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ABLD BUILDING AND GROUNDS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The acquisition, management, and operation of U.S.-owned or-leased facilities and sites both domestic and foreign. (Replaces RCHB file categories: BG, ES)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Acquisition
* AIEP
* Allotment
* Antenna
* Antiques
* Appraisals
* Architecture
* Asbestos
* Audit
* Bid Results
* Breathing Device
* Building
* Building Design
* Building Management
* Carpet
* Chancellery
* Construction Management
* Construction Security
* Consulate
* Contract Amendment Contract Award Contract Renewal Contract Termination Contractor
* Core Area
* DCR
* Deed
* Descent Device
* Electrical System
* Elevator
* Embassy
* EMR
* Energy Conservation
* EURMAC
* Fire Alarm
* Fire Detection System
* Fire Prevention
* Fire Safety
* Furnishings
* Generator
* Geotechnical
* Gift
* Hazardous Material
* Housing
* HVAC
* Improvement
* Inventory
* Lease
* Legation
* Maintenance
* Mechanical System
* NOB
* Parking
* PCC
* Post Opening
* Property Exchange
* Property Sales
* Public Access Control
* Real Property
* Reciprocity
* REMS
* Renovation
* Safety & Health Designee
* Safety Program
* Security Enhancement
* Seismology
* SHEMC
* Shielded Enclosure
* Site
* Space Management
* Survey
* WASHMAC
* Water Analysis
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AEMR EMERGENCY PLANNING AND EVACUATION
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Measures and actions implemented to protect U.S. personnel, citizens, property and information; especially related to crisis situations. (Replaces RCHB file category: EP)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Citizen Protection
* Contingency Plan EAP
* Emergency
* Evacuation
* Property
* Protection
* Records Destruction
* Rescue
* Safehaven
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AFIN FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
Effective from March 1973 (Revised April 2000)
The fiscal operations of the Department, Foreign Service posts, and other Federal agencies. (Replaces RCHB file categories: ACC, BUD, FMGT)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Accounting
* Allowance
* Annuity Check
* Antideficiency
* Appropriation
* Audit
* Authentication Bank
* Account Bonding
* CAPPS
* Cash
* Cash Management
* Cashier
* Central Claim
* Commercial Claim
* Compensation
* Debt Collection
* Deficit
* Disallowances
* Disbursement
* Employee Claim
* ESF
* Exchange Rate
* Financial Management System
* Fiscal
* Fiscal Irregularities
* Foreign Currency
* FSCADP
* Fund Allotment
* Funding
* GBL
* General Ledger
* GTR
* Home Leave
* ICASS
* Leave
* Liquidation
* Local Currency
* Nonreceipt
* Over Obligation
* Pay Advance
* Pay Record
* Payment
* Payroll
* Payroll Deduction
* PCS
* Per Diem
* Personal Property
* Personal Travel
* Post MGT
* Premium Pay
* Prompt Payment
* Reimbursement
* Relocation
* Reprogramming
* Retirement
* Security Enhancement
* Taxes
* TDY
* Time & Attendance
* Transportation Request
* Travel Advance
* Travelers Checks
* Treasury Check
* Vendor
* Vouchers
* Vulnerability Assessment
* Wages
* Working Capital Fund
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AMGT MANAGEMENT OPERATIONS
Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)
The management and organization of the Department and posts abroad and other U.S. agencies. (Replaces RCHB file category: ORG)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Administration
* Audit
* Authorities
* Background Information
* Bureau Organization
* Commissary
* Congressional Report
* Delegation of Authority
* Embassy Closing
* Embassy Opening
* Employee Association
* FCS
* FTE
* Geneva Group
* GORI
* Information System
* Inspection Report
* Inspection Team
* Internal Control
* JAO
* Management Initiative
* Management Issues
* Mission Closure
* Mission Opening
* Occupational Safety
* Office Closure
* Office Establishment
* Office Procedures
* Organization
* Overseas Post
* PCS
* Post Closing
* Post MGT
* Post Opening
* Post Operating Plan
* Reciprocity
* Recreation
* Reorganization
* Scheduling
* Staffing
* Support Services
* Survey
* Task Force
* Workload
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AORC INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND CONFERENCES
Effective from January 1983
The structure and management of international or regional organizations and conferences. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL and Organization Name)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Administration
* Application
* Budget
* Candidate
* Chairman
* Charter
* Congressional Reports
* Constitution
* Donor
* Election Results
* Financial Contribution
* Geneva Group
* Host Government
* Information System
* Infrastructure
* Inspection Report
* Inspection Team
* International Organization
* International Organization Official
* Meeting Agenda
* Meeting Delegation
* Meeting Observer
* Meeting Venue
* Membership
* NGO
* Nomination
* Nonparticipation
* Office Closure
* Office Establishment
* Participation
* PERMREP
* Referendum
* Reform
* Regional Organization
* Regional Organization Official Reorganization
* Resignation from Office Seating
* Secession Secretary General Specialized Agency
* Sponsorship
* Staffing
* Vacancy Announcement
* Veto
* VOLAG
* Volunteers
* Voting
* Wages
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APER PERSONNEL
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The administration and support of the Department's Civil and Foreign
Service personnel. (Replaces RCHB file category: PER)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Adoption
* Affirmative
* Action
* Ambassador
* Appeal
* Award
* Backpay
* Benefit Plan
* Bilateral Work Agreements
* Blood Donor
* Boarding School Career Development Career Mobility
* CFC
* Civil Service
* Civil Service Reform Act
* Class Action Suit
* CLO Program
* Community Liaison Office
* Coordinators
* Compensation
* Complaint
* Complement
* Consultation
* Continuing Education
* Contract Employee
* Conversion
* CSR
* Death
* Demotion
* Dependent
* Dependent Education
* Dependent Employment
* Discipline
* Divorce
* Emergency
* Evacuation
* Employee Association
* Employee Benefit
* Employee Relations
* Employee Service
* Employee Status
* Employee Training
* Employment
* Equal Employment Opportunity
* Family Life
* Family Separation
* Family Support Services
* Fellowship
* FERS
* Foreign Born Spouses
* Foreign Service
* Foreign Service Act
* FSPS
* FTE
* Functional Training
* Grade Retention
* Grievance
* Health
* Injury
* Insurance
* International School
* Interns
* Interview
* Job Title
* Leave
* Library
* Merit Pay
* Merit Promotion
* Military Furlough
* Military Reserve
* Nomination
* Nonsensitive Critical Position
* Open Assignments
* Orientation
* Overcomplement
* Pay Record
* Performance Evaluation
* Personal Property
* Personal Travel
* Personnel
* Personnel Action
* Personnel Appointment
* Personnel Assignment
* Personnel Classification
* Personnel Conduct
* Personnel Promotion
* Personnel Reassignment
* Personnel Resignation
* Personnel Separation
* Photographer
* PIT
* Position Classification
* Position Description
* Premium Pay
* Presidential Executive Exchange Program
* Private School
* Probation
* Promotion Panel
* PSC
* Public School
* Recall
* Recruitment
* Reentry
* Relocation
* Remains Disposition
* Reprogramming
* Retired Annuitant
* Retirement
* RIF
* Sabbatical
* Savings Bond
* School Admissions
* SEF
* Selection Board
* Selection Out
* Senior Foreign Service
* SES
* Severance Pay
* Sexual Harassment
* Skill Codes
* Spouse
* Staffing
* Staffing Pattern
* Survey
* Tandem Couple
* TDY
* Tenure Board
* Termination
* Time & Attendance
* Upward Mobility
* U.S. Family Member
* Vacancy Announcement
* Wages
* Work Requirements
* Workload
* Workmen Compensation
* Workweek
* Youth Programs
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ASEC SECURITY
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The development, coordination, or administration of security policies and programs. (Replaces RCHB file category: SY)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* AIASA
* Airport Access Procedures
* Antifraud
* Antiterrorism Measures
* Armored Vehicle
* Assault
* Bugging
* Building
* Contract Guard Program
* Counterintelligence
* Debriefing
* Debugging
* Demolition
* Detection Equipment
* Dismantling
* Electronic Security Device
* Emergency Response Team
* Explosives
* Fraud
* Host Country Guards
* Host Country Police
* Identification Systems
* Information Security
* Local Guard Program
* Maps
* Mission Takeover
* Monitoring
* MSG
* Name Check
* NSU
* Personnel Protection
* Physical Security
* Police Force
* Police Investigation
* Property Protection
* Protective Security
* Public Access Control
* Regional Security
* Riot Control
* RSO
* Scheduled Reporting
* Security Assessment
* Security Clearance
* Security Crisis
* Security Enhancement
* Security Survey
* Security Violation
* Special Support Program
* Suitability
* Technical Security
* Telephone
* Tempest
* Terrorism
* Threat
* Threat Assessment
* Unit Security Procedures
* Warning System
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BEXP TRADE EXPANSION AND PROMOTION
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Efforts to promote trade and other commercial activities, including specific proposals and inquiries to establish trade relations. (Replaces RCHB file category: TP)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Best Prospect
* Bid
* Business Firm
* Businessmen
* CMP
* Commercial Action
* Commercial Association
* Consultation
* Cooperatives
* Country Commercial
* Exhibit
* Exposition
* Foreign Agent
* Foreign Market
* Target Industry
* Targeting
* Trade Fair
* Trade Promotion
* Trade Visit
* WITS
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BTIO TRADE AND INVESTMENT
OPPORTUNITIES
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Administrative and operational reporting on opportunities for U.S. businesses. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FN, TP)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Agribusiness
* Bid
* Business Firm
* FGT
* Foreign Markets
* GPC Implementation
* Joint Venture
* Patent
* PTO
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CASC ASSISTANCE TO CITIZENS
Effective from May 1977 (Revised January 1983)
Consular services provided by the United States to citizens of the United States or any other country. (Replaces RCHB file categories: CON, PS)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Adoption
* Aircraft Detention
* Aircraft Registry
* Alien
* AMCIT
* Arrest Assault
* Attorney List
* Authorities
* Automation
* Child Custody
* Children Compensation
* Complaint
* Consular Assistance
* Consular Package
* Cult
* Custody
* Death Report
* Deportation
* Detention
* Direct Relay
* Drivers License
* Emergency Evacuation
* Estate
* Family
* FIMED
* Fraud Identification
* Lawyer
* Legal
* Medical Care
* Missing Person
* Murder Offenses
* Prisoner
* Prisoner Release
* Prisoner Transfer
* Prisoner Welfare
* Property
* Property Protection
* Release
* Remains Disposition
* Repatriation
* Seamen
* Ship Detention
* Ship Registry
* Spouse
* Third Country Representation
* Travel Advisory
* Trial
* Trust Account
* Trust Account Refund
* Welfare & Whereabouts
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CJAN JUDICIAL ASSISTANCE AND NOTARIAL SERVICES
Effective from May 1983
Matters pertaining to Notarial Services and International Judicial Assistance, including the service of judicial and extra-judicial documents and obtaining evidence. (Replaces RCHB file categories: LEG, PS)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Acknowledgment
* Affidavit
* Attorney List
* Authentication
* Automation
* Deed
* Deposition
* Documentation
* Evidence
* Extradition
* Fraud
* FSIA
* Judicial Assistance
* Letters Rogatory
* Notarial
* Oath
* Official Travel
* Prisoner Transfer
* Process Serving
* Subpoena
* Testimony
* Tort Claim
* Witness
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CMGT CONSULAR ADMINSTRATION AND MANAGEMENT
Effective from August 1983
The administrative and operational management of Consular Affairs activities. (Replaces RCHB file categories: ACC, BUD, CON, FMGT,ORG, PER)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Antifraud
* Automation
* CAS
* Consular Agent
* Consular Agreement
* Consular Conference
* Consular Equipment
* Consular Package
* Consular Service
* Consular Supplies
* Consular Treaty
* CSS
* ECR
* Fee
* Fraud
* ICARS
* IVACS
* Legislation
* MRP
* NIVCAPS
* Office Procedures
* Personnel
* PFM
* PIT
* Publication
* Space Management
* Supplies
* Support Services
* TDIS
* Third Country Representation
* Word Processor
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CVIS VISAS
Effective from May 1973 (Revised January 1993)
Operational, procedural, and administrative functions of visa operations. (Replaces RCHB file category: V)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* AA 1 Adoption
* Advisory Opinion AIDS
* Alien
* Alien Previously Deported
* Alien Smuggler
* Allocation
* Application
* Appointment
* Arrival Notice
* Athlete Automation
* Bearer Insert
* BUSVIS
* Centralized Visa Processing
* Chargeability
* CHINEX
* CLASS
* Clearance
* CONGRINT
* Consular Package
* Crew List
* Crewman
* Crime
* Data
* Defector
* Denial
* Departure Notice
* Dependent
* Deportation
* Derivatives
* Diversity Immigrant
* DNC
* Documentation
* DV 1DVACS
* Employment Based Preference
* Employment Creation
* Entertainer
* Entitlement
* Exchange Visitor
* Exclusion
* Extraordinary Ability
* Family Preference
* Fiance
* Fiancee
* Files
* Foreign Policy Exclusion
* Forms
* Fraud
* Health Related Grounds
* ICARS
* Immediate Relative
* Immigrant
* Intercompany Transferee
* International Child Abduction
* Interview
* Issuance
* IVACS
* Labor Certification
* LB 1
* Legislation
* Medical Examination
* Moral Turpitude
* MRV
* Name Check
* Narcotics Traffic
* News Media Representative
* NIV
* NIVCAPS
* Nonimmigrant
* Numerical Control
* NVC
* Operations
* Other Worker
* Out of District Applicant
* Parole
* Permanent Resident
* Polygamist
* Portsmouth Consular Center
* Priority Date
* Private Bill
* Procedures
* Public Charge
* Reciprocity
* Refugee
* Refusal
* Religious Worker
* Renewal
* Revocation
* SAO
* Skilled Worker
* SPLEX
* Student
* Supplies Temporary Worker
* Terrorist
* 30 60 Rule
* TIVPC
* Totalitarian Party Membership
* Transfer
* Transit
* Travel Agents
* Treaty Investor
* Treaty Trader
* TTYREP
* Validity Visa
* Visa Clearance
* Visa Photograph
* Visitor for Business
* VLOB
* Waiver
* Waiver of Ineligibility
* Walk Ins
* Workload
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EAGR AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Cultivating the soil and forest, raising livestock, and producing crops. (Replaces RCHB file category: AGR)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Agricultural Development
* Agricultural Production
* Agricultural Program
* Agricultural Worker
* Agriculture
* Animal Disease
* Cocoa
* Coffee
* Corn
* Cotton
* Crop Destruction
* Crops
* Dairy Products
* Desalinization
* Disease Control
* Drought
* Erosion
* Famine
* Farm Equipment
* Farming
* Fertilizer
* Food Shortages
* Forestry
* Fruit
* Fungicide
* Grain
* Harvest
* Herbicide
* Husbandry
* Insect
* Irrigation
* Jute
* Land Conservation
* Land Management
* Land Reform
* Livestock
* Natural Fiber
* Nuts
* Oilseeds
* Pest Control
* Pesticide
* Plant Disease
* Poultry
* Preservation
* Quarantine
* Rainfall
* Rice
* Rubber
* Seeds
* Snowfall
* Soil
* Soybean
* Stockpile
* Subsidy
* Sugar
* Timber
* Tobacco
* Tropical Forest
* Vegetable
* Water Analysis
* Weather
* Wheat
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EAID FOREIGN ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Foreign economic and technical assistance provided by governments, international organizations, institutions, or private individuals. (Replaces RCHB file category: AID)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Agricultural Agreement
* Agricultural Development
* Agricultural Program Airlift
* Bank
* Congressional Presentation
* Construction Equipment
* Cooperatives
* Credit
* Debt
* Development Loan
* Development Program
* Disaster Relief
* Donor
* Economic Adviser
* Economic Assistance
* Economic Development
* Economic Support Fund
* Farm Equipment
* Financial Contribution
* Food
* Foreign Assistance Agreement
* Funding
* Grant
* Industrial Development
* Industrialized Nation
* Laboratory Equipment
* LDC
* LLDC
* Loan
* Medical Care
* Medical Equipment
* North South Dialogue
* Paris Club
* PL 480
* PL 480 Title I
* PL 480 Title II
* PL 480 Title III
* Relief Effort
* Self Help
* Technical Assistance
* Water Analysis
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EAIR CIVIL AVIATION
Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)
Commercial and private aircraft and air operations, domestic as well as international. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AV, TR)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Air Access
* Air Cargo
* Air Fare
* Air Safety
* Air Traffic
* Air Transportation
* Aircraft
* Aircraft Accident
* Aircraft Detention
* Aircraft Registry
* Airline
* Airport
* Airport Fee
* Airport Security
* Airspace
* Antiterrorism Measures
* Aviation Agreement
* Cargo Handling
* Charter Flight
* CIVAIR
* Commercial Aircraft
* Emergency Landing
* Flight Clearance
* Flight Manual
* Hazardous Cargo
* Helicopter
* Hijacking
* Insurance
* Landing Rights
* Maintenance
* Navigational Aid
* Passenger Manifest
* Pilot Training
* Private Aircraft
* Refueling
* Rescue
* Route
* Salvage
* Schedule
* Transportation Development
* Transportation Industry
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ECON ECONOMIC CONDITIONS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The status of a nation's economy. (Replaces RCHB file category: E)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Agricultural Development
* Antiinflationary Program
* Black Market
* Capital Investment
* Cost of Living
* Depression
* Economic Agreement
* Economic Assessment
* Economic Conditions
* Economic Crisis
* Economic Development
* Economic Forecast
* Economic Growth
* Economic Indicators
* Economic Program
* Economic Recovery
* Economic Reform
* Economic Report
* Economic Stability
* Economic Trend
* EEC 1992
* Employment
* Financial Profits
* GDP
* GNP
* Industrial Development
* Industrial Growth
* Industrial Reform
* Inflation
* Interest Rate
* National Debt
* NIEO
* Price Index
* Recession
* Stock Market
* Tax Law
* Unemployment
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ECPS COMMUNICATIONS AND POSTAL SYSTEMS
Effective from March 1983
The efforts of governments, the private sector, or international organizations to manage, regulate, develop, apply, or monitor the methods and means of telecommunication, international communication policy, and the informational aspects of communication. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INF, MP, PO, PPB, PR, RAD, SP, TEL, TV)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Broadcasting
* Cable TV
* Censorship
* Clandestine Broadcast
* Direct Broadcasting Satellite
* Fiber Optics
* Frequency Allocation
* Frequency Interference
* Frequency Spectrum
* Geostationary Satellite Orbit
* High Frequency
* lnformatics Information Access
* Information Center
* Information Flow
* Information Media
* Jamming
* Light Communication
* Networking
* NWICO
* Orbit
* Postal System
* Prior Consent
* Radio
* Satellite
* Telecommunication
* Telecommunication Agreement
* Telegraph
* Telephone
* Television
* Transborder Data Flow
* Transmitters
* Undersea Cable
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EFIN FINANCIAL AND MONETARY AFFAIRS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Domestic and international financial affairs of governments and private institutions. (Replaces RCHB file category: FN)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Accounting
* Audit
* Bank
* Bank Account
* Bankruptcy
* Blocked Assets
* BOP
* Budget
* Buffer Stock
* Capital Flow
* CFF
* Commodities Exchange
* Credit
* Currency Shortage
* Debt
* Debt Equity Swap
* Debt Relief
* Debt Repayment
* Debt Repudiation
* Debt Rescheduling
* Deficit
* Devaluation
* Donor
* Drawing Rights
* Economic Growth
* Economic Recovery
* Economic Trend
* EFF
* EMS
* Exchange Rate
* Financial Agreement
* Financial Contribution
* Financial Control
* Financial Crisis
* Financial Market
* Financial Profits
* Financial Program
* Financial Reform
* Financial Reserve
* Financial Stability
* Foreign Currency
* Foreign Currency Control
* Foreign Currency Exchange
* Foreign Market
* Gold
* Grant
* IMF Standbys
* Income Tax
* Inflation
* Interest Rate
* Loan Default
* Local Currency
* London Club
* National Income
* Overpayment
* Paris Club
* Payment
* Revaluation
* Sales Tax
* SDR
* Securities
* Securities Exchange
* Stock Shares
* Tax Haven
* Tax Law
* Taxation Treaties
* Treasury
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EFIS COMMERCIAL FISHING AND FISH PROCESSING
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The breeding and catching of fish and other marine life for commercial purposes. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INCO, POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Aquaculture
* Catch
* Quota Cod
* Dispute Settlement
* Exclusive Economic
* Zone Fish
* Fisheries
* Aid Fishery
* Fishing Agreement
* Fishing Concession
* Fishing Dispute
* Fishing Ground
* Fishing Limit
* Fishing Rights
* Fishing Vessel
* Fishing Vessel
* Detention Halibut
* Herring Joint
* Venture
* Quota Salmon
* Shellfish
* Shrimp
* TEDS
* Tuna
* Whaling Industry
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EIND INDUSTRY AND MANUFACTURING
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The commercial production of goods and services, including the processing of raw materials into manufactured goods. (Replaces RCHB file category: TEL, INCO)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Aerospace Industry
* Alloy
* Aluminum
* Antitrust
* Automotive Industry
* Bankruptcy
* Business Firm
* Capital Investment
* Chemical Industry
* Clothing Industry
* Commercial Association
* Communications Industry
* Complaint
* Construction Industry
* Consumer Goods
* Cooperatives
* Copyright Agreement
* Copyright Claim
* Corruption
* Cotton
* Dairy Industry
* Data Processing Industry
* Defense Industry
* Development Program
* Drug Industry
* Dyeing Industry
* Economic Growth
* Electronic Industry
* Espionage
* Factory
* Fertilizer Industry
* Finishing Industry
* Fishing Industry
* Food Contamination
* Food Industry
* Foreign Agent
* Fraud
* Garment Industry
* Garment Production
* Garment Workers
* Industrial Accident
* Industrial Development
* Industrial Growth
* Industrial Production
* Industrial Reform
* Industrial Waste Disposal
* Insurance
* Linen
* Litigation
* Lumber Industry
* Machine Tool Industry
* Manmade Fiber
* Manufactured Product
* Merger
* Metal Industry
* Monopoly
* Nationalization
* Paper Industry
* Parastatal
* Patent
* Petroleum Industry
* Piracy
* Plastic Industry
* Power Looms
* Private Sector
* Privatization
* Processing
* Product Safety
* Product Standards
* Product Testing
* Production
* Production Control
* Public Sector
* Railroad Industry
* Ramie
* Raw Materials
* Recall
* Registration
* Rubber Industry
* Sabotage
* Salvage
* Service Industry
* Shipbuilding Industry
* Silk
* Spinning Machinery
* Steel Industry
* Stockpile
* Subsidiary
* Subsidy
* Textile Industry
* Textile Production
* Tobacco Industry
* Tourism
* Trademark
* Vegetable Fiber
* Weaving Industry
* Wood Products Industry
* Wool
* Yarns
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EINT ECONOMIC AND COMMERCIAL INTERNET
Effective from October 1997
Economic and commercial programs, policies, and issues relating to the Internet.
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Agreement
* Censorship
* Competition
* Connectivity
* Content
* Copyright
* Data
* Democracy
* Economic Conditions
* Domain Names
* Electronic Commerce
* Encryption
* Free Flow of Information
* Information Availability
* Interconnectivity
* Internet
* Meeting
* Monopoly
* Piracy
* Policy
* Pornography
* Privacy
* Private Sector
* Reporting
* Trademark
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EINV FOREIGN INVESTMENTS
Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)
Foreign investments made by governments or private enterprises for commercial gain. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FN, INCO)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Bank
* Bid
* BIT
* Business Firm
* Business Loss
* Business Merger
* Capital Flow
* Capital Investment
* Compensation
* Credit
* Credit Guarantee
* Disinvestment
* Economic Growth
* Foreign Investment
* Fraud
* Garment Investment
* Insurance Risk
* Investment Climate
* Investment Control
* Investment Disputes
* Investment Guarantee
* Investment Incentive
* Investment Law
* Investment Opportunity
* Joint Venture
* Loan
* Multinational Corporation
* Nationalization
* Parastatal
* Private Investment
* Private Sector
* Privatization
* Public Sector
* Subsidiary
* Textile Investment
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ELAB LABOR SECTOR AFFAIRS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised May 1995)
The labor sector, labor actors, and national labor policies and their effect on domestic and international systems and relations. (Replaces RCHB file category: LAB)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Arbitration
* Benefits
* Bonded Labor
* Child Labor
* Collective Bargaining
* Compulsory Labor
* Dock Workers
* Employee Ownership
* Employee Rights
* Employer Organization
* Employment
* Equal Pay for Equal Work
* Forced Labor
* Foreign Worker
* GSP (Worker Rights)
* Illegal Worker
* International Labor Secretariat
* Job Creation
* Job Discrimination
* Job Security
* Job Training
* Labor Agreement
* Labor Code
* Labor Competition
* Labor Confederation
* Labor Cooperative
* Labor Costs
* Labor Courts
* Labor Disputes
* Labor Federation
* Labor Law
* Labor Leader
* Labor Market
* Labor Migration
* Labor Movement
* Labor Organization
* Labor Relations
* Labor Rights
* Labor Sector
* Labor Settlement
* Labor Standards
* Labor Union
* Layoffs
* Lockout
* Manpower
* Mediation
* NAFTA Labor Cooperation
* Occupational Health
* Occupational Safety
* Pension
* Prison Labor
* Privatization
* Right of Association
* Right to Organize Slave Labor
* Social Clause (WTO)
* Social Net
* Social Security
* Strike
* Trade
* Union
* Underemployment
* Unemployment
* Unemployment Insurance
* Vocational Training
* Wages
* Work Force
* Work Permit
* Worker Rights Workers
* Working Conditions
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ELTN LAND TRANSPORTATION
Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)
All aspects of land transportation. (Replaces RCHB file categories: IT, TR)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Antiterrorism Measures
* Automobile
* Bridge
* Bus
* Cargo Handling
* Detention
* Fee
* Hazardous Cargo
* Highway
* Highway Access
* Hijacking
* Insurance
* Land Transportation
* Maintenance
* Overland Cargo
* Public Transportation
* Railroad
* Railroad Accident
* Railway Access
* Rescue
* Schedule
* Traffic Accident
* Traffic Safety
* Transportation Development
* Transportation Industry
* Truck
* Tunnel
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EMIN MINERALS AND METALS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The exploration, discovery, and extraction of minerals and metals. (Replaces RCHB file category: INCO)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Bauxite
* Bid
* Chromite
* Coal
* Cobalt
* Copper
* Drilling
* Excavation
* Exclusive Economic Zone
* Exploration
* Factory
* Gems
* Gold
* Iron
* Magnesium
* Manganese
* Metal
* Mine
* Mineral
* Mineral Reserve
* Mining
* Mining Accident
* Mining Concession
* Nickel
* Offshore Mining
* Ore
* Quarry
* Silver
* Tin
* Tungsten
* Uranium
* Uranium Enrichment
* Zinc
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ENRG ENERGY AND POWER
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Government and private commercial activities in acquiring and providing energy services from all types of sources. For petroleum and natural gas, see EPET. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AE, FSE)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Coal
* Dam
* Decontamination
* Electric Energy
* Electric Power Plant
* Energy Conservation
* Energy Consumption
* Energy Reserve
* Energy Shortage
* Factory
* Fissionable Material
* Fuel
* Fuel Shortage
* Generator
* Geothermal Energy
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Hydroelectric Energy
* Hydroelectric Power Plant
* Nuclear Accident
* Nuclear Capability
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Energy
* Nuclear Fuel Reprocessing
* Nuclear Power Plant
* Nuclear Reactor
* Nuclear Safeguard
* Power Line
* Public Utility
* PUNE
* Radiation
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* Reexport
* Solar Energy
* Spent Fuel
* Stockpile
* Technology Transfer
* Thermal Energy
* Thermal Power Plant
* Transformer
* Uranium Enrichment
* Wind Energy
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EPET PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS
Effective from July 1980 (Revised January 1983)
Government and private sector activities in the exploration and extraction of petroleum and natural gas. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FSE, PET)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Bid
* Drilling
* Exploitation
* Exploration
* LPG
* Natural Gas
* Natural Gas Pipeline
* Natural Gas Production
* Natural Gas Reserve
* Offshore Drilling
* Offshore Drilling Platform
* Offshore Oil
* Oil Field
* Petroleum
* Petroleum Concession
* Petroleum Pipeline
* Petroleum Production
* Petroleum Reserve
* Petroleum Shortage
* Refinery
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ETRD FOREIGN TRADE
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Exchange of goods between nations. (Replaces RCHB file category: FT)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Alcoholic Beverage
* Aluminum
* Animal Hides
* Antidumping
* Antitrust
* Apparel Trade
* Arms
* Arms Traffic
* Barter
* BOP
* Boycott
* Buffer Stock
* Chemical
* Clothing
* Cocoa
* Coffee
* Commercial Aircraft
* Commodity
* Commodity Market
* Communications Equipment
* Computer
* Construction Equipment
* Cooperatives
* Corruption
* Cotton
* Countertrade
* Countervailing Duty
* Cross Border Trade
* Customs Agreement
* Customs Clearance
* Customs Court
* Customs Fine
* Customs Inspection
* Customs Official
* Customs Regulation
* Customs Seizure
* Dairy Products
* Debt
* Development Program
* Dispute Settlement
* Diversion
* Duty Free Entry
* East West Trade
* Economic Cooperation
* EEC 1992
* EEP
* Electronic Equipment
* Exhibit
* Export
* Fair Trade
* Farm Equipment
* FCN
* Fertilizer
* Fish
* Food
* Food Contamination
* Food Inspection
* Footwear
* Foreign Market
* Free Trade Zone
* Garment Exports
* Garment Imports
* Government Procurement
* GSP
* Harmonized System
* Helicopter
* Import
* Industrialized Nation
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Intervention
* Laboratory Equipment
* LDC
* Leather
* License
* Linen
* Litigation
* Lumber
* Machine Tool
* Manmade Fiber
* Market Access
* Meat
* Meat Inspection
* Medical Equipment
* Merger
* Metal
* MFN
* MIC
* Monopoly
* Multifiber Arrangement
* NAFTA
* Natural Fiber
* Newly Industrialized Countries
* Nonalcoholic Beverage
* Nontariff Barriers
* North South Dialogue
* Oils
* Oilseeds
* Perishable Commodities
* Petroleum Products
* Pharmaceuticals
* Plastics
* Poultry
* Private Sector
* Product Standards
* Public Sector
* Quota
* Railroad Equipment
* Ramie
* Reexport
* Rice
* Rubber
* Sanction
* Shellfish
* Silk
* Smuggling
* Soybean
* Steel
* Stockpile
* Subsidy
* Sugar
* Synthetic Fiber
* Synthetic Rubber
* Tariff
* Tariff Barriers
* Tariff Relief
* Television
* Textile Exports
* Textile Imports
* Textiles
* Tin
* Tobacco
* Trade Agreement
* Trade Balance
* Trade Complaint
* Trade Control
* Trade Concession
* Trade Discrimination
* Trade Dumping
* Trade Fair
* Trade Law
* Trade Liberalization
* Trade Opportunity
* Trade Promotion
* Trade Protectionism
* Trade Relations
* Trade Visit
* Tuna
* VAT
* Vegetable
* Vegetable Fiber
* Vegetable Oil
* Wheat
* Wine
* Wood Products
* Wool
* Yarns
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ETTC TRADE AND TECHNOLOGY CONTROLS
Effective from April 1984
Government efforts to control the transfer of goods (i.e., equipment),services, or technologies. This includes foreign policy trade controls, strategic (National Security) trade controls, munitions controls, general West to East technology transfer issues, and efforts to circumvent U.S. or COCOM controls. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FT, STR)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Arms Traffic
* Blocked Assets
* Boycott
* COCOM Case
* COCOM List Review
* Computer
* Data Bases
* Data Processing Equipment
* Digital Switching
* Diversion
* EAA
* East West Trade
* Economic Warfare
* Electronic Equipment
* Embargo
* End Use Check
* End User
* Enforcement
* Espionage
* Exception List
* EXCON
* Export
* Export Control
* GSOIA
* GSOMIA
* High Technology Equipment
* IEEPA
* Illegal Trade
* Import Control
* ITAR
* Laboratory Equipment
* License
* Manufacturing Agreement
* Military Applications
* Military Critical Technologies
* Military Equipment
* Military Services
* Munitions Control
* NDPC
* Nonmarket Economy
* Origin Certificate
* Reexport
* Research & Development
* Sanction
* Security Survey
* Semiconductors
* SNEC
* Software
* Stockpile
* Strategic Material
* Strategic Trade Control
* Superconductor
* TCDC
* Technical Assistance Agreement
* Technology Acquisition Efforts
* Technology Gap
* Technology Transfer
* Transaction Check
* Turnkey Plant
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EWWT WATERBORNE TRANSPORTATION
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Movement of commercial and private vessels over high seas and inland waterways. (Replaces RCHB file categories: OS, TR)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Antiterrorism
* Measures Canal
* Cargo Handling
* Coast Guard
* Containerization
* Dock Workers
* Fee
* Hazardous Cargo
* Insurance
* Load Line
* Maintenance
* Marine Cargo
* Marine Safety
* Marine Transportation
* Maritime Agreement
* Maritime Flag
* Maritime Law
* Merchant Ship
* Minesweeping
* Navigational Aid
* Passenger Ship
* Patrol Boat
* Piracy
* Port
* Port Access
* Port Congestion
* Private Ship
* Refueling
* Registration
* Rescue
* River
* Route
* Salvage
* Schedule Ship Accident
* Ship Clearance
* Ship Detention
* Ship Harassment
* Ship Movement
* Ship Registry
* Shipyard
* SOLAS
* Strait
* Tonnage Measurement
* Transportation Development
* Transportation Industry
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KACT: Strategic Arms Control (ACS) Treaties
Effective from August 2000 (Revised August 2004)
Use for all documents relating to specific, interrelated strategic (nuclear) arms control treaties and their implementation:
* ABM (i.e., anti-ballistic missile) treaty and its implementation body the SCC (Standing Consultative Commission);
* INF (i.e., Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces) Treaty and its implementation body, the SVC (Special Verification Commission);
* START (i.e., Strategic Reductions Treaty) and its implementation body, the JCIC (Joint Compliance and Inspection Commission); and the Strategic Offensive Reductions Treaty (SORT) or the Moscow Treaty and its implementing body, the BIC (Bilateral Implementation Commission).
Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: NP/EX)
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KAWC: Atrocities and War Crimes
Effective from July 2001
Use for all documents relating to atrocities, massacres, and war crimes, including allegations, reports, investigations, and prosecutions of genocide, crimes against humanity, grave breaches of the Geneva Conventions, and violations of the laws or customs for war. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau, Info: S/WCI)
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KCFE: Conventional Armed Forces in Europe
Effective from August 1989
Use on all documents between U.S. Vienna and the Department pertaining to CFE negotiations; documents pertaining to conventional forces in Europe including both Eastern and Western forces, their structure, posture, changes, etc.; documents pertaining to allied and Warsaw Pact conventional arms control positions, plans and related internal political situations, documents referring to the High Level Task Force (HLTF) or its subgroups; and all documents discussing congressional delegation visits to Europe that will address conventional arms control issues. (Action: EUR/RPM)
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KCIP: Critical Infrastructure Protection
Effective from August 2001
Use for all documents reporting on critical infrastructure protection (CIP) issues, which are defined as vulnerabilities and threats, both physical and cyber, to systems and assets (particularly interconnected information systems and networks) so vital to a nation that their incapacity or destruction would have a debilitating impact on national security, national economic security, and/or national public health and safety. Use for reporting of CIP issues both as they affect host country and as they impact the United States. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KCOM: Chief of Mission
Effective from March 2004
Use for all documents addressed for action to the chief of a U.S. mission in a foreign location (e.g., ambassadors, chargés d’affaires, consuls general, or principal officers). Use KCOM in conjunction with generic PASS instructions to chiefs of mission in Department telegrams. Also use the appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KCOR: Corruption and Anti-Corruption
Effective from August 2001
Use for all documents relating to corruption and anti-corruption, dishonesty, and unethical behavior among public officials representing local, provincial, and national governments. This would include linkages with justice, economic, social and political entities. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KCRM: Criminal Activity
Effective from April 1994 (Revised April 2000)
Use on all documents relating to criminal organizations and activities, the threat they pose to U.S. interests and/or friendly governments, and host country and U.S. Government programs to combat them. This includes international criminal organizations; money laundering and other financial crimes; illicit trafficking including alien smuggling and gun running; international stolen property theft and fencing rings; international frauds and commercial crimes; UN crime meetings and anti-crime programs; and interaction with international and regional organizations on these issues. U.S. assistance covers training of host country judicial and law enforcement agencies. Use this K TAGS with the Subject TAGS SOCI. Distinguish the use of this TAGS from AID-funded administration of justice programs in Latin America (KJUS),anti-narcotics issues and programs (SNAR),and anti-terrorism issues and programs (PTER). (Action: INL/ENT)
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KDEM: Democratization
Effective from May 1991
Use on all documents dealing with democratization in Eastern Europe, Latin America, Asia, Africa, and the Middle East. Encouraging democratization constitutes an essential component of U.S. policy. The U.S. Government is devoting significant resources to monitor and promote regional trends away from autocratic rule and toward political pluralism. Programs designed to encourage democratization are diverse, and often are cross-discipline in nature, requiring the involvement of several U.S. Government agencies. Also use the appropriate Subject and Geo-Political TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KDRG: Detainee Repatriation from Guantanamo Bay
Effective from December 2007
Use for all documents addressing issues connected to the repatriation and transfer of detainees in U.S. Government custody at the military detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba to their countries of origin or to third countries. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: S/WCI)
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KFRD: Fraud Prevention Programs
Effective from August 1986
Use on all reporting that refers to efforts and activities pertaining to the prevention of fraud and deceptive practices in the issuance of visas, passports, the issuance of Federal benefits to U.S. citizens and others, and to active measures developed by the Department to oversee their legality and for reporting upon the results of antifraud and prevention measures in consular matters. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: CA/FPP)
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KGHG: Global Climate Change
Effective from May 2007
Use for all documents addressing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, and global climate change (also referred to as global warming). This includes, but is not limited to, the economic, energy, environmental, geographic, health, scientific, social, and political linkages of global climate change. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: OES/EGC)
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KGIC: Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism
Effective from September 2006
Use for all documents relating to the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism. The Global Initiative works toward the prevention, detection, and response to acts of nuclear terrorism. Also use appropriate Subject Tags. (Action: ISM/WMDT)
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KHIV: Emerging Infectious Diseases and HIV/AIDS Program
Effective from June 2000
Use for all documents relating to actual and prospective activities by the U.S. Government, alone or in conjunction with or through other entities, to combat HIV/AIDS and other infectious diseases. Also use Appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: S/GAC)
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KHLS: Homeland Security
Effective from August 2006
Use for all documents relating to all aspects of homeland security issues, including acts of terrorism directed at the U.S. homeland, its citizens, or interests; planning and support for such acts of terrorism; capabilities of terrorist groups; activities of institutions, groups, or individuals that support such terrorism; acts of terrorism that transcend national boundaries due to the support network or nationality of the perpetrator, victim, or facility or conventional, biological, radiological, or nuclear (CBRN) terrorism; terrorist travel; actions of the host government, institutions, or individuals related to support for or opposition to U.S. Government homeland security or counter-terrorism initiatives; actions of the host government or multilateral organizations related to the establishment of host country or regional security, bureaucratic, physical, or cyber infrastructure; homeland security implications and effects of border protection, immigration, and customs policies; transportation (e.g., seaports, civil air) security; host government travel document control and standards; emergency, preparedness, and response; biodefense, science and technology development related to the above areas; reactions of host government, media, etc., to homeland security-related programs and activities in the United States, or of the U.S. Government. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: S/CT, CA, OES, A/OEM)
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KIPR: Intellectual Property Rights
Effective from December 1988 (Revised April 2000)
Use on all documents relating to intellectual property rights which include patents, trademarks, copyrights, semiconductor designs (mask works),industrial designs, trade secrets, appellations of origin and other forms of protection to reward and encourage innovation and creativity. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: EEB/TPP/MTA/IPC)
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KIRF: International Religious Freedom
Effective from January 1999
Use on all documents relating to all issues of religious freedom and persecution, including civil unrest where religion is a precipitating factor; changes to or enforcement of laws affecting freedom of religion; religious aspects of movements, parties or persons seeking governmental change; governmental repression of religious minorities, movements or leaders; religion playing a role in reconciling conflicts; and changes in religious demographics that may produce societal changes. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: DRL/IRF)
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KISL: Islamic Issues
Effective from November 1988 (Revised April 2000)
Use on documents treating government involvement in recognition of or approaches to Islam; political and economic activities undertaken by private Islamic organizations or prominent individuals; and fundamentalism. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS.
(Action: NEA/PPR, AF/RA, EAP/RA)
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KJUS: Administration of Justice
Effective from May 1986 (Revised April 2000)
Use on all documents dealing with the administration of justice in host countries, particularly as it relates to U.S. objectives of promoting democracy and just economic and social development. This includes judicial reforms, political reporting on personalities and institutions involved in the administration of justice, judicial infrastructure development, criminal investigation capabilities, penal systems, legal training, and assistance and exchange programs in this field. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: WHA/PPC)
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KMCA: Millennium Challenge Account
Effective from August 2004
Use for documents relating to all aspects of the Millennium Challenge Account, a U.S. new foreign assistance account, or the Millennium Challenge Corporation, the independent government corporation recently established to manage and oversee this assistance. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: MCC/IT)
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KMDR: Media Reaction Reporting
Effective From October 1999
Use on all documents dealing with setting post ―Watching Briefs and on all post reporting concerning editorial content and media reaction. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: INR/R)
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KNNP: Nuclear Non-Proliferation
Effective from April 1984
Use on all documents on U.S. policy for preventing the spread of nuclear weapons to other countries, the transfer of nuclear material, equipment of technology, agreements for cooperation on the peaceful uses of nuclear energy, matters concerning multilateral discussions on the uses of nuclear energy including the activities of the International Atomic Energy Agency, and activities in other countries related to the acquisition of nuclear explosives. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KOLY: Olympic Games Reporting
Effective from February 1984
Use on all documents relating to issues, reports, or activities concerned with Olympic games. Also use appropriate Subject, Country, and Organization TAGS. Note: KOLY will be used in the above prescribed manner for all subsequent winter and summer Olympic games. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KPAL: Palestinian Affairs
Effective from August 1983 (Revised April 2000)
Use on all documents relating to issues, reports, or activities concerned with the Palestinian people, as a group or in part, or the area known as Palestine. Also use appropriate Subject, Country, and Organization TAGS. (Action: NEA/PA)
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KPAO: Public Affairs Office
Effective from May 2000
Use on all documents intended for Public Affairs sections abroad, and should be used by field Public Affairs sections abroad on all documents coming into the Department which relate to Public Diplomacy Programs. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: ECA/EX/PR)
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KPIN: Political Internationals
Effective from November 1984
Use on all documents relating to the activities and policies of the four major Political Internationals: Socialist International, Christian Democratic International, Liberal International, and the International Democratic Union. This includes reporting on the attitudes of member parties towards the Internationals, the interaction between member parties of the Internationals, and the activities of the Internationals themselves. In addition, this TAGS should be used on all documents relating to the policies of the German (FRG) political foundations: Friederich Ebert, Konrad Adenauer, Hanns Seidel, and Friederich Naumann. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: P)
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KPKO: United Nations Peacekeeping Operations
Effective from August 1996
Use on all documents relating to existing or potential United Nations peacekeeping activities, including proposals for and negotiations with other countries on peacekeeping activities, military support, sanctions monitoring, elections and humanitarian activities, as well as interaction with international and regional organizations on peacekeeping. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: IO)
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KPWR: Power Support Program
Effective from March 1993
Use on all documents dealing with the Department’s electrical power support requirements. The program provides consolidated funding for generators, central uninterruptible power supply (UPS) systems, and PCB transformer abatement projects. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: OBO/PE/DE)
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KRAD: Radioactive Contamination of the Environment
Effective from May 1997 (Revised April 2000)
Use on all documents dealing with radioactive contamination of the environment from whatever source—military or civilian use, transportation, storage, or disposal of nuclear material Appropriate Subject Terms to use with this TAGS would include nuclear contamination, radiation, radioactive material and International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) emergency notification. In connection with accidental or deliberate contamination, appropriate Terms to use with this TAGS include radioactive material transfer, radioactive waste disposal, radioactive waste management, industrial/medical radiography, medical isotope, and transfer of fissile material. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: OES/OA)
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KSCA: Science Counselors and Attachés
Effective from February 1983
Use on all documents drafted by or sent to Science Counselors and Science Attachés. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: OES). Note: KSCA replaces the Organization SCSA.
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KSPR: Strategic, Performance and Resource Planning
Effective from October 1997
Use on all documents dealing with the strategic planning process for all foreign affairs agencies or agencies with operations and programs abroad as well as the Department’s own strategic planning activities. This includes all resource allocation processes when associated with the Mission Performance Plan (MPP),namely: budget formulation, the Financial Plan (FINPLAN),and the field budget plan. Technical and operational messages that are purely budget-focused should only use ABUD. Use KSPR on messages regarding personnel planning in connection with the annual MPP exercises, and subjects relating to the Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA) of 1993. Operational personnel requests (e.g., new positions, classification actions, conversions of positions from FSN to PIT, etc.) should still only use APER. Suggested terms to use with KSPR are program planning, Mission Performance Plan (MPP),Resource Allocations and Budget Integration Tool (RABIT) and Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA). Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: M/P)
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KSUM: Summit Meetings
Effective from January 1983 (Revised November 1987)
Use on all documents concerning Summit Meetings. This includes substantive and administrative arrangements for meetings, records of meetings and reports on actions by participants as a result of meetings, including preparatory meetings. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KTFN: Terrorism Finance Traffic
Effective from July 2004
Use for documents relating to all aspects of terrorism financing; sanctions; designations of individuals under Executive Orders (E.O.) dealing with terrorism finance such as E.O. 13224; related UN resolutions; denial of funds to terrorists; and other related aspects of terrorism financing. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: EEB/ESC)
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KTIA: Treaties and International Agreements
Effective from June 1984
Use on all documents concerning treaties, including conventions, protocols, or other International Agreements, such as exchange of notes, exchange of letters and memoranda of understanding, as well as requirements of the Case Act (11 FAM 724; 1 U.S.C. 112B). Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: L/T)
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KTIP: Trafficking in Persons
Effective from September 2008
Use for all cables related to the topics of trafficking in persons, human trafficking, slavery, involuntary servitude, forced labor, labor migration, illegal migration, commercial sexual exploitation, prostitution, sex tourism, forced marriage, child labor, debt bondage, peonage, and child soldiering. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: G/TIP)
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KUNR: UN Reform
Effective from November 1995
Use on all documents dealing with all efforts to reform and restructure the United Nations. Some of the reforms are: the UN budget and/or ceiling, security council expansion, managerial improvements, and strengthening the role of the UN. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: IO)
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KWBG: West Bank and Gaza
Effective from December 1993 (Revised April 2000)
Use on all documents dealing with the implementation of the Israeli-PLO Declaration of Principles, including Palestinian interim self-rule, economic development and development assistance to the Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza. Also, use for Israeli-PLO negotiations on implementing the agreement and political developments in the West Bank and Gaza including elections for a Palestinian Council. Also use the appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: NEA/IPA)
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KWMN: Women Issues
Effective from June 1995
Use on all documents relating to the Fourth World Conference on Women and any future World Conferences on Women. Also use this TAGS on issues concerning women’s human rights, women’s political participation, women-in-development, and any discussions of women in the United Nations or any other international organizations. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: G/CS, IO, and DRL)
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MARR MILITARY AND DEFENSE ARRANGEMENTS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Efforts to establish and maintain collective security or other international military cooperation. (Replaces RCHB file category: DEF)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Air Defense
* Air Forces
* Alliance
* Armed Forces
* Artillery
* CFE
* Collective Security
* DECA
* DMZ
* Emergency Evacuation
* Ground Forces
* Home Porting
* Host Government
* Intelligence Assessment
* Landing Rights
* Lease
* Military Advisor
* Military Agreement
* Military Base
* Military Cooperation
* Military Exercise
* Military Personnel
* Military Plan
* Military Visit
* Minesweeping
* Monitoring
* National Security
* Naval Forces
* Overflight Clearance
* Peace Plan
* Peacekeeping Forces
* Refueling
* Security Assessment
* Ship Clearance
* Ship Movement
* SOFA
* Tracking Station
* Troop Contribution
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Reduction
* Troop Withdrawal
* Truce Observer
* Weapons Deployment
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MASS MILITARY ASSISTANCE AND SALES
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The Govemment to Govemment transfer, sale, or loan of military equipment, advisers, or services. (Replaces RCHB file categories DEF, FT)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Airlift
* Arms
* Artillery
* AWACS
* Bomber Aircraft
* CAT
* Congressional Presentation
* Credit
* Debt
* Debt Repayment
* Diversion
* Donor
* Economic Support Fund
* Fighter Aircraft
* FMS
* Guidance System
* Helicopter
* IMET
* Loan
* Maintenance
* MAP
* Military Adviser
* Military Agreement
* Military Aircraft
* Military Assistance
* Military Procurement
* Military Training
* Military Vehicle
* Missile
* Reexport
* Salvage
* Spare Parts
* Surplus Weapons Disposal
* Technical Assistance
* Technology Transfer
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MCAP MILITARY CAPABILITIES
Effective from March 1973 to June 1974 (Revised January 1983)
The nonnuclear offensive and defensive ability of the military establishment of a nation or international organization. (Replaces RCHB file category: DEF)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Advanced Weaponry
* Air Defense
* Air Forces
* Armed Forces
* Arms
* Artillery
* AWACS
* Biological Warfare
* Biological Weapon
* Biological Weapon Control
* Bomber Aircraft
* Burden sharing
* Cargo Aircraft
* Chemical Warfare
* Chemical Weapon
* Chemical Weapon
* Control Civil Defense
* Coast Guard
* Conscription
* Contingency Plan
* Conventional Weapon
* Conventional Weapon
* Control Court Martial
* Defense Industry
* Demobilization
* Fighter Aircraft
* Ground Forces
* Guidance System
* Helicopter
* Infrastructure
* Intelligence Assessment
* Landing Rights
* Logistics
* Military Aircraft
* Military Balance
* Military Budget
* Military Buildup
* Military Capability
* Military Communication
* Military Equipment
* Military Exercise
* Military Leader
* Military Personnel
* Military Plan
* Military Reserve
* Missile
* Mobilization
* National Guard
* Naval Forces
* Naval Ship
* Ordnance
* Radar
* RDF
* Security Assessment
* Strategic Plan
* Submarine
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Level
* Troop Reduction
* Troop Withdrawal
* Warhead
* Warning System
* Weapons Deployment
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MNUC MILITARY NUCLEAR APPLICATIONS
Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)
The development and use of nuclear technology for military purposes. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AE, DEF)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Advanced Weaponry
* Antinuclear
* Arms
* Artillery
* Counterforce
* Decontamination
* Delivery Vehicle
* Fissionable Material
* Guidance System
* INF
* LRTNF
* Military Capability
* Missile
* Missile Site
* Monitoring
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Powered Ship
* Nuclear Safeguard
* Nuclear Test
* Nuclear Weapon
* Nuclear Weapon Control
* Nuclear Winter
* Plutonium
* Radiation
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* Radioactive Waste Management
* Spent Fuel
* Strategic Plan
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Withdrawal
* Warhead
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MOPS MILITARY OPERATIONS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Declared or undeclared war involving two or more nations. (Replaces RCHB file categories: DEF, POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Advanced Weaponry
* Aggression
* Air Alert
* Air Forces
* Amnesty
* Armed Forces
* Artillery
* Assault
* Atrocity
* Biological Warfare
* Biological Weapon
* Biological Weapon Control
* Blockade
* Bombing
* Casualty
* Ceasefire
* Chemical Warfare
* Chemical Weapon
* Chemical Weapon Control
* Combat
* Concentration Camp
* CONTRA
* Conventional Weapon
* Conventional Weapon Control
* DMZ
* Emergency Evacuation
* Escalation
* Explosives
* Ground Forces
* Guerrilla
* Intelligence Assessment
* Intervention
* Invasion
* KIA
* Landing Rights
* Martial Law
* Massacre
* MIA
* Military Balance
* Military Buildup
* Military Plan
* Minesweeping
* Naval Forces
* No Fly Zone
* Nuclear Weapon
* Nuclear Weapon Control
* Occupied Area
* Peace Plan
* POW
* Repatriation
* Reprisal
* Rescue
* Sabotage
* Ship Movement
* Surrender
* Threat
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Level
* Troop Reduction
* Troop Withdrawal
* War
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ODIP U.S. DIPLOMATIC REPRESENTATION
Effective from January 1983
Official representational and ceremonial activities of U.S. diplomats and U.S. Government officials; includes all aspects of privileges and immunities. Use for ceremonial activities hosted by U.S. officials. (Replaces RCHB file categories: PER, POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Accreditation
* Agrement
* Ambassador
* Ambassador Designate
* Anniversary
* Assault
* Attache
* Ceremonial Representation
* Credentials Presentation
* Diplomat
* Diplomatic Consular List
* Diplomatic Privileges
* Drivers License
* Funeral
* Gift
* Guest List
* Honorary Consul
* Invitation
* Personnel Conduct
* Real Property
* Social Reception
* Tax Exemption
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OEXC EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL
EXCHANGE OPERATIONS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised April 2000)
The administration and operation of educational and cultural exchange programs. (Replaces RCHB file category: EDX)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* American Studies
* Artist
* Athlete
* Business for Russia Program
* Citizen Exchanges
* College and University Affiliation Program
* Community
* Connections
* Creative Arts Exchanges
* Cultural Exchange
* Cultural Heritage
* Cultural Property
* Cultural Specialists (Aculspecs)
* Educational Exchange
* EFL Fellows
* ETF Fellows
* Exchange Program
* Designation Festival Fund
* Film Programs
* FLEX Program
* Foreign Leader Program
* Fulbright Alumni Association
* Fulbright American Studies Institutes
* Fulbright Commissions
* Fulbright Junior Staff Development Program (JSD)
* Fulbright Scholar in Residence Program
* Fulbright Scholar Program
* Fulbright Student Program
* Fulbright Teachers Exchange Grant
* Humphrey Program
* International Visitor Program
* J Visa Program
* J William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board
* Jazz Ambassadors
* Nomination
* Performing Arts Calendar
* Ron Brown Fellowship Program
* Scientist
* Student
* Student Advising
* Study of the US
* Teacher
* The Film Service
* U.S. Artists Abroad
* Voluntary Visitor Program
* Youth Exchanges
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OFDP FOREIGN DIPLOMATS AND FOREIGN MISSIONS
Effective from January 1983
Administrative, representational, and ceremonial matters related to non-U.S. diplomatic personnel and foreign missions; includes all aspects of privileges and immunities. Use for ceremonial activities hosted by non-U.S. diplomats. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Accreditation
* Ambassador
* Ambassador Designate
* Assault
* Attache
* Building Design
* Ceremonial Representation
* Consul
* Consulate
* Credentials Presentation
* Diplomat
* Diplomatic Consular List
* Diplomatic Privileges
* Drivers License
* Embassy
* Envoy
* Funeral
* Gift
* Guest List
* Honorary Consul
* Invitation
* NOB
* Office Closure
* Office Establishment
* Personnel Appointment
* Personnel Conduct
* Personnel Resignation
* Personnel Separation
* Post Closing
* Post Opening
* Real Property
* Recall
* Social Reception
* Staffing
* Tax Exemption
* Third Country Counterparts
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OIIP INTERNATIONAL INFORMATION PROGRAMS
Effective from October 1999
Administrative and operational aspects of international information programs, products, and services that increase international support for U.S. policies and understanding of U.S. society.
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Advance Documents Service
* Article Alert
* Book Donations
* Book Fairs
* Book Reprints
* Book Translations
* Books and Documents List
* Computer
* Cooperative Agreements
* Copyright
* Design Services
* DVC
* Electronic Journal
* Grant
* Graphic Design
* I-Bucks
* IRC
* IRO
* Listserv
* Paper Shows
* PDQ
* Photo Coverage
* Photo Rights
* Photo Requests
* Public Diplomacy
* Publication
* Reference Requests
* Speaker
* Technology Partnerships
* Teleconference
* Translation Requests
* Washington File
* Websites
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OPDC DIPLOMATIC CORRESPONDENCE
Effective from January 1983
Correspondence and ceremonial messages between prominent leaders and principal officers. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Acknowledgment
* Anniversary
* Appreciation Message
* Commemorative Message
* Condolence Message
* Congratulatory Message
* Invitation
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OPRC PUBLIC RELATIONS AND CORRESPONDENCE
Effective from January 1983
Correspondence to and from the public commenting on U.S. policy and foreign incidents, requesting information and speaking engagements, and any other public relations activities. This TAGS includes routine constituent's correspondence such as employment opportunities, requests for photographs, autographs, etc. Also includes press summaries and press conferences, public opinion polls, and the administrative arrangements for press conferences. (Replaces RCHB file category: PR)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Accreditation
* Authentication
* Autograph
* Constituents Mail
* Employment
* Interview
* Invitation
* Journalist
* Photo Request
* Photograph
* Poll
* Press Relations
* Public Diplomacy
* Public Information Publication
* Speaker
* Translation
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OREP U.S. CONGRESSIONAL TRAVEL
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Administrative and operational aspects of travel by Congressmen, congressional staffers, and delegations. (Replaces RCHB file category: LEG)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Accommodation
* Arrival Notice
* Arrival Speech
* CODEL
* Departure Notice
* Departure Speech
* Itinerary
* Passenger Manifest
* Protective Security
* Staffdel
* Support Services
* Travel Advisory
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OSCI SCIENCE GRANTS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The administration of grants and disbursal of funds of U.S. Government sponsored research programs. (Replaces RCHB file category: SCI)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Foreign Currency
* Grant
* Science Grant
* Scientific Exchange
* Scientist
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OTRA TRAVEL
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Routine and operational aspects of travel and visits by other than prominent individuals and Congressmen. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL, TP, TRV)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Accommodation
* Arrival Notice
* Arrival Speech
* Businessmen
* Departure Notice
* Departure Speech
* Dependent
* Itinerary
* Journalist
* Official Travel
* Scientific Visit
* Support Services
* Trade Visit
* Travel Advisory
* Travel Locator Messages
* Travel Orders
* Travel Report
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OVIP VISITS AND TRAVEL OF PROMINENT INDIVIDUALS AND LEADERS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The administrative and operational aspects of visits or travel of U.S. and foreign leaders and prominent individuals. Use for assistant secretary level and above or foreign equivalent. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Accommodation
* Arrival Notice
* Arrival Speech
* Departure Notice
* Departure Speech
* Envoy
* Hotel
* Itinerary
* Passenger Manifest
* Protection Technical Services
* Protective Security
* Secretarys Detail
* Support Services
* Trade Visit
* Travel Advisory
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PARM ARMS CONTROLS AND DISARMAMENT
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Efforts by governments to control the acquisition, development, and production of nuclear, biological, chemical, and other advanced weaponry. Also includes the control of efforts by countries to develop nuclear capabilities. (Replaces RCHB file categories: DEF, FT, POL, STR)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* ABM Treaty
* Advance Notification
* Advanced Weaponry
* Aerial Inspection
* Antinuclear
* Arms
* Arms Buildup
* Arms Control
* Arms Control Agreement
* Arms Control Impact Statement
* Arms Talks
* Arms Traffic
* Associated Measures
* Biological Warfare Convention
* Biological Weapon
* Biological Weapon Control
* CDE
* Chemical Weapon
* Chemical Weapon Control
* CNEA
* Compliance
* Confidence Building Measures
* Constraints
* Consultation
* Conventional Weapon
* Conventional Weapon Control
* Conventional Weapon Freeze
* Cooperative Measures
* Counterforce
* Counting Rule
* CST
* CTB
* Deterrence
* Disarmament
* Diversion
* East West Relations
* Electronic Weapons Systems
* Emerging Technologies
* ENMOD
* Entry Exit Points
* Fissionable Material
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Hotline
* Implementation
* INF
* IOZP
* Laser Fusion
* Launchers
* Limited Test Ban Treaty
* LRTNF
* Military Budget Reduction
* Military Expenditures
* Missile
* Monitoring
* Moratorium
* Napalm
* National Guidelines Area
* No First Use
* Nonproliferation
* Nonuse of Force
* NPT
* NRR
* NTEM
* NTM
* Nuclear Agreements
* Nuclear Capability
* Nuclear Enrichment Process
* Nuclear Equipment
* Nuclear Free Zone
* Nuclear Material
* Nuclear Proliferation
* Nuclear Reactor
* Nuclear Technical Assistance
* Nuclear Technology
* Nuclear Weapon
* Nuclear Weapon Control
* Nuclear Weapon Free Zone
* Nuclear Weapon Freeze
* Particle Beam
* Peace Movement
* Plutonium
* Political Concession
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* SCC
* SDI
* Simulations
* SNEC
* Spent Fuel
* START
* Stockpile
* Strategic Policy
* Technology Transfer
* Telemetry
* Tlatelolco Treaty
* Troop Level
* TTBT
* Unconventional Weapon
* Verification
* Warhead
* Weapon Destruction
* Weapon Systems Deactivation
* Weapons Deployment
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PBTS NATIONAL BOUNDARIES, TERRITORIES, AND SOVEREIGNTY
Effective from January 1983
A territory over which dominion is exercised. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Air Alert
* Airspace
* Annexation
* Arbitration
* Archipelago
* Border Control
* Border Crossing
* Border Dispute
* Border Incident
* Boundary
* Boundary Claim
* Boundary Determination
* Canal
* Cession
* Coast Guard
* Continental Shelf
* Court Decision
* Dependency
* Dispute Settlement
* Island
* Island Claim
* Land Settlement
* Landlocked Country
* Maritime Boundary
* Mediation
* Occupied Area
* Overflight
* Piracy
* Port
* Port Access
* Province
* River
* Seabed
* Ship Detention
* Sovereignty
* Strait
* Survey
* Territorial Claim
* Territorial Reversion
* Territorial Sea Limit
* Territorial Unification
* Territorial Waters
* Trust Territory
* Water Boundary Agreement
* Water Boundary Claim
* West Bank
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PGOV INTERNAL GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised June 1983)
The form, structure, and organization of local, provincial, and national governments. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Absentee Ballot
* Administration of Justice
* Alliance
* Antigovernment
* Arbitration
* Berlin Access
* Berlin Wall
* Cabinet
* Cabinet Meeting
* Campaign
* Candidacy Support
* Candidate
* Charter
* Church State Relations
* Coalition Government
* Colonialism
* Communism
* Confederation
* Constitution
* Constitutional Law
* Corruption
* Court
* Court Decision
* Death
* Democracy
* Dictatorship
* Election
* Election Forecast
* Election Irregularities
* Election Law
* Election Observer
* Election Reform
* Election Results
* Extremist
* Federation
* First Lady
* Glasnost
* Government Agency
* Government Budget
* Government Media Relations
* Government Official
* Government Reform
* Governor
* Impeachment
* Inauguration
* Influence
* Infrastructure
* Interim Government
* Judicial Reform
* Judiciary
* Junta
* King
* Legislation
* Legislator
* Legislature
* Martial Law
* Mayor
* Minister
* Minority
* Municipal
* Nationalism
* Opposition
* Opposition Party
* Party Faction
* Party Leader
* Party Line
* Party Meeting
* Party Stability
* Party Strength
* Party Unity
* Patronage
* Perestroyka
* Political Adviser
* Political Concession
* Political Cooperation
* Political Crisis
* Political Leader
* Political Military Relations
* Political Party
* Political Trend
* Poll
* President
* Prime Minister
* Progovernment
* Province
* Queen
* Reconciliation
* Referendum
* Reorganization
* Resignation from Office
* Reunification
* Royal Family
* Ruling Party
* Self Government
* Socialism
* Special Interest Group
* State of the Union Message
* Succession
* Tenure of Office
* Totalitarian
* Trial
* Trust
* Territory
* Veto
* Vice President
* Voting
* Voting Rights
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PHSA HIGH SEAS AFFAIRS
Effective from January 1983
Activities on the high seas, outside a country's national jurisdiction. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Continental Shelf
* Dispute Settlement
* Exclusive
* Economic Zone
* Fishing Limit
* Fishing Rights
* Freedom of Navigation
* Hazardous Cargo
* Innocent Passage
* International Waters
* LOS
* Marine Mammal
* Marine Safety
* Marine Transportation
* Maritime Agreement
* Merchant Ship
* Minesweeping
* Natural Resources
* Ocean Dumping
* Piracy
* Seabed
* Seabed Mining
* Ship Accident
* Ship Detention
* Ship Movement
* Strait
* Territorial Sea Limit
* Territorial Waters
* Transit Passage
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PHUM HUMAN RIGHTS
Effective from January 1985
The violation of rights attributable to human beings. (Replaces RCHB file categories: POL, SOC)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Abuse
* Amnesty
* Antisemitic
* Apartheid
* Asylum
* Asylum Request
* Capital Punishment
* Childrens Rights
* Civil Rights
* Concentration Camp
* Court Decision
* Death Squad
* Deportation
* Detainee
* Detection Equipment
* Detention Development Rights
* Discrimination
* Economic Rights
* Emigration
* Emigration Control
* Ethnic Group
* EVD
* Execution
* Exile
* Family
* Forced Labor
* Harassment
* Human Rights
* Humane
* Imprisonment
* Indigenous Peoples
* Individual Rights
* Internal Exile
* Internee
* Mass Migration
* Massacre
* Minority
* Minority Rights
* Missing Person
* Mistreatment
* Murder
* Persecution
* Police Equipment
* Political Disappearance
* Political Prisoner
* Political Repression
* Political Rights
* Poverty
* Prisoner
* Prisoner Release
* Prisoner Welfare
* Proselytize
* Psychiatric Abuse
* Religion
* Religious Group
* Returnees
* Rights of Peoples
* Security Forces
* Sponsorship
* Torture
* Walk In Procedures
* Women
* Womens Rights
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PINR INTELLIGENCE
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The gathering and reporting of intelligence information, including biographic and background data. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INT, POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Aerial Reconnaissance
* Biographic Information
* Contacts
* Counterintelligence
* Covert Operations
* Disinformation
* Espionage
* Film
* Humint Collection Plan
* Information Security
* Intelligence Assessment
* Intelligence Collection
* Intelligence Services
* Maps
* Monitoring
* Olive Harvest
* PLPPR
* Remote Sensing
* Satellite
* Ship Movement
* Surveillance Aircraft
* Tracking Station
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PINS NATIONAL SECURITY
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
A regime's stability, control, or efforts to maintain itself in power, as well as activities and efforts to disrupt or overthrow the established regime by other than normal political activity. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Amnesty
* Armed Forces
* Arms
* Assassination
* Assault
* Atrocity
* Censorship
* Church State Relations
* Civil War
* Clandestine Broadcast
* Community Relations
* Concentration Camp
* Contingency Plan
* CONTRA
* Counterinsurgency
* Coup
* Court Decision
* Court Martial
* Death Squad
* Defector
* Demobilization
* Detention
* Dissident
* Emigration
* Emigration Control
* Escalation
* Ethnic Group
* Execution
* Exile
* Exiled Government
* Exit Permit
* Expulsion
* Extremist
* General Strike
* Guerrilla
* Harassment
* Hostility
* Hunger Strike
* Impeachment
* Infiltration
* Insurgency
* Intelligence Assessment
* Internal Control
* Intervention
* Land Reform
* Law Enforcement
* Liberation Front
* Martial Law
* Massacre
* Mercenary
* Minority
* Missing Person
* National Security
* Occupied Area
* Persona Non Grata
* Plot
* Police Force
* Police Investigation
* Political Assessment
* Political Crisis
* Political Military Relations
* Political Prisoner
* Political Settlement
* Political Stability
* Political Trend
* Prisoner Release
* Propaganda
* Property Protection
* Religious Group
* Repression
* Reprisal
* Riot
* Riot Control
* Sabotage
* Seizure
* Surrender
* Threat
* Travel Document
* Travel Restriction
* Treason
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Withdrawal
* Violence
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PREF REFUGEES
Effective from January 1985 (Revised March 1995)
People who move across borders because of danger to life or fear of persecution. (Replaces RCHB file category: REF)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Admissions
* Allocation
* Asylum Policy
* Early Warning
* Emergency Response
* ESLCO
* Family Reunification
* Humanitarian Assistance
* Internally Displaced Persons
* Letter of Introduction
* ODP
* Prevention
* Refugee Camp
* Refugee Protection
* Refugee Relief
* Refugee Resettlement
* Refugee Settlement
* Refugee Status
* Repatriation
* Safe Country of Origin and Transit
* Safe Haven
* Sponsorship
* Temporary Protection
* VOLAG
* Volunteers
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PREL EXTERNAL POLITICAL RELATIONS
Effective from January 1983
The political relations between countries, international or regional organizations both bilateral and multilateral, that assess intentions, objectives, plans, or possible courses of interaction. (Replaces RCHB file category: CSM, POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Alliance
* Ambassador
* Amity
* Antiamerican
* Anticommunism
* Antisoviet
* Bilateral Cooperation
* CBI
* Cold War
* Commitment
* Condemnation
* Consular Service
* Demarche
* Detente
* Deterrence
* Diplomatic Protest
* East West Relations
* Embassy Closing
* Embassy Opening
* Expulsion
* Extradition Treaty
* Foreign Commitment
* Foreign Relations
* Front Line States
* Government Reaction
* Hegemony
* Industrialized Nation
* Influence
* International Organization
* Intervention
* LDC
* Lobbying
* NAM
* National Security
* Neutrality
* No Fly Zone
* Nonaggression
* Nonaligned Nations
* Nonparticipation
* North South Dialogue
* Open Skies Treaty
* Opposition
* Participation
* Peace
* Peace Plan
* Persona Non Grata
* Political Concession
* Political Cooperation
* Political Initiative
* Political Settlement
* Political Trend
* Prisoner Exchange
* Prisoner Transfer
* Proamerican
* Procommunism
* Prosoviet
* Prowest
* Public Relations
* Reciprocity
* Recognition
* Reconciliation
* Regional Organization
* Relations Establishment
* Relations Interruption
* Reprisal
* Sanction
* Secession
* Signatory
* Sister City
* Third Country Representation
* Third World
* Threat
* War Claims
* West Bank
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PROP PROPAGANDA AND PSYCHOLOGICAL OPERATIONS
Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)
The spreading of ideology, information, or rumor for the purpose of supporting or defaming nations, institutions, causes, peoples, or persons. (Replaces RCHB file categories: CSM, CUL, INF, MP, POL, PPB, RAD, TV)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Active Measures
* Antiamerican
* Anticommunism
* Antinuclear
* Antisoviet
* Brain Drain
* Brainwashing
* Broadcasting
* Campaign
* Censorship
* Clandestine Broadcast
* Disinformation
* Frequency Interference
* Harassment
* Influence
* Jamming
* Lobbying
* Proamerican
* Procommunism
* Propaganda
* Prosoviet
* Prowest
* Public Disclosure
* Public Information
* Public Relations
* Publication
* Repression
* Slander
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PTER TERRORISTS AND TERRORISM
Effective from March 1981 (Revised January 1983)
All aspects of terrorism which transcend national boundaries due to the nationality of the perpetrator, victim, place, or the incident. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Acts of Terrorists
* Antiterrorism Measures
* Antiterrorist Forces
* Assassination
* Assault
* Bomb Threat
* Bombing
* Casualty
* Hijacking
* Hostage
* Hostility
* Infiltration
* Kidnapping
* Kidnapping Threat
* Mission Takeover
* Piracy
* Plot
* Proterrorism
* Rescue
* Sabotage
* Small Arms
* Surrender
* Terrorism
* Terrorist Activities
* Threat
* Threat Assessment
* Violence
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SCUL CULTURAL AFFAIRS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised April 2000)
Any part or totality of a nation's behavior patterns, arts, beliefs, institutions, or sociology. (Replaces RCHB file categories: CUL, EDU, MP, PPB, SOC)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* American Studies
* Anthropology
* Archaeology
* Artifact
* Artist
* Athlete
* Business for Russia Program
* Citizen Exchanges
* College and University Affiliation Program
* Commemorative Celebration
* Community Connections
* Creative Arts Exchanges
* Cultural Exchange
* Cultural Heritage
* Cultural Presentation
* Cultural Property
* Cultural Specialists (Aculspecs)
* Education
* Educational Exchange
* EFL Fellows
* ETF Fellows
* Ethnic Group
* Excavation
* Exchange Program Designation
* Exhibit
* Festival Fund
* Film Programs
* Fine Arts
* FLEX Program
* Fulbright Alumni Association
* Fulbright American Studies Institutes
* Fulbright Commissions
* Fulbright Junior Staff Development Program (JSD)
* Fulbright Scholar Program
* Fulbright Scholar in Residence Program
* Fulbright Student Program
* Fulbright Teachers Exchange
* History
* Holiday
* Humphrey Program
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* International Visitor Program
* J Visa Program
* J William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board
* Jazz Ambassadors
* Language
* Library
* Magazine
* Memorial
* Missionary
* Museum
* National Flag
* Newspaper
* Olympics
* Performing Arts Calendar
* Piracy
* Place of Worship
* Pope
* Publication
* Religion
* Religious Group
* Religious Leader
* Ron Brown Fellowship Program
* School
* Social Custom
* Social Reform
* Sports
* Student
* Student Advising
* Study of the US
* Teacher
* The Film Service
* University
* US Artists Abroad
* Voluntary Visitor Program
* Women
* Youth
* Youth Exchanges
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SENV ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The preservation, deterioration, and conservation of natural and animal resources, the air, water, land, and space environments. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AGR, CUL, E, HLTH, INCO, OS, SOC)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Acid Rain
* Air Pollution
* Animal Conservation
* Animal Hides
* Atmosphere
* Biodiversity
* CITES
* Crop
* Destruction
* Dam
* Desertification
* Drought
* Earthquake
* Ecology
* Endangered Species
* Environment
* Erosion
* Exploitation
* Famine
* Fire
* Fish
* Flood
* Flora
* Forestry
* Fungicide
* Habitat
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Herbicide
* Industrial Waste Disposal
* Insect
* Land Conservation
* Marine
* Mammal
* Migratory Animals
* Monsoon
* National Park
* Natural Disaster
* Natural Resources
* Noise Pollution
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Winter
* Ocean Dumping
* Oil Spill
* Ozone
* Pest Control
* Pesticide
* Pollution Control
* Preservation
* Rainfall
* Seabed
* Sewage
* Sewage System
* Sludge
* Snowfall
* Soil
* Soil Pollution
* Species Protection
* Storm
* Tidal Wave
* Transboundary Pollution
* Tropical Forest
* Volcanic Eruption
* Waste
* Waste Disposal
* Water
* Water Analysis
* Water Conservation
* Water Pollution
* Water Supply System
* Weather
* Whales
* Wildlife
* Yellow Rain
* Zoo
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SMIG MIGRATION
Effective from March 1995
The legal or illegal movement of people across borders, border control, and the treatment of aliens by receiving states. (Replaces RCHB file category: REF)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Alien Interdiction
* Border Control
* Cross Border Migration
* Economic Migration
* Emigration
* Environmental Migration
* Family Reunification
* Illegal Migration
* Immigration
* Labor Migration
* Migration
* Migration and Development Policy
* Nationality and Citizenship
* Readmission Agreements
* Remittances
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SNAR NARCOTICS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 2008)
The illegal production, distribution, and use of narcotic drugs. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INCO, SOC)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Aircraft Registry
* Cocaine
* Crop Destruction
* Crop Substitution
* Crops
* Customs Agreement
* Customs Inspection
* Customs Regulation
* Customs Seizure
* Demand Reduction
* Detection
* Equipment
* Eradication
* Exhibit
* Foreigners
* Hashish
* Herbicide
* Heroin
* Illicit
* Immigration
* Interdiction
* Law Enforcement
* Legal
* Marijuana
* Money Laundering
* Morphine
* Narcotics
* Narcotics Abuse
* Narcotics Control
* Narcotics Detection
* Narcotics Seizure
* Narcotics Traffic
* Opium
* Patrol Boat
* Psychotropic Drugs
* Seizure
* Ship Registry
* Smuggling
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SOCI SOCIAL CONDITIONS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The conditions and factors that affect the social welfare of a community. (Replaces RCHB file category: HLTH, SOC)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Abortion
* Administration of Justice
* Adoption
* AIDS
* Birth Rate
* Black Market
* Census
* Child
* Custody
* Children
* Civil Disobedience
* Community Relations
* Concentration Camp
* Consumer Protection
* Crime
* Crime Control
* Cult
* Demography
* Disease
* Disease Control
* Divorce
* Educational Reform
* Elderly
* Epidemic
* Family
* Family Planning
* Food
* Fugitive
* Genocide
* Glasnost
* Health
* Housing
* Housing Shortage
* Humanitarian Assistance
* Hunger Strike
* Illegal Alien
* Immigrant
* Immigration Control
* Infant
* Infrastructure
* Inoculation
* Insurance
* Law Enforcement
* Life Expectancy
* Marriage
* Medical Care
* Medical Facility
* Mental Health
* Minority
* Modernization
* Mortality Rate
* Murder
* Penal System
* Police Force
* Police Investigation
* Population
* Population Growth
* Pornography
* Prison
* Prisoner
* Prisoner Release
* Prisoner Transfer
* Prisoner Welfare
* Prostitution
* Public Safety
* Public Transportation
* Public Welfare
* Quarantine
* Recall
* Reform
* Rehabilitation
* Riot
* Riot Control
* Rural Area
* Sanitation
* Sewage
* Sewage System
* Sex Ratio
* Sexual Crime
* Sexual Harassment
* Social Development
* Social Reform
* Social Security
* Social Service
* Social Trend
* Special Interest Group
* Standard of Living
* Sterilization
* Theft
* Urban Area
* Violence
* Volunteers
* Water Supply System
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TBIO BIOLOGICAL AND MEDICAL SCIENCE
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The anatomy, physiology, chemistry, and psychology that affect living organisms and the mechanisms of their expression. (Replaces RCHB file categories: HLTH, SCI)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* AIDS
* Animals
* Biology
* Biotechnology
* Chemistry
* Disease
* Disease Control
* Eradication
* Food
* Genetic Engineering
* Hormones
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Laboratory Equipment
* Medical Science
* Nuclear Contamination
* Parapsychology
* Pest Control
* Pharmaceuticals
* Quarantine
* Research & Development
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* STRIDE Technology
* Technology
* Transfer
* Vaccine
* Zoology
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TPHY PHYSICAL SCIENCES
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Research and development in any of the physical sciences. (Replaces RCHB file category: SCI)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Atmosphere
* Chemistry
* Geodesy
* Geology
* Hydrology
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Laboratory Equipment
* Maps
* Materials Science
* Meteorology
* Metrology
* Microwave
* Minerology
* Ocean Drilling
* Oceanography
* Physics
* Research & Development
* Research Vessel
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* Satellite
* Scientific Cooperation
* Scientific Visit
* Seismology
* STRIDE
* Survey
* Technology
* Technology Transfer
* Volcanology
* Weather
* Weather Station
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TRGY ENERGY TECHNOLOGY
Effective from July 1980 (Revised January 1983)
Research and development of energy sources. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AE, DEF, FSE, PET, SCI)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Electric Energy
* Energy Conservation
* Exploration
* Fissionable Material
* Fuel
* Geothermal Energy
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Hydroelectric Energy
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Laboratory Equipment
* Magnetic
* Nuclear Accident
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Energy
* Nuclear Reactor
* Nuclear Safeguard
* Nuclear Test
* Petroleum
* PUNE
* Radiation
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* Research & Development
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* Solar Energy
* Spent Fuel
* SSC
* STRIDE
* Synthetic Fuel
* Technology
* Technology Transfer
* Thermal Energy
* Transmitters
* Wind Energy
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TSPA SPACE ACTIVITIES
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Research and development leading to and resulting in the exploration and utilization of outer space. (Replaces RCHB file categories: DEF, SP, TEL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Astronaut
* Astronomy
* Communications Satellite
* Direct Broadcasting Satellite
* ELV
* Exploration
* Geostationary Satellite Orbit
* High Technology Equipment
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Landing Rights
* Navigational Aid
* Orbit
* Outer Space
* Outer Space Commercialization
* Peaceful Use of Outer Space
* Reentry
* Research & Development
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* Salvage
* Satellite
* Scientific Cooperation
* Space Agreement
* Space Fragment
* Space Law
* Space Liability
* Space Program
* Space Station
* Spacecraft
* Spacecraft Recovery
* Spaceflight
* STRIDE
* Technology
* Technology Transfer
* Telecommunication
* Tracking Station
* UFO
CONFIDENTIAL
CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN
SECRET
SECRET//NOFORN
UNCLASSIFIED
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY
By year:
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ABLD BUILDING AND GROUNDS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The acquisition, management, and operation of U.S.-owned or-leased facilities and sites both domestic and foreign. (Replaces RCHB file categories: BG, ES)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Acquisition
* AIEP
* Allotment
* Antenna
* Antiques
* Appraisals
* Architecture
* Asbestos
* Audit
* Bid Results
* Breathing Device
* Building
* Building Design
* Building Management
* Carpet
* Chancellery
* Construction Management
* Construction Security
* Consulate
* Contract Amendment Contract Award Contract Renewal Contract Termination Contractor
* Core Area
* DCR
* Deed
* Descent Device
* Electrical System
* Elevator
* Embassy
* EMR
* Energy Conservation
* EURMAC
* Fire Alarm
* Fire Detection System
* Fire Prevention
* Fire Safety
* Furnishings
* Generator
* Geotechnical
* Gift
* Hazardous Material
* Housing
* HVAC
* Improvement
* Inventory
* Lease
* Legation
* Maintenance
* Mechanical System
* NOB
* Parking
* PCC
* Post Opening
* Property Exchange
* Property Sales
* Public Access Control
* Real Property
* Reciprocity
* REMS
* Renovation
* Safety & Health Designee
* Safety Program
* Security Enhancement
* Seismology
* SHEMC
* Shielded Enclosure
* Site
* Space Management
* Survey
* WASHMAC
* Water Analysis
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AEMR EMERGENCY PLANNING AND EVACUATION
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Measures and actions implemented to protect U.S. personnel, citizens, property and information; especially related to crisis situations. (Replaces RCHB file category: EP)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Citizen Protection
* Contingency Plan EAP
* Emergency
* Evacuation
* Property
* Protection
* Records Destruction
* Rescue
* Safehaven
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AFIN FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
Effective from March 1973 (Revised April 2000)
The fiscal operations of the Department, Foreign Service posts, and other Federal agencies. (Replaces RCHB file categories: ACC, BUD, FMGT)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Accounting
* Allowance
* Annuity Check
* Antideficiency
* Appropriation
* Audit
* Authentication Bank
* Account Bonding
* CAPPS
* Cash
* Cash Management
* Cashier
* Central Claim
* Commercial Claim
* Compensation
* Debt Collection
* Deficit
* Disallowances
* Disbursement
* Employee Claim
* ESF
* Exchange Rate
* Financial Management System
* Fiscal
* Fiscal Irregularities
* Foreign Currency
* FSCADP
* Fund Allotment
* Funding
* GBL
* General Ledger
* GTR
* Home Leave
* ICASS
* Leave
* Liquidation
* Local Currency
* Nonreceipt
* Over Obligation
* Pay Advance
* Pay Record
* Payment
* Payroll
* Payroll Deduction
* PCS
* Per Diem
* Personal Property
* Personal Travel
* Post MGT
* Premium Pay
* Prompt Payment
* Reimbursement
* Relocation
* Reprogramming
* Retirement
* Security Enhancement
* Taxes
* TDY
* Time & Attendance
* Transportation Request
* Travel Advance
* Travelers Checks
* Treasury Check
* Vendor
* Vouchers
* Vulnerability Assessment
* Wages
* Working Capital Fund
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AMGT MANAGEMENT OPERATIONS
Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)
The management and organization of the Department and posts abroad and other U.S. agencies. (Replaces RCHB file category: ORG)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Administration
* Audit
* Authorities
* Background Information
* Bureau Organization
* Commissary
* Congressional Report
* Delegation of Authority
* Embassy Closing
* Embassy Opening
* Employee Association
* FCS
* FTE
* Geneva Group
* GORI
* Information System
* Inspection Report
* Inspection Team
* Internal Control
* JAO
* Management Initiative
* Management Issues
* Mission Closure
* Mission Opening
* Occupational Safety
* Office Closure
* Office Establishment
* Office Procedures
* Organization
* Overseas Post
* PCS
* Post Closing
* Post MGT
* Post Opening
* Post Operating Plan
* Reciprocity
* Recreation
* Reorganization
* Scheduling
* Staffing
* Support Services
* Survey
* Task Force
* Workload
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AORC INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND CONFERENCES
Effective from January 1983
The structure and management of international or regional organizations and conferences. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL and Organization Name)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Administration
* Application
* Budget
* Candidate
* Chairman
* Charter
* Congressional Reports
* Constitution
* Donor
* Election Results
* Financial Contribution
* Geneva Group
* Host Government
* Information System
* Infrastructure
* Inspection Report
* Inspection Team
* International Organization
* International Organization Official
* Meeting Agenda
* Meeting Delegation
* Meeting Observer
* Meeting Venue
* Membership
* NGO
* Nomination
* Nonparticipation
* Office Closure
* Office Establishment
* Participation
* PERMREP
* Referendum
* Reform
* Regional Organization
* Regional Organization Official Reorganization
* Resignation from Office Seating
* Secession Secretary General Specialized Agency
* Sponsorship
* Staffing
* Vacancy Announcement
* Veto
* VOLAG
* Volunteers
* Voting
* Wages
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APER PERSONNEL
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The administration and support of the Department's Civil and Foreign
Service personnel. (Replaces RCHB file category: PER)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Adoption
* Affirmative
* Action
* Ambassador
* Appeal
* Award
* Backpay
* Benefit Plan
* Bilateral Work Agreements
* Blood Donor
* Boarding School Career Development Career Mobility
* CFC
* Civil Service
* Civil Service Reform Act
* Class Action Suit
* CLO Program
* Community Liaison Office
* Coordinators
* Compensation
* Complaint
* Complement
* Consultation
* Continuing Education
* Contract Employee
* Conversion
* CSR
* Death
* Demotion
* Dependent
* Dependent Education
* Dependent Employment
* Discipline
* Divorce
* Emergency
* Evacuation
* Employee Association
* Employee Benefit
* Employee Relations
* Employee Service
* Employee Status
* Employee Training
* Employment
* Equal Employment Opportunity
* Family Life
* Family Separation
* Family Support Services
* Fellowship
* FERS
* Foreign Born Spouses
* Foreign Service
* Foreign Service Act
* FSPS
* FTE
* Functional Training
* Grade Retention
* Grievance
* Health
* Injury
* Insurance
* International School
* Interns
* Interview
* Job Title
* Leave
* Library
* Merit Pay
* Merit Promotion
* Military Furlough
* Military Reserve
* Nomination
* Nonsensitive Critical Position
* Open Assignments
* Orientation
* Overcomplement
* Pay Record
* Performance Evaluation
* Personal Property
* Personal Travel
* Personnel
* Personnel Action
* Personnel Appointment
* Personnel Assignment
* Personnel Classification
* Personnel Conduct
* Personnel Promotion
* Personnel Reassignment
* Personnel Resignation
* Personnel Separation
* Photographer
* PIT
* Position Classification
* Position Description
* Premium Pay
* Presidential Executive Exchange Program
* Private School
* Probation
* Promotion Panel
* PSC
* Public School
* Recall
* Recruitment
* Reentry
* Relocation
* Remains Disposition
* Reprogramming
* Retired Annuitant
* Retirement
* RIF
* Sabbatical
* Savings Bond
* School Admissions
* SEF
* Selection Board
* Selection Out
* Senior Foreign Service
* SES
* Severance Pay
* Sexual Harassment
* Skill Codes
* Spouse
* Staffing
* Staffing Pattern
* Survey
* Tandem Couple
* TDY
* Tenure Board
* Termination
* Time & Attendance
* Upward Mobility
* U.S. Family Member
* Vacancy Announcement
* Wages
* Work Requirements
* Workload
* Workmen Compensation
* Workweek
* Youth Programs
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ASEC SECURITY
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The development, coordination, or administration of security policies and programs. (Replaces RCHB file category: SY)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* AIASA
* Airport Access Procedures
* Antifraud
* Antiterrorism Measures
* Armored Vehicle
* Assault
* Bugging
* Building
* Contract Guard Program
* Counterintelligence
* Debriefing
* Debugging
* Demolition
* Detection Equipment
* Dismantling
* Electronic Security Device
* Emergency Response Team
* Explosives
* Fraud
* Host Country Guards
* Host Country Police
* Identification Systems
* Information Security
* Local Guard Program
* Maps
* Mission Takeover
* Monitoring
* MSG
* Name Check
* NSU
* Personnel Protection
* Physical Security
* Police Force
* Police Investigation
* Property Protection
* Protective Security
* Public Access Control
* Regional Security
* Riot Control
* RSO
* Scheduled Reporting
* Security Assessment
* Security Clearance
* Security Crisis
* Security Enhancement
* Security Survey
* Security Violation
* Special Support Program
* Suitability
* Technical Security
* Telephone
* Tempest
* Terrorism
* Threat
* Threat Assessment
* Unit Security Procedures
* Warning System
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BEXP TRADE EXPANSION AND PROMOTION
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Efforts to promote trade and other commercial activities, including specific proposals and inquiries to establish trade relations. (Replaces RCHB file category: TP)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Best Prospect
* Bid
* Business Firm
* Businessmen
* CMP
* Commercial Action
* Commercial Association
* Consultation
* Cooperatives
* Country Commercial
* Exhibit
* Exposition
* Foreign Agent
* Foreign Market
* Target Industry
* Targeting
* Trade Fair
* Trade Promotion
* Trade Visit
* WITS
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BTIO TRADE AND INVESTMENT
OPPORTUNITIES
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Administrative and operational reporting on opportunities for U.S. businesses. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FN, TP)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Agribusiness
* Bid
* Business Firm
* FGT
* Foreign Markets
* GPC Implementation
* Joint Venture
* Patent
* PTO
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CASC ASSISTANCE TO CITIZENS
Effective from May 1977 (Revised January 1983)
Consular services provided by the United States to citizens of the United States or any other country. (Replaces RCHB file categories: CON, PS)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Adoption
* Aircraft Detention
* Aircraft Registry
* Alien
* AMCIT
* Arrest Assault
* Attorney List
* Authorities
* Automation
* Child Custody
* Children Compensation
* Complaint
* Consular Assistance
* Consular Package
* Cult
* Custody
* Death Report
* Deportation
* Detention
* Direct Relay
* Drivers License
* Emergency Evacuation
* Estate
* Family
* FIMED
* Fraud Identification
* Lawyer
* Legal
* Medical Care
* Missing Person
* Murder Offenses
* Prisoner
* Prisoner Release
* Prisoner Transfer
* Prisoner Welfare
* Property
* Property Protection
* Release
* Remains Disposition
* Repatriation
* Seamen
* Ship Detention
* Ship Registry
* Spouse
* Third Country Representation
* Travel Advisory
* Trial
* Trust Account
* Trust Account Refund
* Welfare & Whereabouts
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CJAN JUDICIAL ASSISTANCE AND NOTARIAL SERVICES
Effective from May 1983
Matters pertaining to Notarial Services and International Judicial Assistance, including the service of judicial and extra-judicial documents and obtaining evidence. (Replaces RCHB file categories: LEG, PS)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Acknowledgment
* Affidavit
* Attorney List
* Authentication
* Automation
* Deed
* Deposition
* Documentation
* Evidence
* Extradition
* Fraud
* FSIA
* Judicial Assistance
* Letters Rogatory
* Notarial
* Oath
* Official Travel
* Prisoner Transfer
* Process Serving
* Subpoena
* Testimony
* Tort Claim
* Witness
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CMGT CONSULAR ADMINSTRATION AND MANAGEMENT
Effective from August 1983
The administrative and operational management of Consular Affairs activities. (Replaces RCHB file categories: ACC, BUD, CON, FMGT,ORG, PER)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Antifraud
* Automation
* CAS
* Consular Agent
* Consular Agreement
* Consular Conference
* Consular Equipment
* Consular Package
* Consular Service
* Consular Supplies
* Consular Treaty
* CSS
* ECR
* Fee
* Fraud
* ICARS
* IVACS
* Legislation
* MRP
* NIVCAPS
* Office Procedures
* Personnel
* PFM
* PIT
* Publication
* Space Management
* Supplies
* Support Services
* TDIS
* Third Country Representation
* Word Processor
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CVIS VISAS
Effective from May 1973 (Revised January 1993)
Operational, procedural, and administrative functions of visa operations. (Replaces RCHB file category: V)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* AA 1 Adoption
* Advisory Opinion AIDS
* Alien
* Alien Previously Deported
* Alien Smuggler
* Allocation
* Application
* Appointment
* Arrival Notice
* Athlete Automation
* Bearer Insert
* BUSVIS
* Centralized Visa Processing
* Chargeability
* CHINEX
* CLASS
* Clearance
* CONGRINT
* Consular Package
* Crew List
* Crewman
* Crime
* Data
* Defector
* Denial
* Departure Notice
* Dependent
* Deportation
* Derivatives
* Diversity Immigrant
* DNC
* Documentation
* DV 1DVACS
* Employment Based Preference
* Employment Creation
* Entertainer
* Entitlement
* Exchange Visitor
* Exclusion
* Extraordinary Ability
* Family Preference
* Fiance
* Fiancee
* Files
* Foreign Policy Exclusion
* Forms
* Fraud
* Health Related Grounds
* ICARS
* Immediate Relative
* Immigrant
* Intercompany Transferee
* International Child Abduction
* Interview
* Issuance
* IVACS
* Labor Certification
* LB 1
* Legislation
* Medical Examination
* Moral Turpitude
* MRV
* Name Check
* Narcotics Traffic
* News Media Representative
* NIV
* NIVCAPS
* Nonimmigrant
* Numerical Control
* NVC
* Operations
* Other Worker
* Out of District Applicant
* Parole
* Permanent Resident
* Polygamist
* Portsmouth Consular Center
* Priority Date
* Private Bill
* Procedures
* Public Charge
* Reciprocity
* Refugee
* Refusal
* Religious Worker
* Renewal
* Revocation
* SAO
* Skilled Worker
* SPLEX
* Student
* Supplies Temporary Worker
* Terrorist
* 30 60 Rule
* TIVPC
* Totalitarian Party Membership
* Transfer
* Transit
* Travel Agents
* Treaty Investor
* Treaty Trader
* TTYREP
* Validity Visa
* Visa Clearance
* Visa Photograph
* Visitor for Business
* VLOB
* Waiver
* Waiver of Ineligibility
* Walk Ins
* Workload
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EAGR AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Cultivating the soil and forest, raising livestock, and producing crops. (Replaces RCHB file category: AGR)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Agricultural Development
* Agricultural Production
* Agricultural Program
* Agricultural Worker
* Agriculture
* Animal Disease
* Cocoa
* Coffee
* Corn
* Cotton
* Crop Destruction
* Crops
* Dairy Products
* Desalinization
* Disease Control
* Drought
* Erosion
* Famine
* Farm Equipment
* Farming
* Fertilizer
* Food Shortages
* Forestry
* Fruit
* Fungicide
* Grain
* Harvest
* Herbicide
* Husbandry
* Insect
* Irrigation
* Jute
* Land Conservation
* Land Management
* Land Reform
* Livestock
* Natural Fiber
* Nuts
* Oilseeds
* Pest Control
* Pesticide
* Plant Disease
* Poultry
* Preservation
* Quarantine
* Rainfall
* Rice
* Rubber
* Seeds
* Snowfall
* Soil
* Soybean
* Stockpile
* Subsidy
* Sugar
* Timber
* Tobacco
* Tropical Forest
* Vegetable
* Water Analysis
* Weather
* Wheat
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EAID FOREIGN ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Foreign economic and technical assistance provided by governments, international organizations, institutions, or private individuals. (Replaces RCHB file category: AID)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Agricultural Agreement
* Agricultural Development
* Agricultural Program Airlift
* Bank
* Congressional Presentation
* Construction Equipment
* Cooperatives
* Credit
* Debt
* Development Loan
* Development Program
* Disaster Relief
* Donor
* Economic Adviser
* Economic Assistance
* Economic Development
* Economic Support Fund
* Farm Equipment
* Financial Contribution
* Food
* Foreign Assistance Agreement
* Funding
* Grant
* Industrial Development
* Industrialized Nation
* Laboratory Equipment
* LDC
* LLDC
* Loan
* Medical Care
* Medical Equipment
* North South Dialogue
* Paris Club
* PL 480
* PL 480 Title I
* PL 480 Title II
* PL 480 Title III
* Relief Effort
* Self Help
* Technical Assistance
* Water Analysis
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EAIR CIVIL AVIATION
Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)
Commercial and private aircraft and air operations, domestic as well as international. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AV, TR)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Air Access
* Air Cargo
* Air Fare
* Air Safety
* Air Traffic
* Air Transportation
* Aircraft
* Aircraft Accident
* Aircraft Detention
* Aircraft Registry
* Airline
* Airport
* Airport Fee
* Airport Security
* Airspace
* Antiterrorism Measures
* Aviation Agreement
* Cargo Handling
* Charter Flight
* CIVAIR
* Commercial Aircraft
* Emergency Landing
* Flight Clearance
* Flight Manual
* Hazardous Cargo
* Helicopter
* Hijacking
* Insurance
* Landing Rights
* Maintenance
* Navigational Aid
* Passenger Manifest
* Pilot Training
* Private Aircraft
* Refueling
* Rescue
* Route
* Salvage
* Schedule
* Transportation Development
* Transportation Industry
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ECON ECONOMIC CONDITIONS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The status of a nation's economy. (Replaces RCHB file category: E)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Agricultural Development
* Antiinflationary Program
* Black Market
* Capital Investment
* Cost of Living
* Depression
* Economic Agreement
* Economic Assessment
* Economic Conditions
* Economic Crisis
* Economic Development
* Economic Forecast
* Economic Growth
* Economic Indicators
* Economic Program
* Economic Recovery
* Economic Reform
* Economic Report
* Economic Stability
* Economic Trend
* EEC 1992
* Employment
* Financial Profits
* GDP
* GNP
* Industrial Development
* Industrial Growth
* Industrial Reform
* Inflation
* Interest Rate
* National Debt
* NIEO
* Price Index
* Recession
* Stock Market
* Tax Law
* Unemployment
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ECPS COMMUNICATIONS AND POSTAL SYSTEMS
Effective from March 1983
The efforts of governments, the private sector, or international organizations to manage, regulate, develop, apply, or monitor the methods and means of telecommunication, international communication policy, and the informational aspects of communication. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INF, MP, PO, PPB, PR, RAD, SP, TEL, TV)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Broadcasting
* Cable TV
* Censorship
* Clandestine Broadcast
* Direct Broadcasting Satellite
* Fiber Optics
* Frequency Allocation
* Frequency Interference
* Frequency Spectrum
* Geostationary Satellite Orbit
* High Frequency
* lnformatics Information Access
* Information Center
* Information Flow
* Information Media
* Jamming
* Light Communication
* Networking
* NWICO
* Orbit
* Postal System
* Prior Consent
* Radio
* Satellite
* Telecommunication
* Telecommunication Agreement
* Telegraph
* Telephone
* Television
* Transborder Data Flow
* Transmitters
* Undersea Cable
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EFIN FINANCIAL AND MONETARY AFFAIRS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Domestic and international financial affairs of governments and private institutions. (Replaces RCHB file category: FN)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Accounting
* Audit
* Bank
* Bank Account
* Bankruptcy
* Blocked Assets
* BOP
* Budget
* Buffer Stock
* Capital Flow
* CFF
* Commodities Exchange
* Credit
* Currency Shortage
* Debt
* Debt Equity Swap
* Debt Relief
* Debt Repayment
* Debt Repudiation
* Debt Rescheduling
* Deficit
* Devaluation
* Donor
* Drawing Rights
* Economic Growth
* Economic Recovery
* Economic Trend
* EFF
* EMS
* Exchange Rate
* Financial Agreement
* Financial Contribution
* Financial Control
* Financial Crisis
* Financial Market
* Financial Profits
* Financial Program
* Financial Reform
* Financial Reserve
* Financial Stability
* Foreign Currency
* Foreign Currency Control
* Foreign Currency Exchange
* Foreign Market
* Gold
* Grant
* IMF Standbys
* Income Tax
* Inflation
* Interest Rate
* Loan Default
* Local Currency
* London Club
* National Income
* Overpayment
* Paris Club
* Payment
* Revaluation
* Sales Tax
* SDR
* Securities
* Securities Exchange
* Stock Shares
* Tax Haven
* Tax Law
* Taxation Treaties
* Treasury
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EFIS COMMERCIAL FISHING AND FISH PROCESSING
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The breeding and catching of fish and other marine life for commercial purposes. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INCO, POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Aquaculture
* Catch
* Quota Cod
* Dispute Settlement
* Exclusive Economic
* Zone Fish
* Fisheries
* Aid Fishery
* Fishing Agreement
* Fishing Concession
* Fishing Dispute
* Fishing Ground
* Fishing Limit
* Fishing Rights
* Fishing Vessel
* Fishing Vessel
* Detention Halibut
* Herring Joint
* Venture
* Quota Salmon
* Shellfish
* Shrimp
* TEDS
* Tuna
* Whaling Industry
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EIND INDUSTRY AND MANUFACTURING
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The commercial production of goods and services, including the processing of raw materials into manufactured goods. (Replaces RCHB file category: TEL, INCO)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Aerospace Industry
* Alloy
* Aluminum
* Antitrust
* Automotive Industry
* Bankruptcy
* Business Firm
* Capital Investment
* Chemical Industry
* Clothing Industry
* Commercial Association
* Communications Industry
* Complaint
* Construction Industry
* Consumer Goods
* Cooperatives
* Copyright Agreement
* Copyright Claim
* Corruption
* Cotton
* Dairy Industry
* Data Processing Industry
* Defense Industry
* Development Program
* Drug Industry
* Dyeing Industry
* Economic Growth
* Electronic Industry
* Espionage
* Factory
* Fertilizer Industry
* Finishing Industry
* Fishing Industry
* Food Contamination
* Food Industry
* Foreign Agent
* Fraud
* Garment Industry
* Garment Production
* Garment Workers
* Industrial Accident
* Industrial Development
* Industrial Growth
* Industrial Production
* Industrial Reform
* Industrial Waste Disposal
* Insurance
* Linen
* Litigation
* Lumber Industry
* Machine Tool Industry
* Manmade Fiber
* Manufactured Product
* Merger
* Metal Industry
* Monopoly
* Nationalization
* Paper Industry
* Parastatal
* Patent
* Petroleum Industry
* Piracy
* Plastic Industry
* Power Looms
* Private Sector
* Privatization
* Processing
* Product Safety
* Product Standards
* Product Testing
* Production
* Production Control
* Public Sector
* Railroad Industry
* Ramie
* Raw Materials
* Recall
* Registration
* Rubber Industry
* Sabotage
* Salvage
* Service Industry
* Shipbuilding Industry
* Silk
* Spinning Machinery
* Steel Industry
* Stockpile
* Subsidiary
* Subsidy
* Textile Industry
* Textile Production
* Tobacco Industry
* Tourism
* Trademark
* Vegetable Fiber
* Weaving Industry
* Wood Products Industry
* Wool
* Yarns
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EINT ECONOMIC AND COMMERCIAL INTERNET
Effective from October 1997
Economic and commercial programs, policies, and issues relating to the Internet.
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Agreement
* Censorship
* Competition
* Connectivity
* Content
* Copyright
* Data
* Democracy
* Economic Conditions
* Domain Names
* Electronic Commerce
* Encryption
* Free Flow of Information
* Information Availability
* Interconnectivity
* Internet
* Meeting
* Monopoly
* Piracy
* Policy
* Pornography
* Privacy
* Private Sector
* Reporting
* Trademark
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EINV FOREIGN INVESTMENTS
Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)
Foreign investments made by governments or private enterprises for commercial gain. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FN, INCO)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Bank
* Bid
* BIT
* Business Firm
* Business Loss
* Business Merger
* Capital Flow
* Capital Investment
* Compensation
* Credit
* Credit Guarantee
* Disinvestment
* Economic Growth
* Foreign Investment
* Fraud
* Garment Investment
* Insurance Risk
* Investment Climate
* Investment Control
* Investment Disputes
* Investment Guarantee
* Investment Incentive
* Investment Law
* Investment Opportunity
* Joint Venture
* Loan
* Multinational Corporation
* Nationalization
* Parastatal
* Private Investment
* Private Sector
* Privatization
* Public Sector
* Subsidiary
* Textile Investment
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ELAB LABOR SECTOR AFFAIRS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised May 1995)
The labor sector, labor actors, and national labor policies and their effect on domestic and international systems and relations. (Replaces RCHB file category: LAB)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Arbitration
* Benefits
* Bonded Labor
* Child Labor
* Collective Bargaining
* Compulsory Labor
* Dock Workers
* Employee Ownership
* Employee Rights
* Employer Organization
* Employment
* Equal Pay for Equal Work
* Forced Labor
* Foreign Worker
* GSP (Worker Rights)
* Illegal Worker
* International Labor Secretariat
* Job Creation
* Job Discrimination
* Job Security
* Job Training
* Labor Agreement
* Labor Code
* Labor Competition
* Labor Confederation
* Labor Cooperative
* Labor Costs
* Labor Courts
* Labor Disputes
* Labor Federation
* Labor Law
* Labor Leader
* Labor Market
* Labor Migration
* Labor Movement
* Labor Organization
* Labor Relations
* Labor Rights
* Labor Sector
* Labor Settlement
* Labor Standards
* Labor Union
* Layoffs
* Lockout
* Manpower
* Mediation
* NAFTA Labor Cooperation
* Occupational Health
* Occupational Safety
* Pension
* Prison Labor
* Privatization
* Right of Association
* Right to Organize Slave Labor
* Social Clause (WTO)
* Social Net
* Social Security
* Strike
* Trade
* Union
* Underemployment
* Unemployment
* Unemployment Insurance
* Vocational Training
* Wages
* Work Force
* Work Permit
* Worker Rights Workers
* Working Conditions
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ELTN LAND TRANSPORTATION
Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)
All aspects of land transportation. (Replaces RCHB file categories: IT, TR)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Antiterrorism Measures
* Automobile
* Bridge
* Bus
* Cargo Handling
* Detention
* Fee
* Hazardous Cargo
* Highway
* Highway Access
* Hijacking
* Insurance
* Land Transportation
* Maintenance
* Overland Cargo
* Public Transportation
* Railroad
* Railroad Accident
* Railway Access
* Rescue
* Schedule
* Traffic Accident
* Traffic Safety
* Transportation Development
* Transportation Industry
* Truck
* Tunnel
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EMIN MINERALS AND METALS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The exploration, discovery, and extraction of minerals and metals. (Replaces RCHB file category: INCO)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Bauxite
* Bid
* Chromite
* Coal
* Cobalt
* Copper
* Drilling
* Excavation
* Exclusive Economic Zone
* Exploration
* Factory
* Gems
* Gold
* Iron
* Magnesium
* Manganese
* Metal
* Mine
* Mineral
* Mineral Reserve
* Mining
* Mining Accident
* Mining Concession
* Nickel
* Offshore Mining
* Ore
* Quarry
* Silver
* Tin
* Tungsten
* Uranium
* Uranium Enrichment
* Zinc
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ENRG ENERGY AND POWER
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Government and private commercial activities in acquiring and providing energy services from all types of sources. For petroleum and natural gas, see EPET. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AE, FSE)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Coal
* Dam
* Decontamination
* Electric Energy
* Electric Power Plant
* Energy Conservation
* Energy Consumption
* Energy Reserve
* Energy Shortage
* Factory
* Fissionable Material
* Fuel
* Fuel Shortage
* Generator
* Geothermal Energy
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Hydroelectric Energy
* Hydroelectric Power Plant
* Nuclear Accident
* Nuclear Capability
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Energy
* Nuclear Fuel Reprocessing
* Nuclear Power Plant
* Nuclear Reactor
* Nuclear Safeguard
* Power Line
* Public Utility
* PUNE
* Radiation
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* Reexport
* Solar Energy
* Spent Fuel
* Stockpile
* Technology Transfer
* Thermal Energy
* Thermal Power Plant
* Transformer
* Uranium Enrichment
* Wind Energy
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EPET PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS
Effective from July 1980 (Revised January 1983)
Government and private sector activities in the exploration and extraction of petroleum and natural gas. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FSE, PET)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Bid
* Drilling
* Exploitation
* Exploration
* LPG
* Natural Gas
* Natural Gas Pipeline
* Natural Gas Production
* Natural Gas Reserve
* Offshore Drilling
* Offshore Drilling Platform
* Offshore Oil
* Oil Field
* Petroleum
* Petroleum Concession
* Petroleum Pipeline
* Petroleum Production
* Petroleum Reserve
* Petroleum Shortage
* Refinery
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ETRD FOREIGN TRADE
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Exchange of goods between nations. (Replaces RCHB file category: FT)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Alcoholic Beverage
* Aluminum
* Animal Hides
* Antidumping
* Antitrust
* Apparel Trade
* Arms
* Arms Traffic
* Barter
* BOP
* Boycott
* Buffer Stock
* Chemical
* Clothing
* Cocoa
* Coffee
* Commercial Aircraft
* Commodity
* Commodity Market
* Communications Equipment
* Computer
* Construction Equipment
* Cooperatives
* Corruption
* Cotton
* Countertrade
* Countervailing Duty
* Cross Border Trade
* Customs Agreement
* Customs Clearance
* Customs Court
* Customs Fine
* Customs Inspection
* Customs Official
* Customs Regulation
* Customs Seizure
* Dairy Products
* Debt
* Development Program
* Dispute Settlement
* Diversion
* Duty Free Entry
* East West Trade
* Economic Cooperation
* EEC 1992
* EEP
* Electronic Equipment
* Exhibit
* Export
* Fair Trade
* Farm Equipment
* FCN
* Fertilizer
* Fish
* Food
* Food Contamination
* Food Inspection
* Footwear
* Foreign Market
* Free Trade Zone
* Garment Exports
* Garment Imports
* Government Procurement
* GSP
* Harmonized System
* Helicopter
* Import
* Industrialized Nation
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Intervention
* Laboratory Equipment
* LDC
* Leather
* License
* Linen
* Litigation
* Lumber
* Machine Tool
* Manmade Fiber
* Market Access
* Meat
* Meat Inspection
* Medical Equipment
* Merger
* Metal
* MFN
* MIC
* Monopoly
* Multifiber Arrangement
* NAFTA
* Natural Fiber
* Newly Industrialized Countries
* Nonalcoholic Beverage
* Nontariff Barriers
* North South Dialogue
* Oils
* Oilseeds
* Perishable Commodities
* Petroleum Products
* Pharmaceuticals
* Plastics
* Poultry
* Private Sector
* Product Standards
* Public Sector
* Quota
* Railroad Equipment
* Ramie
* Reexport
* Rice
* Rubber
* Sanction
* Shellfish
* Silk
* Smuggling
* Soybean
* Steel
* Stockpile
* Subsidy
* Sugar
* Synthetic Fiber
* Synthetic Rubber
* Tariff
* Tariff Barriers
* Tariff Relief
* Television
* Textile Exports
* Textile Imports
* Textiles
* Tin
* Tobacco
* Trade Agreement
* Trade Balance
* Trade Complaint
* Trade Control
* Trade Concession
* Trade Discrimination
* Trade Dumping
* Trade Fair
* Trade Law
* Trade Liberalization
* Trade Opportunity
* Trade Promotion
* Trade Protectionism
* Trade Relations
* Trade Visit
* Tuna
* VAT
* Vegetable
* Vegetable Fiber
* Vegetable Oil
* Wheat
* Wine
* Wood Products
* Wool
* Yarns
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ETTC TRADE AND TECHNOLOGY CONTROLS
Effective from April 1984
Government efforts to control the transfer of goods (i.e., equipment),services, or technologies. This includes foreign policy trade controls, strategic (National Security) trade controls, munitions controls, general West to East technology transfer issues, and efforts to circumvent U.S. or COCOM controls. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FT, STR)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Arms Traffic
* Blocked Assets
* Boycott
* COCOM Case
* COCOM List Review
* Computer
* Data Bases
* Data Processing Equipment
* Digital Switching
* Diversion
* EAA
* East West Trade
* Economic Warfare
* Electronic Equipment
* Embargo
* End Use Check
* End User
* Enforcement
* Espionage
* Exception List
* EXCON
* Export
* Export Control
* GSOIA
* GSOMIA
* High Technology Equipment
* IEEPA
* Illegal Trade
* Import Control
* ITAR
* Laboratory Equipment
* License
* Manufacturing Agreement
* Military Applications
* Military Critical Technologies
* Military Equipment
* Military Services
* Munitions Control
* NDPC
* Nonmarket Economy
* Origin Certificate
* Reexport
* Research & Development
* Sanction
* Security Survey
* Semiconductors
* SNEC
* Software
* Stockpile
* Strategic Material
* Strategic Trade Control
* Superconductor
* TCDC
* Technical Assistance Agreement
* Technology Acquisition Efforts
* Technology Gap
* Technology Transfer
* Transaction Check
* Turnkey Plant
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EWWT WATERBORNE TRANSPORTATION
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Movement of commercial and private vessels over high seas and inland waterways. (Replaces RCHB file categories: OS, TR)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Antiterrorism
* Measures Canal
* Cargo Handling
* Coast Guard
* Containerization
* Dock Workers
* Fee
* Hazardous Cargo
* Insurance
* Load Line
* Maintenance
* Marine Cargo
* Marine Safety
* Marine Transportation
* Maritime Agreement
* Maritime Flag
* Maritime Law
* Merchant Ship
* Minesweeping
* Navigational Aid
* Passenger Ship
* Patrol Boat
* Piracy
* Port
* Port Access
* Port Congestion
* Private Ship
* Refueling
* Registration
* Rescue
* River
* Route
* Salvage
* Schedule Ship Accident
* Ship Clearance
* Ship Detention
* Ship Harassment
* Ship Movement
* Ship Registry
* Shipyard
* SOLAS
* Strait
* Tonnage Measurement
* Transportation Development
* Transportation Industry
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KACT: Strategic Arms Control (ACS) Treaties
Effective from August 2000 (Revised August 2004)
Use for all documents relating to specific, interrelated strategic (nuclear) arms control treaties and their implementation:
* ABM (i.e., anti-ballistic missile) treaty and its implementation body the SCC (Standing Consultative Commission);
* INF (i.e., Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces) Treaty and its implementation body, the SVC (Special Verification Commission);
* START (i.e., Strategic Reductions Treaty) and its implementation body, the JCIC (Joint Compliance and Inspection Commission); and the Strategic Offensive Reductions Treaty (SORT) or the Moscow Treaty and its implementing body, the BIC (Bilateral Implementation Commission).
Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: NP/EX)
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KAWC: Atrocities and War Crimes
Effective from July 2001
Use for all documents relating to atrocities, massacres, and war crimes, including allegations, reports, investigations, and prosecutions of genocide, crimes against humanity, grave breaches of the Geneva Conventions, and violations of the laws or customs for war. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau, Info: S/WCI)
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KCFE: Conventional Armed Forces in Europe
Effective from August 1989
Use on all documents between U.S. Vienna and the Department pertaining to CFE negotiations; documents pertaining to conventional forces in Europe including both Eastern and Western forces, their structure, posture, changes, etc.; documents pertaining to allied and Warsaw Pact conventional arms control positions, plans and related internal political situations, documents referring to the High Level Task Force (HLTF) or its subgroups; and all documents discussing congressional delegation visits to Europe that will address conventional arms control issues. (Action: EUR/RPM)
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KCIP: Critical Infrastructure Protection
Effective from August 2001
Use for all documents reporting on critical infrastructure protection (CIP) issues, which are defined as vulnerabilities and threats, both physical and cyber, to systems and assets (particularly interconnected information systems and networks) so vital to a nation that their incapacity or destruction would have a debilitating impact on national security, national economic security, and/or national public health and safety. Use for reporting of CIP issues both as they affect host country and as they impact the United States. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KCOM: Chief of Mission
Effective from March 2004
Use for all documents addressed for action to the chief of a U.S. mission in a foreign location (e.g., ambassadors, chargés d’affaires, consuls general, or principal officers). Use KCOM in conjunction with generic PASS instructions to chiefs of mission in Department telegrams. Also use the appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KCOR: Corruption and Anti-Corruption
Effective from August 2001
Use for all documents relating to corruption and anti-corruption, dishonesty, and unethical behavior among public officials representing local, provincial, and national governments. This would include linkages with justice, economic, social and political entities. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KCRM: Criminal Activity
Effective from April 1994 (Revised April 2000)
Use on all documents relating to criminal organizations and activities, the threat they pose to U.S. interests and/or friendly governments, and host country and U.S. Government programs to combat them. This includes international criminal organizations; money laundering and other financial crimes; illicit trafficking including alien smuggling and gun running; international stolen property theft and fencing rings; international frauds and commercial crimes; UN crime meetings and anti-crime programs; and interaction with international and regional organizations on these issues. U.S. assistance covers training of host country judicial and law enforcement agencies. Use this K TAGS with the Subject TAGS SOCI. Distinguish the use of this TAGS from AID-funded administration of justice programs in Latin America (KJUS),anti-narcotics issues and programs (SNAR),and anti-terrorism issues and programs (PTER). (Action: INL/ENT)
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KDEM: Democratization
Effective from May 1991
Use on all documents dealing with democratization in Eastern Europe, Latin America, Asia, Africa, and the Middle East. Encouraging democratization constitutes an essential component of U.S. policy. The U.S. Government is devoting significant resources to monitor and promote regional trends away from autocratic rule and toward political pluralism. Programs designed to encourage democratization are diverse, and often are cross-discipline in nature, requiring the involvement of several U.S. Government agencies. Also use the appropriate Subject and Geo-Political TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KDRG: Detainee Repatriation from Guantanamo Bay
Effective from December 2007
Use for all documents addressing issues connected to the repatriation and transfer of detainees in U.S. Government custody at the military detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba to their countries of origin or to third countries. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: S/WCI)
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KFRD: Fraud Prevention Programs
Effective from August 1986
Use on all reporting that refers to efforts and activities pertaining to the prevention of fraud and deceptive practices in the issuance of visas, passports, the issuance of Federal benefits to U.S. citizens and others, and to active measures developed by the Department to oversee their legality and for reporting upon the results of antifraud and prevention measures in consular matters. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: CA/FPP)
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KGHG: Global Climate Change
Effective from May 2007
Use for all documents addressing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, and global climate change (also referred to as global warming). This includes, but is not limited to, the economic, energy, environmental, geographic, health, scientific, social, and political linkages of global climate change. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: OES/EGC)
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KGIC: Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism
Effective from September 2006
Use for all documents relating to the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism. The Global Initiative works toward the prevention, detection, and response to acts of nuclear terrorism. Also use appropriate Subject Tags. (Action: ISM/WMDT)
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KHIV: Emerging Infectious Diseases and HIV/AIDS Program
Effective from June 2000
Use for all documents relating to actual and prospective activities by the U.S. Government, alone or in conjunction with or through other entities, to combat HIV/AIDS and other infectious diseases. Also use Appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: S/GAC)
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KHLS: Homeland Security
Effective from August 2006
Use for all documents relating to all aspects of homeland security issues, including acts of terrorism directed at the U.S. homeland, its citizens, or interests; planning and support for such acts of terrorism; capabilities of terrorist groups; activities of institutions, groups, or individuals that support such terrorism; acts of terrorism that transcend national boundaries due to the support network or nationality of the perpetrator, victim, or facility or conventional, biological, radiological, or nuclear (CBRN) terrorism; terrorist travel; actions of the host government, institutions, or individuals related to support for or opposition to U.S. Government homeland security or counter-terrorism initiatives; actions of the host government or multilateral organizations related to the establishment of host country or regional security, bureaucratic, physical, or cyber infrastructure; homeland security implications and effects of border protection, immigration, and customs policies; transportation (e.g., seaports, civil air) security; host government travel document control and standards; emergency, preparedness, and response; biodefense, science and technology development related to the above areas; reactions of host government, media, etc., to homeland security-related programs and activities in the United States, or of the U.S. Government. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: S/CT, CA, OES, A/OEM)
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KIPR: Intellectual Property Rights
Effective from December 1988 (Revised April 2000)
Use on all documents relating to intellectual property rights which include patents, trademarks, copyrights, semiconductor designs (mask works),industrial designs, trade secrets, appellations of origin and other forms of protection to reward and encourage innovation and creativity. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: EEB/TPP/MTA/IPC)
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KIRF: International Religious Freedom
Effective from January 1999
Use on all documents relating to all issues of religious freedom and persecution, including civil unrest where religion is a precipitating factor; changes to or enforcement of laws affecting freedom of religion; religious aspects of movements, parties or persons seeking governmental change; governmental repression of religious minorities, movements or leaders; religion playing a role in reconciling conflicts; and changes in religious demographics that may produce societal changes. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: DRL/IRF)
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KISL: Islamic Issues
Effective from November 1988 (Revised April 2000)
Use on documents treating government involvement in recognition of or approaches to Islam; political and economic activities undertaken by private Islamic organizations or prominent individuals; and fundamentalism. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS.
(Action: NEA/PPR, AF/RA, EAP/RA)
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KJUS: Administration of Justice
Effective from May 1986 (Revised April 2000)
Use on all documents dealing with the administration of justice in host countries, particularly as it relates to U.S. objectives of promoting democracy and just economic and social development. This includes judicial reforms, political reporting on personalities and institutions involved in the administration of justice, judicial infrastructure development, criminal investigation capabilities, penal systems, legal training, and assistance and exchange programs in this field. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: WHA/PPC)
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KMCA: Millennium Challenge Account
Effective from August 2004
Use for documents relating to all aspects of the Millennium Challenge Account, a U.S. new foreign assistance account, or the Millennium Challenge Corporation, the independent government corporation recently established to manage and oversee this assistance. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: MCC/IT)
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KMDR: Media Reaction Reporting
Effective From October 1999
Use on all documents dealing with setting post ―Watching Briefs and on all post reporting concerning editorial content and media reaction. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: INR/R)
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KNNP: Nuclear Non-Proliferation
Effective from April 1984
Use on all documents on U.S. policy for preventing the spread of nuclear weapons to other countries, the transfer of nuclear material, equipment of technology, agreements for cooperation on the peaceful uses of nuclear energy, matters concerning multilateral discussions on the uses of nuclear energy including the activities of the International Atomic Energy Agency, and activities in other countries related to the acquisition of nuclear explosives. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KOLY: Olympic Games Reporting
Effective from February 1984
Use on all documents relating to issues, reports, or activities concerned with Olympic games. Also use appropriate Subject, Country, and Organization TAGS. Note: KOLY will be used in the above prescribed manner for all subsequent winter and summer Olympic games. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KPAL: Palestinian Affairs
Effective from August 1983 (Revised April 2000)
Use on all documents relating to issues, reports, or activities concerned with the Palestinian people, as a group or in part, or the area known as Palestine. Also use appropriate Subject, Country, and Organization TAGS. (Action: NEA/PA)
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KPAO: Public Affairs Office
Effective from May 2000
Use on all documents intended for Public Affairs sections abroad, and should be used by field Public Affairs sections abroad on all documents coming into the Department which relate to Public Diplomacy Programs. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: ECA/EX/PR)
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KPIN: Political Internationals
Effective from November 1984
Use on all documents relating to the activities and policies of the four major Political Internationals: Socialist International, Christian Democratic International, Liberal International, and the International Democratic Union. This includes reporting on the attitudes of member parties towards the Internationals, the interaction between member parties of the Internationals, and the activities of the Internationals themselves. In addition, this TAGS should be used on all documents relating to the policies of the German (FRG) political foundations: Friederich Ebert, Konrad Adenauer, Hanns Seidel, and Friederich Naumann. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: P)
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KPKO: United Nations Peacekeeping Operations
Effective from August 1996
Use on all documents relating to existing or potential United Nations peacekeeping activities, including proposals for and negotiations with other countries on peacekeeping activities, military support, sanctions monitoring, elections and humanitarian activities, as well as interaction with international and regional organizations on peacekeeping. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: IO)
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KPWR: Power Support Program
Effective from March 1993
Use on all documents dealing with the Department’s electrical power support requirements. The program provides consolidated funding for generators, central uninterruptible power supply (UPS) systems, and PCB transformer abatement projects. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: OBO/PE/DE)
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KRAD: Radioactive Contamination of the Environment
Effective from May 1997 (Revised April 2000)
Use on all documents dealing with radioactive contamination of the environment from whatever source—military or civilian use, transportation, storage, or disposal of nuclear material Appropriate Subject Terms to use with this TAGS would include nuclear contamination, radiation, radioactive material and International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) emergency notification. In connection with accidental or deliberate contamination, appropriate Terms to use with this TAGS include radioactive material transfer, radioactive waste disposal, radioactive waste management, industrial/medical radiography, medical isotope, and transfer of fissile material. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: OES/OA)
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KSCA: Science Counselors and Attachés
Effective from February 1983
Use on all documents drafted by or sent to Science Counselors and Science Attachés. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: OES). Note: KSCA replaces the Organization SCSA.
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KSPR: Strategic, Performance and Resource Planning
Effective from October 1997
Use on all documents dealing with the strategic planning process for all foreign affairs agencies or agencies with operations and programs abroad as well as the Department’s own strategic planning activities. This includes all resource allocation processes when associated with the Mission Performance Plan (MPP),namely: budget formulation, the Financial Plan (FINPLAN),and the field budget plan. Technical and operational messages that are purely budget-focused should only use ABUD. Use KSPR on messages regarding personnel planning in connection with the annual MPP exercises, and subjects relating to the Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA) of 1993. Operational personnel requests (e.g., new positions, classification actions, conversions of positions from FSN to PIT, etc.) should still only use APER. Suggested terms to use with KSPR are program planning, Mission Performance Plan (MPP),Resource Allocations and Budget Integration Tool (RABIT) and Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA). Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: M/P)
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KSUM: Summit Meetings
Effective from January 1983 (Revised November 1987)
Use on all documents concerning Summit Meetings. This includes substantive and administrative arrangements for meetings, records of meetings and reports on actions by participants as a result of meetings, including preparatory meetings. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KTFN: Terrorism Finance Traffic
Effective from July 2004
Use for documents relating to all aspects of terrorism financing; sanctions; designations of individuals under Executive Orders (E.O.) dealing with terrorism finance such as E.O. 13224; related UN resolutions; denial of funds to terrorists; and other related aspects of terrorism financing. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: EEB/ESC)
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KTIA: Treaties and International Agreements
Effective from June 1984
Use on all documents concerning treaties, including conventions, protocols, or other International Agreements, such as exchange of notes, exchange of letters and memoranda of understanding, as well as requirements of the Case Act (11 FAM 724; 1 U.S.C. 112B). Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: L/T)
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KTIP: Trafficking in Persons
Effective from September 2008
Use for all cables related to the topics of trafficking in persons, human trafficking, slavery, involuntary servitude, forced labor, labor migration, illegal migration, commercial sexual exploitation, prostitution, sex tourism, forced marriage, child labor, debt bondage, peonage, and child soldiering. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: G/TIP)
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KUNR: UN Reform
Effective from November 1995
Use on all documents dealing with all efforts to reform and restructure the United Nations. Some of the reforms are: the UN budget and/or ceiling, security council expansion, managerial improvements, and strengthening the role of the UN. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: IO)
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KWBG: West Bank and Gaza
Effective from December 1993 (Revised April 2000)
Use on all documents dealing with the implementation of the Israeli-PLO Declaration of Principles, including Palestinian interim self-rule, economic development and development assistance to the Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza. Also, use for Israeli-PLO negotiations on implementing the agreement and political developments in the West Bank and Gaza including elections for a Palestinian Council. Also use the appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: NEA/IPA)
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KWMN: Women Issues
Effective from June 1995
Use on all documents relating to the Fourth World Conference on Women and any future World Conferences on Women. Also use this TAGS on issues concerning women’s human rights, women’s political participation, women-in-development, and any discussions of women in the United Nations or any other international organizations. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: G/CS, IO, and DRL)
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MARR MILITARY AND DEFENSE ARRANGEMENTS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Efforts to establish and maintain collective security or other international military cooperation. (Replaces RCHB file category: DEF)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Air Defense
* Air Forces
* Alliance
* Armed Forces
* Artillery
* CFE
* Collective Security
* DECA
* DMZ
* Emergency Evacuation
* Ground Forces
* Home Porting
* Host Government
* Intelligence Assessment
* Landing Rights
* Lease
* Military Advisor
* Military Agreement
* Military Base
* Military Cooperation
* Military Exercise
* Military Personnel
* Military Plan
* Military Visit
* Minesweeping
* Monitoring
* National Security
* Naval Forces
* Overflight Clearance
* Peace Plan
* Peacekeeping Forces
* Refueling
* Security Assessment
* Ship Clearance
* Ship Movement
* SOFA
* Tracking Station
* Troop Contribution
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Reduction
* Troop Withdrawal
* Truce Observer
* Weapons Deployment
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MASS MILITARY ASSISTANCE AND SALES
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The Govemment to Govemment transfer, sale, or loan of military equipment, advisers, or services. (Replaces RCHB file categories DEF, FT)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Airlift
* Arms
* Artillery
* AWACS
* Bomber Aircraft
* CAT
* Congressional Presentation
* Credit
* Debt
* Debt Repayment
* Diversion
* Donor
* Economic Support Fund
* Fighter Aircraft
* FMS
* Guidance System
* Helicopter
* IMET
* Loan
* Maintenance
* MAP
* Military Adviser
* Military Agreement
* Military Aircraft
* Military Assistance
* Military Procurement
* Military Training
* Military Vehicle
* Missile
* Reexport
* Salvage
* Spare Parts
* Surplus Weapons Disposal
* Technical Assistance
* Technology Transfer
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MCAP MILITARY CAPABILITIES
Effective from March 1973 to June 1974 (Revised January 1983)
The nonnuclear offensive and defensive ability of the military establishment of a nation or international organization. (Replaces RCHB file category: DEF)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Advanced Weaponry
* Air Defense
* Air Forces
* Armed Forces
* Arms
* Artillery
* AWACS
* Biological Warfare
* Biological Weapon
* Biological Weapon Control
* Bomber Aircraft
* Burden sharing
* Cargo Aircraft
* Chemical Warfare
* Chemical Weapon
* Chemical Weapon
* Control Civil Defense
* Coast Guard
* Conscription
* Contingency Plan
* Conventional Weapon
* Conventional Weapon
* Control Court Martial
* Defense Industry
* Demobilization
* Fighter Aircraft
* Ground Forces
* Guidance System
* Helicopter
* Infrastructure
* Intelligence Assessment
* Landing Rights
* Logistics
* Military Aircraft
* Military Balance
* Military Budget
* Military Buildup
* Military Capability
* Military Communication
* Military Equipment
* Military Exercise
* Military Leader
* Military Personnel
* Military Plan
* Military Reserve
* Missile
* Mobilization
* National Guard
* Naval Forces
* Naval Ship
* Ordnance
* Radar
* RDF
* Security Assessment
* Strategic Plan
* Submarine
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Level
* Troop Reduction
* Troop Withdrawal
* Warhead
* Warning System
* Weapons Deployment
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MNUC MILITARY NUCLEAR APPLICATIONS
Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)
The development and use of nuclear technology for military purposes. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AE, DEF)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Advanced Weaponry
* Antinuclear
* Arms
* Artillery
* Counterforce
* Decontamination
* Delivery Vehicle
* Fissionable Material
* Guidance System
* INF
* LRTNF
* Military Capability
* Missile
* Missile Site
* Monitoring
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Powered Ship
* Nuclear Safeguard
* Nuclear Test
* Nuclear Weapon
* Nuclear Weapon Control
* Nuclear Winter
* Plutonium
* Radiation
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* Radioactive Waste Management
* Spent Fuel
* Strategic Plan
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Withdrawal
* Warhead
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MOPS MILITARY OPERATIONS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Declared or undeclared war involving two or more nations. (Replaces RCHB file categories: DEF, POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Advanced Weaponry
* Aggression
* Air Alert
* Air Forces
* Amnesty
* Armed Forces
* Artillery
* Assault
* Atrocity
* Biological Warfare
* Biological Weapon
* Biological Weapon Control
* Blockade
* Bombing
* Casualty
* Ceasefire
* Chemical Warfare
* Chemical Weapon
* Chemical Weapon Control
* Combat
* Concentration Camp
* CONTRA
* Conventional Weapon
* Conventional Weapon Control
* DMZ
* Emergency Evacuation
* Escalation
* Explosives
* Ground Forces
* Guerrilla
* Intelligence Assessment
* Intervention
* Invasion
* KIA
* Landing Rights
* Martial Law
* Massacre
* MIA
* Military Balance
* Military Buildup
* Military Plan
* Minesweeping
* Naval Forces
* No Fly Zone
* Nuclear Weapon
* Nuclear Weapon Control
* Occupied Area
* Peace Plan
* POW
* Repatriation
* Reprisal
* Rescue
* Sabotage
* Ship Movement
* Surrender
* Threat
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Level
* Troop Reduction
* Troop Withdrawal
* War
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ODIP U.S. DIPLOMATIC REPRESENTATION
Effective from January 1983
Official representational and ceremonial activities of U.S. diplomats and U.S. Government officials; includes all aspects of privileges and immunities. Use for ceremonial activities hosted by U.S. officials. (Replaces RCHB file categories: PER, POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Accreditation
* Agrement
* Ambassador
* Ambassador Designate
* Anniversary
* Assault
* Attache
* Ceremonial Representation
* Credentials Presentation
* Diplomat
* Diplomatic Consular List
* Diplomatic Privileges
* Drivers License
* Funeral
* Gift
* Guest List
* Honorary Consul
* Invitation
* Personnel Conduct
* Real Property
* Social Reception
* Tax Exemption
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OEXC EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL
EXCHANGE OPERATIONS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised April 2000)
The administration and operation of educational and cultural exchange programs. (Replaces RCHB file category: EDX)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* American Studies
* Artist
* Athlete
* Business for Russia Program
* Citizen Exchanges
* College and University Affiliation Program
* Community
* Connections
* Creative Arts Exchanges
* Cultural Exchange
* Cultural Heritage
* Cultural Property
* Cultural Specialists (Aculspecs)
* Educational Exchange
* EFL Fellows
* ETF Fellows
* Exchange Program
* Designation Festival Fund
* Film Programs
* FLEX Program
* Foreign Leader Program
* Fulbright Alumni Association
* Fulbright American Studies Institutes
* Fulbright Commissions
* Fulbright Junior Staff Development Program (JSD)
* Fulbright Scholar in Residence Program
* Fulbright Scholar Program
* Fulbright Student Program
* Fulbright Teachers Exchange Grant
* Humphrey Program
* International Visitor Program
* J Visa Program
* J William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board
* Jazz Ambassadors
* Nomination
* Performing Arts Calendar
* Ron Brown Fellowship Program
* Scientist
* Student
* Student Advising
* Study of the US
* Teacher
* The Film Service
* U.S. Artists Abroad
* Voluntary Visitor Program
* Youth Exchanges
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OFDP FOREIGN DIPLOMATS AND FOREIGN MISSIONS
Effective from January 1983
Administrative, representational, and ceremonial matters related to non-U.S. diplomatic personnel and foreign missions; includes all aspects of privileges and immunities. Use for ceremonial activities hosted by non-U.S. diplomats. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Accreditation
* Ambassador
* Ambassador Designate
* Assault
* Attache
* Building Design
* Ceremonial Representation
* Consul
* Consulate
* Credentials Presentation
* Diplomat
* Diplomatic Consular List
* Diplomatic Privileges
* Drivers License
* Embassy
* Envoy
* Funeral
* Gift
* Guest List
* Honorary Consul
* Invitation
* NOB
* Office Closure
* Office Establishment
* Personnel Appointment
* Personnel Conduct
* Personnel Resignation
* Personnel Separation
* Post Closing
* Post Opening
* Real Property
* Recall
* Social Reception
* Staffing
* Tax Exemption
* Third Country Counterparts
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OIIP INTERNATIONAL INFORMATION PROGRAMS
Effective from October 1999
Administrative and operational aspects of international information programs, products, and services that increase international support for U.S. policies and understanding of U.S. society.
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Advance Documents Service
* Article Alert
* Book Donations
* Book Fairs
* Book Reprints
* Book Translations
* Books and Documents List
* Computer
* Cooperative Agreements
* Copyright
* Design Services
* DVC
* Electronic Journal
* Grant
* Graphic Design
* I-Bucks
* IRC
* IRO
* Listserv
* Paper Shows
* PDQ
* Photo Coverage
* Photo Rights
* Photo Requests
* Public Diplomacy
* Publication
* Reference Requests
* Speaker
* Technology Partnerships
* Teleconference
* Translation Requests
* Washington File
* Websites
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OPDC DIPLOMATIC CORRESPONDENCE
Effective from January 1983
Correspondence and ceremonial messages between prominent leaders and principal officers. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Acknowledgment
* Anniversary
* Appreciation Message
* Commemorative Message
* Condolence Message
* Congratulatory Message
* Invitation
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OPRC PUBLIC RELATIONS AND CORRESPONDENCE
Effective from January 1983
Correspondence to and from the public commenting on U.S. policy and foreign incidents, requesting information and speaking engagements, and any other public relations activities. This TAGS includes routine constituent's correspondence such as employment opportunities, requests for photographs, autographs, etc. Also includes press summaries and press conferences, public opinion polls, and the administrative arrangements for press conferences. (Replaces RCHB file category: PR)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Accreditation
* Authentication
* Autograph
* Constituents Mail
* Employment
* Interview
* Invitation
* Journalist
* Photo Request
* Photograph
* Poll
* Press Relations
* Public Diplomacy
* Public Information Publication
* Speaker
* Translation
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OREP U.S. CONGRESSIONAL TRAVEL
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Administrative and operational aspects of travel by Congressmen, congressional staffers, and delegations. (Replaces RCHB file category: LEG)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Accommodation
* Arrival Notice
* Arrival Speech
* CODEL
* Departure Notice
* Departure Speech
* Itinerary
* Passenger Manifest
* Protective Security
* Staffdel
* Support Services
* Travel Advisory
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OSCI SCIENCE GRANTS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The administration of grants and disbursal of funds of U.S. Government sponsored research programs. (Replaces RCHB file category: SCI)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Foreign Currency
* Grant
* Science Grant
* Scientific Exchange
* Scientist
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OTRA TRAVEL
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Routine and operational aspects of travel and visits by other than prominent individuals and Congressmen. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL, TP, TRV)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Accommodation
* Arrival Notice
* Arrival Speech
* Businessmen
* Departure Notice
* Departure Speech
* Dependent
* Itinerary
* Journalist
* Official Travel
* Scientific Visit
* Support Services
* Trade Visit
* Travel Advisory
* Travel Locator Messages
* Travel Orders
* Travel Report
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OVIP VISITS AND TRAVEL OF PROMINENT INDIVIDUALS AND LEADERS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The administrative and operational aspects of visits or travel of U.S. and foreign leaders and prominent individuals. Use for assistant secretary level and above or foreign equivalent. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Accommodation
* Arrival Notice
* Arrival Speech
* Departure Notice
* Departure Speech
* Envoy
* Hotel
* Itinerary
* Passenger Manifest
* Protection Technical Services
* Protective Security
* Secretarys Detail
* Support Services
* Trade Visit
* Travel Advisory
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PARM ARMS CONTROLS AND DISARMAMENT
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Efforts by governments to control the acquisition, development, and production of nuclear, biological, chemical, and other advanced weaponry. Also includes the control of efforts by countries to develop nuclear capabilities. (Replaces RCHB file categories: DEF, FT, POL, STR)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* ABM Treaty
* Advance Notification
* Advanced Weaponry
* Aerial Inspection
* Antinuclear
* Arms
* Arms Buildup
* Arms Control
* Arms Control Agreement
* Arms Control Impact Statement
* Arms Talks
* Arms Traffic
* Associated Measures
* Biological Warfare Convention
* Biological Weapon
* Biological Weapon Control
* CDE
* Chemical Weapon
* Chemical Weapon Control
* CNEA
* Compliance
* Confidence Building Measures
* Constraints
* Consultation
* Conventional Weapon
* Conventional Weapon Control
* Conventional Weapon Freeze
* Cooperative Measures
* Counterforce
* Counting Rule
* CST
* CTB
* Deterrence
* Disarmament
* Diversion
* East West Relations
* Electronic Weapons Systems
* Emerging Technologies
* ENMOD
* Entry Exit Points
* Fissionable Material
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Hotline
* Implementation
* INF
* IOZP
* Laser Fusion
* Launchers
* Limited Test Ban Treaty
* LRTNF
* Military Budget Reduction
* Military Expenditures
* Missile
* Monitoring
* Moratorium
* Napalm
* National Guidelines Area
* No First Use
* Nonproliferation
* Nonuse of Force
* NPT
* NRR
* NTEM
* NTM
* Nuclear Agreements
* Nuclear Capability
* Nuclear Enrichment Process
* Nuclear Equipment
* Nuclear Free Zone
* Nuclear Material
* Nuclear Proliferation
* Nuclear Reactor
* Nuclear Technical Assistance
* Nuclear Technology
* Nuclear Weapon
* Nuclear Weapon Control
* Nuclear Weapon Free Zone
* Nuclear Weapon Freeze
* Particle Beam
* Peace Movement
* Plutonium
* Political Concession
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* SCC
* SDI
* Simulations
* SNEC
* Spent Fuel
* START
* Stockpile
* Strategic Policy
* Technology Transfer
* Telemetry
* Tlatelolco Treaty
* Troop Level
* TTBT
* Unconventional Weapon
* Verification
* Warhead
* Weapon Destruction
* Weapon Systems Deactivation
* Weapons Deployment
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PBTS NATIONAL BOUNDARIES, TERRITORIES, AND SOVEREIGNTY
Effective from January 1983
A territory over which dominion is exercised. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Air Alert
* Airspace
* Annexation
* Arbitration
* Archipelago
* Border Control
* Border Crossing
* Border Dispute
* Border Incident
* Boundary
* Boundary Claim
* Boundary Determination
* Canal
* Cession
* Coast Guard
* Continental Shelf
* Court Decision
* Dependency
* Dispute Settlement
* Island
* Island Claim
* Land Settlement
* Landlocked Country
* Maritime Boundary
* Mediation
* Occupied Area
* Overflight
* Piracy
* Port
* Port Access
* Province
* River
* Seabed
* Ship Detention
* Sovereignty
* Strait
* Survey
* Territorial Claim
* Territorial Reversion
* Territorial Sea Limit
* Territorial Unification
* Territorial Waters
* Trust Territory
* Water Boundary Agreement
* Water Boundary Claim
* West Bank
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PGOV INTERNAL GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised June 1983)
The form, structure, and organization of local, provincial, and national governments. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Absentee Ballot
* Administration of Justice
* Alliance
* Antigovernment
* Arbitration
* Berlin Access
* Berlin Wall
* Cabinet
* Cabinet Meeting
* Campaign
* Candidacy Support
* Candidate
* Charter
* Church State Relations
* Coalition Government
* Colonialism
* Communism
* Confederation
* Constitution
* Constitutional Law
* Corruption
* Court
* Court Decision
* Death
* Democracy
* Dictatorship
* Election
* Election Forecast
* Election Irregularities
* Election Law
* Election Observer
* Election Reform
* Election Results
* Extremist
* Federation
* First Lady
* Glasnost
* Government Agency
* Government Budget
* Government Media Relations
* Government Official
* Government Reform
* Governor
* Impeachment
* Inauguration
* Influence
* Infrastructure
* Interim Government
* Judicial Reform
* Judiciary
* Junta
* King
* Legislation
* Legislator
* Legislature
* Martial Law
* Mayor
* Minister
* Minority
* Municipal
* Nationalism
* Opposition
* Opposition Party
* Party Faction
* Party Leader
* Party Line
* Party Meeting
* Party Stability
* Party Strength
* Party Unity
* Patronage
* Perestroyka
* Political Adviser
* Political Concession
* Political Cooperation
* Political Crisis
* Political Leader
* Political Military Relations
* Political Party
* Political Trend
* Poll
* President
* Prime Minister
* Progovernment
* Province
* Queen
* Reconciliation
* Referendum
* Reorganization
* Resignation from Office
* Reunification
* Royal Family
* Ruling Party
* Self Government
* Socialism
* Special Interest Group
* State of the Union Message
* Succession
* Tenure of Office
* Totalitarian
* Trial
* Trust
* Territory
* Veto
* Vice President
* Voting
* Voting Rights
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PHSA HIGH SEAS AFFAIRS
Effective from January 1983
Activities on the high seas, outside a country's national jurisdiction. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Continental Shelf
* Dispute Settlement
* Exclusive
* Economic Zone
* Fishing Limit
* Fishing Rights
* Freedom of Navigation
* Hazardous Cargo
* Innocent Passage
* International Waters
* LOS
* Marine Mammal
* Marine Safety
* Marine Transportation
* Maritime Agreement
* Merchant Ship
* Minesweeping
* Natural Resources
* Ocean Dumping
* Piracy
* Seabed
* Seabed Mining
* Ship Accident
* Ship Detention
* Ship Movement
* Strait
* Territorial Sea Limit
* Territorial Waters
* Transit Passage
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PHUM HUMAN RIGHTS
Effective from January 1985
The violation of rights attributable to human beings. (Replaces RCHB file categories: POL, SOC)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Abuse
* Amnesty
* Antisemitic
* Apartheid
* Asylum
* Asylum Request
* Capital Punishment
* Childrens Rights
* Civil Rights
* Concentration Camp
* Court Decision
* Death Squad
* Deportation
* Detainee
* Detection Equipment
* Detention Development Rights
* Discrimination
* Economic Rights
* Emigration
* Emigration Control
* Ethnic Group
* EVD
* Execution
* Exile
* Family
* Forced Labor
* Harassment
* Human Rights
* Humane
* Imprisonment
* Indigenous Peoples
* Individual Rights
* Internal Exile
* Internee
* Mass Migration
* Massacre
* Minority
* Minority Rights
* Missing Person
* Mistreatment
* Murder
* Persecution
* Police Equipment
* Political Disappearance
* Political Prisoner
* Political Repression
* Political Rights
* Poverty
* Prisoner
* Prisoner Release
* Prisoner Welfare
* Proselytize
* Psychiatric Abuse
* Religion
* Religious Group
* Returnees
* Rights of Peoples
* Security Forces
* Sponsorship
* Torture
* Walk In Procedures
* Women
* Womens Rights
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PINR INTELLIGENCE
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The gathering and reporting of intelligence information, including biographic and background data. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INT, POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Aerial Reconnaissance
* Biographic Information
* Contacts
* Counterintelligence
* Covert Operations
* Disinformation
* Espionage
* Film
* Humint Collection Plan
* Information Security
* Intelligence Assessment
* Intelligence Collection
* Intelligence Services
* Maps
* Monitoring
* Olive Harvest
* PLPPR
* Remote Sensing
* Satellite
* Ship Movement
* Surveillance Aircraft
* Tracking Station
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PINS NATIONAL SECURITY
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
A regime's stability, control, or efforts to maintain itself in power, as well as activities and efforts to disrupt or overthrow the established regime by other than normal political activity. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Amnesty
* Armed Forces
* Arms
* Assassination
* Assault
* Atrocity
* Censorship
* Church State Relations
* Civil War
* Clandestine Broadcast
* Community Relations
* Concentration Camp
* Contingency Plan
* CONTRA
* Counterinsurgency
* Coup
* Court Decision
* Court Martial
* Death Squad
* Defector
* Demobilization
* Detention
* Dissident
* Emigration
* Emigration Control
* Escalation
* Ethnic Group
* Execution
* Exile
* Exiled Government
* Exit Permit
* Expulsion
* Extremist
* General Strike
* Guerrilla
* Harassment
* Hostility
* Hunger Strike
* Impeachment
* Infiltration
* Insurgency
* Intelligence Assessment
* Internal Control
* Intervention
* Land Reform
* Law Enforcement
* Liberation Front
* Martial Law
* Massacre
* Mercenary
* Minority
* Missing Person
* National Security
* Occupied Area
* Persona Non Grata
* Plot
* Police Force
* Police Investigation
* Political Assessment
* Political Crisis
* Political Military Relations
* Political Prisoner
* Political Settlement
* Political Stability
* Political Trend
* Prisoner Release
* Propaganda
* Property Protection
* Religious Group
* Repression
* Reprisal
* Riot
* Riot Control
* Sabotage
* Seizure
* Surrender
* Threat
* Travel Document
* Travel Restriction
* Treason
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Withdrawal
* Violence
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PREF REFUGEES
Effective from January 1985 (Revised March 1995)
People who move across borders because of danger to life or fear of persecution. (Replaces RCHB file category: REF)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Admissions
* Allocation
* Asylum Policy
* Early Warning
* Emergency Response
* ESLCO
* Family Reunification
* Humanitarian Assistance
* Internally Displaced Persons
* Letter of Introduction
* ODP
* Prevention
* Refugee Camp
* Refugee Protection
* Refugee Relief
* Refugee Resettlement
* Refugee Settlement
* Refugee Status
* Repatriation
* Safe Country of Origin and Transit
* Safe Haven
* Sponsorship
* Temporary Protection
* VOLAG
* Volunteers
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PREL EXTERNAL POLITICAL RELATIONS
Effective from January 1983
The political relations between countries, international or regional organizations both bilateral and multilateral, that assess intentions, objectives, plans, or possible courses of interaction. (Replaces RCHB file category: CSM, POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Alliance
* Ambassador
* Amity
* Antiamerican
* Anticommunism
* Antisoviet
* Bilateral Cooperation
* CBI
* Cold War
* Commitment
* Condemnation
* Consular Service
* Demarche
* Detente
* Deterrence
* Diplomatic Protest
* East West Relations
* Embassy Closing
* Embassy Opening
* Expulsion
* Extradition Treaty
* Foreign Commitment
* Foreign Relations
* Front Line States
* Government Reaction
* Hegemony
* Industrialized Nation
* Influence
* International Organization
* Intervention
* LDC
* Lobbying
* NAM
* National Security
* Neutrality
* No Fly Zone
* Nonaggression
* Nonaligned Nations
* Nonparticipation
* North South Dialogue
* Open Skies Treaty
* Opposition
* Participation
* Peace
* Peace Plan
* Persona Non Grata
* Political Concession
* Political Cooperation
* Political Initiative
* Political Settlement
* Political Trend
* Prisoner Exchange
* Prisoner Transfer
* Proamerican
* Procommunism
* Prosoviet
* Prowest
* Public Relations
* Reciprocity
* Recognition
* Reconciliation
* Regional Organization
* Relations Establishment
* Relations Interruption
* Reprisal
* Sanction
* Secession
* Signatory
* Sister City
* Third Country Representation
* Third World
* Threat
* War Claims
* West Bank
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PROP PROPAGANDA AND PSYCHOLOGICAL OPERATIONS
Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)
The spreading of ideology, information, or rumor for the purpose of supporting or defaming nations, institutions, causes, peoples, or persons. (Replaces RCHB file categories: CSM, CUL, INF, MP, POL, PPB, RAD, TV)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Active Measures
* Antiamerican
* Anticommunism
* Antinuclear
* Antisoviet
* Brain Drain
* Brainwashing
* Broadcasting
* Campaign
* Censorship
* Clandestine Broadcast
* Disinformation
* Frequency Interference
* Harassment
* Influence
* Jamming
* Lobbying
* Proamerican
* Procommunism
* Propaganda
* Prosoviet
* Prowest
* Public Disclosure
* Public Information
* Public Relations
* Publication
* Repression
* Slander
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PTER TERRORISTS AND TERRORISM
Effective from March 1981 (Revised January 1983)
All aspects of terrorism which transcend national boundaries due to the nationality of the perpetrator, victim, place, or the incident. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Acts of Terrorists
* Antiterrorism Measures
* Antiterrorist Forces
* Assassination
* Assault
* Bomb Threat
* Bombing
* Casualty
* Hijacking
* Hostage
* Hostility
* Infiltration
* Kidnapping
* Kidnapping Threat
* Mission Takeover
* Piracy
* Plot
* Proterrorism
* Rescue
* Sabotage
* Small Arms
* Surrender
* Terrorism
* Terrorist Activities
* Threat
* Threat Assessment
* Violence
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SCUL CULTURAL AFFAIRS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised April 2000)
Any part or totality of a nation's behavior patterns, arts, beliefs, institutions, or sociology. (Replaces RCHB file categories: CUL, EDU, MP, PPB, SOC)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* American Studies
* Anthropology
* Archaeology
* Artifact
* Artist
* Athlete
* Business for Russia Program
* Citizen Exchanges
* College and University Affiliation Program
* Commemorative Celebration
* Community Connections
* Creative Arts Exchanges
* Cultural Exchange
* Cultural Heritage
* Cultural Presentation
* Cultural Property
* Cultural Specialists (Aculspecs)
* Education
* Educational Exchange
* EFL Fellows
* ETF Fellows
* Ethnic Group
* Excavation
* Exchange Program Designation
* Exhibit
* Festival Fund
* Film Programs
* Fine Arts
* FLEX Program
* Fulbright Alumni Association
* Fulbright American Studies Institutes
* Fulbright Commissions
* Fulbright Junior Staff Development Program (JSD)
* Fulbright Scholar Program
* Fulbright Scholar in Residence Program
* Fulbright Student Program
* Fulbright Teachers Exchange
* History
* Holiday
* Humphrey Program
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* International Visitor Program
* J Visa Program
* J William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board
* Jazz Ambassadors
* Language
* Library
* Magazine
* Memorial
* Missionary
* Museum
* National Flag
* Newspaper
* Olympics
* Performing Arts Calendar
* Piracy
* Place of Worship
* Pope
* Publication
* Religion
* Religious Group
* Religious Leader
* Ron Brown Fellowship Program
* School
* Social Custom
* Social Reform
* Sports
* Student
* Student Advising
* Study of the US
* Teacher
* The Film Service
* University
* US Artists Abroad
* Voluntary Visitor Program
* Women
* Youth
* Youth Exchanges
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SENV ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The preservation, deterioration, and conservation of natural and animal resources, the air, water, land, and space environments. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AGR, CUL, E, HLTH, INCO, OS, SOC)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Acid Rain
* Air Pollution
* Animal Conservation
* Animal Hides
* Atmosphere
* Biodiversity
* CITES
* Crop
* Destruction
* Dam
* Desertification
* Drought
* Earthquake
* Ecology
* Endangered Species
* Environment
* Erosion
* Exploitation
* Famine
* Fire
* Fish
* Flood
* Flora
* Forestry
* Fungicide
* Habitat
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Herbicide
* Industrial Waste Disposal
* Insect
* Land Conservation
* Marine
* Mammal
* Migratory Animals
* Monsoon
* National Park
* Natural Disaster
* Natural Resources
* Noise Pollution
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Winter
* Ocean Dumping
* Oil Spill
* Ozone
* Pest Control
* Pesticide
* Pollution Control
* Preservation
* Rainfall
* Seabed
* Sewage
* Sewage System
* Sludge
* Snowfall
* Soil
* Soil Pollution
* Species Protection
* Storm
* Tidal Wave
* Transboundary Pollution
* Tropical Forest
* Volcanic Eruption
* Waste
* Waste Disposal
* Water
* Water Analysis
* Water Conservation
* Water Pollution
* Water Supply System
* Weather
* Whales
* Wildlife
* Yellow Rain
* Zoo
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SMIG MIGRATION
Effective from March 1995
The legal or illegal movement of people across borders, border control, and the treatment of aliens by receiving states. (Replaces RCHB file category: REF)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Alien Interdiction
* Border Control
* Cross Border Migration
* Economic Migration
* Emigration
* Environmental Migration
* Family Reunification
* Illegal Migration
* Immigration
* Labor Migration
* Migration
* Migration and Development Policy
* Nationality and Citizenship
* Readmission Agreements
* Remittances
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SNAR NARCOTICS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 2008)
The illegal production, distribution, and use of narcotic drugs. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INCO, SOC)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Aircraft Registry
* Cocaine
* Crop Destruction
* Crop Substitution
* Crops
* Customs Agreement
* Customs Inspection
* Customs Regulation
* Customs Seizure
* Demand Reduction
* Detection
* Equipment
* Eradication
* Exhibit
* Foreigners
* Hashish
* Herbicide
* Heroin
* Illicit
* Immigration
* Interdiction
* Law Enforcement
* Legal
* Marijuana
* Money Laundering
* Morphine
* Narcotics
* Narcotics Abuse
* Narcotics Control
* Narcotics Detection
* Narcotics Seizure
* Narcotics Traffic
* Opium
* Patrol Boat
* Psychotropic Drugs
* Seizure
* Ship Registry
* Smuggling
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SOCI SOCIAL CONDITIONS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The conditions and factors that affect the social welfare of a community. (Replaces RCHB file category: HLTH, SOC)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Abortion
* Administration of Justice
* Adoption
* AIDS
* Birth Rate
* Black Market
* Census
* Child
* Custody
* Children
* Civil Disobedience
* Community Relations
* Concentration Camp
* Consumer Protection
* Crime
* Crime Control
* Cult
* Demography
* Disease
* Disease Control
* Divorce
* Educational Reform
* Elderly
* Epidemic
* Family
* Family Planning
* Food
* Fugitive
* Genocide
* Glasnost
* Health
* Housing
* Housing Shortage
* Humanitarian Assistance
* Hunger Strike
* Illegal Alien
* Immigrant
* Immigration Control
* Infant
* Infrastructure
* Inoculation
* Insurance
* Law Enforcement
* Life Expectancy
* Marriage
* Medical Care
* Medical Facility
* Mental Health
* Minority
* Modernization
* Mortality Rate
* Murder
* Penal System
* Police Force
* Police Investigation
* Population
* Population Growth
* Pornography
* Prison
* Prisoner
* Prisoner Release
* Prisoner Transfer
* Prisoner Welfare
* Prostitution
* Public Safety
* Public Transportation
* Public Welfare
* Quarantine
* Recall
* Reform
* Rehabilitation
* Riot
* Riot Control
* Rural Area
* Sanitation
* Sewage
* Sewage System
* Sex Ratio
* Sexual Crime
* Sexual Harassment
* Social Development
* Social Reform
* Social Security
* Social Service
* Social Trend
* Special Interest Group
* Standard of Living
* Sterilization
* Theft
* Urban Area
* Violence
* Volunteers
* Water Supply System
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TBIO BIOLOGICAL AND MEDICAL SCIENCE
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The anatomy, physiology, chemistry, and psychology that affect living organisms and the mechanisms of their expression. (Replaces RCHB file categories: HLTH, SCI)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* AIDS
* Animals
* Biology
* Biotechnology
* Chemistry
* Disease
* Disease Control
* Eradication
* Food
* Genetic Engineering
* Hormones
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Laboratory Equipment
* Medical Science
* Nuclear Contamination
* Parapsychology
* Pest Control
* Pharmaceuticals
* Quarantine
* Research & Development
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* STRIDE Technology
* Technology
* Transfer
* Vaccine
* Zoology
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TPHY PHYSICAL SCIENCES
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Research and development in any of the physical sciences. (Replaces RCHB file category: SCI)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Atmosphere
* Chemistry
* Geodesy
* Geology
* Hydrology
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Laboratory Equipment
* Maps
* Materials Science
* Meteorology
* Metrology
* Microwave
* Minerology
* Ocean Drilling
* Oceanography
* Physics
* Research & Development
* Research Vessel
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* Satellite
* Scientific Cooperation
* Scientific Visit
* Seismology
* STRIDE
* Survey
* Technology
* Technology Transfer
* Volcanology
* Weather
* Weather Station
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TRGY ENERGY TECHNOLOGY
Effective from July 1980 (Revised January 1983)
Research and development of energy sources. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AE, DEF, FSE, PET, SCI)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Electric Energy
* Energy Conservation
* Exploration
* Fissionable Material
* Fuel
* Geothermal Energy
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Hydroelectric Energy
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Laboratory Equipment
* Magnetic
* Nuclear Accident
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Energy
* Nuclear Reactor
* Nuclear Safeguard
* Nuclear Test
* Petroleum
* PUNE
* Radiation
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* Research & Development
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* Solar Energy
* Spent Fuel
* SSC
* STRIDE
* Synthetic Fuel
* Technology
* Technology Transfer
* Thermal Energy
* Transmitters
* Wind Energy
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TSPA SPACE ACTIVITIES
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Research and development leading to and resulting in the exploration and utilization of outer space. (Replaces RCHB file categories: DEF, SP, TEL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Astronaut
* Astronomy
* Communications Satellite
* Direct Broadcasting Satellite
* ELV
* Exploration
* Geostationary Satellite Orbit
* High Technology Equipment
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Landing Rights
* Navigational Aid
* Orbit
* Outer Space
* Outer Space Commercialization
* Peaceful Use of Outer Space
* Reentry
* Research & Development
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* Salvage
* Satellite
* Scientific Cooperation
* Space Agreement
* Space Fragment
* Space Law
* Space Liability
* Space Program
* Space Station
* Spacecraft
* Spacecraft Recovery
* Spaceflight
* STRIDE
* Technology
* Technology Transfer
* Telecommunication
* Tracking Station
* UFO
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GC GCC GCCC GE GEF GEORGE GERARD GESKE GF GG GH GI GIPNC GIWI GJ GKGIC GL GLOBAL GM GN GO GOG GOI GON GOVPOI GPGOV GPI GPOI GPOV GR GRQ GS GT GTIP GTMO GTREFTEL GU GUAM GUANTANAMO GUIDANCE GUILLERMO GUTIERREZ GV GWI GY GZ GZIS HA HARRIET HARRY HAWZ HCOPIL HDP HE HEAVEN HEBRON HELGERSON HERCEGOVINA HG HHS HI HIGHLIGHTS HIJAZI HILARY HILLARY HILLEN HIPC HIV HIZ HK HKSX HL HLSX HN HNCHR HO HOA HOSTAGES HPKO HR HRC HRCS HRICTY HRIGHTS HRKSTC HSI HSTC HSWG HT HTCG HTSC HU HUD HUM HUMAN HUMANITARIAN HUMANR HUMANRIGHTS HUMOR HUMRIT HUNRC HURI HURRICANE HYDE HYLAND HYMPSK HZ IA IACHR IACI IACO IACW IADB IAEA IAES IAHRC IAIE IAII IASA IATTC IAZ IBB IBD IBET IBPCA IBRB IBRD IC ICAC ICAO ICC ICCAT ICCROM ICES ICJ ICRC ICRS ICSCA ICTR ICTY ID IDA IDB IDLI IDLO IDP IDR IE IEA IEAB IEF IF IFAD IFC IFIN IFM IFO IFR IFRC IG IGAD IGF IHO IICA IINS IIP IK IL ILAB ILC ILEA ILO IMC IMET IMF IMMIGRATION IMO IMSO IMTS IN INAUGURATION INCB IND INDO INF INFLUENZA INL INMARSAT INNP INPFC INR INRA INRB INRD INRO INRPAZ INS INSC INT INTEL INTELLECTUAL INTELSAT INTERNAL INTERPOL INV INVI IO IOC IOM IP IPET IPGRI IPK IPPC IPR IPROP IQ IQNV IR IRAN IRAQ IRAQI IRAQI FREEDOM IRC IRCE IRDB IRE IRL IRLE IRM IRMO IRNB IRPE IRS IS ISA ISAAC ISAF ISCA ISCON ISLAMISTS ISLE ISN ISNV ISO ISPA ISPL ISRAEL ISRAEL RELATIONS ISRAELI ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS ISSUES ISTC IT ITA ITALIAN ITALY ITECIP ITEIND ITELTN ITER ITF ITIA ITRA ITRD ITU IUCN IV IVIANNA IWC IWI IX IZ IZAORC JA JAM JAMES JAPAN JAT JAWAD JCIC JE JEFFERY JEFFREY JHR JI JIMENEZ JIMENEZ CHILDREN JK JKUS JM JN JO JOHNNIE JOSE NEY MILA ESPINOSA JOSE RAMOS HORTA JOSEPH BIDEN JP JS JSRP JUAN JUS JY KA KACP KACT [+] KACW KADM KAID KALM KALR KANSOU KAPO KARIM WADE KATRINA KAUST KAWC [+] KAWK KAWL KAWS KAWX KAYLA KBCT KBDS KBEM KBIO KBNC KBTC KBTR KBTS KBWG KCCP KCEM KCERS KCFC KCFE [+] KCGC KCHG KCIP [+] KCIS KCM KCMA KCMR KCOG KCOM [+] KCOR [+] KCPS KCRCM KCRI KCRIM KCRM [+] KCRN KCRO KCROM KCROR KCRP KCRS KCRT KCSA KCSI KCSY KCUL KCUM KCVM KCWI KDCM KDDEM KDDG KDE KDEM [+] KDEN KDET KDEV KDGOV KDGR KDHS KDM KDMR KDP KDRG [+] KDRL KDTB KDUM KE KEAI KEBG KECF KEDEM KEDM KEDU KEIM KEM KEMPI KEMR KEMS KEN KENV KERF KERG KESO KESP KESS KEVIN KFAM KFCE KFE KFEM KFGM KFIN KFIU KFLD KFLO KFLU KFOR KFPC KFRD [+] KFRP KFSC KFTFN KFTN KG KGCC KGCN KGHA KGHG [+] KGIC [+] KGICKS KGIT KGIV KGKG KGLB KGOR KGOV KH KHDP KHGH KHIB KHIV [+] KHJUS KHLS [+] KHMN KHOURY KHPD KHSA KHSL KHUM KI KIBL KICA KICC KICCPUR KICR KICT KID KIDE KIF KIFR KIIC KIIP KIL KILS KIMMITT KIMT KIND KINF KINL KINP KINR KINT KIPR [+] KIPT KIRC KIRF [+] KIRL KIRP KIS KISC KISK KISL [+] KISM KISR KITA KIVP KIVR KJAN KJRE KJU KJUS [+] KJUST KJWC KK KKIV KKNP KKOR KKPO KLAB KLAP KLBO KLEG KLFLO KLFU KLHS KLIG KLIP KLPM KLSO KLTN KM KMAC KMAR KMCA [+] KMCC KMCR KMDR [+] KMEPI KMFO KMGT KMIG KMNP KMOC KMPF KMPI KMPIO KMPL KMPP KMPT KMRD KMRS KMSG KMVP KMWN KN KNAO KNAP KNAR KNDP KNEI KNEP KNET KNMP KNN KNNA KNNB KNNC KNNF KNNO KNNP [+] KNNR KNOP KNP KNPP KNPPIS KNPR KNPT KNRG KNRV KNSD KNUC KNUP KO KOC KOCI KOCM KOEM KOGL KOLY [+] KOM KOMC KOMCCO KOMCSG KOMH KOMO KOMS KOR KOSOVO KOUYATE KPA KPAD KPAI KPAK KPAL [+] KPALAOIS KPAM KPAO [+] KPAS KPBT KPDD KPEM KPEO KPER KPET KPIN [+] KPIR KPKO [+] KPKP KPLS KPMI KPMO KPO KPOA KPOKO KPOL KPOP KPOV KPOW KPPAO KPPD KPRD KPRM KPRO KPROG KPRP KPRV KPSC KPTD KPTS KPWG KPWR [+] KQ KQM KQRDQ KR KRAD [+] KRAL KRCIM KRCM KRCS KRD KRDP KREC KREF KREL KRF KRFD KRFR KRG KRGY KRIC KRIF KRIM KRKO KRM KRMS KRV KRVC KS KSA KSAC KSAF KSCA [+] KSCI KSCS KSCT KSEAO KSEC KSEI KSEO KSEP KSI KSIA KSKN KSLG KSMT KSOC KSOCI KSPA KSPR [+] KSRE KSTC KSTCC KSTCPL KSTH KSTS KSTT KSUM [+] KSUP KT KTAO KTBD KTBT KTCRE KTDB KTDD KTDM KTER KTEX KTFIN KTFM KTFN [+] KTFR KTFS KTIA [+] KTIP [+] KTLA KTNBT KTNF KTPN KTRD KTRF KTSC KTSD KTTB KTTC KTTP KU KUAE KUIR KUM KUNA KUNC KUNH KUNP KUNR [+] KUS KUWAIT KV KVBL KVIP KVIR KVIS KVPR KVRC KVRP KW KWAC KWAK KWAWC KWBC KWBG [+] KWBW KWCI KWCR KWGB KWHG KWIC KWIM KWIR KWKN KWM KWMJN KWMM KWMN [+] KWN KWNM KWNN KWOMN KWPA KWPB KWPG KWPR KWRC KWRF KWRG KWUN KWWT KWWW KX KY KZ LA LAB LABOR LANSANA LANTERN LARREA LARS LAS LAURA LAVIN LAW LB LBAR LBY LE LEAGUE LEB LEBIK LEGAT LEGATT LEIS LEON LEVINE LEW LG LGAT LH LI LIB LICC LIMA LINE LK LMS LN LO LOG LORAN LOTT LOVE LR LS LT LTG LTTE LU LV LVPR LY LZ MA MAAR MACEDONIA MACP MANUEL MAP MAPP MAPS MAR MARAD MARIE MARINO MARITIME MARK MARQUEZ MARR [+] MARS MARTIN MARV MAS MASC MASS [+] MATT MB MBM MC MCA MCAP [+] MCAPARR MCAPN MCAPP MCAPS MCAT MCC MCCONNELL MCCP MCRM MCTRE MD MDA MDC MDO ME MEA MED MEDIA MEP MEPI MEPN MEPP MERCOSUR MESUR MEX MF MFA MFO MG MGL MGMT MGOV MGT MGTA MH MHUC MI MIAH MIC MICHAEL MICHEL MIGUEL VARGAS MALDONADO MIK MIL MILI MILITANTS MILITARY MILLENNIUM MINURSO MINUSTAH MITCHELL MJ MK ML MLS MMAR MMED MN MNLF MNNC MNNUC MNU MNUC [+] MNUCH MNUCWA MNUM MNUN MNUR MNUS MNVC MO MOHAMAD MOHAMMAD MOLINA MONTENEGRO MONUC MONY MOOPS MOP MOPP MOPPS MOPS [+] MORG MOROCCO MORS MOS MOTO MOTT MP MPOL MPOS MPP MPS MQADHAFI MR MRCRE MRRR MRS MRSEC MS MSG MSIG MT MTAA MTAG MTCAE MTCR MTCRA MTCRE MTRCE MTRE MTRRE MTS MU MUC MUCN MUKASEY MULLEN MUNC MURRAY MV MW MX MY MZ NA NAC NACB NAFTA NAM NAMSA NANCY NAR NARC NARCOTICS NARR NAS NASA NAT NATEU NATGAS NATIONAL NATO NATOAFGHAN NATOBALKANS NATOIRAQ NATOOPS NATOPOLICY NATSIOS NAVO NB NBTS NBU NC NCCC NCD NCT NCTC NDI NDP NE NEA NEC NEI NELSON NEPAD NERG NET NEW NFATC NFMS NFSO NG NGO NGUYEN NH NI NICOLE NIH NIPP NK NKWG NL NLD NLIAEA NLO NMFS NMNUC NMUC NNPT NO NOAA NOI NOK NON NONE NORAD NOTAG NOVO NP NPA NPG NPT NR NRC NRG NRR NRRC NS NSC NSF NSFO NSG NSSP NT NTDB NTSB NTTC NU NUC NUIN NV NW NZ NZUS OA OAO OARC OAS OASC OASCC OASS OAU OBAMA OBS OBSP OCBD OCEA OCED OCHA OCII OCRA OCS OCSE ODAG ODC ODIP [+] ODPC OECD OECS OECV OES OESC OEXC [+] OEXP OF OFDA OFDC OFDP [+] OFDPQIS OFFICIALS OFPD OFSO OGAC OGIV OHCHR OHI OHIP OI OIC OICCO OIE OIF OIG OIIP [+] OIL OIM OLY OLYAIR OLYMPICS OM OMB OMIG OMS ON ONA OPAD OPBAT OPC OPCD OPCR OPCW OPDAT OPDC [+] OPDP OPEC OPET OPIC OPID OPOC OPPC OPRC [+] OPREC OPREP OPS OPSC OPVIP ORA ORC ORCA ORECD ORED OREG OREP [+] ORGANIZED ORP ORTA ORUE OSAC OSCE OSCI [+] OSD OSEC OSHA OSIC OSTA OSTRA OTA OTAR OTP OTR OTRA [+] OTRABL OTRAO OTRAZ OTRC OTRD OUALI OVIP [+] OVP OXEC OXEM OZ PA PAARM PAC PACE PAGE PAGR PAHO PAIGH PAK PAL PALESTINIAN PAMQ PAN PANAM PAO PAR PARALYMPIC PARCA PAREL PARK PARLIAMENT PARM [+] PARMS PARN PARP PARR PARTIES PARTM PARTY PAS PASS PATTY PAUM PB PBGT PBIO PBK PBOV PBPTS PBS PBT PBTS [+] PCI PCON PCOR PCRM PCUL PD PDA PDD PDEM PDIP PDOV PDRG PE PEACE PEACEKEEPINGFORCES PEDRO PEL PELOSI PEMEX PENA PENV PEPFAR PEPR PER PEREZ PERL PERM PERSONS PET PETER PETERS PETR PETRAEUS PETROL PF PFIN PFLP PFOR PFOV PG PGGOC PGIC PGIV PGKV PGO PGOC PGOF PGOG PGON PGOR PGOT PGOV [+] PGOVE PGOVQL PGPV PGREL PGREV PGV PH PHALANAGE PHARM PHAS PHEM PHIM PHM PHSA [+] PHU PHUH PHUM [+] PHUMHUPPS PHUN PHUS PHYTRP PI PIA PICES PIF PIN PINB PIND PINER PINF PING PINL PINO PINR [+] PINS [+] PINT PINV PIR PIRF PIRN PJUS PK PKAO PKBL PKFK PKISL PKK PKMN PKNP PKO PKPA PKPAL PKPO PKPRP PKST PL PLAB PLAN PLEC PLN PLO PLUM PM PMAR PMAT PMDL PMIG PMIL PMIN PMR PMUC PN PNAT PNET PNG PNIR PNNL PNR PNRG PNS PNUC PNUK PNUM PO PODC POG POGV POINS POL POLG POLI POLICY POLINT POLITICAL POLITICS POLM POLMIL POLS POLUN POREL PORG POSTS POTUS POUS POV POWELL PP PPA PPAO PPD PPEF PPEL PPKO PPOL PQL PQM PRC PRE PREC PRED PREF [+] PREG PREJ PREK PREL [+] PRELEVU PRELM PRELPLS PRELTBIOBA PREM PREO PREP PRER PRES PRESIDENT PRESL PREV PREZ PRF PRFE PRFL PRGO PRGOV PRIL PRL PRLE PRM PRO PROB PROCESS PROG PROL PROLIFERATION PROP [+] PROPERTY PROTECTION PROTESTS PROV PROVE PRT PRTER PRWL PS PSA PSCE PSEC PSEPC PSHA PSI PSNR PSO PSOC PSOCI PSOE PT PTBS PTE PTEL PTEP PTER [+] PTGOV PTIA PTR PTRD PU PUAS PUBLIC PUNE PUNR PUOS PV PVIP PVOV PVPR PVTS PWBG PWMN PY QA QADRI QEL QI QIZ QM QT QU QUAN QUOC RA RAED RAID RAS RATIFICATION RBI RCA RCMP RE REA REACTION REALTIONS RECIN REF REFORM REFPAN REFUGEE REFUGEES REGION REGIONAL REID REIN REINEMEYER REL RELAM RELATIONS RELFREE RELIGIOUS REMON RENAMO RENE PREVAL REO REPORT REUBEN RF RFE RFIN RFREEDOM RGOV RGY RHUM RI RICE RICHARD RIGHTS RIGHTSPOLMIL RIMC RIVERA RL RLA RM RMA RO ROK ROME ROSS ROW ROY RP RPEL RPTS RQ RR RRB RREL RS RSO RSOX RSP RSZ RTT RU RUEHZO RV RW RWANDA SA SAAD SAARC SACU SADC SAFE SAIR SAIS SAMA SAN SANC SANR SAO SARB SARGSIAN SARS SASC SASEC SB SBA SC SCA SCCC SCE SCENESETTER SCHUL SCI SCIENCE SCNV SCOI SCOL SCOM SCPR SCRM SCRS SCRSERD SCUL [+] SCVL SD SE SEC SECDEF SECI SECRET SECRETARY SECSTATE SECTOR SECURITY SEMAAN GABY EID SEN SENC SENG SENS SENU SENV [+] SENVQGR SENVSPL SENVSXE SEP SERBIA SERZH SETTLEMENTS SEVN SEXP SF SFNV SG SGNV SGWI SH SHANNON SHI SHUM SI SIMS SIPDI SIPDIS SIPR SIPRNET SIPRS SIUK SK SKCA SKEP SKI SKSAF SL SLM SLOVAK SM SMAR SMI SMIG [+] SMIL SMIT SMITH SMRT SN SNA SNAP SNAR [+] SNUC SO SOC SOCI [+] SOCIA SOCIETY SOCIS SOCISZX SOCR SOCY SOE SOFA SOI SOIC SOLI SOLIC SOM SOPN SORT SOSI SOVIET SOWGC SP SPAS SPC SPCE SPCVIS SPECI SPECIALIST SPILL SPP SPSTATE SR SREF SRIT SRS SRYI SSA SSH ST STAG START STATE STC STEINBERG STET STP STR SU SUCCESSION SULLIVAN SUMMIT SUR SV SW SWHO SWMN SX SXG SY SYAI SYMBOL SYR SYRIA SYSI SYTH SZ TA TAGS TALAL TAUSCHER TAX TB TBI TBID TBIO [+] TBIOZK TBKIO TBO TC TCOR TCSENV TD TDA TE TECH TECHNOLOGY TER TERAA TERFIN TERR TERROR TERRORISM TF TFIN TG TGRY TH THANH THE THERESE THIRDTERM THKSJA THOMAS THPY TI TIA TIBO TIFA TINT TIO TIP TITI TIUZ TJ TK TL TM TN TNDG TNGD TO TOPEC TORRIJOS TOURISM TP TPHY [+] TPKO TPP TPSA TPSL TR TRAD TRADE TRAFFICKING TRBIO TRBY TRD TREAS TREASURY TREATY TREL TRG TRGV TRGY [+] TRIO TRSY TRT TRV TRY TRYG TRYS TS TSA TSLP TSPA [+] TSPL TSRL TSRY TSY TT TTFN TU TURKEY TV TVBIO TW TWRO TX TY TZ TZBY UA UAE UAID UAM UB UDEM UE UEU UG UGA UK UKR UKRAINE UM UMIK UN UNA UNAF UNAIDS UNAMA UNAMSIL UNAORC UNAUS UNBRO UNC UNCC UNCDF UNCDN UNCHC UNCHR UNCHS UNCITRAL UNCND UNCOPUOS UNCRED UNCRIME UNCSD UNCSW UNCTAD UNDC UNDEF UNDOF UNDP UNECE UNEF UNEP UNESCO UNFA UNFC UNFCYP UNFF UNFICYP UNFIYCP UNFPA UNGA UNGAPL UNGO UNHCR UNHRC UNICEF UNIDCP UNIDO UNIDROIT UNIFEM UNIFIL UNION UNKIK UNM UNMEE UNMIC UNMIK UNMIKI UNMIKV UNMIL UNMIN UNMOVIC UNO UNODC UNOMIG UNOPS UNP UNPAR UNPUOS UNRCCA UNRCR UNREST UNRWA UNSC UNSCAPU UNSCD UNSCE UNSCER UNSCR UNSCS UNSD UNSE UNTAC UNTERR UNTZ UNUS UNVIE UNYI UP UPU UPUO UR US USAID USAU USCC USCG USDA USDELFESTTWO USEU USG USGS USMS USNC USOAS USOP USPS USPTO USSC USTA USTDA USTR USTRD USTRIT USTRPS USTRUWR USUN UUNR UV UX UY UZ VA VANG VAT VC VE VELS VEN VENZ VETTING VI VINICIO VIP VIS VISIT VM VN VO VOA VT VTEG VTFR VTIS VTPREL VTTBIO VTWCAR VXY VY VZ WA WAEMU WAKI WAR WB WBEG WBG WCAR WCI WCL WCO WE WEBG WEBZ WEET WEF WEOG WET WEU WFA WFP WFPAORC WFPO WGC WGG WHA WHITMER WHO WHTI WI WILCOX WIPO WIR WJRO WM WMD WMDT WMN WMO WOMEN WPO WRTO WS WSIS WTO WTRD WTRO WTRQ WW WWARD WWBG WWT WZ XA XAAF XB XC XD XE XF XFNEA XG XH XI XJ XK XL XLUM XM XO XP XQ XR XS XT XTAG XU XV XW XX XXX XY XZ YE YEH YI YL YM YMCS YS YU YURIY ZA ZANU ZB ZC ZCTU ZEALAND ZF ZFR ZH ZI ZIM ZJ ZK ZKGM ZL ZM ZN ZO ZP ZR ZS ZT ZU ZW ZXA
AA AADP AALC ABER ABLD [+] ABLDG ABLG ABMC ABT ABUD AC ACABQ ACAO ACCOUNT ACDA ACEC ACKM ACOA ACOTA ACS ACTION ADANA ADB ADCO ADCP ADEL ADEP ADIP ADM ADMIRAL ADPM ADRC AE AEC AECL AEGR AEIR AEM AEMED AEMR [+] AER AESC AF AFARI AFDB AFDIN AFFAIRS AFGHANISTAN AFIN [+] AFL AFLU AFOR AFR AFSA AFSI AFSN AFU AFZAL AG AGAO AGENDA AGENGA AGIT AGMT AGOA AGR AGS AGUIRRE AI AIAG AID AIDAC AIDS AIEA AIHRC AIN AINF AINFCY AINR AINT AISG AIT AJ AK AL AL-1 ALAB ALBE ALEXANDER ALI ALJAZEERA ALL ALNEA ALOW ALOWAR AM AMAT AMB AMCHAMS AMCT AME AMED AMEDI AMEMR AMER AMERICAS AMEX AMG AMGE AMGMT AMGT [+] AMIA AMLB AMPR AMT AMTC AMTG AN ANARCHISTS ANC AND ANET ANTITERRORISM AO AOCR AODE AOIC AOMS AOPR AORC [+] AORD AOREC AORG AORL AOWC AP APCS APDC APEC APECO APER [+] APR APRC APRM AQ AR ARAB ARABBL ARABL ARABLEAGUE ARAS ARC ARCH ARENA AREP ARF ARG ARM ARMITAGE ARMS AROC ARR ARRMZY ARSO AS ASA ASAC ASC ASCC ASCE ASCEC ASCH ASE ASEAN ASEC [+] ASECARP ASECE ASECM ASECSI ASECVE ASED ASEDC ASEG ASEK ASES ASEX ASFC ASIC ASIG ASIR ASJA ASO ASOC ASPA ASR ASSEMBLY ASSK ASUP AT ATFN ATPDEA ATRA ATRD ATRN AU AU-1 AUC AUNR AUSGR AUSTRALIAGROUP AV AVERY AVIAN AVIANFLU AVIATION AW AX AY AZ AZE B. BA BAGHDAD BAIO BAKOYANNIS BALKANS BAPOL BARACK BASHAR BATA BB BBG BBSR BC BCW BCXP BD BE BEAN BEN BERARDUCCI BESP BEXB BEXP [+] BEXPC BEXPPLM BEXT BF BFIF BFIN BFIO BG BGD BGMT BH BHUM BI BIC BIH BILAT BIMSTEC BINR BIO BIOS BIOTECH BIOTECHNOLOGY BIT BITO BK BL BLR BLUE BLUNT BM BMENA BMGT BMOT BN BNUC BO BOIKO BOL BOND BOQ BORDER BOSNIA BOU BOUCHAIB KAKA BOUTERSE BP BPIS BPTS BR BRIAN BRPA BRUSSELS BS BSSR BT BTA BTC BTIO [+] BTIU BTRA BTT BU BUD BULGARIA BURMA BUSH BV BW BWC BX BXEP BY BZ CA CAC CACM CACS CAFTA CAIO CAJC CAMBODIA CAN CAPC CARC CARE CARIB CARICOM CARSON CAS CASA CASC [+] CASCC CASCR CASE CASTILLO CAVO CB CBC CBD CBE CBG CBIS CBM CBSA CBTH CBW CCSR CCY CD CDB CDC CDCC CDCE CDG CDI CE CEA CEC CEDAW CEN CENTCOM CENTRIC CEUDA CF CFE CFED CFG CFIS CFSP CG CGEN CGOPRC CH CHAD CHALLENGE CHAO CHELIDZE CHENEY CHERTOFF CHG CHIEF CHN CHR CHRISTIAN CHRISTOF CHRISTOPHER CI CIA CIAT CIC CICTE CIDA CIO CIP CIS CITEL CITES CITIBANK CITT CIVAIR CIVS CJ CJAN [+] CJUS CK CKGR CKOR CL CLEARANCE CLINTON CLMT CLO CLOK CM CMAE CMFT CMGT [+] CMP CMT CN CNAR CNARC CNC CNO CO CODEL COE COL COLIN COLLECTIVE COLOMBO COM COMESA COMMERCE CON CONAWAY CONDOLEEZZA CONDOLEEZZA RICE CONEAZ CONG CONGO CONGRINT CONS CONSULAR CONTROL CONTROLS CORRUPTION COSI COUNTER COUNTER TERRORISM COUNTERTERRORISM COUNTRY COUNTRYCLEARANCE CP CPA CPAS CPC CPCTC CPPT CPUOS CQ CR CRIM CRIME CRIMES CRM CROATIA CROS CRS CRUZ CS CSCE CSEP CSIS CSW CT CTBT CTER CTERR CTM CTR CTRYCLR CU CUCO CUIS CUL CV CVIA CVIC CVIS [+] CVISU CVPR CVR CW CWC CWCM CWG CX CY CYP CYPRUSARMS CZ DA DAC DAFR DAN DANFUNG DANIEL DAO DARFR DARFUR DAVID DAVID LEE HOWES DAVID WELCH DAVID WILLIAM RAY DB DC DCDG DCG DCHA DCI DCM DCOM DCRM DE DEA DEAX DEFENSE DEFENSEREFORM DELTAVIOLENCE DEM DEMARCHE DEMOCRATIC DENNIS DEOC DEPT DEPT FOR DS COMMAND CENTER DESI DHA DHLAKAMA DHLS DHRF DHS DHSX DIEZ DIPLOMACY DISENGAGEMENT DJ DK DKEM DMIN DMINE DO DOC DOD DOE DOJ DOMC DOMESTIC DOMESTICPOLITICS DONALD RUMSFELD DOT DPAO DPKO DPM DPOL DPRK DR DRC DRIP DRL DS DSR DSS DTFN DTRA DTRO DU DVC DY EAC EAD EADI EADM EAG EAGER EAGR [+] EAI EAIC EAID [+] EAIDB EAIDCIN EAIDEGZ EAIDMG EAIDNI EAIF EAIG EAIO EAIR [+] EAIS EAIT EAOD EAP EAPC EAR EARI EASS EATO EAUD EAVI EB EBEXP EBRD EBUD EC ECA ECCP ECCT ECE ECIN ECIP ECLAC ECN ECOIN ECOM ECON [+] ECONCS ECONEGE ECONOMIC ECONOMICS ECONOMY ECONOMY AND FINANCE ECOR ECOS ECOSOC ECOWAS ECPC ECPN ECPO ECPS [+] ECPSN ECRM ECTRD ECUN ED EDA EDEV EDRC EDU EDUC EE EEB EEC EENG EENV EEOC EET EETC EFI EFIC EFIM EFIN [+] EFIS [+] EFLU EFN EFND EFNI EFQ EFTA EG EGAD EGAR EGEN EGHG EGOV EGOVSY EH EI EIAD EIAID EIAR EIB EICN EID EIDE EIDN EIFN EIN EIND [+] EINDIR EINF EING EINN EINO EINR EINT [+] EINV [+] EINZ EIPR EIQ EISL EISNLN EITC EITI EIVN EK EL ELA ELAB [+] ELAD ELAINE ELAM ELAN ELAP ELB ELBA ELBR ELEC ELECTIONS ELF ELIN ELN ELND ELNT ELTD ELTM ELTN [+] ELTRN EMAIL EMED EMI EMIN [+] EMN EMS EMW EN END ENDURING ENEG ENER ENERG ENERGY ENFR ENG ENGR ENGRD ENGRG ENGY ENIV ENLT ENNP ENR ENRC ENRG [+] ENRL ENTG ENV ENVI ENVIRONMENT ENVR ENVT EON EOXC EP EPA EPAT EPCS EPE EPEC EPECO EPET [+] EPIN EPIT EPPD EPRT EPSC EPTE EPTED EPWR EQ EQRD ER ERA ERD EREL ERGR ERICKSON ERIN ERTD ES ESA ESCAP ESCI ESDP ESENV ESF ESLCO ESOC ESOCI ESPS ESS ESSO ESTH ESTN ESTRADA ET ETA ETAD ETC ETCC ETD ETDR ETEL ETER ETEX ETFN ETIC ETIO ETLN ETMIN ETR ETRA ETRAD ETRB ETRC ETRD [+] ETRDECD ETRG ETRK ETRN ETRO ETRP ETT ETTC [+] ETTD ETTF ETTN ETTR ETTRD ETTW ETZ EU EUC EUCOM EUE EUEAID EUFOR EUM EUMEM EUN EUR EUREM EURM EURN EV EVENTS EVN EWRG EWT EWTR EWWT [+] EX EXBS EXEC EXIM EXO EXPORT EXTERNAL EZ FA FAA FAC FAGR FAO FARC FARM FAS FATAH FBI FCC FCS FCSC FCSCEG FCUL FDA FDIC FEDULOV FEMA FERNANDO FGM FI FIN FINANCE FINE FINR FINREF FINV FIR FISO FJ FK FKFLO FKLU FLU FM FMC FMGT FMLN FMS FO FOI FOOKS FOR FORCE FORCES FOREIGN FORWHA FP FPC FR FRA FRANCIS FRANCISCO RODENAS RUIZ FRB FREDOM FREEDOM FRELIMO FRIED FRN FRU FSC FSI FT FTA FTAA FWS GA GAERC GAMES GAO GARCIA GASPAR GATT GAZA GAZPROM GB GBSLE 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02ANKARA8018 | TURKEY-GREECE GAS INTERCONNECT ADVANCES, BUT KEY [...] (C) Summary and comment: Turkey and Greece have reached agreement on the text of an Intergovernmental Agreement for the Turkey-Greece gas interconnect, which they hope to sign by the end of November. BOTAS and DEPA have not, however, been able to agree on the price at which DEPA would purchas [...] | 2002-11-07 14:25:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ECON EPET AJ GG KZ TU |
02ANKARA8126 | TURKISH MFA STICKING TO ITS GUNS ON ARMENIA [...] (C) In separate meetings last week with EUR/SE Director Hengel, MFA officials reiterated standard Turkish concerns in relations with Armenia. 2. (C) Deputy Director General for the Caucasus and Central Asia Ertan Tezgor told us Turkey will not move to normalize relations with Armenia unt [...] | 2002-11-12 11:32:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV TU AM AJ |
02ANKARA8141 | MFA ON TURKEY-GREECE GAS INTERCONNECT [...] (C) Summary: MFA Deputy DG for Energy Hakki Akil reiterated to Econ Couns BOTAS's request for USG assistance in encouraging the Greeks to accept paying a higher price for natural gas from Turkey in the short-term for the long-term benefits the Turkey-Greece interconnect would provide. Akil a [...] | 2002-11-12 15:42:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ECON EPET AJ GG KZ TU |
02ANKARA8453 | WTO ACCESSION FOR ARMENIA: DEMARCHE TO TURKEY [...] (C) EconCouns delivered reftel demarche to MFA Department Head Oya Karakas Novmeber 20. Karakas said the MFA was awaiting word from Azerbaijan on the results of ongoing Azeri efforts to persuade the WTO Secretariat to accept "minor" changes to the Armenian letter. Karakas said she expected [...] | 2002-11-20 09:45:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD AJ TK AM |
02ANKARA8863 | IRAQ AND THE TURKISH GAS MARKET [...] (C) Summary and comment: The GOT denies recent press reports that suggest new developments on the Turkey-Iraq gas project. Although the MFA previously told us a 1997 Turkey-Iraq protocol on natural gas was null and void, BOTAS claims the protocol still exists, and was discussed as recently a [...] | 2002-12-09 12:35:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ECON EPET ETTC AJ GG KZ TU IZ |
02ANKARA8986 | BP STILL ANALYZING COMMERCIAL VIABILITY OF SHAH [...] (C) Summary and comment: BP's gas analyst is struggling to make the commercial case for Shah Deniz -- although he claims top management is committed to the project, he believes the Turkish gas market is still oversupplied and the project is too expensive. He also maintains that transporting [...] | 2002-12-16 13:17:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ECON EPET AJ GG KZ TU |
02ANKARA9166 | AMB. MANN'S VISIT TO TURKEY [...] (C) Summary: AK party officials, including Energy Minister Guler and three newly-elected parliamentarians, confirmed their support for the BTC and Shah Deniz projects to EB/CBED Ambassador Mann in his December 18-20 visit to Ankara. Mann reviewed U.S. energy policy in the Caspian, noting tha [...] | 2002-12-30 05:48:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ECON EPET AJ GG KZ TU |
03ANKARA1448 | BTC, SHAH DENIZ, TURKEY-GREECE INTERCONNECT: ON [...] (C) Summary: BP and BOTAS General Manager Bildaci are still concerned that BOTAS does not have sufficient authority to meet its obligations under the BTC turnkey contract. BP has sent a letter to Energy Minister Guler requesting his personal intervention on this issue; Bildaci is raising it [...] | 2003-03-06 14:19:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ECON EPET AJ GG KZ TU |
03ANKARA1724 | CBED AMBASSADOR MANN'S MARCH 12 VISIT TO ANKARA [...] (C) Summary: During CBED Ambassador Mann,s March 12 visit to Ankara, MFA and Ministry of Energy officials requested his intervention with the World Bank on the negative pledge clause issue (reftel) and with Greece on the Interconnector Turkey-Greece (ITG). MFA Deputy U/S Kilic also pressed f [...] | 2003-03-19 10:36:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ECON EPET AJ GG KZ TU |
03ANKARA1967 | IMPACT OF IRAQ OPERATION ON BTC PIPELINE, TPAO [...] (C) BOTAS General Manager Gokhan Bildaci and BP's local BTC Co. President Yasar Latifov told us March 25-26 the Iraq Operation thus far had not had a serious impact on BTC; however, both said they were very concerned that the extra burden the war had placed on Turkey's infrastructure and const [...] | 2003-03-26 13:22:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ECON EPET AJ GG ETTC TU IZ |
03ANKARA2165 | BOTAS GENERAL MANAGER BILDACI DISCHARGED [...] (U) The Ministry of Energy has officially dismissed Gokhan Bildaci from his position as Chairman and General Manager of BOTAS, the state pipeline company. This move has been expected since the AK government took over in November 2002. Bildaci told econoff he learned about his dismissal when he [...] | 2003-04-03 08:52:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ECON EPET AJ GG TU |
03ANKARA2445 | KIRKUK-YUMARTALIK PIPELINE: TANKS FULL, NO NEW [...] (U) This is an action request. See para 5. 2. (SBU) BOTAS Deputy General Manager Fuat Celepci told econoff April 15 that the oil flow in the Kirkuk-Yumurtalik (Ceyhan) pipeline had stopped completely on April 9, and that no tankers had transported crude from Ceyhan since March 20. Celepc [...] | 2003-04-15 07:51:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ECON EPET AJ GG ETTC TU IZ |
03ANKARA2459 | BTC OPERATIONAL ISSUES: PROGRESS, BUT CHALLENGES [...] (C) Summary: The GOT has made progress on outstanding BTC operational issues since BTC Co sent a "material breach" letter to Energy Minister Guler on April 7. Guler has named a new manager for the BTC Directorate, and has committed to increasing the project manager's authority. These develo [...] | 2003-04-15 12:17:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ECON EPET AJ GG KZ TU |
03ANKARA2997 | BTC CO LIFTS MATERIAL BREACH CLAIM [...] (C) Summary: BTC Co has formally informed the GOT that the government is no longer in material breach of its obligations under the BTC agreements (reftel). BTC Co CEO Michael Townshend told us he is satisfied that the GOT has resolved all outstanding operational issues, a point he reiterated [...] | 2003-05-08 04:31:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ECON EPET AJ GG KZ TU |
03ANKARA3268 | MFA RAISES KIRKUK-YUMARTALIK PIPELINE AGAIN [...] (U) This cable contains an action request. See para 3. 2. (C) MFA Deputy Under Secretary for Economic Affairs Alev Kilic and Director General For Energy Hakki Akil told Econ Couns May 15 that, as the MFA had told us previously (reftel),the lack of oil flow in the Kirkuk-Yumurtalik pipel [...] | 2003-05-17 05:17:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ECON EPET AJ GG ETTC TU IZ |
03ANKARA400 | TURKISH OFFICIALS QUESTION IRAQ IMPACT ON ENERGY [...] (C) Summary: Turkish officials have begun to ask about the potential impact of an Iraq operation on Turkish energy interests, raising with us the possible effect on BTC, Shah Deniz, the Kirkuk-Ceyhan pipeline, and Turkey's oil supply. BOTAS is worried about the potential impact on Iskenderun [...] | 2003-01-16 08:57:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ECON EPET ETTC IZ AJ GG KZ TU UNSC |
03ANKARA4004 | TURKS AGREE TO FACILITATE TRAVEL OF IRANIAN RFE/RL [...] (C) We have conveyed requests as outlined in reftel to Turkish MFA. Engin Yurur, head of Iran desk, was aware of the issue and had already conveyed our concerns to the relevant Turkish authorities and was coordinating with the Interior Ministry. MFA will confirm final details of how they wil [...] | 2003-06-21 09:17:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL TU IR AJ EZ |
03ANKARA4032 | TURKS AGREE TO FACILITATE TRAVEL WHEN POSSIBLE [...] (S) Embassy confirmed with Turkish officials that they remain willing to ensure the two journalists will be able to transit Turkey as they travel to Prague when a new itinerary is developed. GOT officials asked that their participation be kept confidential. During preparations for transit on [...] | 2003-06-24 13:42:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PGOV PHUM PREL TU IR AJ EZ |
03ANKARA6198 | MFA CAUCASUS OFFICIAL ON ARMENIA, GEORGIA, [...] (C) Summary. In a September 23 conversation with poloff, MFA Caucasus Department Head Murat Adali worried about Russian influence in the Caucasus, particularly Georgia, during a period when U.S. attention was turned to Iraq. Adali expressed eagerness for the U.S. and Turkey to work together [...] | 2003-10-02 13:19:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL TU GG AJ AM RS |
03ANKARA6398 | TURKEY HITCHES ARMENIA POLICY TO NAGORNO-KARABAKH [...] (C) Summary: In a October 8 discussion with poloff, MFA Caucasus and Central Asia Director Ertan Tezgor confirmed that the GOT clearly linked opening the Armenian border and resuming diplomatic relations to Armenian concessions on Nagorno-Karabakh (NK). Tezgor brushed off concerns this woul [...] | 2003-10-14 07:17:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL TU AM AJ |
03ANKARA7354 | DAS PASCOE'S NOVEMBER 21 TRIP TO ANKARA [...] (S) Summary: EUR DAS Lynn Pascoe visited Turkey on November 21 for a series of meetings with MFA officials. In all his meetings, Pascoe urged MFA officials to think about the period leading up to the NATO Summit as a critical opportunity to showcase Turkey's achievements before the December [...] | 2003-12-01 12:15:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | AJ AM GG PGOV PREL TU |
03ANKARA753 | BTC UPDATE FROM TURKEY [...] (C) Summary: BTC construction in Turkey is on schedule (first pipe is scheduled to arrive at Iskenderun port on February 7) and on budget; however, there is some concern that the change in government has slowed down the decision-making process on operational issues. We believe that occasiona [...] | 2003-01-29 17:56:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ECON EPET AJ GG KZ TU |
03ANKARA935 | TURKISH PETROLEUM OPTIMISTIC ABOUT BUSINESS IN A [...] (C) Summary: The Turkish Petroleum Agency (TPAO) is optimistic about business opportunities in a post-sanctions Iraq. TPAO Vice President Bakiler believes TPAO will be well-placed to sign exploration and production agreements that the company has been negotiating for years with Iraq, and to [...] | 2003-02-06 15:10:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ECON EPET AJ GG KZ TU |
03SANAA1546 | FORMER IRAQI AMBASSADOR TO AZERBAIJAN REQUESTS [...] (S/NF) On 6/21 Abdul Hakim al-Iryani, Advisor to Foreign Minister Qirbi, asked for USG assistance in vetting the asylum request of former Iraqi Ambassador to Azerbaijan, Ghalib Abdu Husayn al-Tamimi, his wife, and their six children. PolOff delivered USG response provided by ORCA (para 2) o [...] | 2003-06-30 06:36:00 | Embassy Sanaa | SECRET | PREL ASEC IZ AJ YM |
03THEHAGUE2573 | MINSK GROUP CO-CHAIRS BRIEF CIO DE HOOP SCHEFFER, [...] (C) Summary: In Paris October 2, the Minsk Group Co-Chairs held separate discussions with the Armenian and Azerbaijani foreign ministers, urging the two sides to quickly arrange meetings between the two presidents and announcing their desire to visit the region soon after the Azeri elections. [...] | 2003-10-07 15:08:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV AM AJ PARM NL RU OSCE EUN |
03YEREVAN2883 | SEVENTH ANNUAL STRATEGIC DIALOGUE HELD IN YEREVAN [...] (U) Classified by Ambassador John Ordway for reasons 1.4 (b&d). 2. (C) Summary. The seventh US-Armenian Strategic Dialogue took place in Yerevan November 20. The sides discussed regional security, defense cooperation, and cooperation on counter-terrorism. The delegation heads, EUR DAS Ly [...] | 2003-12-02 05:41:00 | Embassy Yerevan | SECRET | AJ AM GG MARR PARM PGOV PREL PTER TU |
03YEREVAN3034 | OSKANYAN-GUL MEETING RAISES HOPES OF LIMITED [...] (C) Summary. Foreign Minister Oskanyan told Ambassador that Turkish Foreign Minister Gul had indicated to him in a December 5 meeting that Turkey would open its border with Armenia to the two country's diplomatic passport holders as early as January 2004. The two foreign ministers also discu [...] | 2003-12-18 12:34:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL AM AJ TU |
04ANKARA2522 | TURKEY/ARMENIA: STALEMATE STRANGLING GOODWILL [...] (C) Following Ambassador Edelman's April 30 meeting with FM Gul (ref A) we re-raised with Caucasus Department Head Adali Embassy Yerevan's proposal to open the border to participants in the upcoming Kars-Gyumri Symposium (ref B). (Ankara Polcouns raised this on April 22 with Adali's boss, DDG [...] | 2004-05-05 13:56:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | AJ AM PREL TU |
04ANKARA317 | BREAKTHROUGHS BETWEEN TURKEY AND ARMENIA APPEAR [...] (C) Summary: In a January 14 meeting, Turkish MFA Caucasus Department Head Murat Adali reaffirmed that Turkey linked opening the Armenian border and full diplomatic relations to Armenian concessions in Nagorno-Karabakh (NK) (reftel). Although MFA officials will travel to Yerevan in February [...] | 2004-01-19 09:10:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | AJ AM PREL TU |
04ANKARA3764 | TURKISH MFA CLAIMS ARMENIA WILLING TO DISCUSS NK [...] (C) Summary: Turkish MFA Caucasus Department Head Murat Adali portrays the June 28 meeting during the Istanbul NATO Summit between Turkish FM Gul and Armenian FM Oskanian, and a follow-on trilateral meeting including Azerbaijani FM Mammadyarov, as steps forward in resolving the Nagorno Karab [...] | 2004-07-07 14:17:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | AJ AM PBTS TU |
04ANKARA7044 | DEC. 12 CAUCASUS WORKING GROUP MEETING IN ANKARA [...] (C) In policy discussions with the Turkish General Staff during the Dec. 12 meeting of the Caucasus Working Group, DASD James MacDougall urged Turkey to consider how we might change our approach to the Nagorno-Karabakh (NK) conflict. The TGS representatives believed the Minsk Group had failed [...] | 2004-12-20 08:04:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MASS TU AJ AM GG KZ RS |
04BRUSSELS3782 | U.S.-EU CONSULTATIONS ON CAUCASUS, CENTRAL ASIA [...] (C) SUMMARY: On September 1 EUR DAS Laura Kennedy held semi-annual consultations with the EU on Caucasus and Central Asia (COEST). Caucasus discussions concentrated on establishing a political process to resolve the South Ossetia conflict (Kennedy met separately on South Ossetia with Heikki [...] | 2004-09-08 14:36:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PGOV EAID GG AM AJ KZ KG TI TX UZ EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
04BRUSSELS758 | US-EU COEST CONSULTATIONS PART 2: SOUTH CAUCASUS [...] (C) SUMMARY: On February 9 in Brussels, EUR DAS Lynn Pascoe -- accompanied by EUR/ACE Deputy Dan Rosenblum and EUR/ERA Director Kathy Allegrone -- discussed US-EU cooperation in Central Asia and the South Caucasus with the EU's COEST Troika. This cable covers the South Caucasus portion of the [...] | 2004-02-23 10:05:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV AM AJ GG RS EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
04YEREVAN1345 | Armenian-Azeri border clash [...] (C) Following receipt of reftel, DAO assistant spoke with the CHOD, Gen-Lt. Haratunyan, and Ambassador spoke to Ambassador Kasprzyk and Acting Foreign Minister Shugarian. The CHOD claimed that the Azeri side had initiated the outbreak of hostile action a week ago, and then on the night of Ju [...] | 2004-06-15 12:32:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS MOPS AM AJ |
04YEREVAN1813 | ARMENIA'S TEST FOR NATO AND PFP: WILL THEY BE [...] (C) GOAM senior policy makers are looking to the upcoming Cooperation Best Effort 2004 (CBE04) Partnership for Peace (PfP) mid-September exercise in Azerbaijan as a test case for whether NATO, PfP members and the U.S. genuinely want to work with Armenia. Until the five Armenian military office [...] | 2004-08-16 11:06:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PM PGOV AM AJ |
04YEREVAN2194 | OSKANIAN CALLS FOR ARMENIAN "RE- [...] (U) Sensitive But Unclassified. Please protect accordingly. ------------------------------- OSKANIAN STUNS DIPLOMATIC CROWD ------------------------------- 2. (SBU) Taking advantage of the official reception October 2 on the occasion of the "Day of German Unity," Foreign Minister Varta [...] | 2004-10-04 12:31:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV AJ AM |
04YEREVAN2449 | ARMENIAN FLIGHTS HAMPERED BY FUEL SHORTAGES [...] This cable is sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) A shortage of aviation fuel is forcing Armenia's outbound flights to make intermediate landings to refuel before continuing on their scheduled itinerary. Although government and av [...] | 2004-11-08 09:15:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EPET ENRG ETRD EAID GG AJ AM |
04YEREVAN2533 | OSKANIAN SAYS "AZERBAIJAN IS MAKING A [...] During a joint press conference with visiting Italian Deputy Foreign Minister Margherita Boniver November 23, Foreign Minister Vartan Oskanian commented that "Azerbaijan is making a mistake by initiating the discussion of the situation in the occupied territories issue at the UN, and after a [...] | 2004-11-24 13:00:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV AJ AM UNGA |
04YEREVAN2792 | GOAM STILL LOOKING TO EXCHANGE SOLDIERS [...] No summary [...] | 2004-12-28 11:50:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM MARR PBTS AJ AM OSCE |
04YEREVAN347 | TOUGH DASHNAK TALK ON N-K, TURKEY AT PARTY [...] (U) Sensitive But Unclassified. Please treat accordingly. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) Dashnak Party Chairman Hrand Margarayan's February 6 comments on relations with Turkey, N-K, and Georgia's Armenian population sparked renewed controversy among Armenia's political elite. Marga [...] | 2004-02-12 10:20:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM TU AJ AM |
04YEREVAN449 | RARE PRESIDENTIAL INTERVIEW SPARKS [...] (U) Sensitive But Unclassified. Please treat accordingly. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) President Robert Kocharian's February 18 extended press conference sparked speculation about his political posturing vis-a-vis an increasingly vocal opposition. During the rare two-hour TV int [...] | 2004-02-24 03:04:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV TU AJ AM |
04YEREVAN462 | "POLITICAL MURDER" ROCKS THE ARMENIAN BODY POLITIC [...] (SBU) The GOAM, parliamentarians, and NGOs agree across the board in calling the February 19 murder of Armenian Lieutenant Gurgen Margarian by an Azerbaijani officer at NATO Partnership for Peace (PfP) English training program in Budapest a "political murder," and have been widely quoted in th [...] | 2004-02-25 03:17:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL AJ AM |
04YEREVAN505 | GOAM CALLS ON USG TO RECONSIDER FY 2005 FMF [...] (U) Sensitive but Unclassified. Protect Accordingly. 2. (SBU) Deputy Foreign Minister Ruben Shugarian demarched DCM February 26 regarding expected differences in FY 2005 military assistance levels for Azerbaijan and Armenia. Shugarian delivered an eleven- point non-paper that called on t [...] | 2004-02-27 12:12:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MARR PARM AJ AM |
04YEREVAN532 | EMOTIONS STILL STRONG IN ARMENIA OVER OFFICER'S [...] (C) The axe-murder of Lieutenant Gurgen Markarian two weeks ago in Budapest continues to elicit strong emotions from Armenians. The government held a state funeral for Margarian February 28, coinciding with the anniversary of the 1988 Sumgait killings in Azerbaijan. A Sumgait remembrance ce [...] | 2004-03-04 09:05:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR PGOV AM AJ |
04YEREVAN615 | ARMENIAN DEP DEFENSE MINISTER OFFERS COMPROMISE ON [...] (C) Summary. Armenian Deputy Defense Minister Artur Aghabekian informed DAO March 11 that Armenia is planning to send three officers to Baku in September 2004 to participate in NATO Partnership for Peace (PfP) exercise Cooperative Best Effort 04 (CBE 04). Aghabekian ruled out the possibility [...] | 2004-03-12 14:03:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MARR PARM AM AJ NATO |
04YEREVAN633 | DELEGATIONS ENCOURAGE INCREASED ARMENIAN [...] (C) An interagency delegation met with the Deputy Ministers of Foreign Affairs and Defense March 11 to outline a United States proposal to shift the focus of NATO Partnership for Peace (PfP) activities to the Caucasus and Central Asia. The delegation also discussed the necessity to reach a co [...] | 2004-03-17 09:28:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV AM AJ NATO |
04YEREVAN68 | ARMENIAN PARTICIPATION IN NATO INITIAL [...] (SBU) After a week of to-and-fro discussions over Armenian participation in the Initial Planning Conference for NATO Partnership for Peace exercise Cooperative Best Effort 2004 in Baku, Azerbaijan agreed to grant plane-side visas to two Armenian military officers to allow participation in th [...] | 2004-01-12 13:03:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PARM PGOV AM AJ |
04YEREVAN684 | MOD BACKTRACKS ON PROPOSED CBE COMPROMISE [...] (C) Summary. The Ministry of Defense (MOD) informed DAO March 22 that Armenia intends to send 12 participants to the NATO PfP exercise Cooperative Best Effort 04 (CBE 04) in Baku. The decision comes after a previous MOD pledge to send only 3 officers to the exercise in a compromise to the CBE [...] | 2004-03-23 03:01:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PARM PGOV PREL AM AJ |
04YEREVAN830 | REAFFIRMING TIES WITH ARMENIA: DEPUTY SECRETARY [...] (SBU) Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage's visit to Armenia galvanized U.S.-Armenia relations as he met with Armenian Foreign Minister Oskanian and President Kocharian in back-to-back meetings March 26. The meeting with Oskanian clearly set the agenda for the subsequent discussion with [...] | 2004-04-07 09:36:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PARM TU AJ AM OVIP RICHARD ARMITAGE |
04YEREVAN848 | NAGORNO-KARABAKH: AMBASSADOR DELIVERS READOUT OF [...] No summary [...] | 2004-04-09 10:16:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PBTS PREL PGOV AJ AM |
05ALMATY1944 | KAZAKHSTAN: SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY BODMAN'S [...] (C) SUMMARY: In advance of your planned meeting with President Nazarbayev in Baku, Embassy Almaty wanted to offer background on energy and non-proliferation issues in Kazakhstan, and suggest key issues where your engagement could be crucial. Kazakhstan's market-driven development of its oil se [...] | 2005-05-23 10:14:00 | US Office Almaty | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG AJ GZ KZ WMD ECONOMIC |
05ALMATY3232 | KAZAKHSTAN: ENERGY SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY [...] (C) SUMMARY: In advance of your planned meeting with Energy Minister Shkolnik, Embassy Almaty wanted to offer background on the most pressing issues in the US-Kazakhstani energy dialogue and suggest key issues where your engagement could be crucial. They include the following: Achieving a GO [...] | 2005-09-06 11:35:00 | US Office Almaty | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG AJ GZ KZ ECONOMIC |
05ALMATY3449 | KAZAKHSTAN: PARTIES INITIAL KCTS IGA DRAFT [...] (C) Summary: Kazakhstani and Azeri negotiators approved and initialed a draft of the Kazakhstan Caspian Transportation System (KCTS) Inter-governmental Agreement (IGA) in Almaty on September 24. The delegations agreed upon a single text, though the GOK delegation insisted on highlighting a f [...] | 2005-09-27 11:29:00 | US Office Almaty | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET AJ KZ ECONOMIC |
05ANKARA2600 | DAS KENNEDY MAY 3 MEETING WITH TURKISH MFA DIRGEN [...] (C) Summary: Continuing their strategic dialogue begun in February in Washington, EUR DAS Kennedy met May 3 with Turkish MFA DG for Central Asia and the Caucasus Akinci. FM Gul travels to Kyrgyzstan May 5 and will encourage the Kyrgyz to avoid violence and prioritize their assistance request [...] | 2005-05-05 15:18:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL TU KG UZ AJ GG |
05ANKARA6846 | NOV. 8 CAUCASUS WORKING GROUP MEETING IN ANKARA [...] (C) During Nov. 8 Caucasus Working Group discussions, the U.S. and Turkey shared assessments of the strategic situation in the Caucasus and Central Asia. The U.S. side briefed on the Caspian Guard program, and urged the Turks to participate in the upgrade of Nasosnaya Airbase in Azerbaijan, t [...] | 2005-11-21 13:15:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MASS TU AJ AM GG KZ RS |
05ANKARA7656 | ENERGY MINISTER LOOKS FORWARD TO ENHANCED DIALOGUE [...] (C) Summary. Seeing opportunities for cooperation on regional gas and oil projects as well as prospects for U.S. private investment in Turkey's fast growing domestic energy sector, Energy Minister Hilmi Guler looks forward to greater dialogue and cooperation with the United States on energy [...] | 2005-12-30 10:38:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG BEXP IR IZ TX AJ TU |
05DUSHANBE1966 | TAJIKISTAN'S VIEWS OF US FORCE POSTURE (C-RE5-00249) [...] (S) Post's DATT and DCM polled their colleagues informally on the questions below. The following answers should be seen as the Tajik government's current mood on these hypothetical questions. When and if negotiations were to start, outside pressures and local politics would influence the rh [...] | 2005-12-08 09:31:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | SECRET | PINR MARR PREL AJ PL RO TI |
05HELSINKI1116 | FINNISH PRESIDENT HALONEN'S TRAVELS TO RUSSIA, [...] (C) SUMMARY: In late Sept. and early Oct., President Halonen has made official visits to Russia and to Georgia, Armenia and Azerbaijan. In Russia, the GOF sees bilateral progress on environmental issues and border security, in part thanks to the good relations between the two presidents. Howe [...] | 2005-10-19 06:24:00 | Embassy Helsinki | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM SENV FI AJ EU RS LG UK EN AM |
05YEREVAN1020 | SENATOR HAGEL'S VISIT TO YEREVAN [...] (SBU) In a brief stop as part of a larger trip to the region, Senator Chuck Hagel, along with EUCOM Deputy Commander Charles Wald and other DOD personnel, visited Yerevan June 2-3. During his visit the Senator discussed regional stability, military cooperation as well as progress on economic [...] | 2005-06-10 03:29:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PARM AM AJ GG RU |
05YEREVAN1531 | RAILROAD ISOLATION AN URGENT GOAM CONCERN [...] (C) Top Armenian government officials continue to voice their deep concern about plans to build a railroad which would further isolate Armenia and exclude it from the process of regional economic integration. This concern has been echoed by the Armenian-American community and has found reson [...] | 2005-08-24 12:47:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON ETRD TU GA AM AJ |
05YEREVAN1717 | DETAILS OF SHOOTING INCIDENT ON LINE OF CONTACT [...] (C) The September 20 shooting incident on the line of contact seemed clearly directed to disrupt N-K negotiations and will certainly be raised at the OSCE Permanent Council. While there is no way to determine which side fired, the round -- which impacted about 20 meters from an international [...] | 2005-09-23 11:35:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV MASS AJ AM OSCE |
05YEREVAN173 | ARMENIA CONFIRMS RELEASE OF POWS BY AZERBAIJAN [...] No summary [...] | 2005-02-01 12:52:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS AM AJ OSCE |
05YEREVAN1961 | GOAM HAS NO MANDATE TO RESOLVE N-K, ARMENIAN CIVIL [...] (C) During an October 18 breakfast with EUR A/S Fried and Ambassadors Mann and Evans, representatives of Armenian civil society were extremely skeptical about the implementation of a Nagorno-Karabakh (N-K) peace agreement. While there was some divergence of opinion, the majority of the repres [...] | 2005-11-04 13:41:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV AJ AM RU |
05YEREVAN2008 | CONGRESSMAN HASTINGS'S VISIT TO ARMENIA [...] (SBU) Congressman Alcee Hastings (President of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly) visited Armenia November 7-9 as the country was preparing for a constitutional referendum on November 27 and already looking ahead to parliamentary elections in 2007 and presidential elections in 2008. During meeti [...] | 2005-11-16 05:00:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM AJ AM |
05YEREVAN2182 | CURIOUS TIMING OF GOAM PRESS RELEASE ON [...] (C) The GOAM distributed a press release on December 15 denouncing what it called "barbarous" vandalism of Armenian cultural monuments by Azeri soldiers in the Nakhichevan region along the Azerbaijan-Armenia border. The statement, citing reports by Armenian priests, claimed that 100 Azerbaija [...] | 2005-12-16 12:49:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM AM AJ |
05YEREVAN2238 | 2005: ACTION HOT ON LINE OF CONTACT [...] No summary [...] | 2005-12-29 13:53:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PBTS PREL PGOV AJ AM |
05YEREVAN287 | RUSSIAN FM LAVROV: ARMENIA'S PLACE IS BY RUSSIA'S [...] (C) Armenia and Russia are "old friends, reliable allies and strategic partners" declared Russian FM Sergey Lavrov on February 17. The GOAM and Russia broke no new ground during the FM's high-profile visit to Yerevan February 16-17, but used the occasion to cement their existing strong relati [...] | 2005-02-18 10:29:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL GG AJ AM RU |
05YEREVAN451 | SPIKE IN N-K CEASE-FIRE VIOLATIONS "SEASONAL" [...] (C) The number of cease-fire violations along the line of contact between ethnic Armenian and Azerbaijan forces in the Nagorno-Karabakh region has increased dramatically since the beginning of March. Although accusations of responsibility and casualty figures vary according to the source of th [...] | 2005-03-14 11:17:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PBTS PREL AJ AM |
05YEREVAN517 | ARMENIAN DEFMIN ON POW'S, CEASE-FIRE VIOLATIONS [...] (C) Armenian Defense Minister Serzh Sargsian told the Ambassador that Azerbaijan was to blame for the recent increase in cease-fire violations on the line of contact with Azerbaijan. If the International Community was now concerned about the effect of violations on the negotiation process, t [...] | 2005-03-23 12:11:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM MARR AM AJ |
05YEREVAN553 | LETTER TO SECRETARY RICE FROM ARMENIAN FM OSKANIAN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On the margins of hearings today in the Armenian National Assembly on Nagorno-Karabagh (SEPTEL),Foreign Minister Oskanian passed the following letter to embassy representatives of Minsk Group co-Chairs, addressed to Ministers. The letter raises concerns about the possibility o [...] | 2005-03-29 12:22:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED | AJ AM PARM PBTS PREL |
05YEREVAN583 | HEARINGS ON N-K OPEN NEW SPACE FOR PUBLIC DEBATE [...] (C) Public hearings on Nagorno-Karabakh hosted by Armenia's National Assembly March 29-30 continue to dominate local political discussions and appear to have opened a new space for public debate on the issue. Reports by Foreign Minister Vartan Oskanian, Defense Minister Serzh Sargsian and pro [...] | 2005-04-04 10:59:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS AJ TU AM |
05YEREVAN615 | OSCE SPECIAL REP ON N-K POW ISSUE, CEASE-FIRE [...] (C) OSCE Special Rep Andrzej Kasprzyk told the Ambassador on April 7 that although OSCE CiO Rupel had secured agreement during his March 31 visit from "N-K" authorities for three Azerbaijani POWs to be returned, this action was complicated by the April 1 capture of an Armenian soldier by Azerba [...] | 2005-04-07 13:09:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM AM AJ |
06ALMATY1934 | KAZAKHSTAN NEAR BTC IGA AGREEMENT WITH AZERBAIJAN? [...] (C) Summary: On May 31, Fabrice Mosneron-Dupin, lead investor representative in the ongoing Kazakhstani-Azeri negotiations to sign an Inter-Governmental Agreement (IGA) governing trans-Caspian oil transport, briefed Econoff on the recent, unexpected change in the Government of Kazakhstan's (G [...] | 2006-05-31 12:50:00 | US Office Almaty | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET KZ PGOV PREL AJ |
06AMMAN5567 | TFLE01: JORDAN'S KING DISCUSSES REGIONAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: King Abdullah reviewed for codel Hoekstra his long-standing concerns about the strategic threat posed by Iran, and his efforts to build quietly a unity of purpose among Arab states, focusing on Egypt, Saudi Arabia and Yemen. The King also discussed the situation in Lebanon, offered adv [...] | 2006-07-25 09:04:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KWBG LE IR SY IZ AJ JO |
06ANKARA1250 | TURKEY/ARMENIA: NEW TURKISH PROPOSAL? [...] (C) MFA Caucasus DDG Karslioglu told us March 8 that Turkey would present a new "paper" to Armenia on March 10, but would not elaborate on its content or method of delivery. He stated "significant progress" must be made on both Nagorno-Karabakh as well as on bilateral issues (genocide and a [...] | 2006-03-10 12:27:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV OSCE AR AJ TU |
06ANKARA1252 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR ASSISTANT SECRETARY [...] (U) Mission warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Assistant Secretary Daniel Fried, Ambassador Steven Mann, and Elizabeth Rood to travel to Turkey from March 16 - 21, 2006 for meetings with government officials. We understand that A/S Fried will depart Turkey on March 17, and Ambassad [...] | 2006-03-10 13:03:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA PGOV TU AM AJ GG |
06ANKARA1253 | SCENESETTER FOR A/S FRIED'S MARCH 16-17 VISIT TO [...] (C) We look forward to your visit to Ankara, which is very timely in view of events in the Caucasus. The Turkish government has heard conflicting accounts of the Rambouillet talks, is disappointed at the apparent lack of progress, and is anxious to hear your and Steve Mann's views on the way [...] | 2006-03-10 13:11:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IZ IR SY IS KWBG AR AJ TU |
06ANKARA1651 | A/S FRIED'S MEETINGS WITH TURKISH MFA U/S TUYGAN [...] (C) A/S Daniel Fried, accompanied by Special Negotiator Steven Mann and EUR/NCE Director Elizabeth Rood, discussed Nagorno-Karabakh, the Armenian genocide resolution, Cyprus, Iran and the Balkans with MFA Undersecretary Ali Tuygan and Deputy Undersecretary Ahmet Uzumcu on March 16. Fried said [...] | 2006-03-28 13:50:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PGOV PREL AM AJ GG IR KPAL IS CY TU |
06ANKARA1697 | THE CAUCASUS WORKING GROUP: NEXT STEPS [...] (C) The Caucasus Working Group began in 1999 as a bilateral mechanism for the United States and Turkey to coordinate on security assistance to the South Caucasus (except Armenia). It has since expanded to cover Kazakhstan. CWG has developed into a "political-military" discussion of the regio [...] | 2006-03-30 12:39:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MASS TU AJ AM GG KZ RS |
06ANKARA2385 | TURKEY: EUR A/S FRIED AND NSC SENIOR DIRECTOR [...] (C) Senior MFA officials expressed concern to EUR A/S Daniel Fried and NSC Senior Director for Europe Judith Ansley that France may criminalize denial of the Armenian "genocide" and said France's position on Cyprus is unhelpful. The GOT has received an interim response from Yerevan on its Marc [...] | 2006-05-02 06:24:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IR IZ GG AJ AR FR TU |
06ANKARA3006 | TURKEY-GERMANY CONSULTATIONS ON IRAN, CAUCASUS AND [...] (C) Turkish officials reportedly told visiting German PolDir Schaefer that PM Erdogan had given Iranian President Ahmadinejad the undiluted U.S./EU-3 message during their recent meetings in Baku and Bali. The GOT is convinced Iran seeks to develop a nuclear weapon and this is a threat to Turk [...] | 2006-05-25 13:04:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IR AR YI AJ TU |
06ANKARA3034 | TURKISH REPRESENTATION AT THE BLACK SEA FORUM [...] No summary [...] | 2006-05-26 05:52:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO MARR MOPS RS BU GG RO TU AR AJ |
06ANKARA3201 | BLACK SEA SECURITY AND TURKISH REPRESENTATION AT [...] (C) Summary: Turkey has actively participated in preparations for the Black Sea Forum and will be represented at the Forum at the cabinet level. MFA expects the only heads of state to attend besides Romania to be those from the south Caucasus. Ankara is concerned that the Forum not create a [...] | 2006-06-02 07:38:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO MARR MOPS RS BU GG RO TU AR AJ |
06ANKARA3352 | SCENESETTER FOR JUNE 14 VISIT OF GENERAL SCHWARTZ TO TURKEY [...] No summary [...] | 2006-06-08 06:52:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET//NOFORN | MOPS PREL PARM TU IZ IR AJ AF |
06ANKARA4129 | TURKEY: POL-MIL ROUND-UP, June 2006 [...] Turkey's National Security Council (NSC) held its bi-monthly meeting on June 22. National and international security issues and the fight against terrorism topped the agenda of the meeting. Palestinian governance, the Israeli general election, the EU accession process and the Single European S [...] | 2006-07-14 14:13:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS MARR PREL TU AS PK AL CG AJ KZ IT |
06ANKARA5699 | TURKS NEED MORE CONVINCING ON SOUTHERN GAS CORRIDOR [...] (C) Summary. As we work to convince Turkish officials to connect with Azerbaijani counterparts to develop a framework for the transit agreement needed to create a natural gas "southern corridor," to Europe, Post continues to hear skepticism and reservations about some of the fundamental pre [...] | 2006-09-29 13:01:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG PINR AJ TU |
06ANKARA5896 | TURKEY, IRAQ, AND PUSHING SOUTHERN GAS CORRIDOR [...] (U) This is an action request - see paragraph 5. 2. (C) SUMMARY: In an October 10 meeting with Ambassador and visiting NIO Europe Richard Kauzlarich, Energy Minister Hilmi Guler prioritized gas development in Iraq and expressed delight for our intention to pursue a U.S.-Turkey-Iraq workin [...] | 2006-10-12 14:30:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET PREL TU AJ RS IZ |
06ANKARA6396 | TURKEY READY FOR 3-WAY MEETING ON AZERI GAS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Turkish Energy Minister Guler agreed with Ambassador that Turkey, Azerbaijan, and Georgia should meet as soon as possible to begin working out short term solutions to ensure natural gas supplies for this winter in the face of strong Russian pressure on all of them. Guler stressed [...] | 2006-11-13 09:24:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET PREL TU GG AJ RS IZ |
06ANKARA6569 | TURKEY WILL PARTICIPATE IN 3-WAY MEETING ON AZERI [...] (SBU) The Turkish MFA confirms that Energy Minister Hilmi Guler has agreed to participate in an Azerbaijan-Georgia-Turkey meeting on natural gas in Tbilisi on December 8 (refs). 2. (SBU) On November 22, Undersecretary Sami Demirbilek reiterated to us Turkey's willingness to help Georgia w [...] | 2006-12-04 15:12:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EPET PREL TU GG AJ |
06ANKARA6623 | TURKEY READY FOR SOLUTION ON WINTER CASPIAN GAS [...] (C) SUMMARY: On the eve of his departure for the December 8 three-way meeting in Tbilisi on winter natural gas, Energy Minister Guler told Ambassador that Turkey was committed to following through on the political agreement made by leaders in Istanbul on the margins of the BTC opening to help [...] | 2006-12-08 16:06:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET PREL TU GG AJ |
06ANKARA6638 | NO DEAL YET ON GEORGIA GAS [...] (C) From a Turkish perspective, the results of the December 8 meeting of energy ministers in Tbilisi looks much less like a "deal" than Georgian and Azeri officials are claiming (refs A-B). Our multiple readouts underscore that Turkey is willing to help Georgia with gas volumes in this wint [...] | 2006-12-12 11:04:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET PREL TU GG AJ RS |
06ANKARA6736 | TURKEY AND NEXT STEPS ON GEORGIA AND SHAH DENIZ [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a December 22 meeting with Ambassador, Energy Minister Guler reiterated Turkey's willingness to help Georgia meet its natural gas needs this winter, which was apparently discussed during President Saakishvili's meeting with PM Erdogan. However, Guler said Georgia was pressurin [...] | 2006-12-22 15:56:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET PREL TU GG AJ RS |
06ANKARA6763 | TURKEY AND GEORGIA SLOW DANCE ON GAS TO THE NEW [...] (C) SUMMARY: The full court press of President Saakashvili's visit to Ankara aimed at securing gas for Georgia yielded what the GOG announced as a signed MOU, but what the GOT characterized as reiteration of its political commitment to help Georgia with a share of its gas, while leaving the c [...] | 2006-12-28 15:41:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET PREL TU GG AJ RS |
06ASHGABAT162 | Lights Out in Energy-Rich Balkan Welayat [...] (SBU) During a January 30-February 1 visit to Balkan Welayat DCM witnessed some of the bureaucratic inefficiencies that make the Government of Turkmenistan a problematic business partner. Turkmenbashy, formerly Krasnovodsk, a hydrocarbon rich Houston of Central Asia, has been without water [...] | 2006-02-02 11:37:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG ECON EPET PGOV PHUM PREL AJ TX |
06ASHGABAT884 | VINTAGE -- BUT SUBDUED -- NIYAZOV ON TRANS-CASPIAN [...] (C) During an August 14 two-hour meeting with SCA Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary (PDAS) Steven Mann, Turkmenistan's President Niyazov expressed interest in multiple gas pipelines but failed to endorse the practical steps involved. Niyazov supported a new trans)Caspian line, but stated [...] | 2006-08-18 10:51:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | AJ ENRG EPET ETRD IR KZ PGOV PREL RS TX |
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 |
06BAKU1001 | AMBASSADOR'S INTRODUCTORY CALL ON MINISTER OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: During the Ambassador's July 7 introductory call, Minister of Defense General-Colonel Safar Abiyev stressed that the U.S.-Azerbaijani relationship is both strategic and special and that U.S. assistance has allowed Azerbaijan to integrate closer with the West. The Minister was p [...] | 2006-07-11 13:39:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR MASS PINR AM AJ |
06BAKU1011 | A NEW ENERGY AGENDA: EUR DAS MATT BRYZA AND [...] (C) SUMMARY. On June 6, EUR DAS Matthew Bryza and Turkish Energy Envoy Ambassador Mithat Balkan met with Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov to discuss a new partnership on energy issues, particularly on bringing Azerbaijani gas to Europe. Foreign Minister Mammadyarov said that Az [...] | 2006-07-12 13:20:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ECON EPET PREL AJ KZ RU TR |
06BAKU1012 | EUR DAS MATT BRYZA AND TURKISH ENERGY ENVOY MEET [...] (C) SUMMARY. EUR DAS Matthew J. Bryza and Turkish Special Energy Envoy Ambassador Mithat Balkan met with Rovnag Abdullayev, President of Azerbaijan's State Oil Company (SOCAR) on June 7 to discuss the southern gas corridor proposal. Abdullayev said Azerbaijan is grateful for U.S. support over [...] | 2006-07-12 13:20:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ECON EPET EFIN AJ KZ RU TR |
06BAKU1019 | AZERBAIJAN SETS MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS FOR OCTOBER 6 [...] (C) SUMMARY: Azerbaijan's Central Election Commission (CEC) has announced that municipal elections will be held on October 6. Three types of elections will be held: re-run elections in the municipalities that participated in the 2004 elections in which the results were invalidated (141 municip [...] | 2006-07-13 12:40:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM PHUM AJ |
06BAKU1022 | AZERBAIJAN: COURT SENTENCES YENI FIKIR LEADERS TO [...] (U) Yeni Fikir Deputy Said Nuriyev reported that in a late day hearing on July 12, the Court of Grave Crimes found the three Yeni Fikir leaders guilty of attempting a coup d'etat under Article 278 of the criminal code. Presiding Judge Tofiq Pashayev sentenced Yeni Fikir leader Ruslan Bashirli t [...] | 2006-07-13 14:38:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM AJ |
06BAKU1034 | AZERBAIJAN: COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR EUR/ACE JERRY [...] Embassy Baku grants country clearance to Director Humanitarian Programs Jerry Oberndorfer to travel to Baku 19-20 August 2006. Control officer will be Economic Officer David McCormick. Mr. McCormick can be reached at the Embassy at: Email: McCormickDL@State.Gov Mobile: (994) (50) 2 [...] | 2006-07-14 13:24:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID AJ |
06BAKU1042 | AMBASSADOR'S INTRODUCTORY CALL ON FINANCE MINISTER [...] (C) SUMMARY: In her July 11 introductory meeting with Minister of Finance Samir Sharifov, Ambassador Derse raised the importance of WTO accession, the GOAJ's transparency and anticorruption efforts and the importance of non-oil sector development and effective management of oil revenues. She [...] | 2006-07-17 12:41:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN ETRD ENRG EPET PREL AJ IR RU |
06BAKU1044 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON INFORMING PARTNERS ON THE [...] (U) Poloff delivered ref points to MFA Americas Desk Officer Elchin Bashirov. Poloff emphasized that since Azerbaijan is a member of the United Nations Human Rights council, the US Government takes seriously Azerbaijan's commitment to work constructively on human rights issues and, for this [...] | 2006-07-17 13:24:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CU PGOV PHUM PREL AJ |
06BAKU1076 | AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES ECONOMIC ENVIRONMENT WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Ambassador July 11 hosted a breakfast with representatives from the IMF, EBRD, ADB and World Bank to review recent developments on international assistance to Azerbaijan and the status of the economy. The Ambassador explained U.S. economic priorities, highlighting the importa [...] | 2006-07-21 07:50:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EAID PREL AJ |
06BAKU1082 | AMBASSADOR'S INTRODUCTORY CALL ON MINISTER OF [...] (C) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST: In her introductory call on Minister of Justice Fikrat Mammadov, the Ambassador discussed judicial reform, the status of a joint USG-GOAJ developed legal database, the registration process for NGOs, and prison reform. Mammadov outlined the MOJ's recent progress, [...] | 2006-07-24 06:55:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM KCRM KJUS SOCI AJ |
06BAKU1083 | AMBASSADOR'S INTRODUCTORY CALL ON MINISTER OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: In her introductory call on Minister of Internal Affairs Ramil Usubov, the Ambassador discussed Azerbaijan's cooperation with the U.S. in law enforcement and the effort against trafficking in persons. She emphasized the need for the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) to adhere to [...] | 2006-07-24 06:55:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM KCOR KCRM SOCI AJ |
06BAKU1084 | AMBASSADOR'S INTRODUCTORY CALL ON MINISTER OF [...] (C) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST: In her introductory call on Minister of Justice Fikrat Mammadov, the Ambassador discussed judicial reform, the status of a joint USG-GOAJ developed legal database, the registration process for NGOs, and prison reform. Mammadov outlined the MOJ's recent progress, [...] | 2006-07-24 06:55:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM KCRM KJUS SOCI AJ |
06BAKU1085 | AMBASSADOR'S INTRODUCTORY CALL ON MINISTER OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: In her introductory call on Minister of Internal Affairs Ramil Usubov, the Ambassador discussed Azerbaijan's cooperation with the U.S. in law enforcement and the effort against trafficking in persons. She emphasized the need for the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) to adhere to [...] | 2006-07-24 06:55:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM KCOR KCRM SOCI AJ |
06BAKU1086 | AMBASSADOR'S LUNCH WITH EU SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE [...] (C) During a July 20 lunch meeting with the Ambassador, EU Special Representative for the South Caucasus Peter Semneby said that the European Action Plan for Azerbaijan has basically been negotiated, and will likely be adopted by the Council in mid-October. The money will come slightly later, [...] | 2006-07-24 06:55:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS EAID AM AJ |
06BAKU1091 | AZERBAIJAN: P5+1 INCENTIVE PACKAGE DEMARCHE [...] (C) Poloff delivered ref A demarche to MFA Americas Desk officer Ilgar Mukhtarov July 24. Mukhtarov told Poloff that the GOAJ was concerned that the Israeli-Lebanese conflict might distract the international community's attention from the P5 1 incentive package negotiations and therefore inter [...] | 2006-07-25 13:37:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KNNP IR EU AORC AJ |
06BAKU1108 | AMBASSADOR'S INTRODUCTORY CALL ON MINISTER OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: In her introductory call on the Minister of Youth and Sport Azad Rahimov, the Ambassador discussed the importance of people-to-people exchanges and cultural diplomacy targeted at youth. Rahimov shared his concern for school-age children, noting that children who feel empty are mor [...] | 2006-07-28 12:39:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SCUL SOCI ELAB KISL AJ |
06BAKU1109 | ALLEGED COUP PLOT DETAINEES TRANSFERRED TO STATE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Detained former minister Farhad Aliyev and former presidential aide Akif Muradverdiyev were transferred out of the Ministry of National Security (MNS) detention facility into separate state-run medical facilities operated by the Ministry of Justice (MOJ) over the past week, report [...] | 2006-07-28 13:30:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM AJ |
06BAKU1117 | AMBASSADOR'S INTRODUCTORY CALL ON CAUCASUS MUSLIM [...] (C) In a July 21 introductory call on the Chairman of the Caucasus Muslim Board Sheikh Pashazade, the Ambassador discussed the bilateral relationship between the U.S. and Azerbaijan. She highlighted Azerbaijan's leading role in promoting religious tolerance and asked how the U.S. could best re [...] | 2006-07-29 10:58:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM KIRF KISL AJ |
06BAKU1124 | AZERBAIJAN: HAJI MAMMADOV KIDNAPPING RING TRIAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: The trial of former Chief of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) Criminal Investigation Division Haji Mammadov and his 26-member gang began on July 20. The group is charged under 50 articles of the Criminal Code, including kidnapping and manslaughter. Mammadov has plead guilty t [...] | 2006-08-01 05:18:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM SOCI KCOR KCRM KJUS AJ |
06BAKU1134 | AZERBAIJAN: UN HIGH LEVEL DIALOGUE ON [...] (U) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to MFA Americas Desk Officer Elchin Bashirov on August 1. Poloff left the talking points as a nonpaper. Bashirov did not have any substantive comment on the High Level Dialogue, but said that he would brief the MFA leadership and inform Poloff of the MFA's [...] | 2006-08-02 08:58:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL EAID PREF SMIG UNGA AJ |
06BAKU1140 | AZERBAIJAN: UN INTERNATIONAL COMPACT WITH IRAQ [...] (U) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to MFA Americas Desk Officer Elchin Bashirov on August 1. Poloff left the text of the Iraq-UN statement and the U.S. statement as a nonpaper. Bashirov did not have any substantive comment on the International Compact, but said that he would brief the MFA le [...] | 2006-08-02 12:03:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID KDEM KISL IZ AJ |
06BAKU1144 | AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH STATE BORDER SERVICE [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a July 18 meeting with the Ambassador, State Border Services (SBS) Commander Guliyev described regional conflict as the main source of tensions along Azerbaijan,s land borders and said narcotics trafficking and illegal migration are also a problem. He highlighted the USG-SB [...] | 2006-08-03 07:12:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM KNNP EAID RU IR AJ KZ TX |
06BAKU1146 | AMBASSADOR'S INTRODUCTORY CALL ON SPEAKER OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: In her introductory call on Speaker of Parliament Ogtay Asadov, the Ambassador discussed the importance of Parliament in democratic reform, the need for Members of Parliament (MPs) to be provided with sufficient resources, and the importance of communication between MPs and their [...] | 2006-08-03 08:50:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM EAID AJ |
06BAKU1147 | AMBASSADOR'S INTRODUCTORY CALL AT NATIONAL BANK OF [...] SUMMARY: During the Ambassador's July 28 introductory call on National Baku of Azerbaijan (NBA) President Elman Rustamov, Rustamov said Azerbaijan's year-to-date growth hovered around 40%, while inflation over the last six months was nearly six percent. Rustamov reviewed the progress that A [...] | 2006-08-03 10:15:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ETRD ENRG EPRT PREL AJ IR RU |
06BAKU1153 | EUROPEAN ACTION PLAN FOR AZERBAIJAN MOVING FORWARD [...] (C) Summary: German and Finnish diplomats separately confirmed that Azerbaijan has completed its European Action Plan (EAP). Previous hold-ups over EAP language regarding Azerbaijan's territorial integrity and Azerbaijan's August 2005 commercial flight to Northern Cyprus have been resolved [...] | 2006-08-04 11:34:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON EAID PBTS AJ |
06BAKU1156 | IBRAHIMOGLU LEADS 70 PERSON PROTEST AT ISRAELI [...] (C) Former Juma Mosque Imam Ilgar Ibrahimoglu led a group of roughly 70 - 80 in an August 3 nonviolent protest of Israeli actions in the Middle East in front of the Israeli Embassy. Ibrahimoglu told Emboff that police officers arrived late and largely permitted the group to demonstrate without [...] | 2006-08-04 14:00:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KISL ASEC CASC IS LE AJ |
06BAKU1163 | AMBASSADOR'S INTRODUCTORY ROUNDTABLE WITH [...] (U) SUMMARY: In a July 31 roundtable meeting, nine of Azerbaijan's leading human rights activists told the Ambassador that Azerbaijan's elections in 2003 and 2005 were not free and fair, citing bias in the composition of the election commissions as part of the problem. The NGO leaders stressed [...] | 2006-08-08 10:36:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PINR KDEM AJ |
06BAKU1164 | AZERBAIJANI PUBLIC BEGINS TO DEBATE MINSK GROUP [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: In the weeks since the OSCE Minsk Group core principles for a settlement of the Nagorno Karabakh conflict have become public, reaction in Azerbaijan has shifted from official protestations of surprise and knee-jerk sloganeering to a more nuanced discussion of the merit [...] | 2006-08-08 10:58:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PBTS AM AJ |
06BAKU1176 | AZERBAIJAN: RAISING THE ECONOMIC DIALOGUE AND PARTNERSHIP [...] (U) This is an action request - see paragraph 12. 2. (C) It is strongly in the U.S. interest of securing Azerbaijan as a reliable regional and global partner on critical U.S. interests, including security, energy and human rights, to support economic reform as an essential part of our broad [...] | 2006-08-10 07:17:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN ETRD EAID AJ IR RU |
06BAKU1182 | AZERBAIJAN: OPPOSITION EDITOR DETAINED, REPORTEDLY [...] (SBU) On August 9, Shahin Agabayli, the editor of a small opposition newspaper, was detained, apparently to compel his appearance in court. Agabayli had failed to appear in court to defend libel charges brought against his paper, Milli Yol, by the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA). Embassy sou [...] | 2006-08-10 13:25:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM PINR AJ |
06BAKU1189 | PARLIAMENT'S INDEPENDENT AND OPPOSITION MPS WORK [...] (C) SUMMARY: Two proposals for changes to the number required for a faction in Azerbaijan's Parliament are on the horizon. Under the Azerbaijani Parliament's internal regulations, a party or faction must have 25 Members of Parliament (MPs) in order to originate draft legislation. A faction is [...] | 2006-08-11 10:48:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM PHUM PINR AJ |
06BAKU1193 | BP AND STATOIL UPDATE EUR DAS BRYZA ON CASPIAN GAS [...] (C) In an August 1 meeting, executives from BP and Statoil briefed EUR DAS Bryza on current prospects for increasing Caspian gas exports to European markets. BP and Statoil reported that delays in completion of the Turkish segment of the South Caucasus Pipeline (SCP) will force diversion of [...] | 2006-08-11 13:04:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET ECON PREL PINR RU GG AJ |
06BAKU1194 | AZERBAIJANI HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVIST SEEKS CIVIL [...] (C) Summary: In an August 8 meeting with Poloff, prominent Azerbaijani human rights activist Arzu Abdullayeva said that she found Nagorno-Karabakh leader Arkadi Gukasyan to be open to a civil society dialogue between the Karabakhi and Azerbaijani communities. Abdullayeva led a delegation of re [...] | 2006-08-11 13:17:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PBTS AM AJ |
06BAKU1198 | SCENESETTER FOR CODEL LUGAR'S AUGUST 20-22 VISIT [...] (U) Chairman Lugar, on behalf of Ambassador Derse who looks forward to greeting you on arrival, I warmly welcome you to Baku next week. President Aliyev's April 28 meeting with President Bush at the White House was a resounding success in advancing the bilateral relationship, and the relations [...] | 2006-08-14 05:16:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM ECON EAID MARR AJ |
06BAKU1202 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO AZERBAIJAN ON UNSC [...] No summary [...] | 2006-08-14 12:46:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PTER MOPS UN UNSC IS LE AJ |
06BAKU1208 | AZERBAIJAN FALL LEGISLATURE PREVIEW: POTENTIAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Although several weeks remain until the October 1 start of the fall session of Parliament, Members of Parliament (MPs) are already full of speculation about potential upcoming draft legislation. Two new draft laws, on education and on political parties, are expected to be on the a [...] | 2006-08-15 12:44:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM PHUM AJ |
06BAKU1211 | AIOC PRESIDENT BRIEFS ON SHAH DENIZ AND BTC [...] (C) SUMMARY: AIOC President Woodward briefed U.S. and UK emboffs August 15 on Shah Deniz and BTC operations. Woodward noted that Shah Deniz first gas could be delayed until October, with a official celebrations possible November 9-10 in Baku. The GOAJ, according to Woodward, is still interes [...] | 2006-08-17 04:05:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ENRG EPET PREL IR AJ KZ RU |
06BAKU1215 | IRANIAN AMBASSADOR SPEAKS OUT ON THE MIDDLE EAST [...] (U) In recent statements - notably on widely watched independent ANS Television - outspoken Iranian Ambassador to Azerbaijan Afshar Suleymani repeatedly accused Israel of using excessive force and criticized the United States for its support of this "injustice" in the conflict between Israel a [...] | 2006-08-17 10:52:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PGOV KDEM PINR IR AJ PREL IS LE KPAO |
06BAKU1231 | AZERBAIJAN: MEDIA FREEDOM TRENDS RAISE [...] (C) Summary: The past six months have seen the emergence of disturbing trends in Azerbaijan's media climate. Senior GOAJ officials, most prominently the Minister of the Interior, have sued numerous journalists for civil and criminal libel in response to criticism in the print press. These law [...] | 2006-08-18 13:30:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM AJ |
06BAKU1242 | UPDATE ON CASPIAN DELIMITATION: NOTHING NEW IN [...] (U) On 10 August, Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister and Special Representative for Caspian Issues Mehdi Safari traveled to Baku for discussions with the GOAJ on the legal status of the Caspian Sea and the possibility of holding the next conference of littoral states in Baku. In addition, accord [...] | 2006-08-22 05:14:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ETRD IR PBTS PGOV PREL AJ TX |
06BAKU1247 | CHAIRMAN LUGAR AND ENERGY EXECUTIVES DISCUSS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Chairman Lugar held a breakfast roundtable with international energy executives August 21 to discuss Azerbaijan's growing role as an international energy provider, the challenges facing the country as oil revenues increase and the GOAJ grapples with sustainable development. The ex [...] | 2006-08-22 12:50:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EPET ENRG AJ IR RU KZ |
06BAKU1248 | CHAIRMAN LUGAR'S CALL ON SPEAKER OF PARLIAMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: During Chairman Lugar's August 21 call on Speaker of Parliament Ogtay Asadov, the Speaker outlined the U.S.- Azerbaijani bilateral relationship, and spoke highly of the work of the U.S.- Azerbaijani Inter-Parliamentary Working Group. Chairman Lugar shared his experience in the U.S. [...] | 2006-08-22 13:11:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM AJ |
06BAKU1260 | PRESIDENT ALIYEV LAYS OUT STRATEGIC VISION FOR [...] (C) Summary: In an August 21 office call and subsequent dinner, President Aliyev laid out for SFRC Chairman Lugar his strategic vision for Azerbaijan's sustainable development, including plans for infrastructure improvements, investment in the non-oil sectors, poverty reduction and environmen [...] | 2006-08-24 12:25:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON ETRD KDEM PHUM AMGT ABLD AJ |
06BAKU1266 | AZERBAIJANI OPPOSITION POLITICIAN TAKES ON ISSUE [...] (C) Summary: Leader of the opposition Azerbaijan National Independence Party (ANIP) Etibar Mammadov plans to raise awareness of the plight of Iran's ethnic Azeri community. With hopes of raising the issue on both the national and international levels, Mammadov will hold an international confe [...] | 2006-08-25 12:10:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR PHUM KDEM IR AJ |
06BAKU1267 | FARHAD ALIYEV'S WIFE CLAIMS AUTHORITIES SEEK [...] (C) In an August 23 meeting with Poloff, Sabina Aliyeva, wife of detained ex-minister Farhad Aliyev, alleged that mid-level GOAJ officials have been pressuring Farhad Aliyev to sign a confession in return for being pardoned. Aliyeva claims that her husband has rejected the confession in part b [...] | 2006-08-25 12:27:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM KDEM AJ |
06BAKU1268 | AZERBAIJANI FOREIGN MINISTER "DOES NOT RULE OUT" [...] (C) In an August 23 telephone conversation with the Ambassador, Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov said that he had discussed the UNIFIL mission with Jordanian officials (King Abdullah II paid an official visit to Azerbaijan August 22-23). The Jordanians, he said, do not want to [...] | 2006-08-25 12:54:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS PREL LE AJ |
06BAKU1269 | AZERBAIJAN: SEPTEMBER 2007 BAKU CONSENSUS [...] (SBU) Copenhagen Business School Professor and Director for the Copenhagen Consensus Center Bjorn Lomborg and UNDP Head Marco Borsotti briefed Ambassador Derse August 24 on the planned September 2007 Baku Consensus conference organized by Lomborg. The Baku Consensus will be modeled on the May [...] | 2006-08-28 04:17:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PREL EFIN ETRD AJ |
06BAKU1270 | AZERBAIJAN: PRESIDENT ALIYEV RALLIES HIS [...] (SBU): Summary: The GOAJ hosted its second Chiefs of Mission conference with more than 40 Ambassadors meeting in Baku the week of August 14. President Aliyev encouraged the diplomats to remain flexible and reactive to processes and events taking place in and around Azerbaijan. Aliyev also ca [...] | 2006-08-28 11:50:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PINR AJ AM |
06BAKU1272 | FIRST LADY MEHRIBAN ALIYEVA PLANS U.S. VISIT THIS [...] (U) This is an action request; see para 4. 2. (SBU) During an August 28 lunch meeting with the Ambassador, First Lady Mehriban Aliyeva said that neither she nor President Aliyev will travel to New York for the United Nations General Assembly. She said that President Aliyev has other commi [...] | 2006-08-29 03:29:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR KPAO SCUL AJ |
06BAKU1274 | BP QUIETLY LAUNCHES MACROECONOMIC MODELING UNIT IN EFFORT TO STRENGTHEN GOAJ ENERGY REVENUE MANAGEMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: BP has quietly launched an intensive effort to help the Government of Azerbaijan better manage its anticipated billions of dollars in energy revenue. After years of discussions, the GOAJ agreed to place a BP-funded macroeconomic modeling unit at the State Oil Fund (SOFAZ). BP hop [...] | 2006-08-29 04:40:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN ENRG PREL PGOV PINR AJ |
06BAKU1279 | IDP COMMUNITY SPEAKS OUT ON N-K NEGOTIATIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: On August 24, Poloff met with an IDP community that lives in abandoned train cars just outside the southern Azerbaijani city of Imishli. Although one man insisted that the only way to settle the N-K conflict is through war, most members of the community remain hopeful that a peace [...] | 2006-08-29 12:39:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREF PREL PBTS PHUM KDEM AM AJ |
06BAKU1283 | AZERBAIJAN: PSI POINTS DELIVERED; MFA REQUESTS [...] (U) This is an action request. See para 3. 2. (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel non-paper to Vugar Gurbanov and Mahur Gasimov of the International Security Division of the Azerbaijani MFA on August 28. Citing a recent speech by Undersecretary for Arms Control Robert Joseph on PSI and the e [...] | 2006-08-30 11:59:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP MNUC PARM PREL AJ |
06BAKU1288 | SYRIA/IRAN ARMS EMBARGO DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche on UNSCR 1701 to Vugar Gurbanov and Mahur Gasimov of the International Security Division at the Azerbaijani Ministry of Foreign Affairs on August 28, 2006. Poloff emphasized that we were sharing this information in response to Azerbaijani FM Mammadyarov' [...] | 2006-08-30 14:08:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | IR LE MARR MOPS PREL SY XG AJ |
06BAKU1289 | AZERBAIJAN AND THE OIC [...] (C) Poloff delivered REF A points to Vugar Gurbanov and Mahur Gasimov of the of International Security Division of the Azerbaijani MFA on August 28. Gurbanov called Poloff on August 29 to follow up, and said that the Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC) proposal to open an office in Bagh [...] | 2006-08-31 10:02:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PREL PGOV PHUM AJ IZ |
06BAKU1295 | AID COUNTRY COORDINATOR'S INTRODUCTORY CALL AT [...] (SBU) USAID COUNTRY COORDINATOR PAID AN INTRODUCTORY CALL ON THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE STATE OIL FUND (SOFAZ),SHAHMAR MOVSUMOV, AUGUST 7. MOVSUMOV OUTLINED THE PLANNED INTERNAL REORGANIZATION OF SOFAZ BASED ON A STRATEGIC PLAN THAT WOULD BE COMPLETED BY MID-FALL. HE ALSO DISCUSSED THE [...] | 2006-08-31 12:05:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD ENRG EPET PREL AJ IR RU |
06BAKU1301 | AZERBAIJAN: DFM BRIEFS DIP CORPS ON OCCUPIED [...] (U) Sensitive but Unclassified, Protect Accordingly. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: At a September 1 briefing for the Baku diplomatic corps, DFM Araz Azimov explained GOAJ reasons for its UNGA draft resolution concerning the occupied territories' fires. He said Azerbaijan's revised draft resolution pre [...] | 2006-09-01 13:07:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PBTS PREL PGOV AM AJ |
06BAKU1315 | AZERBAIJAN: PRESIDENT ALIYEV REQUESTS ADDITIONAL [...] (U) This is an action request; please see paragraph 4. 2. (C) Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Mammadayarov told the Ambassador on September 7 that it would be an "honor and a privilege" for Azerbaijan to participate in the roundtable with President Bush on Natural Resources and Social Developm [...] | 2006-09-07 12:04:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR SENV UNGA AJ |
06BAKU1316 | AZERBAIJAN: FM MAMMADYAROV SAYS DUE TO VOTE SWAP, [...] (C) In a September 7 phone conversation with Ambassador, FM Mammadyarov said that, on the Venezuela/Guatemala UNSC question, the GOAJ had in fact long ago traded its vote to Venezuela in exchange for Venezuela's vote for Azerbaijan for the new Human Rights Council. Venezuela did in fact vote f [...] | 2006-09-07 12:05:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PGOV AJ |
06BAKU1327 | AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH MINISTER OF EMERGENCY [...] (C) Summary: During the Ambassador's August 28 courtesy call on Minister of Emergency Situations Kammaladdin Heydarov, Heydarov explained the difficulty of coordinating the various formerly independent agencies that were brought together to form the MES eight months ago. He requested help with [...] | 2006-09-11 12:40:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EAGR KFLU PGOV PREL TBIO PINR AJ |
06BAKU1343 | AZERBAIJAN: FIRST LADY MEHRIBAN ALIYEVA REQUESTS [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 5. 2. (SBU) Deputy Foreign Minister (and former Azerbaijan Ambassador to the U.S.) Hafiz Pashayev, who is assisting First Lady Mehriban Aliyeva in planning her trip to the U.S. this fall/winter, told the Ambassador that the trip will have [...] | 2006-09-13 09:01:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PINR KPAO SCUL AJ |
06BAKU1367 | THE CHANGING ROLE OF ISLAMIC RELIGIOSITY IN [...] (S/NF) Summary. Fifteen years after independence, Islamic religiosity, while far from widespread, is on the rise in Azerbaijan. This slow but steady growth of religious observance stems from two factors: a natural rediscovery of Azerbaijan's Muslim religious heritage, and active proselytizing [...] | 2006-09-19 05:16:00 | Embassy Baku | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PHUM KDEM KISL IR AJ |
06BAKU1372 | NATIONAL MOVEMENT OF SOUTH AZERBAIJAN CONFERENCE [...] (C) Summary: The National Movement of South Azerbaijan held its first-ever forum in Baku on 12 September to draw international attention to the plight of Iran's ethnic Azeris. Under the leadership of Etibar Mammadov, an Azerbaijani opposition politician (reftel),the movement is made up of r [...] | 2006-09-20 08:56:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR PHUM KDEM IR AJ |
06BAKU1395 | AZERBAIJAN: TDA VISIT/PROGRESS ON ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS [...] (C) SUMMARY: In meetings with the Executive Director of the State Oil Fund Shahmar Movsumov, Minister of Finance Samir Sharifov and the Chairman of the State Protection Fund over the course of his visit to Azerbaijan September 10-13, Trade and Development Agency Regional Director Dan Stein dis [...] | 2006-09-22 12:44:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN ETRD EPET ENRG PREL AJ |
06BAKU1398 | PRESIDENT ALIYEV TELLS GENERAL WARD THAT [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a September 20 meeting with the Ambassador and Deputy EUCOM Commander General Ward, President Aliyev said that Azerbaijan wants to "increase and deepen" its relationship with the United States. He argued that US and Azerbaijani regional interests and goals "coincide," and [...] | 2006-09-25 09:05:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR NATO ENRG KDEM IR RU AJ |
06BAKU1405 | INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY CONCERNED ABOUT POSSIBLE [...] (C) SUMMARY. On September 14 Ambassador Derse hosted the Friends of Azerbaijan Revenue Management Group, a group consisting of representatives from the diplomatic community and international financial institutions. The group discussed the current macroeconomic environment, the challenges faci [...] | 2006-09-26 09:43:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PREL PINR AJ |
06BAKU1406 | PRESIDENT ALIYEV REVIEWS DEFENSE ISSUES, REAFFIRMS [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a September 15 meeting with the Ambassador and visiting Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense James MacDougall, President Aliyev affirmed his commitment to a strong bilateral relationship. Aliyev emphasized that the key points of cooperation "particularly the energy spher [...] | 2006-09-26 10:25:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR MOPS PTER AMGT ABLD KZ AJ |
06BAKU1407 | FM MAMMADYAROV DISCUSSES STRONG U.S.-AZERBAIJAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a September 21 meeting with the Ambassador and visiting Deputy EUCOM Commander General Ward, Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Mammadyarov discussed the strength of U.S.-Azerbaijan relations and the Government of Azerbaijan's steady progress on democratic reform. Mammadyarov praised [...] | 2006-09-26 12:15:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR NATO ENRG KDEM IR RU AJ |
06BAKU1409 | AZERBAIJAN: CUBA-UNHRC DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (SBU) Acting DCM delivered reftel demarche September 26 to Deputy Foreign Minister (DFM) Mahmud Mammadguliyev. The DFM said that he was unaware of Cuba's initiative at the UNHRC to eliminate the Council's mandate on Cuba and block the participation of NGOs. The DFM appreciated USG's engagemen [...] | 2006-09-27 02:58:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM AJ |
06BAKU1410 | OSD DASD MACDOUGALL'S SEPTEMBER 15 MEETING WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: Defense Minister Abiyev affirmed the importance of close cooperation with the US and NATO in a September 15 meeting with the Ambassador and visiting Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense James MacDougall. MacDougall raised the importance of Azerbaijan formally notifying NATO ab [...] | 2006-09-27 08:17:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR MOPS KZ AJ |
06BAKU1421 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED CONCERNING IMPLEMENTATION OF [...] (C) Pol/Econ officer delivered reftel demarche concerning attempts to suspend North Korea's missile programs on September 21 to Qalib Israfilov, Director of the MFA's International Security Department. Israfilov did not have any substantive comment. He remarked, however, that he would forwa [...] | 2006-09-28 11:43:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL AJ |
06BAKU1422 | INVITATION DELIVERED TO AZRBAIJANI MFA FOR [...] (U) As requested reftel, post delivered invitation for a civilian GOAJ representative to attend the CDRUSCENTCOM-sponsored Iraq Coalition Conference via letter to Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov on September 25. Poloff also delivered advance copy on September 21 to Qalib Israfilov, director [...] | 2006-09-28 11:44:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR MOPS PREL AJ IZ |
06BAKU1425 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR EUR /CARC CONFLICTS ADVISOR JOHN [...] Embassy Baku warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to EUR/CARC John Crosby to travel to Baku 1-2 October 2006, to support the OSCE Minsk Group's U.S. Co-Chair negotiations on Nagorno-Karabakh. Control officer will be Political Officer Jeff Bennett. Mr. Bennett can be reached at the Em [...] | 2006-09-29 09:10:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA AJ |
06BAKU1426 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR EUR DEPUTY ASSISTANT SECRETARY [...] Embassy Baku warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to EUR Deputy Assistant Secretary Matthew J. Bryza to travel to Baku 2-3 October 2006, for meetings with the Minsk Group co-chair counterparts.. Control officer will be Political Officer Jeff Bennett. Mr. Bennett can be reached at the [...] | 2006-09-29 09:11:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA AJ |
06BAKU1428 | AZERBAIJANI APPELLATE COURT UPHOLDS YENI FIKIR [...] No summary [...] | 2006-09-29 12:54:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM AJ |
06BAKU1432 | DEFENSE MINISTER ABIYEV DISCUSSES CASPIAN SEA [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a September 21 meeting with the Ambassador and visiting EUCOM Deputy Commander General William "Kip" Ward, Azerbaijani Minister of Defense Sabir Abiyev expressed concern that Russia and Iran are building up their naval forces in the Caspian Sea. Abiyev complained about I [...] | 2006-10-03 05:24:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR MOPS PTER AJ PBTS IR RU |
06BAKU1440 | LEADING AZERBAIJANI NEWSPAPERS, REPORTEDLY UNDER [...] (SBU) Azerbaijani press reports state that prominent Russian-language news magazine Realny Azerbaijan and its Azerbaijani language sister publication Gundelik Azerbaijan, under pressure from unidentified sources, will cease publication on October 3. Realny Azerbaijan's well-known founder and e [...] | 2006-10-03 13:24:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM KDEM AJ |
06BAKU1443 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NEA PDAS JAMES JEFFREY AND [...] Embassy Baku warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to NEA Principle Deputy Assistant Secretary James Jeffrey and NEA/IR Desk Officer Aaron Snipe to travel to Baku 12-13 October 2006, to participate in Iran-related meetings with embassy and government officials. Control officer will be [...] | 2006-10-04 08:47:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA AE BA UK YM IR AJ |
06BAKU1444 | AZERBAIJAN'S OCTOBER 6 MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS: ALL [...] (C) SUMMARY: As Azerbaijan prepares to hold partial municipal elections on October 6, campaigning has proceeded quietly and calmly, with far greater interest in rural areas than in Baku. 4,562 candidates remain in competition for 1,931 seats. Candidates are actively campaigning by word-of-mout [...] | 2006-10-04 08:47:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM ECON EAGR AJ |
06BAKU1445 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NEA PDAS JAMES JEFFREY AND [...] Embassy Baku warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to NEA Principle Deputy Assistant Secretary James Jeffrey and NEA/IR Desk Officer Aaron Snipe to travel to Baku 12-13 October 2006, to participate in Iran-related meetings with embassy and government officials. Control officer will be [...] | 2006-10-04 08:47:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA AE BA UK YM IR AJ |
06BAKU1450 | REQUEST FOR GUIDANCE: SHAH DENIZ GAS AND IRAN [...] (U) This is an action request; see para 4. 2. (SBU) A subsidiary of the National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC) holds a ten percent share in the consortium that is developing Azerbaijan's Shah Deniz gas field. BP and Statoil are the major partners in the consortium, with 25.5 percent shares ea [...] | 2006-10-04 11:40:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ENRG PREL IR AJ |
06BAKU1466 | VOTING IN AZERBAIJAN'S OCTOBER 6 PARTIAL MUNICIPAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: As of 1900 hours on October 6, Azerbaijan's partial Municipal Elections have passed relatively smoothly, with reports of minor procedural problems that the local election officials quickly corrected. Our Embassy observers noticed many cases of family voting, and some cases of atte [...] | 2006-10-06 13:46:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM AJ |
06BAKU1470 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR AZERBAIJANI DESK OFFICER [...] Embassy Baku warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to EUR/CARC Azerbaijani Desk Officer Lane Bahl to travel to Baku 10-15 October, 2006, for consultations and area familiarization. Control officer will be Political Officer Jeff Bennett. Mr. Bennett can be reached at the Embassy at: [...] | 2006-10-10 12:56:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA AJ |
06BAKU1471 | NAKHCHIVAN - UNDERGROUND IRANIAN INFLUENCE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Conventional wisdom, especially as articulated by GOAJ officials, is that Azerbaijan's Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic is completely isolated and dependent upon Iran for its economic livelihood (reftel). A recent visit to Nakhchivan revealed less official rhetoric about Nakhchiva [...] | 2006-10-11 04:38:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL KDEM IR AJ |
06BAKU1472 | EUR DAS BRYZA DISCUSSES ENERGY AND GAS TO EUROPE [...] (C) SUMMARY: EUR Deputy Assistant Secretary Matthew Bryza and Ambassador Derse met with Azerbaijani Minister of Finance Samir Sharifov October 2 to discuss Azerbaijan's expanding role as an international energy supplier and to press Minister Sharifov to begin discussions with the Government of [...] | 2006-10-11 04:57:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EPET ENRG PREL AJ RU IR TU |
06BAKU1473 | AMBASSADOR'S INTRODUCTORY CALL ON STATE OIL FUND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR SHAHMAR MOVSUMOV [...] (C) SUMMARY: During her September 29 introductory call on State Oil Fund Executive Director Shahmar Movsumov, the Ambassador stressed the critical role the Oil Fund plays in maintaining macroeconomic stability and in providing a long-term savings vehicle for the Azerbaijani people. Movsumov br [...] | 2006-10-11 05:01:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PREL PINR EAID AJ |
06BAKU1475 | AZERBAIJAN: AMBASSADOR'S INTRODUCTORY CALL ON [...] (C) Summary: During her September 28 introductory call on Customs Committee Chairman Aydin Aliyev, the Ambassador reviewed Customs' critical role in Azerbaijan's economic development and its important role in WTO, emphasizing that WTO membership sends a strong positive signal to U.S. business [...] | 2006-10-11 05:19:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD ETTC ECON PGOV PREL PINR AJ |
06BAKU1476 | AZERBAIJAN: DRAFT 2007 BUDGET PROJECTS 42 PERCENT [...] (SBU) After months of debate and anticipation, the Government of Azerbaijan is poised to submit its largest ever Consolidated State Budget to Parliament for final approval. After the huge increases in expenditures in the 2006 state budget (an 80 percent increase over the 2005 budget),all econ [...] | 2006-10-11 09:05:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PREL AJ |
06BAKU1480 | LACK OF OSCE LEADERSHIP UNDERCUTS DEMOCRATIC [...] (C) With Presidential elections looming in 2008, we cannot afford to continue with weak OSCE leadership in Azerbaijan. The OSCE can and should provide coordination and leadership to the international community's efforts to promote democracy, rule of law, and respect for human rights in Azerb [...] | 2006-10-11 13:17:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM RU AJ |
06BAKU1481 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR AMBASSADOR PETER ALLGEIER, [...] Embassy Baku warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Ambassador Peter Allgeier to travel to Baku 15-18 October 2006 on a PD-sponsored Speaker program to conduct public outreach, in addition to meetings with the GOAJ on WTO accession. Control officer will be Public Diplomacy Officer Li [...] | 2006-10-12 08:01:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT OVIP OTRA ETRD ASEC AJ |
06BAKU1487 | RULING PARTY WINS MAJORITY OF VOTES IN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On October 9, Azerbaijan's Central Election Commission (CEC) released the first results of the October 6 partial Municipal Elections. As expected, the ruling Yeni Azerbaijan Party won 60 percent of the votes, while independent candidates captured 36 percent. Total voter turn-out [...] | 2006-10-12 12:37:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM AJ |
06BAKU1496 | AMBASSADOR'S INTRODUCTORY CALL ON CENTRAL ELECTION [...] (C) SUMMARY: In her October 4 introductory call on Central Election Commission (CEC) Chairman Mazahir Panahov, the Ambassador highlighted the interlinked priorities in the bilateral relationship: cooperation in regional and global stability and security; energy security; and strengthening demo [...] | 2006-10-13 12:51:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM PBTS AJ |
06BAKU1501 | AMBASSADOR'S INTRODUCTORY CALL ON DEPUTY PRIME [...] (C) Summary. In a September 27 introductory meeting with the Ambassador, Deputy Prime Minister Ali Hassanov reiterated the GOAJ commitment to improving the conditions of Azerbaijan's IDP population. Hassanov said that he has transformed the GOAJ relationship with the international donor commun [...] | 2006-10-16 04:55:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PREF PBTS MARR SNAR AJ |
06BAKU1515 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON UN DECLARATION ON INDIGENOUS [...] No summary [...] | 2006-10-19 03:59:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL KTIA UN AJ |
06BAKU152 | AZERBAIJAN ENERGY: BP BRIEFS AMBASSADOR ON BTC, [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador Harnish met with AIOC President David Woodward (Strictly Protect) January 31 to review AIOC, BP and Azerbaijan energy activities. Woodward updated Ambassador Harnish on progress of the BTC pipeline, now scheduled for completion in May. Woodward explained that due to t [...] | 2006-02-02 13:29:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EPET PREL PGOV AJ |
06BAKU1523 | OSCE MEDIA FREEDOM REPRESENTATIVE ADDRESSES MEDIA [...] (C) Summary: OSCE Special Representative for Media Freedom Miklos Haraszti visited Baku October 8 to 11 in response to the international community's concern over the deteriorating state of media freedom in Azerbaijan. At a October 9 briefing for OSCE member states, Haraszti reported that Presid [...] | 2006-10-19 05:57:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM KPAO OPRC AJ |
06BAKU1525 | DEFENSE MINISTER ABIYEV RAISES REGIONAL SECURITY [...] (C) SUMMARY: EUR DAS Matthew Bryza met with Azerbaijani Minister of Defense Safar Abiyev on October 2 to discuss the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict and regional security issues. Abiyev said the GOAJ advocates a peaceful resolution to the NK conflict, but there has been no concrete results in ending [...] | 2006-10-19 12:23:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PBTS MARR AJ AM IR RS GG |
06BAKU1527 | AZERBAIJAN: UPDATE ON ALLEGED COUP PLOTTERS [...] (SBU) On October 3, a Baku court approved the GOAJ Prosecutor General's request extending the pretrial detention of former Minister of Economic Development Farhad Aliyev through April 17, 2007. Aliyev was one of several prominent GOAJ officials, including former Health Minister Ali Insanov and [...] | 2006-10-20 05:12:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM AJ |
06BAKU1530 | NEA PDAS JEFFREY DISCUSSES IRAN WITH DEPUTY [...] (S) Summary: In a 12 October call on Deputy Foreign Minister Khalafov, NEA PDAS Jeffrey, accompanied by the Ambassador, discussed Iran and sought support for a unified international front in response to Iranian nuclear ambitions. DFM Khalafov, responsible for Azerbaijan's Iran policy and ser [...] | 2006-10-20 05:49:00 | Embassy Baku | SECRET | PREL KDEM PINR KNNP MASS MCAP MNUC PARM IR AJ |
06BAKU1531 | WTO AMBASSADOR ALLGEIER DISCUSSES WTO MEMBERSHIP [...] (C) SUMMARY: Over dinner October 15 with visiting U.S. Ambassador to the World Trade Organization Peter Allgeier, representatives from four international financial institutions agreed that economic reform was critical for Azerbaijan's future and that the WTO accession process could advance the [...] | 2006-10-20 06:50:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PREL AJ ETRD |
06BAKU1533 | NEA PDAS JEFFREY DISCUSSES IRAN WITH PRESIDENT [...] (S) Summary: During his 12 October call on President Aliyev, NEA PDAS Jeffrey, accompanied by the Ambassador, encouraged Azerbaijan to support a unified international front in response to Iranian nuclear ambitions. Reviewing recent U.S. efforts to counter the Iranian nuclear threat, PDAS Je [...] | 2006-10-20 12:43:00 | Embassy Baku | SECRET | PREL KDEM KNNP MASS MCAP MNUC PARM PINR IR AJ |
06BAKU1534 | READOUT ON EU TROIKA VISIT TO AZERBAIJAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: In an October 3 meeting with the Ambassador, EU Special Representative Peter Semneby reviewed the EU Troika's October 3 visit to Azerbaijan, in which the Troika announced the completion of negotiations on Azerbaijan's European Neighborhood Plan (ENP) Action Plan. During his priva [...] | 2006-10-20 12:47:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PBTS EAID AJ IR AM GG |
06BAKU1539 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR MARK SULLIVAN, EBRD [...] EMBASSY BAKU GRANTS COUNTRY CLEARANCE TO MARK SULLIVAN, U.S. EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, EBRD, FOR THE PERIOD OCTOBER 23-27, 2006. PURPOSE OF VISIT IS TO REVIEW EBRD PROJECTS IN AZERBAIJAN, MEET WITH MEMBERS OF THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY AND EBRD STAFF. CONTROL OFFICER FOR THE VISIT IS ECON OFFICER DA [...] | 2006-10-21 08:28:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA AJ |
06BAKU154 | AZERBAIJAN: MINISTRIES OF CULTURE AND SPORTS, YOUTH, [...] (U) On January 30, President Aliyev issued a decree to establish two new ministries out of two established ministries. The Ministry of Sports, Youth, and Tourism has now become simply the Ministry of Youth and Sports. The Ministry of Culture is now the Ministry of Culture and Tourism (MCT). [...] | 2006-02-02 14:27:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR KDEM SCUL KPAO RU AJ |
06BAKU1540 | ISRAEL ENHANCING MILITARY RELATIONSHIP WITH [...] (U) This is an action request; see para 8. 2. (C) Summary: According to Israeli Ambassador to Azerbaijan Arthur Lenk, Israeli MOD DG for Political-Military Affairs Amos Gilad will visit Baku in late October to sign a new bilateral defense cooperation agreement. Admitting that the agreem [...] | 2006-10-21 08:57:00 | Embassy Baku | SECRET | PGOV PREL MARR MASS IR IS AJ |
06BAKU1541 | ISRAEL ENHANCING MILITARY RELATIONSHIP WITH [...] (U) This is an action request; see para 8. 2. (C) Summary: According to Israeli Ambassador to Azerbaijan Arthur Lenk, Israeli MOD DG for Political-Military Affairs Amos Gilad will visit Baku in late October to sign a new bilateral defense cooperation agreement. Admitting that the agreem [...] | 2006-10-21 08:59:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MARR MASS IR IS AJ |
06BAKU1564 | WTO AMBASSADOR ALLGEIER DISCUSSES WTO ACCESSION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In an October 17 lunch meeting with visiting U.S. Ambassador to the World Trade Organization Peter Allgeier, key Members of Parliament (MPs) agreed that when considering potential WTO accession, the most important point to consider is that Azerbaijan possesses the political will [...] | 2006-10-30 06:09:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON EFIN ETRD AJ |
06BAKU1565 | ZFR///CANCEL/// FRENCH LAW ON ARMENIAN GENOCIDE [...] No summary [...] | 2006-10-30 07:05:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL AJ AM FR |
06BAKU1567 | AZERBAIJAN'S ANTI-TIP PROGRESS: SHELTER OPEN, MIA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Over the past few months, the GOAJ been quite active in its anti-TIP efforts, making progress on several fronts. In this time, the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) has undergone restructuring by removing the anti-TIP sub-unit from the Organized Crime Unit (OCU) - notorious for [...] | 2006-10-30 08:25:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KWMN PHUM PGOV PREL AJ |
06BAKU157 | RUSSIAN DEFENSE MINISTER IVANOV'S VISIT TO [...] (C) Summary: During a January 24-26 visit to Azerbaijan, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Ivanov made a highly publicized offer to sell arms to Azerbaijan, a move President Aliyev interpreted as indicative of a sea-change in Russia's relations with Azerbaijan and Armenia. Recounting his discu [...] | 2006-02-03 09:24:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR MARR RU AR AJ |
06BAKU1570 | BOEING TO SELL FIVE AIRPLANES TO AZERBAIJAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Azerbaijan's AZAL airlines has agreed to purchase five airplanes from Boeing. According to Boeing's Sales Director for Europe and Central Asia Serdar Gurz, the price is still to be negotiated, but a contract has been signed and both sides are seeking to have all details finalized [...] | 2006-10-30 11:47:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EAIR PREL AJ PGOV |
06BAKU1572 | AZERBAIJAN: INDEPENDENT YOUTH MOVEMENT LEADER [...] (C) SUMMARY: On October 16 the Baku Mayor's Office denied an application to hold a protest rally from the independent youth movement Yox, stating that a rally was "not advisable." The leader of Yox, Ali Ismayilov, announced his plans to carry on with the protest, and was subsequently detained [...] | 2006-10-30 12:46:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM SOCI AJ |
06BAKU1579 | CORRECTED COPY: FRENCH LAW ON ARMENIAN GENOCIDE [...] (C) SUMMARY: The French Parliament's draft law criminalizing denial of the Armenian "genocide" has triggered a heated reaction from the Azerbaijani public, including several atempted protests at the French Embassy. Azerbaijan's parliament criticized the draft law, stating that it cast doubt on [...] | 2006-10-30 13:27:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL AJ AM FR |
06BAKU1580 | AZERBAIJAN: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON UNGA HUMAN [...] No summary [...] | 2006-10-30 13:48:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER UNGA LE IS AJ |
06BAKU1582 | AZERBAIJAN: PRESIDENT ALIYEV DISCUSSES U.S.-AJ [...] (C) SUMMARY: In an October 27 meeting with a visiting German Marshall Fund delegation that included six Congressional staff, President Aliyev applauded U.S.-Azerbaijani relations as "developing very successfully" across many areas, and "entering a new phase." Underscoring that Azerbaijan is a [...] | 2006-10-31 13:13:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PBTS ETRD ECON GG RU IR AJ |
06BAKU1595 | THE IMISHLI SUGAR FACTORY: A NON-OIL SECTOR [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Imishli Sugar Factory is credited with bringing much-needed development to the rural and impoverished Imishli region. Owned by agricultural import-export conglomerate Azersun Holding, the factory processes 5,000 tons of sugar beets and refines 1,000 tons of raw sugar daily. An [...] | 2006-11-02 13:49:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED | ETDR ECON EAGR EIND PGOV PREL AJ |
06BAKU1606 | AZERBAIJAN: MEDIA FREEDOM DEVELOPMENTS CONTINUE TO [...] (C) Summary: On October 21 President Aliyev pardoned 106 prisoners, among them two journalists convicted of libel in 2006. The pardon was met with skepticism in the human rights community, in part because it overlooked popular political satirist, Mirza Sakit who was sentenced to prison on drug [...] | 2006-11-03 14:54:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM AJ |
06BAKU1614 | BOEING NEGOTIATIONS ON TRACK [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: At a November 3 meeting with the Ambassador, Boeing's Sales Director for Europe and Central Asia Serdar Gurz said he is "cautiously optimistic" about the sale of five Boeing airplanes to Azerbaijan. He said that AZAL's Director General Janhangir Askerov is following Boeing's ac [...] | 2006-11-06 15:18:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EAIR PGOV PREL ETRD AJ |
06BAKU1621 | AZERBAIJAN: STATE OIL FUND ANNOUNCES YEAR-TO-DATE [...] (C) SUMMARY: On November 1, the State Oil Fund announced that year-to-date budget revenues totaled USD 839.6 million while budget expenditures totaled USD 697.82 million. During the first nine months of 2006, the Oil Fund received revenue of USD 786.9 million from implementing oil and gas agr [...] | 2006-11-07 16:06:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ENRG EPET PREL AJ |
06BAKU1622 | AZERBAIJAN'S NATIONAL SECURITY CONCEPT EXPECTED TO [...] SUMMARY: At a November 3 meeting, the UK representative of International Advisors Working Group (IAWG),retired UK General Sir Garry Johnson said that Azerbaijan's National Security Concept (NSC) will likely be finished and approved by the end of 2006. Johnson reported that his role as advi [...] | 2006-11-08 07:14:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PBTS RU IR AJ |
06BAKU1624 | AZERBAIJAN: PRESIDENT HIGHLIGHTS ECONOMIC [...] (C) SUMMARY: With Presidential elections only two years away, President Aliyev already is highlighting his economic progress during his presidency. In a series of public addresses during a recent trip to Azerbaijan's regions, President Aliyev highlighted the country's economic development dur [...] | 2006-11-08 15:32:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PREL EAGR EAID AJ |
06BAKU163 | AZERBAIJAN MUM ON P5+2 STATEMENT ON IRAN, LIKELY [...] (C) Pol/Econ Counselor delivered ref a demarche on Iran's nuclear programs to MFA Americas Desk Director Ilgar Mukhtarov on February 2. Mukhtarov had no substantive comment and, in response to emboff's query, said the GOAJ had not issued a public statement on the P5 2's agreement that the IA [...] | 2006-02-03 14:02:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL KNNP AORC EU IR AJ |
06BAKU1654 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON OPPOSING THE CUBA EMBARGO [...] No summary [...] | 2006-11-14 13:50:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UNGA UN CU AJ |
06BAKU1656 | AMBASSADOR'S INTRODUCTORY CALL ON STATE SOCIAL [...] (C) Summary: In a November 6 meeting with Ambassador, the Chairman of the State Social Protection Fund (SPF) Salim Muslumov briefed the Ambassador on Azerbaijan's reformed pension system and the SPF's efforts to provide greater pension benefits to citizens from Azerbaijan's new oil wealth, as [...] | 2006-11-14 13:58:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN ETRD EPET PREL AJ |
06BAKU1659 | SCENESETTER FOR DRL A/S LOWENKRON'S NOVEMBER 27-28 [...] (C) Azerbaijan is at a pivotal moment in its development, with billions in energy revenue beginning to flow into government coffers, increasing fears of tensions with Iran and Russian resurgence in the region, and senior leaders taking a careful look at Azerbaijan's internal development and p [...] | 2006-11-14 16:06:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM PHUM AJ |
06BAKU1661 | BP AZERBAIJAN PRESIDENT SAYS AZERBAIJAN MOVING [...] (C) SUMMARY: At a November 10 Azerbaijan International Oil Company briefing, outgoing BP Azerbaijan President David Woodward told the Ambassador that according to SOCAR President Rovnaq Abdullayev, Turkey had not agreed to forego its contracted for 2007 Shah Deniz gas deliveries as a way of helping [...] | 2006-11-15 11:38:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | AJ PGOV PREL EPET ENRG RU |
06BAKU1667 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON BELARUS ANTI-U.S. RESOLUTION [...] No summary [...] | 2006-11-16 10:09:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL AJ UN BO |
06BAKU1672 | WOMEN'S EMPOWERMENT FACT SHEET DELIVERED [...] (SBU) On November 6 Poloff delivered reftel fact sheet to Chair of the State Committee for Family, Women and Children's Issues Hijran Huseynova. Poloff left the fact sheet as a nonpaper. Huseynova expressed a high interest in engaging with the USG on women's empowerment issues. She identified [...] | 2006-11-17 06:00:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KWMN PHUM PREL UNGA AJ |
06BAKU1673 | AZERBAIJANI OPPOSITION CONCERNED BY DEMOCRATIC [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a series of separate meetings, the leaders of Azerbaijan's "big three" opposition parties - Musavat, the Popular Front Party, and the Azerbaijan Liberal Party - shared their concerns over Azerbaijan's political situation. Severe restrictions on media freedom and freedom of assem [...] | 2006-11-17 09:47:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM AJ |
06BAKU1674 | PARTY LEADERS AND POLITICAL ANALYSTS DISCUSS [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a November 7 dinner hosted by the Ambassador, a group of party leaders, Members of Parliament (MPs) and political analysts discussed the political situation in Azerbaijan and the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. Leaders of the opposition parties shared their concerns about democracy [...] | 2006-11-17 10:01:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM AJ |
06BAKU1677 | LAWSUIT FILED AGAINST GOAJ FOR FAILURE TO DISCLOSE [...] (C) Political analyst (as well as former Parliamentary candidate and former Embassy Baku FSN) Ilgar Mammadov, through his lawyer, filed a lawsuit November 15 against the GOAJ for failure to disclose information on roll-call votes in Parliament. Mammadov's lawsuit is based on Article 25 of the [...] | 2006-11-17 13:23:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM PHUM PINR AJ |
06BAKU1682 | EB/CBA SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE MERMOUD MEETS WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY. During his trip to Azerbaijan November 7-11, J. Frank Mermoud, the Department of State's Special Representative for Business and Commercial Affairs, met with Government of Azerbaijan (GOAJ) ministers and officials to discuss economic reform, World Trade Organization (WTO) member [...] | 2006-11-17 13:49:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD PREL AJ |
06BAKU1683 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON EMERGENCY SESSION OF UNGA ON ISRAELI RESOLUTION [...] No summary [...] | 2006-11-17 13:59:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL UNGA AJ UN IS |
06BAKU1684 | AMBASSADOR'S INTRODUCTORY MEETING WITH MINISTRY OF [...] (U) This is an action request; see para 14. 2. (C) SUMMARY: During a November 14 introductory meeting with the Ambassador, Minister of Defense Industry Yavar Jamalov provided an overview of the new ministry, created in December 2005. Jamalov, who was appointed in March, said the ministry [...] | 2006-11-17 14:23:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL AJ AM RS TU PK UP |
06BAKU1687 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON CWC AND BWC [...] No summary [...] | 2006-11-20 10:13:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PGOV PREL CWC OPC CBW BWC AJ UN |
06BAKU1692 | BAKU HOSTS ISLAMIC DEVELOPMENT BANK INVESTMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Azerbaijani Ministry of Economic Development hosted an investment conference for Islamic Development Bank members November 8-9 in Baku. The event included a trade exhibition, large-group presentations on potential investment projects, and sector-specific break-out sessions fo [...] | 2006-11-20 15:14:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON ETRD KISL AJ |
06BAKU1693 | AZERBAIJAN: CONOCO-PHILLIPS CONCERNED ABOUT LOSING [...] (C) SUMMARY: On November 15 Conoco-Phillips executive Steve Park told the DCM that another, higher-level Conoco-Phillips executive was coming to Azerbaijan for a November 30 meeting with SOCAR President Rovnaq Abdullayev. The subject of that meeting will be Conoco-Phillips problems with its c [...] | 2006-11-21 08:40:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EPET AJ |
06BAKU170 | MINOR PROTESTS MARK MINSK GROUP CO-CHAIRS VISIT AS [...] (SBU) The Karabakh Liberation Organization (KLO) once again was up to its usual tactics during the visit of the three OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs January 31-February 1. Ambassador Steven Mann, US Special Negotiator for the conflict and Minsk Group Co-Chair, was met at the airport by two noisy a [...] | 2006-02-06 07:27:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KDEM ASEC KPAO PREL PGOV AJ |
06BAKU1700 | AZERBAIJANI "ANTI-ISLAM" ARTICLE PROVOKES REACTION [...] (C) Summary: On November 9, a little known Azerbaijani newspaper, Sanat, published an article described as "anti-Islamic" in conservative religious quarters. The article provoked a shrill if short-lived reaction in both Azerbaijan and Iran. In Nardaran, a village near Baku known for its reli [...] | 2006-11-24 05:59:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL KISL IR AJ |
06BAKU1704 | UPDATE ON FREEDOM OF ASSEMBLY IN AZERBAIJAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: In the year that has passed since the November 2005 Parliamentary Elections, the GOAJ has placed severe restrictions on the right to freedom of assembly, which is recognized in Azerbaijani law. Since the violent break-up of a peaceful, sanctioned opposition rally on November 26, 2 [...] | 2006-11-24 07:33:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM AJ |
06BAKU1708 | GOAJ QUERIES ON USG STATEMENT REGARDING DECEMBER [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. 2. (SBU) Several senior GOAJ officials - most recently Prosecutor General Zakir Garalov -- have asked us whether the U.S. intends to issue a statement rejecting the constitutional referendum scheduled to be held December 10 in the so- [...] | 2006-11-24 13:09:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PBTS KPAO AM AJ |
06BAKU1709 | ISRAELI READOUT ON MOD GILAD'S VISIT TO AZERBAIJAN [...] (C) Summary: According to Israeli Ambassador to Azerbaijan Arthur Lenk, Israeli MOD DG for Political-Military Affairs Amos Gilad's October 30-31 visit to Azerbaijan was low-profile and short on substance. Gilad engaged Azerbaijani Minister of Defense Abiyev in a detailed discussion of Iran' [...] | 2006-11-24 13:22:00 | Embassy Baku | SECRET | PREL PGOV ETTC MASS IR IS AJ |
06BAKU1710 | AZERBAIJANI FOREIGN MINISTER COMMENTS ON ENERGY, [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a late October 2006 meeting, Foreign Minister Mammadyarov reiterated that Azerbaijan seeks a step-by-step solution to the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict and wants Armenia to share in the economic integration and prosperity of the south Caucasus. Mammadyarov characterized Russia [...] | 2006-11-24 13:36:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS PGOV UNGA EAID ENRG AM UAM IR AJ |
06BAKU1713 | AZERBAIJANI NATIONAL MEDIA REGULATOR SHUTS DOWN [...] (U) On November 24 the GOAJ state media regulator, the National TV and Radio Council (NTRC),ordered Azerbaijan's leading independent television and radio station, ANS TV and Radio, off the air. In a written instruction to ANS Chairman Vahid Mustafayev, NTRC Chairman Nurshirvan Maharammli told [...] | 2006-11-24 17:49:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM KDEM AJ |
06BAKU1714 | UPDATE ON OPPOSITION EVICTION; U.S, UK AND EU [...] (U) Early morning on November 25 Ministry of Justice, Ministry of Internal Affairs and city officials carried out the November 24 court-ordered eviction of the opposition Popular Front Party (PFP),the opposition newspapers Azadliq and Bizim Yol and Turan news agency from their central Baku he [...] | 2006-11-25 14:56:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PGOV KDEM AJ |
06BAKU1715 | DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER SADIKOV SAYS "THE TIME IS [...] (C) Summary. The Ambassador met with Deputy Foreign Minister Vagif Sadikov November 20 to discuss Azerbaijan's priorities as the chair of the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC)'s Foreign Ministers' Conference. According to Sadikov, the GOAJ seeks to "breathe new life" into the or [...] | 2006-11-27 05:16:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KISL AJ PK EG MY |
06BAKU1717 | AZERBAIJAN: BP EXEC MEETS PRESIDENT ALIYEV, SOCAR [...] (C) SUMMARY: This cable relays for broader distribution informed shared earlier in ref email. In a November 2 meeting, BP Executive Vice President Andy Inglis gave the Ambassador his read-out of separate meetings earlier that day with President Aliyev and with SOCAR President Rovnaq Abdullaye [...] | 2006-11-27 09:36:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET AJ PREL |
06BAKU1718 | AZERBAIJAN: NOVEMBER 23 PROTEST RESULTS IN 40-50 [...] (SBU) On November 23, the Popular Front Party (PFP) attempted to hold a protest in response to the GOAJ's recent crackdown on media freedom , the fifth in a string of protests PFP has held on this topic over the past month (see ref a). The November 23 protest, held in front of the downtown Bak [...] | 2006-11-27 14:53:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM CASC AJ |
06BAKU1719 | POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN AZERBAIJAN'S [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During an October 30 - November 1 trip to Azerbaijan's southern regions, the Ambassador met with a broad range of contacts, including representatives from local government, civil society, and a variety of businesses. The southern regions are experiencing some growth and investmen [...] | 2006-11-28 06:16:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM PHUM PREL KPAO ECON ETRD AJ |
06BAKU1721 | PRESIDENT ALIYEV SEEKS BILATERAL "PERMANENT [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 5. 2. (C) In a one-on-one meeting with the Ambassador on November 23 (see septel for discussion of energy issues),President Aliyev, recalling his discussion with U.S. government officials in Istanbul last July about an intensified bilater [...] | 2006-11-28 06:20:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN ETRD EAID PREL PGOV AJ |
06BAKU1729 | AZERBAIJAN IN MUTED SHOCK OVER CLOSURE OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: Azerbaijani society remains in a state of muted disbelief following the GOAJ's surprise decision to close independent ANS Television and evict several independent media outlets from their downtown offices. The Coordination Council Union of Public Interest Organizations, an umbrell [...] | 2006-11-28 14:42:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM CASC AJ |
06BAKU1730 | DRAFT IRAQ UNSCR SHARED WITH AZERBAIJANI MFA [...] No summary [...] | 2006-11-28 15:03:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL UNSC IZ AJ |
06BAKU1731 | MESSAGE DELIVERED TO THE GOAJ ON NATO COMMITMENT [...] No summary [...] | 2006-11-29 06:56:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV MARR MOPS NATO AJ PINS AF |
06BAKU1739 | PRESIDENT ALIYEV COMMENTS ON ANS SUSPENSION [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a November 29 interview, President Aliyev affirmed his commitment to build a modern democratic state based on rule of law, but said that independent ANS Television (whose operations were suspended November 24) must follow the law. Aliyev also criticized the opposition for "poli [...] | 2006-11-29 17:58:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM CASC AJ |
06BAKU1745 | FINNISH (EU) AMBASSADOR EXPRESSES CONCERN OVER [...] (C) EU (Finnish) Ambassador to Azerbaijan Teri Hakala briefed the Ambassador November 30 on EU views concerning the recent ANS closure and opposition eviction. Hakala, on a previously scheduled trip to Baku, met with Deputy Foreign Minister Mammadguliyev, human rights activists, and will meet [...] | 2006-11-30 15:11:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM AJ |
06BAKU175 | OPPOSITION MUSAVAT PARTY TO TAKE PARLIAMENTARY [...] (SBU) On February 5 a conference of the members of opposition Musavat Party decided to allow its MPs elected on November 6 to take up their mandates and to allow its members to participate in the May 13 rerun elections of ten canceled constituencies. Musavat, as a member of the Azadliq Bloc, [...] | 2006-02-07 06:10:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KDEM PGOV AJ |
06BAKU1752 | GOAJ OFFERS ANS TV FREQUENCY FOR TENDER [...] (SBU) On November 30, the National Television and Radio Council (NTRC) announced that it will offer ANS TV's frequency for tender. NTRC Chairman Maharammli said that ANS TV would be allowed to compete in the tender, which will be held from December 5 until January 5. ANS VP Seyfulla Mustafa [...] | 2006-12-01 15:03:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM AJ |
06BAKU1753 | UPDATE ON AZERBAIJAN'S NATIONAL SECURITY CONCEPT [...] (U) This is an action request, see para 11. 2. (C) Summary: Azerbaijan is continuing to move forward in its efforts to finalize its National Security Concept (NSC). Retired UK General Sir Garry Johnson, who as part of the foreign experts advisory group has been advising the GOAJ on the NS [...] | 2006-12-01 15:29:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PBTS MARR MASS AJ |
06BAKU1754 | AZERBAIJAN: GEORGIAN AMBASSADOR ON PM NOGHAIDELI [...] (C) SUMMARY: According to the Georgian Ambassador to Azerbaijan the November 30 visit of PM Noghaideli to Baku was "very positive," and highlighted Georgia's and Azerbaijan's shared strategic vision on energy security and on seeking European markets for Caspian energy. In the meeting between [...] | 2006-12-01 16:00:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG AJ PREL PGOV |
06BAKU1763 | AZERBAIJAN: OSCE, US, UK OFFICIALS VISIT [...] (U) On December 2, US and UK Emboffs and the OSCE Legal Advisor visited the GOAJ Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) detention facility in Baku to meet the opposition party members detained November 23 for participating in an unauthorized protest (reftel). The Ministry of Internal Affairs grant [...] | 2006-12-04 14:45:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PGOV KDEM AJ |
06BAKU1764 | DECEMBER 4 UPDATE ON ANS TELEVISION ISSUE [...] (C) As reported reftel, Ambassador spoke to Presidential Chief of Staff Ramiz Mehdiyev December 2 to seek clarification of the apparent contradiction between the GOAJ's decision to offer ANS TV's frequency for tender and the assurances provided by President Aliyev that ANS will be allowed to [...] | 2006-12-04 14:47:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM PHUM AJ |
06BAKU1771 | AZERBAIJAN: PRESIDENT ALIYEV ON UPCOMING GAS [...] (U) ACTION REQUEST: Please see Paragraph 10. 2. (C) SUMMARY: President Aliyev told the Ambassador on December 5 that he expected the December 8 Trilateral meeting of Energy Ministers in Tbilisi to "clarify" whether Turkey was willing to help Georgia with its winter gas problems. He said Azerbaijan [...] | 2006-12-05 15:44:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG GA PGOV PREL TU AJ |
06BAKU1777 | AZERBAIJAN: PRESIDENT ALIYEV ON ANS TV STATION, [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Aliyev said on December 5 that he had instructed his government to "find a solution" to the ANS problem, but added that ANS had to "act with respect" and realize it was not above the law. To facilitate a solution, he bruited the possibility of postponing the recently a [...] | 2006-12-07 14:09:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PGOV AJ |
06BAKU1779 | AZERBAIJAN: UPDATE ON AVIAN INFLUENZA [...] (SBU) Summary: While initial GOAJ testing of dead birds from the southern region of Jalalibad did not indicate avian influenza (AI),a visiting USAID technical advisor and FAO representative who visited the region are concerned that the GOAJ test results were inconsistent with the high mortalit [...] | 2006-12-07 15:13:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ECON PGOV PREL KFLU TBIO CASC AJ |
06BAKU1783 | AZERBAIJAN: SUBMISSION OF THE FINANCIAL CRIMES AND [...] No summary [...] | 2006-12-08 08:31:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM EFIN PTER SNAR AJ |
06BAKU1789 | AZERBAIJAN: BP WILLING TO MAXIMIZE ACG GAS TO [...] SUMMARY: BP Azerbaijan President Bill Schrader told the Ambassador on December 8 that BP has come up with a proposed course of action to help Azerbaijan out of its upcoming winter gas supply shortage, part of which would be giving Azerbaijan "as much ACG associated gas as it can" over a six t [...] | 2006-12-08 13:58:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG PGOV PREL AJ TU GA |
06BAKU1791 | DOD DAS MACDOUGALL'S DECEMBER 7 MEETING WITH [...] (C) Summary: Department of Defense Deputy Assistant Secretary James MacDougall and the Ambassador--accompanied by SIPDIS Major General Harry Wyatt of the Oklahoma National Guard and EUCOM Brigadier General Melvin Spiese--met with Defense Minister Safar Abiyev on December 7 to discuss bilate [...] | 2006-12-08 14:03:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MARR MOPS PBTS PHUM AJ IR |
06BAKU1793 | DASD MACDOUGALL'S MEETING WITH DEPUTY FOREIGN [...] (C) Summary: Department of Defense Deputy Assistant Secretary James MacDougall and the Ambassador met with Deputy SIPDIS Foreign Minister Araz Azimov on December 7 to discuss the National Security Concept, Azerbaijan's relations with NATO, and USG plans for an interagency team to discuss Ir [...] | 2006-12-08 14:19:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR MOPS PHUM AJ |
06BAKU1794 | AZERBAIJAN WILLING TO HOST DECEMBER 14 'TRILAT [...] (C) Per Ref A guidance, the Ambassador spoke with Energy Minister Natiq Aliyev on December 7 to express USG support for a December 14 follow-on Ministerial or higher level trilateral plus BP and Statoil meeting in Baku to discuss solutions for the upcoming winter's regional gas shortage. (As r [...] | 2006-12-08 14:41:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG PGOV PREL AJ TU GA |
06BAKU1795 | PUBLIC REMAINS QUIETLY DISTURBED BY ANS CLOSURE; [...] (C) SUMMARY: Two weeks after the November 24 closure of independent ANS Television and the eviction of the residents of the Azadliq newspaper building, the public, while concerned, remains quiet. After the President's November 29 comments on the ANS "suspension," many were optimistic that he w [...] | 2006-12-08 15:10:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM AJ |
06BAKU1798 | AZERBAIJAN: IMF REPRESENTATIVE BRIEFS REVENUE [...] (C) SUMMARY. The IMF Resident Representative provided an overview of Azerbaijan's macroeconomic environment at a November 30 meeting of the Friends of Azerbaijan Revenue Management Group. Azerbaijan's GDP is projected to grow by 32 percent in 2006, while the non-oil sector fiscal deficit has [...] | 2006-12-11 06:31:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN ETRD PREL AJ |
06BAKU1799 | GOAJ PREPARING FOR SUCCESSFUL INAUGURAL [...] (SBU) Following up on her November 30 meeting with President Aliyev (REF A),Ambassador Derse met separately with Minister of Finance Samir Sharifov and Minister of Economic Development Heydar Babayev to discuss the February 2007 inaugural U.S.-Azerbaijan Economic Partnership Commission and to [...] | 2006-12-11 06:32:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PREL EAID EAGR ETRD EINV AJ |
06BAKU1800 | 2007 STATE BUDGET FORESEES 60 PERCENT INCREASE IN [...] (C) SUMMARY. Azerbaijan's Parliament approved the 2007 State Budget on November 28. Compared to the 2006 budget, the 2007 budget plans for a 57 percent increase in revenues, a 60 percent increase in expenditures, and a small budget deficit. Government revenues are expected to total USD 6.1 [...] | 2006-12-11 06:33:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN ETRD AJ EINV |
06BAKU1806 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL'S [...] (SBU) ADCM delivered ref demarche to Deputy Foreign Minister Mahmud Mammadguliyev on December 11. Mammadguliyev said that, according to his information, the EU and Africa groups were consulting in Geneva today, December 11, and that Azerbaijan supported the two groups' efforts to find a comp [...] | 2006-12-11 15:12:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM KTIA SU UN IS AJ |
06BAKU1807 | BP AND GOAJ CONFIRM DEAL REACHED ON SHAH DENIZ GAS [...] (C) SUMMARY: According to BP Azerbaijan President Bill Schrader, during a December 9 meeting with SOCAR President Rovnaq Abdullayev, SOCAR officially informed BP as the Shah Deniz Operator that that the Energy Ministers of Turkey, Azerbaijan and Georgia had agreed to redistribute Turkey's 200 [...] | 2006-12-11 15:12:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET PREL PGOV RU GG TU AJ |
06BAKU1810 | AMBASSADOR'S DINNER WITH FOREIGN POLICY ANALYSTS [...] (C) Summary: At a lively December 6 dinner hosted by the Ambassador, six of Azerbaijan's most respected foreign policy analysts argued that Azerbaijan's difficult geographical position forces it to have a cautious foreign policy to balance the divergent foreign influences. They also noted th [...] | 2006-12-12 08:13:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR IR KDEM PHUM AJ |
06BAKU1811 | ANS TV AND RADIO RESUME BROADCASTS [...] (C) At a December 11 press conference, National TV and Radio Council (NTRC) Chair Nushiravan Maharramli announced that independent media group ANS would be allowed to resume television and radio broadcasts on December 12. (ANS broadcasts had been suspended on November 24, when the NTRC decid [...] | 2006-12-12 13:08:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM KPAO AJ |
06BAKU1815 | AZERBAIJAN ENERGY MINISTER: TRILAT GAS DEAL [...] (C) SUMMARY At a December 12 meeting Energy Minister Natiq Aliyev briefed US and Georgian diplomats and energy company representatives on the results of the December 8 Energy Ministers' Trilateral in Tbilisi. Aliyev said the Energy Ministers came to a general agreement that Turkey's 2007 Sh [...] | 2006-12-13 14:00:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG PREL PGOV TU GA AJ |
06BAKU1819 | DASD MACDOUGALL'S MEETING WITH PRESIDENTIAL [...] (C) Summary: In a December 9 discussion with Department of Defense Deputy Assistant Secretary James MacDougall and the Ambassador, Presidential Foreign Policy Advisor Novruz Mammadov said that as recent regional developments have again underscored, Azerbaijan has "no alternative" to friendship [...] | 2006-12-14 07:28:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR MOPS PHUM IR AJ |
06BAKU1823 | UPDATED SCENESETTER FOR DRL A/S LOWENKRON'S [...] (C) Barry, I deeply appreciate your rescheduling your visit and your willingness to lead a serious and sustained dialogue with Azerbaijan in support of its democratic development. Progress on political and economic reform is a key element in our bilateral relationship and essential if we are [...] | 2006-12-14 15:12:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM AJ |
06BAKU1828 | UPDATE ON DETAINED EX-MINISTER: PROPERTY [...] (SBU) On December 12, a Baku court ruled in favor of impounding the property of detained former Minister of Economic Development, Farhad Aliyev. Head of the Azerbaijani State Property Registration Service, Arif Qarasov, told the press that according to the court ruling, because Aliyev "officia [...] | 2006-12-15 14:34:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM AJ |
06BAKU1829 | BP AZEBAIJAN DODGES BULLET [...] (C) SUMMARY: OnDecember 12, BP Azerbaijan President Bill Schrader told Charge that BP would be willing to give SOCAR more associated ACG gas over the whole of 2007 if it were sufficiently compensated, and that his sense of the December 8 Tbilisi Energy Minister meetings was that Turkey was wil [...] | 2006-12-15 14:48:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG PGOV PREL AJ GA TU |
06BAKU1830 | CORRECTION: BP AZERBAIJAN DODGES BULLET [...] (C) SUMMARY: On December 12, BP Azerbaijan President Bill Schrader told Charge that BP would be willing to give SOCAR more associated ACG gas over the whole of 2007 if it were sufficiently compensated, and that his sense of the December 8 Tbilisi Energy Minister meetings was that Turkey was wi [...] | 2006-12-15 14:56:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG PGOV PREL AJ GA TU |
06BAKU1831 | AMBASSADOR'S INTRODUCTORY CALL ON THE CHAIRMAN OF [...] (C) Summary: In a November 7 introductory meeting, the Chairman of the State Committee on Work with Religious Associations (SCWRA) Hidayet Orujov told the Ambassador that the GOAJ was committed both to ensuring religious freedom and to preserving Azerbaijan's history of interfaith harmony. Or [...] | 2006-12-18 07:40:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM KISL IR AJ |
06BAKU1835 | GOAJ INCREASINGLY CONCERNED ABOUT USG POLICY [...] (C) Summary: President Aliyev stated to the Ambassador that the USG and international community's policy towards Iran has "failed," that Iran is "confident, comfortable, and unconstrained," that he "does not understand USG policy on Iran" and, consequently, Azerbaijan's policy must be to "mi [...] | 2006-12-20 08:07:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PBTS PREL MARR AJ IR |
06BAKU1836 | PSI DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (U) This is an action request; see para 9. 2. (C) Summary. In response to the Ambassador's and Polish Ambassador Krajewski's joint PSI demarche (reftel),Deputy Foreign Minister Azimov said the GOAJ politically and morally supports PSI, but it has not officially agreed to the Statement o [...] | 2006-12-20 11:42:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | MNUC PARM PREL KNNP IR RS AM AJ |
06BAKU1837 | DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER AZIMOV SIGNALS DESIRE TO [...] (U) This is an action request; see para 3. 2. (C) In a December 8 meeting with the Ambassador, Deputy Foreign Minister Araz Azimov requested that the USG engage in government-to-government consultations on the drafting of Azerbaijan's Military Doctrine and Foreign Policy Strategy. Azimov [...] | 2006-12-20 11:45:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MARR MASS AJ |
06BAKU1839 | AZERBAIJAN: SHAH DENIZ PRODUCTION DELAYS COULD [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a December 19 conversation, SOCAR President Abdullayev said December 19 that the two main problems facing Azerbaijan,s 2007 winter gas balance were Turkish unwillingness to follow up on the general political agreements on gas redistribution discussed in Tbilisi, and the latest [...] | 2006-12-20 14:05:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG PGOV PREL TU AJ GA |
06BAKU1840 | AZERBAIJAN: BP ELABORATES ON SHAH DENIZ DELAYS [...] (C) SUMMARY: According to BP Azerbaijan, a leak in the first Shah Deniz well, which started production on December 14, has caused production to cease. It will be early January 2007 at the earliest before the leak's cause is known, with subsequent production hinging on the cause of the leak. [...] | 2006-12-20 14:09:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG PGOV PREL AJ TU GA |
06BAKU1841 | AZERBAIJAN: SOME PROGRESS IN TRILATERAL GAS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Against the backdrop of 'First Gas' from Shah Deniz gas field beginning to flow on December 15, the question of how Turkey was to be compensated for allowing its 2007 Shah Deniz gas to be redistributed to Azerbaijan and Georgia was left undecided during December 14-15 negotiations [...] | 2006-12-20 14:27:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG PREL PGOV TU AJ GA |
06BAKU1842 | AZERBAIJAN: 2006 COUNTRY REPORT ON TERRORISM [...] Summary: Cooperation between Azerbaijan and the United States on counterterrorism predates the September 11, 2001 attacks and the waiver of Section 907 of the FREEDOM Support Act in January 2002. Over the past five years, the GOAJ has continued to step up its efforts to combat terrorist fina [...] | 2006-12-21 10:51:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC EFIN KCRM KPAO PTER KHLS AEMR AJ KAPO |
06BAKU1843 | AZERBAIJAN SCRAMBLING FOR A SOLUTION WITHOUT SHAH [...] (C) SUMMARY. Deputy Prime Minister Yagub Eyyubov said on December 21 that BP had informed the GOAJ that there would be "at least a three month delay" in Shah Deniz production. He said that BP 's "poor work" on Shah Deniz was "unacceptable," and had greatly worsened the regional gas situatio [...] | 2006-12-21 13:10:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG PREL PGOV TU AJ GA ECON |
06BAKU1845 | INITIAL AZERBAIJANI REACTION TO TURKMENBASHI'S [...] (C) Summary: The GOAJ and local Azerbaijani observers are still digesting the news of Turkmen President Niyazov's death, but believe Niyazov,s death could create an opportunity to improve the traditionally poor relationship between Azerbaijan and Turkmenistan. Azerbaijani commentators believ [...] | 2006-12-21 13:53:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ENRG EPET PBTS IR TX AJ |
06BAKU1856 | AZERBAIJAN: TIP TIER 2 ACTION PLAN DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] | 2006-12-22 11:22:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PGOV PREL KWMN SMIG AJ |
06BAKU1857 | TREASURY VISIT TO AZERBAIJAN - THE IRANIAN THREAT [...] (C) Summary: During a 16-18 November visit by the U.S. Department of Treasury's Office of Terrorist Finance and Financial Crimes, GOAJ officials from the National Bank, Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and Presidential Apparat reviewed Azerbaijan's anti-terrorism finance inf [...] | 2006-12-22 12:10:00 | Embassy Baku | SECRET | PREL PGOV PINR ECON EFIN PTER IR AJ |
06BAKU1859 | AZERBAIJAN INDEPENDENT UNIVERSITY STUDENTS [...] (SBU) Approximately 100-150 former students of the closed Azerbaijan Independent University (AIU) remain on hunger strike in protest of the slow trial proceedings to determine their academic fate. AIU was closed by the Ministry of Education (MOE),along with 17 other private academic instituti [...] | 2006-12-22 12:37:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL AJ |
06BAKU195 | AZERBAIJAN'S OPPOSITION SKEPTICAL OF N-K PEACE AS [...] (C) SUMMARY: From separate conversations with working-level contacts among Azerbaijan's opposition political leaders, it is evident that not only do many political activists discount the sincerity of GOAJ efforts to resolve the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, but few have any concrete ideas of thei [...] | 2006-02-09 14:17:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM AJ |
06BAKU196 | PRESIDENT FIRES ONE MORE MINISTER, APPOINTS TWO [...] (U) On February 7 President Ilham Aliyev dismissed Minister of Labor and Social Protection Ali Naghiyev and replaced him with Fizuli Alakbarov, former head of Improtex travel agency. Additionally, the President assigned Azad Rahimov, former head of a furniture import firm, as the new Minister [...] | 2006-02-10 04:11:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KDEM PINR AJ |
06BAKU205 | NEW MANAT SLIPS IN THE BACK DOOR AS INFLATION [...] (C) SUMMARY. With the beginning of the new year, the Government of Azerbaijan is facing increasing macroeconomic challenges. The introduction of the newly designed manat and redenomination ultimately went smoothly, although the GOAJ decided to stagger the roll-out of all the notes over several [...] | 2006-02-10 13:11:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PREL PGOV AJ |
06BAKU206 | MINOR CARTOON PROTEST EVOLVES OUT OF ASHURA CEREMONIES [...] (SBU) Following Ashura observances at one of Baku's main mosques on February 9, a group of around 200 protestors decided to break off from the main group to march to the French Embassy to protest the Mohammed cartoons. While the group was able to march a reasonable distance, it was finally sto [...] | 2006-02-10 13:41:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KIRF KISL PGOV KDEM ASEC AJ |
06BAKU207 | AZERBAIJAN'S NEW CENTRAL ELECTION COMMITTEE [...] (U) The Milli Mejlis (Parliament) held an extraordinary session on February 7 to designate commissioners for the new Central Election Commission, as set out in the Unified Election Code (UEC). Because ten of the 125 parliamentary seats remain vacant and will be filled through the May 13 rerun [...] | 2006-02-10 14:13:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KDEM PGOV AJ |
06BAKU208 | AVIAN CASES OF H5N1 CONFIRMED IN AZERBAIJAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: The GOAJ announced February 10 that samples taken from birds in Azerbaijan had tested positive for H5N1 avian influenza. The tests were conducted at an international reference laboratory at Weybridge, UK. Ministers of Health and Agriculture did the right thing by quickly announci [...] | 2006-02-10 16:07:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | EAGR EAID CASC KFLU AJ |
06BAKU217 | NEW MINISTER OF EMERGENCY SITUATIONS OUTLINES [...] (C) Summary: During a February 10 meeting with the Ambassador, newly appointed Minister of Emergency Situations Kamaleddin Heydarov outlined broad functions for his new ministry, ranging from civil defense to pipeline security and some counterterrorism functions. Heydarov said the new minis [...] | 2006-02-14 13:39:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR EPET PTER PINR KFLU AJ |
06BAKU218 | AZERBAIJAN: AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES UPCOMING CAS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: According to the World Bank mission, the Country Assistance Strategy (CAS) for Azerbaijan will focus upon the goals and projects outlined in the April 2005 Poverty Reduction Support Credit agreement between the GOAJ and the World Bank. According to the Bank mission, the total [...] | 2006-02-14 13:39:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ENRG EAID PREL PGOV ADB IBRD AJ |
06BAKU219 | AZERBAIJAN: IMF READOUT ON ECONOMY IN LATE 2005 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: According to the IMF resident representative, the slowdown in inflation during the last quarter of 2005 was due primarily to a combination of nominal appreciation in the manat and a deceleration in money growth. In addition, it appears that many businesses did not raise prices [...] | 2006-02-14 13:42:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PREL PGOV AJ |
06BAKU235 | AMBASSADOR AND UN RESIDENT COORDINATOR URGE [...] (C) SUMMARY: On February 14 Ambassador Harnish along with representatives from UN agencies and the USAID country director met with Prime Minister Artur Rasizadeh to urge a more active response by the GOAJ to the avian influenza outbreak in Azerbaijan. In a positive step forward, Rasizadeh gav [...] | 2006-02-15 13:36:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | KFLU SOCI TBIO KSCA EAGR EAID CASC ASEC AJ |
06BAKU236 | CEC CHAIR PROMISES AMBASSADOR COOPERATION ON MAY RERUN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On February 9 Ambassador called on Central Election Commission (CEC) Chairman Mezahir Panahov to discuss preparations for the May 13 reruns of ten parliamentary seats. Ambassador addressed a wide area of reforms that could be undertaken, most notably restricting local authorities [...] | 2006-02-15 13:50:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KDEM PGOV PREL AJ |
06BAKU240 | RUSSIA CONVENES G-8 MEETING ON COUNTER-TERRORISM [...] (S/NF) Summary: While participants at a Russian-chaired G-8 meeting on counter-terrorism issues agreed that Azerbaijan was a strong partner in the global war on terrorism, the meeting rapidly devolved into a discussion on Azerbaijan's reform record. Western countries argued that greater ref [...] | 2006-02-16 07:42:00 | Embassy Baku | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PTER PGOV KISL RU AJ |
06BAKU249 | AZERBAIJAN IN 2006 LOOKS TO SOLIDIFY ITSELF AS [...] (C) SUMMARY: With the completion of the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan oil pipeline scheduled for late May and the South Caucasus Pipeline scheduled for October, Azerbaijan in 2006 looks to solidify itself as a regional energy hub and energy provider to foreign markets, including Europe. Over the next [...] | 2006-02-17 06:01:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EPET PGOV PREL AJ |
06BAKU256 | AZERBAIJANI PRESIDENT, SHEIKH UL ISLAM MEET WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: During his private session with the leadership of the visiting Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations (COP) on February 13, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev expressed disappointment with the outcome of his talks in Paris with President Kocharian over the [...] | 2006-02-17 14:18:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PINR ECON KDEM KISL IS IR AJ |
06BAKU257 | AZERBAIJAN AVIAN INFLUENZA UPDATE: GOAJ, [...] (SBU) International pressure on the GOAJ to take avian influenza seriously appears to have prompted the GOAJ to take action. Following Ambassador and UN Resident Coordinator,s February 14 approach to Prime Minister Rasizade (reftel) and European Commissioner Ferrero-Waldner,s February 16 pitc [...] | 2006-02-17 14:18:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | EAGR EAID PGOV KFLU ASEC CASC AJ |
06BAKU267 | AZERBAIJAN: AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES STRONG RELATIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: In his introductory call on new Chairman of the State Customs Committee Aydin Aliyev, Ambassador Harnish pressed for details of the agency,s future plans and possible internal reforms. Aliyev extolled on the value of his recent trip to the U.S. and noted that he would like to cre [...] | 2006-02-21 09:45:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD ETTC ECON PGOV PREL AJ |
06BAKU269 | NEW SPEAKER OF PARLIAMENT DISCUSSES LEGISLATIVE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On February 16, Ambassador and USAID Country Coordinator called on the new Speaker of Parliament, Ogtay Asadov. Asadov and Ambassador agreed on the need for May parliamentary rerun elections to be democratic and expressed confidence that Parliament would exercise a greater role [...] | 2006-02-21 10:42:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KDEM PREL PGOV ECON PTER AJ |
06BAKU277 | AZERBAIJANI PUBLIC DISMISSES N-K TALKS AS "TOILET [...] (SBU) Public reaction following the unsuccessful presidential talks on the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict February 10-11 in Rambouillet, France, has been predictable. While the international press had billed the talks as having the possibility for a break-through, most Azerbaijanis remained cynica [...] | 2006-02-22 09:25:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KDEM KMDR KPAO PREL PGOV AJ |
06BAKU280 | ONE STEP FORWARD, TWO STEPS BACK; FEBRUARY 20 [...] (C) SUMMARY: At a February 20 briefing for the diplomatic corps on avian influenza, Azerbaijani Minister of Agriculture Abbasov reviewed the steps the GOAJ has taken and reported that the GOAJ's revised action plan had been submitted to the Cabinet of Ministers. Abbasov said the GOAJ now ha [...] | 2006-02-23 04:31:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | EAGR KFLU EAID PGOV ASEC CASC AJ |
06BAKU293 | AZERBAIJAN'S MFA AND RELIGIOUS LEADERS CONDEMN [...] (U) Per reftel, PAO and Pol/Econ Chief separately shared texts of statements by President Bush and Ambassador Khalilzad regarding the destruction of the Al-Askariya shrine with Azerbaijani MFA Spokesperson and Americas Desk on February 23. MFA Spokesperson Tahir Tagizade subsequently issued [...] | 2006-02-24 13:54:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KDEM KPAO KISL PTER IZ AJ |
06BAKU300 | AZERBAIJAN: NON-PRO COURIER APPROVAL [...] No summary [...] | 2006-02-27 10:20:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER OTRA AJ |
06BAKU305 | BTC COMPLETION ON TRACK FOR MAY; BP WORRIES GOAJ [...] (C) SUMMARY. In his February 16 meeting with DCM (attending for Ambassador) and the British Ambassador, AIOC President David Woodward reported that BTC appears on schedule to send oil from Ceyhan by the end of May, with public ceremonies to take place in June. However, this depends on BP achi [...] | 2006-02-27 14:02:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ECON EPET AJ KZ GG TR |
06BAKU306 | PRESIDENT'S CHIEF OF STAFF ON MAY ELECTIONS, JC3, [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a meeting with the Ambassador, Presidential Chief of Staff Ramiz Mehdiyev was in general agreement with our approach to May parliamentary re-run elections, and did not object to NDI/IRI sending observers if they were interested. He also asked to meet with IRI and NDI count [...] | 2006-02-27 14:02:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM KFLU EAID EAGR MAPP AJ |
06BAKU315 | AZERBAIJAN: GOVT CONVICTS 10 OF ELECTION FRAUD [...] (U) On February 24 First Deputy Prosecutor General Rustam Usubov told Poloff that the Prosecutor General's Office (PGO) has obtained criminal convictions of 10 individuals for election fraud in connection with the November 6 parliamentary elections. Few political observers were aware of these [...] | 2006-02-28 11:53:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM KDEM AJ |
06BAKU317 | AZERBAIJAN'S OPPOSITION LEADERS DISCUSS PLANS WITH [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During separate mid-February meetings with Ambassador, three prominent opposition leaders discussed their plans for party development and election strategies this year. While Ali Kerimli's Popular Front has reconstituted the Azadliq Bloc as a political bloc (without Musavat) an [...] | 2006-02-28 14:16:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KDEM ASEC PGOV PREL PINR IR AJ |
06BAKU322 | DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER PROMISES TO DO MORE ON AVIAN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During a February 24 meeting with the Ambassador and USAID and UNICEF representatives, Deputy Prime Minister for Agriculture (and head of the presidential avian influenza commission) Abbas Abbasov showed a new interest in serious measures to address the issue. He indicated that [...] | 2006-02-28 14:29:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | EAGR EAID KFLU PREL PGOV AJ |
06BAKU323 | SIGNS OF LIFE IN AZERBAIJAN'S NEW PARLIAMENT [...] (SBU) On February 27, Ambassador called on new Deputy Speaker of Parliament Valeh Alasgarov (reftel). Alasgarov is a new MP who has been elected by the 41 independents in Parliament to serve as their focal point. Alasgarov appeared overwhelmed at the numerous balls he has been assigned to ju [...] | 2006-03-01 07:53:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KDEM PGOV EAID PREL PINR AJ |
06BAKU324 | AZERBAIJAN: MALL PROTEST OVER DESTRUCTION OF THE [...] (C) On February 25, fifteen miles north of Baku in the village of Nardardan, approximately 75 protesters demonstrated against the February 22 destruction of the Al-Askariya mosque in Iraq. Newspaper reports stated that Nardaran demonstrators also burned U.S., Danish and Israeli flags to expres [...] | 2006-03-01 10:16:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KISL PHUM ASEC AJ |
06BAKU327 | BEYOND BTC - AZERBAIJAN SEEKS FURTHER ROLE FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY. Azerbaijan's MFA, in cooperation with State Oil Company SOCAR, sponsored a "High-Level Meeting on the Issues of Energy Security of Europe" on February 24. Representatives of several European countries, the European Commission, and Iran attended. Although the subject matter was no [...] | 2006-03-01 13:32:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ECON EPET AJ KZ GG TR RU IR |
06BAKU328 | AZERBAIJAN: BRITISH HUMAN RIGHTS LAWYER PUSHES UK [...] (C) Summary. In a February 22 meeting with the Ambassador, Lord Lester, a British barrister representing jailed former Minister of Economic Development Farhad Aliyev, probed USG interest in political asylum for Aliyev in the UK. The Ambassador eventually declined to support this approach while [...] | 2006-03-01 14:25:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM AJ |
06BAKU329 | AZERBAIJAN DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER ANNOUNCES THAT [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a tense meeting with the donor community March 1, a very agitated Deputy Prime Minister Abbas Abbasov, head of the GOAJ avian influenza commission, confirmed for the first time avian influenza in domestic poultry and one commercial poultry farm. Abbasov indicated that GOAJ lab [...] | 2006-03-01 14:51:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | EAGR EAID ECON KFLU PREL PGOV CASC AJ |
06BAKU333 | BP BUILDS PICTURE OF SPLIT GOAJ ON OIL TRANSPORT [...] (C) SUMMARY. In his February 28 meeting with Ambassador and the British Ambassador, BP Azerbaijan senior executive David Woodward reported that the South Caucasus gas pipeline project (SCP) is continuing on schedule and the Baku-Tblisi-Ceyhan oil pipeline (BTC) should remain on schedule as wel [...] | 2006-03-02 14:37:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ECON EPET AJ KZ GG TR |
06BAKU339 | AZERBAIJAN CONSIDERS CHANGES TO RELIGIOUS FREEDOMS [...] (C) Summary: Rafiq Aliyev, Chairman of the State Committee on Work with Religious Associations (SCWRA) informed us that the GOAJ has begun writing sermons for Azerbaijan's mosques. Aliyev confirmed news reports that the GOAJ plans to amend the Law on Religious Freedoms to address the threat of [...] | 2006-03-03 12:39:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM KISL AJ |
06BAKU341 | AZERBAIJANI PROSECUTOR GENERAL: OPPOSITION YOUTH [...] (C) First Deputy Prosecutor General Rustam Usubov told us February 24 that the GOAJ criminal investigation into accused youth opposition activist Ruslan Bashirli was almost complete and the case would go to trial between March 10 and March 15. Bashirli was the first of three opposition youth le [...] | 2006-03-03 13:34:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHEM KDEM AJ |
06BAKU342 | KHOJALI TRAGEDY: PATRIOTISM, GRIEF, AND A PUSH [...] (C) SUMMARY: Azerbaijan's commemoration of the Khojali Massacre (a 1992 attack by Armenian forces that resulted in the death of a reported 613 civilians) contained a decidedly political message this year, with pointed outreach to the international community and a disturbing uptick in anti-Arme [...] | 2006-03-03 13:56:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KDEM PREL PGOV KCRM SOCI AM AJ |
06BAKU348 | AZERBAIJAN'S RESPONSE TO U.S.-PROPOSED AGENDA FOR [...] (SBU) As requested reftel, pol/econ chief extended PM A/S Hillen's invitation to the 2006 session of the U.S.-Azerbaijan Political-Military Consultations to Deputy Foreign Minister Araz Azimov. Azimov was already aware of the planned March 29 talks and expressed his confidence that the talks [...] | 2006-03-03 14:41:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MASS MOPS PARM PGOG AJ |
06BAKU356 | AMBASSADOR AND EU TROIKA RAISE CONCERNS WITH PM ON [...] (C) SUMAMRY: In a March 6 meeting requested by the Ambassador and EU Troika (EU Commission, German Ambassador, French Charge) to highlight common concerns about Azerbaijan's handling of avian influenza problems, Prime Minister Artur Rasi-zade, welcomed international expertise in dealing with t [...] | 2006-03-06 15:16:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | EAGR EAID PGOV KFLU CASC AJ |
06BAKU359 | A SNAPSHOT OF POVERTY IN BAKU [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Nasib Nassibli, an opposition MP and former Fulbright scholar, took PolOff on a tour of his constituency which includes some of Baku's poorest families. The squalor in which his constituents live often goes unnoticed as more attention often goes to IDPs, refugees, and orphans. [...] | 2006-03-07 09:05:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KDEM PGOV PREL ECON ELAB SOCI AJ |
06BAKU362 | PRESIDENT'S DECREE GIVES GREATER POWERS TO NEW [...] (C) SUMMARY: On February 27, President Aliyev issued a decree detailing the activities the new Ministry of Emergency Situations (MES) will undertake. In addition to the broad responsibilities outlined by the decree establishing the Ministry (ref b),the new decree called for: creation of a mi [...] | 2006-03-07 11:21:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON ASEC KDEM PHUM PINR AJ |
06BAKU368 | STATUS OF THE KASHAGAN-BTC IGA -- THE VIEW FROM [...] (C) SUMMARY. International energy companies in Baku believe Azerbaijan is holding out for better terms in the draft Inter-Governmental Agreement (IGA) with Kazakhstan over trans-Caspian oil transport. Parliament Deputy Speaker Valekh Alasgarov appears to be leading the charge for President A [...] | 2006-03-07 12:36:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG PREL AJ KZ |
06BAKU369 | SCENESETTER FOR A/S FRIED'S MARCH 13-14 TRIP TO [...] (S) Summary: We warmly welcome your March 13-14 visit and view it as much-needed opportunity to engage the highest levels of the GOAJ. Azerbaijan could play a critical role in advancing U.S. interests in energy security and a useful one in the resolution of the nuclear threat posed by Iran. [...] | 2006-03-07 13:38:00 | Embassy Baku | SECRET | PREL PGOV ENRG MARR KDEM PHUM IR RU AM AJ |
06BAKU370 | BARMEK'S TROUBLES PAINT GRIM PICTURE FOR POWER [...] (C) SUMMARY: The truce between Azerbaijan state electricity company AzerEnergy and Turkish power company Barmek, which buys electricity from AzerEnergy for distribution to consumers, has broken down. President Aliyev lent support to AzerEnergy chief Pirverdiyev's public attack on the company [...] | 2006-03-07 14:02:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ECON AJ TR |
06BAKU377 | AVIAN INFLUENZA IN AZERBAIJAN: NEED FOR MORE [...] (C) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST: Despite significant and prolonged intervention by Post, the GOAJ continues to react poorly to the threat of avian influenza. The GOAJ's extremely poor veterinary response appears to have largely destroyed the commercial poultry industry, in addition to an unkno [...] | 2006-03-09 14:41:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EAID PGOV PREL EAGR KFLU CASC AJ |
06BAKU383 | NEW AZERBAIJANI YOUTH MINISTER A RARE BREATH OF [...] (SBU) Recently appointed Minister of Youth and Sports Azad Rahimov told the Ambassador March 6 that he was eager to engage on youth development issues. An affluent entrepreneur in his early forties, Rahimov said he worked closely with several of Azerbaijan's current leaders, including President [...] | 2006-03-10 14:31:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR PGOV AJ |
06BAKU407 | MANAGING AZERBAIJAN,S LOOMING ECONOMIC STORM [...] (C) SUMMARY: Azerbaijan faces a massive economic challenge over the near-term. With oil revenue projected to reach USD 42 billion by 2010, Azerbaijan has the opportunity to transform from a cash-poor developing nation into an economically confident regional leader. While the GOAJ in theory h [...] | 2006-03-15 13:03:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EAID ETRD PREL PGOV AJ |
06BAKU411 | ECONOMIC DECISION-MAKING AZERBAIJANI STYLE [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Ilham Aliyev is the lead economic and political decision-maker in Azeraijan. Aliyev, however, makes most economic polcy decisions relying upon a small close group ofbusiness contacts and trusted government ministers. High-level economic decision-making in Azerbaijan re [...] | 2006-03-16 11:10:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR ECON PGOV PREL AJ |
06BAKU412 | EUR A/S FRIED DISCUSSES ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: EUR A/S Dan Fried and Ambassador Harnish discussed the importance of strengthening Azerbaijan,s economic and financial development with Economic Development Minister Heydar Babayev on March 14. Babayev told Fried that his job is to make Azerbaijan stronger economically and that h [...] | 2006-03-16 11:57:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ENRG EPET EFIN PREL PGOV AJ |
06BAKU430 | PRESIDENT ALIYEV LOOKS TO THE FUTURE OF AZERBAIJAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a meeting with EUR A/S Fried on March 14, President Aliyev said that the U.S.-Azerbaijan relationship remains strong and reaffirmed Azerbaijan,s westward orientation. Aliyev expressed concern about the situation of ethnic Azeris in Georgia asked A/S Fried to raise the issue th [...] | 2006-03-21 13:09:00 | Embassy Baku | SECRET | PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM ECON ENRG MOPS AJ |
06BAKU431 | EUR A/S FRIED DISCUSSES ENERGY SECURITY ISSUES IN [...] (C) SUMMARY. EUR A/S Fried discussed the role of the Caspian in European energy security with GOAJ, BP, TOTAL, Statoil and ConocoPhillips officials in Baku on March 14. The consensus opinion was that Caspian energy resources, particularly natural gas, could play an important role in meeting f [...] | 2006-03-21 13:13:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ECON EPET AJ KZ GG TR TX |
06BAKU433 | EUR A/S FRIED DISCUSSES DEMOCRACY, IRAN, ISLAM [...] (C) SUMMARY. In a meeting with Azerbaijan's civil society leaders, EUR A/S Dan Fried discussed democratization, Iran, and Islamic extremism. Many civil society leaders noted a disengagement from politics by the population after the November elections failed to meet their high expectations. W [...] | 2006-03-22 07:23:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KDEM PGOV PREL PINR KISL AJ IR |
06BAKU444 | WHO CONFIRMS 5 AVIAN INFLUENZA CASES IN AZERBAIJAN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On March 21, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced that UK reference laboratory tests showed that five deaths (reftel) in Azerbaijan were caused by H5N1 avian influenza. Testing confirmed two additional H5N1 infections; one patient recovered and has been discharged fro [...] | 2006-03-22 13:19:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | KFLU EAID PGOV EAGR TBIO CASC AJ |
06BAKU446 | AZERBAIJAN: HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING APPROVAL FOR [...] On March 16 post received a request for Human Rights Vetting approval for members of the Ministry of Internal Affairs to participate in Crime Scene Photography and Crime Scene Investigation training programs. The participants would attend Forensics Training in Baku, 3 April thru 12 May 2006. [...] | 2006-03-22 13:39:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PGOV MARR MASS AJ |
06BAKU447 | AZERBAIJAN: AMBASSADOR'S ECONOMIC VISIT TO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Ambassador Harnish traveled to Ismailly and Sheki March 9 and 10 to open a Regional Information Center and a renovated pre-school and boarding school funded by the U.S. During the trip, the Ambassador met with local government officials and discussed economic and political deve [...] | 2006-03-22 13:41:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAGR EAID ETRD PREL PGOV KFLU AJ |
06BAKU450 | AZERBAIJAN ENERGY OUTLOOK [...] (C) SUMMARY. Representatives from energy sector companies operating in Azerbaijan discussed the Barmek crisis, Caucasus gas needs, changes in pipeline security agencies, trans-Caspian oil transport and offshore gas development at the Ambassador,s March Energy Forum. Participants reported tha [...] | 2006-03-23 10:48:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ECON ENRG AJ RU KZ |
06BAKU452 | SCENESETTER FOR MARCH 29 US-AZERBAIJAN [...] (S) Summary: The March 29 political-military consultations are an important opportunity to broaden our strong security relationship. Strategically located in the heart of the Greater Middle East, Azerbaijan provides excellent cooperation on security issues and looks for opportunities to do [...] | 2006-03-23 12:15:00 | Embassy Baku | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PARM MARR MASS MOPS PBTS AJ |
06BAKU454 | REQUEST FOR U.S. REPRESENTATION AT JUNE 6-9 [...] The Thirteenth Annual Caspian Oil and Gas Show (COGS) will be held on June 6-9, 2006, here in Baku. COGS has traditionally been the largest oil and gas show in the region, attracting thousands of attendees. COGS 2005 hosted 331 exhibitors from 29 countries including a dozen major U.S. firms [...] | 2006-03-23 13:16:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL EPET ENRG ECON AJ |
06BAKU455 | UPDATE ON NAGORNO-KARABAKH: CEASEFIRE VIOLATIONS [...] (U) Militant rhetoric on the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict during the past week followed reports of ceasefire violations and an announcement that three soldiers were convicted of treason for collusion with Armenia. Meanwhile President Aliyev called on the Armenians to accept the useful suggestions [...] | 2006-03-23 13:17:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PBTS MOPS ASEC AJ |
06BAKU458 | AZERBAIJAN HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT DELIVERED [...] (SBU) On March 17 DCM presented the 2005 Human Rights Report (HRR) to Deputy Foreign Minister for Democratization, Human Rights, and Humanitarian Problems Mahmud Mamadguliyev. Mamadguliyev stated that the GOAJ recognizes the situation in Azerbaijan is ¬ ideal,8 but noted that the GOAJ was t [...] | 2006-03-24 09:12:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KDEM PGOV PREL AJ |
06BAKU459 | AZERBAIJAN: DEMARCHE ON ESTABLISHMENT OF GUAM [...] (SBU) On March 17 DCM delivered reftel demarche on GOAJ contributions to the GUAM Secretariat to Deputy Foreign Minister Mahmud Mamadguliyev. Mamadguliyev was not immediately familiar with the issue but promised to look into the matter. HARNISH [...] | 2006-03-24 09:14:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KDEM EAID EUN SNAR PGOV AJ |
06BAKU460 | AZERBAIJAN: DEMARCHE ON GUATEMALAN UN SECURITY COUNCIL [...] (SBU) On March 17 DCM delivered reftel demarche, following up on a previous demarche by Ambassador, this time to Deputy Foreign Minister Mahmud Mamadguliyev and asked for a substantive response to request to support Guatemala in its bid for a non-permanent UN Security Council seat. Mamadguliye [...] | 2006-03-24 09:18:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL UN UNSC GT VE AJ |
06BAKU467 | AZERBAIJAN: HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING APPROVAL FOR [...] On March 27 post received a request for Human Rights Vetting approval for members of the Ministry of Internal Affairs' participation in the Basic Firearms and Explosives Course in Budapest. The participants would attend the training in Budapest on 10-14 April 2006. The participants are: [...] | 2006-03-27 11:32:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PGOV MARR MASS AJ |
06BAKU469 | AZERBAIJAN OPPOSITION JOURNALIST CONTINUES [...] (C) SUMMARY: On March 24 PolOff visited Fikret Huseynli, a journalist for the opposition Azadliq newspaper (the mouthpiece for Ali Kerimli's Popular Front Party) to investigate his reported March 5 assault. Huseynli, who appeared to be recovering from an attack, claimed that high-level GOAJ o [...] | 2006-03-28 10:19:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KDEM PGOV PREL AJ |
06BAKU473 | AZERBAIJAN: COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR MR. RICHARD [...] Embassy Baku warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Mr. Richard Sherwood to travel to Baku 17-28 April 2006, to work with the resident tax advisor and the Azerbaijani Ministry of Tax on the Tax Administration Project. Control officer will be Economic Officer David McCormick. Mr. Mc [...] | 2006-03-28 12:51:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN OTRA AJ |
06BAKU474 | AZERBAIJAN: COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR EUR/ACE JERRY [...] Embassy Baku warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to EUR/ACE Director of Humanitarian Programs Jerry Oberndorfer to travel to Baku 3-7 May 2006, to participate in the U.S.-Azerbaijan Economic Task Force meetings and to visit DOS grantees. Control officer will be Economic Officer Davi [...] | 2006-03-28 12:51:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID AJ |
06BAKU478 | AZERBAIJAN MAKING SOLID PROGRESS ON TIP COMMITMENTS [...] (SBU) The GOAJ has made substantial progress in the past several months to meet its trafficking in persons (TIP) commitments outlined in the USG's annual trafficking in persons report. In the two months since PolOff last visited the site of the victims' shelter, the GOAJ has transformed a bui [...] | 2006-03-29 09:36:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KCRM KWMN SMIG EAID PGOV PREL AJ |
06BAKU479 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR MATTHEW J. BRYZA [...] Embassy Baku warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to EUR deputy Assistant Secretary Matthew J. Bryza to travel to Baku 3-4 April 2006. Control officer will be Economic Officer Aaron Scheibe. Mr. Scheibe can be reached at the Embassy at: Email: ScheibeAP@State.Gov Mobile: (9 [...] | 2006-03-30 03:33:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA AJ |
06BAKU480 | AZERBAIJAN LEADS EITI EFFORTS; PROBLEMS STILL EXIST [...] (C) SUMMARY. We warmly welcome your April 4-6 visit for the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative International Advisory Group meeting. Your visit is an excellent opportunity to engage the GOAJ on the importance of effectively managing its oil wealth, strengthening public investment p [...] | 2006-03-30 07:53:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET EFIN ECON AJ |
06BAKU494 | AZERBAIJAN: COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR EUR/ACE [...] Embassy Baku warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to EUR/ACE Coordinator Ambassador Thomas C. Adams to travel to Baku 3-5 May 2006, to participate in the U.S.-Azerbaijan Economic Task Force meetings. Control officer will be Economic Officer David McCormick. Mr. McCormick can be reache [...] | 2006-04-02 05:01:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID AJ |
06BAKU507 | CEC CHAIRMAN AFFIRMS PREPARATIONS ON TRACK FOR MAY 13 [...] (SBU) On March 30 Ambassador made a farewell call on Central Election Commission (CEC) Chairman Mezahir Panahov. During the meeting, Ambassador urged Panahov to publicize the ten successful prosecutions of election fraud to date (reftel). Panahov agreed that it was important to inform people [...] | 2006-04-04 08:47:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KDEM PGOV PREL AJ |
06BAKU510 | CABINET OF MINISTERS REPORTS TO PARLIAMENT ON 2005 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On March 14 the Prime Minister presented the Cabinet of Minister's report on its 2005 activities, similar to a "State of the Union" address. As expected, the GOAJ comments and data were very positive: GDP and average salary increased, government reforms continued, state credits [...] | 2006-04-04 09:14:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KDEM PREL PGOV ECON AJ |
06BAKU511 | AMBASSADOR AND STATOIL DISCUSS SHAH DENIZ PHASE II [...] (C) SUMMARY: Statoil executives briefed the Ambassador March 29 on the challenges facing the international energy companies and the GOAJ as Shah Deniz Phase II (Phase II will increase annual gas production by 18-20 bcma) moves forward. International companies want to pool their gas with the GO [...] | 2006-04-04 09:18:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ECON ENRG PREL PGOV KZ AJ |
06BAKU512 | AZERBAIJAN: HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING APPROVAL FOR [...] On March 27 post received a request for Human Rights Vetting approval for members of the Ministry of Interiors participation in a Senior Level Leadership Training Course. The participants would attend the Senior Level Leadership Training Course in Baku, 17-28 April 2006. The participants are [...] | 2006-04-04 09:18:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PGOV MARR MASS AJ |
06BAKU517 | UPDATE ON NAGORNO-KARABAKH: CEASEFIRE VIOLATIONS [...] (U) Ceasefire violations continued over the last ten days, as eleven violations were registered and OSCE monitoring had to be stopped because of the firing. Militant rhetoric on the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict continued from senior GOAJ officials, including President Aliyev, who said that the si [...] | 2006-04-04 12:40:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PBTS MOPS ASEC AJ |
06BAKU518 | GUAM SECRETARIAT DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO AZERBAIJAN [...] (SBU) Ambassador delivered ref demarche to Foreign Minister Mammadyarov on March 31. Mammadyarov affirmed Azerbaijan's support for GUAM, telling the Ambassador that the GOAJ wants to see GUAM become a much stronger organization. On the GUAM Information Center, Mammadyarov said that at the G [...] | 2006-04-04 13:16:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KDEM EAID EUN ENRG SNAR PGOV AJ |
06BAKU519 | CLOSED TRIAL FOR YENI FIKIR ACTIVISTS TO START [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On March 31 Azerbaijan's Court of Grave Crimes held the pre-trial hearing for the three Yeni Fikir (New Thought) youth group activists accused of plotting a violent takeover of the government and engaging in illegal entrepreneurship. The panel of three judges heard arguments fr [...] | 2006-04-05 03:37:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KDEM PGOV PREL AJ |
06BAKU528 | AZERBAIJAN: COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR LAWRENCE [...] Embassy Baku warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to USDA FAS Lawrence Barbieri to travel to Baku on/about 3-6 May 2006, to participate in the U.S.- Azerbaijan Joint Economic Task Force on 4 May 2006. Control officer will be Economic Officer Aaron Scheibe. Mr. Scheibe can be reached a [...] | 2006-04-05 13:06:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT ASEC EAGR OTRA AJ |
06BAKU529 | AZERBAIJAN'S DEPUTY SPEAKER INTRANSIGENT ON [...] (C) On March 30 PolEcon Counselor called on First Deputy Speaker Ziyafat Asgarov to discuss plans for parliamentary reform and his legislative priorities. However, Asgarov chose to devote the meeting to a lengthy soliloquy on the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict and why the international community h [...] | 2006-04-06 06:03:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KDEM PGOV PREL PINR MARR AJ |
06BAKU531 | AZERBAIJAN: ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OF THE EXCLAVE OF [...] (C) Summary: During a March 28-29 trip to Nakhchivan, local officials provided a glowing review of economic growth and investment opportunities in the isolated exclave. According to Nakhchivan Ministry of Economic Development statistics, GDP grew by 27 percent in 2005, with a 57 percent incr [...] | 2006-04-06 10:35:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON ETRD BEXP KFLU AJ |
06BAKU536 | SCENESETTER FOR CODEL KOLBE'S APRIL 12-14 VISIT TO [...] (U) Chairman Kolbe, I warmly welcome you and Congressman Garrett to Baku next week. This visit will be a superb opportunity to deliver a strong message of support for political and economic reform, and to enhance further our strong security cooperation with Azerbaijan. Your visit comes at a p [...] | 2006-04-07 09:22:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEN ECON EAID MARR AJ |
06BAKU538 | AZERBAIJAN'S OPPOSITION REMAINS FOCUSED ON 2005 [...] (SBU) On April 3, EUR DAS Matt Bryza held a roundtable meeting with Azadliq Bloc leaders Ali Kerimli, Lala Shovket, and Sardar Jalaloglu along with Musavat chairman Isa Gambar. Almost to the exclusion of any other topic, the Azadliq bloc leaders clearly remained focused on the November 2005 pa [...] | 2006-04-07 10:35:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KDEM PINR PGOV PREL AJ |
06BAKU540 | PRESIDENT ALIYEV N ENERGY SECURITY, TRANSCASPIAN [...] (C) Summary: In an April 3 meeting with S/P Director Krasner and EUR DAS Bryza, President Aliyev said he looked forward to further development of Azerbaijan's gas reserves and creation of a new TransCaspian pipeline to export Central Asian gas to European markets as an important "second stage [...] | 2006-04-07 11:55:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EPET ENRG PREL PGOV KDEM AJ |
06BAKU541 | IRAN JAMMING AZERBAIJANI TV SIGNALS [...] (SBU) The owners of independent ANS TV (by far the most independent channel in Azerbaijan) told PAO that Iran has been jamming its broadcasts in southern Azerbaijan for months. The owners said that ANS had switched frequencies once or twice but the Iranians, with much more powerful transmitt [...] | 2006-04-07 13:56:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PROP ECPS IR AJ |
06BAKU543 | MUTED ENTHUSIASM, TROUBLE-FREE PROCESS, MARK [...] (C) SUMMARY: In marked contrast to six months ago, the run-up to Azerbaijan's ten May 13 rerun parliamentary elections has been relatively quiet. Three weeks into the campaign and the GOAJ and the 200 candidates appear to be quietly preparing for election day by training election commissions, [...] | 2006-04-10 05:36:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KDEM PGOV PREL AJ |
06BAKU572 | AZERBAIJAN: YOUTH ACTIVIST TRIAL RESUMES, EMBASSY [...] (SBU) The closed trial of Yeni Fikir youth activists Ruslan Bashirli, Ramin Tagiyev and Said Nuriyev resumed April 12 at the Baku Court of Grave Crimes. The trial had been postponed for 48 hours after the defendants rejected court-appointed attorneys. The Court subsequently selected new lawyer [...] | 2006-04-14 04:26:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PHUM KDEM AJ |
06BAKU573 | AZERBAIJAN: SUCCESSFUL MINISTERIAL-LEVEL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Ambassador Harnish hosted the first ever ministerial-level seminar on macroeconomic, budget and public investment planning strategies that brought together the Ministers of FinQce and Economic Development, National Bank Chairman and other high-level Government of Azerbaijan off [...] | 2006-04-14 09:36:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PGOV PREL AJ |
06BAKU574 | AZERBAIJAN: UPDATE ON DETAINED FORMER MINISTER [...] (C) Summary. Lawyers for jailed ex-Minister Farhad Aliyev report that his health continues to deteriorate due to inadequate GOAJ medical care; they also claim that the GOAJ has been criminally negligent in its medical treatment of Aliyev. ICRC, which has regular access to Aliyev and the rest [...] | 2006-04-14 09:37:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM AJ |
06BAKU581 | AZERBAIJAN: S/P DIRECTOR AND EUR DAS BRYZA DISCUSS [...] (C) SUMMARY: In an April 3 meeting, S/P Director Stephen Krasner discussed macroeconomic development and prudent oil revenue management with Minister of Economic Development Babayev and Minister of Finance Alakbarov. Babayev and Alakbarov stressed to Krasner that the GOAJ was aware of the da [...] | 2006-04-17 04:27:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EPET ENRG PREL PGOV AJ KZ |
06BAKU582 | DAS BRYZA DISCUSSES TRANS-CASPIAN GAS PIPELINE IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: During an April 3 visit to Azerbaijan, EUR DAS Bryza heard GOAJ interest in a possible "Southern Corridor" of gas pipelines to export gas from Azerbaijan, and perhaps Central Asia through a trans-Caspian gas pipeline (TCP),via Georgia and Turkey to help Europe diversify its gas s [...] | 2006-04-17 07:34:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG PREL PGOV KZ TU TX AJ |
06BAKU584 | CODEL KOLBE DISCUSSES IRAN WITH AZERBAIJANI [...] (C) SUMMARY: During an April 13 meeting with Foreign Minister Mammadyarov, House Subcommittee Chairman Jim Kolbe (R-AZ) thanked the Foreign Minister for GOAJ's support for the Global War on Terrorism, calling Azerbaijan a "stalwart friend." Mammadyarov reiterated GOAJ's commitment to staying [...] | 2006-04-17 09:00:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KDEM PGOV PREL IR AJ |
06BAKU585 | AZERBAIJAN'S POPULAR FRONT PARTY CHAIRMAN URGES [...] (SBU) During an April 10 farewell call on Popular Front Party (PFP) Chairman Ali Kerimli, Ambassador reiterated USG plans for encouraging further democratic development in Azerbaijan and urged Kerimli (whose party is not participating in the May rerun elections) to remain engaged in the proces [...] | 2006-04-17 09:06:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KDEM PGOV PREL PINR AJ |
06BAKU602 | AZERBAIJAN: FINANCE MINISTER REPLACED BY OIL FUND [...] (C) SUMMARY: Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev dismissed April 18 Finance Minister Avaz Alakbarov and appointed Oil Fund Executive Director Samir Sharifov as the new Finance Minister. A successor for Sharifov at the critically important Oil Fund was not announced, leaving a key institution w [...] | 2006-04-19 12:44:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PREL PGOV PINR AJ |
06BAKU605 | AMBASSADOR'S FAREWELL CALL ON PRESIDENTIAL CHIEF [...] (C) Summary: During the Ambassador's April 18 farewell call, Presidential Chief of Staff Ramiz Mehdiyev pledged that the May 13 parliamentary rerun elections would be transparent and free. To that end, Mehdiyev said he had warned the ExComs in regions where rerun elections will take place tha [...] | 2006-04-19 13:40:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PBTS KDEM AM RU AJ |
06BAKU606 | AZERBAIJAN SEEKS ELECTION TO UN HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (SBU) On April 10, post received a diplomatic note from the MFA in which the GOAJ formally requested the USG support its candidacy for the UN Human Rights Council. The text of the dipnote follows in paragraph 3. We understand the GOAJ presented a similar dipnote to USUN. 2. (C) During an [...] | 2006-04-19 13:47:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KUNR OPDC PHUM UNGA AJ |
06BAKU607 | EC VISIT TO AZERBAIJAN HEAVY ON NEIGHBORHOOD [...] (C) SUMMARY. During his April 7 visit to Baku, EC RELEX Deputy Director-General Fotiadis discussed mainly European Neighborhood Program issues and some energy issues. Sticking points for adoption of Azerbaijan's draft ENP plan appear to be language on regional cooperation, lingering Cypriot [...] | 2006-04-20 03:21:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ENRG AJ GG AM CY EU |
06BAKU609 | DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER PROPOSES ISSUING JOINT [...] (C) SUMMARY. During discussions over President Aliyev's upcoming visit to Washington, Deputy Foreign Minister Khalafov presented a three-page draft joint statement to DCM for possible signing during the trip. DCM said the Embassy would pass the draft to Washington, but that it was a matter f [...] | 2006-04-20 08:18:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV OVIP KUNR AMGT ABLD AJ |
06BAKU611 | OPPOSITION MUSAVAT PARTY REMAINS ENGAGED IN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On April 10, Ambassador paid a farewell call on Musavat Party Chairman Isa Gambar. Gambar (whose party is participating in the May 13 rerun elections) said that the overall election climate remains difficult. As an example, one of Musavat's candidates in the May parliamentary [...] | 2006-04-21 03:40:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KDEM PGOV PREL IR AJ |
06BAKU624 | AMBASSADOR'S FAREWELL CALL ON ENERGY MINISTER [...] (C) SUMMARY. In a wide-ranging discussion on the eve of Ambassador's departure from post, Azerbaijan Energy Minister Natik Aliyev argued for a trans-Caspian gas pipeline bringing natural gas from both Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan through Azerbaijan to European markets. Aliyev also expressed mi [...] | 2006-04-24 04:30:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | AJ PGOV EPET KZ PINR PREL TX |
06BAKU625 | A MIXED REPORT CARD FOR AZERBAIJAN'S NEW PARLIAMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Azerbaijan's new parliament has a mixed record, almost five months into its work. While information from the leadership and pro-governmental MPs indicates the legislative body will function more transparently (including possibly incorporating a version of public comment into some [...] | 2006-04-24 08:57:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM PREL KISL IR AJ |
06BAKU631 | CONVICTION OF ARMY OFFICER IN HUNGARY SPARKS SMALL [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a case closely followed by many Azerbaijanis, on April 13 a Hungarian court convicted Army Lieutenant Ramil Safarov to life imprisonment for the February 2004 murder of an Armenian officer during a NATO Partnership for Peace (PfP) exercise. Azerbaijani media has followed every [...] | 2006-04-25 10:52:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KDEM PGOV PREL PBTS ASEC AM AJ |
06BAKU633 | UPDATE ON TRIAL OF YENI FIKIR YOUTH ACTIVISTS [...] (U) On April 20 the Baku Court of Grave Crimes re-opened the trial of the three Yeni Fikir youth activists Ruslan Bashirli, Ramin Tagiyev and Said Nuriyev to press and observers. The Court's spokesman cited the completion of "national security-related testimony" as the main reason behind Judge [...] | 2006-04-25 13:17:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM AJ |
06BAKU641 | IRANIAN DEFENSE MINISTER VISITS BAKU [...] (U) Iranian Defense Minister Mustafa Najjar visited Azerbaijan April 19-20 and met with President Ilham Aliyev, Defense Minister Safar Abiyev, Chairman of the Parliament Oktay Asadov and Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov The local press reported that Najjar's meeting with President Aliyev f [...] | 2006-04-27 02:23:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR ECON EPET AJ IR |
06BAKU650 | BP UPDATE ON EAST-WEST ENERGY CORRIDOR [...] (C) SUMMARY. During his regular briefing for U.S. and UK Embassy officers on April 25, AIOC President David Woodward gave a downbeat assessment of talks with BOTAS on BTC completion and predicted further delays. SCP is largely on schedule although Woodward continues to argue that it will be [...] | 2006-05-01 02:54:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG PREL AJ TX KZ |
06BAKU651 | AZERBAIJANI VIEWS OF THE KAZAKHSTAN-AZERBAIJAN [...] (C) SUMMARY. Conversations with senior Azerbaijani official Samir Sharifov and SOCAR Vice President Elshad Nasirov reveal that the GOAJ is pushing for a focused and non-ambiguous Inter-Governmental Agreement for oil transport from Kazakhstan. Sharifov, somewhat mistrustful of Kazakhstan, wan [...] | 2006-05-01 02:56:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG PREL AJ TX KZ |
06BAKU659 | STATOIL EXECUTIVES ON SCP COMPLETION AND FURTHER [...] (C) SUMMARY. Statoil executives in Baku cautioned about on-time completion of the South Caspian Pipeline (SCP) and expressed concern about conditions in both Azerbaijan and Turkey that could be obstacles to further large-scale energy projects. SOCAR has requested that its share of Shah Deniz [...] | 2006-05-01 12:24:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG PREL AJ TX KZ |
06BAKU660 | EU SPECIAL REP SEMNEBY ON EU SOUTH CAUCASUS POLICY [...] (C) SUMMARY: EUR Senior Advisor Steven Mann met with EU Special Representative for the South Caucasus Peter Semneby (Sweden) on April 22. Semneby provided a readout of his recent conversation with Azerbaijani Deputy Foreign Minister Azimov, outlined the EU process for committing peacekeepers, [...] | 2006-05-01 12:24:00 | Embassy Baku | SECRET | PREL PREF PBTS PNAT AJ GG RU MD |
06BAKU661 | THE IRANIANS ARE COMING [...] (C) SUMMARY: According to rumors, press reports and Azerbaijani government officials, an increasing number of Iranians are moving to Azerbaijan and buying property here. Most -- but not all -- of these Iranians are ethnic Azeris. Although some portray this as nothing more than Iranians tryin [...] | 2006-05-02 08:12:00 | Embassy Baku | SECRET | PREL PGOV PINR ECON EPET AJ IR |
06BAKU663 | CONOCO-PHILLIPS VIEWS OF THE KAZAKHSTAN-AZERBAIJAN [...] (C) SUMMARY. ConocoPhillips executives believe the Azerbaijan-Kazakhstan IGA for trans-Caspian oil transport must be signed this year if the needed maritime infrastructure is to be ready by the time the oil flows, although they concede the deadline may be more flexible. Major issues for Conoc [...] | 2006-05-02 12:29:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG PREL EWWT EINV AJ KZ |
06BAKU669 | CONSULTANT FORSEES SERIOUS PROBLEMS FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY. A consultant working on a USAID contract predicted serious difficulties for Azerbaijan's power sector in the coming years. The Barmek crisis has scared away private sector investment, and the GOAJ will be forced to rely on loans from IFIs. The consultant recommends that any suc [...] | 2006-05-03 10:31:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG EAID PREL AJ AM TX KZ |
06BAKU673 | UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL - CANDIDACY OF IRAN [...] No summary [...] | 2006-05-03 13:14:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | KUNR PHUM UNHRC PREL AJ |
06BAKU675 | AZERBAIJANI STATE AIRLINE AZAL RENEWS REQUESTS FOR [...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. SEE PARAGRAPH 3. 2. (SBU) Based on a recent visit by Embassy EconOff, the Azerbaijani Civil Aviation Authority (AZAL) has renewed its interest in holding Open Skies negotiations with the U.S. Previous attempts to arrange Open Skies negotiations with AZAL are d [...] | 2006-05-03 13:24:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECON ETRD AJ |
06BAKU684 | PRESIDENT ALIYEV "VERY SATISFIED" WITH VISIT TO [...] (C) Summary: In a May 4 meeting, President Aliyev said he was "very satisfied" with his U.S. visit, especially his meeting with President Bush. The comprehensive agenda reflected the "real partnership" between the U.S and Azerbaijan, and laid the groundwork for an expanded relationship. He [...] | 2006-05-05 17:39:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ENRG ETRD EPET KDEM PINR AJ |
06BAKU685 | PRESIDENT ALIYEV "VERY SATISFIED" WITH VISIT TO [...] (C) Summary: In a May 4 meeting, President Aliyev said he was "very satisfied" with his U.S. visit, especially his meeting with President Bush. The comprehensive agenda reflected the "real partnership" between the U.S and Azerbaijan, and laid the groundwork for an expanded relationship. He [...] | 2006-05-05 17:41:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ENRG EPET ETRD KDEM PINR AJ |
06BAKU689 | FOLLOW-UP ON IRAN,S CANDIDACY FOR THE UN HUMAN [...] No summary [...] | 2006-05-09 14:40:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | KUNR PHUM UNHRC PREL AJ |
06BAKU695 | EB/CBA SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE MERMOUD DISCUSSES [...] (C) SUMMARY. On May 4 the Department's Special Representative for Commercial and Business Affairs Frank Mermoud met with new Minister of Finance Samir Sharifov to discuss improving the business climate, working more closely with the private sector and managing fiscal and budgetary constraints [...] | 2006-05-11 07:58:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD EPET EFIN EAID AJ |
06BAKU700 | PREPARATIONS FOR PARLIAMENTARY RERUNS UNDERWAY IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: The May 13 parliamentary rerun race in the northwestern region of Zaqatala promises to the most interesting of an otherwise low-key campaign. Prominent opposition leader Arif Hajili is running in a field of six other serious candidates that includes a government ruling YAP candid [...] | 2006-05-11 11:15:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KDEM PGOV PREL AJ |
06BAKU701 | AZERBAIJAN'S RERUN ELECTIONS: CAMPAIGN QUIET, [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a May 10 briefing, ODIHR Election Observation Head of Mission Geert Aherns reported that the campaign period for ten parliamentary rerun elections to be held on May 13 appeared to be proceeding fairly well, in comparison with the November election. ODIHR,s assessment corre [...] | 2006-05-11 11:17:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KDEM PGOV PREL AJ |
06BAKU702 | AZERBAIJAN: A VOTER TURNOUT SCHEME IN JALILABAD? [...] (U) In the aftermath of the November 6 parliamentary election, the GOAJ Constitutional Court invalidated the results of several precincts within constituency 69 located in Jalilabad along Azerbaijan's southern border with Iran. Citing widespread fraud in the November vote count, the Court canc [...] | 2006-05-11 12:16:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM AJ |
06BAKU703 | AZERBAIJAN DOES NOT ADHERE TO ARAB LEAGUE BOYCOTT [...] (U) The Azerbaijan Ministry of Foreign Affairs has informed the Embassy that the Government of Azerbaijan does not require the participation in or cooperation with the Arab League boycotts or other international boycotts. The GOAJ does not, as a matter of policy, practice or contract requests [...] | 2006-05-12 07:43:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KBCT ABLD PHUM PIRF AJ |
06BAKU704 | ECONOMIC COOPERATION ORGANIZATION SUMMIT IN BAKU [...] (C) Summary: Leaders from Afghanistan, Iran, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan descended on Baku for the Ninth Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO) Summit on May 5. Iranian President Ahmadinejad's participation in the summit attracted much a [...] | 2006-05-12 09:40:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PREL PGOV EFIN EPET ENRG EAID IR AJ |
06BAKU710 | AZERBAIJAN RERUNS: ALL EYES ON VOTE COUNT AFTER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Azerbaijan's May 13 rerun of ten parliamentary districts, canceled due to fraud in November 2005 elections, appears to be proceeding quietly in most districts. While minor procedural problems persist, we have seen little evidence of calculated fraud during balloting. Domestic o [...] | 2006-05-13 14:37:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KDEM PGOV PREL AJ |
06BAKU713 | AZERBAIJAN'S PARLIAMENTARY RERUN ELECTIONS SHOW [...] (C) SUMMARY: Azerbaijan,s May 13 rerun of ten parliamentary races was marked by calm, orderly voting and a relatively clean and transparent vote count. International observers -- including the OSCE/ODIHR Limited Election Observation Mission and the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Euro [...] | 2006-05-15 12:48:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KDEM PGOV PREL AJ |
06BAKU715 | MINISTER OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT SEEKS MORE U.S. [...] (C) SUMMARY: The State Department's Special Representative for Commercial and Business Affairs Frank Mermoud and Charge met May 4 with Azerbaijani Minister of Economic Development Heydar Babayev. Babayev expressed a strong interest in purchasing U.S. products and having more U.S. products, [...] | 2006-05-15 13:20:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ENRG EPET ETRD KDEM PINR AJ |
06BAKU718 | AZERBAIJAN: SOCIAL PROTECTION FUND CHAIRMAN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Chairman of the Social Protection Fund Salim Musilmov discussed with Charge May 12 the Government of Azerbaijan's efforts to reform and modernize its pension system. The Social Protection Fund offers full pension benefits to men with 25 years of employment service at age 62 and [...] | 2006-05-16 11:33:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PGOV PREL AJ |
06BAKU720 | ITOCHU EXPRESSES INTEREST IN BAKU-TBLISI-KARS [...] (C) SUMMARY. Japanese multinational Itochu is seriously interested in the proposed Baku-Tbilisi-Kars rail link. Both Itochu and SOCAR feel the rail link will be necessary to deal with large Caspian oil volumes coming in the future. BP and British Embassy representatives disagree and do not s [...] | 2006-05-16 12:17:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG PREL ELTN AJ GG TR AM JA |
06BAKU722 | LATEST ROUND OF AZERBAIJAN-KAZAKHSTAN IGA TALKS [...] (C) SUMMARY. ConocoPhillips Russia/Caspian Transportation Manager John Dabbar and executive Steven Beck briefed Energy Officer May 6 on the just-concluded round of negotiations over the Azerbaijan-Kazakhstan Inter-Governmental Agreement (IGA) for trans-Caspian oil transport. While "double ta [...] | 2006-05-17 10:39:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG PREL EWWT EINV AJ KZ |
06BAKU724 | AZERBAIJAN: NATIONAL BANK DIRECTOR GENERAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Government of Azerbaijan announced May 15 the appointment of Shahmar Movsumov as Executive Director of the critically important State Oil Fund. Movsumov succeeds Samir Sharifov, who was named Minister of Finance on April 18. Movsumov, a close Embassy contact, speaks excellen [...] | 2006-05-18 03:16:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON PREL PGOV PINR AJ |
06BAKU725 | IRANIAN PRESIDENT AHMADINEJAD FULL OF BRAVADO AT [...] (C) Azerbaijan's Presidential Foreign Policy Advisor Novruz Mammadov told A/DCM that Iranian President Ahmadinejad was full of bravado at the May 5 Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO) Summit in Baku (ref). In informal conversations with other regional leaders before the ECO meeting, Ahma [...] | 2006-05-18 06:53:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON PINR IR AJ |
06BAKU731 | AZERBAIJAN: PRESIDENTIAL ECONOMIC ADVISOR'S [...] (C) SUMMARY. Acting DCM paid a courtesy call on Presidential Economic Counselor Vahid Akhundov May 15 to discuss economic and financial developments in Azerbaijan. Akhundov, in his current position since the early 1990s, discussed the Government of Azerbaijan's efforts to manage its oil revenu [...] | 2006-05-18 09:38:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD ECON EFIN PREL PGOV PINR AJ |
06BAKU733 | UN AGENCIES ENCOURAGE AZERBAIJAN TO PLAN FOR IDP [...] No summary [...] | 2006-05-18 12:43:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PREF PHUM AM AJ |
06BAKU734 | PRESIDENT ALIYEV TO ATTEND KIEV GUAM SUMMIT; GOAJ [...] (C) SUMMARY. President Aliyev will attend the GUAM Summit in Kiev, according to his foreign policy advisor, Novruz Mammadov. Mammadov believes Ukraine will use the summit to stake out a leadership role in the region. Russia, he believes, sees GUAM as a rival to the CIS and will try to lever [...] | 2006-05-18 13:09:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR PBTS ECIN AJ GG UP MD |
06BAKU735 | SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE FOR COMMERCIAL AND BUSINESS [...] (C) SUMMARY: During his recent visit to Baku, Frank Mermoud, State Department Special Representative for Commercial and Business Affairs, and Charge met with representatives of Azerbaijani Airlines (AZAL) and members of the State Customs Committee. The meetings focused on follow-up from the [...] | 2006-05-18 13:10:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ETRD AJ EAIR SNAR |
06BAKU736 | EXPORTING GAS: EB/CBA SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE [...] (C) SUMMARY. Charge and EB/CBA Special Representative Frank Mermoud met May 5 with Elshad Nasirov, Vice President of Azerbaijan's State Oil Company (SOCAR). Nasirov argued that Kazakhstan is unhappy with Gazprom and is looking at alternate methods to get its gas to world markets. Nasirov o [...] | 2006-05-19 06:06:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ECON EPET AJ KZ RU TR |
06BAKU741 | PORTAL MONITOR TRAINING, CALIBRATION AND MAINTENANCE - [...] SUMMARY: The Department of Energy (DOE) and the IAEA have provided, and continue to provide, radiation detection equipment and training to two different agencies within the Government of Azerbaijan resulting in a fragmented approach to the detection of radioactive material transiting the bord [...] | 2006-05-19 13:01:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC MNUC PARM PBTS PREL KSTC KNNP RU AJ |
06BAKU742 | NEW KAZAKHSTAN DRAFT OF AZERBAIJAN-KAZAKHSTAN IGA [...] (C) On May 19, John Dabbar of ConocoPhillips informed Energy Officer of recentdevelopments in the negotiations over the Azerbaijan-Kazakhstan Inter-Governmental Agreement (IGA) for cross-Caspian oil transport. Dabbar said that Kairgeldy Kabyldin of KazMunaiGaz has been removed from his positio [...] | 2006-05-19 13:03:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG PREL EWWT EINV AJ KZ |
06BAKU754 | DELIVERY OF U.S. STRATEGY FOR NATIONAL AVIAN [...] No summary [...] | 2006-05-23 09:13:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO KFLU KPAO SENV AJ |
06BAKU758 | AZERBAIJAN CAUTIOUS AS IRAN CRACKS DOWN ON ETHNIC [...] (C) SUMMARY: Azerbaijani society has taken a strong interest in reports that Iranian security forces opened fire May 22 on a demonstration of about 100,000 mostly Azeri-Iranian students in the city of Tabriz, killing at least ten. A flurry of Azerbaijani press reports has fanned public interes [...] | 2006-05-24 15:09:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PGOV KDEM IR AJ |
06BAKU762 | IRANIAN AMBASSADOR SPEAKS OUT ON ETHNIC AZERI [...] (U) The ongoing demonstrations by ethnic Azeris in Iran and reports of more police violence, deaths, and arrests continue to generate headlines and intense interest in Azerbaijan (ref a). Iranian Ambassador Afshar Suleymani (an ethnic Azeri himself) held a press conference on May 24 in which [...] | 2006-05-25 13:58:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM PINR IR AJ |
06BAKU769 | BP OFFICIALS ON FUTURE TRENDS IN THE EAST-WEST [...] (C) SUMMARY. On May 17, BP Azerbaijan Associate President David Woodward and BP Executive Vice President Andy Inglis briefed Charge and British Ambassador on recent developments in Caspian energy projects. BP has reached closure with BOTAS on a deal for BTC completion. Woodward and Inglis fe [...] | 2006-05-30 03:36:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG PREL PGOV AJ KZ |
06BAKU782 | PROTESTS IN IRAN CONTINUE TO MAKE NEWS IN [...] (U) The protests by Azeri-Iranians in northern Iran continue to supply a steady diet of news stories to an interested readership in Azerbaijan. The TURAN news agency cites unnamed Iranian sources to the effect that "tens of thousands" participated in a major protest in the Iranian city of Par [...] | 2006-05-30 12:57:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM PINR ASEC IR AJ |
06BAKU803 | TURKS, OPPOSITION PARTIES ON AZERI-IRANIAN [...] (C) Emboff met with Turkish DCM Erhan Ozoral on May 31 to discuss the Azeri-Iranian demonstrations in Iran. Ambassador Morali was Turkey's Ambassador to Iran before coming to Azerbaijan, and Turkey has consulates in Tabriz and Urmiya. Morali had told Charge May 26 that the Turkish consulates in [...] | 2006-06-01 13:33:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM PINR IR AJ |
06BAKU804 | AZERBAIJANI PRESIDENT SUPPORTS U.S. ANNOUNCEMENT [...] (C/NF) Charge d'Affaires met with Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev June 1 to deliver reftel points on Iran. President Aliyev told Charge he would immediately instruct Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov to follow-up on our request that the GOAJ issue a public statement welcoming the initiativ [...] | 2006-06-01 14:50:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV IR AJ |
06BAKU805 | AZERBAIJANI PRESIDENT SUPPORTS U.S. ANNOUNCEMENT [...] (C) Charge d'Affaires met with Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev June 1 to deliver reftel points on Iran. President Aliyev told Charge he would immediately instruct Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov to follow-up on our request that the GOAJ issue a public statement welcoming the initiative. [...] | 2006-06-01 15:02:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IR AJ |
06BAKU811 | AZERBAIJAN: PRESIDENT'S REPUBLIC DAY ADDRESS NOTES [...] (U) Summary: In his May 26 Republic Day address President Aliyev underscored that the booming economy would positively impact the life of ordinary citizens as the GOAJ forcefully addressed the country's socio-economic problems. Aliyev made similar remarks to the nation May 29 when oil from the [...] | 2006-06-02 06:54:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ETRD EPET PREL PGOV PINR AJ |
06BAKU812 | AZERBAIJAN: BILATERAL TAX TREATY NEGOTIATIONS [...] No summary [...] | 2006-06-02 06:56:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN PREL PGOV AJ |
06BAKU813 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR EUR DEPUTY ASSISTANT [...] Embassy Baku warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to EUR Deputy Assistant Secretary Matthew J. Bryza to travel to Baku 5-8 June 2006. Control officer will be Energy Officer Kerem Bilge. Mr. Bilge can be reached at the Embassy at: Email: BilgeKS@State.Gov Mobile: (994) ( [...] | 2006-06-02 08:15:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA OVIP AJ |
06BAKU824 | AZERBAIJAN: DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER EXPECTS [...] (C) Deputy Foreign Minister Vagif Sadiqov told Charge June 5 that he believed the violent protests in northern Iran by Iran's ethnic Azeri population had only temporarily abated. Sadiqov commented that the breath and scope of the protests underscored deeper discontent among the ethnic Azeri Ira [...] | 2006-06-05 12:19:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IR AJ |
06BAKU828 | EB/CBA SPECIAL REP FRANK MERMOUD ATTENDS FORUM FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY. Representatives from McDermott Caspian Construction, ExxonMobil, ConocoPhillips, Statoil and BP participated in the Charge's Energy Forum with Frank Mermoud on May 4. Many pointed out that while they want to do further projects in Azerbaijan, working levels of the GOAJ and SOCAR [...] | 2006-06-06 10:13:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ECON EPET PGOV PINR AJ KZ |
06BAKU829 | EB/CBA SPECIAL REP FRANK MERMOUD MEETS WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY. On May 4, EB/CBA Special Representative Frank Mermoud and Charge met with Natik Aliyev, Minister of Energy and Industry. Aliyev discussed the importance of BTC expansion and progress on the BTC and SCP energy export projects. On the domestic side, he said that Turkish energy di [...] | 2006-06-06 10:13:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ECON EPET PGOV PINR AJ |
06BAKU836 | AZERBAIJAN HOPES TO STRENGTHEN OIC'S INTERNATIONAL [...] (C) Summary: Azerbaijani Deputy Foreign Minister (DFM) Vagif Sadiqov told Charge June 5 that the GOAJ planned to use its chairmanship of the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) to expand the OIC's cooperation with regional bodies such as the OSCE, ASEAN and other organizations, on ter [...] | 2006-06-07 11:07:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KISL AJ |
06BAKU858 | EUR DAS BRYZA AND AZERBAIJANI PRESIDENT ALIYEV [...] (C) SUMMARY. EUR DAS Matt Bryza met with Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev June 6 to discuss Azerbaijan's growing role as energy supplier, its regional relations and Nagorno-Karabakh. Aliyev expressed strong and unambiguous support for the U.S. "Southern Corridor" Strategy to help Europe di [...] | 2006-06-12 12:42:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR AJ AM |
06BAKU930 | AZERBAIJAN TO OPEN CULTURAL OFFICE IN ISRAEL? [...] (C) According to Ilgar Mukhtarov, director of the Americas Desk at the MFA, Azerbaijan has serious plans to open a cultural office in Israel that it will begin to act on after the June OIC Summit in Baku concludes. Mukhtarov explained that an Embassy or even a Trade Mission would be too diffi [...] | 2006-06-22 10:06:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IS AJ |
06BAKU934 | AZERBAIJAN: OIC MEETING ENDS QUIETLY [...] (SBU) With the hosting of the 33rd session of the Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC) Azerbaijan significantly raised its international profile. Presidential Advisor Novruz Mammadov told reporters that the fact the OIC occurred in Baku signaled "Azerbaijan's growing reputation in the wor [...] | 2006-06-23 15:43:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KISL IR AJ |
06BAKU946 | AZERBAIJAN: FIRES IN THE OCCUPIED TERRITORIES [...] (C) SUMMARY: For the past several weeks, fires in the Armenian-occupied territories of Aghdam, Khojavand, and Tartar have been a constant news item and subject of commentary by politicians and analysts. The Azerbaijani press and Members of Parliament (MPs) have focused on blaming Armenian forc [...] | 2006-06-27 13:20:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PBTS AM AJ |
06BAKU947 | BP JUNE UPDATE ON EAST-WEST ENERGY CORRIDOR [...] (C) SUMMARY. In his regular brief for Charge and British Ambassador, AIOC President David Woodward noted rising production in the ACG field and the first tanker lifting of BTC-delivered oil from Ceyhan. The gala ceremonies officially opening BTC in Ceyhan will take place July 12-13 and the G [...] | 2006-06-27 14:01:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG PREL AJ KZ IR |
06BAKU948 | BAKU ENERGY COMMUNITY CAUTIOUSLY OPTIMISTIC ON [...] (C) Views in Baku of the Kazakhstan-Azerbaijan Inter-Governmental Agreement (IGA) on trans-Caspian oil recently signed in Almaty are positive if unenthusiastic. John Dabbar of ConocoPhillips considers the IGA to be "not that bad," as it includes "nothing hugely detrimental" to the project. A [...] | 2006-06-27 14:02:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG PREL EWWT EINV AJ KZ |
06BAKU953 | AZERBAIJAN: CHAIRMAN OF STATE RELIGIOUS COMMITTEE [...] (C) In a June 27 announcement, President Aliyev dismissed Rafiq Aliyev, the Chairman of the State Committee on Work with Religious Associations (SCWRA). No reason was given publicly for Aliyev's dismissal. Aliyev (no relation to the president) was originally appointed in 2001 by Heydar Aliyev [...] | 2006-06-28 13:10:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM AJ |
06BAKU974 | AZERBAIJAN: NORTH KOREAN MISSILE LAUNCHES [...] (SBU) Pol/Econ Chief delivered ref points on North Korean Missile Launches to MFA Americas Desk officer Elchin Bashirov on July 6. Bashirov said that although Azerbaijan was following this issue, because North Korea is not geographically close to Azerbaijan, he did not expect the MFA to issu [...] | 2006-07-06 10:36:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PARM KNNP KN AJ |
06BAKU980 | AMBASSADOR'S INTRODUCTORY CALL ON FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (C) Summary: During the Ambassador's July 3 introductory call, Foreign Minister Mammadyarov said Azerbaijan would need U.S. help to secure access to European gas markets and develop a new Trans-Caspian gas pipeline. Noting the dangers of over-reliance on the energy sector, the Ambassador urg [...] | 2006-07-06 13:59:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM ENRG EPET ETRD IZ AJ |
06BAKU989 | AMBASSADOR'S INTRODUCTORY CALL ON ECONOMIC [...] (C) SUMMARY: In her July 7 introductory meeting with Minister of Economic Development Heydar Babayev, Ambassador Derse raised the importance of WTO membership, development of the non-oil sector, energy security and development of the banking sector. Babayev noted that he was not satisfied with [...] | 2006-07-10 16:05:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN ETRD EPET AJ IR RU ABLD |
06BAKU991 | AMBASSADOR'S INTRODUCTORY CALL ON FIRST DEPUTY [...] (C) SUMMARY: In her introductory call on First Deputy Prime Minister Yaqub Eyyubov, the Ambassador discussed the U.S.- Azerbaijani bilateral relationship. She urged the Cabinet of Ministers to move forward quickly on a letter designating the Azerbaijani Navy as a partner in the Weapons of Mass [...] | 2006-07-11 05:55:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PBTS PARM PTER KNNP AJ |
06BAKU992 | AMBASSADOR'S INTRODUCTORY CALL ON PRIME MINISTER [...] (C) Summary: During the Ambassador's July 4 introductory call, Prime Minister Rasizade urged the U.S. to consider the root causes of terrorism. The Ambassador responded that U.S. policy focuses on eliminating terrorism by giving people hope in the future, and urged Azerbaijan, as Chair of the [...] | 2006-07-11 08:01:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM ETRD ECON KISL IR AJ |
06BAKU993 | AMBASSADOR'S INTRODUCTORY CALL ON PRESIDENTIAL [...] (C) Summary: During her July 7 introductory call on Presidential Chief of Staff Ramiz Mehdiyev, the Ambassador reviewed U.S. priorities for the bilateral relationship -- global security, energy security, and political and economic reform -- emphasizing that continued reform is essential for [...] | 2006-07-11 08:25:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PBTS ECON ETRD KDEM PHUM AM AJ |
06BAKU994 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON FIRST TRANSITION TO IRAQI [...] (C) Ambassador delivered ref a points to Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov on July 3, emphasizing that the transfer of security responsibility from the Multinational Force-Iraq (MNF-I) to Iraqi civilian authorities in Muthanna province represents significant progress. Mammadyarov welcomed th [...] | 2006-07-11 08:28:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS PREL NATO IZ AJ |
06BAKU996 | AMBASSADOR'S INTRODUCTORY MEETINGS WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: In the Ambassador's introductory calls, executives from BP and other international energy companies operating in Azerbaijan painted a complex picture of fragmented leadership within Azerbaijan's energy sector, indecision within the GOAJ over whether to move forward on new energy p [...] | 2006-07-11 12:10:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EPET ENRG PREL PINR RU AJ |
06BEIJING24470 | DECEMBER 12 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: SIX-PARTY TALKS, [...] Key Points at the December 12 MFA Press Conference were: -- The Six-Party Talks will resume on December 18 with the Joint Statement of September 19, 2005 forming the basis for negotiations. -- Trade issues with the United States can be resolved through dialogue and China has worked in "ea [...] | 2006-12-12 11:31:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PTER ECON KN IS AJ CD CA CI LO KZ CH |
06BRUSSELS731 | EUR DAS BRYZA DISCUSSES CAUCASUS, CENTRAL ASIA, [...] (C) Summary: In U.S.-EU COEST Troika consultations on Caucasus and Central Asia on February 23, EUR DAS Matt Bryza discussed with EU officials how to change the dynamic of discussions on South Ossetia. Echoing an EU Presidency statement on February 21, EU representatives agreed that the inte [...] | 2006-03-06 08:00:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL GG AM AJ TX KZ TI KG USEU BRUSSELS |
06BUCHAREST981 | ROMANIAN BLACK SEA FORUM: FIRST STEPS TOWARD A [...] (C) Summary. Senior GOR officials assert that they will use the momentum initiated by the June 5 "Black Sea Forum for Dialogue and Partnership" summit in Bucharest as a "launching pad" for further dialogue and cooperation in the Black Sea region. Romanian interlocutors have also expressed gr [...] | 2006-06-13 16:33:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AORC ECIN PINS PHSA NATO PGOV AM AJ BU |
06ISTANBUL1341 | BTC PRE-INAUGURATION MEETINGS IN ISTANBUL [...] (SBU) Summary: Energy Deputy Secretary Sell and senior U.S. officials met with high-level delegations from Azerbaijan, Georgia, Turkey and Kazakhstan in Istanbul on July 12 to discuss issues related to the Baku-Tiblisi-Ceyhan (BTC) pipeline on the eve of its inauguration. Deputy Secretary Sell and [...] | 2006-07-26 13:04:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET ENRG PREL AJ GG KZ RU TU |
06KIEV1693 | UKRAINE: PARTY OF REGIONS LEADER YANUKOVYCH'S [...] (C) Party of Regions leader Viktor Yanukovych told Ambassador April 27 that working-level negotiations with President Yushchenko's Our Ukraine bloc continued. While many issues had been worked out, Yanukovych would need to meet with Yushchenko to resolve key issues. Yanukovych implied that R [...] | 2006-04-28 13:23:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ENRG NATO EPET PINR ZK ZJ AJ BO |
06LINSK1234 | LUKASHENKO'S NEW FOREIGN POLICY: A METHOD TO THE [...] No summary [...] | 2006-12-01 14:03:00 | Embassy Minsk | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON CH VE AJ IR BO |
06MINSK1234 | LUKASHENKO'S NEW FOREIGN POLICY: A METHOD TO THE [...] (C) Belarus' rocky relationship with Russia has forced the isolated country to pursue a different course in its foreign policy. The GOB has ratcheted up its efforts to strengthen ties with countries like Iran, Venezuela, Azerbaijan, and China over the past year. Belarus is attempting to div [...] | 2006-12-01 14:03:00 | Embassy Minsk | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON CH VE AJ IR BO |
06MOSCOW5458 | AMBASSADOR'S MAY 23 MEETING WITH DFM KARASIN [...] (C) Ambassador met with DFM Karasin May 23. Karasin was to leave later that day for a Nagorno-Karabakh trip. He hoped to be pleasantly surprised. With regard to U/S Burns' letter on South Ossetia, Karasin stressed positive movement and labeled the rest a matter of interpretation, but argued [...] | 2006-05-23 13:35:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ENRG IR AJ AM GG BO UP RS |
06MOSCOW6358 | U.S.-RUSSIA TALKS ON THE CAUCASUS [...] (C) DAS Kramer accompanied by the DCM called on Russian MFA Fourth CIS Department Director (DAS equivalent) Andrey Kelin June 13 to discuss Caucasus issues. (Kramer met subsequently one-on-one with DFM Karasin on other regional agenda items.) Kramer pushed Kelin hard on Russia's support for s [...] | 2006-06-15 05:04:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS OSCE GG AM AJ RS |
06MOSCOW963 | AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH RUSSIAN DFM KARASIN, [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Burns met with Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Karasin January 31 to discuss recent developments on regional issues. They spent most of the meeting discussing Georgia; it was clear that President Saakashvili's accusations concerning the January 22 pipeline explosion [...] | 2006-01-31 14:04:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ENRG UNSC AJ AM GG BO UP IAEA IR RS |
06ROME163 | AVIAN INFLUENZA: FAO UPDATE ON TURKEY AND THE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. ON JANUARY 13, USMISSION UN ROME STAFF MET WITH JOSEPH DOMENECH, FAO CHIEF VETERINARY OFFICER, AND MEMBERS OF HIS STAFF TO DISCUSS THE CURRENT SITUATION IN TURKEY AND NEEDS THERE. ALSO DISCUSSED WAS THE OUTLOOK FOR ARMENIA, AZERBAIJAN AND GEORGIA. FOR TURKEY, DOMENECH STATE [...] | 2006-01-18 11:05:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR EAID CASC SENV SOCI TBIO TU UP AM AJ GG FAO WHO AVIAN INFLUENZA |
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 |
06ROME428 | AVIAN INFLUENZA: FAO UPDATE ON NIGERIA [...] From February 8-10, USMISSION UN Rome staff met with Juan Lubroth, FAO Senior Veterinary Officer, to discuss the current situation in Nigeria. 2. In these discussions, Lubroth reported the following: -- Two children are suspected of having contracted the virus. A WHO assessment arrives [...] | 2006-02-13 12:17:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR EAID CASC SENV SOCI TBIO NI UP AM AJ GG FAO WHO AVIAN INFLUENZA |
06ROME430 | AVIAN INFLUENZA: FAO UPDATE ON NIGERIA [...] From February 8-10, USMISSION UN Rome staff met with Juan Lubroth, FAO Senior Veterinary Officer, to discuss the current situation in Nigeria. 2. In these discussions, Lubroth reported the following: -- Two children are suspected of having contracted the virus. A WHO assessment team ar [...] | 2006-02-13 12:18:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR EAID CASC SENV SOCI TBIO NI UP AM AJ GG FAO WHO AVIAN INFLUENZA |
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 |
06SOFIA743 | BULGARIA AND THE BLACK SEA [...] (C) SUMMARY. A cautious Bulgarian delegation, led by Foreign Minister Kalfin, will attend the June 5 Black Sea Forum. The GOB's Black Sea interagency working group has not yet made a recommendation on Bulgarian participation in Operation Black Sea Harmony (OBSH),and the Bulgarians are looki [...] | 2006-05-26 10:14:00 | Embassy Sofia | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO MARR MOPS RS GG RO TU AR AJ BU |
06STATE123845 | AZERBAIJAN AND THE OIC: LENDING SUPPORT TO THE GOI [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. 2. (C) Washington read reftel (A) with interest. The willingness of the international community, particularly Iraq's neighbors and its Islamic partners, to support Iraq will be critical to Iraq's success. The U.S. welcomes Azerbaijan [...] | 2006-07-28 15:53:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET ETRD PGOV PHUM PREL AJ IZ |
06STATE123851 | AZERBAIJAN AND THE OIC: LENDING SUPPORT TO THE GOI [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. 2. (C) Washington read reftel (A) with interest. The willingness of the international community, particularly Iraq's neighbors and its Islamic partners, to support Iraq will be critical to Iraq's success. The U.S. welcomes Azerbaijan [...] | 2006-07-28 15:55:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET ETRD PGOV PHUM PREL AJ IZ |
06STATE159998 | A/S FRIED,S MEETING WITH AZERBAIJANI STATE OIL [...] (U) A/S Fried, joined by NSC Director for Eurasia Judy Ansley, met with Executive Director of the State Oil Fund of Azerbaijan (SOFAZ) Shahmar Movsumov on September 20 in New York on the margins of the UNGA. EUR/CARC Director Elizabeth Rood also attended (notetaker). 2. (U) A/S Fried beg [...] | 2006-09-25 20:46:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN ENRG EPET AJ |
06STATE203832 | REQUEST FOR ASSISTANCE WITH HUMAN RIGHTS AND [...] This is an action request. Please see para 5. SUMMARY ------- 2. (C) This cable informs addressee posts that grantees from the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor (DRL) and the Bureau of Near East Asian Affairs (NEA) may be operating in their countries, alone or in cooperation w [...] | 2006-12-28 21:43:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL KDEM AW AF AJ AMB FR GG GM IR IT KZ TI |
06TOKYO2066 | U/S BURNS' LETTER DELIVERED TO JAPANESE GOVERNMENT [...] No summary [...] | 2006-04-17 08:21:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL OPDC PGOV PTER RS BO GG MD AM AJ JA |
06TOKYO2068 | JAPAN TO "SERIOUSLY CONSIDER" G-8 AGENDA REQUEST; [...] No summary [...] | 2006-04-17 08:23:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS PHUM AMED AJ BO GG MD RS JA |
06USUNNEWYORK1546 | AMBASSADOR WOLFF'S MEETING WITH MINSK GROUP [...] (SBU) Summary. Minsk Group Co-chair reps met with Acting General Assembly President August 14 to discuss the Azerbaijani draft resolution regarding the fires that have been raging since June in the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh. Ambassador Wolff delivered reftel points, which were endo [...] | 2006-08-16 13:10:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV UNGA AJ AM |
06USUNNEWYORK1595 | MEETING OF MINSK GROUP CO-CHAIRS WITH AZERI [...] (SBU) Summary. Minsk Group Co-chair reps met with Azeri PermRep Aliyev August 18 to discuss the Azeri draft GA resolution regarding the fires that have been raging since June in the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh. Ambassador Wolff delivered reftel points, which were endorsed by the oth [...] | 2006-08-21 18:50:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV UNGA AJ AM |
06USUNNEWYORK363 | AZERBAIJAN: CEDAW CANDIDACY [...] Mission has received a note from the Permanent Mission of Azerbaijan to the United Nations requesting USG support for the candidature of Azerbaijan for election to the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) for the term 2007-2011. The elections will be held durin [...] | 2006-02-27 14:41:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC CEDAW UNAUS SOCI PHUM AJ |
06USUNNEWYORK572 | AZERBAIJAN: HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL CANDIDACY [...] Mission received a note from the Permanent Mission of Azerbaijan 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 Unite [...] | 2006-03-23 15:30:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC PHUM UN AJ |
06VILNIUS442 | VILNIUS CDC SUMMIT: DEMOCRACY IS EUROPE'S DESTINY [...] (U) Heads of state from the Baltic, Black Sea and Caucasus regions gathered with EU and U.S. high-level officials May 4 for a regional conference, "Common Vision for a Common Neighborhood," which Lithuania and Poland co-hosted. This second Community of Democratic Choice (CDC) summit enabled f [...] | 2006-05-12 12:19:00 | Embassy Vilnius | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NATO LT LG EN PL GG BO AM AJ UP RO |
06WARSAW1167 | POLAND: UPDATE ON ENERGY SECURITY [...] (C) The Government of Poland continues to pursue its goal of diversifying energy resources. On May 31, the Cabinet of Ministers approved a resolution prioritizing construction of a gas pipeline from Norway, liquified natural gas (LNG) terminal, and extension of the Odessa-Brody oil pipeline [...] | 2006-06-13 14:39:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET GG PO PREL RS SA SL UR AJ EZ |
06WARSAW148 | U.S.-POLAND STRATEGIC DIALOGUE II - ENERGY SECURITY [...] (C) Begin Summary. Septel reports on security and defense issues discussed by EUR A/S Dan Fried and ASD/ISP Peter Flory at the Third U.S.-Polish Strategic Dialogue (SD) January 25 in Warsaw and provides a list of the principal U.S. and Polish participants. This cable reports on the Energy [...] | 2006-01-31 18:29:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ECON PGOV PREL PL UP RS NO AJ TX |
06WARSAW2008 | POLAND'S PKN ORLEN DISCUSSES MAZEIKIU NAFTA, [...] (C) PKN Orlen's (PKNO) Deputy President Cezary Filipowicz requested information from the USG on whether Yukos International is considering a proposal to put the Mazeikiu Nafta (MN) refinery shares into escrow to further protect them from Yukos Finance. Poland is attempting to gain support fr [...] | 2006-09-15 14:21:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ECON ETRD PL AJ KZ RS ES LG LH PREL |
06WARSAW2359 | BRIEFING THE POLES ON WHY KOSOVO IS NOT A [...] (C) Pol External Chief delivered reftel demarche November 3 to Mieczyslaw Kuzinski, action officer for Security Threats and Eurasian Conflicts in the MFA Security Policy Department. Kuzinski stated that the GOP agreed wholeheartedly with the U.S. position that the resolution of the status of K [...] | 2006-11-08 15:52:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PBTS PREL AJ AM GG MD SR |
06YEREVAN1000 | ARMENIAN PRIME MINISTER VOICES SUPPORT FOR OSCE [...] (SBU) Addressing the extraordinary congress of Republican Party of Armenia (reftel),the chairman of the party, Prime Minister Andranik Markarian, spoke about the resolution of the Nagorno Karabakh (NK) conflict, reiterating that the most recent proposals put forth by the OSCE Minsk group (name [...] | 2006-07-25 13:20:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV AJ AM |
06YEREVAN103 | MOSCOW-YEREVAN FLIGHT LANDS IN BAKU WITHOUT [...] (SBU) On January 24 the Siberia Airlines plane making Moscow-Yerevan flight 906 diverted to land in Baku due to poor weather conditions in Yerevan. The passengers did not leave the craft and were served hot food. After spending two hours in Baku, the plane flew to Tbilisi and continued to la [...] | 2006-01-24 12:18:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON PREL AJ AM |
06YEREVAN127 | RUSSIAN GAS HASN'T REACHED ARMENIA YET [...] (C) On January 29, Armenia cut gas to its thermal power plant in Hrazdan (which converts gas to electricity),reducing the country's average daily consumption to about 3.5 (down from 6.7) million cubic meters (mcm),enough to conserve about one more day of useful gas reserves. Banking on repo [...] | 2006-01-30 14:17:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG PREL RS GG AJ IR AM |
06YEREVAN130 | ENERGY: ARMENIA GEARING UP FOR EXPORTS TO GEORGIA [...] (C) Natural gas from Russia reached Armenia on January 30, just as Armenia depleted its useful reserves. At full capacity (delivering 375 thousand cubic meters per hour) by early morning January 31, the pipeline has now pressurized sufficiently to restart thermal units in Hrazdan, a process A [...] | 2006-01-31 12:02:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG PREL RS GG AJ IR AM |
06YEREVAN150 | WITH POWERLINES ENERGIZED, ARMENIAN ELECTRICITY [...] (C) The flow of natural gas from Russia through Georgia has continued at full capacity (9 million cubic meters daily) without interruption since January 31. The GOAM energized two power lines to Georgia (reftel) which have supplied an average of 125 megawatts since the thermal power unit in H [...] | 2006-02-02 12:46:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG PREL RS GG AJ IR AM |
06YEREVAN1602 | FM OSKANIAN PRESENTS FOREIGN POLICY GOALS [...] (C) Armenian FM Vartan Oskanian presented a succinct outline of Armenian foreign and domestic policy priorities during the Wilton Park Conference on the South Caucasus held in Yerevan November 6 - 10. Oskanian elaborated on Armenia's foreign policy of "complementarity," identified economic li [...] | 2006-11-14 11:47:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV AJ TU AM |
06YEREVAN1644 | ARMENIAN ADVANCES WITH FMF AND IMET [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: After years of pushing against our refusal to allow use of Foreign Military Financing (FMF to purchase communications equipment for the entire Armenian army -- including units stationed on the border with Azerbaijan -- the Armenian Ministry of Defense (MOD) has finally agreed to [...] | 2006-11-27 13:01:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PARM MASS MARR AM AJ |
06YEREVAN1674 | DE FACTO N-K AUTHORITIES INVITE U.S. TO OBSERVE [...] (C) The Yerevan representative office of the self-declared "Nagorno-Karabakh Republic" (NKR) asked post to convey a letter to EUR DAS Matt Bryza, in his capacity as Minsk Group co-chair, advising him of an NKR referendum December 10 and inviting him to observe the proceedings. Full text of the [...] | 2006-12-04 16:20:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PBTS AM AJ |
06YEREVAN1687 | ARMENIA'S CONTINGENCY PLAN FOR IF-AND-WHEN RUSSIA [...] (C) As winter approaches and tensions continue between Georgia and Russia, Armenians are increasingly concerned that Russian gas, shipped to Armenia through Georgia, will be cut off as happened in January 2006 (ref A). According to a USAID-funded expert, Armen Arzumanyan, if Russian gas is cut [...] | 2006-12-07 10:57:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ENRG PREL RS GA AJ AM |
06YEREVAN1705 | ARMENIA'S PRESS REPORTS ON REFERENDUM IN "NKR" [...] (SBU) The Armenian media widely covered the constitutional referendum held December 10 in the "Nagorno Karabakh Republic." According to preliminary results, the constitution passed by 98.6 percent, with an 87 percent voter turnout. Newspapers complained at the international community's refus [...] | 2006-12-11 14:03:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV AM AJ |
06YEREVAN1742 | AZERBAIJANI SOLDIER CAPTURED BY ARMENIAN TROOPS [...] (U) The Armenian press reports that an Azerbaijani soldier was captured by ethnic Armenian forces in Nagorno Karabakh (N-K) on the line of contact December 7, after he reportedly crossed into Armenian-controlled territory east of N-K, in the Aghdam District. It is unclear whether 19-year-old V [...] | 2006-12-20 11:52:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM AJ AM |
06YEREVAN189 | ARMENIAN BODY POLITIC: FEARING A DEAL ON N-K [...] (C) Despite the fact that only a handful of people in the GOAM have any concrete information about the state of the discussions on Nagorno-Karabakh (N-K),the Armenian political class is clearly concerned that a deal might well be in the works. In contrast to senior government officials' publi [...] | 2006-02-08 13:53:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV AJ AM |
06YEREVAN227 | FULL TEXT OF NATIONAL ASSEMBLY REPORT ON N-K [...] (SBU) The National Assembly's Committee on Foreign Relations released its report on the March 29-30, 2005 hearings on the "Nagorno Karabakh Problem: Settlement Ways" (original in English). Although at this late date the report itself is not likely to inform Armenian public opinion, its relea [...] | 2006-02-14 12:20:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV AJ AM |
06YEREVAN231 | IRANIAN FM LAUDS RELATIONS WITH ARMENIA, CALLS [...] (C) "We do not need permission to pursue a peaceful nuclear program," Iranian Foreign Minister Mottaki told reporters during a press conference at the Armenian Ministry of Foreign Affairs February 14 in Yerevan. Mottaki arrived in Yerevan February 14 for a series of official meetings at Forei [...] | 2006-02-14 14:05:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM ENRG KNNP PREL MARR RS AJ IR AM |
06YEREVAN237 | IS AN N-K SETTLEMENT DEAD? EVERYONE POINTING [...] (C) Official Yerevan remains careful not to close the door on the possibility of a settlement in the long-running Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, while opposition politicians and thinktankers appear almost gleeful in what is being widely reported as a breakdown in the talks at Rambouillet. Most im [...] | 2006-02-15 14:32:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV AJ AM |
06YEREVAN238 | ARMENIAN FM OSKANIAN REFLECTS ON RAMBOUILLET [...] (C) SUMMARY: Foreign Minister Oskanian was not as pessimistic about the results of Rambouillet as we had anticipated when we heard him reflect on the event and on his views of the way ahead February 15. Although agreement eluded the two presidents at Paris, it was Oskanian's view that many is [...] | 2006-02-16 04:07:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL AM AJ OSCE |
06YEREVAN274 | GHUKASIAN CALLS FOR ARMENIA TO LEAVE THE [...] (C) Nagorno-Karabakh "president" Arkady Ghukasian called on Armenia to pursue negotiations with Azerbaijan only if N-K representatives were a part of the process. Although Armenian Foreign Minister Oskanian quickly moved to issue a clarification of Ghukasian's comments, the GOAM was clearly [...] | 2006-02-24 11:33:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV AJ AM |
06YEREVAN281 | KEEPING ARMENIA'S LIGHTS ON: PIPE DREAMS AND [...] (C) President Robert Kocharian is, by most accounts, Armenia's negotiator-in-chief on energy. He has personally formulated and, through a tight network of close advisors, controlled the implementation of the GOAM's strategically important and financially significant energy deals with Russia a [...] | 2006-02-27 10:58:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR PGOV PREL ASEC EAID ENRG KNNP GG AJ AM |
06YEREVAN294 | MORE ON RAMBOUILLET FROM KOCHARIAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a private discussion February 28 with the Ambassador, President Kocharian did not rule out further talks on Nagorno-Karabakh, but dilated at some length on why he believed Rambouillet had been doomed to failure from the outset, and why he did not believe that Azeri President Al [...] | 2006-03-01 11:08:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | AJ AM PGOV PREL OSCE |
06YEREVAN315 | N-K: KOCHARIAN'S PRIME-TIME INTERVIEW [...] (SBU) In a rare, 45-minute television interview aired live on March 2, President Kocharian addressed Nagorno-Karabakh and OSCE-Minsk Group-led negotiations at Rambouillet in February. Looking fully at ease and in complete control of the scene, Kocharian answered questions from a carefully se [...] | 2006-03-02 12:58:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV AJ AM |
06YEREVAN350 | ACTION ALONG THE ARMENIA AZERBAIJAN BORDER [...] (C) Cease-fire violations along the border between Armenia and Azerbaijan have intensified over the last several weeks, according to news reports confirmed by Deputy Minister of Defense General-Lieutenant Artur Aghabekyan and Ministry of Foreign Affairs OSCE Desk Officer Head Varuzhan Nersissia [...] | 2006-03-09 13:23:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PBTS PGOV PREL MARR AJ AM |
06YEREVAN458 | SHOOTING DISRUPTS MARCH 29 OSCE MONITORING MISSION [...] (C) OSCE Special Representative Andrzej Kasprzyk told CDA on March 31 that he called off a March 29 cease fire monitoring event because shots were fired in the vicinity and neither the "N-K" nor the Azeri side could account for their origin. A report signed by OSCE Special Representatives And [...] | 2006-03-30 13:07:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MASS OSCE AJ AM |
06YEREVAN501 | ABANDONED AZERI GRAVEYARD SUFFERS NEGLECT, [...] (SBU) Beyond common neglect, which, for the most part has led to the deterioration of an abandoned Azeri cemetery in Armenia's northern Lori province, we noted during a March 26 visit that vandals had intentionally damaged several of the cemetery's Muslim grave markers. The destruction did not [...] | 2006-04-06 12:37:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM ETRD UNESCO SCUL AJ AM |
06YEREVAN557 | ARMENIAN KATHOLIKOS PLANS OUTREACH TO TURKEY, [...] (C) The Primate of the Armenian Apostolic Church, Karekin II, told Ambassador April 18 that he planned to visit Istanbul June 20-26 at the invitation of the Ecumenical Patriarch, but would not be venturing further into Turkey on this, his first visit there. Instead, he hoped to make a second [...] | 2006-04-18 11:02:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM AM AJ TU |
06YEREVAN687 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: RECONCILING MARITIME SECURITY [...] No summary [...] | 2006-05-18 11:45:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO MARR MOPS RS BU GG RO TU AR AJ AM |
06YEREVAN688 | GOOD POLITICAL CLIMATE IN ARMENIA FOR A DEAL ON N-K [...] (C) We look forward to welcoming you to Yerevan again. Given your familiarity with the Nagorno-Karabakh negotiations, we would like to take this opportunity to update you on domestic political developments, some of which may influence Armenian decision-making with respect to N-K. 2. (C) Des [...] | 2006-05-18 12:42:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV OTRA OSCE AJ AM |
06YEREVAN743 | ARMENIA: OPINION POLL ON N-K SETTLEMENT, POLITICS [...] (C) The vast majority of Armenians believe it is important to solve the problems related to Nagorno-Karabakh (N-K) in the "near future," according to the results of a May 2006 Gallup poll commissioned by the International Republican Institute (IRI). The poll results also demonstrated that, wh [...] | 2006-05-31 13:46:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL AJ AM |
06YEREVAN851 | N-K DFM BLAMES FIRES ON AZERI TRACER BULLETS AS [...] (SBU) A top "Nagorno-Karabakh Republic" (NKR) official has refuted Azeri allegations that the Armenian military is starting fires in Azerbaijani settlements bordering N-K. NKR "Deputy Foreign Minister" Masis Mayilian told the press some of the fires were natural occurrences, but that Azeri tra [...] | 2006-06-23 12:37:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV AJ AM |
06YEREVAN922 | OSCE: "NOTHING TO" AZERI CLAIMS OF ARMENIAN ARSON [...] (C) There is "nothing to" the claim that Armenians had set fires to destroy Azeri property in the occupied territories surrounding Nagorno-Karabakh, according to Andrzej Kasprzyk, special representative of the OSCE chairman-in-office (CiO) on the Minsk Conference. The OSCE sent a monitoring gr [...] | 2006-07-11 06:14:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV AJ AM |
06YEREVAN970 | ARMENIAN REFUGEE POPULATION DWINDLES AS PEOPLE [...] (C) Armenia's refugee population has dwindled enormously since hundreds of thousands of ethnic Armenians fled across the border from Azerbaijan, according to U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) statistics. UNHCR Representative Peter Nicolaus told us preliminary results from the Armeni [...] | 2006-07-19 11:55:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL PGOV PHUM AJ AM |
06YEREVAN999 | AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH EU SPECIAL [...] (C) During a July 25 meeting with the Ambassador, EU Special Representative for the South Caucasus Peter Semneby seemed most concerned with determining what "flanking measures" he could take to assist the Minsk Group in getting Nagorno Karabakh (NK) negotiations back on track. The Ambassador [...] | 2006-07-25 13:04:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL AJ AM |
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 |
07ANKARA1207 | TURKEY ASKS FOR ASSISTANCE ON TURKMEN GAS [...] (C) Summary: MFA U/S Apakan expressed concern about the Turkmenistan-Kazakhstan-Russia gas deal and told Ambassador that Turkey wants closer collaboration with the US on access to Turkmen gas. Ambassador offered to provide what information we have about the Russian agreement and encouraged Ap [...] | 2007-05-18 14:16:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ECIN PREL AJ TX KZ RS TU |
07ANKARA1219 | TURKEY: POL-MIL ROUND-UP, March & April 2007 [...] Chief of the Turkish General Staff (CHOD) General Yasar Buyukanit gave his annual speech to the War College in Istanbul on March 16. In contrast to previous years, the speech was closed to the press, but was subsequently leaked to the media. In the speech, Buyukanit refrained from comment abou [...] | 2007-05-21 10:30:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS MARR PREL FR AJ PK KS MK YI GM BU AL IT SI |
07ANKARA1286 | TURKEY - PUSHING ON THE SOUTHERN GAS CORRIDOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: Turkish officials express concern about the announced Russia-Turkmenistan-Kazakhstan gas agreement, worried that momentum is shifting away from the "southern gas corridor" and Turkey's transit role. Turkish officials want to redouble efforts to work with Turkmenistan, Iraq, Aze [...] | 2007-05-25 11:20:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET PREL TU AJ RS IZ TX KZ |
07ANKARA1414 | ENCOURAGING ARMENIAN PARTICIPATION AT BSEC SUMMIT [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. 2. (C) The June 25 BSEC Summit in Istanbul will be the flagship event of Turkey's BSEC Chairmanship, and the fifteenth anniversary of the organization. Apart from OSCE and Council of Europe, BSEC is the only multilateral forum in th [...] | 2007-06-06 14:32:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL TU AM AJ |
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 |
07ANKARA1481 | TURKEY - COVERING OLD GROUND ON TRANSIT TO EUROPE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador and Energy Minister Hilmi Guler covered familiar ground on gas transit in a June 9 meeting. Ambassador pushed for Turkey and Azerbaijan to meet to resolve issues on the current gas contract, and even more importantly to establish the transit approach for future gas to [...] | 2007-06-12 08:14:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET PREL TU AJ RS IZ TX KZ IR |
07ANKARA1505 | TURKISH-GEORGIAN RELATIONS: DEEPER AND DEEPER [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT. Turkish MFA Deputy Undersecretary Unal Cevikoz (a former Ambassador to Baku) visits Washington from June 18-20 for consultations on South Caucasus and Central Asia. Cevikoz is likely to identify the strengthening relationship between Turkey and Georgia as a major co [...] | 2007-06-13 14:13:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAIR ECIN ETRD SMIG NATO AJ AM GG TU |
07ANKARA1554 | THE GUAM ORGANIZATION: PRE-SUMMIT DEMARCHE [...] (C) We delivered reftel points to MFA South Caucasus Desk Officer Yavuz Kul. Kul noted that Turkey follows the group, and said that member countries have solicited Turkey's more active involvement, believing it will strengthen the organization. Turkey, however, is only represented by its Am [...] | 2007-06-18 14:26:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID AJ GG MD UP TU |
07ANKARA1577 | ONE VIEW ON TURKEY'S IRANIAN DIASPORA (C-TN7-00225) [...] (C) SUMMARY. According to one expert at a leading Turkish think tank, the Iranian population in Turkey numbers no more than fifty thousand, most of whom are students or other short-term economic migrants. Due to a fear of Iran's intelligence services, the Iranian community in Turkey maintai [...] | 2007-06-21 06:54:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR PREL SCUL AJ IR TU |
07ANKARA1598 | DAS BRYZA'S MEETINGS WITH MFA CAUCASUS DG UMAN AND [...] (C) SUMMARY. DAS Matt Bryza met in Ankara on June 14 with MFA Director General for Caucasus and Central Asia Resit Uman and MFA Director General for Policy Planning Altay Cengizer. DAS Bryza shared his views on the previous week's disappointing meeting of the Azeri and Armenian Presidents on [...] | 2007-06-22 07:02:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS PGOV NATO OSCE AJ AM GG RU TU ZJ |
07ANKARA1608 | TURKEY - ENTHUSIASM FOR TURKENISTAN AND IRAQ GAS [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a June 13 meeting with EUR DAS Matt Bryza, Turkish Energy Minister Hilmi Guler gave a positive and enthusiastic read-out of his recent trip to Turkmenistan and Kazakhstan. Guler was confident that an off-shore Turkmenistan-Azerbaijan connection was workable and wants Turkey [...] | 2007-06-25 09:10:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET PREL TU AJ RS IZ TX KZ |
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 |
07ANKARA1732 | STAFFDEL MAKOVSKY'S MEETINGS WITH MFA OFFICIALS [...] (C) SUMMARY. In separate July 2 meetings, HCFA Senior Staff Member Alan Makovsky discussed the Armenian Genocide Resolution (AGR),Middle East and regional issues and Cyprus with MFA U/S Apakan, Deputy U/S Cevikoz and Deputy U/S Berk. Apakan reviewed his recent consultations in Israel, noting [...] | 2007-07-06 14:39:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | OREP PREL PBTS PGOV PINS PTER AJ AM IR IS |
07ANKARA1891 | TURKEY: DEMOCRACY AND HUMAN RIGHTS IN AZERBAIJAN [...] (C) We delivered reftel A points to MFA South Caucasus Desk Officer Yavuz Kul July 20. Kul expressed the GOT's appreciation for the careful approach adopted by the United States towards Azerbaijan, and pledged to convey our points to his principals and to the Turkish Embassy in Baku. 2. [...] | 2007-07-24 14:07:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM OSCE PHUM AJ TU |
07ANKARA1960 | STAFFDEL GROVE'S MEETINGS WITH TURKISH MFA [...] (C) SUMMARY. A Senate Appropriations Committee staffdel led by Paul Grove discussed Russia, Iraq and Iran with Turkish MFA officials on July 26. Emphasizing the importance of Turkey's strategic partnership with the United States, the Turks stressed the damage to bilateral relations if the Ho [...] | 2007-07-31 13:07:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER OREP AJ AM IZ IR RS TU |
07ANKARA2135 | TURKEY'S RECENT ENERGY DIPLOMACY WITH IRAN, [...] (U) Summary: GOT officials say that Turkey intends to continue its energy cooperation with Iran, Iraq, Azerbaijan, and Turkmenistan as potential future sources of gas to meet Turkey,s growing domestic needs and supply European markets. We have on several occasions firmly reiterated U.S. polic [...] | 2007-08-17 14:22:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | AJ ENRG EPET IR IZ KZ RS TU |
07ANKARA214 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR SUSAN NEUMANN [...] Embassy Ankara requests country clearance for Information Management Tech Specialist Ms. Susan Neumann to travel Baku, February 7 - March 2, 2007. The purpose of the visit is to support the information network. Traveler holds a Top Secret clearance. 2. Information on the traveler is as fol [...] | 2007-02-01 15:17:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | ACOA AJ OTRA XG XT ZM |
07ANKARA2206 | TURKEY DECLARES CYPRIOT TENDERS FOR OIL [...] (U) We met this week with the TPAO (Turkish Petroleum Corporation) Acting General Director Mehmet Uyusal, MFA Acting Deputy Director General for Cyprus Huseyin Muftaoglu, Maritime Department Head Mehmet Poroy, and Norwegian Charge Stian Christensen to discuss the recent Cypriot announcement of [...] | 2007-08-27 14:05:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | AJ ENRG EPET IR IZ KZ RS TU |
07ANKARA2631 | TURKEY FINDS AZERBAIJAN PESSIMISTIC ON N-K; [...] (C) MFA Deputy U/S for Caucasus and Central Asia Unal Cevikoz held bilateral consultations last week with Azerbaijan Deputy FonMins Azimov and Khalafov. MFA Caucasus Acting Head of Section Yavuz Kul told us that Cevikoz found the GOAJ deeply pessimistic on the state of Nagorno-Karabakh (N-K) [...] | 2007-10-24 13:06:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS AJ AM GG TU ZJ |
07ANKARA2696 | EXPANSION OF BTC PIPELINE CONTINGENT ON NEW OIL [...] (SBU) Summary and comment: On October 5, we met with local BP representatives Djan Suphi, Director for Exploration and Production in Turkey and Norman Rodda, Project Manager for Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan (BTC) pipeline company to discuss two projects to increase the capacity of the line to 1.2 and [...] | 2007-11-01 11:49:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | AJ ENRG EPET IR IZ KZ RS TU |
07ANKARA2698 | TURKEY: DAS BRYZA REVIEWS SOUTH CAUCASUS ISSUES [...] (SBU) EUR DAS Bryza and the DCM met with Turkish MFA Deputy U/S for South Caucasus and Central Asian Affairs Unal Cevikoz on October 24 in Ankara, on the margins of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation (BSEC) Foreign Ministers meeting. Cevikoz and Bryza exchanged views on developments in Nagorn [...] | 2007-11-01 15:31:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS AJ AM GG TU |
07ANKARA2720 | DAS BRYZA AND TURKISH ENERGY MINISTER GULER ON [...] (C) Summary: On October 25, EUR DAS Matt Bryza met with Turkish Energy Minister Guler and reaffirmed their commitment to a shared U.S. )Turkey strategic vision to help Europe diversify its natural gas supplies away from dependence on Russia. Guler warmly welcomed positive news from Bryza on [...] | 2007-11-06 09:58:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | AJ ENRG EPET IR IZ KZ RS TU |
07ANKARA2775 | TURKEY: PRESIDENT GUL CELEBRATES [...] (C) SUMMARY. President Gul descended on Azerbaijan, November 6-8, with a delegation of over 140 businessmen, pledging to elevate the bilateral economic relationship to a level matching the two countries' strong political ties. GOT officials and media alike interpret Gul's first state visit [...] | 2007-11-15 14:31:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ENRG AJ AM TU |
07ANKARA2847 | TURKEY EXTENDING A DIPLOMATIC HAND TO GEORGIA, [...] (C) SUMMARY. Through frequent high-level visits, the GOT has reaffirmed its strong support for Georgian independence and territorial integrity. It has sought, too, to reduce any sense of diplomatic isolation felt by Tbilisi since the deterioration of Russian-Georgian relations and, more rec [...] | 2007-11-28 15:12:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECIN ETRD ELTN SMIG NATO AJ AM GG TU ZJ |
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 |
07ANKARA407 | ENERGY MIN TELLS A/S SULLIVAN READY TO TRANSIT AZERI GAS TO EUROPE [...] (C) SUMMARY: In February 10 meetings with EEB A/S Dan Sullivan on the margins of U.S.-Turkey Economic Partnership Committee meetings, Energy Minister Hilmi Guler and state-owned pipeline company (BOTAS) acting Director General Saltuk Duzyol emphasized that Turkey is ready facilitate transit [...] | 2007-02-26 10:36:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET PREL TU GG AJ RS IZ |
07ANKARA468 | HOPE FOR OUTREACH TO ARMENIA FADES [...] (C) Summary: Even as concern over a U.S. Congressional Armenian genocide resolution mounts, Turks from across the spectrum caution that in this election year Turkey will not/cannot make a dramatic gesture to Armenia. End summary. 2. (C) The hot-button issue of a possible Armenian genocide [...] | 2007-03-01 16:14:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM TU AM AJ |
07ANKARA488 | MFA CENTRAL ASIA CONSULTATIONS IN ANKARA [...] (C) Summary: Turkey's approach to Central Asian countries largely echoes ours: ensuring security and stability, promoting democracy and human rights and fostering economic development and integration. During broad consultations in Ankara, SCA DAS Evan Feigenbaum and MFA interlocutors explor [...] | 2007-03-05 08:34:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV TX AJ UZ TI AF KG TU |
07ANKARA489 | TURKEY EAGER TO COOPERATE ON CENTRAL ASIA [...] (C) Summary: Turkish government officials agreed with SCA DAS Evan Feigenbaum to explore complementary cooperation where possible on our approaches to Central Asia (septel). Representatives from the Turkish General Staff, the Turkish International Cooperation Administration, the Foreign Trade [...] | 2007-03-05 08:35:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV TX AJ UZ TI AF KG TU |
07ANKARA518 | TURKEY ENERGY MINISTER ON EXPANDING SOUTHERN GAS [...] (C) On March 6 Ambassador and Turkish Energy Minister Hilmi Guler discussed state of play on the "southern gas corridor," including the potential roles of Iraq, Azerbaijan, and Turkmenistan. The Minister looked forward to the March 9 meeting with Iraqi gas experts in Istanbul as a start on a [...] | 2007-03-07 15:48:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET PREL TU AJ TX IZ IR |
07ANKARA581 | TURKEY: POL-MIL ROUND-UP, February 2007 [...] Turkey's National Security Council (NSC) held its bi-monthly meeting on February 23. Internal developments affecting Turkey's national security and the PKK terrorist organization topped the agenda. Recent developments in Iraq were discussed and the importance of territorial integrity and poli [...] | 2007-03-14 10:25:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS MARR PREL ET AJ AL JO AF TU |
07ANKARA641 | TURK-AZERI DIASPORA TAKES AIM AT ARMENIAN DIASPORA [...] (C) Summary: A recent Turkish-Azeri diasporas forum in Baku is seeking to develop an organized counterbalance to the influence of the Armenian diaspora worldwide. Possible Turkish-Armenian rapprochement looks bleak, although MFA sources tell us FM Gul plans to approach Secretary Rice with a p [...] | 2007-03-21 12:05:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV AM AJ TU |
07ANKARA847 | LOOKING EAST: TURKEY'S MILITARY INVESTS IN THE [...] (C) Turkey has invested heavily in its security relationships in the Caucasus and Central Asia, with the bulk of its military assistance going to Azerbaijan. Turkey provides security assistance funds and training to all the countries in the region except Armenia and Uzbekistan. Historical and [...] | 2007-04-12 09:58:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MASS MARR PINS ZJ ZK AJ GG TI RS TU |
07ASHGABAT1014 | TURKMENISTAN: A TURKISH BUSINESSMAN WORRIES [...] (C) SUMMARY: Turkish Businessman and Turkmenistan insider Ahmet Chalik (protect throughout) describes President Berdimuhamedov as weak because he is beholden to outside interests, principally Russian. He says Turkey's Prime Minister Erdogan and President Gul are eager to promote a trilatera [...] | 2007-09-24 11:35:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR ECON EPET KDEM TU AJ KZ RS TX |
07ASHGABAT1033 | TURKMENISTAN: PRESIDENT SHOWS SOME LEG ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a September 20 meeting with UK Minister of Energy Malcolm Wicks, President Berdimuhamedov for the first time expressed Turkmenistan's support for a Nabucco pipeline, and even promised to guarantee Turkmen gas reserves for the Nabucco project. This formulation, which woul [...] | 2007-09-25 12:37:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EPET PBTS UK AJ TX |
07ASHGABAT1066 | TURKMENISTAN: STATE AGENCY FOR HYDROCARBON [...] (C) SUMMARY: Just back from a week-long orientation trip to the United States hosted by the U.S. Trade Development Agency (USTDA),the Executive Director of Turkmenistan's State Agency for Management and Use of Hydrocarbon Resources, Bayrammurat Muradov, told Charge October 2 that the trip ha [...] | 2007-10-03 10:49:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EPET AJ TX |
07ASHGABAT1076 | PETRONAS IN TURKMENISTAN: FULL OF GAS [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Petronas, which unexpectedly hit substantial (an estimated 20 billion cubic meters at maximum production) reserves of ethane- and propane-rich natural gas in the Caspian Sea, is looking at gas export options. The [...] | 2007-10-05 06:46:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EPET RS AJ TX |
07ASHGABAT1185 | TURKMENISTAN/AZERBAIJAN: COMPENSATION, NOT JUST [...] (S) SUMMARY: According to Foreign Minister Meredov, Turkmenistan's problem with Azerbaijan is more fundamental than bilateral Caspian Sea delimitation. He accuses Azerbaijan and British Petroleum of stealing Turkmenistan's wealth from the disputed Osman/Chirag natural gas deposit. He also q [...] | 2007-11-02 10:27:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | SECRET | PGOV PREL EPET AJ TX |
07ASHGABAT1209 | TURKMENISTAN: U.S. FIRMS SEEKING TO ENTER HYDROCARBON [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Business Sensitive. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) SUMMARY: Moderate reforms and a promise of a better investment climate in Turkmenistan by the country's new leadership have attracted renewed serious interest from U.S. oil majors, including both old an [...] | 2007-11-07 12:29:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EINV EPET RS AJ TX |
07ASHGABAT1256 | SECRETARY OF ENERGY SAMUEL W. BODMAN'S MEETING [...] (U) U.S. PARTICIPANTS: Secretary of Energy Samuel W. Bodman SIPDIS Senior Adviser Molly Williamson Assistant Secretary Karen Harbert Public Affairs Director Andrew Beck Charge d,affaires Richard Hoagland TURKMENISTAN PARTICIPANTS: President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov Deputy Prime M [...] | 2007-11-21 10:11:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EPET EINV AF AJ IR KZ RS TX |
07ASHGABAT1258 | TURKMENISTAN'S PRESIDENT BERDIMUHAMEDOV AND SCA [...] (U) U.S. PARTICIPANTS: SCA PDAS Steven Mann Charge d,affaires Richard Hoagland TURKMENISTAN PARTICIPANTS: President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov Deputy Prime Minister/Foreign Minister Rashit Meredov 2. (C) SUMMARY: During a nearly 90-minute meeting on November 16 with SCA PDAS Steve [...] | 2007-11-21 10:11:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR EPET EINV RS TK AJ KZ TX |
07ASHGABAT1260 | SECRETARY OF ENERGY SAMUEL W. BODMAN'S MEETING [...] (U) U.S. PARTICIPANTS: Secretary of Energy Samuel W. Bodman SIPDIS Senior Adviser Molly Williamson Assistant Secretary Karen Harbert Public Affairs Director Andrew Beck Charge d,affaires Richard Hoagland TURKMENISTAN PARTICIPANTS: Deputy Prime Minister for Oil and Gas Tachberdi Tag [...] | 2007-11-21 11:03:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EPET EINV AF AJ KZ RS TX |
07ASHGABAT285 | TURKMENISTANI AND AZERBAIJANI PRESIDENTS TALK FOR [...] (C) Turkmenistan's President Gurbanguly Berdimuhammedov called Azerbaijan President Ilham Aliyev March 13, and, according to Foreign Affairs Deputy Chairman/Minister Rashit Meredov, had a "very productive" conversation and agreed to exchange visits. Ashgabat-based diplomats from FSU missions [...] | 2007-03-14 13:54:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | AJ EPET GG PREL RS TX |
07ASHGABAT350 | CODEL HOEKSTRA'S MEETING WITH DEPUTY CHAIRMAN FOR [...] (C) Michigan Congressman Peter Hoekstra, Ranking Member of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, Minority Staff Director Michael Meermans, Permanent Staff Member Jim Lewis and Acting Charge d'Affaires met for about 75 minutes on April 4 with Deputy Chairman and Minister of For [...] | 2007-04-05 13:05:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | AJ ENRG IR PREL TX US UN |
07ASHGABAT76 | PETRONAS IN TURKMENISTAN: FULL OF GAS [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Petronas, which unexpectedly hit substantial (an estimated 20 billion cubic meters at maximum production) reserves of ethane- and propane-rich natural gas in the Caspian Sea, is looking at gas export options. The [...] | 2007-10-05 06:46:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EPET RS AJ TX |
07ASHGABAT826 | TURKMENISTAN AND CASPIAN CONNECTOR: "DON'T [...] (C) SUMMARY: Turkenistan does not want to be mentioned in the Terms of Reference for the TDA-funded Caspian feasibility study for transporting hydrocarbons from Kazakhstan to Azerbaijan, but insists the door remains open for experts to study the connector idea. Timing may be an issue becaus [...] | 2007-08-10 09:52:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EINV EPET AJ KZ TX |
07ASHGABAT853 | TURKMENISTAN ENERGY: SEANA ENERGY ENTERS THE [...] (C) SUMMARY: A curious player has emerged in the current Klondikeskyy race to develop Turkmenistan's hydrocarbon wealth -- Seana Energy, a Singapore-registered, Ankara-based consortium of international private investors that purportedly includes significant U.S. private-sector participation. [...] | 2007-08-22 05:58:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EINV EPET AJ KZ TU TX |
07ASHGABAT877 | TURKMENISTAN ENERGY: SENIOR BP OFFICIALS MEET THE [...] (SBU) Senior British Petroleum (BP) officials called on Charge August 23 for a U.S. policy briefing: CEO of BP Exploration and Production, Group Vice President for Exploration and New Business Development Michael Daly, and BP Exploration Operating Co. Ltd. President for Business Development [...] | 2007-08-24 09:16:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EPET EINV AJ TX |
07ASHGABAT999 | TURKMENISTAN: FOREIGN MINISTER MEREDOV TELLS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Although Turkmenistan's President Berdimuhamedov continues to say publicly that the option of a Trans-Caspian pipeline (TCP) remains on the table, both Deputy Chairman/Foreign Minister Rashit Meredov and Executive Director of the State Agency for Management and Use of Hydrocarbo [...] | 2007-09-21 12:28:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET PREL PGOV TX AJ |
07ASTANA563 | KAZAKHSTAN: KMG EXECUTIVE DISCUSSES KCTS PROCESS [...] (C) Summary: Arman Darbayev, KazMunaiGaz (KMG) Executive Director of Transportation Infrastructure, discussed KMG's vision of the Kazakhstan Caspian Transportation System (KCTS) process with Energy Officer on March 1. Darbayev (strictly protect) acknowledged that the Kazakhstanis intend to use [...] | 2007-03-02 10:58:00 | Embassy Astana | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ENRG EPET KZ AJ |
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 |
07BAKU1000 | A LOOK AT AZERBAIJAN'S CONTROVERSIAL DRAFT LAW ON [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Azerbaijan's draft law on education remains mired in controversy. Although key Members of Parliament (MPs) predicted that the new law was scheduled to be discussed in the 2006-2007 Parliamentary session, debate has been deferred until the fall of 2007. The key sticking point a [...] | 2007-08-10 04:00:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM SCUL KOCI AJ |
07BAKU1006 | PRESIDENT ALIYEV SAYS USG, AZERBAIJAN ALIGNED ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: In an August 2 meeting with DAS Bryza, President Aliyev said that USG and GOAJ energy policies were "perfectly aligned." Azerbaijan had just that day signed an Energy MOU with Greece. The GOAJ was increasing gas production, and ready to negotiate with British Petroleum (BP) ab [...] | 2007-08-10 12:21:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ENRG ETRN TX AJ RS |
07BAKU1007 | PRESIDENT ALIYEV SAYS USG, AZERBAIJAN ALIGNED ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: In an August 2 meeting with DS Bryza, President Aliyev said that USG and GOAJenergy policies were "perfectly aligned." Azerbajan had just that day signed an Energy MOU with reece. The GOAJ was increasing gas production, nd ready to negotiate with British Petroleum (BP) about p [...] | 2007-08-10 12:21:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ENRG ETRN TX AJ RS |
07BAKU1008 | AZERBAIJAN: CONVENTION AGAINST TORTURE DEMARCHE [...] On August 3, Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Human Rights Attache Hamid Nasibov. Poloff left the points in reftel paragraph ten as a non-paper, along with Ms. Felice Gaer's CV. While Nasibov had no comment, he promised to pass the non-papers to his superi [...] | 2007-08-10 12:24:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL UNGA AJ |
07BAKU1010 | AZERBAIJANI OFFICIALS GRATEFUL FOR US TRANSPARENCY [...] (C) Summary: In response to EUR DAS Bryza and Charge's delivery of reftel B demarche points, Azerbaijani officials have said that they welcome the exchange of information, and support continued U.S.-Russian consultations on President Putin's missile defense proposals. The Azerbaijani Govern [...] | 2007-08-10 12:52:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MARR RU IR AJ |
07BAKU1011 | SCENESETTER FOR EEB A/S SULLIVAN'S AUGUST 15-16 [...] (C) Summary: Your August 15-16 visit to Baku presents an opportunity to advance energy cooperation and showcase Azerbaijan's role as an energy producer and regional transit hub, including growing Trans-Caspian cooperation. With Shah Deniz Phase II gas scheduled to become available for export [...] | 2007-08-10 13:11:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON ENRG ETRD PGOV AJ |
07BAKU1017 | AHMADINEJAD TO VISIT BAKU AUGUST 21-22 [...] (C) n August 13, the Azerbaijani Ministry of ForeignAffairs (MFA) notified the Embassy that Iranian Prsident Ahmadinejad will be visiting Baku August 1-22. The MFA provided no further details about he visit. 2. (C) During an August 9 meeting wih the then-Charge, Presidential Foreign Poli [...] | 2007-08-14 12:56:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IR AJ |
07BAKU1018 | AZERBAIJAN: 2007 REPORT ON INVESTMENT DISPUTES AND [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. This cable contains proprietary business information and should be handled accordingly. 2. (U) This cable responds to request in reftel for information on current business disputes and expropriation claims for inclusion in the Department's annual report to [...] | 2007-08-14 13:27:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV KIDE PGOV AJ |
07BAKU102 | AMBASSADOR RAISES POL-MIL CONSULTATIONS, HUMAN [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador and Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov reviewed a range of bilateral issues on January 18. The Ambassador and Mammadyarov agreed on the need to make our annual political-military consultations more fruitful, suggesting that the next round could be held in the spr [...] | 2007-01-23 10:09:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR MASS PHUM AMGT ABLD AJ |
07BAKU1029 | AZERBAIJANI BAPTIST PASTOR IMPRISONED [...] (SBU) Emboff met with Baku-based Baptist leader Ilya Zenchenko on August 14 to learn more about the recently concluded trial of Baptist Pastor Zaur Balaev. Per reftel, Balaev, a pastor in the northwestern village of Aliabad, was arrested on May 20. Balaev was charged with using violence ag [...] | 2007-08-17 12:02:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM AJ |
07BAKU1030 | AZERBAIJAN: DAS BRYZA TALKS ENERGY WITH GOAJ [...] (C) SUMMARY: In DAS Bryza's discussions with the Foreign Minister, Energy and Industries Minister and Minister of Economic Development, all three agreed that USG and GOAJ strategic outlook on regional energy issues were in sync. Moving forward, the USG and GOAJ should focus on bringing Turkmen [...] | 2007-08-17 13:16:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV AJ ENRG |
07BAKU1033 | CLARIFICATION ON AZERBAIJAN'S REPORTING ON UNSCR [...] No summary [...] | 2007-08-20 08:49:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP PARM PREL IR AJ |
07BAKU1037 | VISIT TO ONE OF AZERBAIJAN'S MOST NOTORIOUS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: An OSCE-led delegation visited Gobustan Prison One - notorious for abuses, mysterious deaths, and restive inmates -- to assess conditions and meet with prisoners. The delegation met with Elchin Amiraslanov, Arif Kazimov, and Safa Poladov, three individuals determined to be pol [...] | 2007-08-20 09:59:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV PREL PINS SOCI AJ |
07BAKU1042 | AZERBAIJAN'S RELATIONS WITH CHINA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Relations between Azerbaijan and China are warm, with the potential for increased economic cooperation in select spheres, particularly Chinese exports of consumer goods and investment in manufacturing projects such as the Ganja automobile assembly plant. China,s involvement in [...] | 2007-08-21 11:45:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON AJ CH GG TU |
07BAKU1043 | ISLAM IN AZERBAIJAN: A LOOK AT SHIA VILLAGES ON [...] (C) Summary: An August 17 trip to several conservative villages on the Absheron Peninsula revealed small, insular communities with conservative social and religious traditions, and a strong skepticism of the GOAJ-controlled Caucasus Muslim Board. The communities, religious practices -- like [...] | 2007-08-21 12:58:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM KISL IR AJ |
07BAKU1049 | AZERBAIJAN PERTURBED BY TGI ANNOUNCEMENT, TURKISH [...] (C) SUMMARY: In an August 3 meeting with EUR DAS Bryza, SOCAR Vice-President Elshad Nassirov expressed displeasure at the July 26 MOU signed among Turkey, Greece and Italy, saying these countries should not have come to an agreement about "our gas," including gas from the second phase of Shah [...] | 2007-08-22 11:33:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL AJ ENRG |
07BAKU1052 | AHMADINEJAD IN BAKU [...] (C) Summary: Iranian President Ahmadinejad's August 21-22 visit to Baku received extensive positive coverage, with Ahmadinejad's "peace for all" message coming across well with the Azerbaijani press. While we have not yet obtained information on the full range and nature of agreements reach [...] | 2007-08-22 13:13:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IR AJ |
07BAKU1053 | WAC PRESIDENT ON IRAN AND THE AHMADINEJAD VISIT TO [...] (C) Summary: Speaking with Embassy Iran Watcher on August 22, World Azerbaijanis Congress (WAC) President Ghulamriza Sabri-Tabrizi said that Iranian President Ahmadinejad's August 21-22 visit to Baku was driven by domestic political considerations and a desire to ensure that Azerbaijan preve [...] | 2007-08-22 13:40:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IR AJ |
07BAKU106 | A/S LOWENKRON'S LUNCH WITH RELIGIOUS ANALYSTS [...] (C) Summary: At a December 19 lunch hosted by A/S Lowenkron and the Ambassador, independent religious analysts argued that several foreign Islamic ideas and practices -- specifically from Iran, Turkey, and Saudi Arabia -- are influencing the traditionally tolerant variant of Islam within Azer [...] | 2007-01-24 07:41:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM KDEM KISL IR AJ |
07BAKU1060 | EEB A/S SULLIVAN'S ENERGY DISCUSSIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: During his August 15-16 visit to Baku, GOAJ officials echoed President Aliyev's frustration with Turkey for reaching a deal with Greece and Italy on "Caspian gas;" Finance Minister Sharifov also complained that Turkish Energy Company BOTAS was not empowered to negotiate the many [...] | 2007-08-23 05:45:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | AJ ENRG EPET KZ PBTS PGOV PREL TU TX |
07BAKU1062 | PRESIDENT ALIYEV REVIEWS REGIONAL ENERGY WITH EEB [...] (C) Summary: In an August 15 meeting with visiting EEB A/S Sullivan and the Ambassador, President Aliyev affirmed his support for U.S. energy security goals and said continued bilateral cooperation was essential. Characterizing his recent trip to Kazakhstan as "successful," Aliyev said the [...] | 2007-08-23 10:49:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ENRG ECON RU TU TX KZ AJ |
07BAKU1063 | PRESIDENT ALIYEV REVIEWS THE BILATERAL ECONOMIC [...] (C) Summary: In an August 15 meeting with visiting EEB A/S Sullivan and the Ambassador, President Aliyev said that he recognized the need to diversify Azerbaijan's economy and also was aware of the dangers of inflationary pressures. Aliyev hopes to address these issues by combining the State [...] | 2007-08-23 10:58:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN ETRD PGOV PREL KCOR IR AJ |
07BAKU1066 | EEB A/S SULLIVAN'S ENERGY DISCUSSIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: During his August 15-16 visit to Baku, GOAJ officials echoed President Aliyev's frustration with Turkey for reaching a deal with Greece and Italy on "Caspian gas;" Finance Minister Sharifov also complained that Turkish Energy Company BOTAS was not empowered to negotiate the many [...] | 2007-08-24 04:42:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | AJ ENRG EPET KZ PBTS PGOV PREL TU TX |
07BAKU1067 | AZERBAIJANI ISLAMIC STRUCTURE'S [...] (C) Summary: The Caucasus Muslim Board (CMB) -- the official GOAJ establishment for administering Islam -- is a legacy from the Czarist and Soviet approach to religion, and is responsible for the education and placement of imams throughout Azerbaijan. The CMB -- and its leader, Sheikh Alla [...] | 2007-08-24 04:45:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM KISL KCOR AJ |
07BAKU1068 | PRESIDENT ALIYEV REVIEWS THE BILATERAL ECONOMIC [...] (C) Summary: In an August 15 meeting with visiting EEB A/S Sullivan and the Ambassador, President Aliyev said that he recognized the need to diversify Azerbaijan's economy and also was aware of the dangers of inflationary pressures. Aliyev hopes to address these issues by combining the State [...] | 2007-08-24 04:45:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN ETRD PGOV PREL KCOR IR AJ |
07BAKU1069 | AZERBAIJANI ISLAMIC STRUCTURE'S LAGGING LEGITIMACY [...] (C) Summary: The Caucasus Muslim Board (CMB) -- the official GOAJ establishment for administering Islam -- is a legacy from the Czarist and Soviet approach to religion, and is responsible for the education and placement of imams throughout Azerbaijan. The CMB -- and its leader, Sheikh Alla [...] | 2007-08-24 04:45:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM KISL KCOR AJ |
07BAKU107 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO AZERBAIJANI FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (C) Ambassador briefed Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Mammadyarov January 18 on reftel A points about President Bush's policy announcement on Iraq. The Ambassador explained that the points were previously briefed to Deputy Foreign Minister Khalafov (reftel B). 2. (C) Mammadyarov responded [...] | 2007-01-24 07:42:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS PGOV PREL AJ IZ |
07BAKU1070 | BP COMPLAINS OF DETERIORATING RELATIONS WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: During an August 21 meeting, BP Azerbaijan President Bill Schrader expressed frustration with GOAJ efforts to collect certain taxes from BP and its subcontractors, an action Schrader characterized as a violation of BP's Production Sharing Agreement (PSA). Managing Director of th [...] | 2007-08-24 11:58:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | AJ ECON ENRG EPET IR PGOV PREL TX |
07BAKU1071 | FORMER MINISTER FARHAD ALIYEV'S CORRUPTION TRIAL [...] (SBU) Fifteen weeks after its May 15 opening session, the trial of former Minister of Economic Development Farhad Aliyev continues, with no end in sight. Aliyev and 18 co-defendants, including his brother, former AzPetrol Head Rafig Aliyev, stand trial on charges of corruption and embezzlemen [...] | 2007-08-24 12:18:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM KCOR AJ |
07BAKU1072 | PRESIDENTIAL FOREIGN POLICY ADVISOR PROVIDES [...] (C) Summary: According to Presidential Foreign Policy Advisor Novruz Mammadov, Iranian President Ahmadinejad sought to use his August 21-22 visit to Baku to counter his international isolation. Mammadov said the visit - including four new bilateral agreements and a joint declaration - serve [...] | 2007-08-24 13:52:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ETRN PBTS PGOV PREL IR AJ |
07BAKU1074 | AZERBAIJANI-IRANIAN JOINT STATEMENT [...] (SBU) Per reftel, Azerbaijan and Iran signed four memoranda and one joint statement during President Ahmadinejad's August 21-22 visit to Baku. The Embassy's informal translation of the key points from the August 22 joint follows: 2. (SBU) Begin translation of key points: - Recognizing [...] | 2007-08-27 12:45:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG ETRN PBTS PGOV PREL IR AJ |
07BAKU108 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO AZERBAIJAN'S FOREIGN [...] (C) Ambassador delivered reftel demarche to Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov on January 18. The Ambassador said that the January 26 NATO Informal Foreign Ministerial will focus on a more comprehensive approach to Afghanistan, including new USG commitments, and emphasized that t [...] | 2007-01-24 07:42:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS NATO PGOV PINS PK PREL AJ |
07BAKU1084 | CIVIL SOCIETY SKITTISH ABOUT GOVERNMENT PLANS TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Aliyev's July 27 decree outlining the GOAJ's new concept on NGOs, including a provision for future state funding for NGOs, triggered an immediate, negative reaction from key civil society activists. Supporters of the new plan claim that state funding will relieve NGOs f [...] | 2007-08-28 13:27:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM AJ |
07BAKU1085 | EEB A/S SULLIVAN DISCUSSES AZERBAIJAN'S ECONOMIC [...] (C) Summary: During his August 15-16 visit to Baku, EEB A/S Sullivan discussed economic cooperation with the American Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors, President of the State Oil Fund Movsumov, Minister of Economic Development Babayev, Minister of Finance Sharifov (septel),and local in [...] | 2007-08-29 04:34:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | AJ ECON EFIN ETRD KCOR PGOV PREL |
07BAKU1093 | FARHAD AND RAFIG ALIYEV ATTEMPT TO DISMISS THEIR [...] (C) In an August 28 trial session, former Minister of Economic Development Farhad Aliyev and his brother, former AzPetrol Head Rafig Aliyev, announced their intention to dismiss their defense attorneys. According to the Aliyev brothers, the courts' actions have made it impossible for their de [...] | 2007-08-31 04:51:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM KCOR AJ |
07BAKU1096 | UPDATE ON BUILDING COLLAPSE AND GOVERNMENT RESPONSE [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Government of Azerbaijan (GOAJ) confirmed that 13 people have died so far as a result of the August 28 collapse of a building under construction. An unknown number of other individuals may be trapped in the building's basement. The GOAJ opened a criminal case against the con [...] | 2007-08-31 12:16:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON CASC PREL AJ |
07BAKU1099 | FORUM ON KARABAKH ADVOCATES SETTING A DEADLINE FOR [...] (C) Summary: Representatives from the Forum on Karabakh -- a nascent association of opposition-leaning individuals -- on August 29 told the Ambassador that their organization is increasingly impatient with the Minsk Group process due to its lack of progress in resolving the Nagorno-Karabakh c [...] | 2007-09-04 12:59:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PBTS AM AJ |
07BAKU1110 | RECOVERY WORK CONTINUES AT COLLAPSED BUILDING, [...] (U) On September 4, the Ministry of Emergency Situations' (MES) Agency for Safety Rules in the Construction Sector published its initial report on the causes of the August 28 collapse of a building under construction in central Baku. According to MES experts, the building collapse was caused by [...] | 2007-09-07 12:21:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON CASC KCOR ABLD AJ |
07BAKU1112 | BAKU AIRPORT SECURITY OFFICIALS ARRESTED ON TIP [...] (SBU) On September 6, police arrested Head of Baku Airport Security Emil Suleymanov and an unconfirmed number of other airport officials on charges of facilitating trafficking in persons. According to press reports, an anonymous source said that Suleymanov helped traffickers transport victims [...] | 2007-09-07 12:29:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KCOR KCRM KWMN AJ |
07BAKU1124 | IMF BELIEVES GOAJ UNDERSTANDS RISKS OF EXCESSIVE [...] (C) SUMMARY. IMF Azerbaijan Country Manager Vitali Kramarenko briefed the Ambassador September 5 on the IMF's latest staff visit, characterizing it as the most positive of his tenure. He said that the GOAJ understood the political and economic dangers of high inflation and excessive fiscal s [...] | 2007-09-12 06:20:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PREL AJ |
07BAKU1140 | COE HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSIONER THOMAS HAMMARBERG'S [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a September 3-7 trip to Baku, the Council of Europe's Human Rights Commissioner Thomas Hammarberg met with a wide range of GOAJ officials, NGO activists, high-profile prisoners, and representatives of international organizations. Hammarberg told the Ambassador that the Co [...] | 2007-09-17 09:44:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM AJ |
07BAKU1141 | AZERBAIJANI FOREIGN MINISTER DISCUSSES AHAMDINEJAD [...] (C) Summary. During a September 11 meeting with the Ambassador, Foreign Minister Mammadyarov said Iran increasingly supports Iraq's territorial integrity, but President Ahmadinejad will not change his position on Iran's nuclear program. During President Ahmadinejad's August visit to Baku, t [...] | 2007-09-14 08:45:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ENRG PHUM KDEM KNNC MARR IR AJ |
07BAKU1143 | BAKU HOSTS IRAQI TURKOMEN CONFERENCE [...] (SBU) A delegation of Iraqi Turkomen came to Baku September 4-5 to raise awareness about the plight of Turkomen in Iraq. The delegation met with Deputy Foreign Minister Khalaf Khalafov, Presidential Foreign Policy Aide Novruz Mammadov, opposition party representatives, and other Azerbaijani [...] | 2007-09-14 08:57:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PBTS AJ IZ |
07BAKU1148 | AZERBAIJAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DRL OFFICER [...] Embassy Baku warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to DRL Iran desk officer Kate Lurie to travel to Baku September 25-27 to participate in Iran-related meetings with embassy and government officials. Control officer will be Political Officer Rebecca Naslund. Ms. Naslund can be reache [...] | 2007-09-19 06:05:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA PHUM UK TR IR AJ |
07BAKU1151 | CONVICTED MP HUSSEIN ABDULLAYEV SHARES HIS SIDE OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: Former Member of Parliament (MP) Hussein Abdullayev -- arrested and convicted following a March 16 scuffle with fellow MP Fazail Aghamaly - shared his side of the story in a September 12 meeting. Abdullayev believes he was set up, arguing that Aghamaly initiated the fight after [...] | 2007-09-19 07:07:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM INR AJ |
07BAKU1160 | FURTHER GOAJ RESPONSE ON OSCE HDIM [...] (C) Pol/Econ Chief delivered ref A demarche on the upcoming OSCE Human Dimension Implementation Meeting (HDIM) to MFA First Territorial Department Chief Rahman Mustafayev on September 17. (Per ref B, the Ambassador also delivered the demarche to Foreign Minister Mammadyarov on September 11. [...] | 2007-09-20 08:58:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV AJ |
07BAKU1165 | FARHAD ALIYEV'S TRIAL BEGINS WRAPPING UP; [...] (U) Only a handful of trial sessions have been held since our last update (ref) in the case of former Minister of Economic Development Farhad Aliyev, who stands trial with 17 other defendants, including his brother, former AzPetrol head Rafig Aliyev. The defense has begun its rebuttal, and se [...] | 2007-09-20 13:31:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM KCOR AJ |
07BAKU1170 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: ENCOURAGING CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE SPECIAL TRIBUNAL FOR LEBANON [...] (SBU) A/DCM delivered reftel demarche to Deputy Foreign Minister Mahmud Mammadguliyev on September 21, noting Foreign Minister Mammadyarov's interest in the Lebanon crisis during the summer of 2006 and Azerbaijan's growing role as an international donor. Mammadguliyev responded that internat [...] | 2007-09-21 12:00:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | UNSC LE AJ PREL PTER |
07BAKU1175 | SECOND UN COMMITTEE AGAINST TORTURE DEMARCHE [...] (U) On September 21, Pol/Econ Chief delivered the second UN Committee Against Torture demarche per ref a to Deputy Foreign Minister Mahmud Mammadguliyev. She left the points from ref b as a nonpaper, along with Ms. Gaer's CV. Mammadguliyev had no substantive comment on the demarche, but promi [...] | 2007-09-24 12:34:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL AJ |
07BAKU1186 | UK ENERGY MINISTER PROMOTES SOUTHERN CORRIDOR IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a September 20 visit to Azerbaijan, UK Energy Minister Malcolm Wicks sought to express UK support for the Southern Corridor, and to urge Azerbaijan to reach out to the EU in order to strengthen cooperation on energy security. Speaking of the UK's regional energy policy, a U [...] | 2007-09-26 12:49:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV AJ TK ENRG |
07BAKU119 | AZERBAIJAN: WEBSITE DETAINEE RELEASED AFTER YOUTH [...] (SBU) Police arrested and briefly detained Bakhtiyar Hajiyev January 13 after Hajiyev had set up a website (www.susmayaq.biz) on January 9 that enabled citizens to sign a web-based petition objecting to the GOAJ's recent price hike (ref a). In a January 18 meeting with poloff, Hajiyev reported [...] | 2007-01-25 09:37:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM AJ |
07BAKU1199 | AZERBAIJAN COMMERCIAL UPDATE, SEPTEMBER 2007 [...] Summary: This information is drawn primarily from the Azerbaijani local press, and has not been checked for accuracy. The opinions and policies expressed in this report are those of the authors, not the U.S. Government. SOUTH KOREAN INVESTMENT PROJECTS 2. On September 5, President Ilha [...] | 2007-09-28 12:24:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV ETRD ENRG EFIN AJ |
07BAKU1207 | 2008 BUDGET FORECASTS ANOTHER LARGE INCREASE IN [...] (SBU) The Cabinet of Ministers approved the 2008 state budget on September 25 and sent it to the President's office for approval and final submission to Parliament. Exact details regarding the composition of the budget have not yet been disclosed publicly. According to initial press reports, [...] | 2007-10-02 07:45:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EAID AJ |
07BAKU1208 | "CREDIBLE VOICES" IN MUSLIM COMMUNITIES IN [...] (C) Per reftel request, we propose the following three individuals as "credible voices" in Azerbaijan,s Muslim communities. We note that there is a very small number of candidates who meet the criteria due to several factors: (1) the GOAJ seeks to monopolize the playing field of credible Is [...] | 2007-10-02 08:11:00 | Embassy Baku | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV KISL AJ |
07BAKU1211 | DEPUTY FM ON TURKMENISTAN, IRAN AND HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (C) SUMMARY: In an October 2 meeting with the Ambassador, Deputy Foreign Minister (responsible for bilateral relations) Khalaf Khalafov provided a readout on recent talks between Azerbaijan and Turkmenistan, urging the U.S. to do more to persuade the Government of Turkmenistan why the trans-Cas [...] | 2007-10-03 12:52:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ENRG PHUM KDEM KNNC IR AJ |
07BAKU1212 | JOURNALIST BEATEN AND OPPOSITIONIST COMMITTED TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: In the exclave of Nakhchivan, between September 22 and 23, Yeni Musavat newspaper correspondent Hakimeldostu Mehdiyev was reportedly detained and beaten by Nakhchivan Ministry of National Security (MNS) officials. On September 20, Alasgar Ismayilov, a Popular Front Party (PFP) m [...] | 2007-10-03 14:28:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM SOCI AJ |
07BAKU1224 | AZERBAIJAN-BP NEGOTIATIONS: LET THE HARDBALL BEGIN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Negotiations between the State Oil Company of Azerbaijan (SOCAR) and BP concerning the second stage of Azerbaijan energy sector development have broken down due to SOCAR's insistence on first resolving shorter-term issues involving potentially billions of dollars. Although SOCAR [...] | 2007-10-05 13:45:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ENRG AJ |
07BAKU1227 | PRESIDENT ALIYEV ON ENERGY ISSUES IN ADVANCE OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a one-hour one-on-one meeting with the Ambassador on October 8, President Aliyev outlined with frustration current problems on energy in advance of the Vilnius Summit. British Petroleum (BP) is "stealing our oil," he asserted sharply, seeking to put pressure on Azerbaijan to delay t [...] | 2007-10-09 14:14:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG PREL PGOV RS TU UP KZ PL GG LH TX AJ |
07BAKU1230 | COORDINATING OUR DEMOCRACY MESSAGE IN AZERBAIJAN [...] (C) Summary: On October 5, the Ambassador convened a group of like-minded ambassadors to discuss coordination of our democracy strategies in the run-up to Azerbaijan's 2008 presidential election. The EU will issue its first progress report on Azerbaijan's EU Action Plan in April 2008, and th [...] | 2007-10-10 11:41:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM PHUM AJ |
07BAKU1236 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: REAFFIRMING U.S. ENERGY [...] (C) The Ambassador delivered ref a points on the upcoming Tehran Caspian Sea Summit in an October 9 telephone conversation with Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov. (Mammadyarov had just returned to Baku and was about to depart for the Vilnius Energy summit.) Speaking guardedly, Mammadyarov r [...] | 2007-10-11 12:47:00 | Embassy Baku | SECRET//NOFORN | ENRG ETTC PREL IR AJ |
07BAKU1237 | SCENESETTER FOR AZERBAIJANI FINANCE MINISTER [...] (C) Summary: As the GOAJ's leading economic advisor, a new "reformist" Minister and member of President Aliyev's inner circle, Finance Minister Samir Sharifov is key to the GOAJ's efforts to successfully manage its GDP growth of 35 percent and projected USD 200-250 billion in energy revenues [...] | 2007-10-11 13:10:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN ETRD ENRG PREL PGOV AJ |
07BAKU1238 | AZERBAIJAN WILL HELP GEORGIA WITH WINTER GAS BUT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Azerbaijan finds itself in a better situation to deal with regional winter gas shortages than in previous years due to both Shah Deniz gas and increased domestic (i.e. SOCAR) gas production, combined with decreased domestic demand resulting from price increases. Although Preside [...] | 2007-10-11 13:16:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ENRG AJ TU GA |
07BAKU1239 | AZERBAIJAN DOING BUSINESS EASIER; TRANSPARENCY NOT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Azerbaijan's ranking in the 2008 World Bank/IFC "Doing Business" report improved five positions, to 96 of 178, due primarily to the April 2007 Presidential decree instructing government ministries and agencies to develop a plan to improve the business climate, including developing [...] | 2007-10-16 06:24:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PREL KCOR EAID AJ |
07BAKU1244 | RECENT STEPS HIGHLIGHT GOAJ'S ATTEMPT TO CONTROL [...] (C) Summary: In September, two television programs about Islam were canceled or temporarily suspended, reportedly in response to GOAJ pressure. In an unrelated incident, the rector of the Azerbaijani Teachers' Institute in September sought to keep veiled female students from attending classe [...] | 2007-10-16 12:37:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM KISL AJ |
07BAKU125 | GOAJ APPROVES OPPOSITION MUSAVAT PARTY REQUEST TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: On January 24, the Baku Mayor's Office granted permission to the opposition Musavat Party to hold a January 28 rally protesting recent price increases. This decision marks the first official approval of any protest or rally since the November 26, 2005 violent break-up of a peacefu [...] | 2007-01-25 14:06:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM CASC ASEC AJ |
07BAKU1250 | AZERBAIJAN: INDEPENDENT JOURNALIST BEATEN WHILE [...] (C) SUMMARY: In the course of covering a forced eviction on September 28, journalist Suheyla Gambarova reportedly was beaten by Ministry of Justice court bailiffs, and was hospitalized and diagnosed with hemorrhaging of the brain, a broken nose and short-term memory loss. In an October 4 hos [...] | 2007-10-18 08:18:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KCOR AJ |
07BAKU1251 | ALASGAR ISMAYILOV RECOUNTS DETENTION, FORCED [...] (C) SUMMARY: On October 10, 71-year old Popular Front Party activist Alasgar Ismayilov recounted the details of his September 20 detention and forced commitment to a mental institution. Ismayilov said he was detained by police after refusing to sign a statement declaring that Nakhchivani aut [...] | 2007-10-18 08:18:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM AJ |
07BAKU1255 | AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH COMMITTEE TO DEFEND [...] (C) Summary: During an October 11 meeting, Jamil Hasanli, Head of the Committee to Defend Farhad Aliyev's Rights, told the Ambassador that the former Minister had been arrested on coup-plotting charges in October 2005 as part of a Russian intelligence effort to sway public opinion in the run-up [...] | 2007-10-18 13:37:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM AJ |
07BAKU1263 | SECOND CASPIAN SUMMIT IN TEHRAN YIELDS LITTLE [...] (C) Summary: Azerbaijani Deputy Foreign Minister (DFM) Araz Azimov downplayed the importance of the October 16 Tehran summit, indicating that the Government of Azerbaijan (GOAJ) doubted any significant progress would be reached on Caspian delimitation. Russian President Putin's public state [...] | 2007-10-19 12:00:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PBTS ENRG IR AJ |
07BAKU1264 | AZERBAIJAN'S NOMINATION FOR THE 2008 SECRETARY'S [...] (U) We are pleased to nominate Fatima Aghamirzayeva to be considered for the Secretary of State's Award for International Women of Courage (ref). In Azerbaijan, very few women are active in business or politics; however, Ms. Aghamirzayeva has been a trailblazer in both areas. As a young wido [...] | 2007-10-19 12:17:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM KWMN KDEM KPAO AJ |
07BAKU1265 | AZERBAIJAN: U.S. SPEAKER ON AVIAN INFLUENZIA ROBERT TANAKA [...] Summary: Embassy Baku hosted a U.S. Speaker on Avian Influenza (AI) Dr. Robert Tanaka June 12 - 16. Tanaka held meetings at the Ministry of Health, Ministry of Agriculture, State Veterinary Service, visited other organizations involved in health protection issues, and conducted a media interv [...] | 2007-10-19 12:19:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EAGR KFLU KPAO AJ |
07BAKU1268 | AZERBAIJAN: SOCAR REFRAINS FROM “GOING KAZAKH†ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a October 19 steering committee meeting of the Azerbaijan International Oil Consortium (AIOC),the State Oil Company of Azerbaijan (SOCAR),representing the Azerbaijan government, avoided declaring the Consortium in material breach of the Production Sharing Agreement (PSA) as it [...] | 2007-10-22 13:49:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ENRG AJ |
07BAKU1272 | EMBASSY BAKU EXPANDS MUSLIM OUTREACH THROUGH [...] (SBU) Summary: The Embassy this year made a concerted effort to expand our outreach to Azerbaijani Muslims during Ramazan, as part of our broader, long-term effort to engage with local believers. Azerbaijan - a non-Arab, majority Muslim country with a strong secular tradition, a tradition of [...] | 2007-10-23 03:55:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM KISL KPAO SCUL AJ |
07BAKU1273 | INFORMATION ON DAVID WALKER DELIVERED TO [...] No summary [...] | 2007-10-23 09:26:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL AORC UN UNGA AJ |
07BAKU1275 | ACTION REQUEST: PRESS GUIDANCE ON THE FARHAD [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 2. 2. (SBU) As the trial of former Minister of Economic Development Farhad Aliyev wraps up (ref a),the need for definitive press guidance on his case has resurfaced. The Prosecutor has asked that Aliyev be sentenced to 11 years in pris [...] | 2007-10-23 12:46:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM KCOR KPAO AJ |
07BAKU1276 | AZERBAIJANI PROTESTANTS SAY RELIGIOUS FREEDOM IS [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador met with three local Protestant pastors on October 18 to hear their views on religious freedom. The pastors agreed that while religious freedom generally has increased since 1991, conditions have become worse for evangelical Christians in the last several years. [...] | 2007-10-23 13:10:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM KIRF AJ |
07BAKU1284 | EU REPRESENTATIVE PETER SEMNEBY COMMENTS ON HIS [...] (C) Summary: EU Special Representative Peter Semneby reviewed his October 18 meeting with President Aliyev with the Ambassador on the same day. Aliyev told Semneby there was no agreement at the Caspian Heads of State meeting in Tehran. During the Caspian Summit, Turkmen President Berdimuha [...] | 2007-10-25 12:44:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PBTS PHUM ENRG IR AM AJ |
07BAKU1285 | HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVISTS BRIEF AMBASSADOR ON PACE [...] No summary [...] | 2007-10-25 13:26:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM AJ |
07BAKU1290 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON THIRD COMMITTEE RESOLUTIONS [...] (U) On October 24, emboffs delivered reftel points on U.S. priority resolutions in the UN General Assembly's Third Committee to the Azerbaijani MFA's International Security Affairs Department (responsible for UN issues) and the MFA's Americas Desk. MFA International Security Affairs Departmen [...] | 2007-10-26 08:52:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL KTIA UN AJ |
07BAKU1292 | AZERBAIJAN, RWE UPBEAT ON NABUCCO; BOTAS SHAKE-UP [...] (U) This is a joint Embassy Ankara - Embassy Baku cable. 2. (C) SUMMARY: According to an executive of German Energy Company RWE, in October 19 meetings with Azerbaijan's State Oil Company (SOCAR) and the Energy Ministry both expressed strong Azerbaijani support for the Nabucco pipeline pro [...] | 2007-10-26 10:48:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ENRG AJ TU |
07BAKU1293 | AZERBAIJAN INFORMED OF DESIGNATIONS OF IRANIAN [...] (C) Ambassador delivered reftel non-paper and fact sheet to Azerbaijani Presidential Foreign Policy Advisor Novruz Mammadov on October 26. Mammadov thanked Ambassador for informing him about the new designations, saying that Iran's continued intransigence on the nuclear issue was a "very sen [...] | 2007-10-26 11:24:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KNNP PARM EFIN IR AJ |
07BAKU1294 | AZERBAIJAN - BAKU EAC MEETING [...] (S/NF) Ambassador convened an emergency meeting of the Emergency Action Committee (AMB, DCM, CON, DAO, DTRO EXBS, GRPO, MGMT, MSG, PD, Peace Corps, POL/ECON, RSO, USAID, Peace Corps) on October 28, 2007 at 1800 hours (local) to discuss Post's security posture in response to information receive [...] | 2007-10-28 17:02:00 | Embassy Baku | SECRET//NOFORN | ASEC CASC PTER AJ |
07BAKU1295 | EMBASSY BAKU TEMPORARILY CLOSED TO PUBLIC [...] (S) Per Reftel B, Embassy Baku informs the department that effective 0900 on October 29, 2007, the Mission will be temporarily closed to the public. The temporary closure to the public and minimal operations is in response to a terrorist threat (reftel A). The Embassy consulted with the Ops [...] | 2007-10-29 08:49:00 | Embassy Baku | SECRET//NOFORN | AEMR AJ AMGT ASEC CASC PTER |
07BAKU1296 | AZERBAIJAN - BAKU EAC MEETING 10/29/07 [...] (S/NF) Ambassador convened a meeting of EAC members (AMB, DCM, CON, DAO, GRPO, MGMT, MSG, PD, POL/ECON, RSO,) on October 29, 2007 at 1715 hours (local) to discuss the Embassy's security posture in response to information received from the GOAJ Ministry of National Security (MNS) regarding a t [...] | 2007-10-29 16:27:00 | Embassy Baku | SECRET//NOFORN | AJ ASEC CASC PTER |
07BAKU1297 | AZERBAIJAN - BAKU EAC MEETING, 10/30/2007 [...] (S/NF) The Ambassador convened a meeting of EAC members (AMB, DCM, CONS, DAO, GRPO, MGT, MSG, ODC, Peace Corps, PD, POL/ECON, and RSO) on October 30, 2007 at 1530 to review the latest information and our current security posture in response to a specific threat against the U.S. Embassy (refte [...] | 2007-10-30 14:17:00 | Embassy Baku | SECRET//NOFORN | ASEC CASC PTER PINR AJ |
07BAKU1306 | JOURNALIST EYNULLA FATULLAYEV CONVICTED OF [...] (SBU) On October 30, already-jailed journalist Eynulla Fatullayev was sentenced to eight years and six months' imprisonment on charges of supporting terrorism, inciting ethnic and religious hatred, and tax evasion (articles 214.1, 283.2.2, and 213.2.2 of the criminal code); he was also fined 2 [...] | 2007-10-31 12:41:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM AJ |
07BAKU1309 | IRAN AND ARMENIA PURSUE STRONGER TRADE TIES, WHILE [...] (U) This message has been cleared by Embassy Yerevan. 2. (C) Summary: During an October 1-5 visit to Armenia, Baku-based Iran Watcher met with foreign policy analysts, religious leaders, academics, and bankers to further explore Iranian-Armenian relations. Armenian analysts believe Iran' [...] | 2007-11-01 07:10:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PBTS PGOV PHUM PREL KIRF IR AJ AM |
07BAKU131 | GOAJ RAISES SALARIES AND MINIMUM WAGE TO COUNTER [...] (U) At a January 22 meeting with government ministers, President Aliyev publicly expressed his support for the recent increase in fuel prices and public utility tariffs (refs a and b). The President also announced new government measures, including salary increases, in order to minimize the n [...] | 2007-01-26 12:32:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PGOV PREL EAID AMGT AJ |
07BAKU1310 | EX-MINISTER FARHAD ALIYEV SENTENCED TO TEN YEARS [...] (U) On October 31, former Minister of Economic Development Farhad Aliyev was sentenced to ten years' imprisonment on charges of misappropriation, embezzlement, illegal entrepreneurship, smuggling, tax evasion, abuse of power, accepting bribery, and forgery (articles 179.3.1, 179.3.2, 192.2.1, [...] | 2007-11-01 11:09:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM KCOR AJ |
07BAKU1311 | SCENESETTER FOR EUR A/S FRIED'S NOVEMBER 3-5 VISIT [...] (S) Summary: Dan, your visit could not come at a better time. With the ongoing security threat to the Embassy, your visit will underscore that we continue to engage actively, and at high levels. In the first place, it will be important to reinforce with this government that Azerbaijan's co [...] | 2007-11-01 13:07:00 | Embassy Baku | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PHUM KDEM ENRG PINR PBTS IR RU AJ |
07BAKU1318 | AZERBAIJANI PRESIDENTIAL FOREIGN POLICY ADVISOR ON [...] (C) Summary: During an October 26 meeting with Azerbaijani Presidential Foreign Policy Advisor Novruz Mammadov, the Ambassador had a frank and productive discussion with Mammadov about the state of the U.S.-Azerbaijani bilateral relationship. While Mammadov said that issues such as democrat [...] | 2007-11-02 06:33:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM AJ |
07BAKU1319 | AZERBAIJAN PRESIDENTIAL ADVISOR SAYS TEHRAN SUMMIT [...] (C) Summary: During an October 26 meeting with the Ambassador, Azerbaijani Presidential Foreign Policy Advisor Novruz Mammadov provided a read out of the recent Tehran Caspian Summit (reftel). Mammadov affirmed Azerbaijan's long-standing position that it does not need a five-party agreement [...] | 2007-11-02 06:45:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PBTS PREL ENRG MARR IR AJ |
07BAKU1320 | AZERBAIJAN'S "NEW" PARLIAMENT SETTLES INTO ITS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Azerbaijan's "new" Parliament, which was elected in November 2005, began its fourth session on October  [...] | 2007-11-02 08:44:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM EAID AJ |
07BAKU1326 | BAKU EAC MEETING - 11/2/07 [...] (S/NF) The DCM convened a meeting of EAC members (DCM, DAO, DOJ, GRPO, MSG, PD, POL/ECON, and RSO) on November 2 at 1500 to review the latest information and our current security posture in response to a specific threat against the U.S. Embassy (reftel). GRPO reported that the Azerbaijani Mi [...] | 2007-11-02 13:00:00 | Embassy Baku | SECRET//NOFORN | ASEC CASC PREL PTER PINR AJ |
07BAKU1330 | PRESIDENT'S STATE OF THE UNION SPEECH: ECONOMIC [...] (C) SUMMARY: In an October 23 cabinet meeting, President Aliyev detailed the social and economic successes of the first nine months of 2007. In a prepared statement, Aliyev commended the Government of Azerbaijan's (GOAJ) efforts to create jobs, develop the rural areas and improve the living [...] | 2007-11-06 10:17:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV EAID PREL KCOR EFIN AJ |
07BAKU1331 | FM MAMMADYAROV REVIEWS CASPIAN DELIMITATION, IRAN [...] (C) Summary: During a November 2 meeting, Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Mammadyarov said that he was optimistic that a delimitation deal with Turkmenistan was possible. Mammadyarov suggested that the U.S. assist Azerbaijan by helping to draft a joint declaration outlining the median line as t [...] | 2007-11-06 11:20:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PBTS PREL ENRG MARR IR TX AJ |
07BAKU1337 | AZERBAIJANI PUBLIC AND GOVERNMENT STAND WITH [...] (C) Summary: In the run-up to Turkish President Abdullah Gul's November 6-8 visit to Azerbaijan, GOAJ officials, MPs, opposition party members, and civil society activists voiced support for Turkey in its struggle against the PKK. A November 5 conference in Baku, which included participants [...] | 2007-11-07 13:12:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER TU IZ AJ |
07BAKU1338 | AZERBAIJAN COMMERCIAL UPDATE, OCTOBER 15-30, 2007 [...] SUMMARY: This information is drawn primarily from the Azerbaijani local press, and has not been checked for accuracy. The opinions and policies expressed in this report are those of the authors, not the U.S. Government. END SUMMARY. --NEW BAKU INTERNATIONAL SEAPORT --AIC EXPANDING PORTFO [...] | 2007-11-08 05:01:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV ETRD ENRG EFIN AJ |
07BAKU1339 | AZERBAIJAN: ACG CONSORTIUM GAS FOR GEORGIA IF [...] (C) SUMMARY: BP Azerbaijan President Bill Schrader told EUR DAS Bryza and the Ambassador that the ACG Consortium was not going to increase the amount of extra associated gas it was providing to Azerbaijan in response to Georgian winter gas needs unless the GOAJ asked it to do so in response to [...] | 2007-11-08 05:06:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ENRG AJ GA |
07BAKU1348 | AZERBAIJAN PASSES NEW INSURANCE LAW [...] (U) On October 9, Azerbaijan's parliament passed an updated Law on Insurance Activity that the Ministry of Finance indicates is a first step to raising Azerbaijan's domestic insurance up to the International Association of Insurance Supervisors'(IAIS) standards. The World Bank and other inter [...] | 2007-11-09 07:29:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD ENRG EFIN AJ |
07BAKU135 | BLANKET OVERFLIGHT GRANTED BY AZERBAIJAN UNTIL THE [...] (SBU) The Government of Azerbaijan has extended for one year blanket diplomatic overflight clearance for all US Government and contract flights in support of Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF) in Afghanistan and Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF) in Iraq. The GOAJ renewed this important support fo [...] | 2007-01-26 14:42:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AJ PGOV PM PTER MARR |
07BAKU1352 | BAKU EAC MEETING - 11/9/07 [...] (S/NF) DCM convened an EAC meeting on November 9 at 1400 to review the latest information concerning an ongoing threat against the Embassy (reftel) and the Embassy's security posture in response to this threat. DCM, CONS, GRPO, IMC, IMO, MSG, POL/ECON and RSO attended. GRPO reported that Az [...] | 2007-11-09 12:21:00 | Embassy Baku | SECRET//NOFORN | ASEC CASC PREL PINR PTER AJ |
07BAKU1353 | EDITOR OF ONE OF AZERBAIJAN'S LEAST REPUTABLE [...] (SBU) On November 6, Editor-In-Chief of Ideal newspaper Nazim Guliyev was sentenced to 30 months' imprisonment on libel charges. Ideal newspaper is known as one of Azerbaijan's least reputable newspapers, as Guliyev is widely believed to accept bribes to slander opposition figures, other jour [...] | 2007-11-09 12:45:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM AJ |
07BAKU1354 | A/S FRIED'S DINNER WITH AZERBAIJANI RELIGIOUS [...] (C) Summary: At a November 4 dinner in honor of visiting EUR A/S Fried, leading religious analysts agreed that religiosity was on the rise in Azerbaijan, but disagreed on whether radicalism was also on the rise. Those who argued that radicalism was on the rise attributed it to a mix of fore [...] | 2007-11-13 09:40:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM KDEM KISL IR AJ |
07BAKU1355 | NGO AND POLITICAL PARTY LEADERS SHARE CONCERNS [...] (C) SUMMARY: During his November 4 meetings with NGO and political party leaders, EUR A/S Fried noted the importance of a strong Azerbaijan with strong democratic institutions. Although it is not always popular with the GOAJ, he said that Azerbaijan's democratic development would remain a prio [...] | 2007-11-13 09:42:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM AJ |
07BAKU1356 | AZERBAIJAN: EUR A/S FRIED REVIEWS DEMOCRACY AND [...] (C) Summary: EUR A/S Fried and the Ambassador reviewed democracy and human right issues with Foreign Minister Mammadyarov in a November 5 meeting, as part of our ongoing high-level dialogue (ref a). Fried emphasized that free and fair presidential elections in 2008 would strengthen Azerbaij [...] | 2007-11-13 09:49:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM KIRF PBTS AM AJ |
07BAKU1357 | PRESIDENT ALIYEV REVIEWS REGIONAL ISSUES WITH EUR [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Aliyev told A/S Fried that, although he was pleased with Azerbaijan,s overall economic and social situation, he was concerned by the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict and the potential for religious extremism in Azerbaijan. Aliyev believes that Ukraine's paralysis and Moldova' [...] | 2007-11-13 09:50:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL AJ |
07BAKU1358 | EUR A/S FRIED DISCUSSES DEMOCRATIC REFORMS WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a November 5 meeting with Presidential Chief of Staff Ramiz Mehdiyev, EUR Assistant Secretary Daniel Fried raised the importance of further developing Azerbaijan's institution building, ensuring transparent and free presidential elections in 2008, and supporting a free press. [...] | 2007-11-13 10:50:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PREL PHUM ECON AJ |
07BAKU1359 | AZADLIG NEWSPAPER EDITOR ARRESTED, SENTENCED TO [...] (SBU) On November 10, Editor-In-Chief of Azadlig newspaper Ganimat Zahid was arrested on charges of hooliganism and inflicting minor bodily harm. The charges were based on a complaint filed by a private citizen, alleging that Zahid had struck him during a November 7 altercation. Prior to his [...] | 2007-11-13 12:40:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM AJ |
07BAKU136 | AZERBAIJAN,S APPROACH TO THE "NEW" GUAM [...] (C) SUMMARY: In the past year, Azerbaijan's primary interest in GUAM appears to have been regional security, especially resolving the region,s "protracted" or "frozen" conflicts. As Azerbaijan prepares to assume the Chair of GUAM in June, Deputy Foreign Minister Araz Azimov said GUAM should f [...] | 2007-01-30 06:37:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PBTS KDEM AJ GG MD UP |
07BAKU1361 | EUR A/S FRIED REVIEWS DEMOCRACY AND HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (C) SUMMARY: uring a November 5 meeting with visiting EUR A/SDaniel Fried, Minister of Internal Affairs RamilUsubov said that the Ministry planned to continue to support the democratic reforms and western direction of President Ilham Aliyev. He noted that various democratic and human rights re [...] | 2007-11-14 09:09:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM AJ |
07BAKU1362 | TURKISH PRESIDENT GUL RECEIVES WARM WELCOME IN BAKU [...] (C) Summary: Turkish President Abdullah Gul's November 6-8 visit to Azerbaijan highlighted strong cooperation and cultural ties between Azerbaijan and Turkey. President Aliyev and President Gul's statements focused on broadening bilateral cooperation, resolving the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict [...] | 2007-11-14 12:05:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV TU AJ |
07BAKU1365 | AZERBAIJAN PRESIDENT DISCUSSES N-K, DEMOCRACY WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Aliyev told A/S Fried and the Ambassador on November 3 that "there was a consensus" on the essential N-K issues, with the only remaining barriers being "phraseology" and the Lachin Corridor. Time was on Azerbaijan's side in the N-K dispute, as every year Azerbaijan gro [...] | 2007-11-15 09:24:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV AJ |
07BAKU1377 | AZERBAIJAN INFORMED OF FATF STATEMENT AND GUIDANCE [...] (C) Ambassador delivered reftel talking points to Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov on November 02. Thanking the Ambassador for informing him about the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) statement and guidance on Iran, Mammadyarov was supportive, saying that he had encouraged t [...] | 2007-11-15 11:27:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL MNUC ECON IR AJ |
07BAKU1378 | AZERBAIJAN INFORMED OF DESIGNATIONS OF IRANIAN [...] (C) After delivering reftel non-paper and fact sheet to Azerbaijani Presidential Foreign Policy Advisor Novruz Mammadov on October 26 (ref b),the Ambassador discussed the same points with Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov on November 02 (ref c). After thanking the Ambassador fo [...] | 2007-11-15 11:29:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KNNP PARM EFIN IR AJ |
07BAKU1382 | AZERBAIJANI DFM AZIMOV DISCUSSES AZERBAIJAN'S [...] (C) Azerbaijani Deputy Foreign Minister (DFM) Araz Azimov and Ambassador Derse met November 12 to discuss several security-related issues (septels),including Azerbaijan's participation in the Conventional Forces in Europe (CFE) treaty and the "Tashkent Agreement." Azimov told the Ambassador [...] | 2007-11-16 10:40:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL AJ IR MARR MNUC PARM RS |
07BAKU1383 | AZERBAIJANI DFM AZIMOV SAYS "DON'T FORGET US" ON [...] (C) Azerbaijani Deputy Foreign Minister (DFM) Araz Azimov and Ambassador Derse met November 12 to discuss several security-related issues (septel). Azimov asked the Ambassador for an update on the 2-plus-2 talks between the United States and Russia, with a particular interest in missile defen [...] | 2007-11-16 11:00:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL AJ IR MARR MNUC PARM RS |
07BAKU1385 | ACTION REQUEST: LIMITING AZERBAIJAN'S ENERGY [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 2. 2. (C) Embassy requests that the Critical Energy Infrastructure Interagency group chaired by S/CT consider possible modalities for assisting the GOAJ to identify and design a plan for minimizing its energy infrastructure vulnerabilit [...] | 2007-11-16 11:40:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET PTER MARR MASS PBTS IR AJ |
07BAKU1388 | THE VANISHING AZERBAIJANI OPPOSITION [...] (C) Summary: The Azerbaijani Opposition has been in a steady decline since the 2005 parliamentary elections, beleaguered by government pressure and its own chronic disunity. According to a 2006 IFES public opinion poll, support for the traditional opposition parties has dropped to five perc [...] | 2007-11-16 12:29:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | AJ PGOV PHUM |
07BAKU1389 | WESTERN AZERBAIJAN: REGIONAL NON-OIL SECTOR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Econoffs visited a range of private and primarily agricultural companies in western Azerbaijan around Azerbaijan's second largest city, Ganja, to discuss regional development in the non-oil sector. The team met with Ganja's regional governor, visited the newly opened regional ai [...] | 2007-11-16 13:04:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EAGR EAID USDA AJ |
07BAKU1394 | DEMARCHE ON UNGA THIRD COMMITTEE RESOLUTION [...] No summary [...] | 2007-11-20 04:19:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL KTIA UN BL AJ |
07BAKU1396 | AZERBAIJAN: SOCAR DOES "RECON MISSION" TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: State Oil Company of Azerbaijan Vice President Elshad Nasirov traveled to Ashgabat for the November 14-15 Turkmenistan International Oil and Gas Exhibition and Conference, meeting with his GOTX counterparts on possible new energy cooperation. Having consulted with President Aliye [...] | 2007-11-21 09:39:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PBTS ENRG TX AJ |
07BAKU1397 | TURKIC CONFERENCE IN BAKU PASSES WITH LIMITED [...] (C) Summary: President Ilham Aliyev, Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan, and Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus President Mehmet Ali Talat attended the eleventh Turkic conference in Baku on November 17-19. The conference's final statement called for enhanced cooperation -- including cre [...] | 2007-11-21 10:37:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV TU AJ |
07BAKU1398 | APPEALS COURT UPHOLDS RULING ON AZADLIG EDITOR'S [...] (SBU) On November 22, the Court of Appeals upheld the Yasamal District Court's November 11 ruling stipulating that Azadlig newspaper Editor-In-Chief Ganimat Zahid would remain in pre-trial detention for two months. Zahid was arrested on November 10 on charges of hooliganism and inflicting mino [...] | 2007-11-23 09:35:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM AJ |
07BAKU1399 | AZERBAIJAN AND BP-LED CONSORTIUM MOVE CLOSER TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: In an October 26 meeting with DAS Bryza, BP Azerbaijan head Bill Schrader said that BP planned to propose to the State Oil Company of Azerbaijan (SOCAR) that a working group be formed to help clarify each side's understanding of the other side's position concerning the dispute ove [...] | 2007-11-23 10:06:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV AJ ENRG |
07BAKU1404 | AMBASSADOR DELIVERS DEMOCRACY MESSAGE IN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During a November 7 visit to the Azerbaijani exclave of Nakhchivan, the Ambassador delivered a strong message on the importance of democratic development to Azerbaijan's future. She met with Nakhchivan Prime Minister Alovsat Bakhshiyev, and visited several Nakhchivani historic [...] | 2007-11-26 09:38:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM PBTS EAID AR AJ |
07BAKU1406 | AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH YOUTH MOVEMENT LEADERS [...] (C) SUMMARY: On November 8, the Ambassador met with leaders of Azerbaijan's main youth movements. She noted the important role youth can play in Azerbaijan's democratic development. Representatives of the opposition movements expressed frustration that their activities are limited by pressu [...] | 2007-11-26 12:50:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM AJ |
07BAKU1407 | ACTION REQUEST: REVIEW OF AZERBAIJAN'S MILITARY [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 2. 2. (SBU) Embassy requests the Department review Azerbaijan's draft military doctrine to see if there is any language -- particularly with respect to the Nagorno Karabakh conflict -- that could be objectionable. The draft military do [...] | 2007-11-27 04:42:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PBTS MARR AJ |
07BAKU1408 | REVIEW OF AZERBAIJAN'S FIRST NATO INDIVIDUAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: As Azerbaijan prepares to embark on a second NATO Individual Partnership Action Plan (IPAP-2),it is clear that Azerbaijan,s first IPAP (IPAP-1) has played an important role in encouraging reform within the extremely conservative Ministry of Defense (MoD) and more broadly within [...] | 2007-11-27 06:44:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | AJ NATO |
07BAKU1411 | IRANIAN PARLIAMENT SPEAKER HADDAD-ADEL VISITS [...] (C) Summary: Iranian Parliament Speaker Gholamali Haddad-Adel visited Azerbaijan November 23-24, postponed due to a visit by the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) to Azerbaijan in October according to Azerbaijani and Iranian press reports. Haddad-Adel's visit received extensi [...] | 2007-11-28 05:11:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PBTS PGOV PREL IR AJ |
07BAKU1412 | JEWISH LEADER CONFIRMS CEMETERY DESTRUCTION NOT TARGETED [...] (U) Since August, the Azerbaijani press has carried periodic reports on the Baku municipality's plans to destroy a cemetery in the city's Narimanov district, as part of a new road construction project. The GOAJ is engaged in a massive road and infrastructure construction effort, and has been [...] | 2007-11-28 08:27:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM PGOV KIRF AJ |
07BAKU1413 | BAKUTEL: ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL IT CONFERENCE OPENS IN BAKU [...] (U) The 13th annual international exhibition and conference "Telecommunications and Information Technologies," known as Bakutel, was held in Baku November 21-24. The exhibition featured 152 exhibitors from 25 countries with organizers expecting 15,000 visitors this year. High ranking GOAJ offi [...] | 2007-11-28 11:26:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EINV ECPS BTIO AJ |
07BAKU1418 | EFFORTS TO UNIFY WORLD AZERBAIJANIS CONGRESS [...] (C) Summary: World Azerbaijanis Congress (WAC) President Ghulamriza Sabri-Tabrizi and Guney Azerbaijan Television (GunAz TV) Director Ahmad Obali reported that efforts to unify disparate WAC factions were underway, with Demokratik Dunya Azerbaijan Kongresi or DDAK (the North America-based fa [...] | 2007-11-29 10:09:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR PREL KDEM IR AJ |
07BAKU1419 | AZERBAIJAN COMMERCIAL UPDATE, NOVEMBER 1-15, 2007 [...] SUMMARY: This information is drawn primarily from the Azerbaijani local press, and has not been checked for accuracy. The opinions and policies expressed in this report are those of the authors, not the U.S. Government. END SUMMARY. - PRIVATIZATION VOUCHERS VALID THROUGH 2010 - BTK RAILWA [...] | 2007-11-29 10:18:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV ETRD ENRG EFIN AJ |
07BAKU1429 | DEMARCHE ON UNGA RESOLUTIONS WITH ANTI-ISRAEL BIAS [...] No summary [...] | 2007-11-30 11:52:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL UNGA IS AJ |
07BAKU143 | EUROPEAN COURT RULES IN FAVOR OF OPPOSITION LEADER [...] (U) On January 11, the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) ordered the GOAJ to pay Acting Chair of the Azerbaijan Democratic Party Sardar Jalaloglu USD 15,275 in damages and court expenses for mistreating Jalaloglu while he was in police custody in 2003, and for failing to properly investiga [...] | 2007-01-30 10:20:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM AJ |
07BAKU1430 | BRIEFING AZERBAIJAN ON U.S. PROPOSALS ON MD, CFE [...] No summary [...] | 2007-11-30 11:55:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MARR MASS KPAO NATO RS AJ |
07BAKU1431 | RUSSIAN READOUT ON MINDEF SERDYUKOV'S VISIT TO [...] (C) Russian Ambassador to Baku Valery Istratov briefed Charge on Russian Defense Minister Anatoliy Serdyukov's November 27-28 visit to Azerbaijan. Istratov was short on details, explaining that the visit was only military-to-military in nature, and that no meetings happened on the political [...] | 2007-11-30 12:37:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL RS AJ |
07BAKU1434 | PRESIDENT ALIYEV'S "GET-ACQUAINTED" MEETING WITH [...] (C) According to Presidential Foreign Policy Advisor Novruz Mammadov, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev's November 19-20 visit to France was primarily an opportunity to "get acquainted" with new French President Nicholas Sarkozy. According to Mammadov, the presidents' meeting focused on reg [...] | 2007-11-30 13:38:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS ENRG KDEM AJ |
07BAKU1435 | TWO HIGH-PROFILE DEATH CASES AT MOJ MEDICAL [...] No summary [...] | 2007-11-30 13:44:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL PINS SOCI AJ |
07BAKU1440 | AZERBAIJAN INVESTMENT COMPANY LAUNCHES ISLAMIC JOINT [...] (SBU): On November 29, the Azerbaijan Investment Company established a joint investment company with the Islamic Corporation for the Development of the Private Sector (ICDP). The new company, "Caspian International Investment Company" (CIIC),will invest in non-oil sector business development [...] | 2007-12-03 13:16:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV ETRD ENRG EFIN AJ |
07BAKU1445 | AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH THE WOMEN'S BAR [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a November 20 lunch with the board of the Women's Bar Association, the Ambassador noted that women have much to contribute to Azerbaijan, particularly in democracy and human rights promotion. The board members briefed the Ambassador on their work, highlighting the fact that al [...] | 2007-12-05 14:03:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KWMN KDEM AJ |
07BAKU1446 | AMBASSADOR REVIEWS RANGE OF PARLIAMENTARY ISSUES [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a November 21 meeting with the Ambassador, Speaker of Parliament Ogtay Asadov said that USAID's Parliamentary Assistance Project has so far been successful. The Ambassador urged Parliament to move quickly on draft new laws on money laundering and anti-terrorist finance, which [...] | 2007-12-05 14:09:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM EAID PBTS AJ |
07BAKU1453 | LIMITED AZERBAIJANI REACTION TO NEWS OF THE MINSK [...] (C) Summary: Azerbaijani reaction to the announcement that the OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs forwarded written proposals for resolving the Nagorno-Karabakh (NK) conflict to the governments of Azerbaijan and Armenia has been muted. The majority of commentators and average Azerbaijanis routinely [...] | 2007-12-07 04:22:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PBTS KPAO AM AJ |
07BAKU1454 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON UNGA FOURTH COMMITTEE VOTE [...] No summary [...] | 2007-12-07 09:16:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL KWBG PHUM PREF UNGA IS AJ |
07BAKU1457 | NAKHCHIVAN RFE/RL CORRESPONDENT SENTENCED TO THREE [...] (U) This is an action request; please see para 6. 2. (SBU) On December 6, Nakhchivan Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty correspondent Ilgar Nasibov was sentenced to three months' imprisonment on libel charges. The circumstances of the lawsuit remain unclear. According to information received [...] | 2007-12-07 10:37:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO AJ |
07BAKU1458 | AZERBAIJAN INFORMED OF U.S. NIE ON IRAN'S NUCLEAR [...] (C) On December 07, DCM provided Azerbaijani Deputy Foreign Minister Khalaf Khalafov with the key judgments from the U.S. National Intelligence Estimate (NIE) on Iran's nuclear program. Khalafov thanked DCM for informing him about the NIE and U.S. policy toward Iran. 2. (C) The Embassy w [...] | 2007-12-07 12:42:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP MNUC PARM IR AJ |
07BAKU1460 | AZERBAIJAN COMMERCIAL UPDATE, NOVEMBER 15 - 30, 2007 [...] SUMMARY: This information is drawn primarily from the Azerbaijani local press, and has not been checked for accuracy. The opinions and policies expressed in this report are those of the authors, not the U.S. Government. END SUMMARY. - SOUTH-KOREAN ENERGY PROJECT - ADB HIGHWAY PROJECT - TR [...] | 2007-12-10 08:53:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV ETRD ENRG EFIN AJ |
07BAKU1463 | BAKU POLICE BREAK-UP SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST WORSHIP [...] (SBU) According to Seventh Day Adventist Pastor Ivan Zavrichko, five to six police officers broke up a gathering of approximately twenty Seventh Day Adventists on December 8. Zavrichko said the group was conducting a religious service in a personal apartment near the Gara Garayev metro statio [...] | 2007-12-11 06:03:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PGOV KIRF AJ |
07BAKU1464 | 2007-2008 INSCR FOR AZERBAIJAN [...] No summary [...] | 2007-12-11 06:22:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR PREL EAID AJ |
07BAKU1467 | DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER AZIMOV ON MISSILE DEFENSE [...] (C) Summary. Deputy Foreign Minister Araz Azimov told the Ambassador on December 8 that Azerbaijan supports the U.S. proposal for a joint regional missile defense system. Even if Washington and Moscow do not agree to a specific joint regional system, the GOAJ is open to discussing potential [...] | 2007-12-11 10:31:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR MASS PARM AJ |
07BAKU147 | ECONOMIC PARTNERSHIP COMMISSION SCENESETTER FOR EB [...] (SBU) The inaugural Economic Partnership Commission comes at a critical time as we look to elevate the U.S.-Azerbaijan bilateral economic dialogue. Azerbaijan's rapid economic growth, the fastest in the world, and its expected USD 250 billion in energy revenues over the next decade, highlight [...] | 2007-02-01 10:30:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PREL PGOV EFIN EPET ENRG AJ |
07BAKU1470 | NAKHCHIVANI JOURNALIST RELEASED AFTER APPELLATE [...] (C) According to Nakhchivan-based human rights activists and press accounts, on December 10 at approximately 1820, Nakhchivan Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty correspondent Ilgar Nasibov was released from prison, following the Nakhchivan Court of Appeals' decision to overturn the district court [...] | 2007-12-11 13:13:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO AJ |
07BAKU1476 | BAKU AUTHORITIES REIN IN NAKHCHIVAN THUGS: THE [...] (C) Summary: On December 11, RFE/RL correspondent Ilgar Nasibov detailed the confusing sequence of arrests, convictions, searches and detentions surrounding his convictions on criminal defamation charges. It appears that direct intervention from Baku prompted the Nakhchivani authorities to o [...] | 2007-12-12 13:46:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM KPAO AJ |
07BAKU1479 | MINISTRY OF EMERGENCY SITUATIONS LOOKING TO BUY [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 4. 2. (SBU) In a December 12 meeting, Minister of Emergency Situations (MES) First Deputy Rafail Mirzayev said that the MES is extremely interested in sending a delegation, led by a deputy minister and including agency heads and experts, to [...] | 2007-12-13 08:15:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV ETRD EFIN AJ |
07BAKU1481 | AZERBAIJANI FOREIGN MINISTRY ASSESSES POSITIVELY [...] (C) On December 7, Deputy Foreign Minister Khalaf Khalafov told the DCM that his and the Prime Minister's November talks with the Turkmen Government had been positive. Khalafov said he specifically went to Ashgabat to conduct bilateral consultations on Caspian delimitation. The Prime Minist [...] | 2007-12-13 11:37:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS ENRG ETRD AJ TX TU |
07BAKU1482 | PROMINENT JOURNALISTS CONTINUE HUNGER STRIKE TO [...] (SBU) On December 13, Poloff visited the Yeni Musavat newspaper office, where a number of prominent editors and journalists have been staging a hunger strike to draw attention to the case of detained opposition Azadliq newspaper Editor-In-Chief Ganimat Zahid. Hunger strikers include Yeni Musa [...] | 2007-12-13 11:57:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM AJ |
07BAKU1483 | AZERBAIJAN AND ITALY AGREE TO STEPS FORWARD FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: A December 12 visit by an Italian delegation headed by Minister for Economic Development Pierluigi Bersani was highlighted by the signing of an Energy MOU with the Ministry of Economic Development. Edison CEO Umberto Quadrino said that 2008 would bring commercial negotiations be [...] | 2007-12-13 13:57:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV AJ IT ENRG TU |
07BAKU1484 | AMBASSADOR MARKS INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS DAY BY [...] (C) SUMMARY: On December 10, International Human Rights Day, the Ambassador hosted a tea for the journalists who have been subjected to acts of physical violence during the past two years. She noted U.S. concern with Azerbaijan's deteriorating media situation, particularly with cases of hara [...] | 2007-12-13 14:00:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO AJ |
07BAKU1487 | AZERBAIJAN'S 2008 STATE BUDGET EXPENDITURES TOP 10 [...] (U) On November 30, Azerbaijan's Parliament approved the 2008 state budget. The 2008 budget revenues total USD 8.8 billion (28 percent of GDP in 2008),and expenditures equal USD 9.9 million (32.5 percent of GDP) resulting in a small budget deficit of USD 1.3 million. In the 2008 budget, the [...] | 2007-12-14 08:35:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PGOV EINV ETRD AJ |
07BAKU1488 | ELDAR NAMAZOV KICKS OFF PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN WITH [...] (C) Although the start of the official campaign season for Azerbaijan's October 2008 presidential election is more than six months away, presidential hopeful Eldar Namazov has already kicked off his campaign. In a November 21 event, Namazov publicly unveiled the "Citizens' Charter in the Name [...] | 2007-12-14 11:33:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM AJ |
07BAKU1490 | SCA PDAS MANN AND FM MAMMADYAROV DISCUSS [...] (C) Summary: In a November 13 meeting with the Ambassador and PDAS Steven Mann, Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Mammadyarov was downbeat on prospects for Turkmenistan moving quickly to send Turkmen gas to Azerbaijan or to resolve the Caspian delimitation issue. Mammadyarov said he was encourag [...] | 2007-12-17 04:33:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ENRG TX AJ PHUM |
07BAKU1495 | AZERBAIJANI SPY SHOW ANGERS IRANIANS [...] (S) Summary: Iran reacted angrily to a December 14 Baku Public Service Television 'special program' in which several Azerbaijani nationals confessed to spying for Iran and having connections with the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC). Characterizing the allegations as "anti-Iranian p [...] | 2007-12-17 12:31:00 | Embassy Baku | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PINR PREL IR AJ |
07BAKU1497 | AZERBAIJAN: 2007 COUNTRY REPORT ON TERRORISM [...] Summary: Cooperation between Azerbaijan and the United States on counterterrorism predates the September 11, 2001 attacks and the first waiver of Section 907 of the FREEDOM Support Act in January 2002. Over the past five years, the GOAJ has continued to step up its efforts to combat terrorist [...] | 2007-12-17 13:41:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC EFIN KCRM KPAO PTER KHLS AEMR AJ KAPO |
07BAKU1498 | PLANS FOR A "DEMOCRACY COUNCIL" OF NGOS BEGIN TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Nearly a year after human rights activist Arzu Abdullayeva shared initial plans to create a coalition of democracy-focused NGOs with then-DRL A/S Lowenkron, she has begun to take actions to make the "Democracy Council" a reality. However, rather than the coordination mechanism b [...] | 2007-12-17 14:19:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM AJ |
07BAKU1501 | AMERICAN IT COMPANIES BULLISH ON OPPORTUNITIES IN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On December 3, the Ambassador met with representatives of seven American information technology (IT) companies to discuss their activities in Azerbaijan, perceptions of the business climate, and future plans. The companies outlined common challenges like the lack of qualified em [...] | 2007-12-18 07:41:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV ETRD ECPS AJ |
07BAKU1506 | AZERBAIJAN: DRAFT 2008 EPC AGENDA AND DELIVERABLES [...] (SBU) Embassy passes to Washington colleagues initial thoughts for the 2008 EPC agenda items and potential deliverables and welcomes Washington's comments, edits and additions. We note that in this early draft of possible deliverables, many of the proposed action items are for the Government [...] | 2007-12-18 10:00:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD EAID PREL ENRG KCOR AJ |
07BAKU1511 | AZERBAIJANI DEFENSE MINISTER ABIYEV PROVIDES [...] (C) Summary. Defense Minister Safar Abiyev on November 12 told the Ambassador that he stood up for Georgia during a recent CIS Defense Ministers meeting, which was considering the leadership of the CIS peacekeeping unit in Abkhazia. Abiyev said during Russian Defense Minister Serdykov's visit [...] | 2007-12-19 05:21:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR MASS RU AJ |
07BAKU1514 | AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES MEDIA SITUATION, HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a December 14 meeting the Ambassador and Human Rights Ombudswoman Elmira Suleymanova discussed Azerbaijan's tense media environment. The Ombudswoman said that she has appealed to President Aliyev to review the imprisoned journalists' cases to determine if they had actuall [...] | 2007-12-19 12:32:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM AJ |
07BAKU1515 | AZERBAIJANI SPY SHOW FALLOUT CONTINUES [...] (C) Summary: Fallout associated with a December 14 Azerbaijani television 'special program' in which several Azerbaijani nationals confessed to spying for Iran and having connections with the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) continues (reftel). While the Iranian Embassy in Baku has [...] | 2007-12-19 12:35:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL IR AJ |
07BAKU1516 | AZERBAIJAN: BP EXECUTIVE BULLISH ON SECOND PHASE [...] (C) SUMMARY: A high-level BP executive said that BP is optimistic on the next stage of Azerbaijani energy sector development, saying that results of recent exploratory drilling confirms that there is "lots left to do" in the offshore Southern Caspian basin. The West should not have "unrealis [...] | 2007-12-26 07:10:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL AJ ENRG |
07BAKU1518 | AZERBAIJAN'S STATE OIL FUND: 2007 PERFORMANCE AND PLANS FOR [...] (SBU) In 2007, Azerbaijan's State Oil Fund (SOFAZ) assets grew by 45.5 percent and totaled USD 2.195 billion on October 1. During 2007, SOFAZ earned 2.8 percent or USD 61.3 million of interest as a result of the asset management operations. SOFAZ's asset allocation is 55 percent in U.S. dolla [...] | 2007-12-26 12:21:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV ETRD ENRG EFIN AJ |
07BAKU1519 | AZERBAIJANI RELIGIOUS OFFICIAL DOWNPLAYS ISLAMIC [...] (C) Summary. During a December 18 meeting with the Ambassador, State Committee on Work with Religious Associations (SCWRA) leader Hidayat Orujov argued that Islamic extremists have minimal influence in Azerbaijan. According to a recent, confidential SCWRA survey across Azerbaijani regions to [...] | 2007-12-26 12:57:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV AJ |
07BAKU1530 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO AZERBAIJANI MFA ON COMMITTEE [...] No summary [...] | 2007-12-28 12:58:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM UNGA AJ |
07BAKU154 | AZERBAIJANI PRESIDENT'S FOREIGN POLICY ADVISOR ON [...] (C) Azerbaijani Presidential Foreign Policy Advisor Novruz Mammadov used a call by DCM January 23 to make comments on a wide range of policy issues. He said that relations with Russia now were very sensitive, both over the gas issue, and the issue of the large community of Azerbaijani migrant [...] | 2007-02-01 15:00:00 | Embassy Baku | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV MARR ENRG AJ IR TX |
07BAKU155 | SCENESETTER FOR A/S SULLIVAN'S FEBRUARY 7 ENERGY [...] (C) SUMMARY: The U.S-Azerbaijani Energy dialogue comes at a crucial time in the development of Azerbaijan's energy sector, when production from major oil and gas projects has either started or will start soon, and when Azerbaijan needs to make strategic decisions that will affect both the fut [...] | 2007-02-01 15:06:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET PREL ECON ETRD RU TU AJ |
07BAKU159 | USCBP DEPUTY ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER AUDREY ADAMS' [...] (C) SUMMARY: U.S. Customs and Border Protection (USCBP) Deputy Assistant Commissioner Audrey Adams and a three person delegation visited Azerbaijan from January 15-18, 2007. They held conversations with the State Border Service and State Customs Committee on possibilities for enhanced cooper [...] | 2007-02-02 07:48:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ETRD AJ EAIR SNAR EXBS |
07BAKU161 | PRESIDENT ALIYEV'S VISIT TO FRANCE [...] (C) Summary. President Aliyev's January 29-31 state visit to France focused on advancing bilateral economic cooperation, but the visit also sought to develop the GOAJ's broader, strategic ties with the EU. Aliyev met with the French President, Prime Minister, and the leaders of the Senate an [...] | 2007-02-02 12:49:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON ENRG AJ |
07BAKU171 | AZERBAIJAN: AVIAN INFLUENZA UPDATE [...] (U) On February 3, Azerbaijan's Ministry of Health (MOH) announced that tests of suspected human avian influenza samples sent from Azerbaijan January 31 (reftel) and conducted at a WHO-approved laboratory in England were negative. Azerbaijan's World Health Organization (WHO) representative Dr [...] | 2007-02-06 14:19:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON KFLU EAGR USDA PGOV KTIA TBIO CASC AJ |
07BAKU173 | AZERBAIJAN: SOCAR SAYS USG MUST HELP WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a January 25 meeting with the Ambassador, SOCAR President Rovnaq Abdullayev defended the recent rise in energy prices, saying that energy could not be sold below cost and that prices had to be normalized. The GOAJ was keeping the public in the dark about the "huge expense" of [...] | 2007-02-07 12:35:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG AJ TU GA PREL PGOV |
07BAKU194 | AZERBAIJAN: OPPOSITION AND RULING PARTY INCH TOWARDS DIALOGUE [...] (C) SUMMARY: During the December 2006 visit of Assistant Secretary for Democracy, Human Rights and Labor Barry SIPDIS Lowenkron, the opposition and ruling party leaders agreed that they were prepared to engage in a new political dialogue focused on implementation of Azerbaijan's internationa [...] | 2007-02-13 14:23:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM AJ |
07BAKU199 | AZERBAIJAN'S NOMINATION FOR THE SECRETARY OF [...] (U) We are pleased to nominate Novella Jafarova to be considered for the Secretary of State's Award for International Women of Courage (per reftel). Ms. Jafarova is a leading human rights activist with a nationwide network of women's advocacy centers, who has shown exceptional courage and lead [...] | 2007-02-14 11:47:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KWMN PHUM PREL KPAO AJ |
07BAKU204 | SCENESETTER FOR CODEL ORTIZ'S FEBRUARY 18-19 VISIT [...] (SBU) President Aliyev's April 28, 2006 meeting with President Bush laid the foundation for advancing U.S. interests through a strengthened bilateral relationship, and the relationship has never been stronger. As you know, Azerbaijan is a key partner to the U.S. because of its geopolitical sit [...] | 2007-02-14 14:21:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM AJ |
07BAKU214 | MOVING FORWARD WITH THE DEPT OF ENERGY PROPOSAL ON [...] This is an action request; see para 5. 2. Jabrail Khanlarov, Chief of the State Construction Control Agency at the Ministry of Emergency Situations, met with emboffs on January 30 to discuss plans for the US Department of Energy,s proposed workshop on earthquake-resistant, energy-efficient [...] | 2007-02-16 06:03:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV ENRG ABLD AMGT AJ |
07BAKU216 | AZERBAIJAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CODEL ORTIZ [...] Embassy Baku warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Chairman Solomon Ortiz, Representative Jeff Miller, House Armed Services Committee Permanent Staff Members Paul Arcangeli and John Wason, U.S. Army Escort Officer Terry Laughlin, and U.S. Army Medical Escort Officer Ramiro Gutierrez [...] | 2007-02-16 09:00:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED | OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN GM AJ RO |
07BAKU219 | AZERBAIJAN'S EVOLVING APPROCAH TO RELATIONS WITH [...] (C) Summary: Since November 2006, the GOAJ has veered from its traditional practice of not publicly acknowledging tensions in its relations with Russia. President Aliyev and other GOAJ officials have publicly criticized Russia's behavior in gas negotiations and taken swipes at the viability [...] | 2007-02-20 09:41:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL AJ RU |
07BAKU221 | AZERBAIJAN: OPPOSITION MUSAVAT PARTY HOLDS SECOND [...] (SBU) On February 18, the opposition Musavat Party staged its second sanctioned protest against the Tariff Council's January decision to raise utilities prices. In spite of the 32 degrees Fahrenheit weather - which, due to snow and severe winds felt much colder - between 250 and 300 protesters [...] | 2007-02-20 14:57:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM AJ |
07BAKU224 | ISRAELI AMBASSADOR REVIEWS PRESIDENT ALIYEV'S [...] (C) Summary: Israeli Ambassador Arthur Lenk met with the Ambassador on February 16 to discuss President Aliyev's recent comments on Iran to the Israeli Foreign Minister during the January 24-28 World Economic Forum. Aliyev reportedly characterized Iran as a "cornered, wild animal" that is " [...] | 2007-02-21 05:52:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL AJ IS |
07BAKU228 | AZERBAIJAN: READOUT ON MID-FEBRUARY NATO [...] (C) SUMMARY: According to a readout provided to resident NATO Ambassadors of a visit to Azerbaijan by representatives of the NATO international staff for the week of February 12, 2007, their outlook for Azerbaijan was much more positive than previously. This would be reflected in their assess [...] | 2007-02-21 15:17:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR MOPS PTER AJ PBTS IR RU |
07BAKU235 | PRESIDENT ALIYEV MEETS US EPC DELEGATION, WELCOMES [...] (C) Summary: During a February 6 meeting with members of the US Economic Partnership Commission (EPC) delegation, President Aliyev said that he welcomes the new EPC structure because it presents a new opportunity to address a broad range of economic and commercial issues. Aliyev underscored [...] | 2007-02-22 14:13:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD EAID PREL PGOV AJ |
07BAKU236 | AZERBAIJANI NATIONAL SECURITY MINISTER: FARHAD [...] (C) During a January 24 meeting with the Ambassador and C/SIMO, GOAJ Minister of National Security Mahmudov provided a status report on the investigation of the March 2, 2005 murder of journalist Elmar Huseynov. The Minister noted that initially the Prosecutor General's office, the Ministry of [...] | 2007-02-23 12:34:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM AJ |
07BAKU238 | \\CORRECTED COPY - TAG ORDER\\ AZERBAIJAN: DFM [...] No summary [...] | 2007-02-23 15:08:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL AJ IR TU TX |
07BAKU240 | AZERBAIJAN: FM MAMMADYAROV ON TURKMENISTAN, IRAN [...] (C) This is an action request- please see paragraph 14. 2 (C) SUMMARY. In a February 19 meeting with the Ambassador, FM Mammadyarov said that the recently concluded visit of DoD A/S Rodman had clarified the USG position on Iran, and he approved of the USG focus on a diplomatic solution. Co [...] | 2007-02-26 09:06:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV AJ TU GA |
07BAKU245 | AZERBAIJAN: SOCAR VP SAYS HE IS NOT NECESSARILY [...] (C) SUMMARY: According to SOCAR VP Elshad Nassirov, his presentation at the February 13-14 IEA Caspian Energy Conference in Paris was designed not to reassure potential European gas customers but rather to disabuse them of the notion that Azerbaijani gas alone could fill their pipelines. Hi [...] | 2007-02-26 14:47:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG PREL PGOV AJ |
07BAKU246 | AZERBAIJANI REACTIONS TO PUTIN'S SPEECH AT MUNICH [...] (C) Summary: Most Azerbaijani officials and independent commentators agree that the content of Putin's February 10 speech at the Munich Conference on Security Policy was not new or surprising. Most agree the speech represents Putin and many Russian government officials' longstanding views. [...] | 2007-02-28 05:49:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL AJ RS |
07BAKU249 | DEFENSE MINISTER ABIYEV DISCUSSES IRANIAN-RUSSIAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a February 12 meeting with the Ambassador and a State-DOD delegation headed by Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Peter Rodman, SIPDIS Azerbaijani Minister of Defense General Safar Abiyev expressed concern that Russia and Iran were increasing thei [...] | 2007-03-01 04:52:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR MOPS PTER AJ PBTS IR RU |
07BAKU252 | \\CORRECTED COPY - TAG ORDER\\ PART I OF II: AZERBAIJAN [...] (U) As per reftel, paragraph 3 below begins Embassy Baku's submission on status of action the GOAJ has taken to combat human trafficking. Answers are keyed to questions in reftel. 2. (SBU) In preparing this report, the Embassy has undertaken extensive contacts with international organizatio [...] | 2007-03-01 11:19:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREF ASEC ELAB KCRM KWMN KFRD SMIG AJ |
07BAKU254 | PART II OF II: AZERBAIJAN 2007 TIP REPORT SUBMISSION [...] No summary [...] | 2007-03-01 11:41:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB AJ |
07BAKU256 | PRESIDENT ALIYEV ON TRANS-CAPSIAN AND EUROPEAN GAS [...] (C) Summary: During a February 6 meeting with the US delegation to the Economic Partnership Commission (septel),President Aliyev outlined the changing regional energy picture. Touting Azerbaijan's refusal to bow to Russian gas policies as "an example for the region" and an act that "destroy [...] | 2007-03-01 15:23:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ENRG EPET PREL PGOV RU TU TX AJ |
07BAKU26 | AZERBAIJAN: CONOCO-PHILLIPS TERMINATES UMID BABEK [...] No summary [...] | 2007-01-05 13:15:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG AJ PGOV PREL |
07BAKU264 | IRANIAN AMBASSADOR DEPARTS BAKU EARLY [...] (U) Iranian Ambassador Afshar Suleymani will leave his post in Baku early, returning to Iran on March 01. During an interview with ANS Television on February 25, Suleymani confirmed these reports, stating that he was leaving due to medical reasons. 2. (C) At present, there is nothing to su [...] | 2007-03-02 13:08:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL IR AJ |
07BAKU265 | AZERBAIJAN: THE DEVELOPMENT AND EXERCISING OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: Embassy submits the following Avian Influenza (AI) update. We will ascertain the status of the GOAJ's AI/PI response plan with the relevant GOAJ officials next week (reftel). On March 2, Econoff met with Dr. Roberta Andraghetti (Medical Officer, Epidemic Preparedness and Respon [...] | 2007-03-02 14:20:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON KFLU EAGR USDA PGOV KTIA TBIO CASC AJ |
07BAKU269 | AZERBAIJAN: EPC NEXT STEPS AND FOLLOW-UP [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Following up on the successful February 7 inaugural Economic Partnership Commission meeting, Embassy provides the following ideas for next steps to build upon the positive momentum created from elevating the U.S.-AJ bilateral economic dialogue. The Government of Azerbaijan (GOA [...] | 2007-03-05 13:01:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PREL EAID EAGR AJ |
07BAKU273 | AZERBAIJAN: WOMEN'S EMPOWERMENT ACTION REQUEST [...] (U) This is an action request. 2. (SBU) In a February 27 meeting with the Ambassador, Chairperson of Azerbaijan's State Committee for Family, Women and Children's Issues, Hijran Huseynova, thanked the USG for her recent successful trip to the U.S. She applauded the USG's emphasis on promo [...] | 2007-03-06 12:14:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM KWMN KDEM AJ |
07BAKU274 | IMF CONSULTATIONS REVEAL GROWING INFLATION AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: The IMF briefed the international community February 27 on its recently concluded Article IV consultations with the Government of Azerbaijan (GOAJ). In an upbeat session, lead IMF economist Vitali Kramarenko noted that initial estimates for inflation in 2007 were close to 20 perc [...] | 2007-03-06 12:38:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EAID PREL AJ |
07BAKU279 | AZERBAIJAN ON IRAN SANCTIONS ACT (FORMERLY ILSA) [...] (C) Embassy Iran Watcher delivered reftel points on the Iran Sanctions Act (ISA, formerly ILSA) to MFA America's Desk Officer Elchin Bashirov on March 6. Bashirov thanked us and said that the GOAJ fully understood USG concerns about investment in Iran's oil and gas sector. Bashirov also rai [...] | 2007-03-07 11:50:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ETTC EUN PREL IR AM AJ |
07BAKU280 | AZERBAIJAN: PRESIDENT ALIEV ASKS FOR MORE SIGNS OF [...] (C) SUMMARY. In a February 12 meeting with Assistant Secretary Of Defense for International Security A/S Rodman, SIPDIS President Aliyev said the regional situation was "developing very rapidly," and called for "more public signs" from the USG of the strengthened bilateral relationship, as [...] | 2007-03-07 12:19:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV AJ RU IR PINR MARR ENRG |
07BAKU282 | US AZERBAIJANI SECURITY POLICY DIALOGUE -- NEXT [...] (U) This is an action request, see para 13. Background ---------- 2. (C) Since President Ilham Aliyev's April 2006 visit to Washington and the Secretary's February letter to President Aliyev outlining our three main areas of shared interests, the USG has sought to raise the strategic l [...] | 2007-03-07 13:25:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL AJ |
07BAKU283 | AZERBAIJAN ON US EFFORTS TO ENSURE IRANIAN [...] (C) Embassy Iran Watcher delivered reftel points on Iran's failure to comply with UNSCR 1737 to MFA America's Desk Officer Elchin Bashirov on March 6. Bashirov thanked us for seeking GOAJ support on this issue and said that the GOAJ will, on a bilateral level, remind Iran of it's internationa [...] | 2007-03-07 13:30:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP PREL IR AJ |
07BAKU285 | AZERBAIJAN: HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] | 2007-03-09 13:18:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM UNHRC AJ |
07BAKU286 | IRANIAN HELICOPTERS VIOLATE AZERBAIJANI AIRSPACE - [...] (C) On February 22, three Iranian helicopters violated Azerbaijani airspace in Azerbaijan's southern Astara region. According to Elchin Quliyev, head of the Azerbaijani State Border Service, three Iranian helicopters violated Azerbaijani airspace by flying over the southern city of Astara for [...] | 2007-03-09 13:20:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PBTS PGOV PINR PREL IR AJ |
07BAKU287 | ENERGY AND RELATIONS WITH EU AT THE FOREFRONT OF [...] (C) Summary: Polish Foreign Minister Anna Fotyga's February 28 - March 1 visit to Azerbaijan focused on energy cooperation and assisting Azerbaijan in its relations with the EU. These two issues are highlighted in a bilateral Memorandum of Cooperation (text below) that was signed during the [...] | 2007-03-09 13:43:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET PGOV PREL PL UP AJ |
07BAKU288 | AZERBAIJAN: PRESIDENT ALIYEV ON NEC, ADOPTION [...] (C) SUMMARY. In a February 27 meeting with the Ambassador, President Aliyev said that he was willing to keep working towards finding a resolution on the proposed new embassy compound at the Genetics Institute site, and indicated he was willing to help clear up the eight pending adoption cases [...] | 2007-03-09 13:46:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | ABLD AMGT CASC PREL AJ |
07BAKU289 | BFIF 2007 PROJECT PROPOSALS FOR AZERBAIJAN [...] SUMMARY: For FY2007, Embassy proposes an ambitious set of programs designed to further our commercial strategy. This proposal captures the benefits of BFIF funding possibilities, allowing Embassy to engage more forcefully in support of our commercial interests overseas. For FY 2007, Embassy req [...] | 2007-03-09 14:13:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP BTIO ETRD EINV ABUD AJ |
07BAKU290 | AZERBAIJAN PRESIDENT SAYS SOCAR MIGHT DEVELOP ACG [...] (C) SUMMARY. In a February 27 meeting with the Ambassador, President Aliyev signaled his desire to coordinate with the USG on issues relating to Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan energy transiting Azerbaijan. To this end, he supported the idea of Baku hosting an IEA-sponsored energy conference in [...] | 2007-03-09 14:23:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ENRG AJ TU IR |
07BAKU291 | AZERBAIJAN: A/S SULLIVAN LEADS SUCCESSFUL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Finance Minister Sharifov and Economic, Energy and Business Affairs Assistant Secretary Daniel Sullivan opened the inaugural U.S.-Azerbaijan Economic Partnership Commission February 7, elevating the bilateral economic dialogue and leading a constructive dialogue focusing upon Az [...] | 2007-03-09 14:42:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD EAID PREL AJ |
07BAKU292 | AZERBAIJAN: PRESIDENT ALIYEV ON IRANIAN THREAT, [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a February 27 meeting with the Ambassador, President Aliyev said that Iran was "unpredictable," and that that he saw "minimal chances for a successful resolution" of Iran's problems with the international community. He also said however that stronger international pressure o [...] | 2007-03-09 14:53:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IR AJ |
07BAKU298 | AZERBAIJAN DEMOCRATIC PARTY SPLIT, KICKED OUT OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: After weeks of mudslinging in the press, the long-troubled Azerbaijan Democratic Party (ADP) has functionally split into two parties: one headed by exiled Chair Rasul Guliyev, the other by Acting Chair and party founder Sardar Jalaloglu. The split will likely become official in th [...] | 2007-03-12 13:51:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM PINR AJ |
07BAKU299 | AZERBAIJANI NGO LEADER PLANS DEMOCRACY COUNCIL TO [...] (C) Prominent NGO leader and human rights activist Arzu Abdullayeva told Poloff March 6 that she has organized a new Democracy Council for the purpose of engaging the GOAJ in a constructive dialogue on democracy and human rights (reftel). Following up on her comments to the Ambassador in Decemb [...] | 2007-03-13 06:57:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM AJ |
07BAKU300 | EX-HEALTH MINISTER'S TRIAL RIFE WITH ALLEGATIONS [...] (C) Summary: The trial of former Health Minister Ali Insanov and ten other former Health Ministry officials began February 15 in the Baku Court of Grave Crimes. Insanov was arrested, along with several other GOAJ officials, in October 2005 on charges of corruption and of fomenting a coup. In F [...] | 2007-03-13 13:48:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PGOV KDEM KCOR AJ |
07BAKU302 | STATE-DOD MOU ON SECURITY - ANNUAL REVIEW OF MOA [...] (U) Per Ref A action request 1, this message reports that the annual review of the MOA between the Chief of Mission (COM) and commander USEUCOM has been accomplished. There has been one modification to the MOA: "Defense Threat Reduction Office personnel" has been added to Appendix A, under po [...] | 2007-03-13 14:42:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED | AJ AMGT AODE ASEC |
07BAKU308 | UPDATE ON DEMOCRACY AND HUMAN RIGHTS FOR A/S LOWENKRON'S DIALOGUE WITH AZERBAIJANI FM MAMMADYAROV [...] (C) In preparation for the inaugural session of the US-Azerbaijan dialogue on democracy and human rights, we provide below an update on developments in Azerbaijan since your December meetings in Baku. Septel will provide the strategic context of the intensified democracy dialogue and detail sp [...] | 2007-03-14 15:00:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM KCOR AJ |
07BAKU309 | KEY MP ANALYZES AZERBAIJANI RELATIONS WITH RUSSIA, [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a March 6 meeting with the Ambassador, Chair of Parliament's International Relations Commission Samad Seyidov discussed Azerbaijan's role in the Council of Europe and in GUAM. He outlined growing Russian influence in Azerbaijan, and expressed frustration over Russian pressure o [...] | 2007-03-15 06:06:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM PINR KDEM AJ |
07BAKU312 | SCENESETTER FOR DRL A/S LOWENKRON'S MARCH 21 [...] (C) As President Aliyev frequently notes in public and private meetings with Western officials, Azerbaijan is committed to Western values and has set itself the goal of developing as a market-based democracy, rooted in Euroatlantic structures. Aliyev and other senior Azerbaijani officials are [...] | 2007-03-16 04:51:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM KCOR AJ |
07BAKU313 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON UN REFORM: INTERNAL [...] No summary [...] | 2007-03-16 04:51:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED | ACABQ AORC APER PREL UNGA AJ |
07BAKU314 | REQUEST FOR PERMISSION TO SOLICIT FUNDS [...] This is an action request - please see paragraph 5. Reply requested NLT Friday March 23. 2. The 2007 Caspian Oil and Gas Show (COGS) will be held on June 5-8, 2007, here in Baku. This annual event has thousands of attendees and is the largest oil and gas show in the region. COGS 2006 ho [...] | 2007-03-16 04:51:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT ENRG AJ |
07BAKU315 | TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS BETWEEN IRAN AND NAKHCHIVAN [...] (U) On March 12, Baku newspapers reported that visa requirements between the Azerbaijani exclave of Nakhchivan and Iran had been eased. According to these reports, residents of Nakhchivan will now be allowed to travel to the Iranian border regions - any area within 45 kilometers of the borde [...] | 2007-03-16 05:59:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL IR AJ |
07BAKU316 | FOREIGN MINISTER MAMMADYAROV'S TRIP TO KAZAKHSTAN [...] (C) Summary: During a February 27-28 visit to Kazakhstan, Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov signed agreements on visa-free travel and a strategic partnership; he also discussed Trans-Caspian energy cooperation and the Baku-Tbilisi-Kars railroad project. Official statements expre [...] | 2007-03-16 06:05:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ENRG EPET KZ AJ |
07BAKU319 | AZERBAIJAN MOVING FORWARD ON WTO ACCESSION [...] (C) Summary: Minister of Economic Development Babayev told the Ambassador he had convinced Prime Minister Rasizade and the Cabinet of Ministers of the merits of trade liberalization and secured agreement to accelerate WTO accession efforts. As a first step, the GOAJ will elevate its existin [...] | 2007-03-16 12:52:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD EAID PREL PGOV AJ |
07BAKU321 | PRESIDENTIAL ADVISER WITHDRAWS OFFER ON NEC SITE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ali Asadov, Economic Advisor to the Azerbaijani President, informed DCM March 14, that due to extensive, but ultimately unsuccessful efforts to resolve opposition to the GOAJ's offer to provide a site at the Genetics Research Institute (GRI) for the New Embassy Compound (NEC),th [...] | 2007-03-16 13:59:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | ABLD AMGT PREL AJ |
07BAKU327 | INDEPENDENT MP POSSIBLY ARRESTED, STRIPPED OF IMMUNITY [...] (U) A March 16 parliamentary session on Prime Minister Rasizade's annual report on the government's performance was disrupted by a scuffle between MPs that resulted in the apparent March 19 arrest of independent MP Hussein Abdullayev. During the March 16 session, Abdullayev harshly criticized [...] | 2007-03-19 13:07:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM KJUS PINR AJ |
07BAKU329 | OPPOSTION MUSAVAT PARTY HOLDS THIRD, PEACEFUL PROTEST OF [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On March 18, the opposition Musavat party held a third, sanctioned protest against the January price increases. Approximately 800 people turned out for the peaceful protest, calling on the GOAJ to lower prices and provide a better life for Azerbaijani citizens. Turnout generally [...] | 2007-03-19 13:12:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON KDEM PHUM PREL CASC AJ |
07BAKU330 | AZERBAIJAN: EIGHT AMERICAN FAMILIES CAUGHT IN [...] (C) Summary: Intercountry adoptions in Azerbaijan have effectively stopped since the end of 2006 due to changes to the adoption legislation which made no provision for completing currently pending cases. A number of American prospective parents have been caught in the resulting legal vacuum. W [...] | 2007-03-19 13:31:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | AJ CASC GG KJUS PREL TSPL |
07BAKU331 | AZERBAIJAN: THE DEVELOPMENT AND EXERCISING OF AVIAN AND [...] (U) Summary: In response to the risks posed by the Avian Influenza threat, on March 4, 2006 the GOAJ introduced and began implementing an Action Plan for Prevention and Containment of HPAI, under the coordination of the Azerbaijani Commission on Avian Influenza. The Commission included all rel [...] | 2007-03-19 14:34:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAGR KFLU TBIO CASC AJ |
07BAKU334 | AZERBAIJAN: MEDIA REACTION: HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT 2006 [...] Summary: The Azerbaijan Country Report of the annual Human Rights Report was criticized by GOAJ officials, even as it was welcomed by independent human rights activists and political commentators. The Ambassador used a televised speech at a local university to draw attention to the report and [...] | 2007-03-23 05:18:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM KDEM KPAO OPRC PBTS AJ |
07BAKU337 | INDEPENDENT MP SENTENCED ON CHARGES OF BATTERY AND [...] (C) On March 19, independent Member of Parliament (MP) Hussein Abdullayev was sentenced to two months' imprisonment. Abdullayev was arrested after disrupting Parliament's March 19 session, during which he aggressively criticized the Prime Minister's annual report on the GOAJ's performance. When [...] | 2007-03-23 13:40:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM PINR AJ |
07BAKU360 | SCENESETTER FOR CODEL HOEKSTRA'S VISIT TO [...] (SBU) President Aliyev's April 28, 2006 meeting with President Bush laid the foundation for advancing U.S. interests through a strengthened bilateral relationship, and the relationship has never been stronger. As you know, Azerbaijan is a key partner to the U.S. because of its geopolitical sit [...] | 2007-03-30 13:14:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ENRG EPET MARR MASS PTER KDEM AJ |
07BAKU369 | AZERBAIJAN NOTIFIED ON ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW BOARD [...] No summary [...] | 2007-04-03 12:37:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR PTER PHUM AJ |
07BAKU37 | PRESIDENT ALIYEV, DRL A/S LOWENKRON DISCUSS [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a December 18-19 visit to Azerbaijan, Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights and Labor Barry Lowenkron secured President Aliyev's agreement to launch an intensified bilateral dialogue on the development of democracy in Azerbaijan in sessions to be held at [...] | 2007-01-09 11:59:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM PBTS ENRG RU IR AJ |
07BAKU371 | AZERBAIJAN'S NEW ENVIRONMENTAL PLANS PRESENTS [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a March visit by the Regional Environment, Science, Technology and Health (ESTH) HUB Officer, a range of officials provided more details on the GOAJ's new five-year, USD 500 million environmental clean-up plan. Although implementation of the September 2006 Presidentia [...] | 2007-04-04 06:39:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ENRG EPET PREL SENV AJ |
07BAKU374 | AZERBAIJAN DENIES PRESS REPORTS THAT IRANIAN [...] (SBU) According to Azerbaijani independent newspapers Zerkalo and Ayna, Iran closed its main border crossing with Azerbaijan on April 3. These reports claimed that Iranian customs officials had closed the Astara border crossing because "thousands" of Iranians were seeking to enter Azerbaijan [...] | 2007-04-04 13:44:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PBTS PREL SNAR IR AJ |
07BAKU376 | AZERBAIJAN INFORMED OF IRAN DEFENSE INDUSTRIES [...] (C) Embassy Iran Watcher delivered reftel nonpaper to MFA America's Desk Officers Elchin Bashirov and Tamerlan Vahabov on April 5. Bashirov and Vahabov thanked us for informing them about the new designation and promised to investigate whether the GOAJ had any dealings with Iran's Defense In [...] | 2007-04-05 11:11:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | KN KNNP PARM PREL IR AJ |
07BAKU379 | AZERBAIJAN: WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH AND [...] Per reftel requests, throughout March the Embassy concentrated programming on women's empowerment issues. In formal and informal settings, the Ambassador, Emboffs, and American visitors to Azerbaijan noted Women's History Month and International Women's Day, emphasizing that women's participat [...] | 2007-04-06 02:33:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM KPAO OIIP IWI AJ |
07BAKU38 | PRESIDENT ALIYEV, A/S LOWENKRON AGREE TO ESTABLISH [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Aliyev told Assistant Secretary for Democracy, Human Rights and Labor Barry Lowenkron on December 18 that the US and Azerbaijan need a "permanent dialogue, every two months," in which we can address openly and frankly issues related to Azerbaijan's democratic developmen [...] | 2007-01-09 12:08:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM ETRD ECON IR RU AJ |
07BAKU385 | AZERBAIJAN: BECHTEL SVP MEETS WITH PRESIDENT [...] (C) SUMMARY. In a March 29 meeting with Ambassador Derse and Bechtel Senior Vice President (Amb) Charles Redman, President Aliyev said that "it would be good for Azerbaijan" if Bechtel could find a project to do here. In this meeting and in a subsequent separate meeting with the Transporta [...] | 2007-04-06 13:30:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EINV ETRD ELTN PREL PGOV AJ |
07BAKU386 | BAKU HOSTS FIRST AZERBAIJANI AND TURKISH DIASPORA [...] (C) Summary. In an effort to galvanize enhanced cooperation among Azerbaijani and Turkish diaspora organizations, Azerbaijan hosted the first conference of World Azerbaijani and Turkish Diaspora organizations from March 9-10. Reflecting the importance assigned to the event, President Ilham [...] | 2007-04-06 13:43:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL TU AJ |
07BAKU39 | AZEBAIJAN: GOVERNMENT RAISES PRICES ON FUEL AND [...] (U) On January 7 the Government of Azerbaijan (GOAJ) increased prices for fuel (gasoline and diesel oil),electricity, water, sewage and industrial use of gas. The new fuel tariffs are on average 50 percent higher. The new prices are as follows (USD 1 equals 0.88 manats): -Gasoline 95 oct [...] | 2007-01-09 12:35:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON AMGT EID EFIN ETRD EPET ENRG AFIN AJ |
07BAKU392 | PRELIMINARY INFORMATION ON THE IRANIAN DIASPORA [...] (S/NF) Summary: According to the Azerbaijani State Migration Service, the Iranian diaspora community in Azerbaijan numbers approximately 10,000 and is made up predominantly of ethnic Azeris, Talysh and Persians. Despite the appreciable number of Iranians living in Azerbaijan, especially in t [...] | 2007-04-09 12:58:00 | Embassy Baku | SECRET//NOFORN | EFIN MASS PINR PREL SCUL IR AJ |
07BAKU393 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON IRAN'S OPENING OF NATANZ [...] (SBU) DCM spoke with MFA Americas desk officer Elchin Bashirov regarding reftel demarche on April 7. Bashirov said he would forward the request to the appropriate MFA office and, on April 9, confirmed that the Director of the MFA,s First Territorial Division would convey this information to [...] | 2007-04-09 14:15:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP IR IAEA PARM MNUC TRGY AORC UNSC AJ |
07BAKU400 | REP. HOEKSTRA'S APRIL 3 MEETING WITH PARLIAMENT'S [...] (C) SUMMARY: In an April 3 meeting with Representative Hoekstra, the Azerbaijani Parliamentary leadership expressed its desire to build relationships with the U.S. Congress. Speaker Ogtay Asadov noted particular concern that Section 907 of the Freedom Support Act remains on the books, and that [...] | 2007-04-10 11:24:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PBTS ENRG PHUM KDEM AM AJ |
07BAKU410 | AMBASSADOR'S APRIL 6 MEETING WITH FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (C) Summary: In an April 6 meeting with the Ambassador, Foreign Minister Mammadyarov clarified recent press rumors that Iran closed the border with Azerbaijan in early April, explaining that Iranian passport machines had malfunctioned and caused a brief delay for those crossing the border. Th [...] | 2007-04-11 10:18:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM KDEM ENRG EPET AMGT ABLD CASC AJ |
07BAKU413 | BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE CHECK ON LICENSE 05-1014382 [...] Reftel requested a pre-license end-use check to determine the reliability of Sulaco Consulting Engineering Co. for the export of ammunition to Azerbaijan. Sulaco Consulting Engineering Co. was listed on DTC license application 05-1014382 as the proposed consignee of 250 Winchester Cal 308 win 1 [...] | 2007-04-11 13:59:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KOMC AJ |
07BAKU421 | AZERBAIJANI MFA SAYS 2007 IS THE YEAR FOR ENHANCED [...] (C) SUMMARY. In an April 10 meeting with the Ambassador, DFM Khalaf Khalafov said that the only obstacle to enhanced bilateral Turkmen-Azerbaijani relations was Caspian delimitation, and that he was confident that with the new Turkmen leadership this problem could be resolved in 2007. This iss [...] | 2007-04-12 15:26:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ENRG AJ TX |
07BAKU422 | DEPUTY FOREIGN MINSTER ARAZ AZIMOV'S COMMENTS ON [...] (C) Summary: On April 12, the Ambassador and Deputy Foreign Minister Araz Azimov met to prepare for the April 19 bilateral security consultations. Azimov will lead the largest GOAJ delegation in the ten year history of the consultations, and said his primary goal for the consultations is to [...] | 2007-04-12 16:04:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR MASS PTER KNNP IR AJ |
07BAKU430 | UPDATE ON DETAINED MP HUSSEIN ABDULLAYEV [...] (C) Separate conversations with the OSCE Baku Legal Advisor, Presidential Chief of Staff Ramiz Mehdiyev, and human rights activist Elchin Behbudov revealed additional details concerning the March 19 arrest and detention of independent Member of Parliament (MP) Hussein Abdullayev. (Abdullayev w [...] | 2007-04-13 14:43:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM AJ |
07BAKU439 | UN SECGEN REPRESENTATIVE UPBEAT ON GOAJ'S [...] (C) Summary: On April 5, UN Secretary General Representative Walter Kalin briefed the diplomatic corps at the end of his fact-finding mission on IDP conditions in Azerbaijan. Kalin was impressed by the GOAJ's efforts to address its IDP problem, especially its construction of suitable permane [...] | 2007-04-16 11:55:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PGOV PREL PBTS PHUM EAID AJ |
07BAKU445 | AZERBAIJAN DEPORTS IRANIAN ETHNIC AZERI ACTIVIST - [...] (SBU) According to Baku's APA News Agency, Iranian ethnic Azeri activist Javad Musavi was deported to Iran by officials of the Azerbaijani State Migration Service on April 12. According to media reports, Musavi applied for political asylum in Azerbaijan after fleeing Iran in January 2006, but [...] | 2007-04-17 10:59:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL IR AJ |
07BAKU446 | AZERBAIJANI FINANCE MINISTER ON EPC, CO-FINANCING, [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador Derse called on Finance Minister Sharifov April 14 to discuss next steps for the Economic Partnership Commission, including the creation of the Co-Financing Working Group and a proposed June DVC with A/S Sullivan. Sharifov said that upon receipt of the U.S. Proposal fo [...] | 2007-04-17 11:32:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EAID EPET ENRG AJ |
07BAKU447 | AZERBAIJAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR AMBASSADOR [...] Embassy Baku warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Senior Advisor to the Secretary of State for Women's Empowerment Ambassador Shirin Tahir-Kheli to travel to Baku 26-29 April 2007 to give a speech at the OIC Conference and to conduct meetings. Control officer will be Political Off [...] | 2007-04-17 12:16:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA ASEC KPAO AJ |
07BAKU449 | AMBASSADOR'S APRIL 12 MEETING WITH PRESIDENTIAL [...] (C) Summary: During an April 12 meeting with the Ambassador, Presidential Chief of Staff Ramiz Mehdiyev said that President Aliyev was very interested in the upcoming bilateral security consultations; Mehdiyev also expressed his strong support for the talks and promised to urge the Minister o [...] | 2007-04-17 14:12:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM KCOR MARR MASS PTER AJ |
07BAKU451 | AZERBAIJAN'S SOUTHERN BORDER REGIONS AND IRAN [...] (C) Summary: An April 10-12 trip to Azerbaijan's southern Astara, Lerik, Yardimli, and Lenkoran regions by Embassy Iran Watcher revealed a normal situation along the border, with no evidence of increased border traffic or a military buildup as reported by the Baku press (reftel). Embassy cont [...] | 2007-04-18 07:16:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC KDEM PGOV PINR PREL IR AJ |
07BAKU453 | (CORRECTED COPY - TAG ORDER) DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...] | 2007-04-18 09:50:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV TPHY WMO AJ |
07BAKU456 | AZERBAIJAN/OSCE: POLITICAL PARTY LEADERS AND MPS [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a March 28-30 visit to Baku, USOSCE Ambassador Finley met separately with a group of foreign policy Members of Parliament (MPs),female MPs, and political party leaders. The foreign policy MPs expressed a range of views about the level of democracy in Azerbaijan and agreed [...] | 2007-04-18 13:55:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM KWMN AJ |
07BAKU458 | AZERBAIJAN/OSCE: FM MAMMADYAROV DISCUSSES [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a March 28 meeting with visiting USOSCE Ambassador Finley, Foreign Minister Mammadyarov was upbeat about his recent visit to Washington but thought critics should acknowledge more Azerbaijan's steady democratic progress. Mammadyarov said political dialogue between oppositi [...] | 2007-04-18 14:09:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PBTS PHUM KDEM KCOR AM IR AJ |
07BAKU459 | PRESIDENT ALIYEV DISCUSSES AZERBAIJAN'S RELATIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a March 29 meeting with visiting USOSCE Ambassador Julie Finley, President Aliyev praised Foreign Minister Mammadyarov's recent trip to Washington, and said that the signing of the energy MOU signified a "new stage" in the bilateral relationship. He expressed satisfaction with [...] | 2007-04-18 14:13:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM ENRG EPET RS KZ AJ |
07BAKU463 | AZERBAIJAN PRESIDENT EAGER TO SUPPLY GAS TO [...] (C) SUMMARY. President Aliyev says Azerbaijan is eager to export all the gas it can to Europe, but is unable to commit to exporting 20 bcm o/a 2012. Saying that "it is not reasonable for us to commit to what BP is responsible for delivering," Aliyev told the Ambassador that the matter of how [...] | 2007-04-19 06:27:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV AJ ENRG PINR TX |
07BAKU464 | AZERBAIJAN: SOCAR VP SAYS IMPOSSIBLE TO TO PREDICT 2012 GAS VOLUMES [...] (U) This is an action cable. Please see paragraph 18. 2. (C) SUMMARY. According to SOCAR Vice-President Elshad Nasirov, it is impossible to estimate, "even within five to ten billion cubic meters," how much gas Azerbaijan would have available for export on or around 2012. Additionally, t [...] | 2007-04-19 09:02:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV AJ ENRG TX TU IR |
07BAKU465 | PRESIDENT ALIYEV'S VIEWS AND SUGGESTED [...] (C) Summary. In recent meetings with the Ambassador, President Aliyev, Presidential Apparat Chief Ramiz Mehdiyev, Foreign Minister Mammadyarov, and Deputy Foreign Minister Araz Azimov have reiterated the importance of the bilateral security dialogue as a key forum for reflecting our securit [...] | 2007-04-19 09:50:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL AJ |
07BAKU468 | PRESIDENTIAL PARDON DECREE INCLUDES YOUTH ACTIVIST [...] No summary [...] | 2007-04-19 12:05:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL PGOV KDEM KJUS AJ |
07BAKU469 | AZERBAIJAN: OMV CEO OPTIMISTIC ON AZERI GAS FOR [...] (C) On April 19, OMV CEO Wolfgang Ruttenstorfer provided the Ambassador an upbeat readout of his April 18 meeting with President Aliyev to discuss Nabucco. The meeting was "very constructive, fully constructive -- the President is highly interested in Nabucco -- it was definitely a move forwa [...] | 2007-04-19 13:59:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ENRG AJ PINR TX |
07BAKU47 | AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES EU ACTION PLAN WITH PETER [...] (C) Summary: EU Special Representative Peter Semneby told the Ambassador on December 15 that he was in Baku to take stock of the EU's relationship with Azerbaijan, support the Nagorno-Karabakh (NK) peace process, and express concern over recent media and human rights problems. The Ambassador [...] | 2007-01-10 14:26:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PBTS KDEM PHUM EAID ENRG AJ |
07BAKU471 | FORMER MINISTER FARHAD ALIYEV'S TRIAL SET FOR MAY [...] (C) Elton Guliyev, the principal defense lawyer for detained former Minister of Economic Development Farhad Aliyev, reports that the Baku Court of Grave Crimes has set May 15, 2007 as the preliminary hearing date for Aliyev's long awaited trial. Aliyev's 18-month pretrial detention is set to e [...] | 2007-04-19 14:12:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM KCOR AJ |
07BAKU472 | INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY VIEWS ON FARHAD ALIYEV AND [...] (C) At an April 19 meeting with key diplomatic missions (UK, Norway, France, OSCE, UN, Council of Europe, and US),Polec Counselor raised the question of press statements/public reactions to the expected April 20 verdict in the trial of former Health Minister Ali Insanov and the upcoming May 1 [...] | 2007-04-19 14:26:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM KCOR AJ |
07BAKU474 | AZERBAIJAN INVESTMENT COMPANY STARTS TO PURSUE ITS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Azerbaijan Investment Company (AIC),established by the Government of Azerbaijan (GOAJ) in 2006 to promote the development of Azerbaijan's non-oil sectors, is beginning to identify specific multi-million-dollar domestic and regional investment projects. After a slow start, AIC is [...] | 2007-04-20 07:32:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON EAGR EPET KCOR AJ |
07BAKU476 | AZERBAIJAN: TECHNICAL SUPPORT STRATEGY AND PROGRAM [...] (SBU) Democratic and economic reform is essential to Azerbaijan's long-term stability and prosperity. Azerbaijan's WTO accession process is a vital instrument of reform efforts, as it will put in place the legal, regulatory and institutional framework necessary for Azerbaijan to emerge as a ru [...] | 2007-04-20 11:08:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EAID USTR PREL AJ |
07BAKU477 | AZERBAIJAN CREATES NEW SPECIAL ECONOMIC ZONES [...] (SBU) Summary: Azerbaijani President Aliyev signed a decree March 6 creating Special Economic Zones (SEZ). The decree aims to create favorable conditions for Azerbaijan's economic development, streamline more investments in high-priority sectors, create new jobs, apply modern management practi [...] | 2007-04-20 11:50:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EAID ETRD ENRG EPET AJ |
07BAKU479 | AZERBAIJAN'S PROPOSALSFOR TIP SOLICITATION FOR [...] Per retel, we are pleased to submit five proposals for consideration for the G/TIP-Managed FY 2007 ESF and INCLE funds. The Embassy's TIP team - comprised of Poloff, Resident Legal Advisor, Senior Law Enforcement Advisor, and Pol FSN - reviewed all received proposals, and determined these to be [...] | 2007-04-20 13:23:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC ELAB KCRM PHUM PREL SMIG AJ |
07BAKU482 | AZERBAIJAN: EVALUATION OF OUTBREAK COMMUNICATION STRATEGIES [...] (U) Ref (A) was Department request that Embassy approach the GOAJ to enquire about the state of their influenza response plans. Ref (B) was Embassy Baku's response, detailing the GOAJ's development and exercising of a Avian and Pandemic Influenza Response Plan. 2. (U) In response to Ref (C) [...] | 2007-04-20 14:06:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAGR KFLU TBIO CASC AJ |
07BAKU486 | AZERBAIJAN STRONGLY PROTESTS CHANGED USG [...] (C) SUMMARY: The GOAJ on April 20 reacted harshly to the USG's recently published revisions to the language in the 2006 Human Rights report on Armenia, pointing to new wording that "Armenian forces occupy large portions of Azerbaijani territory adjacent to Nagorno-Karabakh," as a weakenin [...] | 2007-04-21 15:40:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL AJ MARR PHUM |
07BAKU489 | RUSSIAN BANKING GIANT EYES AZERBAIJAN'S BANKING [...] (C) SUMMARY: Russia's second largest state-owned bank, Vneshtorgbank (VTB),is reportedly interested in purchasing 50 percent of Azerbaijan's stated-owned Kapital Bank. Kapital Bank is currently the second largest bank in Azerbaijan with USD 186 million in assets. VTB has been keen to enter t [...] | 2007-04-23 11:07:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN ENRG EPET AJ RU |
07BAKU494 | CHANGED US WORDING ON NAGORNO-KARABAKH CONFLICT [...] (U) This is an action request; see paras 5-7. 2. (C) For senior Azerbaijani officials -- and particularly President Aliyev -- the USG's decision to change the language on Nagorno-Karabakh in the 2006 Armenia Human Rights Report after publication, coupled with press reports that we did so i [...] | 2007-04-23 15:57:00 | Embassy Baku | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PBTS PHUM PINR MARR MOPS AJ |
07BAKU497 | FORMER HEALTH MINISTER ALI INSANOV SENTENCED TO 11 [...] (SBU) On April 20, the Baku Court of Grave Crimes found former GOAJ Health Minister Ali Insanov guilty of public corruption and sentenced him to 11 years in prison. In addition to Insanov, ten other defendants - all former Ministry of Health officials - were convicted and sent to prison on cha [...] | 2007-04-24 10:47:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM AJ |
07BAKU499 | DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER URGES US STATEMENT [...] (C) Summary: In an April 24 conversation with the Ambassador, Deputy Foreign Minister Azimov repeated the GOAJ's request for a "very clear indication that the US recognizes Nagorno-Karabakh as part of the Republic of Azerbaijan." Azimov argued that such a statement reflects long-standing US [...] | 2007-04-24 11:18:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PBTS PHUM AM AJ |
07BAKU50 | IMPLICATIONS OF UNSC SANCTIONS ON IRAN-AZERBAIJAN [...] (S) Summary - While growing, trade between Azerbaijan and Iran is relatively insignificant and is unlikely to be affected by current UNSC sanctions. According to official GOAJ trade statistics, trade between the two countries totaled USD 256.7 million (imports from Iran amounting to USD 63 m [...] | 2007-01-11 11:59:00 | Embassy Baku | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PINR PREL ECON EINV ENRG EPET IR AJ |
07BAKU500 | INDEPENDENT EDITOR EYNULLA FATULLAYEV SENTENCED TO [...] (SBU) On April 20, Eynulla Fatullayev, Editor in Chief of the independent Russian-language Realny Azerbaijan newspaper (the highest circulated newsmagazine in the country) and the Azerbaijani-language Gundelik Azerbaijan newspaper, was arrested and sentenced to 30 months' imprisonment on libel [...] | 2007-04-24 12:56:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM PBTS AM AJ |
07BAKU502 | AZERBAIJAN: STATOIL SAYS SHAH DENIZ PHASE TWO [...] (C) SUMMARY. Statoil Azerbaijan sees a decision by this summer as to who markets Shah Deniz Phase Two gas as essential to staying on schedule in developing this mega-field. In the face of increased demands from SOCAR for control over marketing of Phase Two gas (reftel),Statoil says that both [...] | 2007-04-24 13:14:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ECON PGOV PREL AJ |
07BAKU504 | AZERBAIJANI BACKLASH AGAINST US WORDING ON [...] (U) This is an action request; see para 12-14. 2. (C) Summary: Post-publication revisions to Nagorno-Karabakh language in the 2006 Armenia Human Rights Report continue to ignite strong, negative reaction from the Azerbaijani Government and public. We are beginning to see a broader-bas [...] | 2007-04-24 13:47:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PBTS PHUM PINR MARR MOPS AJ |
07BAKU505 | INFLATION BEGINNING TO IMPACT AZERBAIJAN'S ECONOMY [...] (C) SUMMARY: According to multiple sources, including the IMF and the Government of Azerbaijan (GOAJ),annualized inflation in the first quarter topped 16 percent. The IMF estimates that inflation in 2007 may pass 20 percent, and could quickly outstrip GOAJ efforts to raise salaries and impr [...] | 2007-04-25 05:27:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN ENRG KCOR AJ |
07BAKU511 | INVITATION TO NUCLEAR FORENSICS EXPERTS MEETING [...] (U) Poloff delivered reftel invitation to the June 27-28, 2007, Nuclear Forensics Experts Meeting to the Azerbaijani Ministry of Foreign Affairs Security Affairs depatment. MFA officers expressed an interest in atending and asked if there was funding available. Poloff said that, to his knowle [...] | 2007-04-26 10:03:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP KCRM MNUC ASEC ENRG PARM TRGY AJ |
07BAKU514 | AZERBAIJANI GOVERNMENT WELCOMES RETURN TO ORIGINAL [...] (U) This is an action message; see para 6. 2. (C) Per ref instructions, the Ambassador spoke to President Aliyev on the morning of April 26 and informed him that the Department had restored the original NK text in the 2006 Armenia Human Rights Report. The Ambassador underscored our great [...] | 2007-04-26 13:00:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PBTS AM AJ |
07BAKU519 | GOAJ ISSUES SIX-YEAR LICENSES FOR ANS TV AND RADIO [...] No summary [...] | 2007-04-27 13:43:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL PGOV KDEM KPAO AJ |
07BAKU520 | GLOBAL REPOSITIONING: BAKU-BASED IRAN WATCHER [...] As requested reftel, I offer Embassy Baku's views on the Baku-based Iran Watcher position, 67700005. Our responses are keyed to reftel questions. A. The new Iran Watcher position has increased our ability to report on Iranian activities in Azerbaijan, including Iranian efforts to influen [...] | 2007-04-27 13:46:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT PREL CVIS IR AJ |
07BAKU522 | AZERBAIJAN ENERGY MINISTER LIKES BP BUT WANTS MORE [...] (C) SUMMARY. In an April 18 conversation with the Ambassador, Energy and Industry Minister Natiq Aliyev said that GOAJ would continue its close cooperation with BP, and that in principle the GOAJ supported BP plans for ACG PSA extension and ACG deep gas. The GOAJ also wants BP as Shah Deniz operato [...] | 2007-04-27 13:51:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG PREL PGOV AJ |
07BAKU524 | REQUEST FOR AZERBAIJAN-SPECIFIC STATEMENT FOR PRESS [...] (U) This is an action request; see paras 2 and 3. 2. (SBU) Over the last year, media freedom in Azerbaijan has deteriorated significantly, with physical attacks on several journalists, numerous criminal libel cases launched against independent and opposition journalists, government pressur [...] | 2007-04-30 10:29:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL PGOV KDEM KPAO AJ |
07BAKU529 | AZERBAIJANI FOREIGN MINISTER REAFFIRMS COMMITMENT [...] No summary [...] | 2007-05-01 13:32:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MASS MOPS PREL PTER IZ AJ |
07BAKU531 | AZERBAIJAN: TERRORIST FINANCE AND REVIVAL OF [...] (S/NF) Post delivered reftel points regarding the Revival of Islamic Heritage Society (RIHS) to the Azerbaijani Ministry of Foreign Affairs Security Department. MFA officials noted that the Government of Azerbaijan (GOAJ) closed RIHS's office in Baku in December 2001 and that there is current [...] | 2007-05-02 03:49:00 | Embassy Baku | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER KTFN EFIN ETTC PREL ECON AJ |
07BAKU532 | AUCKLAND PSI POINTS DELIVERED; AZERBAIJAN REQUESTS [...] (U) This is an action request, see para 3. 2. (U) Poloff delivered reftel talking points on the Auckland PSI conference to Azerbaijani Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Security Affairs Department. MFA officers thanked poloff for the information and had specific follow-up questions about [...] | 2007-05-02 06:23:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP MNUC PARM PREL AJ |
07BAKU533 | AZERBAIJAN'S BOOMING ENERGY SECTOR HIDES DIFFICULT [...] (C) Summary: Azerbaijan's stunning GDP growth of 34 percent -- fueled largely by the energy sector -- is accompanied by severe corruption and weak rule of law, that since early 2006 appear to be having an increasingly negative impact on firms operating outside the protection of the energy sec [...] | 2007-05-02 06:23:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN ETRD PREL KCOR EINV KCRM KJUS AJ |
07BAKU535 | AZERBAIJANI DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER VAGIF SADIKOV [...] (C) Summary: Visiting EUR Senior Advisor Farah Pandith met with Deputy Foreign Minister Vagif Sadikov April 27 to discuss Azerbaijan's vision for the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC)'s Foreign Ministers' Conference. Echoing what he told the Ambassador late last year, Sadikov highl [...] | 2007-05-02 09:43:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KISL KPAL IR AJ |
07BAKU554 | AMBASSADOR UNDERSCORES IRAN SANCTIONS ACT CONCERNS [...] (U) SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED; NOT FOR INTERNET DISTRIBUTION. 2. (SBU) The Ambassador took the opportunity of a May 2 meeting with Austrian Ambassador to Azerbaijan Marius Calligaris (resident in Ankara) to raise US concerns regarding reports of any agreement between OMV and Iran to dev [...] | 2007-05-04 06:58:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG ETTC PREL EPET EINV AU IR AJ |
07BAKU557 | INDEPENDENT JOURNALISTS CONVICTED FOR INCITING [...] (SBU) On May 4, the Sabail District Court convicted two journalists from the independent Sanat newspaper on charges of inciting religious hatred. Rafig Taghi, the author of a controversial article questioning the effects of Islamic influence in Azerbaijan, received a sentence of three years' i [...] | 2007-05-04 13:51:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM KISL AJ |
07BAKU568 | AMBASSADOR'S ASSESSMENT OF UNHRC ELECTION [...] (C) The Ambassador delivered reftel demarches on Belarus and the UN Human Rights Council in separate May 10 conversations with President Aliyev's Chief of Staff Ramiz Mehdiyev and Foreign Policy Advisor Novruz Mammadov, as well as Deputy Foreign Minister Mahmud Mammadguliyev. (Foreign Minist [...] | 2007-05-10 15:18:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UNHRC AJ |
07BAKU573 | AZERBAIJAN TAKES FIRST STEP TOWARDS IMPROVING [...] (C) SUMMARY: On April 30, the Government of Azerbaijan took a first positive step to improving the business climate by instructing government ministries and agencies to review Azerbaijani regulations and laws in order to prepare a report on possible recommendations to facilitate business, incl [...] | 2007-05-11 12:06:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD EINV PGOV AJ |
07BAKU578 | AZERBAIJAN: PRO-OPPOSITION PARTIES HOLD SMALL, [...] (SBU) On May 12, several small pro-opposition parties staged a peaceful, sanctioned protest over social issues such as recent price increases, salaries, and pensions; they also called upon the GOAJ to disclose more information to the public about the ongoing Nagorno-Karabakh negotiations. This [...] | 2007-05-14 12:37:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM PBTS CASC IR AJ |
07BAKU581 | FARAH PANDITH'S MEETINGS WITH AZERBAIJANI ISLAMIC [...] (C) Summary: Azerbaijani religious officials emphasized Azerbaijan's history of religious tolerance and interconfessional cooperation in April 25 meetings with EUR Senior Advisor Farah Pandith. Dr. Haji Sabir Hassanli, the rector of Baku Islamic University, said the university has approxima [...] | 2007-05-15 03:07:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KISL AJ |
07BAKU584 | PRESIDENT ALIYEV,S FOREIGN POLICY ADVISOR REIEWS [...] (C) Summary: Presidential Foreign Policy Advisor Novruz Mammadov flagged President Aliyev's planned attendance at the upcoming energy summit in Poland as a "very important" step to reassure Europe. The GOAJ hopes for progress in bilateral relations with Turkmenistan in 2007, although Baku is [...] | 2007-05-15 12:14:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ENRG MARR AMGT ABLD CASC AJ |
07BAKU585 | FARAH PANDITH'S MEETINGS WITH AZERBAIJANI ISLAMIC [...] (C) Summary: During a late April trip, EUR Senior Advisor Farah Pandith met with several Azerbaijani Islamic communities in diverse regions of Azerbaijan. Mirpasha Bayramov -- the leader of the Binagadi religious community of Baku -- provided Pandith with background on his community, which p [...] | 2007-05-15 12:51:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KISL IR AJ |
07BAKU590 | EX-MINISTER FARHAD ALIYEV'S TRIAL BEGINS; [...] (U) On May 15, the trial of former Minister of Economic Development Farhad Aliyev - along with 18 other defendants, including Aliyev's brother, former AzPetrol Oil Company President Rafig Aliyev - began at the Court of Grave Crimes. Aliyev was among several high-profile GOAJ officials arrested [...] | 2007-05-15 13:56:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM AJ |
07BAKU595 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: CAUTIONING AZERBAIJAN AGAINST [...] (C) As reported ref a, the Ambassador delivered ref b demarche cautioning Azerbaijan against closer relations with Belarus in separate May 10 conversations with President Aliyev's Chief of Staff Ramiz Mehdiyev, who said he would inform President Aliyev, and Foreign Policy Advisor Novruz Mamma [...] | 2007-05-16 13:24:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL ECON BO RU AJ |
07BAKU599 | REACTION TO PRESIDENT ALIYEV'S MAY 4 COMMENTS ON [...] (C) President Aliyev struck a tough tone in his May 4 speech on the GOAJ's position on a Nagorno-Karabakh (NK) settlement at the opening of an IDP center. Aliyev appeared to distance himself publicly from the idea of "special modalities" for Kelbajar and Lachin, focusing on the need for all [...] | 2007-05-17 10:39:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL AJ |
07BAKU60 | HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVISTS, EDITORS SHARE DEMOCRACY [...] (C) SUMMARY: On December 19, several prominent human rights activists shared their views on democracy and human rights in Azerbaijan with visiting DRL A/S Lowenkron. The Assistant Secretary outlined the three key areas of democracy - electoral democracy, governance, and civil society - and exp [...] | 2007-01-12 15:13:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM AJ |
07BAKU601 | AZERBAIJAN'S MEDIA CRACKDOWN CONTINUES: TWO MORE [...] (C) On May 16, two journalists from the opposition Mukhalifet newspaper, Editor-In-Chief Rovshan Kebirli and correspondent Yashar Agazadeh, were sentenced to 30 months' imprisonment each on criminal libel charges. The lawsuit was filed by the President's uncle - and Member of Parliament - Jala [...] | 2007-05-17 13:04:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM AJ |
07BAKU603 | NEARLY USD 1 BILLION BUDGET INCREASE WORRIES [...] (C) SUMMARY: According to the IMF Resident Representative, the Government of Azerbaijan may be planning a huge supplemental increase to the 2007 budget totaling between USD 750 and 1 billion, a 15 percent increase over the current budget that the IMF finds "worrisome." In a subsequent convers [...] | 2007-05-18 07:04:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EPET ENRG PREL AJ |
07BAKU605 | LETTER FROM THE MINISTER OF EMERGENCY SITUATIONS TO THE [...] (U) This is an action request; please see para 3. 2. (U) Below is the text of a May 10, 2007, letter from Kamaladdin Heydarov, Minister of Emergency Situations of the Republic of Azerbaijan, to The Honorable Michael Chertoff, Secretary of Homeland Security, which the Embassy has been asked [...] | 2007-05-18 09:00:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINS PREL SMIG SNAR KHLS KNNP AJ |
07BAKU608 | IRANIAN ACADEMIC CALLS FOR EXPANDED BROADCASTING [...] (C) Summary: In a 16 May meeting with Embassy Iran Watcher, Professor Gholam-Reza Sabri-Tabrizi (please protect),an ethnic Azeri academic teaching at Edinburgh University and head of the Baku-based Coordinating Committee of World Azerbaijanis, called for the U.S. to support broadcasting effo [...] | 2007-05-18 11:30:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | ECPS KDEM PGOV PINR PREL PROP IR AJ |
07BAKU61 | SHAH DENIZ WELL TO RESUME PRODUCTION, AZERBAIJAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: On January 15 BP plans to resume production at the first Shah Deniz well, where production has been ceased since mid-December due to a leak, although a BP executive questioned whether Shah Deniz production could play a significant role in meeting regional winter gas needs. Once S [...] | 2007-01-12 15:16:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG PREL PGOV IR RU TU AJ |
07BAKU616 | AZERBAIJAN'S LEADING NEWSPAPER BARRED FROM OFFICE, [...] (U) On May 20, employees of the Ministry of Emergency Situations (MES) - citing structural deficiencies with the building - shut down the offices of Realny Azerbaijan and Gundelik Azerbaijan newspapers. (NOTE: Realny Azerbaijan is the country's highest-circulation newsmagazine.) Although the p [...] | 2007-05-21 13:29:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM AJ |
07BAKU618 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON OSCE COUNTERTERRORISM [...] No summary [...] | 2007-05-22 04:37:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED | OSCE PREL PTER ABUD AFIN RS SP AJ |
07BAKU62 | AZERBAIJANI OPPOSITION PARTY STILL UNABLE TO [...] (U) At the request of Popular Front Party (PFP) Deputy Chairman Fuad Mustafayev, on January 10 Poloff visited the offices to which the PFP was assigned following the party's November 25, 2006 eviction from 33 Khagani Street. The PFP's assigned new office space is the second floor of an annex to [...] | 2007-01-12 15:17:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM AJ |
07BAKU63 | POLITICAL PARTY LEADERS AGREE TO CONDUCT DIALOGUE [...] (C) Summary: During a lively December 19 dinner discussion with visiting DRL A/S Lowenkron and the Ambassador, ruling and opposition party leaders agreed to conduct a political dialogue based on the GOAJ's commitments to the OSCE and the Council of Europe. In agreeing to the dialogue, oppos [...] | 2007-01-15 07:14:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM AJ |
07BAKU632 | SCENESETTER FOR JOSEPH WOOD'S VISIT [...] (C) We warmly welcome your upcoming visit to Baku. Since President Aliyev,s successful visit to Washington in April 2006, we have been engaged in an intensive effort to elevate and strengthen the bilateral relationship. US interests in Azerbaijan center around three key areas: regional secu [...] | 2007-05-23 13:55:00 | Embassy Baku | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV MASS PTER PINR ENRG KDEM ECON IR AJ |
07BAKU636 | DEMARCHE ON HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUES [...] (C) Over the last week, the Embassy has been actively engaged in advocacy on both media freedom and access to the Farhad Aliyev trial (reftel). Charge used the occasion of a May 23 meeting with visiting senior US officials (septel) to raise our media concerns with President Aliyev. Charge to [...] | 2007-05-24 14:33:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM AJ |
07BAKU64 | DEPUTY PROSECUTOR GENERAL UPDATES ON FARHAD [...] (C) In a January 11 meeting with Poloff, GOAJ First Deputy Prosecutor General Rustam Usubov provided an update on the investigation into the alleged October 2005 coup plot involving former ministers Farhad Aliyev and Ali Insanov and other former GOAJ officials. Usubov said that ten persons re [...] | 2007-01-29 04:22:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM KJUS AJ |
07BAKU640 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: RESPONSE TO AZERBAIJAN'S PSI [...] (SBU) Acting DCM delivered ref a demarche answering Azerbaijan's questions about the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) in a May 18 meeting with Qalib Israfilov, Director of the MFA's International Security Affairs Department, and left para 3 points as nonpaper. Israflov listened attent [...] | 2007-05-25 10:27:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PARM MNUC KNNP AJ |
07BAKU642 | AZERBAIJANI VIEWS ON AND IMPLEMENTATION OF UNSCR [...] (U) This is an action request; see para 5. 2. (C) Acting DCM delivered ref a demarche in a May 18 meeting with Qalib Israfilov, Director of the MFA's International Security Affairs Department. Israfilov thanked A/DCM for sharing the USG's views on arms and related materiel, and noted tha [...] | 2007-05-25 11:48:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM ETTC UNSC IR AJ |
07BAKU647 | PRESIDENT ALIYEV APPROVES AZERBAIJAN'S NATIONAL [...] President Ilham Aliyev approved Azerbaijan's "National Security Concept" (NSC) on May 23, 2007 via a presidential directive. The full text of the NSC appeared in many Azerbaijani newspapers. The translated text of the directive is provided below: BEGIN TRANSLATION ABOUT THE APPROVAL O [...] | 2007-05-25 13:47:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PBTS RU IR AJ |
07BAKU648 | AZERBAIJAN: SOCAR SAYS TURKISH TRANSIT INVITATION [...] (C) SUMMARY. In an May 25 conversation, SOCAR Vice-President Elshad Nasirov said that a letter from the GOAJ to Turkey inviting it to begin gas transit negotiations had been drafted and should be sent "within a few days." Nasirov said that in all its gas marketing endeavors the GOAJ should st [...] | 2007-05-25 14:52:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ENRG AJ TU |
07BAKU651 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON PROPOSED RUSSIAN DRAFT OF [...] No summary [...] | 2007-05-29 11:55:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KTIA OSCE PGOV AJ |
07BAKU657 | EEB/CBA SPECIAL REPRESENTIVE MERMOUD DISCUSSES [...] (C) SUMMARY: Prior to co-leading the U.S. agricultural delegation to the U.S.-Azerbaijan Agrobusiness Forum, EEB/CBA Special Representative Mermoud met with local business and government officials to discuss the development of non-energy sectors, including agriculture and high-tech. Mermoud v [...] | 2007-05-30 08:30:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PREL EAID EAGR AJ |
07BAKU66 | AZERBAIJAN'S YOUTH MOVEMENTS: A BREAKDOWN OF KEY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Azerbaijan's youth movements are often overlooked when examining the overall political situation - both by the GOAJ and by the international community. However, youth can play a quite critical role in democratic development, and with 65 percent of the population under the age of 3 [...] | 2007-01-29 08:52:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR PHUM KDEM SOCI AJ |
07BAKU664 | FARHAD ALIYEV TRIAL UPDATE: SUBSTANTIVE HEARING [...] (SBU) The substantive hearing of former Minister of Economic Development Farhad Aliyev's trial began today, May 30. As in each session of the preliminary hearing, with the exception of two OSCE trial monitoring project staff members, all international observers and most journalists were barre [...] | 2007-05-30 13:44:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM AJ |
07BAKU67 | FIRST SANCTIONED OPPOSITION PROTEST SINCE NOVEMBER [...] (SBU) On January 28, the opposition Musavat Party held a peaceful, sanctioned protest, in response to the Tariff Council's decision to raise utilities prices. This was the first sanctioned protest since police violently dispersed a peaceful, sanctioned opposition rally on November 26, 2005 (se [...] | 2007-01-29 10:43:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM CASC ASEC AJ |
07BAKU673 | OVER 1,000 ETHNIC AZERIS REPORTEDLY ARRESTED IN [...] (SBU) Baku media outlets report that over 1,000 ethnic Azeris have been arrested in connection with demonstrations commemorating the one-year anniversary of large-scale ethnic Azeri protests which took place in northwestern Iran on 22 May 2006. According to these reports, largely peaceful de [...] | 2007-05-31 12:36:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM IR AJ |
07BAKU68 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR EDWARD DOUGLAS MENARCHIK, ACTING E&E [...] EMBASSY BAKU GRANTS COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR USAID ACTING EUROPE AND EURASIA BUREAU ASSISTANT ADMINISTRATOR, EDWARD DOUGLAS MENARCHIK TO TRAVEL BAKU, AZERBAIJAN O/A FEBRUARY 6 THROUGH FEBRUARY 10, 2007. THE PURPOSE OF THE TRAVEL IS TO PARTICIPATE IN THE ECONOMIC PARTNERSHIP COMMISSION MEETINGS IN [...] | 2007-01-29 11:15:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID OTRA US AJ |
07BAKU683 | AZERBAIJAN: FINANCE MINISTER DISCUSSES ECONOMIC [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a May 29 meeting with Deputy Assistant to the Vice President for National Security Affairs Joseph Wood and Ambassador Derse, Minister of Finance Samir Sharifov stated that Azerbaijan's economy was expanding rapidly and that as a result inflationary pressures were increasin [...] | 2007-06-01 09:23:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PREL ENRG AJ |
07BAKU688 | SCENESETTER FOR DEPUTY SECRETARY SAMPSON'S VISIT [...] (SBU) We warmly welcome your upcoming visit to Baku and believe it will advance U.S. energy, commercial, and economic reform objectives. Since President Aliyev's successful visit to Washington in April 2006, we have been engaged in an intensive effort to elevate and strengthen the bilateral r [...] | 2007-06-01 12:59:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PREL PGOV EFIN EPET ENRG AJ |
07BAKU689 | PRESIDENT ALIYEV REVIEWS ENERGY AND REGIONAL [...] (C) Summary: In a May 29 meeting with visiting OVP Deputy Assistant for National Security Affairs Joseph Wood and the Ambassador, President Aliyev reviewed prospects for new southern corridor energy initiatives. Urging the U.S. to support new Turkmen President Burdimuhamedov, Aliyev said Az [...] | 2007-06-01 14:23:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ENRG MASS PBTS KDEM IR RU AJ |
07BAKU69 | AZERBAIJAN'S DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER ON UNSCR 1737 [...] (C) Summary: In response to ref A demarche on UNSCR 1737, Deputy Foreign Minister Araz Azimov told then-Charge that "we are of course not going to reject the resolution." However, echoing comments we hear increasingly from colleagues throughout the GOAJ, Azimov said Azerbaijan feels threaten [...] | 2007-01-16 14:01:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | MNUC KNNP PGOV PREL IR AJ |
07BAKU693 | UPDATE ON GUAM SUMMIT, JUNE 18-19 [...] (C) In a late May meeting, MFA Director for International Security Affairs Galib Israfilov told us that Azerbaijan, as incoming GUAM Chair, seeks to expand GUAM's geographic reach and raise its international profile. According to Israfilov, Azerbaijan views GUAM as a "natural bridge uniting E [...] | 2007-06-05 04:28:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KDEM MARR MD UP GG AJ |
07BAKU695 | JOSEPH WOOD'S MEETING WITH PRESIDENTIAL CHIEF OF [...] (C) Summary: Deputy Assistant to the Vice President for National Security Affairs Joseph Wood and the Ambassador met with Presidential Chief of Staff Ramiz Mehdiyev on May 30 to discuss the bilateral relationship. Mehdiyev reviewed Azerbaijan's complex security situation, arguing that outside [...] | 2007-06-05 07:30:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL AJ |
07BAKU696 | OVP DEPUTY ASSISTANT MEETING WITH AZERI FM [...] (C) SUMMARY: Deputy Assistant to the Vice President for National Security Advisor Joseph Wood and Ambassador Derse met with Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov on May 30. Mammadyarov was relaxed and expansive about his recent discussions with new Turkmenistani President Gurbangul [...] | 2007-06-05 08:42:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ENRG AJ TU |
07BAKU698 | IRANIAN ACADEMIC CALLS FOR U.S. TO FUND AZERI [...] (C) Summary: Speaking with Iran Watcher on May 30, Professor Gholam-Reza Sabri-Tabrizi reiterated his interest in establishing an Azeri-language satellite television station in support of efforts to bring about peaceful political change within the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI) (reftel). Arg [...] | 2007-06-06 04:40:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | ECPS KDEM PGOV PREL PROP IR AJ |
07BAKU7 | AZERBAIJANI POLICE RAID JEHOVAH'S WITNESSES [...] (C) According to UK Charge Colin Wells and UK Emboff Chris Gotch (strictly protect),GOAJ Interior Ministry police raided a gathering of over a hundred Jehovah's Witnesses taking place December 24, 2006 at a private home in Baku. Police briefly detained and released the overwhelming majority o [...] | 2007-01-03 13:24:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM AJ |
07BAKU700 | JOSEPH WOOD'S MEETING WITH ISLAMIC ANALYSTS [...] (C) Summary: Deputy Assistant to the Vice President for National Security Affairs Joseph Wood and the Ambassador met with local Islamic analysts on May 30. The analysts agreed that Islamic observance is growing in Azerbaijan, particularly among the youth. The growth of Islam is in part a na [...] | 2007-06-06 11:33:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM KDEM KISL AJ |
07BAKU711 | REGIONAL ISLAMIC SNAPSHOTS: ZAQATALA [...] (C) Summary: During a trip to Zaqatala, Qax, and Balakan, Emboffs visited several Islamic shrines, a dozen mosques, and an Islamic University to deepen our understanding of Islamic observance in northern Azerbaijan. Northern Azerbaijan is heavily Sunni, with a strong Sufi influence and a tra [...] | 2007-06-07 12:39:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KISL RU AJ |
07BAKU712 | INTERNAL DYNAMICS OF THE YENI AZERBAIJAN PARTY [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Yeni Azerbaijan Party leadership's decision to dismiss former Deputy Chair Sirus Tabrizli, coupled with former Minister of Health Ali Insanov's public criticism of the party, has triggered rampant speculation that the ruling party is in crisis. Rather than splintering, the r [...] | 2007-06-07 12:41:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL KDEM AJ |
07BAKU718 | AZERBAIJANIS SURPRISED BY PUTIN'S OFFER TO SHARE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Russian President Vladimir Putin's statement proposing joint U.S.-Russian use of Azerbaijan's Gabala radar station provoked a surprised but largely positive reaction among Azerbaijani politicians and analysts. All contacts with whom we spoke believed that cooperation between the [...] | 2007-06-08 11:47:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR MASS PINS RU IR AJ |
07BAKU719 | IRAN REPORTEDLY NOT CONCERNED OVER POSSIBLE JOINT [...] (U) In a June 8 press statement, Iranian Embassy press spokesman in Baku Majid Feyzullahi said that Tehran does not have any concerns about Russia's proposal to make its Qabala radar station available for joint use with the U.S. Feyzullahi added that "we have no concerns because the issue is [...] | 2007-06-08 11:47:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IR RU AJ |
07BAKU72 | AZERBAIJAN'S DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER ON NATIONAL [...] (C) Summary: During a January 10 meeting with then-Charge d'Affaires, Deputy Foreign Minister Araz Azimov said Azerbaijan's draft National Security Concept (NSC) will be sent to the Presidential Apparat within the coming weeks. (As requested reftel, we seek the Department,s guidance on any co [...] | 2007-01-17 06:44:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MARR MASS PBTS AJ |
07BAKU720 | AZERBAIJAN: RUSSIAN DIPLOMAT SAYS PUTIN INITIATIVE [...] (C) SUMMARY: On June 8, Russian Embassy DCM Oleg Krokhin said that President Putin's proposal of U.S.-Russian cooperation at the Gabala radar station was discussed "one to two months ago" between Azerbaijan and Russia "at high levels," and had been "thoroughly worked out" beforehand. Krokhin [...] | 2007-06-08 11:47:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MARR MNUC OPRC PARM AJ RU |
07BAKU721 | PRESIDENT ALIYEV CONFIRMS SUPPORT FOR THE GABALA [...] (C) Summary: After briefing President Aliyev on his June 8 meeting with the Charge d'Affaires, Presidential Foreign Policy Advisor Novruz Mammadov informed us that "in principle, all is good." President Aliyev told Mammadov that if the process of discussing Putin's proposal to bring the Gab [...] | 2007-06-08 11:54:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MNUC OPRC PARM RU IR AJ |
07BAKU722 | MISSILE DEFENSE: BACKGROUNDER ON THE GABALA RADAR [...] (C) The Gabala radar station (also known as the Lyaki large phased-array radar) was originally part of the USSR's broader ballistic missile defense architecture; specifically, it was one of nine major radar stations erected on Soviet territory to detect and track the launch of ballistic missi [...] | 2007-06-08 12:20:00 | Embassy Baku | SECRET | PGOV PREL MARR AJ RU IR |
07BAKU725 | A SNAPSHOT OF BAKU'S IDP COMMUNITIES [...] (SBU) Over the next few months, the Embassy plans to take a closer at Azerbaijan's internally displaced persons (IDP) population, estimated at roughly 675,000 persons. The GOAJ has pledged to close all existing tent camps by the end of 2007, but hundreds of thousands of IDPs still live in very [...] | 2007-06-11 08:20:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PREL PBTS PHUM PGOV EAID AM AJ |
07BAKU728 | AZERBAIJANI-RUSSIAN COORDINATION ON PUTIN'S GABALA [...] (C) Summary: The GOAJ publicly and privately has admitted that it had discussions with Moscow regarding potential U.S. - Russian use of the Gabala radar station before Putin made his June 7 announcement on the sidelines of the G8 Summit in Heiligendamm, but the precise nature of this dialogue [...] | 2007-06-11 12:35:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MARR AJ RU |
07BAKU734 | AZERBAIJANI DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER KHALAFOV ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: Deputy Assistant to the Vice President for National Security Advisor Joseph Wood and Ambassador Derse met with Azerbaijani Deputy Foreign Minister Khalaf Khalafov on May 30. Khalafov, responsible for Caspian delimitation and policy toward Iran and Turkmenistan, affirmed Azerbai [...] | 2007-06-12 11:22:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ENRG BPIS AJ TU |
07BAKU735 | CITIGROUP CONSIDERING REPRESENTATIVE OFFICE IN [...] (C) SUMMARY. Citigroup Europe Chairman Sir Winfried Bischoff told the Ambassador June 6 that Citigroup is seriously considering opening a representative office in Azerbaijan. There currently are no large international financial institutions with active offices in Baku and Citigroup's presence [...] | 2007-06-12 11:22:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PREL EPET ENRG AJ |
07BAKU737 | AZERBAIJAN APPROVES SUPPLEMENTAL BUDGET INCREASE [...] (C) SUMMARY: On May 26, Azerbaijan's Parliament approved the final 2007 state budget totaling USD 7.34 billion and including a supplemental budget expenditure increase of USD 697 million, nearly ten percent of the total 2007 budget. The Government of Azerbaijan's large supplement budget propo [...] | 2007-06-12 12:40:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PGOV AJ |
07BAKU739 | PRESIDENT ALIYEV: ON MISSILE DEFENSE, "WE'LL DO [...] (C) Summary: In response to reftel demarche on the proposed missile defense site in Azerbaijan, President Ilham Aliyev was quick to tell the Ambassador that Azerbaijan would do "whatever you prefer" and that Azerbaijan would be decisively on the American side in these discussions. After nar [...] | 2007-06-13 12:50:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | AJ IR MARR MNUC PARM PGOV PREL RS |
07BAKU740 | AZERBAIJAN EXPECTS PARLIAMENT TO TAKE UP CWC IN [...] (U) This is an action request, see paragraph 4. 2. (U) Poloff addressed outstanding Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) issues with Azerbaijani Ministry of Foreign Affairs Security Affairs Department Deputy Director Yusuf Mammadaliyev on June 13. Mammadaliyev said that the Legislation requ [...] | 2007-06-13 13:09:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PGOV PREL CWC OPC CBW BWC AJ UN |
07BAKU748 | CRITICISM OF CAUCASUS MUSLIM BOARD'S HANDLING OF [...] (SBU) Prominent human rights activist Elchin Behbutov and two of his friends -- Bayram Sadikov, Hafiz Osman -- recently shared with us their views on the Hajj. The three had traveled together to Mecca, Saudi Arabia between December 21, 2006 and January 18, 2007 in order to participate in the m [...] | 2007-06-15 08:12:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM KISL KCOR AJ |
07BAKU753 | PRESIDENT ALIYEV: ON NAGORNO-KARABAKH, [...] (C) Summary: On June 13, a frustrated President Ilham Aliyev told the Ambassador his view of the unsuccessful Nagorno-Karabakh discussions on the margins of the St. Petersburg CIS Summit. He concluded that the Minsk Group format is "useless," and asked that the United States now impose a se [...] | 2007-06-15 12:46:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | AJ ENRG ETRD PGOV PREL RS TX |
07BAKU754 | FURTHER IRANIAN REACTION TO THE QABALA RADAR [...] (C) Summary: One week after Russia's proposal to make its Qabala radar station available for joint use with the U.S., Iranian reaction to the proposal remains fairly muted. While some members of the Majlis have criticized the announcement, the response of the Iranian executive branch has bee [...] | 2007-06-15 13:08:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MNUC OPRC PARM IR AJ |
07BAKU758 | "FRIENDS OF AZERBAIJAN" DEMARCHE PRESIDENTIAL [...] (C) Summary: The "Friends of Azerbaijan," an informal grouping of like-minded OSCE member states, the OSCE and the Council of Europe (COE),demarched Presidential Chief of Staff Ramiz Mehdiyev on media issues June 14. Reaffirming Azerbaijan's commitment to democracy, Mehdiyev said the unres [...] | 2007-06-18 13:45:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM PTER IR AJ |
07BAKU760 | FOREIGN MINISTER MAMMADYAROV ON ENERGY AND HUMAN [...] (C) Summary: During a June 14 meeting with the Ambassador, Foreign Minister Mammadyarov said he recently sent a letter to Turkish Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul to push for a transit agreement, suggesting an agreement was possible within one month. Mammadyarov said SOCAR will negotiate the a [...] | 2007-06-19 05:01:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EINV ENRG EPET PGOV PREL PHUM AJ |
07BAKU761 | A CLOSER LOOK AT IRANIAN STUDENTS IN BAKU [...] (S) Summary: On June 13, Iran Watcher met with five Iranian students (all ethnic Azeris) studying in Baku. The students estimated that approximately 3,000 Iranian students were pursuing an education in Azerbaijan, most concentrated at Baku State University and the Medical University. (This [...] | 2007-06-19 10:26:00 | Embassy Baku | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PINR PREL SCUL IR AJ |
07BAKU766 | PRELIMINARY INFORMATION ON THE IRAN-ARMENIA [...] (U) This cable has been cleared by Embassy Yerevan. 2. (C/NF) Summary: According to the Armenian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Armenian diaspora community in Iran numbers approximately 300,000 and is centered in and around the cities of Tehran and Esfahan. An officially recognized re [...] | 2007-06-20 06:59:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ENRG EPET ETRD PGOV PINR PREL IR GG AM AJ |
07BAKU769 | AZERBAIJAN PRESIDENT TELLS COMMERCE DEPUTY [...] (C) SUMMARY. In a June 4 meeting with Commerce Deputy Secretary Sampson, President Aliyev reviewed Azerbaijan,s SIPDIS business climate and said the GOAJ would "have finished all the necessary implementation" for WTO accession by year's end. Aliyev lauded Azerbaijan's recent economic progr [...] | 2007-06-20 07:00:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON ETRD KCOR PARM AJ |
07BAKU774 | FOREIGN MINISTER MAMMADYAROV ON MISSILE DEFENSE [...] (C) Summary: Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Mammadyarov told the Ambassador June 15 that Azerbaijan only had limited and non-specific Gabala-related discussions with Russia prior to Putin's June 7 announcement. Mammadyarov recalled that as early as May 21, he had publicly hinted that the U.S.- [...] | 2007-06-21 12:20:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL AJ IR MARR MNUC PARM RS |
07BAKU780 | Embassy Baku Concurrence on FY08 Requests for Section [...] (U) The Office of Defense Cooperation at US Embassy Baku, in conjunction with US European Command, has developed several requests for funding under section 1206 of the National Defense Authorization Act. The Chief of Mission strongly supports these requests as being significant proposed contr [...] | 2007-06-25 04:12:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MASS MARR KTIA AJ |
07BAKU784 | AZERBAIJAN PRESIDENT TELLS DAS BRYZA ALL SHAH DENIZ PHASE TWO GAS TO BE EXPORTED [...] (C) SUMMARY. In a June 5 meeting with EUR DAS Bryza and Ambassador Derse, President Aliyev said that he planned to meet domestic gas needs with SOCAR domestic gas production, freeing up all Shah Deniz Phase Two gas for export through Turkey to Europe. DAS Bryza told Aliyev of his efforts to [...] | 2007-06-25 06:43:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | AJ ENRG ETRN PGOV PREL TX |
07BAKU786 | IRANIAN PRESIDENT AHMADINEJAD TO VISIT BAKU LATER [...] (SBU) At a press conference on June 22, Azerbaijani Deputy Foreign Minister Khalaf Khalafov confirmed that Azerbaijan is preparing for a visit of Iranian President Ahmadinejad to Baku. While not providing any details on the timing of the visit, Khalafov hinted that agreements pertaining to " [...] | 2007-06-25 10:51:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL IR AJ |
07BAKU79 | DRL A/S LOWENKRON'S DECEMBER 19 MEETING WITH [...] (C) Summary: During a December 19 meeting, Presidential Chief of Staff Ramiz Mehdiyev assured DRL A/S Lowenkron that "in line with President Aliyev's recommendation," independent ANS TV will participate in the tender for its frequency and "its activities will be fully restored." Mehdiyev bla [...] | 2007-01-18 10:50:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM IR RU AJ |
07BAKU791 | AZERBAIJAN: DRUG SEIZURES UP IN FIRST HALF OF 2007 [...] (SBU) According to official Government of Azerbaijan (GOAJ) and UNDP statistics, for the first five months of 2007 the GOAJ interdicted 330 kilograms of illegal drugs. The breakdown of the seizures by drug type is heroin 23 kg, opium/opiates 67 kg, marijuana 50 kg and hashish 190 kg. In 2006 [...] | 2007-06-25 11:41:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON SNAR PGOV PREL PINR KCOR AJ IR |
07BAKU792 | BAKU GUAM SUMMIT: LOOKING FOR RELEVANCE [...] (SBU) The GOAJ hosted the second annual Summit of the Organization for Democracy and Economic Development - GUAM on June 18-19 in Baku. The summit included meetings of GUAM members' heads of state, foreign ministers, national coordinators, and several GUAM working groups. There were also se [...] | 2007-06-25 11:59:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL AJ GG UP MD KZ TX |
07BAKU794 | PROTESTANTS COMPLAIN OF RELIGIOUS HARASSMENT [...] (C) Summary: Police in the small northwestern village of Aliabad detained and arrested Baptist Pastor Zaur Balaev on May 20. Representatives from the local Baptist community claim authorities violated their religious freedoms and that they are being singled out for persecution. The State C [...] | 2007-06-25 12:28:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL KIRF AJ |
07BAKU801 | AZERBAIJAN HOLDS ENERGY TRANSPARENCY CONFERENCE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On June 7, the State Oil Fund and Embassy of Norway collaborated to organize a conference highlighting Azerbaijan's successful role in the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) during the Caspian Oil and Gas show. Oil Fund Executive Director Shahmar Movsumov and [...] | 2007-06-26 08:09:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PREL PGOV AJ |
07BAKU803 | AZERBAIJAN MOVING AHEAD ON LARGE ROAD AND MARITIME [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a June 21 meeting, Deputy Minister of Transportation Musa Panahov discussed Azerbaijan's road and maritime infrastructure plans, including a Bechtel proposal to build a new four-lane highway and the government's plans to transform the Baku port and construct a new facility o [...] | 2007-06-26 10:18:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD PREL ELTN BEXP BTIO AJ |
07BAKU804 | GOAJ SHARES DOCUMENT ALLEGING IRANIAN PLOT IN [...] (C) During a June 14 meeting with the "Friends of Azerbaijan" on media freedom, Presidential Chief of Staff Ramiz Mehdiyev gave the Ambassador a Farsi-language document that he said indicated that Iranian security forces had instructed Iranian religious groups to use the media to foment disse [...] | 2007-06-26 10:42:00 | Embassy Baku | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PINR PHUM KDEM IR AJ |
07BAKU805 | AZERBAIJAN: RULING PARTY TAKES FIRST STEPS TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: On June 21, the Yeni Azerbaijan Party hosted a conference entitled "Media and Society." It was well-attended by representatives of all major media outlets and Members of Parliament, and speakers conveyed a wide range of views. Separately on June 21, in a meeting with the DCM, P [...] | 2007-06-27 07:29:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM AJ |
07BAKU806 | AZERBAIJANI PUBLIC FOCUSED ON ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT OF [...] (U) Russian President Putin's proposal on the joint usage of the Gabala radar station has triggered extensive press reports on the long-dormant issue of the station's negative impact on the environment and health. Minister of Health Oktay Shiraliyev has been quoted as saying that the station [...] | 2007-06-27 07:34:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MARR MNUC OPRC PARM SENV RU AJ |
07BAKU811 | AZERBAIJAN: POLICE USE INAPPROPRIATE FORCE TO [...] (SBU) On June 14, Baku police used an inappropriate level of force to disperse a group of approximately 25 journalists, who had staged an unsanctioned protest at a downtown Baku park. The journalists, who were reacting to the deteriorating media situation, had announced to the press that they [...] | 2007-06-27 11:04:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM AJ |
07BAKU812 | AZERBAIJAN: 2007 TIP REPORT DELIVERED [...] (SBU) On June 20, Poloff delivered the 2007 TIP Report to Fakhraddin Ismayilov and Gulnara Asgarova, Human Rights Attaches for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Per reftel instructions, she highlighted U.S. concerns regarding Azerbaijan's efforts to combat trafficking in persons, particularly [...] | 2007-06-27 11:07:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM AJ |
07BAKU815 | AZERBAIJAN PRESIDENT GIVES TOUR D'HORIZON, IS [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a June 22 conversation with Ambassador Derse and Cambridge Energy Research Associates (CERA) President Dr. Daniel Yergin, President Aliyev said that in general he was satisfied with the situation in Azerbaijan - "politically, economically and regionally." Domestically, Azerb [...] | 2007-06-27 13:01:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV AJ TU ENRG |
07BAKU819 | AZERBAIJAN FM ON ENERGY, TURKMENISTAN AND IRAN [...] (C) Summary: On June 22 Azerbaijan Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov said that he sensed "some momentum" from Turkmenistan towards reaching out to the West and diversifying its gas export routes. The GOAJ is ready to start gas transit talks with Turkey, with SOCAR taking the lead. Having j [...] | 2007-06-28 10:22:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV AJ IR TU ENRG |
07BAKU820 | FOLLOW-UP ON THE IRANIAN DIASPORA IN AZERBAIJAN [...] (S/NF) Summary: Although Government of Azerbaijan (GOAJ) estimates put the size of the Iranian diaspora community in Azerbaijan at 10,000, non-official estimates range from 10,000 to 25,000. The majority of Iranians living in Azerbaijan appear to do so for economic or political reasons; mos [...] | 2007-06-28 10:30:00 | Embassy Baku | SECRET//NOFORN | PINR SCUL IR AJ |
07BAKU822 | SCENESETTER FOR CODEL TIERNEY'S VISIT TO [...] (SBU) President Aliyev's April 28, 2006 meeting with President Bush laid the foundation for advancing U.S. interests through a strengthened bilateral relationship. Azerbaijan is a key partner to the U.S. because of its geopolitical situation, its status as a secular, democratizing, Muslim coun [...] | 2007-06-29 09:55:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ECON ENRG PBTS IR RU AJ |
07BAKU827 | A WINDOW INTO PRESIDENT ALIYEV'S DACHA [...] (C) While visiting Baku June 17-19 for the GUAM summit, EUR DAS David Kramer attended a luncheon hosted by President Aliyev at his beach-front dacha in a Baku suburb. Aliyev hosted the luncheon for GUAM summit delegation heads, including the presidents from Georgia (and his wife) and Ukraine [...] | 2007-06-29 12:29:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL AJ |
07BAKU828 | FARHAD ALIYEV'S TRIAL QUIETLY PROCEEDS [...] (C) Since the May 30 start of former Minister of Economic Development Farhad Aliyev's substantive hearing, the trial has been proceeding quietly (literally, as the lack of microphones and the whirring of several air conditioners in the long, narrow courtroom prevent observers from hearing most [...] | 2007-06-29 12:34:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM KCOR AJ |
07BAKU832 | SCENESETTER FOR THE U.S.-AZERBAIJANI JULY 9-10 [...] (C) Summary: The tenth anniversary of the bilateral security dialogue is an important opportunity to take stock of our existing strong cooperation and to achieve gains for U.S. interests by expanding our security agenda with a key Eurasian security partner. The GOAJ has two goals for these s [...] | 2007-07-02 12:40:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL AJ |
07BAKU833 | AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES TIP, MEDIA CRACKDOWN, AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a June 22 meeting with Minister of Internal Affairs Ramil Usubov, the Ambassador delivered the 2007 Trafficking in Persons Report, highlighting areas identified in the report as needing greater GOAJ action. The Minister was receptive to most suggestions, and agreed to continu [...] | 2007-07-03 05:34:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM AJ |
07BAKU836 | AZERBAIJANI READOUT ON SURPRISE TRACK II DIPLOMATIC [...] (U) On June 28, Armenian Ambassador to Russia Armen Smbatian and Azerbaijani Ambassador to Russia Polad Bulbuloglu visited the region of Nagorno Karabakh, accompanied by representatives of the Armenian and Azerbaijani intellectual elite. While there, Smbatian and Bulbuloglu reportedly met wit [...] | 2007-07-03 08:46:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PBTS PGOV AM RU AJ |
07BAKU837 | REACTION TO SURPRISE TRACK II DIPLOMATIC MISSION TO NK [...] (U) On June 28, Armenian Ambassador to Russia Armen Smbatian and Azerbaijani Ambassador to Russia Polad Bulbuloglu visited the region of Nagorno Karabakh, accompanied by representatives of the Armenian and Azerbaijani intellectual elite. While there, Smbatian and Bulbuloglu reportedly met wit [...] | 2007-07-03 08:50:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PBTS PGOV AM RU AJ |
07BAKU841 | AZERBAIJANI CONSIDERING CFE MORATORIUM [...] (C) Summary. Recent events indicate that the GOAJ is considering suspending its implementation of the Conventional Armed Forces in Europe (CFE) Treaty. Deputy Foreign Minister Araz Azimov told Charge D'Affairs on July 5 that the GOAJ would seriously consider freezing implementation of the t [...] | 2007-07-05 12:14:00 | Embassy Baku | SECRET//NOFORN | PARM PBTS PGOV PREL KCFE RU AM AJ |
07BAKU847 | LATVIAN PLANS TO OFFER AZERBAIJAN ASSISTANCE ON [...] (C) Poloff met with Latvian Ambassador to Baku Mikhails Popkovs on July 5, 2007, at Popkovs request. Popkovs told poloff that as a NATO ally, and given the high-profile nature of issues surrounding missile defense and the Gabala station, that Latvia wished to inform the U.S. Embassy Baku that [...] | 2007-07-06 06:38:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MARR AJ RU LV |
07BAKU849 | SENIOR AZERBAIJANI OFFICIALS CONTINUE TO WELCOME [...] (C) Summary: President Aliyev continues to send the message that he is waiting for the U.S. and Russia to come to a decision regarding the Gabala radar facility after both sides conclude their missile defense consultations. While other GOAJ officials reiterated this message, some -- includi [...] | 2007-07-06 12:58:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM PGOV MARR MNUC OPRC RU AJ |
07BAKU851 | AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES JUDICIAL REFORM, TRIAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a July 2 meeting with Minister of Justice Fikret Mammadov, the Ambassador noted that continued judicial reform and strengthened rule of law are key to Azerbaijan's long-term stability. Mammadov plans to build more courthouses and hire more judges. He anticipated a July appoi [...] | 2007-07-09 10:20:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM AJ |
07BAKU852 | CODEL TIERNEY'S JULY 3 MEETING WITH PRESIDENT [...] SUMMARY: In a friendly and relaxed July 3 meeting, Representative John Tierney and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev exchanged views on Azerbaijan's development, regional role and strong relationship with the U.S. and the West. On the Gabala radar station, Aliyev stated that if Russia and th [...] | 2007-07-09 11:54:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN ENRG PREL PGOV PINR AJ IR PBTS |
07BAKU855 | AZERBAIJAN’S RITICAL ENERGY INFRASTRUCTURE [...] (C) Summary: Senior BP officils believe that the Sangachal energy terminal and offshore platforms are vulnerable to terrorism. As BP Azerbaijan President Bill Schrader routinely tells U.S. officials, "all it would take is one guy with a mortar or six guys in a boat" to wreak havoc in Azerbaijan's c [...] | 2007-07-09 12:41:00 | Embassy Baku | SECRET//NOFORN | ENRG EPET PTER MARR MASS PBTS IR AJ |
07BAKU857 | GOAJ AND INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY AGREE ON STEPS TO [...] (C) Summary: Following Chief of Staff Ramiz Mehdiyev's commitment to launch an informal working group on media freedom (ref),Presidential Political Advisor Ali Hasanov met July 3 with representatives of the OSCE, COE and like-minded diplomatic missions to develop recommendations to improve A [...] | 2007-07-10 06:13:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM AJ |
07BAKU858 | CODEL TIERNEY'S JULY 3 MEETING WITH FOREIGN [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a relaxed July 3 meeting with Representative John Tierney, Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov said he recognized the importance of improving Azerbaijan's image in the U.S. Congress and, as President Aliyev did in an earlier meeting with the CODEL, requested additional visits b [...] | 2007-07-10 06:13:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PBTS ECON AJ IR RU |
07BAKU861 | AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES GOAJ HUMAN RIGHTS ACTION PLAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a July 2 call on GOAJ Human Rights Ombudswoman Elmira Suleymanova, the Ambassador conveyed the Embassy's suggestions on the GOAJ's human rights action plan, urging the GOAJ to create issue-specific working groups and adopt concrete, measurable goals. Suleymanova said she [...] | 2007-07-10 07:20:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM AJ |
07BAKU862 | KEY MPS DISCUSS AZERBAIJAN'S FUTURE, BILATERAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a July 3 meeting with Representative Tierney, Chair of Parliament's International Relations Commission Samad Seyidov and Members of Parliament Asim Mollazade and Nasib Nasibli noted that Azerbaijan has chosen western orientation, explaining that this is difficult under increas [...] | 2007-07-10 07:20:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM IR AJ |
07BAKU864 | DFM ARAZ AZIMOV DOWNBEAT ON TRACK II MISSION TO [...] (C) In a July 5 meeting with Charge, Deputy Foreign Minister Araz Azimov suggested that the recent Track II mission by Armenian Ambassador to Russia Armen Smbatian and Azerbaijani Ambassador to Russia Polad Bulbuloglu had limited GOAJ support. (NOTE: Per Refs A and B, Smbatian and Bulbuloglu [...] | 2007-07-10 11:31:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL AJ |
07BAKU880 | WORLD AZERBAIJANIS CONGRESS ELECTS A NEW LEADER [...] (C) Summary: The World Azerbaijanis Congress (WAC) held its ninth international conference in Cologne, Germany July 6-8. With over two hundred participants representing Azeri communities in Europe, the Caucasus, and Central Asia in attendance, members exchanged ideas and discussed new strat [...] | 2007-07-12 09:20:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR PREL KDEM IR AJ |
07BAKU886 | EMERGENCY SITUATIONS MINISTER HEYDAROV'S RISING [...] (C) SUMMARY. Through his Ministry of Emergency Situations (MES),Minister Kamalladdin Heydarov over the past year has increased his already significant economic and political clout. Through its civil defense forces, paramilitary troops, zoning, construction and licensing authority, and new f [...] | 2007-07-12 13:03:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PINR PGOV KCOR PREL AJ |
07BAKU89 | AZERBAIJAN: PUBLIC REACTION TO RECENT PRICE [...] (C) SUMMARY: The social and economic effects of the recent surprise increases for fuel prices and utilities tariffs (ref) continue to resonate throughout Azerbaijan. Despite calls for public protests by opposition political parties and local newspapers, there have been no organized demonstra [...] | 2007-01-19 05:54:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON AMGT EAID EFIN ETRD EPET ENRG AFIN AJ |
07BAKU903 | AZERBAIJAN IN WAIT AND SEE MODE REGARDING RUSSIAN [...] (C) Summary: Local media reaction to Russia's announcement to suspend participation in the CFE Treaty has been largely muted, with most of the media organizations adopting a cautious approach to the development. Local political commentators are still digesting this development as well. Ini [...] | 2007-07-18 06:18:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PBTS PGOV PREL KCFE RU AM AJ |
07BAKU904 | IMPRISONED NEWSPAPER EDITOR FACES ADDITIONAL [...] (SBU) On July 4, the Ministry of National Security (MNS) brought two new criminal charges against imprisoned journalist Eynulla Fatullayev for a Realny Azerbaijan article titled, "The Aliyevs Go to War." The MNS charged Fatullayev with inciting national, ethnic, and religious hatred (article [...] | 2007-07-18 09:00:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM KDEM KISL OSAC IR AJ |
07BAKU905 | THE IRANIANS ARE COMING - NOT REALLY [...] (C) Summary: Azerbaijani media reports claiming that thousands of Iranians are moving to Azerbaijan and are fueling Baku's building boom appear to be overblown. With headlines ranging from "Thousands of Iranians Coming to Azerbaijan" to "Iranians Driving Up Property Prices," Azerbaijani med [...] | 2007-07-18 10:55:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL IR AJ |
07BAKU906 | NATO INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL OF AZERBAIJAN HELD JULY [...] (U) On July 9-14 2007, the biannual "NATO International School of Azerbaijan" (NISA) was held in Baku, sponsored by the Azerbaijani Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA). The topic was "Security Challenges and Euro-Atlantic Partnership: Energy security, conflicts, terrorism, and asymmetrical thre [...] | 2007-07-18 11:50:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR MASS PINR AM AJ |
07BAKU907 | FOLLOW-UP ON LATVIAN PLANS TO OFFER AZERBAIJAN [...] No summary [...] | 2007-07-18 11:51:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MARR AJ RU LV |
07BAKU916 | AZERBAIJAN PRESIDENTIAL CHIEF OF STAFF REVIEWS [...] (C) Summary: Presidential Administration Chief of Staff Ramiz Mehdiyev told the Ambassador on July 18 that Iran is using radical Islam and the narcotics trade to exert pressure on Azerbaijan, as exemplified by a recent attempt by six armed Iranians to penetrate the border with Azerbaijan and [...] | 2007-07-20 13:19:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IR AJ |
07BAKU917 | AZERBAIJAN GAS INITIATIVES WAITING ON TURKISH [...] (C) SUMMARY. In a July 17 conversation primarily focused on Iran (septel),SOCAR President Rovnaq Abdullyav speculated that the recently announced Turkey-Iran Energy MOU, if actualized, would throw into doubt both GOAJ participation in Nabucco and also the viability of a Turkmen-Azerbaijan tr [...] | 2007-07-20 13:23:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV TU AJ ENRG |
07BAKU918 | BAKU COURT DISMISSES DEFAMATION CASE [...] (SBU) On July 16, a Baku court dismissed criminal charges for defamation against Ganimat Zahid, the editor-in-chief of the opposition Azadlig Newspaper. While local contacts believe this likely is an isolated incident, it is a positive benchmark for the Azerbaijani judicial system. What is i [...] | 2007-07-20 13:25:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL AJ |
07BAKU919 | AZERBAIJAN ON AN AHMADINEJAD VISIT AND ENERGY [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador delivered reftel demarche to all key Government of Azerbaijan (GOAJ) interlocutors involved in Iran-related foreign and energy policy decisions except President Aliyev, who is away on vacation. Foreign Minister Mammadyarov assured the Ambassador that the GOAJ had [...] | 2007-07-20 14:10:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET ETTC PREL IR BA AJ |
07BAKU926 | AZERBAIJAN'S MEDIA ON THE ROPES [...] (C) Summary: This year's attacks on and imprisonment of several more journalists, a growing backlog of defamation cases, and continuing financial difficulties at most of the pro-opposition and independent newspapers have deservedly given the GOAJ a black eye on media freedom. Several opposi [...] | 2007-07-24 11:54:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL AJ |
07BAKU93 | FURTHER DETAILS ON JANUARY 14 ARRESTS -- ALLEGED [...] (S/NF) Presidential Legal Advisor Fuad Alasgarov (responsible, among other things, for oversight of law enforcement issues in the Presidential Apparat) told us today that the January 14 arrests (ref) were a "very serious" development that disrupted a ring of "Iranian spies" who were plotting [...] | 2007-01-19 14:14:00 | Embassy Baku | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER PREL PGOV KISL PINR ASEC IR AJ |
07BAKU930 | AZERBAIJAN ON IMPLEMENTING UNSC-IMPOSED SANCTIONS [...] (C) Ambassador continues to raise our concerns with the Government of Azerbaijan (GOAJ) about Iran's failure to comply with UN Security Council resolutions (UNSCRs). Ambassador delivered reftel talking points to Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov on July 24, reaffirming with Mamma [...] | 2007-07-25 09:31:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP PARM PREL IR AJ |
07BAKU938 | AZERBAIJAN: EU, US, HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVISTS [...] (C) Summary: At a July 20 dinner hosted by the Ambassador, local Azerbaijani human rights activists, EU senior officials Peter Semneby and Riina Kionka, and local diplomatic representatives discussed media freedom and other human rights issues in Azerbaijan. While seven prominent journalists [...] | 2007-07-26 06:01:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM AJ |
07BAKU94 | AZERBAIJANI OPPOSITION PARTY GRANTED ACCESS TO [...] (SBU) Nearly two months after being evicted from its downtown office space, the opposition Popular Front Party (PFP) was granted full access to its belongings January 19. During the November 25 eviction, the GOAJ had removed PFP's belongings from the 33 Khagani location, leaving them at a dist [...] | 2007-01-19 14:25:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM AJ |
07BAKU945 | AZERBAIJAN ON ADOPTION OF THE INTERNATIONAL [...] (C) Ambassador delivered reftel demarche to Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov on July 24. Mammadyarov assured Ambassador that he would investigate the matter of the Nuclear Terrorism Convention (NTC) further, and said he thought the convention afforded another opportunity for bi [...] | 2007-07-26 10:29:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP MCAP PINR PINS PARM PREL PTER IR AJ |
07BAKU947 | AZERBAIJANI JOURNALIST ARRESTED ON BRIBERY CHARGES [...] (SBU) On July 24, Ministry of National Security (MNS) officers detained Mushvig Huseynov, a journalist for the opposition Bizim Yol (Our Way) newspaper, charging him with accepting a bribe (Article 311.1 of the Criminal Code). Later that same day, MNS officers searched Huseynov's home and conf [...] | 2007-07-26 12:41:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL AJ |
07BAKU948 | UPDATE ON FARHAD ALIYEV TRIAL [...] (SBU) The trial of former Minister of Economic Development Farhad Aliyev and 18 other defendants -- including Farhad's brother, Rafiq -- is continuing at a glacial pace at the Baku-based Court of Grave Crimes. Per reftel, the trial began on May 15 and the proceedings have now passed more than [...] | 2007-07-27 04:30:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL AJ |
07BAKU949 | PRESIDENTIAL DECREE ON WTO ACCESSION AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Ministry of Economic Development's (MED) World Trade Organization (WTO) Division Head Muradov told Econoff July 12 that by September, President Aliyev would issue a decree outlining nine steps to accelerate Azerbaijan's WTO accession. The decree would likely include an annou [...] | 2007-07-27 05:16:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | ETDR ECON USTR WTRO EAGR PGOV PREL AJ |
07BAKU95 | AZERBAIJAN: KIDNAPPING AND EXTORTION GANG LEADER [...] (U) In a January 19 verdict, former Chief of the Ministry of Internal Affairs Criminal Investigation Division Haji Mammadov was sentenced to life in prison. Nine members of Mammadov's 26-member murder, kidnapping and extortion gang also received life sentences. One of the accused, the owner of [...] | 2007-01-19 14:27:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM SOCI KCOR KCRM KJUS AJ |
07BAKU953 | PRESIDENT ALIYEV: ON JAILED JOURNALISTS, "I WANT [...] (C) Summary: In a spirited July 27 exchange with President Aliyev, Ambassador Derse laid out the international community's serious concerns on defamation suits, jailed journalists, and the lack of government investigation of violence against journalists. On the jailed journalists, the Presi [...] | 2007-07-27 13:17:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | AJ ENRG IR MARR PGOV PHUM PREL RS |
07BAKU954 | DFM KHALAFOV ON IRAN AND TURKMENISTAN [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador delivered reftel demarches to Azerbaijani Deputy Foreign Minister (DFM) Khalaf Khalafov on July 26. Reiterating the Iran and UN Security Council resolution (UNSCR)-related talking points raised with Foreign Minister Mammadyarov, the Ambassador impressed upon Khala [...] | 2007-07-30 05:21:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET ETTC KNNP PARM PREL IR TX AJ |
07BAKU956 | IRAN DEMOCRACY SMALL GRANTS PROGRAM [...] (C) Embassy Baku welcomes the Iran Democracy Small Grants Program and looks forward to participating in the pilot phase of the program (reftel). Working in close coordination with the Embassy's Public Diplomacy and Political/Economic sections, Embassy Iran Watcher will be responsible for con [...] | 2007-07-30 06:49:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM KPAO PHUM PREL IR AJ |