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07PANAMA461 | PANAMA: KOSOVO DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (C) Supportive of UN Special Envoy for Kosovo Ahtisaari's recommendations, Panama was engaging Russia to avoid a Russian veto and secure adoption of a UN Security Council Resolution that supported Ahtisaari's recommendations, including his proposal for Kosovo's supervised independence, Panama [...] | 2007-03-27 21:57:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNMIK UNSC UN YI EU PM |
07PANAMA523 | PANAMA: ASSESSMENT OF KOSOVO POSITION [...] (C) Panamanian PermRep to the UN Ricardo Alberto Arias' decision to vote against permitting Kosovar President Sejdiu to address the UNSC on April 3 did not reflect substantive Panamanian concerns about the way ahead on Kosovo, but rather Panama's legalistic approach to procedural matters, Aria [...] | 2007-04-09 19:42:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNSC UNMIK YI EU PM |
07PARIS1026 | ELECTION SNAPSHOT: ROYAL AND SARKOZY UNCERTAIN HOW [...] (C) Asked to predict the result of the first round of the French presidential election now five weeks away, President Chirac is reported to have facetiously replied, "I see Sarkozy, Royal, Bayrou and Le Pen each getting 20 percent of the vote." In the most reputable polls there remains more [...] | 2007-03-16 13:26:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ELAB EU FR PINR SOCI ECON |
07PARIS1038 | ELECTION SNAPSHOT: ROYAL AND SARKOZY UNCERTAIN HOW [...] (C) Asked to predict the result of the first round of the French presidential election now five weeks away, President Chirac is reported to have facetiously replied, "I see Sarkozy, Royal, Bayrou and Le Pen each getting 20 percent of the vote." In the most reputable polls there remains more [...] | 2007-03-16 17:02:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ELAB EU FR PINR SOCI ECON |
07PARIS1155 | ELECTION SNAPSHOT: LEADERS HOLDING STEADY ONE [...] (U) With one month to go before the April 22 first round of France's presidential election, the campaigns of all twelve candidates are in high gear. Nicolas Sarkozy, who leaves his post as Interior Minister on March 26 to dedicate himself full-time to the presidential race, continues to lead [...] | 2007-03-23 16:42:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV ELAB EU FR PINR SOCI ECON |
07PARIS1173 | FRANCE LOBBIES STATE OFFICIALS ON GEOGRAPHIC INDICATION [...] Summary : On March 9 to 13, the Government of France (GOF) invited four state agricultural officials to France to convince them that France's approach to the Geographic Indications (GI) Issue could benefit their constituencies as well. Agricultural officials from Nebraska, South Dakota, Texas a [...] | 2007-03-26 16:11:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ETRD EU FR |
07PARIS1283 | ELECTION SNAPSHOT: UNINFORMATIVE POLLS, URBAN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Three weeks from the April 22 first-round of France's presidential election, center-right former Interior Minister Nicolas Sarkozy and Socialist Poitou-Charentes Region President Segolene Royal remain in the lead. Francois Bayrou, head of the centrist Union for French Democra [...] | 2007-03-30 14:44:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV ELAB EU FR PINR SOCI ECON |
07PARIS1294 | JAMES MURPHY'S MEETING WITH KEY FRENCH AGRICULTURAL [...] (SBU) Summary: James Murphy, Assistant US Trade Representative for Agricultural Affairs, met with high-level French agricultural officials to discuss a number of U.S./EU ag trade issues. Mr. Murphy was accompanied by Embassy staff from FAS and ECON. The French participants were: Francois Ri [...] | 2007-04-02 11:59:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ETRD EU FR |
07PARIS1448 | NEW BIOTECH DEVELOPMENTS - FRANCE [...] Summary: Biotech issues continue to make headlines in France. An anti-biotech lobby reported on health risks associated with MON863 biotech corn, while the President and Director of Greenpeace France were charged with an ?incentive or direct provocation of GMO destruction? in a lawsuit. [...] | 2007-04-11 11:29:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ETRD EU FR |
07PARIS1530 | FRENCH HEDGE ON COMPACT SIGNING EVENT [...] (C) Poloff delivered Reftel points to MFA Senior Iraq Desk Officer Bernard Chappedelaine on April 16. Chappedelaine noted that it might be difficult to secure French ministerial representation at the Compact signing event due to the French presidential elections; he predicted that the French w [...] | 2007-04-17 12:19:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | FR EAID EFIN EG IC PGOV PREL UN GCC EU |
07PARIS1566 | THE ABC'S OF FRANCE'S APRIL 22 AND MAY 6 [...] (U) SUMMARY: The French presidential election is a single, national election in two rounds; it is, above all, a personal election by universal, direct suffrage absent reference to party affiliation. France's voters (except for the small portion that will use electronic voting machines) will [...] | 2007-04-18 17:32:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV ELAB EU FR PINR SOCI ECON |
07PARIS1585 | MAIN FRENCH PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES AGRICULTURE PROPOSALS [...] (SBU) Summary: Although the farm population makes up less than 4 percent of the French electorate it's political influence has been, during the tenure of President Chirac, disproportionately strong. In this Presidential campaign, the agricultural policies of the main candidates have not been a [...] | 2007-04-19 14:59:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ETRD KPAO EU FR |
07PARIS1595 | ELECTION EVE: BETWEEN SARKOZY AND ROYAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In the final days before the April 22 first round of the French presidential election, the latest polls continue to predict that center-right UMP candidate Nicolas Sarkozy, followed by Socialist Party candidate Segolene Royal, will be the two victors for the May 7 run-off. Ce [...] | 2007-04-20 11:27:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ELAB EU FR PINR SOCI ECON |
07PARIS1611 | SARKOZY LEADS ROYAL INTO SECOND ROUND OF [...] (U) In the first round of France's 2007 presidential election, center-right candidate Nicolas Sarkozy clearly bested center-left candidate Segolene Royal, with centrist candidate Francois Bayrou coming in third. As expected, therefore, Royal and Sarkozy will go on to the second round of the [...] | 2007-04-22 20:56:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV ELAB EU FR PINR SOCI ECON |
07PARIS1693 | ELECTION SNAPSHOT: IN FIRST WEEK OF SECOND-ROUND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: With a little more than a week to go, center-right Presidential candidate Nicolas Sarkozy continues to hold a distinct lead over center-left candidate Segolene Royal in all polls of second-round voter intentions, with 53 percent for Sarkozy and 47 percent for Royal. Sarkozy an [...] | 2007-04-27 13:37:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ELAB EU FR PINR SOCI ECON |
07PARIS1784 | ELECTION EVE: SARKOZY EXTENDS HIS LEAD GOING INTO [...] (U) On the eve of the run-off election between former Interior Minister Nicolas Sarkozy and Poitou-Charentes Region President Segolene Royal, France's electorate is looking forward -- though not without some apprehension -- to the choice of direction for France that it will make in electing a [...] | 2007-05-04 14:03:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV ELAB EU FR PINR SOCI ECON |
07PARIS1791 | IT'S PRESIDENT SARKOZY -- IN A CLEAR-CUT VICTORY [...] (SBU) Nicolas Sarkozy has won France's presidency by a clear cut, 53 percent majority. Official results -- 53 percent of the vote for Sarkozy and 47 percent for Socialist Segolene Royal -- were announced by France's Interior Ministry 8 P.M. Paris time on Sunday May 6. President Bush called [...] | 2007-05-06 18:31:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV ELAB EU FR PINR SOCI ECON |
07PARIS1817 | THE FRENCH ELECT SARKOZY -- WHAT THEIR CHOICE MEANS [...] (U) SUMMARY: In electing Nicolas Sarkozy as France's sixth President under the Fifth Republic (ref),French voters: -- entrusted their country's highest office to an intensely ambitious and passionately action-oriented politician; -- endorsed the wide-ranging program of reforms -- includi [...] | 2007-05-09 13:50:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV ELAB EU FR PINR SOCI ECON |
07PARIS2027 | THE FILLON GOVERNMENT, SARKOZY'S REFORM TEAM, NAMED [...] (SBU) Intent on maintaining the momentum for reform, President Sarkozy moved quickly following his inauguration May 16 (ref B). Sarkozy named his administration's first Prime Minster, Francois Fillon the following day, May 17, then immediately named the line-up of the Fillon government on Ma [...] | 2007-05-18 17:54:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV ELAB EU FR PINR SOCI ECON |
07PARIS2516 | GOF: KAKAHK 2009 OSCE BID AND MORE ENGAGEMENT IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: The MFA's Central Asia desk officer told us June 11 that the GOF's relationship with Central Asia was changing, but not dramatically. The key element: Central Asia policy would no longer depend on Chirac's personal relationship with Kazakhstan's President Nazarbayev. France was [...] | 2007-06-12 13:12:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL MARR MOPS NATO OSCE ZK EU GM FR |
07PARIS2606 | GOF: NO GSP FOR MINSK; BEWARE ANOTHER KOZAK PLAN [...] SUMMARY: (C) The MFA desk officer for Ukraine, Belarus, and Moldova told poloff on June 14 that France fully supported the EU's decision to remove Belarus from the Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) program and saw it as a test for Lukashenko. On Moldova, Gosset was concerned about Presi [...] | 2007-06-17 13:47:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL XG EU BO MD UP RS FR |
07PARIS2617 | GOF WILL NOT BAN MON 810 BIOTECH CORN [...] (U) On June 14, the French Biomolecular Committee (the competent authority for reviewing biotech products) stated that in much as there was no new adverse information calling into question the environmental assessment of MON 810, the French Ministers of Ecology and Agriculture found that no mor [...] | 2007-06-18 16:48:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ETRD EU FR |
07PARIS3077 | IVLP ALUM MEET IN FRANCE [...] Summary: Alumni from the 2003 European biotech and food safety group of the International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP) met June 10-12 in Toulouse, France to continue their review of agricultural biotech issues. Representatives from FAS/Paris and the American Presence Post in Toulouse co [...] | 2007-07-17 16:04:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ETRD EU FR |
07PARIS3079 | FRANCE INCREASES BORDER CONTROLS ON CHINESE FEED AND FOOD [...] (SBU) Following the lead of the U.S. to tighten border controls following the discovery of melanine tainted feed from China, the European Commission has asked Member States to reinforce safety controls on Chinese imports. The French Ministry of Agriculture (animal and animal product imports) [...] | 2007-07-17 16:05:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ETRD EU FR |
07PARIS3202 | DAS KRAMER'S JULY 20 PARIS QUAD MEETING [...] (C) SUMMARY: DAS Kramer met with his "Quad" (UK, France, Germany) counterparts on July 20 in Paris. (Their last meeting had been in London, April 2007.) Discussions included support for reform in Ukraine and key areas for further policy engagement there. Ukraine, all agreed, was generally m [...] | 2007-07-27 12:22:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS MARR PREL PGOV EU XH ZL FR |
07PARIS3348 | AS A SECULAR COUNTRY, FRANCE DOES NOT OFFICIALLY CERTIFY [...] In response to reftel, FAS Paris confirms that the Governement of France (GOF) has not signed any agreement, nor is currently in negotiation with, Malaysia regarding any halal related issue. As halal is perceived as a religious attestation and not a phytosanitary requirement, France has no gove [...] | 2007-08-09 13:56:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ETRD EU FR MY |
07PARIS3399 | FRENCH BIOTECH FARMERS FACE MULTIPLE PROBLEMS AND [...] Summary. French biotech farmers are facing multiple challenges as they expand biotech corn acreage four fold in 2007. Despite this increase, talk of a biotech moratorium during the presidential campaign and new reporting requirements chilled what was expected to be an even larger amount follo [...] | 2007-08-13 15:20:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ETRD EU FR |
07PARIS3429 | BIOTECH OPPONENTS MEETING WITH FRENCH MINISTRY, THREATEN [...] In mid July 2007, approximately 500 activists, led by Jose Bove, a noted anti-biotech activist, gathered in Brittany calling for the destruction of the entire GM corn crop in France before it pollinates. On July 23rd, close to 150 activists blocked the Port of Saint Nazaire, denouncing the imp [...] | 2007-08-16 15:39:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ETRD EU FR |
07PARIS3772 | FRENCH RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR SUPPORT FOR LEBANON [...] (C) We delivered reftel demarche late the afternoon of September 7 to French MFA DAS-equivalent for the Levant Ludovic Pouille. He was a bit surprised to receive such a message so late, i.e., after FM Kouchner had already left to attend the Gymnich. After confirming the message was address [...] | 2007-09-11 16:40:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM FR LE SY EU |
07PARIS3823 | KOSOVO: GOF NOTES PROGRESS ON INDEPENDENCE IN THE [...] (C) SUMMARY: GOF officials told us on September 12 that they are increasingly optimistic that the EU will come to a consensus on the recognition of an independent Kosovo after the December 10 Troika deadline. Edouard Beslay, the MFA's DAS-equivalent for the Balkans, told us that only seven of [...] | 2007-09-13 15:53:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNSC YI DSR EU FR |
07PARIS3873 | FRENCH NEA A/S EQUIVALENT ON IRAN, SEPTEMBER 17 [...] (C) We used a September 17 meeting with French MFA NEA A/S Equivalent Jean Felix-Paganon to ask for his take on French FM Kouchner's statements in an interview the previous day on the possibility of war with Iran as part of the ongoing crisis over that country's nuclear program (summarized i [...] | 2007-09-17 16:04:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PARM ETTC FR IR EU |
07PARIS3967 | "LE GRENELLE DE L'ENVIRONNEMENT" [...] (SBU) Summary: The Sarkozy administration has organized "The Grenelle for the Environment" to develop an environmental compact with the French people. The Grenelle brings together a range of stakeholders impacted by Sarkozy's projected "greening" of all social and economic policy areas. Th [...] | 2007-09-21 12:21:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ELAB SENV ETRD EU FR |
07PARIS3970 | PRESS REPORTING FRENCH MORATORIUM ON COMMERCIAL BIOTECH [...] Summary: On September 20, a "Le Monde" article, titled "France Turns Towards the End of GMOs," reported that the French government is considering freezing the sale of biotech seeds in 2008 pending legislation to more rigorously control biotechnology in France. This disclosure reportedly took a [...] | 2007-09-21 15:33:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR SENV ETRD EU FR |
07PARIS403 | A/S FRIED'S MEETING'S WITH MONIQUE SALIOU AND [...] (C) Assistant Secretary Daniel Fried met January 24 with Monique Saliou, European Affairs Advisor to Socialist Party (PS) party presidential candidate Segolene Royal and, separately, with Nicolas Bavarez, a leading essayist and political analyst regularly consulted on policy questions by Unio [...] | 2007-02-01 13:13:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ELAB EU FR PINR SOCI ECON |
07PARIS4071 | FRENCH READOUT ON IRAQI FM ZEBARI VISIT [...] (C) Summary: The French MFA,s Iraq desk officer on September 20 described Iraqi FM Zebari,s brief visit to Paris as a useful opportunity to take stock of some bilateral issues FM Kouchner had not raised during his visit to Baghdad last month but little else. Part of this was due to the fact [...] | 2007-09-27 16:17:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PROG ETRD EINV FR IZ EU IR |
07PARIS4170 | FRANCE REEVALUATES BIOTECH POLICY; MUCH AT STAKE [...] No summary [...] | 2007-10-04 14:27:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR SENV ETRD EU FR |
07PARIS4255 | FRANCE'S ABSTENTION AT EU REGULATORY COMMITTEE ON OCTOBER [...] No summary [...] | 2007-10-15 06:48:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ETRD SENV EU FR |
07PARIS437 | LITTLE FRENCH REACTION TO USDA PROPOSED FARM BILL [...] Reaction among French authorities and media to the recent announcement by USDA of its Farm Bill proposal has been minimal. To date, the daily economic newspaper "Les Echos" has been the only one dedicating a full article on this topic providing primarily factual info as compared to policy ana [...] | 2007-02-05 12:09:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ETRD EU FR |
07PARIS4432 | FRANCE QUESTIONS BIOFUEL SUSTAINABILITY [...] In announcing the conclusions of the "Grenelle of the Environment" on October 25, President Sarkozy said that in France, the development of biofuels will be reassessed. He specifically targeted first generation biofuels (produced from food and feed crops) and suggested that a priority should b [...] | 2007-11-06 17:49:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR SENV ETRD EU FR |
07PARIS4523 | CHAVEZ VISIT TO FRANCE: HOSTAGES SOLE FOCUS OF GOF [...] No summary [...] | 2007-11-19 10:46:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM WHA EU VE FR |
07PARIS4564 | FRANCE AND GMO LOW LEVEL PRESENCE [...] Per reftel, Post delivered talking points to French Ministries of Agriculture (MinAg),Environment, and Economy on low levels of unapproved biotech products in imports. 2. French MinAg does not foresee any change in the general EU policy on low-level presence of biotech products not author [...] | 2007-11-23 17:02:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR EEB TPP ABT BTT SENV ETRD EU FR |
07PARIS4606 | FRANCE'S DRAFT BIOTECH BILL: MON-810 AT RISK [...] (SBU) Summary: Following France's months-long internal environmental review (ref A, B and C),French authorities have generated a draft biotech bill for review by the Council of State then the National Assembly and Senate, where it will be debated before becoming law. A preliminary version, s [...] | 2007-11-30 13:13:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR SENV ECON ETRD EU FR |
07PARIS4646 | FRANCE'S DRAFT BIOTECH BILL [...] (SBU) The final version of the French biotech bill, transmitted on November 30 to the Council of State (in French, "Conseil d'Etat) for review, is very similar to the preliminary version described in reftel with the notable exception that not only farmers but seed companies will be held liable [...] | 2007-12-05 14:28:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR SENV ECON ETRD EU FR |
07PARIS4660 | FRANCE SUSPENDS MON810/ CREATES BIOTECH PLANNING AUTHORITY [...] Summary: On December 6, the government published a ministerial order suspending the sale and use of MON810 corn seeds, and a decree instituting a new interim biotech committee on GMOs. This authority will have two subcommittees, one will be scientific, while the other will focus on social, e [...] | 2007-12-07 07:55:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR SENV ECON ETRD EU FR |
07PARIS4685 | YOUR DECEMBER 16-18 VISIT TO FRANCE [...] (C) That the first international follow-on to Annapolis is taking place in Paris reflects the new confidence and greater cooperation that characterize our relationship with France seven months into the Presidency of Nicolas Sarkozy. France's support for our efforts to achieve peace in the Mid [...] | 2007-12-11 15:12:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET | OVIP PREL PGOV PINR KPAL EU FR LG SY IS IR |
07PARIS4719 | FRENCH SUGAR BEET GROWERS SUPPORT BIOTECH [...] During its annual conference in Paris on December 4, the French Sugar Beet Growers' Association (CGB),representing 35,000 French sugar beet growers, openly expressed its support for biotechnology. The chairman, Dominique Ducroquet, reiterated that in order to remain competitive, French sugar b [...] | 2007-12-14 15:24:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR SENV ECON ETRD EU FR |
07PARIS4731 | SCIENTISTS PETITION SUPPORTING MON810 [...] On December 7, more than 300 scientists (from France and world-wide) publicly stated in French and English their opposition to France's MON810 suspension. See http://nonaumoratoire.free.fr/english.htm 2. The petition was initiated by members of the French Association for Scientific Inform [...] | 2007-12-17 16:19:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR SENV ECON ETRD EU FR |
07PARIS4750 | FRENCH PRESIDENCY STRATEGIC ADVISER RICHIER [...] (C) We passed reftel points to French MFA DAS-equivalent for Iran, Iraq, and the Gulf States Franck Gellet on December 13. PolMinCouns and poloff also passed these points on December 13 to French Presidency strategic affairs adviser Francois Richier. Richier commented that the points were [...] | 2007-12-20 16:26:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM KNUP FR IR EU RU CH |
07PARIS510 | AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH FORMER FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (C) Ambassador Stapleton met on February 6 with Michel Barnier, former foreign minister (2004 - 2005) and now Senior Foreign Affairs advisor to Union for a Popular Movement (UMP) presidential nominee Nicolas Sarkozy. Barnier addressed the state-of-play in the French presidential campaign and [...] | 2007-02-08 16:51:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ELAB EU FR PINR SOCI ECON |
07PARIS514 | FRENCH AGRICULTURAL ELECTIONS REFLECT SOME CHANGES [...] Summary. French agricultural stakeholders recently held elections to choose their representatives to the Agricultural Chamber of Commerce, an influential organization for French agriculture that works with the Government of France to manage and implement farm policy. Election results showe [...] | 2007-02-09 05:56:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ETRD EU FR |
07PARIS515 | U.S. BIOTECH COMPANIES CONCERNS ABOUT SECURITY AND OUTLOOK [...] (SBU) Summary: On February 1, 2007, Embassy FAS, Econ, Science and Regional Security Officers met with representatives of three U.S. companies involved in agricultural biotechnology in France: Monsanto, Dupont/Pioneer, Dow Agro-Sciences. The companies raised concerns about security conditions [...] | 2007-02-09 05:58:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ETRD EU FR |
07PARIS633 | FY 2007 AG BIOTECH OUTREACH - FRANCE [...] Summary: There is a strong disconnect in France between farmers, consumers and politicians on the issues of need, utilization and implementation of biotechnology. The Embassy can help create opportunities for stakeholders to explore their differences and find common ground for acceptance of [...] | 2007-02-16 16:45:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ETRD KPAO EU FR |
07PARIS654 | AMBASSADOR'S REVIEW OF ELECTORAL SITUATION WITH [...] (C) At a meeting February 15, Ambassador reviewed the state of play in the French presidential election with noted author and political insider Jacques Attali. Attali, whose dense network of friendships includes decades-long relationships with President Chirac and the two leading contenders [...] | 2007-02-21 12:25:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ELAB EU FR PINR SOCI ECON |
07PARIS693 | FRANCE STILL DUBIOUS ABOUT POSITIVE DDA OUTCOME [...] (SBU) Paris AGR and ECON officials transmitted the reftel talking points to Philippe Duclaud, Foreign Affairs Adviser to the French Minister of Agriculture, Christian Ligeard, the Head of the International Affairs Office at the Ministry of Agriculture and Raphael Alomar, Agricultural Adviser to [...] | 2007-02-23 18:21:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ETRD EU FR |
07PARIS709 | ELECTION SNAPSHOT: SARKOZY AND ROYAL STILL THE [...] (U) Nine weeks from the first round of France's 2007 presidential election, Segolene Royal and Nicolas Sarkozy still dominate the field of presidential hopefuls. They remain strong favorites to win, on April 22, the first round of the Presidential elections. That said, French voters have a [...] | 2007-02-26 10:41:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV ELAB EU FR PINR SOCI ECON |
07PARIS73 | CHIRAC REMAINS TRUE TO FORM IN NEW YEAR'S MESSAGE [...] (C) In the traditional New Year's remarks to the Diplomatic Corps on January 5, President Chirac delivered a distillation -- with only a few months left in office, perhaps his last -- of his exceedingly "Gaullist" (France-centric) world view. He broke no new ground, restating long-held Frenc [...] | 2007-01-08 17:33:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ELAB EU FR PINR SOCI ECON |
07PARIS741 | YOUR MEETING WITH FORMER FRENCH PRESIDENT VALERY [...] (C) Steve, Thank you for agreeing to a brief meeting with former French president Valery Giscard d'Estaing. The historical perspective Giscard brings to his assessment of international developments are unmatched. I believe you will also find his views on the current French presidential elec [...] | 2007-02-27 12:13:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV FR PINR SOCI ECON EU |
07PARIS792 | EU C/T LIST IN TROUBLE; SOMALIA; PANDITH VISIT [...] (S) SUMMARY: French diplomats from the MFA,s strategic affairs, security directorate expressed concern on February 27 about the future of the EU terrorist designations list, and explained their rationale for seeking the UN 1267 committee's designation of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed (KSM). Officials [...] | 2007-03-01 13:35:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV EU PTER FR |
07PARIS835 | French President opposes further EU concessions in DDA [...] During an opening speech at the annual agricultural show in Paris on March 3rd, French President Jacques Chirac stated that he was -quote- extremely shocked by Mr Mandelson's giving more and more concessions without receiving compensation from the United States for concessions on agriculture an [...] | 2007-03-06 05:58:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ETRD EU FR |
07PRAGUE1084 | CZECH REPUBLIC: EU BORDER MISSION FOR LEBANON [...] (C) Embassy official met with Czech desk officers for Syria and Lebanon regarding the Spanish proposal for a European Security and Defense Policy (ESDP) mission on the Lebanon-Syria border. These Czech officials indicated that this possible mission, while discussed on September 14 at the Poli [...] | 2007-09-20 12:24:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | EU EZ PGOV PREL IS SY LE |
07PRAGUE1085 | CZECH REPUBLIC SUPPORTS NEED FOR SPECIAL TRIBUNAL [...] (SBU) Embassy political officer spoke with Czech desk officers for Syria and Lebanon regarding the Special Tribunal for Lebanon to try those responsible for the assassination of former Prime Minister Rafiq Hariri. These Czech officials indicated that the EU is generally supportive of this tri [...] | 2007-09-20 12:25:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EU EZ IS SY LE UNSC PTER PGOV |
07PRAGUE1087 | CZECH REPUBLIC: ENGAGED ON COMMUNITY OF DEMOCRACIES [...] (SBU) The Czech government continues to be very engaged on how to best advance the work of the Community of Democracies. They took note of the October 1, 2:30pm meeting to be hosted by Mali on the margins of the UNGA, which they currently are planning to attend at the FM level. Czechs Suppo [...] | 2007-09-20 12:29:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EU EZ KDEM PGOV PREL UNGA |
07PRAGUE1116 | CZECHS LEAN TOWARD SUPPORTING RESOLUTION ON [...] No summary [...] | 2007-10-01 11:48:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC UN PHUM KWMN SOCI EU EZ |
07PRAGUE1124 | CZECHS SUPPORT KEEPING THE PRESSURE ON THE BURMESE [...] (SBU) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 4. 2. (SBU) Czech Director of Human Rights and Transition Policy, Gabriela Dlouha, informed us that the Czech government is supportive of the EU approach to keep the pressure on the Burmese government. She commented that the MFA has be [...] | 2007-10-03 15:28:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM ETRD WTRO BM EU EZ |
07PRAGUE1158 | CZECHS - STRONG SUPPORTERS OF US POSITION ON BURMA [...] (SBU) Summary: In addition to the consistent, strong Czech engagement within the EU on Burma, the GOCR is very active on the bilateral front in support of democracy and human rights there. On October 9 the GOCR announced assistance (2M Crowns or 100,000 USD) for the "victims and the relatives [...] | 2007-10-18 14:43:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM BM EU EZ |
07PRAGUE1169 | CZECHS: EU EVALUATING ADDITIONAL BURMA SANCTIONS [...] No summary [...] | 2007-10-23 14:51:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM CVIS ETRD BM EU EZ |
07PRAGUE1185 | CZECHS: NO COMMENT ON WALKER FOR UN INDEPENDENT [...] No summary [...] | 2007-10-31 08:25:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC PREL UN UNGA EZ EU |
07PRAGUE1190 | CZECHS COMMIT TO WALKER FOR UN INDEPENDENT AUDIT [...] No summary [...] | 2007-11-01 08:45:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC PREL UN UNGA EZ EU XG |
07PRAGUE1276 | CZECH REPUBLIC BRIEFED ON US MISSILE DEFENSE AND [...] No summary [...] | 2007-12-05 14:11:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MASS KPAO NATO EU EZ PL RS |
07PRAGUE414 | CZECH REPUBLIC SENDING AMBASSADOR AND NO NEW [...] No summary [...] | 2007-04-17 13:33:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EFIN EG EU EZ IZ PGOV PREL |
07PRETORIA4213 | KOSOVO FINAL STATUS: NO POLICY GUIDANCE FOR NEW [...] (SBU) A/PolCouns presented reftel non-paper to DFA Deputy Director: UN Security Council (Thematic Issues) Ilia du Buisson on 18 December. Joining the meeting was UK Second Secretary David McNaught, who presented nearly identical SIPDIS points from London and, in the absence of a British n [...] | 2007-12-18 13:36:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV MOPS AORC UNSC SF YI EU |
07RABAT1249 | MOROCCO MOVES FORWARD ON INTERNATIONAL ELECTION [...] (C) Summary: Efforts to add Morocco's first-ever international elections observation to the existing domestic monitoring of the elections are gaining steam, but running against the clock. The Interior Minister publicly affirmed the mandate of the Human Rights Consultative Council (CCDH) to [...] | 2007-08-02 14:19:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM MO EU EAID |
07RIGA227 | LATVIA SUPPORTS UN KOSOVO PROPOSALS [...] No summary [...] | 2007-03-27 14:58:00 | Embassy Riga | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNMIK UN YI EU LG |
07RIGA697 | LATVIAN FM PABRIKS WILL ATTEND SEPTEMBER 26 TRANSATLANTIC [...] (SBU) On September 17, post delivered ref A letter inviting Latvian Foreign Minister Pabriks to the September 26 transatlantic dinner hosted by Secretary Rice on the margins of the UNGA in New York City. On September 19, Dace Rutka, Head of the Americas and Caribbean Countries Division at the [...] | 2007-09-19 15:40:00 | Embassy Riga | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | NATO OPDC PREL EU LG |
07ROME1029 | ITALY REAFFIRMS CUBA TWO-TRACK APPROACH TO DAS [...] (C) Summary. In May 7 meetings with Italian officials, DAS Madison highlighted concerns about rising repression in Cuba and GOC efforts to create divisions in the international community, and hailed the Unity for Freedom statement. She called for the international community to focus on the r [...] | 2007-05-16 09:22:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PHUM PGOV EU CU VZ IT |
07ROME1232 | ITALY TO ABSTAIN IN EU VOTE ON STACKED BIOTECH [...] No summary [...] | 2007-06-05 16:37:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ETRD ECON EU IT |
07ROME1233 | ITALIANS HESITANT ON TOUGHER SUDAN SANCTIONS [...] (C) Poloff met June 1 with Fabrizio Pignatelli, MFA Horn of Africa Office Director, to discuss ref A points and press the GOI to support, within the UNSC, a strong sanctions resolution against Sudan. (Note: Ref A points were also delivered to MFA UN Office Director Leonardo Bencini, who of [...] | 2007-06-05 16:53:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETRD ETTC UN SU EU IT |
07ROME1310 | UNSCR 1747/OECD: ITALY WOULD LIKELY SUPPORT UNSCR [...] (C) Econoff met June 14 with Filippo Giansante, Ministry of Finance Chief of the Paris Club Division, to discuss options to restrict export credit flows to Iran through the OECD (refs A and B). (Note: Giansante is also an advisor to Ignazio Angeloni, President of Italy's export credit agenc [...] | 2007-06-14 11:45:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EFIN ETRD EXIM OECD UN EU IR IT |
07ROME1325 | NO ITALIAN BILATERAL SUPPORT AVAILABLE FOR UNRWA [...] (SBU) Econoff discussed reftel points with several contacts at the MFA's Office of Development Cooperation (ODC) June 11 and 14. Contacts stated that there were no MFA bilateral assistance funds available to assist Lebanon; rather, ODC and the Italian Embassy in Beirut would work with the U [...] | 2007-06-15 13:36:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON PREL KWBG EU LE IT |
07ROME1369 | CENTER-LEFT ELEMENTS SOFT-PEDALING ON DRUGS [...] (C) Summary: During last year's electoral campaign, the center-left coalition consistently made clear that a top priority would be to abolish a relatively tough anti-drug law passed by the previous Berlusconi government. However, it is not clear that coalition members who advocate overhauling [...] | 2007-06-21 15:01:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | SNAR UNCDN EU AF IT |
07ROME1412 | ITALY TO ABSTAIN IN EU VOTE ON "HERCULEX" GM CORN [...] (U) On June 22, Minister Counselor for Agricultural Affairs delivered Ref A points on EU approval for a biotech corn variety, "Herculex Root Worm," for feed and food purposes to Dr. Romano Marabelli, Ministry of Health Director General for Animal and Human Health. Marabelli confirmed that, as [...] | 2007-06-27 16:40:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ETRD ECON EU IT |
07ROME1930 | ITALY SUPPORTS LAJCAK'S USE OF BONN POWERS [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel points to Raimondo De Cardona, Head of the MFA Balkans Office, on September 10. De Cardona agreed with the USG assessment that the international community needed to reassert its authority in Bosnia in order to maintain stability and move forward on Dayton implement [...] | 2007-09-11 10:32:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL BK EU IT |
07ROME211 | EU CONSIDERING "EMBARGO" PROHIBITING EXPORT OF [...] No summary [...] | 2007-02-01 16:26:00 | Embassy Rome | SECRET | ETRD ETTC MTCRE IR EU IT |
07ROME2343 | ITALY ON VENEZUELAN CONSTITUTIONAL REFORMS [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to MFA South America Office Director Michele Giacomelli November 16. Poloff shared USG concerns about democracy in Venezuela posed by President Chavez's proposed constitutional reforms, and requested that Italy speak out on behalf of democratic rights in V [...] | 2007-11-19 12:28:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM WHA EU VE IT |
07ROME2487 | ITALIAN EMBASSY IN TEHRAN TO INQUIRE ABOUT MISSING [...] No summary [...] | 2007-12-18 17:49:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | AS CA CASC CH EU EZ PHUM PREL IR IT |
07ROME2518 | MIDDLE EAST MULTILATERAL WORKING GROUP ON WATER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The USG organized a Steering Committee meeting of the Regional Water Data Banks project (known as EXACT) December 10-11 in Rome. EXACT is a project initiated under the Multilateral Peace Process Working Group on Water Resources. The EXACT meeting brought Palestinian, Israeli [...] | 2007-12-28 17:03:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL SENV TPHY XF IS JO KWBG UK EU NL SW |
07ROME259 | ITALY SHARES USG VENEZUELA CONCERNS, EU WORKING ON [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche February 6 to MFA South America Office Director Francesco Talo and Desk Officer Paolo Campanini, urging Italy to raise the issue of Radio Caracas Television (RCTV) privately and publicly with the Venezuelan government. Talo said Italy shared our concerns t [...] | 2007-02-08 12:31:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PHUM PGOV EU VE IT |
07ROME318 | ITALY: ETHIOPIA-ERITREA AT AN IMPASSE, REGIONAL [...] (C) Poloff met with Horn of Africa Office Director Fabrizio Pignatelli and Ethiopia-Eritrea Desk Officer Alberto La Bella February 9 to discuss the role the GOI intends to play in the Ethiopia-Eritrea boundary dispute, as per Ref A. Pignatelli and La Bella reported that Italy sees the situatio [...] | 2007-02-15 10:19:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV ER ET AF AL AU BE CH EU JA NO |
07ROME625 | ITALY ISSUES DECLARATION IN SUPPORT OF AHTISAARI'S [...] (U) On March 26, the Italian MFA issued a statement in support of UNOSEK Ahtisaari's proposal for Kosovo and pledged to work toward finding a status solution for Kosovo in the UNSC. The statement also welcomed the role of NATO and EU in ensuring the stability of the region. Text of statement [...] | 2007-03-27 15:16:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV UNMIK YI EU IT |
07ROME820 | ICI: ITALIAN PARTICIPATION NOT YET SET FOR FORMAL [...] (SBU) EcMin met April 20 with MFA Iraq Task Force Director Gian Ludovico De Martino to discuss reftel points. De Martino reported that the MFA had not yet decided who would attend the ICI signing ceremony on May 3. De Martino's aide, Giovanni Scopa, noted that if FM D'Alema could not attend [...] | 2007-04-20 12:29:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID EFIN PGOV PREL UN EU IZ IT |
07ROME904 | ITALY ABSTAINS IN EU VOTE ON BIOTECH SUGAR BEETS [...] (U) On April 19, Minister Counselor for Agricultural Affairs delivered reftel points on EU approval for import of biotech sugar beets and stacked biotech corn varieties to the Italian Ministries of Agriculture and Health. Officials in the Italian Ministries of Health and Agriculture told us [...] | 2007-05-02 11:28:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD EAGR ECON EU IT |
07SANSALVADOR2301 | DEMARCHE ON DEMOCRACY IN VENEZUELA DELIVERED TO EL [...] (C) Summary: MFA Director General for Political Affairs Guillermo Melendez told us November 15 that the GOES shared our concerns about anti-democratic reforms in Venezuela and would continue to raise the issue publicly. End Summary. 2. (C) On November 13, PolCouns delivered reftel demarche [...] | 2007-11-20 21:32:00 | Embassy San Salvador | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL VE EU WHA PHUM ES |
07SANSALVADOR41 | THE CENTRAL AMERICAN INTEGRATION SYSTEM [...] (C) SUMMARY. Although established in 1992, the Central American Integration System (SICA) remains an incipient attempt by the countries of Central America to achieve regional integration and cooperation. The organization includes the member nations of Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guate [...] | 2007-01-10 19:07:00 | Embassy San Salvador | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KCRM XK ES ETRD EU |
07SANSALVADOR717 | EL SALVADOR: DEMARCHE ON ICI [...] No summary [...] | 2007-04-17 21:07:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EFIN EG EU PGOV PREL UN GCC ES |
07SANTIAGO1828 | DEMARCHE ON DEMOCRACY IN VENEZUELA - CHILE [...] (C) E/Pol Counselor November 13 delivered ref A demarche to Jamie Bascunan, the MFA's desk officer for Venezuela, Colombia, and Ecuador, stressing that the proposed Venezulan referendum ran contrary to Caracas's obligations under the Inter-American Democratic Charter. As such, it is incumbent [...] | 2007-11-14 20:56:00 | Embassy Santiago | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM VE EU CI WHA |
07SARAJEVO1191 | BOSNIA - HIGHREP SET TO BEGIN CONSTITUTIONAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: On May 30, High Representative Christian Schwarz-Schilling met with the Ambassador as well as the German and EC Delegation Ambassadors to discuss plans for consulting with Bosnian political leaders about the proposal to create a Constitutional Reform Commission (CRC). Schilling ex [...] | 2007-05-31 16:46:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR EU BK |
07SARAJEVO2080 | BOSNIA - DODIK-SILAJDZIC PROTOCOL ON POLICE REFORM [...] (C) SUMMARY: Late on Friday, September 28, Republika Srpska (RS) PM Milorad Dodik and Bosniak Member of the Tri-Presidency Haris Silajdzic signed a 3-page "Protocol on Police Reform." The consensus among Bosnian political leaders, OHR and other international community representatives is that [...] | 2007-10-01 16:14:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL KCRM EU BK |
07SARAJEVO2143 | BOSNIA - HIREP REJECTS SILAJDZIC-DODIK PROTOCOL [...] (C) High Representative Miroslav Lajcak issued a statement October 4 formally rejecting the Police Reform Protocol signed by Party for BiH (SBiH) President Haris Silajdzic and Alliance of Independent Social Democrats (SNSD) President Milorad Dodik (Ref A). The HighRep made the announcement af [...] | 2007-10-05 06:47:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL KCRM EU BK |
07SARAJEVO2236 | BOSNIA - HIGHREP IMPOSES FIRST MEASURES; DODIK [...] (C) SUMMARY: On October 19, High Representative Lajcak publicly announced three measures designed to improve decision-making in and the functionality of state-level government. After Republika Srpska (RS) PM Milorad Dodik was briefed by OHR in advance of the actions, he called the Ambassador [...] | 2007-10-19 17:23:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR EU BK |
07SARAJEVO2237 | BOSNIA - SERBS CONTINUE PLANS TO CONFRONT HIGHREP [...] (C) SUMMARY: Despite intensive public and private diplomacy over the October 19-21 period, Republika Srpska (RS) PM Milorad Dodik and other leaders of the Alliance of Independent Social Democrats (SNSD) still appear determined to force a confrontation over the HighRep,s October 19 use of the B [...] | 2007-10-22 11:30:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR EU BK |
07SARAJEVO2252 | BOSNIA - DODIK DECIDES ON CONFRONTATION [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph seven. 2. (C) SUMMARY: It appears that Republika Srpska PM Milorad Dodik has again reversed course and decided to confront head on the authority of the High Representative. Despite a three hour meeting with the HighRep on October 22, at which Do [...] | 2007-10-23 19:40:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR EU BK |
07SARAJEVO2261 | BOSNIA- AMBASSADOR REACHES OUT TO RADMANOVIC ON [...] (C) Summary. The Ambassador spoke with Bosnian Serb member of the Tri-Presidency Nebosja Radmanovic October 24 to make clear that recent rhetoric and actions by RS Prime Minister Milorad Dodik were leading the RS into a direct and serious confrontation with the international community and the U [...] | 2007-10-24 13:20:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR EU BK |
07SARAJEVO2266 | BOSNIA - DODIK SEEKS AMBASSADOR'S HELP WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: Republika Srpska (RS) PM Milorad Dodik called the Ambassador on October 24 to ask for help finding a positive resolution to the confrontation between the RS and the international community over the measures announced by the HighRep on October 19. Dodik outlined his concerns about [...] | 2007-10-24 15:22:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR EU BK |
07SARAJEVO2309 | BOSNIA - EUR/SCE DIRECTOR CHRIS HOH'S OCTOBER [...] (C) SUMMARY. During his October 16-20 visit to the Brcko District, Banja Luka, and Sarajevo, visiting EUR/SCE Director Christopher Hoh expressed concern about the current political stalemate, but pledged continued US support to help Bosnia move forward. While the economy has visibly improved [...] | 2007-10-29 14:41:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR EU BK |
07SARAJEVO2371 | PIC EXPRESSES PROFOUND CONCERN; RUSSIA BREAKS [...] (C) During the October 30-31 meeting of the Peace Implementation Council, representatives expressed deep concerns over the increased political tensions precipitated by Republika Srpska Prime Minister Milorad Dodik's moves to challenge the authority of the High Representative. With the notabl [...] | 2007-11-02 18:47:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR EU BK |
07SARAJEVO2372 | BOSNIA: DAS DICARLO'S MEETINGS WITH POLITICAL [...] (C) EUR DAS DiCarlo held bilateral meetings with political leaders on the margins of the October 30-31 PIC to discuss the current political crisis in Bosnia. She reviewed USG concerns with Haris Silajdzic (SBiH),Dragan Covic (HDZ),and Sulejman Tihic. Silajdzic complained about the high bar [...] | 2007-11-02 19:04:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR EU BK |
07SARAJEVO2425 | BOSNIA - HIGHREP'S NOVEMBER 15 REPORT TO THE UN [...] (U) This is an action message. See paragraph six. 2. (C) SUMMARY: High Representative Miroslav Lajcak will make his semi-annual report to the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) against the backdrop Bosnia's most serious political crisis since Dayton. Bosnian Serb Chairman of the Counci [...] | 2007-11-13 16:54:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR EU UN BK |
07SARAJEVO2518 | BOSNIA - LAJCAK BRIEFS QUINT AMBASSADORS ON NEXT [...] (C) SUMMARY: High Representative Lajcak briefed Quint Ambassadors on November 21 about the current political crisis and his plans for managing it. Lajcak told the Quint that he plans to attend the November 22 meeting of governing-coalition political party leaders hosted by Bosniak member of t [...] | 2007-11-21 18:46:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR EU BK |
07SARAJEVO2574 | BOSNIA - POSSIBLE DEAL OPENS WINDOW FOR INITIALING [...] (C) SUMMARY: Developments over the course of November 29-30 have brought us very close to resolution of the political crisis over High Representative Lajcak,s October 19 measures designed to facilitate decision-making in the Parliamentary Assembly (PA) and the Council of Ministers (CoM). This [...] | 2007-11-30 20:12:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR BK EU |
07SARAJEVO41 | BOSNIA - THE HIGHREP'S PROPOSAL FOR PHASE II [...] (C) SUMMARY: The High Representative (High Rep) shared with us his draft proposal for conducting phase II of constitutional reform (A copy of the 21-page paper was e-mailed to EUR/SCE) and asked for official U.S. comments on it. The HighRep proposes establishing a Commission on Constitutional [...] | 2007-01-10 09:55:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR BK EU |
07SARAJEVO595 | BOSNIA - SILAJDZIC BLOCKS POLICE REFORM DEAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: March 12 police reform talks organized by High Representative Schwarz-Schilling collapsed after Bosniak member of the Tri-Presidency Haris Silajdzic refused an offer from Republika Srpska PM Milorad Dodik to transfer competency and authority for the RS police to the state, provided [...] | 2007-03-15 19:01:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KJUS KCRM EU BK |
07SARAJEVO995 | BOSNIA - CONSTITUTIONAL REFORM AND THE EUROPEANS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Christian Schwarz-Schilling, in his capacity as European Union Special Representative (EUSR),briefed Quint Ambassadors (plus the European Commission Ambassador) on the proposal to create a Constitutional Reform Commission (CRC),which would be responsible for guiding a longer-term [...] | 2007-05-09 09:14:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL EU BK |
07SOFIA1068 | DEMARCHING EU ON HUMAN RIGHTS THEMATIC RESOLUTIONS [...] (SBU) PolOffs presented reftel demarche to the Director of the United Nations and Global Issues Directorate, Emil Savov Yalnazov. The Director of the Directorate for Human Rights, Andrei Tehov, who is tasked to lead this issue, was traveling. Poloff provided non-paper to his staff member, [...] | 2007-09-05 13:12:00 | Embassy Sofia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EU PGOV PREL |
07SOFIA1154 | URGENT LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - INTERNATIONAL [...] This is an action request: As required by the Leahy Amendment, we request that the Department perform a human rights review of the Bulgarian individuals proposed for participation in the Office of Defense Cooperation's International Military Education and Training (IMET) Program to be held f [...] | 2007-09-24 13:10:00 | Embassy Sofia | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL MASS PM EU BU |
07SOFIA1180 | BULGARIA LIKELY TO SUPPORT U.S. RESOLUTION [...] No summary [...] | 2007-10-02 11:45:00 | Embassy Sofia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC UN PHUM KWUN SOCI EU BG |
07SOFIA1182 | GOB VIGILANT ON PKK IN EUROPE [...] No summary [...] | 2007-10-02 14:42:00 | Embassy Sofia | SECRET | PTER PREL PGOV KTFN OSCE TU IZ EU BU |
07SOFIA1264 | BULGARIA TO CONSIDER DEMARCHE ON BURMESE [...] No summary [...] | 2007-10-26 14:10:00 | Embassy Sofia | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PHUM PREL MASS PM EU BU |
07SOFIA1265 | BULGARIA STRONGLY SUPPORTS INTERNATIONAL ACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2007-10-26 14:11:00 | Embassy Sofia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL MASS PM EU BU |
07SOFIA1266 | BULGARIA TO CONSIDER U.S. POSITION ON CUBA EMBARGO [...] No summary [...] | 2007-10-26 14:12:00 | Embassy Sofia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL MASS PM EU BU |
07SOFIA1267 | BULGARIA TO CONSIDER U.S. PROPOSED HUMAN RIGHTS [...] No summary [...] | 2007-10-26 14:13:00 | Embassy Sofia | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PHUM PREL MASS PM EU BU |
07SOFIA1288 | AMBASSADOR DELIVERS SOUTH STREAM POINTS [...] (C) Summary. In response to ref A points on South Stream, Bulgarian Minister of Economy and Energy Petar Dimitrov told Ambassador October 31 that he welcomed and valued the U.S. appraisal of the project. He expressed concern that if Bulgaria did not go forward with South Stream, Romania, T [...] | 2007-11-02 09:47:00 | Embassy Sofia | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ENRG EU PGOV RU BG |
07SOFIA1323 | BULGARIA TO CONSIDER U.S. CONCERNS ABOUT VENEZUELA [...] No summary [...] | 2007-11-20 13:25:00 | Embassy Sofia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV VE PHUM WHA EU |
07SOFIA1325 | BULGARIA MOVES FORWARD ON SOUTH STREAM AND [...] (C) Summary: The Government of Bulgaria signed a declaration with Russia on the proposed South Stream gas pipeline in Moscow November 8. As expected, the document is a general one-page political statement that leaves details about ownership of the pipeline to a later intergovernmental agree [...] | 2007-11-21 13:47:00 | Embassy Sofia | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ENRG EU PGOV RU BG |
07SOFIA1382 | AMBASSADOR WISNER'S MEETINGS IN SOFIA ON KOSOVO [...] (C) Summary: On December 6 Special Representative to the Kosovo Status Talks Frank Wisner briefed Foreign Minister Kalfin and, in a separate meeting, members of parliament on the outcome of the Troika negotiations and next steps on Kosovo. Wisner told the Bulgarians that although the Troik [...] | 2007-12-18 05:11:00 | Embassy Sofia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KV UN EU RU BU |
07SOFIA216 | BULGARIA TO SUPPORT HUNGARY ON MAINTAINING GMO BAN [...] No summary [...] | 2007-02-16 14:12:00 | Embassy Sofia | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ECON ETRD EU BU |
07SOFIA364 | BULGARIA'S PROSECUTOR GENERAL: WHAT A DIFFERENCE A [...] (C) SUMMARY: A year into his term, Bulgaria's Prosecutor General Boris Velchev is staying true to his goal to reform the dysfunctional Prosecution Service and make it an effective law enforcement and judicial tool. He has improved the country's image abroad by candidly speaking out against c [...] | 2007-03-19 10:25:00 | Embassy Sofia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS KCRM EU BU |
07SOFIA499 | PDAS VOLKER'S MEETINGS WITH BULGARIAN PM STANISHEV [...] (C) SUMMARY: In separate meetings with PDAS Volker on April 11, PM Stanishev and FM Kalfin strongly endorsed supervised independence for Kosovo and pressed the need for a Security Council resolution. Both ministers also engaged on Black Sea issues, with Kalfin arguing for a stronger NATO pres [...] | 2007-04-20 14:31:00 | Embassy Sofia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NATO ENRG SR YI EU BU |
07SOFIA588 | BULGARIA: ARMS CONTROL UPDATE [...] No summary [...] | 2007-05-15 14:00:00 | Embassy Sofia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM ETTC CBW EU BU |
07SOFIA954 | BULGARIA SUPPORTIVE ON KOSOVO [...] Pol/Econ Chief delivered reftel demarche August 7 to the MFA's Department Head for the Western Balkans Vania Andreeva and Western Balkan desk officer Angel Angelov. Andreeva agreed that a final solution following the Ahtisaari proposal, supported by a UNSCR, is the best solution. If an UNSCR [...] | 2007-08-08 06:55:00 | Embassy Sofia | UNCLASSIFIED | KV YI UN PGOV EU PREL BU |
07STATE138379 | SOFIA: SECSTATE LEAHY AMENDMENT HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (U) Further to reftel the Department has reviewed its files and as of September 25, 2007 possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights by the following Bulgarian individuals nominated to participate in the Office of Defense Cooperation's International Military Education [...] | 2007-10-01 20:30:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS PHUM PREL BU EU PM |
07STATE150199 | U/S JEFFERY CALLS FRENCH AMBASSADOR ON POSSIBLE [...] No summary [...] | 2007-10-30 01:12:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR SENV ETRD FR EU |
07STATE150552 | RESPONDING TO BULGARIAN CONCERNS ABOUT RUSSIAN [...] (C) As detailed in reftel, the Bulgarian government is under pressure from Russia to come to a quick agreement and sign various texts related to the Russian conglomerate Gazprom,s proposed South Stream pipeline project under the Black Sea. The GOB has requested USG assistance and talking poi [...] | 2007-10-30 19:05:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | BG ECON ENRG EU PGOV RS |
07STATE154674 | DEMARCHE ON DEMOCRACY IN VENEZUELA [...] (C) Summary. Department requests action addressees demarche host governments, at the highest appropriate level, to: 1) share our concerns about the anti-democratic changes in the proposed constitutional reform package; 2) highlight growing dissension within Venezuela and the increasingly rep [...] | 2007-11-09 16:02:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV VE PHUM WHA EU |
07STATE166406 | DEMARCHE REQUEST - MISSING AMCIT ROBERT LEVINSON [...] (U) This is an action message. Please see paragraph 8. ---------- BACKGROUND ---------- 2. (S) The United States has reason to believe Iranian security services may have targeted and detained private investigator and retired FBI Special Agent Bob Levinson on March 8, 2007, during a t [...] | 2007-12-13 03:27:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | AS CA CASC CH EU EZ FR GM IN IR IT JA JO KDEM |
07STATE166909 | DEMARCHE INSTRUCTION ON KOSOVO FINAL STATUS [...] (SBU) This is an action request. The Department requests that Embassies in current and new (2008) non-European members of the UN Security Council Countries (except Beijing) deliver the following demarche on Kosovo at the highest appropriate level before December 17. This message is info onl [...] | 2007-12-14 01:53:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UN UNMIK PGOV YI EU |
07STATE45355 | REQUEST FOR ASSESSMENT OF KOSOVO POSITION [...] (SBU) This is an action request for ambassadors in Accra, Brazzaville, Pretoria, Jakarta, Doha, Panama and Lima -- please see para 4. 2. (SBU) BACKGROUND: On April 3, UN Special Envoy Marti Ahtisaari presented to the UNSC his proposals for Kosovo's future status, including a recommendatio [...] | 2007-04-05 23:33:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL UNSC UNMIK PGOV YI EU |
07STOCKHOLM1388 | SWEDEN ON DEMOCRACY IN VENEZUELA [...] No summary [...] | 2007-11-16 16:40:00 | Embassy Stockholm | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL SW VE WHA EU |
07STOCKHOLM1439 | SWEDEN ON DECEMBER 10-11 EU FOREIGN MINISTERS [...] (C) On December 7, Poloff met with MFA Deputy European Corespondent Niclas Kvarnstrom regarding December 10 EU Foreign Ministers GAERC meeting (reftel A). Kvarnstrom noted the following: --EU Enlargement and the European Neighborhood Policy (ENP). Sweden is one of the greatest supporters of [...] | 2007-12-07 16:57:00 | Embassy Stockholm | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SW EU |
07STOCKHOLM69 | SWEDEN: DEMARCHE ON KOSOVO TIMELINE [...] (c) Polcouns made reftel demarche urging support for Ahtisaari's proposed timeline 1/19 to MFA Deputy Director General and Head of Department for Eastern Europe and Central Asia Ambassador Mats Staffansson, who was joined by Western Balkans Head Lars Wahlund. Polcouns also raised the issue w [...] | 2007-01-19 15:20:00 | Embassy Stockholm | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UN UNMIK PGOV YI EU OPDC SW |
07SUVA53 | FIJI UPDATE 1/23/17: BAINIMARAMA LOOKING NORTH; [...] (C) In reaction to aid and visa restrictions imposed by Western governments, particularly Australia and New Zealand, Commodore Bainimarama announced plans to send a delegation of ministers, senior officials and businessmen to China, India, Malaysia, and Indonesia in order to diversify sources [...] | 2007-01-22 21:53:00 | Embassy Suva | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR PHUM PINR ASEC UN EU CH IN MY ID |
07TALLINN174 | ESTONIA WILL SUPPORT OPEN SKIES PLUS [...] Post delivered reftel points to the Estonian Ministry Of Economic Affairs and Communication (MOE) on March 13, 2007. 2. Mr. Martin Rakov, Executive Officer of the Aviation and Maritime Department at MOE, told us that Estonia supports the Open Skies Plus Agreement. Estonia's Acting Charg [...] | 2007-03-15 15:20:00 | Embassy Tallinn | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EAIR EU KTIA PREL EN |
07TALLINN2 | ESTONIA: FM PAET VISITS GEORGIA [...] (SBU) Summary. During his visit to Georgia December 18-19, Georgian Officials told Foreign Minister Urmas Paet that: -- they hope for a NATO Membership Action Plan (MAP) already in 2007; -- they intend to extend economic and political reforms and substantially increase investment in educa [...] | 2007-01-03 09:14:00 | Embassy Tallinn | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EU NATO OSCE GG RU EN |
07TALLINN202 | ESTONIA SUPPORTS UN KOSOVO PROPOSALS [...] No summary [...] | 2007-03-26 14:18:00 | Embassy Tallinn | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL UNMIK UN YI EU EN |
07TALLINN244 | ESTONIAN AMBASSADOR TO EU WILL SIGN OPEN SKIES [...] (U) Post delivered reftel points to Mr. Martin Rakov, Executive Officer of the Aviation and Maritime Department of the Estonian Ministry of Economic Affairs and Communication (MOE). 2. (U) Mr. Rakov told us that the Estonian Ambassador to the EU, Mr. Vaino Reinart, will sign this agreemen [...] | 2007-04-16 07:36:00 | Embassy Tallinn | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAIR EU KTIA PREL EN |
07TALLINN255 | ESTONIA WILL VOTE YES ON BIOTECH BEETS AND [...] Post delivered reftel points to Hardo Lillevali of the Estonian Ministry of the Environment, and Tambet Sova, Head of the Plant Health Department at the Estonian Ministry of Agriculture. 2. Mr. Lillevali and Mr. Sova said that Estonia will vote in favor of the biotech sugar beet and stack [...] | 2007-04-19 14:31:00 | Embassy Tallinn | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ECON ETRD EU EN |
07TALLINN300 | ESTONIA WILL VOTE YES MAY 10 ON BIOTECH CORN [...] (U) Post delivered reftel points to Kylli Johanson, Chief Expert of the Food Safety Department and Merjan Savila, Chief Expert of the Plant Health Department at the Ministry of Agriculture. 2. (SBU) Ms. Johanson and Ms. Savila said that Estonia will vote in favor of both biotech corn variet [...] | 2007-05-04 14:26:00 | Embassy Tallinn | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ECON ETRD EU EN |
07TALLINN361 | LABELING ISSUE RESTRAINING ESTONIA'S VOTE [...] (U) On June 1, we delivered reftel points to Haidi Kanamae, the Head of Food Safety Department and Kylli Johanson, Chief Expert of the Food Safety Department at the Ministry of Agriculture. 2. (SBU) Ms. Johanson explained that although Estonia's Gene Technology Committee (GTC),which serves [...] | 2007-06-04 05:37:00 | Embassy Tallinn | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ECON ETRD EU EN |
07TALLINN367 | TALLINN'S PROPOSAL FOR 2007 IPR ENFORCEMENT [...] In response to reftel, the following is Embassy Tallinn's proposal for funding to develop, distribute and promote an extensive awareness campaign in Estonia to combat internet piracy and promote cyber security. Background ----------- 2. The biggest IPR challenge in countries with a well [...] | 2007-06-05 07:41:00 | Embassy Tallinn | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EAIR EU KTIA PREL EN |
07TALLINN446 | ESTONIA: TRANSFERRING SURPLUS AMMUNITION TO [...] No summary [...] | 2007-07-10 11:50:00 | Embassy Tallinn | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR MASS MOPS PGOV PREL LE NATO EU EN |
07TALLINN448 | ESTONIA UNDECIDED ON IOM DIRECTOR GENERAL [...] No summary [...] | 2007-07-10 13:27:00 | Embassy Tallinn | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC EUN PREF PREL SMIG EU EN |
07TALLINN5 | ESTONIA: PRESIDENT AND PM DISCUSS RELATIONS WITH RUSSIA AND [...] No summary [...] | 2007-01-03 15:54:00 | Embassy Tallinn | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL EU RU EN |
07TALLINN518 | ESTONIA'S VIEW ON KOSOVO NEXT STEPS [...] No summary [...] | 2007-08-10 08:54:00 | Embassy Tallinn | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EU KV YI UN EN |
07TALLINN598 | EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT PRESIDENT OFFERS SUPPORT [...] (U) Summary: In August, President of the European Parliament Hans-Gert Poettering visited Estonia to discuss the GOE's language and integration reform efforts for the Russian-speaking minority. Poettering met with representatives of Estonia's Russian-speaking community as well as President I [...] | 2007-09-11 14:31:00 | Embassy Tallinn | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EU EN |
07TASHKENT1051 | OSCE PROJECTS GET AXED DUE TO EU SANCTIONS [...] (C) OSCE Ambassador Jenca, on May 31, told Charge he was called in by Foreign Minister Norov on May 29 to express the GOU,s dissatisfaction with the EU,s May 14 sanctions decision (Ref A). Norov explained to Jenca that since the OSCE and EU were &like-minded8 organizations and cooperated clos [...] | 2007-06-01 09:46:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | OSCE PREL PGOV EU UZ |
07TASHKENT1054 | EU PUSHES ON AFTER SANCTIONS DECISION [...] (C) Summary: After the EU decision to extend sanctions to Uzbekistan, the EU Special Representative to Central Asia, Pierre Morel, visited Tashkent on May 28 to explain the sanctions decision and EU continue engagement with the Uzbeks. Although the Uzbek Foreign Minister expressed deep dissa [...] | 2007-06-04 04:04:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | EU PREL PGOV UZ |
07TASHKENT1369 | CZECHS EXPECT "PRAGMATIC" SIX MONTHS AS LOCAL EU [...] (C) Czech Political Officer Dagmar Novohradska told Poloff that the Czech Embassy will be pragmatic during its six months as the local representative of the European Union (EU). She said that the Czechs understand their role is to represent the EU as a whole, and may need to temper some of it [...] | 2007-07-25 10:33:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM EU EZ UZ |
07TASHKENT355 | (C) UZBEK FM MISSES OPPORTUNITY IN MEETING WTIH [...] (C) Summary: SCA DAS Evan Feigenbaum's March 2 meeting with Foreign Minister Vladimir Norov did not live up to expectations. Over three days of meetings with senior Uzbek officials, Feigenbaum had proposed that the Government take concrete steps to improve relations and offered specific sugge [...] | 2007-03-05 06:25:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM ECON EU AF UZ |
07TELAVIV2578 | ISRAELIS WAITING FOR EU WRITTEN REQUEST ON EU [...] (C) The Ambassador raised reftel demarche requesting the GOI provide timely diplomatic accreditation for members of the EU Police Mission in the Palestinian Territories (EU COPPS) with MOD Director General Buchris, MFA Director General Abramovitch, MFA Senior Deputy Director General Gal, and [...] | 2007-08-24 11:16:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR MASS KWBG IS EU |
07TELAVIV825 | GOI DISCUSSES EU-BAM RENEWAL WITH USSC [...] (C//REL TO USA, AUS, CAN, and GBR) In a March 7 meeting with USSC Dayton and attended by the MoD Political-Military Director's advisor Oded Herman, MFA Senior Deputy Director General Ambassador Yossi Gal expressed the GoI's strong interest in renewing the EU-BAM mission, contingent upon receiv [...] | 2007-03-16 09:42:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KWBG KPAL ETRD EFIN EU IS |
07THEHAGUE1125 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR MICHAEL F. STAFFORD [...] Embassy warmly welcomes and grants country clearance for Michael F. Stafford, U.S. Negotiator for Nuclear Security and Dismantlement to travel to The Hague from June 14 - 16, 2007 to attend meetings with host government officials. 2. Embassy has arranged hotel accommodations for the night [...] | 2007-06-13 07:24:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AMGT OVIP ASEC OTRA APER KNNP PREL DA NO EU |
07THEHAGUE1642 | NETHERLANDS/EU: KOSOVO IS TOP PRIORITY FOR GYMNICH [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On September 5, 2007, POLOFF delivered reftel points to Desiree Kopmels, EU correspondent for the Dutch MFA. In discussions the next day, Ms. Kopmels emphasized that the Netherlands would push for the EU to send a united message to Belgrade and Pristina: 'get to a solution.' K [...] | 2007-09-06 14:35:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EU NL RU YI KV |
07THEHAGUE1808 | NETHERLANDS/EU TREATY: DUTCH DODGE A BULLET [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Dutch Labor Party's (PvdA) September 25 decision to drop its demand for a referendum on the EU Reform Treaty avoids a messy -- and potentially disastrous -- repeat of the Dutch 2005 popular rejection of the previous Constitutional Treaty. Parliament is now expected to ratif [...] | 2007-09-28 10:00:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV EU NL |
07THEHAGUE1902 | NETHERLANDS/EU: DUTCH PREVIEW OCTOBER 15-16 GAERC [...] (SBU) On October 10, Embassy shared reftel points with the Dutch MFA's EU Correspondent, Desiree Kopmells; Deputy Director for European Integration, Marisa Gerards; and Pauline Diepenbroek, Senior Policy Officer, European Cooperation Directorate. 2. (SBU) WTO off the agenda: Diepenbroek to [...] | 2007-10-16 14:56:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | IS KPAL PREL PGOV ETRD ETTC NL EU |
07THEHAGUE1957 | NETHERLANDS/CUBA: QUALIFIED SUPPORT AT THE EU AND [...] (U) SUMMARY: POLOFF raised reftel A-C points with Jan Jaap Groenemeijer, Senior Staff Officer in the Western Hemisphere Department, as well as Ms. Maryem van den Heuvel, Director for Human Rights, and Reneko Elema, Senior Policy Officer for Human Rights. On November 1, Charge D'Affaires raised [...] | 2007-11-01 14:12:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | UNGA PHUM EU NL CU |
07THEHAGUE1984 | NETHERLANDS/IRAN: CONSULAR CASE PROMPTS DUTCH TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: On November 7, Dutch MFA Director General Pieter de Gooijer told the Ambassador that he will firmly assert the EU Iran nuclear policy during his upcoming visit to Iran while he urges consular access in the Al Mansouri case. END SUMMARY. NUCLEAR FILE ------------ 2. (C) As [...] | 2007-11-13 07:41:00 | Embassy The Hague | SECRET | NL UN IR IAEA EU PHUM KNNP |
07THEHAGUE1985 | NETHERLANDS/IRAN: CONSULAR CASE PROMPTS DUTCH TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: On November 7, Dutch MFA Director General Pieter de Gooijer told the Ambassador that he will firmly assert the EU Iran nuclear policy during his upcoming visit to Iran while he urges consular access in the Al Mansouri case. END SUMMARY. NUCLEAR FILE ------------ 2. (C) As [...] | 2007-11-13 09:24:00 | Embassy The Hague | SECRET | NL UN IR IAEA EU PHUM KNNP |
07THEHAGUE1994 | NETHERLANDS/RUSSIA: MINISTER TIMMERMANS REGRETS [...] (C) SUMMARY: On November 9, Ambassador met with Dutch MFA Minister for European Affairs Timmermans to discuss Russia, Kosovo, Afghanistan, French President Sarkozy, Timmermans, upcoming trips to the United States, and plans to commemorate 400 years of American-Dutch relations. Although Timmermans o [...] | 2007-11-15 12:07:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL EU RU KV YI |
07THEHAGUE2001 | NETHERLANDS/EU: VIEWS ON NOVEMBER 19-20 (GAERC) [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On November 15, POLOFF delivered reftel points to the Dutch MFA's EU Correspondent, Desiree Kopmels. Also on November 15, Stefan van Wersch, Director for EU external policy, and Rochus Pronk, Deputy EU Correspondent, reviewed Dutch priorities ahead of the November 19-20 GAERC du [...] | 2007-11-20 15:19:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV NL EU EAID ETRD |
07THEHAGUE2002 | NETHERLANDS/BURMA: KEEPING UP THE PRESSURE (PART 2) [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Over the past month, POLOFF has engaged Dutch MFA officials Mr. Karel Hartogh, Deputy Director for Asia and Oceania, and Ms. Maaike van der Werf, Burma Desk, on reftel A - D points, expressing USG appreciation for Dutch leadership in pursuing Burma sanctions at the EU. The Dutc [...] | 2007-11-20 16:07:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM CVIS ETRD NL BM EU UNGA |
07THEHAGUE2044 | NETHERLANDS/EU: VIEWS ON DECEMBER 10-11 GAERC [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: POLOFF and ECONOFF shared reftel A points to key contacts at the Dutch MFA, including: EU Correspondent Desiree Kopmels, Deputy EU Correspondent Rochus Pronk, and Wendela Haringhuizen, Senior Policy Officer, Terrorism and New Threats Unit. Iran sanctions points were also share [...] | 2007-12-07 15:33:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV EU KV IR |
07THEHAGUE2060 | NETHERLANDS/KOSOVO: LEGAL ADVISER BELLINGER SWAYS [...] (C) SUMMARY: On December 10, 2007, Legal Advisor John Bellinger and Ambassador Roland Arnall met with Dutch MFA Deputy Director General Wim Geerts. Geerts and Bellinger focused on Kosovo, with Geerts indicating that a statement by UNSYG Ban in favor of an international presence there could ad [...] | 2007-12-14 07:24:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM KV EU UN |
07THEHAGUE308 | DUTCH WILL VOTE TO LIFT HUNGARY'S BAN ON MON810 [...] (SBU) Pauline Diepenbroek Senior Policy Officer responsible for trade issues, European Cooperation Department, Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs, told EconCouns on February 16 that the Dutch will support the European Commission's proposal to demand the lifting of Hungary's moratorium on the [...] | 2007-02-20 06:48:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ECON ETRD EU NL |
07THEHAGUE446 | EMBASSY THE HAGUE RESPONSE ON GLOBAL ROAD SAFETY [...] The GONL has organized a full agenda for the 2007 Global Road Safety Week (April 23-27),primarily focusing on public awareness and road safety among young people between the ages of 4 and 24. On April 23, the Dutch will hold a news conference during which they will present the 2006 road saf [...] | 2007-03-14 09:49:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | AF AID AMCHAMS AMED CA EU IO LA PA PAHO |
07THEHAGUE551 | NETHERLANDS: UN KOSOVO PROPOSAL SUPPORT [...] (C) Polmiloff delivered reftel points to MFA Head of the Western Balkans Division Cees Roels on March 26; Charge has requested senior appointments. To date, the GONL has been supportive of the Ahtisaari status process for Kosovo, but remains concerned with Russian opposition and the possibilit [...] | 2007-03-26 15:57:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNMIK UN YI EU NL |
07THEHAGUE761 | DUTCH POSITIVE ON APPROVAL OF BIOTECH CORN AND [...] (SBU) FAS The Hague conveyed on April 18 reftel points concerning the USG position on the European Commission proposal to approve the import, food and feed of two biotech corn varieties and one biotech sugar beet variety to Jessica Thio, Policy Officer, Dutch Ministry of Agriculture. Accordi [...] | 2007-04-24 12:49:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ECON ETRD EU NL |
07THEHAGUE869 | DUTCH TO VOTE YES ON BIOTECH CORN [...] No summary [...] | 2007-05-08 16:20:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ECON ETRD EU NL |
07TOKYO1744 | ACTING ASSISTANT SECRETARY MULL,S APRIL 11 MEETING [...] (C) Summary: U.S.-Japan cooperation is critical to enhancing Japan's relationship with NATO and to preventing arms sales to China, DG Harada told A/S Mull April 11. Prime Minister Abe's speech to the North Atlantic Council earlier this year marked the beginning of a transformation of Japane [...] | 2007-04-19 22:51:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NATO MARR MASS MCAP PGOV CH EU JA |
07TUNIS16 | ANOTHER SHOOTOUT SOUTH OF TUNIS AMID SPECULATION [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: ON THE HEELS OF THE DECEMBER 23 SHOOT-OUT REPORTED BY THE TUNISIAN MINISTRY OF THE INTERIOR (REF A),THE MOI ANNOUNCED TODAY A SECOND SECURITY OPERATION IN A SOUTHERN SUBURB OF TUNIS IN WHICH SECURITY FORCES REPORTEDLY SHOT AND KILLED ALL OF THE MEMBERS OF AN ARMED GROUP. THE [...] | 2007-01-03 18:55:00 | Embassy Tunis | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL EU TS |
07USEUBRUSSELS3080 | DELIVERY OF DEMARCHE ON KURDISTAN WORKERS PARTY [...] (S) Mission International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (INL) Counselor, accompanied by Justice Department Senior Counsel and Department of Homland Security Attache, delivered the demarche on combating terrorism by the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) to newly-appointed Counter-Terrorism [...] | 2007-10-04 14:43:00 | USEU Brussels | SECRET | PTER KCRM PGOV PREL SNAR EU |
07USEUBRUSSELS3268 | USITC INFO REQUEST ON BIO-BASED CHEMICAL PRODUCTS [...] Summary. In response to reftel USITC request, Post submits the following overview of activities related to bio-based chemicals and liquid biofuels. The European Union has a broad array of programs and organizations dealing with the development and adoption of bio-based chemical products and [...] | 2007-10-31 14:05:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ENRG ETRD EU |
07USEUBRUSSELS3417 | WIREC 2008: EUROPEAN COMMISSION HAS QUESTIONS, [...] (U) Summary: On November 20, 2007 ESToffs met with DG Environment to discuss preparations for the Washington International Renewable Energy Conference (WIREC),March 4-6, 2008 in Washington. DG Environment is interested in participating in the EU delegation and queried about the possibility [...] | 2007-11-29 15:23:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ENRG EPET SENV EU |
07USEUBRUSSELS827 | REFUGEE RETURNS IN EASTERN CONGO: A JOINT US-EU [...] Summary: A joint USG-European Union assessment team composed of US representatives from PRM and OFDA traveled throughout Katanga and South Kivu provinces in January, finding a basic level of peace and stability, but continued sporadic human rights abuses perpetrated primarily by security force [...] | 2007-03-13 09:55:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PGOV PHUM PREL EAID EU BE |
07USNATO124 | USNATO WELCOME FOR THOMAS J. BRENNAN FEBRUARY [...] Mission welcomes Thomas Brennan for meetings at NATO. Control officer for the visit is USNATO Political Officer, Kelly Magsamen work tel:(32)2-724-3145. Admin. support is Lucia Krul (32) 2-724-3233. 2. Accommodations have been confirmed for Mr. Brennan arriving February 28-departing Marc [...] | 2007-02-27 09:51:00 | Mission USNATO | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL OTRA NATO BE EU |
07USNATO126 | USNATO WELCOME FOR JOHN B. BELLINGER AND JOSHUA [...] Mission welcomes Mr. John Bellinger and Joshua Dorosin for meetings at NATO and USEU. Control officer for the NATO visit is USNATO Political Officer, Kelly Magsamen work tel:(32)2-724-3145. Admin. support is Lucia Krul (32) 2-724-3233. 2. Accommodations have been confirmed by USEU via e [...] | 2007-02-27 14:08:00 | Mission USNATO | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL OTRA NATO BE EU |
07USNATO161 | USNATO SUPPORTS CONTINUED ENGAGEMENT WITH GERMAN [...] No summary [...] | 2007-03-12 14:33:00 | Mission USNATO | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO MARR MASS NATO PGOV PREL EU GM PL CZ RS |
07USNATO248 | WELCOME TO NATO FOR STEVEN RUSHEN MAY 6-12 [...] Mission welcomes INR Analyst, Mr. Steven Rushen to NATO for meetings on May 9-11. Control officer for the visit is USNATO Political Officer, Beverli DeWalt, work tel:(32)2-724-3239, fax: (32)2-724-3421. Administrative support is provided by Lucia Krul (32) 2-724-3233. 2. Hotel reservatio [...] | 2007-04-13 15:07:00 | Mission USNATO | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON OTRA POL EU BE |
07USNATO377 | WELCOME TO NATO FOR MATTHEW E. EWALD JUNE 20-23 [...] Mission welcomes INR/EC Analyst, Mr. Matthew Ewald to NATO for meetings. Control officer for the visit is USNATO Political Officer, Beverli DeWalt, work tel:(32)2-724-3239, fax: (32)2-724-3421. Administrative support is provided by Denise Corbin (32) 2-724-3226. 2. Hotel reservations hav [...] | 2007-06-20 14:19:00 | Mission USNATO | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA EU BE |
07USNATO561 | SECOND FRENCH PAPER ON PROPOSALS FOR STRENTHENING [...] (C) Summary: Norway's deputy PermRep provided USNATO with a draft of a French paper on improving EU-NATO cooperation that was circulated at the EU on 1 October. This paper follows an earlier French paper on NATO-EU relations presented at NATO and provides more detail on French ideas. USNATO [...] | 2007-10-16 14:42:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PREL EU FR XG XT |
07USNATO621 | NAC-PSC MEETING ON THE POLITICAL AND MILITARY [...] (C) SUMMARY: NATO HQ Sarajevo Commander Major General Richard Wightman (US) and EUFOR Operation Althea Commander Rear Admiral Hans-Jochen Witthauer (Germany) briefed a joint meeting of the North Atlantic Council and EU Political and Security Committee (NAC-PSC) on the situation in Bosnia and [...] | 2007-11-28 16:42:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR NATO PGOV PINR PREL BK EU |
07USUNNEWYORK104 | UN CLIMATE CHANGE SUMMIT [...] No summary [...] | 2007-02-07 21:30:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ENRG EU SENV UNEP |
07USUNNEWYORK33 | UK SLAPS U.S. ON CLIMATE CHANGE, FORECASTS STORMY [...] UKUN Counselor for Sustainable Development Alistair Fernie addressed the UN NGO Committee on Sustainable Development (a normally neutral organization) at a January 18 panel discussion on "The Economics of Climate Change: The Stern Report." Joined by German scientist Philipp Schmidt-Thome of t [...] | 2007-01-20 00:25:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ENRG SENV UNCSD UNEP EU UK |
07USUNNEWYORK469 | ERITREA-ETHIOPIA BORDER IMPASSE: DEMARCHE RESPONSE [...] (C) SUMMARY. Per reftel instructions, PolMinCouns and Poloff discussed the Eritrea-Ethiopia border impasse with Norwegian Deputy Permanent Representative Juul in the run-up to the November 27 deadline for demarcation by coordinates as imposed by the Eritrea-Ethiopia Boundary Commission (EEBC). [...] | 2007-06-11 22:23:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | AF AU ER EU PGOV PREL UNSC KPKO ET |
07VIENNA1042 | AUSTRIA TO VOTE "NO" ON BIOTECH SUGAR BEET AND [...] Ambassador and AgCouns presented reftel demarche in the course of a general meeting with Austrian Agriculture Minister Josef Proell on April 19. (Full report septel.) 2. Proell indicated that Austria would vote "no" at the EU Standing Committee on the European Commission's proposal to ap [...] | 2007-04-20 15:05:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ECON ETRD EU AU |
07VIENNA1159 | EU STANDING COMMITTEE VOTE ON BIOTECH VARIETIES - AUSTRIA [...] (U) On May 3, the Mission's Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) office conveyed ref A talking points to Ulrich Herzog, Head of the Ministry of Health's Department for Consumer Health (lead office),and to Hans Kordik, Head of the Ministry of Agriculture's Department for EU Coordination. Neithe [...] | 2007-05-04 13:46:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ECON ETRD EU AU |
07VIENNA1507 | EU JUNE 8 STANDING COMMITTEE VOTE ON BIOTECH VARIETIES - [...] On June 1, post conveyed reftel talking points to Ulrich Herzog, Head of the Ministry of Health's Department for Consumer Health (lead office),to Hans Kordik, Head of the Ministry of Agriculture's Department for EU Coordination, and to Gabriela Habermayer, Head of the Ministry of Economics' D [...] | 2007-06-06 12:27:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ECON ETRD EU AU |
07VIENNA167 | KOSOVO STATUS PROCESS TIMELINE -- AUSTRIA IN [...] (SBU) Charge delivered reftel demarche on January 24 to Austrian MFA Political Director Thomas Mayr-Harting. Embassy had previewed the message to the MFA's EU affairs office on January 19. 2. (C) Charge stressed that it was crucial that the EU and U.S. maintain unity in backing UN Specia [...] | 2007-01-24 16:07:00 | Embassy Vienna | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UN UNMIK PGOV YI EU AU |
07VIENNA2489 | AUSTRIA, ESDP, AND BATTLEGROUPS: ANOTHER CHALLENGE [...] (C) Austria's expected early November final cabinet decision to assign troops to EU battlegroups has already prompted one dust-up between the Defense and Foreign Ministries, with FonMin Plassnik opposing DefMin Darabos' statement that Austrian troops could only deploy on an EU mission under a [...] | 2007-09-26 08:51:00 | Embassy Vienna | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM KNNP EU AU |
07VIENNA2596 | IRAN SANCTIONS: AUSTRIA REJECTS EU ACTION [...] (U) Econ/Pol Counselor and Poloff called on Austrian MFA Deputy PolDir and Near East Division Chief Ralph Scheide October 10 to discuss Iranian sanctions policy. Emboffs raised three concerns: Austrian objection of consideration of expanded sanctions or other diplomatic action until after the [...] | 2007-10-11 06:28:00 | Embassy Vienna | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP IR EU FR AU |
07VIENNA2816 | NOVEMBER GAERC: AUSTRIAN PRE-BRIEF [...] (U) Per reftel, Econ/Pol Couns met Nov. 16 with Austrian MFA European Corespondent Andreas Riecken to discuss plans for the upcoming GAERC. Following are Riecken's comments: Summits ------- 2. (C) Riecken reported that there will be no discussion of the content of the China and India su [...] | 2007-11-16 14:24:00 | Embassy Vienna | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EU AU |
07VIENNA2836 | AUSTRIAN VIEWS ON IAEA REPORT ON IRAN [...] (C) Summary. Austria recognizes and is disappointed by Iran's failure to cooperate fully with the IAEA and expects leading EU states in IAEA BOG to issue a statement expressing many of the themes identified by the U.S. End Summary. El Baradei Report ----------------- 2. (C) Econ/Pol Co [...] | 2007-11-21 07:28:00 | Embassy Vienna | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP MNUC IAEA IR PARM AORC EU AU |
07VIENNA2875 | ADDITIONAL EU DESIGNATIONS OF IRANIAN ENTITIES AND [...] (C) On November 29, EconPol Counselor and EconUnit Chief delivered reftel points to Thomas Baier, Head of the MFA's Multilateral International Law Division, and to Yvonne Desmedt-Tonic from the MFA's Energy and Nuclear Safety Division. Emboffs urged the GoA to support EU designation of addit [...] | 2007-11-29 16:59:00 | Embassy Vienna | CONFIDENTIAL | MNUC KNNP PARM IR EU AU |
07VIENNA652 | U.S.-EU OPEN SKIES PLUS DEMARCHE [...] On March 15, EconPol Counselor presented reftel demarche to Manfred Bialonczyk, Director General for Civil Aviation in the Austrian Ministry of Transportation, Innovation and Technology. We gave him copies of the Draft Air Transportation Agreement, the Draft Memorandum of Consultations and th [...] | 2007-03-15 13:40:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR ECON KTIA PREL EU AU |
07VIENNA857 | AUSTRIA FULLY SUPPORTS UN KOSOVO PROPOSALS [...] (SBU) Charge delivered ref (a) demarche on March 28 to Johannes Kyrle, the Austrian MFA's Secretary General. EconPolCouns also discussed the issue with MFA European Correspondent Andreas Riecken on March 29. 2. (C) Kyrle agreed that EU unity in support of Martti Ahtisaari's report is esse [...] | 2007-03-30 14:03:00 | Embassy Vienna | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNMIK UN YI EU AU |
07VIENNA969 | AUSTRIA MOVING FORWARD ON U.S.-EU AIR TRANSPORT [...] (SBU) On April 12, Acting Econ/Pol Counselor delivered reftel point to Alois Kraut, Head of the Ministry of European and Integration Affairs' Transport and Telecommunications Unit. Kraut noted that the GoA's Council of Ministers had vested Austria's Permanent Representative to the EU with the [...] | 2007-04-13 08:50:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECON KTIA PREL EU AU |
07VILNIUS573 | LITHUANIA PREPARES TO RECOGNIZE KOSOVO WITHOUT [...] (C) We delivered reftel points to Giedre Gelezeviciene of the MFA's European Union Enlargement Division. Gelezeviciene said that Lithuanian FM Petras Vaitiekunas had said that one country could not hold the process hostage as Kosovo moves towards independence. She said that the GOL would foll [...] | 2007-08-10 10:30:00 | Embassy Vilnius | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KV YI UN PGOV EU LH |
07WARSAW1521 | POLAND PROBABLY NOT IN A POSITION TO PROVIDE AMMO [...] No summary [...] | 2007-07-06 11:42:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | MASS MARR MOPS PGOV PREL LE NZ AS NATO EU PL |
07WARSAW163 | KOSOVO STATUS TIMELINE: POLAND FULLY ON BOARD [...] (C) Pol External Chief delivered reftel demarche on the Kosovo status timeline on January 18 to Piotr Siebeneichen, Chief of the Balkans Division in the MFA Europe Department. Siebeneichen said the Polish and U.S. positions were nearly identical; Poland strongly supported Un Special Envy Ahtis [...] | 2007-01-26 10:26:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UN UNMIK PGOV EU PL |
07WARSAW1764 | DELIVERY OF DEMARCHE ON KOSOVO'S NEXT STEPS [...] No summary [...] | 2007-08-16 12:49:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | KV YI UN PGOV EU PREL PL |
07WARSAW2399 | POLAND'S ENTRY INTO THE SCHENGEN ZONE [...] On December 21, 2007, Poland will join the European Union's Schengen area along with seven other Central European nations and Malta. After months of preparation and coordination with other EU members, Poland is ready to enter the Schengen zone and, with its 1185 km eastern frontier, defend the [...] | 2007-12-19 16:22:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED | PBTS PREL PREF SMIG PGOV EU PL |
07WARSAW610 | POLAND QUIETLY SUPPORTS US-EU OPEN SKIES AGREEMENT [...] (C) Econoff delivered reftel demarche to Malgorzata Alberti, Head of the International Agreements Division of the Civil Aviation Office. Pawel Moniak, a specialist in the International Agreements Division, and the Polish representative during the most recent negotiations in Brussels was als [...] | 2007-03-13 16:15:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EAIR KTIA PREL EU PL |
07WARSAW748 | POLAND SUPPORTS AHTISAARI'S PLAN, BUT EXPRESSES [...] (C) DCM met March 27 with Krzysztof Szczerski, Under Secretary of State for Europe at Polish MFA, to deliver SIPDIS reftel Demarche on Kosovo. (Note: Neither Minister nor Deputy Minister were available.) Szczerski stated "Poland is for the Ahtisaari plan," but then went on to outline "a f [...] | 2007-03-27 14:33:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNMIK UN YI EU PL |
07WARSAW810 | POLAND'S PERM REP WILL SIGN US-EU OPEN SKIES PLUS [...] No summary [...] | 2007-04-05 11:25:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EAIR KTIA PREL EU PL |
07ZAGREB12 | CROATIA WILL FOLLOW EU LEAD ON DRONABINOL AND ORIPAVIN [...] Reftel points were delivered to Andrej Dogan at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and European Integration - Department for the United Nations on December 8, 2006. Government of Croatia responded to points on January 4, 2007. As Croatia is in the process of negotiation with the EU regarding beco [...] | 2007-01-04 12:42:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL SNAR UNCND UNCRIME HR EU |
07ZAGREB220 | SEECP FOREIGN MINISTERS MOVE POSITIVELY ON STABILITY PACT [...] (SBU) Summary and comment: The March 2 SEECP Foreign Ministers meeting in Zagreb saw positive movement on the Stability Pact transition process to a new SEECP-led regional cooperation framework. The Ministers approved a methodology for selecting both the new Secretary General and the location [...] | 2007-03-06 07:37:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EU HR REGIONAL ISSUES |
07ZAGREB51 | ADVISOR TO PRESIDENT MESIC TO VISIT KOSOVO AND [...] (C) President Mesic's Special Advisor for International Relations Budimir Loncar told the Ambassador January 17 that he will travel to Kosovo next week to have discussions with Albanian and Serb leaders. This trip, according to Loncar, resulted from a visit to Zagreb by a group of Serb mayors [...] | 2007-01-18 13:18:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UN UNMIK PGOV YI EU OPDC HR |
07ZAGREB752 | KOSOVO NEXT STEPS -- CROATIAN REACTION [...] (U) DCM delivered reftel points to MFA Asst Minister for International Organizations and Security Pjer Simunovic in August 8 introductory call. Simunovic stressed GoC support for the strategy, pointing out that the GoC's overriding interests related to Kosovo's future are stability and the fu [...] | 2007-08-09 12:57:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KV PREL YI UN EU HR REGIONAL ISSUES |
08ABUDHABI171 | UAE VIEWS ON KOSOVO'S STATUS [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-07 14:08:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNMIK UN YI EU AE |
08ABUDHABI188 | LOBBYING FOR KOSOVO RECOGNITION [...] (C) On February 10, the Charge met with UAE Minster of State for Foreign Affairs Mohammed Hussain al-Sha'ali to discuss, among other issues (septel),the need for as many nations as possible to recognize an independent Kosovo soon after independence is announced. Al-Sha'ali acknowledged our a [...] | 2008-02-11 13:49:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UN UNMIK PGOV YI EU AE |
08ABUJA296 | NIGERIA: KOSOVO DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-13 15:43:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV UNAUS UNMIK YI EU NI |
08ABUJA344 | NIGERIA NOT INCLINED TO RECOGNIZE KOSOVO AT THIS [...] (C) Ref A suggests that the GON has privately indicated its inclination to recognize Kosovo. In ref B, we reported that President Yar'Adua had indicated to the Ambassador that Nigeria would take time to see what its neighbors were doing, and would evaluate what was in its best interest before [...] | 2008-02-22 14:34:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNAUS UNMIK YI EU KV NI |
08ABUJA449 | NIGERIA NOT PREPARED TO RECOGNIZE KOSOVO AT OIC [...] (U) PolOff delivered Ref A demarche to Bernard Shabu, Assistant Director of Intra-Regional and Inter-Regional Affairs and Desk Officer for Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on March 7. Shabu informed PolOff that President Umaru Yar'Adua, accompan [...] | 2008-03-07 13:45:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL KISL UNSC UNMIK KIRF EU KV YI NI |
08ACCRA849 | KOSOVO RECOGNITION: GOVERNMENT OF GHANA RESPONSE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-03 15:30:00 | Embassy Accra | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UN UNMIK PGOV YI EU KPKO KV GH |
08ACCRA87 | GHANA: DEMARCHE ON RESOLVING KOSOVO'S STATUS [...] No summary [...] | 2008-01-15 17:39:00 | Embassy Accra | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNMIK PGOV UN YI EU GH |
08ADDISABABA3185 | USAU: AU TO LEAD DELEGATION TO MAURITANIA [...] (U) Summary: A high-level delegation from the African Union (AU) and partner international organizations will travel to Mauritania within the next three weeks to meet with ousted President Sidi Mohamed Ould Cheikh Abdallahi and junta leader General Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz to find a way out of [...] | 2008-11-24 07:26:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM UNSC EU AU |
08ADDISABABA382 | ETHIOPIA COOL TO KOSOVO INDEPENDENCE [...] (SBU) Ambassador spoke with State Minister Tekeda Alemu February 12, 2008 on the anticipated independence of Kosovo. Tekeda replied that Ethiopia has not given great thought to this issue, but would be hesitant to make any statement for or against this pronouncement. Tekeda opined that the Ser [...] | 2008-02-14 08:59:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL UN UNMIK PGOV YI EU ET |
08ALGIERS195 | MGKV01: ALGERIA WILL NOT RECOGNIZE KOSOVO [...] (C) Acting Foreign Minister Bougerra told the Ambassador February 20 that Algeria would not recognize Kosovo in the foreseeable future at least. In response to ref A points, he said that it appeared to Algiers that UNSCR 1244 was explicit that Kosovo is a part of Serbia unless Serbs and Koso [...] | 2008-02-20 15:46:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNAUS UNMIK YI EU KVIR AG |
08ALGIERS762 | ALGERIA REMAINS DISTANT ON KOSOVO RECOGNITION [...] (C) In a July 2 meeting with MFA's Director General for European Affairs (A/S equivalent) Mouloud Hamai and Deputy Director for Central Europe and the Balkans Abdelmadjid Amalou, Charge asked whether Algeria's thinking on Kosovo had evolved and urged the Algerians to participate in the July 11 [...] | 2008-07-07 07:41:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UN UNMIK YI EU KPKO KV AG |
08AMMAN1232 | JORDANIAN FOREIGN MINISTER TO ATTEND AHLC [...] (C) Pol/C delivered reftel demarche April 21 to Jamal Al-Shamayleh, Director of the Foreign Minister's private office. Shamayleh noted Jordan's support for peacemaking efforts, and said that Foreign Minister Bashir would lead the Jordanian delegation in London. He added that Jordanian Minist [...] | 2008-04-23 06:27:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID PREL EU KPAL KWBG IS JO |
08AMMAN1924 | KOSOVO RECOGNITION, DONORS CONFERENCE, IMF AND [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-30 14:01:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | PREL PGOV KPKO UN EU KV JO |
08ANKARA1135 | EU REACTIONS TO TURKISH CLOSURE CASE [...] (c) UK Ambassador to Turkey Nick Baird has expressed concern to Ambassador about where EU thinking may be heading on reactions to the AKP closure case. Of immediate concern, Baird understands that Enlargement Commissioner Rehn now believes a Constitutional Court ruling to close the party and [...] | 2008-06-18 14:32:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EU TU |
08ANKARA1148 | EU FRIENDS OF TURKEY ON AKP CLOSURE CASE REACTIONS [...] (c) A close-hold, ad hoc EU Friends of Turkey group consisting of the foreign ministers of the UK, Italy, Spain, Sweden and Finland, plus Enlargement Commissioner Olli Rehn, met June 19 to discuss possible reactions to a Turkish Constitutional Court decision to close the ruling Justice and Dev [...] | 2008-06-20 11:11:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EU TU |
08ANKARA125 | TURKEY APPEALS FOR USG HELP TO KEEP PKK ON EU [...] (C) MFA DDG for Security Affairs Sakir Torunlar appealed for U.S. support against PKK efforts to be removed from the European Union's list of terrorist organizations during a January 22 meeting with Regional Counterterrorism Coordinator. Reiterating points made by DG Hayati Guven to the Amba [...] | 2008-01-23 13:57:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL EU UK TU |
08ANKARA1882 | PERSONNEL SHUFFLES ROCK STATE MEDIA GIANT [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-30 05:37:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | KPAO PHUM PGOV OSCE EU OIIP TU |
08ANKARA2045 | TURKEY WELCOMES U.S. CT DIALOGUE PROPOSAL, URGES [...] (S) Summary. S/CT Dell Dailey urged Turkey November 14 to agree to an annual high-level counterterrorism (CT) dialogue, pressed it to use its influence with Syria to halt the transit of foreign terrorists and asked it to positively respond to earlier U.S. information-sharing proposals. Inter [...] | 2008-11-25 12:12:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PTER PREL PGOV IZ SY EU TU |
08ANKARA2158 | OSMANLI CUMHURIYETI: A TURKEY WITHOUT ATATURK [...] (SBU) Summary: "Osmanli Cumhuriyeti," a recently released comedy film hypothesizes what Turkey would look like today had its founder, Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, not lived past the age of eight. Its vision is bleak, a combination of anti-Westernism and nostalgia for a largely-imagined golden age [...] | 2008-12-23 08:41:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | EU OSCE PGOV TU |
08ANKARA275 | TURKEY/KOSOVO: TURKEY TO FOLLOW CLOSE ON OUR HEELS [...] (U) This message contains an action request at para 5. 2. (C) Ambassador emphasized our hope that countries would recognize Kosovo soon after it declares independence, and reviewed with MFA U/S Apakan the request that Turkey become a member of the Kosovo International Steering Group (ISG) (r [...] | 2008-02-13 15:17:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNAUS UNMIK PROV YI EU OSCE TU |
08ANKARA360 | TURKS TERM INAUGURAL TURKEY-EU CT TALKS "GOOD [...] (C) Summary. The first Turkey-EU bilateral counterterrorism talks held February 19 in Brussels were generally positive, according to MFA officials. Although the Euros continue to be focused on Al Qaeda and counter radicalization, new CT mechanisms can also be applied to the PKK, they noted. [...] | 2008-02-25 15:03:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL EU TU |
08ANKARA394 | S/CT PDAS URBANCIC'S ANKARA VISIT: PROGRESS ON [...] (C) Summary. Ankara-based diplomats expressed frustration in dealing with Turkish prosecutors and described successes in tackling the PKK during a February 12 meeting with S/CT PDAS Urbancic. The Belgian police liaison reported establishment of a new federal prosecutor dedicated to PKK crime [...] | 2008-02-29 08:32:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL PGOV EU TU |
08ANKARA395 | TURKEY WELCOMES U.S. EFFORTS AGAINST PKK, WANTS [...] (C) Summary. European officials are starting to treat the PKK as both a terrorist organization and an organized crime operation that poses a danger to Europe, S/CT PDAS Urbancic told a February 12 interagency meeting of Turkish officials lead by MFA Security Affairs Director General Hayati Guv [...] | 2008-02-29 08:58:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL PGOV EU TU |
08ANKARA410 | TURKEY: WILLING TO CONSIDER INFORMAL KOSOVO [...] (C) MFA Deputy Director General for NATO Affairs Serdar Kilic told us February 28 Turkey was willing to consider informal consultations among "Kosovo Contributors," but emphasized that a formal response to ref a points will have to wait until the March 6 NATO Foreign Ministers meeting. He ask [...] | 2008-02-29 15:27:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO EU PREL PGOV TU |
08ANKARA457 | TURKEY TO ADVOCATE FOR KOSOVO AT OIC SUMMIT [...] (C) Turkey will actively advocate for Kosovo at the March 13-14 Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) ministerial summit in Dakar, Senegal, MFA Deputy Director General for the Balkans and Western Europe Hasan Asan told us March 7. As one of the first countries to recognize Kosovo, Turk [...] | 2008-03-07 14:40:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL UNSC EU KV TU |
08ASHGABAT1179 | EU/TURKMENISTAN: SEEKING TO ENGAGE DESPITE HUMAN [...] (SBU) During a September 3 courtesy call, the European Commission's Regional Political Affairs Adviser for Central Asian Countries, Alessandro Liamine, told the A/DCM that the European Commission is determined to move its relationship with Turkmenistan ahead. Although a number of EU countries [...] | 2008-09-05 12:44:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EAID EU TX |
08ASHGABAT211 | TURKMENISTAN: FOREIGN MINISTER DENIES NATURAL-GAS [...] (C) Charge met at OOB February 11 with Foreign Minister Rashid Meredov to deliver talking points in para seven below as a non-paper. Meredov closely read the points and then commented, "You should not believe every rumor you hear." Charge assured Meredov his evidence was documentary and exte [...] | 2008-02-11 11:40:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EPET EU RS HU TX |
08ASHGABAT328 | TURKMENISTAN: LACKING DIPLOMATIC STATUS, EUROPA HOUSE NOT [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On April 9, the European Union is scheduled to officially open a "Europa House" to support its programs and projects in Turkmenistan. Due to European Commission member states' concerns about Turkmenistan's human r [...] | 2008-03-12 03:13:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EAID EU TX |
08ASHGABAT346 | EU AND TURKMENISTAN MAKING PROGRESS ON [...] (C) SUMMARY. The European Union (EU) is negotiating an energy cooperation memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Turkmenistan that would, among other things, set the stage for promoting alternative gas transportation routes that would avoid Russia. The latest draft which the European Commis [...] | 2008-03-17 11:42:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EPET ENRG EU TX |
08ASHGABAT375 | TURKMENISTAN: ANOTHER VIEW INTO THE KALEIDOSCOPE [...] (S) SUMMARY: According to a nearly two-decade Western observer and insider, -- Foreign Minister Meredov's role has become more complicated because he has made some powerful enemies in the past year, and because Berdimuhamedov allegedly relies on him now less for advice because he feels mor [...] | 2008-03-25 12:19:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | SECRET | PGOV PREL PINR RS EU TX |
08ASHGABAT417 | TURKMENISTAN ENERGY: EU TROIKA, LONDON CONFERENCE [...] (S) SUMMARY: As evidenced by the cancelled energy session during the upcoming EU Troika Central Asian Ministerial in Ashgabat (ref A),Turkmenistan is increasingly skittish, even secretive, about discussing Caspian energy issues where it cannot strictly control the agenda and content of the [...] | 2008-04-03 11:39:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | SECRET | PGOV PREL EPET EU RS IR AJ TX |
08ASHGABAT458 | TURKMENISTAN: OMV REP ASSERTS NABUCCO IS THE EC [...] (SBU) Charge met April 11 with Baku-based Austrian Energy firm OMV Caspian Region Country Manager Wolfgang Sporrer who also introduced himself as the Nabucco representative for Turkmenistan. He was in Ashgabat for the April 9-10 EU Troika Central Asian Ministerial, and for the next-day Turkm [...] | 2008-04-14 04:09:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EPET EU AU RS IR TX |
08ASHGABAT472 | EC TROIKA IN TURKMENISTAN: THE HEADLINE WAS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The April 9-10 EU Troika-Central Asia Ministerial added to Turkmenistan's international and regional credentials. The media headline from the event was Turkmenistan guarantees at least 10 bcm/y natural gas for Europe/Nabucco, although it took a while for media commentators to r [...] | 2008-04-15 11:24:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM EAID EPET KG KZ TI TX UZ EU |
08ASHGABAT62 | TURKMENISTAN: SFRC MINORITY CHAIRMAN SENATOR [...] (C) PARTICIPANTS: UNITED STATES: Senator Richard Lugar Kenneth A. Meyers III, Republican Senior Professional Staff Charge d'affaires (note-taker) TURKMENISTAN: President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov Deputy Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers for Foreign Affairs [...] | 2008-01-14 12:37:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EAGR EPET EU AZ GG RS TX |
08ASHGABAT667 | TURKMENISTAN-EU ENERGY MOU MIGHT OPEN NEW DOORS [...] (C) During his early-November 2007 visit to Brussels, President Berdimuhamedov agreed that Turkmenistan and the European Union would draw up and sign an energy memorandum of understanding (MOU). The original intention was that Deputy Prime Minister for Oil and Gas Tachberdi Tagiyev would retu [...] | 2008-05-27 11:09:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON EPET EU TX |
08ASHGABAT778 | TURKMENISTAN: HUNGARY'S NABUCCO AMBASSADOR MAKES [...] (C) SUMMARY: Hungary's new Ambassador-at-Large for the Nabucco Pipeline Project, Mihaly Bayer, told the Charge June 18 that, though Nabucco has "full European Union (EU) backing," less-than-united support from individual capitals and a multiplicity of interests at play in Brussels are slowin [...] | 2008-06-19 10:42:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EPET EU HU TX |
08ASHGABAT824 | TURKMENISTAN: EU RAISES HUMAN RIGHTS CASES OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: An EU delegation met for nine hours with Government of Turkmenistan officials on June 24, discussing steps the government could take to improve civil, religious, media, and other rights in the country. In the course of the meeting, the delegation also passed an EU-vetted list o [...] | 2008-07-02 10:50:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM EU TX |
08ATHENS1018 | GREEK MFA ON JULY 22-23 GAERC ISSUES [...] (C) On 15 July, PolOfficer and PolAssistant delivered ref A points and discussed issues likely to be addressed at the July 22-23 EU Foreign Ministers' meeting (GAERC) with MFA European Correspondent Antonia Katsourou. She responded with the following points: -- Iran: Katsourou said Greec [...] | 2008-07-16 14:41:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PGKV PREL EU GR PHUM IR SO SU CD ZI UP |
08ATHENS1034 | KEEPING PRESSURE ON THE FARC POINTS DELIVERED [...] (C) A/Pol Counselor met July 21 with Christos Maniakis Grivas, Deputy Director of the MFA A-8 Department for Latin America and the Caribbean, to make reftel points on keeping the pressure on the FARC. Maniakis Grivas listened carefully and said that he would ensure that the MFA Political Dire [...] | 2008-07-21 15:24:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL COL VE HR EU PTER AF SNAR PGOV GR |
08ATHENS1070 | GREECE/SYRIA: GREEK VIEWS ON DEALING WITH THE SARG [...] (C) A/Pol Counselor delivered ref A points on the Syrian Arab Republic Government (SARG) on 7/24 to George Ayfandis, acting Director of the MFA A-6 Directorate for Arab Countries and the Middle East. Ayfandis said that Greece shared U.S. concerns about the SARG, highlighting, in particular, S [...] | 2008-07-25 13:31:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SY LE EU RS TU NO SW |
08ATHENS1243 | GREECE/EU: GYMNICH POINTS DELIVERED [...] (C) On September 2, A/Political Counselor delivered ref A points on Georgia and EU/Russia relations in advance of the September 5-6 Gymnich, and ref B points on other issues on the Gymnich agenda to MFA European correspondent Antonia Katzoulou. Katzoulou had the following observations: -- [...] | 2008-09-03 15:28:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EU GG GR RU |
08ATHENS1512 | GREECE WORRIED ABOUT DEVELOPMENTS IN BOSNIA [...] (C) A/Political Counselor met 11/4 with Dimitris Tsoungas, Deputy Director of the MFA A3 Balkans Directorate, to follow-up on ref A points on engaging the EU on Bosnia. The points had previously been delivered to Tsoungas and the MFA's EU Correspondent to inform Greek preparations for the EU [...] | 2008-11-04 13:24:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV GR BK EU |
08ATHENS1569 | GREEK RESPONSE TO MACEDONIAN ICJ LAWSUIT STRONG [...] (SBU) Greek reaction was swift and forceful to the announcement by the Republic of Macedonia that it had filed legal proceedings against Greece in the International Court of Justice (ICJ) for violating the terms of the 1995 Interim Accord by blocking MacedoniaQs NATO accession (reftel). Almo [...] | 2008-11-18 15:52:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL GR MK EU NATO |
08ATHENS1575 | GREECE/MACEDONIA: GREEK NAME NEGOTIATOR BRIEFS [...] (SBU) In a hastily arranged November 19 briefing for all NATO and EU Diplomatic Missions and the European Commission Representative, Greek name negotiator Adamantios Vassilakis made the following points: -- Greece intends to continue to work on a solution under the auspices of UN Envoy Nime [...] | 2008-11-20 16:06:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NATO EU MK GR |
08ATHENS196 | OSCE/KOSOVO: GREECE OPPOSES BERLIN MECHANISM [...] (C) A/Political Counselor met with MFA Ambassador Petros Avierinos, Director of the D3 Directorate for OSCE and Council of Europe Affairs, to make reftel points on the possibility of Serbia invoking the OSCE's Berlin Mechanism following a declaration of independence from Kosovo. Avierinos was [...] | 2008-02-12 13:15:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV YI KV EU OSCE GR |
08ATHENS224 | MGKV01: GREECE/KOSOVO: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON U.S. [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-19 15:31:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UN UNMIK PGOV YI EU KVIR GR |
08ATHENS261 | CUBA: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON U.S. POSITION FOR [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-25 15:27:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EU GR CU |
08ATHENS291 | DISCOURAGING EU DEVELOPMENT COMMISSIONER'S VISIT [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-29 11:24:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM EU CU GR |
08ATHENS330 | GAERC DEMARCHE: GREECE EXPECTS "NO DECISIONS" [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-06 12:44:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EU ZL PK AFIN ZI IR GG IS SY LE |
08ATHENS338 | GAERC DEMARCHE: GREECE EXPECTS "NO DECISIONS" [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-07 13:28:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EU ZL PK AFIN ZI IR GG IS SY LE |
08ATHENS341 | GAERC DEMARCHE: GREECE EXPECTS "NO DECISIONS" [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-07 13:29:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EU ZL PK AFIN ZI IR GG IS SY LE |
08ATHENS346 | GAERC DEMARCHE: GREECE EXPECTS "NO DECISIONS" [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-07 13:29:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EU ZL PK AFIN ZI IR GG IS SY LE |
08ATHENS449 | GREECE: LIMITED BILATERAL RELATIONS WITH BELARUS - [...] (U) Poloff delivered subject demarche on March 26 to the MFA A5 Department for CIS Countries, Counselor Elisabeth Fo with Belarus at this time. Lacking a diplomatic mission in Minsk, minimal reporting on Belarussian affairs is covered by the Greek mission in Moscow. The Greek Ambassador las [...] | 2008-03-26 09:40:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM BO EU PREL PGOV |
08ATHENS706 | GREEK VIEWS ON MAY GAERC [...] (C) DepPolCouns discussed likely issues for the May 26-27 EU Foreign Ministers' meeting (GAERC) with MFA European Correspondent Antonia Katsourou. Key points of the discussion are summarized below by issue topic: -- WESTERN BALKANS: Katsourou believed GAERC discussion would focus in general [...] | 2008-05-21 14:20:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM EU GR |
08ATHENS835 | GREEK PARLIAMENT RATIFIES LISBON TREATY [...] (U) Early on the morning of June 12 -- on the eve of Ireland's referendum on the Lisbon Treaty -- the Greek Parliament ratified the Lisbon Treaty 250 to 42. Greece has now joined the group of EU member states who have completed legal approval of the treaty. 2. (SBU) Parliamentary conside [...] | 2008-06-12 12:09:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV EU GR |
08ATHENS952 | KOSOVO: GREEKS NOT READY TO RECOGNIZE BUT [...] (C) Ambassador Speckhard spoke with FM Bakoyannis July 3 to urge that Greece recognize Kosovo independence, emphasizing the need to take steps that foster regional stability, and noting that it is time for Greece to join the other 20 EU states that have recognized Kosovo. Bakoyannis said Gre [...] | 2008-07-03 11:59:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNMIK PGOV KPKO UN YI EU KV GR |
08ATHENS970 | FRENCH AMBASSADOR TO GREECE ON THE EU PRESIDENCY: WHAT HE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Speaking at an "Ambassador's Forum" sponsored by the Greek MFA in Athens on July 7, French Ambassador Christian Farnaud's presentation on his country's goals for the EU Presidency, covering the Lisbon Treaty to the Mediterranean Union via environmental, immigrat [...] | 2008-07-08 09:24:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ECON KPAO EU GR FR |
08ATHENS985 | GREECE/IRAN: GREECE WON'T HINDER EU CONSENSUS ON [...] (C) DCM spoke July 10 with MFA Secretary General Agathocles to inquire about the Greek position on the EU package of measures to implement UNSCR 1803; DCM said that we understood many in the EU were supportive of a common position with robust measures, but that Greece and a few others were ex [...] | 2008-07-10 13:17:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ETRD ETTC EU GR IR KCRM KNNP KTFN |
08ATHENS996 | GREEK PARLIAMENT'S STEFANOU ON TGI, SOUTH STREAM, [...] (C) In a meeting on July 10, the Secretary General of Parliament, Nikos Stefanou, voiced his support for the TGI pipeline and confirmed the GoG,s strong support for this project. At the same time, he expressed skepticism on South Stream, implying there is no concrete plan in place for its dev [...] | 2008-07-14 05:53:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG GR PGOV PREL RS CVIS KCRM EU EPET |
08BAGHDAD1565 | CHANGING EUROPEAN UNION ATTITUDES TOWARD IRAQ [...] (SBU) During a May 6 presentation to the Defense Attache Association in Iraq (DAAI),the Ambassador of the European Commission to Iraq, Ilkka Uusitalo, noted a rapidly changing view within the EU towards Iraq. Admitting that the EU has been strongly divided since 2003, Uusitalo emphasized that [...] | 2008-05-20 18:00:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECIN ETRD PREL EU IZ |
08BAGHDAD3599 | EUJUST LEX TO EXPAND HUMAN RIGHTS TRAINING IN 2009 [...] (C) Summary: An EU Integrated Rule of Law Mission for Iraq (EUJUST LEX) team spent ten days in Baghdad examining how best to restructure its current training programs for the extension of its mandate in mid-2009. For the next mandate, the EUJUST LEX program for Iraq wants to offer more sub [...] | 2008-11-13 14:15:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KJUS PREL EU IZ |
08BAGHDAD540 | DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER HAMOUD ON LONG-TERM [...] (C) PolMil Minister Counselor (PMMC) Marcie Ries called on Deputy Foreign Minister Hamoud February 16 to discuss preparations for negotiations on the Long-Term Strategic Relationship (LTSR),including a Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA). She used the opportunity to inquire about efforts to en [...] | 2008-02-25 07:34:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | ETRD EU EWWT IZ KISL MARR PREF PREL TU KU |
08BAKU217 | KOSOVO SOLIDARITY REQUEST DELIVERED TO AZERBAIJAN [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-07 12:49:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC UNMIK PGOV YI EU KV AJ |
08BAKU651 | DEMARCHE ON KOSOVO RECOGNITION DELIVERED, [...] (C) The Embassy delivered the points in reftel on the importance of recognizing Kosovo via a letter from the Ambassador to Azerbaijan's Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov. Given the GOAJ's foreign policy focus on the conflict over the status of Nagorno-Karabakh and its concerns about Kosovo b [...] | 2008-07-08 08:24:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UN UNMIK PGOV YI EU KPKO KV AJ |
08BANGKOK2028 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: THAIS REMAIN RELUCTANT TO [...] (C) Acting DCM on July 2 delivered ref A points to MFA Director General for European Affairs Ambassador Suthee Na Lumpang. Suthee said the RTG position remained as it was when the Ambassador earlier engaged on Kosovo (ref B and C) -- the RTG was reluctant to recognize Kosovo's independence. S [...] | 2008-07-03 07:52:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UN UNMIK PGOV YI EU KPKO KV TH |
08BANGKOK455 | THAILAND UNLIKELY TO RECOGNIZE KOSOVO QUICKLY [...] (C) Summary: Thailand is concerned that Kosovo independence could set a bad precedent, given Thailand's own issues with separatist insurgents in the Malay-muslim majority deep southern provinces. The MFA permanent secretary told Ambassador on February 12 that Thailand SIPDIS "almost certai [...] | 2008-02-12 23:50:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UN UNMIK PROV YI EU TH |
08BANGKOK627 | AMBASSADOR PRESSES FOREIGN MINISTER TO RECOGNIZE [...] (C) In the Ambassador's February 26 call on recently-inaugurated Foreign Minister Noppadon Pattama (more detail septel),the Ambassador drew on background in ref B and urged that Thailand recognize the independence of Kosovo. The Ambassador explained how Kosovo's independence would help stabi [...] | 2008-02-27 09:38:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UN UNMIK PROV YI EU TH |
08BANGKOK715 | A/S HILL AND PRIME MINISTER SAMAK DISCUSS BURMA, [...] (C) Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej told visiting A/S Hill on February 29 that he favored "soft pressure" on Burma, and he was willing to host multilateral talks with Burma and others in the region. A/S Hill stressed the concern of President Bush about the human rights situation in Burma. A/S [...] | 2008-03-07 04:48:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM UN UNMIK PROV YI EU TH BM |
08BARCELONA17 | ADVANCING THE U.S. POSITION FOR CHANGE IN CUBA -- ANDORRA [...] (SBU) CG raised reftel points February 25 with Andorran FM Mateu. Mateu noted that Andorra agreed with the U.S. position and supported efforts to protect civil and human rights in Cuba as well as promote democratic principles on the island. Mateu said the GOA was not likely to issue a statem [...] | 2008-02-29 09:29:00 | Consulate Barcelona | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EU CU SP AN |
08BARCELONA18 | ANDORRA: KOSOVO RECOGNITION [...] (C) CG raised reftel points with FM Mateu February 21. Mateu told CG the Government of Andorra "welcomed" Kosovo's declaration of independence, but would not formally recognize Kosovo until there was a "clearer consensus" with the EU. Mateu said Andorra was placed in a difficult position betw [...] | 2008-02-29 09:33:00 | Consulate Barcelona | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EU UN KV UNMIK SP AN |
08BEIJING2610 | China Unchanged on Kosovo: No Recognition, No [...] (C) PolOff conveyed reftel points urging China to recognize the independence of Kosovo to MFA European Affairs Department Balkans Division Deputy Director Hua Yafang on July 1. Hua thanked PolOff, but responded that the information provided "does not affect China's position" and that China wi [...] | 2008-07-02 10:08:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UN UNMIK PGOV YI EU KPKO KV CH |
08BEIJING3006 | TIBET: DUTCH DIPLOMAT REPORTS TENSION, HEAVY [...] (C) Summary: A Beijing-based Dutch diplomat (protect) who traveled to Lhasa and Shigatse July 21- 25 told PolOff August 1 that tensions remain very high between Han Chinese and Tibetans, noting that working- level Han and Tibetan government officials he met with were openly contemptuous of on [...] | 2008-08-04 10:29:00 | Embassy Beijing | SECRET | PHUM PGOV PREL KIRF KOLY CH NE EU |
08BEIJING4356 | LOW EXPECTATIONS FOR CHINA-EU SUMMIT [...] (C) Summary. EU and Chinese contacts expect little concrete progress from the December 1 China-EU Summit in Brussels, with no progress on the arms embargo or market economy status. Some minor agreements on IPR and food safety are anticipated, and the financial crisis will be addressed in a si [...] | 2008-11-28 02:18:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | CN ECON ETRD EU PREL |
08BERLIN1176 | GERMANY CAREFULLY WATCHING RUSSIAN WITHDRAWAL [...] (C) Summary: PolOff met with MFA Division Head for Russia and Ukraine Ernst Reichel to discuss the Russian troop withdrawal from Georgia on August 22. Reichel emphasized that Russia's actions over the next day are vital for mitigating damage to its relations and reputation. Although confusi [...] | 2008-08-22 16:38:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS OSCE PHUM PREL UN GG RS GM EU |
08BERLIN1187 | GERMANY REACTS STRONGLY TO RUSSIAN RECOGNITION OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: German officials reacted strongly to Russia's recognition of Abkhazia and South Ossetia August 26. See para 7 for the full text of a German government statement on the matter. During a visit to Estonia today, Chancellor Merkel said the recognition was "absolutely unacceptable" [...] | 2008-08-26 16:16:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS OSCE PHUM PREL UN GG RS GM EU |
08BERLIN1261 | GERMANY/GEORGIA: STATUS OF EU OBSERVER MISSION AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: The German government is using numerous bilateral and multilateral tools to assist Georgia in its recovery from the recent war with Russia. Germany strongly supports the EU observer mission in Georgia and seems determined to meet the October 1 deployment deadline. Chancellor Merk [...] | 2008-09-12 15:54:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS OSCE PHUM PREL UN GG RS GM EU |
08BERLIN1385 | GERMANY MOVING QUICKLY FORWARD ON BIOFUELS [...] (SBU) Summary: U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary (PDAS) John Mizroch and U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Deputy Under Secretary (DUS) Douglas Faulkner represented the U.S. in July 2008 bilateral discussions on biofuels with German officials represe [...] | 2008-10-10 16:01:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ENRG EU EUN SENV TPHY TRGY |
08BERLIN1475 | GERMANY SUPPORTS U.S. WAY FORWARD ON BOSNIA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Post presented reftel points to MFA Western Balkans Office Director Jutta Schmitz, who readily agreed that Bosnia (BiH) was on the wrong track and needed to be the focus of renewed attention by the international community, especially by the EU. Schmitz, who just took up her positi [...] | 2008-10-30 17:36:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV BK EU GM |
08BERLIN1656 | GERMANY WELCOMES OFAC PAPER ON BURMA SANCTIONS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: As the EU mulls its Common Position against Burma/Myanmar, Germany welcomed reftel information as a means of improving the effectiveness of EU sanctions against Burma. During the week of December 1, EconOff delivered the OFAC Burma sanctions paper to the German Ministries of F [...] | 2008-12-11 17:05:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PREL PGOV BM EU GM |
08BERLIN1660 | IRAN: MFA SAYS GERMANY SHIFTS POSITION, SUPPORTS [...] (S) SUMMARY: In a significant change of position on Iran sanctions, a senior German MFA official told CDA December 11 that senior MFA officials had decided that Germany would support a much stronger application of new sanctions (including on banks) against Iran at a December 17 experts-leve [...] | 2008-12-12 12:46:00 | Embassy Berlin | SECRET | PREL KNNP MNUC EFIN PGOV GM IR EU |
08BERLIN1692 | GERMANY: MIXED VIEWS OF THE NEW EASTERN PARTNERSHIP [...] (C) Summary. German contacts support the EU's new Eastern Partnership (EP) in part because it offers increased cooperation with eastern neighbors while falling short of moving toward membership and in part because it responds to Russian aggression in Georgia by bringing the eastern neighbors [...] | 2008-12-19 13:44:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EU SW GM RS |
08BERLIN1724 | GERMANY ENCOURAGING UKRAINE AND RUSSIA TO SETTLE [...] (C) Summary: We discussed reftel points with the Chancellery and Foreign Office December 30. German officials confirmed that Russia has carried out an effective lobbying campaign on the question of gas debts. We were told that Germany shares U.S. goals and is encouraging Ukraine and Russia [...] | 2008-12-30 16:19:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET PREL UP EU GM |
08BERLIN211 | IRAN - GERMAN FINANCE MINISTRY SUPPORTS LISTING BANK MELLI, BUT REMAINS SKEPTICAL [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-20 17:53:00 | Embassy Berlin | SECRET | ECON EFIN ETRD EU GM IR KNNP MNUC PARM PREL |
08BERLIN959 | GERMAN ENERGY LEGISLATION COMPROMISES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Six months after triumphantly presenting draft energy laws to meet aggressive global warming targets (reftel),coalition harmony has dissolved, resulting in watered down legislation that is likely to cost more and deliver less than initially expected. Parliamentary hearings we [...] | 2008-07-21 05:24:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EINV PGOV EU SENV GM |
08BERN104 | SWITZERLAND RECOGNIZES KOSOVO'S INDEPENDENCE [...] (U) At 4:00 p.m. (CET) on February 27, Swiss President Pascal Couchepin announced that the Swiss Federal Council (cabinet) had decided in a meeting earlier in the day to recognize the independence of Kosovo and to "establish diplomatic and consular relations between the two countries." (full t [...] | 2008-02-27 16:17:00 | Embassy Bern | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NATO MARR EU KV SZ |
08BERN94 | SWISS EXPRESS SIMILAR VIEWS ON CUBA [...] (C) We delivered the message in reftel A to Urs Hammer, Deputy Director of the MFA Americas Division, and to Werner Thut, MFA Regional Coordinator for Canada, Mexico, and the Northern Caribbean. Hammer said that Switzerland's policy was "similar to, if not the same as" that of the USG, in ass [...] | 2008-02-25 16:38:00 | Embassy Bern | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM EU CU SZ |
08BISHKEK39 | AMBASSADOR DELIVERS KOSOVO POINTS TO KYRGYZ [...] (C) On January 11, Ambassador delivered reftel points on resolving Kosovo's status to Foreign Minister Karabayev. During a lengthy discussion, Karabayev said that the status of Kosovo was a delicate and complicated question. Karabayev noted that he had been impressed with Under Secretary Burns [...] | 2008-01-11 11:33:00 | Embassy Bishkek | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL UNMIK UNAUS YI EU KG |
08BOGOTA1538 | COLOMBIA RESPONSE TO KOSOVO DEMARCHE [...] On April 22, DCM Nichols delivered all points in reftel to Foreign Minister Fernando Araujo, who said that the decision remains under review. Separately, Post delivered the demarche to MFA Director for U.S. and Canadian Affairs Patricia Cortes. We will continue to follow up with the GOC on [...] | 2008-04-24 20:25:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL UNMIK PGOV YI EU KV CO |
08BOGOTA1889 | GOC "INTENDS" TO RECOGNIZE KOSOVO - BUT DITHERS [...] (C) The Ambassador called Foreign Minister Fernando Araujo on May 13 to urge that the GOC immediately recognize Kosovo. The Ambassador summarized points from the Secretary's letter (ref B) and told Araujo that the issue was important to the USG. The Ambassador noted that the GOC had spent a lo [...] | 2008-05-20 16:03:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNMIK PGOV YI EU KV CO |
08BOGOTA3705 | EU TO INITIATE TRADE TALKS WITH COLOMBIA AND PERU: [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The EU has responded favorably to Colombia's and Peru's requests to move forward with trade negotiations outside of the framework of the Andean Community of Nations (CAN),with the goal of sealing a deal by the first semester of 2009. While the CAN provides a basis for greater [...] | 2008-10-08 21:49:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | ECIN ECON ETRD PREL EU CO |
08BRASILIA849 | BRAZIL AND EUROPE: PRIORITIES AND PARADOX [...] (C) SUMMARY. Although relations with Europe do not figure highly in Brazilian public statements of foreign policy priorities, Brazil,s relations with the EU and with major European governments are gaining in importance and complexity. As with the United States, Brazilian leaders sometimes [...] | 2008-06-20 19:28:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL BR EU |
08BRATISLAVA1 | AMBASSADOR'S COURTESY CALL WITH FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (C) Summary. In their courtesy call meeting on December 28, Ambassador Obsitnik and Foreign Minister Jan Kubis discussed a range of foreign policy issues, with an emphasis on the Western Balkans. Kubis was in typical form, cordial and guarded, but gave additional insight on several topics, su [...] | 2008-01-02 12:33:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KVIR EU LO |
08BRATISLAVA136 | RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON BELARUS [...] (C) DCM delivered reftel demarche to Miro Jenca, Foreign Minister Kubis's Chef du Cabinet, on March 28. Pol/Econ Chief had discussed the demarche with Acting Director of the Office for Balkans and the CIS, Eva Ponomarenkova on March 26. Jenca described the GOB's recentt behavior as very dis [...] | 2008-03-28 15:26:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM LO BO EU |
08BRATISLAVA290 | AMBASSADOR OBSITNIK'S MEETING WITH FOREIGN [...] (C) Summary. In a one-on-one meeting on June 18, Ambassador Obsitnik and Foreign Minister Kubis had a wide-ranging discussion that touched on Kosovo, Afghanistan, Slovak-Hungarian relations, the Lisbon Treaty, energy issues and the Foreign Minister's role and future. Kubis noted GOS support [...] | 2008-06-18 15:06:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NATO KVIR EU LO |
08BRATISLAVA349 | SLOVAK SUPPORT FOR TURKISH EU ACCESSION [...] (C) Acting Director of the MFA's Third Territorial Department, Eva Ponomarenkova, confirmed on July 29 continued GOS support for Turkey's EU accession, noting that Slovakia's experience underscored the importance of an "EU perspective" as a motivating factor for critical reforms. Although the [...] | 2008-07-31 16:59:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL LO EU TU |
08BRATISLAVA350 | MFA OFFICIALS CAUTIOUS ON CUBA, SEEKING WAYS TO [...] (C) Pol/Econ Chief reviewed reftel points with Dusan Kristofik, Director of the MFA'S America's division, on July 30. Kristofik pointed out that Slovakia covers Colombia and Venezuela from its embassy in Brasilia, so it tries to take advantage of contacts in multilateral settings to reinforce [...] | 2008-07-31 17:16:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PTER LO CU EU |
08BRATISLAVA405 | SEPTEMBER GYMNICH: SLOVAKIA SUPPORTS U.S. LINE ON [...] (SBU) Pol/Econ Chief delivered reftel points to the MFA's EU Correspondent, Albin Oltruba, and also shared them with the Directors of the Balkan and CIS offices. Oltruba noted that Georgia would be the main focus of the meeting, with continued planning and consultation on the scope and timing [...] | 2008-09-04 16:11:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EU LO GG RU |
08BRATISLAVA463 | SYRIAN FM MOALLEM'S VISIT TO BRATISLAVA [...] (C) Summary. At the SARG's request, Syrian FM Moallem stopped in Bratislava on September 30 for a meeting with Foreign Minister Kubis en route to Damascus from the UNGA. According to Klara Novotna, Director of the MFA Office for Middle East and African Affairs, FM Kubis raised with Moallem t [...] | 2008-10-09 11:29:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SY LO EU |
08BRATISLAVA492 | MFA RESPONSE TO BOSNIA DEMARCHE SUGGESTS SLOVAKIA [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-28 16:18:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EU BH LO |
08BRATISLAVA570 | SLOVAK RESPONSE TO GAERC DEMARCHE [...] (C) Summary. Poloff delivered reftel points to Albin Otruba, European Correspondent at the MFA. Otruba said the Slovak delegation is most interested in the topics related to the western Balkans, and particularly Serbia and Kosovo. With respect to the Middle East and the WTO, Otruba predicted th [...] | 2008-12-04 15:42:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EU LO |
08BRUSSELS1127 | THE EUROPEAN UNION'S BORDER CONTROL INITIATIVES [...] (U) SUMMARY: As the border of the European Union continues to expand, concern about illegal immigration continues to increase, and the threat of terrorism remains, the EU is considering a number of measures to manage and reinforce their border and its security. Most measures being considered [...] | 2008-07-24 10:56:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS EU PTEL |
08BRUSSELS1128 | STATUS OF THE EUROPEAN UNION'S SCHENGEN [...] (U) SUMMARY: As the EU contends with enlargement, one of the major issues continues to be monitoring who is leaving and entering Europe in a changing border context. To contend with this, the Schengen Information System (SIS) is undergoing a number of changes to expand from its initial iterat [...] | 2008-07-24 10:56:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS PTEL EU |
08BRUSSELS1171 | EU MOVING QUICKLY FORWARD ON BIOFUELS; WINDOW FOR [...] (SBU) Summary: The EU-is considering biofuels sustainability and greenhouse gas reduction criteria that could all but eliminate importation of U.S. and Brazilian biofuels to Europe. Representatives from the European Parliament, the Brazilian Mission to the EU, and industry have all stressed to [...] | 2008-07-30 11:39:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ENRG EU EUN SENV TPHY TRGY |
08BRUSSELS1238 | RWE'S VIEWS ON THE NABUCCO PROJECT [...] (SBU) Summary. In a July 15 meeting with Special Envoy Gray, RWE's Chief Commercial Officer Stephan Judisch shared his views on the current progress on the Nabucco Pipeline project and the challenges he sees going forward. From Judisch's standpoint, the biggest challenge on Nabucco is lining [...] | 2008-08-11 12:45:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ENRG EPET EU |
08BRUSSELS1239 | BP BULLISH ON SOUTH CASPIAN GAS PRODUCTION [...] (SBU) Summary. In a July 16, 2008 meeting with Special Envoy Gray, Bill Schrader (President of BP Azerbaijan) and Herb Vogel (Head of BP Global Gas) presented BP's planning scenarios for potential gas supplies from Azerbaijan and offshore Turkmenistan. BP predicts Europe will face a big sup [...] | 2008-08-11 12:52:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ENRG EPET EU |
08BRUSSELS1273 | SCENESETTER FOR LUGAR CODEL MEETINGS WITH EU [...] (SBU) Welcome to Brussels. Your visit comes as the EU struggles to develop a common energy policy, internally and externally. One goal of the French EU Presidency is to reach political agreement by the end of the year on the EU Commission proposals on internal energy market liberalization a [...] | 2008-08-18 14:00:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ECON ENRG EPET EU |
08BRUSSELS1412 | UNGA 3RD COMMITTEE 2008 HUMAN RIGHTS PRIORITIES -- [...] (C) SUMMARY: Speaking both as the Human Rights person at the Belgian MFA and as a participant in the EU Working Group on Human Rights meeting of September 4-5, Francine Chainye told Poloff Judith Heimann: --There were no surprises in our demarche talking points (reftel) except for Belarus (see [...] | 2008-09-11 15:26:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UN EU BE |
08BRUSSELS1419 | FORTHCOMING EU FONMIN MEETING (GAERC) SEPTEMBER [...] (SBU) On September 12, MFA Director for EU External Affairs Filip David told Poloff Heimann the following: 2. (C) Zimbabwe David said that the COREPER (i.e., EU Permreps)-drafted conclusions of the forthcoming GAERC included extending the EU sanctions beyond what they are now -- though Davi [...] | 2008-09-12 14:04:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | EU PHUM PREL ZI SO TU YI RS BE PGOV ZL |
08BRUSSELS1437 | SOLANA AND FERRERO-WALDNER TO ATTEND TRANSATLANTIC [...] No summary [...] | 2008-09-16 15:30:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | NATO PGOV PREL UNGA EU |
08BRUSSELS1440 | SENATOR LUGAR DISCUSSES ENERGY SECURITY WITH EU [...] (SBU) Summary. Senator Lugar met separately this week with EU Competition Commissioner Nellie Kroes and EU Energy Commissioner Andris Piebalgs. The meeting with Commissioner Kroes focused on the EU's efforts to liberalize the internal market for natural gas and electricity. Kroes provided t [...] | 2008-09-17 14:29:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ENRG EPET EU |
08BRUSSELS1444 | BELGIAN FOREIGN MINISTER KAREL DE GUCHT TO ATTEND [...] No summary [...] | 2008-09-17 15:35:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | NATO PGOV PREL UNGA EU BE |
08BRUSSELS1465 | EU ENERGY SECURITY GOALS FOR THE SENIOR LEADERSHIP [...] (SBU) Econ Officer spoke with Ulrich Eckle, Principal Administrator for Relations with the United States and Canada at DG-RELEX, on September 19 about the EU position on energy security going into the U.S./EU Senior Leadership Group (SLG) meeting. 2. (SBU) According to Eckle, the EU,s numbe [...] | 2008-09-22 16:24:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EPET EU |
08BRUSSELS1504 | DAS DOUG HENGEL'S MEETINGS WITH EU OFFICIALS [...] (SBU) Summary. In September 11 meetings with EU officials visiting DAS Doug Hengel learned that energy security is getting more focused attention at high levels with many initiatives underway. While the process going forward will be complex, the EU is focused on internal reforms (with compe [...] | 2008-09-26 15:29:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EPET EU |
08BRUSSELS1526 | SPECIAL ENVOY GRAY'S MEETINGS ON THE NABUCCO [...] (SBU) Summary. Special Envoy for Eurasian Energy C. Boyden Gray met separately on September 25 with Hungary's Nabucco Ambassador Mihaly Bayer and Jeremy Ellis, the head of the Nabucco Project for Germany's RWE. Bayer laid out Hungary's plans to host a high-level Nabucco summit on January 26 [...] | 2008-09-30 15:07:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EPET EU |
08BRUSSELS1532 | SPECIAL ENVOY GRAY'S MEETINGS WITH EU OFFICIALS [...] (SBU) Summary. On September 23-24 Special Envoy for Eurasian Energy C. Boyden Gray met with EU officials to discuss the way forward on the EU's Southern Corridor strategy. Energy Commissioner Piebalgs said that the Nabucco project remains a high priority for the EU but that negotiations wit [...] | 2008-10-01 11:54:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EPET EU |
08BRUSSELS1579 | COMPETING PIPELINES [...] (SBU) On September 25 Eurogas, an industrial association of 44 gas companies and federations, held its annual policy conference in Brussels. One of the sessions, "Key Challenges and Opportunities in the Development of Major Infrastructures," was comprised of presentations on the major East-W [...] | 2008-10-10 15:48:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EPET EU |
08BRUSSELS1629 | CLIMATE AND ENERGY PACKAGE PASSES COMMITTEE IN [...] (SBU) Summary: The European Parliament's Environment Committee (ENVI) on October 7 passed legislation on the revisions to the Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS),Member State burdens to meet the EU's emissions reduction goals, and the implementation of carbon capture and storage (CCS). These thre [...] | 2008-10-21 16:01:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECON ENRG EU EUN EWWT KGHG SENV TRGY |
08BRUSSELS165 | SCA ADVISOR DEUTSCH SEEKS SUPPORT FROM EC AND EIB [...] (C) Senior Economic Advisor for South and Central Asian Affairs Robert Deutsch met with European Commission, European Investment Bank, and KfW Bank officials January 23 - 24 in Brussels to discuss the Central to South Asia Regional Electricity Market (CASAREM). European Commission (EC) Head o [...] | 2008-02-01 14:34:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EU EAID OSCE AF TI TX UZ XG ZK PK |
08BRUSSELS1660 | BELGIUM:ENGAGING EU ON BOSNIA [...] (C) MFA Director for Southeast Europe Luc Liebaut provided to Poloff October 27, an informative and lengthy readout of European thinking on Bosnia. Liebaut said the EU and Belgium were largely in agreement over the main points in reftel demarche, with a slightly nuanced view of the 5-Plus-2 a [...] | 2008-10-28 11:09:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV BK EU BE |
08BRUSSELS1669 | SOLANA'S MIDDLE EAST ADVISOR PROVIDES READ-OUT OF [...] (C) Summary: Christian Jouret, Middle East Advisor to EU/HR Javier Solana, provided Deputy Political M-C with an extensive read-out of Solana's recent trip to Syria, indicating Solana's continued wariness of Syrian President Assad, while noting some desire by the French, in particular, to m [...] | 2008-10-29 15:24:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | EU PHUM PREL SY |
08BRUSSELS1670 | EU STRATEGIC ENERGY REVIEW [...] (SBU) On November 5 the EU Commission plans to publish its second "Strategic Energy Review." The Commission presented its first strategic energy review in January 2007 as part of a wider communication on energy and climate change. The review provided the basis for commitments made by EU cou [...] | 2008-10-29 15:28:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EPET EU |
08BRUSSELS1671 | EUROPEAN COMMISSION FINDS EXISTING NANO REGULATION [...] (SBU) Summary: In its Communication on the Regulatory Aspects of Manufactured Nanomaterials issued June 17, 2008, the European Commission concluded that existing regulation is sufficient to handle nanomaterials, but left the door open for new legislation if the Commission determines it needs to [...] | 2008-10-29 15:42:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EIND EU EUN TPHY TSPL |
08BRUSSELS1680 | BELGIAN GOVERNMENT INCHES TOWARD ACTION ON CRISIS [...] Summary: (C) The situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Congo) is currently the number one real-time foreign policy concern for the Belgian Government and one of the top stories in the Belgian press (French and Flemish). The GoB issued statements October 30 calling for an immediate [...] | 2008-10-30 17:58:00 | Embassy Brussels | SECRET | PGOV PREL BE RW CG EU |
08BRUSSELS1697 | EU ENERGY COMMISSIONER TO SEEK &POLITICAL ACCORD8 [...] (C) Andris Kesteris, Chef de Cabinet to the Energy Commissioner said Andris Piebalgs would be visiting Ankara and Baku November 6 and 7 to promote the opening of the Southern Corridor. Piebalgs does not seek to sign any deals but rather to reach an informal political agreement with Erdogan. [...] | 2008-11-05 16:44:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EPET EU |
08BRUSSELS1808 | EU'S EASTERN PARTNERSHIP HOPES TO RECOGNIZE [...] (SBU) Summary: According to EU officials and the Czech Permanent Representation, the European Commission will release the first week in December a report containing proposals for the Eastern Partnership program first proposed by Poland and Sweden in May 2008. The report will recommend signi [...] | 2008-12-01 16:32:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | EU PREL |
08BRUSSELS1814 | NORWAY'S EMBRACING THE EU [...] (SBU) Summary: In several separate conversations with Emboffs, Norwegian diplomats posted to and visiting Brussels have described extensive Norwegian integration into EU structures as a status quo most Norwegians are comfortable with and unlikely to want to change in the near future. The cl [...] | 2008-12-02 14:59:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EU MARR MOPS NO PREL |
08BRUSSELS226 | USEU SCENESETTER FOR UNDERSECRETARY JEFFERY'S [...] (SBU) Welcome to Brussels. Your visit comes at an opportune time, as the EU is struggling to develop a common energy policy, internally and externally. Recent Commission proposals on internal market liberalization and climate change measures have met with considerable skepticism from member [...] | 2008-02-08 18:20:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ENRG EPET ETRD EU SENV |
08BRUSSELS240 | DEMARCHE TO BELGIANS ON KOSOVO AND THE OSCE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-12 14:29:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | EU OSCE PGOV PREL UNAUS UNMIK YI BE |
08BRUSSELS284 | US/EU ENERGY SECURITY DISCUSSIONS [...] (U) Summary. Under Secretary for Economic, Energy, and Agricultural Affairs Reuben Jeffery and Special Envoy Gray learned during February 12 meetings with EU Competition Commissioner Neelie Kroes, Energy Commissioner Andris Piebalgs, CFSP High Representative Javier Solana, and industry reps [...] | 2008-02-21 06:30:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ENRG EPET ETRD EU |
08BRUSSELS306 | PIEBALGS UPBEAT ON EU ENERGY SECURITY [...] (U) Summary. EU Energy Commissioner Andris Piebalgs was surprisingly optimistic about Nabucco and European gas supply diversification in general during a February 22 meeting with Deputy Assistant Secretary for European and Eurasian Affairs Matthew Bryza and Special Envoy Gray. Piebalgs point [...] | 2008-02-27 11:41:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ENRG EPET ETRD EU |
08BRUSSELS314 | OMV ARGUES FOR ACCESS TO IRANIAN GAS FOR NABUCCO [...] (C) Summary. In a February 21 meeting with Deputy Assistant Secretary for European and Eurasian Affairs Matthew Bryza and Econ Officer, OMV CEO Wolfgang Ruttenstorfer argued that the Nabucco project is at a critical stage, with his most important concern being gas supplies. Ruttenstorfer la [...] | 2008-02-29 10:56:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ENRG EPET ETRD EU RS IR |
08BRUSSELS348 | PRESSING THE EU'S ROLE IN AFGHANISTAN: FACTS, [...] (C) Summary: EU Foreign Ministers will soon have a political discussion about Afghanistan. We believe this is an opportune time for the USG to make a renewed effort at convincing the EU to increase its contributions. The EU institutions have participated in Afghanistan reconstruction since [...] | 2008-03-06 15:33:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EAID EUN PGOV PREL PTER SNAR NATO MARR AF EU |
08BRUSSELS382 | U.S. COORDINATOR FOR COUNTER-NARCOTICS AND RULE OF [...] (C) U.S. Coordinator for Counter-Narcotics and Rule of Law in Afghanistan, Ambassador Thomas A. Schweich, briefed Supreme Allied Commander, Europe (SACEUR),General Bantz J. Craddock March 6 on the drug situation in Afghanistan. Schweich noted increased correlation between insecurity and poppy [...] | 2008-03-11 18:11:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | KCRM PGOV PREL SNAR EU |
08BRUSSELS534 | EU STRATEGY FOR THE SOUTHERN GAS CORRIDOR [...] (SBU) Summary. In an April 7 meeting, EU Commission officials discussed the EU's strategy for the Southern Gas Corridor to bring gas from the Caspian region to Europe. Jozias Van Aartsen, the EU's Coordinator for the Southern Gas Corridor, believes the EU and Turkey need to agree to prioriti [...] | 2008-04-09 05:24:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ENRG EPET ETRD EU TU |
08BRUSSELS54 | AFGHANISTAN: EU OFFICIALS SUPPORT ASHDOWN AND [...] (C) Summary: Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Eric Edelman and State Department Counselor Eliot Cohen met with EU Council Secretariat officials January 8 in Brussels to discuss Afghanistan. EU Director General for External Political and Military Affairs Robert Cooper told Edelman and Coh [...] | 2008-01-11 16:19:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | AF AID BE EU EUN IO PGOV PREL PTER SNAR NATO |
08BRUSSELS590 | IRAQ PLEDGES 5 BCM/Y OF GAS TO EUROPE [...] (SBU) Summary. In meetings in Brussels this week Iraq's Oil Minister pledged to supply Europe with 5 billion cubic meters per year (bcm/y) of gas. The gas would come from development of Iraq's western Akkas field and would be supplied to Europe by building pipeline interconnections between [...] | 2008-04-18 15:59:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ENRG EPET ETRD EU IZ SY TU |
08BRUSSELS640 | EC ON INTERNATIONAL SUPPORT CONFERENCE ON [...] (C) Summary: The European Commission would like to coordinate with the United States in the lead-up to the June 12 International Support Conference on Afghanistan. Commission contacts agree (and have made this point to the French government) that the total pledge must surpass the $10.5 billion [...] | 2008-04-25 15:48:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV AF EU EAID ECON EFIN EUN KDEM |
08BRUSSELS651 | EU INSTITUTIONS AGREE ON GALILEO GOVERNANCE; FINAL [...] (SBU) Summary: On April 22, the European Parliament endorsed a compromise text on the governance and financing of the EU's Galileo global satellite navigation system (GNSS). The adoption of the Regulation, which already received the backing of the EU member states at the Transport, Telecommuni [...] | 2008-04-29 13:17:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EIND EU EUN TSPA TSPL |
08BRUSSELS652 | EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT TO RECOMMEND USE OF SPACE [...] (U) The European Parliament is set to adopt a resolution on "the contribution of space assets to ESDP" (European Security and Defense Policy) in July of this year. The current text of the resolution, as drafted by the chairman of the Parliament's Subcommittee on Security and Defense (SEDE) Ka [...] | 2008-04-29 13:24:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EIND EU EUN TSPA TSPL |
08BRUSSELS940 | EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT REMAINS DIVIDED ON [...] (U) Summary: This month, the Parliament's Industry (ITRE) and Environment (ENVI) committees debated the Commission's Renewables Directive launched in January as part of the 3rd energy package. Though the directive covers Europe's renewable energy goals for 2020-20% reduction of greenhouse gas [...] | 2008-06-19 15:09:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EU EUN SENV TSPL |
08BRUSSELS952 | EU WORKING ON A GAS TRANSIT DEAL WITH TURKEY [...] (C) Summary. After working level discussions with Turkey last week, the EU Commission is optimistic they may be nearing an agreement with Turkey on gas transit. Turkey appears willing to drop its hold-up tactics, allow direct contracting between gas consumers and gas suppliers, will require [...] | 2008-06-24 07:45:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ENRG EPET EU |
08BRUSSELS959 | EU COUNCIL MEETING WRAP UP [...] (C) SUMMARY. The June 19-20 European Union Council Meeting of Member State Foreign Ministers in Brussels deliberated at length on next steps regarding the Lisbon Treaty following the Irish "no" vote, agreeing that more time was needed to analyze the situation. The Council also discussed the W [...] | 2008-06-24 16:47:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV EU |
08BUCHAREST141 | ROMANIA: KOSOVO INDEPENDENCE DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (C) EMBOFF delivered ref. a demarche on February 20 to MFA State Secretary for Europe Raduta Matache; FM Cioroianu was traveling in Israel at the time. Matache noted that Romania was not going to recognize Kosovo's independence, referring to public comments and commitments made by President Ba [...] | 2008-02-21 15:08:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UN UNMIK PGOV YI EU KV RO |
08BUDAPEST1025 | HUNGARIAN VIEWS ON BOSNIA [...] (C) Summary. Sharing U.S. concerns on the current political situation in Bosnia Hercegovina (BiH),the Hungarian MFA's Russia and Balkans Department Deputy Director Istvan Ijgyarto believes the situation has moved two years backwards. Stating that several EU countries are inclined to move Se [...] | 2008-10-30 08:22:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV EU BK HU |
08BUDAPEST345 | U.S.-RUSSIA MISSILE DEFENSE NEGOTIATIONS IN [...] (S) SUMMARY: In the fourth round of expert-level meetings in Budapest December 13, U.S. and Russian delegations, led by Acting Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security John Rood and Deputy Foreign Minister Kislyak, continued to discuss U.S. plans to place a missile [...] | 2008-04-02 12:02:00 | Embassy Budapest | SECRET | PREL MARR PARM MASS PAO KNNP NATO EU EZ PL |
08BUDAPEST784 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: URGING THE EU TO MAINTAIN [...] (S) Ref talking points were delivered on August 4 to GoH Ministry of Foreign Affairs officials Zsolt Pataki, Head of the EU Foreign and Security Policy Department, and Dr. Attila Pinter, Coordinator for the Western Balkans and outbound Deputy Chief of Mission to Macedonia. Pataki stated that [...] | 2008-08-05 13:17:00 | Embassy Budapest | SECRET | KAWC PREL ETTC ICTY BK EU HU |
08BUDAPEST917 | HUNGARIAN FOREIGN MINISTER WILL ATTEND SEPTEMBER [...] No summary [...] | 2008-09-19 10:33:00 | Embassy Budapest | UNCLASSIFIED | NATO PGOV PREL UNGA EU HU |
08BUDAPEST980 | HUNGARY MAKES WORLD'S FIRST CO2 EMISSIONS SALE UNDER KYOTO [...] Summary: On September 29, Hungary announced it had sold its quota of 2 million tons of carbon dioxide emissions to Belgium, in what it calls the world's first international emissions sale under the Kyoto Protocol. Reportedly Hungary plans to use the revenues from this sale to fund its Green I [...] | 2008-10-06 05:57:00 | Embassy Budapest | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG ECON PREL EU HU |
08BUENOSAIRES566 | ARGENTINA TENTATIVELY SUPPORTS U.S.- EU [...] No summary [...] | 2008-04-29 22:57:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL UNGA EU AR |
08BUENOSAIRES636 | FOLLOWING UP WITH ARGENTINA ON U.S.-EU DECLARATION [...] (SBU) The Ambassador spoke May 9 and May 13 with Argentine MFA U/S for Multilateral Policy Raul Ricardes to urge Argentine co-sponsorship of the U.S.-EU declaration on prisoners of conscience. Ricardes asked who else was sponsoring. Per ref (A),the Ambassador noted there were 44 co-sponsors [...] | 2008-05-13 19:35:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL UN EU AR |
08BUENOSAIRES701 | ARGENTINA: CUBA SOLIDARITY DAY [...] (SBU) Embassy Buenos Aires placed in newspaper-of-record "La Nacion" on May 21 an op-ed written by Cuban independent journalist Jorge Olivera-Castillo. 2. (SBU) Also per ref A, post sought to contact Dr. Roberto Quinones, the son of Cuban neurosurgeon Hilda Molina who, since 1994, has been [...] | 2008-05-22 20:54:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM PHUM PREL EU CU AR |
08CAIRO107 | UPROAR OVER EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT RESOLUTION [...] (SBU) Summary: Senior GOE officials have loudly protested the European Parliament's (EP) January 17 passage of a resolution sharply critical of Egypt's human rights record. Among other things, the resolution calls for the immediate release of imprisoned former Al Ghad party leader and presiden [...] | 2008-01-23 10:22:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM PHUM EU EUN EG |
08CAIRO861 | MFA ON TAHDIYA EFFORTS; AHLC MEETING [...] (S/NF) MFA Director for Palestinian Affairs Badr Abelatty updated us April 24 on Egyptian tahdiya ("calming") efforts. Abdelatty said that talks were presently underway between a visiting Hamas delegation led by deposed FM Zahar and EGIS officials. He said the GOE is seeking an "unconditional" [...] | 2008-04-24 15:32:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET | EAID EU KPAL PGOV PREL IS WBG |
08CANBERRA181 | ADVANCING THE U.S. POSITION FOR CHANGE IN CUBA [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-25 05:51:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL | AS CU EU PGOV PREL |
08CANBERRA30 | KOSOVO: AUSTRALIA RECOGNITION TO FOLLOW US, EU [...] (SBU) This is an action request. Please see para 5 below. 2. (C) Summary: The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) will recommend recognition of Kosovo in the early stages, but only "in good company", that is, after the US, most of the EU and Canada. The issue will be put f [...] | 2008-01-14 06:12:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNAUS UNMIK PGOV YI EU |
08CANBERRA322 | POLLING POTENTIAL DONORS ON ASSISTANCE TO KOSOVO [...] Per ref. B, DFAT has provided a formal response to our approach regarding assistance to Kosovo. DFAT Europe Division Acting First Assistant Secretary John Griffin wrote to Polcouns on 28 March that Australia is best placed to assist Kosovo through support and advocacy in multilateral organiz [...] | 2008-04-02 04:27:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EFIN EU EUN KV AS |
08CARACAS233 | NO SURPRISE, CHAVEZ BACKS RUSSIA AGAINST KOSOVO [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-22 21:34:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL UNMIK VE KV EU |
08CHISINAU1075 | MOLDOVA FM: SOLVING TRANSNISTRIA WOULD [...] (C) Summary: In an October 24 meeting with Ambassador, Foreign Minister Andrei Stratan underlined Moldova's European aspirations. The Ambassador noted that Moldova had to live up to European standards in democracy and development. Finding a settlement to the Transnistria problem would speed [...] | 2008-10-29 14:29:00 | Embassy Chisinau | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EU MD |
08CHISINAU1079 | HUNGARY PLAYS ROLE ASSISTING MOLDOVA'S [...] (C) Summary: In an October 27 courtesy call, Hungarian Ambassador Gyorgy Varga discussed Hungary's active role in assisting Moldova's European integration. The Hungarian Ambassador favored a firm EU decision to bring Moldova into the EU club, and suggested giving Moldova associate member st [...] | 2008-10-31 08:31:00 | Embassy Chisinau | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EAID RS EU HU MD |
08CHISINAU1085 | US AMBASSADORQS INITIAL MEETING WITH [...] (U) Summary: In an October 30 meeting, Ambassador Chaudhry and Minister of Defense Vitalie Vrabie discussed Moldova's peacekeeping activities, the signing of an MCC compact agreement, U.S. and Moldovan central government security engagement with Transnistria, and the purchase of Ministry [...] | 2008-11-03 15:48:00 | Embassy Chisinau | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR PBTS EU MD |
08CHISINAU1101 | COUNCIL OF EUROPE GROUP [...] (C) Summary: In an October 29 meeting Vladimir Ristovski, Special Representative of the Secretary General of the Council of Europe (COE) in Moldova, briefed the Ambassador about the recent visit of a Council of Europe delegation. Ristovski stated that overall the visiting group left with a [...] | 2008-11-07 14:21:00 | Embassy Chisinau | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EAID COE EU EUN MD |
08CHISINAU191 | CHANGE IN CUBA: MOLDOVA WILL DELIVER PRO FORMA NOTE OF [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-25 13:09:00 | Embassy Chisinau | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EU CU MD |
08CHISINAU752 | MOLDOVA RECEIVES DEMARCHE ON KOSOVO [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-15 11:07:00 | Embassy Chisinau | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL UN UNMIK PGOV YI EU KPKO KV MD |
08CHISINAU906 | Foreign Minister Reiterates Moldova's [...] (C) Summary: During the Ambassador's first meeting with Foreign Minister (FM) Andrei Stratan, on September 8, the Foreign Minister reiterated Moldova's well-known policy positions. Moldovan officials would discuss the Transnistria (TN) conflict with Russian officials, but any final settleme [...] | 2008-09-11 11:24:00 | Embassy Chisinau | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS MD EU |
08COLOMBO172 | MGKV01: SRI LANKA REJECTS RECOGNITION OF KOSOVO [...] (U) On February 17, Sri Lanka rejected Kosovo's declaration of independence, citing its potential to set an "unmanageable" precedent, and claiming that it violates the UN Charter and UN Security Council Resolution 1244. 2. (U) In a statement issued on February 17, the Foreign Ministry state [...] | 2008-02-20 02:01:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL UN UNMIK YI EU KV CE |
08COPENHAGEN577 | DANES IN NO RUSH TO CLOSE OHR IN BOSNIA; PM TO [...] (C) Describing Denmark as "one step behind" much of the EU regarding the termination of OHR in Bosnia, Danish MFA Head of Department for Eastern Europe Ruben Madsen indicated broad agreement with reftel points on the need for implementation of the 5 2 criteria before transitioning to EUSR super [...] | 2008-10-29 14:38:00 | Embassy Copenhagen | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EU BK SR DA |
08COPENHAGEN63 | DANES WILL OPPOSE OSCE BERLIN MECHANISM ON KOSOVO [...] (C) Denmark will oppose any effort to invoke the OSCE's Berlin Mechanism in connection with a declaration of independence from Kosovo. MFA Kosovo Desk Officer Asger Kroll told us February 12 that Denmark sees "eye to eye" with the USG on the inappropriateness of the Berlin Mechanism in this c [...] | 2008-02-12 10:40:00 | Embassy Copenhagen | CONFIDENTIAL | OSCE PGOV PREL UNAUS UNMIK YI EU DA |
08DAMASCUS849 | SARG FAST-TRACKING EU ASSOCIATION AGREEMENT [...] (C) An EU diplomat in Damascus confirmed that a delegation would travel to Damascus to publicly "initial" the EU Association Agreement with Syria on December 14, following the successful conclusion of negotiations to update the agreement text on November 24 in Brussels. In her view, President [...] | 2008-11-26 14:36:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD PGOV EU SY |
08DARESSALAAM117 | KOSOVO INDEPENDENCE: TANZANIA VOICES NO MAJOR [...] (C) As reported Ref A, the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Bernard Membe, forwarded the U.S. request for the Government of Tanzania (GOT) to recognize the independence of Kosovo to President Jakaya Kikwete in advance of the POTUS' (February 16 to 19) visit to Tanzania [...] | 2008-02-21 10:28:00 | Embassy Dar Es Salaam | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UN UNMIK PGOV YI EU KV TZ |
08DHAKA719 | AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES KOSOVO, ELECTIONS AND CYCLONE [...] (C) Ambassador Moriarty urged Bangladesh to recognize the independence of Kosovo in a July 1 meeting with Foreign Affairs Adviser Iftekhar Ahmed Chowdhury. Chowdhury expressed support for recognition but cited regional concerns preventing Bangladesh from taking a bold stance on its own, sugges [...] | 2008-07-02 10:04:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UN UNMIK PGOV KPKO KV EU BG |
08DILI48 | TIMOR-LESTE INCLINED TO SUPPORT KOSOVO INDEPENDENCE [...] (U) Per reftels A - C, DCM met February 13 with Vicky Tchong, Secretary General of Timor Leste's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, SIPDIS to urge that Timor-Leste promptly recognize an independent Kosovo following its secession from Serbia. Tchong expressed broad agreement with our position, but [...] | 2008-02-14 10:04:00 | Embassy Dili | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV UN UMIK EU YI TT |
08DILI60 | PRESSING FAVORABLY INCLINED STATES FOR EARLY RECOGNITION OF [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-25 06:21:00 | Embassy Dili | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV UN UNMIK YI EU KV TT |
08DILI75 | TIMOR-LESTE RECOGNIZES KOSOVO; PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT TO [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-06 09:33:00 | Embassy Dili | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV UN UNMIK YI EU KV TT |
08DJIBOUTI947 | ESDP TO USE DJIBOUTI TO SUPPORT COUNTER-PIRACY OPS [...] (C) Summary: The EU's counter-piracy "Operation Atalanta" includes plans to base in Djibouti a small staff element, three surveillance aircraft, and a naval commando contingent, plus use Djibouti's fuel port to resupply participating naval vessels. The French (as EU President) have approach [...] | 2008-11-25 14:45:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | DJ EU EWWT MOPS PHSA PREL SO |
08DUBLIN168 | IRELAND: EU POLICY ON BELARUS [...] (C) Ireland agrees that strong U.S. - EU unity is needed in order to keep the pressure on Belarus, and supported a recent EU demarche to the Belarussian MFA highlighting the EU's concerns over the demands made on the US mission in Minsk, according to Deputy Director Ruaidhri Dowling, Russia, E [...] | 2008-04-03 16:17:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL EU EI |
08DUBLIN219 | Irish Farmers Protest Government's WTO Stance [...] Irish farmers took part in a peaceful demonstration in Dublin in protest against the current EU stance at WTO negotiations on April 17. The protest took place as European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso addressed a forum discussing the future of the EU. Reportedly 10,000 farmers fro [...] | 2008-04-28 06:34:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ECON ETRD EU EI |
08DUBLIN240 | RESPONSE: IMPACT OF RISING FOOD/COMMODITY PRICES - IRELAND [...] Summary: Despite being a surplus producer of meat and livestock products, Irish consumers have in recent months seen a sharp and sudden increase in food prices especially in two commodities - milk and bread. While there has been media attention given to the rise in prices, consumers seem to [...] | 2008-05-02 13:15:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR EAID ECON ETRD PGOV PREL EU EI |
08DUBLIN362 | IRISH AGRICULTURE, THE DOHA ROUND, AND BIOTECH [...] (C) Summary: Econoffs spoke recently with senior Irish trade and agriculture officials regarding the points in Refs B and C. While they agreed that a WTO deal is even more important now with recent food price concerns, both were concerned about the prospect of an imminent conclusion to the Do [...] | 2008-06-17 15:58:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD EAGR ECON EU EI |
08DUBLIN485 | IRELAND, THE CAP, AND THE EU [...] Since entering the European Union (EU) in 1973, Ireland has benefited greatly from the EU's Common Agricultural Policy (CAP). The importance of farming for Ireland, not only in economic but also in social and cultural terms, underscores the influence the farming community has in the country. [...] | 2008-08-26 13:22:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR PGOV PREL EU EI |
08DUBLIN671 | Dioxins in Irish Meat Sparks Recall [...] Summary. The Irish agriculture industry has been thrown into a pre-Christmas crisis with the discovery of dioxins in pork, followed by the discovery of dioxins, albeit at significantly lower levels, in beef. Feedstuffs from a single feed-mill were the source of the dioxin and the Irish author [...] | 2008-12-10 13:50:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ECON ETRD EU EI |
08DUSHANBE222 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO TAJIKS ON KOSOVO INDEPENDENCE [...] (C) PolOff delivered the demarche on Kosovo independence as instructed to Husrab Noziri, the newly appointed Head of American and European Affairs at the Tajik Foreign Ministry. Noziri said he would discuss the issue with his superiors, but he would not comment on Tajikistan,s position on Kosov [...] | 2008-02-11 14:32:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UN UNMIK YI EU |
08DUSSELDORF22 | THE WORD FROM GERMANY'S INDUSTRIAL HEARTLAND: IMPACT OF U.S. [...] (SBU) Summary: Senior interlocutors in North-Rhine Westphalia (NRW) told EMIN April 16-17 that the international financial crisis and the weakening U.S. economy have had a limited impact on the real economy. There would, however be "indirect impacts" as growth in Asian and other developing e [...] | 2008-04-23 14:16:00 | Consulate Dusseldorf | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON PREL PGOV EU GM |
08DUSSELDORF23 | THE WORD FROM GERMANY'S INDUSTRIAL HEARTLAND: IMPACT OF U.S. [...] (SBU) Summary: Senior interlocutors in North-Rhine Westphalia (NRW) told EMIN April 16-17 that the international financial crisis and the weakening U.S. economy have had a limited impact on the real economy. There would, however be "indirect impacts" as growth in Asian and other developing e [...] | 2008-04-23 14:36:00 | Consulate Dusseldorf | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON PREL PGOV EU GM |
08DUSSELDORF38 | RWE SEEKING POLITICAL SUPPORT FOR NABUCCO PROJECT [...] (SBU) In a September 26 meeting with CG, RWE Chief Commercial Officer Stefan Judisch and Nabucco expert Jeremy Ellis made a strong plea for USG support in encouraging the German government to give up its "fence-sitting attitude" and to take over the role of "moderator" in lining up political s [...] | 2008-09-30 08:08:00 | Consulate Dusseldorf | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ENRG EPET EU TU TX AJ GM |
08FRANKFURT1001 | German Economy Holds its Breath for Financial Crisis to [...] SUMMARY. The international financial crisis has so far had a limited impact in Germany and many analysts contend the EU and emerging markets will pick up most of the slack from lower exports to the U.S. The soaring euro and a continuing stream of write-downs by German banks have shaken confid [...] | 2008-04-04 09:07:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON EU GM |
08FRANKFURT1581 | German Banks See Light at End of Subprime Tunnel, but Few [...] Summary: Following first quarter reports showing further write-downs, major German banks are beginning to see signs of recovery in the financial sector, as the real economy exceeds expectations in both growth and employment. Industry insiders see challenges ahead in finding new, profitable b [...] | 2008-05-21 13:03:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON EU GM |
08FRANKFURT1684 | ECB Monetary Operations Have Unintended Effects on [...] Summary. Despite some signs of a return to financial stability in the euro zone, the dysfunctional state of interbank lending remains a cause of concern at the European Central Bank (ECB). Private banks continue to rely on the ECB for liquidity, reflecting ongoing confidence issues in the ban [...] | 2008-05-29 09:28:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON EU GM |
08FRANKFURT2299 | Frankfurt Financial Experts Express Pessimism on [...] Summary: With commodity prices soaring, the euro at an all time high, and financial turmoil in the U.S. in the headlines, worries of a recession and further shocks to the financial system remain high in Germany and Europe. Frankfurt-based financial and macroeconomic experts agree that growth [...] | 2008-07-24 08:10:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON EU GM |
08FRANKFURT276 | TREASURY DELEGATION MEETS WITH THE ECB AND GERMAN BANKS [...] A Treasury Department delegation recently visited Frankfurt to discuss global financial turmoil with the ECB, the Bundesbank and representatives of Germany's private banks. The ECB bemoaned a lack of information on the full extent of the turmoil, but none of the interlocutors foresaw an impen [...] | 2008-01-29 08:21:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON EU GM |
08FRANKFURT2857 | German Bank Consolidation Reveals Conservative Business [...] SUMMARY. In a recent wave of acquisitions in the German banking sector, private German banks have taken over partners with large retail businesses to shore up capital and acquire steady, reliable sources of income. These moves reflect a changing business model designed to help banks adjust t [...] | 2008-09-19 05:58:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON EU GM |
08FRANKFURT3102 | MERKEL AND STEINBRUECK UNVEIL FINANCIAL RESCUE PACKAGE [...] SUMMARY: Chancellor Merkel and Finance Minister Steinbrueck announced the details of Germany's financial rescue package October 13, following the French-led effort to coordinate efforts among the 15 euro zone members at this weekend's Paris summit. The so-called Financial Market Stabilizatio [...] | 2008-10-14 12:57:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON EU GM |
08FRANKFURT3103 | MERKEL AND STEINBRUECK UNVEIL FINANCIAL RESCUE PACKAGE [...] SUMMARY: Chancellor Merkel and Finance Minister Steinbrueck announced the details of Germany's financial rescue packge October 13, following the French-led effort t coordinate efforts among the 15 euro zone member at this weekend's Paris summit. The so-called Financial Market Stabilization F [...] | 2008-10-14 12:59:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON EU GM |
08FRANKFURT463 | Frankfurt Airport Expansion and Night Flights Update [...] SUMMARY: Numerous municipalities and several air carriers filed legal challenges to the Frankfurt airport expansion plan before the February 8 deadline, creating a legal tangle for a Hesse state court to sort out. The main sticking point in the plan to build an additional runway and terminal r [...] | 2008-02-15 11:38:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR ECON EIND ENRG PGOV SENV EU GM |
08FRANKFURT636 | Views from Frankfurt on German Banking Regulation and [...] SUMMARY. Following months of global financial turmoil, German banking regulators have taken steps to harmonize and standardize their practices. At the same time, Germany's Finance Minister has become more vocal in criticizing the current regulatory system, calling for higher capital requirem [...] | 2008-03-04 14:55:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON EU GM |
08FREETOWN318 | CABLE RESPONSE TO KOSOVO DEMARCHE [...] (C) Post delivered Kosovo points regarding the Donors Conference and IBRD/IMF request for support to GoSL Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) on June 27. In the absence of Foreign Minister and Director - General, MFA has not provided a response to indicate whether or not Sierra Leone will enga [...] | 2008-07-02 16:16:00 | Embassy Freetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNMIK EU YI SL |
08GENEVA993 | CZECH GENEVA PERMREP ON HUMAN RIGHTS GOALS DURING [...] (C) Summary: During its EU presidency, the Czech Mission will try to hold the EU to hard red lines on Middle East and freedom of expression issues for the Durban Review Conference outcome document. Absent an EU consensus, the Czechs would consider not participating if offensive language re [...] | 2008-11-20 15:50:00 | US Mission Geneva | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM EU UNHRC EC |
08GUATEMALA373 | GUATEMALA STILL CONSIDERING KOSOVO RECOGNITION [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-26 22:21:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UN UNMIK PGOV YI EU GT |
08GUATEMALA607 | GUATEMALA NOT PREPARED TO RECOGNIZE KOSOVO AT THIS [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-13 22:27:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | OPDC PREL UN UNMIK PGOV EU YI GT |
08HAVANA469 | REACTION IN CUBA TO EU DECISION TO LIFT [...] (C) Civil society members, reaction to the EU decision to drop its already suspended sanctions on Cuba was predictably negative. Though some had continued to hope for a miracle, most had no realistic expectation that the EU would react any other way. Key dissident leaders including Marta Be [...] | 2008-06-21 17:02:00 | US Interests Section Havana | CONFIDENTIAL | CU EU PGOV PREL |
08HAVANA494 | FIDEL CASTRO LASHES OUT AT EU DECISION ON CUBA [...] (SBU) While opposition members continue to express disappointment with the EU decision on Cuba sanctions, and fear that it presages another crackdown on their activity, former President Fidel Castro appears to be beside himself with anger over the EU decision. 2. (SBU) Fidel wrote at leas [...] | 2008-06-25 20:14:00 | US Interests Section Havana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV CU EU |
08HAVANA511 | FORMER CUBINT CHIEF, DAGOBERTO RODRIGUEZ BARRERA, [...] (SBU) The Embassy of Switzerland received a diplomatic note dated June 26, 2008 announcing that former Cubint chief,Dagoberto Rodriguez Barrera, has been chosen as the new Vice-Minister of foreign relations of Cuba, replacing Eumelio Caballero Rodriguez who was named Ambassador to Algeria. Ro [...] | 2008-07-02 14:40:00 | US Interests Section Havana | UNCLASSIFIED | CU EU PGOV PREL |
08HAVANA756 | NEXT STEPS IN THE EU-CUBA POLITICAL DIALOGUE [...] (C) EC representative Javier Nino Perez told COM on September 15 that the GOC had accepted the EU request for a political dialogue following the EU's removal of sanctions on Cuba in June. The GOC response reportedly was contained in a diplomatic note filled with verbiage regarding intrusion i [...] | 2008-09-15 20:46:00 | US Interests Section Havana | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM EAID PREL EU CU |
08HELSINKI137 | FINNISH VIEWS ON THE MARCH 28-29 GYMNICH [...] (U) PolChief delivered subject demarche to Finnish MFA EU Correspondent Leena-Kaisa Mikkola March 26. Mikkola highlighted the following: 2. (SBU) WESTERN BALKANS: EU leadership is very concerned about Northern Kosovo, and Mikkola said she expected a discussion of recent developments there [...] | 2008-03-28 11:16:00 | Embassy Helsinki | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV EU FI |
08HELSINKI151 | FINLAND ON BELARUS [...] (C) PolChief delivered subject demarche to Tuula Yrjola, Director of the Office for Eastern Europe and Central Asia April 1. The GoF has made strengthening democracy and urging reform in Belarus the rest of this region a focus of its OSCE Chairmanship-in- Office, so Yrjola appreciated the det [...] | 2008-04-03 11:27:00 | Embassy Helsinki | CONFIDENTIAL | BO EU PHUM PREL FI |
08HELSINKI375 | FINLAND: KARADZIC FAMILY TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS [...] No summary [...] | 2008-08-14 14:03:00 | Embassy Helsinki | SECRET | PREL ETTC KAWC ICTY BK EU FI |
08HELSINKI448 | INTERIM RESPONSE: KOSOVO DEBT RELIEF TRUST [...] Econ Assistant delivered reftel points requesting financial assistance for the World Bank-managed Kosovo Debt Relief Fund, and urging GOF to support IMF and World Bank membership for Kosovo to Mr Martti Eirola, Kosovo Desk Officer at the Finnish Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) on September 2 [...] | 2008-10-02 13:52:00 | Embassy Helsinki | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EFIN EINV PREL EU FI |
08ISLAMABAD1719 | INTERNATIONAL LEADERS FLOCK TO ISLAMABAD [...] (C) Summary: In the past few weeks, international leaders have been streaming into Pakistan to meet the newly elected government. They included UK Foreign Secretary Miliband, the Chinese FM Jiechi, Turkish FM Babacan, EU Foreign Policy Chief Solana, Afghanistan FM Spatna, Malaysian FM Yatim, [...] | 2008-05-01 06:52:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PK PREL PTER AF CH EAID IN MY EU |
08ISLAMABAD2320 | KOSOVO RECOGNITION DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-08 04:52:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PK PREL UNMIK YI EU KPKO KV |
08ISLAMABAD654 | PAKISTAN: KOSOVO INDEPENDENCE DEMARCHE [...] (U) This is an action request - see para 3. 2. (C) On February 12, Ambassador delivered reftel talking points to Pakistani Foreign Secretary Riaz Khan. Khan acknowledged USG and EU views, but indicated the Government of Pakistan (GOP) does not want to be one of the first countries to recogn [...] | 2008-02-13 13:46:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UN UNMIK PGOV EU PK YI |
08ISTANBUL361 | IRAN/P5+1 OFFER: LOCAL EXPERTS PESSIMISTIC, [...] (C) Summary: In discussions with several well-informed contacts over the past two weeks regarding the updated P5 1 offer to Iran and the regime's likely response, Consulate Istanbul "Iran Watcher" was told that the regime would most likely claim to be responding to the offer in good faith -- [...] | 2008-07-03 12:35:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINS KNNP EU IR TU |
08ISTANBUL558 | AKP VICE CHAIR DISCUSSES TURKISH FOREIGN POLICY [...] (SBU) Summary. In a recent discussion with diplomats and media representatives, Egemen Bagis, who is Turkish ruling AK Party (AKP) Vice Chairman in charge of Foreign Affairs, MP for Istanbul, and a confidant to Prime Minister Erdogan, praised the AKP's redirection of Turkey's foreign policies [...] | 2008-11-04 08:55:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL EU SC TU |
08JEDDAH357 | SAUDI FM AND NSC HEAD DISCUSS INTEL COOPERATION, [...] No summary [...] | 2008-08-24 13:12:00 | Consulate Jeddah | SECRET | PGOV PREL EU GB IAEA IR IS IZ MNUC PK SA |
08JEDDAH361 | SAUDI FM AND NSC HEAD DISCUSS INTEL COOPERATION, [...] (S) SUMMARY. During a Congressional Staff Del meeting with both Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Saud al-Faisal and Head of the National Security Council Prince Bandar bin Sultan on Aug. 20, both princes presented their broad views on successful USG-Saudi intelligence cooperation; distress over C [...] | 2008-08-25 14:37:00 | Consulate Jeddah | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL EU GB IAEA IR IS IZ MNUC PK SA |
08JEDDAH91 | OIC SYG ON KOSOVO, AMBASSADOR SWING, AND UPCOMING [...] (C) BEGIN SUMMARY: The Consul General met with OIC Secretary General Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu and other OIC SIPDIS officials to deliver demarches regarding Kosovo independence (Reftels B, C) and support for Ambassador Swing's candidacy for Director General (DG) of the International Organization [...] | 2008-02-24 11:30:00 | Consulate Jeddah | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UN UNMIK KISL YI EU KV SA |
08KABUL1924 | FOREIGN PRESSURE BACKFIRES ON KAMBAKHSH APPEAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. European governments are rethinking their strategy of pressuring President Karzai directly in support of Sayad Parwez Kambakhsh, who is appealing his death sentence for distributing literature found by a local court to be offensive to Islam (ref A). With many observers pessimi [...] | 2008-07-26 07:26:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL AF EU |
08KABUL48 | MEDIA LAW REJECTION PROVOKES INTERNATIONAL'S [...] (SBU) Summary: President Karzai's surprise December 26 decision to return the media law bill to Parliament's Lower House for further consideration has provoked a sharp reaction from civil liberties monitors at several missions here. They interpret Karzai's action as a challenge to media free [...] | 2008-01-05 08:27:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PHUM EU AF |
08KATHMANDU144 | NEPAL STILL UNDECIDED ABOUT KOSOVO'S STATUS [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-01 12:11:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UN UNMIK YI EU NP |
08KATHMANDU178 | NEPAL: CHARGE STRESSES RECOGNITION OF KOSOVO [...] (C) On February 11, Charge conveyed reftel talking points to Nepalese Foreign Secretary Gyan Bahadur Acharya. Acharya was already aware of the looming declaration of independence, having spoken with EU diplomats earlier in the day. Acharya acknowledged USG views and some EU views, but indicat [...] | 2008-02-11 11:08:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UN UNMIK PGOV YI EU NP |
08KATHMANDU203 | NEPAL UNDECIDED ABOUT RECOGNIZING KOSOVO [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-20 11:31:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UN UNMIK PGOV YI EU KV NP |
08KATHMANDU70 | NEPAL YET TO FORMULATE POSITION ON KOSOVO'S FUTURE [...] (C) On January 9, Ambassador delivered reftel talking points on resolving Kosovo's status to Foreign Secretary Gyan Chandra Acharya, who offered no comment. On January 14, Emboffs received more questions than affirmations during a follow-up meeting with Hira Bahadur Thapa, Joint Secretary fo [...] | 2008-01-16 11:09:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV UN UNMIK YI EU NP |
08KHARTOUM351 | FRANCE, EUFOR ISSUE CONFLICTING STATEMENTS ON FALLEN [...] (SBU) The European Union repatriated the body ofQoldier from the EU peacekeeping force in Chad, EUFOR, on March 7, as French President Sarkozy and EUFOR commander Patrick Nash issued conflicting statements on the events leading to the soldier's death. While Nash apologized to Sudan for his pea [...] | 2008-03-10 14:15:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS KPKO UNSC AU SU CD EU |
08KINGSTON140 | JAMAICA: PRIORITY LOBBYING FOR KOSOVO'S [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-12 21:32:00 | Embassy Kingston | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNAUS UNMIK PGOV YI EU JM |
08KINGSTON159 | JAMAICA: DELIVERY OF DEMARCHE RE RECOGNITION OF [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-20 18:56:00 | Embassy Kingston | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UN UNMIK PGOV YI EU JM XL |
08KINGSTON25 | JAMAICA: DELIVERY OF DEMARCHE ON KOSOVO [...] No summary [...] | 2008-01-09 13:22:00 | Embassy Kingston | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNAUS UNMIK PGOV YI EU JM |
08KINGSTON94 | JAMAICA: UNABLE TO RECOGNIZE KOSOVO'S PROSPECTIVE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-01-30 12:05:00 | Embassy Kingston | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNAUS UNMIK PGOV YI EU JM |
08KINSHASA181 | Demarche delivered in Kinshasa: Kosovo Independence [...] PolOff delivered reftel demarche February 19 to Ambassador Oscar Matondo, Director of International Organizations, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of the DRC. 2. Matondo declined to offer an official Congolese position on Kosovo independence. He expressed the DRC a [...] | 2008-02-20 13:18:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL UN UNMIK PGOV YI EU CG |
08KINSHASA195 | Demarche delivered in Kinshasa - U.S. position on Cuba [...] A/DCM and PolOff delivered reftel demarche February 25 to Nzuzi Mazemi, Director of International Political Organizations at Ministry of Foreign Affairs. 2. Mazemi stated that the DRC shared the position of the United States on the right of the Cuban people to democratic expression and the [...] | 2008-02-26 06:32:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL EU CU CG |
08KOLONIA27 | DEMARCHE RE KOSOVO [...] Charge d'Affaires, a.i. Richard Pruett demarched the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) Department of Foreign Affairs on the subject of reftels. In the absence of higher interlocutors he spoke with Henry Shrew, Deputy Assistant Secretary in the Bureau of American and European Affairs. SI [...] | 2008-02-15 10:59:00 | Embassy Kolonia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL UN UNMIK PGOV YI EU FM |
08KUALALUMPUR111 | MALAYSIA PUBLICLY "WELCOMES" KOSOVO INDEPENDENCE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-21 00:19:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UN UNMIK YI EU MY |
08KUALALUMPUR121 | MALAYSIA WILL RECOGNIZE KOSOVO, BUT TIMING STILL [...] (C) In the absence of the Ambassador and the Foreign Minister, Political Section Chief delivered ref A demarche to the Malaysian Foreign Ministry's acting Under Secretary for European Affairs Mahinder Singh, who is also Under Secretary for the Americas. Polchief praised Malaysia for its Febru [...] | 2008-02-25 00:01:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UN UNMIK YI EU MY |
08KUALALUMPUR224 | MALAYSIA NOT READY YET TO FORMALLY RECOGNIZE KOSOVO [...] (C) With the unavailability of more senior Malaysian officials, Political Section Chief delivered ref A demarche on March 27 to Principal Assistant Secretary Zakhir, who is currently responsible for Kosovo issues in the Foreign Ministry's European Division. Zakhir responded that the Malaysia [...] | 2008-03-30 23:43:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UN UNMIK EU MY |
08KUALALUMPUR40 | MALAYSIA SYMPATHETIC TO KOSOVO INDEPENDENCE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-01-15 08:10:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UN UNMIK YI EU MY |
08KUALALUMPUR92 | MALAYSIA UNDECIDED ON TIMING OF KOSOVO RECOGNITION [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-13 23:39:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UN UNMIK YI EU MY |
08KUWAIT172 | KUWAIT LIKELY TO RECOGNIZE KOSOVO INDEPENDENCE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-14 09:39:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UN UNMIK PGOV EU KU |
08KUWAIT196 | KUWAIT TO RECOGNIZE KOSOVO INDEPENDENCE "THE GCC [...] (C) Kuwait will recognize Kosovo independence; but according to the Prime Minister and MFA officials, recognition will be announced through a GCC collective statement. The timing of this statement is unknown, but likely to be within a week. End summary. Responses to Post's Urgings ------ [...] | 2008-02-19 14:19:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UN UNMIK PGOV EU KU |
08KYIV366 | UKRAINE WILL NOT SUPPORT INVOKING BERLIN MECHANISM [...] (C) As requested, on February 15, Polcouns conveyed reftel demarche to Sergiy Kyslytsya, Director of the MFA's UN and Other International Organizations Department, and urged Ukraine not to support Serbia's plan to invoke the OSCE's Berlin Mechanism immediately after an anticipated declaration [...] | 2008-02-15 13:25:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNAUS UNMIK PGOV YI EU OSCE UP |
08LAPAZ314 | BOLIVIA WILL NOT RECOGNIZE KOSOVO [...] (C) Post decided not to deliver reftel demarche on Kosovo as it would be counterproductive to the goal of the demarche and would unnecessarily irritate already sensitive bilateral relations. In the current political climate, the Bolivian government would only use such a demarche to argue we ar [...] | 2008-02-15 18:21:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL UNMIK UN YI EU BO |
08LILONGWE95 | MALAWI STILL QUIET ON KOSOVO INDEPENDENCE [...] (C) On February 11, Ambassador requested a meeting through the principal secretary at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to discuss Kosovo independence. The principal secretary preferred that Minister of Foreign Affairs Joyce Banda, who was out of the capital, discuss the matter with the Ambassa [...] | 2008-02-13 14:14:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UN UNMIK PGOV YI EU MI |
08LIMA150 | PERU SIGNS FTA WITH CANADA AND MOVES FORWARD ON OTHER FREE [...] (SBU) With the U.S.- Peru Free Trade Agreement, approved by the U.S. Congress last month, in its implementation phase, the Government of Peru (GOP) has closed its agreement with Canada, and is actively negotiating a tariff-only deal with China. The GOP is also looking to conclude agreements w [...] | 2008-01-28 19:50:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON EFIN USTR CA CH CI EU PE |
08LISBON2739 | PORTUGAL ON EU BIOFUELS SUSTAINABILITY [...] (C) Luis Duarte Silva of Portugal's Directorate General of Energy and Geology (Ministry of Economy) said Portugal understands reftel demarche points but must continue to work within the EU process regarding biofuels sustainability. Silva acknowledged Portuguese reservations concerning the EU [...] | 2008-11-28 15:22:00 | Embassy Lisbon | CONFIDENTIAL | KGHG EAGR SENV ENRG TRGY EUN EU PO |
08LISBON2754 | PORTUGAL: IMPROVING EU BURMA SANCTIONS [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-05 10:30:00 | Embassy Lisbon | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN PREL PGOV BM EU PO |
08LISBON395 | PORTUGAL ON KOSOVO IN OSCE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-15 09:58:00 | Embassy Lisbon | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV UN YI EU PREL OSCE PO |
08LISBON467 | KOSOVO: TIMING OF PORTUGUESE RECOGNITION REMAINS [...] (C) In several discussions with senior Portuguese officials on February 22 on the margins of the U.S.-Portugal Bilateral Commission, Ambassador and visiting PDAS Kurt Volker, per ref A, pressed hard for Portugal to recognize Kosovo as soon as possible. Volker noted Kosovo's unique history an [...] | 2008-02-22 17:00:00 | Embassy Lisbon | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNMIK PO EU |
08LJUBLJANA137 | SLOVENIA TO WAIT AND SEE ON BELARUS [...] (C) On March 25, ADCM met with COEST Chair Darja Bavdaz Kuret to stress the importance of U.S.-EU unity in dealing with Belarus (reftel),highlighting that a public statement would be very helpful as a follow-on to the French demarche made in Minsk last week. Bavdaz Kuret said that the French [...] | 2008-03-25 15:54:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM BO EU SI |
08LJUBLJANA486 | SLOVENIA DUBIOUS EU WILL DO MUCH ON BOSNIA [...] (C) On October 29, Emboff met with Leon Marc, Head of the Division for Southeastern Europe, to relay USG views on the deteriorating situation in Bosnia and Herzegovinia, per reftel. Marc stressed that the best leverage the EU has is the message that Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) can only enter [...] | 2008-10-29 13:16:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL BK EU SI |
08LJUBLJANA60 | SLOVENIA SUPPORTS U.S. KOSOVO POSITION IN OSCE, NO [...] (C) On February 12, Emboff delivered reftel points to Damjan Bergant, MFA Head of Department for OSCE and CoE and Chairman of COSCE, who stated that Slovenia fully agrees with the U.S. view of Serbia's efforts to invoke the OSCE's Berlin Mechanism after an anticipated declaration of independenc [...] | 2008-02-12 15:15:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNAUS UNMIK PGOV YI EU OSCE SI |
08LONDON1014 | (C) HMG CONSIDERING OPTIONS IN AFTERMATH OF [...] (C) Foreign Office Zimbabwe Section Chief Ben Llewellyn-Jones confirmed to Poloff on April 7 that Prime Minister Brown had urged South African president Thabo Mbeki to use his influence in an effort to bring a positive end to Zimbabwe's political crisis when the two men meet on April 6. Llewe [...] | 2008-04-09 14:41:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EC PGOV PREL SA UK EU UNSC ZI |
08LONDON1017 | HMG LOOKING FORWARD TO BUILDING ON GAINS OF NATO [...] (C/NF) According to FCO Deputy Director for Security Policy Chris Holtby, HMG shares U.S. views that the results of the NATO Bucharest Summit were better than expected going in, and looked forward to working closely with us to move forward soon on the outcomes which fell short of expectation [...] | 2008-04-09 15:46:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV NATO EU UK |
08LONDON1087 | UNITED KINGDOM BEGINS RELOCATION OF SOME IRAQI [...] (C) Summary. The first three participants in HMG's program to relocate selected Iraqi employees who worked for the British Government in Iraq arrived in the UK on April 8. According to John Burran, head of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) Office on Assistance to Iraqi Locally Employ [...] | 2008-04-16 13:22:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PREF PHUM EU IZ UK |
08LONDON1112 | HMG WILL CONTINUE TO ENGAGE WITH ATHENS AND SKOPJE [...] (C) HMG has been engaging, and will continue to engage with, senior Greek leadership to encourage Athens to be more flexible in its position on the Macedonia name issue. FCO Balkans Group Deputy Director Adam Bye said that the British Ambaasador (HMA) to Greece had met with Foreign Minister [...] | 2008-04-18 14:00:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NATO EU MK GR UK |
08LONDON1135 | (C) AN UPDATE ON HMG EXPECTATIONS AND PREDICTIONS [...] (C) Summary. The head of the Foreign Office's Zimbabwe section indicated on 21 April that time is running out for Robert Mugabe. Ineffective African mediation efforts may still yield positive results if all interested parties, including the African Union and the United Nations, coordinate with [...] | 2008-04-22 12:31:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PHUM PREL UN UK EU SA CH ZI |
08LONDON1204 | IRAN: UK PUSHES BACK ESTIMATED DATE OF EU'S [...] (C) Summary. The British Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) told Embassy there is "an eighty percent chance" the EU will vote to designate Bank Melli and 34 other persons and entities at the "next available" EU-level ministerial meeting. FCO was optimistic a text on designations will be f [...] | 2008-04-29 15:40:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN KTFN PREL MNUC PTER EU IR UK |
08LONDON1396 | IRAN: EU BANK MELLI DESIGNATION PUSHED TO MID/LATE [...] (S) Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) working level contacts on May 19 told Embassy London Iran Watcher (Poloff) that, although the EU has agreed politically to designate Bank Melli, the EU has pushed the expected designation date, previously set for May 19 (ref),back to mid- or late [...] | 2008-05-19 16:21:00 | Embassy London | SECRET | EFIN KTFN PREL MNUC PTER EU IR UK |
08LONDON1433 | IRAN: UK GRANTS ASYLUM TO VICTIM OF TEHRAN [...] (C) Summary: Reversing an earlier decision, and in the wake of considerable coverage in the UK press, the Home Office on May 20 granted asylum to a gay Iranian teenager who had claimed persecution by Iranian authorities. The HMG decision was not a finding of systematic persecution of homosex [...] | 2008-05-22 12:38:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREF PREL EU IR NL UK |
08LONDON1456 | UK EXPECTATIONS FOR THE MAY 26-27 FOREIGN [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-23 17:51:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PGOV EU UK |
08LONDON1555 | UK OFFICIAL PESSIMISTIC ON TRADE AGENDA [...] (SBU) Summary: A UK trade official told Econoff the UK is worried that the Doha Development Agreement round of trade talks will not succeed, which would be a serious blow. He said the U.S. and others need to offer more. On TEC, he said member states, not well briefed by the EU Commission, te [...] | 2008-06-05 08:15:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EAGR UK EU |
08LONDON1763 | HMG WILL JOIN U.S. IN DEMARCHING GOVERNMENTS TO [...] (SBU) The UK concurs with the U.S. view that recent progress of Pristina government and international community stabilization efforts presents another opportunity to lobby those countries that have not already done so to recognize Kosovo's independence. FCO Balkans Deputy Director Adam Bye [...] | 2008-07-02 15:23:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL UNMIK PGOV KPKO UNAUS YI EU KVPR UK |
08LONDON2028 | UK LIKELY TO JOIN EU CONSENSUS ON LIFTING KARADZIC [...] No summary [...] | 2008-08-04 16:36:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETTC KAWC ICTY BK EU UK |
08LONDON2060 | IRAN: UK SAYS LEGAL BASIS FOR EU LISTING OF MEK IS [...] (C) Summary: The EU's continued anti-terror listing of the Mujaheddin e Khalq (MEK) depends on the existence of an active French investigation of the group, according to the British Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO). The FCO is uncertain whether the investigation, and the listing, will contin [...] | 2008-08-07 14:19:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PTER EU IR FR UK |
08LONDON2688 | Lord Kerr on the U.S. - EU Transatlantic Dialogue [...] (SBU) Lord John Kerr, Deputy Chairman, Royal Dutch Shell, Advisory Council Member of Business for New Europe (BNE),and former UK Ambassador to the U.S. shared views on the changing nature of the transatlantic dialogue and climate change at a recent BNE-sponsored event. Transatlantic Dialogu [...] | 2008-10-24 14:22:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EAIR MARR ETRD PINR EU UK |
08LONDON2735 | UK WILL LOBBY IN EU FOR ROBUST EU APPROACH TOWARDS BOSNIA; NEW UK AMBASSADOR TO BOSNIA TO ARRIVE SOON REF: A) STATE 113894 B) DONEGAN/FOOKS EMAIL 10/17 [...] (C) The UK concurs with the U.S. view (ref a) that political progress in Bosnia has either stopped or is moving in the wrong direction, and will use the time remaining before the November 10 GAERC to lobby its EU partners for a strong statement on Bosnia. According to FCO Bosnia Team Leader Daisy O [...] | 2008-10-28 17:53:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL BK EU UK |
08LONDON2972 | UK RESPONSE TO EU BIOFUELS SUSTAINABILITY [...] (SBU) Post delivered ref A points to the host government on November 21 regarding the EU's biofuels sustainability proposals under consideration for a vote by the European Parliament in its "20-20-20" Energy and Climate Legislation. In response to USG comments on the amendments, the UK Head of [...] | 2008-11-28 18:04:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KGHG EAGR SENV ENRG TRGY EUN EU |
08LONDON3196 | TRADE AND FINANCE EXPERTS SOUND THE ALARM [...] European trade and finance experts speaking at a December 18 HMG-sponsored conference in London spoke of an "acute crisis" in trade and finance that "puts world trade genuinely under threat." The credit crisis has administered two blows to world trade by: (1) decreasing economic activity and ( [...] | 2008-12-22 16:12:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECIN ETRD EINV EUN EU UK |
08LONDON341 | PM BROWN HOSTS SUMMIT: PROPOSALS FOR STABILITY IN [...] (SBU) Summary. On January 29, UK Prime Minister Brown, together with German President Merkel, French President Sarkozy, Italian PM Prodi, and EU President Barroso, issued a joint communiqu proposing steps to enhance transparency and promote stability in the global financial markets. The leade [...] | 2008-02-04 11:59:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EU UK |
08LONDON621 | UK NATIONALIZATION OF NORTHERN ROCK: ANOTHER BLOW [...] (C/NF) Summary. The nationalization of British bank Northern Rock adds to the list of woes besetting Gordon Brown' government, but it is not the political catastrophe that the opposition Conservative Party has painted -- and hoped -- it to be. Sixty percent of respondents in a recent poll b [...] | 2008-02-29 11:01:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL ECON EFIN EU UK |
08LONDON634 | UK NATIONALIZATION OF NORTHERN ROCK: ANOTHER BLOW [...] (C/NF) Summary. The nationalization of British bank Northern Rock adds to the list of woes besetting Gordon Brown's government, but it is not the political catastrophe that the opposition Conservative Party has painted -- and hoped -- it to be. Sixty percent of respondents in a recent poll [...] | 2008-02-29 17:04:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL ECON EFIN EU UK |
08LONDON694 | UK MEASURES ON IRAN: HMG STILL LAYING GROUNDWORK [...] (C) On immediate EU sanctions steps in follow-up to passage of UNSCR 1803, FCO working level contacts on March 7 advised London Iran Watcher (Poloff) that "nothing substantive will happen on the EU track" at the GAERC session Monday March 10: "there will be no Iran conclusions." According to [...] | 2008-03-10 13:02:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EFIN KTFN PREL MNUC PTER EU IR UK |
08LONDON727 | UK SUPPORTIVE OF WHA PDAS KELLY'S VIEWS ON LATIN [...] (C) Summary. FCO Director of the Americas Chris Wood was supportive of U.S. policy on Latin America, praising progress in Colombia in particular during a visit by WHA PDAS Craig Kelly March 7. Wood agreed Venezuela and Bolivia were worrisome and that Cuba had not changed since Fidel's illne [...] | 2008-03-11 17:37:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM EU UK CO EC BR CU VE BL |
08LONDON732 | UK LIBERAL DEMOCRATS RECOVERING FROM PARLIAMENTARY [...] (C/NF) Summary. The UK's Liberal Democrat Party limped into its spring conference in Liverpool March 7-9 following a disastrous performance in the House of Commons March 5 during the debate over a possible referendum on the Lisbon Treaty, a performance which plunged Nick Clegg into the first crisis [...] | 2008-03-12 09:27:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PINR EU UK |
08LONDON762 | (SBU) NEW PAKISTAN COALITION POTENTIALLY UNSTABLE, [...] (C) Summary. Pakistan's election victors will probably form a government within a week, but lingering differences of opinion may make the coalition unstable, according to Laura Guy, Head of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) Pakistan and India-Pakistan Relations Section. The PPP and t [...] | 2008-03-13 17:17:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER ETRD PHUM EU PK UK |
08LONDON823 | HMG AGREES WITH BURMA DEMARCHE ON REFERENDUM -- [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel to Nick Alexander, head of Burma policy in the Foreign Office on March 19. Alexander said the UK is in complete agreement with points contained in reftel, underscoring HMG agreement that the Burmese "roadmap" as currently constituted is faulty. He shared UK talkin [...] | 2008-03-19 18:01:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV BM EU UN UK |
08LONDON966 | HMG ON HOW TO MOVE THE EU ON BURMA, SUDAN SANCTIONS [...] 4 (b,d) Â [...] | 2008-04-03 14:19:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNSC EFIN ETTC EU BM UK |
08LUXEMBOURG280 | LUXEMBOURG SHARES CONCERN OVER BOSNIA, OPPOSED TO [...] (C) SUMMARY MFA Western Balkans desk officer Jacques Thill responded to reftel demarche on 4 November. Thill indicated that Luxembourg shares the USG concern over the deteriorating situation in Bosnia. Luxembourg agrees that any transition in Bosnia should be predicated on adhering to the [...] | 2008-11-05 15:16:00 | Embassy Luxembourg | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV BK EU LU |
08LUXEMBOURG38 | LUXEMBOURG READY TO RECOGNIZE KOSOVO [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-12 07:09:00 | Embassy Luxembourg | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UN UMIK PGOV EU LU |
08LUXEMBOURG40 | LUXEMBOURG TO QUICKLY SIGNAL INTENT TO RECOGNIZE [...] (C) Ambassador spoke with Foreign Minister Jean Asselborn on 15 February regarding Kosovo's pending declaration of independence. Asselborn asserted that Luxembourg will announce on the evening of Monday, 18 February, its intention to recognize Kosovo's declaration of independence, expected [...] | 2008-02-15 15:15:00 | Embassy Luxembourg | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNMIK UN YI EU KDEM LU |
08LUXEMBOURG43 | LUXEMBOURG: FORMAL RECOGNITION OF KOSOVO [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-21 08:52:00 | Embassy Luxembourg | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV UNMIK UN YI EU KDEM LU |
08MADRID1140 | SPAIN'S VIEW ON BOSNIA [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Spanish MFA Deputy European Correspondent Maria Luisa Benitez Donoso on October 29. Benitez said that Bosnia may come up at the November GAERC, but given that this month's meeting is a "JUMBO GAERC," it is more likely to be discussed in December. 2. [...] | 2008-10-31 16:56:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EU SP BK |
08MADRID1232 | SPAIN: MFA OFFICAL'S REMARKS ABOUT EU AND IAEA RE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Polcouns delivered reftel demarches November 25 to Gonzalo de Salazar, the MFA,s Sub-DG for Non-Proliferation and Disarmament. On Iran, Salazar said the EU was in the process of finalizing a declaration that will be "very tough" about Tehran's failure to cooperate with the IAEA o [...] | 2008-11-25 13:11:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP MNUC PARM IAEA TRGY SP IR SY EU |
08MADRID1240 | SPAIN OK WITH EU BIOFUELS LANGUAGE; SUPPORTS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. ESTHOFF reviewed reftel points on November 25 with Hugo Lucas Porta, Secretary General of the International Relations Department at the GOS Institute for the Diversification and Development of Energy (IDAE). In the recent past, Lucas has expressed skepticism of the proposed la [...] | 2008-11-26 10:53:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KGHG EAGR SENV ENRG TRGY EUN EU SP |
08MADRID186 | SPANISH REACTION TO KOSOVO'S INDEPENDENCE [...] (C) SUMMARY: FM Moratinos' Chief of Staff Javier Sancho told DCM February 20 that it was politically impossible for Spain to support the Kosovar UDI at this time, and that this is the position of both the ruling PSOE government and the opposition Partido Popular (PP). Sancho said the Spanish have t [...] | 2008-02-21 09:09:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNMIK UN PGOV YI EU KV SP |
08MANAGUA1159 | NICARAGUA-KOSOVO: NO PLAN TO RECOGNIZE, BUT [...] (C) SUMMARY. On September 8, Foreign Ministry officials confirmed that Nicaragua has not recognized Kosovo and has no plans to do so in the future. This formal confirmation of the GON position on Kosovo comes eight months after our first inquiries (REF I) and stands in stark contrast to Nicar [...] | 2008-09-12 12:53:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KV EU NU |
08MANAGUA1414 | NICARAGUA: ATTORNEY GENERAL ESTRADA [...] (C) Summary: Attorney General Hernan Estrada is the Government of Nicaragua's (GON) lawyer and a close advisor to President Daniel Ortega. While Estrada is known to us as the point person on U.S. citizen property claims, he also is the lead government official on protecting the assets and natu [...] | 2008-11-24 16:15:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | EINV EFIN EIND ECON ENRG EU |
08MANAMA98 | BAHRAIN WILL RECOGNIZE KOSOVO'S INDEPENDENCE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-14 12:43:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UN UNMIK EU BA |
08MANILA208 | PHILIPPINE RESPONSE ON KOSOVO STATUS [...] No summary [...] | 2008-01-25 09:27:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EU PGOV UN UNMIK YI |
08MANILA386 | PHILIPPINES CAREFULLY WEIGHING KOSOVO INDEPENDENCE [...] (C) The Ambassador discussed at length the issue of Kosovo independence with Philippine Foreign Secretary Alberto Romulo on February 13. The Ambassador underscored the U.S. belief that rapid recognition of Kosovo in the wake of its anticipated declaration of independence was vital both for t [...] | 2008-02-14 00:50:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL RP EU UNMIK YI |
08MANILA440 | PHILIPPINES MOVING CAUTIOUSLY ON KOSOVO [...] (C) Summary: In a February 18 discussion, the Ambassador again directly engaged Foreign Secretary Alberto Romulo on the issue of Kosovo independence, stressing the U.S position that early recognition of Kosovo by as many nations as possible offered the best hope for stability and peace in the [...] | 2008-02-20 09:17:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL RP EU UNMIK YI |
08MANILA976 | EU HEIGHTENS ENGAGEMENT IN PEACE PROCESS, HUMAN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The April 14 visit of ten European Union (EU) ambassadors to the Moro Islamic Liberation Front in Central Mindanao underscored the EU's interest in the peace process. At the same time, recent EU assistance to improve governance, particularly in resolving cases of extrajudicial [...] | 2008-04-24 10:40:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | KCRM PGOV PHUM PREL PTER EU RP |
08MEXICO2103 | KOSOVO RECOGNITION, DONORS CONFERENCE, IMF AND [...] (SBU) On June 30, Political Minister Counselor contacted SRE's Office of Peace and International Security to urge once again that Mexico recognize Kosovo's independence. Polcons stressed the priority the U.S. attaches to this issue. The Office's Deputy Director General said the GOM appreciate [...] | 2008-07-09 21:01:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL UN UNMIK PGOV YI EU KPKO KV MX |
08MEXICO509 | MEXICO ON KOSOVO INDEPENDENCE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-21 21:10:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL UNAUS UNMIK PGOV YI EU KV MX |
08MINSK103 | KOSOVO/OSCE DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO BELARUS [...] (C) The Ambassador delivered reftel points to Valentin Rybakov, Foreign Policy Advisor in the Presidential Administration. Rybakov offered no substantive reply. Comment ------- 2. (C) In recent weeks the Belarusian state press has been highly critical of USG and EU policy on Kosovo's [...] | 2008-02-13 15:09:00 | Embassy Minsk | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNMIK YI EU BO |
08MINSK116 | KOSOVO/OSCE DEMARCHE REPEATED TO BELARUSIAN MFA [...] (SBU) On February 15 A/DCM and A/Pol/Econ Chief delivered reftel points to Sergey Sergeyev, Head of the MFA's North America Department, and Counselor Ilona Yurevich. Sergeyev offered no substantive reply. Comment ------- 2. (SBU) Post fully expects official Minsk to join Moscow and B [...] | 2008-02-15 16:02:00 | Embassy Minsk | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV UNMIK YI EU BO |
08MONTEVIDEO18 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: RESOLVING KOSOVO'S STATUS IN [...] (C) A/DCM urged Uruguay to recognize Kosovo's independence once it is declared, per reftel instructions. The demarche was delivered on January 15 to the MFA's Director for Multilateral Affairs, Carlos Barros and his Chief of the International Organizations Department, Daniel Pareja. 2. (C) [...] | 2008-01-16 13:24:00 | Embassy Montevideo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UN UNMIK PGOV YI EU UY |
08MONTEVIDEO395 | DEMARCHE RESPONSE: KOSOVO RECOGNITION [...] (C) In response to ref A demarche, MFA Director general for Political Affairs Enrique Fischer told Ambassador that the situation in Kosovo today was the result of many historical decisions in which Uruguay did not participate, and that Uruguay preferred the issue of recognition of Kosovo be h [...] | 2008-07-11 20:33:00 | Embassy Montevideo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UN UNMIK YI EU KPKO KV UY |
08MONTEVIDEO83 | URUGUAY ON U.S. DECISION TO RECOGNIZE KOSOVO'S [...] (C) On February 19, the Ambassador delivered ref A demarche to Deputy Foreign Minister Maria "Belela" Herrera, Director General for Political Affairs Alvaro Gallardo and Political Advisor Federico Gomensoro. (Note: Embassy consciously chose not to meet with the anti-American Foreign Minister R [...] | 2008-02-20 17:19:00 | Embassy Montevideo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KVPR UNMIK UN YI EU UY |
08MONTREAL48 | QUEBEC LIBERALS: THE PQ AND KOSOVO AND FEDERAL [...] (C) Canada is weighing the effect recognizing Kosovo independence will have on Party Quebecois's (PQ) dormant separatist agenda, Quebec Liberal Party (PLQ) Regional Coordinator Patrick Gilles informed Econ-Poloff February 20 in Montreal. He added that the government's concern was based on pre [...] | 2008-02-22 19:52:00 | Consulate Montreal | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KVIR YI EU CA |
08MOSCOW2039 | MEDVEDEV SPEECH AND FOREIGN POLICY PAPER HIGHLIGHT [...] Summary: Medvedev's July 15 address to Russian diplomats and the release by the Presidential Administration of an official concept paper laid out Russian policy goals and concerns without breaking new ground (ref A). The paper covered in detail many of the same themes Medvedev made in his spe [...] | 2008-07-17 13:27:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL EU NATO RS |
08MOSCOW2058 | MEDVEDEV SPEECH AND FOREIGN POLICY PAPER HIGHLIGHT [...] Summary: Medvedev's July 15 address to Russian diplomats and the release by the Presidential Administration of an official concept paper laid out Russian policy goals and concerns without breaking new ground (ref A). The paper covered in detail many of the same themes Medvedev made in his spe [...] | 2008-07-18 15:28:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL EU NATO RS |
08MOSCOW302 | GOR SPECIAL ENVOY'S OUTLOOK ON KOSOVO [...] (C) Summary. In a February 6 meeting, MFA Special Envoy for the Balkans Alexander Botsan-Kharchenko laid out the GOR's view of splits in the Serbian government, emphasizing that Russia believed the EUDP mission was illegal without UNSC approval, but that it did not object to Serbia's closer [...] | 2008-02-06 16:08:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EU KV SR RS |
08MOSCOW319 | RUSSIA'S SPECIAL ENVOY FOR THE BALKANS ON BOSNIA [...] (C) In a February 6 meeting (other subjects reftel),MFA Special Envoy for the Balkans Alexander Botsan-Kharchenko told us that High Representative and EU Special Representative Lajcak's January 31 visit to Moscow had "opened the door" to a compromise on closing the Office of the High Represe [...] | 2008-02-07 14:25:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV BK EU RS |
08MOSCOW3436 | GOR ON EU-RUSSIA SUMMIT [...] (C) The MFA told us that Russia accomplished its objectives at the November 14 EU-Russia Summit in Nice: the normalization of EU-Russia relations after the events of Georgia, and a public endorsement of Medvedev's proposed Euroatlantic security proposal. Russia and the EU will resume negoti [...] | 2008-11-28 12:52:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EU RS |
08MOSCOW785 | UNSCR 1540 DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-21 14:45:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC EU KPAO PREL PTER UNSC JA |
08NAIROBI1780 | GOVERNMENT OF KENYA HAS NO PLANS TO RECOGNIZE [...] (C) On July 11, Antony Andanje, the new head of the International Organizations and Conferences Division at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, told PolOff that the Government of Kenya has no immediate plans to recognize Kosovo. SLUTZ [...] | 2008-07-23 12:51:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UN UNMIK PGOV YI EU KPKO KV KE |
08NAIROBI462 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: PRIORITY LOBBYING FOR KOSOVO [...] (C) On February 12, the Ambassador sent a letter to Minister of Foreign Affairs Moses Wetangula urging the government of Kenya to recognize Kosovo as soon as possible after it declares independence. The mission followed up with a formal diplomatic note. 2. (C) Given the nature of the curre [...] | 2008-02-12 12:42:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UN UNMIK PGOV YI EU |
08NAIROBI518 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: U.S. DECISION TO RECOGNIZE [...] (C) On February 21, the Ambassador raised the issue of Kosovo's independence directly to Foreign Minister Moses Wetangula. He urged Wetangula to recognize Kosovo's independence as quickly as possible. 2. (C) Wetangula and other Government ministers remain deeply engaged in negotiations wit [...] | 2008-02-21 09:22:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UN UNMIK PGOV YI EU KE |
08NDJAMENA111 | NEW SRSG FOR MINURCAT/EAST CHAD GIVES AMBASSADOR [...] (U) This is an action message: See para 10. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) New MINURCAT SRSG Victor Angelo briefed ambassador 3/21 on progress since he arrived two weeks ago, especially signing a Status of Mission Agreement with the GOC, after having successfully for now resisted GO [...] | 2008-03-25 10:46:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PREF MARR EAID UN EU SU CD |
08NDJAMENA163 | SRSG ANGELO MULLS MINURCAT ROLE IN MILITARY BORDER [...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION MESSAGE: SEE PARA 6. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: UN SRSG VICTOR ANGELO TOLD THE AMBASSADOR 4/16 THAT A UN FORCE OF 100-150 MILITARY OBSERVERS COULD BE PLACED RELATIVELY QUICKLY ALONG THE CHAD-SUDAN BORDER TO IMPLEMENT THE DAKAR PEACE ACCORD IF THE UN SECURITY COUNCIL (UNSC) W [...] | 2008-04-17 16:33:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL CD UN EU SU MARR MASS SE LY |
08NDJAMENA197 | REQUEST FOR USG ASSISTANCE TO CHADIAN NATIONAL [...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION MESSAGE: SEE PARA 6. 2. (SBU) THE USG COULD SIGNIFICANTLY SUPPORT THE "OPENING" OF THE CHADIAN INTERNAL POLITICAL ENVIRONMENT PROCESS BY PROVIDING ASSISTANCE TO THE NATIONAL INVESTIGATIVE COMMISSION SET UP TO SHED LIGHT ON EVENTS FOLLOWING THE FAILED REBEL ATTACK O [...] | 2008-04-30 13:22:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV CD UN PREF PHUM EU SU |
08NDJAMENA228 | NEW SRSG FOR MINURCAT/EAST CHAD GIVES AMBASSADOR [...] (C) The PRM Chad Program Officer met with UN Mission to the Central African Republic and Chad (MINURCAT) Police Commissioner Antero Lopes to discuss the status of MINURCAT,s deployment. The deployment has been delayed several months but seems to be finally picking up speed under the current [...] | 2008-05-22 09:01:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PREF MARR EAID UN EU SU CD |
08NDJAMENA259 | UK AMBASSADOR TO CHAD SHOULD VISIT CHAD REGULARLY TO [...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION MESSAGE: SEE PARA 6. 2. (SBU) THE UK AMBASSADOR TO CHAD, WHO IS RESIDENT AS HIGH COMMISSIONER IN YAOUNDE, SHOULD VISIT CHAD REGULARLY TO REINFORCE BOTH THE UN AND EU PKO MISSIONS HERE. A REGULAR VISIT BY UK AMBASSADOR WOULD SERVE USG INTERESTS BY DEMONSTRATING BROA [...] | 2008-06-20 08:59:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PREF PHUM UK EU UN CD |
08NDJAMENA276 | SRSG SEEKS CHANGES TO MINURCAT MANDATE TO PREPARE -- FOR EXPANDED UN PKO TO REPLACE EUFOR IN CHAD, CAR. [...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION MESSAGE: SEE PARA 10. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: SRSG Victor Angelo briefed UNSC member Chiefs of Mission July 3 on the upcoming report of the UNSYG on the UN Mission to Chad and CAR. He requested that UNSC member Chiefs of Mission alert capitals and PermReps of the changes [...] | 2008-07-07 12:17:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPKO PREF PHUM UN EU LY CT CD SU |
08NDJAMENA292 | FORMIN FAKI SAYS GOC SEEKS BIGGER UN [...] (C) FORMIN Faki told Ambassador July 14 that although Chad was committed to the Dakar Accord process, the GOC was becoming less confident in the "practicability" of implementation of the process's key piece -- military observers along the Chad-Sudan borders to identify violations by governmen [...] | 2008-07-15 15:05:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PREF MARR KPKO UN EU |
08NDJAMENA299 | MINURCAT - SRSG SEEKS USG SUPPORT TO KEEP IT IN [...] (U) This is an Action Message: See Para 6. 2. (C) SRSG Victor Angelo (PROTECT) asked me yesterday in confidence yesterday for USG assistance regarding the renewal of MINURCAT,s mandate, required before 25 September. Angelo asked for USG help (A) in overcoming reticence within the UN bure [...] | 2008-07-18 10:48:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PREF MARR KPKO UN EU FR SU CD |
08NDJAMENA325 | SCENESETTER FOR SE WILLIAMSON VISIT TO CHAD [...] (SBU) CHAD UNDER PRESSURE: SPECIAL ENVOY FOR SUDAN WILLIAMSON'S VISIT TO N'DJAMENA COMES AS THE RAINY SEASON LULL MASKS CONTINUING TENSION ALONG THE CHAD-SUDANESE BORDER, AS CHADIAN REBELS WHO OPERATE FROM OF SUDAN SANCTUARIES ARE HAMPERED BY WEATHER AND TERRAIN UNFAVORABLE TO THE CHADIAN STY [...] | 2008-08-04 14:59:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ECON UN EU SU LY KPKO CD |
08NDJAMENA334 | LIBYAN AMBASSADOR BRIEFS ON TRIPOLI'S "TRILATERAL [...] (C) Libyan Ambassador Emhemmed Shlback briefed me on Libya,s recent &Trilateral Initiative8 to bring peace between Chad and Sudan August 5. Shlback said that Qaddafi believed that the time was now ripe to try to bring the two feuding leaders back to the more productive relationship they once [...] | 2008-08-06 10:53:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PREF UNAUS EU SU LY FR CD |
08NDJAMENA336 | LIBYAN AMBASSADOR BRIEFS ON TRIPOLI?S [...] (C) Libyan Ambassador Emhemmed Shlback briefed me on Libya?s recent ?Trilateral Initiative? to bring peace between Chad and Sudan August 5. Shlback said that Qaddafi believed that the time was now ripe to try to bring the two feuding leaders back to the more productive relationship they once [...] | 2008-08-06 15:31:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PREF UN EU SU LY FR CD |
08NDJAMENA384 | LIBYAN AMBASSADOR RESPONDS TO USG OFFER TO BE [...] (C) I met with Libyan Ambassador Shlback on Thursday, August 14. He said he wanted to respond to my request for Tripoli's thinking on how the United States might usefully support Libya's recent "Trilateral Initiative" to bring peace between Chad and Sudan. He said that he had spoken to Dr. A [...] | 2008-09-03 13:17:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL LY SU FR EU IR IS SA ER CD |
08NDJAMENA461 | EUFOR - POISE AND PROMISE IN CHAD'S TROUBLED EAST [...] (C) Summary. The European Peace Keeping Force (EUFOR) in eastern Chad is operational and robust. Well equipped with APCs, tracked vehicles and helicopters, but even resorting to horses during te height of the rains, EUFOR patrols circulate egularly throughout the operational zone. Troopsassure [...] | 2008-10-10 08:22:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PREF EU UN KPKO CD CT SU |
08NDJAMENA491 | SRSG ANGELO ON MINURCAT CURRENT AND FUTURE: [...] (C) UN SRSG Angelo told Ambassador October 21 that MINURCAT I was up to 750 of its authorized 900 personnel; that it was about to deploy the first of 450 Chadian police and gendarmes it has trained along with their UNPOL mentors to refugee camps in eastern Chad; and that Chadian President De [...] | 2008-10-23 13:13:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UN PKO MARR PINR SU LY FR EU CD |
08NDJAMENA510 | EU WORKING TO KEEP CHAD ON TRACK FOR 2009 [...] (C) The Chief European Union Representative in Chad believes that the electoral reform process that he is spearheading can result as planned in communal/legislative elections in 2009, but that success is by no means assured at this point. The EU Ambassador believes that enough momentum has de [...] | 2008-10-31 11:30:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON PREF EU PINR IBRD EIB CD |
08NDJAMENA517 | CHADIAN OPPOSITION PARTIES COMPLAIN GOC NOT [...] (SBU) The main association of Chadian opposition parties, the CPDC, complained to the Ambassador that the GoC is not implementing the August 13 Accord (the electoral reform agreement signed in August 2007) in good faith, and that therefore credible elections could not be held in 2009. They m [...] | 2008-11-07 11:29:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREF EU FR AU UN CD |
08NDJAMENA524 | EU READOUT OF FIRST DAY OF DAKAR ACCORD TECHNICAL TALKS IN [...] (SBU) The EU Special Envoy for Sudan and Eastern Chad, AMB Torben Brylle, gave us NOV 13 a readout on the first day of the technical military experts talks that took place on NOV 12. We inform addressees of its content in paras 2-5, below. 2. (SBU) The NOV 12 meeting was cut short and s [...] | 2008-11-13 10:23:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL LY SU KPKO UN AU EU CD |
08NDJAMENA530 | CHAD OPPOSITION, PESSIMISTIC ABOUT ELECTION [...] (C) The leaders of the main opposition parties told AMB November 12 that they are increasingly pessimistic that legislative and communal elections will be held in 2009, primarily because, absent external pressure, they say that President Deby has no real interest in electoral reform or the ho [...] | 2008-11-17 13:36:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PREF UN EU SU CD |
08NDJAMENA83 | GOC ASKS FOR U.S. ASSISTANCE IN DEVELOPMENT FOR EASTERN [...] (U) AMBASSADOR CALLED MARCH 4 ON YOUSSOUF SALEH ABBAS, PRESIDENTIAL COUNSELOR FOR INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS AND RECENTLY APPOINTED SPECIAL PRESIDENTIAL REPRESENTATIVE FOR MINURCAT AND EUFOR IN CHAD, AND AS SUCH, CHIEF OF A NEW GOC AGENCY, THE NATIONAL COMMITTEE FOR INTERNATIONAL FORCES IN CHAD (CON [...] | 2008-03-10 13:51:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PREF EAID CD EU |
08NEWDELHI1825 | INDIA: KOSOVO RECOGNITION DEMARCHE DELIVERED; NO [...] (C) A/PolCouns delivered reftel demarche on "Kosovo recognition, donors conference, IMF and World Bank membership following UN reconfiguration" to External Affairs Ministry Joint Secretary (Americas) Gaitri Kumar on June 30. In a July 1 follow up with Kumar's staff, Americas Director Vani Rao [...] | 2008-07-02 06:31:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UN UNMIK PGOV YI EU KPKO KV IN |
08NEWDELHI454 | INDIA UNDECIDED ON KOSOVO INDEPENDENCE [...] (C) The Ambassador urged Indian Foreign Secretary Shivshankar Menon February 11 to join the U.S. and key European countries in recognizing Kosovo's independence as early as possible after its expected declaration (reftel). Recognition from India would indicate global solidarity and help stave off i [...] | 2008-02-12 11:53:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UN UNMIK PGOV YI EU IN |
08NEWDELHI502 | INDIA REMAINS UNCOMMITTED ON KOSOVO INDEPENDENCE [...] (C) Reporting on a joint UK-Germany demarche delivered February 14 to the Ministry of External Affairs Secretary (West),Nalin Surie, British High Commission Poloff Simon Atkinson told Post that India remains uncommitted on the question of recognizing Kosovo's expected declaration of independe [...] | 2008-02-15 13:11:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UN UNMIK PGOV YI EU IN |
08NICOSIA115 | FM TAKING HARD LINE OVER GAERC'S KOSOVO CONCLUSIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: RoC Foreign Minister Erato Marcoullis informed the Ambassador February 15 that Cyprus opposed GAERC conclusions that suggested a common EU platform to recognize Kosovo's independence declaration and thereby flout UNSCR 1244. END SUMMARY. -------------------------------- Dem [...] | 2008-02-15 16:04:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EU UNMIK YI |
08NICOSIA992 | CYPRUS: BARROSO TO TALAT - "CONCENTRATE ON THE [...] (C) Summary: Turkish Cypriot Leader Mehmet Ali Talat's December 9-11 visit to Brussels was not particularly productive, according to two Turkish Cypriot (T/C) contacts who accompanied him. European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso largely had turned a deaf ear to T/C entreaties for e [...] | 2008-12-29 06:21:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EU CY TU |
08NOUAKCHOTT627 | DIPLOMATIC DISCORD ON NEXT STEPS [...] (C) Summary: The first "UNDP Group" meeting following the failure of the October 20 Paris talks highlighted substantial difference between Western missions on the way forward -- centered primarily on the definition of what a "return to constitutional order" means in practical terms. European [...] | 2008-10-26 19:30:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EU MR |
08OSLO102 | NORWEGIANS RECEIVE CUBA DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-26 06:37:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EU CU NO |
08OSLO246 | ITALY, TURKEY INVITED TO AHLC [...] No summary [...] | 2008-04-30 07:11:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | EU IT PA PGOV PREL NO |
08OSLO368 | (C) NORWAY PLEDGING PLANS FOR KOSOVO DONORS' [...] (C) Poloff met with West Balkans MFA section head Nils Kamsvaag, who confirmed that Norway would pledge approximately $26 million dollars for this year in aid to Kosovo at the July 11 donor's conference. The MFA has requested approximately $80 million over the next three years, but this has no [...] | 2008-07-02 05:39:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNAUS UNMIK PGOV YI EU KPKO KV NO |
08OSLO506 | NORWAY AND US ON THE SAME PAGE FOR AHLC [...] (C) Poloff met with Signe Gilen, Senior Advisor in the MFA Near East section, to deliver reftel points. Gilen will attend the AHLC meeting in NYC along with FM Stoere. Gilen responded very positively to the USG objectives in reftel, as they also reflect GON priorities, especially improving the [...] | 2008-09-12 15:17:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID EU KPAL PGOV PREL IS WBG NO |
08OSLO532 | NORWAY UNLIKELY TO REPROGRAM FUNDS FOR KOSOVO DEBT [...] (SBU) Poloff met with Toril Langlete, Senior Advisor in the West Balkan section of the MFA to deliver reftel points. Langlete said it was highly unlikely that Norway would be able to reprogram funds for the Kosovo Debt Management Support Program (KDMSP). Norway has pledged 48.38 million Euro [...] | 2008-09-29 12:56:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID EFIN EINV PREL EU KV NO |
08OTTAWA1257 | CANADA-EU TRADE PROPOSAL MAY RIVAL SCOPE OF NAFTA...OR NOT. [...] No summary [...] | 2008-09-22 12:45:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON EAGR EIND EFIN ELAB CA EU |
08OTTAWA219 | CANADIAN QUESTIONS ON KOSOVO [...] (U) This is an action request -- see para 3. 2. (C) According to Department of Foreign Affairs Director General for Central, East, and South Europe Robert Hage, the Cabinet Committee during the week of February 4 had agreed that Canada could not be in the first wave of countries to reco [...] | 2008-02-12 20:06:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UN UNMIK PGOV YI EU CA |
08OTTAWA246 | CANADA STILL NOT READY TO RECOGNIZE KOSOVO -- YET [...] (C) Ambassador has a call in to Foreign Minister Maxime Bernier, who is on an official visit to Colombia (followed by Haiti and South Korea) so Ambassador can convey ref a demarche. DCM discussed recognition of Kosovo with Deputy Foreign Minister Len Edwards on February 15, and Edwards reit [...] | 2008-02-19 19:30:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UN UNMIK YI EU KV CA |
08OTTAWA251 | FOREIGN MINISTER BERNIER ON KOSOVO [...] (C) The Ambassador reached Canadian Foreign Minister Bernier by phone in Colombia (the FM is on a Latin America visit). Saying he had been asked by the Secretary to call, Ambassador strongly urged Canada to join the U.S. and its other allies in recognizing Kosovo's independence. Minister B [...] | 2008-02-19 22:29:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KV YI EU CA |
08OTTAWA312 | CANADIAN AID TO KOSOVO (AND BALKANS) TO END BY 2010 [...] (C) Acting Director General for Europe of the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) Sean Boyd confirmed to PolMinCouns on February 29 that Canada was in the processing of "wrapping up" all of its assistance programs in the Balkans, including Kosovo, with an end date of 2010. He n [...] | 2008-02-29 19:37:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID EU KV CA |
08OTTAWA392 | CANADA TO RECOGNIZE KOSOVO ON MARCH 18 [...] (C) According to Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade Director General for Central, East, and South Europe Robert Hage, Canada will formally announce its official recognition of Kosovo's independence later on March 18, following in the wake of Japan's March 17 announcement as [...] | 2008-03-18 15:37:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EU KV CA |
08OTTAWA395 | CANADIAN RECOGNITION OF KOSOVO [...] (U) In a statement on March 18, Foreign Minister Maxime Bernier announced Canada's recognition that Kosovo's independence was now an "international reality," without being a precedent (reftel). Full statement in para 3. 2. (U) The Serbian Ambassador to Ottawa told the media on March 18 [...] | 2008-03-18 19:53:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL EU KV CA |
08OTTAWA404 | CANADA AGREES WITH U.S. CALL FOR COMMON APPROACH [...] (U) This is an action request -- see para three. 2. (SBU) Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Senior Policy Adviser for Non-proliferation and Disarmament Michael Blackmore confirmed on March 20 that Canada is in "full agreement" with reftel points. In particular [...] | 2008-03-20 16:54:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL AORC KPAO PTER UNSC EU CA |
08OTTAWA565 | LIKELY CANADIAN SUPPORT FOR PRISONERS OF [...] (C) According to Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Human Rights, Gender Equality, Health, and Population Division official Chantale Walker, Canada is "sympathetic to the goals" of the US-EU Prisoners of Conscience Declaration, and has no specific concerns with it. [...] | 2008-04-23 19:39:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL EU CA |
08OTTAWA581 | CANADA AND AD HOC LIAISON COMMITTEE MEETING [...] No summary [...] | 2008-04-24 20:44:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CA EAID EU IS KPAL PGOV PREL WBG |
08PANAMA126 | PANAMA: KOSOVO INDEPENDENCE DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (C) "I will consult immediately with the Foreign Minister," Acting FM Ricardo "Dicky" Duran told POLCOUNS on February 11 in response to delivery of reftel demarche. Initially viewing the demarche through actions that the might be taken on the UNSC, Duran noted that Panama's Ambassador to the U [...] | 2008-02-11 19:26:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNMIK UN UNSC YI EU PM |
08PANAMA168 | PANAMA: CUBA DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-26 17:16:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EU CU PM |
08PANAMA169 | PANAMA: KOSOVO STATEMENT RELEASED BY COUNCIL ON [...] (C) Panama "imposes upon itself a position of neutrality that favors dialogue between the parties," Panama's National Council on Foreign Relations (CONAREX) in its press release on February 25. First VP and FM Samuel Lewis told Ambassador February 21 that he would convene this advisory council [...] | 2008-02-27 00:31:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNMIK UN UNSC YI EU PM |
08PANAMA255 | PANAMA: ADDITIONAL KOSOVO RECOGNITION DEMARCHE [...] (C) "We are working with the Central American Integration System (SICA) to see if we pull together several of our neighbors to join Panama in recognizing Kosovo," First VP and FM Samuel Lewis told Ambassador March 26 in response to reftel demarche. "Panama has no problem recognizing Kosovo, bu [...] | 2008-03-28 14:58:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNAUS UNMIK YI EU MY PM UV |
08PANAMA328 | PANAMA: CLOSE TO CENTAM DEAL ON KOSOVO RECOGNITION [...] (C) "I think that we are close to a deal on joint recognition of Kosovo," First VP and FM Samuel Lewis told Ambassador on April 25 in response to reftel demarche. Except for Nicaragua, which was unlikely to recognize, and Costa Rica, which already had, Lewis acknowledged that El Salvador, Hond [...] | 2008-04-25 15:20:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNMIK YI EU ES CO EC PM |
08PANAMA532 | PANAMA: KOSOVO RECOGNITION DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (C) Ambassador presented reftel demarche to First VP and FM Samuel Lewis on June 30 on the margins of President Torrijos' farewell lunch in honor of the Ambassador. In addition to raising reftel points, Ambassador noted that Panama had previously indicated it would recognize Panama "soon, but [...] | 2008-07-01 14:48:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPKO UNMIK UN YI EU PM |
08PARAMARIBO56 | RESOLVING KOSOVO'S STATUS: SURINAME POSITION [...] (C) DCM met on February 8 with Ms. Rosita Hubard, the Acting Head of the International Organizations Division of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) to discuss Kosovo independence. The MFA does not currently support independence for Kosovo. 2. (C) Prior to the meeting Ms. Hubard had co [...] | 2008-02-13 21:17:00 | Embassy Paramaribo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UN UNMIK YI EU NS |
08PARAMARIBO63 | ENCOURAGING RECOGNITION OF KOSOVO [...] (C) As previously noted in reftel B, DCM met on February 8 with Ministry of Foreign Affairs Acting Head of the International Organizations Rosita Hubard, who indicated that the GOS does not support independence for Kosovo, citing "terrritorial integrity and unity of the state." Despited entr [...] | 2008-02-15 20:27:00 | Embassy Paramaribo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNMIK YI EU NS UN |
08PARAMARIBO74 | PARAMARIBO - DEMARCHE: ADVANCING THE US POSITION [...] (SBU) Regretably, and despite numerous attempts, Ambassador was unable to contact high level GOS Foreign Ministry officials on Sunday, February 24, to deliver reftel demarche points. However, Ambassador did succeed in contacting MFA Permanent Secretary Jane Aarland-Nanhu on February 25. In [...] | 2008-02-25 19:12:00 | Embassy Paramaribo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EU CU NS |
08PARAMARIBO81 | PARAMARIBO FOLLOW-UP: ADVANCING THE U.S. POSITION [...] (SBU) With regret, Post advises that GOS policy with respect to Cuba has not changed. As confirmed in the Ambassador's February 28 follow-up telcon with MFA Permanent Secretary Jane Aarland-Nanhu, Suriname continues to enjoy SIPDIS friendly relations with the GOC. Aarland-Nanhu advised tha [...] | 2008-02-28 17:21:00 | Embassy Paramaribo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EU CU NS |
08PARIS1071 | FRENCH BIOTECH FINALLY ADOPTED - MORE TO COME [...] Summary: On May 22, France adopted a biotech bill after weeks of rancorous debate within the Parliament. The bill theoretically guarantees French farmers and consumers the right to produce and consume with or without GMOs. However, ministerial decrees implementing the legislation will define [...] | 2008-06-04 14:46:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR SENV ECON ETRD EU FR |
08PARIS1315 | EMISSIONS CONSENSUS WITH A GMO KICKER CLAIMED FOR EU ENERGY/ENVIRONMENT MEETING [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-10 16:46:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG SENV EAGR EU FR |
08PARIS1330 | SARKOZY'S PRIORITIES FOR ENVIRONMENT AND ENERGY DURING [...] (U) Summary: France has made energy and climate change the top priority for its EU Presidency. The EU Work Program, recent actions by the European Parliament, and the meetings of Environment and Energy Ministers from the 27 member countries shed further light on the French Presidency's objecti [...] | 2008-07-11 16:50:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG SENV FR EU |
08PARIS1353 | FRENCH TRADE MINISTER GIVES NO GROUND ON DOHA - EXPRESSES [...] (C) Summary: French Trade Minister Idrac gave Ambassador Stapleton no indication that France is prepared to support a WTO agreement at this time. She described the July 18 Special EU Council meeting as "normal" in advance of the July 21 mini-Ministerial on Doha, and underlined that France will [...] | 2008-07-16 17:26:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD PGOV PREL WTO EU FR |
08PARIS1412 | GOF CONSULTING ON ANIMAL CLONING [...] Summary and Background: The French Ministry of Agriculture (MinAg) is currently holding consultations on animal cloning in order to prepare a national regulatory framework on the issue. The MinAg is using the French Advisory Committee on Food (in French, "Conseil national de l'Alimentation", [...] | 2008-07-23 16:51:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR SENV ECON ETRD EU FR |
08PARIS1708 | FRENCH READOUT OF EU MISSION TO MOSCOW AND NEXT [...] (C/NF) Summary. On September 10, Political M/C met with Damien Loras, Advisor to President Sarkozy on Russia and the Caucasus, who provided a readout of President Sarkozy,'s September 8 trip to Moscow and the reasoning behind the provisions in the final agreement on Georgia. Despite the dif [...] | 2008-09-11 17:11:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL GG RU FR EU |
08PARIS1745 | MORE FROM EU SPECIAL REP FOR GEORGIA AND FRENCH [...] (C) Summary: EU Special Representative for the Georgia Crisis Pierre Morel took a few minutes from intensive preparations for the EU/Central Asia forum to discuss his thinking about preparations for the mid-October Geneva meeting on Georgia. As noted in reftel, he plans to visit New York a [...] | 2008-09-17 17:47:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PBTS MARR FR GG RS EU UN |
08PARIS1777 | ENERGY SECURITY: FRENCH GOALS ON CENTRAL [...] (SBU) Summary. In a September 17 meeting with MFA Director for Economic Affairs Christian Masset, Special Envoy for Eurasia Energy C. Boyden Gray shared concerns over Caspian Basin supply diversification issues and the need for greater EU engagement with Central Asia. Masset told Gray the is [...] | 2008-09-23 16:27:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG ZK PREL FR EU |
08PARIS1868 | France's Societal Preferences Trade Initiative - [...] (SBU) Summary: French initiatives to incorporate societal preferences into European trade policy were the theme of a lunch we hosted with agriculture, econ and commercial counterparts from Canada, Australia, New Zealand and Brazil, The friendlies have been watching recent developments with c [...] | 2008-10-09 17:18:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD EAGR SENV SOCI EU |
08PARIS1894 | CLONES AND CLONE PRODUCTS DENOUNCED BY FRENCH ADVISORY [...] Summary: The release on the market of products sourced from cloned animals and their offspring should be prohibited according to the October 14 conclusions of the French Advisory Committee on Food (Conseil national de l'Alimentation.) The CNA is an official advisory body. Its conclusions were [...] | 2008-10-15 18:52:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR SENV ECON ETRD EU FR |
08PARIS2146 | FRENCH ENVIRONMENT NEGOTIATOR UNDERSTANDS US ENGAGEMENT IN [...] (SBU) Summary: French climate negotiator Brice Lalonde told EMIN that he understands that the new administration will need time to organize and he looks forward to working with Under Secretary Dobriansky in Poznan. EMIN also explained our position on the EU Renewable Fuels Directive, especiall [...] | 2008-11-24 10:37:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV ENRG KGHG EU FR |
08PARIS2178 | BURMA: FRANCE CONCERNED ABOUT BANK MEASURES IN EU [...] (C) France wants to adjust EU sanctions on Burma to address banking sector concerns but will not accept any weakening of measures against the Junta, MFA DAS- equivalent for Southeast Asia Frederic Laplanche told us December 1 in response to reftel points. With respect to restructuring specif [...] | 2008-12-02 12:55:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EREL ETTC EFIN FR EU MY |
08PARIS2182 | FRANCE: SARKOZY'S JANUARY COLLOQUIUM [...] (C) Summary: Eric Besson, the Junior Minister organizing the recently announced January 8-9 Paris Conference (now titled "New World: New Capitalism; Values, Development and Regulation"),dropped by a scheduled Embassy meeting with his staff December 2 to underline that this conference is "not a [...] | 2008-12-02 17:29:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PGOV PREL WTO EU FR |
08PARIS2183 | FRENCH WELCOME BIOFUELS "SUSTAINABILITY" DEMARCHE [...] (SBU) Summary: Embassy delivered reftel points to French Ministries of Agriculture, Economy and Environment. The Agriculture Ministry told us that the EU is still discussing the biofuels sustainability and criteria issue, and that they still hope to resolve the issue by the end of the French P [...] | 2008-12-03 07:39:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KGHG EAGR SENV ENRG TRGY EUN EU FR |
08PARIS2184 | FRENCH ENVIRONMENT NEGOTIATOR UNDERSTANDS US ENGAGEMENT IN [...] (SBU) Summary: French climate negotiator Brice Lalonde told EMIN that he understands that the new administration will need time to organize and he looks forward to working with Under Secretary Dobriansky in Poznan. EMIN also explained our position on the EU Renewable Fuels Directive, especiall [...] | 2008-12-03 07:40:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV ENRG KGHG EU FR |
08PARIS2213 | French welcome Biofuels "sustainability" Demarche [...] (SBU) Summary: In response to reftel, the Embassy has reached out to French Government officials in the Ministries of Agriculture, Economy and Environment. The Agriculture Ministry told us that the EU is still discussing the biofuels sustainability and criteria issue, and that they still hope [...] | 2008-12-08 07:04:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KGHG EAGR SENV ENRG TRGY EUN EU FR |
08PARIS2222 | FRANCE PUSHES RENEWABLE ENERGIES DESPITE COUNTERCURRENTS [...] Summary. France has unveiled an ambitious national plan to double the share of renewables in total energy consumption to 23 percent by 2020. At present, hydropower accounts for 12 percent. Apart from biofuels for transportation, the new renewable electricity plan will target photovoltaic (PV) [...] | 2008-12-08 17:31:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KGHG SENV ENRG TRGY EU FR |
08PARIS2223 | French Agriculture Minister's Letter to Commerce Secretary [...] (SBU) French Agriculture and Fisheries (MAP) Minister Barnier sent a letter to US Commerce Secretary Gutierrez responding to the Embassy's demarches requesting information for the January 2009 Magnuson-Stevens Act report now being prepared by the Commerce Department's National Marine Fisheries [...] | 2008-12-08 17:32:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIS ETRD SENV ICCAT EU FR |
08PARIS2249 | FRENCH BIOTECH AUTHORITY CREATED AS ECJ FINES FRANCE [...] Summary: On December 7, France announced the creation of a new biotech evaluation authority in the French Official Journal. The declaration of the new "competent authority," called The High Biotech Committee, preceded, but did not halt, the imposition of a 10 million euro fine by the European C [...] | 2008-12-11 14:33:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR SENV ECON ETRD EU FR |
08PARIS2259 | FRANCE: SARKOZY'S JANUARY COLLOQUIUM - INVITATION TO NEW [...] (SBU) Summary: Embassy has received a formal invitation from the GOF inviting Ambassador Stapleton and representatives of the new U.S. Administration to participate in the recently announced January 8-9 Paris Colloquium on: New World, New Capitalism. Copies of the invitation and draft program [...] | 2008-12-12 14:17:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PGOV PREL WTO EU FR |
08PARIS2341 | FRANCE ON POSSIBLE RUSSIA - UKRAINE GAS SUPPLY DISRUPTIONS [...] (SBU) Econ Counselor raised reftel points on the Russia/Ukraine gas dispute with MFA Acting Director for Economic and Financial Affairs Philippe Meunier on 12/30. Meunier said guidance issued by the MFA on 12/22 remained extant: France had been in touch with other EU member states as well as t [...] | 2008-12-30 16:50:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET ECON PREL UP EU FR |
08PARIS258 | FRANCE LOBBYING OSCE CAPITALS ON KOSOVO ISSUE [...] (C) Camille Grand, MFA DAS-equivalent for OSCE affairs, thanked the U.S. on February 13 for its engagement with capitals on efforts to prevent Serbia from invoking the Berlin Mechanism at the OSCE over the Kosovo issue. Grand explained that Paris began similar demarches in OSCE capitals last [...] | 2008-02-13 16:59:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNAUS UNMIK PGOV YI EU OSCE FR |
08PARIS272 | FRANCE EVALUATING EU SANCTIONS ON UZBEKISTAN; FM [...] (C) SUMMARY: France is currently working with its EU partners to review the utility of ongoing EU sanctions on Uzbekistan, MFA officials told us on February 12. The sanctions come up for official review in May 2008. While France does not believe that the Karimov regime has made a radically p [...] | 2008-02-15 13:00:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PINR EU EUN UZ FR |
08PARIS354 | FRENCH SENATOR ON BIOTECH: FRANCE WILL SEEK TO BROADEN [...] (SBU) Summary: On February 20, EMIN and AGR officers met with French Senator Jean-Francois Le Grand to discuss French perspectives on biotech. Le Grand, who played a key role in the QGrenelle consultative process that ultimately resulted in French invocation of the safeguard clause on MON810 [...] | 2008-02-28 13:10:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR SENV ECON ETRD EU FR |
08PARIS365 | GOF WANTS TO IMPROVE NATO-EU COOPERATION [...] (C) On February 29, Political M/C met with Philippe Carre, A/S-equivalent for Strategic Affairs at the MFA, to discuss the demarche on improving NATO-EU cooperation (reftel). Carre was pleased to receive our message, because the current impasse has been both frustrating and worrisome for the [...] | 2008-03-03 11:01:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NATO MOPS EU FR TU CY |
08PARIS431 | DEATH OF EUFOR SOLDIER IN SUDAN: FRENCH [...] (C) Romain Serman, AF-advisor at the French Presidency, briefed acting AF-watcher and UK Embassy Paris AF-watcher Lucy Joyce on March 10 concerning Chad/Sudan/EUFOR. Septels will report other parts of the briefing. Serman provided a detailed account of the death of the EUFOR solider in Suda [...] | 2008-03-10 17:21:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MOPS KPKO UNSC AU SU CD EU FR |
08PARIS614 | FRENCH TV FILM ATTACKS US BIOTECH REGIME [...] Summary: On March 11, French public TV channel ARTE broadcasted a film entitled "The World According to Monsanto," by freelance journalist Marie-Monique Robin. A book by the same name was released soon thereafter. Given the wide publicity generated by this film (for sale on line on ARTE's w [...] | 2008-04-02 15:09:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR SENV ECON ETRD EU FR |
08PARIS714 | FOOD FIGHT IN NATIONAL ASSEMBLY OVER BIOTECH BILL [...] (SBU) Summary: On April 9 the National Assembly adopted a new biotech bill by a vote of 249 to 228 (the narrowest margin since President Sarkozy took office) after 36 hours of tense debate. The bill, which will now go to the Senate for a second reading, establishes a framework for biotech app [...] | 2008-04-15 14:44:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR SENV ECON ETRD EU FR |
08PARIS78 | FRANCE TO INVOKE SAFEGUARD CLAUSE AGAINST MON 810 [...] (SBU) On the evening of January 11 the office of the Prime Minister issued a press release initiating the safeguard clause against MON 810 in France until a reevaluation of this variety occurs at the European level. The GOF justified this action by applying the precautionary principle, which i [...] | 2008-01-14 17:28:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR SENV ECON ETRD KPAO EU FR |
08PARIS98 | GROWING CRITICISM IN FRANCE ON GM SAFEGUARD [...] (U) Summary : France's decision to initiate the safeguard clause against Mon 810 (Reftel A),has been widely criticized by a growing number of scientists, parliamentarians and farm organizations as lacking scientific basis. A number of press articles have echoed their criticisms that the GOF's [...] | 2008-01-18 15:40:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR SENV ECON ETRD EU FR |
08PORTAUPRINCE240 | HAITIAN RESPONSE: PRIORITY LOBBYING FOR KOSOVO [...] (C) Ambassador spoke with Minister of Foreign Affairs Jean Renald Clerisme February 15 and delivered reftel demarche. Clerisme took note of the US concerns and indicated that any decision on recognizing Kosovo's independence would be made at the Presidential level. He stated that he would be [...] | 2008-02-15 19:48:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UN UNMIK PGOV YI EU HA |
08PORTAUPRINCE286 | HAITI STILL UNDECIDED ON KOSOVO INDEPENDENCE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-21 16:08:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL UNMIK HA YI KV EU |
08PRAGUE586 | CZECHS WILL NOT ATTEND MONROVIA DEVELOPMENT [...] (SBU) Summary: No one from the Czech Republic will attend the Monrovia Development Ministers Meeting due to other priorities, including preparations for the upcoming Czech EU presidency. The GOCR concentrates its assistance on ten long-term priority countries -- including Iraq and Afghanist [...] | 2008-08-29 06:20:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PREL EZ EU |
08PRAGUE696 | USDP EDELMAN,S 21 OCTOBER MEETINGS IN PRAGUE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-11-05 08:51:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL EZ NATO EPET ENER MARR EU |
08PRAGUE729 | SE GRAY DISCUSSES SOUTHERN CORRIDOR, TEC IN [...] (C) Summary: U.S. Special Envoy for Eurasian Energy C. Boyden Gray stressed the importance of getting Caspian gas to Europe and the value of continuing the Transatlantic Economic Council (TEC) during a November 7-11 visit to Prague to discuss energy and the upcoming Czech EU Presidency. The C [...] | 2008-11-24 16:25:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET ECON PREL PGOV EU EZ |
08RABAT38 | NEXT WEEK'S 5 PLUS 5 AND EU-AMU MEETINGS IN RABAT [...] (C) MFA Director General for Bilateral Affairs Youssef Amrani (P-level) confirmed to DCM and PolCouns on January 14 that Morocco would be hosting the 5 plus 5 and AMU/EU meetings next week. The Foreign Ministers of the 5 plus 5 (France, Spain, Portugal, Italy and Malta, plus the 5 AMU states [...] | 2008-01-16 08:48:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EU ZM MO |
08REYKJAVIK263 | ICELAND: CAN THIS COALITION BE SAVED? [...] (C/NF) Summary: Public support for Iceland's government has fallen below 50 percent in the wake of the financial crisis here, and cracks are beginning to widen between the two coalition parties as weekly demonstrations grow in size and fervor. PM Haarde's Independence Party (IP) has taken th [...] | 2008-11-10 18:15:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL ECON EU IC |
08REYKJAVIK279 | Foreign Minister Assesses Icelandic Domestic and Foreign [...] (U) At a November 28 lunch hosted by the Danish Ambassador, the dean of the diplomatic corps, Foreign Minister Gisladottir told the assembled heads of mission she viewed Iceland's financial collapse as part of a global meltdown that must be resolved globally. In a pointed repudiation of the ha [...] | 2008-12-01 16:57:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON EU IC |
08RIGA462 | LATVIA: LOOK TO FRENCH PRESIDENCY ON CHANGES TO [...] No summary [...] | 2008-08-08 14:31:00 | Embassy Riga | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETTC KAWC ICTY BK EU LG |
08RIGA521 | LATVIA SUPPORTS EU OBSERVER MISSION IN GEORGIA [...] (C) DCM and Pol-Econ Chief met for lunch with Edgars Skuja, MFA U/S for Bilateral Affairs, on August 27. In discussions regarding Georgia, Skuja mentioned that at the August 28 EU COREPER meeting, Latvia would push for a strong, unanimous statement from the September 1 European Council regard [...] | 2008-08-27 14:25:00 | Embassy Riga | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EU RS GG LG |
08RIGA522 | LATVIA OPEN TO REVIEW OF BELARUS VISA BAN LIST [...] No summary [...] | 2008-08-28 14:46:00 | Embassy Riga | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV CVIS EU BO LG |
08RIGA727 | LATVIA STILL NOT FOCUSED ON BIOFUEL SUSTAINABILITY [...] PolEconOff delivered reftel points to Juris Stalmeisters, director of the MFA Economic Relations Department and discussed with other officials from the Ministry of Environment and MFA. There was no substantive response. As in previous discussions of biofuel sustainability, the GOL has demonst [...] | 2008-11-26 14:22:00 | Embassy Riga | UNCLASSIFIED | KGHG EAGR SENV ENRG TRGY EUN EU LG |
08RIODEJANEIRO346 | READOUT OF BRAZIL-EU SUMMIT, DECEMBER 22-23, 2008 [...] (U) Summary: Brazilian President Lula hosted the second European Union (EU) - Brazil Summit in Rio de Janeiro on December 22-23, 2008. The EU was represented by French President Nicolas Sarkozy and EU Commission President Jose Manuel Durao Barroso. The international financial and economic c [...] | 2008-12-24 17:04:00 | Consulate Rio De Janeiro | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PARM ENRG EPET SENV FR RS EU BR |
08RIYADH1033 | SAUDIS CONSIDER ATTENDING KOSOVO DONOR'S CONFERENCE [...] (C) Riyadh Political Counselor delivered Reftel A demarche to Saudi Ministry of Foreign Affairs Western Affairs Director Ra'ad Krimley on July 2. Krimley informed us he was aware of the invitation for the SAG to attend the July 11 Kosovo Donor's Conference in Brussels, adding that the Kosovars [...] | 2008-07-02 13:49:00 | Embassy Riyadh | CONFIDENTIAL | EU EUN KPKO PGOV PREL SA UNC YI UNMIK UN KV |
08RIYADH1035 | SAUDI KING ON MADRID INTER-FAITH CONFERENCE [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a June 29 meeting with Senator John Kerry (D-MA) in Jeddah, Saudi King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Saud elaborated on furthering global religious tolerance and combating extremism through the Inter-Faith Dialogue he launched, where the next step will be a multi-faith conference, [...] | 2008-07-06 13:12:00 | Embassy Riyadh | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC CIA EU EUN KISL PGOV PHUM PREL PTER SA |
08RIYADH1090 | INTERFAITH DIALOGUE IN MADRID - AGENDA AND MUSLIM [...] (C) SUMMARY. The Muslim World League (MWL),under the auspices of Saudi King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, has organized a global interfaith dialogue in Madrid from July 16-18 (Reftels). This is a ground breaking event as the Saudis have organized an event that puts Christianity and Judais [...] | 2008-07-15 05:59:00 | Embassy Riyadh | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC CIA EU EUN KISL PGOV PHUM PREL PTER SA |
08RIYADH1170 | KING ABDULLAH'S INTERFAITH DIALOGUE AND THE MADRID [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY. The Saudi-hosted Madrid Conference for Interfaith Dialogue won King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Saud praise from local media and Embassy contacts alike. It has the potential to lead to greater religious tolerance, with the tangible effect of defusing extremism and associated ter [...] | 2008-07-30 05:22:00 | Embassy Riyadh | SECRET//NOFORN | ASEC CIA EU EUN KDEM KISL KMDR KPAO PGOV |
08RIYADH1190 | SAUDIS SLOWLY MOVING TOWARD KOSOVO RECOGNITION [...] (S) SUMMARY. According to the no. 3 official in the Saudi Foreign Ministry, the Saudi Arabian Government (SAG) is slowly moving toward official SAG recognition of Kosovo. He ascribed the SAG's reluctance to recognize the newly independent Balkan republic heretofore to concern over Russian se [...] | 2008-08-04 10:37:00 | Embassy Riyadh | SECRET | EU EUN FR GR KPKO PGOV PREL RS SA UNC KV YI |
08RIYADH1245 | TOPICS FOR ABDULLAH/MUBARAK MEETING: EGYPTIAN DCM [...] (S) SUMMARY: On August 13, at Egyptian request, Pol Counselor met with Riyadh Egyptian DCM Hussam Essa. Essa expressed grave concerns over continued Iranian nuclear ambitions, noting that this topic would be an agenda item in the upcoming meeting between Saudi King Abdullah and President Mub [...] | 2008-08-14 10:43:00 | Embassy Riyadh | SECRET | EG EU IR IS IZ MU PGOV PREL SA UNC UNGA |
08RIYADH1270 | SAUDIS FIND THEIR VOICE ON INTERFAITH DIALOGUE [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: Public opinion on religious tolerance in Saudi Arabia continues to develop in the wake of King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz's Madrid Conference on Interfaith Dialogue. Senior SAG officials railed against the USG's lack of public support after the Conference concluded. Conservative S [...] | 2008-08-19 04:55:00 | Embassy Riyadh | SECRET | ASEC CIA EU EUN KDEM KISL KMDR KPAO PGOV |
08RIYADH1272 | READOUT OF ABDULLAH-MUBARAK MEETING BY EGYPTIAN [...] (S) SUMMARY. Riyadh Egyptian DCM Hussam Essa provided a readout of the Saudi King Abdullah-Egyptian President Mubarak meeting held in Cairo on Aug. 15. Essa again relayed the message that Egypt asks to have side discussions on Iran during the next 6 2 1 meetings, as well being kept infor [...] | 2008-08-20 04:57:00 | Embassy Riyadh | SECRET | EG EU IR IS IZ MU PGOV PREL SA UNC UNGA |
08RIYADH1346 | SAUDIS REQUEST USG SUPPORT FOR U.N. SESSION ON [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 6. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Saudi Foreign Minister Saud al-Faisal will call for UN endorsement of Saudi King Abdullah's Interfaith Dialogue initiative in his address to the upcoming 2008 U.N. General Assembly. A Saudi MFA official revealed that t [...] | 2008-09-02 04:35:00 | Embassy Riyadh | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC CIA EU EUN KDEM KISL KMDR KPAO PGOV |
08RIYADH1630 | ARAB LEAGUE CONVENES FIRST CONSUMER AND BRAND [...] (C) Summary: Members of the Arab League convened the first "Arab Consumer and Brand Protection Forum" October 19-21 in Jeddah. Over 500 attendees from both the public and private sector heard speakers on topics such as: combating counterfeit production and trade; increasing criminal prosecut [...] | 2008-10-29 13:40:00 | Embassy Riyadh | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON KIPR KPAO ETRD EINV PGOV EU AL SA |
08RIYADH586 | SAUDI FM: RECOGNITION OF KOSOVO WILL TAKE MORE TIME [...] (C) In a meeting with Saudi Foreign Minister Saud al-Faisal on April 6, the Ambassador queried him on the SAG's intentions regarding the recognition of Kosovo. Saud responded that Saudi Arabia will likely recognize Kosovo in "the next few months," but provided no further information on timing [...] | 2008-04-07 13:27:00 | Embassy Riyadh | CONFIDENTIAL | EU EUN PGOV PREL SA SR UNMIK YI |
08RIYADH666 | EU/SWISS POSITIONS ON SAUDI PHRMA PRICING ISSUES [...] (SBU) Summary. Econoffs delivered reftel points to Swiss and European Union (EU) officials on April 19. The Swiss Ambassador believes he needs further instructions from the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs in Bern to take additional measures to advocate for the pharmaceutical industry [...] | 2008-04-25 12:37:00 | Embassy Riyadh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EINV USTR SA EU SZ |
08RIYADH80 | SAUDIS OFFER TO ASSIST ON KOSOVO [...] (S) SUMMARY. In delivery of reftel demarche on Kosovo independence, the SAG expressed a possible willingness to engage the Russians and/or other governments to ensure a peaceful outcome should Kosovo unilaterally declare independence. Post requests guidance from the Department on what action [...] | 2008-01-21 08:28:00 | Embassy Riyadh | SECRET | PGOV PNAT PREL SA YI EU UN UNMIK |
08RIYADH986 | RUSSIAN ARMS SALE TO SAUDI - DELAYED [...] (S) In a routine diplomatic reception on June 18 hosted by the Canadian Embassy in Riyadh which included diplomatic representatives from various Embassies, Acting Pol Counselor inquired with Russian Political Counselor Alexander Bagdatiev on the status of the Russian weapons sale to Saudi Arabi [...] | 2008-06-24 05:16:00 | Embassy Riyadh | SECRET | ASEC CIA ECON EU INRA MASS MCAP MOPS NATO |
08ROME1306 | BOSNIA: ITALY CONCERNED ABOUT ANTI-DAYTON RHETORIC [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel points to MFA Balkans Office Director Raimondo De Cardona on October 28. De Cardona noted that Italy was concerned about increasing anti-Dayton rhetoric coming from Silajdzic and Dodik and the inability of political parties to move beyond narrow political, and often [...] | 2008-10-28 15:47:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV BK EU IT |
08ROME1354 | WASHINGTON WORLD ECONOMY SUMMIT - MORE ON ITALIAN [...] (C) Summary -- A top advisor to the Minister of Economics and Finance told econoffs November 5 that Italy's objectives for November 15 are modest, rooted in the realization that the Washington summit will be just the first of a multi-step process to address problems in the global financial reg [...] | 2008-11-06 17:47:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EU IT |
08ROME1363 | WASHINGTON SUMMIT - ITALIAN POSITION PULLED IN [...] (C) Summary -- An advisor to Italian Economics and Finance Minister Tremonti foreshadowed a quite different Italian position on financial market reform than post has heard from other Finance Ministry and Bank of Italy officials (reftel). In particular, in a conversation November 7 we were told [...] | 2008-11-10 07:36:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EU IT |
08ROME17 | ITALY BRIEFED ON TERMS OF REFERENCE FOR UN SENIOR [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Italian MFA Coordinator for Afghanistan Sergio Mercuri on January 7. Mercuri appreciated the opportunity to review the latest version of the terms of reference/job description and was pleased to find that the Senior Civilian Representative would have t [...] | 2008-01-08 13:24:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | IO PREL AF NATO EU IT |
08ROME195 | KOSOVO: ITALIANS PRESSING OSCE STATES TO AVOID [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-13 08:04:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNAUS UNMIK PGOV YI EU OSCE IT |
08ROME225 | CUBA: D'ALEMA CONGRATULATES RAUL CASTRO, GENTLY [...] (C) Ambassador spoke to FM D'Alema February 24 to deliver reftel points on promoting democratic change in Cuba. He urged D'Alema to issue a statement calling for free and fair elections, the release of political prisoners, and dialogue with democratic activists and civil society. D'Alema said [...] | 2008-02-25 16:25:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EU CU IT |
08ROME260 | GOI WORKING TO IMPROVE NATO-EU RELATIONS [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-03 13:46:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NATO MOPS EU TU CY IT |
08SANAA260 | KOSOVO DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-11 14:22:00 | Embassy Sanaa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNMIK PGOV UN YI EU YM |
08SANJOSE186 | COSTA RICA RECOGNIZES KOSOVO [...] (U) For the record, and further to refs, Post has reconfirmed that the GOCR not only recognized Kosovo, but is keen to be credited for being one of the very first nations to do so. 2. (SBU) On Mar 4 we met with Alejandro Solano-Ortiz, Deputy Director of the Foreign Policy Section of the MFA [...] | 2008-03-07 14:37:00 | Embassy San Jose | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL UNAUS UNMIK PGOV YI EU CS |
08SANJOSE573 | COSTA RICA SUPPORTS US EFFORTS ON KOSOVO BUT [...] We delivered Ref A demarche on July 2 to Deyanira Ramirez, MFA UN Desk Officer. She was pleased that Kosovo remained a top U.S. priority and that the U.S. was seeking wider recognition of Kosovo's independence, given that Costa Rica was one of the first nations to grant recognition (Ref B). H [...] | 2008-07-03 14:29:00 | Embassy San Jose | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL UN UNMIK PGOV YI EU KPKO KV CS |
08SANSALVADOR182 | EL SALVADOR LEANS TOWARDS KOSOVO RECOGNITION, BUT [...] (C) Summary: El Salvador will almost certainly recognize Kosovo's independence, but because of sensitivities concerning relations with Moscow, the GOES will not be among the first wave of countries to do so. End Summary. 2. (C) PolCouns delivered Ref (A) demarche to MFA officials February [...] | 2008-02-14 15:35:00 | Embassy San Salvador | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL UN UNMIK EU ES |
08SANSALVADOR195 | CENTRAL AMERICAN COUNTRIES MAY RECOGNIZE KOSOVO [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-19 22:16:00 | Embassy San Salvador | CONFIDENTIAL | ES PREL UN UNMIK PGOV YI EU KV |
08SANSALVADOR231 | (C) FM: EL SALVADOR AND OTHER CENTRAL AMERICAN [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-25 22:21:00 | Embassy San Salvador | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ES UN UNMIK YI EU KV GT HO |
08SANSALVADOR51 | EL SALVADOR: DEMARCHE ON RESOLVING KOSOVO STATUS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The MFA Director General for Political Affairs Guillermo Melendez told us on January 11 that the GoES will review the Kosovo independence issue and get back to us after completing their analysis and adopting a position. End Summary. 2. (C) On January 11, PolCouns and PolOff del [...] | 2008-01-18 20:17:00 | Embassy San Salvador | CONFIDENTIAL | ES PGOV PREL UN UNMIK YI EU |
08SANSALVADOR535 | EL SALVADOR STILL NONCOMMITAL ON KOSOVO [...] (C) Ambassador raised reftel A points with Elmer Charlaix, President Saca's Private Secretary, on April 22. DCM followed up on April 30 with Charlaix who said that Saca has been very busy and that he had been unable to raise the issue with Saca. He added that he would consult with the Ministry [...] | 2008-05-05 22:24:00 | Embassy San Salvador | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ES KV SR UNMIK EU |
08SANSALVADOR805 | EL SALVADOR: KOSOVO RECOGNITION AND DONOR [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-03 15:17:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL UNMIK PGOV YI EU KPKO KVIR ES |
08SANTODOMINGO1085 | DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: KOSOVO RECOGNITION DEMARCHE [...] (C) Charge d' Affaires, a.i. Bullen spoke with and presented Ref A demarche to Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Manuel Trullols on July 2. Trullols took the Charge's comments on board, stated he will raise the issue with FM Morales when he returns to the country, and remained non-committal [...] | 2008-07-03 17:10:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPKO UNMIK UN YI EU DR |
08SANTODOMINGO231 | KOSOVO: DOMINICAN REPUBLIC SUPPORTS U.S. POSITION [...] (C) On February 15, the Ambassador followed up previous demarches by Post and delivered Reftel talking points to Minister of Foreign Affairs Morales. The Ambassador pressed for recognition of Kosovo as early as possible. Morales replied that the Dominican Republic would support the United St [...] | 2008-02-15 19:53:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UN UNMIK EU YI DR |
08SANTODOMINGO251 | KOSOVO: DOMINICAN PLANS FOR RECOGNITION ON HOLD [...] As reported in Ref A, Foreign Minister Morales informed the Ambassador on February 15 that, regarding Kosovo's independence, the Dominican Republic would support the United States' position. On February 20, the Ambassador delivered Ref B demarche to Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Manuel T [...] | 2008-02-20 19:38:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL UN UNMIK YI EU KV DR |
08SANTODOMINGO289 | KOSOVO: DOMINICANS PLEDGE DECISION BY FEBRUARY 25 [...] As reported in Refs A and B, Foreign Minister Morales informed the Ambassador on February 15 that, regarding Kosovo's independence, the Dominican Republic would support the United States' position. On February 20, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Manuel Trullols told the Ambassador that fin [...] | 2008-02-22 19:18:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL UN UNMIK YI EU KV DR |
08SANTODOMINGO295 | KOSOVO: DOMINICANS SEEK RIO GROUP CONSENSUS [...] (C) As reported in Refs A-C, Foreign Minister Morales informed the Ambassador on February 15 that, regarding Kosovo's independence, the Dominican Republic would support the United States' position. On February 20, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Manuel Trullols told the Ambassador that fin [...] | 2008-02-25 19:45:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UN UNMIK YI EU KV DR |
08SARAJEVO1036 | BOSNIA - SCENESETTER FOR THE JUNE 24-25 PEACE [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: The June 24-25 Peace Implementation Council (PIC) will take place in the warm glow of Bosnia's June 16 signing of its Stabilization and Association Agreement (SAA) with the EU. Though this fulfills one of the two conditions set by the PIC in February for closure of OHR. Prog [...] | 2008-06-18 16:53:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PINR PHUM KAWC MARR ECON EAID EU |
08SARAJEVO1090 | BOSNIA - SCENESETTER FOR AMBASSADOR WILLIAMSON'S [...] (C) SUMMARY: We are looking forward to your July 8-12 visit to Bosnia, and I am pleased that you will be able to join me on July 11 for the commemoration in Srebrenica of the 1995 genocide that took place in and around the municipality. Your participation in the event will signal, particularly [...] | 2008-07-03 12:03:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR PGOV KJUS KAWC KCRM EAID BK EU |
08SARAJEVO1418 | BOSNIA: SCENESETTER FOR DAS JONES' SEPTEMBER 8-9 [...] (C) SUMMARY: You are coming to Bosnia at a time when rising ethnic nationalism, a weakened Office of High Representative (OHR) and threats by Russia to break off cooperation with its partners in the Peace Implementation Council (PIC) have brought reform to a standstill and could potentially t [...] | 2008-09-04 18:07:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | KJUS PGOV PHUM PINR PREL EU BK |
08SARAJEVO1492 | BOSNIA - DIVISIONS, DIVISIONS, AND MORE DIVISIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: On September 9, as part of his two day visit to Bosnia, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs Stuart Jones met with Republika Srpska (RS) Prime Minister Milorad Dodik and had dinner with political leaders from the six parties that make up Bosnia's state-level go [...] | 2008-09-18 13:31:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PHUM PINR PREL KJUS EU BK |
08SARAJEVO1494 | BOSNIA - DAS JONES' SEPTEMBER 8-9 VISIT TO SARAJEVO [...] (C) SUMMARY: During his September 8-9 visit to Sarajevo Deputy Assistant Secretary Stuart Jones met with Republika Srpska Prime Minister (RS PM) Milorad Dodik and attended a dinner hosted by the Ambassador with leaders from coalition parties and the leading opposition party (both events repor [...] | 2008-09-18 15:15:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | KJUS PGOV PHUM PINR PREL EU BK |
08SARAJEVO1498 | BOSNIA: TACTICAL VICTORY ON TRANSCO LEADS TO A [...] (C) Summary: On Monday, September 15, in a bait and switch rarely seen in functioning European governments of the 21st Century, the RS Government substituted a "new" conclusion on the state electricity company Electroprenos (TRANSCO) for the one it had previously announced after its September [...] | 2008-09-19 15:16:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ECON ENRG PREL PINR PGOV EU BK |
08SARAJEVO1594 | BOSNIA: EU COMMISSIONER REHN SHOCKED BY BIH [...] (C) EU Ambassador Kourkulas briefed Ambassador and High Representative Lajcak on the details of the October 10 meeting of EU Commissioner for Enlargement Ollie Rehn and the Bosnia and Herzegovina Presidency. Kourkulas was shocked at the behavior of all of the Presidents, saying it was more li [...] | 2008-10-10 16:43:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ECON PGOV PINR PREL EU BK |
08SARAJEVO1721 | BOSNIA:EU PROGRESS REPORT REPORTS LITTLE PROGRESS [...] Summary. The European Commission (EC) on November 5 published its 2008 progress report on BiH's accession efforts. It acknowledges that progress since November 2007 in the four key areas led to the signing of a Stabilization and Accession Agreement (SAA) in June 2008, but that since then Bos [...] | 2008-11-07 15:58:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | UNCLASSIFIED | ECIN PREL PGOV EU BK |
08SARAJEVO1722 | ENERGY AGREEMENT MAY MEAN SOMETHING GOOD [...] (C). Summary: In a surprise move, on November 6, Republika Srpska (RS) Premier Milorad Dodik, Federation Premier Nedzad Brankovic and Bosnia Council of Ministers Chairman Nikola Spiric signed a comprehensive agreement on energy policy. If the agreement is implemented in good faith, it will [...] | 2008-11-07 16:16:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | ECIN PGOV PREL EU BK |
08SARAJEVO1724 | BOSNIA - SCENESETTER FOR NOVEMBER 19-20 PEACE [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Peace Implementation Council (PIC) will meet in Brussels on November 19-20 against the backdrop of continued political deterioration in Bosnia. The major parties continue to focus on their narrow ethnic agenda, not the reforms required for Euro-Atlantic integration. Republika [...] | 2008-11-07 17:52:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KJUS KDEM EU BK |
08SARAJEVO1790 | BOSNIA: RUSSIA'S ECONOMIC INTEREST -- RESTRICTED [...] (C) Summary: The largest Russian investment in recent years into the RS, Zarubjezneft's purchase of the Brod oil refinery, the Modrica Lubricant Refinery and the "Petrol" network of gas stations, seems to be finally advancing to stage where the company has fulfilled its initial financial commi [...] | 2008-11-26 08:20:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ENRG PREL PINR PGOV EU BK |
08SARAJEVO1832 | BOSNIA - PIC REITERATES COMMITMENT TO 5-PLUS-2, [...] (C) Summary: At the November 19-20 PIC, HiRep Lajcak and PIC members underscored their commitment to seeing the 5-plus-2 benchmarks and conditions met in full prior to OHR closure and transition to EUSR, but stressed a desire be in a position to make a decision on transition at the next PIC m [...] | 2008-12-05 13:53:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PHUM KCRM KDEM EU BK |
08SARAJEVO194 | BOSNIA - LAJCAK RETURNS FROM RUSSIA OPTIMISTIC [...] (C) On February 1, High Representative Miroslav Lajcak met with Sarajevo-based Quint representatives to discuss his January 31 trip to Moscow. Lajcak traveled to Russia, where he met with Deputy Foreign Minister Titov and Political Director Kharchenko, to discuss the upcoming February 26-27 P [...] | 2008-02-01 16:08:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR BK RU EU |
08SARAJEVO226 | BOSNIA - QUINT DISCUSSES SHORT-TERM (TIHIC) AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: High Representative Lajcak met with Quint Ambassador on February 5 to discuss two political challenges. The first was February 2 decision by Sulejman Tihic, President of the Party for Democratic Action (SDA),to apparently repudiate the Mostar Agreement on police reform. Tihic's [...] | 2008-02-05 19:15:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR EU BK |
08SARAJEVO245 | BOSNIA: TIHIC ADAMANT ON REJECTION OF POLICE REFORM [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador telephoned Party for Democratic Action (SDA) president Sulejman Tihic February 7 to urge him to reconsider his rejection of the current police reform plan. The Ambassador stressed the importance of reaching consensus on police reform to allow for the signing of a S [...] | 2008-02-07 18:30:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR EU BK |
08SARAJEVO363 | BOSNIA: POLICE REFORM LAWS GENERATES CONTENTIOUS [...] (C) Summary: On February 14 the Council of Ministers (CoM),over Bosniak objections, adopted two draft laws which create the seven state level police bodies called for in the Sarajevo Action Plan and Mostar Declaration. (Ref A) On February 20 after a contentious debate, the State-level House [...] | 2008-02-22 20:35:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR EU BK |
08SARAJEVO435 | BOSNIA - PEACE IMPLEMENTATION COUNCIL DECIDES TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: On February 26-27, the Peace Implementation Council (PIC) met in Brussels to discuss the future of the Office of the High Representative (OHR). PIC members agreed that the political situation in Bosnia had deteriorated since their October 2007 meeting and expressed concern about [...] | 2008-03-06 11:08:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR EU RU BK |
08SARAJEVO488 | BOSNIA: COMMITTEE REJECTS POLICE REFORM LAWS [...] (C) Summary: On March 12, the Joint Committee on Defense and Security failed in a six-six vote to endorse the two draft police reform laws mandated by the Mostar Declaration and the Sarajevo Action Plan (Ref A). The EC has indicated that the Stabilization and Association Agreement (SAA) might [...] | 2008-03-13 15:38:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR EU BK |
08SARAJEVO506 | BOSNIA: HOUSE REJECTS NEGATIVE COMMITTEE REPORT ON [...] (C) Summary: On March 18 the House of Representatives voted to reject a negative report from the Joint Committee on Defense and Security (Ref A) on the two draft police reform laws mandated by the Mostar Declaration and Sarajevo Action Plan (Ref B). The draft laws will be sent back to the Joi [...] | 2008-03-18 17:30:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR EU BK |
08SARAJEVO521 | BOSNIA: COMMITTEE KILLS POLICE REFORM BILLS; [...] (C) Summary: On March 20 the Joint Committee on Defense and Security gave a second negative appraisal to the two draft police reform bills mandated by the Mostar Declaration and Sarajevo Action Plan (Ref A). The draft bills, which had been returned to the committee by the House of Representat [...] | 2008-03-20 17:58:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR EU BK |
08SARAJEVO541 | BOSNIA - RS CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS AIMED AT THE [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Republika Srpska National Assembly (RSNA) adopted draft amendments to the Republika Srpska (RS) constitution on March 19, which will require a two-thirds majority for future transfers of entity-level competencies to the state, change the official capital of the RS from Sarajev [...] | 2008-03-25 14:12:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KDEM EU BK |
08SARAJEVO599 | BOSNIA - POLICE REFORM APPEARS HEADED FOR ANOTHER [...] (C) SUMMARY: The prospects for passage of draft police legislation on April 2 do not look good. If the legislation is not adopted, it is unlikely that Bosnia will sign a Stabilization and Association Agreement (SAA) later this month, as the EU had suggested might be possible. Passage depends [...] | 2008-04-01 19:27:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR EU BK |
08SARAJEVO608 | BOSNIA - PARLIAMENT FAILS TO PASS POLICE REFORM; [...] (C) SUMMARY: As anticipated, Parliament failed to pass police reform legislation at its April 2 session (Ref A). Party for BiH (SBiH),Alliance of Independent Social Democrats (SNSD),and Croatian Democratic Union-BiH (HDZ-BiH) each put forward its own version of the laws, but failed to negoti [...] | 2008-04-02 17:30:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR EU BK |
08SARAJEVO649 | BOSNIA - POLICE REFORM IN DODIK'S COURT [...] (C) Summary: The fate of police reform in Bosnia-Herzegovina is now in the hands of Republika Srpska (RS) Prime Minister Milorad Dodik. OHR scrapped April 7 plans to table compromise draft legislation with political leaders compromise (Ref A) following Haris Silajdzic's refusal to attend. Am [...] | 2008-04-09 17:26:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR EU BK |
08SARAJEVO747 | BONSIA - DODIK INTENSIFIES ATACKS ON STATE-LEVEL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Since the beginning of 2008, Republika Srpska (RS) Prime Minister Milorad Dodik, as part of his wider campaign to undermine the state, has intensified his campaign to challenge state-level judicial institutions. The primary focus of his attacks has been the High Judicial and Pros [...] | 2008-04-24 10:38:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KJUS KAWC EFIN EID EU BK |
08SEOUL292 | ROK WILL RECOGNIZE KOSOVO INDEPENDENCE, BUT UNDER [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a February 13 meeting with Deputy Foreign Minister Shim Yoon-joe, the Ambassador stated that Kosovo would declare its independence very soon, and that the U.S. and its EU partners would recognize Kosovo within the first 24 hours of its declaration of independence. The Ambassado [...] | 2008-02-13 22:36:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UN UNMIK PGOV YI EU KS |
08SEOUL330 | ROK REITERATES SUPPORT FOR KOSOVO INDEPENDENCE, [...] (C) The Ambassador noted that the U.S. had recognized Kosovo and again urged the ROKG follow suit as soon as possible in a February 19 telephone call with Deputy Foreign Minister Shim Yoon-joe. Shim said that the ROK position remained unchanged: it supported Kosovo's independence and expected [...] | 2008-02-20 06:45:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UN UNMIK PGOV YI EU KV KS |
08SEOUL379 | ROK RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE: ADVANCING THE U.S. [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-26 09:03:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EU CU KS |
08SINGAPORE153 | AMBASSADOR URGES SINGAPORE TO RECOGNIZE KOSOVO [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 4. 2. (C) The Ambassador met with Singapore MFA Permanent Secretary Peter Ho on February 12 to urge Singapore to SIPDIS recognize Kosovo immediately after Kosovo declares independence. She delivered reftel points, emphasizing the high [...] | 2008-02-12 07:14:00 | Embassy Singapore | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UN UNMIK PGOV YI EU SN |
08SINGAPORE749 | SINGAPORE STILL UNCONVINCED ON KOSOVO INDEPENDENCE [...] (SBU) Responding to reftel demarche, MFA Europe Directorate Director Lawrence Anderson told us July 1 that Singapore understood the points we had presented on the developing situation in Kosovo but thought that recognition remained a "complex" issue. He indicated Singapore is among "many coun [...] | 2008-07-03 09:18:00 | Embassy Singapore | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV UN UNMIK YI EU KPKO KV SN |
08SKOPJE114 | MACEDONIA WILL NOT SUPPORT SERBIA'S CALL FOR [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-13 10:01:00 | Embassy Skopje | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EU MK OSCE PGOV PREL UNAUS YI UNMIK |
08SKOPJE522 | HMONG-AMERICANS RECRUIT "TROUBLEMAKERS" FROM THAI [...] (C) Summary: Unidentified Hmong-Americans are said to be recruiting Hmong from the holding camp in Thailand's Petchabun Province to return to Laos to stage incidents apparently in support of the three-decade-old but failing Hmong insurgency. The Embassy is working to gather more information. [...] | 2008-08-15 05:44:00 | Embassy Skopje | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MK MN KV EU MA PO |
08SKOPJE707 | MACEDONIA: MACEDONIA TO FOLLOW EU ON ANTI-ISRAEL [...] No summary [...] | 2008-11-24 10:41:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL UNGA IS PA LE SY EU MK |
08SOFIA114 | BULGARIA'S KOSOVO BALANCING ACT [...] (C) Summary: MFA Political Director Poriazov told us Bulgarian recognition of Kosovo would not happen for at least several weeks. The Kosovars first had to incorporate the Ahtisaari Plan into their constitution, then the Council of Ministers would start the two-week process on recognition. [...] | 2008-02-21 15:25:00 | Embassy Sofia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNMIK YI EU BU |
08SOFIA446 | BULGARIA SUPPORTS KOSOVO DONORS CONFERENCE AND IMF [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-02 14:31:00 | Embassy Sofia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV UNMIK EU BU |
08SOFIA547 | BULGARIA: DELIVERED DEMARCHE ON KARADZIC FAMILY [...] No summary [...] | 2008-08-11 14:24:00 | Embassy Sofia | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ETTC KAWC ICTY BK EU BU |
08SOFIA722 | BULGARIA SUPPORTS EU AND US ENGAGEMENT WITH BOSNIA [...] (C) We delivered reftel to MFA's Western Balkans Office Director Krassimir Tulechki who agreed that Washington and Brussels should support the Office of the High Representative in Bosnia and work together to keep Bosnia moving towards European integration. According to Tulechki, Republika S [...] | 2008-11-14 14:50:00 | Embassy Sofia | CONFIDENTIAL | BK EU PGOV BU |
08STATE111310 | SOUTH STREAM - BACKGROUND FOR POSTS' USE [...] (U) Department is aware that posts do or may contend with questions about South Stream. In the interest of keeping posts apprised of Washington thinking on this issue, we offer the below background on South Stream for your use in discussing the issue with host governments. This background su [...] | 2008-10-17 23:23:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ECON PGOV EU BG GR HU RS SL SB IT AS |
08STATE112584 | GEORGIA PM LAYS OUT ECONOMIC CONCERNS [...] (C) Summary: Georgian PM Gurgenidze told U/S Jeffery October 13 that the economic situation in Georgia was still highly fragile because of the now combined effects of the August Russian invasion and the possible regional contagion from the financial crisis. He stated that in light of the glo [...] | 2008-10-22 18:56:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID EFIN EU GG KCRS KMCA PREL RS |
08STATE114559 | COORDINATING WITH FRENCH ON UN FOLLOW-ON PRESENCE [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 2. SUMMARY ------- 2. (C) Department requests Embassy Paris to engage with the Government of France (GOF) on ways to move forward on ensuring a sufficient United Nations peacekeeping mission to replace the current United Nations Miss [...] | 2008-10-28 14:07:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREL PGOV EU PREF CD FR PKO CT CM |
08STATE116304 | U.S. AND EU DISCUSS DEVELOPMENTS IN EAST ASIA [...] (C) SUMMARY: U.S. and EU officials held their biannual discussions on East Asia (termed COASI, or Consultations on Asia) in Washington on October 3. In addition to a general review of developments in the region, this session included an exchange of views on the future of India, China, and ASEA [...] | 2008-10-31 14:10:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL FR EU XB NK CH |
08STATE123492 | ACTION REQUEST: DELIBERATION BY MEMBER STATES ON [...] (U) This is an action request for Posts in EU Member State capitals. Please see paragraph 2. ---------- OBJECTIVES ---------- 2. (SBU) In preparation for the European Council meeting December 10-11, and a planned early December European Parliament vote on the European Union's "20-20-20 [...] | 2008-11-21 00:46:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KGHG EAGR SENV ENRG TRGY EUN EU |
08STATE125635 | DEMARCHE REQUEST - WORKING WITH THE EU TO IMPROVE [...] (SBU) Action Request: The European Union is in the process of restructuring one of its target lists of Burmese names and entities that are subject to sanctions in the EU. The U.S. supports the EU's efforts to make its sanctions more effective. Experts from State, Justice, and Treasury's Offi [...] | 2008-11-26 21:45:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PREL PGOV BM EU |
08STATE133190 | INSTRUCTION ON DISMISSAL OF ICTY REGISTRAR [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. 2. (SBU) The newly appointed President of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY),judge Patrick Robinson, recently informed ICTY registrar Hans Holthuis that he would not recommend that the Secretary General [...] | 2008-12-19 23:46:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KAWC OTRA ABUD UN EU |
08STATE14284 | DEFENDING THE U.S. KOSOVO POSITION IN THE OSCE [...] (U) This cable is an action request (see para 5). Posts are requested to deliver this demarche to the highest-ranking host-government official responsible for OSCE affairs. 2. (C) The purpose of this demarche is to: -- Alert host government to Serbia's plan to invoke the OSCE's Berlin [...] | 2008-02-12 00:26:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNAUS UNMIK PGOV YI EU OSCE |
08STATE14285 | OSCE - DEFENDING THE U.S. KOSOVO POSITION IN [...] (U) This cable is an action request (see para 3) and responds to USOSCE's reftel request for guidance. 2. (C) BACKGROUND: We understand that Serbia intends to invoke the Berlin Mechanism immediately after an expected declaration of independence (DI) from Kosovo. We believe that Serbia's [...] | 2008-02-12 00:27:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UN UNMIK PGOV YI EU OSCE |
08STATE14798 | OSCE PERMANENT COUNCIL: STATEMENT ON THE [...] Post is authorized to present the following statement at the February 14 Permanent Council meeting in Vienna. Begin text: Mr. Chairman, Thirty-two years ago, the signatories to the Helsinki Final Act introduced the OSCE's comprehensive security model to the world. They proclaimed that [...] | 2008-02-13 15:11:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON OSCE PREL EINV ETRD EU |
08STATE15126 | KOSOVO - GUIDANCE FOR STATEMENT DURING FEBRUARY [...] The Department requests that USUN draw on the points contained in paragraph 2 for use during the UNSC consultations on the situation in Kosovo on February 14. 2. Begin Points: Mr. President: For over two years Belgrade and Pristina have been negotiating to resolve the status of Kosovo. [...] | 2008-02-14 02:48:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | UNSC PREL UNMIK YI EU |
08STATE16269 | PRESS GUIDANCE FOR KOSOVO DECLARATION [...] (U) This is an action request. Posts are requested to use the following points in responding to questions about Kosovo's declaration of independence. 2. (U) Background: Kosovo Prime Minister Thaci called a special meeting of the Assembly today, where parliamentarians voted to pass a dec [...] | 2008-02-17 15:57:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO PREL UN UNMIK PGOV YI EU KV |
08STATE18306 | DEMARCHE: ADVANCING THE U.S. POSITION FOR CHANGE [...] (C) Posts are requested to use the following guidance to demarche host governments in advance of the February 24 selection of Cuba's next president by the Cuban State Supreme Council. Ambassadors or DCMs are requested to deliver these points at the highest available level in Foreign Ministrie [...] | 2008-02-24 03:33:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EU CU |
08STATE18317 | DEMARCHE: ADVANCING THE U.S. POSITION FOR CHANGE [...] (C) Posts are requested to use the following guidance to demarche host governments in advance of the February 24 selection of Cuba's next president by the Cuban State Supreme Council. Ambassadors or DCMs are requested to deliver these points at the highest available level in Foreign Ministrie [...] | 2008-02-24 06:56:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL EU CU |
08STATE18320 | DEMARCHE: ADVANCING THE US POSITION FOR CHANGE [...] (C) Posts are requested to use the following guidance to demarche host governments in advance of the February 24 selection of Cuba's next president by the Cuban State Supreme Council. Ambassadors or DCMs are requested to deliver these points at the highest available level in Foreign Ministrie [...] | 2008-02-24 12:18:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL EU CU |
08STATE18323 | DEMARCHE: ADVANCING THE US POSITION FOR CHANGE [...] (C) Posts are requested to use the following guidance to demarche host governments in advance of the February 24 selection of Cuba's next president by the Cuban State Supreme Council. Ambassadors or DCMs are requested to deliver these points at the highest available level in Foreign Ministrie [...] | 2008-02-24 12:21:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EU CU |
08STATE18819 | NO SURPRISE, CHAVEZ BACKS RUSSIA AGAINST KOSOVO [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-25 22:31:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL UNMIK VE KV EU |
08STATE22377 | REQUEST FOR SOLIDARITY WITH KOSOVO AT OIC SUMMIT [...] (SBU) This is an action request. Posts are requested to deliver the following demarche on Kosovo no later than March 7. 2. (C) The objectives of this demarche are to: -- Urge host government to follow the OIC Secretary General's lead in expressing support for Kosovo's independence at [...] | 2008-03-05 00:35:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC UNMIK PGOV YI EU KV |
08STATE30007 | DEMARCHE REQUEST TO EU MEMBER STATES ON BELARUS [...] (C) Department requests addressees to seek support at the highest appropriate level from all EU member states as the Government of Belarus attempts to reduce the U.S. diplomatic presence in Minsk. Your conversations should promote continued U.S.-EU unity in our policy toward Belarus. You sho [...] | 2008-03-21 22:04:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | BO EU PHUM PREL |
08STATE33804 | EU COMMISSION CONSULTATIONS ON NONPROLIFERATION [...] (SBU) A five-member delegation from the European Commission met USG nonproliferation experts at the Department of State March 11-12, and held an exchange of program activities and country priorities that both sides agreed will serve as the basis for better coordination. ISN Deputy Assistant [...] | 2008-04-02 22:57:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PEL KNNP SC EU OSCE UNVIE EUN |
08STATE38022 | REQUESTING COORDINATED ACTION WITH [...] (U) Embassy is requested to engage with officials from the European Commission (EC) and the Swiss government in Riyadh to coordinate action to address Saudi Arabia's Ministry of Health's (MOH) failure to implement the Kingdom's world trade organization (WTO) obligations on transparency in the [...] | 2008-04-11 03:35:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD USTR SA EU SZ |
08STATE41979 | KOSOVO INDEPENDENCE LOBBYING: TARGET COUNTRIES [...] (SBU) This is an action request. Ambassadors are requested to deliver the following demarche on Kosovo to host governments at the highest possible level. Department appreciates posts' efforts to date and now seeks to let governments that have previously expressed interest in recognizing Kos [...] | 2008-04-21 21:27:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNMIK PGOV YI EU KV ES CO EC |
08STATE48545 | KOSOVO RECOGNITION LOBBYING: TARGET COUNTRIES IN [...] (SBU) This is an action request. See talking points in paragraph 6 and questions and answers in paragraph 7. 2. (SBU) Ambassadors are requested to deliver the following demarche on Kosovo to host governments at the highest possible level. Department appreciates posts' efforts to date and [...] | 2008-05-07 20:05:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNMIK PGOV YI EU KV GA GH GV LI MI ML MR MP |
08STATE55850 | REPLY : ESTONIA ON ARAB LEAGUE SUPPORT FOR LEBANON [...] (SBU) The Department appreciates Post's inquiry as to how best to encourage the Estonian MFA to increase its engagement in the Middle East, in particular in Lebanon and Syria. Estonia's prior work in Georgia, Ukraine, Moldova and Kosovo provides it with excellent credentials to promote democr [...] | 2008-05-23 21:57:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL SY EU LE EN |
08STATE55892 | REPLY : ESTONIA ON ARAB LEAGUE SUPPORT FOR LEBANON [...] (SBU) The Department appreciates Post's inquiry as to how best to encourage the Estonian MFA to increase its engagement in the Middle East, in particular in Lebanon and Syria. Estonia's prior work in Georgia, Ukraine, Moldova and Kosovo provides it with excellent credentials to promote democr [...] | 2008-05-24 01:52:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL SY EU LE EN |
08STATE5979 | GUIDANCE FOR THE U.S. DELEGATION TO THE INFORMAL [...] (U) This cable is to provide guidance and instructions for the U.S. delegation to the informal Iraq donors meeting in Naples, Italy on January 23-24, 2008. Reftels give the composition of the delegation. 2. (U) With an eye toward achieving the goals of the International Compact with Iraq, a [...] | 2008-01-18 20:18:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECIN ECON EU UN IT IZ |
08STATE66064 | KOSOVO -- GUIDANCE FOR UNSC MEETING ON JUNE 20 [...] (U) The Department requests that USUN draw on the following points in making our statement during the June 20, 2008, UN Security Council session to discuss the recent report by UN SYG Ban Ki-moon regarding the reconfiguration of the UN presence in Kosovo. 2. Begin Points -- The United [...] | 2008-06-19 15:17:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | UNSC PREL UNMIK KO YI EU |
08STATE66363 | G-8 HEALTH INITIATIVES DEMARCHE [...] This is an action request. See paragraphs 5-6. 2. SUMMARY. During his trip to Europe, the President emphasized the importance of G-8 members following through on pledges on health assistance made at past G-8 summits. The President also asked for our partners' support for new G-8 initia [...] | 2008-06-20 01:01:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | CA EU FR GM IT PREL RS SENV TBIO WHO |
08STOCKHOLM121 | SWEDEN ON FEBRUARY 18-19 GAERC [...] (C) On February 15, Poloff reviewed with MFA Deputy European Correspondent Anna Norell and Desk Officer for EU Affairs Annika Palo reftel points on the February 18-19 GAERC. Norell noted that Kosovo discussions will dominate the GAERC; most discussion on Gaza will be postponed until March; th [...] | 2008-02-15 17:06:00 | Embassy Stockholm | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SW EU |
08STOCKHOLM240 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON BELARUS: SWEDEN SUPPORTS [...] (C) On March 27 poloff delivered reftel demarche on EU support for the U.S. to the current to Balkan and Caucuses Desk Officer Anna Hamarlund Blixt. She said Sweden is in line with the USG that political prisoners, including Kazulin, should be released unconditionally and permanently. Sweden [...] | 2008-03-27 15:44:00 | Embassy Stockholm | CONFIDENTIAL | BO EU PHUM PREL SW |
08STOCKHOLM278 | SWEDEN ASKS FOR U.S. HELP ON MAY 29 IRAQ CONFERENCE [...] (C) On April 15, MFA Political Director Bjorn Lyrvall told the DCM the Swedes look forward to working closely with the U.S. on the International Compact with Iraq (ICI),and asked for the following USG assistance: -Encouraging ICI invitees to send ministerial-level representation to the conf [...] | 2008-04-16 13:30:00 | Embassy Stockholm | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON IZ EU SE |
08STOCKHOLM288 | FM BILDT ON U.S. HELP TO MAKE THE ICI A SUCCESS [...] (C) On April 17, Ambassador met with FM Bildt in anticipation of Sweden's hosting the May 29 International Compact with Iraq (ICI) conference. Bildt was joined by MFA State Secretary Belfrage, Ambassador Christer Kumlin (in charge of conference logistics),Chief of Staff Karin Olofsdotter, Am [...] | 2008-04-18 11:19:00 | Embassy Stockholm | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON IZ EU SW |
08STOCKHOLM310 | DAS GARBER TALKS IRAQ COMPACT CONFERENCE WITH [...] (SBU) Summary: On April 25, DAS Judy Garber, accompanied by DCM, met with State Secretary Frank Belfrage to discuss issues surrounding the International Compact with Iraq (ICI) on May 29 in Stockholm. The Swedes are pressing EU and Gulf capitals to send FMs to the ICI, and would appreciate co [...] | 2008-04-28 13:17:00 | Embassy Stockholm | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ECON IQ EU SW |
08STOCKHOLM321 | UPDATE ON ICI PROGRESS IN STOCKHOLM [...] (C) Summary: Belfrage said the main message to send out of the ICI is that Europe has turned the page on Iraq and is now looking forward. (He commented that while it might be difficult to get European FMs to say this publicly, their attendance would send the right signal.) At the April 29 GAE [...] | 2008-04-30 13:59:00 | Embassy Stockholm | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON UN EU IZ SE |
08STOCKHOLM412 | A/S FRIED TALKS EU ENLARGEMENT, CYPRUS, AND KOSOVO [...] (C) Summary: On May 29 MFA State Secretary Frank Belfrage told A/S Fried: -- Sweden, France, and the Czech Republic recently agreed on an EU tripartite presidency program that does not block further accession negotiations with Turkey and Croatia; -- Sweden is encouraging the UN to take a m [...] | 2008-06-05 13:18:00 | Embassy Stockholm | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON IQ EU SW |
08STOCKHOLM532 | AT EU, SWEDEN PUSHES IRAQI REFUGEES OVER [...] (U) On June 24, the local media ran an op-ed piece by Migration Minister Tobias Billstrom calling on other EU countries to take in more Iraqi refugees. That same day at the EU Ministerial meeting, the EU did not address the issue to take in more Iraqi refugees. According to press reports, th [...] | 2008-07-28 11:17:00 | Embassy Stockholm | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PTER EU IZ SW |
08STOCKHOLM533 | AT EU, SWEDEN PUSHES IRAQI REFUGEES OVER [...] (U) On June 24, the local media ran an op-ed piece by Migration Minister Tobias Billstrom calling on other EU countries to take in more Iraqi refugees. That same day at the EU Ministerial meeting, the EU did not address the issue to take in more Iraqi refugees. According to press reports, th [...] | 2008-07-28 11:17:00 | Embassy Stockholm | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PREL PGOV PTER EU IZ SW |
08STOCKHOLM586 | TFGG01: SWEDEN'S HUMANITARIAN AND OBSERVER [...] No summary [...] | 2008-08-22 14:11:00 | Embassy Stockholm | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV GG EU SW |
08STOCKHOLM590 | TFGG01: SWEDEN'S DEPUTY FM SAYS FRENCH OPPOSE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-08-25 14:32:00 | Embassy Stockholm | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EU GG SW |
08STOCKHOLM607 | SWEDEN ON GEORGIA IN ADVANCE OF THE SEPTEMBER 5-6 [...] (C) Summary: Swedish MFA Political Director Lyrvall told us September 4 that Sweden will emphasize the "political side" in upcoming donor conferences to highlight the need to demonstrate solidarity with Georgia and restore investor confidence. FM Bildt will work to "send a strong message" to [...] | 2008-09-04 15:06:00 | Embassy Stockholm | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EU GG RU SW |
08STOCKHOLM726 | GYMNICH-GAERC POINTS DELIVERED TO SWEDEN [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-30 15:36:00 | Embassy Stockholm | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV EU SW |
08STOCKHOLM729 | EU'S EASTERN PARTNERSHIP--SWEDEN'S PROPOSAL [...] (U) The Swedish MFA Eastern European Desk met with Poloff on October 20 to discuss Sweden and Poland's joint proposal to establish an "Eastern Partnership" between the EU and Ukraine, Moldova, Belarus, Azerbaijan, Armenia and Georgia. Director Johan Frisell told Poloff the Partnership aims to g [...] | 2008-10-31 12:52:00 | Embassy Stockholm | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV EU SW |
08STOCKHOLM739 | SAAKASHVILI IN SWEDEN: "I REGRET NOTHING" [...] On October 30-31, Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili visited Stockholm for talks with Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt (FM Bildt was in Afghanistan at the time). The visit, planned in 2007, originally was to sign a bilateral investment protection agreement to encourage Swedish investments [...] | 2008-11-05 15:05:00 | Embassy Stockholm | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PINR PREL ENRG GG EU ZK SW |
08STOCKHOLM747 | SWEDEN'S RESPONSE TO NOVEMBER GAERC POINTS [...] (C) Sweden's EU Correspondent Anna Norell told poloff on November 7 the following regarding the November 10-11 GAERC: --Syria is not on the agenda. --There will not be a discussion on Iraq, just the passing of council conclusions as "A items." --The EU will take a formal decision on the anti [...] | 2008-11-07 15:46:00 | Embassy Stockholm | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EU SW |
08STOCKHOLM792 | SWEDEN ON THE EU EASTERN PARTNERSHIP AND NORDSTREAM [...] (C) Summary: The EU Foreign Ministers will discuss the draft plan for the Eastern Partnership initiative at the December 8 GAERC, paving the way for the first Eastern Partnership summit scheduled for April 2009 in Prague, according to Swedish MFA contacts. Unique features of the Eastern Partn [...] | 2008-11-28 16:39:00 | Embassy Stockholm | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EU SW |
08STOCKHOLM841 | SWEDISH MFA ON EU DISCUSSION OF CONGO, SOUTH ASIA, [...] (C) On December 17, Poloffs met with Axel Wernhoff, Deputy Head of the Division for European Affairs at the MFA. Wernhoff said: -- The EU will increasingly focus on Afghanistan in 2009 and understands that a "regional approach" is needed to deal with the Afghan-Pakistani border; -- FM Bil [...] | 2008-12-18 10:57:00 | Embassy Stockholm | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EU AF PK CG CF SW |
08STOCKHOLM857 | "EXPECT THE UNEXPECTED" DURING SWEDEN'S EU [...] (SBU) Summary: Sweden has about six months before it assumes the EU presidency on July 1, 2009, but the government is already in overdrive preparing policy goals and restructuring governmental offices. EUR/ERA Director Bill Lucas visited Stockholm on December 4-5 to discuss priorities for th [...] | 2008-12-23 11:09:00 | Embassy Stockholm | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV INR EU SW |
08TALLINN103 | ESTONIA: PM ANSIP's VISIT TO GEORGIA [...] (U) Estonian Prime Minister Andrus Ansip visited Georgia February 4-6 (his first trip as Prime Minister). Following the visit, Kyllike Sillaste Elling, the PM's Foreign Policy Advisor, briefed interested journalists and diplomats on highlights of the trip. -- PM Ansip met with President Saak [...] | 2008-03-11 14:03:00 | Embassy Tallinn | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EU NATO GG EN |
08TALLINN109 | DHS SECRETARY CHERTOFF AND ESTONIAN INTERIOR [...] (U) DHS Secretary Chertoff and Estonian Minister of Interior Juri Pihl signed a bilateral MOU on the Visa Waiver Program in Tallinn on March 12. 2. (C) In a meeting prior to the public signing ceremony, Pihl said Estonia welcomed the progress on VWP and the opportunity to sign the MOU, w [...] | 2008-03-14 12:24:00 | Embassy Tallinn | CONFIDENTIAL | CVIS EU KFRD PREL EN |
08TALLINN174 | ESTONIA ON ARAB LEAGUE SUPPORT FOR LEBANON [...] Action Request- please see paragraph (4) 2. (C) On May 20, Poloff delivered points on Lebanon in reftel to Juri Kahn, Division Director for Middle Eastern Affairs at the Estonian MFA. Kahn replied that while Estonia has no diplomatic relations and relatively little experience in Lebanon, t [...] | 2008-05-20 13:15:00 | Embassy Tallinn | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV LE EU SY EN |
08TALLINN267 | ESTONIA CONTINUES SUPPORT FOR TURKISH EU ACCESSION [...] (C) On July 28, Poloff met with Piret Urb, Turkey Desk Officer at the Estonian MFA, to discuss recent developments in Turkey's EU accession negotiations (reftel). Urb reiterated the Government of Estonia's (GOE) consistent, strong support for EU enlargement, including vis-a-vis Turkey. Urb s [...] | 2008-07-30 07:43:00 | Embassy Tallinn | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL TU EU EN |
08TALLINN377 | ESTONIA: DHS SECRETARY CHERTOFF'S VWP VISIT TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Secretary of Homeland Security Michael Chertoff visited Tallinn October 29-30 to welcome formally Estonia into the Visa Waiver Program (VWP),and to announce that eligible Estonian travelers will be able to commence visa-free travel to the United States on November 17, 2008. Both [...] | 2008-10-30 15:00:00 | Embassy Tallinn | CONFIDENTIAL | CVIS PREL EU RU GG IZ EN |
08TALLINN59 | ESTONIA: KOSOVO DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (SBU) Drawing on points provided reftel, on February 11 Ambassador sent a letter to Foreign Minister Urmas Paet urging Estonia to act swiftly following a Kosovo declaration of independence. The letter emphasized the stabilizing effect a show of global solidarity will have on the region. It a [...] | 2008-02-12 15:19:00 | Embassy Tallinn | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM YI EU EN |
08TASHKENT177 | DIPLOMATS PONDER HOW TO LIFT EU SANCTIONS ON [...] (C) Summary. The French, British and German Ambassadors in Tashkent were pleasantly suprised by a "qualitative improvement" in the Uzbek government's handling of human rights during a Feb. 5-6 visit by Commission representatives. These ambassadors (protect) uniformly endorse termination of [...] | 2008-02-08 12:41:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PINR MARR EAID EU EUN NATO UZ |
08TASHKENT233 | KOSOVO DEMARCHE DELIVERED, BUT UZBEKS ARE [...] (SBU) Per instructions in reftel A, on February 20 we delivered demarche to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Americas Chief Ismat Fayzullaev. He listened to the points and undertook to forward the information to the appropriate officials, as did his superior Takhir Mamajanov last week during a sim [...] | 2008-02-21 10:19:00 | Embassy Tashkent | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL UN UNMIK PGOV YI EU KV UZ |
08TASHKENT251 | UZBEKISTAN: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON ADVANCING THE [...] (C) DCM delivered ref A demarche, including pitch to release all Cuban political prisoners, to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Acting Chief of U.S. Affairs and Countries of America Department Takhir Mamadjanov on February 26. Mamadjanov did not provide a substantive response, but noted that he w [...] | 2008-02-26 11:59:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EU CU UZ |
08TASHKENT371 | EU CONSENSUS FORGED IN TASHKENT ON HEADS OF [...] (C) The on-again, off-again consensus (reftels) among EU heads of mission (HOM's) in Tashkent on a report to EU ministers regarding human rights and sanctions on Uzbekistan is apparently back on. French Ambassador Hughes Pernet and British Ambassador Iain Kelly (protect) told Ambassador Marc [...] | 2008-03-28 02:24:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM EU UZ |
08TASHKENT97 | UZBEKISTAN: NO COMMENT ON DELIVERED KOSOVO POINTS [...] (C) On January 18, Ambassador delivered reftel points on resolving Kosovo's status to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Acting Americas Division Chief Mamajanov. Mamajanov received them without comment. Deputy Foreign Minister Nematov would not meet Ambassador earlier, despite Post's repeated requ [...] | 2008-01-24 12:11:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNMIK UNAUS YI EU UZ |
08TEGUCIGALPA143 | HONDURAS DEMARCHED ON KOSOVO INDEPENDENCE [...] (C) On February 14, 2008, PolOff delivered the demarche on Kosovo Independence (reftel) to Amb. Eduardo Rosales, the Foreign Ministry's Director of Exterior Affairs. He said that he would check with Vice Foreign Minister Enrique Reina based on the Ambassador's demarche with Reina on January 8 [...] | 2008-02-15 19:26:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNMIK PGOV YI EU HO |
08TELAVIV1332 | JEC -- "ATMOSPHERE EXCELLENT" [...] (C) In a telcom with A/EconCouns, Michal Finkelstein, the Senior Advisor to the Ministry of Finance (MOF) DG, said that the third Joint Economic Committee (JEC) meeting held on June 16 between the Israelis and Palestinians went extremely well, with both sides arriving well prepared. She said [...] | 2008-06-20 13:54:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PREL OECD EU KPAL IS |
08TELAVIV1489 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: KOSOVO RECOGNITION AND DONORS [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Zvi Rav-Ner, Director of the MFA Central Europe Department on July 3. Rav-Ner said that Israel is still not ready to recognize Kosovo, but wants to show its support for the people of Kosovo, with whom, he explained, Israel has long had good relationships [...] | 2008-07-10 12:08:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UN UNMIK PGOV YI EU KPKO KV EAID IS |
08TELAVIV2794 | LIVNI PUSHES EU RELATIONS UPGRADE AS SIGNIFICANT [...] (C) SUMMARY: On December 8th, the European Union Council of Ministers announced an upgrade in its diplomatic relationship with Israel. The announcement received prominent coverage in both the Jerusalem Post and Ha'aretz, with Foreign Minister Livni calling it a "significant achievement." Dir [...] | 2008-12-12 18:11:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV AORC UN EU IS KPAL PHUM |
08TELAVIV381 | ISRAEL WILL TAKE A WAIT AND SEE APPROACH WITH [...] (SBU) On February 14, PolOff delivered demarche (ref C) to Zvi Rav-Ner, Director of the MFA Central Europe Department. Rav-Ner explained that the GOI had decided not to be in the first wave of recognition, but would instead follow the situation closely and decide what actions to take as approp [...] | 2008-02-14 14:55:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UN UNMIK PGOV YI EU IS |
08TELAVIV382 | ISRAEL WILL TAKE A WAIT AND SEE APPROACH WITH [...] (SBU) On February 14, PolOff delivered demarche (ref C) to Zvi Rav-Ner, Director of the MFA Central Europe Department. Rav-Ner explained that the GOI had decided not to be in the first wave of recognition, but would instead follow the situation closely and decide what actions to take as approp [...] | 2008-02-14 14:55:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | REL UN UNMIK PGOV YI EU |
08TELAVIV440 | ISRAEL POLICY ON KOSOVO UNCHANGED: STUDYING [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-22 14:18:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL UN UNMIK PGOV YI EU KV IL |
08TELAVIV533 | DEMARCHE RESPONSE: ISRAEL MAY CONSIDER DONOR [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-07 14:28:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EFIN PREL EINV EUN EU KV IS |
08THEHAGUE1010 | NETHERLANDS/EU: CROATIA CONDITIONALITY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Ahead of the December 8-9 GAERC, the Dutch are pleased by the draft conclusions on enlargement but concerned about Croatia's cooperation on war crimes issues. The Dutch support progress on WTO negotiations and active responses to the situations in Africa, Kosovo, and elsewhere. [...] | 2008-12-05 14:50:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ETRD EAID ECON EU HR NL |
08THEHAGUE134 | NETHERLANDS/OSCE/KOSOVO: RESPONSE TO BERLIN [...] (C) Summary: The GONL understands from its mission to the OSCE that Serbia is no longer interested in pursuing an emergency session under the Berlin Mechanism, but rather will seek an "extra session" of the Permanent Council to voice its concerns over a Kosovo declaration of independence. Acco [...] | 2008-02-13 12:49:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNAUS UNMIK PGOV YI EU OSCE NL |
08THEHAGUE137 | NETHERLANDS/GAERC: DUTCH VIEWS ON BALKANS, BURMA, [...] (SBU) Summary: Kosovo's imminent declaration of independence dominated the GONL briefing in preparation for the February 18 GAERC. Dutch MFA Deputy EU Correspondent Rochus Pronk briefed allies February 13 on Dutch views regarding Kosovo, Serbia and SAA, Burma, Africa, the Middle East, Iran, t [...] | 2008-02-14 13:03:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EU NL |
08THEHAGUE169 | NETHERLANDS/CUBA: TRANSITION POINTS DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-24 12:12:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EU CU NL |
08THEHAGUE227 | NETHERLANDS/GAERC: DUTCH VIEWS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Post delivered reftel points to key Dutch MFA contacts on March 6, 2008. On March 5, Dutch MFA Senior Policy Officer Jeroen Boender briefed EU diplomats and allies on Dutch views of the March 10-11 GAERC agenda, including the Western Balkans, the Middle East, Zimbabwe, Georgia, [...] | 2008-03-06 13:18:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EU NL |
08THEHAGUE246 | NETHERLANDS/ENERGY: DUTCH MOVE FORWARD WITH [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Netherlands is moving forward with plans to unbundle its public energy (gas and electricity) sector by 2011. Unbundling is expected to increase network efficiency and reliability and cut costs, primarily to industrial and business customers. However, the plans are facin [...] | 2008-03-13 10:24:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EINV PGOV EU NL |
08THEHAGUE253 | DUTCH ON U.S.-EU CLIMATE CHANGE COOPERATION [...] (U) Econ Section Chief discussed reftel points March 14 with Gerie Jonk, Senior Policy Officer, Dutch Ministry of Housing, Spatial Planning, and the Environment. (Dutch officials responsible for preparing GONL positions ahead of the March 13-14 European Council meeting were not available pri [...] | 2008-03-14 13:50:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KGHG SENV ENRG ECON EINV EU NL |
08THEHAGUE342 | NETHERLANDS/EU: SELLING THE EU TO EUROPE [...] (U) SUMMARY: On April 15, Austrian State Secretary for Foreign Affairs Hans Winkler and Dutch Minister for European Affairs Frans Timmermans discussed promoting the EU. Addressing an audience of approximately thirty diplomats at the Netherlands Institute for International Relations (Clingenda [...] | 2008-04-18 11:46:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL OPRC PINR EU NL AU |
08THEHAGUE372 | NETHERLANDS/GAERC: FLEXIBILITY ON SERBIA SAA/ICTY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On April 22, Charge d'Affaires reviewed ref B points on the Middle East with Baroness van Lynden-Leijten, Dutch MFA Director for Middle East and North Africa Affairs, and her deputy, Gert Heijkoop. Also on April 22, 2008 POLOFF delivered ref B points to Dutch MFA EU Corresponde [...] | 2008-04-28 14:30:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EU XF ZL NL |
08THEHAGUE380 | NETHERLANDS/SERBIA: FM PLEASED WITH SAA AGREEMENT [...] (C) On April 29, Ard van der Vorst, Dutch MFA Western Balkans Coordinator for Political Affairs, told POLOFF that FM Verhagen was pleased to sign the Stabilization and Association Agreement (SAA) with Serbia. The GAERC language provides that the SAA will not be implemented until Serbia fully [...] | 2008-05-05 07:18:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EU SE NL |
08THEHAGUE511 | NETHERLANDS/LEBANON: DUTCH VIEWS SUPPORT ARAB [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-12 16:07:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | EU LE NL PREL |
08THEHAGUE531 | NETHERLANDS: PRISONERS OF CONSCIENCE DECLARATION [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel on June 16 to the Dutch MFA. Renko Elema, in the human rights department, responded that the Dutch do not expect to issue a separate press release, but they do expect a press statement from the EU. Gallagher [...] | 2008-06-17 15:43:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EU NL PHUM PREL |
08THEHAGUE532 | NETHERLANDS/PALESTINE: DUTCH PLANS FOR BERLIN [...] (C) SUMMARY: On June 17, Poloff met with Michael Thijssen, Dutch MFA policy officer for Palestine, to discuss Dutch plans for participation at the June 24 Berlin Conference, as well as Dutch contributions to rule of law development. At the invitation of Germany, the Dutch will likely host the [...] | 2008-06-17 16:26:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID EU NL PAL |
08THEHAGUE559 | NETHERLANDS/ZIMBABWE: DUTCH PM, FM CALLS TO MBEKI, [...] (C) Summary: On June 26, Dutch MFA Zimbabwe desk officer Melle Leemstra gave poloff a summary of June 25 calls between FM Verhagen and Mr. Tsvangirai, and between PM Balkenende and President Thabo Mbeki. Tsvangirai wants greater AU engagement in resolving the situation and proposes a ceremoni [...] | 2008-06-30 07:53:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM EU AU ZI NL |
08THEHAGUE586 | NETHERLANDS: EU WANTS GENEVA VENUE FOR PRISONERS [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-11 09:55:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PHUM PREL NL EU |
08THEHAGUE587 | NETHERLANDS/ZIMBABWE: DUTCH VIEWS [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a July 1 letter to parliament, FM Verhagen described Dutch efforts to promote democracy in Zimbabwe. In a July 8 telcon with poloff, Dutch MFA Zimbabwe desk officer Melle Leemstra expressed support for further sanctions and U.S. action at the UN, and critiqued the French appro [...] | 2008-07-11 09:56:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM EAID EU NL ZI |
08THEHAGUE59 | NETHERLANDS/EU: OPPOSING SAO FOR SERBIA, PLANNING [...] (C) On January 17, MFA Deputy EU Correspondent Rochus Pronk gave Poloff a read-out of the January 16 Dutch-Slovene bilateral on an SAO for Serbia. FM Verhagen reportedly told FM Rupel that "conditionality stands" (i.e. requiring Serbia to cooperate with the ICTY) and that the "arguments agains [...] | 2008-01-17 15:19:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EU NL KV YI |
08THEHAGUE597 | NETHERLANDS: LISBON TREATY RATIFIED [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-16 06:20:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL NL EU |
08THEHAGUE600 | NETHERLANDS: LISBON TREATY RATIFIED [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-17 10:55:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL NL EU |
08THEHAGUE604 | NETHERLANDS: CAUTIOUS ABOUT NUCLEAR FUEL BANK [...] (C) SUMMARY: On June 26, poloff delivered reftel points to Henk Cor van der Kwast, Director of the Nuclear Affairs and Nonproliferation Division at the Dutch MFA. In a July 17 discussion, Van der Kwast and Ralf van de Beck, Senior Policy Officer, said the Dutch were not ready to contribute to [...] | 2008-07-18 12:44:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KNNP IAEA ENRG EU NL |
08THEHAGUE623 | NETHERLANDS/IRAN: SANCTIONS AND ENGAGEMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Dutch expect an insufficient Iranian response to the P5 1 proposal and the international community will need to move forward with additional multilateral sanctions. The Dutch continue to engage Iran on human rights despite strong differences of opinion within the Dutch gover [...] | 2008-07-23 10:00:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM EU UN NL IR |
08THEHAGUE631 | NETHERLANDS/COLOMBIA: DUTCH SUPPORT PRESSURE ON [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-25 12:32:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER SNAR EU NL CO |
08THEHAGUE634 | NETHERLANDS/SERBIA: NO SAA WITHOUT FULL ICTY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Dutch MFA staff indicate FM Verhagen intends to hold firm on requiring from Serbia "full cooperation" with the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) before moving ahead with a Stabilization and Association Agreement (SAA). The Dutch are not happy with EU [...] | 2008-07-25 13:20:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM NL EU SR |
08THEHAGUE643 | NETHERLANDS/TURKEY: CALM EU REACTION TO AKP CASE [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Dutch expect a "calm" EU reaction to the controversial court case in Turkey against the ruling AKP party. The Dutch are "gloomy," however, on prospects for Turkey's accession to the EU. END SUMMARY. 2. (C) CALM EU REACTION: On July 25, Poloffs discussed reftel points to M [...] | 2008-07-29 09:25:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NL EU TU |
08THEHAGUE684 | NETHERLANDS/GEORGIA: SUPPORTING CONDEMNATION OF [...] (C) For the August 13 GAERC, the Dutch want a "strong, unified condemnation" of Russia's excessive use of force. Poloff shared ref A points on August 12 with Rochus Pronk, Deputy EU Correspondent, Carin Lobbezoo, deputy chief for East Europe and Central Asian Affairs, and Johanneke de Hoogh, Senior [...] | 2008-08-12 15:54:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EU NL GG |
08THEHAGUE71 | NETHERLANDS/GAERC: DUTCH VIEWS ON THE MIDDLE EAST, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Post delivered reftel A points to key Dutch MFA contacts on January 24, 2008. On January 23, Dutch MFA Deputy EU Correspondent Rochus Pronk briefed EU diplomats and allies ahead of the January 28 GAERC, explaining Dutch views on the Middle East, Sudan, Kenya, and Pakistan. Pron [...] | 2008-01-25 13:47:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EU NL |
08THEHAGUE73 | NETHERLANDS/EU: SERBIA, KOSOVO VIEWS UNCHANGED [...] (C) SUMMARY: On January 23, 2008, Dutch MFA Deputy EU Correspondent Rochus Pronk briefed EU diplomats and allies ahead of the January 28 GAERC. Pronk emphasized that the Netherlands' position on Serbia -- opposing a Stabilization and Association Agreement (SAA) absent Serbian cooperation in f [...] | 2008-01-25 13:47:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EU NL KV SR |
08THEHAGUE789 | NETHERLANDS/GEORGIA: STEP ONE, DEPLOY OBSERVERS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Dutch want to keep the deployment of observers to Georgia on track. S/WCI Ambassador Williamson urged the Dutch to press within the EU for access to affected areas and an open investigation into war crimes, but the Dutch responded cautiously. Post assesses that the Dutch are [...] | 2008-09-23 09:57:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PGOV NL GG EU |
08THEHAGUE851 | NETHERLANDS/GEORGIA: GAERC UNLIKELY TO ACT [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Dutch expect no decisive action on Georgia/Russia at the upcoming GAERC October 13-14. END SUMMARY. 2. (C) On October 3, Poloff delivered Department's GAERC non-paper to Hugo Klijn, MFA Chief of the Eastern Europe and Central Asia Division. Klijn responded October 7 that [...] | 2008-10-08 16:10:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EU GG NL |
08THEHAGUE927 | NETHERLANDS/SYRIA: "REAL CHANGE" BEFORE EU [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Dutch state they want "real change" in Syria's behavior before expanding relations. At the same time, the Dutch have exchanged high-level visits with Syria, including an October 22 meeting between FM Verhagen and D/PM Dardari. The Dutch requested more information on the repo [...] | 2008-11-04 15:31:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR SY EU NL |
08THEHAGUE932 | NETHERLANDS/UN: HUMAN RIGHTS RESOLUTIONS ON IRAN, [...] No summary [...] | 2008-11-06 16:11:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM EU UN NL IR |
08THEHAGUE957 | NETHERLANDS/EU: DUTCH PRESS RUSSIA ON GEORGIA [...] (C) SUMMARY: On October 30, Dutch FM Verhagen urged Russian FM Lavrov to comply with the 6-point ceasefire plan for Russia and Georgia. Verhagen and Lavrov disagreed on Iran, with Lavrov suggesting Iran is being unfairly pressured. Lavrov urged support for the Medvedev plan for European secu [...] | 2008-11-17 16:06:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ETRD EU NL GG RS IR |
08THEHAGUE971 | NETHERLANDS/RUSSIA: SUPPORT GEORGIA, ENGAGE RUSSIA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Dutch MFA staff believe Russia/Georgia multilateral negotiations will be long and tedious. They do not see Russian aggression against Georgia as "first in a pattern," but more of a one-of-a-kind occurrence. They believe we need to engage Russia, but Russia doesn't "share our va [...] | 2008-11-20 14:08:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM EU GG NL PREL RS |
08THEHAGUE983 | NETHERLANDS/UNGA: LIKELY ABSTENTION ON ANTI-ISRAEL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Dutch will likely follow the EU position and abstain on the anti-Israel resolutions at the UN General Assembly. The Dutch noted their strong relations with Israel, and urged active U.S. engagement on the Middle East Peace Process. END SUMMARY. 2. (SBU) On November 21, po [...] | 2008-11-25 15:26:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNGA EU IS NL |
08TOKYO104 | JAPAN'S VIEWS ON RESOLVING KOSOVO'S STATUS IN [...] (C) Embassy Tokyo's Political Minister Counselor delivered the message regarding resolving Kosovo's status in early 2008 (reftel) to Ministry of Foreign Affairs European Affairs Bureau Deputy Director General Etsuro Honda on January 9. Japan shares the hope for a successful and peaceful outco [...] | 2008-01-11 08:31:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNMIK PGOV EU JA |
08TOKYO1820 | JAPANESE PARTICIPATION AT KOSOVO DONORS CONFERENCE [...] (C) Japan will most likely be represented at the European Union-sponsored Kosovo donors conference July 11 in Brussels by its Deputy Chief of Mission from its Embassy in Belgium, according to MOFA Central and South Eastern Europe Division Deputy Director Akihiko Ishimoto. At this time, it is [...] | 2008-07-02 09:49:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID UN UNMIK EU KV JA |
08TOKYO2537 | JAPANESE PARTICIPATION AT AD-HOC LIAISON COMMITTEE [...] (C) Japan will be represented at the September 22 New York meeting of the Ad-Hoc Liaison Committee by Ambassador Tatsuo Arima, Japan's Special Envoy for the Middle East Peace Process, according to MOFA First Middle East Division Principal Deputy Director Akihiro Tsuji. Ministerial representat [...] | 2008-09-16 09:21:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EAID KPAL KWBG EU IS JA |
08TOKYO386 | JAPAN WILL NEED TIME TO RECOGNIZE KOSOVO [...] (U) This message contains an action request. Please see paragraph 3. 2. (C) Japan will need time to review the text of Kosovo's declaration of independence before it can recognize Kosovo, Deputy Foreign Minister Kenichiro Sasae told the DCM February 13 in response to reftel demarche. To [...] | 2008-02-13 09:15:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UN UNMIK PGOV YI EU JA |
08TRIPOLI141 | LIBYA LINKS POSITION ON KOSOVO INDEPENDENCE TO RUSSIAN ARMS [...] (C) In a meeting with MFA Americas Desk Director Muhammad Matari February 20, P/E Chief noted that there had so far been no official GOL reaction to Kosovo's recent announcement of independence and, echoing our previous demarches on the subject (refs B and C),urged the GOL to recognize Kosovo' [...] | 2008-02-21 08:04:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SR EU YI UNMIK UN |
08TRIPOLI567 | THE EU-LIBYA FRAMEWORK AGREEMENT: VENI, VISAS, VETO [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-14 07:39:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EU ECIN ECON PBTS LY |
08TUNIS1143 | TUNISIA/EU: TUNISIA'S FAILED QUEST TO HOST THE UPM [...] (C/NF) In the aftermath of Tunisia's announcement that it was not interested in hosting the Union of the Mediterranean (UPM) or providing its Secretary General (Ref A),the diplomatic corps has been abuzz with rumors about what happened and why. European diplomatic representatives to Tunisia [...] | 2008-11-06 17:05:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL XI EU TS |
08TUNIS789 | MIXED TUNISIAN REACTION TO SARKOZY'S "CLUB MED" [...] (C) Even while Tunisia harbors aspirations to host the headquarters of the Sarkozy-backed Union for the Mediterranean (UPM),the domestic reaction to the July 13 launch of this new entity has been mixed. From the beginning, the GOT has been supportive of the initiative, but among the busine [...] | 2008-07-17 15:00:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM EU TS |
08USEUBRUSSELS1475 | DRL DAS BARKS-RUGGLES AND IO ACTING DAS REES EU [...] (C) Summary: DRL DAS Erica Barks-Ruggles and IO Acting DAS Grover Joseph Rees met September 1 in Brussels with the EU Working Party on Human Rights (COHOM) Troika as part of ongoing consultations. The EU-hosted meetings were led by Jacques Pellet, French MFA Deputy Director for Human Rights [...] | 2008-09-23 15:49:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM EU |
08USEUBRUSSELS1958 | LETTER TO THE PRESIDENT-ELECT FROM ACP-EU JOINT [...] Mission is transmitting the following letter to President-elect Obama: Begin Text: Dear President-elect: The ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly brings together 156 parliamentarians from the countries of Africa, the Caribbean, the Pacific and Europe. It is the parliamentary arm of th [...] | 2008-12-29 10:05:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | OPDC OVIP PREL EU |
08USEUBRUSSELS314 | OMV ARGUES FOR ACCESS TO IRANIAN GAS FOR NABUCCO [...] (C) Summary. In a February 21 meeting with Deputy Assistant Secretary for European and Eurasian Affairs Matthew Bryza and Econ Officer, OMV CEO Wolfgang Ruttenstorfer argued that the Nabucco project is at a critical stage, with his most important concern being gas supplies. Ruttenstorfer la [...] | 2008-02-29 10:56:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ENRG EPET ETRD EU RS IR |
08USEUBRUSSELS959 | EU COUNCIL MEETING WRAP UP [...] (C) SUMMARY. The June 19-20 European Union Council Meeting of Member State Foreign Ministers in Brussels deliberated at length on next steps regarding the Lisbon Treaty following the Irish "no" vote, agreeing that more time was needed to analyze the situation. The Council also discussed the W [...] | 2008-06-24 16:47:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV EU |
08USNATO253 | FRENCH OFFICIAL JOUYET BRIEFS NATO ON PLANS FOR EU [...] (C) SUMMARY. French Secretary of State for European Affairs Jeanne-Pierre Jouyet briefed the NAC on July 16 on "Priorities Of the French EU Presidency," referring frequently to France's October 2007 non-paper on NATO/EU relations and the July 7 high-level seminar in Paris on the subject. Jou [...] | 2008-07-18 11:09:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS NATO EU |
08USNATO254 | "FRIENDS OF KOSOVO" MEET IN BRUSSELS [...] (C) SUMMARY. Belgium hosted on July 18 a meeting of the "Friends Of Kosovo" bringing together key stakeholders, including NATO, EU, OSCE, UN and contributing nations. The meeting had no formal agenda but was designed to initiate a process of cooperation among the players. Speakers urged gre [...] | 2008-07-18 15:54:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS NATO UN EU OSCE |
08VATICAN38 | HOLY SEE HAS RECOGNIZED KOSOVO "DE FACTO", SAYS VATICAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Holy See is not ready to formally recognize Kosovo but will continue to promote dialogue in a way that implicitly acknowledges and respects Kosovo's de facto independence. The Holy See's diplomatic objectives are to balance relations with Serbia and the Serbian Orthodox Churc [...] | 2008-04-30 10:15:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PREF KIRF KJUS UN UNMIK YI EU VT |
08VIENNA1133 | AUSTRIAN POSITION ON TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS FOR [...] (C) Acting Econ/Pol Couns discussed reftel points August 6 with Thomas Schnoll, MFA Unit Chief for Southeast Europe. Acting Econ/Pol Couns stressed that it would be unwise to lift the travel restrictions on the Karadzic family until more is known about the family's possible links to the suppor [...] | 2008-08-07 10:23:00 | Embassy Vienna | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETTC KAWC ICTY BK EU AU |
08VIENNA1466 | SOLICITING POTENTIAL CONTRIBUTIONS TO KOSOVO DEBT RELIEF [...] (SBU) Per reftel, post submitted information on USG request for financial assistance for the Kosovo Debt Relief Trust Fund to Johann Kinast, Head of the Export Guarantees and Debt Rescheduling Unit in the Ministry of Finance (MoF). Post also sent reftel information to Thomas Schnoell, MFA Unit [...] | 2008-10-01 13:16:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID EFIN EINV PREL EU KV AU |
08VIENNA1648 | AUSTRIA ON BOSNIA [...] (C) Summary. Austria recognizes the deteriorating political situation in Bosnia, but believes that to redress the situation, Bosnian leaders must take on real political responsibility, which requires terminating the OHR and a transition to the EUSR. The 2010 elections appear to set the outer [...] | 2008-11-10 15:04:00 | Embassy Vienna | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EU BK AU |
08VIENNA1799 | AUSTRIAN VIEW OF BURMA SANCTIONS REGIME [...] (U) Polchief discussed reftel points December 5 with Bernhard Zimburg, MFA Director for East Asia and the Pacific, and his deputy, Bruno Bilek. Polchief also provided a copy of reftel OFAC paper. Zimburg and Bilek said they were not aware of the latest efforts to revise the EU targets list fo [...] | 2008-12-09 09:42:00 | Embassy Vienna | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PREL PGOV BM EU AU |
08VIENNA210 | AUSTRIA: KOSOVO RECOGNITION, STEERING GROUP, OSCE [...] (U) Econ/Pol Couns met 2/12 with MFA Acting Southeast Europe Department Director Thomas Schnoell to review Austrian plans for recognition of Kosovo membership in the Kosovo ISG, and related issues. Austrian Recognition -------------------- 2. (C) Schnoell reported that recognition involv [...] | 2008-02-12 15:47:00 | Embassy Vienna | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNMIK YI AU EU OSCE |
08VIENNA228 | AUSTRIA: KOSOVO RECOGNITION, EU DEPLOYMENT [...] (U) Charge delivered reftel message to MFA Deputy PolDir Ralph Scheide on 2/19. Scheide, noting that FonMin Plassnik had already announced Austria's intention to recognize Kosovo, reported that the formal process of recognition would begin with the Feb. 20 cabinet meeting and be concluded wit [...] | 2008-02-19 13:40:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV EU AU KV UNMIK |
08VIENNA502 | AUSTRIA RATIFIES EU REFORM TREATY [...] No summary [...] | 2008-04-10 16:36:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL EU AU |
08VIENNA708 | AUSTRIAN VIEWS ON THE GAERC [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-21 16:17:00 | Embassy Vienna | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EU KV AU |
08VIENNA752 | SARKOZY IN VIENNA: IRAN, SYRIA, ENERGY, AND [...] (C) Summary. French President Sarkozy made little progress in efforts to persuade Austria to accept autonomous EU sanctions on Iran; was briefed on Austrian plans for their June 23 conference on reconstruction of a Palestinian refugee camp in Lebanon, discussed European energy strategy in gene [...] | 2008-06-02 14:21:00 | Embassy Vienna | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EU AU |
08VIENNA764 | AUSTRIAN PRESIDENT DISCUSSES NABUCCO, ILISU, [...] (C) Summary: Austrian President Fischer discussed the Nabucco pipeline, the Ilisu dam project, counterterrorism, and Turkey's EU candidacy during a May 19-22 visit to Turkey, according to Turkish Embassy and Austrian MFA readouts. Fischer pressed Turkish President Gul and PM Erdogan on the nee [...] | 2008-06-05 07:54:00 | Embassy Vienna | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL TU EU ENRG EPET AU |
08VIENNA87 | FRENCH EMBASSY ON EU-3 SANCTIONS INITIATIVE [...] (C) Summary. According to the French Embassy in Vienna, the EU-3 expect some progress on adding names of Iranian entities and individuals to existing sanctions lists. The French willl enlist German help in persuading the Austrians to accept the addition of Bank Melli to the existing sanction [...] | 2008-01-18 15:52:00 | Embassy Vienna | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KNNP EU AU |
08VIENNA942 | AUSTRIA'S LEADING PARTY FAVORS EU REFERENDA, PUTS [...] (U) Summary: The SPO, beset by declining public support and internal squabbles, shocked the Austrian political world June 26 when Chancellor Gusenbauer and acting SPO Chairman Werner Faymann sent a letter to the mass tabloid Kronen Zeitung announcing that henceforth the party will favor nation [...] | 2008-07-02 07:52:00 | Embassy Vienna | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EU AU |
08VILNIUS688 | LITHUANIA WILL CONSULT BEFORE EU CHANGES KARADZIC [...] No summary [...] | 2008-08-21 08:48:00 | Embassy Vilnius | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETTC KAWC ICTY BK EU LH |
08VILNIUS715 | ADAMKUS WILL RAISE SUSPENSION OF POST-PCA [...] No summary [...] | 2008-08-29 14:16:00 | Embassy Vilnius | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EU GG LH |
08VILNIUS899 | LITHUANIA TO PURSUE REDUCTION IN SCHENGEN VISA FEE [...] (C) MFA Head of Belarus Division Marijus Gudynas told Post October 17 that Lithuania is pleased with the recent European Council declaration temporarily suspending the travel ban on Belarusian President Lukashenka. He said current Lithuanian policy toward Belarus will follow parallel tracks -- [...] | 2008-10-22 15:10:00 | Embassy Vilnius | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EU BO LH |
08VILNIUS903 | LITHUANIA, THE EU, AND RUSSIA: POSSIBLE VETO ON [...] (C) Lithuanian MFA U/S Zygimantas Pavilionis told Charge October 23 that he is very concerned that the EU is going to cave on normalizing relations with Russia in the coming weeks. Given pressure from France and Germany (along with southern tier countries),the November 10 GAERC will likely d [...] | 2008-10-23 11:54:00 | Embassy Vilnius | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EU GG LH |
08VILNIUS924 | LITHUANIA, EU ADVOCATE PUBLIC DIPLOMACY TO BOSNIAN [...] (C) The MFA's Acting Head of EU Enlargement Nerijus Aleksiejunas told Post October 28 that Lithuania is concerned by the deteriorating situation in Bosnia (ref a) -- all the more disturbing, he pointed out, given that the Bosnians just signed a Stabilization and Association Agreement with the E [...] | 2008-10-31 14:15:00 | Embassy Vilnius | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV XG BK EU LH |
08WARSAW393 | CODEL BOUCHER'S MEETINGS WITH POLISH MINISTRIES OF [...] (U) Summary: On March 20, a visiting delegation of six U.S. Members of Congress met with Rafal Baniak, Under Secretary in the Polish Ministry of Economy, and with SIPDIS Minister of Environment Maciej Nowicki. Given Poland's heavy dependence on coal, the Polish government is scrambling t [...] | 2008-03-28 12:58:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD ENRG SENV EU PL |
08WARSAW923 | POLAND TO JOIN EU CONSENSUS ON LIFTING KARADZIC [...] No summary [...] | 2008-08-05 15:35:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETTC EU ICTY PL BK |
08WELLINGTON44 | LOBBYING NEW ZEALAND ON KOSOVO INDEPENDENCE [...] (C) DCM presented the demarche reftel to Caroline Forsyth, MFAT Deputy Secretary for Multilateral and Global Affairs, on February 12. She responded that New Zealand has been following developments in Kosovo closely. GNZ has a long-standing established practice of not making declarations of rec [...] | 2008-02-13 05:25:00 | Embassy Wellington | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL NZ UN YI EU UNMIK |
08WELLINGTON59 | NEW ZEALAND RESPONSE ON KOSOVO INDEPENDENCE [...] (C) Summary. Charge presented reftel demarche to MFAT Deputy Secretary Peter Hamilton who repeated Prime Minister Clark's earlier insistence that New Zealand has an established practice of not publicly announcing diplomatic recognition but allowing it to be inferred over time from its actions. [...] | 2008-02-21 18:27:00 | Embassy Wellington | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UN UNMIK PGOV YI EU KV NZ |
08YAOUNDE331 | CAMEROON REACTS TO EUROPEAN UNION STATEMENT ON [...] (U) The independent media and many civil society contacts in Cameroon have welcomed the European Union's March 27 statement (see paragraph 4 for text) addressing riots in February and President Paul Biya's stated plans to change the constitution and eliminate term limits. They have also noted [...] | 2008-04-07 06:28:00 | Embassy Yaounde | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV PREL CM EU |
09ADDISABABA356 | AU SUMMIT -- AF ACTING A/S CARTER MEETS WITH EU [...] (C) Summary: AF Acting Assistant Secretary Phillip Carter, joined by Acting USAID Assistant Administrator for Africa Earl Gast, met with European Commission Director General for Development Stefano Manservisi on February 1 on the margins of the African Union Summit. Carter sought EU support [...] | 2009-02-09 16:40:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EU XA AU |
09ALGIERS366 | CHALLENGES FACING FOREIGN ASSISTANCE IN ALGERIA [...] (C) SUMMARY: The foreign assistance environment in Algeria is significantly different than in neighboring lower income countries where governments actively seek an open and transparent donor aid process. Donors from different governments and multilateral agencies do not coordinate their acti [...] | 2009-04-13 09:35:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID PREL EU AG |
09AMMAN1265 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: U.S. OBJECTIVES FOR THE [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-04 15:18:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID KPAL PGOV PREL WBG EU IS JO |
09AMMAN2156 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: JORDAN NONCOMITTAL ON U.S. [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-17 14:32:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID KPAL PGOV WBG EU IS JO |
09ANKARA10 | TURKEY: STATE TV LAUNCHES KURDISH CHANNEL [...] (C) Summary: This is a joint cable Embassy Ankara, Consulate Istanbul, and Consulate Adana. On January 1 the government-run broadcasting service Turkish Radio and Television (TRT) began official 24-hour Kurdish broadcasting on the new TRT 6. While some representatives from Kurdish and human [...] | 2009-01-06 08:39:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL TU OSCE EU |
09ANKARA1004 | TURKEY'S EU SCORECARD: SLOUCHING TOWARD BRUSSELS [...] (C) Summary: Since beginning its EU accession talks in 2005, Turkey has made partial technical progress toward meeting the membership requirements as prescribed by the acquis communautaire, resulting in the opening of 11 politically benign chapters. To further fulfill the Copenhagen criteria [...] | 2009-07-14 09:47:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | EU PREL TU |
09ANKARA1031 | TURKEY EXPECTS RIPPLE EFFECTS FROM NABUCCO IGA [...] (C) Summary: The heads of state of Turkey, Bulgaria, Romania, Hungary and Austria signed the Nabucco pipeline Inter-Governmental Agreement (IGA) July 13 in Ankara, with EU Commission President Barroso, Georgian President Shaakashvili, Iraqi Prime Minister Maliki, ministers from Germany, Egypt, [...] | 2009-07-17 15:04:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EU TU |
09ANKARA1149 | US AND TURKEY REAFFIRM CT COOPERATION [...] (C) Summary. Turkey is generally pleased with the U.S.-Turkey-Iraq Trilateral Process, but Iraq must take concrete measures against the PKK, Turkish officials told S/CT Amb. Benjamin during his July 30-31 visit. Turkey is developing a new broader "democratization" approach to the Kurdish issu [...] | 2009-08-07 15:04:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV PREL EU IZ TU |
09ANKARA1381 | TURKEY SUPPORTS USG OBJECTIVES FOR AD-HOC LIAISON [...] (SBU) On September 18 we delivered REFTEL objectives to Rauf Denktas at MFA's Directorate General for the Middle East. He told us that Turkey supports the U.S. objectives and that the Deputy Under Secretary for the Middle East and head of the department plan to attend the Ad Hoc Liaison Commi [...] | 2009-09-18 15:32:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID KPAL PGOV TU IS EU WBEG |
09ANKARA1500 | TURKS ACCENT THE POSITIVE IN EU PROGRESS REPORT [...] (C) SUMMARY: State Minister for EU Affairs Egemen Bagis and the MFA offered a broadly positive official reaction to the European Commission's 12th annual progress report, released October 14. Both Bagis and the MFA portrayed the report in their public statements as endorsing the government's [...] | 2009-10-16 16:47:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | CY EU PGOV PREL TU |
09ANKARA1641 | TURKEY SUPPORTS MACEDONIA'S EU MEMBERSHIP AND [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-16 15:42:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | EU EUN GR MK TU PREL PGOV |
09ANKARA1747 | TURKEY: EU TROIKA PRESSES ANKARA ON CYPRUS [...] (C) SUMMARY. The Turkey-EU Troika meeting on November 26 in Istanbul focused on Turkey's EU bid, but made reference to Turkey's unwillingness to implement the Ankara Additional Protocol. (The Swedish Embassy passed us their final report on this meeting but emphasized that not all EU members h [...] | 2009-12-08 16:42:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL TU EU CY |
09ANKARA368 | ERGENEKON: AS THE POWER PENDULUM SWINGS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Ergenekon investigation marks a swing of the power pendulum away from an entrenched, rigid urban elite to an Anatolian elite more representative of the Turkish populace. Prosecutors are accusing various military officials, bureaucrats, state employees, journalists and other [...] | 2009-03-12 05:05:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | EU OSCE PGOV TU |
09ANKARA46 | EU'S CT COORDINATOR GETS AN EARFUL IN ANKARA [...] (C) Summary. The December 22-23 Ankara visit of EU Counterterrorism Coordinator Gilles de Kerchove allowed the Turks to detail their frustrations regarding the EU's handling of terrorist organizations targeting Turkey and laid the foundation for closer Turkey-EU cooperation, according to MFA [...] | 2009-01-12 14:44:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL EU TU |
09ANKARA461 | TURKEY'S PERSPECTIVE ON NATO-EU RELATIONS [...] (C) Turkey's position on NATO-EU relations is tied to its policy regarding Cyprus and to its insistence on strict adherence to formal arrangements between the Alliance and the EU. Efforts to press Turkey to agree to any new formal agreements to allow closer NATO-EU cooperation, even if limite [...] | 2009-03-26 11:11:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NATO EU TU |
09ANKARA779 | LATEST TNP VIEWS ON ERGENEKON [...] (C) SUMMARY: Turkish National Police (TNP) briefers told us May 29 they plan to roll out a third Ergenekon indictment within several months; expect the court to issue a crucial ruling on whether the case and investigation fit under the rubric of counterterrorism; and are confident that as the [...] | 2009-06-02 13:19:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | EU OSCE PGOV TU |
09ANTANANARIVO359 | MADAGASCAR: EU DIALOGUE AND TGV'S COMING TRAVELS [...] (C) The May 19 Madagascar-EU "Political Dialogue" appears to have helped sober up the HAT and its President about the possible realities that lie ahead for them. The EU, led competently by Czech Ambassador Petr Kopriva, promised that the "120 day clock" for article 96 consultations is about [...] | 2009-05-20 12:55:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR MA UN EU AU |
09ASHGABAT624 | "TIMING WAS RIGHT" FOR EUROPEAN INTERIM TRADE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Several European diplomats agree that the time was right for the European Parliament to adopt an interim agreement on trade and trade-related matters with Turkmenistan, especially since Europe's top priority is energy. While the interim agreement mentions benchmarks, it does [...] | 2009-05-15 11:14:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL EAGR EINV EPET ETRD TX EU |
09ASHGABAT627 | ONE PERSON ALLEGES TURKMENISTAN IS READY TO LOOK [...] (C) In a meeting on May 13, Europa House Co-Coordinator, Theo Hensels (please protect),said that in addition to Turkmenistan's search for political support following the gas pipeline explosion on April 9 (reftel),the Turkmens' "eyes are opened and they now have a strong will to go for diver [...] | 2009-05-15 12:56:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EPET EU SOCI TX RU XG |
09ASHGABAT735 | TURKMENISTAN: DEMARCHE ON EUROPEAN SECURITY AND [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-11 05:33:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | OSCE PREL EU NATO PGOV PHUM KDEM TX |
09ASHGABAT79 | EU'S CASPIAN DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION PROPOSAL DELIVERED TO [...] No summary [...] | 2009-01-16 10:56:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG EPET CR EU TK TX |
09ASTANA1018 | KAZAKHSTAN: CUSTOMS UNION WITH RUSSIA TRUMPING [...] (C) SUMMARY: Recent evidence suggests the Russia-Belarus-Kazakhstan (RBK) Customs Union that Russian Prime Minister Putin announced in Moscow on June 9 was already becoming concrete a reality in May, if not earlier. Even before that, we had ample warning that Kazakhstan was weighing the adva [...] | 2009-06-15 11:15:00 | Embassy Astana | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON ETRD EAGR ENRG WTRO EU RS BO |
09ASTANA2190 | KAZAKHSTAN'S PRESIDENT COMMENTS ON LOGISTICS [...] (U) Sensitive but Unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) President Nursultan Nazarbayev gave his annual summing up to the diplomatic corps on December 22. Since he broke no new ground on any issue, we are reporting only excerpts from his presentation about issues of special in [...] | 2009-12-22 08:27:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON EPET MARR SENV OSCE EU CH RS |
09ATHENS725 | GREEK DEVELOPMENT AID TO THE BALKANS: BUSINESS AS USUAL [...] (U) Since 2001, Greece has given a consistent level of assistance to the Balkans, albeit not up to the level one might expect from a country with such regional leadership potential. In 2007, Greece programmed 83.3 million euro of official direct assistance (ODA) for development in the Balkans [...] | 2009-05-06 13:57:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON PGOV GR EU |
09BAKU376 | AZERBAIJAN: PRESIDENT ALIYEV'S EU MEETINGS IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: During his trip to Brussels, President Ilham Aliyev met with both European Commission President Barroso and EU Council High Representative Javier Solana. According the readout provided by the Council representative in Baku, Aliyev and Barroso discussed Azerbaijan's economy, the [...] | 2009-05-08 12:47:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM EU AJ |
09BEIJING1333 | LESSONS FOR S&ED - SWAGGER OVER SUBSTANCE AT 2ND [...] (C) China used the second High-level Economic Dialogue (HED) with the EU in Brussels May 7-8 to secure a vague commitment to &resist protectionism8 and take a dig at the United States and missed the chance to make substantive concessions on the numerous trade and investment barriers the EU rai [...] | 2009-05-18 09:30:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EINV EAID ETRD WTRO PREL CH EU |
09BEIJING164 | January 20 MFA Press Briefing: Wen Jiabao Visit to Europe, [...] Key points at the January 20 MFA Press Briefing: -- Premier Wen Jiabao will visit EU headquarters, Switzerland, Germany, Spain and the United Kingdom from January 27-February 2. Wen plans to attend the upcoming World Economic Forum in Davos. -- As President-elect Obama prepares to take offi [...] | 2009-01-20 10:14:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM KS KN CH SZ UK SP GM EU TW |
09BEIJING3349 | CHINA/OVERCAPACITY: OVERWEIGHT OR HEALTHY BABY FAT? [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: China's industrial structure is extremely overcapacity and the recent massive government stimulus packages and credit expansion exacerbated the problems, according to a November 26, 2009 EU Chamber of Commerce report. The report stirred controversy in China's blogosphere and med [...] | 2009-12-15 09:20:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EIND EFIN EU CH |
09BEIJING469 | February 24 MFA Press Briefing: Clinton Visit, DPRK Missile [...] Key points at the February 24 MFA press briefing: -- Secretary Clinton's first visit to China achieved "positive results." The two sides reaffirmed their desire to "maintain their close dialogue" and will expand areas of common interest in this "new era." -- China "takes note" of a possib [...] | 2009-02-24 10:04:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM KS KN EU RS JA SW PK IN CH |
09BEIJING499 | February 26 MFA Press Briefing: Human Rights Report, [...] Key points at the February 26 MFA press briefing: -- Responding to a question on the U.S. Department of State Human Rights Report, the MFA spokesman said China "attached great importance" to human rights, had made "constant progress" on human rights and "fully protected religious freedom." C [...] | 2009-02-26 09:48:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM KS KN EU RS JA SW PK IN CH |
09BEIJING545 | March 3 MFA Press Briefing: Bosworth Visit, Afghanistan, [...] Key points at the March 3 MFA press briefing: -- U.S. Special Representative for North Korea Policy Amb. Bosworth will meet both FM Yang Jiechi and VFM Wu Dawei this week. China hopes to exchange views on issues of common interests. The spokesperson reiterated China's hope that recent diffi [...] | 2009-03-03 10:35:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM KS KN AF FR EU IN CH |
09BERLIN1225 | MEDIA REACTION: IRAN, AFGHANISTAN, MIDEAST, GEORGIA, EU, [...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (Iran) P5+1 Talks 3. (Afghanistan) Rasmussen-Obama Meeting 4. (Mideast) Goldstone Report, Hamas-Fatah Relations 5. (Georgia) Final Report on Georgian War 6. (EU) Irish Referendum 7. (China) 60th Anniversary 8. (Germany) Foreign Pol [...] | 2009-09-30 13:24:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO IR AF XF GG EU GM |
09BERLIN1234 | MEDIA REACTION: IRAN, AFGHANISTAN, EU-IRELAND, OLYMPICS, [...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (Iran) P5+1 Talks 3. (Afghanistan) German Role 4. (EU) Irish Vote on Lisbon Treaty 5. (U.S.) Chicago's Olympic Bid 6. (U.S.) Healthcare Reform  [...] | 2009-10-02 14:45:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO IR AF EU US |
09BERLIN1242 | MEDIA REACTION: IRAN, OLYMPICS, NIDEAST, EU; Berlin [...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (Iran) Nuclear Conflict 3. (Olympics) Impact on Obama Administration 4. (Mideast) Goldstone Report 5. (Ireland) Aftermath of Irish Vote On Lisbon Treaty  [...] | 2009-10-05 13:29:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO IR US XF EU |
09BERLIN1251 | MEDIA REACTION: IRAN, PAKISTAN, AFGHANISTAN, EU, ECONOMIC, [...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (Iran) Nuclear Conflict 3. (Pakistan) Islamabad Bomb Attack 4. (Afghanistan) Future Strategy 5. (EU) Future of Lisbon Treaty 6. (Economic) IMF/World Bank Meeting 7. (U.S.) Economic Policy 8. (U.S.) No Obama-Dalai Lama Meeting  [...] | 2009-10-06 11:54:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO IR PK AF EU US |
09BERLIN1258 | MEDIA REACTION: DPRK, AFGHANISTAN, IMF, ECONOMIC, HONDURAS, [...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (DPRK) U.S. Relations 3. (Afghanistan) Future U.S. Strategy 4. (Economic) IMF/World Bank Meeting in Istanbul 5. (Economic) U.S. Labor Market Policy 6. (Honduras) Power Struggle 7. (Economic) Weakness of The Dollar 8. (U.S.) Obama A [...] | 2009-10-07 12:01:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO KN AF EFIN ELAB HO US EU |
09BERLIN1263 | MEDIA REACTION: AFGHANISTAN, MIDEAST, IMF, EU, [...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (Afghanistan) U.S. Strategic Deliberations 3. (Mideast) Goldstone Report 4. (Economic) IMF/World Bank Meeting 5. (EU) Future of Lisbon Treaty 6. (Italy) Implications of Court Ruling for Berlusconi  [...] | 2009-10-08 11:54:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO AF XF EFIN EU IT |
09BERLIN1274 | MEDIA REACTION: PAKISTAN, AFGHANISTAN, RUSSIA-U.S., [...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (Pakistan) Bomb Attack 3. (Afghanistan) New U.S. Strategy 4. (Russia-U.S.) Clinton Visit 5. (Mideast) Aftermath of Goldstone Report 6. (U.S.) Nobel Peace Prize for Obama 7. (Turkey-Armenia) Rapprochement 8. (EU) Future of Lisbon Tr [...] | 2009-10-13 15:02:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO PK AF RS XF US AM EU |
09BERLIN1280 | MEDIA REACTION: U.S., AFGHANISTAN, EU, U.S.; Berlin [...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (U.S.-Russia) Secretary Clinton in Moscow 3. (Afghanistan) Secret Increase in U.S. Forces 4. (EU) Ratification of Lisbon Treaty 5. (U.S.) Climate Protection  [...] | 2009-10-14 12:36:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO US AF EU |
09BERLIN1285 | MEDIA REACTION: AFGHANISTAN, U.S.-RUSSIA, EU-TURKEY, EU, [...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (Afghanistan) British Role 3. (U.S.-Russia) Secretary Clinton in Moscow 4. (EU-Turkey) Progress Report 5. (EU) Future President 6. (U.S.) Future Role in the World 7. (China-Russia) Natural Resources Agreement  [...] | 2009-10-15 12:02:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO AF US EU TK RS |
09BERLIN1292 | MEDIA REACTION: PAKISTAN, TURKEY-ISRAEL, UNHRC, [...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (Pakistan) Series of Bomb Attacks 3. (Turkey-Israel) Relations 4. (UNHRC) Goldstone Report 5. (Environment) Climate Change 6. (EU-U.S.) Dollar, SWIFT Â [...] | 2009-10-16 12:13:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO PK TK UN EV EU |
09BERLIN1314 | GERMANY ON TEC: MORE MODEST AGENDA, READY TO DEAL [...] (SBU) Summary: The German government, worried that the Transatlantic Economic Cooperation (TEC) process may stall at the upcoming TEC meeting on October 26-27, is setting more modest goals. The German government has submitted five agenda items - on financial regulations, innovative techno [...] | 2009-10-21 08:47:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EFIN PREL ECIN EU GM |
09BERLIN1355 | AIRBUS IS CONVINCED THAT THE U.S. TANKER BIDDING [...] (C) Summary: In an October 14 meeting with the Ambassador, Airbus CEO Thomas Enders expressed strong disappointment regarding the bidding process for the next generation of U.S. Air Force tankers. He contended that Boeing has used its influence to ensure a process that will work in its favor. [...] | 2009-10-28 06:31:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | EAIR ECON ETRD PINR PREL EU GM |
09BERLIN1358 | MEDIA REACTION: IRAN, AFGHANISTAN, CLIMATE, EU, [...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (Iran) Nuclear 3. (Afghanistan) New Strategy 4. (Environment) Climate Change 5. (EU) Future Presidency 6. (Middle East) Conflict Over Water Resources  [...] | 2009-10-28 14:44:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO IR AF EU XF |
09BERLIN1364 | MEDIA REACTION: AFGHANISTAN, AFGHANISTAN MIDEAST, IRAN, EU, [...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (Afghanistan) Bomb Attack, U.S. Strategy 3. (Afghanistan) Karzai Brother on CIA Payroll 4. (Mideast) Clinton Visit 5. (Iran) Nuclear Conflict 6. (EU) Future President 7. (U.S.-Germany) Relations 8. (Environment) Climate Talks [...] | 2009-10-29 13:15:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO AF XF IR EU GM KGHG |
09BERLIN1371 | MEDIA REACTION: MIDDLE EAST, AFGHANISTAN, IRAN, EU, [...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (Middle East) Secretary Clinton's Visit 3. (Afghanistan) U.S. Strategy, NATO Report on Air Strikes 4. (Iran) Nuclear Program 5. (EU) Summit Meeting, EU President 6. (U.S.) Economic Recovery  [...] | 2009-10-30 14:33:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO XF AK IR EU US |
09BERLIN1400 | MEDIA REACTION: AFGHANISTAN, IRAN, EU, GENERAL MOTORS, [...] Lead Stories Summary 2. GMQs U-turn 3. Chancellor Merkel in the US 4. President Obama Q One year after the elections 5. Lisbon Treaty 6. CIA Q Italian Court 7. Climate Change 8. Iranian Protests 9. Afghanistan  [...] | 2009-11-05 13:58:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO AF KGHG IR EU GM US IT |
09BERLIN1429 | MEDIA REACTION: POTUS IN ASIA, AFGHANISTAN, ARMISTICE DAY, [...] Lead Stories Summary 2. President Obama in Asia 3. Strategy on Afghanistan 4. Armistice Day 5. Muslims in Germany  [...] | 2009-11-12 11:53:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO AF CH JA FR EU GM |
09BERLIN1442 | GERMAN VIEWS ON RUSSIA AND UKRAINE IN ADVANCE OF [...] (C) SUMMARY. Germany largely supports the U.S. position laid out in reftel: continued engagement with Russia on difficult issues such as Iran and Georgia remains necessary, and the negative developments in Ukraine reinforce the need for Ukrainian leaders to work together. Despite a negative [...] | 2009-11-13 16:35:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | GM EU NATO PREL RU UNSC PGOV IR UP GG |
09BERLIN1469 | MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-IRAN, AFGHANISTAN, CLIMATE, EU, [...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (U.S.-China) Obama Visit 3. (Afghanistan) Debate Over Troop Withdrawal 4. (Environment) Climate Change 5. (EU) Future Top Jobs 6. (Transparency International) New Ranking  [...] | 2009-11-18 11:28:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR US AF KGHG EU |
09BERLIN1481 | MEDIA REACTION: AFGHANISTAN, CLIMATE, MIDEAST, GUANTANAMO, [...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (Afghanistan) Karzai's Inauguration 3. (Environment) Copenhagen Summit 4. (Mideast) Israeli Settlements 5. (U.S.) Closure of Guant namo 6. (Iran) Nuclear Conflict 7. (U.S.-Asia) Future Relations 8. (EU) Top Jobs 9. (Economic) [...] | 2009-11-23 07:10:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO AF KGHG XF US IR EU ETRD |
09BERLIN1483 | MEDIA REACTION: AFGHANISTAN, MIDDLE EAST, IRAN, DPRK, [...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (Afghanistan) President Karzai's Inauguration 3. (Middle East) Israeli Settlement Policy 4. (Iran) Nuclear Conflict 5. (DPRK) Obama Warning 6. (U.S.-Asia) Obama Trip 7. (EU) EU Top Jobs 8. (Environment) Copenhagen Conference à [...] | 2009-11-23 07:13:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO AF XF IR KN US EU KGHG |
09BERLIN1487 | MEDIA REACTION: IRAN, U.S., AFGHANISTAN, U.S.-CHINA, [...] Lead Stories 2. (Iran) Nuclear Conflict, Maneuvers 3. (U.S.) Healthcare Reform 4. (Afghanistan) U.S. Arming Local Militias 5. (U.S.-China) Relations 6. (Climate) Copenhagen Conference 7. (EU) Future Leadership  [...] | 2009-11-23 12:07:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO IR US AF KGHG EU |
09BERLIN1515 | MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-AFGHANISTAN, IRAN, EU, CLIMATE, [...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (U.S.) President Obama's Afghanistan Strategy 3. (Iran) Nuclear Program 4. (EU) Lisbon Treaty 5. (Climate) Copenhagen Summit 6. (Honduras) Elections 7. (U.S.-Germany) Swift Agreement 8. (Switzerland) Swiss Ban on New Minarets [...] | 2009-12-01 12:01:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO AF IR EU KGHG HO GM SZ |
09BERLIN1525 | GERMANY NONCOMMITTAL ON PA BUDGET SUPPORT [...] (C) Pol Minister Counselor delivered reftel letter from Secretary Clinton to German Foreign Minister Westerwelle November 25 to MFA Near East Assistant Secretary-equivalent Andreas Michaelis who had just returned from his November 23-24 visit to Jerusalem and Ramallah with Westerwelle. Michae [...] | 2009-12-02 14:32:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | OPDC PREL EAID PGOV WBG EU IS GM |
09BERLIN158 | HEDGING YOUR BETS: GERMANY LEANS TOWARDS NABUCCO, [...] (C) Summary: Germany demonstrated its growing support for the Nabucco gas pipeline by sending Economics Ministry heavyweight State Secretary Bernd Pfaffenbach to last week's Nabucco Summit in Budapest. During and after the conference the German government expressed guarded optimism regarding N [...] | 2009-02-06 15:43:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET ETRD PREL UP EU RU TU GM |
09BERLIN1605 | GLASS HALF FULL: GERMANY BACKS CURRENT DOHA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. German government and industry fully concur in calling for a swift conclusion of the Doha Round. They believe that the current Doha package is the best result that can be obtained. Senior government and industry officials have signaled that they consider U.S. demands for more m [...] | 2009-12-18 15:29:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON PREL EAGR WTRO EU GM |
09BERLIN161 | MEDIA REACTION: MSC, U.S. ECONOMY, EU-RUSSIA, GERMAN ECON [...] Lead Stories Summary 2. Munich Security Conference 3. U.S. Economic Package 4. Russia-EU Meeting 5. German Economic Minister Resigns  [...] | 2009-02-09 12:29:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO GM US EU RS AF IR |
09BERLIN301 | GERMANY: NOT PUSHING FOR LUKASHENKA INVITE TO EU [...] (C) SUMMARY. German Chancellery and MFA contacts agree that inviting Belarusian President Lukashenka to the May 7 EU Summit launching the Eastern Partnership (EaP)would be a mistake, although they support continuing the suspension of EU sanctions for another six months and allowing Belarus to [...] | 2009-03-13 15:17:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV GM BO RS EU |
09BERLIN334 | BOTH GERMAN FM STEINMEIER AND SPECIAL ENVOY [...] (SBU) Post delivered reftel points to MFA Deputy Afghanistan/Pakistan Task Force Director Thomas Zahneisen on March 17, after coordinating with the Dutch Embassy, which briefed the MFA on their plans for the March 31 Afghanistan Conference the day before. 2. (C) Zahneisen warmly welcomed th [...] | 2009-03-20 15:26:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NATO EU AF PK UN GM |
09BERLIN382 | GERMANY: SUPPORTIVE OF PROPOSED AF/PAK [...] (C) SUMMARY. German officials have been uniformly positive about the new U.S. Afghanistan/Pakistan strategy and largely supportive of our proposed deliverables for the NATO and U.S.-EU summits. The Germans are committed to covering almost all of the outstanding requirements in the north of Afghanis [...] | 2009-03-31 19:11:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NATO EU AF PK UN GM |
09BERLIN431 | NEW U.S. AF/PAK STRATEGY GENERATES GOOD WILL, BUT [...] (S) SUMMARY. The new U.S. strategy for Afghanistan and Pakistan has been warmly received in Germany and has engendered considerable good will, but it has thus far yielded only a few additional commitments from Berlin -- the chief of which is a contribution of 50 million Euros to the Afghan Nat [...] | 2009-04-10 10:25:00 | Embassy Berlin | SECRET | PREL MARR ECON EAID NATO EU AF PK UN GM |
09BERLIN434 | GERMANY FAILS TO CLARIFY ITS POSITION ON GAS [...] (C) Summary: Germany's stance regarding Europe's three major gas pipeline projects -- Nabucco, Nordstream, and Southstream -- has become increasingly difficult to decipher. The apparent confusion results from a German tendency to try to appease all sides on contentious and complex issues. How [...] | 2009-04-14 05:30:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET ETRD PREL UP EU RU TU GM |
09BERLIN48 | MEDIA REACTION: MIDEAST, RUSSIA, CLINTON, EU [...] Lead Stories Summary 2. Israel-Hamas Conflict 3. Russian-Ukrainian Gas Dispute 4. Secretary-designate Clinton Hearing 5. EU Monetary Union  [...] | 2009-01-14 12:40:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | XF IS GZ RS UP US EU |
09BERLIN671 | AHLC: GERMANY SHARES U.S. OBJECTIVES, CITES NEED [...] (SBU) MFA Near East Division Chief Boris Ruge informed Poloff June 5 that the MFA "fully agrees" with the U.S. policy objectives noted in reftel. Ruge will lead the German delegation to the AHLC's June 8 Oslo meeting. Ruge said that keeping the Palestinian Authority (PA) financially solvent [...] | 2009-06-05 15:13:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID KPAL PGOV PREL WBG EU IS GM |
09BERLIN694 | EUROPEAN SECURITY PROPOSAL: GERMANY FAVORS FOCUS [...] (C) SUMMARY. Germany largely supports the U.S. proposal for launching a constructive dialogue on European security within the OSCE at the Corfu ministerial, but warns against a comprehensive review of existing commitments or an effort to beef up the human dimension. Instead, Germany favors a [...] | 2009-06-10 13:03:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | OSCE PREL EU NATO PGOV |
09BERLIN776 | GERMANY NOT SYMPATHETIC TO UKRAINIAN APPEALS ON [...] (C) Summary: Recent statements by German government officials handling energy policy indicate that Berlin continues to see Ukraine as the principal problem preventing a quick resolution of the Ukraine/Russia gas dispute. While Germany plans to attend an EU meeting in Brussels during the week [...] | 2009-06-29 06:03:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET ECON PINR PREL UP EU RU GM |
09BERLIN838 | GERMANY SUPPORTS EUMM BUT SEEKS REALISTIC GOALS [...] (C) SUMMARY. Germany fully expects the EU Monitoring Mission (EUMM) mandate in Georgia to be extended for a year, despite some EU members' concerns that the mission was never envisioned as the sole international mission in the country. Although Germany supports extending the EUMM, some within [...] | 2009-07-10 15:54:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS OSCE PHUM PREL UN GG RS GM EU |
09BERLIN869 | GERMANY HESITANT ABOUT U.S. ROLE IN EUMM [...] (C) Poloff followed-up with MFA Deputy Head of Division for the South Caucasus and Central Asia Maria Gosse regarding possible U.S. participation in the EUMM (ref a). Although Germany wishes to keep the U.S. "engaged in Georgia," the MFA is hesitant to accept U.S. involvement in the mission. [...] | 2009-07-17 14:06:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS OSCE PHUM PREL UN GG RS GM EU |
09BOGOTA2409 | GOC ASKS FOR USG HELP TO PERSUADE EU AND RUSSIA TO [...] (U) This is an action request, please see paragraph 3. 2. (C) Vice Foreign Minister Clemencia Forero and Vice Defense Minister Sergio Jaramillo called Charge to the Foreign Ministry on July 29 to request USG assistance in persuading the EU and Russia to suspend arms sales to Venezuela. T [...] | 2009-07-30 17:32:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER ETTC PARM SW RS EU CO |
09BRATISLAVA247 | EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT ELECTIONS: LITTLE INTEREST, [...] Nineteen percent of Slovaki voters Slovak voters turned out this weekend to elect Euro-Parliamentarians, besting their last-in-the-EU turnout of 17 percent five years ago, but showing little interest in the process. While PM Fico's Smer party did predictably well, gaining 5 seats, each of the [...] | 2009-06-08 15:21:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV EU LO |
09BRATISLAVA251 | SLOVAKIA CONCERNED ABOUT CFE [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel points to Roman Rosina, OSCE Officer in the Arms Control Department at MFA, and Martin Pangrac, NATO officer in the Security Policy Department. Rosina said Slovakia fully supports the U.S. initiative for dialogue, but would like the Conventional Forces in Europe ( [...] | 2009-06-10 15:04:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OSCE PREL EU NATO PGOV LO |
09BRATISLAVA33 | SLOVAKIA ON EU-SYRIA ASSOCIATION AGREEMENT [...] (C) PolOff delivered reftel A points to Tana Halaszova of the Slovak MFA's Middle East Department. Halaszova stated that she did not believe the EU-Syria Association Agreement would be discussed in upcoming EU Ministerial meetings, as the European gas crisis and the Gaza conflict were causing [...] | 2009-01-16 11:12:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EU SY LO |
09BRATISLAVA451 | SLOVAK RESPONSE TO OCTOBER GAERC DEMARCHE [...] PolOff delivered talking points to Albin Otruba, European Correspondent at the Slovak MFA. Otruba stressed that Afghanistan is a priority country for Slovak development assistance, and that they are trying to coordinate with other EU members in this area. He noted that the EU would be di [...] | 2009-10-23 12:29:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL EU LO |
09BRATISLAVA480 | SLOVAK RESPONSE TO NOVEMBER GAERC DEMARCHE [...] PolOff delivered referenced talking points on November 13 to Albin Otruba, European Correspondent at the Slovak MFA. Otruba agreed that EU cooperation with Russia is vital, and said that the Slovaks are interested in an "early warning" agreement on energy supply issues. Otruba also said that R [...] | 2009-11-13 12:49:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL EU LO |
09BRUSSELS1120 | BELGIUM: CLOSER COORDINATION WITH U.S. AND OTHER [...] (C) Summary: In an August 5 meeting with Charge and Embassy political officers, the new Director of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Department for Sub-Saharan Africa sought greater coordination and cooperation among donor countries active in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). He ex [...] | 2009-08-12 15:29:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL BE RW CG EU |
09BRUSSELS1220 | EUROPEAN UNION EXPRESSES CONCERN ABOUT PROPOSED [...] (C) Summary: On September 3, 2009, USEU Charge d'Affaires was demarched by the European Commission's Directorate General for Justice, Freedom and Security o EU concerns about the proposed fee for the Electronic System for travel Authorization (ESTA) contained in the Travel Promotion Act of 2 [...] | 2009-09-04 15:25:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | CVIS CMGT PREL SMIG EU |
09BRUSSELS123 | DELIVERY OF DEMARCHE ON PARTICIPATION IN GAZA ARMS [...] (C) Deputy Political Counselor delivered reftel demarche January 27 to Wolfgang Barwinkel, Director of the Middle East Division at the Middle East Maghreb Unit of the EU Council. (Note: Head of Unit Christian Jouret was traveling with Javier Solana in the Middle East.) Barwinkel noted that the [...] | 2009-01-28 16:40:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL MARR MOPS PARM NATO EU IS PHSA |
09BRUSSELS1251 | EUROPEAN COMMISSION ATTENDANCE AT SEPTEMBER 22 [...] (SBU) Mission delivered reftel demarche regarding the September 22 Ad Hoc Liaison Committee (AHLC) Meeting to the Palestine Desk Officer at the European Commission (EC). She indicated that the EU understood that the level of attendance for the meeting had already been set at the senior level [...] | 2009-09-17 13:41:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID KPAL PGOV WBG EU IS |
09BRUSSELS1345 | BELGIUM: MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS VIEWS ON EU [...] (C) SUMMARY: Belgium's foreign policy priorities in the EU include the EU's policy towards Belgium's former colonies, toward those countries where Belgian soldiers are posted, enlargement, and ensuring that EU foreign policy is developed according to agreed-upon standards. Belgium remains de [...] | 2009-10-02 16:22:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV BE EU |
09BRUSSELS1397 | EU CONFERENCE GIVES ROUSING APPLAUSE TO NEW U.S. [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: U.S. Mission to the European Union (USEU) officials were gratified by the enthusiastic and spontaneous reception given at the International Workshop on Poverty Eradication and Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights to the presentation of new U.S. policy changes on reproducti [...] | 2009-10-20 11:00:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PHUM PREL SCUL SOCI EU |
09BRUSSELS1399 | EU COMMISSIONER DE GUCHT’S TRIP TO ZIMBABWE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The EU Commissioner for Development and Humanitarian Aid, Karel de Gucht, along with the Swedish International Development Cooperation Minister Gunilla Carlsson, traveled to Zimbabwe on 12-13 September with an EU delegation including representatives of the Council, Commission, and th [...] | 2009-10-20 13:34:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETRD ZU EU |
09BRUSSELS1421 | EU STANCE ON NABUCCO WORRIES ITGI [...] (SBU) Summary: A representative of the Italy-Turkey-Greece Interconnector (ITGI) pipeline project believes the Commission,s public bias towards Nabucco is prejudicing ITGI,s ability to secure a gas deal. Commission officials told him that their support for Nabucco is driven by USG pressure. [...] | 2009-10-22 14:13:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG IT ZJ RU EU |
09BRUSSELS1583 | BELGIUM: SUPPORTING MACEDONIA'S EU MEMBERSHIP AND [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-24 16:31:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EU EUN GR MK BE |
09BRUSSELS1615 | EU PREPARING NEW HIGH REPRESENTATIVE TO PRESS BURMA [...] (C) SUMMARY. Poloff delivered reftel demarche to European Council Secretariat contact on November 30 who commented on the similarities between our policy points and the briefing paper he prepared for the new High Representative for EU Foreign Policy, Catherine Ashton. While the Council Secre [...] | 2009-12-01 16:04:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV BM EU |
09BRUSSELS1633 | DHS SECRETARY NAPOLITANO'S NOVEMBER 6 MEETING WITH [...] (C) Summary: DHS Secretary Napolitano met November 6 with Belgian Minister of Interior Annemie Turtelboom to promote information sharing and security. The Secretary stressed the importance of finding a solution for the Swift Terrorist Finance Tracking Program (TFTP) issue prior to December 1. [...] | 2009-12-03 17:14:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL PGOV KTFN KHLS KISL BE EU |
09BRUSSELS1644 | EU TO LAUNCH NEW ENERGY AGENCY [...] (SBU) Summary: In a letter dated November 27, 2009, European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso provided incoming Energy Commissioner Guenter Oettinger with his mandate on EU energy policies. Barroso also announced the creation of the new Directorate General for Energy, which will take [...] | 2009-12-07 16:15:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ENRG PREL KGHG EU |
09BRUSSELS1656 | CHALLENGES WITH CHINA DISCUSSED AT HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (C) SUMMARY. The recent EU-China human rights dialogue dominated discussions during the December 4 human rights exchange (HRE) on China. Participants from the EU, Sweden, The Netherlands, Germany, Hungary, Australia, Japan, Switzerland, Norway, Canada and the U.S. also discussed efforts to mainstre [...] | 2009-12-09 14:38:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KIRF EU |
09BRUSSELS1675 | RIFT OVER EU'S AUTHORITY TO REGULATE GAS SUPPLY [...] (U) SUMMARY: At the December 7 Energy Council in Brussels, Energy Ministers of the twenty-seven EU member states debated the European Commission's authority to regulate security of supply in member states. Discussions on security of gas supply revealed a split by a number of member states (Th [...] | 2009-12-15 11:56:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ENRG PREL EPET KGHG EU |
09BRUSSELS169 | USEU CONTACT FOR ASEAN ISSUES [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-05 17:22:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECIN PREL ASEAN EU |
09BRUSSELS196 | BELGIAN COMPANY EXMAR SEES OPPORTUNITIES IN GAS CRISIS [...] During the regular natural gas disputes between Russia and some of its (former) client states that also affected Europe, Belgian gas supplies were never under threat. In 2008, Belgium imported only five percent of its gas supply from Russia, mainly thru the German-Russian Wingas group and the Fren [...] | 2009-02-11 14:10:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG EPET EU BE |
09BRUSSELS217 | EU SEEKS FOR ROLE IN MIDDLE EAST PEACE AS [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-13 16:41:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL MARR PARM EU IS |
09BRUSSELS223 | (CORRECTED CABLE FOR ERROR IN SUBJECT LINE) EU [...] (C) Summary: As Israel undertakes the formation of a new government and plans go forward for the March 2 Cairo donors conference, several EU officials and diplomats from EU member states and non-EU interested missions (such as Egypt, Israel and Norway) have told us the importance they attach t [...] | 2009-02-17 15:39:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL MARR PARM EU IS |
09BRUSSELS248 | DELIVERY OF DEMARCHE ON U.S. PLANS FOR MARCH 2 [...] (C) Summary: Drawing on Reftel points USEU discussed the March 2 donors' conference with EU officials and representatives of the Czech and Norwegian missions in Brussels, as well as with the EU's humanitarian aid organization, ECHO. According to our interlocutors, Javier Solana, Commissioner [...] | 2009-02-20 16:22:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN EU KPAL KWBG PGOV PHUM PTER |
09BRUSSELS429 | EU TO SPEND 4 BILLION ON ENERGY TO STIMULATE [...] In December 2008, the European Council agreed to a European Economic Recovery Plan (EERP),whereby each member state would develop and implement a financial stimulus package. As part of the EERP, the Commission proposed an EU stimulus package of five billion euros, to be spent on energy and b [...] | 2009-03-26 05:58:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG EFIN EU |
09BRUSSELS473 | ASEAN TAC: EU EXPERIENCE [...] (SBU) This is in response to Reftel request for information on the EU experience with regard to accession to the ASEAN Treaty of Amity and Cooperation (TAC). While the European Union would like to accede to the TAC, our European Commission interlocutors tell us that it may be some time befor [...] | 2009-04-01 13:56:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTIA PREL ASEAN EU |
09BRUSSELS49 | DEMARCHE: SYRIA ASSOCIATION AGREEMENT TO BE [...] (C) Ambassador delivered reftel demarche to Czech (EU presidency) PermRep Milena Vicenova January 13. In her discussion, Ambassador reviewed U.S. concerns about Syria's behavior, including assistance to Hezbollah and Hamas, lack of cooperation with the IAEA, the problem of foreign fighters tr [...] | 2009-01-15 08:54:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EU SY |
09BRUSSELS521 | PRECAUTIONARY PRINCIPLE: SENTENCE FIRST, VERDICT [...] (U) SUMMARY. At its quarterly meeting in Brussels March 31, the European Risk Forum focused its roundtable discussion on the precautionary principle, with Commission and European agency officials, private sector representatives, academics and others weighing in. The discussion, which was less [...] | 2009-04-07 12:45:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ECON EFIN EFTA ETRD EU |
09BRUSSELS550 | EU CONTINUES TO WEIGH ISRAEL AND SYRIA RELATIONS [...] (C) Summary: As reported reftel the 27 EU Foreign Ministers, meeting March 27 in the Czech Republic in the semi-annual informal "Gymnich" format (at which formal conclusions are not reached) discussed a number of Middle East issues, including whether and how to proceed with an upgrade of EU- [...] | 2009-04-09 15:16:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL EU |
09BRUSSELS58 | BELGIUM SUPPORTS EU-SYRIA ASSOCIATION AGREEMENT [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche requesting delay in approval of an EU-Syria association agreement to Liliane Bloem, Acting Director of the European Affairs Department, on January 12 and to Yves Rogister, a desk officer in the Department for the Middle-East & North Africa, on January 13. [...] | 2009-01-15 15:55:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EU SY BE |
09BRUSSELS657 | PARTICIPATION IN THE MAY 13-14 ISLAMABAD REGIONAL [...] (U) USEU Poloff and Econoff delivered REF A points to Czech Government in its capacity as European Union (EU) Presidency, EU Council Secretariat, and European Commission officials. Czech Vice Minister for Foreign Affairs Tomas Pojar will represent the Czech Presidency. EU Special Representat [...] | 2009-05-08 15:49:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | AF BEXP EAGR EAID ECON ENRG ETRD EU EUN KPWR |
09BRUSSELS67 | DEMARCHE: EU AND EC OFFICIALS REQUEST FURTHER [...] (C) Deputy Political Counselor delivered reftel demarche separately to Christian Jouret, Head of the Middle East Unit in the Council of the European Union (who works closely with Solana) and to Leonidas Tezapsidis, Head of the Near East Region (a Unit Deputy Director) in the European Commission [...] | 2009-01-16 15:10:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MASS PARM KWBG PBTS PHUM EU IS |
09BRUSSELS672 | ISRAEL DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER AYALON DISCUSSES [...] (C) Summary: The Deputy Foreign Minister of Israel, Daniel Ayalon, met for two and a half hours in an informal May 7 session with ambassadors who make up the EU's 28-member Political and Security Committee (PSC),which helps set EU common foreign and security policy. Several EU diplomats an [...] | 2009-05-12 10:40:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL EU |
09BRUSSELS784 | DELIVERY OF DEMARCHE ON U.S. OBJECTIVES FOR THE [...] (SBU) Mission delivered reftel demarche to officials who cover the Middle East at the EU Council, European Commission, and Czech Mission (the current EU presidency). According to the director for Middle East affairs at the Council, the upcoming Ad-Hoc Liaison Committee (AHLC) meeting was di [...] | 2009-06-05 13:19:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID KPAL PGOV PREL EU |
09BRUSSELS84 | EU FOREIGN MINISTERS PRESS LIVNI ON OPENING GAZA, [...] (C) Summary: Tomas Smetanka, Middle East Advisor at the Czech Permanent Representation in Brussels, told us that, during their January 21 dinner meeting with Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni, EU Foreign Ministers pressed for an immediate humanitarian opening of Gaza, for a permanent ope [...] | 2009-01-22 17:20:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID PHUM EU |
09BRUSSELS859 | U.S.-EU EXCHANGES ON SOUTH AND CENTRAL ASIA [...] (C) Summary: During the June 8 U.S.-EU meetings on South and Central Asia, SCA Bureau Deputy Assistant Secretary Michael Owen stressed the need to work together to produce internationally credible elections in Afghanistan. The European Commission's James Moran responded the EU would do "whate [...] | 2009-06-22 12:16:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | AF EAGR ETRD ETTC EU EUN IN KDEM MARR MOPS |
09BRUSSELS945 | BELGIAN FM DE GUCHT TO MOVE TO EUROPEAN COMMISSION [...] (U) Belgian media reported July 8 that Flemish Liberal (OpenVLD) Vice Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Karel De Gucht would soon resign his posts to accept Belgian's EU commission seat being vacated by EU Commissioner for Development Louis Michel; Commissioner Michel will be sworn in as a m [...] | 2009-07-08 13:34:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EU EUN BE |
09BRUSSELS987 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: HUMANITARIAN CRISIS IN [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-17 15:48:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF ET SOM KEN EU |
09BUCHAREST153 | A PERFECT STORM: CORRUPTION, RULE OF LAW, AND JUSTICE REFORMS TAKE CENTER STAGE IN ROMANIA [...] (C) Summary: An unexpected convergence of factors has recently brought matters involving the Rule of Law (ROL) and much-needed justice reforms into high relief. These include, inter alia: reports of rising criminality amidst a declining economy; scandals involving the penal system; a parliamentary [...] | 2009-03-06 11:58:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KJUS EU RO |
09BUCHAREST432 | FOREIGN MINISTER DIACONESCU ON CORFU MINISTERIAL [...] (C) Summary: In a June 17 discussion with the Charge, Romanian FM Cristian Diaconescu shared concerns that the Corfu Informal Ministerial runs the risks of moving too fast and of not providing equitable hearings for all states. While Romania agrees with the U.S. demarche (reftel) on Corfu, th [...] | 2009-06-23 11:17:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | OSCE PREL EU NATO PGOV RO |
09BUDAPEST101 | BUDAPEST NABUCCO SUMMIT: SOME NEW MOMENTUM BUT NO [...] (SBU) Summary: The GoH-hosted Nabucco Summit in Budapest brought together twelve national delegations representing potential Nabucco suppliers (including Iraq, Egypt, Turkmenistan, and Kazakhstan),transit states, and consumers, including three EU prime ministers, the EU Energy Commissioner, [...] | 2009-02-04 05:48:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ECON EPET PGOV EU HU |
09BUDAPEST121 | HUGARY'S RESPONSE TO EUROPEAN UNION'S EMISSIONS TRADING SCHEME [...] (U) On February 6, Pol/Econoff delivered reftel demarche to Miklos Szoboszlay, Director General of the Department of Environment at the Ministry of Transport (MOT). Post stressed that the U.S. has serious legal and economic concerns regarding the EU directive, which seeks to unilaterally extend [...] | 2009-02-12 15:52:00 | Embassy Budapest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECON ETRD EU HU SENV |
09BUDAPEST155 | HUNGARY: 2009 SPECIAL 301 REPORT POST [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATION: Hungary continues to make headway on its Special 301 initiatives, as well as IPR regulatory enforcement more broadly. The National Board Against Counterfeiting and Piracy (HENT) -- which acts as an overarching structure for information sharing, police and jud [...] | 2009-03-02 13:10:00 | Embassy Budapest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD KIPR EU HU |
09BUDAPEST203 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: U.S. ENGAGEMENT WITH SYRIA [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-17 14:32:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EU SY HU |
09BUDAPEST331 | HUNGARY'S RESPONSE TO THE 2009 SPECIAL 301 DEMARCHE [...] (SBU) On April 29, Pol/EconOff delivered the demarche (Ref A) talking points to Lazslo Varkonyi, Trade Representative, Ministry of Economy (MOE),and Andras Szorenyi and David Horvath, U.S. Desk Officers, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA). All were pleased that the USTR recognized the efforts [...] | 2009-05-04 11:18:00 | Embassy Budapest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EU HU ETRD KIPR |
09BUDAPEST336 | HUNGARIAN FOREIGN MINISTRY OFFENSIVE [...] (SBU) Summary. In his intital meeting with the Charge, the new Hungarian Foreign Minister, Peter Balazs, highlighted Prime Minister Gordon Bajnai's first official international visits to the EU, NATO and Austria on April 27 as part of a "great offensive" in foreign affairs. Balazs also said h [...] | 2009-05-04 15:40:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EU NATO HU |
09BUDAPEST34 | HUNGARIAN COMMENTS ON THE EU-SYRIA ASSOCIATION [...] (C) PolOff met with MFA EU External Relations Section Head Andras Dekany on January 9 to discuss reftel. Dekany first stated that there was no information from their EU representative in Brussels that the EU-Syrian Association Agreement would be on the January 26-27 GAERC agenda. He commente [...] | 2009-01-12 14:22:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EU SY HU |
09BUDAPEST357 | HUNGARY: ETHICAL CODEX ENCOURAGES FOOD STORES TO [...] (U) Summary: On April 9 2009, representatives of major supermarket chains, food producers and processors signed a voluntary ethical codex that "requires" 80 percent of shelf items to be Hungarian products. Although portrayed as a symbol of good faith, international retailers such as Tesco (UK) [...] | 2009-05-13 14:46:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | BTIO ETRD EAID ECON EU HU |
09BUDAPEST362 | JOBBIK AND RISING HUNGARIAN NATIONALISM [...] (SBU) Summary. As the European Parliamentary (EP) elections approach on June 7, many Hungarian political analysts and pollsters believe that the extreme-right Jobbik party will win at least one seat in the EP, providing it a potential "bounce" for the national elections currently scheduled fo [...] | 2009-05-14 16:28:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PHUM PREL SOCI EU HU |
09BUDAPEST388 | WHAT THE EP ELECTIONS MEAN FOR HUNGARY [...] (SBU) Summary. Landslide opposition victory is forecasted for Hungary's June 7 European Parliamentary (EP) elections when voters will elect 22 representatives to go to Brussels. As expected, domestic issues dominate party campaigns. With the MSzP expected to suffer a major defeat, opposition [...] | 2009-05-28 14:56:00 | Embassy Budapest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EU HU |
09BUDAPEST416 | HUNGARIAN VIEWS ON EUROPEAN SECURITY AND THE CORFU [...] (C) The Charge raised reftel points during June 9 office call on new MFA State Secretary for Political Affairs Gabor Iklody. Iklody responded that Hungary is "just as skeptical about the Russian proposal, but we are open to listen." He noted the current security system works, and if the Russi [...] | 2009-06-10 12:31:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL NATO OSCE EU HU |
09BUDAPEST422 | HUNGARIAN COMMENTS ON THE JUNE GAERC AGENDA [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-12 23:00:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EU HU |
09BUDAPEST423 | HUNGARIAN COMMENTS ON THE JUNE GAERC AGENDA [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-12 23:00:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EU HU |
09BUDAPEST564 | FUND INDUSTRY SURVIVING ECONOMIC CRISIS, BUT MAY [...] (SBU) Summary. 2008 was the worst year on record for the Hungarian investment fund industry, with capital flight and declining yields resulting in a decrease in total assets of Hungarian funds of over 20 percent. Real estate and money market funds were particularly hard hit. A run on Hungari [...] | 2009-08-04 15:01:00 | Embassy Budapest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EU HU |
09BUDAPEST590 | RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE REQUEST URGING STRONG [...] (SBU) Emboff delivered the talking points contained in reftel to Gyula Petho, Director of the Asia bureau at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and Laszlo Takacs, Director of the Far East/Burma department. Petho and Takacs expressed agreement with the U.S. position on the Aung San Suu Kyi (ASSK [...] | 2009-08-14 12:20:00 | Embassy Budapest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV PREL BM EU HU |
09BUDAPEST593 | GOH CHANGES ITS MIND:ISSUES STATEMENT CONDEMNING [...] (SBU) Post received word in the late afternoon of August 14 from the Hungarian Ministry of Foreign Affairs that, after further consideration, it would release a statement condemning the conviction and continued detention of Aung San Suu Kyi. Emboff delivered the talking points contained in re [...] | 2009-08-14 15:41:00 | Embassy Budapest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV PREL BM EU HU |
09BUDAPEST638 | HUNGARIAN COMMENTS ON THE SEPTEMBER GYMNICH [...] MFA EU External Relations and Crisis Situations Section Chief Andras Dekany discussed ref email topics with PolOff on September 3 and provided the following comments concerning the agenda items: 2. (C) Israel-Palestinian Peace: -- Referring to the September summit, Dekany said that Hunga [...] | 2009-09-04 11:16:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EU HU |
09BUDAPEST666 | ON THE SAME PAGE: HUNGARY'S SUPPORTS KEY US GOALS [...] On September 10, Poloff delivered the demarche points to Krisztina Kovacs, the International Organizations and Human Rights Desk Officer at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA). Hungary, by and large, concurs with all of our key goals for this Human Right Council's (HRC) session and solicits o [...] | 2009-09-11 16:07:00 | Embassy Budapest | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL UNHRC EU HU |
09BUDAPEST668 | HUNGARIAN RESPONSE TO SEPTEMBER GAERC AND SRI [...] MFA EU External Relations and Crisis Situations Section Chief Andras Dekany discussed ref email topics with PolOff on September 11 and provided the following comments concerning the agenda items: 2. (C) Eastern Partnership and Caucasus: -- Hungary supports the EU Presidency's orientatio [...] | 2009-09-14 13:01:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | EU PREL HU |
09BUDAPEST733 | HUNGARY'S CARDINAL OFFERS VIEWS ON CURRENT [...] (SBU) Summary: In a meeting with the Charge d'Affaires, Cardinal Peter Erdo, Hungary's primate, criticized the current government, observed that corruption is pervasive, linked the political elite to organized crime and complained of the judiciary's ineffectiveness. He also believed that polit [...] | 2009-10-07 14:52:00 | Embassy Budapest | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM EU HU |
09BUDAPEST777 | HUNGARY'S COMMENTS ON OCTOBER GAERC [...] (SBU) MFA EU External Relations and Crisis Situations Section Chief Andras Dekany discussed ref email topics with PolOff on October 22 and provided the following comments concerning the agenda items: 2. (SBU) AFPAK: We welcome the Council's conclusion that will be adopted, but the emphasis [...] | 2009-10-22 15:35:00 | Embassy Budapest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EU HU |
09BUDAPEST779 | DEMARCHE RESPONSE: HUNGARIAN VIEWS ON THIRD [...] (U) PolOff and EmbOff delivered reftel points October 22 to Anna Miklos, the Ministry of Foreign Affair's UN Desk Officer. Miklos expressed appreciation for the opportunity to discuss Third Committee agenda items in advance, adding that the Hungarian position parallels USG priorities. She sa [...] | 2009-10-26 17:36:00 | Embassy Budapest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL UN EU HU |
09BUDAPEST817 | HUNGARY'S COMMENTS ON THE NOVEMBER GAERC AGENDA [...] (SBU) MFA EU External Relations and Crisis Situations Section Chief Andras Dekany discussed ref email topics with PolOff on November 13. 2. (C) Dekany provided comments on four topics: the upcoming EU/Russia summit, energy, follow-up to the Corfu summit, and Ukraine. -- The EU/Russia su [...] | 2009-11-13 16:26:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EU RU UA HU |
09BUDAPEST824 | 200 CIVIL SERVICE JOBS FOR ROMA -- HUNGARIAN STYLE [...] (U) Summary: Despite the public service hiring freeze, the GOH launched an affirmative action project that aims to induct 200 Roma college graduates into civil service positions by January 1, 2010. EU grants will cover salaries for the first year, after which the GOH hopes to add the new empl [...] | 2009-11-17 14:37:00 | Embassy Budapest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM SOCI EU HU |
09BUDAPEST844 | HUNGARY'S VIEW ON IRAN'S NUCLEAR PROGRAM AND NEXT [...] (C) PolOff met November 23 with Mark Horvath, the MFA's Office Director for non-proliferation issues to discuss reftel. Although not a member of the IAEA Board of Governors, Horvath said that Hungary will use its "small voice" to promote active IAEA action on the Iran issue. He commented th [...] | 2009-11-25 07:24:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EU PARM IR HU |
09BUDAPEST867 | HUNGARY SUPPORTING MACEDONIA'S EU MEMBERSHIP [...] (C) PolOff discussed reftel demarche December 3, with the MFA's Deputy Department Head for Southeastern Europe, Laszlo Markusz, and Macedonian Desk Officer Maria Csicsko. Agreeing that Macedonia has made significant strides in preparation for EU membership, Markusz first underscored Hungary's [...] | 2009-12-04 11:20:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EU GR MK HU |
09BUDAPEST881 | MULTICULTURAL POLICING WORKSHOP ADDRESSES [...] (SBU) Summary. As part of Post's continuing tolerance program, Post, the Hungarian Ministry of Justice (MOJ),and the FBI's International Law Enforcement Academy (ILEA) jointly conducted a two-day workshop in Budapest for senior police officials, prosecutors, and judges on policing in multi-cu [...] | 2009-12-11 16:56:00 | Embassy Budapest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM SOCI EU HU |
09BUDAPEST89 | HUNGARY'S GMO BAN WILL STAY [...] Summary: On January 29, Hungarian daily "Vilagazdasag" reported that Undersecretary of Agriculture Zoltan Gogos announced that Hungary will continue its ban on the importation of genetically modified corn and the planting of genetically modified organism (GMO) seeds. This announcement follo [...] | 2009-02-02 09:43:00 | Embassy Budapest | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG ECON PREL HU EU US |
09CAIRO2404 | EGYPT-U.S. JOINT STANDING COMMITTEE ON NUCLEAR [...] (C) Main Points: -- During upcoming JSCNEC meetings in Cairo GOE wants a tight focus, both in agenda and in delegation composition, on technical issues related to Egypt's expanding civil nuclear power development. -- GOE flagged several civil nuclear issues as already the subject of GOE consultatio [...] | 2009-12-30 15:36:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC EG EU IAEA KNNP PREL RS TRGY UN |
09CAIRO463 | AMBASSADOR PRESSES FOREIGN MINISTER ON FREEDOM OF [...] (C) On March 14, the Ambassador spoke to Foreign Minister Aboul Gheit regarding Egypt's tabling of a freedom of expression resolution at the current session of the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC). She urged Egypt to withdraw its text to allow Canada to a run a resolution at the June session of [...] | 2009-03-17 15:34:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UN EU UK EG |
09CHISINAU293 | President Calls for Full Vote Recount, [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-10 15:16:00 | Embassy Chisinau | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM EU MD |
09CHISINAU295 | President Calls for Full Vote Recount, [...] (C) Summary: In a meeting on April 10 with President Vladimir Voronin, Ambassador Chaudhry stated USG concerns about arrests of protestors, beatings of journalists, threats to expel students from school for participating in anti-government demonstrations earlier in the week and pressure on t [...] | 2009-04-10 15:43:00 | Embassy Chisinau | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM EU MD |
09CHISINAU355 | NATO PULLOUT PART OF LARGER PICTURE: [...] (C) Summary: In a May 6 meeting Acting Foreign Minister Valeriu Ostalep acknowledged Russian pressure on Moldova to pull out of the NATO exercises in Georgia, but claimed that this decision did not represent a larger change in Moldova's ongoing interactions with NATO. Ostalep said that Mold [...] | 2009-05-08 13:44:00 | Embassy Chisinau | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM NATO EU RS MD |
09CHISINAU487 | DEMARCHE REPLY ON EUROPEAN [...] (C) Reftel talking points were delivered to Anatol Urecheanu, Head of the Department of Multilateral Cooperation, at the Moldovan Ministry of Foreign Affairs and European Integration on June 16, 2009. Urecheanu stated that the MFA's delegation was in the process of preparing for the Minister [...] | 2009-06-22 14:36:00 | Embassy Chisinau | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM OSCE EU NATO |
09COPENHAGEN127 | YOUR MEETING WITH DANISH FM MOLLER MARCH 13 [...] (C) Madam Secretary, your predecessors have known Danish Foreign Minister Per Stig Moller as a good colleague and a capable representative of one of our closest allies in Europe. Your first bilateral meeting with Per Stig will signal our appreciation for Danish contributions to international [...] | 2009-03-09 09:55:00 | Embassy Copenhagen | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV MARR NATO EU DA |
09COPENHAGEN138 | DENMARK: DEMARCHE ON EFFECTS OF THE FINANCIAL [...] (C) We discussed reftel points on March 16 with Jens Godtfredsen, chief of the MFA's EU Economic Policy office, and on March 17 with Steen Lohmann Poulsen, Head of the International Division at the Ministry of Finance. With both interlocutors, we urged European leadership and proactive flexib [...] | 2009-03-18 13:21:00 | Embassy Copenhagen | CONFIDENTIAL | ECIN ECON EFIN PREL EU DA |
09COPENHAGEN168 | DENMARK'S NEW PRIME MINISTER [...] (C) Summary: A scant 72 hours after formally declaring his candidacy for NATO Secretary General, Danish Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen, his new post in hand, stepped down as prime minister April 5 in favor of his hand-picked successor, 44-year-old Finance Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen. L [...] | 2009-04-06 12:28:00 | Embassy Copenhagen | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL NATO EU DA |
09COPENHAGEN32 | DENMARK EXPECTS DELAY ON EU-SYRIA AGREEMENT [...] (C) In response to reftel demarche, Danish MFA Head of Department for the Middle East Tomas Anker Christensen indicated that Denmark does not expect that the EU foreign ministers will sign the EU-Syria Association Agreement for many months, and certainly not until the dust settles in Gaza and [...] | 2009-01-14 10:56:00 | Embassy Copenhagen | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM EU SY DA |
09COPENHAGEN89 | DENMARK BACKS FIRM LINE AGAINST MAURITANIAN JUNTA [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-18 14:32:00 | Embassy Copenhagen | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM PGOV EU MR DA |
09DAMASCUS734 | EU AGREEMENT INVITATION MEETS SYRIAN DEMAND TO [...] (C) Summary: Following the Swedish Ambassador's October 14 delivery of an invitation to attend the October 26 signing ceremony for the Syria-EU Association Agreement, FM Muallim brusquely asserted Syria needed more time to study the text. On the same day, Political Security agents arrested Hait [...] | 2009-10-15 15:04:00 | Embassy Damascus | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PINR PREL EU KMPI SY |
09DAMASCUS735 | CORRECTED CLASSIFICATION FROM UNCLASS TO [...] (C) Summary: Following the Swedish Ambassador's October 14 delivery of an invitation to attend the October 26 signing ceremony for the Syria-EU Association Agreement, FM Muallim brusquely asserted Syria needed more time to study the text. On the same day, Political Security agents arrested Hait [...] | 2009-10-16 08:04:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR PREL EU KMPI SY |
09FRANKFURT1576 | CONGRESSIONAL STAFF DELEGATION OBSERVES GERMAN ELECTION [...] (U) SUMMARY: A staff delegation from the House Committee on Administration visited Elections Offices in Frankfurt and Wiesbaden with ConOff to explore German procedures for registering voters and conducting elections on a citywide and national scale. Substantially all eligible German voters are [...] | 2009-06-15 14:20:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV GE EU |
09FRANKFURT687 | ECB Sees Fiscal Crises in Central and Eastern Europe and [...] Summary. In a conversation with a Treasury delegation, ECB officials indicated they could deal with worsening financial turmoil in Central and Eastern Europe, seeing little chance that crises there would destabilize the euro zone. They saw a debt default from a euro zone member such as Greec [...] | 2009-03-12 10:14:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON EU GM |
09FRANKFURT846 | Blue Skies for Frankfurt Airport Expansion, Partly Cloudy [...] Summary: Construction of a fourth runway for Frankfurt Airport began at the start of 2009, following years of debate and political wrangling. The runway and a new terminal will take several years to complete, meeting Frankfurt's anticipated capacity needs through 2020 and ensuring its future [...] | 2009-03-26 12:34:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR ECON EIND ENRG SENV EU GM |
09HAVANA100 | EU DIPLOMATS DISCUSS CHANGES IN CUBA, THE UNITED [...] (C) Future change agents in Cuba will not come from civil society but from the civil service, argued a group of seasoned European diplomats. During a wide-ranging discussion, eight European colleagues inquired about possible changes to U.S. regulations on travel and remittances, urged the Un [...] | 2009-02-12 21:05:00 | US Interests Section Havana | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL CU EC EU |
09HAVANA145 | MYSTERY OF MURDERED PRIEST [...] (SBU) Summary: The murder on February 14, 2009 of Spanish Priest Eduardo de la Fuente remains an unsolved crime. The official Cuban media has said nothing about the incident, even though murder is a rarity in Cuba. Nevertheless, the murder is a frequent topic of conversation among ordinar [...] | 2009-03-04 13:50:00 | US Interests Section Havana | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL CU EC EU |
09HAVANA164 | FRENCH VIEWS ON U.S.-CUBA RELATIONS AND THE EU [...] (C) Chief of Mission (COM) had lunch with French Ambassador Frederic Dore on March 10 to seek his perspective on recent changes within the Government of Cuba, the pace of the EU-Cuba political dialogue, and U.S.-Cuban relations. France is a key player among EU missions here and held the local [...] | 2009-03-12 14:55:00 | US Interests Section Havana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL CU EU |
09HAVANA218 | SWEDEN, THE EU, AND HUMAN RIGHTS IN CUBA [...] (C) Chief of Mission (COM) met on April 13 with Swedish Ambassador Caroline Fleetwood at her request to discuss U.S.-Cuban relations and Sweden's perspective on Cuba as Sweden prepares to assume the EU Presidency. Ambassador Fleetwood travels to Washington later this month for a schedule tha [...] | 2009-04-14 12:51:00 | US Interests Section Havana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM CU SW EU |
09HELSINKI127 | FINLAND'S SECURITY POLICY: EU AN END POINT OR [...] (C) Summary. Media attention on the Finnish Government's (GOF) quadrennial defense and security white paper focused more on the "strong case" in favor of Finland's possible NATO membership than the fact that the document places primary importance on the European Union's role in promoting secu [...] | 2009-04-02 10:59:00 | Embassy Helsinki | CONFIDENTIAL | EU FI MARR PGOV PREL |
09HELSINKI23 | FINLAND: DEMARCHE EU-SYRIA ASSOCIATION AGREEMENT [...] No summary [...] | 2009-01-16 13:42:00 | Embassy Helsinki | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EU SY FI |
09HELSINKI34 | FINNISH MINISTER TO PRESENT NEW TRANSATLANTIC AID [...] At the upcoming Informal Council meeting in Prague January 29-30, Finnish Minister for Foreign Trade and Development Paavo Vayrynen will seek support from EU Development ministers for the creation of a U.S.- EU Transatlantic Partnership for Sustainable Development. The purpose of the partner [...] | 2009-01-28 13:13:00 | Embassy Helsinki | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ETRD EU FI PREL |
09JAKARTA544 | BURMA -- AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH EU SPECIAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador Hume discussed Burma with EU Special Envoy Fassino on March 24. Fassino said the 2010 elections in Burma offered a historic opportunity and the international community should try to influence the process constructively. Fassino welcomed recent signals that Washingto [...] | 2009-03-25 10:10:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ASEAN ID BM EU |
09KHARTOUM904 | CHARGE MEETING WITH CHADIAN REBEL LEADERSHIP [...] (C) On August 4, Charge d'Affaires (CDA) Whitehead met with Union des Forces de la Resistance (UFR) President Timane Erdimi to deliver talking points as requested by AF/C. Erdimi was accompanied by UFR Second Vice President Abdelwahid Aboul Makaye, Secretary General Abakar Tollimi, former RFC [...] | 2009-08-05 12:42:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PINS PREL UN AU SU EU FR |
09KYIV1894 | UKRAINE-EU SUMMIT OUTLOOK: NOT WHAT YUSHCHENKO [...] (C) The December 4 Ukraine EU-Summit will not deliver what President Yushchenko had long hoped it would: an Association Agreement. This is a surprise to no one, except possibly Yushchenko himself. Significant issues between Ukraine and the EU remain unresolved including a membership perspecti [...] | 2009-10-30 16:07:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UP EU |
09KYIV208 | UKRAINE-RUSSIA: POLITICAL ASPECTS OF THE GAS CRISIS REF: KYIV 204 Classified By: Ambassador William Taylor. Reasons: 1.4 (b,d). [...] No summary [...] | 2009-01-30 14:03:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ENRG EPET PGOV PINR UP RU EU |
09KYIV228 | TYMOSHENKO ASKS FOR USG ASSISTANCE TO ADDRESS [...] (C) Summary and action request: Prime Minister Tymoshenko during a February 2 meeting with the Ambassador asked for both economic and political support as she grapples with Ukraine,s current crisis. She asked specifically for: 1) a USG bilateral budget support loan to help Ukraine address [...] | 2009-02-02 16:38:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ENRG EU PGOV PREL PU UP |
09KYIV596 | UKRAINE'S VIEW OF THE TRANSNISTRIA CONFLICT [...] (C) A series of calls on Ukrainian officials to discuss Ukrainian views of Transnistria issues and the "5 2" process, particularly in light of the March 18 joint statement signed by the parties of the Russia-sponsored "2 1" process (Moldova, Russia, Transnistria),revealed Ukrainian concerns [...] | 2009-04-03 12:51:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PBTS UP MD RU EU |
09KYIV868 | UKRAINE WELCOMES EU EASTERN PARTNERSHIP [...] (C) President Yushchenko welcomed the launch of the EU's Eastern Partnership as "a victory of the European idea." He underlined that Belarus in particular had a "very important role" to play. Ukraine aspires to a leadership role in the Partnership, but officials emphasize that it in no way [...] | 2009-05-22 12:33:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UP EU |
09LAPAZ1541 | EU WEIGHS ITS COUNTER-NARCOTICS EFFORTS IN BOLIVIA [...] (C) Summary: Our exchanges with European Union representatives and an EU working group paper underscore growing European recognition of the need for intensified cooperation on counter-narcotics in Bolivia. The Europeans note increases in coca production, fear the introduction of third country [...] | 2009-11-10 15:34:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SNAR EU BO |
09LISBON26 | PORTUGAL LIKELY TO SUPPORT CONSENSUS ON EU-SYRIA [...] No summary [...] | 2009-01-14 16:42:00 | Embassy Lisbon | CONFIDENTIAL | EU SY PREL PO |
09LISBON323 | PORTUGAL: EUROPEAN SECURITY AND THE CORFU [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-19 09:44:00 | Embassy Lisbon | UNCLASSIFIED | EU OSCE PREL PGOV PO |
09LISBON552 | PHARMA COMPANIES DISCUSS PORTUGAL MARKET ISSUES [...] (C/NF) The Local American Working Group (LAWG) of the Pharmaceutical Association in Portugal hosted a September 24 breakfast meeting with diplomatic and company representatives to discuss strategies for addressing longstanding market access issues. Diplomatic participants opined that industry [...] | 2009-10-22 11:14:00 | Embassy Lisbon | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ECON KIPR PGOV PO SZ EU UK FR GM |
09LISBON588 | PORTUGAL PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANIES PLAN ROUNDTABLE [...] (SBU) The Local American Working Group (LAWG) of the Pharmaceutical Association in Portugal hosted a November 10 meeting with diplomatic and company representatives to present the results of a recent market survey of pharmaceutical companies and to recount a recent LAWG meeting with Basilio H [...] | 2009-11-20 16:00:00 | Embassy Lisbon | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON KIPR PGOV PO SZ EU UK FR GM |
09LISBON593 | PORTUGAL ON MACEDONIA EU MEMBERSHIP AND NAME ISSUE [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-24 14:43:00 | Embassy Lisbon | UNCLASSIFIED | EU GR PGOV PREL PO |
09LJUBLJANA325 | SLOVENIA ON GOLDSTONE REPORT: WAITING FOR EU POSITION [...] (SBU) Emboff delivered reftel demarche on the Goldstone Report to Smiljana Knez, Minister Plenipotentiary in the MFA's International Organization and Human Security Division. Knez stated that Slovenia was looking for the EU to take a common position following today's meeting in Geneva. She n [...] | 2009-10-14 13:11:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EU IS KPAL PREL PTER SI |
09LJUBLJANA7 | SLOVENIA LIKELY TO FOLLOW EU CONSENSUS ON EU-SYRIA [...] (C) On January 9, Emboff met with Miljan Majhen, MFA Near East Section, to urge Slovenia to withhold approval of the EU-Syria Association Agreement (reftel). Majhen said that Slovenia did not attach great significance to the accord, which was just "updating a technical economic agreement." He [...] | 2009-01-09 15:17:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EU SY SI |
09LJUBLJANA94 | SLOVENIA TO FOLLOW EU LINE ON ETS [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-03 13:54:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | EAIR ECON SI ETRD SENV EU |
09LONDON100 | IRAN: HMG FEELS LEGALLY COMPELLED TO OPPOSE MEK RE-LISTING IN FUTURE EU VOTES, BUT ARGUES ITS ANTI-MEK POLICY IS UNCHANGED [...] (C) UK Government representatives in Brussels are likely to begin voting to oppose re-listing the Mujaheddin-e-Khalq (MEK) under EU anti-terror regulations as the issue arises, FCO Iran Coordination Group Bilateral Team Leader Margaret Tongue told London Iran Watcher (Poloff) January 12. The rev [...] | 2009-01-14 17:07:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | KPRP PGOV PHUM PTER IR EU UK |