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| 00HARARE3029 |
INTERNATIONAL EXPERTS REPORT "SYSTEMATIC" TORTURE [...] (C) SUMMARY: AN INTERNATIONAL TEAM OF MEDICAL EXPERTS TOLD DIPLOMATS JUNE 5, FOLLOWING A FACT-FINDING MISSION, THAT THEY HAD FOUND "CLEAR OBJECTIVE EVIDENCE OF SYSTEMATIC TORTURE" IN ZIMBABWE THAT IS ELECTION-RELATED. AFTER EXAMINING TEN PURPORTED VICTIMS OF PHYSICAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL TORTU [...] |
2000-06-07 10:28:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL EU ZI |
| 00HARARE3098 |
ZIMBABWEAN ELECTION MONITORS EXPRESS CONCERN ABOUT [...] (C) SUMMARY: DOMESTIC ELECTION MONITORS HAVE EXPRESSED SERIOUS CONCERN ABOUT THE GOVERNMENT'S DECISION THAT UN ACCREDITATION OF INTERNATIONAL ELECTION OBSERVERS WILL BE APPROVED BY AN INTER-MINISTERI AL GOVERNMENT BODY, RATHER THAN BY THE ELECTORAL SUPERVISORY COMMISSION (ESC), AS HAS BEEN T [...] |
2000-06-09 07:30:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ZI PREL KDEM EAID EU |
| 00HARARE3166 |
UN PULLS OUT OF ELECTION PROCESS; CONFUSION OVER [...] (C) SUMMARY: THE UN ANNOUNCED AT A DONORS' MEETING JUNE 9 THAT IT WAS WITHDRAWING ITS ELECTORAL SUPPORT UNIT. THE UN CITED THREE REASONS: CHANGES IN ELECTORAL REGULATIONS GIVING A GOZ BODY CONTROL OVER ACCREDITATION FOR INTERNATIONAL OBSERVERS, WHICH THE UN HAD PLANNED TO COORDINATE; A NOTE [...] |
2000-06-13 15:56:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM EAID PHUM ZI EU |
| 00HARARE3482 |
EU INTERIM REPORT ON ELECTIONS TAKES A TOUGH STANCE [...] SUMMARY: THE EUROPEAN UNION OBSERVER MISSION ISSUED AN INTERIM STATEMENT ON ZIMBABWE'S JUNE 24-25 PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS AT MIDNIGHT ON JUNE 25-26. THE REPORT COVERS THE PRE-ELECTION PERIOD AND THE VOTING; A LATER REPORT WILL COVER THE VOTE COUNT AND THE POST-ELECTION PERIOD. THE EU DETE [...] |
2000-06-26 14:39:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM PGOV ZI EU ZANU PF |
| 01ABUJA2686 |
TFUS01: NIGERIA: EU TROIKA'S CALL ON THE [...] (C) On October 16, the EU Troika (the Belgian and Spanish Ambassadors, and Head of the European Commission Delegation), called on Ambassador Jeter to discuss ongoing events in Nigeria in light of September 11 and the coalition response in Afghanistan. 2. (C) Belgian Ambassador Jozef Smets [...] |
2001-10-20 08:19:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL OFDP ASEC EU NI |
| 02AMMAN4063 |
JORDAN WILL SUPPORT SPANISH-MOROCCAN UNDERSTANDING [...] (C) On July 23, A/Polcouns delivered reftel points on the Spanish-Moroccan Understanding to Ali Al-Ayed, Personal Aide to Foreign Minister Muasher. Al-Ayed said that Jordan agreed fully with the U.S. view and would do what it could to support efforts to resolve the issue. Gnehm [...] |
2002-07-23 15:06:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MO SP EU XF JO |
| 02ANKARA7974 |
EURODIPLOMATS IN ANKARA SAY TURKEY'S EU CANDIDACY [...] (C) Summary: EU-member-state diplomats in Ankara say the EU is headed toward offering Turkey a conditional date for accession talks, possibly in January 2004. Our contacts say Germany holds the key; local German diplomats agree Berlin feels under pressure not to block Turkey's candidacy. UK a [...] |
2002-11-06 15:14:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EU TU |
| 02HANOI3028 |
EU HUMAN RIGHTS DIALOGUE WITH VIETNAM [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: THE EU, REPRESENTED BY THE TROIKA AMBASSADORS, HELD A HUMAN RIGHTS DIALOGUE WITH THE GVN IN HANOI ON DECEMBER 5 (REF A). MORE THAN A DOZEN GVN OFFICIALS PARTICIPATED, INCLUDING REPRESENTATIVES OF THE MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS (MFA), MINISTRY OF PUBLIC SECURITY (MPS), AND M [...] |
2002-12-19 09:51:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL KIRF EU VM ETMIN HUMANR |
| 02HARARE204 |
LAST-MINUTE GOZ RESPONSE TO EU ULTIMATUM [...] (C) THE GOZ SUBMITTED A LETTER FROM FOREIGN MINISTER MUDENGE TO THE EU IN HARARE AT 8:00 P.M. ON JANUARY 18, JUST HOURS BEFORE EXPIRATION OF THE ONE-WEEK DEADLINE IMPOSED BY THE EU DURING ITS JANUARY 11 ARTICLE 96 CONSULTATIONS WITH A MUDENGE-LED GOZ DELEGATION. THE LETTER WAS NOT SIGNED BY [...] |
2002-01-22 14:01:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM ZI EU |
| 02ROME1 |
IDENTIFYING FOOD NEEDS IN AFGHANISTAN: NOW [...] SUMMARY. U.S. MISSION/ROME OFFICERS MET ON FRIDAY, DECEMBER 28 WITH THE U.N. WORLD FOOD PROGRAM (WFP) ASSISTANT EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR (AED) AND DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS, MOHAMMED ZEJJARI. AS WINTER FOOD NEEDS IN AFGHANISTAN ARE BEING MET BY WFP'S CURRENT OPERATION (ALMOST 120,000 TONS DISPATCHED [...] |
2002-01-02 05:28:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EAGR AORC PREF EU WFPO UN AFGHANISTAN |
| 02ROME1011 |
LIBERIA: INSECURITY COUPLED WITH FOOD [...] USAID STAFF FROM THE U.S. MISSION IN ROME AND FOOD FOR PEACE/WASHINGTON TRAVELED TO GUINEA, SIERRA LEONE, AND LIBERIA JANUARY 27 THROUGH FEBRUARY 7 TO REVIEW THE FOOD SECURITY SITUATION FOR REFUGEES, INTERNALLY DISPLACED PERSONS (IDPS), AND RESIDENTS OF THESE COMMUNITIES HAVE BEEN AFFECTED BY [...] |
2002-02-26 16:27:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EAGR AORC PREF EU WFP UN |
| 02ROME1251 |
ITALIAN DEFENSE MINISTER ON ISAF/OEF PARTICIPATION [...] (C) SUMMARY. ITALY MAY EXTEND ITS PARTICIPATION IN ISAF UNTIL LATE JUNE IF REQUESTED, ACCORDING TO FRANCESCO GRECO (PROTECT), DIPLOMATIC ADVISOR TO DEFENSE MINISTER ANTONIO MARTINO. GRECO CONFIRMED COMMENTS MARTINO MADE TO THE PRESS DURING A RECENT TRIP TO VISIT ITALIAN TROOPS IN THE PERSIAN [...] |
2002-03-11 11:38:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | EU IT MARR MOPS PARM PREL AFGHANISTAN |
| 02ROME134 |
REACTION TO DECEMBER 28 DECREE TO [...] SUMMARY. CONFAGRICOLTURA, ONE OF ITALY'S LEADING FARMER ORGANIZATIONS, TOLD AG MINCOUNSELOR THAT IT HAS A COMMITMENT FROM AGMINISTER ALEMANNO TO INTRODUCE A TOLERANCE OF 0.3-0.5 PERCENT FOR ADVENTITIOUS PRESENCE IN CORN AND SOYBEAN SEEDS FOR PLANTING SHOULD THE ITALIAN SEED CERTIFICATION AS [...] |
2002-01-10 08:05:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ETRD EU IT ICSCA |
| 02ROME1457 |
ITALIAN WHITE PAPER ON AGRICULTURAL [...] SUMMARY: AN UNDATED WHITE PAPER ENTITLED "TRANSGENIC ORGANISMS AND AGRICULTURE: A TIME FOR CHOICES" WAS PUT INTO CIRCULATION IN ITALY AFTER MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE GIANNI ALEMANNO PRESENTED AN OUTLINE OF THIS STRATEGY AT AN AGRICULTURAL FAIR IN THE SECOND WEEK OF MARCH. THIS PAPER RECOUNTS TH [...] |
2002-03-21 15:48:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ETRD SENV EU IT ICSCA |
| 02ROME19 |
WFP PLANS TO ASSIST THE AFGHAN PRIMARY SCHOOL AND [...] AS A MAJOR COMPONENT OF ITS NEXT EMERGENCY (EMOP) OPERATION APPEAL (FROM APRIL THROUGH DECEMBER 2002), WFP IS PLANNING FOOD ASSISTANCE FOR 270,000 PRIMARY SCHOOL STUDENTS, FOOD AID FOR TRAINING 50,000 TEACHERS, ASSISTANCE TO 75,000 ENROLLED IN NON-FORMAL EDUCATION ACTIVITIES, AND FOOD-FOR-WORK [...] |
2002-01-02 15:15:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EAGR AORC PREF EU WFP UN AFGHANISTAN |
| 02ROME1962 |
ITALY WON'T FORCE IRAN WTO ACCESSION ISSUE [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT. ITALY STRONGLY DISAGREES WITH USG POLICY ON IRAN'S POTENTIAL ACCESSION TO THE WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION BUT DOES NOT INTEND TO PUSH THE EU TO FORCE THE ISSUE AT THE MAY 13 WTO GENERAL COUNCIL MEETING OR THEREAFTER, ACCORDING TO MFA'S WTO COORDINATOR. ALTHOUGH THE ITAL [...] |
2002-04-19 17:32:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETRD EU IT WTO |
| 02ROME2030 |
AFGHAN TRANSIT TRADE AGREEMENT AND USE OF PORT BIN [...] WFP'S INTERNATIONAL CARGO SURVEYOR IN KARACHI SUGGESTS THAT THE 1965 AFGHAN TRANSIT TRADE AGREEMENT BE AMENDED TO INCLUDE PORT BIN QASIM. THIS MODERN PAKISTANI PORT FACILITY, BUILT IN THE MID-1970S, COULD HELP FACILITATE MOVEMENT OF MATERIAL FOR THE AFGHAN RECONSTRUCTION EFFORT. END SUMMARY. [...] |
2002-04-26 07:12:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EAGR AORC PREF EU WFP UN AFGHANISTAN |
| 02ROME241 |
BERLUSCONI,S FOREIGN POLICY ADDRESS: ITALY REMAINS [...] (C) IN HIS JANUARY 14 FOREIGN POLICY SPEECH BEFORE PARLIAMENT, PRIME MINISTER BERLUSCONI AGAIN EMPHASIZED ITALY'S SOLID SUPPORT FOR AND COMMITMENT TO REMAIN WITHIN EUROPE. HE COMMENDED THE EURO AND REAFFIRMED THAT ITALY'S FOREIGN POLICY WOULD NOT EXPERIENCE A SEA CHANGE DURING HIS TIME AT T [...] |
2002-01-15 17:07:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM ECON EU IT ITALIAN POLITICS |
| 02ROME274 |
MFA VIEW ON FOREIGN POLICY IMPLICATIONS OF RUGGIERO'S DEPARTURE AND THE GOI'S ROLE IN EU REFORM AND THE CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION [...] (C) SUMMARY: THE MFA'S DIRECTOR FOR EU INSTITUTIONAL AND JUDICIAL AFFAIRS, GIUSEPPE BUCCINO, REITERATED TO POLOFF THAT THERE WILL BE NO/NO MAJOR CHANGES IN ITALY'S EUROPEAN POLICY. PM BERLUSCONI SEES NO CONTRADICTION IN PROTECTING AND ADVANCING BOTH NATIONAL AND COMMON EUROPEAN INTERESTS. T [...] |
2002-01-17 15:39:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | EU IT PGOV PINR PREL |
| 02ROME2862 |
GOI TO NAME SPECIAL COORDINATOR FOR CYPRUS; WILL [...] (C) SUMMARY: ON JUNE 10, THE ITALIAN MFA'S DIRECTOR GENERAL FOR EUROPEAN AFFAIRS, MAURIZIO MORENO, AND DIRECTOR FOR SOUTHERN EUROPE, GIOVANNI RICCIULI, TOLD SPECIAL CYPRUS COORDINATOR TOM WESTON THAT ITALY WOULD APPOINT ITS OWN SPECIAL ENVOY FOR CYPRUS, SOMEONE OF APPROPRIATE RANK AND [...] |
2002-06-12 17:01:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL CY GR IT TU EU EUN |
| 02ROME3006 |
KEY ADVISOR TO EU PARLIAMENTARIAN ON EU FINANCIAL [...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. SEE PARAGRAPH SIX. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. THE EU'S FINANCIAL SERVICES ACTION PLAN (FSAP) REPRESENTS A GIANT STEP FORWARD FOR EUROPE, ARGUED ALESSANDRO MARIA POGGIALI, A SENIOR ADVISOR TO EU PARLIAMENTARIAN, RENATO BRUNETTA. WITH DETAILS OF THIS ACTION EMERGING FR [...] |
2002-06-19 14:32:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EU IT |
| 02ROME303 |
CONCERNS VOICED ON THE U.N. WORLD FOOD [...] SUMMARY. U.S. MISSION/ROME OFFICERS MET ON THURSDAY, JANUARY 17 WITH THE U.N. WORLD FOOD PROGRAM (WFP) ASSISTANT EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR (AED) AND DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS, MOHAMED ZEJJARI TO EXPRESS U.S. CONCERNS ABOUT THE SOON TO BE RELEASED NEW EMERGENCY OPERATION (EMOP) FOR AFGHANISTAN. THE PR [...] |
2002-01-21 10:49:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EAGR AORC PREF EU WFPO UN AFGHANISTAN |
| 02ROME3313 |
GOI VIEWS ON FUTURE OF EU; PREPARATIONS FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: ON JULY 3, THE CHIEF OF THE MFA'S OFFICE FOR EU INSTITUTIONAL ISSUES, GUISEPPE BUCCINO, EXPRESSED TO POLOFF HIS CONCERNS ABOUT PROGRESS, OR THE LACK THEREOF, ON CRITICAL EU INSTITUTIONAL REFORMS. HE IS STILL HOPEFUL THAT THE CONVENTION DOCUMENT CAN BE COMPLETED BY THE END OF THE [...] |
2002-07-05 16:05:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EU IT EUN |
| 02ROME3390 |
ITALY SPLIT ON BIOTECH TRACEABILITY AND LABELING, [...] THIS IS AN ACTION MESSAGE FOR DEPT.; SEE PARA 8. ESTCOUNS MET WITH MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT EU AFFAIRS OFFICERS ON MAY 30 TO DISCUSS THE EU PROPOSALS FOR TRACEABILITY AND LABELING OF GMO EVENTS, AND TO DISCUSS ITALIAN VIEWS TOWARD EU CHEMICALS REFORM. 2. FINDING THE RIGHT GOI MINISTRY WITH [...] |
2002-07-10 13:27:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EU EAGR |
| 02ROME42 |
AGRICULTURE MINISTER ORDERS SEED [...] SUMMARY. THE ITALIAN MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE ORDERED THE NATIONAL SEED CERTIFICATION ENTITY (ENSE) TO PROVIDE BY JANUARY 12 ASSESSMENT OF THE AVAILABILITY OF GMO-FREE SOY AND CORN SEEDS FOR PLANTING. TO CONSIDER AN EXPANSION OF THE POTENTIAL SOURCES OF NON-GM SEEDS FOR THE 2002 PLANTING SEA [...] |
2002-01-03 14:28:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ETRD EU IT ICSCA |
| 02ROME4208 |
WFP ACTIONS TO PREVENT SEXUAL ABUSE AND [...] WORLD FOOD PROGRAM (WFP) IS ACTIVELY IMPLEMENTING THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE UNICEF-OCHA TASK FORCE ON PROTECTION FROM SEXUAL EXPLOITATION AND ABUSE IN HUMANITARIAN CRISES, AS AGREED TO BY THE UN INTER-AGENCY STANDING COMMITTEE (IASC) ON JUNE 20. A WFP-INTERNAL ACTION PLAN HAS BEEN FINALIZED [...] |
2002-08-29 10:53:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF AORC EU EAGR WFP UN |
| 02ROME4238 |
ARTICLE 98 AND AFGHANISTAN DEPLOYMENT: [...] (C) CHARGE FOLLOWED UP ARTICLE 98 DEMARCHE (REFS) IN HIS INITIAL CALL ON PRIME (AND FOREIGN) MINISTER BERLUSCONI'S DIPLOMATIC ADVISER, GIANNI CASTELLANETA, AUGUST 30. CASTELLANETA EXPRESSED APPRECIATION FOR THE INFORMATION ALREADY PROVIDED, FROM WHICH HE HAD DRAWN IN WORKING OUT THE GOI'S APPR [...] |
2002-08-30 16:06:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | EU IT MOPS PGOV PHUM PREL KICC AFGHANISTAN |
| 02ROME4341 |
COMMUNITY OF DEMOCRACIES: ITALIANS WAIT FOR EU [...] (U) ITALY WILL AWAIT THE RESULTS OF SEPT. 11 DISCUSSION AT CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 ROME 04341 061232Z THE EU CFSP HUMAN RIGHTS WORKING GROUP BEFORE MAKING ANY DECISIONS ABOUT FINANCIAL SUPPORT FOR THE UPCOMING COMMUNITY OF DEMOCRACIES MINISTERIAL, INCOMING MFA HU [...] |
2002-09-06 12:11:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PREL EU EUN |
| 02ROME4735 |
ETHIOPIAN DROUGHT - SUSTANTIVE FOOD DEFICITS [...] USMISSION/ROME HUMANITARIAN ATTACHE VISITED ETHIOPIA SEPTEMBER 16-20, AND TRAVELED IN DROUGHT AFFECTED WOREDAS OF EAST AND WEST HARARGE REGION. ASSESSMENTS OF THIS AREA, IN ADDITION TO TIGRAY, WOLLO AND THE SOUTHERN REGION - SHOW A SERIOUS EMERGENCY SITUATION DEVELOPING AS THE MAJOR (MEHER) CR [...] |
2002-09-30 14:36:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID AORC PREF EAGR EU WFP UN |
| 02ROME4756 |
ERITREAN MAIN CROP SEASON DROUGHT - DIFFICULT TIMES [...] USMISSION/ROME HUMANITARIAN ATTACHE VISITED ERITREA SEPTEMBER 20-26, AND TRAVELED EXTENSIVELY IN DROUGHT AFFECTED REGIONS. PROSPECTS FOR THE CURRENT MAIN "KIREMTI" HARVEST CROPS AND REGENERATION OF PASTURES ARE POOR FOLLOWING SEVERE AND PROLONGED DROUGHT CONDITIONS IN THE COUNTRY'S MOST GRAIN [...] |
2002-10-02 05:13:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID AORC PREF EAGR EU WFP UN |
| 02ROME4937 |
GREEK VIEWS ON MARGIN OF PREFERENCE [...] SUMMARY: ON OCTOBER 3 AGATTACHE AND AGSPECIALIST MET WITH MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURAL POLICY DIVISION SECRETARY GENERAL KORAKAS DG SARROS AND TWO OTHER MINAG EMPLOYEES RESPONSIBLE FOR THE DIVISION OF ARABLE CROPS TO DISCUSS GREECE'S POSITION ON THE MARGIN OF PREFERENCE (MOP). GREECE WILL LIKEL [...] |
2002-10-09 15:29:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ETRD EU IT ICSCA |
| 02ROME5058 |
AMBASSADOR TONY P. HALL IN ZIMBABWE - "NO FAMINE - [...] A TEAM LED BY AMBASSADOR TONY HALL VISITED ZIMBABWE OCTOBER 08-11 AND FOUND ZIMBABWE SLOUCHING TOWARD A MAJOR HUMANITARIAN DISASTER. NEARLY HALF THE COUNTRY'S POPULATION IS NOW CLASSIFIED BY THE UN AS SERIOUSLY FOOD INSECURE (6.7 MILLION). WHILE EXACERBATED BY SUB-NORMAL RAINFALL THIS YEAR, TH [...] |
2002-10-17 09:20:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID AORC PREF EAGR EU WFP UN |
| 02ROME5133 |
AMBASSADOR TONY P. HALL IN MALAWI - "THE JOURNEY IS [...] A TEAM LED BY AMBASSADOR TONY HALL VISITED MALAWI OCTOBER 11-13 AND FOUND THAT RELIEF PROGRAMS TO ALLEVIATE HUNGER AND THE SEVERE FOOD SHORTAGE ARE PROGRESSING WELL, ALTHOUGH THE NEED TO EXPAND AND ACCELERATE OPERATIONS REMAINS AS MORE AND MORE HOUSEHOLDS GO WITHOUT FOOD. NEARLY THIRTY PERCENT [...] |
2002-10-22 06:49:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID AORC PREF EAGR EU WFP UN |
| 02ROME5236 |
DEEPENING HUMANITARIAN CRISIS IN COTE [...] ON FRIDAY, OCTOBER 25, THE U.N. WORLD FOOD PROGRAMS PLANS TO LAUNCH A REGIONAL EMERGENCY OPERATION (EMOP) TO ADDRESS THE CURRENT AND POSSIBLE FUTURE NEEDS DEVELOPING AS A RESULT OF THE DEEPENING HUMANITARIAN CRISIS IN COTE D'IVOIRE. THE EMOP WILL COVER THE PERIOD NOVEMBER 1, 2002 THROUGH JAN [...] |
2002-10-25 13:33:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EAGR AORC PREF EU WFP UN |
| 02ROME5255 |
GOI BRIEFS USEU AMB SCHNABEL ON EU PRESIDENCY [...] (U) THIS IS A JOINT USEU/EMBASSY ROME CABLE. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (C) IN PREPARATION FOR ITALY,S PRESIDENCY OF THE EU DURING THE SECOND HALF OF 2003, U.S. AMBASSADOR TO THE EU ROCKWELL SCHNABEL PAID INTRODUCTORY CALLS ON ITALIAN MFA SECRETARY GENERAL GIUSEPPE BALDOCCI AND GIOV [...] |
2002-10-28 08:15:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON EFIN IR TU EU EAGR IT |
| 02ROME5308 |
THIRD REGULAR SESSION OF THE WORLD FOOD PROGRAM [...] THE BOARD SESSION TOOK PLACE AGAINST THE BACKDROP OF EVER- INCREASING EMERGENCY NEEDS (PARTICULARLY IN AFRICA) AND HOW BEST TO PROVIDE THE NECESSARY LEVEL OF RESOURCES TO ENSURE AN ADEQUATE LEVEL OF EMERGENCY FUNDING FOR WFP. 2. ON DONATIONS OF BIOTECH FOODS, THE BOARD TOOK NOTE OF THE WFP [...] |
2002-10-30 07:22:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EAGR AORC PREF KUNR EU WFP UN |
| 02ROME5324 |
WFP'S SURGING FOOD AID REQUIREMENTS FOR 2003 - [...] WFP'S PROJECTED 2003 NEEDS (ALL PROJECTS AND OPERATIONS) ARE ESTIMATED AT 5.3 MILLION TONS (MTS). EMERGENCY OPERATIONS ARE FORECASTED TO REQUIRE 2.6 MILLION MTS, EXCLUDING NORTH KOREA, WESTERN SAHEL REGION AND COTE D'IVOIRE WHERE ASSESSMENTS ARE STILL IN PROGRESS. PROJECTED REQUIREMENTS FOR PR [...] |
2002-10-31 07:27:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EAGR AORC PREF KUNR EU WFP UN |
| 02ROME5360 |
WESTERN SAHARAN REFUGEES IMPERILED BY LACK OF FOOD [...] AMBASSADOR WILLIAM SWING, SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE OF THE UN SECRETARY-GENERAL FOR MINURSO (UN MISSION FOR THE REFERENDUM IN WESTERN SAHARA) ADDRESSED WFP'S DONORS ON OCTOBER 25. HE UNDERLINED THAT THE LACK OF FOOD AID AND INSUFFICIENT FUNDING PRESENTLY THREATEN SOME 155,000 WESTERN SAHARAN (SAH [...] |
2002-10-31 15:27:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID AORC PREF EAGR EU WFP UN |
| 02ROME5421 |
LIBERIA: WFP ADDRESSES A GROWING NUMBER OF [...] USAID STAFF FROM THE U.S. MISSION IN ROME AND FOOD FOR PEACE/WASHINGTON TRAVELED TO GUINEA, LIBERIA, AND SENEGAL SEPTEMBER 29 THROUGH OCTOBER 9 TO REVIEW THE FOOD SECURITY SITUATION FOR REFUGEES, INTERNALLY DISPLACED PERSONS (IDPS), AND RESIDENTS UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 03 [...] |
2002-11-06 15:23:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EAGR AORC PREF EU WFP UN |
| 02ROME544 |
WFP MONITORING - STUDY UNDERTAKEN BY THE ROYAL [...] A FIVE COUNTRY STUDY OF ONGOING WORLD FOOD PROGRAM OPERATIONS, UNDERTAKEN BY THE ROYAL DANISH MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS, CONCLUDES THAT: WFP HAS STRENGTHENED THE QUALITY OF ITS OPERATIONS; THERE IS A CLEAR ROLE FOR CAREFULLY TARGETED DEVELOPMENT FOOD AID INTERVENTIONS; IN- KIND FOOD AID SHOU [...] |
2002-02-05 13:22:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EAGR AORC PREF EU WFP UN EUEAID |
| 02ROME5454 |
REFUGEE NUMBERS IN GUINEA'S FOREST REGION [...] USAID STAFF FROM THE U.S. MISSION IN ROME AND FOOD FOR PEACE/WASHINGTON TRAVELED TO GUINEA, LIBERIA, AND SENEGAL SEPTEMBER 29 THROUGH OCTOBER 9 UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 03 ROME 05454 01 OF 10 071545Z TO REVIEW THE FOOD SECURITY SITUATION FOR REFUGEES, INTERNALLY D [...] |
2002-11-07 14:35:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EAGR AORC PREF EU WFP UN |
| 02ROME5511 |
GERMAN GOVERNMENT (BMZ) PROPOSES AN EXTERNAL [...] THE GERMAN MINISTRY OF ECONOMIC COOPERATION AND DEVELOPMENT (BMZ) HAS PROPOSED AN INDEPENDENT EVALUATION OF WFP'S DEVELOPMENT PORTFOLIO AND EXPRESSED THE WISH THAT THE EVALUATION BE CONDUCTED WITH OTHER DONOR PARTNERS. DENMARK AND THE NETHERLANDS ARE SUPPORTIVE. A TERMS OF REFERENCE (TOR) PAPE [...] |
2002-11-13 09:39:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EAGR AORC PREF EU WFP UN |
| 02ROME5540 |
WFPASKS SUPPORT OF SECRETARY GENERAL ANNAN TO [...] (SBU) WFP EXECUTIVE DIRECOR JAMES MORRIS IN A LETTER TO UN SECRETARY-GENERL KOFI ANNAN (DATED OCTOBER 24) UNDERLINED THAT HE UN'S SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON THE RIGHT TO FOOD JEAN ZIEGLER) IS SERIOUSLY DAMAGING THE EFFORTS OFTHE WORLD FOOD PROGRAM TO RESPOND TO FOOD CRISESAROUND THE WORLD, AND PART [...] |
2002-11-14 11:58:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID EAGR AORC PREF EU WFP UN EUEAID |
| 02ROME5584 |
WFP EXECUTIVE BOARD APPROVAL OF PROTRACTED RELIEF [...] AT ITS THIRD REGULAR SESSION (OCTOBER 21-25), THE WORLD FOOD PROGRAM EXECUTIVE BOARD APPROVED A PROTRACTED RELIEF AND RECOVERY OPERATION (PRRO) FOR CENTRAL AMERICA - THREE YEARS (MARCH 2003-FEBRUARY 2006), VALUED AT USD 56.62 MILLION, TO ASSIST 690,000 BENEFICIARIES/ANNUM. SEVERE CORN CROP LOS [...] |
2002-11-18 12:13:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EAGR AORC PREF EU WFP UN |
| 02ROME5601 |
GREECE'S DOMESTIC COTTON PROGRAMS [...] SUMMARY: GREEK COTTON PRODUCTION IS SUSTAINED BY EU PRICE SUPPORTS WHICH VARY ACCORDING TO OVERALL PRODUCTION TARGETS. BECAUSE OF OVERPRODUCTION IN THREE OF THE LAST FIVE YEARS, THE AVERAGE PRICE PAID FOR SEED COTTON HAS VARIED FROM 62.50 EUROS PER 100 KG TO 88.0 EUROS PER 100 KG. 2. KE [...] |
2002-11-19 07:18:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR EU GR IT USTR |
| 02ROME5771 |
PROJECT MERCY - A PROVEN NGO IMPLEMENTING PARTNER [...] USMISSION AMBASSADOR TONY HALL HAS KNOWN MATRA GABRE- TSADICK AND HER HUSBAND DEME WHO RUN A NON-GOVERNMENTAL SIPDIS ORGANIZATION CALLED PROJECT MERCY IN THE SOUTHERN REGION (SNNPR) FOR MANY YEARS AND CONSIDERS THEM OUTSTANDING HUMANITARIANS. HE HAS VISITED THEIR PROJECT NEAR BUTAJIRA, IN T [...] |
2002-11-29 10:46:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID AORC PREF EAGR EU WFP UN |
| 02ROME5778 |
WFP EXECUTIVE BOARD APPROVAL OF PROTRACTED RELIEF [...] AT ITS THIRD REGULAR SESSION (OCTOBER 21-25), THE WORLD FOOD PROGRAM EXECUTIVE BOARD APPROVED A PROTRACTED RELIEF AND RECOVERY OPERATION (PRRO) FOR THE WEST AFRICA COASTAL REGION - ONE YEAR (JANUARY- DECEMBER 2003), VALUED AT USD 56.81 MILLION, TO ASSIST 789,430 (INCLUDING 50,000 CONTINGENCY C [...] |
2002-11-29 15:11:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EAGR AORC PREF EU WFP UN EUEAID |
| 02ROME5788 |
WFP'S WEST AFRICA REGIONAL AIRCRAFT EXPANDS [...] THE U.N. WORLD FOOD PROGRAM (WFP) HAS ISSUED A NEW SPECIAL OPERATION (SO) FOR ITS WEST AFRICA PASSENGER UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 03 ROME 05788 01 OF 03 021338Z AIRCRAFT SERVICE AND LAST WEEK ISSUED A DONOR'S ALERT FOR THE SO. THE NEW SO REQUESTS 1.2 MILLION USD FOR [...] |
2002-12-02 12:11:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EAGR AORC PREF EU WFP UN |
| 02ROME5813 |
WFP PROPOSES PARTNERSHIP WITH U.S. PEACE CORPS - [...] WFP EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR JAMES MORRIS HAS REQUESTED UNITED STATES PEACE CORPS DIRECTOR GADDI H. VASQUEZ TO INVOLVE 1,000 PEACE CORPS VOLUNTEERS IN WORLD FOOD PROGRAM ACTIVITIES BY 2004. WFP IS RESPONSIBLE FOR HANDLING MORE THAN ONE THIRD OF GLOBAL FOOD AID FLOWS. THE UNITED STATES IS WFP'S LEADI [...] |
2002-12-03 10:32:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID AORC PREF EAGR EU WFP UN |
| 02ROME5831 |
FODAG AMBASSADOR CONVEYS U.S. MESSAGE ON FOOD AID [...] SUMMARY: AMBASSADOR TONY HALL, U.S. MISSION ROME, PRESENTED U.S. VIEWS ON THE GROWING HUMANITARIAN EMERGENCY IN SOUTHERN AFRICA ON DECEMBER 2 TO SELECTED ROME-BASED PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVES. AMBASSADOR NICHOLSON, U.S. AMBASSADOR TO THE HOLY SEE ALSO PARTICIPATED. EU AND AFRICAN REPRESENTA [...] |
2002-12-03 14:26:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC AF EAID ETRD EU TBIO FAO WFP FAS |
| 02ROME5899 |
RSA AMBASSADOR SHEILA SISULU NAMED WFP DEPUTY [...] WFP HAS ANNOUNCED THE APPOINTMENT OF AMBASSADOR SHEILA SISULU AS DEPUTY EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR. AMBASSADOR SISULU WILL ASSUME HER NEW DUTIES ON FEBRUARY 1, 2003. 2. A NATIONAL OF SOUTH AFRICA, AMBASSADOR SISULU BRINGS TO WFP AN EXTENSIVE BACKGROUND AS AN EDUCATION REFORMER AND ANTI-APARTHEID A [...] |
2002-12-09 14:57:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID AORC PREF EAGR EU WFP UN |
| 02ROME590 |
ITALIAN BOVINES POSITIVE TO [...] MORE THAN 20,000 BOVINES, ALMOST EXCLUSIVELY CALVES, WERE FOUND POSITIVE TO BOLDENONE STEROID HORMONES AND SEIZED IN 50 CATTLE FARMS BY THE ANTI-ADULTERATION UNITS OF ITALY'S CARABINIERI. 2. THE INVESTIGATION WAS STARTED IN DECEMBER 2001 WITHIN THE NATIONAL RESIDUE CONTROL PROGRAM CONDU [...] |
2002-02-06 16:08:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ETRD EU IT EUN |
| 02ROME5916 |
FAO INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY UPDATE - "AHEAD OF THE [...] CHRISTOPHER RITTER OF USAID'S BUREAU FOR ECONOMIC GROWTH, AGRICULTURE & TRADE (EGAT) RECENTLY REVIEWED FAO'S WORLD AGRICULTURAL INFORMATION CENTRE (WAICENT) AND RELATED PROJECTS IN SETTING STANDARDS IN AGRICULTURAL INFORMATION MANAGEMENT AND CAPACITY BUILDING IN INFORMATION MANAGEMENT FOR DEVE [...] |
2002-12-10 14:53:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EAGR AORC PREF EU WFP FAO UN EUEAID |
| 02ROME5917 |
SCANDALS IN THE ITALIAN BEEF [...] SUMMARY: CURRENT BSE TESTING DOES NOT ENSURE A SAFE MEAT SUPPLY ACCORDING TO ITALY'S CARABINIERI. ALTHOUGH ONE MILLION MAD COW TESTS HAVE BEEN CONDUCTED ON ITALIAN CATTLE DESTINED FOR SLAUGHTER SINCE TESTING BECAME COMPULSORY AT THE BEGINNING OF 2001, THE 83 DETECTIONS ARE NOT AS SIGNIFICANT [...] |
2002-12-10 15:13:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ETRD EU IT |
| 02ROME5937 |
DUTCH QUESTIONS ON FOOD CRISIS IN THE HORN OF [...] USMISSION PROVIDES A RESPONSE TO QUESTIONS RAISED IN REF A, RELATED TO THE LOCAL AVAILABIITY OF FOOD RESOURCES FOR LOCAL/REGIONAL PURCHASE IN THE HORN OF AFRICA AND THE FOOD AID PIPELINE FOR ETHIOPIA IN EARLY 2003. END SUMMARY. --------------------------------------------- -------------- QUE [...] |
2002-12-11 15:03:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID AORC PREF EAGR EU ER ET NL WFP UN |
| 02ROME5939 |
EU COPENHAGEN SUMMIT: GOI STRESSES NEED FOR [...] (C) DRAWING ON POINTS REFTEL, POLOFF ON DECEMBER 11 EMPHASIZED WITH GIOVANNI RICCIULI, DIRECTOR OF THE MFA'S OFFICE FOR MEDITERRANEAN AND SOUTHERN EUROPE ISSUES, THE IMPORTANCE OF KEEPING THE PRESSURE ON ALL SIDES TO AGREE TO A CYPRUS SETTLEMENT. RICCIULI UNDERLINED THAT THE GOI SHARED THE [...] |
2002-12-11 15:47:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EU IT CY ESDP |
| 02ROME607 |
FIFTYFOURTH CASE OF BSE IN ITALY [...] ON FEBRUARY 5, ITALY'S HEALTH AUTHORITIES REACTED TO THE FIRST SUSPECTED CASE OF THE HUMAN VERSION OF MAD COW DISEASE, NEW VARIANT CREUTZFELDT-JAKOB DISEASE (NVCJD). THE PATIENT IS A 25 YEAR OLD SICILIAN WOMAN FROM TRAPANI. ITALY'S MINISTER OF HEALTH GIROLAMO SIRCHIA AND THE MINISTER OF AGR [...] |
2002-02-07 15:53:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ETRD EU IT |
| 02ROME6146 |
DEEPENING HUMANITARIAN CRISIS - "THE ANGUISH OF [...] USMISSION/ROME HUMANITARIAN ATTACHE VISITED UGANDA DECEMBER 18-23, AND TRAVELED IN GULU DISTRICT IN THE NORTHERN REGION. SERIOUS INSECURITY THROUGHOUT THE REGION (GULU, KITGUM, LIRA AND PADER DISTRICTS) HAS LED TO THE DISPLACEMENT OF APPROXIMATELY 735,000 PEOPLE INTO CONGESTED SETTLEMENTS. THE [...] |
2002-12-27 15:40:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID AORC PREF EAGR EU WFP UN |
| 02ROME67 |
THERE HE GOES AGAIN: WHITHER RUGGIERO, II? [...] (C) SUMMARY: ITALY'S FOREIGN MINISTER HAS AGAIN GENERATED TURMOIL BY PUBLICLY CHASTISING HIS FELLOW CABINET PAGE 02 ROME 00067 070638Z MEMBERS -- AND SOME SUGGEST EVEN HIS PRIME MINISTER -- FOR FAILING TO BE SUFFICIENTLY VOCAL IN THEIR SUPPORT OF THE LAUNCH OF THE EURO. IS RUGG [...] |
2002-01-07 06:36:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EU IT ITALIAN POLITICS |
| 02ROME73 |
RUGGIERO'S DEPARTURE DOES NOT EQUATE TO EUROPE [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: MEDIA ANALYSIS TO THE CONTRARY, THE WEEKEND "RESIGNATION" (UNDER DURESS) OF FM RENATO RUGGIERO DOES NOT EQUATE TO AN ABOUT-FACE IN ITALY'S PRO-EUROPEAN STANCE. ITALY WILL REMAIN SOLIDLY IN EUROPE -- AND IN NATO, AND A SOLID PARTNER OF THE U.S. RUGGIERO'S DEPARTURE [...] |
2002-01-07 13:35:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IT EU ITALIAN POLITICS |
| 02ROME763 |
MEP GIORGIO NAPOLITANO ON EU REFORM; [...] (C) SUMMARY. ON FEBRUARY 12, DURING A WIDE-RANGING DIALOGUE WITH POL AND ECON OFFICERS, ITALIAN MEP AND PRESIDENT OF THE EP'S CONSTITUTIONAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE GIORGIO NAPOLITANO EMPHASIZED THAT EU REFORM AND STREAMLINING WAS ABSOLUTELY ESSENTIAL IF THE UNION IS TO FUNCTION EFFECTIVELY WITH [...] |
2002-02-15 06:39:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EU IT PREL |
| 02ROME79 |
PROPOSED TAX ON BEEF [...] ON FEBUARY 15 AGRICULTURE MINISTER ALEMANNO PROPOSED ATAX ON BEEF TO FUND NEW MEASURES TO ENSURE MEAT AFETY. ACCORDING TO ALEMANNO THIS TAX WOULD INCRASE GOVERNMENT REVENUE BY 67 MILLION EUROS AND B USED TO AUGMENT FUNDS PRESENTLY EARMARKED FOR TH BSE CRISIS. THIS TARGET WAS CALCULATED UNDE [...] |
2002-02-15 14:34:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ETRD EU IT AGR FAO |
| 02ROME81 |
AN INSIDER'S VIEW OF RUGGIERO'S SACKING [...] (C) ON 7 JANUARY, THE HEAD OF THE MFA'S BALKAN OFFICE, MAURIZIO MASSARI (STRICTLY PROTECT) TOLD POLOFF THAT HE WAS "NOT SORRY TO SEE FORMER FM RUGGIERO GO," AND THAT THIS VIEW WAS SHARED BE MANY AT HIS LEVEL (ROUGHLY, THE EQUIVALENT OF OFFICE DIRECTOR IN THE DOS). MASSARI SAID THAT THERE WAS [...] |
2002-01-08 06:30:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | EU IT PGOV PREL ITALIAN POLITICS |
| 02ROME966 |
ITALIAN DEFMIN'S COMMENTS SPARK ANOTHER ROUND OF [...] ITALIAN DEFENSE MINISTER ANTONIO MARTINO REVIVED OPPOSITION PARTY ACCUSATIONS THAT HE IS A "EURO-SKEPTIC" BY SUGGESTING THAT THE EU HAD RUSHED INTO CREATING ITS OWN MILITARY IDENTITY WITHOUT THINKING IT THROUGH. THE NUMBER OF TASKS APPROPRIATE FOR THE EU'S RAPID REACTION FORCE (RRF) SHOULD B [...] |
2002-02-25 17:18:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MASS EU IT EUN |
| 02VATICAN5753 |
THE HOLY SEE AND THE EUROPEAN CONSTITUTION: [...] (SBU) ALTHOUGH THE HOLY SEE IS PRESSING HARD FOR THE EUROPEAN CONSTITUTION TO RECOGNIZE THE CONTINENT'S CHRISTIAN HERITAGE, THIS DRIVE IS IN NO WAY INTENDED TO SUGGEST HOLY SEE OPPOSITION TO TURKEY'S EU MEMBERSHIP. ON THE CONTRARY, THIS EFFORT PREDATES THE CURRENT DEBATE OVER TURKEY, AND THE [...] |
2002-11-27 13:53:00 | Embassy Vatican | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL PINS EU PGOV VT |
| 03ABUDHABI1570 |
UAE SAYS GCC-EU FTA DISCUSSIONS MAKING NO HEADWAY [...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY DCM RICHARD A. ALBRIGHT - REASONS: 1.5 (D). 2. (C) The MFA's Deputy Director for GCC Affairs, Khalid Al-Ghaith, gave Econchief a readout April 1 of ongoing discussions between the European Union and the GCC towards concluding a Free Trade Agreement (FTA). According to A [...] |
2003-04-01 13:30:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PREL ETRD KIPR BEXP EU TC |
| 03ABUJA746 |
NIGERIA: OVERVIEW OF THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION [...] (C) Summary: The Independent National Electoral Commission has declared the ruling PDP the major victor in the April 19 and April 12 elections. However, echoing reports of several observers, President Obasanjo's political opponents allege massive irregularities. The GON is striking back wit [...] |
2003-04-24 17:00:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS KDEM PREL NI US EU XA |
| 03AMMAN2261 |
JORDAN HAS NOT RECEIVED EU DEMARCHE AGAINST [...] (C) PolCouns on April 13 raised ref points on EU intervention against bilateral Article 98 agreements with Ali al-Ayed, personal assistant to Foreign Minister Marwan Muasher. Al-Ayed said that he was unaware of any EU approach discouraging Jordan from signing an Article 98 agreement with th [...] |
2003-04-15 05:55:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREL PHUM US EU JO |
| 03AMMAN6220 |
Jordan and Israel Seeking EU "QIZ" Arrangement [...] (sbu) Summary. Jordan and Israel are working together to ask the EU for a special "QIZ-like" arrangement that will allow duty-free access to the European market for goods produced in Jordan with Israeli content. This effort, which the Jordanians say has high- level European and Israeli pol [...] |
2003-09-29 14:28:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD JO IS EU |
| 03ANKARA2186 |
DRAFT EU PARLIAMENT REPORT CALLS FOR RADICAL [...] (C) Summary: A clear-sighted but controversial European Parliament draft report calls on the GOT to make fundamental changes to the Kemalist State in order to meet EU membership criteria. MFA and reportedly a few members of the European parliament reject the report as biased; several European [...] |
2003-04-03 15:36:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM EU TU OSCE |
| 03ANKARA2340 |
EU SUMMIT DOCUMENTARY ANGERS TURKS AND GERMANS, [...] (C) Summary: A Danish documentary on the December 2002 EU Summit has angered Turks and Germans and embarrassed Denmark. The documentary, covered in the Turkish press, features candid comments by Danish and German ministers critical of Turkey's EU bid. The German Embassy has criticized the do [...] |
2003-04-10 15:22:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM EU TU |
| 03ANKARA2711 |
APRIL 29 MINI-SUMMIT ON ESDP: TURKS SHARE OUR [...] (U) Classified by Political-Military Counselor Stuart Brown. Reasons 1.5 (b) and (d). 2. (C) On April 23, Polmiloff delivered reftel demarche to MFA/Disarmament Second Secretary Esra Dogan. Dogan thanked us for sharing the USG approach with regard to the April 29 "European Defense Su [...] |
2003-04-25 14:43:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EU BE FR TU |
| 03ANKARA5312 |
TURKS SHARE CONCERNS ON ESDP AND "BERLIN PLUS" [...] No summary [...] |
2003-08-20 13:27:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR EU TU |
| 03ANKARA6775 |
TURKEY'S FOREIGN MINISTRY NOT EAGER TO SUPPORT [...] Regional Environment Officer discussed U.S. position on French-proposed UNEO (reftel) with MFA Environment Office Head Asli Oral. Oral said that the government had been approached by the French Embassy and appreciated hearing the U.S. position. She said the Foreign Ministry was not eager to [...] |
2003-10-30 14:32:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | IO SENV EU TU |
| 03COLOMBO2179 |
In meeting with the Ambassador and other local [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Ambassador joined other local co-chairs of the Tokyo process in a meeting called by the Prime Minister late December 23. The PM expressed his concerns about an official gazette notification recently approved by the President that re-arranged responsibilities among the three [...] |
2003-12-24 07:09:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINS CE NO JA EU LTTE |
| 03COLOMBO2183 |
Minister Moragoda reviews upcoming visit to Washington in meeting with the Ambassador [...] (C) SUMMARY: Milinda Moragoda told Ambassador December 26 that he is going to Washington to: -- make sure it is understood the PM is not to blame for the current impasse -- ask for US pressure on President Kumaratunga to compromise -- ask the US to push for a high-level Tokyo Co-Chairs meeting ar [...] |
2003-12-29 07:12:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINS CE NO JA EU IN |
| 03COLOMBO2200 |
AMBASSADOR DELIVERS SECRETARY'S LETTER TO PRIME MINISTER [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador delivered letter from the Secretary to the Prime Minister on Dec 31. PM was SIPDIS appreciative of the statement issued by the Department following Moragoda meeting with the Deputy Secretary. Ambassador told the PM that a similar letter would be delivered to the President [...] |
2003-12-31 10:13:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINS CE NO JA EU IN LTTE |
| 03KATHMANDU671 |
NEPALI MAOISTS MEET WITH EU MISSION HEAD [...] (C) The head of the European Union office in Kathmandu broke ranks with his diplomatic colleagues and met with Maoist ideologue Baburam Bhattarai and other Maoist leaders in Kathmandu on April 10. The EU Charge justified his "spontaneous" decision to meet the insurgent leader on humanitaria [...] |
2003-04-11 10:37:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL EU NP |
| 03OTTAWA1169 |
CANADIAN CONCERNS ABOUT EUROPEAN DEFENSE SUMMIT, [...] (C) Canada shares our strong concerns about the April 29 "European Defense Summit" (ref. A), and is pleased that we are making U.S. views clear to Europe. Lisa Helfand, Foreign Affairs Deputy Director for Defense and Security Relations, said the GoC considers the Summit very unhelpful both for [...] |
2003-04-25 20:23:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPKO EU MK CA NATO |
| 03OTTAWA144 |
CANADA ON ESDI/P AND EU BALKANS OPERATIONS [...] (C) Canada is pleased with the upswing in NATO-EU relations in the wake of the Prague and Copenhagen summits (reftel A), but shares our concern about unity of command issues. Lisa Helfand, Foreign Affairs Deputy Director for Defense and Security Relations, told us that Canada still had questi [...] |
2003-01-14 19:50:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EU CA BK NATO |
| 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 |
| 03OTTAWA869 |
CANADIAN VIEWS ON UNECE EFE MINISTERIAL [...] EST Counselor and EST Specialist made the demarche requested in reftel to Jean-Louis Wallace of the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT). According to Wallace, Canada shares USG concerns about the draft Environment for Europe ministerial declaration. Wallace indicate [...] |
2003-03-26 13:23:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV EAID EU IO KSCA AORC CA |
| 03ROME1053 |
GOI PUSHES STRONGLY FOR EU ASSUMPTION OF ALLIED [...] (C) SUMMARY. IN A MEETING BETWEEN DIRECTOR GENERAL GIANCARLO ARAGONA AND THE DCM, ARAGONA QUESTIONED CONTINUED DELAYS IN THE EU'S ASSUMPTION OF OPERATION ALLIED HARMONY FROM NATO AND MINIMIZED THE WORK NECESSARY TO COMPLETE THE BERLIN PLUS PROCESS. DCM MADE CLEAR THE U.S. HAS NO OBJECTION T [...] |
2003-03-13 19:06:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | EU MARR MK PREL NATO EUN |
| 03ROME1509 |
GOI WILL MODIFY EU PRESIDENCY PRIORITIES TO [...] (C) SUMMARY. MFA DIRECTOR FOR EU EXTERNAL RELATIONS MASSIMO GAIANI TOLD EMBOFFS ON APRIL 2 THAT IRAQ AND RESTORING INTRA-EU AND TRANSATLANTIC RELATIONS WILL LIKELY BE THE POLITICAL PRIORITIES WHEN ITALY TAKES OVER THE EU PRESIDENCY JULY 1. (SEPTEL WILL REPORT ECONOMIC (FIRST PILLAR) PRIORI [...] |
2003-04-09 08:33:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IT EU |
| 03ROME1568 |
ITALY/EU - GOI REACTION TO USG GAERC POINTS [...] (U) WE DELIVERED POINTS REF A TO APPROPRIATE GOI OFFICES. RESPONSES FOLLOW BELOW. ESDP ----- 2. (SBU) MFA BALKANS OFFICE DIRECTOR FERNANDO GENTILINI SAID THAT THE GOI CONCURS WITH THE USG VIEW THAT THE EU NEEDED TO MAKE A SUCCESS OF OPERATION CONCORDIA BEFORE FOCUSING ON A POSSIBLE EU [...] |
2003-04-11 16:26:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM PHUM EU IT ETRD ETRD PREL |
| 03ROME1625 |
ITALIAN REQUEST FOR EU EXCEPTION TO LIBYA ARMS [...] (SBU) ON THE BASIS OF REF EMAIL, ECMIN RAISED RECENT REPORTS THAT THE GOI HAD ASKED THE EU TO RELAX THE ARMS EMBARGO AGAINST LIBYA DURING AN APRIL 11 MEETING WITH MFA DIRECTOR GENERAL FOR THE MIDDLE EAST ANTONIO BADINI. 2. (C) BADINI CONFIRMED THAT THIS WAS CORRECT, EXPLAINING THAT A FEW WE [...] |
2003-04-16 08:33:00 | Embassy Rome | SECRET | ETTC EU IT LY PREL EUN |
| 03ROME1678 |
FM FRATTINI COMMENTS ON EUROPEAN DEFENSE SUMMIT [...] (C) ON APRIL 16, MFA DEPUTY HEAD OF CABINET PASQUALE TERRACCIANO GAVE A/DCM A BRIEF READOUT OF FOREIGN MINISTER FRATTINI'S COMMENTS AT THE EU FM'S APRIL 14 LUNCH ON THE EUROPEAN DEFENSE SUMMIT. FRATTINI WAS APPARENTLY SCATHING IN HIS CRITICISM OF THE INITIATIVE, INSISTING, DESPITE ASS [...] |
2003-04-18 11:13:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREL IT EU NATO EUN |
| 03ROME1776 |
ESDP MINI SUMMIT - GOI VIEWS [...] (C) WE DELIVERED POINTS REF A TO GIOVANNI BRAUZZI, HEAD OF THE MFA'S NATO AFFAIRS OFFICE, AND SANDRO DE BERNADIN, ESDP DIRECTOR IN THE MFA EUROPEAN INTEGRATION BUREAU. AS INDICATED REF B, THE OFFICIAL GOI VIEW, AS VOICED BY FM FRATTINI AT THE APRIL 14 GAC LUNCH, IS STRONGLY CRITICAL OF THE I [...] |
2003-04-28 17:01:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EU IT NATO |
| 03ROME1957 |
"TWINNING" - WORLD FOOD PROGRAM UPDATE [...] (SBU) AS A FOLLOW UP TO REF A, US MISSION RECENTLY DISCUSSED WITH WFP'S JOHN POWELL THE LATEST THINKING RELATED TO "TWINNING" EFFORTS AIMED AT EXPANDING WORLD FOOD PROGRAM'S FUNDING BASE. TWINNING INVOLVES THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A MECHANISM/STRATEGY TO MATCH NON-TRADITIONAL DONORS OF FOOD AID C [...] |
2003-05-07 13:21:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID AORC PREF EAGR EU WFP UN |
| 03ROME1992 |
IMPROVING TRANSATLANTIC RELATIONS TOP PRIORITY FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: DURING A WIDE-RANGING CONVERSATION ON MAY 2 ABOUT THE CURRENT - AND FUTURE - STATE OF US/EU RELATIONS AND PRIORITIES FOR THE UPCOMING ITALIAN EU PRESIDENCY, MFA DIRGEN GIANCARLO ARAGONA TOLD VISITING USEU AMBASSADOR SCHNABEL THAT HE IS OPTIMISTIC ABOUT THE FUTURE OF US/EU RELAT [...] |
2003-05-09 07:27:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EU IT NATO |
| 03ROME2137 |
GOI AGREES ON NEED TO COORDINATE "STEP BY [...] (C) MFA RUSSIA OFFICE DIRECTOR ROSA ANNA CONIGLIO SAID THAT POINTS REFTEL, WHICH POLOFF ORIGINALLY DELIVERED MAY 6, WERE USED AS FOOD FOR THOUGHT AT THE EU COEST MEETING (AT 25) IN BRUSSELS THE FOLLOWING DAY. SHE SAID THAT ALL EU MEMBERS AND ASPIRANTS AGREED - THE US "STEP BY STEP" AND EU B [...] |
2003-05-15 12:11:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EU BO OSCE |
| 03ROME218 |
WFP REPORTS ON GENEVA MEETING ON IRAQ AND [...] (S) U.N. HUMANITARIAN COORDINATOR IN IRAQ, RAMIRO LOPES DA SILVA, REPORTS THAT THE FRAGILITY OF THE IRAQI SOCIETY IS EXTREME AND MILITARY ACTION THAT DISRUPTS THE CURRENT SYSTEMS WILL CREATE A DISASTROUS SITUATION. THE U.N. IS PLANNING ON THE ASSUMPTION THAT THE NORTH WILL BE SHIELDED FROM MI [...] |
2003-01-17 15:07:00 | Embassy Rome | SECRET | AORC EAGR EAID EU KUNR PHUM PREF WFP |
| 03ROME2299 |
PDAS RIES CONSULTATIONS WITH GOI ON PRESIDENCY [...] (C) SUMMARY: ON MAY 20, EUR PDAS RIES DISCUSSED A BROAD RANGE OF US-EU AND ITALIAN EU PRESIDENCY ISSUES DURING SEPARATE MEETINGS WITH MFA SYG GIUSEPPE BALDOCCI AND DIRECTOR FOR EUROPEAN INTEGRATION ROCCO CANGELOSI. BOTH BALDOCCI AND CANGELOSI STRESSED THAT THE GOI'S TOP PRIORITY FOR THE ITAL [...] |
2003-05-23 11:05:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EU IT NATO |
| 03ROME2326 |
OPPORTUNITY FOR "UPSTREAM" COORDINATION WITH EU ON [...] (U) SUGGESTED ACTION REQUEST. SEE PARA 4. 2. (C) DURING THEIR MAY 20 MEETING (REFTEL A REPORTS BULK OF CONVERSATION), MFA DIRECTOR FOR EUROPEAN INTEGRATION ROCCO CANGELOSI TOLD PDAS RIES THAT FM FRATTINI PLAYED A KEY ROLE IN THE EU'S SUCCESSFUL "RECONSTRUCTING" OF THE GANG OF FOUR SE [...] |
2003-05-27 16:20:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EU IT NATO ESDP |
| 03ROME2327 |
ITALIAN MFA ON CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION PROCESS [...] (C) SUMMARY: IN A MAY 14 DISCUSSION ON THE EU CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION, MFA DIRECTOR FOR INSTITUTIONAL AND CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 ROME 02327 01 OF 02 271651Z LEGAL AFFAIRS, GUISEPPE BUCCINO, TOLD EMBASSY POLOFF THAT A TREATY SIGNING CEREMONY DURING THE ITALIAN [...] |
2003-05-27 16:51:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | EU IT PREL |
| 03ROME2646 |
FM FRATTINI ON THE MEPP, IRAQ, AND TRANSATLANTIC [...] SUMMARY: ON JUNE 11, FM FRATTINI GAVE A SPEECH ENTITLED "NEW SCENARIOS IN THE MIDDLE EAST, THE PERSIAN GULF, AND TRANSATLANTIC RELATIONS" AT THE CENTER FOR DEFENSE STUDIES IN ROME. HE URGED THE ISRAELIS AND THE PALESTINIANS TO SEIZE THE MOMENTUM OF THE AQABA SUMMIT, STRESSED THE IMPORTANCE OF [...] |
2003-06-11 16:12:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL IT IS KPAL IZ EU |
| 03ROME2763 |
LIBYAN REFERENCE IN US-EU PROLIFERATION STATEMENT [...] THIS MESSAGE CONTAINS AN ACTION REQUEST FOR NP. PLEASE SEE PARA 4. 2. (C) THE BERLUSCONI GOVERNMENT BELIEVES QADAFFI HAS "CHOSEN THE PATH OF REINTEGRATION" INTO THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY AND WAS TAKING IMPORTANT STEPS IN THAT DIRECTION, THE PRIME MINISTER'S DEPUTY DIPLOMATIC ADVISOR, [...] |
2003-06-18 15:05:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP PARM PREL IT LY EU EUN |
| 03ROME289 |
GOI PRE-GAERC VIEWS ON IRAQ, DPRK, BALKANS, ESDP, [...] (C) SUMMARY: ON JANUARY 23 AMBASSADOR, ACCOMPANIED BY POL MC COUNTRYMAN, DELIVERED POINTS REF A TO MFA SYG GIUSEPPE BALDOCCI AND COORDINATOR FOR EU SECURITY SANDRO DE BERNADIN. HE ALSO PROVIDED THE POINTS IN A NON-PAPER. BALDOCCI SAID THAT MFA FRATTINI WAS "VERY PLEASED, VERY SATISFIED" WIT [...] |
2003-01-24 14:30:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EU IT |
| 03ROME291 |
FURTHER GOI VIEWS ON GAERC DISCUSSION OF IRAQ [...] (C) ON JANUARY 24, WE DELIVERED POINTS ON IRAQ DEBATE AT JANUARY 27 GAERC TO MFA DIRECTOR GENERAL FOR MULTILATERAL AFFAIRS GIANCARLO ARAGONA. ARAGONA TOLD DCM THAT THE GOI CONCURRED WITH THE USG VIEW THAT THE EU SHOULD NOT ISSUE A COMMON STATEMENT ON IRAQ AT THIS TIME. CONSENSUS AT THE GAE [...] |
2003-01-24 16:10:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR EU IZ IT EUN |
| 03ROME3029 |
BERLUSCONI, THE ITALIAN JUDICIARY AND EUROPEAN [...] (C) Summary: On the cusp of Italy's EU presidency, the Berlusconi government's agenda has been eclipsed publicly by the Prime Minister's renewed rhetorical assaults on the Italian judiciary (septel addresses the furor caused by Berlusconi's offensive outburst in the European Parliament July 2 [...] |
2003-07-03 10:30:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM EU IT EUN |
| 03ROME3162 |
US Mission/Rome visit to Ethiopia June 26-July 5, [...] In visits to the Southern Nations (SNNPR) (the epicenter of the present emergency in Ethiopia), Oromiya and Afar regions, US Mission/Rome's Humanitarian Attache witnessed local authorities, UN personnel, NGOs, and others trying to "get ahead" of the widespread and deep humanitarian crisis stil [...] |
2003-07-11 09:32:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID AORC PREF EAGR EU WFP UN |
| 03ROME3200 |
CODEL HYDE DISCUSSIONS ON ITALIAN EU PRESIDENCY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Deputy Prime Minister Gianfranco Fini and Members of the Italian Parliament told CODEL Hyde that improving the transatlantic relationship was a priority for the Italian EU Presidency. Fini said that the GOI recognizes and appreciates the sacrifices America has made to preserv [...] |
2003-07-14 12:46:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV EU IT EUN |
| 03ROME3212 |
WFP/LIBERIA'S CURRENT OPERATIONS AND PLANS [...] Per ref A, US Mission queried WFP's Deputy Director for West Africa Arnold Verken who described both present and planned World Food Program operational steps which are described below. WFP is in the process of chartering a supply ship to be used as a mobile floating office off the coast of Mo [...] |
2003-07-14 15:14:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EAGR AORC PREF EU WFP UN |
| 03ROME3214 |
MID-EAST PEACE PROCESS: WHAT TO EXPECT OF ITALY AS [...] (C) Summary: Italy has identified the MidEast Peace Process as among its top foreign policy priorities during its EU Presidency (July-December 2003). PM Berlusconi has consciously upgraded Italy's relations with Israel to balance its traditional close ties to the Palestinians and make the GOI [...] |
2003-07-14 17:00:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | EU IS IT KPAL PREL EUN |
| 03ROME3368 |
U.S.-EU TROIKA POLITIAL DIRECTORS - PRODUCTIVE [...] (C) SUMMARY: A/S Jones had broad, frank and productive discussions at the U.S.-EU Troika Political Directors meeting, chaired by Italian MFA POLDIR Giancarlo Aragona in Rome on July 18. Both sides agreed on the need for strengthened and complementary U.S.-EU and EU-NATO security relations un [...] |
2003-07-24 09:23:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EU IT EUN |
| 03ROME3382 |
ITALIAN EU PRESIDENCY ON AUGUST 29 ESDP MEETING [...] (C) ON JULY 23, MFA CFSP COORDINATOR AND EUROPEAN CORRESPONDENT SANDRO DEBERNARDIN BRIEFED POLOFF ON PREPARATIONS FOR THE AUGUST 29 ESDP MEETING DISCUSSED REFTELS. THERE HAD BEEN SOME THOUGHT TO HOLDING THE MEETING AT MINISTERS, LEVEL, AND THAT IS STILL A POSSIBILITY, BUT IT IS MORE LIKE [...] |
2003-07-24 15:42:00 | Embassy Rome | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL EU IT NATO ESDP |
| 03ROME3388 |
EUR A/S JONES DISCUSSIONS WITH PM DIP ADVISOR [...] No summary [...] |
2003-07-25 11:14:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EU IT EUN |
| 03ROME341 |
WFP FOOD AID - A "FIRST CUT" ON FUTURE WFP [...] WORLD FOOD PROGRAM (WFP) PRESENTED "NOTES FOR A CONSULTATION ON STRATEGIC ISSUES" IN ROME ON JANUARY 14, 2003. WFP REITERATED ITS INTENT TO INTENSIFY ITS FOCUS IN COUNTRIES WITH THE GREATEST NEED - WHICH IT DEFINED AS THOSE WITH A PER CAPITA GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT (GDI) OF LESS THAN USD 885 A [...] |
2003-01-29 14:36:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EAGR AORC PREF EU WFP UN EUEAID |
| 03ROME3608 |
WOMAN DIES OF MAD COW IN ITALY [...] SUMMARY: MAD COW DISEASE RETURNED TO ITALIAN NEWSPAPERS WITH THE DEATH OF A YOUNG SICILIAN WOMAN WHO SUCCUMBED TO VARIANT CREUTZFELDT-JAKOB DISEASE (VCJD) AUGUST 6. THIS IS ITALY'S FIRST CONFIRMED DEATH FROM THE DISEASE. STATEMENTS FROM CONFIRMED DEATH FROM THE DISEASE. STATEMENTS FROM TH [...] |
2003-08-08 15:02:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ETRD EU IT EUN |
| 03ROME3625 |
TUFTS UNIVERSITY DISCUSSIONS WITH WFP, FAO [...] In March, U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Administrator Andrew S. Natsios dispatched a team from Tufts University's Feinstein International Famine Center to Ethiopia to review early warning systems related to food security issues. On July 17 and 18, three team members brie [...] |
2003-08-11 15:19:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EAGR AORC PREF EU WFP UN FAO |
| 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 |
| 03ROME3825 |
HUMAN RIGHTS IN CHINA: ITALIANS EQUALLY [...] (C) THE ITALIAN MFA SHARED OUR PESSIMISTIC ASSESSMENT OF CHINA'S HUMAN RIGHTS RECORD THIS YEAR, HUMAN RIGHTS OFFICE DIRECTOR CALVETTA TOLD US AUGUST 21 (CHINA OFFICE DIRECTOR AND STAFF ARE STILL ON VACATION). SOME OTHER EU MEMBER-STATES WERE STILL WEARING ROSE-TINTED SHADES, AND IT WAS TOO SO [...] |
2003-08-22 15:45:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM IT EU UNHRC |
| 03ROME395 |
WTO VIEWS ON BIOTECH ENGINEERED FOOD AID [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. MISSION HAS BEEN PROVIDED A COPY OF CORRESPONDENCE BETWEEN THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE UN WORLD FOOD PROGRAM (WFP) AND WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION (WTO) DIRECTOR GENERAL PANITCHPAKDI IN WHICH PANITCHPAKDI IS ASKED TO PROVIDE VIEWS ON THE HOW WFP SHOULD HANDLE BIOTECH ENGINEERED [...] |
2003-01-31 16:16:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID EAGR AORC PREF EU WFP UN EUEAID |
| 03ROME4056 |
WFP EMERGENCY (EMOP) FOR NIGERIAN REFUGEES IN [...] No summary [...] |
2003-09-08 09:43:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EAGR PREF EU UN |
| 03ROME4135 |
WFP EMERGENCY OPERATION (EMOP) FOR CAR REFUGEES IN [...] No summary [...] |
2003-09-11 06:56:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EAGR PREF EU UN |
| 03ROME4158 |
Ambassador Tony P. Hall in Albania meets regional [...] US Ambassador to the UN Agencies for Food and Agriculture, Tony Hall, visited Albania from August 22-26, 2003. He came at the invitation of Members of the Albanian Parliament and the European regional office of the World Food Program. He participated in the first "Balkan Gathering" with Alb [...] |
2003-09-11 14:02:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID AORC PREF EAGR AL EU WFP UN |
| 03ROME4186 |
EU WILL NOT TABLE AN IRAN RESOLUTION AT THE UNGA [...] (C) ON SEPTEMBER 11, POLOFFS MET WITH MFA GULF COUNTRIES OFFICE DIRECTOR, LUIGI MACCOTTA, TO CONSULT ON THE UNGA THIRD COMMITTEE IRAN RESOLUTION (REF C). POLOFF ALSO LEFT POINTS WITH THE MFA'S HUMAN RIGHTS OFFICE, WHOSE OFFICIALS WERE UNAVAILABLE FOR COMMENT. MACCOTTA STATED THAT ALTHOUGH THE E [...] |
2003-09-12 16:25:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL IR EU IT UNHRC EUN |
| 03ROME4460 |
ARTICLE 98/ITALY: NO CHANGE IN ROME'S POSITION [...] (C) DURING A SEPTEMBER 26 MEETING DEVOTED TO OTHER ISSUES, POL MC RAISED THE ISSUE OF ARTICLE 98 AGREEMENTS WITH CLAUDIO PAGE 02 ROME 04460 291757Z BISOGNIERO, DEPUTY TO MFA POLITICAL DIRECTOR ARAGONA. NOTING THE SCHEDULED OCTOBER 1 MEETING BETWEEN UNDERSECRETARY BOLTON AND ARAGO [...] |
2003-09-29 17:46:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | EU IT MARR PHUM PREL EUN |
| 03ROME454 |
EU CONVENTION VICE PRESIDENT AMATO ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: ON FEBRUARY 3, EU CONVENTION VICE PRESIDENT GIULIANO AMATO TOLD AMBASSADOR SEMBLER THAT WHILE HE WAS OPTIMISTIC ABOUT THE CHANCES OF APPROVING A CONSTITUTION BEFORE FORMAL ENLARGEMENT, MUCH WORK REMAINED. IT WAS STILL POSSIBLE THAT THE CONVENTION COULD HAVE A PRODUCT READY TO P [...] |
2003-02-05 12:48:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EU IT EUN |
| 03ROME4614 |
Ambassador Tony P. Hall in the Democratic Republic [...] A team led by Ambassador Tony Hall visited the Democratic Republic of the Congo September 23-30 and found the country with the third largest population in sub- Saharan Africa struggling to contain a major humanitarian disaster. In 2003, some 2.7 million internally displaced will require intern [...] |
2003-10-09 04:35:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID AORC PREF EAGR EU CF WFP UN |
| 03ROME4642 |
STATUS REQUEST FOR BIOTECHNOLOGY [...] Summary Italy's biotech regime is subject to EU legislation. Italy is more restrictive than EU laws in some instances. With the exception of corn, banned under the Amato Decree, Italy follows EU policies on agricultural biotechnology. For seeds for planting, the absence of an EU agreed law [...] |
2003-10-10 05:31:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR EU IT EUN |
| 03ROME4802 |
CIVAIR BEHIND THE SCENES: GOI TAKES LONG VIEW OF [...] (SBU) GOI officials, back from the first round of U.S.-EU Open Skies negotiations, are taking a long view of the process, since Italy believes it will be "years" before existing bilateral agreements are replaced by anything concrete from Brussels. Aldo Sansone, the Transportation Ministry's D [...] |
2003-10-21 10:40:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECON ETRD EU IT EUN AVIATION FAA |
| 03ROME490 |
ITALY/MEPP: A READ OUT OF THE EU JANUARY COMEP [...] (C) SUMMARY: DURING THE JANUARY MEETING OF THE EU COMMITTEE ON THE MIDDLE EAST PEACE PROCESS (COMEP) IN BRUSSELS, THE WORKING GROUPS DISCUSSED THE QUARTET'S ROADMAP AND FUTURE MONITORING MECHANISM, AND THE GREEK PRESIDENCY DISTRIBUTED TO THE INDIVIDUAL EU STATES OUR NON-PAPER ON THE OPERATION [...] |
2003-02-06 15:32:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | EU IT PREL EUN |
| 03ROME5567 |
ITALIAN BACKGROUND TO THE BT-11 [...] SUMMARY: THIS RESPONDS TO REFTEL AND EXPLAINS THE PROCESS OF GOI TECHNICAL REVIEW OF SYNGENTA'S BT11 BIOTECH SWEET CORN APPLICATION. THE GOI REQUESTED MORE TIME TO REVIEW AN OPINION OF THE BT11 APPLICATION. THE EU COMMISSION DENIED THE REQUEST. AS A RESULT, ITALY ABSTAINED. A GOI TECHNICAL [...] |
2003-12-12 15:27:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR TBIO ETRD EU IT FAO |
| 03ROME5684 |
LETTER TO MARTTI AHTISAARI, UN SPECIAL ENVOY FOR [...] FOLLOWING IS TEXT OF A LETTER TO MARTTI AHTISAARI, UN SPECIAL ENVOY FOR THE HUMANITARIAN CRISIS IN ETHIOPIA AND ERITREA, DATED DECEMBER 22, 2003, FROM TONY P. HALL, AMBASSADOR, U.S. MISSION TO THE UN AGENCIES, ROME. BEGIN LETTER: "THE HONORABLE MARTTI AHTISAARI UN SPECIAL ENVOY FOR THE HUMA [...] |
2003-12-22 16:51:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID AORC PREF EAGR EU WFP UN |
| 03ROME589 |
FIRST REGULAR SESSION OF THE WORLD FOOD PROGRAM [...] THE WFP BOARD SESSION TOOK PLACE AGAINST THE BACKDROP OF EVER-INCREASING EMERGENCY NEEDS (PARTICULARLY IN AFRICA WHERE 38 MILLION PEOPLE FACE STARVATION) AND HOW BEST TO PROVIDE THE NECESSARY LEVEL OF RESOURCES (4.8 MILLION METRIC TONS VALUED AT U.S. DOLLARS 2.4 BILLION) TO ENSURE AN ADEQUATE [...] |
2003-02-13 12:28:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EAGR AORC PREF KUNR EU WFP UN |
| 03ROME637 |
WFP'S SURGING FOOD AID REQUIREMENTS FOR 2003 - [...] WFP'S PROJECTED 2003 NEEDS (ALL PROJECTS AND OPERATIONS) ARE ESTIMATED AT 4.8 MILLION TONS (MTS), VALUED AT U.S. DOLLARS 2.4 BILLION (NOT INCLUDING ANY IRAQ RESPONSE IN THE EVENT OF CONFLICT). WITH A LARGE NUMBER OF HIGH PROFILE AND NEEDY OPERATIONS, 2003 IS EXPECTED TO PUT CONSIDERABLE STRAIN [...] |
2003-02-14 20:05:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EAGR AORC PREF KUNR EU WFP UN |
| 03ROME638 |
APPROVAL OF AFGHANISTAN PROTRACTED RELIEF AND [...] WFP'S EXECUTIVE BOARD APPROVED ON FEBRUARY 7 THE AFGHANISTAN PROTRACTED RELIEF AND RECOVERY OPERATION (PRRO) ENTITLED FOOD ASSISTANCE TO RE-ESTABLISH LIVELIHOODS AND HOUSEHOLD FOOD SECURITY IN AFGHANISTAN. THE PRRO WILL BE OPERATIONAL FOR TWO YEARS (APRIL 1, 2003-END MARCH 2005), COVERING 6.0 [...] |
2003-02-14 20:05:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EAGR AORC PREF KUNR EU WFP UN AFGHANISTAN |
| 03ROME643 |
WFP'S SURGING FOOD AID REQUIREMENTS FOR 2003 - [...] WFP'S PROJECTED 2003 NEEDS (ALL PROJECTS AND OPERATIONS) ARE ESTIMATED AT 4.8 MILLION TONS (MTS), VALUED AT U.S. DOLLARS 2.4 BILLION (NOT INCLUDING ANY IRAQ RESPONSE IN THE EVENT OF CONFLICT). WITH A LARGE NUMBER OF HIGH PROFILE AND NEEDY OPERATIONS, 2003 IS EXPECTED TO PUT CONSIDERABLE STRAIN [...] |
2003-02-18 09:52:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EAGR AORC PREF KUNR EU WFP UN |
| 03ROME644 |
APPROVAL OF AFGHANISTAN PROTRACTED RELIEF AND [...] WFP'S EXECUTIVE BOARD APPROVED ON FEBRUARY 7 THE AFGHANISTAN PROTRACTED RELIEF AND RECOVERY OPERATION (PRRO) ENTITLED FOOD ASSISTANCE TO RE-ESTABLISH LIVELIHOODS AND HOUSEHOLD FOOD SECURITY IN AFGHANISTAN. THE PRRO WILL BE OPERATIONAL FOR TWO YEARS (APRIL 1, 2003-END MARCH 2005), COVERING 6.0 [...] |
2003-02-18 09:52:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EAGR AORC PREF KUNR EU WFP UN AFGHANISTAN |
| 03ROME760 |
AMBASSADOR TONY P. HALL IN ETHIOPIA - "IT'S EVEN [...] A TEAM LED BY AMBASSADOR TONY HALL AND AA/DCHA ROGER WINTER VISITED ETHIOPIA FEBRUARY 15-21 AND FOUND THE COUNTRY WITH THE SECOND LARGEST POPULATION IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA STRUGGLING TO CONTAIN A MAJOR HUMANITARIAN DISASTER. IN 2003, SOME 11.3 MILLION DROUGHT VICTIMS WILL REQUIRE ABOUT 1.4 MILL [...] |
2003-02-24 15:58:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID AORC PREF EAGR EU WFP UN |
| 03ROME81 |
USDA/FSA DISCUSSIONS WITH WORLD FOOD PROGRAM [...] KEY MEMBERS OF THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE'S FARM SERVICE AGENCY (FSA) KANSAS CITY COMMODITY OFFICE TRAVELED TO ROME, ITALY, NOVEMBER 18-22, 2002, TO BRIEF WORLD FOOD PROGRAM OFFICIALS ON USDA'S NEW FOOD AID REQUEST ENTRY SYSTEM (FARES) AND TRAIN SELECT MEMBERS OF WFP STAFF ON THE SYSTE [...] |
2003-01-09 15:18:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID AORC PREF EAGR EU WFP UN USDA |
| 03ROME832 |
LETTER TO U/SYG KENZO OSHIMA, UNDP ADMINISTRATOR [...] FOLLOWING IS TEXT OF A LETTER TO U/SYG KENZO OSHIMA, UNDP ADMINISTRATOR MALLOCH BROWN AND UNICEF EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR CAROL BELLAMY DATED FEBRUARY 27, 2003 FROM TONY P. HALL, AMBASSADOR, U.S. MISSION TO THE UN AGENCIES, ROME. BEGIN LETTER: THE HONORABLE KENZO OSHIMA, U/SYG, UN OFFICE FOR THE [...] |
2003-02-27 15:45:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID AORC PREF EAGR EU WFP UN |
| 03ROME86 |
OSCE: GOI ON IMPROVING U.S./EU COORDINATION; [...] (C) SUMMARY AND REQUEST FOR GUIDANCE. DURING A CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 ROME 00086 100733Z DISCUSSION ON TURKMENISTAN "MOSCOW MECHANISM" (SEE PARA 5), MFA OSCE OFFICE DIRECTOR FABIO CRISTIANI STRESSED THE IMPORTANCE OF U.S./EU COORDINATION ON OSCE ISSUES, AND O [...] |
2003-01-10 07:10:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM EU IT TX OSCE |
| 03ROME876 |
THE LETHAL COMBINATION OF HUNGER AND HIV/AIDS IN [...] WHILE VISITING FEBRUARY 15-21 IN ETHIOPIA (REPORTED REF A), IT BECAME CLEAR THAT FURTHER AND IMMEDIATE ATTENTION IS NEEDED BY THE UNITED NATIONS AND ITS PARTNERS IN ADDRESSING THE INSIDIOUS POTENTIAL OF HIV/AIDS TO TURN DROUGHT CRISES INTO CATASTROPHE. END SUMMARY. ---------- BACKGROUND -- [...] |
2003-03-04 07:26:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID AORC PREF EAGR EU WFP UN |
| 03ROME896 |
IDLO PROPOSAL TO USAID FOR U.S. DOLLARS 2.25 [...] THE ROME-BASED INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT LAW ORGANIZATION (IDLO) HAS SENT TO THE U.S. MISSION A PROPOSAL FOR PROGRAM SUPPORT FOR THE PERIOD 2003-2005 REQUESTING USAID FUNDING OF U.S. DOLLARS 2.25 MILLION (U.S. 750,000/ANNUM). IDLO IS FUNDED BY VOLUNTARY CONTRIBUTIONS; USAID HAS PREVIOUSLY PROV [...] |
2003-03-04 15:45:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC EAID PREF EU EAGR IDLO UNAORC UN |
| 03ROME931 |
GOI DISAPPOINTED WITH DELAY IN EU TAKEOVER OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: ON MARCH 5, ITALIAN MFA DEPUTY HEAD OF MULTILATERAL AFFAIRS CLAUDIO BISOGNIERO EXPRESSED SURPRISE TO POLMIN AT THE US INTERVENTION (REF A) DURING THAT MORNING'S NAC IN BRUSSELS DEALING WITH THE EU'S PROPOSED TAKEOVER OF OPERATION ALLIED HARMONY. RATHER THAN FULLY CONCURRING WIT [...] |
2003-03-06 17:09:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | EU MARR MK PREL NATO EUN |
| 03SANAA2754 |
INVITATION FOR USG PARTICIPATION IN JANUARY 2004 [...] (C) Summary/Comment: In an 11/18 meeting with Charge, FM Qirbi delivered a verbal invitation for &high-level8 USG participation in an international conference to take place in Yemen 10-12 January 2004. Shura Council Member Mohamed al-Tayeb, who will head ROYG preparations, provided background [...] |
2003-11-21 07:57:00 | Embassy Sanaa | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PTER PREL EU YM ICC HUMAN RIGHTS DEMOCRATIC REFORM |
| 03THEHAGUE1595 |
DUTCH CANDIDATE FOR EU MIDDLE EAST ENVOY [...] (U) Noting that Marcel Kurpershoek is one of two finalists to replace Angel Moratinos, we want to share our impressions and some biographic details. Kurpershoek currently is resident in Pakistan, where he serves as Dutch ambassador to Pakistan, Afghanistan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, and Taji [...] |
2003-06-20 12:09:00 | Embassy The Hague | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL EU IS NL PK |
| 03THEHAGUE1739 |
DUTCH PM BALKENDE OUTLINES AGENDA [...] (C) On June 30, Amb Sobel and Dutch PM Jan Peter Balkende discussed their objectives. The Prime Minister listed three issues on which he personally wanted to lead his new government: values, innovation, and the 2004 EU presidency. In the Fall, the PM will begin traveling to capitals to prepa [...] |
2003-07-08 11:14:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD EU MARR NL PREL PTER |
| 03THEHAGUE2171 |
DUTCH SUPPORT EU RESOLUTION ON IRAN DURING THE [...] No summary [...] |
2003-08-28 09:56:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL IR EU NL UNHRC |
| 03THEHAGUE2227 |
DUTCH THOUGHTS ON EU GYMNICH MEETING [...] (C) We spoke with working-level contacts about Gymnich while the FM was in Washington. According to contacts, the Dutch will push EU counterparts at Gymnich for an EU designation of HAMAS (ref B) and greater international support for the transition phase in Iraq. The Dutch will also query E [...] |
2003-09-04 13:46:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EU NL UNHRC OSCE |
| 03THEHAGUE2310 |
DUTCH MFA ON GYMNICH, MEPP, AND IRAQ [...] (C) Summary: PolCouns and PolOff met with MFA Director for Political Affairs Jaap Werner and Deputy Director Joop Wijnands on September 9 to discuss the results of the September 5-6 EU Foreign Ministers Gymnich meeting. Werner termed the September 2-3 visit of PM Balkenende and FM de Hoop Sch [...] |
2003-09-15 13:29:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | EU PREL NL UNHRC OSCE |
| 03THEHAGUE2612 |
DUTCH FM-DESIGNATE SAYS TIES TO U.S. A TOP PRIORITY [...] (C) On October 10, FM-designee Ben Bot met with Amb. Sobel. Bot said he is committed to building upon the strong U.S.-Netherlands foundation that FM de Hoop Scheffer and PM Balkenende have set, including using the 2004 Dutch EU presidency to strengthen transatlantic relations. He expressed [...] |
2003-10-10 15:25:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | EU IZ NL PREL |
| 03THEHAGUE2636 |
DUTCH PRIME MINISTER VISITS TURKEY [...] This is an action request for EUR/SCC Tom Weston. Please see para 9. 2. (C) Summary: Prime Minister Balkenende traveled to Istanbul and Ankara October 7-9 to discuss developments in Turkey's EU accession bid and Cyprus. Despite Turkish pleas, the Dutch made no promises on Turkey's EU c [...] |
2003-10-16 11:57:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EU TK NL |
| 03THEHAGUE2733 |
KLM CEO SAYS 'BREAKTHROUGH' MERGER TO SPUR MORE [...] (C) KLM's "breakthrough" merger with Air France sets a precedent that will spur further consolidation within the airline industry, KLM President and CEO Leo van Wijk told the Ambassador in an October 9 meeting. Van Wijk likened the pact to the Netherlands' first-ever Open Skies agreement with [...] |
2003-10-30 10:42:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | EAIR EU NL |
| 03THEHAGUE2931 |
IAEA/IRAN: REVISED LANGUAGE DELIVERED TO DUTCH MFA [...] No summary [...] |
2003-11-21 15:44:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP PREL PARM MNUC EU IR NL IAEA |
| 03THEHAGUE2982 |
IRAQI TRAVEL DOCUMENT DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] |
2003-11-28 14:29:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EU NL PREF PREL |
| 03THEHAGUE3067 |
EU COUNCIL PUTS DUTCH IN AWKWARD POSITION [...] (C) Dutch Politic... 12703 2003-12-15 03THEHAGUE3067 Embassy The Hague CONFIDENTIAL C O N F I D E N T I A L THE HAGUE 003067 SIPDIS E.O. 12958: DECL: 12/14/2013 TAGS: EU NL PREL SUBJECT: EU COUNCIL PUTS DUTCH IN AWKWARD POSITION Classified By: AMBASSADOR CLIFFORD SOBEL FOR REASON [...] |
2003-12-15 14:48:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | EU NL PREL |
| 03ZAGREB1365 |
MESIC SPEECH AT EMBASSY OPENING FAILS TO BOOST [...] (C) On June 13, President Mesic attended the ceremonial opening of the new U.S. Embassy in Zagreb. The Ambassador used the festive occasion to declare that the imposing, state-of-the art chancery is a concrete example of the United States' long-term commitment to Croatia. Rather than use his [...] |
2003-06-13 16:09:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EU HR |
| 03ZAGREB1587 |
PRODI IN CROATIA: ENCOURAGEMENT FOR EU BID AND [...] On July 10, EC President Romano Prodi visited Croatia to present the Commission's membership "questionnaire" to PM Racan. In meetings with President Mesic, PM Racan's Cabinet and an address to the Croatian parliament as well as in meetings with religious leaders and opposition parties, Prodi [...] |
2003-07-11 13:38:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL EU HR |
| 03ZAGREB1660 |
POLITICS, POLITICS: AMBASSADOR'S INITIAL CALL ON [...] (C) The opposition-leading HDZ party will remain strong after parliamentary elections this November, but it will not be able to form a government; Croatia's next coalition government will be largely similar to the current lineup of parties, Parliament Speaker Zlatko Tomcic confidently predict [...] |
2003-07-23 15:31:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EU HR NATO |
| 04AMMAN8013 |
MORE ON EU SUPPORT FOR IRAQ RECONSTRUCTION, [...] (C) European Commission (EC) Iraq Delegation chief Ana Gallo Alvarez provided additional information to us on planned EU support for Iraq reconstruction and elections (ref A) during a meeting in Amman on September 21. According to Alvarez (who resides in Amman pending improvement in the secu [...] |
2004-09-27 08:08:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON EFIN EAID JO IZ EU |
| 04ANKARA2403 |
CYPRUS NEXT STEPS: GOT POINTS DELIVERED [...] (C) We delivered ref A points to Turkish MFA Cyprus Department Head Bilman April 28. He undertook to convey them to all other MFA officials involved on Cyprus before SRSG DeSoto's arrival in Ankara. In addition to meetings with MFA officials, DeSoto will meet with PM Erdogan and FM Gul. [...] |
2004-04-29 08:34:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | CY ECON ETRD EU PREL TU |
| 04ANKARA2441 |
STICKER SHOCK: 50 BILLION EURO PRICE TAG TO BRING [...] (C) Summary: The European Commission's Representation in Ankara is pressing forward with pre-accession assistance of Euro 250 million in 2004, rising to Euro 1.4 billion in 2011, if accession negotiations are on track. However, in one sector, the environment, the cost to bring Turkey up to E [...] |
2004-04-30 10:35:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ECIN EU SENV TU |
| 04ANKARA4133 |
DAS KENNEDY: DISCUSSIONS ON IRAQ, CYPRUS, AND EU [...] (C) Summary: In July 20/21 Ankara meetings at the Turkish MFA and General Secretariat for EU Affairs, EUR/DAS Laura Kennedy solicited evaluations of 1) Turkey's prospects for a definite date to begin EU accession negotiations; 2) steps forward in the wake of the Greek Cypriot rejection of the [...] |
2004-07-27 14:55:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL OTRA TU CY IZ EU |
| 04ANKARA6207 |
SCENESETTER: AMBASSADOR SCHNABEL'S VISIT TO TURKEY [...] (SBU) Summary: Your visit to Turkey provides an excellent opportunity to assure the Turks that the U.S. continues to support Turkey's EU candidacy. Some elements in Turkey view the U.S. and EU as rival power blocs, and question why the U.S. would want Turkey in the EU. By highlighting areas o [...] |
2004-11-02 15:29:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL EU TU |
| 04ANKARA6368 |
DEMARCHE ON SECOND ROUND OF UKRAINIAN PRESIDENTIAL [...] (C) On November 10 we presented reftel A demarche to Turkish MFA Eastern Europe Political Officer Yavuz Evirgen, noting that we had demarched the MFA on Ukrainian elections as recently as October 14. Evirgen replied that Turkey had sent ten observers, five members of Parliament and five Turk [...] |
2004-11-10 15:32:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM EU UP TU |
| 04ANKARA6489 |
EUR DAS LAURA KENNEDY MEETS TURKISH OFFICIALS TO [...] (C) Summary: EUR DAS Laura Kennedy visited Ankara November 11-12 to discuss with Turkish officials the December 17 European Council decision on starting accession negotiations with Turkey. Kennedy met with Parliamentary Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Mehmet Dulger, MFA Deputy U/S for EU A [...] |
2004-11-19 15:34:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ECIN EU PGOV PREL TU |
| 04ANKARA6627 |
DCM URGES CONTINUED EU PROGRESS [...] (C) Summary: The DCM November 26 urged MFA officials to look for ways to bolster Turkey's EU candidacy in the run-up to the December Summit. With opposition to Turkish membership building in Europe, the GOT should strengthen its position by pursuing reforms. Signing a protocol extending its [...] |
2004-11-30 09:27:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EU TU |
| 04ANKARA6628 |
AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES ARCHON VISIT, GREEK ORTHODOX [...] (U) Summary: The Ambassador told MFA U/S Tuygan on November 26 that the Archons of the Ecumenical Patriarchate, a New York-based Greek Orthodox group, are visiting Ankara to discuss religious freedom with the GOT as part of a pilgrimage involving the transfer of relics from the Vatican to the [...] |
2004-11-30 09:28:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM EU TU |
| 04BOGOTA1318 |
DAS DESHAZO'S MEETING WITH FM BARCO [...] (C) Summary: In a meeting on February 6, WHA DAS Peter DeShazo and FM Carolina Barco discussed paramilitary demobilization and the OAS resolution on its verification mission, Colombia-Venezuela relations, and President Uribe's February 8-14 visit to Europe. End Summary. 2. (U) At the Fe [...] |
2004-02-09 19:27:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KJUS PHUM CO VE EU |
| 04BOGOTA1356 |
URIBE'S MEETING WITH INTER-AGENCY DELEGATION [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Wood and visiting U.S. inter-agency delegation met with President Uribe and FM Barco on February 4. Reftel details the portion of the meeting devoted to paramilitary demobilization and extradition issues. Barco expressed guarded optimism regarding the OAS vote on Se [...] |
2004-02-10 15:28:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KJUS PHUM PTER SNAR CO EU |
| 04BRATISLAVA1011 |
WIDE SUPPORT FOR EU ACCESSION TALKS WITH TURKEY [...] (U) Summary. The vast majority of Slovak political parties have expressed support for beginning EU-accession talks with Turkey. However, they caution that beginning talks is not a guarantee of support for joining the EU; Turkey must fully meet all the political and economic requirements for [...] |
2004-11-05 16:16:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EU UP LO |
| 04BRATISLAVA1076 |
SLOVAKIA SEEKS "BALANCED" EU POSITION ON CROATIA [...] (C) POLEC Chief delivered reftel demarche to the MFA European Correspondent Lubomir Rehak on November 30. Rehak said the MFA had sent its delegation in Brussels "a different instruction" on November 29. Slovakia thinks the draft language being circulated on ICTY conditionality is "too strong [...] |
2004-11-30 14:15:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KAWC EU HR LO ICTY |
| 04BRATISLAVA197 |
EU ENLARGEMENT AND WTO GOVERNMENT PROCUREMENT [...] The following is post's submission of updated GPA information for Slovakia, per reftel, under Directive 93/37. 2. The procuring entity (contracting authority) is defined in Art. 4, of Act No. 523/2003, as: a) the Slovak Republic represented by a state administration body, a body or an a [...] |
2004-02-27 17:25:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ECON ETRD PREL LO EU WTO |
| 04BRATISLAVA266 |
EUROPEAN COMMISSION CUSTOMS REGIME [...] THE FOLLOWING IS POST'S RESPONSE TO QUESTIONS RAISED IN REFTEL. 2. SLOVAKIA'S CUSTOMS LEGISLATION IS IN FULL COMPLIANCE WITH EU LEGISLATION EXCEPT FOR SOME PROVISIONS ON DRUG PRECURSORS. IMPLEMENTATION OF THE NON-ALIGNED PROVISIONS WILL TAKE PLACE UPON ACCESSION, MAY 1 WHEN THE EUROPEAN [...] |
2004-03-22 16:48:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD EU EFIN LO WTO USTR |
| 04BRATISLAVA294 |
Bratislava II: A Carrot for Balkans and Caucasus [...] Introduction: Prime Minister Mikulas Dzurinda hosted a conference March 19 under the banner "Towards A Wider Europe: The New Agenda." With most Visegrad-4 and Vilnius- 10 countries moments away from full membership in both NATO and the EU, the conference focused on how to expand the process [...] |
2004-03-25 16:53:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL EU LO NATO |
| 04BRATISLAVA602 |
EU RICE IMPORTS [...] No summary [...] |
2004-06-18 15:13:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ETRD EU LO |
| 04BRATISLAVA896 |
SLOVAKIA STILL UNDECIDED ON TURKISH EU MEMBERSHIP, [...] (C) DCM raised reftel message on Turkey's EU accession with MFA State Secretary Ivan Korcok, MFA Acting General Director for European Affairs Frantisek Ruzicka, and Foreign Policy Advisor to the Prime Minister Milan Jezovica on September 28 and 29. Ruzicka said Slovakia was supportive in prin [...] |
2004-09-29 14:34:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | ECIN PREL EU TU LO |
| 04BRATISLAVA909 |
SLOVAK PARTIES AGAINST TURKISH EU ACCESSION [...] (SBU) Summary. Two parties from Slovakia's four-party ruling coalition have voiced strong reservations about setting a firm date for Turkey to begin EU accession talks. On September 30, Speaker of the Parliament Pavol Hrusovsky of the Christian-Democratic Movement (KDH) said he saw "many reas [...] |
2004-10-05 14:08:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EU LO |
| 04BRATISLAVA923 |
GAERC ISSUES: CODE OF CONDUCT STRONG ENOUGH; [...] (C) In response to points raised from ref A, MFA European Correspondent Lubomir Rehak on October 6 told polec chief that the EU was strengthening the code of conduct regarding arms sales to make it more effective than in the past. He said member states were confident that it would suffice to [...] |
2004-10-08 07:43:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM CH LY TU EU LO |
| 04BRUSSELS139 |
CENTRAL DUBLIN GROUP MEETING: JANUARY 2004 [...] This cable contains an action request. See para. 8. 2. Summary. During its January 9 meeting, the members of the Central Dublin Group reviewed regional reports from the Baltic states (Norway), Central Europe (Netherlands), Northern Africa (Spain), Africa - apart from North Africa (Franc [...] |
2004-01-14 06:47:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EU KCRM PREL SNAR EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
| 04BRUSSELS1749 |
SCENESETTER FOR APRIL 26 INAUGURAL SESSION OF THE [...] Summary and introduction. The inaugural meeting of the high level dialogue on transportation, border and infrastructure security (TBIS) on April 26 is an important opportunity to break through the bureaucratic logjams between various EU components that have severely complicated efforts to ad [...] |
2004-04-22 12:14:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CA EAIR ECON EU PTER USEU BRUSSELS |
| 04BRUSSELS2589 |
SCENESETTER FOR JUNE 25 VISIT OF DHS DEPUTY [...] Summary: You are coming to Brussels during a time of transition in the European Union as it absorbs 10 new member states and moves towards a new Parliament, new Commissioners and possibly a new Constitutional Treaty. At the same time, the EU is in the waning days of the Irish Presidency, an [...] |
2004-06-17 13:29:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EU PTER USEU BRUSSELS |
| 04BRUSSELS4536 |
EUROPOL - FEELING ITS WAY FORWARD [...] (SBU) Summary. During their recent visits to The Hague, DHS Secretary Ridge and AG Ashcroft announced the assignment of an FBI agent to Europol's reconstituted task force on counter terrorism and a Secret Service agent for counterfeiting. This strengthened U.S. law enforcement liaison sugge [...] |
2004-10-21 08:59:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EU KCRM KJUS PREL SNAR USEU BRUSSELS |
| 04BRUSSELS4677 |
DRUGS TROIKA DISCUSSES EU DRUGS STRATEGY, [...] (U) Summary. The annual U.S.-EU Drugs Troika was held October 25 in Brussels. INL DAS Jonathan Farrar had wide-ranging discussions on trends in cocaine, heroin and synthetics production and trafficking. The USAID Office Director of South America Affairs gave a detailed presentation on U.S. [...] |
2004-10-29 13:46:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AF BL CO EU KCRM SNAR XM EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
| 04COLOMBO1362 |
EU AND JAPAN TALK TOUGH TO TIGERS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The EU troika and the Japanese ambassador both delivered tough messages to LTTE political chief Thamilchelvan on killings, child soldiers and a rapid return to the peace table. Thamilchelvan told all that the LTTE is committed to a federal solution in accordance with the Oslo dec [...] |
2004-08-18 11:31:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER CE NO JA EU LTTE |
| 04COLOMBO150 |
In January 23 Tokyo followup meeting, Donors [...] (C) SUMMARY: On January 23, Japanese Special Envoy Yasushi Akashi hosted a second followup meeting to the June 2003 Tokyo donors conference. The first session of the meeting was attended by Colombo-based diplomats and local heads of multilateral organizations (WB, IMF, UN). Representatives [...] |
2004-01-26 12:23:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID PGOV PTER CE NO JA EU LTTE |
| 04COLOMBO154 |
February Co-Chairs Meeting: Where We Go From [...] (C) SUMMARY: The USG-hosted February 17 Tokyo co- chairs meeting in Washington comes at an appropriate time. Cohabitation between the President and the Prime Minister remains highly stressful which unfortunately means that a possible return to the peace table has been pushed down the road. [...] |
2004-01-27 10:48:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EAID CE JA NO EU LTTE ECONOMICS |
| 04COLOMBO155 |
In readout, Japanese Ambassador sees visit by [...] (C) SUMMARY: On January 26, Japanese Ambassador Suda provided Ambassador Lunstead and the other local co-chairs of the Tokyo process with a readout of Special Envoy Akashi's recent visit to Sri Lanka. In Akashi's meeting with the LTTE, the group requested that more be done to funnel aid to [...] |
2004-01-27 11:11:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER EAID CE NO JA EU LTTE |
| 04COLOMBO226 |
Sri Lanka: PM appears relaxed about elections; [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador Lunstead met with Prime Minister Wickremesinghe late February 9. The PM appeared relaxed regarding the just announced parliamentary elections scheduled to take place April 2. He said he had always expected President Kumaratunga to go for elections and he predicted th [...] |
2004-02-10 10:32:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EAID CE JA NO EU |
| 04COLOMBO271 |
Washington donor Co-chairs meeting reaps [...] (C) SUMMARY: Media coverage of the February 17 Sri Lanka donor Co-chairs meeting hosted by the Deputy Secretary in Washington is just beginning to flow in. SIPDIS Most local press reaction, thus far, has been straightforward reporting of the Department's press statement with little commen [...] |
2004-02-19 09:51:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EAID KPAO CE NO JA EU LTTE |
| 04COLOMBO72 |
Donors find agreement over Akashi visit [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Tokyo Co-chairs and the larger donor group both agreed that the Akashi visit should include an informal meeting with the donors only, followed by a meeting with GSL -- and LTTE, if they would come. Meetings will be low-key, with no communique or press release. Akashi wil [...] |
2004-01-14 10:00:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EAID CE NO EU JA LTTE |
| 04COLOMBO870 |
Sri Lanka: Upcoming meeting of the Co-Chairs [...] (C) SUMMARY: On June 1, the four Co-Chairs (Norway, Japan, the U.S., and EU) of the Tokyo Process are scheduled to meet in Brussels. The meeting is an important one and will build on recent visits to Sri Lanka by the Norwegian facilitators, GoJ Special Envoy Akashi, and SA A/S Rocca. Recen [...] |
2004-05-25 10:57:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER EAID PGOV CE JA NO EU IN LTTE |
| 04COLOMBO911 |
Co-chairs meeting in Brussels receives a [...] (C) SUMMARY: Local reaction to the Sri Lanka donor co-chairs meeting held in Brussels on June 1 has been largely positive. Embassy interlocutors were appreciative of the international community's sustained support for the peace process. Media coverage has been light so far and focused on t [...] |
2004-06-03 10:38:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EAID CE NO JA EU LTTE |
| 04COLOMBO915 |
Co-Chairs' June 1 statement stirs up more [...] (C) SUMMARY: Foreign Minister Kadirgamar told Ambassador that the Co-Chairs' Brussels statement could be seen as a "threat" to the GSL. In the Wanni, the LTTE rejected a World Bank proposal for a mechanism to deliver development funds for the north/east. The Co- Chairs' statement clearly p [...] |
2004-06-04 05:37:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID PTER CE NO JA EU LTTE |
| 04DUBLIN1163 |
EXCHANGE OF LETTERS WITH EC ON "MIXITY" ISSUE IN [...] On August 4, Embassy provided reftel's referenced letters on "mixity" to Kevin Dowling, Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Political Division Counselor, and Frank Flood, DFA's EU Division Deputy Director. Both said that they would forward the correspondence to James Kingston, DFA Deputy Lega [...] |
2004-08-05 12:35:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED | EU KTIA EAIR |
| 04DUBLIN1331 |
EU/IRELAND: FORMER IRISH PM BRUTON APPOINTED NEXT [...] On September 9, Former Taoiseach (Prime Minister) and current member of the Irish Parliament John Bruton was appointed EU Ambassador to the US. He is the first EU ambassador to the US to be chosen since the European Commission's decision to give the appointment to a political heavyweight in [...] |
2004-09-09 16:26:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV EU PINR |
| 04DUBLIN1579 |
IRELAND/EU: UNSYG ANNAN RENEWS CALL FOR UN-EU [...] (C) Summary: In an October 14 speech in Dublin, UNSYG Kofi Annan called for effective multilateralism to address global challenges and, in particular, increased UN-EU cooperation on crisis management. He welcomed the EU battlegroup initiative as a potential model for UN-EU collaboration on c [...] |
2004-10-19 06:57:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | EU MARR MCAP MOPS PGOV PINS PREL UN |
| 04DUBLIN1644 |
IRELAND SUPPORTS EU COMMON POSITION ON CUBA [...] No summary [...] |
2004-11-02 16:04:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM EU |
| 04DUBLIN1672 |
SCENESETTER FOR TREASURY SECRETARY SNOW'S NOVEMBER [...] (SBU) Summary: The Irish Government and Embassy Dublin warmly welcome your upcoming visit to Dublin. Past and present Irish policy-makers look forward to substantive discussion with you on the dramatic transformation of Ireland's economy. I am planning a dinner in your honor that will inclu [...] |
2004-11-09 15:48:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OVIP ECON PREL ETRD EINV PGOV EU |
| 04DUBLIN1717 |
SECRETARY SNOW,S MEETING WITH PRIME MINISTER AHERN [...] (C) Summary: On November 15, U.S. Treasury Secretary John Snow met with Irish Prime Minister (Taoiseach) Bertie Ahern. PM Ahern: -- Urged U.S. reengagement in the Middle East Peace Process, which Europe viewed as the world,s most pressing issue; -- Expressed concern about the ability of t [...] |
2004-11-24 16:22:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | OVIP ECON PREL ETRD EINV PGOV EU |
| 04DUBLIN1719 |
SECRETARY SNOW,S DISCUSSIONS WITH THE ARCHITECTS [...] (C) Summary: The November 14-15 visit of U.S. Treasury Secretary John W. Snow was an opportunity for discussion on SIPDIS the "secrets" of Ireland,s success with policy-makers and businessmen who were the architects of Ireland,s Celtic Tiger economy. These key figures noted that while the [...] |
2004-11-24 16:43:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | OVIP ECON PREL ETRD EINV PGOV EU |
| 04DUBLIN1805 |
IRISH RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON BILATERAL TREATIES [...] On December 1, Post delivered reftel talking points to Tony Joyce, Department of Enterprise, Trade, and Employment (DETE) Senior Trade Negotiator. Post noted that the United States and Ireland have a Treaty of Friendship, Commerce, and Navigation, dating back to 1950, with a Protocol signed i [...] |
2004-12-16 14:39:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ECIN KTIA EINV ETRD EU |
| 04DUBLIN886 |
CIVAIR DEMARCHE ON US-EU AGREEMENT - IRELAND [...] (C) Drawing on reftel points, pol/econ chief met on June 9 with Irish Civil Aviation Director General John Lumsden to discuss how to move forward the U.S.-EU air services agreement before the June 26 US-EU Summit. Lumsden noted that, following the excellent meeting last month in Ljubljana b [...] |
2004-06-09 17:45:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | EAIR EU |
| 04HANOI2795 |
BURMA ADDRESSED IN LOW-SUBSTANCE ASEM SUMMIT [...] (SBU) Summary and Comment: Predictions that ASEM-5 would be a talk shop lacking in substance proved for the most part accurate, but the Europeans successfully insisted on raising the Burma issue and including a reference to the political situation there in the Chairman's Statement. The event [...] |
2004-10-13 09:51:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EU PHUM BM VM ARF |
| 04HANOI3417 |
VIETNAM ENGAGES THIRD COUNTRIES ON HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (SBU) Summary: Vietnam has been actively engaging third countries in formal exchanges on human rights issues, including hosting the annual Canada-China-Norway human rights forum, carrying out a bilateral discussion on the death penalty with EU countries and conducting the bi-annual EU-Vietnam [...] |
2004-12-29 04:13:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL EU VM ETMIN HUMANR RELFREE |
| 04HELSINKI1442 |
FINLAND: RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON SECOND ROUND OF [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel points to Tulla Yrjola, the Counselor for Ukraine in Finland's MFA on November 10. Yrjola confirmed that the two Finnish observers that worked with the OSCE during the first round of the Presidential Election in Ukraine would return for the second round. Yrjola sa [...] |
2004-11-12 14:40:00 | Embassy Helsinki | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM EU UP FI |
| 04HELSINKI1472 |
ASSISTANT SECRETARY BETH JONES' MEETING WITH [...] (C) During her November 8 meeting in Helsinki with Finnish Foreign Minister Erkki Tuomioja, Assistant Secretary Jones said that the Administration was already talking about reinvigorating the transatlantic relationship, and said that one of the purposes of her trip was to ask Finland's views a [...] |
2004-11-17 14:57:00 | Embassy Helsinki | CONFIDENTIAL | CASC EU PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG TU FI |
| 04HELSINKI1482 |
FINNISH PM VANHANEN TELLS VISITING EUR A/S JONES, [...] (C) In a November 9 meeting with Finnish PM Matti Vanhanen, visiting EUR A/S Jones reassured the Prime Minister of the importance the Bush Administration places on the transatlantic relationship, citing the President's references to outreach to Europe and the importance of both the EU and NA [...] |
2004-11-19 08:16:00 | Embassy Helsinki | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV CASC ETRD EU PHUM PREL SMIG AF IZ TU FI RU |
| 04HELSINKI1486 |
FINLAND: NOVEMBER GAERC STRATEGY [...] (C) Poloffs delivered reftel demarche to officials at the MFA and to Jonna Partanen, Special Advisor on EU Affairs to Prime Minister Vanhanen. On November 19, Poloff received feedback from Leena Aalto, Counselor in the MFA's EU Affairs Division. Aalto's remarks were keyed to the issues cover [...] |
2004-11-19 14:21:00 | Embassy Helsinki | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL EU TU FI |
| 04HELSINKI1547 |
FINLAND: VIEWS ON THE DECEMBER 13-14 GAERC [...] (U) We met with Finnish MFA EU Correspondent Kimmo Lahdevirta to discuss the agenda for next week's GAERC meeting and the European Council meeting to follow. Finnish views, by issue: 2. (C) China Arms Embargo: Lahdevirta said his understanding is that the EU has reached consensus on revisi [...] |
2004-12-10 14:28:00 | Embassy Helsinki | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETTC XF CH HR IR TU UP FI EUN EU GAERC |
| 04LJUBLJANA646 |
SLOVENIA: NEW CENTER FOR EU INTEGRATION ANNOUNCED [...] (U) SUMMARY: On 08 July, GOS announced its intention to create a new center to assist EU aspirants, in particular Western Balkan hopefuls. Although it is still in the early stages of development, the European Commission and the World Bank have already expressed an interest in the project. E [...] |
2004-07-09 13:11:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV EU SI |
| 04LJUBLJANA726 |
SLOVENIA: GoS APPROVES POTOCNIK'S EU COMMISSIONER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On 29 July, the GoS approved Janez Potocnik's nomination to serve as Slovenia's Commissioner in the EU. Potocnik has had great experience within the EU, having served as Slovenia's top accession negotiator and interim Commissioner. He is independent and can be considered a f [...] |
2004-07-30 10:35:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PINR EU SI |
| 04LONDON3070 |
PREVENTING TRAVEL TO POSSIBLE KONGRA-GEL [...] No summary [...] |
2004-04-23 17:47:00 | Embassy London | SECRET | PTER PREL PINS IZ TU EU SY JO UK |
| 04MADRID1836 |
IMPLEMENTATION OF EU TRACEABILITY AND LABELING [...] In response to reftel request for information on implementation and enforcement of the new EU Traceability and Labeling (T&L) for food and feed regulations, we talked to the Spanish Food Safety Agency, the Spanish Food and Beverage Federation and the Spanish Feed Compounders Association regard [...] |
2004-05-20 09:13:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD EU TBIO SP |
| 04MADRID2903 |
ANDALUSIAN FIRES RAVAGE 35,000 ACRES [...] SUMMARY: Since July 27, forest fires have raged out of control and burned more than 35,000 acres in the Andalusian provinces of Huelva and Sevilla. Authorities have evacuated more than 1,160 people from the surrounding areas affected by the flames. The 2004 fire season may be one of the wor [...] |
2004-07-29 16:54:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EAID SENV PGOV EU SP |
| 04MADRID2986 |
SPAIN: "MIXITY" ISSUE IN GPS AGREEMENT [...] On August 4, we passed reftel points and exchange of letters to Jesus Antonio Perez Blanco, Subdirector General for Airline Navigation Systems and Airports at the Ministry of Public Works. We also shared points with two MFA contacts: Emilio Fernandez-Castano, Director General of Internation [...] |
2004-08-05 14:55:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | KTIA EU SP |
| 04MADRID3937 |
SPAIN: APPROACH TO EU MEMBERS ON AID, TRADE FOR [...] No summary [...] |
2004-10-07 14:40:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | ECIN PREL EU TU CY SP |
| 04MADRID4381 |
SPAIN SUPPORTS TURKISH EU ACCESSION [...] (C) Spain supports Turkish EU candidacy, a policy that has remained consistent through both the Popular Party administration of Jose Maria Aznar and the current Socialist administration of Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero. MFA EU Correspondent Luis Canovas del Castillo told Poloff November 15 t [...] |
2004-11-16 11:35:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | ECIN PREL EU TU SP |
| 04MADRID4430 |
SPAIN: RESPONSE TO SECOND ROUND OF UKRAINIAN [...] (C) Poloffs met with the MFA desk officer for Russia and Eastern European affairs, Marta Ruiz, 11/16 to encourage Spain's participation in the second round of presidential election in the Ukraine set for November 21 and to hear GOS views on imposing visa restrictions on Ukrainian officials w [...] |
2004-11-19 11:28:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM EU SP |
| 04MADRID4444 |
SPAIN: RESPONSE TO SECOND ROUND OF UKRAINIAN [...] (C) Poloffs met with the MFA desk officer for Russia and Eastern European affairs, Marta Ruiz, November 16 to encourage Spain's participation in election monitoring during the second round of the Ukrainian presidential election on November 21 and to hear GOS views on imposing visa restrictio [...] |
2004-11-19 16:37:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM EU SP |
| 04MADRID649 |
SPAIN AGAINST FULL WEOG PARTICIPATION FOR ISRAEL [...] (U) Please see action request in paragraph 4. 2. (C) We delivered reftel demarche to Inigo de Palacio, MFA Director of UN Affairs, on February 24. De Palacio stated that while Spain and the EU would support renewing Israel's WEOG New York membership in May, the EU's common policy is to "gi [...] |
2004-02-25 15:51:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IS EU AORC SP UN |
| 04MADRID841 |
Spanish Customs Administration [...] This cable contains responses to reftel cable re: EU member state customs regimes. Responses are queued to questions listed in reftel para 6. We collected the information during routine visits with Customs and business contacts. A. CUSTOMS PROCEDURES The formal procedure is comprised of t [...] |
2004-03-12 09:03:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN SP ETRD EU WTO USTR |
| 04MONTREAL1464 |
EU Additionality at ICAO: EC Efforts to obtain [...] (U) Summary and action request. As Department is aware, for some time the European Union has been talking with high level officials of the International Civil Aviation Organization about its desire to have an enhanced and permanent presence at ICAO. Of 36 current Council members, 8 are from [...] |
2004-11-12 20:01:00 | Consulate Montreal | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC EAIR EU ICAO |
| 04OTTAWA3058 |
CANADA: DEMARCHE ON SECOND ROUND OF UKRAINIAN [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to FAC Deputy Director for Eastern Europe Habib Massoud and Desk Officer Claude Demers November 12, the latter of whom recently returned from observing the first round of elections in Ukraine. Massoud thanked us for the points and commented that we are gen [...] |
2004-11-15 13:07:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | CA EU PGOV PHUM PREL UP FAC |
| 04OTTAWA3134 |
U.S. VIEWS ON PROPOSED UN ENVIRONMENTAL [...] ESTH Counselor made the demarche requested in reftel to Richard Ballhorn, Director General for Environment and Sustainable Development Affairs in the Department of Foreign Affairs, and to Nicole Ladouceur, Director General for International Affairs in the Department of the Environment. Ballhor [...] |
2004-11-19 21:05:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | EU IO SENV CA |
| 04PARIS3123 |
PREVENTING TRAVEL TO POSSIBLE KONGRA-GEL [...] No summary [...] |
2004-04-23 17:18:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET | PTER PINS IZ TU EU SY JO FR |
| 04PARIS9160 |
UKRAINE: FRENCH ON YUSHCHENKO VICTORY [...] (U) MFA desk officer for Ukraine Benoit Fremont described French satisfaction that the re-run of the second round of the Ukrainian presidential election had been conducted freely and fairly. Fremont agreed that while there had been some problems with the balloting, the level of fraud had not [...] |
2004-12-28 16:02:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EU UP FR PL |
| 04ROME2489 |
ITALY - EU ARMS EMBARGO ON CHINA [...] (C) We raised reftel points with senior Italian officials at meetings on June 23, 24 and 25. They acknowledged that there may be a gradually emerging EU consensus on lifting the EU China Arms Embargo, but said that there is no deadline and that the EU does not want to signal to Beijing that t [...] |
2004-06-25 17:04:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM PHUM ETTC EU CH IT HUMAN RIGHTS |
| 04ROME2875 |
ITALY WARNS AGAINST MARGINALIZATION OF THE EU IN [...] (C) Summary. The Italian MFA warned that US "acquiescence" in Israel's efforts to exclude the European Union from engagement in the peace process is undermining the EU's credibility in the region, which will impede progress on the Roadmap and serve to further the divide between the Israelis a [...] |
2004-07-26 05:52:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL IS IT EU UNGA |
| 04ROME3125 |
ITALIAN AGRICULTURE: MIXED [...] Summary. Reactions of Italian agricultural opinion leaders to the WTO framework agreement reached in Geneva July 31 were generally positive. The majority hold tenaciously to the hope that geographical indications should be addressed in the WTO. Government, farmers' organizations, political [...] |
2004-08-12 14:52:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD EU IT FAO |
| 04ROME3832 |
ALITALIA: RESTRUCTURING PLAN CLOSE TO APPROVAL [...] (U) Summary: Alitalia, the Italian government, and labor unions are expected to sign a final agreement soon on the restructuring of Italy's flag carrier. The airline will be split into two companies, one to continue the core flight operations, the other to take over Alitalia's ground service [...] |
2004-10-04 15:50:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ELAB EU IT KPRV PGOV FAA AVIATION |
| 04ROME4198 |
ITALY: EU COMMON POSITION ON CUBA [...] No summary [...] |
2004-11-02 09:03:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM EU CU IT HUMAN RIGHTS |
| 04ROME4699 |
ITALY: EU COMMON POSITION ON CUBA: ENCOURAGE [...] No summary [...] |
2004-12-13 12:09:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM EU CU IT HUMAN RIGHTS |
| 04ROME563 |
ITALIAN BIOTECH POLICY [...] SUMMARY. Italian biotech policy and policy-making appears to growing less transparent and more confused. The NK603 dossier is only the latest example. The Embassy believes it is unlikely that a Feb 17 GOI interagency meeting of technical experts will develop a consensus view. In our e [...] |
2004-02-13 16:41:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR TBIO ETRD EU IT ITALIAN POLITICS |
| 04ROME740 |
NEW FORM OF BSE DISCOVERED IN ITALY [...] Summary. Researchers from several Italian institutions published, in the National Academy of Science, findings that they have identified a second type of mad cow brain- wasting disease, BASE. The U.S. press has given this story much more attention than the Italian press. Italian media report [...] |
2004-02-27 06:57:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR EU IT |
| 04SANTODOMINGO473 |
DOMINICAN ELECTIONS #18: UN, EU AND OAS REPS [...] (SBU) Following is number 18 in our Dominican presidential election series: UN, EU and OAS Reps Engage Dominican Electoral Authorities A UN Mission, Soon - - - - - - - - - - UN Resident Representative Niky Fabiancic informed the Ambassador and poloff on January 12 that the UN El [...] |
2004-01-23 23:04:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | DR PGOV EAID EU |
| 04STATE89155 |
PREVENTING TRAVEL TO POSSIBLE KONGRA-GEL [...] (S) THIS IS AN ACTION MESSAGE. ACTION ADDRESSEES ARE TO DRAW FROM THE POINTS IN PARA 2-4, AS APPROPRIATE, WITH HOST GOVERNMENTS AT THE HIGHEST APPROPRIATE LEVELS TO SEEK THEIR HELP IN PREVENTING A PARTY CONGRESS IN IRAQ BY KONGRA-GEL, THE TERRORIST SUCCESSOR TO THE PKK. THE U.S. WILL DO ALL IT [...] |
2004-04-22 00:48:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | PTER PREL PINS IZ TU EU SY JO |
| 04TELAVIV1488 |
FM SHALOM REVIEWS BUSY TRAVEL ITINERARY; BELIEVES [...] (C) Summary: Foreign Minister Shalom told the Ambassador on March 8 that in recent discussions in London and Dublin the Europeans had conveyed a preference for GOI-PA negotiations in the context of the roadmap, as opposed to unilateral steps. UK PM Tony Blair reportedly expressed admiration [...] |
2004-03-10 06:44:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL PTER IS EG XF EU GOI EXTERNAL GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
| 04THEHAGUE1524 |
NETHERLANDS/TURKEY/EU: ERDOGAN GETS PRAISE BUT NO [...] (C) Summary: As expected, Turkish Prime Minister Erdogan's June 16 visit to the Netherlands focused heavily on Turkey's EU accession bid. Dutch Prime Minister Balkenende publicly and privately praised Turkey's reform efforts to date and assured Erdogan that negotiations on accession would be [...] |
2004-06-18 14:01:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL TU EU NL |
| 04THEHAGUE1670 |
DUTCH EU PRESIDENCY: THE VIEW FROM THE HAGUE [...] (C) Summary: Balancing Dutch, European, and transatlantic interests will be a challenge for the Dutch presidency, made more complicated by the demands of a 25 member EU, a new parliament and Commission, and the new constitutional treaty. A "successful" presidency is seen by PM Balkendende as [...] |
2004-07-02 14:45:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EU NL |
| 04THEHAGUE1705 |
NETHERLANDS: RESPECTING HUMAN RIGHTS IN SYRIA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: THE DUTCH, AS CURRENT EU PRESIDENT, WILL CONTINUE TO PURSUE A POLICY OF ENGAGEMENT WITH SYRIA TO ENCOURAGE IMPROVEMENTS ON HUMAN RIGHTS. THE EU'S ASSOCIATION AGREEMENT WITH SYRIA HAS BEEN FINALIZED, BUT HAS NOT BEEN IMPLEMENTED DUE TO SYRIAN OBJECTIONS TO ITS NON- PROLIFERATI [...] |
2004-07-08 11:57:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL NL EU SY PHUM |
| 04THEHAGUE1770 |
DUTCH/EU ON ARAB RESOLUTION ON ISRAELI SECURITY BARRIER [...] (C) On July 9, Ambassador Sobel discussed the anticipated ICJ decision on the Israeli Security Barrier with Hugo Siblesz, the Dutch MFA's Director General for Political Affairs (ref a). At that time, Siblesz said that while elements of the substance of the decision were expected to be close to [...] |
2004-07-15 13:10:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NL EU IS UNGA |
| 04THEHAGUE1823 |
DUTCH/EU ON ARAB RESOLUTION ON ISRAELI SECURITY [...] (C) On July 9, Ambassador Sobel discussed the anticipated ICJ decision on the Israeli Security Barrier with Hugo Siblesz, the Dutch MFA's Director General for Political Affairs (ref a). At that time, Siblesz said that while elements of the substance of the decision were expected to be close t [...] |
2004-07-20 05:54:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NL EU IS UNGA |
| 04THEHAGUE1920 |
CIVAIR: KLM SEES NO ECONOMIC RATIOANLE FOR [...] (U) On July 29 Ambassador Sobel and econoff (note taker) met with KLM President and CEO Leo van Wijk. Ambassador Sobel asked van Wijk his thoughts on the failure to achieve a first-phase U.S.-EU air services agreement. The Ambassador also steered the conversation to Commissioner DePalacio [...] |
2004-07-30 16:09:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | EAIR EU NL |
| 04THEHAGUE2169 |
GPS-GALILEO AGREEMENT: DIPLOMATIC NOTE DELIVERED - [...] No summary [...] |
2004-08-31 13:25:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | EU TSPA TSPL NL EUN |
| 04THEHAGUE259 |
DUTCH DISCUSS TRANSATLANTIC GOALS WITH AMBASSADOR [...] (C) Summary. MFA SecGen Frank Majoor and Pol Director Hugo Siblesz invited Ambassador, DCM, and other embassy officials to lunch January 23 to discuss the upcoming Dutch EU presidency. The Dutch hope to work with the U.S. to elaborate cooperation in the area of peace and security, particular [...] |
2004-02-02 11:27:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EU TU NL MEPP |
| 04THEHAGUE2605 |
NETHERLANDS/EU/CHINA: EU "CAUTIOUS" ON LIFTING [...] (C) Summary: According to Dutch FM Bot, the EU is moving "cautiously" with regard to the issue of lifting the China arms embargo. Although there is no strong opposition to lifting the embargo, several members feel more time is needed before making that decision. Bot would prefer not to have [...] |
2004-10-12 14:12:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM MARR ETTC CH NL EU |
| 04THEHAGUE2676 |
NETHERLANDS/EU/ASEM: EU CONDEMNS BURMESE HUMAN [...] (SBU) Summary: Dutch MFA contacts have expressed relief that the October 7-9 ASEM summit in Hanoi proceeded smoothly. After months of negotiating the related issues of Burmese participation and EU sanctions, the summit itself was relatively "boring," according to one interlocutor. Only EU r [...] |
2004-10-15 14:50:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EU PHUM BM VM NL ARF |
| 04THEHAGUE281 |
DUTCH FM BOT'S VISIT TO THE U.S. [...] (C) I just spoke with Ben Bot and found him well-prepared for his February 9 visit to Washington. He plans to ask how he personally can contribute to improved transatlantic relations. As he has said in press interviews, other European leaders are counting on him to help mend fences between the Euro [...] |
2004-02-04 12:24:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | AF EU IZ NL PGOV PREL SNAR TU XA XF XH NATO |
| 04THEHAGUE287 |
Dutch policy on Burma [...] Summary: In a January 28 response to questions from Parliament, Foreign Minister Bot outlined Dutch policy on Burma. For reasons of effectiveness, the GoNL believes that the EU as a whole, and not bilateral Dutch efforts, should take the lead in advancing the improvement of the political and h [...] |
2004-02-04 16:56:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM EU BM NL |
| 04THEHAGUE3233 |
DUTCH SUGGEST INFORMAL MULTILATERAL TALKS ON [...] Summary: In his capacity as Minister of Environment, Pieter van Geel met with senior USG officials in Washington (November 15) to discuss post-Kyoto climate change strategy. He gave the ambassador a readout of his meetings December 6. Though the Kyoto Protocol will be in effect until 2012, s [...] |
2004-12-09 17:49:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV ENRG PREL NL EU |
| 04THEHAGUE3302 |
ITER: DUTCH HOPE TO MAINTAIN TALKS' MOMENTUM, [...] (U) On December 20 econ counselor and econ off delivered reftel demarche letter and talking points to Pim Fenger, Denise Heiligers and Joost Teverne, ITER policy advisors to Dutch Minister for Science van der Hoeven. 2. (C) Fenger and Teverne stressed that the talks were at a critical momen [...] |
2004-12-20 16:25:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL TRGY NL EU |
| 04THEHAGUE507 |
ISRAEL/WEOG: DUTCH ANTICIPATE STATUS QUO [...] (C) The GoNL favors renewing Israel's WEOG membership in New York; however, it is unlikely to agree to enhancing Israeli participation in other UN fora. PolOff met with Pieter Ramaer, head of the MFA's UN Political and Judicial Office, on February 27. Ramaer stated that neither the GoNL nor [...] |
2004-02-27 14:43:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AORC IS EU NL UN |
| 04VATICAN1164 |
VATICAN OPEN TO TURKEY'S EU BID [...] (C) HOLY SEE COUNTRY DIRECTOR FOR TURKEY JAN PAWLOWSKI REAFFIRMED MARCH 5 THE VATICAN'S OPENNESS TO TURKISH EU MEMBERSHIP, DESPITE THE IMPRESSION OF OPPOSITION GENERATED BY THE HOLY SEE'S CONTINUED EFFORTS TO INTERJECT A REFERENCE TO EUROPE'S CHRISTIAN ROOTS IN THE EU CONSTITUTION. NEVERTHELES [...] |
2004-03-23 17:26:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | EU PHUM PREL SOCI TU VT |
| 04VATICAN252 |
The Pope's Europe: Whole, Free and Faithful [...] (U) From the start of his Pontificate, Pope John Paul II has had a clear vision of Europe as a continent united, free, and faithful. As an inspirational symbol for the Polish nation and a formidable voice for freedom, the Pope played an essential role in overcoming Europe's political division [...] |
2004-01-23 16:33:00 | Embassy Vatican | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM EU VT |
| 04VATICAN2767 |
HAITI: HOLY SEE AWAITS NEW NUNCIO [...] (SBU) Holy See Country Director for Haiti Monsignor Giorgio Lingua told us July 15 the Vatican was eager for new Papal Nuncio (Ambassador) Mario Giordano to take the reins in Port au Prince. Giordano was just ordained an archbishop and is due to begin work in Haiti "any day now." Lingua was [...] |
2004-07-16 04:38:00 | Embassy Vatican | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CU EAID EFIN ETRD EU HA PHUM PREL VT |
| 04VATICAN3196 |
VATICAN STILL OPEN TO TURKEY’S EU BID [...] (C) Acting Holy See Foreign Minister Parolin reaffirmed August 18 that the Holy See remained open to Turkish EU membership, notwithstanding recent critical comments by Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger. Parolin emphasized that the Holy See's position on Turkish membership in the EU had not changed from [...] |
2004-08-18 16:27:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | EU PHUM PREL SOCI TU VT |
| 04VILNIUS1194 |
LITHUANIA SUPPORTS TURKEY'S EU MEMBERSHIP [...] (C) We delivered reftel points regarding support for Turkey's EU membership and provided non-paper on Turkey's progress on Copenhagen criteria to the MFA's Jurgita Apanaviciute on September 27. Apanaviciute, who is responsible for enlargement issues within the MFA's European Union Department, [...] |
2004-09-30 12:58:00 | Embassy Vilnius | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECIN EU TU LH |
| 04ZAGREB1836 |
IMPLEMENTATION OF IP MOU STALLS: EC NOT THE [...] (SBU) The GOC has not yet taken action on legislative changes need to implement and bring into force the Intellectual Property MOU, finally ratified in March, despite Ministerial-level reassurances in September. European Commission officials have raised open-ended questions about the MOU in m [...] |
2004-10-21 10:15:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | KIPR ETRD EU HR |
| 04ZAGREB2004 |
EU INTEGRATION MINISTER HELPS AVERT [...] No summary [...] |
2004-11-18 10:59:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD KIPR EU HR |
| 05ADANA185 |
PKK VIOLENCE IN SE TURKEY CONTINUES DESPITE TURKEY, EU FIRST [...] (SBU) The number of incidents of PKK-related violence in the southeast has shown no sign of decreasing since the October 3 milestone beginning discussions on Turkey's EU accession. At the same time, it does not appear that the GOT has made any changes in its approach of using security forces a [...] |
2005-10-17 13:24:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER PKK ADANA EU |
| 05ALGIERS2247 |
IRAN RELATED BRIEFING [...] (S) Ambassador called on Energy Minister Chakib Khelil November 7 to deliver reftel talking points and introduce SIMO, who presented a sensitive briefing on Iranian nuclear weaponization efforts. (Reaction to the SIMO brief will be reported in separate channels.) Khelil heads Algeria's interm [...] |
2005-11-07 16:17:00 | Embassy Algiers | SECRET | KNNP PARM PREL AORC IR EU AG |
| 05ALGIERS2317 |
IRAN-RELATED BRIEFING DELIVERED TO MFA SECRETARY [...] (S) AMBASSADOR, ACCOMPANIED BY POLEC CHIEF AND ACTING SIMO, CALLED NOVEMBER 16 ON MFA SECRETARY GENERAL LAMAMRA TO DELIVER REF A TALKING POINTS AND INTRODUCE SENSITIVE SIMO BRIEFING ON IRANIAN NUCLEAR WEAPONIZATION EFFORTS. AMBASSADOR NOTED THAT DUE TO LAMAMRA'S ABSENCE ABROAD THE PREVIOUS WE [...] |
2005-11-20 14:12:00 | Embassy Algiers | SECRET | PARM PREL KNNP IR EU AG |
| 05ANKARA2900 |
DEMARCHE TO GOT ON HUMAN RIGHTS AND RELIGIOUS [...] (U) The Ambassador delivered reftel A points May 18 to MFA U/S Tuygan, reiterating points raised by EUR DAS Kennedy during her May 3 visit to Ankara. He emphasized that PM Erdogan and FM Gul should be prepared to discuss human rights issues during their upcoming visit to Washington. 2. (C) [...] |
2005-05-23 12:35:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM US EU TU |
| 05ANKARA3105 |
FRENCH AND DUTCH "NO'S": MINIMAL INITIAL [...] (C) Summary: Ruling AKP and most pundits and media channels say they have taken the French and Dutch "no" votes in stride and opine that the results will not affect Turkey's Oct. 3 start date for EU harmonization. Markets have reacted in a similarly low-key way. However, in the midst of cont [...] |
2005-06-03 05:30:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINS PHUM TU EUN EU |
| 05ANKARA3637 |
TURKEY'S EU EFFORT PLAGUED BY LOW MORALE, [...] (C) Summary: Top GOT leaders insist publicly that the rejection of the EU Constitution in France and the Netherlands will not affect Turkey's EU candidacy, though our MFA contacts concede that recent events in Europe have sapped morale. The GOT's recently-appointed lead EU negotiator must org [...] |
2005-06-27 15:24:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM EFIN TU EU |
| 05ANKARA3887 |
REHN WARNS FM GUL THAT FOUNDATIONS LAW "FALLS [...] (C) Summary: EU Enlargement Commissioner Rehn sent a letter to FM Gul warning that the GOT's draft Law on Foundations "falls short of European standards" despite some positive elements. Rehn states that the draft in its current form would lead to numerous cases against Turkey in the European [...] |
2005-07-06 15:49:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM TU OSCE EU |
| 05ANKARA3890 |
TURKEY WILL ISSUE CYPRUS NON-RECOGNITION [...] (C) Summary: Turkey is determined to issue a written declaration that extending the Ankara Agreement to the ten new EU members does not constitute recognition of the Republic of Cyprus (ROC). Domestic criticism that it does constitute recognition is pushing the Turks toward tougher non-reco [...] |
2005-07-06 16:29:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL CY TU EU |
| 05ANKARA4013 |
TURKS DENY GO IT ALONE POLICY IN THE BLACK SEA [...] (C) Summary: An MFA official and a Turkish admiral admitted to us June 30 that RADM Kadir Sagdic's comments on the margins of a Harvard Black Sea Security Conference earlier that month (ref A) were "extreme" and did not reflect GOT policy. They credited his comments to personal views prompted [...] |
2005-07-10 11:06:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR ECON EU RO TU NATO |
| 05ANKARA4296 |
TURKEY-EU: STEP BY STEP TOWARD TURKISH SIGNING OF [...] (C) Summary: The UK Embassy hopes UK lobbying will have steered the Turkish government to sign the additional protocol to the Ankara Agreement shortly after the July 27 Blair-Erdogan meeting in London. At the same time, the UK has been pressing Turkish authorities to issue Turkey's expected r [...] |
2005-07-26 15:03:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV TU CY EUN EU |
| 05ANKARA4486 |
TURKEY-EU: AKP GOVERNMENT SIGNS ADDITIONAL [...] (C) Summary: By its July 29 signing of an additional protocol extending the 1963 EEC-Turkey Ankara Agreement to the EU's 10 newest members, Turkey appeared to have fulfilled the remaining pre-condition for an Oct. 3 start to accession negotiations. However, the ability of the UK as EU Preside [...] |
2005-08-02 14:20:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV TU CY EUN EU |
| 05ANKARA4598 |
MINISTER BABACAN ON EU, IMF [...] (C) Summary: In his first meeting with the Charge, Minister of Economy--and now EU negotiator--Babacan painted a typically rosy picture of the GOT's role, claiming the IMF program was really the Government's, and asserting the program was effectively on track despite the delays in key reform l [...] |
2005-08-05 09:59:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EFIN PGOV PREL EINV EU TU |
| 05ANKARA4716 |
REACTION TO TURKISH DECLARATION OF NON-RECOGNITION [...] (C) Summary: Turkey's July 29 declaration that is does not recognize the Republic of Cyprus (ROC) (ref A) has raised little controversy among EU diplomats in Ankara: it is what most expected, and not as extreme as some feared. Turkish media cautiously welcomed the protocol and non-recogniti [...] |
2005-08-11 12:19:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV TU CY EU |
| 05ANKARA4767 |
DRAFT GENERAL EU POSITION FOR THE ACCESSION [...] (C) ON August 10, the Danish DCM (strictly protect) passed us the below document, dated July 19, from the European Council General Secretariat to the EU Permanent Representatives' Committee. 2. (C) Begin text: Â [...] |
2005-08-12 14:05:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | EU PGOV PREL TU |
| 05ANKARA4777 |
TURKEY-EU: FURTHER CONCERNS OF EU DIPLOMATS IN [...] No summary [...] |
2005-08-15 08:59:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PREL PGOV PINS TU EUN EU |
| 05ANKARA4789 |
CDA ASSURES TURKISH MFA OF U.S. SUPPORT IN THE EU, [...] (C) Summary: MFA Deputy U/S Apakan called in CDA August 15 to urge that the U.S approach new EU members in support of Turkey's candidacy. CDA informed Apakan the process is underway (reftel), and urged that Turkey act quickly to demonstrate to the EU that it is ready for October 3. End Sum [...] |
2005-08-15 15:05:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL TU EU |
| 05ANKARA5183 |
THE POST-GYMNICH VIEW FROM ANKARA: TURKS MAY [...] (C) Summary: GOT officials express differing degrees of displeasure with the draft text of an EU counter-declaration to the July 29 Turkish declaration of non-recognition of the Republic of Cyprus (ROC). In the end, the Turks will probably accept it if the text does not vary from the current [...] |
2005-09-06 16:55:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL TU CY EU |
| 05ANKARA5236 |
TURKS PREPARED TO ACCEPT EXISTING FRAMEWORK [...] (C) Summary: In separate September 7 meetings with MFA Deputy U/S Bozkir and U/S Tuygan, Charge learned that the Turks are prepared to stomach some fairly tough language in the Negotiating Framework, especially if they can get slightly modified language in the Counter-Declaration, linking Cy [...] |
2005-09-08 14:56:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON PGOV EU TU |
| 05ANKARA5317 |
SECRETARY'S INVITATION DELIVERED TO TURKISH FM [...] No summary [...] |
2005-09-13 13:17:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL EU OPDC |