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KUIR KUM KUNA KUNC KUNH KUNP KUNR KUS KUWAIT KV KVBL KVIP KVIR KVIS KVPR KVRC KVRP KW KWAC KWAK KWAWC KWBC KWBG KWBW KWCI KWCR KWGB KWHG KWIC KWIM KWIR KWKN KWM KWMJN KWMM KWMN KWN KWNM KWNN KWOMN KWPA KWPB KWPG KWPR KWRC KWRF KWRG KWUN KWWT KWWW KX KY KZ LA LAB LABOR LANSANA LANTERN LARREA LARS LAS LAURA LAVIN LAW LB LBAR LBY LE LEAGUE LEB LEBIK LEGAT LEGATT LEIS LEON LEVINE LEW LG LGAT LH LI LIB LICC LIMA LINE LK LMS LN LO LOG LOPEZ LORAN LOTT LOVE LR LS LT LTG LTTE LU LV LVPR LY LZ MA MAAR MACEDONIA MACP MANUEL MANUEL SERGIO GONZALEZ MAP MAPP MAPS MAR MARAD MARANTIS MARIA MARIE MARINO MARITIME MARK MARQUEZ MARR MARS MARTIN MARV MAS MASC MASS MATT MAYA MB MBM MC MCA MCAP MCAPARR MCAPN MCAPP MCAPS MCAT MCC MCCAIN MCCONNELL MCCP MCGRAW MCRM MCTRE MD MDA MDC MDO ME MEA MED MEDIA MEETINGS MENDIETA MEP MEPI MEPN MEPP MERCOSUR MESUR MEX MF MFA MFO MG MGL MGMT MGOV MGT MGTA MH MHUC MI MIAH MIC MICHAEL MICHEL MIGUEL FELIPE CANAHUATI YACAMAN MIGUEL VARGAS MALDONADO MIK MIKE MIL MILI MILITANTS MILITARY MILLENNIUM MINURSO MINUSTAH MITCHELL MJ MK ML MLS MMAR MMED MN MNLF MNNC MNNUC MNU MNUC MNUCH MNUCWA MNUM MNUN MNUR MNUS MNVC MO MOHAMAD MOHAMED HESHAM ELDIN YOUSSEF MOHAMMAD MOLINA MONTENEGRO MONUC MONY MOOPS MOP MOPP MOPPS MOPS MORALES MORG MOROCCO MORS MOS MOTO MOTT MP MPOL MPOS MPP MPS MQADHAFI MR MRCRE MRRR MRS MRSEC MS MSG MSIG MT MTAA MTAG MTCAE MTCR MTCRA MTCRE MTRCE MTRE MTRRE MTS MU MUC MUCN MUKASEY MULLEN MUNC MURAD MURRAY MV MW MX MY MZ NA NAC NACB NADIA NAFTA NAM NAMSA NANCY NAR NARC NARCOTICS NARR NAS NASA NAT NATEU NATGAS NATIONAL NATO NATOAFGHAN NATOBALKANS NATOIRAQ NATOOPS NATOPOLICY NATSIOS NAVO NB NBTS NBU NC NCCC NCD NCT NCTC NDI NDP NE NEA NEC NEGROPONTE NEI NELSON NEPAD NERG NET NEW NFATC NFMS NFSO NG NGO NGUYEN NH NI NICHOLAS NICOLE NIH NIPP NK NKWG NL NLD NLIAEA NLO NMFS NMNUC NMUC NNPT NO NOAA NOI NOK NON NONE NORAD NOTAG NOVO NP NPA NPG NPT NR NRC NRG NRR NRRC NS NSC NSF NSFO NSG NSSP NT NTDB NTSB NTTC NU NUC NUIN NV NW NZ NZUS OA OAO OARC OAS OASC 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03ANKARA7412 | RUSSIAN TRANSNISTRIA SETTLEMENT PROPOSAL DEMARCHE: [...] (U) Due to Turkey's week-long official holiday, Embassy deputy political counselor delivered ref A demarche to MFA Eastern Europe Department Head Omur Solendil on December 3. 2. (C) Solendil said the GOT had "noted" the Russian Transnistria memorandum was prepared without consultation w [...] | 2003-12-03 15:10:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | MD PBTS PREL TU |
03ISTANBUL452 | "RUSSIAN" PROSTITUTION IN ISTANBUL [...] (C) In separate March 26 meetings, Istanbul contacts confirmed that illegal foreign prostitution in Istanbul remains widespread, and that criminal networks, and possibly even corrupted officials, have a lucrative stake in the business. Marmara University sociologist professor Nilufer Narli t [...] | 2003-04-03 08:56:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KCRM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF UK MD TK |
03OTTAWA2232 | URGING HIGH-LEVEL CANADIAN ENGAGEMENT ON MOLDOVA [...] (C) Canada agrees with us that more pressure needs to be brought to bear on the Moldovan peace process and the withdrawal of Russian forces, and will seek opportunities to do so. Embassy Political Minister Counselor discussed reftel demarche with Norbert Kalisch, Acting Assistant Deputy Minis [...] | 2003-08-06 21:16:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS EU MD CA OSCE |
03OTTAWA556 | CANADA JOINS U.S., EU SANCTIONS AGAINST [...] (SBU) On 27 February Political Counselor discussed the proposed visa sanctions against Transnistrian officials with John McNiesh, Eastern European Desk Officer for the Canadian Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT). 2. (SBU) McNeish said that representatives of the U. [...] | 2003-02-27 21:14:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | EU MD RS CA PREL PBTS CVIS OSCE |
03ROME3700 | URGING HIGH LEVEL ITALIAN/EU PRESIDENCY ENGAGEMENT [...] (C) ON AUGUST 14 THE ACTING (NORMALLY DEPUTY) DIRECTOR GENERAL OF THE MFA'S BUREAU FOR EUROPEAN AFFAIRS, FRANCESCO BASCONE, TOLD CHARGE THAT ITALY SHARED USG CONCERNS (REFTEL) OVER THE SLOW PACE OF PROGRESS TO REMOVE RUSSIAN TROOPS AND ARMS FROM MOLDOVA AND TO REACH A FINAL POLITICAL SETTLEMENT [...] | 2003-08-14 13:04:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS EU IT MD OSCE |
03ROME5362 | ITALY'S RESPONSE TO RUSSIAN EFFORT TO RESOLVE [...] (C) MFA OSCE OFFICE DIRECTOR FABIO CRISTIANI TOLD POLOFF ON NOVEMBER 21 THAT ITALY CONCURRED WITH THE US VIEW (REF A) THAT RECENT EFFORTS BY THE RUSSIAN GOVERNMENT TO UNILATERALLY NEGOTIATE A SETTLEMENT OF THE TRANSNISTRIAN CONFLICT WERE CARRIED OUT IN A NON-TRANSPARENT MANNER AND OUTSIDE OF TH [...] | 2003-11-25 17:34:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS MD RS IT EUN |
03ROME5441 | MOLDOVAN PRESIDENT VORONIN TERMS KOZAK PLAN [...] (C) ACCORDING TO MFA DESK OFFICER FOR MOLDOVA LORENZO ORTONA, MOLDOVAN PRESIDENT VORONIN INFORMED BOTH PRESIDENT CIAMPI AND PM BERLUSCONI THAT HE FOUND THE "KOZAK" DOCUMENT UNACCEPTABLE. VORONIN MADE CLEAR TO HIS ITALIAN INTERLOCUTORS DURING HIS NOVEMBER 27 VISIT TO ROME THAT NEGOTIATIONS TO [...] | 2003-12-03 15:10:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS MD RS IT EUN |
03THEHAGUE1753 | DUTCH MFA ON SENIOR OSCE REPRESENTATIVE FOR MOLDOVA [...] No summary [...] | 2003-07-09 13:23:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS MD NL |
03THEHAGUE1847 | OSCE: A/S JONES' MEETINGS IN THE HAGUE [...] No summary [...] | 2003-07-22 10:33:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | GG KCRM MD NL PREL UP OSCE |
03THEHAGUE2167 | OSCE: MOLDOVA HIGH-LEVEL ENVOY DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (C) Due to the absence of CiO Personal Representative and OSCE Task Force Director Daan Everts until August 29, PolOff delivered ref A to OSCE Task Force Senior Policy Advisor Geoffrey van Leeuwen. Van Leeuwen said the GoNL agrees that positions on both the Transnistrian and Moldovan sides hav [...] | 2003-08-27 13:50:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS MD NL OSCE |
03THEHAGUE2508 | RUSSIAN DEPUTY FM TRUBNIKOV ON MOLDOVA [...] (C) Summary: At a September 30 bilateral meeting in The Hague, Russian First Deputy Foreign Minister Trubnikov told EUR/SNEC Ambassador Perina that he would soon be calling the Deputy Secretary with specific ideas on how the U.S. and Russia can cooperate on Moldova. Trubnikov claimed that he [...] | 2003-10-02 11:11:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MD PARM NL RU OSCE EUN |
04ANKARA2181 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: GOT CONTINUED SUPPORT FOR [...] No summary [...] | 2004-04-15 12:22:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AL BK BU GR HR KSEI MD MK PREL RO SR TU EUN |
04ANKARA5967 | TURKEY SUPPORTS MOLDOVAN OBSERVER STATUS IN SEECP [...] No summary [...] | 2004-10-20 15:03:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ELTN ENRG MD PREL |
04BRATISLAVA748 | TENSIONS IN MOLDOVA/TRANSNITRIA: SLOVAK RESPONSE [...] No summary [...] | 2004-08-09 13:18:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS MD LO EUN |
04BRUSSELS1162 | U.S.-EU DISCUSS RUSSIA, UKRAINE, MOLDOVA, BELARUS [...] (C) SUMMARY: At U.S.-EU COEST consultations on March 16, EUR DAS Steven Pifer and EU interlocutors agreed that Russian progress on democracy and human rights and cooperation with the U.S. and EU in the former Soviet space were central to building a better strategic relationship with Russia. E [...] | 2004-03-19 09:31:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM UP BO MD EUN RU USEU BRUSSELS |
04BRUSSELS1622 | EU WELCOMES MOLDOVA CONSULTATIONS [...] (C) Mission raised reftel proposal for five-party expert (Ambassadorial) level talks on Moldova April 14 with Christoph Heusgen, head of the Policy Unit. His experts on Moldova were not available, but Heusgen promised to get back to us soon with a more formal reply. He said he was confident [...] | 2004-04-15 16:01:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS MD OSCE USEU BRUSSELS |
04BRUSSELS2541 | EU PUZZLED BY MOLDOVA'S STABILITY PACT INITIATIVE; MOSCOW RESPONSE IS KEY [...] No summary [...] | 2004-06-15 12:58:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PBTS PREL EUN USEU BRUSSELS OSCE MD |
04BRUSSELS2610 | EU UPDATE ON GEORGIA, MOLDOVA, UKRAINE [...] (C) Summary. On June 17, EU High Rep Solana's advisor for the CIS, Kees Van Rij, reviewed developments in Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine with visiting Coordinator for Assistance to Europe and Eurasia Pascual. Van Rij gave a readout of EU High Rep Solana's meeting the day before with Georgian [...] | 2004-06-18 12:13:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UP BO MD RS EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
04BRUSSELS3066 | EU ON EXPANDED TRANSNISTRIA VISA BAN: NEED TO [...] (C) On July 19, USEU conveyed reftel non-paper to Council Secretariat Russia watcher Carl Hallergard, who is temporarily covering Moldova. He welcomed the non-paper, and said he would distribute it to member states at that day's COEST Working Group meeting. The Council Secretariat, he said [...] | 2004-07-19 14:39:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM PBTS PHUM PGOV RS MD EUN OSCE USEU BRUSSELS |
04BRUSSELS3067 | BRIEF READOUT OF EU-RUSSIA POLITICAL DIRECTORS [...] (C) Summary. According to an EU official present for the July 16 EU-Russia Political Directors' meeting in Moscow, the EU raised Yukos and Moldova. On Yukos, Deputy FM Chizhov agreed that foreign investment will suffer, but said it was a criminal case and will proceed. On Moldova, Chizhov s [...] | 2004-07-19 14:39:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MD RS EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
04BRUSSELS3227 | EU CONSIDERS VISA BAN ON 21 TRANSNISTRIAN [...] (SBU) On July 29, EU Political and Security Committee (PSC) Ambassadors agreed to consider imposing a visa ban on 21 Transnistrian officials connected to the recent closing of Moldovan schools in Transnistria. EU staff are preparing the paperwork to impose the ban; the PSC will review the is [...] | 2004-07-30 07:52:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM PBTS PHUM PGOV MD EUN OSCE USEU BRUSSELS |
04MADRID3074 | SPAIN: MOLDOVA/TRANSNISTRIA RESPONSE [...] No summary [...] | 2004-08-11 15:23:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS MD SP |
04ROME3115 | ITALY SHARES US CONCERNS OVER RISING TENSIONS IN [...] (SBU) On August 10, MFA Russia/NIS desk officer Lucia Pasquilini told poloff that Italy supports a more active EU role in addressing the growing tensions in Moldova/Transnistria. Italy supported and awaits the conclusions from EU Director General Cooper's fact finding mission to Moldova Augus [...] | 2004-08-11 16:09:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM PBTS MD IT UN |
04THEHAGUE1484 | MOLDOVA/TRANSNISTRIA: DUTCH RESPONSE ON STABILITY [...] (C) Emboffs delivered reftel demarche June 15 to Frank van Beuningen, MFA OSCE policy coordinator, Willemijn Kallenberg MFA OSCE senior policy advisor, and Bas Wels, MFA lead on East European issues during the Dutch EU presidency. 2. (C) Before we presented our points, the Dutch noted sim [...] | 2004-06-16 14:15:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM PBTS MD NL OSCE |
04THEHAGUE1975 | MOLDOVA/TRANSNISTRIA: DISCUSSION WITH DUTCH [...] (C) Charge reviewed ref A points with Dutch MFA Acting Political Director Herman Schaper on August 6. Schaper has instructed the German Embassy in Chisinau (as local EU representative) and the Dutch Embassy in Kiev to address these points with the Moldovans and the Ukrainians respectively, an [...] | 2004-08-06 14:23:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS MD NL |
05BRUSSELS2607 | EU LUKEWARM ON IDEA OF MOLDOVA CONFERENCE [...] (C) Summary. The initial EU response to reftel demarche is lukewarm, although member states will need to be consulted for an official response. The EU will likely be most supportive of a conference whose participants include at least Russia and, ideally, Transnistria as well. The EU sugge [...] | 2005-07-08 15:08:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM PBTS PHUM PGOV MD EUN OSCE USEU BRUSSELS |
05BRUSSELS807 | MOLDOVAN ELECTIONS: PM TARLEV ON RUSSIAN [...] (C) Summary. Moldovan PM Tarlev and FM Stratan met with EUR A/S Beth Jones February 21 in Brussels on the margins of the President's visit. Tarlev sought the meeting to convey concerns about Russian interference in the upcoming legislative elections in Moldova. He said recent U.S. critici [...] | 2005-02-28 14:48:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR MD RS USEU BRUSSELS |
05BUCHAREST1347 | BLACK SEA BORDER SECURITY INITIATIVE EXPERTS GROUP [...] Summary. Under the auspices of the Black Sea Border Security Initiative (BSBSI),USG representatives attended a first planning conference to consider Romania,s proposal to hold a tabletop simulation of a WMD incident. The other states represented at the conference were Georgia, Moldova, Bulg [...] | 2005-06-13 08:59:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ETTC KNNP RO MD GG UP BU |
05BUCHAREST1350 | ROMANIA SEEKS FINANCIAL SUPPORT FOR PFP PROJECT IN [...] (SBU) Summary. The GOR seeks financial support from the USG for participation as a "co-lead country" in a NATO Partnership for Peace (PfP) trust fund project in the Republic of Moldova to destroy chemicals and pesticides. Post includes a nonpaper that outlines the GOR request. End Summary. [...] | 2005-06-13 11:12:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PARM MOPS MD RO NATO |
05BUCHAREST1426 | ROMANIA NOMINATIONS - ILEA ROSWELL - ADVANCED [...] U.S. Embassy Bucharest provides the following nominations for ILEA Roswell Session 36. 2. Full Name: Chief Commissioner DAN Calin Vicentiu, Position/Institution: Chief of Department, Financial Investigations, Economic-Financial Directorate, Bucharest Police, DOB: June 27, 1959, POB: Bucha [...] | 2005-06-23 13:03:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM SNAR ASEC RO MD MK |
05BUCHAREST1427 | ROMANIA RAISES CONCERNS ABOUT CFE TREATY ISSUES [...] (SBU) MFA Strategic Policy Director General Cristian Istrate and NATO Division Director Mirela Maghiar discussed with PolChief and PolOff June 9 Romanian concerns regarding the Conventional Armed Forces in Europe (CFE) Treaty. Subsequent to the June 9 meeting, Maghiar provided a nonpaper (set [...] | 2005-06-23 13:04:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM MARR MOPS PGOV PREL MD GG RO NATO CFE |
05BUCHAREST1432 | TURKISH ADMIRAL REAFFIRMS GO IT ALONE POLICY IN [...] (SBU) Summary. During a June 7-10 Black Sea Security Conference held in Chisinau, Moldova, the Turkish delegate repeated previous GOT comments that Turkey alone has the capacity to ensure security within the Black Sea region. Regarding future NATO activities in the region, he stated that wit [...] | 2005-06-24 12:40:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC PREL ECON EU RO MD NATO |
05BUCHAREST1472 | BSBSI "STYX 2005" TABLETOP EXERCISE GOES WELL [...] (C) SUMMARY. Department TDY PolOff officially observed the Romanian-organized Black Sea Border Security Initiative (BSBSI) tabletop exercise, held at the Southeast European Cooperative Initiative (SECI) Center in Bucharest from June 22-24. During the exercise, representatives from Romania, B [...] | 2005-06-30 13:24:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC KNNP PREL RO GG UP BU MD SECI |
05BUCHAREST1581 | ROMANIAN COMMENTS ON MOLDOVA AND MULTILATERAL [...] (C) During the course of an initial call by Charge at the MFA on July 17, Director General for Global Affairs Stelian Stoian specifically raised "very strong" GOR disappointment that it had not been consulted by the U.S. prior to the U.S. approach to EU member capitals, Moscow, Kiev, and Chisin [...] | 2005-07-15 13:13:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | OPDC PARM PBTS PHUM PREL PGOV MD RO EUN OSCE |
05BUCHAREST31 | AMBASSADOR'S MEETINGS WITH FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (C) Summary. The Ambassador January 3-4 made introductory calls on new Foreign Minister Razvan Ungureanu and new Defense Minister Teodor Atanasiu. Echoing a prominent theme in President Traian Basescu's electoral campaign, both incoming ministers expressed a firm commitment to a strong relati [...] | 2005-01-06 16:08:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MOPS MARR MASS ECON PINR MD UP IZ RO UNSC |
05BUCHAREST476 | ROMANIA'S EMERGING FOREIGN POLICY: EVIDENCE FROM [...] (C) Summary. Romanian President Traian Basescu will likely seek to focus on solid support in Iraq and the Global War on Terror, Black Sea Security, and Moldova during his March 8-9 trip to Washington. He has defined a strong strategic relationship with the U.S. as the central component of hi [...] | 2005-02-25 15:05:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR RS MD RO |
05BUCHAREST548 | SCENESETTER FOR PRESIDENT BASESCU'S MARCH 8-9 TRIP TO WASHINGTON [...] (C) Summary: During the first few months of his mandate, President Traian Basescu has pledged to vigorously battle corruption, supported implementation of free market economic reforms and promised to steer Romania to EU accession in 2007. Basescu is intellectually and emotionally pro-American- a st [...] | 2005-03-04 16:48:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR ECON RS MD RO |
05BUCHAREST566 | ROMANIAN REACTION TO NATO TRUST FUND TO DESTROY [...] (C) PolMilOff discussed possible Romanian support for a U.S.-led NATO/Partnership for Peace (PfP) Trust Fund to destroy Ukrainian munitions, SA/LW and MANPADS with MFA NATO Division Director Mirela Maghiar March 2. (Reftel) Maghiar stated that the GOR would "seriously consider" supporting the [...] | 2005-03-07 15:52:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC MARR MOPS PREL UP MD RO NATO |
05HELSINKI207 | FEBRUARY 21 GAERC: FINLAND RESPONSE [...] (U) We delivered Ref A demarche to the Finnish MFA and the Prime Minister's Office on February 11. In a February 16 follow-up conversation with Kimmo Lahdevirta, Finnish EU Correspondent, Lahdevirta provided GoF views on the GAERC agenda and a preview of the issues the Finns want to raise dur [...] | 2005-02-17 13:04:00 | Embassy Helsinki | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UP MD SR BK SU HR FI EUN EU GAERC |
05ISTANBUL329 | MUNICIPALITY TO FUND ISTANBUL TIP SHELTER, BUT [...] Summary and comment: In recent Istanbul meetings on trafficking in persons (TIP),G/TIP officer Jennifer Donnelly discussed the upcoming TIP report and Turkey's Tier 2 watch list placement with Istanbul prosecutors, municipal and governorate officials and the leading Turkish NGO on TIP issues. [...] | 2005-02-28 14:25:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TU BO MD PHUM KCRM PGOV KJUS TIP IN TURKEY |
05ISTANBUL38 | ISTANBUL POLICE ON TIP AND MURDER OF BELARUSIAN [...] (SBU) Summary: On December 27, poloff met with Osman Kaplan, Deputy Director of the Foreigners Unit of the Istanbul Police Department, to follow up on trafficking in persons issues raised during the visit of a Moldavan anti-TIP government delegation (ref B) and the murder of a Belarusian woman [...] | 2005-01-11 07:37:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TU BO MD KCRM PGOV KJUS |
05LJUBLJANA112 | SLOVENIA ON FEBRUARY 21 GAERC [...] No summary [...] | 2005-02-17 12:12:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL IR UP MD SU CG SR BK SI |
05LJUBLJANA628 | RUPEL ON TRANSNISTRIAN ELECTIONS, SOUTH OSSETIA [...] (C) After meeting with Minsk Group Co-Chairs on Karabakh (septel),Slovenian FM and OSCE CIO Dmitrij Rupel pulled aside Ambassador Steven Mann for a private talk on Transnistria. He said that he had spoken with Ukrainian FM Tarasyuk a few days previously and Tarasyuk had talked up the Ukrai [...] | 2005-08-31 04:59:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MD SI |
05MADRID617 | SPAIN'S VIEWS IN ADVANCE OF FEBRUARY 21 GAERC [...] (C) SUMMARY. We discussed Transatlantic Relations, the Middle East Peace Process, Iraq, the Western Balkans, Ukraine/Moldova, Sudan, the Great Lakes, and Iran with Enrique Mora Benavente, MFA Head of EU Planning on February 15. Mora Benavente said that the February 21 GAERC meeting would [...] | 2005-02-15 16:28:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL IR UP MD SU SR BK CGEN |
05PARIS1082 | FRENCH ON FEB. 21 GAERC [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel A) points to MFA DAS-equivalent for Common Foreign and Security Policy Pascal LeDeunff on Feb. 11 and followed up in conversation Feb. 18. LeDeunff emphasized that ministers would spend the bulk of the Feb. 21 GAERC in preparing for the EU summit with President Bus [...] | 2005-02-18 18:04:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL IR UP MD SU CG SR BK FR |
05PARIS1178 | FRENCH HAVE NOT RECEIVED RUSSIAN PROPOSAL ON [...] No summary [...] | 2005-02-24 14:35:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM PBTS MD FR OSCE |
05PARIS1611 | FRANCE "CAUTIOUS" ON EU-LED BMO MISSION, RECEIVE [...] (C) Pierre Cochard, DAS-equivalent for Russia and the former Soviet states, told Poloff March 10 that France was not firmly opposed to a EU-led BMO in Georgia, but that it was being "cautious" based on the swirl of other options available and ESDP funding constraints. Cochard bemoaned the lac [...] | 2005-03-10 17:04:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PBTS RS GG MD FR OSCE |
05PARIS5004 | MFA UNCERTAIN ON TRANSNISTRIA CONFERENCE, [...] (C) Summary: In a meeting July 18 with POL M/C and Poloff, Jean-Francois Terral, the MFA's A/S-equivalent for the Balkans, Russia and the former Soviet space, said France was studying our ref A demarche supporting a multilateral conference on the Transnistria conflict, but was uncertain of its [...] | 2005-07-19 15:04:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | OPDC PARM PBTS PHUM PREL PGOV MD FR UZ EUN OSCE |
05PARIS6741 | FRENCH ON OCTOBER 3 GAERC [...] (U) Poloff delivered reftel A points on September 27 to MFA deputy for CFSP Pascal Le Deunff and DAS-equivalent for enlargement and European neighborhood policy Caroline Ferrari, and followed up in conversation September 30. 2. (C) Both LeDeunff and Ferrari echoed comments in reftel B that [...] | 2005-09-30 14:15:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | BO GG HR IZ KDEM KPAL PREL RS TU UP MD FR EUN |
05PRAGUE1590 | CZECHS ON TRANSFORMING DEMOCRACIES [...] (C) Summary: The Czech MFA's Director for Transformation Cooperation believes that many international efforts to foster democratic change -- including in particular those of the EU -- suffer because the funding mechanisms chosen impede the chances for success. She believes that donors need to b [...] | 2005-11-09 15:12:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EZ CU UP GG MD SR BK IZ BO BM |
05PRAGUE241 | CZECHS AND GAERC MEETING: PREPARING TO SPEAK OUT [...] (C) Summary: The Czech Republic plans to use the Feb 21 GAERC meeting to lead EU members to designate Hizballah as a terrorist organization. The Czechs are also working towards taking a leading role in the EU debate over the China arms embargo. The Czechs share our optimism about improving [...] | 2005-02-17 15:51:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER ETTC CH IR UP MD HR KPAL EZ EUN |
05ROME2310 | ITALY OPEN TO MULTILATERAL CONFERENCE ON [...] No summary [...] | 2005-07-11 13:02:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | OPDC PARM PBTS PHUM PREL PGOV MD IT EUN OSCE |
05THEHAGUE427 | NETHERLANDS/GAERC: DUTCH EXPECTATIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Preparing a positive agenda for the President's visit, the EU is actively seeking forward-looking ways to engage with the U.S. on a range of issues while the Luxembourg Presidency struggles to control an agenda where 25 Heads of State/Foreign Ministers want a chance to speak. T [...] | 2005-02-14 16:45:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | KPAL PREL IR UP MD SU CG SR BK NL |
05VIENNA473 | APPROACHING EU IN ADVANCE OF FOREIGN MINISTERS [...] (SBU) Economic-Political Counselor and Pol Unit Chief conveyed reftel demarche to MFA Director/Coordinator for EU Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP) Werner Almhofer on February 11 and followed up with him on February 16. Almhofer's likely successor, Andreas Riecken, also attended. 2 [...] | 2005-02-17 15:35:00 | Embassy Vienna | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL IR UP MD SU CG SR BK AU EUN |
06BAGHDAD1181 | COALITION PARTICIPATION IN IRAQ PRTS [...] (U) Please see para 4 for an ACTION REQUEST. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Five of the eight planned U.S.-led Provincial Reconstruction Teams (PRTs) have been staffed and have received initial training: three are fully operational, one is at initial operational capability (IOC) and expected to achieve [...] | 2006-04-11 17:49:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV MOPS PREL IZ AS JA PL KS ES MD LO MK |
06BAGHDAD2319 | ACTION REQUEST: LATVIAN MINDEF REQUESTS CLOSE [...] No summary [...] | 2006-07-03 11:23:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM MOPS PREL PARM LG MD IZ |
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 |
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 |
06BERLIN3354 | DAS KRAMER'S VISIT TO BERLIN, NOVEMBER 17 [...] (C) (Summary) National Security Advisor Christoph Heusgen, MFA Political Director Michael Schaefer, and other senior German officials discussed Russia, Moldova, Ukraine, Georgia, and Belarus in meetings with DAS Kramer who visited Berlin on November 17. Schaefer and Heusgen argued that we s [...] | 2006-11-22 16:16:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EUN GM RU UP MD GG |
06BRUSSELS707 | EUR DAS KRAMER DISCUSSES RUSSIA, UKRAINE, MOLDOVA, [...] (C) Summary: On February 22, EUR DAS David Kramer held COEST Troika consultations with the EU on Russia, Ukraine, Moldova, and Belarus. On Russia, the EU agrees that a combative Russia feels it is in an increasingly strengthened position. The European Commission viewed the "creeping reasserti [...] | 2006-03-03 09:20:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL RS MD UP EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
06BRUSSELS919 | MOLDOVA'S EU AMBASSADOR ON EU/MOLDOVA RELATIONS [...] (C) Summary: According to Moldovan Ambassador to the EU Eugen Carpov, Moldova has four main issues to address in its relations with the EU. First, Moldova is drafting an internal report on the status of the first year of implementation of its European Neighborhood Policy (ENP) Action Plan wit [...] | 2006-03-16 16:03:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MD XH EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
06BUCHAREST1092 | ROMANIAN PRESIDENT WELCOMES MOLDOVAN YOUTH TO [...] (C) Summary: In remarks to a group of visiting Moldovan teenagers, President Basescu spoke in terms of Romania's hopes and plans to reunite with Moldova once inside the European Union. His statements, which included an "offer" to Moldova to join the EU along with Romania and a promise of more [...] | 2006-07-06 17:05:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MD RO |
06BUCHAREST1444 | DAS KRAMER DISCUSSIONS WITH FM UNGUREANU AND [...] (C) Summary: During separate meetings with Foreign Minister Ungureanu and senior advisors in the offices of the President and Prime Minister on September 7 in Bucharest, EUR DAS Kramer provided the Department's perspective on regional issues including the upcoming independence referendum in T [...] | 2006-09-14 09:01:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PNAT MD EU RO |
06BUCHAREST1808 | STABILITY PACT MEETINGS IN BUCHAREST FOCUS ON [...] (SBU) The November 15-16 meetings in Bucharest of the Stability Pact for South East Europe saw continued progress toward shifting the Pact's program of regional cooperation initiatives to the responsibility of regional governments under the umbrella of the South East Europe Cooperation Proces [...] | 2006-12-04 13:43:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON ETRD EUN PREL BK BU GR HR MD MI |
06BUCHAREST1885 | AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH ROMANIAN FOREIGN [...] (C) Summary: At a year-end meeting with the Ambassador, Romanian FM Ungureanu said Romania hoped to promote an informal "gymnich"-type event as a follow-up to this year's Black Sea Forum. He evinced hope that the three upcoming EU Presidencies of Germany, Portugal, and Slovenia would contin [...] | 2006-12-21 14:16:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NATO EU MD RO |
06BUCHAREST287 | ROMANIAN AND UKRAINIAN VIEWS ON PRESIDENT [...] (C) Summary: Romanian MFA officials expressed cautious optimism that the new bilateral commission set up by President Traian Basescu and Ukrainian President Yushchenko could yield concrete results in resolving historic problems between the two countries such as competing territorial claims ove [...] | 2006-02-17 16:43:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON PBTS MD UP RO |
06BUCHAREST629 | ROMANIA: DAS KRAMER, AMBASSADOR HODGES - [...] (C) Summary: DAS David Kramer and Ambassador to Moldova Heather Hodges shared views with leading Romanian interlocutors on recent developments involving Ukraine, Moldova, Belarus and Russia during a visit to Bucharest on April 3-4. Although Romanian interlocutors described growing strains in [...] | 2006-04-18 07:57:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MD RS BO UP KDEM PHUM RO |
06BUCHAREST980 | MOLDOVAN-ROMANIAN DIFFERENCES OVER SIGNING BASIC [...] (C) Summary: In a June 5 meeting with Deputy NSA J. D. Crouch, Moldovan President Voronin sought U.S. assistance in encouraging Romania to sign a "Basic Treaty" with Moldova. The question of concluding a basic treaty between the two countries is a long-standing one that is fraught with domesti [...] | 2006-06-13 16:09:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MD RO |
06HELSINKI1173 | DAS KRAMER AND FINNISH DG ESKELINEN DISCUSS [...] (SBU) Summary: Deputy Assistant Secretary David Kramer on 15 November met with Finnish Director General Eskelinen and other foreign ministry staff to discuss U.S. consultations around the G-8 Political Directors' meeting in Moscow and Finnish preparations for the upcoming EU-Russia summit on 24 [...] | 2006-11-21 14:26:00 | Embassy Helsinki | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ENRG RU FI EUN BO MD PL UP |
06HELSINKI682 | FINLAND/EU TROUBLED BY TRANSNISTRIA INDEPENDENCE [...] (C) SUMMARY: THE FINNISH EU PRESIDENCY SHARES THE US PAGE 02 RUEHHEA0682 C O N F I D E N T I A L HELSINKI 000682 CONCERN THAT TRANSNISTRIA'S PROPOSED INDEPENDENCE REFERENDUM CANNOT BE TAKEN SERIOUSLY OR TREATED AS LEGITIMATE. THE GOF FEARS RUSSIA MAY ULTIMATELY SUPPORT THE REFERENDUM'S [...] | 2006-07-19 13:57:00 | Embassy Helsinki | CONFIDENTIAL | OSCE PBTS PREL RS MD FI |
06ISTANBUL598 | ISTANBUL CONFERENCE SHOWCASES INCREASED POLICE [...] (U) Summary: Police chiefs and high-level officers from throughout Turkey participated in a three-day workshop in Istanbul from April 12-14 on combating trafficking in persons. In Turkey,s case, most victims are women lured from eastern European countries by the promise of work, and then for [...] | 2006-04-20 10:47:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TU BO MD KCRM PGOV KJUS |
06KIEV1021 | UKRAINE/MOLDOVA/TRANSNISTRIA: EUR DAS KRAMER [...] (C) Summary: During March 13 meetings in Kiev, EUR DAS David Kramer praised the Ukrainian government's decision to implement a customs protocol to control the flow of goods across its border with Moldova/Transnistria. Drawing on reftel, Kramer told PM Yuri Yekhanurov, Deputy Minister of Defe [...] | 2006-03-15 15:54:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS MD UP OSCE |
06KIEV1107 | UKRAINE: DELIVERABLES FOR GUAM SUMMIT, NSDC AND [...] (C) Summary: According to a National Security and Defense Council (NSDC) staff official, the May GUAM summit aims to feature agreements to enhance regional energy security and cooperation in solving "frozen conflicts." The official opined that NSDC Secretary Kinakh's visit to Moscow might ha [...] | 2006-03-22 15:52:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KDEM EUN ENRG PGOV PINR RS AZ GG MD UP |
06KIEV1282 | UKRAINE/MOLDOVA/TRANSNISTRIA: APPLYING POLITICAL [...] (C) Summary: MFA Romania and Moldova Division Counselor Cornelia Luskalova told us March 30 that the Ukrainian government (GOU) was planned to combine political and economic levers to return cross-border trade between Ukraine and Moldova/Transnistria to normal. The GOU would urge the Moldova [...] | 2006-03-31 16:01:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS PINR PGOV ETRD PREF OSCE MD UP RS |
06KIEV1444 | UKRAINE: NSDC SECRETARY ON TRANSNISTRIA, BELARUS, [...] (C) Summary: In an April 11 meeting, National Security and Defense Council (NSDC) Secretary Kinakh told Ambassador the Ukrainian government was concerned that Transnistrian authorities might provoke an armed confrontation at one of Transnistria's "border crossings" with Moldova. The Russians [...] | 2006-04-11 15:25:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS ENRG ETRD PINR OSCE MD BO RS UP |
06KIEV2065 | UKRAINE/TRANSNISTRIA: FM TARASYUK'S FRUSTRATION [...] (C) Summary: In a May 22 meeting with EUR DAS Kramer, Foreign Minister Tarasyuk said Russia was reinforcing Transnistrian leader Smirnov's resistance to procedures required under the Ukraine-Moldova customs agreement. Furthermore, the Russians were refusing to agree to join a five-plus-two me [...] | 2006-05-26 16:05:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM OSCE PINR RS MD UP |
06KIEV2964 | UKRAINE/MOLDOVA/TRANSNISTRIA: EUR DAS KRAMER URGES [...] (C) Summary: In July 28 meetings with Party of Regions leader Viktor Yanukovych, Socialist Party leader Oleksandr Moroz, and Deputy Foreign Minister (and special negotiator on Transnistria Issues) Andriy Veselovsky, EUR DAS David Kramer praised Ukraine's leadership in resolving problems arisin [...] | 2006-07-31 14:47:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS OSCE PINR RO MD UP |
06KIEV336 | UKRAINE: BILATERAL COORDINATION GROUP TALKS: NATO, [...] (C) Summary: In Bilateral Coordination Group talks January 24, ASD/ISP Flory and EUR A/S Fried noted U.S. support for Ukraine's NATO aspirations, but emphasized the importance of Ukraine demonstrating that it shared the political, economic, and social values required to meet the performance-b [...] | 2006-01-26 08:12:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS PINR YI IZ MD BO UP OSCE NATO |
06KIEV3464 | UKRAINE: EUR A/S FRIED VISIT: THE FOREIGN POLICY [...] (C) Summary: While acknowledging PM Yanukovych's inevitable influence in shaping Ukrainian foreign policy, FM Tarasyuk asserted to EUR A/S Fried during their September 6 dinner that President Yushchenko could still maintain his primacy on foreign policy, as established in the Constitution, b [...] | 2006-09-08 15:57:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PBTS MD GG PL UP |
06KIEV3532 | UKRAINE: MFA OFFICIAL WORRIES THAT KOSOVO [...] (C) Polcouns updated MFA Acting Director General for Political Affairs Olexander Tsvietkov September 12 on the situation with respect to Kosovo, drawing on information from ref b. Knowing that the situation in Kosovo was to be discussed, Tsvietkov presented us with a non-paper, text in para 4 [...] | 2006-09-14 14:39:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS KDEM UNMIK PGOV UN YI MD UP |
06KIEV365 | UKRAINE/TRANSNISTRIA: MFA DEFENDS DELAY IN CUSTOMS [...] (C) Summary: Briefing EU/G7 representatives January 27, Deputy Foreign Minister Veselovsky claimed the Ukrainian government had delayed implementation of the May 15, 2003, customs protocol with Moldova because the GOM's implementation of simplified registration procedures for Transnistrian bu [...] | 2006-01-27 15:19:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS PARM PINR MD UP OSCE |
06KYIV4062 | UKRAINE: GUAM STATEMENT CRITICIZES RUSSIAN ACTIONS [...] (U) The Organization for Democracy and Economic Development - GUAM issued a statement dated October 16 on Russia-Georgia tension on the margins of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) Council of Foreign Ministers in Minsk. The press reported that Ukrainian delegation head First Deputy [...] | 2006-10-20 16:25:00 | Embassy Kyiv | SECRET | PREL KDEM YI RS AZ GG MD UP |
06KYIV4229 | UKRAINE: GO SLOW APPROACH POSSIBLY COMPLICATING [...] (C) Summary. Ukraine is increasingly willing to use the Organization for Democracy and Economic Development - GUAM as a policy coordination vehicle, covering everything from joint declarations by GUAM members on regional issues to economic, military and scientific cooperation. However, Ukrain [...] | 2006-11-09 14:54:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KDEM MARR RS AZ GG MD UP |
06LONDON8097 | (C) OSCE MINISTERIAL: UK EXPECTS RUSSIAN [...] (C) Charge met November 24 with Stephen Pattison, International Security Director in the FCO, to discuss prospects for taking a unified approach to the Georgia/Moldova conflicts at the December 4-5 OSCE ministerial meetings in Brussels (reftel). Mr. Pattison did not expect the OSCE to reach [...] | 2006-11-24 18:21:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR RU UK GG MD UP |
06MADRID1909 | SPAIN ON TRANSNISTRIA'S PROPOSED INDEPENDENCE [...] (U) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to GOS European Correspondent Carlos Fernandez Arias on July 18 and Spanish Sub-Director General for Eastern Europe Jose Maria Valdemoro Gimenez on July 27. 2. (C) Fernandez Arias agreed with the U.S. position that the referendum is poorly worded and [...] | 2006-07-27 15:19:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | OSCE PREL PBTS MD RS SP |
06MADRID2872 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO SPAIN ON CHISINAU-MOSCOW [...] No summary [...] | 2006-11-13 14:24:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ELTN RS MD UP SP |
06MOSCOW10309 | RUSSIAN MFA UNCLEAR ON TRANSNISTRIAN REFERENDUM [...] (C) Summary: In a meeting with Embassy three days before Transnistria's September 17 referendum, MFA Transnistrian negotiator Valeriy Nesterushkin provided no clarity on how Russia will treat the referendum result. While acknowledging that whatever the result, Transnistria would not be recog [...] | 2006-09-15 09:02:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL OSCE PBTS MD RS |
06MOSCOW10486 | REFERENDUM RESULTS: PRICEY WRINKLE TO THE FIVE [...] (C) Foreign Minister Lavrov's short statement encapsulates GOR reaction to the referendum: the results were no surprise and the partners should return to the talks. MFA Transnistrian negotiator Valeriy Nesterushkin contended that the Transnistrians will most likely demand removal of the post [...] | 2006-09-19 15:39:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL OSCE PBTS MD RS |
06MOSCOW12036 | TRANSNISTRIA: WHY IS VALERIY NESTERUSHKIN SMILING? [...] (C) Russian diplomacy has become more active with Moldova since Putin and Voronin met August 8. The rise of Yanukovich in Ukraine has helped Russia exert leverage over Moldova, helping to roll back the agreement between Moldova and Ukraine on customs that so irritated the Transnistrians. Russ [...] | 2006-10-27 11:03:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR ETRD MD RS |
06MOSCOW12231 | DEMARCHE ON DISRUPTION OF CHISINAU-MOSCOW RAIL [...] (C) We made reftel demarche November 1 to Ambassador Valeriy Nesterushkin, MFA negotiator for Transnistria. Nesterushkin made two notes of fact. In the first tick, he said the decision to cancel trains no. 47 (Moscow-Chisinau) and 48 (Chisinau-Moscow) was taken by Russian Railroads, not the G [...] | 2006-11-02 14:07:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETRD PBTS MD UP RS |
06MOSCOW12528 | A/S FRIED CONVERSATION WITH RUSSIAN DFM KARASIN, [...] (C) Assistant Secretary Daniel Fried and Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Grigoriy Karasin focused on Georgia, Ukraine and Moldova in a two hour discussion November 15. Karasin dismissed Georgian conciliatory steps as cosmetic; Fried said they are real and Russia should respond by ending sanct [...] | 2006-11-20 13:48:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR PBTS ETRD GG MD UP RS |
06MOSCOW12966 | RUSSIA-MOLDOVA: DEAL IN THE WORKS? [...] (C) Summary: The Romanian Embassy in Moscow alleged to us that Moldova and Russia are close to a package bilateral deal that would normalize bilateral political and economic relations, guarantee Moldovan "neutrality" for 50 years, resolve Transnistria along the lines of the Kozak Memorandum, [...] | 2006-12-18 14:25:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETRD MARR MD RS |
06MOSCOW2260 | TRANSNISTRIA: RUSSIA OPPOSES UKRAINIAN CUSTOMS [...] (C) Russian Special Envoy Valeriy Nesterushkin told us March 6 that the Ukrainian customs implementation threatened the future of peace negotiations between Moldova and Transnistria, including the current 5 2 format in which the U.S. participates as an observer, and its prospective April sess [...] | 2006-03-07 15:01:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS ETRD UP MD RS |
06MOSCOW2969 | TRANSNISTRIA: RESPONDING TO RUSSIA'S SHIPMENT OF [...] (C) Ambassador made reftel demarche to DFM Karasin March 23. Karasin reiterated that the GOR had serious concerns about developments in Transnistria, but his comments went primarily to political pressures centered in the Duma and in some regions. He acknowledged that current conditions do no [...] | 2006-03-23 15:12:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETRD PBTS OSCE UP MD RS |
06MOSCOW3202 | AMBASSADOR'S MARCH 29 MEETING WITH RUSSIAN DFM [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Burns met with Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Grigoriy Karasin March 29 to discuss the outcomes of the Belarusian and Ukrainian elections and recent developments in Moldova, Georgia, and Nagorno-Karabakh. Karasin was sanguine about the March 26 Ukrainian parliamenta [...] | 2006-03-29 14:33:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ENRG ETRD BO UP GG MD RS |
06MOSCOW4198 | TRANSNISTRIA: "THREE PLUS TWO" TALKS IN MOSCOW [...] (C) Summary: "3 2" talks on Transnistria took place in Moscow April 19 including the mediators -- Russia, Ukraine and the OSCE -- and observers -- U.S. and EU. Russia tried to focus discussion on the customs regime between Moldova and Ukraine. All other sides pushed back, hardest of all Ukr [...] | 2006-04-20 11:46:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS ETRD OSCE UP MD RS |
06MOSCOW4405 | VARNITSA PORT SEIZURE: RUSSIAN VIEWS [...] (C) We raised the April 21 Transnistrian seizure of Varnitsa Port (ref. a) with Russian Transnistria negotiator Nesterushkin April 25. Nesterushkin compared the seizure to the incident several years ago when Moldovan farmers tried to farm land on the Left Bank after receiving privatization vo [...] | 2006-04-25 11:09:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PBTS MD RS |
06MOSCOW7769 | TRANSNISTRIA: INDEPENDENCE REFERENDUM [...] No summary [...] | 2006-07-20 14:18:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS MARR MD RS |
06MOSCOW9415 | DFM KARASIN ON UPCOMING RUSSIAN DIPLOMATIC EFFORTS [...] (C) Summary: After DFM Karasin briefed Friends of Georgia Chiefs of Mission August 28 (Septel),he met with Ambassador Burns bilaterally. They discussed upcoming travel and visits. Karasin favors an end October-early November date for his own meetings in Washington. Karasin briefed on Russ [...] | 2006-08-28 14:51:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MD UP BO RS |
06NICOSIA1160 | CYPRUS WILL FOLLOW EU LEAD ON TRANSNISTRIA [...] (C) On July 14, poloff delivered reftel message to Vasos Chamberlen, in the MFA's Division of Bilateral Affairs. Chamberlen said the Transnistrian referendum was likely a response to economic restrictions placed on the region. He said that Russia was probably seeking to draw parallels betwee [...] | 2006-07-17 11:17:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | OSCE PBTS PREL RS MD |
06PARIS6836 | POLISH AMBASSADOR ON RUSSIA AND FRENCH/EU TIMIDITY [...] (C) Summary: In an October 13 meeting with the Ambassador, Polish Ambassador to France Jan Tombinski expressed concern about the increasing concentration of power in the Kremlin and criticized President Chirac for French reluctance to confront the Russians over their increasingly negative p [...] | 2006-10-17 11:58:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL FR RU EU GG MD |
06PARIS7266 | DEMARCHE ON DISRUPTION OF CHISINAU-MOSCOW RAIL [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel November 3 to Aurelia Bouchez, MFA DAS-equivalent for Russia, Central Asia, and the Caucasus. Bouchez commented that the suspension of the Chisinau rail link came as a surprise to France, which had expected Russia to avoid provocations on Transnistria in order to d [...] | 2006-11-07 14:01:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ELTN RS MD UP FR |
06PARIS7484 | TRANSNISTRIA: GOF AGREES IN SUBSTANCE ON PCE, BUT [...] (C) Summary: Aurelia Bouchez, DAS-equivalent for Russia, Central Asia, and the Caucasus, explained on November 17 that France did not disagree in substance about the need for a multilateral peacekeeping mission in Transnistria, but was doubtful that the Russians would easily be convinced. She [...] | 2006-11-21 14:30:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | OSCE EUN PREL MD RS UP FR |
06PARIS7486 | TRANSNISTRIA: GOF AGREES IN SUBSTANCE ON PCE, BUT [...] (C) Summary: Aurelia Bouchez, DAS-equivalent for Russia, Central Asia, and the Caucasus, explained on November 17 that France did not disagree in substance about the need for a multilateral peacekeeping mission in Transnistria, but was doubtful that the Russians would easily be convinced. She [...] | 2006-11-21 15:10:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | OSCE EUN PREL MD RS UP FR |
06PRAGUE1388 | CZECHS AGREE WITH THE U.S. ABOUT THE [...] (C) Czech MFA Director of Eastern Europe Department Tomas Szunyog told Poloffs on November 3 that the Czechs share U.S. concerns about the disruption to the Chisinau-Moscow rail link. Szunyog said the Czechs have already discussed the issue with Ukrainian officials and within the EU, and will [...] | 2006-11-08 13:52:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ELTN RS MD UP EZ |
06RIGA526 | LATVIA LOOKS TO MAJOR INCREASE IN DEVELOPMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY Latvia is shifting from being a recipient of foreign aid to being a donor. Their recently published development cooperation policy plan for 2007, envisions a roughly four-fold increase in development assistance, focused on Georgia and Moldova, with additional assistance to Ukrain [...] | 2006-07-06 07:54:00 | Embassy Riga | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ECON PREL PGOV GG MD LG |
06RIGA573 | LATVIA IN AGREEMENT IN OPPOSITION TO [...] (C) Pol/Econ chief delivered reftel demarche July 19 to Vilmers Henins, A/S-level equivalent in the MFA for Russia and the former Soviet states. Latvia has "absolutely the same position" on this issue, he said, and agrees that Moscow is the key to resolving this. Henins expressed concern, ho [...] | 2006-07-20 08:15:00 | Embassy Riga | CONFIDENTIAL | PBTS PREL OSCE MD RS LG |
06RIGA619 | DAS KRAMER TALKS BELARUS, MOLDOVA AND RUSSIA WITH [...] (C) Summary: In a productive series of meetings in Riga July 24, DAS David Kramer discussed Belarus, Moldova and Russia with key Latvian officials. Latvia is closely watching Belarus' relations with Russia and trying to improve people to people contacts. NGO representatives who work with Be [...] | 2006-08-02 11:59:00 | Embassy Riga | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV EAID RS MD BO LG |
06ROME3119 | TRANSNISTRA: ITALIANS SUPPORT CHANGING [...] No summary [...] | 2006-11-20 12:14:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | OSCE EUN PREL MD RS UP IT |
06TALLINN671 | TRANSNISTRIA: ESTONIA IN FULL SUPPORT OF [...] (SBU) On July 19 Poloff delivered reftel points to Jaan Hein, outgoing MFA Director for Eastern Europe and Central Asia and newly appointed Estonian Ambassador to Ukraine, Georgia, and Moldova, on Transnistria's proposed independence referendum. Hein told us that the GOE is in full agreement w [...] | 2006-07-21 10:43:00 | Embassy Tallinn | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OSCE PBTS PREL RS MD EN |
06THEHAGUE2362 | NETHERLANDS/TRANSNISTRIA: DISRUPTION OF [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche Nov 1 to MFA Deputy Head of Eastern Europe and Central Asia Division Thymen Kouwenaar and Moldova Desk Officer Natascha Soons. Kouwenaar said that the MFA was reviewing a frozen conflicts proposal delivered by us to the Dutch embassy in Washington last week [...] | 2006-11-02 15:36:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ELTN RS MD UP NL |
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 |
06VIENNA3268 | AUSTRIA ON DISRUPTION OF CHISINAU-MOSCOW RAIL LINKS [...] (SBU) Charge delivered reftel demarche on November 8 to Hannes Porias, the Austrian MFA's A/S-level Director for Eastern Europe and Russia. DAS-level Russia/Ukraine/Moldova/Belarus Director Josef Litschauer also participated. 2. (C) Porias said the EU had made clear to Kyiv that it is i [...] | 2006-11-08 11:23:00 | Embassy Vienna | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ELTN EUN RU MD UP AU |
06VILNIUS1038 | LITHUANIAN PM VISITS MOLDOVA, DISCUSSES [...] (C) Summary. The GOL strongly supports efforts to develop an EU peace Consolidation Mission for Moldova, but MFA officials do not believe that consensus is possible in the EU. End Summary. Consensus lacking for EU PCM Mission in Moldova --------------------------------------------- --- [...] | 2006-11-17 15:05:00 | Embassy Vilnius | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL LH RS MD |
06VILNIUS686 | LITHUANIA SUPPORTS MOLDOVA IN CONFLICT RESOLUTION, [...] (C) Lithuania strongly supports the U.S. position on the Transnistrian referendum and will continue to raise Transnistria in its dialogue with Russian on frozen conflicts (reftel). Lithuania considers Moldova one of the primary focuses of its neighborhood policy, and has recently engaged both [...] | 2006-07-20 13:38:00 | Embassy Vilnius | CONFIDENTIAL | OSCE PBTS PREL LH MD |
06WARSAW2339 | GOP AGREES COMPLETELY WITH U.S. CONCERNS OVER [...] (C) Pol External Chief delivered reftel demarche (as amended by refmail) on November 3 to Mieczyslaw Kuzinski, action officer for Security Threats and Eurasian Conflicts in the MFA Security Policy Department. Kuzinski confirmed that GOP fully shares U.S. concerns over the Russian shutdown of [...] | 2006-11-06 16:29:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS ELTN RS MD UP |
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 |
06WARSAW2459 | POLAND SUPPORTS UNIFIED APPROACH ON [...] (C) PolExt Chief delivered reftel points November 22 to Grzegorz Jazowski, Counselor in the MFA Security Policy Department responsible for OSCE Ministerial preparations. After consulting with his Department Director and others, Jazowski confirmed that Poland approaches the Georgia/Moldova conf [...] | 2006-11-27 14:10:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS OSCE GG MD RS |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
07BUCHAREST314 | COMPARING NOTES ON MOLDOVA: AMB. KIRBY VISITS [...] (C) Summary: Romanian frustrations in dealing with Moldova were a leitmotif during Ambassador Kirby,s visit to Bucharest March 7-8, which included calls on senior Basescu advisors, the PM's Chief of Staff, the MFA State Secretary, and exchanges with MFA Moldova experts and representatives of l [...] | 2007-03-16 16:43:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PBTS RO MD |
07CHISINAU1273 | PRESIDENT VORONIN SUPPORTS U.S. CFE PROPOSALS [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a cordial meeting with President Voronin, DAS David Kramer presented elements of our forward-leaning CFE package proposals delivered in Moscow. Arriving in Moldova after his Moscow talks, Kramer said the U.S. had presented this package to the Russians, and is waiting for the [...] | 2007-10-22 11:36:00 | Embassy Chisinau | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KCFE OSCE PARM MD |
07CHISINAU1275 | TRANSNISTRIA: SMIRNOV'S POWER WEAKENING [...] (C) SUMMARY: With Transnistria's (TN) economic situation deteriorating, "President" Smirnov is showing unprecedented signs of weakness, and the previously unquestioned position of the TN leader now seems increasingly uncertain. While TN leaders formerly presented a united front, in recent mee [...] | 2007-10-22 15:08:00 | Embassy Chisinau | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PBTS ECON PHUM MD |
07CHISINAU1281 | PM TARLEV UPBEAT ON USG CFE PROPOSALS [...] (C) Summary. DAS Kramer briefed Prime Minister Tarlev on U.S. efforts to persuade Russia not to suspend participation on CFE. Tarlev appreciated our efforts and stressed that getting Russian forces out of Transnistria soon would help to resolve the Transnistria conflict. Kramer's urging of [...] | 2007-10-23 14:30:00 | Embassy Chisinau | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PBTS ECON MD |
07CHISINAU1282 | SPEAKER LUPU READY TO ENGAGE TRANSNISTRIAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: During his meeting with Speaker Marian Lupu, EUR DAS David Kramer briefed Lupu on the Transnistrian (TN) negotiations and recent developments in Moscow, noting Chisinau's positive public diplomacy contributions. Lupu raised his willingness to start an inter-parliamentary dialogue [...] | 2007-10-23 14:37:00 | Embassy Chisinau | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MD |
07CHISINAU1283 | FOREIGN MINISTER STRATAN SUPPORTS US ON [...] (C) Summary: EUR DAS David Kramer's October 19 meeting with Minister of Foreign Affairs and European Integration Andrei Stratan won willing support on U.S. positions regarding Transnistria (TN),CFE and the OSCE. Stratan expressed his appreciation for U.S. transparency on talks with Russia an [...] | 2007-10-23 14:41:00 | Embassy Chisinau | CONFIDENTIAL | OSCE PBTS PGOV PINR PREL MD |
07CHISINAU1284 | MINISTER SOVA INSISTS PLAN NEEDS CLEAR DEADLINES [...] (C) Summary: Minister for Reintegration Sova welcomed and supported EUR DAS Kramer's outlines of the three-point proposal presented in Moscow, which looks at Transnistria in the context of the CFE treaty, but said clear timelines must be established. Sova proposed limiting to one year the tr [...] | 2007-10-23 14:55:00 | Embassy Chisinau | CONFIDENTIAL | KCFE OSCE PARM PBTS PREL MD |
07CHISINAU1301 | TRANSNISTRIA OPTS TO DEAL WITH MOLDOVA -- FOR NOW [...] (C) Summary: In a reversal of earlier policy, Transnistria's Foreign Minister Valery Litskai said at an informal 5 plus 2 gathering that he was open for dialogue with Chisinau and praised President Voronin's initiatives on Transnistria. Litskai said Transnistria was prepared to resolve the [...] | 2007-10-25 12:14:00 | Embassy Chisinau | CONFIDENTIAL | OSCE PBTS PREL PINR MD |
07CHISINAU1318 | WILL SPEAKER LUPU STAY WITH THE COMMUNIST PARTY? [...] (C) Summary: Despite widespread rumors that he may split from the Communist Party (PCRM) in the wake of his public disagreements with President Voronin, Speaker of the Moldovan Parliament Marian Lupu may stay with the PCRM in the hopes of succeeding Voronin and transforming the PCRM into a mo [...] | 2007-10-30 13:07:00 | Embassy Chisinau | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PINR MD |
07CHISINAU1330 | CHISINAU ESTABLISHING SEVEN WORKING GROUPS ON [...] (C) Summary: As a follow up to President Voronin's confidence-building outreach to Transnistria (TN),the Government of Moldova is establishing seven working groups to elaborate specific projects for normalizing relations. Transnistria's "foreign minister" has already indicated interest in roa [...] | 2007-11-02 13:17:00 | Embassy Chisinau | CONFIDENTIAL | PBTS PGOV EAID MD |
07CHISINAU1331 | IRAQ DEPLOYMENT REQUIREMENTS: MOLDOVA [...] (C) Summary: Because of its constitutional neutrality, Moldova sends its officers and soldiers abroad only to conduct peacekeeping and humanitarian operations under a specific mandate, such as UN or OSCE, and for a specific purpose. For Iraq, the Moldovan soldiers officially deploy at the r [...] | 2007-11-02 14:06:00 | Embassy Chisinau | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS PREL IZ MD |
07CHISINAU1354 | TIP INTERIM ASSESSMENT: SOME PROGRESS, BUT STILL NO [...] (U) Post's interim assessment for EUR Special Watchlist countries is keyed to the questions in reftel para. 6B. 2. (SBU) According to the Center for Combating Trafficking in Persons (CCTIP),Government of Moldova (GOM) authorities opened 429 cases against traffickers (a 7.7% rise over the sa [...] | 2007-11-13 07:22:00 | Embassy Chisinau | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM KWMN PHUM PGOV PREL SMIG MD |
07CHISINAU1362 | SHEVCHUK: MOLDOVA NOT A RELIABLE PARTNER [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Ambassador's November 9 meeting with Transnistria's Parliamentary Speaker Evgeny Shevchuk took place against the backdrop of a controversial decree adopted by the Government of Moldova on November 7, requiring that all TN vehicles register with Chisinau. Shevchuk charged tha [...] | 2007-11-14 05:31:00 | Embassy Chisinau | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS EAID PGOV MD |
07CHISINAU1366 | SOVA: THE GOODWILL IS GONE [...] (C) SUMMARY: At a November 13 meeting we had requested to discuss the Moldovan decree on vehicle registration, Minister for Reintegration Sova lost no time in expressing his ire at Transnistrian "foreign minister" Litskai. Litskai had agreed to meet Sova by November 10, but instead had avoidin [...] | 2007-11-14 15:14:00 | Embassy Chisinau | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS OSCE KCFE MD |
07CHISINAU1367 | NO VORONIN-ZUBAKOV AGREEMENT ON TRANSNISTRIA; [...] (C) Summary: In a meeting with the DCM, Presidential advisor Marc Tkaciuk categorically denied the existence of any agreement made between President Voronin and Russian Security Council Deputy Secretary Yuriy Zubakov. The meeting with Zubakov mostly concerned domestic political issues and th [...] | 2007-11-14 15:27:00 | Embassy Chisinau | CONFIDENTIAL | PBTS PREL PGOV TN GM RS MD |
07CHISINAU1377 | VORONIN PERCEIVES KREMLIN-MFA SPLIT ON MOLDOVA, [...] (C) Summary: In a meeting with the Ambassador on November 30, President Voronin said his meeting with Deputy Secretary of the Russian Security Council Yuri Zubakov produced little forward movement on Transnistria (TN). Instead, the meeting showed Voronin that the Russian MFA and Kremlin seeme [...] | 2007-11-20 11:23:00 | Embassy Chisinau | CONFIDENTIAL | PBTS PREL PGOV RS TN MD |
07CHISINAU1380 | With Questionable Tactics, Communists Win Majority on [...] (SBU) Summary: November 11 district council repeat elections in Rezina saw a shift in power to the Communist Party. This victory was assisted by apparent misuse of state power, threats, and inducements. A disunited opposition is learning some hard lessons as the electorate has begun to signa [...] | 2007-11-23 06:59:00 | Embassy Chisinau | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM PREL PINR MD |
07CHISINAU1382 | THE CHALLENGES OF INVESTING IN MOLDOVA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Although the Government of Moldova (GOM) has adopted measures to attract foreign investment, the business climate remains uneven. In 2006, Moldova achieved record foreign direct investment (FDI) of USD 240 million and 2007 continues to show a positive trend. However, FDI inflows [...] | 2007-11-23 14:22:00 | Embassy Chisinau | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV PHUM MD |
07CHISINAU1383 | MOLDOVA MEDIA MACHINATIONS [...] (C) On November 17, John Maxemchuk (protect),General Director of Sun Communications, an American joint-venture cable and internet service provider, told Econoff of a request made to his company to stop the transmission of television channels that compete with pro-President Voronin television [...] | 2007-11-23 14:29:00 | Embassy Chisinau | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON PHUM MD |
07CHISINAU1384 | NEW MOLDOVAN REGULATION TO IMPEDE TRADE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Side-stepping Parliament and filters intended to give the business community a voice in new regulations effecting them, the Government of Moldova (GOM) adopted a decision requiring a state commercial stamp on all containers of non-alcoholic beverages sold in Moldova. Ostensibly [...] | 2007-11-23 14:40:00 | Embassy Chisinau | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD WTO PGOV PREL MD |
07CHISINAU1393 | Marginal Moldovan Political Parties Merge. Bet on the [...] (SBU) Summary: In preparation for 2009 parliamentary elections, marginal political parties are merging to increase the vote bank of the ideologically like-minded. One center-left, social-democratic alliance has potential. One centrist agreement adds marginally to centrist strength, which is n [...] | 2007-11-26 08:05:00 | Embassy Chisinau | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM PREL PINR MD |
07CHISINAU1395 | REQUEST FOR TRANSNISTRIA DROUGHT ASSISTANCE [...] (SBU) I am declaring a disaster in the Transnistrian region of Moldova due to severe drought, loss of crops, and consequent negative impact on living standards. I hereby request $50,000 from USAID/OFDA for disaster relief in Transnistria. 2. (SBU) This request follows reftel in which I requ [...] | 2007-11-26 13:42:00 | Embassy Chisinau | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON PREL MD |
07CHISINAU1400 | LITSKAI: HEADING TO MADRID [...] (C) SUMMARY: Transnistrian "Foreign Minister" Litskai intends to travel to Madrid for consultations on the sidelines of the OSCE Ministerial. In a November 23 meeting, Litskai told Ambassador Kirby he expected the Finns would provide much better leadership for OSCE than the Spanish had. Whi [...] | 2007-11-27 15:43:00 | Embassy Chisinau | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS OSCE PGOV MD |
07CHISINAU1404 | MOLDOVA CHILD LABOR UPDATE [...] The Government of Moldova (GOM) has taken positive legislative and regulatory steps in recent years to address problems related to child labor. However, lack of government funding; poor staffing levels in monitoring agencies; customary employment of children, especially during the harvest; cul [...] | 2007-11-29 09:17:00 | Embassy Chisinau | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI MD |
07CHISINAU1406 | SEEKING TO REGAIN MOMENTUM ON TRANSNISTRIA [...] (C) Summary: In a November 27 meeting on the eve of his departure for the OSCE Ministerial in Madrid, Minister of Reintegration Sova was angry that the Spanish had given Litskai a visa and threatened a GOM walkout. Ambassador Kirby counseled a more measured diplomatic approach that would all [...] | 2007-11-29 14:56:00 | Embassy Chisinau | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS OSCE PGOV MD |
07CHISINAU1435 | TRANSNISTRIAN CEMETERY HONORS ROMANIAN WAR DEAD [...] (SBU) Summary: After earlier refusals, Transnistrian (TN) authorities allowed an Embassy officer to cross into TN-controlled territory to check conflicting claims about the graves of Romanian World War II dead in Bender. A visit to the Dragalina Cemetery revealed careful and sensitive restora [...] | 2007-12-10 09:40:00 | Embassy Chisinau | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PBTS PGOV PHUM PREL MD |
07CHISINAU1455 | "WHAT CAN WE DO?" FRUSTRATED ANTI-COMMUNISTS WILL BLOCKADE [...] (SBU) Summary: Frustrated by ruling-party machinations that have excluded a popular, twice-reelected mayor from running again, democratic activists in the town of Buteni are planning to boycott and blockade the fourth-round election on December 16. We are advising restraint and sending an uno [...] | 2007-12-13 07:54:00 | Embassy Chisinau | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM PHUM MD |
07CHISINAU1477 | REFUSED ENTRY INTO TRANSNISTRIA [...] (U) On December 14 the Ambassador set out for Tiraspol, accompanied by MCC Director for Moldova Chris Williams, Pol/Econ Section Chief Daria Fane, Interpreter Vlad Kulminsky and a security follow car. At the Transnistrian border checkpoint the delegation was informed that the Ambassador could [...] | 2007-12-14 13:39:00 | Embassy Chisinau | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS PGOV MD |
07CHISINAU1486 | LUPU: BALACED AND HELPFUL [...] (C) Sumary: In a wide-ranging meeting with the Ambassdor December 17, Parliamentary Speaker Marian Lupu continued to be very interested in visiting the .S. to meet Speaker Nancy Pelosi. He promised tohelp get a bilateral Article 98 agreement signed to take steps to have a new Moldovan TIP Co [...] | 2007-12-18 10:34:00 | Embassy Chisinau | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MD |
07CHISINAU1505 | STRATAN GETTING COLD SHOULDER FROM BOTH NEIGHBORS [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a December 20 meeting, Foreign Minister Stratan complained that his Romanian counterpart, Foreign Minister Cioroianu, would be in Chisinau for a ribbon-cutting ceremony, but had not requested a meeting with him. Stratan mentioned that Moldova also faces problems with its easte [...] | 2007-12-21 13:17:00 | Embassy Chisinau | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS PGOV RO UP MD |
07CHISINAU1517 | PROTESTS CANCEL REPEAT ELECTIONS IN BUTENI [...] (SBU) Summary: After three failed attempts to elect a mayor in the village of Buteni, a fourth round was scheduled for December 16. Though the very popular former mayor had won in the first and second rounds, ruling-party machinations prevented him both from taking office and from running aga [...] | 2007-12-28 10:07:00 | Embassy Chisinau | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM PHUM MD |
07CHISINAU1520 | MOLDOVAN ENERGY WOES [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Moldovan energy sector continues to suffer from political manipulations, which in a society accustomed to government subsidies prevents charging full cost-recovery tariffs for increasingly more expensive natural gas, electricity, and heating. According to recent media reports [...] | 2007-12-28 15:29:00 | Embassy Chisinau | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ENRG PGOV PREL MD |
07GENEVA2492 | A/S FRIED MEETS WITH ANTONOV ON CFE IN GENEVA [...] (C) Summary. On November 7, A/S Dan Fried, accompanied by A/S Paula DeSutter and an interagency team, met in Geneva with Russian MFA Director for Security and Disarmament Anatoly Antonov, accompanied by Mikhail Ulyanov and Sergey Federyakov to resume discussion of the U.S. paper on elements [...] | 2007-11-15 10:24:00 | US Mission Geneva | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL RS GG MD NATO |
07KYIV131 | UKRAINE/GUAM: NEW MFA TEAM IN CHARGE, TIMING OF [...] (SBU) Summary. The Ukrainian MFA team overseeing GUAM issues told us they anticipate approval of the GUAM Charter bill in the Rada session that starts February 6. However Rada Foreign Policy Committee Chairman Vitaliy Shybko, a Socialist Party member, was more pessimistic. He noted the oppo [...] | 2007-01-19 12:09:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KDEM MARR RS AZ GG MD UP |
07KYIV1324 | UKRAINE: GUAM AS A REGIONAL ORGANIZATION -- A TWO [...] (C) Summary: Executive Director of the GUAM Information Office Heorhiy Nazarov acknowledged that the impasse over scheduling early parliamentary elections had made it unlikely that the parliament (Rada) would vote on the GUAM Charter anytime soon. He said Ukraine's failure to ratify the GUAM [...] | 2007-05-31 13:17:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KDEM MARR RS AZ GG MD UP |
07KYIV133 | UKRAINE: KOSOVO STATUS PROCESS TIMELINE: DEMARCHE [...] (C) Summary/comment: In view of Ukrainian officials' previous concerns about the impact of Kosovo independence on "frozen conflicts" in Moldova and elsewhere, acting DCM drew on ref A background to brief DFM Veselovsky January 18 on the Kosovo settlement process. While underscoring that Ukrain [...] | 2007-01-19 14:23:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS OPDC UNMIK UN YI MD RS UP |
07KYIV2831 | UKRAINE: PEACEKEEPERS AND KOSOVO POST-INDEPENDENCE [...] (U) This is a request for Department guidance. Please advise on how we should respond to Ukrainian Defense Minister Hrytsenko's inquiry on contingency planning for possible Kosovo independence. 2. (C) During a November 15 meeting with EUR DAS David Kramer, Defense Minister Hrytsenko inquir [...] | 2007-11-16 12:42:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS KDEM UNMIK OSCE YI MD RS UP |
07KYIV665 | UKRAINE/MOLDOVA: TRANSNISTRIA AND BILATERAL [...] (C) Summary: Deputy Foreign Minister Veselovsky told EUR DAS Kramer, NSC Director Sterling, and Ambassador March 19 that he would continue to hold the concurrent duty as Ukrainian special negotiator for Transnistria, despite rumors to the contrary. National Security and Defense Council (NSDC [...] | 2007-03-22 15:45:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS OSCE PINR RO MD UP |
07KYIV756 | CREATION OF A GUAM SECRETARIAT CENTRAL TO GUAM'S [...] (C) Summary. First Deputy Minister of Georgia and GUAM National Coordinator Valery Chechelashvili sounded an optimistic note during our conversation with him after the March 15-16 GUAM Council of National Coordinators (CNC) meeting. Chechelashvili, slated to be GUAM's new Secretary General o [...] | 2007-03-30 14:13:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KDEM MARR RS AZ GG MD UP |
07LISBON2959 | PORTUGAL ON KOSOVO, BOSNIA, GEORGIA, AND RUSSIA [...] (C/NF) Summary. According to MFA Director for European Affairs Liliana Araujo, avoiding bloodshed in the Balkans is one of Portugal's top EU presidency goals. Should Kosovars declare independence in the near term, the Portuguese believe the EU will be able to issue a statement that takes note [...] | 2007-11-20 17:07:00 | Embassy Lisbon | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL EUN PGOV PINS RS MD GG BK SR KV PO |
07MADRID167 | TRANSNISTRIA: RUSSIANS WARN AGAINST PREMATURE [...] (U) January 25, 2007; 11:30 a.m.- 6:00 p.m.; Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Madrid, Spain. 2. (U) Participants: Observers United States - DAS David Kramer European Union - Amb. Adriaan Jacobovits, EU Special Representative Mediators Ukraine - Deputy FM Andriy Veselovsky Russian Federati [...] | 2007-02-01 08:50:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | OSCE PREL PBTS MD RS UP SP |
07MANILA2931 | STAFFDEL LUSE VISIT TO THE PHILIPPINES [...] (U) Summary: Mr. Keith Luse, Senior Professional Staff, visited the Philippines from August 14-18 as part of a three-nation Asian visit that also included Indonesia and Mongolia. The purpose of Mr. Luse's visit was to conduct a field-based study on bilateral U.S. foreign assistance, and also [...] | 2007-08-29 23:12:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED | OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN ID RP CH MD |
07MOSCOW1257 | TRANSNISTRIA: RUSSIAN MFA NEGOTIATOR ON INCIDENTS [...] (C) On March 23 we raised with Russian MFA Ambassador-at-large Nesterushkin the March 16 refusal of Transnistrian authorities to allow diplomats from Amembassy Chisinau into the separatist region. We handed Nesterushkin a copy of Ambassador Finley's March 21 intervention at the OSCE Permanent [...] | 2007-03-23 10:22:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS MARR MD RS |
07MOSCOW1316 | RUSSIA-GEORGIA, TRANSNISTRIA: TOUGH TALK FROM DFM [...] (C) DFM Grigoriy Karasin showed little flexibility when Ambassador pressed him on relations with Georgia March 26. Karasin warned that a Georgian application to the European Court of Human Rights over last autumn's deportations would lead to a sharp Russian reaction. He said no process of nor [...] | 2007-03-26 13:40:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS MARR MOPS OSCE MD BO UP KZ GG RS |
07MOSCOW1579 | EUR DAS KRAMER'S MOSCOW TALKS ON TRANSNISTRIA [...] (C) EUR DAS David Kramer held talks on Transnistria/Moldova in Moscow April 6 at the MFA with DFM Grigoriy Karasin, Ambassador-at-Large Valeriy Kenyaikin, Ambassador-at-Large Valeriy Nesterushkin; at the Security Council with Andrey Kuzin; and at the Duma with Andrey Kokoshin. Kramer stressed [...] | 2007-04-09 14:42:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS MARR MD RS |
07MOSCOW1835 | TRANSNISTRIA: RUSSIANS DENY "KOZAK-2" [...] (C) We raised the alleged "Kozak-2" negotiations between Russia and Moldova (reftels) with Valeriy Nesterushkin, MFA Ambassador-at-Large for Transnistria (April 17); Viktor Sorokin, MFA 4th CIS Department Director (April 18); and Andrey Kuzin, Security Council (April 20). We mentioned article [...] | 2007-04-20 12:42:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS MARR MD RS |
07MOSCOW2775 | BURNS-KARASIN LETTER ON MOLDOVA [...] (C) On June 8 we sent Ref A Burns-Karasin letter to the MFA under cover of a diplomatic note. We also met with Ambassador at Large Nesterushkin to deliver a courtesy copy. 2. (C) Nesterushkin's first reaction was to criticize the U.S. for "leaking" the document; he said the EU had praised [...] | 2007-06-11 09:13:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS MARR MD RS |
07MOSCOW2860 | SUMMIT TIDBITS: PUTIN WITH SAAKASHVILI AND VORININ [...] (C) Russian MFA and Security Council readouts of President Putin's meetings with Presidents Saakashvili of Georgia and Voronin of Moldova at the Commonwealth of Independent States Summit stressed their constructive and friendly atmosphere. Concrete results were not noted, however. The MFA has [...] | 2007-06-15 06:15:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS MARR GG MD RS |
07MOSCOW3155 | RUSSIA/MOLDOVA: PUTIN-VORONIN MEETING [...] (C) Russian Ambassador at Large for Transnistria Nesterushkin June 26 gave us a brief readout of the June 22 Putin-Voronin meeting. The meeting focused on bilateral issues, making progress on wine and natural gas prices. Putin raised Russian concerns about new Moldovan controls on imports to [...] | 2007-06-28 10:32:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETRD MARR MD RS |
07MOSCOW4328 | DFM KARASIN ON GEORGIA AND OTHER NEIGHBORS [...] (C) Two contentious issues -- Georgia and the Russian charges against the American HOM of OSCE Moldova -- dominated the Ambassador's September 4 meeting with DFM Karasin (the latter exchange reported separately). On Georgia, Karasin said State Minister Bakradze started off on the wrong foot w [...] | 2007-09-04 15:36:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS OSCE UNGA MD GG RS |
07MOSCOW4828 | RUSSIA AT A LOSS ON HOW TO BREAK IMPASSE IN [...] (C) Summary: Although Russia has observed an improvement in its bilateral ties with Moldova, the GOR remains frustrated with its inability to pressure Chisinau into a compromise on the Transnistria conflict. Russia's de facto import ban on Moldovan wine and Putin's increasingly frequent one [...] | 2007-10-02 12:30:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR PBTS MARR OSCE MD RS |
07MOSCOW5006 | A/S FRIED DISCUSSES CFE WITH DFM KISLYAK ON EVE OF [...] (C) Summary: On October 11, A/S Fried and U/S Defense Edelman continued bilateral discussions with DFM Sergey Kislyak on the U.S.-proposed CFE parallel actions plan in advance of October 12-13 2 2 talks. Fried warned that if Russia followed through on its threat to suspend implementation of [...] | 2007-10-15 14:21:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR PBTS MARR OSCE MD RS |
07MOSCOW5028 | A/S FRIED - DFM KARASIN, DUMA COMMITTEE CHAIR KOKOSHIN DISCUSSIONS ON UKRAINE AND FROZEN CONFLICTS [...] No summary [...] | 2007-10-16 13:38:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | GG MARR MD MOPS OSCE PREL RS UNGA |
07MOSCOW5055 | RUSSIA CAUTIOUSLY OPTIMISTIC ABOUT POSSIBILITY OF [...] (C) Summary: MFA officials told us on October 17 that the recent exchange of positive signals between Chisinau and Tiraspol and the productive October 6 Putin-Voronin meeting may have created a "unique opportunity" for the possibility of renewed talks between Chisinau and Tiraspol in the "5 2" [...] | 2007-10-18 11:55:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR PBTS MARR OSCE MD RS |
07MOSCOW5147 | DAS BRYZA DISCUSSES GEORGIA AND NAGORNO-KARABAKH [...] (C) Summary: On October 23, DFM Grigoriy Karasin told visiting EUR DAS Matthew Bryza and the Ambassador that Russia was increasingly worried about the "anti-democratic" tendencies in Saakashvili's government and Georgia's possible attempts to take control of the separatist regions by force i [...] | 2007-10-25 11:04:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS OSCE UNGA MD GG RS |
07MOSCOW5898 | RUSSIA-MOLDOVA RELATIONS: BACK ON TRACK? [...] (C) Summary. While evaluating Russia-Moldova relations without the Transnistria conflict is difficult, there are a few signs that the GOR is continuing its efforts to "mend" the bilateral relationship through economic and other means. The MFA told us that Russia is hopeful that frequent high [...] | 2007-12-20 15:00:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON MD RS |
07MOSCOW626 | RESPONDING TO RUSSIAN ACTIONS ON SEPARATIST [...] (C) We approached Russian MFA South Ossetia negotiator Popov and, separately, Transnistria negotiator Nesterushkin with reftel demarche. We stressed the change in Russian official practice, referring to separatist leaders as if they were legitimate, and asked whether Russia is not taking yet [...] | 2007-02-13 13:47:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS MD GG RS |
07MOSCOW674 | RUSSIA-MOLDOVA: TIME OUT ON TRANSNISTRIA [...] (C) Russia and Moldova began negotiating a package in secret after the reconciliation last August between SIPDIS Presidents Putin and Voronin. The package included the status of Transnistria within a neutral Moldova, the modalities of governance and peacekeeping, and assurances that Transn [...] | 2007-02-15 14:23:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS MARR OSCE MD RS |
07PARIS2606 | GOF: NO GSP FOR MINSK; BEWARE ANOTHER KOZAK PLAN [...] SUMMARY: (C) The MFA desk officer for Ukraine, Belarus, and Moldova told poloff on June 14 that France fully supported the EU's decision to remove Belarus from the Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) program and saw it as a test for Lukashenko. On Moldova, Gosset was concerned about Presi [...] | 2007-06-17 13:47:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL XG EU BO MD UP RS FR |
07PARIS3808 | A/S FRIED CFE TALKS WITH RUSSIA IN FRANCE [...] (C) Summary. EUR Assistant Secretary Dan Fried and an interagency team met with Russian DFM Kislyak September 11 in Paris to discuss next steps on the U.S. parallel actions plan for ending the current deadlock on fulfillment of Istanbul commitments by Russia and ratification of Adapted CFE by [...] | 2007-09-13 14:28:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM MARR NATO KFCE FR GG RU MD |
07RIGA358 | DAS DAVID KRAMER'S MAY 10 VISIT TO RIGA [...] (C) Summary: EUR DAS David Kramer paid a one day visit to Riga, mainly focused on Moldova. In a bilateral meeting at the MFA, the Latvians reviewed their efforts to provide assistance in Moldova and their hope to find ways to provide training to mid-level Belarusian officials. MFA State Secr [...] | 2007-05-16 07:42:00 | Embassy Riga | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID BO MD RS LG |
07RIGA379 | MOLDOVAN PRIME MINISTER'S VISIT TO RIGA [...] (C) Summary: On May 18, Charge met with Latvian MFA U/S for bilateral affairs Edgars Skuja and MFA staff to discuss the recent visit of Moldovan PM Tarlev and Deputy PM Osterlap to Latvia. Skuja stated the visit was highly successful and expressed appreciation for EUR DAS Kramer's recent meeti [...] | 2007-05-21 12:17:00 | Embassy Riga | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID EUN MD LG |
07RIGA873 | E-PINE POLITICAL DIRECTORS, MEETING [...] (C) SUMMARY. The fall meeting of the e-PINE Political Directors was held October 26 in Riga, Latvia. Political Directors from seven Nordic and Baltic nations met with EUR Assistant Secretary Daniel Fried to compare notes on the countries that make up e-PINE,s core focus: Georgia, Moldova, B [...] | 2007-11-23 13:41:00 | Embassy Riga | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ENRG RS GG MD BO BK LG |
07STATE138761 | ASSISTANT SECRETARY FRIED'S SEPTEMBER 25 MEETING [...] (U) Participants: U.S. ---- EUR Assistant Secretary Daniel Fried Notetaker Aaron Jensen Romania --------- Foreign Minister Adrian Mihai Cioroianu U.N. Permanent Representative Mihnea Motoc Charge Daniela Gitman Political Director Stefan Tinca Chief of Cabinet Gabriel Sopanda 2. [...] | 2007-10-02 17:57:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR ENRG HU SR MD RU MK AL PL RO |
07STATE150674 | SECRETARY'S 10/29 MEETING WITH SPANISH FM [...] (U) October 29, 2007, 10:00 a.m., Secretary's Office 2. (U) Participants: United States The Secretary EUR A/S Daniel Fried PA A/S Sean McCormack Steve Beecroft EUR Elaine Samson (Notetaker) Spain Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos Ambassador Carlos Westendorp Chief of Staf [...] | 2007-10-30 22:29:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | OSCE KCFE SP KV RU KZ MD |
07STATE83491 | THE UNITED STATES AND THE GUAM ORGANIZATION -- [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. 2. (C) The 2007 Organization for Democracy and Economic Development - GUAM Summit in Baku is an opportunity for the U.S. to bolster this organization, both by complimenting GUAM on its achievements and by urging establishment of its Se [...] | 2007-06-14 21:27:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL OVIP EAID ECON KCRM AJ GG MD UP |
07TOKYO2737 | JAPAN WILL HAVE FIRST MEETING WITH "GUAM" COUNTRIES [...] No summary [...] | 2007-06-18 05:57:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL OVIP EAID ECON KCRM AJ GG MD UP JA |
07USNATO372 | U.S. PRESENTS MOLDOVA PKF ALTERNATIVES TO ALLIES [...] (C) Summary: On 8 June, DAS Kramer presented to Allies the U.S. proposal on internationalizing the peacekeeping force in Moldova (REF A-C). Allies appeared interested in the proposal and engaged with a number of questions about how the force would be implemented. Following the meeting, an [...] | 2007-06-15 08:16:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PREL MOPS RU MD |
07USUNNEWYORK155 | USUN DISCUSSES PROTRACTED CONFLICTS RESOLUTION [...] (SBU) On February 23, Acting Permrep Wolff met with representatives of the GUAM (Georgia, Ukraine, Azerbaijan and Moldova) at their request to discuss their initiative of a General Assembly (GA) resolution on protracted conflicts. Speaking for the GUAM, Moldovan Permrep Grigore explained the [...] | 2007-02-27 19:19:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL GG MD AJ |
07USUNNEWYORK415 | U.S. BILATERALS AT THE UN COMMISSION ON [...] (U) Under Secretary of State for Global Affairs Paula Dobriansky took advantage of the ministerial segment of the UN Commission on Sustainable Development's 15th Session (CSD-15) May 9-11 to conduct a number of bilateral discussions with key states, with climate change, energy and economic dev [...] | 2007-05-25 21:14:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON KGCC SENV EAID EAGR CH MD FI PK RS IN |
07VILNIUS322 | LITHUANIA MAY INTERVENE ON MOLDOVA AT MAY 14 GAERC [...] (C) Summary: Lithuania may intervene at the May 14 GAERC on Moldova. The GOL sees little chance of making progress towards a Partnership and Cooperation Agreement with Russia given the current climate. They have suspicions that the secretive negotiations concluded between Russia and Moldova [...] | 2007-05-09 13:32:00 | Embassy Vilnius | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EUN ETRD KPAL LH RS MD |
07ZAGREB561 | U/S NICHOLAS BURNS' MAY 10-11 MEETINGS WITH [...] (U) Undersecretary Burns met with Macedonian President Crvenkovski, Turkish Economy Minister Babacan, Bulgarian PM Stanishev and Moldovan President Voronin May 10 and 11 on the margins of the Zagreb SEECP Summit. Macedonia --------- 2. (C) Macedonian President Branko Crvenkovski sought U/S [...] | 2007-06-08 10:26:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV OSCE NATO HR MK TU BU MD |
08ANKARA565 | CFE: TURKEY WANTS NO MENTION OF FLANKS IN NATO [...] (C) We queried MFA Arms Control Deputy Director General Ahmet Gun March 25 on MFA reactions to the proposed NATO statement on CFE (reftel). Gun said he had examined the statement and consulted with senior MFA officials, who agreed that Turkey strongly opposes any reference to "flank limits" o [...] | 2008-03-25 15:54:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL RS NATO KCFE MARR GG MD TU |
08BERLIN1386 | GERMAN VIEWS ON THE OCTOBER 13 EU GAERC [...] (C) SUMMARY: Post delivered reftel points to MFA Deputy European Correspondent Thomas Schieb October 9 and followed up with him October 10 to get his reactions. Schieb noted that the GAERC will not only issue its own conclusions, but help prepare those to be released by the October 15-16 Eur [...] | 2008-10-10 16:52:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR PGOV GG RS ZI UZ BO MD |
08BRATISLAVA132 | SLOVAKIA HAS NO PROBLEM WITH PROPOSED NATO [...] (U) DCM and German DCM Klaus-Jochen Richard Guhlke delivered the letter and proposed statement as per reftel to Karol Mistrik, Director of the Disarmament, OSCE and Counter Terrorism Department at the Slovak MFA on March 26. Mistrik had already received the letter and draft statement through N [...] | 2008-03-26 17:36:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL RS NATO KCFE MARR GG MD |
08BRUSSELS1345 | DAS MERKEL DISCUSSES RUSSIA, BELARUS, UKRAINE, [...] (C) Summary: Deputy Assistant Secretary David Merkel discussed Russia, Belarus, Ukraine, and Moldova with EU officials in Brussels August 24 and 25. EU officials discussed their expectations for an extraordinary European Council meeting on Georgia and Russia September 1. Just back from Mins [...] | 2008-08-29 14:16:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EUN OSCE UK RU BO MD GG |
08BRUSSELS23 | DAS KRAMER CONSULTS EU ON MOLDOVA [...] No summary [...] | 2008-01-07 14:48:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PBTS KINR EAID ECON EUN MD XH |
08BRUSSELS467 | BELGIUM ARTICULATES ITS POSITIONS GOING INTO [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a tour d'horizon on issues to be discussed at the Bucharest summit, Belgium's Political Director for Multilateral Affairs told PolCouns on March 27 that: (1) CFE must survive; Belgium (GOB) welcomed Acting U/S Fried's continued openness in dealing with Russia on its concerns [...] | 2008-03-28 16:31:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NATO MARR KFE RS GG MD BE |
08BUCHAREST561 | ROMANIA AND MOLDOVA: WARY NEIGHBORS, HESITANT [...] (C) SUMMARY: GOR interlocutors, including President Basescu, have made clear that prospects for concluding a border regime treaty between Romania and Moldova prior to parliamentary elections and the selection of a new Moldovan president are very low, even if there have been some limited posit [...] | 2008-07-11 14:22:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | MD PBTS PGOV PREL RO |
08BUCHAREST687 | BASESCU TELLS SEN. LUGAR ROMANIA FACING HARD [...] (C) President Traian Basescu told Senator Richard Lugar on August 27 that he fears that Russian recognition of South Ossetia and Abkhazia, coming in the wake of U.S./European recognition of Kosovo, has begun a process which threatens to unravel the existing international legal architecture and [...] | 2008-08-29 08:26:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ENRG ECON MD GG RS RO |
08CHISINAU100 | PARLIAMENT TO TAKE IRAQ TROOPS DECISION MID-FEBRUARY [...] (C) DATT and Pol/Econ Chief met February 1 with Iurie Stoicov, head of Moldova's Parliamentary Committee on Security Issues, to discuss Moldova's troop contributions to Iraq. DATT expressed the USG's appreciation for Moldova's continuing support to the coalition, and commented that Moldovan de [...] | 2008-02-01 14:21:00 | Embassy Chisinau | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS MD |
08CHISINAU1001 | MOLDOVA: FINANCING FOR DEVELOMENT [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-07 11:53:00 | Embassy Chisinau | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON EFIN PREL MD |
08CHISINAU1008 | PRESIDENT VORONIN WORRIED ABOUT POSSIBLE "INCIDENT" PROVOKED [...] (C) Summary: In an October 7 meeting President Voronin told DAS David Merkel that he was more concerned about Transnistria now than at any point in his presidency. Voronin believed that Russia wanted to take over the negotiating process to the exclusion of the other 5-plus-2 members. Russia [...] | 2008-10-09 05:46:00 | Embassy Chisinau | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS PINR RS MD |
08CHISINAU1016 | PRIME MINISTER DISCUSSES MOLDOVAN-U.S. [...] (C) Summary: During an October 8 meeting with DAS David Merkel, Prime Minister Zinaida Greceanii underlined the importance of moving forward on an MCC Compact agreement as soon as possible. Merkel discussed Moldova's trafficking in persons (TIP) efforts; the Prime Minister vowed the GOM woul [...] | 2008-10-09 15:06:00 | Embassy Chisinau | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON EAID KDEM MD |
08CHISINAU1017 | ECONOMY MINISTER DESCRIBES PROGESS AND [...] (C) Summary: During Ambassador Chaudhry's October 6 courtesy call on Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economy Igor Dodon, the Minister explained that the GOM had privatized over 90 percent of land and 80 percent of enterprises following independence. Since then Moldova had succeeded in [...] | 2008-10-10 05:47:00 | Embassy Chisinau | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EPET RS MD |
08CHISINAU1034 | SPEAKER LUPU DEFENDS ELECTION LAW [...] (C) Summary: In his first official meeting with the Ambassador on October 6, Parliamentary Speaker Marian Lupu said he expected that the upcoming (and last) session of the Parliament would review economic legislation and monitor implementation of judicial reform, but would leave the January [...] | 2008-10-14 15:12:00 | Embassy Chisinau | SECRET | PGOV KDEM PBTS RS MD |
08CHISINAU105 | Anti-Russian Christian Democrat Leader Also Critical of [...] (C) Summary: In a February 1 meeting with Ambassador Kirby, Christian Democrat (PPCD) leader Iurie Rosca sought assurances that the USG would not "guarantee" Moldovan neutrality. The Ambassador explained that the U.S. was not in a position to guarantee the neutrality of another sovereign nati [...] | 2008-02-04 13:36:00 | Embassy Chisinau | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PBTS KDEM MD |
08CHISINAU107 | MOLDOVANS, RUSSIANS AGREE TO NEUTRALITY LANGUAGE AS BASIS [...] (U) This is an action message. See para. 8. 2. (C) Summary: In a state of "cautious optimism" about his consultations in Moscow, Presidential Advisor Marc Tkaciuk described the outlines of a three-paragraph agreement on neutrality that Moldovan officials reached with their Russian counterp [...] | 2008-02-04 16:15:00 | Embassy Chisinau | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS MARR MD RU |
08CHISINAU1075 | MOLDOVA FM: SOLVING TRANSNISTRIA WOULD [...] (C) Summary: In an October 24 meeting with Ambassador, Foreign Minister Andrei Stratan underlined Moldova's European aspirations. The Ambassador noted that Moldova had to live up to European standards in democracy and development. Finding a settlement to the Transnistria problem would speed [...] | 2008-10-29 14:29:00 | Embassy Chisinau | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EU MD |
08CHISINAU1078 | EUROPEN COMMISSION HEAD DOWNBEAT ON [...] (C) Summary: 1. In an October 9 meeting with Ambassador Chaudhry, the head of he European Commission delegation to Moldova, Ceare de Montis, gave a disapproving assessment of political and economic developments in Moldova. He painted a generally negative picture of MoldoaQs prospects for rea [...] | 2008-10-31 08:27:00 | Embassy Chisinau | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PBTS MD |
08CHISINAU1079 | HUNGARY PLAYS ROLE ASSISTING MOLDOVA'S [...] (C) Summary: In an October 27 courtesy call, Hungarian Ambassador Gyorgy Varga discussed Hungary's active role in assisting Moldova's European integration. The Hungarian Ambassador favored a firm EU decision to bring Moldova into the EU club, and suggested giving Moldova associate member st [...] | 2008-10-31 08:31:00 | Embassy Chisinau | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EAID RS EU HU MD |
08CHISINAU1084 | TRANSNISTRIAN BORDER GUARDS REFUSE [...] (C) Summary: On November 3, Minister for Reintegration Vasile Sova convened the Ambassador to inform him about an incident that had taken place earlier that morning. Transnistrian "border" guards had denied President Voronin access to his home village of Corjova, a central-government-control [...] | 2008-11-03 15:43:00 | Embassy Chisinau | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PBTS MD |
08CHISINAU1085 | US AMBASSADORQS INITIAL MEETING WITH [...] (U) Summary: In an October 30 meeting, Ambassador Chaudhry and Minister of Defense Vitalie Vrabie discussed Moldova's peacekeeping activities, the signing of an MCC compact agreement, U.S. and Moldovan central government security engagement with Transnistria, and the purchase of Ministry [...] | 2008-11-03 15:48:00 | Embassy Chisinau | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR PBTS EU MD |
08CHISINAU1095 | UKRAINIAN AMBASSADOR ON BORDER DISPUTES AND [...] (C) Summary: In an October 28 meeting with Ambassador Chaudhry, Ukrainian Ambassador Serhiy Pirozhkov underscored his desire for close cooperation with the U.S. and coordination on 5- plus-2. He reviewed three troublesome issues in border delineation that remain unresolved irritants to Ukra [...] | 2008-11-06 14:37:00 | Embassy Chisinau | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PBTS UK MD |
08CHISINAU1100 | PRIME MINISTER GRECEANII POSITIVE ON TIP [...] (C) Summary: In a November 6 meeting, Ambassador Chaudhry explained the next steps on Trafficking in Persons (TIP) to Prime Minister Greceanii, who reacted positively and described changes in high-level GOM responsibilities for TIP. The PM was concerned that the MCC report card was a harbin [...] | 2008-11-07 14:20:00 | Embassy Chisinau | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM KTIP AMGT MD |
08CHISINAU1101 | COUNCIL OF EUROPE GROUP [...] (C) Summary: In an October 29 meeting Vladimir Ristovski, Special Representative of the Secretary General of the Council of Europe (COE) in Moldova, briefed the Ambassador about the recent visit of a Council of Europe delegation. Ristovski stated that overall the visiting group left with a [...] | 2008-11-07 14:21:00 | Embassy Chisinau | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EAID COE EU EUN MD |
08CHISINAU1106 | ODESSA 5-PLUS-2 DISCUSSES CONFIDENCE- [...] (C) Summary: At the informal 5-plus-2 meeting in Odessa November 8, European Union Special Representative Kalman Mizsei put forth a package of confidence-building measures, to be undertaken by Chisinau and Tiraspol. Though Minister for Reintegration Sova said he was ready to sign on to all [...] | 2008-11-12 15:43:00 | Embassy Chisinau | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PBTS MD |
08CHISINAU1107 | MOLDOVA RECEIVED DEMARCHE CONCERNING [...] No summary [...] | 2008-11-13 05:32:00 | Embassy Chisinau | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP MNUC IR GM PREL PARM EFIN MD |
08CHISINAU1108 | MOLDOVA: 2008-2009 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS [...] Summary: Moldova continues to grow as a drug- transit country and drug-related crime rates continue to increase. In 2008, Moldovan law enforcement seized unprecedented quantities of heroin and cocaine. Moldova does not produce a significant amount of narcotics or precursor chemicals. Despi [...] | 2008-11-13 07:26:00 | Embassy Chisinau | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR MD |
08CHISINAU112 | BUDGET LOSSES RESULT IN PERSONAL PROFITS [...] (SBU) Summary: One of the issues that will be on the agenda in any comprehensive Transnistrian (TN) peace settlement will be the resumption of railway traffic. TN authorities recently presented a railroad initiative, which appears to be a response to President Voronin's October 2007 proposal t [...] | 2008-02-06 05:49:00 | Embassy Chisinau | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PBTS ELTN PINR MD |
08CHISINAU1126 | MOLDOVA: 2008-2009 INTERNATIONAL [...] No summary [...] | 2008-11-19 14:44:00 | Embassy Chisinau | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN SNAR KCRM KTFN ASEC MD |
08CHISINAU113 | MOLDOVA'S ECONOMY RESILIENT IN 2007 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Moldova's economy remained resilient in 2007, overcoming the negative impacts of Russian trade bans, higher tariffs for natural gas and a devastating drought. Although GDP growth was less than forecast (below 4 percent) and inflation was higher than projected (13.1 percent),for [...] | 2008-02-06 14:14:00 | Embassy Chisinau | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PGOV MD |
08CHISINAU1144 | ECONOMIC MINISTER DESCRIBES MINIMAL [...] (C) Summary: During Ambassador Chaudhry's November 13 meeting with Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economy, Igor Dodon, the Minister explained that the global financial crisis had not affected Moldova initially. Moldova might face the return of some citizens working abroad in the EU a [...] | 2008-11-21 12:39:00 | Embassy Chisinau | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EPET RS MD |
08CHISINAU1155 | AMBASSADOR PRODS CORRUPTION CZAR ON [...] (C) Summary: In a November 21 meeting, Ambassador Chaudhry pushed Deputy Prime Minister Valentin Mejinschi to change the selection process for the Civilian Monitoring Board (CMB) that was created to monitor the Center for Combating Economic Crimes and Corruption (CCECC). He also updated Mej [...] | 2008-11-28 10:52:00 | Embassy Chisinau | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR MD |
08CHISINAU1156 | ECONOMIC MINISTER DISCUSSES ACQUISITION [...] (C) Summary: On November 13 Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economy, Igor Dodon, and U.S. Ambassador Asif J. Chaudhry met to discuss the acquisition of a five-hectare site located at 28 Vasile Lupu for a New Embassy Compound (NEC) for the USG. The GOM had suggested this five- hectare [...] | 2008-11-28 10:52:00 | Embassy Chisinau | CONFIDENTIAL | ABLD MD |
08CHISINAU1158 | MOLDOVA RECEIVED DEMARCHE CONCERNING [...] No summary [...] | 2008-11-28 13:47:00 | Embassy Chisinau | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL UNGA IS PA LE SY MD |
08CHISINAU1159 | MOLDOVA RECEIVED DEMARCHE CONCERNING [...] No summary [...] | 2008-11-28 13:48:00 | Embassy Chisinau | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EAGR TBIO EAID PGOV MD |
08CHISINAU1160 | MOLDOVA RECEIVED DEMARCHE CONCERNING U.S. [...] No summary [...] | 2008-11-28 13:49:00 | Embassy Chisinau | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MNUC PARM PREL UNGA MD |
08CHISINAU1161 | MOLDOVA RECEIVED DEMARCHE CONCERNING [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-01 05:59:00 | Embassy Chisinau | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN KTFN PTER PREL UNSC PINR MD |
08CHISINAU1168 | CHISINAU MAYOR COMPLAINS TO AMBASSADOR [...] (C) Summary: In a November 25 meeting, Chisinau Mayor Dorin Chirtoaca complained to Ambassador Chaudhry about central government use of the Termocom heating issue to try to embarrass him, stated his implacable opposition to unrepentant Communists, and agreed to cooperate with the Embassy on [...] | 2008-12-03 13:08:00 | Embassy Chisinau | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR AMGT MD |
08CHISINAU1206 | MEETING THE TRANSNISTRIANS IN TIRASPOL [...] (C) Summary: During his first working visit to Transnistria on November 24, Ambassador Chaudhry met separately with "President" Smirnov, Speaker Shevchuk, and Acting "Foreign Minister" Yastrebchak, and held a press conference with local media. The visit combined initial courtesy calls with [...] | 2008-12-09 13:44:00 | Embassy Chisinau | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PBTS MD |
08CHISINAU123 | FEW OUTSTANDING ISSUES BLOCK MOLDOVAN-ROMANIAN BORDER AND [...] (C) Summary: Treaty specialists from the MFA Legal Department and the Romanian DCM explained Moldovan and Romanian views of the outstanding issues on the draft border and political treaties currently under negotiation. Only minor differences in wording remain. If the political will existed on [...] | 2008-02-08 10:46:00 | Embassy Chisinau | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS MD RO |
08CHISINAU1235 | Ambassador Presses Senior Presidential [...] (C) Summary: In a December 8 meeting, Ambassador Chaudhry pressed senior presidential advisor Sergiu Stati to end GOM harassment and renew the work and residence permit of National Democratic Institute (NDI) Country Director Alex Grigorievs. Stati said the issue would be solved in a few day [...] | 2008-12-15 14:01:00 | Embassy Chisinau | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PBTS PINR MD |
08CHISINAU1246 | MOLDOVA: 2008 COUNTRY REPORT ON TERRORISM [...] Moldova is not a safe haven for terrorists or terrorist groups. No acts of international terrorism of major significance have occurred in Moldova. Moldova is not designated as a state sponsor of terrorism. The Moldovan government continued to manage its counterterrorism strategy based on M [...] | 2008-12-22 06:49:00 | Embassy Chisinau | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER ASEC MD |
08CHISINAU1257 | LOCAL AND INTERNATIONAL REACTIONS RELIEVE PRESSURE ON PRO [...] (SBU) Summary: The Audiovisual Coordinating Council decided on December 19 to extend the broadcasting license of PRO TV and 11 other media outlets to an undetermined date after the upcoming elections. The decision recognized that any action taken against these media would be viewed as politic [...] | 2008-12-22 13:12:00 | Embassy Chisinau | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM MD |
08CHISINAU1258 | Urechean's Implausible Presidential [...] (C) Summary: In a December 17 meeting with Ambassador Chaudhry, Our Moldova Alliance (AMN) party leader Serafim Urechean criticized his political enemies, lamented Moldova's decline under Voronin's rule, predicted his own election as president in the 2009 elections (despite ruling- party dir [...] | 2008-12-22 14:15:00 | Embassy Chisinau | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PBTS PINR MD |
08CHISINAU1260 | IURIE ROSCA CLAIMS DEATH THREATS [...] (C) Summary: As part of a series of courtesy calls on political party leaders, the Ambassador met on December 17 with Iurie Rosca, chairman of the People's Christian Democratic Party (PPCD). In a rambling 2-1/2 hour long meeting, Rosca described his fundamental political position opposing Rus [...] | 2008-12-23 12:54:00 | Embassy Chisinau | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PBTS MD |
08CHISINAU1266 | TRANSNISTRIAN PARLIAMENT PASSES BILL TO FACILITATE [...] (SBU) Summary: The Transnistrian Supreme Soviet passed a bill on December 19, 2008, providing for a simplified travel regime for foreign diplomats. According to the new law, diplomats accredited in Chisinau would be able to travel to Transnistria without prior notification or coordination with [...] | 2008-12-24 09:16:00 | Embassy Chisinau | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PBTS PGOV PHUM MD |
08CHISINAU127 | CHANGING THE ELECTION COMMISSION, AND THE RULES OF THE [...] (SBU) Summary: Unhappy with opposition party dominance of the Central Electoral Commission (CEC),the ruling Communist Party may be planning to take legal measures to ensure itself a dominant position in the electoral-administration body for the 2009 parliamentary elections. Revising existing [...] | 2008-02-11 05:45:00 | Embassy Chisinau | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV MD |
08CHISINAU1270 | MOLDOVA NOT PLEASED WITH ITS PLACEMENT IN [...] (SBU) Summary: Moldova is unhappy with a European Commission offer that puts it on the path to closer ties to the EU, but only in association with other CIS countries. On December 3, the European Commission officially proposed an Eastern Partnership to promote upgraded political and economi [...] | 2008-12-29 08:16:00 | Embassy Chisinau | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV EUN MD |
08CHISINAU1273 | GLOBAL ECONOMIC CRISIS IN MOLDOVA [...] Summary: Moldova's underdeveloped banking sector and stock market and the absence of speculative capital have enabled the country to avoid any initial shock from the global economic crisis. Quite the opposite, the country is set to finish 2008 with seven percent GDP growth and record high l [...] | 2008-12-30 08:22:00 | Embassy Chisinau | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EAGR EINV EFIN ETRD PGOV KTDB MD |
08CHISINAU1277 | THE CHANGING NATURE OF TRAFFICKING IN [...] (SBU) Summary: Two of Moldova's most experienced anti-TIP activists met Ambassador Chaudhry on December 19. They described subtle but profound changes in the methods used to recruit and trap victims of trafficking, and the challenges that these "kinder, gentler" methods posed to police and [...] | 2008-12-31 10:00:00 | Embassy Chisinau | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTIP PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM MD |
08CHISINAU130 | MORE TRANSNISTRIAN LEGAL TRADE IN 2007 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Throughout 2007 the Government of Moldova (GOM) honored its commitment to facilitate legal Transnistrian (TN) trade. The GOM's final 2007 TN trade data document increases in certified exports and imports, increases in the numbers of companies registered with Chisinau, and increa [...] | 2008-02-11 12:18:00 | Embassy Chisinau | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PBTS PREL PGOV ETRD OSCE MD |
08CHISINAU132 | VORONIN: LOTS OF TALK, NO TRACTION ON TRANSNISTRIA [...] (C) Summary: On February 12, the Ambassador met with President Voronin and, separately, with Foreign Minister Andrei Stratan to discuss Transnistria (TN),Article 98, relations with Romania and Ukraine, and the upcoming Gagauzia parliamentary elections. Voronin discussed Moldovan neutrality a [...] | 2008-02-13 10:03:00 | Embassy Chisinau | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PBTS EAID MARR MD RO UP |
08CHISINAU134 | PROPOSALS FOR G/TIP FUNDING [...] (SBU) Summary: In response to the Solicitation for Proposals received by email from the Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking (G/TIP),Embassy Chisinau has reviewed and vetted three proposals, from the International Organization for Migration (IOM),La Strada, and Winrock International. Po [...] | 2008-02-13 12:33:00 | Embassy Chisinau | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SMIG KCRM KWMN PGOV PHUM PREL OPRC MD |
08CHISINAU151 | MOLDOVA: TROUBLE ON THE DANUBE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Progress at the port of Giurgiulesti, Moldova's sole access to the Danube River, continues with the construction of additional berths for unloading bulk cargo and grains, and a grain storage facility. In 2007, the port's oil terminal opened, receiving the first shipment of gasol [...] | 2008-02-14 12:21:00 | Embassy Chisinau | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EWWT PGOV MD |
08CHISINAU171 | MOLDOVA: CHISINAU CAUGHT IN A COMMUNIST TRAP [...] (C) SUMMARY: The opposition-controlled Chisinau municipal government is struggling with the decision of its Communist Party (PCRM) predecessor to increase and subsidize heating tariffs for all residents of the capital city. Although the current Chisinau city council attempted to cancel these [...] | 2008-02-21 08:37:00 | Embassy Chisinau | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV PREL MD |
08CHISINAU172 | MOLDOVA FACES KOSOVO DILEMMA OVER TRANSNISTRIA ANALOGY: [...] (SBU) Summary: The Government of Moldova (GOM) and all major parties reacted to Kosovo's proclamation of independence with concerns that the analogy of Kosovo might be applied to Transnistria. Tiraspol authorities gladly accepted Kosovo's independence and said it should be a precedent for the [...] | 2008-02-21 12:18:00 | Embassy Chisinau | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PBTS PNAT PREL PGOV MD |
08CHISINAU174 | SCENE-SETTER FOR PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS IN MOLDOVA'S [...] (SBU) Summary: Legislative elections in Moldova's autonomous region of Gagauzia have been scheduled for March 16. Lack of funding has created uncertainty about whether the elections may have to be cancelled, but Gagauz leaders are still working on reaching an agreement with the central govern [...] | 2008-02-21 14:47:00 | Embassy Chisinau | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KDEM PREL MD |
08CHISINAU175 | MOLDOVA: EIGHTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) REPORT [...] (U) Responses are keyed to questions in ref A, which requests post's contribution to the eighth annual Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report. 2. (SBU) Summary: Anti-TIP efforts in the Republic of Moldova mostly were undertaken by NGOs and international organizations (IOs),primarily because [...] | 2008-02-21 14:52:00 | Embassy Chisinau | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV KWMN ELAB SMIG KFRD KCRM PREF MD |
08CHISINAU190 | TRANSNISTRIAN BUDGET BATTLE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On February 20, the Transnistrian (TN) Supreme Soviet (parliament) voted to override the Executive's partial veto of the 2008 budget law (reftel). The Supreme Soviet stood firm on measures which limit the Executive, forcing the transfer of revenues generated by ministries and ex [...] | 2008-02-25 08:35:00 | Embassy Chisinau | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PBTS PGOV PREL MD |
08CHISINAU191 | CHANGE IN CUBA: MOLDOVA WILL DELIVER PRO FORMA NOTE OF [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-25 13:09:00 | Embassy Chisinau | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EU CU MD |
08CHISINAU211 | RECALL OF MOLDOVAN AMBASSADOR TO UN REFLECTS POLITICAL [...] (U) On February 27, the Cabinet recalled Ambassador Alexei Tulbure, Moldova's Permanent Representative to the United Nations. Though the ambassador was appointed only 18 months ago, Deputy Foreign Minister Kistruga, who attended the Cabinet meeting, told the press it was just a regular rotation [...] | 2008-02-29 12:26:00 | Embassy Chisinau | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR UN MD |
08CHISINAU214 | NO CURRENT PARLIAMENTARY DECISION ON IRAQ TROOPS; MOLDOVA [...] (C) Pol/Econ Chief and DATT met February 29 with Iurie Stoicov, head of Moldova's Parliamentary Committee on Security Issues, to discuss Moldova's troop contributions to Iraq and inquire about planning for 2009. As requested by Ref A, we raised the question of Moldova's possibilities for parti [...] | 2008-02-29 14:04:00 | Embassy Chisinau | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS MD |
08CHISINAU221 | MOLDOVA SUPPORTS UNSCR 1803 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-04 09:36:00 | Embassy Chisinau | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP MNUC PARM IR MD |
08CHISINAU222 | MOLDOVA SUPPORTS U.S. VIEWS ON IAEA DG REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-04 09:37:00 | Embassy Chisinau | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP MNUC PARM IR IAEA MD |
08CHISINAU223 | MOLDOVA SUPPORTS U.S. POSITION ON IAEA BRIEFING [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-04 09:37:00 | Embassy Chisinau | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP MNUC PARM IAEA IR MD |
08CHISINAU248 | RELIGIOUS LEADERS GATHER AT AMBASSADOR'S RESIDENCE [...] (SBU) Summary: At the second annual reception in honor of religious freedom on February 28, leaders of 11 religious groups networked on social and spiritual issues, described bureaucratic barriers to registration, and appreciated the venue (the Ambassador's residence),while regretting that ecu [...] | 2008-03-06 07:56:00 | Embassy Chisinau | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL KIRF MD |
08CHISINAU249 | PRESIDENT REJECTS DUAL-CITIZENSHIP BAN FOR PUBLIC OFFICIALS: [...] (C) Summary: To the surprise of many, President Voronin sent back to Parliament the draft law banning public officials from holding dual (read Moldovan and Romanian) citizenship. Most observers believe that Voronin, as the prime mover of the bill, had come to understand that the law would invo [...] | 2008-03-06 08:20:00 | Embassy Chisinau | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM MD |
08CHISINAU262 | Shevchuk Wants MCC Roadwork Project; while Litskai Too Ill [...] (C) SUMMARY: Transnistrian Speaker Shevchuk expressed strong interest in the proposed MCC road reconstruction projects, which would make an important contribution to the Transnistrian transportation corridor linking Chisinau and the west with Ukraine. Sheriff Company Director Ilya Kazmaly comp [...] | 2008-03-07 16:07:00 | Embassy Chisinau | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PBTS PINR EAID ETRN MD |
08CHISINAU264 | TERRORISM FINANCE, ABU GHADIYAH--MOLDOVA WILL BLOCK AND [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-11 11:10:00 | Embassy Chisinau | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN KTFN PTER ETTC PREL UNSC IZ SY MD |
08CHISINAU267 | Gagauzia Facing 3-Way Legislative Race on March 16 [...] (C) SUMMARY: A March 3 pre-electoral visit to Gagauzia found the administration still scrambling to solve the problem of funding the March 16 elections for the Gagauz People's Assembly. Gagauz Governor (Bashkan) Mikhail Formuzal hoped to prove to the population that Gagauzia could solve its p [...] | 2008-03-11 11:51:00 | Embassy Chisinau | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PINR MD |
08CHISINAU268 | MOLDOVA: AVIAN INFLUENZA AND TRANSNISTRIA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: USDA'S Foreign Agricultural Service has approved funding for a targeted technical assistance project on Avian Influenza (AI) in the Transnistrian (TN) region of Moldova. Although we face political constraints, TN officials are receptive to the idea, acknowledging that they are no [...] | 2008-03-11 12:04:00 | Embassy Chisinau | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EAGR KFLU TBIO MD |
08CHISINAU270 | MOLDOVAN LEU UP AGAINST THE U.S. DOLLAR [...] (SBU) The Moldovan Leu (MDL) continues its steady appreciation against the USD. On March 11, the National Bank of Moldova's (NBM) official exchange rate (set for accounting purposes) was MDL 10.9357 per USD and MDL 16.7924 per Euro. Year-on-year the MDL has appreciated 16.7 percent against th [...] | 2008-03-11 13:58:00 | Embassy Chisinau | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AFIN ECON EFIN PGOV MD |
08CHISINAU272 | GOM WILLING TO BUY ELECTRICITY FROM TRANSNISTRIA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Minister of Industry Vladimir Antosii said that the Moldovan Government (GOM) was willing to buy electricity from Transnistria (TN) and that price, not politics, would drive any future decision to do so. Antosii confirmed that Moldova's contract with Ukraine for supplies of elect [...] | 2008-03-12 12:12:00 | Embassy Chisinau | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ENRG PGOV PREL PBTS MD |
08CHISINAU295 | Gagauz Legislative Elections Go Well [...] (SBU) Summary: With international observers and a strong American contingent watching widely and carefully, March 16 elections for the 161 candidates contesting 35 positions in the Gagauz autonomous region's People's Assembly proceeded for the most part without incident. Problems that did occ [...] | 2008-03-17 15:29:00 | Embassy Chisinau | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV KDEM MD |
08CHISINAU304 | AMBASSADOR ENCOURAGES OPPOSITION LEADERS TO COOPERATE ON [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-19 12:35:00 | Embassy Chisinau | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PBTS MD |
08CHISINAU305 | AMBASSADOR ENCOURAGES OPPOSITION LEADERS TO COOPERATE ON [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Kirby met leaders of the three largest opposition parties to discuss recent 3+2 talks in Vienna and to discuss a future, acceptable settlement on Transnistria. The Ambassador shared his view that any durable solution would require broad political support, including tha [...] | 2008-03-19 14:42:00 | Embassy Chisinau | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PBTS MD |
08CHISINAU306 | MOLDOVA: ECONOMIC SQUEEZE NON-COMMUNIST LEADERS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Over the past several months, the Communist Party of Moldova (PCRM) seems to have used economic pressure to punish and hamper the ability of non-Communist leaders to govern. Demanding payment for historic debts incurred by a Communist predecessor and manipulating the non-transpare [...] | 2008-03-19 15:23:00 | Embassy Chisinau | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MD |
08CHISINAU307 | Moldovan Prime Minister Resigns, Cabinet Dismissed [...] (C) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Tarlev resigned March 19 and as a result the cabinet resigned as required by Moldovan law. Reportedly, Tarlev only learned about his resignation this morning when President Voronin asked him to resign. President Voronin presented Tarlev with a government award to [...] | 2008-03-19 16:25:00 | Embassy Chisinau | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PINR MD |
08CHISINAU312 | AMBASSADOR GETS POSITIVE RESPONSE FROM MINISTER OF JUSTICE [...] (C) Summary: In a March 19 meeting on religious freedom with the Minister of Justice, Ambassador Kirby received a positive response to our concerns, and promises that the Ministry would set up a roundtable with religious leaders and publish templates for registration procedures. Pirlog frequen [...] | 2008-03-20 07:38:00 | Embassy Chisinau | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL KIRF PINR MD |
08CHISINAU314 | MINISTER OF JUSTICE ENCOURAGING ON ARTICLE 98 [...] (C) Summary: Moldovan Minister of Justice Vitalie Pirlog told us on March 19 that he was optimistic about Moldova's signing Article 98. Working-level meetings on March 20 confirm the optimism, but concerns about Moldova's inter-agency process and EU reaction remain. End summary. 2. (C) A [...] | 2008-03-20 11:16:00 | Embassy Chisinau | CONFIDENTIAL | KICC MARR PREL PGOV MD |
08CHISINAU315 | COMMUNIST PARTY MODERNIZES, CAREFULLY [...] (C) Summary: Moldova's Communist Party held a congress which stressed unity, modernizing gradualism, and ideological tweaks to its policies. Decentralized seating, open sessions, and a mild condemnation of Soviet practices, added some interest to what was otherwise a dull event. The more int [...] | 2008-03-20 14:05:00 | Embassy Chisinau | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM MD |
08CHISINAU324 | NEW PRIME MINISTER GRECEANII: SOMEONE WE CAN WORK WITH [...] (C) Summary: On March 21, President Voronin nominated First Deputy Prime Minister Zinaida Greceanii to be Prime Minister. She will present her cabinet and program within 15 days, and easily win a Parliamentary vote of confidence. We look forward to working with her, with all her paradoxes. [...] | 2008-03-21 13:30:00 | Embassy Chisinau | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MD |
08CHISINAU34 | CHRISTMAS TREE FIGHT DERAILS MOLDOVAN GOVERNMENT [...] (C) Summary: An ecumenical outreach by the Government of Moldova (GOM),which the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and European Integration planned to propose to Prime Minister Tarlev, was thwarted by the Christmas Tree fight (ref A) between the GOM and Chisinau's city government, and by an atmosp [...] | 2008-01-11 12:36:00 | Embassy Chisinau | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KIRF KDEM PINR MD |
08CHISINAU358 | Gagauz Legislative Elections Conducted Reasonably Well in [...] (SBU) Summary: Three Embassy teams monitored the March 30 runoff elections for the 17 undecided seats for the 35-seat Gagauz People's Assembly. In most constituencies, voters cast their secret ballots in well-run polling stations, but two victories could have been won with the aid of suspect [...] | 2008-04-01 13:27:00 | Embassy Chisinau | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV KDEM MD |
08CHISINAU369 | NEW MOLDOVAN CABINET: FEW CHANGES, WITH AN EMPHASIS ON [...] (C) This contains an information request for Embassy London. Please see para. 5. 2. (C) Summary: The new 20-member Moldovan cabinet of Prime Minister Zinaida Greceanii, approved by Parliament on March 31, contains 14 holdovers from the Tarlev administration, five new ministers in establish [...] | 2008-04-02 12:07:00 | Embassy Chisinau | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MD |
08CHISINAU370 | REINTEGRATION MINISTER AGREES FIVE-PLUS-TWO REQUIRES CBM'S [...] (C) Summary: Minister of Reintegration Sova agreed with the Ambassador that a successful "long Five-plus-Two" requires preparation, confidence-building measures (CBM's),and goals. While drawing red lines on troop withdrawal and the integrity of the state, he declared himself flexible and read [...] | 2008-04-02 12:10:00 | Embassy Chisinau | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MD |
08CHISINAU371 | VORONIN PLEASED WITH BUSH'S SUPPORT OF MOLDOVAN SOVEREIGNTY [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Kirby met with President Voronin on April 2 to review the Bucharest NATO Summit, an Article 98 agreement, a Moldovan contingent to Iraq, and the resignation of the NATO Information and Documentation Center head. Voronin didn't lose this opportunity to reiterate Moldova [...] | 2008-04-02 12:20:00 | Embassy Chisinau | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MD |
08CHISINAU372 | MOLDOVA'S NEW ANTI-MONEY LAUNDERING LAW [...] (C) SUMMARY: In July 2007, in response to concerns from the international community about insufficient anti-money laundering (AML) safeguards in the Government of Moldova's (GOM) tax and capital amnesty law, Parliament adopted USG-drafted amendments and a new, modern AML law. The GOM and regu [...] | 2008-04-02 12:30:00 | Embassy Chisinau | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PREL PGOV MD |
08CHISINAU379 | AMBASSADOR RECEIVES SOS MESSAGE FROM AMN'S URECHEAN [...] (C) Summary: Our Moldova Alliance (AMN) leader Serafim Urechean reiterated his self-anointing as the leader of the opposition, dodged discussion of the new Prime Minister, and speculated on his chances of doing well enough in 2009 elections to attract the Christian Democrats and the Democratic [...] | 2008-04-03 11:45:00 | Embassy Chisinau | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL PINR MD |
08CHISINAU39 | MOLDOVA 2008 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] Embassy Chisinau submits the 2008 Investment Climate Statement in response to reftel. Openness to Foreign Investment ------------------------------ 2. Moldova continues to take steps toward developing a stronger economy, reforming a cumbersome regulatory framework, combating corruption a [...] | 2008-01-15 12:34:00 | Embassy Chisinau | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN ETRD PGOV KTDB OPIC USTR MD |
08CHISINAU396 | MOLDOVA WILL PUT PROLIFERATORS ON ITS LISTS [...] No summary [...] | 2008-04-07 13:27:00 | Embassy Chisinau | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP MNUC UNSC IR MD |
08CHISINAU398 | AMBASSADOR MEETS VLAD FILAT, HEAD OF NEW PARTY WITH HIGH [...] (C) Summary: Leader of the six-month-old Liberal Democratic Party (PLDM) Vlad Filat briefed Ambassador Kirby on the PLDM's attractiveness to the politically uninvolved, his plans for 2009 parliamentary elections, and his promotion of a referendum to change presidential and parliamentary electio [...] | 2008-04-08 12:11:00 | Embassy Chisinau | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL PINR MD |
08CHISINAU399 | MOLDOVA: WHEN VORONIN CALLED SMIRNOV [...] (SBU) On Monday, April 7 the Presidential press office publicly confirmed that President Vladimir Voronin had telephoned Transnistrian (TN) leader Igor Smirnov earlier that day. This phone call, the first direct contact the two leaders have had in years, represents an historic breakthrough. A [...] | 2008-04-08 15:05:00 | Embassy Chisinau | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PBTS PGOV PREL MD |
08CHISINAU400 | NEW PRIME MINISTER GRECEANII - A VOTE FOR REFORM [...] (C) Summary: In an April 8 meeting with the new Prime Minister Zinaida Greceanii, the Ambassador expressed his confidence that her appointment was a vote for reform. The two discussed the new government, President Voronin's progress with Transnistrian leader Smirnov and trafficking in persons [...] | 2008-04-09 14:31:00 | Embassy Chisinau | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PBTS NATO MD |
08CHISINAU401 | FM STRATAN: SEES PROGRESS ON TRANSNISTRIA; IS UNHAPPY ABOUT [...] (C) Summary: In an April 8 meeting with the Ambassador Foreign Minister Stratan discussed President Voronin's recent phone call to Transnistrian leader Smirnov, the NATO Summit, resignation of the NATO Documentation center leader and the EU Action Plan. The Ambassador asked whether the GOM wo [...] | 2008-04-09 14:35:00 | Embassy Chisinau | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PBTS NATO MD |
08CHISINAU416 | DAS MERKEL AND AMBASSADOR DISCUSS TRANSNISTRIA, MCC, [...] (C) Summary: On April 14, in a meeting with Minister of Foreign Affairs and European Integration Andrei Stratan, DAS David Merkel discussed possibilities for a Transnistrian settlement, and warned against locking in neutrality. He encouraged Moldova to make progress on MCC, Article 98, and bo [...] | 2008-04-16 14:19:00 | Embassy Chisinau | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PBTS MD |
08CHISINAU417 | PRESIDENT VORONIN PUSHING FORWARD ON TRANSNISTRA SETTLEMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: In an April 14 meeting with DAS David Merkel and the Ambassador, President Voronin focused predominantly on Transnistria, underlining repeatedly that settling this conflict was Moldova's most pressing issue. Voronin said he had presented proposals for confidence-building measures [...] | 2008-04-16 14:25:00 | Embassy Chisinau | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PBTS ECON MD |
08CHISINAU418 | FIRST QUARTER TRANSNISTRIAN TRADE GROWS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Government of Moldova's (GOM) Transnistrian (TN) trade data show significant increases in certified exports (+30%) and imports (+22%) documented by the Moldovan Customs Service (MCS) in the first quarter. Since January, 26 more TN companies have registered with Chisinau, inc [...] | 2008-04-16 14:48:00 | Embassy Chisinau | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PGOV PBTS ETRD MD |
08CHISINAU419 | MOLDOVA: DAS MERKEL'S MEETING WITH PRIME MINISTER [...] (C) SUMMARY: In an April 14 meeting with Prime Minister Zinaida Greceanii, DAS David Merkel expressed the USG's continued support for Moldova and a resolution to the Transnistrian (TN) conflict, noted Greceanii's positive reputation in Washington and Brussels as a reformer, and thanked her for [...] | 2008-04-16 14:53:00 | Embassy Chisinau | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PBTS ECON MD |
08CHISINAU427 | MOLDOVA: GAZPROM INCREASES GAS PRICES [...] (C) SUMMARY: On April 15, the Moldovan national energy regulator (ANRE) confirmed that Gazprom had increased the price of natural gas supplied to Moldova from USD 191 per thousand cubic meters (tcm) to USD 213 per tcm, an 11% increase. ANRE also noted that consumer tariffs would not increase [...] | 2008-04-17 13:32:00 | Embassy Chisinau | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV PBTS ENRG MD |
08CHISINAU428 | AMBASSADOR GETS POSITIVE RESPONSE ON TIP FROM DEPUTY PM [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Kirby's April 16 meeting with Deputy Prime Minister Victor Stepaniuc resulted in promises of closer cooperation on anti-trafficking in persons (TIP) efforts and better Government reporting on crime and punishment statistics. End summary. 2. (C) Victor Stepaniuc, ap [...] | 2008-04-17 14:01:00 | Embassy Chisinau | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KWMN PINR MD |
08CHISINAU434 | MD WILL DISCUSS RUSSIAN "MECHANISMS" IN ABKHAZIA AND SOUTH [...] No summary [...] | 2008-04-21 12:31:00 | Embassy Chisinau | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL GG RS MD |
08CHISINAU438 | MOLDOVA SEES NO BARRIER TO SIGNING US-EU PRISONERS OF [...] No summary [...] | 2008-04-23 05:56:00 | Embassy Chisinau | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EUN PHUM PREL MD |
08CHISINAU457 | Supporting Democracy and Human Rights Activists [...] In response to questions raised in reftel, post notes that we have not encountered democracy and human rights activists from un-free nations who are living in exile, or seeking asylum, in Moldova. We cooperate, regularly and frequently, with Moldovan democracy and human rights activists in the [...] | 2008-04-30 11:14:00 | Embassy Chisinau | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL MD |
08CHISINAU466 | THE WORLD ACCORDING TO SMIRNOV [...] (C) Summary: Transnistrian (TN) "president" Igor Smirnov took advantage of the April 30 meeting, the first with an American Ambassador to Moldova since 2001, to declaim Transnistria's Russianness and separateness from Moldova, to expound on Transnistrians' distrust of Moldovan President Voroni [...] | 2008-05-02 13:28:00 | Embassy Chisinau | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EAID MD |
08CHISINAU467 | MOLDOVA SUPPORTS U.S. NPT GOALS [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-02 13:40:00 | Embassy Chisinau | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG KNNP MNUC PARM PREL NPT IAEA MD |
08CHISINAU469 | UPDATE ON FORCED AND CHILD LABOR IN MOLDOVAN GOODS [...] According to figures from the Moldovan Labor Inspection Unit (LIU),collected by ILO in Chisinau, no cases of forced labor, including forced child labor, were discovered in Moldova in 2006 or 2007. However, of 371 cases of child labor investigated in 2007, 73 involved no violations, and 298 [...] | 2008-05-02 14:07:00 | Embassy Chisinau | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI MD |
08CHISINAU48 | TRANSNISTRIAN BUDGET AND RUSSIAN AID: POLITICAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: The gap between Transnistria's (TN) legislature (Supreme Soviet) and President Igor Smirnov widened further, as the Supreme Soviet reduced appropriations for the Executive in the 2008 budget. Speaker Yevgeny Shevchuk and his Obnovlenie (Renewal) party continue to ascend, enjoying [...] | 2008-01-17 09:48:00 | Embassy Chisinau | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV PBTS PREL MD |
08CHISINAU49 | TRANSNISTRIAN BUDGET AND RUSSIAN AID: POLITICAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: The gap between Transnistria's (TN) legislature (Supreme Soviet) and President Igor Smirnov widened further, as the Supreme Soviet reduced appropriations for the Executive in the 2008 budget. Speaker Yevgeny Shevchuk and his Obnovlenie (Renewal) party continue to ascend, enjoying [...] | 2008-01-17 09:48:00 | Embassy Chisinau | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV PBTS PREL MD |
08CHISINAU496 | TN SUPPORTS WORKING GROUPS NOT FULL PACKAGE [...] (C) Summary: In a May 7 meeting, Charge Keiderling and P/E Chief Daria Fane met Transnistrian (TN) "Deputy Foreign Ministers" Yastrebchak and Simonenko to discuss TN participation in the working groups and USG assistance. The Transnistrians complained about one-sided discussions in the working [...] | 2008-05-08 15:11:00 | Embassy Chisinau | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PBTS EAID PINR MD |
08CHISINAU497 | SOVA ON THE WORLD OF SMIRNOV [...] (C) Summary: Charge d'Affaires Keiderling and P/E Chief Daria Fane met with Minister for Reintegration Vasile Sova and Reintegration Vice Minister Ion Stavila on May 1 to brief them on Ambassador Kirby's April 30 meeting with Transnistrian (TN) "President" Igor Smirnov (reftel). Sova said tha [...] | 2008-05-08 15:16:00 | Embassy Chisinau | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PBTS PINR MD |
08CHISINAU508 | MOLDOVA: APPLICATION FOR OPIC FINANCE [...] (SBU) The Western NIS Enterprise Fund (WNISEF),established by the U.S. Congress, is well and favorably known to the Embassy. FinComBank, a leading universal bank, has 14 branches and 35 offices in Moldova, and over 74,000 clients. WNISEF acquired 25 percent of FinComBank in late 2007. In [...] | 2008-05-13 08:01:00 | Embassy Chisinau | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV MD |
08CHISINAU510 | MOLDOVA SEES NO PROBLEM WITH VOTING FOR HULEBAK AT THIS [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-13 09:44:00 | Embassy Chisinau | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ECON ETRD TRIO KPAO PREL MD |
08CHISINAU511 | MOLDOVA WILL REPORT ON UNSCR 1803 COMPLIANCE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-13 14:30:00 | Embassy Chisinau | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN AORC ETRD TRGY KNNP UNSC IR MD |
08CHISINAU522 | MOLDOVA RECEIVES INVITATION TO TALINN MEETING OF GLOBAL [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-19 14:22:00 | Embassy Chisinau | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PTER KGIC PREL MD |
08CHISINAU523 | MOLDOVA RECEIVES INVITATION TO FRIENDS OF IRAQ CONFERENCE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-20 05:50:00 | Embassy Chisinau | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR MOPS OTRA PREL MD |
08CHISINAU524 | MOLDOVAN SOCIETY FAILS GAY PRIDE TOLERANCE TEST [...] (SBU) Summary: Some 400-500 representatives of Moldovan Christian groups, veterans of Afghan and Transnistrian wars and radical skinheads blocked attempts to hold a gay pride march in Chisinau on May 11. Under the terms of a recently adopted law with liberal provisions on public assembly, th [...] | 2008-05-20 05:50:00 | Embassy Chisinau | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM MD |
08CHISINAU535 | AFTER RUSSIA'S BAN: MOLDOVAN WINE FLOWING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Bolstered by the resolution of the Russian wine ban, Moldovan wine exports were up three-fold in the first quarter of 2008 compared with 2007. Exports to Ukraine and Belarus, which increased substantially in 2007, continue to grow. Preferential trade access granted by the EU p [...] | 2008-05-21 13:49:00 | Embassy Chisinau | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV MD |
08CHISINAU536 | MOLDOVA RECEIVES THE PRESIDENT'S GLOBAL FOOD SECURITY [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-21 14:14:00 | Embassy Chisinau | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EAGR EAID ECON TBIO MD |
08CHISINAU537 | MOLDOVA RECEIVES REQUEST TO END FOOD STAPLE EXPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-21 14:16:00 | Embassy Chisinau | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EAGR ECON TBIO MD |
08CHISINAU538 | LARGEST OPPOSITION RALLY EVER IN TRANSNISTRIA [...] (SBU) Summary: On May 17, some 2,000-3,000 people gathered in central Tiraspol to protest rising prices of food and utilities. The demonstrators adopted a resolution calling for Smirnov's dismissal and demanding early elections. The rally was organized by the Transnistrian Communist Party and [...] | 2008-05-22 05:44:00 | Embassy Chisinau | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PBTS PGOV PHUM MD |
08CHISINAU539 | CUBA OP-ED PLACED IN MOLDOVAN PRESS [...] (U) Embassy Chisinau supported the U.S. effort to promote peaceful democratic change in Cuba by placing the Op-Ed "Day of Solidarity with the Cuban People" in the local press. 2. (U) Ambassador Kirby's signed Op-Ed "Day of Solidarity with the Cuban People" was featured in "Flux" newspape [...] | 2008-05-22 05:45:00 | Embassy Chisinau | UNCLASSIFIED | KDEM PHUM PREL EUN CU MD |
08CHISINAU552 | MOLDOVA RECEIVES REQUEST RELATED TO THE CONVENTION ON [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-27 08:40:00 | Embassy Chisinau | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP TRGY ENRG KSTC IAEA PARM MD |
08CHISINAU553 | NEW NATIONAL SECURITY CONCEPT PASSES WITH A NARROW [...] (SBU) Summary: Moldova's new National Security Concept (NSC) passed in Parliament on May 22. The document provides for neutrality as the cornerstone of Moldova's national security. Unlike the previous 1995 version, the new document focuses more on social and economic threats to national secur [...] | 2008-05-27 09:53:00 | Embassy Chisinau | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PINS PBTS PARM PREL PTER PGOV MD |
08CHISINAU554 | MOLDOVA IS INCLINED TO SUPPORT SWING AS IOM DIRECTOR [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-27 10:34:00 | Embassy Chisinau | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PREF SMIG AORC MD |
08CHISINAU556 | MOLDOVA AND ROMANIA RESUME TALKS ON BORDER ISSUES [...] (SBU) Summary: Moldova and Romania resumed talks on the Border and Framework Treaties on May 14-15. These discussions are influenced by debates over the Local Border Traffic Convention proposed by Romania, which would establish a visa-free travel regime for residents of a 30-km zone along the [...] | 2008-05-28 12:42:00 | Embassy Chisinau | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PBTS PREL PGOV MD RO |
08CHISINAU564 | NEW MOLDOVAN FINANCE MINISTER WANTS TO CUT SPENDING [...] (C) SUMMARY: Moldova's new Finance Minister, Mariana Durlesteanu, a reformer appointed by Prime Minister Greceanii, faces the challenge of rising inflation and an opaque budget process. A non-partisan technocrat, she wants to balance the government's budget and rationalize expenditures accord [...] | 2008-05-30 13:03:00 | Embassy Chisinau | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV PHUM MD |
08CHISINAU579 | UKRAINE AND MOLDOVA SOLVE THAT DAM PROBLEM [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Moldova and Ukraine reached a settlement on the disputed ownership of the Novodnestrovsk hydroelectric power plant, which spans the Dniester River and partially sits on Moldovan territory. In return for Chisinau's recognition of Ukraine's full ownership of the power plant, Kyi [...] | 2008-06-03 10:43:00 | Embassy Chisinau | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PBTS PREL ENRG ECON UA MD |
08CHISINAU580 | New Opposition Party Alleges High Levels of Intimidation [...] (SBU) Summary: The National Liberal Democratic Party of Moldova (PLDM),established in January, has accused the ruling Party of Communists of harassment, and the Christian Democrats and Democratic Party of false charges of corruption and member-buying. End Summary. 2. (SBU) Sniping began [...] | 2008-06-04 12:14:00 | Embassy Chisinau | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KDEM MD |
08CHISINAU583 | MOLDOVA RECEIVES NON-PAPER REGARDING IAEA'S LATEST REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-04 14:10:00 | Embassy Chisinau | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP MNUC PARM IR IAEA MD |
08CHISINAU585 | Moldova Deputy PM Promises Action and Cooperation on TIP [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-05 09:29:00 | Embassy Chisinau | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV PREL ELAB KCRM MD |
08CHISINAU602 | MINISTER OF REINTEGRATION ON 3 PLUS 2 MEETING, OSTROVSKY [...] (C) Summary. Ambassador Kirby met with Minister of Reintegration Vasile Sova on May 29 to review progress on confidence-building measures. Sova shared details about his meeting with Russian Duma deputy Aleksei Ostrovsky. Sova stressed that the 5 plus 2 format was the only way to resolve the [...] | 2008-06-06 14:46:00 | Embassy Chisinau | CONFIDENTIAL | PBTS PGOV PREL RS MD |
08CHISINAU619 | MOLDOVA RECEIVES REFTEL TALKING POINTS ON U.S. DOMESTIC [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-13 14:33:00 | Embassy Chisinau | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTFN EFIN PTER ETTC PREL PINR UNSC BA QA MD |
08CHISINAU620 | EMBASSY CHISINAU INPUT FOR OSCE HUMAN DIMENSION MEETING [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-13 14:34:00 | Embassy Chisinau | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM OSCE KDEM PREL MD |
08CHISINAU625 | LEFT-BANK COMMUNIST PARTY MOUNTS NEW PROTEST DEMONSTRATIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: The Pridnestrovie (Transnistria) Communist Party is facing opposition from Transnistrian authorities in its attempts to demonstrate in favor of the dismissal of Transnistrian "President" Smirnov and the holding of new elections. While Transnistrian demonstrators have mustered i [...] | 2008-06-16 11:25:00 | Embassy Chisinau | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PBTS PGOV PHUM MD |
08CHISINAU634 | MOLDOVA RECEIVES UPDATED COPY OF P5-plus-1 PACKAGE FOR [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-17 10:09:00 | Embassy Chisinau | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP MNUC PARM IR MD |
08CHISINAU637 | MOLDOVA RECEIVES TALKING POINTS ON DESIGNATION OF NAMES [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-18 13:16:00 | Embassy Chisinau | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN KTFN ETTC PTER PREL CVIS KVPR MD |
08CHISINAU639 | NEW PRO-RUSSIA PARTY LEAST LIKELY TO SUCCEED [...] (SBU) Summary: A new pro-Russian political party in Moldova is promoting identity politics and Soviet nostalgia. Despite high-level support, it may be too late on the scene, and too ethnically centered, to establish itself as a significant player before the March 2009 parliamentary elections. [...] | 2008-06-18 13:23:00 | Embassy Chisinau | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM MD |
08CHISINAU645 | MOLDOVA RECEIVED TALKING POINTS ON U.S. DOMESTIC [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-19 12:45:00 | Embassy Chisinau | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTFN EFIN PTER ETTC PREL PINR UNSC KU MD |
08CHISINAU663 | SOVA URGES MCC ROADS IN TRANSNISTRIA [...] (C) Summary: Minister for Reintegration Vasile Sova urged the USG to move ahead with including Transnistrian (TN) roads in the Moldovan MCC compact. Sova said the biggest disappointment for TN "President" Smirnov would be a U.S. decision to finance these roads. Such a decision could turn t [...] | 2008-06-24 12:57:00 | Embassy Chisinau | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PBTS PINR KMCA MD |
08CHISINAU67 | MOST TRANSNISTRIANS HOLD MOLDOVAN PASSPORTS [...] (SBU) Summary: On January 16 the Government of Moldova adopted a decree prolonging until July 1 the free issuance of internal passports for Transnistrian residents. Since free issuance was introduced in 2005, an additional hundred thousand TN residents have signed up for citizenship papers. T [...] | 2008-01-25 12:29:00 | Embassy Chisinau | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PBTS MD |
08CHISINAU677 | MOLDOVA RECEIVES DEMARCHE ON VENEZUELA-BASED HIZBALLAH [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-27 09:45:00 | Embassy Chisinau | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTFN EFIN PTER ETTC PREL PINR UNSC VE LE MD |
08CHISINAU68 | TRANSNISTRIAN POLITICAL ECONOMY: THE CASE OF MMZ [...] (C) SUMMARY: Despite the economic and political challenges of doing business in Transnistria (TN),Moldova Metal Works (MMZ) managed to produce a record volume of steel in 2007. The case of MMZ highlights the complicating role that economic interests play in negotiating a resolution to the TN [...] | 2008-01-25 14:44:00 | Embassy Chisinau | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PBTS PGOV PREL MD |
08CHISINAU687 | TRANSNISTRIAN 5-PLUS-2 NEGOTIATOR LITSKAI OUT [...] (SBU) Transnistrian and Russian press have reported that Transnistrian "Foreign Minister" Valery Litskai has been temporarily replaced by his First Deputy Vladimir Yastrebchak, who was officially named "Acting Foreign Minister" on June 26. Yastrebchak had informally begun assuming Litskai's du [...] | 2008-07-01 07:11:00 | Embassy Chisinau | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PBTS PREL PGOV PINR MD |
08CHISINAU690 | MiG JETFIGHTERS: PASAT CASE RISES FROM THE ASHES [...] (SBU) Summary: Former Minister of Defense Valeriu Pasat could be in the dock again in July, after the Supreme Court quashed his July 2007 acquittal in the case of Pasat's allegedly illegal sale of MiG 29s to the U.S. The court's decision, and a dissenting opinion, both criticized the 2007 dec [...] | 2008-07-01 08:52:00 | Embassy Chisinau | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MASS PINR PGOV MD |
08CHISINAU707 | MOLDOVA RECEIVES DEMARCHE ON HUMAN RIGHTS [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-03 08:43:00 | Embassy Chisinau | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC UN NGO PHUM MD |
08CHISINAU71 | SOVA: READY FOR NEXT STEPS AFTER VORONIN'S MEETING [...] (C) SUMMARY: Apparently, no major Transnistria (TN) initiatives flowed from the January 21-22 Putin-Voronin talks in Moscow. Minister Sova recently talked twice with Transnistrian "Foreign Minister" Litskai, who confidentially warned Sova that Smirnov or his inner circle may stage a provocat [...] | 2008-01-28 10:58:00 | Embassy Chisinau | CONFIDENTIAL |