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SECSTATE SECTOR SECURITY SEMAAN GABY EID SEN SENC SENG SENS SENU SENV SENVQGR SENVSPL SENVSXE SEP SERBIA SERZH SETTLEMENTS SEVN SEXP SF SFNV SG SGNV SGWI SH SHANNON SHI SHUM SI SILVASANDE SIMS SIPDI SIPDIS SIPR SIPRNET SIPRS SIUK SK SKCA SKEP SKI SKSAF SL SLM SLOVAK SM SMAR SMI SMIG SMIL SMIT SMITH SMRT SN SNA SNAP SNAR SNUC SO SOC SOCI SOCIA SOCIETY SOCIO SOCIS SOCISZX SOCR SOCY SOE SOFA SOI SOIC SOLI SOLIC SOM SOMALIA SOPN SORT SOSI SOVIET SOWGC SP SPAS SPC SPCE SPCVIS SPECI SPECIALIST SPILL SPP SPSTATE SR SREF SRIT SRS SRYI SSA SSH ST STAG START STATE STC STEINBERG STEPHEN HADLEY STET STP STR STUDENT SU SUCCESSION SUFFRAGE SULLIVAN SUMMIT SUR SUSAN SV SW SWHO SWMN SX SXG SY SYAI SYMBOL SYR SYRIA SYSI SYTH SZ TA TAGS TALAL TAUSCHER TAX TB TBI TBID TBIO TBIOZK TBKIO TBO TC TCOR TCSENV TD TDA TE TECH TECHNOLOGY TER TERAA TERFIN TERR TERROR TERRORISM TF TFIN TG TGRY TH THANH THE THERESE THIRDTERM THKSJA THOMAS THOMAS THOMMA THPY TI TIA TIBO TIFA TINT TIO TIP TITI TIUZ TJ TK TL TM TN 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KUIR KUM KUNA KUNC KUNH KUNP KUNR KUS KUWAIT KV KVBL KVIP KVIR KVIS KVPR KVRC KVRP KW KWAC KWAK KWAWC KWBC KWBG KWBW KWCI KWCR KWGB KWHG KWIC KWIM KWIR KWKN KWM KWMJN KWMM KWMN KWN KWNM KWNN KWOMN KWPA KWPB KWPG KWPR KWRC KWRF KWRG KWUN KWWT KWWW KX KY KZ LA LAB LABOR LANSANA LANTERN LARREA LARS LAS LAURA LAVIN LAW LB LBAR LBY LE LEAGUE LEB LEBIK LEGAT LEGATT LEIS LEON LEVINE LEW LG LGAT LH LI LIB LICC LIMA LINE LK LMS LN LO LOG LOPEZ LORAN LOTT LOVE LR LS LT LTG LTTE LU LV LVPR LY LZ MA MAAR MACEDONIA MACP MANUEL MANUEL SERGIO GONZALEZ MAP MAPP MAPS MAR MARAD MARANTIS MARIA MARIE MARINO MARITIME MARK MARQUEZ MARR MARS MARTIN MARV MAS MASC MASS MATT MAYA MB MBM MC MCA MCAP MCAPARR MCAPN MCAPP MCAPS MCAT MCC MCCAIN MCCONNELL MCCP MCGRAW MCRM MCTRE MD MDA MDC MDO ME MEA MED MEDIA MEETINGS MENDIETA MEP MEPI MEPN MEPP MERCOSUR MESUR MEX MF MFA MFO MG MGL MGMT MGOV MGT MGTA MH MHUC MI MIAH MIC MICHAEL MICHEL MIGUEL FELIPE CANAHUATI YACAMAN MIGUEL VARGAS MALDONADO MIK MIKE MIL MILI MILITANTS MILITARY MILLENNIUM MINURSO MINUSTAH MITCHELL MJ MK ML MLS MMAR MMED MN MNLF MNNC MNNUC MNU MNUC MNUCH MNUCWA MNUM MNUN MNUR MNUS MNVC MO MOHAMAD MOHAMED HESHAM ELDIN YOUSSEF MOHAMMAD MOLINA MONTENEGRO MONUC MONY MOOPS MOP MOPP MOPPS MOPS MORALES MORG MOROCCO MORS MOS MOTO MOTT MP MPOL MPOS MPP MPS MQADHAFI MR MRCRE MRRR MRS MRSEC MS MSG MSIG MT MTAA MTAG MTCAE MTCR MTCRA MTCRE MTRCE MTRE MTRRE MTS MU MUC MUCN MUKASEY MULLEN MUNC MURAD MURRAY MV MW MX MY MZ NA NAC NACB NADIA NAFTA NAM NAMSA NANCY NAR NARC NARCOTICS NARR NAS NASA NAT NATEU NATGAS NATIONAL NATO NATOAFGHAN NATOBALKANS NATOIRAQ NATOOPS NATOPOLICY NATSIOS NAVO NB NBTS NBU NC NCCC NCD NCT NCTC NDI NDP NE NEA NEC NEGROPONTE NEI NELSON NEPAD NERG NET NEW NFATC NFMS NFSO NG NGO NGUYEN NH NI NICHOLAS NICOLE NIH NIPP NK NKWG NL NLD NLIAEA NLO NMFS NMNUC NMUC NNPT NO NOAA NOI NOK NON NONE NORAD NOTAG NOVO NP NPA NPG NPT NR NRC NRG NRR NRRC NS NSC NSF NSFO NSG NSSP NT NTDB NTSB NTTC NU NUC NUIN NV NW NZ NZUS OA OAO OARC OAS OASC 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04THEHAGUE2526 | CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WEEKLY WRAP-UP [...] (SBU) On October 1, South Korean del rep Park Yong Kyu informed us that his delegation was recommending to Seoul that South Korea not/not support a continuation of the political consultancy for General Chong, who is tasked with working on universality on the Korean peninsula. The ROK delegat [...] | 2004-10-05 14:16:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL CWC |
04THEHAGUE2531 | AC/PDAS RECORD'S SEPTEMBER 28 MEETING WITH DUTCH [...] (C) Summary: AC/PDAS Frank Record met with Dutch MFA Security Policy Director Maurits Jochems on September 28. The two reviewed a broad resume of arms control issues including the NPT, Non-strategic nuclear weapons, missile defense, FMCT, and a proposed U.S. landmine export ban. They also di [...] | 2004-10-05 14:54:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL NL EUN NATO |
04THEHAGUE2534 | TERRORIST FINANCE: THE HAGUE PRENOTIFICATION OF [...] No summary [...] | 2004-10-05 15:57:00 | Embassy The Hague | SECRET | ETTC EFIN PTER PREL CVIS KTFN NL LVPR |
04THEHAGUE2559 | EU-CHINA HUMAN RIGHTS DIALOGUE: DISAPPOINTING, BUT [...] (C) Summary: While working-level MFA contacts found recent EU-China discussions on human rights disappointing, on balance the October 11 GAERC will almost certainly determine that the EU-China Human Rights Dialogue is worthwhile and should continue. Dutch interlocutors stressed on October 5 [...] | 2004-10-07 09:14:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL KIRF KJUS CH NL |
04THEHAGUE2564 | UNRWA: NO NAMES YET FROM THE EU FOR HANSEN [...] (C) Poloff shared ref a points with Karel van Kesteren, Director of the Dutch MFA UN Affairs office, who promised to continue EU efforts to identify a replacement for Hansen. He said that he had asked EU counterparts for names during meetings on the margins of the UNGA last week, and he pro [...] | 2004-10-07 13:40:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL NL |
04THEHAGUE2565 | UNCHR/WEOG VOTING ROTATION DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...] | 2004-10-07 13:42:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL WEOG UNCHR UN |
04THEHAGUE2566 | IRAQ/NL: POINTS ON IRAQ WMD REPORT DELIVERED [...] (C) POLCOUNS delivered reftel points on the DCI Special Advisor's Comprehensive Report on Iraq WMD to Jaap Werner, Head of the Dutch MFA's Political Affairs Department, on October 6. Werner expressed keen interest in the report and its findings, but offered no substantive response. SOBEL [...] | 2004-10-07 14:08:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR NL KPDD |
04THEHAGUE2582 | NETHERLANDS/EU/BANGLADESH: DETERIORATING INTERNAL [...] (C) Summary: The Dutch share U.S. concerns regarding the deteriorating domestic situation in Bangladesh. In their capacity as EU President, the Dutch are organizing a "brainstorming session" on October 21 to develop a common EU approach to the situation. End Summary. "Bleak" Situation --- [...] | 2004-10-08 10:33:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PINS ECON BG NL |
04THEHAGUE259 | DUTCH DISCUSS TRANSATLANTIC GOALS WITH AMBASSADOR [...] (C) Summary. MFA SecGen Frank Majoor and Pol Director Hugo Siblesz invited Ambassador, DCM, and other embassy officials to lunch January 23 to discuss the upcoming Dutch EU presidency. The Dutch hope to work with the U.S. to elaborate cooperation in the area of peace and security, particular [...] | 2004-02-02 11:27:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EU TU NL MEPP |
04THEHAGUE2590 | NETHERLANDS/EU/UN: PLANNING TO VOTE FOR CUBAN [...] (C) Poloff delivered ref A demarche October 8 to Jan Jaap Groenemeijer, MFA's Policy Advisor on Cuba and Caribbean Issues. Groenemeijer responded that while the U.S. and Europeans certainly agree on many aspects of the human rights and political situation in Cuba, he did not foresee any chang [...] | 2004-10-08 14:42:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETRD CU UNGA |
04THEHAGUE26 | 2003-2004 INCSR FOR THE NETHERLANDS - PART II: MONEY [...] ATTACHED IS THE HAGUE'S SUBMISSION OF PART II OF THE 2003- 2004 INCSR: MONEY LAUNDERING AND FINANCIAL CRIMES. POST'S RESPONSE HAS BEEN ORGANIZED ACCORDING TO CHAPTERS PROVIDED IN THE INCSR QUESTIONNAIRE (REF. A). THE DOLLAR/EURO EXCHANGE RATE ON JANUARY 5 WAS 0.7880 EUROS TO THE DOLLAR. THE [...] | 2004-01-07 15:28:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | KSEP SNAR PTER ECON EFIN ETTC KCRM PREL PGOV NL |
04THEHAGUE2605 | NETHERLANDS/EU/CHINA: EU "CAUTIOUS" ON LIFTING [...] (C) Summary: According to Dutch FM Bot, the EU is moving "cautiously" with regard to the issue of lifting the China arms embargo. Although there is no strong opposition to lifting the embargo, several members feel more time is needed before making that decision. Bot would prefer not to have [...] | 2004-10-12 14:12:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM MARR ETTC CH NL EU |
04THEHAGUE2606 | CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WEEKLY WRAP-UP [...] (U) Facilitator Mark Matthews/UK held a 6 October consultation on the recommendations contained in the Second progress Report on the OPCW Plan of Action Regarding the Implementation of Article VII (EC-38/DG.16, 15 September 2004). Delegations welcomed the limited progress made since the last [...] | 2004-10-12 14:12:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL CWC |
04THEHAGUE2642 | ATTORNEY GENERAL PRAISES US-EU EFFORTS TO FIGHT [...] (U) SUMMARY: In a JHA Troika meeting and a meeting on the margins of the JHA Informal Council, AG Ashcroft and DHS U/S Hutchinson praised EU cooperation with the U.S. in fighting terrorism. These meetings built on the September 18 EU Troika meeting attended by DHS Sec. Ridge (Reftel B) and re [...] | 2004-10-13 17:26:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER PREL ATRN KCRM NL EUN |
04THEHAGUE2675 | DUTCH INCLINED TO SUPPORT "NEW AGENDA" RESOLUTION [...] No summary [...] | 2004-10-15 14:48:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL MNUC AORC KNNP NL UNGA CDG |
04THEHAGUE2676 | NETHERLANDS/EU/ASEM: EU CONDEMNS BURMESE HUMAN [...] (SBU) Summary: Dutch MFA contacts have expressed relief that the October 7-9 ASEM summit in Hanoi proceeded smoothly. After months of negotiating the related issues of Burmese participation and EU sanctions, the summit itself was relatively "boring," according to one interlocutor. Only EU r [...] | 2004-10-15 14:50:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EU PHUM BM VM NL ARF |
04THEHAGUE2677 | NETHERLANDS/EU/KOREA: DUTCH ON EU SUMMIT WITH [...] (SBU) Both MFA Korea Desk officer and South Korea Embassy officer told poloffs that the EU-South Korea Summit held in Hanoi on October 9 was so brief -- lasting only two hours including interpretation -- that participants did not have enough time to cover all of the issues included in the leng [...] | 2004-10-15 14:50:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NL KS KN EUN |
04THEHAGUE2678 | ICTY: MILOSEVIC TRIAL PICKS UP WHERE IT LEFT OFF [...] (SBU) Summary. The trial of Slobodan Milosevic before the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) resumed on October 12 after a one-month hiatus, the bulk of its time devoted to a status conference in which assigned defense counsel Steven Kay updated the court on his o [...] | 2004-10-15 14:56:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | BK HR KAWC NL PHUM PREL SR ICTY |
04THEHAGUE2680 | DUTCH ON OSCE ELECTION MISSION IN UKRAINE [...] No summary [...] | 2004-10-15 16:00:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL UP NL OSCE |
04THEHAGUE2682 | CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): ENSURING [...] (SBU) When PDAS Frank Record visited recently, it was particularly important that he brought the news that Washington had finally cleared payment of 9.4 million Euros to the OPCW. The organization was beginning to feel the pinch of the late U.S. payment, and Director-General Pfirter was most [...] | 2004-10-18 07:39:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL CWC |
04THEHAGUE2687 | CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC) - APPROVAL OF [...] (U) The Executive Council of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW),at its October 12-15 session, unanimously adopted a recommendation to all States Parties to approve a change to the Chemical Weapons Convention. This change allows Libya to request approval for the [...] | 2004-10-18 10:57:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL LY CWC |
04THEHAGUE2691 | NETHERLANDS/EU PRESIDENCY: THE HALF-WAY POINT [...] (C) Summary. With three months down and three to go, the Dutch no doubt view the first half of their presidency as a qualified success. They have made measurable progress on most of their priorities and effectively navigated two unexpected developments (the crisis in Darfur and PM Balkenend [...] | 2004-10-18 14:33:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON NL EUN |
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 |
04THEHAGUE2699 | CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC) - DISCUSSIONS ON [...] (U) It was apparent at the October 12-15 Executive Council that member states remain divided on the Director-General's budget and program proposal for 2005. While the differences are not great, whether on the level of increase or specifics in the program, it will still require some time and [...] | 2004-10-19 12:56:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL CWC |
04THEHAGUE2704 | NETHERLANDS/EU/VENEZUELA: SPEAKING OUT ON HUMAN [...] (C) Summary: The Dutch share U.S. concerns about a deteriorating political and human rights situation in Venezuela, but as EU President are reluctant to voice criticism before consulting with other EU members. The EU does not plan to discuss a collective post-referendum strategy toward Venezu [...] | 2004-10-19 14:26:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM VE NL EUN |
04THEHAGUE271 | ICTY: NEW STRESSES IN THE MILOSEVIC TRIAL [...] (C) Summary. The trial of Slobodan Milosevic before the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) careens towards an interesting, difficult and potentially explosive final few weeks of the prosecution's case. In terms of testimony, the biggest grenade could come in the [...] | 2004-02-03 16:50:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | BK HR KAWC NL PHUM PREL SR ICTY |
04THEHAGUE2711 | ICTY: DEMARCHE ON BEHALF OF MERON CANDIDACY [...] No summary [...] | 2004-10-20 11:32:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | BK HR KAWC NL PHUM PREL SR ICTY |
04THEHAGUE2712 | NETHERLANDS/EU/UNGA: DUTCH PLANS FOR UN WORKING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: UN Funding, UN security, and the 2005 "Major Event" will dominate the EU's UN Working Group (CONUN) meeting on October 25, according to its chair, Karel van Kesteren. Other issues on the agenda include a discussion of regional groupings, the social dimension of globalization, [...] | 2004-10-20 12:34:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AORC NL UNGA |
04THEHAGUE2723 | NETHERLANDS/EU/RUSSIA: SLOUCHING TOWARD THE SUMMIT [...] (C) SUMMARY: According to the Dutch EU Presidency, the October 19 EU-Russia troika made only limited progress toward finalizing agreements in the four "common spaces" preparation for the November 11 EU-Russia summit. Outstanding differences remain in the areas of external security (where the R [...] | 2004-10-21 14:37:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PTER PGOV ECON NL RU |
04THEHAGUE2728 | NETHERLANDS/EU/CUBA: DUTCH TALK THE TALK, BUT [...] (C) Summary: Cuba's refusal to allow entry to two Dutch MPs and one Spanish MP on October 15 focused public attention sharply on Cuba's human rights record and the EU's Cuba's policies, with many MP's weighing in in favor of a stronger EU approach. FM Bot called in the Cuban Ambassador to co [...] | 2004-10-22 11:34:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM CU NL EUN |
04THEHAGUE2733 | EU/COHOM: WORKING FOR EU SUPPORT FOR US HUMAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: The United States and EU Troika met October 15 to discuss human rights issues in the context of the semi-annual "COHOM" troika meeting. The EU confirmed that they still value the human rights dialogue process with China and want to coordinate with us on ways to refocus all [...] | 2004-10-22 13:59:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM AORC PREL CH NL |
04THEHAGUE2735 | CAUTIOUS DUTCH REACTION TO EC REPORT ON TURKEY [...] (SBU) Summary: The Dutch government has officially characterized the October 6 European Commission report on Turkey, including its recommendation that a date be set for accession negotiations, as "a good basis for decision making by the European Council in December." Parliament also receive [...] | 2004-10-22 15:09:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV TU NL EUN |
04THEHAGUE2736 | ICTY: "WHO'S RUNNING THIS COURT?" [...] (C) Summary: A rare appeals chamber hearing in the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) case against Slobodan Milosevic heard sharp and well-presented arguments this week on the imposition of counsel on the accused. Defense counsel Steven Kay pleaded with the appea [...] | 2004-10-22 15:41:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | BK HR KAWC NL PHUM PREL SR ICTY |
04THEHAGUE2740 | THE NETHERLANDS: U.S. PLANS TO PROVIDE UPDATE ON [...] No summary [...] | 2004-10-25 15:21:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP MNUC PARM PREL |
04THEHAGUE2749 | INVITEE INFORMATION, LONDON EXPORT CONTROL [...] Embassy delivered reftel A invitation on September 27 to George Bontenbal, head of the Export Control and Strategic Goods section of the Ministry of Economic Affairs. This week he told econoff that, while he was the most appropriate person to attend the conference, he was still unsure if he [...] | 2004-10-26 13:19:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC PREL PARM KSTC MASS NL |
04THEHAGUE2750 | CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WEEKLY WRAP-UP [...] (U) On the margins of the 38th Executive Council, Del contacted Art VII noncompliant EC members to: 1) request an update regarding their status of implementation, 2) stress the importance of EC members, whom are charged with the responsibility of overseeing treaty implementation, to honor the [...] | 2004-10-26 14:12:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL CWC |
04THEHAGUE2757 | PRE-GAERC DEMARCHE: DUTCH RESPONSES [...] (C) Summary. PolCouns and PolOff met with Jaap Werner, Director, Political Affairs, MFA, and Adriaan Palm, MFA Political Affairs Officer, on October 26 to deliver points in reftel. Werner said the only addition to the agenda as set forth reftel was the African Great Lakes, where the Belgians [...] | 2004-10-26 18:19:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NL EUN |
04THEHAGUE2758 | CUBA/NETHERLANDS/EU: DUTCH HOPE EU WILL PRESERVE [...] (C) Summary: The Dutch support retaining the EU's June 2003 measures to pressure Cuba on human rights, but as EU president they feel bound to seek a "consensus" position. As the EU is currently split on the issue, according to Dutch contacts, a consensus to change the current measures may not [...] | 2004-10-27 11:50:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM CU NL EUN |
04THEHAGUE2766 | NETHERLANDS/IRAQ: DUTCH WITHDRAWAL POSITION [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Dutch government is determined to end the current deployment of Dutch troops in Al-Muthanna in mid-March in accordance with assurances provided to parliament last June. Defense Minister Kamp will send a letter to parliament in the next two weeks reaffirming that Dutch forces [...] | 2004-10-28 06:48:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS MARR IZ NL NATO |
04THEHAGUE2776 | NETHERLANDS/EU/AFRICA: DUTCH SEEKING SUPPORT FOR [...] (C) Summary: The Dutch are fully invested in the November 19-20 Great Lakes Conference (GLC),having contributed 500,000 euros (and reportedly considering doubling that amount). The Dutch will table by the end of December a draft EU strategy for the Great Lakes region, based on the long-term [...] | 2004-10-29 08:54:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM RW CG BY NL EUN |
04THEHAGUE2777 | NETHERLANDS/EU: DUTCH EXPECTATIONS FOR NOV 2 GAERC [...] (U) Summary. MFA Deputy Directors Joep Wijnands (Political Affairs, European Correspondent) and Dirk Oldenburg (European Integration) briefed emboffs Oct 28th on expectations for the Nov 2 GAERC and the Nov 5 European Council. The GAERC will focus primarily on preparations for the Council, so [...] | 2004-10-29 09:45:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NL EUN |
04THEHAGUE2778 | NETHERLANDS/EU/KOSOVO/UKRAINE/CYPRUS: ADDITIONAL [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered ref a points on Kosovo, Ukraine, and Northern Cyprus to MFA Deputy Director Joep Wijnands (Political Affairs, European Correspondent) October 28 (ref B covered the remaining GAERC points). On October 29, Poloff repeated points on Northern Cyprus to Hannie Pollman-Zaal [...] | 2004-10-29 12:24:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL CY TU NL EUN |
04THEHAGUE2783 | NETHERLANDS/ASHRAF REPATRIATIONS: STILL UNDER [...] No summary [...] | 2004-10-29 13:43:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREF PREL PTER IZ IR NL |
04THEHAGUE2789 | TURKEY/EU - FM GUL TO EU: GIVE US OUR DATE WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a low-key visit to The Hague on October 25, Turkish FM Gul reportedly complained about provisions of the EC's October 6 report that highlighted Turkey's "unique" situation. He worried it was still uncertain that the European Council would set a date in December to begin acce [...] | 2004-11-01 09:34:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM TK NL EUN |
04THEHAGUE2792 | ICTY - MILOSEVIC REGAINS SOME CONTROL OVER DEFENSE [...] (C) Summary. The trial of Slobodan Milosevic before the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) was recessed again because of a lack of witnesses during the week of October 24, but that did not stop the case from making news. In particular, Steven Kay, imposed defense [...] | 2004-11-01 13:09:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | BK HR KAWC NL PHUM PREL SR ICTY |
04THEHAGUE2793 | ICTY - TRIBUNAL OFFICIALS HIGHLIGHT CONCERNS ABOUT [...] (C) Summary. In a series of meetings on September 28 at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY),President Meron, Chief Prosecutor Del Ponte, and Registrar Holthuis struck consistent themes with Ambassador-at-Large for War Crimes Issues Pierre Prosper and EUR DAS f [...] | 2004-11-01 17:55:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | BK HR KAWC NL PHUM PREL SR ICTY |
04THEHAGUE281 | DUTCH FM BOT'S VISIT TO THE U.S. [...] (C) I just spoke with Ben Bot and found him well-prepared for his February 9 visit to Washington. He plans to ask how he personally can contribute to improved transatlantic relations. As he has said in press interviews, other European leaders are counting on him to help mend fences between the Euro [...] | 2004-02-04 12:24:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | AF EU IZ NL PGOV PREL SNAR TU XA XF XH NATO |
04THEHAGUE282 | CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC) - BRIEFING THE [...] (C) In preparation for OPCW Director-General Pfirter's February 4-6 trip to Libya, the U.S. and U.K. provided a joint briefing to the DG and some of the accompanying staff members. Ambassador Javits utilized the points in reftel, and the U.K. provided one of its technical experts who recent [...] | 2004-02-04 12:42:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL LY CWC |
04THEHAGUE283 | CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP-UP FOR 30 [...] (C) Greek OPCW Attache Vassilios Kraniotis provided us with an update on planning for a potential terrorist attack using chemical agents at the Olympic games. Most of these plans, he said, had been downgraded from "Confidential" to "Official Use Only" by his government, but he asked us to pr [...] | 2004-02-04 12:54:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL CWC |
04THEHAGUE2831 | DUTCH TO SUPPORT EU DESIGNATION OF LEBANESE [...] (U) On November 1, Dutch Foreign Minister Bot informed the Dutch Second Chamber (lower house of parliament) of the GONL's intentions to seek EU designation of both the political and military branches of the Lebanese Hizballah. The GONL previously had maintained a distinction between the two [...] | 2004-11-03 14:17:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | KTFN ETTC EFIN PTER PREL NL |
04THEHAGUE2836 | NETHERLANDS/EU: SWARTBOL ON TURKEY, RUSSIA, [...] (C) SUMMARY: Rob Swartbol, PM Balkenende's senior foreign policy advisor, predicted to Ambassador Sobel on November 1 that the EU will make a positive decision on Turkish accession negotiations in December, but warned that the Turks will find some elements of the decision more objectionable [...] | 2004-11-03 17:30:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NL EUN |
04THEHAGUE2845 | NETHERLANDS/US: EXTRADITION/MUTUAL LEGAL [...] No summary [...] | 2004-11-04 11:06:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM NL PREL |
04THEHAGUE2864 | VAN GOGH KILLING SHOCKS DUTCH NATION [...] (SBU) Summary: The brutal murder November 3 of prominent Dutch film director/personality Theo van Gogh by a Dutch Moroccan in bright daylight in an Amsterdam street has rocked Dutch society. The murder recalls the assassination in 2002 of maverick politician Pim Fortuyn, who, like Van Gogh, critici [...] | 2004-11-05 13:59:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PINR NL |
04THEHAGUE2868 | UNGA 59 HUMAN RIGHTS: DEMARCHE ON HUMAN RIGHTS [...] Please see guidance request in paragraph 3. 2. Poloff shared reftel points with Guillaume Teerling (Senior Advisor, Human Rights office, MFA) on November 5. As the EU and the USG are cooperating closely in the Third Committee, Teerling required no convincing. Teerling said that the Nethe [...] | 2004-11-05 15:02:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL NL EUN UNGA |
04THEHAGUE2869 | ICTY - APPEALS CHAMBER RETURNS LEAD IN DEFENSE [...] (SBU) Summary: On November 1, the Appeals Chamber of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) upheld the Milosevic trial chamber,s decision to impose counsel on the accused but reversed the trial chamber,s decision to give assigned counsel a lead role in the case. [...] | 2004-11-05 15:08:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | BK HR KAWC NL PHUM PREL SR ICTY |
04THEHAGUE287 | Dutch policy on Burma [...] Summary: In a January 28 response to questions from Parliament, Foreign Minister Bot outlined Dutch policy on Burma. For reasons of effectiveness, the GoNL believes that the EU as a whole, and not bilateral Dutch efforts, should take the lead in advancing the improvement of the political and h [...] | 2004-02-04 16:56:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM EU BM NL |
04THEHAGUE2870 | EU/NETHERLANDS/ISRAEL: SUPPORTING ISRAEL'S [...] (C) The EU has been discussing how Israel might participate in WEOG meetings outside New York, according to Pieter Ramaer (Head of Legal and Political Affairs, MFA UN Department). Speaking with Poloff about reftel on November 5, Ramaer said the recent CONUN meeting in Brussels considered Is [...] | 2004-11-05 15:47:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AORC KIPR IS NL UNEP WIPO ILO EUN |
04THEHAGUE2871 | DUTCH VIEWS ON U.S.-EU DPRK HUMANITARIAN AID [...] (C) Emboffs met with Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs Director for Humanitarian Affairs Joost Andriesson and DPRK desk officer Robert Dressen. They thanked emboffs for sharing reftel talking points and welcomed the possibility of further discussions on humanitarian assistance to North Korea. [...] | 2004-11-05 15:48:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID PREL KN NL WFP |
04THEHAGUE2872 | DEMARCHE REQUEST: U.S. GOALS FOR GLOBAL FUND BOARD [...] Sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. Econoff delivered reftel talking points to Stuart Flavell, Director of the Global Network of Positive People Living with HIV/AIDS and Dr. Marijke Wijnroks, Health Advisor in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. 3. Flavell flatly [...] | 2004-11-05 16:40:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KHIV PREL TBIO NL |
04THEHAGUE2894 | SCENESETTER: DUTCH ENVIRONMENT SECRETARY'S [...] Summary: Dutch State Secretary for the Environment Pieter van Geel will travel to Washington November 15 to meet with USG energy and environment officials. He wants to explore possible next steps for a broad, post-Kyoto dialogue on climate change. His vision for future climate change discu [...] | 2004-11-10 07:29:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV ENRG PREL NL |
04THEHAGUE2909 | MEASURABLE PROGRESS ON DUTCH TIP EFFORTS [...] MR. SECRETARY: FIVE MONTHS OF FOCUSED ATTENTION AND INTENSIVE G/TIP, EMBASSY AND DUTCH EFFORTS HAVE PRODUCED TANGIBLE RESULTS (REFTEL). THE RECORD DEMONSTRATES DUTCH COMMITMENT AND CONCRETE ACHIEVEMENTS IN FIGHTING THE TRAFFICKING PROBLEM IN THE NETHERLANDS. THE EXTENT OF THE DUTCH TIP EFFOR [...] | 2004-11-10 15:40:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN NL |
04THEHAGUE2910 | NETHERLANDS/EU/IRAQ: UN PROTECTION FORCE POINTS [...] No summary [...] | 2004-11-10 16:19:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS NL IZ EUN UN |
04THEHAGUE2924 | NETHERLANDS/EU/INDIA: "NEW PARTNERSHIP" HAS LITTLE [...] (C) Summary: Beyond welcoming a new "strategic partnership," the November 8 EU-India Summit was perhaps more notable for what it lacked than what it included. The new "strategic partnership" appears to be little more than a wishlist of topics for cooperation to be fleshed out over the next ye [...] | 2004-11-12 14:09:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KNNP IN NL EUN |
04THEHAGUE2929 | TENSION AND DEBATE IN HOLLAND [...] (SBU) Summary: The November 3 murder of Theo van Gogh (reftel) and s... [...] | 2004-11-12 15:26:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PINR NL |
04THEHAGUE2932 | ICTY: MILOSEVIC TRIAL CHAMBER FOCUSES ON APPOINTED [...] (SBU) Summary: The trial chamber in the case against Slobodan Milosevic before the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) continued to deal with defense counsel issues during the week of November 8. Its three days of hearings -- a full schedule for this case -- were [...] | 2004-11-12 17:06:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | BK HR KAWC NL PHUM PREL SR ICTY |
04THEHAGUE2989 | DUTCH STUDYING REQUEST TO SUPPORT IST [...] (SBU) Embassy political counselor passed reftel demarche to MFA Director for Gulf Affairs Adri van Loopik on November 10. Van Loopik was noncommittal and suggested that he and his colleagues in the MFA Legal Division would need to study the request. In a follow-up conversation with Olivia S [...] | 2004-11-17 15:27:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM KAWC PTER PREF IZ NL |
04THEHAGUE2990 | UN/EU/WEOG/ISRAEL: EU MAY RELENT AT CND, UNEP, ILO [...] (C) The EU is looking anew at ways to include Israel in WEOG deliberations, particularly in the CND, UNEP and IOL, Pieter Ramaer (MFA deputy in the UN department) told Poloff November 16. At the EU's CONUN meeting November 15, Ramaer reported, the Dutch circulated our ref b notes (that we ha [...] | 2004-11-17 16:21:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AORC IS NL KCRM UNEP WIPO ILO EUN |
04THEHAGUE2991 | DUTCH REACTION TO REQUEST FOR VOLUNTARY [...] No summary [...] | 2004-11-17 16:23:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL MARR NL CY UNFICYP |
04THEHAGUE2992 | NETHERLANDS: BELARUS PARTICIPATION IN CEI SUMMIT [...] No summary [...] | 2004-11-17 16:26:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM SI BO NL EUN |
04THEHAGUE2999 | Dutch Opinion Makers -- Hopes and Fears [...] Summary: In the days immediately following the US election, Ambassador Sobel and PA staff met with key groups of editors, commentators and journalists. Most Dutch commentators and reporters expressed uncertainty on how to read the elections, particularly the exit poll information that indic [...] | 2004-11-18 11:12:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO PREL NL |
04THEHAGUE3001 | DUTCH ASK USG HELP WITH TURKEY ON CYPRUS, AND [...] (C) Summary: Still expecting a positive outcome on December 17 for Turkey, the Dutch DG for the EU, Marnix Krop, sees trouble brewing on Greece and Cyprus and has asked the U.S. to help in two specific ways. First, urged us to impress upon Turkey the problems that Turkey's Aegean flights ha [...] | 2004-11-19 08:02:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL TU CY GR PGOV EUN |
04THEHAGUE3005 | VENEZUELA/NETHERLANDS/EU: EU PESSIMISTIC BUT [...] No summary [...] | 2004-11-19 08:03:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM VE NL EUN |
04THEHAGUE3006 | CUBA/NETHERLANDS/EU: NO CONSENSUS (YET) TO CHANGE EU POSITION [...] No summary [...] | 2004-11-19 08:03:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | CU EUN NL PGOV PHUM PREL |
04THEHAGUE3015 | NETHERLANDS/IRAQ: RECONFIGURING THE DUTCH PRESENCE [...] (C) SUMMARY: A clear consensus in the Cabinet and parliament exists for concluding the Dutch deployment in Al Muthanna as scheduled. The government's November 12 letter to parliament states Dutch troops will end their current mission in mid-March, although some personnel will stay longer (we [...] | 2004-11-19 08:05:00 | Embassy The Hague | SECRET | PREL PGOV MARR MOPS IZ NL NATO EUN |
04THEHAGUE3038 | DUTCH ATTENDANCE AT FORUM FOR THE FUTURE [...] After coordinating with the Moroccan Embassy in the Hague, POLCOUNS delivered refs points and agenda for the December 11 Forum for the Future in Rabat to Michiel den Hond, Head of the Dutch MFA's Middle East Affairs Department on November 18. Den Hond confirmed that Dutch Foreign Minister Bot [...] | 2004-11-19 16:21:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ECON KDEM KMPI KPAO NL EUN |
04THEHAGUE3041 | NETHERLANDS/EU/MIDDLE EAST: DUTCH HOPING TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Dutch hope to use the remaining weeks of their presidency to refocus the EU on the Middle East in order to take advantage of new opportunities. According to FM Bot and the head of the MFA's Middle East section, providing support for the Palestinian elections it their top pr [...] | 2004-11-19 17:03:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PGOV KPAL NL MEPI |
04THEHAGUE3045 | NETHERLANDS/ISRAEL/WEOG: WEOG ALTERNATIVE FORUM [...] (C) During a November 19 follow-up conversation to ref A, Karel van Kesteren (MFA, UN Department) suggested to Poloff that the EU is considering the option of holding "WEOG" meetings by another name in places like the ILO or WIPO in order to facilitate inclusion of Israel. He noted that the [...] | 2004-11-22 15:16:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AORC IS NL UNGA |
04THEHAGUE3067 | NETHERLANDS/EU/CHINA ARMS EMBARGO: POLDIR ON NOV [...] (C) Ambassador Sobel discussed the EU China arms embargo with MFA PolDir Hugo Siblesz on November 22; specifically the reference to the EU's intention to send a "positive signal" to China. Siblesz said the PRC had requested reference be made to the embargo in the EU-China Summit Communique. A [...] | 2004-11-23 17:29:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM CH NL EUN |
04THEHAGUE3074 | DUTCH PARLIAMENT REITERATES OPPOSITION TO LIFTING [...] (U) At a regular hearing in the Dutch parliament on November 18 prior to the monthly EU foreign ministers' meeting (GAERC),spokesmen for the main political parties reiterated their opposition to the lifting of the EU's China arms embargo. Encouraged by the recent vote in the European Parliam [...] | 2004-11-24 07:55:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV CU NL EUN |
04THEHAGUE3094 | RUSSIA/UKRAINE/EU - ANGRY PUTIN, FIRM EU AGREE AT [...] (C) SUMMARY: At the Russia-EU Summit in The Hague November 24, an "angry, aggressive" President Putin demanded Ukrainian law should dictated the outcome and rejected EU interest in finding a political solution as unwarranted and unnecessary. Drawing on OSCE election monitoring conclusions, [...] | 2004-11-26 14:07:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR UP NL EUN RU |
04THEHAGUE3098 | TURKEY/EU: TURKEY ON TRACK WITH HURDLES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Turkish FM Gul met with the EU troika in the Hague November 23 in the last high-level meetings before the Council on December 17 faces its moment of truth. The Council will make its decision based both on the Commission report and issues Member States raise; elements of an in [...] | 2004-11-26 16:37:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC CY GR NL PREL TU EUN |
04THEHAGUE3133 | NETHERLANDS/CROATIA: EU ATTITUDE TOWARDS ICTY [...] (C) SUMMARY: There is "no daylight" between the USG and Dutch national position on Croatia and its obligation to cooperate with the ICTY, Alle Dorhout (MFA European Integration Department Croatia officer) confirmed to Poloff and Legaloff when discussing reftel points November 30. The Dutc [...] | 2004-12-01 11:16:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | KAWC PREL PGOV NL TU HR ICTY EUN |
04THEHAGUE3140 | EU/TURKEY: DUTCH COMMENT ON DECISION DRAFT [...] (C) SUMMARY: On November 29 the Dutch circulated draft conclusions on Turkey to EU partners (subsequently leaked to the press) in advance of the December 17 Council meeting that includes strong, but predictable, language on accession (e-mailed to EUR/ERA and USEU). Turkish officials in The [...] | 2004-12-01 15:41:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC PREL TU HR RO CY BU EUN |
04THEHAGUE3162 | THE NETHERLANDS/ISAF STAGE II EXPANSION [...] (S) PolMilOff made ref A demarche to Dutch MFA Security Policy Operations Director Rob Gabrielse on November 26 (preliminary reaction reported ref B) and raised it again with Gabrielse on December 2. Gabrielse said this request had been discussed within the Dutch interagency working group tha [...] | 2004-12-03 15:59:00 | Embassy The Hague | SECRET | MARR PREL MOPS AF NL NATO |
04THEHAGUE3166 | NETHERLANDS/EU: FM BOT ON CHINA, TURKEY, [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a one and one half hour discussion with Ambassador Sobel on December 2, Dutch Foreign Minister Bernard Bot laid out his priorities for the last few weeks of the Dutch EU presidency. Bot stated categorically that he will not lift the Chinese Arms Embargo, but predicted (agai [...] | 2004-12-03 16:47:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR CH RS NL EUN |
04THEHAGUE3177 | NETHERLANDS/EU/CHINA: CHINA SUMMIT CONTENT STILL [...] (C) Summary: With just over one working day left before the EU-China Summit, the Dutch are still in negotiations with the Chinese regarding content of an EU-China Joint Statement, including what if anything will come of talk about a Chinese "gesture" on human rights as part of a package for a p [...] | 2004-12-06 16:55:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETRD MARR PARM CH NL EUN |
04THEHAGUE3178 | EU/TURKEY: DUTCH ISSUE REV 2 DRAFT TEXT [...] (C) Rob Swartbol (PM Balkenende's diplomatic advisor) (STRICTLY PROTECT) told Ambassador Sobel late December 6 he was alarmed about efforts by France, Austria and Denmark to promote a third way/privileged partnership alternative for Turkey. He said that the Dutch were working to get Germany an [...] | 2004-12-06 19:11:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC PREL TU CY EUN |
04THEHAGUE3182 | NETHERLANDS/CUBA/LIBERTAD ACT: REVIEW OF POLICIES [...] (C) Summary: Dutch government and society puts primary emphasis on human rights and freedoms in policies and activities toward Cuba. While the Dutch adhere to the EU Common Position on Cuba, the GoNL is currently resisting Spanish-led efforts to unconditionally revise EU relations with Cuba. [...] | 2004-12-07 15:33:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | CU ETTC PREL NL EUN |
04THEHAGUE3184 | CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): HOST COUNTRY [...] (C) The U.S. invited a number of countries (Refs A-F) to send representatives to The Hague, during the 9th CWC Conference of the States Parties (from 29 Noveber-3 December 2004) for informal bilateral expert discussions on Host Country Agreements (HCA). With the exception of Luxembourg, the [...] | 2004-12-08 08:23:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL CWC |
04THEHAGUE3197 | CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WEEKLY WRAP-UP [...] (U) The wrap-up includes items from discussions on the margins of the November 24 special Executive Council session and the Nov 29-Dec 2 Conference of States Parties (CSP) which were informally reported back to Washington. ------ TAIWAN ------ 2. (U) The application by the Taiwan Chem [...] | 2004-12-08 10:44:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL CWC |
04THEHAGUE3202 | CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): IRANIAN RECEIPT [...] (S) On December 7, a senior official of the Verifications Division of the Technical Secretariat of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons confirmed that transfer of the Schedule 3 chemical trimethyl phosphite in 2003 was declared by both India and Iran in their 2003 Aggrega [...] | 2004-12-08 10:58:00 | Embassy The Hague | SECRET | PARM PREL IR CWC |
04THEHAGUE3210 | ICTY - PROSPER WARNS THAT TRIBUNAL MAY CONTINUE [...] (C) Summary. On December 6, Ambassador-at-Large for War Crimes Issues Pierre Prosper met with officials from the Office of the Prosecutor (OTP) at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY). During the meeting, and later with the press, Prosper emphasized that a l [...] | 2004-12-08 16:44:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | BK HR KAWC PHUM ICTY PREL SR |
04THEHAGUE3219 | NETHERLANDS/EU: EXPECTATIONS FOR DEC 13 GAERC [...] (C) Summary. Emboffs met with Jaap Werner, Director, Political Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, on December 8 to deliver points reftel and December 9 with Joep Wijnands, the Deputy Director, and Derk Oldenburg (MFA Dep Dir for European Enlargement). Werner expected smooth sailing on Bulga [...] | 2004-12-09 12:03:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | NL PREL KNNP IR IS TU CR RO SU UP EUN |
04THEHAGUE3223 | TURKEY/EU: DUCH PM'S DEC 9 DINNER WITH ERDOGAN [...] (C) PM Balkenende's focus at dinner with PM Erdogan in Brussels tonight, December 9, is to seek an agreement over how Turkey can adequately indicate recognition of Cyprus in the context of accession negotiations, Jochem Wiers (MFA EU Enlargement office and main drafter of accession texts for [...] | 2004-12-09 13:56:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC CY GR NL PREL TU EUN |
04THEHAGUE3224 | EU/CYPRUS: EU NOT READY TO PAY MORE TOWARD [...] No summary [...] | 2004-12-09 14:34:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL MARR NL CY UNFICYP |
04THEHAGUE3228 | THE NETHERLANDS: RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR SPECIAL [...] (S) PolMilOff made ref A demarche to MFA Security Policy Bureau Operations Office Director Rob Gabrielse on November 26 and DATT also raised the issue with MOD ACOS Operations Air Commodore Pieter Cobelens. Ambassador Sobel discussed this request with Defense Minister Kamp on December 8. Kamp [...] | 2004-12-09 16:51:00 | Embassy The Hague | SECRET | MARR MOPS PREL AF NL |
04THEHAGUE3233 | DUTCH SUGGEST INFORMAL MULTILATERAL TALKS ON [...] Summary: In his capacity as Minister of Environment, Pieter van Geel met with senior USG officials in Washington (November 15) to discuss post-Kyoto climate change strategy. He gave the ambassador a readout of his meetings December 6. Though the Kyoto Protocol will be in effect until 2012, s [...] | 2004-12-09 17:49:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV ENRG PREL NL EU |
04THEHAGUE3243 | NETHERLANDS/EU/CUBA: DUTCH GRAPPLE WITH [...] (C) Summary: The Dutch will chair the December 14 EU working party meeting on Latin America (COLAT),at which they expect to discuss four or five Member State proposals for amending current EU policy toward Cuba. There is consensus that the present policy is unsustainable. The Dutch emphasiz [...] | 2004-12-13 15:01:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM NL CU EUN |
04THEHAGUE3255 | ICTY - MILOSEVIC WITNESSES ADVANCE POLITICAL CASE [...] (SBU) Summary. Having regained control of his defense case before the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY),Slobodan Milosevic questioned a string of Russian witnesses and a former Yugoslav official over the past two weeks, focusing much of their testimony on corrob [...] | 2004-12-14 16:39:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | BK HR KAWC NL PHUM PREL SR ICTY |
04THEHAGUE3273 | DEMARCHE TO EU TO LOBBY FOR SUPPORT FOR UN HUMAN [...] No summary [...] | 2004-12-15 15:59:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | NL PHUM PREL |
04THEHAGUE3281 | CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP-UP FOR THE [...] (U) The December 14 Executive Council session produced the following results. 2. (U) Under agenda item 5: -- On 5.1, at the request of the U.S. and Russia, the EC agreed to defer the verification plan for Aberdeen to the next EC. -- On item 5.2, regarding the verification plan for [...] | 2004-12-16 13:31:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL CWC |
04THEHAGUE3285 | NETHERLANDS/EU/CUBA: DUTCH PREVENT INVITATIONS TO CUBAN [...] (C) Summary: The Dutch confirmed on December 15 that the EU COLAT Working Group agreed on December 14 to recommend a temporary suspension of the June 2003 measures for increased engagement with the Cuban opposition. A Dutch MFA contact described the COLAT's recommendation as intended to [...] | 2004-12-16 16:52:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM NL CU EUN |
04THEHAGUE3292 | TERRORIST FINANCE: AL-FAQIH AND BATTERJEE [...] (S) As requested, post delivered on December 17 reftel points and background papers concerning the USG intention to designate Saad Rashed Mohammad Al-Faqih and Adel Abdul Jalil Batterjee under E.O. 13224 and to seek UN designation through the UN 1267 Sanctions Committee to Jules Gerzon, Senio [...] | 2004-12-17 15:18:00 | Embassy The Hague | SECRET | ETTC EFIN PTER KTFN PREL NL |
04THEHAGUE3301 | OPERATION BALKAN VICE V: DUTCH RESPONSE [...] (S) Poloff and Deputy Legal Counselor made ref A demarche to Klaas van der Tempel, Dutch MFA Western Balkans Chief and Pauline Diepenbroek, MFA Bosnia Desk Officer on December 17. Van der Tempel said the GONL was pleased with High Rep Ashdown's actions, and viewed U.S. actions as supporting th [...] | 2004-12-20 15:49:00 | Embassy The Hague | SECRET | PREL MOPS EFIN ETTC KAWC NL ICTY |
04THEHAGUE3302 | ITER: DUTCH HOPE TO MAINTAIN TALKS' MOMENTUM, [...] (U) On December 20 econ counselor and econ off delivered reftel demarche letter and talking points to Pim Fenger, Denise Heiligers and Joost Teverne, ITER policy advisors to Dutch Minister for Science van der Hoeven. 2. (C) Fenger and Teverne stressed that the talks were at a critical momen [...] | 2004-12-20 16:25:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL TRGY NL EU |
04THEHAGUE3320 | 2004 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY REPORT [...] The Netherlands continues to be a significant transit point for drugs entering Europe (especially cocaine),an important producer and exporter of synthetic drugs (particularly Ecstasy - MDMA),and a substantial consumer of most illicit drugs. U.S. law enforcement [...] | 2004-12-21 17:21:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR PREL PGOV KCRM NL |
04THEHAGUE3323 | ICTY: TRIBUNAL RESISTS UN/GC EFFORT THAT WOULD [...] (C) Summary: President Theodor Meron of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) told Embassy legal officers on December 21 that the UN Secretariat is resisting his efforts to appoint two ad litem judges to trials in dire need of immediate appointments. Meron shared [...] | 2004-12-22 14:28:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | BK HR KAWC NL PHUM PREL SR ICTY |
04THEHAGUE3328 | 200434 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY [...] ATTACHED IS THE HAGUE'S SUBMISSION OF PART II OF THE 200434 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY REPORT: MONEY LAUNDERING AND FINANCIAL CRIMES. POST'S RESPONSE IS ORGANIZED ACCORDING TO CHAPTERS PROVIDED IN THE INCSR QUESTIONNAIRE (REFTEL. A). THE DOLLAR/EURO EXCHANGE RATE ON DECEMBER 15J [...] | 2004-12-22 16:17:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | KTFN KCRM PTER SNAR ECON EFIN ETTC PREL PGOV NL |
04THEHAGUE3330 | NETHERLANDS/EU/CAMBODIA: DEMARCHE ON TRAFFICKING [...] (C) Poloffs discussed reftel points December 21 with Eric Verwaal, Head of MFA's Southeast Asia and Oceania Department, and Hein Copper, desk officer. Verwaal clarified that the Netherlands Embassy in Bangkok covers Cambodian issues since the Dutch have no Embassy in Phnom Penh. Verwaal was [...] | 2004-12-23 15:03:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | CB KWMN PGOV PHUM PREL NL |
04THEHAGUE3332 | NETHERLANDS/EU/BANGLADESH: BAN OF AHMADIYA [...] No summary [...] | 2004-12-23 15:03:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PGOV PINS BG NL |
04THEHAGUE3333 | TURKEY ACCESSION/EU: THE MYSTERIOUS CASE OF THE [...] SUMMARY: (C) According to Dutch diplomat Pieter de Gooijer, the intense Dutch-led negotiations leading to the EU Council's invitation to Turkey for accession talks were one for the history books. In a recent conversation with DCM and Poloff, he provided the inside story of the last hours of th [...] | 2004-12-23 15:15:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NL TU CY EUN INRB |
04THEHAGUE3350 | NETHERLANDS/EU PRESIDENCY: ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND [...] (C) Summary: The December 17 European Council decision to offer Turkey a starting date for accession negotiations let the Dutch end their presidency on a high note. The Dutch recorded several important accomplishments, of which the successful Turkish negotiations were the most notable, whil [...] | 2004-12-29 12:38:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NL EUN |
04THEHAGUE343 | CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC) - DG PFIRTER'S [...] (C) SUMMARY: OPCW Director General Pfirter was very pleased with the outcome of his February 5 discussions in Libya, which included a meeting with the Foreign Minister. Pfirter utilized the visit to emphasize the OPCW's desire to work with Tripoli to meet the requirements of the CW Conventi [...] | 2004-02-10 15:02:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL LY CWC |
04THEHAGUE347 | ICTY: KRAJISNIK TRIAL OPENS SMOOTHLY [...] (SBU) Summary. The trial of Momcilo Krajisnik before the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) opened smoothly for the prosecution on Feb. 3. Krajisnik, who is being tried on eight counts including charges of genocide and crimes against humanity, held many prominen [...] | 2004-02-10 16:38:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | BK HR KAWC NL PHUM PREL SR ICTY |
04THEHAGUE348 | CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP-UP OF [...] (U) The decision regarding Schedule 2/3 Captive Use remains on a political track, with the Indian delegation indicating they support the Schedule 2/3 Captive Use decision, as written, but noting their interagency review process has not yet completed. Privately, the Indians informed Del that [...] | 2004-02-11 09:07:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL CWC |
04THEHAGUE349 | CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC) - OCPF SITE [...] (U) The U.S. hosted a technical experts workshop on February 5 to facilitate understanding of the Swiss/U.S. Other Chemical Production Facility (OCPF) site selection methodology proposal. The morning session focused on the rationale and mechanics of the proposal. In the past, acceptance of [...] | 2004-02-11 09:43:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL CWC |
04THEHAGUE351 | CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC) - WRAP-UP FOR [...] (U) Nilkanthsing Jagarnath (External Relations Division) advised Del on February 6 that Chad is about to ratify the CWC. He was also optimistic that Libya's accession would soon bring on board Sierra Leone and Djibouti -- saying that Tripoli has bought a measure of influence with them. Nil [...] | 2004-02-11 12:15:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL CWC |
04THEHAGUE381 | DUTCH ON PRTS [...] (S) PM Balkenende's Foreign Policy Advisor Rob Swartbol informed Amb. Sobel on February 12 that, following FM Bot's trip to Washington, the Dutch government was actively considering participating in a PRT in Afghanistan. The options under consideration include possibly joining the Germans, Sc [...] | 2004-02-13 14:48:00 | Embassy The Hague | SECRET | MOPS MARR PREL PTER AF NL |
04THEHAGUE382 | OPERATION BALKAN VICE III: THE NETHERLANDS [...] (S) EmbOffs delivered reftel demarche to Dutch Ministries of Finance and Foreign Affairs respectively on February 9 and 10. Dutch MFA Western Balkans Chief Klaas van der Tempel expressed support for the action, noting the GONL had been active last year in arguing for EU visa restrictions on [...] | 2004-02-13 15:24:00 | Embassy The Hague | SECRET | PREL MOPS EFIN ETTC KAWC BK MK HR GM CY HU SL SZ YI NL ICTY NK |
04THEHAGUE39 | CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): OPCW REQUESTS [...] (C) Summary: Brian Hawtin, acting Director General of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, made a strong pitch for close cooperation with the U.S. and UK in ongoing discussions to address Libya's CW program. He concurred on the need to keep the focus on the larger goal [...] | 2004-01-08 13:16:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL LY CWC |
04THEHAGUE4 | 2003 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY REPORT [...] The Netherlands continues to be a significant transit point for drugs entering Europe (especially cocaine),an important producer and exporter of synthetic drugs (particularly Ecstasy and amphetamines),and an important consumer of most illicit drugs. U.S. law enforcement information indicates [...] | 2004-01-02 14:34:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR PREL PGOV KCRM NL |
04THEHAGUE424 | CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP-UP FOR [...] (U) Del rep met on February 11 with Ralf Trapp, Special Assistant to DDG Brian Hawtin, who reported that only nine countries responded to the TS Note Verbale requesting States Party respond with their requests for or offers of assistance by February 1; one responded on February 2. Of the ten [...] | 2004-02-19 14:52:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL CWC |
04THEHAGUE44 | IRAQ/NL: ARREST OF DUTCH MARINE STIRS POLITICAL [...] (C) Summary: The arrest of a Dutch marine serving in Iraq following the alleged fatal shooting of an Iraqi civilian during a December 27 looting incident has stirred up a front page political controversy in the Netherlands with leading parliamentarians, the Chief Attorney General and Justice [...] | 2004-01-08 15:41:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS MARR PREL IZ NL |
04THEHAGUE467 | CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP-UP FOR [...] (U) Dr. Tom Inch (UK),Chairman of the Scientific Advisory Board (SAB),participated in the Western European Group (WEOG) meeting on Feb 17 to field questions from WEOG delegations on SAB priorities as well as scientific and technological developments. Inch noted that the SAB, as the technic [...] | 2004-02-24 09:22:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL CWC |
04THEHAGUE47 | DUTCH WILL SUPPORT BOYD FOR CERD [...] No summary [...] | 2004-01-09 10:33:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL NL UN |
04THEHAGUE477 | PRTS: DUTCH TO DISPATCH RECCE TEAM SOON [...] (S) Ambassador Sobel met with Defense Minister Kamp on February 19. Kamp confirmed he was engaged in informal contacts with his European counterparts to discuss options for cooperation on PRTs. Following a February 20 meeting between Kamp and FM Bot, the GONL decided to dispatch a reconnaiss [...] | 2004-02-25 07:36:00 | Embassy The Hague | SECRET | MOPS MARR PREL PTER AF NL |
04THEHAGUE478 | CHEMCIAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): [...] (SBU) The following is the text of a February 23 note provided by OPCW Director General Pfirter to Ambassador Petr Kubernat (Czech Republic),the Chairman of the OPCW Executive Council, regarding an agreement with Libya on destruction of Category 3 munitions (unfilled bombs),which will comme [...] | 2004-02-25 08:41:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL LY CWC |
04THEHAGUE490 | ICTY: OTP REQUEST 298 DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (S) Summary: Ambassador Sobel, joined by Deputy Legal Counselor, delivered reftel letter and points February 25 to Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY),Carla Del Ponte. While arguing that her actions did not amount to a "breach" of the USG's [...] | 2004-02-26 09:32:00 | Embassy The Hague | SECRET | PREL PHUM BK HR SR NL ICTY |
04THEHAGUE494 | CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): REPORT ON OPCW [...] (C) Horst Reeps, head of the Verification Division of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW),provided a February 25 read-out to the U.S. and U.K. delegations on the Technical Secretariat (TS) visit to Libya on February 16-23. Reeps said the objectives were to assist [...] | 2004-02-26 15:03:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL LY CWC |
04THEHAGUE498 | ICTY: MILOSEVIC PROSECUTION LIMPS TO CLOSE ITS CASE [...] (C) Summary. The Milosevic Prosecution team of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) closed its case in the anti-climactic form of a motion to Trial Chamber III on February 25. The recent melodrama of the Milosevic prosecution -- the rancorous internal debates [...] | 2004-02-26 17:16:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | BK HR KAWC NL PHUM PREL SR ICTY |
04THEHAGUE507 | ISRAEL/WEOG: DUTCH ANTICIPATE STATUS QUO [...] (C) The GoNL favors renewing Israel's WEOG membership in New York; however, it is unlikely to agree to enhancing Israeli participation in other UN fora. PolOff met with Pieter Ramaer, head of the MFA's UN Political and Judicial Office, on February 27. Ramaer stated that neither the GoNL nor [...] | 2004-02-27 14:43:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AORC IS EU NL UN |
04THEHAGUE537 | DUTCH WILL NOT MAKE FURTHER CONTRIBUTIONS TO [...] (C) Embassy legal officer delivered reftel demarches to Pieter Ramaer, Head of the Political and Judicial Division within the MFA's UN and IFI Department. Ramaer stated the Dutch were one of the top donors of the Special Court for Sierra Leone and that they were not considering making any addi [...] | 2004-03-03 12:16:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM MARR PINS KWCI UNSC |
04THEHAGUE543 | NETHERLANDS: PSI AND AMENDMENT OF THE SUA [...] No summary [...] | 2004-03-03 15:06:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP MNUC PARM PREL NL |
04THEHAGUE544 | DUTCH/EU THOUGHTS: 60TH SESSION OF UN CHR [...] (C) PolOff met with Hans Docter, MFA Commission on Human Rights (CHR) action officer, to discuss reftel. The Dutch are fully engaged with their EU partners in advance of the GoNL return to the CHR this spring. In addition to resolutions noted reftel, the EU will sponsor resolutions on Russia [...] | 2004-03-03 15:22:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL CH NL UNHRC |
04THEHAGUE55 | NATO ENLARGEMENT: DUTCH PARLIAMENT COMPLETES [...] No summary [...] | 2004-01-09 14:28:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM MARR PREL NL NATO |
04THEHAGUE552 | CONSULTATIONS WITH EU ON BURMA: DUTCH RESPONSE [...] (C) The EU has not reached a common position to impose sanctions against the Burmese government. MFA Burma Desk Officer Mariko Peters stated that the EU discussion on Burma in on-going, and will be on the agenda for the next COASI. While there is no disagreement on the need for the government [...] | 2004-03-04 13:48:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV BM NL EUN |
04THEHAGUE554 | DELIVERY OF NONPAPER TO DUTCH ON PSI INFORMATION [...] No summary [...] | 2004-03-04 14:41:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV MNUC PARM PREL PHSA NL |
04THEHAGUE556 | LIBYA/IAEA: DUTCH RESPONSE ON DRAFT RESOLUTION [...] No summary [...] | 2004-03-04 14:42:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP MNUC PREL PARM LY NL IAEA |
04THEHAGUE562 | AFGHANISTAN: DUTCH PLANS FOR BERLIN CONFERENCE [...] (U) EconOff delivered ref A demarche to Martin Koper, Director of the MFA's Peacebuilding and Good Governance Division, and Wouter Biesterbos, Afghan Desk Officer. 2. (SBU) At this time, the Dutch have no plans to announce new pledges for Afghanistan at the March 31 donors conferenc [...] | 2004-03-08 07:55:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AF EAID NL PGOV PREL |
04THEHAGUE578 | NATO-AFGHANISTAN: THE NETHERLANDS ON ISAF [...] (C) PolMilOff made ref A demarche to Dutch MFA Security Policy Bureau Operations Director Rob Gabrielse on March 8. DATT addressed these points with MOD International Policy Director BG Ton van Osch on March 9. Amb. Sobel also raised this issue as part of a March 9 discussion with FM Bot pre [...] | 2004-03-09 13:15:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR AF NL NATO |
04THEHAGUE584 | DUTCH VIEWS ON PM'S MARCH 16 MEETING WITH PRESIDENT [...] (C) Summary: On March 9, Ambassador Sobel met separately with FM Bot and the PM's diplomatic advisor, Rob Swartbol, to preview the March 16 meeting between the President and PM Balkenende. PM Balkenede will bring the message that the Dutch EU presidency will advance the transatlantic agenda i [...] | 2004-03-10 10:23:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | IZ NL PREL TU |
04THEHAGUE585 | CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC) - SCENESETTER [...] (SBU) The accession of Libya to the OPCW undoubtedly will be the highlight of the March 23-26 Executive Council session. The presence of the Libyan Ambassador also provides an opportunity to emphasize the importance of the OPCW tackling new challenges, and having the financial and administr [...] | 2004-03-10 11:24:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL CWC |
04THEHAGUE586 | CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): FOURTH SECURITY [...] The fourth Security Audit Team (SAT-IV) found that the OPCW Technical Secretariat (TS) had done little to further secure its IT infrastructure since the 2001 security audit. The team noted that significant personnel resources have been directed toward documenting processes and procedures, but f [...] | 2004-03-10 11:34:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL CWC |
04THEHAGUE587 | CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WEEKLY WRAP-UP [...] (U) Simply put, the RBB Workshop was a success. There were no objections to implementing RBB in the 2005 budget document, and the objectives of the workshop were accomplished. As summarized by the Mark Mathews (U.K.),the workshop demonstrated that 1) the OPCW has been living in "the middl [...] | 2004-03-10 12:30:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL CWC |
04THEHAGUE596 | HAITI HUMANITARIAN AID: DUTCH CONSIDERING APPEALS [...] No summary [...] | 2004-03-10 15:27:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID HA NL PHUM PREF PREL |
04THEHAGUE609 | NSG TRILATERAL UNDERSTANDING ON OSCILLOSCOPES: [...] No summary [...] | 2004-03-12 12:11:00 | Embassy The Hague | SECRET | KNNP ETTC TRGY PARM PREL ENRG ETRD AFSI IN NL |
04THEHAGUE610 | IRAN/IAEA: DUTCH VIEWS ON RESOLUTION [...] No summary [...] | 2004-03-12 12:11:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP PARM PREL MNUC IR NL IAEA |
04THEHAGUE615 | HAITI HUMANITARIAN AID: DUTCH WILL SUPPORT ICRC [...] No summary [...] | 2004-03-12 13:03:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID HA NL PHUM PREF PREL |
04THEHAGUE645 | ACTION REQUEST ON CRISIS IN GLOBAL AGREEMENT TO [...] In response to reftel, Embassy forwarded non-paper and talking points, as well as EPA press release, to contacts in the Ministries of Foreign Affairs, Environment and Agriculture. In addition, Ambassador Sobel left non-paper with Foreign Minister Bot after a meeting on March 9. 2. We fol [...] | 2004-03-12 15:23:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC EAGR ETRD PREL SENV NL |
04THEHAGUE677 | DUTCH PARTICIPATION AT THE CHAD CONFERENCE ON [...] No summary [...] | 2004-03-17 08:50:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PINS PREL PHUM NO SU CD NL |
04THEHAGUE680 | CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WEEKLY WRAP-UP [...] (SBU) On March 8, the Geneva Group discussed U.S. proposals for reform of the Office of Internal Oversight. There was general consensus on the need to strengthen the ability of the OIO to perform its oversight functions properly, but a concern about undoing the "political" agreement that out [...] | 2004-03-17 14:11:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL CWC |
04THEHAGUE686 | DUTCH RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON POSSIBLE 2009 KAZAKH [...] No summary [...] | 2004-03-17 15:44:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KZ NL OSCE |
04THEHAGUE690 | DUTCH PM BALKENENDE'S WASHINGTON VISIT BOLSTERS [...] (C) Summary: The main Dutch opposition politician Wouter Bos has inflamed the debate over extending the Dutch troop deployment in Iraq by publicly opposing its renewal after July. However, spokespersons for the three governing coalition parties stated they were inclined to support renewal a [...] | 2004-03-18 09:24:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MOPS MARR IZ NL |
04THEHAGUE719 | DUTCH PRESS ON PRIME MINISTER'S VISIT TO THE US [...] Summary. The visit of Prime Minister Balkenende to the US received broad attention in the Dutch media. The fallout from the Madrid terrorist attacks and discussion of the opposition Labor Party's desire not to renew the Dutch military deployment in Iraq overshadowed his March 15 [...] | 2004-03-18 15:52:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO NL PREL |
04THEHAGUE725 | THE NETHERLANDS: NUCLEAR SUPPLIERS GROUP PROPOSALS [...] No summary [...] | 2004-03-19 09:52:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP ENRG ETTC MNUC PARM PREL TRGY NL IAEA |
04THEHAGUE733 | CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP-UP CABLE - [...] (U) As a result of the March industry cluster meetings, the March Executive Council will have several industry issues for States Parties to consider. Two decisions, one on Captive Use and the other on Clarification Requests, appear ripe for adoption by the Executive Council. In addition, th [...] | 2004-03-19 14:01:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL EIND CWC |
04THEHAGUE762 | DEMARCHE TO DUTCH ON POSSIBLE SHIRBRIG DEPLOYMENT [...] No summary [...] | 2004-03-23 15:05:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | KPKO MARR MOPS PREL HA NL UNSC |
04THEHAGUE765 | CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WEEKLY WRAP-UP [...] (U) The facilitator for consultations on improving the funding mechanism for Article IV and V verification costs, Johan Verboom (Netherlands),told us on March 18 that he hoped to reach consensus on a decision document for consideration at Executive Council Session 36 the following week. Ins [...] | 2004-03-24 08:37:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL CWC |
04THEHAGUE766 | READOUT OF DUTCH PRT RECCE TEAM TRIP TO AFGHANISTAN [...] (C) Summary: Acting PolCouns obtained a readout on March 23 on the recent GONL PRT recce team visit to Afghanistan from Joost Flamand (protect),the MFA team rep. The team visited Herat, Mazar-e-Sharif and Konduz, and had meetings with Task Force Victory in Bagram and with ISAF and UN offici [...] | 2004-03-24 09:37:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS AF NL NATO |
04THEHAGUE769 | CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): SUPPORTING THE [...] (U) This is CWC-40-04. 2. (U) The guidance cable from the Department for the current OPCW Executive Council session instructs me to support the efforts by the Technical Secretariat to implement measures to assist staff members affected by the tenure policy. As Washington wisely notes, [...] | 2004-03-24 10:24:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL CWC |
04THEHAGUE774 | CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): - U.S./U.K. [...] (C) AC DAS Don Mahley and Patrick Lamb, Deputy head of the Counterproliferation Department of the U.K.'s FCO, met with senior OPCW officials and delegations from the Western Group on March 19 to discuss Libya. There was substantial interest in what procedure the U.S./U.K. supported to addres [...] | 2004-03-25 06:44:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL CWC |
04THEHAGUE783 | ICTY: MILOSEVIC REFUSES TO GIVE CONSENT TO [...] (SBU) Summary: The President of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY),Judge Theodor Meron, convened a special hearing on March 25 in order to determine whether Slobodan Milosevic would consent to the continuation of the trial with a new judge, an as-yet appointe [...] | 2004-03-25 15:27:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | BK HR KAWC NL PHUM PREL SR ICTY |
04THEHAGUE787 | AMBASSADOR'S MARCH 24 MEETING WITH DUTCH POLITICAL [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Sobel met with Dutch MFA Political Director Hugo Siblesz on March 24. They discussed Iraq, Afghanistan, the Greater Middle East, the March 22-23 EU GAERC meetings and China human rights issues. Siblesz said a new UNSCR would help the government secure broad support [...] | 2004-03-26 05:04:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PARM PHUM IZ AF IR CH NL |
04THEHAGUE792 | BIO INFORMATION ON NEW EU CT COORDINATOR [...] (U) On March 25, Dutchman Gijs de Vries was officially appointed by European government leaders as EU counter- terrorism coordinator. Below follows his biographic information. 2. (C) COMMENT: De Vries is known to Embassy officers as a quiet and serious man who has been active in trans-Atla [...] | 2004-03-26 16:09:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL NL BIO |
04THEHAGUE798 | CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP-UP FOR [...] (U) The 36th Executive Council session of the OPCW was a solid success for the U.S. across the entire range of substantive and administrative issues. The presence of the Libyan delegation was sufficient to ensure that EC-36 would be memorable, and a report on the various discussions involvi [...] | 2004-03-29 13:25:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL CWC |
04THEHAGUE799 | CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): VIS ENHANCEMENT [...] (U) Del reps met with OPCW Chief of Administration Herb Schulz, Chief of the Information Support Branch (ISB) Greg Linden, and Chief of the Office of Confidentiality and Security (OCS) Rob Simpson to discuss issues related to Technical Secretariat (TS) work on the Verification Information Sy [...] | 2004-03-29 13:33:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL CWC |
04THEHAGUE813 | ICTY: OTP PAPER SAYS BELGRADE FAILING TO COOPERATE [...] (SBU) Summary: In a paper circulated among key diplomatic representatives in The Hague and nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) late on March 26, the Office of the Prosecutor (OTP) of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) asserts that Belgrade's cooperation with [...] | 2004-03-30 10:52:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | BK HR KAWC NL PHUM PREL SR ICTY |
04THEHAGUE814 | CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): LIBYA AT EC-36 [...] (C) Summary: In addition to many formal welcomes during the 36th Executive Council (EC) session of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) U.S., U.K. and Libyan representatives had several opportunities to interact. Each meeting was cordial and held in a mutually coop [...] | 2004-03-30 10:54:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL LY CWC |
04THEHAGUE825 | ICJ - PRESERVATION OF NUREMBURG TRIAL ARCHIVES [...] (U) Summary. The Archives of the Nuremburg International Military Tribunal (NIMT) in the custody of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) are facing two preservation threats. First, the obsolete nature of the equipment on which the proceedings were recorded risks this material becoming ina [...] | 2004-03-31 12:14:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | KAWC PREL AORC ICJ USUN |
04THEHAGUE867 | DUTCH TO CONTINUE POLICE TRAINING IN SOUTHERN IRAQ [...] (C) Summary: The Dutch government is not/not able to contribute any trainers for CPA Iraqi police development programs in Iraq and Jordan (ref a). However, the Dutch remain actively involved in training Iraqi police in the province of Al-Muthanna. The Dutch have also seconded a military pol [...] | 2004-04-02 13:51:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | KCRM KJUS MOPS PREL NL |
04THEHAGUE868 | DEMARCHE TO DUTCH MFA ON EU CHINA ARMS EMBARGO [...] (S) PolMilOff reviewed ref A demarche with Dutch MFA Director for Arms Export Policy Paul van den IJssel on April 2. Van den IJssel stressed that the Dutch were not among the leaders of the initiative to lift the EU embargo. Nevertheless, he saw merit in the PRC argument that China differs fr [...] | 2004-04-02 16:39:00 | Embassy The Hague | SECRET | PARM PREL CH NL EUN |
04THEHAGUE876 | DUTCH OPPOSE NO-ACTION MOTIONS AT CHR [...] No summary [...] | 2004-04-05 13:11:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL |
04THEHAGUE905 | CYPRUS: DUTCH RESPONSE ON DONORS' CONFERENCE [...] No summary [...] | 2004-04-07 13:21:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV CY NL EUN |
04THEHAGUE92 | LIBERIA: DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (U) On January 13, EconOff delivered ref demarche regarding the Feb. 5-6 Liberia reconstruction conference to Roel van den Veen of the MFA's West Africa Division. Van den Veen will share the points with colleagues from the MFA Directorate of Peacebuilding/Human Rights (which oversees the D [...] | 2004-01-14 16:04:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC EAID ECON LI NL PREL |
04THEHAGUE943 | DUTCH ON SUDAN RESOLUTION AT UNCHR [...] No summary [...] | 2004-04-14 13:01:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL SU NL |
04THEHAGUE966 | DUTCH PARLIAMENT DEBATES IRAQ [...] (SBU) Summary: On April 15, the Dutch parliament engaged debated Foreign Minister Bot and Defense Minister Kamp in a debate on the future of Iraq. Looming in the background is the government's upcoming decision whether to renew the deployment of Dutch troops currently in Iraq beyond July. wi [...] | 2004-04-16 16:14:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MOPS MARR PREL PGOV IZ NL |
04THEHAGUE969 | DUTCH PARLIAMENT DEBATES IRAQ [...] (SBU) Summary: On April 15, the Dutch parliament debated Foreign Minister Bot and Defense Minister Kamp on the future of Iraq. Looming in the background is the government's upcoming decision whether to renew the deployment of Dutch troops currently in Iraq beyond July. Bot and Kamp parried o [...] | 2004-04-16 16:44:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MOPS MARR PREL PGOV IZ NL |
04THEHAGUE975 | ICTY: DEL PONTE DEFENDS POSITIVE ASSESSMENT OF [...] (C) Summary. Carla Del Ponte, Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY),vigorously defended her positive assessment to EU officials of Croatia,s cooperation with the Tribunal. She based her decision on Croatia,s cooperation in recent weeks wit [...] | 2004-04-19 15:47:00 | Embassy The Hague | SECRET | BK HR KAWC NL PHUM PREL SR ICTY |
04THEHAGUE985 | ICTY: SENIOR FORMER USG OFFICIALS ON MILOSEVIC [...] (C) Summary: Slobodan Milosevic -- in one of his first filings before the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) -- submitted to the trial chamber on April 13 a confidential document describing the witnesses he may call during his upcoming defense case. While the list [...] | 2004-04-20 15:11:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | BK HR KAWC NL PHUM PREL SR ICTY |
04THEHAGUE986 | DUTCH ON DRAFT NONPROLIFERATION UNSCR [...] No summary [...] | 2004-04-20 15:22:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP PREL NL UNSC |
04THEHAGUE988 | IRAQ: DUTCH MFA ON SECURITY PROCEDURES FOR [...] (U) This is an action request, see para 3. 2. (S) PolMilOff delivered ref A points to Dutch MFA Deputy Operations Director Joost Flamand on April 20. Flamand appreciated the information and asked about a specific point in CJCS Gen. Myers's April 15 letter to Dutch CHOD Adm Kroon (ref B) wh [...] | 2004-04-20 15:45:00 | Embassy The Hague | SECRET | PREL OPDC MOPS MARR IZ NL |
04TRIPOLI27 | (C) BULGARIAN MEDICS UPDATE [...] (C) Status of Medics: The five Bulgarian medics sentenced to death for infecting over 400 Libyan children with HIV-tainted blood in a Benghazi hospital are being kept relatively secluded, the Bulgarian Embassy's Dimitar Dimitrov told us December 7. Dimitrov personally speculates this is becaus [...] | 2004-12-13 00:10:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL BU LY XA XF XI |
04TRIPOLI28 | (C) U.S. OIL COMPANIES PERSEVERE IN LIBYA [...] (C) Oasis/Oxy Update: The oil majors were in Tripoli the week of December 6 for yet another Libyan economic conference (reftel). The former Oasis partners (Marathon, Amerada Hess, ConocoPhillips) are continuing their negotiations with the NOC for re-entry into the Libyan oil market, as is Oc [...] | 2004-12-14 09:49:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ECON PREL LY |
04TRIPOLI31 | (C) CHIRAC VISIT TO LIBYA MODESTLY SUCCESSFUL, BUT NOT [...] (C) Summary: French Embassy DCM Maurice Dabdoush (please protect) December 15 confirmed rumors circulating around Tripoli that Jacques Chirac's November 24-25 visit to Libya was not a happy experience. While the French President accomplished his most important goal - that of simply showing up h [...] | 2004-12-16 10:36:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER FR LY VE |
04USUNNEWYORK2570 | 59TH UNGA: GENERAL ASSEMBLY PAYS TRIBUTE TO THE [...] Summary. On November 11, the United Nations General Assembly marked the passing of Yasser Arafat. Secretary-General (SYG) Kofi Annan and GA President Jean Ping both made statements of condolences as did the leaders of the various regional groups. Gambia, on behalf of the African States; In [...] | 2004-11-12 21:55:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL UNGA |
04USUNNEWYORK494 | UNSC: SECURITY COUNCIL CONDEMNS MADRID BOMB ATTACKS [...] CONDEMNS IN THE STRONGEST TERMS THE BOMB ATTACKS IN MADRID, SPAIN, PERPETRATED BY THE TERRORIST GROUP ETA ON 11 MARCH 2004, IN WHICH MANY LIVES WERE CLAIMED AND PEOPLE INJURED, ANDD REGARDS SUCH ACT, LIKE ANY ACT OF TERRORISM, AS A THREAT TO PEACE AND SECURITY; 2. EXPRESSES ITS DEEPEST SY [...] | 2004-03-11 23:17:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | UNSC PTER PREL SP |
04VATICAN101 | POPE'S VISION IN LINE WITH U.S. GOALS IN IRAQ, [...] No summary [...] | 2004-01-13 07:01:00 | Embassy Vatican | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM VT |
04VATICAN1164 | VATICAN OPEN TO TURKEY'S EU BID [...] (C) HOLY SEE COUNTRY DIRECTOR FOR TURKEY JAN PAWLOWSKI REAFFIRMED MARCH 5 THE VATICAN'S OPENNESS TO TURKISH EU MEMBERSHIP, DESPITE THE IMPRESSION OF OPPOSITION GENERATED BY THE HOLY SEE'S CONTINUED EFFORTS TO INTERJECT A REFERENCE TO EUROPE'S CHRISTIAN ROOTS IN THE EU CONSTITUTION. NEVERTHELES [...] | 2004-03-23 17:26:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | EU PHUM PREL SOCI TU VT |
04VATICAN1171 | HOLY SEE TAKING SMALL STEPS IN RELATIONS WITH [...] (C) Cardinal Walter Kasper, the Holy See official responsible for relations with the Orthodox Church, judged his February trip to Moscow to meet with Russian Orthodoxy's highest officials "not easy, but helpful." Kasper told the Ambassador that Patriarch Alexei II and Metropolitan Kirill, th [...] | 2004-03-24 08:58:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | KIRF PHUM PREL RS SOCI VT |
04VATICAN1231 | OSCE BOSNIA HEAD PRESSES HOLY SEE AND FRANCISCANS [...] (U) This telegram contains a guidance request. Please see paragraph 9. ------- Summary ------- 2. (C) OSCE Bosnia Head of Mission Robert Beecroft emphasized the importance of inter-ethnic reconciliation in Mostar for Bosnia's future stability during March 23-24 meetings with the Hol [...] | 2004-03-26 18:35:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | KIRF PREL SOCI VT BK BOSNIA AND HERCEGOVINA OSCE |
04VATICAN1299 | TOP JESUIT: RELIGIOUS FREEDOM UNDER PRESSURE IN [...] (SBU) DURING A MARCH 31 MEETING WITH THE AMBASSADOR, SOCIETY OF JESUS (JESUIT) SUPERIOR GENERAL HANS-PETER KOLVENBACH EXPRESSED HIS MOUNTING CONCERN ABOUT RELIGIOUS FREEDOM FOR CHRISTIANS IN INDIA. KOLVENBACH, WHO RECENTLY RETURNED FROM A TRIP TO INDIA, SAID THAT HINDU FUNDAMENTALISM SEE [...] | 2004-04-02 04:41:00 | Embassy Vatican | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | IN KIRF PHUM PREL SOCI VT XD |
04VATICAN1302 | RELATIONS WITH JEWS AND ANTI-SEMITISM HIGH ON [...] (SBU) The Holy See has placed its dialogue with Judaism and efforts to combat anti-Semitism high on its agenda, as reflected in recent Papal statements, high profile meetings, and an increasingly active inter-religious dialogue. Vatican relations with Judaism have been steadily improving sin [...] | 2004-04-02 07:57:00 | Embassy Vatican | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM SOCI IS VT |
04VATICAN1389 | HIV/AIDS: COUNTERING VATICAN MISCONCEPTIONS ON [...] No summary [...] | 2004-04-08 06:40:00 | Embassy Vatican | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL SOCI TBIO VT |
04VATICAN140 | HOLY SEE TALKS TOUGH TO ISLAM [...] No summary [...] | 2004-01-14 14:28:00 | Embassy Vatican | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM VT |
04VATICAN1445 | HOLY SEE REQUESTS U.S. APPROACH ISRAEL ON VISAS [...] (C) Vatican Foreign Minister equivalent Archbishop Giovanni Lajolo told the Ambassador April 6 of the Holy See's mounting frustration with Israel's unwillingness to address visa and residency problems for religious workers in Israel and the Palestinian Territories. The obstacles faced by Cath [...] | 2004-04-13 15:34:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | IS PGOV PHUM PREL VT PLO |
04VATICAN1471 | OSCE ANTI-SEMITISM CONFERENCE: HOLY SEE WANTS [...] (c) Holy See Deputy Foreign Minister Monsignor Pietro Parolin told the DCM April 8 that the Holy See was committed to a successful OSCE Anti-Semitism Conference in Berlin, and agreed with the U.S. on the importance of achieving concrete results. To this end, the Holy See will be sending a hig [...] | 2004-04-14 15:39:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL SOCI VT OSCE |
04VATICAN1548 | VATICAN RAISES CONCERNS ON PRESIDENTIAL STATEMENT, [...] (C) Holy See Country Director for Israel Franco Coppola told Poloff April 16 that the Holy See had concerns about both the Presidential statement issued April 14 and PM Sharon's Gaza withdrawal plan. Coppola said that the USG's consent for Israel to keep some parts of the West Bank it has oc [...] | 2004-04-21 05:31:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | IS KPAL KWBG PREL VT |
04VATICAN1968 | U/S BOLTON PREVIEWS SEA ISLAND NON-PROLIFERATION [...] (C) Under Secretary Bolton previewed Sea Island G-8 Summit non-proliferation initiatives for Holy See Foreign Minister Giovanni Lajolo May 17, emphasizing the President's desire to ensure that efforts to address WMD threats were a priority for G-8 nations. Bolton highlighted progress in imple [...] | 2004-05-20 14:43:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL IR LY IN PK IS VT |
04VATICAN1988 | VATICAN DELEGATION SEES PROGRESS IN VIETNAM [...] (SBU) Vatican representatives who visited Vietnam April 27 - May 2 were pleased by their surprisingly cordial reception by Vietnamese officials. Authorities allowed the delegation to visit the diocese of Xuan Loc for the first time, as well as Ban Me Thuot, where there were clashes in April [...] | 2004-05-21 12:44:00 | Embassy Vatican | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CH KIRF PHUM PINR PREL VT VM PGOV SOCI |
04VATICAN1989 | SERB AMBASSADOR CONCERNED ABOUT KOSOVO, ISLAM [...] (SBU) DARKO TANASKOVIC, SERBIA AND MONTENEGRO (SAM) AMBASSADOR TO THE HOLY SEE, PASSED THE AMBASSADOR MAY 19 SAM'S DISCUSSION PAPER ON KOSOVO (REF A) AND IMPRESSED UPON HIM HIS CONCERNS ABOUT THE SAFETY OF THE SERBIAN MINORITY IN THE PROVINCE. TANASKOVIC DESCRIBED A GROWING EXTREMISM AMONG [...] | 2004-05-21 13:11:00 | Embassy Vatican | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIRF MW PREL SOCI SR VT YI UNMIK |
04VATICAN2058 | DAS SATTERFIELD REVIEWS MIDDLE EAST AND IRAQ WITH [...] (C) NEA Deputy Assistant Secretary David Satterfield reviewed U.S. policy in regard to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Iraq, Middle East reform and Syria in a May 17 meeting with Holy See Deputy FM equivalent Monsignor Pietro Parolin. Satterfield described the Israeli-Palestinian dispute a [...] | 2004-05-26 09:26:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IS VT IZ |
04VATICAN239 | VATICAN SEES PROGRESS IN SUDAN, PRESSES FOR [...] (C) HOLY SEE COUNTRY DIRECTOR FOR SUDAN LUCIO SEMBRANO TOLD US JANUARY 15 THAT HE HAD RECENTLY SEEN PROGRESS IN "SMALL STEPS" IN SUDAN. HE NOTED THAT THE GOS HAD BEGUN TO ISSUE A FEW MORE VISAS TO CHRISTIAN MISSIONARIES FROM ABROAD, AND HAD RECENTLY APPROVED PERMITS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF NE [...] | 2004-01-23 12:16:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | KIRF PHUM PINR PREL SU VT |
04VATICAN2518 | TIP CONFERENCE ENERGIZES, EDUCATES ON FAITH-BASED [...] No summary [...] | 2004-06-30 04:38:00 | Embassy Vatican | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM SMIG SOCI VT |
04VATICAN252 | The Pope's Europe: Whole, Free and Faithful [...] (U) From the start of his Pontificate, Pope John Paul II has had a clear vision of Europe as a continent united, free, and faithful. As an inspirational symbol for the Polish nation and a formidable voice for freedom, the Pope played an essential role in overcoming Europe's political division [...] | 2004-01-23 16:33:00 | Embassy Vatican | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM EU VT |
04VATICAN2671 | POPE SEEKS TO SPEED UP UNITY WITH ORTHODOX [...] No summary [...] | 2004-07-09 04:45:00 | Embassy Vatican | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM VT |
04VATICAN2684 | VATICAN BOOKS STILL IN RED [...] No summary [...] | 2004-07-09 14:07:00 | Embassy Vatican | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ECON EFIN VT |
04VATICAN2712 | VATICAN SEES NO CAMPAIGN AGAINST NICARAGUAN CHURCH [...] (C) Vatican Country Director for Nicaragua Lucio Sembrano said July 8 that he did not regard current Church-State tensions (reftels) as a result of any government campaign against the Church. While not entirely excusing government offenses against Catholic hierarchy, Sembrano (protect throug [...] | 2004-07-13 04:40:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | NU PHUM PREL SOCI VT |
04VATICAN2725 | VATICAN SUPPORTIVE OF PSI [...] No summary [...] | 2004-07-13 15:35:00 | Embassy Vatican | UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP PREL MNUC PARM VT |
04VATICAN2764 | VATICAN TO DISPATCH AID CHIEF TO DARFUR [...] (SBU) Holy See Country Director for Sudan Monsignor Lucio Sembrano told us July 8 that the Pope was sending the President of the Vatican's aid coordination agency to Darfur to assess the situation on the ground. Sembrano praised U.S. leadership on Sudan and took on ref (a) points with interes [...] | 2004-07-15 15:11:00 | Embassy Vatican | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM PREF SU VT |
04VATICAN2767 | HAITI: HOLY SEE AWAITS NEW NUNCIO [...] (SBU) Holy See Country Director for Haiti Monsignor Giorgio Lingua told us July 15 the Vatican was eager for new Papal Nuncio (Ambassador) Mario Giordano to take the reins in Port au Prince. Giordano was just ordained an archbishop and is due to begin work in Haiti "any day now." Lingua was [...] | 2004-07-16 04:38:00 | Embassy Vatican | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CU EAID EFIN ETRD EU HA PHUM PREL VT |
04VATICAN2817 | VATICAN TRAFFICKING DVC PRODUCES BIG RESULTS [...] A June 30 Trafficking in Persons Digital Video Conference (DVC) linked key Holy See contacts and media with G/TIP's Ambassador John Miller. In conjunction with Embassy Rome, Embassy Vatican brought together three key elements in the fight against human trafficking: Vatican officials and rel [...] | 2004-07-21 04:53:00 | Embassy Vatican | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM SMIG VT |
04VATICAN2892 | SUDAN: SANT'EGIDIO OFFERS ROME MEDIATION VENUE [...] (C) SUMMARY and ACTION REQUEST: The Rome-based Sant'Egidio Community, which specializes in conflict mediation and has ties with both the Sudanese government and main rebel groups, conveyed its interest in hosting informal discussions at its Rome-based headquarters to establish a political dia [...] | 2004-07-26 13:56:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SU VT |
04VATICAN2949 | ISRAEL: VATICAN PESSIMISTIC ON SOURING RELATIONS [...] (C) Holy See Country Director for the Middle East Coppola elaborated on his foreign minister's frustrations with Vatican-Israel relations July 22, pointing to stalled negotiations on issues related to the 1994 Fundamental Agreement between the two governments as the main source of contention. [...] | 2004-07-29 15:30:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | IS KIRF KPAL PREL VT UNGA |
04VATICAN2989 | POPE CONDEMNS IRAQ CHURCH BOMBINGS; CHALDEAN [...] (U) The Pope reacted strongly to Sunday's Iraq church bombings in an August 2 message to Emmanuel III, Patriarch of Iraq's Chaldean Catholic Church. The Pope said that he "firmly deplored the unjust aggressions against those whose only aim is to collaborate for peace and reconciliation in t [...] | 2004-08-03 04:39:00 | Embassy Vatican | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | IZ KIRF PHUM PREL SOCI VT |
04VATICAN3057 | DVC PROMOTES HIV/AIDS PARTNERSHIPS BETWEEN USG AND [...] No summary [...] | 2004-08-06 15:56:00 | Embassy Vatican | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM SOCI TBIO VT |
04VATICAN3196 | VATICAN STILL OPEN TO TURKEY’S EU BID [...] (C) Acting Holy See Foreign Minister Parolin reaffirmed August 18 that the Holy See remained open to Turkish EU membership, notwithstanding recent critical comments by Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger. Parolin emphasized that the Holy See's position on Turkish membership in the EU had not changed from the [...] | 2004-08-18 16:27:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | EU PHUM PREL SOCI TU VT |
04VATICAN3197 | HOLY SEE CLARIFIES POSITION ON NAJAF MEDIATION [...] (C) Summary: The Holy See's Acting Foreign Minister Pietro Parolin told Charge August 18 that the Holy See would be willing to help mediate the standoff in Najaf if all parties to the conflict requested it, but had indicated this willingness only in response to a public request made by an al- [...] | 2004-08-18 16:27:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KIRF PHUM IZ VT |
04VATICAN3212 | VATICAN LOOKING FORWARD TO OSCE CONFERENCE [...] Charge delivered reftel points to acting Vatican Foreign Minister equivalent Monsignor Pietro Parolin August 18. Parolin had seen the composition of the U.S. delegation in previous communication from the OSCE, and noted with interest the participation of Cardinal Keeler of Baltimore. Parolin [...] | 2004-08-20 06:17:00 | Embassy Vatican | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL VT OSCE |
04VATICAN3213 | HOLY SEE BACKS U.S. UNGA PRIORITIES [...] (C) Holy See Acting Foreign Minister equivalent Parolin told Charge August 18 that the Holy See was on the same page with the U.S. on most UNGA initiatives. On cloning, Charge emphasized the Holy See's potential to influence Catholic countries to support a ban on human cloning. Parolin emphasized t [...] | 2004-08-20 06:19:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC ECON KDEM PHUM PREL VT UNGA |
04VATICAN3308 | POPE RETURNS ICON TO ORTHODOX, HOPING FOR THAW IN [...] (SBU) Pope John Paul II is returning a copy of an historic icon of the Virgin Mary to the Russian Orthodox Church, a gesture he hopes will help thaw relations between Rome and Moscow. The Pope had wanted to return the icon to Moscow in person, but continued coolness from Orthodox Patriarch Al [...] | 2004-08-30 04:33:00 | Embassy Vatican | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL SOCI RS VT |
04VATICAN337 | IRF: CARDINAL SEES OBSTACLES, PROGRESS IN VIETNAM [...] (C) AMERICAN CARDINAL BERNARD LAW REVIEWED WITH POLOFF JANUARY 28 HIS MID-DECEMBER TRIP TO VIETNAM AT THE INVITATION OF VIETNAM'S NEW CARDINAL, JEAN-BAPTISTE PHAM MINH MAN. LAW SAID HE SAW NO SIGNS THAT THE GVN WAS EVEN INCHING TOWARDS ALLOWING THE CATHOLIC CHURCH A ROLE IN CIVIL SOCIETY [...] | 2004-01-30 12:07:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | CH KIRF PHUM PINR PREL VT VM PGOV SOCI |
04VATICAN3376 | REPLY TO CPB COMMISSIONER BONNER [...] (U) This is Embassy Vatican's response to reftel concerning difficulties encoutered at U.S. ports of entry. The most egregious recent case that has come to our attention is that of Monsignor Philip Najim, a British citizen and the senior representative of the Chaldean Catholic Church to the Va [...] | 2004-09-02 14:47:00 | Embassy Vatican | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AMGT PREL VT IZ |
04VATICAN3564 | CARITAS OPERATIONS TO CONTINUE IN IRAQ DESPITE [...] No summary [...] | 2004-09-16 12:34:00 | Embassy Vatican | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM EAID IZ VT |
04VATICAN3581 | Sant'Egidio Inter-Religious Conference Calls for [...] (U) The Sant'Egidio Community brought together over 7,000 religious and political leaders September 5-7 in Milan to promote inter-religious dialogue and understanding as a means to combat terrorism and build peace. The shadow of the Beslan massacre hung over the annual gathering, reinforcing [...] | 2004-09-17 13:31:00 | Embassy Vatican | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM SOCI KIRF VT |
04VATICAN3810 | MOVING THE VATICAN ON BIOTECHNOLOGY: EMBASSY [...] (U) To build support within the Holy See and overcome opposition within the Catholic Church, Embassy brought together scientists, ethicists, and developing nation farmers to address a one-day conference on the moral imperative of using biotechnology to feed the world's hungry. Scientists from [...] | 2004-10-01 15:20:00 | Embassy Vatican | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM TBIO EAGR EAID SOCI VT |
04VATICAN4205 | VATICAN, SANT'EGIDIO PROMOTE JEWISH-CHRISTIAN [...] (SBU) The Holy See and the Vatican-affiliated lay community Sant'Egidio are actively promoting Christian- Jewish dialogue and initiatives to combat anti-Semitism. In October, delegations from the Chief Rabbinate of Israel and the Holy See's Commission for Religious Relations with the Jews met [...] | 2004-11-02 10:55:00 | Embassy Vatican | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM SOCI KIRF IS VT |
04VATICAN4242 | Message of Congratulations from Pope John Paul II [...] The Ambassador was asked by Holy See Secretary of State Cardinal Angelo Sodano to convey the following message from Pope John Paul II to President Bush. Mr. George W. Bush President The United States of America On the occasion of your re-election as President of the United States of Ame [...] | 2004-11-04 14:20:00 | Embassy Vatican | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL VT |
04VATICAN4441 | VATICAN URGES OSCE REP TO FOCUS ON CHRISTIAN [...] (U) This cable contains an action request. Please see paragraph 6. ------- Summary ------- 2. (SBU) The Vatican Foreign Ministry,s director for the OSCE urged the U.S. November 18 to support the appointment of an OSCE Special Representative whose title would indicate a responsibilit [...] | 2004-11-19 16:21:00 | Embassy Vatican | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | NL PHUM PREL VT OSCE |
04VATICAN4517 | VATICAN HOLDS FIRM ON ADDING CHRISTIAN REFERENCE [...] (SBU) Holy See Deputy Foreign Minister Pietro Parolin told the Ambassador November 26 that the Vatican intended to continue pressing to add a reference to Christianity in the title of the proposed OSCE Special Representative on Tolerance and Combating Racism, Xenophobia, and Discrimination. [...] | 2004-11-29 14:34:00 | Embassy Vatican | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM SOCI KIRF IS NL VT OSCE VTPREL |
04VATICAN4572 | WORLD AIDS DAY: VATICAN CALLS FOR TOTAL CARE [...] The Vatican has called for total care and services for persons with HIV/AIDS in its 2004 message for World AIDS Day. The message, from the head of the Vatican's Council for Health Care issues, Cardinal Javier Lozano Barragan, reports that the Catholic Church provides almost 27 percent of care [...] | 2004-12-02 08:44:00 | Embassy Vatican | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM SOCI TBIO VT |
04VATICAN4735 | IRAQI FM PROMISES RELIGIOUS FREEDOM FOR CHRISTIANS [...] No summary [...] | 2004-12-15 05:53:00 | Embassy Vatican | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM IZ VT |
04VATICAN4760 | A/S BURNS UPDATES VATICAN ON MEPP, IRAQ [...] (C) Holy See Foreign Minister Lajolo agreed with NEA A/S Burns December 9 that there were signs of "a better situation" in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and he emphasized that "both sides" now needed to move forward with the Road Map. On Iraq elections, Lajolo welcomed Burns' assurance th [...] | 2004-12-16 12:11:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | IS IZ KPAL PREL VT |
04VATICAN4778 | VATICAN REJECTS PACIFISM, BUT DEBATE SIMMERS [...] (U) Contrary to the popular perception of a pacifist Vatican generated by the Holy See's opposition to the Iraq war, senior Vatican officials have consistently acknowledged the legitimacy of war as a last resort and have recently gone out of their way to make clear that the Holy See is not pac [...] | 2004-12-17 10:21:00 | Embassy Vatican | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM VT |
04VATICAN4838 | EMBASSY CONFERENCE PROMOTES RELIGIOUS FREEDOM AS [...] No summary [...] | 2004-12-21 15:29:00 | Embassy Vatican | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM KIRF VT |
04VATICAN4839 | NEW IRAQI AMBASSADOR CALLS FOR TIGHTER BORDERS, [...] (C) Iraqi Ambassador to the Holy See Edward Ismail Yelda called for tighter controls on his country's borders in a December 16 meeting with the Ambassador. He urged particular attention to the Jordanian border, which he cited as a source of foreign fighters and weapons. Yelda said the situat [...] | 2004-12-21 15:32:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | IZ KIRF PHUM PREL SOCI VT |
04VATICAN4878 | NAMES, TITLES AND CONTACT NUMBERS FOR VATICAN [...] No summary [...] | 2004-12-27 13:43:00 | Embassy Vatican | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL VT |
04VATICAN4882 | "OVERCOME EVIL WITH GOOD:" POPE URGES GLOBAL [...] No summary [...] | 2004-12-27 13:53:00 | Embassy Vatican | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM ECON EAID VT VTPREL |
04VATICAN4911 | Pope in Meeting with Anti-Defamation League Calls [...] No summary [...] | 2004-12-29 16:10:00 | Embassy Vatican | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM SOCI VT |
04VATICAN5 | POPE: MIGRATION ISSUES CRUCIAL TO CULTURE OF PEACE [...] No summary [...] | 2004-01-02 12:59:00 | Embassy Vatican | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM PREF SMIG VT |
04VATICAN564 | POPE CALLS FOR "FORGIVENESS, NOT REVENGE" IN [...] No summary [...] | 2004-02-13 16:45:00 | Embassy Vatican | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM WE IS VT |
04VATICAN594 | VATICAN: BISHOPS MUST BE MORE INVOLVED IN SUDAN [...] (SBU) In a meeting requested by the Holy See, Vatican Foreign Minister Giovanni Lajolo told the Ambassador the Sudanese Catholic bishops were in a position to play an important role in the North-South peace process. In fact, according to Lajolo, their participation in reconciliation efforts a [...] | 2004-02-18 06:43:00 | Embassy Vatican | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIRF PHUM PINR PREL SU VT |
04VATICAN733 | HUMAN TRAFFICKING PREVENTION TRAINING PROGRAM UP [...] No summary [...] | 2004-02-26 16:36:00 | Embassy Vatican | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM VT |
04VATICAN736 | FUNDING REQUEST FOR EMBASSY VATICAN BIOTECHNOLOGY [...] No summary [...] | 2004-02-27 05:45:00 | Embassy Vatican | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL TBIO VT |
04VATICAN737 | IRAQ: VATICAN SEES NO NEED TO RUSH ELECTIONS [...] (C) HOLY SEE COUNTRY DIRECTOR FOR IRAQ FRANCO COPPOLA TOLD US FEBRUARY 23 THAT THE VATICAN WAS FULLY SUPPORTIVE OF THE RECENTLY-ANNOUNCED DECISION THAT IRAQI ELECTIONS WOULD NOT BE HELD BY JUNE 30. HE SAID THE U.S. AND THE COALITION PROVISIONAL AUTHORITY (CPA) SHOULD "TAKE ALL THE TIME TH [...] | 2004-02-27 05:54:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | IZ PHUM PREL VT |
04VATICAN774 | SOMALIA: HOLY SEE URGES NGO PARTICIPATION IN [...] (SBU) The Holy See requested U.S. support in encouraging the Government of Italy and other interested parties to support the inclusion of the Italy-Somalia Forum for Peace and Reconstruction in the Somali peace negotiations. In a February 25 meeting with poloff, Vatican Country Director for [...] | 2004-03-01 06:42:00 | Embassy Vatican | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL SO VT |
04VATICAN788 | VATICAN BULLISH ON BISHOPS' PARTICIPATION IN SUDAN [...] (SBU) HOLY SEE COUNTRY DIRECTOR FOR SUDAN LUCIO SEMBRANO TOLD US FEBRUARY 25 THAT WIDER PARTICIPATION IN THE DARFUR TALKS WOULD BE A KEY TO THEIR LONG-TERM SUCCESS. HE DESCRIBED REPORTS OF ATROCITIES IN THE REGION, AND OUTLINED THE CATHOLIC CHURCH'S CAPACITY TO AID REFUGEE RESETTLEMENT. ON TH [...] | 2004-03-01 16:32:00 | Embassy Vatican | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIRF PHUM PREL SU VT |
04VATICAN882 | HOLY SEE COMMITTED TO STABILITY FOR HAITI [...] (SBU) FOLLOWING ARISTIDE'S RESIGNATION AND DEPARTURE FROM HAITI, THE HOLY SEE TOLD US THAT THE HAITIAN BISHOPS WERE READY TO WORK ACTIVELY WITH A PROVISIONAL ADMINISTRATION TO HELP ENSURE A PEACEFUL TRANSITION OF POWER. THE SECRETARIAT OF STATE IS IN CLOSE CONTACT WITH THE HAITIAN BISHOP [...] | 2004-03-05 15:49:00 | Embassy Vatican | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM HA VT |
04VATICAN886 | VATICAN OPPOSED TO BRAZILIAN SEXUAL ORIENTATION [...] No summary [...] | 2004-03-05 16:47:00 | Embassy Vatican | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM SOCI VT UN |
04VILNIUS1190 | LITHUANIA FIRMLY OPPOSED TO LIFTING ARMS EMBARGO [...] (C) The Charge delivered ref A points concerning the European Union China arms embargo to Zygimantas Pavilionis, MFA Political Director and Director of the EU Department, on September 29. The Charge highlighted the key reasons for the maintaining the embargo and high level of concern for this [...] | 2004-09-30 12:20:00 | Embassy Vilnius | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL ETTC PHUM CH LH |
04VILNIUS1194 | LITHUANIA SUPPORTS TURKEY'S EU MEMBERSHIP [...] (C) We delivered reftel points regarding support for Turkey's EU membership and provided non-paper on Turkey's progress on Copenhagen criteria to the MFA's Jurgita Apanaviciute on September 27. Apanaviciute, who is responsible for enlargement issues within the MFA's European Union Department, [...] | 2004-09-30 12:58:00 | Embassy Vilnius | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECIN EU TU LH |
04VILNIUS1196 | LITHUANIAN PARLIAMENT PASSES REVISED INTERNATIONAL [...] (U) Summary. The Lithuanian parliament September 29 approved a bill raising the ceiling on the number of troops deployable in international operations and extending authorization of current missions through December 31, 2005. The bill mandates that Lithuania deploy an all-volunteer force and [...] | 2004-09-30 13:49:00 | Embassy Vilnius | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MCAP MOPS PGOV PREL LH |
04VILNIUS1261 | LABOR PARTY WINS ROUND ONE OF LITHUANIAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Lithuania's Labor Party took the greatest number of votes in the October 10 first round of parliamentary elections, but failed to win enough seats to form a government or even ensure their leadership when all the votes are in. The coalition of ruling parties finished second, in l [...] | 2004-10-12 14:50:00 | Embassy Vilnius | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL LH |
04VILNIUS1315 | LITHUANIAN GOVERNMENT SPLIT ON REACTOR CLOSURE [...] (SBU) Prime Minister Algirdas Brazauskas announced on October 21 that the GOL would ask the EU permission to postpone the decommissioning of the first of the two Ignalina Nuclear Power Plant units. Brazauskas said regional energy supply security justified the delay. President Valdas Adamkus, [...] | 2004-10-22 12:59:00 | Embassy Vilnius | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG PREL LH |
04VILNIUS1323 | LABOR LEADS LITHUANIAN ELECTIONS; BRAZAUSKAS WILL [...] (C) Summary. Victor Uspaskich's Labor Party won a plurality in the final round of Lithuanian parliamentary elections, October 24, but failed to guarantee its place in a ruling coalition. Over the next few weeks, President Valdas Adamkus must invite the leader of the winning party or coalitio [...] | 2004-10-25 15:47:00 | Embassy Vilnius | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL LH |
04VILNIUS1352 | THE END OF THE RAINBOW: COALITION TALKS WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Conservative Party suspended formal talks with the Brazauskas-Paulauskas coalition on October 28, following major disagreement over the constitution of a so-called "rainbow coalition." Immediately following the collapse of talks, the Brazauskas-Paulauskas coalition formally a [...] | 2004-10-29 13:29:00 | Embassy Vilnius | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL LH |
04VILNIUS1353 | LITHUANIA CONCERNED OVER RUSSIAN AIR INCURSIONS [...] (C) Summary. Lithuania's opposition to hosting a Baltic regional air safety conference under NATO-Russia Council (NRC) auspices (ref A) is rooted in its assessment that Russian policy aims to disrupt NATO relations with its newest members and raise pressure on the air policing mission. Though [...] | 2004-10-29 14:14:00 | Embassy Vilnius | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MCAP MOPS PBTS PGOV PINS PREL LH |
04VILNIUS1380 | LITHUANIA'S 2005 DRAFT BUDGET SHORTS MOD [...] (C) Summary. The draft 2005 GOL budget before the Parliament fulfills Lithuania's NATO commitment to allocate two percent of GDP to defense spending, but falls far short of providing that two percent to the military. The budget increases the share of defense money that will go to other Minis [...] | 2004-11-08 12:16:00 | Embassy Vilnius | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS PREL MCAP PINR PGOV LH |
04VILNIUS1401 | LITHUANIA RUSHES TO RATIFY EU CONSTITUTION [...] (C) SUMMARY: Lithuania became the first member state to ratify the EU Constitution on November 11 when the government rushed through a vote on the treaty on one of the Parliament's last days in session. The GOL had previously decided not to hold a national referendum on the Constitution. Opp [...] | 2004-11-12 15:17:00 | Embassy Vilnius | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV LH |
04VILNIUS1403 | LITHUANIAN POLICE SEIZE NINE MILLION COUNTERFEIT [...] Summary. The Lithuanian Police achieved a major victory in the fight against counterfeiting November 6, arresting thirteen people and seizing over nine million counterfeit Euros. The Police believe that the group has been printing Euros for several years. The Police also found printing plat [...] | 2004-11-15 05:22:00 | Embassy Vilnius | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC PREL EFIN LH |
04VILNIUS1411 | LITHUANIAN DEFMIN CRITICIZES NATO MEMBERS' [...] (U) Lithuanian Defense Minister Linas Linkevicius, in an interview with the Baltic News Service on November 15, criticized the decision by ten NATO allies not to send instructors to the armed forces training mission in Iraq. Linkevicius remarked that he did not believe this decision, although [...] | 2004-11-16 13:51:00 | Embassy Vilnius | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS MASS PGOV PREL LH |
04VILNIUS1437 | LITHUANIA CONDEMNS FRAUDULENT UKRAINIAN ELECTIONS; [...] (C) Summary. Lithuanian government and parliamentary officials strongly condemned reports of fraud in Ukraine's second round of presidential elections. Fully supporting the EU statement on the elections, they noted that Ukraine has apparently been deprived of an opportunity to demonstrate its [...] | 2004-11-24 13:15:00 | Embassy Vilnius | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL XH LH |
04VILNIUS1442 | FORMER AMBASSADOR'S CSIS PAPER CAUSES A [...] (SBU) Top TV journalist Edmundas Jakilaitis resigned over an incident in which he reported that a "secret" U.S. document warned of the dangers of Russian influence over Lithuanian politicians such as Russian-born Labor Party Leader Viktor Uspaskich. The document turned out to be written by f [...] | 2004-11-26 09:49:00 | Embassy Vilnius | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KPAO PGOV PREL LH RS |
04VILNIUS1447 | AIDS IN LITHUANIA [...] As it prepares to celebrate World AIDS Day, Lithuania's incidence of HIV/AIDS is the lowest in Central and Eastern Europe. The GOL is working to keep it that way, despite pressures of rapid social change. Lithuania has a National HIV/AIDS prevention strategy, but poorly monitors its implemen [...] | 2004-11-29 06:24:00 | Embassy Vilnius | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO KHIV PREL LH |
04VILNIUS1449 | ADAMKUS JOINS UKRAINE MEDIATION EFFORT [...] (U) Lithuanian President Valdas Adamkus traveled to Kiev November 26 to join Polish President Kwasniewski's mediation efforts as domestic political pressure for Lithuanian engagement continued to mount. Though the scope and direction of Adamkus's involvement remain unclear, his strong democr [...] | 2004-11-29 07:01:00 | Embassy Vilnius | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV UK LH |
04VILNIUS1450 | LITHUANIA DECLARES SOLIDARITY WITH UKRAINE; TO [...] (U) The Lithuanian Parliament (Seimas) expressed its solidarity with the people of Ukraine and its support for their democratic objectives. In a vote of 123 to 1, with 3 abstentions, the 141-seat Seimas resolved to support the decision of Ukraine's Supreme Rada to evaluate the results of the [...] | 2004-11-29 16:10:00 | Embassy Vilnius | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UP LH |
04VILNIUS1454 | UKRAINE: RUSSIANS REPORTEDLY BLAME U.S. FOR [...] (C) Adamkus expects to return to Ukraine with Kwasniewski and Solana before December 3 to continue mediation efforts, according to a senior adviser. Kwasniewski predicted privately to Adamkus November 30 that Ukraine would likely turn into "another Georgia" within a few days. A November 26 [...] | 2004-11-30 13:47:00 | Embassy Vilnius | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UK LH |
04VILNIUS1488 | LITHUANIA SUPPORTS E-PINE PAPER ON BELARUS [...] No summary [...] | 2004-12-07 12:34:00 | Embassy Vilnius | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KNEI LH |
04VILNIUS1489 | ADAMKUS REPORTS INTERNATIONAL MEDIATION MISSION [...] (C) Adamkus is satisfied with the outcome of the contentious international mediation session in Kiev December 6-7. He predicts that December 26 elections will occur on schedule, but admits that key uncertainties remain. A return of the international mediators to Kiev appears unlikely for no [...] | 2004-12-07 13:26:00 | Embassy Vilnius | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL XH LH |
04VILNIUS1492 | LITHUANIA: DEFMIN NOMINEE PLEDGES TO STAY COURSE [...] (C) Summary. President Valdas Adamkus on December 7 nominated Gediminas Kirkilas, a leader of the Social Democrat Party and former Chairman of parliament's Foreign Affairs Committee, to become Minster of Defense in Lithuania's new government. Kirkilas, who will replace fellow Social Democrat [...] | 2004-12-08 11:23:00 | Embassy Vilnius | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PREL MARR MCAP MOPS LH |
04VILNIUS1496 | LITHUANIAN PRESIDENT FORCES CABINET SHAKE-UP [...] (C) Summary: President Valdas Adamkus scored a major political victory on December 7, forcing the ruling coalition of PM Algirdas Brazauskas to replace two Cabinet candidates. Viktoras Muntianas and Rimantas Vaitkus are now out of the line-up, and, if cleared by investigative services, Labor P [...] | 2004-12-08 13:34:00 | Embassy Vilnius | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL LH |
04VILNIUS1505 | LITHUANIA TO PROCEED WITH REACTOR CLOSEOUT [...] (C) A GOL resolution on November 24 confirmed that one of two Chernobyl-type Ignalina Nuclear Power Plant (INPP) reactors will close as expected on December 31. The resolution follows GOL-EU consultations in Brussels at which EU experts advised Lithuania to honor its EU accession commitments. [...] | 2004-12-09 14:33:00 | Embassy Vilnius | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG PREL LH |
04VILNIUS1512 | CODEL HASTINGS PRAISES LITHUANIAN EFFORTS IN [...] (C) Summary: Congressman Alcee Hastings, attending a GOL-sponsored conference on the promotion of democracy in Ukraine, Belarus, Moldova, and the South Caucasus, met with President Adamkus and parliamentary (Seimas) and GOL foreign policy experts on December 3 to discuss the current Ukrainian [...] | 2004-12-13 04:54:00 | Embassy Vilnius | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL UK BO LH |
04VILNIUS1519 | LITHUANIA SUPPORTS EU ACTION PLAN ON [...] No summary [...] | 2004-12-16 12:15:00 | Embassy Vilnius | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KNEI LH |
04VILNIUS1520 | LITHUANIA TO WORK THROUGH EU ON ANY IRAQ [...] (C) Acting AS for Democracy, Human Rights and Labor Michael Kozak on December 3 discussed with Foreign Minister Antanas Valionis the possibility of Lithuania's participation in an Iraqi election observer mission. Ambassador Kozak, in Vilnius for a GOL-sponsored conference on supporting democr [...] | 2004-12-16 12:32:00 | Embassy Vilnius | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV LH |
04VILNIUS1521 | MAZEIKIU NAFTA MANAGER EXPRESSES CONCERNS OVER [...] (C) Mazeikiu Nafta (MN) General Manager Nelson English told the Ambassador that the Russian-owned Lukoil company is waiting in the wings to acquire the MN oil refinery in the aftermath of Yukos's "impending and almost certain collapse." According to Amcit English, Moscow is already trying to [...] | 2004-12-16 13:03:00 | Embassy Vilnius | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON ENRG LH RS |
04VILNIUS1523 | LITHUANIA'S NEW GOVERNMENT TAKES OFFICE WITH BROAD [...] (C) SUMMARY: The 13th Government of Lithuania took power on December 14, when Parliament approved the Cabinet and program of Prime Minister Algirdas Brazauskas. Negotiations over two Ministerial posts proved difficult, with the President forcing substitute nominees and ultimately accepting as [...] | 2004-12-16 13:26:00 | Embassy Vilnius | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL LH |
04VILNIUS1546 | NEW LITHUANIAN DEFMIN COMMITS TO CONTINUED SUPPORT [...] (U) This cable contains two action requests. Please see paragraph 13. 2. (C) Summary. New Lithuanian Defense Minister Gediminas Kirkilas told the Ambassador that Lithuania would remain engaged in Afghanistan and Iraq during a December 21 tour d'horizon of our bilateral military-military re [...] | 2004-12-22 12:51:00 | Embassy Vilnius | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MARR MOPS MASS LH |
04VILNIUS1548 | New Minister of Interior Furmanavicius Promises [...] (U) Summary: Ambassador Mull met with newly appointed Minister of Interior Ginteras Furmanavicius on December 21, 2004. Furmanavicius thanked the Ambassador for past U.S. efforts to train the Ministry's experts in border security and law enforcement. He stated his commitment to maintaining [...] | 2004-12-22 15:47:00 | Embassy Vilnius | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL CMGT ASEC LH |
04VILNIUS1556 | BALTS REPORT RUSSIAN CHARM OFFENSIVE [...] (C) Summary. Russia has launched a "charm offensive" towards the Baltic states that features new movement on bilateral relations, according to Lithuanian officials and Baltic diplomats here. Lithuanian interlocutors point to recent Russian initiatives on long-stalled issues such as bilateral [...] | 2004-12-23 10:58:00 | Embassy Vilnius | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PBTS LH |
04VILNIUS1568 | COUNTER-TERRORISM ACTION GROUP DISCUSSES STATE OF [...] (SBU) Summary. Embassy Vilnius convened a meeting of the Counter-Terrorism Action Group (CTAG) in Lithuania on December 9. Representatives from the French, German, Canadian, Japanese, Spanish, Italian, British, and Russian Embassies, as well as EU and UN representatives, compared notes on co [...] | 2004-12-28 10:03:00 | Embassy Vilnius | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER ASEC PREL LH |
04VILNIUS1577 | LITHUANIA SUPPORTS EU-IMIE COOPERATION ON IRAQ [...] No summary [...] | 2004-12-30 12:10:00 | Embassy Vilnius | CONFIDENTIAL | PROP PREL PHUM IZ LH |
04VILNIUS395 | LITHUANIA EXPRESSES INTEREST IN THE CD INITIATIVE [...] (U) WE DELIVERED TO LAURYNAS JONUSAUKAS, FIRST SECRETARY OF MFA'S AMERICA'S DIVISION, ON APRIL 7, 2004, REFTEL POINTS AND A COPY OF CHILEAN AMBASSADOR BIANCHI'S LETTER ON THE COMMUNITY OF DEMOCRACY'S INITIATIVE IN EAST TIMOR. JONUSAUKAS EXPRESSED INTEREST IN THE INITIATIVE, AND SAID THAT T [...] | 2004-04-09 06:06:00 | Embassy Vilnius | UNCLASSIFIED | KDEM PREL PHUM LH |
04WELLINGTON1003 | NEW ZEALAND POLICIES AND ACTIONS TAKEN WITH REGARD [...] (C) The Government of New Zealand formalized diplomatic relations with Cuba in 2001, with its Ambassador resident in Mexico City accredited to Havana. The GoNZ uses meetings with Cuban officials to express its concern over the human rights situation in Cuba (ref B),according to Mike Shaw, Am [...] | 2004-12-02 03:48:00 | Embassy Wellington | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC PREL NZ |
04WELLINGTON1044 | NEW ZEALAND ON REQUEST FOR SPECIAL OPERATIONS [...] (S) Ambassador discussed reftel request with New Zealand (NZ) Foreign Minister Phil Goff on December 13. Goff said that his government is reviewing what more New Zealand can do in Afghanistan. The Cabinet will reach its decision early in the new year, he said. Goff pledged to inform the Amba [...] | 2004-12-16 01:29:00 | Embassy Wellington | SECRET | MARR MOPS PREL AF NZ |
04WELLINGTON1053 | SENATOR BAUCUS AND AMBASSADOR GIVE STRAIGHT TALK [...] (C) Summary: In a meeting December 2 at the Auckland airport, Senator Max Baucus (D-Montana) and the Ambassador warned New Zealand Minister for Trade Negotiations Jim Sutton that his government faces a tough time trying to persuade the U.S. government to start free-trade talks. While emphasizi [...] | 2004-12-17 01:51:00 | Embassy Wellington | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON OVIP NZ ETRC CODEL |
04WELLINGTON173 | THE U.S.-NEW ZEALAND RELATIONSHIP: WHAT WE COULD [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: Since New Zealand walked away from the ANZUS pact in 1986, we have had growing doubts about its willingness and ability to contribute to regional security. New Zealand remains a relatively friendly, like-minded partner in many policy areas. But the ad hoc nature of the its secu [...] | 2004-02-25 21:28:00 | Embassy Wellington | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL NZ |
04WELLINGTON539 | NEW ZEALAND OPPOSITION PARTY BACKS AWAY FROM [...] (C/NF) Summary: New Zealand Opposition National Party leader Don Brash has formally declared that his party would not propose making changes to NZ's anti-nuclear legislation - at least not until after 2005 Parliamentary election. Brash said a future National Government would not change NZ's [...] | 2004-06-24 05:32:00 | Embassy Wellington | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL MNUC PARM NZ |
04WELLINGTON555 | NEW ZEALAND POLICIES AND ACTIONS TAKEN WITH REGARD [...] (C) The Government of New Zealand formalized diplomatic relations with Cuba in 2001, with their Ambassador resident in Mexico City accredited to Havana. According to Mike Shaw, Americas Division, New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, the GoNZ uses meetings with Cuban officials to [...] | 2004-06-29 07:23:00 | Embassy Wellington | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC PREL NZ |
04WELLINGTON563 | NEW ZEALAND TIP REPORT: LESSONS LEARNED [...] (SBU/NF) Following the turbulent June 14 release of the 2004 TIP report, which named New Zealand for the first time (ref a),Embassy Wellington would like to add its strong support to the recommendations contained in Embassy Singapore's recent excellent cable (ref b). While the GNZ is hyperse [...] | 2004-07-02 05:41:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KWMN PHUM PREL ELAB AMGT NZ TIP |
04WELLINGTON579 | COOK ISLANDS RESPONSE ON CHEMICAL WEAPONS [...] Post delivered reftel demarche to Sonya Kamana, Deputy High Commissioner, Cook Islands High Commission. Kamana noted that the issue was a priority of the Cook Islands' Ministry of Foreign Affairs, which was working with Parliament to pass the appropriate legislation. However, with elections [...] | 2004-07-08 04:25:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM ABUD PREL NZ |
04WELLINGTON591 | NZ OPPOSITION NATIONAL PARTY CONFERENCE - WHAT A [...] (C) Summary: New Zealand's largest opposition party, National, held an up-beat, almost giddy, Annual Conference July 9-11. Polling slightly ahead of the ruling Labour government, conference delegates expressed confidence in winning the 2005 election. In contrast to the festive atmosphere, N [...] | 2004-07-12 05:19:00 | Embassy Wellington | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL NZ |
04WELLINGTON599 | NEW ZEALAND RESPONSE ON ICJ ADVISORY OPINION ON [...] (SBU/NF) Post delivered reftel demarche to Moira Turley, Middle East and Africa Division, New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT.) Despite strong support for the U.S. position, Turley stated that the GoNZ is deferring a final decision on its vote until it has seen the final te [...] | 2004-07-15 03:22:00 | Embassy Wellington | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NZ UNGA |
04WELLINGTON600 | NEW ZEALAND RESPONSE TO U.S. INITIATIVES FOR THE [...] (SBU) Post delivered reftel demarche to Rachel Bennett, United Nations Division, New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT.) Bennett offered to circulate the information within MFAT for comment, but noted that the GoNZ is unlikely to provide additional proposals or a list or pri [...] | 2004-07-15 04:22:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM PREL ECON PHUM AORC NZ UNGA |
04WELLINGTON605 | NEW ZEALAND IMPOSES "STRICT CONSTRAINTS" ON [...] (U) In an escalating diplomatic row, two Israeli men were sentenced July 14 by the High Court of New Zealand to six months in jail on charges of trying to obtain a false New Zealand passport. The GoNZ has not pursued allegations that the men are agents of Israeli intelligence agency Mossad. W [...] | 2004-07-16 04:20:00 | Embassy Wellington | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR NZ |
04WELLINGTON611 | NEW ZEALAND PRAISED BY ISLAMIC RESISTANCE MOVEMENT [...] (U) According to media reports, the Palestinian terrorist organization Hamas issued a press release July 17 thanking the GoNZ for Prime Minister Helen Clark's strong response to the conviction of two suspected Israeli intelligence agents (ref a). The press release urged other countries to foll [...] | 2004-07-19 06:17:00 | Embassy Wellington | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR NZ |
04WELLINGTON613 | NEW ZEALAND: WHAT NUCLEAR ISSUE? PM CLARK [...] (SBU) In comments about the US-New Zealand relationship, NZ Prime Minister Helen Clark told Australia's ABC radio July 8 "I must say that I personally have met George Bush a number of times and consider the personal relationship between us to be very good." Making a direct link between those m [...] | 2004-07-19 23:29:00 | Embassy Wellington | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PARM NZ |
04WELLINGTON632 | NEW ZEALAND PRIME MINISTER REITERATES VIEW THAT [...] (SBU/NF) Summary: New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark reiterated her position on NZ's anti-nuclear policy in comments to local media July 25: "I'm not looking for compromises. I'm perfectly satisfied with the policy. As far as I am concerned, (the US-NZ nuclear dispute) is finished busin [...] | 2004-07-26 05:57:00 | Embassy Wellington | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PARM MNUC PINR NZ |
04WELLINGTON641 | NEW ZEALAND PRIME MINISTER AND FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (C) Post delivered reftel talking points and statement to the GNZ, but was careful to acknowledge the GNZ's clearly stated position that New Zealand is NOT/NOT a member of the Coalition. New Zealand has consistently indicated that the presence of 61 NZ military engineers in Basra is in fulfil [...] | 2004-07-28 22:16:00 | Embassy Wellington | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL OPDC MOPS MARR IZ NZ |
04WELLINGTON647 | NEW ZEALAND MINISTER HOSTS MIKE MOORE'S [...] (SBU) Embassy Wellington learned July 30 that GNZ Cabinet Minister for the Environment Marian Hobbs was reportedly hosting a special screening of Michael Moore's controversial movie "Fahrenheit 9/11" as a local Labour Party fundraising event. DCM contacted the Prime Minister's office to ask [...] | 2004-07-30 05:53:00 | Embassy Wellington | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NZ |
04WELLINGTON652 | NEW ZEALAND POSITION ON RELEASING THE COALITION [...] No summary [...] | 2004-08-02 05:20:00 | Embassy Wellington | SECRET | PREL OPDC MOPS MARR NZ |
04WELLINGTON661 | NEW ZEALAND FOCUSES ON REFORM OF PACIFIC ISLAND [...] (U) On July 27, Poloff shared ref A points on the 2004 Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) with Paul Willis, Regional Deputy Director, Pacific Division, New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Willis indicated that Prime Minister Helen Clark would lead the New Zealand delegation to the PIF, [...] | 2004-08-04 05:01:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ECON EFIS SENV NZ |
04WELLINGTON669 | AMBASSADOR PRESSES PM CLARK ON IRAN NUCLEAR ISSUE [...] (SBU) Ambassador Swindells met with New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark on August 3 to touch base on a number of issues. DCM accompanied as notetaker. The PM was backed by acting Senior Policy Advisor Brook Barrington and Americas Division Director (A/S equivalent) Roy Ferguson. 2. ( [...] | 2004-08-05 05:06:00 | Embassy Wellington | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NZ |
04WELLINGTON671 | NEW ZEALAND CONDEMNS TERRORISM, HOSTAGE TAKING IN [...] (U) The GoNZ issued a press statement August 5 in support of the Multinational Force Iraq Statement on Terrorism (ref a). Foreign Minister Phil Goff reiterated statements condemning hostage takers (ref b) and affirming the GoNZ's pledge not to negotiate with terrorists. 2. (U) Begin Text: [...] | 2004-08-05 20:45:00 | Embassy Wellington | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL OPDC MOPS MARR IZ NZ |
04WELLINGTON701 | NEW ZEALAND ATTENDANCE AT 59TH UNGA [...] (SBU) Post contacted Rachel Bennett, United Nations and Commonwealth (UNC) Division, New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT),who provided the following information in response to reftel request. Foreign Minister: -- Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade the Honorable Phi [...] | 2004-08-16 05:06:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL OVIP NZ |
04WELLINGTON720 | NEW ZEALAND OFFERS VIEWS ON FIRST COMMITTEE REFORM [...] Charlotte Elder, Disarmament Division, New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, provided a copy of the GoNZ's response to the request in Resolution 58/41 for suggestions on improving the effectiveness of the First (Disarmament) Committee. Elder did not provide any specific comments [...] | 2004-08-25 02:00:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL AORC NZ UNGA |
04WELLINGTON729 | CODEL SHELBY TALKS TRADE AND SECURITY WITH NZ [...] (SBU) Summary: Codel Shelby met with New Zealand officials August 8-9. Discussions focused on lessons learned from New Zealand's successful effort to eliminate domestic agricultural subsidies, current state of the NZ economy, potential for a U.S.-New Zealand FTA and the need to promote for [...] | 2004-08-25 22:38:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OVIP ETRD ENRG PREL AS NZ CODEL |
04WELLINGTON747 | CITING DESIRE FOR FTA WITH CHINA, NEW ZEALAND [...] (C) Summary: Taiwan's economic affairs minister withdrew his application for a visa to attend a business conference in Wellington after the New Zealand government made it clear that it would not approve his visit. Although the minister, Lin Yi-fu, had traveled to Wellington two years ago to a [...] | 2004-09-02 04:58:00 | Embassy Wellington | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ETRD ECON PREL NZ |
04WELLINGTON769 | NEW ZEALAND TO TABLE AMENDMENTS TO DRAFT [...] The New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade on August 31 unveiled changes to the draft declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples that it intends to propose to the UN Working Group in Geneva. The Ministry, which will table the amended text the week of September 13, said it aim [...] | 2004-09-09 01:37:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC PHUM PREL NZ |
04WELLINGTON798 | NEW ZEALAND'S VIEWS ON WORLD HUNGER SUMMIT [...] Post on September 16 delivered reftel demarche regarding the World Leaders Meeting on Action Against Hunger and Poverty to Phillip Taula of the New Zealand Agency for International Development (NZAID). The demarche shared U.S. concerns about a draft declaration and a technical paper released [...] | 2004-09-16 04:21:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EFIN ECON PREL NZ |
04WELLINGTON824 | NEW ZEALAND TROOPS RETURN FROM IRAQ; NO FUTURE [...] (C) Summary: New Zealand's 12-month military deployment to Iraq ended September 25, with the homecoming of over 60 engineers and support staff. Prime Minister Helen Clark welcomed the troops, and issued a public statement confirming that no further deployments to Iraq are being considered. Wh [...] | 2004-09-27 02:39:00 | Embassy Wellington | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MOPS NZ |
04WELLINGTON829 | NEW ZEALAND ENDORSES U.S. ICAO COUNCIL CANDIDACY [...] In response to ref B demarche, the New Zealand government has decided to support the United States' re-election as a Category 1 country to the Council of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO). 2. The New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT) advised post of its [...] | 2004-09-28 04:28:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR AORC PREL NZ ICAO ICJ |
04WELLINGTON840 | NEW ZEALAND ON IRAQ ASSISTANCE AND OCTOBER 13-14 [...] The New Zealand government is not yet able to report whether it has disbursed the remainder of the NZ $5.5 million (U.S. $3.3 million) that it had pledged for Iraq assistance at the Madrid Donors' Conference, according to Matt Dalzell of the New Zealand Agency for International Development (NZ [...] | 2004-10-05 03:43:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON EFIN PREL IZ NZ |
04WELLINGTON844 | ASSISTANT SECRETARY JAMES A. KELLY'S AUGUST 8 [...] (U) Summary: Assistant Secretary Kelly, accompanied by Ambassador Swindells, Ed Rindler (INL) and notetaker, met August 8, 2004 with New Zealand Foreign Minister Phil Goff at the Pacific Islands Forum in Apia, Samoa. A/S Kelly and Goff discussed the deteriorating relationship between East Timo [...] | 2004-10-06 19:57:00 | Embassy Wellington | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON EFIS SENV NZ |
04WELLINGTON847 | TERRORISM FINANCE COORDINATION OFFICER AT EMBASSY [...] No summary [...] | 2004-10-07 00:26:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ETTC KTFN PREL PTER NZ KVRP |
04WELLINGTON861 | NEW ZEALAND POSITION UNCHANGED ON CUBA'S UN [...] Post delivered reftel demarche to Mike Shaw, Americas Division, New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT.) Shaw offered to circulate the information to relevant MFAT personnel, but stated that the GoNZ was unlikely to change its vote, or to abstain. Poloff urged Shaw to mainta [...] | 2004-10-14 00:00:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ETRD NZ UNGA |
04WELLINGTON870 | NEW ZEALAND'S REACTION TO PROPOSED EXECUTIVE ORDER [...] (S-rel New Zealand) Post on September 14 delivered reftel talking points and text of the proposed executive order regarding insurgency finance in Iraq to New Zealand's Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade. 2. (S-rel New Zealand) On October 14, Taha Mcpherson of the Ministry's Security Poli [...] | 2004-10-14 23:26:00 | Embassy Wellington | SECRET | PREL PTER KTFN IZ NZ |
04WELLINGTON880 | WEOG ROTATION: NEW ZEALAND FM RESPONSE [...] (SBU) Post delivered the letter (reftels) on WEOG rotation in the UN Commission of Human Rights (CHR) from Secretary Powell to New Zealand Foreign Minister Phil Goff on August 16. On October 12 the New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT) provided the Ambassador a copy of Gof [...] | 2004-10-20 01:20:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OPDC PHUM PREL PGOV NZ |
04WELLINGTON881 | NEW ZEALAND REPRESENTATION AT ARF SECURITY POLICY [...] No summary [...] | 2004-10-20 01:34:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL NZ ARF |
04WELLINGTON889 | NEW ZEALAND POLITICAL SCANDAL MAY LOSE THE [...] (C) Summary: Recent allegations concerning New Zealand Labour Government Minister John Tamihere's relationship to his former place of employment could result in a by-election, whose loss would end Labour's single-vote Parliamentary majority. This would force the Government to revise its polit [...] | 2004-10-22 02:27:00 | Embassy Wellington | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM NZ |
04WELLINGTON902 | NEW ZEALAND URGES UN SECURITY COUNCIL REFORM, BUT [...] (SBU) The Government of New Zealand is strongly in favor of UN Security Council reform, but is averse to discussing its, proposed changes. The GoNZ has submitted a discussion paper on the topic to the SG's High Level Panel on Threats, Challenges and Change. 2. (SBU) In his opening speech t [...] | 2004-10-28 23:57:00 | Embassy Wellington | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL NZ |
04WELLINGTON915 | NEW ZEALAND AND THAILAND AIM TO CONCLUDE [...] (C) Begin summary: New Zealand and Thailand have begun the fourth and possibly final round in negotiations for a free-trade agreement, which New Zealand hopes to conclude by November 19, before the next APEC summit. The New Zealand government acknowledged that its effort has been hampered by [...] | 2004-11-02 23:14:00 | Embassy Wellington | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD ECON PREL TH NZ |
04WELLINGTON918 | NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR THEODORE [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to EAP/ANP Deputy Director Theodore Allegra, to travel to Auckland and Wellington, New Zealand from November 9-22, 2004. The purpose of this visit is to meet with USG officers and government officials as appropriate en route to and from Ne [...] | 2004-11-03 02:01:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA PREL NZ |
04WELLINGTON932 | TERRORISM FINANCE COORDINATION OFFICER AT [...] No summary [...] | 2004-11-09 02:33:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ETTC KTFN PREL PTER NZ KVRP |
04WELLINGTON949 | NEW ZEALAND LABOUR PARTY CAUTIOUSLY CONFIDENT ON [...] (C) Summary: New Zealand's governing Labour Party held its annual conference, November 12 ) 14 in Auckland. Foreign affairs and trade featured prominently, and Clark noted that priorities over a Third term would include the following: new trade and economic links, especially FTAs or arrangeme [...] | 2004-11-15 04:33:00 | Embassy Wellington | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MNUC NZ |
04WELLINGTON951 | NEW ZEALAND ASSESSES VIABILITY OF NEW AIRCRAFT [...] (SBU) Summary: National Science Foundation (NSF),Raytheon, and Embassy representatives attended a logistics planning briefing hosted by the NZ Defence Force (NZDF) October 14 to assess the viability of allowing Royal NZ Air Force P-3K Orion and Boeing 757 aircraft to use the landing areas at [...] | 2004-11-16 00:58:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL MOPS AY NZ |
04WELLINGTON964 | NEW ZEALAND RESPONSE TO REQUEST ON NEGOTIATIONS [...] (SBU) Post provided reftel points to Emma Kerslake, Environment Division, New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT.) MFAT noted that they would respond following consultations with the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry (MAF.) AgAttache spoke separately with MAF Biosecurity [...] | 2004-11-18 23:05:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV AORC EAGR ETRD PREL NZ |
04WELLINGTON973 | NEW ZEALAND: AMBASSADOR SWINDELLS TELLS IT LIKE IT [...] (U) On November 17, Prime Minister Helen Clark delivered an address at the American Chamber of Commerce Business Awards. She described the importance to New Zealand of its economic relationship with the United States: The U.S. is New Zealand's second-largest trading partner, with two-way tra [...] | 2004-11-22 03:26:00 | Embassy Wellington | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NZ |
04WELLINGTON997 | NEW ZEALAND SPY "SCANDAL" - SECURITY INTELLIGENCE [...] (S) Summary: Prime Minister Helen Clark has assented to a request by the Inspector-General of Security to conduct an investigation into allegations reported by the New Zealand media that New Zealand's Security Intelligence Service (SIS) has been spying on members of the newly formed Maori Party [...] | 2004-11-30 23:22:00 | Embassy Wellington | SECRET | PGOV PREL PHUM NZ |
04YEREVAN1002 | MFA PRESENTS FACT SHEET ON ARMENIA-NATO COOPERATION [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) The Head of the NATO Division at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Hrachia Tashchian, presented us with the Ministry's "Fact Sheet on Cooperation of Armenia with NATO and its Participation in the Partnership for Peace Progr [...] | 2004-04-29 12:31:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PARM PGOV AM |
04YEREVAN1089 | NO PROGRESS IN INVESTIGATION OF HIGH-PROFILE [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified, protect accordingly. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) At his May 4 press conference Procurator General (PG) Aghvan Hovsepian admitted that they had as yet made no significant progress in the investigation of several high-profile cases of violence against [...] | 2004-05-05 13:24:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL AM |
04YEREVAN1109 | REACTION FROM YEREVAN, ARMENIA: ARMENIAN MEDIA [...] SUMMARY: Armenian mass media widely covered the recent developments in Ajaria and Georgia and paid special attention to the resignation of Ajaria's leader, Aslan Abashidze. The press outlined the importance of the recent political developments for their possible impact on Armenia and on the [...] | 2004-05-07 13:01:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR OPRC PGOV PREL KPAO AM |
04YEREVAN1119 | "CELEBRATION" OF WORLD PRESS FREEDOM DAY IN [...] SUMMARY: Competing media organizations sponsored several events on Monday, May 3, in observance of World Press Freedom Day. Generally critical of the government of Armenia, the events also revealed a certain amount of intramural hard feelings in the world of Armenian journalism. The U.S. Em [...] | 2004-05-10 09:26:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC PGOV PREL KPAO AM |
04YEREVAN1125 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: ESTABLISHING US MISSION BAGHDAD [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) On May 8, 2004 we discussed talking points in refs A and B with America's desk officer Lilit Toutkhalian. She noted that Armenia currently had no plans to have diplomatic representation in Iraq. ORDWAY [...] | 2004-05-11 07:00:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL AMGT MOPS IZ AM |
04YEREVAN1147 | DIALOGUE CONTINUES BETWEEN OPPOSITION AND [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified, protect accordingly. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) Negotiations between Armenia's governing coalition and its political opponents have brought a temporary lull to their month-long political confrontation. Talks between leaders of the three pro- Kocha [...] | 2004-05-14 12:04:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL AM |
04YEREVAN1148 | TWO MEN DETAINED ON CHARGES OF ATTACKING [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified, protect accordingly. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) The Office of the Procurator General (PG) announced May 12 that they had identified and officially charged two men for attacking journalists during an opposition rally on April 5. An assaulted journa [...] | 2004-05-14 12:05:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL AM |
04YEREVAN1179 | SPRING 2004 DIASPORA ROUNDTABLE FOCUSES ON [...] The May 5-7 meetings of the Ambassador's Diaspora Roundtable held in Yerevan focused on encouraging private investment in Armenia and increasing partnership between Diaspora-based groups and the USG with ongoing assistance projects. Thirty-seven prominent Armenian-Americans representing the e [...] | 2004-05-20 02:24:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV EAID AM |
04YEREVAN1190 | PREVENTIVE DETENTIONS A MAJOR SETBACK ON THE [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified, protect accordingly. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) Armenian police rounded up and questioned more than 25 opposition activists around the country on the eve of the planned May 21 opposition rally in Yerevan. According to opposition sources and media re [...] | 2004-05-21 10:47:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL AM |
04YEREVAN1194 | MCA: THE VIEW FROM YEREVAN [...] (U) Sensitive But Unclassified. Please treat accordingly. ------------------------ PROGRESS IN RECENT YEARS ------------------------ 2. (SBU) Over the past 12 years since independence Armenia has moved from a state of open conflict with one of its neighbors to a stable, if occasionally [...] | 2004-05-21 12:13:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EAID PGOV PHUM AM |
04YEREVAN1207 | MAY 21 OPPOSITION RALLY CALM, NO NEW [...] (U) Sensitive But Unclassified. Please treat accordingly. --------------------- LARGE RALLY, BUT CALM --------------------- 2. (SBU) Despite concerns raised by the May 20 preventive detentions (reftel),the May 21 opposition rally attracted roughly 12,000-15,000 participants, proceede [...] | 2004-05-25 06:10:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM AM |
04YEREVAN1238 | KOCHARIAN DISCUSSES REFORMS, ARMENIA'S ECONOMIC [...] (SBU) EUR/ACE Ambassador Carlos Pascual, accompanied by the Ambassador, met with President Robert Kocharian May 18 following the meetings of the U.S.-Armenia Task Force on Economic Cooperation (USATF). The meeting focused on the potential role for Armenia as an example of progress and freedom [...] | 2004-05-27 10:50:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EAID |
04YEREVAN1254 | RIVAL POLITICAL CAMPS UNITE OVER CHESSBOARD [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (U) The current National Assembly (NA) marked its first anniversary May 26 with a chess tournament featuring international grandmaster Smbat Lputyan who played against 14 MPs and NA staffers. Each [...] | 2004-06-01 12:02:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL AM |
04YEREVAN1255 | DECIPHERING THE ARMENIAN-AMERICAN DIASPORA [...] (SBU) The Armenian-American Diaspora continues to wield considerable influence upon the foreign and domestic policies of the Government of Armenia. This influence ranges from the obvious connection of U.S.-born and/or trained GOAM officials, the influence of private and public U.S. assistance [...] | 2004-06-01 12:07:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV AM |
04YEREVAN1287 | BUSINESS AS NOT-SO-USUAL IN ARMENIA'S PARLIAMENT [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly . ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) More than one year into the legislative season, a boycotting opposition, spotty attendance by pro-government deputies, continued political saber-rattling between parties and even occasional f [...] | 2004-06-04 12:21:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV AM |
04YEREVAN1290 | ARMENIA WELCOMES ESTABLISHMENT OF THE [...] (U) Sensitive But Unclassified. Please treat accordingly. 2. (SBU) We delivered reftel demarche June 2. In comments later that same day, Armenian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Gamlet Gasparyan noted: " We welcome the formation of Iraq's interim government, which will undertake its responsi [...] | 2004-06-07 09:19:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL IZ AM |
04YEREVAN1293 | KOCHARIAN ESTABLISHES MCA BOARD, DISCUSSES COMPACT [...] (U) Sensitive But Unclassified. Please treat accordingly. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) The GOAM has formed a Board of Trustees under the authority of the Prime Minister Andranik Margaryan with Chief Economic Adviser of the President of the Republic of Armenia Vahram Nercissiantz a [...] | 2004-06-07 12:02:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV EAID AM |
04YEREVAN1336 | FRACTURED OPPOSITION ADMITS FAILURE TO GARNER [...] (SBU) Faced with dismal rally attendance, Armenian opposition leaders made announcements June 5 acknowledging their failure to receive sufficient popular support for "decisive actions" aimed at ousting President Kocharian. Instead of launching a promised "permanent" protest action, the June 4 [...] | 2004-06-14 11:22:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL AM |
04YEREVAN1337 | AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES CITIZEN CONCERNS IN ARMENIA'S [...] (U) Summary: Ambassador Ordway discussed USG assistance programs and current events with Armenians living in the southern province of Syunik during a town hall meeting June 8 in the provincial capital of Kapan. The meeting was part of a broader schedule of USG assistance site visits and poli [...] | 2004-06-14 12:00:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV EAID AM |
04YEREVAN1339 | MFA INITIAL RESPONSE TO 2004 TIP REPORT [...] (U) Sensitive But Unclassified. Please treat accordingly. 2. (SBU) We delivered TIP report language and accompanying fact sheet and press release information to Special Advisor Salpi Ghazarian and Human Rights Desk Officer Karine Soudjian June 14 per reftel instructions. Both reported th [...] | 2004-06-14 12:02:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV EAID AM |
04YEREVAN1342 | REPUBLICAN-BACKED PARLIAMENTARY CANDIDATE RUNS [...] (SBU) Vahe Hakobian, parliamentary candidate endorsed by Prime Minister Andranik Margaryan's Republican Party, ran unopposed during parliamentary by- elections in the southern province of Syunik on June 13. According to preliminary figures announced by the Territorial Election Commission, Ha [...] | 2004-06-15 11:38:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL AM |
04YEREVAN1343 | ARMENIA MCA BI-WEEKLY REPORT -- JUNE 15, 2004 [...] (U) Sensitive But Unclassified. Please treat accordingly. --------------------------------------------- ------- GOAM MCA BOARD CONVENES FIRST "CONSULTATIVE" MEETING --------------------------------------------- ------- 2. (U) Minister of Finance and Economy Vardan Khachatryan hosted th [...] | 2004-06-15 12:15:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV EAID AM |
04YEREVAN1344 | ARMENIA: 2004 - 2005 ANTI-TRAFFICKING STRATEGY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. While the formation of the Government's Interagency Commission to Address Issues related to Human Trafficking was encouraging, lack of a Commission Head for several months last year significantly slowed down the Government's response to TIP. As reported reftel, the Commission [...] | 2004-06-15 12:17:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KCRM ELAB KWMN SMIG PGOV PREL UZ AM |
04YEREVAN1345 | Armenian-Azeri border clash [...] (C) Following receipt of reftel, DAO assistant spoke with the CHOD, Gen-Lt. Haratunyan, and Ambassador spoke to Ambassador Kasprzyk and Acting Foreign Minister Shugarian. The CHOD claimed that the Azeri side had initiated the outbreak of hostile action a week ago, and then on the night of Ju [...] | 2004-06-15 12:32:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS MOPS AM AJ |
04YEREVAN1352 | RELATIONS WITH TURKEY BACK IN THE SPOTLIGHT [...] (U) Sensitive But Unclassified. Please treat accordingly. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) The last-minute decision by the Turkish delegation not to attend a conference on regional archaeological and tourism issues, a report in the Armenian press regarding visa regimes and a widely ci [...] | 2004-06-17 12:21:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV EAID AM |
04YEREVAN1359 | OPPOSITION ANNOUNCES END TO "HOT SPRING" [...] (U) Sensitive But Unclassified -- Please treat accordingly. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) Leaders of the Armenian opposition Justice bloc and National Accord Party officially announced June 16 the end of the much-touted "hot spring" anti- Kocharian campaign. While some opposition [...] | 2004-06-18 11:03:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL AM |
04YEREVAN1369 | REACTION FROM YEREVAN, ARMENIA: PRESS [...] SUMMARY: All mass media widely covered Ambassador John Ordway's press conference held on June 17. Almost all TV and newspaper reports were accurate and factual. The majority of the newspapers quoted the Ambassador without any comments. All the newspapers noted that there will be the final p [...] | 2004-06-21 08:24:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR OPRC PGOV PREL KPAO AM |
04YEREVAN143 | ARMENIA CONFIRMS STRONG SUPPORT FOR AUSTRALIA'S [...] No summary [...] | 2004-01-16 07:16:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL AM |
04YEREVAN1439 | YEREVAN REACTION TO KOCHARIAN'S JUNE 24 COUNCIL OF [...] (U) Sensitive But Unclassified. Please treat accordingly. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) Local media reaction was mostly positive in Yerevan following President Robert Kocharian's June 24 address to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE). The address, which was c [...] | 2004-06-25 12:59:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV EAID AM |
04YEREVAN1490 | INVITATION TO THE G8 GLOBAL PARTNERS WORKING [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Post delivered reftel invitation to the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Vartan Oskanian on July 1, 2004. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs will confirm attendance with Post and supply the requested passport information, and [...] | 2004-07-01 10:18:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MNUC PARM PREL AM KACP |
04YEREVAN1507 | ARMENIA MCA BI-WEEKLY REPORT -- JULY 2, 2004 [...] (U) Sensitive But Unclassified. Please treat accordingly. -------------------------------- GOAM MCA BOARD MEETINGS CONTINUE -------------------------------- 2. (SBU) GOAM sources tell us that the GOAM MCA Board has met a total of seven times to date. This number, however, includes fi [...] | 2004-07-02 12:45:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV EAID AM |
04YEREVAN1516 | ARMENIAN TENTATIVE ACCEPTANCE OF INVITATION [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) The GOAM Foreign Ministry has tentatively accepted the invitation to the G8 Global Partners Working Group to be held in Paris on July 12 (reftel),and supplied the participant's information as requested. 3. (SBU) The [...] | 2004-07-07 12:28:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MNUC PARM PREL AM KACP |
04YEREVAN1520 | CONGRATULATORY LETTER FROM PRESIDENT [...] (U) Sensitive But Unclassified. Please treat accordingly. 2. (SBU) The Ministry of Foreign Affairs transmitted a letter from President Robert Kocharian to President Bush congratulating him on the occasion of the 228th anniversary of the independence of the United States. 3. (SBU) The [...] | 2004-07-07 12:30:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV AM |
04YEREVAN1523 | PRESIDENT OF IRAN TO VISIT ARMENIA [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Armenian President Robert Kocharian announced June 24 that Iranian President (Ali) Mohammad Khatami-Ardakani would visit Armenia this September. According to the announcement, Khatami will be the first Iranian head of s [...] | 2004-07-07 12:32:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV IR AM |
04YEREVAN1532 | AMBASSADOR DELIVERS CFE POINTS [...] No summary [...] | 2004-07-09 10:15:00 | Embassy Yerevan | SECRET | PARM KCFE PREL AM |
04YEREVAN1537 | AMBASSADOR BRIEFS FOREIGN MINISTER ON GLOBAL [...] No summary [...] | 2004-07-09 13:00:00 | Embassy Yerevan | SECRET | MARR PREL KPAO AM NATO |
04YEREVAN1556 | GOAM'S MCA MANAGEMENT AND CONSULTATIVE PROCESS IN [...] (U) Ministry of Finance and Economy officials tell us that the consultative process in advance of the GOAM's upcoming MCA compact proposal submission has moved to the country's regions and is on schedule. The GOAM has begun compiling a matrix of all concept papers and/or comments received fro [...] | 2004-07-13 10:55:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV EAID AM |
04YEREVAN158 | GOAM UNVEILS ANTI-CORRUPTION STRATEGY WITH [...] (U) Sensitive But Unclassified. Please treat accordingly. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) Armenian Prime Minister Andranik Markarian unveiled the GOAM's first anti-corruption strategy Jaunary 16 during a public hearing that included an impressive array of ministers, legislators and [...] | 2004-01-16 12:58:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM EAID AM |
04YEREVAN1589 | ARMENIA: ACTION REQUEST ON CUBA TERRORISM [...] No summary [...] | 2004-07-16 10:56:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL CU AM UNGA |
04YEREVAN1624 | KOCHARIAN AND MINISTERS PLAN FIRST STATE VISIT TO [...] (SBU) MFA sources confirmed July 20 that Armenian President Robert Kocharian would travel to China September 26-30. The GOAM had not yet made this information public but will likely announce it to the press July 21 or 22. Several GOAM Foreign Ministers have traveled to China in the past as pa [...] | 2004-07-21 12:25:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV CH AM |
04YEREVAN1628 | GOAM INDICATES IT MAY VOTE NO ON CUBA RESOLUTION [...] No summary [...] | 2004-07-22 11:03:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV CU AM UNGA |
04YEREVAN1639 | 59TH UNGA -- ARMENIA'S MOSTLY FAVORABLE RESPONSE [...] (U) Sensitive But Unclassified. Please treat accordingly. -------- SUMMARY -------- 2. (SBU) We delivered reftel demarche on USG initiatives at the 59th UNGA to MFA International Organizations Acting Division Chief Artak Apitonian July 20. Apitonian predicted that the GOAM would supp [...] | 2004-07-23 12:45:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ECON PHUM KDEM AORC UNGA UN |
04YEREVAN1641 | MCA BI-WEEKLY REPORT -- JULY 26, 2004 [...] (U) The GOAM has indicated that it may be ready to present its MCA compact proposal to the GOAM's MCA Board by September 1, and to follow this with a consultative process that we understand will include the donor community here. A recent consultative session in Armenia's Syunik region was a f [...] | 2004-07-26 09:56:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV EAID AM |
04YEREVAN1648 | PUBLIC DEBATE MARKS FIRST YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) Both supporters and critics of the ruling parliamentary coalition in Armenia's National Assembly took advantage of its one-year anniversary to stage public debates on its effectiveness and pro [...] | 2004-07-26 12:13:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV AM |
04YEREVAN165 | MFA ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT ISTANBUL-YEREVAN [...] (U) Sensitive But Unclassified. Please treat accordingly. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) MFA officials told us recently that they consider the weekly Yerevan-Istanbul flights an important part of efforts to improve relations between the two countries. MFA Turkey Desk Officer Anahi [...] | 2004-01-20 12:52:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM TU AM |
04YEREVAN1665 | LETTER FROM THE MINISTER OF JUSTICE TO [...] (U) Sensitive But Unclassified. Please treat accordingly. ----------------------- TEXT OF LETTER FROM MOJ ----------------------- 2. (SBU) The Minister of Justice Davit Harytyunyan's staff transmitted the following letter to the Embassy July 28, noting that it had also been sent to th [...] | 2004-07-29 12:22:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM AM |
04YEREVAN1678 | PARTY PRIMER: TOP ARMENIAN POLITICAL [...] (U) Sensitive But Unclassified. Please treat accordingly. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) With 64 registered political parties (as of July 30, 2004) voters in Armenia suffer no lack of choice. The following parties are represented within the National Assembly (NA): the Republican [...] | 2004-07-30 08:32:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV AM |
04YEREVAN1707 | TERRORIST FINANCE: YEREVAN: PKK/KADEK [...] No summary [...] | 2004-08-02 12:27:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER EFIN ETTC TU AM |
04YEREVAN1749 | ARMENIA SIGNS ON TO DEFENSE ASSESSMENT: [...] (U) Sensitive But Unclassified. Please treat accordingly. --------------------------------------------- -- MINISTER OF DEFENSE REQUESTS DEFENSE ASSESSMENT --------------------------------------------- -- 2. (SBU) Armenia formally requested a Defense Assessment in the following letter fr [...] | 2004-08-09 01:04:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PARM AM |
04YEREVAN1771 | MCA BI-WEEKLY REPORT -- AUGUST 9, 2004 [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) Various ministries, state agencies, NGOs, educational institutions, and individuals submitted a number of new MCA proposals as a result of the consultative process initiated by the Government [...] | 2004-08-09 12:37:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV EAID AM |
04YEREVAN1773 | TERRORIST FINANCE: YEREVAN: PKK/KADEK [...] No summary [...] | 2004-08-09 13:04:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER EFIN ETTC TU AM |
04YEREVAN1789 | CHARGE BRIEFS DFM ON GLOBAL DEFENSE POSTURE REVIEW [...] No summary [...] | 2004-08-13 10:25:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL KPAO AM NATO |
04YEREVAN1813 | ARMENIA'S TEST FOR NATO AND PFP: WILL THEY BE [...] (C) GOAM senior policy makers are looking to the upcoming Cooperation Best Effort 2004 (CBE04) Partnership for Peace (PfP) mid-September exercise in Azerbaijan as a test case for whether NATO, PfP members and the U.S. genuinely want to work with Armenia. Until the five Armenian military office [...] | 2004-08-16 11:06:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PM PGOV AM AJ |
04YEREVAN1815 | COURT HALTS RATIFICATION OF ROME STATUTE -- [...] (C) Armenia still hopes to ratify the Article 98 Agreement when the National Assembly returns from recess in September. We pressed FM Oskanian to keep to this timetable, but he said that the Constitutional Court is now reviewing the agreement and may decide that it would be unlawful to ratif [...] | 2004-08-17 01:57:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PARM PREL AM |
04YEREVAN1822 | MINIKES IN YEREVAN: ENGAGE WITH THE OSCE [...] (SBU) In a series of intense meetings with nearly all of Armenia's top-level leaders, USOSCE Ambassador Stephan M. Minikes called for Armenia to engage with the OSCE to make sure the organization suits the country's needs, and not to carp from the sidelines, eroding OSCE basic principles. Mini [...] | 2004-08-18 08:48:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV AM |
04YEREVAN1837 | LETTER FROM THE MFA ON ARMENIA'S CANDIDACY [...] (U) Sensitive But Unclassified. Please treat accordingly. ----------------------- TEXT OF LETTER FROM MFA ----------------------- 2. (SBU) The Ministry of Foreign Affairs transmitted the following letter to the Embassy. The English- language text of the letter follows. Begin Text: [...] | 2004-08-18 13:46:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM AM UN |
04YEREVAN1854 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: UNIVERSAL POSTAL UNION [...] No summary [...] | 2004-08-20 12:59:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC PREL AM |
04YEREVAN1862 | AMBASSADOR EVANS PRESENTS COPIES OF HIS LETTERS OF [...] (SBU) Ambassador Evans presented copies of his letters of credence to Armenian Foreign Minister Vartan Oskanian August 23. The Ambassador highlighted the strong U.S.-Armenia bilateral relationship, outlined U.S. policy objectives, and noted that new opportunities may exist in the South Caucas [...] | 2004-08-23 11:03:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV AM |
04YEREVAN1878 | INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALIST ALLEGEDLY ATTACKED [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. ----------------------------- JOURNALIST ALLEGEDLY ATTACKED ----------------------------- 2. (SBU) On August 24, two investigative journalists alleged that they had been threatened and one of them roughed up by unidentified me [...] | 2004-08-25 12:17:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL AM |
04YEREVAN1885 | MODIFIED CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS PACKAGE MOVES [...] (C) The three parties of the pro-government ruling coalition forwarded a package of proposed constitutional amendments to Armenia's National Assembly (NA) in mid-August for discussion and approval during the upcoming legislative session. This step was the latest in the continuing saga of Coun [...] | 2004-08-27 07:35:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL AM |
04YEREVAN1892 | ARMENIA MCA BI-WEEKLY UPDATE -- AUGUST 27, 2004 [...] (SBU) GOAM Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper (PRSP) Secretariat Coordinator Hovik Azizyan confirmed to us during SIPDIS an informal meeting August 25 that the GOAM had pushed back its planned proposal submission schedule. Azizyan said the change was necessary due to the large number of propo [...] | 2004-08-27 12:01:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KMCA EAID AM |
04YEREVAN1893 | NEW PEACE CORPS VOLUNTEERS SWORN IN BY NEW [...] SUMMARY: On August 23, the Ambassador swore in 51 new Peace Corps Volunteers for service in Armenia, the largest group since the program was established in 1992. Foreign Minister Oskanian, who attended the ceremony, spoke passionately about the high value of the program for Armenia and U.S [...] | 2004-08-27 12:03:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID KPAO OPRC PREL AM KMRD |
04YEREVAN1925 | PRESIDENTIAL ADVISOR JOINS JOURNALIST TO MAKE [...] (SBU) Summary. The GOAM took the high road in response to a physical attack on an investigative journalist on August 24 (reftel). The alleged attacker was arrested while Armenia's Prosecutor General pressed charges. A senior advisor to President Kocharian joined journalists in a "protest" o [...] | 2004-08-31 12:30:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV PREL AM |
04YEREVAN1940 | ARMENIA: DEMARCHE DELIVERED -- BATTLING GLOBAL [...] No summary [...] | 2004-09-02 10:47:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER AM |
04YEREVAN1972 | AMBASSADOR PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO PRESIDENT [...] (C) On September 4, 2004, Ambassador Evans presented his letters of credence to President Robert Kocharian. The Ambassador conveyed warm best wishes from President Bush, and explained how U.S. goals for the South Caucasus -- enhancing security and stability, strengthening democratic institutio [...] | 2004-09-08 10:22:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID KMCA ECON AM |
04YEREVAN2018 | PRESIDENT SIGNS ON TO ARMENIAN-POLISH JOINT [...] (SBU) On September 6, Armenian President Robert Kocharian signed a security cooperation agreement with Polish President Aleksander Kwasniewski which will lay the groundwork for the deployment to Iraq of 50 Armenian non-combat troops with Polish forces. George Kocharian, Head of the Military-P [...] | 2004-09-10 12:52:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MARR MOPS IZ AM |
04YEREVAN2054 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: NEW IRAQ EXECUTIVE ORDER [...] No summary [...] | 2004-09-17 12:18:00 | Embassy Yerevan | SECRET | KTFN PREL PTER AM |
04YEREVAN2092 | ARMENIA'S MOD SUPPORTS BROADER, DEEPER DEFENSE [...] (C) In his first meeting with the Ambassador on September 20, Armenia's Defense Minister Serzh Sargsyan stated that Armenia highly valued its developing defense relationship with the U.S., stood ready to cooperate on an upcoming Defense Assessment and was preparing troops for deployment to Ir [...] | 2004-09-22 12:41:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR PARM AM |
04YEREVAN2113 | FM TAPS SPECIAL ADVISOR AS NEXT AMBASSADOR TO IRAN [...] No summary [...] | 2004-09-24 10:56:00 | Embassy Yerevan | SECRET | PREL PGOV IR AM |
04YEREVAN2114 | PARLIAMENTARY BY-ELECTION: POWERPLAY TUG-OF-WAR, [...] (C) The National Assembly Speaker-backed candidate won a controversial parliamentary by-election September 19 in a Yerevan suburb after the only remaining candidate (backed by Armenia's Procurator General) withdrew from the race only a few days earlier. Analysts viewed the election, which had [...] | 2004-09-24 11:03:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL AM |
04YEREVAN212 | PM APPOINTS ETHNIC MINORITIES AND RELIGIOUS [...] (U) Sensitive But Unclassified. Please treat accordingly. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) Prime Minister Andranik Margarian appointed Hranush Kharatian as Head of the Department on Ethnic Minorities and Religious Issues within the Cabinet. Kharatian will supervise GOAM programs tar [...] | 2004-01-23 11:12:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM TU AM |
04YEREVAN2140 | CASE AGAINST URANIUM SMUGGLER IN DANGER OF [...] (S/NF) Garik Dadayan was detained on the Georgia - Armenia border while attempting to smuggle Highly Enriched Uranium (HEU) in June 2003. Dadayan has been in pre-trial detention in Armenia, but his case is now moving to trial. Prosecutors and the judge presiding in the case are concerned tha [...] | 2004-09-29 09:01:00 | Embassy Yerevan | SECRET//NOFORN | KNNP MNUC PARM PREL AM GG |
04YEREVAN2154 | FOLLOW UP ON G8 GLOBAL PARTNERS WORKING GROUP [...] No summary [...] | 2004-09-30 13:06:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MNUC PARM PREL AM KACP |
04YEREVAN2156 | REACTION FROM YEREVAN, ARMENIA: PRESS [...] SUMMARY: All mass media widely covered the first press conference of Ambassador John Evans held on September 15. Virtually all TV stations commented on the unique format of the press conference (the heads of all the sections of the U.S. mission in Armenia were present). All TV stations show [...] | 2004-09-30 13:07:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR OPRC PGOV PREL KPAO AM |
04YEREVAN2165 | GOAM TAKING ACTION TO FIGHT TRAFFICKING [...] (U) Although much work remains to be done, the Armenian government has made considerable efforts over the past three years and, despite being a country of origin for trafficking, has graduated from Tier 3 to Tier 2 (Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report 2004). Government actions have had the fol [...] | 2004-10-01 06:29:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KCRM KWMN PHUM AM KTIP |
04YEREVAN2166 | GOAM SUPPORT FOR IRAQ MISSION UNLIKELY TO [...] (SBU) GOAM commitment to deploying troops in Iraq remains strong despite recent media statements and public opinion against the mission. Opposition groups have not strongly attacked plans for deployment, and Ministry of Defense and Ministry of Foreign Affairs officials continue to make consis [...] | 2004-10-01 10:30:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MARR MOPS IZ AM |
04YEREVAN2194 | OSKANIAN CALLS FOR ARMENIAN "RE- [...] (U) Sensitive But Unclassified. Please protect accordingly. ------------------------------- OSKANIAN STUNS DIPLOMATIC CROWD ------------------------------- 2. (SBU) Taking advantage of the official reception October 2 on the occasion of the "Day of German Unity," Foreign Minister Varta [...] | 2004-10-04 12:31:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV AJ AM |
04YEREVAN2216 | RUSSIAN-GEORGIAN BORDER CLOSING "NOT [...] (U) Sensitive But Unclassified. Please protect accordingly. -------- SUMMARY -------- 2. (SBU) As a result of the Russian-Georgian border closure roughly one thousand trucks bound for Armenia are stuck at the Verkhniy Lars border crossing point between Russia and Georgia. According t [...] | 2004-10-06 12:47:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PREL PGOV AM |
04YEREVAN2222 | POLICE DETAIN TWO ON SUSPICION OF TRAFFICKING [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. ------------------------------------ POLICE ARRESTING ALLEGED TRAFFICKERS ------------------------------------ 2. (SBU) Police detained Tigran Rushanyan (nickname - Tigran the Great) on suspicion of trafficking October 4, 2004 [...] | 2004-10-07 03:20:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KCRM AM KTIP |
04YEREVAN2242 | ARMENIAN RESPONSE TO CUBA'S UN RESOLUTION [...] No summary [...] | 2004-10-08 12:35:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ETRD CU AM UNGA |
04YEREVAN2256 | GOAM PREPARED TO SIGN REVISED "ARTICLE 98" [...] (U) Sensitive But Unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Foreign Minister Oskanian's senior advisor told us October 12 that the GOAM is prepared to sign a revised "Article 98" agreement "within next ten days." President Kocharian is currently deciding who to authorize to sign [...] | 2004-10-12 12:18:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PARM PGOV AM |
04YEREVAN2257 | GOAM REGISTERS JEHOVAH'S WITNESSES [...] (SBU) The Armenian Ministry of Justice registered the Jehovah's Witnesses as a legal entity on October 8. Registration confers the right for religious groups to rent meeting space, broadcast on radio and television, publish magazines and newspapers, and it gives members of the Jehovah's Witnes [...] | 2004-10-12 12:19:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL AM |
04YEREVAN226 | REACTION FROM YEREVAN, ARMENIA: PRESIDENT [...] SUMMARY: President George W. Bush's State of the Union Address was widely covered in Armenian media, both print and broadcast. Coverage by broadcast media was mostly factual, using CNN, EuroNews or Russian sources. Print media used the Russian Washington File provided by the U.S. Embassy Pu [...] | 2004-01-23 12:57:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR OPRC PGOV PREL KPAO AM |
04YEREVAN2281 | FM DISCUSSES TURKISH-EU ACCESSION: KOCHARIAN [...] (C) In her October 14 meeting with Armenian Foreign Minister Vartan Oskanian, Deputy Assistant Secretary Laura Kennedy emphasized the positive benefits for Armenia of a Turkey anchored in the EU. She strongly urged the GOAM avoid trying to derail or complicate the process. Oskanian's recent [...] | 2004-10-14 08:03:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV TU AM |
04YEREVAN2323 | INVITATION TO ATTEND NOVEMBER 17 G8 GLOBAL [...] No summary [...] | 2004-10-19 12:10:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MNUC PARM PREL AM KACP |
04YEREVAN2324 | LOCAL STATION DROPS RFE/RL NEWS SHOW [...] (SBU) An independent TV news broadcast produced by Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty was cancelled on October 13 after airing a single episode. The director of the station denied government pressure. We believe, however, that this incident was an act of self- censorship to avoid conflict with [...] | 2004-10-19 12:10:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM AM |
04YEREVAN2325 | COURT CONVICTS, SENTENCES JOURNALIST'S [...] No summary [...] | 2004-10-19 12:11:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV PREL AM |
04YEREVAN2326 | GENDER AND SALARY DISCRIMINATION IN YEREVAN [...] (SBU) According to a new survey, equally qualified men and women in Yerevan receive wildly disparate salaries: on average, women in Yerevan receive 40 percent less than men. While the survey was too small to be entirely reliable, the trends it demonstrated are strongly supported by anecdotal [...] | 2004-10-19 12:13:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM AM |
04YEREVAN2337 | DIASPORA ORGANIZATION INCREASES SUPPORT FOR N-K [...] (C) The Armenian General Benevolent Union (AGBU) is increasing its efforts to support ongoing Armenian government-sponsored repopulation programs in Nagrono-Karabakh (N-K) through its "Centennial Project." The AGBU, the Armenian Diaspora NGO with the largest membership worldwide, has reported [...] | 2004-10-20 11:13:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV AM |
04YEREVAN2348 | EUR DAS KENNEDY'S OCTOBER 14 - 17 VISIT TO ARMENIA [...] (C) Armenia plans to follow through with its commitment to deploy non-combat troops to Iraq. The issue is a political hot potato, however, and the GOAM hopes the USG will help keep the issue out of public view while it works to obtain the parliamentary approval required for deployment. This [...] | 2004-10-22 07:19:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM MARR AM |
04YEREVAN2367 | RUSSIA OPENS BORDERS TO CAUCASUS [...] (U) This cable is sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. ----------------- BORDER OPEN AGAIN ----------------- 2. (SBU) On Friday October 22, the Russian government reopened the border checkpoint Verkhniy Lars that had been closed September 15, following the Beslan Sch [...] | 2004-10-25 08:57:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD PREL RS AM |
04YEREVAN2374 | OPPOSITION RALLY DRAWS ONLY LUKEWARM [...] (U) Sensitive But Unclassified. Please protect accordingly. -------------------------- SMALL RALLY, NO EXCITEMENT -------------------------- 2. (SBU) Roughly 1500 opposition supporters gathered October 26 in Opera Square for an authorized rally timed to coincide with commemorative even [...] | 2004-10-27 09:42:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM ASEC AM |
04YEREVAN2387 | GOAM DENIES SETTLEMENTS IN THE OCCUPIED [...] (U) Sensitive But Unclassified. Please treat accordingly. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) In a strongly-worded diplomatic note addressed to the Embassy October 28, the Government of Armenia denied any illegal activity in the occupied territories and requested that the United States [...] | 2004-10-28 12:20:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV AM UNGA |
04YEREVAN2388 | ARBITRATION PRODUCES TELECOM DEAL; ARMENTEL TO [...] (C) Minister of Justice David Harutunyan told the Ambassador on October 27 that the GOAM expected to make an announcement regarding a pending agreement with Armentel to bring a second mobile operator to Armenia and liberalize internet services within the next 10 days following months of intern [...] | 2004-10-28 12:21:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AM KTRD |
04YEREVAN2401 | ENTRY INTO FORCE OF ACQUISITION AND CROSS- [...] No summary [...] | 2004-10-29 11:54:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL MARR AM |
04YEREVAN2447 | KOCHARIAN SACKS INTEL SERVICE CHIEF [...] (C) President Robert Kocharian fired his Minister of the National Security Service (NSS) Karlos Petrossian November 5. Although there have been frequent rumors about Petrossian's departure, the immediate cause for his fall from grace appears to be the most recent report of Petrossian's corrup [...] | 2004-11-08 07:40:00 | Embassy Yerevan | SECRET | PREL PGOV AM |
04YEREVAN2456 | ARMENIAN RESPONSE TO DEMARCHES ON HUMAN [...] (SBU) We delivered reftel demarches to Artak Apitonian, Head of the UN Division at the Armenian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. ------- BELARUS ------- 2. (SBU) Regarding Belarus, Apitonian stated that Armenia is wavering between abstaining and voting against the resolution. Armenia woul [...] | 2004-11-09 02:55:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM AM UNGA |
04YEREVAN2461 | NATO SECRETARY GENERAL VISITS YEREVAN [...] (SBU) Summary: During a brief visit to Yerevan on November 5, the NATO Secretary General encouraged Armenia to continue to develop its cooperation with the Alliance, introduced NATO's new special representative to the region and explained that NATO is not in competition with any other organi [...] | 2004-11-09 09:14:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL AM NATO |
04YEREVAN2470 | GOAM RESCUES N-K TELECOM OPERATOR IN BACK-ROOM DEAL TO END ARMENTEL MONOPOLY [...] (C) During the week of November 15 the GOAM is due to seal the deal it has made with Armentel, Armenia's incumbent monopoly telecommunications service provider. The Government of Armenia will end its protracted dispute with Armentel and license a second mobile telephone provider to compete wit [...] | 2004-11-12 09:48:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EINV KPRV PREL AM BEXPPLM BEXP |
04YEREVAN2493 | GOAM MOVING TO RATIFY REVISED "ARTICLE 98" [...] (U) Sensitive But Unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Foreign Minister Oskanian's senior advisor told us November 17 that the GOAM is moving to ratify the revised "Article 98" agreement. The interagency review process is complete and the signed agreement is with President [...] | 2004-11-17 13:27:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PARM PGOV AM |
04YEREVAN2494 | RECENT STATEMENTS SUGGEST COOLER LOCAL TEMPERATURE [...] (C) Recent statements by high-level policymakers and opinion pieces in the local media suggest that there may be growing opposition to the pending deployment of Armenian peacekeeping support to Iraq. Reports of a car bomb explosion November 9 near an Armenian church in Iraq re-ignited a flurr [...] | 2004-11-18 09:02:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS IZ AM |
04YEREVAN2505 | GOAM TELECOM DEAL SUBSIDIZES N-K PHONE NETWORK [...] (C) On November 19 the Armenian Government published the details of a second mobile license that it granted to Karabakh-Telecom during a six hour tender process during the night of November 4 (Reftel). The government granted the license rights very cheaply, with no investment commitment insi [...] | 2004-11-19 11:46:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EINV KPRV BEXP PREL AM |
04YEREVAN2510 | THE GOAM'S CREATIVE ACCOUNTING: CREATING AN [...] (C) During the summer and fall of 2004 the GOAM transferred two valuable state assets into the control of the Ministry of Defense or organizations it controls, keeping the revenues and their subsequent expenditure off the books. In June the GOAM transferred 25 aircraft from the defunct Armeni [...] | 2004-11-22 07:02:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM ECON EFIN AM |
04YEREVAN2517 | ARMENIAN DEFMIN SOLID ON IRAQ CONTINGENT [...] No summary [...] | 2004-11-22 13:15:00 | Embassy Yerevan | SECRET | AM IZ MARR MOPS PREL |
04YEREVAN2525 | Armenian Iraq Contingent: Speaker of [...] (C ) Over lunch November 23, Armenian National Assembly speaker Artur Baghdasarian shared with Ambassador the likely time-line for parliamentary consideration of the deployment of Armenia's non- combatant contingent to the Iraq Coalition and asked our assistance in mustering arguments to be de [...] | 2004-11-23 13:48:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS AM IZ |
04YEREVAN2533 | OSKANIAN SAYS "AZERBAIJAN IS MAKING A [...] During a joint press conference with visiting Italian Deputy Foreign Minister Margherita Boniver November 23, Foreign Minister Vartan Oskanian commented that "Azerbaijan is making a mistake by initiating the discussion of the situation in the occupied territories issue at the UN, and after a [...] | 2004-11-24 13:00:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV AJ AM UNGA |
04YEREVAN2540 | EX-VICTIM OF TRAFFICKING ARRESTED FOR [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. ------- SUMMARY ------- Â [...] | 2004-11-26 03:13:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KCRM AM KTIP |
04YEREVAN2542 | AMBASSADOR SCORES ARMENIANS FOR NO-SHOW AT NATO [...] (C) The decision not to send a delegation to NATO's Rose-Roth seminar in Baku was "difficult to understand" and "a mistake" for Armenia." That was the message the Ambassador delivered to Tigran Torosian, Deputy Speaker of Armenia's National Assembly (NA) during a November 26 office call. To [...] | 2004-11-26 12:29:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AM NATO AZ |
04YEREVAN2546 | ARMENIAN HIGH COURT APPROVES OPTIONAL [...] No summary [...] | 2004-11-26 13:02:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL KOCI AM |
04YEREVAN2550 | ARMENIA: COPERATING ON LAW ENFORCEMENT, ONE CASE [...] (SBU) Despite the absence of formal legal instruments regulating law enforcement cooperation between the U.S. and Armenia, cooperation with the GOAM on specific cases has produced positive results. From working on child pornography cases to tracking down, arresting and transferring fugitive m [...] | 2004-11-29 12:00:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KJUS KCRM AM |
04YEREVAN2565 | CIVAV: ARMENIA REGISTERS AIRLINES OPERATING [...] (C) The November 26, 2004 sentencing of six Armenians (a pilot and crew) in Equatorial Guinea for aiding the overthrow of President Obiang's government (reftel) is a reminder about the business-end of Armenia's "don't ask, don't tell" policy on airline registration. Armenia's Directorate of C [...] | 2004-11-30 10:00:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | EAIR ECON PREL AM EK |
04YEREVAN2597 | ARMENIA'S CHOD TALKS ABOUT IRAQ, AZERBAIJAN AND [...] (C) In his first meeting with the Ambassador, General-Colonel Mikhael Harutiunyan expressed Armenia's readiness to send its military contingent to Iraq once the government had completed the necessary review and approval. He commented on the budgetary challenges facing the MOD and the attempt [...] | 2004-12-03 11:11:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM MARR MOPS AM |
04YEREVAN2635 | GOAM GETS QUOTAS FROM QATAR FOR LABOR [...] The Department on Migration and Refugees (DMR) has finished work with the Government of Qatar to create a legal framework for Armenians working in Qatar. In the agreement (scheduled to be signed in the near future) the Government of Qatar has provided quotas for the workers in the following [...] | 2004-12-09 06:10:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ELAB QA AM KTIP |
04YEREVAN2647 | JANUARY-NOVEMBER 2004 DATA ON TIP PROSECUTION [...] (SBU) According to data on Trafficking in Persons (TIP) provided by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) for the period between January 1, 2004 and November 1, 2004, there have been 15 cases of trafficking in Armenia involving 26 defendants. While most of those people were sentenced to priso [...] | 2004-12-09 13:47:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KCRM KWMN PHUM AM KTIP |
04YEREVAN2648 | IRAQ DEPLOYMENT GETS CONSTITUTIONAL COURT OK [...] (SBU) Armenia's Constitutional Court ruled December 8 that the agreement signed between Poland and Armenia regarding the dispatch of Armenian non-combat troops to Iraq does not run counter to the Armenian Constitution. The court's decision paves the way for a parliamentary hearing and vote on [...] | 2004-12-09 13:47:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR PREL PARM PGOV IZ AM |
04YEREVAN2656 | RAIL BLOCKADE: TIGHTENING THE NOOSE AROUND ARMENIA [...] (C) For more than twelve years, the blockade of Armenia by Turkey and Azerbaijan has disrupted regional transit corridors. All political considerations aside, regional economic development has been stymied. Recent steps by Azerbaijan to improve the effectiveness of its blockade have tighten [...] | 2004-12-10 11:34:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETRD AM AZ |
04YEREVAN2662 | ARMENIAN IRAQ DEPLOYMENT ON TRACK [...] (C) Minister of Defense Serzh Sargsian requested a one-on-one meeting with Ambassador Evans in order to discuss the next steps as the GOAM prepares to deploy a non-combat unit to Iraq. After the Ambassador emphasized the importance of approving the deployment without delay, the Minister assur [...] | 2004-12-10 13:37:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PARM MARR IZ AM |
04YEREVAN2686 | RUSSIAN-AMERICAN RELATIONS: TIME TO SOLVE N-K [...] (C) NEITHER OF THE TWO FINE MOSCOW CABLES UNDER REFERENCE MENTIONS NAGORNO-KARABAKH AS AN ISSUE IN THE CIS THAT MOSCOW AND WASHINGTON (AND PARIS) MIGHT RECOMMIT THEMSELVES TO SOLVING IN THE DISTURBING WAKE OF THE CRISIS IN RELATIONS OVER UKRAINE. IN A CHAT EARLIER TODAY, THE RUSSIAN AMBASSADO [...] | 2004-12-14 12:33:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL AM IZ RS |
04YEREVAN2693 | UN HUMAN RIGHTS RESOLUTION DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] | 2004-12-14 14:00:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL AM |
04YEREVAN2776 | GOAM MOVING FORWARD ON REMAINING CT CONVENTIONS [...] (U) Sensitive But Unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Armenia's Constitutional Court has ruled that the remaining three Counterterrorism Conventions to which Armenia has not yet acceded are constitutional, and the National Assembly is due to ratify them in Spring 2005, acco [...] | 2004-12-23 11:15:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER ASEC PREL AM |
04YEREVAN2786 | BOYCOTT OVER? OPPOSITION PARTICIPATES IN [...] (SBU) Armenian parliamentary opposition members participated in the December 24 National Assembly debates over the dispatch of non-combat troops to Iraq, ending their months-long boycott of the sessions of the parliament. Opposition parties, however, were divided on the decision: while the J [...] | 2004-12-27 13:57:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL AM |
04YEREVAN2787 | NATIONAL ASSEMBLY APPROVES GOAM NON-COMBAT [...] (SBU) On December 24, the Armenian National Assembly voted to authorize sending a non-combat contingent to Iraq. This clears the way for deployment of the approximately 50-man GOAM contingent of drivers, sappers, and medics to Iraq in early to mid-January. The resolution ratifies an agreement [...] | 2004-12-27 13:57:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MARR MOPS IZ AM |
04YEREVAN2792 | GOAM STILL LOOKING TO EXCHANGE SOLDIERS [...] No summary [...] | 2004-12-28 11:50:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM MARR PBTS AJ AM OSCE |
04YEREVAN2793 | NEW DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER THE FIRST IN A [...] (U) Sensitive But Unclassified. Please treat accordingly. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) Armenian President Robert Kocharian named Armen Bayburdian Deputy Foreign Minister (DFM) December 24. Bayburdian joins current Deputy Foreign Ministers Tatul Margarian (expected to be named Am [...] | 2004-12-28 11:52:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV AM |
04YEREVAN2796 | GOAM MOVING TO RATIFY REVISED "ARTICLE 98" [...] (U) Sensitive But Unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) National Assembly senior staff told us that the GOAM is pushing to ratify the revised "Article 98" agreement, but that it will not come up for a vote before the Spring session (i.e., at the earliest in late February). Wi [...] | 2004-12-28 12:45:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PARM PGOV AM |
04YEREVAN282 | ARMENIAN POLITICIANS POSTURE AFTER "WIDER [...] (U) Sensitive But Unclassified. Please treat accordingly. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) Recent statements by EU officials in Tblisi suggesting a more concrete role for the South Caucasus countries in the "Wider Europe" initiative incited an unusual surge of Euro-friendly political [...] | 2004-02-03 13:35:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM ZJ TU AM EUN |
04YEREVAN284 | CTAG MEETING HELD IN ARMENIA [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified, please protect accordingly. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) Post convened a coordination meeting of the Counter-Terrorism Action Group (CTAG) in Armenia February 2 in advance of the capital-level CTAG meeting to be held February 20 per reftel. Represen [...] | 2004-02-03 13:35:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PREL PTER |
04YEREVAN313 | ARMENIA'S NEW HUMAN RIGHTS OMBUDSMAN: [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) Larisa Alaverdian, Human Rights Ombudsman- designee, told us that she plans to create a lasting and strong institution that will have a respected place within the Armenian state structure. A [...] | 2004-02-06 12:33:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL AM |
04YEREVAN314 | MEETING WITH ARMENIAN DEPUTY FONMIN ON TIP [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. DCM met with Deputy Foreign Minister Tatoul Margarian, who oversees the GOAM Interagency Commission to Address Issues Related to Human Trafficking (TIP Commission),to discuss concerns that the GOAM has been slow to take visible, concrete steps to combat trafficking in persons [...] | 2004-02-06 12:34:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KCRM ELAB KWMN SMIG PGOV PREL UZ AM |
04YEREVAN315 | INTERNATIONAL HEALTH REGULATIONS DEMARCHE [...] (U) We delivered demarche on WHO International Health Regulations to MFA Americas Desk Officer Lilit Toutkhalian and MFA International Organizations Desk Officer Artak Apitonian February 5 per reftel instructions. Toutkhalian expressed confidence that this issue would receive "more serious a [...] | 2004-02-06 12:34:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC PREL WHO |
04YEREVAN33 | GOAM PROPOSED TEXT FOR AN "ARTICLE 98" AGREEMENT [...] (U) Sensitive But Unclassified. Not for Internet Distribution. 2. (SBU) The GOAM presented us with a diplomatic note January 8 containing their proposed text for an "Article 98" agreement. We have faxed the full text (including a line by line GOAM explanation of the proposed changes) to t [...] | 2004-01-08 13:05:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PARM PGOV AM |
04YEREVAN347 | TOUGH DASHNAK TALK ON N-K, TURKEY AT PARTY [...] (U) Sensitive But Unclassified. Please treat accordingly. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) Dashnak Party Chairman Hrand Margarayan's February 6 comments on relations with Turkey, N-K, and Georgia's Armenian population sparked renewed controversy among Armenia's political elite. Marga [...] | 2004-02-12 10:20:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM TU AJ AM |
04YEREVAN353 | KOCHARIAN'S INNER CIRCLE: ACCESS BUT LIMITED [...] (c) President Kocharian has a small inner circle with direct access to him and the potential to influence his thinking on foreign policy matters. Within this inner circle are Foreign Minister Oskanian, Minister of Defense Sargsian, Head of State TV Harutyunian, Presidential Chief of Staff Tum [...] | 2004-02-12 14:10:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV AM |
04YEREVAN366 | CRACKS IN THE COALITION: DASHNAKS ATTACK THE [...] (U) Sensitive but Unclassified. Protect Accordingly. -------- SUMMARY -------- 2. (SBU) Armenia's governing coalition, an alliance of the Republican Party, Armenian Revolutionary Federation (ARF, or Dashnaks),and Orinats Yerkir (Country of Law),that holds the majority of seats in th [...] | 2004-02-13 08:54:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON AM |
04YEREVAN391 | BUREAUCRATS DISAPPOINTED WITH WORKING-LEVEL [...] (C) MFA Turkey Desk Officer Anahit Harutunyan told us February 13 that the MFA returned from the latest GOAM-GOT technical meeting having accomplished less than it had hoped for, specifically regarding a potential border opening or scheduling regular encounters between FMs Oskanian and Gul. Ha [...] | 2004-02-18 08:57:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL TU AM |
04YEREVAN398 | SEEING EYE TO EYE WITH THE GOAM ON UNCHR, UNGA [...] (C) We discussed UNCHR issues and ways to more effectively pursue continuing USG policy priorities at the UN with MFA UN Division Chief Artak Apitonian February 11 (reftel). Apitonian credited the apparent decline in USG-GOAM voting coincidence during the 58th UNGA as a reaction to "more aggre [...] | 2004-02-18 13:23:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL AM UNGA |
04YEREVAN444 | "A POLITICAL MURDER": ARMENIAN MEDIA REACTION [...] SUMMARY: Armenian mass media widely covered the murder of Lieutenant Gurgen Markarian who was attending a NATO training course in Hungary. Echoing the official press statements made by the Ministries of Defense and Foreign Affairs, almost all local media outlets connected this crime to the g [...] | 2004-02-23 12:43:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR OPRC PGOV PREL KPAO AM |
04YEREVAN449 | RARE PRESIDENTIAL INTERVIEW SPARKS [...] (U) Sensitive But Unclassified. Please treat accordingly. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) President Robert Kocharian's February 18 extended press conference sparked speculation about his political posturing vis-a-vis an increasingly vocal opposition. During the rare two-hour TV int [...] | 2004-02-24 03:04:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV TU AJ AM |
04YEREVAN462 | "POLITICAL MURDER" ROCKS THE ARMENIAN BODY POLITIC [...] (SBU) The GOAM, parliamentarians, and NGOs agree across the board in calling the February 19 murder of Armenian Lieutenant Gurgen Margarian by an Azerbaijani officer at NATO Partnership for Peace (PfP) English training program in Budapest a "political murder," and have been widely quoted in th [...] | 2004-02-25 03:17:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL AJ AM |
04YEREVAN489 | STUDENT PROTEST OVER NEW DRAFT LAW ENTERS [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) Nearly one thousand university students in Yerevan continued to boycott their classes in protest of the proposed "Law on Military Service" currently before the National Assembly. The controve [...] | 2004-02-26 12:34:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL OEXC AM |
04YEREVAN505 | GOAM CALLS ON USG TO RECONSIDER FY 2005 FMF [...] (U) Sensitive but Unclassified. Protect Accordingly. 2. (SBU) Deputy Foreign Minister Ruben Shugarian demarched DCM February 26 regarding expected differences in FY 2005 military assistance levels for Azerbaijan and Armenia. Shugarian delivered an eleven- point non-paper that called on t [...] | 2004-02-27 12:12:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MARR PARM AJ AM |
04YEREVAN507 | GOVERNMENT WITHDRAWS CONTROVERSIAL LAW; [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) Prime Minister Andranik Margarian announced February 26 that the government would formally withdraw from parliament the controversial "Law on Military Service." Margarian blamed other ministe [...] | 2004-02-27 13:40:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL OEXC AM |
04YEREVAN516 | REACTION FROM YEREVAN, ARMENIA: PRESS [...] SUMMARY: All mass media widely covered Ambassador John Ordway's press conference held on February 27. TV reports were mainly accurate and factual. The printed press, however, carried some comments on the Ambassador's answers regarding the murder of the Armenian officer in Budapest and the Ka [...] | 2004-03-02 03:07:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR OPRC PGOV PREL KPAO AM |
04YEREVAN522 | GOAM ON PRESIDENT'S EMERGENCY PLAN FOR AIDS [...] (U) Sensitive But Unclassified. Please treat accordingly. 2. (SBU) We delivered demarche and talking points regarding President Bush's Emegency Plan for AIDS Relief to MFA America's Department Chief Lilit Toutkhalian February 23 per reftel instructions. Toutkhalian said the GOAM was in ov [...] | 2004-03-02 10:42:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED | KHIV PREL SOCI EAID ECON AM |
04YEREVAN532 | EMOTIONS STILL STRONG IN ARMENIA OVER OFFICER'S [...] (C) The axe-murder of Lieutenant Gurgen Markarian two weeks ago in Budapest continues to elicit strong emotions from Armenians. The government held a state funeral for Margarian February 28, coinciding with the anniversary of the 1988 Sumgait killings in Azerbaijan. A Sumgait remembrance ce [...] | 2004-03-04 09:05:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR PGOV AM AJ |
04YEREVAN543 | ARMENIA RATIFIES THREE ADDITIONAL [...] No summary [...] | 2004-03-04 13:49:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PTER AM |
04YEREVAN586 | ARMENIA TO CONSIDER REQUEST FOR ISAF CONTRIBUTION [...] No summary [...] | 2004-03-11 03:18:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR AM NATO |
04YEREVAN587 | KURDISH ACTIVITIES IN ARMENIA [...] (S) There is an Armenian-Kurdish friendship society in downtown Yerevan with a sign posted on the door identifying it as such. The "Friendship Society's" main goals in Armenia appear to be to promote Kurdish culture, organize holidays, demonstrations, and campaigns for better treatment of and/ [...] | 2004-03-11 03:27:00 | Embassy Yerevan | SECRET | PTER PREL PGOV PINR AM TU |
04YEREVAN592 | USATF MID-TERM REVIEW FOCUSES ON CUSTOMS, [...] (U) Sensitive But Unclassified. Please treat accordingly. 2. (SBU) The March 1 meeting of the U.S.-Armenia Task Force on Economic Cooperation (USATF) mid-term review focused on issues related to corruption, U.S. technical assistance in the private sector, improving customs procedures, tra [...] | 2004-03-11 09:04:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV AM |
04YEREVAN615 | ARMENIAN DEP DEFENSE MINISTER OFFERS COMPROMISE ON [...] (C) Summary. Armenian Deputy Defense Minister Artur Aghabekian informed DAO March 11 that Armenia is planning to send three officers to Baku in September 2004 to participate in NATO Partnership for Peace (PfP) exercise Cooperative Best Effort 04 (CBE 04). Aghabekian ruled out the possibility [...] | 2004-03-12 14:03:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MARR PARM AM AJ NATO |
04YEREVAN641 | SAAKASHVILI MAKES FIRST STATE VISIT TO [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili paid his first state visit to Armenia March 11-12, praising the country and its president as an "ideal partner." Saakashvili and Armenian President Rober [...] | 2004-03-17 13:32:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL AM GG |
04YEREVAN656 | PRESIDENT SACKS PROCURATOR GENERAL; APPOINTS [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified, protect accordingly. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (U) On March 17 Kocharian unexpectedly sacked Procurator General Tamazian, replacing him with his most influential deputy, Aghvan Hovsepian. A strong supporter of Kocharian, Hovsepian already held this pos [...] | 2004-03-18 14:05:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL AM |
04YEREVAN659 | ARMENIA: SEIZURES AND INVESTIGATIONS OF RADIOLOGICAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The GOAM has, for the first time, shared information with EXBS Advisor about ongoing export violation investigations and radiological seizures. This is the result of ongoing efforts to obtain statistical data from Armenian National Security Service to measure the effectiveness [...] | 2004-03-18 14:05:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KSTC ETTC MNUC PARM PREL AM |
04YEREVAN660 | ARMENIAN RESPONSE TO USG PRIORITIES FOR UNCHR-60 [...] (C) Ambassador raised USG priorities for UNCHR-60 with FM Oskanian March 15 per instructions in reftel A. Oskanian was generally non-committal, but promised to review the USG proposals on China and Cuba with Armenia's missions in Geneva, New York and Washington. Oskanian hinted that Armenia' [...] | 2004-03-18 14:07:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AORC PHUM AM UN |
04YEREVAN68 | ARMENIAN PARTICIPATION IN NATO INITIAL [...] (SBU) After a week of to-and-fro discussions over Armenian participation in the Initial Planning Conference for NATO Partnership for Peace exercise Cooperative Best Effort 2004 in Baku, Azerbaijan agreed to grant plane-side visas to two Armenian military officers to allow participation in th [...] | 2004-01-12 13:03:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PARM PGOV AM AJ |
04YEREVAN680 | REACTION FROM YEREVAN, ARMENIA: PRESIDENT [...] SUMMARY: Armenian media widely covered the terrorist bombing in Madrid. The reports on TV and in the press were mainly factual. The only article with commentaries was published in "Hayots Ashkhar" newspaper. The following is the summary of the article. END SUMMARY WHO DOES AZNAR SUPPORT [...] | 2004-03-22 10:00:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR OPRC PGOV PREL KPAO AM |
04YEREVAN684 | MOD BACKTRACKS ON PROPOSED CBE COMPROMISE [...] (C) Summary. The Ministry of Defense (MOD) informed DAO March 22 that Armenia intends to send 12 participants to the NATO PfP exercise Cooperative Best Effort 04 (CBE 04) in Baku. The decision comes after a previous MOD pledge to send only 3 officers to the exercise in a compromise to the CBE [...] | 2004-03-23 03:01:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PARM PGOV PREL AM AJ |
04YEREVAN687 | REACTION FROM YEREVAN, ARMENIA: TRAIN BOMBINGS [...] SUMMARY: Armenian media widely covered the terrorist bombing in Madrid. The reports on TV and in the press were mainly factual. The only article with commentaries was published in "Hayots Ashkhar" newspaper. The following is the summary of the article. END SUMMARY WHO DOES AZNAR SUPPORT [...] | 2004-03-23 10:09:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR OPRC PGOV PREL KPAO AM |
04YEREVAN722 | REACTION FROM YEREVAN, ARMENIA: SHEIKH AHMED [...] SUMMARY: The assassination of the founder and spiritual leader of the Palestinian Hamas movement, Sheikh Ahmed Yassin, was reported on all Armenian TV channels, the reports being mainly factual. However, some local papers published commentaries. The following is the summary of the articles. [...] | 2004-03-26 02:32:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR OPRC PGOV PREL KPAO AM |
04YEREVAN739 | REACTION FROM YEREVAN, ARMENIA: PRESS [...] SUMMARY: All mass media widely covered the March 26 press conference held by Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage at the Presidential Palace in Yerevan after his meeting with President Kocharian. Among forty invited representatives of mass media, ten represented foreign media outlets. [...] | 2004-03-29 01:27:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR OPRC PGOV PREL KPAO AM |
04YEREVAN757 | SUNDAY SCUFFLE AT OPPOSITION RALLY: EARLY [...] (U) Sensitive But Unclassified. Please treat accordingly. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) Heckling, a fistfight and the subsequent arrest of four opposition supporters overshadowed the start of a Justice Bloc-sponsored political rally in the northern city of Gyumri on March 28 (ref). [...] | 2004-03-29 12:27:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KHIV PREL SOCI EAID ECON AM |
04YEREVAN765 | MARCH 30 BEATING OF HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVIST [...] (U) Sensitive But Unclassified. Please treat accordingly. 2. (SBU) Well-known human rights activist Mikael Danielyan contacted the Embassy March 30 after reportedly being beaten by four unidentified men near the entrance of his home in central Yerevan. Danielyan said the men attacked him [...] | 2004-03-30 12:03:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV AM |
04YEREVAN769 | GOVERNMENT RESHUFFLE PUTS KOCHARIAN LOYALISTS [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) The government shuffled a number of key high- and mid-level executive and judicial appointments in late March, placing Kocharian loyalists in the majority of the spots. Some of the most impor [...] | 2004-03-31 11:11:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL AM |
04YEREVAN771 | MAINTAINING DEMINING OPERATIONS IN ARMENIA [...] (U) Post is concerned about the future of USG- supported demining operations in Armenia. Funding is running out, and we run the risk of losing this high value, high impact program. We ask for the Department's cooperation in finding a way to maintain the demining program in Armenia. 2. (S [...] | 2004-03-31 12:15:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KHDP PREL AM |
04YEREVAN772 | NATIONAL ASSEMBLY RATIFIES NATO PFP SOFA [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) The Armenian National Assembly ratified the NATO Partnership for Peace (PfP) Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) March 31. The GOAM signed the agreement on October 28, 2003. Under Armenian law, the agreement goes into ef [...] | 2004-03-31 12:16:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR PGOV PREL AM |
04YEREVAN774 | REACTION FROM YEREVAN, ARMENIA: AFTER THE [...] SUMMARY: After the visit of Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage to Armenia all mass media widely covered his meetings and press conference held in Yerevan. Following his visit to Azerbaijan, some Armenian newspapers published editorials discussing the Armitage visit to the region and [...] | 2004-04-01 02:56:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR OPRC PGOV PREL KPAO AM |
04YEREVAN777 | HUMMERS, NUMBERS, AND OLIGARCHS: WHO'S WHO ON [...] (U) THIS CABLE IS SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED. PLEASE PROTECT ACCORDINGLY. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) SOMETIMES FOR PURE VANITY, SOMETIMES AS A CHARM AGAINST TRAFFIC POLICE, ARMENIA'S RESIDENTS ARE PICKING THEIR OWN LICENSE PLATE NUMBERS AND PAYING HANDSOMELY FOR THEM. FLASHY NU [...] | 2004-04-01 06:50:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PREL AM |
04YEREVAN784 | "To enter the 21st century or not?" - PAS [...] SUMMARY: On March 21, the PAS Yerevan organized a highly successful forum in honor of International Women's Month, featuring prominent women working in the fields of international affairs, politics, business, media and law. The event drew capacity crowds and was covered by three television s [...] | 2004-04-01 11:57:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO KWMN PREL OEXC SCUL AM |
04YEREVAN786 | REACTION FROM YEREVAN, ARMENIA: PRESS [...] SUMMARY: Major General Jeffery Kohler, the Director of Plans and Policy for the U.S. European Command, paid a two-day visit to Armenia on March 30-31. Immediately before departure he gave a press conference, with more than twenty media outlets participating. The TV reports were mainly factu [...] | 2004-04-02 01:31:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR OPRC PGOV PREL KPAO AM |
04YEREVAN790 | COUNTERTERRORISM ACTION GROUP (CTAG): IN-COUNTRY [...] (SBU) Per Ref A, and in the effort to promote counterterrorism cooperation (Ref B),Post hosted a follow-up meeting of the in-country Counterterrorism Action Group, April 1, 2004, comprising representatives from the French, German, Italian, British and Russian Embassies. Post invited Deputy M [...] | 2004-04-02 11:08:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER ASEC EFIN PREL AM |
04YEREVAN794 | ARMENIAN INSTITUTE OF APPLIED CHEMISTRY [...] (S) Emboff visited the Armenian Institute of Applied Chemistry (ARIAC) for an update on its activities. The chemical institute is going strong, boasting about USD 270,000 in export sales and USD 50,000 in domestic sales of chemical compounds in 2003. ARIAC's client base includes companies fr [...] | 2004-04-02 12:00:00 | Embassy Yerevan | SECRET | PTER PREL PGOV AM |
04YEREVAN809 | DESPITE "HOT SPRING IN ARMENIA," REVOLUTION [...] (U) Sensitive But Unclassified. Please treat accordingly. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) Plans by opposition leaders for a "hot political spring" appeared to gain momentum in late March as politicians from both sides raised the level of rhetoric and hundreds of supporters gathered f [...] | 2004-04-05 09:59:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV GG AM |
04YEREVAN811 | NOTHING NEW UNDER THE SUN: ARMENIAN [...] (U) Sensitive But Unclassified. Please treat accordingly. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) With few new ideas to present, Armenian government and opposition figures stuck to their standard positions during a recent series of meetings with EUR/CACEN Office Director John Fox. Our inter [...] | 2004-04-05 10:00:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV AM |
04YEREVAN816 | FORTHCOMING AGREEMENT ON ARMENIA-IRAN PIPELINE [...] (SBU) Post skepticism about the viability of the Iran-Armenia pipeline project notwithstanding, two points should be clear. One, the pipeline is the number one priority for the Ministry of Energy. Two, the Iranian Minister will come to Armenia in April and will sign something: most probably [...] | 2004-04-06 06:00:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ENRG EPET PREL RS AM |
04YEREVAN830 | REAFFIRMING TIES WITH ARMENIA: DEPUTY SECRETARY [...] (SBU) Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage's visit to Armenia galvanized U.S.-Armenia relations as he met with Armenian Foreign Minister Oskanian and President Kocharian in back-to-back meetings March 26. The meeting with Oskanian clearly set the agenda for the subsequent discussion with [...] | 2004-04-07 09:36:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PARM TU AJ AM OVIP RICHARD ARMITAGE |
04YEREVAN844 | A NOT-SO-HOT SPRING? WHAT IF WE'RE WRONG... [...] (SBU) We continue to believe that the current round of opposition protests across Armenia is unlikely to develop into a revolution, rose, velvet or otherwise (reftel). The Ambassador has urged restraint in the strongest possible terms during meetings this week with both senior government offi [...] | 2004-04-08 12:51:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM AM |
04YEREVAN847 | ARMENIA TO PROVIDE ANSWER ON PSI SOP "SOON" [...] (C) We presented reftel talking points April 9 to Lilit Tutkhalian, Head of the America's Department at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. She told us that she would immediately raise the PSI Statement of Interdiction Principles (SOP) with Deputy Minister Tatul Margarian. Tutkhalian said that [...] | 2004-04-09 09:08:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP MNUC PARM PREL AM |
04YEREVAN848 | NAGORNO-KARABAKH: AMBASSADOR DELIVERS READOUT OF [...] No summary [...] | 2004-04-09 10:16:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PBTS PREL PGOV AJ AM |
04YEREVAN860 | APRIL 9 DEMONSTRATIONS PEACEFUL, EVEN [...] (U) Sensitive But Unclassified. Please treat accordingly. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) Roughly ten thousand opposition demonstrators rallied peacefully April 9 in Yerevan on Opera Square. In a meeting plagued by technical difficulties they called for Kocharian's resignation, and [...] | 2004-04-10 08:04:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV AM |
04YEREVAN869 | APRIL 12 DEMONSTRATIONS, MARCH TO THE [...] (U) Sensitive But Unclassified. Please treat accordingly. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) Between five and ten thousand opposition demonstrators rallied peacefully April 12 in Yerevan on Opera Square before moving roughly half a mile down a major street toward the Presidential Palace [...] | 2004-04-12 16:22:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV AM |
04YEREVAN879 | KOCHARIAN LOOKING FOR A WAY FORWARD, OPPOSITION [...] (C) Following the forceful break-up of the opposition demonstration at roughly 2:00 a.m. April 13 (septel) and the subsequent detentions, Kocharian convoked the Ambassador, saying, "I invited you in order to consult with you on the internal political situation." Although Kocharian did not app [...] | 2004-04-13 14:02:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM AM |
04YEREVAN884 | UNCHR 60: ARMENIA TO ABSTAIN ON CHINA, VOTE 'YES' [...] (C) Foreign Minister Vartan Oskanian told the Ambassador April 14 that Armenia would abstain on both the vote to take 'no action' on the China resolution and on the resolution itself. He said that Armenia would vote to approve the Cuba resolution, as requested by the United States. Oskanian [...] | 2004-04-14 13:12:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL AM |
04YEREVAN885 | DEFENSE MINISTER ON DOMESTIC SITUATION [...] (C) Defense Minister Serzh Sargsian joined the Ambassador in opening a EUCOM-funded hospital renovation on April 14. During the course of the event, the Ambassador had a 30-minute one-on-one conversation with him. On the issue of the dispersal of the anti-Kocharian demonstration on April 1 [...] | 2004-04-14 13:35:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM AM |
04YEREVAN890 | DEMARCHE PRESENTED ON ARMENIA AND ILSA [...] No summary [...] | 2004-04-15 10:09:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC ENRG EPET EINV PREL AM IR |
04YEREVAN891 | AMBASSADOR RAISES CFE COMPLIANCE CONCERNS [...] (S) Ambassador presented points per reftel to Minister of Defense Serge Sargsyan April 12. Sargsyan first responded by agreeing that "it was strange" that Armenia had not declared the MT-LBs, and it was an incident that would not be repeated. (Note: The Armenian side freely acknowledge that [...] | 2004-04-15 11:16:00 | Embassy Yerevan | SECRET | PARM PREL KCFE AM |
04YEREVAN917 | ARMENIA WITH U.S. ON GUANTANAMO CHR RESOLUTION [...] No summary [...] | 2004-04-20 06:07:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL CU AM |
04YEREVAN934 | FM OSKANIAN DISCUSSES VISIT TO IRAN; GOI POSITIONS [...] (C) Foreign Minister Vartan Oskanian discussed his April 11-12 visit to Iran with Ambassador April 13, providing details on his meetings with Iranian Foreign Minister Kharrazi. According to Oskanian, Kharrazi said that Iran is not supporting Shia insurgents in Iraq and feels the current situa [...] | 2004-04-21 08:43:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL AM IR |
04YEREVAN94 | GOAM REVISED PROPOSED TEXT FOR AN "ARTICLE 98" [...] (U) Sensitive But Unclassified. Not for Internet Distribution. 2. (SBU) The GOAM presented us with a diplomatic note January 13 containing their new proposed text for an "Article 98" agreement. We have faxed the full text to the Department for consideration. 3. (SBU) Begin text of the [...] | 2004-01-14 09:22:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PARM PGOV AM |
04YEREVAN947 | WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE? THE ARMENIAN [...] (U) Sensitive But Unclassified. Please treat accordingly. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) Now that the dust has settled, the government has released most opposition activists, and subsequent rallies have proceeded without incident, the lack of genuine opposition unity or a realistic [...] | 2004-04-22 11:37:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM AM |
04YEREVAN970 | REACTION FROM YEREVAN, ARMENIA: PRESS [...] SUMMARY: All mass media widely covered Ambassador John Ordway's press conference held on April 22. TV reports were mainly accurate and factual. The press carried fewer commentaries this time than it has in the past. The majority of the newspapers quoted the Ambassador without any comments. [...] | 2004-04-26 10:00:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR OPRC PGOV PREL KPAO AM |
04YEREVAN973 | GOAM WARNING THE OPPOSITION: OSKANIAN [...] (U) Sensitive But Unclassified. Please treat accordingly. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) On April 26, Foreign Minister Vartan Oskanian convoked the diplomatic corps ahead of planned opposition rallies for April 27. Reading from a non paper (text below) Oskanian indicated that if t [...] | 2004-04-26 11:30:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM AM |
04YEREVAN975 | OPPOSITION OPENS A SMALL WINDOW FOR [...] (U) Sensitive But Unclassified. Please treat accordingly. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) Against the backdrop of the opposition call for "the last stand" on April 27, National Assembly Speaker Artur Baghdasaryan has called a meeting with the opposition to discuss the current politic [...] | 2004-04-26 13:56:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM AM |
04YEREVAN984 | UNGA: ARMENIANS "NOT READY TO COMMIT" ON [...] No summary [...] | 2004-04-28 05:06:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KPAL IS AM UNGA |
04YEREVAN997 | LACKLUSTER OPPOSITION RALLY AND A [...] (U) Sensitive But Unclassified. Please treat accordingly. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) Following two days of meetings between the opposition and the governing coalition, the opposition's April 27 rally of about 5000 participants went off without incident but with 15 people taken [...] | 2004-04-28 12:49:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM AM |
04ZAGREB1022 | ADRIATIC CHARTER LEADERS SEEK PRESIDENT BUSH'S [...] (C) AT A JUNE 4 MEETING WITH THE DCM, PRESIDENT MESIC'S CHIEF OF STAFF DAVOR BOZINOVIC INFORMED US THAT MESIC PLANS TO ATTEND A MEETING OF LEADERS OF THE ADRIATIC CHARTER ON THE MARGINS OF NATO'S ISTANBUL SUMMIT. BOZINOVIC SAID THAT THE "ADRIATIC THREE" LEADERS HAVE ASKED IF IT WOULD BE POSSI [...] | 2004-06-04 16:18:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL HR NATO |
04ZAGREB1024 | CROATIA TO PROVIDE MEDICAL TREATMENT TO IRAQI [...] FM ZUZUL AND SCIENCE MINISTER PRIMORAC DISCUSSED WITH THE AMBASSADOR ON JUNE 2 GOC PLANS TO PROVIDE MEDICAL TREATMENT FOR IRAQI YOUTH. PRIMORAC HAS BEEN IN DIRECT CONTACT WITH THE CPA ABOUT THE EFFORT. THE CROATIAN PRESS HAS REPORTED ON THE INITIATIVE. SOME 10 CHILDREN WITH VARIOUS AILMENTS [...] | 2004-06-04 16:49:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | HR IZ PREL |
04ZAGREB1025 | DEL PONTE SAYS CROATIA FULLY COOPERATING WITH ICTY [...] (C) ICTY Chief Prosecutor Carla del Ponte briefed the diplomatic community on June 4 on her day and a half visit to Zagreb. Del Ponte said that although Croatia's cooperation with the tribunal was the best of any country, she had warned the GoC leadership that she could change her assessment a [...] | 2004-06-04 17:30:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | KAWC KJUS PREL HR |
04ZAGREB1033 | URGENT NEED FOR VIDEO CONFERENCING EQUIPMENT FOR [...] No summary [...] | 2004-06-07 16:55:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | KAWC KJUS EAID PREL PGOV HR |
04ZAGREB1228 | OPERATION BALKAN VICE IV: CROATIAN RESPONSE [...] (C) ON JUNE 30, WE PRESENTED REFTEL DEMARCHE TO ANDREA BEKIC, HEAD OF THE AMERICA'S DEPARTMENT AT THE FOREIGN MINISTRY. BEKIC WELCOMED THE NEWS OF THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE HIGH REPRESENTATIVE, AND USG ACTION TO TARGET THE SUPPORT NETWORK OF PIFWCS. BEKIC SAID SHE WOULD IMMEDIATELY FORWARD THE [...] | 2004-07-01 17:10:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS EFIN ETTC KAWC BK HR |
04ZAGREB1277 | DAS STEPHENS REVIEWS RELATIONSHIP, URGES CROATIA'S [...] (C) During her June 28-30 visit to Zagreb, EUR DAS Kathleen Stephens reviewed developments in our bilateral relationship. Satisfaction with the NATO Istanbul Summit was an important theme. Government interlocutors agreed that progress on refugee returns and the search for Gotovina must cont [...] | 2004-07-13 05:49:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EFIN MASS KAWC HR NATO |
04ZAGREB1299 | CROATIA LIKELY TO ABSTAIN ON ISRAELI SECURITY [...] (C) Embassy delivered reftel demarche on July 13 to Ranko Vilovic, Head of the United Nations Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Vilovic responded that there has been no change in the GoC position on the barrier since it abstained from the resolution referring the issue to the ICJ. Vilo [...] | 2004-07-15 12:00:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IS HR UNGA ICJ |
04ZAGREB1335 | CROATIA HALTS VAT EXEMPTIONS FOR MOST NGOS [...] (SBU) A recent change to taxation law means Croatian NGOs will again be required to pay VAT on purchases financed with foreign donations. Though some NGOs have raised alarms over alleged unfairness and lack of transparency, GoC efforts to clean up its tax policy are welcome steps. Although the [...] | 2004-07-22 07:18:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID SOCI PHUM EFIN PREL HR |
04ZAGREB1365 | CROATIA EAGER TO BRAINSTORM NEXT STEPS ON REGIONAL [...] (U) This is an action message. Please see paragraph 5. 2. (C) On June 15 we met with Drazen Hrastic, Head of Office for Cooperative Security, Ministry of Foreign Affairs in advance of the Dayton Article IV Review Conference (REF C). The essence of this conversation was passed to Department R [...] | 2004-07-27 11:25:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM MARR PREL HR NATO |
04ZAGREB1367 | CROATIA EAGER FOR MORE ACTIVE ROLE IN PSI [...] (C) The GoC solidly supports the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI). In two recent meetings, key foreign ministry interlocuteurs have requested US views on modalities for intelligence sharing under PSI as well as US advice in organizing the GoC's own National PSI Coordinator Office. The [...] | 2004-07-27 13:49:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PARM KNNP MNUC HR NATO |
04ZAGREB1483 | COURT REJECTS NOTORIOUS LORA PRISON ACQUITTAL, [...] Overturning a 2002 acquittal, the Croatian Supreme Court has called for a retrial of eight Croatian military police accused of the torture and murder of ethnic Serb civilians and soldiers at Lora Prison. The international community praised the ruling as Croatian recognition of the original t [...] | 2004-08-20 14:59:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | KAWC PREL KJUS HR |
04ZAGREB149 | CROATIAN JUSTICE MINISTER AFFIRMS JUDICIAL [...] (C) In an introductory call on new Minister of Justice Vesna Skare-Ozbolt, Ambassador Frank welcomed the Minister's positive statements on cooperation with the ICTY and urged quick resolution of the Gotovina case. The Ambassador praised achievements in reforming the State Prosecutor's office [...] | 2004-01-26 15:54:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS PREF PREL KAWC HR |
04ZAGREB1515 | CROATIA TREATS IRAQI CHILDREN [...] (U) Seven seriously ill Iraqi children arrived in Zagreb on August 26 for medical treatment unavailable in Iraq. The Government of Croatia will cover transportation costs as well as all expenses for the children and their accompanying escorts while in Croatia. Responding to press queries, De [...] | 2004-08-27 14:12:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL EAID IZ HR |
04ZAGREB1529 | CROATIA'S NATO STRATEGY: READY TO OPEN MEMBERSHIP [...] (C) In a wide-ranging meeting on August 25, Croatia's National NATO Coordinator Pjer Simunovic told us that the soon-to-be finished Strategic Defense Review will drive a new long term vision for the Croatian armed forces based on the premise that Croatia should be prepared for NATO membership, [...] | 2004-08-27 15:54:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR HR NATO |
04ZAGREB1571 | PUMPING UP -- OPPOSITION REVIVING COALITIONS FOR LOCAL [...] SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Croatia's current opposition parties learned the hard way when they lost power in the 2003 parliamentary elections - coalitions are the key to electoral victory against the ruling Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ). With that lesson in mind, opposition leaders see local elec [...] | 2004-09-06 13:25:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM HR |
04ZAGREB1576 | BRITISH GOVERNMENT TO PRESS CROATIAN GOVERNMENT ON [...] (U) Classified by Ambassador Ralph Frank per reasons 1.5 (b) and (d). 2. (S) The British government will send a senior diplomat to Zagreb in the near future with four key requests for the Croatian government related to fugitive PIFWC Ante Gotovina and other intelligence and police matt [...] | 2004-09-07 12:32:00 | Embassy Zagreb | SECRET | PINR KAWC PREL UK HR |
04ZAGREB1592 | CROATIA'S UNGA PRIORITIES [...] (C): We followed up on reftel A with Ranko Vilovic, Director of the Office for UN Affairs in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Vilovic said that Prime Minister Ivo Sanader would lead the Croatian delegation to UNGA, although the final composition had not been approved. He said Croatia would f [...] | 2004-09-09 06:43:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON PHUM KDEM AORC HR NATO |
04ZAGREB1595 | PROSECUTOR,S COOPERATION PLAN DRAWS ICTY SUPPORT [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Patrick Lopez-Terres, Chief of Investigations in the ICTY Office of the Prosecutor, has expressed enthusiastic support for Croatian Chief State Prosecutor Mladen Bajic,s initiative to pursue bilateral cooperation agreements between the state prosecutors of the countrie [...] | 2004-09-09 15:17:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | KAWC PREL KJUS PHUM HR |
04ZAGREB1601 | MESIC RE-ELECTION ALL BUT CERTAIN, HDZ IN [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: As the most popular Croatian politician by a double-digit margin with no realistic opponent, President Stjepan Mesic is almost assured of coasting to re-election at year's end. Mesic has opposed key U.S. initiatives (troops to Iraq and Article 98),and is not expected [...] | 2004-09-10 10:43:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL HR |
04ZAGREB1624 | ICTY Indictees' Children Supported on Humanitarian [...] (SBU) State Secretary Tomislav Ivic of the Ministry of Veterans and Family told Embassy officers on September 13 that the Government's May 12 decision to give school allowances to the children of Croats indicted by The Hague-based War Crime Tribunal (ICTY) was based on "humanitarian considerat [...] | 2004-09-14 10:19:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM HR |
04ZAGREB1627 | ENVIRONMENT COULD BE STICKING POINT IN CROATIA'S [...] (SBU) Environmental protection issues seem certain to be a major sticking point in Croatia's EU membership negotiations. With the European Commission playing an ever-smaller role in environmental policy priority setting, the chaotic distribution of environmental responsibility among Croatian [...] | 2004-09-14 14:01:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV EAID PREL PGOV HR |
04ZAGREB1661 | ARMY TO DROP ICTY FUGITIVE'S WIFE FROM PAYROLL [...] (C) Clearly surprised and embarrassed by press revelations that fugitive war crimes indictee Ante Gotovina's wife had been granted a new position within the Croatian Armed Forces Joint Staff, Foreign Minister Miomir Zuzul told the Ambassador on September 16 that the Ministry of Defense will "s [...] | 2004-09-17 13:09:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | KAWC PREL KJUS PHUM HR |
04ZAGREB1675 | ICTY: SURPRISE OVER CERMAK/MARKAC, NO FANFARE FOR [...] (U) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Croatian government officials and political leaders expressed surprise and disappointment at the ICTY trial chamber's September 14 decision against provisional release of Generals Mladen Markac and Ivan Cermak, particularly in the wake of their voluntary surrender to t [...] | 2004-09-20 16:00:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | KAWC PREL KJUS PHUM HR |
04ZAGREB1678 | CROATIAN POLITICAL SPECTRUM UNITED AGAINST TROOPS [...] (SBU) President Bush's widely publicized written reply to Ambassador Neven Jurica on Jurica's presentation of credentials has united and solidified Croatia's diverse political parties in opposition to sending troops to Iraq or signing an Article 98 agreement with us. Although some commentator [...] | 2004-09-21 11:47:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MOPS KAWC HR NATO |
04ZAGREB1717 | CROATIA,S INTEL SERVICE SHAKE UP EXPECTED TO [...] (S) With the confirmation of Veselko Grubisic as new Director of the Croatian Intelligence Agency (OA),the GoC is asserting positive control over the intel services. Along with new chief of Counterintelligence Agency (POA) Josko Podbevsek, (named earlier this year),Grubisic should be more w [...] | 2004-09-28 21:55:00 | Embassy Zagreb | SECRET | PINR PREL KAWC HR |
04ZAGREB1718 | CROATIA ORGANIZING FOR PSI PARTICIPATION [...] (C) Poloff met with MFA Head of Cooperative Security Section Drazen Hrastic on September 13 to discuss ref B guidance on how Croatia could enhance its participation in the Proliferation Security Initiative. The GoC hopes to have its PSI interagency process and points of contact settled by the [...] | 2004-09-28 21:55:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP MNUC PARM PREL PHSA KTIA HR NATO |
04ZAGREB1737 | CROATIA FEARS POLITICKING OVER CROATIA-SLOVENIA [...] (SBU) As rhetoric on border questions between Slovenia and Croatia escalates before the October 3 Slovenian parliamentary election, Croatia calls for arbitration and rejects as blackmail recent Slovenian threats to use the EU card. The potential for violence is small, but each side will contin [...] | 2004-10-01 14:08:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PBTS PREL EFIS PHSA PGOV SENV SI HR |
04ZAGREB1741 | CROATIA STRUGGLES TO DECOUPLE FISHING ZONE AND [...] (SBU) Croatia,s Fishing and Environmental Protection Zone (FEPZ) will enter into force in the Adriatic Sea on October 3. It will not apply to EU member states, thanks to a political concession Croatia made in the run-up to a decision on its EU candidate status in June (ref A). Despite GoC ef [...] | 2004-10-04 10:17:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHSA PBTS PREL SENV HR SI |
04ZAGREB1749 | GOTOVINA SEARCH SEPTEMBER UPDATE [...] (U) The ongoing GoC search for ICTY fugitive Ante Gotovina hit the Croatian news last week with the arrest of four persons suspected of being part of Gotovina's support network and the retirement of Gotovina's wife, Dunja Gotovina, from the Croatian Armed Forces. Minister of Justice Vesna Ska [...] | 2004-10-05 10:34:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | KAWC PREL HR |
04ZAGREB1759 | HUNGARY TAKES OVER AS CROATIA'S NATO CONTACT [...] No summary [...] | 2004-10-06 14:40:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL HR NATO |
04ZAGREB178 | AMBASSADOR'S DISCUSSION WITH NEW DEPUTY PRIME [...] (SBU) In his introductory meeting with Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Health Andrija Hebrang, the Ambassador emphasized USG desire to help Croatia in the area of HIV/AIDS prevention and treatment, our appreciation for the support of the new government to ratify the Intellectual Propert [...] | 2004-01-29 14:37:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL TBIO KIPR EAID KHIV HR NATO |
04ZAGREB1803 | CROATIA STILL OPEN TO NEGOTIATED SETTLEMENT ON [...] (SBU) Croatia remains open to a negotiated bilateral settlement on the Croatia-Slovenia maritime boundary despite press reports to the contrary. A much-hyped Slovenian proposal to avoid fishing incidents in the Adriatic has not yet been presented to the GoC. Two weeks after Slovenian parliamen [...] | 2004-10-15 14:46:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PBTS PHSA SENV PREL HR SI |
04ZAGREB181 | FM ZUZUL COMMITS TO FULL ICTY COOPERATION, [...] (C) FULL COOPERATION WITH ICTY: ON JANUARY 28, FOREIGN MINISTER ZUZUL GAVE AMBASSADOR FRANK A READ OUT OF HIS CONVERSATION IN STOCKHOLM EARLIER IN THE WEEK WITH AMBASSADOR-AT-LARGE FOR WAR CRIMES ISSUES PIERRE PROSPER. ZUZUL SAID THAT HE HAD COMMITTED THAT THE GOC WOULD "COMPLETELY COOPERATE O [...] | 2004-01-30 10:27:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | KAWC PREL KJUS HR |
04ZAGREB1841 | HDZ PICKS KOSOR, "DIGNIFIED" CAMPAIGN AHEAD [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: The ruling Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) announced on 17 October its nomination of Jadranka Kosor, Deputy PM and Minister of Family, Generational Solidarity and Veterans' Affairs (bio follows) as candidate for the presidential elections (ref A) currently planned fo [...] | 2004-10-22 07:32:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL HR |
04ZAGREB185 | COURT ORDERS TRANSFER OF IRAQ NATION BANK FUNDS TO [...] (U) THE COUNTY COURT OF ZAGREB SENT THE EMBASSY A COPY OF ITS DECISION, DATED JANUARY 27, ORDERING THE TRANSFER OF FUNDS FROM THE ACCOUNT OF THE CENTRAL BANK OF IRAQ IN PRIVREDNA BANKA ZAGREB TO THE DEVELOPMENT FUND FOR IRAQ. ACCORDING TO THE RESOLUTION, THE FUNDS ARE TO BE TRANSFERRED VIA FE [...] | 2004-01-30 14:02:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN PREL IZ HR |
04ZAGREB1936 | BUSINESS AS "ZUZUL" - FM FACES CORRUPTION SCANDAL [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Opposition parliamentarians today filed a motion for a vote of no-confidence in Foreign Minister Miomir Zuzul after a week of swirling corruption accusations. Zuzul has denied all wrongdoing in the business deal at the center of the controversy, but the chief state pr [...] | 2004-11-08 16:26:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL HR |
04ZAGREB1976 | OPPOSITION SUPPORTS IMPROVED BILATERAL TIES, [...] (U) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: As she did in her meetings with President Stjepan Mesic and PM Ivo Sanader (septel),A/S Beth Jones stressed the importance of Croatia's role in NATO integration and stability in the region when she met November 11 with Social Democratic Party (SDP) president Ivica Raca [...] | 2004-11-16 10:43:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL HR NATO |
04ZAGREB1988 | CROATIA'S EU MEMBERSHIP NEGOTIATION PREPARATIONS [...] (SBU) Despite public statements that Croatia is ready to start and conclude EU membership negotiations, a lack of coordination has characterized the beginning of the process. The GoC has delayed naming its negotiating team until it receives a date to open negotiations. Though including NGOs [...] | 2004-11-17 10:40:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ELAB PREL ECON HR |
04ZAGREB2001 | A/S JONES WELCOMES CROATIAN CONSTRUCTIVENESS IN [...] (SBU) During their November 11 meeting, A/S Beth Jones and Prime Minister Sanader discussed steps to improve regional relations, current and possibly additional Croatian contributions to resolve international crises, and the possibility of signing an Article 98 Agreement. PM Sanader stressed [...] | 2004-11-17 15:27:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR KAWC HR NATO |
04ZAGREB2002 | PRESIDENT MESIC KICKS UP DUST ON EUCOM MEMORANDUM [...] (C) President Mesic has kicked up some political dust over the EUCOM Memorandum of Understanding (signed in July) on using Croatian facilities and airspace for bilateral military exercises. Without objecting to the substance of the MoU, Mesic's office has asserted publicly that it was not in [...] | 2004-11-17 15:46:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR KTIA PINR HR NATO |
04ZAGREB2013 | SANADER'S BELGRADE VISIT HAILED AS HISTORIC, [...] (U) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Politicians and analysts from across nearly the entire political spectrum have praised PM Ivo Sanader's November 15 visit to Belgrade and his meetings with SAM President Svetozar Marovic and PM Vojislav Kostunica as a key step forward in post-war reconciliation. Accord [...] | 2004-11-18 15:22:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SR HR |
04ZAGREB2059 | AMBASSADOR AND CROATIAN PRESIDENT MESIC DISCUSS [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador asked Croatian President Stjepan Mesic to tone down the anti-U.S. rhetoric that has been a major element of his reelection strategy thus far. Mesic and the Ambassador also discussed the impact of Croatia's NATO accession on presidential authority over the armed fo [...] | 2004-12-01 16:32:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR MARR KTIA HR |
04ZAGREB2060 | (S) PM SANADER ASKS AMBASSADOR TO INTERVENE WITH [...] (S) Summary: PM Sanader and FM Zuzul asked Ambassador Frank and UK Ambassador Ramsden December 1 for assistance in persuading President Mesic to suspend seeking the dismissal of head of the Croatian Counter-Intelligence Agency Podbevsek, stating that his work was critical to the hunt for PIF [...] | 2004-12-01 17:08:00 | Embassy Zagreb | SECRET | PREL PGOV PINR KAWC HR |
04ZAGREB2083 | Minority Agreement Formalizes Protections [...] (SBU) During his historic visit to Belgrade on 15 November (Refs),PM Sanader and SAM PM Tadic signed an agreement on the protection of minorities in the two countries. Focused on the ethnic Croat and ethnic Serb minorities in each country, the agreement does not set out new protections, but [...] | 2004-12-08 14:34:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL HR |
04ZAGREB2113 | CROATIA FINALLY PROVIDES DATA EXCLUSIVITY; [...] (U) On December 3, the Croatian parliament passed an amendment to the Drug Law which provides data exclusivity (protection against other companies using clinical trial data provided to the government as a condition of marketing authorization). The protection lasts for six years after the dru [...] | 2004-12-10 14:37:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIPR ETRD PREL HR |
04ZAGREB2140 | NEW CROATIAN INTEL CHIEF WANTS GOOD COOPERATION [...] (C) The scandal (reftels) surrounding the Counter Intelligence Agency (POA) has peaked with President Mesic and Prime Minister Sanader agreeing to fire POA Chief Josko Podbevsek and nominate Tomislav Karamarko as his replacement. Prior to his successful confirmation hearings and official ins [...] | 2004-12-16 09:23:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR KAWC HR |
04ZAGREB2153 | FM VISIT BOOSTS RUSSIA-CROATIA RELATIONS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: In an effort to shore up Moscow's influence in this Brussels-leaning capital, Russian FM Sergei Lavrov met with President Stjepan Mesic, PM Ivo Sanader, Speaker of Parliament Vladimir Seks, and FM Miomir Zuzul on his December 10 visit to Zagreb. Significant developm [...] | 2004-12-20 12:04:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV RS HR |
04ZAGREB2210 | PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION - MESIC IN FIRST ROUND? [...] SUMMARY AND COMMENT: President Stjepan Mesic appears poised to win a second five-year mandate in the upcoming presidential election; the only question that remains is whether he will get the necessary 50 percent one vote in the first round on January 2 or face a second round against his near [...] | 2004-12-30 16:00:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL HR |
04ZAGREB265 | CROATIA CANDIDATE FOR UN SECURITY COUNCIL [...] CROATIA PLANS TO RUN FOR A SEAT ON THE UN SECURITY COUNCIL FOR THE PERIOD 2008-2009. ON FEBRUARY 5, ACTING HEAD OF THE MFA'S AMERICAS DEPARTMENT, ANDREA BEKIC, HANDED US A DIPLOMATIC NOTE ANNOUNCING THE GOC'S INTENTIONS. BEKIC SAID CROATIA WOULD APPRECIATE U.S. SUPPORT. WE TOLD HER WE W [...] | 2004-02-12 12:05:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL HR USUN |
04ZAGREB279 | AMBASSADOR MEETS MARITIME, TOURISM,TRANSPORT AND DEVELOPMENT MINISTER [...] Bozidar Kalmeta, Croatia's Minister of Maritime, Tourism, Transport and Development, said in his February 9 introductory meeting with the Ambassador that reconstruction of returning Serbs' homes and road building would be his two top priorities. The government would consider giving Bechtel a [...] | 2004-02-13 13:23:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM ECON HR |
04ZAGREB280 | NEW FINANCE MINISTER TALKS FISCAL DISCIPLINE [...] (SBU) The Ambassador met new Finance Minister Ivan Suker February 10. Suker declared the government's intention to negotiate a new Standby Arrangement with the IMF -- apparently EU pressure caused the government to overcome earlier misgivings about another SBA. Such an agreement would mean [...] | 2004-02-13 14:44:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON PREL HR |
04ZAGREB288 | RECOMMENDATIONS FOR 301 REVIEW: INTELLECTUAL [...] (SBU) WE DO NOT CONCUR WITH THE PHRMA REQUEST TO MOVE CROATIA TO THE PRIORITY WATCH LIST SINCE THE NEW GOVERNMENT'S RECENT ACTIONS TO SECURE RATIFICATION OF THE 1998 INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS MOU DEMONSTRATE A SERIOUS NEW COMMITMENT TO ADDRESS THE ISSUES HIGHLIGHTED BY PHRMA. 2. (U) O [...] | 2004-02-18 13:46:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD KIPR PREL HR |
04ZAGREB300 | CROATIA TRYING TO CONVINCE UK IT IS COOPERATING [...] (C) THE UK MAY BE EASING THE CRITERIA BY WHICH IT WILL MEASURE CROATIA'S COOPERATION WITH THE INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL TRIBUNAL FOR THE FORMER YUGOSLAVIA (ICTY). IN ADVANCE OF A FEBRUARY 11 VISIT BY FM ZUZUL TO LONDON, A BRITISH EMBASSY OFFICER INFORMED US THAT IF PM SANADER MAKES A CLEAR PUBLI [...] | 2004-02-20 13:41:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KAWC HR UK |
04ZAGREB331 | CROATIA KEEPS PUSHING ON LIBYA SHIP REFIT [...] (C) AS A FOLLOW ON THE PRESIDENT MESIC RAISING POTENTIAL LIBYAN SHIP REFIT CONTRACTS WITH SECRETARY RUMSFELD (REF A),PRESIDENTIAL FOREIGN POLICY ADVISOR MASTRUKO PROVIDED US ADDITIONAL DETAILS OF THE PROPOSED SCOPE OF THIS $120 MILLION PROJECT (REF B). THE $120 MILLION CONTRACT INCLUDES $7.5 [...] | 2004-02-12 16:48:00 | Embassy Zagreb | SECRET | PREL MARR LY HR |
04ZAGREB363 | CROATIA'S POLITICAL OPPOSITION WOULD BLOCK TROOPS [...] (C) Ambassador Frank discussed a range of issues February 24 with former Prime Minister, SDP President and now opposition leader Ivica Racan, and thanked him for his efforts as Prime Minister to prepare Croatia for future NATO membership. Racan welcomed the thanks but cautioned that his now-o [...] | 2004-03-03 10:09:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR HR NATO |
04ZAGREB366 | CROATIA SUPPORTS U.S. POSITION ON UNDC [...] POLOFF DELIVERED REFTEL TO DRAZEN HRASTIC, HEAD OF THE COOPERATIVE SECURITY AND ARMS CONTROL AT THE MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS, ON FEBRUARY 25. ON FEBRUARY 27, HRASTIC PROVIDED US WITH THE NON-PAPER RESPONSE IN PARA 2 SUPPORTING THE U.S. POSITION. HRASTIC SAID THAT THE CROATIAN MISSION TO [...] | 2004-03-03 11:23:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC PARM PREL HR UNDC CDG |
04ZAGREB380 | CROATIAN PRESS REPORTS NEW ICTY INDICTMENTS [...] (SBU) THE CROATIAN PRESS IS WIDELY REPORTING THAT THE GOVERNMENT OF CROATIA HAS RECEIVED NEW SEALED ICTY INDICTMENTS FROM THE HAGUE TRIBUNAL. THE GOVERNMENT IS REFUSING TO COMMENT, BUT THE PRESS CITES THAT SANADER AND OTHER HDZ LEADERS ARE WORKING HARD TO MANAGE POLITICAL FALLOUT BEFORE [...] | 2004-03-05 12:23:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KAWC |
04ZAGREB382 | AGREEMENT ON SUCCESSION ISSUES RATIFIED [...] (U) SUMMARY: LATE ON MARCH 3, THE CROATIAN PARLIAMENT RATIFIED THE AGREEMENT ON SUCCESSION ISSUES AND ADOPTED A CONCLUSION COMMITTING THE GOVERNMENT TO CONTINUE THE INVESTIGATION INTO $589 MILLION WHICH ARE "MISSING" FROM JOINT VENTURE BANK ACCOUNTS. CROATIA IS THE LAST COUNTRY OF THE F [...] | 2004-03-05 13:23:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ECON EFIN HR |
04ZAGREB387 | SANADER GOVERNMENT DELIVERS: INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY [...] (U) Late on March 3, the Croatian parliament approved the Memorandum of Understanding on Intellectual Property Rights, which the GOC had signed in May 1998 but had never ratified. While the MOU does not go into effect until implementing regulations and laws are in force and diplomatic notes [...] | 2004-03-05 15:36:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD KIPR PREL HR |
04ZAGREB409 | UNDERSECRETARY DOBRIANSKY VISIT TO CROATIA [...] (C) On March 2 Under Secretary of State for Global Affairs Paula Dobriansky visited Croatia and met with President Stjepan Mesic, Prime Minister Ivo Sanader, and Foreign Minister Miomir Zuzul. The Under Secretary discussed Croatia's participation in the Community of Democracies, the UN Commis [...] | 2004-03-10 13:48:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PGOV PREF KDEM HR NATO |
04ZAGREB410 | SURVEY ON REFUGEE RETURN TO CROATIA [...] (C) Results of an extensive survey, financed jointly by USAID and the OSCE, show that only five percent of ethnic Serb refugees -- approximately 10,500 out of the estimated 210,000 ethnic Serbs from Croatia who are now in Serbia or Bosnia -- plan to return to Croatia in the next five years, an [...] | 2004-03-11 05:27:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PHUM PREL HR |
04ZAGREB425 | CROATIA'S NEW ICTY PIFWCS DEPART VOLUNTARILY FOR [...] (SBU) ON MARCH 11, AS EXPECTED, RETIRED CROATIAN GENERALS MLADEN MARKAC AND IVAN CERMAK DEPARTED VOLUNTARILY FOR THE HAGUE TO FACE WAR CRIMES INDICTMENTS. PRESS REPORTS INDICATE THAT MARKAC AND CERMAK WERE TAKEN INTO CUSTODY UPON ARRIVAL IN AMSTERDAM. ICTY ISSUED A STATEMENT WELCOMING CROATI [...] | 2004-03-12 05:12:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KAWC HR |
04ZAGREB436 | CROATIA'S UNCHR PRIORITIES [...] On February 25, we delivered reftel non-paper to Dubravka Simonovic, MFA Head of Department for Human Rights. In return, Simonovic provided us on March 12 with Croatia's priorities for the 60th session of the UN Commission on Human Rights (full text follows in para 3). She offered no specifi [...] | 2004-03-12 14:47:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL HR UNHCR |
04ZAGREB454 | AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES PRESIDENT MESIC'S PLANS TO [...] (C) THE AMBASSADOR MET WITH PRESIDENT MESIC MARCH 12 TO DISCUSS THE PRESIDENT'S UPCOMING MIDDLE EAST TRIP AND DELIVER POINTS CONCERNING U.S. POLICY TOWARD SYRIA (REF A). MESIC DESCRIBED HIS THREE-COUNTRY TRIP, BEGINNING LATER THIS MONTH, INCLUDING STOPS IN QATAR, JORDAN, AND SYRIA. MESIC HA [...] | 2004-03-17 14:37:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL HR SY |
04ZAGREB456 | ZAGREB AWAITS NEW ICTY INDICTMENTS FOR BOSNIAN [...] (C) Croatia is expecting the imminent arrival of new indictments from ICTY against a series of Bosnian Croats for their actions in BiH in 1993-94. According to the press, Justice Minister Vesna Skare Ozbolt met with likely indictees Milivoj Petkovic and Slobodan Praljak during the evening of [...] | 2004-03-17 15:47:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KAWC HR BK |
04ZAGREB488 | ICTY INDICTMENTS OF BOSNIAN CROATS [...] (C) Foreign Minister Zuzul told the Ambassador on March 22 that the GoC would do everything it could to ensure Croatian citizens indicted by ICTY for crimes in Bosnia were transferred to The Hague, but could not guarantee that the process would go as smoothly as in the cases of Cermak and Mar [...] | 2004-03-22 14:29:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | KAWC PREL PGOV BK HR |
04ZAGREB516 | CHR-60: CROATIA ON CUBA AND CHINA RESOLUTIONS [...] (C) ON MARCH 23, THE AMBASSADOR DELIVERED TALKING POINTS WITH BACKGROUND ON THE CHINA AND CUBA RESOLUTIONS (REFS A,C) AT THE CHR TO MFA STATE SECRETARY (DEPUTY MINISTER EQUIVALENT) BISCEVIC. AMBASSADOR STRESSED THE GREAT IMPORTANCE THE U.S. PLACES IN BOTH RESOLUTIONS AND SOUGHT CROATIAN SUPPO [...] | 2004-03-25 12:32:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL CH CU HR UNCHR |
04ZAGREB533 | AMBASSADOR MEETS PRESIDENT MESIC CONCERNING REFIT [...] (C) ON MARCH 27, THE AMBASSADOR PASSED TO PRESIDENT MESIC REFTEL A POINTS CONCERNING REFIT OF THE LIBYAN VESSEL, "AL-MUNIJED," AND DCM FOLLOWED UP WITH MFA OFFICIALS ON MARCH 29. THE AMBASSADOR TOLD MESIC THAT THE U.S. HAD DECIDED NOT TO OBJECT TO THE REFIT OF THE "AL-MUNIJED" PROVIDED [...] | 2004-03-29 14:04:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL PGOV OPDC ETTC KSTC HR LY |
04ZAGREB543 | NEW HDZ AMBASSADOR TO WASHINGTON [...] (SBU) CROATIA'S NEXT AMBASSADOR TO THE U.S. WILL LIKELY BE NEVEN JURICA, CURRENTLY CHAIRMAN OF THE PARLIAMENT'S FOREIGN AFFAIRS COMMITTEE. NEWS OF JURICA'S LIKELY APPOINTMENT WAS LEAKED TO THE PRESS ON MARCH 28, AFTER HIS CANDIDACY HAD BEEN APPROVED BY WHAT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE A CONFIDENT [...] | 2004-03-31 04:23:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PINR PGOV PREL HR |
04ZAGREB552 | MESIC PLEASED WITH MIDDLE EAST VISIT [...] (C) In a meeting on March 27 with the Ambassador arranged to discuss a Croatian proposal to refit a Libyan military vessel (ref),Croatian President Stipe Mesic spent most of his time discussing his recent visit to the Middle East. He said he had a very full schedule of meetings in Damascus [...] | 2004-04-01 08:57:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETRD HR QA IS SY |
04ZAGREB554 | SERBS PLAYING POLITICAL HARDBALL ON RETURN ISSUES [...] (C) Disappointed with GOC implementation of promises to address refugee return issues, Serb politicians threatened on March 23 to withdraw their informal support for PM Sanader's government. Sanader responded immediately and met with Milorad Pupovac, one of three MPs representing the Serb min [...] | 2004-04-01 09:51:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREF PGOV PREL HR |
04ZAGREB562 | CROATIA: "EXPECT PROGRESS SOON" ON BILAT [...] (SBU) AS INSTRUCTED BY REFTEL, ON MARCH 31 AND APRIL 1, WE AGAIN PRESSED RELEVANT MFA AND MOD OFFICIALS FOR A RESPONSE TO OUR REQUEST TO NEGOTIATE A BILATERAL SUPPLEMENTAL AGREEMENT TO THE PFP SOFA. 2. (SBU) ASSISTANT FOREIGN MINISTER PJER SIMUNOVIC ASSERTED THAT THE SANADER GOVERNMENT HA [...] | 2004-04-01 12:41:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR PREL KTIA HR NATO |
04ZAGREB584 | ZUZUL: NEW GOVERNMENT PUSHING AHEAD AS FAST AS IT [...] (C) The new Croatian government is doing everything it can to keep its EU and NATO bids on track and forge better ties with the U.S. Foreign Minister Miomir Zuzul conveyed confidence in a dinner on April 1 with the Ambassador and EUR/SCE Director Chuck English. He said the Prime Minister's [...] | 2004-04-05 15:21:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV HR NATO |
04ZAGREB598 | CROATIA SENDS SIX TO ICTY [...] (C) On April 5, the Government of Croatia put six new Bosnian-Croat ICTY indictees onto a regularly scheduled commercial flight to Amsterdam. Notwithstanding a minor misunderstanding regarding the late notice given the GoC regarding one of the six, ICTY Head of Office Thomas Osorio describes [...] | 2004-04-07 04:34:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | KAWC PREL KJUS HR |
04ZAGREB627 | THE ECONOMY -- SANADER GOVERNMENT'S ACHILLES HEEL? [...] (C) While the Sanader government has scored points on the foreign policy and political fronts, it is faltering on the economic front. The government inherited certain economic weaknesses, further handicapped itself with slavish campaign promises, then shot itself in the foot with weak appoint [...] | 2004-04-09 05:55:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PREL HR |
04ZAGREB678 | CROATIA PROPOSES CONTRIBUTIONS FOR IRAQ, SEEKS [...] SEE ACTION REQUESTS IN PARAS 2 AND 3. 2. (SBU) ON APRIL 16, MFA NATO COORDINATOR PJER SIMUNOVIC TOLD DCM THAT THE GOC HAD DEVELOPED A PROPOSAL TO RESPOND TO SECRETARY RUMSFELD,S REQUEST THAT CROATIA MAKE A SIPDIS CONTRIBUTION TO COALITION EFFORTS IN IRAQ. SIMUNOVIC SAID THE GOC PR [...] | 2004-04-19 13:21:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL KNNP MNUC IZ HR NATO |
04ZAGREB71 | CROATIAN PRESIDENT MESIC: OK ON IRAQ TROOP [...] (S) In the Ambassador's January 13 call on President Mesic to seek movement on key bilateral issues, Mesic offered to go slow for the time being on any contract to refit a Libyan naval vessel while restating his desire to develop commercial relations with Libya. Mesic committed not to get in t [...] | 2004-01-14 11:35:00 | Embassy Zagreb | SECRET | PREL MARR KAWC ETTC IZ SY HR NATO |
04ZAGREB766 | THE SANADER GOVERNMENT'S FIRST SEMESTER -- OFF TO [...] (C) PM Ivo Sanader's furious, almost frantic, pace for his first 100 days in office has produced positive results. Most of his government's energy has been focused on foreign policy, where Sanader and his closest associates had to work quickly to convince the skeptics of the "new HDZ" who are [...] | 2004-04-28 14:45:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV HR |
04ZAGREB781 | CROATIAN FM DOWNPLAYS SECRETARY'S MESSAGE ON [...] (U) THE SECRETARY'S BRIEF MEETING WITH FOREIGN MINISTER ZUZUL ON THE MARGINS OF THE BERLIN CONFERENCE ON ANTI-SEMITISM RECEIVED VERY LITTLE COVERAGE IN THE CROATIAN PRESS. ACCORDING TO VECERNJI LIST, CROATIA'S TOP-CIRCULATION MASS-MARKET DAILY, SECRETARY POWELL TOLD THE FOREIGN MINISTER THAT [...] | 2004-04-30 13:37:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KAWC KPAO HR NATO |
04ZAGREB817 | FM ZUZUL SEEKS UNDERSTANDING ON GOTOVINA [...] (C) FOREIGN MINISTER MIOMIR ZUZUL SOUGHT A MEETING WITH AMBASSADOR FRANK TO EXPRESS HIS DISAPPOINTMENT AT THE U.S. POSITION CONDITIONING SUPPORT FOR CROATIA'S NATO ENTRY ON THE ARREST OF ICTY FUGITIVE ANTE GOTOVINA (REFTELS). AMBASSADOR FRANK RESPONDED THAT THIS SHOULD NOT HAVE BEEN A SURP [...] | 2004-05-07 14:25:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KAWC HR |
04ZAGREB834 | CROATIAN OFFICIALS REACT TO NATO REVIEW [...] (C) GoC officials were both encouraged and disappointed with their second annual review by NATO's North Atlantic Council of Croatia's progress towards membership. They were encouraged by new optimism about Croatia expressed by many allies, citing that the International Staff's report noted p [...] | 2004-05-10 16:00:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL HR NATO |
04ZAGREB842 | CROATIA HESITANT, BUT WILLING TO EXPAND ATTENDANCE [...] (SBU) CROATIA REMAINS HESITANT TO INCLUDE SERBIA AND MONTENEGRO AND BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA AS FULL PARTICIPANTS IN THE MAY 19 - 20 ADRIATIC CHARTER PARTNERSHIP COMMISSION MEETING. WE DELIVERED REFTEL TALKING POINTS TO PJER SIMUNOVIC, CROATIA'S POLITICAL DIRECTOR FOR NATO ISSUES. SIMUNOVIC SA [...] | 2004-05-12 16:23:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREL HR NATO |
04ZAGREB847 | PERMANENT SAVA COMMISSION HAS CROATIAN SUPPORT BUT [...] (U) THE FOLLOWING RESPONDS TO REFTEL QUESTIONS ON THE STATUS OF THE SAVA RIVER BASIN INITIATIVE AND THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A PERMANENT COMMISSION IN ZAGREB. SUMMARY ------- 2. ESTABLISHMENT OF A PERMANENT SAVA RIVER BASIN COMMISSION WITH A SECRETARIAT IN ZAGREB HAS BROAD SUPPORT AT THE [...] | 2004-05-13 09:32:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV EAID ECIN EWWT PREL HR |
04ZAGREB923 | CROATIAN PARLIAMENTARIAN NATO TOUR TO BRATISLAVA [...] I WOULD LIKE TO THANK YOU AND YOUR TEAM FOR THE OUTSTANDING SUPPORT PROVIDED DURING THE MAY 4 - 5 VISIT OF FOUR CROATIAN PARLIAMENTARIANS TO BRATISLAVA. THIS TRIP MADE AN IMPORTANT CONTRIBUTION TO THE UNDERSTANDING BY THESE LAWMAKERS OF HOW TO HELP MOVE CROATIA FORWARD TOWARD NATO MEMBER [...] | 2004-05-19 14:49:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL HR NATO |
04ZAGREB964 | ICTY INDICTS NORAC: CROATIA PREPARING FOR CASE [...] (C) SUMMARY and COMMENT: On May 25, the ICTY announced the issuance of an indictment against Croatian retired General Mirko Norac for his role in the Medak Pocket case. ICTY Head of Office Thomas Osorio (protect) told us that the Tribunal intends to transfer this case to Croatia for prosecutio [...] | 2004-05-25 15:38:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | KAWC PREL KJUS HR |
04ZAGREB968 | PRESIDENTIAL ADVISOR OPTIMISTIC ABOUT MESIC'S [...] (C) In what was mostly an inside baseball discussion about Croatian politics, President Mesic's top Domestic Policy Advisor, Igor Dekanic, told us on May 26 that he was optimistic about Mesic's reelection prospects -- although an official announcement of his candidacy was still months away. [...] | 2004-05-26 17:05:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL HR |
04ZAGREB978 | NATO SECRETARY GENERAL VISITS CROATIA [...] (C) In a brief visit to Zagreb on May 26, NATO Secretary General (SYG) Jaap de Hoop Scheffer "left a message of encouragement" for Croatia to move forward toward qualifying for an invitation to join the Alliance by making concrete progress in NATO's Membership Action Plan. In an outbrief to [...] | 2004-05-27 16:30:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL HR NATO |
05ABIDJAN1871 | TOGO NOT READY FOR REFUGEE RETURNS [...] (C) SUMMARY: RefCoord met UN and government agencies in Lome and Accra from November 8-10 to discuss the Government of Togo's proposed National Repatriation Plan (NRP) and the UN's 2006 Consolidated Appeal (CAP) for Togo. UN and EU representatives stated security conditions in Togo were not [...] | 2005-11-16 07:44:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL PHUM TO GH BE |
05ABUDHABI1003 | SUBJECT: DUBAI ARRESTS COUNTERFEIT AUTO PARTS [...] (U) UAE officials remain staunchly committed to stemming the flow of counterfeit auto parts, and they routinely publicize their efforts against counterfeit dealers. A February 27 news article in a local newspaper detailed police and law enforcement actions against counterfeit auto parts deale [...] | 2005-03-02 12:14:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | KIPR PREL ETRD TC |
05ABUDHABI1006 | POINTS FOR A/USTR NOVELLI'S FTA BILATS [...] (U) Summary. During your March 7-11th visit to the United Arab Emirates for the first round of Free Trade Agreement negotiations, you will have a number of bilateral meetings with senior UAEG officials. We are providing short bios of your interlocutors and an overview of probable points of di [...] | 2005-03-02 13:28:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD EINV ELAB ECON PREL USTR NEA PI |
05ABUDHABI1049 | UAE, GERMANY, AND IRAQ SIGN MILITARY TRAINING [...] (U) During German Chancellor Schroeder,s visit to the UAE March 4-5, the UAE, Germany, and Iraq signed an agreement which provides for the training of Iraqi military personnel. The agreement, which expands the role of Germany and the UAE in training members of the Iraqi armed forces, clears the [...] | 2005-03-07 08:20:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | MASS PREL IZ TC |
05ABUDHABI1069 | UAE RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE - SYRIA MUST WITHDRAW [...] (C) Ambassador delivered reftel talking points to Information Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed al Nahyan on March 7, noting that the UAE and the international community needed to make clear that a complete and immediate withdrawal of Syrian troops from Lebanon was required. (Sheikh Abdullah [...] | 2005-03-07 12:33:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SY LE TC |
05ABUDHABI1165 | DISSUADING IRAN FROM INTERFERING IN IRAQI POLITICS [...] (S) Pol Chief discussed reftel points March 14 with MFA Assistant Under Secretary for Political Affairs Tariq Al Haidan. Al Haidan said that MFA officials have spoken to the Iranian ambassador advising Iran not to interfere in Iraq's domestic affairs, but explained that the Iranians have a d [...] | 2005-03-14 08:55:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET | PREL IR IZ TC |
05ABUDHABI1166 | U.S. EFFORTS TO SUPPORT EU-3 DIPLOMACY ON IRAN [...] No summary [...] | 2005-03-14 08:55:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IR TC |
05ABUDHABI1167 | UAE ANNOUNCES CAMEL JOCKEY LAW IN EFFECT BY MARCH [...] (C) Summary: After weeks of lobbying by the Ambassador, Deputy Prime Minister and de facto Foreign Foreign Minister Sheikh Hamdan bin Zayed (HbZ) issued a statement March 13 announcing that a law will be on the books by April 16, 2005 banning jockeys under age 16 from participating in camel [...] | 2005-03-14 10:44:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETRD ELAB PHUM TC |
05ABUDHABI1170 | DUBAI BUSINESSMAN CRITICIZES DUBAI CROWN PRINCE [...] (C) Summary: In a recent conversation with DCM, Dubai developer and government official Mohammed Al-Abbar sharply criticized Dubai Crown Prince Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al-Maktoum (MbR) for arrogance and for losing touch with the people of Dubai. Al-Abbar told DCM that the only reason MbR h [...] | 2005-03-14 11:16:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON PREL PINR TC |
05ABUDHABI1210 | MESSAGE TO THE ARAB LEAGUE [...] (C) Charge discussed Ref. A points on Syria/Lebanon, Israeli-Palestinian affairs, Iraq, and Magen David Adom, with MFA Under Secretary Abdullah Rashid Al Noaimi on March 16. On Syria and Lebanon, Al Noaimi said that it was the UAE,s position that the Syrians should undertake the complete and i [...] | 2005-03-16 12:27:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SY LE IZ IS TC |
05ABUDHABI1271 | UAE CONDEMNS TERROR ATTACK IN QATAR [...] UAE leaders have denounced the March 19 attack in Doha, and have pledged to cooperate with Qatar in fighting terrorism. Press reports said that President Khalifa called the Emir of Qatar on March 20 to condemn the attack. Khalifa said the security of Qatar was an "integral part" of the UAE' [...] | 2005-03-21 10:59:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER PREL QA TC |
05ABUDHABI1272 | WOLFOWITZ NOMINATION FOR WORLD BANK: UAE RESPONSE [...] On March 20, EconChief delivered reftel demarche to Ministry of Finance A/US for Revenue and Budget Khalid Al- Bustani. EconChief stressed our hope that the World Bank Executive Board could approve this nomination quickly. Al- Bustani promised to discuss our nomination with MinState Khirbas [...] | 2005-03-21 11:05:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN EAID ECON EINV PREL TC |
05ABUDHABI1274 | UAEG OFFICIALS: "WE WILL SOLVE THE CAMEL JOCKEY [...] (C) Summary: Senior UAEG officials have publicly and privately committed to ending the problem of underage camel jockeys. In response to reftel demarche, they have told Charge that their priority is to identify, rescue and repatriate the children, and not drive the problem underground. To [...] | 2005-03-21 11:57:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETRD ELAB PHUM PGOV SOCI TC |
05ABUDHABI132 | UNDERSCORING THE IMPORTANCE OF IRAQI ELECTIONS [...] (C) On January 8, Pol Chief delivered reftel points to MFA Assistant Under Secretary for International Cooperation Mohammed Abdul Jaleel, emphasizing that the January elections are part of a larger process aimed at choosing Iraq,s future leadership and shaping the country,s future. Abdul Jalee [...] | 2005-01-08 13:07:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IZ TC |
05ABUDHABI1331 | UAE INCREASES SECURITY AFTER BOMBING IN QATAR, [...] (C) Summary: After the Doha theater bombing, UAE officials markedly increased the security presence throughout the cities of Abu Dhabi and Dubai in locations such as diplomatic communities, western schools, and residential neighborhoods. UAEG officials are worried they are vulnerable to this [...] | 2005-03-23 13:30:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET | PTER PREL ASEC QA TC |
05ABUDHABI1333 | LABOR UNION RIGHTS A LENGTHY AND COMPLICATED TASK [...] (U) This is a joint Abu Dhabi and Dubai cable. 2. (C) Summary: DoL D/US Levine held labor consultations March 19-21 with a wide range of senior UAE officials, professional associations, and businesspeople. The labor delegation discussed current labor laws and practices and workers right [...] | 2005-03-26 03:58:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | ELAB ETRD PHUM PREL TC |
05ABUDHABI1438 | US/UAE FTA FIRST ROUND [...] (C) Summary: The United States and the UAE held the first round of Free Trade Agreement negotiations in Abu Dhabi, March 8-10. UAEG leaders are enthusiastic about the prospect of an FTA with the United States. After a somewhat slow start the negotiators made significant progress, concluding [...] | 2005-04-02 02:18:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD EINV ELAB ECON PREL USTR TC FTA |
05ABUDHABI158 | ARAB MEDIA REFORM - "NO LONGER POSSIBLE TO SELL [...] (U) Summary: On January 9 the Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research in Abu Dhabi opened its three day 2005 conference entitled "Arab Media in the Information Age." Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum (MBR),Crown Prince of Dubai, delivered an emphatic message, as keynote speake [...] | 2005-01-10 11:34:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR TC PREL PGOV |
05ABUDHABI1605 | SHEIKH HAMDAN ON IRAQ, GAZA, MLAT [...] (C) Summary: Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Sheikh Hamdan bin Zayed (HbZ) and Ambassador met April 10 to review regional developments and U.S.-UAE relations. The UAE remains very worried about Iranian influence in Iraq. HbZ urged the U.S. to stand behind Mahm [...] | 2005-04-11 12:23:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON ETRD JO IZ IR TC |
05ABUDHABI1680 | AMB. JONES CONSULTS WITH SHEIKH HAMDAN ON IRAQ [...] (C) Summary: Senior Advisor and Coordinator for Iraq Policy Ambassador Richard Jones consulted with Deputy Prime Minister/Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Sheikh Hamdan bin Zayed on April 12 on Iraq developments. Ambassador Jones, who had been in Iraq three days earlier, briefed Sheikh H [...] | 2005-04-14 10:48:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON IZ IR TC |
05ABUDHABI1858 | COUNTERTERRORISM ACTION GROUP - EMBASSY ABU DHABI [...] (SBU) Summary: The British DCM convened the Abu Dhabi G-8 Counter-Terrorism Action Group (CTAG) on March 23. CTAG members discussed their perspectives of the threat environment in the UAE, and their observations of the UAE response to the recent theater bombing in Doha. Each country detailed [...] | 2005-04-27 02:19:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL ASEC ETTC TC KJAN |
05ABUDHABI1874 | ILO VISITS UAE, WILL REVIEW DRAFT LABOR LAWS [...] (C) Summary: During his April 23-25 visit, the UAE Ministry of Labor presented ILO regional Middle East director Dr. Taleb Al Rafai with its draft revised labor law and draft labor union law for formal ILO review and comment in bringing UAE labor laws in line with international standards. Alt [...] | 2005-04-27 23:43:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | ELAB ETRD PHUM PREL TC |
05ABUDHABI1875 | MINI DUBLIN GROUP MEETING -- EMBASSY ABU DHABI [...] No summary [...] | 2005-04-28 02:55:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL SNAR TC |
05ABUDHABI1983 | UAE WELCOMES FIRST BATCH OF F-16 BLOCK 60'S [...] (U) The UAE welcomed home the first installment of F-16 Block 60 combat aircraft during a May 3 ceremony that featured a precision fly-by before a crowd of several hundred dignitaries assembled at Al Dhafra Air Base. Abu Dhabi Crown Prince and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces [...] | 2005-05-04 12:04:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS PREL TC |
05ABUDHABI2070 | UAE WELCOMES IRAQ TRANSITIONAL GOVERNMENT [...] (U) The UAE Cabinet of Ministers issued a statement May 9 welcoming the Iraq Transitional Government (ITG). The statement, which was carried in the Arabic and English press May 10, said that the UAE hailed the final composition of the Iraq government and hoped that this latest political devel [...] | 2005-05-10 05:08:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL IZ TC |
05ABUDHABI2090 | TOUR D'HORIZON WITH DEPUTY PM SHEIKH HAMDAN [...] (C) Summary: Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Sheikh Hamdan bin Zayed (HbZ) and Ambassador met May 8 to review developments in Iraq and U.S.-UAE relations. At our urging, the UAE issued a statement May 9 welcoming the newly formed Iraqi government. HbZ agreed th [...] | 2005-05-10 09:46:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM CJAN KNNP PK GZ IZ WEU TC |
05ABUDHABI2173 | UAE DEMOCRATIC REFORM STRATEGY TO SUPPORT FREEDOM [...] (C) Summary: Although the United Arab Emirates is a wealthy and economically advanced country, an open political system and political competition do not exist. The UAE has no elections, no political parties, and no trade unions. The existing appointed consultative bodies that debate and adop [...] | 2005-05-16 05:06:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PGOV ECON KPAO PREL XF KMPI TC |
05ABUDHABI2178 | MBZ ON IRAQ, IRAN, PAKISTAN [...] (U) Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed,s weekly Sunday "VIP Majlis" provided an excellent opportunity for a visiting National Defense University delegation to observe first-hand the UAEG,s informal consultative process. MbZ, brothers MinState Foreign Affairs Sheikh Hamdan and Interior [...] | 2005-05-16 09:12:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET | PREL MASS PHUM ELAB IR IZ XF SA PK FR TC |
05ABUDHABI2179 | GUANTANAMO ISSUES - ARB AND KORAN DESECRATION [...] (C) Ambassador met with MFA Under Secretary Abdullah Rashid Al Noaimi on May 14 and discussed ref A information regarding the Administrative Review Board's (ARB) assessment of UAE detainee Abdullah Al Hamiri, and the allegation that the Koran had been desecrated at the U.S. Naval Station at Gu [...] | 2005-05-16 09:12:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER KAWC PINR PREL KISK TC |
05ABUDHABI2180 | MFA UNDER SECRETARY MEETS NDU DELEGATION [...] (C) Summary: MFA Under Secretary Abdullah Rashid Al Noaimi met May 14 with Ambassador and a visiting delegation from the National Defense University's (NDU) National War College and reviewed the UAE's security concerns, and the political reform trends that are under way in the region. Al Noaim [...] | 2005-05-16 09:13:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL KDEM PGOV IZ IR SA TC |
05ABUDHABI231 | ASD RODMAN MEETS UAE MINDEF MOHAMMED BIN RASHID [...] (C) Summary: In a January 11 meeting with Dubai Crown Prince and UAE Minister of Defense Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid (MBR),ASD Rodman expressed USG appreciation for UAE's contributions to our counter-terror and counter-proliferation efforts. In response to a question on Iraq, ASD Rodman outli [...] | 2005-01-16 04:00:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | MASS MOPS MARR PREL IR IQ TC |
05ABUDHABI2437 | REACTION TO TIP REPORT: UAEG EXPECTED TIER 3 [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador met with MFA Under Secretary Abdullah Rashid Al Noaimi June 1 to deliver the 2005 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) report, ranking the UAE at Tier 3, and the companion mini-action plan. Ambassador also discussed the TIP report and action plan with director for internationa [...] | 2005-06-01 11:34:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL KCRM ELAB KWMN TC |
05ABUDHABI2497 | POST VIEWS ON OUTREACH TO IRAQIS IN UAE [...] (C) Summary: The Embassy has considered ways to accelerate engagement with Iraq's Sunni Arab community (ref A),and believes that there could be a role for the UAEG in using its good offices to bring together U.S. and ITG officials with influential Sunni leaders. Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Moh [...] | 2005-06-06 04:43:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KDEM IZ TC |
05ABUDHABI2500 | RELIGIOUS LEADERS DISCUSS QU'RAN DESECRATION [...] (SBU) DURING A MEETING MAY 24 WITH UAE RELIGIOUS ADVISOR, DR. ALI AL HASHEMI, AND A MEETING MAY 31 WITH MINISTRY OF JUSTICE UNDER SECRETARY FOR ISLAMIC AFFAIRS, DR. MOHAMED JUMA AL MEHAIRI, POL CHIEF DISCUSSED THE CONTROVERSY SURROUNDING THE DESECRATION OF THE HOLY QU'RAN AT THE DETENTION FACIL [...] | 2005-06-06 06:53:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM KIRF KISL TC |
05ABUDHABI2512 | UAEG REQUESTS INFORMATION ON U.S. POSITION ON G-4 [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 3. 2. (SBU) In a June 6 meeting, MFA International Organizations Director Yacoub Al-Hosani asked Econchief if the Embassy could provide him with any information on the U.S. position with regard to the draft G-4 resolution on UN reform. Al-Hosa [...] | 2005-06-06 09:25:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL UN TC |
05ABUDHABI2543 | AUSTRALIANS GENERALLY SATISFIED WITH FTA [...] (C) Summary: On June 7, lead Australian negotiator Stephan Deady told Ambassador that he was "quite pleased" with the results of the second round of FTA negotiations, although the talks are still in a very preliminary stage. The Australians plan to move the agreement forward, but are not going [...] | 2005-06-08 09:08:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD ECON PREL AS TC FTA |
05ABUDHABI2559 | PAKISTAN'S MUSHARRAF ON OFFICIAL VISIT TO THE UAE [...] (C) Summary: Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf paid his first official visit to the UAE since President Khalifa succeeded the late Sheikh Zayed last November. During the June 4-5 visit, the two leaders discussed the war on terror, Pakistan's internal political stability, Pakistan's ties wit [...] | 2005-06-08 10:41:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER ECON PK TC |
05ABUDHABI257 | DEMARCHE ON IAEA COMPREHENSIVE SAFEGUARDS [...] (C) On January 16, Pol Chief and G-8 representatives (France, Japan, Russia, Italy, Canada, and UK -- Germany had a schedule conflict) jointly delivered reftel points to MFA Director for International Organizations, Yacub Al Hosani. Pol Chief also provided Al Hosani with a copy of the letter e [...] | 2005-01-17 09:01:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP TRGY PREL AORC IAEA TC |
05ABUDHABI2781 | SCENESETTER FOR PDAS CHENEY'S VISIT TO THE UAE [...] (C) Summary: We look forward to welcoming you to Abu Dhabi and Dubai. The UAE leadership will be very interested in hearing your perspectives on the latest developments in Iraq and on the Mideast peace process, as well as listening to your views on reform in the region. We have requested mee [...] | 2005-06-20 10:44:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET | PREL PGOV KMPI PTER ETRD PHUM MASS IZ AF TC |
05ABUDHABI2815 | UAE-IRAN RELATIONS: AN UNEASY CALM [...] (C) Summary: The UAE and Iran have long had a wary co-existence. While the two countries enjoy robust trade ties and have historical social and cultural links, Iran's nuclear program and the possibility of a clandestine weapons component, interference in Iraq's internal affairs, and continued [...] | 2005-06-21 11:57:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL ETRD PINR IZ IR GCC TC |
05ABUDHABI2816 | UAE REQUESTS PARTICIPATION IN NATO'S ICI [...] (C) The UAEG on June 14 formally notified the NATO SecGen of its interest in participating in NATO's Istanbul Cooperation Initiative (ICI). NATO's approval of the request would mean the UAE would join Gulf neighbors Kuwait, Bahrain, and Qatar as ICI partners. Assuming NATO brings the UAE into [...] | 2005-06-21 15:01:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREL PTER SA IR AF IZ NATO TC |
05ABUDHABI2945 | PDAS CHENEY MEETS WITH UAE PRESIDENT KHALIFA [...] (C) Summary: During a meeting June 26 with NEA Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary Cheney, UAE President Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan offered his assessment of the situation in Iraq, commented on the Iranian elections and discussed Syria's involvement in the region, reform in the UAE, and effo [...] | 2005-07-01 09:08:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KMPI KPAL PHUM IZ IR SY WE GZ TC |
05ABUDHABI2946 | PDAS CHENEY CONSULTS WITH SHEIKH HAMDAN ON KSA, [...] (S) Summary: NEA Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary Cheney consulted with Deputy Prime Minister/Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Sheikh Hamdan bin Zayed (HbZ) on June 26 on debt relief for Iraq, Saudi Arabia, political reform, assistance for the Palestinians, and free trade. With respe [...] | 2005-07-01 09:23:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET | PREL PGOV ETRD KMPI KPAL SA WE GZ TC |
05ABUDHABI2947 | PDAS CHENEY DISCUSSES REFORM, TIP AND TRADE [...] (C) Summary: During NEA Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary Cheney's visit to the UAE June 26-27, she had an SIPDIS opportunity to speak to different audiences about political reform, trafficking in persons, and economic issues. Cheney emphasized that to fully empower its citizens, the UAE [...] | 2005-07-01 09:34:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ETRD KMPI PHUM TC |
05ABUDHABI2968 | HIGH PROFILE UAE GOVERNMENT OUTREACH ON FTA [...] (U) The UAE government has been actively pursuing high-level outreach to the press and UAE business community on the benefits of a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with the United States. Minister of Economy and Planning Sheikha Lubna Al Qasimi and Minister of State for Finance and Industry Dr. Moh [...] | 2005-07-03 09:56:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD EINV ELAB ECON PREL USTR TC |
05ABUDHABI3008 | ONE MORE CRACK IN THE GCC - UAE/SAUDI BORDER [...] (S) Summary. Tensions between UAE and Saudi Arabia over a border dispute have broad implications for intra-Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) relations and the long-term viability of the GCC. UAE officials view Saudi objections to a planned causeway to link the UAE and Qatar as Saudi Arabia's at [...] | 2005-07-06 11:29:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET | PBTS PREL PHSA EPET ENRG TC GCC |
05ABUDHABI301 | SCENESETTER - NSC HOMELAND SECURITY ADVISOR [...] (C) Overview: We look forward to welcoming you to the United Arab Emirates February 6-7. U.S.-UAE cooperation in the security and counterterrorism fields is robust and the UAE leadership is actively seeking ways to enhance the relationship. Your visit here will be an excellent opportunity to [...] | 2005-01-18 11:17:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PTER PINS EFIN IZ IR TC |
05ABUDHABI3043 | UAE DEMOCRATIC REFORM STRATEGY: QUARTERLY [...] (C) Summary: Since the May 16 submission of the UAE democratic reform strategy (ref A),visiting DOS and embassy officials have highlighted the need for greater public participation with President Khalifa, Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed, MinState Foreign Affairs Hamdan bin Zayed, [...] | 2005-07-11 06:58:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PGOV ECON KPAO PREL XF KMPI TC MEPI |
05ABUDHABI305 | DISAPPOINTING FIRST DAY'S TURNOUT IN UAE'S IRAQI [...] (C) Summary: The first day of Iraqi out-of-county voting registration (OCV) ended on a low note, with only about 1,000 people showing up at registration tents in Abu Dhabi and Dubai on January 17, according to an IOM staffer in Dubai. Registration will continue through January 23, with polls o [...] | 2005-01-18 12:48:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | IZ KDEM PREL TC |
05ABUDHABI3050 | UAE DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON EXECUTIVE ORDER BLOCKING [...] (S) Ambassador delivered reftel demarche to MFA U/S Abdullah Rashid Al Noaimi on July 5 and provided him with copies of E.O. 13382 and UNSCR 1540. At Al Noaimi's request, we will also pass a copy of the E.O. to the UAE's State Security Organization. 2. (S) On July 6, Econoff delivered ref [...] | 2005-07-11 08:42:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET | PARM PREL PGOV MNUC EFIN ETTC |
05ABUDHABI3072 | G-4 FRAMEWORK RESOLUTION ON UN REFORM: UAE RESPONSE [...] (C) Ambassador made reftel demarche on the G-4 framework resolution on UN reform to MFA Under Secretary Abdullah Rashid al Noaimi on July 12, emphasizing that governments should continue to focus on a broad range of UN reform issues rather than pushing for quick action and a quick vote. Al No [...] | 2005-07-12 08:41:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNSC TC |
05ABUDHABI3074 | TIP ACTION UPDATE: LABOR [...] (C) Summary: The UAE Ministry of Labor has taken a number of proactive steps since June 1 in response to the TIP Mini-Action Plan (reftel) that requires the UAE to establish shelters for trafficking victims, articulate how the UAEG will extend formal protection to domestic workers and other l [...] | 2005-07-12 10:01:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | ELAB PHUM ETRD PREL TC |
05ABUDHABI3144 | LABOR: SPONSORSHIP TRANSFER REGULATIONS LOOSENED [...] (SBU) Summary: The UAE Cabinet formally approved new sponsorship transfer regulations on July 12, 2005 which grant the Ministry of Labor's 2.1 million workers more freedom of movement in the labor market. The new laws allow a worker to change sponsorship after 1, 2 or 3 years of employment (d [...] | 2005-07-17 09:13:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB PHUM ETRD PREL TC |
05ABUDHABI3161 | UAE IMAMS DENOUNCE TERROR, EXTREMISM [...] (C) Summary: In response to the July 7 terror attacks in London and the continuing violence in Iraq, the UAEG has stepped up its efforts to denounce terrorist violence. The UAEG's latest push has included a public campaign with unequivocal condemnations of extremism in government-approved Fri [...] | 2005-07-18 07:54:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KISL KPAO PTER TC |
05ABUDHABI3175 | DEFEATING THE G-4 FRAMEWORK RESOLUTION: UAE [...] No summary [...] | 2005-07-19 04:41:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNSC TC |
05ABUDHABI3237 | SAJGAS IPO AND IRANIAN GAS [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para. 5. 2. (C) Dow Jones Correspondent Simeon Kerr (protect) telephoned EconChief on July 23 and July 24 to say that Crescent Petroleum and the Emirate of Sharjah planned to issue an initial public offering (IPO) in September for their SajGas proj [...] | 2005-07-25 03:22:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET BEXP ENRG ECON PREL IR TC |
05ABUDHABI3242 | UAE CONDEMNS SHARM AL SHEIKH ATTACK [...] (C) Summary: UAE leaders have publicly condemned the July 23 attack in Egypt's Sharm Al Sheikh, and have called on religious leaders to preach tolerance and moderation. Three UAE nationals were injured in the explosions, according to press reports. As reported reftel, after the July 7 attack [...] | 2005-07-25 07:46:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL KISL KPAO TC |
05ABUDHABI3244 | GENERAL ABIZAID MEETING WITH ABU DHABI CROWN PRINCE [...] (C) Summary: CENTCOM Commander General Abizaid met July 20 with Abu Dhabi Crown Prince and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces General Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan (MbZ). Abizaid praised the UAEG for its steadfast determination to wage a public campaign against extremist i [...] | 2005-07-25 07:54:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | MCAP MASS PREL IZ AF PK IR SY SA TC |
05ABUDHABI3264 | UAE DISMISSES ISLAMIST WEB SITE WARNING [...] An Islamist Web site features a statement warning the UAE to expel non-Muslims and Westerners within 10 days or risk attack. The statement, which appears to be a copy of a March 2005 statement posted on another Islamist Web site, was posted on the Al Sakifah Web site on July 19 by an unidenti [...] | 2005-07-25 11:25:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER ASEC PREL KPAO MCAP TC |
05ABUDHABI3272 | SHEIKH ABDULLAH ON SYRIA, GAZA, SAUDI BORDER [...] (C) SUMMARY. On July 24, UAE Minister of Information Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed al Nahyan and Ambassador discussed UAE attention to halting the flow of foreign fighters into Iraq; Abdullah's planned travel to Damascus to meet with Syrian President Bashar Al Asad; Gaza disengagement and the UAE [...] | 2005-07-26 09:56:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET | PREL PTER UNSC PHUM PINR EAID SY IZ GZ SA |
05ABUDHABI3299 | UAE USING OUTREACH TO THE FAITHFUL TO COMBAT [...] (C) Summary: The UAEG is capitalizing on the nation's reputation as a moderate, tolerant Muslim country to try to persuade its citizens and large expatriate community that extremist-inspired violence has no place in Islam. Through a series of carefully crafted Friday sermons, the Ministry of [...] | 2005-07-27 10:53:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KISL KPAO PTER TC |
05ABUDHABI332 | ASD RODMAN MEETING WITH UAE INFORMATION MINISTER [...] (C) Summary: During a January 12 meeting with UAE Information Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, ASD Peter Rodman discussed Iraq,s upcoming election and its role in achieving stability. Sheikh Abdullah shared concerns about Sunni participation in the election and representation in [...] | 2005-01-23 13:13:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | AF ETRD IR IZ MAS PREL PTER TC |
05ABUDHABI3346 | STATUS OF UAE EXPORT CONTROLS [...] (C) Summary: The issue of export controls in the UAE has been raised in a number of contexts recently, including during the recent MTCR outreach mission to the UAE (Refs A and E) and FTA negotiations between the US and the UAE. This message reviews the status of export controls in the UAE as [...] | 2005-07-31 12:22:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET | ETTC KNNP PREL PARM TC |
05ABUDHABI3352 | UAE PLANNED ATTENDANCE AT HLE AND UNGA [...] No summary [...] | 2005-08-01 07:10:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL OTRA OVIP KSEP UNGA TC |
05ABUDHABI3391 | UAE THINK TANK PAINTS ROSY PICTURE ON TERROR [...] (C) Summary: An editorial by a quasi-governmental Abu Dhabi think tank asserting that the UAE is "an island isolated from terrorism" because of its "alert and advanced" security services appears to be part of an effort to attempt to reassure investors, tourists, and residents that the UAE rema [...] | 2005-08-03 06:57:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL PINS ASEC TC |
05ABUDHABI3440 | ABU DHABI AWARE OF SHARJAH AND IRANIAN GAS [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 9. 2. (C) Summary: Abu Dhabi Executive Council member Khaldoon Al-Mubarak told Econchief that Abu Dhabi emirate leadership was aware of the planned Crescent petroleum project to pipe Iranian gas to the UAE and was trying to develop an appropr [...] | 2005-08-08 07:57:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG ECON PREL IR TC |
05ABUDHABI3475 | UAE ASSISTANCE TO THE PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 7. 2. (U) Summary. This cable is an initial report of some of the program aid that the UAE has provided to the Palestinians, including the $62 million Sheikh Zayed City, the planned $100 million Sheikh Khalifa City, and the $88 million in proje [...] | 2005-08-09 14:10:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EFIN PREL KPAL TC |
05ABUDHABI35 | UAE APPROVES IOM OVERSEAS VOTER PROGRAM FOR IRAQIS [...] (U) The UAE and the International Organization for Migration (IOM) signed a memorandum of understanding January 2 in Abu Dhabi allowing Iraqi expatriates living in the UAE and other Gulf countries to take part in the January 30 Iraqi elections. The agreement covers all aspects of the Out-of-C [...] | 2005-01-03 09:11:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KDEM IZ TC |
05ABUDHABI353 | USTR VISIT REINFORCES TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS [...] (SBU) Summary: Assistant United States Trade Representative for Labor William Clatanoff met with representatives from the Ministries of Interior, Labor, and Foreign Affairs on January 17-19 to discuss a number of labor issues related to upcoming free trade negotiations. One subject Clatanoff [...] | 2005-01-24 09:07:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | ELAB ETRD PHUM PREL TC |
05ABUDHABI354 | CONGRATULATORY MESSAGE FROM UAE PRIME MINISTER TO [...] Post has received a letter of congratulations from UAE Deputy Prime Minister Sheikh Sultan Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, to President Bush on the occasion of his re-election to a second term, that we are transmitting for the Department's information/action. 2. Begin Text: The Honorable Mr. George [...] | 2005-01-24 10:35:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | OPDC PREL TC |
05ABUDHABI3583 | (S) S29G-04: SYRIAN USE OF UAE FIRM TO ACQUIRE [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 4. 2. (S) On August 15, the UAE's State Security Directorate passed A/Legatt a request for further information on ref b demarche on Al-Mazroui Medical and Chemical Supplies (AMMCS). An informal translation of the document text follows. 3. [...] | 2005-08-17 13:57:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET//NOFORN | PARM PREL CBW ETTC SY AE |
05ABUDHABI3618 | STAUNCHING THE FLOW OF SAUDI SUICIDE BOMBERS TO [...] No summary [...] | 2005-08-22 07:39:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET | PGOV PTER PREL GCCC TC |
05ABUDHABI3735 | TFUS01: UAE OFFER OF ASSISTANCE FOR HURRICANE [...] Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Sheikh Hamdan Bin Zayed Al Nahyan called Ambassador early Saturday afternoon, September 3, to reiterate UAE President Sheikh Khalifa's message of condolence to President Bush (full text below, para 6) as well as the UAE's offer of [...] | 2005-09-03 11:14:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ECON EFIN AEMR KPAO CASC MARR AMGT US TC |
05ABUDHABI3746 | TFUS01: UAE OFFERS $100 MN IN HURRICANE KATRINA [...] Sultan Al Rumaithi, Office Director for Deputy PM/MinState Foreign Affairs Sheikh Hamden Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, informed Ambassador today that the UAEG was prepared to extend $100 million dollars in assistance for Hurricane Katrina Relief. A UAEG inter-ministerial committee has been formed to [...] | 2005-09-05 07:47:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ECON EFIN AEMR KPAO CASC MARR AMGT US TC |
05ABUDHABI3767 | IRAN AND LIBYA SANCTIONS ACT (ILSA): SHARJAH/UAE [...] (C) On September 4, Ambassador stressed our opposition to investment in Iran's oil sector to MFA U/S Abdullah Rashid Al-Noaimi, using Ref a talking points. She emphasized deep USG concerns about Iranian actions and policies, including pursuit of WMD and delivery systems, support for terrorism, [...] | 2005-09-05 13:56:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC EPET ENRG PREL ECON IR TC |
05ABUDHABI3772 | TFUS01: UAE DONATION - HURRICANE KATRINA [...] Obeid Al Marra, from UAE Ministry of Presidential Affairs, telephoned DCM to request instructions for in-kind delivery of donated materials (MREs, medical aid, bedding, generators) for Hurricane Katrina victims. 2. Al Marra stated that most probably the UAEG donation would be half cash an [...] | 2005-09-05 14:08:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ECON EFIN AEMR KPAO CASC MARR AMGT US TC |
05ABUDHABI3801 | DEMARCHE ON ISOLATING SYRIA AT UNGA [...] (S) In a September 4 call on Abdullah Rashid Al Noaimi, U/S for Foreign Affairs, Ambassador delivered ref A demarche and argued that Syria must be isolated at the UNGA Summit in order to send a strong message that Syria will be held accountable for its abysmal record on support for terrorist a [...] | 2005-09-06 14:39:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET | PGOV PREL PTER SY TC |
05ABUDHABI3802 | UAE VIEWS ON CAIRO FOREIGN MINISTERS' MEETING [...] (S) Summary: On September 4, the Ambassador delivered ref A demarche on the upcoming Cairo Arab League Foreign Ministers meeting during a call on Abdullah Rashid Al Noaimi, U/S for Foreign Affairs. Ambassador reinforced USG views on terrorism, Israel-Palestine, Syria-Lebanon and Iraq. Al Noa [...] | 2005-09-06 15:15:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET | PREL PTER PGOV TC |
05ABUDHABI3804 | UAE NOTES COOPERATION ON COMBATING WMD [...] (C) Ambassador discussed the importance of FIU-FIU cooperation to combat WMD proliferation with MFA U/S Abdullah Rashid on Sunday September 4 and provided him with a copy of Executive Order 13382. Abdullah Rashid reaffirmed the UAE's commitment to working with the United States on combating th [...] | 2005-09-07 06:53:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET | PARM PREL MNUC TC |
05ABUDHABI3808 | UAE: DEVELOPMENT ISSUES AT UN HLE [...] In September 4 call on Abdullah Rashid Al Noaimi, U/S for Foreign Affairs, Ambassador enumerated several concerns about the outcome paper on development issues which will be discussed at the upcoming UN high level event (HLE),and left reftel non-paper detailing these concerns. Ambassador not [...] | 2005-09-07 09:06:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECIN PREL UNGA TC |
05ABUDHABI3851 | WHAT'S BEHIND THE UAE-SAUDI BORDER DISPUTE [...] This is an Action Request. Please see para. 15 2. (C) Summary: In response to the rising volume of private and public sniping between the UAE and Saudi Arabian governments over the status and meaning of their 1974 Agreement on the Delimitation of Boundaries (refs),Embassies Abu Dhabi and [...] | 2005-09-10 15:17:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET | PREL PBTS EPET PGOV ETRD SA TC |
05ABUDHABI3877 | UAE LABOR: EXPANDING EXPAT WORKER RIGHTS TARGETS [...] (C) Summary: The UAE Ministry of Labor has been proactive in changing many of the most restrictive laws and regulations governing the expatriate labor market over the past two months, Labor Minister Dr. Al Ka'abi told Ambassador September 10. These changes -- including changing the sponsors [...] | 2005-09-12 12:05:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | ELAB PREL ETRD KDEM PINR PHUM TC |
05ABUDHABI388 | LOW REGISTRATION TURNOUT FOR IRAQI OCV PROGRAM [...] (C) Summary: While participant turnout significantly improved after the first disappointing day of Iraqi out-of-county voting (OCV) registration (ref. A),IOM officials are still questioning why so few UAE-based Iraqis are taking the opportunity to vote in the January 28-30 elections. Registr [...] | 2005-01-26 13:03:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | IZ KDEM PREL TC |
05ABUDHABI3905 | ONE MAN'S NEGATIVE REACTION TO UAE FRIDAY SERMONS [...] (C) Summary: While the UAEG program of prepared Friday sermons is undoubtedly a strong step towards fighting radicalism and thus terrorism, there is an element of UAE society that is rankled by what it sees as heavy-handed government interference, and which attributes this interference to U.S. [...] | 2005-09-14 08:34:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV TC |
05ABUDHABI3954 | ENGAGEMENT OF UAEG ON IRAQ-UNGA THEMES AND [...] (C) Summary: During call on MFA Assistant Under Secretary Tariq Ahmed Al Haidan on September 13, DCM engaged the Assistant U/S on a range of issues including Hurricane Katrina, Avian Flu, and Iraq themes at UNGA. DCM thanked UAEG for its generosity following Hurricane Katrina. He encouraged [...] | 2005-09-18 11:49:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV KPAL KDEM UNGA AEMR EAID TC IZ |
05ABUDHABI3966 | ABU DHABI CIVIL AVIATION: RAISING THE PROFILE [...] (C) Summary: Abu Dhabi is raising its profile in the civil aviation arena, building a new government-sponsored airline and renovating the airport to accommodate significant growth, as it begins investing money to raise Abu Dhabi's international profile. Although Abu Dhabi is the capital cit [...] | 2005-09-19 12:51:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | EAIR ETRD PREL PINR TC |
05ABUDHABI4025 | MINSTATE FOREIGN AFFAIRS HAMDAN ON IRAQ, SAUDI [...] (U) Summary. Ambassador called on Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Sheikh Hamdan bin Zayed al Nahyan (HbZ) September 19 to thank the UAE for its $100 million in Hurricane Katrina assistance and to discuss Iraq, the UAE-Saudi border, UAE assistance to the Palestinians, and possible addi [...] | 2005-09-22 15:51:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID SA JO TC |
05ABUDHABI4045 | MBZ ON IRAQ, EXTREMISM, PALESTINIANS, SAUDIS [...] (C) Summary: Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed (MbZ) told Ambassador and a visiting delegation led by retired U.S. four-star generals over dinner September 20 that he expected the Iraqi people would approve a new Constitution on October 15. MbZ reiterated his support for former [...] | 2005-09-25 10:06:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER IZ IR SA SY PK TC |
05ABUDHABI406 | INAUGURAL U.S.-UNITED ARAB EMIRATES JOINT MILITARY [...] (S) Summary: Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs Peter W. Rodman and newly appointed and promoted UAE Armed Forces Chief of Staff Lt. General Hamad Mohammed Thani Al Rumaithy co-chaired the inaugural U.S.-UAE Joint Military Commission in Abu Dhabi January 11-12. [...] | 2005-01-29 12:30:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET | PREL MASS PTER IZ IR AF TC |
05ABUDHABI4074 | MFA U/S ON IRAQ; WELCOMES IRAQ COORDINATOR'S VISIT [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador met with MFA U/S Abdullah Rashid Al Noaimi September 24 to preview Iraq Coordinator Ambassador Jeffrey's October 8 visit to the UAE. She had earlier previewed the goals of the Jeffrey visit with Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed and MinState for Foreign Affair [...] | 2005-09-26 12:20:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IZ SA IR SY TC |
05ABUDHABI4102 | SCENESETTER FOR AMBASSADOR JEFFREY AND TEAM'S [...] (C) Summary: The United Arab Emirates has been a key Arab partner and has supported our objectives in Iraq, condemned terror attacks, allowed Coalition forces access to UAE air force bases and ports, and hosted German training for the Iraqi military and police. UAE aid to Iraq, both pledged an [...] | 2005-09-28 08:48:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET | PREL PGOV MASS EFIN IZ IR SY TC |
05ABUDHABI4113 | UAE REFORM STRATEGY: SECOND QUARTERLY UPDATE [...] No summary [...] | 2005-09-30 13:34:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PREL PGOV KPAO KMPI TC |
05ABUDHABI4175 | UAE LABOR: RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR INFORMATION [...] (C) Summary and Comment: Labor laws and practices in the United Arab Emirates are in a state of flux; the young Minister of Labor, Dr. Ali Al Ka'abi, is a technocrat appointed in the November 2004 Cabinet reshuffle for his energetic plans for reform rather than for family connections. In the [...] | 2005-10-03 14:24:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | ELAB PREL ETRD KDEM PINR PHUM TC |
05ABUDHABI4200 | MINSTATE FOREIGN AFFAIRS MEETS AMBASSADOR KHALILZAD [...] (C) Summary: U.S. Ambassador to Iraq Zalmay Khalilzad visited Abu Dhabi October 4 to urge Deputy Prime Minister/Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Sheikh Hamdan bin Zayed (HbZ) and the UAE to support the Iraqi political process. HbZ agreed that the UAEG would encourage Dubai-based Iraqi Su [...] | 2005-10-04 11:13:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IR IZ QA TC |
05ABUDHABI4225 | UAEG PREPARES FOR AVIAN INFLUENZA [...] (U) Summary: Recently, the UAEG established a task force to devise a contingency plan to block avian influenza from entering the country. As such, the Agriculture and Fisheries Ministry has imposed a ban on the import of live birds and their products from countries where cases of the diseas [...] | 2005-10-05 13:04:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO KSCA EAGR ECON PREL SOCI WHO FAO OIE |
05ABUDHABI4261 | MINSTATE FOREIGN AFFAIRS HOSTING PROMINENT IRAQIS [...] (C) Deputy Prime Minister/Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Sheikh Hamdan bin Zayed (HbZ) is making good on his October 2 promise to U.S. Ambassador to Iraq Khalilzad to urge prominent Iraqi Sunni Arabs to engage positively on the draft constitution. The former leader of the Sunni Waqf (E [...] | 2005-10-10 13:06:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM IZ TC |
05ABUDHABI4262 | UAE MINISTER LAYS FOUNDATION STONE FOR KHALIFA BIN [...] On October 8, the UAE Minister of Information and Culture, Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed al-Nahyan, laid the foundation stone of the $100 million residential area in Gaza, Khalifa bin Zayed City, funded by the UAE and which will house 25,000 persons in 3,500 apartments in Rafah city. 2. KHALIFA [...] | 2005-10-10 14:49:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL EAID KPAL KWBG GZ TC |
05ABUDHABI4283 | UAE RESPONSE TO PAKISTAN EARTHQUAKE SIGNIFICANT [...] (U) Summary: With Pakistanis being the second largest ethnic group in the UAE, the impact from, and the response to, the earthquake disaster in Pakistan has been both immediate and significant. President Khalifa approved the disbursement of USD 100 million to Pakistan to provide immediate rel [...] | 2005-10-11 14:07:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL EAID PK TC |
05ABUDHABI4305 | IRAQ'S CONSTITUTIONAL REFERENDUM -- VIEWS FROM UAE [...] (C) Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Sheikh Hamdan bin Zayed (HbZ) confirmed to Charge October 11 that he had positive meetings with Iraqi parliament speaker Hajim al-Hassani, Sunni Waqf (Endowment) leader Ahmed al-Ghaffour al-Samarrai, and former Sunni Waqf lead [...] | 2005-10-12 14:31:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IZ TC |
05ABUDHABI4306 | SHEIKH HAMDAN DISTURBED BY LACK OF FTA PROGRESS IN [...] (C) Summary: On October 11, UAE Deputy Prime Minister/Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Sheikh Hamdan bin Zayed told Charge and Econ Counselor that he was disturbed by the performance of both sides during the high level FTA talks in London on October 7. He stressed that FTA negotiations w [...] | 2005-10-12 15:33:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD ECON PREL TC |
05ABUDHABI4308 | MBZ MEETING WITH SENIOR ADVISOR ON IRAQ JEFFREY [...] (C) Summary: In a meeting with Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed (MbZ) October 8, Senior Adviser on Iraq Ambassador Jeffrey and an interagency team received a pledge of further UAEG assistance in reaching out to Sunni Arab Iraqis and other moderates to encourage them to play a p [...] | 2005-10-15 07:34:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER EFIN IZ IR SY SA TC |
05ABUDHABI447 | IRAQI OCV PROGRAM RUNS SMOOTHLY IN THE UAE [...] Summary: Counting ballots cast by UAE-based Iraqis who participated in elections began Monday in Abu Dhabi and Dubai. International Organization for Migration (IOM) officials estimate it will take two to three days for 36 staff members to tally votes and publish unofficial results. Poll offic [...] | 2005-01-31 14:04:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | IZ KDEM PREL TC |
05ABUDHABI4540 | AMBASSADOR KHALILZAD MEETS ABU DHABI, DUBAI [...] (S) Summary: During an October 18-20 visit to the UAE, U.S. Ambassador to Iraq Zalmay Khalilzad met leaders of Abu Dhabi and Dubai emirates, as well as former Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad Allawi. Ambassador Khalilzad reviewed the just-held constitutional referendum and the approaching December 1 [...] | 2005-11-07 03:19:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET | PREL PGOV IR SY IZ AE |
05ABUDHABI4548 | SYRIAN DEPUTY FM MOALLEM VISIT TO UAE [...] (C) Summary: Syrian Deputy Foreign Minister Walid Moallem visited Abu Dhabi October 31 for meetings with President Khalifa and Information Minister Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan. Sheikh Abdullah told Ambassador that Moallem "had nothing new to offer" and that he had declined the invitation to [...] | 2005-11-07 14:37:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SY AE |
05ABUDHABI4629 | DEMARCHE: URGING ISOLATION OF SARG IN WAKE OF [...] (S) Summary: On November 15, Ambassador discussed isolation of Syria with Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed(AbZ),Minister of Information and ruling family point-man on UAE-Syria relations. On November 9 Ambassador also delivered reftel demarche(ref A) to MFA U/S Abdullah Rashid al Noaimi. Ambassador [...] | 2005-11-16 10:28:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET | PREL PGOV SY TC |
05ABUDHABI4696 | UAEG RECOMMENDATIONS FOR AFGHANISTAN [...] (S) Summary: On November 9, U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan, Ronald Neumann, visited Abu Dhabi and met with Minister of Information Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed al Nahyan (AbZ) and MFA U/S Abdullah Rashid al Noaimi. He inquired about GCC states, views and UAEG's recommendations on Afghanistan. [...] | 2005-11-19 12:50:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET | PREL PGOV AF KU QA SA TC |
05ABUDHABI470 | UAE ATTENDANCE AT SAUDI COUNTERTERRORISM CONFERENCE [...] No summary [...] | 2005-02-01 12:50:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER SA TC |
05ABUDHABI471 | UAE SUPPORT FOR IRAQI ELECTIONS [...] (U) Summary: The UAE leadership,s public and private comments on the Iraqi elections were overwhelmingly positive. President Khalifa,s 1/31 telephone call to the Iraqi President was widely publicized, while the UAE Ministers of Defense, Information, and Interior praised the higher-than-expect [...] | 2005-02-01 13:25:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | IZ KDEM PGOV PREL TC |
05ABUDHABI4713 | UAEG BOOSTS PLEDGE FOR PAKISTAN EARTHQUAKE RELIEF [...] During the November 19 Pakistan Earthquake Relief Donors' Conference in Islamabad, the UAE announced an increase in its aid pledge to Pakistan from $100 million to $200 million. 2. UAE Minister for Labor and Social Affairs, Dr. Ali Al-Kaabi announced that the UAE is committed to "channel" [...] | 2005-11-20 14:51:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREL PHUM SENV AE |
05ABUDHABI4715 | UAE LEADERS DISCUSS REGIONAL SECURITY AHEAD OF [...] (U) Summary: The 9th Dubai Air Show got under way November 20 with the UAE leadership underscoring the UAEG's role in defusing regional tension by promoting dialogue and condemning terrorism, and at the same time stressing the importance of modernizing the military to safeguard the UAE's natio [...] | 2005-11-21 06:45:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER MCAP IZ AE |
05ABUDHABI4737 | TIP: INTERIM ASSESMENT FOR NEA SPECIAL [...] (U) Summary: Since being placed on the Tier 2 Special Watch List, the UAEG has made steady progress in addressing the problem of trafficking, especially with regard to women in the sex trade and children in the camel racing industry. The answers in paragraphs 2-5 below are keyed to the four qu [...] | 2005-11-21 13:14:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM ELAB KCRM KWMN SMIG AE |
05ABUDHABI4742 | UAE -- DAS CARPENTER CALL AT MFA [...] (C) Summary: November 14, DAS Scott Carpenter met with MFA U/S Abdullah Rashid al Noaimi to seek UAEG views on Iran and Syria. Al Noaimi characterized Iran as a dangerous, destabilizing force in the region that needs to be treated firmly but carefully. He recommended that the USG "depersona [...] | 2005-11-22 07:08:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IR SY AE |
05ABUDHABI4768 | USG AND UAEG HOST "ADVANCED FINANCIAL CRIMES" [...] (U) The Office of Overseas Prosecutorial Development, Assistance and Training of the United States Department of Justice (OPDAT),the Central Bank of the UAE and the Middle East and North African Financial Action Task Force (MENA/FATF) held a conference in Abu Dhabi, UAE from November 19-21. [...] | 2005-11-22 13:59:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | TFIN PREL TC |
05ABUDHABI4815 | AMBASSADOR KHALILZAD VISITS ABU DHABI [...] (C) Summary: On November 23, Ambassador Khalilzad met with Deputy Prime Minister/MinState for Foreign Affairs Sheikh Hamdan bin Zayed (HbZ). They discussed the role Dubai-based Iraqi cleric Ahmed Al Kubaysi might play in encouraging greater Sunni Arab participation in Iraq's political process [...] | 2005-11-27 09:07:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET | PREL PINR PTER IR IZ SA AE |
05ABUDHABI4826 | LETTER FROM U/S JOSEPH TO CENTRAL BANK GOVERNOR AL [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 4. 2. (C) On November 26, Ambassador met with Central Bank Governor Sultan Nasser Al-Suwaidi to pass him the text of U/S Joseph's letter on the legal basis for U.S. actions against the financiers of proliferation. Ambassador had previously ta [...] | 2005-11-27 14:05:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | MNUC PARM PREL AE |
05ABUDHABI4880 | PREPARING FOR THE DECEMBER 4-5 KABUL CONFERENCE [...] (SBU) On November 26, Econchief briefed MFA A/US for International Cooperation Mohammed Abduljaleel about the Kabul Conference. Abduljaleel suggested that Econchief also brief MFA A/US for Political Affairs Tariq Al-Haidan as the person responsible for the conference. On November 28, Econch [...] | 2005-11-29 14:21:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD KPWR PREL ECON PGOV AF AE |
05ABUDHABI4901 | MDA AND PRCS AGREE ON MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING [...] No summary [...] | 2005-11-30 14:46:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC PHUM PREF PREL ICRS AE |
05ABUDHABI4902 | UAEG'S PREPARATIONS FOR AVIAN INFLUENZA [...] (U) In response to the questions posed Reftel A regarding the UAEG's efforts to protect against avian influenza (AI) and its capability to respond to a pandemic, the following information is provided. ------------ Preparedness ------------ 2. (U) The UAEG has formed a National Avian Inf [...] | 2005-11-30 14:46:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO SENV ECON EAGR EAID PREL TC |
05ABUDHABI4903 | CAMEL JOCKEY REPATRIATIONS RECOMMENCE [...] (U) On November 24, the UAEG recommenced repatriations of camel jockeys to their countries of origin, sending 64 boys back to Pakistan. Repatriations were temporarily suspended in October due to the earthquake in Pakistan and the subsequent social upheaval (ref A). The repatriation of this l [...] | 2005-11-30 14:47:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM ELAB AE |
05ABUDHABI4905 | UAE ANNOUNCES INDIRECT ELECTIONS [...] (C) Summary: UAE President Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan announced December 1 that indirect elections will be held for half of the Federal National Council (FNC),with the other half being appointed. This move had been anticipated, and in fact promised by UAE Deputy Prime Minister and Mi [...] | 2005-12-02 14:19:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PGOV PREL KPAL PTER IZ AE |
05ABUDHABI4919 | UAE: LIMITED POLLS A PRELUDE TO DIRECT ELECTIONS [...] (U) Summary: The UAE's Supreme Ruling Council on December 3 endorsed President Sheikh Khalifa's reform initiative that includes a plan for indirect elections of half of the Federal National Council (FNC),with the other half being appointed. President Khalifa also announced that the decision to [...] | 2005-12-05 17:34:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PGOV PREL PTER AE |
05ABUDHABI4946 | ABU DHABI CROWN PRINCE PUBLICLY DENOUNCES TERROR [...] (C) Summary: Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed (MbZ) used a speech at the inauguration of the Abu Dhabi National Consultative Council December 6 to publicly denounce terrorists as disloyal towards their fellow citizens. MbZ's strongly worded message follows his equally powerful [...] | 2005-12-07 12:26:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER KISL PREL KPAO AE |
05ABUDHABI4952 | IRAQ INTERIOR MINISTER PLEASED WITH UAE LAW [...] (U) Iraq's Interior Minister Bayan Jabr Al Zubeidi was in Abu Dhabi December 6 to thank the UAEG for supporting the development of Iraq's security apparatus. During his visit, Al Zubeidi met with his UAE counterpart, Interior Minister Sheikh Saif bin Zayed Al Nahyan, and toured Abu Dhabi Polic [...] | 2005-12-07 14:44:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ASEC IZ AE |
05ABUDHABI4953 | AMBASSADOR TAHIR-KHELI MEETINGS ON UN REFORM IN UAE [...] (C) Summary: Senior Advisor to the Secretary on UN Reform Ambassador Tahir-Kheli visited the UAE December 4-5 for separate meetings on proposed UN reforms with Information Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed, and with MFA U/S Abdullah Rashid Al Noaimi and MFA International Organizations Director [...] | 2005-12-07 15:13:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UN AE |
05ABUDHABI4979 | RIGHTS ACTIVIST ALLEGES CAMEL JOCKEYS TRAIN AT [...] (C) Summary: Pakistani human rights activist Ansar Burney alleges that underage camel jockeys continue to train after dark in several camel racetracks in at least three of the country's seven emirates. Burney, who plans to be in Washington to meet with G/TIP later this month, told us that he [...] | 2005-12-12 04:59:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM ELAB PREL PK AE |
05ABUDHABI5025 | CHARGE CALL ON HBZ: HURRICANE KATRINA, IRAN NUKE [...] (C) Summary. In call today by CDA to present House of Representatives resolution on Hurricane Katrina foreign donors, UAEG Deputy PM/Min State Foreign Affairs Sheikh Hamdan bin Zayed raised concern over Haaretz report that Iran could be three months away from acquiring a nuclear weapon. See [...] | 2005-12-13 15:18:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | EAGR PTER PREL PHUM PNUC ASEC KNNP LE AF IR |
05ABUDHABI5038 | ABU DHABI READYING FOR GCC SUMMIT, DEC. 18-19 [...] (C) On December 14, Embassy delivered the "Secretary,s Oral Message to the GCC Foreign Ministers" to Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Sheikh Hamdan bin Zayed's Office in advance of the GCC Ministerial scheduled to take place in Abu Dhabi a day before the opening of the December 18-19 GCC [...] | 2005-12-14 13:30:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL GCC IZ AE |
05ABUDHABI5078 | UAE'S POPULATION TAPESTRY: AN OVERVIEW [...] (C) Summary: While many UAE nationals see the ongoing rapid expansion of the country's expatriate population as a positive factor contributing to the UAE's 8% annual economic growth rate, others see a potential threat to their political and social fabric. Officially, foreigners are welcome in [...] | 2005-12-18 11:57:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINS SOCI IR PA IN AE |
05ABUDHABI5079 | GCC SUMMIT GETS UNDER WAY IN ABU DHABI [...] (SBU) Summary: The December 18-19 GCC Summit in Abu Dhabi has a robust agenda judging from statements issued by GCC Secretary General Abdul Rahman Al Attiyah and other officials SIPDIS after Saturday's GCC ministerial. The summit agenda includes the post-election situation in Iraq, the Pale [...] | 2005-12-18 12:20:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER GCC ECON KPAL KNNP IZ IR AE |
05ABUDHABI5080 | IRAQI OVERSEAS VOTE IN THE UAE [...] (U) Summary: Iraqis resident in the GCC countries voted in greater numbers in their country's parliamentary elections hosted by the UAE December 13-15 than in Iraq's January 2005 parliamentary elections. The increase, from 11,409 to 17,967, was due in part to a UAE decision to grant a visa wa [...] | 2005-12-18 12:23:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KDEM IZ AE |
05ABUDHABI5129 | GCC SUMMIT COMMUNIQUE: IRAN ESCAPES CONDEMNATION [...] (C) Summary: The Gulf Cooperation Council concluded its 29th annual summit in Abu Dhabi December 19 by expressing support for Iraq's December 15 elections, condemning the assassinations of "Lebanese symbols and leaders," calling for a Middle East weapons of mass destruction-free zone, and urgi [...] | 2005-12-20 13:56:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER KNNP KPAL IR IZ SY LE IS AE |
05ABUDHABI5168 | EXBS ADVISOR VISIT TO UNITED ARAB EMIRATES OCTOBER 2005 [...] Several times during the period October 9-23, EXBS Advisor met with principal US Embassy and Consulate staff to discuss the state of EXBS in UAE. Salient points of subsequent conversation were as follows: A. UAE has unique challenges with implementation of EXBS principles due to the st [...] | 2005-12-21 14:16:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP JO |
05ABUDHABI5210 | MEETING WITH NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR OF IRAQ, [...] (C) Summary: In response to Dr. Rubaie's out-of-the-blue request for a meeting, CDA met with Iraqi National Security Adviser Mowaffak Al Rubaie at 6 p.m., December 26. Visiting the UAE to address a conference on the Iraqi Constitution, Al Rubaei expressed interest in approaching UAEG for f [...] | 2005-12-27 14:43:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ASEC IZ IR AE |
05ABUDHABI5231 | CALL BY NEPAL CHARGE D'AFFAIRES IN UAE [...] (C) Nepalese Charge in Abu Dhabi Madhuban Prasad Paudel paid courtesy call on CDA today (December 28). He talked mostly about problems faced by upwards of 70,000 Nepalese workers in the UAE, non-payment of salaries, visa overstays and deportations, and trafficking issues (including some cas [...] | 2005-12-28 13:50:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM NP |
05ABUDHABI5241 | UAE PENAL CODE AMENDED TO REFLECT SECURITY CONCERNS [...] (C) Summary: On December 24, the Emirates News Agency, the Ministry of Information's official website, announced that President Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed al Nahyan had issued Federal Law No. 34 for 2005 amending a range of Articles in the Federal Penal Code. The Khaleej Times quotes Mohammed b [...] | 2005-12-28 14:02:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KTFN AE |
05ABUDHABI5243 | AMBASSADOR KHALILZAD VISIT TO ABU DHABI: ACHIEVING [...] (S) Summary: On December 27, Ambassador Khalilzad met with Deputy Prime Minister/MinState for Foreign Affairs Sheikh Hamdan bin Zayed Al Nahyan(HbZ). Discussion centered on recent elections in Iraq and the need for a unification government to bring peace and stability to the country. Ambassad [...] | 2005-12-30 10:23:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET | PREL PINR PTER IR IZ AE |
05ABUDHABI663 | ABU DHABI LEADERSHIP REITERATES COMMITMENT TO [...] (C) Summary: On February 13, MbZ aide Yousef al Otaiba told Ambassador Sison that the smaller emirates would suffer a financial penalty from Abu Dhabi if they do not cut the trafficking of underage camel jockeys. MFA U/S Abdullah Rashid al-Noaimi told visiting ARPI Office Director Alan Misen [...] | 2005-02-14 08:02:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | ELAB ETRD PHUM PREL TC |
05ABUDHABI675 | AMERICANS AND EMIRATIS HIGHLIGHT POSITIVES OF FA, [...] (SBU) Summary: State Department Special Representative for Commercial and Business Affairs Frank Mermoud supported our strong commercial relationship and highlighted how a free trade agreement would enhance trade and investment during his January 29-31 visit to the UAE. His interlocutors exp [...] | 2005-02-14 10:24:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | CVIS ECON ETRD PREL TC |
05ABUDHABI685 | AMERICANS AND EMIRATIS HIGHLIGHT POSITIVES OF FTA, [...] (SBU) Summary: State Department Special Representative for Commercial and Business Affairs Frank Mermoud supported our strong commercial relationship and highlighted how a free trade agreement would enhance trade and investment during his January 29-31 visit to the UAE. His interlocutors exp [...] | 2005-02-14 11:14:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | CVIS ECON ETRD PREL TC |
05ABUDHABI713 | WHITE HOUSE HOMELAND SECURITY ADVISOR FRAN [...] (S) Summary. In a February 7 meeting with HSC Homeland Security Advisor Frances Townsend, the Director of UAE State Security Department (SSD),Sheikh Hazza bin Zayed Al-Nahyan, expressed support for U.S. efforts regarding the Israeli/Palestinian situation. Sheikh Hazza also said that the UAE [...] | 2005-02-15 12:10:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET//NOFORN | IR IZ PREL PTER SA TC |
05ABUDHABI716 | UAEG EXPRESSES VIEWS ON ISRAEL-PALESTINE [...] (C) Summary: On February 13, MFA U/S Abdullah Rashid Al-Noaimi told visiting ARPI Office Director Alan Misenheimer and DCM that he is more optimistic about the prospect for peace in Israel and Palestine since Abu Mazen,s election. He noted that motion on this front will help solve other regio [...] | 2005-02-15 12:11:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ECON EFIN KPAL KWBG PREL TC |
05ABUDHABI718 | HOMELAND SECURITY ADVISOR TOWNSEND MEETS WITH [...] (C) Summary: In a February 7 meeting with Dubai Crown Prince (and UAE Defense Minister) Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid (MBR),White House Homeland Security Advisor Frances Townsend expressed appreciation for the UAE's contributions to our counterterrorism efforts. Noting that it was a hopeful time [...] | 2005-02-15 12:11:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | IR IZ PREL PTER SA TC |
05ABUDHABI767 | GENERAL ABIZAID VISITS ABU DHABI [...] (S) Summary: CENTCOM Commander Gen. Abizaid met with Abu Dhabi Crown Prince and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces General Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan (MbZ) February 14 to discuss Iraq,s security situation in the wake of the January 30 elections. They also discussed othe [...] | 2005-02-20 02:24:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET | PREL PTER MCAP IZ IR SA SY LE AF TC |
05ABUDHABI831 | ENCOURAGING SUPPORT FOR THE IRAQI TRANSITIONAL [...] (C) Pol Chief delivered reftel points to MFA Assistant Under Secretary Tariq Al Haidan on February 22, stressing the importance of Iraq,s neighbors, such as the UAE, to publicly signal their willingness to work with the Iraqi Transitional Government (ITG). Al Haidan said the UAEG will support [...] | 2005-02-22 12:14:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IZ TC |
05ABUDHABI833 | G/TIP VISIT TO UAE INFORMATIVE BUT DISAPPOINTING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. G/TIP Senior Coordinator for Reports Mark Taylor visited the UAE February 5-8 to update information for the 2005 Trafficking in Persons Report. High ranking UAEG officials assured him of their ongoing commitment to combating all forms of human trafficking. (Note: On February 1 [...] | 2005-02-22 12:15:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB ETRD PHUM PREL TC |
05ABUDHABI834 | EMIRATI BUSINESSMAN LOOKING TO INVEST IN WEST BANK [...] (C) Summary: Mohammed Al-Abbar, Chairman of Emaar, Dubai's largest publicly-traded real estate development company, called on DCM and Econ Chief to discuss his February 18 meetings with Palestinian and Israeli leaders regarding his development proposals for the Gaza settlements to be evacuated [...] | 2005-02-22 12:32:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON EAID EINV PREL KPAL IS TC |
05ABUDHABI841 | EMBASSY ABU DHABI COMMENTS ON SPECIAL 301 REVIEW [...] (SBU) Summary and comment: The UAE Government remains strongly committed to protecting intellectual property rights (IPR). The UAE continues to enforce copyright, trademark, and patent laws passed in 2002 to protect U.S. intellectual property, and remains committed to the 2002 agreement prov [...] | 2005-02-23 07:58:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIPR PREL ETRD TC |
05ABUDHABI846 | UAE TRAINING IRAQI DIPLOMATS [...] (SBU) Nine Iraqi diplomats are currently receiving six weeks of training offered by the Emirates Institute of Diplomacy, which is an integral part of the UAE Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The training, which Iraq,s Foreign Ministry requested, consists of a series of lectures on topics ranging [...] | 2005-02-23 08:30:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL IZ TC |
05ABUDHABI911 | UAE INVESTMENT IN PALESTINE: GOOD INTENTIONS, BAD [...] (C) Summary: Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Sheikh Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan (MbZ) told Ambassador that he had been briefed on Dubai real estate developer Mohammed Al-Abbar's visit to the Palestinian territories and proposed investments there in advance of Al-Abbar's trip, and had no objection to A [...] | 2005-02-27 12:06:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN EAID ECON EINV PREL KPAL IS TC |
05ABUDHABI917 | SECRETARY'S ORAL MESSAGE AND THE UAE [...] (C) Ambassador delivered the Secretary,s oral message to the Arab League to MFA Under Secretary Abdullah Rashid al Noaimi on February 27. Al Noaimi reported that UAE Foreign Minister Rashid Abdullah (his father) looked forward to seeing the Secretary in London on March 1 to discuss the issue [...] | 2005-02-28 04:44:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID TC |
05ABUDHABI959 | UAE ARAB MEDIA CONFERENCE CALLS FOR REDUCED [...] (U) The Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research (ECSSR) held its annual conference entitled "Arab Media in the Information Age" January 9-11, 2005. A common theme throughout the conference was the need for Arab governments to reduce their roles in controlling the media. Despite a l [...] | 2005-03-01 11:58:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR TC PREL PGOV |
05ABUDHABI992 | SCENESETTER FOR FIRST ROUND OF US-UAE FTA [...] (U) Summary: The UAE is a federation of seven emirates (Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Sharjah, Ajman, Umm Al-Qaiwain, Fujairah, and Ras Al-Khaimah) founded in December 1971. Over the last 34 years, the UAE has developed into the third largest economy in the Arab world, with an estimated 2004 GDP of at [...] | 2005-03-02 10:34:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ELAB ETRD PREL TC EINV USTR |
05ABUJA1024 | REGIME STABILITY QUESTIONED BY RECENT INCIDENTS [...] (S) SUMMARY: Joseph Wayas, the chairman of the political committee at the National Conference on Political Reform (Confab),avoided an apparent assassination attempt on June 3 and has been absent from the Confab since the incident. President Obasanjo apparently collapsed twice on June 7, s [...] | 2005-06-08 15:14:00 | Embassy Abuja | SECRET | PGOV PREL KDEM NI |
05ABUJA1079 | AN EVENING WITH THE VICE PRESIDENT [...] No summary [...] | 2005-06-20 10:45:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR NI ECOWAS |
05ABUJA1119 | NIGERIAN LEGISLATORS THREATEN PRESIDENT OBASANJO [...] (U) On May 3, members of Nigeria's lower house initiated steps to impeach President Olusegun Obasanjo, listing 19 impeachable offenses against the president, generally related to the Obasanjo's altering or ignoring decisions of the National Assembly. The impeachment's prime movers say about [...] | 2005-06-23 09:48:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM NI |
05ABUJA1129 | SUPREME COURT SET TO DECIDE 2003 ELECTIONS CASE [...] (C) SUMMARY: The two-year saga of Nigeria's 2003 elections is due to close its final legal chapter on or about July 1 when the Supreme Court is slated to announce its decision in the case brought by ANPP candidate Buhari against PDP's President Obasanjo over abuse of security forces, lapses [...] | 2005-06-24 11:14:00 | Embassy Abuja | SECRET | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM NI ELECTIONS |
05ABUJA1132 | HUMAN RIGHTS ROUNDUP, JUNE 2005 [...] This cable is a roundup of various incidents that impacted human rights in Nigeria, organized by section of the annual Human Rights Report. These incidents have not been reported in other cables, or are updates of previously reported items. --------------------------------------------- -- [...] | 2005-06-24 13:19:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PGOV PREL KCOR KIRF ELAB NI HUMANRIGHTS |
05ABUJA114 | CHARLES TAYLOR DEMARCHE [...] (C) Ambassador presented reftel demarche and talking points to MFA PermSec N.U.O. Nadibia-Anyanwu on January 19, and also sent a copy to National Security Advisor Aliyu Mohammed. The PermSec responded that such fears of Taylor's influence had been investigated in the past and proved overblown [...] | 2005-01-26 14:46:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SL LI NI |
05ABUJA115 | PRESIDENTIAL TRIBUNAL MOVES AHEAD [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Federal Court of Appeal's 3-1 decision in December favored Obasanjo on Buhari's challenge to the 2003 presidential election, but the four justices were unanimous that the "Independent National Electoral Commission" (INEC) failed during the election due to partisanship, bias [...] | 2005-01-26 16:08:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV KJUS NI |
05ABUJA1154 | UN REFORM DEMARCHES DELIVERED: NIGERIA AGREES [...] (U) On the morning of June 29 at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) in Abuja, Acting DCM delivered reftel demarches on UN reform to Ambassador Anigbo, Director of the First United Nations Division of the MFA. Poloff served as notetaker. 2. (U) A/DCM delivered talking points in Ref A [...] | 2005-06-29 14:52:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KUNR AORC NI UNSC |
05ABUJA1155 | JUNE 12 ANNIVERSARY UNITES NIGERIAN OPPOSITION [...] (C) Despite a torrential rainstorm in Lagos on June 12, prominent opposition politicians and human rights activists gathered to mark the twelfth anniversary of the annulment of the 1993 presidential elections won by Chief MKO Abiola, politician and business icon who later died in detention in [...] | 2005-06-29 16:08:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM ASEC NI |
05ABUJA1172 | ON DAY OF SUPREME COURT DECISION ON 2003 [...] With the Supreme Court due to deliver its judgment today, July 1, in the suit filed by 2003 ANPP presidential candidate General Muhammadu Buhari against the April 2003 re-election of President Olusegun Obasanjo, the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) police command warned yesterday that it woul [...] | 2005-07-01 09:16:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KCOR NI ELECTIONS |
05ABUJA1178 | DARFUR PEACE TALKS UPDATE: OBASANJO MEETS WITH [...] (SBU) Summary: President Olusegun Obasanjo met with the leaders of the Darfur rebel movements on June 30 and urged them to be flexible over the remaining points of contention on the Declaration of Principles. He also encouraged them to continue the negotiations, and above all, be patient. A [...] | 2005-07-01 12:38:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KAWC KCRS SU NI DARFUR |
05ABUJA1181 | SUPREME COURT UNANIMOUSLY ENDORSES OUTCOME OF [...] (SBU) On the morning of July 1, the Supreme Court unanimously and strongly rejected the challenge to the 2003 election filed by All Nigerian People's Party (ANPP) presidential candidate Muhammadu Buhari. The Court found that the election was in "substantial compliance" with the election law [...] | 2005-07-01 15:34:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KCOR NI ELECTIONS |
05ABUJA1185 | GON OFFICIAL SUGGESTS POSSIBLE NUCLEAR ENERGY [...] (C) During a wide-ranging discussion with the Ambassador, Prince Adegboyega Christopher Ariyo, Director of Asia and Middle East Affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA),expressed concern about the possibility of Nigeria's oil and gas reserves' becoming depleted over the next forty yea [...] | 2005-07-05 06:33:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PARM ENRG TRGY KNNP NI |
05ABUJA1186 | PARIS CLUB REDUCES NIGERIA'S DEBT: JUBILATION NOW, [...] Summary: The Paris Club group of creditor nations has agreed to reduce Nigeria's debt by about 60 percent. This is seen as a reward for Nigeria's effort at reforming its economy with its home-grown economic reform program. Modalities for implementing the agreement will be negotiated between t [...] | 2005-07-05 06:42:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON KGCN PGOV PREL NI |
05ABUJA1209 | PRESIDENT OBASANJO ANNOUNCES NEW MINISTERS, [...] On July 5, President Obasanjo sent a list of 11 ministerial nominees to the Senate for approval, indicating that he plans to drop some of the current Cabinet, possibly to give those with political ambitions the opportunity to focus on 2007 rather than policy making and implementation. The li [...] | 2005-07-05 17:09:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PGOV PREL PINR KDEM NI |
05ABUJA1217 | DARFUR PEACE TALKS: DECLARATION OF PRINCIPLES [...] (SBU) Summary: The Government of Sudan, the Sudan Liberation Movement, and Justice and Equality Movement signed a Declaration of Principles for the Resolution of the Sudanese Conflict in Darfur (DOP) on July 5. This evolved after more than three weeks of African Union (AU) mediation assiste [...] | 2005-07-06 14:54:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM PREF NI SU CD DARFUR |
05ABUJA1250 | NIGERIA RESPONDS TO DEMARCHE ON G-4 RESOLUTION [...] (U) On the morning of July 11 at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) in Abuja, Acting DCM delivered reftel demarche on UN reform to Ambassador Chike Alex Anigbo, Director of the First United Nations Department of the MFA. Poloff served as notetaker. 2. (SBU) A/DCM delivered reftel ta [...] | 2005-07-11 17:23:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KUNR AORC NI UNSC |
05ABUJA1323 | NIGERIA: IBB FACTOTUM SPECULATES ON A COUP, [...] No summary [...] | 2005-07-20 16:25:00 | Embassy Abuja | SECRET//NOFORN | NI PGOV PREL |
05ABUJA1338 | CHINESE AMBASSADOR TO NIGERIA CONFIRMS NIGERIA'S [...] (C) On the afternoon of July 22, Chinese Ambassador to Nigeria Wang Yongqiu visited the Ambassador to discuss UNSC reform. He told the Ambassador he had met with the Acting Permanent Secretary of Nigeria's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA),Mr. Asiru (phonetic),the previous afternoon, and th [...] | 2005-07-22 16:30:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KUNR NI UNSC UNGA |
05ABUJA137 | AF PDAS RANNEBERGER'S MEETING WITH AU CHAIRPERSON [...] (C) Summary. At his 29 January meeting in Abuja with African Union (AU) Chairperson Konare, Ambassador Ranneberger underscored the priority the U.S. attaches to strengthening its relationship with the AU. He emphasized U.S. support for the AU mission in Darfur. He stressed the need to use th [...] | 2005-01-31 16:25:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AU SU NI |
05ABUJA1381 | G-4 RESOLUTION: NIGERIA WILL SUPPORT COMMON AU [...] (SBU) On July 27, Poloff asked Ambassador Chike Alex Anigbo, Director of the First United Nations Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA),about Nigeria's position on the G-4 resolution. 2. (SBU) Anigbo replied that the G-4 resolution and the AU resolution were very similar, d [...] | 2005-07-27 11:15:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KUNR AORC NI UNSC |
05ABUJA1479 | OBASANJO TASKS NORTHERN GOVERNORS: IMPROVE [...] (SBU) Summary: At the Presidential Villa on August 8, President Obasanjo tasked several northern Governors with improving their states' poor social conditions. In group discussions, attendees agreed that public health services had collapsed, and that local government had failed to deliver [...] | 2005-08-11 10:32:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM EAID NI |
05ABUJA1480 | WHAT WENT WRONG BETWEEN THE AU AND THE G-4? [...] (C) Summary: According to the Japanese Ambassador to Nigeria, who was at the AU Summit in Addis Ababa, emotional appeals about Africans standing up for their rights against Western "colonialists" carried the day in persuading the AU to stick to its demand for veto rights for any new permanent [...] | 2005-08-11 16:12:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV AORC KUNR NI UNSC |
05ABUJA1497 | SUPREME COURT VERDICT UPHOLDING 2003 ELECTION [...] (SBU) A month after the Supreme Court judgment upheld President Obasanjo's 2003 election, Nigeria is calm, with no reports of violence related to the verdict. The media provided only modest coverage of the judgment. Ordinary Nigerians have been more interested in discussing other issues suc [...] | 2005-08-12 15:53:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KCOR NI ELECTIONS |
05ABUJA1526 | NIGERIA: PRESIDENT OBASANJO ON U.S. AMBASSADOR TO [...] (C) Summary. The Ambassador met with President Obasanjo in his villa private quarters on the morning of August 18. Poloff served as notetaker. Obasanjo supported the nomination of a U.S. ambassador to the African Union, discussed the coup in Mauritania, and welcomed the visit to Nigeria by [...] | 2005-08-18 11:36:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV OVIP KDEM NI |
05ABUJA1535 | NIGERIAN SENATE CALLS FOR ARTICLE 98 AGREEMENT TO [...] (C) Summary: The Nigerian Senate passed a resolution requesting that President Obasanjo rescind Nigeria's Article 98 Agreement because the National Assembly was not consulted before the agreement was signed. However, the GON determined at the time of signing that it was an executive agreemen [...] | 2005-08-19 12:44:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR MOPS KTIA NI KICC |
05ABUJA1610 | THE STATE OF HIV/AIDS IN NIGERIA AS OF JUNE 2005 [...] Summary: This cable evaluates broadly HIV/AIDS' impact on Nigerians and their institutions. Roughly 4 million (UNAIDS, 2003) of the nation's 130 million people (PRB, 2002) are infected with HIV/AIDS, reflecting a national HIV/AIDS infection rate of 5 percent (NPS, 2003). Nigeria had at lea [...] | 2005-08-30 08:58:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | KHIV SOCI TBIO ECON PREL PGOV NI HIV AIDS |
05ABUJA1635 | ATIKU DISCUSSES 2007 ELECTIONS [...] (S) SUMMARY: In a two-hour meeting, a relaxed Vice President Atiku Abubakar expressed little concern about the search of his Potomac, Maryland residence and offered his insights on President Obasanjo and PDP party politics. He also expressed concerns about new INEC chairman Maurice Iwu and [...] | 2005-09-01 15:16:00 | Embassy Abuja | SECRET | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM NI ELECTIONS |
05ABUJA1683 | GOVERNMENT OF NIGERIA ON AVIAN, PANDEMIC INFLUENZA [...] Embassy Abuja's Deputy Chief of Mission (DCM) and an economic officer met on Sept. 9, 2005 with Ambassador Abdul Bin Rimdap, director general of the Nigerian Foreign Ministry's international organizations. 2. DCM presented ref talking points on the U.S. Government's intention to launch at t [...] | 2005-09-09 16:42:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR EAID ECON KSCA PREL SOCI TBIO XX NI AVIANFLU |
05ABUJA1703 | NIGERIA: UK PROPOSED PRESS GUIDANCE ON A [...] (U) Action Request Para 11. 2. (S) SUMMARY: Despite repeated public denials and constitutionally mandated term limits, President Obasanjo's alleged aspiration to a third term has become a lightening rod among the political elites. The British High Commission proposes a common, public p [...] | 2005-09-13 09:45:00 | Embassy Abuja | SECRET | PGOV PREL KDEM OPRC NI THIRDTERM |
05ABUJA1836 | NIGERIA DENIES MILITARY TIES TO NORTH KOREA [...] (C) Summary. Nigeria claims to have no military relationship with North Korea, and only a limited non-military relationship. The MFA's Director for Asia and Pacific Affairs said Nigeria's policy toward the DPRK is based on hopes for the peaceful resolution of all issues in the Six Party Talk [...] | 2005-09-27 14:09:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL MNUC KNNP NI ZO POLMIL |
05ABUJA1845 | NIGERIA: IBB ON THE FUTURE OF DOMESTIC POLITICS [...] (S) Summary: Former military ruler and possible future presidential candidate Ibrahim Babangida will make a final decision only in the Spring of 2006 about whether to run for president. He also expressed interest in establishing his own political party. He urged the U.S. and other major do [...] | 2005-09-28 08:08:00 | Embassy Abuja | SECRET | PGOV PREL NI |
05ABUJA1846 | NIGERIA: DIALOGUE WITH TAIWAN RE PRC IN AFRICA [...] U.S. Mission Nigeria has had some contact with official Taiwanese in Nigeria. Deputy Chief of Economic Section recently met socially with the Deputy Director of the Taiwan Trade Delegation, Mr. CHANG Ming. Two recently arrived Missions members have transferred from Taiwan. 2. Post believe [...] | 2005-09-28 08:43:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD EINV PREL CH TW NI |
05ABUJA1850 | Nigeria: COMBATING EXTREMISM [...] Summary: Nigeria is the most populous country in Africa with roughly an equal number of Muslims and Christians. Despite its prominence as a leading oil producer, the majority of Nigerians eke out a meager existence on less than a dollar a day, as the country finds itself near the bottom of the [...] | 2005-09-28 11:50:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM EAID KDEM KPAO KMPI NI |
05ABUJA1862 | NIGERIA:LIBERIA DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO ECOWAS [...] (C) Summary. Despite sensitivities about the need in principle to support the legal structures of Liberia, the Executive Secretary of ECOWAS agreed with U.S. concerns about the Liberian Supreme Court rulings. He said that the U.S. and ECOWAS share a common position on how to respond to those [...] | 2005-09-29 15:50:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL LI NI ECOWAS |
05ABUJA1873 | NIGERIA/LIBERIA:GENERAL ABUBAKAR ON ECOWAS AND THE [...] (C) The Ambassador, with PolMilOff, met with CPA Mediator and former Head of State Abdulsalami Abubakar the evening of September 29 to deliver Ref A points, which were left as a nonpaper. Abubakar accepted the U.S. position and said that it is "in the line of our thinking." His response di [...] | 2005-09-30 11:21:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL LI NI ECOWAS |
05ABUJA1891 | ECOWAS SUMMIT ON COTE D'IVOIRE AND OTHER REGIONAL [...] (C) Summary. The ECOWAS Heads of State and Government met in Abuja for an Extraordinary Summit on September 30 to discuss the situation in Cote d'Ivoire. Liberia was a late addition to the agenda. The leaders created a list of recommendations, which they have not made public, which will be [...] | 2005-10-04 15:25:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KDEM PBTS XY ECOWAS |
05ABUJA1892 | ECOWAS: AMBASSADOR PRESENTS CREDENTIALS [...] The Ambassador presented the letter from S to the Executive Secretary of ECOWAS designating him as her "Special Representative to ECOWAS" on October 3. The short ceremony was also attended by the DCM, DATT, and PolMilOff and by the Deputy Executive Secretary for Political Affairs, Defense, a [...] | 2005-10-04 15:28:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL NI ECOWAS |
05ABUJA1902 | NIGERIA: VICE PRESIDENT ATIKU CONVINCED [...] (S) Summary: Atiku believes that President Obasanjo will try anything to stay in power past 2007, including exploiting unrest in the Delta and the Bakassi dispute to justify postponement of the elections. The Vice President fears that he himself could be assassinated. Atiku wants the U.S. [...] | 2005-10-05 08:40:00 | Embassy Abuja | SECRET | PGOV PREL NI THIRDTERM |
05ABUJA1904 | THE ECOWAS LOGISTICS DEPOT AND UNSC SANCTIONS [...] This is an action request. See paragraph 4. 2. As UNAMSIL vacates Sierra Leone at the end of the year, ECOWAS will assume control of the Hastings Airfield Complex outside of Freetown for the purpose of establishing a full-service peacekeeping logistics depot. This depot is one of the ke [...] | 2005-10-05 15:39:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPKO MARR SL NI UNSC ECOWAS |
05ABUJA1925 | CHINA'S INFLUENCE IN NIGERIA [...] Summary. (U) The People's Republic of China (hereafter China) has been for some time expanding its economic and business activity in Nigeria. Trade, energy, telecoms, and agriculture are the main areas of activity. Military cooperation is also an important area of engagement, both with Nig [...] | 2005-10-07 07:35:00 | Embassy Abuja | SECRET//NOFORN | EAID ECON PREL MASS EMIN ENRG ETRD AF CH |
05ABUJA1956 | NIGERIA: NARCOTICS [...] Summary: On October 7, I raised with the NDLEA Chairman, the Attorney General of the Federation and the Principal Secretary to the President Nigeria's apparently flagging performance in narcotics interdiction. Reaction ranged from denial -- the NDLEA chairman said our data about arrests and [...] | 2005-10-11 16:45:00 | Embassy Abuja | SECRET | SNAR PREL PGOV NI NARCOTICS |
05ABUJA1957 | NIGERIA: VICE PRESIDENT ATIKU REITERATES FIERCE [...] (S) Summary: Vice President Atiku believes that the North will erupt if its leaders are convinced that President Obasanjo is seeking a third term. This eruption, he believes, will occur whether or not Obasanjo changes legally the constitution to provide for a presidential third term. Atiku [...] | 2005-10-11 16:48:00 | Embassy Abuja | SECRET | PGOV PREF PREL NI THIRDTERM |
05ABUJA1986 | SLM CONFERENCE: CHADIAN/FRENCH PROPOSAL FOR [...] (U) On the margins of the Ninth Session of the Joint Commission (for the Cease-fire in Darfur) held in Ndjamena October 13-14, both SLM Chairman Abdelwahid Nur and France's Special Representative Ambassador Henri de Coignac had private meetings with Chadian President Deby touching on the Darf [...] | 2005-10-17 13:38:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KAWC KCRS SU NI DARFUR |
05ABUJA2008 | ABUJA: ROUND SIX [...] (SBU) Summary: The Sixth Round of the Darfur talks at Abuja, held from September 15 - October 20, were hindered by controversy within the SLM/A, poor planning, and a perceived lack of serious approach by the GOS and the JEM/SLM. The African Union did not provide the stern leadership needed [...] | 2005-10-19 13:14:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KAWC KCRS SU NI DARFUR |
05ABUJA2020 | NIGERIA: PRESIDENT OBASANJO ON NARCOTICS [...] (S) Summary: President Obasanjo wants immediate action taken on Nigeria's flagging performance in narcotics interdiction and is acutely aware of the consequences should Nigeria fail recertification. He has recalled Dr. Bello Lafiaji, Chairman of the Nigeria Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLE [...] | 2005-10-20 15:43:00 | Embassy Abuja | SECRET | SNAR PREL PGOV NI NARCOTICS |
05ABUJA2073 | A/S FRAZER MEETING WITH NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR [...] (C) Summary: On 24 October, Assistant Secretary for African Affairs Jendayi Frazer met with Nigerian National Security Advisor Aliyu Mohammed. They discussed the Sudan Peace Process, recent Liberian elections, Cote D'Ivoire, the Bakassi dispute with Cameroon, upcoming Nigerian elections, the s [...] | 2005-10-27 11:55:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM NI XY XW |
05ABUJA2075 | A/S FRAZER,S MEETING WITH NIGERIAN MFA RE [...] (C) Summary: Assistant Secretary Jendayi Frazer met with Nigeria's Foreign Minister Oluyemi Adeniji on 24 October to discuss the Sudan, Cote d'Ivoire (CDI),and other issues. During the meeting, Adeniji was vague on many issues, but spoke generally about the need to push the Southern Sudan [...] | 2005-10-28 08:00:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM PTER MARR PHUM XW XY NI |
05ABUJA2127 | NIGERIA: NIGERIAN AMBASSADOR TO U.S. FEARS [...] (S) Summary George Obiozor, Nigeria's ambassador to the U.S., fears that Nigeria will break up "like Yugoslavia" unless the presidency's rotation amongst the geopolitical regions is "institutionalized" by a new or revised constitution. He advocates President Obasanjo remaining in office past [...] | 2005-11-04 14:03:00 | Embassy Abuja | SECRET | PGOV PREF PREL NI |
05ABUJA2138 | Embassy on Road in Nigeria: Sokoto [...] (SBU) Summary: On October 12-14, Ambassador and members of Embassy Public Affairs, Political, Economic and Defense Cooperation Sections decamped to the far northwestern state of Sokoto, doing two Iftar dinners, outreach events, and taking a closer look at education facilities in a region that [...] | 2005-11-07 08:48:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ECON KISL PGOV SOCI NI |
05ABUJA2148 | NIGERIA: DEMOCRACY AT THE TIPPING POINT [...] (C) With the shadow of the 2007 elections looming and a democracy scorecard that is mixed at best, Nigeria finds itself at a critical tipping point. There is great concern about whether the GON has the political will to implement the political reforms needed to increase transparency and enhance [...] | 2005-11-09 10:20:00 | Embassy Abuja | SECRET | PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM NI ELECTIONS |
05ABUJA2168 | NIGERIA: PRESIDENT OBASANJO CONVENES MEETING ON [...] Summary: President Obasanjo convened a meeting November 9 to continue the discussion on Nigeria,s record on fighting narcotics trafficking. The Chairman of the NDLEA, Dr. Bello, gave an impassioned presentation refuting American and British allegations of poor performance that was wea [...] | 2005-11-10 14:06:00 | Embassy Abuja | SECRET | SNAR PREL PGOV NI |
05ABUJA2188 | ECOWAS ON LIBERIA AND TOGO [...] In response to reftel, Charge met with National Security Advisor (NSA) Aliyu Mohammed Gusau on Friday, November 11. NSA said he would personally convey the contents of the message to President Obasanjo on the afternoon of November 11 on his return to Abuja. 2. PolMilOff called ECOWAS Exec [...] | 2005-11-15 06:57:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KDEM NI LI ECOWAS |
05ABUJA2242 | LOCAL PRESS REPORTS BUSH-OBASANJO LETTER RE THIRD [...] (U) SUMMARY: A local newspaper reported 17 Novemeber that a letter from President Bush to President Obasanjo had been delivered advising Obasanjo to not seek a third term. While not new, this is the most prominent reporting of the issue. The question came up in a press briefing held during [...] | 2005-11-17 12:10:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM NI THIRDTERM |
05ABUJA2244 | SCENARIOS FOR 2007 ELECTION [...] (C) Summary: Though potential candidates are already flinging mud and jockeying for position, there is no clear front-runner for Nigeria's 2007 presidential election. The role that President Obasanjo will play is still an important and open question. Will he be a kingmaker, eventually anoi [...] | 2005-11-17 13:15:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PREL NI ELECTIONS |
05ABUJA2253 | CHARGE CONVOKED OVER PUNCH ARTICLE [...] (C) Acting Under Secretary for Regions and International Organizations in Nigeria's Foreign Ministry (MFA) A. C. Ariyo convoked Charge during the evening of 17 November on instructions of the MFA's Permanent Secretary to relay a message from President Obasanjo. Ariyo was anxious to meet an [...] | 2005-11-18 12:37:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM NI |
05ABUJA2287 | RUMBLINGS INCREASE AGAINST THIRD TERM BID [...] (C) The controversy over possible attempts by President Obasanjo to extend his tenure beyond 2007 continues to dominate current political discussions in Nigeria. Some lawmakers who spoke to POL staff admitted that there "is pressure from the presidency" to endorse a constitutional amendment [...] | 2005-11-22 15:05:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM NI THIRDTERM |
05ABUJA2289 | PRES. OBASANJO CONSOLIDATES HIS GRIP ON RULING [...] (C) President Obasanjo continues to consolidate his grip on the ruling People's Democratic Party (PDP) in preparation for its national convention early next year. The results of the latest regional (zonal) congresses of the PDP confirm Obasanjo's control over party machinery. Success in c [...] | 2005-11-23 06:40:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM PREL NI ELECTIONS |
05ABUJA2326 | NIGERIA: VICE PRESIDENT ATIKU UPDATE ON [...] (S) Summary: Vice President Atiku says that he has taken the necessary steps to register, legally, a new political party through which he can contest the 2007 elections should he fail to win the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) nomination. For the time being, however, he is using the Movement [...] | 2005-11-29 11:00:00 | Embassy Abuja | SECRET | PGOV PREF PREL NI |
05ABUJA2339 | DARFUR PEACE TALKS: "FINAL, DECISIVE ROUND" OPENS [...] (SBU) Summary. The seventh round of the Inter-Sudanese Peace Talks on the conflict in Darfur opened on November 29 with all speakers emphasizing the importance of reaching a comprehensive agreement in this round. SLM leaders avoided an early setback by compromising on a single speaker for th [...] | 2005-11-30 13:51:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PREF SU NI DARFUR |
05ABUJA59 | OBASANJO ON SUDAN TRIBUNAL CONCEPT [...] (C) Ambassador presented the Sudan Tribunal Concept demarche to the Foreign Ministry and National Security Advisor, and then to President Obasanjo, on January 14. After explaining where he was going on the Darfur talks (below),Obasanjo asked how it would be decided who would be prosecuted by [...] | 2005-01-14 15:08:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KAWC SU NI DARFUR |
05ABUJA676 | MOVING FORWARD ON ACOTA [...] (C) Summary. In meetings with visiting USG delegation led by Gen. Wald, Dr. Courville and DASD Whelan on May 2, the GON indicated its agreement to move forward on ACOTA. Intra-GON coordination has been accomplished, at least for now, and Post recommends keeping up momentum by dispatch soone [...] | 2005-05-04 14:59:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MASS MARR PHUM KPKO NI |
05ABUJA677 | AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH ECOWAS ON TOGO [...] (C) Summary. The Executive Secretary of ECOWAS, Dr. Mohammed ibn Chambas, briefed Ambassador at length May 4 on ECOWAS's actions in Togo since the death of President Eyadema. ECOWAS supported the Togo elections happening within 60 days because that is what the Constitution provided for, al [...] | 2005-05-04 15:11:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM NI TO |
05ABUJA70 | IRANIAN PRESIDENT KHATAMI PASSES UP U.S.- [...] Summary. On a state visit to Nigeria, Iranian President Khatami passed up an opportunity to bash the U.S. in public remarks. Instead, in responding to a journalist's leading question during his press conference with Nigeria's Foreign Minister, Khatami condemned Saddam Hussein and the Taliba [...] | 2005-01-18 09:12:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL IR NI |
05ABUJA743 | OBASANJO AND CHARLES TAYLOR [...] (S) Summary: In our May 13 meeting, President Obasanjo reiterated his familiar arguments against turning Taylor over to the Special Court in Sierra Leone. He showed no sense of urgency and made it clear that he did not want to engage. However, he agreed on the importance of continued dialog [...] | 2005-05-13 16:59:00 | Embassy Abuja | SECRET | PGOV PREL SU NI LI |
05ABUJA756 | GON PRESENTATION ON NIGER DELTA [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Obasanjo has given us a document asking for cooperation in "ensuring availability, security and stability of hydrocarbon resources in the Niger Delta," although he refers to it as about the Gulf of Guinea as a whole and includes some regional efforts as a figleaf that it [...] | 2005-05-16 08:42:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV MOPS EPET PREL NI |
05ABUJA771 | NIGERIA - OUTREACH ON NEWSWEEK STORY [...] (SBU) Post has been pursuing the Newsweek story since it surfaced in the Nigerian press on May 9. Most versions, and all in the beginning, were repeats of foreign media reports of demonstrations/riots in Afghanistan. The Nigerian Government is aware that the story could be used to incite vio [...] | 2005-05-17 14:44:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM KISL NI |
05ABUJA809 | ECOWAS' CHAMBAS ON ABUJA'S TOGO MEETING [...] (C) Summary: The Executive Secretary of ECOWAS believes a split is developing in the Togolese opposition, with Gnininvi and Agboyibo leading a faction that trusts Faure's intentions and is willing to work with him in a new government. Chambas is not sure that Olympio and the UFC are committ [...] | 2005-05-20 16:30:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINS TO NI |
05ABUJA850 | CONTACTING OBASANJO ON ETHIOPIAN ELECTION [...] (C) Upon receipt of Ref A e-mail containing State 93687, we began asking for a meeting with President Obasanjo to deliver the talking points therein on how the AU is treating the Ethiopian election. Obasanjo is still in Paris on a four-day visit to France and is not expected to return to Nig [...] | 2005-05-26 13:30:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM ET NI |
05ABUJA880 | WHAT NEXT ON BAKASSI? IS THE UN STILL IN THE [...] (C) From Embassy Abuja's perspective, it seems UNSGSR Ould Abdullah's efforts to bring Nigeria and Cameroon to closure on Bakassi may be in trouble. As we have long reported (Ref B and before),the GON is only President Obasanjo on Bakassi, and Obasanjo has often said that he and President Biy [...] | 2005-05-27 15:21:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL CM NI |
05ABUJA965 | MEETINGS WITH PRESIDENTIAL HOPEFULS KALU AND [...] (C) Summary: Governors Kalu of Abia State and Makarfi of Kaduna State paid separate courtesy calls to the Ambassador recently amongst their campaigns for Nigeria's presidency in 2007 (Ref A). Both were critical of President Obasanjo, continuing ideas they had raised with us well before the N [...] | 2005-06-03 06:53:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM NI |
05ABUJA971 | AMBASSADOR'S LUNCH WITH DR. CHAMBAS [...] (C) Summary. The Ambassador and the Executive Secretary of ECOWAS, Dr. Mohammed ibn Chambas, discussed the role of ECOWAS in election monitoring on May 27. Chambas expressed concerns about the coming elections in Guinea-Bissau, particularly about candidate Kumba Yala, but said that neighbo [...] | 2005-06-03 13:55:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KDEM EAID NI |
05ACCRA1051 | SCENESETTER FOR PRESIDENT KUFUOR'S MEETING WITH [...] (C) Ghana is a democratic, market-oriented, pro-American country in a region marked by conflict and authoritarian rule. It has one of the best human rights records in Africa and has made significant efforts to combat trafficking in persons. President John Kufuor is five months into his secon [...] | 2005-05-27 16:34:00 | Embassy Accra | SECRET | EAIR ECON EFIN ELAB GH KWMN PGOV PREL PTER MAS |
05ACCRA1085 | AMBASSADOR MEETS GHANA'S MINISTER OF INTERIOR [...] (C) Summary: On May 27, Ambassador paid a courtesy call on Ghana's new Minister of Interior, Papa Owusu-Ankomah. He hoped for increased assistance in counter-narcotics and noted that the Cabinet has approved a draft trafficking in persons (TIP) bill. He promised to respond to us on propose [...] | 2005-06-01 17:56:00 | Embassy Accra | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC EFIN GH KWMN PGOV PREF PREL PTER |
05ACCRA1122 | GHANA'S FOREIGN MINISTER ON TOGO AND COTE D'IVOIRE [...] (SBU) The Ambassador and PolChief met on June 10 with Ghanaian Foreign Minister Nana Akufo-Addo to deliver a demarche on trafficking in persons (reported septel) and discuss his and President Kufuor's upcoming trip to Washington and meeting with President Bush. During the meeting, the minis [...] | 2005-06-06 18:46:00 | Embassy Accra | CONFIDENTIAL | GH IV PGOV PREL TO |
05ACCRA1148 | U.S. CHOCOLATE MANUFACTURERS IN GHANA TO WORK ON [...] (SBU) Summary: The U.S. chocolate industry is pressuring the GOG to issue a high level statement no later than mid-June declaring its commitment to eliminate child labor from the cocoa sector. Industry reps hope such a step may persuade members of Congress to drop draft legislation that would [...] | 2005-06-10 17:19:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR EAID ECON EIND ELAB ETRD GH PGOV PREL |
05ACCRA1187 | GHANA: DEMARCHE ON SWISS CIRCULAR NOTE [...] (C) On June 17, Pol Chief spoke with the Ghanaian Foreign Ministry's Acting Director for International Organizations Edwin Adjei and delivered reftel demarche on the Swiss Circular Note on the Conference for a Third Additional Protocol to the Geneva Convention. Adjei said the Foreign Minist [...] | 2005-06-17 12:35:00 | Embassy Accra | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC GH IS PHUM PREF PREL SZ |
05ACCRA1282 | GHANA: VIEWS ON UN REFORM AND G-8 DEBT [...] Summary: The Ambassador met Ghanaian Foreign Minister Nana Akufo-Addo on June 28 to deliver demarches on UN reforms. Akufo-Addo said Ghana supports most of the USG priorities in UN reform, including creation of a Democracy Fund, reform of the UN Human Rights Commission, the creation of a Pe [...] | 2005-06-30 18:12:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC ECON EFIN GH KUNR PGOV PREL |
05ACCRA1351 | GHANA: DEMARCHE ON G-4 FRAMEWORK RESOLUTION ON UN [...] No summary [...] | 2005-07-12 08:50:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC GH PREL |
05ACCRA136 | CTAG MEETING IN GHANA [...] (C) Summary: The British High Commission convened a CTAG meeting January 12 in preparation for a UK meeting on January 28. The group agreed that there had been no deterioration of the terrorist potential in Ghana, although there were isolated concerns. The GOG has not presented proposals [...] | 2005-01-19 17:02:00 | Embassy Accra | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC EFIN GH PREL PTER UK |
05ACCRA1386 | GHANAIAN PUBLIC OPINION SURVEY SHOWS RISING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A March survey of popular opinion in Ghana, released on July 6 by the Center for Democratic Development, revealed mounting concern about the economy and corruption, especially perceived corruption by the president and his staff. Nonetheless, the survey revealed that support f [...] | 2005-07-14 17:11:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON GH PGOV PREL SOCI |
05ACCRA1448 | GHANA ON THE G-4 RESOLUTION: AN ADVOCATE OF THE [...] (C) On July 22, the Ambassador delivered ref A points on the USG position on the G-4 resolution to Ghanainan Foreign Minister Nana Akufo-Addo. She urged Ghana to oppose the G-4 resolution or abstain, stressing the need to avoid a divisive debate on UN Security Council membership. He responde [...] | 2005-07-22 16:40:00 | Embassy Accra | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC GH PREL UNGA |
05ACCRA1450 | SUDANESE REFUGEES ON THE BRINK OF EXPULSION FROM [...] (C) SUMMARY: A melee that broke out on July 21 at Ussher Fort involving Sudanese refugees resulted in a host of negative publicity and exposed GOG contingency plans to spirit them out of the country. Both UNHCR Representative Thomas Albrecht and Ambassador Yates have appealed for careful c [...] | 2005-07-22 17:42:00 | Embassy Accra | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL GH SU |
05ACCRA1506 | CHARGE DELIVERS UNSC REFORM DEMARCHE: GHANA [...] On July 29, Charge delivered reftel demarche on UNSC reform to Ghanaian Deputy Foreign Minister Kwesi Osei-Adjei. (Note: due to the urgency of this issue, Charge met with the Deputy Foreign Minister rather than the Foreign Minister, who was not available until August 1. In the past, the Depu [...] | 2005-07-29 15:27:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC GH KUNR PGOV PREL UNSC |
05ACCRA151 | ECOWAS MEETINGS IN ACCRA: NIGER NEW ECOWAS CHAIR [...] Summary: A round of ECOWAS statutory meetings in Accra January 10-19 culminated in the 28th Summit of ECOWAS Heads of State and Government. ECOWAS heads of state unanimously selected President Mamdou Tadja of Niger as the new ECOWAS Chairman. There was candid discussion of regional conflict [...] | 2005-01-21 16:15:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC EAGR EAID ECON GH PGOV PREL ECOWAS |
05ACCRA1543 | UNSC REFORM: GHANA TO DROP VETO TO PRESS FOR SEATS [...] (C) During an Aug. 2 discussion on the proposed Human Rights Council (ref B),MFA official Nana Bema Kumi told PolOff that Ghanaian Foreign Minister Nana Akufo Addo will join African heads of state and other ministers in Addis Ababa on Aug. 4 for a single-issue summit on UN Security Council [...] | 2005-08-03 12:08:00 | Embassy Accra | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL AORC GH KUNR PGOV UNCHR UNGA UNSC |
05ACCRA1547 | GHANA: HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL DEMARCHE [...] On August 2, PolOff delivered ref A demarche on the proposed Human Rights Council to MFA Supervising Director for Legal, Multilateral and Passports Department Nana Bema Kumi. Kumi reaffirmed the GOG's support for creating a Human Rights Council and said she saw "nothing controversial" in the U [...] | 2005-08-03 17:02:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL UNCHR UNGA |
05ACCRA1615 | PROPOSED LAW GIVES GHANAIANS OVERSEAS VOTING [...] (U) Summary: The ruling NPP party has proposed a law to enable Ghanaian citizens abroad to vote in elections. The opposition NDC party opposes the draft bill, fears the NPP wants to push it through, and says it will boycott the 2008 election if the bill is passed. The debate on the bill di [...] | 2005-08-10 17:13:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | GH PGOV PREL |
05ACCRA1644 | GOG APPROVES ANTI-TRAFFICKING BILL [...] Summary: With the July 28 passage of an anti-human trafficking law, the GOG is striving to overcome its downgrade to Tier 2 in our annual Trafficking in Persons (TIP) report and regain its reputation as a regional leader on human rights. This legislation marks the culmination of a protracted [...] | 2005-08-16 10:35:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL GH |
05ACCRA1679 | THE U.S. - GHANA RELATIONSHIP: THE AMBASSADOR'S [...] (C) Summary: The U.S.-Ghana relationship is strong and broad-based. In this message, I offer my parting thoughts on how the relationship has changed during my nearly three-year tenure as Ambassador, and identify some of the main challenges ahead. I leave very optimistic about Ghana. The Go [...] | 2005-08-22 07:34:00 | Embassy Accra | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON GH |
05ACCRA1885 | IAEA DECISION ON IRAN: GHANA SYMPATHETIC BUT NOT [...] (C) On September 15, Charge and EconChief delivered Ref A points on reporting Iran to the UN Security Council to the Foreign Ministry. EconChief also delivered these points and Ref B points on safeguards and verification to GoG representatives to the IAEA. Deputy Foreign Minister Kwasi Osei- [...] | 2005-09-19 07:11:00 | Embassy Accra | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP PARM PREL IR TRGY MNUC ENRG AORC GH IAEA |
05ACCRA1900 | GHANA SUPPORT FOR INTERNATIONAL PARTNERSHIP ON [...] (SBU) On September 15, Charge delivered Ref A points on seeking Ghanaian participation in an international partnership on Avian Influenza to Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Kwasi Osei-Adjei and Deputy Minister of Health Sam Owusu-Agyei. Deputy Foreign Minister Osei-Adjei promised to coordi [...] | 2005-09-19 17:09:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR EAID ECON KSCA PREL SOCI TBIO GH |
05ACCRA1969 | COMBATING EXTREMISM IN GHANA [...] (S) Summary: There is little political or religious extremism in Ghana. The Mission has an active Muslim outreach program and the USG spends about $12 million in programs annually directed largely at Ghana's 20 percent Muslim population. Other Mission activities help promote tolerance, incl [...] | 2005-09-27 13:17:00 | Embassy Accra | SECRET | EAIR GH KDEM KPAO PHUM PREL PTER |
05ACCRA2036 | SCENESETTER FOR A/S FRAZER [...] (C) Ghana is a democratic, market-oriented, and pro-American country. It has one of the best human rights records in Africa and has made significant efforts to combat trafficking in persons. President John Kufuor is nine months into his second term, which has been marked by intra-party tensi [...] | 2005-10-04 18:05:00 | Embassy Accra | SECRET | EAIR ECON EFIN ELAB KWMN PGOV PREL PTER GH MAS |
05ACCRA2287 | UNHCR DISCUSSES RESETTLEMENT, KRISAN CAMP, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During their initial courtesy call, Ambassador Bridgewater and Acting UNHCR Representative Luc Stevens discussed resettlement issues, the brewing unrest at Krisan Camp, the possible repatriation of Togolese refugees, and contingency planning for Cote d'Ivoire. Stevens said the [...] | 2005-11-08 11:31:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PREL GH TO CI |
05ACCRA2304 | GHANA'S DEFENSE MINISTER SEES MILITARY AS [...] (SBU) Summary: In the Ambassador's first official call on Minister of Defense Kwame Addo-Kufuor on November 7, the minister announced his vision to transform Ghana's military into a "development partner" of the Government of Ghana. A presidential hopeful, the minister used the meeting largely [...] | 2005-11-09 17:44:00 | Embassy Accra | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PGOV PHUM PREL GH |
05ACCRA2311 | VIOLENCE AT GHANA'S KRISAN REFUGEE CAMP [...] (SBU) Summary: On November 8, refugees at Krisan camp in the Western Region of Ghana torched houses, and destroyed offices and vehicles, including from UNHCR. UNHCR's Senior Protection Officer in Ghana told PolChief and visiting RefCoord from Abidjan on November 10 that the violence was sp [...] | 2005-11-10 17:10:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | GH IV PREF PREL TO |
05ACCRA2312 | AMCIT HOSTAGE SITUATION RESOLVED AT GHANA GOLD MINE [...] (SBU) On November 9, Ghanaian mine workers held hostage senior staff, including Amcits, of a mine operated by the Ghanaian subsidiary )- Bogoso Gold Ltd. (BGL) -- of a U.S. based mining company, Golden Star. BGL informed Post and other affected Embassies about the situation on November 10, st [...] | 2005-11-11 10:25:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ELAB PREL PGOV EMIN GH |
05ACCRA2315 | PALESTINIAN AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES GHANA [...] (C) Summary: During a November 2 courtesy call, outgoing Palestinian Ambassador and Dean of the Diplomatic Corps Ibrahim Omar told the Ambassador that U.S. government efforts to gain allies among West African Muslims and stabilize the region will only succeed if the Israeli-Palestinian conflict [...] | 2005-11-11 16:24:00 | Embassy Accra | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL GH IS |
05ACCRA2316 | GHANA'S INTERIOR MINISTER DISCUSSES NARCOTICS, [...] (U) Summary: On November 2, the Ambassador paid a courtesy call on the Minister of Interior Papa Owusu Ankomah. The Minister emphasized Ghana's increasing role as a transit point for narcotics and pressed for further narcotics enforcement assistance. He also acknowledged Ghana's poor prison c [...] | 2005-11-11 16:27:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM PGOV PHUM PREL GH |
05ACCRA2327 | AMBASSADOR MEETS VICE PRESIDENT OF GHANA ALHAJI [...] Summary: On November 10, the Ambassador paid a courtesy call on Ghanaian Vice President Alhaji Aliu Mahama. The Vice President praised our strong bilateral relationship, especially the MCA compact. He said the Northern Region of Ghana is calm and he was proud of the GOG's early submission o [...] | 2005-11-14 16:42:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON GH PGOV PHUM PREL |
05ACCRA2335 | AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH MAJORITY LEADER AND [...] Summary: On November 9, the Ambassador called on Ghana's Majority Leader (and Minister of Parliament) and Speaker of Parliament. She emphasized the importance of parliament and good governance. Both parliamentary leaders praised US-Ghana ties and hoped for more USG support. The Speaker sa [...] | 2005-11-15 12:12:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL GH |
05ACCRA2344 | PRESIDENT KUFUOR AND AMBASSADOR DISCUSS MCA [...] (SBU) On November 11, 2005, Ambassador Bridgewater and Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) officials held the most open and frank discussion to date with President Kufuor about the state of Ghana's Millennium Challenge Account (MCA) program. On the eve of meetings in Washington between the [...] | 2005-11-16 12:50:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KMCA ECON EAGR PREL GH MCA |
05ACCRA2401 | GHANA ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS, OCTOBER-NOVEMBER 2005 [...] This report covers noteworthy economic events and activities in Ghana for October-November 2005. The issues covered are: -- Government Submits Annual Budget to Parliament -- World Bank Review of Consultative Group Meeting -- World Bank Seminar on Fighting Corruption -- Treasury Advisors Ho [...] | 2005-11-23 18:30:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN EAGR PREL SENV EMIN GH |
05ACCRA2402 | AVIAN FLU: GHANA'S PLAN OF ACTION [...] (SBU) The GoG's response to the threat of an Avian Flu outbreak has so far been measured and pro-active. The Ministries of Health and Agriculture are working closely with USAID/Ghana and the World Health Organization (WHO) to create a comprehensive preparedness plan, which includes an assessm [...] | 2005-11-23 18:30:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AMED CASC CMGT KHIV TBIO XA GH SENV ECON EAGR EAID PREL XX SEC |
05ACCRA2425 | CORRUPTION IN GHANA I: PERVASIVE PROBLEM [...] (C) Summary: Corruption in Ghana is not as bad as in many other African countries but it is pervasive and increasingly sophisticated. That said, The GOG is committed to democracy and rule of law and Ghana has a lively media and civil society. The President faces accusations of conflict of [...] | 2005-11-29 07:08:00 | Embassy Accra | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ECON GH PGOV PHUM PREL |
05ACCRA2427 | CORRUPTION IN GHANA II: FIGHTING BACK [...] (C) Summary: Reftel looks at corruption in Ghana, and this cable examines efforts to tackle the problem. Since President Kufuor came to office in 2000, Ghana has passed three anti-corruption laws, established an Office of Accountability in the presidency, allowed a more free media environm [...] | 2005-11-29 08:50:00 | Embassy Accra | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ECON GH PGOV PHUM PREL |
05ACCRA2435 | EMBASSY GHANA'S RAMADAN OUTREACH TO MUSLIM [...] SUMMARY: This year Post continued to expand its Muslim outreach program during the recently completed Ramadan celebrations. The Embassy hosted more events, took the program to more areas, and reached more Muslim citizens than in any year so far. I was involved personally in several of the act [...] | 2005-11-29 14:25:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED | GH KISL KPAO PGOV PREL PTER SCUL SOCI |
05ACCRA250 | STATUS OF REFUGEES IN GABON [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Accra-based Refugee Coordinator and Embassy Libreville officers met with refugees and Gabonese officials on January 25 - 27 to discuss refugee issues. Although GOG officials said they warmly welcomed those fleeing violence in other countries, refugees recited a litany of compl [...] | 2005-02-07 07:25:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PREL GB |
05ACCRA2512 | OPPORTUNITY MISSED: GHANA UNLIKELY TO BACK U.S. [...] (U) Summary: Ambassador Bridgewater met with Minister of Trade and Industry Alan Kyerematen December 7 to discuss the upcoming WTO ministerial in Hong Kong. Kyerematen confirmed Ghana's intention to negotiate as a bloc with other African Union (AU) WTO members --despite serious differences wit [...] | 2005-12-09 12:31:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON PREL KDEM GH PROV WTRO |
05ACCRA2563 | AMBASSADOR MEETS GHANA'S MINISTER OF FOREIGN [...] (U) Summary: The Ambassador paid a courtesy call on Minister of Foreign Affairs Nana Akufo-Addo on December 7 and discussed the Millenium Challenge Account (MCA) proposal, regional issues, the WTO Ministerial in Hong Kong, the Iraqi elections and Ghana's new seat on the UN Security Council. En [...] | 2005-12-19 10:49:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN GH PGOV PREL WTO MCA |
05ACCRA2582 | AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH IOM CHIEF [...] SUMMARY: During the Ambassador's meeting Davide Terzi, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) Chief of Mission, Terzi said the persistent cultural acceptability of child trafficking and the UNHCR's laggard handling of refugee resettlement significantly hamper IOM programs. Terzi al [...] | 2005-12-20 17:17:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM PREF GH |
05ACCRA2619 | GHANA'S PRESIDENT REJECTS CORRUPTION ALLEGATIONS [...] (C) President Kufuor rejected recent corruption allegations (reftels) and assured his support for press freedom during a December 21 meeting with Ambassador Bridgewater. Ambassador warned Kufuor of the perception that corruption is worsening in Ghana, and noted U.S. concerns with lack of tran [...] | 2005-12-30 07:06:00 | Embassy Accra | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PHUM PINR PREL PGOV GH |
05ACCRA311 | GOG AND UNHCR PREPARING FOR POSSIBLE INFLUX OF [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The death of former President Eyadema has added a new wrinkle to the historically troubled relationship between Ghana and Togo - despite President Kufuor's close relationship with the Eyadema family. Anticipating trouble, several dozen Togolese have already been observed trekk [...] | 2005-02-11 11:17:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PREL GH TO |
05ACCRA350 | INL PROGRAMS INITIATED ON COMMUNITY POLICING AND [...] Two INL-funded programs in Ghana were successfully initiated in January. A new community policing unit was launched in Kumasi on January 28 (with twenty new patrol bikes) and the Embassy donated four computer workstations to the Ghana Police Service (GPS) on January 31. The launchings correspo [...] | 2005-02-16 12:20:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL SNAR GH |
05ACCRA364 | MEETING WITH GHANA'S NEW MINISTER OF WOMEN AND [...] (U) Summary: On February 16, A/DCM and PolChief paid a courtesy call on Alima Mahama, Ghana's new Minister of Women and Children Affairs, to inform her about USG interest in passage of a trafficking in persons law. She said the ministry had recently submitted its comments on the draft TIP [...] | 2005-02-17 16:58:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB GH KWMN PHUM PREL SOCI |
05ACCRA370 | GHANA MFA VIEWS ON TOGO [...] (C) In a February 18 meeting, MFA Supervising Director of Political and Economic Affairs Leslie Christian told PolChief he saw some positive signs in the Togo situation. The fact that Faure Gnassingbe went to Nigeria on February 17 is encouraging, he opined. His information was that Gnassin [...] | 2005-02-18 14:22:00 | Embassy Accra | CONFIDENTIAL | GH PGOV PREL TO |
05ACCRA464 | A GHANAIAN ANALYST'S VIEW OF THE TOGO CRISIS [...] (C) Summary: James Gbeho, one of Ghana's most prominent foreign policy analysts and a former Foreign Minister, recently presented a paper in Accra on the Togo crisis. He was cynical about the motives of Faure Gnassingbe and the Togolese military. He saw the possibility of civil war, with [...] | 2005-03-08 14:18:00 | Embassy Accra | CONFIDENTIAL | GH PGOV PREL TO |
05ACCRA504 | POST LOBBIES GOG ON TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS LAW [...] (U) Summary: Over the past three weeks -- in meetings with the President, the Speaker of Parliament, and others -- post has continued to urge the Government of Ghana to pass a trafficking in persons (TIP) bill. There is a reasonable chance the bill will go to parliament by the end of April. [...] | 2005-03-11 13:47:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | GH KWMN PHUM PREL |
05ACCRA519 | AMBASSADOR MEETS GHANA'S PRESIDENT ON MCA, TIP, [...] (C) Ambassador Yates met March 9 with President Kufuor to recommend urgent action on Ghana's Millennium Challenge Account (MCA) proposal, Trafficking in Persons (TIP) legislation, and planning for the April G8/NEPAD Agricultural Productivity Conference (Ref A). The President acknowledged the [...] | 2005-03-15 17:22:00 | Embassy Accra | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ECON EFIN EAGR ETRD KWMN PHUM PREL KMCA GH |
05ACCRA535 | MEETING WITH TOGO OPPOSITION LEADER GILCHRIST [...] (C) Summary: On March 15, PolChief met in Accra with Togolese opposition leader Gilchrist Olympio, at PolChief's request. Olympio hoped the April 24 election would be free and fair enough for a credible outcome and was confident the combined opposition would win. Nigerian President Obasanj [...] | 2005-03-17 17:10:00 | Embassy Accra | CONFIDENTIAL | GH PGOV PREL TO |
05ACCRA549 | GHANA'S RESPONSE TO SECRETARY RICE'S ECOWAS MESSAGE [...] (C) Summary: D.K. Osei, Secretary to the President, told Emboffs that Ghana would support the U.S. on bringing Charles Taylor to justice, as addressed in Secretary Rice's recent letter to President Kufuor. However, the support "would not be very loud." The GOG is concerned that seeking ju [...] | 2005-03-18 12:45:00 | Embassy Accra | CONFIDENTIAL | GH LI OPDC PHUM PREL TO |
05ACCRA626 | KEEP GHANA ON TIER 1 [...] (C) Summary: The Government of Ghana, at the very highest levels, has conveyed to us its intent to pass anti-trafficking in persons (TIP) legislation. The bill has been delayed because of bureaucratic problems, the national election, and the demands of forming a new government. However, we [...] | 2005-03-31 11:52:00 | Embassy Accra | CONFIDENTIAL | GH KWMN PHUM PREL |
05ACCRA658 | GHANA'S PRIORITIES AND CHALLENGES IN THE NEXT FOUR [...] (C) Post,s view of Ghana,s prospects over the next four years follows, and is in part based on the President's hour-long tour d'horizon with the Ambassador on March 9 and post-election conversations between Emboffs and key Ghanaian players. The political challenges ahead include increases in [...] | 2005-04-04 09:11:00 | Embassy Accra | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ECON EFIN GH KMCA PGOV PHUM PREL EINV |
05ACCRA661 | OUTREACH TO THE MUSLIMS OF GHANA'S NORTHERN REGION [...] (SBU) Summary: Emboffs were generally well received on an intense Muslim outreach trip to Tamale, capital of Northern Region, on March 23-25. Interlocutors raised questions about U.S. foreign policy, USG activities in Ghana, and about how they could benefit from scholarships, USG assistan [...] | 2005-04-04 09:50:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM GH |
05ACCRA769 | TOGO OPPOSITION LEADER GILCHRIST OLYMPIO'S VIEWS [...] (C) Summary: On April 20, PolChief met with Togolese opposition leader Gilchrist Olympio in Accra, at PolChief's request. Olympio was optimistic the opposition would win the April 24 election, although the saw the potential for government manipulation of the vote counting. If the oppositi [...] | 2005-04-21 15:59:00 | Embassy Accra | CONFIDENTIAL | GH PGOV PHUM PREL TO |
05ACCRA773 | INFLUX OF 224 NEW SUDANESE REFUGEES INTO GHANA [...] (SBU) Summary: In what may be the beginning of a larger wave, 224 Sudanese refugees have arrived in Ghana over the past two weeks. Except for four women residing at a UNHCR transient center, all are currently housed at the former Usher Forte prison, which is nearly at full capacity. The g [...] | 2005-04-22 11:03:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | GH KWMN PREF PREL SU |
05ACCRA787 | GILCHRIST OLYMPIO'S VIEWS OF ABUJA MEETING AND [...] (C) Summary: PolChief met on April 26 with Togolese opposition leader Gilchrist Olympio in Accra. Olympio said that in Abuja he had agreed to Obasanjo's request that he and Faure Gnassingbe cooperate in a government of national unity. However, the agreement was "in theory", while in practic [...] | 2005-04-26 14:19:00 | Embassy Accra | CONFIDENTIAL | GH PGOV PREL TO |
05ACCRA809 | TOGO OPPOSITION LEADER HOPES FOR U.S./CANADA-LED [...] (C) Summary: On April 28 evening, PolChief met with Togolese opposition leader Gilchrist Olympio in Accra. PolChief urged the opposition to publicly state a willingness to dialogue, to pursue legal channels of protest, and to publicly urge calm. Olympio did not see much scope for an opposi [...] | 2005-04-29 13:37:00 | Embassy Accra | CONFIDENTIAL | GH PGOV PHUM PREL TO |
05ACCRA845 | TOGO OPPOSITION LEADER GILCHRIST OLYMPIO HEADING [...] (C) Summary: On May 4, PolChief met again with Togolese opposition leader Gilchrist Olympio, at PolChief's request, to discuss recent developments. Olympio had just met with President Kufuor, who asked him if he would meet with Nigerian President Obasanjo again, and with Ghana's Foreign Min [...] | 2005-05-05 15:23:00 | Embassy Accra | CONFIDENTIAL | GH PGOV PHUM PREL TO |
05ACCRA87 | GHANA'S PRESIDENT NAMES MAJORITY OF NEW MINISTERS [...] (C) Summary. On January 12, President Kufuor nominated 24 ministers, as well as regional ministers for the ten regions of Ghana. Among other changes, he proposes shifting the Finance and Women and Children's portfolios, dropping the Energy Minister, and retaining the Ministers of Foreign A [...] | 2005-01-13 17:36:00 | Embassy Accra | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON GH KWMN PGOV PINR PREL GOG |
05ACCRA870 | AMBASSADOR MEET GHANA'S MINISTER OF DEFENSE [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador, PolChief and DATT mt on April 29 with Ghana's Minister of Dfense Kwame Addo-Kufuor (the President's brother),at the Minister's request. The Ambassador highlighted our excellent military-to-military relationship. Kufuor voiced optimism on Togo and Cote d'Ivoire [...] | 2005-05-06 14:56:00 | Embassy Accra | CONFIDENTIAL | GH IV KDEM PGOV PHUM PREL TO |
05ACCRA889 | EMBASSY GHANA HOSTS LIVELY HUMAN RIGHTS ROUNDTABLE [...] Summary: Post recently sponsored a human rights roundtable of 18 Ghanaian human rights contacts to seek feedback on the Human Rights and International Religious Freedom Reports and to explain USG human rights priorities. Participants appreciated the reports but thought they painted an overly [...] | 2005-05-10 17:08:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED | GH KDEM PHUM PREL |
05ACCRA892 | AMBASSADOR MEETS GHANAIAN PRESIDENT KUFUOR [...] (U) This message has an action request (see para 18). 2. (C) Summary: Ambassador Yates had a lengthy, private conversation with Ghanaian President Kufuor on Thursday evening, May 5. They discussed the current situation in Togo, his NPP party,s loss of the first bi-election of his second [...] | 2005-05-10 17:50:00 | Embassy Accra | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL GH PHUM ECON EAID TO EPET EINV |
05ADANA101 | SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR MAY 09, 2005 [...] No summary [...] | 2005-05-10 05:46:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA |
05ADANA102 | SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR MAY 10, 2005 [...] No summary [...] | 2005-05-12 05:42:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA |
05ADANA103 | SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR MAY 11, 2005 [...] No summary [...] | 2005-05-12 06:54:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA |
05ADANA104 | SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR MAY 12, 2005 [...] No summary [...] | 2005-05-13 05:43:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA |
05ADANA105 | SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR MAY 13, 2005 [...] No summary [...] | 2005-05-16 05:37:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA |
05ADANA106 | SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR MAY 16, 2005 [...] No summary [...] | 2005-05-17 05:09:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA |
05ADANA108 | SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR MAY 17, 2005 [...] BOLGE / SABAH (GUNEY): Ambassadors to Turkey representing Latin American countries were invited to a meeting at Adana's Chamber of Industry (ACI) over the weekend. Umit Ozgumus, Chairperson of the ACI, is optimistic about enhancing economic and commercial ties with Latin American countri [...] | 2005-05-18 05:06:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA |
05ADANA11 | SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR JANUARY 7, 2005 [...] BOLGE / MILLIYET / HURRIYET (CUKUROVA) / ZAMAN / EKSPRES: A stormy debate has been going on in many cities (of Turkey),especially in Adana and Gaziantep (Note. The two prominent southeastern cities. End Note.),because the cities were not included within the GoT's recent contentious Incen [...] | 2005-01-11 07:17:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA |
05ADANA118 | SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR MAY 31, 2005 [...] SABAH (GUNEY) / EKSPRES / ZAMAN / BOLGE: A commercial delegation came to Adana from Holland to promote commercial ties between Holland and Turkey. The delegation paid a visit to Adana Municipality and then to Adana's Chamber of Industry (ACI). ACI Chairperson Ozgumus said that they [...] | 2005-06-02 08:28:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA |
05ADANA119 | SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR JUNE 02, 2005 [...] SABAH (GUNEY) / EKSPRES / BOLGE: The heavy rainfall in two days in Ceyhan district of Adana damaged the wheat crop which would be harvested soon. This situation aggravated the hardships endured by producers who had been complaining about the low prices offered for for their produce. [...] | 2005-06-03 12:20:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA |
05ADANA120 | SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR JUNE 07, 2005 [...] No summary [...] | 2005-06-10 05:48:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA |
05ADANA121 | SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR JUNE 06, 2005 [...] No summary [...] | 2005-06-10 05:50:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA |
05ADANA122 | SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR JUNE 9, 2005 [...] No summary [...] | 2005-06-10 11:42:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA |
05ADANA123 | SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR JUNE 8, 2005 [...] No summary [...] | 2005-06-10 11:42:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA |
05ADANA124 | SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR JUNE 10, 2005 [...] No summary [...] | 2005-06-10 12:27:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA |
05ADANA125 | SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR JUNE 16, 2005 [...] EKSPRES/BOLGE/SABAH(GUNEY): A group of farmers in Ceyhan district of Adana, in an attempt to protest the agricultural policies of the government, poured 2.5 tons of wheat into the Ceyhan river. Chairperson of the Ceyhan Chamber of Agriculture said that the farmers were not able to sel [...] | 2005-06-17 07:54:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA |
05ADANA13 | SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR JANUARY 12, 2005 [...] MILLI GAZETE / EKSPRES / BOLGE / TURKIYE: Adana is going to establish its infrastructure for the inaugration of natural gas use within the city. The EPDK (Energy Market Regulatory Authority) announced yesterday that Adana is included in the list of cities that will benefit from the n [...] | 2005-01-14 06:16:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA |
05ADANA132 | SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR JUNE 29, 2005 [...] No summary [...] | 2005-07-11 14:23:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA |
05ADANA133 | SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR JUNE 30, 2005 [...] HURRIYET/EKSPRES/SABAH(GUNEY)/ZAMAN/BOLGE: Water melon producers in Adana's Karatas district of are frustrated about not being able to sell their produce despite water melon's very low price in the market. 2. ZAMAN/BOLGE: The paper reports that despite the recent lifting o [...] | 2005-07-11 14:23:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA |
05ADANA134 | SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR JULY 11, 2005 [...] ZAMAN: A 60-person group of Syrian businessmen and senior members of Syrian chambers of commerce came to Iskenderun district of Hatay and visited "Istex 2005 Industry and Commerce Fair." The group showed interest in the industrial products section. The group also visited the stand of Alep [...] | 2005-07-11 14:23:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA |
05ADANA137 | SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR 07/06, 2005 [...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for 07/06, 2005. Please note that Turkish press reports often contain errors or exaggerations; AmConsulate Adana does not vouch for the accuracy of the reports summarized here. POLITICAL, SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS 2. HURRIYET (CUKUROV [...] | 2005-07-13 11:30:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA |
05ADANA138 | SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR JULY 01, 2005 [...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for July 01, 2005. Please note that Turkish press reports often contain errors or exaggerations; AmConsulate Adana does not vouch for the accuracy of the reports summarized here. POLITICAL, SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS 2. HURRIYET (CUKUR [...] | 2005-07-13 11:42:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA |
05ADANA139 | SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR JULY 12, 2005 [...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for July 12, 2005. Please note that Turkish press reports often contain errors or exaggerations; AmConsulate Adana does not vouch for the accuracy of the reports summarized here. POLITICAL, SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS 2. ZAMAN: Chris B [...] | 2005-07-15 15:47:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA |
05ADANA14 | SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR JANUARY 18, 2005 [...] CUMHURIYET / TERCUMAN / YENI SAFAK / HURRIYET / VAKIT / TURKIYE: PM Erdogan is expected to announce good news to the farmers before the upcoming religious holiday. During his meeting with farmers and volunteers for agricultural development today, PM is expected to announce ways to r [...] | 2005-01-24 14:10:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA |
05ADANA140 | SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR JULY 13, 2005 [...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for July 13, 2005. Please note that Turkish press reports often contain errors or exaggerations; AmConsulate Adana does not vouch for the accuracy of the reports summarized here. POLITICAL, SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS Â [...] | 2005-07-15 16:20:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA |
05ADANA141 | SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR JULY 15, 2005 [...] EKSPRES: CHP (Republican People's Party) Seyhan district's Women Branch Chairperson complained that few women were able to serve as candidates in last weekend's elections, which were held to nominate district delegates and candidates for the district chairpersons of CHP in Adana (se [...] | 2005-07-18 10:37:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA |
05ADANA142 | SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR JULY 14, 2005 [...] ZAMAN/RADIKAL/HURRIYET: PKK terrorists reportedly attacked an infantry unit with an RPG in the Digor district Kars at 11.40 p.m. yesterday. The rocket landed on the garden of a house a hundred meters away from the military unit. Following the explosion, the military unit reportedly retur [...] | 2005-07-18 11:42:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA |
05ADANA143 | SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR JULY 18, 2005 [...] OZGUR GUNDEM: People in Adiyaman's villages, throwing the carcasses of animals infected with brucellosis on open land, instead of burying them, are reportedly aggravating the village brucellosis epidemic. 2. EVRENSEL/OZGUR GUNDEM: The number of people contracting anthrax increa [...] | 2005-07-19 06:15:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA |
05ADANA145 | SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR JULY 20, 2005 [...] SABAH (GUNEY)/ BOLGE: Turk Telekom (The newly privatized Turkish Communication Company) workers in Adana refused to attend work for half a day to stage a protest against the company's privatization. The workers are protesting the transfer of some Telekom services to a subcontractor comp [...] | 2005-07-22 09:21:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA |
05ADANA146 | SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR JULY 22, 2005 [...] SABAH (GUNEY): Turk Telekom (Turkish Communication Company) workers in Antakya did not attend work for an (unspecified) length of time to stage a protest against the company's privatization. 2. SABAH (GUNEY): Valeh Haciyev, a deputy minister from Azerbaijan currently visiting th [...] | 2005-07-25 07:36:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA |
05ADANA149 | SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 04. 2005 [...] BOLGE: BAK (Global Peace and Justice Commisssion) invited a group of Iraqi doctors to Turkey. The doctors will attend the August 27 regional meeting of BAK in Adana and tell about the massacres carried out in their country. The doctors will be attending anti-war activities of BAK on Sep [...] | 2005-08-08 09:39:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA |
05ADANA15 | SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR JANUARY 13, 2005 [...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for January 13, 2005. Please note that Turkish press reports often contain errors or exaggerations; AmConsulate Adana does not vouch for the accuracy of the reports summarized here. POLITICAL, SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS 2. OZGUR GUNDEM: [...] | 2005-01-25 06:15:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA |
05ADANA150 | SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 15, 2005 [...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for August 15, 2005. Please note that Turkish press reports often contain errors or exaggerations; AmConsulate Adana does not vouch for the accuracy of the reports summarized here. POLITICAL, SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS Â [...] | 2005-08-16 13:33:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA |
05ADANA154 | SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 22, 2005 [...] BOLGE: The daily reports that the purpose of U.S. Embassy Charge d'Affaires Nancy McEldowney's visit last week to Turkey's Agricultural Ministry was to pressure Turkey on its recent decision to restrict rice imports from the U.S. in order to prevent material injury to Turkish rice produce [...] | 2005-08-23 10:46:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA |
05ADANA155 | SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 23, 2005 [...] No summary [...] | 2005-08-24 12:30:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA |
05ADANA157 | SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 26, 2005 [...] No summary [...] | 2005-08-26 14:50:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA |
05ADANA158 | SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR SEPEMBER 02, 2005 [...] No summary [...] | 2005-09-06 12:10:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA |
05ADANA159 | SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 29, 2005 [...] No summary [...] | 2005-09-06 12:11:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA |
05ADANA16 | SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR JANUARY 14, 2005 [...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for January 14, 2005. Please note that Turkish press reports often contain errors or exaggerations; AmConsulate Adana does not vouch for the accuracy of the reports summarized here. POLITICAL, SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS 2. CUMHURIYET / [...] | 2005-01-25 06:17:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA |
05ADANA160 | SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR SEPTEMBER 01, 2005 [...] EVRENSEL: Farmers Union and Citrus Fruit Producers in Adana formed a delegation, which will be visiting the Ministry of Agriculture in Ankara, to demand an urgent announcement of decisions about products such as citrus fruit, cotton and corn. 2. EVRENSEL: State Minister [...] | 2005-09-06 12:11:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA |
05ADANA161 | SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR SEPTEMBER 12, 2005 [...] HURRIYET (CUKUROVA): Land Survey studies and site examinations for the Organized Agricultural Zone project have been completed in Mersin's Tarsus district. REID [...] | 2005-09-14 07:04:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA |
05ADANA164 | SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR SEPTEMBER 15, 2005 [...] BOLGE: Farmers in Adana's Ceyhan district will hold a big demonstration tomorrow to protest the agricultural policies of the GoT (see press summary 09/14). 2. BOLGE: Export volumes to Iraq over the last eight months have reportedly pleased Southeastern exporters. REID [...] | 2005-09-19 05:37:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA |
05ADANA165 | SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR SEPTEMBER 19, 2005 [...] No summary [...] | 2005-09-19 15:12:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA |
05ADANA166 | SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR SEPTEMBER 20, 2005 [...] ZAMAN: Saban Bas, Chairperson of Adana Chamber of Commerce, said that foreign companies would take part for the first time in the third of the annual Cukurova Industry and Commerce Fair that will be held in September 26 in Adana. Bas said that 11 companies from Nahcevan (part of Azerbaij [...] | 2005-09-22 09:16:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA |
05ADANA167 | CATHOLIC BISHOP ANNOUNCES INTENT TO CLOSE ADANA CATHOLIC [...] No summary [...] | 2005-09-23 13:52:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL KIRF VT TU ADANA |
05ADANA168 | SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR SEPTEMBER 23, 2005 [...] EKSPRES / (CUKUROVA): A group comprised of the senior leaders of Adana, under the leadership of Abdullah Torun, Adana deputy from AKP, and including the provincial chairperson of AKP, the Adana mayor, chairpersons of chambers and agricultural associations, held a press announcement. The [...] | 2005-09-26 08:20:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA |
05ADANA169 | ANXIOUS SOUTHEAST TURKEY PONDERS EU INTEGRATION IN THE [...] No summary [...] | 2005-10-03 14:07:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM PGOV TU ADANA |
05ADANA170 | SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 4, 2005 [...] No summary [...] | 2005-10-05 11:56:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA |
05ADANA171 | SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR SEPTEMBER 27-28, 2005 [...] BOLGE: A delegation of Turkish origin businessmen from Iraq, in order to foster commercial relationships, will come to Gaziantep on September 29 to visit their counterparts there. 2. BOLGE / EKSPRES: Fethi Coskuntuncel, Chairperson of Adan Chamber of Commodity Exchange, [...] | 2005-10-05 11:56:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA |
05ADANA172 | SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR SEPTEMBER 26, 2005 [...] EKSPRES / ZAMAN: According to AKP Adana Provincial Chairperson Abdullah Dogru, followers of the former prime minister and president Suleyman Demirel's agricultural policies devastated the agricultural sector in Turkey. 2. SABAH (GUNEY) / HURRIYET (CUKUROVA / BOLGE / EKSPRES [...] | 2005-10-05 11:56:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA |
05ADANA173 | SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 3, 2005 [...] ZAMAN: Adana's 3rd Cukurova Industry and Commerce Fair ended. REID [...] | 2005-10-05 13:36:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA |
05ADANA174 | SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 5, 2005 [...] No summary [...] | 2005-10-06 10:54:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA |
05ADANA177 | SOUTHEAST TURKEY'S ECONOMY GETTING BY [...] (SBU) Summary: The southeast's economy is not booming but it is getting by. Fuel smuggling across Van's border with Iran has taken on significant proportions. Van's business incubation center provides an example of local business succeeding at doing things on its own, without Ankara's help. [...] | 2005-10-07 14:47:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON PREL PHUM TU SY IZ ADANA |
05ADANA179 | SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 11, 2005 [...] No summary [...] | 2005-10-12 11:18:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA |
05ADANA18 | SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR JANUARY 25, 2005 [...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for January 25, 2005. Please note that Turkish press reports often contain errors or exaggerations; AmConsulate Adana does not vouch for the accuracy of the reports summarized here. POLITICAL, SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS 2. CUMHURIYET / [...] | 2005-01-28 12:39:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA |
05ADANA180 | SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 12, 2005 [...] ZAMAN: Saban Bas, Chairperson of Adana Chamber of Commerce, said that following the opening of negotiation talks with the EU, investment opportunities and transportation facilities in the Haci Sabanci Organized Industrial Zone (OIZ),will render Cukurova region one of the "shining stars o [...] | 2005-10-12 14:11:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA |
05ADANA181 | LETTER FROM SYRIAC CHRISTIANS IN SOUTHEAST TURKEY [...] No summary [...] | 2005-10-13 08:15:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM SY TU ADANA |
05ADANA182 | GOOD NEWS AND BAD: DIYARBAKIR'S PROTESTANTS AND ADANA'S [...] (SBU) Summary: Diyarbakir's Protestant Church has been issued a license by local government offices designating its building as a "religious site facility," and expects to receive "settlement permission" soon, allowing their building to legally function as a church. At the same time, in the a [...] | 2005-10-13 08:21:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM ECON SY IZ TU |
05ADANA183 | TURKEY"S WORK ON AKDAMAR ISLAND ARMENIAN HERITAGE SITE [...] No summary [...] | 2005-10-13 11:31:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL AM TU |
05ADANA185 | PKK VIOLENCE IN SE TURKEY CONTINUES DESPITE TURKEY, EU FIRST [...] (SBU) The number of incidents of PKK-related violence in the southeast has shown no sign of decreasing since the October 3 milestone beginning discussions on Turkey's EU accession. At the same time, it does not appear that the GOT has made any changes in its approach of using security forces a [...] | 2005-10-17 13:24:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER PKK ADANA EU |
05ADANA188 | SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 14, 2005 [...] No summary [...] | 2005-10-18 10:27:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA |
05ADANA19 | SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR JANUARY 26, 2005 [...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for January 26, 2005. Please note that Turkish press reports often contain errors or exaggerations; AmConsulate Adana does not vouch for the accuracy of the reports summarized here. POLITICAL, SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS 2. RADIKAL / CUM [...] | 2005-01-28 15:56:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA |
05ADANA190 | SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 18, 2005 [...] No summary [...] | 2005-10-19 06:28:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA |
05ADANA191 | CHRISTIAN PERSECUTION CONTINUES IN TURKEY'S SOUTHEAST [...] (SBU) Two Turkish Christian representatives visited AMCON Adana on October 19 to report on difficulties they have experienced in carrying out their religious practices. Guldane Migi from Adana and Huseyin Yelki from Malatya told ConOffs that they believed they had been treated prejudicially by [...] | 2005-10-19 13:56:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM TU ADANA |
05ADANA192 | SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 20, 2005 [...] No summary [...] | 2005-10-21 05:42:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA |
05ADANA193 | SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 21, 2005 [...] No summary [...] | 2005-10-21 12:12:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA |
05ADANA194 | SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 26, 2005 [...] No summary [...] | 2005-10-28 09:40:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA |
05ADANA195 | SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 27, 2005 [...] No summary [...] | 2005-10-28 09:58:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA |
05ADANA196 | SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 24, 2005 [...] No summary [...] | 2005-10-28 09:59:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA |
05ADANA197 | SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 25, 2005 [...] No summary [...] | 2005-10-28 10:00:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA |
05ADANA198 | SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR OCTBOER 28, 2005 [...] No summary [...] | 2005-10-31 11:46:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PINS PGOV PHUM ADANA |
05ADANA199 | DIYARBAKIR POLL SHOWS KURDISH ISSUE TURKEY'S BIGGEST [...] (SBU) Summary: A recent Dicle University poll found that the Diyarbakir's residents had mixed feelings about their government's lack of follow-up after PM Erdogan's August 12 speech promising the use of democratic methods to solve the "Kurdish issue." The poll confirmed that almost 90 percent [...] | 2005-11-01 07:09:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM ECON SY IZ ADANA |
05ADANA2 | NEW TURKISH-SYRIAN TRADE DEAL SIGN OF BETTER THINGS TO [...] No summary [...] | 2005-01-03 07:48:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON PREL SY JO IZ TU ADANA |
05ADANA200 | SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 31, 2005 [...] No summary [...] | 2005-11-01 10:33:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA |
05ADANA201 | SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR NOVEMBER 1, 2005 [...] No summary [...] | 2005-11-02 06:12:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA |
05ADANA202 | SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR NOVEMBER 07, 2005 [...] No summary [...] | 2005-11-14 06:59:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA |
05ADANA203 | SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR NOVEMBER 02, 2005 [...] No summary [...] | 2005-11-14 06:59:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA |
05ADANA207 | LOCAL SOUTHEAST REACTION TO SEMDINLI BOMBING INCIDENT [...] (SBU) Summary: During a November 8-10 trip to the southeast, the Sirnak office of DEHAP's follow-on party, Democratic Society Party (DTP in Turkish),told AMCON Adana officers about the bombing in Hakkari province's Semdinli township allegedly perpetrated by government security forces. The GOT [...] | 2005-11-18 10:14:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM ADANA |
05ADANA208 | DIYARBAKIR BAR PRESS RELEASE ON SEMDINLI BOMBING INCIDENT [...] (SBU) Summary: The Diyarbakir Bar Association is one of the few credible NGO's in southeastern Turkey and its voice represents the segment of Kurdish civil society in the region which is less influenced by the PKK. Its press report, translated below, is a call to action for the GoT and an e [...] | 2005-11-18 10:58:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM ADANA |
05ADANA21 | SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 1, 2005 [...] MILLI GAZETE: Recent discussions on how to privatize the energy distribution networks seem to focus more on transferring the shares of operational rights, rather than the method of selling the assets to private sector investors. According to authorities at the Privatization Administratio [...] | 2005-02-02 11:23:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA |
05ADANA213 | SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR NOVEMBER 18, 2005 [...] No summary [...] | 2005-11-22 14:41:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA |
05ADANA214 | SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR NOVEMBER 21, 2005 [...] No summary [...] | 2005-11-22 14:41:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA |
05ADANA216 | SOUTHEAST REMAINS SKEPTICAL ABOUT GOT REFORM PROMISES AFTER [...] (SBU) Summary and comment: Reaction in Turkey's heavily-Kurdish southeast to PM Erdogan's November 21 visit to Semdinli, Yuksekova and Hakkari was positive, but skepticism about the government's ability to bring the perpetrators of the Semdinli bombings to justice remains high. Erdogan did no [...] | 2005-11-23 06:57:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM TU |
05ADANA217 | SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR NOVEMBER 22, 2005 [...] No summary [...] | 2005-11-23 07:56:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA |
05ADANA221 | SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR NOVEMBER 25, 2005 [...] No summary [...] | 2005-11-28 11:36:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA |
05ADANA222 | CONTINUING DEVELOPMENTS IN SEMDINLI BOMBING CASE: TWO [...] (SBU) Summary: Since the November 9 Semdinli bombing (reftels A and B) and the PM's subsequent visit to the region (reftel C),the parliamentary Human Rights Committee toured the region to investigate the case. Hakkari's governor was re-assigned to another province, a move he attempted to depi [...] | 2005-11-30 12:26:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM TU ADANA |
05ADANA223 | SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR NOVEMBER 30, 2005 [...] No summary [...] | 2005-12-02 09:39:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA |
05ADANA224 | SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR DECEMBER 1, 2005 [...] No summary [...] | 2005-12-02 09:39:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA |
05ADANA225 | SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR DECEMBER 2, 2005 [...] No summary [...] | 2005-12-02 15:14:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA |
05ADANA227 | SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR DECEMBER 05, 2005 [...] No summary [...] | 2005-12-06 14:14:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA |
05ADANA228 | SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR DECEMBER 6, 2005 [...] No summary [...] | 2005-12-07 07:30:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA |
05ADANA229 | SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR DECEMBER 08, 2005 [...] No summary [...] | 2005-12-09 13:58:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA |
05ADANA23 | SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR JANUARY 27, 2005 [...] ZAMAN: "The customs gate at the port of Iskenderun has been modernized by means of significant automation project", said Metin Yucedal, Chief Director of Customs at Iskenderun Customs Directorate. He spoke during a meeting and awards ceremony celebrating World Customs Day (January 26). [...] | 2005-02-03 14:56:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA |
05ADANA230 | SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR DECEMBER 09, 2005 [...] No summary [...] | 2005-12-12 12:20:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA |
05ADANA232 | SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR DECEMBER 12, 2005 [...] No summary [...] | 2005-12-13 07:37:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA |
05ADANA234 | SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR DECEMBER 13, 2005 [...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for December 13, 2005. Please note that Turkish press reports often contain errors or exaggerations; AmConsulate Adana does not vouch for the accuracy of the reports summarized here. POLITICAL, SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS 2. HURRIYET: [...] | 2005-12-14 09:52:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA |
05ADANA235 | VIOLENCE IN SOUTHEAST CONTINUES, WHILE SEMDINLI SETTLES INTO [...] (SBU) Summary: As PKK-related violence continues on a broad scale throughout Turkey's southeast region, developments in the Semdinli case have settled into relatively peaceful investigative and judicial activities (see reftels). Over the past ten days, there have been investigative visits by [...] | 2005-12-14 12:54:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM TU ADANA PKK |
05ADANA238 | SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR DECEMBER 14, 2005 [...] No summary [...] | 2005-12-15 09:21:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA |
05ADANA239 | SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR DECEMBER 15, 2005 [...] No summary [...] | 2005-12-16 07:14:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA |
05ADANA24 | SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR JANUARY 31, 2005 [...] YENI SAFAK: Cantemur Aslan, General Manager of SEKA (Turkish State Pulp and Paper Plant) and Atilla Osmancelebioglu, Governor of Mersin, delivered the good news that SEKA's port in the Tasucu district of Silifke in Mersin will be reopened. It had been idle for ten years. (Note: The S [...] | 2005-02-04 07:30:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA |
05ADANA241 | SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR DECEMBER 16, 2005 [...] No summary [...] | 2005-12-20 12:06:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA |
05ADANA242 | SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR DECEMBER 19, 2005 [...] No summary [...] | 2005-12-20 15:20:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA |
05ADANA243 | SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR DECEMBER 20, 2005 [...] No summary [...] | 2005-12-21 10:00:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA |
05ADANA26 | SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 3, 2005 [...] MILLIYET / HURRIYET (CUKUROVA) / EKSPRES: Microsoft Sales Representative Emre Teker visited the Adana Industrialists and Businessmen Association (ADSIAD),and promised to provide technical and educational support for the association's Business Development Center (ISGEM). ISGEM's pr [...] | 2005-02-11 07:46:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA |
05ADANA27 | SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 2, 2005 [...] OZGUR GUNDEM / EVRENSEL / SABAH (GUNEY): In Mersin, many people demonstrated against the decision to privatize that city's port. Protesting the privatization process, 400 members of Liman-Is (Union of Ports),Mersin Branch, carried banners reading, "We will not let the ports be sold," "Po [...] | 2005-02-11 09:40:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA |
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