |
2005-12-08 09:01:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG EAGR GR OIL |
| 05ATHENS315 | MFA SECRETARY GENERAL: "QUALITATIVE DIFFERENCE" TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: MFA Secretary General Gennimatas complained to Ambassador and visiting EUR DAS Kennedy during a January 28 meeting about reported airspace incursions by Turkey, claiming formations of Turkish fighters had flown within two nautical miles of the Greek islet of Antipsara -- a "qua [...] |
2005-01-31 16:05:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV GR TU TURKEY |
| 05ATHENS3154 | IRAQ: SOLICITING GREEK ASSISTANCE FOR DECEMBER 15 [...] (C) Poloff spoke with Iraqi Ambassador Hatim al Khawam December 13, to urge the Iraqi embassy to use the December 15 elections to highlight progress in that country's democratic transition. The focus of the Iraqi embassy's election-related activities was informing the estimated 12,000-13,00 [...] |
2005-12-13 11:17:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IZ GR IRAQ |
| 05ATHENS3159 | GOG COMMITS TO PROVIDE $600,000 TO [...] (SBU) Summary. During his December 5 visit to Athens, USAID Deputy Assistant Administrator for Europe and Eurasia Thomas Mefford obtained the GoG's commitment to provide $600,000 in funding for a multilateral anti-trafficking program in Albania. This was the culmination of almost two years o [...] |
2005-12-14 07:20:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID PREL AL GR BALKANS |
| 05ATHENS3162 | 2006 INTERNET GOVERNANCE FORUM: AMBASSADOR MEETS [...] (U) Summary: On December 12, Ambassador met with GoG Minister of Transportation and Communication, Michalis Liapis to discuss Greece's offer to host the 2006 UN Internet Governance Forum in Athens. Ambassador stated USG desire for a successful and open forum with a balance of issues and offer [...] |
2005-12-14 08:57:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ECPS GR IGF |
| 05ATHENS3226 | UPDATE ON NOVEMBER 17 APPEALS TRIAL [...] (SBU) Tensions at the 17 November (17N) appeals trial (reftel) rose sharply toward the end of the third week of proceedings when the court unanimously rejected defense motions to refer the case to a judge-jury criminal court. In a unanimous ruling read by presiding judge Vertelis, the court [...] |
2005-12-22 14:03:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PGOV GR ANARCHISTS |
| 05ATHENS3227 | REQUEST FOR ASSESSMENT OF FOREIGN POLICY [...] (U) Embassy Athens has reviewed proposed research project No. HL066947-06 involving the University of Washington/National Institutes of Health and Papanikolau Hospital in Thessaloniki Greece for further study of Beta Thalassemia. Post supports implementation of research at the discretion of N [...] |
2005-12-23 06:10:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED | GR KSCA TBIO OSCI |
| 05ATHENS3229 | 2005-2006 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL [...] The following is the 2005-2006 International Narcotics Control Survey Report (INSCR) Part II Financial Crimes and Money Laundering for Greece. 2. While not a major financial center, Greece is vulnerable to money laundering related to narcotics- trafficking, prostitution, contraband cigare [...] |
2005-12-23 08:09:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR KTFN EFIN GR |
| 05ATHENS3246 | GREECE,S 2006 BUDGET APPROVED; TARGETS DEFICIT OF [...] Summary. The Greek Parliament passed the 2006 budget on December 22, 166 to 132, along strict party lines. Opposition party criticism and European Commission concerns forced the Greek government to skip plans to securitize government debt (ref B) to increase revenues. Nevertheless, the GoG pl [...] |
2005-12-28 06:07:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN GR |
| 05ATHENS3247 | GREEK RESPONSE ON LONDON CONFERENCE ON AFGHANISTAN [...] Mission has received a Greek Government response to reftel demarche regarding the international Conference for Afghanistan. Here is the text of the December 22 letter from Dimitris Platis, Chef de Cabinet of Deputy Foreign Minister Stylianidis: Begin Text: Thank you for your letter dated [...] |
2005-12-28 08:24:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREL PGOV GR |
| 05ATHENS3264 | GREEKS SEEK ROLE IN TRANSIT OF CASPIAN ENERGY TO [...] (C) Summary: In recent years, Greece has been quietly moving towards greater energy integration with its regional neighbors, playing on its membership in both NATO and the EU, its economic leadership in the Balkans, and its strategic location between Caspian energy sources and Western European [...] |
2005-12-29 14:03:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ENRG EPET GR |
| 05ATHENS3272 | GOG SCRAMBLES TO AVOID BLACK EYE IN ELECTRICITY [...] (U) Summary. On December 24th, Thessaloniki Energy (TESA) began operation of a 390 MW gas-fired power plant, becoming the first power company in Greece to compete with the state-controlled Public Power Corporation (DEH) for the sale of electricity. Five days later, TESA has failed to make a [...] |
2005-12-30 14:54:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON GR ENRG |
| 05ATHENS351 | GREECE WELCOMES IRAQ ELECTIONS AS POSITIVE [...] (C) The Government of Greece (GoG) made statements supporting democractic elections in Iraq on January 26 and again on January 31. In a meeting with Ambassador on January 26, FM Molyviatis called the elections "a manifestation of the will and courage of the Iraqi people," and reiterated Gree [...] |
2005-02-02 15:22:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | GR IZ PGOV PREL IRAQ |
| 05ATHENS355 | AMBASSADOR'S BALKANS LUNCH HIGHLIGHTS GREECE'S [...] (C) SUMMARY: At a February 1 lunch hosted by Ambassador to discuss Balkans issues, Greek MFA Balkans Director Mallias, recently returned from a visit to Washington, advocated for the EU to involve itself more in Kosovo -- ideally, administering the territory until final status negotiations [...] |
2005-02-02 16:14:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV GR AMB |
| 05ATHENS356 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE AND THREAT ASSESSMENT [...] Embassy warmly welcomes and grants country clearance for CODEL Goodlatte's visit to Athens, Greece, February 24-28,2005. Control officer for the visit will be Economic Officer Cathleen Carothers, who can be reached at tel. (30) 210 720-2309, FAX (30) 210 729-4312, cell (30) 694 857 5525, res [...] |
2005-02-03 07:08:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED | AFIN OTRA AMGT ASEC OREP GR CTRYCLR |
| 05ATHENS365 | AMBASSADOR'S JANUARY 26 MEETING WITH MINISTER OF [...] (U) Summary: On January 26th Ambassador Ries called on Minister of National Economy and Finance Giorgos Alogoskoufis. Alogoskoufis thanked the U.S. for its assistance on combatting terrorist financing and explained the government of Greece's plans for meeting its Stability and Growth Pact obliga [...] |
2005-02-03 15:54:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN ETRD GR PTER AMB |
| 05ATHENS377 | WTO NON-AGRICULTURAL MARKET ACCESS [...] Per reftel criteria, Embassy has identified a number of business associations that can be contacted to discuss a sectoral approach to tariff liberalization. 2. List of professional associations Hellenic Association of Chemical Industries Address: 23 Lagoumitzi Street, Kallithea Telephone [...] |
2005-02-04 14:27:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD GR |
| 05ATHENS392 | GREECE EYING MODEST CONTRIBUTION TO IRAQI [...] (C) Summary. Greece is weighing the removal of the caveat that prevents Greek officers assigned to the NATO staff from serving in the NATO Training Mission in Iraq (NTM-I), and is also considering an unidentified contribution to the training of Iraqi security forces, according to a mid-leve [...] |
2005-02-08 07:49:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREL GR IRAQ |
| 05ATHENS41 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE AND THREAT ASSESSMENT [...] Embassy warmly welcomes and grants country clearance for the visit of Mr. Gerald Guala, Botanist, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, to attend the global biodiversity information facility workshop in Chania from January 19 through 22, 2005 2. Per reftel no Embassy assistance requested. 3. Pursua [...] |
2005-01-04 13:31:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA EAGR GR CTRYCLR |
| 05ATHENS415 | AMBASSADOR AND HEALTH MINISTER DISCUSS NARCOTICS, [...] (U) Summary: During Ambassador's February 7 introductory call on Health and Welfare Minister Nikitas Kaklamanis, the Minister requested U.S. assistance in the form of training and consultations with USG experts to combat narcotics and alcohol addiction. On trafficking in persons (TIP), Ambass [...] |
2005-02-08 16:18:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM GR AMB |
| 05ATHENS428 | MINISTER OF TRANSPORTATION ON CIVAIR ISSUES: FAA CATEGORY TWO STATUS AND PRIVATIZATION OF OLYMPIC AIRWAYS [...] (C) Ambassador Ries called on Minister of Transportation and Communication Michalis Liapis on February 7. During the meeting, Liapis told Ambassador that upgrading Greece from Federal Aviation Authority's (FAA) "category two status" for flight safety oversight remains his highest priority. He poi [...] |
2005-02-10 08:17:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | EAIR AORC ECPS PTER GR AMB IASA |
| 05ATHENS429 | EU RICE; GREECE SUPPORTS COMPROMISE [...] Embassy delivered reftel demarche February 4 to the Ministries of Agriculture, Economy and Finance, and Foreign Affairs. (The Ministry of Agriculture conveyed our arguments to the Greek WTO mission in Geneva.) On February 8, the Agriculture Ministry's Secretary General for Policy, Christos A [...] |
2005-02-10 12:27:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ETRD GR |
| 05ATHENS430 | WOOD PACKAGING MATERIAL (WPM): GREECE SUPPORTS EC [...] No summary [...] |
2005-02-10 12:56:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ETRD GR |
| 05ATHENS433 | MINISTER OF TRANSPORTATION ON SECURITY AT [...] No summary [...] |
2005-02-11 07:49:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | EAIR PTER GR AMB |
| 05ATHENS445 | TRANSPORTATION AND COMMUNICATIONS MINISTER ON [...] In a February 7 meeting, Transportation and Communications Minister Liapis informed the Ambassador about projects to expand broad band connections to the Greek regions and install optical fiber rings in 50 cities. He said that participation by U.S. firms in these projects would be welcome, a [...] |
2005-02-14 09:25:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED | ECPS EINV GR |
| 05ATHENS459 | MTAG 03-03: GOG CONSIDERING REEXPORT OF MILLING [...] (S) On February 9, Econcouns was summoned by the head of MoD's Wassenar Expert Group, Col. Ioannis Anastasakis, to discuss possible return of a Mikrosam CNC milling machine (reftels) to Macedonia. (Per reftels, the Greek company, Baksevanidis, acquired two milling machines from the Macedonian [...] |
2005-02-15 12:46:00 | Embassy Athens | SECRET | PREL PARM MCAP ETTC MK GR |
| 05ATHENS46 | TFXOO1: UPDATE ON GREEK SUPPORT TO TSUNAMI VICTIMS [...] Greek official and private assistance to tsunami stricken areas is approaching four million euros. The GoG has dispatched two C-130s with humanitarian and medical assistance as well as doctors and relief workers, and is considering sending a third C-130 consignment this week. The MFA has decide [...] |
2005-01-04 14:40:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED | AEMR EAID PGOV GR |
| 05ATHENS482 | GREECE: MARCH DATE FOR EUROPEAN CONSTITUTION VOTE; [...] (C) Summary. The Greek government will submit the European Constitution to parliament for ratification in March, Interior Minister Prokopis Pavlopoulos told Ambassador February 16. The government also plans to introduce immigration reform legislation that would regularize the status of tho [...] |
2005-02-16 16:01:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EU GR INTERNAL |
| 05ATHENS515 | TERRORISM FINANCE - DESIGNATION AUTHORITIES IN [...] In response to reftel questions, para 7, the Ministry of Economy and Finance (Office of the Secretary General) and the Bank of Greece (Supervision Department) implement sanctions against organizations and entities listed by the UNSC pursuant to Resolutions 1267 and 1373. If sanctions involve [...] |
2005-02-22 13:27:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN PGOV PTER GR |
| 05ATHENS529 | IPR UPDATE -- GREECE [...] (U) Post does not object to Greece's inclusion on the special mention list, but does not believe the IPR problems merit inclusion on any higher level of the Special 301 list. The Greek Government continues its efforts to protect intellectual property and fight piracy. Existing national legis [...] |
2005-02-23 13:04:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD GR KIPR |
| 05ATHENS554 | AMBASSADOR'S FEBRUARY 24 CALL ON DFM VALYNAKIS: [...] (C) SUMMARY: At a February 25 introductory meeting with Ambassador, DFM Valynakis said Greece "meant business" in finding a solution to the Macedonia name issue. However, Greek redlines were that the term "Republika Makedonija" had to be modified by a third word and had to remain in Slavic. [...] |
2005-02-25 15:37:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL GR MK TU AMB |
| 05ATHENS571 | BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: CHECK ON GREEK COMPANY [...] (U) Reftel requests post to conduct appropriate inquiries with company officials at Theon Sensors. Theon Sensors is a familiar name within the Hellenic and U.S. Defense community. It was established in 1997 by the EFA Ltd. group of companies as a designer, manufacturer, and integrator of mi [...] |
2005-02-28 15:12:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KOMC GR |
| 05ATHENS574 | AMBASSADOR RIES CALLS ON GREEK MINISTER OF [...] (U) SUMMARY: Ambassador Ries paid an introductory call on Greek Minister of Agriculture Evangelos Basiakos on February 22. Ambassador discussed the USG's three prime objectives for agricultural trade with Greece: (1) to retain the U.S. market for conventional corn- and cotton seeds for plant [...] |
2005-02-28 16:30:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ECON GR AMB |
| 05ATHENS58 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE AND THREAT ASSESSMENT FOR [...] Embassy warmly welcomes and grants country clearance for the visit of DOE funded personnel: Eleanor Melamed, Janet Steele Ahrens, Kenneth Baird, Stephanie Payne Clarke, Timothy Allen Gregoire, Cody John Hostick, Jennifer Ann Jacobs, William Stewart Johnson, Marion Jane McDonald, Robert David Price [...] |
2005-01-05 15:26:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG PARM KNNP OTRA GR CTRYCLR |
| 05ATHENS587 | AMBASSADOR'S FEBRUARY 28 CALL ON DFM STYLIANIDIS: [...] (C) SUMMARY: DFM Evripidis Stylianidis, at a February 28 meeting with Ambassador, pitched the proposed Burgas-Alexandroupolis pipeline as a cheap and safe way to ship Russian oil to Western Europe and beyond. Ambassador raised the stalled Greece-Albania child repatriation agreement as an i [...] |
2005-03-01 16:05:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EPET ENRG EWWT PHUM GR TU BU RS AMB |
| 05ATHENS589 | GREECE PART 1: FIFTH ANNUAL TIP REPORT SUBMISSION [...] The following is Sensitive but Unclassified. Please Protect Accordingly. 2. (SBU) Below are Embassy Athens' responses to the Fifth TIP report questionnaire. Text is keyed to requests under "Overview" and "Prevention." -------- Overview -------- A. Greece is a destination countr [...] |
2005-03-01 17:22:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB GR TIP |
| 05ATHENS592 | HELLENIC COAST GUARD REQUESTS TRAINING WITH U.S. [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 4. 2. (U) Summary: During a February 23rd meeting with Ambassador, Greek Minister of Merchant Marine Kefaloyiannis presented a list of training requests for the Hellenic Coast Guard (HCG). Ambassador informed Kefaloyiannis that Post woul [...] |
2005-03-02 09:25:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED | EWWT GR |
| 05ATHENS593 | AMBASSADORS FEBRUARY 23RD MEETING WITH MINISTER OF [...] (U) Summary. Ambassador Ries met with Minister of Merchant Marine Kefaloyiannis on February 23rd, to discuss the International Port Safety Program, legal incidents involving Greek owned merchant vessels in U.S. waters, and the Greek privatization of port services. Kefaloyiannis also endorsed [...] |
2005-03-02 09:26:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EWWT GR AMB |
| 05ATHENS603 | GOVERNMENT OF GREECE REQUESTS DONATION OF EC2 TYPE [...] (U) I am writing to ask your help. 2. (U) I recently met with the Greek Minister of Merchant Marine Emmanuel Kefaloyiannis, who has been of great assistance to us in the war on terrorism. Under his leadership, the Hellenic Coast Guard (HCG) did a superb job in protecting our athletes and [...] |
2005-03-02 14:57:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED | EWWT GR PREL |
| 05ATHENS616 | CODEL GOODLATTE'S FEBRUARY 24-27, 2005 VISIT TO [...] (U) SUMMARY: A congressional delegation led by Representative Bob Goodlatte visited Athens on February 24th to 27th, 2005 and held wide ranging meetings on agricultural, telecommunication, and other issues. CODEL Goodlatte discussed Internet opportunities in Greece with the Minister of Trans [...] |
2005-03-03 14:17:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED | OREP EAGR ECON EINT PREL GR VISIT |
| 05ATHENS617 | MOLYVIATIS ON CYPRUS/TURKEY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Greek FM Molyviatis told Ambassador he was working on a meeting between PM Karamanlis and Turkish PM Erdogan (on the margins of the March 22 EU Summit in Brussels and just before Molyviatis's visit to Washington), and his own trip to Turkey in April for discussions of Greek-Turki [...] |
2005-03-03 14:42:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | GR PREL TU AMB |
| 05ATHENS629 | GREECE: NEW SECURITY POLICY, BUT LITTLE CHANGE IN [...] (C) Summary. An updated Greek national security strategy appears to suggest that Athens' concern about a military threat from Turkey may be diminishing. Initial discussions with senior- and mid-level defense and national security officials offer little evidence of such a change, however. [...] |
2005-03-04 14:40:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR GR TU INTERNAL |
| 05ATHENS634 | ATHENS TIP CONFERENCE RAISES AWARENESS ON NEED TO [...] SUMMARY: An embassy-organized Athens TIP symposium on February 23 raised awareness on the need for better cooperation among law enforcement and justice officials to fight trafficking in Greece. Following the February 15-16 training seminar for Greek judiciary and police officers in Thessalon [...] |
2005-03-07 08:56:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO PREL PHUM SMIG GR TIP |
| 05ATHENS643 | TURKISH AMBASSASDOR UPBEAT ON BUSY SCHEDULE OF [...] (C) As part of a broader effort to improve the tone of bilateral relations, Greece and Turkey are planning a busy season of high-level meetings, including visits to Ankara by the Greek Prime Minister, Foreign Minister, and Defense Minister, an optimistic Turkish Ambassador to Athens Tahsin B [...] |
2005-03-08 06:22:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR GR TU CY TURKEY |
| 05ATHENS656 | SPECULATION RAMPANT AS OLYMPIC AIRLINES GOES ON THE [...] (SBU) After four previously failed efforts to sell Olympic Airlines (and its predecessor Olympic Airways), the Greek Government is making a new and probably final effort to sell the ailing national flag carrier. Rival Aegean Airlines is considered by some to be the front runner as final bids [...] |
2005-03-09 09:35:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR ECON GR OLYAIR |
| 05ATHENS776 | INFORMATION FOR CONGRESSIONAL REPORT ON EUROPEAN [...] No summary [...] |
2005-03-18 14:54:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EAID PREL CO EC PE BL VE GR |
| 05ATHENS777 | TERRORISM FINANCE: 2005 UPDATE NO. 2 - GREECE [...] (C) According to GoG officials, assets frozen, forfeited or seized by the GoG pursuant to UNSCR resolutions 1267 and 1373 have been insignificant (several thousand dollars). 2. (C) The Bank of Greece (central bank) and the Ministry of Economy and Finance have the legal and administrative a [...] |
2005-03-18 14:54:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KTFN EFIN PTER ETTC CVIS GR |
| 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 |
| 05ATHENS808 | GREECE FORMALLY REQUESTS INTERNATIONAL AVIATION [...] This is an action request. Please see paragraph 6. 2. (U) The Government of Greece has transmitted to Post a formal request for the FAA to conduct another International Aviation Safety Assessment (IASA) of the Hellenic Civil Aviation Authority (HCAA). In a letter to Ambassador, Minister o [...] |
2005-03-22 16:06:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR GR IASA |
| 05ATHENS828 | INFORMATION ON GREEK LAW REGARDING [...] The following information is keyed to reftel questions regarding appeals from Greek Customs decisions. 2. Greek Customs procedures are governed by Greek national law 2960 of 2001, which is harmonized to EU regulations 2913/92 and 2454/93. Article 28 of Law 2960/2001 provides for customs [...] |
2005-03-24 09:09:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD EU GR |
| 05ATHENS830 | YOUR VISIT TO GREECE [...] (C) SUMMARY: I am delighted to welcome you to Greece March 30-31. The Greeks see your trip to Athens, following on the heels of Foreign Minister Molyviatis' March 24 visit to Washington, as more proof of America's reengagement with Europe. Greece will want to characterize your visit -- the [...] |
2005-03-24 10:14:00 | Embassy Athens | SECRET | CY GR PGOV PREL TU ZL VISIT |
| 05ATHENS838 | MACEDONIA NAME ISSUE: MFA SAYS MACEDONIA NEEDS TO [...] (C) Poloff contacted Vassilis Costis, deputy head of the MFA's Balkan Directorate, on March 24 for an update on Greek-Macedonian relations. Costis made the following points: -- Greece had seen a "very negative, intransigent" stance on the part of Macedonia in the aftermath of the USG decis [...] |
2005-03-24 14:37:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MK GR MACEDONIA |
| 05ATHENS841 | GREECE: DEFENSE MINISTER ON EXPANDING COOPERATION [...] (C) Summary. In a March 24 meeting to discuss his proposed travel to Washington, Defense Minister Spiliotopoulos told Ambassador that Greece could provide the Iraqi military with decommissioned APCs as they are replaced over the coming years by new German models -- and perhaps other militar [...] |
2005-03-24 15:47:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR GR AMB |
| 05ATHENS842 | SCENESETTER FOR CODEL PRYCE'S MARCH 29-30 VISIT TO [...] (U) I want to warmly welcome you to Athens. As you have requested, we have arranged a schedule focused on trafficking in persons. This issue is a high priority for the Embassy. In the short time you have with us, I hope you get a good overview of Greece's efforts to fight this scourge. I l [...] |
2005-03-24 16:39:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP PREL PGOV ASEC PHUM GR VISIT |
| 05ATHENS849 | A SNAPSHOT OF THE GREEK ENERGY SECTOR: [...] (U) SUMMARY: Ambassador Ries met with the Chairman of the Public Gas Corporation (DEPA) on March 21, and the CEO and Chairman of Hellenic Petroleum (HP) on March 22. DEPA is undergoing capital restructuring while the GoG has already gradually sold its shares of HP. DEPA is part of a joint [...] |
2005-03-28 11:49:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ENRG EPET GR AMB |
| 05ATHENS866 | CODEL ROGERS MARCH 30-31 VISIT TO ATHENS [...] (U) SUMMARY: CODEL Rogers, in Athens March 23-26, toured the state-of-the-art security features at Athens airport and at Greece's main seaport of Piraeus, put in place in the run-up to the 2004 Olympic Games. The CODEL focused particularly on the Container Security Initiative (CSI), design [...] |
2005-03-30 07:43:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL OREP GR VISIT |
| 05ATHENS892 | VAT, CIGARETTE AND ALCOHOL TAX HIKES TO BRING DOWN [...] No summary [...] |
2005-04-01 10:50:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN GR |
| 05BAGHDAD4145 | REQUEST FOR GERMAN ASSISTANCE IN TWO HUMANITARIAN [...] (SBU) Post requests that the Department ask Embassy Berlin to approach the German MFA regarding a request for assistance from two German residents currently attempting to return to Germany from Iraq. (Post first contacted Embassy Berlin through the Department regarding these cases in the summ [...] |
2005-10-08 08:47:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MOPS PHUM PTER XF GR |
| 05BRUSSELS1550 | GREECE PUSHING MACEDONIA NAME ISSUE WITHIN THE EU [...] (C) The Council Secretariat's Macedonia desk and a Dutch diplomat who works on Balkan issues tell us the Greeks are pressing to get the EU to pressure Macedonia on its on-going name dispute. Next Monday's (April 25) General Affairs and External Relations Council is due to issue Conclusions on [...] |
2005-04-20 09:34:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MK GR EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
| 05BUCHAREST748 | SECI CENTER AND BRUSSELS: A VIEW FROM THE OTHER [...] SECI Center DoS Coordinator traveled to Brussels and met with EU officials concerning SECI initiatives and EU plans to become more involved with the Center. Though EU officials were very interested in the current work of SECI, they were reluctant to commit any resources despite the reality th [...] |
2005-03-24 14:40:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC PREL ECON EU GR TU SR HU SL BK MK BU HR RO |
| 05BUCHAREST946 | SECI UPDATE MARCH 2005 [...] SECI Center's governing body, the Joint Cooperation Committee (JCC), met on 18 March 2005 in Bucharest for their semi-annual meeting. The agenda of the meeting included the approval of the SECI Center's near-term strategy, election of a General Director, as well as other issues concerning the [...] |
2005-04-15 13:43:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC PREL ECON EU GR TU HU BK MK BU HR RO SECI |
| 05ISTANBUL1421 | TURKEY: EURASIA SENIOR ADVISOR MANN'S JULY [...] (C) Summary: In a July 20 meeting in Istanbul with Raphel Moissis, the CEO of the Public Gas Corporation of Greece (DEPA), Senior Advisor for Eurasia Ambassador Steven R. Mann discussed the Greek-Turkey gas interconnector, prospects for Italian-Greek cooperation on the Greece-Otranta line, pr [...] |
2005-08-19 05:37:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | BEXP ENRG GR SENV TU |
| 05MANAMA1685 | EUR A/S FRIED MEETS GREEK FM MOLYVIATIS AT FORUM [...] (SBU) Meeting held on November 12, 2005, 12:00, at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel in Manama, Bahrain. 2. (SBU) Participants: U.S. EUR A/S Dan Fried Leslie Tsou, NEA Watcher from Embassy London Michael Mussi (Embassy notetaker) Greece Foreign Affairs Minister Petros Molyviatis Ambassador Cha [...] |
2005-11-15 12:03:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KDEM KMPI BA GR |
| 05PARIS2471 | AUSTRALIA GROUP: FRENCH GOVERNMENT RESPONSE TO USG [...] (C) In response to 11 March 2005 Embassy EST officer demarche regarding U.S. Government (USG) proposals in advance of the April 2005 Australia Group (AG) Plenary, EST officer received a 11 April call from French Ministry of Foreign Affairs BWC desk officer, Gabriel Bernier. He informed EST o [...] |
2005-04-12 15:01:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL MNUC ETTC KSCA FR SY GR |
| 05THESSALONIKI7 | NORTHERN NOTES JANUARY 2005 [...] (U) In a case that marks the first reported sentence handed down under Greece's 2002 Anti-trafficking law, a Kavala court convicted a 40-year-old trafficker, Petros Kokkalidis, to 12 years and 10 months of imprisonment and fined him 52,625 Euros. [Note: The anti-TIP legislation came into forc [...] |
2005-02-03 17:03:00 | Consulate Thessaloniki | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM ECON SMIG ZL GR AMB |
| 06ANKARA1021 | AEGEAN: TURKEY STOPS FILING DAILY FLIGHT [...] (C) Summary: Turkey stopped filing Daily Flights Schedules with NATO for military flights over the Aegean as of Jan. 18, but the GOT only informed us Feb. 28. MFA officials are concerned about rising tensions over the Imia/Kardak islets. End summary. 2. (C) During a Feb. 28 meeting on anot [...] |
2006-03-01 16:09:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS NATO MARR TU GR |
| 06ANKARA1043 | TURKEY TO CONSIDER CFE FLANK ENTITLEMENT REQUEST [...] (S) Per reftel, we approached the MFA on Feb. 28 and the Turkish General Staff (TGS) on Mar. 1 with our request for Turkey to consider a transfer of some of its unused CFE ground equipment entitlements to the US to allow the rotational training of US forces in Romania and Bulgaria. MFA Deputy [...] |
2006-03-02 10:30:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | NATO PREL MARR KCFE PARM TU GR RO NO BU RU |
| 06ANKARA1213 | TURKISH MFA READ-OUT OF IRANIAN PARLIAMENTARY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: MFA Deputy Director General (DDG) for Arms Control and Disarmament Bulent Meric briefed select missions about the March 3 visit of a delegation led by Iranian Parliamentary Foreign Policy, National Security and Defense Affairs Committee Chair Alaadin Boroujerdi to Ankara to disc [...] |
2006-03-09 12:38:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV TU FR UK AU GR CH IS |
| 06ANKARA2048 | DAS BRYZA AND AMBASSADOR MEET WITH PM'S FOREIGN [...] (C) Summary: EUR DAS Bryza met with PM Erdogan's senior foreign policy advisor Ahmet Davutoglu April 5. On Iraq, Davutoglu urged more ethnic diversity on the Iraqi NSC and worried about what he sees as growing Iranian-backed Shia power. He averred that Turkey does not want a nuclear-armed I [...] |
2006-04-14 12:35:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IZ IR IS CY GR TU |
| 06ANKARA2069 | Turkish Agriculture Import Policies [...] (SBU) Summary. Turkey is a major market for U.S. bulk commodities and other raw materials important to the domestic processing sectors. Nonetheless, Turkey continues to restrict trade in food and agricultural products with a host of tariff and non-tariff barriers. In addition to excessively [...] |
2006-04-17 10:02:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EAGR PGOV PREL GR TU |
| 06ANKARA2277 | TURKISH SUPPORT FOR CASPIAN GAS FOR EUROPE [...] Summary. In an April 19 meeting, Turkey's senior MFA energy expert said Turkey was feeling pressure from Russia, but was supportive of the regional gas ideas laid out by EUR DAS Bryza during his April 4-6 meetings in Ankara (refs). Rende thought the best way to make quick progress was to form [...] |
2006-04-25 12:56:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET TU GR IT |
| 06ANKARA2383 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR CODEL PENCE + 8 TO [...] Embassy Ankara welcomes and grants country clearance to the House International Relations Committee Congressional Delegation led by Rep. Mike Pence and including Rep. Mike Ferguson, Rep. Lincoln Davis, Rep. Jim Costa, Professional Staff Members Sam Stratman, Alan Makovsky and Hillel Weinberg, [...] |
2006-05-02 06:11:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | AFIN AMGT ASEC GM GR IZ JO OREP TU |
| 06ANKARA2481 | ALLEGED HARASSMENT OF US FLAGGED YACHT BY GREEK [...] (C) The Greek Coast Guard fired warning shots that struck an American-flagged yacht in the Aegean on April 30, according to MFA Maritime/Aviation Deputy Director General Vakur Gokdenizler. The Greek Coast Guard reportedly objected to the boat's flying a Turkish flag on its mast while it was i [...] |
2006-05-05 04:57:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL GR TU |
| 06ANKARA2509 | GPOI SECTION 505 AGREEMENT: HELD UP IN TGS [...] (U) This is an action request -- please see para. 3. 2. (C) We delivered reftel demarche upon receipt and have followed up numerous times with the Turkish MFA, who never responded substantively. Finally, on May 4, MFA Deputy Director General for Security Policy Serdar Kilic told us that th [...] |
2006-05-05 16:01:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | KTIA MARR MASS PREL PGOV KPKO TU IT GR |
| 06ANKARA2597 | TURKISH U/S ALI TUYGAN ON GREEK ISSUES AND OTHER [...] (C) Summary: Turkish MFA U/S Ali Tuygan debriefed Ambassador May 5 on PM Erdogan's May 4 meeting in Thessaloniki with Greek PM Karamanlis and distanced Turkey from FM Gul's reported hard line on the Halki Seminary. Tuygan reviewed follow up on Secretary Rice's recent visit. Discussion also t [...] |
2006-05-09 14:39:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER GR IR IZ TU |
| 06ANKARA2618 | AEGEAN: GREECE REPORTEDLY RESPONDS POSITIVELY TO [...] (C) TGS J5 Greece/Cyprus Chief RADM Mucahit Sislioglu told us April 28 that Greece had accepted Turkey's long-standing offer of Aegean-related confidence-building measures (CBMs). These offers had apparently been outstanding since late last year. 2. (C) While Sislioglu touts the CBMs as sig [...] |
2006-05-10 13:36:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS MARR TU GR |
| 06ANKARA2923 | AEGEAN: TURKISH AND GREEK WARPLANES COLLIDE [...] (C) Summary: A Greek F16 and Turkish F16 collided in midair in international waters near the Greek island of Karpatos at mid-day May 23. The Turkish pilot was rescued; it appears the Greek pilot died. Turkish FonMin Gul called Greek FonMin Bokayannis to express regret over the incident and c [...] |
2006-05-23 15:01:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS MASS PREL TU GR NATO |
| 06ANKARA3081 | TURKISH MFA PROTESTS U.S. SHIP VISITS TO RHODES [...] (SBU) We received a diplomatic note from the Turkish MFA dated May 17 protesting the May 2-4 visit of two USN vessels to Rhodes (text of note below). The GOT's long-standing position has been that the 1947 Paris Peace Treaties bar all navy ship visits to the demilitarized Greek Dodecanese isl [...] |
2006-05-26 11:14:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MOPS GR TU NATO |
| 06ANKARA327 | US and GOT Discuss Bilateral Ag Issues [...] (SBU) Summary. On January 24, U.S. and Turkish officials met on the margins of the Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA) Council Meeting in Ankara to discuss bilateral trade issues at the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs (MARA). Assistant U.S. Trade Representative for Eur [...] |
2006-01-30 13:16:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EAGR PGOV PREL GR TU |
| 06ANKARA3387 | ENCOURAGING RESPONSIBLE TURKISH BEHAVIOR IN THE [...] (C) Since the May 23 collision of Greek and Turkish F-16s over the Mediterranean, we have been encouraging the Turks to take steps to avoid a recurrence. On May 31, we urged MFA to avoid provocative actions after learning that the Turkish Embassy circulated a note to the diplomatic corps in At [...] |
2006-06-09 08:13:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR GR TU |
| 06ANKARA3542 | FM GUL AND FM BAKOYANNIS JUNE 10 MEETING [...] (C) Summary: The June 10 meeting between Turkish FM Gul and Greek FM Bakoyannis produced no surprises and few concrete results. Coming on the heels of a May 23 collision between Turkish and Greek fighter jets and other recent Aegean incidents, the most remarkable fact about the meeting was t [...] |
2006-06-15 12:37:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PREL NATO KIRF TU GR |
| 06ANKARA3549 | TURKEY LIKELY TO SEEK COMPENSATION FOR F-16 [...] (SBU) In his weekly press briefing on June 14, MFA Spokesman Namik Tan -- in apparently attempting to dodge a loaded question from a reporter -- stated that Turkey may seek compensation for the F-16 Turkey lost in the mid-air collision with a Greek F-16 on May 23. Tan tersely confirmed that i [...] |
2006-06-15 15:13:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS MARR NATO TU GR |
| 06ANKARA3575 | TURKISH FM GUL, U/S TUYGAN ON BAKOYANNIS MEETING, [...] (C) Summary: In June 15 meetings with Ambassador, Turkish FM Gul and MFA U/S Tuygan provided more details about Gul's June 10 meeting with Greek FM Bakoyannis (reftel). On Cyprus, Gul expressed interest in working to solve Turkey's ports issue with the EU, adding that details and public rhe [...] |
2006-06-16 13:49:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL TU GR CY IR IZ |
| 06ANKARA4728 | TURKEY AND MAKING PROGRESS ON THE SOUTHERN GAS [...] (C) SUMMARY: In August 8 meetings in Ankara with State Department (S/P) energy advisor Steve Hellman on southern energy corridor issues, Turkish officials made clear that they were not insisting on a role for Turkey as market &consolidator8 that would buy natural gas produced in Azerbaijan fo [...] |
2006-08-14 14:26:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET PREL TU AZ GR RU |
| 06ANKARA4796 | TURKEY: POL-MIL ROUND-UP, July 2006 [...] Over 10,000 individuals from Sweden, Brazil, Argentina, Mexico, Moldova, Germany, Canada, USA, Australia, Lebanon, France and other countries were evacuated from Lebanon via Turkey. Close to 1,700 US Citizens were flown to the US on contract aircraft out of Incirlik Air Base. The evacuation o [...] |
2006-08-17 13:43:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS MARR PREL TU PK AU IS SU GR |
| 06ANKARA4935 | TURKEY AND SOUTHERN GAS CORRIDOR - NUDGING JELLO [...] (C) Summary: Turkey's Energy Minister Hilmi Guler told Ambassador August 23 that he would welcome U.S. help in facilitating meetings aimed at gaining a common, clear, commercially viable way forward on the southern gas corridor to Europe. He obsessed about the undesirability of a simple, ope [...] |
2006-08-25 13:32:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET PREL TU GR AZ IR RU |
| 06ANKARA5332 | TURKISH ENERGY MINISTER PROMISES ACTION ON [...] (C) Summary: In a September 10 meeting, DAS Matt Bryza and Energy Minister Hilmi Guler agreed to the following action steps to advance the southern gas corridor across Turkey to Europe: - Guler committed to quickly seek a bilateral meeting with Azeri Minister of Finance Samir Sharifov to di [...] |
2006-09-14 14:59:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET PREL TU GR AZ IR RU |
| 06ANKARA5334 | TURKEY AND SOUTHERN GAS CORRIDOR - TAKING THE [...] (C) Summary: In a September 7 meeting, Energy Under Secretary Sami Demirbilek told us he understood the urgency SIPDIS of moving forward on a series of meetings between partners on the southern gas corridor. However, Turkey has not arranged a bilateral meeting with Azerbaijan to determine [...] |
2006-09-14 15:18:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET PREL TU GR AZ IR |
| 06ANKARA5866 | GOT FIRMLY PLACES BLAME ON GREECE FOR MIGRANT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Turkish MFA officials continue to place the blame for the deaths of at least six illegal migrants thrown into Turkish territorial waters on September 26 off the coast of Karaburun, Turkey on Greek coast guard officials. The GOT pointed to Greece's lack of cooperation with Turkey [...] |
2006-10-10 16:20:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL PGOV TU GR |
| 06ANKARA6388 | TURKEY/GREECE: SOLDIERS TAKE THE LEAD IN [...] (C) Summary: The November 1-4 visit to Athens by Turkey's Chief of General Staff (CHOD) Gen. Yasar Buyukanit, the first such visit in at least 32 years, is the most high-profile of recent firsts in Turkish-Greek military cooperation. Buyukanit reportedly discussed extending Aegean confidence [...] |
2006-11-09 16:02:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS TU GR |
| 06ANKARA6451 | TURKEY: POL-MIL ROUND-UP, October 2006 [...] Turkey's National Security Council (NSC) held its bi-monthly meeting on October 31. Internal and external developments affecting Turkey's national security topped the agenda of the meeting. Negotiations on Iran's nuclear program after the UN Security Council resolution of July 31 were discusse [...] |
2006-11-20 09:17:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS MARR PREL UY CH GR AM AF LE TU |
| 06ANKARA6609 | TURKEY-GREECE GAS INTERCONNECTOR DELAY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Turkish state pipeline company BOTAS announced a delay in completion of the Turkey-Greece (gas) Interconnector (TGI) until early summer 2007. Although BOTAS claims construction delays on both the Greek and Turkish sides, the head of Greece's natural gas company (DEPA) said Gree [...] |
2006-12-07 14:44:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EINV EPET EFIN TU GR |
| 06ANKARA67 | Ministry of Agriculture Deputy Undersecretary [...] (SBU) Summary. In a January 4 meeting, Ministry of Agriculture Deputy Undersecretary Nebi Celik and other Turkish government officials to discussed the WTO rice case. Celik stressed that Turkey hopes to resolve this issue before it goes to panel. He also made clear that policy changes canno [...] |
2006-01-05 14:50:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EAGR PGOV PREL GR TU |
| 06ANKARA6703 | TURKEY: POL-MIL ROUND-UP, November 2006 [...] The second annual meeting of Turkey's Supreme Military Council (YAS) convened under PM Tayyip Erdogan on November 30 to assess external threats, recent developments in the region, the ongoing fight against the PKK terrorist organization, military policies and modernization needs of the military [...] |
2006-12-20 13:08:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS MARR PREL FR GR IS RS FI PL GG RO BU PK TU |
| 06ANKARA6772 | TURKEY: NO MOVEMENT ON CFE ACV ENTITLEMENT TRANSFER [...] (C) Per reftel request, we met on December 29 with MFA Arms Control and Disarmament Department Head Ahmet Muhtar Gun (Note: Gun will succeed Bulent Meric as Deputy Director General for OSCE, Arms Control and Disarmament on January 4, 2007) to reiterate US appreciation for Turkey's tank entitle [...] |
2006-12-29 12:29:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL TU NO GR |
| 06ATHENS1000 | GREECE MOST LIKELY TO CO-SPONSOR U.S./UK SANCTIONS [...] (C) Embassy Poloff delivered reftel demarche on 13 April to Ambassador Fotios Xidos of the MFA's UN Directorate. Xidos, who was familiar with the U.S./UK proposal of adding the four names, said Greece would most likely co-sponsor it. (Note: Xidos will replace UN Directorate head Ambassador Fr [...] |
2006-04-13 13:28:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ETTC GR UNSC |
| 06ATHENS1057 | GREECE SUPPORTS INCREASING DIPLOMATIC PRESSURE ON [...] No summary [...] |
2006-04-19 14:11:00 | Embassy Athens | SECRET | PREL AORC EU EUN IAEA KNNP UNSC IR GR WMD |
| 06ATHENS1058 | SCENESETTER: YOUR APRIL 27 VISIT TO ATHENS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Thank you for agreeing to make a quick stop in Athens on April 27. The Greek Government is delighted you are able to visit so soon after FM Bakoyannis' March 23 trip to Washington, and sees your visit as more proof of the deepening U.S.-Greece strategic partnership, or as Bakoya [...] |
2006-04-19 14:42:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV GR CY TU VISIT |
| 06ATHENS1091 | GREECE REVIEWING TECHNICAL IMPLICATIONS OF CFE [...] No summary [...] |
2006-04-26 13:54:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | KCFE MARR PARM PREL GR NATOPOLICY |
| 06ATHENS1092 | GREECE LOOKING FOR WAYS TO SUPPORT NATO-MIDDLE [...] No summary [...] |
2006-04-26 13:54:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR NATO PREL PGOV GR |
| 06ATHENS1093 | GREECE SUPPORTS NATO GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP [...] No summary [...] |
2006-04-26 14:19:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR GR NATOPOLICY NATO |
| 06ATHENS1099 | LIBERTAD ACT: GREEK STANCE ON CUBA [...] (C) Vassilios Konstantineas, Expert Minister Counselor at the MFA Latin American Directorate, confirmed on April 27 that the GoG remains unaware of any substantial investments in Cuba by Greek nationals. The GoG does not maintain a comprehensive list of investments in Cuba by its nationals, a [...] |
2006-04-27 14:01:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETRD ETTC CU GR |
| 06ATHENS1100 | GREECE WILL OPPOSE G-77 RESOLUTION ON UN [...] No summary [...] |
2006-04-27 14:01:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC UNGA KUNR GR |
| 06ATHENS1127 | GREECE TO JOIN INTERNATIONAL WHALING COMMISSION [...] (SBU) On April 28th, Ambassador received a call from Kostas Chalastanis, advisor to the Greek FM, who informed him that Greece would be joining the IWC. Chalastanis further indicated that the decision regarding membership would have to pass Greek Parliament prior to ratification; he did not p [...] |
2006-05-02 14:44:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIS SENV ECON GR |
| 06ATHENS1133 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR GREECE FOR EUR/SE DEPUTY [...] Embassy warmly welcomes and grants country clearance for the visit of EUR/SE Deputy Director Baxter Hunt, to travel to Athens, Greece, May 9 - 12, 2006 to meet with government officials, foreign press correspondents, and embassy officials. Embassy point of contact is Political Officer Kirste [...] |
2006-05-03 12:35:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA CY GR VISIT |
| 06ATHENS1144 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE AND THREAT ASSESSMENT [...] Embassy warmly welcomes and grants country clearance for the visit of the House International Relations Committee Delegation led by Rep. Mike Pence and including Rep. Mike Ferguson, Rep. Lincoln Davis, Rep. Jim Costa, Rep. Joseph Pitts. Control Officer for the visit will be Marielle Martin, w [...] |
2006-05-04 14:39:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT ASEC AFIN GM GR IZ OREP TU |
| 06ATHENS1145 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE AND THREAT ASSESSMENT [...] Embassy warmly welcomes and grants country clearance for the visit of the House International Relations Committee Delegation led by Rep. Mike Pence and including Rep. Mike Ferguson, Rep. Lincoln Davis, Rep. Jim Costa, Rep. Joseph Pitts. Control Officer for the visit will be Marielle Martin, w [...] |
2006-05-05 03:57:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT AFIN ASEC GM GR IZ OREP TU |
| 06ATHENS1156 | BURGAS-ALEXANDROPOLI PIPELINE: GREEK REACTION TO [...] (U) Summary: On May 3rd, Greek press sources reported that the Bulgarian Government was withdrawing its interest from the proposed Burgas-Alexandropoli Oil Pipeline (B-A), touching off widespread media speculation that the entire pipeline deal was in jeopardy. Additional press reports, howeve [...] |
2006-05-05 14:19:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON PGOV ENRG GR |
| 06ATHENS1207 | IRAN APPROACHES ENVIRONMENTAL ARM OF GREEK [...] (C) Summary: During a meeting on other issues, the Director General of the Hellenic Marine Environmental Protection Association (HELMEPA), Dimitris Mitsatsos, asked econoff about the potential USG foreign policy implications of helping the Iranian Shipping Industry to establish its own Marine [...] |
2006-05-11 08:22:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EWWT PGOV PINS GR |
| 06ATHENS1293 | EUR/SE DEPUTY VISIT TO ATHENS: EXCELLENT BILATERAL [...] No summary [...] |
2006-05-19 11:11:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SR TU CY GR |
| 06ATHENS1298 | "WE DON'T UNDERSTAND THE ANTI-GAZPROM CAMPAIGN." [...] (C) Summary. In a public speech at a luncheon in Athens on 17 May, Andrei Vdovin, Russian Ambassador to Greece, commented on the Russian - Greek bi-lateral relationship with a specific focus on energy. Vdovin underscored the overall strength and historical context of the relationship before [...] |
2006-05-19 13:07:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV ENRG GR |
| 06ATHENS1299 | GREECE'S MUSLIM MINORITY IN THRACE: POTENTIAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Greece's large Muslim minority in Thrace could be the source of reciprocal CBMs between Greece and Turkey that lessen tension and assist Turkey's EU accession, a strategic GoG objective. Unfortunately, that is not the case at present: Greece views this minority as purely a dom [...] |
2006-05-19 13:12:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM TU GR |
| 06ATHENS1304 | GREECE'S MUSLIM MINORITY IN THRACE: POTENTIAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Greece's large Muslim minority in Thrace could be the source of reciprocal CBMs between Greece and Turkey that lessen tension and assist Turkey's EU accession, a strategic GoG objective. Unfortunately, that is not the case at present: Greece views this minority as purely a dom [...] |
2006-05-22 07:06:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM TU GR |
| 06ATHENS131 | 2006 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT GREECE [...] No summary [...] |
2006-01-17 14:19:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV KSPR KIDE KTDB ELAB GR |
| 06ATHENS1317 | MAJOR DRUG BUST SHOWCASES U.S.-GREEK COOPERATION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On May 15, 2006, Hellenic authorities arrested four alleged leaders of the international Stathopoulos drug trafficking organization. Greek police also seized approximately 100,000 MDMA (commonly known as ecstasy) tablets, roughly 1,040,000 euros (USD 1,333,000) in drug-related [...] |
2006-05-22 13:56:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | GR TU PGOV PREL SNAR |
| 06ATHENS1319 | GREECE ENERGY: GOG DELAYING CONTACTS WITH AZERIS [...] (C) Summary. According to recent meetings with Greek officials, the GoG has temporarily put on hold efforts to assure a diverse supply of natural gas for the Turkey-Greece-Italy gas interconnector. Development Ministry Director General Nicos Stefanou told us May 22 the Greeks are waiting un [...] |
2006-05-22 14:51:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ECON GR GAZPROM |
| 06ATHENS1366 | COPELOUZOS GROUP CHAIRMAN BRIEFS ON ENERGY PLANS [...] (C) Summary. Copelouzos Group Chairman Dimitris Copelouzos briefed the Ambassador April 27 on his proposal to build a "West Macedonia Branch" of the Turkish-Greece-Italy (TGI) gas interconnector. AccordinQto Copelouzos, whose firm is closely linked with Gazprom, this could supply natural g [...] |
2006-05-26 08:27:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG GR AL MK |
| 06ATHENS1375 | HELLENIC AID DIRECTOR CONFIRMS DISBURSEMENT OF [...] (SBU) Hellenic Aid (HA) Director General Panayotis Goumas informed Economic Counselor May 25 that HA had disbursed 200,000 Euro as the GoG's first annual contribution to the Transnational Action against Child Trafficking (TACT) program in Albania. Goumas said that he believed the funds were [...] |
2006-05-26 14:42:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PHUM GR AL RO MK BU SR |
| 06ATHENS1413 | GREEK FM WELCOMES U.S. STATEMENT ON IRAN, ISSUES [...] (C) On May 31 Ambassador shared ref points with FM Bakoyannis, who strongly supported the U.S. move to participate in the EU-3 negotiations with Iran, if that country fully and verifiably suspends its enrichment and reprocessing activities. Subsequently, the FM issued a statement of support [...] |
2006-06-01 12:23:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IR GR |
| 06ATHENS1432 | CYPRUS AND AZERBAIJAN: ANOTHER OBSTACLE FOR [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador met with Ambassador of Azerbaijan to Greece, Mir-Hamza Efendiyev, on June 1, to discuss the Turkey-Greece-Istanbul natural gas interconnector (TGI). Ambassador outlined the current state of play and likely Russian efforts to get the GoG to accept Gazprom supplied gas [...] |
2006-06-02 14:15:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ECON ENRG EPET GR |
| 06ATHENS1450 | FM BAKOYANNIS DISCUSSES TURKEY-EU-CYPRUS AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: FM Bakoyannis told Ambassador June 5 that she would sound out Turkish FM Gul, at a meeting later this week in Istanbul, on opening up the Turkish Cypriot port of Famagusta for direct trade in return for the nearby area of Varosha being given back to its Greek Cypriot owners. Aw [...] |
2006-06-05 14:42:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV CY TU GR |
| 06ATHENS1475 | GREECE-TURKEY AEGEAN DISPUTES: A SHORT [...] (C) SUMMARY: In the wake of the May 23 midair collision between Greek and Turkish fighters, statements by former President Stephanopoulos to refer all Greek-Turkish Aegean disputes to the ICJ caused a mini uproar here (ref B), but actually represent nothing new. Over the years, Greek gover [...] |
2006-06-08 13:00:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV TU GR |
| 06ATHENS1480 | THIS LAND IS YOUR LAND, THIS LAND IS MY LAND: [...] (U) Summary: A major inhibitor of foreign direct investment in Greece is the lack of a functional national land registry (NLR). To address this problem, the GoG recently submitted a new draft bill that once again attempts to create a working NLR. The political, legal, and economic issues that [...] |
2006-06-09 04:20:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV EFIN PGOV EIDE CASC GR |
| 06ATHENS1491 | REVOLUTIONARY STRUGGLE: NEW GENERATION OF DOMESTIC [...] (C) SUMMARY: On June 8, the weekly satirical "To Pontiki" published a lengthy proclamation by the Revolutionary Struggle (RS) organization claiming responsibility for a May 30 bomb blast aimed at Culture Minister (and former Public Order Minister) George Voulgarakis (ref A). The proclamatio [...] |
2006-06-09 14:00:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV GR |
| 06ATHENS1507 | STUDENTS PROTEST PROPOSED UNIVERSITY REFORMS, SHUT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Following over a month of sit-ins, strikes, and protest rallies opposing GoG plans to reform the Greek university system -- especially allowing private, non-profit universities to operate -- left-wing and communist student groups and some university professors on June 8 organi [...] |
2006-06-12 13:13:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SCUL PREL GR |
| 06ATHENS1508 | STUDENTS PROTEST PROPOSED UNIVERSITY REFORMS, SHUT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Following over a month of sit-ins, strikes, and protest rallies opposing GoG plans to reform the Greek university system -- especially allowing private, non-profit universities to operate -- left-wing and communist student groups and some university professors on June 8 organi [...] |
2006-06-12 13:15:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SCUL PREL GR |
| 06ATHENS1524 | GREECE: GOG AND MEDIA CALL 2006 TIP REPORT [...] SUMMARY: The Greek government and press responded positively to the release of the 2006 TIP report, calling Greece's advancement to Tier 2 from Tier 2 Watch List (T2WL) "encouraging." News articles relied on post's press release, press conference, and the report narrative for straightforwar [...] |
2006-06-14 11:34:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM KWMN PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG KPAO GR TIP |
| 06ATHENS1550 | MDA: GREEK REPRESENTATION AT GENEVA/INTL [...] (U) Poloff delivered reftel points June 13 to Alexandros Rallis of the Greek MFA's Directorate for International Organizations (D1), which passed them to Greece's Ambassador in Geneva and former D1 head, Frangisko Verros. Greece will be represented in Geneva by Professor Kalliope Koufa. Cons [...] |
2006-06-16 11:31:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PREL PHUM ICRC IS GR |
| 06ATHENS1556 | GOVERNMENT CAVES TO STUDENT PROTESTS, POSTPONES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In the face of continuing, mass student protests and demonstrations, Education Minister Yiannakou announced on June 13 that she would postpone submitting the draft bill on education reforms during the summer parliament recess as originally planned (Ref A). Sources told us the [...] |
2006-06-16 15:00:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV SCUL PREL GR |
| 06ATHENS1582 | GREEK JUSTICE MINISTER REQUESTS TRANSFER OF [...] (U) On June 19, Ambassador received a letter from Greek Justice Minister Anastasis Papaligouras with a copy of a letter to Attorney General Gonzalez (see para 5) requesting that former Embassy Athens communicator and convicted spy Steven Lalas be allowed to serve the remainder of his "supervi [...] |
2006-06-20 15:37:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR GR |
| 06ATHENS1629 | FORMER GREEK PM PROPOSES SELECTIVE EXTENSION OF [...] (SBU) Summary: Former PM Costas Simitis has proposed that Greece move to extend its territorial waters as part of a broader policy of pressing for an all- round settlement of the Aegean dispute with Turkey. Simitis, in a June 18 newspaper article, argued that a selective extension would not [...] |
2006-06-23 14:03:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV TU GR TURKEY |
| 06ATHENS1630 | SHOPPING AROUND THE SPECIAL 301 ACTION PLAN SHOWS [...] (C) Since receipt of the Action Plan for IPR in Greece in April, Mission elements have discussed it with MFA, MinFin, and Ministry of Culture. We have made it clear to all that Greece dodged a bullet this year, but that it won't be able to do so a second time without significant improvements [...] |
2006-06-23 14:49:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | KIPR ECON ETRD GR |
| 06ATHENS1648 | AMNESTY INT'L PROTEST OVER DETAINEES TURNS INTO [...] (U) SUMMARY: Two representatives from Amnesty International Greece (AI) met with poloffs June 26 to deliver 1000 petitions addressed to President Bush which call for the closure of the detention center at Guantanamo Bay. After poloff delivered reftel talking points in response to criticisms [...] |
2006-06-27 13:27:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL KPAO GR HRIGHTS |
| 06ATHENS1652 | PAKISTANI EMBASSY CLAIMS GOG COMPLICITY IN HUMAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a June 16 meeting with Poloffs, Pakistani XXXXXXXXXXXX relayed his concerns that human smuggling could be funding destabilizing separatist, Muslim-extremist, and even terrorist movements in Pakistan, notably in the Balochistan province. His concern is heightened by what he [...] |
2006-06-28 11:09:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | GR PINR PINS PK SMIG SOCI PTER |
| 06ATHENS1656 | SOUTHERN CORRIDOR ENERGY OFFICERS' CONFERENCE, [...] (U) This is an action cable; please see paragraph 6. Embassy Athens is pleased to invite officers from addressee posts to the Southern Corridor Energy Officer's Conference, which will be held July 14 in Athens, Greece. The conference will take place at the Hotel Grand Bretagne, Athens, Greec [...] |
2006-06-28 12:22:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ENRG EPET GR |
| 06ATHENS1657 | GREEK PROCESS FOR RATIFYING INTERNATIONAL TRACING [...] (U) Poloff spoke with Fotini Tomai-Constantopoulou on June 28 regarding reftel points. Tomai-Constantopoulou, Expert Counselor the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Service of Diplomatic and Historical Archives, and Greece's representative to the International Commission of the International Traci [...] |
2006-06-28 12:46:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNAR PHUM GR |
| 06ATHENS1667 | PUBLIC ORDER MINISTER OUTLINES CT PRIORITIES, [...] (C) During a G-8 Counter-Terrorism Action Group (CTAG) lunch for G-8 Ambassadors hosted by Russian Ambassador Vdovin on June 16, Public Order Minister Polydoras gave a comprehensive description of Greece's domestic and international counter-terrorism priorities. Later, on June 26th, Polydora [...] |
2006-06-29 07:54:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER GR |
| 06ATHENS1669 | GREECE DEFERS TO BRUSSELS ON DOHA, ASKS FOR "LOW [...] (C) Summary: In preparation for the Geneva Trade Ministerial (reftel), Econ Counselor briefed the U.S. position to officials at the Ministries of National Economy and Agriculture. The officials stressed that the GoG position on Doha will follow the EU consensus, except perhaps on the expansio [...] |
2006-06-29 14:45:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD GR |
| 06ATHENS1691 | ACTIONS OF POLICE, NOT PROTESTERS, CONDEMNED AFTER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Following months of demonstrations over now-stalled reforms to Greek higher education, another angry protest on June 27 left parts of central Athens damaged, including the U.S.-affiliated Hellenic American Union and University. Focusing on protesters' rights, media and opposi [...] |
2006-07-03 14:20:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ASEC SCUL GR |
| 06ATHENS1713 | ANTI-AMERICANISM PREVAILS AT 2006 CULTURAL [...] (U) Summary: The European Cultural Center in the ancient religious site of Delphi commenced its "Cultural Amphictyony 2006" on June 30. The following day marked the beginning of a two-day international conference entitled "The Role of the United Nations in the 21st Century." Greek Minister o [...] |
2006-07-05 14:15:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV GR |
| 06ATHENS1745 | GREEK MFA ISSUES STATEMENT CRITICAL OF NORTH [...] (U) Poloff delivered reftel demarche on 6 July to MFA spokesman George Koumoutsakos. On the same day, Koumoutsakos released the following statement during a briefing with diplomatic journalists and foreign correspondents (also posted on the MFA's website: www.mfa.gr). 2. (U) Begin text [...] |
2006-07-07 10:58:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP PARM PREL GR |
| 06ATHENS1766 | UNSC RESOLUTION MAY BE "JUST WHAT DPRK WANTS," [...] (C) Ambassador delivered reftel points on the UNSC resolution regarding the DPRK missile launches to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Secretary General Haralambos Rocanas on July 10. Ambassador told Rocanas that the U.S. is grateful Greece has joined us in co-sponsoring the UNSC resolution, and [...] |
2006-07-10 15:03:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM MARR UNSC KN GR |
| 06ATHENS1779 | GREEK FM GUARDEDLY OPTIMISTIC ABOUT CYPRUS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Following a day of meetings between the GoG and Greek Cypriot President Papadopoulos, Greek FM Bakoyannis told Ambassador she is guardedly optimistic about the agreement signed by Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot leaders on July 8. While the key will be getting the respective [...] |
2006-07-11 13:31:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EUN UNFICYP TU CY GR |
| 06ATHENS1780 | GOG WILL PRESS IRANIAN FM TO ACCEPT NUCLEAR [...] (C) On the margins of a July 11 meeting between Ambassador Ries and Greek Foreign Minister Dora Bakoyiannis (septel), Bakoyiannis conveyed to Ambassador Ries that Iranian FM Manouchehr Mottaki will attend a Socialist International Presidium on Samos island on Saturday, July 15, and that FM Mo [...] |
2006-07-11 14:08:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PARM IR GR MARR MNUC MOPS PINR |
| 06ATHENS1781 | GOG WILL PRESS IRANIAN FM TO ACCEPT NUCLEAR [...] (C) On the margins of a July 11 meeting between Ambassador Ries and Greek Foreign Minister Dora Bakoyiannis (septel), Bakoyiannis conveyed to Ambassador Ries that Iranian FM Manouchehr Mottaki will attend a Socialist International Presidium on Samos island on Saturday, July 15, and that FM Mo [...] |
2006-07-11 14:08:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PARM IR GR MARR MNUC MOPS PINR |
| 06ATHENS1804 | IRANIAN FM AND SOCIALIST PARTY LEADERS CONFIRM [...] (C) Poloff contacted Dimitri Droutsas, advisor to George Papandreou (head of opposition PASOK party and President of Socialist International) to follow-up reftel telcon concerning the attendance of Iranian FM Manouchehr Mottaki at the July 15 Socialist International meeting. Droutsas reporte [...] |
2006-07-12 14:52:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PARM IR GR MARR MNUC MOPS PINR |
| 06ATHENS1805 | HOW TO READ THE GREEK PRESS: A GUIDE FOR THE UNINITIATED [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. At first glance, the Greek media may resemble the media in the U.S., with a mixture of broadsheets and tabloids, national and local television and radio stations, and constitutional guarantees guarding the freedom of the press. Closer inspection reveals a Greek media industry [...] |
2006-07-13 06:50:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KPAO KMDR PREL OIIP OPRC GR |
| 06ATHENS1806 | GREECE TO SUPPORT DELAY ON QATAR'S UNSC RESOLUTION [...] (S) In the absence from Athens of Foreign Minister Bakoyannis (her son is being married this weekend), Ambassador raised reftel points with MFA Secretary General Harlambos Rocanas at OOB Athens time July 13. Rocanas grasped the significance of the resolution and the necessity of the broadest [...] |
2006-07-13 08:27:00 | Embassy Athens | SECRET | PREL KWBG GR UNSC IS KPAL |
| 06ATHENS1821 | GEORGE PAPANDREOU INVITES IRANIAN FM MOTTAKI TO [...] (C) Summary: George Papandreou's closest foreign policy adviser Droutsas told Ambassador July 13 that Iranian FM Mottaki would be joining the Socialist International Presidium "for coffee" on July 15 on the Greek island of Samos. The invitation was extended when Papandreou visited Tehran o [...] |
2006-07-13 14:45:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PARM IR GR MARR MNUC MOPS PINR |
| 06ATHENS1822 | NATO SG PRAISES GREEK CONTRIBUTIONS, EXPRESSES [...] (C) SUMMARY: NATO Secretary General de Hoop Scheffer made a productive and widely-covered stop in Athens July 7 to confer with the GoG in the run-up to the Riga summit. de Hoop Scheffer praised Greece's contributions to various NATO operations, including Kosovo and Afghanistan. Though the M [...] |
2006-07-13 14:59:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NATO GR |
| 06ATHENS1836 | NEW TIP SPOKESMAN DETAILS GOG EFFORTS TO STOP [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Ambassador discussed the latest TIP developments and passed the 2006-2007 TIP action plan to the GOG's new Spokesman for its Interministerial Committee on trafficking in persons on July 10. The Spokesman detailed the GoG's recent TIP actions and goals, including training offi [...] |
2006-07-14 14:47:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM KWMN GR TIP |
| 06ATHENS1838 | GREEK VIEWS IN ADVANCE OF THE JULY 17 GAERC [...] (C) On July 14, poloff met with Thanos Kafopoulos, action officer for EU-Transatlantic issues in the MFA's EU Foreign Relations Directorate, to deliver ref A and B demarches. Kafopoulos, who had been faxed ref A points earlier, noted that the GoG has no significant differences with any of the [...] |
2006-07-14 16:52:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EUN CY GR |
| 06ATHENS1839 | GREEK VIEWS IN ADVANCE OF THE JULY 17 GAERC [...] (C) On July 14, poloff met with Thanos Kafopoulos, action officer for EU-Transatlantic issues in the MFA's EU Foreign Relations Directorate, to deliver ref A and B demarches. Kafopoulos, who had been faxed ref A points earlier, noted that the GoG has no significant differences with any of the [...] |
2006-07-14 16:57:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EUN CY GR |
| 06ATHENS184 | GoG Announces Day of Remembrance for Victims of [...] (U) The first Sunday in January has been selected as the official day of remembrance for the victims of terrorism, Marietta Yiannakou, the Education and Religious Affairs minister, announced on January 17. Yiannakou, who has also proposed that such a day of remembrance should be recognized v [...] |
2006-01-23 13:11:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PTER GR ANARCHISTS |
| 06ATHENS1849 | ROLLING OUT IPR ACTION PLAN TO JUSTICE MINISTRY [...] (SBU) Summary. Mission continues to present the USG's IPR Action Plan for Greece to GOG officials in the Ministry of Justice and in the Office of the Prime Minister. These discussions have yielded the following results: -- the P.M.'s Economic Advisor agreed that resolving IPR- related issues [...] |
2006-07-17 12:32:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIPR ECON ETRD GR |
| 06ATHENS1851 | IRAQI FM ZEBARI VISITS GREECE, LEAVES ASSURED OF [...] No summary [...] |
2006-07-17 13:48:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID MARR OPRC PBTS PGOV PINS XF XG GR |
| 06ATHENS1852 | IRANIAN FM HEARS UNIFIED MESSAGE FROM GOG AND [...] (C) Summary: During a July 14 meeting between Greek PM Karamalis and Iranian FM Motaki, the PM delivered the international community's common position, imploring Iran to accept the P5 plus one nuclear package delivered to Iran's nuclear negotiator Ali Larijani in early June. Deputy FM Valy [...] |
2006-07-17 15:35:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PARM IR MARR MNUC MOPS PINR GR |
| 06ATHENS1853 | GREEK MFA INVOLVED IN ARRANGING VESSELS FOR BEIRUT [...] (U) Summary: Ambassador called on Deputy Foreign Minister Kassimis on July 17 to advise the GoG of current USG efforts regarding potential evacuations from Beirut, as well as enlist GoG aid in locating appropriate vessels for RFP N00033-06-R-5523, and raise the possibility that Souda Bay mig [...] |
2006-07-18 04:41:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | AEMR CASC EWWT GR LE MARR PINS PREL ETRA KHLS |
| 06ATHENS1861 | GREECE AGREES THAT IRAN UNSCR BE UNDER CHAPTER VII [...] (C) Ambassador raised reftel points with Foreign Minister Bakoyannis on July 18, reaching her just before she departed her office to brief the Prime Minister and inner governmental council on the just-concluded EU General Affairs and External Relations Council (GAERC) meeting. Bakoyannis said [...] |
2006-07-18 10:01:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC IR GR |
| 06ATHENS1867 | GREECE: EARLY ELECTIONS RUMOR LIKELY JUST THAT, [...] (C) SUMMARY: According to "Eleftheros Typos," a strongly pro-government Athens daily, PM Karamanlis may be toying with the possibility of early parliamentary elections to coincide with local elections already scheduled for October 15, 2006. The paper suggests that with a weak opposition leader [...] |
2006-07-18 14:41:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV GR INTERNAL |
| 06ATHENS1881 | IP COORDINATORS ADVANCE U.S. AGENDA IN GREECE [...] (U) Summary: Department of Commerce Senior Advisor to the U.S. Intellectual Property Coordinator, Wayne Paugh, and David Brener, on detail to the IP Coordinator's office from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, met with senior Greek Government officials over two days, July 14- 15, to di [...] |
2006-07-19 13:44:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIPR ECON ETRD GR |
| 06ATHENS1891 | GREEK DEP FM TELLS BRYZA: ON CYPRUS, NO [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Ries and EUR DAS Bryza met with Deputy FM Valynakis on July 14 to discuss Cyprus. While all praised progress on Cyprus settlement issues, discussion on compromise proposals to avert a Turkey EU train wreck this fall were less promising. Valynakis was steadfast in the [...] |
2006-07-20 12:31:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL GR CY TU |
| 06ATHENS1892 | GREEK PM CALLS FOR CEASEFIRE IN LEBANON/ISRAEL [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Greek Prime Minister on July 19 called for an immediate ceasefire in Lebanon and Israel, the unconditional release of all captive soldiers, the disarmament of paramilitary organizations, and assistance to civilians in the region. On July 18, the Foreign Minister also called [...] |
2006-07-20 13:03:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MARR PINS GR |
| 06ATHENS1908 | GREECE AGREES UNSC ISRAEL/LEBANON STATEMENTS [...] (S) SUMMARY: MFA Secretary General Haralambos Rocanas agreed with CDA on July 21 that all UNSC statements on Lebanon/Israel should have the broadest possible consensus. In that spirit, he read to us Greece's draft statement, which he intended to pass shortly to the Greek delegation in NY. Roc [...] |
2006-07-21 13:06:00 | Embassy Athens | SECRET | PREL UNSC IS LE GR |
| 06ATHENS1913 | DEVELOPMENT MINISTER FULLY SUPPORTIVE OF U.S. [...] (C) Summary. The Greek Government is committed to enhancing European energy security through promoting the Turkey-Greece-Italy natural gas interconnector as a conduit for Caspian gas. This was the message conveyed July 14 to EUR DAS Bryza by Minister of Development Sioufas, who said he wan [...] |
2006-07-21 13:44:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ENRG GR |
| 06ATHENS1945 | CONVICTED NOVEMBER 17 TERRORIST RELEASED FROM [...] (SBU) Summary: Convicted November 17 terrorist, Nikos Papanastasiou, was released from prison on July 19 for "health reasons." Papanastasiou was sentenced to eight years imprisonment for "setting up and participating in a criminal group," for his affiliation with the November 17 terrorist or [...] |
2006-07-25 14:56:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PTER GR |
| 06ATHENS1946 | CFE TRANSFERS: GOG REQUESTS DC DELEGATION TO VISIT [...] (C) Summary: Poloff delivered reftel points to MFA NATO D2 Directorate, Deputy Director Polychroniou, on Thursday July 20, and to MoD Deputy Diplomatic Advisor Stoidis Friday, July 21. Both interlocutors expressed that Greece remains interested in complying with the request, but also that a [...] |
2006-07-25 14:56:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | GR NO PGOV PREL TU NATO MARR KCFE PARM |
| 06ATHENS1947 | CFE TRANSFERS: GOG REQUESTS DC DELEGATION TO VISIT [...] (C) Summary: Poloff delivered reftel points to MFA NATO D2 Directorate, Deputy Director Polychroniou, on Thursday July 20, and to MoD Deputy Diplomatic Advisor Stoidis Friday, July 21. Both interlocutors expressed that Greece remains interested in complying with the request, but also that a [...] |
2006-07-26 04:09:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | GR NO PGOV PREL TU NATO MARR KCFE PARM |
| 06ATHENS1952 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: GREECE SUPPORTS P5+1 INCENTIVE [...] (C) Per reftel A, post transmitted subject demarche to MFA contacts on July 21. MFA recipients included Secretary General Charalambos Rocanas and Ambassador Fotis Xydas of the D1 Directorate of the UN, International Organizations and Disarmament. 2. (C) D1 officials responded on July 22, [...] |
2006-07-26 12:46:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP PARM PREL IR EU AORC GR PGOV PTER UNSC |
| 06ATHENS1958 | PROTESTERS TOPPLE TRUMAN STATUE IN DOWNTOWN ATHENS [...] (U) Summary: Members of PAME, a trade unionist movement affiliated with Greece's Communist Party (KKE), toppled the Harry S. Truman statue in downtown Athens on Tuesday night, July 25. The act was committed on the margins of a rally to express solidarity with the Palestinian people, where pro [...] |
2006-07-26 15:07:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL GR |
| 06ATHENS1963 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: MISSILE TECHNOLOGY CONTROL [...] (U) Per reftel Post delivered subject demarche to Ambassador Rallis, MFA D1 Directorate of the UN, International Organizations, and Disarmament. 2. (U) To date no response has been received but Post will report any GoG response. RIES [...] |
2006-07-27 14:13:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM MTCRE MNUC ETTC KSCA TSPA FR GR |
| 06ATHENS1969 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: UN HIGH LEVEL DIALOGUE ON [...] (U) Per reftel, Post delivered subject demarche to Ambassador Rallis, MFA D1 Directorate of the UN, International Organizations, and Disarmament. 2. (U) Ambassador Rallis informed poloff that FM Dora Bakoyianni will likely not represent Greece at the High Level Dialogue (HLD) on Migration [...] |
2006-07-28 12:04:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV GR EAID PREF SMIG UNGA |
| 06ATHENS2031 | ARMS PROCUREMENT PLAN 2006-2010 APPROVED [...] (U) Summary: On July 25, the GoG announced plans to spend an estimated EUR 27 billion for arms procurement over the next decade. The first five-year leg of the program does not include appropriations for a new fighter in an apparent effort by the Karamanlis administration to relieve political [...] |
2006-08-03 08:25:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR MCAP MASS NATO PREL PINR TU GR |
| 06ATHENS2078 | SOUTHERN CORRIDOR ENERGY CONFERENCE EXAMINES [...] (C) Summary: Gazprom's growing stranglehold on European energy supplies, particularly in the area of natural gas, has the potential to reduce these countries' diplomatic freedom of movement in support of U.S. diplomatic goals. Improving these countries' energy security and diversity of supply [...] |
2006-08-09 04:54:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ENRG GR |
| 06ATHENS2145 | GREEK MFA SHOWING NEW INTEREST IN IPR ISSUES [...] (U) Summary: Personnel changes at the MFA may be positioning it to play a more positive role on IPR. Washington's efforts to engage the Greek embassy are also helping heighten the MFA's attention to the issue. Embassy officials met with the MFA Ambassador responsible for IPR issues, Georgios [...] |
2006-08-17 13:23:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ECON GR KIPR |
| 06ATHENS2152 | GREECE LIKELY TO SUPPORT UNIFIL THROUGH NAVAL [...] (C) Summary: MFA and MoD contacts informed Embassy that Greece plans to respond positively to resolution 1701's call for contributions for a peacekeeping force in Lebanon. Senior Greek military planners are focused on providing a naval force to the future peacekeeping effort in Lebanon, with o [...] |
2006-08-17 15:17:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS PREL LE GR |
| 06ATHENS2178 | FM BAKOYANNIS TRAVEL TO MIDDLE EAST: CRAFTING THE [...] (C) FM Dora Bakoyannis will depart Athens on Tuesday afternoon, August 22, for a tour of the Middle East. She plans to visit Cyprus, Lebanon, Jordan, and Israel, and also intends to meet with Palestinian leadership. (Her chief of staff told DCM that she will not/not visit Syria.) The annou [...] |
2006-08-21 13:18:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | CY GR IS LE MARR MOPS PGOV PREL PTER UN |
| 06ATHENS2201 | GREECE ANNOUNCES PARTICIPATION IN UNIFIL [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Greek Government has decided to send two naval vessels and a military divers unit to participate in peacekeeping operations in Lebanon. For now, however, the GOG has ruled out sending ground forces. MOD officials have stressed to us the suitability of the Souda Bay facililit [...] |
2006-08-23 12:17:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS PREL PGOV LE GR |
| 06ATHENS2205 | BAKOYIANNIS HEADS TO MIDDLE EAST IN LISTENING MODE [...] (C) DCM met with Ambassador Kostas Chalastanis, Director of FM Bakoyannis' cabinet, on August 22 just prior to their departure for Cyprus, Lebanon, Jordan and Israel. Delivering ref a points, DCM emphasized that, when Greece assumed the UNSC presidency in September, it would immediately face [...] |
2006-08-23 13:28:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER MARR MOPS UNSC GR CY IS LE |
| 06ATHENS2251 | KOSOVO: GREEK MFA ON STATUS NEGOTIATIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: DCM met with the director of the MFA's Balkans unit, Ambassador Michael Christides, on August 29 to review ref a points on the Kosovo status negotiations. Christides -- who will meet with DAS DiCarlo in Washington the week of September 4 -- favored a "transition period" in orde [...] |
2006-08-30 10:03:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNAUS UNMIK YI EU GR |
| 06ATHENS2282 | LEBANON/IRAN: GREECE FOCUSES ON MIDDLE EAST IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: On August 30, DCM met with Ambassador Kostas Chalastanis, director of FM Bakoyannis' cabinet, for a readout of Bakoyannis' visit to Middle East capitals August 22-25. Chalastanis informed us that, in addition to her consultations in Beirut, Amman, and Tel Aviv, Bakoyannis woul [...] |
2006-08-31 12:35:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR MOPS UNSC IAEA GR IS CY LE |
| 06ATHENS231 | GREECE'S EMERGING ROLE IN EUROPEAN ENERGY SECURITY [...] (C) Summary. The recent dispute between Ukraine and Russia over the price of gas once again highlights Europe's vulnerable energy position. Senior Greek officials have impressed on us their wish that Greece provide an important East-West corridor in the movement of gas and oil through the T [...] |
2006-01-27 14:15:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG GR GAZPROM NATGAS OIL |
| 06ATHENS2324 | PUTIN AND PURVANOV IN ATHENS: THE LONG ROAD TO [...] (C) Summary. Greek Prime Minister Karamanlis, Russian President Putin and Bulgarian President Purvanov met in Athens on September 4, to discuss the three countries' cooperation on the long-proposed, but not yet realized, Burgas-Alexandroupolis pipeline (B-A). Despite higher expectations by [...] |
2006-09-05 15:11:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ENRG GR |
| 06ATHENS293 | GREECE DEFIES THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION; HARDENS [...] (C) Summary. On January 30th, Greece's Deputy Agriculture Minister Alexandros Kondos signed a ministerial decision to continue and expand the ban on 17 strains of the MON810 seed corn family to 31 strains. Kondos' decision continues Greece's lone defiance as a member of the EU on biotech prod [...] |
2006-02-02 08:43:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON TBIO EAGR GR BIOTECH |
| 06ATHENS3002 | GREEK ACTION ON BELARUS UN RESOLUTIONS [...] (C) On November 15, Dep Polcouns delivered ref a demarche to Ambassador Aleksandros Rallis and Vassilios Moutsoglou of the MFA D1 Directorate for the UN, International Organizations and Conferences, and Disarmament then called later for a studied response. They said they had forwarded the U. [...] |
2006-11-15 15:42:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL BO GR |
| 06ATHENS3111 | GETTING ATHENS ON BOARD WITH KOSOVO STATUS PROCESS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Embassy Athens is pressing the Greek government, now that the Ahtisaari proposal has been delayed, to avoid advocating any further delay. Ambassador and DCM have urged senior officials, once the proposal is presented in late January, to press Belgrade for a more constructive enga [...] |
2006-12-01 16:20:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV YI GR |
| 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 |
| 06ATHENS3229 | GREECE ASKS FOR U.S. SUPPORT ON DRAFT UNSC [...] (C) Ambassador Costas Halastanis, chief of staff to FM Bakoyannis, called Ambassador at 1615 hours, December 20 to ask that the Embassy convey a personal message from FM Bakoyannis to the Secretary concerning the Greek-French draft UNSCR on protection of journalists. The MFA, working with the [...] |
2006-12-20 15:06:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | UNSC PREL GR FR |
| 06ATHENS3231 | S/CT CRUMPTON DISCUSSES TERRORISM WITH GREEKS [...] (C) Summary: On December 12, Coordinator for Counterterrorism Ambassador Henry Crumpton met with the Greek Ministers for Foreign Affairs and Public Order and the Director General of the Greek National Intelligence Service (EYP). Discussions focused on the regional threat posed by terrorists u [...] |
2006-12-21 08:47:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ASEC OTRA PTER GR |
| 06ATHENS3232 | MOD'S MEIMARAKIS: INTERNATIONAL MAN OF MYSTERY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Despite the importance of his position, Greek Minister of Defense Vangelis Meimarakis remains largely an unknown quantity for the international community. Greeks, however, nearly universally regard him as a fish out of water. A New Democracy party politician and electoral strate [...] |
2006-12-21 09:25:00 | Embassy Athens | SECRET | PGOV PREL MARR MOPS GR |
| 06ATHENS3240 | PRESS REPORTS LINK TRAFFICKING TO PRIVATE [...] (U) This week, Athens police arrested a 41 year-old British woman in connection with the kidnapping of an infant child bed!&!)&! Q) ! 1Q year-old Romanian Roma #iQ,& T(%Q T%e&!g%$ victim was also arre1T%$ !&4%R !k%Qd!)&).' to police that she (!d "e%f !h%!Q%$ #QT !b the 14,000 euro that 4(eQQ [...] |
2006-12-22 08:28:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | KCRM KWMN PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG HSTC GR BU RO |
| 06ATHENS3245 | MESSAGE CONVEYED: UNSCR ON JOURNALISTS IN ARMED [...] (C) On December 21, Charge conveyed the essense of ref a points to Director of the FM's Cabinet Ambassador Kostas Chalastanis. Charge reiterated that the U.S. does not believe that journalists enjoy special rights of protection beyond those of other persons and thus do not require a separate [...] |
2006-12-22 11:08:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC GR |
| 06ATHENS3254 | ATHENS RSI DECEMBER 2006 READOUT [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: On December 11, Embassy Athens hosted Chiefs of Mission and others from posts in Amman, Ankara, Beirut, Cairo, Nicosia, Rome (MFO), Sofia, and Tel Aviv, as well as participants from S/CT, INL, NEA, DOJ, OSD, CENTCOM, EUCOM, and the NCTC, for an Eastern Mediterranean conference [...] |
2006-12-28 13:44:00 | Embassy Athens | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV ASEC OTRA PTER GR |
| 06ATHENS328 | STAR-STUDDED TIP CONFERENCE PRODUCES ETHICAL [...] SUMMARY: Royalty, celebrities, and prominent business executives were in Athens January 23 for a roundtable discussion and fundraising dinner on the global business community's responsibility to combat trafficking in persons (TIP). Held under the slogan "END HUMAN TRAFFICKING NOW!" and orga [...] |
2006-02-06 11:42:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM GR TIP |
| 06ATHENS338 | GREEKS CONSIDERING ISAF PRT, BUT MAY NEED HELP [...] (C) Summary. Greek leaders know that ISAF's Stage III expansion will increase pressure on them to increase their contribution to NATO's efforts in Afghanistan. Senior officials are contemplating offering to assume command of a PRT in the north, but are uneasy about the domestic political c [...] |
2006-02-06 14:33:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREL GR AF NATOAFGHAN |
| 06ATHENS340 | GREECE OFFERS TRAINING FOR BOSNIAN ARMED FORCES [...] (SBU) On February 6, Greek MFA NATO Division officer Andreas Kintis briefed polmiloff on the status of Greek efforts to work with NATO-aspirant members of the Southeast Europe Clearinghouse (SEEC). Following up on informal contacts from USEUCOM, Greek MFA and MOD officials reviewed the trai [...] |
2006-02-06 15:04:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR PREL GR NATOOPS |
| 06ATHENS342 | GAZPROM CHAIR IN GREECE: PUTTING RUSSIAN GAS IN [...] (C) Economic Counselor discussed the February 2 visit of Gazprom Chairman Alexei Miller to Greece with Minister of Development Sioufas' Diplomatic Advisor, Teresa Angelatou. She said that Miller's top objective was to send the message that "Russia wants to avoid another Ukraine." Miller was [...] |
2006-02-06 15:57:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG GR GAZPROM NATGAS |
| 06ATHENS346 | TIP IS KEY TOPIC AT THESSALONIKI ANTI-ORGANIZED [...] (U) SUMMARY: Law enforcement officials and prosecutors from the Balkan region, as well as reps from regional and international organizations met February 1-2 in Thessaloniki at a conference co-sponsored by the Embassy/Consulate and the Stability Pact to compare notes on fighting trafficking [...] |
2006-02-06 17:04:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM GR TIP |
| 06ATHENS350 | FY 2006 FUNDS AVAILABLE FOR [...] (U) Greece would like to be considered among the Posts eligible to receive allocation in FY 06 on biotech projects. Post proposes the organization of an Education Seminar to educate and influence participants resulting in greater acceptance of biotech products that will pave the way for the sa [...] |
2006-02-07 08:53:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ECON ETRD TBIO GR BIOTECH |
| 06ATHENS365 | HELLENIC PETROLEUM'S MACEDONIA REFINERY: HAVE GUN, [...] (C) Summary. Economic Counselor met February 3 with the former Commercial Director of Hellenic Petroleum's OKTA refinery in Macedonia, Anestis Papadopoulos, who worked in the plant from the time of HP's purchase in 1999 to late 2004. According to Papadopoulos, HP has invested over USD 220 [...] |
2006-02-08 15:58:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG GR OIL |
| 06ATHENS369 | CORRUPTION IN GREECE [...] No summary [...] |
2006-02-09 11:09:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL GR |
| 06ATHENS371 | GREECE/KOSOVO: SERB PRESIDENT VISITS ATHENS, LOOKS [...] (C) SUMMARY: On February 6 the Greek MFA gave read-outs to EU and Contact Group embassies of recent, separate visits to Athens of Serb President Tadic and Serb-Montenegrin President Marovic, who both came to attend the Socialist International meeting last week. Kosovo dominated the discuss [...] |
2006-02-09 11:27:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL GR |
| 06ATHENS372 | OLYMPIC AIRLINES PRIVATIZATION ENTERS NEW PHASE [...] (SBU) Summary: On February 2nd, Ambassador met with Deputy Minister of Finance Peter Doukas to discuss the latest GoG plans for privatizing the ailing national air carrier, Olympic Airlines (OA). Doukas stated clearly that he saw no way forward for last year's plan to sell the company to U.S. [...] |
2006-02-09 12:50:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EAIR GR OLYAIR |
| 06ATHENS373 | AMBASSADOR'S TOUR D'HORIZON WITH GREEK FOREIGN [...] (C) SUMMARY: In the face of an ongoing phone-tapping scandal (Ref A) of high-level Greek Government officials (in which the U.S. has been fingered in the media as the culprit), Greek FM Molyviatis used a one-on-one lunch February 8 with Ambassador in a central Athens restauarant to emphasize [...] |
2006-02-09 12:59:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | GR PGOV PREL CY TU RS YI VE GT EU AMB |
| 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 |
| 06ATHENS386 | POTENTIAL H5N1 DETECTED IN GREECE, AWAITING [...] (U) This is a joint Thessaloniki-Athens telegram. 2. (U) Summary: Three migratory swans in the greater Thessaloniki area have tested positive for the H5 virus. Samples have been sent to the Community Reference Laboratory in Weybridge, UK to test for the presence of any H5N1 strain. Resul [...] |
2006-02-10 14:09:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON GR AVIANFLU |
| 06ATHENS393 | GAZPROM CHAIR TO MOLYVIATIS: RUSSIAN GAS? CASPIAN [...] (C) Foreign Minister Molyviatis confirmed to Ambassador February 8 that Gazprom Chairman Alexei Miller,s visit to Greece February 2 (reftel) was aimed at getting Greek agreement to transport Russian (Gazprom) gas to Italy in the new interconnector Greece is building (reftel). According to Mo [...] |
2006-02-10 15:56:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG GR RS AJ GAZPROM NATGAS |
| 06ATHENS406 | H5N1 CONFIRMED IN GREEK BIRDS; UNCONFIRMED HUMAN [...] (U) This is a Joint Athens-Thessaloniki Cable 2. (U) SUMMARY: On 11 February, the European Commission's laboratory in Weybridge U.K. confirmed the presence of H5N1 Avian Influenza in Greece after the three samples sent from migratory swans on 9 February tested positive for the virus (reft [...] |
2006-02-13 15:35:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD GR ECON AVIANFLU |
| 06ATHENS414 | INTERNATIONAL TIP EXPERTS DISCUSS BEST PRACTICES [...] (U) SUMMARY: The International Organization for Migration (IOM), the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Hellenic Aid Division, and Embassy Athens co-organized a January 24 roundtable that brought together local NGOs with international TIP experts who were in Athens for a separate business community [...] |
2006-02-14 10:15:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PGOV KWMN CVIS GR TIP |
| 06ATHENS419 | NEW GREEK FOREIGN MINISTER AN OLD FRIEND OF AMERICA [...] (U) SUMMARY: As has been anticipated for weeks, Prime Minister Karamanlis announced changes to his Cabinet February 14, including the replacement of Foreign Minister Petros Molyviatis with Athens Mayor Dora Bakoyianni. This move does not come as a surprise and will not alter the excellent r [...] |
2006-02-14 12:49:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL GR BAKOYANNIS |
| 06ATHENS422 | GREECE AVIAN FLU UPDATE; ALL H5N1 HUMAN TESTING [...] (U) Testing on the two men admitted to Agios Nickolaus hospital in Thessaloniki over the weekend has proven negative in both cases, although both men will continue to be monitored after discharge. All other suspected cases have also tested negative. The GoG, provincial and local authorities [...] |
2006-02-14 13:33:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD ECON GR AVIANFLU |
| 06ATHENS426 | GOG ASKING FOR INTERIM SECRETARIAT FOR IGF; [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 6. 2. (U) Summary: Greek Minister of Communication Liapis informed Ambassador that Greece is requesting U.S. support in getting the U.N. to establish an interim secretariat for the Internet Governance Forum (IGF) that will be able to answer [...] |
2006-02-14 14:21:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ECPS GR |
| 06ATHENS430 | GREEK DONATIONS TO IRAQI AND AFGHAN SECURITY FORCES [...] (C) Greece has contributed and transported to the Iraqi armed forces significant amounts of equipment from the NTECG inventory of hardware needed. In 2005, Greece donated 36 extensively refurbished BMP-1 armored personnel carriers, 1000 AK-47s, and more than one million rounds of ammunition [...] |
2006-02-15 11:35:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MASS MOPS PINS PREL AF IZ GR IRAQ |
| 06ATHENS431 | TIP INTERIM ASSESSMENT MEDIA REACTION FOCUSES ON [...] SUMMARY: Post held an on-the-record February 2 press conference for the TIP Interim Assessment release, which resulted in eight TIP articles published February 2 through February 11. The event not only provided post the opportunity to discuss TIP and the Assessment with journalists, but also [...] |
2006-02-15 12:17:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM KPAO GR TIP |
| 06ATHENS437 | NEW GREEK CABINET LINEUP [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Greek Government Spokesman Roussopoulos announced the much-anticipated reshuffle of the Greek Cabinet February 14. Ref A reports in depth on new Greek Foreign Minister Dora Bakoyianni. The new Cabinet, which was sworn in at 10am (local) February 15, includes 14 mini [...] |
2006-02-15 15:24:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL GR INTERNAL |
| 06ATHENS454 | GREECE'S LARGEST BALKAN INVESTOR: THE HELLENIC [...] (SBU) Summary. At a time when many Greeks tout their country's expanding economic influence in the Balkans, it is worthwhile trying to pin down exactly what this means. At the official level, the GoG has pledged USD 550 million for the Balkan Reconstruction Fund. As a subsequent message will [...] |
2006-02-16 15:26:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | ECPS EFIN PREL GR |
| 06ATHENS523 | GREEK MFA DETAILS IRAQI TRAINING PLANS [...] (C) Although discussions were still underway, Bulgaria was likely to agree to host Greek trainers for Iraqi military personnel (ref A), MFA NATO Affairs Division official Andreas Kintis told poloff February 22. Kintis expressed appreciation for the U.S. offer to assist with liaison with Bul [...] |
2006-02-23 13:46:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR GR IRAQ |
| 06ATHENS533 | GREECE: RESPONSE TO AL-ASKARIYA SHRINE BOMBING [...] No summary [...] |
2006-02-24 10:52:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV KDEM KPAO PTER GR |
| 06ATHENS535 | YEAR 2006 SPECIAL 301 REVIEW: GREECE [...] (U) Summary: There are continuing IPR problems in Greece. Enforcement remains problematic with law enforcement authorities understaffed and undertrained for IPR duties. A still larger obstacle is the judicial branch, which has been unwilling to impose penalties significant enough to provide [...] |
2006-02-24 12:30:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED | KIPR ECON GR |
| 06ATHENS543 | AMBASSADOR'S INTRODUCTORY CALL ON NEW GREEK FM [...] (C) SUMMARY: In their February 23 introductory meeting, newly-appointed Foreign Minister Dora Bakoyannis and Ambassador reviewed Greek-Turkish relations and the Cyprus issue, with Bakoyannis briefing Ambassador on recent visits to Athens by Turkish Minister of State Babacan and Cypriot FM Iac [...] |
2006-02-24 15:07:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL GR CY TU PHUM AMB |
| 06ATHENS546 | GREECE IN GAZPROM'S SIGHTS; READOUTS ON GREECE'S [...] (C) Summary: On February 23rd, Ambassador met with Deputy Foreign Minister Stylianides to discuss the recent visit to Greece by Gazprom Chairman Alexei Miller. A clearly worried Stylianides described the visit as part of a full-court press by Gazprom to sign Greece to a long-term contract f [...] |
2006-02-24 15:56:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ECON GR GAZPROM |
| 06ATHENS570 | GREECE PART 2: TIP REPORT SUBMISSION 2006 [...] The following is Sensitive but Unclassified. Please Protect Accordingly. 2. (SBU) Below are Embassy Athens' responses to the 2006 TIP report questionnaire. Text is keyed to Ref A request for "Prevention" Section. This is the second of four cables. 3. PREVENTION: --------------- - [...] |
2006-03-01 05:00:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREL ELAB GR TIP |
| 06ATHENS571 | GREECE PART 3: TIP REPORT SUBMISSION 2006 [...] The following is Sensitive but Unclassified. Please Protect Accordingly. 2. (SBU) Below are Embassy Athens' responses to the 2006 TIP report questionnaire. Text is keyed to Ref A request for "Investigation and Prosecution" Section. This is the third of four cables. 3. INVESTIGATIO [...] |
2006-03-01 05:00:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREL ELAB GR TIP |
| 06ATHENS572 | GREECE PART 1: TIP REPORT SUBMISSION 2006 [...] The following is Sensitive but Unclassified. Please Protect Accordingly. 2. (SBU) Below are Embassy Athens' responses to the 2006 TIP report questionnaire. Text is keyed to Ref A request for "Overview" Section. This is the first of four cables. 3. SUMMARY: Greece has made signific [...] |
2006-03-01 05:01:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREL PREF ELAB GR TIP |
| 06ATHENS573 | GREECE PART 4: TIP REPORT SUBMISSION 2006 [...] The following is Sensitive but Unclassified. Please Protect Accordingly. 2. (SBU) Below are Embassy Athens' responses to the 2006 TIP report questionnaire. Text is keyed to Ref A request for "Protection and Assistance to Victims" Section. This is the fourth of four cables. 3. PROT [...] |
2006-03-01 05:02:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREL ELAB GR TIP |
| 06ATHENS591 | AVIAN INFLUENZA IN GREECE: AMB HOLDS TOWN HALL [...] (U) On Tuesday, February 28th, AMB conducted a town hall meeting with embassy personnel to address the mission's heightened sense of awareness regarding Avian Influenza after 20 confirmed cases in migratory birds in Greece since February 11th. AMB briefed mission members on the current state [...] |
2006-03-02 08:36:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON CASC GR |
| 06ATHENS602 | GREEK SCIENTOLOGISTS SHARE RELIGIOUS FREEDOM [...] On February 21 pol intern and senior FSN met with Katarina Diamantara and Irene Karanbali, representatives of the Church of Scientology in Greece, to discuss Scientology's continuing struggle for state recognition. The Scientologists reported that they were established in Greece as a non-pro [...] |
2006-03-02 17:04:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PGOV GR RFREEDOM |
| 06ATHENS635 | GREECE: AGREEMENT ON TRAINING IRAQIS IN BULGARIA [...] (C) The Bulgarian government has agreed to allow the Greek military to train Iraqi security personnel in Bulgaria, Greek MFA NATO Division Director Zographos told PolCouns March 7. Although there were a few remaining details to be worked out -- most notably Bulgarian parliamentary approval [...] |
2006-03-07 13:14:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREL GR BU IRAQ |
| 06ATHENS681 | CYPRIOT PRESIDENT GETS BOOST FROM PM ON HANDLING [...] (C) SUMMARY: In Athens March 7-9 on one of his frequent working visits, Cypriot President Papadopoulos met top party leaders and GoG officials, including PM Karamanlis, and got a boost for his handling of the Cyprus issue. In a joint press conference, PM Karamanlis praised the February 28 UN [...] |
2006-03-10 15:48:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL CY GR |
| 06ATHENS725 | GREECE DECIDES 30 NEW F-16S ARE ENOUGH [...] (U) On March 15, the Greek Foreign Affairs and Defense cabinet committee ("KYSEA") decided not to exercise an option to augment its July 2005 decision to acquire 30 F-16 Block 52 aircraft (reftel) by an additional 10 planes. Doing so would have cost USD 536 million (i.e., USD 39.8 million pe [...] |
2006-03-17 04:55:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREL ETRD GR FMS |
| 06ATHENS767 | SCENESETTER FOR GREEK FOREIGN MINISTER BAKOYANNIS' [...] (C) SUMMARY: Thank you for agreeing to see Greek Foreign Minister Dora Bakoyannis in Washington on March 23. This will be her first trip to Washington as Foreign Minister since assuming her post on February 15 of this year. Bakoyannis' objective will be to establish her credentials with you [...] |
2006-03-21 14:53:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV GR CY TU BAKOYANNIS |
| 06ATHENS784 | GREEK REACTION TO HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT [...] SUMMARY: The release of the 2005 Human Rights Report (HRR) received wide coverage in most major Greek media and a range of reactions from post's human rights contacts. More than fourteen print articles factually conveyed the report's account of human rights abuses occurring in Greece, but sa [...] |
2006-03-22 14:30:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PGOV KPAO GR HRIGHTS |
| 06ATHENS825 | GREECE UPGRADING C-130S IN PREPARATION FOR [...] (C) Greece is in the process of upgrading the self-protection systems on 2 of its C-130s and, once complete and providing national security conditions allow, will make one of them available to ISAF, MFA NATO Affairs Division official Andreas Kintis told poloff March 27. Based on a March 24 [...] |
2006-03-27 13:06:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | GR MARR NATO PREL NATOAFGHAN |
| 06ATHENS900 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CODEL HASTERT (APR 8-9) [...] Embassy Athens warmly welcomes and grants country clearance for Representative J. Dennis Hastert, Speaker of the House of Representatives, and accompanying members of his delegation. The Control Officer for the April 8-9 visit is Karen Grissette. She can be reached during office hours throu [...] |
2006-04-04 11:33:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED | OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN GR IN NP VM |
| 06ATHENS904 | GREEK VIEWS ON INTENSIFIED DIALOGUE FOR GEORGIA [...] (C) Poloff delivered points contained in reftel to Greek MFA NATO Division Deputy Director Theodore Daskarolis on April 3. Greece shared the positive assessment of the pace of Georgia's progress by in many areas, Daskarolis said. He noted that other accomplishments, such as the growth of ci [...] |
2006-04-04 14:02:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR AA GG GR NATO PREL NATOBALKANS |
| 06BAGHDAD2317 | BULGARIAN AMB DISCUSSES MILITARY, TRAINING [...] (C) SUMMARY: Bulgarian Ambassador Valeri Ratchev told A/DCM Speckhard June 29 that his visit to Iraq would help him rto refute statements by Iraqi exiles in Bulgaria about how dangerous Iraq service was. Bulgarian forces were positive about their conditions in Iraq, Ratchev noted, and he hopes [...] |
2006-07-03 08:04:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR BU IR GR NATO IZ |
| 06BRIDGETOWN1132 | SCHOLARSHIPS FROM MALAYSIA AND GREECE ENHANCE [...] (U) This is an action message. See para 4. 2. (U) In early June the Government of Antigua and Barbuda (GOAB) announced the availability of seventeen scholarships for undergraduate and graduate study abroad. Fifteen scholarships are being offered in partnership with the government of [...] |
2006-07-03 13:23:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL SCUL KPAO AC GR MY XL |
| 06BRUSSELS429 | EU OFFICIALS AGREE ON NEED TO BUILD MOMENTUM ON [...] (C) European Commission and Parliament officials agreed with visiting DAS Bryza February 6-7 on the need to build on the momentum created by Turkish FM Gul's recent proposal on opening Turkish and Northern Cypriot ports. The EU officials noted that Turkey could not open its ports to Cypriot v [...] |
2006-02-08 14:52:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID CY GR TU EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
| 06BRUSSELS891 | EUR DAS BRYZA DISCUSSES TURKEY AND CYPRUS WITH EU [...] (C) Summary: EUR DAS Matt Bryza discussed Turkey's accession talks and Cyprus with EU Council Head of Unit for Enlargement Christos Katharios and Enlargement Unit Principal Adminstrator David Johns on February 23. Katharios stressed his full commitment to implementing the European Council,s d [...] |
2006-03-15 08:21:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL CY TU GR USEU BRUSSELS |
| 06BUCHAREST1808 | STABILITY PACT MEETINGS IN BUCHAREST FOCUS ON [...] (SBU) The November 15-16 meetings in Bucharest of the Stability Pact for South East Europe saw continued progress toward shifting the Pact's program of regional cooperation initiatives to the responsibility of regional governments under the umbrella of the South East Europe Cooperation Proces [...] |
2006-12-04 13:43:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON ETRD EUN PREL BK BU GR HR MD MI |
| 06EFTOATHENS1738 | SOUTHERN CORRIDOR ENERGY OFFICERS' CONFERENCE, [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified. Please treat accordingly. 2.(SBU) This is an update to the Energy Conference to be held in Athens on July 14, 2006. All Energy Officers, Economic Counselors and other appropriate officers from addressee posts who plan to attend should e-mail K [...] |
2006-07-06 14:23:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ENRG EPET GR |
| 06EFTOATHENS2950 | GREECE'S EFFORTS IN IPR PROTECTION; EARLY SPECIAL [...] (U) Summary: Since the receipt of the USG's Special 301 action plan for Greece in April 2006, the GoG has made a bona fide effort to improve its overall IPR protection stance. There has been positive, concrete, action on aspects of the action plan, including noteworthy first steps with the J [...] |
2006-11-09 12:30:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON GR KIPR |
| 06HELSINKI1003 | FINLAND: DAS BRYZA'S MEETING WITH FM TUOMIOJA AND [...] (C) Summary: In Helsinki Sept. 27, DAS Bryza encouraged the Finnish Presidency to implement its plan for helping the EU and Turkey move forward on Cyprus, and stressed that all US efforts on this issue aim to support the Finnish EU Presidency's own initiative. Finnish FM Tuomioja welcomed the [...] |
2006-10-02 11:25:00 | Embassy Helsinki | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EUN FI CY GR TU |
| 06ISTANBUL1711 | PM ERDOGAN ADDRESS TO WESTERN THRACE TURKS [...] (C) Summary: PM Erdogan, speaking to Western Thrace Turk minority members at a conference in Istanbul, urged EU member Greece to respect the rights of his "brothers and sisters" in Western Thrace. He stated publicly that efforts by the Government of Greece (GOG) to resolve problems facing th [...] |
2006-09-21 07:24:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL TU GR |
| 06ISTANBUL1865 | LOCAL OFFICIALS, PUBLIC STAY ON MESSAGE IN EDIRNE [...] (SBU) Summary. Local officials, reporters and academics in Edirne sent a clear and consistent message during the Consul General's regional familiarization trip: concern about the PKK threat and U.S. cooperation in combating it is not reserved for Ankara and southeastern Turkey but extends to [...] |
2006-10-11 11:42:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON GR KPAO PGOV PHUM TU |
| 06ISTANBUL2091 | ECUMENICAL PATRIARCH DISAPPOINTED BY NEW [...] (C) Summary: Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew used his November 15 meeting with visiting representatives from the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) to raise a number of problems facing the Patriarchate, in particular the challenges associated with being denie [...] |
2006-11-20 11:04:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV TU GR |
| 06MANAMA75 | NEA TIP: INTERIM ASSESSMENT FOR WATCH LIST [...] No summary [...] |
2006-01-21 10:57:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG BA GR EG KHUM HUMRIT |
| 06NICOSIA113 | VAROSHA - THE ETERNAL BARGAINING CHIP [...] (SBU) Turkey's recent proposal to link the opening of ports in northern Cyprus to the implementation of the Ankara Protocol has already been rejected outright by the GOC. The Greek Cypriots have made clear their preference to discuss the return of Varosha in exchange for limited Turkish Cyprio [...] |
2006-01-27 15:43:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL GR TU CY |
| 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 |
| 06NICOSIA1835 | PRESIDENT'S DIKO PARTY COMPLETES FACELIFT [...] (C) SUMMARY: On October 22, Armenian-Cypriot Marios Karoyian became the leader of the centrist, ruling Democratic Party (DIKO), handily defeating DIKO Deputy Leader Nicos Cleanthous. At the party's helm Karoyian replaces RoC President Tassos Papadopoulos, who stepped down two weeks earlier [...] |
2006-10-25 15:47:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL CY GR |
| 06NICOSIA1883 | JOURNALISTIC LICENSE, POLITICAL AMBITIONS BEHIND [...] (C) SUMMARY: Nicosia awoke October 22 to "news" the Turkish Army twenty years ago employed Greek Cypriot (G/C) and Greek detainees as "guinea pigs" at weapons production facilities outside Ankara. According to preliminary accounts in leading daily "Philelefteros," the alleged victims, priso [...] |
2006-11-03 14:34:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM MOPS CY GR TU |
| 06NICOSIA197 | GOC OFFERS TO HOST MEETING OF SENIOR DANISH [...] (C) Danish Ambassador Svend Waever told Ambassador Schlicher on February 10 that the President's Diplomatic Advisor, Tasos Tzionis, had just called him with an offer to host a meeting on Cyprus between senior officials from Copenhagen and their counterparts from Damascus and Beirut to discuss [...] |
2006-02-13 07:50:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PGOV KISL DA LE SY GR CY |
| 06NICOSIA2055 | NEW ARCHBISHOP: WITH THRONE SECURED, MORE TOLERANT? [...] (C) SUMMARY: In his December 20 courtesy call on new Church of Cyprus Archbishop Chrysostomos II, the Ambassador was pleased to see the hard-line leader adopting a softer stance. Particularly noteworthy was the Archbishop's pledge to roll out the red carpet for his Turkish Cypriot counterpart [...] |
2006-12-21 11:54:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM CY GR |
| 06NICOSIA235 | GREEK CYPRIOTS OFFER DORA BAKOYIANNI A LUKEWARM [...] (C) Summary: The Greek Cypriot reaction -- both official and unofficial -- to the appointment of Dora Bakoyianni as Greek Foreign Minister was noticeably cool and reserved. Bakoyianni has the reputation here for being both pro-American and soft on the Cyprus issue. Only the right-wing, pro- [...] |
2006-02-17 10:00:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL CY GR |
| 06PANAMA1719 | PANAMA TO CONSIDER TORRES STRAIT DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...] |
2006-09-06 17:06:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA AS BF BR CH CY EWWT GR JA LI NO PBTS |
| 06PRISTINA283 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO DAS ROSEMARY DICARLO [...] US Office Pristina welcomes and grants country clearance to EUR DAS Rosemary A. DiCarlo and Kosovo Desk Officer Joshua Black to visit Pristina April 6 - April 8, 2006. The purpose of the visit is to attend Contact Group meetings. Control officer will be Deputy Econ/Pol Chief David Whiddon, wh [...] |
2006-03-30 08:48:00 | Embassy Pristina | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA ASEC AMGT PREL UK AU GR YI |
| 06PRISTINA286 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO AMBASSADOR FRANK WISNER [...] US Office Pristina welcomes and grants country clearance to Ambassador Frank G. Wisner, Special Representative of the Secretary of State to the Kosovo Status Talks, and his assistant, Stephen J. Gee, to visit Pristina April 14 - April 16, 2006. The purpose of the visit is for consultations o [...] |
2006-03-31 07:51:00 | Embassy Pristina | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC OTRA AU GR SE AL NATO EU |
| 06PRISTINA612 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO AMBASSADOR FRANK WISNER AND [...] US Office Pristina welcomes and grants country clearance to Ambassador Frank G. Wisner, Special Representative of the Secretary of State to the Kosovo Status Talks, and Political Officer, Stephen J. Gee to visit Pristina July 26 - July 28, 2006. The purpose of the visit is for consultations [...] |
2006-07-21 12:08:00 | Embassy Pristina | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC OTRA AU GR SE AL NATO EU |
| 06ROME1667 | EDISON ITALIA OUTLINES THE WAY FORWARD FOR [...] (SBU) Summary. A/EcMin met May 25 with Roberto Poti, Edison Italia's Vice President for Corporate Development, to discuss Edison's investment in the Turkey-Greece-Italy Interconnector pipeline designed to ship Azeri natural gas to Europe. Edison has partnered with DEPA, Greece's state-owned [...] |
2006-06-06 05:10:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG EPET AZ TU GR AL IT |
| 06ROME2698 | Edison Optimistic on Prospects of Turkey-Greece-Italy [...] In a meeting with A/Ecmin and ConGen Milan representatives, Roberto Poti, Vice President for Business Development of Edison, Italy's second largest energy company, expressed confidence that the natural gas pipeline connecting Greece and Italy will be completed by 2010. Obstacles remaining inc [...] |
2006-09-25 15:36:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EPET ENRG ETRD AJ AL RS TU GR IR IT |
| 06ROME2699 | TURKEY-GREECE-ITALY PIPELINE - EDISON DISCUSSIONS [...] Roberto Poti, Edison Vice President for Business Development, called EconCounselor September 18 to relate details of his September 11 meeting with Turkish Energy Minister Hilmi Guler regarding the Turkey-Greece-Italy (TGI) pipeline construction. 2. Poti described the meeting as "very posit [...] |
2006-09-25 15:45:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EPET ENRG ETRD AJ AL RS TU GR IR IT |
| 06ROME435 | AVIAN INFLUENZA: FAO UPDATE ON ITALY, IRAQ, [...] Based on communications today between USMISSION UN Rome staff and Dr. Juan Lubroth, FAO Senior Veterinary Officer, FAO will conduct a press conference on February 14 at 10:30 a.m. The message that will be relayed will include the following: 2. On the Government of Italy's efforts: -- FAO [...] |
2006-02-13 15:42:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | KFLU EAGR EAID CASC SENV SOCI TBIO NI IT GR BU UP AM AJ GG FAO WHO IQ AVIAN INFLUENZA |
| 06ROME464 | AVIAN INFLUENZA: FAO PRESS CONFERENCE PROVIDES [...] On February 14, FAO held a press conference to provide a global update on Avian Influenza. Areas highlighted were Nigeria, Azerbaijan, Iraq, Europe in general (with a primary focus on Italy), and future preparations for Latin America/Caribbean. Samuel Jutzi, Director of FAO's Animal Product [...] |
2006-02-15 16:29:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | KFLU EAGR EAID CASC SENV SOCI TBIO NI IT GR BU UP AM AJ GG FAO WHO IQ AVIAN INFLUENZA |
| 06SOFIA1481 | BULGARIA FAVORS RUSSIAN BID TO BUILD BELENE NPP [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a meeting with the Ambassador Oct. 19, Energy/Economy Minister Rumen Ovcharov confirmed press reports that Bulgaria has decided in favor of the Russian/European consortium for construction of a new nuclear plant at Belene. Ovcharov acknowledged a link between the Belene decis [...] |
2006-10-24 12:18:00 | Embassy Sofia | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ECON EPET PREL RU GR BU |
| 06SOFIA737 | GREECE AND BULGARIA TO TRAIN IRAQI SECURITY FORCES [...] (C) The GOB is finalizing a plan with Greece to train approximately 30 Iraqi security personnel in Bulgaria this summer. Yordan Bozhilov, MOD Director for International Cooperation, told Poloff May 23 that the two-week training course will be held at the Bulgarian military academy in Veliko T [...] |
2006-05-25 14:22:00 | Embassy Sofia | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR NATO PREL GR IZ BU |
| 06STATE202497 | IDENTIFICATION OF GOVERNMENT MEASURES THAT [...] (SBU) IN RECOGNITION OF THE STRATEGIC IMPORTANCE OF THE NORTH AMERICAN STEEL INDUSTRY, THE THREE NAFTA GOVERNMENTS AGREED IN 2005 TO PURSUE A NORTH AMERICAN STEEL STRATEGY TO PROMOTE GROWTH, COMPETITIVENESS, AND PROSPERITY. THE STRATEGY IS A "SIGNATURE ISSUE" UNDER THE NORTH AMERICAN SECURITY [...] |
2006-12-22 19:33:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD OTRA FR GR IT JA KS EUN |
| 06THEHAGUE239 | NETHERLANDS/TURKEY/CYPRUS: DUTCH CONSIDER ENGAGING [...] (C) Summary: MFA working level contacts responded positively to ref A demarche on February 2, and support the concept of using the Turkish proposal to restart final settlement talks. Obstacles within the EU, however, including perceived reluctance of the Austrian presidency, the ability of th [...] |
2006-02-03 16:24:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL CY GR TU NL |
| 06THEHAGUE606 | DUTCH CABINET APPROVES SEMI-ANNUAL BILATS WITH [...] (SBU) The Dutch Council of Ministers (cabinet) on March 17 approved the establishment of semi-annual bilateral consultations with the Turkish government. The Dutch plan a working group dedicated specifically to EU issues, including the accession process. Additional working groups will discus [...] |
2006-03-21 14:33:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EUN CY GR TU NL |
| 06TIRANA662 | EXHUMATION OF WW II SOLDIERS SPOTLIGHTS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Recent exhumations of Greek soldiers killed in Albania during WW II and the construction of mausoleums here for their re-interrment have sparked considerable controversy and reportedly the cancellation of the Greek Defense Minister's visit to Albania. The exhumations generated co [...] |
2006-06-21 06:33:00 | Embassy Tirana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR AL GR |
| 06TIRANA696 | CHAM PROTESTS MARK 62ND ANNIVERSARY OF LEAVING [...] (SBU) Several hundred Chams gathered at a rally in Saranda on June 23 to mark the 62nd anniversary of the Chams' expulsion from Greece to Albania. The rally was organized by the "Chameria" association and the Cham-founded Party for Democracy and Integration (PDI). The following day, proteste [...] |
2006-07-05 16:34:00 | Embassy Tirana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL PHUM PGOV AL GR |
| 06TOKYO6870 | REQUEST FOR COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CAROL REYNOLDS [...] (SBU) Embassy Tokyo requests country clearance for Carol Reynolds, Political Section Deputy, to attend a regional conference in Athens, Greece from December 10-12, 2006. 2. (SBU) Itinerary is as follows: Saturday, Dec. 9: 1315 Depart Tokyo via Lufthansa LH 715 1745 Arrive Munich 1 [...] |
2006-12-06 08:02:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA GR JA |
| 06USUNNEWYORK1758 | GAMBARI BRIEFS UNSC: COUNCIL SILENCE BROKEN ON [...] (SBU) Summary: On August 29, following a briefing by Under-Secretary General for Political Affairs Ibrahim Gambari, Security Council members -- in a small, but welcome step forward -- agreed to a press statement that broke the Council's silence on the Cyprus issue for the first time since the [...] |
2006-09-07 20:58:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV CY GR TU |
| 06USUNNEWYORK1856 | A/S FRIED'S 9/20 MEETING WITH TURKISH PM CHIEF [...] (U) EUR A/S Daniel Fried and NSC Director Judy Ansley met with Ambassador/Chief Advisor to the Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu September 21 for 90 minutes on the margins of the UNGA general debate in New York. Following recounts the meeting's substance by theme. PKK ------ 2. (C) [...] |
2006-09-25 17:43:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | GR PREL PTER TU UNGA |
| 06USUNNEWYORK638 | GREECE: HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL CANDIDACY [...] Mission received a note from the Permanent Mission of Greece to the United Nations requesting USG support for its candidature to the Human Rights Council. The elections will be held in New York in May 2006. 2. Mission will respond that careful consideration will be given by the United St [...] |
2006-03-29 20:50:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC GR PHUM UN |
| 07ANKARA1121 | SOUTHERN CORRIDOR: MOVING ON TRANSIT AGREEMENT [...] (C) Summary. In a May 9 meeting, Energy Minister Hilmi Guler agreed with Ambassador that setting a legal framework for transiting Shah Deniz production is the next step in developing Caspian gas exports to Europe via the soon to be completed Turkey-Greece Interconnector (TGI) and the Nabucco [...] |
2007-05-11 09:11:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG BEXP GR AJ TU |
| 07ANKARA142 | TURKEY: POL-MIL ROUND-UP, December 2006 [...] Turkey's National Security Council (NSC) held its bi-monthly meeting on December 28. Internal developments affecting Turkey's national security and the PKK terrorist organization topped the agenda. Recent developments in Iraq and the Iraq Study Group's report were discussed and Turkey's relat [...] |
2007-01-24 15:44:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS MARR PREL AJ KG GR YI TS PK IS TU |
| 07ANKARA1531 | ACTION REQUEST: U.S. DEFENSE ARTICLES IN CYPRUS [...] (U) Action Request. See Para 5. 2. (C) During a June 14 meeting with EUR DAS Matt Bryza on broader Cyprus issues (reported septel), MFA Deputy Under Secretary for Northeast Mediterranean and Americas Haydar SIPDIS Berk reiterated GOT concerns about perceived USG non-enforcement of the A [...] |
2007-06-15 12:33:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL CY GR TU |
| 07ANKARA1620 | TURKEY: POL-MIL ROUND-UP, May 2007 [...] The 8th International Defense Industry Fair (IDEF - the biennial Turkish defense fair) was held on May 22-25 in Ankara. 494 companies (333 foreign and 161 Turkish firms) from 48 countries participated in the fair, including 42 American companies. Many high level officials from different count [...] |
2007-06-25 13:11:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS MARR PREL GG MK BK AF GR EG AJ QA BA SA LE |
| 07ANKARA1626 | SECTION 505 AGREEMENT AND EXCHANGE OF DIPLOMATIC [...] (SBU) Post sent a diplomatic note to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) on June 18 enumerating the revised section 505 conditions (reftel) under which the Government of Turkey will handle articles and services from the US for the purpose of peacekeeping operations within the South Eastern E [...] |
2007-06-25 14:37:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | GR IT TU KPKO KTIA MARR MASS PGOV PREL |
| 07ANKARA1685 | TURKEY'S BSEC BILATERALS: ARMENIA, GREECE, GEORGIA [...] (C) SUMMARY. Turkey held 38 bilaterals on the margins of the 15th Black Sea Economic Cooperation Commission (BSEC) June 25 summit (SEPTEL) in Istanbul. Key among those were FM Gul's meeting with Armenian Foreign Minister Oskanian and PM Erdogan's meetings with Greek PM Karamanlis, and Georgi [...] |
2007-06-29 14:25:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM GG GR TU |
| 07ANKARA1739 | DEPARTMENT RESPONSE TO GOT REGARDING US DFENSE [...] (C) Ambassador delivered reftel points regarding US defense articles in Cyprus to MFA Deputy U/S Haydar Berk on July 6. Ambassador emphasized our desire to be transparent, noted previous discussions with the Turkish General Staff on the problem of Greek-supplied US defense articles in Cyprus [...] |
2007-07-09 08:01:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL CY GR TU |
| 07ANKARA1812 | TURKEY: POL-MIL ROUND-UP, June 2007 [...] The joint air force Anatolian Eagle Exercise-2007/2 (second exercise of the year) took place in Konya June 11-22. United States, Britain, Pakistan, Jordan and NATO attended the exercise. The first Anatolian Eagle Exercise was held in 2001. Government-Military Focus on Terrorism ------------ [...] |
2007-07-17 07:58:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS MARR PREL CH RO UK KS RS GM GR TU |
| 07ANKARA2049 | TURKEY: POL-MIL ROUND-UP, July 2007 [...] The Silk Road-2007 Flag Officers Seminar (the 8th annual seminar) was held on July 2-6 in Antalya. Defense ministers and army chiefs from NATO, Partnership for Peace, Mediterranean Dialogue and Istanbul Cooperation Initiative countries participated in the seminar. In the keynote address, Chie [...] |
2007-08-10 14:45:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS MARR PREL UP GR TU |
| 07ANKARA2968 | TURKEY: POL-MIL ROUND-UP: October & November 2007 [...] In the keynote speech delivered at the opening of the Turkish War Academies on Oct. 1, CHOD GEN Yasar Buyukanit underlined the theme that no power can divide Turkey, change its secular structure, or shake the Turkish nation's confidence in its military. Emphasizing the importance of the fight [...] |
2007-12-14 15:13:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS MARR PREL YI CI AJ IZ GR KS IT UK IS CY PL |
| 07ANKARA379 | TURKEY: POL-MIL ROUND-UP, January 2007 [...] The Turkish Parliament ratified on January 24 the Bilateral Agreement on Cooperation to Facilitate the Provision of Assistance for Nonproliferation Purposes (EXBS), which was originally signed on June 14, 2005. The agreement, which was ratified despite the objection of the CHP (Republican Peop [...] |
2007-02-22 10:10:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS MARR PREL LE GR UP IS AJ TU |
| 07ANKARA438 | CFE FLANK ENTITLEMENTS: TURKEY REVIEWING THE MOU [...] (C) Turkish MFA Deputy Director General for Arms Control and Disarmament Ahmet Muhtar Gun told us February 23 that the ministry's legal office is reviewing U.S. comments on the draft MOU for Turkey's transfer of flank entitlements to the U.S. Gun said he is arguing for the more flexible, poli [...] |
2007-02-28 08:23:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL KCFE NATO NO GR TU |
| 07ANKARA480 | TURKEY: GREEK MEASURES TO STRENGTHEN RIGHTS OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: Turkey believes Greece's efforts to address the concerns of the ethnic Turkish minority population of Western Thrace fall short. While noting that the GOG had made a start, MFA officials indicate they await final Greek action on the proposed legislation and other details before [...] |
2007-03-02 18:18:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM GR TU |
| 07ANKARA495 | TURKEY CRITICAL OF FRENCH DEFENSE AGREEMENT WITH [...] No summary [...] |
2007-03-05 16:03:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS GR TU |
| 07ANKARA514 | CFE FLANK ENTITLEMENTS: CROSS-GROUP STATIONING [...] No summary [...] |
2007-03-07 11:33:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL KCFE NATO GR NO UK CA RO BU TU |
| 07ANKARA515 | CFE FLANK ENTITLEMENTS: TURKS WILLING TO WORK ON [...] (C) In the absence of MFA Arms Control Deputy Director General Ahmet Muhtar Gun, we pressed Department Head Serhan Yigit on March 7 for Turkish reaction to our comments on the draft MOU for the transfer of 35 tank and 20 ACV entitlements, explaining our desire to complete notification of the [...] |
2007-03-07 11:36:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL KCFE NATO GR NO TU |
| 07ANKARA598 | TURKEY/GREECE/NATO: NOBLE ARCHER CANCELLATION AND [...] (C) We understand the commander of the NATO Air Component Command in Izmir cancelled NATO involvement in the February 27 Noble Archer exercise in the Aegean after Greek authorities posted a NOTAM that included the island of Limnos, whose demilitarized status is in dispute. MFA Deputy Directo [...] |
2007-03-15 15:56:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS NATO GR TU |
| 07ANKARA76 | TURKEY/GREECE: DUST UP OVER IMIA/KARDAK ISLET AND [...] (C) Summary: The Turkish military is downplaying a series of confrontations between Turkish Coast Guard vessels and Greek fishermen near the disputed islet of Imia/Kardak, as well as reports of air intercepts over the Aegean since mid-December. The MFA described the December encounters aroun [...] |
2007-01-17 05:49:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR TU GR |
| 07ANKARA891 | TURKEY: NSC SECGEN ON TURKISH HEZBOLLAH AND CYPRUS [...] (C) During an April 13 meeting to discuss CHOD Buyukanit's April 12 press conference (reftel) and the April 10 NSC meeting, outgoing NSC SecGen Yigit Alpogan advised Ambassador that Turkish Hezbollah could overtake PKK as the most serious security threat to Turkey and expressed pessimism about [...] |
2007-04-16 13:36:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER TU GR CY |
| 07ATHENS1009 | GREECE PARTICIPATING IN OSCE COUNTERTERRORISM [...] No summary [...] |
2007-05-18 08:11:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PTER ABUD AFIN GR |
| 07ATHENS1021 | GREECE REQUESTS U.S. INTERVENTION IN JERUSALEM [...] (U) This is an action request for Department. See paragraph 8. 2. (C) SUMMARY: On May 18, MFA Secretary General Charalambos Rocanas requested U.S. assistance in defusing the leadership crisis in the Jerusalem Patriarchate of the Greek Orthodox Church following the May 12 decision of the Jo [...] |
2007-05-21 04:59:00 | Embassy Athens | SECRET | PHUM KRIF PREL GR |
| 07ATHENS1022 | GREECE REQUESTS U.S. INTERVENTION IN JERUSALEM [...] (U) This is an action request for Department. See paragraph 8. 2. (C) SUMMARY: On May 18, MFA Secretary General Charalambos Rocanas requested U.S. assistance in defusing the leadership crisis in the Jerusalem Patriarchate of the Greek Orthodox Church following the May 12 decision of the Jo [...] |
2007-05-21 04:59:00 | Embassy Athens | SECRET | GR KIRF PHUM PREL |
| 07ATHENS1030 | GLOBAL INITIATIVE: INFORMED GREEKS OF ASTANA [...] No summary [...] |
2007-05-21 12:47:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL PTER GR |
| 07ATHENS1036 | GREECE: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON PROPOSED ARMS TRADE [...] (SBU) On May 18, Poloff delivered reftel demarche on the Proposed Arms Trade Treaty to Ambassador Alexandros Rallis of the D1 Directorate for the United Nations and International Organizations at the MFA. On May 21, Poloff met with Rallis and with his assistant Dionyssios Kyvetos who handles [...] |
2007-05-22 04:37:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC KOMC UNDC PARM GR |
| 07ATHENS1039 | GREECE: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON KOSOVO UNSC ACTION [...] (C) SUMMARY. On May 14, Charge delivered reftel demarche on Kosovo UNSC action to Constantine Bitsios, Prime Minister's diplomatic advisor, and on May 16 to Ambassador Fotis Xydas, MFA Director of the D1 Directorate for the United Nations and International Organisations. Bitsios sought furth [...] |
2007-05-22 07:44:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV GR RU |
| 07ATHENS1058 | CYPRUS ARMS: LETTERS EXCHANGED [...] (U) This is action request for Department. See paragraph 4. 2. (C) On May 21, Ambassador received from MFA Secretary General Ambassador Charalambos Rocanas a letter outlining the Greek plan to resolve the issue of the illegal transfer of U.S.-origin equipment to Cyprus in violation of Sec [...] |
2007-05-23 05:50:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | CY GR MARR PARM PGOV PREL TU NATO |
| 07ATHENS1059 | CYPRUS ARMS: LETTERS EXCHANGED [...] (U) This is action request for Department. See paragraph 4. 2. (C) On May 21, Ambassador received from MFA Secretary General Ambassador Charalambos Rocanas a letter outlining the Greek plan to resolve the issue of the illegal transfer of U.S.-origin equipment to Cyprus in violation of Sec [...] |
2007-05-23 05:50:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | CY GR MARR MAS PARM PGOV PREL TU NATO |
| 07ATHENS1063 | GREEKS TO ATTEND OSCE COUNTERTERRORISM CONFERENCE [...] (U) On May 16, Russian Ambassador Andrey Vdovin delivered reftel joint demarche on the May 31-June OSCE Counterterrorism Conference to MFA Secretary General Charalambos Rocanas. As agreed with the Russians, A/Polcouns followed up on May 22 with Dionyssios Kivetos, terrorism and proliferation [...] |
2007-05-23 12:11:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL OSCE PTER ABUD AFIN RS GR |
| 07ATHENS1064 | GREEK ATTENDANCE AT SEMINAR ON UNSCR 1737 AND 1747 [...] (U) On May 22, A/Polcouns met with proliferation expert Dionyssios Kivetos of the MFA D1 Directorate for International Organizations to discuss reftel invitation to the open-ended seminar on UNSCR 1737 and 1747 implementation. Kivetos said no one from the MFA would be able to attend due to pr [...] |
2007-05-23 12:49:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED | GR IR KNNP MNUC |
| 07ATHENS1066 | UNSCR 1747: GREEKS CONCUR ON BROAD DEFINITION OF [...] (U) On May 22, A/Polcouns discussed reftel demarche issues with non-proliferation expert Dionyssios Kivetos of the MFA D1 Directorate for International Organizations. Kivetos said the Government of Greece fully agreed with the broad definition of "arms and related materiel" advocated by the U [...] |
2007-05-23 13:14:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC PARM PREL UNSC IR GR |
| 07ATHENS1075 | GREECE: CUBA COUNTRY REVIEW FOR TITLE III [...] (C) According to Expert Minister Counselor Vassilios Konstantineas at the MFA Department for Latin America and the Caribbean, the GoG did not keep a list of Greek investors in Cuba or of Cuban investors in Greece. 2. (C) Konstantineas confirmed to Embassy on May 18 that Greece and Cuba had [...] |
2007-05-23 14:48:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD ETTC GR PREL |
| 07ATHENS1076 | CLUSTER MUNITIONS: GREECE EYE-TO-EYE WITH U.S. [...] (U) On May 22, A/Polcouns delivered ref a demarche on cluster munitions to Counselor Dionyssios Kivetos of the MFA D1 Directorate for International Organizations. As Kivetos indicated in past conversations on the subject (ref e), Greece shared the view of the United States regarding the issue [...] |
2007-05-23 15:09:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED | MOPS NATO PARM PREL GR |
| 07ATHENS1087 | GREEK VIEWS ON BEST APPROACH TO SYRIA [...] (C) On May 24, A/Polcouns delivered ref a demarche on Syria's sham presidential referendum to Deputy Director of the Greek MFA A-6 Division for Middle East Affairs Giorgos Ayfantis. Ayfantis promised to inform his superiors of the U.S. position, though he said Greece took another view of the [...] |
2007-05-24 15:00:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | EUN GR KDEM PGOV PHUM PREL SY |
| 07ATHENS110 | TRUST BUT VERIFY: GREEK CHOD CONFIRMS CYPRUS ARMS [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a January 18 meeting with the Ambassador, Greek Chief of Defense (CHOD) Admiral Panagiotis Chinofotis laid out the GoG's plan for dealing with the Cyprus arms issue in line with U.S. legal requirements, consented to an American inspection team, and promised to consult with the [...] |
2007-01-18 15:40:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MASS NATO PREL PGOV GR |
| 07ATHENS111 | GREEK CHOD ON AFGHANISTAN, EMBASSY ATTACK [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a January 18 meeting with the Ambassador to discuss the Cyprus Arms issue (reported septel), Greek Chief of Defense (CHOD) Admiral Panagiotis Chinofotis also previewed Greece's plans for contributing to NATO efforts in Afghanistan, his view on the recent RPG attack against the [...] |
2007-01-18 15:56:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MASS NATO PREL PGOV GR |
| 07ATHENS1115 | GREECE TO SUBMIT UNSCR 1747 REPORT SOON [...] (U) A/Polcouns delivered ref a demarche on the overdue 60-day report on UNSCR 1747 to Counselor Dionyssios Kyvetos of the MFA D1 Directorate for International Organizations. Kyvetos told A/Polcouns on May 22 that he intended to submit Greece's report before the deadline (ref b). He was delayed [...] |
2007-05-30 11:03:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC EFIN ETRD IR KNNP TRGY UNSC GR |
| 07ATHENS1131 | MACEDONIA'S PATH TO NATO: GREECE AND THE NAME ISSUE [...] No summary [...] |
2007-05-31 14:30:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | GR MARR NATO PREL |
| 07ATHENS1145 | GREECE PREPARED TO DISCUSS RUSSIA/CFE AT HLTF JUNE [...] (C) On June 1, A/Polcouns delivered reftel points on Russia and the CFE Treaty to MFA D2 NATO Directorate Deputy Director Chronis Polychroniou. While Greek positions on CFE and Russia have in the past tracked closely with U.S. positions, Polychroniou could not provide an immediate response to [...] |
2007-06-04 09:32:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | GR KCFE NATO PARM PREL |
| 07ATHENS1177 | CFE: GREECE EAGER TO KEEP TREATY ALIVE [...] (C) On June 6, DepPolcouns delivered non-paper on U.S. thinking on a final document for the Extraordinary CFE Conference (refs a, b) to Chronis Polychroniou, deputy chief of the MFA D2 Directorate for NATO Policy and Greek HLTF representative. Polychroniou -- who was departing shortly for Bru [...] |
2007-06-06 12:11:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PARM PREL KCFE GR |
| 07ATHENS123 | FOREIGN MINISTRY ON GREEK AID TO IRAN, LEBANON, [...] (C) Summary: EconCouns met January 17th with George Pandremenos, Diplomatic Director, Office of Deputy Foreign Minister Stylianides, to discuss reftels. Regarding the Paris donors' conference for Lebanon (Reftel A), Pandremenos stated that Foreign Minister Bakoyiannis and General Secretary of [...] |
2007-01-19 14:16:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV ECON EAID EXIM UNSC OECD GR IR LE |
| 07ATHENS1249 | AMCITS IN IRAN: GREEKS SUPPORT EU APPROACH [...] (SBU) On June 12, DepPolcouns delivered reftel demarche on the treatment of Amcits in Iran to MFA A6 Directorate for Arab and Middle East Countries First Counsellor Ioannis Pediotis. Pediotis promised to look into the possibility of Greece's making an approach to the Iranians. 2. (SBU) On [...] |
2007-06-18 14:07:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KDEM IR PHUM EUN GR |
| 07ATHENS1261 | ATHENS MARSHALL PLAN EVENT BRINGS BACK POSITIVE MEMORIES, [...] On June 11, 2007, U.S. Embassy Athens hosted a gala reception in honor of the 60th Anniversary of the Marshall Plan at the residence of U.S. Ambassador Charles P. Ries. Over 300 guests came to celebrate the Marshall Plan and its contributions to rebuilding Greece after World War II and the G [...] |
2007-06-19 10:19:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO KMDR PREL OIIP OPRC GR |
| 07ATHENS1262 | GREECE ENDS M.A.S.H. MISSION IN AFGHANISTAN [...] (C) At the end of May, Greece withdrew its unit of approximately 50 medical personnel serving in Afghanistan. According to Ambassador Ioannis Bourlogiannis, diplomatic advisor to the Minister of Defense, the unit was withdrawn following the end of its mandate and was replaced by a Czech medica [...] |
2007-06-19 14:40:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | GR MARR MOPS NATO PGOV PREL PTER |
| 07ATHENS1314 | U/S BURNS REVIEWS INTERNATIONAL AND DOMESTIC [...] (C) SUMMARY: On June 11, U/S Burns reviewed security issues in both the region and within NATO with Minister of Defense Meimarakis and CHOD Chinofotis. Burns pressed the MOD and CHOD to increase Greece's contribution to Alliance efforts in Afghanistan, which both officials contended was dif [...] |
2007-06-27 15:14:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR GR |
| 07ATHENS1315 | U/S BURNS' JUNE 10 MEETING WITH FM BAKOYANNIS [...] (C) SUMMARY: In her June 10 meeting with U/S Burns, FM Bakoyannis focused on stability in the Balkans -- particularly G-8 discussion of Kosovo final status and GOG concerns regarding Macedonia's NATO entry. She favored additional negotiating time on Kosovo, adding that Greece sought both a [...] |
2007-06-27 15:22:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV GR OVIP |
| 07ATHENS1316 | U/S BURNS' JUNE 11 MEETING WITH PM KARAMANLIS: [...] (C) SUMMARY: In his June 11 meeting with U/S Burns, PM Karamanlis was calm about the latest state-of-play on Kosovo final status. However, the normally relaxed Karamanlis was clearly feeling the domestic political heat over Macedonia's NATO entry. Burns promised that the USG would work wit [...] |
2007-06-27 15:28:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | GR OVIP PGOV PREL |
| 07ATHENS1333 | GREEK POLL: ND VICTORY BUT SMALLER MAJORITY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A recent opinion poll by authoritative MRB Hellas predicts electoral victory for the incumbent New Democracy (ND) party but with a reduced parliamentary majority. According to the poll, Greek voters continue to show qualified confidence in the governing party and find PM Karama [...] |
2007-06-29 09:36:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL GR |
| 07ATHENS1342 | GREECE: FOREST FIRES, BRUTAL HEATWAVE TAKE TOLL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: An eight-day heat wave and onslaught of rural fires destroyed the old-growth Mt. Parnitha National Forest in Attica, as well as other swaths of precious forest resources throughout Greece. In the face of at least nine deaths, critics have called the government "confused" and "s [...] |
2007-07-02 04:32:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL SOCI GR |
| 07ATHENS1361 | GREECE: BSEC DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (SBU) On July 2, DepPolCouns, Econoff, and Poloff delivered BSEC environmental symposium demarche points to MFA B2 Directorate for Economic and Commercial Affairs Deputy Director Ioannis Metaxas. Metaxas responded that high-level officials from the Ministry of the Environment and the Minist [...] |
2007-07-03 13:53:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV PREL KCRM GR |
| 07ATHENS1363 | SEEKING REGIONAL SUPPORT TO STOP FLOW OF FOREIGN [...] (S) On July 3, PolCouns delivered reftel demarche to MFA Secretary General Rocanas. Rocanas noted that the GOG shared SIPDIS U.S. concerns regarding foreign fighters joining the Iraq insurgency; he planned to consult with MFA experts and within the EU before responding in more detail. On [...] |
2007-07-03 15:21:00 | Embassy Athens | SECRET | PREL PGOV GR |
| 07ATHENS1369 | U/S BURNS' JUNE 11 MEETING WITH GREEK OPPOSITION [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a June 11 meeting with U/S Burns, opposition PASOK leader (and former Foreign Minister) George Papandreou suggested that Kosovo's transition from supervised to full independence should take effect once it became an EU member. That would cement the EU's commitment to the regi [...] |
2007-07-05 14:19:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV GR |
| 07ATHENS1383 | GREECE: ND CONGRESS KEEPS 'EM GUESSING ON ELECTIONS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A carefully orchestrated seventh New Democracy party congress ended Sunday without setting a date for the next elections, though some pundits hinted no later than November. PM Karamanlis defended his administration's record and promised to stick to the path of government reform [...] |
2007-07-09 13:39:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL GR |
| 07ATHENS1384 | GREECE: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON U.S DISAPPOINTMENT [...] No summary [...] |
2007-07-09 14:09:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM EUN UNHCR GR |
| 07ATHENS1385 | GREECE: RESPONSE TO CUBA AND INTERNET FREEDOM [...] No summary [...] |
2007-07-09 14:34:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED | EINT PREL ECON TINT CU GR |
| 07ATHENS1386 | GREECE: DEMARCH DELIVERED ON AMBASSADOR WILLIAM [...] No summary [...] |
2007-07-09 14:35:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC EUN PREF PREL SMIG GR |
| 07ATHENS1389 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR ISN/RA OFFICER JODY DANIEL [...] Embassy warmly welcomes and grants country clearance for the visit of Jody Daniel, to travel to Athens, Greece, July 26 to Aug. 1, 2007, to participate in the UCLA Middle East Regional Security and Cooperation Meeting and the UCSD Institute on Global Cooperation and Conflict Military Track 2 [...] |
2007-07-10 12:09:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL KNNP GR |
| 07ATHENS1399 | GREEK AMBASSADOR SLATED FOR RECALL OVER FT REMARKS [...] (U) Greek media has given predictably overheated coverage to statements by Greek Ambassador to Skopje Dora Grosomanidou in July 5's Financial Times. In the FT article, Grosomanidou is quoted as saying that "Formally, there is no problem for Skopje to become a member of NATO or the EU under [...] |
2007-07-10 15:49:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV GR |
| 07ATHENS1416 | GREECE SCORES VICTORY AGAINST INTERNATIONAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On July 8, Greek anti-trafficking police carried out simultaneous raids on 34 different locations in Athens, arresting 11 suspected members of an international trafficking ring and another 62 persons accused of facilitating vice and prostitution. Three women (out of 45 detaine [...] |
2007-07-13 08:13:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KHUM KWMN KCRM SMIG GR |
| 07ATHENS1422 | GLOBAL INITIATIVE: GREEKS UNABLE TO ATTEND AUGUST [...] (SBU) On July 2, DepPolCouns delivered reftel information sheet on the August 26-29 meeting in Germany on establishing a web-based information portal for the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism to MFA D1 Directorate for International Organizations First Counselor Dionyssios Kyvetos. [...] |
2007-07-16 11:55:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER KGIC PREL GR |
| 07ATHENS145 | READIN', WRITIN', AND 'RASCIBILITY: POLITICAL [...] (U) Summary: On January 10, Greek Parliament began debate on an amendment of Article XVI of the Constitution which would lift state restrictions on higher education to allow recognition of independent, non-profit universities. The main opposition party, PASOK, is expected to back ruling part [...] |
2007-01-23 14:56:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV SCUL PREL GR |
| 07ATHENS1459 | GREEKS NOTIFIED ON USAFE REORGANIZATION AND [...] (S) Per reftel instructions, on July 16, Air Attache notified the International Relations Section of the A2 Branch of the Hellenic Air Force of the reduction in one position in APO staffing. COUNTRYMAN [...] |
2007-07-19 04:43:00 | Embassy Athens | SECRET | PREL MARR PARM NATO GR |
| 07ATHENS1460 | GREECE: VIEWS ON UPCOMING GAERC [...] (C) On July 18, DepPolCouns discussed reftel points on the July 23 GAERC with MFA European Correspondent Penny Douti. Responses below are keyed to major issue items: -- KOSOVO: Douti anticipated Kosovo would be discussed at lunch. Greece's position was well-known. While Greece acknowledged [...] |
2007-07-19 08:51:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | EUN ENRG ETRD ETTC KPAL PGOV PREL SOCI GR |
| 07ATHENS148 | GREEKS PREVIEW AFGHANISTAN CONTRIBUTIONS [...] No summary [...] |
2007-01-23 15:44:00 | Embassy Athens | SECRET | NATO PINS PREL MARR MOPS GR |
| 07ATHENS1486 | GREECE: SIGNED BUT NOT RATIFIED NUCLEAR TERRORISM [...] (SBU) On July 23, DepPolCouns discussed reftel issues concerning the International Convention for Suppression of Acts of Nuclear Terrorism (NTC) with MFA D1 Directorate for International Organizations Counsellor Photis Bourlogiannis. Bourlogiannis said Greece was amongst the first signatories [...] |
2007-07-25 21:17:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER KNNP MCAP PINR PINS PARM PREL GR |
| 07ATHENS1487 | GREECE URGENTLY REQUESTS U.S. ASSISTANCE IN [...] (U) On July 25, Greece formally requested U.S. assistance in its efforts to fight forest fires, which have devastated many areas of the country and are overwhelming the Greek fire service. The request was made by Foreign Minister Dora Bakoyannis to Charge D'Affaires, a.i., Tom Countryman and [...] |
2007-07-25 22:27:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED | MOPS PGOV PREL GR |
| 07ATHENS1498 | GREECE NEEDS AIRCRAFT TO FIGHT FIRES [...] (U) In a meeting with Army Attach, Secretary General for Civil Protection of the Greek Ministry of the Interior Panagiotis Fourlas expressed appreciation to the U.S. for its consideration of Greece's urgent request for assistance in fighting forest fires (reftel) and clarified that Greece's sp [...] |
2007-07-26 12:25:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED | MOPS PREL PGOV GR |
| 07ATHENS1521 | GREECE: CRETAN GOVERNOR WANTS MORE USN SHIP VISITS [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a July 19 meeting with CDA, Governor (Nomarch) Grigoris Archondakis of the Chania district of Crete (where Souda Bay Naval Support Activity (NSA) is located) said it was important to get more U.S. ship visits, not so much for the economic benefits, substantial as they may be, b [...] |
2007-07-30 08:03:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | GR MOPS PGOV PREL |
| 07ATHENS1528 | GREECE: DEMOCRACY AND HUMAN RIGHTS IN AZERBAIJAN [...] (C) Visiting Greece Desk Officer, Ilan Goodman, delivered reftel points to MFA South Caucusus Desk Officer Stella Bezirtzoglou. Bezirtzoglou thanked the U.S. for its attention to this issue, noting the GOG concurred it is a growing problem. She questioned why the Aliyev government, which she [...] |
2007-07-30 14:36:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM OSCE PHUM AJ GR |
| 07ATHENS1531 | 99TH U.S.-GREEK JOINT COMMISSION: MEETING SUMMARY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: On July 23, the 99th meeting of the U.S.-Greek Joint Commission dealing with bilateral political-military issues, particularly the relationship between Souda Bay Naval Support Activity (NSA) and the Government of Greece, was held at Souda Bay NSA on the island of Cre [...] |
2007-07-31 13:27:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR PREL GR |
| 07ATHENS1542 | GREECE UPDATED ON GLOBAL INITIATIVE NEWS [...] (SBU) On August 2, DepPolCouns/GICO informed Greek counterparts that Bulgaria, Slovenia, and Zambia had endorsed the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism (ref a). We also took the opportunity to provide to Greece its GI web portal interim log-on information (ref b). COUNTRYMAN [...] |
2007-08-02 06:29:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL PTER KGIC GR |
| 07ATHENS1557 | CONVENTION AGAINST TORTURE ELECTION: GREECE OFFERS [...] (SBU) PolOff and visiting DeskOff delivered reftel dipnote, points, and CV of Felice Gaer to MFA D1 Directorate for International Organizations Deputy Head Ambassador Alexandros Rallis. Rallis said he would forward the materials to the FM's Cabinet and to the Greek mission in Geneva with the [...] |
2007-08-03 14:18:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL UNGA GR |
| 07ATHENS1594 | GREECE IS PREPARED TO VETO MACEDONIA NATO [...] (C) SUMMARY: With elections widely expected in late September, GOG officials and undeclared political candidates are raising the bar for Macedonia's NATO entry. Distancing themselves from the 1995 Interim Accord, Greece sees the 2008 NATO decision on enlargement as powerful leverage to forc [...] |
2007-08-08 14:10:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV GR MK |
| 07ATHENS1609 | KOSOVO NEXT STEPS: GREEK RESPONSE [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Charge delivered reftel update on Kosovo to PM Karamanlis's diplomatic advisor Bitsios on August 9, stressing the need for full engagement by the parties in the weeks ahead. But preparation by the international community to act in December -- even if no agreement h [...] |
2007-08-09 15:25:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV GR |
| 07ATHENS1618 | GREECE/MACEDONIA: PM KARAMANLIS' MESSAGE [...] (C) SUMMARY In a one-on-one meeting with Charge on August 9, Constantinos Bitsios, the Deputy Diplomatic Advisor to the Prime Minister, conveyed a message from PM Karamanlis. The PM asked the U.S. to convey to Skopje its view of the United Nations-sponsored negotiations on the name issue and [...] |
2007-08-10 13:46:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV GR |
| 07ATHENS1619 | FURTHER GREEK VIEWS ON KOSOVO NEXT STEPS [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: In an August 10 introductory call on new MFA Secretary General Agathocles, Charge reviewed ref B points on Kosovo next steps. Agathocles reiterated the long-standing Greek concern regarding the legal basis for any future status decision. He also shared two ideas (w [...] |
2007-08-10 14:46:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV GR KV SR |
| 07ATHENS1621 | MINFIN BULLISH ON GOG'S PRE-ELECTION ECONOMIC [...] (C) SUMMARY: Econ Counselor and Econ deputy met with Ministry of Economy and Finance SecGen Ioannis Sidiropoulos August 9 to take his pulse on economic developments in advance of presumptive fall elections, and to see how the GOG is responding to the FATF's very critical report on Greece's p [...] |
2007-08-13 04:56:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN KTFN PGOV GR |
| 07ATHENS1639 | KARAMANLIS PREPARING FOR EARLY ELECTIONS [...] (C) Former FM Molyviatis told Charge on August 16 "with absolute certainty" that the PM had decided in favor of elections on September 16. PM Karamanlis plans to see President Papoulias on August 17; Parliament will be dissolved on August 18 to allow for the requiste campaign period. 2. [...] |
2007-08-16 12:20:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV GR |
| 07ATHENS1659 | GREECE/MACEDONIA: ND INSIDER SAYS KARAMANLIS [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Former FM Petros Molyviatis -- who remains closer to PM Karamanlis than his successor, current FM Dora Bakoyiannis, told Charge August 16 that Karmanlis recognized the diplomatic cost of vetoing Macedonia's NATO membership without resolution of the name issue first. [...] |
2007-08-20 14:59:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV GR MK |
| 07ATHENS1682 | GREEK ELECTIONS: KARAANLIS'S SUMMER "SURPRISE" [...] (C) UMMARY: PM Karamanlis has made it official: general elections will be held on September 16. Karamanlis is running on New Democracy's ecnomic reform record, calculating that criticim of last spring's bond scandal and this summer's forest fires won't affect his small but steady lead in t [...] |
2007-08-24 11:29:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV GR |
| 07ATHENS1687 | GREECE ABLAZE: KARAMANLIS DECLARES STATE OF [...] (C) SUMMAY: Over the weekend of August 25-26, more tha a hundred simultaneous wildfires led to the worst Greek national disaster since the 1999 earthquakes. PM Karamanlis declared a state o emergency, calling on aerial firefighting resources from EU members and others. Reports indicate mor [...] |
2007-08-26 13:05:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PGOV PREL GR |
| 07ATHENS170 | GREECE: COUNTRY CLEARANCE AND THREAT ASSESSMENT [...] Embassy warmly welcomes and grants country clearance for the visit of the Congressional Delegation led by Senator Gordon Smith (reftel B for names of all participants), to travel to Athens, Greece, January 28 - 29, 2007. Embassy point of contact is Political Officer Patrick Connell, who can [...] |
2007-01-25 15:00:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED | OREP OTRA AMGT ASEC AFIN GR |
| 07ATHENS1700 | GREECE: FIRES CONTINUE -- WILL KARAMANLIS [...] (C) SUMMARY: On Monday August 27, fires continued to burn in southern Greece, although the number had diminished from its weekend high. The death toll stood at 63; no Amcits are reportedly affected. Speculation continues on the cause of the large number of simultaneous blazes. Several in [...] |
2007-08-27 14:07:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PREL PGOV CASC GR |
| 07ATHENS1707 | GREECE DISASTER DECLARATION [...] I am declaring a disaster in Greece for the loss of life, loss of property, and loss of livelihoods caused by the extensive wildfires currently raging throughout Greece. I request USD 100,000 for immediate disaster relief from USAID/DCHA/OFDA. The Government of Greece has not yet made an off [...] |
2007-08-28 12:21:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV EAID PREL GR |
| 07ATHENS171 | "REVOLUTIONARY STRUGGLE" MANIFESTO CLAIMS [...] (S) On January 24, the left-wing group "Revolutionary Struggle" officially claimed responsibility for the January 12 RPG attack on the Embassy in a manifesto passed to the weekly Greek newspaper "Pondiki." The statement cites opposition to U.S. foreign policy as the motive for the attack -- [...] |
2007-01-25 16:24:00 | Embassy Athens | SECRET | PGOV PREL PTER GR |
| 07ATHENS1710 | GREECE DISASTER DECLARATION [...] I am declaring a disaster in Greece forthe loss of life, loss of property, and loss of livelihoods caused by the extensive wildfirs currently raging throughout Greece. I request USD 100,000 for immediate disaster relie from USAID/DCHA/OFDA. The Government of Greece has not yet made an offici [...] |
2007-08-28 12:22:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV EAID PREL GR |
| 07ATHENS1714 | FIRES IN GREECE: AUGUST 28 SITREP [...] (SBU) Though apparently fewer in number, wildfires continue to burn, principally in the Peloponnese peninsula and on the island of Evia but also elsewhere. Risk of fire remains high. According to the Fire Service spokesperson, no villages are currently threatened but the winds remain unpre [...] |
2007-08-28 15:24:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MOPS CASC PREL PGOV GR |
| 07ATHENS1715 | REQUEST FOR EXEC SEC TO EXEC SEC FOR EUCOM [...] (U) This is an action request, please see para four. 2. (C) Ref A reports on the outbreak of wildfires in Greece. Early on Saturday August 25, MFA SecGen Agathocles told Charge that the government of Greece would welcome any and all support that the USG or U.S. Military Forces could provi [...] |
2007-08-29 03:55:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID MASS PREL GR |
| 07ATHENS1733 | GREEK FIRES: AUGUST 30 UPDATE [...] (C) The Greek Government is increasingly establishing control over the wild fires, although anticipated increases in temperature and wind over the weekend may cause further outbreaks. The government is also aggressively pursuing arson cases, although the extent to which the fires were caused [...] |
2007-08-30 13:50:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS CASC PREL PGOV GR |
| 07ATHENS1740 | TRAVEL BAN ON SYRIAN ACTIVIST RIAD SEIF [...] (C) Polcouns delivered reftel demarche to Ambassador Vassilis Papaioannou, Director of the MFA's Middle East Department. Papaioannou was aware of the difficulties faced by Riad Seif, whom he had met during an earlier posting. Papaioannou believed that Greece's voice carried more weight as p [...] |
2007-08-31 12:49:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EUN JA KDEM PHUM SA SY GR |
| 07ATHENS1741 | GREE FIRES: AUGUST 31 UPDATE [...] (SBU) The Greek wild fires continue to diminish. The Greek Government's focus is turning to reconstruction and support for victims. There has been prominent coverage of President Bush's message of condolence to PM Karamanlis. The Government of Greece has welcomed U.S. firefighting equipment [...] |
2007-08-31 13:04:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED | OPS CASC PREL PGOV EAID GR |
| 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 |
| 07ATHENS1761 | GREEK FIRES: SEPT. 4 UPDATE [...] (U) This message contains an action request -- see paragraph 9. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) The Greek Fire Service has announced that all wild fires are now out. PM Karamanlis presented a recovery plan to the nation over the weekend, as did opposition PASOK's Papandreaou. FM B [...] |
2007-09-04 15:02:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MOPS CASC PREL PGOV EAID GR |
| 07ATHENS1768 | GREEK RESPONSE TO GYMNICH DEMARCHE [...] (SBU) On September 4, A/PolCouns delivered reftel non-paper on U.S. positions on issues to be considered at the September 7-8 EU informal foreign ministers meeting (Gymnich) to MFA European Correspondent Penny Douti. Her following responses are keyed to the major issues raised in the non-pape [...] |
2007-09-05 11:40:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | EUN PGOV PREL YI RS CH IN GR |
| 07ATHENS1785 | GREEK ELECTIONS PART I: MECHANICS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND INTRODUCTION: On September 16, Greek voters will go to the polls in snap elections called by Prime Minister Kostas Karamanlis in mid-August before devastating fires claimed scores of lives, hundreds of thousands of acres of valuable forests, and billions of euros in damaged an [...] |
2007-09-06 14:27:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV GR |
| 07ATHENS1799 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON IRAN ISSUE AT IAEA BOARD OF [...] (C) On September 7, Charge delivered reftel points on Iran issue at upcoming IAEA board of governors meeting to Greek MFA Secretary General Aristides Agathokles. NOTE: Agathokles told Charge a few days ago that FM Bakoyannis said she would be all-consumed by the campaign for the September 16 [...] |
2007-09-07 14:53:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MNUC AORC KNNP IR GR |
| 07ATHENS1800 | GREECE WILDFIRES - USAID/OFDA SITUATION REPORT AND [...] According to Greek firefighting authorities, the 2007 wildfire season in Greece was the worst on record, killing 76 people, injuring numerous others, and burning 270,000 hectares of land. In response to a request from the Government of Greece (GOG), the U.S. Agency for International Developme [...] |
2007-09-10 04:58:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR SENV XG ZL GR |
| 07ATHENS1803 | GREECE: VIEWS ON NAC TRIP TO GEORGIA [...] No summary [...] |
2007-09-10 09:23:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL GG NATO RS GR |
| 07ATHENS1804 | GREEK ELECTIONS PART II: NEW DEMOCRACY STRUGGLING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Kostas Karamanlis called elections for September 16 in mid-August before massive wildfires had taken scores of lives and destroyed valuable forests and property. Poll figures are not conclusive on the political impact of the fires; most observers believe ruling N [...] |
2007-09-10 11:00:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL GR |
| 07ATHENS1823 | GREEK FM BAKOYANNIS TO ATTEND WOMEN LEADERS' [...] (U) On September 11, MFA D1 Directorate for International Organizations deputy chief Ambassador Alexandros Rallis informed us that Greek Minister of Foreign Affairs Dora Bakoyannis would attend the Women Leaders' Working Group hosted by Secretary Rice on September 28. FM Bakoyannis speaks flu [...] |
2007-09-11 14:20:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED | UNGA PHUM PREL KWMN GR |
| 07ATHENS1826 | PM KARAMANLIS RAISES THE MACEDONIA STAKES AS [...] (C) SUMMARY: During the September 6 pre-election TV debate -- and in a September 7 press conference -- PM Karamanlis publicly took a hard line on the Macedonia name issue, threatening to veto Macedonia's NATO (and EU) accession unless the issue was resolved first. With unofficial polls sho [...] |
2007-09-11 15:00:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV GR MK |
| 07ATHENS183 | EU AVIATION EMISSIONS PROPOSAL NOT TO USG TASTE? [...] (SBU) Econcouns and Econoff delivered points from ref(b) to the Secretary General of Economic Affairs at the MFA, as well as the Director of International Affairs at the Ministry of Transportation. The meetings were positive, and the GoG made no attempt to push back against any of the points [...] |
2007-01-26 13:43:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EAIR ECON GR |
| 07ATHENS1834 | C O R R E C T E D COPY - GREECE: IF ND WINS, WHO'S [...] (C) SUMMARY AND INTRODUCTION: Although the race is tight, conventional wisdom (and unpublished polls) suggest New Democracy will win enough votes in the September 16 elections to maintain a slim parliamentary majority. PM Karamanlis has spoken of his desire to make the next government "smaller [...] |
2007-09-12 13:40:00 | Embassy Athens | SECRET | PGOV PREL GR |
| 07ATHENS184 | INTO THE WILD BLUE YONDER: GOG NAMES NEW AIR FORCE CHIEF [...] (SBU) On January 23, the Greek Committee on Foreign Policy and Defense (KYSEA) chaired by PM Karamanlis replaced retiring Chief of the Air Force General Staff Lt. General George Avlonitis with Lt. General Ioannis Giangos, presently chief of Tactical Air Force HQ (HTAF). Rumors that the GoG w [...] |
2007-01-26 14:07:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR MCAP MASS NATO PREL PINR TU GR |
| 07ATHENS1840 | GREECE'S INPUT FOR PRESIDENT'S HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (SBU) Defense and promotion of human rights and of those engaged in the cause of advancing human rights is one of our top Mission Strategic Goals. Embassy Athens regularly engages with defenders of freedom, meeting with NGO leaders in local clinics, shelters, and day cay centers; attending cr [...] |
2007-09-13 13:08:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL GR |
| 07ATHENS1853 | GREECE: SLIGHT ND LEAD AS PRE-ELECTION CAMPAIGN [...] (C) SUMMARY: With Greek voters set to go to the polls on Sunday, most believe ruling New Democracy is poised to squeeze out a victory. Its parliamentary majority, however, will likely be modest. PASOK leader Papandreou has tried to make the election a referendum on the "right-wing" in power, [...] |
2007-09-14 12:59:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL GR |
| 07ATHENS1861 | GREECE: GOVERNING ND'S NARROW VICTORY -- WHAT IT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Kostas Karamanlis's ruling New Democracy party achieved a narrow victory in September 16 elections, giving it a slim majority in parliament. Karamanlis will meet with President Papoulias at noon local time to receive his mandate to form a new government. Embassy re [...] |
2007-09-17 08:40:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL GR |
| 07ATHENS1864 | GREEK "NEW MEDIA" SEEK YOUTH PARTICIPATION IN PRE-ELECTION [...] (SBU) When snap Greek parliamentary elections were announced in August for September 16, three major media outlets attempted to draw young viewers and internet-users into the election through innovative internet and television programs, including the first YouTube debate in Europe. Greece's [...] |
2007-09-17 10:23:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KPAO OIIP GR |
| 07ATHENS1866 | GREECE POSITIVE ON EU MISSION FOR LEBANON [...] (C) We delivered reftel points to the Greek MFA's Penny Douti, Deputy Director of the MFA Directorate for Common Foreign and Security Policy. After reviewing the points, Douti termed them "right," and "fully consistent" with the Greek position on this issue. 2. (C) Douti cautioned that t [...] |
2007-09-17 11:16:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SY IS LE EUN GR |
| 07ATHENS1871 | IRAN/IAEA BOG FOLLOW-UP POINTS DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] |
2007-09-17 13:57:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP IR IAEA MNUC PARM EUN GR |
| 07ATHENS1876 | GREEK STUDENTS LEA |