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06AITTAIPEI4167 | (S) IRANIAN MACHINE TOOL PROCUREMENT IN TAIWAN - [...] (S) Summary: On December 20, 2006, AIT/T delivered reftel points to Taiwan's Bureau of Foreign Trade (BOFT). BOFT informed us that it has added 109 items to its sensitive commodities list and is working on a list of luxury goods that would be banned for export to North Korea. End summary. [...] | 2006-12-21 06:48:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | SECRET | PARM MTCRE PREL ETTC TW IR |
06AITTAIPEI646 | TAIWAN'S FOREIGN AID TO CENTRAL AMERICA [...] (C) The following is AIT's response to questions posed in C-AL5-01181 (Ref A) on the status of Taiwan's "Co-Prosperity" project and general foreign aid policies for Central America. 2. (C) Funding for Taiwan's US $250 million "Co-Prosperity" project (Ref B) is still under consideration in th [...] | 2006-03-01 09:11:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ASEC XR TW |
06AITTAIPEI648 | TAIWAN OFFICIALS WORRIED OVER VATICAN TIES [...] (C) Taiwan Foreign Ministry and Presidential Office officials are increasingly concerned about the status of Taipei's relationship with the Vatican. In an unusual move, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) European Department Director-General Larry Wang requested a 27 February meeting with AIT [...] | 2006-03-01 22:59:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ASEC XR TW |
06AITTAIPEI744 | KMT CHAIRMAN MA YING-JEOU'S "NEW DISCOURSE" ON [...] Summary: This cable is the first of two reports looking at local media and commentators' take on Taiwan's current political environment. This one looks at Ma Ying-jeou's recent public discourse; the second will focus on Chen Shui-bian. This analysis was drafted by one of AIT's senior local [...] | 2006-03-09 08:09:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL TA KPAO TW |
06AITTAIPEI774 | AN ECONOMIC VIEW OF TAIWAN'S FUTURE, U.S. INTERESTS [...] (SBU) Summary: Taiwan Minister-without-portfolio Ho Mei-yueh emphasized that Taiwan considers a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with the United States to be its top economic and political priority in a February 23 meeting with the AIT Acting Director. Ho also briefly discussed Taiwan's new cabinet [...] | 2006-03-09 22:52:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON IO PREL TW |
06AITTAIPEI781 | TAIWAN CONTINUES TO WORRY ABOUT CENTRAL AMERICA [...] (C) Summary: Taiwan Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) officials continue to worry about Taipei's diplomatic standing in Central America and are particularly concerned that Panama, Costa Rica, and Nicaragua might consider switching recognition from Taipei to Beijing. MOFA hopes US influence i [...] | 2006-03-10 02:02:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | SECRET | CR NC PAN PANAM PGOV PREL TW XR |
06AITTAIPEI889 | CHEN SHUI-BIAN'S STRATEGY AND THE NUC/NUG [...] Summary: This cable is one of two looking at the local media and commentators' take on Taiwan's current political environment. This one focuses on reactions to Chen's announcement in his January 29 Lunar New Year's Day speech that he "is seriously considering [the options] to abolish the Natio [...] | 2006-03-17 09:14:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL TA KPAO TW |
06AITTAIPEI900 | TAIWAN PUSHING FOR FTA [...] Summary: (C) Taiwan has stepped up its campaign for a Free Trade Agreement with the U.S. While Taiwan often cites economic rationales, its primary motivation continues to be its political desire to trumpet an FTA as a sign of its independence from China. US business interests would want an [...] | 2006-03-17 09:33:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD ECON PREL PGOV TW |
06AITTAIPEI901 | WHILE TAIWAN AND PRC PLAY FOR CHAD OIL, WORLD BANK [...] (C) Summary. The $30-million dollar Chad/Taiwan oil exploration agreement looks good for Taiwan on the surface, this is an energy poor island which needs oil to meet its energy needs has found a new source in Africa, and can use this latest project to assist cash-strapped Chad and maintain its [...] | 2006-03-17 10:08:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN EMIN ENRG PREL CH CD TW |
06AITTAIPEI941 | TAIWAN PREMIER EXPERIENCING SAME LEGISLATIVE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Premier Su Tseng-chang outlined his Cabinet's priorities during a brief courtesy call by AIT Acting Director Keegan March 9. There were no surprises in his list, headlined by pocket-book issues, but the meeting underscored that the legislative gridlock between the ruling and [...] | 2006-03-21 08:30:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD ECON PREL PGOV TW |
06AITTAIPEI951 | TAIWAN'S NEW DIPLOMATIC STRATEGY IN THE MIDDLE EAST [...] (C) Summary: Taiwan has been quietly pursuing a diplomatic strategy that focuses on expanding bilateral ties in the Middle East and North Africa. In the last year, Taiwan made progress with Libya, the UAE, and Saudi Arabia and is working to expand ties with Israel. Taipei has also shown a wi [...] | 2006-03-22 05:16:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ASEC XR TW |
06AITTAIPEI987 | PREMIER EMPHASIZES TAIWAN'S DEMOCRACY [...] Summary: Premier Su Tseng-chang highlighted Taiwan's status as a developing democracy during an initial courtesy call March 22 by AIT Director Young. Su was responsive and expansive on topics raised by the Director, reiterating and highlighting the need to maintain social order, reaffirming [...] | 2006-03-24 07:23:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD ECON PREL PGOV TW |
06ALGIERS1002 | POLISARIO DENIES MOROCCAN ALLEGATIONS OF [...] (U) The Algerian press June 4 ran a statement issued by the Polisario flatly denying Moroccan reports that "pro-Moroccan" demonstrations had been forcibly suppressed in the Tindouf camps (ref B). The Polisario statement included an invitation to the UN High Commission for Human Rights to vis [...] | 2006-06-04 14:34:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS PHUM WI AG MO |
06ALGIERS1006 | ALGERIA NON-COMMITTAL ON U.S. STATEMENT ON IRAN [...] (C) Given the absence abroad of Minister Bedjaoui, Ambassador delivered reftel demarche on Iran to MFA Americas Director General Selmane May 31, underscoring the major policy importance of the Secretary's announcement and our strong hope that Algeria would publicly support our initiative and [...] | 2006-06-04 15:21:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV AG IR |
06ALGIERS1026 | ALGERIA NON-COMMITTAL ON U.S. STATEMENT ON IRAN [...] (C) Given the absence abroad of Minister Bedjaoui, Ambassador delivered reftel demarche on Iran to MFA Americas Director General Selmane May 31, underscoring the major policy importance of the Secretary's announcement and our strong hope that Algeria would publicly support our initiative and [...] | 2006-06-07 07:46:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV AG IR |
06ALGIERS1120 | ICRC PENDING HUMANITARIAN ISSUES IN THE WESTERN [...] No summary [...] | 2006-06-20 14:03:00 | Embassy Algiers | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM PBTS WI AG MO |
06ALGIERS1219 | BOUTEFLIKA ON WESTERN SAHARA, RELATIONS WITH [...] No summary [...] | 2006-07-01 11:15:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PBTS WI MO AG |
06ALGIERS1221 | BOUTEFLIKA ON SUPPORT FOR IRAQI GOVERNMENT [...] (C) During Adviser to the President for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism Frances Fragos Townsend's June 18 meeting with President Bouteflika, Bouteflika said the U.S. and Algerian positions on Iraq overlapped. Algeria recognized the new Iraqi government, backed it, and wanted to assist [...] | 2006-07-01 11:26:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV AL IZ AG |
06ALGIERS1243 | MALI PEACE AGREEMENT SIGNED IN ALGIERS JULY 4 [...] (SBU) With considerable fanfare, Foreign Minister Bedjaoui convoked the diplomatic corps and representatives of the Algerian and international media to witness the signing July 4 at the El Mithaq state guest house in Algiers of a peace agreement between the Malian government and the Touareg r [...] | 2006-07-06 12:22:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINS ML AG |
06ALGIERS1278 | ALGERIA REQUESTS U.S. ASSISTANCE IN IMPLEMENTING [...] (C) MFA Director General for African Affairs Chergui briefed Ambassador July 9 on the recent agreement Algeria brokered between Malian authorities and Tuareg rebels in northern Mali (reftels) and asked for a U.S. pledge of financial assistance for the "Forum on Development" created by the agr [...] | 2006-07-11 05:50:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PINR MARR ML AG LY SU |
06ALGIERS1290 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON UNSC MIDDLE EAST RESOLUTION [...] No summary [...] | 2006-07-13 11:19:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC IS KPAL LE |
06ALGIERS1305 | ALGERIAN REACTION TO EVENTS IN LEBANON [...] (U) In an apparent effort to get out in front of an Algerian public furious over Israeli actions in Lebanon, the GOA adopted an unusually high-profile posture the past few days. The MFA issued a statement July 13 denouncing "the flagrant aggressions" perpetrated by Israeli military forces ag [...] | 2006-07-15 15:31:00 | Embassy Algiers | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL IS LE AG |
06ALGIERS1308 | INTERIOR MINISTER TELLS AMBASSADOR ALGERIAN [...] (C) True to his hard-liner reputation, Interior Minister Zerhouni told Ambassador during his July 10 farewell call that Algerians supported reform but needed time to absorb and adapt to economic and political change. Forcing the pace could cause problems and set back the entire process. Zerho [...] | 2006-07-16 05:43:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PHUM KDEM AG |
06ALGIERS1311 | MFA JOINS CALL FOR EMERGENCY UN SECURITY COUNCIL [...] In conjunction with the meeting of the Arab League foreign ministers in Cairo, MFA issued a statement July 15 calling on the UN Security Council to "hold an emergency meeting to put an end to the criminal Israeli aggressions" and "assure the protection of the Lebanese and Palestinian peoples. [...] | 2006-07-16 16:23:00 | Embassy Algiers | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL IS LE AG |
06ALGIERS1360 | POLICE BREAK UP DEMONSTRATION IN ALGIERS; OTHERS [...] (SBU) The Movement for a Society of Peace (MSP),a moderate Islamist party belonging to the presidential coalition, attempted to organize a peaceful march July 20 from the First of May shopping area to the UN offices in Algiers to protest Israeli military operations in Lebanon and express sol [...] | 2006-07-22 14:10:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ASEC PGOV PHUM KDEM AG |
06ALGIERS1364 | LIBYAN, ALGERIAN MINISTERS OF INTERIOR DISCUSS [...] (SBU) General Salah Rajab El-Mismari, Libyan Secretary General of the Popular Committee and de facto Libyan Minister of the Interior, visited Algiers July 17-19, holding talks on border and security issues with Algerian Minister of the Interior Nouredine Yazid Zerhouni. The official visit, a [...] | 2006-07-22 16:38:00 | Embassy Algiers | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PBTS AG LY |
06ALGIERS1373 | LEBANESE FIGURE VISITS ALGIERS, THANKS GOA FOR ITS [...] (U) Saad Hariri, the leader of the largest political party represented in the Lebanese parliament and son of the slain Lebanese prime minister, visited Algiers July 23. In public remarks reported by the press, he thanked "Algeria, its president and head of government fo their support" and und [...] | 2006-07-24 14:00:00 | Embassy Algiers | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL AG IS LE |
06ALGIERS1376 | ALGERIAN COMMITTEE OF SOLIDARITY AND SUPPORT FOR [...] Vice President of the Conseil de la Nation (Senate) Zohra Bitat; Senator Saida Benhabyles; Female Executives NGO President Aicha Kouadri; and General Union of Students President Nabil Yahoui called July 24 on the Charge d'Affaires to present a petition calling on the United States to take ste [...] | 2006-07-24 16:24:00 | Embassy Algiers | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL LE IS AG |
06ALGIERS1401 | ABBAS RECEIVED BY PRIME MINISTER IN ALGIERS [...] (SBU) Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas followed in the footsteps of Lebanese party leader Saad Hariri (see reftel) and made a stop in Algiers July 26 as part of what Abbas described as a tour of Arab capitals devoted to "bilateral discussions on next steps" to address the situati [...] | 2006-07-29 16:22:00 | Embassy Algiers | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL LE IS AG |
06ALGIERS1414 | GOA COORDINATES PUBLIC STATEMENTS FROM RELIGIOUS [...] (SBU) The Ministry of Religious Affairs over the past couple of weeks has continued to provide imams with points on the ongoing violence in Lebanon from which to draw for Friday sermons (reftel). Imams have confirmed to post that July 28 sermons were required to contain a reference to "the l [...] | 2006-08-02 15:02:00 | Embassy Algiers | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM PTER AG |
06ALGIERS1418 | GOA AND POLISARIO STATEMENTS ON ANNIVERSARY OF [...] (U) President Bouteflika's statement of congratulations to King Mohammed VI of Morocco on the seventh anniversary of the King's enthronement (Ref A) was widely reported in the Algerian press July 30. In his message, Bouteflika reiterated his steadfast determination to work with the Moroccan [...] | 2006-08-02 16:28:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS PHUM WI MO AG |
06ALGIERS1504 | BOUTEFLIKA SENDS BIRTHDAY GREETINGS TO KING [...] No summary [...] | 2006-08-21 06:31:00 | Embassy Algiers | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV AG MO |
06ALGIERS1572 | FORMER FIS LEADERS QUESTION IMPLEMENTATION OF [...] (U) Former Islamic Salvation Front (FIS) leaders Rabeh Kebir and Anwar Haddam and former Islamic Salvation Army (AIS) emir Madani Mezrag gave interviews that appeared August 27 in the Arabic-language daily El Chourouk El Youmi. The interview of Haddam, who currently resides in the U.S., was t [...] | 2006-09-06 06:18:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PHUM KDEM AG |
06ALGIERS1703 | PARLIAMENT SPEAKER PRAISES ONE MEPI PROGRAM, [...] (U) The work of the National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL) has provided a valuable model for Algeria as it builds on its democratic foundation, according to Speaker of the National People's Assembly Amar Saadani. Saadani maintained that the apolitical approach of NCSL was an importan [...] | 2006-09-21 13:33:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL AG |
06ALGIERS1789 | JUSTICE MINISTER INDICATES DESIRE TO MOVE FORWARD [...] (C) Minister of Justice Tayeb Belaiz, in a brief October 7 introductory call by the Ambassador, placed considerable emphasis on concluding a bilateral extradition treaty with the U.S., called it a logical outcome of the joint U.S.-Algeria fight against terrorism, and linked it to mutual legal [...] | 2006-10-09 16:20:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL AG |
06ALGIERS1835 | MP'S SPECULATE ON CONSTITUTIONAL REFERENDUM, [...] (C) We met separately October 16 with three respected members of parliament who are also heavyweights in their parties: Nourredine Benbraham (RND),Houria Bouhired (FLN),and Lakhdar Benkhellaf (Islah). Benbraham and Bouhired belong to the two largest parties in the presidential coalition; B [...] | 2006-10-17 17:47:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON KDEM AG |
06ALGIERS2019 | SUB-MEDITERRANEAN GAS DEALS ARE UNDERCURRENT OF [...] (U) Speculation about the details of future energy cooperation between Algeria and Italy swirled in Algerian business circles following the November 14-15 visit to Algiers by Italian Prime Minister Romani Prodi. The state-owned French-language daily El Moudjahid focused on Prodi's discussions [...] | 2006-11-21 14:58:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET PREL EINV IT AG |
06ALGIERS2025 | POLISARIO PERCEIVES CHANGE IN U.S. POLICY [...] (C) During a November 16-17 orientation visit to Sahrawi refugee camps in the Tindouf region of Algeria, NEA/MAG desk officer and poloff met with Polisario Secretary-General Mohamed Abdelaziz and Polisario Representative to the U.S. Mouloud Said. Abdelaziz provided his version of the history [...] | 2006-11-22 11:24:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PBTS PREF AG |
06ALGIERS2047 | ALGERIAN GOVERNMENT PROMISES INFORMATION ON TIP [...] (C) Ambassador raised in a November 25 meeting with MFA Director General for the Americas Selmane the lack of Algerian responsiveness on trafficking in persons (TIP) issues (reftel) and emphasized our need for maximum information on investigations, prosecutions and penalties for TIP. Ambassad [...] | 2006-11-28 14:53:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | KCRM KWMN PHUM PREL SMIG AG |
06ALGIERS2050 | FOOD DISTRIBUTION IN SAHRAWI REFUGEE CAMPS: A [...] (C) During a November 16-17 trip to the Tindouf region of Algeria, visiting NEA/MAG Algeria desk officer and poloff met with Sahrawi Red Crescent Society (SRCS) President Yahia Bohubaini and with UN World Food Program (WFP) representative Keddi Abdellah to discuss the status of food distributio [...] | 2006-11-28 16:44:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PHUM PBTS PREL AG |
06ALGIERS2071 | MFA SECRETARY GENERAL SAYS CREATIVE SOLUTION [...] (C) In a December 4 meeting devoted to several issues, the Ambassador reviewed for MFA Secretary General Ramtane Lamamra U.S. views on the Western Sahara. The Ambassador noted that Washington would look favorably on a serious Moroccan autonomy proposal for the disputed area, provided that it h [...] | 2006-12-05 15:07:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS PHUM WI MO AG |
06ALGIERS2108 | MFA AFRICAN AFFAIRS DG ON ALGIERS ACCORD [...] (C) In a December 10 discussion prompted by ref A, MFA Director General for African Affairs Smail Chergui told Charge that implementation of the Algiers Accord was moving forward and had not been adversely affected by recent fighting between the Alliance for Democratic Change (ADC) and the Sal [...] | 2006-12-11 17:37:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR PINS PGOV ML SU AG |
06ALGIERS336 | MFA ADVISES GIVING HAMAS TIME TO CHANGE, AVOIDING [...] (C) MFA Director General for Arab Affairs Bouzaher told Ambassador, visiting NEA/MAG Director Jordan, and DCM January 26 that while Algeria agreed with the U.S. that Hamas must change its position on peace with Israel, they disagreed about "imposing sanctions." Bouzaher advised the U.S. and [...] | 2006-02-28 12:35:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV KWBG AG |
06ALGIERS339 | ALGERIA ANNOUNCES CANDIDACY FOR PEACE BUILDING [...] (U) Post received February 26 an English-language diplomatic note announcing Algeria's candidacy for the Peace Building Commission in 2006-07, the text of which follows with Embassy minor grammatical edits. Separately, MFA Director General for Multilateral Affairs Bouguerra asked Ambassador [...] | 2006-02-28 13:44:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UN AG |
06ALGIERS340 | NEA/MAG DIRECTOR'S DISCUSSION OF SAHRAWI REFUGEES [...] (C) During visiting NEA/MAG Director Jordan's February 26 courtesy call on MFA Multilateral Relations Director General Bouguerra, the latter engaged in spirited discussion of UNHCR's unilateral decision to cut food assistance to Sahrawi refugees and argued that a new census could not be carrie [...] | 2006-02-28 14:22:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS PREF PHUM AG WI UN |
06ALGIERS342 | THIRTIETH ANNIVERSARY OF SAHRAWI REPUBLIC OBSERVED [...] According to Algerian press reports confirmed by Embassy Rabat (reftels),the Polisario peacefully marked February 27 the 30th anniversary of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR). Unlike May 2005 statements from Polisario leader Abdelaziz and President Bouteflika, the statements this ye [...] | 2006-02-28 15:44:00 | Embassy Algiers | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PBTS PHUM AG MO WI |
06ALGIERS367 | TALLY OF ALGERIAN JOURNALISTS IN JAIL [...] (SBU) There are currently three Algerian journalists in prison. Eighteen other journalists have been sentenced to prison terms but are free pending appellate court rulings on their appeals. In prison the longest is Mohamed Benchicou, former publisher of the now-defunct Le Matin newspaper, wh [...] | 2006-03-05 09:48:00 | Embassy Algiers | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM AG |
06ALGIERS392 | FOREIGN MINISTER BEDJAOUI ON POLISARIO-MOROCCO [...] (C) During a March 5 meeting with Ambassador and DCM covering a range of issues, Foreign Minister Bedjaoui raised the Western Sahara, asking Ambassador for U.S. views about Morocco's anticipated autonomy proposal. Ambassador noted that the U.S. has been encouraging Morocco to develop its ide [...] | 2006-03-07 13:52:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS WI AG MO |
06ALGIERS399 | AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES IRAN WITH FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (C) Ambassador, accompanied by DCM, delivered reftel demarche during a March 5 meeting with Foreign Minister Bedjaoui, leaving points in French translation as non-paper. Ambassador stressed that IAEA DG ElBaradei's report had confirmed U.S. concerns; Iran has not taken any of the steps called [...] | 2006-03-08 10:57:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP PARM PREL IAEA UNSC IR AG |
06ALGIERS401 | SCENESETTER FOR A/S WELCH'S VISIT TO ALGIERS [...] (C) Assistant Secretary Welch, Embassy Algiers and our Algerian hosts very much look forward to welcoming you to Algiers. President Bouteflika is interested in continuing the dialogue you began in New York last September, and there is indeed much to discuss. Prime Minister Ouyahia and Forei [...] | 2006-03-09 18:48:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PTER AG |
06ALGIERS408 | AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES HAMAS WITH FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (C) Ambassador drew on reftel points on the Israeli-Palestinian situation in a March 5 meeting with Foreign Minister Bedjaoui (discussion of Sudan, Western Sahara, NDI visas reported septel). Ambassador stressed the importance of the international community maintaining a common position towa [...] | 2006-03-12 18:12:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER KPAL IS AG |
06ALGIERS409 | AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES SUDAN WITH FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (C) During a wide-ranging discussion March 5 with Foreign Minister Bedjaoui, Ambassador delivered reftel points for participants in the Arab League preparatory ministerial (discussion of Hamas reported septel). After reviewing points on Iraq and Syria, Ambassador turned to Sudan, noting that [...] | 2006-03-12 18:16:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SU AG |
06ALGIERS451 | PUTIN VISIT RESULTS IN SUBSTANTIAL DEBT [...] (C) Russian President Putin's March 10 visit to Algeria, the first by a Russian president, has produced a substantial debt forgiveness package, some commercial and investment agreements, and talk about a possible energy clearing house deal. But the details of the debt forgiveness package and [...] | 2006-03-15 18:53:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD PGOV PREL RS AG |
06ALGIERS455 | BOUTEFLIKA TELLS A/S WELCH KHARTOUM SUMMIT AND [...] (C) During a two-hour meeting March 14 with President Bouteflika, NEA Assistant Secretary Welch raised Hamas, noting that the international community had made clear to Hamas what it needed to do. Arab support for that message, including at the upcoming Khartoum Arab summit, would be critical [...] | 2006-03-18 07:41:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV KPAL AG |
06ALGIERS456 | DARFUR: BOUTEFLIKA TELLS NEA A/S WELCH ALGERIA [...] (C) Darfur was one of the main subjects covered in a two-hour meeting March 14 between NEA Assistant Secretary David Welch and President Bouteflika (other subjects reported septels). A/S Welch stressed President Bush's personal interest in Darfur and U.S. concern at the continued violence an [...] | 2006-03-18 08:10:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM SU AG |
06ALGIERS496 | ALGERIA STRESSES DEVELOPMENT AS KEY TO CONTROLLING [...] Minister Delegate for Maghreb and African Affairs Abdelkader Messahel presented to journalists March 18 "an African Road Map" for addressing migration issues. He confirmed that further discussions on migration within the African continent and between Europe and Africa would be on the agenda [...] | 2006-03-20 17:23:00 | Embassy Algiers | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL SMIG PHUM AG XA |
06ALGIERS498 | NEA A/S WELCH'S MARCH 14 DISCUSSION OF WESTERN [...] (C) In his March 14 meeting with NEA A/S David Welch, PM Ouyahia said principles mattered in the world, and Algeria looked to the UN to stick by its principles on the Western Sahara, whose situation was a result of decolonization. Welch said the U.S. did not want to discard the UN process, bu [...] | 2006-03-21 07:24:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS EINV ETRD AG WI |
06ALGIERS499 | NEA A/S WELCH TELLS MFA SECRETARY GENERAL WE STILL [...] (C) In a March 14 discussion with MFA Secretary General Lamamra on other issues, NEA A/S Welch raised continuing U.S. interest in concluding a Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) with Algeria. Such a step made sense in the context of our growing bilateral cooperation and would enable the further [...] | 2006-03-21 07:24:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MASS PREL AG |
06ALGIERS500 | HAMAS, IRAN, LEBANON, SYRIA, AND THE WESTERN [...] (C) Over a March 14 working lunch with MFA Secretary General Lamamra, NEA A/S Welch explained the U.S. view that taking the Iran nuclear issue to the Security Council would strengthen possibilities of resolving the problem through diplomacy; urged Algeria to ensure assistance was channeled to [...] | 2006-03-21 07:38:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM PBTS IR WI MO SY LE AG |
06ALGIERS501 | NEA A/S WELCH'S MARCH 14 DISCUSSION OF HAMAS, [...] (C) In their March 14 meeting, PM Ouyahia and NEA A/S Welch primarily focused on the Palestinian issue and dealings with Hamas. A/S Welch stressed that U.S. assistance to the Palestinians would continue but not through government channels so long as Hamas was in government and failed to reco [...] | 2006-03-21 07:39:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM IR IZ IS PA SU AG |
06ALGIERS502 | NEA A/S WELCH'S MARCH 14 MEETING WITH FM BEDJAOUI [...] (C) In their March 14 meeting, A/S Welch told FM Bedjaoui we would welcome his visiting Washington in April; expressed U.S. concerns about Sudan and urged Arab League support for bringing African Union forces in Darfur under a UN umbrella; and hoped Algeria would press Hamas to recognize Israel [...] | 2006-03-21 07:40:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IS PA SU AG |
06ALGIERS503 | (C) WESTERN SAHARA: BOUTEFLIKA TELLS A/S WELCH [...] (C) President Bouteflika reviewed for NEA A/S Welch March 14 Algeria's views on the Western Sahara. Covering largely familiar ground, Bouteflika stressed that resolving the Western Sahara conflict is the UN's responsibility; that Algeria will never negotiate with Morocco on the Sahrawis' beh [...] | 2006-03-21 07:42:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS WI MO AG |
06ALGIERS548 | NEW ALGERIAN MILITARY PERSONNEL RULES FAVOR [...] (U) President Abdelaziz Bouteflika signed into law February 28 a general statute on military personnel that replaces a previous law dating to 1969. The explanatory preface of the new statute explained that the old law no longer responded to the current military requirements of Algerian socie [...] | 2006-03-27 14:16:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR AG |
06ALGIERS556 | GOA AND POLISARIO REACT TO MOROCCAN KING'S VISIT [...] In reaction to the visit last week of the Moroccan King Mohammed VI to the western side of the berm in the Western Sahara, the GOA and Polisario made public statements. Abdelaziz Belkhadem, former Foreign Minister and currently Minister of State and Personal Representative to President Boutef [...] | 2006-03-27 17:31:00 | Embassy Algiers | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PBTS PHUM AG MO WI |
06ALGIERS605 | ALGERIA ACTIVELY SEEKING TO PREVENT TRAVEL OF [...] (S/NF) The GOA is committed to preventing Algerian would-be foreign fighters from traveling to Iraq and to breaking up networks recruiting foreign fighters of various nationalities. Algeria continues to arrest persons traveling with this intent and has won U.S. Government recognition for bei [...] | 2006-04-03 14:54:00 | Embassy Algiers | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER ASEC PREL PGOV CG IZ AG |
06ALGIERS622 | ALGERIA REPORTEDLY RE-ARRESTS THREE TERRORISTS [...] (U) The leading Arabic-language daily newspaper El Khabar reported April 4 on its front page the re-arrest of Abdelmadjid Dahoumen, Mourad Yakhlaf, and Adel Boumazber. According to El Khabar, the three individuals were released from prison last month in accordance with the Charter on Peace an [...] | 2006-04-04 16:44:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR PTER PGOV AG |
06ALGIERS623 | POLISARIO "AMBASSADOR" COMMENTS ON NEGOTIATING [...] (C) Polisario "Ambassador" to Algeria Mohammed Beissat discussed his views on possible negotiations with Morocco over King Mohammed VI's autonomy plan in a prolonged April 1 conversation with DCM and Pol/Econ Chief. Reviewing the history of Polisario-Moroccan direct negotiations since 1979, [...] | 2006-04-04 17:08:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | PBTS PREL PGOV WI MO AG |
06ALGIERS657 | MEETING OF AU EXPERTS ON MIGRATION HELD IN ALGIERS [...] Mandated by the January Arab League Summit in Khartoum, the Commission of the African Union (AU) convened a meeting of migration and development experts in Algiers April 3-5. The participants addressed the major themes of security and stability, human rights, development, human resources, the [...] | 2006-04-10 16:57:00 | Embassy Algiers | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL SMIG PHUM AG XA |
06ALGIERS727 | MESSAHEL TELLS AMBASSADOR MIGRATION PRIMARILY AN [...] (C) In an April 10 meeting with MFA Minister-Delegate Messahel, Ambassador pressed again for an inclusive regional approach to the migration problem that included Morocco and urged Algeria to reconsider participation in the Rabat-hosted conference on migration. Messahel termed the recent AU ex [...] | 2006-04-19 13:30:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SMIG PHUM AG XA |
06ALGIERS747 | EXCHANGE OF HARSH WORDS BETWEEN ALGERIA AND FRANCE [...] (C) Algerian Foreign Minister Bedjaoui's successful April 12-13 visit to Washington, on the heels of what has been widely viewed as the French Foreign Minister Douste-Blazy's disastrous April 9-10 visit to Algiers, has underscored the dynamic nature of Algeria's growing relationship with the [...] | 2006-04-24 09:06:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AG FR |
06ALGIERS757 | GOA REJECTS SYG'S REPORT ON WESTERN SAHARA, [...] (C) MFA Counselor and former UN Ambassador Abdallah Baali convoked Ambassador April 25 to explain Algeria's rejection of the recommendations in the UNSYG's report on the Western Sahara, which Baali claimed "ignored the achievements of the past" by abandoning the Baker Plan and the principle of [...] | 2006-04-25 18:38:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNSC AG MO WI |
06ALGIERS854 | ALGERIA PLEASED WITH DARFUR AGREEMENT [...] No summary [...] | 2006-05-14 13:50:00 | Embassy Algiers | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM SU AG |
06ALGIERS855 | ALGERIA PLEASED WITH DARFUR AGREEMENT [...] In a May 7 communique issued by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA),the Government of Algeria expressed its "satisfaction" with the conclusion of a peace agreement to resolve the Darfur crisis. Algeria "rejoices in this positive development" and wishes that the "parties who are not yet si [...] | 2006-05-14 13:56:00 | Embassy Algiers | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM SU AG |
06ALGIERS891 | VISIT TO ALGERIA OF MAURITANIAN LEADER CONFERS [...] (C) The May 6-7 visit of Mauritanian Military Council President Val to Algeria has given Val a strong seal of regime approval, bilateral ties a boost in a number of areas, and the Algerians an IOU of sorts on issues of concern. We believe the visit falls in the context of Algerian efforts to [...] | 2006-05-17 17:17:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AG MR |
06ALGIERS936 | MFA OFFICIAL'S OBSERVATIONS ON LIBYA AND THE HAMAS [...] (C) In a May 22 meeting on other issues attended by Ambassador and PolEc Chief, MFA Director General for Arab Affairs Bouzaher gave the Algerian perspective on Libya and dealing with the Hamas government in the Palestinian territories. Ambassador briefed Bouzaher on the U.S. decision to rest [...] | 2006-05-23 19:14:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KDEM PARM LY IR PA |
06ALMATY1068 | SECRETARY BODMAN MEETING WITH PRESIDENT NAZARBAYEV [...] (C) SUMMARY: Secretary Bodman met President Nazarbayev for nearly an hour on March 14. Bodman conveyed President Bush's desire to send VP Cheney to Kazakhstan in May, and invite Nazarbayev to the White House in the early fall. Nazarbayev accepted both parts of the proposal, but said that hi [...] | 2006-03-27 07:27:00 | US Office Almaty | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON PREL KZ POLITICAL |
06ALMATY1094 | KAZAKHSTAN SCENESETTER FOR MOVE TO SOUTH AND [...] (C) Summary: Embassy Almaty welcomes the creation of a new South and Central Asian Bureau as an opportunity to rethink Kazakhstan's relationship with the region. It also offers all of us a chance to refresh our own thinking about Kazakhstan -- a country which is increasingly important to the [...] | 2006-03-28 12:36:00 | US Office Almaty | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON KZ |
06ALMATY1161 | SPRING THAW BRINGS CONSULAR OUTREACH [...] No summary [...] | 2006-04-03 06:57:00 | US Office Almaty | UNCLASSIFIED | KOCI PREL PGOV CASC CVIS KPAO KZ |
06ALMATY1162 | KAZAKHSTAN: REQUEST FOR TRANSFER OF SA-16 AND [...] (S) In a March 30 meeting with FM Tokayev (other issues reported septel),Ambassador reiterated Ref A request for the transfer of SA-14 and SA-16 MANPADS to the U.S. for countermeasures testing. Tokayev, although apparently not briefed on the request in advance of the meeting, responded very [...] | 2006-04-03 07:36:00 | US Office Almaty | SECRET | PARM PREL PTER MARR KZ |
06ALMATY1226 | KAZAKHSTAN'S REACTION TO NSG DISCUSSION OF INDIA [...] (SBU) Summary: Kazakhstan is open to further discussion of the India civil nuclear initiative, but is skeptical that the Nuclear Suppliers' Group will be able to reach consensus in the near future. India needs to provide much more information about the nature of its obligations and what is be [...] | 2006-04-05 13:05:00 | US Office Almaty | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ENRG KSCA PARM KNNP ETTC IN KZ |
06ALMATY1239 | KAZAKHSTAN: NUCLEAR SECURITY COOPERATION WITH U.S. [...] (SBU) Summary: The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has informed post that it believes a U.S. - Kazakhstan agreement on nuclear security cooperation expired seven years ago. See request for guidance, para. 3. End summary. 2. (SBU) Post received a diplomatic note dated March 1, 2006, from the [...] | 2006-04-08 02:39:00 | US Office Almaty | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG PARM PREL KZ |
06ALMATY1287 | EXBS: KAZAKHSTAN ADVISOR MONTHLY REPORTING CABLE [...] EXBS Almaty continues its spring cleaning in preparation for the June 26 move to Astana. 2. The Almaty EXBS office initiated the CAJE process for a second LES position--an EXBS Program Assistant--and expects to have the new employee on board by June. II. COMPLETED ACTIONS FOR THE REP [...] | 2006-04-12 01:34:00 | US Office Almaty | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP KZ |
06ALMATY1376 | SCENE SETTER FOR THE VISIT OF THE VICE PRESIDENT [...] (C) Summary: The Vice President's visit comes at a time of strengthened U.S.-Kazakhstani strategic ties, particularly noticeable in light of the deterioration in our relationship with Uzbekistan. President Nursultan Nazarbayev was reelected in December to what he and the constitution say wi [...] | 2006-04-14 12:36:00 | US Office Almaty | SECRET | KZ OVIP PGOV PREL |
06ALMATY1401 | KAZAKHSTAN: ENERGY MINISTER ON CPC EXPANSION, BTC- [...] (SBU) Summary: Kazakhstan and Russia reached agreement on CPC expansion during President Nazarbayev's recent visit to Moscow, according to Energy Minister Izmukhambetov, but it remained to be seen whether the agreement would hold. Four very substantial issues remain to be resolved in the BTC [...] | 2006-04-18 04:54:00 | US Office Almaty | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ECON ENRG ETRD KZ |
06ALMATY1402 | KAZAKHSTAN: DEPUTY PM MASIMOV ON VIP VISIT [...] (SBU) Summary: In a meeting to discuss issues related to the upcoming VIP visit to Kazakhstan, Deputy PM Masimov expressed confidence that agreement would be reached on both the AIG settlement and the Second Line of Defense program before the visit. He gave a favorable assessment of the majo [...] | 2006-04-18 05:01:00 | US Office Almaty | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EPET PARM PREL KZ |
06ALMATY1403 | KAZAKHSTAN: FM TOKAYEV ON VIP VISIT [...] (SBU) Summary: The MFA is carefully reviewing a list of potential activities related to the upcoming VIP visit and will work to ensure implementation of the most feasible ideas, according to FM Tokayev. The MFA is also pursuing the idea of hosting a TIFA Council meeting as discussed with A/S [...] | 2006-04-18 05:07:00 | US Office Almaty | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EFIN PREL KZ |
06ALMATY1404 | KAZAKHSTAN: AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH MINISTER OF [...] (SBU) Summary: Minister of Economy and Budget Planning Kelimbetov reports that the GOK has almost finished its review of the draft MOU on the Program for Economic Development; he will push for completion before the upcoming VIP visit to Astana. Kelimbetov said that the Kazakhstani government [...] | 2006-04-18 05:25:00 | US Office Almaty | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EFIN PREL KZ |
06ALMATY1415 | KAZAKHSTAN ADOPTIONS: ALLEDGED ABUSE OF ADOPTED [...] SUMMARY. The first-ever reported allegation of sexual abuse of an adopted Kazakhstani child in the United States has ignited a firestorm of anti-adoption criticism in the Kazakhstani parliament and provoked widespread hand wringing among adoption providers and pro-adoption advocates. With co [...] | 2006-04-18 09:35:00 | US Office Almaty | UNCLASSIFIED | KOCI PREL PHUM PGOV CASC CVIS KPAO KZ |
06ALMATY1418 | KAZAKHSTAN: AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH NEW DEPUTY PA [...] (SBU) Summary: New deputy head of the Presidential Administration Ashimbayev will take over Marat Tazhin's duties in coordinating policy on political issues, including democratization. Ashimbayev reacted positively to the list of suggested ideas related to the upcoming VIP visit, and promise [...] | 2006-04-18 11:11:00 | US Office Almaty | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL KZ |
06ALMATY1428 | KAZAKHSTAN: PROCURATOR GENERAL ON HUMAN RIGHTS, [...] (SBU) Summary: During a discussion with the Ambassador of the upcoming VIP visit to Astana, Procurator General Tusupbekov was receptive to the idea of working with the U.S. to ensure that there are clear guidelines for proper application of the extremism law. The Ambassador raised the use of [...] | 2006-04-19 13:18:00 | US Office Almaty | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL KDEM KZ |
06ALMATY1437 | ANTI-MONEY LAUNDERING IN KAZAKHSTAN - [...] (SBU) Summary: In conjunction with pending anti-money laundering (AML) legislation, INL sponsored an AML study tour for Kazakhstani parliamentarians to visit the financial intelligence unit (FIU) in Copenhagen, Denmark. Prior to the trip, the majority expressed doubt about the necessity for t [...] | 2006-04-20 08:42:00 | US Office Almaty | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR ASEC KCOR KCRM PREL KZ |
06ALMATY1450 | KAZAKHSTAN: AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH MINISTRY OF [...] (SBU) Summary: Ministry of Finance officials committed to work with the Embassy to resolve the AIG dispute and conclude a Second Line of Defense (SLD) agreement before the upcoming VIP visit to Astana. They also expressed willingness to help resolve tax and customs issues related to assistan [...] | 2006-04-21 03:54:00 | US Office Almaty | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PARM PREL KZ |
06ALMATY1455 | KAZAKHSTAN: A/S BOUCHER MEETS CIVIL SOCIETY LEADERS [...] (C) Summary: In an April 9 meeting with A/S Boucher, Kazakhstani civil society leaders argued that the February murder of opposition politician Altynbek Sarsenbaiuly had touched off an "intra-elite struggle" which was, at its heart, a competition over who would succeed President Nazarbayev. [...] | 2006-04-21 04:04:00 | US Office Almaty | CONFIDENTIAL | KZ PGOV PREL |
06ALMATY1457 | KAZAKHSTAN: A/S BOUCHER DISCUSSES DEMOCRATIZATION [...] (C) Summary: A/S Boucher discussed ways to improve Kazakhstan's "Democratization Commission" with opposition political leaders April 8 in Almaty. The political leaders lobbied for an OSCE role -- perhaps in helping set the DC agenda -- and for increased opposition representation. The polit [...] | 2006-04-21 04:16:00 | US Office Almaty | CONFIDENTIAL | KZ PGOV PREL |
06ALMATY1475 | KAZAKHSTAN: DISCUSSIONS ON DEALING WITH HAMAS [...] (SBU) On April 18, Poloff met with Daniyar Sarekenov, Deputy Director of the MFA's Asia Department, to discuss the Kazakhstani position on dealing with Hamas. Sarekenov requested the meeting in response to Ref A demarche. Sarekenov stated that the GOK believes that Hamas must renounce violenc [...] | 2006-04-21 13:36:00 | US Office Almaty | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KZ |
06ALMATY1482 | KAZAKHSTAN: AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH NEW SECURITY [...] (S) Summary: During his first meeting with Marat Tazhin in his new position of Secretary of the Security Council, the Ambassador reviewed bilateral security cooperation efforts. He noted that counterterrorism cooperation with the KNB appeared to be back on track, DOD and MOD were engaged in a [...] | 2006-04-24 05:21:00 | US Office Almaty | SECRET | PREL MARR PTER KZ |
06ALMATY1485 | KAZAKHSTAN: AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH MINISTER OF [...] (SBU) Summary: Air Astana is considering buying several Boeing aircraft for its fleet, according to Transport Minister Mamin. He will travel to Seattle in June for discussions with Boeing, as well as to Toulouse to discuss the Airbus offer. Mamin confirmed that Kazakhstan also wants to host [...] | 2006-04-24 07:14:00 | US Office Almaty | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAIR EIND EINV PREL KZ |
06ALMATY1489 | REGIONAL ELECTRICITY: AES EXPLORES PARTNERSHIP [...] (C) Summary: AES Country Manager Dale Perry told Econoff on April 17 that AES was near to signing an MOU with "KMG-Energy," a newly-created subsidiary of Kazakhstan's state-owned oil-and-gas company, KazMunaiGaz (KMG),to cooperate in the construction and operation of regional electricity tra [...] | 2006-04-24 10:14:00 | US Office Almaty | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET KZ PGOV PREL TI AF |
06ALMATY1576 | KAZAKHSTAN: AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH CEC CHAIR [...] (SBU) Summary: The Central Election Commission is reviewing its election law and procedures with ODIHR, and preparing for October 2007 maslikhat elections, according to CEC chair Zhumabekov. While the Kazakhstani government believes that its election law largely conforms to international stan [...] | 2006-05-02 01:35:00 | US Office Almaty | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL KZ |
06ALMATY1583 | KAZAKHSTAN: PLANS FOR ALMATY BIOKOMBINAT EQUIPMENT [...] (C) Summary: The private company that purchased the Biokombinat veterinary vaccine production facility is moving forward with construction of a smaller production facility in Stepnogorsk, in order to observe the terms of its privatization deal and avert potential threats to its real estate de [...] | 2006-05-02 11:04:00 | US Office Almaty | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP KSCA PARM PREL TBIO TSPL KZ |
06ALMATY1584 | KAZAKHSTAN: INTEREST IN MTCR MEMBERSHIP [...] (C) POEC chief conveyed Ref A points to Sergey Savelyev, deputy director of the MFA's Security Affairs division, during an April 4 meeting in Astana. Savelyev indicated that representatives from the Kazakhstani Embassy had met with ISN experts in Washington to discuss Kazakhstan's desire to jo [...] | 2006-05-02 11:07:00 | US Office Almaty | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM MNUC ETTC KSCA TSPA KZ |
06ALMATY1585 | KAZAKHSTAN: MARCH 2006 CICA CONFERENCE IN ALMATY [...] (SBU) Summary: CICA members held a working group meeting in Almaty on March 28-31. The bulk of the meeting was spent working to finalize the text of the draft Statute of the CICA Secretariat and Financial Rules. The next working group SIPDIS meeting will occur in mid-May; the delegates pr [...] | 2006-05-02 11:13:00 | US Office Almaty | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KZ |
06ALMATY1586 | KAZAKHSTAN: ARREST OF SUSPECTED TERRORISTS [...] (C) Summary: In early April, Kazakhstani authorities arrested ten individuals accused of planning terrorist activities. This is the first such arrest in recent years in which the terrorist suspects were accused of targeting Kazakhstan. End summary. 2. (SBU) In early April, the Kazakhstani [...] | 2006-05-02 11:57:00 | US Office Almaty | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER KZ |
06ALMATY1644 | KAZAKHSTAN: A/S BOUCHER MEETS WITH ENERGY MINISTER [...] (SBU) Summary: Kazakhstan plans to build a nuclear power plant in order to address energy deficits in the south and to expand uranium production, Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources Izmukhambetov told Assistant Secretary Boucher and Special Assistant to the President Millard. As oil prod [...] | 2006-05-10 01:10:00 | US Office Almaty | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ECON ENRG ETRD KZ |
06ALMATY1661 | KAZAKHSTAN: MINISTER OF INTERNAL AFFAIRS ASKS FOR [...] (SBU) Summary: Minister of Internal Affairs (MVD) Baurzhan Mukhamedzhanov told Assistant Secretary Boucher, National Security Council Senior Director Elisabeth Millard, and Ambassador Ordway that Kazakhstan wants to expand cooperation in counter-narcotics, efforts to combat trafficking in pers [...] | 2006-05-10 11:37:00 | US Office Almaty | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM KDEM PGOV PREL SMIG SNAR KZ |
06ALMATY1662 | KAZAKHSTAN: A/S BOUCHER AND NSC DIRECTOR MILLARD [...] (U) Summary: On May 4, Assistant Secretary Boucher and National Security Council Senior Director Elisabeth Millard met with Kazakhstani Minister of Defense Altynbayev to discuss the continuing cooperation between the U.S. Department of Defense and MOD. Altynbayev's staff provided briefings on [...] | 2006-05-10 11:39:00 | US Office Almaty | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV MARR MOPS PREL KZ |
06ALMATY1664 | EXBS: KAZAKHSTAN ADVISOR MONTHLY REPORTING CABLE [...] The paper shredder at the Export Control and Related Border Security Assistance (EXBS) Program office has been working overtime of late. May 2006 will be the office's last full month in Kazakhstan's "southern capital" of Almaty and over the last weekend in June EXBS Kazakhstan will relocate h [...] | 2006-05-11 01:07:00 | US Office Almaty | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP KZ |
06ALMATY168 | TIME TO MOVE KAZAKHSTAN OFF JACKSON-VANIK LIST [...] (SBU) Summary: Post believes the time is right to remove Kazakhstan from the Jackson-Vanik list, thus eliminating a legal obstacle to Kazakhstan's WTO accession. President Nazarbayev identified WTO accession as a top economic goal in his January 11 inauguration speech. We believe that the GO [...] | 2006-01-18 07:24:00 | US Office Almaty | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KZ ETRD PREL WTO ECONOMIC |
06ALMATY1703 | KAZAKHSTAN: DISCUSSION OF GUANTANAMO DETAINEES [...] (SBU) Summary: Kazakhstan insists on a Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty with the U.S. in order to accept the return of Guantanamo detainees. The MFA is willing to meet with U.S. experts in Astana to discuss the issue. See request for guidance, para. 4. End summary. 2. (SBU) On May 2, Poloff [...] | 2006-05-15 02:25:00 | US Office Almaty | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER KAWC PINR PREL KZ |
06ALMATY1720 | KAZAKHSTAN: PROPOSED AGREEMENT ON INFORMATION SHARING [...] (SBU) Summary: In an October 2005 conversation with then- Deputy FM Shakirov, the Ambassador raised information sharing problems related to the BN-350 decommissioning project. The two discussed the advisability of an information sharing agreement to resolve this and potential future problems. [...] | 2006-05-16 01:22:00 | US Office Almaty | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KNNP MARR KZ |
06ALMATY1722 | KAZAKHSTAN: COUNTERING ATTEMPTS TO USE THE [...] (C) On May 12, Astana PO delivered reftel points to Serzhan Abdykarimov, Office Director of the North America's Division at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Abdykarimov expected that Kazakhstan would object to any anti-U.S. or anti-Western language in negotiations for this year's Shanghai Coo [...] | 2006-05-16 01:53:00 | US Office Almaty | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR KZ |
06ALMATY1729 | KAZAKHSTAN 2006 SPECIAL 301 NOTIFICATION [...] (U) Summary: IPR Committee officials expressed deep gratitude for Kazakhstan's removal from the Special 301 Watchlist, were receptive to U.S. recommendations, and requested U.S. expertise in implementing further reforms. End summary. 2. (U) POEC Chief notified Nurgaysha Sakhipova, Deputy C [...] | 2006-05-16 11:44:00 | US Office Almaty | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD PREL KZ |
06ALMATY1835 | KAZAKHSTAN: KMG TRANSPORTATION MANAGER ON PIPELINE [...] (C) Summary: Newly-appointed KazTransOil Deputy DG, Sabr Yessimbekov, told Econoff on May 18 that the recent round of BTC-IGA negotiations had gone "very badly" under the direction of the GOK's new lead negotiator, the "nationalistic" Vice-Minister of Energy, Lyazzat Kiinov (Ref A). Yessimb [...] | 2006-05-23 10:47:00 | US Office Almaty | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET KZ PGOV PREL |
06ALMATY1846 | KAZAKHSTAN: GOVERNMENT WANTS TO SEE STEPNOGORSK [...] (C) Summary: Kazakhstani officials dealing with biotechnology issues are eager to see the veterinary vaccine production facility that Betta Star is setting up in Stepnogorsk succeed, as it has the potential to commercialize innovations resulting from Kazakhstani research. According to the di [...] | 2006-05-24 05:18:00 | US Office Almaty | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP KSCA PARM PREL TBIO TSPL KZ |
06ALMATY1922 | KAZAKHSTAN: SECOND ROUND OF NUCLEAR SMUGGLING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Following up on their February meeting, the U.S. outreach delegation, augmented by IAEA and European Commission representatives, met in Astana May 25 with a Kazakhstani delegation comprising 14 representatives from seven ministries and organizations. The sides reached provisio [...] | 2006-05-31 01:22:00 | US Office Almaty | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KNNP KZ |
06ALMATY1934 | KAZAKHSTAN NEAR BTC IGA AGREEMENT WITH AZERBAIJAN? [...] (C) Summary: On May 31, Fabrice Mosneron-Dupin, lead investor representative in the ongoing Kazakhstani-Azeri negotiations to sign an Inter-Governmental Agreement (IGA) governing trans-Caspian oil transport, briefed Econoff on the recent, unexpected change in the Government of Kazakhstan's (G [...] | 2006-05-31 12:50:00 | US Office Almaty | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET KZ PGOV PREL AJ |
06ALMATY1937 | KAZAKHSTAN SUPPORTS U.S. APPROACH ON IRAN [...] (C) Summary: Kazakhstani Foreign Minister Tokayev reacted enthusiastically to the U.S. initiative on Iran. He will make a public statement in support of the initiative and will encourage the Iranian government to seize the opportunity to meet with the U.S. End summary. 2. (C) The Ambassa [...] | 2006-06-01 12:34:00 | US Office Almaty | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KZ IR |
06ALMATY1946 | KAZAKHSTAN: DISCUSSIONS ON GUANTANAMO DETAINEES; [...] (SBU) Summary: Poloff met with Kazakhstani Ministry of Foreign Affairs Officer Ualikhan S. Sanginkhanov to stress that it is not appropriate to link the return of the Kazakhstani detainees at Guantanamo to the conclusion of a Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty (MLAT),as the two matters are not [...] | 2006-06-01 16:58:00 | US Office Almaty | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER KAWC PINR PREL KZ |
06ALMATY1956 | KAZAKHSTAN: DISCUSSIONS ON THE TRANSFER OF SA-16 [...] (S) Summary: Poloff met with Kazakhstani MFA official Sergey Savelyev to discuss the transfer of SA-14 and SA-16 MANPADS. Savelyev asked if the U.S. is interested in the rockets or the whole systems, if the U.S. wanted to purchase the items, and if the U.S. had made a similar request to Ukra [...] | 2006-06-02 09:46:00 | US Office Almaty | SECRET | PARM PREL PTER MASS MARR NATO KZ |
06ALMATY1960 | KAZAKHSTAN: A/S PATTERSON'S MEETINGS WITH GOK [...] (SBU) Summary: During a May 12 visit to Astana, INL A/S Anne Patterson, accompanied by Ambassador Ordway, secured agreement with the Vice Minister of Interior to initiate a counter-narcotics strategy dialogue. Her conversation with the Deputy Procurator General broke through a logjam on the [...] | 2006-06-03 03:09:00 | US Office Almaty | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR ASEC KCOR KCRM PREL KZ |
06ALMATY1996 | KAZAKHSTAN: ATTENDANCE AT PSI HIGH-LEVEL POLITICAL [...] (U) On June 2, Poloff called Sergey Savelyev, Deputy Director of the MFA's Department of International Organizations and Security Issues, to discuss the Proliferation Security Initiative High-level Political Meeting to be held in Warsaw on June 23, and to inquire as to the GOK's plans for atte [...] | 2006-06-06 08:47:00 | US Office Almaty | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MNUC KNNP PARM PREL KZ |
06ALMATY2034 | KAZAKHSTAN: AMBASSADOR'S VISIT TO AKTAU [...] Summary: On May 17-18, the Ambassador traveled to the Caspian coastal city of Aktau to meet with representatives of the regional government, visit two sites receiving U.S. assistance, and partake in an official ceremony marking the transfer of three brand-new, U.S.-made patrol boats to the Bor [...] | 2006-06-09 08:26:00 | US Office Almaty | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PARM PREL KNNP KZ |
06ALMATY2054 | KAZAKHSTAN: AES UPDATE ON REGIONAL POWER, [...] (C) Summary: AES Country Manager Dale Perry updated the Ambassador on the company's participation in regional electricity projects, as well as AES's demand-driven modernization plans, on the margins of the Ambassador's June 6 tour of AES's 4,000MW Ekibastuz GRES I coal-fired power plant. The [...] | 2006-06-12 04:30:00 | US Office Almaty | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ENRG EPET KZ PGOV PREL |
06ALMATY2059 | EXBS: KAZAKHSTAN ADVISOR MONTHLY REPORTING CABLE [...] This is the office's final dispatch from Almaty. EXBS Kazakhstan will move to the Embassy Branch Office (EBO) in Astana the last weekend in June. EXBS Program staff continues to make preparations for the move to the EBO, as well as for the subsequent move to the New Embassy Compound, which is [...] | 2006-06-12 07:51:00 | US Office Almaty | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP KZ |
06ALMATY214 | KAZAKHSTAN: SECRETARY JOHANNS' JANUARY 11 MEETING [...] (SBU) Summary: During a January 11 meeting with Secretary of Agriculture Johanns and his delegation, Halyk SIPDIS Bank CEO offered his opinion of the greatest challenges to the country's economic future: in the medium term, the choice of a new Prime Minister and the nature of reforms the ne [...] | 2006-01-23 09:36:00 | US Office Almaty | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OVIP PREL ECON KZ ECONOMIC |
06ALMATY215 | KAZAKHSTAN: SECRETARY JOHANNS' JANUARY 11 MEETING [...] (U) Participants in Secretary Johanns' January 11 Meeting with Kazakhstani Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Industry and Trade Mynbayev in Astana: U.S. Secretary Mike Johanns SIPDIS Mrs. Stephanie Johanns Ambassador John Ordway Undersecretary of State for Economic, Business, and A [...] | 2006-01-23 09:36:00 | US Office Almaty | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OVIP PREL ECON ETRD KZ ECONOMIC |
06ALMATY2155 | ACCESS INDUSTRIES CHAIRMAN DISCUSSES KAZAKHSTAN [...] (C) Summary: Access Industries Chairman Len Blavatnik discussed his company's Kazakhstan investments with the Ambassador on June 8. While Access is quietly offering its only Kazakhstani power plant for sale, it is simultaneously trying to buy into the Ekibastuz Gres II plant, as part of what [...] | 2006-06-19 11:37:00 | US Office Almaty | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ENRG EPET KZ PGOV PREL RU |
06ALMATY2156 | KAZAKHSTAN: EXXONMOBIL EXECS DISCUSS CPC, KASHAGAN [...] (C) Summary: ExxonMobil executives briefed the Ambassador on the company's Kazakhstani interests on June 8. Country Manager David Willis told the Ambassador that the apparent Putin-Nazarbayev political breakthrough on the issue of Caspian Pipeline Consortium (CPC) expansion in April had not [...] | 2006-06-19 11:39:00 | US Office Almaty | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ENRG EPET KZ PGOV PREL RU |
06ALMATY2157 | KAZAKHSTAN: ADVOCACY: KAZMUNAIGAZ DELAYS "N BLOCK" [...] (C) Summary: Kazakhstani government officials recently informed ConocoPhillips (CP) that KazMunaiGaz (KMG) will not select a partner or partners for the development of the offshore Caspian "N" block until fall, notwithstanding earlier indications that KMG would make a decision by the end of [...] | 2006-06-19 11:43:00 | US Office Almaty | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | BTIO ENRG EPET KZ PGOV PREL |
06ALMATY216 | KAZAKHSTAN: SECRETARY JOHANNS' JANUARY 11 MEETING [...] (U) Participants in Secretary Johanns' January 11 meeting with Kazakhstani Foreign Minister Tokayev in Astana: U.S. Secretary Mike Johanns SIPDIS Mrs. Stephanie Johanns Ambassador John Ordway Under Secretary of State for Economic, Business, and Agricultural Affairs Josette Shiner Unde [...] | 2006-01-23 09:38:00 | US Office Almaty | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OVIP PREL ECON KZ POLITICAL |
06ALMATY2187 | KAZAKHSTAN'S POSITION ON FMCT, U.S.-INDIA CIVIL [...] (SBU) Summary: Kazakhstan will carefully consider the U.S. proposal to conclude a Fissile Materials Cutoff Treaty (FMCT),and would like advance notice in order to be able to speak on the topic the next time it is raised in the Conference on Disarmament (CD). With regard to the U.S.- India ci [...] | 2006-06-21 03:45:00 | US Office Almaty | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MNUC PARM PREL KNNP CDG KZ |
06ALMATY2191 | KAZAKHSTAN: PROCURATOR GENERAL'S OFFICE WANTS CHANGE IN [...] (SBU) Summary: INL funded a conference on improving the collection of crime statistics, organized by the Procurator General's Office in conjunction with the Customs Control Committee and the Border Guard Service. The main purpose of the conference was to improve collection of legal statistics [...] | 2006-06-21 08:45:00 | US Office Almaty | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR ASEC KCRM KCOR PREL KZ |
06ALMATY2271 | KAZAKHSTAN: NIC WATCHLIST [...] (C) Post appreciates the opportunity to provide feedback on the NIC Watchlist of Internal Instability, per reftel action request. Post generally agrees with the information reflected on the NIC Watchlist. The one exception is the wording "continuing political assassinations." There have r [...] | 2006-06-26 14:25:00 | US Office Almaty | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KCRS KZ |
06ALMATY2273 | KAZAKHSTAN: TENGIZ UPDATE [...] (C) Summary: New TengizChevrOil (TCO) General Director Todd Levy discussed Tengiz developments with Econoff on June 22 in Atyrau. Levy told Econoff that the project to double TCO oil production (to 500,000 barrels/day) would likely be delayed three months, until July 2007, due primarily to a [...] | 2006-06-27 01:20:00 | US Office Almaty | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ENRG EPET KZ PGOV PREL |
06ALMATY2301 | KAZAKHSTAN: PARKER DRILLING'S LEGAL WOES [...] (C) Summary: On June 22, Parker Drilling updated Econoff on the company's years-long tax dispute with Kazakhstani authorities. The Supreme Court recently ruled that Parker owed roughly $100 million in back taxes and penalties stemming from work done by Parker's "Sunkar" drilling rig on behal [...] | 2006-06-28 09:33:00 | US Office Almaty | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ENRG EPET KZ PGOV PREL |
06ALMATY2393 | KAZAKHSTAN: AMBASSADOR'S JULY 3 MEETING WITH [...] No summary [...] | 2006-07-06 11:10:00 | US Office Almaty | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM MOPS PREL KZ AF |
06ALMATY2394 | KAZAKHSTAN: AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES DEMOCRATIC [...] No summary [...] | 2006-07-06 11:26:00 | US Office Almaty | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM KZ |
06ALMATY2399 | KAZAKHSTAN: DISCUSSIONS ON GUANTANAMO DETAINEES [...] (SBU) Summary: In a June 29 meeting regarding the possible transfer of Kazakhstani citizens detained at Guantanamo, an MFA Consular Services representative stated that the GOK could give no guarantees that the transferred detainees would never again engage in terrorism, asked for the backgrou [...] | 2006-07-07 01:07:00 | US Office Almaty | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER KAWC PINR PREL KZ |
06ALMATY2400 | KAZAKHSTAN PROPOSES DRAFT TEXT OF INFORMATION SHARING [...] (SBU) Summary: The Kazakhstani MFA has proposed a draft agreement on the sharing of classified information. Post believes it would be worthwhile to pursue such an agreement, and requests Department guidance (see para. 4). End summary. 2. (SBU) On July 6 post received a diplomatic note fro [...] | 2006-07-07 01:07:00 | US Office Almaty | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KNNP MARR KZ |
06ALMATY2403 | KAZAKHSTAN: AMBASSADOR'S JULY 3 MEETING WITH [...] (SBU) Summary: In a July 3 meeting with the Ambassador, Security Council chair Marat Tazhin responded favorably to a suggestion that Kazakhstan allocate funds to supplement FMF funding for the purchase of UH-II helicopters through the Foreign Military Financing program, stated that Kazakhstan [...] | 2006-07-07 06:53:00 | US Office Almaty | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM MOPS PREL KZ AF |
06ALMATY2404 | KAZAKHSTAN: AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES DEMOCRATIC [...] (SBU) Summary: In a July 3 meeting with the Ambassador, Deputy PA head Ashimbayev conceded that the process of consideration of amendments to the media law could have been more open, but argued that the current debate about the provisions proved that the process had been transparent. He stre [...] | 2006-07-07 06:53:00 | US Office Almaty | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM KZ |
06ALMATY2419 | EXBS: KAZAKHSTAN ADVISOR MONTHLY REPORTING CABLE [...] EXBS TDY Advisor Kevin Cummings' arrival on June 26 coincided with the EXBS Program office's first day at the Embassy Branch Office in Astana. Mr. Cummings will provide support to the office until mid-July, at which time a second TDY advisor is expected to arrive to assist the office through [...] | 2006-07-08 01:01:00 | US Office Almaty | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP KZ |
06ALMATY2549 | KAZAKHSTAN: FURTHER DISCUSSIONS ON GUANTANAMO [...] (S) Summary: In a July 12 meeting with MFA consular officials, Poloff followed up on Ref A discussion of the transfer of Kazakhstani detainees at Guantanamo. Poloff passed requested information about the background of the three Kazakhstani detainees approved for transfer (Ref B),explained t [...] | 2006-07-13 15:21:00 | US Office Almaty | SECRET | PTER KAWC PINR PREL KZ |
06ALMATY256 | KAZAKHSTAN: COURT REFUSES TO ENFORCE BYELKAMIT [...] (SBU) Summary: A Kazakhstani court has refused to enforce the London Court of International Arbitration's award of legal fees to U.S. firm Byelocorp Scientific Inc. (BSI). BSI will contest the ruling, which asserted that enforcement of the LCIA award would be "detrimental to public order in [...] | 2006-01-24 07:50:00 | US Office Almaty | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV PGOV PREL PINR KZ ECONOMIC |
06ALMATY2573 | KAZAKHSTAN: NO OHCHR FIELD PRESENCE [...] There appears to be no permanent OHCHR presence in Kazakhstan. OHCHR regional advisor Rein Mullerson reportedly returned to the UK and has not been replaced. 2. Post notes that the OHCHR web site (http://kazakhstan.ohchr.org/) lists the regional advisor position in Almaty as vacant. O [...] | 2006-07-17 08:44:00 | US Office Almaty | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL KZ |
06ALMATY2673 | KAZAKHSTAN: THE NUCLEAR INDUSTRY [...] (SBU) Summary: The nuclear fuel cycle in Kazakhstan is wholly managed by the state-owned Kazatomprom company, and dominated by uranium mining and milling operations. Kazatomprom is investing heavily in increasing uranium production not only to profit from the projected increase in world demand, [...] | 2006-07-25 09:02:00 | US Office Almaty | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KNNP MARR KZ |
06ALMATY2687 | KAZAKHSTAN: CONOCOPHILLIPS UPDATE: N BLOCK, [...] (C) Summary: Outgoing ConocoPhillips (CP) Country Manager Hakim Janah told Econoff on July 21 that the company had improved the financial terms of its bid for a share of Kazakhstan's offshore "N" block (Ref A),following Shell's rejection of a CP proposal that the two companies cease competin [...] | 2006-07-26 09:41:00 | US Office Almaty | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ENRG EPET KZ PGOV PREL |
06ALMATY2783 | KAZAKHSTAN: REACTION TO IRAN DEMARCHE [...] (U) Pol-Econ Chief conveyed reftel demarche to Daniyar Sarekenov of the MFA's Middle East division on July 27. 2. (SBU) Sarekenov said that Kazakhstan was very concerned with the developing situation in Iran and hoped for a constructive response from the GOI to the P5+1 proposal. The GOK pl [...] | 2006-08-03 10:52:00 | US Office Almaty | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KNNP PARM IR KZ |
06ALMATY2800 | KAZAKHSTAN: AMBASSADOR'S AUGUST 1 MEETING WITH [...] (C) Summary: Secretary of Agriculture Johanns' recent visit was very successful and highlighted the importance of agriculture and water issues in Kazakhstan, according to Deputy Prime Minister Masimov. Environmental issues and migration are also serious challenges, he added, noting that the [...] | 2006-08-04 11:16:00 | US Office Almaty | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EFIN KZ |
06ALMATY2803 | KAZAKHSTAN: AMBASSADOR'S AUGUST 1 MEETING WITH PA [...] (SBU) Summary: In a July 3 meeting, the Ambassador discussed planning for President Nazarbayev's late September visit to the U.S. with Presidential Administration head Adylbek Dzhaksybekov. Dzhaksybekov said that Kazakhstan hopes to sign a WTO accession protocol during the visit. The Ambass [...] | 2006-08-05 01:16:00 | US Office Almaty | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM KZ |
06ALMATY282 | 2006 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT -- KAZAKHSTAN [...] The following information is provided in response to reftel request. Openness to Foreign Investment ------------------------------ Kazakhstan has made significant progress toward creating a market economy since its independence in 1991. The European Union in 2000 and the U.S. Department [...] | 2006-01-25 10:42:00 | US Office Almaty | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KTDB USTR ECONOMIC |
06ALMATY2822 | KAZAKHSTAN OFFERS LEGAL STATUS FOR LABOR MIGRANTS [...] Summary: August 1 was the effective date of a new amnesty law allowing illegal laborers from CIS countries to obtain legal status in Kazakhstan. In order to qualify, employers of illegal laborers must submit application documents to the city migration police before December 31. Migrants will [...] | 2006-08-08 09:57:00 | US Office Almaty | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ELAB PBTS PGOV PHUM PREF PREL SMIG KZ |
06ALMATY2871 | KAZAKHSTAN: DISCUSSIONS ON THE TRANSFER OF MANPADS [...] (S) Summary: Poloff met with Kazakhstani MFA official Sergey Savelyev to discuss the transfer of SA-14 and SA-16 MANPADS. Savelyev said that his office had given its opinion that the weapons systems should not be transferred, but should be destroyed. This is not the MFA's final decision, bu [...] | 2006-08-09 11:28:00 | US Office Almaty | SECRET | PARM PREL PTER MASS MARR NATO KZ |
06ALMATY2872 | KAZAKHSTAN: MFA UNWILLING TO RECEIVE TRANSFER OF [...] (S) Summary: In an August 2 meeting with MFA consular officials, Poloff again discussed the issue of transferring the Kazakhstani detainees held at Guantanamo to Kazakhstan. Poloff informed his counterparts that only intelligence and law enforcement personnel were allowed to visit the detaine [...] | 2006-08-10 00:49:00 | US Office Almaty | SECRET | PTER KAWC PHUM PREL KZ |
06ALMATY2885 | EXBS: KAZAKHSTAN ADVISOR'S MONTHLY REPORTING [...] Export Control and Related Border Security (EXBS) Program TDY Advisor Kevin Cummings assisted Advisor Offenbacher during the office's initial three weeks in Astana. Mr. Cummings departed Kazakhstan the third week of July. EXBS TDY Advisor Larry Adkins arrived in Astana on July 24 to provide [...] | 2006-08-11 07:47:00 | US Office Almaty | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP KZ |
06ALMATY2889 | KAZAKHSTAN: POSSIBLE TRANSFER OF KAZAKHSTANI [...] (S) Post appreciates receipt of ref B information on Kazakhstani citizen Ilkham Turdbyavich Batayev, ISN US9UZ-000084DP, and will pass it to the GOK soonest. Additionally, in response to reftel A approval for the transfer of Batayev from DoD custody to Kazakhstan, post notes that the Kazakhst [...] | 2006-08-12 03:09:00 | US Office Almaty | SECRET | PTER KAWC PHUM PREL PINR KZ |
06ALMATY2905 | SCENESETTER FOR DEPUTY ASSISTANT SECRETARY [...] (C) Summary: Your visit comes at a time of accelerating U.S. Kazakhstan bilateral engagement. With its economic strength, vast energy resources, strong commitment to the fight against international terrorism, and capacity and demonstrated willingness to craft an independent foreign policy, K [...] | 2006-08-15 07:11:00 | US Office Almaty | SECRET | PREL KZ |
06ALMATY2935 | KAZAKHSTAN WILL NOT BUDGE ON 2009 OSCE CHAIRMANSHIP [...] (C) Summary: Kazakhstan has heard the U.S. message on its 2009 OSCE CiO bid but has nevertheless decided not to withdraw or defer its candidacy, according to FM Tokayev. The GOK believes it has widespread support among OSCE member states and would view withdrawing or postponing its bid as def [...] | 2006-08-17 12:21:00 | US Office Almaty | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM KZ |
06ALMATY2953 | KAZAKHSTAN: FOREIGN MINISTER ON GUANTANAMO [...] (SBU) Summary: During an August 17 meeting, Foreign Minister Tokayev told Ambassador Ordway that he would recommend to President Nazarbayev that Kazakhstan send a "fact finding" team to Afghanistan to investigate possible Kazakhstani participation in a Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT). T [...] | 2006-08-19 03:39:00 | US Office Almaty | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM KZ |
06ALMATY2955 | KAZAKHSTAN: FOREIGN MINISTER ON GUANTANAMO [...] (SBU) Summary: During an August 17 meeting, Foreign Minister Tokayev told Ambassador Ordway that he would recommend to President Nazarbayev that Kazakhstan send a "fact finding" team to Afghanistan to investigate possible Kazakhstani participation in a Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT). T [...] | 2006-08-19 03:39:00 | US Office Almaty | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM KZ |
06ALMATY3002 | KAZAKHSTAN: AUTHORITIES FREE 21 TRAFFICKING VICTIMS [...] Summary: On August 14, Astana city policemen announced that they had freed 21 Tajik citizens from confinement by an Astana labor trafficker, who they promptly arrested. The Tajik victims were kept in a shed and forced to work at construction sites in the rapidly growing capital city. The E [...] | 2006-08-23 11:12:00 | US Office Almaty | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR KCRM KCOR PREL PINT KZ TJ |
06ALMATY3026 | KAZAKHSTAN: DAS FEIGENBAUM'S MEETINGS IN ALMATY [...] (SBU) Summary: During an August 22-24 visit to Almaty, SCA DAS Evan Feigenbaum met with a wide range of civil society, political, and business representatives who painted a vivid picture of the political and economic challenges facing Kazakhstan. His interlocutors expressed concern about res [...] | 2006-08-28 02:53:00 | US Office Almaty | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KDEM PHUM KZ |
06ALMATY3027 | KAZAKHSTAN: TIMUR KULIBAYEV GIVES DAS FEIGENBAUM [...] (SBU) Summary: During an August 25 meeting in Astana, Presidential son-in-law Timur Kulibayev provided SCA DAS Evan Feigenbaum with an overview of Kazakhstan's oil and gas sector, outlining his vision for the next decade. Kulibayev expressed firm support for the Trans-Caspian gas pipeline proj [...] | 2006-08-28 05:14:00 | US Office Almaty | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM KZ |
06ALMATY3028 | KAZAKHSTAN: VICE MINISTER OF TRADE DISCUSSES [...] (SBU) Summary: During an August 25 meeting in Astana with SCA Deputy Assistant Secretary Evan Feigenbaum, Vice Minister of Industry and Trade Askar Batalov described Kazakhstan's economic diversification strategy and highlighted the promise of, and obstacles to, greater regional trade. Of the [...] | 2006-08-28 05:14:00 | US Office Almaty | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM KZ |
06ALMATY3040 | SECURITY COUNCIL CHAIRMAN: KAZAKHSTAN WILL SEND [...] No summary [...] | 2006-08-28 08:13:00 | US Office Almaty | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM KZ |
06ALMATY3041 | SECURITY COUNCIL CHAIRMAN TAZHIN, DAS FEIGENBAUM [...] (SBU) Summary: During an August 25 meeting in Astana, the Chairman of Kazakhstan's Security Council, Marat Tazhin, told SCA Deputy Assistant Secretary Evan Feigenbaum that the GOK was assembling an inter-agency "Survey Team" to study possible Kazakhstani participation in an Afghan Provincial [...] | 2006-08-28 09:28:00 | US Office Almaty | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM KZ |
06ALMATY3062 | KAZAKHSTAN: DAS FEIGENBAUM MEETS WITH DEPUTY PRIME [...] (SBU) Summary: On August 25, SCA DAS Evan Feigenbaum and Ambassador Ordway met with Deputy Prime Minister Karim Masimov in Astana. Conversation centered on preparations for a joint U.S.-Kazakhstan meeting on the margins of the upcoming World Bank-IMF meetings in Singapore, President Nazarbaye [...] | 2006-08-28 11:35:00 | US Office Almaty | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ECON KZ |
06ALMATY3065 | KAZAKHSTAN: DAS FEIGENBAUM MEETS WITH FOREIGN [...] (C) Summary. SCA Deputy Assistant Secretary Evan Feigenbaum and Ambassador Ordway held a wide-ranging discussion with Foreign Minister Kasymzhomart Tokayev in Astana on August 25. Tokayev stated that Kazakhstan would continue to press its bid for the 2009 OSCE chairmanship. Feigenbaum respond [...] | 2006-08-28 11:38:00 | US Office Almaty | CONFIDENTIAL | KZ PGOV PREL |
06ALMATY3075 | KAZAKHSTAN NONCOMMITAL ON INDIA CIVIL NUCLEAR [...] (SBU) Summary: The Kazakhstani MFA welcomes progress in the U.S. and India on laying the groundwork for civil nuclear cooperation, and will consider making a statement of support at the upcoming NSG meeting in Vienna. Kazakhstan would like to ensure that Pakistan's views are considered as th [...] | 2006-08-31 04:44:00 | US Office Almaty | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ENRG KSCA PARM KNNP ETTC IN KZ |
06ALMATY3080 | (S) KAZAKHSTAN UNABLE TO TRANSFER MANPADS [...] (S) In an August 28 meeting, Deputy Foreign Minister Kairat Abdrakhmanov informed the Ambassador that Kazakhstan would not be able to turn over MANPADS slated for destruction in the NATO Trust Fund project to the U.S. as requested (reftel). Abdrakhmanov said that several bilateral agreements [...] | 2006-08-31 10:44:00 | US Office Almaty | SECRET | PARM PREL PTER MASS MARR NATO KZ |
06ALMATY3086 | KAZAKHSTAN: MFA EAGER TO RESOLVE DETAINEE ISSUE [...] (SBU) Following up on his discussion of the issue with Foreign Minister Tokayev (reftel),the Ambassador on August 28 pressed Deputy Foreign Minister Kairat Abdrakhmanov on the need for Kazakhstan to accept the return of its citizens detained at Guantanamo. The Ambassador stressed that there [...] | 2006-08-31 11:11:00 | US Office Almaty | SECRET | PTER KAWC PHUM PREL PINR KZ |
06ALMATY3143 | KAZAKHSTAN: SUPREME COURT DENIES HARE KRISHNA [...] (SBU) Summary: On August 24, the Supreme Court of Kazakhstan denied the Hare Krishnas' appeal of an adverse lower court ruling concerning title to their commune in the Karasai district, near Almaty. The GOK now intends to form a special commission to resolve the issue. The Hare Krishnas are [...] | 2006-09-06 21:57:00 | US Office Almaty | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM PGOV KZ |
06ALMATY3178 | KAZAKHSTAN: KAZMUNAIGAS ANNOUNCES OFFERING OF [...] (SBU) Summary: On September 4, KazMunaiGas Exploration and Production company (KMG E&P),the onshore production subsidiary of Kazakhstan's state-owned oil company, formally announced its intention to issue shares on both Kazakhstan's stock exchange (KASE) and the London Stock Exchange. Accord [...] | 2006-09-11 08:48:00 | US Office Almaty | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM KZ |
06ALMATY3211 | EXBS: KAZAKHSTAN ADVISOR'S MONTHLY REPORTING [...] EXBS TDY Advisor Larry Adkins continued to assist the EXBS office in Astana throughout the month of August. Gulnara Abildaeva, EXBS Program Coordinator, took annual leave for much of the month. 2. September will likely be the EXBS program office's final month in its present interi [...] | 2006-09-13 01:07:00 | US Office Almaty | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP KZ |
06ALMATY3245 | KAZAKHSTAN: GOK AGREES TO THE TRANSFER OF [...] (SBU) Summary: This is an action request. The Government of Kazakhstan has agreed to receive the transfer of the Kazakhstani detainees at Guantanamo Bay, according to Kazakhstani Ministry of Foreign Affairs Officer Ualikhan S. Sanginkhanov. Post requests Department guidance on the mechanism [...] | 2006-09-15 01:15:00 | US Office Almaty | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER KAWC PINR PREL KZ |
06ALMATY3271 | BOUCHER AND AITZHANOVA DISCUSS STATUS OF [...] (SBU) Summary: During a September 9 meeting in Astana, Assistant Secretary Boucher and Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade Aitzhanova discussed the timing of the next round of bilateral World Trade Organization negotiations, next steps on Kazakhstan's negotiations with Working Party members, [...] | 2006-09-18 06:42:00 | US Office Almaty | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ETRD ECON KZ |
06ALMATY3272 | KAZAKHSTAN: BOUCHER AND TAZHIN COVER AFGHANISTAN, [...] (SBU) Summary: Kazakhstan will send a survey team to Afghanistan in September to examine ways to support reconstruction, Security Council secretary Tazhin told Assistant Secretary Boucher during a September 8 meeting. Boucher welcomed the news and encouraged Kazakhstan to look at assistance p [...] | 2006-09-18 06:44:00 | US Office Almaty | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PARM EINV ENRG SNAR IQ KZ |
06ALMATY3273 | BOUCHER TO DZHAKSYBEKOV: CONCRETE PROGRESS ON [...] (SBU) Summary: In a September 8 meeting with Presidential Administration head Dzhaksybekov, Assistant Secretary Boucher outlined U.S. hopes for President Nazarbayev's upcoming visit to Washington, pressing on the importance of showing concrete progress on democratic reform. In the context of [...] | 2006-09-18 06:45:00 | US Office Almaty | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KDEM ETRD MOPS AF KZ |
06ALMATY3274 | KAZAKHSTAN: A/S BOUCHER AND DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER [...] (SBU) Summary: Deputy Prime Minister Masimov expressed concern regarding the pace of bilateral WTO negotiations with the U.S. during a September 8 meeting with Assistant Secretary Boucher and requested a sign of U.S. support for SIPDIS Kazakhstan's early accession during President Nazarbayev [...] | 2006-09-18 07:13:00 | US Office Almaty | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ETRD ECON EINV ENRG AF KZ |
06ALMATY3275 | KAZAKHSTAN: A/S BOUCHER MEETS WITH SENATE SPEAKER [...] (SBU) Summary: Senate Speaker Abykayev told Assistant Secretary Boucher on September 9 that Kazakhstan saw SIPDIS President Nazarbayev's upcoming visit to the U.S. as an opportunity to highlight its record on economic reform and security. A/S Boucher underscored the need to discuss plans f [...] | 2006-09-18 07:14:00 | US Office Almaty | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KDEM KZ |
06ALMATY3280 | KAZAKHSTAN: "KAZENERGY" LOBBYING ASSOCIATION [...] (SBU) Summary: "KazEnergy," Kazakhstan's new "power industry" association founded by presidential son-in-law Timur Kulibayev, made its public debut the week of September 5 by organizing the first annual "Eurasia Energy Forum" in Astana. The high-level GOK and private sector attendance at the [...] | 2006-09-18 10:17:00 | US Office Almaty | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM KZ |
06ALMATY333 | KAZAKHSTAN: PRESIDENT NAZARBAYEV,S "NEW" CABINET [...] (SBU) Summary/Introduction: President Nazarbayev has completed naming his government, following his January 11 inauguration, and held his first cabinet meeting on January 25. While technically "new," most of the 16 ministers retained their posts or made lateral moves to other ministries. N [...] | 2006-01-30 11:54:00 | US Office Almaty | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KZ |
06ALMATY335 | KAZAKHSTAN: SECOND ROUND OF ARB REVIEWS [...] (C) EBO Astana principal officer delivered Ref A demarche on January 26 to Valikhan Konurbayev, Head of the MFA Consular Department. The demarche concerned the upcoming ARB review of GTMO detainee Abdulrahim Kerimbakiev. Konurbayev noted that when Kerimbakiev first came up for ARB review (Re [...] | 2006-01-30 12:12:00 | US Office Almaty | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER KAWC PINR PREL KZ |
06ALMATY339 | KAZAKHSTAN: REQUEST FOR NUCLEAR SMUGGLING TALKS [...] (SBU) Post conveyed reftel points to the Kazakhstani MFA by diplomatic note on January 20. Olzhas Togyzbayev, of the MFA's international security department told POEC chief on January 25 that, in principle, he thought the idea of a systematic review of programs to combat nuclear smuggling was [...] | 2006-01-31 02:46:00 | US Office Almaty | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP PREL PARM PINS KZ POLITICAL |
06ALMATY3396 | KAZAKHSTAN: INVITATION TO IRAQ CONFERENCE DELIVERED [...] (U) Pol-Econ Chief conveyed reftel demarche and invitation letter addressed to FM Tokayev to Daniyar Sarekenov of the MFA's Middle East division on September 22. 2. (SBU) Sarekenov noted that in the absence of FM Tokayev, currently in New York for UNGA, he would forward the letter to Deputy [...] | 2006-09-25 06:30:00 | US Office Almaty | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR MOPS PREL IZ KZ |
06ALMATY406 | KAZAKHSTAN: PROPOSAL ON IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PSI [...] (SBU) Summary: The Kazakhstani Government has expressed interest in information exchange with relevant USG bodies to help combat weapons proliferation, as well as training courses for its specialists to study U.S. practices. See request for guidance, para. 5. End summary. 2. (C) In respo [...] | 2006-02-02 13:18:00 | US Office Almaty | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP MNUC PARM PREL KZ |
06ALMATY411 | EUCOM DEPUTY COMMANDER GENERAL WALD,S MEETING WITH [...] (U) Participants: U.S. European Command Deputy Commander Charles F. Wald Charge Mark Asquino Deputy Assistant Secretary for Defense James MacDougall Rear Admiral Michael J. Lyden, J4 Director of Logistics and Security Assistance, EUCOM Brigadier General Melvyn Spiese, J5/J8, Deputy Direc [...] | 2006-02-03 02:19:00 | US Office Almaty | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PINS PTER PREL KZ POLITICAL |
06ALMATY425 | KAZAKHSTAN: GENERAL WALD,S MEETING WITH SECURITY [...] (U) Participants: U.S. European Command Deputy Commander General Charles F. Wald Deputy Assistant Secretary for Defense James MacDougall Charge Mark Asquino Lieutenant Colonel Michael E. Corson Lieutenant Colonel Richard Lee Kazakhstan Security Council Chairman Bulat Utemuratov Deputy [...] | 2006-02-03 10:31:00 | US Office Almaty | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS OVIP KZ |
06ALMATY434 | KAZAKHSTAN: GENERAL WALD,S MEETING WITH ENERGY [...] (SBU) Summary: During a January 19-20 visit to Astana, EUCOM Deputy Commander General Charles Wald discussed energy security with oil and gas company representatives. General Wald underscored the importance of energy as a security issue, informing his interlocutors that NATO's new mission inc [...] | 2006-02-03 12:06:00 | US Office Almaty | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR MAS PREL ENRG KZ |
06ALMATY456 | KAZAKHSTAN: RUSSIANS HOST CTAG MEETING [...] (SBU) Summary: During the first CTAG of the Russian G-8 presidency, representatives of G-8 embassies discussed the threats to Kazakhstan posed by international terrorism, organized crime, and drug trafficking. While expressing general satisfaction with the GOK's approach to counterterrorism [...] | 2006-02-07 03:43:00 | US Office Almaty | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER RS KZ |
06ALMATY546 | EXBS: KAZAKHSTAN ADVISOR MONTHLY REPORTING CABLE [...] EXBS program Advisor Offenbacher was in the United States for training and annual leave for much of the month of December. He also spent the first half of January in the US on leave and consultations. II. COMPLETED ACTIONS FOR THE REPORTING PERIOD A. SITE ASSESSMENTS AND MEETINGS CONDUCT [...] | 2006-02-10 08:37:00 | US Office Almaty | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP KZ EXBS |
06ALMATY601 | KAZAKHSTAN'S REACTION TO RESULTS OF 2005 MADRID [...] (C) Summary: Kazakhstan is frustrated that the U.S. does not support its application for membership in the Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR). The MFA is seeking expert-level discussions in order to obtain a better understanding of U.S. objections and to lay out its case. Post believes [...] | 2006-02-14 12:01:00 | US Office Almaty | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM ETTC KSCA PREL TSPA KZ |
06ALMATY602 | KAZAKHSTAN INTENSIFIES EFFORTS TO DEVELOP NUCLEAR [...] (C) Summary: Kazakhstan plans to develop its nuclear industry, from increased uranium production to nuclear power generation. The topic has attracted a significant amount of press coverage in recent weeks, primarily due to a joint statement on cooperation issued by President Nazarbayev and P [...] | 2006-02-14 12:03:00 | US Office Almaty | CONFIDENTIAL | MNUC PREL KZ |
06ALMATY717 | KAZAKHSTAN: SEVEN ARRESTED IN SARSENBAIULY MURDER [...] (C) Summary: The Ministry of Interior (MVD) announced the arrest of six suspects in the Sarsenbaiuly murder case (reftels) on February 20. According to the MVD, five of the suspects -- all current KNB (National Security Committee) agents -- have confessed to kidnapping the victims on orders o [...] | 2006-02-22 12:14:00 | US Office Almaty | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL KZ POLITICAL |
06ALMATY756 | KAZAKHSTAN: WHITHER IN 2006 [...] (C) Summary: The U.S.-Kazakhstan relationship is broad and deep, built on a number of significant points of congruence. The GOK is a potential ally and partner on a whole range of issues that are critically important to the U.S., including diversifying Eurasian gas supplies and routes to w [...] | 2006-02-24 14:00:00 | US Office Almaty | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EINV KDEM PHUM PARM KPAO KZ POLITICAL |
06ALMATY761 | KNB HEAD STEPS DOWN FOLLOWING ARRESTS IN [...] (U) Summary: On February 22, two days after the arrest of five KNB officers in the Sarsenbaiuly murder case (reftel),Kazakhstani President Nursultan Nazarbayev accepted the resignation of Committee of National Security (KNB) Chairman Nartai Dutbayev. According to press reports, KNB Vice Cha [...] | 2006-02-25 10:05:00 | US Office Almaty | SECRET | PHUM PGOV PREL PTER KZ POLITICAL |
06ALMATY78 | KAZAKHSTANI RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON AFGHAN COMPACT [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. 2. (SBU) On December 22, Poloff delivered reftel demarche on donor pledging for the Afghanistan Compact in London to Aitzhan Aidashev, First Secretary in the Asia Department of the Kazakhstani Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Aidashev co [...] | 2006-01-12 05:07:00 | US Office Almaty | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV EAID PREL AF KZ POLITICAL |
06ALMATY808 | KAZAKHSTAN: UZBEK REFUGEES UNDER RENEWED PRESSURE? [...] (C) Summary: In a February 28 meeting in Almaty, imam Abidkhan Nazarov of the Tukhtaboy mosque in Tashkent told Poloff that he fears that Uzbek and Kazakhstani authorities have recently intensified their efforts to locate him and his followers in Kazakhstan. Nazarov voiced his concerns three [...] | 2006-03-01 12:29:00 | US Office Almaty | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PREF PTER KZ POLITICAL |
06ALMATY888 | OSCE: PROJECT PROPOSALS [...] This cable responds to Ref A request for comments on OSCE project proposals. None of the proposals forwarded by USOSCE and the local OSCE Center duplicates activities in which Post is currently involved. Specifically, the proposal on creating a training center for defense lawyers would comp [...] | 2006-03-07 13:52:00 | US Office Almaty | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL AFIN ABUD EAID ECON KCRM PHUM KZ OSCE ECONOMIC |
06ALMATY895 | KAZAKHSTAN: REQUEST FOR TRANSFER OF SA-16 AND [...] (S) On February 28, Poff delivered ref B demarche immediately following the delivery of Ref C demarche to Gaukhar Biseyeva, Head of the Office of European Security in the Kazakhstani Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and her assistant Yerzhan Zhukenov. Biseyeva appeared cautiously optimistic abo [...] | 2006-03-09 07:07:00 | US Office Almaty | SECRET | PARM PREL PTER MASS MARR KZ POLITICAL |
06ALMATY924 | EXBS: KAZAKHSTAN ADVISOR MONTHLY REPORTING CABLE [...] EXBS Almaty devoted a substantial amount of time this month to preparing for the delivery of three boats and organizing an event to celebrate their arrival to the Caspian (additional information below in section D). 2. EXBS Kazakhstan's move to Astana is rapidly approaching. The offic [...] | 2006-03-13 02:19:00 | US Office Almaty | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP KZ |
06ALMATY960 | SECRETARY BODMAN'S MARCH 14 MEETINGS IN KAZAKHSTAN [...] (SBU) Summary: Secretary Bodman conducted a full day of meetings with Government of Kazakhstan (GOK) officials and energy sector representatives in Astana on March 14, on the eve of the Secretary's G8 energy meetings in Moscow. (Secretary Bodman's meeting with President Nazarbayev is reported [...] | 2006-03-16 01:43:00 | US Office Almaty | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OVIP PREL ECON ENRG ETRD KZ ECONOMIC |
06AMMAN1059 | EXBS-JORDAN ADVISOR MONTHLY REPORTING CABLE JANAURY 2006 [...] On January 4-6, EXBS Advisor completed a program Consultation Visit to Washington D.C. to discuss country and regional plans with representatives of the EXBS interagency working group. The following is a summary of discussions and EXBS events: A. Wednesday January 4, 2006. Â [...] | 2006-02-14 07:05:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC MNUC PARM PREL MASS KSTC KNNP JO |
06AMMAN1083 | EXBS-MIDDLE EAST REGION ADVISOR MONTHLY REPORTING CABLE [...] On January 4-6, EXBS Advisor completed a program Consultation Visit to Washington D.C. to discuss country and regional plans with representatives of the EXBS interagency working group. The following is a summary of discussions and EXBS events: A. Wednesday January 4, 2006. Â [...] | 2006-02-14 14:12:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP JO |
06AMMAN1100 | DEMARCHE ON THE APPOINTMENT OF THE NEXT UN [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Jamal Al-Shamayleh, deputy chief of the Foreign Ministry's International Organizations Department, during a February 13 meeting at the Foreign Ministry. Shamayleh agreed that the post of Secretary General should not be bound by a rotational system, and [...] | 2006-02-15 10:31:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UN KS JO |
06AMMAN1109 | EXTRADITION TREATY WITH JORDAN [...] (C) Post is working to re-focus the GOJ on resolving the status of the extradition treaty between the U.S. and Jordan. This is a priority point in our meetings with senior GOJ officials, and we ask visiting senior U.S. officials to lend their weight as well, and to consider raising with Jordan [...] | 2006-02-15 13:02:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL CASC CJAN KTIA JO |
06AMMAN1116 | JORDAN TO REPLACE PEACEKEEPING MISSION LEADER IN [...] (S) King Abdullah told Ambassador on February 1 enroute to Washington that he had concluded there was a problem with the leadership of the Jordanian peacekeeping unit in Haiti. This problem had been worsening since the killing there December 24 of two Jordanian soldiers. The King said the com [...] | 2006-02-15 14:06:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | PREL MARR KPKO HA JO |
06AMMAN1129 | PROJECT PROPOSAL FROM IOM JORDAN TO REPATRIATE [...] Fernando Arocena of the International Organization for Migration (IOM)'s Jordan Office approached post with a repatriation project proposaQfor female foreign domestic workers (FDWs) stranded in Jordan, and a request that the USG consider funding it. Embassy Amman endorses this proposal. Deta [...] | 2006-02-16 07:16:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG JO |
06AMMAN1156 | PSI DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] | 2006-02-16 14:36:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHSA ETTC KNNP MNUC JO |
06AMMAN1157 | CANDIDATES FOR THE PEACEBUILDING COMMISSION - [...] No summary [...] | 2006-02-16 14:38:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPKO JO |
06AMMAN1175 | PALESTINIAN-JORDANIANS SHARE THEIR VIEWS ON HAMAS [...] (C) While the GOJ is in full agreement with the U.S. on the need for Hamas to renounce terror, recognize Israel and respect past international agreements, Palestinian-Jordanian opinion makers believe that Hamas should be given a "fair chance" to run a Palestinian government without expressly [...] | 2006-02-16 16:10:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KISL KPAL KWBG JO |
06AMMAN1214 | INVITATION FOR DEFENSE THREAT REDUCTION AGENCY [...] (U) SUMMARY. Embassy Amman invites the Defense Threat Reduction Agency International Counterproliferation Program to begin a partnership with the Government of Jordan. Post will coordinate program events with other USG assistance. END SUMMARY. 2. INVITATION. A. (SBU) Embassy Amman is p [...] | 2006-02-21 11:10:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC MNUC PARM PREL MASS KSTC KNNP JO |
06AMMAN1261 | SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT TO JORDAN OF LIEUTENANT [...] (C) EMBASSY AMMAN IS LOOKING FORWARD TO YOUR VISIT ON 22-24 FEBRUARY 2006. JORDAN REMAINS ONE OF OUR STRONGEST SUPPORTERS FOR ALL ASPECTS OF REGIONAL ENGAGEMENT. YOUR VISIT WILL ALLOW YOU TO REITERATE TO THE JORDANIANS OUR CONTINUED COMMITMENT TO OUR JOINT EFFORTS TO COMBAT TERRORISM AND MAI [...] | 2006-02-21 12:25:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | PREL MARR JO |
06AMMAN1285 | MUQTADA AL-SADR VISITS JORDAN [...] (U) Muqtada al-Sadr visited Jordan February 17-19 for meetings with the King and Prime Minister, and to visit shrines venerated by Shiites. According to press reports, the King told Sadr that Jordan was eager to protect Iraq's unity, and stressed the importance of the political process and of [...] | 2006-02-21 16:30:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | PREL IZ JO |
06AMMAN1289 | SHIITE INSIDER DISCUSSES IRAQI POLITICAL [...] (C) London-based Al-Khoei Foundation Director Ghanem Jawad gave Emboff a run-down on past political intrigues and current political ambitions of several prominent Iraqi political figures, including Ahmed Chalabi, Ibrahim Ja'afari, Abdel Aziz al-Hakim, and Jalal Talabani. Jawad Ja'afari's sup [...] | 2006-02-22 07:13:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR KISL JO IZ |
06AMMAN1441 | HAMAS LEGISLATORS IN JORDAN FOR ARAB PARLIAMENTARY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Hamas PLC members Mahmoud al-Zahar and Saeed Syam, in Jordan to attend an Arab parliamentarian conference, called in local press for "close relations" between Jordan and a Hamas-led Palestinian Authority. They met with local Islamists and MPs, but did not have contact with GOJ o [...] | 2006-02-28 13:35:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KISL KPAL JO |
06AMMAN1479 | TRIDE Hits Its Stride [...] Summary: Senior management from the Trilateral Industrial Research and Development (TRIDE) Foundation met Jordanian and USG representatives in Amman on February 20 for a strategic planning session. The productive and upbeat meeting inaugurated the Ministry of Industry and Trade as the lead J [...] | 2006-03-01 12:44:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | EIND EINV ECIN PREL IS JO |
06AMMAN1505 | AMBASSADOR CRUMPTON'S MEETING WITH PRINCE ALI [...] (S/NF) Coordinator for Counterterrorism Ambassador Henry Crumpton met February 28 with Prince Ali Bin Al-Hussein, one of King Abdullah's closest advisors and his half-brother. Discussions focused on Jordan's Counterrorism (CT) support request (Ref A). Ambassador Crumpton was joined in the mee [...] | 2006-03-02 09:59:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PTER MARR PHUM LE SY JO |
06AMMAN151 | ARTICLE 98 -- PARLIAMENT COMPLETES RATIFICATION [...] No summary [...] | 2006-01-08 15:55:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV MARR JO KICC |
06AMMAN1511 | AMBASSADOR CRUMPTON'S VISIT TO JORDAN'S 71ST [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador Henry Crumpton, U.S. Coordinator for Counterterrorism (CT),discussed Jordanian CT capabilities - and CT training for foreign special operations forces - with the commander of the 71st Jordanian Counterterrorism Battalion during a February 28 visit to Jordan. END SUMMA [...] | 2006-03-02 10:38:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | PREL PTER MARR MCAP IZ JO |
06AMMAN1526 | AMBASSADOR CRUMPTON'S MEETING WITH THE CHIEF OF [...] (C) Coordinator for Counterterrorism Ambassador Henry Crumpton met with Lt. General Mohammad Majid Al-Eitan February 28. Discussions focused on terrorist tactics, border security, and regional security cooperation. Ambassador Crumpton was joined in the meeting by the Ambassador, A/RSO, and Po [...] | 2006-03-02 14:24:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | PREL PTER IZ SY LE JO |
06AMMAN1534 | AMBASSADOR CRUMPTON'S MEETING WITH FM KHATIB [...] (SBU) Coordinator for Counterterrorism Ambassador Henry Crumpton met with Foreign Minister Abdul Ilah Al-Khatib February 28. Discussions focused on regional concerns including Hamas, Syria, Lebanon, Iraq, and Jordan,s efforts to combat radical Islamist ideologies. Jordanian participants incl [...] | 2006-03-02 15:55:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KWBG PTER MARR PHUM KISL SY JO IR IZ |
06AMMAN1576 | PAPERS FOR PSI PLANNING MEETING DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] | 2006-03-05 15:28:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHSA ETTC KNNP MNUC JO |
06AMMAN1606 | DIPLOMATIC NOTE REGARDING USE OF KASOTC DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] | 2006-03-06 13:41:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR MASS MOPS PREL PM JO |
06AMMAN1657 | SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT TO JORDAN OF LIEUTENANT [...] (S) EMBASSY AMMAN IS LOOKING FORWARD TO YOUR VISIT ON 8-9 MARCH 2006. JORDAN REMAINS ONE OF OUR STRONGEST SUPPORTERS FOR ALL ASPECTS OF REGIONAL ENGAGEMENT. YOUR VISIT WILL ALLOW YOU TO REITERATE TO THE JORDANIANS OUR CONTINUED COMMITMENT TO OUR JOINT EFFORTS TO COMBAT TERRORISM AND MAINTAIN [...] | 2006-03-07 05:29:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | JO MARR PREL |
06AMMAN1735 | SOME JORDANIAN VIEWS ON IRAN'S NUCLEAR AMBITIONS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The GOJ shares U.S. concerns about Iran,s nuclear ambitions, but also fears a U.S.-Iran crisis that adds to regional tensions. Jordan,s political class and the popular press, however, often link the Iran nuclear issue to complaints about the Israeli nuclear program. END SUMMARY [...] | 2006-03-08 14:02:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL MNUC IR JO |
06AMMAN1787 | EXBS-MIDDLE EAST REGION ADVISOR MONTHLY REPORTING CABLE [...] On February 1-28, Regional Advisor assisted ISN/ECC-DoS, EXBS Interagency Group Members and their contractors to update the interagency EXBS event schedule for the Middle East Region. ISN- ECC expects to disseminate an updated schedule in March 2006. 2. The new point of contact for EXBS in [...] | 2006-03-09 16:02:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP JO |
06AMMAN1788 | EXBS-JORDAN ADVISOR MONTHLY REPORTING CABLE FEBRUARY [...] On February 13, the EXBS Advisor participated in a telephone conference with EXBS program managers from DOS and DOC to discuss future DOC EXBS events in Jordan. Scheduling training in legal infrastructure, licensing, enforcement and presentation of the DOC automated Product Identification Trai [...] | 2006-03-09 16:03:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC MNUC PARM PREL MASS KSTC KNNP JO |
06AMMAN1789 | EXBS-JORDAN ADVISOR MONTHLY REPORTING CABLE FEBRUARY [...] On February 13, the EXBS Advisor participated in a telephone conference with EXBS program managers from DOS and DOC to discuss future DOC EXBS events in Jordan. Scheduling training in legal infrastructure, licensing, enforcement and presentation of the DOC automated Product Identification Trai [...] | 2006-03-09 16:08:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC MNUC PARM PREL MASS KSTC KNNP JO |
06AMMAN1792 | TRUCKING DELAYS AT JORDAN-IRAQ BORDER [...] (C) SUMMARY: Queues have been getting longer since the new year on the Iraqi side of the Jordan-Iraq border at Al Karama-Trebil, due to security screening on the Jordanian side, and a lack of resources on the Iraqi side. Coalition convoys traveling eastward are also facing delays. END SUMMA [...] | 2006-03-12 06:22:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER MARR IZ JO |
06AMMAN18 | PARLIAMENTARY COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS RATIFICATION OF [...] (U) The legal committee of the Chamber of Deputies - the lower house of Jordan's parliament - on January 2 formally recommended the ratification of the U.S.-Jordan Article 98 agreement. The Chamber of Deputies had referred the agreement to the legal committee on December 7, after earlier rej [...] | 2006-01-03 15:47:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL JO KICC |
06AMMAN1830 | UNRWA STAKEHOLDERS RE-INVIGORATE AGENCY'S ADVISORY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Representatives of 20 governments and observers from the European Commission, the PLO and the Arab League convened in an extraordinary meeting in Amman February 27-28 to re-invigorate the moribund governance structure of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine R [...] | 2006-03-13 08:40:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF KPAL KUNR PREL JO UNGA |
06AMMAN1848 | ABU MAZEN: "ONE POLICY FOR PA" [...] (C) Summary. Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen) met with foreign ambassadors in Amman, March 12. Abu Mazen told the ambassadors that there is only one policy for the Palestinians - to pursue peace through the Quartet-led roadmap. He signaled he would not back down [...] | 2006-03-13 13:14:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KWBG PGOV IS JO |
06AMMAN1867 | Planning Minister on Economy and Reform [...] (U) SUMMARY. On March 2, Planning Minister Suhair Al- Ali told visiting U.S. military officers that Jordan faces important economic and security challenges in the near term, but that ongoing reforms had built a strong basis for longer- term development. She also outlined Jordan's agenda for [...] | 2006-03-14 13:08:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ECON EAID JO |
06AMMAN1917 | FIRST PREPARATORY MEETING FOR THE 2006 FORUM FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: At the prepcon for the Forum for the Future, Russian co-chairs pushed for control over the end product of the Forum -- including drafting the Chairman's Summary and attempting to move much of the decision-making on themes to be discussed to an additional prepcon in Moscow in May [...] | 2006-03-15 15:45:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL KDEM ECON RS JO |
06AMMAN1921 | JORDANIANS CONDEMN ISRAELI RAID ON JERICHO PRISON [...] (C) The GOJ, local press and post contacts denounced Israel's March 14 military raid on the Palestinian prison in Jericho. Government spokesman Nasser Judeh issued a statement to media that said the Israeli action "represents an unjustifiably serious escalation ... that will only enhance ten [...] | 2006-03-15 16:25:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL KWBG IS JO |
06AMMAN1926 | JORDANIANS CONDEMN ISRAELI RAID ON JERICHO PRISON [...] (C) The GOJ, local press and post contacts denounced Israel's March 14 military raid on the Palestinian prison in Jericho. Government spokesman Nasser Judeh issued a statement to media that said the Israeli action "represents an unjustifiably serious escalation ... that will only enhance ten [...] | 2006-03-16 04:39:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL KWBG IS JO |
06AMMAN1953 | ARAB LEAGUE BOYCOTT MEETING - JORDAN [...] No summary [...] | 2006-03-16 18:18:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL XF KBCT JO |
06AMMAN2046 | PALESTINIANS STRANDED AT JORDAN-IRAQ BORDER [...] (C) SUMMARY: As of mid-day March 20, 89 Palestinians who left Baghdad with the assistance of an American NGO, were stranded in the no-man's land between the Iraqi and Jordanian border posts at the Karamah-Trebil crossing. The Jordanian Government is not admitting the Palestinians who claim [...] | 2006-03-21 10:43:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL KPAL XF IZ JO |
06AMMAN2056 | FIRST PREPARATORY MEETING FOR THE 2006 FORUM FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: At the prepcon for the Forum for the Future, Russian co-chairs pushed for control over the end product of the Forum -- including drafting the Chairman's Summary and attempting to move much of the decision-making on themes to be discussed to a much-expanded prepcon in Moscow in M [...] | 2006-03-21 12:01:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL KDEM ECON RS JO |
06AMMAN2108 | JORDAN LOOKS TO NEIGHBORS FOR HELP WITH WATER [...] (SBU) Summary: With rainfall at 65% of the long-term average for this time of year, and reservoirs at 54% of capacity, Jordan is seeking help from Israel and Syria to cover an emerging water supply gap. Israel has been helpful, Syria reluctant. Reftel Red-Dead feasibility study should start [...] | 2006-03-22 13:58:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV EAGR PREL PGOV SY IS JO |
06AMMAN2109 | JOINT USG-GOJ FLOOD RELIEF PROVIDED TO ALGERIA [...] No summary [...] | 2006-03-22 14:38:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | MOPS PREL EAID AL JO |
06AMMAN2199 | GOJ REMAINS WILLING TO SUPPORT ABU MAZEN IF ASKED [...] (C) Summary: King Abdullah told LTG Keith Dayton that Jordan wants to bolster PA President Abbas' position, and, if asked, is ready to help build the capacity of security services under Abbas' direct control. Jordan will not give any assistance to forces under the authority of Hamas. Foreign [...] | 2006-03-27 13:28:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KWBG KPAL IS JO |
06AMMAN2240 | JORDAN'S PM MEETS U.S. SENATE STAFFERS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Marouf Bakhit met with nine U.S. Senate staff members, accompanied by Ambassador, on March 23 as part of their week-long, GOJ-hosted visit. The PM discussed a range of topics from domestic reform to regional issues. Bakhit shared his concern over reactions to an i [...] | 2006-03-28 14:38:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM ECON JO |
06AMMAN230 | CODEL OBAMA MEETS WITH JORDAN'S FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (U) Senator Barack Obama (D-IL) met with Jordanian Foreign Minister Abdelelah Khatib on January 9. The Senator was joined in the meeting by his staff, the Ambassador, and poloff. 2. (C) Sen. Obama thanked Khatib for his successful efforts to persuade Jordan's parliament to ratify the Artic [...] | 2006-01-12 14:04:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER JO |
06AMMAN2322 | FOREIGN FIGHTER DEMARCHE [...] (C) Polcouns made Ref A points on foreign fighters in a March 9 meeting with Dimai Haddad, head of Foreign Minister Khatib's private office. Haddad said the GOJ views it as in its own interest to stop any young men, Jordanian or foreign, who fit the foreign fighter profile. He pointed to Jor [...] | 2006-03-30 14:40:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PTER PREL ASEC CG XA XF XG XI JO |
06AMMAN2325 | CODEL MCCAIN MEETS WITH KING ABDULLAH [...] ( S ) Summary: King Abdullah briefed Codel McCain on his proposal to help pacify Anbar province, discussed Iraq, Iran, Hamas, and his effort to convene a conference of Iraqi religious leaders. He accused Syrian intelligence of giving &a green light8 to terrorists seeking to carry out attacks [...] | 2006-03-30 17:14:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | PREL OVIP KPAL IS IZ JO |
06AMMAN234 | SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT TO JORDAN OF LIEUTENANT [...] (C) EMBASSY AMMAN IS LOOKING FORWARD TO YOUR VISIT 16-17 JANUARY 2006. JORDAN REMAINS ONE OF OUR STRONGEST SUPPORTERS FOR ALL ASPECTS OF REGIONAL ENGAGEMENT. YOUR VISIT WILL ALLOW YOU TO REITERATE TO THE JORDANIANS OUR CONTINUED COMMITMENT TO OUR JOINT EFFORTS TO COMBAT TERRORISM AND MAINTAI [...] | 2006-01-12 18:09:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | JO MARR PREL |
06AMMAN239 | FIRST IMPRESSIONS OF JORDAN'S NEW CABINET [...] (C) SUMMARY: King Abdullah II has tasked Jordan's new government with three broad goals: --boosting security (but maintaining civil rights) in the wake of the November 9 bombings, --restoring momentum to economic and especially political reforms, and --attending to poverty alleviation an [...] | 2006-01-16 07:35:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON PREL EFIN KISL PINR JO |
06AMMAN2403 | GOJ AGREES TO KASOTC ARRANGEMENT [...] (SBU) Post received a diplomatic note dated April 2 from the Foreign Ministry accepting ref A proposals regarding the King Abdullah Special Operations Training Center (KASOTC). 2. (SBU) The substantive portion of the note's text follows: With reference to the Embassy's diplomatic note no. [...] | 2006-04-05 06:37:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR MASS MOPS PREL JO |
06AMMAN2404 | ISLAMIC ACTION FRONT CALLS FOR TWO-HOUR GENERAL [...] (C) Jordan,s Islamic Action Front called April 3 for a two-hour general strike on Sunday, April 9. The Front said the work stoppage would be in protest against the GOJ,s fourth round of fuel subsidy cuts, which most here expect the GOJ to implement in the coming days (ref A). Post,s contacts [...] | 2006-04-05 06:37:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV KISL ELAB JO |
06AMMAN2495 | JORDAN TO HOST IRAQ CONFERENCE [...] (U) Jordan's official news agency, Petra, announced April 5 that the GoJ will host a conference of "senior Iraqi religious and tribal leaders" in Amman on April 22 under the patronage of King Abdullah. The conference, to be organized in cooperation between Jordan,s Aal al-Bayt Institute and t [...] | 2006-04-09 14:30:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KISL IZ JO |
06AMMAN2504 | JORDAN TO RUN FOR UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL [...] No summary [...] | 2006-04-10 08:34:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KUNR PGOV PHUM UNGA JO |
06AMMAN2506 | EXBS-JORDAN ADVISOR MONTHLY REPORTING CABLE MARCH 2006 [...] On March 5, the EXBS Advisor participated in meetings with representatives of Sandia National Laboratories (SNL) to discuss border security ideas of benefit to Jordan. SNL offered to fund a small group of Jordanian experts to come to Albuquerque to work jointly for about a month with SNL scien [...] | 2006-04-10 09:02:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC MNUC PARM PREL MASS KSTC KNNP JO |
06AMMAN2507 | EXBS-MIDDLE EAST REGION ADVISOR MONTHLY REPORTING CABLE [...] On March 1-31, Regional Advisor assisted ISN/ECC-DoS, EXBS Interagency Group Members, and their contractors to update the interagency EXBS event schedule for the Middle East Region. ISN- ECC expects to disseminate an updated schedule in April 2006. 2. On March 1-26, Regional Advisor coordin [...] | 2006-04-10 09:03:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP JO |
06AMMAN2509 | KING, QUEEN AND FOREIGN MINISTER MEET WITH SENATE [...] (C) Summary: A Government of Jordan-sponsored U.S. Senate staff delegation accompanied by Ambassador Hale met March 23 with King Abdullah. The King focused on Iran,s role in Iraq, Hamas,s electoral victory, and Syria. The King appreciated Capitol Hill support, but stressed Jordan will need [...] | 2006-04-10 10:07:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KWBG KDEM JO IR SY |
06AMMAN2528 | ARAB LEAGUE ENVOY TO ADDRESS IRAQI ISLAMIC [...] No summary [...] | 2006-04-10 14:12:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KISL IZ JO |
06AMMAN2540 | A/S WELCH TALKS REGIONAL ISSUES WITH JORDAN'S [...] (C) SUMMARY. Assistant Secretary Welch met with Jordanian Foreign Minister Abdelelah Al-Khatib April 3, on the coattails of the Quartet envoys meeting in Amman. Centcom J-5 Director Rear Admiral Robert Moeller and the Ambassador joined the discussions. The meeting focused on continuing assi [...] | 2006-04-12 07:51:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV JO |
06AMMAN2541 | A/S WELCH'S MEETING WITH INTELLIGENCE CHIEF [...] (C) Summary: A/S Welch and Jordanian intelligence chief Dhahabi discussed Iran's ambitions in the region, and how to deal with Hamas. End summary. 2. (S/NF) Assistant Secretary for NEA David Welch met with Muhammad Dhahabi, the chief of Jordan's General Intelligence Directorate (GID),in [...] | 2006-04-12 08:14:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PINR IR IZ JO |
06AMMAN2572 | NORTH KOREAN FLAGS OF CONVENIENCE DEMARCHE [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche April 10 to Jamal Al-Shamayleh, deputy chief of the Foreign Ministry's International Organizations Department. Shamayleh said that he would notify Foreign Minister Khatib and Minister of Transportation Saud Nseirat of our position regarding any Jordanian o [...] | 2006-04-12 14:14:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL PHSA KNNP MNUC EWWT KN JO |
06AMMAN2575 | JORDANIAN LABOR MINISTRY OPENS NEW OFFICE FOR [...] (SBU) Jordan's Ministry of Labor will open an office to integrate many of the governmental procedures that relate to foreign domestic workers (FDWs). According to the Ministry's Secretary General, Majed al Habashneh, the new office will SIPDIS handle requests from recruiting agents for work [...] | 2006-04-13 05:33:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ELAB PHUM JO |
06AMMAN2694 | MAHMOUD ZAHAR TO GET COLD RECEPTION IN AMMAN [...] (C) Foreign Minister al-Khatib informed the Ambassador on April 16 that he would receive his Palestinian counterpart, Mahmoud Zahar, on April 19, during the latter's regional swing. He said Zahar had a mixed delegation, with representatives of Nabil Shaath's office joining him. Khatib said [...] | 2006-04-16 14:06:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL JO |
06AMMAN2735 | UN HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] | 2006-04-17 12:20:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM PGOV KUNR UNGA OPDC JO |
06AMMAN2737 | DARFUR TROOP CONTRIBUTION DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] | 2006-04-17 12:36:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KPKO SU JO |
06AMMAN2738 | INDEPENDENT INQUIRY DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] | 2006-04-17 12:36:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KFIN IZ JO |
06AMMAN2741 | SCENESETTER FOR CODEL COCHRAN [...] (C) Embassy Amman welcomes your visit April 18-20. Jordan is a key partner for U.S. efforts in Iraq, the war against terrorism, regional reform and promotion of moderate Islam, and Israel-Palestinian peace. 2. (C) You are scheduled for an audience with Prince Faisal, who is serving as Rege [...] | 2006-04-17 12:42:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | PREL PGOV OVIP JO |
06AMMAN2813 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON COMMERCIAL BANK OF SYRIA [...] No summary [...] | 2006-04-20 04:37:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN KJUS KTFN KNNP MNUC PARM PREL EU JO |
06AMMAN2841 | SENATOR LIEBERMAN MEETING WITH PRINCE FAISAL [...] (C) Summary: Senator Lieberman and Prince Faisal met April 17 to discuss regional issues including Iraq, Iranian ambitions, and Hamas. End Summary. 2. (U) U.S. Senator Joseph Lieberman met with Prince Faisal of Jordan April 17 in Amman. Prince Faisal is King Abdullah's brother, and was [...] | 2006-04-20 11:12:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER KWBG KPAL IZ JO |
06AMMAN2854 | SCENESETTER FOR A/S HILLEN [...] (C) Embassy Amman and the Jordanian government look forward to your visit April 30 to May 3. Jordan is a key partner for U.S. efforts in Iraq, the war against terrorism, regional reform and promotion of moderate Islam, and Israel-Palestinian peace. You are scheduled for an audience with King [...] | 2006-04-24 06:15:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | PREL PARM MASS MARR JO |
06AMMAN2906 | REACTION TO POSTPONEMENT OF ZAHAR VISIT TO AMMAN [...] (C) Summary: Most Jordanian editorials supported the GOJ decision to postpone the visit of Palestinian Foreign Minister Mahmoud Zahar after allegations of Hamas weapons smuggling into Jordan. Several prominent columnists ) echoing the broadcasts of Arab satellite channels ) have, however, e [...] | 2006-04-24 14:56:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER KISL KPAL JO |
06AMMAN2907 | IRAQ RECONCILIATION CONFERENCE POSTPONED [...] (U) The GOJ announced April 21 the postponement of the conference of Iraqi religious and tribal leaders that was to have taken place in Amman on April 22 under the patronage of King Abdullah and the Al Al-Bayt Foundation (reftel). The GOJ statement emphasized the fact that Iraqi President T [...] | 2006-04-24 15:08:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KISL IZ JO |
06AMMAN3036 | SYRIA OFFERS TO ADMIT (SMALL) NUMBERS OF [...] (U) Embassy Damascus has cleared this message. 2. (C) SUMMARY: UNHCR Damascus and UNRWA each report that the SARG has in fact agreed to admit Palestinian refugees fleeing Iraq during Palestinian FM Zahar's April 20 visit to Damascus (ref A). However these UN agencies caution that the SARG i [...] | 2006-04-27 14:42:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL KPAL UNRWA UNHCR IZ SY JO |
06AMMAN3101 | DEMARCHE ON PSI ASSISTANCE DELIVERED, DELEGATION [...] No summary [...] | 2006-05-01 11:40:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MNUC PARM PGOV PHSA PREL KNNP JO |
06AMMAN3111 | SUA PROTOCOL DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] | 2006-05-01 13:05:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL PHSA KNNP MNUC EWWT KTIA JO |
06AMMAN3112 | FOLLOW UP TO DARFUR TROOP CONTRIBUTION DEMARCHE - [...] (C) Jamal Al-Shamayleh, deputy chief of the Foreign Ministry's International Organizations Department, told poloff April 27 that Arab African states were lining up against the UN taking charge in Darfur, and that the African Union wanted to retain control of peacekeeping operations in Darfur. [...] | 2006-05-01 13:43:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPKO SU JO |
06AMMAN3180 | SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT TO JORDAN OF LIEUTENANT [...] (S) EMBASSY AMMAN IS LOOKING FORWARD TO YOUR VISIT ON 6-7 MAY 2006. JORDAN REMAINS ONE OF OUR STRONGEST SUPPORTERS FOR ALL ASPECTS OF REGIONAL ENGAGEMENT. YOUR VISIT WILL ALLOW YOU TO REITERATE TO THE JORDANIANS OUR CONTINUED COMMITMENT TO OUR JOINT EFFORTS TO COMBAT TERRORISM AND MAINTAIN RE [...] | 2006-05-04 14:34:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | JO MARR PREL |
06AMMAN3229 | JORDAN REJECTS IRANIAN CANDIDACY FOR HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (C) Ambassador delivered ref B demarche May 3 to Foreign Minister Al-Khatib, who confirmed that Jordan will not support Iran in the upcoming Human Rights Council (HRC) election. Khatib reiterated to the Ambassador that Jordan is seeking one of the Asia Group's seats on the HRC (ref C). 2. [...] | 2006-05-07 13:05:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM KUNR UNHCR JO |
06AMMAN3299 | PRINCE FAISAL'S MEETING WITH SENATORS COCHRAN, [...] (C) Summary: Senators Cochran, Dodd, and Gregg, accompanied by Ambassador Hale, met April 19 with Prince Faisal, who was serving as Regent on that day. Faisal focused on Iran, Iraq, and Hamas' electoral victory. Faisal expressed his appreciation for Congress's support, but stressed Jordan w [...] | 2006-05-10 03:19:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KWBG IR SY JO |
06AMMAN3319 | KING COVERS DOMESTIC AND REGIONAL ISSUES IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: King Abdullah gave an extensive interview May 7 with Arab satellite station Al-Arabiya in which he discussed both domestic and regional issues. He reiterated earlier pledges to balance security with public freedoms, hailed positive signs in Iraq, and claimed there is only a "tw [...] | 2006-05-10 14:24:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER KDEM KPAL JO |
06AMMAN3346 | CODEL PENCE MEETING WITH PM BAKHIT AND FM KHATIB [...] (U) Summary: CODEL Pence met May 6 with Prime Minister Bakhit and Foreign Minister Al-Khatib to discuss regional issues including the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, the situation in Iraq, and problems posed by Iran and Syria. End Summary. 2. (U) U.S. Representatives Mike Pence (R-Indiana [...] | 2006-05-11 15:22:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL JO |
06AMMAN3563 | A/S HILLEN'S MEETING WITH FOREIGN MINISTER KHATIB [...] (C) Assistant Secretary for Political-Military Affairs John Hillen, accompanied by the Ambassador, met with Foreign Minister Al-Khatib May 3. Khatib expressed appreciation for U.S. aid to Jordan, but stressed the GOJ will need continued assistance to achieve reforms in a difficult security en [...] | 2006-05-21 08:50:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IR IZ JO |
06AMMAN3564 | SOCIALIST PARTY LEADER ON HOW PS-LED FRANCE WOULD [...] (C) Socialist Party (PS) First Secretary Francois Hollande and PS National Secretary for International Affairs Pierre Moscovici briefed the Ambassador June 8 on the turbulent race for the presidential nomination within the PS and the hurdles facing the party as it looks to next year's presiden [...] | 2006-05-21 08:53:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IR IZ JO |
06AMMAN3565 | A/S HILLEN'S MEETING WITH JAF CHAIRMAN GENERAL [...] (C) Assistant Secretary for Political Military Affairs John Hillen, accompanied by the Ambassador, met May 2 with the General Khalid Sarayreh, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff of the Jordanian Armed Forces (JAF). General Sarayreh discussed border security and expressed his appreciation fo [...] | 2006-05-21 08:53:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KWBG IR IS IZ SY SA JO |
06AMMAN3566 | A/S HILLEN'S MEETING WITH PRINCE FAISAL [...] (C) Assistant Secretary for Political Military Affairs John Hillen, accompanied by the Ambassador, met May 2 with Prince Faisal, who is King Abdullah,s brother. Faisal expressed his appreciation for U.S. support, but stressed Jordan will need continued assistance to face rising oil prices and [...] | 2006-05-21 08:59:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IR JO |
06AMMAN3602 | GOJ WELCOMES NEW IRAQI GOVERNMENT, URGES COMPLETION [...] (U) King Abdullah's office issued a press release May 20 describing the King's congratulatory telephone call that day to Iraqi President Jalal Talabani. The release, given prominent play in local media, described the King as expressing hope that the selection of a new Iraqi cabinet would be [...] | 2006-05-22 08:08:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IZ JO |
06AMMAN3729 | AMBASSADOR'S FUND FOR REFUGEES: FY06 FUNDING [...] Embassy Amman received applications from six Jordanian organizations seeking to participate in this year's Ambassadors' Fund for Refugees initiative (reftel). The Ambassador requests USD 19,457 to help an UNRWA-affiliated volunteer community rehabilitation center in Talbieh camp, an informal [...] | 2006-05-29 05:35:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PREL EAID KPAL JO |
06AMMAN3800 | KING ABDULLAH'S MAY 25 SPEECH [...] (C) Summary: King Abdullah's independence day speech included pointed references to unnamed foreign powers, a gesture to domestic critics who see him as too close to the U.S. The speech's theme of self-reliance also aimed at lowering expectations that Gulf governments will launch dramatic ne [...] | 2006-05-30 13:44:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EFIN JO |
06AMMAN3834 | FM KHATIB ON IRAN-HOSTED IRAQ NEIGHBORS, [...] (C) Jordanian Foreign Minister Abdelelah al-Khatib told Ambassador May 30 that there is much behind-the-scenes collusion underway among some of Iraq's neighbors to prevent an Iranian-hosted neighbors' event. Differing slightly from the assessment provided by Iraqi FM Zebari (ref B),Khatib sa [...] | 2006-05-31 10:48:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IZ IR JO |
06AMMAN3840 | JORDAN WELCOMES U.S. STATEMENT ON IRAN [...] (C) In the absence of King Abdullah, who is traveling outside Jordan, Ambassador made reftel demarche to Foreign Minister Abdelelah Al-Khatib the evening of May 31. 2. (C) Khatib reiterated his support for the U.S. approach to the Iran nuclear issue, and was receptive to the announcement. [...] | 2006-06-01 05:39:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IR JO |
06AMMAN3901 | JORDANIAN ASSISTANCE TO PALESTINIANS [...] (C) Ambassador delivered reftel demarche May 30 to Foreign Minister Khatib. Khatib welcomed the proposed creation of a temporary international mechanism to provide direct assistance to the Palestinian people, and stated that international aid was sorely needed to prevent a humanitarian crisi [...] | 2006-06-04 10:24:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID KPAL PREL JO |
06AMMAN3954 | GEN DAYTON MEETS WITH JORDANIAN INTELLIGENCE CHIEF [...] ( C ) Summary: Dayton and Dhahabi discussed the Palestinian situation, Iran,s role in it, a proposal to train Abu Mazen loyalists in Jordan, and the pro-Hamas lobbying of several Amman personalities, including the Russian Ambassador. End summary. 2. ( C ) USSC Lieutenant General Keith [...] | 2006-06-05 13:50:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL KPAL IS JO |
06AMMAN3985 | MONITORING AND EVALUATION OF PRM'S GRANT TO NGO [...] (U) This message contains a monitoring and evaluation report on the $90,000 grant PRM awarded to the U.S. non-profit organization Seeds of Peace (SPRMCO05GR140) to help it extend its conflict resolution programming to Palestinian refugee youth residing in the West Bank, Jerusalem and Gaza dur [...] | 2006-06-06 11:00:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PREL EAID KPAL IS JO |
06AMMAN4037 | A/S WELCH MEETING WITH FOREIGN MINISTER KHATIB [...] (C) Summary: NEA A/S David Welch, Qmpanied by Ambassador, Staff Assistant Ann Donick and poloff (notetaker),met June 5 with Foreign Minister Abdelelah al-Khatib in Amman. In addition to bilateral issues, they discussed recent developments in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and the Iranian [...] | 2006-06-07 05:43:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL KPAL KWBG JO IS IR |
06AMMAN4124 | SCENESETTER FOR THE CONUS VISIT OF GENERAL KHALID [...] (S) GENERAL KHALID JAMIL SARAYREH WILL VISIT THE UNITED STATES AT THE INVITATION OF GENERAL PETER PACE, CJCS, 15-24 JUN 2006 UNDER THE COUNTERPARTS' VISIT PROGRAM. JORDAN REMAINS ONE OF OUR STRONGEST SUPPORTERS FOR ALL ASPECTS OF REGIONAL ENGAGEMENT. THIS VISIT WILL ALLOW US TO FURTHER ENHANC [...] | 2006-06-08 09:19:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | JO MARR PREL |
06AMMAN4162 | GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN HAILS U.S. IRAN INITIATIVE [...] No summary [...] | 2006-06-08 13:01:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL IR JO |
06AMMAN4175 | A/S WELCH MEETING WITH JORDANIAN INTELLIGENCE CHIEF [...] (C) Summary: NEA A/S David Welch met June 5 with Jordanian General Intelligence Directorate (GID) chief General Muhammad Dhahabi in Amman. Their discussions focused on Iranian intentions and activities in the region, Hamas, and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. End Summary. Iran and Hama [...] | 2006-06-11 07:03:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL KPAL KWBG JO IS IR |
06AMMAN4265 | KING ABDULLAH MEETS WITH ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a good-spirited meeting with Israeli PM Olmert on June 8, King Abdullah expressed Jordanian opposition to Olmert's unilateral convergence plan and encouraged the GOI to strengthen Abu Mazen. Olmert reassured the King that Israel would heed Jordan's interests in its plans conc [...] | 2006-06-13 09:49:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL KPAL KWBG JO IS |
06AMMAN4356 | UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL (HRC) DEMARCHE DELIVERED - [...] No summary [...] | 2006-06-14 14:58:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL JO |
06AMMAN4368 | DRAFT DECLARATION OF THE RIGHTS OF INDIGENOUS [...] No summary [...] | 2006-06-15 09:37:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL JO |
06AMMAN4386 | BUILDING SUPPORT FOR GUATEMALA IN UN SECURITY [...] No summary [...] | 2006-06-15 13:02:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC GT VE JO |
06AMMAN4387 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON OIC MINISTERIAL IN BAKU - [...] No summary [...] | 2006-06-15 13:03:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KISL IR JO |
06AMMAN4388 | JORDANIAN REACTION TO THE SUICIDES AT GUANTANAMO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Jordan's Islamic Action Front (IAF) described the prisoner suicides at Guantanamo Bay as "heartbreaking news," while the head of the Islamist-led professional associations condemned the "killing" of the three prisoners. Members of Parliament and the press issued more measured, [...] | 2006-06-15 13:27:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KISL JO |
06AMMAN4440 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON MDA VOTE IN GENEVA - JORDAN [...] No summary [...] | 2006-06-18 12:17:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PREF PHUM ICRC JO |
06AMMAN4514 | UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL--ANTICIPATED OIC ASSAULT [...] (C) Per Ref A, Charge reiterated to Foreign Minister Abdelelah al-Khatib June 20 the U.S. position on the inaugural meeting of the HRC, and our fears that OIC delegations intend to pursue lopsided resolutions regarding Israel, noting that he was doing so on the Secretary's instruction. Khatib [...] | 2006-06-20 10:36:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM JO |
06AMMAN4653 | JORDAN SEEKS U.S. SUPPORT IN DOHA ROUND FOR MORE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a letter to the Ambassador received June 18, Jordan's Minister of Industry and Trade sought U.S. government support on two positions the GoJ has staked out with other groups of developing nations in the WTO Doha Round of trade negotiations. The key issues for Jordan are pr [...] | 2006-06-22 16:40:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON KTEX PREL JO |
06AMMAN4654 | Red-Dead Project Feasibility Study Moving Towards Start-Up [...] (SBU) Summary: The feasibility study for the Red Sea to Dead Sea water conveyance project ("Red-Dead"),strongly supported by Jordan as a source of fresh water, is gradually moving towards starting up, perhaps as early as fall 2006. The World Bank is planning a donors meeting for the feasibil [...] | 2006-06-23 11:24:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV PREL JO XF |
06AMMAN4768 | NEW JORDANIAN AMBASSADORS TO ISRAEL AND LEBANON [...] (U) Jordan's new Ambassador to Israel is career diplomat Ali Al-Ayed, most recently the chief political advisor to Prime Minister Bakhit. A charge d,affaires has run the Jordanian Embassy in Tel Aviv since August 2005. Al-Ayed is to arrive in Israel June 27. 2. (U) PM Bakhit (himself, a f [...] | 2006-06-27 12:47:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR IS JO LE |
06AMMAN483 | NEGOTIATIONS TOWARD A CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION [...] (C-Rel Jordan) An interagency team led by Dr. David Cooper, Director for Nonproliferation Policy in the Office of the Secretary of Defense, met December 13 in Amman with Jordanian officials to work toward conclusion of a U.S. - Jordan Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) Host Country Agreement (H [...] | 2006-01-23 09:19:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL JO CWC BWC CBW |
06AMMAN4879 | UNDERCUTTING THE IRANIAN SPONSORED IRAQ'S [...] No summary [...] | 2006-06-29 12:15:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IR IZ JO |
06AMMAN4936 | DEMARCHE FOR PROFESSOR WEDGEWOOD'S CANDIDACY FOR [...] No summary [...] | 2006-07-02 13:01:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL JO |
06AMMAN4982 | JORDAN REACTS TO STATEMENTS OF UN RIGHTS RAPPORTEUR [...] (U) Summary: Dr. Manfred Nowak, UN Special Rapporteur on Torture, visited Jordan June 25-29. Nowak visited prisons and police stations, as well as attorneys and NGOs working on human rights issues. In a June 29 press conference, Nowak said he had observed indications that torture had taken pl [...] | 2006-07-03 13:57:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL JO UN |
06AMMAN5033 | FM KHATIB ON IRAQ NEIGHBORS' CONFERENCE IN TEHRAN [...] No summary [...] | 2006-07-06 09:01:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IZ IR JO |
06AMMAN5182 | FDW RECRUITING AGENTS, STRIKE FAILS [...] (U) Summary: The Ministry of Labor has opened a new Directorate tasked with improving the lot of Foreign Domestic Workers (FDW) in Jordan, who are usually brought here by licensed recruiting agencies. On June 1, some agencies ) led by the Recruiting Agents Association - went on strike to pro [...] | 2006-07-11 12:17:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | ELAB PGOV PHUM PREL JO |
06AMMAN5250 | A/S WELCH'S MEETING WITH KING'S ADVISOR [...] (C) A/S Welch and DAPNSA Abrams met with Bassem Awadallah, director of the King's office, in Amman July 12. Awadallah's political director Jafar Hassan, Ambassador, and polcouns (notetaker) joined. Discussions focused on that day's Hizballah capture of two Israeli soldiers, the Gaza crisis, [...] | 2006-07-13 07:58:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV JO |
06AMMAN5269 | TFLE01: DEMARCHE ON MIDDLE EAST RESOLUTION [...] ( C ) Ambassador, along with visiting A/S Welch and DAPNSA Abrams, made ref A points July 12 to FM Khatib, intelligence chief Dhahabi, the Director of the King,s Office Bassem Awadallah, and government spokesman Nasser Judeh (ref B and septel.) The GOJ officials agreed that the vote on the [...] | 2006-07-13 13:57:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS KPAL KWBG IS JO |
06AMMAN5324 | JORDAN'S STATE SECURITY COURT [...] (SBU) Summary: Jordan's State Security Court is responsible for handling all terrorism, state security, and drug-related cases. These trials are conducted in a mixed military and civilian court with hearings open to the public. The court has an increasing workload, with most of the growth [...] | 2006-07-16 07:31:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | PREL PTER PHUM JO |
06AMMAN534 | GOJ REMAINS COMMITTED TO PEACEKEEPING IN HAITI [...] No summary [...] | 2006-01-24 11:18:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR KPKO HA JO |
06AMMAN5396 | TFLE01: REACTION TO EVENTS IN LEBANON, GAZA [...] (U) Summary: Several non-violent demonstrations took place after Friday prayers July 14. The leader of the Islamic Action Front implicitly criticized the July 14 joint statement of King Abdullah and President Mubarak. Jordanians are following events closely. Most feel deep sympathy with th [...] | 2006-07-18 11:12:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL IS GZ JO |
06AMMAN5397 | JORDANIAN-SYRIAN HIGHER JOINT COMMITTEE [...] (U) SUMMARY: A Jordanian diplomat provided his views on the Jordanian-Syrian Joint Higher Committee meetings in Damascus in June. They were co-chaired by Jordanian Prime Minister Marouf Bakhit and Syrian Prime Minister Otari in Damascus in late June. Septel reports a readout on water issues. [...] | 2006-07-18 11:18:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SY JO |
06AMMAN546 | A/S PATTERSON MEETS WITH GOJ OFFICIALS TO DISCUSS [...] (SBU) Assistant Secretary for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs Anne Patterson met with General Mohammad Majed al-Eitan, head of Jordan,s Public Security Directorate (PSD) in Amman January 17. They discussed possibilities for the future of the Jordan International Police Tra [...] | 2006-01-24 13:42:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL IZ JO |
06AMMAN5486 | TFLE01: GOJ BACKS U.S. EFFORTS WHILE SEEKING TO [...] ( C ) Summary: The GOJ wants to work with the U.S. toward a long-term improvement in southern Lebanon, but is under strong public pressure, from all sectors of society, to call publicly for an immediate ceasefire. End summary. Attacks in Arab Media Sting --------------------------- 2. (SBU) News [...] | 2006-07-20 14:41:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV LE IS RU JO |
06AMMAN5491 | JORDAN INVITED TO LEBANON CORE GROUP [...] No summary [...] | 2006-07-21 10:29:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL AORC IS LE JO |
06AMMAN5492 | INTELLIGENCE DIRECTOR COMMENTS ON IRAN-SYRIA [...] No summary [...] | 2006-07-21 11:33:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PARM ETTC IR SY SA IS LE JO |
06AMMAN5567 | TFLE01: JORDAN'S KING DISCUSSES REGIONAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: King Abdullah reviewed for codel Hoekstra his long-standing concerns about the strategic threat posed by Iran, and his efforts to build quietly a unity of purpose among Arab states, focusing on Egypt, Saudi Arabia and Yemen. The King also discussed the situation in Lebanon, offered adv [...] | 2006-07-25 09:04:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KWBG LE IR SY IZ AJ JO |
06AMMAN568 | A/S SILVERBERG'S MEETING WITH KING ABDULLAH [...] (U) A/S Kristen Silverberg met with King Abdullah on January 18. Jordanian participants included Deputy Prime Minister Ziad Fariz, Foreign Minister Abdelelah al-Khatib, Royal Court advisor Abdullah Woreikat, and Rania Atallah, the King's communications director. The A/S was joined in the mee [...] | 2006-01-25 07:46:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | PREL PGOV KWBG SY IR IZ IS JO |
06AMMAN5745 | TFLE01 - REACTIONS TO QANA TRAGEDY [...] (C) Contacts and press express anger over the Qana attack, but are still digesting the Secretary's success in gaining a 48-hour suspension of airstrikes and prospects for comprehensive action in the Security Council. In most respects, it is business as usual in Amman but we are monitoring security [...] | 2006-07-31 11:22:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ASEC IS LE JO |
06AMMAN5775 | TFLE01: MORE PROTESTS AND ANGER OVER LEBANON [...] ( SBU ) Two-thousand protested outside the UN,s Amman offices July 31, burning Israeli and U.S. flags. The demonstration was organized by the professional associations. According to local media, slogans and banners denounced the UN and Arab leaders and called for the expulsion of the Israe [...] | 2006-08-01 13:30:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IS LE JO |
06AMMAN5879 | TFLE01: KING COVERS DOMESTIC FLANK WITH PUBLIC [...] ( U ) With public sympathy for Hizballah getting stronger, King Abdullah warned publicly that ending &Israeli occupation8 and establishing a Palestinian state are together the only long-term solution to the current conflict. The King,s statement, which led all local media August 3, said &the U.S. s [...] | 2006-08-03 13:56:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KISL IS LE JO |
06AMMAN5889 | TFLE01: JORDANIAN FM ON AL MINISTERIAL AND DRAFT [...] ( C ) Summary: Jordan welcomes the draft UNSCR, but FM Khatib warns the Arab League ministers may feel a need to endorse Siniora,s seven points without amendment. Khatib plans to work for a communique that glosses over differences between the draft UNSCR and the seven points. A UNSC vote before the [...] | 2006-08-06 11:00:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS UN LE IS JO |
06AMMAN5953 | JORDAN'S PROSECUTOR GENERAL: RESPONSES TO JUDICIAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Jordan's senior Prosecutor General told emboffs that the GoJ will assist in all judicial cooperation cases requested by the U.S. related to terrorism and narcotics because of Jordan's commitments to international agreements. One case was complete, and will be relayed to the Mini [...] | 2006-08-07 13:12:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN KTFN PGOV SNAR PINR PREL JO |
06AMMAN6023 | FEELING MORE DOMESTIC PRESSURE, JORDAN,S KING [...] (C) Summary: Following up on statements August 2 to domestic media, King Abdullah expressed concerns about Lebanon and other regional conflicts in an August 8 BBC interview that was widely covered by the local print media. The King is feeling the heat from Jordanians' resentment of perceived U.S. b [...] | 2006-08-09 13:29:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MOPS IS LE JO |
06AMMAN6039 | DEMARCHE ON UN HIGH LEVEL DIALOGUE ON MIGRATION [...] No summary [...] | 2006-08-10 04:52:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL JO |
06AMMAN6088 | LEBANON UNSCR DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] | 2006-08-12 09:07:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER MOPS UN UNSC IS LE JO |
06AMMAN6151 | JORDANIAN REACTION TO UN RESOLUTION 1701 [...] (U) SUMMARY: Although hopeful that UN resolution 1701 will end hostilities, many Jordanians are skeptical of the general impact of the resolution, citing Israel's continued ground operations in southern Lebanon and air strikes on Beirut. Mainstream press commentary views the resolution as the b [...] | 2006-08-13 14:21:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV IS LE JO |
06AMMAN6179 | KING PHONES SINIORA, BACKS GOL [...] (U) Jordan's official news agency reported that King Abdullah telephoned Lebanese PM Siniora August 13 to "reaffirm Jordan's support for Lebanon's position on UNSCR 1701." The King reportedly assured Siniora that Jordan would continue working with Arab and other governments to "ensure the f [...] | 2006-08-14 12:42:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IS LE JO |
06AMMAN6329 | PM BAKHIT'S WORKING VISIT TO BAGHDAD [...] (U) Summary: Prime Minister Marouf Bakhit and seven Jordanian cabinet ministers traveled to Baghdad August 15 for a working visit. A new Jordanian Ambassador presented his credentials to the GOI during the visit. The trip followed PM Maliki's July 27 meeting with King Abdallah and Bakhit in [...] | 2006-08-17 12:37:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EPET IZ JO |
06AMMAN6342 | DEMARCHE IN ADVANCE OF AUGUST 20 ARAB LEAGUE [...] No summary [...] | 2006-08-19 11:02:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL LE IS JO |
06AMMAN6432 | JORDANIANS WARN CODEL SHAYS OF CHAOS IN IRAQ IF [...] (C) Summary: During its brief holiday weekend stay in Jordan August 20-21, Codel Shays met with Minister of Political Development Sabri Rbeihat and Palace Advisor for International Affairs Jafar Hassan, and lunched with a group of Peace Corps volunteers in Madaba. In the meetings, the Jord [...] | 2006-08-22 13:48:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IR IZ JO |
06AMMAN645 | SENATOR KERRY'S MEETING WITH JORDAN'S INTELLIGENCE [...] ( C ) Summary: Senator John Kerry,s 90-minute meeting with Jordan,s intelligence chief centered on Iraq, and on the intelligence service,s worries about Iran,s role there and throughout the region. They also discussed Syria and security in Jordan. End summary. 2. ( C ) Senator John Ker [...] | 2006-01-27 10:16:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PTER IR IZ IS JO |
06AMMAN6471 | JORDANIAN DETAINEES SHARAFAT AND HILAL [...] No summary [...] | 2006-08-24 05:50:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MOPS IZ JO |
06AMMAN6542 | LEBANON: STOCKHOLM DONORS, CONFERENCE [...] (S) Summary: Jordan's Foreign Minister will probably attend the August 31 donors' conference in Stockholm. Jordan is providing important support and facilitation for Lebanon's recovery. Some of the GOJ's most useful help stems from its good relations with Israeli security and military services; the [...] | 2006-08-27 13:39:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | PREL EAID EAIR MOPS LE JO IS |
06AMMAN664 | Jordan: Points on SAICM Chemicals Management [...] Econ Counselor and ESTH Officer made reftel talking points to Ministry of Environment Director of Chemicals and Waste Management Dr. Mohammed Khashashneh. Dr. Khashashneh and Ms. Abeer Zairah (phonetic) from the Ministry of Industry and Trade will represent Jordan at the February 4-6 Dubai U [...] | 2006-01-29 08:54:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV ETRD PREL EAID ECON JO |
06AMMAN6724 | PETITIONERS CALL FOR "REVIEW" OF JORDAN-ISRAEL [...] (U) Summary: Citing Israeli and U.S. policies toward the Palestinians and Lebanon, one-hundred Jordanian political and tribal figures petitioned King Abdullah to "reconsider" Jordan's peace treaty with Israel. End Summary. 2. (U) Ahmed Obeidat ) Prime Minister from 1984 to 1985 and chi [...] | 2006-08-31 09:31:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IS LE JO |
06AMMAN6761 | USG ASSESSMENTS OF TERRORIST/INSURGENT FINANCE [...] (C) INTRODUCTION: This cable provides the assessment of Embassy Amman's country team of the terrorist/insurgent financing environment in Jordan. As instructed in reftel, post's response is divided into separate sections providing background information on the terrorist/insurgent operating env [...] | 2006-08-31 12:22:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET//NOFORN | EFIN PGOV PREL PTER JO IZ |
06AMMAN6783 | DEMARCHE IN ADVANCE OF ARAB LEAGUE MINISTERIAL [...] (S) Ambassador spoke to King Abdullah's Office Director, Bassem Awadallah, September 2 by phone. Awadallah said Jordan is in complete agreement with the U.S. on the need to stop the Arab League proposal for a Middle East peace process ministerial in New York. He said the Royal Palace would i [...] | 2006-09-04 05:22:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | PREL IS LE JO |
06AMMAN6917 | REACTIONS TO SEPTEMBER 4 AMMAN SHOOTINGS [...] (SBU) Jordanians of all political tendencies joined the GOJ in condemning the September 4 shooting in Amman (ref A),which killed one Briton and injured five other tourists and a Jordanian policeman. From King Abdullah to Muslim Brotherhood leader Salem Al-Falahat, Jordans speaking out on th [...] | 2006-09-07 12:34:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER IS LE JO |
06AMMAN6925 | PARTICIPANTS IN THE NON-ALIGNED MOVEMENT [...] No summary [...] | 2006-09-07 13:36:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL UNGA PTER PHUM CU JO |
06AMMAN6932 | JORDAN NOMINATES PRINCE ZEID TO SUCCEED KOFI ANNAN [...] (U) The GOJ announced that on September 5 its UN mission nominated Prince Zeid Bin Raad Al-Hussein, Jordan's Permanent Representative to the UN since 2000, for the post of UN Secretary General. Jordan also formally asked the Arab SIPDIS League to support Prince Zeid's candidacy. 2. (U) [...] | 2006-09-07 14:31:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PINR UN IZ JO |
06AMMAN6933 | SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF JORDAN,S KING ABDULLAH [...] (C) King Abdullah will be in New York for the General Assembly opening and will meet with U.S. and other officials its margins. 2. (C) During the Israel-Hizballah hostilities, the King's stock plunged among both ordinary Jordanians and elites (refs a-f) because of his early public criticism of Hi [...] | 2006-09-07 14:53:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | PREL UN IS LE IZ JO |
06AMMAN6972 | NON-ALIGNED MOVEMENT / IRAN DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] | 2006-09-10 15:07:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM PTER UNGA IAEA UNSC CU JO IR |
06AMMAN7051 | EMBASSY AMMAN COMMEMORATES SEPTEMBER 11 [...] (U) Post marked the fifth anniversary of the attacks of September 11 with a memorial ceremony at the Ambassador's residence, a DVC between NEA/PPD's Alberto Fernandez and a dozen leading Jordanian columnists, and the electronic distribution to 900 Embassy contacts of the August 2006 IIP e-jour [...] | 2006-09-13 05:56:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL KPAO JO |
06AMMAN718 | IMPLICATIONS FOR JORDAN OF THE HAMAS ELECTION [...] (C) The GOJ publicly said it "respected" the outcome of the Palestinian legislative elections, while King Abdullah stressed the need for the peace process to continue. Most Jordanian political analysts viewed the Hamas victory as a reaction to Fatah mismanagement, rather than Palestinian s [...] | 2006-01-29 17:59:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KISL KPAL KWBG JO |
06AMMAN7213 | REACTION TO POPE BENEDICT'S SPEECH [...] (SBU) Summary: Jordanians reacted negatively to press accounts of Pope Benedict XVI's September 14 speech in Regensburg. Sensational media coverage of this episode feeds many Jordanian Muslims' perception that Islam is under attack from all quarters. Jordanian Christians also sought to dis [...] | 2006-09-19 15:44:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KISL JO |
06AMMAN7325 | HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH ALLEGES TORTURE IN JORDAN [...] (U) Summary: Human Rights Watch released a report accusing Jordan's lead security service of mistreating detainees. The government's official spokesman said Jordan will study the report and reply; GID officials and pro-government media attacked the report as baseless or politically motivated. [...] | 2006-09-24 15:06:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL JO |
06AMMAN7478 | GOJ CANDIDATE FOR INTERNATIONAL LAW COMMITTEE [...] (SBU) Embassy received from the Foreign Ministry a note dated September 24 requesting U.S. support for Jordan's candidate for the Asian seat on the UN International Law committee, Mahmoud al-Hmoud, currently director of the MFA legal department. In the two months of his latest tenure as legal [...] | 2006-09-28 13:31:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV PREL JO |
06AMMAN7484 | GCC+2 FOLLOW-UP MEETING DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] | 2006-09-28 13:48:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EG JO |
06AMMAN7592 | GOVERNMENT AND MEDIA LASH OUT AT QATAR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Jordan's official government spokesman sharply criticized Qatar for failing to support the candidacy of Prince Zeid for SecGen. Media and lawmakers also piled on. END SUMMARY. GOJ: QATAR BROKE FROM ARAB RANKS 2. (U) GOJ spokesman Nasser Judeh told media October 2 that th [...] | 2006-10-03 14:33:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UN AL QA JO |
06AMMAN7624 | JORDAN RECALLS AMBASSADOR FROM QATAR [...] (U) SUMMARY: Jordan escalated its row with Qatar by recalling its Ambassador from Doha. END SUMMARY. 2. (U) The dispute between Jordan and Qatar escalated October 3 when Jordan recalled its Ambassador for "consultations." The GOJ's official spokesman explained that Jordan took this step in [...] | 2006-10-04 13:51:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UN AL QA JO |
06AMMAN7625 | MCC SCORE CARD DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] | 2006-10-04 14:10:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PREL PGOV ETRC ECON KMCA MCC JO |
06AMMAN7682 | DEMARCHE IN ADVANCE OF UNSC ELECTION [...] No summary [...] | 2006-10-09 14:06:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC GT VE JO |
06AMMAN7684 | NORTH KOREAN NUCLEAR TEST [...] No summary [...] | 2006-10-09 16:28:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP PREL PARM JO |
06AMMAN7695 | MORE DETAILS ON JORDAN PROVIDING ELECTRICITY TO [...] (C) Further to reftel, Jordan's Energy Minister Azmi Khreisat told Ecouns October 5 that the country's NEPCO power company will supply the Jerusalem District Electricity Company (JDECO) with electricity in a project which will require two phases. The project comes at Palestinian request, and [...] | 2006-10-10 10:15:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG PREL KWBG JO |
06AMMAN7735 | NUCLEAR TEST DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] | 2006-10-10 14:12:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM KNNP KN JO |
06AMMAN7810 | Jordan Seeks Help in Defining WTO Environmental Goods and [...] (U) Summary: DAUSTR Jennifer Prescott and Jordanian trade officials discussed ways to define environmental goods and services on the margins of the U.S.-Jordan FTA Joint Committee meetings. Jordan requested technical assistance. End summary. ------------------------------------------- Poten [...] | 2006-10-12 13:04:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV ETRD EAID PREL JO |
06AMMAN7831 | FTA Sparks Strengthened Environmental Protection in Jordan [...] (U) Summary: During the environment session of the September 17 Free Trade Agreement (FTA) Joint Committee meeting, Jordanian Minister of Environment Khaled Irani noted that Jordan has made major strides in strengthening environmental protection since the U.S.-Jordan FTA was ratified in 2001. [...] | 2006-10-13 11:29:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV ETRD PREL EAID KMPI KTIA JO |
06AMMAN7894 | DECLARATION ON THE RIGHTS OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLES [...] No summary [...] | 2006-10-16 13:51:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL KTIA UN JO |
06AMMAN7922 | UNCAC - FOREIGN MINISTRY INFORMED OF USG SUPPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2006-10-17 13:51:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL JO |
06AMMAN7924 | DEMARCHE ON PRESERVING SINIORA,S GOVERNMENT [...] (S) A/DCM delivered reftel demarche October 15 to Thamar Al-Adwan, FM Khatib's chief of staff. Al-Adwan took careful notes and undertook to brief Khatib immediately, but offered no substantive comment. 2. (S) During a follow-up demarche October 16 with Jaffar Hassan, foreign affairs advi [...] | 2006-10-17 14:44:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | PREL PGOV PTER KDEM MOPS LE SY JO |
06AMMAN7983 | INVITATION TO ATTEND PSI EXERCISE [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel demarche October 19 to Ayman Aamiry and Azzam Alameddin of the Foreign Ministry's International Organizations Department. Aamiry said he would inform Foreign Minister Khatib, and that he would contact Embassy if an observer could be identified before the Eid holi [...] | 2006-10-19 15:15:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PARM MNUC KNNP JO |
06AMMAN7992 | NATO CENTER - GOJ WILLING ONLY IF NEW FUNDING [...] No summary [...] | 2006-10-22 10:23:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NATO MARR JO |
06AMMAN8302 | A/S WELCH AND DAPNSA ABRAMS MEET WITH FM KHATIB [...] (C) NEA Assistant Secretary David Welch and Deputy Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs Elliot Abrams met November 2 in Amman with Foreign Minister Abdellelah Khatib. Ambassador also attended, as did U.S. and Jordanian note-takers. Palestinians and Israelis ----------- [...] | 2006-11-07 08:36:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL IS IZ LE JO |
06AMMAN840 | JORDANIANS REACT TO INTERNATIONAL CARTOON [...] (U) Jordanians angry over the publication of cartoons of the prophet Mohammad demonstrated peacefully in downtown Amman on February 3. Jordanian Islamists have called for a boycott of European products, while the GOJ, facing public pressure, arrested the fired editor of a weekly newspaper for [...] | 2006-02-05 16:17:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KISL SOCI JO |
06AMMAN8408 | ANGRY REACTIONS TO BEIT HANUN DEATHS AND U.S. VETO [...] (SBU) Most Jordanians reacted with anger to full-page photos in local papers of dead Gazan women and children, and to Arab satellite media coverage of the story. Israel's announcement that it would investigate the incident, and the USG's expression of regret, were received by the public and [...] | 2006-11-14 08:22:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ASEC JO |
06AMMAN8482 | INTERNATIONAL LAW COMMISSION [...] No summary [...] | 2006-11-19 08:39:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ILC UNGA JO |
06AMMAN8487 | DPRK DEMARCHES [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel demarches and letter requesting GoJ cooperation on UNSCR 1718 to the Foreign Ministry's desk officer for the U.S., Asal al-Tal. Al-Tal said she would deliver the letter to FM Al-Khatib. She also undertook to provide any substantive response to the demarches onc [...] | 2006-11-19 09:44:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KNNP PARM PHSA EWWT EAIR PBTS JO |
06AMMAN8495 | MIDDLE EAST REGIONAL BIOMETRIC CONFERENCE OUTCOMES [...] (C) Summary: The November 7-8 Jordanian-hosted regional biometric conference was a significant success. All fourteen Middle East countries invited by Jordan attended, represented mostly by Interior Ministry officials. A number of participants told the U.S. delegation that this was the first [...] | 2006-11-19 15:34:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL JO |
06AMMAN8529 | U.S.-JORDAN JOINT MILITARY COMMITTEE MEETS [...] (S) The U.S. and Jordan held their annual bilateral Joint Military Committee (JMC) meetings in Amman, Jordan (reftel) November 8 and 9. The session, co-chaired by the Jordan Chairman of Defense Gen. Khaled al-Saraireh and Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs Peter [...] | 2006-11-21 10:03:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | PREL MARR MASS JO |
06AMMAN8532 | LEBANESE NATIONAL DAY RECEPTION [...] No summary [...] | 2006-11-21 11:20:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL LE JO |
06AMMAN8549 | U.S.-JORDAN JOINT MILITARY COMMITTEE MEETS [...] (S) The U.S. and Jordan held their annual bilateral Joint Military Committee (JMC) meetings in Amman, Jordan (reftel) November 8 and 9. The session, co-chaired by the Jordan Chairman of Defense Gen. Khaled al-Saraireh and Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs Peter [...] | 2006-11-22 09:07:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | PREL MARR MASS JO |
06AMMAN8557 | A/S WELCH'S MEETING WITH FM KHATIB [...] (C) SUMMARY: FM KHATIB RECEIVED SENIOR U.S. OFFICIALS' BRIEFINGS ON BADR BRIGADE DEVELOPMENTS. HE EXPRESSED CONCERN FOR LEBANON'S STABILITY AND FOR SINIORA PERSONALLY. THE FM REAFFIRMED THE GOJ'S COMMITMENT TO ADDRESSING CONDITIONS OF FOREIGN LABORERS, ESPECIALLY IN JORDAN'S QUALIFYING INDU [...] | 2006-11-22 12:16:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL ELAB IS SY IR JO |
06AMMAN8577 | CONCERN OVER GAS STATION POLLUTION UNITES MIDDLE EAST [...] (U) SUMMARY: TWENTY-TWO PARTICIPANTS FROM ISRAEL, THE WEST BANK AND GAZA, AND JORDAN PUT REGIONAL TENSIONS ASIDE AT A WORKSHOP IN ISTANBUL ON NOVEMBER 12-16 TO FOCUS ON A COMMON CONCERN -- POLLUTION FROM LEAKING STORAGE TANKS AT GASOLINE STATIONS. TWO EPA SPECIALISTS PRESENTED A MEATY, PRACTI [...] | 2006-11-25 13:08:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV PREL TU XF |
06AMMAN863 | SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT TO JORDAN LIEUTENANT [...] (C) EMBASSY AMMAN IS LOOKING FORWARD TO YOUR VISIT ON 8 FEBURARY 2006. JORDAN REMAINS ONE OF OUR STRONGEST SUPPORTERS FOR ALL ASPECTS OF REGIONAL ENGAGEMENT. YOUR VISIT WILL ALLOW YOU TO REITERATE TO THE JORDANIANS OUR CONTINUED COMMITMENT TO OUR JOINT EFFORTS TO COMBAT TERRORISM AND MAINTAI [...] | 2006-02-06 15:23:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | JO MARR PREL |
06AMMAN8687 | ARAB LEAGUE MINISTERIAL ON IRAQ [...] No summary [...] | 2006-12-03 14:48:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IZ JO |
06AMMAN8744 | DEMARCHE ON HAMAS OFFICIALS - GOJ KEEPS THE DOOR [...] (C) Ambassador delivered reftel demarche to Foreign Minister Khatib during a December 6 meeting. Khatib told the Ambassador that Jordan would not be receiving Palestinian Prime Minister Haniyyeh or any other Hamas figures. Khatib said that Government spokesman Nasser Joudeh's December 4 stat [...] | 2006-12-06 15:08:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL JO |
06AMMAN8745 | JORDANIAN FM OFFERS SUPPORT TO LEBANESE GOVERNMENT [...] (C) In a move calculated to show support for the Siniora government, Jordanian Foreign Minister Abdelilah al-Khatib visited Beirut on December 4. He met twice with Prime Minister Siniora, as well as with Speaker of Parliament Nabih Berri, former President Amin Gemayel (father of recently assa [...] | 2006-12-06 15:30:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL LE JO |
06AMMAN8909 | SENATOR NELSON'S MEETING WITH JORDANIAN FM KHATIB [...] (C) Senator Bill Nelson (D-FL) and his delegation met with Foreign Minister Abdelilah Al-Khatib December 13. Discussions focused on Nelson's meeting earlier that day with Bashar al-Asad, the situation in Lebanon, Iran, the Baker-Hamilton Report, and the Jordan International Police Training Ce [...] | 2006-12-14 15:35:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL JO SY IZ LE IS KWBG IR |
06AMMAN8910 | SENIOR INTERACTION WITH SYRIAN OFFICIALS [...] (C) Polcouns made reftel points to Thamer Adwan, director of the Foreign Minister's private office, on December 14. Adwan observed that Jordan agreed it was important to avoid the appearance of excusing the SARG for its negative policies, and added he would find it hard to imagine King Abdulla [...] | 2006-12-14 15:43:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SY JO |
06AMMAN8915 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED - RESULTS OF 2006 MTCR PLENARY [...] No summary [...] | 2006-12-17 08:17:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | MTCRE PARM PREL MNUC ETTC KSCA TSPA JO |
06AMMAN8934 | AMENDMENT TO EXTEND TRAINING AT JIPTC SIGNED [...] No summary [...] | 2006-12-17 11:14:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM SNAR PREL IZ JO |
06AMMAN8943 | JORDANIAN AND IRAQI INTERIOR MINISTERS DISCUSS [...] (U) SUMMARY: Jordanian Interior Minister Eid al-Fayez and his Iraqi counterpart Jawad al-Bolani (along with Iraqi Minister of State for National Security Sherwan al-Wa'li) met in Amman on December 13 to discuss the formation of joint committees aimed at countering terrorism, border control, and [...] | 2006-12-17 16:33:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINS JO IZ |
06AMMAN8947 | DETAINEE TRANSFER FRAMEWORK NOTE DELIVERED [...] (C) Polcouns delivered reftel diplomatic note December 12 to Thamer Adwan, Director of the Foreign Minister's private office, and to Mahmoud Hmoud, the Ministry's legal advisor. Adwan and Hmoud stated that the ministry would provide a substantive reply after studying the proposed framework th [...] | 2006-12-18 08:34:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PHUM JO |
06AMMAN8959 | Red-Dead Feasibility Study Launch - Hopeful Start [...] (U) Summary: The World Bank and regional beneficiaries Jordan, Israel, and the Palestinian Authority launched the $15.5 million feasibility study and environmental and social assessment for the Red Sea to Dead Sea Water Conveyance project on December 10. With only $8.8 million in contribution [...] | 2006-12-18 14:12:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV ECON PREL XF JO |
06AMMAN8964 | CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION NATIONAL [...] No summary [...] | 2006-12-18 14:34:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL CWC OPCW CBW BWC JO |
06AMMAN8965 | UN SCALE OF ASSESSMENTS DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] | 2006-12-18 14:35:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL AMGT AORC UNGA JO |
06AMMAN8966 | JORDAN TO ABSTAIN AT UNGA VOTE ON THIRD COMMITTEE [...] No summary [...] | 2006-12-18 14:36:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UNAUS JO |
06AMMAN8967 | WORST FORMS OF CHILD LABOR: UPDATE [...] (SBU) In response to ref A, Post has contacted appropriate ministries and NGOs in order to update Ref B reporting on the worst forms of child labor in Jordan, and the efforts in place to combat them. The bulk of the information reported in Ref b remains accurate, and the worst forms of child [...] | 2006-12-18 14:47:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI USAID PREL JO |
06AMMAN9005 | FIRST CONFERENCE OF THE STATES PARTIES TO THE UN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: USDEL to the 1st Conference of the States Parties (COSP) to the UN Convention against Corruption (UNCAC) ) held December 10-14 at the Dead Sea in Jordan ) garnered support for several decisions that will serve as a strong foundation for effective implementation of UNCAC. Despit [...] | 2006-12-20 15:38:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KCOR KCRM JO |
06AMMAN9101 | ARABSAT/NILESAT DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (SBU) Econoff delivered reftel demarche to Afram Jamil, Acting Secretary General of the Ministry of Information on December 27. Jamil explained that Jordan no longer sits on the Arabsat board, due to Jordan's small stake in the company (4 per cent) and its limited content contribution and usa [...] | 2006-12-27 14:12:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ETTC KPAL KPAO PTER JO XF |
06AMMAN932 | A/S SILVERBERG'S MEETING AT JORDANIAN FOREIGN [...] (C) Assistant Secretary of State for International Organizations Affairs Kristen Silverberg met with MFA Secretary General Nabih Shuqom January 17. Discussions SIPDIS focused on the formation of the new Human Rights Council, the UN Peacekeeping Commission, and Syria. Jordanian participant [...] | 2006-02-08 14:36:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SY IZ IS JO UN UNHRC |
06AMMAN960 | NON-VIOLENT PROTESTS CONTINUE [...] (U) SUMMARY. Non-violent protests continued against the publication of cartoons deemed insulting to the Prophet Muhammad. The U.S. was a target of some demonstrators' ire, along with Europe and Israel. Jordanian authorities have maintained control of the protests. END SUMMARY. 2. (U) Ac [...] | 2006-02-08 16:15:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KISL JO |
06AMSTERDAM160 | NETHERLANDS/MUSLIM OUTREACH: AMSTERDAM MOSQUE HOSTS [...] (SBU) Summary. Nearly 300 Dutch-Moroccan women crowded a hall at Amsterdam's Al Kabir Mosque on February 19 to hear spokeswomen from four political parties in advance of March 7 local elections. The meeting was indicative of growing minority interest in the upcoming polls. Long-term residen [...] | 2006-02-28 12:35:00 | Consulate Amsterdam | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL KISL PGOV PINR SOCI SCUL KPAO NL |
06ANKARA1002 | NO JOY IN ANKARA OVER EU AID FOR TURKISH CYPRIOTS [...] (C) Summary: FM Gul, MFA working levels and Turkish opposition politicians believe that the EU's de-coupling of trade and aid for Turkish Cypriots forecloses any possibility the EU will approve direct trade with the "TRNC," a top Turkish priority. They are also unhappy with the degree of Gre [...] | 2006-02-28 16:00:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL TU CY EU |
06ANKARA1003 | TURKISH MFA UNREPENTANT OVER REFUSING ACCESS TO [...] (C) Northeastern Mediterranean Affairs DDG Bilman told us openly on February 27 that Turkey's February 22 refusal to grant access to the Cypriot-flagged vessel Able F reflects GOT policy of not admitting Cypriot-flagged ships. This is in contrast with the MFA's earlier technical excuses. Bil [...] | 2006-02-28 16:01:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL TU CY |
06ANKARA1020 | TURKEY/IRAQ: FM GUL AND UNSYG ANNAN DISCUSS [...] (C) Turkey's Iraq Coordinator Oguz Celikkol told Ambassador March 1 that, at a February 26 meeting in Doha, Foreign Minister Gul and UN Secretary General Annan discussed holding an "Iraq and its Neighbors" meeting of foreign ministers. This would be in the context of an existing series of " [...] | 2006-03-01 16:05:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IR SY IZ TU |
06ANKARA1021 | AEGEAN: TURKEY STOPS FILING DAILY FLIGHT [...] (C) Summary: Turkey stopped filing Daily Flights Schedules with NATO for military flights over the Aegean as of Jan. 18, but the GOT only informed us Feb. 28. MFA officials are concerned about rising tensions over the Imia/Kardak islets. End summary. 2. (C) During a Feb. 28 meeting on anot [...] | 2006-03-01 16:09:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS NATO MARR TU GR |
06ANKARA1042 | TURKEY: CONCERN OVER U.S. POLICY UNDERMINES [...] (U) This message is from AmConsulate Adana. 2. (C) Summary: During a recent visit to Diyarbakir and Sanliurfa in southeast Turkey, many of our interlocutors expressed concerns about the recent Danish cartoon issue and U.S. Middle East policy. Even our more moderate contacts who tend to b [...] | 2006-03-02 10:29:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM TU |
06ANKARA1043 | TURKEY TO CONSIDER CFE FLANK ENTITLEMENT REQUEST [...] (S) Per reftel, we approached the MFA on Feb. 28 and the Turkish General Staff (TGS) on Mar. 1 with our request for Turkey to consider a transfer of some of its unused CFE ground equipment entitlements to the US to allow the rotational training of US forces in Romania and Bulgaria. MFA Deputy [...] | 2006-03-02 10:30:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | NATO PREL MARR KCFE PARM TU GR RO NO BU RU |
06ANKARA1057 | TURKEY: APPROACHING POTENTIAL DONORS TO THE MARCH [...] No summary [...] | 2006-03-02 12:19:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREL PGOV BK TU |
06ANKARA1066 | TURKEY/IRAQ: PM JAFARI VISIT TO ANKARA AND [...] (C) Turkey's Iraq Coordinator Oguz Celikkol reviewed his visit to Baghdad (ref a),described PM Jafari's meetings in Ankara, and discussed Muqtada al-Sadr's probably visit here with Ambassador on March 1. Turmoil surrounding the Samarra bombing dominated both sets of talks, although the two [...] | 2006-03-02 15:37:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IZ IR TU |
06ANKARA1069 | TURKISH PRESS DOUBTS U.S. INTENTIONS IN BLACK SEA [...] (C) The Turkish press on March 1 and 2 has been full of speculation that the U.S. has an aggressive policy to gain dominance over the Black Sea. When asked, we are explaining to the media and the diplomatic community that U.S.-Turkish cooperation and dialogue on potential threats in the Black [...] | 2006-03-03 05:56:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREL NATO MOPS TU US |
06ANKARA1075 | TURKEY/IRAQ: GETTING TURKEY TO DO MORE [...] (C) Three years after the crisis of March 2003 and long-standing doubts about the Iraq war, Turkey now seems convinced that Coalition success in Iraq is essential to this country's security. Turkey's contribution to coalition efforts in Iraq is multifaceted. The GOT has expressed a willing [...] | 2006-03-03 07:45:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MARR KDEM ECON IZ TU |
06ANKARA1101 | TURKEY READY TO ENGAGE ON MAKHMOUR, SEEKS SECURITY [...] (C) MFA's Director General for Security Affairs, Hayati Guven, told us March 1 that Turkey is ready to engage on closing the Makhmour refugee camp and that it considers such a step as an important objective in its battle against the PKK. The GOT seeks assurances that there will be sufficient [...] | 2006-03-03 14:35:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF MOPS EAID SOCI PHUM PREL PTER IZ TU |
06ANKARA1104 | TURKISH MFA CAUTIOUS ABOUT CYPRUS TECHNICAL TALKS [...] (C) Summary: The Turkish MFA is approaching cautiously the idea of UN brokered technical-level talks (reftel),wanting to avoid topics the GOT considers final settlement issues. MFA officials welcome the talks cautiously for what they are and recognize the importance of face-to-face discuss [...] | 2006-03-03 16:12:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL TU CY UNFICYP EU |
06ANKARA1114 | AVIAN INFLUENZA IN IRAN [...] (C) Summary: AI is present only along Iran's eastern and northern borders according to Iranian visa applicants in Ankara. Iranians in the medical field believe that the GOI does not have the plans, the resources, or vaccine stock to handle an AI outbreak. Iranians outside the medical profes [...] | 2006-03-06 12:46:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | IR PGOV PINR PREL TU TBIO AMED EAID CASC SENV EFIN EAGR KFLU |
06ANKARA1115 | TURKISH PM TAKES CRITICS TO COURT [...] (C) Summary: PM Erdogan has opened numerous legal cases against writers, politicians, cartoonists, and others whose criticism he found personally offensive. Contacts say Erdogan's aggressive response to criticism reflects a combative nature honed during his childhood in an impoverished distri [...] | 2006-03-06 13:14:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM OSCE PINR TU |
06ANKARA1213 | TURKISH MFA READ-OUT OF IRANIAN PARLIAMENTARY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: MFA Deputy Director General (DDG) for Arms Control and Disarmament Bulent Meric briefed select missions about the March 3 visit of a delegation led by Iranian Parliamentary Foreign Policy, National Security and Defense Affairs Committee Chair Alaadin Boroujerdi to Ankara to disc [...] | 2006-03-09 12:38:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV TU FR UK AU GR CH IS |
06ANKARA1250 | TURKEY/ARMENIA: NEW TURKISH PROPOSAL? [...] (C) MFA Caucasus DDG Karslioglu told us March 8 that Turkey would present a new "paper" to Armenia on March 10, but would not elaborate on its content or method of delivery. He stated "significant progress" must be made on both Nagorno-Karabakh as well as on bilateral issues (genocide and a [...] | 2006-03-10 12:27:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV OSCE AR AJ TU |
06ANKARA1253 | SCENESETTER FOR A/S FRIED'S MARCH 16-17 VISIT TO [...] (C) We look forward to your visit to Ankara, which is very timely in view of events in the Caucasus. The Turkish government has heard conflicting accounts of the Rambouillet talks, is disappointed at the apparent lack of progress, and is anxious to hear your and Steve Mann's views on the way [...] | 2006-03-10 13:11:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IZ IR SY IS KWBG AR AJ TU |
06ANKARA1325 | TURKISH RESPONSE TO U.S.-INDIA CIVIL NUCLEAR [...] No summary [...] | 2006-03-13 14:11:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV PINS TU |
06ANKARA1344 | TURKEY: IRANIAN OBSERVATIONS ON MEDIA [...] (C) Summary: A recent survey of Iranian visa applicants suggests that most are distrustful of news from official Iranian sources and prefer to get their news from western media. Applicants relied heavily on satellite television and the internet to keep informed on world events. At least in Te [...] | 2006-03-14 11:46:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | IR PGOV PINR PREL TU |
06ANKARA135 | AVIAN INFLUENZA: REQUEST FOR MILITARY AIR SUPPORT [...] This is an action request. See para 3. 2. Based on information received January 13 from Washington, we expect an interagency team to arrive in the next few days to assess the AI situation in Turkey and what role the USG could usefully play to support GOT and international agencies' efforts [...] | 2006-01-13 12:36:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | MOPS PREL OTRA TU AR GG AZ |
06ANKARA1354 | TURKEY REQUESTS U.S. SUPPORT FOR INTERNATIONAL LAW [...] Embassy Ankara received a diplomatic note dated March 13, 2006 from the MFA, requesting U.S. support for Professor Rauf Versan for the International Law Commission. 2. The text of the diplomatic note is as follows: MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF THE REPUBLIC OF TURKEY The Ministry of [...] | 2006-03-15 08:40:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL UNGA TU |
06ANKARA1392 | TURKEY-IRAQ HABUR GATE SLOWS TO A TRICKLE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: fuel shipments from Turkey to SOMO in Iraq remain suspended for lack of implementation of the February 15 agreement between GOI and GOT to resolve persistent arrears. In combination with the imposition of new truck licensing regulations, particularly onerous for older trucks, [...] | 2006-03-15 16:00:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EPET PREL TU IZ |
06ANKARA1400 | TURKEY: POL-MIL ROUND-UP, February 2006 [...] Turkey's National Security Council (NSC) held its first meeting of 2006 on February 23. Turkey-Iran relations, February 4 IAEA decision on Iran's nuclear program, and Turkey's foreign assistance policy topped the agenda. Turkish media coverage of the meeting was wider than other months. The [...] | 2006-03-16 09:35:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS MARR PREL TU UP KS TC PK SU IR AL RU |
06ANKARA141 | TURKEY: POL-MIL ROUND-UP, DECEMBER 2005 [...] (U) Turkey's Supreme Military Council (YAS) - convened under PM Tayyip Erdogan on December 1 - assessed war readiness of the TAF (Turkish Armed Forces) and major modernization projects, discussed recent developments in the Middle East, assessed fight against separatism, reactionism and separat [...] | 2006-01-16 14:47:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR MASS PREL PGOV TU |
06ANKARA1410 | SCENESETTER FOR MARCH 22-23 VISIT OF CODEL WARNER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Your March 22-23 visit comes at a time when Turkey is attempting to balance its commitments to the West against its desire to maintain harmonious relations with its neighbors and to play a constructive role with other Muslim countries. Turkey remains a significant contributor to [...] | 2006-03-16 14:48:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV MARR MASS TU IZ AF IR IS |
06ANKARA1414 | UNODC AND TURKISH POLICE SUPPORT RESUMED U.S. [...] (SBU) Summary. The local rep of the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) sought us out to request that the U.S. help fund programs to combat the floods of Afghan opiates that transit Turkey annually. Turkish National Police officials separately suggested that INL funding assist with regional [...] | 2006-03-16 15:30:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR PREL TU |
06ANKARA1415 | TURKISH IRAQ COORDINATOR UPDATE ON TURKEY'S IRAQ [...] (C) Summary: In a March 15 meeting with DCM, Turkish Special Representative for Iraq Oguz Celikkol outlined Turkey's efforts to bridge Iraq's sectarian divides by meeting with a wide range of interlocutors. There is still no firm date or any specific plans for an al-Sadr visit to Turkey. D [...] | 2006-03-16 15:40:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL TU IZ |
06ANKARA1440 | PSI: TURKISH EXERCISE ANATOLIAN SUN [...] The Government of Turkey held a planning conference on March 15, 2006 in Ankara for the upcoming PSI exercise Anatolian Sun. (Originally named Anatolian Deer, in late January the name was change to Anatolian Sun; TGS tells us this was to better match the operating area and objectives of the [...] | 2006-03-20 11:18:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL TU |
06ANKARA1442 | INDICTMENT OF TURKISH LAND FORCES COMMANDER [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Turkish General Staff (TGS) has reviewed the indictment issued against TLFC Commander GEN Buyukanit (ref a) and determined that there is no reason to approve a trial, while the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) Justice Minister has launched an investigation into the p [...] | 2006-03-20 12:13:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR MOPS TU |
06ANKARA1458 | U.S. - INDIA CIVIL NUCLEAR COOPERATION INITIATIVE [...] (C) We delivered ref a and b demarches to Turkish MFA Disarmament and Arms Control First Secretary Serhan Yigit on March 17. Yigit appreciated the demarches and stated that MFA is interested in learning more about the agreement and how it could effect the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT). Yigit [...] | 2006-03-20 13:56:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG KNNP PREL TU |
06ANKARA1463 | TURKEY: EVOLVING VIEWS ON IRANIAN NUKES [...] (SBU) In recent weeks, AKP officials have gradually been ratcheting up public pressure on Iran, simultaneously sending messages to their domestic constituencies that the situation has reached a more serious level. Over the weekend of March 11, Foreign Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Abdulla [...] | 2006-03-20 16:08:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV PINS IR TU |
06ANKARA1464 | NEVRUZ HOLIDAY SPURS CONCERN OF INCREASE IN PKK [...] (S/NF) Summary: Protests in major Turkish cities and in the southeast in advance of a traditional Kurdish holiday may harbinger the escalation of PKK/Kongra-Gel-related violence and tensions in Turkey. Although we expect an increase in violence -- including rural military clashes and urban te [...] | 2006-03-21 05:34:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER MOPS PREL PGOV TU IZ |
06ANKARA1465 | TURKEY: UN OCHA DONOR CONFERENCE ISTANBUL [...] With respect to the UN OCHA Donor Support Non- Traditional Donors Conference co-chaired by the GOT and USAID and scheduled for April 27-28 in Istanbul at the Hotel Dedeman, Embassy POC is David Young (90-312-455 5555 X2256; YoungDK@state.gov) and Consulate PA POC is Katharina Gollner-Sweet (9 [...] | 2006-03-21 07:26:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT EAID PREL TU |
06ANKARA1468 | SCENESETTER FOR THE 23-26 MARCH VISIT OF CHAIRMAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Your March 23-26 visit comes at a time when progress has been made in improving the character of US-Turkish relations that frayed badly in 2003-2005. Senior level dialogue, including on the military-to-military side, has resumed; Turkey has downplayed its whining about the PDD and [...] | 2006-03-21 08:27:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET//NOFORN | MARR MASS MOPS PREL PGOV TU IZ AF RU |
06ANKARA1478 | TURKEY: PLAYING CHICKEN ON BTC AND CASPIAN GAS [...] (C) Summary: During Ambassador Steve Mann's March 17 meetings in Ankara, Turkish government and BTC officials said they are still aiming for loading the first oil tanker May 27 in Ceyhan, although the target date for an official ceremony has slipped to July. The BTC consortium and BOTAS are a [...] | 2006-03-21 10:30:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG EINV PREL TU GG AZ |
06ANKARA1479 | GOT CONCERNED FRENCH PROPOSAL COULD STALL EU [...] (U) Summary: GOT and UK Embassy contacts say they are concerned about a French-led proposal that would require Turkey -- and perhaps other accession candidates -- to make progress on human rights reforms before opening talks on EU acquis chapters. GOT officials called the proposal a "headache [...] | 2006-03-21 10:48:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM OSCE EU TU |
06ANKARA1489 | TURKEY, SEEKING UNSC SEAT, CUTS RECIPROCAL SUPPORT [...] (C) Turkish MFA Deputy Director for International Political Organizations Tunc Ugdul called us in March 20 to pitch Turkey's UNSC candidacy for 2009-2010 and place the Guatemala/Venezuela issue in perspective. Turkey's candidacy, within the WEU and others group, is a high GoT priority. They [...] | 2006-03-21 15:48:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC TU |
06ANKARA1513 | DECLINE IN TURKISH-AMERICAN DEFENSE INDUSTRY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Defense industrial cooperation, historically the strongest area of US-Turkish bilateral relationship, has deteriorated in recent years. No US firm has won a direct commercial sale (DCS) since 2002 and post-contract negotiations hamper the few US direct sale and FMS projects that [...] | 2006-03-22 17:34:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR MASS TU |
06ANKARA1527 | TURKEY: PLAYING CHICKEN ON BTC AND CASPIAN GAS [...] (C) Summary: During Ambassador Steven Mann's March 17 meetings in Ankara, Turkish government and BTC officials said they are still aiming for loading the first oil tanker May 27 in Ceyhan, although the target date for an official ceremony has slipped to July. The BTC consortium and BOTAS are [...] | 2006-03-23 11:24:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG EINV PREL TU GG AZ |
06ANKARA1533 | TURKEY/IRAQ: CELIKKOL-KHALILZAD CONVERSATION [...] (C) Summary. During a brief March 20 meeting in Ankara, Turkish Iraq envoy Celikkol told Ambassadors Khalilzad and Wilson that Turkey was ready to agree to a request from Muqtada al-Sadr to accept thirty Iraqi civilians wounded in recent Sadr City bombings for medical treatment. Khalilzad ur [...] | 2006-03-23 13:26:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL TU IZ |
06ANKARA1547 | TIP IN TURKEY: TURKISH MEDIA ATTENTION, February 16- [...] In response to G/TIP inquiries, national and international media sources published the following news articles about TIP in Turkey. Text of articles originally published in Turkish is provided through unofficial Embassy translation. 2. Published by the Turkish Daily News on Sunday [...] | 2006-03-24 08:10:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY |
06ANKARA1557 | TURKEY/GEORGIA: SOME BUMPS IN THE ROAD [...] (C) President Sezer's March 14-15 visit to Georgia highlighted the relationship's growing economic dimension, as the two sides agreed on the joint use of the new, Turkish-built, Batumi airport. Turkey asked for Georgian help on repatriation of Meskhetian Turks, preserving Ajara's autonomy, an [...] | 2006-03-24 11:43:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR GG TU |
06ANKARA1570 | PM ERDOGAN TO ATTEND ARAB LEAGUE SUMMIT, DELIVER [...] (SBU) MFA Under Secretary Uzumcu told Ambassador that PM Erdogan will be visiting Khartoum March 28-29 for the Arab League summit. PM Advisor Ali Yakital, (who just returned 3 months ago as Turkish ambassador in Khartoum),confirmed Erdogan was invited as a guest of the Arab League in his ca [...] | 2006-03-24 14:07:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID KAWC PHUM PREF SU TU |
06ANKARA1575 | SCENESETTER FOR THE MARCH 31-APRIL 1 VISIT OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: Your visit comes at a time when Turkey is trying to balance its role as regional good neighbor with its responsibilities as a NATO member and EU candidate. The Government of Turkey (GOT) counsels engagement over isolation in dealing with countries like Iran and has presented itsel [...] | 2006-03-24 14:37:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR MASS TU IZ IR |
06ANKARA1605 | 2005/2006 REPORT TO CONGRESS ON TURKEY'S [...] (U) This is Mission Turkey's contribution to the 2005/2006 Report to Congress on Allied Contributions to the Common Defense. We follow reftel's format. General Assessment ------------------- 2. (U) A. Turkey has NATO's second-largest military after the United States. It has taken on an [...] | 2006-03-27 08:00:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MCAP PREL NATO US TU |
06ANKARA1614 | MARCH 24 LETTER TO SECRETARY RICE FROM TURKISH [...] On March 24, Deputy Chief of Mission Nancy McEldowney received from MFA Deputy Under Secretary Apakan a copy of a letter dated March 22 from Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Abdullah Gul addressed to Secretary Rice. 2. The text of the letter is as follows: MESSAGE FR [...] | 2006-03-27 10:46:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL TU |
06ANKARA1622 | TIP IN TURKEY: TURKISH MEDIA ATTENTION, March 1-15, [...] In response to G/TIP inquiries, national and international media sources published the following articles about TIP in Turkey. Text of articles originally published in Turkish is provided through unofficial Embassy translation. 2. Reported by Aksam on Thursday, March 2: TITLE: "The C [...] | 2006-03-27 13:13:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY |
06ANKARA1623 | CODEL WARNER MEETS WITH TURKISH PARLIAMENTARIANS [...] Summary: In a March 23 meeting with Codel Warner, a group of Turkish parliamentarians representing both the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) and main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) expressed concerns about ongoing violence in Iraq and the PKK presence in northern Iraq. [...] | 2006-03-27 13:17:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL TU IZ |
06ANKARA1627 | ANOTHER LOOK AT TURKEY'S BLACK SEA MARITIME [...] (U) This is an action request -- please see para. 13. Summary ------- 2. (C) Turkey welcomes U.S., NATO, EU and others' active involvement in political and economic challenges facing the greater Black Sea region, such as frozen conflicts and energy flows. However, Turkey prefers that th [...] | 2006-03-27 13:46:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREL NATO MOPS TU US RO |
06ANKARA1651 | A/S FRIED'S MEETINGS WITH TURKISH MFA U/S TUYGAN [...] (C) A/S Daniel Fried, accompanied by Special Negotiator Steven Mann and EUR/NCE Director Elizabeth Rood, discussed Nagorno-Karabakh, the Armenian genocide resolution, Cyprus, Iran and the Balkans with MFA Undersecretary Ali Tuygan and Deputy Undersecretary Ahmet Uzumcu on March 16. Fried said [...] | 2006-03-28 13:50:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PGOV PREL AM AJ GG IR KPAL IS CY TU |
06ANKARA1655 | URGING A POSITIVE TURKISH APPROACH TO CYPRUS [...] (C) Summary: DCM urged MFA Deputy U/S Apakan on March 24 to set a positive agenda for upcoming technical talks between Turkish and Greek Cypriots, and to develop a good working relationship with SRSG Moeller (refs A and B). Apakan blamed Moeller for what he termed the "professional mistake" [...] | 2006-03-28 16:07:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL TU CY UNFICYP |
06ANKARA1656 | TURKEY: CODEL WARNER WITH PM ERDOGAN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Senator John Warner led a six-member Senate Armed Services Committee delegation to Turkey on Feb. 23 for meetings with the Parliament (reftel) and Prime Minister Erdogan. (Note: Complete delegation list provided at para. 8) The delegation emphasized the importance of the bila [...] | 2006-03-29 05:37:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR PGOV PREL OREP TU IZ |
06ANKARA1657 | CJCS AND CHOD OZKOK STRESS IMPORTANCE OF [...] (S) Summary: CJCS Gen Pace and TGS Chief Ozkok reaffirmed the importance of the US-Turkey military relationship. Ozkok underscored Turkey's record of cooperation on Iraq, acknowledged recent progress there, stressed the importance of Kirkuk, and warned that sectarian strife could draw neighbo [...] | 2006-03-29 06:04:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PREL MARR PTER OVIP PACE PETER TU IZ IR SY |
06ANKARA1659 | CJCS GEN PACE'S MARCH 23 MEETING WITH PM ERDOGAN [...] (C) Summary: Turkey continues to support the Iraqi people and coalition efforts, but the PKK, ethnic and religious strife, and Kirkuk remain difficult issues for the GOT, Prime Minister Erdogan told CJCS Gen Pace March 23. Erdogan praised the U.S.-Turkey strategic partnership and hoped the re [...] | 2006-03-29 07:17:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | OVIP PACE PETER PREL MOPS MARR PTER TU US |
06ANKARA1666 | TURKEY/BELARUS: TURKEY KEEPING A LOW PROFILE ON [...] (C) We shared ref b points concerning our talks with EU member states on responding to Belarus elections with MFA Commonwealth of Independent States Department Head Meltem Buyukkarakas on March 28. We asked if Turkey has considered making public statements concerning the fraudulent elections [...] | 2006-03-29 12:56:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM CVIS BO TU |
06ANKARA1668 | GOT PLANS TO RENOVATE CHURCHES, SYNAGOGUE [...] (U) ConGen Istanbul contributed to this report. 2. (C) Summary: The GOT's Directorate General for Foundations (DGF) is planning to renovate seven historic churches and a synagogue this year, marking the first time the agency has renovated non-Muslim places of worship. Christian and Jewish [...] | 2006-03-29 13:30:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | KIRF OSCE PGOV PHUM PREL TU |
06ANKARA1697 | THE CAUCASUS WORKING GROUP: NEXT STEPS [...] (C) The Caucasus Working Group began in 1999 as a bilateral mechanism for the United States and Turkey to coordinate on security assistance to the South Caucasus (except Armenia). It has since expanded to cover Kazakhstan. CWG has developed into a "political-military" discussion of the regio [...] | 2006-03-30 12:39:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MASS TU AJ AM GG KZ RS |
06ANKARA1727 | TURKISH FOREIGN MINISTRY STATEMENT ON PALESTINIAN [...] No summary [...] | 2006-03-31 13:16:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL KPAL IS TU |
06ANKARA1748 | TURKISH RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ON ETLO [...] (C) We met with Huseyin Ozdemir, Chief of Section for the International Security Section of the Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, on March 30 to follow up on our January demarche (reftels) regarding China's request that the UN designate the East Turkistan Liberation Organization (ELTO/SHAT) [...] | 2006-04-03 06:27:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PREL PTER TU CH |
06ANKARA1790 | TURKEY SUPPORTS ENGAGING GEORGIA IN NATO'S [...] (C) We contacted MFA NATO Affairs Deputy Director General Serdar Kilic on April 3 to urge support for NATO's engaging Georgia, delivering ref a points. Kilic recalled Turkey's long-standing support for eventual Georgian entry into Euro-Atlantic institutions, and undertook to provide a conside [...] | 2006-04-04 15:16:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREL GG TU NATO |
06ANKARA180 | PSI: UPDATE ON TURKISH EXERCISE ANATOLIAN DEER [...] MFA Disarmament and Arms Control First Secretary Serhan Yigit provided us with a list of the 57 countries which were invitd to participate in the May 2006 Turkish-led PS exercise "Anatolian Deer,"annotated with their responses to date. 17 have responded that they will attend the exercise, 3 [...] | 2006-01-18 14:04:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL TU |
06ANKARA1812 | TIP IN TURKEY: TURKISH MEDIA ATTENTION, March 16- [...] In response to G/TIP inquiries, national and international media sources published the following articles about TIP in Turkey. Text of articles originally published in Turkish is provided through unofficial Embassy translation. 2. Reported by Anadolu Ajansi on Friday, March 17: TITLE: [...] | 2006-04-05 12:35:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY |
06ANKARA1821 | TURKEY, PKK TERRORISM, AND NEXT STEPS BY THE USG [...] (S) SUMMARY: PKK terrorism in Turkey is on the upswing. Violent protests in the southeast and bomb attacks in Istanbul have resulted in over 15 deaths in under a week. On April 3, the Kurdish Freedom Falcons issued a warning to foreign tourists to avoid Turkey and called on Kurdish youth to j [...] | 2006-04-06 04:34:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PTER PREL PGOV MOPS TU IZ |
06ANKARA183 | TIP IN TURKEY: TURKISH MEDIA ATTENTION, December 16- [...] In response to G/TIP inquiries, national and international media sources published the following news articles about TIP in Turkey. Text of articles originally published in Turkish is provided through unofficial Embassy translation. 2. Published by the Turkish Daily News on Friday [...] | 2006-01-18 14:57:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY |
06ANKARA1846 | CFE HOST COUNTRY AGREEMENT WITH TURKEY: NOW IN [...] Embassy transmitted the following diplomatic note to the Turkish MFA on March 29, 2006: BEGIN TEXT OF NOTE No. 511 The Embassy of the United States of America presents its compliments to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Turkey and has the honor to refer to the Minist [...] | 2006-04-06 11:26:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | KCFE PARM PREL TU NATO |
06ANKARA1853 | EXBS: TURKEY ADVISORS MONTHLY REPORT- (MARCH 2006) [...] Summary: EXBS Advisor coordinated DOE instructor training for Turkish Commodity Identification Training (CIT) instructors; meetings between US and GOT nuclear smuggling experts; and US participation in the exercise planning conference for the upcoming Turkish led PSI exercise Anatolian S [...] | 2006-04-06 13:25:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KNNP KSTC MNUC PARM PREL TU |
06ANKARA1858 | DAS GRAY DISCUSSES IRAN WITH TURKISH MFA OFFICIALS [...] (C) Summary. DAS Gordon Gray visited Ankara on March 22 to discuss USG ideas on the Iranian nuclear program with several senior Turkish MFA officials. DAS Gray delivered a strong message emphasizing that, while Washington has taken no option off the table, the USG remains committed to a dipl [...] | 2006-04-06 14:21:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PINS IR TU |
06ANKARA1876 | TURKEY/IRAQ: DAS BRYZA MEETING WITH IRAQ [...] (C) Turkish Government Iraq Coordinator Oguz Celikkol told DAS Bryza he was satisfied with his recent meetings in Washington on U.S. - Turkey cooperation in Iraq. He suggested Kirkuk's status should be resolved first through negotiations and only then subjected to a plebiscite. Turkey sees J [...] | 2006-04-07 10:50:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IZ TU |
06ANKARA1877 | DAS BRYZA'S DISCUSSIONS AT FOREIGN MINISTRY ON [...] (S) MFA Caucasus Director General Resit Uman briefed DAS Bryza April 4 on Turkey-Georgia relations, focusing on President Sezer's March visit to Tbilisi (ref a). He said Georgian MFA officials had told the Turks Georgia would prefer a "5 plus 2" formula in order to internationalize negotiatio [...] | 2006-04-07 10:52:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PREL GG AR TU |
06ANKARA188 | IRAN/TURKEY - DISCUSSION WITH ACTING TURKISH FM [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador and British Ambassador Westmacott used a meeting on Cyprus with Acting Turkish FM Tuygan January 18 to register US concerns on Iran and urge stronger Turkish support of diplomatic efforts to persuade Iran to abandon its nuclear program and cooperate with the internatio [...] | 2006-01-18 15:18:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MNUC TU IR |
06ANKARA1891 | TURKEY/IRAN NUKES: GOT ON BOARD DIPLOMATIC TRACK; [...] (C) Summary: The GOT supports UNSC deliberations on the Iranian nuclear program and has indicated a willingness to dialogue with us about future steps including targeted sanctions. FM Gul has made supportive public statements and has convoked Turkish Ambassadors in the region to brainstorm ab [...] | 2006-04-07 13:06:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINS IR TU |
06ANKARA1897 | TURKEY: PKK VIOLENCE CONTINUES, CASUALTIES RISE, [...] (U) SUMMARY: PKK-related attacks continue both inside and outside of Turkey. The Turkish Freedom Falcons (TAK) have taken credit for several Istanbul attacks and warned of further violence against the government. In the face of escalating casualites, the government has publicly stated its re [...] | 2006-04-07 13:16:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV MARR MASS TU IZ |
06ANKARA1899 | TURKEY: PKK VIOLENCE AND KURDISH VIEWS [...] (C) Summary: In discussing the recent unrest in southeastern Turkey (reftels A-E),Kurdish contacts describe a growing sense of rage and frustration in the region. They say many Kurds oppose violence by the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK),but have lost hope that the GOT will address the region [...] | 2006-04-07 14:28:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PHUM PREL PGOV TU |
06ANKARA19 | TURKEY/RUSSIA: DEMARCHE ON CONTINUING U.S. [...] No summary [...] | 2006-01-03 14:04:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV TU RS |
06ANKARA191 | TURKEY/CYPRUS/EU - MEETING WITH TURKISH ACTING FM [...] (U) This is an action message. See paragraph 8. 2. (C) Summary: Ambassador and UK Ambassador Westmacott were convoked January 18 by Turkish Acting FM Tuygan to discuss Cyprus and related EU accession issues. Tuygan described in familiar terms the elaboration of FM Gul,s proposals to deal [...] | 2006-01-18 16:32:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL TU EU CY |
06ANKARA1943 | KIRSEHIR: A CITY CAUGHT IN THE MIDDLE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Kirsehir, two hours southeast of Ankara, is an Anatolian city of 88,000 plagued by a lack of business investment. Blessed with geothermal resources and included in the government investment incentive scheme for low-income provinces, Kirsehir hopes to generate a tourism market [...] | 2006-04-10 12:46:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINS ECON EFIN EAGR TU |
06ANKARA1957 | TURKEY/SUDAN: PM ERDOGAN TO ARAB LEAGUE SUMMIT AND [...] (C) In a first for Turkey, PM Erdogan was invited to address the March 28-29 Arab League Summit in Khartoum on the Alliance of Civilizations. The GOT sees greater cooperation with the AL as a useful tool for helping to mediate regional disputes and increasing trade. Erdogan discussed increase [...] | 2006-04-11 07:56:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PREF EAID BMENA SU XA XW TU |
06ANKARA1958 | EUR DAS BRYZA'S BLACK SEA DISCUSSIONS IN ANKARA [...] (C) Summary: EUR DAS Matt Bryza discussed Black Sea security with MFA, Turkish Navy and Turkish Land Forces officials during his April 4-6 visit to Ankara. Bryza expressed appreciation for what Turkey was doing to foster security cooperation among the littorals, suggested efforts were neede [...] | 2006-04-11 08:25:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR TU RO BU RS UP GG |
06ANKARA1961 | PSI: INVITATION TO EXERCISE ANATOLIAN SUN FOR GCC [...] (U) This is an action request --see para 3. 2. (C) We delivered talking points to Turkish MFA Disarmament and Arms Control First Secretary Serhan Yigit on April 11. Yigit responded that he would discuss the request with senior MFA and Turkish General Staff exercise developers. Yigit exp [...] | 2006-04-11 11:30:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP MNUC PARM PREL TU ZP |
06ANKARA1978 | TURKEY CAUTIOUS, SUPPORTS GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP IN [...] (C) We discussed NATO's Global Partnership initiative (reftels) with MFA NATO Political Department Head Vural Altay on April 11. In response to ref a points, Altay said this was a sensitive issue which Turkey was approaching carefully. Ankara worried that a hasty decision could have a negativ [...] | 2006-04-12 09:27:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR TU |
06ANKARA2008 | TURKEY/IRAQ: NSC, SADR, AIRCRAFT [...] (C) Turkish MFA Iraq Coordinator Celikkol told the DCM April 10 that the GOT would like the USG to persuade the Government of Iraq (GOI) to increase the seats on the Iraqi National Security Council (NSC) from 19 to 21, to allow for the addition of representatives of the Turkmen and Assyrian co [...] | 2006-04-12 15:12:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IZ TU |
06ANKARA2010 | TURKISH ECONOMY MINISTER ON EU PROCESS, CONTINUED [...] (C) Summary: Turkish Minister of Economy and EU Accession lead negotiator Babacan described to the Ambassador on April 7 a fast-paced EU screening process that he expects to be completed by October, at the same time recognizing the political difficulties inherent in actual chapter negotiations [...] | 2006-04-13 04:18:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN MASS PREL EUN TU |
06ANKARA2037 | DAS BRYZA URGES TURKISH MFA TO THINK FORWARD ON [...] (C) Summary: Meeting with Turkish MFA officials on April 4, DAS Bryza urged them to support intercommunal technical talks, work with SRSG Moeller, and consider possible options for joint administration of Famagusta port that could provide a way for the GOT to open ports and airports to the Rep [...] | 2006-04-14 10:40:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL TU CY EU |
06ANKARA2038 | TURKEY: FM GUL ON NEXT STEPS WITH IRAN [...] (C) Iranian aspirations for nuclear weapons are the single most important -- and difficult -- problem facing Europe and the Middle East today, according to Turkish Foreign Minister Gul. In an April 14 meeting with visiting Congressional Staff and DCM, Gul stated emphatically that a solution [...] | 2006-04-14 10:50:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINS IR TU |
06ANKARA2042 | TURKEY FM GUL AND DAS BRYZA ON ENERGY, CYPRUS, EU, [...] (C) Summary: At a meeting with Turkey FM Abdullah Gul, EUR DAS Matt Bryza covered PKK, regional energy, Greece, EU, Cyprus, Armenia and Iran issues, almost universally citing shared objectives. Bryza emphasized that the U.S. sought to enable Turkey to take tough decisions to resolve Cyprus [...] | 2006-04-14 11:58:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET MARR PREL TU |
06ANKARA2044 | TURKEY: GAS AND THE GREAT RACE TO EUROPE [...] (C) SUMMARY: In April 4-6 meetings in Ankara, senior Turkish officials agreed with EUR DAS Bryza on the need for rapid cooperation to facilitate export of Azerbaijani gas to Greece and Italy via a "Southern Corridor" stretching from the Caspian Sea through the South Caucasus and Turkey. A [...] | 2006-04-14 12:05:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG PREL TU AZ GG RU IZ IR |
06ANKARA2045 | TURKISH-IRANIAN RELATIONS, BY THE NUMBERS [...] (SBU) As the constroversy over the Iranian nuclear program continues and many in Turkey become increasingly anxious about next steps, we thought it useful to review the basic elements of Turkey's relations with this troublesome neighbor. What follows is a snapshot overview of Turkey's interac [...] | 2006-04-14 12:13:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER PGOV PINS IR TU |
06ANKARA2046 | PRESIDENT ABBAS'S UPCOMING VISIT TO TURKEY [...] (C) Summary: The Turkish MFA depicts the upcoming April 23-24 visit of Palestinian President Abbas as a way for the GOT to help solidify Abbas's position in a crucial period. The GOT plans to continue aid to Palestinians through Abbas, not the HAMAS government. End Summary. An Attempt to [...] | 2006-04-14 12:14:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL TU IS |
06ANKARA2047 | CONGRESSMAN WEXLER'S APRIL 10 VISIT TO ANKARA [...] (SBU) Summary: Representative Robert Wexler met April 10 with PM Erdogan, FM Gul, Economy Minister and lead EU negotiator Babacan, D/CHOD Kosaner, PM foreign policy advisor Davutoglu, and Turkish Union of Chambers President Hisarciklioglu. Wexler's message was that although the HAMAS visit [...] | 2006-04-14 12:23:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PTER ECON TU IZ |
06ANKARA2048 | DAS BRYZA AND AMBASSADOR MEET WITH PM'S FOREIGN [...] (C) Summary: EUR DAS Bryza met with PM Erdogan's senior foreign policy advisor Ahmet Davutoglu April 5. On Iraq, Davutoglu urged more ethnic diversity on the Iraqi NSC and worried about what he sees as growing Iranian-backed Shia power. He averred that Turkey does not want a nuclear-armed I [...] | 2006-04-14 12:35:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IZ IR IS CY GR TU |
06ANKARA2053 | GOT RESPONDS TO EU CRITICS BY ANNOUNCING REFORM [...] (C) Summary: Turkish FM Gul announced April 12 a package of political reforms Turkey plans to adopt to advance its EU candidacy. GOT contacts say the announcement was a response to unfair criticism from the EU that Turkey's reform process has stalled. They argue that the criticism reflects EU [...] | 2006-04-14 12:56:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | OSCE PGOV PHUM PREL EU TU |
06ANKARA2069 | Turkish Agriculture Import Policies [...] (SBU) Summary. Turkey is a major market for U.S. bulk commodities and other raw materials important to the domestic processing sectors. Nonetheless, Turkey continues to restrict trade in food and agricultural products with a host of tariff and non-tariff barriers. In addition to excessively [...] | 2006-04-17 10:02:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EAGR PGOV PREL GR TU |
06ANKARA208 | TOPICS FOR TURKISH NSC SECGEN'S MAIDEN VOYAGE TO [...] (C) Kenan Ipek, Special Advisor to National Security Council Secretary-General Ambassador Yigit Alpogan, advised us on Jan. 17 that the SecGen is pleased with the meetings scheduled for his Jan. 23-27 visit to Washington and looks forward to this opportunity to discuss issues of mutual interes [...] | 2006-01-20 08:17:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV TU IZ IR SY |
06ANKARA2083 | TURKEY: POL-MIL ROUND-UP, March 2006 [...] Chief of the Turkish General Staff (CHOD) General Hilmi Ozkok gave his annual speech to the Istanbul War Academy on March 16. He noted the importance of a cohesive domestic government in the international place of a country; underlined the importance of a sound security strategy based on a st [...] | 2006-04-17 12:37:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS MARR PREL TU UP KS TC PK SU IR AL RU |
06ANKARA2100 | TURKISH TV AIRS FILM DEPICTING ARMENIAN "GENOCIDE" [...] A Turkish cable TV channel on April 13 broadcast, for the first time in Turkey, the 2002 movie "Ararat," a film by Canadian-Armenian director Atom Egoyan that promotes the idea that the massacre of Armenians in the Ottoman Empire in 1915 constituted genocide. The ultra-nationalist station Kana [...] | 2006-04-17 14:18:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU |
06ANKARA2119 | TURKEY PLEDGES TO SUPPORT SEARCH FOR ADDITIONAL [...] (C) Per ref a request, we met with MFA Arms Control and Disarmament Office Head Osman Yavuzalp on April 17 to urge Turkey to encourage the participation of 50 new countries in the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI). Yavuzalp said Turkey would review the US request, but he expected a posit [...] | 2006-04-19 04:28:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | MNUC PARM PGOV PHSA PREL KNNP TU |
06ANKARA2120 | TURKEY REVIEWING CFE ENTITLEMENT REQUEST POSITIVELY [...] No summary [...] | 2006-04-19 04:29:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | KCFE MARR NATO PARM PREL TU |
06ANKARA2155 | TURKEY REVIEWING A CONTRIBUTION TO AFGHAN ELECTION [...] No summary [...] | 2006-04-19 14:09:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PGOV PREL TU AF |
06ANKARA2156 | BMENA: DAD INTERGOVERNMENTAL CONFERENCE IN ANKARA, [...] (U) Turkish MFA BMENA Coordinator Ambassador Omur Orhun briefed representatives from G-8 and BMENA embassies April 19 on Turkey's preparations for a May 21-23 Democracy Assistance Dialogue (DAD) Intergovernmental Conference entitled "Empowering Women in Public Life." Orhun stressed that the [...] | 2006-04-19 14:41:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM BMENA TU |
06ANKARA2179 | TURKEY: MFA ON TEL AVIV SUICIDE ATTACK [...] (C) Summary. An MFA contact told us Ministry officials are disappointed Hamas has not changed since its February 16 visit to Ankara. He claimed the GOT has had no contact with Hamas since then and confirmed that Turkey only provides in-kind aid to specific projects and beneficiaries in the Pa [...] | 2006-04-20 14:39:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL IS TU |
06ANKARA2180 | TURKEY/IRAN: LARIJANI SEEKING INVITATION TO ANKARA [...] (C) We queried MFA South Asia Department Head Mural Ulku April 20 about press reports that Iranian nuclear negotiator Ali Larijani would visit Ankara on April 24. Ulku told us that no such visit was planned, but acknowledged that Iran had previously asked Turkey to receive Larijani and the GOT [...] | 2006-04-20 14:43:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINS IR TU |
06ANKARA2199 | SCENESETTER: YOUR APRIL VISIT TO ANKARA [...] (S) Thank you for coming to Turkey. The Mission and I look forward to seeing you here. Your visit can help us achieve three things. -- First, we need to restore lost confidence --on both sides -- about intent and capacity for genuine collaboration. Announcing the start of a strategic dialo [...] | 2006-04-21 09:12:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PREL PGOV TU VISIT |
06ANKARA2206 | TURKEY: PARLIAMENT TO ADOPT ANTI-TERROR LAW [...] (U) The GOT on April 18 submitted to Parliament a package of amendments to the Anti-Terror Law. Parliament is expected to adopt the package by early May. Key elements of the draft include: Tougher Domestic Anti-Terror Provisions --------------------------------------- -- Terrorist Propa [...] | 2006-04-21 10:21:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM OSCE TU |
06ANKARA2211 | TURKISH MFA FRUSTRATED WITH TECHNICAL TALKS AND [...] (C) Summary: MFA officials have contacted us twice in the past week to express concerns over the direction in which they see intercommunal technical talks headed and over SRSG Moeller. We have encouraged the MFA to keep their concerns out of the press and urged that they improve communicatio [...] | 2006-04-21 11:49:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL TU CY |
06ANKARA2213 | JOURNALISM: THE IMPOSSIBLE PROFESSION IN IRAN [...] (C) Summary: An Iranian journalist, who has been working for Iranian newspapers since 1973, told us that journalism has become "impossible" under Iranian President Ahmadinejad, with restrictions on press freedom now very tight. He characterized the recent release from prison of outspoken jou [...] | 2006-04-21 12:36:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL TU IR |
06ANKARA2231 | DEMARCHE TO TURKEY ON RATIFICATION OF SUA [...] No summary [...] | 2006-04-24 08:21:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP MNUC PARM PREL KTIA PHSA EWWT |
06ANKARA2241 | TURKEY/IRAQ: MFA STATEMENT ON IRAQ POLITICAL [...] No summary [...] | 2006-04-24 11:58:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL TU |
06ANKARA2269 | PALESTINIAN PRESIDENT ABBAS TO TURKEY: ECONOMIC [...] (C) A downbeat Palestinian President Abbas told FM Gul that the economic situation in Palestine is dire, especially for Fatah members, and that he sees little chance that Hamas will change, according to MFA Middle East DG Bozkurt Aran. Abbas told Gul he will try to reorganize the Fatah movement [...] | 2006-04-25 11:32:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EFIN KPAL IS TU |
06ANKARA2282 | GETTING TURKEY ON BOARD WITH NATO'S MIDDLE EAST [...] (C) Drawing on reftel, we raised the proposal for a NATO Middle East Security Cooperation Center with MFA NATO Affairs DDG Serdar Kilic on April 25 after coordinating with the Norwegian and Italian embassies. Kilic said he had read the US-Italy-Norway paper on the subject and agreed with its [...] | 2006-04-26 04:20:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PREL MARR TU |
06ANKARA2287 | TURKEY: MFA REACTION TO PRESIDENT BUSH'S ARMENIAN [...] Turkish Foreign Ministry spokesman Namik Tan made the following statement April 25, in reply to a question about President Bush's Armenian Remembrance Day statement. Informal Embassy translation follows: Begin Text &This year, as every year, the U.S. President continued the practice of i [...] | 2006-04-26 10:23:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL TU |
06ANKARA2333 | GOI PROTESTS PRESENCE OF TURKISH TROOPS IN [...] (S/REL GBR, AUS) The Government of Iraq has requested the removal of the 1500 Turkish troops who have long been stationed in northern Iraq to monitor the PKK, according to the Turkish MFA. We understand from Embassy Baghdad that this request may not have been fully coordinated within the Iraq [...] | 2006-04-28 04:26:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | MOPS PREL TU IZ IR |
06ANKARA2351 | TURKISH RESPONSE TO IRANIAN RELIGIOUS MINORITIES [...] (C) MFA Iran desk officer Aziz Sevi told us April 27 that Turkey is unlikely to make any public statements regarding the treatment of religious groups in Iran. He said the Iranian regime views the Bahai and other religious groups as a threat, and international criticism of Iranian treatment of [...] | 2006-04-28 12:53:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM TU IR |
06ANKARA2352 | TURKISH RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR MORE INFORMATION [...] (C) We met with Huseyin Ozdemir, Chief of Section in the International Security Department of the Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, on April 27 to follow up on our January demarche (refs a and b) regarding China's request that the UN designate the East Turkistan Liberation Organization (ELT [...] | 2006-04-28 12:57:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER TU CH |
06ANKARA238 | TURKEY'S REPONSE ON INCB ELECTION [...] (SBU) On January 20 we met with Peyami Ciklakalyoncu, attache in the MFA's Deputy Directorate General for International Political Organizations, regarding the USG's nomination of Ambassador (retired) Melvyn Levitsky to the International Narcotics Control Board (INCB). Ciklakalyoncu told us th [...] | 2006-01-20 15:45:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL AORC TU |
06ANKARA2384 | TURKEY: DIYARBAKIR SYRIACS THREATENED, LOCAL IMAMS [...] No summary [...] | 2006-05-02 06:12:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM TU |
06ANKARA2385 | TURKEY: EUR A/S FRIED AND NSC SENIOR DIRECTOR [...] (C) Senior MFA officials expressed concern to EUR A/S Daniel Fried and NSC Senior Director for Europe Judith Ansley that France may criminalize denial of the Armenian "genocide" and said France's position on Cyprus is unhelpful. The GOT has received an interim response from Yerevan on its Marc [...] | 2006-05-02 06:24:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IR IZ GG AJ AR FR TU |
06ANKARA2387 | TURKEY: DIYARBAKIR SYRIACS THREATENED, LOCAL IMAMS [...] (U) This message is from Consulate Adana. 2. (C) Summary: A group of men recently entered the compound of Diyarbakir,s ancient Syriac Christian Church and uttered threats and insults at the Syriac members. Despite requests from the Syriacs and other residents in the neighborhood of the [...] | 2006-05-02 08:14:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM TU |
06ANKARA2388 | FEARS OF CONTINUED UNREST HIGH THROUGHOUT TURKEY'S [...] (U) This message is from Consulate Adana. 2. (C) Summary: Expectations of continued unrest remain high in Diyarbakir throughout Turkey's southeast. Many believe the PKK was able to exploit latent tensions building over the past few years and benefited from the recent unrest. Most Kurdi [...] | 2006-05-02 08:35:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM TU |
06ANKARA2410 | TURKEY/ARMENIA: YEREVAN'S RESPONSE TO JOINT [...] (S) On April 28 the MFA provided us, in confidence, a copy of Yerevan's response to Turkey's March 10 non-paper seeking to bridge the gap between Turkey's April 2005 proposal for the establishment of a Joint Historical Commission and Armenia's counter-proposal of an Intergovernmental Commissio [...] | 2006-05-02 14:01:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PREL PHUM AR TU |
06ANKARA2445 | MDA: TURKISH RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON AMBASSADOR'S [...] (C) We met with Turkish MFA International Political Organizations Deputy Director General Tunc Ugdul May 2 to discuss ref A points on the upcoming 29th International Conference of the Red Cross and Red Crescent in Geneva in June. He said he expected the GOT's position will likely remain the s [...] | 2006-05-03 14:25:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC PHUM PREF PREL ICRC SZ TU |
06ANKARA2446 | TURKEY/ARMENIA: JOINT COMMISSIONS, ARMENIAN [...] (S) The Foreign Ministry continues to analyze the Armenian response to Turkey's March 10 proposal on joint commissions. We are encouraging a positive Turkish response and early re-engagement with Yerevan. The MFA is also considering how to respond to the Canadian Prime Minister's statement on [...] | 2006-05-03 14:39:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PREL PHUM AM CA FR TU |
06ANKARA2447 | EU INVITES TURKEY TO OPEN ACQUIS CHAPTER [...] (U) Summary: The EU has invited the GOT to open negotiations on the Education and Culture chapter of the EU acquis, without requiring Turkey to first make progress on political reforms. The invitation resolves, for now, a dispute over a French-led proposal that would have attached political b [...] | 2006-05-03 14:48:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM EU TU |
06ANKARA2448 | TURKISH RESPONSE TO IRAN'S CANDIDACY FOR THE UN [...] (C) We delivered reftel demarche May 2 to Turkish MFA International Political Organizations Deputy Director General Tunc Ugdul. Ugdul told us that he was already well aware of the USG position vis--vis Iran,s candidacy for the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC). The GOT is still considering var [...] | 2006-05-03 15:11:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KUNR UNHRC PREL TU |
06ANKARA2449 | TURKISH TROOP MOVEMENTS: WHAT DO THEY MEAN? [...] (S/NF) The deployment of troops along the Iraqi border appears to be consistent with GOT practice in past years when PKK terrorism threatened Turkey: The military is apparently sealing the Iraqi border in order to block PKK infiltration. This is what FonMin Gul told the Secretary during their April [...] | 2006-05-03 15:19:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL MOPS PTER TU IZ IR |
06ANKARA2450 | TURKEY ON UNAMI AIRCRAFT: RECEPTIVE BUT NO FINAL [...] (C) We and Washington have raised the UN's need for a C-130E aircraft for UNAMI with the GOT (refs). We have been receiving generally positive responses, but no firm answer yet. On May 3 MFA Deputy Iraq Coordinator Fazli Corman told us that MFA supported our initial request on March 24, but [...] | 2006-05-03 15:23:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS TU IZ |
06ANKARA2452 | PKK IN EUROPE: DRAFT LONDON/OSLO DEMARCHES [...] (S) Summary. In a May 3 meeting, Turkish MFA Director General for Intelligence and Research Hayati Guven welcomed the proposed demarches to Norway and the United Kingdom urging cooperative action against PKK activities (reftel),and made suggestions to strengthen the message to Norway given [...] | 2006-05-04 05:56:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PREL PTER TU UK NO |
06ANKARA2478 | TIP IN TURKEY: TURKISH MEDIA ATTENTION, April 1-15, [...] In response to G/TIP inquiries, national and international media sources published the following articles about TIP in Turkey. Text of articles originally published in Turkish is provided through unofficial Embassy translation. 2. Published by Vatan on Monday, April 3: TITLE: Mobile [...] | 2006-05-04 14:54:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY |
06ANKARA2480 | IRAQ ASKS TURKEY FOR NEW EXTRADITION TREATY [...] (C) MFA Director General for Security Affairs Hayati Guven informed us on May 3 that the Iraqi Foreign Ministry had sent to Turkey a note verbale the week of April 17 stating that the Turkey-Iraq Legal Assistance Treaty did not provide sufficient grounds to extradite PKK suspects to Turkey. In [...] | 2006-05-04 15:04:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER CJAN PREL TU IZ |
06ANKARA2481 | ALLEGED HARASSMENT OF US FLAGGED YACHT BY GREEK [...] (C) The Greek Coast Guard fired warning shots that struck an American-flagged yacht in the Aegean on April 30, according to MFA Maritime/Aviation Deputy Director General Vakur Gokdenizler. The Greek Coast Guard reportedly objected to the boat's flying a Turkish flag on its mast while it was i [...] | 2006-05-05 04:57:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL GR TU |
06ANKARA2482 | BLACK SEA: ROMANIA/BLACK SEA HARMONY AND BLACK SEA [...] (C) Summary: Turkey appreciates our efforts to persuade Romania and Bulgaria to join Operation BLACK SEA HARMONY (OBSH),and asks that we weigh in again with the GOR prior to a May 9 Turkey-Romania bilateral on the subject. MFA told us May 4 that Romania has agreed to begin negotiations on jo [...] | 2006-05-05 05:00:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS MARR NATO UP RS TU GG BU RO |
06ANKARA2488 | TURKEY/IRAQ: TURKEY PREPARED TO ENGAGE NEW IRAQI [...] (C) Turkish Iraq Coordinator Oguz Celikkol told Ambassador May 4 that Turkey has invited Iraqi PM al-Maliki to visit, will invite other ministers once named, and is prepared to send FM Gul to Baghdad as well. Turkey is prepared to offer Iraq additional border gates, USD 2 million in military [...] | 2006-05-05 12:33:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MASS EAID IZ TU |
06ANKARA249 | KARZAI RECEIVES WARM RECEPTION IN TURKEY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Afghan President Karzai in his January 4-7 visit to Turkey expressed concern over waning international attention and asked for continued support, both moral and financial, from Turkey. In addition to a substantial hike in reconstruction aid, he signed agreements with the GOT, [...] | 2006-01-23 13:53:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL TU AF |
06ANKARA2506 | NO APPARENT INTENT -- NOW -- FOR TURKISH [...] (S/NF) Summary: We continue to see no evidence of Turkish cross-border activity across the northern Iraq border. A senior staff general told us May 3 that two developments would almost certainly precipitate a cross-border operation (CBO): a spectacular attack in Turkey or an attack against Tu [...] | 2006-05-05 14:47:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL MOPS PTER TU IZ IR |
06ANKARA2508 | MAKHMOUR: MFA OFFICIAL READY TO DISCUSS SECURITY [...] (C/REL GBR) Per ref b, we discussed the way forward on steps required to close the Makhmour refugee camp in northern Iraq with MFA Director General for Security Affairs (S/CT-equivalent) Hayati Guven on May 3. Guven reported that he was prepared to travel to Geneva for discussions with U.S. a [...] | 2006-05-05 15:26:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER MOPS PREL PREF TU IZ UN |
06ANKARA2509 | GPOI SECTION 505 AGREEMENT: HELD UP IN TGS [...] (U) This is an action request -- please see para. 3. 2. (C) We delivered reftel demarche upon receipt and have followed up numerous times with the Turkish MFA, who never responded substantively. Finally, on May 4, MFA Deputy Director General for Security Policy Serdar Kilic told us that th [...] | 2006-05-05 16:01:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | KTIA MARR MASS PREL PGOV KPKO TU IT GR |
06ANKARA2513 | EXBS: TURKEY ADVISORS MONTHLY REPORT- (APRIL 2006) [...] Summary: EXBS Advisor continued to monitor the progress of the NP Cooperation Agreement, along with other NP projects with the Government of Turkey. EXBS Advisor attended initial planning meeting between Undersecretariat of Foreign Trade (UFT) and Internal Control Program (ICP) contract [...] | 2006-05-08 08:48:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KNNP KSTC MNUC PARM PREL TU |
06ANKARA252 | INITIAL TURKISH RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR [...] No summary [...] | 2006-01-23 14:05:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER TU CH |
06ANKARA2534 | EXBS: TURKEY CTRY CLR GRANTED FOR DOS FEENEY [...] (U) Mission welcomes and grants country clearance to Department of State Official John Feeney to travel to Turkey from May 10 through May 13, 2006. Embassy control officer for the visit is EXBS Advisor Kevin Lyon, who can be contacted 24 hours/day at (90)(312)455-5555, ext. 0. Mr. Lyon will a [...] | 2006-05-08 14:00:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KNNP KSTC OTRA PREL TU |
06ANKARA256 | DEMARCHE ON REPORTING IRAN TO UNSC [...] (C) We delivered ref a demarche to Turkish MFA First Secretary Guven Begec on 20 January. Begec told us that SIPDIS Turkey shares USG concerns regarding the Iranian nuclear program and believes that Iranian nuclear weapons would pose a direct threat to Turkey's national security. He also [...] | 2006-01-23 15:09:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV PINS IR TU |
06ANKARA2573 | TURKEY PRESSING FOR 2009-2019 UN SECURITY COUNCIL [...] Summary: Turkey continues to make the case for its 2009-2010 UNSC bid. Foreign Minister Gul made a strong pitch for Turkey's candidacy for a non-permanent UNSC seat for 2009-2010 to the Ankara Diplomatic Corps on April 19. His presentation focused on Turkey's contributions to peacekeeping, d [...] | 2006-05-09 11:36:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL UNSC |
06ANKARA2586 | TIP IN TURKEY: FULBRIGHT SCHOLAR OUTLINES RESEARCH, [...] (U) Ambassador hosted Fulbright scholar Dr. Cindy J. Smith May 5 for a lecture and discussion on trafficking in persons (TIP),attended by more than 60 government officials, international and domestic organization representatives, academics and others. Smith, from the University of Baltimore, [...] | 2006-05-09 13:15:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY |
06ANKARA2595 | TURKEY/IRAN: FM GUL'S MEETING WITH ALI LARIJANI [...] (C) MFA Deputy Undersecretary for Security Affairs Akgunay Larijani provided Ambassador an initial readout of Iranian Supreme National Security Council Secretary Ali Larijani's May 8 meeting with FM Gul. (Larijani's meeting with Turkish NSC SecGen Alpogan is described septel.) Akgunay reporte [...] | 2006-05-09 14:24:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KNUC PTER IR TU |
06ANKARA2596 | ACCUSATIONS OF GOT MEDDLING IN JUDICIARY RING [...] (U) Summary: Judicial officials and opposition politicians often accuse Turkey's ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) of stocking the judiciary with judges and prosecutors who share the party's Islam-oriented views. Most contacts, however, say the accusations are alarmist. They note tha [...] | 2006-05-09 14:35:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM OSCE TU |
06ANKARA2597 | TURKISH U/S ALI TUYGAN ON GREEK ISSUES AND OTHER [...] (C) Summary: Turkish MFA U/S Ali Tuygan debriefed Ambassador May 5 on PM Erdogan's May 4 meeting in Thessaloniki with Greek PM Karamanlis and distanced Turkey from FM Gul's reported hard line on the Halki Seminary. Tuygan reviewed follow up on Secretary Rice's recent visit. Discussion also t [...] | 2006-05-09 14:39:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER GR IR IZ TU |
06ANKARA2598 | TURKISH NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISER BRIEFS CODEL [...] (C/REL GBR) Turkish National Security Council Secretary-General Yigit Alpogan told CODEL Pence May 8 that SIPDIS he and other leaders delivered a tough message to his Iranian counterpart, Ali Larijani, during his visit to Ankara the same day. Alpogan said he told Larijani that Iran's attemp [...] | 2006-05-09 14:47:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP PREL UN IR TU |
06ANKARA2618 | AEGEAN: GREECE REPORTEDLY RESPONDS POSITIVELY TO [...] (C) TGS J5 Greece/Cyprus Chief RADM Mucahit Sislioglu told us April 28 that Greece had accepted Turkey's long-standing offer of Aegean-related confidence-building measures (CBMs). These offers had apparently been outstanding since late last year. 2. (C) While Sislioglu touts the CBMs as sig [...] | 2006-05-10 13:36:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS MARR TU GR |
06ANKARA262 | COURT DROPS PAMUK CASE [...] (U) Summary/Comment: An Istanbul court has dropped the case against Turkish novelist Orhan Pamuk. The court did so on a technicality after Justice Minister Cicek declined to either grant or deny permission to proceed with the trial. While this is good news, attorney contacts believe the decis [...] | 2006-01-23 16:19:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM OSCE TU |
06ANKARA2625 | COG COMPLAINS OF EXCLUSION FROM PSI EXERCISE [...] (C) We do not believe that it would be productive to approach the GOT again to invite Cyprus to the May 24-26 PSI exercise "Anatolian Sun" at this late date, as recommended ref a. We agree with Embassy Nicosia that Turkey will not issue this invitation. 2. (C) In October, Turkey requested [...] | 2006-05-10 15:17:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | CY PGOV PREL PARM TU |
06ANKARA264 | TURKEY/ISRAEL/PALESTINE: FM GUL SIGNS AGREEMENT ON [...] (C) Turkish Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul visited Israel and the Palestinian Authority in early January and signed separate agreements with the PA in Ramallah and with Israel in Jerusalem, giving a Turkish consortium organized by the Union of Chambers and Commodities Exchanges of Turkey (TOBB) [...] | 2006-01-24 08:19:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETRD EINV IS TU |
06ANKARA2640 | TURKEY CALLS ON IRAN TO STOP URANIUM ENRICHMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: The MFA characterized Turkey's May 8 talks with visiting Iranian Supreme National Security Council Secretary Ali Larijani as direct. Larijani took a hard line SIPDIS on Iran's right to nuclear energy and Turkey responded that the onus is on Iran to overcome international suspic [...] | 2006-05-11 10:58:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | KNUC PARM PREL UN IR TU |
06ANKARA2663 | TURKEY SUPPORTS LEVITSKY IN INCB ELECTION [...] (SBU) In a diplomatic noted dated May 10, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs informed us that Turkey supports the U.S. candidate, Ambassador (retired) Melvyn Levitsky, for re-election to the International Narcotics Control Board (INCB). This decision came as a result of two diplomatic notes, two [...] | 2006-05-11 14:18:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL AORC TU |
06ANKARA2664 | TURKEY/DPRK: MFA BRIEFING ON DPRK VISIT TO ANKARA [...] (C) Turkish MFA Deputy Director General for Africa and East Asia Erdem Mutaf briefed several diplomatic corps representatives May 10 on MFA meetings with Democratic People's Republic of North Korea (DPRK) Ministry of Foreign Affairs officials on May 4. The DPRK had requested the visit as part [...] | 2006-05-11 14:19:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KN KS TU |
06ANKARA2665 | CODEL PENCE'S MAY 8 DISCUSSION WITH TURKISH [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a meeting with FM Gul, a congressional delegation led by Representative Mike Pence (R-IN) pledged congressional support for Turkey's EU accession process and appreciation of Turkey's efforts to support the democratization process in Iraq, Afghanistan and the Middle East. Congr [...] | 2006-05-11 14:20:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV OVIP TU |
06ANKARA2666 | TURKEY/IRAN: PM ERDOGAN'S MESSAGE TO LARIJANI [...] (C) Summary. Prime Ministry advisor Ahmet Davutoglu told Ambassador May 10 that PM Erdogan delivered a strong message to Iranian National Security Secretary Ali Larijani during the latter's May 8 visit to Ankara, warning Iran that it must regain the international community's trust by behaving [...] | 2006-05-11 14:30:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | KNUC PARM PREL UN IR TU |
06ANKARA2667 | TURKISH COURT ACQUITS PROFESSORS ON SPEECH CHARGES [...] (U) An Ankara court on May 10 acquitted professors Baskin Oran and Ibrahim Kaboglu on charges of "inciting hatred and animosity" in a 2004 report on minorities in Turkey (reftel). The prosecutor at the May 10 hearing, the trial's third session, surprised the defense by stating that no crime ha [...] | 2006-05-11 15:28:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM OSCE TU |
06ANKARA2671 | DEMARCHE: MAY 9-13 D-8 SUMMIT IN BALI [...] No summary [...] | 2006-05-12 10:53:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PTER MOPS IS IR TU |
06ANKARA2699 | TURKEY REQUESTS LIMITED SUPPORT FOR SECOND MISSION [...] (U) This is an action request -- please see para. 6. 2. (C) Summary: The Turkish MFA continues to plan to re-open its consulate in Mosul. We have emphasized the need for Turkey to be self-reliant in this endeavor. While we believe MFA understands this, the CG-designate has made some limite [...] | 2006-05-12 14:08:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS TU IZ |
06ANKARA2700 | TURKEY: MFA ANNOUNCEMENT ON DARFUR PEACE AGREEMENT [...] No summary [...] | 2006-05-12 14:28:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM TU |
06ANKARA273 | EUCOM DCDR DISCUSSES IRAN, CAUCASUS, BLACK SEA [...] (C) Summary: EUCOM Deputy Commander Gen Charles Wald emphasized the risk to Turkey of Iran's WMD program on January 17 in separate sessions with Turkey's CHOD and Deputy CHOD as well as at a roundtable with TGS staff chaired by DCHOD GEN Isik Kosaner. In all meetings, TGS officials acknowled [...] | 2006-01-24 14:13:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR PARM TU IR ZJ ZL |
06ANKARA2741 | RUSSIA-TURKEY RELATIONS: KEEPING THE EAST-WEST [...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Erdogan's Justice and Development Party (AKP) government has worked to improve relations with Moscow, a process fueled by booming trade centered on energy, tourism, and construction. The GOT sees engagement of Russia as part of a wider policy of seeking good relat [...] | 2006-05-15 11:59:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ENRG EPET TU RU |
06ANKARA278 | TURKEY: INTERRUPTED FUEL SUPPLIES TO IRAQI SOMO [...] (C) Summary. Turkey's Foreign Trade Undersecretariat (FTU),saying it wants to solve the payments issues as urgently as possible, has invited an Iraqi delegation to Turkey for technical talks. The FTU appears ready to discuss a staged repayment of arrears owed by SOMO to Turkish companies, [...] | 2006-01-25 12:22:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET EFIN PREL IZ TU |
06ANKARA2789 | TURKEY/IRAN: FM GUL TALKS MAY 15 WITH LARIJANI [...] (S) MFA Spokesman Namik Tan told the Ambassador May 15 that FM Gul took a long phone call from Larijani late that day to review and discuss further the state of play on Iranian nuclear issues. According to Tan, Gul was again insistent that Iran has a credibility problem and must compromise. [...] | 2006-05-16 12:20:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | KNUC PREL PARM UN IR TU |
06ANKARA2791 | TURKISH PM ERDOGAN AND FM GUL ON VISITS TO THE U.S. [...] (c) Summary: Turkish PM Erdogan informed Ambassador May 15 that he now wants to proceed with plans to visit the US and meet President Bush in early June. FM Gul,s travel plans are unclear. Erdogan and Gul said the Turkish government will approach us on specifics shortly. End Summary. 2 [...] | 2006-05-16 12:32:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | OVIP OTRA AMGT ASEC PREL PGOV TU |
06ANKARA2793 | MAKHMOUR: GOT CONTEMPLATING UNHCR OPERATIONS PLAN, [...] (C) UNHCR-Turkey informed us May 12 that UNHCR-Geneva had forwarded its draft Operations Plan for effecting durable solutions for the residents of Makhmour refugee camp in northern Iraq to the U.S. and Turkish permanent missions in Geneva, and that UNHCR-Turkey had forwarded the plan to MFA Di [...] | 2006-05-16 13:34:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER MOPS PREL PREF TU IZ UN |
06ANKARA28 | AMBASSADOR URGES TURKISH NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISER [...] (C) Ambassador used his Jan. 2 introductory call on National Security Council Secretary-General Alpogan to urge Turkey to define what new role it is ready to play in the diplomatic effort to deal with Iran's nuclear ambitions. Alpogan assured the Ambassador that Iran's nuclear program is a rea [...] | 2006-01-03 16:49:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KNNP TU IZ IR SY US |
06ANKARA2800 | TURKEY/CANADA/FRANCE: TENSIONS OVER ARMENIAN [...] (C) Turkey has reacted to Canadian PM Harper's recognition of the Armenian genocide by pulling out of a joint military exercise and officials have hinted further measures may be taken against Ottawa. At the same time, French draft legislation that would penalize denial of the genocide has com [...] | 2006-05-17 09:44:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM CA AR FR TU |
06ANKARA2805 | TURKEY NOTIFIED OF SECOND ROUND OF GTMO [...] No summary [...] | 2006-05-17 13:03:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER KAWC PINR PREL TU GE |
06ANKARA2808 | TURKEY: FOLLOW-UP ON DARFUR PEACE AGREEMENT [...] (C) We met MFA Africa Department Head Raif Karaca on May 17 regarding support to the Darfur Peace Agreement, including NATO support to peacekeeping operations and humanitarian assistance (ref A). He welcomed the UNSC resolution passed May 16 and said the GOT is keen to support a United Nation [...] | 2006-05-17 13:59:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID PREL SOCI SU TU |
06ANKARA284 | TURKEY/JAPAN: PM KOIZUMI'S MAKES LONG-AWAITED [...] (C) Japanese Prime Minister Koizumi paid a four-day official visit to Ankara and Istanbul January 9-12, the first by a Japanese head of government since 1990. While the visit was largely symbolic, the two sides discussed common approaches to the Iran nuclear issue, Iraq reconstruction, and t [...] | 2006-01-26 12:11:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON JA TU |
06ANKARA2869 | TURKEY/IRAQ: TURKEY REQUESTING HELO SUPPORT FOR [...] (C) Turkish government Iraq Coordinator Oguz Celikkol contacted Ambassador May 18 to request urgently U.S. support for a trip he plans to make to Baghdad immediately after the new Iraqi government is announced. Celikkol said he had been advised by his embassy in Baghdad to limit his visit to t [...] | 2006-05-18 14:22:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS IZ TU |
06ANKARA287 | ERDOGAN GIVES SHAKY PERFORMANCE BEFORE EU [...] (C) Summary: PM Erdogan, recovering from the flu, gave what contacts described to us as a "rambling" and "nearly incomprehensible" performance at a January 20 lunch meeting with EU ambassadors in Ankara. After a positive though unremarkable opening speech, he made a weak statement on Iran, de [...] | 2006-01-26 13:58:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM OSCE PINR TU EU |
06ANKARA2876 | TURKISH TROOPS MOVEMENTS OUT OF THE NEWS--FOR NOW [...] (S/REL GBR) Summary: Other events have pushed the issue of PKK violence and troop movements within Turkey to deal with it off the front pages, but this is likely only temporary. PKK violence and Turkish countermeasures continue. Turkey may/may have fired two mortar rounds near an Iraqi village [...] | 2006-05-18 15:32:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PTER MOPS TU IZ IR |
06ANKARA2902 | ACTION REQUEST: TURKEY REQUESTS ASSISTANCE FOR [...] (U) This is an action request -- please see para. three. 2. (U) On April 28, we received a diplomatic note from the Turkish MFA announcing the "Expo Gateway to Iraq" trade fair to be held in Gaziantep, Turkey June 7-11. In its note, the MFA requested that we "make a demarche to the Multinat [...] | 2006-05-23 05:47:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD PREL IZ TU |
06ANKARA2903 | PKK VIOLENCE ONGOING [...] (U) According to press reports, PKK violence in Turkey continued the week of May 13-19. In various PKK attacks (usually involving IEDs) and Turkish military operations, six soldiers or police, four civilians (all children),and five PKK terrorists were killed, with two security forces personn [...] | 2006-05-23 05:47:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PTER PGOV PREL TU IZ |
06ANKARA2922 | PSI: TURKISH PRESS STATEMENT ON PSI EXERCISE [...] The Turkish MFA released an announcement on May 22, stating that the PSI exercise "Anatolian Sun" is not directed at any one country but an attempt to strengthen international cooperation in the fight against proliferation of weapons of mass destruction. An informal Embassy translation is at [...] | 2006-05-23 14:45:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL TU |
06ANKARA2923 | AEGEAN: TURKISH AND GREEK WARPLANES COLLIDE [...] (C) Summary: A Greek F16 and Turkish F16 collided in midair in international waters near the Greek island of Karpatos at mid-day May 23. The Turkish pilot was rescued; it appears the Greek pilot died. Turkish FonMin Gul called Greek FonMin Bokayannis to express regret over the incident and c [...] | 2006-05-23 15:01:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS MASS PREL TU GR NATO |
06ANKARA2924 | (S/NF) GUN USED TO KILL TURKISH JUDGE APPARENTLY [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para. 4. 2. (S/NF) Turkish National Police (TNP) sources informed LEGATT May 22 that the weapon used to murder Council of State judge Ozbilgin and wound five others May 17 was a Glock pistol. TNP sources further reported that the Glock company had [...] | 2006-05-23 15:02:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER KCRM PREL PGOV TU IZ US |
06ANKARA296 | TIP IN TURKEY: TURKISH MEDIA ATTENTION, January 1- [...] In response to G/TIP inquiries, national and international media sources published the following news articles about TIP in Turkey. Text of articles originally published in Turkish is provided through unofficial Embassy translation. 2. Published by Sabah on Sunday, January 1: [...] | 2006-01-26 15:25:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY |
06ANKARA2989 | EUR/SE DIRECTOR DISCUSSES CYPRUS IN ANKARA MAY 18 [...] (C) Summary: On May 18, EUR/SE Director Silliman gave MFA Northeastern Mediterranean DDG Bilman a readout of recent Cyprus-related meetings in New York, London and Brussels and asked for Ankara's ideas on measures for Turkish Cypriots that could provide Turkey the political space it needs to [...] | 2006-05-25 08:36:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL TU CY |
06ANKARA3006 | TURKEY-GERMANY CONSULTATIONS ON IRAN, CAUCASUS AND [...] (C) Turkish officials reportedly told visiting German PolDir Schaefer that PM Erdogan had given Iranian President Ahmadinejad the undiluted U.S./EU-3 message during their recent meetings in Baku and Bali. The GOT is convinced Iran seeks to develop a nuclear weapon and this is a threat to Turk [...] | 2006-05-25 13:04:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IR AR YI AJ TU |
06ANKARA3020 | TURKEY REVISES REQUEST FOR SECOND MISSION TO MOSUL [...] (C/REL USA, GBR, AUS, CAN) Turkish Mosul Consul General-designate H. Avni Botsali contacted us May 24 to convey the GOT's revised request for limited CF support for his next mission to Mosul. Botsali reported that the Governor of Ninewah Province has undergone successful surgery at an Ankara [...] | 2006-05-25 13:54:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS TU IZ |
06ANKARA3028 | TURKEY WELCOMES NEW IRAQI GOVERNMENT, GOT IRAQ [...] (C/REL USA, GBR, AUS, CAN) The GOT welcomes the new government in Iraq, and will send its Special Envoy there next week to meet the leadership and invite the Iraqi PM, FonMin, and Speaker of Parliament to Turkey. FonMin Gul hopes to go there "soon." The GOT is maintaining a positive public s [...] | 2006-05-25 14:37:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PTER TU IZ |
06ANKARA3031 | UNAMI PLANE: TURKEY HAS YET TO HEAR FROM UN [...] (U) This is an action request -- please see para. 3. 2. (C) We understand per ref b that while Denmark has agreed to provide a C-130 for UNAMI, the aircraft will not be available until November. We had been pushing Turkey to provide an aircraft for UNAMI, and we understand from the Turkish [...] | 2006-05-25 14:52:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS UN TU IZ |
06ANKARA3081 | TURKISH MFA PROTESTS U.S. SHIP VISITS TO RHODES [...] (SBU) We received a diplomatic note from the Turkish MFA dated May 17 protesting the May 2-4 visit of two USN vessels to Rhodes (text of note below). The GOT's long-standing position has been that the 1947 Paris Peace Treaties bar all navy ship visits to the demilitarized Greek Dodecanese isl [...] | 2006-05-26 11:14:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MOPS GR TU NATO |
06ANKARA3093 | DEMARCHE ON RUSSIAN ACTIVITIES IN SOUTH OSSETIA [...] No summary [...] | 2006-05-26 13:42:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PBTS PREL RU GG OSCE TU |
06ANKARA3097 | TURKEY/IRAQ: SMALL-SCALE ACTIVITY ON BORDER [...] (S/REL USA, GBR, AUS, CAN) Turkish Special Forces Headquarters near the Iraq border have confirmed that Turkish forces have fired mortars against PKK forces on two occasions (May 16 and 20) just across the border. The military also claims to have received small arms fire and indirect fire (NF [...] | 2006-05-26 13:53:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER MOPS PREL TU IZ IR |
06ANKARA3098 | TURKEY: FINNISH PM URGES PROGRESS ON CYPRUS, REFORM [...] (C) Summary: Visiting Ankara in the run-up to Finland's EU term presidency, Finnish PM Vanhanen told PM Erdogan May 17 that the EU is united on the need for Turkey to open its ports to Greek Cypriot shipping. Vanhanen said Finland will continue its policy of supporting the accession of all EU [...] | 2006-05-26 14:26:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM OSCE EU FI TU |
06ANKARA3103 | MAKHMOUR: GOT GENERALLY PLEASED WITH UNHCR [...] (C) We met May 26 with MFA Director General for Security Affairs (S/CT-equivalent) Hayati Guven to get Guven's readout of a May 24 GOT interagency meeting he chaired to discuss UNHCR's operations plan for effecting durable solutions for the residents of the Makhmour refugee camp in northern Ira [...] | 2006-05-26 14:45:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER MOPS PREF PREL TU IZ UN |
06ANKARA3109 | GOT REQUESTS INFORMATION ON PKK MEMBER ERSIN SEFIL [...] (S/NF) MFA Head of Department for Security Affairs (MFA's S/CT-equivalent) Nevzat Uyanik called us in May 25 to request USG assistance in ascertaining the whereabouts of a PKK terrorist who may have been killed in an Iranian attack on PKK forces in northern Iraq o/a April 23. According to Uya [...] | 2006-05-30 07:52:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER PINR PREL TU IZ IR |
06ANKARA3131 | TURKEY'S SECOND MISSION TO MOSUL PLANNED FOR JUNE 5 [...] (C/REL USA, GBR, AUS, CAN) Turkish Mosul Consul General-designate H. Avni Botsali contacted us May 30 to report that the Governor of Ninewah Province was released from the hospital and was returning to Mosul that day. Botsali did not accompany him as he had hoped because security arrangements [...] | 2006-05-31 05:12:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS TU IZ |
06ANKARA314 | TURKEY: DEMARCHE ON UN REFORM [...] (SBU) Upon receipt of reftels, we contacted the MFA, shared with them the points on reform, and underscored the importance that the USG places on this issue. We subsequently followed up with Tunc Ugdul, head of the MFA's International Political Organizations Department, stressing the importa [...] | 2006-01-27 14:06:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KUNR PHUM UN ADCO TU |
06ANKARA317 | TURKEY/JORDAN: JORDANIAN PM BAKHIT FINDS BROAD [...] (C) Jordanian Prime Minister Bakhit, accompanied by Foreign Minister Khatib, came to Ankara January 16 to review regional issues prior to King Abdullah's planned visit to Washington, according to Foreign Ministry and Jordanian embassy sources. Bilateral trade issues were discussed as well. [...] | 2006-01-27 15:02:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR TU JO IZ IR SY XF |
06ANKARA3172 | TURKEY: POSITIVE RESPONSE TO U.S. STATEMENT ON [...] (SBU) Following the Secretary's May 31 telephone conversation with Turkish FM Gul, we contacted DFM Tuygan, Undersecretary Uzumcu, PM spokesman Akif Beki, MFA spokesman Namik Tan and MFA Americas Deputy Director General Murat Esenli. Their responses were uniformly positive and supportive. Se [...] | 2006-06-01 10:05:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV IR TU US |
06ANKARA3173 | MORE REVISIONS TO TURKEY'S PLANNED SECOND MISSION [...] (C/REL USA, GBR, AUS, CAN) Turkish Mosul Consul General-designate H. Avni Botsali informed us June 1 that he will postpone his arrival in Mosul until June 7. The Turkish military is requesting flight/landing clearances through CENTCOM for June 7; Botsali plans to drive back to Turkey. He plan [...] | 2006-06-01 10:07:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS OTRA TU IZ |
06ANKARA3189 | TURKEY/IRAQ: G/IWI AMBASSADOR STEINER DISCUSSES [...] (SBU) Summary. Acting Senior Coordinator for International Women's Issues Ambassador Steven E. Steiner met on May 23 with Turkish officials and a quasi-governmental training institute, where he found a willingness, and capacity, to compare notes and potentially collaborate on educational and [...] | 2006-06-01 13:27:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EAID KWMN IZ TU |
06ANKARA3203 | SCENESETTER FOR THE JUNE 4 VISIT OF DEPUTY [...] (S) Your visit to Turkey comes at an important moment. Foremost on our immediate agenda is ensuring Turkey's sustained support for Secretary Rice's May 31 announcement that we will join EU-3 talks if Iran suspends enrichment and reprocessing. Turkish officials will be interested in hearing U. [...] | 2006-06-02 08:41:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PGOV PREL TU |
06ANKARA3205 | TURKISH MFA RELEASES STATEMENT ON NEW U.S. [...] (U) Following our conversations with Turkish officials yesterday on the new USG initiative on Iran (reftel),the Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) released a supportive statement on June 1. 2. (U) Text of MFA statement. Unofficial translation. Begin text. The U.S. has announce [...] | 2006-06-02 08:43:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PINS IR TU |
06ANKARA3227 | OPPOSITION PARTIES UPDATE: LOTS OF TALK, BUT [...] (C) Summary. In the aftermath of the May 17 shooting at the High Administrative Court in Ankara (ref a),there has been increasing talk about forming electoral alliances among smaller opposition parties on the center right and the center left. At this point, it is largely chatter. Forming e [...] | 2006-06-02 13:10:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINS TU |
06ANKARA3235 | ISRAELI FM LIVNI DISCUSSES IRAN AND MIDDLE EAST [...] (C) Summary: Iran and Middle East peace were the main topics of Israeli FM Livni's first visit to Turkey on May 29. Livni met with PM Erdogan FM Gul, President Sezer and NSC SecGen Alpogan. Although Turkish media emphasized the differences between Turkish and Israeli views on Middle East p [...] | 2006-06-02 14:15:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IS TU IR |
06ANKARA3257 | CODEL BLUNT MEETING WITH FM GUL: US-TU COOPERATION [...] (C) Summary: In a May 30 meeting with Turkish Foreign Minister Gul, a congressional delegation led by Rep. Roy Blunt (R-MO) expressed appreciation for the bilateral relationship and Turkey's assistance with Iraq, Afghanistan and the Middle East. The delegation asked that Turkey play a constru [...] | 2006-06-05 12:09:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV TU |
06ANKARA3263 | TURKEY'S IRAQ COORDINATOR EXTENDS INVITATIONS TO [...] (C) Summary: Iraq Coordinator Oguz Celikkol told visiting HIRC professional staff member Alan Makovsky on June 1 that he was impressed by Iraqi Prime Minister Maliki and his focus on security issues during their May 30 meeting in Baghdad. He claimed that Deputy PM Barham Salih agreed with his [...] | 2006-06-05 13:58:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL OREP TU IZ |
06ANKARA3265 | TURKEY/EU - NO APPARENT MOVEMENT ON PORTS ISSUE [...] (C) A downbeat Turkish MFA Northeastern Mediterranean Deputy Director General Bilman told us June 5 there has been no progress on either opening Famagusta port or referral to EU dispute resolution mechanisms of the ports/airports issue. On Famagusta, the MFA appears to be relying on the UN an [...] | 2006-06-05 14:06:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EU UN TU CY |
06ANKARA3267 | TURKISH DEFMIN HINTS AT FLEXIBILITY ON DEFENSE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Defense Minister Vecdi Gonul hinted at flexibility but revealed little movement on defense industry issues in his May 24 meeting with the Ambassador. He had structured his May 22 reply to the Ambassador's March 24 letter on US industry problems with recent defense tenders to "mai [...] | 2006-06-05 14:30:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | MASS PREL MARR TU |
06ANKARA3268 | TURKEY: 2006 TIP REPORT DELIVERED [...] (C) We delivered Turkey's TIP report country text and points (reftel) to MFA Head of the Asylum and Migration Department Melih Ulueren June 5. Ulueren expressed appreciation for the bilateral work done to fight what he termed "modern-day slavery." In a constructive tone, he said the GOT unde [...] | 2006-06-05 14:50:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM KCRM KWMN PGOV SMIG TU |
06ANKARA3269 | PKK VIOLENCE: PRESS REPORTS 12 TURKISH SECURITY [...] According to press reports -- many of them supplemented by television coverage of soldiers' funerals -- 12 members of the Turkish security forces were killed in incidents of PKK violence over the two-week period of May 22 through June 4. These reports also claim 23 security forces were WIA. Ei [...] | 2006-06-05 15:00:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER MOPS PREL TU IZ IR |
06ANKARA327 | US and GOT Discuss Bilateral Ag Issues [...] (SBU) Summary. On January 24, U.S. and Turkish officials met on the margins of the Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA) Council Meeting in Ankara to discuss bilateral trade issues at the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs (MARA). Assistant U.S. Trade Representative for Eur [...] | 2006-01-30 13:16:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EAGR PGOV PREL GR TU |
06ANKARA3287 | EXBS: TURKEY ADVISORS MONTHLY REPORT- (MAY 2006) [...] Summary: ISN/ECC Turkey desk officer visited Ankara for program oversight and meetings with Government of Turkey officials. Meetings provided desk officer with direct contact with Turkish interlocutors and an opportunity to gain specific information on the Turkish program and how EXBS i [...] | 2006-06-06 12:23:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KNNP KSTC MNUC PARM PREL TU |
06ANKARA3293 | TURKEY: SCHEDULING VISITS AND SIDESTEPPING POLITICS [...] (C) Prime Minister Erdogan and Foreign Minister Gul have expressed their strong interest in visiting Washington in the coming months. The lack of coordination between their requests may well indicate behind the scenes friction. The two are partners, but also rivals. The PM's staff highlight [...] | 2006-06-06 12:46:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL TU |
06ANKARA331 | SCENE-SETTER FOR THE VISIT OF MARINE CORPS COMMANDANT GENERAL HAGEE [...] No summary [...] | 2006-01-30 13:38:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | MARR MASS MOPS PREL PGOV TU IZ AF RU |
06ANKARA3312 | TURKEY: ANTI-TERROR BILL RAISES CONCERNS AMONG [...] (C) Summary: European Commission (EC) officials in Ankara, as well as Turkish scholars and human rights activists, argue that a draft anti-terror bill currently under parliamentary review (reftels) could roll back some of the progress gained during Turkey's EU reform process and heighten tensio [...] | 2006-06-07 09:22:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM OSCE EU TU |
06ANKARA3339 | TURKEY/RUSSIA: LAVROV VISIT LESS THAN SATISFYING [...] (C) Foreign Ministry DDG Murat Burhan and Russian embassy PolCouns Vyacheslav Kunekov provided us read-outs of Foreign Minister Lavrov's May 31-June 1 visit to Ankara and Istanbul. While the Russians and Turks were in general agreement on regional issues, the Turkish side was disappointed with [...] | 2006-06-07 14:11:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER ETRD ENRG KPAL XF IZ IR IS AM |
06ANKARA3351 | CODEL BLUNT MEETS PM ERDOGAN [...] (C) Summary. A May 30 meeting between Codel Blunt and Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan stretched well over an hour, despte the thirty minutes Erdogan's staff had alltted during an especially busy day. The PM energetically laid out Turkey's views on Congressional consideration of [...] | 2006-06-08 06:40:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV OVIP TU |
06ANKARA3352 | SCENESETTER FOR JUNE 14 VISIT OF GENERAL SCHWARTZ TO TURKEY [...] No summary [...] | 2006-06-08 06:52:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET//NOFORN | MOPS PREL PARM TU IZ IR AJ AF |
06ANKARA3367 | DISPUTES THREATEN TO UNDERMINE TURKEY-EU MEETINGS [...] (U) Summary: The GOT is concerned that French and Cypriot proposals being debated in the EU could undermine the Turkey-EU meetings scheduled for June 12 in Luxembourg. The French proposal could prevent Turkey from closing its first acquis chapter on June 12, while the Cypriot proposal would a [...] | 2006-06-08 14:08:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM EFIN EU TU |
06ANKARA3371 | CENTRAL ASIA CONSULTATIONS IN ANKARA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Embassy Ankara warmly welcomes the visit of Assistant Secretary Richard Boucher and SCA Ambassadors to Ankara for meetings with Foreign Minister Gul, Energy Minister Guler, and Senior MFA officials following the USTDA Regional Energy Conference in Istanbul. In addition to helpi [...] | 2006-06-09 05:00:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ENRG TU ZK |
06ANKARA3387 | ENCOURAGING RESPONSIBLE TURKISH BEHAVIOR IN THE [...] (C) Since the May 23 collision of Greek and Turkish F-16s over the Mediterranean, we have been encouraging the Turks to take steps to avoid a recurrence. On May 31, we urged MFA to avoid provocative actions after learning that the Turkish Embassy circulated a note to the diplomatic corps in At [...] | 2006-06-09 08:13:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR GR TU |
06ANKARA3416 | PSI; TURKISH HOSTS MAJOR PSI EXERCISE; ANATOLIAN [...] Summary: Turkey hosted a major PSI exercise, Anatolian Sun '06, from May 24-26, 2006. This exercise was the first multidimensional PSI exercise, which combined land, maritime and air interdiction components. The aim of Anatolian Sun-06 exercise was to test and develop the information and int [...] | 2006-06-09 11:46:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL TU |
06ANKARA3434 | GTMO: TURKEY PROVIDES PAPER ON DETAINEE [...] (C) On June 9, MFA Head of Section for Security Affairs Huseyin Ozdemir passed us the GOT's submission regarding Turkey's lone detainee at GTMO: Murat KARNAZ. Per ref a, Ozdemir requested the document be passed to the Administrative Review Board (ARB) for its consideration of Karnaz's case. [...] | 2006-06-09 14:49:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER KAWC PINR PREL TU GM |
06ANKARA3435 | BLACK SEA: ADMIRAL OUTLINES CURRENT TURKISH [...] (C/REL USA, GBR, AUS, CAN) Turkey is pleased with Russia's continually improving attitude toward Euro-Atlantic cooperation in maritime security, the Turkish Navy's N5 RADM (LH) Cem Gurdeniz told us June 7. Gurdeniz thanked us for persuading Romania and Bulgaria to be more positive toward Oper [...] | 2006-06-09 15:04:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS MARR NATO TU RS BU RO GG UP |
06ANKARA345 | TURKEY/ISRAEL/PALESTINE: TURKEY RECOMMENDS WAIT [...] (C) Summary. The GOT prefers to look hopefully at Hamas's victory in Palestinian elections; the next task is to help Hamas transform, according to the Foreign Ministry. The GOT believes Hamas is well aware of the Palestinian people's dependence on its relationship with Israel and economic [...] | 2006-01-30 16:07:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KWBG KPAL IS TU |
06ANKARA3465 | TURKEY URGES CONSTRUCTIVE IRANIAN APPROACH TO [...] (C) MFA Deputy Director General for Arms Control and Disarmament Bulent Meric on June 9 briefed representatives of Germany and P-5 missions about FM Gul's June 8 phone call to Iranian NSC Secretary-General Larijani to counsel Iranian receptivity to the EU-3 package of incentives for halting its [...] | 2006-06-12 14:52:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ENER KNNP PARM TU FR UK GM CH RS |
06ANKARA3476 | PKK VIOLENCE CONTINUES: TEN YEAR-OLD CHILD AMONG [...] PKK attacks in southeast Turkey for the week of June 5-11 killed four Turkish security forces personnel and one civilian, a ten year-old child (according to press reports). During the same week, 15 security forces were WIA, as were seven civilians. Two PKK terrorists were killed in a firefigh [...] | 2006-06-13 12:21:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER PREL ASEC MOPS TU IZ |
06ANKARA3515 | GOT ANNOUNCES MORE FLEXIBLE POLICY ON KURDISH [...] (U) This is a joint Embassy Ankara-Consulate Adana report. 2. (C) Summary: Turkey's High Board of Radio and Television (RTUK) has decided to exempt music and films from the time restrictions placed on broadcasts in Kurdish and other minority languages. A RTUK contact told us the decision i [...] | 2006-06-14 13:49:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM OSCE TU |
06ANKARA3524 | LOW-PROFILE HAMAS DELEGATION VISITS TURKISH HUMAN [...] (SBU) Summary: A four-person delegation of Hamas members arrived in Turkey June 8 and met with NGO representatives and an MP. The Turkish press covered the visit, though not extensively. We raised the issue on a cautionary note with a leader of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP),[...] | 2006-06-15 09:07:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER KPAL IS TU |
06ANKARA3542 | FM GUL AND FM BAKOYANNIS JUNE 10 MEETING [...] (C) Summary: The June 10 meeting between Turkish FM Gul and Greek FM Bakoyannis produced no surprises and few concrete results. Coming on the heels of a May 23 collision between Turkish and Greek fighter jets and other recent Aegean incidents, the most remarkable fact about the meeting was t [...] | 2006-06-15 12:37:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PREL NATO KIRF TU GR |
06ANKARA3549 | TURKEY LIKELY TO SEEK COMPENSATION FOR F-16 [...] (SBU) In his weekly press briefing on June 14, MFA Spokesman Namik Tan -- in apparently attempting to dodge a loaded question from a reporter -- stated that Turkey may seek compensation for the F-16 Turkey lost in the mid-air collision with a Greek F-16 on May 23. Tan tersely confirmed that i [...] | 2006-06-15 15:13:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS MARR NATO TU GR |
06ANKARA3556 | OIC MINISTERIAL DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO TURKISH MFA [...] (C) We delivered reftel demarche to Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs First Secretary and Iran political desk officer Aziz Sevi on June 15. Sevi had no immediate response, but said he would pass the demarche along to his superiors. Visit Ankara's Classified Web Site at http://www.state.s [...] | 2006-06-16 08:15:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINS IR TU |
06ANKARA3574 | TURKEY'S IRAQ COORDINATOR ON TURKISH-IRAQI [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador met with Turkey's Iraq Coordinator Oguz Celikkol on June 15 to discuss Turkey-Iraq cooperation. Meetings by Turkish PM Erdogan, FM Gul and other ministers with Iraqi DPM Salih and his delegation on the margins of the Turkey-Arab Economic Forum in Istanbul last week [...] | 2006-06-16 13:43:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS IZ TU |
06ANKARA3575 | TURKISH FM GUL, U/S TUYGAN ON BAKOYANNIS MEETING, [...] (C) Summary: In June 15 meetings with Ambassador, Turkish FM Gul and MFA U/S Tuygan provided more details about Gul's June 10 meeting with Greek FM Bakoyannis (reftel). On Cyprus, Gul expressed interest in working to solve Turkey's ports issue with the EU, adding that details and public rhe [...] | 2006-06-16 13:49:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL TU GR CY IR IZ |
06ANKARA3593 | R&D HIGHLIGHTS THE 18TH TURKISH/AMERICAN DEFENSE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The 18th Defense Industrial Cooperation (DIC) meeting and subsequent Defense Industry Day on May 23-24 underscored a continued impasse over the barriers to US defense industry participation in Turkish defense contracts but highlighted R&D as a potential area for closer coopera [...] | 2006-06-19 10:59:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR MASS MCAP PREL TU |
06ANKARA3599 | DEMARCHE ON ANTICIPATED OIC ASSAULT ON ISRAEL [...] No summary [...] | 2006-06-19 13:23:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM TU |
06ANKARA3617 | A/S BOUCHER CONSULTS WITH TURKEY ON CENTRAL ASIA [...] (C) SUMMARY: As follow-up to Secretary Rice,s April commitment to FM Abdullah Gul to embark on expert consultations as part of new U.S.-Turkey strategic dialogue, Assistant Secretary Richard Boucher consulted with Turkish Officials on June 14 on Central Asia and Afghanistan. Turkish and U.S. [...] | 2006-06-19 14:56:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EPET TU ZK |
06ANKARA3638 | JANDARMA OFFICIALS SENTENCED TO JAIL TERMS, WILL [...] (C) Summary: A Turkish court on June 19 convicted two Jandarma officers and sentenced them to prison terms of 39.5 years each for their roles in the November 2005 bombing of a bookstore in Semdinli, Hakkari Province. Their attorneys will appeal the verdict. The court acted with unusual speed [...] | 2006-06-20 14:15:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM TU |
06ANKARA3643 | TRILATERAL PKK TALKS: TURKISH THINKING ON NEXT [...] (C) MFA Director General for Security Affairs (S/CT-equivalent) Hayati Guven called us in June 20 to provide us the latest GOT thinking on preparing for trilateral (U.S.-Turkey-Iraq) talks on the PKK. He reported that he had discussed the matter with Undersecretary Tuygan and senior ministry [...] | 2006-06-20 14:51:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL MOPS MARR TU IZ IR |
06ANKARA3657 | TURKISH MFA ON FUNDING COMPENSATION FOR GREEK [...] (C) Turkish MFA Cyprus Department Head Muftuoglu told us June 20 the GOT "at the moment" has allocated no extra funding for "TRNC" Property Commission compensation to Greek Cypriots but is considering the question. Asked how much the GOT would eventually allocate, Muftuoglu said the GOT does [...] | 2006-06-21 12:15:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL TU CY |
06ANKARA3671 | TURKEY: DETENTION OF SCAN BOTHNIA A REMINDER OF [...] The British-flagged vessel Scan Bothnia, en route from Ukraine to the United Arab Emirates (UAE),was detained on June 9 at the port of Derince near the Bosporous by Turkish Coast Guard and Customs authorities on the suspicion that it was illegally smuggling US military equipment. 2. Actin [...] | 2006-06-21 14:44:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR MOPS PREL PGOV IZ |
06ANKARA3676 | TURKEY: KURDISH MAYORS INDICTED FOR ROJ TV LETTER [...] (U) Prosecutors have indicted 56 mayors from Turkey's predominantly Kurdish southeast on charges of supporting the PKK by sending a letter to Danish PM Rasmussen urging him to resist GOT pressure to shut down ROJ TV. The mayors, all from the pro-Kurdish Democratic Society Party (DTP),signed a [...] | 2006-06-22 08:55:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM OSCE EU DA TU |
06ANKARA3685 | ISAF CAVEATS: TURKEY NOT LETTING GO YET [...] (SBU) We delivered reftel points to MFA Head of Section for NATO Affairs Ihsan Kiziltan on May 16. Kiziltan had no substantive reply, but said he would consult with the appropriate authorities. 2. (C) TGS/J3 Plans and Operations Chef MG Mehmet Eroz told us May 19 that Turkey's caveats were [...] | 2006-06-22 13:06:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO MARR MOPS PREL TU AF |
06ANKARA3686 | TURKISH MFA RESPONDS TO BOSNIA RELATED DEMARCHE [...] (C) We delivered reftel talking points to Hasan Asan, Head of the Turkish MFA's Balkans and Western Europe Department, and First Secretary and Bosnia Desk Officer Kazim Cavusoglu. Asan agreed with U.S. opposition to calls within the Republikla Srpska for an independence referendum and agreed w [...] | 2006-06-22 13:09:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV BK |
06ANKARA3692 | TURKEY REQUESTS CLARIFICATION ON SECURITY MEASURES [...] (U) This is an action request -- please see para. 5. 2. (C/REL GBR, CAN, AUS) Summary: The GOT is seeking clarification of what security assistance to its consulate in Mosul might expect in the event it were to come under a sustained attack. While a definitive answer may be impossible in t [...] | 2006-06-22 14:35:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS TU IZ |
06ANKARA3694 | BLACK SEA: PRODUCTIVE TURKEY-ROMANIA-BULGARIA [...] (C/REL USA, GBR, AUS, CAN) Turkey, Romania and Bulgaria held a "productive and fruitful" trilateral meeting on Black Sea maritime security issues June 19, according to MFA DDG for Multilateral Security Affairs Serdar Kilic. Romania presented a paper on NATO and broader international community [...] | 2006-06-23 05:16:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS MARR NATO TU BU RO |
06ANKARA3714 | TURKEY: PROSECUTOR INVESTIGATING ECUMENICAL [...] (U) This is a joint Embassy Ankara-Consulate Istanbul report. 2. (U) Summary: A Turkish prosecutor is conducting a preliminary investigation of the Ecumenical Patriarch for wearing religious garb at a ceremony in central Anatolia. An attorney for the Patriarch told us the prosecutor assure [...] | 2006-06-23 12:58:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM OSCE KIRF TU |
06ANKARA3733 | TURKISH MFA READOUT ON FM GUL VISIT TO TEHRAN [...] (C) Summary: MFA U/S Akgunay gave us a detailed readout on Foreign Minister Gul's June 25 visit to Tehran. After five extended meetings, the Turks concluded that debate on the way forward is continuing. Akgunay said National Security Council Secretary General Ali Larijani indicated he will [...] | 2006-06-26 15:20:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KNUC IR TU |
06ANKARA3759 | OPPOSITION PARTIES UPDATE: TALK OF ELECTORAL [...] (C) Octogenarian leftist Rahsan Ecevit --- a former MP, founder of the Democratic Left Party (DSP),and the wife of former PM Bulent Ecevit (currently in a stroke-induced coma) --- is continuing her husband,s efforts to unite the secular opposition parties against the governing, pro-Islam Justi [...] | 2006-06-27 12:21:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINS TU |
06ANKARA3763 | TURKISH RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON UN REFORM AND [...] No summary [...] | 2006-06-27 13:18:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT AORC PREL EU EUN UNGA TU |
06ANKARA3805 | ACTION REQUEST: TGS REQUESTS U.S. SIGN ON TO [...] (U) This is an action request -- please see paras. 3. 2. (C/REL GBR, CAN, AUS) Naval Attache (ALUSNA) attended June 20-21 planning talks in the southern Aksaz Naval with Turkish General Staff and Israeli military officials for the annual U.S.-Israel-Turkey trilateral RELIANT MERMAID maritime [...] | 2006-06-29 05:31:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREL TU CY IS |
06ANKARA3821 | GOT DENIES INVOLVEMENT IN "TRNC" DECISION TO BLOCK [...] (SBU) We discussed reftel points on June 28 with Engin Solakoglu, MFA Cyprus Department chief of section. Solakoglu told us the GOT played no role in the decision by Turkish Cypriot authorities to cancel a deal to export Turkish Cypriot potatoes to Europe through the Greek Cypriot port of Lim [...] | 2006-06-29 13:31:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EAID PREL PGOV ECON CY TU |
06ANKARA3835 | TURKISH MFA RELEASES STATEMENT ON ISRAELI [...] (U) The Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) released a statement on June 28 in response to the Israeli army's movements into the Gaza Strip. 2. (U) Text of MFA statement. Unofficial translation. Begin text. We are deeply worried about the fact that the tension in the region has e [...] | 2006-06-30 13:47:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV TU IS |
06ANKARA3837 | TURKEY: WORRISOME TRENDS IN KURDISH POLITICS [...] No summary [...] | 2006-07-03 07:31:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PTER PREL TU |
06ANKARA3838 | ROMANIAN ARMS FOR IRAQ: INFORMATION ON TURKISH [...] (C) Post researched all three companies listed ref a which may be involved as intermediaries in shipping weapons from Romania to the Iraqi Security Forces (ISF): --Martel Electronics and Representations, Ltd.: This company was apparently the shipper of weapons to Iraq earlier this year. The [...] | 2006-07-03 08:33:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PREL PARM ETTC IZ TU RO TC |
06ANKARA3839 | TURKEY ALLEGES U.S. UAV FLIGHTS AT TURKEY-IRAQ [...] (C) Turkish Special Forces in northern Iraq reported to Task Force Band of Brothers Liaison Officer June 8 that Turkish forces just inside northern Iraq and Jandarma forces in Turkey had witnessed significant activity by "one of those American planes with no pilots" (e.g., a UAV) on June 6. TU [...] | 2006-07-03 08:50:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS TU IZ |
06ANKARA386 | AMBASSADOR'S MEETINGS WITH THE TURKISH GENERAL [...] (S) Summary: During separate meetings with Turkish General Staff (TGS) Chief GEN Hilmi Ozkok, TGS Deputy Chief GEN Isik Kosaner, and Turkish Land Forces (TLFC) Commander GEN Yasar Buyukanit January 26 and 27, the Ambassador asserted that Turkey should do nothing to disrupt the fragile situat [...] | 2006-02-01 12:49:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PREL MARR PTER MASS TU IZ IR |
06ANKARA3880 | IRAQ/TURKEY: GOT INFORMALLY REQUESTS ASSISTANCE [...] (U) This is an action request -- please see para. 4. 2. (C/REL USA, GBR, CAN, AUS) Turkish Consul General for Mosul Avni Botsali told us June 27 that GOT authorities are concerned that, despite the Ninewah Governor's best efforts, Turkish officials staying on the Governor's compound to carry [...] | 2006-07-03 14:19:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS TU IZ |
06ANKARA3894 | US ASSISTANCE CRITICAL TO STRATEGIC ALLIANCE WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: Turkey plays a strategic role in US policy. A long-time US Ally, the second largest NATO member, an EU candidate, and a Western-oriented country that borders an area of US concern, Turkey is providing critical assistance to US efforts in both Iraq and Afghanistan, is pressing Iran [...] | 2006-07-03 15:34:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV MARR PTER TU |
06ANKARA3899 | TURKEY: WORRISOME TRENDS IN KURDISH POLITICS [...] (C) Summary: Despite some small steps forward, cynicism and suspicion dominate the mood among Turkey,s Southeast Kurds. The Democractic Society Party (DTP),which has pushed to allow the PKK to be a legitimate interlocutor with Ankara, remains the leading political party in the region, and a [...] | 2006-07-05 08:51:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PTER PREL TU |
06ANKARA3905 | TURKEY/IRAQ/BLACK SEA/AEGEAN: D/NSA CROUCH'S [...] (C) On his way to the Black Sea Forum in Bucharest, Assistant to the President and Deputy National Security Advisor Dr. J.D. Crouch discussed Iran, Iraq, Black Sea, energy and Greek-Turkish relations with Senior Advisor to the Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu, MFA Undersecretary Ali Tuygan, and [...] | 2006-07-05 12:10:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ENRG IZ TU |
06ANKARA391 | TURKEY'S JANUARY 24 CYPRUS PROPOSAL UNLIKELY TO [...] (C) Summary: Ankara's EU diplomats view positively FM Gul's January 24 proposal for mutual opening of Turkish and northern Cypriot ports and airports but see little likelihood the proposal will solve the issue of Turkey's Customs Union obligations. The GOT is indicating it will not open its [...] | 2006-02-01 14:12:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL TU CY |
06ANKARA3910 | TURKEY: ASSAILANT STABS CATHOLIC PRIEST; WOUNDS [...] (U) Summary: An assailant stabbed a Catholic priest in the Black Sea port city of Samsun July 2; the priest, a Frenchman, was treated and released the next day. The Samsun Governor told reporters the assailant had been diagnosed as schizophrenic. The attacker reportedly accused the priest of [...] | 2006-07-05 12:58:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KIRF TU |
06ANKARA3926 | TIP in Turkey: Media Attention from April 16 to May 31, [...] (U) Post is instituting a new summary format, which we hope will make the TIP-related media report more accessible. We welcome feedback. 2. (U) Summary: During the six-week reporting period, media attention on trafficking in persons (TIP) focused on several stories compiled and summarized [...] | 2006-07-06 11:32:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU |
06ANKARA3941 | TURKEY WILL WORK TO KEEP IRAQ NEIGHBORS MEETING ON [...] (C) We used the opportunity of a July 5 meeting on another subject with Turkish Deputy Special Envoy for Iraq Fazli Corman to raise our continuing concerns that the Iranians will seek to hijack the Iraq Neighbors meeting being held July 8-9 in Tehran. We noted that Iraqi FonMin Zebari shared [...] | 2006-07-06 14:53:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL TU IZ IR |
06ANKARA3943 | TURKISH STATEMENT ON NORTH KOREAN MISSILE LAUNCHES [...] The Turkish MFA released the following statement on North Korea's missile launches on July 5. We will follow up with the GOT on reftel points and report septel. 2. Text of Turkish statement (informal Embassy translation): BEGIN TEXT July 5, 2006 We view the Democratic People's Repub [...] | 2006-07-07 05:34:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KNNP PARM KN TU IR |
06ANKARA3948 | PKK VIOLENCE CONTINUES, DEFENSE MINISTRY CLAIMS [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of periodic reports on PKK violence in Turkey (see ref b). Our primary sources for these reports are mainstream Turkish press services, such as the Anatolian News Agency, and international wire services. While these sources are more reliable than most Turkish [...] | 2006-07-07 07:03:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL TU IZ |
06ANKARA3985 | TURKEY: PARLIAMENT FAILS TO ADOPT ANNOUNCED REFORM [...] (U) Summary: Parliament went into recess July 1 after passing only four minor elements of a reform package designed to boost Turkey's EU candidacy, although FM Gul, in April, had urged MPs to adopt the full package before the end of the legislative session. A number of controversial measures w [...] | 2006-07-07 13:22:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KIRF PTER EU TU |
06ANKARA3998 | SCENESETTER FOR A/S SULLIVAN [...] (SBU) Summary and Introduction: Your visit to Ankara is an opportunity to send a message of confidence in Government and Central Bank stewardship of the economy while privately passing on U.S. investors' concerns. Coming right after FonMin Gul's visit to Washington, your Ankara stop helps us [...] | 2006-07-07 15:00:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ENRG PREL KTFN TU |
06ANKARA4000 | ACTION REQUEST: CUSTOMS SCANDAL CAUSES FUEL TRUCK [...] (U) This is an action request -- please see para. 2. 2. (C) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST: Due to a police raid and a continuing investigation of the Turkish Customs facility at Habur Gate, virtually no fuel trucks have gone from Turkey to Iraq since June 28. We understand that Coalition Force [...] | 2006-07-09 15:40:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PREL ENRG IZ TU |
06ANKARA4015 | TURKEY: GOT CRITICIZES PURPORTED RULING ON [...] (U) Summary: The Turkish press has reported that the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has decided to rule against the GOT in a case challenging the legality of Turkey's mandatory religion courses. Two GOT ministers have criticized the purported ruling. However, the reports of an ECHR ru [...] | 2006-07-10 13:30:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KIRF TU |
06ANKARA4033 | EXBS: TURKEY ADVISOR'S MONTHLY REPORT- (JUNE 2006) [...] Summary: EXBS Advisor began coordination of Port Security/Port Vulnerability Workshop and Customs Targeting and Risk Management Workshop with GOT officials. These workshops will open new areas of cooperation with Turkey, while awaiting final ratification of NP Cooperation Agreement. EX [...] | 2006-07-11 09:39:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KNNP KSTC MNUC PARM PREL TU |
06ANKARA4061 | TURKEY INVITED TO AFGHANISTAN PRT EFFECTIVENESS [...] (SBU) We called on the MFA Deputy Director General for South Asia, Babur Hizlan, on July 10 to invite Turkey to the July 20-21 conference on enhancing Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) effectiveness co-sponsored by the governments of Canada and the United States and hosted by the Government [...] | 2006-07-12 06:34:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MOPS TU AF XD AORC NATO |
06ANKARA4077 | TURKS POSITIVE ON GAMBARI BREAKTHROUGH; STILL [...] (C) Summary: The Turks have welcomed the weekend breakthrough by D/SYG Gambari, and they have taken on board, gradually, the need to use the weekend agreement as a springboard for further actions. The GOT stressed with Ambassador and visiting EUR DAS Bryza the need for some measure to reduce [...] | 2006-07-12 13:31:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL TU CY UN |
06ANKARA4082 | DELIVERY OF POINTS CONCERNING NORTH KOREAN MISSILE [...] (C) We delivered ref a demarche to Turkish MFA Disarmament and Arms Control First Secretary Guven Begec on July 12. Begec said Turkey was also very concerned by the North Korean launches and noted the MFA's statement in reaction to the launches (ref b). Begec informed us that he has been foll [...] | 2006-07-12 14:48:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | KN KNNP PARM PREL |
06ANKARA4083 | (C) MISSILE TECHNOLOGY CONTROL REGIME (MTCR) : [...] No summary [...] | 2006-07-12 14:51:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC KSCA MTCRE PARM PREL TSPA TU |
06ANKARA4084 | SOME FUEL TRUCKS MOVING AGAIN FROM TURKEY TO IRAQ [...] (C) Summary: We understand from U.S. military channels that, as of late in the day July 12, fuel tankers are once again moving from Turkey into Iraq over the Habur Gate. Also on July 12, Undersecretariat for Foreign Trade (UFT) Director General of Agreements Sevket Ilgac explained to us the c [...] | 2006-07-12 15:41:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS ENRG ETRD TU IZ |
06ANKARA4085 | IRAQ/TURKEY: ZEBARI VISIT SUCCESSFUL [...] (C) Summary: GOT sources and the Iraqi Embassy here characterized Iraqi FonMin Zebari's July 3-5 visit as very positive. The Turkish MFA told us Zebari said Iraq will get tough on the PKK, and that Turkey and Iraq had agreed in principle on a deal to open two additional border gates. While so [...] | 2006-07-12 15:42:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER ETRD TU IZ |
06ANKARA4102 | TURKEY: GOVERNING AKP BACKSLIDING ON INTRAPARTY [...] (C) Summary. PM Erdogan's governing Justice and Development Party (AKP) claims to support democratic pluralism and is generally considered to be more internally democratic than other Turkish political parties. AKP,s senior leadership, though, routinely interferes in provincial conventions an [...] | 2006-07-13 13:42:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINS TU |
06ANKARA4103 | TOURISM MINISTER AND PARLIAMENTARY DELEGATION [...] (C) Summary. Turkish Culture and Tourism Minister Atilla Koc led a Turkish delegation to Iran in late June to promote tourism. At the same time, MP Ahmet Inal led a separate parliamentary delegation to Iran. The Koc delegation signed a cultural exchange agreement with Iran, but was unable to [...] | 2006-07-13 13:48:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINS IR TU |
06ANKARA4105 | TURKEY: REPORT ON PKK VIOLENCE [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of periodic reports on PKK violence in Turkey (see reftels). Our primary sources for these reports are mainstream Turkish press services, such as the Anatolian News Agency, and international wire services. While these sources are more reliable than most Turk [...] | 2006-07-13 15:33:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL TU IZ |
06ANKARA4120 | HAYMANA SUB-PROVINCE: RURAL UNDERDEVELOPMENT NEAR [...] (C) Summary: On July 13, we visited Haymana, an agricultural sub-province located 70km from Ankara. Despite its proximity to the capital, Haymana suffers from rural underdevelopment. Outward migration to cities and abroad has been a fact of life for over three decades. Education is not alw [...] | 2006-07-14 13:15:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON TU |
06ANKARA4129 | TURKEY: POL-MIL ROUND-UP, June 2006 [...] Turkey's National Security Council (NSC) held its bi-monthly meeting on June 22. National and international security issues and the fight against terrorism topped the agenda of the meeting. Palestinian governance, the Israeli general election, the EU accession process and the Single European S [...] | 2006-07-14 14:13:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS MARR PREL TU AS PK AL CG AJ KZ IT |
06ANKARA4132 | TURKISH APPEAL FOR PARTICIPATION IN IRAQ COMPACT [...] (C) MFA U/S Tuygen used a meeting with Ambassador and visiting EB A/S Sullivan to urge that Turkey's exclusion from the upcoming Iraq compact preparatory meeting be reconsidered. He said it is clear that the compact will deal with issues beyond economic reform, stabilization and pledges/dono [...] | 2006-07-14 16:30:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID EFIN TU IZ |
06ANKARA4133 | ERDOGAN IN CYPRUS: DO NO HARM [...] (C) Ambassador raised the issue of Turkish PM Erdogan's visit to Turkish Cyprus July 20 in separate conversations July 14 with PM Foreign Affairs Advisor Davutoglu, MFA U/S Tuygen, Deputy U/S and lead Cyprus negotiator Apakan, and FM Gul. Ambassador said that we regard Gambari's progress ear [...] | 2006-07-14 16:37:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV TU CY |
06ANKARA4154 | TFLE01: LEBANON EVACUATION - TURKEY READY TO ASSIST [...] (C) Summary. The GOT has offered Turkey as an alternate debarkation point for Lebanon evacuees. Mission believes the port of Mersin and Incirlik AB offer the best facilities. The southeastern Turkish ports of Mersin and Iskenderun can accommodate ferries and medium-sized cruise ships; both ar [...] | 2006-07-18 12:15:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | AEMR CASC EWWT MARR PINS PREL ETRA KHLS TU |
06ANKARA4162 | TFLE01: TURKISH REACTION TO MIDDLE EAST CRISIS: [...] (C) Summary: In an overcharged environment where PKK killings of 16 security forces in the last few days has dovetailed with popular outcry over Israel's actions against Hizballah, Turkish press and public reaction to Middle East developments has been overwhelmingly negative. Media commentar [...] | 2006-07-18 14:19:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL LE TU |
06ANKARA4199 | TURKISH ISLAMIC ORDERS, THOUGH BANNED, MAINTAIN [...] (C/NF) Summary: Turkey is home to many brands of Islam. In addition to the official Sunni overlay and the many Alevis (heterodox Muslims),many Turks, including social and political leaders, continue to associate with Islamic orders known as "tarikats" and "cemaats." These have been officiall [...] | 2006-07-19 14:34:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PHUM OSCE KIRF TU |
06ANKARA4200 | TFLE01: LEBANON EVACUATION: POSSIBLE ARRIVAL OF [...] (U) In response to Task Force information (ref A) that AmCits may be arriving in the Turkish port city of Mersin on 7/19, Mission made contingency preparations to accommodate and process. 2. (U) Initial information that 100 ) 200 AmCits would arrive late July 19 in Mersin on a Canadian-char [...] | 2006-07-19 15:05:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | AEMR CASC EWWT PREL CMGT MOPS US TU |
06ANKARA4235 | PUK REPRESENTATIVE GALALI DISCUSSES PKK AND KIRKUK [...] (S//NF) SUMMARY: Patriotic Union of Kurdistan Turkey representative Bahros Galali told us he will immediately urge President Talabani and KRG President Barzani to take public steps against the PKK as a way to prevent a Turkish cross-border operation (CBO) into northern Iraq and to also send an [...] | 2006-07-20 16:22:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PTER ENRG ETRD TU IZ |
06ANKARA4236 | TFLE01: TURKEY: ISRAELI ACTIONS TRANSLATE INTO [...] (C) Summary. The combination of Israel,s actions in Lebanon, USG support for Israeli,s right to self defense, increased PKK-related violence in Turkey, and USG opposition to a Turkish cross-border action (CBO) against the PKK in northern Iraq has created a public opinion pressure cooker in Tur [...] | 2006-07-20 16:34:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | IS IZ PGOV PREL PTER TU |
06ANKARA4241 | TURKEY: ENERGY MINISTER ON CASPIAN GAS TO EUROPE [...] (C) Summary. Meeting on the margins of Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan oil pipeline inauguration ceremonies in Istanbul on July 12, Deputy Secretary of Energy Clay Sell and Turkish Energy Minister Hilmi Guler reviewed Turkish-U.S. cooperation in helping Europe diversify its natural gas supplies as well [...] | 2006-07-21 07:07:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG PREL TU AZ GG RU |
06ANKARA4249 | BREATHING LIFE INTO THE U.S.-TURKEY STRATEGIC [...] (SBU) Secretary Rice and Turkish FM Gul have put their imprimatur on the Structured Strategic Dialogue. We must now implement it. Over the next six months, we should focus on some of the most pressing bilateral and regional issues through continued high-level dialogue, consultations and ste [...] | 2006-07-21 14:04:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL US TU |
06ANKARA4252 | TFLE01: LEBANON EVACUATION: MERSIN/ADANA/INCIRLIK [...] (U) By evening 7/21 local time, Mission Turkey will have staffed up in Mersin and Incirlik Air Base to accommodate AmCits evacuating Lebanon. As of 7/22 we will be capable of processing the 1400 pax expected on the Rahmah. We understand TDY consular and management assistance is en route; we [...] | 2006-07-21 15:46:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | AEMR CASC EWWT PREL CMGT MOPS US TU |
06ANKARA4258 | TURKEY/IRAQ: TURKS CONTINUE TO PUSH FOR PROGRESS [...] (C) We discussed the PKK issue July 21 with GOT Deputy Iraq Coordinator Fazli Corman. We emphasized the importance of continuing to work together to combat the PKK and underscored that the USG is engaged on the issue. We asked Corman about Turkey's recent contacts with the GOI on combatting [...] | 2006-07-24 02:02:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER ETRD TU IZ |
06ANKARA4259 | (S/NF) TURKEY/PKK: PRT KIRKUK MEETING WITH PKK [...] (S/NF) Contacts in the Turkish National Intelligence Organization (TNIO) informed us July 20 that they understood American diplomats in northern Iraq had recently met with representatives of the Kurdistan Democratic Solutions Party (KDSP). The Kurdish press also carried this allegation. Cont [...] | 2006-07-24 02:02:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PTER TU IZ |
06ANKARA4266 | COUNCIL OF STATE CANCELS FREEZING OF AL KADI ASSETS [...] No summary [...] | 2006-07-24 09:05:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | KTFN PTER PREL TU |
06ANKARA4279 | TURKEY INSPECTS SUSPECT FLIGHT FROM IRAN TO SYRIA [...] (S/NF) State Ops alerted us July 23 that the Syrians may once again be attempting to fly an IL-76 with suspect cargo from Iran to Syria. We contacted MFA Head of Department for Aviation Affairs Hamit Olcay, who informed us that the flight approaching Turkey was actually an Iranian civilian car [...] | 2006-07-24 11:53:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET//NOFORN | PARM ETTC PREL IR SY IS TU LE |
06ANKARA4281 | TURKEY: ATTENDANCE OF HIGH-LEVEL TURKISH OFFICIALS [...] (SBU) We delivered reftel demarche July 18 to MFA First Secretary Meltem Guney of the Deputy Directorate General for SIPDIS International Political Organizations. Guney explained that there were tentative plans for Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul to attend the 61st UN General Assembly (UNGA) [...] | 2006-07-24 14:59:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL OTRA OVIP KSEP UNGA TU |
06ANKARA4290 | DAS BRYZA DISCUSSES IRAQ AND PKK WITH TURKISH [...] (C) SUMMARY: Senior MFA officials emphasized to visiting EUR DAS Bryza that Turkey was pleased with US-Turkey cooperation in Iraq and noted Turkey's interest in cooperating with Iraq to develop Iraq's energy resources. However, they also stressed that it was time for the Iraqi Government to ta [...] | 2006-07-25 07:51:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER ENRG ETRD TU IZ |
06ANKARA4301 | A/S SULLIVAN MEETING WITH TURKISH FONMIN GUL [...] (C) Summary: In a meeting with Assistant Secretary Daniel Sullivan on July 14, Deputy Prime Minister and FonMin Abdullah Gul discussed the Middle East situation (reported septel) and a range of economic issues. On the southern corridor for gas, Gul said U.S. support was necessary but that Tur [...] | 2006-07-25 13:00:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON ENRG EFIN EINV TU |
06ANKARA4310 | TURKEY: FOLLOW-UP ON CFE EQUIPMENT FLANK [...] (C) We approached MFA Head of Department for Disarmament and Arms Control Osman Yavuzalp July 25 an update on Turkey's position on flank entitlements (ref a). According to Yavuzalp, Turkey, Greece and Norway had discussed the issue on the margins of the March 14 HLTF and agreed on Turkey's pr [...] | 2006-07-26 11:39:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PREL MARR KCFE PARM |
06ANKARA4314 | TURKEY FAMILIAR WITH P5+1 INCENTIVE PACKAGE FOR [...] (C) We passed to MFA Arms Control and Disarmament Department Head Osman Yavuzalp on July 25 reftel points on the P5 1 incentive package for Iran. Yavuzalp confirmed his government's familiarity with the specifics. He said Iranian officials told Turkey's embassy in Tehran that the package was [...] | 2006-07-26 14:12:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP PARM PREL IR EU AORC |
06ANKARA4316 | TURKEY RECEIVES THREE SYRIAN AND IRANIAN IL-76 [...] (S/NF) We delivered ref a points to MFA Aviation Department Head Hamit Olcay on July 25. According to Olcay, Turkey does not have any pending cargo overflight requests. However, the GOT did receive three separate IL-76 overflight requests from Syria and Iran following our initial July 19 appr [...] | 2006-07-26 14:54:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PARM MARR ETTC TU IR SY SA JO IS LE |
06ANKARA4329 | TURKISH PM ERDOGAN'S TRIP TO NORTHERN CYPRUS: [...] (C) Turkish PM Erdogan trekked to the "TRNC" July 19 with a heavyweight delegation (six ministers and 20 parliamentarians) for a three-day visit to mark the 32nd anniversary of the Turks' 1974 intervention. This first visit of a Turkish PM to the island in eight years was intended, per Turkis [...] | 2006-07-27 12:58:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV TU CY EU |
06ANKARA4331 | TFLE01: TURKISH DEBATE INCREASINGLY CRITICAL [...] (C) Summary: Reactions in Turkey to the conflict in the Middle East continue to focus on humanitarian needs and the requirement for an immediate ceasefire, with commentary, both in the media and from our contacts, increasingly critical of both Israel and the U.S. Many have linked Secretary Ric [...] | 2006-07-27 15:00:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PROV PREL PTER TU IS LE |
06ANKARA4355 | SCENESETTER FOR PKK TRILATERAL MEETINGS: THE [...] (S/NF) Recent pledges by Presidents Bush and Talabani have assured the Turks that we and Iraq take the PKK seriously, and may have averted -- temporarily -- a Turkish cross-border operation. Should the Iraqis follow through on their commitments, this will begin to satisfy long-standing Turkish [...] | 2006-07-28 16:18:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PTER MOPS TU IZ IR |
06ANKARA4356 | TURKEY: REPORT ON PKK VIOLENCE, FOURTEEN PKK [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of periodic reports on PKK violence in Turkey (see reftels). Our primary sources for these reports are mainstream Turkish press services, such as the Anatolian News Agency, and international wire services. While these sources are more reliable than most Turk [...] | 2006-07-28 16:24:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER IZ TU |
06ANKARA4357 | TURKISH ATTENDANCE AT NEW YORK FORCE GENERATION [...] (C) Upon receipt of reftel, Charge contacted Deputy Foreign Minister Ali Tuygan to urge Turkish participation in the Force Generation meetings on July 31 in New York. He welcomed the advance notice of the UN meetings and noted that Turkey had not yet received an invitation from the United Na [...] | 2006-07-29 09:05:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPKO TU |
06ANKARA4364 | TURKEY TO CONSIDER PARTICIPATION IN UN [...] (C) SUMMARY: MFA Undersecretary Tuygan advised State Counselor Zelikow of Turkey's willingness to consider participation in a peacekeeping operation (PKO) in Lebanon following the negotiation of a ceasefire. Zelikow outlined four different organizational options, including NATO, EU, ad-hoc mu [...] | 2006-07-31 10:57:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MOPS MARR TU |
06ANKARA4373 | TFLE01: TURKISH PRESS AND PUBLIC CONDEMN QANA [...] (C) Summary: Continued large-scale attacks causing civilian deaths such as the Qana bombing in Lebanon are fueling increased anti-Israel and anti-American sentiment among the public and the press. Protests in Istanbul and Ankara against the U.S. and Israel occurred on July 28 and 29, and may [...] | 2006-07-31 15:28:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER TU IS LE |
06ANKARA4374 | IRAQ/TURKEY: GOT REQUESTS CONVOY SECURITY FOR [...] (U) This is an action request -- please see para. 4. 2. (C/REL USA, GBR, CAN, AUS) On July 24, we received an MFA request for US military security and escort support for Avni Botsali, the Turkish Consul General-designate to Mosul, and his delegation, which will be traveling by land from Habu [...] | 2006-07-31 15:39:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | IZ MOPS PREL TU |
06ANKARA4375 | TURKISH LAND FORCES COMMANDER BUYUKANIT APPOINTED [...] (C) The Turkish Council of Ministers, in a surprise move, on July 31 appointed Land Forces Commander General Yasar Buyukanit as the next Chief of the General Staff (CHOD) beginning on August 30 when the current CHOD, GEN Hilmi Ozkok, retires. President Sezer approved the appointment the same [...] | 2006-08-01 05:14:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV MARR TU |
06ANKARA4378 | TURKISH LAND FORCES COMMANDER BUYUKANIT APPOINTED [...] (C) The Turkish Council of Ministers, in a surprise move, on July 31 appointed Land Forces Commander General Yasar Buyukanit as the next Chief of the General Staff (CHOD) beginning on August 30 when the current CHOD, GEN Hilmi Ozkok, retires. President Sezer approved the appointment the same [...] | 2006-08-01 06:32:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR TU |
06ANKARA4381 | TURKEY/IRAQ: DEMANDS FOR ACTION ON PKK ACCELERATE [...] (C) The public mood throughout Turkey is increasingly agitated as PKK terrorism continues to claim lives and Israeli operations in Lebanon spark public claims of double standards and hypocrisy. In a July 31 address to the nation, Prime Minister Erdogan said Turkey's patience on the PKK issue [...] | 2006-08-01 10:25:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER MOPS IZ TU |
06ANKARA4405 | TURKEY SYMPATHETIC BUT NEEDS EVIDENCE TO REQUIRE [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para. 6. 2. (S) SUMMARY: MFA Aviation Department Head Olcay welcomed information on possible Syrian and Iranian use of passenger flights to transfer weapons. He raised the possible abuse of VIP flights from Syria and Iran, noting that one such flig [...] | 2006-08-01 14:50:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PREL PARM MARR ETTC SA SY IR TU |
06ANKARA4407 | TURKEY SYMPATHETIC BUT NEEDS EVIDENCE TO REQUIRE [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para. 6. 2. (S) SUMMARY: MFA Aviation Department Head Olcay welcomed information on possible Syrian and Iranian use of passenger flights to transfer weapons. He raised the possible abuse of VIP flights from Syria and Iran, noting that one such flig [...] | 2006-08-01 14:55:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PREL PARM MARR ETTC SA SY IR TU |
06ANKARA4408 | TURKEY: REPORT ON PKK VIOLENCE, 130 ARRESTED AT [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of periodic reports on PKK violence in Turkey (see reftel b). Our primary sources for these reports are mainstream Turkish press services, such as the Anatolian News Agency, and international wire services. While these sources are more reliable than most Tur [...] | 2006-08-01 15:04:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER IZ TU |
06ANKARA443 | TURKISH FOREIGN MINISTER COMPLAINS TO IRAN; [...] (s) Ambassador was convoked February 3 by FM U/S Tuygan to be briefed on a call FM Gul made to Iranian FM Mottaki the day before to urge Iran to turn away from confrontation with the IAEA. Reading from the foreign ministry,s memcon, Tuygan said that Gul: -- Referred to earlier conversations [...] | 2006-02-03 12:52:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PREL MNUC KPAL IR IS TU |
06ANKARA444 | TURKEY OFFERS TO LEAD AFGHANISTAN PRT [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para. 4. 2. (C) Following up on the Turkish Perm Rep's Feb. 1 announcement to the NAC that Turkey plans to stand up a PRT in Wardak Province in Afghanistan as soon as this summer, we contacted MFA Head of Department for South Asia Murat Ulku. Ulku [...] | 2006-02-03 13:12:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PREL KPKO PARM NATO TU AF |
06ANKARA4451 | TURKEY PROVIDES PKK WISH LIST; CONFIRMS READY FOR [...] (S) SUMMARY: Deputy Foreign Minister Tuygan presented to Charge on Aug. 2 the GOT list of requested actions to be taken against the PKK before and after a trilateral meeting with the US and Iraq. Tuygan expressed Turkey's readiness to meet bilaterally in a neutral location the week of Aug. 7 t [...] | 2006-08-02 15:27:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PREL PTER MOPS TU IZ |
06ANKARA4455 | TIP in Turkey: Media Attention from June 1 to 30, 2006 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-08-03 09:17:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU |
06ANKARA4456 | ROGUE LAWYER STRIKES AGAIN; PARLIAMENT MAY TAKE [...] (SBU) Summary: Novelist Elif Safak has been charged with "insulting Turkish identity" under Article 301 of the Turkish Penal Code. Safak was charged as a result of a criminal complaint filed by ultranationalist lawyer Kemal Kerincsiz. Kerincsiz has exploited Article 301, which targets those wh [...] | 2006-08-03 10:19:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM TU |
06ANKARA4469 | TIP in Turkey: Media Attention from July 1 to 31, 2006 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-08-03 12:22:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU |
06ANKARA4474 | TFLE01: TURKEY: ANGRY CALLS FOR IMMEDIATE [...] (C) Summary: The mood in Turkey regarding events in Lebanon - particularly the failure to achieve an early, UN-brokered ceasefire - has turned angry. Growing protests on the streets have been matched by official statements in Kuala Lumpur (PM Erdogan at the OIC ministerial) and Washington (F [...] | 2006-08-03 13:28:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PTER TU IS LE |
06ANKARA4489 | TURKEY TO PUT SYRIA AND IRAN ON NOTICE ABOUT ABUSE [...] No summary [...] | 2006-08-05 11:16:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | ETTC MARR PARM PREL TU IR |
06ANKARA4495 | CENTER-RIGHT OPPOSITION DYP: POISED, BUT NOT YET [...] (C) Summary. The governing, pro-Islam Justice and Development Party (AKP) remains the juggernaut of Turkish electoral politics, but the center-right True Path Party (DYP) is trying to attract nationalist and secular center-right voters from small towns and rural areas. DYP Chairman Mehmet Ag [...] | 2006-08-07 06:57:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINS TU |
06ANKARA451 | TURKEY'S IRAQ REVENGE MOVIE OPENS TO POPULAR [...] (SBU) Summary: A much-hyped film, "Valley of the Wolves ) Iraq," which depicts Americans in Iraq as heartless killers, opened in cinemas across Turkey this week. In scenes reminiscent of "Rambo," the main character takes revenge for the Suleymaniye incident, in which US forces hooded Turkis [...] | 2006-02-03 15:22:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINS TU |
06ANKARA452 | LEVERAGING TURKISH EFFORTS AGAINST AFGHAN- [...] (SBU) Summary: Most of the world's supply of opiates originates in Afghanistan and passes through Turkey on its way to Western consumers. Despite Turkey's relatively low consumption problem, it has worked hard to stop the flow of these narcotics and is willing to take on a larger regional rol [...] | 2006-02-03 15:28:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR PREL TU |
06ANKARA4526 | US-TURKEY SECURITY RELATIONS: INCREASINGLY [...] (S/NF) After the March 1, 2003 parliamentary vote vetoing a northern front for the Iraq War and the July 4, 2003 arrest (including hooding) of Turkish special forces personnel in Suleymania (an event widely seen in Turkey as a national insult),our security relations were at their lowest point [...] | 2006-08-07 14:53:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET//NOFORN | MARR PREL MOPS PGOV TU |
06ANKARA4527 | TURKEY: LEBANON SECURITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION [...] No summary [...] | 2006-08-07 14:54:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER MOPS UN IS TU |
06ANKARA4528 | TURKEY'S NEW CHOD -- DIFFERENT STYLE, SAME STRATEGY [...] (C) SUMMARY: The July 31 announcement of Turkish Land Forces (TLFC) Commander General Buyukanit's appointment as the next Chief of the General Staff (CHOD) five days earlier than expected (ref a) caused few ripples in the press. Buyukanit's appointment was preordained by military tradition and [...] | 2006-08-08 05:09:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR MOPS TU |
06ANKARA4563 | EXBS: TURKEY ADVISORS MONTHLY REPORT- (JULY 2006) [...] Summary: EXBS Advisor continued to monitor the progress of the NP Cooperation Agreement, along with other NP projects and activities with the Government of Turkey. Also, followed-up on recent Turkish successes in stopping possible improper transiting of controlled items through Turkey. [...] | 2006-08-09 12:01:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KNNP KSTC MNUC PARM PREL TU |
06ANKARA4587 | TURKEY: POSSIBLE ESCALATION OF PKK VIOLENCE IN [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para. 4. 2. (SBU) On August 15, 1984, PKK militants killed two police officers in Eruh and Semdinli, launching the armed phase of the PKK's campaign for Kurdish autonomy in Turkey. The anniversary of the PKK's first attack against Turkish governme [...] | 2006-08-09 16:17:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER IZ TU |
06ANKARA4608 | TURKS CLAIM PKK FRONT OFFICES REMAIN OPEN [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 6. 2. (S) SUMMARY: Ambassador reviewed for MFA Deputy U/S Akgunay on August 9 the US-proposed way forward on the PKK trilateral process and our understanding of the actions taken by the GOI/KRG -- including the closure of some PKK front [...] | 2006-08-10 12:23:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PREL MARR MOPS TU IZ |
06ANKARA468 | PROPHET MOHAMMED CARTOONS PROMPT CONSTRUCTIVE [...] (C) Summary: Turkish public reaction to European publication of cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed has so far consisted of generally peaceful protests and media condemnation, mostly in the pro-Islamist media. Government reaction has been moderate and constructive, with officials condemning the [...] | 2006-02-06 13:50:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC KISL TU |
06ANKARA4688 | TURKEY'S FOREIGN POLICY SPLIT - THE PM'S CIRCLE TO [...] No summary [...] | 2006-08-11 14:53:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PINR PREL TU |
06ANKARA4701 | REPORTS OF MILITARY ACTIVITY ON TURKEY-IRAQ BORDER [...] (SBU) Recent Turkish press reports have suggested an escalation of Turkish military activity near the border with Iraq. An August 9 press report quoted Kurdish media sources claiming Turkish forces engaged in sustained artillery fire across the border on August 7-8. Masud Barzani was quoted o [...] | 2006-08-11 14:58:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PREL PTER IZ TU |
06ANKARA4704 | TURKEY PREFERS SUPPORTING ROLE IN LEBANON PKO [...] (S) SUMMARY: Ambassador advised MFA Deputy U/S Uzumcu of US efforts to finalize a UN resolution on Lebanon. He urged the GOT to make public its support for a resolution that would bring about an urgent cessation of hostilities, the withdrawal of Israeli forces, and the establishment of a robu [...] | 2006-08-11 15:31:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PGOV PREL TU SY LE |
06ANKARA4706 | TURKEY PREFERS SUPPORTING ROLE IN LEBANON PKO [...] (S) SUMMARY: Ambassador advised MFA Deputy U/S Uzumcu of US efforts to finalize a UN resolution on Lebanon. He urged the GOT to make public its support for a resolution that would bring about an urgent cessation of hostilities, the withdrawal of Israeli forces, and the establishment of a robu [...] | 2006-08-11 15:40:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PGOV PREL TU SY LE |
06ANKARA4707 | TURKEY VIEWS ON HABUR GATE, FUEL TRADE TO SOMO, [...] (C) Summary. Although the smuggling investigation that had impeded Turkish fuel shipments to Iraq is over and construction of the new customs facility at Habur is nearly complete, Turkish trade officials observe that Iraqi demand for fuel from Iraq appears to be declining. At the same time [...] | 2006-08-11 15:44:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ECIN EPET ETRD PREL IZ TU |
06ANKARA4710 | TURKEY PREFERS SUPPORTING ROLE IN LEBANON PKO [...] (S) SUMMARY: Ambassador advised MFA Deputy U/S Uzumcu of US efforts to finalize a UN resolution on Lebanon. He urged the GOT to make public its support for a resolution that would bring about an urgent cessation of hostilities, the withdrawal of Israeli forces, and the establishment of a robu [...] | 2006-08-12 08:10:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PGOV PREL TU SY LE |
06ANKARA4711 | URGENT DEMARCHE ON US SECURITY COUNCIL'S [...] (U) This is an action message. See para 5. 2. (SBU) Ambassador spoke August 12 with Turkish MFA U/S Tuygan to convey reftel demarche regarding UNSCR 1701. In addition to the points provided, Ambassador urged Turkey to express strong support for the resolution. He expected that work will [...] | 2006-08-12 12:16:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER MOPS UN UNSC IS LE TU |
06ANKARA4726 | TURKISH MFA STATEMENT IN SUPPORT OF UNSC [...] No summary [...] | 2006-08-14 13:36:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PTER MOPS UN UNSC KPAO LE TU |
06ANKARA4728 | TURKEY AND MAKING PROGRESS ON THE SOUTHERN GAS [...] (C) SUMMARY: In August 8 meetings in Ankara with State Department (S/P) energy advisor Steve Hellman on southern energy corridor issues, Turkish officials made clear that they were not insisting on a role for Turkey as market &consolidator8 that would buy natural gas produced in Azerbaijan fo [...] | 2006-08-14 14:26:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET PREL TU AZ GR RU |
06ANKARA4729 | TURKISH MFA DAS SEES CYPRUS TECHNICAL TALKS GOING [...] No summary [...] | 2006-08-14 14:52:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL TU CY |
06ANKARA4744 | TRILATERAL TALKS ON THE PKK -- WHAT DOES TURKEY [...] (S/NF) The GOT's comprehensive "Measures to be Adopted to Terminate PKK/KONGRA-GEL Activities in Northern Iraq" (ref a) lists Turkey's desired outcomes prior to and following US-Turkey-Iraq trilateral talks on the PKK. The list includes political and public affairs, security, legal, and other [...] | 2006-08-15 11:17:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER PREL MOPS IZ TU |
06ANKARA4748 | TURKISH PRIME MINISTRY STATEMENT WELCOMING [...] No summary [...] | 2006-08-15 11:56:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PTER MOPS UN UNSC KPAO LE TU |
06ANKARA4753 | TURKEY CONSIDERING HUMANITARIAN AID BATTALION AND [...] (S) SUMMARY. The Ambassador met with MFA Deputy U/S Uzumcu on August 14 for a read-out of PM Erdogan's earlier meeting with senior military and MFA officials on Lebanon. Uzumcu reported that the PM's meeting discussed offering the Mersin Port and Adana airport as a military and humanitarian a [...] | 2006-08-15 14:28:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PGOV PREL TU SY LE |
06ANKARA4761 | TURKEY: AFGHANISTAN PRT TO OPEN IN NOVEMBER; ISAF [...] (SBU) Summary: On August 8, MFA Head of Department for South Asia Murat Ulku provided an upbeat account of preparations to establish Turkey's first Afghanistan Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT),slated to open by November. Ulku said construction had begun, staffing is underway, and initial [...] | 2006-08-16 10:38:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AF AORC EAID MOPS PREL TU XD NATO |
06ANKARA4778 | TURKEY: PKK VIOLENCE REPORT, EXPLOSION IN ISTANBUL [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of periodic reports on PKK violence in Turkey (see reftels). Our primary sources for these reports are mainstream Turkish press services, such as the Anatolian News Agency, and international wire services. While these sources are more reliable than most Turk [...] | 2006-08-16 14:53:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER TU IZ |
06ANKARA4779 | TURKEY TO CONSIDER UN LIST OF UNIFIL REQUIREMENTS [...] (C) Ambassador contacted MFA Deputy U/S Uzumcu on August 16 to urge Turkey's immediate decision on a contribution to an expanded UNIFIL force, as called for under UNSCR 1701. He emphasized the need for a quick, robust capability to supplement existing UN troops and asked Turkey to consider su [...] | 2006-08-16 15:48:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS PREL TU LE |
06ANKARA4780 | TUREY TO CONSIDER UN LIST OF UNIFIL REQUIREMENTS [...] (C) Ambassador contacted MFA Deputy U/S Uzumcu on August 16 to urge Turkey's immediate decision on a contribution to an expanded UNIFIL force, as called for under UNSCR 1701. He emphasized the need for a quick, robust capability to supplement existing UN troops and asked Turkey to consider su [...] | 2006-08-17 05:24:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS PREL TU LE |
06ANKARA4781 | TURKEY TO CONSIDER UN LIST OF UNIFIL REQUIREMENTS [...] (C) Ambassador contacted MFA Deputy U/S Uzumcu on August 16 to urge Turkey's immediate decision on a contribution to an expanded UNIFIL force, as called for under UNSCR 1701. He emphasized the need for a quick, robust capability to supplement existing UN troops and asked Turkey to consider su [...] | 2006-08-17 05:24:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS PREL TU LE |
06ANKARA4785 | TURKS CONCERNED BUT STILL MAINTAIN NO KNOWLEDGE OF [...] (C) In separate meetings, MFA and Maritime Affairs Undersecretariat officials said they shared U.S. concern about the use of DPRK flags ships but said an internal investigation did not uncover any Turkish-owned vessels using North Korean flags. They explained that Turkish law does not require [...] | 2006-08-17 10:18:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL KNNP EWWT PHSA TU |
06ANKARA4796 | TURKEY: POL-MIL ROUND-UP, July 2006 [...] Over 10,000 individuals from Sweden, Brazil, Argentina, Mexico, Moldova, Germany, Canada, USA, Australia, Lebanon, France and other countries were evacuated from Lebanon via Turkey. Close to 1,700 US Citizens were flown to the US on contract aircraft out of Incirlik Air Base. The evacuation o [...] | 2006-08-17 13:43:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS MARR PREL TU PK AU IS SU GR |
06ANKARA4803 | TURKEY'S RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON GAINING SUPPORT [...] (C) We delivered reftel points to MFA Africa Department Head Raif Karaca on August 17. We emphasized PM Erdogan's March trip to Darfur and Turkey's humanitarian assistance and asked that they exert whatever influence they can on President Bashir. 2. (C) Karaca said that when Sudanese gover [...] | 2006-08-17 14:31:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UN SU TU |
06ANKARA4804 | TURKEY TO DECIDE ON UNIFIL PARTICIPATION AFTER [...] (C) Summary: Turkey will move toward a government decision to approve a Lebanon deployment during the week of August 21, following FM Gul's consultations in Israel on Sunday, according to MFA DG for the Middle East Bozkurt Aran. However, Aran told Ambassador on August 17 that this decision [...] | 2006-08-17 15:00:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPKO MOPS TU LE |
06ANKARA4822 | TURKEY'S IRAQ COORDINATOR ON IRAQ FUEL AND IRAQI [...] (C) SUMMARY. Turkey's MFA Iraq Coordinator Oguz Celikkol updated Ambassador on recent Iraq-related developments, including visits to Istanbul by Iraqi VP Hashimi and seven Iraqi Turkmen parliamentarians, the latter of which was designed to promote unity and common purpose among Turkmen across [...] | 2006-08-18 13:12:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON EPET ENRG ETRD XF TU IZ |
06ANKARA4833 | SAUDI KING ABDULLAH'S VISIT TO TURKEY INCREASES [...] (C) Summary: Saudi King Abdullah visited Ankara and Istanbul from August 8-11 in the first visit of a Saudi King since 1966. Turkish MFA Middle East desk officer Barbaros Dicle characterized the visit August 18 as a "turning point" in bilateral relations. The two countries signed six agreeme [...] | 2006-08-18 14:55:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON SA TU |
06ANKARA4834 | CFE: TURKEY SUPPORTS FLANK ENTITLEMENT TRANSFER [...] (C) We approached MFA Deputy Director General for Disarmament and Arms Control Bulent Meric August 18 for an update on Turkey's position on the U.S. CFE flank entitlement transfer request (see reftels). Meric reported that Turkey is willing to transfer -- on a non-permanent basis -- an entitl [...] | 2006-08-18 15:09:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PREL MARR KCFE PARM TU |
06ANKARA4836 | MTCR: SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION ON U.S. PROPOSAL [...] No summary [...] | 2006-08-18 15:13:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | MTCR PARM PREL ETTC KSCA TU |
06ANKARA4837 | PSI: SUMMARY OF JULY 2006 PSI OEG MEETING PROVIDED [...] No summary [...] | 2006-08-18 15:13:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP MNUC PARM PREL |
06ANKARA4860 | TURKEY TO PRESS SYRIA TO RESPECT UNSCR 1701 [...] (C) We met with MFA Middle East Department Head Sedat Onal on August 21 to encourage Turkey to emphasize the unambiguous requirement to abide by the arms embargo against Hizballah and UNSCR 1701 and the importance of playing a constructive role in Lebanon's future (reftel) in upcoming meetings [...] | 2006-08-22 08:17:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS PREL IR LE TU |
06ANKARA4875 | TURKEY CONTINUES DELIBERATIONS OVER A UNIFIL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Per reftel request, Ambassador met with MFA Deputy U/S Uzumcu on August 22 to urge Turkey to make a substantial contribution to a robust UNIFIL. Uzumcu said Turkey is taking steps to formalize its offer of ports and is willing to contribute to DPKO staff for Lebanon planning. The [...] | 2006-08-22 15:09:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS PREL TU LE |
06ANKARA4878 | TURKISH FM GUL'S VISIT TO ISRAEL - ISRAELI [...] No summary [...] | 2006-08-23 07:45:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS IS LE TU |
06ANKARA4885 | TURKEY: PKK VIOLENCE REPORT, PKK BLOWS UP SECTION [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of periodic reports on PKK violence in Turkey (see reftels). Our primary sources for these reports are mainstream Turkish press services, such as the Anatolian News Agency, and international wire services. While these sources are more reliable than most Turk [...] | 2006-08-23 12:44:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER TU IZ |
06ANKARA4893 | TURKISH FM GUL VISITS DAMASCUS, PRESSES ASAD TO [...] (C) Summary: In Turkish FM Gul's one-day visit to Damascus August 22, Gul urged President Asad to shock the world by articulating a positive message on Middle East peace and fully supporting UNIFIL, according to MFA Director General for Middle East Bozkurt Aran. Asad welcomed the idea of Tur [...] | 2006-08-23 15:43:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV LE SY TU |
06ANKARA4902 | DIYARBAKIR MAYOR OSMAN BAYDEMIR: AIMING TO BE A [...] (U) This is an AmCon Adana message. 2.(C) Summary: Osman Baydemir, the 35-year old mayor of Diyarbakir, aspires to a national leadership role among the Kurds in Turkey. Baydemir,s moderate approach * he renounces violence and calls for immediate dialogue between the Turkish government and K [...] | 2006-08-24 11:39:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV TU IZ |
06ANKARA4912 | TURKEY SEARCHES IRANIAN TRUCKS FOR HEZBOLLAH ARMS [...] (C) Summary: Turkey has intensified its inspections of Iranian trucks in recent weeks following the initiation of aircraft inspections (ref b). Customs officials report that a lack of necessary technology at border crossings limits the number and scope of inspections but claim they have not e [...] | 2006-08-24 15:15:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | IR MOPS PGOV PREL TU |
06ANKARA4933 | REGIONAL DYNAMISM SPURRING HOPE IN TURKEY'S KURDS [...] (U) This is an AmCon Adana message. 2. (C) Summary: Turkey's Kurdish political and business leaders believe that progress in Northern Iraq could produce positive ripple effects in Turkey's troubled southeast: economic benefits have already affected local businesses and they hope the shared [...] | 2006-08-25 12:14:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV PHUM TU |
06ANKARA4935 | TURKEY AND SOUTHERN GAS CORRIDOR - NUDGING JELLO [...] (C) Summary: Turkey's Energy Minister Hilmi Guler told Ambassador August 23 that he would welcome U.S. help in facilitating meetings aimed at gaining a common, clear, commercially viable way forward on the southern gas corridor to Europe. He obsessed about the undesirability of a simple, ope [...] | 2006-08-25 13:32:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET PREL TU GR AZ IR RU |
06ANKARA4936 | TURKEY: FOREIGN MINISTER GUL TO ATTEND UNGA, [...] No summary [...] | 2006-08-25 13:32:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV UNGA TU |
06ANKARA4953 | TURKEY: SIX BOMBINGS IN FOUR DAYS INJURE 37 [...] (SBU) Six bombs have detonated in civilian areas across Turkey within the last four days, injuring 37 civilians, according to Turkish security officials. The evening of August 25, two bombs -- one outside of a bank and one at an office block near the city center -- exploded within five minute [...] | 2006-08-28 11:40:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | IZ PREL PTER TU |
06ANKARA4964 | TURKEY: DONORS' ASSISTANCE TO LEBANON [...] (SBU) Summary. At the August 31 donors meeting in Stockholm, Turkey will pledge assistance in the form of reconstruction projects, likely focused initially on the power sector. The GOT is looking for projects that contribute to long-term growth, understanding that it is also important to d [...] | 2006-08-28 15:12:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREL TU LE SW |
06ANKARA4978 | TURKISH COUNCIL OF MINISTERS SUPPORTS [...] (C) Summary: The Turkish Council of Ministers announced its support of Turkish participation in UNIFIL on August 28; it plans to seek parliamentary approval within the next week or two. A united front by PM Erdogan, FM Gul and Speaker Arinc, along with the ruling Justice and Development Party' [...] | 2006-08-29 11:32:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV USUN LE TU |
06ANKARA4998 | TURKISH PARTICIPATION IN IRAQ COMPACT [...] (C) In an August 28 meeting, Koray Targay, MFA's Ambassador-level coordinator of Turkish assistance to Iraq, expressed deep concern that Turkey had not yet been invited to join the core preparatory group drafting the "Iraq Compact." He said that this was a priority of the Ministry and senio [...] | 2006-08-29 14:07:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID EFIN TU IZ |
06ANKARA4999 | TURKEY: PKK VIOLENCE REPORT -- FOUR DEAD AND [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of periodic reports on PKK violence in Turkey (see reftels). Our primary sources for these reports are mainstream Turkish press services, such as the Anatolian News Agency, and international wire services. While these sources are more reliable than most Turk [...] | 2006-08-29 14:30:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER TU IZ |
06ANKARA5018 | SUPER MASONIC PUPPIES AND OTHER INSULTS: ANKARA'S [...] Summary: During the course of the July-August conflict between Hezbollah and Israel, there was a noticeable change in the nature of comments and questions coming into Embassy Ankara's "Ask the Ambassador" website feature. Before the conflict, most of the approximately 30 messages received pe [...] | 2006-08-31 14:50:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC PREL KPAO TU IS LE |
06ANKARA5019 | TURKEY DOES NOT REQUIRE FOLLOW-UP CONSULTATIONS ON [...] No summary [...] | 2006-08-31 15:01:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO KCFE MARR PARM PREL TU |
06ANKARA5020 | SEPTEMBER 5 PARLIAMENTARY VOTE ON TURKISH UNIFIL [...] (C) Summary. The Turkish government will ask the speaker of parliament to convene a special session on September 5 to vote on deploying troops to Lebanon. The ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) parliamentary group will meet late September 4 with PM Erdogan to persuade waverers and pr [...] | 2006-08-31 16:53:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL GPGOV USUN LE TU |
06ANKARA5064 | TURKEY CONTINUES TO ENGAGE IRAN ON NUCLEAR PROGRAM [...] (C) Summary and Comment: Turkish officials tell us they are continuing to send a strong and consistent message to Tehran regarding Iran's nuclear development program. During Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Safari's August 25 visit to Ankara, FM Gul reportedly urged Iran to regain the trust of [...] | 2006-09-01 12:27:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ENER KNNP PARM TU IR |
06ANKARA5098 | TURKEY'S GOVERNMENT PREPARED FOR PARLIAMENTARY [...] (C) Summary. After a lengthy meeting of party MPs on September 4, the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) has its ducks in a row for today's parliamentary vote to approve deploying Turkish troops to Lebanon. PM Erdogan was not able to eliminate all dissent, but Embassy contacts report [...] | 2006-09-05 10:12:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV USUN LE TU |
06ANKARA5099 | TURKEY/IRAQ: TURKEY PREPARED FOR PKK BILATERALS [...] (C) MFA Deputy Undersecretary Rafet Akgunay told Ambassador September 5 that the GOT will be prepared to host bilateral talks in Ankara during the September 13-14 time period with U.S. Special Envoy for Countering the PKK General (ret) Joseph Ralston and delegation. Akgunay said the MFA will [...] | 2006-09-05 12:49:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER IZ TU |
06ANKARA5121 | TIP: TURKISH MFA EXPRESSES DISMAY AT REPORTED USG USE OF [...] (SBU) Summary: MFA DDG for Expatriate Turks, Migration, Asylum and Property issues Akif Ayhan called us in on September 4 to express GOT dismay at the U.S. Representative to UNVIE's announced plans to show the documentary "Sex Slaves" at the UNDC in Vienna towards the end of September. While [...] | 2006-09-05 14:02:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF OIIP TU |
06ANKARA5125 | TURKEY: PKK VIOLENCE REPORT, NINE TURKISH FORCES [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of periodic reports on PKK violence in Turkey (ref a). Our primary sources for tese reports are mainstream Turkish press services, such as the Anatolian News Agency, and nternational wire services. While these sources are more reliable than most Turkish press [...] | 2006-09-05 15:42:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER TU IZ |
06ANKARA5149 | TURKISH PARLIAMENT VOTES TO DEPLOY TROOPS TO [...] (C) Summary. The Turkish parliament approved the government's motion to contribute troops to UNIFIL in a September 5 extraordinary assembly session. PM Erdogan exerted control over his Justice and Development Party (AKP) with a well-orchestrated outreach campaign that dissolved or muted mos [...] | 2006-09-06 14:09:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV USUN LE TU |
06ANKARA5200 | TURKEY/LEBANON: TURKEY'S LEBANON PEACEKEEPING [...] (C) Summary. Following a contentious parliamentary vote and the September 6 visit of UNSYG Annan to Ankara, Turkey has promised naval assets as well as the use of seaports and airports for Lebanon peacekeeping operations. In addition, the GOT is planning a ground contingent to engage in huma [...] | 2006-09-08 14:40:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS PGOV PREL UN LE TU |
06ANKARA5203 | TURKEY AND UNSC RESOLUTION 1695 [...] (C) We delivered reftel non-paper to MFA Security Affairs Deputy Director General Avni Bicakli on September 7 and Disarmament Office DDG Bulent Meric on September 8. Meric said Turkish financial authorities have ascertained that Turkish companies are not directly or indirectly involved with s [...] | 2006-09-08 14:50:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL KNNP MNUC WMD CT PTER KN TU |
06ANKARA5212 | COMPULSORY MILITARY SERVICE IN IRAN: A MISNOMER? [...] (S) Summary: Over a period of two months conoffs surveyed male Iranian visa applicants about the military service requirement in Iran. While all Iranian men upon reaching eighteen years of age are ostensibly required to fulfill a national military service requirement, many means exist for th [...] | 2006-09-11 10:10:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PGOV PREL TU IR |
06ANKARA5219 | TURKISH DELEGATION TRAVELING TO HAVANA NAM MEETING [...] (SBU) We spoke September 8 with Turkish MFA Deputy Director General (DAS equivalent) for the Americas Murat Esenli about the upcoming Havana Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) Summit. Esenli affirmed that the Turks had received an invitation from the Cubans. After consulting with his colleagues in [...] | 2006-09-11 12:39:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER CU TU PHUM |
06ANKARA522 | TURKISH YOUTH ARRESTED FOR MURDER OF CATHOLIC [...] (U) Summary: Turkish police have arrested a 16-year-old suspected in the murder of a Catholic priest in Trabzon. Politicians and pundits have speculated about the motive behind the killing, but as yet there are no hard facts. Some Christians in Turkey believe the killing is related to worldwi [...] | 2006-02-07 14:33:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KIRF PREL PHUM OSCE TU |
06ANKARA5223 | UPDATED VERSION: U.S. MISSION TO TURKEY [...] Summary: The U.S. Mission to Turkey commemorated the 5th anniversary with events in Ankara, Istanbul, and Adana. The post activities connected the 9/11 terrorist attacks to terrorist attacks on Turkey and other nations, in order to reinforce a theme of common determination to confront and de [...] | 2006-09-11 14:21:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAO OIIP PTER TU |
06ANKARA5249 | GENERAL (RET) BASER SELECTED AS TURKEY'S PKK [...] (C) SUMMARY: General (ret) Edip Baser was appointed on September 8 as Turkey's Coordinator for Countering the PKK (Kurdistan Workers Party) terrorist organization. A respected, retired military officer who has good relations with both the government and the military and has fought the PKK in [...] | 2006-09-12 12:51:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS PREL PGOV TU IZ |
06ANKARA5259 | OPPOSITION DEPUTIES SLAM U.S., ISRAEL DURING [...] (C) Opposition deputies launched virulent attacks against the US and Israel during the September 5 Turkish parliamentary debate on Turkey's troop deployment to Lebanon. The motion passed (reftel A) and the GOT is readying Turkish troops to join the UNIFIL mission, but the force and tenor of s [...] | 2006-09-13 12:24:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV LE TU |
06ANKARA526 | TURKEY CTRY CLR GRANTED FOR DOC PETROV [...] (U) Mission welcomes and grants country clearance to Department of Commerce Export Control Specialist Rossitza Petrov to travel to Turkey from February 12 through February 15, 2006. Embassy control officer for the visit is EXBS Advisor Kevin Lyon, who can be contacted 24 hours/day at (90)(312) [...] | 2006-02-07 15:03:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KSTC OTRA PARM PREL TU |
06ANKARA5261 | EXBS: TURKEY ADVISORS MONTHLY REPORT- (AUGUST 2006) [...] Summary: August was a busy month for EXBS activities. U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) conducted an assessment on the Port of Mersin followed by Targeting and Risk Management Workshop for 29 Turkish Customs officials; preparations were finalized for a Coast Guard Port Security/P [...] | 2006-09-13 13:16:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KNNP KSTC MNUC PARM PREL TU |
06ANKARA5268 | PARLIAMENT TO TAKE UP EU LEGISLATION AT SEPTEMBER [...] (C) Summary: The Turkish Parliament will meet in a special session on September 19 at the ruling Justice and Development Party's (AKP) request to consider legislation related to Turkey's European Union accession process. The government will attempt to pass the so-called Ninth Reform package [...] | 2006-09-13 15:24:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | OSCE PGOV PHUM PREL EU TU |
06ANKARA5269 | PKK MAIN OFFICIAL SUSPECT BEHIND SEPTEMBER 12 [...] (U) This is a Consulate Adana cable. 2. (U) At 9:15 p.m. on September 12, a bomb exploded in Diyarbakir,s Kosuyolu Park, killing 11 and wounding at least 15. Those dead include seven children, and many of those injured have reportedly lost limbs. The person carrying the bomb is also rep [...] | 2006-09-13 15:32:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV PREL TU |
06ANKARA528 | TURKISH MFA OFFICIAL ON PKK DEMARCHE TO FRANCE, [...] (C) Summary: We consulted with MFA Director General for Security Hayati Guven January 30 on the USG-proposed demarche to France regarding PKK. Guven promised a response in 10 to 14 days. Guven believes US diplomatic pressure on western European governments is having an impact, citing Belgium. [...] | 2006-02-07 15:40:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER KTFN PREL TU FR |
06ANKARA5294 | TURKEY: PRO-KURDISH PARTY CALLS FOR UNILATERAL PKK [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The pro-Kurdish Democratic Society Party (DTP) issued an unprecedented call for a unilateral PKK ceasefire during a September 11 press conference. Appearing before the press in Ankara, DTP chairman Ahmet Turk portrayed the move as a response to the party's grassroots' desires. [...] | 2006-09-14 10:17:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER TU |
06ANKARA5331 | TURKISH RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON NAM SUMMIT/DARFUR [...] No summary [...] | 2006-09-14 14:50:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PINS KPKO UNSC KDEM PGOV SU TU |
06ANKARA5332 | TURKISH ENERGY MINISTER PROMISES ACTION ON [...] (C) Summary: In a September 10 meeting, DAS Matt Bryza and Energy Minister Hilmi Guler agreed to the following action steps to advance the southern gas corridor across Turkey to Europe: - Guler committed to quickly seek a bilateral meeting with Azeri Minister of Finance Samir Sharifov to di [...] | 2006-09-14 14:59:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET PREL TU GR AZ IR RU |
06ANKARA5333 | AVOIDING A TURKEY-EU TRAIN WRECK: CONSULTING IN [...] (U) This is a joint message from Embassies Ankara, Athens and Nicosia. 2. (C) Summary: We are seeing increasing signs that Turkey may indeed be headed for a train wreck in its relations with the EU late this fall. Derailment would endanger Turkey's EU accession bid, which the US has suppo [...] | 2006-09-14 15:07:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL TU EU CY US |
06ANKARA5334 | TURKEY AND SOUTHERN GAS CORRIDOR - TAKING THE [...] (C) Summary: In a September 7 meeting, Energy Under Secretary Sami Demirbilek told us he understood the urgency SIPDIS of moving forward on a series of meetings between partners on the southern gas corridor. However, Turkey has not arranged a bilateral meeting with Azerbaijan to determine [...] | 2006-09-14 15:18:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET PREL TU GR AZ IR |
06ANKARA5388 | TURKEY: PARTICIPATION AT SECRETARY'S SEPTEMBER 22 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-09-15 14:01:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL NATO TU EU |
06ANKARA5392 | TURKISH REPLY TO DEMARCHE ON IRANIAN NUCLEAR [...] No summary [...] | 2006-09-15 14:20:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | IR PREL PTER IAEA UNSC |
06ANKARA5398 | TURKEY: PKK VIOLENCE REPORT, 11 CIVILIANS KILLED [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of periodic reports on PKK violence in Turkey (ref a). Our primary sources for these reports are mainstream Turkish press services, such as the Anatolian News Agency, and international wire services. While these sources are more reliable than most Turkish pre [...] | 2006-09-15 14:35:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL TU IZ |
06ANKARA5436 | TURKEY-CYPRUS-EU - EUR DAS BRYZA'S MEETING WITH [...] (C) Summary: In a 75-minute meeting with EUR DAS Matt Bryza September 11, Turkish MFA D/US (U/S equivalent) and GOT Cyprus pointman Ertugrul Apakan animatedly described the latest state of play from Ankara's point of view. Apakan stressed Turkey's preference for a comprehensive, UN-based sett [...] | 2006-09-18 13:41:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL TU CY UN EU |
06ANKARA5437 | EMBASSY ANKARA'S DELIVERY OF 2006 INTERNATIONAL [...] (U) On Saturday, September 16, Embassy Ankara's Human Rights Officer gave an oral summary of the 2006 International Religious Freedom (IRF) Report to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Human Rights Department Head Hasan Ulusoy. We delivered a hard copy to Ulusoy on Monday, September 18. Ulusoy expr [...] | 2006-09-18 14:10:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | KIRF KPAO PGOV PHUM PREL OPRC TU |
06ANKARA5438 | COMMUNITY OF DEMOCRACIES MINISTERIAL DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...] | 2006-09-18 14:16:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | KDEM PGOV PHUM PREL UNGA TU |
06ANKARA5463 | EU-TURKEY DISCONNECT LENDS CREDENCE TO POSSIBLE [...] (C) Summary: Fears of some form of "train wreck" in Turkey's EU accession process appear well-founded, given the apparent disconnect between cautiously optimistic Turkish officials and less sanguine EU contacts. In recent conversations, GOT officials have predicted that the EU may suspend ne [...] | 2006-09-19 11:10:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM OSCE TU |
06ANKARA5471 | TURKEY/ARMENIA UPDATE: TURKS RESPOND ON JOINT [...] (C) Turkish MFA Deputy Director General for Central Asia and the Caucasus Huseyin Avni Karslioglu told us September 14 that Turkey recently sent a counter-proposal to Armenia's April 19 non-paper on joint commissions (ref B). According to Karslioglu, the Turkish response attempts to lay out in [...] | 2006-09-19 13:01:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV TU AM |
06ANKARA5475 | TURKEY/KOSOVO: LITTLE CONCERN ABOUT KOSOVO FINAL [...] (C) Summary. We detect little real concern in Turkey over Kosovo final status, with Turkish officials prepared for an independence outcome. MFA Eastern European Department Head Hasan Asan concurred with USG views regarding Kosovo final status negotiations, sharing the concerns expressed by a [...] | 2006-09-19 13:17:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL TU YS |
06ANKARA5490 | TURKEY WANTS TO STEP UP PKK IN EUROPE WORK [...] (C) Summary. The Turkish MFA is interested in continued cooperation against PKK logistical and support networks, and suggests that the issue could be raised with the Europeans by the new U.S. and Turkish Special Envoys for Countering the PKK. Another round of U.S.-Turkey interagency meeting [...] | 2006-09-20 09:28:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL KTFN TU |
06ANKARA550 | TIP IN TURKEY: TURKISH MEDIA ATTENTION, January 16- [...] In response to G/TIP inquiries, national and international media sources published the following news articles about TIP in Turkey. Text of articles originally published in Turkish is provided through unofficial Embassy translation. 2. Published by Sabah on Tuesday, January 17: [...] | 2006-02-08 15:40:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY |
06ANKARA551 | MARINE CORPS COMMANDANT GENERAL HAGEE WITH TGS AND [...] (S) BEGIN SUMMARY: US Marine Corps Commandant General Michael Hagee outlined for Deputy Chief of the Turkish General Staff (TGS) General Isik Kosaner and Turkish Land Forces Commander (TLFC) General Yasar Buyukanit in separate meetings on Feb. 2 the Iraqi Coalition's progress to stand up Iraqi [...] | 2006-02-08 15:46:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | MARR MOPS PREL PGOV TU IZ SY |
06ANKARA5515 | TURKEY/ARMENIA: ARMENIA LOSING OUT ON ECONOMIC [...] (C) Summary: Turkish MFA DDG for Caucasus and Central Asia Huseyin Avni Karslioglu told us September 14 that given Turkey's concrete efforts to improve economic and trade ties with the Caucasus and Central Asia via pipeline, road and railroad links, Armenia is starting to lose out economically [...] | 2006-09-21 07:14:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV TU |
06ANKARA5521 | TURKEY: POL-MIL ROUND-UP, August 2006 [...] Turkey's National Security Council (NSC) held its bi-monthly meeting on August 21. National security issue and the fight against terrorism topped the agenda of the meeting. Recent developments in the Middle East, humanitarian assistance to Lebanon and Palestine, Turkey's policy on Black Sea s [...] | 2006-09-21 10:20:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS MARR PREL TU AF BK |
06ANKARA5522 | CAUCASUS CROSS-BORDER COOPERATION CONFERENCE [...] (C) Summary. Representatives from Turkey and several neighboring countries met from September 15 to 17 in eastern Turkey to discuss opportunities for regional cross-border cooperation. The conference, which was co-sponsored by the Kars Municipality and the International Urban Development As [...] | 2006-09-21 11:49:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV TU |
06ANKARA5525 | TURKISH NGO LEADER RETURNS EMBASSY 9/11 [...] (SBU) Summary: On September 11, 2006 Embassy Ankara presented a grant to a Turkish NGO as part of post's 9/11 anniversary commemoration. The event received positive coverage in the mainstream broadcast and print media, but two extremist newspapers characterized the donation as "blood money" [...] | 2006-09-21 13:53:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAO OEXC TU |
06ANKARA5533 | TURKEY: IRANIANS PROTEST DENIAL OF OVERFLIGHT [...] (U) The Iranian press published several articles on September 20 lambasting the GOT for refusing to allow an Iranian military plane carrying a delegation of senior GOI officials and parliamentarians to overfly Turkish airspace on its way to Tehran that same day, and for requiring a "forced lan [...] | 2006-09-21 14:10:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MOPS TU IR |
06ANKARA5562 | TURKEY/ARMENIA: JOINT COMMISSIONS NON-PAPER [...] (C) Turkish MFA Deputy Director General for Caucasus and Central Asia Huseyin Avni Karslioglu called us in September 21 to give us, in confidence, a copy of Turkey's response to Yerevan's April 19 non-paper on joint commissions (reftels). The Turkish non-paper proposes an "ad-hoc" committee con [...] | 2006-09-22 12:48:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV TU AM |
06ANKARA5581 | POLICY PLANNING TALKS WITH TURKEY ON FOR OCTOBER 19 [...] (SBU) We met with Turkish Deputy Director General (DAS equivalent) for policy planning Atilla Gunay, who reconfirmed that the Turks are looking forward to the October 19 visit of S/P director Stephen Krasner and EUR DAS Matt Bryza for the inaugural set of U.S.-Turkey policy planning talks. [...] | 2006-09-22 14:32:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL TU US |
06ANKARA5582 | TURKEY PROTESTS USE OF "PETERS MAP" IN NATO [...] (SBU) MFA Deputy Director General for Americas Affairs Murat Esenli called us under instructions on September 21 to complain about the use at the NATO Defense College of a map authored by retired U.S. Lieutenant Colonel Ralph Peters that redraws the boundaries of Turkey and neighboring countrie [...] | 2006-09-22 14:59:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV MARR TU |
06ANKARA5584 | A WOMAN DIYANET INSIDER'S VIEWS ON ISLAM, [...] (C) Summary: Ayse Sucu, President of the Women's Auxiliary Board of the Turkish government's Directorate of Religious Affairs (Diyanet) Foundation, told us that the government was using the Diyanet to secure Turkey's image as a secular country. Sucu claimed the Diyanet was a male-operated ins [...] | 2006-09-25 07:53:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON KWMN TU |
06ANKARA5605 | DIYANET PURSUING AGENDA OF REFORM, EDUCATION, AND [...] (C) Summary. The reform agenda of Turkey's Directorate of Religious Affairs (Diyanet) Foundation complements GOT efforts to modernize Turkish society, Mehmet Gormez, Diyanet's Vice Chair for Foreign Relations and Publications, told us during a September 13 meeting. The Diyanet, according to [...] | 2006-09-25 14:49:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL TU |
06ANKARA5606 | HONOR KILLINGS AND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE: PROGRESS IN [...] (C) Summary: Since the July release of a government circular aimed at preventing honor killings and domestic violence, public awareness and media coverage of violence against women has significantly increased in Turkey, according to our contacts. Experts note that the incidence of domestic vi [...] | 2006-09-26 09:00:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM TU |
06ANKARA5610 | TURKEY'S LAND FORCES COMMANDER REASSERTS RIGHT OF [...] (C) In a September 25, 2006 speech to incoming Land Forces cadets, Commander of the Turkish Land Forces Command General Ilker Basbug warned of a growing Islamist threat to Turkey and defended the right of the military to speak out on issues that threaten the unitary and secular nature of the n [...] | 2006-09-26 11:43:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR TU |
06ANKARA562 | FRENCH FM DOUSTE-BLAZY IN ANKARA: PLAYING TO TWO [...] (C) Summary: During a February 1-2 trip to Ankara, French FM Douste-Blazy reminded GOT leaders that France had supported the opening of EU accession talks with Turkey, despite opposition from the French public. The French FM recommended that the French and Turkish governments work together to [...] | 2006-02-09 11:52:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON FR TU EU |
06ANKARA5640 | TURKEY: FRAGILE CALM REMAINS IN SE AFTER [...] (U) This is a Consulate Adana cable. 2. (C) Summary. A fragile calm pervades in the wake of the September 12 bomb explosion in Diyarbakir (ref A); the people are waiting for the government to bring the real perpetrators to justice quickly and fairly. If that fails to happen, the calm coul [...] | 2006-09-28 06:32:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM OSCE TU |
06ANKARA5642 | MAKHMOUR: TURKEY IMPATIENTLY AWAITS IRAQI [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Turkish MFA is pleased with UNHCR's revised operations plan for Makhmour, but frustrated that the Iraqi Government has yet to agree to provide security at the camp and that President Talabani has yet to respond to UNHCR on the issue. The GOT will propose changes to the tripart [...] | 2006-09-28 07:49:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PTER PREL TU IZ |
06ANKARA567 | TURKEY/IRAQ: AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH MFA IRAQ [...] (C) Turkish Foreign Ministry Special Representative for Iraq Oguz Celikkol told Ambassador February 7 that maintaining Iraq's unity is essential not only for Turkey but for the balance of power in the entire Middle East. Turkey is concerned an independent Sunni statelet would be a magnet fo [...] | 2006-02-09 13:36:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IZ IR TU |
06ANKARA5673 | BIG PAY-OFF FROM SMALL BUSINESS PROJECT [...] No summary [...] | 2006-09-29 04:58:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PREL KPAO CVIS BEXP TU |
06ANKARA5674 | IRAQ: MFA REPORTS ON NEIGHBORS INTERIOR MINISTERS [...] (C/REL USA, CAN, AUS, GBR) MFA Director General for Security Affairs (S/CT-equivalent) Hayati Guven told us Sept. 22 that Turkey was disappointed with the final protocol on security cooperation the interior ministers of Iraq's neighbors adopted at their Sept. 18 meeting in Jeddah. Turkey had h [...] | 2006-09-29 05:17:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL KCRM KNNP TU IZ IR EG SA KU JO |
06ANKARA5676 | TURKS ANGRY AT TALABANI'S ACCUSATION OF [...] No summary [...] | 2006-09-29 08:51:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV MARR TU IZ |
06ANKARA5698 | 56 KURDISH MAYORS ON TRIAL FOR SUPPORTING ROJTV [...] (C) Summary: The trial of 56 popularly-elected Kurdish mayors in Diyarbakir began contentiously on September 26 but has been recessed until November 21. The mayors face up to 15 years of imprisonment each for allegedly supporting terrorism by signing a letter to Danish Prime Minister Rasmuss [...] | 2006-09-29 13:00:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU |
06ANKARA5711 | TURKISH GOVERNMENT FACING MOUNTING PRESSURE TO [...] (C) Summary. Pressure from the US, the EU, the Turkish press and several recent high profile cases is forcing the GOT to consider reform of controversial Penal Code Article 301, which restricts free expression. The ruling Justice and Development party (AKP) had hoped to avoid addressing the [...] | 2006-10-02 09:43:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM OSCE TU |
06ANKARA5723 | PRESIDENT SEZER TO PARLIAMENT: SECULARISM IS BASIS [...] (C) Summary. Turkey's President stressed secularism and democracy as antidotes to increasing fundamentalism in his October 1 speech at parliament's official opening. Coming as it did on the day before PM Erdogan's meeting with President Bush in Washington and a much anticipated address on Oct [...] | 2006-10-02 11:29:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER TU |
06ANKARA5738 | PKK DECLARES CEASEFIRE: NOW WHAT? [...] (C) The PKK leadership in Iraq declared a ceasefire as of Oct. 1, following Ocalan's Sept. 27 call from his Turkish jail cell. PM Erdogan took a measured stand, repeating the GOT position (and ours, as outlined by Gen. Ralston in his Sept. 27 press conference) that as a terrorist organization [...] | 2006-10-02 15:08:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ |
06ANKARA5743 | TIP: TURKEY STILL CONCERNED WITH "SEX SLAVES" [...] (SBU) Summary: To follow-up on the GOT's September 4 demarche (ref b) expressing dismay at USG-sponsored events showing the PBS Frontline film "Sex Slaves," we met with MFA DDG for Expatriate Turks, Migration, Asylum and Property Issues Akif Ayhan and Department Head Melih Ulueren on October 3 [...] | 2006-10-03 13:30:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF OIIP TU |
06ANKARA5745 | TURKEY'S BOTAS WORRIED ABOUT SOUTHERN GAS CORRIDOR [...] (SBU) Summary: In an October 2 meeting, BOTAS officials expressed strong support for the southern gas corridor, but voiced concerns about developable reserves in Azerbaijan, pressure from Russia on Azerbaijan and Georgia, and how Iran's significant reserves fit into pipeline possibilities. BO [...] | 2006-10-03 14:56:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EPET EINV PREL TU GG AZ RU |
06ANKARA5786 | TURKEY'S BOTAS BULLISH ON IRAQ GAS [...] (SBU) Summary: In an October 2 meeting, BOTAS officials expressed support for Turkey's role as a transit country for bringing new sources of natural gas to European markets (Ref A). Echoing comments we have heard from the Ministry of Energy and the Turkish Oil Company (TPAO),BOTAS officials c [...] | 2006-10-04 14:36:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EPET EINV PREL TU IZ |
06ANKARA5790 | TURKEY ON POSSIBLE NORTH KOREAN MISSILE TEST [...] No summary [...] | 2006-10-04 15:08:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KN PARM KNNP TU |
06ANKARA5793 | 183 NON-MUSLIM LEADERS ISSUE STATEMENT PROTESTING [...] (C) Summary: On September 25, 183 non-Muslim minority Turkish citizens, including many intellectuals and writers, issued a first-ever joint statement protesting the government's treatment of minorities. The statement came in the wake of contentious parliamentary committee debate over EU harmo [...] | 2006-10-05 07:56:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU |
06ANKARA5802 | SE TURKEY LEADERS WANT POSITIVE RESPONSE TO PKK [...] (U) This is a Consulate Adana Cable. Summary ------- 2. (C) Kurdish and regional GOT leaders in SE Turkey are hopeful the PKK cease-fire will de-escalate the violence, but worried that Ankara will not capitalize on the opportunity, which they believe offers an opening for serious, long [...] | 2006-10-05 10:38:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV PREL TU |
06ANKARA5803 | TIP IN TURKEY: PERSPECTIVES FROM A MAJOR HUB, [...] (C) Summary: Trabzon's location as a transportation hub on the Black Sea and proximity to countries such as Georgia and Russia make it a major hub for the trafficking of sex workers. Trabzon's leaders are making efforts to reduce the level of prostitution. The Chief Prosecutor is actively p [...] | 2006-10-05 10:40:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV TU |
06ANKARA581 | UNHCR TURKEY READY TO ENGAGE ON MAKHMOUR [...] (S) UNHCR's Turkey office is ready to get to work on voluntary repatriation or local integration for residents of the Makhmour Camp in northern Iraq. However, the UNHCR-Turkey Representative pointed out obstacles to be overcome, such as accessing villages in southeast Turkey to which Makhmour [...] | 2006-02-09 14:30:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PREF EAID SOCI PHUM PREL PTER IZ TU UNHCR |
06ANKARA5817 | TURKEY AND GMF - SEEKING WIDER BLACK SEA WESTERN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On September 10-11 in Ankara, The German Marshall Fund (GMF) organized a workshop on "Developing a Western Strategy towards the Wider Black Sea Region", attended by EUR DAS Matt Bryza. Participants sought to strike common ground and called for greater cooperation on security, [...] | 2006-10-05 13:17:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECIN EPET MARR PREL NATO TU RS XH ZJ |
06ANKARA5838 | TURKEY/LEBANON: MORE DETAILS ON TURKEY'S UNIFIL [...] (C) Turkish media is reporting that the frigate "Gaziantep" will depart for UNIFIL duty on October 10 and the Turkish land component will arrive in Lebanon October 20. Turkish General Staff (TGS) J-3 Operations Chief MG Serdar Kocak confirmed to us October 4 that Turkish naval and ground units [...] | 2006-10-06 09:41:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS PGOV PREL UN LE TU |
06ANKARA5843 | TURKISH REACTION TO FRENCH PRESIDENT CHIRAC'S [...] (C) Summary: Turkish reaction to French President Chirac's comments that Turkey needs to recognize the Armenian "genocide" has been strong. Both this and potential passage by the French Assembly of a bill making denial of the Armenian "genocide" a crime remain neuralgic issues here, with poss [...] | 2006-10-06 12:27:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV TU |
06ANKARA5851 | RAMADAN IN ANKARA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The holy month of Ramadan, or Ramazan as it is known in Turkey, is welcomed in Ankara with a wide variety of degrees of observance of prayer and fasting. Acts of compassion and donations to the poor increase, while family bonds are affirmed over the break-fast table. Compared [...] | 2006-10-10 05:25:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINS PHUM TU |
06ANKARA5854 | TURKISH PARTICIPATION IN IRAQ COMPACT [...] (SBU) MFA Iraq Assistance Coordinator Koray Targay took note of the points in reftel, but said that Turkey had not been asked to participate in the Preparatory Group or in Iraq Compact drafting. He said Turkey was supportive of the Compact, but that he understood from other contacts that the [...] | 2006-10-10 09:02:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EAID PREL IZ TU |
06ANKARA586 | TURKEY REQUEST DELAY OF IRAN NUCLEAR BRIEFING [...] (C) As reported in ref (b),the Government of Turkey welcomes the opportunity to be briefed by the United States interagency team concerning the Iran nuclear program. We were informed the afternoon of Feb. 7 that due to the Feb. 15 visits by the Sheik of Bahrain, as well as the foreign mini [...] | 2006-02-09 14:45:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC EUN IR KNNP PARM PREL TU |
06ANKARA5865 | RESPONSE TO NORTH KOREAN NUCLEAR TEST ANNOUNCEMENT [...] (U) We delivered reftel points and Presidential statement on October 10 to Evren Akyol, who has principal responsibility for North Korean issues in the MFA's East Asia Bureau, and to Serhan Yigit in the MFA's Department of Arms Control and Disarmament. 2. (C) Akyol said that Turkey fully ag [...] | 2006-10-10 15:07:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | KN KNNP PARM PREL TU |
06ANKARA5866 | GOT FIRMLY PLACES BLAME ON GREECE FOR MIGRANT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Turkish MFA officials continue to place the blame for the deaths of at least six illegal migrants thrown into Turkish territorial waters on September 26 off the coast of Karaburun, Turkey on Greek coast guard officials. The GOT pointed to Greece's lack of cooperation with Turkey [...] | 2006-10-10 16:20:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL PGOV TU GR |
06ANKARA5867 | TURKEY: CMEA REPORTING REQUIREMENTS [...] Summary: This cable details Embassy Ankara's assessment of Turkey's imports of ephedrine and pseudoephedrine as requested in reftel. Embassy Ankara and our Turkish government contacts have no information which indicates Turkey's imports of ephedrine or pseudoephedrine are used for anything [...] | 2006-10-11 05:18:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR PREL TU |
06ANKARA5868 | TRIPARTITE DEMARCHE ON THE UN DELCLARTION ON THE [...] No summary [...] | 2006-10-11 05:21:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU |
06ANKARA5871 | PKK Issue: Update on Violence and Political Developments [...] No summary [...] | 2006-10-11 09:55:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ |
06ANKARA5884 | EUROPEAN LEADERS PRESS TURKEY TO IMPLEMENT [...] No summary [...] | 2006-10-11 14:57:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU |
06ANKARA5891 | TURKISH BACKLASH AGAINST FRANCE GAINS MOMENTUM [...] (C) Summary: In Turkey, anti-French reaction to the October 12 French Assembly approval of a bill that criminalizes denial of the Armenian "genocide" is running high. The GOT had earlier warned French government officials that passage of the bill would severely harm bilateral relations, part [...] | 2006-10-12 12:18:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV TU |
06ANKARA5896 | TURKEY, IRAQ, AND PUSHING SOUTHERN GAS CORRIDOR [...] (U) This is an action request - see paragraph 5. 2. (C) SUMMARY: In an October 10 meeting with Ambassador and visiting NIO Europe Richard Kauzlarich, Energy Minister Hilmi Guler prioritized gas development in Iraq and expressed delight for our intention to pursue a U.S.-Turkey-Iraq workin [...] | 2006-10-12 14:30:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET PREL TU AJ RS IZ |
06ANKARA5902 | EXBS: TURKEY ADVISORS MONTHLY REPORT- (SEP 2006) [...] Summary: U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) conducted a Port Security/Port Vulnerability Training for 19 Turkish Port Authority, Customs, Coast Guard and Maritime Ministry officials at the Port of Izmir; initial coordination was started for an upcoming orientation visit to the United States for re [...] | 2006-10-12 14:46:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KNNP KSTC MNUC PARM PREL TU |
06ANKARA5972 | ENCOURAGING TURKEY ON DARFUR [...] (C) Ambassador followed up the President's lengthy exchange on Darfur with Turkish President Erdogan earlier this month in meetings October 13 and 16 with MFA U/S Tuygan and PM/FM foreign policy advisor Davutoglu, respectively. Ambassador reviewed the state of play with respect to rehatting t [...] | 2006-10-17 13:14:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SU TU US |
06ANKARA5976 | TURKS LOOKING FOR A WAY TO GET TO "YES" ON FINNS' [...] (C) Summary. The GOT understands that it must put its best foot forward with respect to the Finnish package proposal on Cyprus, MFA D/US Apakan told Ambassador and EUR/SE director Silliman October 12. The Turks are asking for more precision on questions such as what constitutes direct trade [...] | 2006-10-17 13:17:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV TU CY EU |
06ANKARA5990 | PRESERVING LEBANESE PM SINIORA'S GOVERNMENT [...] (S/NF) Ambassador reviewed U.S. concerns about Syrian plans to undermine the Siniora government with Turkish PM/FM foreign policy advisor Davutoglu on October 17. He reminded Davutoglu of the exchange about Syria and Lebanon during PM Erdogan's meeting with the President on October 2. The tw [...] | 2006-10-17 13:51:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PTER KDEM MOPS TU LE SY |
06ANKARA6014 | TURKISH POLITICIANS USE PKK AMNESTY REMARKS TO [...] (C) Summary. Turkish political leaders are using True Path Party (DYP) leader Mehmet Agar's recent calls for PKK militants to abandon violence and engage in politics to curry favor with undecided voters who will play a crucial role in Turkey's 2007 presidential and parliamentary elections. A [...] | 2006-10-18 08:57:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER TU |
06ANKARA6016 | KURDISH LANGUAGE BROADCAST IN TURKEY STILL FACE [...] (U) This is a Consulate Adana Cable. Summary ----------- 2. (C) Despite liberalization moves earlier this year, the GOT's regulatory policy towards Kurdish language broadcasting seems aimed at stymieing efforts with red tape, perhaps in hopes that media companies will give up due to the [...] | 2006-10-18 09:04:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL TU |
06ANKARA6017 | TURKEY REQUESTS U.S. SUPPORT FOR INTERNATIONAL LAW [...] Post received October 10 diplomatic note from Turkish MFA requesting an affirmative reply on U.S. support for the candidacy of Professor Rauf Versan for the International Law Commission in exchange for Turkish support for Professor Michael Matheson. Post requests instructions in responding. [...] | 2006-10-18 09:31:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL UNGA TU |
06ANKARA6018 | TURKEY'S ELECTION LAW CHANGES OPEN POLITICAL [...] No summary [...] | 2006-10-18 09:32:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL TU |
06ANKARA6019 | TURKISH MFA DISPLEASED WITH KRG DRAFT CONSTITUTION [...] (C) Summary: Senior Turkish officials have told us that the draft KRG constitution crosses several Turkish redlines, and asked us to intervene with the Iraqi Kurds. From a Turkish perspective, the draft seems almost designed to poke this country in the eye and will further complicate the GOT's [...] | 2006-10-18 10:09:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER TU IZ |
06ANKARA6020 | TURKEY'S CONSTITUTIONAL AND ELECTION LAW CHANGES [...] (SBU) Turkey's president approved a constitutional amendment on October 17 lowering the age for parliamentary candidates from 30 to 25. The move opens the door for thousands of potential new political contenders in the general elections scheduled for November 4, 2007. Parliament also revise [...] | 2006-10-18 10:20:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL TU |
06ANKARA6037 | ON A KNIFE'S EDGE: TURKEY'S EU ACCESSION PROCESS [...] (C) Summary: The next two months are critical for Turkey's EU accession. The obstacles remain formidable. Should the EU and Turkey fail to arrive at a modus vivendi over Cypru, the result could well be a de facto suspension of negotiations. With the Turks in a nationalist, "it's us against [...] | 2006-10-19 05:53:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV TU EU CY |
06ANKARA6064 | Mission Turkey's 2006 Ramadan Programming: Bridging the [...] The US mission to Turkey carried out a slate of activities during the month of Ramazan (as it is known in Turkey),to demonstrate our respect for religious faith and social traditions while enhancing and increasing our contacts with religious leaders, key figures in various segments of Turkish [...] | 2006-10-20 11:17:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KISL KPAO TU |
06ANKARA6065 | AMBASSADOR KAUZLARICH ENGAGES WITH TURKS ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: NIO/Europe, Ambassador Rich Kauzlarich, presented the National Intelligence Council's 2020 report on October 9 at a high-powered conference in Ankara. In separate meetings, he heard from the current Central Bank governor that Turkey's economic fundamentals are strong, and from t [...] | 2006-10-20 11:29:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR PGOV TU |
06ANKARA6067 | TALKING TO THE TURKS ABOUT IRAN [...] (C) This is an action request. See para 4. 2. (C) Summary: We need to act now to solidify Turkish support for our policy toward Iran's nuclear program and to ensure that Turkey remains squarely with us - despite some misgivings - as we proceed toward a Security Council resolution. A near [...] | 2006-10-20 12:00:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KNNP ETTC PARM TU IR |
06ANKARA6068 | TURKEY'S SIDE OF THE STORY: TURKEY-GEORGIA FTA [...] (C) Summary: According to Turkish trade officials, a Turkey-Georgia preferential trade agreement (ref A) is still being negotiated and includes a very limited list of agricultural and industrial goods. While in theory Turkey's participation in a customs union agreement with the EU could comp [...] | 2006-10-20 12:30:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON ETRD TU GG |
06ANKARA6072 | ENCOURAGING TURKISH ATTENDANCE AT THE NOVEMBER 7-8 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-10-20 13:50:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER PREL ASEC PGOV JN TU |
06ANKARA6076 | TURKEY: FY07 SECTION 1206 PROPOSAL TO REFURBISH [...] (SBU) Turkey's two-plus decade long battle against the PKK (Kurdistan Workers Party) terrorist organization intensified significantly in 2006 following a steady increase in attacks since the PKK ended a five-year cease-fire in 2004. Over 600 Turkish civilians and soldiers and foreigners lost t [...] | 2006-10-20 14:43:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MAS PARM PREL TU |
06ANKARA6078 | Mission Turkey Public Diplomacy Strategy for FY-07 ZFR ZFR ZFR [...] No summary [...] | 2006-10-21 11:43:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAO OIIP OEXC SCUL TU |
06ANKARA6079 | TURKEY VIEWS ON GAS POTENTIAL FROM CASPIAN [...] (C) Summary: Using the opportunity of Senior Energy Analyst Bud Coote's briefing to Energy Minister Hilmi Guler on Caspian oil and gas potential, Ambassador and S/P Energy Advisor Steve Hellman advanced southern gas corridor diplomacy. The Minister thanked Coote for clarifying what quantiti [...] | 2006-10-23 11:23:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG EINV PREL TU GG AZ |
06ANKARA6080 | TURKISH DEFMIN GONUL'S OCT. 30 VISIT AN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Leadership changes at the Turkish General Staff (TGS),increased PKK terrorism, and growing dissatisfaction with the EU accession process have raised the military's proile in all security areas, including procurement. The US defense industry may reap benefits, with Sikorksy, Lock [...] | 2006-10-23 13:48:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR TU |
06ANKARA6082 | TURKEY REQUESTS CONVOY SUPPORT FOR MOSUL CONSULATE [...] (U) This is an action request. 2. (C) On Oct. 19, Turkish Consul General for Mosul-designate H. Avni Botsali contacted us to request CF assistance for a convoy of up to ten Turkish trucks carrying construction materials for the consulate there. Specifically, Botsali requested that the tru [...] | 2006-10-26 08:32:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PREL TU IZ |
06ANKARA6118 | Mission Turkey Public Diplomacy Strategy for FY-07 [...] (U) Summary: Public Diplomacy is a critically important component of our diplomatic efforts in Turkey. In this cable, I describe our current public diplomacy environment, offer our strategy for FY-2007, and provide a list of top program priorities under this strategy for enhanced support and [...] | 2006-10-26 13:49:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAO OIIP OEXC SCUL TU |
06ANKARA612 | TURKEY CTRY CLR GRANTED FOR IRAN BRIEFING TEAM [...] (U) Mission welcomes and grants country clearance to USG interagency team led by Ambassador Schulte to travel to Turkey from February 15 through February 18, 2006. Embassy control officer for the visit is EXBS Advisor Kevin Lyon, who can be contacted 24 hours/day at (90)(312)455-5555, ext. 0. [...] | 2006-02-10 14:29:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC EUN IR KNNP PARM PREL TU |
06ANKARA6122 | TURKISH REGIONAL ECONOMIC INTEGRATION IDEAS [...] (SBU) Guven Sak, the multitasking guru behind the Turkish-Israeli-Palestinian effort to develop the Erez Industrial Zone in northern Gaza, is widening his sights to new areas for economic and business cooperation between Turkey and its less developed neighbors. Backed by TOBB, the powerful n [...] | 2006-10-26 14:58:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON BEXP PREL TU |
06ANKARA6140 | PKK Issue: Update on Violence and Political Developments [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of periodic reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary sources for these reports are mainstream Turkish press services, such as the Anatolian News Agency, and international wire services. While these are more reliable than most Turkish press sources, they [...] | 2006-10-27 10:46:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ |
06ANKARA6141 | TURKISH DEMARCHE RESPONSE: UNGA RESOLUTIONS ON THE [...] (SBU) The Turks share our concerns regarding the lack of balance in the NAM-sponsored UNGA resolutions related to the situation of children and human rights in Lebanon. We delivered reftel points October 26 to Turkish MFA Middle East Department Officer Cem Ulusoy, following a three-day end of [...] | 2006-10-27 12:05:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | UNGA PHUM PREL PTER LE IS TU |
06ANKARA6154 | BSEC MINISTERIAL: VIEW FROM ANKARA [...] SUMMARY: Turkey's MFA welcomed the U.S. proposal on an environment initiative with BSEC (Ref A) and supported the concept in principle, as part of a positive message on BSEC potential for bringing broader Black Sea countries together to discuss critical issues. MFA's BSEC point person told us [...] | 2006-10-30 11:25:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL SENV KCRM TU RS EU SR |
06ANKARA6155 | TURKEY SUBMITS DRAFT MOU FOR CFE TREATY TANK [...] During an October 20 meeting on other subjects, MFA Arms Control and Disarmament Department Head Ahmet Muhtar Gun passed to us a draft bilateral MOU for the transfer of 63 CFE Treaty tank entitlements which Turkey has offered in response to our flank entitlement request (refs b-d). Per ref a, [...] | 2006-10-30 12:40:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO KCFE MARR PARM PREL TU |
06ANKARA6156 | TURKEY NOT SATISFIED WITH REVISED GLOBAL [...] This is an action request. See paragraph 4. 2. Per reftel request, we presented the revised Statement of Principles, Terms of Reference and and Explanatory Notes for the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism to MFA Arms Control and Disarmament Section Head Serhan Yigit on October [...] | 2006-10-30 12:41:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | KGIC KNNP PTER PREL TU |
06ANKARA6159 | TURKEY: WORKSHARE AND TECH TRANSFER REMAIN DEFENSE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Defense Minister Gonul will raise two issues during his October 30 Pentagon meetings and also in Texas with Lockheed Martin on October 31: maximizing workshare and technology transfer on the Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) program; and, negotiating workshare or offset work as part of [...] | 2006-10-30 13:55:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV MARR TU |
06ANKARA6163 | SCENESETTER FOR NOVEMBER 7-8 VISIT OF EUCOM DCDR [...] (C) SUMMARY: Turkey continues to demonstrate its commitment to GWOT in Afghanistan, Lebanon and the Balkans, but is feeling the pinch of resources stretched both internationally and in the southeast, where it is battling a significant up-tick in PKK terrorist activity. The appointment of Ge [...] | 2006-10-30 16:03:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR MOPS TU |
06ANKARA618 | TURKEY/PALESTINE -- MESSAGE ON PALESTINIAN [...] No summary [...] | 2006-02-10 15:32:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID KPAL KWBG IS TU |
06ANKARA619 | TURKEY: QUELLING VIOLENT REACTIONS TO OFFENSIVE [...] (C) We delivered ref A demarche to Turkish MFA Americas Deputy Director Murat Esenli February 9. We discussed GoT reactions which have, to date, urged calm and made clear that violence, even if in response to the offensive cartoons, is unacceptable (ref b). Esenli stated that the GoT would [...] | 2006-02-10 15:56:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KISL KPAO TU |
06ANKARA6191 | SHIELD S22-06: TURKISH PROCUREMENT OF IRANIAN [...] No summary [...] | 2006-10-31 12:26:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PARM PREL CBW ETTC TU IR |
06ANKARA6212 | EXBS: UPDATE ON NP COOPERATION AND ASSISTANCE [...] (SBU) Post has been actively following the progress of the Turkish Parliament's review of the Bi-lateral Agreement with Turkey Regarding Cooperation to Facilitate the Provision of Assistance for Preventing the Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction. The Agreement has been reviewed and e [...] | 2006-10-31 14:17:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC KSTC PARM PREL TU |
06ANKARA622 | TURKEY/IRAN -- NOT UPSETTING THE NEIGHBORS [...] (C) Summary. While the Turkish government publicly declares that a nuclear-armed Iran is not in Turkey,s interest, it will not get out front on the issue for fear of irritating a neighbor with which Turkey has a delicate political and growing economic relationship: -- Turkey does not wish [...] | 2006-02-10 16:36:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV PINS IR TU |
06ANKARA623 | DEFENSE PROCUREMENT ISSUES DOMINATE AMBASSADOR'S [...] (C) Summary: Turkish Air Forces (TUAF) Commander Comert, launched his initial meeting Feb. 1 with the Ambassador by laying out a series of defense equipment issues currently frustrating TUAF training and programs. Ambassador countered with USG and US industry concerns that strict Terms and C [...] | 2006-02-13 06:02:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS MASS PREL PGOV TU RU IR |
06ANKARA6230 | TURKISH MILITARY STRESSES IRAQ AND PKK TO VISITING [...] (S) Summary: Iraq and the PKK dominated US Army Chief of Staff Schoomaker,s meetings in Ankara October 27 with his host Turkish Land Forces Commander Gen. Basbug and with TGS CHOD Gen. Buyukanit. The Turks expressed anxiety about developments in Iraq and possible trends in US policy; complai [...] | 2006-11-01 15:26:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PREL PGOV MARR MPOS PTER IZ TU |
06ANKARA6250 | MAKHMOUR: TURKEY PREPARED TO DISCUSS TRIPARTITE [...] (C) MFA Director General for Security Affairs (S/CT-equivalent) Hayati Guven told the DCM Nov. 1 that Turkey has reversed its position and is prepared to discuss its recommended changes with UNHCR on the draft Tripartite Agreement on the Makhmour refugee camp in northern Iraq. Guven has reques [...] | 2006-11-02 15:56:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREF PREL UNHCR PGOV TU IZ |
06ANKARA628 | TURKEY: COUNTER-TRAFFICKING UPDATE [...] SUMMARY: Counter-trafficking efforts remain strong in Turkey with the kick-off of the USG-funded, International Office for Migration (IOM)-implemented and GoT-coordinated public awareness campaign, as well as the start of the EU-funded Twinning Project to strengthen institutions in the fight [...] | 2006-02-13 12:01:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU |
06ANKARA6300 | PKK Issue: Update on Violence and Political Developments [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of unclassified, periodic reports on the PKK issue in Turkey. Our primary sources for casualty statistics are mainstream Turkish press services, such as the Anatolian News Agency, and international wire services. While these are more reliable than most Turkis [...] | 2006-11-06 15:05:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ |
06ANKARA6302 | SUGGESTED TEXT FOR HIGH-LEVEL CONDOLENCE LETTER ON [...] (U) This is an ACTION request. Post recommends a high-level (preferably presidential) condolence letter be delivered to Mrs. Rahsan Ecevit on the November 5 death of her husband, former Turkish PM Bulent Ecevit. Ecevit served as Turkey's prime minister four times between 1972 and 2002, and [...] | 2006-11-06 15:41:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL TU |
06ANKARA6343 | FIERY RHETORIC OVERSHADOWS LOW TURNOUT AT HUMAN [...] No summary [...] | 2006-11-07 13:28:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU |
06ANKARA6352 | TURKEY-SYRIA FTA TO ENTER INTO FORCE [...] (C) Turkish Foreign Ministry and Foreign Trade Undersecretariat officials confirmed a November 6 Anatolian News Agency report that the Turkey-Syria "free trade" agreement signed in December 2004 will come into force January 1, 2007. The agreement was also published in the Official Gazette, [...] | 2006-11-07 14:29:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD PREL TU SY |
06ANKARA6354 | EXBS: TURKEY ADVISORS MONTHLY REPORT- (OCT 2006) [...] Summary: Coordination of upcoming orientation visit by senior Turkish Customs officials to U.S. Customs locations continued. Progress was made to complete first phase of Internal Control Porgram (ICP),and other projects. Final coordination for visit by Second Line of Defense (SLD) per [...] | 2006-11-07 14:39:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KNNP KSTC MNUC PARM PREL TU |
06ANKARA6372 | IRAQ: GOT SEEKS TO POSTPONE CONTROVERSIAL SUNNI [...] (S) Summary: Turkish MFA has learned that a Nov. 14-16 NGO conference in Istanbul of apparent Iraqi Sunni Arab rejectionists may complicate the visit of Iraqi PM Maliki, scheduled for the same dates. The GOT has had no hand in organizing the conference and has been able to learn few specifics [...] | 2006-11-08 15:04:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PREL PTER PGOV TU IZ TC QA |
06ANKARA6373 | TURKEY: INSCR 2006-2007 DRUGS AND CHEMICAL CONTROL REPORT [...] (SBU) Summary: This cable details Embassy Ankara's assessment of drugs and chemical controls in Turkey for inclusion in the 2006-2007 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report (INSCR). End Summary. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) Turkey is a major transit route for Southwest Asi [...] | 2006-11-08 15:12:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR PREL TU |
06ANKARA6376 | TURKEY WILL CLOSELY STUDY AUSTRALIAN AMENDMENT TO [...] (C) Ambassador delivered ref a points to Turkish MFA Deputy Under Secretary Ertugrul Apakan November 8. Ambassador stressed the importance the USG gives to ensuring the Cuba resolution reflects the abuses suffered by the Cuban people as a result of their own government's actions and policies [...] | 2006-11-08 16:47:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UNGA UNAUS CU TU |
06ANKARA6377 | TURKEY STUDYING COUNTRY RESOLUTIONS AND ATTEMPTS [...] (C) Ambassador raised reftel points Nov. 8 with MFA D/US Apakan. He stressed the importance the USG attaches to these country resolutions and expressed the hope that Turkey could support us. Separately, we also discussed the issue of UNGA Third Committee country resolutions, no-action motions [...] | 2006-11-08 16:48:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UNHRC TU |
06ANKARA6385 | PSI: LETTER TO PSI PARTICIPANTS ON UNSCR 1718 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-11-09 14:55:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR EWWT KNNP PARM PBTS PHSA PREL TU |
06ANKARA6388 | TURKEY/GREECE: SOLDIERS TAKE THE LEAD IN [...] (C) Summary: The November 1-4 visit to Athens by Turkey's Chief of General Staff (CHOD) Gen. Yasar Buyukanit, the first such visit in at least 32 years, is the most high-profile of recent firsts in Turkish-Greek military cooperation. Buyukanit reportedly discussed extending Aegean confidence [...] | 2006-11-09 16:02:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS TU GR |
06ANKARA6391 | TURKEY ON EU/CYPRUS: SEEKING A NARROWER, [...] (C) Summary. Turkish MFA Deputy U/S Apakan told Ambassador that while Turkey will continue to work with the Finns to find an acceptable Cyprus package that allows Turkey to meet its legal obligations to the EU, including Varosha will be next to impossible. The Turks would be more comfortable [...] | 2006-11-09 16:56:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV TU EU CY |
06ANKARA6392 | PRESERVING LEBANESE PM SINIORA'S GOVERNMENT: [...] (S) Ambassador raised ref a points with MFA Deputy U/S Apakan November 8, stressing USG concern that the SARG was using Lebanese political figures to try to bring down the government of PM Siniora. Large-scale demonstrations may be orchestrated during which violence would be encouraged in ord [...] | 2006-11-09 16:59:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PREL PROV PTER KDEM MOPS TU |
06ANKARA6393 | IT COULD HAVE BEEN WORSE: EU REPORT DELAYS [...] No summary [...] | 2006-11-09 17:04:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU |
06ANKARA6396 | TURKEY READY FOR 3-WAY MEETING ON AZERI GAS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Turkish Energy Minister Guler agreed with Ambassador that Turkey, Azerbaijan, and Georgia should meet as soon as possible to begin working out short term solutions to ensure natural gas supplies for this winter in the face of strong Russian pressure on all of them. Guler stressed [...] | 2006-11-13 09:24:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET PREL TU GG AJ RS IZ |
06ANKARA6409 | IRAQIS BRIEF ON NEW POLITICAL ALLIANCE IN MOSUL, [...] (C) Summary: A Sunni Arab politician and an independent Kurdish tribal leader from Mosul briefed us Nov. 7 on their new provincial political alliance and their effort to block what they view as Kurdish expansionism south of the green line. The political bloc will seek to knit together moderate [...] | 2006-11-14 09:12:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM MOPS IZ TU |
06ANKARA6419 | ONE MONTH AFTER PKK DECLARES CEASE-FIRE, RELATIVE [...] (U) This is a joint Embassy Ankara/Consulate Adana message. 2. (C) Summary: PKK violence has largely -- but not entirely -- subsided since the terrorist organization's unilateral cease-fire started Oct. 1. Many here hope the lower level of violence will give the GOT room to address the root [...] | 2006-11-15 12:37:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV PHUM PREL TU IZ |
06ANKARA6423 | TURKEY TO CO-SPONSOR UNGA RESOLUTIONS ON BURMA AND [...] (C) Turkey has decided to co-sponsor resolutions on the human rights situations in Burma and North Korea in the UNGA Third Committee, to support the U.S.-sponsored resolution on the human rights situation in Belarus, to oppose no action motions proposed by countries across the board, and to opp [...] | 2006-11-15 15:56:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UNGA TU BO BM KN |
06ANKARA6427 | TURKEY: PRESIDENTIAL AND PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS [...] (U) SUMMARY: The coming year will bring presidential elections in the spring and parliamentary elections in the fall in Turkey. The presidency is an office elected by parliament, and the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) has enough seats to ensure their candidate becomes president. T [...] | 2006-11-16 11:43:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL TU |
06ANKARA6429 | TURKISH TROOPS IN THE SOUTHEAST STAYING PUT FOR NOW [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: In past years, the annual December snowfall prompted the re-deployment of Turkish troops away from the Iraqi border region back to bases in the West. However, given the increased intensity of the PKK terrorist campaign this summer and continued low-level engagement with Turkis [...] | 2006-11-16 14:50:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL MOPS PTER TU IZ IR |
06ANKARA6437 | TURKEY'S ASSISTANCE TO PAKISTAN [...] No summary [...] | 2006-11-17 09:40:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREL SENV TU PK |
06ANKARA6445 | TURKEY WILL SUPPORT UNGA RESOLUTION ON UZBEKISTAN [...] (C) Summary: Turkey has decided to support the resolution on Uzbekistan's human rights record at the UNGA Third Committee. It will oppose any related no action motions. It plans to abstain from the vote on Iran's human rights record. End summary. 2. (C) Following up on points delivered p [...] | 2006-11-17 15:56:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UNGA UZ BM BO IR KN TU |
06ANKARA6446 | TURKEY SUSPENDS MILITARY RELATIONS WITH FRANCE [...] (C) Summary: Turkish Land Forces Commander General Ilker Basbug told journalists November 15 that Turkey has frozen military relations with France because of the French National Assembly's October 12 vote on the Armenian genocide issue. The announcement caused surprise at the French Embassy in [...] | 2006-11-17 16:01:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREL FR TU |
06ANKARA6447 | DIYANET SEES POPE'S VISIT TO TURKEY AS OPPORTUNITY [...] No summary [...] | 2006-11-17 16:22:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU |
06ANKARA6448 | PM MALIKI IN TURKEY: PLEDGES OF SUPPORT, BUT [...] (C) Summary: Iraqi PM Maliki accepted Turkish offers to increase the level of training for ISF, especially police, and to work on expanding Turkish trade and investment beyond northern Iraq during his Nov. 16-17 visit to Ankara. The GOT was generally pleased with Maliki's public statements on [...] | 2006-11-17 16:35:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV ECON TU IZ IR SY |
06ANKARA6451 | TURKEY: POL-MIL ROUND-UP, October 2006 [...] Turkey's National Security Council (NSC) held its bi-monthly meeting on October 31. Internal and external developments affecting Turkey's national security topped the agenda of the meeting. Negotiations on Iran's nuclear program after the UN Security Council resolution of July 31 were discusse [...] | 2006-11-20 09:17:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS MARR PREL UY CH GR AM AF LE TU |
06ANKARA6459 | USDOL-FUNDED CHILD LABOR PROJECT BACK ON TRACK [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A $6 million U.S. Department of Labor (USDOL)-funded "Education Initiative" project aimed at removing children from agricultural work in six Turkish provinces is back on track. Negotiations between officials from Turkey's Ministry of Labor and Social Security (MOLSS),Ministry [...] | 2006-11-20 15:07:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB PHUM PREL PGOV TU |
06ANKARA6460 | AKP PARTY CONGRESS: AIMING AT THE 2007 ELECTION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The second ordinary congress of Turkey's ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) saw Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan re-elected as party chairman without contest and conveyed an image of the five-year old party as a mature, sophisticated organization with a domestic focus [...] | 2006-11-20 15:22:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL TU |
06ANKARA6461 | HARD-PRESSED TO DO MORE FOR NATO: PREVIEW OF [...] (C) Summary: Turkey agrees broadly with U.S. positions on NATO Global Partnership and enlargement, and understands the importance of mission success for NATO in Afghanistan, but is hard-pressed to make a bigger military contribution in Afghanistan than it already is, according to the MFA. Lif [...] | 2006-11-20 15:42:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS NATO PREL TU |
06ANKARA6467 | TURKEY/EU/CYPRUS: TURKS HEADED TO HELSINKI; "NO" [...] (C) Turkish MFA A/US Ertugrul Apakan travels to Helsinki today, accompanied by Cyprus Deputy Director General Levent Bilman, for a day of technical talks November 22 on the Finnish Turkey/EU/Cyprus proposal. The talks will also serve as preparation for meetings FM Gul will have with the Finnis [...] | 2006-11-21 13:22:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV TU EU CY |
06ANKARA6469 | LEFTIST PRISONERS' RIGHTS GROUP OVERRUNS ANKARA AP [...] No summary [...] | 2006-11-21 14:58:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU |
06ANKARA647 | SCENESETTER FOR THE FEB 15- 17 VISIT OF AMB [...] (S) Summary: Your visit to Ankara provides a welcome opportunity to accomplish two things in our Iran diplomacy: brief the Turks on what we know about Iran's nuclear weapons development efforts and consult with them on the way forward. Turkey is at best a reluctant supporter of the internatio [...] | 2006-02-14 06:01:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | AORC EUN IR KNNP PARM PREL TU |
06ANKARA6470 | TURKEY SUPPORTS AHTISAARI'S DELAY IN KOSOVO STATUS [...] (C) We discussed ref a points November 17 with Turkish MFA Head of Department for Non-EU Western Europe, including the Balkans, Hasan Asan. Asan said Turkey understood the reasoning behind Ahtisaari's decision to delay submitting his final status settlement (as reported ref b) and supported h [...] | 2006-11-21 15:28:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV YI TU |
06ANKARA6475 | EXBS: TURKEY DECLINES INVITATION TO PARTICIPATE IN [...] Per reftel, we forwarded the invitation for the GOT to send two participants to the Middle East Regional Technical Exchange on the Export Controls of Strategic Commodities being held in Amman, Jordan in December 2006. Subsequently, we emphasized to MFA Disarmament and Arms Control Head of De [...] | 2006-11-22 09:43:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KSTC PARM PREL TU |
06ANKARA648 | TURKEY NON-COMMITTAL TO DEMARCHE ON DEFEATING [...] (SBU) We delivered reftel demarche to Gulin Dinc, Department Head in the Directorate for International Political Organizations at the Foreign Ministry on February 10. Ms. Dinc expressed appreciation for our information and said the MFA would carefully consider our position on the Venezuelan [...] | 2006-02-14 08:00:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL UN UNSC GT VE TU |
06ANKARA6482 | EXBS: UPDATE ON INTERNAL CONTROL PROGRAM AND [...] Summary: The Government of Turkey continues to work on the customization of the Internal Control Program for use by Turkish businesses. Completion of the initial customization awaits confirmation of the translation of the EU control list by appropriate Turkish institutions; lack of ratificati [...] | 2006-11-22 13:01:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KSTC OTRA PARM PREL TU |
06ANKARA6490 | LEBANON/TURKEY: GOT CONDEMNS GEMAYEL [...] (U) The Turkish MFA immediately and strongly condemned the Nov. 21 assassination of Lebanese Industry Minister Gemayel (full text in para. 3). Media reporting was straightforward and tended to place the blame on Syria. 2. (C) The Lebanese Ambassador to Turkey recently told Ambassador that [...] | 2006-11-22 15:22:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV KDEM MOPS TU LE SY |
06ANKARA6491 | TURKEY STILL WEIGHING CFE TRANSFERS FOR ACVS [...] No summary [...] | 2006-11-22 15:41:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO KCFE MARR PREL TU |
06ANKARA6492 | TURKEY READY FOR IRAQ GAS WORKING GROUP [...] (SBU) Energy Undersecretary Sami Demirbilek suggested the second week of January in Ankara for launching a U.S.-Turkey-Iraq working group on Iraqi gas (refs). This timing should allow Energy Minister Guler to participate in a one-two day event. (Starting this expert level group has been a [...] | 2006-11-22 15:59:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EPET PREL TU IZ |
06ANKARA6493 | FORMER IRANIAN PRESIDENT KHATAMI AVOIDS NUCLEAR [...] (C) Summary: Former Iranian President Mohammed Khatami concentrated almost entirely on his dialogue of civilizations project and Turkish-Iranian bilateral relations during his November 13-15 visit to Turkey. Strikingly, Khatami apparently barely addressed the nuclear issue. End Summary. [...] | 2006-11-22 16:41:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KNNP MNUC IR TU |
06ANKARA6500 | Scenesetter for CODEL Shays' Nov. 27-29 Visit to Turkey [...] (SBU) Summary: Turkey broadly agrees with U.S. goals in Iraq and tangibly supports our military effort there. However, Turkish concerns about Iraq's stability and future, as well as the PKK issue, complicate the relationship. Turkey has generally good intentions in promoting Middle East peace [...] | 2006-11-24 13:44:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER ETRD PGOV TU IZ IR LE SY AM EUN |
06ANKARA6502 | TURKISH NGO'S ENERGIZED AND ORGANIZED TO PROMOTE [...] No summary [...] | 2006-11-24 14:44:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU |
06ANKARA6508 | PKK Issue: Update on Violence and Political Developments [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of periodic reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary sources for these reports are mainstream Turkish press services, such as the Anatolian News Agency, and international wire services. While these are more reliable than most Turkish press sources, they [...] | 2006-11-27 15:40:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ |
06ANKARA6511 | TURKISH PARTICIPATION IN BMENA FORUM FOR THE FUTURE [...] No summary [...] | 2006-11-27 15:41:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KMPI TU |
06ANKARA6512 | TURKEY/EU/CYPRUS: HELSINKI MEETINGS NOT [...] (C) Summary: Turkish MFA Deputy U/S Apakan used his November 21-22 consultations in Helsinki on Turkey/EU/Cyprus to tease out details related to the Finnish package on Cyprus ports and trade issues. In a readout given to Ambassador November 25, Apakan said he took a hard line on Varosha, ci [...] | 2006-11-27 15:46:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EUN TU CY |
06ANKARA6519 | TURKISH ATTITUDES TOWARD IRAN'S NUCLEAR PROGRAM [...] (C) Summary: Official Turkish views about Iran's nuclear development program have shifted over the past year. Senior GOT officials question the bona fides of the Iranian nuclear program and believe that a nuclear armed Iran would pose a military threat. They are more concerned, however, abo [...] | 2006-11-28 13:28:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PREL IR TU KNNP MNUC |
06ANKARA6521 | TURKEY: KURDISH CONFERENCE TO CREATE UNITY IS [...] No summary [...] | 2006-11-28 13:30:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU |
06ANKARA6522 | PSI: TURKEY'S FORMAL REPLY TO U/S JOSEPH LETTER ON [...] Post received a formal reply to ref a letter from U/S Joseph to MFA Deputy U/S for Security Affairs Rafet Akgunay on November 28. Original of the reply letter will be forwarded via diplomatic pouch. Text of reply follows. 2. Begin Text: Dear Ambassador Joseph, I have received your le [...] | 2006-11-28 14:22:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR EWWT KNNP PARM PBTS PHSA PREL TU |
06ANKARA6526 | TURKEY-IRAQ JEC FORMULATES ECONOMIC ROADMAP [...] (SBU) Summary: In a November 15 - 17 meeting of the Turkey-Iraq Joint Economic Committee (JEC),Turkey laid out what it called a roadmap for long-term economic cooperation and integration with its Iraqi neighbors. Turkish Foreign Trade Officials continue to emphasize Turkey's interest in expa [...] | 2006-11-29 14:01:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON PREL TU IZ |
06ANKARA6529 | TURKEY'S NEW FOUNDATIONS LAW ADVANCES RELIGIOUS [...] No summary [...] | 2006-11-29 15:44:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU |
06ANKARA6530 | TURKEY AGREES WITH UNIFIED APPROACH TO [...] (C) Summary: Turkey agrees with a unified approach to the conflicts in Georgia and Moldova, strongly supports the sovereignty and territorial integrity of both countries, and sees no recourse except to encourage more dialogue with separatists in each case. The Turks are skeptical that a mini [...] | 2006-11-29 16:10:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS EUN NATO OSCE MO GG RU TU |
06ANKARA6540 | AVIAN INFLUENZA: TURKEY AND THE WORLD BANK [...] The Turkish MFA told us that the Government of Turkey (Ministries of Health or Agriculture) will not be participating in the reftel Bamako Conference on Avian and Pandemic Influenza December 6-8. The Ministry of Health and the local WHO representative confirmed this information. Turkey perce [...] | 2006-11-30 14:04:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR TBIO PREL EAID MA TU KFLU |
06ANKARA6546 | TURKEY SHARES CONCERNS ABOUT STABILITY OF SINIORA [...] (S) DCM discussed reftel demarche Nov. 30 with Deputy Undersecretary Uzumcu, who undertook to raise the issue at the higher levels of the ministry. We also double-tracked with MFA Middle East Department Head Sedat Onal. Onal thanked us for sharing our concerns and noted that Turkey has also [...] | 2006-11-30 16:28:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PREL PGOV PTER KDEM MOPS LE SY TU |
06ANKARA6558 | IRAN'S UNEVEN HANDLING OF REFUGEE CLAIMS [...] (C) Summary: The Iranian government's approach in dealing with Afghan refugees is markedly different from the way it handles Iraqi refugees, according to our consular contacts. Refugees from Afghanistan face greater official and societal obstacles than those from Iraq. The Iranian government h [...] | 2006-12-01 13:41:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | AF IR IZ PGOV PINR PREL TU |
06ANKARA6563 | TURKS CONVEY USG CONCERNS TO SARG, BUT STILL [...] (S) SUMMARY: We further discussed U.S. concerns related to Syrian efforts to destabilize Lebanese Prime Minister Siniora's government December 1 with MFA officials and received a read-out of Deputy PM Sener's November 29 meeting with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. According to MFA, Sener [...] | 2006-12-01 16:11:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PREL PGOV PTER KDEM MOPS LE SY TU |
06ANKARA6565 | TURKEY/IRAQ: WHAT ELSE CAN WE DO? [...] (C) Summary: Turkey -- despite serious ongoing concerns about violence and what it views as overreaching Kurdish aspirations, as well as anger over the PKK issue -- has been steadily engaging the new Iraq. Increasing this engagement would require demonstrating to the GOT that Iraqi disintegra [...] | 2006-12-04 07:41:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PREL PTER PGOV EAID ECON ENRG TU IZ IR SY |
06ANKARA6567 | TURKEY: REDEFINING NATIONALISM FOR SHORT-TERM [...] (C) Summary. Domestic and regional threats and transformations -- including EU membership reforms, PKK violence, Cyprus and conflict in Lebanon -- have created a backlash of nationalism that Turkey's political factions are manipulating as elections approach. The pace of reform at all levels [...] | 2006-12-04 13:51:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL TU |
06ANKARA6568 | SENIOR TURKS GIVE UPDATE ON EU TALKS [...] (c) Summary: Turkey may be considering additional steps on the Cyprus/ports issue in its negotiations with the European Union, FM Gul, Deputy U/S Apakan and PM/FM foreign affairs advisor Davutoglu told Ambassador in separate conversations December 2 and 4. The Turks complained about the Euro [...] | 2006-12-04 14:30:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EUN TU |
06ANKARA6569 | TURKEY WILL PARTICIPATE IN 3-WAY MEETING ON AZERI [...] (SBU) The Turkish MFA confirms that Energy Minister Hilmi Guler has agreed to participate in an Azerbaijan-Georgia-Turkey meeting on natural gas in Tbilisi on December 8 (refs). 2. (SBU) On November 22, Undersecretary Sami Demirbilek reiterated to us Turkey's willingness to help Georgia w [...] | 2006-12-04 15:12:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EPET PREL TU GG AJ |
06ANKARA657 | TURKEY/PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY - RUMORED HAMAS VISIT [...] (C) Amid rumors of an impending Hamas visit to Turkey, Israeli DCM Emmanuel Nahshon informed us February 14 that Israeli FM Livni had spoken at lngth to Turkish FM Gul the evening of Februar 13. In what Nahshon described as a long and positive conversation, Livni presented Israeli views on [...] | 2006-02-14 10:30:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER KPAL IS TU |
06ANKARA6571 | OIC BRINGS FOCUS TO ROLE OF WOMEN IN THE ISLAMIC [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) held a conference November 20-21 in Istanbul on the role of women in OIC societies, following through on a commitment made last year by OIC Foreign Ministers to focus attention on the need for legislative reforms and new initiatives [...] | 2006-12-04 15:22:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KWMN KISL SCUL SOCI PREL ISCON TU |
06ANKARA6573 | EU AMBASSADORS ON TURKEY ACCESSION [...] (c) Summary: Ambassadors of Finland, Germany and the US, plus the UK DCM, met December 4 to review Turkey's efforts with the EU and compare notes on recent talks with the Turks. All agreed that the key next step is an apparent proposal or package being readied by the GOT. Among ideal element [...] | 2006-12-04 15:51:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EUN TU |
06ANKARA6574 | TURKISH PM ERDOGAN'S VISIT TO TEHRAN -- INITIAL [...] (S) Summary: Turkish PM Erdogan emphasized Lebanon and the implications for Iran of widening Shia/Sunni conflict during his December 3 visit to Tehran, according to FM Gul and PM/FM foreign affairs advisor Davutoglu. Other topics included Iraq and Iranian gas transit for the Nabucco pipeline [...] | 2006-12-04 16:40:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PREL IR IZ LE SY TU |
06ANKARA6581 | TURKEY: HIGH LEVEL DEFENSE GROUP MEETING AN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Relations with Turkey are trending positive but Iraq and PKK terrorism cast a long shadow; a Congressional Armenian Genocide resolution would do further damage. Continued clashes between the military and the PKK, despite the terrorist group's October 1 cease-fire declaration, hav [...] | 2006-12-05 13:23:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR MOPS PTER TU |
06ANKARA6585 | TURKEY: EXPANDING OPPOSITION HORIZONS [...] (SBU) Prior to Turkey's 2007 parliamentary elections, it is time to expand to Washington our outreach to Turkish opposition leaders. Two, three or perhaps more are likely to be in the next government and they need to start to understand the realities and challenges of the relationship first h [...] | 2006-12-05 13:51:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV TU US |
06ANKARA6589 | TURKEY: CENTER-RIGHT LEADER AGAR: POLITICIANS TO [...] (C) Summary: In Ambassador's November 24 meeting Mehmet Agar, leader of the center-right True Path Party (DYP),Agar focused mainly on DYP's domestic strategy to answer society's demands for change that he believes the current Justice and Development Party (AKP) government has not met. For DYP [...] | 2006-12-05 16:01:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL TU AM |
06ANKARA6590 | PKK Issue: Update on Violence and Political Developments [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of periodic reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary sources for these reports are mainstream Turkish press services, such as the Anatolian News Agency, and international wire services. While these are more reliable than most Turkish press sources, they [...] | 2006-12-06 06:48:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ |
06ANKARA6593 | TURKEY'S PRESIDENT RESISTS REFORM BY VETOING [...] No summary [...] | 2006-12-06 09:01:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU |
06ANKARA6598 | EUCOM D/COM GENERAL WARD'S INTRODUCTORY CALLS IN [...] (C) EUCOM Deputy Commander General William Ward restated EUCOM's commitment to work closely with Turkey on security issues during November 7 introductory calls on CHOD Yasar Buyukanit, DCHOD Ergin Saygun, and MFA Deputy Undersecretary for Security Affairs Rafet Akgunay. Buyukanit described his [...] | 2006-12-06 11:09:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS MARR IZ IR TU |
06ANKARA66 | TURKEY/IRAQ: URGING TURKEY TO DO MORE FOR IRAQ [...] (C) In a meeting with MFA Iraq Coordinator Oguz Celikkol, Charge encouraged Turkey to support the new Iraqi government and legitimize it early on through reciprocal high-level visits. She stressed to Celikkol that Turkey should consider concrete measures it can take to support Iraq in the po [...] | 2006-01-05 14:32:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IZ TU |
06ANKARA6600 | SWEDISH FM BILDT IN TURKEY: EU ACCESSION TALKS [...] No summary [...] | 2006-12-06 16:12:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL TU EUN SW |
06ANKARA6608 | TURKEY/IRAQ: CLARIFYING U.S. POSITION ON SUNNI [...] No summary [...] | 2006-12-07 14:06:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IZ TU |
06ANKARA6614 | MAKHMOUR: TURKEY AWAITS ANSWERS FROM GOI BEFORE IT [...] (C) Summary: Turkish MFA still must complete negotiations on the Makhmour camp Tripartite Agreement with UNHCR and will not discuss the agreement with the Iraqi government until the GOI formally responds to UNHCR's June 1 letter to Iraqi President Talabani. Turkey would welcome the U.S. signing [...] | 2006-12-08 06:50:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREF PREL PGOV TU IZ |
06ANKARA6616 | TURKEY: POPE WINS HEARTS AND MINDS BUT DOES NOT [...] No summary [...] | 2006-12-08 11:42:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU |
06ANKARA6617 | TURKISH PM ERDOGAN'S VISIT TO DAMASCUS [...] (C) Summary: Lebanon was the main focus on Turkish PM Erdogan's visit to Damascus, PM/FM foreign affairs advisor Ahmet Davutoglu told Ambassador December 8. Erdogan urged President Asad to make Syria a force for stability in a polarizing region, and to do so by using its influence to dissuad [...] | 2006-12-08 13:26:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SY LE IZ TU |
06ANKARA6623 | TURKEY READY FOR SOLUTION ON WINTER CASPIAN GAS [...] (C) SUMMARY: On the eve of his departure for the December 8 three-way meeting in Tbilisi on winter natural gas, Energy Minister Guler told Ambassador that Turkey was committed to following through on the political agreement made by leaders in Istanbul on the margins of the BTC opening to help [...] | 2006-12-08 16:06:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET PREL TU GG AJ |
06ANKARA6626 | TURKEY: ANAVATAN PARTY HEAD MUMCU IN A MUDDLE [...] (C) SUMMARY. In his second visit with Motherland (Anavatan) party leader Erkan Mumcu, on November 24, Ambassador Wilson heard the party's perspective on the coming election year, the Kurdish question, and foreign relations. Mumcu heads one of only two opposition parties with "group" status i [...] | 2006-12-11 07:49:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL TU AM |
06ANKARA6628 | TURKISH OFFICIALS TELL CODEL SHAYS THAT SECTARIAN [...] (C) Summary: Senior Turkish officials and business leaders told CODEL Shays Nov. 29 that sectarian violence in Iraq threatens Turkey and the region. Events in Iraq are now threatening a centuries-old balance between Sunnis and Shia in the area, they asserted. Turkey continues to be concerned [...] | 2006-12-11 09:52:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV TU IZ IR |
06ANKARA6638 | NO DEAL YET ON GEORGIA GAS [...] (C) From a Turkish perspective, the results of the December 8 meeting of energy ministers in Tbilisi looks much less like a "deal" than Georgian and Azeri officials are claiming (refs A-B). Our multiple readouts underscore that Turkey is willing to help Georgia with gas volumes in this wint [...] | 2006-12-12 11:04:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET PREL TU GG AJ RS |
06ANKARA6640 | TURKEY REACTS TO GAERC DECISION MORE IN SORROW [...] (SBU) Turkish officials are reacting with grudging acceptance to the December 11 GAERC decision by EU Foreign Ministers to suspend eight of the 34 remaining chapters in Turkey's EU accession negotiations, as the European Commission had recommended. Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul referred to a [...] | 2006-12-12 14:33:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON TU EUN |
06ANKARA6661 | SECI ANTI-OC TRAINING SHOULD BE IN TURKEY [...] (SBU) Summary: Embassy Ankara recommends the U.S. take advantage of the existing advantages of Ankara-based TADOC for anti-organized crime training under the SECI umbrella as described reftel. Not only is TADOC a well-functioning international training academy but by using TADOC the USG will [...] | 2006-12-15 06:14:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KCRM SNAR KJUS TU BU |
06ANKARA6662 | EXBS: TURKEY ADVISORS MONTHLY REPORT- (NOV 2006) [...] Summary: Four senior Turkish Customs officials completed a 10 day orientation visit to CBP offices and field locations. The GOT delayed proposed Internal Control Program Instructor Training and Industry- Government Forum due to delays in approval of translation of EU Control list (ref b [...] | 2006-12-15 08:33:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KNNP KSTC MNUC PARM PREL TU |
06ANKARA6665 | TURKEY,S KURDS' EXPECTATIONS SINKING AS ELECTION [...] (C) Summary: Kurdish leaders in Turkey's southeast have concluded that serious discussion of the Kurdish issue will be trumped by nationalistic posturing until after next year's elections. Continuation of the PKK ceasefire, which is universally welcomed in the region, is threatened by ongoin [...] | 2006-12-15 13:21:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM TU |
06ANKARA6666 | TURKEY: REPUBLICAN PEOPLE'S PARTY: DR. BAYKAL AND [...] (C) SUMMARY. In an unexpected charm offensive, Republican People's Party (CHP) leader Deniz Baykal hosted the Ambassador for almost two hours on December 6, offering his views on the coming election year, the EU, and Cyprus. He agreed that CHP and the Embassy should have more open channels o [...] | 2006-12-15 13:42:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL TU EUN CY |
06ANKARA6671 | TURKEY/IRAQ: CONTROVERSIAL SUNNI CONFERENCE [...] (C) The Turkish press reported Dec. 15 that a controversial Sunni Arab conference on Iraq -- that had been postponed at the GOT's request so as not to conflict with Iraqi PM Maliki's Nov. 15-16 visit to Ankara -- was held in Istanbul Dec. 13-15. According to press, the gathering (see reftel) [...] | 2006-12-15 15:24:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV TU IZ |
06ANKARA6672 | TIP IN TURKEY: PARLIAMENT PASSES KEY AMENDMENTS [...] (SBU) Summary: The Turkish parliament passed amendments to two key articles in the Turkish Penal Code (TPC) December 5 that will improve anti-trafficking efforts in Turkey once implemented. Lawmakers added forced prostitution to Article 80, the primary anti-trafficking article, and removed f [...] | 2006-12-15 15:25:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM KCRM KWMN PGOV SMIG TU |
06ANKARA6673 | TURKEY PREPARING TO HOST SECOND GI MEETING; NEEDS [...] (SBU) Together with Russian First Secretary Dmitri Zykov, we delivered reftel agenda and timeline drafts and points to Ahmet Muhtar Gun, Head of Department for the MFA's office of OSCE, Arms Control and Disarmament on December 15. Gun told us preparations were underway for Turkey's hosting the [...] | 2006-12-15 16:15:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER KGIC KNNP PREL TU |
06ANKARA6674 | FM GUL ASKS TO MEET SECRETARY RICE IN WASHINGTON [...] (S) Turkish FM Gul,s personal assistant, Ambassador Altay Cengizer, contacted Ambassador December 15 to advise that FM Gul would like to visit Washington in February to meet with Secretary Rice, other Administration officials, members of Congress and others. He said that Gul mentioned the po [...] | 2006-12-16 08:32:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PREL EUN TU |
06ANKARA6683 | TURKEY ISSUES STATEMENT AGAINST IRAN'S HOLOCAUST [...] (U) Regarding the Tehran conference "Genocide of Jews: Global Perspectives," the Turkish MFA issued a statement December 15 that the Holocaust suffered by the Jews during World War II is an historical fact, and it finds attempts to question this historical fact to be "indecent." This statemen [...] | 2006-12-18 13:54:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV IR TU |
06ANKARA6687 | U/S LEVEY SEEKS TURKISH COOPERATION AGAINST IRANIAN TERRORISM FINANCE AND NUCLEAR PROLIFERATION [...] (C) Summary: In his meetings with the Turkish Foreign and Finance Ministries, Treasury Under Secretary Stuart Levey explained U.S. interest in working with allies, within and outside of the UNSC process, to financially isolate Iran for its support for terrorism and nuclear weapons program dev [...] | 2006-12-18 14:28:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP KTFN TU IR EIND PREL |
06ANKARA669 | AMBASSADOR'S CALL ON TURKISH MAIN OPPOSITION [...] (C) Summary. In Ambassador's introductory call, Turkish main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) leader Deniz Baykal identified maintenance of Turkey's secular system as his top priority and implied that the USG misunderstands this issue. Baykal also stressed the importance of USG acti [...] | 2006-02-14 14:10:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | TU PGOV PREL PINS |
06ANKARA6690 | IRAQ GAS WORKING GROUP IN ANKARA JANUARY 11 [...] This is an action cable. See paragraph 2. 2. Summary: We have reconfirmed the date of January 11 for launching the Iraq gas working group in Ankara. Please forward as soon as possible the list of USG participants from Washington and Baghdad. We would appreciate Embassy Baghdad's assist [...] | 2006-12-18 15:43:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EPET PREL TU IZ |
06ANKARA67 | Ministry of Agriculture Deputy Undersecretary [...] (SBU) Summary. In a January 4 meeting, Ministry of Agriculture Deputy Undersecretary Nebi Celik and other Turkish government officials to discussed the WTO rice case. Celik stressed that Turkey hopes to resolve this issue before it goes to panel. He also made clear that policy changes canno [...] | 2006-01-05 14:50:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EAGR PGOV PREL GR TU |
06ANKARA6700 | TURKEY - HIGH LEVEL DEFENSE GROUP IDENTIFIES WAYS [...] (C) SUMMARY: At the 20th meeting of the bilateral High Level Defense Group (HLDG),the US and Turkey reaffirmed our shared regional vision of a stable, unified and democratic Iraq; a region without Iranian nuclear weapons; security and stability in Lebanon and Afghanistan; and an economically [...] | 2006-12-19 15:10:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR TU |
06ANKARA6703 | TURKEY: POL-MIL ROUND-UP, November 2006 [...] The second annual meeting of Turkey's Supreme Military Council (YAS) convened under PM Tayyip Erdogan on November 30 to assess external threats, recent developments in the region, the ongoing fight against the PKK terrorist organization, military policies and modernization needs of the military [...] | 2006-12-20 13:08:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS MARR PREL FR GR IS RS FI PL GG RO BU PK TU |
06ANKARA6705 | TURKEY - HIGH LEVEL DEFENSE GROUP IDENTIFIES WAYS [...] (C) SUMMARY: At the 20th meeting of the bilateral High Level Defense Group (HLDG),the US and Turkey reaffirmed our shared regional vision of a stable, unified and democratic Iraq; a region without Iranian nuclear weapons; security and stability in Lebanon and Afghanistan; and an economically [...] | 2006-12-20 13:27:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR TU |
06ANKARA6706 | TURKEY: REGULATORY BODY DEFENDS MEASURES LIMITING [...] No summary [...] | 2006-12-20 13:47:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU |
06ANKARA6712 | TURKEY GRUDGINGLY ACCEPTS PARTIAL SUSPENSION OF EU [...] No summary [...] | 2006-12-21 07:57:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU |
06ANKARA6722 | TURKEY: PM ERDOGAN TO VISIT LEBANON IN THE NEXT [...] (C) MFA Middle East Head of Department Sedat Onal told us December 21 Prime Minister Erdogan does intend to travel to Lebanon during the upcoming Muslim Sacrifice holiday, which this year begins December 30 and ends January 3. GOT officials had indicated to us earlier (reftels) Erdogan's inte [...] | 2006-12-21 15:40:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL LE SY TU |
06ANKARA6723 | TURKEY'S OPPOSITION MULLS EARLY ELECTION OPTIONS [...] (C) Summary. In an end-of-year push, Turkey's opposition parties and staunchly secular president are calling for early elections as the latest maneuver in Turkey's presidential sweepstakes. Their options to block PM Erdogan or his candidate from seizing the presidency next May are limited, g [...] | 2006-12-21 16:14:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL TU |
06ANKARA6726 | MAKHMOUR: PUSHING TOWARD CLOSURE [...] (C) Summary: Turkey is concerned that the Makhmour camp will remain open after some refugees repatriate to Turkey, or that non-returnees will simply be moved en masse to another camp in northern Iraq. UNHCR is struggling with how to persuade the Kurdish Iraqi authorities to resettle non-retur [...] | 2006-12-22 11:17:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREF PREL PGOV TU IZ |
06ANKARA6729 | GOT'S IRAQ ENVOY CONTINUES OUTREACH TO SUNNIS AND [...] (C) Summary: Turkey is continuing its efforts to bring Sunni Arabs into the Iraqi political process, GOT Special Envoy Celikkol told us Dec. 19. Celikkol insisted Turkey was powerless to prevent rejectionist Sunnis from meeting in Istanbul last week. Officials in Jordan and the UAE are worri [...] | 2006-12-22 12:17:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PREL PTER PGOV TU IZ IR SY |
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