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SECSTATE SECTOR SECURITY SEMAAN GABY EID SEN SENC SENG SENS SENU SENV SENVQGR SENVSPL SENVSXE SEP SERBIA SERZH SETTLEMENTS SEVN SEXP SF SFNV SG SGNV SGWI SH SHANNON SHI SHUM SI SILVASANDE SIMS SIPDI SIPDIS SIPR SIPRNET SIPRS SIUK SK SKCA SKEP SKI SKSAF SL SLM SLOVAK SM SMAR SMI SMIG SMIL SMIT SMITH SMRT SN SNA SNAP SNAR SNUC SO SOC SOCI SOCIA SOCIETY SOCIO SOCIS SOCISZX SOCR SOCY SOE SOFA SOI SOIC SOLI SOLIC SOM SOMALIA SOPN SORT SOSI SOVIET SOWGC SP SPAS SPC SPCE SPCVIS SPECI SPECIALIST SPILL SPP SPSTATE SR SREF SRIT SRS SRYI SSA SSH ST STAG START STATE STC STEINBERG STEPHEN HADLEY STET STP STR STUDENT SU SUCCESSION SUFFRAGE SULLIVAN SUMMIT SUR SUSAN SV SW SWHO SWMN SX SXG SY SYAI SYMBOL SYR SYRIA SYSI SYTH SZ TA TAGS TALAL TAUSCHER TAX TB TBI TBID TBIO TBIOZK TBKIO TBO TC TCOR TCSENV TD TDA TE TECH TECHNOLOGY TER TERAA TERFIN TERR TERROR TERRORISM TF TFIN TG TGRY TH THANH THE THERESE THIRDTERM THKSJA THOMAS THOMAS THOMMA THPY TI TIA TIBO TIFA TINT TIO TIP TITI TIUZ TJ TK TL TM TN 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KUIR KUM KUNA KUNC KUNH KUNP KUNR KUS KUWAIT KV KVBL KVIP KVIR KVIS KVPR KVRC KVRP KW KWAC KWAK KWAWC KWBC KWBG KWBW KWCI KWCR KWGB KWHG KWIC KWIM KWIR KWKN KWM KWMJN KWMM KWMN KWN KWNM KWNN KWOMN KWPA KWPB KWPG KWPR KWRC KWRF KWRG KWUN KWWT KWWW KX KY KZ LA LAB LABOR LANSANA LANTERN LARREA LARS LAS LAURA LAVIN LAW LB LBAR LBY LE LEAGUE LEB LEBIK LEGAT LEGATT LEIS LEON LEVINE LEW LG LGAT LH LI LIB LICC LIMA LINE LK LMS LN LO LOG LOPEZ LORAN LOTT LOVE LR LS LT LTG LTTE LU LV LVPR LY LZ MA MAAR MACEDONIA MACP MANUEL MANUEL SERGIO GONZALEZ MAP MAPP MAPS MAR MARAD MARANTIS MARIA MARIE MARINO MARITIME MARK MARQUEZ MARR MARS MARTIN MARV MAS MASC MASS MATT MAYA MB MBM MC MCA MCAP MCAPARR MCAPN MCAPP MCAPS MCAT MCC MCCAIN MCCONNELL MCCP MCGRAW MCRM MCTRE MD MDA MDC MDO ME MEA MED MEDIA MEETINGS MENDIETA MEP MEPI MEPN MEPP MERCOSUR MESUR MEX MF MFA MFO MG MGL MGMT MGOV MGT MGTA MH MHUC MI MIAH MIC MICHAEL MICHEL MIGUEL FELIPE CANAHUATI YACAMAN MIGUEL VARGAS MALDONADO MIK MIKE MIL MILI MILITANTS MILITARY MILLENNIUM MINURSO MINUSTAH MITCHELL MJ MK ML MLS MMAR MMED MN MNLF MNNC MNNUC MNU MNUC MNUCH MNUCWA MNUM MNUN MNUR MNUS MNVC MO MOHAMAD MOHAMED HESHAM ELDIN YOUSSEF MOHAMMAD MOLINA MONTENEGRO MONUC MONY MOOPS MOP MOPP MOPPS MOPS MORALES MORG MOROCCO MORS MOS MOTO MOTT MP MPOL MPOS MPP MPS MQADHAFI MR MRCRE MRRR MRS MRSEC MS MSG MSIG MT MTAA MTAG MTCAE MTCR MTCRA MTCRE MTRCE MTRE MTRRE MTS MU MUC MUCN MUKASEY MULLEN MUNC MURAD MURRAY MV MW MX MY MZ NA NAC NACB NADIA NAFTA NAM NAMSA NANCY NAR NARC NARCOTICS NARR NAS NASA NAT NATEU NATGAS NATIONAL NATO NATOAFGHAN NATOBALKANS NATOIRAQ NATOOPS NATOPOLICY NATSIOS NAVO NB NBTS NBU NC NCCC NCD NCT NCTC NDI NDP NE NEA NEC NEGROPONTE NEI NELSON NEPAD NERG NET NEW NFATC NFMS NFSO NG NGO NGUYEN NH NI NICHOLAS NICOLE NIH NIPP NK NKWG NL NLD NLIAEA NLO NMFS NMNUC NMUC NNPT NO NOAA NOI NOK NON NONE NORAD NOTAG NOVO NP NPA NPG NPT NR NRC NRG NRR NRRC NS NSC NSF NSFO NSG NSSP NT NTDB NTSB NTTC NU NUC NUIN NV NW NZ NZUS OA OAO OARC OAS OASC 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09ASHGABAT819 | TURKMENISTAN: FOR CATERPILLAR, DOING BUSINESS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Turkmenistan does not buy from U.S. heavy equipment manufacturer Caterpillar on a regular basis, but when there are purchases, they are significant. Caterpillar shows its appreciation for Turkmenistan's business by donating simulators, equipment, and tools for educational use a [...] | 2009-06-30 12:20:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EAGR EIND TX KZ |
09ASHGABAT820 | DIRECTOR OF TURKMENISTAN'S DESERT INSTITUTE [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The National Institute of Desert Flora and Fauna is active in all aspects of desert studies and has worked extensively internationally. The Institute supports the creation of the Turkmen Lake and serves as the g [...] | 2009-06-30 12:20:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EAGR SENV TX |
09ASHGABAT83 | TURKMENISTAN: GENERAL PETRAEUS MEETING WITH [...] (C) Summary. On January 16, CENTCOM Commander, General Petraeus, accompanied by Charge Miles, met with Turkmen President Berdimuhamedov for over an hour. Berdimuhamedov was accompanied by Foreign Minister Meredov. Berdimuhamedov paid close attention to the detailed strategic briefing of th [...] | 2009-01-19 07:48:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS TX |
09ASHGABAT837 | SCENESETTER FOR UNDER SECRETARY BURNS' VISIT TO [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for Internet distribution. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Embassy Ashgabat warmly welcomes your visit to Turkmenistan as a timely opportunity to demonstrate the U.S. commitment to regularizing our bilateral diplomatic dialogue. Key issues are increased transit for [...] | 2009-07-02 08:13:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV TX |
09ASHGABAT84 | TURKMENSITAN: GENERAL PETREAUS MEETING WITH [...] (C) Summary. On January 16, following his conversation with Turkmen President Berdimuhamedov, CENTCOM Commander Petraeus, accompanied by Charge Miles, met for an hour and a half with Turkmen Foreign Minister Meredov. The Minister was accompanied by the Ministry's North American Office Chief [...] | 2009-01-19 07:54:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS PREL TX |
09ASHGABAT842 | TURKMENISTAN: FM MEREDOV CALLS FOR A MORE ACTIVE [...] (C) SUMMARY: On July 3, Deputy Chairman and Foreign Minister Rashid Meredov met with the Charge to discuss his recent visit to Washington. He thanked the Charge for assistance in arranging his meetings and noted how useful they had been, especially the one with the Secretary. Meredov said tha [...] | 2009-07-06 13:32:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON EPET TX |
09ASHGABAT847 | TURKMENISTAN: EXCHANGE RATE ILLUSTRATES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Significant aspects of the dual exchange rate system that existed in Turkmenistan until May 2008 remain a mystery. While people knew that someone or some people profited handsomely from the system, it was not clear who the beneficiaries were. After exchange rate unification, [...] | 2009-07-07 07:32:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EFIN AORC TX |
09ASHGABAT849 | SOME INSIGHTS INTO HOW TURKMENISTAN SUPPORTS THE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The cost of living in Turkmenistan has risen dramatically since exchange rate unification and redenomination, without an improvement in the standard of living. According to the International Monetary Fund and financial experts in Ashgabat, the Turkmen manat is strong due to a [...] | 2009-07-07 09:31:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EFIN EIND TX RU PK CH IR |
09ASHGABAT85 | GOVERNMENT SHAKEUP LEADS MINFIN TO REQUEST IFRS TRAINING [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: In response to the January 15 government personnel changes, a Ministry of Finance department head requested a meeting on January 16 with USAID FSN in which he pleaded for USAID training for the Ministry's staff on [...] | 2009-01-20 10:18:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EAID TX |
09ASHGABAT851 | TURKMENISTAN: MEDIA REACTION ON JUNE POST EVENTS [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: June saw media provide generally accurate and favorable coverage of U.S. government and post conducted events in Turkmenistan. The U.S. Department of Energy-organized workshop on pipeline integrity and management [...] | 2009-07-07 11:30:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV SCUL KPAO TX |
09ASHGABAT857 | TURKMENISTAN: ONE MORE MINISTER OF EDUCATION SHUFFLED [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During the July 3 Cabinet of Ministers meeting, President Berdimuhamedov continued criticism of the Ministry of Education, noting the rampant problem of corruption in admissions at institutions of higher education. During the meeting, he promoted the Deputy Minister of Educati [...] | 2009-07-08 10:38:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM SCUL KMDR KPAO OIIP TX |
09ASHGABAT859 | GERMAN BUSINESS IN TURKMENISTAN [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: To date, German companies have been more successful than any other Western companies in doing business in Turkmenistan. Although there are no available official statistics regarding the number of German companies [...] | 2009-07-09 04:14:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD PREL PGOV EINV GM TX |
09ASHGABAT867 | TURKMENISTAN: LOCAL MEDIA REACTION TO PRESIDENT OBAMA'S [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) U.S. President Barak H. Obama delivered a speech at a graduation ceremony of New Economic School in Moscow on July 7. While there was no reaction by local Turkmen media or coverage of the event, people with access to Internet [...] | 2009-07-10 10:12:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV SCUL KPAO TX |
09ASHGABAT87 | TURKMENISTAN: DEMARCHE ON DESIGNATION OF A.Q. KHAN [...] No summary [...] | 2009-01-20 13:23:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP MNUC GM PREL PARM EFIN TX |
09ASHGABAT872 | IRAN/TURKMENISTAN: UNHCR REPORTS NO MOVEMENT OF [...] (C) In a July 9 conversation with Iran Watcher, the UNHCR Representative in Turkmenistan said her office has received no indications that Iranians have been attempting to cross into Turkmenistan recently to seek protection in the wake of the protests and arrests in Iran that followed the June 1 [...] | 2009-07-13 11:51:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | IR PGOV PHUM PREF PREL TX |
09ASHGABAT880 | CORRUPTION IN EDUCATION - BLESSING FOR SOME, CURSE FOR [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Corruption in higher education is pervasive and comes at a high cost to the integrity of the educational system, as well as a high cost to parents who are forced to borrow huge sums from family and friends in order [...] | 2009-07-15 03:18:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM SCUL KMDR KPAO OIIP TX |
09ASHGABAT888 | TURKMENISTAN: U/S BURNS' MEETING WITH TURKMEN [...] (C) SUMMARY: During an hour and a half, wide-ranging discussion on July 10, Under Secretary for Political Affairs Bill Burns and Turkmen President Berdimuhamedov touched on regional issues, including Turkmen support for the stability of Afghanistan. Other participants in the meeting incl [...] | 2009-07-16 10:14:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ENRG PHUM PREL TX |
09ASHGABAT897 | IRAN/TURKMENISTAN: IRANIAN COMPANY MANAGER SAYS [...] (C) In a July 14 conversation with Iran Watcher, the general manager of the Ashgabat branch of Iran Samen said that the U.S. needs to focus on reaching out to the "more than 20 million Iranians who voted for Mir-Hussein Mousavi." Gholamreza Gieahpour, who has headed the office since 1996. He a [...] | 2009-07-17 12:35:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | IR PGOV PHUM PREL TX |
09ASHGABAT899 | TURKMENISTAN: U/S BURNS MEETS FM MEREDOV [...] (C) SUMMARY: Under Secretary for Political Affairs Bill Burns and a delegation of senior U.S. officials met with Deputy Chairman and Foreign Minister Meredov on July 11 for a productive discussion of bilateral and regional issues. Meredov welcomed further exploration of a bilateral mechanism [...] | 2009-07-17 12:46:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM ENRG ECON TX |
09ASHGABAT900 | TURKMENISTAN: OSCE HOLDS SEMINAR ON TURKMEN HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (U) Sensitive but Unclassified. Not for Internet distribution 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: At a July 16 seminar for government officials devoted to the subject of improving the work of Turkmen human rights institutions, an OSCE expert from Sweden explained the international legal framework regulating [...] | 2009-07-17 13:01:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL TX |
09ASHGABAT914 | TURKMENISTAN: STILL NO PRISON ACCESS FOR ICRC [...] (C) ICRC's Deputy Head of Delegation for Central Asia, Raffaello Muller paid a courtesy call on the Charge on July 16 and said that although his organization still has no access to prisons in Turkmenistan, they are encouraged by the fact that the Turkmen government has not definitively rejecte [...] | 2009-07-21 12:39:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL TX |
09ASHGABAT915 | TURKMENISTAN: PRESIDENT BERDIMUHAMEDOV TO ATTEND [...] (SBU) A. Attendance of the Head of State -- Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov, President of Turkmenistan -- Arrival and departure dates unknown. -- Unkown if spouse will accompany. -- Russian interpretation will be required in meetings. B. Attendance of Head of Government -- Not applicable. [...] | 2009-07-21 12:40:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL OTRA OVIP CVIS UNGA TX |
09ASHGABAT916 | TURKMENISTAN: DEMARCHE ON ASSISTING AFGHANISTAN [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-21 12:40:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | NATO PREL MOPS MARR AF TX |
09ASHGABAT919 | TURKMEN REACTION TO PRESIDENT OBAMA'S JUNE 4, 2009 SPEECH [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Post held a series of roundtable discussions with alumni of U.S. programs and representatives of local NGOs to determine local reaction to President Obama's speech. General consensus was that Americans were more likely to hold stereotypes about Muslims in general rather than abo [...] | 2009-07-22 12:47:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM SCUL KMDR KPAO OIIP TX |
09ASHGABAT938 | TURKMEN STUDENTS PREVENTED FROM EXITING COUNTRY TO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Institute of Education, an office within the Ministry of Education, must now approve the foreign post-high school study of all Turkmen students. This new requirement is in direct opposition to President Berdimuhamedov's stated goals of increasing foreign education possibi [...] | 2009-07-28 11:41:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPAO OEXC SCUL SOCI TX |
09ASHGABAT94 | TURKMENISTAN: UNODC PROMOTES CROSS-BORDER [...] (C) SUMMARY: During an introductory meeting with the Charge, the head of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) office in Turkmenistan described his continued efforts to promote bilateral counter-narcotics and border security cooperation between Turkmenistan and neighboring cou [...] | 2009-01-21 12:52:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SNAR TX |
09ASHGABAT940 | IRAN/TURKMENISTAN: HOW TURKMEN VIEW RECENT EVENTS [...] (C) Decreased travel to and from Iran in the last decade and the lack of independent media and internet access in Turkmenistan have all contributed to a general lack of knowledge or understanding among Turkmen about their neighbor to the south, despite the presence of over a million ethnic Tur [...] | 2009-07-28 13:24:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | IR PHUM PREL TX |
09ASHGABAT947 | TURKMENISTAN'S PERSPECTIVE ON CASPIAN DELIMITATION [...] (C) SUMMARY: During the July 24 Cabinet of Ministers session, President Berdimuhamedov made a strong statement that Azerbaijan's position on delimitation of the Caspian boundary hampers the negotiation process. He criticized Azerbaijan for its unilateral decision to start development of the [...] | 2009-07-29 13:42:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EPET PBTS EINV AZ TX |
09ASHGABAT948 | ENERGY AND TRADE MAIN TOPICS FURING VISIT OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: Romanian President Trajan Basescu visited Turkmenistan July 21-22. The Romanians consider the visit successful and believe that it has put bilateral relations on a higher plane. The main emphasis was on trade and energy. Although the Romanians state that Berdimuhamedov expressed [...] | 2009-07-29 13:48:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM ECON ENRG RO TX |
09ASHGABAT951 | TURKMENISTAN: MEDIA REACTION ON JULY POST EVENTS [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) SUMMARY: In July, media carried accurate and favorable coverage of post events. U.S. Independence Day and the speech which the Charge d'Affaires delivered at Post's official reception were highlighted in state print media. [...] | 2009-07-30 08:01:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV SCUL KPAO TX |
09ASHGABAT954 | EXBS: TURKMENISTAN EXBS ADVISOR MONTHLY REPORTING [...] Site Assessments and Meetings during this Reporting Period. a. On 6 July, EXBS Advisor and Assistant met with Gurbangeldi Temirov, Deputy Chief for Logistics of the State Border Service, Gurban Begliyev, Head of the State Immigration Service, and Hemra Amannazarov, MFA representative. The p [...] | 2009-07-30 10:33:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP KG |
09ASHGABAT965 | PRINCE ANDREW DISCUSSES ENERGY DURING JUNE 27-28 [...] (C) SUMMARY: Special Envoy of Great Britain on the issues of International Trade and Industry Prince Andrew, Duke of York, visited Turkmenistan July 27-28. Prince Andrew's talks with President Berdimuhamedov and Foreign Minister Meredov centered almost exclusively on energy issues. Andrew a [...] | 2009-07-30 12:49:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON ENRG SOCI TX |
09ASHGABAT97 | TURKMENISTAN: THREE LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS, [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Three mid-ranking Turkmen law enforcement officials took part in a four-day study tour in London, the culmination of a year-long English language course funded by INL. The trip gave them an opportunity to prac [...] | 2009-01-21 12:52:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL SNAR TX |
09ASHGABAT975 | PANDEMIC H1N1 INFLUENZA RESPONSE - TURKMENISTAN [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: To date, there have been no officially documented cases of H1N1 in Turkmenistan. However, it appears that the country would be unprepared, if there was an outbreak. Primary health care is limited in the capital a [...] | 2009-07-31 12:34:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KFLU PREL AEMR CASC PINR AMGT SOCI TX |
09ASHGABAT977 | TURKMENISTAN: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON OSCE HUMAN [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-31 12:52:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM OSCE TX |
09ASHGABAT988 | TURKMENISTAN: BOEING CONTRACT DELAY WAS ALL ABOUT [...] (C) On August 3, Boeing's regional sales representatives called on the Charge and reported that the contracts for the sale of three 737 aircraft to Turkmenistan Airlines (THY) were signed earlier in the day in Ashgabat. The two representatives were clearly delighted and relieved that the form [...] | 2009-08-04 05:18:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD ECON PGOV PREL TX |
09ASHGABAT992 | TURKMENISTAN: SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF CENTCOM [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Embassy Ashgabat warmly welcomes your visit to Turkmenistan as an important opportunity to advance our bilateral dialogue in the area of military cooperation. Your second visit to Turkmenistan follows the visits of Assistant Secretary Boucher in April, Special Envoy Morningsta [...] | 2009-08-05 12:46:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL ECON EPET SNAR SOCI MARR TX |
09ASHGABAT993 | IRAN/TURKMENISTAN: SCHOLAR PREDICTS MORE OF THE [...] (C) In a conversation this week with Iran Watcher, Ghandeem Gurbanov, Turkmenistan's most prominent Farsi language scholar, who currently teaches at the Iranian Embassy's Cultural Center in Ashgabat, said that Iranians residing in Turkmenistan voted nearly unanimously for and continue to suppo [...] | 2009-08-05 12:53:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | IR PGOV PHUM PREL TX |
09ASMARA100 | PERSPECTIVES ON BASHIR'S VISIT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Sudanese and Sudan watchers in Asmara agree Bashir's visit was a defiant move against the ICC. The disagreement lies, however, in Bashir's leadership capabilities. While the Sudanese Embassy stuck to the party line that Bashir is on his way to fixing the Darfur crisis, the Eritr [...] | 2009-03-27 08:53:00 | Embassy Asmara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SU ER |
09ASMARA103 | AWEYS ON THE MOVE [...] (C) AWEYS IN SUDAN - JUST VISITING? --------------------------------------- Hassan Dahir Aweys, a UN-listed terrorist and leader of the hard-line faction of the Alliance for the Re-Liberation of Somalia, recently traveled to Sudan, according to Embassy Asmara contacts. Embassy Khartoum report [...] | 2009-03-30 15:03:00 | Embassy Asmara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER ER SO SU |
09ASMARA11 | TIGRAY PEOPLE'S DEMOCRATIC MOVEMENT IN ERITREA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The anti-TPLF Tigray People's Democratic Movement (TPDM) based in Eritrea recently selected a new leader after the death of the group's founder. Eritrean television often commends the TPDM for its armed actions against the Ethiopian government, but these stories are uncorrobora [...] | 2009-01-08 14:19:00 | Embassy Asmara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PINS PGOV PBTS ET ER |
09ASMARA110 | ERITREA AND SUDAN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Eritrea is on bad terms with all of its neighbors except Sudan. Sudan is Eritrea's closest and most important friend, as it supplies petroleum, grain, consumer goods, political support, and cooperates on military issues. Eritrea, in turn, provides strategic political depth to B [...] | 2009-04-06 08:55:00 | Embassy Asmara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON ER SU |
09ASMARA113 | EC GREENLIGHTS 122 MILLION EURO AID PACKAGE [...] (C) SUMMARY: European Commission (EC) member countries have officially signed off on a 122 million euro aid package for Eritrea, according to an EC representative. The decision now goes to the EC president for final approval, which the representative believes will happen. The EC funds will g [...] | 2009-04-08 15:10:00 | Embassy Asmara | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID EFIN PREL PGOV ER |
09ASMARA117 | THE ARS "PATRIOTIC WING" [...] (C) SUMMARY: With Sheikh Hassen Dahir Aweys still in Khartoum, senior representatives of the hard-line ARS faction met with emboffs in Asmara April 8. They were dismissive of the TFG's limited writ in Somalia and claimed an "inclusive" peace process was needed. Sheikh Aweys, invited to Sudan [...] | 2009-04-09 12:26:00 | Embassy Asmara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINS SO ER |
09ASMARA127 | ARS "PATRIOTIC WING" GRASPS FOR RELEVANCE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Members of the "patriotic wing" of the Aweys faction of the ARS told Emboffs they were disappointed with the Somali Parliament's decision to implement sharia law, asserting that the majority of Somalis are against sharia and the law only passed due to fear of reprisal. The patriot [...] | 2009-04-22 08:42:00 | Embassy Asmara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINS SO ER |
09ASMARA128 | AWEYS DISCOURAGED AND ALONE IN ASMARA [...] (C) HOME AGAIN: Sheikh Hassan Dahir Aweys returned April 18 from his stay in Khartoum "completely discouraged" by Sudan's pressure on him to reconcile with the TFG on President Sharif's terms, according to Dr. Taisier Ali, the Sudanese director of the Peacebuilding Center for the Horn of Afri [...] | 2009-04-22 11:22:00 | Embassy Asmara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER ER SO SU EG |
09ASMARA13 | ERITREANS REFOULED FROM EGYPT SPOTTED ON [...] (SBU) Two separate groups of Eritreans recently refouled from Egypt were spotted on commercial flights landing in Asmara. Emboff noticed approximately 25 Eritrean males between the ages of 25 and 30 grouped in the rear of an EgyptAir flight bound for Eritrea on Sunday January 4. A UNICEF emp [...] | 2009-01-08 14:44:00 | Embassy Asmara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL PGOV PHUM EG ER |
09ASMARA139 | ERITREA'S NASAIR STRUGGLING TO TAKE FLIGHT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Nasair, a privately owned Eritrean airline, is gamely attempting to succeed amid Eritrea's atrophying economy. With no aviation fuel available in Asmara and almost no tourist or business travelers, the deck appears stacked against Nasair, which is putting the final touches on a [...] | 2009-04-29 12:34:00 | Embassy Asmara | CONFIDENTIAL | EAIR ECON PGOV PREL ER |
09ASMARA14 | GSE STALLS SPLM DESERTER REPATRIATION [...] (C) For the past four weeks, the Government of Southern Sudan (GOSS) has been unable to repatriate 105 deserters from the Sudanese People's Liberation Army currently in the Eritrean border city of Tessenai. The GOSS is currently waiting for the Government of the State of Eritrea (GSE) to appr [...] | 2009-01-08 14:48:00 | Embassy Asmara | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PGOV PHUM PREL SU ER |
09ASMARA141 | FORMER ERITREAN PRISONER TO PRODUCE MOVIE ON HUMAN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Former Eritrean detainee, Semere Kesete, is in the process of filming a movie about the G-15, the fifteen high-ranking Eritrean party officials that stood up to the President in 2000 and have been jailed since. Semere is the former student body president of the now-defunct Unive [...] | 2009-04-30 09:17:00 | Embassy Asmara | CONFIDENTIAL | SOCI PREL ER |
09ASMARA142 | POST'S PD EFFORTS HELP ERITREAN STUDENTS STUDY IN [...] (U) SUMMARY: Despite poor bilateral relations and Eritrea's fledgling education system, Post's PD efforts regularly assist hundreds of Eritreans interested in educational opportunities in the United States. Post operates an educational advising system that provides students with materials on [...] | 2009-04-30 13:08:00 | Embassy Asmara | UNCLASSIFIED | SOCI PREL KPAO ER |
09ASMARA143 | CHINA'S MERCANTILIST AID TO ERITREA [...] (C) SUMMARY: China's foreign assistance to Eritrea consists in part of a multi-million dollar shopping spree for Chinese manufactured goods selected by a senior Eritrean official, according to the Chinese ambassador to Eritrea. End Summary. 2. (C) MULTI-MILLION DOLLAR GIFT CARD ----------- [...] | 2009-05-04 12:02:00 | Embassy Asmara | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID PREL ECON ER CH |
09ASMARA146 | PROMOTING EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY FOR ANTI-REGIME [...] (C) SUMMARY: In Eritrea, only the elderly and pro-regime individuals are allowed passports and exit visas to travel abroad. The regime closed the University of Asmara in 2005 and conscripts almost all young adults into open-ended national service, which borders on indefinite forced labor. Per [...] | 2009-05-05 13:53:00 | Embassy Asmara | CONFIDENTIAL | CVIS CMGT PREL PGOV SOCI PREF ER |
09ASMARA153 | GSE WARNS AGAINST "UNAUTHORIZED CELEBRATIONS" [...] (SBU) The Eritrean Embassy in Washington, D.C. reportedly distributed a notice on April 29 warning Eritrean citizens in the United States to not partake in "unauthorized" celebrations for the upcoming Liberation Day, May 24, according to the opposition website www.assenna.com. The website disp [...] | 2009-05-12 12:37:00 | Embassy Asmara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PROP PREL PGOV ER |
09ASMARA154 | CATHOLIC RELIEF SERVICES APPEALS FOR ASSISTANCE [...] (C) Catholic Relief Services (CRS) Country Director Jim McLaughlin told the ambassador that CRS will close down in June if it is unable to secure USG funding of at least $750,000 to $800,000. McLaughlin had just returned from consultations with CRS headquarters in Baltimore where this decisio [...] | 2009-05-12 14:50:00 | Embassy Asmara | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ER PREL |
09ASMARA157 | DEMARCHE: GSE ACKNOWLEDGES HUMANITARIAN CRISIS IN [...] (S) Charge delivered the demarche as instructed per referenced conversations to Director General All Desks Fessahazion Petros at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (roughly the "P" equivalent). After delivering the first two objectives, the Charge then noted that in various exchanges in recent m [...] | 2009-05-15 08:22:00 | Embassy Asmara | SECRET | PREL MOPS PGOV PTER SO ER |
09ASMARA163 | DECREASING MILITARY PRESENCE IN ASMARA [...] (C) The military presence in Asmara has decreased in Asmara since the May 24th independence day celebrations, but is still above normal levels. Soldiers are manning static positions, but are no longer asking Eritreans for their identification cards and the mass arrests appear to have subsided [...] | 2009-05-27 12:15:00 | Embassy Asmara | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC MOPS PGOV PREL PTER ER PINR |
09ASMARA166 | MFA WARNS DESK OFFICER TO AVOID USG [...] (C) The Eritrean government (GSE) Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) has recently warned its Desk Officer responsible for the Americas to not contact the U.S. Embassy, according to a close Embassy source. The Desk Officer was told "the relationship between the U.S. and Eritrea is not good," an [...] | 2009-06-01 13:17:00 | Embassy Asmara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ER |
09ASMARA167 | PATRIOTIC WING FORMALLY CUTS TIES WITH AWEYS [...] (C) The Patriotic Wing of the ARS has officially cut ties with Sheikh Hassan Dahir Aweys, according to the group's Inspector General, Mahad Yusuf. Yusuf told PolOff that the organization has no desire to be affiliated with Sheikh Aweys, Hezbul Islam, or Al-Shabaab. Instead, he continued, the [...] | 2009-06-01 13:22:00 | Embassy Asmara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SO ER |
09ASMARA169 | GSE DEPORTS ETHIOPIANS, SHRUGS OFF ICRC [...] (C) The GSE has begun deporting Ethiopians by the busload after cutting off support for the ICRC repatriation program (reftel). According to the ICRC deputy head of protection (please protect),the GSE has so far deported three mini-busloads of 15-30 Ethiopian passengers each, two in May and [...] | 2009-06-04 12:51:00 | Embassy Asmara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM ET ER |
09ASMARA17 | ERITREA SPURNS WORLD BANK, ACCEPTS UAE LOAN [...] (C) BANK: WANT $30 MILLION? ERITREA: NO THANKS --------------------------------------------- ----- Eritrea, objecting to conditions considered "an infringement on its sovereignty," has forgone World Bank funding amounting to about $30m in project support that would have, inter alia, renovated [...] | 2009-01-14 11:11:00 | Embassy Asmara | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN PREL ECON PGOV ER AE |
09ASMARA175 | U.S. RESIDENT ERITREANS THREATENED [...] (C) Private Eritreans residing in Oakland, California continue to demand tax payments and threaten other Eritreans on behalf of the GSE, according to a former FSN who recently emigrated there. The center for these activities is the Eritrean community center located at 5255 Claremont Ave, Oakl [...] | 2009-06-11 09:11:00 | Embassy Asmara | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PROP PREL PGOV ER PINS |
09ASMARA178 | (SE) ERITREA FEELING THE SQUEEZE ON SOMALIA [...] (S) Summary. The Office of the President hastily convened two separate meetings of ambassadors on June 10 to present a white paper on the GSE position on Somalia, according to British Ambassador Andrea Reidy (protect). Reidy attended the second session comprising EU ambassadors and chaired b [...] | 2009-06-12 07:49:00 | Embassy Asmara | SECRET | PREL PGOV ER SU SO |
09ASMARA187 | ERITREA'S FLAT DENIAL AND WHAT TO DO ABOUT IT [...] (S/NF) Foreign Minister Osman Saleh adamantly and hotly denied Eritrean support for radical Somali Islamists June 17 as we delivered the President's letter addressed to Isaias (ref). This is the same line we've heard from numerous other Eritrean officials both in public and private. From a s [...] | 2009-06-18 14:39:00 | Embassy Asmara | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PTER PROP PARM ER SO |
09ASMARA192 | ETHIOPIA REPORTEDLY BACKS AFAR REBELS [...] (C) Ali Dato Mohamed, the Djboutian CDA in Asmara, is an ethnic Afar with good contacts in Eritrea's Afar community. He told post June 16 that the Red Sea Afar Democratic Organization (RSADO) operates from Ethiopia and has lately stepped up small-scale guerrilla attacks in Eritrea's Southern R [...] | 2009-06-22 13:58:00 | Embassy Asmara | CONFIDENTIAL | PINS PGOV PREL MOPS ER ET DJ |
09ASMARA195 | CHINESE MINING WOES IN ERITREA [...] (C) LOWERED CHINESE EXPECTATIONS: The Chinese mining company "Eritrea-China Exploration and Mining Company" (ECEM),one of four Chinese mining or exploration companies operating in Eritrea, has run into substantial problems and is pessimistic about its prospects, according to a well-placed Ch [...] | 2009-06-25 12:29:00 | Embassy Asmara | CONFIDENTIAL | EMIN ECON PINS PREL ER CH |
09ASMARA196 | SITUATION DIRE FOR ERITREAN REFUGEES IN SUDAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: There are more than 62,000 Eritreans registered in UNHCR refugee camps in eastern Sudan, and tens of thousands more living in Khartoum and in refugee camps in the east that have been officially closed over the years. Eritreans in Sudan face discrimination from the Sudanese governm [...] | 2009-06-25 13:48:00 | Embassy Asmara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PHUM PREL SU ER |
09ASMARA197 | AN ERITREAN IN SUDAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Nafa Ashie, an Eritrean refugee in Sudan, fled his home country in 2005 to escape the Isaias regime. He explained that during his seven years of national service, he saw little opportunity for Eritrea's youth and eventually decided to flee the country. His description of national [...] | 2009-06-25 14:09:00 | Embassy Asmara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL PGOV SU ER |
09ASMARA198 | ERITREAN DEFENSE MINISTER ON U.S.-ERITREAN [...] (S) Major General Sebhat Efrem, Eritrea's popular minister of defense, warmly greeted the ambassador on the margins of an Italian defense attache function June 25. He was aware of the letter from President Obama to President Isaias (ref) and said he seemed pleased at the prospect of improved r [...] | 2009-06-26 07:54:00 | Embassy Asmara | SECRET | PREL MOPS ER |
09ASMARA2 | ISAIAS TELLS MINAWI TO BE PROACTIVE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Sudanese senior presidential advisor Minni Minawi met with President Isaias December 25 and 26 (ref A),reportedly complaining about Bashir's inability to bring about peace and his own lack of influence within the Bashir government. Isaias reportedly told him he should take action [...] | 2009-01-02 07:56:00 | Embassy Asmara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ER SU |
09ASMARA205 | TENSIONS IN SUDAN-ERITREA RELATIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Relations between Sudan and Eritrea have become strained as a result of Sudan's vote to sanction Eritrea on the Somalia issue in IGAD and the AU. The Sudanese DCM said Sudan could not sacrifice its relationship with the region and the continent for the sake of Eritrea. In respons [...] | 2009-06-30 05:34:00 | Embassy Asmara | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL SU ER |
09ASMARA207 | ERITREA SLAMS U.S. SOMALIA POLICY [...] (SBU) The Eritrean government (GSE) has criticized the USG for its financial support to the Transitional Federal Government (TFG). In a June 26 press release, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs referred to the TFG as a "government that is devoid of any legitimacy." The statement also said "US m [...] | 2009-06-30 13:32:00 | Embassy Asmara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ER SO |
09ASMARA212 | GSE SCRAPES UP FOREIGN CURRENCY FOR WHEAT [...] (SBU) The Government of the State of Eritrea (GSE) recently completed a $6.5 million transaction with the Minnesota-based international grain distributor Cargill. The GSE sent $5.5 million to Cargill from the Commercial Bank of Eritrea earlier in June as the final payment for 28,000 tons of wh [...] | 2009-07-01 14:28:00 | Embassy Asmara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAGR PREL PGOV ER |
09ASMARA213 | ISAIAS SPURNS QADHAFI'S AU INVITATION [...] (C) Qadhafi sent a special envoy to Asmara to issue a personal invitation to Isaias to attend the African Union summit in Sirte, the Libyan charge d'affaires told the ambassador July 1. "The special envoy emphasized that the Sirte summit would provide Eritrea an opportunity to make its case a [...] | 2009-07-02 11:10:00 | Embassy Asmara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ER LY AU |
09ASMARA22 | UNMEE AIMS TO LEAVE BY END OF MONTH [...] (C) According to an UNMEE officer, the mission intends to close by the end of January. UNMEE has 48 international staff remaining in Asmara and all of its "Group 1" assets have been shipped to Massawa (note: Group 1 consists of equipment less than five years old. End note). As of mid-January [...] | 2009-01-20 07:43:00 | Embassy Asmara | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PBTS PREL PGOV ER |
09ASMARA221 | OPPOSITION TV LAGS BEHIND RADIO/INTERNET COUNTERPARTS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The opposition website www.assenna.com and its sister radio station have seen considerable success over the past few months and have continued to expand both audience and programming. Assenna's sotries stimulate much discussion around Asmara, but its consumers are not discrimin [...] | 2009-07-13 05:44:00 | Embassy Asmara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SOCI PREL ER |
09ASMARA233 | ISAIAS AND THE CIA [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Isaias Afwerki's interview with Reuters appears to be the ramblings of a paranoiac. He blames imagined CIA conspiracies for all of Eritrea's manifest woes and holds himself up as a hero who has stymied this "powerful opposition." In addition to calling into question [...] | 2009-07-21 08:59:00 | Embassy Asmara | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR PREL ER |
09ASMARA242 | GSE RELEASES MUSLIM "RADICALS," ARRRESTS [...] (SBU) On July 21, the Eritrean government (GSE) released the remaining Muslims imprisoned since January 2009 (reftel). Simultaneously, the GSE rounded up 30 young, possibly influential Muslims from around Asmara. The GSE reportedly entered homes and workplaces to find the targeted victims. T [...] | 2009-07-30 11:22:00 | Embassy Asmara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM PGOV ER |
09ASMARA245 | SECURITY FORCES OPENLY HARASS GUESTS AT PD EVENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Eritrean National Security Forces openly harassed more than 200 guests at the embassy's monthly Public Diplomacy lecture series on July 30. Security forces posted themselves outside the event, coerced attendees into providing their national ID cards, and filmed guests in the lobb [...] | 2009-08-03 14:32:00 | Embassy Asmara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PINS PGOV ASEC ER |
09ASMARA247 | ERITREAN OFFICIAL ON BILATERAL TIES, SOMALIA [...] (C) Summary: Rewinding the tape to before the August 08 Djibouti Process is the best way to mend Somalia, contends key regime insider Yemane Ghebreab. While robustly denying that Eritrea supports Somali jihadists, Yemane said Eritrea favors an all-parties meeting that would form the basis of [...] | 2009-08-04 14:38:00 | Embassy Asmara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ER |
09ASMARA249 | ERITREAN OFFICIAL ON BILATERAL TIES, SOMALIA [...] (C) Summary: Rewinding the tape to before the August 08 Djibouti Process is the best way to mend Somalia, contends key regime insider Yemane Ghebreab. While robustly denying that Eritrea supports Somali jihadists, Yemane said Eritrea favors an all-parties meeting that would form the basis of [...] | 2009-08-04 14:38:00 | Embassy Asmara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ER |
09ASMARA252 | ISAIAS GIVES EC DEVELOPMENT COMMISSIONER COLD [...] (C) Louis Michel, former European Commission (EC) Commissioner for Development and Humanitarian Aid, met with President Isaias July 30 to discuss the details of the upcoming 122 million euro aid package Eritrea is set to receive (reftel). In addition, Michel brought up two specific political [...] | 2009-08-04 14:53:00 | Embassy Asmara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EAID EUN ER |
09ASMARA260 | ERITREA CONFISCATES YEMENI FISHING BOATS [...] (SBU) Eritrean maritime authorities have recently seized a number of Yemeni fishing vessels allegedly fishing illegally in Eritrean waters. The crewmembers are jailed in Massawa until their companies or relatives pay a sizable fine, then they are released to make their way back to Yemen. Erit [...] | 2009-08-07 07:15:00 | Embassy Asmara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EFIS ER YM |
09ASMARA261 | ISAIAS PUSHES ITALIAN GOVERNMENT FOR MORE [...] (C) The Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Director General for Sub-Saharan Africa, Giuseppe Morabito, visited Asmara the week of July 27. According to an Italian embassy source, Morabito obtained a last-minute meeting with President Isaias on Friday. The president made a strong push for gr [...] | 2009-08-07 07:45:00 | Embassy Asmara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ER SO IT |
09ASMARA264 | BIOGRAPHICAL DATA OF ERITREAN GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS [...] (SBU) Biographical data is incuded for the following Eritrean government officials, as requested: 2. (SBU) Ali Abdu Ahmed. Male. DPOB: 15 May 1965, Asmara, Eritrea. Diplomatic passport number: D000512; issued 20 JUL 1999; expiration date: 13 JUL 2009. Note: Though the passport has expi [...] | 2009-08-11 12:59:00 | Embassy Asmara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PTER EAID UNSC ER |
09ASMARA266 | ARS PATRIOTIC WING DOWN TO ONE MEMBER IN ERITREA [...] (C) SUMMARY: PolOff met with Mahad Yusuf, the self-proclaimed Inspector General of the ARS Patriotic Wing in Asmara. Mahad admitted that he was the last member of the wing in Asmara and that he would soon be leaving to seek the support of Somali diaspora business leaders in Dubai and Canada. [...] | 2009-08-11 14:33:00 | Embassy Asmara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINS PTER SO KE ER |
09ASMARA269 | ICRC IN ERITREA BEING UNMEE'ED [...] (C) AN ASMARA VERB: The Isaias regime is attempting to UNMEE the ICRC in Eritrea, fears ICRC Head of Delegation Gherardo Pontrandolfi (please protect). Among Eritrea's dwindling expat community, the verb "to UNMEE" is used to connote the regime's purposeful tightening of restrictions on an u [...] | 2009-08-12 13:28:00 | Embassy Asmara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID PGOV ER |
09ASMARA280 | 4,200 SOMALI REFUGEES IN MASSAWA [...] (C) SUMMARY: UNHCR Senior Protection Officer Zipporah Msagah met with PolOff to discuss the Somali refugee camp in Massawa. The camp currently hosts 4,800 registered refugees. Of this group, more than 600 refugees are suspected to be simply registering and moving through the camp to opportu [...] | 2009-08-24 14:05:00 | Embassy Asmara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL PGOV SO KE ER |
09ASMARA292 | ERITREA AND THE EECC FINAL AWARD [...] (SBU) GSE DISAPPOINTED: The Government of Eritrea (GSE) is sorely disappointed at "losing" the Eritrea-Ethiopia Claims Commission (EECC) Final Award for Damages Claims arising from the 1998-2000 Border War. On August 17 the EECC awarded Eritrea and its citizens a total of $163,521,865 for da [...] | 2009-08-26 13:37:00 | Embassy Asmara | CONFIDENTIAL | PBTS PREL ER ET |
09ASMARA293 | EAC ON AUGUST 20TH INCIDENT (ASSAULT OF U.S. [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: EAC met on 08/21/09 to discuss the August 20th incident in which plainclothes agents from the Eritrean National Security Organization (ENSO) assaulted a U.S. diplomat outside a regularly scheduled embassy outreach event. Members in attendance were: AMB, A/DCM-RSO, MO, PAO, POL, [...] | 2009-08-27 08:35:00 | Embassy Asmara | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PHUM PGOV PINS PREL ER |
09ASMARA298 | GSE SHUTS DOWN EMBASSY ASMARA IFTAR [...] (SBU) The Eritrean government (GSE) Office of Protocol sent a note verbale on August 27 expressly forbidding the embassy from hosting a planned Iftar meal and showing the film "Islam in America." The note verbale was in response to the embassy's official protest of the August 20th incident wh [...] | 2009-08-27 14:50:00 | Embassy Asmara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KPAO ASEC ER |
09ASMARA3 | SOMALIA TAKES CENTER-STAGE IN ERITREA [...] (C) SUMMARY: December 25-28 featured a Somali-heavy media weekend. A combination of news articles, radio reports, press conferences, television specials, and roundtable discussions dominated the GSE media, each one with the common theme of condemning the "U.S.-led invasion of Somalia." The h [...] | 2009-01-02 07:58:00 | Embassy Asmara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SO ER |
09ASMARA30 | SOURING RELATIONS BETWEEN ERITREA AND ISRAEL [...] (C/NF) Over the past 8 months, the once cordial relations between the Israeli and the Eritrean governments have deteriorated. The Israeli security officer told RSO that they previously had good relations with the GSE and never had any problems obtaining travel permits or TDY visas. In the pa [...] | 2009-01-27 07:24:00 | Embassy Asmara | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL ER IS |
09ASMARA31 | JEM'S INTER-ETHNIC HOSTILITIES [...] (C) Summary: On January 1, gunmen led by ethnic Zaghawa JEM commanders fired on 32 unarmed JEM members of the Meidob ethnic group of North Darfur, according to JEM's Secretary for Legal Affairs. The attack was aimed at eliminating potential opposition to Khalil Ibrahim's retention by force o [...] | 2009-01-27 08:20:00 | Embassy Asmara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PREL SU ER |
09ASMARA319 | ERITREA AND SOUTH SUDAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Sudanese VP and SPLM chairman Salva Kiir, accompanied by top Southern officials, concluded a two-day visit to Eritrea September 15. President Isaias, reportedly worried that the SPLM lacks strategy and cohesion, fears that Sudan could tip into chaos in the context of the upcoming [...] | 2009-09-22 09:06:00 | Embassy Asmara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ER SU |
09ASMARA35 | GSE LIGHTENS UP ON TRAVEL, VISAS, AND POUCHES [...] (C) Summary: In recent weeks, Post has seen a marked loosening of restrictions in our interactions with the GSE, and since the inauguration of President Obama, GSE officials have been uncharacteristically cordial and cooperative. The three major local bilateral irritants-- TDY visas, pouches, [...] | 2009-01-29 13:13:00 | Embassy Asmara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AMGT ER |
09ASMARA355 | UNHCR: TOWARDS PROTECTION OR RESETTLEMENT? [...] (C) The UNHCR office in Asmara may begin focusing less on resettlement and more on protection issues, according to Christina Linner (protect) from the UNHCR Inspector General's Office. During a regularly planned inspection of the UNHCR office in Asmara, Ms. Linner told Poloff that she is cons [...] | 2009-10-14 13:07:00 | Embassy Asmara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL SO ER |
09ASMARA359 | ERITREAN SEMINAR ON CRIME [...] (SBU) The Eritrean government held a seminar last week on crimes involving emotionally disturbed persons (EDPs) and juveniles. The seminar was composed of court officials, judges, police, and prison administrators and was held in response to a rapid increase in criminal acts being committed [...] | 2009-10-16 05:04:00 | Embassy Asmara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PGOV PREL ER |
09ASMARA36 | QATARIS SEEK U.S. CONTRACTOR'S HELP WITH STALLED [...] No summary [...] | 2009-01-30 08:19:00 | Embassy Asmara | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PREL EINV ER QA |
09ASMARA363 | ISAIAS ZEDONG? [...] (C) SUMMARY: Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki, who trained as a political commissar in China during the depths of the Cultural Revolution, continues to idolize Mao, remains fond of China, and governs Eritrea and its relations with the outside world based on his decades of experience as a rev [...] | 2009-10-20 10:12:00 | Embassy Asmara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR ER CH |
09ASMARA364 | REPORTS OF ATTACKS IN ERITREA [...] (SBU) An Eritrean Democratic Alliance website claimed that two Eritrean males were wounded when unknown assailants launched an RPG rocket at their pickup truck on the Aderde highway halfway between Keren and Agordat. Eritrean military and security forces searched the area and according to the [...] | 2009-10-20 13:39:00 | Embassy Asmara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PGOV PREL ER |
09ASMARA365 | INFORMATION MINISTER NOT WORRIED ABOUT SANCTIONS [...] (C) Minister of Information Ali Abdu told Reuters he is unconcerned with sanctions, according to Jeremy Clarke (protect),Reuters' new Asmara correspondent. During Clarke's October 14 interview with the minister, Ali repeatedly denied allegations that Eritrea had any involvement in Somalia. [...] | 2009-10-20 13:42:00 | Embassy Asmara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ER |
09ASMARA366 | ISAIAS WOOS EGYPT ON SOMALIA [...] (C) Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit and Director of the Egyptian General Intelligence Service Omar Suleiman met with President Isaias on October 3 to discuss Somalia and other regional issues, according to the deputy at the Egyptian embassy, Hossam Nureldein (protect). FM Gheit's [...] | 2009-10-21 06:04:00 | Embassy Asmara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EG ER SO |
09ASMARA368 | KHARTOUM BLASTS ERITREA ON DARFUR AND SOMALIA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Government of Sudan (GOS) Presidential Advisor Ghazi Salahuddein met with President Isaias Afwerki October 15 to chastise the Eritrean government's (GSE) support for Darfur rebel groups. He warned Isaias that the backdoor shipments of oil and foodstuffs would cease if the GSE con [...] | 2009-10-23 07:03:00 | Embassy Asmara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SU ER |
09ASMARA374 | ERITREA'S "INCLUSIVE FRAMEWORK" FOR SOMALIA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Eritrea supposedly seeks a stable and peaceful Somalia, "even if it were on good terms with Ethiopia," according to Yemane Ghebreab, Eritrea's point man on Somalia and the ruling party's Director of Political Affairs. Eritrea proposes an inclusive framework of Somali groups lead [...] | 2009-10-27 11:12:00 | Embassy Asmara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ER SO |
09ASMARA376 | GSE MISMANAGEMENT OF POWER SUPPLY [...] (C) Vital lubricants for Eritrea's main generators are at least five days away from machinery that needed them a month ago (Ref A),according to Mohammed Gbepo (protect),Total's managing director in Eritrea. In a typical last minute deal, the Eritrean government (GSE) scraped together more th [...] | 2009-10-27 12:19:00 | Embassy Asmara | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ENRG PREL PGOV KU ER |
09ASMARA378 | ERITREA: GERMAN BANKS BAILING ON BISHA? [...] (C) WARY OF POLITICAL RISK OF INVESTING IN ERITREA? --------------------------------------------- ----------- The German government extended a credit guarantee to a consortium of mostly German banks for a commercial loan of $146m to Eritrea's Bisha mining project (REF A). The exact terms o [...] | 2009-11-02 11:36:00 | Embassy Asmara | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EMIN PREL ER GM |
09ASMARA38 | UPDATE ON SHEIKH AWEYS AND THE HARD-LINE ARS [...] (C)) DWINDLING PRESENCE: Only about 20 members of the hard-line faction of the Alliance for the Reliberation of Somalia (ARS) remain in Asmara, according to Pekka Haavisto, Finland's Special Envoy for the Horn of Africa, who met with the faction's representatives earlier this week. Sheikh Oma [...] | 2009-01-30 08:40:00 | Embassy Asmara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KISL ER SO |
09ASMARA385 | REPORTED OCTOBER ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT AGAINST [...] (C) On 10/28/09 President Isaias narrowly missed being killed in an IED attack east of Barentu, according to a reliable embassy source. The source told RSO that Isaias visited a micro-dam project in Tessesnei and then traveled east in a motorcade to Keren. Outside of Barentu, an IED explode [...] | 2009-11-05 10:04:00 | Embassy Asmara | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PINR PINS MOPS PGOV PREL ER |
09ASMARA386 | REPORTED OCTOBER ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT AGAINST [...] (C) On 10/28/09 President Isaias narrowly missed being killed in an IED attack east of Barentu, according to a reliable embassy source. The source told RSO that Isaias visited a micro-dam project in Tessesnei and then traveled east in a motorcade to Keren. Outside of Barentu, an IED explode [...] | 2009-11-05 13:16:00 | Embassy Asmara | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PINR PINS MOPS PGOV PREL ER |
09ASMARA39 | SOME UNMEE GEAR TO AMISOM [...] (SBU) At a Norwegian-hosted "Friends of UNMEE" luncheon in Asmara January 27, Dr. Lebohang Moleko, UNMEE's chief in Eritrea, reported that much of UNMEE's equipment has been dispatched to Sudan for use by UNAMID and UNMIS. He said some "Category Two Items" will be shipped to Italy for "destru [...] | 2009-01-30 08:40:00 | Embassy Asmara | SECRET | KPKO PREL PBTS MOPS ER |
09ASMARA391 | ERITREAN GOVERNMENT RELOCATES MILITARY TRAINING [...] (C) The Eritrean government (GSE) is reportedly planning to relocate its Sawa training center to a newer facility located in the vicinity of Massawa along the Red Sea, according to a reliable embassy source. NOTE: All 12th grade students in Eritrea report to Sawa in western Eritrea to conduct [...] | 2009-11-10 09:03:00 | Embassy Asmara | SECRET//NOFORN | MOPS PGOV PREL PINS ASEC ER |
09ASMARA392 | ISAIAS ORDERS ERITREA/SUDAN BORDER TIGHTENED [...] (C) President Isaias, upset at the high number of Eritreans illegaly leaving the country, ordered Major General Gerezgiher "Wuchu" Andemariam to tighten the Eritrea-Sudan border, according to an embassy source. Wuchu, who formerly was in charge of the Zoba Makael region, where Asmara is locat [...] | 2009-11-10 09:53:00 | Embassy Asmara | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PREL PGOV PREF SU ER |
09ASMARA397 | ERITREA'S MFA ISSUES RARE APOLOGY [...] (SBU) MOI ATTEMPTS TO HALT THE AMBASSADOR'S PRESENTATION --------------------------------------------- --------------- The Eritrean MFA told Embassy Asmara in August to suspend PD outreach activities until further notice (ref). On November 9 MFA informed post in writing that scheduled PD activ [...] | 2009-11-16 12:08:00 | Embassy Asmara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SOCI KPAO ER |
09ASMARA398 | EASTERN SUDAN OUTREACH CONCLUDES FIRST WORKSHOP [...] (SBU) The Peacebuilding Center for the Horn of Africa (PCHA) successfully concluded the first week of a five-part workshop series for eastern Sudan civil society leaders. A total of 24 participants traveled to Asmara to take part in the 10-day workshop, hosted by Dr. Taisier M. Ali, an exiled [...] | 2009-11-16 13:14:00 | Embassy Asmara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL SOCI PGOV SU ER |
09ASMARA403 | REUTERS REPORTER RESTRICTED TO ASMARA [...] (C) After nine weeks in country, Reuters correspondent Jeremy Clarke (protect) predicts he may serve his entire time in Eritrea without ever being allowed to leave the capital. Clarke has had early success thus far, interviewing President Isaias only weeks after his arrival (his predecessor was [...] | 2009-11-19 03:06:00 | Embassy Asmara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PROP PGOV ER |
09ASMARA406 | MFA GRANTS FULL PERMISSION FOR PD EVENTS [...] (SBU) The embassy received a dipnote from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) on Nov 19 granting permission to resume "all public outreach programs as scheduled as of today." To our surprise, the MFA followed through that evening when notified that the Ministry of Information (MOI) had order [...] | 2009-11-20 07:36:00 | Embassy Asmara | CONFIDENTIAL | KPAO PREL PGOV ER |
09ASMARA407 | ISAIAS ADMITS FAMINE PRESENT IN ERITREA; PROMISES [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a surprising departure from his public pronouncements on the non-existence of hunger in Eritrea, President Isaias admitted to visiting UNICEF Deputy Executive Director Hilde Johnson that there is famine in the country and UNICEF's help is needed. Johnson briefed Western diplom [...] | 2009-11-20 07:40:00 | Embassy Asmara | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ER PGOV PREL |
09ASMARA413 | YEMEN DOUBTS ERITREA'S SUPPORT OF AL-HOUTHI REBELS [...] (C) Yemen is skeptical of reports that Eritrea is providing direct support to the Al-Houthi rebels, according to Mr. Abdella Al-Suqarti, deputy of the Yemen embassy in Asmara. While Mr. Al-Suqarti maintains that Iran is supplying arms to the rebels, he told poloff he is not convinced that Eri [...] | 2009-11-24 11:25:00 | Embassy Asmara | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER MOPS PREL PGOV YM ER IR |
09ASMARA415 | ADI QUALA BORDER AREA LARGELY DEMILITARIZED [...] (SBU) The border area near Adi Quala, 60 miles south of Asmara and just 15 miles north of Ethiopia is largely demilitarized, according to a young Eritrean who recently visited the area. Residents of the area freely pass between Eritrea and Ethiopia, he continued, either to follow livestock or [...] | 2009-12-02 02:36:00 | Embassy Asmara | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PREL PREF PGOV ET ER |
09ASMARA426 | ENGAGING THE ERITREAN DIASPORA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Eritrean diaspora is a complex mixture of asylum seekers who fled during the Liberation War, political outcasts who were shunned during the country's formative years, Eritrean youth (some of whom have never seen Eritrea and others who visit mainly during the summer),and cur [...] | 2009-12-14 09:43:00 | Embassy Asmara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PREF PHUM PGOV SOCI ER |
09ASMARA433 | RDFF ACCUSES GSE OF COLLABORATING WITH JEM [...] (SBU) The leader of a small Darfuri rebel group is suspicious of Eritrea's interest in Darfur. Salah Abdurrahman Abualsurra, president of the Revolutionary Democratic Forces Front (RDFF),an Arab-aligned Darfur movement, told poloff the group is skeptical of Eritrea's interest in Darfur. "Ev [...] | 2009-12-17 14:50:00 | Embassy Asmara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV MOPS SU ER |
09ASMARA437 | SOON JUST TWO NGOS LEFT IN ERITREA? [...] (C) New Eritrean government (GSE) policies could force two of the remaining four international NGOs to leave Eritrea, according to Ayman Omer, director of Oxfam. According to Omer, the Ministry of Labor and Human Welfare (MLHW) will now require international NGOs to have an operating budget of [...] | 2009-12-21 12:07:00 | Embassy Asmara | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID PREL PGOV ER |
09ASMARA438 | ASMARA EAC REGARDING UNSC SANCTIONS ON ERITREA [...] (SBU) EAC met on 12/17/09 to discuss the ramifications of impending UNSC sanctions against Eritrea. Members in attendance were: Ambassador, DCM, MO, RSO, POL, PAO, and GSO. 2. (C) Ambassador briefed the EAC on the status of possible sanctions and stated the UNSC could vote as early as 1 [...] | 2009-12-22 07:12:00 | Embassy Asmara | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PTER PGOV PREL PINS ER |
09ASMARA446 | CATHOLIC RELIEF SERVICES SHUTS DOWN [...] (C) Catholic Relief Services (CRS) will close its doors by February 2010, reducing to three the total number of international NGOs in Eritrea. The Ministry of Labor and Human Welfare (MLHW),which oversees NGO operations, recently mandated CRS to end its operations because it could not "meet [...] | 2009-12-31 13:38:00 | Embassy Asmara | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID PREL PGOV ER |
09ASMARA47 | AN ERITREAN OVERTURE TO THE UNITED STATES [...] (C) SUMMARY: Senior Eritrean officials in recent weeks have signaled their interest in re-engaging with the United States in areas of mutual interest. They have done so by loosening restrictions on Embassy Asmara (REF),by engaging in more diplomatic interaction with embassy personnel, by ending th [...] | 2009-02-09 14:53:00 | Embassy Asmara | SECRET | PREL PTER ECON ER |
09ASMARA50 | ISAIAS AND QADHAFI HUDDLE IN MASSAWA [...] (C) SUMMARY: AU Chairman Muammar al-Qadhafi flew to the Red Sea port city of Massawa, spending February 6-8 in coastal Eritrea on a "working visit" with President Isaias. Qadhafi urged Isaias to resolve the deadlocked Eritrea-Ethiopia border dispute. While in Massawa, Qadhafi also met with S [...] | 2009-02-12 13:33:00 | Embassy Asmara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ER LY |
09ASMARA66 | MEETINGS WITH SHEIKH AWEYS [...] (C) AWEYS MEETS WITH DIPLOMATS ------------------------------------ In recent weeks Sheikh Hassan Dahir Aweys, leader of the hard-line faction of the Alliance for the Re-Liberation of Somalia based in Asmara, has met with diplomats from a number of countries, including Canada, Egypt, Libya, [...] | 2009-02-23 13:47:00 | Embassy Asmara | SECRET | PREL PTER ASEC ER SO |
09ASMARA67 | BRITISH VSO VOLUNTEER DETAINED IN ASMARA [...] (C) Summary. The deputy head of mission at the British embassy told RSO that on February 19, Eritrean security forces detained a 70-year-old VSO volunteer during a raid on his job site, a government-sanctioned radio station. The volunteer was released the following day. The GSE did not info [...] | 2009-02-23 14:36:00 | Embassy Asmara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC ER |
09ASMARA74 | BOMB ATTACK IN SOUTHWEST ERITREA [...] (SBU) The Eritrean government announced a bomb exploded in a restaurant in the village of Haikota on February 25, 2009, killing two persons and injuring eight others. Haikota is located approximately 125 miles west of Asmara and approximately 15 miles east of Tessenei. The wounded are being [...] | 2009-03-03 14:23:00 | Embassy Asmara | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER ASEC PINS MOPS PREL ER |
09ASMARA75 | ISAIAS URGES SUDAN TO LOOK BEYOND ICC INDICTMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: A small SPLM delegation headed by Sudanese Foreign Minister Deng Alor met with President Isaias Afwerki February 28, largely to address the president's recent anti-GOSS remarks. Isaias reportedly told Alor to focus on the long-term, decide what it wants, and develop a strategy to [...] | 2009-03-03 15:41:00 | Embassy Asmara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SU ER |
09ASMARA79 | UNMEE BIDS FAREWELL [...] (C) Summary: The UN Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea (UNMEE) has finally closed down its operations in Eritrea, according to the acting UN resident representative. All remaining staff left on February 28, bound for Sudan on a chartered UN flight. UNMEE sent out all sensitive equipment on the [...] | 2009-03-05 12:42:00 | Embassy Asmara | CONFIDENTIAL | KPKO PGOV PREL ER ET |
09ASMARA80 | IS ERITREA UNRAVELING? [...] (S) Summary: Young Eritreans are fleeing their country in droves, the economy appears to be in a death spiral, Eritrea's prisons are overflowing, and the country's unhinged dictator remains cruel and defiant. Is the country "on the brink of disaster" as posited by Eritrea's first cousins across the [...] | 2009-03-05 13:21:00 | Embassy Asmara | SECRET | PGOV PREL ECON PINR ER |
09ASMARA84 | ERITREAN AIRMAN MURDERS MILITARY GUARDS [...] (C) An Eritrean airman reportedly murdered six air force guards on March 6. He had recently been arrested for desertion and was being held with other deserters at the air force base adjacent to the Asmara international airport, pending transportation to his unit in Massawa. The airman was abl [...] | 2009-03-10 13:11:00 | Embassy Asmara | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC MOPS PGOV PREL ER |
09ASMARA85 | ERITREAN PRESIDENTIAL GUARDS KILLED IN AN ON-DUTY [...] (SBU) Eritrean media have reported five members of the pesidential protective detail were killed last week in the Gash Barka region of western Eritrea. A local source told RSO the five security personnel were in a follow car and became separated from Isaias's car during a vehicle movement. W [...] | 2009-03-10 13:23:00 | Embassy Asmara | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PGOV PREL ER |
09ASMARA86 | FEW BRIGHT SPOTS IN EASTERN SUDAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: A group of eastern Sudanese lawyers and political activists, all past participants of the Peacebuilding Center for the Horn of Africa (PCHA) workshop series, expressed concern over the faltering implemention of the Eastern Sudan Peace Agreement (ESPA). They said the GOS has crimi [...] | 2009-03-10 13:25:00 | Embassy Asmara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ER SU |
09ASMARA89 | ERITREA'S MINING SECTOR GENERATING INTEREST [...] (SBU) MORE FOREIGN PARTNERS --------------------------------- The government of Eritrea has notified seven foreign mining companies that they will be awarded mineral exploration licenses contingent on final contract negotiations in mid-April. Th%kaQQJ]q (3),and Australia (1). Eritrea den [...] | 2009-03-16 13:37:00 | Embassy Asmara | CONFIDENTIAL | EMIN ECON EFIN PREL ER |
09ASMARA96 | SECURITY REPRESENTATIVES SHARE CRIME INFORMATION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Post hosted a meeting of security officers and others who handle security affairs at their embassies. Topics of discussion included the rapid increase of crime in Asmara, food security in Eritrea, and reports of attacks outside of Asmara by insurgent groups. END SUMMARY. 2. [...] | 2009-03-23 13:00:00 | Embassy Asmara | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PGOV PREL ER |
09ASTANA1000 | KAZAKHSTAN: FOREIGN MINISTER ON NONPROLIFERATION [...] (C) SUMMARY: On June 10, Foreign Minister Marat Tazhin: -- praised President Obama's Cairo speech for its intelligence and candor; -- expressed gratitude for the briefing on the possibility of a U.S.-Russia agreement to transit lethal supplies for Afghanistan; -- undertook to facilita [...] | 2009-06-11 09:28:00 | Embassy Astana | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PARM ECON ETTC MARR MCAP OSCE RS |
09ASTANA1002 | KAZAKHSTAN: MEDIA REACTION ON PRESIDENT OBAMA'S CAIRO [...] SUMMARY: President Obama's Cairo speech has received overwhelmingly positive press coverage in Kazakhstan. Official "Khabar TV" broadcast President Nazarbayev's welcoming comments about the speech, and daily "Liter" published an in-depth, analytical story on the address. The overall coverag [...] | 2009-06-12 02:17:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PREL ECON SOCI KDEM KCRM KPAO KMDR AF KZ |
09ASTANA1005 | KAZAKHSTAN: WTO NEGOTIATOR AITZHANOVA CONFIRMS DECISION [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Kazakhstan's lead WTO negotiator, Vice Minister of Industry and Trade Zhanar Aitzhanova, told the Ambassador on June 11 that the decision by Kazakhstan, Russia, and Belarus to launch joint WTO accession negotiatio [...] | 2009-06-12 07:29:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON ETRD WTRO RS BO KZ |
09ASTANA1006 | KAZAKHSTAN: KEY MAJILIS LEADER NAMED AMBASSADOR TO IRAN, [...] (C) SUMMARY: Majilis International Relations, Defense, and Security Committee Chairman Nurbakh Rustemov told the Ambassador on June 11 he has been appointed ambassador to Iran and is awaiting agrement. He described the draft Internet law as "not right, but necessary," admitted that it was par [...] | 2009-06-12 09:56:00 | Embassy Astana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM ENRG ETRD KDEM RU IR KZ |
09ASTANA1018 | KAZAKHSTAN: CUSTOMS UNION WITH RUSSIA TRUMPING [...] (C) SUMMARY: Recent evidence suggests the Russia-Belarus-Kazakhstan (RBK) Customs Union that Russian Prime Minister Putin announced in Moscow on June 9 was already becoming concrete a reality in May, if not earlier. Even before that, we had ample warning that Kazakhstan was weighing the adva [...] | 2009-06-15 11:15:00 | Embassy Astana | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON ETRD EAGR ENRG WTRO EU RS BO |
09ASTANA1019 | KAZAKHSTAN: CONOCOPHILLIPS SIGNS N BLOCK CONTRACT [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) SUMMARY: On June 12, ConocoPhillips (Conoco) signed a contract to explore and develop the offshore N Block, expected to contain significant oil and gas deposits. Under the terms of the contract, which is consistent with a p [...] | 2009-06-15 11:27:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ECON EPET EINV KZ |
09ASTANA102 | KAZAKHSTAN STILL UNDECIDED ON NABUCCO SUMMIT IN [...] (C) Hungarian Ambassador Janos Balla called on the Ambassador January 20 to deliver the current Hungarian draft of the Budapest Nabucco Summit scheduled for January 27. He expressed deep frustration that one week before the summit he has yet to pin down who will represent Kazakhstan, if anyon [...] | 2009-01-20 09:44:00 | Embassy Astana | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON EPET RS HU KZ |
09ASTANA1027 | KAZAKHSTAN: AFGHAN AMBASSADOR COMMENTS ON KAZAKHSTAN'S [...] (C) SUMMARY: Afghan Ambassador Abdul Haider called on the Ambassador on June 15. During an hour-long discussion, a relaxed and well-informed Haider spoke openly in fluent English about three issues. He expressed gratitude for U.S. and Kazakhstani assistance to Afghanistan, registered concer [...] | 2009-06-16 10:22:00 | Embassy Astana | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON AF KG PK RS KZ |
09ASTANA1028 | KAZAKHSTAN: AMBASSADOR'S JUNE 11 PRESS CONFERENCE [...] SUMMARY: The Ambassador gave a press conference on June 11, in which he highlighted President Obama's Cairo speech, reported on his participation in Kazakhstani Foreign Minister Marat Tazhin's visit to the United States, and answered journalists' questions on hot-button political topics. Thi [...] | 2009-06-16 11:13:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PREL ECON SOCI KDEM KPAO KMDR AF KZ |
09ASTANA1029 | KAZAKHSTAN: LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IN PEACE CORPS CASE OVER, [...] (S) SUMMARY: Peace Corps Volunteer Anthony Sharp departed Kazakhstan on June 13, after an appellate court vacated his two-year probation at the Prosecutor General's request. Sharp's departure ends an affair that began on November 26, when he was arrested in what appeared to be a classic Sovie [...] | 2009-06-16 11:19:00 | Embassy Astana | SECRET | PGOV PREL PINR CASC KZ |
09ASTANA1030 | KAZAKHSTAN: DRAFT INTERNET LAW HEADED TOWARD SECOND [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) This cable includes an action request. Please see paragraph three. 3. (SBU) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST: The draft Internet law went through its first reading in the Senate on June 11. The second reading may take pla [...] | 2009-06-16 11:28:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM OSCE KZ |
09ASTANA1033 | KAZAKHSTAN: BUSINESS AS USUAL IN THE URANIUM MINING [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On June 10-11, Energy Officer met with senior managers from Kazakhstan's national nuclear energy company Kazatomprom (KAP) and KAP's foreign partners in Almaty to discuss the impact of the Prosecutor General's ong [...] | 2009-06-17 09:25:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR EMIN ENRG EINV ELAB KNNP KZ |
09ASTANA1035 | KAZAKHSTAN: DOING BUSINESS WITH CHINA [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On June 11, Energy Officer met separately with a Western manager from the U.S. oil services company Baker Hughes and an American partner with the consulting firm PricewaterhouseCoopers, both of whom shared experience [...] | 2009-06-17 10:54:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PINR ECON EPET EINV ELAB SMIG CH KZ |
09ASTANA1041 | KAZAKHSTAN: EXBS FY 2009 PROGRAM PLAN [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-18 11:46:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL ETTC MNUC KNNP KSTC KZ |
09ASTANA1044 | KAZAKHSTAN: USCIRF'S COSMAN HEARS DIFFERENT VIEWS ON [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Catherine Cosman, Senior Analyst for the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF),met June 4 - 11 with Kazakhstani civil society and religious leaders and government officials, to discuss the c [...] | 2009-06-19 09:36:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM KIRF KDEM KZ |
09ASTANA1045 | KAZAKHSTAN: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON SCOPING [...] (SBU) We delivered reftel points and non-paper on scoping interest in membership in the G-8 Global Partnership against the Spread of Weapons and Materials of Mass Destruction on June 5 to Anuar Tanalinov, the Kazakhstani Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Chief of the Multilateral Cooperation Depar [...] | 2009-06-19 12:07:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL KNNP ETTC KZ |
09ASTANA106 | KAZAKHSTAN: MAZHILIS LEADERS DISCUSS BILATERAL AGENDA [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: During separate January 16 meetings with the Ambassador, Mazhilis Speaker Ural Mukhamedzhanov and Mazhilis International Relations, Defense, and Security Committee Chairman Nurbakh Rustemov expressed hope that the O [...] | 2009-01-20 10:38:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM PTER ECON KDEM KNNP KZ |
09ASTANA1068 | KAZAKHSTAN: EMBASSY INPUT FOR OSCE HUMAN DIMENSION [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) This cable responds to reftel's request for post's input on Kazakhstan for demarches in advance of the OSCE Human Dimension Implementation Meeting (HDIM). DEMOCRATIC REFORM 3. (SBU) The September 26 - October 9 HDIM is [...] | 2009-06-24 07:08:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL PGOV KDEM OSCE KZ |
09ASTANA1084 | CONCEPT APPROVAL FOR FY09 USCENTCOM/SOCCENT [...] (C) SUMMARY. IN ACCORDANCE WITH REF D, THIS MESSAGE CONVEYS EMBASSY ASTANA APPROVAL OF CONCEPT OF OPERATIONS FOR COUNTER NARCO TERRORISM (CNT) TRAINING DEPLOYMENT (CKZ2009CNT021N) WITH THE KAZAKHSTAN SPECIAL OPERATIONS FORCES (SOF) DURING 4TH QUARTER FY09. 2. (SBU) U.S. AGENCY REQUESTING CN [...] | 2009-06-26 10:18:00 | Embassy Astana | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MASS SNAR KZ |
09ASTANA1089 | PRESIDENT NAZARBAYEV URGES FOREIGN COMPANIES TO CONTINUE [...] SUMMARY: On June 12, in the provincial northern city of Kostanai, President Nazarbayev convened the 21st plenary session of Kazakhstan's Foreign Investors' Council (FIC). Nazarbayev encouraged foreign companies to continue investing in Kazakhstan's economy and discussed the country's plan fo [...] | 2009-06-29 06:50:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ECON EINV EPET KZ |
09ASTANA109 | KAZAKHSTAN: WORLD BANK HEALTH-CARE SYSTEM REFORM PROJECT [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. The World Bank's five-year project for reforming Kazakhstan's outmoded health-care system is progressing but faces considerable difficulties. Planned reforms include health financing and budget planning; health-car [...] | 2009-01-21 10:44:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EAID SOCI SENV KZ |
09ASTANA1090 | KAZAKHSTAN: AMBASSADOR DELIVERS REMARKS AT EVENT [...] SUMMARY: The Ambassador traveled to Semey on June 18 to participate in a ceremony marking the 20th anniversary of the cessation of Soviet nuclear tests at the Semipalatinsk test site. President Nazarbayev's speech at the event received heavy media coverage. He highlighted Kazakhstan's decisi [...] | 2009-06-29 08:02:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL MNUC SOCI KNNP KPAO KMDR RS KZ |
09ASTANA11 | KAZAKHSTAN: MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT UNDERSTAFFED AND [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The Ministry of Environmental Protection has been restructured, but faces a shortage of inspectors who inspect enterprises to ensure they comply with emissions regulations. Because it takes too long to get the Procu [...] | 2009-01-06 09:58:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL SENV KZ |
09ASTANA1103 | KAZAKHSTAN: SCENESETTER FOR UNDER SECRETARY BURNS'S JULY [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Your visit to Astana is a key opportunity for engagement with the leadership of our most important partner in Central Asia. We have a robust bilateral relationship, with close cooperation on such critical issues as [...] | 2009-07-02 11:33:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM ECON EPET KNNP AF RS KZ |
09ASTANA1104 | KAZAKHSTAN: ALMATY NOTES, JUNE 15-26 [...] The "Almaty Notes" series from U.S. Office Almaty focuses on developments in civil society, the media, and the opposition in Kazakhstan's "southern capital." LUKEWARM RESPONSE TO AZAT'S CALL FOR A MERGER 2. Bulat Abilov, the leader of the opposition Azat party, publicly hailed the recen [...] | 2009-07-07 09:55:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL PGOV KDEM KCRM KZ |
09ASTANA1131 | KAZAKHSTAN: CONGRESSMAN FALEOMAVAEGA HEARS, "PLEASE TELL [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: During Congressman Eni Faleomavaega's July 2-3 visit to Astana, - President Nazarbayev told him that he has been urging Russian Prime Minister Putin and President Medvedev to seize the opportunities President [...] | 2009-07-08 08:14:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM KDEM KNNP AF RS KZ |
09ASTANA1136 | KAZAKHSTAN: AMBASSADOR DELIVERS DEMARCHE ON DRAFT [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) This message contains an Action Request. Please see para 5. 3. (SBU) The Ambassador delivered reftel demarche outlining our concerns about Kazakhstan's draft Internet legislation to Deputy Foreign Minister Konstantin Zhigal [...] | 2009-07-09 02:00:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM KZ |
09ASTANA1145 | KAZAKHSTAN: RBK CUSTOMS UNION, WTO, AND THE WAY [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On July 9, Kazakhstan's WTO negotiator -- reiterated that Russia, Belarus, and Kazakhstan have suspended, not abandoned their individual WTO accession negotiations; -- revealed Russia will hire, probably befo [...] | 2009-07-09 10:56:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON ETRD WTRO RS BO KZ |
09ASTANA1161 | KAZAKHSTAN: UNDER SECRETARY BURNS'S MEETING WITH CIVIL [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On July 10, Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Bill Burns met in Astana with civil society leaders. Burns told them that Kazakhstan's 2010 OSCE chairmanship presented unique opportunities for Kazakhsta [...] | 2009-07-13 02:06:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL PGOV KDEM OSCE KZ |
09ASTANA1164 | KAZAKHSTAN: UNDER SECRETARY BURNS'S JULY 10 MEETING WITH [...] (S) SUMMARY: Under Secretary Burns brought greetings to President Nazarbayev from President Obama and underscored the importance of the U.S.-Kazakhstan relationship by noting Kazakhstan was his delegation's first stop in Central Asia. He told Nazarbayev that President Obama is committed to st [...] | 2009-07-13 03:52:00 | Embassy Astana | SECRET | PREL PHUM KDEM KNNP OSCE AF RS KZ |
09ASTANA1165 | KAZAKHSTAN: UNDER SECRETARY BURNS'S JULY 10 MEETING WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a July 10 meeting in Astana with Prime Minister Karim Masimov, Under Secretary of State Bill Burns urged Kazakhstan to continue its bilateral WTO accession negotiations and not to close any doors, even if Astana is currently focusing on the Russia-Belarus-Kazakhstan (RBK) Custo [...] | 2009-07-13 03:52:00 | Embassy Astana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON EINV EFIN WTRO BO RS KZ |
09ASTANA1166 | KAZAKHSTAN: UNDER SECRETARY BURNS'S JULY 10 MEETING WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a July 10 meeting in Astana, Under Secretary of State Bill Burns told Foreign Minister Marat Tazhin that the United States wants to move forward on establishing a commission to oversee bilateral relations. Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs Robert Blak [...] | 2009-07-13 03:53:00 | Embassy Astana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM KDEM KNNP OSCE AF RS KZ |
09ASTANA1171 | KAZAKHSTAN: DRUG AND CRIME UPDATE [...] SUMMARY: Drug seizures in Kazakhstan increased by 75% during the first quarter of 2009 while drug-related crimes dropped almost 2%. Prime Minister Masimov criticized law enforcement efforts to combat drug trafficking and called for the establishment of an interagency unit to arrest governmen [...] | 2009-07-13 09:06:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL SNAR KCRM KZ |
09ASTANA1173 | KAZAKHSTAN: FATE OF LARGEST BANKS TO BE DECIDED [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) This is the third in a three-part series analyzing recent developments in Kazakhstan's banking sector, the possible future liquidation of its assets, and potential implications for international export credit agencies. 3. [...] | 2009-07-13 09:23:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON EFIN KZ |
09ASTANA1174 | KAZAKHSTAN: FATE OF LARGEST BANKS TO BE DECIDED [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) This is the first in a three-part series analyzing recent developments in Kazakhstan's banking sector, the possible future liquidation of its assets, and potential implications for international export credit agencies. 3. [...] | 2009-07-13 09:23:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON EFIN KZ |
09ASTANA1175 | KAZAKHSTAN: FATE OF LARGEST BANKS TO BE DECIDED [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) This is the second in a three-part series analyzing recent developments in Kazakhstan's banking sector, the possible future liquidation of its assets, and potential implications for international export credit agencies. 3 [...] | 2009-07-13 09:23:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON EFIN KZ |
09ASTANA1178 | KAZAKHSTAN: EXBS ADVISOR'S REPORTING CABLE (JUNE 2009) [...] On June 2, President Nazarbayev signed legislation ratifying Cooperative Threat Reduction (CTR) umbrella agreement, officially known as the Amendment to the Agreement Between the United States of America and the Republic of Kazakhstan Concerning the Destruction of Silo Launchers of Intercontine [...] | 2009-07-13 10:48:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL ETTC MNUC KNNP KSTC KZ |
09ASTANA1179 | KAZAKHSTAN: NAZARBAYEV PLAYS AN ACTIVE ROLE IN THE THIRD [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) SUMMARY: Kazakhstan hosted the third triennial Congress of World and Traditional Religions in Astana July 1-2. More than 70 delegations with 400 participants representing Islam, Christianity, Judaism, Buddhism and other relig [...] | 2009-07-13 10:52:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM KIRF KNNP KZ |
09ASTANA1182 | KAZAKHSTAN: CIVIL SOCIETY DISAPPOINTED WITH KAZAKHSTAN'S [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On June 22, several leading civil society activists briefed members of the diplomatic community in Astana on the status of Kazakhstan's democratic reform efforts. The activists asserted that, despite modest progr [...] | 2009-07-14 09:57:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL PGOV KDEM OSCE KZ |
09ASTANA1183 | KAZAKHSTAN: PRESIDENT NAZARBAYEV SIGNS INTERNET [...] (SBU) The Presidential Press Service reported on July 10 that President Nazarbayev has signed pending Internet legislation into law. (NOTE: As a technical matter, this legislation amends several existing Kazakhstani laws. END NOTE.) Nazarbayev's move came despite objections and concerns rai [...] | 2009-07-14 09:57:00 | Embassy Astana | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM KPAO OSCE KZ |
09ASTANA1184 | KAZAKHSTAN: MEDIA REACTION FOR THE ASTANA VISIT OF [...] SUMMARY: The Kazakhstani media broadly reported Under Secretary of State Bill Burns's July 10 meeting in Astana with President Nazarbayev; however, the majority of the coverage was factual rather than analytical, due to the fact that the event happened on a Friday, after all of the weekly ana [...] | 2009-07-14 10:08:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL KNNP KDEM KPAO KMDR RS KZ |
09ASTANA1195 | KAZAKHSTAN: GOVERNMENT RESPONSE ON POSSIBLE TRANSFER OF [...] (S) MFA Americas Department Deputy Director Alim Kirabayev called in Pol-Econ Chief on July 16 to provide the Government of Kazakhstan's official response to our demarche on the possible sale of D-30 Howitzers to Syria by the firm Kazakhstan Special Engineering (reftels). Kirabayev explained t [...] | 2009-07-17 07:37:00 | Embassy Astana | SECRET | PREL PGOV PARM PINR ETTC MARR KZ |
09ASTANA1196 | KAZAKHSTAN: THE CONFLICTED POST-SOVIET MIND: [...] (C) SUMMARY: After a regional official who was assigned as the Ambassador's "minder" during a two-day visit to Aktau interfered with the Ambassador's meeting with NGO representatives, the same official spoke frankly in private about Kazakhstan's post-Soviet history, NGOs, and democracy. Thou [...] | 2009-07-17 08:30:00 | Embassy Astana | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM SOCI KZ |
09ASTANA12 | KAZAKHSTAN: SECURITY SERVICES QUESTION CDC/USAID [...] (C) SUMMARY: In December 2006, the Kazakhstani Ministry of Health (MoH) requested the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Central Asia Region, Almaty (CDC/CAR-Almaty) conduct an epidemiological investigation relating to a pediatric HIV outbreak in Shymkent (southern Kazakhstan). Two [...] | 2009-01-06 11:06:00 | Embassy Astana | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR ASEC TBIO UZ KZ |
09ASTANA1207 | KAZAKHSTAN: AMBASSADOR'S PRESS CONFERENCE IN AKTAU [...] SUMMARY: The Ambassador travelled to Aktau on July 15-16. Aktau, located in Mangystau oblast (province) in western Kazakhstan, is a small city known primarily for its oil production and as Kazakhstan's only operational port on the Caspian Sea. While in Aktau, the Ambassador met with Askar Nu [...] | 2009-07-21 07:25:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PREL ECON SOCI KPAO KMDR KZ |
09ASTANA1210 | KAZAKHSTAN: LOCAL UIGHURS CONCERNED ABOUT UNREST IN [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Kazakhstani media outlets, think tanks, and interest groups are expressing concern that Uighur-related unrest in China's Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region (XUAR) may negatively affect Kazakhstan because of Kazakhsta [...] | 2009-07-21 10:27:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL SOCI KDEM CH KZ |
09ASTANA1215 | KAZAKHSTAN: PUBLIC-PRIVATE ECONOMIC PARTNERSHIP INITIATIVE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Coordinating Committee of the Public-Private Economic Partnership Initiative (PPEPI) held its second meeting on July 17 in Astana. During the meeting, the PPEPI Secretariat summarized the initiative's progress to date. The meeting revealed that there are obstacles and imp [...] | 2009-07-22 10:18:00 | Embassy Astana | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON EAID SOCI KZ |
09ASTANA1220 | KAZAKHSTAN: AMBASSADOR RAISES BN-350 PROGRAM, WTO [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The Ambassador asked Prime Minister Karim Masimov on July 22 to ensure Kazakhstan meets its funding commitment for the BN-350 spent fuel program and to sign a decree facilitating transfer of the program's fuel tra [...] | 2009-07-23 01:56:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ECON ETRD KNNP WTRO AF RS KZ |
09ASTANA1222 | KAZAKHSTAN: AMBASSADOR VISITS BN-350 NUCLEAR REACTOR, [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On July 16, the Ambassador toured the Mangistau Atomic Energy Complex (MAEC),including the decommissioned BN-350 fast-breeder nuclear reactor, the sodium processing facility (SPF),and a desalinization plant. Th [...] | 2009-07-23 07:29:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EMIN ENRG EINV KNNP KZ |
09ASTANA1250 | KAZAKHSTAN OFFERS 'LOGISTICS BASE' FOR NORTHERN [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a meeting with USTRANSCOM Commander General Duncan McNabb, Kazkahstan's Security Council Deputy Chairman Nurlan Abdirov was pleased to learned that the United States has approved local procurement of non-lethal supplies along the Northern Distribution Network, including i [...] | 2009-07-24 07:31:00 | Embassy Astana | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MARR AF KZ |
09ASTANA1251 | KAZAKHSTAN: SCENESETTER FOR CODEL BOEHNER'S AUGUST 8-9 [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Embassy Astana warmly welcomes your August 8-9 visit to Kazakhstan, which comes at a particularly opportune time. With its upcoming 2010 chairmanship of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) [...] | 2009-07-24 08:53:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP PREL PGOV PHUM EPET KDEM KNNP KZ |
09ASTANA1252 | KAZAKHSTAN: STILL UNDECIDED ON ECOSOC BUT OPEN TO OUR VIEWS [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) On July 24, we raised reftel demarche asking Kazakhstan to support our position on the accreditation to ECOSOC of two NGOs with Zhanar Kulzhanova, the deputy director of the MFA's International Organizations Directorate. [...] | 2009-07-24 09:33:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL SOCI KCRM KZ |
09ASTANA1253 | KAZAKHSTAN REPORTS OF FIRST CASES OF H1N1 [...] SUMMARY: The local press reported the first cases of H1N1 influenza in Kazakhstan on July 23. There are three confirmed and three suspected cases. CDC Almaty reports that the Kazakhstanis will send viral samples from the infected individuals to an outside laboratory for independent confirma [...] | 2009-07-24 10:45:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL SENV KFLU KZ |
09ASTANA1254 | KAZAKHSTAN: AMBASSADOR DELIVERS DEMARCHE ON ASSISTING [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) The Ambassador delivered reftel demarche requesting assistance to Afghanistan beyond the elections to Deputy Foreign Minister Konstantin Zhigalov on July 23. He provided Zhigalov with a non-paper detailing Afghanistan's pri [...] | 2009-07-24 10:45:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MOPS MARR NATO AF KZ |
09ASTANA1255 | KAZAKHSTAN: LAWYER FOR FORMER KAZATOMPROM HEAD RETAINS [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On July 22, the Almaty Bar Association rejected a motion filed by the Committee for National Security (KNB) to disbar Daniyar Kanafin, the lawyer hired by the family of Mukhtar Dzhakishev, the former head of sta [...] | 2009-07-24 10:45:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR PHUM SOCI KDEM KCRM KZ |
09ASTANA1266 | KAZAKHSTAN TAKES FURTHER STEPS TO PROTECT INVESTORS [...] SUMMARY: On July 14, President Nazarbayev signed legislation that will toughen and improve general reporting requirements for joint stock companies (JSCs) as well as certain business transactions of JSCs. The new provisions will also require disclosure of potential conflicts of interest by m [...] | 2009-07-27 04:19:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL EAID EINV SOCI KZ |
09ASTANA1292 | KAZAKHSTAN: UNHCR, UIGHUR ACTIVIST HAVE RECEIVED NO [...] (C) SUMMARY: A UNHCR official told us on July 28 that UNHCR has received no reports that Kazakhstani authorities have deported Chinese Uighurs back to China. However, he was aware of several cases of Uighur refugee activists being detained by the Almaty police for several hours, which he bel [...] | 2009-07-30 07:07:00 | Embassy Astana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PGOV PHUM PREL SOCI KDEM CH KZ |
09ASTANA1303 | KAZAKHSTAN: THE STRATEGIC IMPORTANCE OF AKTAU SEA PORT [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Post has been informed that the U.S. Trade and Development Agency has decided not to approve two proposed projects to develop Kazakhstan's maritime and port capabilities because Kazakhstan conducts trade with Iran [...] | 2009-08-03 09:48:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON EPET EINV MARR RS IR KZ |
09ASTANA1306 | KAZAKHSTAN: INTERIM REPORT ON HIGH-LEVEL ATTENDANCE AT [...] The following is an interim report on Kazakhstan's high-level attendance at the 64th UN General Assembly (UNGA),in the requested format. Foreign Minister Tazhin will lead Kazakhstan's delegation. A. Attendance of the Head of State: -- Nursultan Nazarbayev, President -- No plans to att [...] | 2009-08-03 11:13:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL OTRA OVIP KSEP CVIS UNGA KZ |
09ASTANA1327 | KAZAKHSTAN: FOR THE HUMAN DIMENSION IMPLEMENTATION [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On August 4, we met with Sayagul Konakbayeva, the head of the Office of Humanitarian Issues within the MFA's OSCE Directorate, to deliver reftel demarche on Kazakhstan's human rights and democracy performance in a [...] | 2009-08-04 11:11:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL PGOV KDEM KIRF OSCE KZ |
09ASTANA1328 | KAZAKHSTAN PRAISES BILATERL RELATIONSHIP, SAYS "LOGISTICS [...] (C) SUMMARY: State Secretary Kanat Saudabayev opened an August 3 meeting with the Ambassador with an unusually long introduction with the media present in which he stressed that U.S.-Kazakhstan relations are a top priority for President Nazarbayev and detailed the full spectrum of bilateral c [...] | 2009-08-04 11:39:00 | Embassy Astana | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM MARR KNNP AF KZ |
09ASTANA1339 | KAZAKHSTAN: "NEWSWEEK" GOT IT WRONG ON KIMEP [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: In an on-line article appearing August 1, "Newsweek" magazine accused the Kazakhstani government of suppressing Western-oriented education at what is arguably the country's most prestigious university. The articl [...] | 2009-08-05 07:55:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM ECON SOCI KDEM KPAO KMDR KZ |
09ASTANA134 | KAZAKHSTAN: DEMOCRACY IN ACTION AT EDITOR'S CLUB [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) SUMMARY: On January 21, the Ambassador attended a meeting of the Astana Editors-in-Chief Club. Though this organization has been in existence for some time, it has recently risen in profile through increased government ties [...] | 2009-01-23 10:21:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL SOCI KPAO KDEM KZ |
09ASTANA1348 | KAZAKHSTAN REDUCES BURDENSOME BUSINESS INSPECTIONS [...] SUMMARY: Inspections of business enterprises in Kazakhstan have traditionally served as disincentives to entrepreneurs due to their intrusive and burdensome nature. Recognizing this as a drag on business development and economic diversification, President Nazarbayev ordered a moratorium on i [...] | 2009-08-05 10:41:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ECON EAID SOCI KZ |
09ASTANA135 | KAZAKHSTAN: MFA PROPOSES DEAL ON PEACE CORPS [...] (C) SUMMARY: After State Secretary Kanat Saudabayev declined to intervene in the criminal case involving Peace Corps Volunteer Anthony Sharp, the Ambassador raised it with Presidential Foreign Policy Advisor Kairat Sarybay on January 15. Sarybay tasked resolving the matter to MFA Americas D [...] | 2009-01-23 10:48:00 | Embassy Astana | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL CASC KZ |
09ASTANA1357 | KAZAKHSTAN: PRELIMINARY RESPONSE TO TIFA AGENDA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Acting Pol-Econ Chief met on August 5 with Saadat Asanseitova, Director of the Department for Regional Integration at the Ministry of Industry and Trade, to discuss the draft agenda for the 4th U.S.-Central Asia Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA) Council meeting on [...] | 2009-08-06 10:20:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ETRD ECON EINV EFIN KZ |
09ASTANA1365 | KAZAKHSTAN: PRIME MINISTER BRIEFS BOEHNER CODEL [...] (C) SUMMARY: On August 8, Prime Minister Karim Masimov briefed a U.S. Congressional delegation led by House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-OH) on a wide range of economic and energy issues. Masimov said Kazakhstan is showing signs of recovery from the global economic and financial crisis, an [...] | 2009-08-10 13:58:00 | Embassy Astana | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR EAGR EPET ECON EFIN EINV SOCI |
09ASTANA1366 | KAZAKHSTAN: NEW MINISTER OF DEFENSE OPTIMISTIC [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Ambassador met with Minister of Defense Adilbek Dzhaksybekov on August 7 to congratulate him on his June 24 appointment, and discuss U.S.-Kazakhstani military cooperation. Dzhaksybekov: -called bilateral military relations positive, and expressed hope relations would cont [...] | 2009-08-10 14:02:00 | Embassy Astana | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR MARR RS KZ |
09ASTANA1376 | KAZAKHSTAN: EXBS ADVISOR'S REPORTING CABLE (JULY 2009) [...] The Export Control and Related Border Security Program (EXBS) was successful in nominating three Kazakhstani Customs Officers, Ermek Smagulov, Marat Kabdushev, and Abzal Shogelbaev, for participation in the International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP) in Washington D.C., from August 24 to S [...] | 2009-08-12 06:43:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL ETTC MNUC KNNP KSTC KZ |
09ASTANA139 | KAZAKHSTAN: LIFE ON THE STEPPE, JANUARY 17-23 [...] The following is another of the weekly cables from Embassy Astana with tidbits on daily life in Kazakhstan. UPROAR LEADS TO RETENTION OF NATIONALITY IN PASSPORTS 2. On January 5, Kazakhstan began issuing new, electronic passports. Complying with international conventions, the new documen [...] | 2009-01-23 11:23:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM SOCI KPAO KDEM KZ |
09ASTANA1399 | KAZAKHSTAN: PRESIDENTIAL ADVISER HEARS MESSAGE [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a frank conversation with the Ambassador on August 12, Presidential Adviser Kairat Sarybai said he expected that the new State Commission for the OSCE would propose further steps, "since that is part of the commission's mandate," that could be taken on democratization bef [...] | 2009-08-17 01:41:00 | Embassy Astana | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM MARR KDEM OSCE RS KG KZ |
09ASTANA140 | KAZAKHSTAN: MEDIA PRAISE INAUGURATION OF "PRESIDENT [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) SUMMARY: The Kazakhstani media's reaction to President Obama's inauguration has been overwhelmingly positive and laudatory. The coverage has ranged from detailed accounts of the inaugural speech to human interest stories on [...] | 2009-01-26 03:45:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL SOCI KPAO KMDR KDEM KZ |
09ASTANA1400 | KAZAKHSTAN: KMG HALTS KCTS NEGOTIATIONS, THEN [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: From recent discussions with energy executives and government officials, it is clear that negotiations over the Kazakhstan Caspian Transportation System (KCTS) have stalled. The key issue is whether and to what [...] | 2009-08-17 03:04:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EPET ECON KZ |
09ASTANA1402 | KAZAKHSTAN: "ALMA-ATA INFO" EDITOR LOSES TWO COURT [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On August 13, Kazakhstan's Supreme Court ruled against "Alma-Ata Info" newspaper and upheld a lower court's ruling that suspended the newspaper for three months for publishing allegedly classified documents. This [...] | 2009-08-17 09:58:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL PGOV KDEM OSCE KZ |
09ASTANA1407 | KAZAKHSTAN: SCENESETTER FOR SPECIAL ENVOY MORNINGSTAR [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Embassy Astana warmly welcomes your August 26-28 visit to Kazakhstan, which comes at a particularly opportune time. With its upcoming 2010 chairmanship of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (O [...] | 2009-08-18 07:25:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON EPET EINV KZ |
09ASTANA1416 | KAZAKHSTAN: USCENTCOM CDR PETRAEUS' MEETING WITH [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: During an August 13 meeting in Astana, USCENTCOM CDR General Petraeus and Minister of Defense Dzhaksybekov discussed: -- further Kazakhstani assistance in Afghanistan, including staff officers for ISAF HQ in Kabul, noncombatant trainers and instructors for the Explosive Ord [...] | 2009-08-19 04:18:00 | Embassy Astana | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PINR MARR OSCE AF KZ |
09ASTANA1422 | KAZAKHSTAN: USCENTCOM CDR PETRAEUS' MEETING WITH FOREIGN [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: USCENTCOM Commander General David Petraeus met Minister of Foreign Affairs Marat Tazhin on August 13 to discuss U.S.-Kazakhstani military cooperation and request support for U.S. forces in Afghanistan. Petraeus specifically requested the deployment of Kazakhstani staff office [...] | 2009-08-20 06:33:00 | Embassy Astana | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PINR MARR OSCE RS AF KZ |
09ASTANA1423 | KAZAKHSTAN: USCENTCOM CDR GENERAL PETRAEUS' [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: During an August 13 meeting in Astana, USCENTCOM CDR General Petraeus and Security Council Chairman Suleymenov discussed potential Kazakhstani noncombatant military and other assistance to support U.S. policy in Afghanistan, including the possibility of Kazakhstan hosting a l [...] | 2009-08-20 07:05:00 | Embassy Astana | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL MARR RS AF KG TI UZ KZ |
09ASTANA1427 | KAZAKHSTAN: MUSLIM ACTIVIST STRUGGLES TO TURN GRAND IDEAS [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Murat Telibekov, a Kazakhstani Muslim activist and president of three NGOs, is never short on grand ideas, and most of them involve the U.S. Embassy. His newest idea is to build Islamic centers in Astana and Alma [...] | 2009-08-21 08:59:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL PGOV KDEM KISL KIRF PINR KZ |
09ASTANA1428 | KAZAKHSTAN STEPS CLOSER TO SUPPORT FOR A SINGLE-WINDOW FOR [...] SUMMARY: Since 2007, the USAID Regional Trade Liberalization and Customs Project, in cooperation with the German International Development Agency (GTZ),has encouraged the Governments of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Tajikistan to implement electronic single-window systems to simplify the proce [...] | 2009-08-24 10:40:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL EAID ECON SOCI KZ |
09ASTANA1429 | KAZAKHSTAN: WHY TO PAY SERIOUS ATTENTION [...] (S/NF) During USCENTCOM CDR General David Petraeus' August 13 meetings in Astana, senior Kazakhstani officials made more clear than ever that President Nursultan Nazarbayev wants an enhanced relationship with the United States and is offering us a logistics/transit facility for U.S. and Coali [...] | 2009-08-25 04:36:00 | Embassy Astana | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL ECON EPET MARR SOCI KNNP KDEM AF |
09ASTANA1438 | KAZAKHSTAN: SPECIAL ENVOY MORNINGSTAR DISCUSSES [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a wide-ranging, frank, and lively conversation on August 25, Special Envoy for Eurasian Energy Richard M. Morningstar discussed regional energy security with a panel of senior government officials, including the Deputy Chairman of the National Welfare Fund Samruk-Kazyna, Timu [...] | 2009-08-26 10:32:00 | Embassy Astana | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR ECON EINV EPET IR RS CH GG |
09ASTANA1439 | KAZAKHSTAN: PRESIDENT'S ADVISOR WARNS OF AN "INFORMATION [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: In an August 22 interview published in the newspaper "Liter," Yermukhamet Yertysbayev, President Nazarbayev's advisor on political issues, railed against the "runaway billionaires" who have declared an "informatio [...] | 2009-08-27 05:14:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL PGOV PINR KDEM KCOR OSCE KZ |
09ASTANA1444 | KAZAKHSTAN: SAUDABAYEV ON NUCLEAR SECURITY [...] (C) SUMMARY: During an August 27 meeting, State Secretary Kanat Saudabayev told the Ambassador: -- President Nazarbayev still wants an Oval Office meeting when he travels to Washington next spring for the Nuclear Security Summit and is willing to be flexible about the timing; -- Kazakhs [...] | 2009-08-27 10:59:00 | Embassy Astana | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR PHUM KNNP KDEM OSCE AU KZ |
09ASTANA1445 | KAZAKHSTAN: PRIME MINISTER BRIEFS SPECIAL ENVOY [...] (C) SUMMARY: On August 26, Special Envoy for Eurasian Energy Richard M. Morningstar met with Prime Minister Karim Masimov to discuss economic and energy security issues, including oil and gas export routes from Central Asia, the September 14 Caspian Sea Summit in Aktau, the influence of Russ [...] | 2009-08-27 11:05:00 | Embassy Astana | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR ECON EINV EPET CH RS TX KZ |
09ASTANA1446 | KAZAKHSTAN: OBSERVER LETTER DELIVERED TO CARICC [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public internet. 2. (SBU) As requested in reftel, the request for observer status was delivered to the Central Asian Information and Coordination Center (CARICC) via the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) in Almaty on August 21. UNODC's Senior CARI [...] | 2009-08-28 03:51:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL SNAR KCRM KZ |
09ASTANA1447 | KAZAKHSTAN: UPDATE ON HIGH-LEVEL ATTENDANCE AT THE UN [...] The following is an update on Kazakhstan's high-level attendance at the 64th UN General Assembly (UNGA),in the requested format. Foreign Minister Tazhin will lead Kazakhstan's delegation. A. Attendance of the Head of State: -- Nursultan Nazarbayev, President -- No plans to attend B. [...] | 2009-08-28 05:31:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL OTRA OVIP KSEP CVIS UNGA KZ |
09ASTANA1449 | KAZAKHSTAN: SPECIAL ENVOY MORNINGSTAR DISCUSSES [...] (C) SUMMARY: On August 26, Special Envoy for Eurasian Energy Richard M. Morningstar met with Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources (MEMR) Sauat Mynbayev to discuss two oil export projects: the Caspian Pipeline Consortium (CPC) pipeline expansion and the Kazakhstan Caspian Transportation [...] | 2009-08-28 10:27:00 | Embassy Astana | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR ECON EINV EPET AJ CH RS TX KZ |
09ASTANA1450 | KAZAKHSTAN: IN VINO VERITAS [...] (C) On August 28, I hosted a reception at Embassy Astana's Chief of Mission Residence in honor of USNAVCENT Deputy Commander Rear Admiral Thomas Cropper and his team. Deputy Minister of Defense Rear Admiral Ratmir Komratov attended as the senior-most Kazakhstani military official, and stayed [...] | 2009-08-31 05:44:00 | Embassy Astana | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR MARR SOCI KZ |
09ASTANA1453 | KAZAKHSTAN: STILL MULLING OVER AMCIT CANDIDACY FOR [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) On August 19, we followed up with Azat Matenov, Attache with the MFA's Department of Multilateral Cooperation, on Kazakhstan's position on the candidacy of Ms. Lucretia Myers for the International Civil Service Commission ( [...] | 2009-09-02 01:50:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL AORC APER KAWC KJUS UNGA KZ |
09ASTANA1458 | KAZAKHSTAN: COMMITTEE FOR NATIONAL SECURITY COMMENTS ON [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) On August 29, the Chairman of Kazakhstan's National Security Committee (KNB),Amangeldy Shabdarbayev, issued a highly unusual public statement regarding the case of Ramazan Yesergepov -- the Kazakhstani journalist sentenced [...] | 2009-09-02 10:45:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL PGOV KDEM KZ |
09ASTANA1465 | KAZAKHSTAN: ISRAELI AMBASSADOR EXPLAINS MILITARY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Israeli Ambassador to Kazakhstan Israel Mei-Ami told the Ambassador on September 2: -- Kazakhstan is a major oil supplier for Israel; -- this year's military procurement scandal has left lingering headaches for him; -- despite the scandal, Israel-Kazakhstan relations are t [...] | 2009-09-03 08:16:00 | Embassy Astana | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ETRD EPET EAGR MASS KCOR IS SA KZ |
09ASTANA1468 | KAZAKHSTAN: AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES BILATERAL CONSULTATIONS, [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On September 2, the Ambassador met with Deputy Foreign Minister Konstantin Zhigalov to present officially Under Secretary Blake's proposal on Annual Bilateral Consultations. Zhigalov responded that the government i [...] | 2009-09-03 11:19:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM KZ |
09ASTANA1470 | KAZAKHSTAN: TRIAL COURT HANDS DOWN GUILTY VERDICT IN [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On September 3, a Kazakhstani district court sentenced human rights activist Yevgeniy Zhovtis to four years imprisonment for criminal negligence in connection with a vehicular accident. Zhovtis' legal team is exp [...] | 2009-09-04 07:46:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL PGOV KDEM KZ |
09ASTANA1478 | KAZAKHSTAN: LAND-LOCKED OIL POWER WANTS TO IMPROVE NAVY, [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: On August 28, U.S. NAVCENT Deputy Commander Rear Admiral Thomas Cropper met General-Major Mazhitov, Deputy Director of Kazakhstan's Border Guard Service; Rear-Admiral Abikeyev, Chief of Kazakhstan's Border Guard Service Coast Guard Directorate; and Rear-Admiral Ratmir Komratov [...] | 2009-09-04 11:32:00 | Embassy Astana | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PINR MARR RS AF KZ |
09ASTANA1487 | KAZAKHSTAN: OSCE AMBASSADOR BELIEVES KNB TOOK CONTROL OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a September 4 meeting, the head of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) Center, Ambassador Alexandr Keltchewsky, told the Ambassador Kazakhstan has taken some positive steps in its preparations to become the 2010 OSCE Chairman-in-Office. He added [...] | 2009-09-08 06:25:00 | Embassy Astana | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR PHUM OSCE KZ |
09ASTANA1494 | KAZAKHSTAN: AMBASSADOR RAISES ZHOVTIS WITH KAZAKSTANI [...] (C) SUMMARY: On September 8, the Ambassador met with Presidential Foreign Policy Adviser, Kairat Sarybai, for a frank exchange on the case of internationally-respected human rights advocate, Yevgeniy Zhovtis, who was convicted of vehicular manslaughter and sentenced to four years in a penal c [...] | 2009-09-09 06:16:00 | Embassy Astana | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM OSCE KZ |
09ASTANA1495 | EAST KAZAKHSTAN: AT THE CROSSROADS [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On August 20, the Ambassador visited Oskemen (Ust-Kamenogorsk),East Kazakhstan, an industrial region well-endowed with natural resources and populated by blue-collar miners, shady businessmen, political patrons, a [...] | 2009-09-09 07:19:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON ENRG EINV KZ |
09ASTANA1498 | KAZAKHSTAN: THE BOLASHAK REVOLUTION [...] (SBU) At a September 8 dinner in honor of the UK Minister for Europe, Baroness Glenyth Kinnock of Holyhead, the Ambassador was seated next to the deputy head of Prime Minister Masimov's office, Dauren Toleukhanov. Before moving to the Prime Minister's apparat, Toleukhanov was a diplomat, hav [...] | 2009-09-09 09:18:00 | Embassy Astana | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR SOCI KPAO KCOR KZ |
09ASTANA1509 | KAZAKHSTAN: FINANCE MINISTER LAUDS COOPERATION - [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: During a September 5 meeting, Minister of Finance Bolat Zhamishev discussed with the Ambassador stability in the financial sector and U.S. technical assistance provided under the Cooperative Threat Agreement (CTR) [...] | 2009-09-10 10:28:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON EFIN KZ |
09ASTANA1512 | KAZAKHSTAN: AMBASSADOR RAISES ZHOVTIS WITH FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (C) SUMMARY: On September 10, the Ambassador and Kazakhstan's State Minister and Foreign Minister, Kanat Saudabayev, exchanged frank views on the Zhovtis case reftel A. The Ambassador delivered a strong message on the importance of a transparent appeals process and finding a way forward that [...] | 2009-09-11 09:16:00 | Embassy Astana | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR PHUM OSCE KZ |
09ASTANA1513 | KAZAKHSTAN: KEEPING PERSPECTIVE [...] (C) With the Yevgeniy Zhovtis case -- Zhovtis is the internationally renowned human rights advocate whose most unfortunate auto accident some in the government of Kazakhstan appear to be exploiting -- we can all agree that Kazakhstan has stepped on its tail in a most appalling and old-guard K [...] | 2009-09-11 09:27:00 | Embassy Astana | SECRET | PGOV PREL PHUM KNNP OSCE AF RS KZ |
09ASTANA1514 | KAZAKHSTAN: EXBS ADVISOR'S REPORTING CABLE (AUGUST 2009) [...] Two Kazakhstani Customs Officers, Lieutenant Colonel Marat Kabdushev, and Lieutenant Colonel Abzal Shogelbaev, are participating in the International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP) from August 24 until September 16. 2. In response to a diplomatic note, Dr. Gulnara Eligbayeva, Kazakhstan [...] | 2009-09-11 10:02:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL ETTC MNUC KNNP KSTC KZ |
09ASTANA1516 | KAZAKHSTAN: GOVERNMENT PRESENTS HUMAN RIGHTS ACTION PLAN [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) SUMMARY: The government of Kazakhstan presented its National Human Rights Action plan for 2009-2012 on September 9 at a well-attended event in Astana. Generally considered to be a well-prepared, ambitious document, its impl [...] | 2009-09-11 10:18:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM KZ |
09ASTANA1517 | KAZAKHSTAN: DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER SAYS FUNDING APPROVED [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On September 10, Deputy Prime Minister Yerbol Orenbayev told the Ambassador that the Cabinet approved VAT exemption for all goods and services procured with Cooperative Threat Reduction funds on September 7, and th [...] | 2009-09-11 10:30:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON ENRG EINV KNNP KPAO KZ |
09ASTANA1518 | KAZAKHSTAN: FOREIGN MINISTRY PRESSES HIGH-LEVEL [...] (C) SUMMARY: In recent days, Kazakhstan has proposed an OSCE Summit in 2010 to be co-chaired by Kazakhstan and the United States, repeated its desire to establish a Joint Presidential Commission, and renewed its effort for an Obama-Nazarbayev meeting at the general time of the April 2010 Nuc [...] | 2009-09-13 03:45:00 | Embassy Astana | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR PHUM KNNP KISL OSCE RS KZ |
09ASTANA1522 | KAZAKHSTAN: NO RESPONSE ON UNHCR DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-15 02:20:00 | Embassy Astana | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL KZ |
09ASTANA1525 | KAZAKHSTAN: UPDATE ON HIGH-LEVEL ATTENDANCE AT THE UN [...] The following is a second update on Kazakhstan's high-level attendance at the 64th UN General Assembly (UNGA). Please note that the delegation's composition has changed -- it will now be lead by Kazakhstan's recently-appointed new Foreign Minister Kanat Saudabayev. A. Attendance of the H [...] | 2009-09-15 08:09:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL OTRA OVIP KSEP CVIS UNGA KZ |
09ASTANA1531 | KAZAKHSTAN: FOREIGN MINISTER WILL ATTEND UNGA FOOD [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) On September 15, we delivered the official invitation for the head of Kazakhstan's delegation to the UNGA to attend the meeting on Partnering for Food Security (reftel). On September 16, Zhanar Kulzhanova of the MFA's Inte [...] | 2009-09-16 11:41:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EAID ETRD EAGR UNGA KZ |
09ASTANA1535 | KAZAKHSTAN TO RESUME WTO ACCESSION TALKS SEPARATE FROM [...] (C) SUMMARY: There are signs Kazakhstan might be willing to resume its suspended bilateral WTO accession negotiations. Concluding U.S.-bilateral WTO negotiations would be in our national interest and would enhance Kazakhstan's independence and sovereignty. END SUMMARY. 2. (C) On Septemb [...] | 2009-09-17 06:45:00 | Embassy Astana | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON EFIN WTO RS KZ |
09ASTANA1536 | KAZAKHSTAN LIKELY TO BUZZ ON IRAN [...] (C) During a September 16 meeting with Kazakhstani Deputy Foreign Minister Kairat Umarov, the Ambassador delivered the talking points (ref) urging Kazakhstan to send a strong private message to Iran about its nuclear program, possibly during a bilateral meeting at UNGA. Umarov agreed to pass [...] | 2009-09-17 08:43:00 | Embassy Astana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM MNUC AORC KNNP IAEA UN IR KZ |
09ASTANA1538 | KAZAKHSTAN: ZHOVTIS' LEAD LAWYER COMMENTS ON THE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Convicted human rights advocate Evgeniy Zhovtis' lead lawyer, Vitaliy Voronov, predicts Zhovtis will not be acquitted at his appeal hearing but that his sentence might be reduced. Voronov said he had been told that "someone high up in the government" had triggered the trial by [...] | 2009-09-18 09:24:00 | Embassy Astana | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM OSCE KZ |
09ASTANA1539 | KAZAKHSTAN: CASPIAN SEA SUMMIT [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On September 12, President Nazarbayev hosted the presidents of Russia, Azerbaijan, and Turkmenistan at a private resort in Kenderliy, south of the port city of Aktau in western Kazakhstan. According to press repor [...] | 2009-09-18 10:26:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON EPET EINV IR RS KZ |
09ASTANA1541 | KAZAKHSTAN: A KEY PARTNER ON NON-PROLIFERATION REF: A. A. ASTANA 00607 B. B. ASTANA 01090 C. C. ASTANA 01164 D. D. 08 ASTANA 01867 E. E. 08 ASTANA 01648 F. F. 08 ASTANA 01649 G. G. ASTANA 02232 H. H. ASTANA 00200 I. I. ASTANA 00623 J. J. STATE 76904 K. K. ASTANA 00521 L. L. 08 ASTANA 02298 M. M. 08 ASTANA 02316 N. N. ASTANA 00254 O. O. ASTANA 01536 Classified By: Ambassador Richard E. Hoagland, 1.4 (b/d) [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Kazakhstan is a full and supportive partner of the United States on countering proliferation of weapons of mass destruction (WMDs). Kazakhstan actively participates in many international counter-proliferation organizations. Recently, it sought to enhance its role in non-proliferation [...] | 2009-09-18 11:12:00 | Embassy Astana | SECRET | PARM PGOV PREL ECON MNUC KNNP KZ |
09ASTANA1542 | KAZAKHSTAN: DEMARACHE DELIVERED ON AFGHAN PRESIDENTIAL [...] (C) During a September 16 meeting with Talgat Shaldanbay, Chief of the Middle East Division of the Kazakhstani Ministry of Foreign Affairs, PolOff delivered the talking points (ref) on the Afghan Presidential Election. Shaldanbay agreed to pass the message to appropriate points of contact wit [...] | 2009-09-21 00:57:00 | Embassy Astana | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL NATO AF KZ |
09ASTANA1613 | KAZAKHSTAN: GERMANS HYPER ABOUT BTA RESTRUCTURING MOU [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Germany is highly concerned that BTA bank is about to declare bankruptcy, endangering large investments by the German export credit agency. Our sources in ExIm disagree, and believe a settlement is in the works. [...] | 2009-09-22 10:26:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON EFIN KZ GM UK |
09ASTANA1616 | KAZAKHSTAN: THE COMPLEXITY OF "OPPOSITION MEDIA" [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: During a media roundtable the Ambassador hosted in Almaty, independent and opposition journalists detailed their opinions, concerns, and experiences. It was a useful and informative snapshot, but it wasn't the wh [...] | 2009-09-23 09:45:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR PHUM KPAO KDEM OSCE KZ |
09ASTANA1617 | KAZAKHSTAN: IFTAAR DINNER BUILDS RAPPORT WITH [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-23 10:36:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM SOCI KISL RS KZ |
09ASTANA1618 | KAZAKHSTAN: IFTAAR DINNER BUILDS RAPPORT WITH [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On September 14, the Ambassador hosted an Iftaar dinner for more than 20 prominent Muslim community members, including the Deputy Chairman of the Kazakhstani Muslims' Spiritual Board Muhammad Alsabekov, many Kazak [...] | 2009-09-23 10:37:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM SOCI KISL RS KZ |
09ASTANA1619 | KAZAKHSTAN: INDEPENDENT AND OPPOSITION MEDIA ASK TOUGH [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The Ambassador answered questions from independent and opposition journalists during a media roundtable in Almaty on September 14 (ref A). The lively group, pleased to have an opportunity to express their concern [...] | 2009-09-23 11:02:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM KPAO OSCE KZ |
09ASTANA1620 | KAZAKHSTAN: NEW POWER LINE INCREASES ENERGY INDEPENDENCE [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) SUMMARY: On September 17, Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev attended a ceremony in the northern Kazakhstan city of Ekibastuz to mark the completion of the country's second north-south power transmission line. The [...] | 2009-09-25 06:09:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON ENRG EINV KZ |
09ASTANA1622 | KAZAKHSTAN: CONOCO DISCUSSES TURKMENISTAN, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On September 24, senior executives from ConocoPhillips (COP) briefed the Ambassador on their continued pursuit of a natural gas deal in Turkmenistan, the status of the N Block exploration in Kazakhstan's sector of the Caspian, and concerns about exposure and delays with the Ka [...] | 2009-09-25 08:50:00 | Embassy Astana | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR ECON EINV EPET AJ RS TX KZ |
09ASTANA1626 | KAZAKHSTAN: THE GOVERNMENT'S EVOLVING APPROACH TO BTA [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Kazakhstani financial officials are negotiating with export credit authorities (ECAs) from at least 14 countries, who have demanded sovereign guarantees for debt repayment on several billion in exposure. For seve [...] | 2009-09-28 01:05:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON EFIN GM UK IT KZ |
09ASTANA1627 | KAZAKHSTAN: SCENESETTER FOR DOE DEPUTY SECRETARY PONEMAN [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Embassy Astana warmly welcomes your October 5-8 visit to Kazakhstan, which comes at a particularly opportune time. With its upcoming 2010 chairmanship of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OS [...] | 2009-09-28 01:55:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON ENRG EPET EINV KZ |
09ASTANA1628 | KAZAKHSTAN: THE TANGLED WEB OF (NON)TRUE TRADE FINANCE AT [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: While ECAs represented on the BTA steering committee appear to be finding a compromise (reftel),Alliance Bank has recently reneged on a commitment to separate the restructuring options for trade finance due to pr [...] | 2009-09-28 02:00:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON EFIN KZ |
09ASTANA167 | KAZAKHSTAN: REQUEST FOR APPROVAL OF EXTENSION OF PROGRAM [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) This is an Action Request. Please see para 3. 3. (SBU) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST: According to the USAID Economic Contagion Tracker released in January, Kazakhstan is one of only three CIS countries that is listed as a R [...] | 2009-01-28 11:07:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EAID ECON KZ |
09ASTANA169 | KAZAKHSTAN: SOUTH KOREANS SEEKING INVESTMENTS, BUT GLOBAL [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Poloff met several times in January with South Korean Embassy First Secretary Lee Jooil and Second Secretary Lee Moon-bae to discuss economic relations between Kazakhstan and Korea. They explained that overall bi [...] | 2009-01-28 11:15:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON EINV ENRG EPET KS CH KZ |
09ASTANA1693 | KAZAKHSTAN: ZHOVTIS DETERMINED TO KEEP FIGHTING [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Convicted human rights advocate Yevgeniy Zhovtis told the visiting First Deputy Director of the Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) on September 19 that he does not want any special treatme [...] | 2009-09-28 07:09:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM OSCE KZ |
09ASTANA1694 | KAZAKHSTAN: REGIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL CENTER FOR CENTRAL [...] SUMMARY: The Regional Environmental Center for Central Asia (CAREC),founded in 1998 by the five countries of Central Asia, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP),and the European Commission (EC),has a mandate to promote regional dialogue and cooperation across a wide range of envir [...] | 2009-09-28 09:13:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ECON SENV SOCI KDEM KZ |
09ASTANA173 | KAZAKHSTAN: KOREANS SHARE U.S. VIEWS ON MADRID COMMITMENT [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Poloff met several times in January with South Korean Embassy First Secretary Lee Jooil and Second Secretary Lee Moon-bae to discuss political and cultural relations between Kazakhstan and South Korea. South Kore [...] | 2009-01-29 09:49:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR SOCI SCUL KDEM KIRF KS KZ |
09ASTANA1744 | KAZAKHSTAN: NATIONAL BANK CHAIRMAN FORESEES 2010 [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: At a meeting with the Ambassador on September 28, Chairman of the National Bank Grigoriy Marchenko predicted economic recovery would begin early in 2010, following restructuring of BTA Bank. He foresees 2-3% grow [...] | 2009-09-30 10:39:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON EFIN KZ |
09ASTANA175 | KAZAKHSTAN: PEACE CORPS VOLUNTEER ACCEPTS MFA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Peace Corps Volunteer Anthony Sharp has accepted the proposal made by MFA Americas Department head Talgat Kaliyev for resolving his criminal case -- specifically, that after a brief closed trial, Sharp will be found guilty, given a suspended sentence, and immediately deported fro [...] | 2009-01-29 11:12:00 | Embassy Astana | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL CASC KZ |
09ASTANA1761 | KAZAKHSTAN: POLITICAL ANALYST DISCUSESS "HAWKS AND DOVES" [...] (C) SUMMARY: Independent political analyst XXXXXXXXXXXX believes that the elites surrounding President Nazarbayev are split into two camps -- the "hawks" and the "doves." The hawks, or the "old guard," believe that the international community can do little but accept Kazakhstan "as is" becaus [...] | 2009-10-02 05:27:00 | Embassy Astana | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR PHUM SOCI KDEM KZ |
09ASTANA1762 | KAZAKHSTAN: THE ABLYAZOV FACTOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: Former CEO of Bank Turan Alem (BTA) Mukhtar Ablyazov is accused of having embezzled at least $1.1 billion from BTA before fleeing to London on February 3. Ablyazov reportedly plans an international public relations campaignm with two goals: 1) to rebrand himself as the persecut [...] | 2009-10-02 06:26:00 | Embassy Astana | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON EFIN KCOR OSCE UK KZ |
09ASTANA1766 | KAZAKHSTAN DESIGNATES "HOT-LINE" POC FOR OSCE [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) During his May 4 meeting with Secretary Clinton in Washington, then Foreign Minister Marat Tazhin suggested that both the United States and Kazakhstan establish a metaphorical hot line -- i.e., a single point of contact on [...] | 2009-10-02 08:36:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL OSCE KZ |
09ASTANA1767 | KAZAKHSTAN HAS NO PROBLEM WITH INAUGURAL FLIGHT OF [...] (C) On October 2, the Ambassador informed Kazakhstan's Security Council Secretary and Assistant to the President, Marat Tazhin, that the inaugural flight of the U.S.-Russia transit agreement would likely occur on October 5 (reftel). The Ambassador emphasized that the U.S. government is mainta [...] | 2009-10-02 10:07:00 | Embassy Astana | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL RU KZ KG UA PL |
09ASTANA1770 | CURRENT U.S.-KAZAKHSTANI NON-PROLIFERATION PROGRAMS [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-02 12:12:00 | Embassy Astana | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PARM ECON MNUC KNNP KZ |
09ASTANA1772 | KAZAKHSTAN: FM SAUDABAYEV ON IRAN, OSCE SUMMIT, [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a meeting with the Ambassador on October 5, State Secretary and Foreign Minister Kanat Saudabayev: -- reaffirmed that Kazakhstan fully supports the U.S. position on Iran and reported that he personally had made the case to Foreign Minister Manoucher Motakki -- "based on [...] | 2009-10-05 08:52:00 | Embassy Astana | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PARM MNUC MARR KNNP OSCE UZ KZ |
09ASTANA1774 | KAZAKHSTAN AND AZERBAIJAN SIGN ENERGY AGREEMENTS [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On October 2, during President Nazarbayev's visit to Baku, the national oil companies of Kazakhstan and Azerbaijan signed three documents on energy cooperation. The agreements do not preclude the participation of [...] | 2009-10-05 10:12:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON EPET EINV AZ KZ |
09ASTANA1775 | KAZAKHSTAN: CHINA INVESTS ANOTHER $1 BILLION IN [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) SUMMARY: On September 30, the China Investment Corporation (CIC),China's sovereign wealth fund, announced that it had purchased an 11% stake in KazMunaiGas Exploration and Production (KMG EP),the operating branch of Kazakh [...] | 2009-10-06 01:01:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON EPET EINV KZ |
09ASTANA1807 | KAZAKHSTAN: CIVIL SOCIETY URGES VIGILANCE ON HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Civil society activists are expressing concern about what they see as Kazakhstan's "conservative shift" on political liberalization, pointing specifically to the recent conviction of human rights activist Yevgeniy [...] | 2009-10-06 09:10:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM OSCE KZ |
09ASTANA1809 | KAZAKHSTAN: EXBS ADVISOR'S REPORTING CABLE (SEPTEMBER [...] September 1-10, EXBS Advisor Paul Shott processed into Embassy Astana and conducted office turnover with departing EXBS Advisor Robert Colbert. 2. September 15, EXBS Advisor and administrative assistant met with the Chairman and Deputy Chairman of the Customs Control Committee. The Chairma [...] | 2009-10-07 00:54:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL ETTC MNUC KNNP KSTC KZ |
09ASTANA1813 | KAZAKHSTAN: U.S.-KAZAKHSTAN JOINT ENERGY PARTNERSHIP [...] (U) On October 7-8, the United States and Kazakhstan held the sixth meeting of the U.S.-Kazakhstan Energy Partnership. Four working groups -- nuclear security and nuclear power, oil and gas, renewable energy and energy efficiency, and electric power -- took place. After chairing a plenary se [...] | 2009-10-09 10:36:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ECON ENRG EPET MNUC KNNP KPAO KZ |
09ASTANA1814 | KAZAKHSTAN: U.S.-KAZAKHSTAN ENERGY PARTNERSHIP MEETING [...] (U) On October 7-8, the United States and Kazakhstan held the sixth meeting of the U.S.-Kazakhstan Energy Partnership. Four working groups -- nuclear security and nuclear power, oil and gas, renewable energy and energy efficiency, and electric power -- took place. After chairing a plenary se [...] | 2009-10-09 10:37:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ECON ENRG EPET MNUC KNNP KZ |
09ASTANA1816 | KAZAKHSTAN: ALMATY NOTES -- ZHOVTIS' CASE DISCUSSED ON [...] The "Almaty Notes" series is intended to maintain focus on developments in civil society, the media, and the opposition in Almaty, Kazakhstan's "southern capital." For this edition, we review how the local media and civil society have reacted to the conviction of leading human rights activist [...] | 2009-10-13 02:31:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM SOCI KZ |
09ASTANA184 | KAZAKAHSTAN WILL ATTEMPT TO ADVOCATE FOR MANAS [...] (C) As instructed reftel, Embassy Astana attempted to communicate talking points to the highest possible level. Presidential Foreign Policy Adviser Khairat Sarybay is in Davos, Switzerland, at the World Economic Forum with President Nursultan Nazarbayev. Foreign Minister Marat Tazhin is in A [...] | 2009-01-30 08:53:00 | Embassy Astana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR RS KG KZ |
09ASTANA1840 | KAZAKHSTAN: CENTRAL REFERENCE LABORATORY [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) During the October 7-8 visit of Deputy Secretary of Energy Daniel Poneman to Astana, Special Assistant to the Secretary of Defense Andrew Weber asked several Kazakhstani officials to designate a single government entity to [...] | 2009-10-13 05:07:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL TBIO KZ |
09ASTANA1842 | KAZAKHSTAN FY 2010 COUNTRY TEAM ASSESSMENT OF 1206 FUNDING [...] SUMMARY: The Ambassador and Embassy Astana's Country Team approve the Kazakhstan Fiscal Year 2010 1206 funding proposal. The proposals are for equipment and training for the Kazakhstan Peacekeeping Brigade (KAZBRIG) of the Airmobile Forces Command and the Air Defense Forces. The proposal fo [...] | 2009-10-13 06:30:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL MASS MCAP PARM EAID KOMC KZ |
09ASTANA1843 | KAZAKHSTAN PRESSES AGAIN ON OSCE SUMMIT, ANNUAL [...] (C) To follow up on the October 7-8 visit to Astana by Deputy Secretary of Energy Daniel Poneman, the Ambassador met on October 12 with Deputy Foreign Kairat Umarov to seek clarification how the Foreign Ministry would coordinate Kazakhstan's inter-agency process to designate a single lead ent [...] | 2009-10-13 08:12:00 | Embassy Astana | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL OSCE RS CH AF KZ |
09ASTANA1844 | KAZAKHSTAN: REQUEST FOR SECTION 1004 COUNTERNARCOTICS [...] Embassy Astana Country Team and Deputy Chief of Mission have approved the Kazakhstan FY10 request for DOD support under Section 1004 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1991, as amended for support concerning the Government of Kazakhstan Counternarcotics (CN) effort. 2. Emb [...] | 2009-10-13 09:15:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL MASS MCAP PARM EAID KOMC KZ |
09ASTANA1853 | KAZAKHSTAN: DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER REQUESTS MEETING WITH [...] SUMMARY: Deputy Prime Minister Yerbol Orenbayev would like to meet in Washington the last week of November with Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius to seek linkages between the National Institutes of Health and Kazakhstan's new national university. We encourage this meet [...] | 2009-10-15 10:24:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL OEXC SOCI KZ |
09ASTANA1856 | KAZAKHSTAN: NEW AFGHANISTAN ASSISTANCE AGENCY? [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On October 14, Talgat Kaliyev, head of the Kazakhstani Ministry of Foreign Affairs' new policy planning staff, told the DCM that with FM Saudabayev's endorsement, he is exploring plans to establish a bureau within [...] | 2009-10-16 02:09:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EAID SOCI AF KZ |
09ASTANA1857 | KAZAKHSTAN: GEARING UP INSTITUTIONALLY FOR OSCE [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: During lunch on October 15, Doulat Kuanyshev, Kazakhstan's Ambassador-at-Large for OSCE Issues, described Kazakhstan's special state commission for the OSCE and again pressed the Ambassador for an OSCE summit in 2 [...] | 2009-10-16 05:05:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL OSCE AF RS KZ |
09ASTANA1858 | KAZAKHSTAN: ENERGY DEPUTY SECRETARY PONEMAN BRIEFED ON [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On October 6, during the visit of French President Nicolas Sarkozy to Astana, the government of Kazakhstan signed a memorandum of understanding with a consortium of French companies to study construction of a 730- [...] | 2009-10-16 05:19:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON EPET EINV FR KZ |
09ASTANA1886 | KAZAKHSTAN: DEPUTY SECRETARY OF ENERGY'S BILATERALS [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Deputy Secretary of Energy Daniel Poneman discussed cooperation on counter-proliferation and peaceful nuclear energy production with several of Kazakhstan's most influential non-proliferation policymakers during h [...] | 2009-10-19 05:03:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PGOV PREL ECON MNUC KNNP KZ |
09ASTANA1891 | KAZAKHSTAN: WORLD BANK OFFICIAL DISCUSSES REGIONAL [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On October 7, the DCM met Motoo Konishi, the World Bank's Regional Representative for Central Asia, who described his surprisingly positive views on each Central Asian country's economic situation, the potential i [...] | 2009-10-20 05:18:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON ENRG EAGR ECIN EINV KZ |
09ASTANA1897 | KAZAKHSTAN: COURT UPHOLDS ZHOVTIS' CONVICTION [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On October 20, the Almaty Oblast Court upheld the conviction and four-year sentence of prominent human rights defender Yevgeniy Zhovtis on charges of vehicular manslaughter. Over 100 observers attended the hearing [...] | 2009-10-21 08:56:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM KZ |
09ASTANA1898 | KAZAKHSTAN: COURT UPHOLDS ZHOVTIS' CONVICTION [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On October 20, the Almaty Oblast Court upheld the conviction and four-year sentence of prominent human rights defender Yevgeniy Zhovtis on charges of vehicular manslaughter. Over 100 observers attended the hearing [...] | 2009-10-21 09:04:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM KZ |
09ASTANA1899 | KAZAKHSTAN: BLUNT TALK TO DEPUTY FOREIGN [...] (C) On October 20, an hour after a provincial appeals court upheld the conviction of human rights advocate Yevgeniy Zhovtis and affirmed his four-year sentence to a penal colony for vehicular manslaughter (septel),I pulled aside Deputy Foreign Minister Kairat Umararov at the Slovak National D [...] | 2009-10-21 09:06:00 | Embassy Astana | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM OSCE KZ |
09ASTANA1900 | KAZAKHSTAN: DEPUTY SECRETARY OF ENERGY PONEMAN'S MEETING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During a meeting between Deputy Secretary of Energy Daniel Poneman and Prime Minister Karim Masimov in Astana on October 8: -- Poneman urged rapid forward movement on the final steps for the full decommissioning of the BN-350 fast-breeder nuclear reactor at Aktau, as well as [...] | 2009-10-21 09:16:00 | Embassy Astana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ENRG KNNP FR IR KZ |
09ASTANA1901 | KAZAKHSTAN: DEPUTY SECRETARY OF ENERGY PONEMAN'S MEETING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: During an unusually warm and cordial meeting between Deputy Secretary of Energy Daniel Poneman and State Secretary-Foreign Minister Kanat Saudabayev in Astana on October 7: -- Poneman pressed Kazakhstan to commit the required funding to finish fully the final step [...] | 2009-10-21 09:17:00 | Embassy Astana | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON ENRG EPET KNNP IAEA IR KZ |
09ASTANA1902 | KAZAKHSTAN: U.S. DEPUTY SECRETARY OF ENERGY DISCUSSES [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On October 6, U.S. Deputy Secretary of Energy Daniel Poneman met Mangystau Oblast Akim (governor) Krymbek Kusherbayev to discuss U.S.-Kazakhstani energy and non-proliferation projects in western Kazakhstan. Ponem [...] | 2009-10-21 09:22:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PGOV PREL ECON MNUC SOCI KNNP AJ RS TX KZ |
09ASTANA1903 | KAZAKHSTAN: PRESIDENTIAL ADVISOR LETS LOOSE ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: On October 20, the DCM met with Presidential Advisor Yermukhamed Yertysbayev, who explained his views on the development of democracy in Kazakhstan, presidential power, and the Human Dimension Implementation Meeting (HDIM) in Warsaw, September 28-October 9. Yertysbayev also disc [...] | 2009-10-21 10:07:00 | Embassy Astana | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM OSCE KZ |
09ASTANA1904 | KAZAKHSTAN: KAZENERGY VERSUS KIOGE [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: This fall, two major energy conferences in Kazakhstan clashed head-on. On September 24-25, the KazEnergy business association, chaired by Timur Kulibayev, President Nursultan Nazarbayev's son-in-law, held its fou [...] | 2009-10-22 00:48:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON EINV EPET KZ |
09ASTANA191 | KAZAKHSTAN: DETAINED NEWSPAPER EDITOR YESERGEPOV [...] (C) SUMMARY: Media reports link Ramazan Yesergepov, the Editor-in-Chief of "Alma-Ata Info" newspaper who has been detained and charged with disseminating classified information, with an unsavory business tycoon, Sultan Makhmadov. One of Makhmadov's companies is under investigation for tax [...] | 2009-02-02 10:26:00 | Embassy Astana | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM KPAO KZ |
09ASTANA1914 | KAZAKHSTAN: "BIG FRIEND" MEDDLES AGAINST U.S. [...] (C) SUMMARY: Deputy Foreign Minister Kairat Umarov suggested on October 21 that disinformation from Russian intelligence played a role in Yevgeniy Zhovtis' conviction and prison sentence being upheld. He also said that Russian intelligence is getting the word to President Nazarbayev that th [...] | 2009-10-22 07:07:00 | Embassy Astana | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR PHUM MARR KDEM OSCE RS UZ KZ |
09ASTANA1916 | KAZAKHSTAN: NGOS GIVE GOVERNMENT A PASSING GRADE AT HDIM [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: We interviewed several outspoken NGO participants of the Organization for Security and Cooperation and Security (OSCE) Human Dimension Implementation Meeting (HDIM) in Warsaw to check reports that members of the Kaz [...] | 2009-10-22 09:38:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM OSCE KZ |
09ASTANA1919 | KAZAKHSTAN: MEDIA REACTION ON HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVIST [...] SUMMARY: On October 20, an Almaty regional court upheld the conviction of prominent Kazakhstani human rights activist Yevgeniy Zhovtis on charges of vehicular manslaughter (reftel). Most major pro-government and government-controlled news outlets did not report the story. Notable among thos [...] | 2009-10-23 10:34:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO KZ |
09ASTANA192 | KAZAKHSTAN: MEDIA REACTION, JANUARY 24-30 [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) SUMMARY: Kazakhstani media focused during the week of January 24-30 on President Nazarbayev's trip to Davos and his comments on how the global economy needs an international currency to replace the dollar. Analytical writer [...] | 2009-02-02 10:26:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL EFIN MARR KMDR KPAO KG KZ |
09ASTANA1920 | KAZAKHSTAN: PLANS FOR THE NATIONAL SULFUR STORAGE CENTER [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: As Kazakhstan continues to debate sulfur storage, the Caspiy Socially Responsible Corporation has contracted feasibility and technical studies for the government's planned National Sulfur Storage Center (NSSC) in [...] | 2009-10-26 07:58:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON EINV EPET SENV KZ |
09ASTANA1921 | KAZAKHSTAN: SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE PANDITH HEARS FROM [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: During her first overseas trip as Special Representative to Muslim Communities, Farah Pandith visited Kazakhstan October 12-13. In Astana, Muslim civil society leaders told her that Kazakhs are "a different kind of [...] | 2009-10-27 04:39:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM PGOV KISL KIRF OIC OSCE KZ |
09ASTANA1935 | KAZAKHSTAN: SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE PANDITH SPEAKS TO [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: During her October 13 visit to Almaty, Special Representative to Muslim Communities (SRMC) Farah Pandith broke new ground by visiting Kazakhstan's only Islamic University and engaging the students in a lively discuss [...] | 2009-10-28 00:49:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM PGOV KISM KIRF OSCE KZ |
09ASTANA1945 | KAZAKHSTAN: NUCLEAR SUMMIT SHERPA AND SOUS-SHERPA [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) Per reftel, on October 28, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs informed Post that Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Kairat Umarov will represent Kazakhstan as Sherpa at the Nuclear Security Summit Sherpa meeting in Tokyo on De [...] | 2009-10-30 09:57:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PTER ENRG KNNP TRGY IAEA KZ |
09ASTANA1947 | KAZAKHSTAN'S CSIS OSCE SEMINAR REINFORCES THE CHALLENGE OF [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The U.S. Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) and the Institute for New Democracies, as part of a year-long joint project with the government of Kazakhstan, brought together in Astana on October 2 [...] | 2009-11-02 07:24:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL OSCE RS KZ |
09ASTANA1949 | KAZAKHSTAN: DAS KROL REVIEWS PPEPI, OTHER ECONOMIC ISSUES [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Deputy Assistant Secretary George Krol and National Security Council Director for Central Asia Kurt Donnelly met Deputy Prime Minister Yerbol Orynbayev on October 30, primarily to review the structure, goals, and i [...] | 2009-11-03 00:41:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON EINV KZ |
09ASTANA1950 | KAZAKHSTAN: DAS KROL DISCUSSES OSCE WITH DEPUTY FOREIGN [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Deputy Foreign Minister Konstantin Zhigalov told SCA DAS George Krol and NSC's Director for Central Asia Kurt Donnelly on October 29 that as OSCE Chairman, Kazakhstan will be "unbiased" and "equally fulfill all thre [...] | 2009-11-03 02:30:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM OSCE KZ |
09ASTANA1951 | KAZAKHSTAN: SCA DAS KROL DISCUSSES BILATERAL RELATIONSHIP [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: During an October 29 meeting, Deputy Foreign Minister Kairat Umarov, SCA Deputy Assistant Secretary George Krol, and NSC's Director for Central Asia Kurt Donnelly discussed the upcoming Global Nuclear Security Su [...] | 2009-11-03 02:48:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM ENRG KNNP OSCE KZ |
09ASTANA1952 | KAZAKHSTAN: DAS KROL DISCUSSES HUMAN RIGHTS ACTION PLAN [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The Chairman of the President's Human Rights Commission, Sagynbek Tursunov, asserted to Deputy Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs George Krol and NSC Central Asia Director Kurt Donnelly on Octob [...] | 2009-11-03 02:49:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM OSCE KZ |
09ASTANA1954 | KAZAKHSTAN: MFA APPROVES STATUS CHANGE TO CONSULATE [...] On November 3, Embassy Astana received a diplomatic note from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs confirming that the government of Kazakhstan does not object to the United States designating Embassy Branch Office Almaty as Consulate General Almaty. Post seeks Department approval to announce this [...] | 2009-11-03 07:20:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ODIP AFIN AMGT ASEC ABUD ABLD KZ |
09ASTANA1957 | KAZAKHSTAN: DEMARCHE RESPONSE ON PRIORITIES FOR THE UN [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) On November 3, PolOff met with Assel Utegenova, the head of MFA's Cultural and Humanitarian Cooperation Division, to deliver reftel points on U.S. priorities for UN General Assembly Third Committee session. Utegenova said th [...] | 2009-11-04 07:30:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL UN KZ |
09ASTANA1966 | KAZAKHSTAN: DEMARCHE RESPONSE ON GOLDSTONE REPORT [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) On November 3, PolOff met with Assel Utegenova, head of MFA's Cultural and Humanitarian Cooperation Division, to deliver reftel points on the upcoming General Assembly debate on the Report of the UN Fact-Finding Mission on th [...] | 2009-11-04 10:44:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM PTER KPAL IS KZ |
09ASTANA1967 | KAZAHKSTAN: DAS KROL COMPARES NOTES WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: SCA DAS George Krol met with Security Council Deputy Chairman Marat Shaikhutdinov in Astana on October 29. Their meeting was a refreshingly open "exchange of views," in which Shaikhutdinov, hand-picked from the Foreign Ministry by Security Council Chairman Marat Tazhin, asserte [...] | 2009-11-05 03:45:00 | Embassy Astana | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR MARR SNAR CH RS AF ZK |
09ASTANA1978 | KAZAKHSTAN: ZHOVTIS CASE -- LEGAL OPTIONS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: This cable summarizes the legal options available to Yevgeniy Zhovtis. Zhovtis' next legal step is to request a review by a judicial panel, which could order a new trial or dismiss the case entirely if it finds procedural irregularities in the case. The Supreme Court cannot r [...] | 2009-11-06 10:23:00 | Embassy Astana | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM SOCI KDEM KZ |
09ASTANA198 | KAZAKHSTAN: PRIME MINISTER MASIMOV REQUESTS CLEAR MESSAGE [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Karim Masimov told the Ambassador on February 3 that he needs a clear message from the United States that Kazakhstan is welcome in the WTO in order to "slow down" the Russian-Belarus-Kazakhstan custom [...] | 2009-02-03 10:16:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON ETRD EFIN ELAB EPET AF KZ |
09ASTANA1982 | KAZAKHSTAN: CUSTOMS OFFICIALS PREPARE FOR CUSTOMS UNION [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On November 4, Kazakhstani Deputy Chairman of the Customs Control Committee of the Ministry of Finance Serzhan Duisebayev told EconOff that the government will likely approve several long-anticipated amendments to [...] | 2009-11-10 05:19:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON ETRD KIPR RS BO KZ |
09ASTANA1983 | KAZAKHSTAN: DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER EVALUATES PPEPI [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On November 6, the Ambassador, USAID's Mission Director for Central Asia, and the American Chamber of Commerce in Kazakhstan's Executive Director discussed the U.S.-Kazakhstan Public Private Economic Partnership I [...] | 2009-11-10 06:33:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EAID ECON EINV KZ |
09ASTANA200 | KAZAKHSTAN: NEW OIL AND URANIUM DEALS WITH INDIA [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On January 23-26, at the invitation of Indian President Pratibha Patil, President Nazarbayev, accompanied by more than 100 state and private business representatives, paid an official visit to India, seven years a [...] | 2009-02-03 10:38:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ECON EPET ENRG EINV EMIN KNNP IN KZ |
09ASTANA2000 | SECURITY COUNCIL SECRETARY ON NON-PROLIFERATION AND OTHER SECURITY ISSUES [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-12 06:12:00 | Embassy Astana | SECRET | PGOV PREL PINR MARR KNNP RS AF KZ |
09ASTANA2003 | KAZAKHSTAN: EXBS ADVISOR'S REPORTING CABLE (OCTOBER [...] October 8, EXBS Advisor had his initial meeting with Border Guard leadership. The Deputy Chairman was unavailable so the meeting was chaired by Admiral Kenzhebergen Abikeyev, Commander of the Kazakhstan Maritime Border Guards. Admiral Abikeyev welcomed the advisor and thanked him for all the [...] | 2009-11-12 08:53:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL ETTC MNUC KNNP KSTC KZ |
09ASTANA2004 | KAZAKHSTAN: STAFFDEL WOOLFORK HEARS VIEWS ON KAZAKHSTAN'S [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On November 11, Staffdel Woolfork met with DCMs from several European embassies, who said that Kazakhstan has made some progress on liberalization, but it needs to do more. The Spanish DCM said Spain will not suppo [...] | 2009-11-12 09:50:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM OSCE KZ |
09ASTANA2005 | KAZAKHSTAN: CHEVRON CEO DISCUSSES MEETINGS WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: Chevron's current and incoming CEOs, Dave O'Reilly and John Watson, briefed the Ambassador on November 11, following their meeting earlier that day with President Nazarbayev. Jay Johnson, Director of Chevron's Eurasia Business Unit, and amira Kanapianova, Country Director for K [...] | 2009-11-12 10:17:00 | Embassy Astana | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON EINV EPET RS TX KZ |
09ASTANA2006 | KAZAKHSTAN: SCENESETTER FOR FBI DIRECTOR ROBERT S. [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Embassy Astana warmly welcomes your November 17-18 visit to Kazakhstan. Kazakhstan has proven to be an increasingly reliable security partner and a steady influence in a potentially turbulent region. Although Ka [...] | 2009-11-13 05:56:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINS SOCI KZ |
09ASTANA2007 | MINISTER OF ENERGY ON BN-350, SEMIPALATINSK AND ALATAU [...] (S) SUMMARY: On November 12, the Ambassador discussed non-proliferation issues, specifically the transfer of BN-350 spent-fuel and the Semipalatinsk and Alatau projects, with Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources Sauat Mynbayev. The Minister welcomed further cooperation on BN-350 security [...] | 2009-11-13 06:29:00 | Embassy Astana | SECRET | PGOV PREL PINR ECON EPET MARR KNNP IT TU KZ |
09ASTANA2008 | KAZAKHSTAN: OSCE SYG HEARS SUMMIT IS NAZARBAYEV'S TOP [...] (SBU) This is an action request. See para seven. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: According to the deputy head of the Astana OSCE Center, Kazakhstan's desire to organize a summit of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) during its 2010 chairmanship was the main topic of discuss [...] | 2009-11-13 07:49:00 | Embassy Astana | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL OSCE KDEM KZ |
09ASTANA2026 | KAZAKHSTAN: ENERGY, EDUCATION, AND EXPECTATIONS IN [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Mud, oil, gas, and ambition blend to form the strange clay that molds the Western Kazakhstani city of Atyrau. In a three-day visit from November 5-7, DCM, Energy Officer, and local staff met with the Deputy Gover [...] | 2009-11-13 08:41:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON EINV EPET EAID SOCI KDEM KWMN KZ |
09ASTANA2027 | KAZAKHSTAN: INVESTING IN ATYRAU [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: During two trips to Atyrau November 5-10, Energy Officer met with U.S. and international companies doing business in the region to discuss their opinion of Atyrau's investment climate. They said the region is led [...] | 2009-11-16 01:44:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON EINV EPET KZ |
09ASTANA2050 | KAZAKHSTAN: PREPARATIONS FOR DFM UMAROV'S VISIT -- [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 12. 2. (S) SUMMARY: At the request of Kazakhstan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA),PolOff met on November 13 with the Director of the Multilateral Cooperation Department, Barlybai Sadykov, whose Department is responsible for all non- [...] | 2009-11-17 11:10:00 | Embassy Astana | SECRET | PARM PGOV PINR PREL KNNP START IR RS UP UZ KZ |
09ASTANA2051 | KAZAKHSTAN STILL MULLING UN IRAN RESOLUTION [...] (SBU) On November 17, PolOff met with Assel Utegenova, head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Cultural and Humanitarian Cooperation Division, to deliver reftel points on country-specific resolutions at the United Nations. Utegenova conveyed that Kazakhstan is still considering its position [...] | 2009-11-18 07:27:00 | Embassy Astana | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM UNGA PREL IR KZ |
09ASTANA2053 | KAZAKHSTAN: SUBSTANCE BEFORE SUMMIT [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: During a November 16 dinner, representatives from the Embassies of Italy, Spain, the UK, and the Netherlands reasserted that their governments' insistence on substance before they commit to a 2010 OSCE Summit. Se [...] | 2009-11-19 01:54:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL OSCE KZ |
09ASTANA2061 | KAZAKHSTAN: MFA DIPNOTE ON NOAA CONTRACT EMPLOYEE [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 5. 2. (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 3. (SBU) Embassy Astana has received the following diplomatic note from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs concerning the status of Mamilov, alledged to be a contract emplo [...] | 2009-11-19 09:10:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL SENV KZ |
09ASTANA2064 | KAZAKHSTAN: [...] (C) SUMMARY: On November 18, deputy head of the Astana OSCE Center further briefed the CDA on the November 12 visit to Astana of the Secretary General of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) Marc Perrin de Brichambaut. President Nazarbayev is prepared to personally [...] | 2009-11-19 10:03:00 | Embassy Astana | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL OSCE KZ |
09ASTANA2065 | KAZAKHSTAN: NAZARBAYEV TO PERSONALLY LOBBY FOR SUMMIT [...] (C) SUMMARY: On November 18, deputy head of the Astana OSCE Center further briefed the CDA on the November 12 visit to Astana of the Secretary General of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) Marc Perrin de Brichambaut. President Nazarbayev is prepared to personally [...] | 2009-11-19 10:21:00 | Embassy Astana | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL OSCE KZ |
09ASTANA2066 | KAZAKHSTAN: DEPUTY SECRETARY OF NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL [...] (S) SUMMARY: On November 12, Deputy Director of the Marshall Center, Dr. James MacDougall, met with Kazakhstan's Deputy Secretary of the National Security Council (NSC),Marat Shaikhutdinov, to discuss continued support for participation in Marshall Center programs. Shaikhutdinov -- and form [...] | 2009-11-19 10:29:00 | Embassy Astana | SECRET | PGOV PREL PINR MARR CH RS UZ KZ |
09ASTANA2067 | KAZAKHSTAN TO SUPPORT U.S. CANDIDACY FOR IMO [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) On November 20, Rimma Zhunussova of the MFA's UN office told PolOff that Kazakhstan will support the U.S. candidacy for re-election to Category A membership in the International Maritime Organization Council (ref A and B). S [...] | 2009-11-20 07:54:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL AORC EWWT PHSA IMO KZ |
09ASTANA2069 | KAZAKHSTAN: METEOROLOGICAL AGENCY WANTS [...] Regional Environmental Officer (REO) met with First Deputy Director General of the Ministry of Environment's Department for Hydro-Meteorological Service (KazHydroMet),Kuanysh Bektemirov, on November 20 to discuss future cooperation between KazKydroMet and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric [...] | 2009-11-20 11:15:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL SENV KZ |
09ASTANA2070 | KAZAKHSTANI RAILWAY OFFICIALS COMMIT TO BN-350 DRY-RUN [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On November 19, U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) representative met with officials from Kazakhstan's Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources (MEMR) and Kazakhstan Temir Zholy (KTZh) -- the national railway company a [...] | 2009-11-20 11:24:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KNNP MNUC RS KZ |
09ASTANA2071 | U.S.-KAZAKHSTANI MILITARY ENGAGEMENT PROGRAMS SUPPORT [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: U.S.-Kazakhstani Bilateral Defense Consultations, held in Washington and Arizona November 16-18, discussed how to sustain and strengthen cooperative U.S.-Kazakhstani military-to-military engagement. Key topics during Kazakhstan's Deputy Minister of Defense Sembinov's meetings [...] | 2009-11-23 00:40:00 | Embassy Astana | SECRET | PGOV PREL MARR KZ |
09ASTANA2072 | KAZAKHSTAN: OIL PRODUCTION PLANS AT THE SUPERGIANT FIELDS [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The DCM and Energy Officer visited Atyrau, toured the Tengiz oil field, and met with senior government officials and energy executives in November. Previous reports about the visit (ref A and B) have discussed th [...] | 2009-11-23 05:53:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON EINV EPET KZ |
09ASTANA2073 | KAZAKHSTAN AGREES TO PROVIDE ASSURANCES REQUIRED FOR [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) On November 17, Post received Diplomatic Note 10-2/4116 from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan. It assures the U.S. government that the technology proposed for transfer by Westinghouse Electric Com [...] | 2009-11-23 06:54:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PGOV PREL ENRG KNNP TRGY KZ |
09ASTANA2083 | KAZAKHSTAN: FBI-PROSECUTOR GENERAL MEMORANDUM OF [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On November 17, U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation Director Robert S. Mueller III and Kazakhstani Prosecutor General Kairat Mami signed a Memorandum of Understanding on law enforcement cooperation in Astana, whi [...] | 2009-11-24 00:45:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINS SOCI KZ |
09ASTANA209 | KAZAKHSTAN'S URANIUM MARKET: KEY PLAYERS, PLANS, AND [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On January 15-16, Energy Officer met with top managers of Kazakhstan's state nuclear company Kazatomprom (KAP) and its foreign partners in Almaty, Kazakhstan's commercial hub. They discussed the role of internati [...] | 2009-02-04 10:22:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EMIN ENRG EINV ELAB KNNP KZ |
09ASTANA2090 | ALL IN A DAY'S WORK: KAZAKHSTANI FOREIGN MINISTER IN [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On November 22, State Secretary-Foreign Minister Kanat Saudabayev traveled to Kabul to discuss bilateral cooperation with Afghan President Hamid Karzai and unveil Kazakhstan's 2009-2011 assistance package. Saudab [...] | 2009-11-24 09:27:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON EAID OSCE AF KZ |
09ASTANA2094 | KAZAKHSTAN: PRESIDENT'S EID AL-ADHA MESSAGE DELIVERED [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) On November 25, we passed to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs President Obama's Eid Al-Adha message to President Nazarbayev under cover of a Diplomatic Note. SPRATLEN [...] | 2009-11-25 09:14:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OPDC PREL KZ |
09ASTANA2095 | KAZAKHSTANI UIGHUR GROUPS REFUSE TO SING AND DANCE IN [...] (S) SUMMARY: Following unrest in July and August in China's Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region (XUAR),Kazakhstan's ethnic Uighurs -- one of the largest and fastest growing ethnic groups in Kazakhstan and an important political force -- criticized the Chinese government and staged a large prote [...] | 2009-11-25 11:30:00 | Embassy Astana | SECRET | PGOV PHUM PREL PINR SOCI KDEM CH KZ |
09ASTANA2098 | KAZAKHSTAN: NOMINATION FOR INTERNATIONAL WOMAN OF COURAGE [...] In response to ref A, Post submits the following nomination for the International Woman of Courage award: NAME: Galina Morozova TITLE: President ORAGANIZATION: NGO Feminist League DATE AND PLACE OF BIRTH: 15-Apr-1949, Russia ID NUMBER: 000813104 LANGUAGES: Russian ADDRESS: 107, Lubov She [...] | 2009-11-30 09:32:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM SMIG SOCI KPAO KTIP KWMN KZ |
09ASTANA2099 | KAZAKHSTAN: PRESIDENTIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP SUMMIT [...] (U) SUMMARY: This cable responds to reftel request for nominees from Kazakhstan for the Presidential Entrepreneurship Summit in 2010. It also summarizes Mission plans to conduct a series of public diplomacy events and business roundtables to highlight the importance of fostering entrepreneu [...] | 2009-11-30 10:26:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ECON EINV EAID KZ |
09ASTANA210 | KAZAKHSTAN: NEW DIRECTORS NAMED FOR TWO INTERIOR MINISTRY [...] (U) SUMMARY: On January 9, the Karaganda Legal Institute of the Ministry of Interior (MVD) and the MVD Academy in Almaty swapped directors. General Major Serik Yerkenov is the new director of the Legal Institute and General Dzhan Kenzhetayev is the new director of the MVD Academy. INL has c [...] | 2009-02-04 10:30:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR SOCI SNAR KCRM KZ |
09ASTANA2100 | KAZAKHSTAN TO STUDY PLANS FOR SAMSUN-CEYHAN PIPELINE [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Meeting in Yalta on November 20, Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and Kazakhstani Prime Minister Karim Masimov witnessed the signing of a protocol to study plans for the construction of an oil pipeline betwee [...] | 2009-11-30 10:43:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON EINV EPET KZ RS TK AJ IT |
09ASTANA2105 | KAZAKHSTAN: MINISTRY OF TRANSPORTATION APPROVES BN-350 [...] (S) SUMMARY: On November 30, Kazakhstan's Minister of Transport and Communications, Abelgazi Kusainov, opened a meeting with Post's Department of Energy (DOE) representatives, at which Kazakhstani officials approved beginning the BN-350 dry run on December 1 and actual "hot runs" no later than [...] | 2009-12-02 10:01:00 | Embassy Astana | SECRET | PGOV PREL KNNP MNUC RS KZ |
09ASTANA2106 | KAZAKHSTAN: AMBASSADOR RAISES ABS CASE WITH DEPUTY PRIME [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: In response to reftel, the Ambassador raised the issue of granting the American Bureau of Shipping (ABS) official status as a recognized ship classification organization in Kazakhstan with Deputy Prime Minister Ye [...] | 2009-12-02 10:18:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON EINV KZ |
09ASTANA2110 | KAZAKHSTAN: SCENESETTER FOR INL ASSISTANT SECRETARY DAVID [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Embassy Astana warmly welcomes your December 9 visit to Kazakhstan. Kazakhstan has proven to be an increasingly reliable security and law enforcement partner and a steady influence in a potentially turbulent regi [...] | 2009-12-04 04:50:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINS SNAR SOCI KZ |
09ASTANA2127 | KAZAKHSTAN: EXBS ADVISOR'S REPORTING CABLE (NOVEMBER [...] November 2-10, EXBS Advisor was TDY to Embassy Yerevan to conduct meetings and briefings for Fred Carter, the newly arrived EXBS Advisor to Armenia. 2. November 12, EXBS office received a Diplomatic Note from the MFA advising EXBS that the Border Guards would not be able to meet with EXBS [...] | 2009-12-07 09:40:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL ETTC MNUC KNNP KSTC KZ |
09ASTANA2128 | KAZAKHSTAN: DEMARCHE RESPONSE ON "DEFAMATION OF [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) On December 7, PolOff met with Zauresh Gabdaulinova of MFA's Cultural and Humanitarian Cooperation Division to deliver reftel points on the "defamation of religions" resolution. Gabdaulinova said the Government of Kazakhstan [...] | 2009-12-07 10:09:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL UN KZ |
09ASTANA2129 | KAZAKHSTAN CLOSES IN ON EITI VALIDATION [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: From November 23-December 2, independent validators based in the UK interviewed government officials, non-government organizations, energy executives, and diplomatic representatives to assess Kazakhstan's progress [...] | 2009-12-08 01:57:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON EINV EPET SOCI KZ |
09ASTANA213 | KAZAKHSTAN: NGO HEAD RECOMMENDS MORE ASSISTANCE TO [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The Ambassador met on February 4 with Tamara Kaleyeva, director of the media watchdog NGO "Adil Soz." Kaleyeva said the Kazakhstani media are very polarized between pro-government and opposition media outlets, wi [...] | 2009-02-05 10:52:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM EAID KDEM KPAO KZ |
09ASTANA2131 | KAZAKHSTAN: 2009 NATIONAL TRADE ESTIMATE [...] The following information responds to reftel request. TRADE SUMMARY The U.S. goods trade deficit with Kazakhstan was $618 million in 2008, an increase of $119 million from $499 million in 2007. U.S. goods exports in 2008 were $986 million, up 30.9 percent from the previous year. Corresp [...] | 2009-12-08 09:08:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON ETRD EFIN EINV KIPR KZ |
09ASTANA2138 | KAZAKHSTAN SEEKS TO JOIN INTERNATIONAL OIL-SPILL-RESPONSE [...] SUMMARY: Energy Officer attended a November workshop organized by the Astana Center of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE),with the support of the Kazakhstani government and International Maritime Organization (IMO),on ratification and implementation of internatio [...] | 2009-12-10 03:37:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ECON EINV EPET SENV OSCE IMO KZ |
09ASTANA2139 | KAZAKHSTAN: ASTANA TO HOST SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT [...] SUMMARY: The Kazakhstani Ministry of Environment hosted the Advisory Council Meeting on Preparation for the Ministerial Conference on Environment and Development (MCED) to be held in Astana in 2010. The MCED is held every five years, and the next Ministerial theme will be to adopt "green gro [...] | 2009-12-10 03:38:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ECON SENV OSCE UN KZ |
09ASTANA2141 | KAZAKHSTAN: JUDICIAL PANEL DECLINES TO REVIEW ZHOVTIS [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The judicial panel of the Almaty District Court refused on December 10 to review the conviction of prominent human rights advocate Yevgeniy Zhovtis for vehicular manslaughter, thus exhausting the last legal remedy [...] | 2009-12-10 09:51:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM KZ |
09ASTANA2143 | KAZAKHSTAN: MFA DIPNOTE ON CDC "ILLEGAL SMUGGLING" [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) Embassy Astana has received the following diplomatic note from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs concerning a criminal case involving alleged 2006 "illegal smuggling" of HIV-infected blood samples from Kazakhstan to the Unite [...] | 2009-12-14 08:40:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KHIV SENV KG KZ UZ |
09ASTANA2146 | KAZAKHSTAN: VISIT OF FBI DIRECTOR [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Robert Mueller, III, Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, visited Kazakhstan November 17-18 and met with the Committee on National Security, Prosecutor General, Minister of Internal Affairs, and Chief of [...] | 2009-12-14 09:30:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINS SOCI KZ |
09ASTANA2148 | KAZAKHSTAN: PARTY POLITICS INSIDE AND OUT: TWO POLITICIANS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Charge met on December 5 with the Secretary of the Nur Otan party, Yerlan Karin. In the surprisingly frank three-hour meeting, Karin readily admitted that Nur Otan's monopoly on power tarnishes Kazakhstan's democratic credentials. In his view, single-party rule is not sustai [...] | 2009-12-14 10:53:00 | Embassy Astana | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM PINR KDEM KZ |
09ASTANA2153 | KAZAKHSTAN: PENITENTIARY COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN SAYS ZHOVTIS [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On December 14, the DCM met with Meiram Ayubayev, Chairman of the Penitentiary Committee, to discuss Zhovtis' November 13 statement, in which he alleges pressure to sign a contract to work in a penal colony enterp [...] | 2009-12-15 09:01:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM SOCI KDEM KZ |
09ASTANA2157 | KAZAKHSTAN: SCA ASSISTANT SECRETARY BLAKE HOSTS MUSLIM [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs Robert Blake chaired a roundtable discussion of Kazakhstan's business environment with 14 of the country's leading Muslim entrepreneurs in Almaty. The Decem [...] | 2009-12-15 10:28:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON EINV SOCI KCOR KISM KWMN KZ |
09ASTANA2158 | KAZAKHSTAN: NEW KNB CHAIRMAN VOWS TO FOLLOW THE [...] (S) SUMMARY: Newly appointed KNB Chairman Adil Shayakhmetov told the Ambassador on December 12 that he will strive to increase U.S.-Kazakhstan counter-terrorism cooperation, and that the KNB under his chairmanship will work strictly within the law. When the Ambassador raised several cases o [...] | 2009-12-17 07:49:00 | Embassy Astana | SECRET | PGOV PREL PINR PTER PHUM KZ |
09ASTANA2159 | KAZAHKSTAN: SCA ASSISTANT SECRETARY BLAKE HEARS REALISTIC [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs Robert Blake and the Ambassador found that civil society in Kazakhstan is alive and well during a roundtable with democracy and human-rights leaders on Decem [...] | 2009-12-18 05:19:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM EAID SOCI OSCE KZ |
09ASTANA2160 | KAZAKHSTAN: DFM UMAROV DETAILS HIS DISSIDENT PAST TO A/S [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: A/S Robert Blake concluded his successful three-day visit to Kazakhstan with an elegant but relaxed dinner hosted by Deputy Foreign Minister Kairat Umarov on December 15. Umarov revealed in great detail his person [...] | 2009-12-19 03:15:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR KDEM KNNP SOCI OSCE KZ |
09ASTANA2161 | KAZAKHSTAN PUSHES FOR OSCE SUMMIT WITH A/S BLAKE [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: State Secretary-Foreign Minister Kanat Saudabayev and President Nazarbayev's foreign policy advisor Kairat Sarybai separately pressed Assistant Secretary Blake for U.S. support for a 2010 summit of the Organizatio [...] | 2009-12-19 12:10:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM OSCE KZ |
09ASTANA2162 | KAZAKHSTAN: NUR OTAN'S LIBERAL DEMOCRAT? [...] (C) SUMMARY: Yerlan Karin, the secretary of the President's ruling Nur Otan party, is not shy about criticizing the policies of his party and the government. A former think-tanker who came to the government because he became tired of "criticizing from the sidelines," Karin openly assesses the [...] | 2009-12-21 05:12:00 | Embassy Astana | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM PINR KDEM OEXC SCUL KZ |
09ASTANA2163 | KAZAKHSTAN: 2009 COUNTRY REPORT ON TERRORISM [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Kazakhstan continued to aggressively combat domestic terrorism and extremism, and took tangible steps to continue cooperation and information sharing with various countries and international organizations. Kazakh [...] | 2009-12-21 09:13:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PTER EFIN KCRM KHLS AEMR ASEC KZ |
09ASTANA2168 | KAZAKHSTAN: HU JINTAO'S PIPELINE DIPLOMACY SUCCESS [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Prior to Chinese President Hu Jintao's December 12 visit to Kazakhstan, the media touted Kazakhstani and Chinese positive expectations for the visit, as well as reports of a demonstration in protest of a Chinese i [...] | 2009-12-22 01:02:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON EPET SOCI CH RS TX KZ |
09ASTANA2190 | KAZAKHSTAN'S PRESIDENT COMMENTS ON LOGISTICS [...] (U) Sensitive but Unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) President Nursultan Nazarbayev gave his annual summing up to the diplomatic corps on December 22. Since he broke no new ground on any issue, we are reporting only excerpts from his presentation about issues of special in [...] | 2009-12-22 08:27:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON EPET MARR SENV OSCE EU CH RS |
09ASTANA2196 | KAZAKHSTAN: 2009-2010 INCSR PART 1, DRUGS AND CHEMICAL [...] In response to reftel, the text of Part 1 of the International Narcotics Control Strategy Report (INCSR) for Kazakhstan follows in paragraphs 2-67. SUMMARY 2. Kazakhstan is primarily a transit country for drug trafficking and is located on the northern route from Afghanistan. According [...] | 2009-12-22 10:48:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL SNAR KCRM KCOR KZ |
09ASTANA2197 | KAZAKHSTAN: RUSSIAN HAND IN KAZATOMPROM DRAMA? [...] (C) SUMMARY: The case against Mukhtar Dzhakishev, former head of the state-owned nuclear company Kazatomprom (KAP),finally is heading to court, as rumors intensify about the reasons behind his arrest. In videos posted on YouTube on November 4, Dzhakishev asserts that his arrest is linked to a [...] | 2009-12-22 10:50:00 | Embassy Astana | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON ENRG EMIN ETRD TRGY RS KZ |
09ASTANA2198 | KAZAKHSTAN: REQUEST FOR NORTH-SOUTH OVERFLIGHT [...] (S) SUMMARY: The long-existing east-west (trans-Caspian) overflight path agreement the United States has had with Kazakhstan to support U.S. efforts in Afghanistan never specified (or limited) the cargo of the aircraft. The agreement was simply to support Operation Enduring Freedom in Afgh [...] | 2009-12-23 01:31:00 | Embassy Astana | SECRET | PGOV PREL MARR AF KZ |
09ASTANA22 | KAZAKHSTAN: SCENE SETTER FOR CENTCOM COMMANDER [...] (S/NOFORN) SUMMARY: Your visit will foster our bilateral cooperation and our strategic interests, and will provide you the opportunity thank the Government of Kazakhstan for its support to Operation Iraqi Freedom and continued support of Operation Enduring Freedom, to encourage and support [...] | 2009-01-09 02:19:00 | Embassy Astana | SECRET | PGOV PREL ECON EPET MARR MCAP MASS AF KZ |
09ASTANA2200 | KAZAKHSTAN: PRIME MINISTER TELLS SCA A/S BLAKE ECONOMY [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: After briefly noting the government of Kazakhstan's obligatory talking points on the need for a 2010 OSCE summit and a bilateral meeting between Presidents Obama and Nazarbayev during the April Global Nuclear Secu [...] | 2009-12-23 02:10:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON EINV ETRD EFIN KZ |
09ASTANA2201 | KAZAKHSTAN: INL ASSISTANT SECRETARY JOHNSON BILATERAL [...] Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: During his visit to Kazakhstan for the inauguration of the Central Asian Regional Information and Coordination Center (CARICC) (septel),Assistant Secretary for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs Davi [...] | 2009-12-23 05:01:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL SOCI SNAR KCRM OSCE KZ |
09ASTANA2202 | KAZAKHSTAN'S VIEWS ON ITS NEIGHBORS [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs Robert Blake thanked State Secretary-Foreign Minister Kanat Saudabayev and President Nazarbayev's foreign policy advisor Kairat Sarybai for Kazakhst [...] | 2009-12-23 05:07:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ETRD ECON OSCE AF CH IN IR KZ |
09ASTANA2204 | KAZAKHSTAN: TERRORISM AND SECURITY CONCERNS INFLUENCE [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: On December 22, the Ambassador and Deputy Foreign Minister Kairat Umarov met to discuss outstanding U.S. requests to amend the 2001 overflight and 2009 Northern Distribution Network (NDN) agreements (refs A, B). Umarov told the Ambassador that 10 Kazakhstani government agenci [...] | 2009-12-23 09:37:00 | Embassy Astana | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PINR MARR AF RS UZ KZ |
09ASTANA223 | KAZAKHSTAN'S PRIMARY POINTS OF CONTACT FOR THE [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-06 08:58:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP AORC ENRG MNUC PARM PGOV PREL IAEA |
09ASTANA2232 | KAZAKHSTAN: GENDER RIGHTS ADVANCE WITH PASSAGE OF TWO [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: President Nazarbayev signed into law legislation on domestic violence and gender equality. The gender-equality law introduces for the first time the legal concept of gender and outlaws gender-based discrimination. [...] | 2009-12-24 04:29:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM PGOV SOCI KWMN KZ |
09ASTANA2235 | KAZAKHSTANI BANKS: ADJUSTING TO A CHANGING LANDSCAPE [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Financial analysts, bank executives, managers, and customers alike agree that the Kazakhstani government's efforts to restructure debt and successfully keep afloat ailing BTA and Alliance banks are critical to the [...] | 2009-12-28 00:41:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON EFIN KZ |
09ASTANA2238 | KAZAKHSTAN: MOJ SUSPENDS PARTY'S REGISTRATION, AGAIN [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Kazakhstan's Ministry of Justice (MOJ) suspended the registration of the opposition party "Alga" for the second time, alleging irregularities with the party-member lists. Alga's first registration application was [...] | 2009-12-28 08:31:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM SOCI KDEM KZ |
09ASTANA2255 | KAZAKHSTAN: CASPIAN MARITIME TRADE AND TRANSPORTATION [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: This report summarizes international donor efforts to promote Caspian maritime trade and transportation, including projects to bring Kazakhstan's maritime legislation in line with international standards, improve [...] | 2009-12-30 05:45:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON EINV EPET SENV SOCI KZ |
09ASTANA2257 | KAZAKHSTAN'S INITIAL RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE TO PREVENT THE TRANSFER OF URANIUM TO IRAN [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-30 07:48:00 | Embassy Astana | SECRET | PGOV PREL PARM MNUC KNNP IR JA KZ |
09ASTANA2258 | KAZAKHSTAN: BTA BANK RESTRUCTURING UPDATES [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) SUMMARY: Despite fears and concerns about the progress and results of BTA restructuring talks, BTA bank management signed the "Principal Commercial Terms Sheet" on December 7 in London. Creditor-agreed options include a spec [...] | 2009-12-30 08:27:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON EFIN KZ |
09ASTANA2272 | KAZAKHSTAN SEEKS NEW OVERFLIGHT AGREEMENT [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: On December 30, the Ambassador and Deputy Foreign Minister Kairat Umarov met again to discuss outstanding U.S. requests to amend the 2001 overflight and 2009 Northern Distribution Network (NDN) agreements (reftel). Umarov told the Ambassador that Kazakhstani government agenci [...] | 2009-12-31 05:32:00 | Embassy Astana | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PINR MARR AF RS UZ KZ |
09ASTANA2273 | KAZAKHSTAN STRONGLY DENIES REPORT OF POTENTIAL URANIUM TRANSER TO IRAN [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-31 07:44:00 | Embassy Astana | SECRET | PGOV PREL PARM MNUC KNNP IR JA KZ |
09ASTANA231 | KAZAKHSTAN: REQUEST FOR GUIDANCE - WHAT WEB LINKS ARE [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) This is an action request. Please see para six below. 3. (SBU) Embassy Astana noticed that a recent article in "The Washington Post" was an excellent expression of the Obama Administration's traditional family and commun [...] | 2009-02-09 01:44:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KPAO KIPR KZ |
09ASTANA235 | KAZAKHSTANI ACADEMICS DISCUSS RELATIONS WITH CHINA, [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: In December, PolOff met with several academics from one of Kazakhstan's most prestigious universities, Al-Farabi National University in Almaty. PolOff's interlocutors stressed the importance of Kazakhstan's balan [...] | 2009-02-10 01:39:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL SOCI KPAO KDEM CH KZ |
09ASTANA236 | KAZAKHSTANI STUDENTS DISCUSS BORAT AND OBAMA [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: As part of our Public Diplomacy Outreach program, PolOff recently gave a talk on American culture and U.S.-Kazakhstan relations with students at one of Astana's elite high schools. In general, the students had ve [...] | 2009-02-10 05:22:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL SOCI KDEM KPAO KZ |
09ASTANA248 | KAZAKHSTAN: EXBS ADVISOR'S REPORTING CABLE (JANUARY [...] (SBU) On January 23-26, Kazakhstan's President Nazarbayev paid an official visit to India. During this visit, Kazakhstan's national nuclear energy company Kazatomprom (KAP) and the Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited (NPCIL),run by India's State Department of Atomic Energy, signed a me [...] | 2009-02-11 10:10:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL ETTC MNUC KNNP KSTC KZ |
09ASTANA253 | KAZAKHSTAN SUGGESTS MULTILATERAL APPROACH ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Ambassador called on Presidential Foreign Policy Adviser Khairat Sarybay February 11 to seek Kazakhstan's views on Kyrgyzstan's announced decision to close Manas Air Base and Russia's intentions in Central Asia and Afghanistan. Noting that Russia is Kazakhstan's strategic a [...] | 2009-02-12 05:16:00 | Embassy Astana | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MARR AF KG KZ |
09ASTANA254 | KAZAKHSTAN: U.S.-FUNDED PROJECTS IN STEPNOGORSK SHOW [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: PolOff recently met with various interlocutors working on several U.S.-funded nonproliferation-related projects in Stepnogorsk. Stepnogorsk today represents the opportunities and challenges the Kazakhstani govern [...] | 2009-02-12 08:42:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR PREL EAID EAGR TBIO KNNP KZ |
09ASTANA256 | KAZAKHSTAN: CIVIL AVIATION COMMITTEE REPORTS THAT AIR [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: EconOff met on February 4 with Civil Aviation Committee Deputy Director Daulet Mamekov to solicit official feedback on model bilateral and multilateral Open Skies agreements that we provided the Kazakhstani govern [...] | 2009-02-12 08:42:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EAIR KZ |
09ASTANA261 | KAZAKHSTAN: RECOMMENDATION THAT WE NOT DEMARCHE [...] (C) In response to reftel, post recommends that we not demarche the Kazakhstani government to recognize Kosovo at this juncture. If not counterproductive, such a demarche would certainly be futile, and viewed by the Kazakhstanis as inconsistent with our demarches urging that they not recogniz [...] | 2009-02-13 06:11:00 | Embassy Astana | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL AORC ICJ KV KZ |
09ASTANA264 | KAZAKHSTAN: MFA OFFICIAL SAYS FM TAZHIN WILL BE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Former MFA Americas Department Director Talgat Kaliyev told Pol-Econ Chief on February 12 that Foreign Minister Tazhin will be replaced in the coming months. Kaliyev explained that he has been appointed to be Tazhin's advisor on OSCE issues. He said that Kazakhstan intends to p [...] | 2009-02-13 09:41:00 | Embassy Astana | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR ECON KNNP OSCE IAEA KZ |
09ASTANA265 | KAZAKHSTAN: CICA SECRETARIAT OFFICIAL SAYS [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On January 26, PolOff met with Avinash Pandey, an Indian diplomat currently seconded to the secretariat of the Conference on Interaction and Confidence-Building Measures in Asia (CICA) in Almaty. Pandey discussed [...] | 2009-02-13 09:41:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KZ |
09ASTANA266 | KAZAKHSTAN: WIFE OF DISAPPEARED BANKER FIGHTS FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: Armangul Kapasheva, the wife of a missing banker whom Rakhat Aliyev allegedly ordered killed, told us on February 6 that she believes her husband is still alive and that Aliyev knows his whereabouts. She reported that she had given testimony in Austria in the latest "investigatio [...] | 2009-02-13 09:42:00 | Embassy Astana | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM PROP KCRM KZ |
09ASTANA267 | KAZAKHSTAN: NEW MINISTER OF HEALTH PLEDGES CONTINUED [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On February 12, the Ambassador met for the first time with new Minister of Health Zhaksylyk Doskaliyev, and further reinforced the strong partnership that exists between the United States and Kazakhstan in the area [...] | 2009-02-13 09:58:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EAID EINV SOCI KNNP KZ |
09ASTANA268 | KAZAKHSTAN: DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER PLEDGES SUPPORT FOR [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On February 11, Deputy Prime Minister Yerbol Orynbayev reiterated his government's commitment to the Public-Private Economic Partnership Initiative (PPEPI) in a meeting with the Ambassador and American Chamber of [...] | 2009-02-13 09:59:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON EINV KZ |
09ASTANA269 | KAZAKHSTAN: MEDIA REACTION, FEBRUARY 7-13 [...] (U) SUMMARY: The reported closure of Manas Airbase in neighboring Kyrgyzstan continues to make news in Kazakhstan, spurring a number of stories about regional politics and the announcement of a Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) Rapid Response Force. Both the closure decision and [...] | 2009-02-13 09:59:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PROP EFIN MARR SOCI KPAO KMDR KZ |
09ASTANA270 | KAZAKHSTAN: USAID PROFESSIONAL EXCHANGE PROGRAM PRODUCES [...] SUMMARY: The 2006 HIV outbreak among children in southern Kazakhstan is a painful reminder to Kazakhstani families of the vulnerabilities in their health-care system. However, as a result of the outbreak, a USAID exchange program conducted in September 2007 contributed to the recent establis [...] | 2009-02-13 10:09:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL EAID SOCI KZ |
09ASTANA281 | KAZAKHSTAN SECURES LUCRATIVE DEALS WITH INDIA, BUT [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Nursultan Nazarbayev's January 23-26 trip to New Delhi as the guest of honor at India's 2009 National Day celebration underscored the close political relations between Kazakhstan and India which have existed since Kazakhstan's independence. However, despite profession [...] | 2009-02-17 10:37:00 | Embassy Astana | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON EINV EPET ETRD MARR IN KZ |
09ASTANA286 | KAZAKHSTAN: OPPOSITION LEADER KOZLOV SEES [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a February 4 meeting, Vladimir Kozlov, the head of unregistered opposition party Alga, claimed that ex-BTA bank chairman Mukhtar Ablyazov was ousted from his position for reasons not connected to the bank's financial health. As Kozlov put it, Ablyazov had either grown "too p [...] | 2009-02-18 10:25:00 | Embassy Astana | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL EFIN KDEM KZ |
09ASTANA297 | KAZAKHSTAN: MFA OFFICIAL URGES A POTUS VISIT [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a February 18 with Pol-Econ Chief, MFA Americas Department Director Askar Tazhiyev pressed for a POTUS visit to Kazakhstan in the near future. This would send a clear signal to Russia that the United States remains fully engaged in Central Asia, and would support Kazakhsta [...] | 2009-02-19 10:30:00 | Embassy Astana | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EAID ECON KNNP IAEA RS AF KZ |
09ASTANA307 | KAZAKHSTAN: MEDIA REACTION, FEBRUARY 11-18 [...] SUMMARY: A perceived delay in the final decision on closing Manas airbase triggered speculation on whether the Kyrgyz Government's announcement on closing the base was simply an attempt to try to squeeze a few more dollars out of the United States. The U.S. stimulus-package legislation also [...] | 2009-02-20 09:22:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL SOCI KPAO KMDR KZ |
09ASTANA308 | KAZAKHSTAN: JUSTICE MINISTER BALIYEVA EXPRESSES [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: During a February 19 meeting with the Ambassador, Minister of Justice Zagipa Baliyeva expressed appreciation for U.S. government assistance to her ministry and asked for further support. She noted in considerable d [...] | 2009-02-20 09:29:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM SOCI KCRM KDEM KZ |
09ASTANA313 | KAZAKHSTAN: EXBS FY 2008 PROGRAM PLAN [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-23 09:20:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL ETTC MNUC KNNP KSTC KZ |
09ASTANA314 | KAZAKHSTAN: WRITTEN ASSURANCES OF HUMANE TREATMENT AND [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has sent the Embassy a diplomatic note confirming in writing that the Kazakhstani government will treat returned GTMO detainee Dolkun Kerimbakiyev (alias Abdul Rahim, partial ISN 521) humanel [...] | 2009-02-23 09:23:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PTER PINR KDRG KAWC KZ |
09ASTANA319 | KAZAKHSTAN: FOREIGN MINISTER TAZHIN SAYS RUSSIA [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Ambassador discussed the U.S. government's Afghanistan-Pakistan policy review and the increase in U.S. military forces in Afghanistan with Foreign Minister Tazhin on February 24. Tazhin said that the Kazakhstani government is considering providing reconstruction and humanit [...] | 2009-02-24 10:13:00 | Embassy Astana | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EAID AF PK RS KZ |
09ASTANA341 | KAZAKHSTAN WILL NOT SEND DELEGATION TO ATTEND THE [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-25 04:09:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL SENV KZ |
09ASTANA344 | KAZAKHSTAN: WORLD BANK OFFICIALS DISCUSS ECONOMIC [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The Ambassador had an introductory meeting with incoming World Bank Country Director for Central Asia Motoo Konishi on February 24. Konishi and World Bank Country Manager for Kazakhstan Sergei Shatalov explained [...] | 2009-02-25 06:22:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON EINV EFIN EAID KZ |
09ASTANA348 | KAZAKHSTAN: CHINESE AMBASSADOR DENIES ANY CHINESE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Chinese Ambassador to Kazakhstan Cheng Guoping told the Ambassador on February 24 that he expects China will agree to participate in the Northern Distribution Network (NDN) for commercial shipment of non-lethal supplies to Afghanistan. He described China's principal objective in [...] | 2009-02-25 08:18:00 | Embassy Astana | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR MARR CH AF RS KG UP KZ |
09ASTANA356 | KAZAKHSTAN: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON GLOBAL INITIATIVE'S [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) On February 6, we delivered reftel points and non-paper on the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism's workshop on the Nuclear Detection Architecture Model Guidelines Document, which is to be held in Garmisch, Germa [...] | 2009-02-27 04:34:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PGOV PREL MCAP KGIC KZ |
09ASTANA362 | KAZAKHSTAN: GENERAL ELECTRIC'S TWO TESTS [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On February 25, General Electric (GE) executives briefed the Ambassador on the company's current projects and future prospects in Kazakhstan. Ron Pollett, President and CEO of GE Russia/CIS, said he has "two test [...] | 2009-02-27 09:29:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | BEXP BTIO PGOV PREL ECON EIND ETRD RS KZ |
09ASTANA363 | KAZAKHSTAN: GENERAL ELECTRIC'S TWO TESTS [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On February 25, General Electric (GE) executives briefed the Ambassador on the company's current projects and future prospects in Kazakhstan. Ron Pollett, President and CEO of GE Russia/CIS, said he has "two test [...] | 2009-02-27 09:30:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | BEXP BTIO PGOV PREL ECON EIND ETRD RS KZ |
09ASTANA371 | KAZAKHSTAN: MEDIA REACTION, FEBRUARY 21-27 [...] SUMMARY: During the week of February 21-27, the Kazakhstani media continued to speculate about the regional ramifications of Kyrgyzstan's decision to close the Manas airbase, as well as about the future of both the U.S. dollar and the Kazakhstani tenge amidst the continuing global economic cr [...] | 2009-02-27 10:47:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL EFIN MARR SOCI KPAO KMDR KZ |
09ASTANA372 | KAZAKHSTAN: PRESIDENT ADVISOR YERTYSBAYEV [...] (C) SUMMARY: In the course of a very frank conversation on February 26, Presidential Advisor Yermukhamet Yertysbayev told the Ambassador that he supports early parliamentary elections and establishing a dialogue between the government and opposition. He explained he favors a two-party system [...] | 2009-03-02 06:57:00 | Embassy Astana | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM PINR SOCI KDEM RS KZ |
09ASTANA373 | KAZAKHSTAN: PEACE CORPS VOLUNTEER SENTENCED TO [...] (S) SUMMARY: Following the conclusion of his criminal trial in Ridder on February 26, Peace Corps Volunteer Anthony Sharp was sentenced to two years in prison on explosives charges -- and taken away in handcuffs straight to jail. The Ambassador immediately raised this development with senior [...] | 2009-03-02 10:41:00 | Embassy Astana | SECRET | PGOV PREL CASC KZ |
09ASTANA376 | KAZAKHSTAN: THE CENTRAL ASIAN PIVOT [...] (C) SUMMARY: We have enormous equities at play in Afghanistan, Russia, and China. Kazakhstan in particular, and Central Asia more widely, has a pivotal role to play in securing our national interests. With the advent of a new Administration, we need to take hold of the opportunities in a f [...] | 2009-03-03 06:50:00 | Embassy Astana | SECRET | PGOV PREL PINR KDEM RS AF KZ |
09ASTANA380 | KAZAKHSTAN: ALMATY NOTES, FEBRUARY 17 - 27 [...] The "Almaty Notes" series from U.S. Office Almaty focuses on developments in civil society, the media, and the opposition in Kazakhstan's "southern capital." OPPOSITION PARTIES CRITICIZE THE ELECTION LAW 2. On February 18, four opposition parties -- Azat, the National Social Democratic P [...] | 2009-03-03 07:46:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PREL SOCI KDEM CH KZ |
09ASTANA381 | KAZAKHSTAN: AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES PEACE CORPS CASE [...] (S) SUMMARY: The Ambassador met with Presidential Administration head Aslan Musin on March 3 to discuss the criminal case against Peace Corps volunteer Anthony Sharp. Musin said the case is a small issue and agreed we should avoid it becoming a major bilateral irritant. However, he maintaine [...] | 2009-03-03 10:30:00 | Embassy Astana | SECRET | PGOV PREL CASC KZ |
09ASTANA386 | KAZAKHSTAN: FATE OF LARGEST PRIVATE BANK UNCERTAIN [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: During February 17-20, Department of the Treasury Advisor Thomas Lanier held meetings in Astana and Almaty to assess the government's response to the global financial crisis. A key element of the government's ant [...] | 2009-03-04 09:20:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON EINV EFIN EAID KZ |
09ASTANA410 | KAZAKHSTAN: MINISTER OF EDUCATION AND SCIENCE EAGER TO [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: During his March 4 introductory call on Minister of Education and Science Zhanseit Tuymebayev, the Ambassador raised U.S.-Kazakhstani cooperation in the field of education, including on the Bolashak program and reg [...] | 2009-03-05 08:51:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL SCUL SOCI TBIO KNNP KPAO KZ |
09ASTANA412 | KAZAKHSTAN: SENATE CHAIRMAN TOKAYEV PROMISES EXPEDITIOUS [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Senate Chairman Tokayev promised the Ambassador on March 5 that the Senate would take swift action to pass the Cooperative Threat Reduction (CTR) agreement as soon as it receives the legislation from the Majilis. H [...] | 2009-03-05 10:15:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM SOCI KCRM KDEM KNNP KZ |
09ASTANA415 | KAZAKHSTAN: MEDIA REACTION, FEBRUARY 28-MARCH 6 [...] SUMMARY: During the week of February 28-March 6, Kazakhstani media gravitated away from specific discussions on the Manas base issue in favor of broader analyses of Central Asia's strategic orientation toward Russia and the United States. The Department's recently released 2008 Country Repor [...] | 2009-03-06 09:05:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL EFIN MARR SOCI KPAO KMDR KZ |
09ASTANA417 | KAZAKHSTAN: MEDIA REACTION, FEBRUARY 28-MARCH 6 [...] SUMMARY: During the week of February 28-March 6, Kazakhstani media gravitated away from specific discussions on the Manas base issue in favor of broader analyses of Central Asia's strategic orientation toward Russia and the United States. The Department's recently released 2008 Country Repor [...] | 2009-03-06 09:23:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL EFIN MARR SOCI KPAO KMDR KZ |
09ASTANA421 | KAZAKHSTAN: UN PREVENTIVE DIPLOMACY CENTER HEAD [...] (C) SUMMARY: Miroslav Jenca, Director of the UN Regional Center for Preventive Diplomacy in Central Asia (UNRCCA),met with the Ambassador on March 2 to discuss regional water and energy cooperation and a conference on those issues that will be held in Almaty April 19-21. Jenca said that Kaz [...] | 2009-03-06 09:44:00 | Embassy Astana | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EAID ENRG SENV UN ZK |
09ASTANA426 | KAZAKHSTAN: DEPUTY MINISTER OF DEFENSE [...] (C) Kazakhstan's Deputy Minister of Defense, General-Lieutenant Bulat Sembinov, accompanied by Embassy Astana's defense attache, travelled via Manas at Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, to Kabul, Afghanistan, February 23-25. In Kabul he met with Commander International Security Assistance Force (COMISAF) [...] | 2009-03-10 03:05:00 | Embassy Astana | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MARR AF KZ |
09ASTANA431 | KAZAKHSTAN: APPEALS COURT INCREASES FINE TENFOLD AGAINST [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On February 26, the Almaty City Court ordered the opposition newspaper "Taszhargan" to pay a 30 million tenge (approximately $200,000) damage award to parliamentarian Romin Madinov. This appellate decision increa [...] | 2009-03-11 07:32:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM OSCE KZ |
09ASTANA432 | KAZAKHSTAN: EXBS ADVISOR'S MONTHLY REPORTING CABLE FOR [...] (SBU) During February 2-13, the BN-350 Program team traveled to Aktau to conduct a Canister Requalification Meeting and to discuss multilateral transport operations for BN-350 spent fuel project. 2. (SBU) During February 11-13, the Second Line of Defense Program held its quarterly meeting wi [...] | 2009-03-11 07:43:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL ETTC MNUC KNNP KSTC KZ |
09ASTANA434 | KAZAKHSTAN: NEW LEGAL INSTITUTE DIRECTOR LOOKS FORWARD TO [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On February 24, INL representatives met with General-Major Serik Yerkenov, the new director of the Ministry of Interior's Karaganda Legal Institute, to discuss his plans for the Study Center on Combating Illegal Mi [...] | 2009-03-11 11:10:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR SOCI KCRM KTIP KZ |
09ASTANA435 | KAZAKHSTAN: DFM ZHIGALOV SAYS KAZAKHSTAN WOULD [...] (C) SUMMARY: New Deputy Foreign Minister Konstantin Zhigalov told the Ambassador on March 11 that Kazakhstan would very much welcome a POTUS visit. He said Kazakhstan attaches great importance to hosting the Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council's Security Forum in June. Zhigalov explained that [...] | 2009-03-12 07:28:00 | Embassy Astana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR ETRD KNNP KIRF OSCE NATO AF RS KZ |
09ASTANA441 | KAZAKHSTAN: PRESIDENT NAZARBAYEV CALLS FOR NEW WORLD [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: At the second annual Astana Economic Forum on March 11, President Nazarbayev called for a new world currency and a "more accountable" monetary policy and urged world leaders to take this up at next month's G-20 su [...] | 2009-03-13 06:13:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON EFIN KZ |
09ASTANA442 | KAZAKHSTAN: ITALY REMAINS A MAJOR INVESTOR, ACTIVE IN [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: PolOff met on February 17 with Ugo Boni, First Secretary and DCM at the Italian Embassy in Astana, to discuss the Kazakhstan-Italy relationship. Boni characterized the overall Kazakhstan-Italy relationship as pos [...] | 2009-03-13 08:30:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON EFIN EINV EPET ETRD IT KZ |
09ASTANA443 | KAZAKHSTAN: PRESIDENTIAL ADVISOR RECOMMENDS "BE [...] (S) SUMMARY: Presidential Foreign Policy Advisor Kairat Sarybay called in the Ambassador on March 12 to discuss the criminal case against Peace Corps volunteer Anthony Sharp. He advised the Ambassador it is not "constructive" to describe the case as a "political provocation." He said he woul [...] | 2009-03-13 08:31:00 | Embassy Astana | SECRET | PGOV PREL PINR CASC IR KZ |
09ASTANA445 | KAZAKHSTAN: REQUEST FOR CONTINUED SUPPORT FOR EMBASSY [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) Assistant Secretary Johnson, I want to express my great appreciation for INL's support for counter-narcotics, counter-trafficking in persons, and other law-enforcement programs in Kazakhstan. We have a fine INL officer post [...] | 2009-03-13 09:39:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL APER EAID SNAR KCRM KTIP AF KZ |
09ASTANA446 | KAZAKHSTAN: THEY AREN'T READING WHAT WE'RE READING [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) SUMMARY: Kazakhstan is highly oriented toward the Russian language. Much of its media are available only in Russian and come from Russia. Thus, the vast majority of Kazakhstani citizens get their world view from Russia. Eng [...] | 2009-03-13 09:39:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL OEXC SCUL KPAO KZ |
09ASTANA447 | KAZAKHSTAN: AK ZHOL LEADER BAIMENOV SAYS PARTY [...] (C) SUMMARY: On March 5, Alikhan Baimenov, the leader of opposition Ak Zhol party, alleged to us that until recently his party was the target of an "information blockade" by both pro-government and opposition media. The recent easing of this blockade allowed Ak Zhol to re-emerge on the publi [...] | 2009-03-13 09:48:00 | Embassy Astana | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM PINR EFIN KDEM KPAO KZ |
09ASTANA448 | KAZAKHSTAN: DONORS SEEK TO IMPROVE COORDINATION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On February 27, several bilateral and multilateral donors met in Astana to discuss ways to improve coordination of assistance and resolve common issues and obstacles. Participants discussed information sharing; exemptions for Value Added Tax (VAT) on goods and services received [...] | 2009-03-13 09:49:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EAID SOCI KZ |
09ASTANA449 | KAZAKHSTAN: MEDIA REACTION, MARCH 7-13 [...] (U) SUMMARY: During the week of March 7-13, Kazakhstani media buzzed with reactions to President Nazarbayev's annual address to the nation on March 6. Coverage was widely positive with criticism coming largely from opposition sources. Issues of media freedom, specifically the court decision [...] | 2009-03-13 09:50:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL EFIN MARR SOCI KPAO KMDR AF KZ |
09ASTANA478 | KAZAKHSTAN: "MOSCOW WANTS YOU TO FAIL IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: A Kazakhstani foreign-policy insider told the Ambassador Moscow strongly objects to Kazakhstan playing any kind of military role in Afghanistan, but at the same time Astana is striving to balance its interests and find the best way to be helpful in Afghanistan. He said Kazakhsta [...] | 2009-03-17 08:04:00 | Embassy Astana | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PROP MARR IR RS AF KZ |
09ASTANA479 | KAZAKHSTAN: SMOOTH OPERATOR [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On March 13, the Ambassador had lunch with Nurbakh Rustemov, the Chairman of the International Affairs, Defense, and Security Committee of the Mazhilis (the lower house of the parliament),and Romin Madinov, the C [...] | 2009-03-17 09:23:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM EAGR SOCI KNNP UZ KG KZ |
09ASTANA482 | KAZAKHSTAN: INTERNATIONAL FUND TO SAVE THE ARAL SEA HEAD [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Almabek Nurushev, Executive Director of the International Fund to Save the Aral Sea (IFAS),told us on March 12 that IFAS would like to fashion a bilateral Kazakhstan-Kyrgyzstan agreement on use of water resources. [...] | 2009-03-17 10:14:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON SENV AF ZK KZ |
09ASTANA484 | KAZAKHSTAN: AMBASSADOR DELIVERS, PUBLISHES DEMOCRACY [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On March 16, the Ambassador delivered a speech on democracy to approximately 100 students and professors at the Kazakh University of Humanities and Law in Astana. The text of the speech was published in full on pa [...] | 2009-03-18 00:09:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM SOCI KDEM KPAO KZ |
09ASTANA490 | KAZAKHSTAN: PUBLIC-PRIVATE ALLIANCES EXPAND BUSINESS [...] SUMMARY: On February 25, USAID established separate public-private alliances with Baker Hughes ($1,250,000 over five years),an American drilling company active in Kazakhstan, and with Chevron ($250,000). The partnerships between these two companies and USAID will improve the supply of ski [...] | 2009-03-18 09:45:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ECON EAID SOCI KZ |
09ASTANA494 | KAZAKHSTAN: NATO REP FOR CENTRAL ASIA BRIEFS ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: NATO Special Representative for the Caucasus and Central Asia Robert Simmons told NATO Ambassadors in Astana on March 18 that the Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council (EAPC) Security Forum is administratively on track for June 24-25 in Astana, even though Kazakhstani officials made [...] | 2009-03-19 09:43:00 | Embassy Astana | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MARR NATO OSCE RS KZ |
09ASTANA495 | KAZAKHSTAN: ASTANA HOSTS INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON [...] (U) SUMMARY: During the International Conference on Sustainable Development and Environmental Integration in Central Asia held in Astana on March 13, newly appointed Kazakhstani Minister of Environmental Protection Nurgali Ashimov said that Kazakhstan's Environmental Code is the first in the C [...] | 2009-03-19 10:02:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EPET ECON SENV ZK KZ |
09ASTANA497 | KAZAKHSTAN: LEAD WTO NEGOTIATIOR REQUESTS FLEXIBILITY [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On February 18, the Ambassador met with Vice Minister of Industry and Trade Zhanar Aitzhanova to discuss the status of Kazakhstan's WTO accession negotiations with the United States. Aitzhanova expressed frustrat [...] | 2009-03-20 02:26:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON EINV EFIN EAID RS KZ |
09ASTANA498 | KAZAKHSTAN: FRENCH AMBASSADOR TO OSCE ENGAGES, [...] (C) SUMMARY: French Ambassador to the OSCE Eric Lebedel briefed a select group of Western Ambassadors on March 19 that he was in Astana to promote the European Union's perspective on the OSCE and to emphasize Kazakhstan's need to take seriously its responsibilities on democracy, human rights [...] | 2009-03-20 05:20:00 | Embassy Astana | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM SENV OSCE KZ |
09ASTANA52 | KAZAKHSTAN: EXBS ADVISOR'S REPORTING CABLE (DECEMBER [...] Starting January 1, a new, simplified customs control procedure has been implemented that is designed to reduce administrative barriers for imports and exports. The list of documents required at the border has been shortened, and processing times reduced. Kazakhstani customs officials will now [...] | 2009-01-12 01:58:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL ETTC MNUC KNNP KSTC KZ |
09ASTANA521 | KAZAKHSTAN: PREVENTION OF NUCLEAR SMUGGLING [...] (C) SUMMARY: The State Department's Preventing Nuclear Smuggling Program conducted a table-top nuclear smuggling exercise in Astana February 24-25. Almost 20 Kazakshtani officials from eight government agencies attended the event. Kazakhstan is currently finalizing a national nuclear smuggl [...] | 2009-03-20 08:41:00 | Embassy Astana | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL PTER MARR MNUC KNNP CH KZ |
09ASTANA55 | KAZAKHSTAN: STATE SECRETARY DECLINES TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ministry of Internal Affairs investigators have recommended that the Prosecutor General charge Peace Corps Volunteer Anthony Sharp with violation of Article 251, Part 1, of the Kazakhstan Criminal Code, illegal possession of firearms (explosives) while trespassing in a restricted [...] | 2009-01-12 08:36:00 | Embassy Astana | SECRET | PGOV PREL PINR CASC RS KZ |
09ASTANA557 | KAZAKHSTAN: NAZARBAYEV ON AFGHANISTAN, IRAN, [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Nazarbayev said on March 30: he wants to be a strong, non-ideological partner with the United States to help on Afghanistan; he continues to advise Tehran to give up their nuclear ambitions, and will do so once again on April 6 when President Ahmadinejad visits Ast [...] | 2009-03-31 11:36:00 | Embassy Astana | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PARM START RS IR AF KZ |
09ASTANA558 | KAZAKHSTAN: MEDIA REACTION, MARCH 21-27 [...] SUMMARY: During the week of March 21-27, the Kazakhstani media focused on economic issues, ranging from the U.S. government's stimulus plans to the effect the economy is having on pushing young people out of villages and into the cities. A lengthy analysis was devoted to what Presidents Obama [...] | 2009-03-31 11:36:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL EFIN MARR SOCI KPAO KMDR AF RS KZ |
09ASTANA560 | KAZAKHSTAN: AMBASSADOR ACCOMPANIES NASA DELEGATION TO [...] (SBU) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: During March 25-27, the Ambassador accompanied a NASA delegation to the Baikonur cosmodrome in south-central Kazakhstan to observe the launch of a Russian Soyuz space capsule destined for the International Space S [...] | 2009-03-31 12:18:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL TSPA SENV RS KZ |
09ASTANA572 | KAZAKHSTAN: RUSSIAN AMBASSADOR ON START TREATY, [...] (C) The Ambassador hosted Russian Ambassador Mikhail Bocharnikov for a one-on-one lunch April 2. The Ambassador briefed Bocharnikov in detail on his March 24 meetings at the Foreign Ministry in Moscow with Deputy Foreign Minister Karasin and Director of the Third CIS Department Maksim Peshko [...] | 2009-04-02 10:20:00 | Embassy Astana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KACT OSCE RS KZ |
09ASTANA574 | KAZAKHSTAN: RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ON [...] This cable is keyed to reftel, which requests information on the transparency of central government budgets for countries that receive U.S. foreign assistance. 2. The central government of the Republic of Kazakhstan will receive U.S. foreign assistance from FY09 funds. 3. Kazakhstan's [...] | 2009-04-02 10:55:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL EAID ECON KZ |
09ASTANA58 | KAZAKHSTAN: ALMA-ATA INFO EDITOR CHARGED WITH [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On January 9, the Editor-in-Chief of the newspaper "Alma-Ata Info", Ramazan Yesergepov, was formerly charged with disseminating classified information in an article his paper published on November 21. Yesergepov [...] | 2009-01-12 10:41:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM KZ |
09ASTANA587 | KAZAKHSTAN: OPINION POLL INDICATES PRESIDENT NAZARBAYEV [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: In a U.S. Government-funded survey commissioned by the International Republican Institute (IRI) and conducted by Baltic Surveys/The Gallup Organization, 41 percent of respondents had a favorable opinion of the Unit [...] | 2009-04-03 10:12:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM SOCI KDEM KPAO RS KZ |
09ASTANA591 | KAZAKHSTAN: JUDICIARY SEEKS TO INCREASE COOPERATION WITH [...] SUMMARY: On March 17, visiting USAID Democracy and Governance Advisor Gavin Helf and other USAID staff met with Abdrashid Zhukenov, Acting Chairman of the Supreme Court and Chairman of the Collegium on Criminal Cases, and Ilyas Ispanov, First Deputy Chairman of the Supreme Court's Administrati [...] | 2009-04-03 12:00:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM EAID SOCI KZ |
09ASTANA592 | KAZAKHSTAN: APPEALS COURT HANDS DOWN SUSPENDED [...] (C) SUMMARY: On April 3, an Ust-Kamenogorsk appeals court reaffirmed the criminal conviction against Peace Corps volunteer Anthony Sharp -- but, in accordance with the Kazakhstani government's commitment to us, suspended his two-year prison sentence, essentially putting him on probation for t [...] | 2009-04-03 12:08:00 | Embassy Astana | SECRET | PGOV PREL CASC KZ |
09ASTANA594 | KAZAKHSTAN COMMITTED TO PUBLIC PRIVATE ECONOMIC [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On April 1, the initial Coordinating Committee meeting of the Public Private Economic Partnership Initiative (PPEPI) was held in Astana. While the initiative has been slow getting off the ground since it was laun [...] | 2009-04-03 12:21:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EAID SOCI KZ |
09ASTANA596 | KAZAKHSTAN: MEDIA REACTION, MARCH 25-APRIL 1 [...] SUMMARY: During the week of March 25-April 1, there was no one topic that dominated the Kazakhstani media. Independent weekly "Delovaya Nedeleya" ran a lengthy interview with Deputy Defense Minister Bulat Sembinov regarding Kazakhstan's participation in Afghanistan, and pro-government weekly [...] | 2009-04-06 08:01:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL EFIN MARR SOCI KPAO KCRM AF RS KZ |
09ASTANA597 | NEW TIMES REQUIRE NEW METHODS FOR PUBLIC DIPLOMACY [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) As the Obama Administration moves to implement the policy objectives determined by the Afghanistan-Pakistan strategic review, and also works on the U.S.-Russia relationship, it would be useful to reconsider public diplomac [...] | 2009-04-06 11:50:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PROP PINR KPAO RS ZK |
09ASTANA598 | KAZAKHSTAN: SENIOR OFFICIALS DENY GOVERNMENT INTENDS TO [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The Mazhilis (i.e., the lower house of parliament) is currently considering draft legislation regarding the introduction of a special currency regime, which would include certain currency control measures. Senior K [...] | 2009-04-06 12:12:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON EINV EFIN KZ |
09ASTANA6 | KAZAKHSTAN: YOU WIN SOME, YOU LOSE SOME -- COURTS RULE ON [...] (U)Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) Two Almaty courts ruled on December 26 and 27 on two of the five pending libel cases against the opposition paper Taszhargan (reftel),with one decision in the paper's favor, and one against. On December 26, the Almaty Econo [...] | 2009-01-05 08:42:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM OSCE KDEM KZ |
09ASTANA601 | KAZAKHSTAN: STATE SECRETARY SAUDABAYEV CONFIRMS [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 9. 2. (S) SUMMARY: State Secretary Kanat Saudabayev told the Ambassador on April 7 that Kazakhstan is willing to host the international nuclear fuel bank, just as President Nazarbayev had announced to the press on April 6. He said that the ba [...] | 2009-04-07 12:35:00 | Embassy Astana | SECRET | PGOV PREL PHUM MARR KNNP IAEA AF IR KZ |
09ASTANA604 | KAZAKHSTAN: PRESIDENTIAL ADVISOR SARYBAY SAYS [...] (S) SUMMARY: On April 8, Presidential Foreign Policy Advisor Kairat Sarybay gave the Ambassador a readout of President Nazarbayev's April 6 meeting with Iranian President Ahmadinejad. Sarybay said that Ahmadinejad appeared to welcome President Obama's April 5 Prague speech. Ahmadinejad main [...] | 2009-04-08 10:14:00 | Embassy Astana | SECRET | PREL PGOV CASC MARR KNNP IAEA AF IR KZ |
09ASTANA607 | KAZAKHSTAN: PRESIDENT NAZARBAYEV DISCUSSES [...] (U) SUMMARY: Iranian President Mahmud Ahmadinejad visited Astana April 6-7, where he met with President Nazarbayev, participated in several ceremonial events, and gave a speech at a local university. During a joint press conference following the Nazarbayev-Ahmadinejad meeting, Ahmadinejad d [...] | 2009-04-08 11:32:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON EINV ENRG EPET ETTC KNNP IR KZ |
09ASTANA610 | KAZAKHSTAN: HUNGARIAN-LED BOMCA DELEGATION [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador met with a Border Management in Central Asia (BOMCA) delegation on April 6 to discuss efforts to implement European Integrated Border Management (IBM) in Kazakhstan. According to the delegation's leader, General Istvan Samu, Deputy National Commander of the Hungarian [...] | 2009-04-09 05:04:00 | Embassy Astana | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SNAR KNNP KCRM KZ |
09ASTANA62 | KAZAKHSTAN: WORLD BANK ENVIRONMENTAL PROJECTS [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Among the several World Bank environmental projects in Kazakhstan, four stand out as noteworthy. The Drylands Protection Project in the Shetskiy rayon of Karaganda oblast promotes sustainable land use by encouragin [...] | 2009-01-13 08:49:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ENRG SENV KZ |
09ASTANA621 | KAZAKHSTAN: FUTURE LEADERS EXPRESS VIEWS ON FOREIGN [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On March 19, the Ambassador hosted 10 future Kazakhstani leaders who are alumni of the Marshall Center. The alumni, who represented at least five government ministries and agencies, asked the Ambassador questions [...] | 2009-04-10 12:55:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON SOCI KZ |
09ASTANA622 | KAZAKHSTAN: MEDIA REACTION, APRIL 2-APRIL 8 [...] SUMMARY: This week Kazakhstani media highlighted what the media believes is a possible visit of President Obama to Kazakhstan, spurred by an invitation from President Nazarbayev that Senate Chairman Kassym-Zhomart Tokayev gave the President during his trip to Turkey. The media also focused o [...] | 2009-04-12 07:56:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM MARR SOCI KPAO KMDR KZ |
09ASTANA623 | KAZAKHSTAN: U.S. ASSISTANCE HELPS CUSTOMS CONTROL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Post's Export and Related Border Security (EXBS) and Department of Energy (DOE) offices have provided assistance to strengthen border security at many of Kazakhstan's 112 border crossing points. Typical site assessments indicate Kazakhstan's border crossing points typically pro [...] | 2009-04-12 07:57:00 | Embassy Astana | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL MNUC KNNP CH KZ |
09ASTANA625 | KAZAKHSTAN: OPEN SOCIETY INSTITUTE RELATIVELY [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The Soros Foundation's Open Society Institute's (OSI) Executive Director in Kazakhstan judges that the government of Kazakhstan's political will to provide access to government-related information is "spotty but [...] | 2009-04-13 09:47:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM EAID SOCI KDEM KZ |
09ASTANA626 | KAZAKHSTAN: AMBASSADOR DELIVERS DEMARCHE ON [...] (C) The Ambassador delivered reftel A demarche on the conclusions of our Afghanistan-Pakistan strategic review and requesting specific Kazakhstani contributions to Afghanistan to Deputy Foreign Minister Konstantin Zhigalov on April 13. He provided Zhigalov with non-papers on both issues, expla [...] | 2009-04-13 10:03:00 | Embassy Astana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR MOPS NATO AF KZ |
09ASTANA628 | KAZAKHSTAN: EXBS ADVISOR'S REPORTING CABLE (MARCH 2009) [...] In May, the Kazakhstan Customs Control Committee plans to make a presentation at the World Customs Organization (WCO) meeting in Norway regarding an effort to obtain designation of Kazakhstan as a regional WCO training center and get WCO capacity building assistance in creating a regional custo [...] | 2009-04-13 11:27:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL ETTC MNUC KNNP KSTC KZ |
09ASTANA629 | KAZAKHSTAN: NEW SUPREME COURT CHAIRMAN TALKS JUSTICE WITH [...] SUMMARY: On April 7, the newly appointed Chairman of the Supreme Court of Kazakhstan, Musabek Alimbekov, met with Paul Magnuson, Judge of the U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota. Alimbekov stated that the judiciary in Kazakhstan is independent, and is implementing reforms consi [...] | 2009-04-13 11:38:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM EAID SOCI KZ |
09ASTANA638 | KAZAKHSTAN: MFA REASSURES VISITING SCA/CEN DIRECTOR THAT [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: MFA Americas Department Director Askar Tazhiyev told visiting SCA/CEN Director Tom Hushek on April 8 that Kazakhstan is committed to upholding ODIHR's mandate during its 2010 OSCE Chairmanship. Tazhiyev explained [...] | 2009-04-14 11:47:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM OSCE KNNP TU KZ |
09ASTANA64 | KAZAKHSTAN HANDS OVER NON-PAPER AND COURT DOSSIER [...] (C) SUMMARY: A government of Kazakhstan non-paper alleges that President Nursultan Nazarbayev's exiled ex-son-in-law Rakhat Aliyev has hired U.S. public relations firms to build the case that he is a political dissident standing up to a tyrannical and corrupt Nazarbayev, with the ultimate go [...] | 2009-01-13 10:31:00 | Embassy Astana | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PROP KCRM KZ |
09ASTANA65 | KAZAKHSTAN HANDS OVER NON-PAPER AND COURT DOSSIER [...] (C) SUMMARY: A government of Kazakhstan non-paper alleges that President Nursultan Nazarbayev's exiled ex-son-in-law Rakhat Aliyev has hired U.S. public relations firms to build the case that he is a political dissident standing up to a tyrannical and corrupt Nazarbayev, with the ultimate go [...] | 2009-01-13 10:31:00 | Embassy Astana | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PROP KCRM KZ |
09ASTANA660 | KAZAKHSTAN: INTERNATIONAL CANINE CONFERENCE [...] Sensitive but Unclassified. Not for Public Internet 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. INL funded a March 26-27 International Conference on the Role of Canines in the Fight against Drug Trafficking, Extremism and Terrorism in Almaty. Representatives from the canine services of the five Central Asian countri [...] | 2009-04-17 10:21:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL SNAR SOCI KCRM ZK KZ |
09ASTANA661 | KAZAKHSTAN: WORLD TUBERCULOSIS DAY -- INSPIRING STUDENTS [...] SUMMARY: The DCM addressed a World Tuberculosis Day conference for medical students at the Kazakhstan National Medical University on April 7. The conference, entitled "We Can Stop TB," aimed to motivate students to get involved in the country's fight against tuberculosis (TB) -- a disease th [...] | 2009-04-17 11:02:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL EAID EINV TBIO SOCI KZ |
09ASTANA663 | KAZAKHSTAN: MEDIA REACTION, APRIL 9 - 15 [...] SUMMARY: Kazakhstani political commentators focused on the domestic political scene this week, weighing the relative merits of the ruling Nur Otan party and its adversaries in the opposition. "Delovaya Nedelya," an independent weekly, published a wrap-up of the G-20 summit in which it mocked [...] | 2009-04-17 11:50:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PREL ECON SOCI KDEM KPAO KMDR KZ |
09ASTANA664 | KAZAKHSTAN: KAZKOSMOS LAYS OUT SPACE AMBITIONS, REQUESTS [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for Public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. Kazakhstan's National Space Agency, KazKosmos, expects that Russia and Kazakhstan will sign an agreement this year to allow visits to the Baikonur cosmodrome for tourists. Russia's current Baikonur lease runs until [...] | 2009-04-17 12:08:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL TSPA SENV KNNP KZ |
09ASTANA666 | KAZAKHSTAN: INTER-AGENCY DELEGATION TO VISIT [...] (SBU) The Ministry of Foreign Affairs sent us a diplomatic note on April 14 requesting bilateral consultations in Washington during May 4-5 to discuss Kazakhstan's interest in joining the Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR). The text of the note follows: BEGIN TEXT No. 10-3/1270 [...] | 2009-04-20 11:31:00 | Embassy Astana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ETTC KNNP MTCR KZ |
09ASTANA67 | KAZAKHSTAN: UNIFICATION CHURCH MISSIONARY SENTENCED TO [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On January 9, an Almaty court found Unification Church missionary Yelizaveta Drencheva guilty on charges of "instilling a sense of inferiority in citizens based on their tribal and social association," and sentenc [...] | 2009-01-14 10:33:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM KIRF KDEM KZ |
09ASTANA674 | KAZAKHSTAN: SCENESETTER FOR FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (C) SUMMARY: Kazakhstani Foreign Minister Marat Tazhin's May 4-5 visit to Washington is the Obama Administration's first opportunity for face-to-face engagement with the leadership of our most important partner in Central Asia. We have a robust bilateral relationship with Kazakhstan, with cl [...] | 2009-04-21 11:45:00 | Embassy Astana | SECRET | PREL PGOV PHUM ECON EPET KNNP AF RS KZ |
09ASTANA675 | KAZAKHSTAN CASPIAN TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM INFRASTRUCTURE [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The government of Kazakhstan is committed to developing alternative oil export routes, whether by pipeline, rail, or tanker, that reduce its dependence on Russia. From April 9-17, Energy Officer joined a definiti [...] | 2009-04-22 07:55:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ECON EPET EINV RS IR KZ |
09ASTANA677 | KAZAKHSTAN: GOVERNMENT’S ANTI-CORRUPTION CAMPAIGN [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Kazakhstani authorities recently launched a well-publicized anti-corruption campaign that has resulted in the arrest of several high-ranking individuals, including the Minister of Environment and a Deputy Minister of Defense, and in convictions of a number of others. The campaign a [...] | 2009-04-22 11:43:00 | Embassy Astana | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SOCI KCRM KZ |
09ASTANA678 | KAZAKHSTAN: CHINA NATIONAL PETROLEUM CORPORATION ACQUIRES [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) SUMMARY: On April 16, during President Nazarbayev's state visit to Beijing, KazMunaiGas (KMG) and China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC) announced that they will jointly acquire the production assets of MangistauMunaiGa [...] | 2009-04-23 07:39:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ECON EPET EINV RS IR KZ |
09ASTANA713 | KAZAKHSTAN -- MORE EURASIA THAN CENTRAL ASIA -- [...] (C) SUMMARY: From many conversations with top-level officials and other signals, it is clear Kazakhstan is seeking an enhanced relationship with the United States, in part to better balance its relations with especially Russia but also with China. Kazakhstan is different from the other four [...] | 2009-04-27 04:08:00 | Embassy Astana | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR PHUM ECON RS AF KZ |
09ASTANA714 | KAZAKHSTANI FM TAZHIN'S PRIORITIES FOR HIS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Previewing for the Ambassador his May 4-5 visit to Washington, Foreign Minister Tazhin said: -- he hopes to be prepared to make new "strategic non-military proposals" for enhanced Kazakhstani asssistance in Afghanistan; -- he will be fully prepared to discuss with Secretary [...] | 2009-04-27 05:39:00 | Embassy Astana | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL OSCE CH RS KZ |
09ASTANA715 | KAZAKHSTAN'S EIGHTH EURASIAN MEDIA FORUM: [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) Dr. (sic) Dariga Nazarbayeva organized (or at least it was organized in her name),the Eighth Eurasian Media Forum, April 23-24, in Almaty, co-sponsored by CNN and "The International Herald Tribune," with support from EuroN [...] | 2009-04-27 06:50:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PROP SOCI KPAO RS KZ |
09ASTANA717 | KAZAKHSTAN: AMBASSADOR DELIVERS DEMARCHE ON [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-27 08:45:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ECON AF PK KZ |
09ASTANA725 | KAZAKHSTAN: RECOMMENDATION THAT WE NOT DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-27 11:40:00 | Embassy Astana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KV KZ |
09ASTANA728 | KAZAKHSTAN: ASD BENKERT PRESSES FOR [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-28 02:55:00 | Embassy Astana | SECRET | PGOV PREL KNNP RS KZ |
09ASTANA734 | KAZAKHSTAN: AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES PED EXTENSION, [...] (C) SUMMARY: During an April 28 meeting, the Ambassador informed Minister of Economy and Budget Planning Bakhyt Sultanov about the U.S government's approval of a three-year extension for the Program for Economic Development (PED) and updated him on the progress of the U.S.-Kazakhstan Public-P [...] | 2009-04-28 11:35:00 | Embassy Astana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON EAID KNNP KZ |
09ASTANA744 | KAZAKHSTAN: "TASZHARGAN" EDITOR ARRESTED AND RELEASED, [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Yermurat Bapi, editor of the opposition newspaper "Taszhargan," was arrested on April 23 for failing to pay a 30 million tenge ($200,000) court-ordered damage award to a parliamentarian, but was released the same [...] | 2009-04-29 10:26:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM OSCE KZ |
09ASTANA748 | KAZAKHSTAN: A KCTS SCORECARD OF RISKS AND REWARDS [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: From April 7-17, Energy Officer accompanied a definitional mission from the U.S. Trade and Development Agency to identify potential technical assistance projects in support of the Kazakhstan Caspian Transportation [...] | 2009-04-30 05:21:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ECON EPET EINV RS KZ |
09ASTANA759 | REQUEST FOR FY09 USCENTCOM/SOCCENT COUNTER [...] (C) SUMMARY. IN ACCORDANCE WITH REFS A AND B, THIS MESSAGE IS AN EMBASSY ASTANA REQUEST FOR FY09 DOD OPERATIONAL SUPPORT UNDER 1004, NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT 1991, AS AMENDED, FOR DEVELOPMENT OF COUNTER NARCO TERRORISM (CNT) TRAINING DEPLOYMENT (CKZ2009CNT021N) WITH THE KAZAKHSTAN S [...] | 2009-05-04 10:24:00 | Embassy Astana | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MASS SNAR KZ |
09ASTANA760 | KAZAKHSTAN TO PARTICIPATE IN GICNT PLENARY BUT UNCERTAIN [...] No summary [...] | 2009-05-04 10:49:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PARM PTER MNUC KNNP KGIC KZ |
09ASTANA771 | KAZAKHSTAN: EXBS ADVISOR'S REPORTING CABLE (APRIL 2009) [...] On April 27, Kazakhstan tightened epidemiological control at all airports, seaports, and land border crossings in response to reports of cases of H1N1 influenza virus in other countries. Kazakhstan has prohibited the importation of pork products from certain countries and is using the Fever Sc [...] | 2009-05-05 08:49:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL ETTC MNUC KNNP KSTC KZ |
09ASTANA778 | KAZAKHSTAN: HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL'S ACTION PLAN LAYS OUT [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On April 14, Kazakhstan's Presidential Human Rights Commission (HRC) unveiled its National Human Rights Action Plan for 2009-2012. The Action Plan, the first one the Kazakhstani government has ever issued, outlin [...] | 2009-05-06 02:13:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM OSCE KZ |
09ASTANA811 | KAZAKHSTAN: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON REMOVING H1N1-RELATED [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Akhmetzhan Sultanov, Vice Chairman of the Ministry of Agriculture's State Inspection Committee told us on May 6 that, in response to the H1N1 virus, the Government of Kazakhstan took preemptive steps to prevent the [...] | 2009-05-07 08:45:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EAGR ETRD ECON SENV KZ |
09ASTANA812 | KAZAKHSTAN: RESULTS OF BOTA FOUNDATION BOARD MEETING [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) This cable contains an Action Request. See para 13. 3. (SBU) SUMMARY: The BOTA Foundation held a meeting of its Board of Trustees in Almaty on April 29-30. All the items on the fully packed agenda were reviewed, with many [...] | 2009-05-07 10:25:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL EAID SOCI KZ |
09ASTANA813 | KAZAKHSTAN: VICE MINISTER OF ENERGY DISCUSSES NUCLEAR [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On May 6, the Charge d'Affaires met with Vice Minister of Energy Asset Magauov to discuss the Kazakhstani government's financial commitments to the safe storage of spent fuel from the decommissioned BN-350 nuclear [...] | 2009-05-07 11:33:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ECON ENRG EPET EINV KNNP KZ |
09ASTANA816 | KAZAKHSTAN: INTERNET LAW PASSES THROUGH FIRST READING IN [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On April 29, the Mazhilis (the lower house of the parliament) approved at a first reading a controversial draft law on the Internet. The draft now has to go through a second reading before being presented to the [...] | 2009-05-08 02:00:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM OSCE KZ |
09ASTANA819 | KAZAKHSTAN: UK ENERGY ENVOY TOURS REGION [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On April 29, the Ambassador met with UK Caspian Energy Envoy Angus Miller (protect throughout) to discuss his six-week tour through the Caucasus and Central Asia. Miller said that an investor from the United Arab [...] | 2009-05-08 09:56:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ECON EPET EINV RS GG TX KZ |
09ASTANA825 | KAZAKHSTAN: PETROCHEMICAL PROPOSAL ATTRACTS INVESTORS [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On April 29, Energy Officer met with Raushan Sarmurzina, Director of the Petrochemicals Department at the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources (MEMR),to discuss Kazakhstan's plans to develop a domestic petroc [...] | 2009-05-12 09:35:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ECON EPET EINV KZ |
09ASTANA827 | NEW LAW ENFORCEMENT BLOCK IN KAZAKHSTAN [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) SUMMARY: In early April, President Nazarbayev reshuffled the heads of nearly all of Kazakhstan's law agencies. General Major Serik Baimagambetov, a member of the Majilis (i.e. the lower house of parliament),was named Ministe [...] | 2009-05-12 11:38:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR SNAR KCRM KTIP KZ |
09ASTANA828 | KAZAKHSTAN: MEDIA REACTION, APRIL 30 - May 6 [...] SUMMARY: A draft law on Internet regulation, which passed the lower house of Parliament this week, drew a fusillade from opposition and independent media outlets who object to what they see as potential for overbearing government control over new media. Though the Internet law was the hot top [...] | 2009-05-12 12:04:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PREL ECON SOCI KDEM KPAO KMDR KZ |
09ASTANA83 | KAZAKHSTAN: SPECIAL ENVOY CUMBER ENCOURAGES ASTANA TO [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: In a January 9 meeting with U.S. Special Envoy to the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) Sada Cumber, State Secretary Kanat Saudabayev underlined Kazakhstan's commitment to promoting inter-confessional u [...] | 2009-01-15 10:33:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KISL KDEM KZ |
09ASTANA830 | KAZAKHSTAN: KAZAKHSTAN WELCOMES REVITALIZED TIFA [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On April 24 and April 27, Deputy Assistant United States Trade Representative (DAUSTR) for South and Central Asia Claudio Lilienfeld held meetings in Almaty and Astana to discuss the future of the Central Asia Trad [...] | 2009-05-13 03:35:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON EINV EFIN EAID KZ |
09ASTANA852 | KAZAKHSTAN: KOREAN PRESIDENT LEE'S STATE VISIT PROMOTES [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) SUMMARY: On May 12, South Korean President Lee Myung-bak arrived in Kazakhstan for a three-day state visit (reftel A). Lee and Kazakhstan's President Nazarbayev signed a series of documents during the visit, including a joi [...] | 2009-05-15 10:55:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON ENRG EPET EINV RS CH KS KZ |
09ASTANA854 | KAZAKHSTAN: MFA CALLS APRIL 28 SUMMIT OF CENTRAL ASIAN [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. Kazakhstan's MFA regards the April 28 Summit of the Presidents of the Founding States of the International Fund to Save the Aral Sea as "successful," despite disagreements over water management issues. Kazakhstan h [...] | 2009-05-18 04:31:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ENRG ECON SENV ZK KZ |
09ASTANA862 | KAZAKHSTAN: SMALL OIL COMPANY HOPES TO MAKE IT BIG [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On May 14, the Chief Executive Officer of Canamens, an independent oil and gas exploration and production company with headquarters in London, briefed the Charge on the company's plans and activities in Kazakhstan [...] | 2009-05-19 10:42:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON EPET EINV IR KZ |
09ASTANA870 | KAZAKHSTAN: ALGA LEADER DISCUSSES ABLYAZOV, TWO [...] (C) SUMMARY: On May 18, the leader of the unregistered opposition party Alga, Vladimir Kozlov, told us that he recently met in London with ousted BTA bank chairman Mukhtar Ablyazov, who is Alga's principal financial backer. According to Kozlov, Ablyazov will soon declare himself "in open opp [...] | 2009-05-21 04:36:00 | Embassy Astana | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM ECON SOCI KDEM KZ |
09ASTANA89 | KAZAKHSTAN: OIC SPECIAL ENVOY CUMBER DISCUSSES DEMOCRACY, [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: During a January 9 dinner with U.S. Special Envoy to the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) Sada Cumber, ambassadors and other diplomats from several OIC-member countries and India freely exchanged views [...] | 2009-01-16 10:20:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM SOCI KDEM KISL KZ |
09ASTANA898 | KAZAKHSTAN: MAZHILIS HOSTS "PATH TO EUROPE" CONFERENCE [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On May 21, the Mazhilis (the lower house of parliament) hosted a conference entitled, "Modern Kazakhstan and the Path to Europe." The high-profile event, attended by high-ranking government officials and foreign [...] | 2009-05-27 09:37:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM OSCE KZ |
09ASTANA91 | KAZAKHSTAN: MFA DIPLOMATIC NOTE CONFIRMS GOVERNMENT'S [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) The Embassy has received a diplomatic note from the Kazakhstani Ministry of Foreign Affairs confirming the government's approval of the transit of non-military goods for Afghanistan shipped through the Distribution Network [...] | 2009-01-16 11:37:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MARR AF KZ |
09ASTANA925 | KAZAKHSTANI FINANCIAL INTELLIGENCE UNIT VISITS UNITED [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) SUMMARY. A delegation from the Committee of Financial Monitoring of the Ministry of Finance participated in an FIU orientation program presented by the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN). The orientation program wa [...] | 2009-06-01 06:33:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL SNAR KCRM KCOR KZ |
09ASTANA927 | KAZAKHSTAN: EXBS ADVISOR'S REPORTING CABLE (MAY 2009) [...] On May 22, the proposed visit of the Kazakhstan Customs Control Committee Chairman Kozy-Korpesh Karbuzov to the U.S. was postponed until the fall, in order to organize a fully coordinated program that will be successful in advancing the broad goals of mutual cooperation. On May 23, Kazakhstan [...] | 2009-06-01 10:15:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL ETTC MNUC KNNP KSTC KZ |
09ASTANA928 | KAZAKHSTAN: PUBLIC-PRIVATE ALLIANCE LEADS TO INCREASED [...] SUMMARY: The Sustainable Dairy Global Development Alliance (SD-GDA),initiated in 2006 by USAID in cooperation with U.S. and Kazakhstani based dairy farms and dairy service providers, is a public-private partnership designed to increase the profitability of small and medium sized dairy farms. [...] | 2009-06-01 10:26:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL EAID EAGR SOCI KZ |
09ASTANA929 | KAZAKHSTAN: ALMATY NOTES, MAY 11 - 22 [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) The "Almaty Notes" series from U.S. Office Almaty focuses on developments in civil society, the media, and the political opposition in Kazakhstan's "southern capital." TRIAL OF OPPOSITION LEADERS ENDS 3. (U) The trial of [...] | 2009-06-01 10:36:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL ECON SOCI KIRF KDEM KZ |
09ASTANA94 | KAZAKHSTAN: CENTCOM CDR PETRAEUS MEETS PRESIDENT [...] No summary [...] | 2009-01-20 00:53:00 | Embassy Astana | SECRET | PGOV PREL AF IR RS KZ |
09ASTANA941 | KAZAKHSTAN RATIFIES COOPERATIVE THREAT REDUCTION [...] (U) On June 2, President Nazarbayev signed legislation ratifying the extended and amended Umbrella Agreement for our bilateral Cooperative Threat Reduction (CTR) program. The Presidential Administration released a press statement marking the event which received coverage in the Kazakhstani med [...] | 2009-06-03 10:44:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PGOV PREL ECON MNUC KNNP KZ |
09ASTANA943 | KAZAKHSTAN: CHANGES AND CHARGES AT KAZATOMPROM [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On May 21, former Minister for Industry and Trade Vladimir Shkolnik replaced Mukhtar Dzhakishev as head of the state-owned nuclear company Kazatomprom (KAP). On May 22, the 45-year old Dzhakishev was arrested on [...] | 2009-06-03 11:22:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR EMIN ENRG EINV ELAB KNNP KZ |
09ASTANA949 | FINANCIAL POLICE ACADEMY TRIP TO U.S. [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: INL sponsored a visit to the United States by General Major Tleukhan, director of the Academy of the Financial Police. Tleukhan had the opportunity to study the structure and programs of the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center (FLETC) in Glynco, Georgia, and the FBI Academ [...] | 2009-06-04 11:15:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL SNAR KCRM KCOR KZ |
09ASTANA95 | KAZAKHSTAN: CENTCOM CDR PETRAEUS MEETS PRESIDENT [...] (S) SUMMARY: President Nazarbayev told CENTCOM Commander General Petraeus: -- the situation in Afghanistan greatly worries him; the Taliban should never be allowed to become a coalition partner in the Afghan government; -- Iran cannot be allowed to become a nuclear state, but the United States need [...] | 2009-01-20 05:56:00 | Embassy Astana | SECRET | PGOV PREL AF IR RS KZ |
09ASTANA953 | KAZAKHSTAN: MEDIA REACTION, MAY 22 - 29 [...] SUMMARY: Mukhtar Dzhakishev, the head of the state nuclear company, Kazatomprom, was arrested this week as a part of a continuing government anti-corruption campaign. The other major story was the publication and banning of "Godfather-in-Law," a book written by the former son-in-law of Presi [...] | 2009-06-05 05:46:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PREL ECON SOCI KDEM KCRM KPAO KMDR AF KZ |
09ASTANA956 | KAZAKHSTAN: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON ARMS SALE TO [...] (S) Ambassador delivered demarche in reftel on June 5 to Presidential Foreign Policy Advisor Kairat Sarybai, including verbatim point. Ambassador stressed the importance of preventing the proliferation of weapons and military-related items and told Sarybai, "We do need to have a reply to this [...] | 2009-06-05 10:34:00 | Embassy Astana | SECRET | PGOV PREL PINR PARM PTER ETTC MARR MCAP MOPS |
09ASTANA957 | KAZAKHSTAN: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON LETHAL TRANSIT [...] (C) Ambassador delivered reftel demarche on June 5 to Presidential Foreign Policy Advisor Kairat Sarybai. 2. (C) The Ambassador explained that the initiative for the possible transit of lethal materiel across Russian territory came from President Medvedev, and he told Sarybai that he want [...] | 2009-06-05 11:15:00 | Embassy Astana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR RSZ TI TX UZ KG KZ |
09ASTANA982 | KAZAKHSTAN: CHINESE AMBASSADOR COMMENTS ON KEY FOREIGN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On June 5, Chinese Ambassador Cheng Guoping hosted the Ambassador for dinner at the restaurant on the 23rd floor of a striking new hotel built in Astana and owned by the Chinese National Petroleum Company. During a fascinating, wide-ranging, three-hour tour d'horizon, the Chinese Amb [...] | 2009-06-08 10:08:00 | Embassy Astana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON EPET AF GG RS IR KN ZK KZ |
09ASTANA983 | KAZAKHSTAN: AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES BILATERAL [...] (S) SUMMARY: On June 5, the Ambassador delivered demarches on a possible Kazakhstani arms sale to Syria and on U.S.-Russian discussions on the transit of lethal supplies to Afghanistan to Presidential Foreign Policy Advisor Kairat Sarybay (see reftels),and briefed Sarybay on his recent visit [...] | 2009-06-08 10:13:00 | Embassy Astana | SECRET | PREL PINR MNUC CASC KNNP NATO KZ |
09ASUNCION103 | IRAN MAKES COMMERCIAL OVERTURES TO PARAGUAY [...] (SBU) Iran's Ambassador to Paraguay, Morteza Tafreshi, resident in Montevideo, met separately January 22 with Paraguay's Foreign Minister Hamed Franco and with Minister of Industry and Commerce Heisecke in Asuncion. During his meeting with Hamed, Tafreshi invited President Fernando Lugo to vis [...] | 2009-02-17 18:33:00 | Embassy Asuncion | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON PA IR |
09ASUNCION108 | TOUCHING BASE WITH FM HAMED ON TRADE, COOPERATION [...] (C) SUMMARY: Foreign Minister Hamed Franco told Ambassador February 12 that "we will see a change" regarding Paraguay's position in the World Trade Organization opposing U.S. waivers for trade preference programs. On biofuels, Hamed said the GOP just held a meeting among ministries with biofu [...] | 2009-02-18 18:13:00 | Embassy Asuncion | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON PGOV PTER ETRD MASS MARR PA |
09ASUNCION109 | TOUCHING BASE WITH FM HAMED ON TRADE, COOPERATION [...] (C) SUMMARY: Foreign Minister Hamed Franco told Ambassador February 12 that "we will see a change" regarding Paraguay's position in the World Trade Organization opposing U.S. waivers for trade preference programs. On biofuels, Hamed said the GOP just held a meeting among ministries with biofu [...] | 2009-02-18 18:52:00 | Embassy Asuncion | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON PGOV PTER ETRD MASS MARR PA |
09ASUNCION13 | PRESIDENT LUGO DISCUSSES SECURITY AND DEFENSE [...] (S) President Lugo, joined by two close confidants, frankly and amicably discussed with Charge January 5 current security issues, principally the Paraguayan People's Army's New Year's Eve attack on an Army outpost and the separate subsequent capture by police of stolen plastic explosives by Army pe [...] | 2009-01-09 22:20:00 | Embassy Asuncion | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PARM MASS PTER SNAR PA |
09ASUNCION14 | PRESIDENT LUGO DISCUSSES SECURITY AND DEFENSE [...] (S) President Lugo, joined by two close confidants, frankly and amicably discussed with Charge January 5 current security issues, principally the Paraguayan People's Army's New Year's Eve attack on an Army outpost and the separate subsequent capture by police of stolen plastic explosives by Army pe [...] | 2009-01-09 22:28:00 | Embassy Asuncion | SECRET | MASS PTER SNAR PREL PARM PA |
09ASUNCION143 | FISHING IN TROUBLED WATERS WITH LUGO [...] (C) SUMMARY: I accepted an invitation from President Lugo to join his February 28-29 trip to a nature reserve in Alto Paraguay. The trip included fishing for piranhas, eating alligator or "jacare," and bird watching on the Black River with the President -- providing me with a unique opportunit [...] | 2009-03-05 20:39:00 | Embassy Asuncion | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON MARR PGOV MASS PINS SNAR PA |
09ASUNCION156 | PARAGUAY LIBERATES INTERNET SERVICES [...] (U) Paraguay's National Telecommunications Commission (CONATEL) approved March 12 the liberalization of Internet services, ending the monopoly of state-owned telecommunications operator (COPACO). The measure will benefit private providers with fiber optic networks, and consumers will likely se [...] | 2009-03-13 19:11:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN PGOV EIND ECON EINV ETRD PREL PA |
09ASUNCION157 | PARAGUAY'S 2008 FOURTH QUARTER INL REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-16 11:11:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR AFIN PREL KCRIM PA |
09ASUNCION17 | LUGO'S MEDIA STRATEGY - MARXIST, MUDDLED, OR [...] No summary [...] | 2009-01-12 12:55:00 | Embassy Asuncion | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAO PHUM ECPS PGOV PA |
09ASUNCION173 | END USE MONITORING REPORT [...] (U) Embassy Asuncion's International Narcotics and Law Enforcement (INL) program provided computer equipment, software, vehicles, a construction project, and rent assistance to a variety of Paraguayan government agencies in 2008, including the Anti Drug Secretariat (SENAD),the Women's Secretar [...] | 2009-03-23 21:25:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR AFIN PREL PA |
09ASUNCION185 | CORREA'S PARAGUAY VISIT PRODUCTIVE AND [...] (C) During his March 23-24 visit to Paraguay, Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa signed three bilateral accords, unleashed populist rhetoric, bashed the press and "traditional" politicians, offered Paraguay free advice on renegotiating the Itaipu Dam treaty with Brazil, and exchanged medals [...] | 2009-03-26 22:02:00 | Embassy Asuncion | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EC PA |
09ASUNCION187 | PRESS ASSOCIATION GIVES LUGO GOOD MARKS [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Inter-American Press Association (IAPA),which held its biannual meeting in Paraguay this month, was harshly critical of Venezuela's Hugo Chavez, but Paraguay received good marks. As the IAPA director explained: "Whereas other governments in the region are systematically atta [...] | 2009-03-27 13:19:00 | Embassy Asuncion | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAO PHUM ECPS PGOV PA |
09ASUNCION188 | SUCCESSFUL SOUTHCOM VISIT TO PARAGUAY [...] (C) SUMMARY: SOUTHCOM Military Deputy Commander Lt. Gen. Spears conducted a successful visit to Paraguay March 24-26. Defense Minister Barreiro Spaini voiced his support to pursuing a general agreement on military cooperation (while cautioning that he is but one of many voices in the governm [...] | 2009-03-28 19:31:00 | Embassy Asuncion | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MASS PA |
09ASUNCION189 | PARAGUAYAN POLS PLOT PARLIAMENTARY PUTSCH [...] (C) SUMMARY: Rumors persist that discredited General and UNACE party leader Lino Oviedo and ex-president Nicanor Duarte Frutos are now working together to assume power via (mostly) legal means should President Lugo stumble in coming months. Their goal: Capitalize on any Lugo mis-steps to break the [...] | 2009-03-28 20:24:00 | Embassy Asuncion | SECRET | PGOV PREL MARR PINS PA |
09ASUNCION216 | PARAGUAY INVESTS IN GLOBAL PEACEKEEPING COMPANY [...] (C) Paraguayan Military Forces Commander Admiral Cibar Benitez informed Ambassador by letter March 30 that he had authorized over USD 3.5 million in funds to support Paraguay's first United Nations (UN) Peace Keeping Operations Multi-Role Engineer (MRE) Company. The authorization follows Def [...] | 2009-04-07 19:18:00 | Embassy Asuncion | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MASS MOPS PGOV PREL PA |
09ASUNCION222 | PRESIDENT SEEKS COMMUNICATIONS ASSISTANCE [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Lugo is having serious problems with both internal and external communications (reftels). Ambassador Ayalde discussed this with him in a recent meeting including the possibilities of technical assistance. Subsequently, PAO and USAID Director confirmed the Communications [...] | 2009-04-08 14:19:00 | Embassy Asuncion | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AID KPAO PHUM ECPS PGOV PA |
09ASUNCION223 | PARAGUAY 2009 FISCAL TRANSPARENCY REPORT [...] (U) Paraguay's commitment to fiscal transparency and accountability has improved. Information on current and past budgets is readily available on-line at the Ministry of Finance web site. All revenues and expenditures are included in the publicly available budget, accurately reflecting the gov [...] | 2009-04-08 15:04:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON PREL PA |
09ASUNCION236 | ENERGY AND CLIMATE PARTNERSHIP OF THE AMERICAS [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-17 16:28:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ENRG KGHG KSUM PREL SENV PA |
09ASUNCION242 | INVITATION TO SECRETARY CLINTON TO SPEAK AT [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 3. 2. (U) Gloria Rubin, Paraguay's Minister for Women's Affairs, requested that the Embassy forward an invitation to Secretary Clinton inviting her to participate as a keynote speaker during the opening act of the "XXI Specialized Meeting of the [...] | 2009-04-20 20:34:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED | OVIP OPDC PREL KWMN PHUM SCUL PA |
09ASUNCION243 | 2010 DEMARCHE FOR THE MAJORS LIST TO THE [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-20 21:04:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR CFED CJAN KCRM PGOV PREL SOCI PA |
09ASUNCION249 | PARAGUAY: UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-22 19:16:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL PA |
09ASUNCION259 | LUGO REPLACES FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Fernando Lugo named MERCOSUR Parliament (Parlasur) Representative Hector Lacognata Foreign Minister April 28. The announcement follows Lacognata's April 7 resignation from the moderate Beloved Fatherland Party and political realignment with the leftist Paraguayan Movement Tow [...] | 2009-04-29 21:11:00 | Embassy Asuncion | SECRET | PREL PGOV PA |
09ASUNCION268 | PARAGUAY'S 2009 FIRST QUARTER INL REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-30 20:40:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR AFIN PREL KCRIM PA |
09ASUNCION274 | PARAGUAY: RESPONSE ON KOSOVO'S IMF AND WORLD BANK [...] No summary [...] | 2009-05-04 16:38:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PREL KV PA |
09ASUNCION293 | CIRCLING SHARKS IN LANDLOCKED PARAGUAY [...] (C) SUMMARY: As President Lugo approaches nine months in office, he faces increasing political and social instability. Rumors persist that former coup-plotting General Lino Oviedo, ex-President Nicanor Duarte Frutos, and/or Vice President Frederico Franco continue to look for ways to cut Lug [...] | 2009-05-06 22:33:00 | Embassy Asuncion | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON PREL SNAR PA |
09ASUNCION294 | PARAGUAY SUPPORTS U.S. CANDIDACY FOR UN HUMAN [...] No summary [...] | 2009-05-08 18:02:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL PA |
09ASUNCION295 | PARAGUAYAN UPDATE ON ITAIPU NEGOTIATIONS [...] (SBU) The Paraguayan government confirmed May 8 that President Fernando Lugo's May 7 meeting with Brazilian President Inacio Lula about Itaipu bi-national dam ended without any agreements. In more than two-and-a-half hours of discussion, Paraguay maintained its key negotiating points about fai [...] | 2009-05-08 20:23:00 | Embassy Asuncion | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PREL EAGR EPSC PA |
09ASUNCION328 | PARAGUAY: RESPONSE TO REVIEW FOR SUSPENSION OF [...] No summary [...] | 2009-05-21 18:56:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD ETTC PREL CU PA |
09ASUNCION344 | THREATS AND FAKE BOMBS IN ASUNCION [...] (U) SUMMARY: There have been 58 bomb threats in greater Asuncion since April 29, with one device actually detonating and four mock explosive devices found. This is likely part of a harassment campaign against the Government of Paraguay. The presence of multiple devices specifically designed t [...] | 2009-05-26 21:38:00 | Embassy Asuncion | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PTER PGOV PREL PA |
09ASUNCION359 | NARCOTICS MAJOR LIST 2010 PARAGUAY [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-09 18:23:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR PREL PA |
09ASUNCION361 | FIRST MEETING WITH FM LACOGNATA [...] (C) SUMMARY: In Ambassador's first formal meeting with Foreign Minister Hector Lacognata, President Lugo's new face to the world expressed a strong desire for close relations with the United States. Ambassador reviewed the range of U.S. assistance in Paraguay -- from Peace Corps to military a [...] | 2009-06-10 13:11:00 | Embassy Asuncion | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MASS EAID PGOV PA |
09ASUNCION368 | PARAGUAY,S ANTI-TERRORISM FINANCE LEGISLATION [...] (SBU) Director of Paraguay's Secretariat to Combat Money Laundering (SEPRELAD) Oscar Boidanich is leading the effort to strengthen existing anti-money laundering legislation (Law 1015). Boidanich is seeking modifications of Law 1015 to a) Make suspected incidents of terrorism financing a repo [...] | 2009-06-15 20:43:00 | Embassy Asuncion | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN PTER EIND ECON EINV ETRD PREL PA |
09ASUNCION372 | LETTER FROM PARAGUAYAN PRESIDENT LUGO TO PRESIDENT OBAMA [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-17 13:24:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED | OPDC PREL PA |
09ASUNCION373 | LETTER FROM PARAGUAYAN PRESIDENT LUGO TO PRESIDENT OBAMA [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-17 15:51:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED | OPDC PREL PA |
09ASUNCION380 | US COMPANY INVESTMENT DISPUTE WITH PARAGUAY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Texas-based Crescent Global Oil disputes with the Ministry of Public Works and Communications (MOPC) the starting date for an oil exploration contract. While ambiguities in the contract were clarified by MOPC Resolution 583 in Crescent's favor under President Duarte's administrati [...] | 2009-06-17 20:54:00 | Embassy Asuncion | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG PREL KGHG KSUM SENV PA |
09ASUNCION381 | PARAGUAY AND BOLIVIA BRING PEACE TO THE CHACO [...] (C) President Fernando Lugo and Bolivian President Evo Morales met June 12 in Mariscal Estigarribia, Paraguay to celebrate the anniversary of the end of the 1932-35 Chaco War. The two presidents affirmed their countries' territorial sovereignty and pledged to strengthen their bilateral relat [...] | 2009-06-17 21:45:00 | Embassy Asuncion | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV BL PA |
09ASUNCION39 | LUGO CONTINUES DIALOGUE ON SECURITY ISSUES [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Lugo summoned Charge January 12 as a follow-up to their January 5 meeting (reftel). On Lugo's top regional priority -- Brazil -- Lugo told Charge Brazilian President Lula expressed concern about the property rights of Brazilians in Paraguay; Lugo said he was telling Lula [...] | 2009-01-16 18:17:00 | Embassy Asuncion | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PREL SNAR MASS PGOV PA |
09ASUNCION42 | PARAGUAY'S ITAIPU NEGOTIATIONS: RESULTS AND OUTLOOK [...] No summary [...] | 2009-01-20 19:03:00 | Embassy Asuncion | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PREL EAGR EPSC PA |
09ASUNCION426 | FOREIGN MINISTER ON HONDURAS AND US MILITARY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Foreign Minister Lacognata called in Charge early July 7 to discuss Honduras and to lay out a proposed way forward on U.S-Paraguayan military cooperation. Lacognata stressed his overarching concern for OAS consensus; he suggested Honduran President Zelaya ) and "vanguard nation [...] | 2009-07-07 20:23:00 | Embassy Asuncion | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MASS PGOV PINS HO PA |
09ASUNCION45 | LUGO LETTER TO PRESIDENT OBAMA [...] No summary [...] | 2009-01-21 20:16:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED | OPDC PREL AMGT PA |
09ASUNCION450 | PRESIDENT LUGO'S STATE OF THE UNION [...] (SBU) President Fernando Lugo gave his state of the union address July 1 to the Paraguayan Congress. Lugo repeated that Paraguay will maintain diplomatic relations with all countries that want to cooperate with Paraguay. He highlighted his social programs, such as cash subsidies to the poor, [...] | 2009-07-16 21:03:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON PREL PA |
09ASUNCION451 | CHACO INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES STRUGGLE UNDER SEVERE [...] (SBU) During a June 18-19 visit to the indigenous communities of the Paraguayan Chaco, PolOff observed very poor living conditions exacerbated by severe drought. Local indigenous leaders said that although many indigenous workers earned less than minimum wages and no benefits, they had no kn [...] | 2009-07-17 13:32:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM ELAB EIND SOCI PA |
09ASUNCION464 | PARAGUAY'S 2009 SECOND QUARTER INL REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-24 12:51:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR AFIN PREL KCRIM PA |
09ASUNCION466 | CORRESPONDENCE FOR VICE PRESIDENT BIDEN [...] (U) Embassy received a letter from the Paraguayan Congress to Vice President Biden on July 21. An unofficial translation follows: (BEGIN TEXT) Asuncion, 14 de julio de 2009 Mr. President: I have the pleasure to address your honor in order to inform you of the members of the Paraguaya [...] | 2009-07-24 14:30:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV OPDC PREL PY |
09ASUNCION468 | BACHELET VISIT TO PARAGUAY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Chilean President Michelle Bachelet met Paraguayan President Fernando Lugo July 22 before the July 24 MERCOSUR Summit in Asuncion. Bachelet reaffirmed to Lugo Chile's desire to buy Paraguay's electricity, and the two presidents signed a joint declaration to cooperate on social p [...] | 2009-07-25 17:39:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MASS EAID PGOV PA |
09ASUNCION473 | LUGO-LULA AGREEMENT ON ITAIPU [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: After more than 10 months of negotiations, Paraguayan President Fernando Lugo and Brazilian President Ignacio Lula da Silva signed on July 25 a thirty-one point joint declaration on the bilateral Paraguay-Brazil hydroelectric dam Itaipu worth almost USD 800 million (about 8 perc [...] | 2009-07-28 13:46:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PREL EAGR EPSC PA |
09ASUNCION474 | REGIONAL ISSUES AND COMPLAINTS MARK MERCOSUR SUMMIT [...] (U) Paraguay hosted the MERCOSUR Summit July 24-25 in Asuncion with the presidents of Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay, Chile, and Bolivia attending, as well as representatives from Ecuador, Venezuela, Peru and Colombia. (NOTE: Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez declined to attend the Summit at the la [...] | 2009-07-28 17:38:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PREL PGOV PA |
09ASUNCION475 | BODIES FROM STROESSNER ERA UNCOVERED [...] (U) The President of Justice and Ethics Committee Antonio Palazon and special investigator Augusto Rios uncovered July 24 the remains of two bodies which could belong to political prisoners that disappeared during Stroessner's dictatorship. The bones were found in a vegetable garden located beh [...] | 2009-07-29 10:47:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PA |
09ASUNCION495 | CODEL PRICE SCENESETTER [...] (SBU) Embassy Asuncion warmly welcomes Codel Price August 19-20. Your visit will come on the heels of President Fernando Lugo's one-year anniversary in office, and will find the Lugo government grappling with the challenges of day-to-day governing. An inexperienced team, exceedingly high exp [...] | 2009-08-05 20:14:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV OVIP PREL PY |
09ASUNCION496 | PARAGUAY OBJECTS TO MEDIA CLOSURES IN VENEZUELA [...] (SBU) Politicians across the spectrum rejected August 4 Venezuelan President Chavez's closure of media outlets August 3. During his weekly press conference, President Fernando Lugo said his government "opposes all violence, and we consider silencing the voice of the media as violence, becaus [...] | 2009-08-05 21:16:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PA VZ |
09ASUNCION497 | US OIL COMPANY SUES PARAGUAY [...] (SBU) Texas-based Crescent Global Oil (Crescent) will likely file a lawsuit against the government of Paraguay August 6 after efforts failed to find a solution to the dispute about the start date of Crescent's exploration contract (reftel). The Ministry of Public Works and Communications (MOPC [...] | 2009-08-05 21:34:00 | Embassy Asuncion | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG PREL KGHG KSUM SENV PA |
09ASUNCION5 | BOOSTING BIOFUELS IN PARAGUAY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A public-private working group approached the Embassy December 23 to outline an ambitious plan to dramatically increase Paraguayan sugarcane-based ethanol production. They asserted a five-fold increase in five years is quite feasible, if more favorable access to the U.S. market [...] | 2009-01-06 21:27:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON PREL EAGR EPSC PA |
09ASUNCION505 | CHRONICLES OF A MESS FORETOLD - PARAGUAY'S [...] (SBU) President Lugo signed a decree in late April 2009 that tightly regulated the use of agrochemicals and pesticides for agricultural production. The decree limited spraying to at least 100 meters from waterways, wetlands, roads and populated areas, and required a natural buffer-wall (trees) [...] | 2009-08-07 17:43:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON PREL PGOV PA |
09ASUNCION506 | SUPREME COURT AFFIRMS CONVICTION IN YCUA BOLANOS [...] (U) The Supreme Court had the final word August 8 in the Ycua Bolanos court case, five years after the August 1, 2004 fire that killed 374 and injured around 500 others (reftel A). A divided Supreme Court Panel affirmed, by a 2-to-1 vote, a lower court judgment against three co-owners and one [...] | 2009-08-10 20:30:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PA |
09ASUNCION512 | PARAGUAYAN PEOPLE'S ARMY CAMP DISCOVERED [...] (C) Police discovered a rudimentary forest encampment of the Paraguayan People's Army (EPP) on August 1. The site is located on the land of Alejandro Ramos, a former Free Homeland Party (PPL) member, in Concepcion Department. Police were unable to capture the occupants, who escaped into the f [...] | 2009-08-13 19:54:00 | Embassy Asuncion | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER ASEC PREL PA |
09ASUNCION521 | MIXED REVIEWS OF LUGO AT THE ONE YEAR MARK [...] (C) President Fernando Lugo had several successes in his first year in office, including improvements in health care and an improved deal from Brazil regarding electricity from the Itaipu dam. However, Lugo's failings (increased insecurity, slow response to the financial crisis, lack of agrar [...] | 2009-08-20 19:55:00 | Embassy Asuncion | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON PGOV SNAR PA |
09ASUNCION532 | CODEL GRANGER SCENESETTER [...] (SBU) Embassy Asuncion warmly welcomes Codel Granger September 2-5. Your visit follows President Fernando Lugo's one-year anniversary in office, and will find the Lugo government grappling with the challenges of day-to-day governing. A corrupt judiciary and national police, under-funded law [...] | 2009-08-25 19:42:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SNAR PREL OVIP PA |
09ASUNCION537 | UPDATE: US OIL COMPANY LEGAL BATTLE WITH PARAGUAY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Texas based company PetroVictory/Crescent Global Oil (Crescent) is engaged in an escalating legal and public relations battle with the government of Paraguay after efforts to find a solution outside the courts failed, in spite of Embassy advocacy for the U.S. company. Crescent's [...] | 2009-08-28 15:32:00 | Embassy Asuncion | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ENRG PREL KGHG KSUM SENV PA |
09ASUNCION539 | CODEL PRICE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: House Democracy Assistance Committee Chair David Price (D- North Carolina) led a bipartisan delegation to Paraguay August 19-20. Codel Price conveyed U.S. support for democratic institutions to Paraguay's congressional leadership. The two sets of Congressional representative [...] | 2009-08-28 17:41:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV OREP PREL ECON PA |
09ASUNCION561 | BOLIVIA EXPLAINING ARMS PURCHASES [...] (U) Press reports that Bolivian ministers of defense and foreign affairs are visiting Paraguay to better explain up to USD 100 million in future Bolivian arms purchases from Russia. Foreign Minister Hector Lacognata responded to earlier press reports with an official request for information to [...] | 2009-09-10 12:07:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED | MCAP PGOV PREL PA BL |
09ASUNCION567 | PETROPAR'S DEBT ALBATROSS WITH PDVSA [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-11 15:43:00 | Embassy Asuncion | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN ENRG PGOV PREL VE PA |
09ASUNCION569 | REGIONAL TENSIONS MOVE PARAGUAY TO CANCEL NEW HORIZONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The GOP declined a USG a 2010 DOD-sponsored training and humanitarian exercise due to regional tensions over the Colombia-U.S. Defense Cooperation Agreement (DCA). President Lugo's moderate stance on the DCA agreement at Union of South American Nations (UNASUR) meetings receive [...] | 2009-09-11 16:12:00 | Embassy Asuncion | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MASS PGOV MOPS PA |
09ASUNCION576 | GOVERNMENT ACCEPTS BOLIVIAN ASSURANCES ON ARMS PURCHASES [...] (U) Leading daily ABC Color reported September 11 that Bolivian and Paraguayan Foreign and Defense Ministers held a 2+2 meeting in Asuncion September 10 to discuss a pending controversial Bolivian USD 100 million arms purchase. According to ABC, Bolivian Foreign Minister Choquehuanca con [...] | 2009-09-15 13:46:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL MCAP PA BL |
09ASUNCION579 | PRESS EXPLAINS REJECTION OF NEW HORIZONS [...] (U) Daily newspapers Ultima Hora and La Nacion published stories September 17 on Paraguay's decision to decline the U.S.-offered New Horizons military exercise. The articles placed the decision within the context of regional controversies discussed at recent UNASUR meetings, including t [...] | 2009-09-18 18:52:00 | Embassy Asuncion | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MASS PGOV PA |
09ASUNCION588 | CODEL GRANGER IN PARAGUAY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: House Appropriations Committee Member Kay Granger (R- Texas) led a delegation to Paraguay September 2-5. Codel Granger conveyed U.S. support for Paraguay's fight against corruption and drug trafficking. Meeting with a variety of law enforcement and criminal justice partners th [...] | 2009-09-16 22:14:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV OREP PREL PA SNAR |
09ASUNCION595 | BOLIVIA EXPLAINING ARMS PURCHASES [...] (U) Press reports that Bolivian ministers of defense and foreign affairs are visiting Paraguay to better explain up to USD 100 million in future Bolivian arms purchases from Russia. Foreign Minister Hector Lacognata responded to earlier press reports with an official request for information to Boli [...] | 2009-10-08 20:55:00 | Embassy Asuncion | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON SNAR PINR PA |
09ASUNCION6 | PARAGUAY CALLS FOR CEASEFIRE IN GAZA [...] (U) The Paraguayan government issued a statement January 5 expressing "deep concern at the violence and instability in the Gaza Strip." The government urged parties involved to "immediately cease military action," and seek a peaceful solution through dialogue with strong respect for internat [...] | 2009-01-06 22:37:00 | Embassy Asuncion | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PA |
09ASUNCION611 | ELITE PARAGUAYAN MILITARY UNIT STANDS ON ITS OWN [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-21 18:22:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV MASS MCAP PREL PA |
09ASUNCION613 | Kidnapping by Paraguayan People's Army or EPP Seizes [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Paraguayan People's Army (EPP) kidnapped well-known rancher Fidel Zavala on October 15. According to initial reports, the kidnappers demanded a ransom of US $5 million for Zavala's release. The Zavala family initially refused involvement of the Paraguayan National Police, b [...] | 2009-10-21 22:01:00 | Embassy Asuncion | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV PREL KCRM SNAR |
09ASUNCION615 | HOUSE OF DEPUTIES DECLARES SUPPORT FOR U.S. COOPERATION [...] Paraguay's House of Deputies approved September 22 a declaration lamenting the September 15 decision of the Lugo administration to reject the New Horizons humanitarian exercise scheduled for 2010. 2. Unofficial translation of the declaration follows: DECLARATION NO. 54 [...] | 2009-10-22 13:07:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL MASS PGOV PA |
09ASUNCION617 | AMBASSADOR AYALDE MEETS WITH PRESIDENT LUGO TO REVIEW [...] (C) SUMMARY: I met with President Lugo late October 16 at Lugo's request. Lugo was in good spirits but very concerned about the kidnapping of cattle rancher Fidel Zavala in Concepcion Department. Lugo recognized that the EPP (Paraguayan People's Army) was "very dangerous" and hoped for Zavala's saf [...] | 2009-10-22 21:03:00 | Embassy Asuncion | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KCRM PA |
09ASUNCION621 | LUGO IMPEACHMENT RUMORS ARE BACK, BUT NOTHING CONCRETE OR [...] (C) In the wake of the still unresolved Zavala kidnapping (RefTel A),rumors about possible impeachment proceedings against President Lugo are beginning anew. Many political actors (namely UNACE, the Liberals, and the Colorados) have been waiting for Lugo to make a mistake which could generat [...] | 2009-10-23 14:18:00 | Embassy Asuncion | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PA |
09ASUNCION623 | PARAGUAY WILL SUPPORT LUCRETIA MYERS IN ICSC VOTE [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-26 15:58:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | UNGA PREL AORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR PA |
09ASUNCION625 | UNGA THIRD COMMITTEE PARAGUAY DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-26 15:59:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV UNGA PREL PA |
09ASUNCION637 | LUGO SACKS MILITARY LEADERSHIP; U.S. DONATES MILITARY [...] (U) President Lugo replaced several military service chiefs November 4, for the third time during his presidency. Lugo spoke of "pockets of disloyalty" in the military November 3, but did not publically provide a rational for the changes to the senior uniformed commanders of the Army, Ai [...] | 2009-11-05 20:10:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MCAP MASS PGOV PREL PA |
09ASUNCION638 | NATIONAL POLICE END RETIREMENT BENEFITS FOR CONVICTED [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-02 16:22:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PGOV PREL PA |
09ASUNCION641 | LUGO INSTALLS NEW COMMANDER OF THE ARMED FORCES [...] (U) President Fernando Lugo replaced armed forces commander Cibar Benitez November 6 with former army commander Juan Oscar Velazquez Castillo, who was relieved of his army post November 4. Post has worked with Velazquez in his capacity as army commander since May 20. 2. (U) Velazquez en [...] | 2009-11-06 16:46:00 | Embassy Asuncion | CONFIDENTIAL | MCAP PREL PGOV PINR PA |
09ASUNCION644 | VISAS VIPER: SEPTEMBER 2009 MONTHLY ACTIVITY REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-08 15:38:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL PA |
09ASUNCION651 | PARAGUAY: THIRD COMMITTEE VOTES WILL ALIGN WITH USG POSITION [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-17 19:32:00 | Embassy Asuncion | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UNGA PA IR BM KN |
09ASUNCION667 | THE PRESIDENT'S CHILDREN: RUMOR AND REALITY [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Fernando Lugo refused to respond to new allegations that he has two additional children. His advisors and cabinet members refused comment, repeatedly citing the "private" nature of the issue. Colorado politicians and other Lugo detractors are attempting to use the [...] | 2009-12-01 19:45:00 | Embassy Asuncion | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PA |
09ASUNCION67 | DEFENSE MINISTER ON U.S. SECURITY COOPERATION AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a January 30 meeting with Charge d'Affaires, Paraguayan Defense Minister Bareiro assessed his Government's response to the New Year's Eve attack on a small army outpost in Tacuati (San Pedro Department) and shared his thoughts regarding expanded security cooperation with the [...] | 2009-02-04 22:04:00 | Embassy Asuncion | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV MARR PREL MOPS PA |
09ASUNCION673 | PARAGUAY DEMARCHED ON UNGA DEFAMATION RESOLUTION [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-07 18:25:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | UNGA PHUM PREL PGOV UN PA |
09ASUNCION675 | SCENESETTER FOR A/S VALENZUELA'S VISIT TO PARAGUAY [...] (C) Embassy Asuncion warmly welcomes WHA Assistant Secretary Arturo Valenzuela December 17-18. Your visit will serve as a boost to Paraguay's nascent democracy. An inexperienced President Fernando Lugo promised the electorate he would deliver change, but he has dashed expectations by failing [...] | 2009-12-07 18:33:00 | Embassy Asuncion | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON SNAR PA |
09ASUNCION681 | PREPPING FOR A/S VALENZUELA: PARAGUAY'S FOREIGN MINISTER ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador and Foreign Minister Lacognata met December 10 to review the bilateral agenda before WHA Assistant Secretary Valenzuela's December 17-18 visit. The Ambassador told Lacognata that we believe the investment climate is deteriorating. She also expressed concern about the sustain [...] | 2009-12-15 17:25:00 | Embassy Asuncion | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV CVIS ECON PREL MASS PA IR |
09ASUNCION690 | LETTER FROM PARAGUAYAN PRESIDENT LUGO TO PRESIDENT OBAMA IN [...] The Paraguayan Ministry of Foreign Affairs delivered to the Embassy a letter dated October 13, 2009 from President Fernando Lugo Mendez addressed to President Barack Obama. An informal translation follows. No signed original to follow. 2. Embassy's informal translation of letter: [...] | 2009-10-21 13:44:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED | OPDC PREL PA |
09ASUNCION695 | PARAGUAY UNLIKELY TO APPROVE VENEZUELA'S MERCOSUR [...] (U) Despite President Fernando Lugo's strong political support in favor of Venezuela's entry into Mercosur (ref A),Paraguay's Congress, the population in general, and leading daily newspaper ABC Color remain opposed to the measure. While Lugo asked Congress to approve Venezuela's admission in Octo [...] | 2009-12-29 16:55:00 | Embassy Asuncion | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EINT ECIN ECON PGOV PA VE |
09ASUNCION703 | WHA A/S VALENZUELA TELLS PARAGUAYANS TO WORK TOGETHER TO [...] (C) WHA Assistant Secretary Arturo Valenzuela visited Paraguay December 17-18. Congressional leaders from major political parties expressed frustration with their failed attempts to initiate dialogue with President Lugo on building a national agenda. They commented on swirling rumors of pre [...] | 2009-12-31 17:04:00 | Embassy Asuncion | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON PA |
09ASUNCION72 | SCENE-SETTER FOR CAPSTONE FELLOWS [...] (SBU) Embassy Asuncion warmly welcomes CAPSTONE fellows February 22-24. President Fernando Lugo's administration represents an historic transition after the Colorado Party's 61 years of rule. Lugo's challenges are many: An inexperienced team, exceedingly high expectations for change, endemi [...] | 2009-02-06 12:59:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ECON MARR SNAR MASS MCAP PGOV PA |
09ASUNCION734 | VISAS VIPER: OCTOBER 2009 MONTHLY ACTIVITY REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-10 19:33:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL PA |
09ASUNCION82 | LUGO LAUNCHES AGRARIAN REFORM [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Following the creation of an inter-agency commission in November, President Lugo launched an agrarian reform program January 12 in San Pedro Department. Lugo's program is more of a national social plan to assist landless peasants than agrarian reform per se. It is a good start [...] | 2009-02-09 20:16:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON PREL PA |
09ASUNCION852 | VISAS VIPER: NOVEMBER 2009 MONTHLY ACTIVITY REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-10 22:08:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL PA |
09ASUNCION91 | PARAGUAY'S 2008 ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE AND 2009 OUTLOOK [...] (SBU) COMMENT: Following a period of strong economic growth in the first semester of 2008, economic activity decelerated during the last quarter of 2008 across the three main sectors of the economy: agriculture, services and manufacturing. GDP growth for 2009 is expected to slow down to 2 to 3 [...] | 2009-02-11 21:22:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PREL PGOV PA |
09ASUNCION97 | LUGO BACKS VENEZUELA'S ENTRY INTO MERCOSUR [...] (U) Paraguay's Vice Foreign Minister for Economic Affairs, Oscar Rodriguez Campuzano, said February 7 that President Fernando Lugo will prioritize Venezuela's entry into MERCOSUR during his tenure as president pro tempore, which began December 16. (NOTE: Paraguay and Brazil must approve Venezu [...] | 2009-02-12 21:50:00 | Embassy Asuncion | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON PGOV PA |
09ASUNCION99 | LUGO MEETING REQUEST WITH PRESIDENT OBAMA [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-13 14:38:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED | OPDC PREL PA |
09ATHENS1015 | (S) Bakoyannis: TUAF Overflights Must Stop Before Progress [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-17 15:44:00 | Embassy Athens | SECRET | MARR MOPS PREL GR |
09ATHENS1033 | Greece Euro-Elections Analysis: ND Government Likely to Limp [...] (C) SUMMARY: Despite ruling party New Democracy's (ND) loss to main opposition PASOK in June 7 European Parliament elections, the ND government is likely to limp on, with Prime Minister Kostas Karamanlis focusing inward and scrambling to protect his fragile one-seat majority in the Greek Parli [...] | 2009-06-22 09:57:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EUN GR SMIG SOCI ASEC |
09ATHENS1049 | Scenesetter: Deputy Secretary's Bilat with FM Bakoyannis, [...] (C) SUMMARY: Welcome back to Greece! Your visit will focus primarily on broader European security issues, yet it will also provide an opportunity on the bilateral side to reinforce a message of the new Administration's desire to put on a new course our relationship with Greece, which had b [...] | 2009-06-23 13:36:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON OTRA GR |
09ATHENS1079 | GREECE AGREES AN INTERNATIONAL PIRACY COURT IS NOT THE RIGHT [...] (SBU) We delivered ref A non-paper, "An International Piracy Court: Not the Right Direction," to the Greek MFA June 9, and discussed it in a follow-up meeting with D1 Directorate (UN and IO Affairs) Counselor Dimitrios Papandreou and Legal Advisor Fani Livada on June 18. Echoing earlier commen [...] | 2009-06-26 07:13:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EWWT MARR PGOV PHSA PHUM PREL GR |
09ATHENS109 | KEEPING CALM IN THE AEGEAN: EMBASSY ATHENS [...] (C) Embassy Ankara has shared an important message laying out U.S. interests in maintaining calm in the Aegean (ref A). We concur with Embassy Ankara on the importance of not getting drawn into the disputes in the Aegean between Turkey and Greece, and we share the view that our goal must be t [...] | 2009-01-29 05:40:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS NATO TU GR |
09ATHENS11 | POLICE ATTACKED WITH WEAPON LINKED TO [...] (C) Greece abruptly shifted attention from Gaza back to domestic concerns when domestic terrorists fired upon a police patrol guarding the Ministry of Culture in the Exarchia region of Athens on January 5. One police officer was critically wounded. Police officials have announced that the pe [...] | 2009-01-05 14:43:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER SOCI GR |
09ATHENS1103 | A/S Gordon's June 27 Meeting with Polish FM Sikorski: Russia [...] (C) SUMMARY: EUR Assistant Secretary Gordon met with Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski on the margins of the June 27-28 NATO-Russia Council and OSCE Informal Ministerial in Corfu, Greece. Their discussion centered on Georgia, U.S.-Russia nuclear disarmament negotiations, missile defen [...] | 2009-06-30 08:19:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PARM PL |
09ATHENS1121 | Presidential Delegate, Rep. Titus, Discusses VWP, Greece's [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Head of the Presidential Delegation to the opening of the New Acropolis Museum, Representative Dina Titus, visited Athens June 20-21, meeting with PM Karamanlis, FM Bakoyiannis, Interior Minister Pavlopoulos, Tourism Minister Markopoulos, Cypriot President Christofias, and Pre [...] | 2009-07-01 14:16:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ETRD OVIP TU GR |
09ATHENS113 | AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH NEW ALTERNATE MINISTER [...] (C) In a January 15 courtesy call with Christos Markoyiannakis, newly appointed to the key position of Altern!Q% A)"QQQ!Q" QQ Q)Lrder, the Ambassador streQQQ$QQQTQQQ!QQQQQQQbout terrorism and human tQQ"Q "!$ "!Q! QQQQQat both problems were Q!$ Q% Qreed to help work on several specific cases ra [...] | 2009-01-29 14:42:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PHUM KTIP KCRM SMIG EFIN TU GR |
09ATHENS1139 | FM/OSCE Chairman Bakoyannis Heads to Azerbaijan and Armenia [...] (SBU) Foreign Minister Bakoyannis is traveling to Azerbaijan and Armenia to discuss the Nagorno-Karabakh (NK) conflict in her capacity as OSCE Chairman, as well as Greek- Caucasus air communication and energy issues. FM Bakoyannis departed Greece for Azerbaijan on July 1, will continue on [...] | 2009-07-02 10:11:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV GR TU AM AJ OSCE ENRG |
09ATHENS114 | THE HELLENIC POLICE: FEW FRIENDS, BIG CHALLENGES [...] (C) SUMMARY: Since the riots that swept across Greece after the death of a 15-year-old youth in an altercation with police, the public spotlight has been on the Hellenic Police (HP) -- both for its role in the shooting but also for its perceived ineffectiveness in protecting property owners a [...] | 2009-01-29 15:06:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINS KCRM PTER EAID SNAR GR |
09ATHENS1153 | GREECE SUPPORTS MOVING BEYOND MEMBERSHIP IN CONTACT GROUP ON [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-02 15:04:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EWWT MARR PGOV PHSA PHUM PREL GR |
09ATHENS1155 | DEMARCHE TO GREECE ON SUPPORTING NGO INVOLVEMENT AT THE [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-02 15:05:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM GR |
09ATHENS116 | KEEPING CALM IN THE AEGEAN: EMBASSY ATHENS' [...] (C) Embassy Ankara has shared an important message laying out U.S. interests in maintaining calm in the Aegean (ref A). We concur with Embassy Ankara on the importance of not getting drawn into the disputes in the Aegean between Turkey and Greece, and we share the view that our goal must be t [...] | 2009-01-29 15:40:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS NATO TU GR |
09ATHENS1179 | GREEK RESPONSE TO IMPLEMENTATION OF UNSCR 1874 DEMARCHE [...] (SBU) On June 29, POL officers delivered reftel points regarding the implementation of UNSCR 1874's financial and trade provisions and the U.S. Advisory on North Korea to Loukas Tsokos and several other representatives of the MFA's Office for UN and International Organizations, Disarmament Issu [...] | 2009-07-08 14:47:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PARM PREL KNNP GR |
09ATHENS118 | RENEWABLES: GREECE AMENDS PHOTOVOLTAIC LAW BUT [...] (SBU) Summary: Ministry of Development and its Renewable Energy Sources (RES) division contacts told EconOff January 20 they were close to wrapping up legislation designed to improve the environment for investing and implementing photo-voltaic (PV) projects. The new law was approved on Januar [...] | 2009-01-30 09:04:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KGHG SENV ENRG TRGY PREL PGOV GR |
09ATHENS1201 | GREEK FIU: IMPROVED FUNCTIONALITY, BUT MORE NEEDED TO MAKE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In a meeting on July 9, Stelios Grozos, the Chairman of the Hellenic Anti-Money Laundering Committee (aka the Greek Financial Intelligence Unit or FIU),told A/EconCouns that he largely agreed with the problems and recommendations identified in the FATF's Fifth Follow-Up Report [...] | 2009-07-13 09:48:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECIN KTFN MK PREL EFIN ECON GR |
09ATHENS1233 | U.S.-Russia Summit Results Demarche Delivered: Greek MFA [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-15 13:01:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL GR RS |
09ATHENS1257 | DEPUTY SECRETARY STEINBERG'S MEETING WITH GREEK FOREIGN [...] (C) Greek Foreign Minister and OSCE Chair-in-Office Theodora Bakoyannis told Deputy Secretary Steinberg May 15 that although she had stopped negotiations on an OSCE mandate in Georgia, her last proposal remained on the table in case Russia were to reconsider its position. She agreed that Russ [...] | 2009-07-17 11:33:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV OVIP GR |
09ATHENS1261 | DEPUTY SECRETARY STEINBERG'S MAY 15 MEETING WITH GREEK PM [...] (C) SUMMARY: In his May 15 meeting with Greek PM Karamanlis (accompanied by FM Bakoyiannis),Deputy Secretary Steinberg outlined our strategic vision for broadening the U.S.-Greece relationship. The Deputy Secretary reviewed key global challenges where we could work more closely together, i [...] | 2009-07-17 13:22:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV OVIP GR |
09ATHENS1265 | Aegean Issues: Thoughts on CBMs, Preparing for Turkish [...] (C) Embassy Athens welcomes the interagency focus on Aegean issues reflected in the sub-IPC reported informally in ref. We recognize that it will be important for Greece to contribute to an improved atmosphere in the Aegean that can diffuse the tension and create an opportunity for more subs [...] | 2009-07-17 14:29:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS PREL TU GR |
09ATHENS1269 | Greek Views on July 2009 GAERC [...] (C) On July 17, Poloff delivered ref points on U.S. positions on the July 27-28 GAERC to Evgenios Kalpyris, Head of the European Security and Defense Policy (ESDP) Division of the MFA. Kalpyris had no comment on Iran issues. On Somalia, he said Greece fully supported the Transitional Federal [...] | 2009-07-17 16:15:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | EUN GR PREL PGOV |
09ATHENS1277 | GoG On Latest Nimetz Proposals, Language Issue [...] (C) SUMMARY: Greece's chief negotiator in the UN-led talks on the Macedonia name issue, Adamantios Vassilakis, briefed NATO and EU ambassadors July 17 on the GoG reaction to mediator Matthew Nimetz's most recent proposals. Nimetz visited Athens July 7-9 and met separately with FM Dora Bakoyia [...] | 2009-07-20 15:20:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV GR MK |
09ATHENS1311 | Greek Views on July 2009 GAERC (Follow-Up) [...] (C) On July 23, in a follow-up meeting, Poloff delivered ref A points on U.S. positions on the July 27-28 GAERC to Niki Kamba, MFA European Correspondent. (Post had reported on initial Greek reactions, from MFA ESDP Division Head Evgenios Kalpyris, in reftel B.) On Georgia, Kamba said that G [...] | 2009-07-24 14:28:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EUN GR |
09ATHENS1313 | GREECE: MUTUAL LEGAL ASSISTANCE (MLA) PROTOCOL AND [...] (SBU) We delivered reftel points and texts July 24 to Greek MFA Legal Advisor Maria Telalian, proposing a ceremony in the near future to exchange Instruments of Ratification for the MLA Protocol and the Extradition Protocol. Telalian responded very positively, saying she would immediately begi [...] | 2009-07-24 14:28:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CJAN PTER PREL GR |
09ATHENS1331 | Greek-U.S. Partnership in Afghanistan and Pakistan [...] (C) The Government of Greece continues to respond positively to USG requests for increasing military and civilian assistance to Afghanistan and Pakistan, despite its dire fiscal realities. According to Hellenic Aid (HA),Greece's development agency, the GoG has pledged 3.7 million euro to Afgha [...] | 2009-07-27 07:20:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PREL MOPS MARR AF PK EAID GR SNAR CA UK |
09ATHENS1347 | Greece: Demarche Delivered on OSCE HumDim Meeting [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-29 12:58:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM OSCE GR |
09ATHENS1349 | GREECE DEPORTS IRAQI INSURGENT COMMANDER WHO ENTERED AS [...] (S) Greek authorities deported Iraqi citizen Mu'ammar Latif Karim (a.k.a. Abu Sajjad),accused of being a Shia insurgent commander responsible for IED and other attacks in Iraq, on July 21. We understand he was arrested by Iraqi authorities on his arrival by plane in Irbil July 22. Greek aut [...] | 2009-07-29 13:25:00 | Embassy Athens | SECRET | PTER PREL KCRM ASEC ABLD IZ GR |
09ATHENS1365 | OSCE CiO S/R Discusses Tbilisi Bureau, Seeks Guidance on [...] (C) Summary: OSCE CiO Special Representative for Protracted Conflicts Charalampos Christopoulos met with Ambassador Speckhard July 28 to discuss intentions to open a CiO Special Representative Bureau in Tbilisi, the OSCE's role in Georgia and developments in Moldova. S/R Christopoulos gave Amb [...] | 2009-07-30 16:13:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV OSCE GR RS GG |
09ATHENS138 | NUCLEAR NONPROLIFERATION TREATY (NPT): GREECE POCS [...] (SBU) Post provides in paragraph 2 contact information for Embassy Athens and the Greek government for issues related to the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty (NPT). Post will transmit by septel a substantive response to other reftel requests for information prior to the February 20 deadline. I [...] | 2009-02-02 14:16:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC CDG ENRG KNNP MNUC PARM PGOV PREL UNGA |
09ATHENS1389 | GREECE H1N1 FLU UPDATE: 730 CONFIRMED CASES; NATIONAL ACTION [...] SUMMARY. As of July 29, according to the Greek Ministry of Health, there have been 730 confirmed H1N1 cases in Greece. Although there have been no fatalities so far, three serious cases of flu implications are being treated in the intensive care units of Greek hospitals. Health Minister Dim [...] | 2009-07-31 15:20:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC CASC KFLO KFLU AEMR TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL PINR |
09ATHENS1393 | AS 2009 FIRE SEASON COMMENCES, CONCERNS CONTINUE OVER LEVEL [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-03 13:07:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR EAID PREL SENV SOCI GR |
09ATHENS141 | NEW JUSTICE MINISTER SIGNS OFF ON U.S.-EU MUTUAL [...] (C) During an introductory call by the Ambassador January 27, new Greek Justice Minister Nikos Dendias confirmed that he had recently signed out to Parliament a legislative package for Greek ratification of the U.S.-EU Mutual Legal Assistance (MLA) and Extradition agreements. Securing ratific [...] | 2009-02-02 15:32:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KCRM KTIP CVIS KJUS GR |
09ATHENS1419 | Initial thoughts on new Greek CHOD Giagkos [...] (S) SUMMARY. The August 6 replacement of Greek CHOD General Dimitris Grapsas with Chief of the Air Force General Ioannis Giagkos (YAH gos) set off a round of speculation in the press, but appears consistent with general personnel practices. Further, Giagkos at first glance appears to be more [...] | 2009-08-10 12:31:00 | Embassy Athens | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL MARR GR TU |
09ATHENS1425 | GOG RELEASES STATEMENT CONDEMNING AUNG SAN SUU KYI [...] (C) PolOff delivered reftel points August 12 on the conviction of Burmese opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi to Ambassador Dimitrios Anninos, the acting Director of the Asia bureau at the Greek Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Ambassador Dimitrios commended the statements made by President Obama a [...] | 2009-08-12 15:04:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV BM GR |
09ATHENS1429 | Demarche Delivered: UNESCO Director-General Election [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-13 14:35:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL UNESCO GR |
09ATHENS1431 | Greece: IAEA General Conference [...] (C) SUMMARY. Greece agrees with us that a single resolution on the Middle East is a smart goal for the IAEA General Conference, but is skeptical about Arab flexibility, given the previous year's close vote. Greece hopes for a unified EU position at the GC, and along with other EU members is p [...] | 2009-08-18 13:17:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC PREL PARM KNNP IAEA GR |
09ATHENS1435 | Greece: Decision on G-8 BMENA Forum for the Future [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-21 12:55:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PREL KMPI KPAO KDEM GR |
09ATHENS1439 | Greek FM Set to Attend G-8 BMENA Forum for the Future [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-25 15:13:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PREL KMPI KPAO KDEM GR |
09ATHENS1443 | GREEK VIEWS ON PIRACY CONTACT GROUP PARTICIPATION [...] (C) MFA Counselor Dimitrios Papandreou commended U.S. efforts to resolve the impasse over participation in the Contact Group for Piracy Off the Coast of Somalia, agreed with excluding North Korea and Iran from participation, and labeled our reftel message "a nice compromise." He noted his und [...] | 2009-08-26 14:04:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | EWWT MARR PGOV PHSA PHUM PREL SO GR |
09ATHENS1445 | SCENESETTER FOR EUR DAS KAIDANOW'S VISIT TO GREECE [...] (U) Dear Tina, 2. (SBU) It's my pleasure to welcome you to Greece. The last twelve months have been marked by a succession of crises for the government of Prime Minister Costas Karamanlis, who has managed to hold onto his one-seat majority in Parliament through the global financial cri [...] | 2009-08-26 17:12:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON OTRA GR |
09ATHENS1451 | Prime Minister's Economic Advisor on the Greek Economy & [...] (C) In a frank conversation with A/EconCouns, the Prime Minister's Economic Advisor, Apostolis Philippopoulos, recently discussed his views on the impact of the financial crisis on the Greek economy, Greek economic policy in response to the crisis, and the government's capacity to take on tough [...] | 2009-08-28 16:05:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ECIN PREL GR EFIN |
09ATHENS1455 | NEW NATO SYG GETS MIXED REVIEWS IN GREECE [...] (C) Greek government and media reaction to the August 26-27 visit of new NATO Secretary General Rasmussen has been moderately negative. While Greeks were pleased to have the opportunity to brief Rasmussen on their positions on the Aegean, the new NATO strategic concept, and other issues, they [...] | 2009-09-02 15:14:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO MARR PREL CY TU GR |
09ATHENS1457 | GREECE: CONTACT GROUP FOR PIRACY OFF THE COAST OF SOMALIA [...] (SBU) On August 31 we delivered reftel message to Greek MFA D1 Directorate (UN and International Organizations Affairs) Counselor Dimitris Papandreou, inviting Greece to join other countries that are among the 20 largest ship registries to sign the Commitment to Best Management Practices to Avo [...] | 2009-09-03 13:47:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EWWT KCRM PHSA PHUM PREL UNSC SO GR |
09ATHENS1461 | GREEK VIEWS IN ADVANCE OF SEPTEMBER GYMNICH [...] (SBU) On September 2 PolOff delivered reftel Gymnich backgrounder and points to Niki Kambas of the Greek MFA Directorate for Common Foreign and Security Policy. Kambas noted that, overall, she does not foresee any big changes from the "usual positions" for issues on the agenda and said Greece [...] | 2009-09-04 12:30:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | EUN GR PGOV PREL |
09ATHENS1463 | Greek MFA on Jewish Cemetery Issues, Athens Mosque [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On August 28, the director of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) E2 Directorate for Religious and Ecclesiastical Affairs, Amb. Christodoulos J. Lazaris, described GoG actions to address increased anti-Semitic vandalism, the current status of property restitution negotiations [...] | 2009-09-09 14:33:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM KIRF KISL GR |
09ATHENS1465 | DAS Kaidanow's Sept. 1-2 visit to Athens Features Turkey, [...] (C) SUMMARY: DAS Tina Kaidanow visited Athens September 1-2, meeting with FM Bakoyannis, PASOK Party president George Papandreou, Deputy FM Valinakis, Deputy MOD Tasoulas, Interior Ministry SecGen for Public Order Bitsios, Finance Ministry SecGen Sideropoulos, and Parliament External Affairs [...] | 2009-09-11 09:59:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV CVIS MARR MOPS |
09ATHENS1467 | Greek Views on September 2009 GAERC, Sri Lanka [...] (C) On September 10, Poloff discussed ref A points on U.S. positions on the September 14-15 GAERC with Niki Kamba, European Correspondent in the MFA A11 Security and Defense Policy (ESDP) Division. Kamba that Iran and Afghanistan would be the only two external relations items on the September [...] | 2009-09-11 13:33:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EUN GR CE |
09ATHENS147 | GREECE/NATO: ACCESSION PROCESS STATUS UPDATE [...] (C) Per ref A request, we have further followed-up with GOG officials on the status of the protocols of accession of Albania and Croatia to NATO (ref B). The protocols are now pending in the Parliament, and various contacts have confirmed that the Parliament is expected to approve them in "Fe [...] | 2009-02-03 10:34:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | KTIA MARR NATO PARM PREL HR AL GR |
09ATHENS1471 | MFA ON TURKISH INVOLVEMENT IN EU FRONTEX AND OLYMPIC AIR [...] (C) SUMMARY. The Greek MFA told us September 10 that the recent warning by Turkish air control to a Latvian air force helicopter flying an EU Frontex mission in Greek airspace over Farmakonisi to "leave Turkish airspace immediately" was only one in a series of such actions directed at Frontex [...] | 2009-09-11 14:20:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM EAIR GR TU EUN LG |
09ATHENS1479 | GREECE WILL FOLLOW EU CONSENSUS ON MIDDLE EAST ISSUES AT [...] (C) Pol-Mil Chief delivered Reftel A points to the MFA's Disarmament Sub-Section Head Loukas Tsokos on September 16. Tsokos reiterated the Greek position, as detailed in Reftel B, noting that Greece continues to believe that a single Middle East resolution is desirable, and that Greece will [...] | 2009-09-16 11:29:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC PARM PREL KNNP IAEA GR |
09ATHENS1483 | AMBASSADOR AND FM FOCUS ON VWP, TURKEY, IRAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Looking ahead to Foreign Minister Bakoyannis' meeting in New York with the Secretary, Ambassador Speckhard reminded the FM that the earliest the U.S. could announce approval of the Visa Waiver Program for Greece would most likely be the end of October 2009, encouraged Greek good [...] | 2009-09-18 13:18:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL CVIS KNNP GR TU UN IR OSCE |
09ATHENS1485 | PASOK Official Foreshadows Foreign Policy Priorities [...] (C) PolCouns and PolOff met with PASOK International Secretary Paulina Lampsa September 10 for a wide-ranging discussion on the October 4 elections and PASOK ambitions for Greek foreign and economic policy. With PASOK currently polling ahead of Prime Minister Karamanlis' ND party, Lampsa rev [...] | 2009-09-18 14:14:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV TU CY SENV GR RS PTER FMC SMIG IMO ECON |
09ATHENS1487 | GREEK RESPONSE TO U.S. MISSILE DEFENSE PLAN [...] (C) On September 18, Post delivered reftel points to the Greek MFA's NATO Directorate. They viewed the President's announcement in general terms as a positive recalibration of U.S. efforts, and queried as to the location of any future radar or launcher sites, given recent speculation in the G [...] | 2009-09-21 10:22:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NATO MARR GR |
09ATHENS1489 | Greece: UNGA Walkout Redline Demarche Delivered [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-22 12:01:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNGA GR |
09ATHENS1491 | EUROPE 2010: ATHENS PARTICIPATION [...] (SBU) The following individuals from Embassy Athens will attend the Europe 2010 Conference in Brussels September 30 - October 1. Both hold valid NATO clearances. Hotel information is included directly below the personal data of each traveler. -- Ambassador Daniel Vern Speckhard DO [...] | 2009-09-22 13:19:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MARR OTRA PARM NATO GR |
09ATHENS1497 | YOUR VISIT TO ATHENS [...] (C) Admiral Stavridis: Welcome to Greece. Your visit comes at a time of political fervor and uncertainty, with early national elections called by an embattled Prime Minister on October 4 in which he and his party are widely expected to lose to the opposition center-left PASOK party. Beyond po [...] | 2009-09-23 14:08:00 | Embassy Athens | SECRET | PREL PGOV MARR MASS NATO GR |
09ATHENS1503 | SECOND FRONTEX INCIDENT IN AEGEAN VIEWED CALMLY, BUT [...] (C) SUMMARY. The Greek MFA informed us September 18 that they had transcripts and photos from an EU Frontex mission in the Aegean of a Turkish Coast Guard vessel assisting illegal immigrants enter Greek territorial waters and land on the Greek-inhabited island of Farmakonisi. This September [...] | 2009-09-24 06:43:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EUN SMIG GR TU |
09ATHENS1511 | Embassy Athens Engages with GoG on Iran [...] (C) SUMMARY: Embassy Athens' Front Office and Political Section have engaged with our Greek partners from the highest levels to the working level at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in order to expand our dialogue on Iran. Characterizing the Iranian regime as weak, Greek interlocutors maintain [...] | 2009-09-25 14:15:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNGA IAEA KPAL IR IS GR |
09ATHENS1513 | Likely Scenarios for Greek Elections/Impact on USG interests [...] (C) Summary: All indications point to PASOK winning narrowly; the vote is more a protest against ND than a vote for PASOK and its policies. An interregnum leading to a second round of elections in November resulting in a stronger PASOK government is also possible. A PASOK government is unlik [...] | 2009-09-25 14:31:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PGOV PREL ECON EFIN MK TU GR |
09ATHENS1515 | Greece's Surging Far-Right LAOS Party Inches Towards Center [...] (C) SUMMARY: In the aftermath of their unprecedented success in European Parliament elections in June, the leaders of Greece's surging, far-right Popular Orthodox Rally (LAOS) expect to win 6 to 7 percent of the vote and up to 20 parliamentary seats in October 4 domestic elections and are pre [...] | 2009-09-28 15:51:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM SMIG KIRF GR |
09ATHENS1517 | BURMA POLICY REVIEW DEMARCHE RESPONSE: GREEKS ON SAME SIDE, [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-29 16:04:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL GR BM |
09ATHENS1519 | GREECE ARRESTS SUSPECTED MEMBERS OF DOMESTIC TERRORIST GROUP [...] (SBU) In the most high-profile arrests of domestic terrorist suspects since 2003, Greek police raided two houses in the Athens districts of Halandri and Galatsi on September 23, and arrested four individuals who were subsequently charged September 25, in connection with three bombings carried o [...] | 2009-09-30 07:26:00 | Embassy Athens | SECRET | PTER PREL ASEC ABLD GR |
09ATHENS1525 | GREEK ELECTION ENTERS HOMESTRETCH [...] (SBU) As all Greek parties finish their parliamentary election campaigns today, October 2, it remains too close to call whether the main opposition PASOK party led by George Papandreou will win enough seats October 4 to form a government on its own. Although we have entered a campaign blackout [...] | 2009-10-02 14:43:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL GR |
09ATHENS1529 | Opposition PASOK Wins Greek Parliamentary Elections [...] (C) SUMMARY: In an unexpectedly strong victory in Greece's October 4 Parliamentary elections, George Papandreou's Pan Hellenic Socialist Union (PASOK) opposition party defeated incumbent Costas Karamanlis' New Democracy Party by a spread of more than ten percentage points. -- Winning 44 [...] | 2009-10-05 11:57:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV ECON GR |
09ATHENS1531 | H1N1: GREECE WILLING TO PROVIDE ADVICE, NOT VACCINES [...] SUMMARY: In a response to reftel demarche, the Greek Ministry of Health indicated that it was not in a position to contribute vaccines to the US-led World Health Organization effort to aid developing countries ahead of the anticipated autumn flu season. The Ministry did offer technical and sc [...] | 2009-10-05 15:04:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KFLU WHO AORC |
09ATHENS1533 | Opposition PASOK Wins Greek Parliamentary Elections [...] (C) SUMMARY: In an unexpectedly strong victory in Greece's October 4 Parliamentary elections, George Papandreou's Pan Hellenic Socialist Union (PASOK) opposition party defeated incumbent Costas Karamanlis' New Democracy Party by a spread of more than ten percentage points. -- Winning 44 [...] | 2009-10-06 10:31:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV ECON GR |
09ATHENS1535 | WHO'S WHO IN THE NEW GREEK GOVERNMENT [...] (SBU) Summary: As expected after his comfortable win in the October 4 Greek parliamentary election, PM George Papandreou has named a government consisting of some PASOK old guard, with a liberal helping of fresh new faces, many of whom have substantial international experience, if not govern [...] | 2009-10-07 15:16:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MARR ECON GR PGOV |
09ATHENS1539 | Papandreou's First Cabinet Meeting: Move Fast, Move Smart, [...] (SBU) On October 7, after a brief swearing in ceremony for the new cabinet, PM George Papandreou convened the first cabinet meeting to outline his policy priorities. He stressed that the new government must focus on moving the country away from "stagnation and decline." Our job, he said, is to [...] | 2009-10-08 14:26:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ECON GR |
09ATHENS1541 | PM PAPANDREOU SHARES GOALS WITH AMBASSADOR AND FORMER DEPSEC [...] (C) SUMMARY: New PM Papandreou took on the Foreign Ministry job in order to inject "new dynamism" into Greece's regional challenges, he told Ambassador Speckhard and Brookings Institution President (and former Deputy Secretary) Strobe Talbott on October 12. He pointed to his October 9 snap [...] | 2009-10-14 16:05:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL GR TU EUN ZL MK |
09ATHENS1544 | FIRES IN GREECE: AUGUST 24 SITREP [...] (SBU) Over the weekend of August 21-23, over 80 wildfires broke out throughout Greece. The worst of these hit northeast of the greater Athens area, fueled by strong winds and evoking images of Greece's devastating 2007 fire season. In response, Post issued a Warden message. While the worst o [...] | 2009-08-24 16:59:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR EAID PREL SENV SOCI GR |
09ATHENS1547 | GREEK MINISTERIAL RECONFIGURATIONS [...] (U) Prime Minister Papandreou's first organizational act after taking office October 6 was to reconfigure government ministries in accordance with his campaign promises to create a "tight, economical, job oriented" ministry scheme. Papandreou merged the Culture and Tourism ministries; resurrec [...] | 2009-10-15 15:05:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL GR |
09ATHENS1549 | ATHENS LAY OF THE LAND FOR PM A/S SHAPIRO [...] (C) Andrew: Welcome to Greece. Your visit comes at a time of calm between two storms; the first being the recently concluded Parliamentary elections in which PM Papandreou scored a decisive victory over the moribund Karamanlis administration, and the second being Greece's dismal economic sit [...] | 2009-10-15 15:38:00 | Embassy Athens | SECRET | PREL PHSA PGOV EWWT MARR MASS GR |
09ATHENS1551 | SEDM: GREECE WELCOMES U.S. POSITION [...] (SBU) Post delivered reftel to the Greek MFA's Southeastern Europe Directorate the morning of October 16. Greece supports the membership of both Serbia and Montenegro in the Southeastern Europe Defense Ministerial and welcomed our message, calling it a most positive development. The MFA will [...] | 2009-10-16 09:36:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MARR GR RO TU SR UP SI MW IT BU HR |
09ATHENS1559 | Ambassador's Call on New ALt-FM Droutsas [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador paid his initial call on incoming Alternate Foreign Minister Dimitri Droutsas October 15. Droutsas emphasized the new GoG's active foreign policy agenda, pointing to the PM's recent trip to Istanbul as a "conscious signal that the immediate neighborhood is our highes [...] | 2009-10-19 13:31:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV OSCE GR |
09ATHENS1560 | FIRES IN GREECE: AUGUST 26 SITREP [...] (SBU) Wildfires in towns north of Athens subsided on 25 August after four days of destruction. No casualties were reported, but press reports indicate about 50,000 acres of land had been burnt and 50 homes destroyed. Following an "emergency" cabinet meeting on August 25, the Government of Gree [...] | 2009-08-26 15:58:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR EAID PREL SENV SOCI GR |
09ATHENS1563 | MOD VENIZELOS LAYS OUT VIEWS BEFORE PARLIAMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY. New Minister of Defense Evangelos Venizelos recently told Parliament that he will take an "extremely cautious" view towards NATO's Strategic Concept, that he wants to avoid Aegean tensions but will resist flagrant Turkish violations of international law and threats of violence, an [...] | 2009-10-23 10:50:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR MASS GR |
09ATHENS1565 | Greek Views on October 2009 GAERC [...] (C) On October 23, Poloff discussed ref points on U.S. positions on the October 26-27 GAERC with Niki Kamba, European Correspondent in the MFA A11 Security and Defense Policy (ESDP) Division. Kamba said the EU paper on Afghanistan/Pakistan had already been approved by all member states at the [...] | 2009-10-23 11:30:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EUN GR CE GV |
09ATHENS1567 | Greece: Demarche Response on UN International Civil Service [...] (C) On October 23, Poloff raised reftel A points on U.S. ICSC candidate Lucretia Myers and provided Myers' bio to Evaghelia Kamariotou, the officer in charge of UN candidatures in the MFA D1 Directorate of UN and International Organizations. Kamariotou confirmed that Greece fully supported th [...] | 2009-10-23 12:42:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL AORC UNGA KUNR GR |
09ATHENS157 | 17 NOVEMBER APPEALS TRIAL POSTPONED TO OCTOBER [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-04 15:26:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PGOV PREL KJUS GR |
09ATHENS1571 | GREECE/GICNT: UPDATE ON EFFORTS TO ENHANCE IMPLEMENTATION [...] (U) On October 20, Poloff and Russian Third Secretary Dmitriy V. Novikov delivered ref A demarche to Greek MFA D1 Political Counselor for International Security Issues, Dimitrios Papandreou. Delivery of the demarche was delayed because the Russian side did not receive its instructions from Mosc [...] | 2009-10-23 13:33:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL PTER KGIC GR |
09ATHENS1573 | G-8 BMENA Forum for the Future: New Greek Alternate Foreign [...] (SBU) On October 21, the Ambassador encouraged Greek Alternate Foreign Minister Dimitris Droutsas to attend the 2009 G-8 BMENA Forum for the Future and noted, per ref. A, that Secretary Clinton is planning to attend. Droutsas expressed interest in the event and asked for more information. Pos [...] | 2009-10-23 15:45:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL GR ECON KPAO KMPI |
09ATHENS1575 | Greek Response to UNGA Third Committee Demarche [...] (SBU) On October 26, Poloff raised reftel points on the UN General Assembly Third Committee with Elias Photopoulos, Director of the MFA D4 Directorate of Human Rights, and with Loukas Tsokos, Second Counselor in the MFA D1 Directorate for the UN and International Organizations. On no-action m [...] | 2009-10-26 12:45:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM UNGA GR |
09ATHENS1577 | Greece on Iran: Wants More Information on Additional [...] (C) In the latest in a series of meetings on Iran, PolCouns and PolOff met 10/16 with representatives from the Greek Ministry of Foreign Affairs A6 Middle East and D1 International Organization directorates to give a readout of the P5+1 October 1 meeting, underscore the need for vigilance in mo [...] | 2009-10-26 13:43:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PARM PREL PGOV ENRG IR GR UNGA IAEA RS PHUM |
09ATHENS1581 | Greece: Government Manages to Suspend Port Strike, But For [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Confronting its first major challenge since taking office, Greece's new PASOK government negotiated a temporary suspension to a dockworkers' strike on October 17. Latching onto PM Papandreou's pre-election promises to re-examine privatization agreements, dockworker unions at t [...] | 2009-10-27 11:31:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON ELAB GR CH |
09ATHENS1583 | SENIOR GREEK BANKER COMMENTS ON GREEK ECONOMY, NEW [...] (SBU) In a recent conversation with DepEconCouns, Nikolaos B. Karamouzis, the Deputy Chief Executive Officer of Eurobank EFG, Greece's second largest private bank in terms of both deposits and assets, discussed his views on Greece's economic and budget situation, the new PASOK government and it [...] | 2009-10-27 15:15:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ECIN PREL GR EFIN |
09ATHENS1585 | ACTION REQUEST: GREECE TO U.S.: "HELP US HELP YOU IN [...] (U) This is an action request; see paragraph 4. 2. (SBU) In a meeting with DepEconCouns and USAID/E&E representatives on October 22, Ambassador Karafotias, the Director-General of Hellenic Aid (HA),made a very pointed request-the latest in a long line of requests-for specific projects [...] | 2009-10-27 17:35:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PREL GR EAID AF |
09ATHENS1587 | Greece: Uncertainty Reigns as Main Greek Opposition Party [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-29 12:59:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV GR |
09ATHENS1589 | SCENESETTER FOR ADM ROUGHEAD'S VISIT TO GREECE [...] (C) Admiral Roughead: Welcome to Greece. You are the first and most senior flag officer to visit Greece since the October 4 national elections. Admiral Stavridis (as SACEUR) and Admiral Fitzgerald (as NAVEUR) visited Athens in late September. Your visit comes as newly elected PM George Papa [...] | 2009-10-30 09:38:00 | Embassy Athens | SECRET//NOFORN | MARR MASS PREL PGOV NATO GR |
09ATHENS1593 | CITIZENS' PROTECTION MINISTER CHRYSOCHOIDIS AND PM A/S [...] (C) PM A/S Andrew Shapiro stressed U.S. counter-piracy objectives in an October 23 meeting with new Greek Minister of Citizens' Protection Mihalis Chrysochoidis, urging Greece to build on its current counter-piracy actions by signing the New York Declaration on best practices for vessel self-pr [...] | 2009-11-04 12:45:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER SMIG KCRM MARR GR |
09ATHENS1595 | GREECE: GOLDSTONE REPORT DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (SBU) PolOff delivered reftel points on the Goldstone Report and debate at the UN General Assembly to Loukas Tsokos of the Greek Ministry of Foreign Affairs D1 Directorate for International Organizations and Stelios Gavriil of the A6 Directorate for Middle East Affairs. Counselor Gavriil thank [...] | 2009-11-04 13:40:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL UNGA IS KPAL GR |
09ATHENS1597 | NEW GOVERNMENT WANTS TO DEEPEN U.S-GREECE STRATEGIC [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a cordial October 22 meeting with Alternate Minister of Defense Panos Beglitis, A/S Shapiro urged Greece to deepen its partnership with the U.S. on counterpiracy, sign the New York Declaration on Best Practices, follow through on its commitment to move its ISAF engineering batt [...] | 2009-11-04 14:12:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHSA PGOV MARR MASS EWWT GR |
09ATHENS1599 | ALT/MFA DROUTSAS OPTIMISTIC ON BALKANS, TURKEY WITH A/S [...] (C) SUMMARY: PM A/S Shapiro used an October 22 meeting with Alternate Foreign Minister Dimitri Droutsas to encourage closer U.S.-Greek cooperation in counter-piracy, urging Greece to sign the New York Declaration on best practices and to try piracy suspects in Greek courts. He also thanked th [...] | 2009-11-04 14:17:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHSA PGOV MARR MASS EWWT GR |
09ATHENS1605 | MOD VENIZELOS: POSITIVE SIGNS, BUT SOME TOUGH ISSUES [...] (C) SUMMARY: New Minister of Defense Evangelos Venizelos expressed his commitment to a strong bilateral defense relationship in the Ambassador's first one-on-one meeting with him November 4. Well-briefed on Afghanistan, he said Greece would keep its medical teams (there for the elections suppo [...] | 2009-11-05 17:29:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR MASS GR AF TU |
09ATHENS1611 | PIRACY: GREEK HEARTBURN WITH THE NEW YORK DECLARATION [...] (C) SUMMARY. PolMil Chief met at MFA November 3 to establish Greek views on signing the New York Declaration at the upcoming Plenary of the Contact Group on Piracy off the Coast of Somalia (CGPCS) in January 2010. While the MFA values our overall cooperation on counterpiracy, they have conti [...] | 2009-11-09 13:25:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHSA EWWT GR |
09ATHENS1613 | Ambassador's Call on Parliament President Petsalnikos [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador called on Parliament President Fhilippos Petsalnikos November 4 accompanied by DCM and POLOFF. On the Macedonia name issue Petsalnikos followed standard GoG lines, emphasizing the compound name used erga omnes, but also the Greek desire to move all of the Western Balkan [...] | 2009-11-09 15:37:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KTIP ECON EFIN GR |
09ATHENS1621 | GREECE: Ambassador's Call on Minister of Economy Katseli [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a 90-minute tour d'horizon of the Greek economy, Ambassador Speckhard's November 6 courtesy call on newly-appointed Minister for Economy, Competitiveness, and Shipping Louka Katseli revealed the challenges confronting the new Greek government. Katseli described her newly-fo [...] | 2009-11-12 16:10:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ECON EFIN EAID |
09ATHENS1623 | SCENESETTER FOR ASD VERSHBOW'S VISIT TO GREECE [...] (C) Welcome to Greece. Your visit is an important one and reinforces efforts by recent high-level USG visitors (SACEUR ADM Stavridis, COMNAVEUR ADM Fitzgerald, PM A/S Shapiro, and CNO ADM Roughead) to demonstrate to the Greeks that we are serious about our Alliance and about working with them [...] | 2009-11-12 17:08:00 | Embassy Athens | SECRET | PREL PGOV MARR MASS NATO GR AF TU |
09ATHENS1627 | MFA VIEWS ON NATO ENLARGEMENT, NRC, CFE, OSCE [...] (C) SUMMARY. Greece supports our goal at the December Foreign Ministerial of MAP for Montenegro, and agrees BiH is not ready. On NATO-Russia, he noted that the SecGen's draft ministerial tasking to begin a joint review of common threats may be a bit overly ambitious, but that it was importan [...] | 2009-11-13 15:46:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV NATO MARR GR AF |
09ATHENS1629 | ISAF: GREEKS WON'T GO TO RC-WEST AFTER ALL, NEW GOVERNMENT [...] (SBU) As foreshadowed by MOD Venizelos in his November 4 meeting with the Ambassador, Greek press reports that the Government Council of Foreign Affairs and Defense (KYSEA),Greece's NSC equivalent, decided November 13 to reverse the previous government's commitment to re-deploy the Greek ISAF [...] | 2009-11-13 15:48:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NATO MARR GR AF |
09ATHENS1631 | Greek Views on November 2009 GAERC [...] (C) On November 10, Poloffs discussed ref points on U.S. positions on the November 16-17 GAERC with Niki Kamba, European Correspondent in the MFA A11 European Security and Defense Policy (ESDP) Division, and Vassilis Tselios, Deputy Head of the MFA C1 Directorate for EU External Relations. Ka [...] | 2009-11-16 12:12:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EUN GR |
09ATHENS1633 | Greece Supports EU Renewal of Belarus Sanctions and [...] (C) PolOff met November 10 with Vassilis Tselios, Deputy Head of the C1 EU External Relations Directorate, to discuss a coordinated Belarus sanctions policy. Tselios - the Greek MFA's point person for EU- Eastern partner affairs - noted that Greece does not have an embassy in Minsk and therefo [...] | 2009-11-16 14:11:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM BO GR EUN |
09ATHENS1639 | GREECE: DEMARCHE OPPOSING UNGA RESOLUTIONS WITH ANTI-ISRAEL [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-18 14:10:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL UNGA KPAL IS GR |
09ATHENS1641 | FRONTEX PRESENCE GROWING TO CONFRONT GREECE'S MIGRATION WAVE [...] (SBU) In keeping with one of its main social (and now security) challenges - the growing tide of illegal migrants arriving by sea after transiting Turkey - Greece has sought greater support from the EU, and has found a partner in FRONTEX, the EU's border security agency. FRONTEX has become inc [...] | 2009-11-19 13:16:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SMIG KCRM PTER EUN GR |
09ATHENS1643 | Ambassador's Meeting with Minister of Citizens' Protection [...] (C) SUMMARY: Greek Minister of Citizens' Protection Michalis Chrysochoidis provided Ambassador Speckhard with an outline on November 12 of his ambitious plan to reorganize and energize all of Greece's civilian security agencies, including the national police, the domestic intelligence servi [...] | 2009-11-19 13:54:00 | Embassy Athens | SECRET | PREL PGOV SOCI PTER KCRM KTIP SMIG GR |
09ATHENS1649 | ASD/ISA VERSHBOW'S PARTICIPATION IN THE HIGH LEVEL [...] (C) SUMMARY. The desire for an upgraded and substantive strategic partnership was a recurring theme of the Greek side when Assistant Secretary of Defense (ASD) for International Security Affairs Alexander Vershbow met with Greek Alternate Minister of Defense Panos Beglitis for the 14th U.S-Gr [...] | 2009-11-20 14:51:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR NATO GR TU MK AF ZL |
09ATHENS1651 | ASD VERSHBOW'S GREEK BILATS: AEGEAN/TURKEY, NATO, ISAF, [...] (C) SUMMARY: In separate meetings November 16 with the Prime Minister's Diplomatic Advisor Dimitris Paraskevopoulos and MFA Secretary General Ioannis-Alexis Zepos following his participation in the High Level Consultative Committee (reftel),Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Sec [...] | 2009-11-20 15:27:00 | Embassy Athens | SECRET | PREL PGOV MARR NATO GR TU MK ZL AF RS IR |
09ATHENS1653 | AMBASSADOR'S CALL ON MINISTER OF FINANCE PAPAKONSTANTINOU [...] (SBU) Ambassador Speckhard's November 16 courtesy call on newly-appointed Minister of Finance George Papakonstantinou underscored the challenges confronting the new Greek government as it seeks to shore up deteriorating Greek public finances, bridge a credibility gap created by the misreporting [...] | 2009-11-25 10:23:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ECIN PREL GR EFIN |
09ATHENS1655 | AMBASSADOR AND DROUTSAS DISCUSS MACEDONIA, IRAN, TURKEY, [...] (C) SUMMARY. Ambassador Speckhard called on Alternate FM Droutsas November 23 for a tour d' horizon prior to the December 1-2 Athens OSCE Ministerial, focusing on Macedonia, Iran, and Turkey. The Ambassador urged Droutsas to stay engaged and push for a solution to the Macedonia name issue in [...] | 2009-11-25 16:06:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR OSCE KPIR GR MK TU IR |
09ATHENS1657 | SCENESETTER FOR THE DEPUTY SECRETARY'S VISIT TO GREECE [...] (C) Welcome to Greece. There have been a lot of changes here since you last visited in June. We are now building on the opportunities presented by new Administrations in both Washington and Athens to cement a partnership that can confront common strategic challenges beyond the regional issue [...] | 2009-11-25 16:34:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON MARR NATO GR AF TU MK |
09ATHENS1659 | Greece: Lacking a Fire Prevention Strategy Despite US [...] (SBU) Despite significant U.S. cooperation programs, Greece continues to lack a comprehensive fire prevention policy and does not have a wildfire prevention strategy. The Greek Government has sought to leverage any investment the U.S. is willing to provide in wildfire prevention and emergency [...] | 2009-11-25 16:42:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR EAID PREL SENV SOCI GR |
09ATHENS1661 | THE PAPANDREOU GOVERNMENT: OLD VS. NEW [...] (C) Seven weeks after it was brought to power in Greek parliamentary elections, the government of George Papandreou has come under criticism from the Greek public and international markets for an erratic start in implementing its sweeping governmental reform. In many ways this is to have been [...] | 2009-11-27 10:54:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV GR |
09ATHENS1665 | GREECE WILL LOOK AT ISAF OMLTS, BUT NOT KEEN ON FURTHER [...] (C) Ambassador Speckhard drew on reftel A points in a November 27 discussion with Minister of Defense Venizelos, emphasizing the importance of Greek solidarity with the President's upcoming Afghanistan announcement both in the form of a public statement by the Prime Minister and at the upcomin [...] | 2009-11-27 15:16:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR NATO GR AF |
09ATHENS1669 | Greek Response to Burma Dialogue Demarche [...] (SBU) On December 1, Poloff discussed ref points on U.S. dialogue with Burma with Ambassador Charalambos Dafaranos, Director of the MFA A10 Directorate for Asia and Oceania. Dafaranos said Greece fully agreed with U.S. views on the necessity of a legitimate 2010 election, for dialogue between [...] | 2009-12-01 13:40:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL GR BM |
09ATHENS1673 | NATO: GREEK UNEASE AT UPCOMING NATO CAOC AND CC-AIR COMMAND [...] (C) SUMMARY: Greek interlocutors, including Minister of Defense Venizelos and Chief of Defense Giagkos, have increasingly and more stridently expressed to us that NATO's new "Flags-to-Posts" (FTP) arrangement agreed by CHODs in May 2009 is not acceptable to the new Papandreou government, citi [...] | 2009-12-04 11:31:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NATO MARR GR TU |
09ATHENS1675 | Greek Response to DPRK Universal Periodic Review Demarche [...] (SBU) On December 4, Poloff discussed ref points on U.S. views on the DPRK Universal Periodic Review with Elias Photopoulos, Director of the MFA D4 Directorate of Human Rights. Photopoulos said Greece fully agreed with U.S. views and that he had instructed the Greek mission to the UN to ask s [...] | 2009-12-04 13:24:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL UN GR KN |
09ATHENS1677 | GREECE: ENGAGEMENT ON OUR AFGHANISTAN MESSAGE [...] (C) SUMMARY. Embassy Athens took advantage of the Deputy Secretary's October 1-2 visit to press the Greek government for greater contributions in Afghanistan, and reinforce with the media the themes in the President's December 1 announcement. In a bilateral meeting October 2 with Greek PM Pa [...] | 2009-12-04 14:12:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPAO NATO MARR GR AF |
09ATHENS1679 | GREEK COURT OVERTURNS CONVICTIONS OF ELA TERRORIST GROUP [...] (SBU) On December 3, 2009, a Greek appeals court threw out the 2004 convictions of three members of the People's Revolutionary Struggle (ELA) terrorist organization, ruling there was insufficient evidence. A fourth defendant died in June 2009. The ELA members were cleared of all charges for w [...] | 2009-12-04 15:21:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL PGOV GR |
09ATHENS168 | IRAQI FM, IRANIAN DFM BOTH SEEK GREATER COOP WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a recent visit to Athens, Iraqi FM Zebari discussed a wide range of topical issues with Greek FM Bakoyannis, thanked Greece for its decision to open a commercial office in northern Iraq, and urged Bakoyannis to make good on her long-standing promise to visit Iraq. Following [...] | 2009-02-06 09:07:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON IZ IR GR EAID ENRG |
09ATHENS1681 | Greek Views on December 2009 FAC [...] (C) On December 4, Poloff discussed ref points on U.S. positions on the December 8 FAC (Foreign Affairs Council) with Alexandros Ioannidis, European Correspondent in the MFA A11 Security and Defense Policy (ESDP) Division. Ioannidis said the FAC's agenda would focus on the Middle East peace p [...] | 2009-12-04 15:47:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EUN GR |
09ATHENS1683 | DEPUTY SECRETARY STEINBERG'S MEETING WITH GREEK PRIME [...] (C) In a meeting on December 2, Deputy Secretary Steinberg and Greek Prime Minister, Foreign Minister, and OSCE Chair-in-Office George Papandreou discussed the President's announcement on the way forward in Afghanistan, the Macedonia name issue, bilateral relations with Turkey, the Cyprus issue [...] | 2009-12-04 15:57:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV OVIP GR |
09ATHENS1685 | Greece: New Government Tackles Migration and Asylum Issues [...] (C) SUMMARY: Greece's new PASOK-led government has placed migration and asylum policy reform high on its agenda, announcing new measures to combat organized human smugglers, ease naturalization requirements for immigrants born in Greece, provide status to illegal economic migrants, and transfer Gre [...] | 2009-12-04 16:07:00 | Embassy Athens | SECRET | PGOV PREL PHUM PREF PTER SMIG KCRM GR |
09ATHENS1691 | HEAD OF HELLENIC AID: AFGHANISTAN IS OUR TOP ASSISTANCE [...] (SBU) In response to the GoG's request (see reftel E),DepEconCouns delivered to Ambassador Karafotias, the Director-General of Hellenic Aid, a list of USG-suggested projects in Afghanistan to which Greece may contribute funds (see reftel D). Per the GoG's previously expressed interest, the lis [...] | 2009-12-08 17:02:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PREL GR EAID AF |
09ATHENS1693 | PIRACY: GREECE WANTS CGPCS CHAIR, WILL CONSIDER NY [...] (U) This cable contains an action request, please see paragraph 6. 2. (C) SUMMARY. The MFA formally requests to chair a future Plenary of the Contact Group for Piracy off the Coast of Somalia (CGPCS),MFA D1 Directorate Head Franciscos Verros and Counselor Dimitris Papandreou told Po [...] | 2009-12-11 11:07:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PHSA KPIR PREL PGOV GR |
09ATHENS17 | GREEK CABINET RESHUFFLE: CONTINUITY IN FM AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: On January 7, PM Karamanlis announced a fairly widespread Cabinet reshuffle. FM Bakoyannis and DefMin Meimarakis remain, but key personnel at the various economic ministries were replaced or shifted, including the Minister of National Economy and Finance and the Minister of Devel [...] | 2009-01-07 16:10:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON GR |
09ATHENS1705 | GREEK PM CONFRONTS DEFICIT: BIG ON COMMITTMENT, SHY ON [...] (SBU) In a nationally-televised speech on December 14, Greece's Prime Minister of just two months, George Papandreou, walked a tightrope between maintaining public support and appeasing impatient European partners and international markets as he set out to bridge a credibility gap and potential [...] | 2009-12-15 16:22:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ECIN PREL GR EFIN |
09ATHENS1707 | GREECE: 2009 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM [...] Embassy Athens submits the draft below for the Greece section of the 2009 Country Reports on Terrorism. Begin text: 2. Greece and the United States have a strong record of counterterrorism cooperation. Domestic terrorism and extremist violence increased significantly in 2009, fol [...] | 2009-12-16 09:48:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER ASEC EFIN KCRM KHLS PINS PREL AEMR GR |
09ATHENS1717 | INFORMAL ADVISOR TO PAPANDREOU SHEDS LIGHT ON GOG INTERNAL [...] (C) PolCouns and PolOff met December 3 with Paulina Lampsa, head of the PASOK International Secretariat, to discuss internal dynamics and key players in the Papandreou Administration and the current state of play in Cyprus and Turkey. Lampsa discussed her role and that of other semi-official a [...] | 2009-12-20 22:05:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV GR TU MK CY |
09ATHENS1719 | GREEK A/FM DROUTSAS' MEETING WITH P-5 AMBASSADORS [...] (S) Summary: In a lunch today for P-5 Ambassadors, Greek Alternate Foreign Minister Droutsas shared Greek views on Cyprus, the name issue, Turkey, and the economic crisis. On Cyprus, he pressed his belief that EU aquis communitaire could be the source of solutions for the differences that div [...] | 2009-12-22 11:07:00 | Embassy Athens | SECRET | PREL GR ECON |
09ATHENS1721 | Russia Looks to Court New GoG Officials, Displays Interest [...] (C) In recent weeks Russian officials, including Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, have reached out to Greek officials and the Greek public, in an effort to display reinvigorated Russian-Greek ties and paint a picture of close cooperation with the Greece on economic, political and cultur [...] | 2009-12-22 11:20:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON ENRG OSCE RS BU GR |
09ATHENS175 | CHOD GRAPSAS ON TURKEY AND AEGEAN, AFGHANISTAN [...] (C) In a February 4 lunch at the Ambassador's reQence, the Chief of the Hellenic National Defense General Staff, General of the Army Demitrios Grapsas, termed recent Turkish behavior in the Aegean "childish" and made clear that the perception of the Turkish threat drives Greek military procur [...] | 2009-02-06 15:46:00 | Embassy Athens | SECRET | PREL PGOV MASS MARR TU AF GR |
09ATHENS18 | GREEK PRESIDENT AND FM CONDEMN TURKISH ACTIONS IN [...] No summary [...] | 2009-01-07 16:18:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL TU GR MOPS PARM |
09ATHENS1816 | GREECE H1N1 FLU UPDATE: 7,000 STUDENTS OUT OF SCHOOL; MASS [...] SUMMARY. The number of confirmed H1N1 cases has exceeded 2,100 in Greece in the period May-October 2009 but the unrecorded infections are estimated at 20 to 30 times that number. Greece had 12 serious cases and 3 fatalities from H1N1 infection to date, however 95 percent of patients have ful [...] | 2009-10-06 09:44:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC CASC KFLO KFLU AEMR TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL PINR |
09ATHENS184 | GREECE/BOSNIA: FORMAL REQUEST TO SUPPORT [...] (C) In a February 10 meeting at his request with Pol-Mil Chief, Haris Lalacos, Director of the MFA A11 Directorate for Common Foreign and Security Policy, formally requested that the USG support the candidacy of Greek Ambassador to the United States, Alexandros P. Mallias, to serve as the EU [...] | 2009-02-10 15:55:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV BK GR |
09ATHENS19 | FM BAKOYANNIS ON GAZA, AEGEAN ISSUES, OSCE, [...] (C) In a January 7 meeting with Ambassador Speckhard, FM Bakoyannis led off by expressing concern about the situation in Gaza, and emphasizing the need for a "humanitarian truce," and a UN Security Council Resolution. The Ambassador responded that the U.S. was also deeply concerned about the [...] | 2009-01-07 17:17:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM OSCE GG GR RS TU CVIS CJAN |
09ATHENS2038 | Greeks Host Third Global Forum on Migration and Development [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Greece hosted the 2009 Global Forum on Migration and Development (GFMD) in Athens November 2-5. For the first time, a U.S. delegation attended the Forum, led by PRM/PIM Office Director Suzanne Sheldon and including officers from U.S. Mission Geneva, U.S. Embassy Athens, and DH [...] | 2009-11-16 17:07:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PREF EAID SMIG GR |
09ATHENS207 | PASOK LEADER PAPANDREOU READY TO ASSIST ON GLOBAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a February 12 meeting with Ambassador, main Greek opposition PASOK President George Papandreou offered his assistance to the new U.S. Administration on Iran, the Middle East Peace Process, Pakistan/Afghanistan, and other critical global issues. Citing his special status as he [...] | 2009-02-18 05:03:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL GR PTER MOPS SOCI IS IR NATO AFIN |
09ATHENS209 | GREECE: POINTS DELIVERED ON DURBAN REVIEW [...] (SBU) Per REFTEL, on February 18 Poloff informed Elias Photopoulos, Director of the Greek MFA D4 Directorate of Human Rights, of our points on the Durban Review Conference Working Group Session. Photopoulos stated that Greece will follow the EU consensus at the Working Group Session. He not [...] | 2009-02-18 09:30:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL UNHRC GR |
09ATHENS210 | GREECE: POINTS DELIVERED ON PROSECUTION OF [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-18 12:33:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED | PHSA PBTS EWWT KCRM PTER MOPS PREL GR |
09ATHENS215 | NEW DOMESTIC TERRORIST ATTACKS IN GREECE [...] (SBU) There have been several significant new attacks in Athens in recent days, including a shooting attack on a television station, a bomb placed outside offices of Citibank, and a series of bombings targeting prominent anti-terrorism figures. While no one was killed in these incidents, they [...] | 2009-02-19 09:49:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER ASEC ABLD PGOV PREL GR |
09ATHENS2192 | GREEK PARLIAMENT ADOPTS 2010 BUDGET: TARGETS AMIBTIOUS, BUT [...] (SBU) The Greek budget for 2010, which was passed by Greek Parliament on December 23, is an attempt to bring order to Greece's public finances and restore its badly-dented credibility with foreign investors, international credit ratings agencies, and the European Union. The budget aims to red [...] | 2009-12-28 15:33:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ECIN EFIN PREL GR |
09ATHENS2202 | US Treasury Meetings in Greece: Despite Credibility Gap, [...] (SBU) In December 18 and 21 meetings in Athens with visiting Treasury Representative for Europe Mathew Haarsager, Greek government and bank officials expressed the common view that the main challenge facing the GoG was undertaking a reform program that would restore credibility in Greek econom [...] | 2009-12-31 11:52:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ECIN PREL GR |
09ATHENS226 | TURKISH EMBASSY'S VIEWS ON MIGRANT READMISSIONS [...] (C) According to an official at the Turkish Embassy in Athens, there are two reasons why Turkey is unwilling to permit Greece to return third-country illegal migrants to Turkey at the port of Izmir, as called for in a 2001 bilateral protocol and which the Greeks believe would greatly reduce th [...] | 2009-02-20 12:52:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS PHUM PTER TU GR |
09ATHENS228 | MAURITANIA: GREECE AGREES "100 PERCENT" WITH U.S. [...] (SBU) DepPolCouns delivered reftel demarche on EU policy toward Mauritania to MFA A9 Africa Directorate deputy head Taxiarchis Christopoulos. Christopoulos said Greek diplomats from Brussels would attend the February 20 EU meeting in Paris. He also said that Mauritania was a regular topic of [...] | 2009-02-20 13:39:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL GR EUN MR |
09ATHENS230 | GREECE AND NUCLEAR NONPROLIFERATION TREATY (NPT) [...] (SBU) We discussed ref B points and request for information on Greek views on the current Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty (NPT) review cycle with the Greek POC on NPT matters, MFA D1 Directorate Second Counselor Loukas Tsokos (contact information in ref A),on February 2 and again on February [...] | 2009-02-20 14:40:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC CDG ENRG KNNP MNUC PARM PGOV PREL UNGA |
09ATHENS232 | GREEK VIEWS ON FEBRUARY GAERC ISSUES [...] (C) DepPolCouns delivered ref points on U.S. positions on the February 23-24 GAERC to MFA European Correspondent Niki Kamba. Kamba said the agenda for the GAERC included: Afghanistan, the Middle East, the Western Balkans, and the Eastern Partnership. On Sudan, she said that no discussion wa [...] | 2009-02-20 15:35:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EUN |
09ATHENS235 | FOREIGN MINISTER BAKOYIANNIS' VISIT TO WASHINGTON [...] (C) SUMMARY: Greek FM Dora Bakoyiannis will use her visit to Washington to define, publicly and privately, Greece's relations with the Obama administration. A charismatic yet practical politician, Bakoyiannis relishes her job as Foreign Minister, and will offer to work with us on a broad r [...] | 2009-02-23 05:52:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV GR MK |
09ATHENS240 | MFA PRESSES U.S. TO WITHDRAW FROM NAVAL EXERCISE [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: On February 23, MFA Secretary General Agathocles summoned Ambassador Speckhard to tell him that, in the GOG's view, the U.S. should not to participate in the upcoming naval exercise "Egemen." Non-participation would send an important signal to Turkey that it needed [...] | 2009-02-24 05:29:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREL PARM TU GR |
09ATHENS243 | UN APPEALS TRIBUNAL: AMCIT NOMINATION DEMARCHE [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to George Panagiotidis, Embassy Attache in the Greek Ministry of Foreign Affairs, UN Directorate, on 23 February. Panagiotidis indicated that it would be given due consideration, but we have not yet received a response. MCCARTHY [...] | 2009-02-24 14:23:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC APER PREL UNGA KAWC KJUS KUNR |
09ATHENS249 | SENATOR DURBIN DISCUSSES CYPRUS, TURKEY, VISA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a cordial and very substantive discussion during his visit to Athens, Senator Richard Durbin told Foreign Minister Dora Bakoyannis about his impressions of the chances for a settlement of the Cyprus issue following his visit to Nicosia and underscored the new administration's [...] | 2009-02-26 11:04:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OVIP PREL CVIS ECON ENRG PTER PGOV TU CY GR |
09ATHENS250 | CODEL DURBIN'S MEETING WITH GREEK OPPOSITION [...] (SBU) In a wide-ranging discussion February 18, Senator Durbin and main opposition PASOK party president George Papandreou shared views on the global economic crisis, Cyprus, Greek-Turkish relations, Afghanistan, and other issues. They agreed that the international goodwill surrounding the ne [...] | 2009-02-26 11:06:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ECON OVIP ENRG TU GR |
09ATHENS253 | GREECE/NATO: PARLIAMENT RATIFIES CROATIA AND [...] (SBU) On February 17, the Greek Parliament formally ratified the protocols of accession of Albania and Croatia to join NATO. Although Parliamentary approval is the last political step, the protocols must still be signed by the President of the Republic and published in the "Official Gazette. [...] | 2009-02-26 15:28:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTIA MARR NATO PARM PREL AL HR GR |
09ATHENS266 | OSCE CIO/GREEK FM BAKOYANNIS ORGANIZING IRAQ VISIT [...] (C) During a discussion of ref A points on the review of U.S. policy in Iraq, MFA A6 Directorate for Middle East Affairs Counsellor Gregory Karahalios, who has responsibility for Iraq, told DepPolCouns that FM Dora Bakoyannis, who is also currently OSCE CiO, is trying to organize a visit to Ir [...] | 2009-03-03 11:45:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON MOPS IZ GR |
09ATHENS270 | GREECE/NATO: GREECE SUPPORTS CONTINUATION OF THE [...] (C) Pol-Mil Chief met March 3 with MFA D2 NATO Department Deputy Director Theodoros Daskarolis and his staff to review reftel points on continued support for the NATO Training Mission-Iraq. Reftel points had been shared with the MFA prior to the February 27 Policy Coordination meeting at NATO [...] | 2009-03-03 15:03:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS NATO PREL IZ GR |
09ATHENS272 | GREECE/AFGHANISTAN: VIEWS ON "ENGAGING ALLIES AND [...] (C) Pol-Mil Chief met March 3 with MFA D2 NATO Department Deputy Director Theodoros Daskarolis and his staff to review reftel points on engaging Allies and Partners on Afghanistan. Daskarolis thanked us for the paper (which had been provided previously),terming it a "very positive paper." H [...] | 2009-03-03 16:09:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PREL MOPS MARR AF GR |
09ATHENS286 | GREECE/OSCE: BAKOYIANNIS MEETING WITH OSCE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Rabbi Andrew Baker, the OSCE Personal Representative for Combating Anti-Semitism (and International Jewish Affairs Director for the American Jewish Committee) told Polofs that the OSCE Chairmanship was focused on security issues, and had not developed an agenda or active plan fo [...] | 2009-03-09 10:39:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGO PHUM GR KIRF |
09ATHENS287 | GREECE/NATO: RATIFICATION OF CROATIA AND ALBANIA [...] The Government of Greece has completed the process to ratify the NATO accession of Croatia and Albania. Law 3753 -- the Parliament's ratification of the accession protocols for Croatia and Albania -- was published in the "Official Gazette" and became official on March 4, 2009. MFA sources h [...] | 2009-03-09 13:01:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED | KTIA MARR NATO PARM PREL AL HR GR |
09ATHENS318 | GREECE TRIES TO COPE WITH HEIGHTENED DOMESTIC [...] (C) New terrorist attacks continue to rock Greece with a frequency not seen since 2000, unnerving the country's political and professional elite. A number of violent far-left groups -- some previously unknown -- have claimed responsibility for bombings, shootings, and arson incidents, and thi [...] | 2009-03-16 05:35:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER ASEC ABLD PGOV PREL GR |
09ATHENS326 | GREEK TOURISM:RECESSION AND SECURITY THREATEN, BUT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During a call by Ambassador February 23, new Minister of Tourism Constantinos Markopoulos expressed high hopes for U.S.-Greek relations with the new Administration, acknowledged that Greece's tourism sector faces difficult challenges in 2009 due to the drastic fall off in book [...] | 2009-03-16 12:42:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ECON EFIN ETRD GR |
09ATHENS327 | KARAMANLIS DEFENDS FOREIGN POLICY AGAINST [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a March 12 unscheduled Parliamentary debate, PM Karamanlis defended his government's foreign policy, noting that its "red lines" on the Macedonia name issue remained unchanged, as did its insistence that Turkey must comply fully with all EU obligations for accession. Main opp [...] | 2009-03-16 12:52:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MOPS TU GR |
09ATHENS336 | GREECE AGREES "COMPLETELY" WITH U.S. ON RUSSIA, [...] (C) DepPolCouns discussed reftel points on Russia recognition of Abkhazia and South Ossetia and basing plans with OSCE Special Envoy for Protracted Conflicts Greek Ambassador Charalambos Christopoulos and, separately, with MFA A5 Directorate for CIS Countries Counselor Lambros Kakissis. Both [...] | 2009-03-18 14:40:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV OSCE GR RS GG BO |
09ATHENS338 | FM BAKOYIANNIS PLANS CALL TO SECRETARY SEEKING [...] (C) SUMMARY: At a March 17 dinner, Foreign Minister Bakoyiannis told Ambassador Speckhard that, in her capacity as OSCE Chairperson in Office, she wanted to speak with the Secretary to discuss two linked issues: her plans to move forward on OSCE's mission in Georgia and her proposal to host [...] | 2009-03-18 17:00:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV GR TU OSCE |
09ATHENS339 | GREEK RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE TO EU MEMBER STATES ON [...] (C) The Ambassador delivered reftel points to Minister of Economy and Finance John Papathanassiou on March 13. The Minister fully agreed that it is critical for the U.S. and EU countries to work together to address difficulties the global crisis is causing in Central and Eastern Europe in orde [...] | 2009-03-19 08:03:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | ECIN ECON EFIN PREL GR |
09ATHENS350 | GREECE ALREADY SUBMITTED HCOC AD, URGES U.S. TO [...] (C) PolOff delivered reftel demarche on boosting the number of HCOC Annual Declarations (ADs) received this year to Second Counselor Loukas Tsokos and Counselor-Expert on Disarmament Issues Pantelis Margaris at the MFA D1 Directorate for UN and International Organizations. In response, Margar [...] | 2009-03-20 14:49:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MNUC ETTC TSPA KSCA GR |
09ATHENS366 | GREECE/KOSOVO: GOG SUPPORTS "IN TOGETHER OUT [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-23 16:17:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR NATO KPKO KV GR |
09ATHENS371 | GOG IMPLEMENTS THIRD ROUND OF AUSTERITY MEASURES [...] (SBU) In a move to boost market and EU confidence in the government's commitment and ability to contain public finances, the GoG on March 18 implemented a third series of measures to cut spending and boost revenues, including a wage freeze affecting approximately 70 percent of public sector em [...] | 2009-03-24 15:41:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ECIN PREL GR |
09ATHENS40 | GREECE ASSURING LNG-BASED GAS SUPPLIES FROM [...] (C) Summary. Greece's natural gas company (DEPA) has contracted LNG deliveries to supply the country through January 20 and is close to finalizing LNG supplies through the end of the month. Observers remain uncertain how Gazprom's gas cut off will affect Greek energy policy. One senior of [...] | 2009-01-13 17:00:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ECON PREL GR IT AJ RS BU |
09ATHENS419 | GREECE REJECTS ROM PROPOSALS AS DISTRACTION FROM REAL ISSUE [...] (C) In a letter dated March 24, 2009, to Republic of Macedonia (ROM) Foreign Minister Milososki, Greek FM Dora Bakoyannis rejected Milososki's March 13 initiatives for signing a declaration of friendship, establishing a joint committee on education and history issues, and a framework proposal f [...] | 2009-03-31 13:47:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL GR MK |
09ATHENS435 | GREECE: Response to Afghanistan-Pakistan Stragegic Review [...] (C) POLCouns delivered ref a points to the Greek MFA's NATO on March 26 and to the MFA's Asian Affairs Department on March 27. MFA Counsellor Caterina Dimakis noted that, as the Hague conference was not a pledging conference - FM Bakoyiannis did not plan to make specific proposals for addition [...] | 2009-04-01 10:20:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV AF NATO |
09ATHENS445 | GREECE FACES NEW ROUND OF BOMBINGS [...] (SBU) In a sign of the continuing escalation of activity by domestic terrorist and anarchist groups (reftels),a series of firebombings and other violent attacks occurred in Athens and Thessaloniki March 27-31. In the most coordinated attack, gas canister bombs exploded at ten banks and luxu [...] | 2009-04-01 14:16:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PGOV ASEC ABLD PREL GR |
09ATHENS45 | GREEKS TIGHT-LIPPED ON EU-SYRIA AGREEMENT [...] (C) DepPolCouns delivered reftel points on the EU-Syria Association Agreement to MFA C1 Directorate for EU External Relations Counselor Katerina Varvarigou. Varvarigou said Greece would take a "balanced approach," which would be in line with the common EU position. An EU working group -- not [...] | 2009-01-14 13:43:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | EUN PGOV PREL GR SY |
09ATHENS461 | RECALL 09 ATHENS 461 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-03 11:57:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PTER MOPS GR |
09ATHENS467 | GREEK FRIGATE COMPLETES EU ANTI-PIRACY MISSION [...] The Hellenic Navy frigate Psara is winding down a 4-month deployment in the Gulf of Aden as part of a European Union naval force battling piracy off Somalia. April 4 marks the end of Greek Commodore Andionios Papaioannou's four-month tenure as the first tactical commander of the EU's first nava [...] | 2009-04-03 13:41:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PTER MOPS GR |
09ATHENS471 | Greek Contributions to Afghanistan [...] (C) SUMMARY: In response to ref A instruction to urge Allies and partners to provide specific support for Afghanistan, Post has reached out to a range of Greek contacts in the MFA and MOD. Ambassador spoke on April 2 with Ambassador Kostas Chalastanis, Chief of the Foreign Minister's Diplomati [...] | 2009-04-03 14:54:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PREL MOPS MARR GR |
09ATHENS497 | MFA POSITIVE ON AFGHANISTAN, VISA WAIVER NEGOTIATIONS, POTUS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador discussed ref A points on Afghanistan and Pakistan with head of the Foreign Minister's Diplomatic Cabinet, Ambassador Kostas Chalastanis, noting the issue was not only a top priority for the U.S. but also a critical one for Greece, which had recently seen Afghani migrant [...] | 2009-04-06 09:42:00 | Embassy Athens | SECRET | PGOV PREL IR AF MOPS GR |
09ATHENS509 | GREECE -- RESPONSE TO NORTH KOREAN TAEPO-DONG 2 LAUNCH [...] (S) Poloff delivered reftel points and presidential statement to LouQsokos, Second Counselor in the Greek Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA),D1 Directorate, on April 6, on the issue of the North Korean Taepo-Dong 2 Launch. Tsokos expressed thanks for the information but made no substantive res [...] | 2009-04-07 07:43:00 | Embassy Athens | SECRET | PREL PARM KNNP KN GR |
09ATHENS513 | GREECE SUPPORTS US CANDIDACY FOR UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL [...] (U) On April 6, Poloffs delivered reftel points on the U.S. candidacy for the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) to Ambassador Tryphon S. Paraskevopoulos, Director of UN and International Specialized Organizations and Conferences at the Greek Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) and George Panagiot [...] | 2009-04-07 08:52:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL GR UN |
09ATHENS515 | GREECE - RESPONSE TO NORTH KOREAN TAEPO-DONG 2 LAUNCH [...] (S) Poloff delivered reftel points and presidential statement to Loukas Tsokos, Second Counselor in the Greek Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA),D1 Directorate, on April 6, on the issue of the North Korean Taepo-Dong 2 Launch. Tsokos expressed thanks for the information but made no substantive [...] | 2009-04-07 12:06:00 | Embassy Athens | SECRET | PREL PARM KNNP KN GR |
09ATHENS519 | PAVILIDIS AFFAIR PAINFUL, BUT NOT FATAL, TO RULING ND [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-07 13:39:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL GR |
09ATHENS523 | GREECE -- ENLARGING WITH STATES ON ICJ ADVISORY OPINION ON [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-08 06:54:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC PREL ICJ KV GR |
09ATHENS53 | GREECE: PARLIAMENT RATIFIES ALBANIA-EU [...] (U) The Greek Parliament ratified the EU/Albania Stabilization and Association Agreement (SAA) January 14. The ruling New Democracy party and main opposition party, PASOK, (who collectively hold 253 of the 300 seats in Parliament) both backed the agreement. Deputy Foreign Minister Yiannis Va [...] | 2009-01-15 14:45:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | GR PGOV PREL AL |
09ATHENS541 | EMBASSY ATHENS RESPONSE: FY09 PROHIBITION ON ASSISTANCE TO [...] (U) The GoG is expected to receive $100,000 in International Military Education and Training (IMET) funding in FY 2009 in order to continue to professionalize Greece's military. Therefore, Greece is covered by Section 7088(c)(1) of the Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Progr [...] | 2009-04-08 11:41:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON PREL GR |
09ATHENS551 | GREECE LOOKS TO SUPPORT CYPRUS JOINING CONTACT GROUP ON [...] The leading Greek MFA participant in the Contact Group on Somali Piracy (CGSP),Ambassador Tryphon Paraskevopoulos, has asked us to find a way to bring Cyprus into the CGSP in spite of Turkish objections. Paraskevopoulos argued that Cyprus met the criteria for membership, and that a rejection [...] | 2009-04-09 13:48:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS PREL PTER GR CY |
09ATHENS591 | Greece reiterates support for the U.S. candidacy to the UN [...] (U) On April 15, poloff delivered reftel points on the formal announcement of United States candidacy to the UN Human Rights Council (HRC) to George Panagiotidis, Embassy AttachC) for the UN Directorate at the Greek Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA). In response, Panagiotidis reiterated Greece' [...] | 2009-04-15 14:18:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL GR |
09ATHENS593 | Consulting With Greece on the Burma Policy Review [...] (C) On April 10, pol off delivered reftel points on the subject of the ongoing Burma Policy Review to Dora Giovanni, Counselor in the A10 Division for Asia-Oceania. Giovanni appreciated the information and expressed her concern for the situation in Burma, especially in the area of human right [...] | 2009-04-15 14:45:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV BM GR |
09ATHENS595 | Envoy Kennedy Presses Greeks on Holocaust Restitution, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Ambassador J. Christian Kennedy, Special Envoy for Holocaust Issues, visited Athens March 28-31 to discuss progress on Holocaust property restitution and combating anti-Semitism with Greek officials, the Greek Orthodox Church, and local Jewish community leaders. Ministry of Ec [...] | 2009-04-16 07:05:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM KIRF GR |
09ATHENS62 | GREEKS ALERTED TO SIGNING OF U.S.-ISRAEL [...] (C) DepPolCouns delivered reftel demarche on the signing of the U.S.-Israel Anti-Smuggling MOU to MFA A6 Directorate for Middle East Affairs deputy head Maria Zisi. Zisi was grateful for the information but had no substantive comment. 2. (C) It was the opinion of the Embassy Country Team th [...] | 2009-01-16 15:55:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MASS PARM PREL PBTS PHUM KWBG IS GR |
09ATHENS647 | Greece Welcomes U.S. Candidacy to the UN Human Rights [...] (U) On April 23, Embassy received a Note Verbale from the D1 Directorate of UN and International Organizations and Conferences at the Greek Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) expressing its support for the U.S. candidacy to the UN Human Rights Council (HRC) for the 2009-2012 term. Greece "warmly [...] | 2009-04-23 12:36:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL GR |
09ATHENS65 | GREECE: UPDATE ON RATIFICATION OF NATO ACCESSION [...] (C) MFA Secretary General Agathocles told Ambassador Speckhard 1/15 that the NATO accession protocols for Croatia and Albanian are pending in Parliament and should be approved "soon." Although contacts in the MFA NATO Department and the Office of the President of the Parliament report that A [...] | 2009-01-20 13:38:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | GR PGOV PREL HR AL |
09ATHENS651 | Greek Views on April GAERC Issues [...] (C) DepPolCouns and PolOff delivered ref points on U.S. positions on the April 27-28 GAERC to MFA European Correspondent Niki Kamba. Kamba said the agenda for the GAERC included: the Middle East, the Eastern Partnership, the May 6 EU-Canada summit, and following up on the EU-Obama meeting. Sh [...] | 2009-04-23 14:25:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EUN GR |
09ATHENS657 | Re-Shaping the U.S.-Greece Relationship [...] (C) SUMMARY: The overwhelming positive attitudes of the Greek public toward the new Administration offers an opportunity to reshape U.S.-Greece bilateral relations, moving Greece from a reluctant to reliable and proactive partner. To achieve this, we need to move the focus of our relationsh [...] | 2009-04-24 12:40:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL GR PGOV NATO AF KNNP MK UN OSCE |
09ATHENS683 | GREEK LAW ENFORCEMENT FACES BIG HURDLES IN MEETING TERRORIST [...] (C) As domestic terrorist groups and violent anarchist gangs continue the heightened level of activity that they initiated following the December 2008 riots, Greek law enforcement is looking for help. At the request of the Greek Ministry of Interior, Scotland Yard recently conducted an assessm [...] | 2009-04-28 14:27:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER ASEC ABLD PREL KCRM GR |
09ATHENS685 | VISA WAIVER PROGRAM: A TOP PRIORITY IN U.S.-GREECE BILATERAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Greece's entry into the U.S. Visa Waiver Program (VWP) is a top priority in U.S.-Greece bilateral relations. As the U.S. and Greece "reset" relations after several difficult years and the advent of a new American Administration, Secretary Clinton and Foreign Minister Dora Bakoyann [...] | 2009-04-29 05:36:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV DHS CVIS GR |
09ATHENS695 | Ambassador, FM on Resetting Bilateral Relations, [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a meeting with FM Bakoyiannis on April 30, Ambassador Speckhard outlined our strategy for re-focusing the U.S.-Greece bilateral relationship toward common strategic challenges, and away from the more narrow parochial interests that have defined our relationship in recent year [...] | 2009-04-30 16:04:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER MOPS TU AF GR |
09ATHENS707 | RECALL 09 ATHENS 707 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-05-05 14:02:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC ABLD PTER PREL KCRM GR |
09ATHENS727 | GREEK PRIVACY RULES THWART INVESTIGATIONS [...] (SBU) According to a May 5 article in the newspaper Eleftheros Typos, Greek police utilizing video evidence have "positively" identified three hooded vandals who were among the forty who took part in a midday rampage in the upscale Kolonaki Square area of Athens on March 13. The attackers use [...] | 2009-05-06 14:03:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC ABLD PREL PTER KCRM GR |
09ATHENS735 | GREEK VIEWS ON CONTACT GROUP ON PIRACY OFF THE COAST OF [...] (SBU) We delivered ref A points on U.S. goals for the urgent meting of the Contact Group on Piracy off the Coast of Somalia (CGPCS) to the senior Greek participant in the CGPCS, Ambassador Tryphon Paraskevopoulos, MFA D1 (UN and International Organizations Affairs) Director, on May 6. As on pr [...] | 2009-05-07 14:41:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR ECON PREL PTER GR |
09ATHENS751 | INTERNATIONAL MARITIME ORGANIZATION (IMO) SHIP RECYCLING [...] (SBU) On May 8, A/EconCouns and Julienne Hince, Deputy Chief of Mission for the Australian Embassy in Greece, discussed reftel points with Captain Elias Sabatakakis, Directorate for the Protection of the Sea Environment, Greek Ministry of Mercantile Marine, Aegean Sea & Island Policy. Sabataka [...] | 2009-05-11 10:23:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EIND ETRD EWWT IMO KTIA PREL SENV GR |
09ATHENS757 | Scenesetter: Deputy Secretary Steinberg's Visit to Athens, [...] (C) SUMMARY: We are delighted to welcome you to Greece. Your visit provides crucial support to our efforts to re-shape the U.S.-Greece bilateral relationship. Building on the overwhelmingly positive attitudes in Greece to the new administration, we are working to focus on common strategic [...] | 2009-05-11 14:53:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV OVIP GR MK TU |
09ATHENS80 | TERRORISM FINANCE: GREECE PRE-NOTIFIED OF UPCOMING [...] (C) On January 21, A/Economic Counselor delivered reftel points to Ioannis Sidiropoulos, Secretary General of the Ministry of Economy and Finance; Panagiotis Thomopoulos, Deputy Governor of the Bank of Greece (BG); and Panagiotis Kyriakopoulos, Director of Monetary Policy of Banks of the Bank [...] | 2009-01-21 14:16:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | GR EFIN PTER PINR PREL |
09ATHENS807 | Greek Views on May GAERC [...] (C) On May 14, PolOff delivered ref points on U.S. positions on the May 18-19 GAERC to MFA European Correspondent Niki Kamba. Kamba said the agenda for the GAERC would include: the May 21-22 EU-Russia summit, Moldova, Iran, Georgia, the Atalanta anti-piracy mission, Sri Lanka, and Operation Alt [...] | 2009-05-15 12:10:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EUN GR |
09ATHENS81 | TERRORISM FINANCE: GREECE PRE-NOTIFIED OF [...] (C) On January 21, A/Deputy Economic Counselor delivered reftel points to Ioannis Sidiropoulos, Secretary General of the Ministry of Economy and Finance; Panagiotis Thomopoulos, Deputy Governor of the Bank of Greece (BG); and Panagiotis Kyriakopoulos, Director of Monetary Policy of Banks of the [...] | 2009-01-21 14:21:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | GR EFIN ETTC PINR PREL PTER IR |
09ATHENS83 | GREEK VIEWS ON JANUARY GAERC ISSUES [...] (C) DepPolCouns discussed ref A and B GAERC issues with newly arrived MFA European Correspondent Niki Kamba. Kamba said the Czech EU Presidency had decided on a policy of downsizing GAERC agendas and focusing more intently on one or two issues. Thus, they had eliminated most of the issues co [...] | 2009-01-22 13:32:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | EUN PREL PGOV ZL AFIN SU ZI UP BO GR |
09ATHENS835 | MGSF01: GREECE CONFIRMS FIRST CASE OF H1N1 [...] (SBU) Contacts at the Hellenic National Health Operations Center (EKEPY) told EconOff on May 19 that Greece has confirmed its first case of H1N1 in a Greek who returned to Athens to New York on Olympic Airlines flight #412 on Saturday, May 16. EKEPY confirmed that the individual is study [...] | 2009-05-19 15:01:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC CASC KFLO KFLU AEMR TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL PINR |
09ATHENS841 | Greece: Cuba Libertad Act Response [...] (C) Per reftel request, Embassy Athens offers the following information on the general state of Greece-Cuba relations as they pertain to the Libertad Act. 2. (C) We assess that Greece will continue to follow the EU common position to support the development of democracy and human rights [...] | 2009-05-20 11:57:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETRD ETTC CU GR |
09ATHENS875 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED - GREEK PROSECUTION OF SUSPECTED M/V [...] (C) We delivered reftel message inquiring about possible Greek interest in exercising jurisdiction over 17 suspects in U.S. Navy custody on May 21 to MFA D1 (UN and International Organizations Affairs) Counselor Dimitios Papandreaou. Papandreou took note of the details of the case, including o [...] | 2009-05-28 08:38:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EWWT KCRM MARR PBTS PGOV PHSA PREL GR EG |
09ATHENS9 | GREEK FM CALLS FOR IMMEDIATE CEASEFIRE IN GAZA; [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Greek FM Dora Bakoyannis -- who became Chairman-in-Office of the OSCE on January 1 -- has also taken an activist role in the EU response to the Gaza crisis. On January 4, she issued a statement criticizing Israeli ground operations in Gaza, calling for an immediate ceasefire, an [...] | 2009-01-05 13:16:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PTER MOPS SOCI GR IS |
09ATHENS925 | GREECE ON VOTING FOR KOSOVO'S WORLD BANK MEMBERSHIP -- [...] (U) On June 1, PolCouns delivered reftel points to Ms. Agnostopoulou, Counselor, A3 Directorate for the Balkans, Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Agnostopoulou stated that, as with the vote on Kosovo's IMF membership, the MFA has instructed Greece's World Bank Governor (the Governor of Greece's ce [...] | 2009-06-01 13:51:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN KV PREL GR |
09ATHENS935 | UNSC 1718 COMMITTEE DESIGNATION OF DPRK ENTITIES SUBJECT TO [...] (S) On May 21, EconOff delivered reftel points to Ioannis Sidiropoulos, Secretary General of the Ministry of Economy and Finance; Ioannis Papadakis, Deputy Governor of the Bank of Greece (BG); and Panagiotis Kyriakopoulos, Director of Monetary Policy of Banks of the Bank of Greece. EconOff fol [...] | 2009-06-02 10:33:00 | Embassy Athens | SECRET | EFIN ETTC KNNP PREL PARM XE ZO KN GR |
09ATHENS937 | Pakistan: No Requested Air Assets in Greek Inventory [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-02 13:55:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PK GR SMIG PARM |
09ATHENS943 | URGENT FOLLOW-UP DEMARCHE: VOTING FOR KOSOVO'S WORLD BANK [...] (SBU) On June 1, PolCouns delivered reftel points to Ms. Agnostopoulou, Counselor, A3 Directorate for the Balkans, Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Agnostopoulou stated that, as with the vote on Kosovo's IMF membership, the MFA has instructed Greece's World Bank Governor (the Governor of Greece's [...] | 2009-06-03 11:35:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN KV PREL GR |
09ATHENS975 | GREECE: NATO'S LONG-TERM COUNTER-PIRACY OPERATIONS IN THE [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-10 14:11:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR NATO PGOV PREL GR |
09ATHENS979 | Greece: Cuba Libertad Act Response II [...] (C) Per reftel A request and as a supplement to response reftel B, Embassy Athens offers the following additional information on Greece-Cuba relations in the areas of trade and investment. 2. (C) According to the Cuba Desk at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA),the bilateral legal fra [...] | 2009-06-11 08:13:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD ETTC PREL CU GR |
09ATHENS985 | GREECE'S RULING PARTY FARES POORLY IN EURO ELECTIONS [...] (SBU) Greece tallied the highest voter abstention rate (47.4 percent) in the country's history in the June 7 election of Greece's Members of European Parliament (MEPs). New Democracy (ND),the incumbent party of Prime Minister Kostas Karamanlis, lived down to expectations that it would suffer [...] | 2009-06-12 05:57:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EUN GR |
09AUCKLAND22 | NEW ZEALAND REACTION TO THE END OF THE E-PASSPORT EXEMPTION [...] (U) This is an action request, please see paragraph 7. 2. (U) Summary. New Zealand expects hundreds of its citizens abroad may be inconvenienced by the end of the e-passport exemption for emergency travel and will lobby DHS to use its waiver authority liberally. End summary. 3. (U) [...] | 2009-05-06 08:39:00 | Consulate Auckland | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS CMGT KPAO PBTS PREL NZ |
09AUCKLAND7 | NEW ZEALAND: MEETING ON VISA WAIVER PROGRAM LETTER [...] (U) Wellington A/DCM and Auckland Consul General met January 27 with Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade officials Catherine Nicol (Americas Division) and Lyndal Walker (Consular Division) to discuss the VWP letter from DHS A/S Baker. CG reviewed the points in ref A, explaining the legislat [...] | 2009-01-30 11:21:00 | Consulate Auckland | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS CMGT PBTS PREL NZ |
09BAGHDAD10 | IRAQIS RENEW VOWS TO FIGHT CORRUPTION IN 2009 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Continuing their public commitment to fight corruption, Iraqi anti-corruption officials spoke out at an annual "Day of Integrity" gathering about their 2009 plans. All spoke of the need to fight corruption and both the Chairman of the COR's Integrity Commission and the Commissi [...] | 2009-01-05 07:12:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCOR KCRM PGOV PREL |
09BAGHDAD101 | BATTLING CORRUPTION IN IRAQ: OVERVIEW AND WAY [...] (C) There are signs of the GOI's growing concern over widespread corruption, although the depth of its professed commitment to curbing it remains uncertain. In a recent meeting with the Ambassador, Deputy Prime Minister Barham Salih spoke of convening a meeting of representatives of the GOI, [...] | 2009-01-14 12:31:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | KCOR KCRM PGOV PREL EAID IZ |
09BAGHDAD1011 | DIYALA: PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT FORMED DESPITE [...] (U) This is a Diyala PRT reporting cable. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (C) In a tense atmosphere, with the threat of arrest looming over several members of the Tawafuq bloc, the newly-formed Diyala Provincial Council convened the third meeting of its first session on April 11 and elected it [...] | 2009-04-13 07:58:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR IZ |
09BAGHDAD1012 | SRSG BRIEFS PM MALIKI ON DIBS REPORTS [...] (C) Summary: In an April 12 meeting, a UNAMI official described PM Maliki's positive reaction to a briefing by SRSG de Mistura on the impending release of the UN's DIBs reports. Maliki reportedly welcomed news that the reports would disappoint the Kurds and offered no evidence that he is pr [...] | 2009-04-13 11:00:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IZ |
09BAGHDAD1013 | HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING FOR IP [...] This is an action request. 2. Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates of the Iraqi Security Forces who have been nominated for US Government provided training in Iraq. Post has no derogatory info [...] | 2009-04-13 11:17:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL |
09BAGHDAD1014 | KARBALA COUNCIL SITS, ELECTS NEARLY ALL-DA'WA SLATE [...] (C) Summary: In a low-key ceremony at the Government Center on April 11, the outgoing Karbala Provincial Council (PC) formally ceded authority to the new PC. In the new PC, two Da,wa lists control 18 of the 27 seats. All except one of the top officials elected by the new Council are affilia [...] | 2009-04-13 11:26:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | IZ PGOV PREL PINR |
09BAGHDAD102 | THE REAL SADRIST CANDIDATES [...] (C) Summary: The Sadrist bloc in the Council of Representatives (CoR) has announced its two preferred national candidate lists for the January 31 Provincial Council (PC) elections: Tayar al-Ahrar al-Mustaqil (Free Peoples Trend) and Nizaha wa Bina (Integrity and Building). The two chosen lists [...] | 2009-01-14 14:05:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM IZ |
09BAGHDAD1024 | DIVIDED GOVERNMENT -- TENSIONS RISE IN EXECUTIVE [...] (C) Summary. Tensions that could impede political progress have grown further between the Prime Minister and the Presidency Council (PC) over different conceptions of executive authority, failed promises, and anxiety about the internal balance of power after national elections. PM Maliki has e [...] | 2009-04-14 11:29:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PREL PGOV IZ |
09BAGHDAD1027 | RRT ERBIL: KRG LEADERS WELCOME GREATER U.S. [...] (C) Summary: Top Kurdistan Regional Government decision makers (the President, Security Chief and Prime Minister) are interested in USG proposals to reduce tensions in Kirkuk and welcome greater USG involvement in resolving Kurd-Arab tensions. KRG leadership did not eliminate the possibility [...] | 2009-04-14 12:25:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR IZ |
09BAGHDAD1029 | IRAQI NSC DEBATES DETAINEE RELEASE ISSUES [...] (C) The Iraqi National Security Council, chaired by Prime Minister Maliki, debated detainee issues at its April 5 meeting. During the loosely structured and free flowing 90 minute discussion, several senior GOI officials worried that technical flaws in the vetting process might cause the inad [...] | 2009-04-14 15:51:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV PREL PHUM IZ |
09BAGHDAD1030 | MEK/CAMP ASHRAF: BRINGING DOWN THE TEMPERATURE [...] (S/NF) Summary: In recent weeks, the Government of Iraq (GOI) has steadily increased the pressure on the Mujahedin e-Khalq (MEK),prohibiting entry of additional categories of supplies and personnel. The GOI recently announced its intention to move the residents of Camp Ashraf from their curr [...] | 2009-04-14 17:37:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER PHUM PINR PREF PREL IZ IR US |
09BAGHDAD1032 | CHARGE AND MOHR DISCUSS MEK, KUWAITI MIAS, HUMAN [...] (C) Minister of Human Rights (MoHR) Wijdan Salim expressed satisfaction with the program G/IWI has planned for her official April 19-26 visit to Washington, D.C., during which she will meet with senior USG officials and human rights organizations. An issue Salim is likely to raise in her U. [...] | 2009-04-15 11:47:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | KWMN PGOV PHUM PREL IZ |
09BAGHDAD1038 | BAGHDAD WANTS TO RENEGOTIATE BORDER WITH KUWAIT, [...] (C) Summary. The current Iraq-Kuwait border that the United Nations brokered after the Gulf War is problematic, according to Sadiq al-Rikabi, a senior advisor to Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki. In an April 15 meeting with PMIN, Rikabi said the UN Security Council-imposed border has taken away f [...] | 2009-04-16 09:52:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IZ KU |
09BAGHDAD1041 | SALAH AD DIN: PROVINCIAL COUNCIL ELECTS IIP [...] (C) In its first official session on April 12, the Salah ad-Din (SaD) Provincial Council (PC) elected all key leaders. The Governor-elect is Mutashar Hussien Allawi Yaseen, an Iraqi Islamic Party (IIP) PC member from Samarra. According to PRT contacts, the new PC leadership resulted from a p [...] | 2009-04-16 13:41:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PGOV PREL PINR IZ |
09BAGHDAD1048 | MAYSAN PC SELECTS DA,WA GOVERNOR; SADRISTS SHUT [...] (C/REL MCFI) Summary: On April 14, Da,wa's State of Law Provincial Council (PC) member Mohammed Shi,a was elected Governor by a Da,wa, ISCI, and National Reform Trend coalition. Outgoing ISCI Deputy Governor Abd al-Hussein Abd al-Rida was elected the new PC Chair. Sadrists, who captured sev [...] | 2009-04-17 12:59:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | IZ PGOV PREL PINR |
09BAGHDAD1049 | IRAQI NSC DISCUSSES AIR FORCE MODERNIZATION, [...] (S) Summary: Deputy Prime Minister (DPM) Rafi al-Issawi chaired the April 12 meeting of the National Security Council (NSC) in the absence of Prime Minister PM) al-Maliki and strictly adhered to a three-point agenda: Iraqi Air Force (IqAF) force generation; interagency recommendations on a p [...] | 2009-04-17 14:20:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | MOPS MARR MASS PREL PTER SY IZ |
09BAGHDAD1052 | UNAMI WILL PROPOSE GOI-KRG "TASK FORCE" TO [...] (C) Summary: UNAMI's SRSG de Mistura, accompanied by POLMIN Ford and European representatives, will propose to KRG President Barzani April 17 the establishment of a high level "Task Force" to take concrete actions on Arab-Kurd issues identified in UNAMI's draft reports on Kirkuk and the other [...] | 2009-04-17 17:16:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL UN IZ |
09BAGHDAD1053 | DPM ESSAWI: GOI LEADERSHIP ON DISPLACEMENT NEEDED [...] (C) Summary: Deputy Prime Minister Essawi told Political-Minister Counselor, Senior Coordinator for Refugees and IDPs, OFDA Representative and Refcoord on April 16 that effective GOI leadership was needed to address Iraq,s displacement crisis, that he would do more within his domain of servi [...] | 2009-04-17 17:16:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PGOV PREL PHUM IZ |
09BAGHDAD1054 | UNAMI WILL PROPOSE GOI-KRG "TASK FORCE" TO [...] (C) Summary: UNAMI's SRSG de Mistura, accompanied by POLMIN Ford and European representatives, will propose to KRG President Barzani April 17 the establishment of a high level "Task Force" to take concrete actions on Arab-Kurd issues identified in UNAMI's draft reports on Kirkuk and the other [...] | 2009-04-17 17:17:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL UN IZ |
09BAGHDAD1055 | DPM ESSAWI: GOI LEADERSHIP ON DISPLACEMENT NEEDED [...] (C) Summary: Deputy Prime Minister Essawi told Political-Minister Counselor, Senior Coordinator for Refugees and IDPs, OFDA Representative and Refcoord on April 16 that effective GOI leadership was needed to address Iraq,s displacement crisis, that he would do more within his domain of servi [...] | 2009-04-17 17:17:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PGOV PREL PHUM IZ |
09BAGHDAD1056 | INTERNATIONAL COMPACT WITH IRAQ - STATE OF PLAY [...] (C) Summary: Skepticism over the significance of the International Compact with Iraq (ICI) has begun to grow among donors as Iraq has shifted its focus to developing bilateral political, economic, and military agreements. Many donor countries have demanded a streamlined ICI. Prime Minister M [...] | 2009-04-18 08:21:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EFIN EAID PREL IZ |
09BAGHDAD1057 | WASIT: IN SLAP TO MALIKI, OLD GOVERNOR ELECTED [...] (C) Summary: Wasit,s new, 28 member Provincial Council in its fourth session approved current Governor Latif Hamid Tarfah as Wasit,s new Governor. A new coalition of the Independents and the Al Dawa Iraq Organization, both elements of the State of Law Alliance (Maliki,s list),joined with [...] | 2009-04-18 12:56:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PINR IZ |
09BAGHDAD1058 | DPM ESSAWI: GOI LEADERSHIP ON DISPLACEMENT NEEDED [...] (C) Summary: Deputy Prime Minister Essawi told Political-Minister Counselor, Senior Coordinator for Refugees and IDPs, OFDA Representative and Refcoord on April 16 that effective GOI leadership was needed to address IraqQs displacement crisis, that he would do more within his domain of servi [...] | 2009-04-19 05:20:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PGOV PREL PHUM IZ |
09BAGHDAD1062 | NEW SPEAKER OF THE PARLIAMENT: BUILDING [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ayad Samarrai'e, leader of the Iraqi Islamic Party (IIP) and Tawafuq coalition was elected speaker of the Iraqi parliament by 153 votes on April 19, 2009, after a four-month campaign. His election indicates there is a strong cross-sectarian, cross-ethnic political alliance invol [...] | 2009-04-20 11:05:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR IZ |
09BAGHDAD1066 | SUPPORT FOR IRAQI WIDOWS AND MINISTRY OF STATE FOR [...] (C) In response to reftel, Post reports below on the current financial status of the Ministry of State for Women's Affairs (MoSWA),MoSWA's efforts to obtain international donor funding, and the poorly run GOI's widows stipend program. While current USAID assistance programs do not specific [...] | 2009-04-20 12:49:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ECON IO KWMN PGOV PHUM PREL IZ |
09BAGHDAD1070 | DIYALA: OPPOSITION LOOKING FOR WAYS TO BLOCK [...] (C) Summary. Political maneuvering continues in Diyala after the election of a new Provincial Council Chairman and Governor. Despite the walkout of 12 Council Members during the April 11 Council session at which the leadership was elected, the Provincial Council is still negotiating with th [...] | 2009-04-20 14:38:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IZ |
09BAGHDAD1074 | Bechtel to Survey First Bid Round Oil Fields [...] (U) Summary: On April 15, EMIN met with Bechtel executives who described their project to survey six oil fields in support of the first bid round at the behest of the Ministry of Oil (MoO). International oil companies (IOCs) that are participating in the bid round could then purchase the surve [...] | 2009-04-21 06:37:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EPET EINV ENRG ETRD PREL IZ |
09BAGHDAD1075 | BUILDING BETTER IRAQI OIL CONTRACTING PERSONNEL [...] (C) Summary: From March 29 to April 2, the Department of Commerce's Commercial Law Development Program (CLDP) held a four day workshop for Ministry of Oil (MoO) personnel on negotiating and contracting with International Oil Companies (IOC). Dr. Sabah Al-Saidi, senior legal advisor to the [...] | 2009-04-21 09:14:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG EINV EAID PREL IZ |
09BAGHDAD1077 | JOURNALISTS' RIGHTS DEFENDERS WORRY GOI CLAMPING [...] (C) In the wake of the brouhaha over senior GOI security official Maj. Gen. Qassim Ata's April 13 threat to close the Baghdad office of the pan-Arab daily Al-Hayat and to shut down Sunni satellite channel Al-Sharqiyah (in response to allegations that he had issued orders to arrest ex-detaine [...] | 2009-04-21 10:25:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL IZ |
09BAGHDAD1090 | SOME DISPLACED FAMILIES RETURN TO MIXED BAGHDAD [...] (C) SUMMARY: Embassy Poloff, Embedded PRT governance specialist and Coalition Force (CF) leaders met on April 19 in Baghdad's Hurriya section with local Iraqi officials, area sheikhs and Iraqi Army (IA) officers involved in the resettlement of internally displaced (IDP) families. Hurriya had [...] | 2009-04-22 15:19:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | IZ PREF PGOV PREL |
09BAGHDAD1091 | HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING [...] This is an action request. 2. Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates from the Iraqi Security Forces who has been nominated for training in the United States. Post has no derogatory information. [...] | 2009-04-23 04:00:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL |
09BAGHDAD1092 | HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING [...] This is an action request. 2. Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates from the Iraqi Security Forces who has been nominated for training in the United States. Post has no derogatory information. [...] | 2009-04-23 04:01:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL |
09BAGHDAD1093 | HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING [...] This is an action request. 2. Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates from the Iraqi Security Forces who has been nominated for training in the United States. Post has no derogatory information. [...] | 2009-04-23 04:01:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL |
09BAGHDAD1094 | NAJAF STILL AWAITS ELECTION OF NEXT PROVINCIAL [...] (C) Summary. We continue to await the selection of a new Governor, his two Deputies, and a host of security and provincial government appointees. Despite initial optimism that negotiations had concluded, local personality conflicts, provincial - central party squabbles and the inclusion of [...] | 2009-04-23 11:48:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IZ |
09BAGHDAD1095 | SADRISTS, ISCI SCORE KEY KARBALA COMMITTEE CHAIRS [...] (C) Summary: In a surprising development, Karbala's Da'wa-dominated Provincial Council (PC) has assigned followers of Muqtada al-Sadr and members of the Islamic Supreme Council of Iraqi (ISCI) to chair several key committees. This reduces the potential risks of Da'wa one-party rule in Karbal [...] | 2009-04-23 12:31:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | IZ PGOV PREL PINR |
09BAGHDAD1097 | FM ZEBARI,S CHIEF OF STAFF PROMISES HELP WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: During an April 16 meeting with EMIN Wall, Foreign Minister Zebari,s Chief of Staff, Ambassador Srood R. Najib noted that he would facilitate formalizing documents related to physical assets transfer from the USG to the Government of Iraq (GOI). After many months of delay, Najib [...] | 2009-04-24 03:06:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID PREL EINV KCOR ECON PGOV IZ |
09BAGHDAD1100 | KARBALA SHRINES PURSUING INDEPENDENT AGENDA [...] (C) Summary: The religious leadership of Karbala's al-Husayn and al-Abbas shrines, among the most revered sites in Shi'a Islam, pursue an independent agenda encompassing economic development, reconciliation and reconstruction. Well-funded and led by representatives of Grand Ayatollah al-Sista [...] | 2009-04-24 11:20:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KISL PREL SOCI ECON IZ |
09BAGHDAD1102 | HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING [...] This is an action request. 2. Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates from the Iraqi Security Forces who has been nominated for training in the United States. Post has no derogatory information. [...] | 2009-04-24 12:07:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL |
09BAGHDAD1103 | IRAN IN IRAQ: STRATEGY FOR PRESSURING IRGC-QF [...] (S/NF) Summary: Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps - Quds Force (IRGC-QF) officers are active in Iraq, conducting traditional espionage and supporting violent extremists as well as supporting both legitimate and malign Iranian economic and cultural outreach. Iraqis and their government have dem [...] | 2009-04-24 16:18:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PTER PINR MOPS ECON ETRD IR IZ |
09BAGHDAD1104 | IRANIAN PLANS FOR IRAQ AS U.S. FORCES DRAW DOWN [...] (S) SUMMARY: The Iranian response to the drawdown of U.S. military forces in Iraq, and Iraq's evolving relationship with Iran, will influence the climate for U.S. engagement with Iran on our range of interests. The Iranians may see the drawdown as an opportunity to strengthen their hand in Ira [...] | 2009-04-24 16:21:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PTER PINR PGOV MOPS ECON IR IZ |
09BAGHDAD1106 | MEK/CAMP ASHRAF:MEK COOPERATIVE IN FACE OF NEW GOI [...] (S) SUMMARY: The Government of Iraq (GoI) continued its efforts to establish civil authority over the Mujahedin e-Khalq (MEK) community at Camp Ashraf. The GoI has taken over responsibility for the hospital, and is in discussions to take over electric and water services. The GoI conducted a do [...] | 2009-04-24 17:52:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PTER PHUM PINR PREF PREL IZ IR US |
09BAGHDAD111 | QATAR ARAB LEAGUE SUMMIT: IRAQ GETS TO "NO" [...] (C) Summary: Foreign Minister Zebari confirmed to us January 15 Iraq's decision to decline Qatar's invitation to a proposed January 16 Emergency Arab League Summit on Gaza but the decision was crafted in such a way as to leave a legalistic out. Zebari (and other officials) described intern [...] | 2009-01-15 16:45:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IZ IS KPAL |
09BAGHDAD1111 | HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING [...] This is an action request. 2. Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates from the Iraqi Security Forces who has been nominated for training in the United States. Post has no derogatory information. [...] | 2009-04-26 13:38:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL |
09BAGHDAD1112 | HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING [...] This is an action request. 2. Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates from the Iraqi Security Forces who has been nominated for training in the United States. Post has no derogatory information. [...] | 2009-04-26 13:39:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL |
09BAGHDAD1117 | IRAQI NSC DISCUSSES DETAINEES, AIR FORCE CAPACITY, [...] (C) Summary: During the April 19 Iraqi National Security Council meeting, the Chief Justice complained that there is inadequate coordination between security agencies and the judiciary, resulting in improper handling of evidence and problems prosecuting prisoners and inappropriately lengthy de [...] | 2009-04-27 06:02:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR PHUM IZ |
09BAGHDAD1118 | KARBALA MODE: INAUGURAL EDITION [...] (SBU) Summary: Karbala Mode is a vehicle for capturing observations and anecdotes about life in the "world Shi'a capital" that otherwise might not be reported. In this inaugural edition, we ponder Persian pills, hear from "the Mahdi" and his friend, learn why taking credit for good deeds is [...] | 2009-04-27 08:27:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SOCI PREL IR IZ |
09BAGHDAD112 | QATAR ARAB LEAGUE SUMMIT: IRAQ GOES FROM YES TO NO [...] (C) Summary: Foreign Minister Zebari confirmed to us January 15 Iraq's decision to decline Qatar's invitation to a proposed January 16 Emergency Arab League Summit on Gaza but the decision was crafted in such a way as to leave a legalistic out. Zebari (and other officials) described intern [...] | 2009-01-15 16:48:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IZ IS KPAL |
09BAGHDAD113 | MEK UPDATE: DEFECTOR CLAIMS MEK HAS CONTINGENCY [...] (C) SUMMARY: A defector from Camp Ashraf, home to the Mujahedin e-Khalq (MeK) in Iraq, says the group's leadership at Camp Ashraf is prepared to order residents to kill themselves to protest any arrests of Ashraf residents. The defector (now under the care of the Ministry of Human Rights a [...] | 2009-01-15 16:48:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PHUM PINR PREF PREL IZ IR |
09BAGHDAD1130 | SPECIAL OPERATION ACTION DAMAGES U.S. RELATIONSHIP [...] (U) This is a PRT Wasit reporting cable. 2. (S / / REL TO USA, ACGU) Summary: A deadly American operation in a residential area of Al Kut has seriously set back cooperation between the United States and Iraqis in Wasit province. A unilateral U.S. action in the early hours of April [...] | 2009-04-28 15:06:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL MOPS IZ |
09BAGHDAD1137 | NEW PARLIAMENT SPEAKER WANTS TO HELP BILATERAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: In his first official meeting with the Embassy as Speaker of the Parliament on April 23 Ayad al-Samarrai'e expressed support for an oil law and thought passage of a text this calendar year was feasible. He expressed support for ratification of the USAID Bilateral Assistance Trea [...] | 2009-04-29 15:59:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PGOV PREL EAID EINV ETRD IZ |
09BAGHDAD1138 | DISPLACED FAMILIES IN BAGHDAD DESCRIBE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Embassy Poloff, Refcoord, and Embedded PRT governance specialist met April 26 with approximately 15 displaced (IDP) families in Baghdad's Hurriya neighborhood, in 2006-2007 the site of some of the capital's most intense sectarian violence. Most heads of household said they had [...] | 2009-04-30 06:11:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | IZ PREF PGOV PREL |
09BAGHDAD1148 | ASSISTING IRAQ TO DEVELOP ITS PETROLEUM RESOURCES [...] (C) SUMMARY: Budgetary pressures have motivated the GOI to increase crude oil production, but it is having difficulty executing its plans. We have a vague request for additional support for contracts the GOI hopes to complete in the short term, but no details on what is required. The GOI's ur [...] | 2009-04-30 15:32:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG EINV PGOV PREL US IZ |
09BAGHDAD1157 | WHITHER NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR RUBAIE? [...] (C) Over the past week, Baghdad has swirled with rumors over the current status of National Security Advisor Mowaffak al-Rubaie. According to media reports, confirmed by a member of Rubaie's staff, on April 23, Iraq's Council of Ministers (COM) took action to dissolve Iraq's National Security [...] | 2009-05-01 17:48:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IZ |
09BAGHDAD1168 | DEPUTY FM ON IRAQ'S REGIONAL RELATIONS: BILATERAL [...] (C) Deputy Foreign Minister Labeed Abbawi told NEA DAS Schmierer and visiting USG delegation on May 2 that Iraq's regional engagement focus would be primarily bilateral. Acknowledging the initial utility of the Expanded Neighbors' Process as a mechanism for the region to deal with Iraq, Abba [...] | 2009-05-04 08:07:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IZ KU JO SY SA TU |
09BAGHDAD1170 | RRT ERBIL: CAMPAIGN SEASON IN THE KRG--GETTING [...] (C) Summary: Despite the fact that the upcoming elections for the Iraqi Kurdistan parliament (IKP) will be carried out by the Independent High Electoral Commission (IHEC) with the expected presence of international observers, members of the reform wing of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) [...] | 2009-05-04 10:08:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM IZ |
09BAGHDAD1171 | DEVELOPMENT IN KARBALA: PROGRESS AND CONTROVERSY [...] (SBU) Summary: At least three development plans have been posited for Karbala since Iraq's liberation. The province's de facto operational blueprint (the so-called &Shahristani8 plan) was devised in mid-2008 and has been blessed by Prime Minister Maliki, although it is widely disliked by many [...] | 2009-05-04 12:41:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV PGOV PREL IR IZ |
09BAGHDAD1172 | MINISTRY OF JUSTICE RESUMES EXECUTIONS OF DEATH [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On May 3, the Ministry of Justice executed 12 death-sentenced inmates at the Khadamiya prison in Baghdad. There were 13 inmates scheduled for execution on this date, but one sentenced inmate was withdrawn pending an ongoing appeal. Of those executed, 10 were convicted a [...] | 2009-05-04 15:20:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL SNAR IQ |
09BAGHDAD1181 | AMB. HILL'S INTRODUCTORY CALL ON IRAQI VP ABDEL [...] (C) Summary: During a friendly introductory meeting, Vice President Adel Abdel Mahdi welcomed the Ambassador's emphasis on successful parliamentary elections and progress on hydrocarbons legislation as top items on Iraq's national agenda. The Vice President encouraged the Ambassador to use TV [...] | 2009-05-05 13:55:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM IZ |
09BAGHDAD1183 | AMBASSADOR'S INITIAL CALL ON DPM EISSAWI [...] (C) SUMMARY: During an Aprl 30 meeting, DPM Eissawi expressed to the Ambassador enthusiasm for the "visible results" the GOI and USG are achieving under the Strategic Framework Agreement (SFA); offered insights into Iraq's disputed internal boundaries; and suggested that many Iraqi political p [...] | 2009-05-05 14:44:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON EAID PREL IZ |
09BAGHDAD1184 | AMBASSADOR HILL'S INTRODUCTORY MEETING WITH MASOUD [...] (C) SUMMARY. In a May 2 meeting with KRG President Barzani in Erbil, Ambassador urged Barzani to reach out to PM Maliki on issues that divide them. He assured Barzani the U.S. is committed to supporting Iraqi leaders in what may be a long and sometimes difficult political process. Barzani a [...] | 2009-05-05 14:52:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IR TU IZ |
09BAGHDAD1187 | IRAQI MFA CONDEMNS REPORTED IRANIAN ATTACKS [...] (S/NF) Summary: In response to reports of Iranian cross-border attacks in Iraqi Kurdistan, the Iraqi MFA summoned Iranian Ambassador to Baghdad Hassan Kazemi-Qomi on May 4 to demand a halt to the attacks and threaten "severe negative consequences" if they continue. According to unconfirmed p [...] | 2009-05-05 16:09:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET//NOFORN | MOPS PREL PTER IR IZ |
09BAGHDAD1194 | HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING FOR IP [...] This is an action request. 2. Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates of the Iraqi Security Forces who have been nominated for US Government provided training in Iraq. Post has no derogatory info [...] | 2009-05-06 13:23:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL |
09BAGHDAD1195 | HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING FOR IP [...] This is an action request. 2. Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates of the Iraqi Security Forces who have been nominated for US Government provided training in Iraq. Post has no derogatory info [...] | 2009-05-06 13:23:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL |
09BAGHDAD1198 | HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING FOR IP [...] This is an action request. 2. Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates of the Iraqi Security Forces who have been nominated for US Government provided training in Iraq. Post has no derogatory info [...] | 2009-05-07 04:15:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL |
09BAGHDAD1204 | DEVELOPING IRAQ'S SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY CAPACITY [...] (SBU) Summary: Through a series of meetings over a week-long visit, senior GOI officials told a visiting USG delegation from NEA/I and STAS that the GOI lacks a coherent Science and Technology (S-T) policy development and funding mechanism, and identified three similar but competing options th [...] | 2009-05-07 16:00:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TSPL TPHY SCUL TBIO TNGD TINT PREL KPAO IZ |
09BAGHDAD1208 | HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING [...] This is an action request. 2. Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates from the Iraqi Security Forces who has been nominated for training in the United States. Post has no derogatory information. [...] | 2009-05-09 07:35:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL |
09BAGHDAD1209 | HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING [...] This is an action request. 2. Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates from the Iraqi Security Forces who has been nominated for training in the United States. Post has no derogatory information. [...] | 2009-05-09 07:35:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL |
09BAGHDAD1210 | HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING [...] This is an action request. 2. Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates from the Iraqi Security Forces who has been nominated for training in the United States. Post has no derogatory information. [...] | 2009-05-09 07:35:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL |
09BAGHDAD1211 | HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING [...] This is an action request. 2. Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates from the Iraqi Security Forces who has been nominated for training in the United States. Post has no derogatory information. [...] | 2009-05-09 07:35:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL |
09BAGHDAD1212 | HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING [...] This is an action request. 2. Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates from the Iraqi Security Forces who has been nominated for training in the United States. Post has no derogatory information. [...] | 2009-05-09 07:35:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL |
09BAGHDAD1213 | HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING [...] This is an action request. 2. Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates from the Iraqi Security Forces who has been nominated for training in the United States. Post has no derogatory information. [...] | 2009-05-09 07:35:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL |
09BAGHDAD1214 | HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING [...] This is an action request. 2. Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates from the Iraqi Security Forces who has been nominated for training in the United States. Post has no derogatory information. [...] | 2009-05-09 07:36:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL |
09BAGHDAD1215 | HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING [...] This is an action request. 2. Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates from the Iraqi Security Forces who has been nominated for training in the United States. Post has no derogatory information. [...] | 2009-05-09 07:36:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL |
09BAGHDAD1221 | ASSISTANCE COORDINATION: A GOI INSIDER PERSPECTIVE [...] (SBU) Summary: Huda Malik, Director General of the International Cooperation Directorate, Ministry of Planning and Development Cooperation (MoPDC),told Econoff that she is crafting a plan to move donor assistance coordination responsibility out of the Ministry and under a higher-level coordi [...] | 2009-05-10 11:38:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EAID PGOV PREL IZ KW |
09BAGHDAD1222 | ARAB-KURD CONFLICT NARROWLY AVERTED MAY 8 [...] (C) On May 8, a potential armed confrontation between Ninewa Governor Atheel Alnujaifi and Kurdish Peshmerga, 20 kilometers northeast of Mosul in disputed Hamdaniya province, was averted when the event the governor was scheduled to attend was cancelled. Peshmerga manning a checkpoint on the [...] | 2009-05-10 13:48:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PGOV PREL IZ |
09BAGHDAD1229 | IRAQ-TURKEY-U.S. TRILATERAL SECURITY DIALOGUE: ONE [...] (S) SUMMARY: On April 30, the Iraq-Turkey-U.S. Trilateral Working Group (WG) discussed the final plans for opening the Trilateral Intelligence Sharing Office (TISO) at Camp Zaytun, Erbil with a planned inauguration date of May 24. MNF-I Future Operations representative CDR Hesser provided [...] | 2009-05-11 15:05:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PREL PGOV TU IZ MARR |
09BAGHDAD123 | URGENT DEMARCHE ALERTING ARAB CAPITALS TO [...] (C) PMIN spoke to Acting Foreign Minister Labeed Abbawi January 16 at 1530 to review reftel demarche points, emphasizing it was aimed at creating a durable cessation of hostilities in Gaza. Abbawi didn't argue, and commented that Khaled Mishaal's statement at the Arab leader meeting in Doha [...] | 2009-01-16 16:00:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IZ IS KPAL |
09BAGHDAD1246 | PRT SALAH AD DIN: ETHNIC POLITICS IN [...] (SBU) While obvious ethnic tensions remain in the district of Tuz -- a Disputed Internal Boundaries (DIBs) area according to UNAMI -- Turkman, Kurdish, and Sunni Arab political leaders there remain committed to the democratic process. The Kurds have allied themselves with the Sunni Arab Iraq [...] | 2009-05-12 13:52:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PREL PTER PINS IZ |
09BAGHDAD1247 | PM TELLS AMBASSADOR THAT IRAQ WANTS STRONG [...] No summary [...] | 2009-05-12 13:54:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PREL PGOV IZ |
09BAGHDAD1248 | PM TELLS AMBASSADOR THAT IRAQ WANTS STRONG RELATIONSHIP [...] (C) Summary: In Ambassador Hill's initial official meeting with Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, the PM stressed Iraq's desire to develop a strong strategic relationship with the Obama Administration, and to focus on implementing the Security and Strategic Framework Agreements. Maliki complaine [...] | 2009-05-12 14:36:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | IZ PGOV PREL |
09BAGHDAD1249 | IRAQI NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL DISCUSSES CF [...] (C) Summary: During its May 10 meeting, the Iraqi National Security Council discussed preparations for the withdrawal of Coalition Forces from Iraqi cities by June 30. PM Maliki commented that General Odierno's recent remarks to the media, indicating a residual CF presence in Baghdad and Mosul [...] | 2009-05-12 15:28:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER MOPS MARR IZ |
09BAGHDAD125 | THE IRAQI SPEAKER'S RACE: FEWER CANDIDATES AND [...] SUMMARY (C) Tawafuq, the principal Sunni Arab bloc in parliament, has presented Ayad al Samaraie, leader of the Iraqi Islamic Party's (IIP) parliamentary caucus, as its candidate for speaker of the Council of Representatives. Rival Sunni blocs, and some Shi'a parliamentarians, insist that the [...] | 2009-01-17 07:16:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IZ |
09BAGHDAD1255 | SPEAKER PELOSI'S MEETING WITH PRIME MINISTER MALIKI [...] (S) During a May 10 meeting with Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Prime Minister Maliki stressed that security in Iraq has improved significantly but emphasized the need to continue strong intelligence cooperation to help Iraq combat terrorism. Maliki said Iraq wants a close bilateral relationship with [...] | 2009-05-13 11:52:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PREL PGOV OVIP ECON IZ |
09BAGHDAD126 | THE IRAQI SPEAKER'S RACE: FEWER CANDIDATES AND [...] SUMMARY (C) Tawafuq, the principal Sunni Arab bloc in parliament, has presented Ayad al Samaraie, leader of the Iraqi Islamic Party's (IIP) parliamentary caucus, as its candidate for speaker of the Council of Representatives. Rival Sunni blocs, and some Shi'a parliamentarians, insist that the [...] | 2009-01-17 07:16:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IZ |
09BAGHDAD1266 | SPEAKER PELOSI MEETING WITH NEW IRAQI SPEAKER [...] (C) SUMMARY Ayad al-Samarraie, newly elected Speaker of the Council of Representatives (CoR) thanked Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Rep. Rush Holt for the contributions and sacrifices of the U.S. people in Iraq, but said it was time for the U.S. and Iraq to move from a military to a more strategic r [...] | 2009-05-14 06:24:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV OVIP IZ |
09BAGHDAD127 | THE IRAQI SPEAKER'S RACE: FEWER CANDIDATES AND [...] SUMMARY (C) Tawafuq, the principal Sunni Arab bloc in parliament, has presented Ayad al Samaraie, leader of the Iraqi Islamic Party's (IIP) parliamentary caucus, as its candidate for speaker of the Council of Representatives. Rival Sunni blocs, and some Shi'a parliamentarians, insist that the [...] | 2009-01-17 07:17:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IZ |
09BAGHDAD1284 | IRAQ CONFIRMS SUPPORT FOR AMANO AS IAEA DIRECTOR [...] No summary [...] | 2009-05-17 03:04:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KNNP AORC IAEA IZ |
09BAGHDAD1287 | PRT NINEWA: NEITHER VICTORS NOR VANQUISHED . . . [...] (SBU) Summary: The cacophony of modern warfare receded for a day, replaced by the imagined din of ancient armies clashing on an Iraqi plain. Americans and Iraqis walked the ground at Gaugamela where in 331 BC the army of the Alexander the Great defeated that of Darius III of Persia. Soldiers a [...] | 2009-05-17 11:18:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV IZ |
09BAGHDAD1289 | ISCI/BADR AND DA'WA: IRRECONCILABLE DIFFERENCES [...] (C) Senior Advisor Gray's meetings with top Da'wa and ISCI/Badr officials in Hillah, held May 11, displayed the wide gulf between these parties in the province and throughout the south-central region. Prime Minister Maliki's representative in Hillah left open the door for ISCI to realign wit [...] | 2009-05-17 14:38:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IZ IR |
09BAGHDAD129 | THE DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MEETING WITH DPM AL-ESSAWI [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Deputy Secretary met with Iraqi Deputy Prime minister al-Essawi in the CMR January 5, immediately after the conclusion of the ceremony to commemorate the opening of the new U.S. Embassy. Conversation focused on upcoming local elections, integration of the Sons of Iraq (SOI) i [...] | 2009-01-17 12:35:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PGOV PREL IZ |
09BAGHDAD1291 | BAGHDAD RESPONSE TO STATE 2885: IRAQ'S BUDGET IS [...] Iraq benefits from USG foreign-assistance funding. The GOI's budget is a matter of public record. Budget lines for individual ministries and revenue estimates are debated openly in the national legislature. The final budget is available to the public when it is printed in the official GOI g [...] | 2009-05-17 16:05:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON PREL |
09BAGHDAD1304 | U/S BURNS' MEETING WITH IRAQI VICE PRESIDENT ABDEL [...] (C) During their May 12 meeting, Vice President Abdel Mahdi sought from U/S Burns reassurance of U.S. commitment to remain engaged in Iraq, even if security conditions deteriorated. U/S Burns underlined that the U.S. would honor its commitments, but is looking to the GOI to commit to developi [...] | 2009-05-19 12:08:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON EPET IZ IR |
09BAGHDAD1311 | KHANAQIN, DIYALA KURDS INFLEXIBLE ON DIBS DEMANDS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Kurdish interlocutors in the Khanaqin district of Diyala province strongly believe that Khanaqin and surrounding areas must be part of the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG). They assert that Khanaqin's population has historically been overwhelmingly Kurdish (despite Saddam's [...] | 2009-05-20 09:40:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KDEM PINS IZ |
09BAGHDAD1312 | BAGHDAD RESIDENTS DISCUSS IMPACT OF UPCOMING U.S. [...] (SBU) Summary: In recent encounters with emboffs, Baghdad residents and community leaders offered their views about security and the effect of U.S. combat forces' withdrawal, to be completed by the end of June, from urban areas. Iraqi attitudes toward the withdrawal are somewhat schizophrenic [...] | 2009-05-20 11:30:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MOPS MARR IZ |
09BAGHDAD1319 | U/S BURNS AND USD/P FLOURNOY MEETING WITH PM MALIKI [...] (C) SUMMARY Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki stressed the importance of addressing challenges such as disputed internal boundaries (DIBs),reconciliation, and oil in a meeting with Under Secretary of State Bill Burns and Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Michele Flournoy on May 13, 2009. He n [...] | 2009-05-20 15:28:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV OVIP IZ |
09BAGHDAD1320 | U/S BURNS, AND U/S FLOURNOY,S MEETING VP HASHEMI [...] (C) SUMMARY. On May 12, Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Bill Burns and Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Michele Flournoy met with Vice President Tariq al-Hashemi and members of his Iraqi Islamic Party (IIP) to discuss a myriad of national issues. IIP expressed confidence t [...] | 2009-05-20 15:33:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IZ IR |
09BAGHDAD1321 | UNDER SECRETARIES BURNS AND FLOURNOY MEET WITH DPM [...] (C) Summary: In a May 13 meeting with Under Secretary of State Bill Burns and Under Secretary of Defense Michele Flournoy, Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister Rafi al-Issawi blamed the politicization of government ministries and corruption for the poor state of essential services in Iraq. He said hea [...] | 2009-05-20 15:50:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR IZ |
09BAGHDAD1326 | HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING [...] This is an action request. 2. Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates from the Iraqi Security Forces who has been nominated for training in the United States. Post has no derogatory information. [...] | 2009-05-21 09:44:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL |
09BAGHDAD1327 | HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING [...] This is an action request. 2. Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates from the Iraqi Security Forces who has been nominated for training in the United States. Post has no derogatory information. [...] | 2009-05-21 09:44:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL |
09BAGHDAD1328 | HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING [...] This is an action request. 2. Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates from the Iraqi Security Forces who has been nominated for training in the United States. Post has no derogatory information. [...] | 2009-05-21 09:44:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL |
09BAGHDAD1331 | IRAQ SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY FUNDING INADEQUATE [...] (SBU) From May 11-13, visitors from the U.S. National Academy of Sciences and National Science Foundation met with numerous Government of Iraq (GOI) officials to discuss science and technology (S-T) policy development and funding. GOI officials admitted Iraq lacks a driving force and vision t [...] | 2009-05-21 12:44:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TSPL TPHY SCUL TBIO TNGD TINT PREL KPAO AORC |
09BAGHDAD1333 | U/S BURNS, AND U/S FLOURNOY'S MEETING WITH IRAQI [...] (U) Summary: In a May 12 meeting with DOS U/S Bill Burns and DOD U/S Michele Flournoy, Iraqi Council of Representatives (CoR) Speaker Al-Samarraie said he saw US-Iraqi relations as a two-stage process: the past and the future, with the SFA linking the two. Looking forward rather than backwar [...] | 2009-05-21 12:48:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL IZ |
09BAGHDAD1334 | RRT ERBIL: COUNTDOWN TO 25 JULY IN THE KRG FOR [...] (U) Summary: Kurdistan has decided to &go green,8 and will ban political advertising in public spaces considered environmentally unsafe or a visual blight. Forty-two political lists have registered for the elections, of which 22 are new lists. Campaigning, which is permitted to begin on Ma [...] | 2009-05-21 13:19:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM IZ |
09BAGHDAD1335 | PRT NAJAF: NEW GOVERNOR,S THOUGHTS ON RECENT ATTACK [...] (S) SUMMARY. The day following an Explosively Formed Penetrator (EFP) attack which targeted a U.S. convoy in Najaf, Governor Adnan al Zurfi visited the FOB to discuss the incident. He expressed concern and pointed fingers at the Iraqi Police (IP) and the Iranians. He stated unequivocally th [...] | 2009-05-21 13:29:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PREL PTER PGOV PINR MOPS ASEC IR IZ |
09BAGHDAD1338 | UNAMI SHARES ITS VIEWS ON DIBS, ELECTIONS, [...] (C) Summary: UNAMI Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary General (DSRSG) Andrew Gilmour met with the U.S. delegation led by U/S Burns and USD(P) Flournoy. They discussed the most pressing topics for the United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI),including advancement of UN [...] | 2009-05-21 16:43:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IZ UN KDEM |
09BAGHDAD1342 | STRATEGIC FRAMEWORK AGREEMENT WITH IRAQ [...] (C) Summary: One of the key elements of PM Maliki,s expected visit to Washington this summer will be the U.S.-Iraq Strategic Framework Agreement (SFA). The SFA defines areas of cooperation necessary to ensure a sustainable and enduring bilateral relationship with Iraq. Approved by the Iraqi p [...] | 2009-05-22 13:16:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON SCUL IZ |
09BAGHDAD1344 | IRAQI FM ZEBARI NOT REASSURED BY TRIP TO TEHRAN [...] (C) Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari said he was pessimistic about Iran's intentions toward Iraq following a May 20-21 trip to Tehran in which he failed to narrow differences with the Iranian government over issues such as cross-border water flow, border security incidents including Iranian sh [...] | 2009-05-22 13:41:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PTER ECON IR IZ |
09BAGHDAD1345 | IRAQ-TURKEY-U.S. SECURITY DIALOGUE WORKING GROUP [...] (S) The Iraq-Turkey-U.S. Security Dialogue Working Group reviewed the final details necessary to open the Trilateral Intelligence Sharing Office (TISO) in Erbil at a May 16 meeting in Baghdad. The GOI also provided intelligence about the Kurdish terrorist organization PKK. In addition, the T [...] | 2009-05-22 16:53:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PGOV PREL MARR TU IZ |
09BAGHDAD1346 | UK-GOI NEGOTIATIONS FOR UK MILITARY PRESENCE IN [...] (C) SUMMARY. UK-GOI negotiations for a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) regarding UK military presence in Iraq have stalled. The deadline to execute an agreement is May 31. UK Ambassador Prentice indicated to the Ambassador that Prime Minister (PM) Maliki is unwilling to support an agree [...] | 2009-05-23 07:33:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IZ UK IR |
09BAGHDAD1356 | HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING [...] This is an action request. 2. Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates from the Iraqi Security Forces who has been nominated for training in the United States. Post has no derogatory information. [...] | 2009-05-25 11:14:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL |
09BAGHDAD1357 | HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING [...] This is an action request. 2. Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates from the Iraqi Security Forces who has been nominated for training in the United States. Post has no derogatory information. [...] | 2009-05-25 11:14:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL |
09BAGHDAD1365 | VP HASHIMI CLAIMS POLITICAL TARGETING BY PM [...] (C) SUMMARY: In his first meeting with Ambassador Hill May 23, Vice President Tariq al-Hashimi complained that Prime Minister Maliki is targeting Sunnis Arabs and the Iraqi Islamic Party (IIP). Hashimi claimed that the Council of Representatives' (CoR) anti-corruption interrogation of the Min [...] | 2009-05-25 17:32:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PREL IZ |
09BAGHDAD1367 | FINANCE MINISTER THANKS PRESIDENT FOR IMMUNITIES EXTENSION [...] In response to reftel demarche and the USG decision to renew the Executive Order that protects official Iraqi assets, Finance Minister Jabr sent a letter to President Obama thanking him for this action. The verbatim text of the letter is given below. 2. Begin text: Republic of Iraq Mi [...] | 2009-05-26 03:04:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON PREL EFIN IZ UN |
09BAGHDAD1373 | IRAQI NSC DISCUSSES DETAINEES, RETIREMENTS, AND [...] (C) Summary: In its May 24 session, the Iraqi National Security Council (NSC) discussed creating a detainee database to speed releases for Iraqis without outstanding warrants. The NSC directed the Ministries of Justice, Finance, and Defense to study conditions for compulsory retirement of se [...] | 2009-05-26 11:50:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MARR IZ PTER |
09BAGHDAD138 | RRT ERBIL: LETTER FROM KRG PRESIDENT BARZANI TO [...] (SBU) RRT Erbil received the following letter from Kurdish Regional Government President Masoud Barzani for transmission to President Obama. Hard copy will be sent via courier service to NEA-I-POL. 2. (C)Begin text: President Barack Obama The White House Washington, D.C. United Stat [...] | 2009-01-20 06:28:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR IZ |
09BAGHDAD1380 | DPM ESSAWI TELLS CODEL LEAHY PM MALIKI IS "A [...] (C) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki is using the democratic process and liberal rhetoric to conceal a move to dictatorship Deputy Prime Minister Rafe Essawi told Senators Patrick Leahy (VT),Mark Warner (VA) and Sheldon Whitehouse (RI),and Ambassador Hill on May 23. Essawi outlined the [...] | 2009-05-26 14:49:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER IZ |
09BAGHDAD1381 | CODEL LEAHY MEETS WITH PM MALIKI, DISCUSSES [...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Maliki told CODEL Leahy May 24 that Iraq wants to build a strong strategic relationship with the U.S., including through implementation of the Strategic Framework Agreement (SFA). He said that the January 2009 provincial elections had helped move Iraq beyond violenc [...] | 2009-05-26 15:13:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EAGR IZ |
09BAGHDAD1385 | GOI SLOWLY MAKING PROGRESS IN WMD NONPROLIFERATION [...] (C) Summary: The Government of Iraq (GOI) is slowly making progress in building support among its various ministries for the complex tasks the GOI faces in order to fulfill its international obligations in the field of WMD nonproliferation. The Iraqi National Monitoring Directorate (INMD) and [...] | 2009-05-27 09:53:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL KNNP KTIA KLSO CWC IZ |
09BAGHDAD1389 | AMBASSADOR AND CG MEET TURKISH SPECIAL ENVOY [...] (C) Turkish Special Envoy to Iraq Murat Ozcelik will be the next Turkish Ambassador to Iraq, Ozcelik told Ambassador Hill and General Odierno May 23. The main points he intended to raise in an anticipated meeting with PM Maliki were his May 17 meeting with KRG President Masoud Barzani and the [...] | 2009-05-27 14:16:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IZ TU |
09BAGHDAD1390 | PROGRESS ON OIL-FOR-FOOD CONTRACTS [...] (C) Summary. Foreign Minister Zebari,s Chief of Staff Ambassador Srood Najib told the Embassy that he had reduced the number of outstanding Oil-for-Food (OFF) contracts from 130 to 80. He hopes to have all outstanding OFF accounts closed, and return whatever is left to the Development Fund f [...] | 2009-05-27 17:18:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EFIN KCOR ECON PREL IZ UN |
09BAGHDAD1396 | PARLIAMENTARY ACTIONS INCREASE TENSION WITH PM [...] (C) SUMMARY: With the recent resignation of Iraq's Trade Minister following high-profile questioning by Parliament on corruption allegations, Parliament's budget maneuvers to restrict prime ministerial power, and indications that Parliament will continue questioning senior officials on corrupt [...] | 2009-05-28 09:21:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IZ |
09BAGHDAD1408 | AMBASSADOR, CG AND PM DISCUSS DIYALA, UK AND NATO [...] (S) Summary: In their weekly meeting with Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki on May 28, the Ambassador and MNF-I Commanding General Odierno discussed the timing of the PM's proposed visit to the U.S. (late June or July),the PM's eagerness to involve U.S. firms in oil contracting, possible m [...] | 2009-05-30 13:08:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PGOV PREL MOPS MARR PTER IZ UK NATO |
09BAGHDAD1409 | IRAQ-TURKEY-U.S. TRILATERAL SECURITY WORKING GROUP [...] (C) At the May 28 Working Group (WG) meeting of the Iraq-Turkey-U.S. Trilateral Security Dialogue, the Iraqi High Electoral Commission briefed the topic of how groups and individuals can be banned from participating in Iraqi (including KRG) elections. The discussion focused on the Hiwa Party [...] | 2009-05-30 14:30:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PREL PGOV IZ TU |
09BAGHDAD142 | PRT SALAH AD DIN ELECTIONS PREPARATIONS AND [...] (C//REL TO USA, ACGU) Summary: Provincial Elections in Salah Ad Din (SaD) look to be on track despite lingering concerns of possible election-related attacks and voter intimidation. The public is showing a receptive attitude towards the elections, and political campaigns have moved into high [...] | 2009-01-20 07:33:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PGOV KDEM PREL PTER PINS IZ |
09BAGHDAD1423 | TURKISH SPECIAL ENVOY TO IRAQ MEETS POLMIL [...] (C) Murat Ozcelik, Turkish Special Envoy to Iraq (and nominated new Turkish Ambassador to Baghdad),told Pol-Mil Minister-Counselor on May 26 the Turkish MFA tried to block a lawsuit brought by Turkish businessmen seeking confiscation of Iraqi oil. Ozcelik also noted that a recent GOI-KRG ag [...] | 2009-05-31 15:29:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IZ TU |
09BAGHDAD1427 | NINEWA OPERATIONS COMMAND: SOME DETAINEES FINALLY [...] (C) The Government of Iraq is trying to adequately address problems relating to its detainee population. The Ninewa Operations Command (NOC) is a particularly egregious offender. Although most of the approximately 1,000 people incarcerated at the NOC have had their cases reviewed by an inv [...] | 2009-06-01 06:29:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PJUS PGOV PREL IZ |
09BAGHDAD1428 | HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING [...] This is an action request. 2. Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates from the Iraqi Security Forces who has been nominated for training in the United States. Post has no derogatory information. [...] | 2009-06-01 07:17:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL |
09BAGHDAD1430 | HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING [...] This is an action request. 2. Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates from the Iraqi Security Forces who has been nominated for training in the United States. Post has no derogatory information. [...] | 2009-06-01 08:13:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL |
09BAGHDAD1431 | IRAQ-SAUDI ARABIA: NO RAPPROCHEMENT IN SIGHT [...] (C) Summary: On May 29, Prime Minister Maliki publicly complained about Saudi Arabia's "negative stance" toward Iraq's efforts to improve the bilateral relationship. In his sharp response two days later, the Saudi Interior Minister suggested that Maliki himself was working against Iraq's i [...] | 2009-06-01 09:00:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IZ SA |
09BAGHDAD1433 | IRAQI JOURNALISTS CONTINUE THE ELUSIVE SEARCH FOR [...] (C) Summary: In a recent roundtable discussion, Iraqi journalists and representatives from various non-governmental organizations (NGOs) provided their views on freedom of the press, access to information and the influence of political parties on Iraqi media. Participants expressed a genuin [...] | 2009-06-01 12:34:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL IZ |
09BAGHDAD1435 | HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING [...] This is an action request. 2. Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates from the Iraqi Security Forces who has been nominated for training in the United States. Post has no derogatory information. [...] | 2009-06-01 13:25:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL |
09BAGHDAD1436 | IRAQ REQUESTS INFORMATION ON ALL IRAQI DETAINEES [...] (U) This is an action request (see para 5). 2. (S/NF) Pol-MilOff met with Mr. Hussain Al-Asady, Director General of the Prime Minister's National Operation Center (PMNOC) May 30 to discuss the transfer of a fifth Iraqi detainee from Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, Cuba (GTMO). Four former GTMO [...] | 2009-06-01 16:25:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PTER PGOV PHUM PINR KDRG IZ US |
09BAGHDAD1437 | ICI - BAGHDAD COORDINATION GROUP DEMANDS RESULTS [...] (C) Summary: The International Compact with Iraq (ICI) Ministerial set for October or November, 2009 in Baghdad must have substance to persuade ministers to attend, UN Special Advisor to the Secretary General Ibrahim Gambari told Ambassador Hill May 25. Gambari met with the Ambassador prior t [...] | 2009-06-01 16:48:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID EFIN ETRD PGOV PREL IZ |
09BAGHDAD1441 | IRAQ: ASSET TRANSFER PROCESS WELL UNDER WAY [...] SUMMARY: The United States and Iraq have agreed upon, and are implementing, a comprehensive asset transfer process. The process includes commitments by the Government of Iraq to maintain U.S.-funded infrastructure in Iraq. End Summary. 2. Since 2008, Embassy representatives have been wo [...] | 2009-06-02 03:06:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV EFIN PREL IZ |
09BAGHDAD1444 | HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING [...] This is an action request. 2. Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates from the Iraqi Security Forces who has been nominated for training in the United States. Post has no derogatory information. [...] | 2009-06-02 09:47:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL |
09BAGHDAD1447 | RRT ERBIL: KRG OIL LINKS TO IRAQI PIPELINE [...] (SBU) Summary: At a June 1 gala event, Presidents Talabani and Barzani officially "turned on" pipelines from Tawke and Taq Taq fields in the Kurdistan Region, which will together add 100,000 barrels a day (bbl/d) through the Iraq-Turkey Pipeline to the Turkish Mediterranean port of Ceyhan. Pre [...] | 2009-06-02 13:57:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | EPET ENRG EINV PREL PGOV CA TU NO IZ |
09BAGHDAD1449 | HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING [...] This is an action request. 2. Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates from the Iraqi Security Forces who has been nominated for training in the United States. Post has no derogatory information. [...] | 2009-06-02 15:02:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL |
09BAGHDAD1451 | HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING [...] This is an action request. 2. Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates from the Iraqi Security Forces who has been nominated for training in the United States. Post has no derogatory information. [...] | 2009-06-02 15:03:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL |
09BAGHDAD1452 | HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING [...] This is an action request. 2. Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates from the Iraqi Security Forces who has been nominated for training in the United States. Post has no derogatory information. [...] | 2009-06-02 15:03:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL |
09BAGHDAD1453 | HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING [...] This is an action request. 2. Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates from the Iraqi Security Forces who has been nominated for training in the United States. Post has no derogatory information. [...] | 2009-06-02 15:03:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL |
09BAGHDAD1456 | IRAQI NSC DISCUSSES HUMAN RIGHTS, CRIMINAL [...] (C) Summary: During the May 31 session of the weekly Iraqi National Security Council (NSC) the Minister of Human Rights aggressively confronted Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki and the assembled security officials over her concerns over the human rights situation in Iraq, directly refuting his c [...] | 2009-06-03 06:08:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM MARR IZ PTER |
09BAGHDAD1457 | NEW IIP LEADERSHIP TAKES PARTY IN NEW DIRECTION [...] (C) SUMMARY: The largest Sunni Arab political party, the Iraqi Islamic Party (IIP),has changed its leadership in a move that might presage a reconciliation with the Prime Minister's Shia Islamist party. On May 24, 2009, the IIP selected both a new Political Bureau, and Osama al-Tikriti as it [...] | 2009-06-03 09:13:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER IZ |
09BAGHDAD1462 | CABINET APPROVES UK AGREEMENT; EXPECTED TO BE [...] (S/NF) Summary: On June 2, the Council of Ministers (COM) approved an agreement allowing for the continued presence of UK forces - specifically 100 trainers and five naval ships and their crews, in Iraq. The agreement comes after weeks of failed negotiations and attempts to secure an extension [...] | 2009-06-03 11:37:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV MARR MOPS IZ UK |
09BAGHDAD1473 | RRT ERBIL: KRG ELECTIONS: NAWSHIRWAN SAYS KDP AND [...] (C) Summary. Nawshirwan Mustafa, leader of the PUK breakaway &Change8 list in Sulaimaniyah Province, informed RRTOff that KRG President Masoud Barzani sent an emissary on two successive days to persuade him to withdraw from the upcoming elections for the Iraqi Kurdistan Parliament (IKP). Imm [...] | 2009-06-04 08:26:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM IZ IR |
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