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| 01VATICAN3137 | ANTI-TRAFFICKING PROJECT FUNDING REQUEST [...] SUMMARY AND INTRODUCTION: POST SUBMITS THE FOLLOWING PROJECT PROPOSAL FOR FUNDING CONSIDERATION. WE RECEIVED THIS PROPOSAL FROM CARITAS BRINDISI, THE LOCAL BRANCH OF THE VATICAN'S MAJOR HUMANITARIAN RELIEF AND DEVELOPMENT NGO. UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 VATICA 031 [...] |
2001-06-12 11:28:00 | Embassy Vatican | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM AL VT VTPREL |
| 02AMMAN2221 | DEMARCHE ON BOYCOTT OF U.S. AND ISRAELI PRODUCTS [...] (SBU) On May 6, Poloff conveyed reftel points on the boycott issue to Ali Al-Ayed of Foreign Minister Muasher's Private Office. Al-Ayed offered no substantive comment but promised to convey the message to FM Muasher who is currently in Washington with King Abdullah and other senior members of [...] |
2002-05-06 14:44:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KBCT PREL ETRD AL IS US JO |
| 02ROME1393 | ALBANIAN PM MAJKO'S MEETING WITH PM BERLUSCONI: [...] (C) SUMMARY: ON MARCH 12, ALBANIAN AMBASSADOR TO ITALY PELLUMB XHUFI GAVE POLITICAL MINISTER-COUNSELOR TOM COUNTRYMAN AND POLOFF JIM DONEGAN A READOUT ON ALBANIAN PRIME MINISTER PANDELI MAJKO'S MARCH 6 MEETING IN ROME WITH PM BERLUSCONI. ACCORDING TO XHUFI, THE MEETINGS FOCUSED ON TWO ISSU [...] |
2002-03-19 11:59:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | AL ENRG IT PHUM PREF PREL |
| 02ROME1396 | ITALIAN ASSISTANCE TO NATO ASPIRANTS [...] MAINARDO BENARDELLI, OF THE MFA ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE DEPARTMENT, CONFIRMED THAT ITALIAN ASSISTANCE IS LIMITED TO ALBANIA AND MACEDONIA. A- ALBANIA --------- MILITARY ASSISTANCE ------------------- 2. PER REF C, ITALY IS ALBANIAS MOST IMPORTANT TRADING PARTNER, LARGEST INVESTOR, AND LARG [...] |
2002-03-19 12:51:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL MARR ECON IT AL MC NATO |
| 02ROME1821 | ITALY/ALBANIA - GOI CONDITIONS AID PLEDGE TO GOA: [...] (U) ACTION REQUEST. SEE PARA 5. 2. (C) ON APRIL 9, BALKAN OFFICE HEAD MAURIZIO MASSARI AND MFA UNDER SECRETARY ROBERTO ANTONIONE HAD "EXTREMELY PRODUCTIVE AND ENCOURAGING" MEETINGS IN TIRANA WITH PRIME MINISTER MAJKO, FOREIGN MINISTER DADE, AND ECONOMIC MINISTER MEKSI. MASSARI TOLD PO [...] |
2002-04-11 15:21:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | AL EAID ENRG IT PREL EUN |
| 02ROME560 | AMBASSADOR'S CALL ON MINISTER FOR INNOVATION AND [...] (SBU) IN HIS COURTESY CALL ON MINISTER FOR INNOVATION AND TECHNOLOGY STANCA, THE AMBASSADOR EXPLORED ITALIAN HIGH-TECH, PROMOTED THE JOINT STRIKE FIGHTER AS HONING THE ITALIAN EDGE IN DESIGN AND ENGINEERING, AND SOUGHT AN ALLY IN THE BIOTECH DEBATES. MINISTER STANCA, CAUTIOUS IN HIS NEWLY ES [...] |
2002-02-05 15:57:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PINR PREL AL IT JO MZ TS EUN |
| 03ABUDHABI2233 | UAE SUPPORTIVE OF UNSCR TO LIFT [...] (U) Classified by Ambassador Marcelle M. Wahba for reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). 2. (C) The Ambassador delivered reftel demarche to MFA Minstate Hamdan bin Zayid Al-Nahyan on May 7, laying out our plan to introduce soon a UNSCR to lift the sanctions on Iraq. Hamdan said the UAE wanted to see t [...] |
2003-05-07 13:39:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC AL IZ TC |
| 03ABUDHABI3618 | ORAL MESSAGE FROM SECRETARY POWELL TO [...] (U) Classified by Ambassador Marcelle M. Wahba, Reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). 2. (C) The Ambassador used the opportunity of an August 4 telcon with de facto Foreign Minister Sheikh Hamdan Bin Zayid Al-Nahyan, who is out of the country, to deliver a brief summary of the Secretary's oral message r [...] |
2003-08-04 13:36:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL IZ AL TC |
| 03ABUDHABI843 | UAEG ASSURES ARAB LEAGUE MINISTERIAL [...] (U) Classified by Ambassador Marcelle M. Wahba for reasons 1.5 (b) and (d). 2. (C) During a 19 February meeting with the Ambassador, MFA Asst U/S Abdullah Rashid Al-Nuaimi provided a candid readout on the Arab League Extraordinary Ministerial held in Cairo 15-16 February. Noting that he [...] |
2003-02-19 13:29:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV AL TC |
| 03ABUDHABI908 | SECRETARY'S ORAL MESSAGE ON IRAQ [...] (U) Classified by Ambassador Marcelle M. Wahba for reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). 2. (C) The Ambassador delivered Ref A oral message from the Secretary and Ref B NAM demarche on Iraq to MFA Minstate Shaykh Hamdan Bin Zayid AL-Nahyan on 2/22. Noting the upcoming Arab League, Islamic Conference a [...] |
2003-02-24 12:49:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC OIC NAM AL IZ TC |
| 03AMMAN1264 | FONMIN MUASHER: ARAB LEAGUE SUMMIT AVOIDS A SPLIT [...] (S) Foreign Minister Marwan Muasher told Ambassador and A/DCM March 2 that he was "perplexed" by Egyptian behavior in calling for an extraordinary summit, then not injecting any new content or energy. He said the Egyptians were totally passive. The Sharm al-Sheikh Summit, he said, had the [...] |
2003-03-03 15:28:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | PREL AL SA EG IZ JO |
| 03AMMAN1745 | FONMIN MUASHER WILL NOT ATTEND MARCH 24 CAIRO ARAB [...] (C) Ambassador spoke with Foreign Minister Marwan Muasher March 23 to deliver ref points on the planned March 24 Arab League ministerial meeting in Cairo. The Ambassador asked that Jordan work to avoid statements or actions that would undermine current efforts to disarm the Iraqi regime and [...] |
2003-03-23 13:01:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IZ AL XF JO |
| 03AMMAN1808 | TFIZ01: FONMIN MUASHER DID NOT ATTEND MARCH 24 [...] No summary [...] |
2003-03-26 09:23:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV AL IZ EG JO |
| 03AMMAN1845 | VISAS ADVISORY OPINIONS: SPECIAL IMMIGRANT VISA FOR [...] I SUBMIT FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION A NOMINATION FOR A SPECIAL IMMIGRANT VISA (SIV) FOR SENIOR CULTURAL SPECIALIST NADIA AL ALAMI AND HER FAMILY. I CONCUR WHOLEHEARTEDLY WITH THE UNANIMOUS RECOMMENDATION FROM EMBASSY AMMAN'S SIV PRE- SCREENING PANEL THAT NADIA AL ALAMI DESERVES THIS STATUS IN TH [...] |
2003-03-27 08:36:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS JO AL ALAMI NADIA |
| 03AMMAN4733 | JORDAN SUPPORTS IRAQI GOVERNING COUNCIL, TRYING TO [...] (C) PolCouns on July 28 raised ref a points on supporting the Iraqi Governing Council (GC) with Samer Dabbas, Iraq action officer in FonMin Muasher's Private Office. Dabbas listened carefully to the points, noting especially the comments of UNSYG Annan in support of the GC. He noted that Jo [...] |
2003-07-30 11:21:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AL IZ JO |
| 03AMMAN4908 | SECRETARY'S ORAL MESSAGE TO ARAB LEAGUE FOREIGN [...] (C) Ambassador delivered reftel oral message via telcon on August 4 to Foreign Minister Marwan Muasher, who was in Kuwait on official business. Ambassador stressed the need for Jordanian help in steering the Arab League to support the Iraqi Governing Council and Palestinian PM Abbas. Muasher [...] |
2003-08-05 14:34:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL IZ AL JO |
| 03BRUSSELS5525 | U.S.-EU COTER CONSULTATIONS ON COUNTERTERRORISM [...] The U.S. and EU COTER held their quarterly counterterrorism coordination meeting on December 3. The U.S. was represented by S/CT,s Senior Advisor for Multilateral Affairs, Chris Ensley, DOJ senior counsel Mark Richards, Econoff Kim Gagne and NAS Frank Kerber. The EU COTER delegation was cha [...] |
2003-12-08 10:25:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER TS AG MO SR BK AL MK EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
| 03KHARTOUM185 | SUDAN'S POSITION ON IRAQ [...] (C) SUMMARY: THE MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS HAS FORMALLY SPELLED OUT THE GOVERNMENT'S VERY GENERALIZED AND NON-CONFRONTATIONAL POSITION ON IRAQ WHICH PUTS KHARTOUM BEHIND THE UNSC RESOLUTION AND THE WORK OF THE INSPECTORS. THE POSITION IS MARKEDLY DIFFERENT FROM VIEWS EXPRESSED BY SUDAN'S FO [...] |
2003-03-02 17:47:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SU AL IZ |
| 03KUWAIT1047 | KUWAIT SNUBBING ARAB LEAGUE MEETING [...] (C) The Ambassador reviewed reftel demarche with Shaykh Dr. Ahmed Nasser al-Sabah, Office Director for Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Shaykh Dr. Mohammed al-Sabah, on the morning of March 23. Shaykh Ahmed informed the Ambassador that Dr. Mohammed would not be attending the March 24 Ara [...] |
2003-03-23 15:53:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AL XF IZ KU |
| 03KUWAIT3563 | (C) ORAL MESSAGE FROM SECRETARY TO ARAB LEAGUE [...] (U) Action Request - see paragraph 4. 2. (C) Pol Chief delivered reftel oral message to Shaykh Dr. Ahmed Nasser Mohammed al-Sabah, the Foreign Minister's Office Director, August 4. Shaykh Ahmed replied that Kuwait and all other GCC states endorse the Iraqi Governing Council (IGC) and sup [...] |
2003-08-05 06:55:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL IZ AL KU |
| 03KUWAIT3623 | (C) SHAYKH SABAH'S VISIT TO WASHINGTON [...] (C) INTRODUCTION: This message is intended to assist preparations for Prime Minister Shaykh Sabah al-Ahmed al-Jaber al-Sabah's visit to Washington, where he is due to meet with President Bush on September 10. We recommend that he be invited to meet (separately) with the Secretaries of State [...] |
2003-08-07 11:41:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MASS PTER EFIN EAID KDEM PHUM PINR KU OVIP SABAH AL AHMED JABER |
| 03ROME4158 | Ambassador Tony P. Hall in Albania meets regional [...] US Ambassador to the UN Agencies for Food and Agriculture, Tony Hall, visited Albania from August 22-26, 2003. He came at the invitation of Members of the Albanian Parliament and the European regional office of the World Food Program. He participated in the first "Balkan Gathering" with Alb [...] |
2003-09-11 14:02:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID AORC PREF EAGR AL EU WFP UN |
| 03SANAA1924 | ORAL MESSAGE TO ARAB LEAGUE FOREIGN MINISTERS [...] No summary [...] |
2003-08-04 13:53:00 | Embassy Sanaa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KPAL IZ AL XF YM |
| 03SANAA338 | YEMENI FOREIGN MINISTER ON IRAQ AND THE ARAB [...] (C) Summary: The Iraq situation and the recent Arab League ministerial were discussed when the Ambassador called on Foreign Minister Qirbi on February 18. Notably, according to Qirbi the Yemenis and other Arab countries did not buy into the French proposals on inspections, despite their ap [...] |
2003-02-19 09:58:00 | Embassy Sanaa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM IZ AL YM |
| 03STATE73555 | THE DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MEETING WITH ALBANIAN [...] (U) PARTICIPANTS: U.S. ---- THE DEPUTY SECRETARY EUR DAS BOGUE ALBANIA DESK OFFICER GREGORY (NOTETAKER) ALBANIA ------- AMBASSADOR FATOS TARIFA DCM RUDINA MULLAHI IRAQ/NANO VISIT =============== 2. (C) DEPUTY SECRETARY ARMITAGE, ACCOMPANIED BY EUR DAS BOGUE, GAVE AMBASSADOR TA [...] |
2003-03-20 17:21:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS NATO PREL YI AL |
| 03ZAGREB127 | CROATIA EAGER TO MOVE FORWARD TO SIGN ADRIATIC [...] (C) THE ATTITUDE OF OFFICIALS IN THE GOC TOWARD THE "ADRIATIC CHARTER," AS PROMOTED BY BRUCE JACKSON, HAS BECOME SHARPLY MORE POSITIVE. CROATIA IS NOW PREPARING TO PARTICIPATE IN A DRAFTING SESSION WITH ALBANIA AND MACEDONIA AND LOOKS TO SEND ITS FOREIGN MINISTER TO WASHINGTON FOR A SIGNING [...] |
2003-01-17 16:05:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM HR AL NATO |
| 03ZAGREB1796 | CROATIA OPPOSES TIRANA'S ADRIATIC CHARTER MOU [...] (C) SUMMARY: CROATIA IS OPPOSED TO SIGNING THE ALBANIAN-PROPOSED MOU (REFTEL) ON IMPLEMENTING THE ADRIATIC CHARTER IN ITS PRESENT FORM. MFA AND MOD INTERLOCUTORS ASKED FOR U.S. VIEWS ON THE DRAFT MOU BEFORE CROATIA TAKES A FIRM POSITION, BUT THEIR INITIAL READ OF THE MOU IS THAT IT GOES BEYO [...] |
2003-08-13 15:21:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AL MK HR NATO |
| 03ZAGREB523 | "ADRIATIC 3" FOREIGN MINISTERS MEETING, DUBROVNIK, [...] (C) SUMMARY: THE ALBANIAN, CROATIAN AND MACEDONIAN FOREIGN CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 ZAGREB 00523 01 OF 02 111302Z MINISTERS MET BRIEFLY IN DUBROVNIK MARCH 7 TO CONFIRM THE "ADRIATIC CHARTER" DRAFT TEXT (ALREADY WITH DEPARTMENT), ISSUE A DECLARATION AND GIVE THE I [...] |
2003-03-11 12:50:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL HR AL MK IZ NATO |
| 04ABUDHABI921 | ORAL MESSAGE FROM THE SECRETARY TO ARAB [...] Post delivered reftel points from the Secretary to Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Shaykh Hamdan bin Zayed on March 27, the day before Arab League Summit host Tunisia announced that it was canceling the meeting. 2. A public statement issued by UAE Foreign Min [...] |
2004-03-30 11:50:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAL IZ AL TC |
| 04AMMAN1286 | FONMIN MUASHER PUSHES GME, REGIONAL REFORM, AL [...] (S) FonMin Muasher told the Ambassador February 18 that Jordan is suggesting that the Arab League endorse a set of reform principles that go along with the Greater Middle East initiative (GME). Muasher was supportive but expressed some concerns about the GME, hoping that it would not impose [...] |
2004-02-19 20:49:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | PREL PGOV AL IZ JO |
| 04AMMAN1292 | FONMIN MUASHER PUSHES GME, REGIONAL REFORM, AL [...] (S) FonMin Muasher told the Ambassador February 18 that Jordan is suggesting that the Arab League endorse a set of reform principles that go along with the Greater Middle East initiative (GME). Muasher was supportive but expressed some concerns about the GME, hoping that it would not impose [...] |
2004-02-19 20:58:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | PREL PGOV AL IZ JO |
| 04AMMAN1293 | FONMIN MUASHER PUSHES GME, REGIONAL REFORM, AL SUMMIT [...] (S) FonMin Muasher told the Ambassador February 18 that Jordan is suggesting that the Arab League endorse a set of reform principles that go along with the Greater Middle East initiative (GME). Muasher was supportive but expressed some concerns about the GME, hoping that it would not impose [...] |
2004-02-19 21:10:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | PREL PGOV AL IZ JO |
| 04AMMAN3501 | DEMARCHE TO ARAB LEAGUE MEMBERS ON IRAQ: JORDAN [...] (U) PolOff delivered reftel points May 9 to Manar Dabbas, Acting Deputy Director of the Foreign Minister's Private Office. Dabbas said he understood the importance of this matter to the U.S. and promised to immediately forward the information to Foreign Minister Muasher at the Arab League Fo [...] |
2004-05-09 15:11:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL AL IZ JO |
| 04ANKARA2181 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: GOT CONTINUED SUPPORT FOR [...] No summary [...] |
2004-04-15 12:22:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AL BK BU GR HR KSEI MD MK PREL RO SR TU EUN |
| 04DJIBOUTI449 | SECRETARY'S ARAB LEAGUE MESSAGE PASSED TO DJIBOUTI [...] (U) Oral message from the Secretary to Arab League members was passed 3/27 to Mohamed Ali Hassan, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Director of Bilateral Relations. Hassan stated that Mahamoud Youssef Ali, MFA Minister of Cooperation (and the Number 2 at the MFA), would be representing Foreig [...] |
2004-03-28 06:26:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV KPAL IZ AL DJ |
| 04MADRID1636 | VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION [...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAME AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. NAME: AL-FETORY, SHEREF - ALIASES: AL-FAYTURI, SARIF - GENDER: MALE - DPOB: DEC. 10, 1973, BENGHAZI, LIBYA - CLASS: NEGATIVE - AL-FETORY RESI [...] |
2004-05-07 14:41:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL SP AL |
| 04MADRID2966 | VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION [...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. INFORMATION OBTAINED AT THIS POST INDICATES JORDANIAN NATIONAL OMAR QASEM RADWAN AL SHABOUL, WAS LIVING IN SPAIN AND WAS IN CONTACT WITH AT LEAST TWO KEY S [...] |
2004-08-04 12:30:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL SP AL |
| 04ROME1636 | ITALY NOT PRESSING FOR ALBANIAN TROOPS TO JOIN [...] (C) CONTACTS AT THE MFA, MOD AND PRIME MINISTER'S OFFICE CONFIRMED THAT PRIME MINISTER BERLUSCONI AND PRIME MINISTER NANO DISCUSSED THE POSSIBILITY OF ALBANIAN TROOPS JOINING WITH ITALIAN FORCES IN SOME THEATRE TO GIVE THE ALBANIANS MORE TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES. NONE OF OUR CONTACTS REFERRED [...] |
2004-04-26 13:31:00 | Embassy Rome | SECRET | MARR MOPS PREL AL IT IRAQI FREEDOM |
| 04ROME2452 | ALBANIANS MAKING THE ROUNDS ON ISTANBUL SUMMIT [...] (C) ACTING ON INSTRUCTIONS, ALBANIAN EMBASSY DCM SAKO MIROSH CONTINUED HIS GOVERNMENT'S PUSH (REFTEL) FOR A FORWARD LEANING STATEMENT AT THE ISTANBUL SUMMIT, WHICH WOULD EXTEND ALBANIA, CROATIA AND MACEDONIA "THE MEMBERSHIP INVITATION IN THE NEXT ENLARGEMENT SUMMIT." SAKO PRESENTED TO A/POLMIN [...] |
2004-06-24 07:26:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AL HR MK IT NATO |
| 04SANAA1166 | AMBASSADOR'S 5/12 MEETING WITH FM QIRBI: WEF [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador called on FM Qirbi 5/12 to urge his attendance at WEF Amman and discuss AL attitudes toward reform post-Cairo and pre-Tunis. Qirbi will not/not attend WEF Amman. Yemen will be represented by DFM Mustafa Noman, who has been a receptive interlocutor on GMEI and warrants [...] |
2004-05-15 07:48:00 | Embassy Sanaa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV AL IZ YM |
| 04SANAA1172 | PRESIDENT SALEH ACCEPTS SEA ISLAND INVITATION [...] (C) Ambassador and DCM called upon Foreign Minister Qirbi 5/16 to discuss President Saleh's acceptance of the G-8 Sea Island invitation (ref e-mails). Qirbi asked about the formal invitation, travel arrangements to the U.S. and the proposed agenda. Ambassador briefed Qirbi on the known deta [...] |
2004-05-16 10:47:00 | Embassy Sanaa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV AL YM |
| 04THEHAGUE1499 | CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC) - SCENESETTER [...] (SBU) There are two specific set of decisions which are the highest priorities at this EC. The first set of issues is time-sensitive and involves amendments to the Working Capital Fund and the Financial Regulations. These draft decisions will give the OPCW a much greater financial cushion [...] |
2004-06-17 12:52:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL AL LY CWC |
| 04THEHAGUE2698 | CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP-UP OF THE [...] (U) The U.S. achieved its one essential goal at the October 12-15 Executive Council session -- unanimous approval of the proposed technical change to allow for Libyan conversion of the Rabta facility. The issue dominated EC-38, with a record 26 delegations asking to make opening statements a [...] |
2004-10-19 12:31:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL LY AL CWC |
| 05ATHENS3159 | GOG COMMITS TO PROVIDE $600,000 TO [...] (SBU) Summary. During his December 5 visit to Athens, USAID Deputy Assistant Administrator for Europe and Eurasia Thomas Mefford obtained the GoG's commitment to provide $600,000 in funding for a multilateral anti-trafficking program in Albania. This was the culmination of almost two years o [...] |
2005-12-14 07:20:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID PREL AL GR BALKANS |
| 05BRUSSELS1514 | WARSAW WINS SEAT OF EU BORDER AGENCY; EU [...] EU Justice and Home Affairs Ministers (JHA Council) on April 14 agreed that Warsaw would be the seat of the newly created Agency for the management of the EU external borders. The ministers also agreed to intensify contacts with Libya in order to combat illegal immigration, while insisting t [...] |
2005-04-15 14:29:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PREF SMIG PL AL LY EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
| 05BRUSSELS2822 | DAS ROSEMARY DICARLO'S MEETINGS WITH EU OFFICIALS [...] (C) Summary. According to EU Council and Commission officials, there can be no "shortcut" to EU membership for the countries of the Western Balkans, although their European perspective remains the long-term goal. Kai Eide is "gloomy" and disappointed with what he has seen of the standards impl [...] |
2005-07-26 15:02:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AL BK MK SR EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
| 05CAIRO6270 | PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN COVERAGE LURCHES ALONG: [...] Summary: The media devoted most of its leading coverage to the presidential nomination process. One independent newspaper continued to offer readers in-depth coverage of the candidates, publishing an informal poll on August 9 in which many of those interviewed claimed not to know the candid [...] |
2005-08-15 15:43:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PTER KPAO KMDR OPRC UK AL AG EG |
| 05CAIRO6508 | ELECTIONS IN EGYPT: EGYPTIAN MEDIA THEMES, [...] Commentaries this past week indicate that many educated Egyptians think that the presidential elections next month, even if the results are a foregone conclusion, will be a rehearsal for the parliamentary ones next November and a healthy experience for the body politic. The Ghad Party's sup [...] |
2005-08-24 10:51:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PTER KPAO KMDR OPRC UK AL AG EG |
| 05CAIRO7889 | SAHRAWI: FOOD CRUNCH IN TINDOUF [...] (SBU) The Algerian Red Crescent has apparently refused to accept the joint World Food Program/UNHCR decision to cut back from 158,000 to 90,000 WFP's assessment of refugees requiring food aid in the Tindouf camps. Despite WFP's announcement that the cutback would take effect from October 1, t [...] |
2005-10-13 13:23:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PHUM AL EG |
| 05CAIRO8618 | EGYPT-DEMARCHE ON PREPARATIONS FOR ARAB LEAGUE [...] (C) In a meeting with Arab League Secretary General Amre Moussa and his Chief of Cabinet Hesham Youssef on November 15, the Ambassador delivered the points in reftel and received a brief on the status of preparations for the proposed November 19 Iraq conference. Moussa said: 50-60 Iraqis r [...] |
2005-11-15 19:01:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IZ AL EG |
| 05CAIRO9071 | Media Themes In Egypt, November 28 December 4: [...] Summary: As Egypt entered the turbulent third round of its parliamentary elections, commentators discussed the violence that marred them, as well as the significance of the continued gains of the Muslim Brotherhood (MB). Some "lack of civic awareness" was seen as a contributing to success of [...] |
2005-12-06 12:08:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KPAO KMDR OPRC AL EG |
| 05DJIBOUTI15 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: ARAB LEAGUE EXTRAORDINARY [...] (C) Acting Pol/Econ officer delivered the reftel demarche to the Director of the Arab Department at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Fairouz Ahmed Houssein. Houssein said that the Minister of Cooperation in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Mahamoud Ali Youssouf, will attend the January 9 Arab [...] |
2005-01-04 12:37:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AL IZ DJ |
| 05MADRID3490 | VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION [...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION IN CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. DAILY PRESS REPORTED OCT. 4, 2005 THAT FRENCH ANTITERRORIST POLICE (DNAT) IN CONJUNCTION WITH SPANISH POLICE CONDUCTED AN OPERATION IN AURILLAC, SOUTH- CEN [...] |
2005-10-04 13:46:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL AGUIRRE GARCIA HARRIET ET AL |
| 05MADRID3667 | VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION [...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION IN CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. INFORMATION RECEIVED AT THIS POST FROM ANOTHER AGENCY STATES THAT THE SPANISH POLICE HAS IDENTIFIED THE FOLLOWING INDIVIDUALS AS SUSPECTED ISLAMIC EXTREMIS [...] |
2005-10-19 14:59:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL ET AL BOUCHAIB KAKA |
| 05MADRID3668 | VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION [...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION IN CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. DAILY "EL PAIS" OF OCT. 18, 2005 REPORTED THE DETENTION IN PARIS OF TWO SUSPECTED MEMBERS OF THE SPANISH TERRORIST ORGANIZATION "GRAPO", MILITARY ARM OF TH [...] |
2005-10-19 15:00:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL RAMONTEIJELO ANTONIO ET AL |
| 05MADRID3753 | VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION [...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION IN CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. DAILY PRESS OF OCT. 23, 2005 REPORTED THAT THE SPANISH POLICE DETAINED THREE ETA COLLABORATORS IN NAVARRA, SPAIN. THE INDIVIDUALS FACILITATED THE TRANSIT [...] |
2005-10-26 11:57:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL ET AL JOSE ANGEL ALZUGUREN PERURENA |
| 05MADRID4353 | VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION [...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION IN CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2.INFORMATION RECEIVED AT THIS POST FROM ANOTHER AGENCY INDICATES THAT THE FOLLOWING INDIVIDUALS HAVE BEEN ARRESTED BY SPANISH AUTHORITIES FOR LINKS TO TERRORISM. 3. NAME: [...] |
2005-12-30 11:38:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL ET AL ABDALLAH FETHI |
| 05MANAMA22 | IRAQ ELECTION DEMARCHES: BAHRAIN ASKS ABOUT [...] (C) Ambassador delivered on January 4 to Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Mohammed Abdel Ghaffar demarches on the January 6 Iraq Neighbors Conference and January 9 Arab League Meeting (Ref A) and support for the international mission for Iraq elections (Ref B). Iraq also figured heavily [...] |
2005-01-04 13:58:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AL JO IZ BA |
| 05PARIS4644 | FRENCH MUSLIM COUNCIL ELECTION RESULTS [...] (C) Summary: The French Council of the Muslim Faith (CFCM) held elections June 19, with Interior Minister Sarkozy lauding an estimated 85% turnout rate. The Morocco-linked National Federation of French Muslims (FNMF) consolidated its position as the leading group within the CFCM, winning an a [...] |
2005-07-01 13:50:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM KISL AL MO FR |
| 05PARIS5539 | PUTTING OUT BRUSHFIRES: FRANCE AND ISLAMIC [...] (C) Summary: Through surveillance, arrests and other methods, the GOF prevents or puts out brushfires of Islamic extremism on an almost daily basis, and has been doing so for decades. According to recent press reports, the RG, France's police intelligence service, estimates that 6 million Musli [...] |
2005-08-17 08:56:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET | PREL PGOV PHUM KISL AL MO PTER FR |
| 05ROME989 | US-ITALIAN GOALS FOR BALKANS: "PLAYING THE SAME [...] (C) Summary. In meetings with MFA Political Director Terzi and European Affairs Director-General Caracciolo, DAS Stephens heard a strong Italian pledge of continued participation and cooperation with the US in the Balkans. Terzi said that Italy was focusing on a number of important issues, fr [...] |
2005-03-22 17:17:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AL SR BS EUN HZ |
| 05VIENNA2670 | AUSTRIA HOSTS 4TH INFORMAL BALKANS SUMMIT [...] Summary: The Austrian Government and the Stability Pact for Southeastern Europe hosted leaders from six southeastern European countries from 2-3 August for the 4th informal "Balkans Summit." Participants discussed the region's expectations for EU membership, establishing a common [...] |
2005-08-09 09:04:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV ECIN AL BK HR MK RO SR AU EUN |
| 06ABUDHABI1931 | ARAB LEAGUE BOYCOTT IN THE UAE [...] (U) Summary. The UAE still implements the primary Arab League boycott on Israel, but abides by the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) policy of not implementing the secondary or tertiary aspects of the boycott. Despite this policy, there have still been instances of prohibited boycott requests af [...] |
2006-05-10 11:53:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KBCT ABLD PHUM AL AE PIRF |
| 06ALGIERS1221 | BOUTEFLIKA ON SUPPORT FOR IRAQI GOVERNMENT [...] (C) During Adviser to the President for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism Frances Fragos Townsend's June 18 meeting with President Bouteflika, Bouteflika said the U.S. and Algerian positions on Iraq overlapped. Algeria recognized the new Iraqi government, backed it, and wanted to assist [...] |
2006-07-01 11:26:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV AL IZ AG |
| 06AMMAN2109 | JOINT USG-GOJ FLOOD RELIEF PROVIDED TO ALGERIA [...] No summary [...] |
2006-03-22 14:38:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | MOPS PREL EAID AL JO |
| 06AMMAN3179 | IMPLEMENTATION OF BOYCOTT STATUTES [...] Post provides the following responses to the questions posed in para 8 of reftel. Jordan has not followed Arab League guidance on boycotting Israel since concluding its peace treaty with Israel in 1994. 2. --the Government of Jordan does not require boycott compliance questions of any co [...] |
2006-05-04 14:24:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KBCT ABLD PHUM AL JO PIRF |
| 06AMMAN7592 | GOVERNMENT AND MEDIA LASH OUT AT QATAR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Jordan's official government spokesman sharply criticized Qatar for failing to support the candidacy of Prince Zeid for SecGen. Media and lawmakers also piled on. END SUMMARY. GOJ: QATAR BROKE FROM ARAB RANKS 2. (U) GOJ spokesman Nasser Judeh told media October 2 that th [...] |
2006-10-03 14:33:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UN AL QA JO |
| 06AMMAN7624 | JORDAN RECALLS AMBASSADOR FROM QATAR [...] (U) SUMMARY: Jordan escalated its row with Qatar by recalling its Ambassador from Doha. END SUMMARY. 2. (U) The dispute between Jordan and Qatar escalated October 3 when Jordan recalled its Ambassador for "consultations." The GOJ's official spokesman explained that Jordan took this step in [...] |
2006-10-04 13:51:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UN AL QA JO |
| 06ANKARA1400 | TURKEY: POL-MIL ROUND-UP, February 2006 [...] Turkey's National Security Council (NSC) held its first meeting of 2006 on February 23. Turkey-Iran relations, February 4 IAEA decision on Iran's nuclear program, and Turkey's foreign assistance policy topped the agenda. Turkish media coverage of the meeting was wider than other months. The [...] |
2006-03-16 09:35:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS MARR PREL TU UP KS TC PK SU IR AL RU |
| 06ANKARA2083 | TURKEY: POL-MIL ROUND-UP, March 2006 [...] Chief of the Turkish General Staff (CHOD) General Hilmi Ozkok gave his annual speech to the Istanbul War Academy on March 16. He noted the importance of a cohesive domestic government in the international place of a country; underlined the importance of a sound security strategy based on a st [...] |
2006-04-17 12:37:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS MARR PREL TU UP KS TC PK SU IR AL RU |
| 06ANKARA321 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR DRL/IRF STAFF MEMBER [...] (U) Mission welcomes and grants country clearance to DRL/IRF Desk Officer Michael Mates to travel to Ankara and Istanbul February 20 - 25, 2006. The purpose of the visit is to meet religious leaders and NGOs and advocate for USG positions regarding religious freedom with host government offic [...] |
2006-01-27 15:39:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA PHUM AL BU TU |
| 06ANKARA4129 | TURKEY: POL-MIL ROUND-UP, June 2006 [...] Turkey's National Security Council (NSC) held its bi-monthly meeting on June 22. National and international security issues and the fight against terrorism topped the agenda of the meeting. Palestinian governance, the Israeli general election, the EU accession process and the Single European S [...] |
2006-07-14 14:13:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS MARR PREL TU AS PK AL CG AJ KZ IT |
| 06ATHENS1366 | COPELOUZOS GROUP CHAIRMAN BRIEFS ON ENERGY PLANS [...] (C) Summary. Copelouzos Group Chairman Dimitris Copelouzos briefed the Ambassador April 27 on his proposal to build a "West Macedonia Branch" of the Turkish-Greece-Italy (TGI) gas interconnector. AccordinQto Copelouzos, whose firm is closely linked with Gazprom, this could supply natural g [...] |
2006-05-26 08:27:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG GR AL MK |
| 06ATHENS1375 | HELLENIC AID DIRECTOR CONFIRMS DISBURSEMENT OF [...] (SBU) Hellenic Aid (HA) Director General Panayotis Goumas informed Economic Counselor May 25 that HA had disbursed 200,000 Euro as the GoG's first annual contribution to the Transnational Action against Child Trafficking (TACT) program in Albania. Goumas said that he believed the funds were [...] |
2006-05-26 14:42:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PHUM GR AL RO MK BU SR |
| 06BAGHDAD2314 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: IRAQ NEIGHBORS CONFERENCE [...] (C) Summary. On June 30, Pol/C delivered reftel demarche to Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari, who acknowledged the USG perspective, but said that after discussing the matter with the Prime Minister, they have decided that he would attend the Iraq Neighbors Conference in Tehran July 8-9. FM sai [...] |
2006-07-02 17:27:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IZ AL EG |
| 06BEIJING8334 | CHINA INFORMED OF RELEASE TO ALBANIA OF FIVE [...] No summary [...] |
2006-05-06 00:44:00 | Embassy Beijing | SECRET | PREF PTER CH AL |
| 06CAIRO4140 | MEDIA CONTROVERSY OVER PROPOSED DRAFT OF NEW [...] (C) Summary: The Cabinet has approved a new Press Law and referred it to the Shura Council. The new draft law would substitute fines for imprisonment for journalists convicted of libel, but preserve jail time as an option for those who publish a newspaper illegally or who cast aspersions on t [...] |
2006-07-05 11:19:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER KPAO KMDR OPRC EG AL AG |
| 06CAIRO4355 | MUBARAK INTERVENES: NO JAIL FOR JOURNALISTS [...] (SBU) Summary: Journalists expressed relief after President Mubarak,s last-minute intercession with the People,s Assembly on June 11 to strike prison sentences for reporters who expose corruption from proposed legislation. But the amendments to the penal code raise fines for defaming public f [...] |
2006-07-13 11:40:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER KPAO KMDR OPRC UK AL AG EG |
| 06CAIRO4482 | ARAB LEAGUE BRIEFS DIPLOMATS ON JULY 15 FOREIGN [...] (U) Arab League Chief of Staff Hisham Youssef briefed diplomats July 18 on the three resolutions approved by the Arab League foreign ministers on July 15. He also gave some of the atmospherics of the meeting. According to Youssef, the foreign ministers agreed that the Israelis appeared to be [...] |
2006-07-18 15:03:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL AL EG |
| 06CAIRO4604 | EGYPT MEDIA TRENDS FOR JULY 25, 2006 [...] Summary. Today,s Egyptian major developing story in Egyptian media was President Mubarak,s statement before departing for Saudi Arabia during which he declared the current situation in Lebanon as "destructive chaos." Headlines continued to be strongly negative toward perceived US involvem [...] |
2006-07-27 12:08:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KMDR KPAO OPRC PGOV PTER UK AG EG AL |
| 06CAIRO4605 | EGYPT MEDIA TRENDS FOR JULY 26, 2006 [...] Summary: As we have witnessed repeatedly since the outbreak of the current Israel-Lebanon crisis the Egyptian opposition and independent press demonstrated once again today, through words and photos, strong bias against Secretary Rice and her efforts thus far to achieve a cease-fire. Com [...] |
2006-07-27 12:10:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KMDR KPAO OPRC PGOV PTER AG AL EG IZ |
| 06CAIRO4608 | Egypt Media trends for July 27, 2006 [...] Summary. The past week internal disagreement over Hezbollah as right or wrong has been replaced by unified calls for an immediate ceasefire. The US has been characterized as frustrating any opportunity to end the days of bloodshed splashed on front pages and captured on Egyptian and regio [...] |
2006-07-27 13:53:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PTER KPAO KMDR OPRC UK AL AG IS SA IR EG |
| 06CAIRO4676 | SAHRAWIS: ANOTHER FOOD CRUNCH IN TINDOUF [...] (U) This message has been cleared by Embassy Algiers. ------- Summary ------- 2. (SBU) Cairo-based Regional Refugee Coordinator Cheyne met separately with WFP representative Marius de Gaay Fortman, and UNHCR Representative Peter van der Vaart, in Algiers July 27. WFP is concerned that a [...] |
2006-07-31 14:23:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PHUM AL EG |
| 06DAMASCUS4963 | VISAS CONDOR: SYR(AL HOURANI, AFAF),REASON:SEC 306 [...] ..CAB: VISAS CONDOR - DMS0000I8J00 2. ..BOA: ..NAM: AL HOURANI, AFAF ..NAT: SYR ..DOB: 01JAN1941 ..SEX: F ..VLO: NEGATIVE ..CCB: DAMASCUS ..COB: SYR ..OCC: HOUSEWIFE ..EMP: ..PPT: REGULAR ..PPN: N001820127 ..PPI: 24JUL2006 ..PPE: 23JUL2012 ..PPC: DAMASCUS, SYRIA ..PPS: SYR ..ETA: 20OCT2006 [...] |
2006-10-17 12:51:00 | Embassy Damascus | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS AL AFAF AL HOURANI |
| 06DJIBOUTI589 | DJIBOUTI COMPLIES WITH BOYCOTT STATUTES [...] Reftel demarche was delivered to Mohammed Tayeb, the Deputy Director of Arab Affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. He said that as a member of the Arab League, Djibouti fully complies with the Arab League Boycott, but does not require foreign companies to comply with the boycott requirem [...] |
2006-05-16 11:16:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD PREL KBCT KIRF ABLD PHUM AL DJ |
| 06GEORGETOWN422 | IMPLEMENTATION OF ARAB LEAGUE BOYCOTT: GUYANA [...] Per consultation with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of Tourism, Industry and Commerce, and the Guyana Customs and Trade Administration, Guyana does not have any laws on record to implement the Arab League Boycott (ALB), nor are Israeli products denied market access. The GOG doe [...] |
2006-05-11 15:33:00 | Embassy Georgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | KBCT ABLD PHUM PIRF AL GY |
| 06ISLAMABAD8845 | PAKISTANI COMPLIANCE WITH OIC AND AL BOYCOTTS [...] Post offers the following response to reftel queries regarding Pakistani observance of boycotts of Israel and Israeli-made products. 2. Pakistan is not a member of the Arab League (AL) and is not, therefore, bound by the AL boycott (ALB). 3. Pakistan is a member of the Organization of [...] |
2006-05-16 10:52:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KBCT ABLD PHUM PIRF AL PK |
| 06ISLAMABAD9152 | PAKISTANI COMPLIANCE WITH OIC AND AL BOYCOTTS [...] Post offers the following response to reftel queries regarding Pakistani observance of boycotts of Israel and Israeli-made products. 2. Pakistan is not a member of the Arab League (AL) and is not, therefore, bound by the AL boycott (ALB). 3. Pakistan is a member of the Organization of [...] |
2006-05-19 07:03:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | KBCT ABLD PHUM PIRF AL PK |
| 06JAKARTA5930 | INDONESIA AND BOYCOTT STATUTES [...] (SBU) Indonesia does not formally comply with the Arab League Boycott of Israel. Indonesians may travel to Israel with Indonesian passports but Indonesia does not have formal diplomatic relations with Israel. There is no official data at the Ministry of Trade for trade with Israel, though it [...] |
2006-05-11 07:37:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KBCT ABLD ECON ETRD PHUM PIRF AL ID |
| 06KHARTOUM1031 | Pres. Bashir Interview with Saudi News Channel [...] Summary: On April 17, Riyadh Al-Ikhbariyah Satellite Channel in Arabic broadcast an interview of President Bashir by Sharif Husayn Sharif. During the broad-ranging interview, Bashir commented on the Darfur conflict and characterized it as a tribal issue. He claimed the Darfur problem had t [...] |
2006-05-02 05:27:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL SOCI AL US SU |
| 06KHARTOUM1105 | SUDAN: IMPLEMENTATION OF BOYCOTT STATUTE RESPONSE [...] Per reftel, Sudan does not require any firms to comply with Arab League or Organization of the Islamic Conference boycotts of Israel. Sudanese and foreign firms are not required to complete boycott compliance questionnaires or furnish boycott-clearance certificates as a prerequisite for lice [...] |
2006-05-10 14:02:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PIRF KBCT ABLD ETRD AL SU |
| 06KHARTOUM1458 | SUDAN/DARFUR: President Bashir Voices Strong [...] Summary. In the past two days, President Bashir has spoken out in harsh and negative terms against a UN PKO presence in Darfur. The language is very combative, even for Bashir. End Summary. 2. President Omar al-Bashir has voiced his strong opposition on June 20 to any deployment of in [...] |
2006-06-21 13:57:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV KPKO SOCI AL UN SU |
| 06KHARTOUM1477 | SOMALIA: TFG, UIC REACH AGREEMENT, PARTIES TO [...] (C) Summary: President Yusuf said the Transitional Federal Government and the Union of Islamic Courts agreed on June 22 to cease hostilities, recognize each other, and meet again in Arab League-sponsored talks in Khartoum on July 15. He characterized the Union as a complex, multi-faceted orga [...] |
2006-06-23 11:35:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER SO US AL SU |
| 06KHARTOUM1573 | SOMALIA: MFA READOUT ON SOMALI TALKS [...] (C) Summary: MFA Director of Arab Affairs Mabrouk described the June 21-22 Somali talks in Khartoum as achieving a breakthrough, reflecting mutual interest in restoring a united Somalia. He described the tone as cordial and committed. Clarifying Sudan's role in the talks as facilitator and [...] |
2006-07-05 12:50:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER SO US AL SU |
| 06KHARTOUM764 | DARFUR/ARAB LEAGUE: DRAFT POINTS FOR COMMUNIQUE [...] (C) On March 27 UNSRSG Jan Pronk gave Charge Steinfeld a copy of an Arab League communique as drafted by Foreign Ministers to be considered later this week by Arab League Heads of State. 2. (C) Key points of the communique regarding Darfur are as follows (as translated by the UN): -- Suppo [...] |
2006-03-27 11:03:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM KPKO SU AU AL |
| 06KHARTOUM796 | Pres. Bashir Interview with Al-Jazira at Arab [...] Summary: In a March 29 interview with Al-Jazira, President Bashir said: many southern forces had supported the government during the North-South civil war; Khartoum was both a northern state and the national capital subject to shari'ah law; the Arab League had pledged to support AMIS financ [...] |
2006-03-30 13:26:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL SOCI AL US SU |
| 06KHARTOUM798 | Local Press, AU Special Rep React to Arab [...] Summary: Khartoum media coverage of the Arab League Summit was favorable, with extensive coverage on television, radio, and newspapers, both in English and Arabic. AU Special Representative Kingibe criticized Arab League offers of financial support for AMIS, referring to it as "medicine aft [...] |
2006-03-30 15:12:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL SOCI AL US SU |
| 06KHARTOUM808 | Local Press Account Alleges CIA Is Studying [...] On March 30, pro-government Arabic daily Al-Intibaha published an article claiming that the CIA was active in Darfur to study its geography in advance of intelligence and military operations. 2. The text of the article per unofficial Embassy translation is as follows: (Begin text) C [...] |
2006-04-02 09:49:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL SOCI AL US SU |
| 06KHARTOUM811 | Arab League Summit: Khartoum Declaration [...] The Arab League Summit took place March 28-29 in Khartoum (reftel). The Khartoum Declaration was printed on March 30 by the daily London Al-Quds Al-Arabi in Arabic. 2. The text of the Arab League Khartoum Declaration per FBIS translation of the Al-Quds Al-Arabi publication is as follows [...] |
2006-04-02 13:13:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL SOCI AL US SU |
| 06KHARTOUM825 | Sudanese Gov't Inaction Prevents UN U/S Egeland [...] (SBU) On April 3, the Sudanese government denied permission for UN Under Secretary General for Humanitarian Affairs Jan Egeland to travel to Nyala and Khartoum. According to World Food Program Flight Operations Coordinator Nigel Sanders (protect), the Sudanese government did not respond to a [...] |
2006-04-04 11:20:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL SOCI AL US SU |
| 06KUWAIT1671 | KUWAITI IMPLEMENTATION OF ARAB LEAGUE BOYCOTT [...] This cable is in response to Reftel action request. 2. Kuwait's 1981 Commercial Law, Article 62, states that Kuwait will follow the lead of the Arab League Boycott Office with regards to implementation of the boycott. In 1994, in accordance with a GCC decision, Kuwait announced the elimi [...] |
2006-05-10 13:15:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | KBCT ABLD PHUM PIRF AL KU |
| 06MADRID74 | VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION [...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION IN CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. INFORMATION RECEIVED FROM THE SPANISH AUTHORITIES REFERS TO THE FOLLOWING INDIVIDUALS, WHO HAVE BEEN ARRESTED BY THE SPANISH POLICE, IN A RECENT ANTI- TERR [...] |
2006-01-12 16:28:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL SP ET AL FRANCISCO RODENAS RUIZ |
| 06MAPUTO536 | MOZAMBIQUE: IMPLEMENTATION OF BOYCOTT STATUTES [...] No summary [...] |
2006-05-09 09:21:00 | Embassy Maputo | UNCLASSIFIED | KBCT ABLD PHUM PIRF AL MZ |
| 06MUSCAT745 | IMPLEMENTATION OF BOYCOTT STATUTES [...] No summary [...] |
2006-05-10 14:35:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KBCT KIRF ABLD PHUM AL MU |
| 06MUSCAT781 | OMAN ESCHEWS DAMASCUS BOYCOTT MEET [...] (U) As reported in regional and international media, including by the Syrian Arab News Agency, Oman was not/not represented in a four-day conference of Israel Boycott Liaison Officers that began May 15 in Damascus. 2. (SBU) A senior contact in the Foreign Ministry reiterated to P/E Chief Ma [...] |
2006-05-16 11:23:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KBCT KIRF PHUM AL IS MU |
| 06PARIS1335 | FRANCE CONTRIBUTION FOR 2006 TIP REPORT - PART I [...] Answers below are keyed to section and para numbers in reftel. Embassy Paris TIP point of contact is Kim Baker, bakerke@state.gov. Phone 33 1 43 12 23 93 (or IVG 8-498-2393), fax 33 1 43 12 26 63. Time spent on TIP report: FS-04 poloff: 80 hours. FS-1 Deputy Political Counselor: 4 hours [...] |
2006-03-03 11:26:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB FR BU RO AL SL CM NI |
| 06PARIS1338 | FRANCE CONTRIBUTION FOR 2006 TIP REPORT - PART II [...] No summary [...] |
2006-03-03 11:28:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB FR BU RO AL SL CM NI |
| 06PARIS5463 | UNESCO: POSSIBLE EXECUTIVE BOARD RESOLUTION ON [...] (U) Classified by Andrew Koss, Deputy Chief of Mission, reason 1.4. (D) 2. (C)Charge Koss met August 10 with Lebanese Charge d'affaires Salim Baddoura to discuss the draft resolution (DR) on Lebanon for the next UNESCO Executive Board (EB) coming up in late September/early October. Koss us [...] |
2006-08-11 15:16:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | UNESCO UNSC AL |
| 06PARIS5768 | (U) UNESCO: LEBANON RESOLUTION UPDATE II [...] (U) Classified by Andrew Koss, Deputy Chief of Mission, reason 1.4. (D) 2. (C) Summary. Though the resolution tabled by Lebanon and Morocco on Lebanese reconstruction to be discussed at the next UNESCO Executive Board (EB) (Sept. 26 - Oct. 12) remains just a place-holder and has yet to be [...] |
2006-08-29 09:34:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | UNESCO SCUL UNSC AL |
| 06PARIS6118 | (U)UNESCO: LEBANON RESOLUTION UPDATE IV [...] (C) Summary: The Israeli ambassador met again with Ambassador Oliver on September 12 to exchange information about resolutions for the upcoming Executive Board on Lebanon, Jerusalem and the Occupied Territories. The Israeli indicated that any anti-Israeli language in the Lebanon resolution co [...] |
2006-09-12 16:48:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | UNESCO SCUL AL IS |
| 06PRAGUE1387 | CZECHS AGREE KOSOVO IS NOT A PRECEDENT FOR OTHER [...] (C) Summary. The Czechs strongly agree Kosovo is not a precedent for frozen conflicts, but are concerned that Russia and some EU member states already view Kosovo (and even Montenegro) that way. For this reason, drafting an UNSC resolution on Kosovo's final status may be tricky: the language c [...] |
2006-11-08 13:52:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL AL BH GG MK PBTS RO SR UP EZ |
| 06PRISTINA286 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO AMBASSADOR FRANK WISNER [...] US Office Pristina welcomes and grants country clearance to Ambassador Frank G. Wisner, Special Representative of the Secretary of State to the Kosovo Status Talks, and his assistant, Stephen J. Gee, to visit Pristina April 14 - April 16, 2006. The purpose of the visit is for consultations o [...] |
2006-03-31 07:51:00 | Embassy Pristina | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC OTRA AU GR SE AL NATO EU |
| 06PRISTINA612 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO AMBASSADOR FRANK WISNER AND [...] US Office Pristina welcomes and grants country clearance to Ambassador Frank G. Wisner, Special Representative of the Secretary of State to the Kosovo Status Talks, and Political Officer, Stephen J. Gee to visit Pristina July 26 - July 28, 2006. The purpose of the visit is for consultations [...] |
2006-07-21 12:08:00 | Embassy Pristina | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC OTRA AU GR SE AL NATO EU |
| 06PRISTINA762 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO FSN DUBRAVKO BOLSEC [...] US Office Pristina welcomes and grants country clearance to S/WCI staff member Dubravko Bolsec to visit Pristina September 15 - September 17, 2006. The purpose of the visit is to accompany Ambassador-at-Large Clint Williamson on consultations with mission, host government and international of [...] |
2006-09-12 14:53:00 | Embassy Pristina | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA KJUS KAWC SR MW AL AU HR |
| 06PRISTINA764 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO AMBASSADOR AT LARGE CLING [...] US Office Pristina welcomes and grants country clearance to Ambassador-at-Large for War Crimes Issues Clint Williamson and Special Assistant Matthew Lavine to visit Pristina September 15 - September 17, 2006. The purpose of the visit is for consultations with mission, host government and inte [...] |
2006-09-12 14:54:00 | Embassy Pristina | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA KJUS KAWC SR MW AL AU NL HR |
| 06PRISTINA856 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO EUR/SCE DIRECTOR CHRISTOPHER [...] US Office Pristina welcomes and grants country clearance to Office of South Central Europe Affairs Director Christopher Hoh to visit Pristina October 14 - October 16, 2006. The purpose of the visit is for consultations with post and host country officials. Point of contact will be Political O [...] |
2006-10-11 14:56:00 | Embassy Pristina | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT OTRA MK AL SR |
| 06PRISTINA858 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO DOROTHY MAYHEW, OCT 15-18, [...] US Office Pristina welcomes and grants country clearance to Office of Country Assistance Officer Dorothy Rogers Mayhew to visit Pristina October 15 - October 18, 2006. The purpose of the visit is to provide country assistance training and to attend the Justice Sector Assistance Review of FY07 [...] |
2006-10-13 09:37:00 | Embassy Pristina | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA AL SR |
| 06PRISTINA861 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO LINDA SAMUEL, OCT 14-18, [...] US Office Pristina welcomes and grants country clearance to Linda Samuel, Deputy Chief of the Asset Forfeiture and Money Laundering Section Department of Justice, to visit Pristina October 14 - October 18, 2006. The purpose of the visit is to hold roundtable at Assembly on best practices in a [...] |
2006-10-13 16:40:00 | Embassy Pristina | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA AL SR |
| 06RABAT1874 | MOROCCAN PLANS FOR S MEETING NEXT WEEK ON THE [...] (C) SUMMARY: In response to Ambassador,s urging that the proposed delegation bring a concrete autonomy plan to Washington, MFA Minister Delegate Fassi Fihri indicated they would not be able to present a written draft plan. There are still many complex internal issues to be resolved, so they [...] |
2006-10-06 18:49:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PBTS MO AL |
| 06ROME1667 | EDISON ITALIA OUTLINES THE WAY FORWARD FOR [...] (SBU) Summary. A/EcMin met May 25 with Roberto Poti, Edison Italia's Vice President for Corporate Development, to discuss Edison's investment in the Turkey-Greece-Italy Interconnector pipeline designed to ship Azeri natural gas to Europe. Edison has partnered with DEPA, Greece's state-owned [...] |
2006-06-06 05:10:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG EPET AZ TU GR AL IT |
| 06ROME2698 | Edison Optimistic on Prospects of Turkey-Greece-Italy [...] In a meeting with A/Ecmin and ConGen Milan representatives, Roberto Poti, Vice President for Business Development of Edison, Italy's second largest energy company, expressed confidence that the natural gas pipeline connecting Greece and Italy will be completed by 2010. Obstacles remaining inc [...] |
2006-09-25 15:36:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EPET ENRG ETRD AJ AL RS TU GR IR IT |
| 06ROME2699 | TURKEY-GREECE-ITALY PIPELINE - EDISON DISCUSSIONS [...] Roberto Poti, Edison Vice President for Business Development, called EconCounselor September 18 to relate details of his September 11 meeting with Turkish Energy Minister Hilmi Guler regarding the Turkey-Greece-Italy (TGI) pipeline construction. 2. Poti described the meeting as "very posit [...] |
2006-09-25 15:45:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EPET ENRG ETRD AJ AL RS TU GR IR IT |
| 06SARAJEVO1045 | BOSNIA: IMPLEMENTATION OF BOYCOTT STATUTES [...] Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) has had observer status in the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) since 1994. BiH does not require participation in, or cooperation with, the Arab League Boycott (ALB) or other international boycotts. The BiH government does not, as a matter of policy, p [...] |
2006-05-12 15:10:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | UNCLASSIFIED | KBCT ABLD PHUM PIRF AL |
| 06SARAJEVO1776 | RS PREMIER DODIK MUSES ON SERBIAN AND BIH [...] (C) Summary: On the margins of July 28 discussions with RS Prime Minister Milorad Dodik on ICTY cooperation (REFTEL), Ambassador-at-Large for War Crimes Issues Clint Williamson and CDA Cefkin also raised Kosovo and asked about the upcoming Bosnian elections. According to Dodik, the Serbian pu [...] |
2006-08-07 08:38:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | UNMIK ICTY KAWC PGOV PREL AL YI BK |
| 06SKOPJE255 | MACEDONIA: STRONG BUT MEASURED REACTION TO [...] (U) Macedonian government reaction to Albanian FM Mustafaj's March 13 statement on Albanian Alsat TV that Albania could not guarantee inviolability of borders with Kosovo or Macedonia "if division of Kosovo takes place" (reftel) has been strong but measured. MFA State Counselor Milan Spiridon [...] |
2006-03-16 17:40:00 | Embassy Skopje | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV AL MK |
| 06STATE93016 | (U) ISLAMIC FINANCE (C-TN6-00207) [...] (C) AS POSTS ARE AWARE, POLICY MAKERS ARE INTERESTED IN THE GROWTH AND IMPLICATIONS OF ISLAMIC FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS, WHICH OFFER PRODUCTS AND SERVICES DESIGNED TO COMPLY WITH ISLAMIC LAW, WHICH FORBIDS PAYING OR RECEIVING INTEREST, MANDATES THAT FINANCIAL TRANSACTIONS BE BASED ON REAL ECON [...] |
2006-06-07 23:17:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR ECIN EFIN AL BA BK EG ID KU MU MY PK QA SA |
| 06TALLINN1008 | ESTONIA: BRIEFING ON KOSOVO [...] No summary [...] |
2006-11-13 12:16:00 | Embassy Tallinn | CONFIDENTIAL | AL BH GG MK MACEDONIA PBTS RO SR UP EN |
| 06THEHAGUE2361 | NETHERLANDS: DUTCH AGREE KOSOVO NOT A PRECEDENT [...] (C) Summary: MFA Head of the Western Balkans Division Cees Roels said the GONL is in "complete agreement" with the USG argument explaining why an independent Kosovo does not set a precedent for separatist movements in "frozen conflicts." He said Kosovo is a "special case," while a gradual inde [...] |
2006-11-02 15:24:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | AL PBTS PREL NL |
| 06TIRANA1208 | TRADE UNION POWER STRUGGLE INTERRUPTS WORK OF THE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. With dwindling membership and waning societal influence, the Albanian trade union organization that helped bring down the communist regime has been further weakened by an internal power struggle. This struggle has pitted Gezim Kalaja, long-time trade union confederation presid [...] |
2006-11-27 16:05:00 | Embassy Tirana | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM ELAB ECON AL |
| 06TIRANA1209 | IMPASSE ENDS AFTER ISLAMIC COUNCIL VOTES TO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. After losing a vote of confidence in a meeting of the National Islamic Council on November 25, Bashkim Bajraktari, the Mufti of Shkoder, agreed to step down. His resignation ended a weeklong impasse during which Bajraktari, who had been fired earlier in the week by Selim Muca, h [...] |
2006-11-27 17:17:00 | Embassy Tirana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM KISL KIRF AL |
| 06TIRANA281 | MAJOR LNG AND POWER PROJECT NEARER REALIZATION; [...] (C) SUMMARY: ASG Power, a U.S.-Swiss consortium, received GoA permission on March 13 to undertake final feasibility and environmental studies to build a 1.9 billion LNG re-gasification facility and 1200 megawatt power plant near Fier. Gas and electricity will mostly be exported to Italy, b [...] |
2006-03-20 08:00:00 | Embassy Tirana | CONFIDENTIAL | EINV ENRG EPET AL |
| 06TIRANA313 | SCENESETTER FOR MCC VISIT TO ALBANIA [...] (SBU) Summary: The new Government of Albania (GoA), led by Prime Minister Sali Berisha, took office in September 2005. Berisha's governing coalition, led by his Democratic Party, was elected largely on a campaign promise to combat endemic organized crime and corruption. The new GoA has ta [...] |
2006-03-28 14:36:00 | Embassy Tirana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON KMCA OTRA AL |
| 06TIRANA351 | ALBANIA AND USAID SIGN MCC THRESHOLD PROGRAM [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Millennium Challenge Corporation's CEO Ambassador Danilovich and VP Bent visited Albania on April 3 to participate in a signing ceremony for a USD 13.8 million Threshold Program Agreement and to meet with GoA officials. The program is designed to reduce the opportunities for [...] |
2006-04-07 07:56:00 | Embassy Tirana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON KMCA OTRA AL |
| 06TIRANA352 | ALBANIA SCENESETTER FOR AMB. WISNER, U.S. SPECIAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Albanian governments, past and present, support independence for Kosovo, but within the international framework. In contrast to generally quiet diplomacy of the past, the Berisha government, via FM Mustafaj (and Sabri Godo, his informal advisor on Kosovo), has more openly and [...] |
2006-04-07 09:55:00 | Embassy Tirana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PINR AL |
| 06TIRANA358 | ALBANIA'S CENTRAL BANK GOVERNOR: MONEY LAUNDERING [...] (SBU) Albania's Central Bank Governor, Ardian Fullani, became the first high-ranking GoA official to state what many analysts have assumed for years: Albania's booming construction industry is driven, in part, by "dirty money." In his annual report to Parliament's Committee on the Economy, F [...] |
2006-04-07 13:29:00 | Embassy Tirana | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EINV KCRM AL |
| 06TIRANA365 | ALBANIA: PROTESTING THE IRANIAN REGIME'S [...] (U) Pol/Econ Chief raised reftel demarche with Mimoza Kondo, Office Director for the Americas desk at the MFA. Kondo was not aware of the issue, and thanked us for the information. She noted the sensitive nature of religious issues in Albania, but agreed that religious tolerance was somethin [...] |
2006-04-10 13:02:00 | Embassy Tirana | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PINR AL |
| 06TIRANA408 | U.S. SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE WISNER DISCUSSES [...] (C) SUMMARY: Albanian officials expressed appreciation for the USG role in the region and especially in Kosovo. All accepted the role that Wisner asked Albania to play as the Kosovo status negotiations advanced, and pledged that Albania would do its part to reach a successful conclusion. Amb [...] |
2006-04-21 11:18:00 | Embassy Tirana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KS AL |
| 06TIRANA420 | ALBANIA: SCENESETTER FOR VICE PRESIDENT CHENEY'S [...] (C) Background/Summary: Albanians describe their relationship with the U.S. as "strategic" and consider it their most important bar none. Politically, and militarily Albania looks to the U.S. first, and is deeply appreciative of our help. In return, Albanians have worked hard to make themse [...] |
2006-04-27 08:52:00 | Embassy Tirana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR MARR AL |
| 06TIRANA434 | ALBANIA SEEKS SEAT ON UN HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION [...] (C) FM Minister Mustafaj told Ambassador May 1 that Albania would put its name forward for a spot on the UN Human Rights Commission, and asked for USG support. Mustafaj told the Ambassador that former UN SecGen Boutros-Boutros Ghali had written to Francophone countries in support of Albania's [...] |
2006-05-02 14:49:00 | Embassy Tirana | CONFIDENTIAL | KUNR PREL OPDC PHUM PINR UNGA AL |
| 06TIRANA435 | ALBANIA AGREES TO HRC COMMITMENTS [...] (SBU) Per ref A, Ambassador called on FM Besnik Mustafaj on and delivered the letter from Secretary Rice. Mustafaj said the GOA would not support states with a record of human rights violations or of sponsoring terrorism for the Human Rights Council (HRC). Mustafaj also noted Albania was a ca [...] |
2006-05-02 14:53:00 | Embassy Tirana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KUNR OPDC PREL PHUM UNGA AL |
| 06TIRANA436 | BERISHA VS. SOLLAKU: A HIGH LEVEL SMACKDOWN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Over the last eight months, PM Berisha and his allies have engaged in a campaign to dump General Prosecutor Sollaku, claiming he is a major obstacle to progress in the fight against crime and corruption. Berisha has publicly accused Sollaku of everything from laziness to ties [...] |
2006-05-02 15:19:00 | Embassy Tirana | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV AL |
| 06TIRANA441 | ALBANIA: MDA DEMARCHE ON AMBASSADOR'S MEETING IN [...] (SBU) PolEcon Chief delivered reftel points to Mimoza Kondo, Office Director for the Americas at the MFA. Kondo was aware of the upcoming vote and indicated the GOA's position has not, and is not expected to change, before the June vote. She expressed appreciation for the points and undertoo [...] |
2006-05-04 07:52:00 | Embassy Tirana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC PHUM PREF PREL ICRC SZ AL |
| 06TIRANA455 | ALBANIA WILL NOT SUPPORT IRAN BID FOR UN HUMAN [...] (C) PolEcon Chief raised Ref A pointS with M)moza Ko.do, Office Director for th% Americas, aNd Saimi2 Rapishti, Office Director for I.ternational OpGanizations at the MFA. RapiqHtI sa)d the assue had been raised at the "highest letElS qitQi. t`e anistry, and that it had bee decaded,QQGithouT [...] |
2006-05-05 10:50:00 | Embassy Tirana | CONFIDENTIAL | KUNR PHUM UNHRC PREL AL |
| 06TIRANA461 | UIGHURS ARRIVE IN ALBANIA FROM GUANTANAMO WITHOUT [...] (S) On May 5, at 9:03 PM local time, five Chinese-national Uighurs previously held at Guantanamo Bay who had been determined to no longer be enemy combatants arrived by C-17 at Mother Teresa International Airport in Tirana. The five Uighurs were driven to Rinas police station (near the airpor [...] |
2006-05-08 11:55:00 | Embassy Tirana | SECRET | PREF PTER PHUM PREL AL CH |
| 06TIRANA467 | FM MUSTAFAJ ON MEETING WITH CHINESE AMBASSADOR ON [...] (U) Ambassador met with Albanian Foreign Minister Besnik Mustafaj on the afternoon of May 8, following Mustafaj's meeting with Chinese Ambassador Tian Changchun and the release of a statement by Tian to News24, an Albanian television news channel. 2. (S) Mustafaj said Tian was "very tough" [...] |
2006-05-09 02:59:00 | Embassy Tirana | SECRET | PREF PTER PHUM PREL PINR AL CH |
| 06TIRANA479 | ALBANIA APPROVES AMENDMENT TO CLAIMS SETTLEMENT [...] Per reftel, we approached the MFA last year to request the suggested amendment. The Council of Ministers approved the amendment in mid-April 2006 and the MFA issued a confirmatory Diplomatic Note (Note verbal 6012) on April 27th. 2. Embassy's translation of the MFA's note follows: (Ve [...] |
2006-05-10 05:49:00 | Embassy Tirana | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EIND AL US |
| 06TIRANA486 | SAM SEEKS MILITARY COOPERATION AGREEMENT WITH [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para. 5. 2. (C) Mimoza Kondo, MFA Office Director for the Europe, America, and Russia, told Pol/Econ Chief that Albania has been approached by Serbia-Montenegro regarding the possibility of formally establishing military cooperation. She also pro [...] |
2006-05-11 06:25:00 | Embassy Tirana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR MOPS AL |
| 06TIRANA506 | VICTIMS OF COMMUNISM: OBELISK BUT NO ACCESS TO [...] No summary [...] |
2006-05-17 08:41:00 | Embassy Tirana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR PHUM AL |
| 06TIRANA540 | ALBANIA REACTS POSITIVELY TO MONTENEGRO'S VOTE FOR [...] (SBU) GoA officials were quick to comment positively -- and to key their comments on Euro-Atlantic integration prospects -- regarding the results of Montenegro's Referendum on Independence after initial results were announced early on May 22. President Moisiu called Montenegrin President Vuj [...] |
2006-05-24 04:36:00 | Embassy Tirana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MK SZ AL |
| 06TIRANA559 | CONSTITUTIONAL COURT AFFIRMS JUDICIAL Q@%Q@AQQN(U) Under the Albanian [...] No summary [...] |
2006-05-26 13:53:00 | Embassy Tirana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KJUS AL |
| 06TIRANA564 | GOA CRACKING DOWN ON ORGANIZED CRIME AND PASSPORT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Two unrelated, but widely reported arrests were made in recent days, both of which highlight the fight of Albanian police and prosecutors against corruption and organized crime. In the first case, seven members of a drug trafficking network who were laundering proceeds through c [...] |
2006-05-30 11:53:00 | Embassy Tirana | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | KCRM PGOV ASEC PINR KFRD CVIS KRIM AL |
| 06TIRANA578 | MEDIA AND NGO SCRUTINY PROMPTS INVESTIGATION INTO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Albanian media have reported widely on the alleged police mistreatment of a suspected international drug trafficker and fugitive from US justice. A local human rights NGO and the Albanian prosecutor's office are investigating possible police misconduct. At the height of the media [...] |
2006-06-02 08:36:00 | Embassy Tirana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM CVIS KFRD KPAO AL |
| 06TIRANA585 | ALBANIA FULLY SUPPORTS U.S. OFFER TO [...] (SBU) Ambassador delivered reftel points to PM Berisha on June 1. Berisha immediately agreed to issue a statement in support of the USG's offer to Iran. The GoA issued the following statement on June 2: (Begin text) -- The Government of the Republic of Albania follows with special atten [...] |
2006-06-02 12:36:00 | Embassy Tirana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV AL |
| 06TIRANA586 | PM BERISHA ON MONTENEGRO, KOSOVO, MACEDONIA AND A [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a June 1 meeting with Ambassador focused mainly on Iran (Ref A), Prime Minister Berisha also shared his thoughts on Kosovo, Montenegro, Macedonia and made a pitch for a visit by President Bush to Albania. Berisha expressed serious concern about upcoming elections in Mac [...] |
2006-06-02 13:50:00 | Embassy Tirana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AL |
| 06TIRANA597 | FORMER SENATOR DECONCINI SHINES LIGHT ON ISSUE OF [...] (U) Former U.S. Senator Dennis DeConcini, who visited Tirana May 22-24 as a guest of Albanian Ombudsman Dobjani, focused on the plight of missing and trafficked children. DeConcini held meetings with PM Berisha and other Cabinet members, saw the heads of several NGOs that focus on TIP, and was [...] |
2006-06-06 13:45:00 | Embassy Tirana | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM PINR AL |
| 06TIRANA599 | DEFENSE MINISTER: RAISE NUMBER OF TROOPS IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Defense Minister Mediu told Ambassador that he wanted to expand Albania's troop presence in Afghanistan from 22 troops to a company of 120 and that he further wanted them to be deployed with Italian, rather than Turkish, forces so that they could conduct a broader range of missio [...] |
2006-06-06 13:50:00 | Embassy Tirana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR NATO AL |
| 06TIRANA600 | SHKODRA REGION RELIGIOUS TENSIONS CONTINUE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Religious tensions that flared in Shkoder when a statue to Mother Theresa was proposed for a public spot in central Shkodra have settled somewhat, but there is still lingering resentment between the Muslim and Catholic communities. Both sides cite foreign influence(meaning fore [...] |
2006-06-06 13:54:00 | Embassy Tirana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PINR AL MW |
| 06TIRANA602 | ALBANIA WILL FOLLOW UN/EU POSITIONS IN OIC [...] (C) During a May 31 meeting, chief of the UN section at the MFA Repishti stressed that Albania was formally alerting the Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC) that it would follow UN and/or EU official positions on most issues considered by the OIC. 2. (SBU) Albania joined the OIC in [...] |
2006-06-07 02:53:00 | Embassy Tirana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL OIC AL |
| 06TIRANA618 | ENERGY POLICY CHANGES IN ALBANIA [...] (U) Summary: PM Berisha recently described a series of energy-related measures to improve Albania's business climate. The GoA will alter its two-tiered electricity price structure to reduce energy prices for the private business sector to bring it more in line with regional norms and to spu [...] |
2006-06-09 12:51:00 | Embassy Tirana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ENRG EINV AL |
| 06TIRANA628 | SOCIALIST PARTY CONGRESS: RAMA'S REFORMS AND [...] (SBU) Albania's Socialist Party (SP) held its first Congress since its bitter defeat last July in Parliamentary elections and the ascendancy of Tirana Mayor Edi Rama to the Chairmanship of the party last fall. Former Chairman, and fallen PM, Fatos Nano, was nowhere to be seen and his suppor [...] |
2006-06-12 13:12:00 | Embassy Tirana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV AL |
| 06TIRANA629 | EFFORTS TO IMPROVE ALBANIAN PRE-TRIAL DETENTION [...] (U) SUMMARY. A DRL-funded project to improve conditions at one of Albania's largest prisons was launched June 7. This project will provide training to prison guards and administration officials. Complementing the project's launch, the Ministry of Justice disseminated a new internal regulation [...] |
2006-06-13 05:49:00 | Embassy Tirana | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM KCRM AL |
| 06TIRANA657 | WORLD BEKTASHI LEADER INVITED TO TURKEY: [...] (SBU) On June 12, Bulent Arinc, head of the Turkish parliament, visited the world headquarters of Bektashism in Tirana, Albania. Arinc invited Reshat Bardhi, head of the World Bektashi Community, to come to Turkey to participate in a Bektashi feast August 16. This would be the first official c [...] |
2006-06-19 16:31:00 | Embassy Tirana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PINR AL |
| 06TIRANA662 | EXHUMATION OF WW II SOLDIERS SPOTLIGHTS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Recent exhumations of Greek soldiers killed in Albania during WW II and the construction of mausoleums here for their re-interrment have sparked considerable controversy and reportedly the cancellation of the Greek Defense Minister's visit to Albania. The exhumations generated co [...] |
2006-06-21 06:33:00 | Embassy Tirana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR AL GR |
| 06TIRANA684 | GENERALS' RETIREMENT A POSITIVE STEP FOR ALBANIAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: On June 19, the Ministry of Defense retired four top generals. The decision was taken despite considerable resistance in the beginning by the military's top brass and by President Moisiu. The retirement of these communist-era generals and their replacement by capable, progressiv [...] |
2006-06-29 06:47:00 | Embassy Tirana | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV MARR NATO AL |
| 06TIRANA696 | CHAM PROTESTS MARK 62ND ANNIVERSARY OF LEAVING [...] (SBU) Several hundred Chams gathered at a rally in Saranda on June 23 to mark the 62nd anniversary of the Chams' expulsion from Greece to Albania. The rally was organized by the "Chameria" association and the Cham-founded Party for Democracy and Integration (PDI). The following day, proteste [...] |
2006-07-05 16:34:00 | Embassy Tirana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL PHUM PGOV AL GR |
| 06TIRANA740 | BERISHA VS. SOLLAKU: ONE ROUND IN A BROADER BATTLE [...] (C) SUMMARY. A Parliamentary investigative committee looking into allegations of incompetence and misconduct against Prosecutor General (PG) Sollaku has issued a report claiming evidence of serious misconduct and recommending not only that President Moisiu dismiss the PG, but that criminal pr [...] |
2006-07-13 05:10:00 | Embassy Tirana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR PHUM AL |
| 06TIRANA743 | AMBASSADOR'S JULY 11 MEETING WITH PM BERISHA [...] (C) The Ambassador met with Prime Minister Berisha on July 11 to review requirements for NATO accession and Albania's reform process. The Prime Minister signaled that he understood quite well from his discussion with Assistant Secretary Fried in Croatia that while the U.S. hoped there SIPDI [...] |
2006-07-14 05:20:00 | Embassy Tirana | CONFIDENTIAL | AL PGOV PTER |
| 06TIRANA747 | DELAYS IN THE ALBANIAN CHEMICAL WEAPONS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Preparations for the Albanian Chemical Weapons Elimination Program have been delayed due to damage sustained during testing of the destruction equipment and required modifications to the system. The delays have resulted in the postponement of the start of operations at the destr [...] |
2006-07-14 13:27:00 | Embassy Tirana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR MASS MOPS PARM PREL SENV AL |
| 06TIRANA798 | PARLIAMENT VOTES TO DISMISS PROSECUTOR GENERAL; [...] (C) SUMMARY: As expected, Parliament approved the Special Investigative Committee report recommending that President Moisiu dismiss Prosecutor General Sollaku. The ball is now in Moisiu's court. The President is determined not to dismiss Sollaku, but he is seeking international cover for [...] |
2006-07-28 12:58:00 | Embassy Tirana | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS KCRM AL |
| 06TIRANA816 | ALBANIA ON HIGH-LEVEL DIALOGUE ON MIGRATION [...] (SBU) Per reftel, we delivered points on the upcoming UN High-Level Dialogue (HLD) on International Migration and Development to Saimir Repishti, chief of the UN section at the MFA. Repishti informed us that Minister of Labor and Social Affairs Kosta Barka (or his deputy) would likely lead Al [...] |
2006-08-01 16:05:00 | Embassy Tirana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PREF SMIG UNGA AL |
| 06TIRANA817 | ALBANIA'S HIGH-LEVEL ATTENDANCE AT THE UNGA - [...] No summary [...] |
2006-08-01 16:08:00 | Embassy Tirana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL OTRA OVIP KSEP UNGA AL |
| 06TIRANA822 | NIGHT OF A THOUSAND DINNERS RAISES FUNDS - AND [...] (U) Embassy Tirana hosted its third Night of a Thousand Dinners reception on July 24 at the Ambassador's Residence, in cooperation with the Albanian Mine Action Executive (AMAE) and the Victims of Mines and Weapons Association (VMA). Ambassador noted that, with most high- and medium-priority m [...] |
2006-08-02 15:03:00 | Embassy Tirana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KHDP MASS PREL AL |
| 06TIRANA839 | ALBANIA ON DRAFT UNSC RESOLUTION ON LEBANON [...] No summary [...] |
2006-08-07 15:14:00 | Embassy Tirana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER MOPS UN IS LE AL |
| 06TIRANA846 | SCENESETTER FOR CODEL LUGAR'S VISIT TO ALBANIA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Mr. Chairman, the Albanian Chemical Weapons Elimination Program (ACWEP) is proceeding apace. Although delays in testing the destruction equipment in Germany mean that destruction will not have begun by the time of your visit, the program is nevertheless on track to complete des [...] |
2006-08-11 10:10:00 | Embassy Tirana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP PARM MASS NATO PGOV ECON PREL AL |
| 06TIRANA880 | ALBANIA'S HIGH-LEVEL ATTENDANCE AT THE UNGA [...] (SBU) Per Reftel A, this message provides information on Albania's high-level attendance at the UNGA; Reftel B provided preliminary information. The delegation will be headed by President Alfred Moisiu. A. Attendance of the Head of State -- H.E. Alfred Moisiu, President of the Republic of [...] |
2006-08-21 15:24:00 | Embassy Tirana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL OTRA OVIP KSEP UNGA AL |
| 06TIRANA881 | ALBANIA CONFIRMS SUPPORT FOR PROF. RUTH WEDGWOOD [...] No summary [...] |
2006-08-21 15:24:00 | Embassy Tirana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM UNHRC AL |
| 06TIRANA920 | ALBANIA: LULL IN GOVERNMENT-OPPOSITION WARFARE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Thanks to EC-OSCE-hosted "coffee negotiations," the Democratic Party (the largest party in the majority) and the Socialist Party (the largest opposition party) broke the logjam preventing forward movement on electoral reform and organization of local elections. The agreement a [...] |
2006-09-01 16:16:00 | Embassy Tirana | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV AL |
| 06TIRANA995 | IMPEDIMENT TO BECHTEL BID TO BUILD KEY SECTION OF [...] (C) Bechtel Corporation on August 7 was selected by the Albanian Ministry of Transportation (MOT) to build a 60 km. segment of difficult mountain road on the main route between the Adriatic port of Durres and the town of Kukes, in northeastern Albania near the Kosovo border. When completed, t [...] |
2006-09-22 12:33:00 | Embassy Tirana | CONFIDENTIAL | EINV ELTN PGOV ECON EFIN AL ZL |
| 06TIRANA996 | SCENESETTER FOR YOUR VISIT TO ALBANIA AND SEDM [...] (C) Your attendance at the September 26-27 Southeast Europe Defense Ministerial (SEDM) is the event's highlight for your Albanian hosts. NATO entry is Albania's primary goal, one supported by all levels of society and all political tendencies. The Ministerial provides the chance for Albani [...] |
2006-09-22 12:50:00 | Embassy Tirana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR PGOV MCAP AL |
| 06TUNIS2585 | TUNISIA INSTRUCTS UN MISSION TO SUPPORT GUATEMALA [...] (C/NF) Ministry of Foreign Affairs Chef de Cabinet Hatem Atallah on October 17 convoked Charge for a one-on-one meeting to give his assurances that the GOT had instructed its UN Mission in New York to vote for Guatemala for the UNSC seat. "Don't believe anything you hear otherwise," Atallah m [...] |
2006-10-17 15:03:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL UNSC GT VE AL TS |
| 06USNATO610 | ALBANIA RECEIVES MIXED REVIEWS FROM NATO ALLIES ON [...] (C) SUMMARY. Albania received qualified praise from NATO Allies for its implementation of political and defense reforms and admonitions to quicken its reform pace during an October 10 meeting with NATO's Senior Political Committee/Reinforced. During the meeting, in which Albania presented [...] |
2006-10-16 16:19:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PREL MOPS MARR AL |
| 06USUNNEWYORK672 | ALBANIA: HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL CANDIDACY [...] Mission received a note from the Permanent Mission of the Republic of Albania to the United Nations requesting USG support for its candidature to the Human Rights Council. The elections will be held in New York in May 2006. 2. Mission will respond that careful consideration will be given [...] |
2006-04-03 18:38:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC PHUM UN AL |
| 07ABUDHABI1453 | UAE RESPONSE TO IRAQI LEADERS AGREEMENT [...] (C) Charge urged a supportive UAE public statement on the Iraqi Leaders Agreement with MFA Acting U/S Tariq Al Haidan on August 28, 29 and again on August 30. Al Haidan initially offered his frank opinion that it would be difficult ("Do we always have to make public statements?"), but after C [...] |
2007-08-30 12:59:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL TU IZ AL XF AE |
| 07ABUDHABI395 | ANTI-BOYCOTT TEAM WORKS WITH UAEG OFFICIALS [...] (U) Summary: On March 5, Department of Commerce Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) officials Edward Weant and Fred Davidson, Department of State official Danielle Monosson, and Econoff met with Ministry of Economy (MOE) officials Undersecretary Abdullah Al-Saleh and Legal Advisor Issa Baddo [...] |
2007-03-08 13:51:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ECON KBCT AL IS AE |
| 07AMMAN3624 | JORDAN TO MAKE SUPPORTIVE STATEMENT IRAQI LEADERS [...] No summary [...] |
2007-08-28 12:07:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL TU IZ AL XF |
| 07AMMAN4377 | DEMARCHING JORDAN ON ARAB DONOR'S CONFERENCE ON [...] (SBU) On October 28, PolCouns conveyed reftel points to Thamer al-Adwan, Director of the Foreign Minister's Private Office, noting U.S. support for greater Arab engagement on the Darfur issue, and urging that such contributions be in support of existing international efforts. Adwan said that [...] |
2007-10-30 09:18:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KPKO SU AL JO |
| 07AMMAN4429 | JORDAN WILL NOT ATTEND NOVEMBER 5-7 BOYCOTT MEETING [...] No summary [...] |
2007-11-01 11:59:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD KBCT PREL AL IS JO |
| 07ANKARA1219 | TURKEY: POL-MIL ROUND-UP, March & April 2007 [...] Chief of the Turkish General Staff (CHOD) General Yasar Buyukanit gave his annual speech to the War College in Istanbul on March 16. In contrast to previous years, the speech was closed to the press, but was subsequently leaked to the media. In the speech, Buyukanit refrained from comment abou [...] |
2007-05-21 10:30:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS MARR PREL FR AJ PK KS MK YI GM BU AL IT SI |
| 07ANKARA581 | TURKEY: POL-MIL ROUND-UP, February 2007 [...] Turkey's National Security Council (NSC) held its bi-monthly meeting on February 23. Internal developments affecting Turkey's national security and the PKK terrorist organization topped the agenda. Recent developments in Iraq were discussed and the importance of territorial integrity and poli [...] |
2007-03-14 10:25:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS MARR PREL ET AJ AL JO AF TU |
| 07ATHENS649 | DIMITRIOS COPELOUZOS AND THE COPELOUZOS GROUP: [...] (C) SUMMARY. Dimitrios Copelouzos, the founding Chairman and Managing Director of the Copelouzos Group, has evolved into a key player in the regional energy market and is currently participating in a number of significant energy transportation projects including the Burgas-Alexandroupoli pip [...] |
2007-03-29 13:36:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ECON AL BU ENRG GR MK RS |
| 07BAMAKO1365 | READOUT OF MEETINGS BETWEEN PRESIDENTS TOURE AND [...] No summary [...] |
2007-11-29 15:06:00 | Embassy Bamako | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PINR PREL PINS AL |
| 07BEIRUT1725 | LEBANON WILL NOT ATTEND ARAB LEAGUE CENTRAL [...] (C) No one from the Lebanese Government will attend the upcoming meeting of the Arab League boycott in Damascus, Minister of Economy and Trade Sami Haddad told Ambassador and Econoff on November 1, 2007. During the meeting, he called the GOL's Israeli Boycott Office in his Ministry to verify [...] |
2007-11-05 04:52:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | AL ECON ETRD IS KBCT LE PREL SY |
| 07BRUSSELS2114 | BELGIAN FM TAKES TOUGH LINE ON KOSOVO WITH SERB [...] (C) During a June 27, 2007 meeting in Brussels with Serbian FM Jeremik, Belgian FM De Gucht urged the Serb leadership to adopt a "realistic approach" to the Kosovo independence issue. An official in De Gucht's cabinet who was present at the meeting said De Gucht pushed Jeremik to use the curr [...] |
2007-06-27 15:17:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL YI AL BE |
| 07BRUSSELS2594 | BELGIUM INFORMATION FOR THE GLOBAL INITIATIVE [...] Belgium is unable to participate in the August 26-29, 2007 conference in Garmisch, Germany, to establish an information portal for the GI. However, in general, Belgium is please to join and participate in portal exchange on secured transmissions, as long as information on the portal is trans [...] |
2007-08-14 15:12:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER KGIC PARM PREL BE AL |
| 07DAMASCUS1123 | ARAB LEAGUE BOYCOTT MEETING BLACKLISTS MERRILL [...] (U) Summary. The semi-annual meeting of the Arab League Boycott group was held November 5-7 in Damascus. Participation and results followed expectations and closely paralleled last April,s gathering (reftel). One U.S. company, Merrill Lynch, and three unnamed European companies were official [...] |
2007-11-20 14:47:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | AL ECON KBCT PHUM SY |
| 07DARESSALAAM892 | TANZANIA: SECTION 1206 PROPOSAL FINAL COORDINATION [...] No summary [...] |
2007-06-21 13:36:00 | Embassy Dar Es Salaam | SECRET | TZ AG AL CD CE CN DJ EG ER ET EZ HE ID |
| 07DOHA709 | SOMALIS MEET IN QATAR, REJECT RECONCILIATION [...] (C) Summary. A local NGO affiliated with Islamic hard-liners hosted Somali activists in Doha for a conference June 7-8 2007. Sheikh Sharif of the Islamic Courts movement and Sharif Hassan, former parliamentary speaker, participated. The event was paid for through a hard-line Sunni organization [...] |
2007-07-05 14:39:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER MOPS XF AL QA |
| 07FREETOWN65 | SIERRA LEONE: SECTION 1206 PROPOSAL FINAL [...] (S) Embassy Freetown concurs with reftel FY07 program proposal "Improvements and Theater Maritime Safety and Security Information System Network" for $12.51M. HULL [...] |
2007-01-26 14:16:00 | Embassy Freetown | SECRET | AL MK UP SL |
| 07HANOI1009 | "ONE UN" PILOT PROGRAM INCHING FORWARD IN VIETNAM [...] (SBU) Summary: The "One UN" pilot program in Vietnam has taken its important first steps, but much work remains before the program becomes operational. According to Hanoi-based UN diplomats, the Government of Vietnam (GVN) strongly supports the "One UN" pilot, which Vietnam began last Februar [...] |
2007-05-30 00:18:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KUNR PREL UN EAID SOCI PHUM AL CV MZ PK RW TZ UY |
| 07HANOI1012 | "ONE UN" PILOT PROGRAM INCHING FORWARD IN VIETNAM [...] (SBU) Summary: The "One UN" pilot program in Vietnam has taken its important first steps, but much work remains before the program becomes operational. According to Hanoi-based UN diplomats, the Government of Vietnam (GVN) strongly supports the "One UN" pilot, which Vietnam began last Februar [...] |
2007-05-30 09:42:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KUNR PREL UN EAID SOCI PHUM AL CV MZ PK RW TZ UY |
| 07KHARTOUM451 | DENG ALOR: TWO ROADS FOR U.S. POLICY [...] (C) Minister for Cabinet Affairs Deng Alor told USAID Mission Director and Poloff on March 19 that the National Congress Party (NCP) has decided to confront the international community on Darfur. He admitted that his belief in productive engagement with Khartoum "was getting weaker and weaker [...] |
2007-03-22 13:10:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPKO AU UN AL SU EG SF NO US |
| 07KHARTOUM460 | US/SUDANESE RELATIONS AT THE DIVIDE [...] (C) Summary. U.S./Sudanese relations are poised to pass from one watershed into another. From the U.S. perspective, Sudan's rejection of UN peace-keeping in Darfur pushes relations toward direct confrontation, just as Sudanese see the U.S. imposition of additional sanctions as proof of enduri [...] |
2007-03-23 11:01:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPKO AU UN SU AL CH IN |
| 07KUWAIT1583 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: ARAB LEAGUE CENTRAL BOYCOTT [...] (SBU) A/DCM discussed reftel demarche with the Director of the MFA's Arab World Department, Ambassador Jasim Al-Mubaraki, and MFA Second Secretary Ahmed Al-Baqer, who handles Arab League issues within the Arab World Department, on November 4. A/DCM stressed that the perpetuation of the Arab [...] |
2007-11-05 05:23:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AL IS KBCT ECON ETRD PREL |
| 07KUWAIT661 | KUWAITIS TO PROVIDE SUPPORT FOR SOMALI [...] (C) PolChief delivered reftel points to MFA Arab Affairs Deputy Director Ahmed Al-Baqer May 2. Al-Baqer said Kuwait has not considered the question of direct support for AMISOM. He added that the question did not come up at the March 28 Arab League Summit in Riyadh, the most likely context [...] |
2007-05-02 11:09:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SO MOPS XF AL GCC KU DEMARCHE |
| 07KUWAIT810 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: KUWAIT WILLING BUT HESITANT [...] (C/NF) PolOff delivered reftel demarche to Somalia Desk Officer Abdulnasser Al-Rashidi and MFA Arab World Deputy Director Ahmad Al-Baker on May 22. Al-Baker reiterated that the GOK has USD 2 million ready to give to support the Somali National Reconciliation Congress (ref B), but that it has [...] |
2007-05-22 11:17:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL SO MOPS XF AL GCC KU DEMARCHE |
| 07LAGOS239 | IMPROVING U.S. DIPLOMACY ON INDOOR AIR POLLUTION [...] This is a response to an action request or details on Indoor Air Pollution (IAP) in Nigeria. A septel will be sent assessing the GON's awareness of and commitment to reduce IAP. According to Ministry of Petroleum Resources, household kerosene is used 99 percent of the time as an energy sourc [...] |
2007-03-30 14:08:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AID EPA SENV TBIO AL AM BK CB CD CM CS CV |
| 07MADRID227 | SPAIN'S VIEWS IN ADVANCE OF FEBRUARY 12 GAERC [...] (C) SUMMARY: Poloff met with MFA Subdirector General for Foreign Policy and Common Security Carlos Fernandez-Arias on February 9 to discuss Spain's views in advance of the February 12 GAERC meeting. Fernandez-Arias said that the EU's external statements of unity on Kosovo would not reflect [...] |
2007-02-12 08:11:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EUN SP YI SR BK AL IS IR AF |
| 07MANAMA825 | BAHRAIN WILL SUPPORT IRAQI LEADERS, AGREEMENT AT [...] (C) Charge conveyed reftel demarche to FM Sheikh Khalid bin Ahmed Al-Khalifa on August 28. Sheikh Khalid said the GOB is deeply concerned about the situation in Iraq, especially what he called Iraq's inability to control its borders and keep out Iranian weapons and agents. He concurred that t [...] |
2007-08-29 11:41:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IZ AL BA |
| 07MANAMA986 | ARAB DONORS CONFERENCE ON DARFUR [...] No summary [...] |
2007-10-30 14:38:00 | Embassy Manama | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL KPKO SU AL BA |
| 07MANAMA995 | BAHRAIN: ARAB LEAGUE CENTRAL BOYCOTT OFFICE [...] (SBU) Econoff delivered reftel demarche to the director of the MFA's office of Arab Affairs, Zuhair Mandeel, on November 1, commending Bahrain's non-attendance of the last two Arab League Central Boycott Office meetings and encouraging the GOB to neither support nor send representatives to the [...] |
2007-11-01 14:15:00 | Embassy Manama | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD KBCT PREL AL IS BA |
| 07MEXICO3499 | POST CONCURRENCE WITH FY07 SECTION 1206 FUNDING [...] No summary [...] |
2007-07-03 18:47:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MASS AG AL CD CE CN DJ EG ER ET EZ HR ID |
| 07MUSCAT427 | OMAN NON-RESPONSIVE ON SUPPORT FOR AMISOM [...] No summary [...] |
2007-05-01 10:31:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS AL SO MU |
| 07PRAGUE131 | CZECHS ON THE FEBRUARY 12-13 GAERC [...] (U) Poloff met with MFA CFSP Director Vaclav Balek on February 9 to discuss the February 12-13 GAERC. The discussion was focused on Kosovo/Serbia and the Middle East. Czech policy remains unchanged. 2. (SBU) On Kosovo/Serbia, the Czechs will press for EU unity in support of Ahtisaari's prop [...] |
2007-02-09 15:43:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV ETRD EUN YI SR BK AL IS IR AF SO |
| 07PRISTINA122 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO KYLE CUNNINGHAM - COCHRAN [...] US Office Pristina welcomes and grants country clearance to Kyle Cunningham to visit Pristina February 28 - March 1, 2007. The purpose of the visit is to interview Cochran candidates. Control Officer for this visit will be Commercial Assistant, Fatmir Morina, who can be reached at: office 381 [...] |
2007-02-20 10:08:00 | Embassy Pristina | UNCLASSIFIED | AL BK BU EAGR HR MK OTRA RO SR TU |
| 07PRISTINA37 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO DANIEL ROSENBLUM, DOROTHY [...] US Office Pristina welcomes and grants country clearance to EUR/ACE Deputy Coordinator, Daniel Rosenblum, Dorothy Mayhew, Program Officer for Kosovo and Albania, and Mary Stewart, Program and Budget Division Director to visit Pristina January 21 - 24, 2007. The purpose of the visit is to rev [...] |
2007-01-18 13:14:00 | Embassy Pristina | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA YI AL |
| 07RABAT177 | OPIC-SUPPORTED INVESTMENT FUND IN THE REGION [...] (U) Post appreciates the opportunity to comment on OPIC's proposed support for the Euro MENA fund. There is increasing activity in the venture capital field in Morocco, and indeed the Financial Services Volunteer Corps (FSVC) is helping a Moroccan partner organize a roundtable on the subject [...] |
2007-02-01 10:35:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV LE JO AL MO EG |
| 07RABAT419 | GOM SAYS NIGER ASKS FOR HELP VS TERROR GROUP [...] No summary [...] |
2007-03-02 20:25:00 | Embassy Rabat | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER PTBS MOPS AL MO NG |
| 07RABAT565 | MFA ON SAHARA: SEEKING ANOTHER WASHINGTON MEETING [...] No summary [...] |
2007-03-28 17:37:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTBS MO FR AL |
| 07ROME2279 | AMIA CASE: ARGENTINA REQUESTS NO ASSISTANCE IN [...] No summary [...] |
2007-10-31 16:33:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER ASEC KJUS PREL PGOV IR AR AL MT SM 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 |
| 07ROME651 | FUNDING DECREE FOR ITALIAN MILITARY MISSIONS [...] March 27, the Italian Senate approved a government decree authorizing calendar year expenditures for "Italian Participation in Humanitarian and International Missions," all of Italy's military missions abroad The full Italian language text of the decree and a detailed English summary are avai [...] |
2007-03-30 11:43:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MCAP MOPS EAID PTER NATO UN AF AL LN SU SO |
| 07SKOPJE454 | MACEDONIA: ALBANIAN FM BASHA'S JUNE 1 VISIT TO [...] (SBU) During his first official visit to Skopje June 1, Albanian Foreign Minister Basha and FM Milososki discussed their hopes for a positive US signal on NATO membership for Adriatic Charter aspirants during President Bush's upcoming visit to Tirana. They considered stronger cooperation on EU [...] |
2007-06-07 14:47:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL AL MK |
| 07SKOPJE539 | MACEDONIA: ADRIATIC CHARTER & NEW PFP MEMBERS [...] (SBU) During an Adriatic Charter (Albania, Croatia, Macedonia) Partnership Commission in Ohrid June 28, USNATO Ambassador Nuland urged the A-3 aspirant countries to: accelerate progress on NATO reforms, demonstrate and describe their readiness for membership in demarches to other NATO Allies, [...] |
2007-07-06 13:37:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV NATO MK CR AL |
| 07STATE120608 | DEMARCHE: IRAQI LEADERS AGREEMENT [...] (U) This is an action request. Addressee posts, please see paragraph 3. BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVES --------------------- 2. (C) At the conclusion of their meeting Sunday night, August 26, Iraqi President Jalal Talabani, his two deputies Adel abd al-Mahdi and Tareq al-Hashimi, Prime Minister [...] |
2007-08-27 23:43:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL TU IZ AL XF |
| 07STATE138761 | ASSISTANT SECRETARY FRIED'S SEPTEMBER 25 MEETING [...] (U) Participants: U.S. ---- EUR Assistant Secretary Daniel Fried Notetaker Aaron Jensen Romania --------- Foreign Minister Adrian Mihai Cioroianu U.N. Permanent Representative Mihnea Motoc Charge Daniela Gitman Political Director Stefan Tinca Chief of Cabinet Gabriel Sopanda 2. [...] |
2007-10-02 17:57:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR ENRG HU SR MD RU MK AL PL RO |
| 07THEHAGUE1376 | JULY GAERC PRE-BRIEF [...] Summary: The Dutch are concerned about the lack of progress and will press for a unified European approach on Kosovo. They anticipate the upcoming Intergovernmental Conference (IGC) will be a formal ceremony without any substantive changes to the mandate text. The Dutch may provide a limited [...] |
2007-07-20 05:53:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | AL ENRG ETRD ETTC EUN IR IS KPAL PGOV PREL |
| 07TIRANA1001 | ALBANIA WILL SUPPORT STRONG LANGUAGE AGAINST IRAN AT IAEA [...] (SBU) On 21 November, Pol-Econ Chief met with Islam Lauka, the Director General for Multilateral Affairs at the MFA to deliver reftel demarche. Lauka said Albania's IAEA Board Member Ferit Hoxha had spoken to USIAEA Ambassador Schulte and Albania planned to support the U.S. and EU position. [...] |
2007-11-22 09:25:00 | Embassy Tirana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP MNUC IAEA IR AL |
| 07TIRANA1002 | ALBANIA WILL SUPPORT STRONG LANGUAGE AGAINST IRAN AT IAEA [...] (SBU) On 21 November, Pol-Econ Chief met with Islam Lauka, the Director General for Multilateral Affairs at the MFA to deliver reftel demarche. Lauka said Albania's IAEA Board Member Ferit Hoxha had spoken to USIAEA Ambassador Schulte and Albania planned to support the U.S. and EU position. [...] |
2007-11-22 09:25:00 | Embassy Tirana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP MNUC IAEA IR AL |
| 07TIRANA1004 | THIS WEEK IN ALBANIA, NOVEMBER 17-23, 2007 [...] (U) The following is a weekly report prepared by Embassy Tirana's local staff to provide political and economic context and insight into developments in Albania. These updates will supplement post's DAR reports and reporting cables. POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTS --------------------- [...] |
2007-11-23 15:22:00 | Embassy Tirana | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON PGOV PREL AL |
| 07TIRANA1013 | THIS WEEK IN ALBANIA, NOVEMBER 23-30, 2007 [...] (U) The following is a weekly report prepared by Embassy Tirana's local staff to provide political and economic context and insight into developments in Albania. These updates will supplement post's DAR reports and reporting cables. POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTS --------------------- [...] |
2007-11-30 16:16:00 | Embassy Tirana | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON PGOV PREL AL |
| 07TIRANA1015 | PRESIDENT TOPI IN GREECE: ROLL OUT THE RED CARPET [...] (SBU) Athens welcomed President Bamir Topi for his first state visit to Greece November 25 - 27. Accompanied by a delegation of government officials and Albanian businessmen, the visit's positive images and controlled public relations message overshadowed enduring tensions on many of the polit [...] |
2007-12-04 09:01:00 | Embassy Tirana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL AL |
| 07TIRANA1032 | THIS WEEK IN ALBANIA, NOVEMBER 30 - DECEMBER 7, 2007 [...] (U) The following is a weekly report prepared by Embassy Tirana's local staff to provide political and economic context and insight into developments in Albania. These updates will supplement post's DAR reports and reporting cables. POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTS --------------------- [...] |
2007-12-07 14:02:00 | Embassy Tirana | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON PGOV PREL AL |
| 07TIRANA1054 | THIS WEEK IN ALBANIA, DECEMBER 7 - 14, 2007 [...] (U) The following is a weekly report prepared by Embassy Tirana's local staff to provide political and economic context and insight into developments in Albania. These updates will supplement post's DAR reports and reporting cables. POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTS --------------------- [...] |
2007-12-14 13:49:00 | Embassy Tirana | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON PGOV PREL SCUL AL |
| 07TIRANA1059 | ALBANIA: 2007 UPDATE ON WORST FORMS OF CHILD LABOR [...] Summary: Post's 2007 report on Albania's worst forms of child labor will focus on changes and developments over the last year and will not repeat reporting in last year's cable (ref B). Albania continues to make progress in addressing the issue of child labor and child trafficking, but as rep [...] |
2007-12-17 15:51:00 | Embassy Tirana | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI USAID AL |
| 07TIRANA1064 | ALBANIA: GROWING DEMILITARIZATION EXPERTISE [...] (U) Albania in early December completed the destruction of over 2,700 metric tons of its largest munitions (over 3,000 sea mines, torpedoes and aerial bombs), some of which contained as much as 700 kg. of TNT. In July 2007, Albania became the first country to destroy its chemical weapons stock [...] |
2007-12-18 15:52:00 | Embassy Tirana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MASS MARR PARM PREL NATO AL |
| 07TIRANA1067 | ALBANIA: SOCIALIST PARTY CHAIRMAN: THE SP [...] (C) In a one-on-one conversation with the Ambassador following EUR/DAS DiCarlo's December 19 DVC with Albanian leaders on Kosovo, Tirana mayor and Socialist Party (SP) chairman Edi Rama voiced consternation that the USG might be misconstruing the party's position in supporting Albania's future [...] |
2007-12-21 11:27:00 | Embassy Tirana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NATO AL |
| 07TIRANA1068 | ALBANIA: COMBATTING DOMESTIC VIOLENCE [...] (U) Ambassador Withers hosted a roundtable discussion at the University of Tirana Law Center on December 11 to mark the end of sixteen days of activism in honor of the International Day Against Gender-Based Violence. Participants included students, civil society leaders and government officia [...] |
2007-12-21 13:06:00 | Embassy Tirana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SOCI PGOV AL |
| 07TIRANA1069 | ALBANIA: IMPRESSIVE EARLY PERFORMANCE BY NEW PG [...] (C) In an hour-long meeting with the Ambassador December 13, Albania's newly appointed Prosecutor General (PG), Ina Rama, outlined an ambitious set of priorities for her new job. Describing herself as an "activist" who wanted to energize the PG's office, Rama promised to devote herself to s [...] |
2007-12-21 13:17:00 | Embassy Tirana | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL AL |
| 07TIRANA1070 | THIS WEEK IN ALBANIA, DECEMBER 15 - 21, 2007 [...] (U) The following is a weekly report prepared by Embassy Tirana's local staff to provide political and economic context and insight into developments in Albania. These updates will supplement post's DAR reports and reporting cables. POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTS --------------------- [...] |
2007-12-21 15:05:00 | Embassy Tirana | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON PGOV PREL SOCI AL |
| 07TIRANA1075 | EXBS: ALBANIA MARITIME, ADRIATIC REGION REPORTING CABLE [...] (U) BROAD ITEMS OF INTEREST TO ADVISORS AND AGENCY MANAGERS -- November 13: The DAMEN/GoA patrol boat contract was formally signed. The plan calls for four 42 meter off-shore patrol boats to support Albanian Naval forces, and is part of the $43.8 million naval development project (which incl [...] |
2007-12-26 13:19:00 | Embassy Tirana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP AL |
| 07TIRANA1077 | ALBANIA SECTION 1206 PROPOSAL: EMBASSY CONCURRENCE [...] No summary [...] |
2007-12-26 15:34:00 | Embassy Tirana | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL MASS AL |
| 07TIRANA1078 | GOA'S 2008 BUDGET INCREASES INFRASTRUCTURE AND SOCIAL [...] The GOA's 2008 budget increases both spending and borrowing as the government looks toward national elections in 2009. Further tax reductions and a dramatic increase in spending on infrastructure projects as well as social and defense programs to meet NATO accession criteria will be financed [...] |
2007-12-27 09:02:00 | Embassy Tirana | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EAID PGOV AL |
| 07TIRANA1083 | ALBANIA: IMMUNITY LIFTED FOR FOREIGN MINISTER, [...] (U) Albania's Parliament voted December 27 to lift the immunity of Foreign Minister/Member of Parliament Lulzim Basha. The Prosecutor General's (PG) office (under the recently dismissed PG) requested the action in order to pursue an investigation of suspected irregularities affecting the aw [...] |
2007-12-28 14:33:00 | Embassy Tirana | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL AL |
| 07TIRANA1084 | THIS WEEK IN ALBANIA, DECEMBER 21-28, 2007 [...] (U) The following is a weekly report prepared by Embassy Tirana's local staff to provide political and economic context and insight into developments in Albania. These updates will supplement post's DAR reports and reporting cables. ----------------------------------- POLITICAL AND ECONOMI [...] |
2007-12-28 16:19:00 | Embassy Tirana | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON PGOV PREL AL |
| 07TIRANA1090 | OVERVIEW OF THE ALBANIAN INTELLIGENCE [...] (S) Albania's intelligence services, the Military Intelligence Service (SHIU) and the Albanian State Intelligence Service (SHISH), have improved their capabilities and are close partners with the USG. During the visit of President Bush, in the support they provide for troops in Iraq and Af [...] |
2007-12-31 15:06:00 | Embassy Tirana | SECRET | PINR PGOV PREL AL |
| 07TIRANA674 | ALBANIA DISASTER DECLARATION [...] I am declaring a disaster in Albania for the loss of property, loss of livelihoods, and the potential loss of life caused by heat wave-related wildfires currently raging throughout Albania, and I request USD 50,000 for immediate disaster relief from USAID/OFDA. The Government of Albania has ma [...] |
2007-07-27 10:28:00 | Embassy Tirana | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV EAID PREL AL |
| 07TIRANA81 | INFLUENTIAL WOMEN IN ALBANIA [...] The following is Embassy Tirana's response to reftel requesting a list of the five most influential women in Albania. Embassy Tirana's point of contact for women's issues is Political Officer Charles Morrill (morrillch@state.gov). 2. Embassy has chosen the following five women, weighing fa [...] |
2007-01-31 16:13:00 | Embassy Tirana | UNCLASSIFIED | KWMN PHUM PREL AL |
| 07TIRANA963 | ALBANIA WILL SUPPORT ARGENTINA'S REQUEST FOR [...] (C) POLOFF delivered ref demarch to the Director of Albanian State Police (ASP) Ahment Prenci on 30 October 2007. Albania plans to send three representatives from the ASP to the INTERPOL General Assembly in Marrakech, Morocco, including Deputy Director of ASP Argon Kalicaj, INTERPOL chief Pe [...] |
2007-11-01 14:59:00 | Embassy Tirana | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER ASEC KJUS AL IR |
| 07TIRANA981 | THIS WEEK IN ALBANIA, NOVEMBER 3-10, 2007 [...] (U) The following is a weekly report prepared by Embassy Tirana's local staff to provide political and economic context and insight into developments in Albania. These updates will supplement post's DAR reports and reporting cables. POLITICAL DEVELOPMENTS ---------------------- 2. (U) [...] |
2007-11-13 09:25:00 | Embassy Tirana | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON PGOV PREL AL |
| 07TIRANA982 | ALBANIA: PRIME MINISTER THANKS PRESIDENT BUSH [...] On November 5, Post received the following letter dated October 19, 2007, from Prime Minister Berisha addressed to President Bush. Original has been pouched to EUR/SCE. 2. Begin text. (Original as received in English.) Dear President Bush, It was a special honor and great pleasure to [...] |
2007-11-13 12:49:00 | Embassy Tirana | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL AL |
| 07TIRANA989 | ALBANIA: READOUT OF NOVEMBER 7 INTERAGENCY [...] (C) The Interagency Team led by USNATO Ambassador Nuland on November 7 provided clear benchmarks toward NATO integration to Albania's President Topi, Prime Minister Berisha and key Ministers, and a group of Parliamentarians. She explained that the USG and other NATO Allies will start making na [...] |
2007-11-14 16:05:00 | Embassy Tirana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR PGOV NATO AL |
| 07TIRANA991 | THIS WEEK IN ALBANIA, NOVEMBER 9-16, 2007 [...] (U) The following is a weekly report prepared by Embassy Tirana's local staff to provide political and economic context and insight into developments in Albania. These updates will supplement post's DAR reports and reporting cables. POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTS --------------------- [...] |
2007-11-16 12:24:00 | Embassy Tirana | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON PGOV PREL AL |
| 07TIRANA997 | ALBANIAN REACTION TO KOSOVO ELECTIONS [...] (U) Across the political spectrum, Albanians responded positively to the November 17 elections in Kosovo. All major players (President Bamir Topi, PM Sali Berisha, Speaker Jozefina Topalli, opposition leader Edi Rama) personally phoned PDK Chair Hashim Thaci to congratulate him on his expect [...] |
2007-11-19 16:36:00 | Embassy Tirana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KV AL |
| 07TIRANA999 | ALBANIA COURTS THE NATO ALLIES WITH SUCCESS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Senior Albanian officials voice confidence that their accelerated outreach to NATO capitals in recent months has rallied significant support to Albania's NATO candidacy. Although aware no formal decisions have been made and that they are likely to be invited in conjunction wit [...] |
2007-11-20 11:07:00 | Embassy Tirana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NATO AL |
| 07TRIPOLI1055 | LIBYA: SECTION 565 WAIVER OF PROHIBITION AGAINST CONTRACTING [...] (SBU) The Government of Libya (GOL) does not maintain diplomatic relations with Israel. Local firms are required by national law to comply with the boycott, and would therefore not be able to sign the required U.S. certification without exposing themselves to civil and/or criminal penalties. [...] |
2007-12-23 09:34:00 | Embassy Tripoli | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KBCT PHUM AL ABLD ECON AMGT ASUP AFIN PREL LY |
| 07TRIPOLI909 | ARAB DONORS' CONFERENCE ON DARFUR [...] (U) The Charge conveyed reftel points to MFA Secretary for Americas Affairs Dr. Ahmed Fituri October 25, urging the GOL to make contributions in a manner supportive of UN and Transitional Darfur Regional Authority efforts in Darfur. Fituri said Ambassador to Khartoum Omar al-Hamdi would repres [...] |
2007-10-25 12:26:00 | Embassy Tripoli | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KPKO SU AL LY |
| 07USEUBRUSSELS3352 | EUROPEAN COMMISSION ASSISTANCE FOR ALBANIA TOXIC [...] (SBU) We raised concerns regarding hazardous waste cleanup in Albania (reftel) with Dirk Lange, European Commission (EC) Unit Chief for Albania, and Jose Castrillo, EC Desk Officer for Albania, November 14. We urged the EC to implement plans, particularly at the Fier and Rubik sites. In addi [...] |
2007-11-16 16:09:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL CWC EAID SENV EUN NATO AL |
| 07USNATO338 | PM BERISHA MAKES ALBANIA'S CASE FOR NATO [...] (C) SUMMARY. Albanian Prime Minister Berisha told a May 24 meeting of the North Atlantic Council that Albania had made tangible progress in meeting NATO's membership standards and he was confident Albania would be ready to receive an invitation to join the Alliance in 2008. Allies sent a c [...] |
2007-05-25 15:35:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NATO AL |
| 07USNATO500 | REQUEST FOR GUIDANCE: SPC(R) DISCUSSION OF ANNUAL [...] (U) USNATO has transmitted Albania's, Croatia's, and Macedonia's Annual National Programs (ANPs) for 2007-2008 to the Department, DOD, Tirana, Zagreb, and Skopje (REFS). The Senior Political Committee Reinforced with Defense Experts (SPC(R)) will take up the ANPs on September 18 (Croatia), Se [...] |
2007-09-13 15:50:00 | Mission USNATO | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL NATO MARR AL HR MK |
| 07USNATO528 | ALBANIA'S ANNUAL NATIONAL PROGRAM WINS OVER SOME [...] (C) SUMMARY: NATO's Senior Political Committee (Reinforced) (SPC/R) met with an Albanian delegation on September 25 to discuss their latest Annual National Program (ANP) for the final Membership Action Plan cycle before the April 2008 summit in Bucharest. The delegation outlined its successe [...] |
2007-09-27 12:38:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL NATO AL |
| 07USUNNEWYORK666 | UN/1267 SANCTIONS: USUN SEEKING GUIDANCE ON [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. 2. (C) During an August 13 meeting with Algerian PermRep Youcef Yousfi, USUN Ambassador Jackie Sanders raised the Algerian Mission's August 3 request to the Al-Qaeda/Taliban Sanctions Committee to designate for targeted sanctions Abd [...] |
2007-08-14 00:09:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | AL ETTC PREL EFIN KTFN PTER UNSC |
| 07ZAGREB501 | PM SANADER ACCEPTS INVITATION TO A3 LUNCH WITH [...] No summary [...] |
2007-05-22 14:58:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | OVIP POTUS PREL HR AL MK |
| 08AMMAN2981 | ARAB LEAGUE ESTABLISHES IPR OFFICE AND HOSTS REGIONAL [...] (SBU) Summary: The Arab Federation for the Protection of Intellectual Property Rights (AFPIPR), an intellectual property rights (IPR) organization affiliated with the Arab League, opened its Jordan office earlier this summer and received diplomatic accreditation on October 9. On October 28, AF [...] |
2008-10-30 11:19:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD KIPR JO AL |
| 08AMMAN2999 | Jordan Water Conference Cancelled Because of Israel-Arab [...] (SBU) Summary: Host country Jordan cancelled the Euro-Med Partners Ministerial Conference on Water scheduled to begin on October 28 over disputes about the participation of the Arab League (AL). A Jordanian Foreign Ministry (FM) contact and diplomats in Jordan said the dispute was over the A [...] |
2008-11-02 12:32:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | SENV EAID PGOV JO AL |
| 08AMMAN3194 | JORDAN RESPONDS POSITIVELY TO DEMARCHE ON NOVEMBER [...] (C) Pol Chief delivered on November 25 points in reftel demarche to the FM's Office Director, Nabil Masarweh, who promised to pass the information to his minister, scheduled to leave later in the day for Cairo. 2. (C) After the meeting, Masarweh called to say that the main subject of the [...] |
2008-11-25 14:35:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KWBG AL JO |
| 08AMMAN691 | JORDAN: MARCH 5-6 ARAB LEAGUE MINISTERIAL DEMARCHE [...] (C) Polcouns delivered ref A demarche March 3 to Jamal Al-Shamayleh, director of the Foreign Minister's private office. Note: FM Bashir is currently in the United States accompanying King Abdullah on his official visit. Jordan's Ambassador to Egypt Omar Rifai will lead the Jordanian delegatio [...] |
2008-03-04 09:08:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL JO LE SY KV AL IZ |
| 08ANKARA1805 | TURKEY WOOS ARAB LEAGUE FOR SUPPORT ON MIDDLE EAST [...] (C) SUMMARY: The GOT continues to move forward with its Middle East outreach proposals -- the Turkey-Arab League Forum and the Conference on Security and Cooperation in the Middle East (CSCME) -- with only minimal results. Contrary to expectations, President Gul did not outline Turkey's CSCME [...] |
2008-10-17 04:25:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV AL TU |
| 08ANKARA628 | TURKEY: ERDOGAN'S BALKAN TOUR HEAVY ON GOOD WILL, [...] (C) Summary and Comment: PM Erdogan's March 24-28 regional trip to Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH), Albania, and Bulgaria was "successful, but light on substance." It came at a time when Turkey wants to demonstrate what it can to enhance stability in the Balkans, and signaled as well to the Tur [...] |
2008-04-03 12:49:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ZL BK AL BU TU |
| 08ATHENS1600 | GREECE AND ALBANIA AGREE ON MILITARY CEMETERIES IN [...] (U) On November 21, the Greek Foreign Ministry announced that Greece and Albania had reached agreement on the establishment of two military cemeteries in Albania (reftel). The two cemeteries, which will honor Greek soldiers killed in Albania in WWII, will be located in Gjirokaster and Kelcyr [...] |
2008-11-26 12:42:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | GR PGOV PREL AL |
| 08BAGHDAD42 | WAIVER REQUESTED -- Section 565 Waiver of Prohibition [...] (SBU) Section 565 of Title V, Part C of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1994 and 1995 (PL 103-236, 22 USC 2679c) prohibits the Department of State from entering into any contract, except real estate leases and contracts below the small purchase threshold (currently $100,00 [...] |
2008-01-04 14:25:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KBCT ABLD PHUM AL ECON AMGT ASUP AFIN IZ |
| 08BEIRUT304 | LEBANON: SINIORA ON ARAB LEAGUE, REQUESTS TO ARAB [...] Action Request - see para 13. 2. SUMMARY. Informed by Charge that U.S. would ask Arab League and GCC capitals to support Lebanon ahead of the March 5-6 Arab League meeting and GCC Ministerial, Lebanese PM Fouad Siniora asked that the U.S. be more specific in describing the Lebanese politic [...] |
2008-02-26 19:34:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EFIN ENRG EAID CASC SY KV AL IZ |
| 08BELGRADE269 | SERBIA: PFP ON HOLD, BUT STILL WANTS OPEN DOOR AT BUCHAREST [...] (SBU) Serbia's involvement in NATO's PfP programs has come to nearly a complete stop since Kosovo's declaration of independence in February. Serbia plans to attend the Bucharest Summit in April, but the government has not yet determined at what level it will be represented. Serbia's MFA hop [...] |
2008-03-20 13:57:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MARR SR HR BK MK AL |
| 08BERLIN1411 | GERMANY: SMOOTH SAILING EXPECTED FOR RATIFICATION [...] (C) As instructed reftel, post contacted the MFA NATO Office to inquire about the status of Germany's ratification of the NATO accession protocols for Croatia and Albania. Desk Officer Karin Marshall noted that the Cabinet had approved draft legislation seeking approval of the accession protoc [...] |
2008-10-17 16:20:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR NATO HR AL GM |
| 08CAIRO1833 | DELIVERY OF RESPONSE TO ARAB LEAGUE "SOLUTION [...] (SBU) We conveyed the U.S. position on the Arab League's solution package to Samir Hosni, Director of the Arab League's African Affairs Office on August 7 (ref A). We also encouraged the Arab League to press the Government of Sudan to take positive, concrete steps to improve the situation in [...] |
2008-08-20 10:40:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL SU AL EUN |
| 08CAIRO2460 | ARAB LEAGUE TOYING WITH IDEA OF A JOINT ARAB FORCE [...] (C) Zeid al-Sabban, Advisor to the Arab League (AL) SYG, told us on December 1 that the AL is thinking about creating a ""joint Arab force,"" which could be deployed in places of conflict similar to United Nations and African Union forces. He said that this idea arose after the December 20 conf [...] |
2008-12-03 15:14:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EWWT AL EG |
| 08CAIRO2461 | ARAB LEAGUE FOCUSING ON ICC CASE, OUT OF THE LOOP [...] (C) Summary: The Arab League (AL) SYG's advisor on African Affairs recently returned from The Hague, where he discussed the ICC indictment against Sudanese President Bashir. The AL feels it is important to enact Article 16 of the Rome Statue, before the ICC judges reach a decision, to preserve [...] |
2008-12-03 15:18:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KCRM AL SU QA EG |
| 08DAMASCUS839 | IRAQI D/FM ABBAWI SEES SUPPORTING ABBAS AS KEY [...] (C) At Embassy Baghdad's request, we delivered reftel demarche November 22 to Iraqi D/FM Abbawi, who was in Damascus attending the November 21 Iraqi Neighbors Border Security Working Group (BSWG) and would be heading the Iraqi delegation at the November 26 Arab League Ministerial. Abbawi exp [...] |
2008-11-25 11:17:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KWBG AL IZ |
| 08DAMASCUS917 | REQUEST FOR SECTION 565 WAIVER OF PROHIBITION [...] (SBU) We have reviewed the requirements of Section 565 of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act for 1994 and 1995 (Public Law 1103-236) and reaffirm our position that it is in the best interest of the United States Government to request waivers to the Arab League Boycott Compliance Prohibitio [...] |
2008-12-30 15:38:00 | Embassy Damascus | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ABLD AFIN AMGT ASUP ECON KBCT PHUM AL SY |
| 08DOHA493 | CONTACT INFORMATION FOR ENGAGING QATAR ON [...] No summary [...] |
2008-07-09 13:35:00 | Embassy Doha | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER XF AL QA |
| 08DOHA807 | MFA, ARAB DEMOCRACY FOUNDATION DIFFER ON [...] (C) At a November 10 meeting with Ambassador, Minister of State for International Cooperation and Conferences Khalid Al-Attiyah expressed his opposition to the current shift of Qatar's efforts in Mauritania away from the Arab Democracy Foundation, part of the Qatar Foundation headed by Shaykha [...] |
2008-11-17 05:35:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV QA AL AU |
| 08JAKARTA1271 | RESPONSE TO ENGAGING HOST GOVERNMENTS ON CERTAIN [...] (C) Post points of contact regarding terrorist broadcast issues are as follows: Until July 31, 2008: Yvonne Gonzales GonzalesYM@state.gov Office: 62-21-3435-9070 Mobile: 62-812-106-8449 Starting September 1, 2008: Pablo Valdez ValdezPM2@state.gov Office: 62-21-3435-9070 Mobile: 6 [...] |
2008-06-30 06:37:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PTER XF AL ID |
| 08JERUSALEM679 | PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY NOT PLANNING TO ATTEND ARAB [...] No summary [...] |
2008-04-18 10:18:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD KBCT PREL KPAL IS SY AL |
| 08KHARTOUM327 | DEMARCHE IN PREPARATION OF MARCH 5-6 ARAB LEAGUE [...] (C) CDA Fernandez delivered subject demarche to Sudanese MFA Under-Secretary Mutriff Siddiq on the margins of a meeting to discuss Guantanamo detainee issues. Siddiq said that Sudan's participant in the upcoming Ministerial, Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Ali Karti, will be guided by w [...] |
2008-03-05 09:03:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL LE SY KV AL IZ SU |
| 08KUWAIT110 | KUWAIT DEMARCHE DELIVERED: JANUARY 27 ARAB LEAGUE [...] No summary [...] |
2008-01-29 15:35:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAL AL LE IS SY KV KU |
| 08KUWAIT153 | KUWAIT RESPONSE: IMPLEMENTATION OF THE ARAB LEAGUE [...] (SBU) Summary: Kuwait Customs Director General Ibrahim Al-Ghanim downplayed Kuwait's adherence to the Arab League Boycott during a February 7 meeting with Econoff. The Arab League Boycott (ALB) Office lies within the Directorate General of Customs and is directly supervised by the DG. Al-Gha [...] |
2008-02-07 15:32:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KBCT PREL ECON ETRD AL KU |
| 08KUWAIT306 | DOC ANTI-BOYCOTT COMPLIANCE OFFICE COMMENDS GOK [...] (SBU) Summary: In separate meetings with the Ministry of Commerce and Industry (MOCI), Customs and Kuwaiti Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI), officials from the Department of Commerce (DOC) Anti-boycott Compliance Office commended the progress the GOK has made in eliminating barriers rel [...] |
2008-03-17 14:16:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KBCT PREL ECON ETRD AL KU |
| 08KUWAIT734 | EMBASSY KUWAIT RESPONSE TO FOREIGN ASSISTANCE [...] (C) Summary: Kuwait provides substantial foreign assistance, primarily, but not exclusively to Islamic countries, in line with its foreign policy priorities. Kuwait gives an estimated USD 1 billion annually to 100-plus countries, with significant assistance for Lebanon, the Palestinian Terri [...] |
2008-06-26 14:25:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ECIN ECON EFIN EL AL |
| 08KUWAIT756 | KUWAIT: ENGAGING HOST GOVERNMENTS ON CERTAIN [...] No summary [...] |
2008-07-02 12:46:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER XF AL |
| 08LISBON2595 | PORTUGUESE NATO CONTRIBUTIONS [...] (C) In response to reftel demarches, Portuguese MFA Deputy Director for Security and Disarmament Paolo Teles da Gama told us September 19 that he had been tasked by Political Director Nuno Brito to develop options for further Portuguese contributions to the International Security Assistance For [...] |
2008-09-19 17:18:00 | Embassy Lisbon | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MOPS AF AL HR IZ PO |
| 08LISBON2637 | PORTUGAL ON NATO ENLARGEMENT: STEPS FROM [...] No summary [...] |
2008-10-08 16:06:00 | Embassy Lisbon | CONFIDENTIAL | KTIA PARM MARR PREL PO AL HR |
| 08MADRID1229 | SPAIN RECEIVES DEMARCHE ON NOVEMBER 26 ARAB LEAGUE [...] (C) MFA Deputy Director General for the Middle East Alberto Ucelay received reftel demarche on November 21. Ucelay restated FM Moratinos' belief that the Annapolis Conference was an important step in facilitating efforts by Israelis and Palestinians to conclude a final, comprehensive peace. [...] |
2008-11-24 12:45:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KBWG AL SP |
| 08MANAMA125 | BAHRAIN: PREPARATION FOR ARAB LEAGUE MINISTERIAL [...] No summary [...] |
2008-03-03 07:08:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL LE SY KV AL BA |
| 08MANAMA786 | BAHRAINI FM COUNSELS ABOUL GHEIT AGAINST EMERGENCY [...] No summary [...] |
2008-11-26 05:48:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KWBG AL BA |
| 08MUSCAT180 | DEMARCHE IN ADVANCE OF ARAB LEAGUE MINISTERIAL: [...] (C) Pointing to Lebanon as the critical issue, Omani Minister Responsible for Foreign Affairs Yusef bin Alawi offered a gloomy forecast for the Arab League (AL) foreign ministers meeting scheduled later this week in Cairo and potentially for the AL Summit later this month. The Ambassador ca [...] |
2008-03-02 11:58:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL LE SY KV AL IZ MU |
| 08OTTAWA1317 | CANADIAN CHALLENGES RELATED TO ACCESSION OF [...] (U) Action request -- see para 4. 2. (SBU) In response to reftel, Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Policy Adviser for Defence and Security Robert Bissett told pol/mil officer that Canada would move as quickly as possible to complete the ratification of the pro [...] |
2008-10-10 20:40:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM NATO MARR PREL KTIA AL CA HR |
| 08PARIS1845 | FRENCH PLAN FOR RATIFICATION OF NATO ENLARGEMENT [...] (U) Sensitive but Unclassified - not for internet distribution. 2. (SBU) The MFA wants the French Parliament to approve NATO membership for Croatia and Albania before the April 2009 NATO summit in Strasbourg-Kehl, according to DAS-equivalent for the Balkans, Thierry Guichoux, who discusse [...] |
2008-10-06 16:09:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | NATO PARM MARR PREL KTIA FR AL CR |
| 08PARIS1958 | SUDAN/QATAR: FRENCH INTERESTED BUT NOT OPTIMISTIC [...] (C) SUMMARY: MFA DAS-equivalent Helene Le Gal on October 23 said that France was not optimistic that the Qatar process on Sudan/Darfur would produce results, although France was interested in and supportive of Qatar's effort. In Qatar, French envoy Issa Maraut has helped convey the French m [...] |
2008-10-24 15:20:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINS PGOV SU AL QA FR |
| 08PARIS2005 | FLIRTING WITH DISASTER: FRANCE PREPARES FOR THE [...] (C) As Paris moves into the weekend before the Union for the Mediterranean (UPM) ministerial in Marseille 3-4 November, great uncertainty about its outcome and prospects for making good on the grand vision for the UPM sketched out in Paris last July prevail. A senior-level contact at the Fr [...] |
2008-10-31 18:12:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EUN XT XF FR EZ EG IS SW AL |
| 08PODGORICA246 | MONTENEGRO ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT EXPANSION OF ADRIATIC CHARTER [...] (SBU) Summary: Embassy delivered reftel points for Montenegro on expansion of the Adriatic Charter simultaneously to the MFA and MoD on 22 September. Both welcomed the initiative and reiterated Montenegro's readiness to join and participate fully. End summary. 2. (SBU) PolCouns reviewed p [...] |
2008-09-22 17:25:00 | Embassy Podgorica | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR PREL NATO MW MK HR AL BK SR |
| 08PRAGUE688 | CZECH REPUBLIC: NATO ACCESSION OF ALBANIA AND [...] No summary [...] |
2008-10-31 12:43:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR NATO PREL KTIA HR AL EZ |
| 08RABAT1101 | MOROCCO DOWNPLAYS NOVEMBER 26 ARAB LEAGUE [...] (C) Summary: MFA Director General Mohammed Azeroual told Polcouns November 23 that Morocco did not believe that the Cairo Ministerial would accomplish anything, and Morocco would be represented only by its Ambassador. The PLO is history and Fatah is weak and aging, he said. Any solution woul [...] |
2008-11-25 18:00:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KWBG AL MO |
| 08RABAT235 | FM FASSI FIHRI REPORTS THE ARAB LEAGUE MINISTERS [...] (C) Summary: During a March 7 meeting with visiting Ambassador Swing, otherwise devoted to thanking Morocco for its support in his quest to lead the International Organisation for Migration (IOM), Foreign Minister Taieb Fassi Fihri shared some impressions of the Cairo Arab League Ministerial, [...] |
2008-03-13 10:03:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AL LE MO |
| 08RABAT272 | MOROCCAN MFA OFFICIAL CITES RISK OF UNDERMINING [...] (C) A senior MFA official told Polcouns March 26 that Morocco was still uncertain about its attendance at the Arab Summit and that this would be discussed by Foreign Minister Fassi Fihri, at that time enroute to Damascus, with his peers. Reminded of USG concerns about attendance at the summit [...] |
2008-03-28 09:32:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AL LE MO |
| 08RABAT401 | TANGIER MEETING SEES HIGHEST LEVEL ALGERIAN VISIT [...] (C) The April 27 North African Political Parties Conference in Tangier, attended by both Moroccan Prime Minister El-Fassi and Algerian Prime Minister Belkhadem was the highest-level contact in years between the feuding North African neighbors. It was hailed as a potential landmark both by Alg [...] |
2008-05-07 12:27:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECIN MO AL XA |
| 08RABAT58 | CONVICTION OF ANSAR AL-MEHDI CELL MEMBERS [...] (SBU) In a month long trial, 50 out of 51 defendants in the sensational Answar al-Mehdi terror cell case were convicted on January 4 in Morocco's terrorism court in Sale and sentenced to prison terms ranging from two to 25 years. The alleged mastermind Hassan al-Khattab and the group's second [...] |
2008-01-22 07:25:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL PINS AL MO |
| 08RABAT632 | MOROCCO NOT AN ARABSAT MEMBER [...] No summary [...] |
2008-07-09 16:27:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER XF AL MO |
| 08RABAT833 | MOROCCAN MFA ON THE ARAB LEAGUE MEETING AND NORTH [...] (C) SUMMARY: In preparation for the Arab League Ministerial, MFA Director General for Arab and Islamic Affairs Mohamed Azeroual told us that the League had no mechanism to block attendance by Mauritanian junta representatives. He maintained that democracy continued to function there and that [...] |
2008-09-05 16:40:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | OVIP PREL PBTS PINS PARM AL AG SY MR MO |
| 08REYKJAVIK254 | ICELAND: NATO ACCESSION OF ALBANIA AND CROATIA [...] (U) PolOff contacted Icelandic MFA MinCouns for International Organizations Nikulas Hannigan on October 28 to follow up on reftel demarche. Hannigan said that the MFA's Legal Advisor is preparing a draft parliamentary resolution for consideration by the cabinet at the weekly government meeting [...] |
2008-10-30 08:14:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR NATO PREL KTIA AL HR IC |
| 08RIYADH1372 | SAUDI ARABIA: ARAB LEAGUE DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] |
2008-09-08 13:57:00 | Embassy Riyadh | CONFIDENTIAL | AL IS IZ LE MR PREL SA SY |
| 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 |
| 08SANAA145 | ARAB LEAGUE MINISTERIAL DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] |
2008-01-27 13:12:00 | Embassy Sanaa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AL LE IS SY KVIR YM |
| 08SECTON02OF02TIRANA398 | RIPPLES FROM A BOULDER: AMBASRADOR'S REMARKS RENEWQ DEBATE ON CORRUPTION, IMQUJITY [...] No summary [...] |
2008-05-23 15:04:00 | Embassy Tirana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL AL |
| 08SKOPJE22 | MACEDONIA'S NEW VISA REGULATIONS MEET EU [...] (SBU) Macedonia's new Law on Foreigners has caused a stir domestically and in Albania by requiring visas for Albanian travelers to Macedonia to be issued at the Macedonian Embassy in Tirana rather than at border crossings (reftel). In fact, the new law is fully compliant with EU acquis and wil [...] |
2008-01-15 14:15:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM SMIG KCRM AL MK GR |
| 08SKOPJE519 | MACEDONIA PREPARED TO CONTINUE WITH ADRIATIC CHARTER, BUT [...] (SBU) Per reftel, we discussed the future of the Adriatic Charter August 13 with Zoran Dabik, MFA Director for Political-Security Cooperation and Multilateral Affairs. Dabik responded that Macedonia was prepared to participate eagerly in a new Adriatic Charter arrangement with Montenegro, Bosn [...] |
2008-08-13 13:54:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR NATO PGOV HR AL MK |
| 08SKOPJE577 | DPA CRACKS UP [...] (SBU) Summary: Ethnic Albanian DPA Vice Presidents Imer Selmani and Ruzhdi Matoshi have left the party to form a new one based on "ideas and values," breaking from what they call the thuggish politics of DPA leader Menduh Thaci. Selmani and Matoshi have so far pulled with them a total of three [...] |
2008-09-15 05:23:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PREL MK AL KV |
| 08SKOPJE590 | MACEDONIA: ALI AHMETI SPEAKS OUT ON COALITION DYNAMICS [...] (SBU) Summary: The GoM's decision to prosecute the four cases which the ICTY recently decided not to pursue is a clear violation of the 2002 amnesty law and threatens inter-ethnic relations, ethnic Albanian DUI Party leader Ali Ahmeti told visiting NAVEUR ADM Fitzgerald on Sept 17. Despite his [...] |
2008-09-23 05:22:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PREL MK AL KV |
| 08SKOPJE617 | MACEDONIA: DPA LEADER THACI ON ICTY CASES, NAME [...] (SBU) Summary: The prosecution of the returned Hague cases by the Macedonian justice system is a violation of the 2002 amnesty law, ethnic Albanian DPA leader Menduh Thaci told Ambassador Reeker in their first meeting October 3. Thaci also said the October 2 meeting of the four major political [...] |
2008-10-09 14:05:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | NATO PGOV PHUM PREL KV AL MK |
| 08SKOPJE619 | MACEDONIA: DUI'S AHMETI STILL WORRIED ON HAGUE [...] (SBU) Summary: The Macedonian government is forming a task force to determine if the 2002 amnesty law should apply to the four cases returned to Macedonia by the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY), ethnic Albanian DUI Party leader Ali Ahmeti told Ambassador Reeker [...] |
2008-10-09 14:12:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | NATO PGOV PHUM PREL KV AL MK |
| 08SKOPJE673 | DAS STUART JONES VISIT TO SKOPJE, OCTOBER 27-29 [...] (C) Summary: In addition to discussions on the name issue, Macedonian leaders discussed regional, economic, and bilateral issues with EUR DAS Jones during his October 27-29 visit. GoM officials pressed for further development of the Trade Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA) U.S. cooperation [...] |
2008-11-06 14:52:00 | Embassy Skopje | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PGOV PHUM PREL KV AL MK |
| 08SKOPJE724 | GRUEVSKI HOSTS AND TOASTS ALBANIANS IN REGIONAL EVENT [...] (U)SUMMARY: The Prime Ministers of Macedonia, Albania and Kosovo attended a GOM organized reception in Skopje to mark the 100th Anniversary of the Albanian alphabet. PM Gruevski wisely used the event to reach out to the Albanian community throughout the region as well as in Macedonia. End Summ [...] |
2008-12-02 18:07:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM KV AL MK |
| 08SKOPJE92 | MACEDONIA WAIVES NEW VISA REQUIREMENTS FOR [...] (SBU) The Macedonian government has suspended implementation of a new (and more cumbersome) visa issuance procedure for Albanian citizens required by the Law on Foreigners, which was passed in 2006 but only came into force this year (ref A). In addition, Macedonian and Albanian officials are [...] |
2008-02-06 07:15:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM SMIG KCRM AL MK |
| 08STATE100723 | EXPANDING THE ADRIATIC CHARTER [...] (U) This is an action request cable. Please see paragraph 8. 2. (U) Objective: To capitalize on Albania, Croatia and Macedonia's affirmation that the Adriatic Charter should be expanded to include Bosnia and Herzegovina and Montenegro by outlining a process by which they will offer them f [...] |
2008-09-19 21:04:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR NATO PREL MK HR AL SR MW BK |
| 08STATE104222 | A/S FRIED'S MEETING WITH BALKAN MINISTERS ON [...] (U) Participants: U.S. ---- Assistant Secretary Daniel Fried Deputy Assistant Secretary Stuart Jones Cathy Westley, EUR/SCE Adriatic Charter 3: ------------------- Albania: Foreign Minister Lulzim Basha Croatia: Foreign Minister Gordan Jandrokovic Macedonia: Foreign Minister Antonio M [...] |
2008-09-30 15:52:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | EUN NATO PGOV PREL AL BK HR KV MK MN SR |
| 08STATE110353 | OSCE PERMANENT COUNCIL: RESPONSE TO PIA HOM [...] (U) Post is authorized to present the following statement at the October 16, 2008 Permanent Council meeting in Vienna. Begin text: Thank you, Mr. Chairman. We join in welcoming Mr. Robert Bosch, head of OSCE,s Presence in Albania. He and his team are doing effective and important work, [...] |
2008-10-15 22:21:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | AL PGOV PREL OSCE |
| 08STATE114399 | ACCEPTING MONTENEGRO AS A MEMBER IN THE [...] (U) This is an action request; please see paragraph 6. 2. (SBU) BACKGROUND: At the Southeastern Europe Defense Ministerial Coordinating Committee (SEDM-CC) meeting held September 25, 2008, Bulgaria, Greece, and Italy indicated they would not support Montenegro's joining SEDM without Serbia [...] |
2008-10-27 20:54:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MARR AL BK HR MK MW SR TU BU SI RO UP |
| 08STATE117789 | OSCE PERMANENT COUNCIL: RESPONSE TO ADDRESS BY [...] Post is authorized to make the following statement at the November 6, 2008 meeting of the OSCE Permanent Council in Vienna: Begin Text: Thank you, Mr. Chairman. The United States Warmly welcomes Minister Basha to the Permanent Council. Mr. Minister, your visit comes at a significant [...] |
2008-11-05 16:35:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL OSCE AL |
| 08STATE123317 | DEMARCHE REQUEST: NOVEMBER 26 ARAB LEAGUE [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph three. SUMMARY ------- 2. (C) The Arab League will convene for an emergency ministerial meeting in Cairo on November 26 to discuss the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and recent efforts to affect an intra-Palestinian reconciliation. The [...] |
2008-11-20 19:33:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KWBG AL |
| 08STATE128582 | THE WAY AHEAD ON ALBANIAN MUNITIONS [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paras 8-10. Department supports Post's reftel request for a one-year assignment of a uniformed US military EOD commissioned officer to the GOA Ministry of Defense as a technical advisor to the Minister of Defense. The Department is collaborating wi [...] |
2008-12-05 22:43:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PGOV PREL NATO SI AL |
| 08STATE129920 | FUNDING FOR TRAVEL BY ALGERIAN NUCLEAR EXPERTS [...] The Department,s Office of Cooperative Threat Reduction has invited two nuclear experts from Algeria to attend the Waste Management Conference being held March 1-5, 2009, in Phoenix, Arizona. On December 2, 2008, Merzak Remki, Director of Cooperation of the Algerian Atomic Energy Commission [...] |
2008-12-10 21:33:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | AL KNNP TRGY |
| 08STATE68256 | ENGAGING HOST GOVERNMENTS ON CERTAIN TERRORIST [...] (U) This is an Action Cable. Please see paragraphs 3 and 4. 2. (C) Summary. The USG remains concerned about certain radio and television broadcasts, particularly in the Middle East, that are conducted by designated terrorist entities or are likely to incite imminent acts of violence. [...] |
2008-06-25 15:04:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PTER XF AL |
| 08STATE84386 | RESPONSE TO ARAB LEAGUE "SOLUTION PACKAGE" FOR [...] (SBU) Per reftel, Arab League Chief of Staff Hisham Yousef presented Post with the Arab League's "solution package" for Sudan on July 28. Department requests Post convey to Yousef that the State Department has no comment on the package at this time. Post should also stress to Yousef the imp [...] |
2008-08-06 15:40:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM SU AL EUN |
| 08TELAVIV818 | JAPAN ENVOY: ISRAEL COOPERATING ON INDUSTRIAL PARK [...] (C) Japanese Envoy to the Middle East Ambassador Tatsuo Arima met with Ambassador Jones on April 1 to discuss the Arab League Summit and progress on the planned Japanese industrial park outside of Jericho. The Ambassador also updated Arima on the recent visit of the Secretary. Arima said th [...] |
2008-04-08 11:59:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID KWBG AL JA SY LY IZ IS |
| 08THESSALONIKI78 | THESSALONIKI: GOG INVITES FORMER ADVERSARIES TO NATIONAL [...] (U) SUMMARY: In a reconciliatory gesture, Defense Minister of Greece Evangelos Meimarakis invited his counterparts from Turkey, Bulgaria, Croatia, Macedonia and other outheastern European countries, to attend the traditional military parade on Greece's national day, October 28 (Greece's e [...] |
2008-10-31 13:33:00 | Consulate Thessaloniki | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL GR MK TU IT BK BU MW AL HR YI |
| 08THESSALONIKI80 | NORTHERN NOTES - OCTOBER 2008 [...] For a second month, the scandal involving controversial land swaps between the GoG and Vatopedi Monastery of Mt. Athos was a dominant story (Ref A.) Media and post contacts speculate the scandal could claim more GoG officials beyond the two ministers it has already claimed, as a Parliame [...] |
2008-11-06 06:05:00 | Consulate Thessaloniki | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON PGOV PREL SOCI SMIG GR MK BK BU MW AL HR |
| 08TIRANA101 | THIS WEEK IN ALBANIA, FEBRUARY 2-8, 2008 [...] (U) The following is a weekly report prepared by Embassy Tirana's local staff to provide political and economic context and insight into developments in Albania. These updates will supplement post's DAR reports and reporting cables. ---------------------- POLITICAL DEVELOPMENTS ---------- [...] |
2008-02-11 06:29:00 | Embassy Tirana | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON PGOV PREL PHUM AL |
| 08TIRANA102 | FOOD PRICES SKYROCKET AS GOA PINES FOR NATO [...] (SBU) Fears that 2008 will bring rising inflation grew as local media extensively reported on price increases for basic food items. Prices for food products, which represent the largest share in the government's basket of consumer goods for measuring inflation, have increased in recent years. [...] |
2008-02-11 06:29:00 | Embassy Tirana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PGOV AL |
| 08TIRANA103 | ALBANIA'S INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT: 2007 [...] No summary [...] |
2008-02-11 06:29:00 | Embassy Tirana | UNCLASSIFIED | AL ECON ETRD KTDB OPIC USTR |
| 08TIRANA110 | ALBANIA: PARLIAMENT PASSES LOCAL GOVERNMENT BORROWING LAW [...] SUMMARY: On February 4, Albania's Parliament unanimously passed the Local Government Borrowing Law which gives cities the authority to borrow money from commercial banks to finance local development. The borrowing law is the latest milestone in the country's decentralization process and culmi [...] |
2008-02-12 15:55:00 | Embassy Tirana | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON PGOV AL |
| 08TIRANA111 | ALBANIA SUPPORTS U.S. POSITION ON BERLIN MECHANISM [...] No summary [...] |
2008-02-13 09:19:00 | Embassy Tirana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNAUS UNMIK PGOV OSCE AL |
| 08TIRANA112 | PM BERISHA ON KOSOVO INDEPENDENCE [...] (C) Ambassador engaged Prime Minister Berisha on February 12 on Albanian (and Kosovar) plans for an expected declaration of independence, including timing of recognition, possible GOA visits, and plans for celebrations. Berisha promised continued coordination with the U.S., has already urge [...] |
2008-02-13 15:17:00 | Embassy Tirana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KV AL |
| 08TIRANA113 | ALBANIA: CLUSTER MUNITIONS DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] |
2008-02-13 17:02:00 | Embassy Tirana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MOPS PARM PREL NATO AL |
| 08TIRANA116 | THIS WEEK IN ALBANIA, KOSOVO INDEPENDENCE SPECIAL (FEBRUARY [...] (U) The following is a weekly report prepared by Embassy Tirana's local staff to provide political and economic context and insight into developments in Albania. This special edition focuses on the average Albanian's impressions and expectations of an expectecd declaration of independence by [...] |
2008-02-15 15:31:00 | Embassy Tirana | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM KV AL |
| 08TIRANA117 | "LOVE IS IN THE AIR:" PM BERISHA PROMISES [...] (C) Prime Minister Berisha provided Ambassador with a very positive account of prospects for electoral and judicial reform, including the assertion that he believed opposition leader Edi Rama was dealing with him fairly and without subterfuge. In a separate meeting the same day, Rama provid [...] |
2008-02-15 15:39:00 | Embassy Tirana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NATO AL |
| 08TIRANA118 | POSTCARDS FROM ALBANIA: CARS AND TRUCKS AND THINGS THAT GO [...] (U) This cable is part of an occasional series entitled "Postcards from Albania." These cables are prepared by our locally engaged staff to provide analysis, opinions and commentary on Albanian reality from an Albanian perspective. This cable was contributed by a member of the Pol-Econ staff [...] |
2008-02-15 16:21:00 | Embassy Tirana | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON PGOV PREL KCRM AL |
| 08TIRANA119 | HONORING ALBANIA'S RECORD OF RESCUING JEWS DURING THE [...] SUMMARY: Warren Miller, Chairman of the U.S Commission for the Preservation of America's Heritage Abroad, visited Tirana January 27-29 to take part in the country's first official ceremony marking Holocaust Remembrance Day. Miller's visit included addressing a plenary session of Parliament, p [...] |
2008-02-16 10:09:00 | Embassy Tirana | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAO PHUM PGOV AL |
| 08TIRANA120 | MGKV01: ALBANIA UPGRADES RELATIONS WITH KOSOVO TO [...] (SBU) As reported Ref A, Prime Minister Sali Berisha announced on February 18 at 18:30 local time that Albania would elevate its relations with Kosovo to the ambassadorial level. (As reported Ref B, Albania recognized independent Kosovo on October 22, 1991. While it withdrew its Embassy sev [...] |
2008-02-20 06:23:00 | Embassy Tirana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KV AL |
| 08TIRANA126 | EXBS: ALBANIA MARITIME, ADRIATIC REGION REPORTING CABLE [...] (U) BROAD ITEMS OF INTEREST TO ADVISORS AND AGENCY MANAGERS -- January 1, CROATIA: Ecological and Fisheries Protection Zone (EFPZ), essentially the Adriatic's practical application of the Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ), came in effect, applying the existing EFPZ to EU fishing fleets, countrie [...] |
2008-02-20 08:20:00 | Embassy Tirana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP AL |
| 08TIRANA13 | EXBS: ALBANIA MARITIME, ADRIATIC REGION REPORTING CABLE [...] (U) BROAD ITEMS OF INTEREST TO ADVISORS AND AGENCY MANAGERS -- None. 2. (SBU) COMPLETED ACTIONS FOR THE REPORTING PERIOD -- December 18: Maritime Advisor (MA) and Program Assistant (PA) walked through the new interim ferry passenger terminal in Durres. The facility provides a sheltered [...] |
2008-01-08 13:51:00 | Embassy Tirana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP AL |
| 08TIRANA132 | CONGRESSMAN TOM LANTOS' DEATH CONDOLENCES FROM ALBANIA [...] Embassy has received the following letter addressed to Speaker of the House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi from Speaker of the Parliament of Albania Jozefina Topalli, expressing her condolences for the loss of Congressman Tom Lantos. Original will be pouched to the Department (EUR/SC [...] |
2008-02-21 13:14:00 | Embassy Tirana | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL OPDC AL |
| 08TIRANA136 | THIS WEEK IN ALBANIA, FEBRUARY 16-22, 2008) [...] (U) The following is a weekly report prepared by Embassy Tirana's local staff to provide political and economic context and insight into developments in Albania. ---------------------- POLITICAL DEVELOPMENTS ---------------------- 2. (U) Love is in the Air: After weeks of bipartisan del [...] |
2008-02-22 17:12:00 | Embassy Tirana | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM KV AL |
| 08TIRANA14 | ALBANIA: RAPPROCHEMENT BETWEEN MAJORITY AND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Albania's first and second opposition parties, the Socialist Party (SP) and Movement for Socialist Integration (LSI), appear to be not only "willing to move forward" on reforms needed for NATO, but actively pushing for those reforms. Likewise, the majority appears willing to [...] |
2008-01-08 14:18:00 | Embassy Tirana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL AL |
| 08TIRANA148 | ALBANIA'S INSURANCE SECTOR PRIVATIZES, EXPANDS [...] The GOA is preparing to privatize INSIG, the state-owned insurance company, as the Government moves to sell off one of its last remaining state enterprises since the fall of communism 17 years ago. The forthcoming privatization is almost an afterthought for an insurance sector that has been m [...] |
2008-02-27 12:48:00 | Embassy Tirana | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV EFIN AL |
| 08TIRANA149 | THE RESURRECTION OF FATOS NANO? WE'RE STILL WAITING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The role of former Prime Minister Fatos Nano in Albanian politics has been debated widely, particularly since his fall from the Prime Ministership and resignation as chair of the Socialist Party (SP) in 2005. Relinquishing the SP mantle to Tirana Mayor Edi Rama seemed uncharact [...] |
2008-02-27 15:23:00 | Embassy Tirana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV AL |
| 08TIRANA152 | ALBANIA: 2007 TRFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT [...] No summary [...] |
2008-02-28 11:10:00 | Embassy Tirana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM AL KCRM KWMN SMIG KRD ASEC PREF |
| 08TIRANA161 | THIS WEEK IN ALBANIA, FEBRUARY 23-29, 2008 [...] (U) The following is a weekly report prepared by Embassy Tirana's local staff to provide political and economic context and insight into developments in Albania. ---------------------- POLITICAL DEVELOPMENTS ---------------------- 2. (U) The Honeymoon is Over: It was to be expected, bu [...] |
2008-02-29 16:59:00 | Embassy Tirana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM KV AL |
| 08TIRANA162 | POSTCARD FROM ALBANIA: NEW KIDS ON THE POLITICAL AND [...] (U) This cable is part of an occasional series entitled "Postcards from Albania." These messages are prepared by our locally employed staff to provide analysis, opinions and commentary on Albanian reality from an Albanian perspective. This cable was contributed by a member of the Front Offi [...] |
2008-03-01 16:00:00 | Embassy Tirana | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL AL |
| 08TIRANA169 | ALBANIA WILL SUPPORT AMB. SWING [...] No summary [...] |
2008-03-04 11:13:00 | Embassy Tirana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PREL SMIG AL |
| 08TIRANA174 | ELECTORAL REFORMS FOR NATO LEAD TO A "THIRD POLE" [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Albanian political spectrum changed abruptly when Socialist Movement for Integration (LSI) Chairman Ilir Meta declared that his party would no longer participate in the left-wing coalition. Rather, Meta registered a new, competing coalition, to which he hopes to attract [...] |
2008-03-07 13:32:00 | Embassy Tirana | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL NATO AL |
| 08TIRANA175 | EXBS: ALBANIA MARITIME, ADRIATIC REGION REPORTING CABLE [...] (U) BROAD ITEMS OF INTEREST TO ADVISORS AND AGENCY MANAGERS -- February 17, KOSOVO: Formerly declared independence; the event was at the forefront of regional media (Albania, Croatia, Bosnia I Herzegovina, Montenegro, Macedonia and Serbia) reports. 2. (U) COMPLETED ACTIONS FOR THE REPORTI [...] |
2008-03-07 14:30:00 | Embassy Tirana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP AL |
| 08TIRANA177 | CONSTITUTIONAL COURT TO DECLARE DISMISSAL OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a decision that is yet to be announced, the Albanian Constitutional Court has ruled in favor of former Prosecutor General (PG) Theodor Sollaku, finding the Parliamentary Commission that headed the dismissal procedure against Sollaku violated the constitutional principle of s [...] |
2008-03-07 16:52:00 | Embassy Tirana | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV AL |
| 08TIRANA179 | THIS WEEK IN ALBANIA, MARCH 1-7, 2008 [...] (U) The following is a weekly report prepared by Embassy Tirana's local staff to provide political and economic context and insight into developments in Albania. ---------------------- POLITICAL DEVELOPMENTS ---------------------- 2. (U) BUSINESS AS USUAL? NOT ANYMORE: This week in Al [...] |
2008-03-10 06:21:00 | Embassy Tirana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM AL |
| 08TIRANA180 | THIS WEEK IN ALBANIA, MARCH 1-7, 2008 [...] (U) The following is a weekly report prepared by Embassy Tirana's local staff to provide political and economic context and insight into developments in Albania. ---------------------- POLITICAL DEVELOPMENTS ---------------------- 2. (U) BUSINESS AS USUAL? NOT ANYMORE: This week in Al [...] |
2008-03-10 07:29:00 | Embassy Tirana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM AL |
| 08TIRANA184 | ALBANIA'S FOREIGN MINISTER ON OIC AND KOSOVO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Albanian Foreign Minister Lulzim Basha expressed frustration with the Organization of the Islamic Conference, not only its slowness to recognize Kosovo's independence, but efforts by "heavyweight" members to marginalize Albania's participation in the organization. He suggested [...] |
2008-03-10 15:55:00 | Embassy Tirana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KISL KV AL |
| 08TIRANA185 | ALBANIA OFFERS NEW ISAF CONTRIBUTIONS [...] (C) Minister of Defense Mediu and President Topi have informally suggested Albania might contribute to an Operational Mentoring and Liaison Team (OMLT). Albania will have almost 500 troops deployed on various missions when it sends a second company to Iraq later this year. On a per capita ba [...] |
2008-03-10 16:16:00 | Embassy Tirana | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PREL MOPS MARR AL |
| 08TIRANA186 | Oil Discovery in Albania Premature, But Still Promising [...] (U) This cable contains sensitive business proprietary information. Not for Internet distribution. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Recent speculation that newly discovered oil and gas deposits in Albania could lead to an energy bonanza is premature. However, a Swiss-based oil exploration company, usi [...] |
2008-03-11 06:22:00 | Embassy Tirana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ENRG EINV AL |
| 08TIRANA187 | REPORT ON ALBANIA'S FISCAL TRANSPARENCY [...] Per Reftel, post submits the following report for the Department's congressionally-mandated report on fiscal transparency in countries receiving USG assistance: 2. With continual prodding from the U.S., EU, and International Financial Institutions, the Government of Albania (GOA) has taken [...] |
2008-03-11 06:23:00 | Embassy Tirana | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON PREL AL |
| 08TIRANA193 | ALBANIANS WILL WELCOME NATO MEMBERSHIP ... ALTHOUGH [...] (U) NATO membership is strongly supported by the Albanian public and officialdom -- over ninety percent favor membership, according to the media and GOA officials. There are numerous reasons for this. Emerging from years of isolation, Albanians want to feel and be recognized as the Europeans [...] |
2008-03-14 10:48:00 | Embassy Tirana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | NATO PGOV PREL AL |
| 08TIRANA195 | THIS WEEK IN ALBANIA, MARCH 8-14, 2008 [...] (U) The following is a weekly report prepared by Embassy Tirana's local staff to provide political and economic context and insight into developments in Albania. ---------------------- POLITICAL DEVELOPMENTS ---------------------- 2. (U) CAUGHT BETWEEN TWO WORLDS - MUSLIM GIRLS AND THE [...] |
2008-03-14 15:26:00 | Embassy Tirana | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM AL |
| 08TIRANA196 | ALBANIAN GOVERNMENT CONDEMNS PARLIAMENTARIANS' ATTACK ON [...] In response to a public assault on a reporter by two Members of Parliament, senior Albanian government officials, led by Prime Minister Sali Berisha and Speaker of Parliament Jozefina Topalli, issued tough statements March 13 condemning violence against the media. In his statement, Berisha te [...] |
2008-03-14 16:17:00 | Embassy Tirana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV AL |
| 08TIRANA198 | ALBANIA: AMBASSADOR SUPPORTS MIL-MIL EXPLOSIVE [...] No summary [...] |
2008-03-17 11:16:00 | Embassy Tirana | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID SENV PARM AL |
| 08TIRANA199 | DEFENSE MINISTER MEDIU RESIGNS OVER WEEKEND [...] (C) In a one-on-one meeting March 17, Albanian Defense Minister Fatmir Mediu told the Ambassador that he would resign later that afternoon. The proximate cause of his departure, he maintained, was "moral responsibility" for the March 15 explosions at a military weapons depot that to date ha [...] |
2008-03-17 14:23:00 | Embassy Tirana | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV NATO PREL AL |
| 08TIRANA200 | ALBANIA: FATAL EXPLOSION IN MUNITIONS DEPOT [...] (U) At approximately 11:45 AM (local) March 15, an ammunition storage facility near the town of Gerdec (N41 deg 24 min 40 sec, E19 deg 37 min 52 sec), between Tirana and Durres, caught fire. Shortly after 12:00, a violent explosion destroyed homes in the immediate vicinity of the depot and cau [...] |
2008-03-17 19:15:00 | Embassy Tirana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MASS EAID NATO SENV AL |
| 08TIRANA202 | ALBANIA'S GOVERNMENT OCCUPIED WITH DAMAGE CONTROL [...] (SBU) Shortly after Minister of Defense Fatmir Mediu resigned on March 17 (Refs A and B), Prime Minister Sali Berisha held a press conference at which reporters pressed him to comment on the ties between Mediu and an American company, Southern Ammunition Company, Inc. (SACI). Reporters displa [...] |
2008-03-19 11:21:00 | Embassy Tirana | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV MASS SENV NATO AL |
| 08TIRANA204 | ALBANIAN PROSECUTOR'S OFFICE SEEKS URGENT ASSISTANCE TO [...] (U) This is an action request -- please see para 3. 2. (U) Prosecutor General Ina Rama has assigned the chief of the Tirana district prosecutor's office, Genti Xholi, to head the criminal investigation into the causes of the fatal March 15 explosion. (Note: Xholi is well and favorably [...] |
2008-03-19 14:53:00 | Embassy Tirana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM EAID PREL PGOV SENV ASEC AL |
| 08TIRANA21 | Inflation Likely to Be Modest in 2008 as Albania's Economy [...] Rising inflation in the second half of 2007 has stoked public anxiety in Albania, especially price increases for food. Although inflation will likely increase in 2008 over last year's rate of 3.0 percent, it is expected to stay within the GOA's target rate for inflation. End Summary. Infl [...] |
2008-01-10 15:02:00 | Embassy Tirana | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON PGOV AL |
| 08TIRANA211 | ALBANIA'S DECAYING MUNITIONS - SO MUCH TO DO, SO [...] (C) SUMMARY: The March 15 fireball over Gerdec shown on international news programs reminded the world of Albania's enormous overhang of dangerous, decaying weapons. Over 100,000 tons of munitions, from small caliber to 160 mm artillery shells, are disintegrating in 44 poorly maintained and [...] |
2008-03-20 13:50:00 | Embassy Tirana | CONFIDENTIAL | MASS PARM PREL NATO AL |
| 08TIRANA213 | AMBASSADOR WARNS OPPOSITION LEADER AGAINST LOSING [...] (C) In a one-on-one meeting with the Ambassador on March 20, Socialist Party (SP) Chair and Tirana Mayor Edi Rama declared flatly that "Prime Minister Berisha must go." In a lengthy monologue, Rama referred to Berisha's incompetence, corruption in his administration, Berisha's son's alleged [...] |
2008-03-20 17:51:00 | Embassy Tirana | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV NATO AL |
| 08TIRANA218 | THIS WEEK IN ALBANIA, MARCH 15-21, 2008 [...] (U) The following is a weekly report prepared by Embassy Tirana's local staff to provide political and economic context and insight into developments in Albania. This week's report is dedicated to the victims and survivors of the disastrous explosions at Gerdec on March 15, and focuses on the [...] |
2008-03-21 16:13:00 | Embassy Tirana | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM PARM MASS AL |
| 08TIRANA219 | ADDITIONAL ALBANIAN REQUEST FOR ASSISTANCE -- SITE [...] (U) In the aftermath of the tragic Gerdec munitions explosion (ref A), the GOA has asked for USG assistance in site clean-up. (See also Ref B, which requests assistance in the investigation.) Deputy Prime Minister (and Defense Minister nominee) Gazmend Oketa sent the following letter to Ambassa [...] |
2008-03-21 16:17:00 | Embassy Tirana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MASS EAID NATO SENV AL |
| 08TIRANA220 | ALBANIA ASKS FOR VICTIM IDENTIFICATION ASSISTANCE -- SECOND [...] (U) In the aftermath of the tragic Gervec munitions explosion (ref A), the MOI has now seconded PG Ina Rama's request (ref B) for USG assistance to identify victims' remains through DNA analysis. Interior Minister Nishani sent the following letter to Ambassador Withers on March 21. 2. (SBU) [...] |
2008-03-21 16:26:00 | Embassy Tirana | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS EAID NATO SENV AL |
| 08TIRANA221 | ALBANIA DISASTER DECLARATION [...] I hereby declare a disaster in Albania to assist the large number of people that were displaced from their homes and livelihoods by a massive explosion that occurred in Albania on March 15 (reftel). I request USD 50,000 for immediate disaster relief from USAID/OFDA. 2. At approximately 11 [...] |
2008-03-21 16:37:00 | Embassy Tirana | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV EAID PREL AL |
| 08TIRANA222 | DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER OKETA TO BE NEXT DEFENSE [...] No summary [...] |
2008-03-21 17:06:00 | Embassy Tirana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR NATO AL |
| 08TIRANA223 | ALBANIA: IN WAKE OF EXPLOSION, PRESIDENT TOPI [...] (C) Ambassador met President Topi on March 21 to deliver the President's condolence letter (Ref A). Topi was touched by the letter and noted in particular the last paragraph emphasizing Albania's good record on ridding itself of excess munitions and the importance of pressing forward with [...] |
2008-03-21 17:53:00 | Embassy Tirana | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL NATO AL |
| 08TIRANA23 | GOA EXTENDS DEADLINE FOR ELECTORAL REFORM PROJECT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The GOA has extended the deadline for tender proposals for a concession to produce a new national identification card and biometric passport to February 28. On November 8, following a prolonged and controversial drafting process that took almost a year, the GOA announced the o [...] |
2008-01-11 10:36:00 | Embassy Tirana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV PGOV AL |
| 08TIRANA251 | THIS WEEK IN ALBANIA, MARCH 22-28, 2008 [...] (U) The following is a weekly report prepared by Embassy Tirana's local staff to provide political and economic context and insight into developments in Albania. ----------------------------------- POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTS ----------------------------------- 2. (SBU) Choreogr [...] |
2008-03-28 17:32:00 | Embassy Tirana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM PARM AL |
| 08TIRANA252 | Macedonia's Ahmeti Visits Tirana [...] (U) Ali Ahmeti, the Macedonian Chairman of the Democratic Union of Integration (DUI), visited Tirana on March 25, where he was received by Prime Minister Berisha, President Topi, Speaker Topalli and Albania's opposition leaders. Ahmeti expressed solidarity from the Albanian community in Maced [...] |
2008-03-31 05:30:00 | Embassy Tirana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MK AL |
| 08TIRANA255 | GOA URGES PRESHEVO VALLEY ALBANIANS TO PARTICIPATE IN [...] (U) Local Albanian leaders from Serbia's Preshevo Valley visited Tirana March 31 to discuss upcoming elections and general concerns about the rights of ethnic Albanian residents. Representatives of the four major Albanian political parties, including Riza Halimi, Chairman of the Party for Dem [...] |
2008-04-02 05:40:00 | Embassy Tirana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL YI AL |
| 08TIRANA262 | THIS WEEK IN ALBANIA, MARCH 29-APRIL 4, 2008 [...] (U) The following is a weekly report prepared by Embassy Tirana's local staff to provide political and economic context and insight into developments in Albania. This week's report focuses on the invitation to NATO membership extended by the Allies April 3 in Bucharest, Romania. ---------- [...] |
2008-04-04 16:01:00 | Embassy Tirana | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL AL |
| 08TIRANA265 | GERDEC: WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE? [...] (U) SUMMARY: As Albanian leaders accepted their historic NATO invitation in Bucharest, the political fallout from the Gerdec tragedy continues at home. Despite the quick government relief response to the crisis and the resignation of former Defense Minister Mediu, a feeding frenzy continues [...] |
2008-04-07 06:04:00 | Embassy Tirana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PARM AL |
| 08TIRANA27 | ALBANIA PERPLEXED BY MACEDONIA'S PROPOSED VISA [...] (C) SUMMARY: According to Albanian press reports, starting on March 1 Macedonia will require most Albanian citizens to get visas from the Macedonian Embassy in Tirana instead of, as is currently possible, at the border crossing. Macedonia, an EU candidate country, claims the move is the re [...] |
2008-01-11 17:44:00 | Embassy Tirana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NATO AL |
| 08TIRANA28 | THIS WEEK IN ALBANIA, JANUARY 4-10, 2008 [...] (U) The following is a weekly report prepared by Embassy Tirana's local staff to provide political and economic context and insight into developments in Albania. These updates will supplement post's DAR reports and reporting cables. ---------------------- POLITICAL DEVELOPMENTS ---------- [...] |
2008-01-11 18:07:00 | Embassy Tirana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PGOV PREL AL |
| 08TIRANA287 | THIS WEEK IN ALBANIA, APRIL 5-11, 2008 [...] (U) The following is a weekly report prepared by Embassy Tirana's local staff to provide political and economic context and insight into developments in Albania. ---------------------- POLITICAL DEVELOPMENTS ---------------------- 2. (SBU) TIME FOR A CHANGE: The Albanian Parliamentary [...] |
2008-04-11 16:22:00 | Embassy Tirana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON AL |
| 08TIRANA292 | SUPREME COURT SUSPENDS TWO MAJOR CRIMINAL CASES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Chief Justice of the Albanian Supreme Court, Thimio Kondi, issued two suspension decisions in December 2007 that froze the application of criminal sentences on two trafficking-related cases pending the final decision of the Supreme Court. Kondi's decision froze the enforc [...] |
2008-04-14 14:39:00 | Embassy Tirana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KCRM PGOV PREL AL IT |
| 08TIRANA308 | THIS WEEK IN ALBANIA, APRIL 12-18, 2008 [...] (U) The following is a weekly report prepared by Embassy Tirana's local staff to provide political and economic context and insight into developments in Albania. ---------------------- POLITICAL DEVELOPMENTS ---------------------- 2. (U) DIVISION WITHIN THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY: Until now [...] |
2008-04-18 16:31:00 | Embassy Tirana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON AL |
| 08TIRANA314 | META USES ELECTORAL REFORM TO HIS ADVANTAGE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Ilir Meta, Chair of the Socialist Movement for Integration (LSI) party, has increased public attacks on opposition leader Edi Rama as he has worked to build a stronger political base outside of the opposition Socialist Party (SP)-led coalition. Following his public break-up with [...] |
2008-04-21 12:16:00 | Embassy Tirana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV AL |
| 08TIRANA318 | EXBS: ALBANIA MARITIME, ADRIATIC REGION REPORTING CABLE [...] (U) BROAD ITEMS OF INTEREST TO ADVISORS AND AGENCY MANAGERS -- 15 March: Gerdec munitions site detonation: Significant reporting via cable and news media. Following embassy brief, MA called the USCG training team in Vlore regarding initial (and subsequent) opinions indicating accidental (v [...] |
2008-04-21 12:51:00 | Embassy Tirana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP AL |
| 08TIRANA328 | GERDEC AFTERMATH - GOA INDECISIVE [...] (C) In response to the March 15 Gerdec tragedy, the international community has mobilized efforts to provide humanitarian relief and unexploded ordnance (UXO) clearance and stepped up plans to rid Albania of over 100,000 tons of decaying munitions before another catastrophe happens. The GOA ha [...] |
2008-04-23 13:38:00 | Embassy Tirana | CONFIDENTIAL | MASS PARM PREL NATO AL |
| 08TIRANA33 | PRESIDENT TOPI TO EMPHASIZE TOLERANCE IN JANUARY 25-27 [...] (SBU) Deputy Foreign Minister Edith Harxhi told us on Janury 11 of upcoming plans for President Topi to visit Kosovo January 25-27. Harxhi said he would travel with a delegation of some 90 people. This trip has now been released in the press, which reported the entourage could reach 100, to i [...] |
2008-01-15 09:33:00 | Embassy Tirana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL AL |
| 08TIRANA331 | ALBANIA: MANPADS REQUEST FOR ASSISTANCE [...] (U) Embassy has received the following letter date April 23, 2008, addressed to Major Larry D. Harrison, Chief, Office of Defense Cooperation, from Lieutenant General Luan Hoxha, Chief of the Armed Forces General Staff, requesting U.S. military assistance with man-portable air-defense systems [...] |
2008-04-24 10:37:00 | Embassy Tirana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM MASS PREL AL |
| 08TIRANA332 | MINISTER OF DEFENSE WANTS TO GIVE UP MANPADS [...] (C) CDA, DATT, ODC Chief and Polmil Off on April 23 met with Minister of Defense Oketa to clarify the status of MANPADS destruction, requested by Oketa in a March 21 letter to Ambassador Withers (ref A). Contacts with the Minister and CHOD since that request indicated that Oketa might be reco [...] |
2008-04-24 12:12:00 | Embassy Tirana | CONFIDENTIAL | MASS PARM PREL NATO AL |
| 08TIRANA334 | ALBANIAN REACTION TO US PROPOSED PAPERS FOR THE NPT [...] No summary [...] |
2008-04-25 11:44:00 | Embassy Tirana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MNUC IAEA ENRG PREL AL |
| 08TIRANA335 | ALBANIAN ACKNOWLEDGES U.S. POSITION ON TURKEY'S EBRD [...] No summary [...] |
2008-04-25 12:44:00 | Embassy Tirana | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREL TU AL |
| 08TIRANA338 | THIS WEEK IN ALBANIA, APRIL 19-25, 2008 [...] (U) The following is a weekly report prepared by Embassy Tirana's local staff to provide political and economic context and insight into developments in Albania. ---------------------- POLITICAL DEVELOPMENTS ---------------------- 2. (U) A GRAND CELEBRATION OF THE PROPHET'S BIRTHDAY: [...] |
2008-04-25 16:00:00 | Embassy Tirana | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ECON AL |
| 08TIRANA345 | REVIVING ALBANIAN OIL INDUSTRY MAY BE ATTRACTING RUSSIAN [...] (SBU) Albania, which possesses one of continental Europe's largest oil fields and has seen promising new finds for additional oil and gas reserves, is substantially expanding its oil production through Western investment. Increased interest by foreign investors in Albania's oil sector is mark [...] |
2008-04-29 16:07:00 | Embassy Tirana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ENRG EPET EINV AL |
| 08TIRANA35 | VLORE: CENTER OF CIVIC ACTION [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Citizen's Alliance for the Protection of the Vlore Bay, the "Vlore Alliance," an environmentally-focused civil society organization that works to protect Albania's central coast, has recently intensified efforts to push for reconsideration of large-scale oil storage and therma [...] |
2008-01-15 11:28:00 | Embassy Tirana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM ECON ENRG SENV AL |
| 08TIRANA353 | THIS WEEK IN ALBANIA, APRIL 26-MAY 2, 2008 [...] (U) The following is a weekly report prepared by Embassy Tirana's local staff to provide political and economic context and insight into developments in Albania. ---------------------- POLITICAL DEVELOPMENTS ---------------------- 2. (U) ANNUAL FREEDOM HOUSE RESULTS: Albania scored a [...] |
2008-05-02 14:51:00 | Embassy Tirana | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PREL ECON AL |
| 08TIRANA369 | REPORT OF SUSPECTED ASYLUM FRAUD: NDOJ, GJIN (A# [...] SUMMARY. Evidence revealed during a Visas 92 interview at embassy Tirana indicates that the I-589 asylee statement of Gjin NDOJ (DPOB 17 SEP 1960), ALBANIA, (A# 99-432-645) contains falsified material information. END SUMMARY. 2. Gjin Ndoj was granted asylum in New York, New York on May [...] |
2008-05-09 14:30:00 | Embassy Tirana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CVIS PREF PHUM KFRD AL |
| 08TIRANA370 | FRAUD IN DOCUMENTS FROM ALBANIAN CIVIL REGISTRIES [...] SUMMARY. Post has witnessed a high incidence of civil documents issued by Albanian civil registries containing fraudulent vital information. In some of these cases the blame rests with the Albanian court system which is often too willing to issue a decision changing vital information without [...] |
2008-05-09 14:30:00 | Embassy Tirana | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS PREF PHUM KFRD AL |
| 08TIRANA372 | THIS WEEK IN ALBANIA, MAY 3-9, 2008 [...] (U) The following is a weekly report prepared by Embassy Tirana's local staff to provide political and economic context and insight into developments in Albania. ---------------------- POLITICAL DEVELOPMENTS ---------------------- 2. (U) TAKE A STAND AGAINST CORRUPTION: USAID released [...] |
2008-05-09 16:02:00 | Embassy Tirana | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PREL AL |
| 08TIRANA373 | ALBANIA: THE UN'S BRAIN GAIN PROGRAM -- TARGETED AT HIGHER [...] (U) SUMMARY: Albania's higher education system has undergone major changes since the fall of communism. Reforming it has been a priority of every government since, though each has devoted varying levels of resources and effort toward improving this vital societal foundation. The brain drain p [...] |
2008-05-09 16:20:00 | Embassy Tirana | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV SOCI UN AL |
| 08TIRANA378 | ALBANIA: FORMER INTELLIGENCE SERVICE DIRECTOR, NOW [...] (SBU) Prime Minister Berisha has refused to dismiss a senior government official facing criminal investigation. The General Director of Tax Administration, Arben Sefgjini, was formally charged by the Prosecutor's office for kidnapping and torture with grave consequences during his previous se [...] |
2008-05-13 18:03:00 | Embassy Tirana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PINR PGOV AL |
| 08TIRANA382 | ALBANIA, SCENESETTER FOR HENRIETTA FORE, ADMINISTRATOR OF [...] (SBU) Henrietta Fore, Administrator, U.S. Agency for International Development and Director of United States Foreign Assistance will visit Albania from May 17-19, 2008. Administrator Fore's purpose in visiting Albania is to convey to the Government of Albania (GoA), judicial officials, busines [...] |
2008-05-15 08:55:00 | Embassy Tirana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EAID AL |
| 08TIRANA386 | THIS WEEK IN ALBANIA, MAY 10-16, 2008 [...] (U) The following is a weekly report prepared by Embassy Tirana's local staff to provide political and economic context and insight into developments in Albania. ---------------------- ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTS ---------------------- 2. (U) WHERE REAL ESTATE IS STILL BOOMING: This week, t [...] |
2008-05-16 14:25:00 | Embassy Tirana | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL AL |
| 08TIRANA388 | SCENESETTER FOR GAZMOND OKETA, ALBANIA'S DEFENSE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Minister of Defense Gazmond Oketa visits Washington May 21-23 for his first official visit as Defense Minister. Oketa is eager to fulfill all military requirements necessary for his country to enter NATO next year, and he would be receptive to any suggestions of what should be [...] |
2008-05-19 13:04:00 | Embassy Tirana | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MARR NATO AL |
| 08TIRANA394 | CONTINUING PROBLEMS WITH TIMS DATACOM SYSTEM IN ALBANIA [...] (SBU) As part of the combined donor effort to improve rule of law in Albania, the Department of Justice's International Criminal Investigative Training Assistance Program (ICITAP) in Albania has worked with the Albanian State Police (ASP) to install Total Information Management System (TIMS), a [...] |
2008-05-22 15:36:00 | Embassy Tirana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PREL PGOV AL |
| 08TIRANA397 | GOA SIMPLIFIES TAX PAYMENT PROCEUDRES [...] On May 12, the Finance Ministry eliminated the rule requiring taxpayers to bring in their accounting records to government tax offices for "verification" every month. Whatever the original intent of this "verification" rule, it was not used as an audit mechanism, as the General Directorate of [...] |
2008-05-23 14:46:00 | Embassy Tirana | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON PGOV AL |
| 08TIRANA398 | RIPPLES FROM A BOULDER: AMBASSADOR'S REMARKS RENEW [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The release of USAID's annual report on corruption perceptions, and a pointed speech delivered by Ambassador Withers at its May 7 launch, reignited the stagnant debate on corruption in Albania and prompted some prickly Government responses. The event received wide media attent [...] |
2008-05-23 15:04:00 | Embassy Tirana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL AL |
| 08TIRANA399 | THIS WEEK IN ALBANIA, MAY 17-23, 2008 [...] (U) The following is a weekly report prepared by Embassy Tirana's local staff to provide political and economic context and insight into developments in Albania. ---------------------- POLITICAL DEVELOPMENTS ---------------------- 2. (U) CHANGE, YES WE CAN: The newest Albanian politica [...] |
2008-05-23 16:04:00 | Embassy Tirana | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL AL |
| 08TIRANA403 | ALBANIA: USE OF CHILD LABOR IN THE PRODUCTION OF GOODS [...] No summary [...] |
2008-05-28 14:50:00 | Embassy Tirana | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI AL |
| 08TIRANA404 | GOA Acknowledges Risks to Inhabitants within 800 Meter [...] (SBU) Prime Minister Berisha responded May 27 to Charge Cristina's May 2 letter in which the Charge asked the PM to warn area residents and other citizens of explosive and environmental dangers in an area up to 800 meters from the blast zone. Berisha stated that the GOA will actively inform ci [...] |
2008-05-28 15:52:00 | Embassy Tirana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MASS NATO AL |
| 08TIRANA406 | ALBANIA: BUILDING A HAZWASTE FACILITY SHOULD BE A [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see Paragraph 10. 2. (C) Leaking containers of hazardous waste left behind by U.S. contractors after a successful chemical agent elimination program have again sparked MOD,s interest for help in building a hazardous waste storage facility. According to [...] |
2008-05-30 12:07:00 | Embassy Tirana | CONFIDENTIAL | SENV CWC PARM MASS AL |
| 08TIRANA411 | UIGHURS (AND OTHERS) IN ALBANIA [...] (SBU) The Government of Albania accepted eight former Guantanamo detainees as refugees -- five Uighurs, and one each Algerian, Egyptian, and Uzbek. All the refugees now live outside Albania's Babrru Refugee Center in apartments rented for them by the GOA. The GOA is providing language and [...] |
2008-06-02 08:59:00 | Embassy Tirana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PHUM PREL AL |
| 08TIRANA412 | WEAK SENTENCES IN HIGH PROFILE ALBANIAN CORRUPTION TRIAL [...] (SBU) Albanian justice is off to a slow start in fighting the country's endemic corruption. On May 19, the Tirana District Court sentenced Nikolin Jaka, former Deputy Minister of Transportation, to 19 months in prison and Ilirjan Berzani, the former General Director of Roads, to three years i [...] |
2008-06-02 10:26:00 | Embassy Tirana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PREL PGOV AL |
| 08TIRANA413 | THE WORK OF THE OSCE PRESENCE IN ALBANIA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The OSCE Presence in Albania (PIA) will present its Programme Outline in Vienna on June 3, in preparation for discussions of its 2009 budget. Post supports overall USG policy to reduce expenditures of OSCE Balkan Missions in a desire to push for greater OSCE presence further e [...] |
2008-06-02 11:09:00 | Embassy Tirana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV OSCE AL |
| 08TIRANA414 | THIS WEEK IN ALBANIA, MAY 24-30, 2008: THE MEDIA ISSUE [...] (U) The following is a weekly report prepared by Embassy Tirana's local staff to provide political and economic context and insight into developments in Albania. With the death of one of Albania's most powerful media moguls, this week's issue focuses on the media. ------------------ MEDIA [...] |
2008-06-02 13:36:00 | Embassy Tirana | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL AL |
| 08TIRANA416 | POSTCARDS FROM ALBANIA: ALBANIA'S 21ST CENTURY GOLD RUSH [...] (U) This cable is part of an occasional series entitled "Postcards from Albania." These cables are prepared by our locally engaged staff to provide analysis, opinions and commentary on Albanian reality from an Albanian perspective. This cable was contributed by a member of the Pol-Econ staf [...] |
2008-06-03 14:37:00 | Embassy Tirana | UNCLASSIFIED | SOCI ECON PGOV AL |
| 08TIRANA424 | GOA SIMPLIFIES TAX PAYMENT PROCEUDRES [...] On May 12, the Finance Ministry eliminated the rule requiring taxpayers to bring in their accounting records to government tax offices for "verification" every month. Whatever the original intent of this "verification" rule, it was not used as an audit mechanism, as the General Directorate of [...] |
2008-06-06 16:16:00 | Embassy Tirana | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON PGOV AL |
| 08TIRANA426 | THIS WEEK IN ALBANIA, MAY 31 - JUNE 6, 2008 [...] (U) The following is a weekly report prepared by Embassy Tirana's local staff to provide political and economic context and insight into developments in Albania. ---------------------- POLITICAL DEVELOPMENTS ---------------------- 2. (U) CLASHES OVER HIGH COURT NOMINATIONS: It has been [...] |
2008-06-06 16:52:00 | Embassy Tirana | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL AL |
| 08TIRANA432 | EXBS: ALBANIA MARITIME, ADRIATIC REGION REPORTING CABLE [...] (U) BROAD ITEMS OF INTEREST TO ADVISORS AND AGENCY MANAGERS -- 14 April: MA met with USAID and US Department of Agriculture, Forestry Service International Programs training team, and coordinated the Incident Command System future training program. The Forest Service training program was dev [...] |
2008-06-10 09:58:00 | Embassy Tirana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP AL |
| 08TIRANA433 | BERISHA DISCUSSES CONCERNS OVER MACEDONIA [...] (SBU) Summary: Albanian Prime Minister Berisha believes political instability in Macedonia will continue for the foreseeable future. However, he sees no deeper crisis on the horizon and believes the Macedonian leadership can eventually put the genie of ethnic nationalism back into its bottle. [...] |
2008-06-10 16:46:00 | Embassy Tirana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV AL |
| 08TIRANA438 | HAGUE ABDUCTION ACCESS - ALBANIA [...] Albania has acceded to the 1980 Convention on the Civil Aspects of Child Abduction and the Convention entered into force in Albania on August 1, 2007. Central Authority 2. Albania has designated the Ministry of Justice as the Central Authority pursuant to the Convention. Compatibilit [...] |
2008-06-12 05:05:00 | Embassy Tirana | UNCLASSIFIED | CASC KOCI AL |
| 08TIRANA444 | GERDEC SURVIVORS' HUNGER STRIKE PRESSURES GOA [...] (U) Twelve weeks after the March 15 explosion at Gerdec, compensation remains a key demand for many survivors. Eight former employees of the Gerdec ammunition disassembly plant began a hunger strike June 6, demanding additional financial compensation and other reimbursements from the GOA. Wh [...] |
2008-06-13 15:07:00 | Embassy Tirana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL AL |
| 08TIRANA469 | GOA REACTION TO 2008 TIP REPORT [...] (C) Ambassador Withers demarched Foreign Minister Basha on the 2008 Trafficking in Persons Report findings (Ref A) and DCM and Poloff delivered the same to Minister of Interior Nishani, Deputy Minister Zajmi, and Director of Police Prenci on June 3. Foreign Minister Basha was the first to rec [...] |
2008-06-20 13:50:00 | Embassy Tirana | CONFIDENTIAL | ELAB KCRM KPAO KWMN PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG AL |
| 08TIRANA470 | FORMER CHOD TELLS HIS STORY: GERDEC CLAIMS ANOTHER [...] (C) The tenacity and fervor of recent political events, from the passage of controversial constitutional changes in mid-April to the June 16 voting down of five Supreme Court Justice nominees, makes little sense on the surface without an underlying motive. Rumors swirl around the capital as t [...] |
2008-06-20 15:38:00 | Embassy Tirana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV AL |
| 08TIRANA487 | THIS WEEK IN ALBANIA - THE ROAD ISSUE, JUNE 21 - JUNE 27, [...] (U) The following is a weekly report prepared by Embassy Tirana's local staff to provide political and economic context and insight into developments in Albania. This week's issue focuses on the current state of the construction of Albania's most ambitious road project to date. ----------- [...] |
2008-06-27 15:11:00 | Embassy Tirana | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ECON AL |
| 08TIRANA488 | PM THACI'S FIRST OFFICIAL VISIT TO ALBANIA [...] (U) SUMMARY: Kosovo Prime Minister Hashim Thaci paid a two-day official visit to Albania June 19 and 20, accompanied by a 27-member delegation. It was the first visit of a Kosovar leader since the country declared independence on February 17. Thaci met with top political leaders including Pr [...] |
2008-06-30 13:32:00 | Embassy Tirana | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL AL KV |
| 08TIRANA493 | DIALOGUE WITH ALBANIANS FORM BASIS FOR NEW SP GOVERNING [...] Tirana Mayor and Socialist Party Chairman Edi Rama has met with thousands of citizens throughout Albania in a series of city and village gatherings reminiscent of town hall meetings in the United States. This is the first time such meetings have been held by political leaders in Albania. Thi [...] |
2008-07-03 09:56:00 | Embassy Tirana | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL AL |
| 08TIRANA496 | THIS WEEK IN ALBANIA, JUNE 28 - JULY 3, 2008 [...] The following is a weekly report prepared by Embassy Tirana's local staff to provide political and economic context and insight into developments in Albania. ----------------------------- CRIMINAL JUSTICE DEVELOPMETNS ----------------------------- 2. NOTORIOUS CRIME GANG TRIAL FINALLY [...] |
2008-07-03 15:12:00 | Embassy Tirana | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ECON AL |
| 08TIRANA50 | THIS WEEK IN ALBANIA, JANUARY 11-17, 2008 [...] (U) The following is a weekly report prepared by Embassy Tirana's local staff to provide political and economic context and insight into developments in Albania. These updates will supplement post's DAR reports and reporting cables. ---------------------- POLITICAL DEVELOPMENTS ---------- [...] |
2008-01-18 17:12:00 | Embassy Tirana | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON PGOV PREL AL |
| 08TIRANA502 | ALBANIA PRESSES FOR KOSOVO RECOGNITION AT ISLAMIC [...] (SBU) Summary: The GOA unsuccessfully lobbied the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) to recognize Kosovo's independence at the group's June 16 to 18 meeting of foreign ministers in Kampala. The GOA believes that several OIC countries are likely to recognize Kosovo over the next sev [...] |
2008-07-08 05:40:00 | Embassy Tirana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PNAT KISL KV AL |
| 08TIRANA555 | Albania Shuffles Ministers [...] (SBU) After several months of media speculation, Prime Minister Berisha on July 23 submitted the following proposed changes to his cabinet to President Topi for approval: -- Education Minister Genc Pollo, head of the New Democracy Party, will become Deputy Prime Minister. -- Deputy Speaker [...] |
2008-07-24 15:33:00 | Embassy Tirana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV AL |
| 08TIRANA556 | ALBANIA'S HAZARDOUS WASTE STRATEGY [...] Albania is effectively reaching out for donor support to deal with the country's hazardous waste (HW) problem. The Ministry of Environment (MOE) has identified nine "hot zones" contaminated with several kinds of dangerous chemicals left over from the communist era. MOE has been working with [...] |
2008-07-25 06:09:00 | Embassy Tirana | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL SENV AL |
| 08TIRANA557 | Albania's Success in a Criminal Financial Investigation [...] (U) SUMMARY: Scoring a major victory in a complex financial investigation, police and prosecutors with the Joint Investigative Unit to Fight Economic Crime and Corruption (JIU) arrested the head of a criminal group and his 16 collaborators for robbing ATM machines. END SUMMARY. 2. (U) D [...] |
2008-07-25 11:23:00 | Embassy Tirana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KCRM PREL AL ASEC |
| 08TIRANA56 | ALBANIA: ASSESSMENT OF NATO READINESS [...] (U) The following headings track those in Ref A: All Intel Topics ---------------- 2. (SBU) Please see Ref B for an overview of Albania's intelligence services. 3. (C) Successive democratic Albanian governments, both Democratic Party (DP) and Socialist Party (SP) led, have worked to [...] |
2008-01-22 15:07:00 | Embassy Tirana | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PREL PINR AL |
| 08TIRANA561 | ALBANIA SUPPORTS IAEA INDIA SAFEGUARD AGREEMENT [...] No summary [...] |
2008-07-25 15:06:00 | Embassy Tirana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MNUC IAEA ENRG PREL AL |
| 08TIRANA564 | GOA STILL UNDECIDED ON NAM PARTICIPATION [...] (U) DCM and PolOff delivered reftel points to MFA International Organizations Director Islam Lauka on July 25. 2. (SBU) Lauka said that the GOA had not yet decided officially on whether or not to attend the NAM conference, but said that a decision would be made by the end of the day on Ju [...] |
2008-07-25 15:40:00 | Embassy Tirana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | NATO PREL PHUM PTER IR AL |
| 08TIRANA565 | ALBANIA CONTACT INFORMATION UPDATE [...] No summary [...] |
2008-07-28 09:21:00 | Embassy Tirana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR PREL AL |
| 08TIRANA566 | ALBANIAN OFFICIALS TO ATTEND UNGA [...] No summary [...] |
2008-07-28 09:34:00 | Embassy Tirana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL OTRA OVIP KSEP AL |
| 08TIRANA579 | PARLIAMENT APPROVES HIGH COURT NOMINEES, ADJOURNS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Parliament ended its session on July 28 on a much-needed quiet note, approving all six of President Topi's nominees for the High Court, along with Prime Minister Berisha's proposed cabinet changes. Parliament's approval of the High Court nominees marked a welcome detente betwee [...] |
2008-07-30 11:10:00 | Embassy Tirana | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KJUS PHUM AL |
| 08TIRANA58 | ALBANIA WILL CONTINUE TO HELP KEEP PEACE IN KOSOVO [...] (C) As instructed reftel, Ambassador Withers on January 22 urged Albania's continued constructive and stabilizing role in the region with respect to the question of Kosovo's independence in separate meetings with Prime Minister Berisha and Foreign Minister Basha. He added that we are now ente [...] |
2008-01-23 13:47:00 | Embassy Tirana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV AL |
| 08TIRANA585 | BERISHA OUTBURST STILL THE TALK OF TIRANA [...] (SBU) One week on, Prime Minister Berisha's July 23 outburst in Parliament - in which he insulted and then threatened to kill opposition MP Taulant Balla in unprintably profane terms - continues to be a major focus of the press, as well as a source of speculation, head scratching and embarras [...] |
2008-08-01 05:41:00 | Embassy Tirana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM AL |
| 08TIRANA589 | GOA REACTION TO NEW GLOBAL INITIATIVE PARTNERS [...] (U) Embassy delivered points in reftel to Mr. Sajmir Repishti, Chief of the UN Division at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Repishti thanked post for information on the recent admittance of Mauritius and Uzbekistan to the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism (GI). Mr. Repishti had no [...] |
2008-08-04 05:26:00 | Embassy Tirana | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL PTER KGIC KNNP AL |
| 08TIRANA59 | First Criminal Terrorism Finance Case Hits Albanian [...] (U) SUMMARY: In December 2007, Hamzeh Abu Rayyan, the administrator for UN 1267 designated terrorist financier Yassin al-Qadi, was criminally charged with hiding funds used to finance terror. This marks the first time that an individual has been charged with terrorism financing in Albania. [...] |
2008-01-23 14:20:00 | Embassy Tirana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTFN PTER PREL AL |
| 08TIRANA60 | CONSUMERS FLOCKING TO SHOPPING MALLS AS ALBANIA'S ECONOMY [...] The opening of modern shopping malls in Tirana is a sign of Albania's economic development and growing affluence. The retail economy is beginning to transition away from small family-owned stores with limited product lines to large, Western-style shopping centers. These new shopping outlets [...] |
2008-01-24 06:23:00 | Embassy Tirana | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV SOCI AL |
| 08TIRANA611 | ALBANIA AGREES TO DISCUSS RESETTLEMENT OF GITMO [...] (C) Summary: On 17 June 2008, Ambassador at Large for War Crimes Clint Williamson met with Albanian government officials to encourage them to talk about their experiences in accepting detainees from the U.S. military base at Guantanamo. The GOA was very open to discussing their experience wi [...] |
2008-08-08 07:37:00 | Embassy Tirana | CONFIDENTIAL | KAWC PGOV PHUM PREF PREL CH AL |
| 08TIRANA617 | VLORE ANTI-TRAFFICKING NGO TO STAY OPEN AFTER FUNDING PULLS [...] SUMMARY: On July 11 PolOff and the USAID Anti-Trafficking Advisor met with staff from the Vatra Shelter, one of the oldest anti-trafficking NGOs in Albania. Vatra is one of four non-governmental reintegration shelters which provides a package of social services to repatriated victims of traff [...] |
2008-08-11 14:29:00 | Embassy Tirana | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM AL |
| 08TIRANA624 | ALBANIAN PARLIAMENT APPROVES SUPPLEMENTARY BUDGET [...] For the third year in a row, tax and customs revenue collection exceeded forecasts for the first half of the year. Collections were seven percent (USD 81 million) above plan, allowing the Parliament to approve a supplementary budget on July 24. Although the GOA has reduced both business and [...] |
2008-08-12 16:06:00 | Embassy Tirana | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EAID PGOV AL |
| 08TIRANA632 | ALBANIA'S CELL PHONE RATES - HIGHEST IN THE REGION [...] Albania's nascent telecom regulator and increasing competition are finally beginning to soften mobile tariffs, currently the highest in the Balkans and among the highest in Europe. Two operators, AMC and Vodafone, had virtually free reign to set prices as they chose from 2000 to 2007, raking [...] |
2008-08-15 11:46:00 | Embassy Tirana | UNCLASSIFIED | ECPS ECON EINV AL |
| 08TIRANA653 | IS ALBANIA FACING A BANKING CRISIS? [...] (C) Despite slowing economic growth in the U.S. and EU, Albania continues to report a six percent GDP growth. However, one prominent Albanian banker worries that the rapidly rising number of non-performing retail loans could soon lead to bank failures and consolidations and weaken the banking [...] |
2008-08-26 15:15:00 | Embassy Tirana | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EFIN ECON AL |
| 08TIRANA66 | THIS WEEK IN ALBANIA, JANUARY 18 - 25, 2008 [...] (U) The following is a weekly report prepared by Embassy Tirana's local staff to provide political and economic context and insight into developments in Albania. These updates will supplement post's DAR reports and reporting cables. ---------------------- POLITICAL DEVELOPMENTS ---------- [...] |
2008-01-25 16:57:00 | Embassy Tirana | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON PGOV PREL AL |
| 08TIRANA67 | Criminal Prosecutions Increase in Albania [...] (U) Summary: Criminal prosecutions in Albania have accelerated since the creation of the Joint Investigative Unit (JIU) to fight Economic Crime and Corruption in the Tirana District Prosecution Office in September, 2007. Two corruption cases against government officials are currently being tr [...] |
2008-01-26 06:38:00 | Embassy Tirana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KCRM PREL AL |
| 08TIRANA675 | PM BERISHA'S DEMOCRATIC BACKSLIDING [...] (C) SUMMARY: Since the Bucharest Summit in April, Prime Minister Berisha has embarkedon eries of attempts to consolidate his powerat the expense of key independent institutions, ncluding efforts to undermine and interfere in te work of the Prosecutor General, obstruct the onging investigatio [...] |
2008-09-05 11:12:00 | Embassy Tirana | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KJUS PHUM PINR AL |
| 08TIRANA686 | PM PLAYS NICE, PRESIDENT EXPRESSES CONCERN IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: In separate meetings on September 4 and 5, a conciliatory Prime Minister Berisha and a frustrated President Topi discussed NATO ratification and the draft media, intelligence agency and Prosecutor General laws with Ambassador Withers. In response to the Ambassador's concerns tha [...] |
2008-09-11 05:53:00 | Embassy Tirana | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KJUS PHUM PINR ECPS AL |
| 08TIRANA697 | URGENT ACTION REQUEST FOR TRAFFIC ACCIDENT [...] (SBU) Embassy Tirana requests urgent assistance in responding to a GOA request for help in investigating a September 12 traffic accident that resulted in the death of a key witness in a high profile, ongoing investigation. The GOA has offered to pay for all expenses associated with any U.S. [...] |
2008-09-13 14:15:00 | Embassy Tirana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PREL KJUS PINS AL |
| 08TIRANA7 | THIS WEEK IN ALBANIA, DECEMBER 28, 2007- [...] (U) The following is a weekly report prepared by Embassy Tirana's local staff to provide political and economic context and insight into developments in Albania. These updates will supplement post's DAR reports and reporting cables. ----------------------------------- ECONOMIC AND CULTURAL [...] |
2008-01-04 15:25:00 | Embassy Tirana | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON PGOV SOCI PHUM AL |
| 08TIRANA71 | THIS WEEK IN ALBANIA, JANUARY 28 - FEBRUARY 1 [...] (U) The following is a weekly report prepared by Embassy Tirana's local staff to provide political and economic context and insight into developments in Albania. These updates will supplement post's DAR reports and reporting cables. --------------------- ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTS ------------ [...] |
2008-02-01 14:20:00 | Embassy Tirana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PGOV PREL AL |
| 08TIRANA723 | ALBANIA WILL OPPOSE KOSOVO ICJ RESOLUTION [...] (SBU) A/DCM delivered reftel demarche to Director General for Multilateral Affairs Spiro Koci. Koci said Albania will oppose the Serbian resolution, and will make a statement opposing the resolution during the debate on October 8. CRISTINA [...] |
2008-10-06 12:48:00 | Embassy Tirana | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL UNGA AL |
| 08TIRANA731 | ALBANIA WILL BENEFIT FROM NEW PRIVATE EQUITY FUND [...] No summary [...] |
2008-10-08 06:29:00 | Embassy Tirana | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV AL |
| 08TIRANA745 | GREECE PRESSURING ALBANIA ON BORDER, CEMETERY [...] (C) Summary: The Greek government is pressuring the GOA to accept its demands in bilateral negotiations to demarcate the two countries' maritime border. Athens is also threatening to refuse to ratify Albania's Stabilization and Association Agreement with the EU over a contentious issue inv [...] |
2008-10-09 13:28:00 | Embassy Tirana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV GR AL |
| 08TIRANA752 | BERISHA LAUNCHES RENEWED ASSAULT ON PROSECUTOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: Beginning on October 10 and continuing over the weekend, Prime Minister Berisha and the Ministry of Justice began a new campaign to intimidate and obstruct the work of the Office of the Prosecutor General. Alleging that the PG's Office had broken the law while trying last week to [...] |
2008-10-14 15:15:00 | Embassy Tirana | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS PHUM KCOR KCRM PREL AL |
| 08TIRANA757 | ALBANIAN BANKS SEE HIGHER WITHDRAWALS [...] (C) Albania seems to be weathering the global credit crunch better than many Western countries but there are signs of potential problems. Recently, the Ministry of Finance postponed a Eurobond offering, originally scheduled for late spring, due to turbulence in the credit markets and the poss [...] |
2008-10-16 11:08:00 | Embassy Tirana | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON PGOV AL |
| 08TIRANA758 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON DESIGNATION OF THE ISLAMIC [...] No summary [...] |
2008-10-16 14:45:00 | Embassy Tirana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD PARM KNNP EUN EWWT PREL AL |
| 08TIRANA770 | SCENESETTER FOR EUR DAS STUART JONES' VISIT TO [...] (U) Embassy Tirana warmly welcomes your visit to Tirana, a city you will find unrecognizable since your last visit to Albania 14 years ago. 2. (C) Your visit comes at a time of growing uncertainty for the Albanian public and especially for Albania's political class. Although the past yea [...] |
2008-10-24 09:30:00 | Embassy Tirana | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KJUS ECON MARR AL |
| 08TIRANA774 | G-99 MOVEMENT LOOKS TO 2009 ELECTIONS FOR CHANGE [...] (C) Summary: In an October 22 meeting with Ambassador, Erion Veliaj, leader of the G-99 political movement, said the June 2009 elections are a "golden opportunity" for Albania to showcase its democratic progress. Veliaj said his movement, which aims at younger, more urban voters, has strong s [...] |
2008-10-24 14:27:00 | Embassy Tirana | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL AL |
| 08TIRANA775 | REQUEST FOR DOD EOD SUPPORT TO ALBANIA [...] (U) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST - SEE ALSO PARAGRAPHS 7 AND 8. Post requests Department assistance in securing EOD support from the Department of Defense to assist the government of Albania in its efforts to eliminate 100,000 tons of destabilized unexploded conventional munitions (DUCMs) that [...] |
2008-10-27 10:21:00 | Embassy Tirana | SECRET | MARR PREL MASS AL |
| 08TIRANA786 | Embassy Tirana Weekly Report [...] As Albania enters the rainy season, common citizens are waiting for the rain to provide some security in the supply of electricity over the winter season. The government is looking forward to a rain of money, which is expected to hit Albania due to large projects currently in the planning sta [...] |
2008-10-31 15:10:00 | Embassy Tirana | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV ENRG EFIN PREL PHUM AL |
| 08TIRANA787 | SOFT BORDERS: KUKES AND PRIZREN [...] Summary. On October 28-29, Poloff visited the northern border town of Kukes to deliver a presentation at the local American Corner. In conversations and activities, it seemed that the city of Kukes, 15 minutes from the border with Kosovo, faces north more than south, with its interests large [...] |
2008-10-31 15:51:00 | Embassy Tirana | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL AL SMIG |
| 08TIRANA790 | ALBANIA'S BANKING SECTOR SEEMS OK - FOR NOW [...] (SBU) International financial experts and the Governor of the Albanian Central Bank (CB) believe that Albania is weathering the global financial crisis quite well due to precautionary moves by the CB to keep deposits in Albania as well as a much lower ratio of loans to deposits than is common i [...] |
2008-11-04 12:25:00 | Embassy Tirana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON PGOV AL |
| 08TIRANA793 | MEDIA ATTACKS CONTINUE ON PG'S Office [...] (U) Over the weekend, two pro-PM Berisha media outlets unleashed another wave of attacks on Prosecutor General (PG) Ina Rama. TV Klan, one of the main pro-GOA TV outlets, aired an editorial which claimed Rama has smeared GOA officials during the course of her investigation of the Gerdec traged [...] |
2008-11-04 15:36:00 | Embassy Tirana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL AL |
| 08TIRANA796 | EUR DAS JONES' MEETING WITH PRESIDENT TOPI [...] (C) Summary: On October 30, President Bamir Topi told DAS Jones that Albania is moving forward with governmental reforms, although at times the debate is "harsh." He specifically cited Ambassador Withers, public statements as playing a helpful role in promoting independent institutions, thank [...] |
2008-11-05 13:33:00 | Embassy Tirana | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM AL |
| 08TIRANA797 | DAS JONES MEETING WITH PM BERISHA [...] (C) Summary: In an October 29 meeting with DAS Jones, a tired and unhealthy-looking PM Sali Berisha offered both effusive praise for the U.S., as well as a rambling but spirited denial that he or the GOA were trying to undermine independent institutions, especially the judiciary. Berisha outl [...] |
2008-11-05 13:34:00 | Embassy Tirana | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM AL |
| 08TIRANA805 | Embassy Tirana Weekly Report [...] Throughout the several months preceding the U.S. Presidential Election, major dailies carried local experts' comments on the U.S. electoral campaign and potential policy changes for the Balkans and Albania. Most concluded that whoever would emerge president-elect, U.S. policy toward Albania w [...] |
2008-11-10 15:24:00 | Embassy Tirana | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV ENRG EFIN PREL PHUM AL |
| 08TIRANA806 | GOA: WE UNDERSTAND THE CHAMS' COMPLAINTS, BUT. . . [...] (SBU) Summary: The Chams, ethnic Albanians expelled from Greece after World War II, are preparing to file a legal case in an undecided venue seeking Greek citizenship and/or compensation from the Greek government for the mistreatment they received during their forced expulsion. Little has been [...] |
2008-11-10 15:48:00 | Embassy Tirana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL GR AL |
| 08TIRANA811 | ALBANIA: HEAD IN THE SAND? [...] (C) Prime Minister Berisha appears so obsessed with winning the 2009 election that he seems totally oblivious to the possible economic problems facing Albania. Although the IMF and other international financial institutions (IFI) have forecast a relatively smooth passage through the global fi [...] |
2008-11-13 16:47:00 | Embassy Tirana | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON AL |
| 08TIRANA812 | ALBANIA'S SMALL PARTIES STAGE HUNGER STRIKE [...] (U) On November 10, Ilir Meta, head of small opposition party LSI, gathered ten other small party leaders and disgruntled members of the DP and SP to protest the proposed electoral code by staging a hunger strike in the Parliament's plenary meeting room. They are protesting provisions in the [...] |
2008-11-13 17:10:00 | Embassy Tirana | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL AL |
| 08TIRANA814 | ALBANIA: CORRUPTION CONTINUES IN STAFFING AAF [...] (C) Summary. The Albanian Ministry of Defense was disappointed to learn that its mission to Iraq will terminate at the end of December since Albania was not included in the list of Coalition countries the GOI will ask to stay. One reason may be the continuing practice of demanding bribes when [...] |
2008-11-14 15:23:00 | Embassy Tirana | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PGOV MOPS AL |
| 08TIRANA823 | HUNGER STRIKE ENDS, ELECTORAL CODE PASSES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: After an nine-day hunger strike on the floor of Parliament, eleven disheveled and defiant MPs left the chamber on the evening of November 18, shortly before the remaining MPs overwhelmingly voted in favor of the new electoral code by the lopsided score of 113-1. The ringleader [...] |
2008-11-19 14:14:00 | Embassy Tirana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM AL |
| 08TIRANA825 | GOA STRUGGLING TO CONTROL SOUTHERN BORDER [...] (C) Summary: On a November 14 visit to Gjirokaster and the Kakavije border point, GOA officials, while generally positive, bemoaned a lack of resources to effectively patrol the border for traffickers of humans, arms, narcotics and contraband. Working level cooperation with the Greek police s [...] |
2008-11-20 11:45:00 | Embassy Tirana | CONFIDENTIAL | SMIG PREL KWMN KTIP PHUM SNAR PGOV AL GR |
| 08TIRANA826 | HUNGER STRIKE ENDS, ELECTORAL CODE PASSES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: After an nine-day hunger strike on the floor of Parliament, eleven disheveled and defiant MPs left the chamber on the evening of November 18, shortly before the remaining MPs overwhelmingly voted in favor of te new electoral code by the lopsided score of 1131. The ringleader o [...] |
2008-11-20 11:45:00 | Embassy Tirana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM AL |
| 08TIRANA827 | DEMOCRATIC PARTY LOOKING (CAUTIOUSLY) TOWARDS LIFE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Seven months before the 2009 parliamentary elections, Prime Minister Sali Berisha maintains a tight grip on his Democratic Party (DP). With nearly complete control over who gets on the party lists for the upcoming elections and no credible rivals within the party, Berisha is like [...] |
2008-11-20 15:23:00 | Embassy Tirana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV AL |
| 08TIRANA828 | ALBANIA: ELECTRICITY UPDATE [...] (SBU) Albania's electricity generating capacity is totally dependant on hydroelectric power. So far, rainfall in 2008 has been below normal, causing key reservoir levels to drop. The GOA, facing parliamentary elections in June 2009, fears a return to the 2006/2007 electricity crisis, during w [...] |
2008-11-20 15:45:00 | Embassy Tirana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG ECON PREL AL |
| 08TIRANA835 | OPPOSING UNGA RESOLUTIONS WITH ANTI-ISRAEL BIAS [...] On November 24, Poloff delivered reftel talking points and information to Saimir Repishti, Chief of the UN Division at the MFA. Repishti offered no substantive comment but promised to pass the information to his superiors for their consideration. WITHERS [...] |
2008-11-24 16:28:00 | Embassy Tirana | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL UNGA AL |
| 08TIRANA836 | Embassy Tirana Weekly Report [...] The Ruling Democratic Party and the opposition Socialists were in a state of jubilation last week as Parliament passed with an over 90 per cent majority the new Electoral Code that will regulate the conduct of the upcoming general elections in Albania. With 113 votes in favor and only one agai [...] |
2008-11-25 12:04:00 | Embassy Tirana | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV ENRG EFIN PREL PHUM AL |
| 08TIRANA837 | OPPOSING UNGA RESOLUTIONS WITH ANTI-ISRAEL BIAS [...] (SBU) On November 25, Saimir Repishti, Chief of the UN Division at the MFA, told Poloff that Albania will abstain from voting on the three UNGA resolutions with anti-Israeli bias. WITHERS [...] |
2008-11-25 13:13:00 | Embassy Tirana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL UNGA AL |
| 08TIRANA842 | GOA CONTINUES TO SUPPORT FIRST COMMITTEE [...] On November 24, Poloff thanked Saimir Repishti, Chief of the UN Division at the MFA, for the GOA's support and co-sponsorship of the First Committee Resolution on Compliance. Repishti said the GOA will continue to support this resolution. WITHERS [...] |
2008-11-26 09:59:00 | Embassy Tirana | UNCLASSIFIED | MNUC PARM PREL UNGA AL |
| 08TIRANA843 | AN ELECTORAL BUDGET FOR 2009 [...] (U) On November 24, Parliament in principle approved the 2009 budget by a vote of 77-45, with all 77 yea votes coming from the ruling party. After this initial approval, the budget must still be formally approved by Parliament, but this is expected to occur on November 26. At about 5 billion [...] |
2008-11-26 13:01:00 | Embassy Tirana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON EFIN PREL AL |
| 08TIRANA858 | GOA LAMBASTES "POLITICALLY MOTIVATED" INDICTMENT [...] SUMMARY: (C) In recent days the GOA has intensified pressure on the Prosecutor General's (PG) office with two statements, one from the PM and a longer one from the MFA, which harshly criticized both the opposition and the PG for the "politically" motivated indictment of FM Lulzim Basha on Nov [...] |
2008-12-03 16:16:00 | Embassy Tirana | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON PHUM PREL KCOR KJUS AL |
| 08TIRANA86 | ALBANIA'S PARLIAMENTARY RESOLUTION ON NATO MEMBERSHIP [...] On January 21, Parliament passed a resolution declaring it would do whatever is necessary to receive an invitation to join NATO. The resolution was introduced by the opposition Socialist Party and passed unanimously. This is the first time in the history of Albania's democratic Parliament th [...] |
2008-02-05 16:49:00 | Embassy Tirana | UNCLASSIFIED | NATO PGOV PREL AL |
| 08TIRANA862 | REMITTANCES TO ALBANIA HOLDING STEADY [...] (SBU) Fears of Albania's economy hitting the skids due to a fall in remittances may be overblown according to Western Union owner Edmund Leka. Leka told Embassy personnel that WU has not seen a noticeable decline in remittances, particularly from Italy and Greece, which remain the two largest [...] |
2008-12-05 15:28:00 | Embassy Tirana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON PGOV AL |
| 08TIRANA863 | G99 DESCRIBES STRATEGY FOR 2009 ELECTION [...] (SBU) Summary: In a December 5 meeting with the political section head, Erion Veliaj, leader of the G99 politacal movemend, told the section head that he belieted hir G99 party would pick up three parliae$nt seatsiN thE up coming election. G99 will berUhning aQ c!ePa(g. Qocused on "public safet [...] |
2008-12-05 15:48:00 | Embassy Tirana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL AL |
| 08TIRANA867 | OSCE PROGRESS REPORT ON PARLIAMENTARY ELECTION PREPARTIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: On December 5, the Deputy Minister of the Interior said the GOA was making satisfactory progress on registering addresses in the country (the first step toward issuing voter ID cards), although he admitted they are behind schedule. The Deputy Minister expressed confidence that a [...] |
2008-12-09 12:14:00 | Embassy Tirana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM PGOV PHUM PREL AL |
| 08TIRANA870 | Embassy Tirana Weekly Report [...] (SBU) The legal defense team of Foreign Minister Basha (and former Minister of Transportation) appears determined this week to use any procedural trick possible to keep Basha from facing trial on crimes allegedly committed during the tendering process of the construction of the Durres-Kukes ro [...] |
2008-12-09 15:46:00 | Embassy Tirana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ENRG EFIN PREL PHUM KJUS AL |
| 08TIRANA872 | Country Team Assessment for The Regional Air [...] (U) The US Embassy, Tirana Country Team has reviewed EUCOM's 1206 proposal to include Albania's Regional Air Surveillance Coordination Center (RASCC) and supports this proposal. 2. (U) The Ministry of Defense (MoD) has agreed to participate in this project which will fulfill their partne [...] |
2008-12-10 11:46:00 | Embassy Tirana | UNCLASSIFIED | MOPS PREL AL |
| 08TIRANA873 | FM BASHA BATTLING PROSECUTORS, POLITICAL RIVALS [...] (C) SUMMARY: After a long and contentious investigation, prosecutors have forwarded the indictment of Foreign Minister Lulzim Basha to the Supreme Court, which will rule on Basha's guilt or innocence (ref a). To make matters worse for Basha, newspapers today printed lengthy excerpts from the [...] |
2008-12-12 07:45:00 | Embassy Tirana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV AL |
| 08TIRANA875 | ALBANIAN FOREIGN POLICY IN ASIA, AFRICA AND LATIN [...] (C) Summary: In a December 9 meeting with Nuri Domi, the Director of the Department for Asia, Africa, and Latin America, Domi told Poloff that the Chinese continually pester the GOA to not accept any more Uighurs from Guantanamo Bay, and said that the GOA will formally open an Embassy in India [...] |
2008-12-12 08:07:00 | Embassy Tirana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV AL |
| 08TIRANA877 | DEMARCHE ON UNITED NATIONS HARMONIZATION OF [...] On December 12, Poloff delivered reftel talking points and information to Saimir Repishti, Head of the UN Division at the MFA. Repishti agreed that recruiting and retaining qualified staff for the UN is a priority for the GOA, but did not say what the GOA position was on the U.S. or other prop [...] |
2008-12-12 13:36:00 | Embassy Tirana | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT AORC APER PREL UNGA AL |
| 08TIRANA878 | RFG: ADDRESSING ALBANIAN DEFMIN CONCERNS OVER [...] (U) This is an action request. See Paragraph 9. 2. (C) Summary: During Defense Minister Oketa's Dec 5 visit to Washington, he expressed concern at the lack of progress at the demilitarization site of Polican and laid part of the blame on the US contractor. This concern was based on Oketa' [...] |
2008-12-12 13:45:00 | Embassy Tirana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MASS PARM AL |
| 08TIRANA883 | DRAFT LUSTRATION LAW - A POTENTIAL DISASTER FOR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: After nearly 8 hours of debate in Parliament, including an opposition walkout and hour-long speech by the Prime Minister, the Speaker of Parliament used a procedural motion to postpone a vote on the draft Lustration Law until next week, claiming that pending amendments made a d [...] |
2008-12-16 13:24:00 | Embassy Tirana | CONFIDENTIAL | KJUS KDEM PGOV PREL AL |
| 08TIRANA884 | ALBANIA'S 2009 (ELECTORAL) BUDGET [...] (SBU) PM Berisha declared that the 2009 budget, approved by Parliament on November 29, is an important instrument to finish his 2005 electoral promises, mainly the increase of salaries and pensions and the completion of several infrastructure projects. The opposition claims the budget is desig [...] |
2008-12-17 07:33:00 | Embassy Tirana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON PGOV AL |
| 08TIRANA888 | EXBS ADRIATIC REGION MARITIME REPORTING CABLE FOR OCTOBER [...] (U) BROAD ITEMS OF INTEREST TO ADVISORS AND AGENCY MANAGERS -- November 19: Prime Minister Sali Berisha issued a statement indicating that the Council of Ministers approved the list of military items and dual use goods and technologies subject to state control and tasked the State Export Cont [...] |
2008-12-18 10:22:00 | Embassy Tirana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP AL |
| 08TIRANA892 | ALBANIA'S INSURANCE PRIVATIZATION: DIRTY MONEY? [...] (C) Dallas-based American Reserve Life Insurance Company (ARL) on December 9 was awarded the tender for the GOA's 61 percent of Albanian insurance company INSIG for 25 million euro. The remaining 39 percent is owned by EBRD and IFC. The Ministry of Finance organized the tender, which to many [...] |
2008-12-19 15:25:00 | Embassy Tirana | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON KCRM PREL AL |
| 08TIRANA895 | RE: THE WAY AHEAD ON ALBANIANS MUNITIONS [...] Summary. On December 16, Ambassador delivered talking points in reftel a to Minister of Defense Gazmend Oketa. In response, Oketa noted that he has agreed to provide a letter to either Secretary Rice or Assistant Secretary Kimmit reporting progress in Albania's demil efforts. Oketa reported [...] |
2008-12-22 06:25:00 | Embassy Tirana | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PGOV PREL NATO AL |
| 08TIRANA897 | ALBANIA: 2008 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM [...] (SBU) In 2008 Albania pledged to increase its contribution of troops to Afghanistan, maintained frozen bank accounts related to money laundering and terrorism financing, and aggressively worked with the United States and other countries to combat terrorism. Albania made progress in identifying [...] |
2008-12-22 15:41:00 | Embassy Tirana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER ASEC AL |
| 08TIRANA899 | LUSTRATION LAW PASSES, BUT WHAT NEXT? [...] (C) SUMMARY: On December 22 Parliament passed the controversial Lustration Law by a vote of 74-2, with one abstention. Sixty four opposition MPs boycotted the session. The Lustration Law now moves to the President, who has 20 days to either sign the bill into law, send it back to Parliament [...] |
2008-12-23 14:48:00 | Embassy Tirana | CONFIDENTIAL | KJUS KDEM PREL PGOV AL |
| 08TIRANA90 | ALBANIA: RESHUFFLE IN PROSECUTOR'S OFFICE COMES UNDER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Prosecutor General (PG) Ina Rama carried out the first major reshuffling of her office since her appointment in November 2007. Fourteen prosecutors currently serving in the Prosecutor General's Office were removed and leadership of several District Prosecution Offices changed [...] |
2008-02-06 15:28:00 | Embassy Tirana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KCRM AL |
| 08TIRANA901 | REVISED EXBS ADRIATIC REGION MARITIME REPORTING CABLE FOR [...] (U) BROAD ITEMS OF INTEREST TO ADVISORS AND AGENCY MANAGERS -- November 19: Prime Minister Sali Berisha issued a statement indicating that the Council of Ministers approved the list of military items and dual use goods and technologies subject to state control and tasked the State Export Cont [...] |
2008-12-23 15:26:00 | Embassy Tirana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP AL |
| 08TIRANA916 | ALBANIA STRENGTHENS ARMO [...] (SBU) A ban on imports of D2 diesel fuel has given the recently-privatized petroleum refiner ARMO a monopoly over the market for cheap but dirty D2 diesel fuel, Albanians' diesel of choice. ARMO is Albania's only refiner, and has, by a decision of the Council of Ministers, until January 1, 201 [...] |
2008-12-29 12:05:00 | Embassy Tirana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET ETRD ENRG ECON AL |
| 08TIRANA919 | Embassy Tirana Weekly Report [...] The visit of the Italian PM Berlusconi earlier this month attracted a lot of attention for good and for bad. During the short visit both Berlusconi and Prime Minister Berisha hailed the current bilateral relationship. They agreed on further intensifying economic ties, particularly energy and [...] |
2008-12-31 15:31:00 | Embassy Tirana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ENRG EFIN PREL PHUM KJUS AL |
| 08TIRANA92 | ALBANIA WELCOMES CODEL TANNER [...] (U) Embassy Tirana warmly welcomes the Tanner Congressional Delegation to Albania February 22, to assess Albania's readiness for NATO. Overview -------- 2. (U) Albania has made good progress on NATO- and EU-oriented reforms and is committed to continuing implementation. Albania is a valu [...] |
2008-02-07 06:19:00 | Embassy Tirana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP OVIP NATO AL |
| 08TIRANA99 | THIS WEEK IN ALBANIA, FEBRUARY 2-8, 2008 [...] (U) The following is a weekly report prepared by Embassy Tirana's local staff to provide political and economic context and insight into developments in Albania. These updates will supplement post's DAR reports and reporting cables. ---------------------- POLITICAL DEVELOPMENTS ---------- [...] |
2008-02-08 18:13:00 | Embassy Tirana | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON PGOV PREL PHUM AL |
| 08TOKYO780 | JAPAN'S PARTICIPATION AT DAMASCUS ARAB LEAGUE [...] (C) Japan's Special Envoy for the Middle East, Ambassador Tatsuo Arima, is planning to attend the Arab Summit meeting March 29-30 in Damascus as an observer, confirmed MOFA First Middle East Division Principal Deputy Director Akihiro Tsuji. Per ref B, Embassy Tokyo political officer told Tsuj [...] |
2008-03-21 07:57:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SI AL JA |
| 08TRIPOLI168 | LIBYA: DEMARCHE IN PREPARATION FOR MAR 5-6 AL MINISTERIAL [...] No summary [...] |
2008-03-03 08:20:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AL IZ KV LE SY LY |
| 08TRIPOLI982 | LIBYA: SECTION 565 WAIVER OF PROHIBITION AGAINST CONTRACTING WITH FIRMS COMPLYING WITH AL BOYCOTT [...] (U) The Government of Libya (GOL) does not maintain diplomatic relations with Israel. Local firms are required by national law to comply with the Arab League (AL) boycott, and would therefore not be able to sign the required U.S. certification without exposing themselves to civil and/or criminal [...] |
2008-12-29 13:14:00 | Embassy Tripoli | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KBCT ABLD PHUM AL ECON AMGT ASUP AFIN LY |
| 08TUNIS1186 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: NOVEMBER 26 ARAB LEAGUE [...] No summary [...] |
2008-11-26 07:00:00 | Embassy Tunis | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KWBG AL TS |
| 08TUNIS891 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON TERRORIST BROADCASTING TO [...] (C) On August 1, the Ambassador discussed reftel demarche on ARABSAT with senior GOT MFA officials. While agreeing with the broad goal of stopping extremist broadcasts, MFA officials recommended that the US Government widen its efforts to include a political solution, for example by seeking a [...] |
2008-08-06 14:47:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER XF AL |
| 08USNATO242 | NATO, ALBANIA AND CROATIA SIGN ACCESSION PROTOCOLS [...] (U) In a brief ceremony on July 9, Albania, Croatia, and the NATO Allies signed the Protocols of Accession for the two countries to become part of NATO (Note: The original Protocols will be hand carried to the Department. End note). SYG Jaap de Hoop Scheffer described the day as a historic one [...] |
2008-07-10 16:44:00 | Mission USNATO | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL MARR NATO AL HR |
| 08USNATO29 | REQUEST FOR GUIDANCE: NAC DISCUSSION OF MEMBERSHIP [...] (SBU) PM Berisha will head Albania's delegation to NATO on January 30 to discuss its NATO Membership Action Plan (MAP) Report with Allied PermReps. That discussion will conclude Albania's ninth MAP cycle, and will form the basis for an Allied decision on inviting Albania to join the Alliance a [...] |
2008-01-24 16:00:00 | Mission USNATO | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL NATO MARR AL |
| 08USNATO396 | ALBANIA PRESENTS ITS ANNUAL NATIONAL PLAN AT NATO [...] (C) Summary: On October 17, a senior-level Albanian delegation presented Tirana's 2008-2009 Annual National Program to NATO'S Senior Political Committee. The presentation drew praise from Allies. At the same time, several delegations, led by the U.S., raised serious concerns about perceived b [...] |
2008-10-24 14:18:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR NATO AL |
| 08USNATO419 | READOUT: AMR MOUSSA'S 6 NOVEMBER DISCUSSION WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: On November 6, Mr. Amr Moussa, Secretary General of the League of Arab States, held a broad exchange of views with the North Atlantic Council at NATO HQ. Striking a conciliatory tone early on as he read from his prepared text, Moussa lauded the election of President-elect Obama, [...] |
2008-11-10 13:54:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PARM PREL AL XI XF |
| 08USNATO43 | PM BERISHA DISCUSSES ALBANIA'S NATO ACCESSION [...] (C) Prime Minister Berisha discussed Albania's prospects for being invited to join NATO at the Bucharest Summit with the NAC on January 30, concluding Albania's ninth MAP cycle. The participation of opposition figures in his delegation, a recent unanimous parliamentary motion of support for NAT [...] |
2008-02-06 13:15:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NATO MARR PGOV AL |
| 08ZAGREB620 | CROATIA WILLING TO PROCEED WITH EXPANSION OF THE [...] (SBU) Per reftel, Pol officer discussed the future of the Adriatic Charter on August 22 with Marina Rozic, Head of the NATO Department at the Croatian Foreign Ministry. Rozic said that Croatia wanted to continue cooperation with the A-3 countries as well as with other potential new members. T [...] |
2008-08-27 11:01:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MARR NATO AL MK HR |
| 08ZAGREB674 | CROATIA SUPPORTIVE OF THE EXPANSION OF ADRIATIC [...] (SBU) PolOff on September 23 discussed ref A points on the expansion of the Adriatic Charter with Marina Rozic, Head of the NATO Department at the Croatian Foreign Ministry. Rozic said that Croatia wanted to continue with the Adriatic Charter with Montenegro and Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) as [...] |
2008-09-24 13:45:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR NATO PREL MK HR AL SR MW BK |
| 09ABUDHABI62 | Demarche in Preparation for the January 16 Arab League [...] (C) In a January 15 meeting with MFA Asst U/S for Political Affairs Tariq al-Haidan, DCM delivered reftel points. With FM Abdullah currently in Washington, MFA Minstate Gargash is already on his way to Kuwait to participate in the January 16 Ministerial, Haidan promised to convey our points t [...] |
2009-01-15 14:10:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD KPAL KWBG MOPS PHUM PREL AL AE |
| 09ABUDHABI893 | ARAB LEAGUE MINISTERIAL DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO UAE [...] (C) CDA Delivered reftel demarche to Assistant Minister for Political Affairs Tariq Hamdan on September 8. Hamdan discussed the spectrum of regional issues of joint interest, but did not indicate what the UAE was prepared to offer in terms of financial contributions or specific diplomatic init [...] |
2009-09-09 08:43:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi |