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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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09NEWDELHI1954 | INDIAN VIEWS ON USG UNGA GOALS AND OBJECTIVES [...] (U) We previewed our 64th UNGA goals and objectives on September 15 with Indian MEA Joint Secretary for UN Political Affairs Asith Bhattacharjee, and on September 16 with MEA Under Secretary for UN Economic and Social Affairs Abhishek Verma. Of the various topics covered in our presentation, [...] | 2009-09-18 12:21:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL UN IN |
09NEWDELHI1955 | PRM DAS ROBINSON DISCUSSES STATUS OF TIBETAN, SRI [...] (SBU) PRM DAS David Robinson held meetings with representatives from the Dalai Lama's Office, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA),Catholic Relief Services' (CRS),and the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) during his September 4th visit to New Delhi. During these meeting [...] | 2009-09-22 02:49:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PREL PHUM CH SL IN |
09NEWDELHI1960 | INDIA PLANS TO DISCUSS CTBT IN STRATEGIC SECURITY [...] (SBU) In response to ref A demarche, Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) Under Secretary for Disarmament and International Security Affairs (DISA) Vipul reaffirmed India's unilateral, voluntary moratorium on further nuclear testing in place since May 1998. He declined to speculate about India' [...] | 2009-09-22 10:36:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PARM KNNP IN |
09NEWDELHI1961 | MEDIA REACTION: INDIA-CHINA, INDIA-PAKISTAN; [...] "CHINA-CONCERN," editorial in September 20 right-of- center Hindi daily, DAINIK JAGRAN: "Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and the Army Chief Deepak Kapoor's saying that there is no cause for alarm over alleged Chinese incursions is not enough. There should be more clarification from the governmen [...] | 2009-09-22 10:53:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
09NEWDELHI1962 | RAJE AGAINST THE MACHINE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Rajasthan's opposition leader and former chief minister Vasundhara Raje of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is likely to remain a force in Rajasthan's political scene, despite efforts by the national BJP to marginalize her role. Raje's local popularity at the grassroots amd h [...] | 2009-09-22 11:49:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR PREL KDEM IN |
09NEWDELHI1973 | MEDIA REACTION: CHINA, PAKISTAN, CLIMATE [...] "What is meant by democracy?" editorial in September 23 Kolkata Bengali independent, ANANDABAZAR PATRIKA: "It is virtually impossible for any individual creativity to flourish in countries where the Communist leadership imposes political and social autocracy. In such an environment, talented a [...] | 2009-09-23 11:14:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
09NEWDELHI1978 | HOME MINISTER PREVIEWS COUNTERTERRORISM [...] (S) SUMMARY. Home Affairs Minister P. Chidambaram shared with Ambassador Roemer September 18 a provisional list of five opportunities for further cooperation gleaned from his visit to Washington, including on forensics, large city policing, real-time intelligence sharing, coastal security, an [...] | 2009-09-24 07:13:00 | Embassy New Delhi | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PTER PK IN |
09NEWDELHI198 | MEDIA REACTION: OBAMA PRESIDENCY, GLOBAL [...] "OBAMA AND MUSLIM WORLD," op-ed article in the February 1 right-of-center DAINIK JAGRAN Hindi daily by strategic expert K. Subrahmanyam: "George Bush kept fighting till the last day of his term against terrorism, but never defined his enemy. But the new U.S. President Barack Obama did not vaci [...] | 2009-02-02 09:49:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
09NEWDELHI1983 | MEDIA REACTION: NUCLEAR PROLIFERATION IN SOUTH [...] "YOUR ATOM BOMB AND MINE," editorial in September 23 right-of-center Urdu daily, HINDUSTAN EXPRESS: "When Pakistan was producing nuclear weapons of mass destruction, America not only turned its back on Pakistan, it often extended its full cooperation. No doubt, it was a part of its gameplan in [...] | 2009-09-24 11:46:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
09NEWDELHI1991 | MEDIA REACTION: CLIMATE CHANGE, TERRORISM, [...] "INDIA'S CORRECT SUGGESTION," editorial in September 24 nationalist Hindi daily, RASHTRIYA SAHARA: "Indian minister Jayram Ramesh and climate change expert Rajendra Pachauri have rightly underlined the need for the U.S. to bring about a 'lifestyle change' to combat climate change. America has [...] | 2009-09-25 10:45:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
09NEWDELHI1997 | INDIAN GOVERNMENT NONCOMMITTAL ON GOLDSTONE REPORT [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) Under Secretary for United Nations Economic and Social (UNES) Division Abhishek Verma on September 24. Verma explained this issue was being examined at senior levels within the Ministry and declined to offer a substant [...] | 2009-09-25 12:30:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UNHCR IS IN |
09NEWDELHI1998 | INDIAN GOVERNMENT NONCOMMITTAL ON GOLDSTONE REPORT [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) Under Secretary for United Nations Economic and Social (UNES) Division Abhishek Verma on September 24. Verma explained this issue was being examined at senior levels within the Ministry and declined to offer a substantive r [...] | 2009-09-25 12:44:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UNHCR IS IN |
09NEWDELHI20 | MEDIA REACTION: INDIA-PAKISTAN RELATIONS, MIDDLE [...] "UNNECESSARY STEP," editorial in January 5 right-of- center DAINIK JAGRAN Hindi daily: "Home Minister P. Chidambaram's upcoming U.S. visit to share evidence of Pakistani links to the Mumbai attacks means the U.S. is not convinced of Pakistan's complicity in the Mumbai carnage. With an FBI team [...] | 2009-01-06 10:36:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
09NEWDELHI2000 | AMBASSADOR PRESSES NSA NARAYANAN ON CIV-NUKE [...] (C) Summary. During a lengthy September 22 meeting with Indian National Security Advisor MK Narayanan, the Ambassador pushed for rapid GOI action to implement several key provisions of the 123 Civil-Nuclear Agreement in advance of Prime Minister Singh's November 24 state visit to the U.S. Na [...] | 2009-09-26 07:15:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM KNNP ETTC TRGY IN |
09NEWDELHI2008 | MEDIA REACTION: G20 MEETING, NPT ISSUES, [...] "EXPANDING HORIZONS: GROWING FROM 8 TO 20," editorial in September 28 centrist Marathi daily, SAKAAL: "Rather late in the day but the G8 nations, including the U.S., have ultimately realized the need to bring developing nations like India to the negotiating table. Following the G20 official a [...] | 2009-09-29 11:30:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
09NEWDELHI2022 | MEDIA REACTION: G20 MEETING, INDO-PAK [...] "FROM EIGHT TO TWENTY," editorial in September 27 nationalist Bengali ANANDABAZAR PATRIKA: "That economic changes are sweeping the entire world once again became clear at Pittsburg, with the G-20 proving itself to be the new driving force. This proclamation has several significances. No doubt, [...] | 2009-09-30 11:08:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
09NEWDELHI2032 | MEDIA REACTION: INDO-PAK RELATIONS, NUCLEAR [...] "DEADLOCK AS USUAL IN INDO-PAK RELATIONS," editorial in September 30 right-of-center Urdu daily, ETEMAAD: "Islamabad is responsible for the failure of talks between India and Pakistan. When there are no concrete initiatives in view, what should India recognize? India will not hesitate to exten [...] | 2009-10-01 11:35:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
09NEWDELHI2038 | INDIA CAUTIOUS ON DELIVERING STRONG MESSAGE TO IRAN [...] (U) This message contains an action request for Washington in paragraph 9. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) Joint Secretary Y.K. Sinha (Pakistan-Afghanistan-Iran Division) told us in an October 1 meeting that India shares our concerns about Iran's nuclear program and agree [...] | 2009-10-01 15:24:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC IAEA PHUM PREL PROP CASC KNNP MNUC PARM |
09NEWDELHI2039 | INDIA: PAKISTAN MUST DEMONSTRATE IT IS SERIOUS [...] (S) Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) Joint Secretary Y.K. Sinha (Pakistan-Afghanistan-Iran Division) told us India is open to continuing a "general dialogue" with Islamabad but resumption of the Composite Dialogue (CD) and real progress in improving bilateral ties is not possible until Islama [...] | 2009-10-01 15:28:00 | Embassy New Delhi | SECRET | PREL EAGR ENRG PARM SENV PK IN |
09NEWDELHI2043 | FOREIGN SECRETARY RAO ON PAKISTAN, IRAN, AND [...] (C) Summary: Indian Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao told the Ambassador on September 30 that recent GOI-Pakistan talks in New York were detailed and "useful," observing that the Pakistan side "seemed to realize that terrorism is as much a threat to them as it is to us." Noting that Pakistani a [...] | 2009-10-05 08:43:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM KNNP ETTC TRGY IN AF PA |
09NEWDELHI2044 | MEDIA REACTION: INDIA-CHINA, KASHMIR, [...] "CHINA'S TOUGH CHALLENGE," editorial in Oct 3 right- of-center Hindi daily, DAINIK JAGRAN: "India-China tensions have been in the news lately. The difference between India and China is clearly reflected in the attitude of the two countries toward hosting international games. While China saw an [...] | 2009-10-05 11:10:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
09NEWDELHI2059 | MEDIA REACTION: G-20, CLIMATE CHANGE, [...] "FUTILE TO EXPECT MUCH," editorial in October 6 leftist Bengali newspaper, GANASHAKTI: "There will be no fundamental change in the world order even if G-20 replaces G-8 to control global capitalism. Despite tall claims, the G-20 does not protect interests of the developing nations. So, it is q [...] | 2009-10-07 11:25:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
09NEWDELHI2070 | MEDIA REACTION: G-20, INDIA-CHINA, [...] "G-20 SUMMIT AND WORLD ECONOMIC PERSPECTIVE," editorial in September 30 Assamese, AMAR ASOM: "The emergence of G-20 as an influential group in world economy will eventually benefit countries such as India and China. But there is a possibility that the U.S. might use this group to improve its e [...] | 2009-10-08 11:46:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
09NEWDELHI2078 | MEDIA REACTION: POTUS VISIT, [...] "OBAMA TURNS HIS BACK TO INDIA," editorial in October 9 centrist Marathi daily, NAVSHAKTI: "U.S. President Obama has often shown high regard for India, Indian culture and values. In his presidential election campaign, he often mentioned the image of the Hindu god Lord Hanuman that is close to [...] | 2009-10-09 10:37:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
09NEWDELHI2079 | SPECIAL MEDIA REPORT: BLAST OUTSIDE INDIAN [...] SUMMARY: The blast outside the Indian embassy in Kabul on October 8, 2009, the second attack in two years allegedly targeting the Indian Mission in Afghanistan, generated widespread reporting in the Indian media today. Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao on Friday arrived in Kabul to review the sit [...] | 2009-10-09 11:24:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
09NEWDELHI2084 | PM SINGH TELLS AMBASSADOR HE'S BULLISH ON GREEN [...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh told the Ambassador on October 8 that he was looking forward to his November state visit to Washington. In a conversation on the margins of the annual Air Force Day reception, Singh stressed his strong interest in the U.S. and India working togethe [...] | 2009-10-09 12:08:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL SENV ENRG ETRD IN |
09NEWDELHI2085 | INDIA ON TEXT OF COMPREHENSIVE CONVENTION ON [...] (SBU) Poloff conveyed reftel points on October 9 to Ministry of External Affairs Director for United Nations Political Division (MEA/UNP) Sanjay Rana, Joint Secretary Bhattacharjee's deputy on these issues. Rana said the UNP Division knew the USG had not supported or accepted the 2007 comprom [...] | 2009-10-09 12:47:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | UNGA PREL UN IN |
09NEWDELHI2088 | SCENESETTER FOR U/S BURNS'S VISIT TO INDIA [...] (SBU) Under Secretary Burns: Mission India warmly welcomes you back to New Delhi as we begin the final stages of preparation for Prime Minister Singh's November 22-26 visit to Washington. Since the Secretary's July visit, the Embassy has been hard at work with our counterparts in Washington [...] | 2009-10-09 14:47:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IN |
09NEWDELHI2092 | MEDIA REACTION: ATTACK ON INDIAN EMBASSY IN [...] "ATTACK ON INDIA NEMBASSY IN KABUL: WILL IT BE THE LAST?" editorial in October 12 centrist Gujarati daily, GUJARATMITRA: "The attack on the Indian embassy, the second in the last 15 months, indicates that the security situation in strife-torn Afghanistan is far from satisfactory. Secondly, [...] | 2009-10-13 11:46:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
09NEWDELHI2094 | SPECIAL REPORT: PRESIDENT OBAMA'S NOBEL PRIZE [...] SUMMARY: Indian media commentators were divided on whether President Barack Obama deserved the Nobel Peace Prize. Those in favor argued he has shown remarkable initiatives on the Middle East, inclusive Muslim outreach, and non-proliferation and has all the makings of a world statesman. They f [...] | 2009-10-13 12:33:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
09NEWDELHI2104 | MEDIA REACTION: INDIA/PAKISTAN, POTUS NOBEL [...] "PAKISTAN, PLEASE WAKE UP!" editorial in October 12 Hindi daily, RASHTRIYA SAHARA: "The terrorist attack on Pakistan's military headquarters shows that it is reaping what it has sown. The strategy of nurturing terrorism against India has now become the biggest challenge for Pakistan's own exis [...] | 2009-10-14 11:12:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
09NEWDELHI211 | MEDIA REACTION: PRESIDENT OBAMA'S PAKISTAN [...] "OBAMA'S POSSIBLE PAKISTAN POLICY," editorial in January 16 centrist Cuttack Oriya daily SAMAJA. "Diplomatic conjecture about President Obama's possible Pakistan policy points to the fact that Pakistan is useful in safeguarding America's interest in the Indian sub-continent. True, America has [...] | 2009-02-03 10:51:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
09NEWDELHI2111 | MEDIA REACTION: PRESIDENT OBAMA'S NOBEL PRIZE, [...] "RESPONSIBILITY OF THE AWARD RECIPIENT," editorial in October 14 independent Bengali daily, ANANDABAZAR PATRIKA: "President Obama should have declined the Nobel Prize, because the U.S. is still engaged in Afghanistan and is accused of not withdrawing troops from Iraq. However, now that the awa [...] | 2009-10-15 11:51:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
09NEWDELHI2121 | U/S BURNS AND FS RAO REVIEW PROGRESS ON U.S.-INDIA [...] (C) SUMMARY. Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao and Under Secretary for Political Affairs Bill Burns discussed progress on the U.S.-India Strategic Dialogue and Prime Minister Singh's official state visit to Washington November 22-26. Over the course of an initial one-on-one meeting, a bilateral [...] | 2009-10-16 18:00:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENGRG TRGY IN |
09NEWDELHI2123 | MEDIA REACTION: OBAMA'S FOREIGN POLICY, NOBEL [...] "OBAMA'S LOVE FOR CHINA," editorial in October 08 Cuttack nationalist Oriya SAMAJA: "By denying audience to the Dalai Lama, President Obama has sent a wrong signal. It is interpreted as America's endorsement of human rights violations in China and the Chinese clampdown in Tibet. It is obvious [...] | 2009-10-19 11:38:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
09NEWDELHI2132 | MEDIA REACTION: PM VISIT TO U.S., PAKISTAN, [...] "COUNTDOWN TO U.S. VISIT," editorial in October 19 centrist, Hindi daily, DAINIK HINDUSTAN: "Preparations for building new bridges between America and India have started in the run-up to Prime Minister Singh's state visit to United States. U.S. Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Wi [...] | 2009-10-20 12:02:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
09NEWDELHI2135 | JAMMU AND KASHMIR: INDIA MOVES AHEAD, OPENS [...] (C) Summary: Not waiting for the Delhi-Islamabad composite dialogue to resume, India has moved forward unilaterally on the Delhi-Srinagar dialogue and its efforts for reconciliation in Kashmir. Home Minister Chidambaram announced on October 14 that the GOI will talk directly "with all shades" [...] | 2009-10-21 11:03:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PREL PINR KDEM IN |
09NEWDELHI2136 | MEDIA REACTION: PAKISTAN, KASHMIR, NOBEL AWARD [...] "BLOOD-SOAKED WAZIRISTAN," editorial in October 20 right-of-center Hindi daily, AMAR UJALA: "Under growing pressure from the U.S., the Pakistani Army launched a major incursion into Waziristan in the hopes of mounting a final offensive against the Pakistani Taliban. India needs to keep its eye [...] | 2009-10-21 11:26:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
09NEWDELHI2139 | Antrix: The Commercial Door for India's Space Program [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-21 13:41:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TSPA KSCA TSPL KBIO PREL TPHY EIND SENV IN |
09NEWDELHI214 | MEDIA REACTION: AFGHANISTAN, PALESTINE / GAZA [...] "OBAMA'S AFGHANISTAN POLICY," editorial in January 23 centrist Cuttack Oriya daily SAMAJA. "President Obama's plan to deploy 30,000 troops to Afghanistan to intensify the war on terror has received only lukewarm response from the European nations. At the upcoming April 3 NATO Summit Obama wi [...] | 2009-02-04 10:34:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
09NEWDELHI2140 | Antrix: The Commercial Door for India's Space Program [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Antrix sells Indian space capabilities to the commercial market, including foreign governments and private companies, but the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) is responsible for delivering those capabilities. Antrix's budget and income sources are not published and many [...] | 2009-10-21 13:58:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TSPA KSCA TSPL KBIO PREL TPHY EIND SENV IN |
09NEWDELHI2141 | NSA NARAYANAN REVIEWS PREPARATIONS FOR PRIME [...] (C) SUMMARY. On October 16, National Security Advisor Narayanan previewed with Under Secretary Burns preparations for Prime Minister Singh's official state visit to Washington November 24. They agreed in principle to work toward deliverables from each of the five pillars of the Strategic Dia [...] | 2009-10-21 14:04:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER KNNP ENRG TSPA TSPL ADPM AMGT KREC |
09NEWDELHI2142 | U/S BURNS REVIEWS REGIONAL ISSUES WITH INDIAN FS [...] (C) Summary: During a wide-ranging review of regional issues with Under Secretary Burns on October 16, Indian Foreign Secretary Rao reviewed recent Indo-Pak discussions in New York and criticized Pakistani inaction on Hafiz Saeed and terrorist infiltrations. Rao described India as unable to c [...] | 2009-10-21 14:59:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER IN PK AF CH RU CE NP BM JA |
09NEWDELHI2147 | U/S BURNS AND FM KRISHNA DISCUSS PM VISIT, AF-PAK, [...] (C) Summary: In an October 15 meeting, Indian External Affairs Minister SM Krishna told U/S Burns that Indian Prime Minister Singh looks forward to a productive state visit to the U.S. in November. He took on board Burns' message on the need to complete remaining Civil Nuclear Initiative steps [...] | 2009-10-22 10:32:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PINS MASS IN |
09NEWDELHI2149 | MEDIA REACTION: CLIMATE CHANGE, NOBEL PRIZE [...] "ENVIRONMENTAL CONSIDERATION," editorial in October 21 right-of-center Hindi daily, DAINIK JAGRAN: "Indian Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh's approach on the Kyoto Protocol just before the Copenhagen Climate Change summit was not right. While there is no harm in India reconsidering its stand [...] | 2009-10-22 11:04:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
09NEWDELHI2155 | JAMMU AND KASHMIR: INDIA MOVES AHEAD WITH CONFIDENCE BUILDING MEASURES [...] (C) Summary: In yet another signal that it is not waiting for the Delhi-Islamabad composite dialogue process to resume, the GOI unveiled further steps to strengthen its reconciliation efforts in Kashmir. Besides announcing a dialogue with separatists (Ref A),Home Minister P.C. Chidambaram on Octob [...] | 2009-10-22 14:55:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PREL PINR KDEM IN |
09NEWDELHI216 | INDIA TO PARTICIPATE IN GLOBAL INITIATIVE [...] In reply to ref A demarche February 3, Gaddam Dharmendra, Director of the Ministry of External Affairs Disarmament and International Security Affairs division (MEA/DISA),reaffirmed India's commitment to participate in the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism (GICNT) and said he would [...] | 2009-02-04 12:48:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL PTER KGIC |
09NEWDELHI2162 | MEDIA REACTION: INDIA-US DEFENSE RELATIONS, [...] "US AMBASSADOR ROEMER'S VIEWS WELCOME," editorial in October 22 Hindi daily, VEER ARJUN: "US Ambassador Timothy Roemer recently said that America is ready to support India's drive to modernize its armed forces. The US is ready to support India in its drive to modernize its armed forces, Roemer [...] | 2009-10-23 11:38:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
09NEWDELHI2166 | U/S BURNS MEETS WITH PLANNING COMMISSION DEPUTY CHAIRMAN [...] (SBU) On October 15, U/S Burns met with Deputy Chairman of India's Planning Commission Montek Singh Ahluwalia for a wide-ranging discussion of the U.S.-India Strategic Dialogue and Prime Minister Singh's November State Visit to Washington. Ambassador Roemer, A/S for South and Central Asia Bob [...] | 2009-10-26 02:44:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL SENV ETRD EINV EAGR BEXP IN |
09NEWDELHI2172 | MEDIA REACTION: SINO-INDIA RELATIONS, [...] QCHINA: VERY LITTLE SWEETNESS IN TIES,Q editorial in October 25 nationalist Hindi daily, PUNJAB KESARI: QPM Manmohan Singh and his counterpart Wen JiabaoQs meeting in Thailand seems to have brought about some sweetness in the otherwise bitter India-China relations. China is our biggest interna [...] | 2009-10-26 10:13:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
09NEWDELHI2176 | INDIA'S STANCE ON 64TH UNGA THIRD COMMITTEE ISSUES [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel demarches to Ministry of External Affairs UN Economic and Social Division Under Secretary Abhishek Verma on October 23. Verma emphasized that despite India,s longstanding opposition to Country Specific Resolutions (CSR) as they lead to &finger pointing and intens [...] | 2009-10-26 11:52:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL UN IN |
09NEWDELHI2178 | Indian Health Minister Favors Strengthening U.S-India [...] (SBU) Summary: Under Secretary Burns met with Minister of Health and Family Welfare Ghulam Nabi Azad on October 15. Minister Azad thanked the United States for its assistance in the health field in India, citing collaboration in cancer, TB, maternal and child health, influenza, and HIV/AIDS a [...] | 2009-10-27 08:11:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SOCI EAID OVIP PHUM PREL TBIO TSPL KHIV IN |
09NEWDELHI2179 | MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-INDIA RELATIONS, AF-PAK, [...] "PART OF THE FAMILY," editorial in October 27 right- of-center Gujarati daily, GUJARAT SAMACHAR: "U.S. President Barack Obama's saying that he considers the Indian Prime minister a part of his family is a great honor. This shows how strong the bilateral relations between the two nations are. [...] | 2009-10-27 10:34:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
09NEWDELHI2190 | MEDIA REACTION: SINO-INDIA RELATIONS, [...] "CHINA'S REPLY," editorial in October 27 right-of- center Hindi daily, DAINIK JAGRAN: "Prime Minister Singh did right to reiterate New Delhi's traditional stance that the Dalai Lama is free to travel anywhere in India. China has not reacted and we cannot be sure that it has accepted the Indian [...] | 2009-10-28 10:10:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
09NEWDELHI2195 | SCENESETTER FOR AMBASSADOR HOLBROOKE'S VISIT TO [...] (S) We welcome your visit to New Delhi as the government prepares for PM Singh's official state visit to Washington and India approaches the first anniversary of the Mumbai attacks. You will find a government that is secure politically after recent victories in several state assembly election [...] | 2009-10-28 13:59:00 | Embassy New Delhi | SECRET | PREL PTER OVIP AF PK IN |
09NEWDELHI2196 | PM SINGH TO MILITARY CHIEFS: BE READY BECAUSE "OUR [...] (C) Summary: In a much-publicized October 20 speech to the senior commanders of India's armed forces, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh urged the military to "be prepared to face onslaughts" in light of "regular intelligence reports of imminent attacks" in India. Pointing out that India is threat [...] | 2009-10-29 11:20:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PINS MAPP IN |
09NEWDELHI2197 | MEDIA REACTION: INDO-PAK RELATIONS/TALIBAN, [...] "TALIBAN AND INDIA", editorial in October 28 right- of-center Urdu daily HINDUSTAN EXPRESS: "Pakistan's allegation linking India with Taliban is bizarre by any stretch of the imagination. Pakistan is today reaping what it sowed.... America and China may support Pakistan, but Islamabad should u [...] | 2009-10-29 12:24:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
09NEWDELHI2198 | SCENESETTER FOR USD(P) FLOURNOY,S VISIT TO INDIA [...] (SBU) Under Secretary Flournoy: Mission India warmly welcomes you to New Delhi as we begin the final stages of preparation for Prime Minister Singh's November 22-26 visit to Washington. Since the Secretary of State's July visit, the Embassy has been hard at work with our counterparts in Washingto [...] | 2009-10-29 12:31:00 | Embassy New Delhi | SECRET | PGOV MAPP MASS IN PREL |
09NEWDELHI2206 | MEDIA REACTION: INDIA/PAKISTAN, [...] "MEANINGLESS OFFER, editorial in October 29 right- of-center Hindi daily, DAINIK JAGRAN: QIndia is ready to discuss all issues with Pakistan if it can effectively control terrorism emanating from its soil, PM Manmohan Singhsaid in Kashmir Thursday. Alas, the PMQs offer is in vain! Neither does [...] | 2009-10-30 12:33:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
09NEWDELHI2207 | SCENESETTER FOR U/S OTERO'S VISIT TO INDIA [...] (SBU) Under Secretary Otero: Mission India warmly welcomes you to New Delhi to relaunch the Global Issues Forum (GIF) in the run-up to Prime Minister Singh's November 22-26 state visit to Washington. The Embassy has worked hard to make progress across all five pillars and 18 sub-dialogues o [...] | 2009-10-30 12:35:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR EAID ECON IN KDEM KGHG KWMN PREL SENV |
09NEWDELHI2208 | MANMOHAN SINGH'S JAMMU AND KASHMIR VISIT: NOT YET [...] (C) Summary: Although Prime Minister Manmohan Singh did not announce any dramatic new initiatives during his October 27-28 visit to Jammu and Kashmir, there was significant underlying content that could have been missed by those looking for bold gestures. On Pakistan, his language was restrai [...] | 2009-10-30 12:53:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PREL PINR IN |
09NEWDELHI2214 | MEDIA REACTION: SECSTATE VISIT TO PAKISTAN, [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-03 10:44:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
09NEWDELHI222 | MEDIA REACTION: OBAMA PRESIDENCY, PAKISTAN; NEW [...] "THE NON-BELIEVERS AND OBAMA" op-ed article by columnist Amarendra Nandu Dhaneshwar in the February 5, 2009, Mumbai edition of left-of-center Marathi daily AAPLA MAHANAGAR. "In what can be termed a notably tolerant and broad based attitude to diverse beliefs and lifestyles, the U.S. President [...] | 2009-02-05 10:22:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
09NEWDELHI2225 | INDIA SEEKS RECIPROCITY FOR SUPPORTING US [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-04 10:47:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KAWC KJUS KUNR AORC APER PREL UNGA IN |
09NEWDELHI2226 | MEDIA REACTION: INDIA-PAKISTAN, AFGHANISTAN; [...] "TALIBAN NOW WANT ALL OF PAKISTAN," editorial in November 3 Hindi daily, AMAR UJALA: "The Pakistani government has clearly lost control over the internal situation in the country. The Taliban want all of Pakistan, nothing less will do. Pakistan's neighbors are alarmed. Even Iran is wondering w [...] | 2009-11-04 11:07:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
09NEWDELHI2227 | INDIA WILL NOT SUPPORT USG POSITION ON GOLDSTONE REPORT [...] (C) PolCouns delivered reftel demarche on November 4 to Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) Joint Secretaries for UN Political (UNP) and UN Economic and Social (UNES) Divisions and emphasized the significance the USG would place on India's support for opposing a resolution based on the biased conclu [...] | 2009-11-04 13:29:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UNHCR IS IN |
09NEWDELHI2231 | MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-INDIA RELATIONS, [...] "CLOSENESS WITH THE U.S.," op-ed in November 5 Hindi daily, DAINIK JAGRAN: "U.S. Ambassador to India Timothy Roemer recently said the U.S.-India relationship today is very different from what it was even a few years back. Not only Mr. Roemer, but even President Obama and his predecessor George [...] | 2009-11-05 11:06:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
09NEWDELHI2235 | SCENESETTER FOR U/S TAUSCHER AND THE STRATEGIC [...] (C) Under Secretary Tauscher: Mission India warmly welcomes you to New Delhi for the launch of the Strategic Security Dialogue. The Indian Government is focused on using the Strategic Dialogue process launched during Secretary Clinton's July visit as a mechanism to explore ways to broaden an [...] | 2009-11-05 14:36:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PARM KNNP ENRG PK IN |
09NEWDELHI2242 | SPECIAL MEDIA REPORT: INDIAN MEDIA COVERAGE OF [...] "PALESTINE-ISRAEL CONFLICT AND AMERICA," commentary in November 5 right-of-center Urdu daily, SIASAT: "U.S Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has been completely unsuccessful in convincing Arab leaders that the United States is adopting a serious attitude to stop construction of Jewish settlem [...] | 2009-11-06 10:56:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
09NEWDELHI2247 | PREVIEW OF IRANIAN FOREIGN MINISTER MOTTAKI'S [...] (C) Summary: In a visit characterized by GOI officials and local observers as routine, Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki will meet here on November 16 with Indian External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna. Mottaki's planned visit, which follows a 2008 visit to Tehran by his Indian coun [...] | 2009-11-06 12:31:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MNUC EPET IR AF PK IN |
09NEWDELHI2248 | SINO-INDIAN BORDER DISPUTE TURNS INTO WAR OF WORDS [...] (U) SUMMARY: India and China have launched a "war of words" over disputed territory in Arunachal Pradesh (AP). The GOI has been uncharacteristically bold in responding to Chinese moves, spurred on no doubt by unrestrained hyperventilation in the Indian media over Beijing's intentions. It seem [...] | 2009-11-06 12:41:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL CH IN |
09NEWDELHI2257 | MEDIA REACTION: PM SINGH'S U.S. VISIT, INDIA- [...] "PM-OBAMA MEETING RAISES HOPES," op-ed article in November 8 Hindi daily, DAINIK JAGRAN by strategic affairs specialist K. Subrahmanyam: "There are high expectations from PM Manmohan Singh's upcoming U.S. visit. U.S.-India relations have come a long way... These two democracies will have to jo [...] | 2009-11-09 11:39:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
09NEWDELHI2269 | MEDIA REACTION: CHINA-INDIA, SOUTH ASIA [...] "RIGHT MESSAGE TO CHINA," editorial in November 9 nationalist Hindi daily, VIR ARJUN: "By allowing the Dalai Lama to visit Arunachal Pradesh despite Beijing's objections, India has given a clear message to China that Tawang belongs to us. If China's spies report honestly, their bosses will rea [...] | 2009-11-10 11:25:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
09NEWDELHI2278 | MEDIA REACTION: CHINA-INDIA, TEXAS KILLINGS; [...] "DALAI LAMA'S IMPORTANCE," editorial in November 10 centrist Hindi daily, DAINIK HINDUSTAN: "It was not the Dalai Lama's first Arunachal-visit, but China has accused India of using this visit to mock it. China claims Arunachal Pradesh to be its territory, but the Tibetan monks in Arunachal abh [...] | 2009-11-12 11:17:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
09NEWDELHI2283 | MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-INDIA, PRESIDENT OBAMA, [...] "U.S. COMPLEXITY," editorial in November 12 centrist Hindi daily DAINIK HINDUSTAN: "The U.S. claim of fighting terrorism and establishing peace in the world seems to be feeble. It was disappointing that Indian intelligence officials were not allowed to interrogate David Headley, the American n [...] | 2009-11-13 13:36:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
09NEWDELHI2285 | INDIA UNLIKELY TO SUPPORT RESOLUTIONS ON IRAN, [...] (U) PolCouns conveyed Ref A demarche on November 12 and 13 to Ministry of External Affairs Joint Secretaries for Pakistan-Afghanistan-Iran (PAI) Division, Y.K. Sinha, and UN Economic and for Social (UNES) Division, Rajiv Misra, respectively. Emphasizing the importance we place on the Indian G [...] | 2009-11-13 13:57:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL UN IR BM KN |
09NEWDELHI2292 | MEDIA REACTION: HEADLEY CASE/ WAR AGAINST [...] "WHEN WILL WE LEARN OUR LESSON?" editorial in November 14 nationalist Hindi daily, RASHTRIYA SAHARA: "It was India's good fortune that we escaped horrifying attacks plotted by terrorist David Headley and Tahawwur Hussain Rana. Fortunately the U.S. cops nabbed them and nipped the conspiracy in [...] | 2009-11-16 11:05:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
09NEWDELHI23 | INDIAN CONCURRENCE ON INFORMATION SHARING: TAKING YES FOR AN ANSWER [...] (S) Summary: India's concurrence in the U.S. sharing law enforcement information developed during the investigation of the Mumbai attacks with Pakistani authorities should be read broadly. In the interest of providing complete clarity on the scope of concurrence, this cable summarizes the under [...] | 2009-01-06 14:30:00 | Embassy New Delhi | SECRET | PREL PTER PINR PK IN |
09NEWDELHI2310 | UNDER SECRETARY TAUSCHER MEETS INDIAN SPECIAL [...] (C) Summary: Under Secretary Tauscher reviewed the next steps in U.S. nonproliferation efforts in a November 12 meeting with Indian Special Envoy Saran. Saran expressed support for President Obama's vision of a nuclear weapons free world and said India wanted to work with the U.S. on a for [...] | 2009-11-17 07:56:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM ENRG KNNP IN |
09NEWDELHI2313 | MEDIA REACTION: HEADLEY CASE/ WAR AGAINST [...] "HALF-BAKED EVIDENCE," editorial in November 16 right-of-center Hindi daily, DAINIK JAGRAN: "Anti-India terror plotters David Headley and Tahawwur Rana are in the net thanks to America's FBI. The sorry Indian intelligence has once again been caught napping. May we ask Home Minister P Chidambar [...] | 2009-11-17 11:25:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
09NEWDELHI2318 | RAHUL GANDHI ON GOVERNING, DEVELOPMENT AND INDIA'S [...] (C) Summary: In a lengthy one-on-one meeting on November 16, Indian Congress Party General Secretary and MP Rahul Gandhi expressed interest in U.S. perspectives on India's quest for a permanent seat on the UN Security Council. He dismissed any rumors of a Cabinet shake-up and focused on th [...] | 2009-11-17 12:50:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IN |
09NEWDELHI2319 | U/S TAUSCHER AND INDIAN NSA NARAYANAN DISCUSS NON-PRO AND [...] (C) Summary: In a November 12 meeting with Indian National Security Advisor MK Narayanan, Under Secretary for Arms Control and International Security Ellen Tauscher reviewed the status of USG efforts regarding START, CTBT, and the FMCT. Narayanan expressed great interest in USG efforts to refu [...] | 2009-11-17 13:23:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PARM KNNP ENRG PK IN |
09NEWDELHI2324 | MEDIA REACTION: COPENHAGEN, MYANMAR; NEW [...] "FOR A CONSENSUS," editorial in November 17 centrist Hindi daily, DAINIK HINDUSTAN: "The Danish Prime Minister Lars Rasmussen, who is leading the group overseeing the UN climate conference in Copenhagen, and leaders like President Barack Obama do not want binding deals on emission cuts. Presid [...] | 2009-11-18 10:58:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
09NEWDELHI2330 | MAYAWATI STRONG IN U.P. BY-ELECTIONS, BUT CONGRESS [...] (U) Summary. In Uttar Pradesh (U.P.),Chief Minister Kumari Mayawati's Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) swept the November 7 by-elections, winning nine out of eleven Assembly seats and consolidating further its hold of the state legislature. The by-elections were equally dramatic for the Samajwadi [...] | 2009-11-18 14:35:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR PREL KDEM IN |
09NEWDELHI2334 | Secretary Chu Focuses on Clean Energy and Climate Change in [...] (SBU) Summary: During November 13-14 meetings with Government of India (GOI) officials, scientists, students, NGO and industry representatives in New Delhi, Secretary of Energy Steven Chu stressed the vast scope for bilateral cooperation, noting that the world's current emphasis on clean energ [...] | 2009-11-19 06:31:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG SENV EFIN EINV PREL TSPL KSCA KGHG IN |
09NEWDELHI2335 | Secretary Chu Focuses on Clean Energy and Climate Change in [...] (SBU) Summary: During November 13-14 meetings with Government of India (GOI) officials, scientists, students, NGO and industry representatives in New Delhi, Secretary of Energy Steven Chu stressed the vast scope for bilateral cooperation, noting that the world's current emphasis on clean energ [...] | 2009-11-19 06:41:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG SENV EFIN EINV PREL TSPL KSCA KGHG IN |
09NEWDELHI2337 | INDIA: U.S. PRIORITIES FOR THE NEW AFGHAN [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-19 09:06:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL IN AF |
09NEWDELHI2338 | MEDIA REACTION: HEADLEY CASE/ TERRORISM, INDIA- [...] "JUSTIFIED WORRIES," editorial in November 17 right- of-center Hindi daily, DAINIK JAGRAN: "After the Headley case has come into the limelight, the focus of the Indian security establishment has shifted to Woodstock and Doon schools in the north Indian state of Uttarakhand. Keeping in view the [...] | 2009-11-19 10:43:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
09NEWDELHI2339 | SPECIAL MEDIA REPORT: INDIAN MEDIA COVERAGE OF [...] The Ministry of External Affairs spokesperson was reported saying: "The Government of India is committed to resolving all outstanding issues with Pakistan through a peaceful bilateral dialogue in accordance with the Simla Agreement. A third country role cannot be envisaged nor is it necessary. [...] | 2009-11-19 11:29:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
09NEWDELHI234 | MEDIA REACTION: PAKISTAN/OBAMA PRESIDENCY, SRI [...] "INDIA'S EXPECTATIONS For OBAMA" op-ed article by former diplomat Rajendra Abhyankar in the February 6, 2009, Mumbai edition of centrist Marathi daily SAKAAL. "It is welcome that the new U.S. President feels that Pakistan needs to play a more positive role in the interest of peace and stabilit [...] | 2009-02-06 11:24:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
09NEWDELHI2342 | INDIA WILL LIKELY CONTINUE TO SUPPORT UNGA [...] (C) The Indian Mission to the UN in New York will vote in favor of resolutions that reaffirm support for the three UN institutions devoted exclusively to Palestinian issues as New Delhi remains unwilling to review its policy on Israeli-Palestinian issues. On November 18, PolCouns conveyed Ref A po [...] | 2009-11-19 12:57:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNGA KPAL IS IN |
09NEWDELHI2344 | U/S OTERO ENGAGES INDIAN MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT AND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Following the Global Issues Forum held November 5 (Reftel),Under Secretary for Democracy and Global Affairs Otero met with Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF)Secretary Sharma on November 6 to discuss areas for global cooperation on environmental issues including forestry [...] | 2009-11-20 03:28:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV PREL TSPL KSCA KGHG IN |
09NEWDELHI2349 | MEDIA REACTION: POTUS ASIA VISIT, U.S.-INDIA [...] "DIPLOMATIC FAILURE," op-ed in November 20 right-of- center Hindi daily, DAINIK JAGRAN: "China is becoming increasingly aggressive toward India. A new troublesome U.S.-China-India triangle has come into being in South Asia, with the China visit of President Obama and the Arunachal visit of Da [...] | 2009-11-20 11:00:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
09NEWDELHI2354 | TURBULENCE IN PARLIAMENT AWAITS PRIME MINISTER ON RETURN [...] (U) SUMMARY: The winter session of Parliament kicked off on a stormy note on November 19 as the opposition parties brought parliament and the capital to a halt over the issue of sugarcane prices to farmers. The Opposition effectively mobilized over 25,000 farmers from western Uttar Pradesh to [...] | 2009-11-20 13:36:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PTER PREL PINR KDEM EAGR IN |
09NEWDELHI2355 | JAMMU AND KASHMIR: GOVERNMENT TALKS TO SEPARATISTS [...] (C) Summary: Following up announcements by the Prime Minister and the Home Minister last month (ref a-c),the GOI and the Mirwaiz Omar Farooq-led separatists have publicly acknowledged that they are engaged in closed door talks. The separatists have indicated to Embassy that they intend to en [...] | 2009-11-20 13:54:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PREL PINR IN |
09NEWDELHI2356 | JAMMU AND KASHMIR: PAKISTAN-BASED TERRORISM THREAT [...] (C) The improving security situation and the return to relative peace and prosperity in the state has encouraged the Indian government to be forward leaning on seeking a solution to the Kashmir issue through confidence building measures and the start of a dialogue with separatists (refs a-d). [...] | 2009-11-20 14:00:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PREL PINR IN |
09NEWDELHI2357 | INDIA PROVIDES PART 810 ASSURANCES ON NUCLEAR [...] (SBU) The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) conveyed by diplomatic note November 20 a document entitled "Assurances by the Government of India to the Government of the United States on Nuclear Technology Transfers" in reply to reftel demarches. These "Part 810" assurances constituted a key r [...] | 2009-11-20 14:01:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PARM KNNP ENRG IN |
09NEWDELHI236 | MEDIA REACTION: INDIA-PAKISTAN RELATIONS, [...] "UNNECCESARY ACTION," editorial in February 7 right- of-center DAINIK JAGRAN Hindi daily: "National Security Advisor M.K. Narayanan has done it again, speaking out of turn and thereby harming the interest of the nation. Foreign Minister Pranab Mukherjee last week almost snubbed Narayanan in pu [...] | 2009-02-09 09:55:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
09NEWDELHI2360 | MEDIA REACTION: PM'S VISIT TO U.S., AF-PAK [...] "LESSONS OF MUMBAI ATTACKS," op-ed in November 22 Hindi daily DAINIK JAGRAN: "India's campaign to create diplomatic pressure on Pakistan for bringing the perpetrators of the Mumbai attacks to justice seems to be unsuccessful. And the U.S.' unreasonable softness towards Pakistan in this context [...] | 2009-11-23 11:15:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
09NEWDELHI2365 | INDIA SIGNALS BUSINESS AS USUAL ON FUEL BANKS, [...] (C) Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) Deputy Secretary for Disarmament and International Security Affairs (DISA) Vipul repeated familiar positions November 23 in reply to reftel demarches on several issues before the November 26-27 meeting of the IAEA Board of Governors, including fuel banks, [...] | 2009-11-23 13:36:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PARM KNNP IR SY IN |
09NEWDELHI2377 | MEDIA REACTION: PM SINGH'S VISIT TO U.S., [...] "WHAT SHOULD INDIA ASK AMERICA FOR?" editorial in November 23 centrist Hindi daily NAVBHARAT TIMES: "Both countries want to send out the message of a strong partnership between two big democratic forces. One wonders, however, if anything substantive will come out of the visit. Will the same ol [...] | 2009-11-24 12:31:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
09NEWDELHI238 | BILLION INDIAN VOICES: ELECTION COMMISSION ROW [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has now seconded calls by the Chief Election Commissioner to remove one of his colleagues from the three-member Election Commission. This spat is allegedly based on the targeted Election Commissioner's close ties to the Congress Party, but Cong [...] | 2009-02-09 14:16:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PREL PINR KDEM IN |
09NEWDELHI2381 | Commercial Space Launch Agreement Talks Launched [...] (SBU) Summary: Assistant U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) for Services and Investment Christine Bliss and Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) Scientific Secretary A. Bhaskraranarayana led the first round of bilateral Commercial Space Launch Agreement (CSLA) negotiations October 27-28 in B [...] | 2009-11-25 10:22:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL TSPA KTIA IN |
09NEWDELHI2382 | MEDIA REACTION: PM'S VISIT TO U.S., 26/11 [...] QONUS ON U.S. TO STRENGTHEN TIES, REASSURE INDIA, editorial in November 24 centrist Hindi daily, DAINIK BHASKAR: "Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's meeting with President Barack Obama is neither path breaking, nor ambitious in any respect. By anointing China the lord of entire Asia, Obama not on [...] | 2009-11-25 10:52:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
09NEWDELHI2386 | A NEW STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP: PM RUDD VISITS NEW [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-25 11:15:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL AS IN |
09NEWDELHI2388 | IRANIAN FM MOTTAKI'S HOLLOW VISIT TO INDIA [...] (C) Summary: Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki met with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna, and Vice President Hamid Ansari during a November 16-17 visit to New Delhi that was large on formality but little on substance. A senior Indian Ministry of [...] | 2009-11-25 12:17:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MNUC EPET IR AF PK IN |
09NEWDELHI2389 | INDIA: U.S. POSTURE ON IRAN'S NUCLEAR PROGRAM AND [...] (C) A/DCM discussed reftel points and key messages on November 24 with Y.K. Sinha, Joint Secretary for Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Iran Affairs in the Indian Ministry of External Affairs. Sinha stated that he had some insight into current Iranian attitudes on the nuclear issue as he had recent [...] | 2009-11-25 12:22:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IR IN |
09NEWDELHI2391 | LIBERHAN LEAK STEALS REPORT'S THUNDER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The list of political scandals awaiting Prime Minister Singh upon his return from Washington has grown with the release of the Liberhan Commission report. Bowing to immense pressure from the Opposition, Home Minister F.M. Chidambaram presented the report in the lower and upper [...] | 2009-11-25 13:03:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PTER PREL PINR KDEM IN |
09NEWDELHI2396 | CURRENT INDIAN GOVERNMENT THINKING ON AFGHANISTAN [...] (C) Summary: In an extended November 24 meeting, Ministry of External Affairs Joint Secretary for Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Iran Affairs Y.K.Sinha lamented that recent media focus on the corruption and inefficiency of Afghan President Hamid Karzai's government is "undermining" international commun [...] | 2009-11-27 11:52:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IN PK AF |
09NEWDELHI2397 | SPECIAL MEDIA REPORT: PRIME MINISTER SINGH'S [...] "MATURING TIES," editorial in centrist, independent English daily, THE TIMES OF INDIA: "The outlook for Indo-US ties going forward is substantive, though it might not be spectacular, and promises decent dividends. It is in India's interests to push through more market reforms and scale up its [...] | 2009-11-27 12:58:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
09NEWDELHI2398 | U/S TAUSCHER ENGAGES FS RAO IN STRATEGIC SECURITY [...] (C) SUMMARY. Delegations led by Under Secretary for Arms Control and International Security Ellen Tauscher and Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao exchanged views on the full spectrum of nonproliferation and disarmament issues in the first meeting of the Strategic Security Dialogue (SSD) November 12-13 [...] | 2009-11-27 12:59:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PARM KNNP ENRG PK IN |
09NEWDELHI2401 | FRESH MOMENTUM: CANADIAN PM HARPER VISITS INDIA [...] (U) SUMMARY: Canadian PM Stephen Harper's November 15-18 visit to India was long on atmospherics but short on solid deliverables. In addition to official meetings with PM Singh, EAM Krishna and Sonia Gandhi, Harper had a highly visible public program in Mumbai and touched base with the Sikh c [...] | 2009-11-30 12:31:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL CA IN |
09NEWDELHI2403 | MEDIA REACTION: PRIME MINISTER SINGH'S [...] "MANMOHAN SINGH'S SUCCESSFUL AMERICA VISIT: BOTH [NATIONS] NEED EACH OTHER," editorial in November 29 centrist Gujarati daily, GUJARATMITRA: "The number of accords signed in the field on defense, science and technology, trade and commerce, education, etc., by the United States and India duri [...] | 2009-11-30 13:43:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
09NEWDELHI2413 | MEDIA REACTION: PRIME MINISTER SINGH'S [...] "U.S. ASSURANCE," editorial in November 29 Hindi daily, DAINIK JAGRAN: "Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's U.S.-visit has been more successful than was expected. Singh held talks with Obama on the entire gamut of bilateral relations, the situation in the region and global challenges like terroris [...] | 2009-12-01 11:00:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
09NEWDELHI2416 | CIVAIR INDIA: CLARIFICATION SOUGHT ON SECURITY SCREENINGS [...] (SBU) Summary: ECON/EST MIN-COUNS November 30 delivered reftel demarche on security screenings to Ministry of Civil Aviation (MOCA) Secretary Nambiar. In response, Nambiar, noting that differing national screening guidelines created "muddy water," agreed that the United States and India must [...] | 2009-12-01 13:22:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR PREL PTER ECON IN |
09NEWDELHI2429 | SPECIAL MEDIA REPORT - COVERAGE OF POTUS AF- [...] The speech appeared on major Indian news networks soon after it was delivered. NDTV 24x7 headlined their story "Nuclear-armed Pakistan big security threat, says Obama," and quoted the President as saying the cancer of terrorism has spread from Afghanistan to Pakistan and that the danger will g [...] | 2009-12-02 12:14:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
09NEWDELHI2430 | MEDIA REACTION: NUCLEAR ISSUES, CLIMATE [...] "QUESTION MARK ON NUCLEAR SAFETY," editorial in December 2 right-of-center Hindi daily, DAINIK JAGRAN: "At a time when the U.S. and other nations are moving on their respective nuclear initiatives with India, it is unfortunate if incidents such as the one at Kaiga nuclear plant happen, where t [...] | 2009-12-02 12:26:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
09NEWDELHI2433 | SPECIAL MEDIA REPORT -- COVERAGE OF POTUS AF- [...] India said it was not "complaining" about not being mentioned in President Obama's speech. Instead, India welcomed Washington's continued commitment in Afghanistan, saying it was "very pleased" that pressure on al Qaeda and the Taliban would not be eased. Minister of State for External Affairs [...] | 2009-12-03 12:28:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
09NEWDELHI2435 | INDIAN AF-PAK PUNDITS VOICE "CRITICAL [...] (SBU) Summary: The overall reaction of selected Political Section interlocutors - a diverse group of journalists, commentators, academics, think-tank analysts, and parliamentarians from different religious communities and political orientations - to President Obama's December 1 speech on Afgh [...] | 2009-12-03 13:18:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER IN AF PK |
09NEWDELHI2437 | TOP CONCERNS OF U.S. CIVAIR COMPANIES IN INDIA [...] (SBU) Summary: At a roundtable discussion with Emboffs on November 23, representatives of U.S. airlines, express delivery services and aircraft manufacturers discussed their doing business concerns in order to provide input to government-to-government meetings scheduled to take place on the ma [...] | 2009-12-04 02:04:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR PREL PTER ETRD EFIN ECON IN |
09NEWDELHI2444 | SPECIAL MEDIA REPORT: COVERAGE OF POTUS AF-PAK [...] Media reported that India on Thursday welcomed the emphasis in the U.S. strategy on strengthening the government of Afghanistan and the Afghan security forces, and that India hoped the international community was prepared for a long haul in the region. 2. India's foreign office spokesperson [...] | 2009-12-04 12:36:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
09NEWDELHI2447 | GOI APPLAUDS PRESIDENT'S AF-PAK SPEECH (ESPECIALLY [...] (C) In a December 4 meeting, MEA Joint Secretary for Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Iran Affairs Y.K. Sinha expressed general appreciation for the President's speech, stating that it refuted speculation that the international community was looking to make a hasty exit from the region. Apart from h [...] | 2009-12-04 15:25:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IN AF PK |
09NEWDELHI2451 | INDIA LIKELY TO ABSTAIN ON UNGA DEFAMATION OF [...] (U) PolCouns conveyed Ref A demarche points to Ministry of External Affairs UN Economic and Social (UNES) Division Joint S ecretary Rajiv Misra on December 1, emphasizing the importance we place on India's support in voting against the OIC-sponsored UNGA resolution calling for criminal bans on [...] | 2009-12-07 13:08:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL UNGA UN IN |
09NEWDELHI2453 | MEDIA REACTION: PM SINGH'S U.S. VISIT, NPT, [...] "INDIA, AMERICA IN THE NEW AGE," op-ed in December 6 Hindi daily, DAINIK JAGRAN: "PM Singh's U.S. trip was more about symbolism than substance. America's pledges to fight terror in India's neighborhood seem to be diplomatic. It remains to be seen if the US will really exert pressure on Pakista [...] | 2009-12-08 11:33:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
09NEWDELHI2455 | JAMMU AND KASHMIR: CHIDAMBARAM PLEDGES MILITARY [...] (C) Summary: In a follow up to assurances by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and the Home Minister P. Chidambaram in October (ref c-e),the Home Minister declared in Parliament on December 2 that the GOI would withdraw "significant" military and paramilitary forces from Jammu and Kashmir, but he [...] | 2009-12-08 14:15:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PREL PINR IN |
09NEWDELHI2459 | MEDIA REACTION: NUCLEAR ISSUES, AFGHANISTAN- [...] "DEAL OF EQUALITY," editorial in December 8 right- of-center Hindi daily, AMAR UJALA: "The India-Russia nuclear deal further strengthens the close relations between the two nations, while uncertainty still looms over the implementation of the U.S.-India nuclear initiative. The pact with Russia [...] | 2009-12-09 11:01:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
09NEWDELHI246 | BHARAT BALLOT 09: CONGRESS WILL FLY SOLO, NOT AS [...] (SBU) Summary: The Congress Party has decided to fight coming parliamentary elections mostly alone and not as the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) alliance; it will only seek case-by-case seat-sharing understandings with allies at the state level. In making this decision, the Congress Party [...] | 2009-02-10 12:54:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR IN |
09NEWDELHI2461 | PDAS WITTEN DISCUSSES REFUGEE ISSUES IN INDIA [...] (C) SUMMARY. During a two-day visit to New Delhi, PRM Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary (PDAS) Samuel Witten discussed Bhutanese refugees, Tibetans in India, and the status of UNHCR in India. Key members of the Bhutanese Core Group agreed that we should submit test humanitarian return cases [...] | 2009-12-09 11:17:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PGOV PREL IN SL |
09NEWDELHI2462 | PDAS WITTEN DISCUSSES GOI ASSISTANCE TO SRI LANKA'S [...] (C) SUMMARY. During a lengthy meeting at the Indian Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) on November 10, Suresh Reddy, Director for Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Myanmar and the Maldives, described India's relief efforts for internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Sri Lanka with PRM Principal Deputy Assi [...] | 2009-12-09 11:18:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PGOV PREL IN SL |
09NEWDELHI247 | BHARAT BALLOT 09: SONIA GANDHI SOUNDS ELECTION [...] (SBU) Summary: Congress Party President Sonia Gandhi kicked off her party's 2009 parliamentary campaign on February 9 articulating three broad themes: safeguarding secularism, inclusive economic growth and the fight against terror. Speaking to a conclave of Congress Party functionaries, Gandh [...] | 2009-02-10 12:56:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR KDEM IN |
09NEWDELHI2470 | MEDIA REACTION: AFGHANISTAN-PAKISTAN, [...] "OBAMA'S AF-PAK STRATEGY," op-ed in December 9 right-of-center Hindi daily, DAINIK JAGRAN: "It seems very unlikely that America's work will be over in 18 months. The Taliban will sit tight to execute their plans till the Americans leave. There are, however, crucial elements in this strategy th [...] | 2009-12-10 11:11:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
09NEWDELHI2472 | TELANGANA - A NEW STATE IS BORN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Faced with mounting protests from students and supporters of a new state of Telangana and the deteriorating health of a regional politician who was in the 11th day of a hunger strike to death, GOI abruptly caved on December 9 and gave the go-ahead for formation of a new state [...] | 2009-12-10 14:25:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PTER PREL PINR KDEM IN |
09NEWDELHI2481 | MEDIA REACTION: INDO-RUSSIAN NUCLEAR [...] "RUSSIA-INDIA NUCLEAR AGREEMENT," editorial in December 11 Leftist Kolkata Bengali GANASHAKTI: "The Indo-Russian nuclear agreement will have far reaching effect on bilateral relationship. This pact offers more facilities than the Indo-U.S. civilian nuclear deal. Washington naturally faces terr [...] | 2009-12-11 11:32:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
09NEWDELHI2489 | MEDIA REACTION: AF/PAK ISSUES, OBAMA NOBEL [...] "ADVICE FOR U.S.," editorial in December 12 right- of-center Hindi daily, DAINIK JAGRAN: "The arrest of five U.S. nationals in Pakistan for their involvement in the terrorist activities should be an eye-opener for the U.S. It is meaningless to have a new Af-Pak policy focusing on Afghanistan, [...] | 2009-12-14 11:25:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
09NEWDELHI249 | MEDIA REACTION: PAKISTAN/A.Q. KHAN, JOE BIDEN [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-11 01:49:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
09NEWDELHI2492 | INDIA: TIP INTERIM ASSESSMENT [...] (SBU) Summary. India has made continuing progress since April 2009 in combating human trafficking. The Ministry of Home Affairs has designated trafficking in persons a top priority and demonstrated renewed efforts in tackling the problem. India enhanced efforts to expand law enforcement capac [...] | 2009-12-14 12:17:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM KWMN PGOV PHUM PREL PTER SOCI KTIP IN |
09NEWDELHI2493 | JAMMU AND KASHMIR: ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT ON [...] Summary: (C) In a reminder that there are many Kashmir-focused terrorist groups who do not want any negotiation or accommodation with India, unidentified gunmen on December 4 shot Fazal-ul-Haq Qureshi, a prominent moderate separatist leader who was part of the recently announced GOI-Srinagar [...] | 2009-12-14 12:38:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PREL PINR IN |
09NEWDELHI2494 | INDIAN POLITICAL THEATER: THE LIBERHAN REPORT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Parliamentary debate on the Liberhan Commission,s report (Ref B) on the destruction of a mosque 17 years ago caused disruption and drama. Both houses of Parliament engaged in hearty mud slinging across party lines, while ignoring more pressing issues, such as the rising price o [...] | 2009-12-14 13:09:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC IN PGOV PREL KDEM PINR |
09NEWDELHI25 | MEDIA REACTION: INDIA-PAKISTAN RELATIONS, [...] "THE CRAFTY MOVES OF PAKISTANI ARMY" editorial in the January 7, 2009, Mumbai edition of centrist Marathi daily SAKAAL. "It would be naove to conclude that Pakistan- based terrorist outfits were the sole engineers of the Mumbai terror attacks. It is as naove as the assumption that a singular a [...] | 2009-01-07 10:36:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
09NEWDELHI2500 | MEDIA REACTION: COPENHAGEN SUMMIT, POTUS NOBEL [...] "COMMON GROUND," editorial in December 14 centrist Hindi daily, NAVBHARAT TIMES: "India and China have different concerns and strategies in Copenhagen. Copenhagen offers a great chance to these two big emerging economies to forge an understanding, not only on climate change but on strategic is [...] | 2009-12-15 11:03:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
09NEWDELHI2502 | South Asia: Integration as Anti-crisis Response [...] (SBU) Summary: At the December 11 opening of the "Second South Asia Economic Summit" in New Delhi, speakers stressed that enhanced regional cooperation could be an effective response to the global recession and allow countries to diversify and insulate against developed country problems in the [...] | 2009-12-15 13:44:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON PREL PGOV PK IN |
09NEWDELHI2507 | MEDIA REACTION: COPENHAGEN SUMMIT, NOBEL PRIZE [...] "WRANGLING OVER CARBON EMISSIONS," op-ed in December 15 right-of-center Hindi daily, DAINIK JAGRAN: "Industrial countries want to get the poorest nations on their side to pressure India and China to cut their emissions. The idea is to destroy the economic challenge posed by these two big emerg [...] | 2009-12-16 12:03:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
09NEWDELHI2510 | MEDIA REACTION: INDIA-RUSSIA RELATIONS, MUMBAI [...] "INDIA-RUSSIA RELATIONS: ANOTHER PERSPECTIVE ON THE TALIBAN," op-ed in December 17 left-of-center Marathi daily, APLA MAHANAGAR: "U.S. forces will leave Afghanistan after the year 2011 and that's when a vacuum will form in the country, which is likely to be filled by nefarious insurgent forces [...] | 2009-12-17 09:45:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
09NEWDELHI2516 | NSA NARAYANAN ON CIVIL NUCLEAR IMPLEMENTATION AND [...] (S) SUMMARY. Ambassador Roemer pressed National Security Advisor M.K. Narayanan in a telephone call December 16 for progress on civil nuclear implementation, assurances about the protection of sensitive information, and a commitment not to seek extradition in the Headley case. Narayanan remai [...] | 2009-12-17 13:39:00 | Embassy New Delhi | SECRET | PGOV PREL PTER PARM KNNP ENRG PK IN |
09NEWDELHI252 | INDIAN AUTO INDUSTRY IN FOR A BUMPY RIDE [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-11 01:56:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ETRD PREL WTO |
09NEWDELHI2521 | BREAKING THE STALEMATE IN NEPAL: INDIA DOESN'T [...] (C) SUMMARY: In response to reftel demarche Indian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MEA) Director (North) Sanjiv Ranjan told us on December 16 that India has conveyed to all concerned parties the need to build consensus, but has not bought into the "flexibility argument" which the GOI perceives as [...] | 2009-12-18 08:25:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IN |
09NEWDELHI2522 | MEDIA REACTION: HEADLEY CASE, AFGHANISTAN, [...] "U.S. INTENTION," editorial in December 17 right-of- center Hindi daily, DAINIK JAGRAN: "The latest information on David Headley and Tahawwur Rana is not only shocking, but worrisome. The Indian government should ask the U.S. why it did not inform India about Headley much earlier. It seems the [...] | 2009-12-18 11:08:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
09NEWDELHI2529 | SCENESETTER FOR CODEL GREGG [...] (SBU) Senator Gregg and Delegation: Mission India warmly welcomes you. Following soon after Prime Minister Singh's historic official state visit to Washington, your visit coincides with a rapid expansion in the U.S.-India partnership, encompassing everything from agriculture to defense coop [...] | 2009-12-18 15:16:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER OVIP AF PK IN |
09NEWDELHI2530 | INDIA-RUSSIA CIVILIAN NUCLEAR DEAL DOMINATES [...] (U) SUMMARY: During an annual India-Russia summit on December 6-8 in Moscow, Prime Minister Singh and President Medvedev inked six bilateral agreements that included a civil nuclear deal and pacts focused on military relations, cultural exchanges, and trade. The joint statement was warm in to [...] | 2009-12-18 15:37:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IN |
09NEWDELHI2532 | AMBASSADOR PRESSES FOR PAKISTANI ACTION AGAINST [...] (C) Summary: In a December 17 conversation with Pakistani High Commissioner Shahid Malik, the Ambassador pressed for Pakistani government action to convict suspects implicated in the 2008 Mumbai attacks; action against suspected Mumbai mastermind and Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) supremo Hafez Saeed; a [...] | 2009-12-18 16:59:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER IN PK |
09NEWDELHI2539 | MEDIA REACTION: COPENHAGEN, AFGHANISTAN- [...] "COPENHAGEN'S FAILURE," op-ed in December 20 right- of-center Hindi daily, DAINIK JAGRAN: "It is difficult to understand why President Obama called a face-saver accord a useful and unprecedented success! No unanimous agreement could be reached at Copenhagen, because of the Obama Administration [...] | 2009-12-21 11:08:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
09NEWDELHI2540 | MEDIA REACTION: COPENHAGEN, AFGHANISTAN- [...] "COPENHAGEN'S FAILURE," op-ed in December 20 right- of-center Hindi daily, DAINIK JAGRAN: "It is difficult to understand why President Obama called a face-saver accord a useful and unprecedented success! No unanimous agreement could be reached at Copenhagen, because of the Obama Administration [...] | 2009-12-21 11:18:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
09NEWDELHI2541 | INDIA: 2009 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-21 12:12:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PTER PK IN ASEC |
09NEWDELHI2543 | WINTER SESSION OF PARLIAMENT ENDS WITHOUT CIVIL [...] (C) Summary: The lack-luster winter session of Parliament came to an end without passage of the Civil Nuclear Liabilities legislation. Despite assurances from the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government that it intended to push the legislation through, we did not see any signs of Congr [...] | 2009-12-21 13:33:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PREL PINR KDEM IN |
09NEWDELHI2544 | AMBASSADOR VISITS PARLIAMENT, CALLS ON SPEAKER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a December 16 meeting with the Ambassador, Lok Sabha (lower house of Parliament) Speaker Meira Kumar expressed an interest in meeting Speaker Pelosi in the United States. Kumar wants to increase exchanges between Indian and United States legislators. The Ambassador and Spe [...] | 2009-12-21 13:40:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC IN PGOV PREL KDEM PINR |
09NEWDELHI2545 | ADVANI MOVES UPSTAIRS, HANDS OVER REINS TO THE NEXT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: India's principal opposition party, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP),implemented a generational change at the top when its leading stalwart, former Deputy Prime Minister L.K. Advani, stepped down from his position of Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha, India's lower hou [...] | 2009-12-21 14:40:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PTER PREL PINR KDEM IN |
09NEWDELHI2546 | MEDIA REACTION: COPENHAGEN; NEW DELHI. [...] "CLIMATE CHANGE AND THE DEVELOPED COUNTRIES," editorial in December 21 right-of-center Urdu daily SIASAT: "The summit at Copenhagen practically failed miserably because it could not be successful in finalizing any comprehensive and binding agreement. Evasion to accept their responsibilities, t [...] | 2009-12-22 09:52:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
09NEWDELHI2548 | ENGAGING INDIA ON UN DEBATE: FIGHTING [...] (C) Summary: Post is pleased to offer our recommendations for a strategy to engage India on the "defamation of religions" proposal and to back the U.S. "Action Plan" at the upcoming March session of the UN Human Rights Council on countering racial and religious discrimination. While India may [...] | 2009-12-22 12:23:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL KISL KDEM PGOV OPDC UNGA IN |
09NEWDELHI2553 | MEDIA REACTION: COPENHAGEN, HEADLEY CASE, [...] "KYOTO KILLED," editorial in December 21 Hindi daily, RASHTRIYA SAHARA: "There were hopes of forging binding agreements in Copenhagen and making the US sign it. Who expected Kyoto would be killed! But that is what happened. Neither were the developing countries able to obtain technology to cut [...] | 2009-12-23 09:43:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
09NEWDELHI2559 | MEDIA REACTION: NUCLEAR ISSUES, COPENHAGEN, [...] "SECURITY OVERLOOKED IN U.S. INTEREST," op-ed article by leftist leader Prakash Karat in December 23 Hindi daily, AMAR UJALA: "The proposed Nuclear End Use Bill is brought by the government to meet U.S. demands... It is noteworthy that Russian and French suppliers have not raised such demands. [...] | 2009-12-24 07:18:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
09NEWDELHI2569 | MEDIA REACTION: WAR AGAINST TERRORISM, [...] "AL QAEDA'S PLOT FOILED," editorial in December 28 left-of-center Marathi daily, APLA MAHANAGAR: "The Al Qaeda attempt to blow up a U.S.-bound jet on Christmas Day once again brings home the need for a review of the databases used by U.S. security agencies. If a man, who tried to blow up a jet [...] | 2009-12-28 10:12:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
09NEWDELHI2575 | MEDIA REACTION: COPENHAGEN, HEADLEY CASE; NEW [...] "WORLD CLIMATE CONFERENCE," editorial in December 17 Bhubaneswar Oriya centrist SAMAYA:"It is good to see that America, responsible for maximum environmental pollution, is eager to reduce emission of greenhouse gases. The Copenhagen summit should take into account the views of developing count [...] | 2009-12-29 10:30:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
09NEWDELHI2585 | MEDIA REACTION: PAKISTAN; NEW DELHI. [...] "PAKISTAN IN DISARRAY," editorial in December 30 left-of-center Marathi daily APLA MAHANGAR: "Even as India is trying to get back on track after the 26/11 tragedy, Pakistan continues to be plagued by serious domestic crises. The general lack of law and order has robbed the country of all its c [...] | 2009-12-30 11:07:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
09NEWDELHI2588 | BHUTANESE KING'S SUCCESSFUL FIRST STATE VISIT TO [...] (U) The King of Bhutan, Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck, visited India from December 21-26 on his first state visit to a foreign country following his coronation in November 2008. In addition to holding meetings with political figures that included the President and Vice President of India, Pri [...] | 2009-12-31 02:39:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PREL PHUM CH BH IN |
09NEWDELHI2597 | MEDIA REACTION: TERRORISM, PAKISTAN, COPENHAGEN, [...] "A RESPONSIBLE U.S. MEDIA SPARED FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AUTHORITIES IN THE NATIONAL INTEREST," op-ed in left- of-center Marathi daily, APLA MAHANAGAR: "The U.S. media should be congratulated for the balanced and sober coverage of the attempted act of terrorism aboard a flight that landed in Detroi [...] | 2009-12-31 10:15:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
09NEWDELHI26 | SHIELD SO4B-08: INDIA AWARE OF SYRIAN ATTEMPT TO [...] (S) Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) Director for Disarmament and International Security Affairs(DISA) Gaddam Dharmendra told Poloff January 6 in response to reftel demarche that the appropriate Indian agencies were aware of reports that Syria was attempting to acquire dual-use chemical weap [...] | 2009-01-07 12:41:00 | Embassy New Delhi | SECRET | PARM ETTC SY IN PREL |
09NEWDELHI260 | MEDIA REACTION: OBAMA PRESIDENCY, PAKISTAN, [...] "GREAT EXPECTATIONS FROM OBAMA," op-ed in the February 10 DAINIK JAGRAN Hindi daily by right-wing economist Bharat Jhunjhunwala: "Gandhi's photo hangs in Obama's office. He says India and the U.S. are natural partners. This talk is fine, but kind of superficial. Obama's mission is to salvage t [...] | 2009-02-11 11:21:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
09NEWDELHI265 | BHARAT BALLOT 09: AN ENDORSEMENT THAT MATTERS [...] (C) Summary: In a public letter to party workers, Sonia Gandhi unequivocally endorsed Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, making it virtually certain that he would remain Prime Minister if the Congress Party leads the next government. Manmohan Singh has built a good and clean image around the cou [...] | 2009-02-12 10:21:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR IN |
09NEWDELHI266 | MEDIA REACTION: INDO - PAK RELATIONS, WAR [...] "PAKISTAN'S MANEUVER," editorial in the February 11 DAINIK JAGRAN Hindi daily: "Pakistan's demand for more information to complete its probe into the Mumbai terror attacks shows that it is simply misleading the world and killing time. But, for how long will the Indian government tolerate Pakis [...] | 2009-02-12 11:14:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
09NEWDELHI267 | AMBASSADOR PRESSES MENON TO IMPLEMENT CIVIL [...] (C) SUMMARY. Highlighting U.S. industry concerns about the slow pace of civil nuclear cooperation and stressing the opportunities it holds for U.S. commerce and job creation, Ambassador Mulford pressed Foreign Secretary Shivshankar Menon February 11 for swifter action on implementation. Menon reit [...] | 2009-02-12 12:24:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY IN |
09NEWDELHI268 | INDIA SCENESETTER FOR SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE [...] (C) We welcome your visit to New Delhi as India begins to gear up for parliamentary elections likely to be held in April-May. While popular anger over the November Mumbai attacks has cooled slightly, Indian officials continue to demand that Pakistan respond to Delhi's demands for action against the [...] | 2009-02-12 12:48:00 | Embassy New Delhi | SECRET | PREL PGOV PTER ECON AF PK IN |
09NEWDELHI269 | INDIA SCENESETTER FOR CODEL LEWIS AND BACHUS [...] (SBU) We welcome your upcoming visit as part of the 50th anniversary celebration of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr's historic journey to India in February-March 1959. The inspiration which Dr. King and other leaders of the American civil rights movement drew from Mahatma Gandhi is well known in [...] | 2009-02-12 12:51:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PTER PREL PINR KDEM IN |
09NEWDELHI274 | MEDIA REACTION: PAKISTAN, INDO-PAK [...] QPAKISTAN FALLS FLAT ON ITS FACEQ editorial in the February 13, 2009, Mumbai edition of left-of-center Marathi daily LOKSATTA. QAlthough PakistanQs Interior Minister has finally acknowledged that the Mumbai attacks were partly plotted on Pakistani soil, there are some expected twists in this [...] | 2009-02-13 10:35:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
09NEWDELHI278 | DALAI LAMA REQUESTS SECRETARY TO PROMOTE CALM IN [...] (C) Summary. In a February 13 farewell meeting, the Ambassador sought the Dalai Lama's views on the Secretary's upcoming visit to Beijing. The Dalai Lama underlined that neither Tibetan leaders nor the PRC would like a repeat of last year's violence. Consequently, he suggested the Secretary [...] | 2009-02-13 12:23:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREF PREL IN CH |
09NEWDELHI28 | INDIAN GROUPS PROTEST ISRAELI OFFENSIVE IN THE [...] (C) Summary: The Gaza strikes are emerging as a significant issue for some Muslim groups in India, who are raking up traditional anti-Israel rhetoric. Urdu media has been portraying the U.S. and Israel as enemies of Islam, stoking Muslim anger further and radical Islamic groups are gearing u [...] | 2009-01-07 13:56:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PTER PREL IS IN |
09NEWDELHI281 | DELHI WELCOMES PAKISTAN'S RESPONSE TO DOSSIER [...] (C) Summary: The Indian Government reacted positively to the much awaited official response from Pakistan to the dossier on the Mumbai terror attacks. Foreign Minister Mukherjee's recognition of the Pakistani response as a "positive development" was echoed by the Indian media and Post contact [...] | 2009-02-13 12:39:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PK IN |
09NEWDELHI282 | BHARAT BALLOT 09: A THAW IN CONGRESS-COMMUNIST [...] (C) Summary: Communist supremo Prakash Karat signaled that the Left parties could, under certain conditions, return to a coalition that includes the Congress Party. The Congress Party was quick to pick up the olive branch, saying it is ready to join hands with the Left parties to keep the B [...] | 2009-02-13 13:14:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR IN |
09NEWDELHI283 | INDIANS SEEK MODIFICATION OF AFGHAN RECONSTRUCTION [...] (C) Summary: While stressing that a complete overhaul is not necessary, Indian officials and experts on Afghanistan have expressed a clear desire for a change in approach to implementing Afghan reconstruction. India has been a significant contributor to Afghan reconstruction. Visits by Afgha [...] | 2009-02-13 13:18:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER EAID AF PK IN |
09NEWDELHI288 | INDIAN FOREIGN SECRETARY: “HUGE STAKE†IN SPECIAL [...] (C) Summary. In a meeting between Indian Foreign Secretary Shivshankar Menon and Special Representative Richard Holbrooke on February 16, Menon: -- stated that India "has a huge stake" in the Special Representative's success in his new role and promised to support Holbrooke's efforts publicly to al [...] | 2009-02-17 08:27:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER IN |
09NEWDELHI289 | MEDIA REACTION: INDIA-PAKISTAN RELATIONS/ WAR [...] "PAKISTAN4S CRISIS," editorial in the February 16 nationalist RASHTRIYA SAHARA Hindi daily: "Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari's saying that the Taliban is trying to take over Pakistan is not surprising. The Taliban and Al-Qaida are spreading terror with the aim of global jihad and their fir [...] | 2009-02-17 10:21:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
09NEWDELHI29 | MUKHERJEE SHARES CONCERN ABOUT SPECIAL ENVOY IN AMBASSADOR'S FAREWELL CALL [...] (S) SUMMARY. In Ambassador Mulford's January 7 farewell call on External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee, the Minister said he understood the seriousness of the error in releasing sensitive intelligence from the Mumbai terrorism investigations and pledged that the Ministry would not further diss [...] | 2009-01-07 14:13:00 | Embassy New Delhi | SECRET | PREL PGOV PTER MOPS PK TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG |
09NEWDELHI291 | ENGAGING STATES IN KOSOVO RECOGNITION: INDIA [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-17 12:35:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL AORC ICJ KV IN |
09NEWDELHI297 | MEDIA REACTION: PAKISTAN, AFGHANISTAN; NEW [...] "TALIBAN'S TRUCE WITH THE DEMON PAKISTAN" editorial in the February 18, 2009, Mumbai edition of centrist Marathi daily SAKAAL. "The Pakistani government's handshake with the Taliban is the worst piece of news for India and the global community. Pakistan's President Asif Zardari had earlier ex [...] | 2009-02-18 10:05:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
09NEWDELHI298 | BHARAT BALLOT 09: BJP SWINGS INTO ELECTION MODE, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) prime ministerial candidate L.K. Advani kicked off the party's 2009 national elections campaign unveiling the slogan, "If BJP wins, India wins." Advani heralded the BJP's terror-fighting and governance record, while attacking the United Progre [...] | 2009-02-18 11:15:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PTER PREL PINR KDEM IN |
09NEWDELHI309 | MEDIA REACTION: PAKISTAN, NEW ADMINISTRATION'S [...] "DEFEAT IN SWAT," editorial in the February 18 centrist NAVBHARAT TIMES Hindi daily: "Not even a week has passed since Pakistani president Asif Ali Zardari admitted that the Taliban has established sway over large parts of his country and aims to take it over entirely. Now we hear that Islamab [...] | 2009-02-19 09:56:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
09NEWDELHI317 | MEERA SHANKAR SLATED AS NEXT INDIAN ENVOY TO [...] (SBU) Media reported on February 19 that the GOI has selected the Indian Ambassador to Germany Meera Shankar as the next Indian Ambassador to Washington. The same stories also reported that MEA Special Secretary Sharat Sabharwal will go to Islamabad to replace Satyabrata Pal, who is due to [...] | 2009-02-19 13:20:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR IN |
09NEWDELHI319 | BOUCHER IN BHUTAN: VISIT EXPLORES WAYS TO [...] (SBU) Summary. The February 9-11 visit to Bhutan of Assistant Secretary Richard Boucher demonstrated continuing U.S. support for the tiny Himalayan kingdom. In meetings with the Prime Minister, the Minister of Economic Affairs, and the Fourth King, Boucher addressed Bhutan's peaceful transit [...] | 2009-02-20 05:46:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM PREF PREL IN BH |
09NEWDELHI33 | INDIAN READOUT ON CHINESE VICE FM HE YAFEI'S NEW [...] (C) SUMMARY: Chinese Vice Foreign Minister He Yafei visited New Delhi on January 5, where he met with FM Menon, FS Mukherjee, and NSA Narayanan as well as Deputy Chair of the Planning Commission Ahluwalia. Press coverage of the visit focused almost exclusively on discussion of the India-Paki [...] | 2009-01-08 09:00:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PK CH IN |
09NEWDELHI335 | MEDIA REACTION: PAKISTAN, WAR AGAINST TERRORISM; [...] "MEANING OF HOLBROOKE MISSION," op-ed in the February 22 right-of-center DAINIK JAGRAN Hindi daily by strategic affairs specialist K. Subrahmanyam: "The Pakistan army and its supporters have given three clear messages to the U.S. during the first step of Richard Holbrooke mission. They tried [...] | 2009-02-23 09:49:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
09NEWDELHI346 | MEDIA REACTION: PAKISTAN, INDO - PAK RELATIONS, [...] "TALIBAN IN PAKISTAN," editorial in the February 23 AMAR UJALA Hindi daily: "It is pretty evident from the ceasefire in Swat Valley that the Taliban is regaining strength in Pakistan. President Asif Ali Zardari's comments also underline Islamabad's helplessness in the face of the Taliban. The [...] | 2009-02-24 10:54:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
09NEWDELHI35 | MEDIA REACTION: INDIA-PAKISTAN RELATIONS, [...] "HERE'S THE PROOF," editorial in January 7 centrist NAVBHARAT TIMES: "Pakistan is a nuclear capable nation and no one wants a nuclear war. But there's a limit to taking atrocities lying down, and very soon India will reach that point of no return. If the world thinks India is not capable of la [...] | 2009-01-08 10:26:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
09NEWDELHI351 | MEDIA REACTION: PAKISTAN, INDIA-PAKISTAN [...] "PAKISTAN'S MILITARY WAR PLAN AND UNSTATELIKE CHARACTER", editorial in the February 23 right-of-center Urdu daily URDU TIMES, Mumbai: "It is of course not a concealed fact that the formation of terrorist outfits has always been a special ingredient of Pakistan's military strategies. Pakistan h [...] | 2009-02-25 10:05:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
09NEWDELHI354 | CICA SENIORS MEETING CALLS FOR MORE ACTION; TURKEY [...] (C) Summary. The February 18-20 Senior Officials Committee/Special Working Group meeting of the Conference on Interaction and Confidence Building Measures in Asia (CICA) included the usual litany of decisions taken on past agenda items and recommendations for future discussions, but was not [...] | 2009-02-25 12:04:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KZ TU IN |
09NEWDELHI359 | MEDIA REACTION: BANGLADESH, UNITED STATES, [...] "THE REBELLION IN BANGLADESH" editorial in the February 26, 2009, Mumbai edition of centrist Marathi daily SAKAAL. "In a land that has witnessed several rebellions in the recent past, the latest uprising of the Bangladesh Rifles (BR - paramilitary troops) is the most shameful in Bangladesh's [...] | 2009-02-26 10:35:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
09NEWDELHI365 | MEDIA REACTION: PAKISTAN/INDO-PAK RELATIONS, [...] "DISQUALIFICATION OF 'SHARIFS'", editorial in the February 26 right-of-center Urdu daily HINDUSTAN EXPRESS, New Delhi: "Every sane human being has a right to tell Pakistani rulers, judiciary and authorities that they should finally come to their senses and leave the path that leads to death an [...] | 2009-02-27 09:51:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
09NEWDELHI369 | DALAI LAMA SUCCESSION SPECULATION: MARCH 10 [...] (C) Summary. The February 25 Tibetan New Year (Losar) marks the beginning of a tense three-week prelude to March 10, the 50th anniversary of the failed 1959 uprising that led the Dalai Lama to flee China. Tibetan exiles in India have followed the lead of their compatriots in China and shunned [...] | 2009-02-27 12:49:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PREF IN CH |
09NEWDELHI378 | MEDIA REACTION: BANGLADESH, US [...] "DISTURBED NEIGHBORHOOD," editorial in February 28 right-of-center DAINIK JAGRAN Hindi daily: "It is easy for India to explain away the disturbed situation in neighboring Bangladesh as that country's own problem. But is it right for India to shirk its responsibility? Being the biggest country [...] | 2009-03-02 11:19:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
09NEWDELHI379 | BHARAT BALLOT 09: NATIONAL ELECTION DATES ANNOUNCED [...] (U) India will go to the polls between April 16 and May 13 to elect a new parliament and put in place a new government. The announcement was made on March 2 by the Indian Election Commission which released an election schedule with voting occurring in five phases beginning on April 16 and endin [...] | 2009-03-02 11:41:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PINR KDEM IN |
09NEWDELHI381 | FS MENON CALLS IN CHARGE ON SITUATION IN BANGLADESH [...] (C) Summary: Charge was called in by Foreign Secretary Menon on Saturday, February 28, to hear GOI concerns about the situation in Bangladesh. Menon said that while India was relieved that the rebellion by paramilitary troops appeared to be over, Delhi was worried that the Jamaat-e-Islami might [...] | 2009-03-02 11:46:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINS BG IN |
09NEWDELHI392 | MEDIA REACTION: TERRORIST FINANCING, INDIA- [...] "COASTAL SECURITY," editorial in March 2 DAINIK JAGRAN Hindi daily: "With the Mumbai terror attacks exposing the lack of coordination among security agencies, India has completely overhauled its coastal security apparatus and handed over the overall responsibility of maritime security to the [...] | 2009-03-03 10:02:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
09NEWDELHI395 | MUMBAI ATTACKS: GOI CHARGESHEET POINTS TO PAKISTAN [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-03 13:37:00 | Embassy New Delhi | SECRET | PGOV PREL PTER PK IN |
09NEWDELHI396 | GOI OPEN TO RECONSIDERING MONUC DECISION IF DRC [...] (C) Acting Deputy Chief of Mission Peter Kaestner met MEA United Nations-Political Division Joint Secretary Asit Bhattacharjee on March 3, 2009 regarding India's plans to withdraw its troops from the UN Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUC). Kaestner expressed the USG's gratitude [...] | 2009-03-03 14:58:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | CG IN PGOV PHUM PREL |
09NEWDELHI403 | BHARAT BALLOT 09: NATIONAL ELECTION PRIMER [...] (U) Summary: India will hold national elections in five stages from April 16 to May 13. Results will be announced on May 16. With an electorate of 714 million, the election will be the largest democratic undertaking in world history. Neither of the two largest parties, the currently ruling [...] | 2009-03-04 12:09:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR KDEM IN |
09NEWDELHI405 | INDIAN HOME MINISTER PLEDGES COUNTERTERRORISM COOPERATION TO FBI DIRECTOR MUELLER [...] (S/Noforn) Summary: In a March 3 meeting with FBI Director Robert Mueller, Indian Home Minister P. Chidambaram: -- thanked the FBI for assistance in the Mumbai terror attacks investigation and pledged to strengthen counterterrorism cooperation; -- expressed concern at the possibility of terrori [...] | 2009-03-04 13:12:00 | Embassy New Delhi | SECRET | PTER KJUS PGOV KCRM PINR PREL IN |
09NEWDELHI412 | INDIAN NSA SHARES DESIRE FOR COOPERATION WITH DIRECTOR MUELLER [...] (S) Summary. In a cordial March 3 meeting with FBI Director Robert Mueller, Indian National Security Advisor M.K. Narayanan: -- recognized the importance of the improved cooperation between the U.S. and India since November's terrorist attacks in Mumbai; -- identified Lashkar-e-Taiba as the number [...] | 2009-03-04 13:46:00 | Embassy New Delhi | SECRET | PTER KJUS PGOV KCRM PINR PREL IN |
09NEWDELHI413 | INDIAN FOREIGN MINISTER TO HOLBROOKE: WANT YOU TO [...] (C) In a February 16 meeting with Special Representative Richard Holbrooke and Ambassador Mulford, External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee, who is also acting Prime Minister, congratulated the United States on the election of President Obama. Mukherjee made the following points on U.S-Ind [...] | 2009-03-05 04:39:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER IN |
09NEWDELHI415 | INDIAN NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR TO SR HOLBROOKE: PAKISTAN [...] (C) In a February 16 meeting with Special Representative Richard Holbrooke, National Security Advisor M.K. Narayanan emphasized that Pakistan's relationship with India would be driven by the Pakistani military. Defense Secretary Vijay Singh, who also attended, noted that the Indian and Pakista [...] | 2009-03-05 06:24:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER IN |
09NEWDELHI417 | MEDIA REACTION: PAKISTAN-TERRORIST ATTACK ON SRI [...] "A BARBARIC ACT" editorial in March 5 Guwahati Assamese ASAMIYA PRATIDIN. "... The attack on the Sri Lankan cricketers has clearly demonstrated the inability of Pakistan's present regime to rein in the Taliban who are running a parallel government within its territory ... The world community n [...] | 2009-03-05 11:18:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
09NEWDELHI42 | MEDIA REACTION: INDIA-PAKISTAN RELATIONS, [...] No summary [...] | 2009-01-09 11:58:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
09NEWDELHI436 | MEDIA REACTION: PAKISTAN-TERRORISM; NEW DELHI. [...] "TROUBLED SOUTH ASIA", op-ed in March 5 DAINIK JAGRAN Hindi daily by foreign affairs columnist Vinay Kaura: "When Hasina won the elections, India celebrated. Today with the army crisis in Bangladesh, India grieves. Barely a year has passed and Pakistan democracy is already being questioned, pa [...] | 2009-03-06 10:34:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
09NEWDELHI438 | THE GIFT THAT KEEPS ON TAKING: GORSHKOV TROUBLES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Russia plans to charge India an additional $700 million dollars for the aircraft carrier Admiral Gorshkov, the most recent chapter in a saga of price hikes and scheduling delays that brings the price of the refurbished Soviet-era carrier to a whopping $2.9 billion, nearly three [...] | 2009-03-06 11:54:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV MOPS MARR RU IN |
09NEWDELHI441 | INDIAN FOREIGN SECRETARY MENON,S WASHINGTON VISIT: [...] (C) Summary. Indian Foreign Secretary Shiv Shankar Menon will travel to Washington March 9-11 at the invitation of Special Representative Holbrooke to provide India's input to our Afghanistan policy review. While in Washington, Menon will meet with Ambassador Holbrooke, the Deputy Secretary [...] | 2009-03-06 12:39:00 | Embassy New Delhi | SECRET | PREL PGOV PTER ABLD ECON OFDP IN |
09NEWDELHI442 | CORRECTED COPY: BHARAT BALLOT: NATIONAL ELECTION [...] (U) Corrected Copy: To revise seat distribution in paragraph 5. 2. (U) Summary: India will hold national elections in five stages from April 16 to May 13. Results will be announced on May 16. With an electorate of 714 million, the election will be the largest democratic undertaking [...] | 2009-03-09 05:28:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR KDEM IN |
09NEWDELHI447 | MEDIA REACTION: PAKISTAN, U.S. FOREIGN POLICY, [...] "BIG MISTAKE," op-ed in March 8 DAINIK JAGRAN Hindi daily by strategic affairs specialist K. Subrahmanyam: "The terrorist attack on the Lankan cricket team came as the biggest shock for Pakistanis. Pakistan is paying a heavy price for its mistake. The same terrorists whom it created and suppor [...] | 2009-03-09 10:59:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
09NEWDELHI451 | INDIAN VIEWS ON ENGAGING IRAN [...] (C) Summary: Indian experts on the Indo-Iranian relationship describe it as stable but somewhat shallow. It is nurtured by both sides simply to maintain a friendly partner in the region. Our contacts encouraged the U.S. to engage Iran bilaterally rather than use India or any other third party as [...] | 2009-03-09 12:34:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PTER EPET IR IS PK IN |
09NEWDELHI453 | OES ACTING ASSISTANT SECRETARY HARNISH ENGAGES GOVERNMENT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Oceans, Environment and Sciences Bureau (OES) OES Acting Assistant Secretary Reno Harnish lead a multi-stakeholder delegation to New Delhi to engage GOI ministries on the lessons learned from the 2008 Washington International Renewable Energy Conference (WIREC) in order to suppor [...] | 2009-03-11 06:16:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV ENRG PREL TSPL TRGY KSCA KGHG BEXP IN |
09NEWDELHI46 | CHIEF MINISTERS PLEDGE TO COMBAT TERROR [...] (C) SUMMARY: While Prime Minister Singh's charge at a January 6 meeting that Pakistan was complicit in the Mumbai attacks garnered most of the headlines, the Chief Ministers meeting was also an important first step in launching the new National Investigation Agency (NIA). Following passage [...] | 2009-01-09 12:33:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PREL PINR KDEM IN |
09NEWDELHI468 | MEDIA REACTION: PAKISTAN, CAMPAIGN AGAINST [...] "POLITICAL CRISIS IN PAKISTAN" editorial in the March 13 Guwahati Assamese ASAMIYA PRATIDIN. "... It seems Pakistan is heading for another military coup with the current political crisis deepening further ... The government's failure to curb the growing activities of the Taliban and the Al Qa [...] | 2009-03-13 11:28:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
09NEWDELHI470 | BHARAT BALLOT 09: CONGRESS PARTY POISED FOR [...] (SBU) Summary: Political observers expect the Congress Party to pick up 6-10 seats from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Rajasthan in the May 7 parliamentary elections. They see the Congress Party riding on momentum from its December 2008 win over the BJP in the state assembly elections, [...] | 2009-03-13 11:55:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR KDEM IN |
09NEWDELHI473 | INDIA REQUIRES U.S. PAY LANDING AND NAVIGATION [...] (SBU) This is an action request; please see paragraph 4. 2. (SBU) After 18 months, the Indian Ministry of External Affairs replied to reftel demarche with a diplomatic note (No.WII/113/7/2007, 6 March 2009) received March 11 stating that the Indian government only agreed to waive landing, p [...] | 2009-03-13 12:59:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR MASS KSEP PREL EAIR IN |
09NEWDELHI475 | MEDIA REACTION: PAKISTAN, U.S. FOREIGN POLICY; NEW [...] "PAKISTAN'S TRUE FACE," op-ed in March 13 DAINIK JAGRAN Hindi daily by editor Sanjay Gupta: "Musharraf's statements in New Delhi show clearly how much ill will this man harbors against India. When someone out of power can harbor such ill will, you can imagine what kind of mindset those in powe [...] | 2009-03-16 10:40:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
09NEWDELHI48 | MENON TOUGH ON PAKISTAN, BULLISH ON BILATERAL [...] (S) SUMMARY. Foreign Secretary Shivshankar Menon on January 8 discussed Pakistan and the bilateral relationship in the context of the U.S. political transition with visiting Assistant Secretary Richard Boucher and Ambassador Mulford. Boucher and Menon were in full agreement on the need to ensure th [...] | 2009-01-09 13:06:00 | Embassy New Delhi | SECRET | PREL PGOV PTER MOPS PK IN TSPL KNNP ETTC |
09NEWDELHI484 | BHARAT BALLOT 09: MAYAWATI HOPES TO DOMINATE UTTAR [...] (SBU) Summary: Caste combinations and identity politics, rather than development or governance are the key drivers as Uttar Pradesh (UP) heads into parliamentary elections in April-May. National issues appear to play little or no role in voting decisions. This poor, largely rural state of 185 [...] | 2009-03-17 07:23:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL SOCI PINR KISL IN |
09NEWDELHI489 | MEDIA REACTION: PAKISTAN, AFGHANISTAN; NEW [...] "HERE'S THE ANSWER," editorial in the March 16 nationalist RASHTRIYA SAHARA Hindi daily: "Pakistan sent 30 questions earlier in March on the Mumbai attack, and on Friday India gave 32 answers which included more than 400 pages in all, as well as CDs, intercepted voice recordings and voice logs [...] | 2009-03-17 10:15:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
09NEWDELHI503 | MEDIA REACTION: PAKISTAN, UNITED STATES OF [...] "PAKISTAN CRISIS," editorial in March 17 right-of- center DAINIK JAGRAN Hindi daily: "The crisis in Pakistan has blown over, at least for the time-being. Western countries, as well as India, may think it is all resolved, but the basic problem stays. President Zardari merely gave in to the publ [...] | 2009-03-18 10:25:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
09NEWDELHI507 | PUNJAB, AN EXAMPLE OF STATE OPPOSITION TO INDIA'S [...] (SBU) After the Mumbai attacks in November 2008, the Indian government moved quickly to establish a National Investigation Agency (NIA) to investigate and prosecute terrorism cases. The move stirred resistance from many states which view ceding power to a national agency as an infringement of [...] | 2009-03-18 11:38:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PTER PK IN |
09NEWDELHI508 | INDIA PLANNING TO ATTEND GLOBAL INITIATIVE [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered by fax ref A demarche March 3 and ref B demarche March 13 to Gaddam Dharmendra, formerly director and newly appointed Joint Secretary for Disarmament and International Security Affairs (DISA) at the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA). Second Secretary at the Embassy of [...] | 2009-03-18 13:22:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MCAPN PARM PINR PINS PREL PTER KGIC IN |
09NEWDELHI519 | MEDIA REACTION: PAKISTAN; NEW DELHI. [...] "ENCOURAGING SIGNS OF DEMOCRACY," op-ed in the March 18 right-of-center DAINIK JAGRAN Hindi daily by former diplomat and parliamentarian Kuldip Nayar: "That America is behind the Pakistan army is no secret. Washington has been cajoling, influencing and forcing Islamabad for the last 50 years t [...] | 2009-03-19 09:32:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
09NEWDELHI52 | MEDIA REACTION: INDIA-PAKISTAN RELATIONS, GAZA; [...] "DOES AJMAL KASAB DESERVE SYMPATHY?" editorial in the January 10, 2009, Mumbai edition of right-of-center Marathi daily SAAMNA. "Pakistan-based terrorists, the ones who wreaked havoc in Mumbai on 26/11, came with the definite purpose of full-scale mayhem and bloodshed. Similarly, the ones who [...] | 2009-01-12 11:07:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
09NEWDELHI522 | BILLION INDIAN VOICES: CONGRESS SET FOR GAINS IN [...] (SBU) Summary: The Congress Party appears poised for a comeback in Punjab with political observers projecting the party will pick up five to nine seats in the two phase parliamentary elections on May 7 and May 13. Just two years into the current state government's tenure, the inherently di [...] | 2009-03-19 10:41:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PTER PREL PINR KDEM IN |
09NEWDELHI528 | MEDIA REACTION: PAKISTAN, UNITED STATES, [...] "GOOD TERRORISTS, BAD TERRORISTS," op-ed article in March 19 right-of-center DAINIK JAGRAN Hindi daily by strategic expert Brahma Chellaney: "The Obama administration's strategy to separate a majority of insurgent commanders from the hard core of the Taliban is flawed. America is about to repe [...] | 2009-03-20 09:36:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
09NEWDELHI531 | PREYING MANTIS? NEW DELHI WEIGHS IN ON SAO DELAYS [...] (U) This is an action request for the Department; see paragraph 13 2. (SBU) Summary: This cable joins those of Missions Beijing (ref A),Moscow (ref B) and others to emphasize the serious burden the Visas Mantis Security Advisory Opinion (SAO) processing system has imposed on American busi [...] | 2009-03-20 12:14:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CMGT CVIS ECON PREL BEXP TSPA IN |
09NEWDELHI541 | RUSSIAN RECOGNITION OF ABKHAZIA AND SOUTH OSSETIA [...] (C) Post delivered reftel demarche to Director Negma Malik of the Eurasia division of the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) on March 17. Director Malik relayed to Poloff that she had delivered the nonpaper to the concerned individuals within MEA and that they are fully aware of the United St [...] | 2009-03-23 10:58:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MOPS PBTS GG RS IN |
09NEWDELHI543 | MEDIA REACTION: PAKISTAN, U.S./IRAN, TERRORISM [...] "AMERICA'S INAPPROPRIATE ADVICE," editorial in March 21 DAINIK JAGRAN Hindi daily: "The U.S. advice to India to pull back its troops from the Indo-Pakistan border is inappropriate. Islamabad projects to the U.S. that it cannot concentrate on fighting terrorists active on the Afghanistan border [...] | 2009-03-23 11:35:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
09NEWDELHI550 | MEDIA REACTION: PAKISTAN, U.S./IRAN; NEW DELHI. [...] "PAKISTAN ON LAHORE ATTACK," editorial in the March 23 RASHTRIYA SAHARA Hindi daily: "The Pakistan Home Minister's report on the attack on Lankan cricketers blames 'some foreign countries' for the strikes. It says militants based in Pakistan's South Waziristan tribal region may have been used [...] | 2009-03-24 11:24:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
09NEWDELHI558 | ASIAN DEVELOPMENT BANK SAFEGUARD POLICIES REVIEW: [...] (C) Post delivered reftel demarche to Ministry of Finance Joint Secretary for the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and World Bank, Govind Mohan on March 12. In a follow up meeting J/S Mohan stated that the government of India agrees with the United States' position that the proposed ADB requiremen [...] | 2009-03-24 12:39:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ETRD ECON EAID ADB IN |
09NEWDELHI559 | BHARAT BALLOT 2009: THE "OTHER" GANDHI FACES HATE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Varun Gandhi, until now the lesser-known grandson of Indira Gandhi and a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Lok Sabha aspirant, burst onto the national scene when an election campaign video caught him delivering anti-Muslim remarks. The video footage, played in a continuous loop on [...] | 2009-03-24 13:37:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PTER PREL PINR KDEM IN |
09NEWDELHI564 | MEDIA REACTION: PAKISTAN, U.S./IRAN; NEW DELHI. [...] "SAUDI ARABIA'S INTEREST IN PAKISTAN IS DUE TO THE BOMB," op-ed article by columnist Lata Raje in the March 25 centrist Marathi daily LOKMAT. "Saudi Arabia and Pakistan are close, and that is for specific reasons. They have had a deep strategic military relationship for decades. Pakistan has e [...] | 2009-03-25 09:49:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
09NEWDELHI577 | MEDIA REACTION: IRAQ, U.S.A.; NEW DELHI. [...] "IRAQ IN SEARCH OF PEACE," commentary in March 25 DAINIK JAGRAN Hindi daily by Vinay Kaura: "The U.S. military mission has completed six years in Iraq. Both the Iraqi people and the U.S. are battle-weary and fed up. The political scenario in Iraq is critical, with ethnic and sectarian power st [...] | 2009-03-26 10:59:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
09NEWDELHI578 | INDIA WAITING TO SEE WHICH BANGLADESH WILL EMERGE [...] (C) SUMMARY: India - Bangladesh relations are healthy and close in the wake of the December election of Sheikh Hasina's Awami League government. The violent Bangladeshi Rifles mutiny in early February did not shake the Government of India's confidence in Hasina, who is percieved to have handled th [...] | 2009-03-26 11:23:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IN BG |
09NEWDELHI588 | FOR LET, IT'S ALL IN THE TIMING [...] (S) Summary: Recent terrorist activity in Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) is in line with the annual increase in infiltrations during the spring thaw. The upcoming national elections may also be a factor in the increase. At least 17 militants and eight Indian soldiers were killed in a March 20 battle [...] | 2009-03-27 08:19:00 | Embassy New Delhi | SECRET | PGOV PREL PTER PK IN |
09NEWDELHI592 | MEDIA REACTION: U.S. FOREIGN POLICY, [...] "BRIGHT INITIATIVES OF BLACK U.S. PRESIDENT" op-ed article in the March 26 right-of-center Urdu daily RASHTRIYA SAHARA by staffer Asad Raza: "Obama is implementing his election campaign promises. The U.S. can regain the lost trust of the Muslim world by stopping its blind support to Israel, an [...] | 2009-03-27 10:03:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
09NEWDELHI593 | BHARAT BALLOT 09: MANMOHAN SINGH COMES OUT SWINGING [...] (SBU) Summary: At a rally this week to release the Congress Party's election manifesto, Prime Minister Singh attacked the Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) Prime Ministerial candidate L.K. Advani in unusually combative, personal terms. He described Advani as an "opportunist" and "unfit" to be Pr [...] | 2009-03-27 10:51:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL SOCI PINR IN |
09NEWDELHI594 | INDO-IRANIAN RELATIONSHIP: FORMER AMBASSADORS TO [...] (C) Summary: Five former Ambassadors to Iran now in Delhi recently shared with us their views on the current Indo-Iranian relationship. The Ambassadors were unanimous that the Indo-Iranian relationship is important to India primarily for energy security, but lacks depth. Bilateral ties - describ [...] | 2009-03-27 11:17:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV MNUC EPET IR PK IN |
09NEWDELHI6 | MEDIA REACTION: INDIA-PAKISTAN RELATIONS, [...] "SOFTENING OR ACTING?" editorial in January 1 nationalist RASHTRIYA SAHARA Hindi daily: "Pakistan's National Security Advisor Durrani's not ruling out that captured Mumbai militant Kasab is a Pakistani national indicates a softening in Pakistan's attitude. But, that's not without reason. Besid [...] | 2009-01-02 10:19:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
09NEWDELHI601 | SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION: PRESIDENT OBAMA'S [...] "TARGETING THE REAL PROBLEM," editorial in March 30 Centrist, nationally circulating, pro-Congress Party English daily THE HINDUSTAN TIMES: "There is no greater strategic threat to India than the struggle that today encompasses southern Afghanistan and, increasingly, swathes of northwestern Pa [...] | 2009-03-30 10:48:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
09NEWDELHI604 | BHARAT BALLOT 09: THE PERILS OF POLLING [...] (SBU) Summary: As India heads into the 2009 Lok Sabha (Lower House of Parliament) elections in April/May, Indian media outlets will release a torrent of election polls and public opinion surveys. In examining these polls, we will keep in mind that election polling in India is a notoriously un [...] | 2009-03-30 12:27:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR KDEM IN |
09NEWDELHI61 | MEDIA REACTION: INDIA-PAKISTAN RELATIONS, MIDDLE [...] "SHAMELESS STATEMENT," editorial in January 12 right- of-center DAINIK JAGRAN Hindi daily: "Drawing a parallel with the Israeli strikes in Gaza, Pakistan Prime Minister Yousaf Gilani has accused the international community of double standards saying that it was more concerned about the Mumbai [...] | 2009-01-13 11:24:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
09NEWDELHI612 | SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION: PRESIDENT OBAMA'S [...] "PUSH FORWARD," editorial in March 31 Centrist, Independent, nationally circulating THE TIMES OF INDIA English daily: "With the suicide bombing of a mosque...and the audacious assault on a police training centre... on the outskirts of Lahore, the Taliban-terrorist nexus has reimposed its warpe [...] | 2009-03-31 10:43:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
09NEWDELHI618 | AFGHANISTAN-PAKISTAN REVIEW PAPER DELIVERED IN [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-31 13:55:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV NATO MARR MOPS AF PK IN |
09NEWDELHI631 | ICJ ADVISORY OPINION ON KOSOVO'S INDEPENDENCE [...] (SBU) Embassy delivered reftel demarche to Ministry of External Affairs Director (Central Europe) Mr. Sevala Naik. Naik indicated that India has not yet decided whether it will file a brief with the International Court of Justice regarding the advisory opinion on Kosovo's independence. He rel [...] | 2009-04-01 10:57:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC PGOV PREL ICJ KVIR IN |
09NEWDELHI633 | MEDIA REACTION: PAKISTAN, AF-PAK STRATEGY, G-20 [...] "PAKISTAN HEADED TOWARD DESTRUCTION," editorial in March 31 DAINIK JAGRAN Hindi daily: "From the attack on the police academy in Lahore, it is clear where Pakistan is headed. Pakistan covertly supports terror, allowing blacklisted outfits to operate under different names. The U.S. knows this w [...] | 2009-04-01 11:13:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
09NEWDELHI637 | TOWARD A MEANINGFUL NATO-INDIA RELATIONSHIP [...] (S) SUMMARY. The primary goal of a strengthened NATO-Pakistan relationship must be to support our vital efforts in Afghanistan, and Post concurs that ref A's recommendations can help soothe Indo-Pak sensitivities. However, we should not assume India's automatic opposition to greater NATO enga [...] | 2009-04-01 14:40:00 | Embassy New Delhi | SECRET | PREL PGOV PTER MOPS PK IN |
09NEWDELHI646 | MEDIA REACTION: TERRORISM/LAHORE ATTACKS, [...] "LAHORE ATTACK," editorial in April 1 RASHTRIYA SAHARA Hindi daily: "The Lahore attack once again shows the extent to which the terrorists' writ runs in Pakistan... organizations like Al-Qaida and the Taliban are laboring to take full control of Pakistan. One can imagine the Pakistani people's [...] | 2009-04-02 09:55:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
09NEWDELHI647 | SCENESETTER FOR SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE HOLBROOKE [...] (C) Embassy New Delhi warmly welcomes you both back to India. Since your last visit, the political season has entered its final phase, with the political establishment fixated on elections in April-May that will deliver a new government in June. Despite hot campaign rhetoric and political tu [...] | 2009-04-02 10:33:00 | Embassy New Delhi | SECRET | PREL PGOV PTER ECON AF PK IN |
09NEWDELHI651 | INDIA TO APPROACH IRAN TO DISCUSS ROXANA SABERI'S [...] (C) Acting DCM met with Indian Ministry of External Affairs Joint-Secretary (Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iran Division) T.C.A. Raghavan on April 2 and, inter alia, delivered reftel points regarding the continued detention in Iran of Amcit Roxana Saberi. Raghavan acknowledged our concern, and in re [...] | 2009-04-02 12:56:00 | Embassy New Delhi | SECRET | PGOV PHUM PREL IR IN |
09NEWDELHI654 | DALAI LAMA URGES USG TO ADHERE TO HISTORIC U.S. [...] (C) Summary: In a March 30 meeting, the Charge d'Affaires solicited the Dalai Lama's views on the Tibet movement. This was the first meeting between a senior USG official and the Dalai Lama since March 10, the 50th anniversary of the Tibetan uprising and the Dalai Lama's escape to India in [...] | 2009-04-03 03:21:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREF PREL IN CH |
09NEWDELHI662 | MEDIA REACTION: TERRORISM/LAHORE ATTACKS, [...] "BLOOD ALL AROUND", editorial in April 2 right-of- center Urdu daily HAMARA SAMAJ: "As was expected, the conspiracy behind the terrorist attack on the police training academy in Lahore was unearthed. Baitullah Mehsood, the leader of the Taliban, was said to have owned up to the attacks in a co [...] | 2009-04-03 10:34:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
09NEWDELHI665 | BHARAT BALLOT 09: MOHAN BHAGWAT NEW RSS CHIEF [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) selected 59-year old Mohan Bhagwat as its new leader, replacing the 78-year old K.S. Sudarshan who stepped down citing health problems. Bhagwat is the youngest chief in RSS history and represents a "generational change" in the organizatio [...] | 2009-04-03 13:31:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PTER PREL PINR KDEM KIRF IN |
09NEWDELHI666 | AFGHANISTAN-PAKISTAN REVIEW WELL RECEIVED, SOME [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-03 13:32:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NATO MARR MOPS AF PK IN |
09NEWDELHI667 | INDIA FORWARD LEANING ON AFGHAN RECONSTRUCTION; [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-03 13:37:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID PGOV PREL PTER AF PK IR IN |
09NEWDELHI670 | MEDIA REACTION: U.S. FOREIGN POLICY, TERRORISM, [...] "OBAMA'S PAKISTAN POLICY" op-ed in April 5 DAINIK JAGRAN Hindi daily by strategic affairs specialist K. Subrahmanyam: "Now Pakistan will obtain U.S. aid only if it delivers against the Taliban. America is isolating Pakistan, putting together a 'contact group' and getting Muslim countries like [...] | 2009-04-06 12:27:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
09NEWDELHI674 | INDIAN RESPONSE TO NORTH KOREAN TAEPO-DONG 2 [...] (C) During his introductory April 6 meetings at the Foreign Ministry, Charge Burleigh delivered reftel points to Indian Foreign Secretary Shiv Shankar Menon and Joint Secretary Gaitri Kumar (Americas),providing both officials with copies of the White House statement. The Charge urged the G [...] | 2009-04-06 14:46:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM KNNP KN IN |
09NEWDELHI678 | MEDIA REACTION: NORTH KOREA, PAKISTAN/TERRORISM, [...] "ARBITRARY ACT" editorial in April 6 DAINIK JAGRAN Hindi daily: "The United Nations Security Council is obviously ineffective in checking North Korea. North Korea's desire to equip itself with weapons of mass destruction seems to be turning into an obsession. There is a need to find a permanen [...] | 2009-04-07 11:26:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
09NEWDELHI679 | SPECIAL MEDIA REPORT: INDIAN MEDIA COVERAGE OF [...] Following is the full text of a Press Trust of India (PTI) wire story that appeared in several leading English language dailies, including THE INDIAN EXPRESS, THE HINDU, THE ASIAN AGE and DECCAN HERALD: 2. (Begin text) DUBAI: Reaching out to the Muslim world, President Barack Obama on Monda [...] | 2009-04-07 11:36:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
09NEWDELHI684 | INDIA ANALYZES DOD REPORT ON CHINA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Indian Ministry of External Affairs Joint Sec retary for East Asia Vijay K. Gokhale received the Annual Report to Congress on Military Power of the People's Republic of China (Reftel) with clear interest. He expressed concern about China's opacity in terms of its budget and its i [...] | 2009-04-07 13:25:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PARM PM CH IN |
09NEWDELHI686 | BHARAT BALLOT 09: A MATTER OF COALITIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: The fragmentation of political power away from Delhi and the national parties to the states and regional parties means that no single party is capable of forming a national government by itself in India. With little more than a week to go before the start of the polling cycle [...] | 2009-04-07 14:59:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PINR KDEM IN |
09NEWDELHI690 | MEDIA REACTION: NORTH KOREA, G-20 SUMMIT, [...] "SECOND CRISIS," editorial in April 7 NAVBHARAT TIMES Hindi daily: "If North Korea's missile launch is not taken seriously, another crisis of the proportions of the global economic recession may start. The 6-nation dialogue to make North Korea halt its nuclear program is taking its own sweet t [...] | 2009-04-08 10:36:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
09NEWDELHI694 | BHARAT BALLOT 09: THE INDIAN RURAL VOTER [...] (SBU) Summary: It is conventional wisdom in India that the rural voter is more important than the urban voter, mainly because there are more than twice as many rural as urban residents in India and polling in recent years has indicated that rural voters are more likely to vote than urban voter [...] | 2009-04-09 10:19:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD EAGR PREL PGOV PTER IN |
09NEWDELHI698 | SPECIAL MEDIA REPORT: INDIAN MEDIA COVERAGE OF [...] "BARACK OBAMA AND ISLAM" editorial in April 8 right- of-center Urdu daily SIASAT: "President Barack Obama's significant remarks at the Turkish parliament indicate that he does not intend to repeat the follies of his predecessor George W. Bush, but rather establish a broader engagement with the [...] | 2009-04-09 11:02:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
09NEWDELHI699 | INDIA SCENESETTER FOR CODEL BERMAN [...] (SBU) Dear Chairman Berman and Delegation: Embassy New Delhi warmly welcomes you to India. Your visit coincides with a historically unprecedented level of U.S.-India collaboration encompassing everything from defense cooperation to agriculture and reflecting widespread support in both countr [...] | 2009-04-09 11:17:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PTER PREL PINR KDEM IN |
09NEWDELHI700 | MEDIA REACTION: U.S. FOREIGN POLICY, HOLBROOKE [...] "Obama's dream," editorial in April 9 Tamil daily DINAKARAN: "President Obama, during his tour of Europe, advocated that international pressure may be applied to change the mindset of countries engaged in nuclear weapon production. He reached out to the Muslim world with his goodwill message a [...] | 2009-04-09 11:19:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
09NEWDELHI705 | INDIA: PRESSING FORWARD WITH GPS, SATELLITE, MOON PROGRAMS [...] (U) SUMMARY: In an April 8 conversation, Shantanu Bhatawdekar, Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) Officer on Special Duty in New Delhi, updated ESTOff on personnel changes in ISRO, progress on GPS systems, upcoming satellite launches, moon mission cooperation, and the Bhuvan applicatio [...] | 2009-04-09 12:54:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TSPA TSPL TPHY SENV EAIR ANET PREL IN |
09NEWDELHI706 | FOREIGN MINISTRY WELCOMES NEW CHARGE D'AFFAIRES [...] (C) Summary: During a friendly April 6 tour d'horizon with Indian Foreign Secretary Shiv Shankar Menon, Charge d'Affaires Burleigh raised the "unfinished business" of the Civil Nuclear Cooperation Initiative and End-Use Monitoring, protested Indian tactics which have delayed construction of Mu [...] | 2009-04-09 13:49:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | AMGT KNNP PARM PREL SCUL IN PK |
09NEWDELHI708 | MEDIA REACTION: AFGHANISTAN- [...] "SHORTCOMINGS OF HOLBROOKE MISSION," op-ed article in April 12 DAINIK JAGRAN Hindi daily by strategic affairs specialist K. Subrahmanyam: "An Asia Society report on the Pakistan-Afghanistan region and U.S. Envoy Richard Holbrooke's mission is causing concern in India. There is fear that Holbro [...] | 2009-04-13 11:41:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
09NEWDELHI710 | BHARAT BALLOT 09: A VIEW FROM THE GROUND LEVEL [...] (SBU) Summary: As part of Embassy New Delhi's coverage of the 2009 Indian general elections, we will provide a series of reports from a rural constituency in Uttar Pradesh to give some feel for how the election looks from the ground level. Bulandshahr, a market town of 175,000 located 40 mil [...] | 2009-04-13 13:26:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PINR KDEM IN |
09NEWDELHI728 | MEDIA REACTION: UNREST IN THAILAND, [...] "UNREST IN THAILAND" editorial in April 14 independent Bengali daily ANANDABAZAR PATRIKA: "The cancellation of the ASEAN summit in Thailand due to anti-government unrest is unparalleled, even in the entire South East Asia... It will affect Thailand's credibility as a safe investment destinatio [...] | 2009-04-14 12:16:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
09NEWDELHI730 | BHARAT BALLOT 09: HIMACHAL POLITICS SPLIT THE [...] (U) Summary. Himachal Pradesh accounts for only four seats in the 543-member Lok Sabha, but given the neck-and-neck national race between the Congress Party and the Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP),every seat counts. Himachal voters, on average more educated and prosperous than other Indians, cas [...] | 2009-04-14 14:08:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR IN |
09NEWDELHI734 | MEDIA REACTION: PAKISTAN, NORTH KOREA; NEW [...] "PAKISTAN GIVING IN TO TALIBAN," editorial in the April 15 centrist Marathi daily SAKAAL. "Demonstrating a clear lack of will to challenge the Taliban, Pakistani president Asif Zardari has signed a regulation imposing Islamic law in the northwestern Swat valley as part of a deal to end Taliba [...] | 2009-04-15 11:09:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
09NEWDELHI74 | MEDIA REACTION: INDIA-PAKISTAN RELATIONS, MIDDLE [...] "WAR NOT AN OPTION," op-ed in the January 13 NAVBHARAT TIMES Hindi daily by Joginder Singh, former director of India's Central Bureau of Investigation: "Addressing chief ministers of Indian states, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh recently conceded that the defense mechanisms to thwart terror thr [...] | 2009-01-14 11:11:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
09NEWDELHI742 | INDIA'S INDEPENDENT POLICY AND THE EMERGING ASIAN [...] (SBU) Summary: India is struggling to find its way among the disjointed, multi-layered regional architecture which exists in Asia today. India's policy toward Asia remains largely ad-hoc, and India's primary goals in Asia appear to be to increase economic engagement and integration and to max [...] | 2009-04-15 15:38:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON ETRD IN |
09NEWDELHI743 | FOREIGN SECRETARY MENON ON END GAME IN SRI LANKA [...] (C) In an April 15 meeting, Indian Foreign Secretary Shivshankar Menon reviewed with Ambassador Burleigh the current state of Indo-Sri Lankan discussions as the conflict in northern Sri Lanka reaches a conclusion. Sri Lankan Foreign Minister Bogollagama was in New Delhi April 15 for meetings wit [...] | 2009-04-15 15:49:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PTER CE IN |
09NEWDELHI745 | SPECIAL MEDIA REPORT: INDIAN MEDIA COVERAGE OF [...] Following is the full text of another report in April 8 independent, centrist Eastern India based English language daily THE TELEGRAPH by Washington correspondent K.P. Nayar: 2. (BEGIN TEXT): Washington, April 7: The speech was delivered in Prague. But its echoes are being felt in New Delh [...] | 2009-04-16 04:37:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
09NEWDELHI746 | HOLBROOKE-MULLEN VISIT TO INDIA: OPINION LEADERS [...] (SBU) Senior Indian officials welcomed the new U.S. strategy for Afghanistan and Pakistan in a series of meetings in Delhi April 8 with visiting Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan Ambassador Richard Holbrooke and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Admiral Mike Mullen. (The [...] | 2009-04-16 05:28:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PTER MOPS PK IN |
09NEWDELHI747 | HOLBROOKE-MULLEN VISIT TO INDIA: AFGHAN POLICE [...] (C) In a series of high level meetings in Delhi April 8, Indian Officials told Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan Richard Holbrooke and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Admiral Mike Mullen that they were prepared to establish a major new Afghan police training program -- [...] | 2009-04-16 05:28:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER MOPS PK IN |
09NEWDELHI748 | HOLBROOKE-MULLEN VISIT TO INDIA: INDIA LIKES [...] (C) During their several high level meetings in Delhi April 8, Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan Richard Holbrooke and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Admiral Mike Mullen were told that India liked the U.S. strategy for Afghanistan and Pakistan thus far outlined -- and [...] | 2009-04-16 05:28:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER MOPS PK IN |
09NEWDELHI749 | HOLBROOKE-MULLEN VISIT TO INDIA: RECENT [...] (C) In each of the three important substantive meetings with Indian officials on April 8 (Foreign Secretary Menon, Ambassador S.K. Lambah, and National Security Advisor Narayanan),Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan Richard Holbrooke and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff A [...] | 2009-04-16 05:28:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER MOPS PK IN |
09NEWDELHI753 | FOREIGN SECRETARY MENON FLAGS CONCERNS ABOUT [...] (C) In an April 15 meeting, Indian Foreign Secretary Shivshankar Menon shared with Ambassador Burleigh his views on Bangladeshi instability following Menon's two-day visit to Dhaka on April 13-14. Menon characterized the situation there as ""fragile"" and said that following the late-February m [...] | 2009-04-16 10:55:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER BG IN |
09NEWDELHI754 | FOREIGN SECRETARY MENON SAYS KABILA LETTER [...] (C) In an April 15 meeting with Indian Foreign Secretary Menon, Ambassador Burleigh urged that the GOI reconsider its intention to withdraw Indian forces from UN Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUC),pointing to recent letter from President Kabila as evidence that the Congo [...] | 2009-04-16 10:56:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPKO UNSC CG IN |
09NEWDELHI755 | BHARAT BALLOT 2009: BJP PROMISES FREEBIES TO THE [...] (SBU) Summary: The Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) struck a populist tone with the release of the party's manifesto ahead of the April-May parliamentary elections. The BJP lays out a range of programs offering something for nearly everyone. The manifesto has its focus, however, on lifting those [...] | 2009-04-16 15:00:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PTER PREL PINR KDEM IN |
09NEWDELHI756 | SUBJECT: BHARAT BALLOT 09: INDIA GOES TO THE [...] Summary: (U) On April 16, Indian voters cast their ballots in 124 election districts across 17 states and territories in the first of five phases of parliamentary elections, thus marking the start of the biggest democratic exercise the world has ever seen. Polling in the first round was gene [...] | 2009-04-16 15:56:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PINR KDEM IN |
09NEWDELHI759 | MEDIA REACTION: WAR AGAINST TERROR, PAKISTAN, [...] "SAME FLAW IN NEW RULE," commentary in the April 15 Hindi daily DAINIK JAGRAN by S. Shankar. "President Barack Obama is making the same mistake over which he criticized Bush's policy -- continuing aid to Pakistan to control the Taliban. A major part of this aid is used by Pakistan against Indi [...] | 2009-04-17 10:12:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
09NEWDELHI769 | MEDIA REACTION: PAKISTAN, NORTH KOREA; NEW [...] "PAKISTAN WILL NEVER GET ON THE RIGHT TRACK," editorial in the April 16 DAINIK JAGRAN: "Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has firmly stated that the peace talks cannot be resumed unless Pakistan stops allowing anti- India terrorist activities on its soil and acts against the perpetrators of the M [...] | 2009-04-17 10:31:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
09NEWDELHI773 | BHARAT BALLOT 09: THE GHOST OF THE 1984 RIOTS HAUNTS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Congress Party on April 9 withdrew the nominations of Jagdish Tytler and Sajjan Kumar as candidates in the April-May Lok Sabha elections in response to outrage by Sikh activists that the candidates would not have to answer for their alleged roles in the 1984 anti-Sikh riots. [...] | 2009-04-17 13:48:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KDEM PREL IN |
09NEWDELHI777 | CHARGE BURLEIGH ENGAGES INDIAN SPECIAL ENVOY FOR CLIMATE [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 10. 2. (U) SUMMARY: In a wide-ranging meeting on April 14, 2009, Charge Burleigh discussed climate change, renewable energy, nuclear non-proliferation, and next steps for the Indo-U.S. Civil Nuclear Agreement with Indian Special Envoy fo [...] | 2009-04-20 06:02:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV TRGY PREL ECON KGHG IN |
09NEWDELHI779 | MEDIA REACTION: TERRORISM/PAKISTAN, US [...] "PAKISTAN GOVERNMENT'S SURRENDER," commentary in April 19 right-of-center Hindi daily DAINIK JAGRAN by strategic affairs expert K. Subrahmanyam: "By giving in to the demand to enforce Islamic law in Swat Valley and other tribal areas, Pakistani President Asif Zardari has indicated that Islamab [...] | 2009-04-20 11:27:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
09NEWDELHI780 | UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL ELECTION: INDIA WILL [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-20 11:49:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL IN |
09NEWDELHI782 | PRIME MINISTER DISCUSSES IRAN, AFGHANISTAN WITH [...] (SBU) Summary: In an April 17 meeting with Codel Berman, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh endorsed the Obama Administration's outreach to Iran, saying that a comprehensive dialogue will be more effective in changing Tehran's behavior than international sanctions. He urged the U.S. to stay the cou [...] | 2009-04-21 06:19:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER PARM TRGY KNNP EAGR ENRG EINV ETRD |
09NEWDELHI785 | MEDIA REACTION: PAKISTAN; NEW DELHI. [...] "SIGNALS FROM THE RED MOSQUE," editorial in the April 20 right of center DAINIK JAGRAN Hindi daily: "Pakistan's Red Mosque is again becoming a threat. With his release, the mosque's cleric Maulana Abdul Aziz has called for the imposition of Islamic rule in Pakistan. Pakistani hardliners are in [...] | 2009-04-21 11:30:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
09NEWDELHI788 | BHARAT BALLOT 09: DIVIDED LOYALTIES IN PEACEFUL [...] (SBU) Summary. National elections came off with very few problems in Jammu and Kashmir, one of seventeen states where voting occurred in the first phase. The most striking aspect of Jammu and Kashmir's election campaign was its ordinariness: voters focused on governance, roads, electricity [...] | 2009-04-21 12:56:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PREL KDEM PHUM KISL PK IN |
09NEWDELHI79 | KARZAI VISIT TO INDIA "SYMBOLIC" OF AFGHAN [...] (C) Summary: Afghan President Karzai met January 12-13 with Indian Prime Minister Singh to express solidarity with India in the aftermath of the Mumbai attacks and to discuss counterterrorism cooperation. The two leaders also lauded India's contributions to Afghan reconstruction, pledged to f [...] | 2009-01-14 12:43:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID EAGR PGOV PREL AF PK IN |
09NEWDELHI792 | MEDIA REACTION: PAKISTAN, CUBA; NEW DELHI. [...] "AMERICA'S AF-PAK POLICY DANGEROUS," op-ed article by foreign affairs columnist Lata Raje in April 22 centrist Marathi daily LOKMAT: "The U.S. is finding it difficult to contain the Taliban in Pakistan. Afghanistan claims that unless the terrorist hideouts on the Pakistani borders are destroye [...] | 2009-04-22 11:25:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
09NEWDELHI796 | U.S.-INDIAN RELATIONS: CLEARING THE BRUSH [...] SUMMARY: (SBU) In advance of the April 24 Interagency Meeting to discuss India policy, Mission offers its views on the next steps that should be taken to move the relationship forward in the near term. We are focused on high priority items whose resolution will lay the groundwork for a stronge [...] | 2009-04-22 12:12:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MASS ENRG EFIN CVIS AMGT IN |
09NEWDELHI797 | NSA NARAYANAN SHARES VIEWS ON SECURITY AND U.S. [...] (C) SUMMARY. National Security Advisor M.K. Narayanan described to a visiting congressional delegation led by Representative Howard Berman April 17 what he viewed as a genuine convergence of interests between India and the United States, as well as his concerns about Pakistan-based terrorism [...] | 2009-04-22 12:22:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER MOPS PK IN |
09NEWDELHI800 | BHARAT BALLOT 09: BULANDSHAHR TAKE TWO [...] (U) Summary: This is the second in a series of cables on Bulandshahr, a rural market-town of 175,000 two hours southeast of Delhi in the state of Uttar Pradesh (reftel). A series of one-day visits have given us an opportunity to observe the election campaign from the ground up, and to gauge t [...] | 2009-04-22 13:18:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL SOCI PINR KISL KDEM IN |
09NEWDELHI801 | BHARAT BALLOT 09: BJP ABOUT FACE ON NUCLEAR DEAL? [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-22 13:20:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PINR KDEM IN |
09NEWDELHI804 | CODEL BERMAN DISCUSSES BILATERAL, REGIONAL ISSUES [...] (C) Summary. In an April 17 meeting between Indian Foreign Secretary Shiv Shankar Menon and a U.S. congressional delegation led by Representative Howard Berman, the two sides discussed regional issues, including the new U.S. Afghanistan-Pakistan policy, terrorism, and Iran, as well as bilat [...] | 2009-04-22 13:56:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ENRG KGHG SENV IN |
09NEWDELHI805 | INDIA'S VIEWS ON NONPROLIFERATION [...] (C) SUMMARY. Indian officials and media have welcomed the new U.S. administration,s positions on non-proliferation issues, reciprocating by signaling a willingness to join with us in several areas to reduce the threat of weapons of mass destruction. The Prime Minister,s Special Envoy Shyam Sa [...] | 2009-04-22 14:23:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY IN |
09NEWDELHI808 | FOREIGN SECRETARY MENON CONFIRMS INDIA WILL KEEP [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-23 11:44:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KPKO UNSC CG IN |
09NEWDELHI809 | MEDIA REACTION: THE SRI LANKAN CRISIS, PAKISTAN, [...] "CRISIS STILL CONTINUES" editorial in April 23 Kolkata Bengali independent ANANDABAZAR PATRIKA. "The Manmohan Singh government is silent about the sufferings of the Tamils in Sri Lanka. While it considers the LTTE terrorists, it doesn't like to meddle in the internal affairs of its next-door [...] | 2009-04-23 12:29:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
09NEWDELHI813 | AVIATION FEES ISSUE IN INDIA: SEEK GUIDANCE FOR [...] This is an action request for the Department. Please see paragraph 3. 2. Post appreciates the Department's guidance to date on the issue of aviation-related fees for official USG aircraft and understands an interagency process is currently underway to provide further guidance on a global p [...] | 2009-04-23 13:28:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL MARR KMGT OTRA IN |
09NEWDELHI814 | INDIAN FOREIGN SECRETARY URGES COOPERATION ON SRI [...] (C) Charge met with Indian Foreign Secretary Shiv Shankar Menon April 23 for a discussion on the urgent humanitarian situation in Sri Lanka and its ramifications for India. Menon began the conversation by noting that External Affairs Minister Mukherjee had requested a telephone call to Secretary [...] | 2009-04-23 14:57:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM MOPS PREF ASEC CE IN |
09NEWDELHI815 | INDIAN FOREIGN SECRETARY SEES TACTICAL RETREAT BY [...] (C) Charge met April 23 with Indian Foreign Secretary Shiv Shankar Menon for talks which included the current standoff in Nepal between Prime Minister Dahal and Army chief Gen. Katawal. Menon said he believed the situation had been quite close to a disaster for Nepal as it would have taken [...] | 2009-04-23 14:58:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MOPS NP IN |
09NEWDELHI816 | BHARAT BALLOT 09: BJP ABOUT FACE ON NUCLEAR DEAL? [...] (C) Summary: In an interview with the Hindustan Times newspaper, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader L.K. Advani appears to have walked back some of his party's opposition to the U.S.-India civil nuclear deal. Instead of finding knee-jerk fault with the deal, he carefully pointed out the di [...] | 2009-04-23 15:16:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KDEM IN |
09NEWDELHI817 | BHARAT BALLOT 09: ROUND TWO OF INDIAN [...] Summary: (U) On April 23, Indian voters cast their ballots in 141 election districts across 13 states in the second of five phases of parliamentary elections. Polling in the second phase was mostly peaceful and smooth. Final turnout numbers were not available at COB, but turnout appeared to [...] | 2009-04-23 15:20:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PINR KDEM IN |
09NEWDELHI823 | MEDIA REACTION: PAKISTAN / TALIBAN, SRI LANKA [...] "WE TOO HAVE TO FIGHT THE TALIBAN," op-ed in April 23 right-of-center AMAR UJALA Hindi daily by columnist Kuldip Talwar: "The Pakistan government believes that the Sharia deal with the Taliban in the Swat Valley will strengthen peace in the country. The international community is, however, not [...] | 2009-04-24 11:15:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
09NEWDELHI829 | RAJAPAKSA PROMISES A PAUSE TO INDIAN ENVOYS [...] (C) On April 25, National Security Adviser M.K. Narayanan told Charge that Sri Lankan President Rajapaksa had agreed to announce on April 27 a cessation of hostilities with the LTTE. Narayanan, who had traveled with Foreign Secretary Shiv Shankar Menon to Colombo on April 24, related that he had p [...] | 2009-04-25 13:28:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM MOPS PREF ASEC IN |
09NEWDELHI844 | MEDIA REACTION: SRI LANKA UNREST, [...] "CLASH IN SRI LANKA," editorial in the April 25 right- of-center Urdu daily SIASAT: "The UN should concentrate on restoring normalcy in Sri Lanka. It should also make all out efforts to stop the military action. The Lanka government and LTTE rebels should be brought to the table for talks. If [...] | 2009-04-27 12:12:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
09NEWDELHI850 | MEDIA REACTION: SRI LANKA UNREST, TERRORISM; NEW [...] "CEASEFIRE OR TEMPORARY TRUCE?" editorial in April 28 centrist Marathi daily LOKMAT: "The temporary de- escalation of violence in Sri Lanka has come as a relief to many political parties in India.... What caused Sri Lanka to take this step? Did pressure from India play a role? Or did the centr [...] | 2009-04-28 11:05:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
09NEWDELHI855 | MEDIA REACTION: PAKISTAN, H1N1 FLU OUTBREAK [...] "TALIBAN'S HOLD OVER PAKISTAN," op-ed article by columnist R.R. Palsokar in April 29 centrist Marathi daily SAKAAL: "The conflict in Pakistan has various facets. First, political clashes between Asif Zardari's Pakistan People's Party and Nawaz Sharif's Muslim League are pulling the administrat [...] | 2009-04-29 12:33:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
09NEWDELHI860 | MGSF01: H1N1 FLU - INDIA'S RESPONSE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: At the close of business on April 29 in India, no cases of H1N1 infection in humans or livestock have been reported by the local press or government authorities. We expect India to achieve independent diagnostic capability within the next few days; CDC is providing technical as [...] | 2009-04-30 06:55:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KFLU AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL PINR |
09NEWDELHI861 | MEDIA REACTION: H1N1 FLU OUTBREAK, OBAMA's 100 [...] "FLU'S TERROR" editorial in April 30 right-of-center Gujarati daily GUJARAT SAMACHAR: "The World Health Organization's warning on the rapidly spreading flu is an indicator of the severity of this killer flu that has left more that 149 dead in Mexico.... As far as India is concerned, the gover [...] | 2009-04-30 11:18:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
09NEWDELHI863 | DEMOCRACY-IN-EXILE - TIBETANS DEBATE REFORM AMIDST [...] (C) Summary. Following the 50th anniversary of the Dalai Lama's escape to India, Tibetans now look toward their future and the implementation of further democratic reforms for the government-in-exile, the Central Tibetan Authority (CTA). While the exile community has the instruments of democra [...] | 2009-04-30 13:51:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL PREF CH IN |
09NEWDELHI864 | BHARAT BALLOT 09: ROUND THREE OF INDIAN [...] (U) Summary: On April 30, Indian voters cast their ballots in several states seen as key to the Hindu-nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) bid to win power from the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government. This is the third of five phases of parliamentary elections; p [...] | 2009-04-30 14:21:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PTER PREL PINR KDEM IN |
09NEWDELHI870 | END USE MONITORING: FINDING AN ACCEPTABLE TEXT [...] (U) This is an action request. See para 7. 2. (C) During the last several weeks, GOI officials have indicated a stronger interest in settling outstanding issues involving End Use Monitoring (EUM) language to be used in Letters of Agreement for defense sales. We see an opportunity to d [...] | 2009-05-01 11:07:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MASS IN |
09NEWDELHI873 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO BHUTAN RE KOSOVO'S MEMBERSHIP IN IMF [...] (SBU) Post delivered talking points contained in reftel to Tenxin Rondel Wangchuk, Counselor, at the Royal Bhutanese Embassy in New Delhi on May 1, 2009. Econoff informed Wangchuk of the importance of Bhutan's participation in the vote, even if Bhutan has not recognized Kosovo's independence. [...] | 2009-05-01 11:34:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PREL KV IN US BT |
09NEWDELHI875 | MEDIA REACTION: AFGHANISTAN, PAKISTAN, [...] "WHO WILL RULE KABUL?" oped in April 30 centrist DAINIK BHASKAR by foreign policy writer Ved Pratap Vaidik: "Presidential elections are due in Afghanistan on August 20. It is likely that President Karzai will win again. During Obama's campaign it seemed as if one of his first actions, if he wo [...] | 2009-05-01 12:22:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
09NEWDELHI876 | DELHI SAYS U.S. PRESSURE RESPONSIBLE FOR [...] (U) Indian press began reporting on 30 April that Pakistan was moving 6,000 troops from its border with India to fight the Taliban in the west. The reports are based on an April 29 New York Times article citing an unnamed Pakistani official. One report also cited satellite images that it cla [...] | 2009-05-01 12:50:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PTER PK IN |
09NEWDELHI877 | INDIA SELECTS HARDEEP SINGH PURI AS ITS NEW UN [...] (C) The GOI announced the selection of Hardeep Singh Puri on April 16 as the new Indian Permanent Representative to the United Nations. Puri replaces Nirupam Sen, who has served India as Permanent Representative since 2004, and was a dyed-in-the-wool Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) advocate who made coo [...] | 2009-05-01 12:57:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR IN |
09NEWDELHI879 | MGSF01: H1N1 FLU - UPDATE ON INDIA, BHUTAN'S RESPONSE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: India still reports no cases of H1N1 in people or livestock, notwithstanding greatly exaggerated press reports of a case in Hyderabad. The Government of India (GOI) continues preparations to deal with any potential outbreaks. Airport screening has begun, though procedures are v [...] | 2009-05-01 13:17:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KFLU AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL PINR |
09NEWDELHI88 | MEDIA REACTION: INDIA-PAKISTAN RELATIONS, MIDDLE [...] "NOW IS THE TIME TO REALLY COME TO THE POINT" editorial in the January 15, 2009, Mumbai edition of centrist Marathi daily SAKAAL. "It is commendable that India's Home minister P. Chidambaram spoke of the possibility of breaking off business, transport and tourist links with Pakistan and isola [...] | 2009-01-15 10:54:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
09NEWDELHI880 | BHARAT BALLOT 09: THE CONGRESS LOSES GROUND IN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Congress Party appears poised to win five to seven seats in Haryana parliamentary elections on May 7. Currently, they hold nine of Haryana's ten seats. Congress's strong development record and high economic growth rate -- together with the opposition Bharatiya Janata Part [...] | 2009-05-01 13:41:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PTER PREL PINR KDEM IN EAGR |
09NEWDELHI885 | MEDIA REACTION: STATE DEPARTMENT TERRORISM [...] "INCOMPLETE STUDY," editorial in the May 2 right-of- center Hindi daily DAINIK JAGRAN: "In its recent report on terrorism, the U.S. State Department has included India among the worst-hit countries in the world. But Pakistan does not figure in the list of countries whose governments support te [...] | 2009-05-04 11:17:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
09NEWDELHI886 | SPECIAL MEDIA REPORT: INDIAN MEDIA COVERAGE OF [...] President Obama's April 29 press conference generated widespread reporting in India the next day. The media highlighted his remark: "On the military side you're starting to see some recognition just in the last few days, that the obsession with India as the mortal threat to Pakistan has been m [...] | 2009-05-04 12:15:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
09NEWDELHI89 | INDIA TO ATTEND FIFTH GLOBAL INITIATIVE MEETING AT [...] No summary [...] | 2009-01-15 11:39:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PINR PINS PREL PTER KGIC IN |
09NEWDELHI891 | MEDIA REACTION: PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA'S 100 [...] "OBAMA'S CONFIDENT BEGINNING," op-ed article by columnist Rashmi Bhure in May 5 centrist Marathi daily SAKAAL: "It is commendable that despite being surrounded by multiple domestic challenges, President Obama has given precedence to foreign policy issues. He wants to regain America's lost supr [...] | 2009-05-05 13:19:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
09NEWDELHI904 | MEDIA REACTION: NEPAL, PAKISTAN; NEW DELHI. [...] "THE NEPAL PROBLEM," editorial in May 5 NAVBHARAT TIMES Hindi daily: "The army and the Maoists have been at loggerheads since the Maoist government of Prachanda came into power in Nepal. Prachanda was forced to fire the Army chief Katuwal because of the latter's insubordination. There is clear [...] | 2009-05-06 11:36:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
09NEWDELHI910 | BHARAT BALLOT 09: ELECTION BODY GETS NEW [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Former Power Ministry Secretary V.S. Sampath on April 21 assumed charge as one of three commissioners on India's Election Commission, following the retirement of Chief Election Commissioner N. Gopalaswami. Sampath is the junior member of India's three-member Election Commission [...] | 2009-05-06 12:49:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PTER PREL PINR KDEM IN |
09NEWDELHI913 | INDIAN FOREIGN SECRETARY URGES SPEEDY POLITICAL [...] (C) In a May 6 meeting with Foreign Secretary Shiv Shankar Menon, Charge sought the GOI's views on recent events in Nepal and suggestions for ways the U.S. and India could coordinate on responding to the political crisis. Menon explained that Prime Minister Dahal had been backed into a corn [...] | 2009-05-06 13:25:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MOPS PTER NP IN |
09NEWDELHI922 | MEDIA REACTION: NEPAL, H-1B VISA RESTRICTIONS, [...] "NEPAL RATTLED AGAIN" op-ed article in May 6 centrist NAVBHARAT TIMES Hindi daily: "China is quietly playing its anti-India games in Nepal. Beijing has for long been working on Nepal's leaders to shake off their leanings toward India. China's slow convincing seems to have worked, and it is evi [...] | 2009-05-07 09:46:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
09NEWDELHI924 | INDIA-IAEA: NEXT DIRECTOR GENERAL, SAFEGUARDS, [...] (C) SUMMARY. India will wait until the last moment to decide which candidate to support as the new IAEA Director General, according to Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) Joint Secretary for Disarmament and International Security Affairs (DISA) Gaddam Dharmendra. Dharmendra believed that Sout [...] | 2009-05-07 12:24:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM TSPL KNNP AORC ETTC IAEA ENRG TRGY |
09NEWDELHI925 | INDIA AND NONPROLIFERATION: REACTION TO CALL FOR [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 5. 2. (SBU) Indian media commentators have expressed concern with Assistant Secretary of State Rose Gottemoeller's May 5 opening statement at the third session of the Preparatory Committee for the 2010 Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) Revi [...] | 2009-05-07 13:09:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY IN |
09NEWDELHI927 | BHARAT BALLOT 09: INDIAN PARLIAMENTARY ELECTION [...] (U) Summary: The rolling Indian parliamentary election moved north as Indian voters cast their ballots in the fourth round of elections on May 7. In play were several key battleground states for the Congress Party-led United Progressive Alliance's attempt to stay in power. In this fourth of [...] | 2009-05-07 15:49:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PTER PREL PINR KDEM IN |
09NEWDELHI933 | BHARAT BALLOT 09: BATTLEFIELD BULANDSHAHR -- TAKE [...] (SBU) Summary: This is the third in a series of cables on Bulandshahr, a rural market town of 175,000 two hours southeast of Delhi in the state of Uttar Pradesh. On May 5th, two days before its parliamentary district went to the polls, PolOff and PolFSN ventured back to Bulandshahr to see how [...] | 2009-05-08 10:31:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PTER PREL PINR KDEM IN |
09NEWDELHI936 | MEDIA REACTION: PAKISTAN: TALIBAN INTERNAL [...] "FIGHTING THE ENEMY OF THE WORLD," editorial in May 8 centrist Marathi daily LOKMAT. "Pakistan is involved in one of the worst and most violent confrontations with the Taliban. This is the time when the Pakistani government needs the support of the entire global community. The leadership in Pa [...] | 2009-05-08 11:55:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
09NEWDELHI94 | INDIAN SKEPTICISM OF PAKISTAN PREVALENT DESPITE [...] No summary [...] | 2009-01-16 10:00:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PK IN |
09NEWDELHI943 | BHARAT BALLOT 09: CASTE AND PERSONALITY DOMINATE [...] No summary [...] | 2009-05-08 13:54:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR KDEM PTER IN |
09NEWDELHI944 | BHARAT BALLOT 2009: DELHI POLLS PEACEFUL, VOTER [...] (SBU) Summary: On May 7, the fourth phase of the election, PolOff and PolFSN visited several polling sites in three of the seven parliamentary districts in the Delhi Capital Territory (DCT). The voting process for the average voter seems to be orderly and well-established. Election day passed [...] | 2009-05-08 14:03:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PTER PREL PINR KDEM IN |
09NEWDELHI945 | CORRECTED COPY: BHARAT BALLOT 09: CASTE AND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. A visit to six constituencies in an arc along the western border of bellwether Uttar Pradesh revealed that caste, personality politics, and tactical voting dominate over national issues as the region went to the polls May 7. Results of all parliamentary contests across the cou [...] | 2009-05-08 14:07:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR KDEM PTER IN |
09NEWDELHI947 | MEDIA REACTION: INDO-PAK RELATIONS, TALIBAN / [...] "FRESH DIALOGUE WITH INDIA," editorial in the May 8 right-of-center Urdu daily SIASAT: "Pakistan today is in the grip of grave dangers both within and from outside. It is imperative for Pakistan to improve its ties with India. Who is behind enervating and destabilizing Pakistan? The needle of [...] | 2009-05-11 11:52:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
09NEWDELHI948 | SPECIAL MEDIA REPORT: INDIAN MEDIA COVERAGE OF U.S.- [...] The Xinhua news agency reported that India Sunday welcomed Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari's remarks that India is not a threat to Islamabad, saying it is a positive step towards a peace process between the two neighbors. "It is a positive step. It looks to be a positive step towards the [...] | 2009-05-12 05:59:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
09NEWDELHI95 | INDIAN SKEPTICISM OF PAKISTAN PREVALENT DESPITE [...] (U) Corrected copy - new text. 2. (C) Summary: India's initial reaction to Interior Minister of Pakistan Rehman Malik's January 15 statements on investigating the Mumbai attacks has been skeptical. Foreign Minister Mukherjee explicitly criticized the Pakistani government for bypassing dip [...] | 2009-01-16 11:21:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PK IN |
09NEWDELHI952 | MEDIA REACTION: PAKISTAN/TALIBAN; NEW DELHI. [...] "PAKISTAN'S WAR A SHAM," editorial in May 11 nationalist RASHTRIYA SAHARA Hindi daily: "Pakistan's rulers know very well that if U.S. aid is stopped even for a few months, the country could collapse. Zardari has, therefore, declared an open war against the Taliban to keep the U.S. in good humo [...] | 2009-05-12 11:24:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
09NEWDELHI960 | MAYAWATI DEPUTY FORESEES NO CHANGE IN INDIAN [...] (C) Summary: Shashank Shekhar, Cabinet Secretary to Uttar Pradesh (UP) Chief Minister Mayawati, told Ambassador Burleigh on May 4 that he foresees no change in Indian foreign policy should Mayawati become Prime Minister. He further commented that what little the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) lead [...] | 2009-05-13 11:44:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SOCI PINR KISL IN |
09NEWDELHI964 | MEDIA REACTION: PAKISTAN, AFGHANISTAN, INDO-PAK RELATIONS; NEW DELHI [...] "PAKISTAN ON COURSE CORRECTION," editorial in the May 12 right-of-centers DAINIK JAGRAN Hindi daily: "Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari recently conceded in Washington that India is not a threat to Pakistan. This does not, however, mean that Pakistan's Army necessarily subscribes to this vie [...] | 2009-05-13 12:03:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
09NEWDELHI967 | UK READOUT OF DES BROWNE (SPECIAL ENVOY FOR SRI [...] (C) Summary. UK Special Envoy for Sri Lanka Des Browne visited New Delhi May 6-7 to consult with Indian officials on possible collaboration on the humanitarian and political situation in Sri Lanka. Browne briefed diplomats on his view of the situation in Sri Lanka, and a UK High Commission coll [...] | 2009-05-13 13:51:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM MOPS CE UK IN |
09NEWDELHI968 | CHARGE'S CALL ON LEADER OF THE OPPOSITION L.K. [...] (SBU) Summary: Looking relaxed and confident, Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) prime ministerial candidate L.K. Advani told Charge that there would be continuity and strength in U.S.-India relations should a BJP-led government emerge after the national parliamentary elections currently underway. H [...] | 2009-05-13 14:18:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ENRG KGHG SENV IN |
09NEWDELHI969 | BHARAT BALLOT 09: INDIA'S MARATHON ELECTION [...] (U) Summary: Indian voters cast the final ballots in the country's marathon elections on May 13. In this fifth and final phase, polling took place in 86 constituencies across seven states and two territories. Voting was relatively peaceful with the exception of small skirmishes in West Beng [...] | 2009-05-13 15:00:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PTER PREL PINR KDEM IN |
09NEWDELHI98 | MEDIA REACTION: INDIA-PAKISTAN RELATIONS, U.S.- [...] "EXHAUSTED STRATEGIES..." op-ed article by columnist Ajay Lele in the January 16, 2009, Mumbai edition of centrist Marathi daily SAKAAL. "Terrorist Ajmal Kasab's arrest and interrogation is the only instance in which India has compelled Pakistan to admit Pakistani complicity in terrorist viol [...] | 2009-01-16 11:52:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
09NEWDELHI981 | BHARAT BALLOT 09: NO MAJOR CHANGES ANTICIPATED IN [...] (U) Summary: India's foreign policy is unlikely to change significantly, regardless of the outcome of the parliamentary elections. The political parties, with few exceptions, differ little in their approach to India's foreign policy. Such issues have not played a substantial role in the camp [...] | 2009-05-14 14:30:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PK IN |
09NEWDELHI982 | BHARAT BALLOT 09: INDIAN EXIT POLLS: NO CLEAR [...] (U) Polling in India's month-long election to choose a new parliament and form a new government ended at 5:00 pm on May 13. Immediately afterward, the hyperactive Indian electronic media began to furiously air exit polls that compiled results from all five phases of voting. TV coverage cont [...] | 2009-05-14 14:36:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PTER PREL PINR KDEM IN |
09NEWDELHI987 | BHARAT BALLOT 2009: UTTARAKHAND SUFFERING FROM [...] (SBU) Summary: PolOff and PolFSN traveled north to Uttarakhand on May 11 to assess the political landscape of this small state with five parliamentary seats up for grabs. In discussions with a mix of local journalists, academics, business leaders, and state civil servants, the themes that we h [...] | 2009-05-15 11:14:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PTER PREL PINR KDEM IN |
09NEWDELHI988 | BHARAT BALLOT 2009: MUSLIM VOTE DIVIDED IN [...] (SBU) Summary: PolOff and PolFSN traveled to western UP to visit five parliamentary districts where Muslims make up a large minority, and in some cases, the majority, of voters. These five districts voted on May 13, the final phase of the election for the Lok Sabha (the lower house of Parliamen [...] | 2009-05-15 11:15:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PTER PREL PINR KDEM IN |
09NEWDELHI990 | MEDIA REACTION: OBAMA 100 DAYS, SRI LANKA, [...] "OBAMA INITIATES TAX REFORMS TO CREATE JOBS" op-ed article by Ganesh Natrajan of NASSCOM in May 15 centrist Marathi daily SAKAAL: "The protectionist anti- outsourcing voice from the U.S. need not send shivers down the spines of Indian Business Process Outsourcing units (BPOs)and the IT sector. [...] | 2009-05-15 12:07:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
09NEWDELHI995 | BHARAT BALLOT 09: CHARGE DISCUSSES NATIONAL [...] (C) Summary: Charge d'Affaires Burleigh discussed the national elections with journalists, local politicians and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati's deputy during a visit to the state capital, Lucknow, on May 4. The journalists generally agreed that Mayawati's popularity has declined sinc [...] | 2009-05-15 13:40:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SOCI PINR KISL IN |
09NEWDELHI996 | INDIAN FOREIGN SECRETARY WEIGHS POST-CONFLICT [...] (C) Charge met with Indian Foreign Secretary Shiv Shankar Menon May 15 for a discussion on the urgent humanitarian situation in Sri Lanka. Menon acknowledged the dire situation and said that the fighting was more intense in the conflict zone, with higher casualty figures and more use of heavy we [...] | 2009-05-15 13:42:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM MOPS PREF CE IN |
09NEWDELHI997 | BHARAT BALLOT 09: TIGHT BATTLE IN RAJASTHAN [...] (SBU) Summary: While the race is close and tight in Rajasthan, the Congress Party is expected to pick up between 5-10 seats from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in parliamentary election. Polling was on May 7 and results will be declared on May 16. The Congress strategy was to pick strong [...] | 2009-05-15 14:05:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PINR KDEM IN |
09NEWDELHI998 | BHARAT BALLOT 09: JAI HO! CONGRESS PARTY WINS [...] (U) Please note that the numbers in this cable are all approximate, based on the latest media reports of vote count in progress. The actual results may vary slightly but we do not expect any major changes. The Election Commission will certify the final results on Monday, May 18. 2. (C) Su [...] | 2009-05-16 13:33:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SOCI PINR KDEM IN |
09NIAMEY100 | NIGER HOSTS INAUGURAL CEN-SAD GAMES (FEBRUARY 4-14, 2009) [...] Summary. Approximately 3000 young athletes and/or artists from 19 African states basked in the eleven days of sports and cultural diversity competition that unfolded at the inaugural Community of Sahel and Saharan States (CEN-SAD) Games in Niamey. Nigerien President Mamadou Tandja and Prime M [...] | 2009-02-19 14:44:00 | Embassy Niamey | UNCLASSIFIED | SCUL PREL SOCI XA NG |
09NIAMEY1005 | Niger: ECOWAS MEDIATOR AND GON PRIME MINISTER OPEN THE [...] Summary: On December 21, Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Mediator, Abdulsalami Abubakar, and Government of Niger (GON) Prime Minister (PM) Ali Badjo Gamatie, co-presided over the opening ceremony of the Inter-Nigerien Political Dialogue (INPD). The aim of the INPD is to arr [...] | 2009-12-22 08:10:00 | Embassy Niamey | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL KDEM SOCI PHUM NG XY |
09NIAMEY1009 | Niger: Government Delegation Walks out of Political Talks [...] On December 22, the Economic Commission of West African States (ECOWAS) issued a statement at its headquarters in Abuja regarding the end of President Tandja's term in office under the 1999 Constitution, subsequently superseded by the disputed August 4 referendum's new constitution. In the sta [...] | 2009-12-23 18:26:00 | Embassy Niamey | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL KDEM SOCI PHUM NG |
09NIAMEY1011 | Niger: Government Returns to Negotiation Table [...] On December 23, during the state television evening news broadcast, the Minister of Communication and Government Spokesperson read a Government of Niger (GON) statement about recent developments in the Inter-Nigerien Political Dialogue (INPD). Following are highlights of the statement: (Beg [...] | 2009-12-24 11:06:00 | Embassy Niamey | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL KDEM SOCI PHUM NG |
09NIAMEY1013 | NIGER: POSITION PAPERS REQUESTED; WARRANTS [...] (U) Summary. The ECOWAS Mediator for the Niger political crisis requested a meeting with Ambassador Allen on the evening of December 24 to provide an update on the negotiations between the Government of Niger (GON) and Opposition. The Mediator requested both negotiation teams to prepare a po [...] | 2009-12-28 07:50:00 | Embassy Niamey | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM SOCI NG |
09NIAMEY1018 | Niger: Saudis Ambushed, Killed Near Mali Border [...] (U) Summary: Unknown assailants ambushed a Saudi hunting party in western Niger near the Malian border on December 28 during early morning prayers, killing at least three and wounding three others. The Government of Niger (GON) has deplored the "barbaric act" and the Saudi Arabian Government h [...] | 2009-12-29 18:18:00 | Embassy Niamey | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER ASEC PREL PGOV CASC SA NG |
09NIAMEY1023 | NIGER: DEMOCRACY ACTIVIST, IVLP PARTICIPANT THANKS [...] (C/NF) Summary: PAO met with Marou Amadou, a leading Nigerien pro-democracy advocate, for a December 28 out-briefing to prepare for his upcoming participation in an International Visitor Program (IVLP). During the meeting, Amadou shared his view that the current Nigerien administration would [...] | 2009-12-31 09:32:00 | Embassy Niamey | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV KDEM PHUM SOCI PREL NG |
09NIAMEY1025 | NIGER: OPPOSITION LEADERS BRIEF AMBASSADOR ON [...] (C) Summary: On December 30, Opposition leaders briefed Ambassador Allen of their proposal for a way out from Niger's political standoff. The proposal calls for a return to the 1999 Constitution; the formation of a transitional political body; the consensual drafting of a new constitution, e [...] | 2009-12-31 14:13:00 | Embassy Niamey | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PREL SOCIA PHUM US NG |
09NIAMEY109 | GON OPENS PEACE AND SECURITY FORUM ON NORTH [...] On February 25, the Government of Niger (GON) opened the two-day "Forum on Peace and Security" at the Hotel Tenere in Niamey under the auspices of the Ministry of Interior and the High Commissioner for the Restoration of Peace. DCM and Pol Specialist attended the opening session, which roughly [...] | 2009-02-26 08:20:00 | Embassy Niamey | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL SOCI PHUM SCUL PINR PTER ML NG |
09NIAMEY110 | NIGER-BURKINA FASO CONCUR ON TERMS OF REFERRAL OF BORDER [...] On February 23-24, Government of Niger (GON) and Government of Burkina Faso foreign ministers, experts, local authorities, and community leaders met in Niamey to finalize the "Projet de Compromis Commun de Saisine de la Haute Cour de Justice" (Joint Consensus Project for Referral to the Intern [...] | 2009-02-27 14:11:00 | Embassy Niamey | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PBTS ECIN PGOV SOCI ICJ UV NG BN |
09NIAMEY118 | NIGER DECLINES INVITATION TO PARTICIPATE IN DMI CONFERENCE [...] (SBU) On February 26, Embassy Niamey received Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation diplomatic note number 1322, dated February 25, from its Division of Military Cooperation: (Begin text) (complimentary opening) ...and, in reference to the Embassy Diplomatic Note No. 015 dated Feb [...] | 2009-03-04 13:20:00 | Embassy Niamey | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR MASS PREL MCAP PGOV US NG |
09NIAMEY165 | NIGER: AFRICAN UNION CHAIRMAN QADHAFI STOPOVER MORPHS INTO [...] (SBU) Summary. African Union (AU) Chairman Muammar al- Qadhafi's March 12 stopover in Niamey concluded three days later, March 15. Government of Niger (GON) President Mamadou Tandja praised Qadhafi for the delivery of six former hostages previously held by Mouvement des Nigeriens Pour la Justi [...] | 2009-03-17 12:02:00 | Embassy Niamey | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KDEM PGOV SOCI AU LY NG |
09NIAMEY211 | NIGER: UNDP, DONORS DISCUSS SUPPORT FOR NIGER'S 2009 [...] (SBU) Summary: During a March 18 meeting for development partners, GON officials, and civil society representatives, discussion focused on the nearly complete voter registration process, the prospect that this and delays in forming the CENI would delay local elections anticipated for June 30, [...] | 2009-03-26 06:20:00 | Embassy Niamey | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM SOCI PHUM PREL NG |
09NIAMEY214 | NIGER: POL/ECON UPDATE FOR MARCH 2009 [...] The following is an Embassy Niger compilation of political and economic highlights for March 2009 not otherwise covered in mission reporting. This report covers the following issues: -- President Sarkozy to Visit Niger Briefly on March 27; -- Civil Society Demonstrations Occur on March 21 & [...] | 2009-03-27 06:17:00 | Embassy Niamey | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM SOCI SCUL KISL TBIO FR NG |
09NIAMEY223 | NIGER: GON DETENTION OF SWISS NATIONALS REVEALED [...] (SBU) On April 1, Ursula Funk (protect),a Swiss national heading the Swiss Cooperation Office, advised CDA at an evening reception for newly accredited, Abuja-based Swiss Ambassador Baum, that Nigerien security forces had detained four Swiss nationals in February 2009 in Dirkou. Dirkou, loca [...] | 2009-04-03 08:53:00 | Embassy Niamey | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PGOV PREL PTER PINR PINS SZ ML NG |
09NIAMEY235 | GON DELEGATION PARTICIPATES IN PEACE TALKS WITH TUAREGS IN [...] (SBU) Despite long-held refusals to negotiate with rebel Tuareg groups, including most notably the Mouvement Nigerien pour la Justice - MNJ, the Government of Niger (GON) recently sent a high-level delegation to engage in talks in Tripoli, with the first sessions of talks taking place on April [...] | 2009-04-06 16:14:00 | Embassy Niamey | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SOCI PREL PHUM PINR PINS PTER NG |
09NIAMEY327 | NIGER VOTES "YES" ON KOSOVO IMF/IBRD MEMBERSHIP [...] Minister of the Economy and Finance Ali Mahamane Lamine Zeine, Niger's Governor to the IMF and World Bank, advised post on May 5 that the Government of Niger had cast an affirmative vote for the Republic of Kosovo to accede to both organizations. 2. Minister Zeine, who had been away from Nia [...] | 2009-05-06 06:14:00 | Embassy Niamey | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL EAID EFIN ECON AORC KV NG |
09NIAMEY344 | NIGER: FOREIGN MINISTER CONVOKES DIPLOMATIC CORPS [...] Summary. On May 12, Government of Niger (GON) Foreign Minister (FM) Aichatou Mindaoudou convoked the diplomatic corps ambassadors and international organizations' resident representatives to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) to elaborate on President Tandja's call for a referendum. She s [...] | 2009-05-13 15:15:00 | Embassy Niamey | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PREL SOCI EAID NG |
09NIAMEY353 | NIGER: GOVERNMENT OF NIGER (GON) DISTRIBUTES [...] Summary. ----------- The GON Ministry of Foreign Affairs transmitted to Embassy Niamey via diplomatic note the official timetable and budget requirements for the local, legislative and Presidential elections to be held in the Republic of Niger in calendar year 2009. The diplomatic note speci [...] | 2009-05-15 16:18:00 | Embassy Niamey | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV SOCI KDEM NG |
09NIAMEY368 | NIGER VOTES "YES" ON KOSOVO IBRD/IDA/IFC MEMBERSHIP [...] Minister of the Economy and Finance Ali Mahamane Lamine Zeine, Niger's Governor to the IMF and World Bank, advised post on May 19 that the Government of Niger had cast an affirmative vote on May 7 for the Republic of Kosovo to accede to the IBRD (World Bank),International Development Associati [...] | 2009-05-21 06:23:00 | Embassy Niamey | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL EAID EFIN ECON AORC KV NG |
09NIAMEY371 | NIGER'S EXTRACTIVE INDUSTRIES TRANSPARENCY INITIATIVE: SLOW [...] SUMMARY: Niger was admitted as an EITI candidate country in September 2007, but has yet to publish a public accounting of government revenues from mining and other extractive industries. Niger's EITI Coordinator expresses confidence that an initial reconciliation will be published in June base [...] | 2009-05-21 11:52:00 | Embassy Niamey | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON ENRG EMIN EPET PGOV PREL NG |
09NIAMEY374 | NIGER: POL/ECON UPDATE FOR APRIL 2009 [...] The following is an Embassy Niger compilation of political and economic highlights for April 2009 not otherwise covered in mission reporting. This report covers the following issues: -- First Woman Appointed to National Assembly VP; -- Council of Ministers Seeks Parliamentary Reimbursements; [...] | 2009-05-26 13:34:00 | Embassy Niamey | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM SOCI EIND KDEM EPET EAIR ECON ELAB |
09NIAMEY381 | NIGER: DEMARCHE ON PRESIDENT TANDJA ON THE [...] (C) Summary. On Wednesday, May 27 at 11h00, I demarched Government of Niger (GON) President Mamadou Tandja as outlined (ref a). He listened intently to the points delivered in favor of democracy and stability, but remained steadfast in his intent to proceed with a referendum to the people. [...] | 2009-05-27 16:13:00 | Embassy Niamey | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SOCI KDEM NG |
09NIAMEY386 | NIGER: MINISTER OF FINANCE HOLDS MEETING OF DONOR [...] (U) On the afternoon of May 27, Government of Niger (GON) MOF Lamine Zeine's office contacted donor partners to request their representation at a meeting the minister had decided to hold at 17h00. A U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) employee represented Embassy Niamey; three Mi [...] | 2009-05-28 21:31:00 | Embassy Niamey | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV SOCI KDEM NG |
09NIAMEY407 | Niger: Anti-Referendum Consortium Leaders Request U.S. [...] (SBU) On June 1, Ambassador Allen received a letter from the Front for the Defense of Democracy (FDD),an anti-referendum consortium (ref b),requesting that she as "Dean of the Diplomatic Corps" facilitate a meeting with the diplomatic corps to discuss the political, social and economic situat [...] | 2009-06-02 11:08:00 | Embassy Niamey | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM PREL SOCI NG |
09NIAMEY415 | NIAMEY VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION WATCHLIST NOMINATION [...] (SBU) On May 19, 2009, Post received an application for a non-immigrant visa from Egyptian national Abdel Wahed Mohamed Ali Mahmoud AWAD, born in Sohad, Egypt on 03 February 1956. His passport #1643595 was issued in Sohag, Egypt on 16 January 2007. He is married to Amcit Kristina Lasley, with [...] | 2009-06-04 06:22:00 | Embassy Niamey | CONFIDENTIAL | KVPR CVIS PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL NG |
09NIAMEY439 | Ambassador Meets with Nigeria's ChargQ d'Affaires [...] (C) Summary: On June 9, Ambassador Allen and Political Officer (notetaker) met with Muhammad Sani Yunusa, Nigeria's ChargQ d'Affaires (CDA),to obtain his views on the ongoing political developments in Niger. (Note: The Government of Nigeria has had a CDA in Niger for the last 18 months; a ne [...] | 2009-06-10 06:57:00 | Embassy Niamey | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PREL SOCI NG |
09NIAMEY45 | NIGER: MOTION OF "NO CONFIDENCE" AGAINST PRIME MINISTER AND [...] (U) Summary: During the ongoing extraordinary session of the National Assembly that started on January 20, several majority party (Mouvement National pour la Societe de Developpement aka MNSD) deputies filed a motion of "no confidence" against the Government of Niger. On January 29, Niger's M [...] | 2009-01-30 13:13:00 | Embassy Niamey | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM SOCI NG |
09NIAMEY455 | NIAMEY VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION WATCHLIST NOMINATION [...] (SBU) On May 19, 2009, Post received an application for a non-immigrant visa from Egyptian national Abdel Wahed Mohamed Ali Mahmoud AWAD, born in Sohad, Egypt on 03 February 1956. His passport #1643595 was issued in Sohag, Egypt on 16 January 2007. He is married to Amcit Kristina Lasley, with [...] | 2009-06-16 07:36:00 | Embassy Niamey | CONFIDENTIAL | KVPR CVIS PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL NG |
09NIAMEY462 | NIGER: DEMARCHE DELIVERED: 2009 TIP Report [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-18 14:04:00 | Embassy Niamey | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTIP ELAB KWMN PGOV PREL SMIG NG |
09NIAMEY467 | WORKING LUNCH WITH FRENCH AMBASSADOR TO DISCUSS [...] (C) Summary. On June 24, French Ambassador Alain Holleville and I discussed the political environment in Niger, notably the Government of Niger's (GON) posture after the June 12, 2009 Constitutional Court ruling that President Tandja's proposed constitutional referendum is not in conformity w [...] | 2009-06-25 11:30:00 | Embassy Niamey | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM SOCI NG |
09NIAMEY477 | Niger President Requests Constitutional Court to Retract [...] (U) Summary. Government of Niger (GON) Spokesperson Ben Omar appeared on the June 24 Tele-Sahel evening news broadcast on behalf of GON President Mamadou Tandja to announce Tandja's request that the Constitutional Court retract its June 12 ruling that declared unconstitutional Tandja's propose [...] | 2009-06-26 11:19:00 | Embassy Niamey | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KDEM SOCI PREL NG |
09NIAMEY479 | CDS Party Withdraws from Government; Labor Unions Stage [...] On June 25, the Democratic and Social Convention (CDS) party, the second largest party of Niger's ruling coalition, announced that it would withdraw its eight ministers from the 31-member cabinet. This move comes in response to President Tandja's June 24 request that the Constitutional Court r [...] | 2009-06-29 06:07:00 | Embassy Niamey | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KDEM SOCI PREL NG |
09NIAMEY484 | President Tandja Assumes Emergency Powers, Opposition Calls [...] (U) Summary: On June 26, President Mamadou Tandja announced he would assume emergency powers and rule by decree. This came on the heels of the June 26 re-assertion by the Constitutional Court of the illegality of a proposed constitutional referendum to permit President Tandja to remain in pow [...] | 2009-06-29 12:58:00 | Embassy Niamey | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM SOCI PREL NG |
09NIAMEY492 | President Tandja Dissolves Constitutional Court, Names New [...] (SBU) Summary: On June 29, President Tandja dissolved the Constitutional Court, named eight new ministers, and had an opposition civil society group leader arrested for alleged inciting security and military forces not to obey unlawful orders. The armed forces' spokesperson, in a message on s [...] | 2009-06-30 14:20:00 | Embassy Niamey | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM SOCI PREL NG |
09NIAMEY495 | Niger: Police Detain Opposition Party President; FDD Holds [...] (SBU) On June 30, police temporarily detained and questioned Mahamadou Issoufou, President of the Niger Party for Democracy and Socialism (PNDS),the main opposition party. Reports indicated that several hundred supporters of Issoufou assembled outside the gendarmerie headquarters where he was [...] | 2009-07-01 16:23:00 | Embassy Niamey | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM SOCI PREL NG |
09NIAMEY503 | President Tandja Names New Constitutional Court, Sets Date [...] On July 2, President Mamadou Tandja signed a decree appointing both the president and members of a reconstituted Constitutional Court. This falls subsequent to actions taken on June 29, when President Tandja issued a decree dissolving the Constitutional Court and suspending relevant constituti [...] | 2009-07-06 13:57:00 | Embassy Niamey | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KDEM SOCI PREL NG |
09NIAMEY531 | Niger: UN-AU-ECOWAS Delegation Meets GON Officials, [...] Summary: On July 20-21, a joint UN-AU-ECOWAS delegation met with President Tandja, PM Oumarou, political party leaders, civil society, and labor union heads in an attempt to defuse the ongoing political crisis. All meetings took place behind closed doors; President Tandja subsequently declare [...] | 2009-07-22 20:53:00 | Embassy Niamey | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL KDEM SOCI AORC UN AU ECOWAS NG |
09NIAMEY551 | SINO-NIGERIEN COOPERATION; PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA (PRC) [...] Summary. Le Sahel (the state newspaper) prominently featured reports on the Sino-Nigerien and Sino-African partnerships this past week. Journalist Saidou Daoura filed a front-page image of Beijing with the headline "The Marvels of the Middle Empire" together with a two-page story and a full-p [...] | 2009-07-30 17:07:00 | Embassy Niamey | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ECON PGOV SOCI CH KN JA NG |
09NIAMEY557 | Niger: Court Issues International Arrest Warrant for [...] On July 29, Niamey media reported that the Tribunal of Niamey had issued an international warrant for the arrest of former prime minister Hama Amadou on charges of "illicit enrichment" and money laundering in the amount of US$30 million (15 billion CFA),including US$1 million (500 million CFA) [...] | 2009-08-01 07:23:00 | Embassy Niamey | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL SOCI KCRP PHUM NG |
09NIAMEY56 | NIGER: "No Confidence" Vote Against Prime Minister [...] On January 31, the 12 National Assembly deputies who issued a motion of "no confidence" against Prime Minister Seini Oumarou's cabinet withdrew their motion (reftel). During preliminary discussions in the plenary, Moumouni Djermakoye, a senior member of the National Assembly, raised an interlo [...] | 2009-02-03 16:33:00 | Embassy Niamey | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL KDEM SOCI NG |
09NIAMEY57 | NIGER: Voter Registration Update [...] On January 21, amid civil society concerns, the president of the National Commission to Pilot the Revision of the Voter Register (known by its French acronym CNPRFE) briefed the National Council for Political Dialogue (CNDP) made up of all political parties on the progress made in the preparati [...] | 2009-02-03 16:33:00 | Embassy Niamey | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL KDEM SOCI NG |
09NIAMEY591 | Niger: Potential Suspension or Termination of USAID and MCC [...] (SBU) Summary: I am writing to urge continuation of two programs in Niger that promote girls education on the grounds of our national security interests and for humanitarian purposes. I believe that cancelling the investment in the education of girls would send a message that we are abandonin [...] | 2009-08-14 11:36:00 | Embassy Niamey | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PREL PGOV PHUM SOCI US NG |
09NIAMEY592 | HIGH-LEVEL ATTENDANCE FOR UNGA - NIGER [...] The Nigerien attendees to the 64rd UN General Assembly will be as listed below. (Note: no spouses are anticipated to attend, and travel information is not available at this time. All participants speak French, a few have moderate English language speaking ability. End note.) A. Attend [...] | 2009-08-14 11:44:00 | Embassy Niamey | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL OTRA OVIP KSEP CVIS UNGA NG |
09NIAMEY595 | NIGER: MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS (MFA) SUMMONS [...] (C) Summary: Government of Niger (GON) MFA Secretary General Dan Maradi summoned Ambassador Allen on August 17 to voice complaints regarding communication between the MFA and the Embassy leading up to the latter,s August 14 press release rejecting the results of the August 4 constitutional re [...] | 2009-08-17 15:40:00 | Embassy Niamey | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM PHUM PINR NG |
09NIAMEY598 | EMBASSY NIAMEY VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION WATCHLIST [...] (C) The Embassy Niamey RSO provided ConOff information received in ref b dated 17 July 2009 that &As of early June 2008, Mali-born Seiqa Tijany (Ozam) was a member of al-Qa'ida in the Lands of the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM). He was responsible for AQIM logistics in the Saharan regions of Mali, Al [...] | 2009-08-17 17:46:00 | Embassy Niamey | CONFIDENTIAL | KVPR CVIS PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL NG |
09NIAMEY611 | NIGER: PRIME MINISTER TAKES OATH OF OFFICE [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-21 09:15:00 | Embassy Niamey | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL KDEM SOCI NG |
09NIAMEY619 | POSITIVE AND EXTENSIVE MEDIA REACTION TO U.S. PRESS [...] Summary: Coverage of the August 13 and August 17 press releases, respectively outlining the USG positions on the referendum in Niger and calling for the release of a leading opposition leader and a journalist, has been widespread and favorable in the independent print and broadcast media. (N [...] | 2009-08-25 10:29:00 | Embassy Niamey | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM SOCI PREL KCOR KPAO KDEM NG |
09NIAMEY631 | LETTER OF CONDOLENCES FROM PRESIDENT TANDJA [...] Following is the text of a condolences letter from Government of Niger President Mamadou Tandja. The letter was received at Embassy Niamey on September 1, 2009. We will forward the original French-language letter together with English translation to the White House via diplomatic pouch. [...] | 2009-09-01 13:44:00 | Embassy Niamey | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV NG |
09NIAMEY633 | Niger: Opposition Party Leaders Call on Ambassador [...] (SBU) Summary: On September 1, Nigerien Party for Democracy and Socialism (PNDS) representatives, Niger's main opposition party, met with Ambassador Allen to discuss the country's current political developments. Embassy Political Assistant (note taker) also participated in the meeting. The PN [...] | 2009-09-01 20:08:00 | Embassy Niamey | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM SOCI PHUM NG |
09NIAMEY664 | Niger: Ambassador and Foreign Minister Meeting [...] (SBU) Summary: On September 14, Ambassador Allen, accompanied by Political Officer (notetaker) met with Government of Niger (GON) Foreign Minister (FM) Mindaoudou, in the presence of the GON Director of the Americas, Asia and Oceania (notetaker),to deliver three demarches related to: the Unit [...] | 2009-09-15 11:29:00 | Embassy Niamey | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KDEM EAID EAGR UNGA NG |
09NIAMEY690 | Pan-African Parliamentary Delegation Calls on Ambassador [...] (SBU) Summary: On September 18, four members of an African Union (AU) Pan-African Parliamentary delegation called on Ambassador Allen, and stated that Niger's political opposition should accept the status quo and negotiate with President Tandja for a way forward that reflects their objectives. [...] | 2009-09-21 21:16:00 | Embassy Niamey | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KDEM SOCI AU NG |
09NIAMEY79 | NIGER: FORCE ARMEES NIGERIENNES (FAN) COMMANDER [...] (S) Summary. Embassy Niamey Acting Defense Attache learned informally from the Nigerien Deputy Chief of Defense Staff that the Forces Armees Nigeriennes (FAN) will scale back its acceptance of USG-offered military training until such time as all training programs offered prior to sanctions [...] | 2009-02-13 11:10:00 | Embassy Niamey | SECRET | MARR PGOV PREL NG |
09NIAMEY791 | USAID/OFDA FIELD REPORT AGADEZ: POST-FLOOD EMERGENCY [...] In the wake of September 2 flash floods affecting the city of Agadez and nearby rural communes of Dabaga, Tchirozerine, and Tabelot, representatives from USAID's Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance (USAID/OFDA) and the European Community Humanitarian Aid Office (ECHO) conducted a joint [...] | 2009-09-30 15:49:00 | Embassy Niamey | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EAGR PREL PHUM PGOV NG |
09NIAMEY795 | FY 2010 Renewal of Disaster Declaration for Flooding in [...] SUMMARY. On September 16, post declared a disaster due to the effects of severe flooding on September 2 in the northern city of Agadez and surrounding rural areas (ref A). In response, the USG has provided nearly USD 88,000 in emergency assistance to date, including USD 50,000 from USAID's O [...] | 2009-10-05 06:01:00 | Embassy Niamey | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EAGR PREL PHUM PGOV NG |
09NIAMEY826 | Niger: Tensions High as ECOWAS Imposes Sanctions [...] Summary: On October 17, heads of state from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) attended a special summit in Abuja to discuss the ongoing political crisis in Niger. This came on the same day when thousands of protesters held a rally in Niamey and demanded that the legislati [...] | 2009-10-19 16:12:00 | Embassy Niamey | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KDEM SOCI PREL AORC PHUM NG |
09NIAMEY840 | GON Road Show to Argue Case to ECOWAS States [...] On October 26, President Tandja deployed a delegation headed by Prime Minister (PM) Ali Badjo Gamatie to various West African states. The Government of Niger (GON) stated Gamatie would lead a nine-member delegation with a primary responsibility to "explain the political situation of Niger to W [...] | 2009-10-28 10:00:00 | Embassy Niamey | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL KDEM SOCI PHUM NG |
09NIAMEY844 | GON Road Show to Argue Case to ECOWAS States [...] On October 26, President Tandja deployed a delegation headed by Prime Minister (PM) Ali Badjo Gamatie to various West African states. The Government of Niger (GON) stated Gamatie would lead a nine-member delegation with a primary responsibility to "explain the political situation of Niger to W [...] | 2009-10-29 06:15:00 | Embassy Niamey | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL KDEM SOCI PHUM NG |
09NIAMEY845 | Niger: Demarches Delivered on UN ICCS Candidate, UNGA [...] (U) On October 27, PolOff delivered ref A and B talking points to Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation Deputy Director for the Americas Aboubacar Dan Barma. 2. (SBU) Dan Barma assured PolOff that the GON has already given its full support to the candidacy of Lucretia Meyers to the UN [...] | 2009-10-29 10:12:00 | Embassy Niamey | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC PREL PHUM UNGA NG |
09NIAMEY854 | NIGER: PRIME MINISTER GAMATIE MEETING WITH [...] (C) Summary: On November 2, Government of Niger (GON) Prime Minister (PM) Ali Badjo Gamatie held a meeting with Ambassador Allen (Embassy PolOff was note taker) that broached a wide scope of topics, ranging from the ongoing peace process in the North, the current political situation and discus [...] | 2009-11-03 18:25:00 | Embassy Niamey | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM NG |
09NIAMEY864 | NIGER: PM GAMATIE MEETING WITH AMBASSADOR ALLEN [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-05 15:54:00 | Embassy Niamey | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER PREL PGOV MARR MOPS PINR NG |
09NIAMEY866 | Niger: Counter-Narcotics Strategy [...] Summary: Niger, while not a drug producing country or a significant consumer market for narcotics, should be characterized as a "developing" transit point for narcotics en route to North Africa and Europe. Mindful of the potential for increased drug trade, the Government of Niger (GON) has ta [...] | 2009-11-06 08:55:00 | Embassy Niamey | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR PGOV KDEM SOCI PHUM PREL NG |
09NIAMEY869 | ENCOURAGING NIGER BUDGET TRANSPARENCY [...] Ambassador delivered to the Government of Niger (GON) Foreign Minister ref A demarche encouraging central government budget transparency as requested. FM responded that the GON continues to work on improving transparency and that she will share the contents of the demarche with the Minister of [...] | 2009-11-06 17:17:00 | Embassy Niamey | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON EFIN PGOV PREL KMCA NG |
09NIAMEY882 | NIGER: NEW PRIME MINISTER'S VIEWS ON THE OPPOSITION [...] (C) Summary: On November 2, Ambassador Allen (Embassy PolOff note taker) met Government of Niger (GON) Prime Minister (PM) Ali Badjo Gamatie at the PM's office. Over the past few months, the GON has made concerted efforts to silence its critics and to marginalize the opposition. Some GON mem [...] | 2009-11-12 12:15:00 | Embassy Niamey | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM SOCI KDEM NG |
09NIAMEY90 | NIGER TO HOST PEACE FORUM ON THE NORTH [...] (C) Summary: The Government of Niger (GON) plans to host a Peace Forum to address continuing instability in the north of Niger and Mali on February 25 -27 in Niamey. The event will gather roughly 80 government and civil society leaders to discuss how best to deal with underlying causes of co [...] | 2009-02-17 16:03:00 | Embassy Niamey | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SOCI PTER SCUL PINR PHUM ML NG |
09NIAMEY900 | ECOWAS MEDIATOR OPENS TALKS ON NIGER [...] (U) Summary: November 9, members of the People's Movement for the Reshaping of the Republic (MPRR) met with General Abdusalami Abubakar (retired),ECOWAS Mediator responsible for dealing with Niger's political crisis. MPPR members submitted a memorandum outlining the Government of Niger's (G [...] | 2009-11-16 16:17:00 | Embassy Niamey | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM SOCI PHUM PREL NG |
09NIAMEY928 | NIGER: ECOWAS MEDIATOR MEETS WITH DIPLOMATIC CORPS [...] (C) Summary. On November 20 (today),Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Mediator Abdulsalami Abubakar invited the diplomatic corps to a morning meeting to discuss the current political crisis in Niger. He stated that the purpose of his delegation's four-day visit to Niamey is t [...] | 2009-11-19 18:04:00 | Embassy Niamey | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PHUM PREL SOCI NG |
09NIAMEY935 | NIGER: OPPOSITION MEMBERS PAY CALL AT EMBASSY [...] (C/NF) Summary: On November 20, opposition Nigerien Party for Democracy and Socialism (PNDS) Vice President (VP) Bazoum Mohamed and PNDS Deputy Secretary General (DSG) Assoumi Massaoudou provided a read-out of the November 11-13 meetings that Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) [...] | 2009-11-23 16:40:00 | Embassy Niamey | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PHUM SOCI PREL ASEC NG |
09NIAMEY945 | Nominees to Presidential Entrepreneurship Summit [...] In response to reftel request, post nominates ten individuals to represent Niger at the Presidential Entrepreneurship Summit to be held during the first quarter of 2010. Representing a cross-section of Niger's small business community, these individuals are likely to have the means and the mot [...] | 2009-11-30 18:03:00 | Embassy Niamey | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EAID PREL SOCI NR |
09NIAMEY987 | Niger: 2009 Country Report on Terrorism [...] (SBU) Summary: Al-Qa'ida in the Lands of the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) has demonstrated a greater interest in the Republic of Niger (RON) in 2009, with attempts to extend its influence into Nigerien territory from the largely ungoverned region bordering Mali and Algeria. The porous borders and u [...] | 2009-12-16 13:31:00 | Embassy Niamey | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER ASEC SNAR PGOV SOCI KISL PHUM PREL NG |
09NICOSIA10 | CYPRUS FAVORS EARLY APPROVAL OF EU-SYRIA [...] (C) In response to Reftel regarding U.S. request that the European Union delay approval of its Association Agreement (AA) with Syria until the SARG improves its behavior and demonstrates commitment to its public pledges, PolChief on January 12 demarched Cypriot MFA Middle East Desk Officer Di [...] | 2009-01-12 12:58:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL CY SY LE |
09NICOSIA104 | MONCHEGORSK: CYPRIOTS BEGINNING TO SQUIRM [...] (U) This message contains an action request; please see Paragraph 7. 2. (C) Status of Ship: No changes since last report -- M/V Monchegorsk remains at anchorage in Limassol harbor, under maritime police observation. Conversations with Palace officials hint at discord between the RoC, sh [...] | 2009-02-05 15:19:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM MNUC PREL PGOV SY IR CY |
09NICOSIA106 | MONCHEGORSK: CYPRUS FLESHING OUT MALTA IDEA, [...] (U) Status of Vessel: No changes since last report (Reftel). 2. (S) Diplomatic Activity: Ambassador at 1130 hrs local (0430 DC) on February 6 telephoned Presidential Diplomatic Coordinator Leonidas Pantelides for further clarity on Pantelides's day-earlier suggestion that the RoC transp [...] | 2009-02-06 14:30:00 | Embassy Nicosia | SECRET | PARM MNUC PREL PGOV IR SY CY |
09NICOSIA107 | CYPRUS: ORAMS CASE OUTCOME ANXIOUSLY AWAITED [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Cypriots on both sides of the Green Line anxiously await the European Court of Justice's (ECJ) ruling on the Apostolides-Orams lawsuit, which pits a displaced G/C property owner against a British couple that acquired his land in 2002 and erected a vacation home there (Reftel). [...] | 2009-02-06 14:39:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED | CY PGOV PREL TU UNFICYP |
09NICOSIA108 | MONCHEGORSK: DECISION ON DISPOSITION "WITHIN 2-3 [...] (C) Status of Vessel: The M/V Monchegorsk moved slightly further from shore on February 7/8. An RoC diplomatic source claimed the vessel had relocated to keep from blocking Limassol port traffic. A maritime official cited the vessel's dangerous cargo and the need to maintain distance betwe [...] | 2009-02-09 15:13:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM MNUC PREL IR SY CY |
09NICOSIA115 | CYPRUS: LOGISTICS FOR FEBRUARY 23 IRAQ AND [...] (U) Embassy Nicosia, in conjunction with the State Department's Office of the Coordinator for Counterterrorism (S/CT),is honored to host the February 23 Iraq and Neighbors and the February 24 Eastern Mediterranean Regional Strategic Initiative (RSI) reviews. We will do our best to make your [...] | 2009-02-12 14:08:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER PREL ASEC CY |
09NICOSIA125 | MONCHEGORSK: CARGO OFFLOADED [...] (C) Embassy officials at the Port of Limassol confirmed on February 13 the 0700 hrs local quayside arrival of the M/V Monchegorsk. Unloading of the vessel commenced at 0800 and ended at 1030; Emboffs counted 98 containers off-loaded. Port authority contacts report that many of them will remai [...] | 2009-02-13 14:22:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM MNUC PREL SY IR CY |
09NICOSIA130 | CYPRUS WILL SUPPORT USG, AU STANCE ON MAURITANIA [...] (C). On February 18, Poloffs delivered reftel demarche concerning USG views on the military junta in Mauritania and the African Union's (AU) recent decision to impose targeted sanctions to Andreas Kouzoupis, in the Cypriot MFA's Department of Middle East and African Affairs. Kouzoupis said th [...] | 2009-02-19 12:50:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL XA MR CY |
09NICOSIA135 | CODEL DURBIN DISCUSSES CYPRUS SOLUTION [...] (C) During February 15-17, Senator Richard Durbin led a Codel of six persons to Cyprus to discuss progress towards a solution to the island's division. In their meetings with Greek Cypriot leaders, including President Chrisotfias, Chief Negotiator Iacovou, Foreign Minister Kyprianou, and Oppos [...] | 2009-02-20 07:47:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV CY TU |
09NICOSIA136 | CYPRUS: TALAT CHARGES CHRISTOFIAS WITH DUMPING [...] (C) Summary: "If Christofias abandons established UN parameters (regarding a Cyprus settlement),then everything will be up for grabs," Turkish Cypriot (T/C) Leader Mehmet Ali Talat complained on February 9. Talat, in a 35-minute meeting with the Ambassador, was referring to Christofias's pu [...] | 2009-02-20 09:20:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL CY |
09NICOSIA14 | CYPRIOTS REQUEST PARTICIPATION IN SOMALI PIRACY [...] (U) This message contains an action request -- please see Paragraph 4. 2. (C) MFA Political Director Rhea Yiordamlis on January 13 called in the DCM to convey an urgent request for Cypriot participation in the January 14 inaugural meeting of the Contact Group on Somali Piracy (CGSP). Yi [...] | 2009-01-13 15:33:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS MARR CY TU |
09NICOSIA141 | CYPRIOT POSITIONS FOR FEBRUARY GAERC [...] (C) On February 19, Poloff delivered reftel points to MFA European Union desk officer Nikos Panayiotou. Turning first to Afghanistan, Panayiotou stated that the GOC is in broad agreement with the USG points raised and appreciates the need for a regional approach, particularly one that takes in [...] | 2009-02-20 14:58:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ZL AF SU GZ YI BK KO HR MK CY |
09NICOSIA143 | CYPRUS: WANTED DHKP-C TERRORIST'S FUTURE UNCERTAIN [...] (S) SUMMARY: RoC Deputy Justice Minister Andys Tryfonides on February 19 informed the Ambassador that Turkish national Aslan Tayfun Ozkok would complete the same day a jail sentence for attempted illegal entry into Cyprus. Tryfonides feared that Ozkok, a member of a recognized terrorist orga [...] | 2009-02-20 15:27:00 | Embassy Nicosia | SECRET | PREL KCRM CY TU |
09NICOSIA148 | CYPRUS/NATO: EP REPORT PUTS GOVERNMENT ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: A recently-approved European Parliament (EP) report on EU-NATO relations has sent Cypriot President Demetris Christofias and his Communist AKEL party into another anti-Alliance tizzy. Of concern to the government was a last-minute amendment, tabled by a right-leaning Cypriot Eur [...] | 2009-02-26 14:00:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR CY TU |
09NICOSIA149 | CYPRUS/NATO: EP REPORT PUTS GOVERNMENT ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: A recently-approved European Parliament (EP) report on EU-NATO relations has sent Cypriot President Demetris Christofias and his Communist AKEL party into another anti-Alliance tizzy. Of concern to the government was a last-minute amendment, tabled by a right-leaning Cypriot Eu [...] | 2009-02-27 05:53:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR CY TU |
09NICOSIA150 | CYPRUS/NATO: EP REPORT PUTS GOVERNMENT ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: A recently-approved European Parliament (EP) report on EU-NATO relations has sent Cypriot President Demetris Christofias and his Communist AKEL party into another anti-Alliance tizzy. Of concern to the government was a last-minute amendment, tabled by a right-leaning Cypriot Eu [...] | 2009-02-27 05:53:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR CY TU |
09NICOSIA153 | CYPRUS TIGHT-LIPPED ON UN APPEALS TRIBUNAL ELECTION [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-27 12:52:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | KAWC KJUS KUNR AORC APER PREL CY |
09NICOSIA17 | CYPRUS: TURKISH CYPRIOTS CALL EARLY ELECTIONS [...] No summary [...] | 2009-01-15 07:40:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV TR CY |
09NICOSIA180 | CYPRUS: FINANCIAL CRISIS IN EASTERN EUROPE [...] (C) Summary: The Governor of Cyprus' Central Bank is fairly confident that Eurozone nations in eastern and central Europe will be provided with sufficient assistance from the EU and ECB to avoid systemic risk. Non-Eurozone member states he believes will not be allowed to fail, but he is less c [...] | 2009-03-13 11:50:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | ECOIN ECON EFIN EUN PREL CY |
09NICOSIA181 | CYPRIOT STANCE AT MARCH GAERC/GYMNICH [...] (C) On March 12, Poloff delivered reftel points to MFA European Union desk officer Nikos Panayiotou. Starting with the upcoming GAERC, and in particular with its Western Balkans discussion component, Panayiotou assured that the GOC position on Bosnia remains the same, and that the GOC believe [...] | 2009-03-13 14:45:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SU GZ HR MW IR IS BO SY CY |
09NICOSIA186 | CYPRUS: TURKISH CYPRIOT "GOVERNING" PARTY DOWN, [...] (C) Summary: The "governing" Republican Turkish Party (CTP) hopes to close a fifteen-point gap with the opposition, hard-line National Unity Party (UBP) by turning the upcoming April 19 "parliamentary" elections into a debate over UBP's retrograde past, rather than CTP's own lackluster governa [...] | 2009-03-17 14:57:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL TR CY |
09NICOSIA193 | CYPRUS: UN'S DOWNER REMAINS REASONABLY OPTIMISTIC [...] (C) SUMMARY: UN Special Adviser Alexander Downer remains reasonably optimistic the Cypriot leaders can make a notional deal by late 2009 or early 2010, although he acknowledges the sides' substantive differences have yet to narrow much. In a March 12 tour d'horizon with the Ambassador, Downe [...] | 2009-03-19 09:42:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNFICYP CY TU |
09NICOSIA194 | EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN REGIONAL STRATEGIC [...] (C) Meeting in Nicosia February 24, U.S. Ambassadors and interagency representatives covering the Eastern Mediterranean RSI region discussed ways to strengthen counterterrorism efforts in an environment characterized by new migration waves from the Middle East to Europe, the aftermath of the I [...] | 2009-03-19 12:14:00 | Embassy Nicosia | SECRET | PTER PREL EAID ASEC GR TU CY |
09NICOSIA196 | CYPRUS FIRM ON NON-RECOGNITION OF ABKHAZIA AND [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-20 11:07:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS PBTS RS GG CY |
09NICOSIA199 | CYPRUS: TURKISH CYPRIOT MAIN OPPOSITION UBP [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-20 14:22:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL TR CY |
09NICOSIA2 | CYPRUS TO CONSIDER U.S. THOUGHTS ON GEORGIA WAY [...] (C) In response to Reftel, DCM on January 5 called on Cypriot MFA Political Director Rhea Yiordamlis. He stressed to Yiordamlis the imperative that the U.S. and Europe cooperate long-term to support Georgian sovereignty and restore its territorial integrity. Such a strategy would incorporat [...] | 2009-01-05 14:30:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV CY GG RS |
09NICOSIA200 | CYPRUS: DIKO BATTLE COULD AFFECT COALITION, TALKS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Democratic Party (DIKO) leader Marios Karoyian suffered a major defeat in March 15 internal party elections that puts his political future in doubt, threatens the fragile coalition with President Demetris Christofias's AKEL party, and conceivably could hinder Cyprus settlement [...] | 2009-03-20 14:25:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL CY |
09NICOSIA210 | CYPRUS: T/C NEGOTIATOR CAUTIOUSLY POSITIVE ON NEW [...] (C) Summary: Turkish Cypriot (T/C) Negotiator Ozdil Nami, in a March 19 meeting with the Ambassador, dubbed a new UN proposal to open the Limnitis/Yesilirmak crossing point as "not beyond the realm of the possible." Under the new plan -- which has still not been officially discussed between t [...] | 2009-03-26 14:11:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | POL PREL EAIR TU CY |
09NICOSIA211 | CYPRUS: T/C NEGOTIATOR CAUTIOUSLY POSITIVE ON NEW [...] (C) Summary: Turkish Cypriot (T/C) Negotiator Ozdil Nami, in a March 19 meeting with the Ambassador, dubbed a new UN proposal to open the Limnitis/Yesilirmak crossing point as "not beyond the realm of the possible." Under the new plan -- which has still not been officially discussed between t [...] | 2009-03-26 14:33:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | POL PREL EAIR TU CY |
09NICOSIA217 | CYPRUS: UNFICYP DOWNBEAT ON CBM PROGRESS, TURKISH [...] (C) SUMMARY: UN Special Adviser Alexander Downer desires continued U.S. pressure on Turkey for flexibility on Cyprus and is pursuing a call on the National Security Adviser to make this point. UNFICYP chief Taye-Brook Zerihoun told the Ambassador on March 25 that Downer acknowledges Turkey's [...] | 2009-03-27 10:55:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNFICYP CY TU |
09NICOSIA219 | CYPRUS: ATTENDANCE AT GICNT PLANNING GROUP [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-27 12:51:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED | MNUC PARM PREL PTER CY |
09NICOSIA220 | CYPRUS: CONTINUING SUPPORT FOR SERBIA'S ICJ CASE [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-27 12:51:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC PREL SE KO CY |
09NICOSIA221 | CYPRUS CONSIDERING AFGHANISTAN FINANCIAL [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-27 13:43:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS MARR AF CY USAID |
09NICOSIA226 | CYPRUS WELCOMES CONCLUSIONS OF U.S. [...] (C) In response to Ref A, DCM on March 30 delivered U.S. Afghanistan-Pakistan white paper to Cypriot MFA Political Director Rhea Yiordamlis. Cyprus was concerned by the security situation in the region, Yiordamlis responded (Ref B). As such, the government had sent a high-level envoy to the [...] | 2009-04-02 11:12:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS AF CY USAID |
09NICOSIA233 | CYPRUS: DENKTASH SCION A RELUCTANT KINGMAKER IN [...] (C) Summary: Denktash family scion and Democrat Party (DP) leader Serdar Denktash believes his center-right party, the perennial junior coalition partner in Turkish Cypriot (T/C) politics, may once again play that role after April 19 "parliamentary" elections. Nevertheless, the second son of [...] | 2009-04-03 12:44:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV TR CY |
09NICOSIA256 | CYPRUS: SCENESETTER FOR CODEL BERMAN [...] (SBU) Embassy Nicosia looks forward to welcoming you to Cyprus, an island whose political complexity and strategic value belie its small size. We have crafted an intensive program including calls on President Demetris Christofias and other high ranking Republic of Cyprus (RoC) officials, a m [...] | 2009-04-09 14:54:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP PREL PGOV UNFICYP CY TU |
09NICOSIA257 | CYPRUS: UN ENVOY SHARES REPORTING PLAN DETAILS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The UN Good Offices Mission on Cyprus (UNGO) will orally brief the Security Council on/about April 30, Special Adviser Alexander Downer informed the Ambassador on April 9. While the report will present a reasonably positive account of negotiations progress so far, it also will hi [...] | 2009-04-10 13:36:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNFICYP CY TU |
09NICOSIA262 | CYPRUS: PRESIDENT APPROVES TRANSIT OF SOMALI [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-14 07:47:00 | Embassy Nicosia | SECRET | PREL MOPS PTER KCRM CY TU |
09NICOSIA266 | CYPRUS: SCENESETTER FOR THE SECRETARY'S APRIL 15 [...] (C) Summary: Your April 15 meeting with the leader of the Turkish Cypriot (T/C) community, Mehmet Ali Talat, is an opportunity to unambiguously register U.S. support for current efforts to re-unify Cyprus. This is a time of extreme crisis for T/C pro-solution forces, of which Talat is the un [...] | 2009-04-14 12:37:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL TR CY |
09NICOSIA270 | CYPRUS: EU'S BURMA POLICY FOCUSED, CONSISTENT [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-16 12:24:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ETRD ASEAN BM CY |
09NICOSIA271 | CYPRUS: PRO-SOLUTION TURKISH CYPRIOTS HEADED FOR [...] Summary (C) The "governing" party in the Turkish Cypriot north, the pro-solution, center-left Republican Turkish Party (CTP),appears headed for defeat in April 19 "parliamentary" elections. The main opposition, solution-skeptical National Unity Party (UBP),has forged and held a double-digit [...] | 2009-04-16 13:48:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV TR CY |
09NICOSIA272 | CYPRUS: SCENESETTER FOR FM KYPRIANOU'S APRIL 20 [...] (C) SUMMARY: Your April 20 meeting with Republic of Cyprus Foreign Minister Markos Kyprianou will demonstrate continued high-level U.S. support for reunification negotiations. You will want to note that the international community has high expectations for these talks and that the status qu [...] | 2009-04-16 14:01:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNFICYP CY TU |
09NICOSIA273 | CYPRUS TO SUPPORT US CANDIDACY FOR UN HUMAN RIGHTS [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-22 13:09:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL CY |
09NICOSIA275 | CYPRIOT PROPERTY PROBLEMS [...] (SBU) Summary. While the worst effects of the global financial crisis have largely bypassed Cyprus so far, bureaucratic delays transmitting title deeds to individuals seems to be leading to growing problems in the property sector here. Local banks have a very high exposure to the property and [...] | 2009-04-24 10:18:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PREL CY |
09NICOSIA278 | CYPRUS: CODEL BERMAN DISCUSSES PROSPECTS FOR [...] (C) Summary: Chairman of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs Howard Berman on April 14 led a six-member Congressional delegation to Cyprus to discuss progress towards the island's reunification. In their meetings with Greek Cypriot (G/C) leaders, the Codel heard repeatedly that "the obsta [...] | 2009-04-27 06:44:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV TU CY |
09NICOSIA28 | CYPRUS: UN ENVOY CRITIQUES SETTLEMENT TALKS [...] (C) SUMMARY. In a spirited and friendly exchange of views, UN Special Envoy Alexander Downer on January 14 told visiting EUR Deputy Assistant Secretary Matthew Bryza that Cypriot leaders Demetris Christofias and Mehmet Ali Talat had made measurable progress in settlement discussions, although [...] | 2009-01-21 04:59:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL UNFICYP CY TU |
09NICOSIA301 | CYPRUS: TURKISH CYPRIOT LEADER SHAKEN BY ECJ [...] (C) Summary: "The European Court of Justice (ECJ) broke our hands and legs with the Orams decision," Turkish Cypriot leader Mehmet Ali Talat told the Ambassador on May 4. A demoralized Talat complained that the April 28 ECJ ruling (Ref B) had strengthened the Greek Cypriot (G/C) negotiating [...] | 2009-05-07 07:20:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV TR CY |
09NICOSIA305 | CYPRUS TALKS AND THE ORAMS CASE: CRISIS [...] (C) Summary. On May 5, the first meeting between the Greek Cypriot(GC) and Turkish Cypriot(TC) leaders since the European Court of Justice (ECJ) made known its decision in the Orams property case went well, according to Turkish Cypriot (TC) lead negotiator Ozdil Nami. TC Leader Talat stood up [...] | 2009-05-07 12:38:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNFICYP CY |
09NICOSIA306 | CYPRUS: UNFICYP CHIEF POSITIVELY GRADES SECURITY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Readouts of UN Special Adviser Alexander Downer's April 30 briefing of the Security Council and of the May 5 meeting of Cypriot leaders Demetris Christofias and Mehmet Ali Talat dominated the Ambassador's May 6 tour d'horizon with UNFICYP chief Taye-Brook Zerihoun. The Council [...] | 2009-05-07 14:17:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNFICYP UN CY TU |
09NICOSIA314 | CYPRUS: REQUEST FOR APPROVAL OF UNITED STATES [...] (SBU) ACTION REQUEST: Embassy Nicosia requests Department approval to initiate the following select Department of Defense (DoD) engagement activity with the Republic of Cyprus (ROC): United States Coast Guard (USCG) training on seaport security and anti-terrorism. 2. (SBU) Cyprus has rou [...] | 2009-05-13 08:25:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER MARR MOPS PREL PGOV CY |
09NICOSIA315 | CYPRUS: COURT DECISION IMPACT ON ECONOMY AND [...] (C) The decision by the European Court of Justice (ECJ) requiring other EU member-states to enforce rulings made by Republic of Cyprus (RoC) courts in regard to property in the part of Cyprus under Turkish Cypriot (TC) administration is having a profound impact on economic confidence in nort [...] | 2009-05-13 10:09:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PREL CY |
09NICOSIA317 | CYPRUS: G/C OPPOSITION LEADER FRUSTRATED WITH [...] (C) Summary: "Demetris Christofias is focusing on the (anti-solution) minority, not the (pro-solution) majority," DISY Chairman Nikos Anastassiades bitterly complained to the Ambassador on May 11. Anastassiades said that President Christofias was overly solicitous of his two hard-line coalit [...] | 2009-05-13 12:54:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL TR CY |
09NICOSIA325 | CYPRIOT STANCE FOR MAY GAERC [...] (C) On May 14, Poloff delivered reftel points to MFA European Union/CFSP desk officer Nikos Panayiotou. First taking up Iran, Panayiotou stated that the GOC welcomes the new USG direction and agrees that the U.S. and EU must remain united in message. The GOC strongly supports the "E3 3" appr [...] | 2009-05-15 08:24:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IR SO IS RS MD CG CY |
09NICOSIA327 | CYPRUS: UN'S DOWNER SUGGESTS SUBTLE NUDGING OF [...] (C) Summary. "Greek Cypriots (G/Cs) must develop a sense that the status quo is over," UN Special Adviser Alexander Downer confided to the Ambassador during their May 15 meeting. Downer suggested that a low-key discussion on the future of UNFICYP might help break the G/Cs of their perception [...] | 2009-05-19 08:00:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNFICYP TU CY |
09NICOSIA332 | CYPRUS: HARD-LINE HOUSE SPEAKER UNBOWED, [...] (C) SUMMARY: Cypriot House Speaker and DIKO party leader Marios Karoyian voiced his desire for closer relations between the U.S. and Cypriot legislatures during a May 19 meeting with the Ambassador. As such, he felt great disappointment when two high-profile Members of Congress visited Cypru [...] | 2009-05-20 14:16:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNFICYP CY TU |
09NICOSIA333 | CYPRUS: TALAT IN FOUL MOOD ON LIMNITIS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Turkish Cypriot leader Mehmet Ali Talat continues to demand the right to transport vehicle fuel to the T/C military enclave in Kokkina as quid pro quo for the opening of a Buffer Zone (BZ) crossing at Limnitis. During a May 20 meeting with the Ambassador, Talat explained he could [...] | 2009-05-21 14:34:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNFICYP CY TU |
09NICOSIA342 | CYPRUS: COMPROMISE POSSIBLE ON LIMNITIS [...] (C) SUMMARY: UN Special Adviser Alexander Downer on May 25 secured buy-in from Greek and Turkish Cypriot negotiators George Iacovou and Ozdil Nami on a compromise plan to allow the Limnitis/Yesilirmak Buffer Zone crossing to open. Iacovou and Nami must now "sell" the plan to Demetris Christo [...] | 2009-05-26 13:31:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNFICYP CY TU |
09NICOSIA343 | CYPRUS: BILATERAL ARMS DESTRUCTION MEETING [...] No summary [...] | 2009-05-26 13:44:00 | Embassy Nicosia | SECRET | PARM PTER PREL CY TU |
09NICOSIA344 | CYPRUS: TURKISH "AMBASSADOR" ON LIMNITIS, [...] (C) At a May 22 working lunch with the Ambassador, Sakir Fakili, the Turkish "Ambassador" to the "TRNC," did not respond substantively to the Ambassador's call for a compromise to allow the eventual opening of the Limnitis/Yesilirmak crossing point in northwest Cyprus. Fakili instead voiced fu [...] | 2009-05-26 13:50:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNFICYP TU CY |
09NICOSIA351 | CYPRUS OFFSHORE EXPLORATION: TALAT'S HALF-HEARTED [...] (C) In a June 1 meeting with the Ambassador, Turkish Cypriot (T/C) leader Mehmet Ali Talat, complained that Greek Cypriot progress towards exploiting offshore energy assets with Houston-based Noble Energy, Inc. "affects the negotiations" and was a cause of concern given the "controversial natu [...] | 2009-06-01 12:54:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM MARR ECON EPET CY TU |
09NICOSIA354 | CYPRUS NONCOMMITTAL ON U.S. CANDIDATE FOR ICSC [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-02 09:59:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED | KAWC KJUS KUNR AORC APER PREL CY |
09NICOSIA355 | CYPRUS: NO MI-17S IN CURRENT INVENTORY [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-02 10:23:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL SMIG PARM CY |
09NICOSIA36 | CYPRUS: TALAT DENIES "CONFEDERALIST" ALLEGATIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: A cautious but constructive Turkish Cypriot leader, Mehmet Ali Talat, assured visiting EUR DAS Matthew Bryza on January 14 that T/Cs remained committed to reunification of Cyprus into a bi-zonal, bi-communal federation, despite Greek Cypriot fears the T/Cs were shifting to favor [...] | 2009-01-22 06:40:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL UNFICYP CY TU |
09NICOSIA363 | NORTH CYPRUS' ECONOMY "MINISTER" - YOUNG AND EAGER [...] (SBU) Sunat Atun, the recently appointed "Minister of Economy" in the "TRNC government" told us on May 29 that he intends to intensify efforts in north Cyprus to combat money laundering and welcomes continued cooperation with the EU and USG towards this end. Atun said "we want to develop our f [...] | 2009-06-04 05:45:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ETRD EFIN CY |
09NICOSIA364 | CYPRUS: FIRST CONFIRMED H1N1 INFLUENZA CASE [...] (SBU) This report provides an update on developments in Cyprus regarding the H1N1 flu. FIRST CONFIRMED CASE 2. (SBU) On May 30, the Government of Cyprus (GOC) Ministry of Health confirmed that one patient had been diagnosed with the H1N1 flu virus. The patient, a 39-year old female Cyp [...] | 2009-06-04 07:47:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO KFLU CASC AEMR AMED ASEC KSAF PREL PINR AMGT |
09NICOSIA369 | CYPRUS: RATIFICATION URGED FOR GPS-GALILEO COOPERATION [...] (SBU) Per reftel request, Post contacted Mr. Vasilis Demetriades, Officer at the Ministry of Communications and Works for an update on the status of Cyprus' ratification of the GPS Galileo Cooperation agreement. Demetriades informed us that his Ministry had already prepared the ratifying legis [...] | 2009-06-10 12:39:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL TSPA TSPL ECPS CY |
09NICOSIA37 | CYPRUS: FORMER FM PREDICTS DIFFICULT SLEDDING ON [...] (C) Summary: Former Republic of Cyprus Foreign Minister Erato Marcoullis on January 16 candidly told the Ambassador that the Property working group had achieved only modest success despite months of intensive discussions. Marcoullis, who headed the G/C delegation, noted the sides held funda [...] | 2009-01-22 07:27:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL UNFICYP CY TU |
09NICOSIA379 | CYPRUS: PRESIDENT CHRISTOFIAS BELIEVES TALAT UNDER [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-16 04:42:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV TU CY |
09NICOSIA383 | CYPRIOT POSITIONS FOR JUNE GAERC [...] (C) On June 11, Poloffs delivered reftel points to MFA European Union/CFSP desk officer Nikos Panayiotou. Taking up the Israel-Palestine points first, Panayiotou stated that the GOC welcomes recent USG overtures but remains concerned over the stance of the Netanyahu government, particularly o [...] | 2009-06-17 05:05:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IS SY LE CU AF PK BK YI KO HR |
09NICOSIA390 | CYPRUS: "TRNC PM" EROGLU TAKES PRO-SOLUTION LINE [...] (C) Summary: "If we cannot open one crossing point, how can we solve the Cyprus problem?" "TRNC PM" Dervish Eroglu rhetorically asked the Ambassador in a June 16 meeting. Eroglu said he supported Turkish Cypriot (T/C) leader Mehmet Ali Talat, but that Greek Cypriot "intransigence" would contin [...] | 2009-06-17 15:17:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV TR CY |
09NICOSIA395 | UN MISSION IN CYPRUS WORKING TO COMBAT TIP/SEA, [...] (U) Per Reftel instructions, on June 16 and 18, Poloff contacted UN Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP) Civil Affairs Officer Maria Wilkins. Wilkins serves as UNFICYP's appointed "gender focal point," and is charged with educating UN civilian, police and military personnel about sexual harassment, sexua [...] | 2009-06-18 16:04:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED | KPKO PREL KCRM CY |
09NICOSIA402 | CYPRUS:UNSG SPECIAL ADVISER DOWNER UPBEAT ON [...] (C) "There has a been a (positive) sea change in attitude in the negotiations," UNSG Special Adviser Alexander Downer confided to the Ambassador in a June 19 meeting. Downer said that both Greek Cypriot Leader Demetris Christofias and Turkish Cypriot Leader Mehmet Ali Talat were "feeling their [...] | 2009-06-22 15:08:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV TR UNFICYP CY |
09NICOSIA415 | CYPRUS ON EUROPEAN SECURITY AND CORFU MINISTERIAL [...] (C) On June 22, Poloffs delivered reftel points to MFA Department of Common Foreign and Security Policy Acting Head, Charis Christodoulidou. Christodoulidou stated that the GOC supports USG positions and existing security institutions. She added, however, that increased dialogue with Russia [...] | 2009-06-25 13:35:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | OSCE PREL EU NATO PGOV PHUM KDEM ECON RS CY |
09NICOSIA432 | CYPRIOT RESPONSE TO 2009 TIP REPORT BALANCED, [...] (C) Summary: Reactions to the 2009 State Department Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report were generally positive. GOC officials welcomed this year's report as long-overdue recogNi4ign of subsdaltial GGC progresc to co-bat TIP.Q BeActigns drom NGOs ald lo#al acti6ists in the GPeek Cypriot commUn [...] | 2009-07-01 11:53:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | KCRM KPAO KWMN ELAB PGOV PHUM PREL CY |
09NICOSIA44 | CYPRUS: GAZA, GUANTANAMO AND GAS LIKELY TO [...] (C) Poloffs on January 21 delivered Reftel points on the January 26-27 meeting of the EU,s General Affairs and External Relations Council (GAERC) to MFA European Union desk officer Nikos Panayiotou. Panayiotou said that the agenda would likely be truncated, focusing mostly on Gaza, Guantanamo [...] | 2009-01-23 13:58:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | EUN PREL PGOV ZL ZJ CY IS GZ RS UP BO YI |
09NICOSIA444 | CYPRUS SUPPORTS UNSCR MEASURES ON NORTH KOREA [...] (C) Per reftels, on June 29 Poloffs delivered ref points on UNSCR 1718 and 1874 to MFA North Korea Desk Officer, Sevag Avedissian. Avedissian stated that the GOC shares the international community's concerns over North Korea and plans to implement the financial and inspection-related measures [...] | 2009-07-07 08:06:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL MNUC ECON EFIN KNNP KN CY |
09NICOSIA45 | CYPRUS: T/C "PM" PRAISES ERDOGAN, BASHES TURKISH [...] (C) Summary: "I can solve problems with Turkish Prime Minister Erdogan," "governing" Republican Turkish Party (CTP) leader and "TRNC PM" Ferdi Sabit Soyer told the Ambassador during a January 20 meeting. Soyer voiced strong confidence in the Turkish PM's pro-solution stance and full support fo [...] | 2009-01-23 14:24:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL TR CY |
09NICOSIA456 | CYPRUS: GREEK CYPRIOTS EXPRESS GUARDED OPTIMISM ON [...] (C) Summary: A wide-range of Greek Cypriot (G/C) interlocutors expressed guarded optimism, tempered by an understanding of the problems going forward, in the on-going UN-brokered peace process to EUR DAS Matthew Bryza during his June 29-30 visit to Cyprus. President Demetris Christofias was ca [...] | 2009-07-13 07:16:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNFICYP TR CY |
09NICOSIA457 | CYPRUS: UNFICYP CHIEF CALLS LAST QUARTER 2009 [...] (C) Summary: "We could reach irreversibility if the parties can identify areas of give and take in the last three months of the year," UNSG Special Representative Taye Zerihoun told Deputy Assistant Secretary Matthew Bryza on June 29. Zerihoun, who noted tangible improvement in atmospherics, s [...] | 2009-07-13 09:47:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL UNFICYP TR CY |
09NICOSIA458 | CYPRUS EAGER TO PARTICIPATE IN AUSTRALIA GROUP [...] (S) On July 10, Poloff delivered reftel points to Counselor Panayiotis Papadopoulos in the MFA's Department of Multilateral Affairs. Papadopoulos stated that the GOC is eager to participate in the Australia Group Plenary and agreed that the most likely role for the GOC would be during the En [...] | 2009-07-13 13:49:00 | Embassy Nicosia | SECRET | PARM PREL ETTC CBW CY |
09NICOSIA46 | CYPRUS: LOCAL BRITS LAUD CHANGE IN TONE [...] (C) SUMMARY: In moving from earlier debates on procedure to real substantive give-and-take, the Cypriot leaders had progressed far, UK High Commissioner Peter Millett and visiting EUR Deputy Assistant Secretary Matthew Bryza agreed on January 14. Mehmet Ali Talat and Demetris Christofias's [...] | 2009-01-26 06:35:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL UNFICYP CY UK TU |
09NICOSIA469 | CYPRUS NON-COMMITTAL ON POSSIBLE U.S. ROLE IN EUMM [...] (C) On July 17, Poloffs delivered reftel points to Cyprus MFA Georgia Desk Officer, Salina Shambos. Shambos stated that both the GOC and EU strongly support the EU Monitoring Mission (EUMM) in Georgia and would almost certainly vote to renew its mandate in September. Shambos avoided comment o [...] | 2009-07-17 14:05:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV GG RS EU CY |
09NICOSIA47 | CYPRUS: OPPOSITION LEADER CRITICIZES CHRISTOFIAS, [...] (C) SUMMARY: The continued demonization of the 2004 Annan Plan had precluded greater progress in the Cyprus settlement talks, opposition DISY leader Nikos Anastassiades told visiting EUR DAS Matthew Bryza on January 14. G/Cs' determination to keep the compromise Plan off the table had resul [...] | 2009-01-26 06:44:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL UNFICYP CY TU |
09NICOSIA470 | CYPRUS POSITIVE ON RESULTS OF U.S.-RUSSIA [...] (C) On July 15, Poloffs delivered reftel points to MFA Russia Desk Officer Selina Shambos. Shambos stated that the GOC believed "things had gone quite well" during President Obama's visit to Moscow and that "a lot of ground was covered." In fact, she noted, a similarly positive report had be [...] | 2009-07-17 14:55:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL RS CY |
09NICOSIA471 | CYPRUS: TURKISH CYPRIOTS GENERALLY UPBEAT IN [...] (C) Summary: Like their Greek Cypriot (G/C) counterparts, Turkish Cypriots voiced optimism regarding the UN-brokered peace process, muted by a cognizance of the magnitude of the task ahead and serious divergences between the sides, in discussions with EUR DAS Matthew Bryza during his June 29-30 [...] | 2009-07-20 08:53:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNFIYCP TR CY |
09NICOSIA479 | CYPRIOT POSITIONS FOR JULY GAERC [...] (C) On July 22, Poloffs delivered reftel points to MFA European Union desk officer Nikos Panayiotou. Starting with Iran, Panayioutou said that the EU is presenting a unified stance concerning the detention of UK Embassy employees and one French citizen during the post-election turmoil. While [...] | 2009-07-24 08:37:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IR SO GG EUN CY |
09NICOSIA48 | CYPRUS: MFA INSISTENT THAT TURKEY MEET EU [...] (C) SUMMARY: Turkey's EU path toward EU membership looks littered with obstacles, most of Ankara's own making, Cypriot MFA Permanent Secretary (D-equivalent) Nicolas Emiliou told visiting DAS Matthew Bryza on January 14. Emiliou noted that Turkey had failed to meet any of the obligations it [...] | 2009-01-26 12:09:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL UNFICYP CY TU |
09NICOSIA486 | PROVISIONAL INFORMATION ON CYPRIOT PRESENCE AT [...] (SBU) Provisional information regarding Cypriot VIP attendance at the 64th UN General Assembly appears below. Post will continue to engage Presidency and MFA contacts to ascertain final information, providing Department and other addressees updates as appropriate. 2. (SBU) Tentative Attende [...] | 2009-07-28 13:43:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | KSEP PREL OTRA OVIP CY |
09NICOSIA488 | CYPRUS: REGIONAL BENEFITS FROM NATURAL GAS IN THE [...] (C) Summary. Houston-based Noble Energy will conduct seismic exploration in its offshore Cypriot and Israeli blocs beginning the end of September and expect to finish about two months later. We anticipate the Turkish Cypriots will object to the exploration activity, arguing that offshore assets bel [...] | 2009-07-29 09:33:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PREL ENRG EPET CY |
09NICOSIA49 | CYPRUS: ARCHBISHOP DECRIES TURKISH INTRANSIGENCE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Continued intransigence from mainland Turkish leaders has slowed the Cyprus negotiations, argues hard-line Archbishop Chrysostomos II. In a January 14 dinner with visiting EUR Deputy Assistant Secretary Matthew Bryza, Chrysostomos described current Greek Cypriot imperatives for [...] | 2009-01-26 12:17:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL UNFICYP CY TU |
09NICOSIA50 | CYPRUS: CHRISTOFIAS DISAPPOINTED IN TALAT'S [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Demetris Christofias, while acknowledging Turkish Cypriot leader Mehmet Ali Talat's desire to reach a Cyprus settlement, worries that the model Talat prefers is confederal, not federal. Still, Christofias remains ready to engage in a genuine give-and-take discussion w [...] | 2009-01-26 12:41:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL UNFICYP CY TU |
09NICOSIA532 | CYPRUS: SOLUTION TALKS' FIRST-READING CONCLUDES, [...] (C) Summary: "I am still cautiously optimistic" UNSYG Special Adviser Alexander Downer told the Charg on August 6, hours after the end of the first reading of UN-brokered negotiations between Greek Cypriots (G/C) and Turkish Cypriots (T/C) that commenced in September 2008. Downer previewed hi [...] | 2009-08-13 14:28:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNFICYP TR CY |
09NICOSIA533 | CYPRUS: SOLUTION TALKS' FIRST-READING CONCLUDES, [...] (C) Summary: "I am still cautiously optimistic" UNSYG Special Adviser Alexander Downer told the Charg on August 6, hours after the end of the first reading of UN-brokered negotiations between Greek Cypriots (G/C) and Turkish Cypriots (T/C) that commenced in September 2008. Downer previewed hi [...] | 2009-08-13 14:28:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNFICYP TR CY |
09NICOSIA537 | CYPRUS--SOMALIA PIRACY CONTACT GROUP: GOC PLANNING [...] (U) This message contains an action request--please see Paragraph 4. 2. (C) MFA Political Director Amb. Rea Yiordamlis on August 17 called in the Charge to convey an urgent request that the USG give its opinion on whether a planned Cypriot contribution of Euro 50,000 to the Trust Fund of th [...] | 2009-08-19 04:25:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS MARR TU CY |
09NICOSIA538 | CYPRUS SHARES USG CONCERN OVER AUNG SAN SUU KYI'S [...] (U) On August 18, Poloff delivered reftel points on the GOB's recent conviction of Aung San Suu Kyi (ASSK) to Cyprus MFA Burma Desk Officer Sevak Avedissian. Avedissian said that the GOC and the EU share the USG's strong concern over the verdict and continuing detention of ASSK. Avedissian [...] | 2009-08-19 04:25:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL BM CY |
09NICOSIA539 | CYPRUS: GOVERNMENT SHARES USG VIEWS ON AFGHAN [...] (SBU) On August 17, Charge shared reftel points on upcoming Afghan elections with MFA Political Director Rea Yiordamlis, emphasizing the need for credibility of the process, a legitimate outcome, and the impartiality of the USG. Yiordamlis welcomed the USG position and expressed broad agreemen [...] | 2009-08-19 07:01:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KPAO PREL PGOV AF CY |
09NICOSIA541 | CYPRUS: SHARES US CONCERNS ON IAEA GENERAL [...] (C) On August 20, Poloff shared reftel points on Middle East issues at the upcoming International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) General Conference (GC) with Acting Head of Cyprus MFA Multilateral Affairs Department Andreas Nicolaides. Nicolaides stated that the GOC and the EU share the same con [...] | 2009-08-20 14:15:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP AORC PREL PARM CY |
09NICOSIA548 | CYPRUS: RUSSIAN AND US EMBASSIES INFORM MFA OF [...] On August 24, POLOFF and Russian DCM Alexander Scherbakov delivered reftel points to Marios Kountourides, Deputy Director of the MFA's Multilateral Affairs Division. Kountourides welcomed the announcement, adding that Cyprus supported efforts to combat terrorism and the work of UNODC and the [...] | 2009-08-25 13:37:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL PTER KGIC |
09NICOSIA561 | (C) CYPRUS: SEPTEMBER 3 LEADERS' MEETING POSTPONED [...] (C) Summary: According to Greek Cypriot (G/C) media reports, approximately 650 Greek Cypriots set to attend a September 2 morning mass in Turkish Cypriot (T/C)-administered territory were unable to pass a T/C crossing point due to G/C snafus with passengers lists and a lack of T/C good will. [...] | 2009-09-02 15:45:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL TR CY |
09NICOSIA563 | CYPRIOT STANCE FOR SEPTEMBER GYMNICH [...] (C) On September 1, Poloff delivered reftel points to Cyprus MFA European Correspondent Helena Mina. First taking up Iran, Mina stated that the GOC backs applying pressure on Iran while stressing engagement. Cyprus would consider further measures, including sanctions, but only if such measur [...] | 2009-09-04 05:12:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IS IR AF PK CY |
09NICOSIA574 | AUSTRALIA GROUP: CYPRUS LOOKING FORWARD TO [...] (SBU) On August 31, Poloff delivered reftel non-papers to Counselor Panayiotis Papadopoulos in the Cyprus MFA's Department of Multilateral Affairs. Papadopoulos stated that he would share reftel non-papers with the Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Tourism, which will be participating on beh [...] | 2009-09-11 09:10:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM ETTC PREL CY |
09NICOSIA575 | CYPRUS RECEPTIVE TO U.S. CLARIFICATIONS ON [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-11 13:04:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREL CO CY |
09NICOSIA576 | CYPRUS: TURKISH FM SUPPORTS PEACE PROCESS DURING [...] (C) Summary: Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu hit all the right notes with his Turkish Cypriot (T/C) audience during a one-day, September 1 visit to the "Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC)." The goal of the visit was to coordinate Cyprus policy with T/C leader Mehmet Ali Talat [...] | 2009-09-11 13:04:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV TR CY |
09NICOSIA578 | CYPRUS IN ADVANCE OF SEPTEMBER GAERC [...] (C) On September 10, Poloff delivered reftel points to Cyprus MFA European Correspondent Helena Mina. Mina welcomed the USG positions on the Eastern Partnership and Georgia, but stated that the GOC had no feedback to share on these issues at present. On the situation of IDPs in Sri Lanka, Min [...] | 2009-09-11 13:34:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV CE CY |
09NICOSIA58 | CYPRUS WASHING HANDS OF M/V MONCHEGORSK? [...] (S) SUMMARY: It is becoming evident that the Republic of Cyprus, likely fearing Cyprus Problem-related "reprisals" from Damascus, hopes to avoid having to interdict and/or divert to an RoC port the M/V Monchegorsk, a Cypriot-flagged, Russian-owned ocean freighter carrying arms from Iran to S [...] | 2009-01-27 12:43:00 | Embassy Nicosia | SECRET | PARM PREL MNUC IR SY CY |
09NICOSIA580 | CYPRUS SHARES USG CONCERNS OVER SRI LANKAN IDPS [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-14 13:49:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PREF PTER MASS SOCI EAID CE CY |
09NICOSIA581 | CYPRUS WELCOMES U.S. UNGA GOALS AND OBJECTIVES [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-14 13:55:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV UNGA CY |
09NICOSIA591 | CYPRUS WILL FOLLOW EU ON CONSENSUS AGREEMENT AT [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-16 08:48:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP AORC PARM PREL CY |
09NICOSIA592 | CYPRUS AGREES WITH U.S. MESSAGE ON IRAN [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-17 06:00:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP MNUC PARM PREL AORC IR CY |
09NICOSIA595 | CYPRUS: TURKISH CYPRIOT LEADER UPBEAT AFTER START [...] (C) Summary: In a September 11 meeting with the Ambassador, Turkish Cypriot (T/C) leader Mehmet Ali Talat said that the September 10 meeting launching the second round of UN-brokered talks went "extraordinarily well." He was nonplussed by Greek Cypriot (G/C) leader Demetris Christofias' postp [...] | 2009-09-17 13:54:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNFICYP TR CY |
09NICOSIA598 | CYPRUS WILL FOLLOW EU CONSENSUS ON UNGA WALKOUT [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-21 13:22:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV CY |
09NICOSIA6 | CYPRIOT FM TO VISIT CARACAS [...] (C) SUMMARY: In his second official foray to Latin America -- his first took him to Havana in September -- Cypriot Foreign Minister Markos Kyprianou will visit Caracas on January 10 for two days of meetings with BRV officials, then fly to Panama, Brazil, and possibly Costa Rica. A working-l [...] | 2009-01-09 14:32:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV CY VE |
09NICOSIA635 | TURKISH CYPRIOTS TO REMAIN UNABLE TO EXPORT FOR [...] (C) Even in the event of a solution, Turkish Cypriots may not be able to trade directly with the EU for "four to five years at least", according to a European Commission official who spoke with Embassy officers on September 24. Steven Darling (please protect),who works for DG Enlargement on [...] | 2009-10-05 12:45:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD PREL CY |
09NICOSIA659 | CYPRUS: GREEK CYPRIOTS AND TURKISH CYPRIOTS CANCEL [...] (U) In near back-to-back announcements, both Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot authorities announced on October 13 the respective cancellation of their annual "Nikiforos" and "Toros" military exercises, normally conducted in the fall. The exercises were last held in 2007, but canceled in 2008 [...] | 2009-10-15 12:06:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV TR GR CY |
09NICOSIA670 | CYPRUS: OCTOBER GAERC POINTS DELIVERED [...] (SBU) On October 21, poloff delivered ref points to Cyprus MFA European Correspondent Helena Mina in the Department of Common Foreign and Security Policy. She had no feedback at present, but welcomed the points, noting it would helpful to have the U.S. position in mind as ROC position papers [...] | 2009-10-23 11:13:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV CY |
09NICOSIA672 | CYPRUS: OCTOBER GAERC POINTS DELIVERED [...] (SBU) On October 21, poloff delivered ref points to Cyprus MFA European Correspondent Helena Mina in the Department of Common Foreign and Security Policy. She had no feedback at present, but welcomed the points, noting it would helpful to have the U.S. position in mind as ROC position papers [...] | 2009-10-26 03:58:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV CY |
09NICOSIA680 | CYPRUS RESPONSE TO UNGA THIRD COMMITTEE DEMARCHE [...] (SBU) On October 29, Poloff delivered reftel points to Nicos Nicolaou, Counselor in the MFA's Political Affairs Division, Department of Multilateral Affairs and International Organizations. Regarding no-action motions and country-specific resolutions on Iran, Burma and DPRK, Nicolaou said tha [...] | 2009-10-29 13:49:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL UNGA CY |
09NICOSIA681 | CYPRUS: TURKISH CYPRIOT LEADER TALAT: "THE SIDES [...] (C) Summary: "The sides cannot finalize a deal without international involvement," Turkish Cypriot (T/C) leader Mehmet Ali Talat warned the Ambassador during an October 21 lunch. Although he admitted that progress was possible, Talat lamented what he dubbed the "acquiescence" of the internatio [...] | 2009-10-29 14:23:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNFICYP TR GR CY |
09NICOSIA683 | CYPRUS SUPPORTIVE BUT NONCOMMITTAL ON U.S. [...] (SBU) On October 30, Poloff delivered Ref A points and a detailed curriculum vitae of the U.S. candidate to the International Civil Service Commission to Penelope Erotokritou, Counselor in the MFA's Department of Multilateral Affairs and International Organizations. 2. (SBU) Erotokritou sai [...] | 2009-10-30 13:18:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED | KAWC KJUS KUNR AORC APER PREL CY |
09NICOSIA694 | (C) CYPRUS LIKELY TO STAY "NEUTRAL" ON THE [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-04 15:01:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PTER IS KPAL |
09NICOSIA695 | NORTH CYPRUS BUSINESSMEN TAKE 'WAIT AND SEE' [...] (SBU) The new president of the Turkish Cypriot Chamber of Commerce (TCCC),Gunay Cerkez, told us that his organization would not campaign either in favor or against any referendum on the island's reunification. This is in stark contrast to the 2004 referendum in which the TCCC actively campaig [...] | 2009-11-05 11:30:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PREL CY |
09NICOSIA7 | CYPRUS: SIDES STILL DIFFER ON GOVERNANCE, UN ENVOY [...] (C) SUMMARY: UNFICYP Senior Advisor Wlodek Cibor on January 7 painted a less rosy picture than boss Special Representative Taye-Brook Zerihoun of the most recent (January 5) leaders' gathering. Cibor (please protect) discounted the significance of Demetris Christofias and Mehmet Ali Talat r [...] | 2009-01-09 15:33:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNFICYP CY TU |
09NICOSIA712 | CYPRUS: FORESHADOWING END OF EU SANCTIONS AGAINST [...] (C) On November 4, Poloff delivered Reftel points to the MFA's Acting Head of Department for European Common Foreign and Security Policy, Helena Mina. Mina, who previously served as the Uzbekistan/Turkmenistan desk officer during secondment to the European Commission, said that increased enga [...] | 2009-11-06 11:48:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM CY |
09NICOSIA713 | CYPRUS PLANS 50,000 EURO DONATION TO FIGHT SOMALI [...] (C) Cyprus MFA Acting Head of the Department of Common Foreign and Security Policy Helena Mina informed Poloff November 5 that Cyprus is prepared to donate 50,000 Euros to a trust fund for combating Somali piracy and asked if we had information about contribution mechanisms. (Note: MFA Polit [...] | 2009-11-06 13:28:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MAPS MARR TU CY |
09NICOSIA716 | CYPRUS: RUSSIAN FM LAVROV PROVIDES SUPPORT FOR GOC [...] (SBU) Russian FM Sergey Lavrov made an official visit to Cyprus November 4-5 where he stressed the need for the two sides in Cyprus to "find the formula for a settlement to the problem themselves." Echoing Greek Cypriot political leaders, Lavrov said a settlement formula in Cyprus "must be to [...] | 2009-11-09 17:06:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV CY RU |
09NICOSIA725 | CYPRUS: NOVEMBER GAERC POINTS DELIVERED [...] (SBU) On November 12, Poloff delivered ref points to Cyprus MFA European Correspondent Helena Mina in the Department of Common Foreign and Security Policy. She noted that the Ministry is in the process of preparing position papers for the upcoming GAERC and welcomed the U.S. points, though sh [...] | 2009-11-13 06:25:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV CY |
09NICOSIA73 | CYPRUS: M/V MONCHEGORSK STILL LOITERING OFF [...] (S) Ship status: U.S. Navy sources report at 1500 hrs local (0800 hrs DC) that the M/V Monchegorsk is holding position some 60 nautical miles southeast of Larnaca. 2. (C) Diplomatic activity since last update (Ref A): Following EUR Assistant Secretary Daniel Fried's telephone call to RoC [...] | 2009-01-28 13:39:00 | Embassy Nicosia | SECRET | PARM PREL MNUC SY IR CY |
09NICOSIA736 | (C) CYPRUS: NO PROMISES ON UNGA RESOLUTIONS WITH [...] (C) Polchief delivered reftel points November 19 to Cyprus MFA Head of the Department of Multilateral Affairs and International Organizations Michalis Stavrinos. Stavrinos emphasized Cyprus' sensitivity when it came to matters touching upon "occupied lands," calling it an existential issue. [...] | 2009-11-19 14:46:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNGA KPAL IS SY LE CY |
09NICOSIA740 | CYPRIOT OFFICIALS: "LOTS OF RUSSIAN MONEY FLOWS, [...] (C) Summary: Cyprus continues to enjoy close economic ties with Russia and to depend on that country for more than 25 percent of bank deposits and about one-third of foreign direct investment. However, much of that investment is simply doing a round-trip back to Russia to take advantage of Cypr [...] | 2009-11-20 14:28:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PREL RU CY |
09NICOSIA747 | CYPRUS: RATIFICATION URGED FOR GPS-GALILEO COOPERATION [...] (SBU) Per Ref A, Post followed up with Vasilis Demetriades, Officer at the Ministry of Communications and Works for an update on the status of Cyprus' ratification of the GPS Galileo Cooperation agreement. Demetriades informed us that the ratifying legislation will be submitted to the Minister [...] | 2009-11-25 06:14:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL TSPA TSPL ECPS CY |
09NICOSIA75 | CYPRUS: M/V MONCHEGORSK ANCHORED OFF LIMASSOL [...] (S) Ship's Location and Status: USS Barry reported that the M/V Monchegorsk entered Cypriot territorial waters at 0315 Zulu on January 29. Roughly four hours later, it arrived at the port of Limassol, where it remains at anchorage. 2. (C) Diplomatic Activity: The evening of January 28, [...] | 2009-01-29 09:25:00 | Embassy Nicosia | SECRET | PARM PREL MNUC SY IR CY |
09NICOSIA752 | CYPRUS NOMINEE FOR 2010 SECRETARY OF STATE'S AWARD FOR [...] Embassy Nicosia is pleased to nominate Ms. Androulla Christofidou, a human rights activist working to combat trafficking in women in Cyprus, for the 2010 Secretary's Award for International Women of Courage (IWOC). Following is the information requested in Reftel. 2. Personal and biograp [...] | 2009-11-30 15:31:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED | KWMN KTIP PHUM PREL KAPO CY |
09NICOSIA767 | CYPRUS: INCREASING TURKISH CYPRIOT EURO-SCEPTICISM [...] (SBU) Summary: The Turkish Cypriot UBP party, led by its leader and current "Prime Minister" Dervis Eroglu, are long-time euro-sceptics. Disappointment with the EU is growing among Turkish Cypriots who believe the Union has not kept promises made and that its policy towards Turkey and Cyprus i [...] | 2009-12-04 11:49:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL TU CY |
09NICOSIA77 | CYPRUS: GOVERNMENT SEEKING MUTUALLY-PALATABLE END [...] (C) Ship Status: M/V Monchegorsk remains at anchorage in the Limassol port. Cypriot maritime officials have conducted a cursory inspection, finding large quantities of high explosive on board. RoC officials promise a more thorough inspection is forthcoming. 2. (C) Diplomatic Activity: [...] | 2009-01-29 14:50:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL MNUC SY IR CY |
09NICOSIA773 | CYPRUS: SUPPORTIVE OF U.S. APPROACH ON BURMA [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-08 15:04:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV CY |
09NICOSIA774 | CYPRUS: DECEMBER FOREIGN AFFAIRS COUNCIL POINTS [...] (C) On December 7, Poloff delivered ref points to Cyprus MFA Deputy European Correspondent Nectarios Soteriou in the Department of Common Foreign and Security Policy and Attache Dionysis Dionysiou in the Department of Middle East and Africa. They shared the following views on behalf of the Go [...] | 2009-12-08 15:20:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EUN CY |
09NICOSIA789 | REQUEST FOR APPROVAL OF UNITED STATES COAST GUARD [...] (SBU) ACTION REQUEST: Embassy Nicosia requests Department approval to initiate the following select Department of Defense (DoD) engagement activity with the Republic of Cyprus: United States Coast Guard (USCG) training on Waterside Port Security. This activity is clearly in the US national i [...] | 2009-12-22 14:09:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | CY MARR MOPS PGOV PREL PTER |
09NICOSIA93 | MONCHEGORSK: MFA SEEKING LEGAL OPINIONS, [...] (U) This telegram contains action requests; please see Paragraphs 3, 4, and 11. ------------ Ship Status: ------------ 2. (C) M/V Monchegorsk remains at anchorage in the Limassol port. Cypriot maritime officials have conducted a cursory inspection, finding high explosives of obvious [...] | 2009-01-30 14:11:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM MNUC PREL PGOV SY IR CY |
09NICOSIA96 | CYPRIOTS STILL WEIGHING OPTIONS ON MONCHEGORSK [...] (C) Status of Ship: M/V Monchegorsk remains at anchorage in Limassol, although the Embassy has received reports it might have moved slightly owing to traffic conditions in the port area. Cypriot maritime officials are conducting a more-thorough inspection of 50-plus crates onboard the vessel. [...] | 2009-02-02 16:31:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM MNUC PGOV PREL IR SY CY |
09NICOSIA98 | M/V MONCHEGORSK: CYPRUS INSISTS ON UN COVER [...] (U) Status of Ship: No changes since last report. 2. (C) Diplomatic Activity: Ambassador on February 2 spoke with RoC Diplomatic Coordinator Leonidas Pantelides regarding latest developments on Monchegorsk. Contradicting recent messages from the Foreign Ministry regarding the applicabi [...] | 2009-02-03 15:43:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PARM MNUC PREL PGOR SY IR CY |
09NOUAKCHOTT101 | BEATING FEET: THE FREEZE DEEPENS [...] (U) Charge spoke with Israeli Ambassador Arbel over week-end and on February 1st and 2nd. 2. (C) Ambassador states that Israeli MFA contacted Mauritanian Embassy in Tel Aviv on February 1st. Embassy staffer, non-Mauritanian, discussed situation in English without realizing contact was wit [...] | 2009-02-02 14:23:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MR |
09NOUAKCHOTT102 | "TIME TO TALK TO AL QAEDA?" ARTICLE [...] (U) Summary: Local English language monthly, Peace, ran an item on January 18 entitled "Time to Talk to Al Qaeda?" by Junta Foreign Affairs Minister Dr. Mohammad-Mahmoud Ould Mohamedou. The article posits that Al Qaeda grievances are legitimate and invites the US to acknowledge them: "Septemb [...] | 2009-02-03 16:31:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO MR PGOV PREL |
09NOUAKCHOTT105 | MORE AMBIGUITY ON MAURATANIAN-ISRAELI RELATIONS [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-04 14:20:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPAO MR |
09NOUAKCHOTT108 | TARGETED SANCTIONS: THE MOST EFFECTIVE WEAPON [...] (C) National Front for the Defense of Democracy director, Mohammed Ould Maouloud, tells us the very thought of targeted sanctions is taking a toll on the Junta. Anxiety is growing among businessmen and Junta financiers. As the February 5 AU/PSC and the February 20 EU/AU consultative meetings [...] | 2009-02-05 11:56:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PGOV PREL MR |
09NOUAKCHOTT11 | REFINING THE FNDD POLITICAL STRATEGY [...] (C) Summary: The FNDD will hold back until February or March to launch a political counter-offensive believing General Aziz will see himself further isolated both internationally and domestically. The "National Dialogue on Democracy" brought nothing substantive to the negotiation table and w [...] | 2009-01-06 18:32:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MR |
09NOUAKCHOTT111 | TAWASSOUL, APP, AND SAWAB POLITICAL PARTIES OFFER [...] (C) Summary: Two anti-coup parties and one pro-coup party gave their reactions to recent events. From the anti-coup Tawassoul and APP parties, the main themes were categorical rejection of the "National Dialogue on Democracy" and upcoming presidential elections, concern about civil war, and [...] | 2009-02-08 13:26:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM MR |
09NOUAKCHOTT114 | JUNTA GIVES FIRST REACTION TO AU-IMPOSED SANCTIONS ON [...] (U) Colonel Ahmedou Bemba Ould Baye, Secretary General of the High State Council posted a statement on the HSC web site in the junta's first official reaction to the sanctions imposed by the African Union on February 5 (Reftel). In his statement, Baye offered mild criticism of the AU, arguing [...] | 2009-02-09 17:15:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL KPAO MR |
09NOUAKCHOTT116 | POLITICAL AND DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE RUMINATIONS [...] (C) Summary: On January 28, AID Rep met with United Nations Systems Mauritania Coordinator and UNDP Resident Representative Maria do Valle Ribeiro (protect) to discuss the current political and assistance environment in Mauritania. While Ms. Ribeiro is a sociologist and technical program spe [...] | 2009-02-09 17:39:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ECON PREL PGOV MR |
09NOUAKCHOTT117 | MEDIA AND POLITICAL PARTIES REACT TO AU-IMPOSED SANCTIONS [...] (U) Reactions among the Mauritanian media and political class to sanctions imposed by the African Union on February 5 (Reftel) fell predictably along existing fault lines. Pro-coup media and political parties condemned the sanctions, while anti-coup forces largely welcomed the targeted sancti [...] | 2009-02-09 17:49:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL KPAO MR |
09NOUAKCHOTT118 | MAURITANIAN JUNTA PRESSURES ISRAELI AMBASSADOR TO [...] (C) Summary: Mauritanian Junta Foreign Minister has called Israeli Ambassador and strongly suggested it is time for the Ambassador to leave. After consultations with the Israeli MFA, the Israeli Ambassador has informed us that if further pressure applied, he will indeed depart but he "won't [...] | 2009-02-09 18:06:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IS MR |
09NOUAKCHOTT124 | ROSSO MAYOR: "I AM THE MOST SANCTIONED PERSON IN [...] (C) Summary: Six months after the coup, the southwestern city of Rosso (Trarza region) is feeling the pressure. The World Bank has suspended two key projects -- a marketplace reconstruction and an advanced rain water canal. The canal, 70 percent complete, has filled with stagnant water and [...] | 2009-02-11 09:01:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM MR PGOV PREL |
09NOUAKCHOTT126 | IN LEMDEN, ABDALLAHI SEES THE TIDE TURNING [...] Summary: President Abdallahi is more determined than ever to oppose the coup and sees political and economic trends going in his favor. He has been approached by Aziz' own Ouled Bisbaa tribe business leaders about resigning but rejects any negotiations with the military and hopes to return [...] | 2009-02-11 19:26:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM MR |
09NOUAKCHOTT128 | MAURITANIA: SIX MONTHS AFTER THE COUP [...] (C) Summary: Six months after the coup, the Country Team, senior LES, and external contacts are virtually unanimous in their opinion that Mauritania is in the midst of an unprecedented crisis. Political uncertainty and deadlock continue and the economy steadily worsens. The economic and so [...] | 2009-02-12 14:12:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM ECON EAID MR |
09NOUAKCHOTT131 | MAURITANIA: POLITICAL ROUNDUP FOR THE WEEK OF [...] (C) Summary: For the week of February 8-12, the junta, political parties, and media voiced their first responses to AU-imposed sanctions. General Aziz visited the University of Nouakchott, leading to a tale of two visits, and he remained coy about his presidential intentions. Amidst rumors [...] | 2009-02-12 14:31:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPAO MR |
09NOUAKCHOTT134 | MAURITANIA: LETTER FROM PRESIDENT ABDALLAHI TO [...] (SBU) On Sunday, February 15, the Charge was asked to meet with the Chief of Staff of the Abdahllahi administration. The Chief of Staff, Ahmed Kaber Ould Hammoudi, passed the letter translated below from President Abdahllahi to President Obama. A scanned copy of the letter will be sent to [...] | 2009-02-16 16:03:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL OPDC MR |
09NOUAKCHOTT137 | LIBYAN DELEGATION ACCOMPLISHES LITTLE [...] (SBU) A Libyan delegation led by Ravi Al-Madani, a special envoy of Muammar Qadhafi, arrived in Mauritania February 11. The ostensible purpose of the visit was to encourage all sides to find a consensual solution to the crisis and spare the country from further international sanctions and is [...] | 2009-02-17 11:43:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MR |
09NOUAKCHOTT138 | MAURITANIAN RELATIONS WITH ISRAEL [...] (C/NF) Summary: Having watched the evolution of the Israeli relations issue in the context of the Mauritanian political crisis, we believe that the junta, particularly Foreign Minister Mohamed Mahmoud Ould Mohamedou, is deeply concerned about the repercussions of a formal break in the Maurit [...] | 2009-02-17 13:34:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL USAU PGOV MR IS |
09NOUAKCHOTT139 | MAURITANIA: CHANGE OF LEGITIMATE GOVERNMENT'S [...] (SBU) On February 15, 2009 the Charge received two letters, both dated February 10, 2009 from President Abdallahi addressed to Under Secretary General of the Office of Legal Affairs UN, Hon. Patricia O'Brien, indicating a change of Mauritania's representation to the United Nations. Scanned cop [...] | 2009-02-17 14:25:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL OPDC MR |
09NOUAKCHOTT140 | JUNTA LETTER TO AU PSC PRESIDENT PING - ANOTHER [...] (U) Summary: Embassy has received copy of letter written and sent February 12 from Junta Foreign Minister Dr. Mohamed Mahmoud Ould Mohamedou to AU Peace and Security Commission President Jean Ping. In the letter, Mohamedou promises that the HCE will limit itself to national security only as o [...] | 2009-02-17 20:38:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MR |
09NOUAKCHOTT142 | MEDIA AND POLITICAL PARTY REACTIONS TO JUNTA LETTER [...] (U) Foreign Minister Mohammedou's letter to the AU offering a transition of the Presidency to the President of the Senate 45 days before the presidential elections June 6 (Reftel) elicited a sharp response from coup opponents, while practically all sides assessed the measure as a last-ditch at [...] | 2009-02-18 13:41:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KPAO KDEM MR |
09NOUAKCHOTT143 | CORRECTED COPY: MEDIA AND POLITICAL PARTY REACTIONS TO [...] (U) Foreign Minister Mohamed Mahmoud Ould Mohamedou's letter to the AU offering a transition of the Presidency to the President of elicited a sharp response from coup opponents, while practically all sides assessed the measure as a last-ditch attempt to avoid EU sanctions. The following is a [...] | 2009-02-18 14:28:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KPAO KDEM MR |
09NOUAKCHOTT155 | SLIPPERY AS EVER, OULD DAHDAH STILL IN TOUCH WITH [...] (C) Summary: RFD President Ahmed Ould Daddah informed Poloff he asked the National Assembly to postpone a February 19 vote to February 22 on key election-related issues and threatened an RFD boycott if he were denied. For the regime sponsored June 6 elections, Ould Dahdah demanded suffrage [...] | 2009-02-20 15:29:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM MR |
09NOUAKCHOTT156 | MAURITANIA: POLITICAL ROUNDUP FOR THE WEEK OF [...] (SBU) Summary: For the week of February 15-19, a Libyan delegation visited Mauritania, with little tangible results. The junta sent a letter to the AU proposing a way out of the crisis, a move widely regarded as a bid to avoid further EU condemnation. A proxy of Colonel Vall put forth a new [...] | 2009-02-21 09:49:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPAO MR |
09NOUAKCHOTT159 | POST-PARIS: TWO REQUESTS FROM FNDD [...] (C) Charge met with National Front for the Defense of Democracy President (FNDD),Abdelkoudouss Abeidna, February 20 as Abeidna received word from Paris regarding the outcome of the OIF Consultative Committee meeting regarding Mauritania. (Note: FNDD is national coalition of 14 political par [...] | 2009-02-22 13:05:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MR |
09NOUAKCHOTT16 | REGIME'S "NATIONAL DIALOGUE ON DEMOCRACY' HARDENS [...] (C) Summary -- The two week "National Dialogue on Democracy" developed more a menu of options than a political roadmap out of Mauritania's political crisis. Detractors see what they expected from the process, a charade designed to legitimize General Aziz' coup. Insiders hope Aziz will not u [...] | 2009-01-08 08:43:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MR |
09NOUAKCHOTT161 | MEDIA AND POLITICAL PARTY REACTIONS TO PARIS [...] (SBU) Reactions among the Mauritanian media and political class to the results of the February 20 OIF-led Consultative Committee Meeting in Paris were mixed, though most saw a small victory for the High State Council. The following is a sample of the reactions. 2. (U) Junta response: No [...] | 2009-02-23 12:19:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPAO MR |
09NOUAKCHOTT164 | MAURITANIA: POLITICAL ROUNDUP FOR THE WEEK OF [...] (SBU) Summary: For the week of February 22-26, first reactions to the Paris Consultative Committee meeting emerged. Libya began a mediation blitz, sending a delegation to Mauritania, and receiving a visit by General Aziz in Tripoli. Muammar Qadhafi may also visit Mauritania for the Prophet [...] | 2009-02-27 14:23:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPAO PROP MR |
09NOUAKCHOTT165 | EDUCATING THE LIBYANS; FNDD OUTLINES FIRST STEPS [...] (U) SUMMARY: National Front for the Defense of Democracy (FNDD) Director of External Relations, Mohamed Ould Maouloud, met with Charge, Thursday, February 26, to outline policies regarding the mediation efforts of African Union President Qadhafi, relationships within the Mauritanian opposition, [...] | 2009-03-01 07:56:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MR |
09NOUAKCHOTT167 | MAURITANIAN JUNTA ASKS ISRAELIS TO LEAVE [...] (C) Israeli Ambassador Miki Arbel called Charge evening of March 1 advising that he had been convoked that afternoon by the MFA Secretary General and asked to reciprocate actions taken by the Mauritanian authorities by closing his embassy and leaving. The Secretary General said Mauritania had [...] | 2009-03-02 11:39:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV USAU IS MR |
09NOUAKCHOTT169 | WHAT ARE THEY SMOKING? REGIME SEES U.S. POSITION [...] (C) During a March 2 meeting with MFA Secretary General Mohameden Ould Sidi dit Bedena on issues related to Israel (SEPTEL),the Secretary General told Charge that the "government" saw the U.S. was finally coming to better understand the Mauritanian problem as seen in the State Department's F [...] | 2009-03-02 15:04:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MR |
09NOUAKCHOTT170 | PRESIDENT ABDALLAHI MAY GO TO LIBYA [...] (C) President Abdallahi's Chief of Staff, Ahmed Kaber Ould Hammoudi, told Charge March 2 that President Abdallahi had accepted in principle a request from Muammar Qadhafi to meet with him in Libya on Friday, March 6. Hammoudi said the President had accepted the request from the Libyan Special [...] | 2009-03-03 07:49:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV USAU LY MR |
09NOUAKCHOTT172 | IN ARAFAT, POVERTY AND HOPELESSNESS BREED [...] (SBU) Summary: Arafat is the largest and poorest district in the capital Nouakchott. Rapid urbanization, a large disenfranchised youth population, grinding poverty, and imported Islamist extremist ideas are a potentially volatile combination. EmbOffs met with a variety of people living and [...] | 2009-03-03 13:54:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINS PTER KDEM EAID MR |
09NOUAKCHOTT175 | PRESIDENT ABDALLAHI'S CAMP INCREASINGLY WORRIED [...] (C) Multiple FNDD contacts are markedly discouraged following the February 20 meeting if in International Consultative Group on Mauritania and Muammar Qadhafi's entry into the political mix. Qadhafi is not trusted to hold the AU's hard line against the coup but the FNDD recognizes rejecting [...] | 2009-03-04 15:26:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV USAU LY MR |
09NOUAKCHOTT176 | ISRAELI AMBASSADOR TO LEAVE "ON EXTENDED VACATION" [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-05 10:12:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IS MR |
09NOUAKCHOTT177 | FNDD SEES LIBYA RUSHING FOR A DEAL [...] (C) The FNDD's rotating President Abdel Koudouss Abeidna confirmed to Charge March 5 that President Abdallahi will probably go forward with the Friday trip to Libya to meet with Muammar Qadhafi. Abeidna said he had already received a partial readout from the FNDD delegation in Triploi that is [...] | 2009-03-05 10:12:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV USAU LY MR |
09NOUAKCHOTT182 | MAURITANIA: POLITICAL ROUNDUP FOR THE WEEK OF [...] (C) Summary: For the week of March 1-5, the Israelis were asked to leave Mauritania by the MFA. Muammar Qadhafi's planned visit to Mauritania continues to generate excitement in the press, but more tempered reactions among the political class. The government continues planning for June 6 p [...] | 2009-03-05 14:45:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPAO PROP MR |
09NOUAKCHOTT183 | MAURITANIANS PULL BACK SECURITY FROM ISRAELI [...] (C) The Israeli Ambassador and his Security Officer notified Mission morning of March 6 that host government embassy security forces have been withdrawn from the Israeli chancery leaving it open to attack or pillaging. The Israeli's are moving what they can to the Ambassador's residence whi [...] | 2009-03-06 12:30:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ASEC IS MR |
09NOUAKCHOTT187 | ISRAELI AMBASSADOR LEAVES TOWN AS JUNTA CITES U.S. [...] (C) Status of Israeli Presence: Israeli Ambassador Miki Arbel and his wife departed Mauritania the evening of March 7. The Israeli Chancery is now officially "closed" with all security barriers and Mauritanian protective services removed. The Israeli management/security officer and two TDY [...] | 2009-03-08 13:52:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IS MR |
09NOUAKCHOTT188 | HEDGING THEIR BETS: PRO-COUP PARLIAMENTARIANS TAKE [...] (C) Summary: Consensus is not the word of the day among pro-coup parliamentarians. General Aziz's decision to rally his supporters under one party has found detractors. While stating their support to the High State Council (HSC),independent parliamentarians are distancing themselves from [...] | 2009-03-08 14:05:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM MR |
09NOUAKCHOTT189 | PRESIDENT ABDALLAHI RETURNS TO NOUAKCHOTT AND [...] (SBU) At around noon local time on March 6, President Abdallahi and his vehicle convoy arrived in Nouakchott from his native village of Lemden. PolAsst and EconOff observed at least 200 cars (most of them packed with people) in the procession, lights flashing and horns blaring. Pictures of [...] | 2009-03-08 16:12:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KDEM LY MR |
09NOUAKCHOTT190 | EL BASHIR'S ARREST WARRANT ELICITS MIXED REACTIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: The March 4 International Criminal Court's (ICC) decision to issue an arrest warrant against Sudanese President Omar El Bashir for war crimes and crimes against humanity in Darfur has elicited strong reactions in Mauritania. While the majority of the political class condemns [...] | 2009-03-08 16:47:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL PGOV ICC SU MR |
09NOUAKCHOTT191 | FNDD READOUT ON QADHAFI'S MEDIATION [...] (C) Summary: On the day of President Abdallahi's return from Libya and the eve of Qadhafi's visit to Mauritania, rotating FNDD President Abdel Koudouss Abeidna remains skeptical about the success of a Libyan mediation and believes only targeted sanctions will precipitate a solution to the c [...] | 2009-03-09 12:18:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM USAU LY MR |
09NOUAKCHOTT195 | QADHAFI WILL SETTLE FOR A JOINT DECLARATION ON [...] (C) Negative review of Libya meeting: Charge met evening of March 9 with President Abdallahi's Chief of Staff Ahmed Kaber Ould Hammoudi at Hammoudi's request. Hammoudi provided much the same readout on the Libya visit as provided by FNDD rotating President Abeidna in REFTEL (Hammoudi seemed [...] | 2009-03-10 11:45:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV USAU LY MR |
09NOUAKCHOTT2 | THE NATIONAL DIALOGUE ON DEMOCRACY - AN INSIDER'S [...] (C) Summary: The respected moderator of the National Dialogue on Democracy (Etats Generaux de la Democratie) sees the process as the best chance to get out of an untenable situation. The 'pragmatists" in the process are looking to establish a framework that will get democracy back on track [...] | 2009-01-02 13:15:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MR |
09NOUAKCHOTT202 | QADHAFI LEAVES MAURITANIA WORSE THAN HE FOUND IT [...] (C) Summary: Libyan leader Qadhafi's visit to Mauritania saw the President of the African Union pursue a mediation policy in direct opposition to the pro-democracy position of the international community he was ostensibly recommending. Qadhafi embraced the junta's plan for return to civilian [...] | 2009-03-12 18:18:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV USAU LY MR |
09NOUAKCHOTT203 | MAURITANIA: POLITICAL ROUNDUP FOR THE WEEK OF [...] (SBU) Summary: For the week of March 8-12, Muammar Qadhafi's visit to Mauritania dominated events. Qadhafi pressed hard for a joint declaration between the parties to the crisis, without success. Adding insult to injury, FNDD leaders walked out on his speech at the Palais des Congres when [...] | 2009-03-15 08:13:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PROP KPAO MR |
09NOUAKCHOTT204 | OULD DADDAH AND THE FNDD: UNITED AGAINST QADHAFI, [...] (C) Summary: In the wake of Qadhafi's "mediation," Ahmed Ould Daddah and President Abdallahi's FNDD have again been pushed towards cooperation in denouncing Qadhafi and renouncing the military strategy for June 6 elections. Ould Daddah remains fixed in opposition to President Abdallahi's re [...] | 2009-03-15 17:05:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV USAU LY MR |
09NOUAKCHOTT210 | MAURITANIA: OPPOSITION LETTER TO THE INTERNATIONAL [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-17 16:35:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV USAU LY MR |
09NOUAKCHOTT211 | PRESS CRACKDOWN: JOURNALIST ARRESTED, WEBSITE [...] (C) Summary: On the night of March 15th, Mauritanian police arrested Abbass Ould Braham, University English Teacher and editor of the tri-lingual on-line newspaper Taquadoumy while he sat in a restaurant among friends. On March 16th, General Prosecutor Seyid Ould Ghaliani ordered Mauritania's [...] | 2009-03-18 13:03:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PGOV MR |
09NOUAKCHOTT215 | MAURITANIA: POLITICAL ROUNDUP FOR THE WEEK OF [...] (SBU) Summary: For the week of March 15-19, the effects of Qadhafi's visit reverberated throughout the political scene. Aziz began a series of trips around the country that were widely viewed as campaign stops, and launched direct verbal attacks on President Abdallahi and former presidents [...] | 2009-03-20 11:38:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPAO KDEM LY MR |
09NOUAKCHOTT220 | PRESIDENT ABDALLAHI REACTS TO RECENT EVENTS; FEARS [...] (C) Summary: In the Charge's fourth visit to Lemden, President Abdallahi expressed concern for Mauritania's economy, and the lack of international reaction to Qadhafi's failed "mediation" efforts. He offered his side of the story with his meeting with Qadhafi, and reiterated his belief that [...] | 2009-03-23 14:25:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM MR |
09NOUAKCHOTT221 | DELAYS OBTAINING MAURITANIAN VISAS [...] (C) Summary: The military junta is delaying issuance of visas to American and European citizens. There have been no reports of visa applications actually being denied, but in many cases the delays have lasted well over a month. All visa applications made at Mauritanian embassies in the Unite [...] | 2009-03-25 15:23:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | OTRA PGOV PREL CVIS MR |
09NOUAKCHOTT222 | DADDAH MAKES LEGAL CASE FOR JUNTA MEMBERS' [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 7. 2. (C) Charge received a letter March 25 from RFD President Ahmed Ould Daddah. The letter outlines the RFD's argument (which was also made publicly in the press) that members of the military junta (High State Council) cannot legally [...] | 2009-03-25 15:31:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM MR |
09NOUAKCHOTT226 | MAURITANIA: POLITICAL ROUNDUP FOR THE WEEK OF [...] (C) Summary: For the week of March 22-26, Charge visited President Abdallahi in Lemden, and met with FNDD Tawassoul members in Nouakchott. The AU reaffirmed sanctions against Mauritania in the wake of Qadhafi's "mediation" visit. The Iranian Foreign Minister visited Mauritania, while the RF [...] | 2009-03-30 07:58:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM KPAO MR |
09NOUAKCHOTT229 | FNDD RESPONDS NEGATIVELY TO FRENCH AND SENEGALESE [...] (C) Summary: President Abdallahi's Chief of Staff Ahmed Kabed Ould Hammoudi called Charge evening of March 28 to convey President Abdallahi's astonishment with statements made by French President Sarkozy to the effect that there was no opposition to the coup, and to advise that the President [...] | 2009-03-30 14:18:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV FR SG MR |
09NOUAKCHOTT235 | FORMER PRESIDENT HAIDALLAH WEIGHS IN ON THE CRISIS [...] (C) Summary: Former President Haidallah has maintained a low profile after the August 2008 coup. Nevertheless, he expressed clear support for the upcoming June 6 elections, and tacit support for General Aziz. He characterized the FNDD's position as "illogical," and by extension, the USG po [...] | 2009-04-01 13:37:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR MR |
09NOUAKCHOTT236 | MAURITANIA TURNS TO CHINA, LIBYA AND IRAN FOR AID [...] (C) Summary: China agreed to provide a low-interest loan to the Government of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania to finance a $294 million expansion of the Port of Nouakchott. The port will be expanded from 500 meters to 1400 meters, allowing it to accommodate four ships at a time. China also [...] | 2009-04-01 15:28:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EAID EINV ETRD PREL MR CH IR LY |
09NOUAKCHOTT238 | MAURITANIA: POLITICAL ROUNDUP FOR THE WEEK MARCH [...] (C) Summary: For the week of March 29-April 2, General Aziz went to Doha to attend the Arab League Summit, while other members of the ruling High State Council traveled around the country to "educate" the population about the "rectification movement" (coup d'etat). The election calendar was [...] | 2009-04-02 12:52:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC KPAO KDEM MR |
09NOUAKCHOTT24 | POLISARIO DISSIDENT VISITS [...] (C) Summary: Sahrawi dissident Mahjoub Saleck of the Khat al-Shahid faction of POLISARIO saw a significant decrease in nationalist fervor among young Sahrawi in his first authorized visit to POLISARIO controlled areas of Western Sahara since 2006. Saleck saw a disturbing focus instead on mak [...] | 2009-01-09 15:31:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SNAR WI AG |
09NOUAKCHOTT240 | ROUND UP OF CURRENT EUROPEAN DIPLOMATIC VIEWS ON [...] (C) Summary: Marked differn*ces exist between the French, Germans, Spanish and European Commission in Nouakchott. The EC sees the Europeans poised to join the American hard-line against the coup with the release of its Article 96 conclusions o/a April 6 (but at a lamentable cost for the Maur [...] | 2009-04-02 15:45:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV USEU MR |
09NOUAKCHOTT246 | INCONSISTENT FRENCH TRANSLATION OF NATO STATEMENT [...] (SBU) Summary: Mauritanians, who are prone to glom onto the slightest international statement as a sign of policy signals, are now focused on NATO's Strasbourg/Kehl Summit Declaration released April 4 The official French translation of the Declaration has caused consternation/excitement be [...] | 2009-04-05 18:01:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NATO MR |
09NOUAKCHOTT247 | SENEGALESE STILL PUSHING FOR MEDIATION ROLE [...] (C) President Abdallahi's "Foreign Minister" Mohammed Ould Maouloud told Charge April 5 that Senegalese Foreign Minister Cheikh Tidiane Gadio has returned to Mauritania intent on getting President Abdallahi and opposition leader Ahmed Ould Daddah to accept a bilateral Senegalese political med [...] | 2009-04-05 18:17:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SG MR |
09NOUAKCHOTT253 | WHILE PM WAGHEF AND OTHERS LANGUISH IN PRISON, [...] (C) Summary: Despite General Aziz's repeated claims that there are no political prisoners in Mauritania, the selective targeting of prominent anti-coup individuals indicates otherwise. Four people, Prime Minister Waghef among them, remain in prison charged with corruption and mismanagement [...] | 2009-04-08 13:54:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM MR |
09NOUAKCHOTT257 | MAURITANIA'S NEIGHBORS -- ABDALLAHI LOSING MALIAN [...] (C) Summary: Charge did the rounds April 5 of neighboring country embassies to check on evolving views following the failed Qadhafi mediation. Morocco and Algeria remain fixed on two sides of the fence -- Morocco urging acceptance of the status quo based on stability concerns (and discounti [...] | 2009-04-08 16:53:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV USAU AG ML MO SG MR |
09NOUAKCHOTT261 | MAURITANIA: POLITICAL ROUNDUP FOR THE WEEK OF [...] (SBU) Summary: For the week of April 5-9, anti-coup sentiment was visible in several venues. The EU suspended cooperation with Mauritania for two years, while an unfortunate translation of a NATO statement sowed confusion. The national electoral commission was finally appointed, while forme [...] | 2009-04-12 09:31:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPAO KDEM MR |
09NOUAKCHOTT266 | CONSTITUTIONAL CONSIDERATIONS IN AZIZ' [...] (C) Summary: Efforts to mediate a solution to the Mauritanian crisis continue. AU Commissioner for Security and Peace Ramdane Lamamra and Libyan Secretary of African Affairs Abdessalam Triky arrived in Nouakchott April 11 to discreetly continue the negotiations started by Senegalese Foreig [...] | 2009-04-13 12:26:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MR |
09NOUAKCHOTT268 | RENEWED AU-LIBYAN MEDIATION EFFORTS [...] (C) Summary: The African Union and Libya have started a renewed mediation effort aimed at avoiding the need to apply sanctions. The African Union questions whether the three main Mauritanian protagonists can ever come up with a consensual plan if left to their own devices, and suggests the [...] | 2009-04-14 11:12:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV USAU MR |
09NOUAKCHOTT269 | THE FNDD'S INTERIM STRATEGY [...] (S - N/F) Summary: The FNDD sees opportunity in General Aziz's upcoming resignation to work on internal divisions in his support base -- hopefully leaving him out in the cold. Diplomatic activities (including travel by President Abdallahi) will continue as will open resistance. The FNDD fea [...] | 2009-04-14 13:52:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV MR |
09NOUAKCHOTT271 | THE CONTRADICTIONS OF PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE [...] (C) Summary: The first person to officially announce his candidacy in the upcoming June 6 elections, Ibrahima Sarr is a study in contradictions. A long-time advocate for Afro-Mauritanians, many of his own supporters and peers now accuse him of selling out by working with the military. Recog [...] | 2009-04-15 13:21:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM PINR MR |
09NOUAKCHOTT276 | MEETING WITH NATIONAL ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT OULD [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-16 10:41:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MR |
09NOUAKCHOTT278 | MAURITANIA: POLITICAL ROUNDUP FOR THE WEEK OF [...] (SBU) Summary: For the week of April 12-16, the RFD party was on the verge of collapse, and Ahmed Ould Daddah had his strongest words yet for General Aziz. Ibrahima Sarr announced his candidacy for president, and renewed AU-Libyan and Senegalese mediation efforts failed to generate enthusia [...] | 2009-04-16 13:47:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO MR |
09NOUAKCHOTT28 | ANTI-ISRAELI DEMONSTRATIONS REACH NEW LEVEL OF [...] (SBU) Friday prayers in Nouakchott January 9 ended with people taking to the streets to protest continuing Israeli military action in the Gaza Strip. Accurate crowd numbers are hard to obtain -- some press reports placed the crowd at 10,000 or even 13,000 people. A more realistic number may [...] | 2009-01-12 10:32:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PGOV PREL MR |
09NOUAKCHOTT282 | DADDAH STILL IN THE ANTI-COUP CAMP; WANTS MORE US [...] (C) Summary: In an April 19 meeting RFD President Ahmed Ould Daddah maintained his anti-coup stance, suggested the Senegalese mediation effort might be acceptable, and called for increased USG involvement. He tried to brush off the recent divisions within his party, and he still maintains t [...] | 2009-04-20 10:45:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM MR |
09NOUAKCHOTT287 | ELECTORAL COMMISSION MEMBER RESIGNS FROM "MAFIA [...] (C) Summary: Sid'Ahmed Ould Habott, a prestigious member of the National Independent Electoral Commission (CENI),resigned April 20 as he believes the CENI's objective is not to organize free and fair elections but to certify Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz's electoral victory. For Ould Habott, or [...] | 2009-04-22 17:31:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MR |
09NOUAKCHOTT288 | ACCORDING TO VALL, PRO AND ANTI-COUP PARTIES WANT [...] (C) Summary: According to Colonel Ely Ould Mohamed Vall, political actors are ready for a consensual solution but Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz remains the main obstacle to an agreement. Vall believes the time before the election is crucial to finding a solution. Once the election takes place, [...] | 2009-04-23 12:50:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM MR |
09NOUAKCHOTT289 | MAURITANIA: POLITICAL ROUNDUP FOR THE WEEK OF [...] (SBU) Summary: For the week of April 19-23, women protesting against the junta were dispersed by the police. Election planning continued apace, while the number of declared presidential candidates grew to six. Anti-coup parliamentarians staged a sit-in at the National Assembly, while the n [...] | 2009-04-23 14:05:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM KPAO |
09NOUAKCHOTT290 | CONSIDERING THE SENEGALESE MEDIATION [...] (C) Summary: Democratically elected president Abdallahi intends to travel to Senegal on Sunday, April 26, accepting an invitation from President Wade. The FNDD and RFD remain open to participation in a Senegalese/African Union mediation subject to several large reservations. They believe (p [...] | 2009-04-23 16:32:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV USAU MR |
09NOUAKCHOTT308 | SENATOR SYLLA: OUR RECURRING VIOLENT BIT ACTOR [...] (C/NF) Summary: Senator Sylla stated he and a group of anti-coup activists are determined to stop Aziz and derail upcoming elections, through violence if necessary. To this end, he wants to obtain arms and logistical support from the Israelis, and have Post serve as an intermediary between t [...] | 2009-04-29 17:26:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PINR MR |
09NOUAKCHOTT31 | "NATIONAL DIALOGUE ON DEMOCRACY" RESULTS APPROVED [...] (SBU) On January 9 the junta-designated "Prime Minister" Moulaye Ould Mohamed Laghdaf presided over a special session at the National Assembly where the final report of the "National Dialogue on Democracy" was officially approved. Seventy of the 95 parliamentarians were present, with 63 membe [...] | 2009-01-12 17:19:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MR |
09NOUAKCHOTT312 | MAURITANIA: POLITICAL ROUNDUP FOR THE WEEK OF [...] (SBU) Summary: This week in Nouakchott, anti-coup protests multiplied and the FNDD, labor unions, and civil society joined forces through the signature of NDI's CFD Charter, which earned them criticism from Ould Daddah for accepting foreign money and interference. Deputy Sid'Ahmed Ould Ahme [...] | 2009-04-30 14:26:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO PHUM MR |
09NOUAKCHOTT315 | SENEGALESE STILL WANT TO PURSUE MEDIATION [...] (C) During an April 30 meeting, Senegalese Ambassador to Mauritania Mahmoudou Kane downplayed President Abdallahi's decision to "delay" a visit to Senegal indicating that Senegalese Foreign Minister Gadio would return to Mauritania the week of May 3 to revive the mediation initiative. 2. [...] | 2009-05-03 09:33:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SG MR |
09NOUAKCHOTT32 | PRESIDENT ABDALLAHI TO TRAVEL ABROAD, NAME SPECIAL [...] (C) President Abdallahi's Chief of Staff, Mohamed Kaber Ould Hammoudi, told Charge that President Abdallahi would be returning to Nouakchott "in a few days" and plans to take a trip abroad after a few days of political and diplomatic consultations in the capital. The President has asked the [...] | 2009-01-12 17:21:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV OVIP MR |
09NOUAKCHOTT323 | AMBASSADOR'S LUNCHEON WITH ANTI-COUP POLITICAL [...] (C) Summary: During a lunch with the Ambassador, RFD and FNDD political leaders talked about repression of demonstrations, President of the Senate Ba M'Bare's "presidency," and the role played in the political crisis by Mauritania's neighbors. The FNDD and RFD asked the U.S. to pressure Fra [...] | 2009-05-11 16:12:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM KHUM MR |
09NOUAKCHOTT327 | THE FNDD'S EVER-CHANGING ATTITUDE TOWARDS THE [...] (C) Summary: The FNDD, while suspicious of Senegalese President Wade's intentions, is again looking at the Senegalese mediation as a method to derail the regime's election agenda. The FNDD has multiple conditions, but sees the Senegalese proposal as the basis to start talking about talking [...] | 2009-05-12 17:18:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL USAU SG MR |
09NOUAKCHOTT328 | AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH PRESIDENT ABDALLAHI IN LEMDEN [...] (C) Summary: President Abdallahi, still determined to fight the coup and very much active in the opposition, declared himself open to concessions as long as proposed solutions respected the constitution. The president thinks the Senegalese, rather than coming to the negotiation table with [...] | 2009-05-13 17:01:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM MR |
09NOUAKCHOTT330 | MAURITANIA: POLITICAL ROUNDUP FOR THE WEEK OF MAY [...] (C) Summary: For the week of May 10-14, there were rumors of possible arms from Iran. An embassy travel notification to the MFA was rejected, and Taqadoumy touched off another sensation in the media. There was a sit-in at the National Assembly, and the Ambassador traveled to Lemden to visi [...] | 2009-05-14 12:23:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPAO KDEM PHUM CVIS ASEC PTER MR |
09NOUAKCHOTT333 | AMBASSADOR'S CALL ON JUNTA "FOREIGN MINISTER" [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador called on the junta "Foreign Minister" on May 12 amid a wave of negative press featuring accusations of improper interference by the Embassy in internal affairs, an apparent GIRM suspension of visa issuances for official Americans, and attempts to limit in-country US [...] | 2009-05-17 08:40:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | SECRET | PREL PGOV ODIP MR |
09NOUAKCHOTT343 | THE FIRST LADY: NOT THE PRIMA DONNA DETRACTORS [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Boulware's wife and EconOff spent the day with First Lady Khatou Mint El Boukhary while Ambassador met with President Abdallahi. Boukhary, portrayed by many as controlling and demanding, was warm and down to earth and clearly pleased by Mrs. Boulware's visit. She than [...] | 2009-05-21 09:02:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR MR |
09NOUAKCHOTT352 | ABDALLAHI'S EMISSARIES' CONCERNS ABOUT MEDIATION [...] (C) Summary: Sidney Sokhna, Diplomatic Advisor to President Abdallahi, called on Ambassador to provide background on the Senegalese mediation and seek clarification of the USG position. Sokhna said that pro-democracy forces in the FNDD and RFD suspected the impartiality of mediators and we [...] | 2009-05-26 12:21:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MR |
09NOUAKCHOTT356 | ROSSO'S TOWN HALL: AGREEING TO DISAGREE [...] (C) Summary: During a meeting at the town hall in Rosso, EmbOffs witnessed spirited but respectful political debates between the Secretary General, who expressed support for General Aziz, and a Deputy Mayor, who advocated constitutional order. Such free debate indicates a willingness to coe [...] | 2009-05-28 09:42:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM MR |
09NOUAKCHOTT358 | PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE SGHAIR OULD M'BARECK: "I [...] (C) Summary: Sghair Ould M'Bareck is a Haratine (Black Moor) with extensive experience in Mauritanian government, and says he will strengthen democracy in Mauritania if elected. He accused the United States of encouraging a "radical" opposition, and maintains the June 6 elections are the so [...] | 2009-05-28 15:29:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM PINR MR |
09NOUAKCHOTT360 | PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE HAMIDOU BABA KANE: "YES WE [...] (C) Summary: Hamidou Baba Kane is one of two Afro-Mauritanian candidates in the upcoming June 6 presidential elections. The Vice President of the National Assembly (and former Vice President in Ahmed Ould Daddah's RFD party),Kane claims he is still a member of RFD, even though Daddah expel [...] | 2009-05-28 16:53:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM PINR MR |
09NOUAKCHOTT361 | MAURITANIA: POLITICAL ROUNDUP FOR THE WEEK OF MAY [...] (C) Summary: The electoral campaign has started without much participation or enthusiasm. General Aziz's campaigning has taken over Nouakchott, giving the not-so-mistaken impression that there is only one candidate in this presidential race. Nevertheless, the campaign's empty tents make it [...] | 2009-05-28 16:57:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPAO KDEM MR PHUM |
09NOUAKCHOTT364 | TFFLU01: MAURITANIA NOT PREPARED FOR H1N1 INFLUENZA [...] (SBU) Summary: Although there have been no reported cases of H1N1 influenza in Mauritania, authorities are not prepared for an outbreak should one occur. The Government of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania (GIRM) had no Tamiflu on hand until the World Health Organization recently provided it [...] | 2009-05-31 17:08:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | AEMR ASEC AMED CASC KFLO MARR PREL PINR AMGT |
09NOUAKCHOTT366 | JUNTA GIVING AWAY FOOD IN FINAL EFFORT TO GAIN [...] (C) Summary: In a thinly veiled attempt to gain public support, the junta is once again giving away food and land. Local mayors are distributing free fish to their constitutents, likely on behalf of the junta. The "Prime Minister" and "Food Security Commissioner" oversaw the distribution of 2 [...] | 2009-06-02 13:50:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIS PGOV PREL SOCI MR |
09NOUAKCHOTT369 | TENTATIVE AGREEMENT REACHED IN DAKAR, BUT NO [...] (SBU) The agreement: Representatives of the three main parties to the Mauritanian crisis -- General Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz, Ahmed Ould Daddah and his RFD party, and the anti-coup FNDD group -- tentatively reached an agreement the evening of June 2 in Dakar, after six days of intense negotia [...] | 2009-06-03 12:19:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO MR |
09NOUAKCHOTT37 | EUROPEANS ON NEXT STEPS IN MAURITANIA [...] (C) Summary: The EC Representative in Nouakchott says no position has yet been taken on the significance of the National Dialogue on Democracy but does not believe the regime's actions will be sufficient to avoid negative European actions under Article 96 proceedings. European ambassadors a [...] | 2009-01-13 16:59:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MR |
09NOUAKCHOTT370 | ON THE EVE OF AN AGREEMENT, NOUADHIBOU "MOROSE AND [...] (C) Summary: A day before a tentative agreement to the ongoing political crisis was reached in Dakar (Ref A),EmbOffs traveled to the economic capital of Nouadhibou to assess the mood and political situation ahead of elections. In meetings with both anti-coup and pro-coup political actors, t [...] | 2009-06-03 17:22:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM MR |
09NOUAKCHOTT374 | MAURITANIA: POLITICAL ROUNDUP FOR THE WEEK OF MAY [...] (C) Summary: Once again, the Senegalese mediation dominated the political scene in Mauritania for the week of May 31 to June 4. To the surprise of many, a tentative agreement was reached in Dakar June 2. President Wade and the parties to the crisis are scheduled to officially sign the agr [...] | 2009-06-04 15:20:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO MR |
09NOUAKCHOTT375 | MAURITANIANS REACT TO PRESIDENT OBAMA'S CAIRO [...] (SBU) The speech: In response to Reftel, Post hosted twenty political actors, religious leaders, and journalists at the Embassy to watch President Obama's speech delivered at Cairo University on June 4. The audience watched and listened intently to the live satellite broadcast of the speech [...] | 2009-06-04 15:22:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KDEM KPAO MR |
09NOUAKCHOTT378 | HERDING CATS: IMPLEMENTATION OF THE DAKAR [...] (C) Summary: The tentative agreement reached in Dakar was signed June 4 in Nouakchott by the three major sides to the crisis in a sometimes raucous ceremony. After a meeting with President Abdallahi in Lemden on June 6, International Contact Group members and representatives of the three po [...] | 2009-06-08 16:13:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM MR |
09NOUAKCHOTT385 | MAURITANIA: POLITICAL ROUNDUP FOR THE WEEK OF JUNE [...] (C) Summary: In Nouakchott for the week of June 7-11, the horse trading for ministerial posts according to the Dakar agreement took center stage. As of June 11, though, a national unity government had not yet been finalized. Prime Minister Waghef and other detainees deemed political prison [...] | 2009-06-11 11:55:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM KPAO MR |
09NOUAKCHOTT396 | MAURITANIA TIP DEMARCHE CABLE [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified, protect accordingly. 2. (U) Ambassador delivered reftel demarche, leaving the non-paper and the 2009 TIP report country narrative for Mauritania with MFA Secretary General Mohameden Ould Sidi Baba on June 15, 2009. 3. (SBU) After a review of the TIP [...] | 2009-06-16 16:55:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTIP ELAB PGOV PHUM PREL MR |
09NOUAKCHOTT411 | FNDD REMAINS IN SOLIDARITY WITH ABDALLAHI [...] (C) Summary: FNDD co-President Mohamed Ould Maouloud denied Senegalese and European statements that the Front National pour la Defense de la Democratie (FNDD) and the Rassemblement des Forces Democratiques (RFD) were ready to accept implementation of the Dakar Accord without President Abdal [...] | 2009-06-24 18:21:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM MR |
09NOUAKCHOTT414 | MAURITANIA: POLITICAL ROUNDUP FOR THE WEEK OF JUNE [...] (C) Summary: This week, the parties to the crisis traveled to Dakar to negotiate the future of the High State Council (HSC),an issue that has been blocking the implementation of the Accord for the past two weeks. The parties were unable to reach a consensus, obliging President Wade to rus [...] | 2009-06-25 10:51:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM MR |
09NOUAKCHOTT420 | MAURITANIAN ELECTION CHRONICLES FOR JUNE 28 -- A [...] (C) One day into the new and internationally recognized transitional Government of National Unity, the inherent distrust of all the parties are already threatening collapse. The International Contact Group, that has agreed to meet twice daily into the foreseeable future, has its own division [...] | 2009-06-28 23:34:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM MR |
09NOUAKCHOTT422 | MAURITANIA: THE TRANSITIONAL GOVERNMENT OF [...] (SBU) Summary: Mauritanians and the international community alike breathed a sigh of relief when President Sidi Ould Cheikh Abdallahi signed in the late hours of June 24 the decree forming a Transitional Government of National Unity, followed by his voluntary resignation. This symbolic gest [...] | 2009-06-29 13:27:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MR KDEM PINR |
09NOUAKCHOTT423 | MAURITANIAN ELECTION CHRONICLES FOR JUNE 29 -- [...] (SBU) June 29 saw the opposition parties' protest to the Constitutional Council dismissed, with the Council's decision to uphold the election schedule decreed by Prime Minister Laghdaf on June 28 despite the lack of consensus. The Constitutional Council's decision clears the way for the mult [...] | 2009-06-29 15:48:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM MR |
09NOUAKCHOTT428 | MAURITANIAN ELECTION CHRONICLES FOR JUNE 30: [...] (C) The Contact Group met the afternoon of June 29. AU Ambassador Annadif said that, despite previous confidence expressed by Prime Minister Laghdaf, the three parties had not yet been able to reach agreement concerning the civil society members of the National Independent Electoral Commiss [...] | 2009-07-01 09:56:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM MR |
09NOUAKCHOTT431 | MAURITANIA: POLITICAL ROUNDUP FOR THE WEEK OF JUNE [...] (SBU) Summary: This week in Nouakchott, the August 6 coup d'etat came to an official end with the formation of a Transitional Government of National Unity and President Abdallahi's resignation, in accordance with the Dakar Accord. The new government is up and running but maintaining consens [...] | 2009-07-02 14:24:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PREL SNAR PHUM MR |
09NOUAKCHOTT433 | MAURITANIAN ELECTION CHRONICLES FOR JULY 2 -- ON [...] (C) Maouloud complains about electoral list revision timeframe: On June 30, Maouloud complained to Annadif and the ICG that the original ten-day extraordinary electoral list revision had been shortened to four days. The revision, a crucial step towards transparency and confidence building, [...] | 2009-07-02 15:53:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM MR |
09NOUAKCHOTT436 | MAURITANIAN ELECTION CHRONICLES FOR JULY 5 -- THE [...] (SBU) Minister of the Interior satisfied: The International Contact Group (ICG) met with the Transitional Government of National Unity's Minister of the Interior Mohamed Ould Rzeizime (from the anti-coup FNDD political alliance) on July 2. Rzeizime stated election planning was on track and [...] | 2009-07-06 16:52:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM MR |
09NOUAKCHOTT440 | MAURITANIAN ELECTION CHRONICLES FOR JULY 6-7 -- [...] (C) Electoral campaign kicks off (again): Almost overnight, Nouakchott has become a tent city with hundreds of "khaimas" erected one next to the other in honor of the main presidential candidates. Compared to the dull, one-man campaign leading to the canceled June 6 elections, this preside [...] | 2009-07-07 17:25:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM MR |
09NOUAKCHOTT443 | MAURITANIAN ELECTION CHRONICLES FOR JULY 8 -- [...] (U) The OIF will send observers: The Organisation internationale de la francophonie (OIF) confirmed on July 8 it will send an observer mission headed by former President of Burundi Pierre Buyoya. 2. (U) Aziz comes forward as the real author of the 2005 coup: During a political rally i [...] | 2009-07-08 15:22:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM MR |
09NOUAKCHOTT446 | MAURITANIA: POLITICAL ROUNDUP FOR THE WEEK OF [...] (U) Campaign against forced-feeding and over-eating: The Mauritanian government will launch a program in 2010 in conjunction with the United Nations Population Fund to fight cultural practices and perceptions that adversely affect women, including forced-feeding and over-eating. The program [...] | 2009-07-09 15:52:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KDEM PHUM MR |
09NOUAKCHOTT447 | MAURITANIA: ATTENDANCE TO 64TH UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-09 15:52:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL UNGA MR |
09NOUAKCHOTT45 | A BEATEN SENATE PRESIDENT [...] (C) Charge visited a dejected President of the Senate Ba M'Bare on January 14. During Charge's previous meeting in November (REFTEL),M'Bare opposed the regime despite extreme pressure from the new Central Bank Governor who had cut his check signing privileges and a commission of inquiry set [...] | 2009-01-14 14:44:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MR |
09NOUAKCHOTT451 | MAURITANIA ELECTION CHRONICLES FOR JULY 12 -- [...] (SBU) Aziz organizes massive political rally: As promised last week on the campaign trail, presidential candidate Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz held a political rally in the Nouakchott neighborhood of Arafat on July 11. The event was widely publicized and Mattel cell phone users received an unso [...] | 2009-07-12 17:21:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM MR PHUM |
09NOUAKCHOTT453 | ARAB MAGHREB DIRECTOR TIGHT LIPPED ABOUT WESTERN [...] (C) PolOff paid a courtesy visit on July 12 to Arab Maghreb Director Mohamed Ould Mekhale to inquire after UN SRSG for Western Sahara Chris Ross's visit to Mauritania on June 27. PolOff wanted to ask if the Secretary of State in charge of the Arab Maghreb had met with Ross, how the Mauritan [...] | 2009-07-13 15:30:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV WI MR |
09NOUAKCHOTT455 | MAURITANIAN ELECTION CHRONICLES FOR JULY 13 -- THE [...] (C) AU pressures Prime Minister to address complaints: The Ambassador attended an International Contact Group (ICG) meeting July 12 which discussed persistent complaints by the main three opposition candidates about Aziz's disregard for main Dakar Accord points (Ref A and B),African Union r [...] | 2009-07-13 16:42:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM MR |
09NOUAKCHOTT46 | IRAN URGES/ENTICES MAURITANIA TO CUT TIES WITH [...] (SBU) Iranian Vice President Mohamed Ridha Rahimi came to Nouakchott January 13 and met with military junta leader General Aziz to discuss primarily Gaza. Press reports in the official media said the Iranian welcomed the Mauritanian decision to recall their ambassador. Independent press and [...] | 2009-01-15 13:37:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPAL IR MR |
09NOUAKCHOTT460 | MAURITANIAN ELECTION CHRONICLES FOR JULY 15 - 16 [...] (C) Ministry of Foreign Affairs declines US help: The US Embassy offer of aircraft support for the transportation of AU/OIF observer missions to the faraway cities of Zouerate, Selibaby and Nema was declined by the Secretary General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on July 16. In a telep [...] | 2009-07-16 14:09:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM MR |
09NOUAKCHOTT462 | MAURITANIA: DEFINING -- BUT UNPREDICTABLE -- [...] (C) Summary: As we approach the July 18 Presidential elections in Mauritania, there are too many unknowns to make any credible prediction about the outcome. Although Mauritania's elites have been enmeshed by over ten months of intense political struggle since the August 6, 2008, coup, the [...] | 2009-07-16 16:41:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM MR |
09NOUAKCHOTT47 | FREEZING OF MAURITANIAN - ISRAELI RELATIONS [...] (C) The Mauritanian regime's decision, as announced by General Aziz at the Doha Summit on January 16, to "freeze relations" with Israel has little practical effect for the time being. The Israeli Ambassador received a diplomatic note January 17 announcing that Mauritania had decided to freez [...] | 2009-01-18 15:28:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPAL IS MR |
09NOUAKCHOTT480 | THE MAURITANIANS DISAPPOINT -- AZIZ ELECTED [...] (C) Summary: The Mauritanian people appear to have selected General Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz as their next duly elected president. Although there are isolated reports of inappropriate efforts to influence voters, the election itself proceeded reasonably well offering the population a chance [...] | 2009-07-20 11:29:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM MR |
09NOUAKCHOTT486 | MINISTRY OF JUSTICE WOULD WELCOME USG HELP IN [...] Summary: The Ministry of Justice has been informed of Mauritania's reclassification to Tier 3 in the annual Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report and has been briefed about the process and potential consequences for future USG- Government of Mauritania engagement. Dr. Haimoud Ould Ramadhane, [...] | 2009-07-22 13:53:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MR ELAB KTIP PHUM |
09NOUAKCHOTT490 | MAURITANIA: POLITICAL ROUNDUP FOR THE WEEK OF JULY [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-23 15:32:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM MR PHUM PTER |
09NOUAKCHOTT491 | IT'S OFFICIAL -- CONSTITUTIONAL COUNCIL CONFIRMS [...] (U) The Mauritanian Constitutional Council on July 23 issued its ruling ratifying the results of Mauritania's July 18 presidential elections definitively establishing General Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz as president elect. Prior to ratifying the election, the Constitutional Council addressed the [...] | 2009-07-24 12:08:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM MR |
09NOUAKCHOTT492 | MAURITANIA -- ENDING U.S. SANCTIONS [...] (C) In light of the certification of Mauritania's July 18 presidential elections, Post recommends the discontinuation of the legislative and policy-driven sanctions imposed on Mauritania following the August 6, 2008, coup d'etat. Post believes that Mauritania has returned to constitutional [...] | 2009-07-26 16:37:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ASEC MASS EAID CVIS MR |
09NOUAKCHOTT493 | NOUAKCHOTT WARDEN MEETING DISCUSSES GENERAL [...] (SBU) Following up on the last Mission EAC (REFTEL),the Ambassador hosted a July 23 Consular Wardens Meeting to discuss general security concerns shared by Nouakchott's American citizen (AmCit) community. The invitation was extended to official and unofficial AmCits, as well as those associa [...] | 2009-07-27 23:30:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL CASC ASEC MR |
09NOUAKCHOTT496 | AMBASSADOR'S CALL ON PRESIDENT-ELECT AZIZ [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Boulware called on President-elect Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz to say that the USG accepted the Constitutional Council,s determination that Aziz had been elected and was not persuaded that opposition complaints of major electoral irregularities were convincingly supported [...] | 2009-07-29 09:19:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MR |
09NOUAKCHOTT5 | AGGRESSIVE EVOLUTION OF NOUAKCHOTT ANTI-ISRAELI [...] (U) Summary: Sporadic Anti-Israeli demonstrations have grown in size and aggressiveness. Pre and post prayer marches on Friday, January 2, numbered several hundred; active but handily turned back from Israeli, Egyptian, and other Mission precincts by riot police. The January 4th return of [...] | 2009-01-05 15:16:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC KPAL KPAO MR PREL |
09NOUAKCHOTT500 | MAURITANIA -- ENGAGEMENT STRATEGY WITH THE AZIZ [...] (C) New Environment Needs New Strategy: Mission Country Team (including visiting Rabat-based LEGAT) held an off-site July 27 to consider revisions of the Mission Strategic Plan in light of the July 18 election of President-elect Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz and the June 23 killing of Christopher [...] | 2009-08-02 23:28:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID MASS ASEC PTER AMGT MR |
09NOUAKCHOTT503 | MAURITANIA -- ENGAGEMENT STRATEGY WITH THE AZIZ [...] (C) New Environment Needs New Strategy: Mission Country Team (including visiting Rabat-based LEGAT) held an off-site July 27 to consider revisions of the Mission Strategic Plan in light of the July 18 election of President-elect Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz and the June 23 killing of Christopher [...] | 2009-08-03 08:17:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID MASS ASEC PTER AMGT MR |
09NOUAKCHOTT504 | ON IRAN, ISRAEL AND US-MAURITANIA RELATIONS: HEADS [...] (C) Summary: According to Mohamed Aly Cherif, Parliamentarian Majority President and leader of President-elect Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz's party Union Pour la Republique (UPR),the new government is willing to work with the opposition but the ball is now on the opposition's court. Cherif doe [...] | 2009-08-03 09:10:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM MR |
09NOUAKCHOTT505 | MODERATE ISLAMIST JEMIL MANSOUR ON THE ELECTIONS [...] (C) Summary: Tawassoul president and presidential candidate Jemil Ould Mansour -- who was among the first to accept President-elect Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz's victory -- believes the election was fair despite a number of irregularities. For Mansour, Tawassoul comes out of the crisis in a wi [...] | 2009-08-03 17:11:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM MR |
09NOUAKCHOTT506 | OPPOSITION LEADERS ON THE FUTURE OF THE FNDD [...] (C) Summary: The Front National pour la Defense de la Democratie (FNDD) is still active despite its electoral defeat and the defection of founding party Tawassoul. Leaders Mohamed Ould Maouloud and Abdel Koudouss Abeidna believe the FNDD has a future as an umbrella organization for oppositi [...] | 2009-08-04 15:04:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM MR |
09NOUAKCHOTT510 | MAURITANIA: LEADER OF OPPOSITION OULD DADDAH SEES [...] (C) Summary: Opposition leader Ahmed Ould Daddah continues to see fraud in the July 18 presidential elections even as he remains at a loss to explain how. He regrets that the U.S. -- "the last hope for Mauritania" -- has accepted a mechanical definition of democracy and opted for security o [...] | 2009-08-11 15:21:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER MR |
09NOUAKCHOTT513 | JAPAN TO MOVE FORWARD ON ESTABLISHING EMBASSY IN [...] (C) The head of the "Japanese Preparatory Office" in Nouakchott, Miyamoto Musayuk, told DCM August 12 that Tokyo was moving forward on the establishment of an embassy in Mauritania. As discussed in REFTELs, the Japanese had been well advanced in their planning for an embassy but had to put e [...] | 2009-08-12 17:14:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV JA MR |
09NOUAKCHOTT514 | AZIZ' NEW GOVERNMENT "NOT BAD" [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-13 12:58:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM MR |
09NOUAKCHOTT515 | THE "FIRST" FEMALE ARAB MUSLIM FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (C) Summary: Newly appointed Foreign Minister Naha Mint Mouknass emphasized the importance for women in the Arab world that she not fail as the "first Arab Muslim" foreign minister. She welcomed renewed cooperation with the United States in all areas of counter-terrorism but emphasized devel [...] | 2009-08-17 17:36:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM EAID KWMN MR IS |
09NOUAKCHOTT538 | BIO INFO FOR MAURITANIA'S NEW GOVERNMENT [...] (SBU) On August 11, President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz named his cabinet, composed of 29 positions (24 ministers, 3 deputy ministers, 2 minister secretary generals and one minister counselor) (Ref A). 2. (SBU) Prime Minister Moulaye Ould Mohamed Laghdaf: Laghdaf was first appointed prime [...] | 2009-08-20 11:33:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM MR PINR |
09NOUAKCHOTT546 | AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH PRIME MINISTER LAGHDAF - [...] (C) Summary: The Mauritanian relationship with the U.S. has "turned a page," and the newly (re)appointed Prime Minister looks forward to a broad and strong revitalized relationship. Counter-terrorism is of extreme importance -- the withdrawal of Peace Corps following the killing of an Ameri [...] | 2009-08-25 15:09:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PHUM MR |
09NOUAKCHOTT549 | JOURNALIST SENTENCED TO SIX MONTHS' IMPRISONMENT [...] (C) Summary: Journalist and Taqadoumy Website Director Hanevy Ould Deha, detained on June 18 on charges of defamation against presidential candidate Ibrahima Moktar Sarr, was sentenced on August 19 to six months in prison, a 30,000 UM ($111 USD) fine and 230,000 UM ($851 USD) in legal fees [...] | 2009-08-26 16:09:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KDEM PHUM MR |
09NOUAKCHOTT568 | MAURITANIA - POTUS LUNCH WITH SUB-SAHARAN AFRICAN [...] (C) Ambassador conveyed to Mauritanian President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz on September 8 President Obama's invitation to participate in a September 22 lunch of sub-Saharan African Heads of State. While the Ambassador noted we had been notified he was not planning on going to UNGA, President Az [...] | 2009-09-08 15:27:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL GA MR |
09NOUAKCHOTT569 | PRESIDENT AZIZ ON MAURITANIAN RELATIONS WITH ISRAEL [...] (C) Ambassador met with President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz on September 8 ostensibly to deliver President Obama's invitation for a luncheon with sub-Saharan Heads of State on the margins of UNGA (SEPTEL) and to deliver REFTEL demarche on the eve of the Arab League summit. Ambassador expanded [...] | 2009-09-08 16:32:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IS MR |
09NOUAKCHOTT575 | MAURITANIA: LAYERED SECURITY STRATEGY [...] (C) The Way Forward: On September 2-3, Post hosted a Trans-Sahara Counter-terrorism Partnership (TSCTP) country-specific conference to develop a coordinated "hard" and "soft" counter-terrorism re-engagement strategy for FY09 and FY10. Conference participants included Country Team members, [...] | 2009-09-09 16:34:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PGOV PREL PTER EAID MR |
09NOUAKCHOTT578 | RESUMPTION OF PEACE CORPS OPERATIONS IN MAURITANIA [...] (C) Summary: Mission recommends the return of Peace Corps volunteers in areas of lesser terrorist risk defined as locations west of the Mission-designated "frontier zone." Peace Corps volunteers in Nouakchott, if any, would have to be placed in housing that meets USG standards for direct hi [...] | 2009-09-14 09:19:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ASEC AMGT MR |
09NOUAKCHOTT580 | MAURITANIA: POLITICAL ROUNDUP FOR AUGUST 2009 [...] (U) Summary: The month of August saw Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz, author of the August 6, 2008 coup d'etat, become the legitimately elected President of Mauritania. Aziz also received a visit from the Iranian Minister of Foreign Affairs and traveled to Libya on his first official visit. Taqado [...] | 2009-09-14 13:39:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM PREL MR SNAR |
09NOUAKCHOTT593 | MAURITANIA: PRESIDENT AZIZ ON TERRORISM AND [...] (C) During the Ambassador's August 8 call on President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz on other matters, Aziz spoke about the terrorist and extremist threats facing Mauritania. Aziz focused first on the internal drivers of extremism, telling the Ambassador that disgruntled youth were driven to extre [...] | 2009-09-15 12:40:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MASS EAID PTER MR |
09NOUAKCHOTT597 | MAURITANIA -- PRESIDENT AZIZ UNABLE TO ATTEND [...] (SBU) Subsequent to President Aziz' initial response to REFTEL A invitation, Mission received September 15 a formal reply from the Presidency indicating President Aziz' inability to attend. 2. (SBU) A translation of the letter follows: September 13, 2009 Nouakchott Mr. President: [...] | 2009-09-16 14:48:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL UNGA OPDC MR |
09NOUAKCHOTT607 | MAURITANIA: INTERNATIONAL CONTACT GROUP DOES A [...] (U) The International Contact Group on Mauritania convened on September 10, 2009 in Nouakchott to consider developments in Mauritania since the finalization of the Dakar Accord's laying out the steps for a consensual return to constitutional order leading to new elections to resolve Mauritan [...] | 2009-09-17 17:22:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM MR |
09NOUAKCHOTT608 | VENEZUELA ANNOUNCES PLANS TO CONSTRUCT AN OIL [...] (U) In a statement released by the Venezuelan Ministry of Information and covered widely in the Mauritanian press, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez announced that Venezuela reached an agreement with the GIRM to build a refinery in Mauritania capable of processing 30,000 to 40,000 barrels of cr [...] | 2009-09-21 09:17:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECIN ENRG EIND PREL MR |
09NOUAKCHOTT614 | LETTER FROM MAURITANIAN FOREIGN MINISTER TO [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-27 13:51:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL OPDC MR |
09NOUAKCHOTT619 | FIRST EVER MOSLEM AMERICAN COUPLE VISIT CEMENTS NEW [...] Summary: IIP and ARS speakers Mrs. Fatima (Jane) Casewit and Mr. Daoud (Stephen) Casewit visited Mauritania from September 6th - 10th, 2009. Post capitalized on the timing of their visit to refresh recently renewed ties with the Mauritanian government through informal gatherings with local g [...] | 2009-09-28 12:39:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | UNCLASSIFIED | KISL KMDR PREL MR PGOV PHUM SOCI KCOR KPAO NG |
09NOUAKCHOTT623 | FORMER PRESIDENT ABDALLAHI - "I UNDERESTIMATED THE [...] (C) A Man Content With Himself: Charge met with former President Abdallahi on September 24 at his simple home in the village of Lemden (three hours southeast of Nouakchott). This was the first meeting with Abdallahi since he resigned his office on June 24 as his part of the Dakar Accords. Ab [...] | 2009-09-29 13:41:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM PINR MR |
09NOUAKCHOTT635 | MAURITANIA: POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC ROUNDUP FOR [...] (C) Summary: In the month of September, the International Contact Group visited Mauritania to take stock of the post-election political situation. Delegations from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank also visited and renewed programs with Mauritania. President Aziz travel [...] | 2009-10-01 12:22:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM PTER MR KDEM |
09NOUAKCHOTT639 | TURKEY TO OPEN EMBASSY IN MAURITANIA [...] (U) According to press reports published on October 1, Turkish Foreign Affairs Minister Ahmed Davat Ogloo announced his country's intention to open an embassy in Nouakchott to strengthen Turkish-Mauritanian cooperation. This declaration followed Ogloo's meeting with Mauritanian Foreign Affai [...] | 2009-10-06 13:08:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MR TU |
09NOUAKCHOTT655 | OFFICIAL AND UNOFFICIAL MAURITANIAN VIEWS ON GUINEA [...] (C) Summary: On October 8, African Affairs Director for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Ambassador Mohamed Habib Ball shared with PolOff Mauritania's official position on the Guinean crisis as well as his personal insights. According to Ball, Mauritanians, who have not yet issued an officia [...] | 2009-10-12 14:56:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PGOV MR GV |
09NOUAKCHOTT657 | A PESSIMISTIC ALGERIAN OUTLOOK ON MAURITANIA [...] (C) Departing Algerian Ambassador Rachid Chakib Kaid (protect throughout) provided Charge a pessimistic outlook on Mauritania's political prospects in the coming year. Kaid, who has served in Mauritania for five years, said he had witnessed the roller-coaster of recurring coups. He had hope [...] | 2009-10-12 15:12:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER MR AG |
09NOUAKCHOTT659 | MAURITANIA: OPPOSITION SLOWLY ADJUSTING TO NEW [...] (C) Summary: Opposition leaders continue to absorb the results of the July presidential elections with a mix of disillusionment and anger. While they struggle to maintain some of the political unity that marked opposition resistance to the coup, they are preparing to assume the role of a peac [...] | 2009-10-13 15:53:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MR |
09NOUAKCHOTT663 | GUINEA: MAURITANIA SUPPORTS A UN INVESTIGATION [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-19 08:08:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MR GV |
09NOUAKCHOTT664 | SENATE ELECTIONS: MAJORITY AND OPPOSITION COMPETE [...] (SBU) Summary: One third of the senate -- fifteen seats -- is up for election on November 8 before the opening of the next ordinary parliamentary session in mid-November. These elections will be the first for the majority party Union Pour la Republique (UPR),which hopes to assert its contr [...] | 2009-10-19 08:38:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM MR |
09NOUAKCHOTT676 | POSSIBLE APPROACH BY PRESIDENT AZIZ TO CAPTAIN [...] (C) In a call on President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz on October 21, Ambassador Boulware explained that the U.S. was extremely preoccupied with the situation in Guinea. He noted that during recent consultations in Washington he had been asked to explore with Aziz the possibility of his approachin [...] | 2009-10-22 07:24:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL GV MR |
09NOUAKCHOTT697 | MAURITANIAN MINISTERS ON COUNTER-EXTREMISM [...] (SBU) DCM met October 21 in separate meetings with the Minister of Islamic Affairs, The Minister of Communication, and the Minister of Culture, Youth and Sports to discuss the efforts of these ministries to combat extremism and to discuss how the DOD Media Information Support Team (MIST),USA [...] | 2009-10-28 14:24:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER EAID MR |
09NOUAKCHOTT698 | TAWASSOUL: PUSH TO STRENGTHEN POLITICAL PRESENCE [...] (C) Moderate Islamist party Tawassoul has been one of the few winners in the past year of political crisis -- successfully establishing itself as a credible political movement and poised to expand its influence. This political party, affiliated with the Muslim Brotherhood, which Taya's gove [...] | 2009-10-29 13:54:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM MR |
09NOUAKCHOTT7 | GAZA: MAURITANIANS INDIRECTLY LINK RECALL OF [...] (C) Israeli Ambassador Michael Arbel confirmed with junta Foreign Minister Mohamed Mahmoud Ould Mohamedou the Mauritanian authorities have recalled their Ambassador in Israel "for consultations" in response to tremendous domestic and foreign pressure. Ould Mohamedou told the Ambassador that [...] | 2009-01-05 19:00:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPAL ASEC IS MR |
09NOUAKCHOTT705 | MAURITANIA: POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC ROUNDUP FOR THE [...] (U) Summary: This month in Mauritania, President Aziz's government took important first steps towards fighting corruption while a poll financed by the World Bank found that 82.9 percent of Mauritanians think the government is corrupt. The Spanish and the French sent high level emissaries to [...] | 2009-11-02 07:45:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PREF EMIN EAIR EAID MR |
09NOUAKCHOTT707 | MAURITANIA TO SUPPORT U.S. CANDIDACY TO [...] In response to reftel please note that on November 3, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs informed PolOff that Mauritania will instruct its delegation to support Lucretia Myers' candidacy to the International Service Commission. BOULWARE [...] | 2009-11-03 09:22:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | UNGA PREL MR KAWC KUNR |
09NOUAKCHOTT708 | MAURITANIA: AZIZ' 1ST QUARTER REPORT CARD -- A LOW [...] (C) Summary -- Three months into the democratically elected Aziz government, the new President has begun to change opinions of some of his critics with very strong performance in addressing corruption and terrorism and a good effort in addressing humanitarian/social emergencies. Foreign polic [...] | 2009-11-03 11:35:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON PHUM MR |
09NOUAKCHOTT713 | MAURITANIA: NO SUBSTANTIVE RESPONSE TO GOLDSTONE [...] (SBU) Regarding reftel, PolOff delivered demarche to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Director of Multilateral Affairs Mohameden Ould Daddah on November 4. Ould Daddah had no substantive response. BOULWARE [...] | 2009-11-04 11:00:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM PTER IS KPAL MR |
09NOUAKCHOTT718 | SOMEBODY'S PROPERTY: SLAVE VICTIMS TALK ABOUT [...] (C) On November 5, PolOff had the rare opportunity to meet with nine "runaway slaves" from the Eastern city of Bassikounou in the Hodh Echargui region. These slavery victims traveled to Nouakchott at SOS Esclaves' invitation to tell their stories to UN Special Rapporteur for Contemporary Fo [...] | 2009-11-05 15:37:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM MR KDEM TIP |
09NOUAKCHOTT72 | EAC MEETS TO DISCUSS PRESIDENT ABDALLAHI'S [...] (SBU) President Abdallahi, who was "released without condition" by General Aziz on December 21, is being prevented today from returning to Nouakchott with his supporters. Abdallahi's spokesmen have announced that the President intends to make a policy announcement laying out an alternative ex [...] | 2009-01-22 13:11:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ASEC CASC MR |
09NOUAKCHOTT727 | RULING PARTY SWEEPS SENATORIAL ELECTIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: As expected, ruling party Union Pour la Republique (UPR) won a majority of seats -- 13 out of 17 -- in the November 8 election for the renewal of the senate's third. Moderate Islamist party Tawassoul, which was fielding a common list with UPR, won one seat in Nouakchott. Th [...] | 2009-11-10 08:39:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL KDEM MR |
09NOUAKCHOTT728 | OPPOSITION DENOUNCES CORRUPT ELECTORAL SYSTEM [...] (C) Summary: For opposition leaders Ahmed Ould Daddah and Mohamed Ould Maouloud, the outcome of the November 8 senatorial elections is the living proof that Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz intends to squash all dissenting voices through widespread electoral fraud and intimidation. According to the [...] | 2009-11-13 03:57:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM SNAR MR |
09NOUAKCHOTT73 | ABDALLAHI'S POLITICAL STRATEGY [...] (C) Summary: President Abdallahi's political base see the blockage of the President's return to Nouakchott on January 22 as evidence he is still under effective house arrest and prohibited from engaging in the political process. There are fears for his physical security if he tries to leave [...] | 2009-01-23 16:52:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MR |
09NOUAKCHOTT730 | TRANSFER OF GUANTANAMO DETAINEE AHMED AZIZ (ISN [...] (C) Ambassador raised the proposed transfer of Guantanamo detainee Ahmed Aziz with Ministry of Foreign Affairs Secretary General Ould Sidi on November 15 and shared copies of diplomatic notes exchanged in the first detainee return in 2007. The Secretary General promised a later formal respons [...] | 2009-11-15 16:30:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | SECRET | PGOV PHUM PREL PTER KDRG MR |
09NOUAKCHOTT75 | CONGRATULATORY MESSAGE FROM PRESIDENT ABDALLAHI TO [...] (SBU) Charge received January 25 from Presidential Chief of Staff Ahmed Kaber Ould Hammoudi a congratulatory letter from President Abdallahi to President Obama dated January 22. A scanned copy of the letter will be sent to AF/W. In the letter, Abdallahi expresses his belief that the USG will [...] | 2009-01-25 13:18:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ODPC MR |
09NOUAKCHOTT756 | OPPOSING UNGA RESOLUTIONS WITH ANTI-ISRAEL BIAS [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-23 17:28:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL UNGA KPAL IS SY LE |
09NOUAKCHOTT774 | MAURITANIA'S RESPONSE TO THE PRESIDENTIAL [...] (SBU) In response to Reftel A, Post will establish an interagency working group chaired by DCM Dennis Hankins and coordinated by Economic Officer Stephen Kochuba to promote the vision of President Obama's proposed Entrepreneurship Summit. Other members of the working group will include represe [...] | 2009-12-01 18:30:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID CN ECON MR MV PREL PU SO SOCI XF XI |
09NOUAKCHOTT775 | THE PRESIDENT'S ANNOUNCEMENT ON THE WAY FORWARD IN [...] (SBU) Ambassador drew on Ref talking points to demarche Foreign Minister Naha Mint Mouknass on December 1, 2009. Ambassador noted further that Mauritania was a country that could fully appreciate the importance of countering extremism while fostering economic development. 2. (SBU) Minister [...] | 2009-12-01 18:31:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL AF PK MR |
09NOUAKCHOTT790 | LETTER FROM MINISTER MOUKNASS TO SECRETARY CLINTON [...] (U) On December 6, post received a letter from Minister of Foreign Affairs Naha Mint Mouknass to Secretary Clinton. The English translation of the letter (written in Arabic) reads as follows: December 1, 2009 Nouakchott Mrs. Hillary Clinton United States of America Secretary of State - [...] | 2009-12-10 08:54:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL MR |
09NOUAKCHOTT818 | MAURITANIAN FOREIGN MINISTER SEES ALGERIA AS [...] (C) Summary: The Mauritanian Foreign Minister sees Algeria as hindering a regional response to the AQIM threat -- both by seeking to exclude some regional countries (presumably Morocco) from the conversation and dissuading neighbors from cooperating with external partners like AFRICOM. The [...] | 2009-12-28 14:17:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER EPET MR AG |
09NOUAKCHOTT823 | AMBASSADOR RAISES HUMAN RIGHTS CONCERNS WITH [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador conveyed concerns that lack of respect for due process in the prosecution of corruption and slander cases -- regardless of the merits of the case -- will negatively affect Mauritania's human rights image which, in turn, may inhibit the expansion of partnerships wit [...] | 2009-12-30 08:26:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PGOV MR |
09NOUAKCHOTT83 | MAYOR OF NEMA FIGHTS ON WHILE PRO-COUP PARTISANS [...] (C) Summary: The mayor of the remote southeastern town of Nema continues to try to improve the living conditions of his residents, despite ongoing attempts by pro-coup politicians to unseat him from his post. The economic situation remains as precarious as ever, exacerbated by the pullout o [...] | 2009-01-28 09:14:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD KDEM MR PGOV PREL PTER |
09NOUAKCHOTT9 | ALLEGED MAURITANIAN SUPPORT TO MALIAN TUAREG REBELS [...] (C) During a January 6 meeting with President Abdallahi's effective Foreign Minister and FNDD leader Mohamed Ould Maouloud on internal political issues (SEPTEL),Maouloud raised the FNDD's concern about increasing Mauritanian military support to Malian Tuareg rebels. Maouloud alleged that abo [...] | 2009-01-06 17:07:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MOPS ML MR |
09NOUAKCHOTT94 | SENATORS PRESS FOR CLEAR EUROPEAN STANCE AGAINST [...] (C) Summary: In separate discussions with two senators representing different factions, both underlined concerns that European ambiguity and concessions to the Junta allow General Aziz to consolidate power. This is, they intimated, an economic, human rights and political disaster. Senator Mo [...] | 2009-01-30 03:42:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MR |
09NOUKKCHOTT514 | AZIZ' EW GOVERNMENT "NOT BAD" [...] (C) Summary: President elect Mohamed Ould AbdelAAziz appointed a new cabinet on August 11. Led by former Prime Minister Moulaye Ould Mohamed Lagha f, the cabinet has 29 positions (24 ministers, deputy ministers, 2 minister secretary generalsa nd one minister counselor). Aziz set a posit [...] | 2009-08-13 12:58:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM MR |
09OSAKAKOBE38 | Smart Ideas from Smart People: Kansai Japanese [...] (SBU) Summary: Many people in the Kansai region of Japan not only wish the Obama administration well but have provided practical suggestions to help restore health to America and the global economy as a whole. These suggestions -- many based on Japanese best practices -- include: strengtheni [...] | 2009-02-26 03:15:00 | Consulate Osaka Kobe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG ECON PREL JA |
09OSLO10 | NORWAY PLEASED WITH ARCTIC POLICY BRIEFING [...] (C) In a January 7 meeting with MFA North American Coordinator Morten Aasland, High North Coordinator Jostein Mickleton, and officers from the Arctic Council and High North sections, P/E Counselor delivered reftel points. The MFA officials were pleased to receive the information, and also ve [...] | 2009-01-07 14:41:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON KGCC PBTS PHSA PREL SENV EWWT |
09OSLO114 | PART II: RISING NORWEGIAN ANTI-SEMITISM AFFECTING [...] (C) Summary: Anti-Semitism in Norway, and the expression of anti-Semitic comments, has increased since the Gaza war. The small Norwegian Jewish community is wary of being targeted, and "Jew" has become more popular as an epithet. While the issue of anti-Semitism is frequently debated in the me [...] | 2009-02-13 14:48:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KIRF KWBG SOCI PREL PGOV PINR IS NO |
09OSLO115 | PART I: CONSTRAINTS ON NORWAY'S MIDDLE EAST ROLE? [...] (C) Summary: Norway aspires to be a leader in Middle East peace negotiations and could be a genuine asset in bringing peace to the region. Norway's diplomatic principles, focus on dialogue, and mediation history have helped raise Norway's profile as a peacemaker. Its tense relationship with I [...] | 2009-02-13 14:48:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL PGOV PINR IS NO |
09OSLO116 | PART III: NORWEGIAN FM STOERE: THE WORLD AT HIS [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-13 14:49:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL KPAL IS NO |
09OSLO120 | M/S POLARIS: NORWEGIANS DENY JURISDICTION [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-18 13:56:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHSA PBTS EWWT KCRM PTER MOPS PREL NO |
09OSLO123 | NORWAY LOOKING TO ACCELERATE AFGHANIZATION [...] (SBU) Summary: The GON told visiting SCA DAS for Afghanistan Patrick Moon on February 13 that Norway's main priorities for Afghanistan are: -- a greater UN role, -- an increased role for the Afghans (even at the cost of increases in corruption),-- regional dialogue, -- a gradual move to a [...] | 2009-02-19 13:51:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM EAID NATO AF PK NO |
09OSLO132 | ENGAGING NORWAY ON AFGHANISTAN [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-27 13:16:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PREL MOPS MARR NO |
09OSLO133 | NORWEGIANS SAY SECURITY AID TO SOMALIA CRUCIAL, [...] (C) SUMMARY: While agreeing with all our views of the security situation in Somalia, the GON feels its hands are tied when it comes to direct support of security forces in Somalia. Despite being the third largest humanitarian aid donor in the country, Norway will have to seek to contribute to [...] | 2009-02-27 13:16:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPKO SO NO |
09OSLO143 | NORWAY COMMITTED TO DURBAN II ENGAGEMENT [...] (C) Summary: Despite discussion of the issue in the Norwegian press, the GON refuses to disclose its "red lines"--what would be completely unacceptable for Norway--in the context of the Durban II conference in Geneva. While Norway can be counted on to support freedom of expression, its prefer [...] | 2009-03-05 13:12:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UNHRC |
09OSLO146 | DREAMS IN POLAR FOG: PROPOSED NORDIC EFENSE AND [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-06 11:29:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PNR PGOV PREL MARR MCAP MOPS DA IC FI SW |
09OSLO159 | NORWAY RELUCTANT TO APPROVE GAZA SMUGGLING [...] (C) The GON has not yet decided if they can accept the program of action or even if they will attend the March 13 London meeting. The GON's stated concern is the need under Norwegian law for a legal basis for the actions outlined in the program of action. This may be a uniquely Norwegian con [...] | 2009-03-10 13:44:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | EG KPAL MARR PREL NO |
09OSLO171 | (C) NORWAY'S MORE POSITIVE IRAQ POLICY [...] (C) Summary. Recognizing the improved situation in Iraq and wishing to support President Obama, Norway decided to "even further normalize relations" with Iraq and to consider a possible political level visit. Despite this positive direction, the GON continues to be skeptical to engagement w [...] | 2009-03-17 08:34:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET PREL PGOV IZ NO |
09OSLO187 | NORWAY SUPPORTS U.S. POSITION ON KFOR [...] (C) Norway shares U.S. concerns over possible changes in KFOR's force structure. Norway plans to continue its minimal contribution to KFOR (six to seven officers assigned to KFOR HQ in Pristina) although it did withdraw approximately fifteen intelligence specialists during the last half of 2 [...] | 2009-03-23 13:32:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR NATO KPKO KV NO |
09OSLO199 | JAGLAND'S CANDIDACY FOR NEXT COE SECRETARY GENERAL [...] (C) Summary. Thorbjorn Jagland is a leading Norwegian politician whose thoughtful comments often crystallize debates and support US positions. While he was the subject of some controversy while he was Prime Minister, he is now a seasoned elder statesman who would be a strong candidate to hea [...] | 2009-03-26 12:17:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM COE NO |
09OSLO216 | LAVROV AND STOERE TRADE TOUGH WORDS OVER NATO, BUSINESS DISPUTE [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-31 14:43:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR PREL EINV RU NO |
09OSLO217 | (S) NORWEGIANS WILL RAISE SABERI ISSUE WITH [...] (S) Poloff discussed reftel points at length with the acting director of the Mid-East Section of the MFA, Ingrid Schoyen. Schoyen said that Norway finds it nearly impossible to obtain meetings with officials in Tehran, and furthermore that the workings of Iranian goverment are extremely opaque [...] | 2009-03-31 15:14:00 | Embassy Oslo | SECRET | PGOV PHUM EUN PREL IR NO |
09OSLO220 | NORWAY SUPPORTIVE OF AFGHAN POLICY IN PRINCIPLE, [...] (C) SUMMARY: Norway's special envoy for Afghanistan, Janis Kanavin, welcomed the conclusions of the U.S. Afghanistan Pakistan Strategic Review and stated that Norway was in broad agreement with the U.S. approach, particularly the need for increased civilian assistance and the implementation of [...] | 2009-04-01 09:39:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NATO MARR MOPS AF NO |
09OSLO225 | DINNER WITH MUGABE--THE NORWEGIAN REPORT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Following Minister Solheim's visit to Harare, the Norwegians believe that President Mugabe is looking for a graceful exit, and that ZANU-PF forces are plotting to derail the unity government. The Norwegians believe, however, that the March 30 SADC meeting's strong stand on Madagas [...] | 2009-04-02 13:37:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID PHUM PREF PGOV PREL ZI NO |
09OSLO230 | NORWEGIANS HAPPY WITH OBAMA'S DISARMAMENT SPEECH, [...] (C) GON Ambassador for Disarmament Affairs, Knut Langeland, told poloff that the contents of Obama's Prague speech were "in line what Norway has argued for," including a follow up to START, and helpful reinforcing language on the CTBT, the NPT, and a verifiable FMCT. He noted that Norway has [...] | 2009-04-06 11:33:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM NO |
09OSLO270 | NORWAY SHOULD SUPPORT KOSOVO IMF/WORLD BANK [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-15 13:53:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PREL NO |
09OSLO273 | NORWAY TO ATTEND GLOBAL INITIATIVE PLENARY [...] (SBU) Norway's Global Initiative officer, Carl Salicath, confirmed that Norway will attend the plenary meeting in June. Who will participate is not yet determined, nor is it decided which working groups Norway would like to participate in but the delegation will likley consist of two people, on [...] | 2009-04-20 06:22:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM KNNP PREL PTER MNUC KGIC NO |
09OSLO3 | NORWEGIANS PLEDGE AID FOR GAZA, BUT STRESS ACCESS [...] (C) Poloff met with Ingrid Schoyen, Assistant Director General of the Middle East Section of the MFA to deliver reftel demarche on aid to Gaza. Norway pledged 30 million kroner (approx $4.3 million) of aid to Gaza on December 30, actually taking the decision prior to the flash appeal by the U [...] | 2009-01-05 14:27:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID PGOV PREL PHUM LE UNRWA NO |
09OSLO315 | NORWEGIAN LAWYERS SUE ISRAEL FOR WAR CRIMES ABUSES [...] (U) As widely reported in the international press, a group of Norwegian attorneys filed with the Public Prosecutor's Office a request for the Government of Norway to pursue a war crimes case against Israeli officials for actions in Gaza. The lead attorney pressing the matter is a well know huma [...] | 2009-04-27 12:55:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR PHUM IS NO |
09OSLO341 | NORWEGIANS LIKELY TO FOLLOW EU ON SUU KYI ISSUE [...] (C) Poloff spoke with Senior Advisor Vegard Wennesland in the MFA East Asia section and discussed reftel points. Wennesland, after consulting within the MFA, said that no final decision had been taken on how to react to the May 30 milestone in Aung San Suu Kyi's house arrest. Wennesland said [...] | 2009-05-11 14:09:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL BM NO |
09OSLO352 | NORWAY'S LIBERTAD ACT REVIEW, MAY 2009 [...] (C) The paragraphs in this cable are keyed to questions in reftel (A),paragraph 5. Poloff met with Kjersti Rodsmoen, MFA Latin America section director, to discuss Cuba policy. Norway continues to pursue a strategy of limited engagement toward Cuba in order to advance human rights, and, indi [...] | 2009-05-18 16:01:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD ETTC PREL CU NO |
09OSLO361 | NORWEGIAN DELEGATION TO CGPCS [...] (U) The Norwegian delegation to the Contact Group on Piracy off the Coast of Somalia will consist of : Carl P. Salicath, Senior Advisor, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (head of delegation) email cps@mfa.no cell phone: 47 916 92 684 Gaute Syvertsen, Deputy Director General, Ministry of Trade [...] | 2009-05-20 15:43:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR ECON PREL PGOV EWWT KCRM PBTS PHSA NO |
09OSLO381 | NORWAY'S INPUT ON INTERNATIONAL WHALING COMMISSION [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-08 12:42:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | KSCA EFIS PREL SENV NO |
09OSLO383 | NORWAY'S FM REQUESTS HELP TO FACILIATE BAGHDAD [...] (C) SUMMARY After four years of only minimal contact with the Iraqi government, Norway's Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Stoere is planning a day-long visit to Baghdad on June 17. This visit comes in response to a direct request from Secretary Clinton to FM Stoere during their bilateral meeting in [...] | 2009-06-09 14:07:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PREL IZ NO |
09OSLO386 | NORWAY IS GOOD: NORWEGIAN EXCEPTIONALISM [...] (C) SUMMARY. Norway's sense of exceptionalism, while under some pressure due to some significant policy failures, still is a central part of the national culture and has an outsized impact on Norwegian foreign policy. Norwegians truly believe that there is something inherently good about being [...] | 2009-06-10 13:07:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL NO |
09OSLO387 | NORWEGIANS HAVE NO POSITION YET ON ICSC CANDIDATE [...] (C) Poloff spoke with Assistant Director General Lars Henie of the MFA UN section regarding reftel demarche, and provided Henie with the included biographical information. Henie said that he had forwarded the information to the Norwegian UN mission in New York, and received a response that th [...] | 2009-06-10 14:19:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR PREL UNGA NO |
09OSLO388 | NORWEGIAN CONTRIBUTIONS TO COUNTER-PIRACY [...] (C) Poloff met with Deputy Director General Anita Nergard of the Global Security section of the MFA to discuss reftel demarche. Nergard said that current Norwegian military contributions to counter-piracy operations in the horn of Africa consist of a single frigate that will be deployed start [...] | 2009-06-10 14:20:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR NATO PGOV PREL NO |
09OSLO389 | NORWAY AGREES PIRACY COURT A BAD IDEA [...] (C) Poloff discussed reftel demarche with Deputy Director Anita Nergard of the MFA Section for Global Security on June 10. Nergard said that Norway agreed with the US that the idea of an international tribunal to prosecute piracy suspects was a bad idea for the reasons we listed in reftel no [...] | 2009-06-10 14:21:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | EWWT MARR PGOV PHSA PHUM PREL |
09OSLO396 | RINGLEADER OF ALLEGED PLOT TO ATTACK US EMBASSY IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Norway's Supreme Court ruled June 12 that a jury's decision in February 2009, to convict Arfan Bhatti of vandalism and attempted murder, did not meet European Court of Human Rights requirements and threw the verdict out. The case will now return to the appeals court to be re-tri [...] | 2009-06-17 06:40:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ASEC KCRM NO PREL PTER |
09OSLO399 | NORWAY'S RUSSIA POLICY: WISHFUL THINKING [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-18 07:44:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PBTS PINS PREL RS NO |
09OSLO403 | BHATTI RELEASED FROM PRISON [...] (SBU) Summary. Norway's Appeals Court ruled June 19 to release Arfan Bhatti, ringleader of an alleged plot to attack the US Embassy in Oslo, pending his re-trial in August, 2009. Bhatti had been convicted of vandalism and attempted murder in February 2009 but Norway's Supreme Court June 12 [...] | 2009-06-22 06:57:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC KCRM PREL PTER NO |
09OSLO416 | NORWEGIANS WILL IMPLEMENT NORTH KOREA RESOLUTIONS [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarches to Jo Hovik, Senior Advisor in the MFA Legal Section. Hovik said that UNSCR 1718 was already fully implemented into Norwegian law, and UNSCR 1874 is being worked on by the MFA in concert with other ministries. Norway has a law which automatically incorpo [...] | 2009-06-26 14:06:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL MNUC MTCRE KN ECON EFIN KNNP |
09OSLO417 | NORWAY'S RESPONSE TO GLOBAL ACTION ON FOOD SECURITY [...] (U) In response to Reftel, MFA Senior Advisor Anne Kristin Hermansen, told PolCouns June 22 that Norway previously had not considered food security a high priority focus, preferring instead to work in other areas. However, Hermansen noted that the GON had recently increased focus on food sec [...] | 2009-06-29 06:28:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR EAID PREL NO |
09OSLO424 | NORWEGIANS MUSE ON CGPCS AND ASPIRANT COUNTRIES [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a wide ranging discussion, Norway's representative to the Contact Group on Piracy off the Coast of Somalia (CGPCS),Carl Salicath, expressed reticence about admitting flag-of-convenience states to membership. He also discussed Cyprus's membership, Egypt's "odd" behavior with r [...] | 2009-06-30 11:13:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | EWWT MARR PGOV PHSA PHUM PREL |
09OSLO433 | NORWAY WILL SUPPORT US NGOS AT ECOSOC, AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a surprisingly frank interview, the Assistant Director General of UN Affairs at the Norwegian MFA stated his support for our NGO initiatives at the ECOSOC meeting, and mused on perceptions of the Obama administration's operations at the UN, and our differing definitions of "UN [...] | 2009-07-07 06:17:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM KUNR NO |
09OSLO434 | OSLO NEC - THE HIGH COSTS OF FREEZING THE PROJECT [...] (SBU) Summary and Action Request: After winning a nail-biting vote in the City Council, an appeal to the governor, two lower court cases, and a final Supreme Court appeal, then successfully concluding four years of negotiations over the purchase price for the land, we at last have a clear pat [...] | 2009-07-07 07:56:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ABLD PREL AMGT ASEC KLIG NO |
09OSLO438 | NORWAY TEMPORARILY SUSPENDS WHALE HUNT [...] (U) SUMMARY: Norway's fishing and whaling industry announced that the 2009 whale hunt would be temporarily suspended due to cash flow concerns and the summer holiday. The hunt will be resumed after a short break. Norwegian whalers and the Ministry of Fisheries and Coastal Affairs also criti [...] | 2009-07-13 07:09:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV EFIS KSCA PREL IWC ETRD NO |
09OSLO456 | US-NORWAY PARTNERSHIP ON SUDAN ADVANCED BY SE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In two days of meetings on July 11 and 13, Special Envoy Gration had productive and informative bilateral and trilateral meetings with high-level Norwegian and British counterparts, as well as a session with Foreign Minister Stoere. Post expects that the visit will result in in [...] | 2009-07-21 13:06:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC AU SU NO |
09OSLO459 | NORWAY'S RESPONSE: ASSISTING AFGHANISTAN BEYOND [...] (C) Summary: In meetings with A/DCM and PolOff July 21, MOD and MFA Officials described on-going military and civilian contributions and outlined previously announced 2010 pledges to the UN's Law and Order Trust Fund and the expanded NATO ANA Trust Fund. The MFA is reviewing an option to co- [...] | 2009-07-24 06:08:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PREL MOPS MARR |
09OSLO465 | HISTORIC MEETING BETWEEN CHECHEN ADVERSARIES IN [...] (SBU) Summary: On July 23 and 24, the London-based "Chechnya Peace Forum" convened a meeting in Oslo between Dukhvakha Abdurakhmanov (Chairman of the Chechen parliament and representative of the Kadyrov government) and Akhmed Zakaev (representative of the Maskhadov continuation government). [...] | 2009-07-29 11:51:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PINR PGOV PREL PTER NO RU |
09OSLO469 | H1N1 UPDATE: NORWAY PREPRES FOR WAVE OF PANDEMIC [...] (U) Sumary: H1N1 cases in Norway have increased to 342confirmed cases as of the end of July, and the infction rate appears to be accelerating, driven largely by the return of Norwegians from summer holidays abroad. Norwegian health officials recently announced plans to deal with the pandemic, [...] | 2009-07-30 12:07:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO KFLU ECON PREL SOCI ASC EAGR NO |
09OSLO471 | NORWAY'S HIGH LEVEL UNGA ATTENDANCE [...] (U) The GON's "preliminary" details provided to post in response to reftel are as follows: A. Attendance of the Head of State: No plans to attend. B. Attendance of the Head of Government --Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg --Arrival on 19 September, departure on 23 September --Spouse Ingr [...] | 2009-07-31 08:04:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL OTRA OVIP KSEP CVIS UNGA NO |
09OSLO486 | (C) NORWAY FRUSTRATED WITH OTHER SOMALIA DONORS' [...] (C) In response to reftel, poloff discussed Somalia with the Chief of the East Africa section of the Norwegian MFA, Hans Jacob Frydenlund. Frydenlund excused his reticence to fully evaluate the situation on the ground in Somalia because his deputy, Kjell Harald Dalen, who manages the Somalia [...] | 2009-08-05 15:20:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER SO EAID KPKO NO |
09OSLO502 | NORWAY INFORMED THAT UNODC IS OBSERVER IN GICNT [...] (U) Per instructions in reftel, post collaborated with the Russian Embassy in Oslo to notify of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) observer status in the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism (GICNT),using language provided in reftel. Persons post notified in the GO [...] | 2009-08-12 13:22:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL PTER |
09OSLO503 | (S) NORWEGIANS INFORMED OF MEANING OF CLINTON TRIP [...] (S) Poloff formally delivered reftel points on August 13 to Erling Rimestad, Head of the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Asia section, and Bjorn Midthun, MFA Assistant Director General working in the Disarmament and Nonproliferation Section. All of reftel points were also made pr [...] | 2009-08-13 11:36:00 | Embassy Oslo | SECRET | PREL KNNP CASC ASEAN KN NO |
09OSLO504 | NORWEGIAN OPINIONS ON THE SUU KYI VERDICT AND BURMA [...] (C) Summary: The GON shares our reaction to the Suu Kyi verdict, and Foreign Minister Stoere has made forceful statements condemning the trial as "political" and "a farce," while also stating that an international boycott of Burma is of limited effectiveness without India and China on board. T [...] | 2009-08-14 07:01:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL BM NO EAID |
09OSLO507 | KEY NORWEGIAN NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT DECISIONMAKERS [...] (SBU) In response to reftel demarche, Poloff had extensive discussions August 14 with Knut Langeland, Norwegian Ambassador for Disarmament Affairs in the Foreign Ministry, results of which will be reported in full in a classified septel. This cable reports only on the "key government personne [...] | 2009-08-14 15:21:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC CDG ENRG KNNP MNUC PARM PGOV PREL UNGA |
09OSLO511 | NORWAY'S NUCLEAR NONPROLIFERATION NARRATIVE [...] (SBU) Summary: In response to reftel A, poloff held extensive discussions on August 14 with Knut Langeland, Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Ambassador for Disarmament Affairs. Langeland spelled out Norway's position on nonproliferation and disarmament issues in response to our pro [...] | 2009-08-17 16:01:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC CDG ENRG KNNP MNUC PARM PGOV PREL UNGA |
09OSLO526 | USNATO AMBASSADOR DAALDER'S DISCUSSION WITH [...] (C) Summary: In discussions with visiting USNATO Ambassador Ivo Daalder in Oslo August 17, Norwegian Deputy Minister of Defense Espen Barth-Eide and Director for Security Policy Svein Efjestad said they looked forward to reviewing the new COMISAF Strategic requirements this fall; suggested tha [...] | 2009-08-26 13:44:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PBTS MCAP MOPS AF RU NO |
09OSLO527 | USNATO AMBASSADOR DAALDER'S MEETING WITH NORWEGIAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: In discussions August 17 with visiting USNATO Ambassador Ivo Daalder, Norway's Minister of Foreign Affairs Jonas Gahr Stoere and MFA DG for North America and Security Policy Steffen Kongstad said the GON would welcome a new U.S. Missile Defense strategy that emphasized a multilat [...] | 2009-08-26 13:45:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR MOPS PARM RU NO |
09OSLO533 | AMBASSADOR WILLIAMSON MEETS WITH GON AND NGOS ON [...] (C) Summary: In a productive series of meetings on August 24 in Oslo, S/WCI Ambassador Clint Williamson met with Minister for International Development Erik Solheim, a variety of high level Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) officials, and two NGOs to discuss the recent conflict in Sri Lanka, s [...] | 2009-08-31 08:35:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM SL NO |
09OSLO536 | NORWEGIANS COMBATIVE ON ISRAEL UNRWA SPEAKING ROLE [...] (C) Summary: The Head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Middle-East Section, Jorn Gjelstad, was surprisingly engaged, sensitized, and generally combative upon presentation of reftel demarche concerning a speaking role for Israel at the upcoming "UNRWA at 60" event (UNRWA is the UN Relie [...] | 2009-09-01 15:32:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL UNGA IS KPAL NO |
09OSLO537 | NORWAY WILL NOT OPPOSE ISRAEL JUSCANZ MEMBERSHIP [...] (C) On September 2, Poloff delivered reftel points to Vebjorn Heines, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Coordinator for Human Rights Council (HRC) issues in the MFA Humanitarian Issues section. Heines was the person referred to in reftel paragraph 10 as the former "Norwegian PolCouns in Geneva [...] | 2009-09-03 12:11:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IS PHUM NO |
09OSLO538 | NORWAY'S RESPONSE: SEEKING ORAL STATEMENTS FOR [...] (C) Norwegian MFA Legal Advisor Rolf Fife told PolOff September 2 that Norway submitted its request on July 13 to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) to make an oral statement on Kosovo in December 2009. He added that representatives from the legal offices of the UK, Germany, France, an [...] | 2009-09-03 12:38:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC ICJ KV PREL NO |
09OSLO540 | NORWEGIAN MFA AF/PAK DIRECTOR VIEW'S ON [...] Summary: (C) CDA James Heg, PolCouns, and PolOff held wide-ranging discussions August 31 with Ambassador Bjorn Janis Kanavin, the MFA's Af/Pak Director and previously Ambassador to Pakistan and Afghanistan. Kanavin said the GON's contribution to Afghanistan would likely be strengthened after [...] | 2009-09-04 07:10:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PREL MOPS MARR AF NO |
09OSLO543 | NORWAY'S RESPONSE ON CFE: GON WILL ADVOCATE FOR [...] (C) PolOff delivered reftel points September 9 to Norwegian MFA Director for Disarmament and Non-Proliferation Affairs Inga Nyhamar and Senior Advisor Lars Loken. Nyhamar said that Norway would like to join what she referred to as the Supporting Group of NATO Allies, the proposed small group [...] | 2009-09-09 12:07:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | KCFE PARM PREL NATO |
09OSLO547 | NORWAY (ALMOST) FULLY ON BOARD WITH USG HRC [...] (C) Summary: The Norwegian Coordinator for Human Rights Council (HRC) issues at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA),Vebjorn Heines, pronounced reftel demache's talking points "more or less completely consistent with Norway's priorities." Heines put special emphasis on Norway's "procedural [...] | 2009-09-10 13:40:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UN UNHRC |
09OSLO548 | Progress Party Leader Siv Jensen: "We want to Cooperate [...] Pol/Econ Counselor and POL LES attended on September 9 a pre-election breakfast speaker series hosted by the independent right-leaning think tank Civita. The organization invited various party leaders to speak solo for 90 minutes to an invited audience in the weeks leading up to Norway's nati [...] | 2009-09-10 16:00:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL NO |
09OSLO549 | NORWAY'S SEPTEMBER 14 NATIONAL ELECTIONS: LOTS OF DRAMA, [...] (U)Summary: With the Red Green governing coalition and the center-right opposition parties neck and neck, Monday's national election is destined to be a close one. The latest polls indicate a slim opposition victory, which would give them a majority of the seats in the national assembly and [...] | 2009-09-10 16:09:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL NO |
09OSLO552 | NORWAY AGREES WITH USG APPROACH ON SRI LANKA IDP [...] (C) Norway's response to reftel demarche was uniformly positive. Poloff met with Tone Allers, Sri Lanka Desk officer at the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA). Allers, after having two days to digest the information in the demarche and share it with the Norwegian embassy in Colombo, [...] | 2009-09-11 12:33:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PREF PTER MASS SOCI EAID EUN |
09OSLO560 | NORWAY SHARES USG GOALS ON IAEA MIDDLE EAST ISSUES [...] (C) Political/Economic Counselor Cherrie Daniels met with Inga Nyhamar, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Section Chief for Disaramament and Nonproliferation, September 14 to deliver ref A points. Nyhamar stated that Norway was "not difficult to convince on this issue," as Norway shares our g [...] | 2009-09-14 14:43:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC PARM PREL KNNP IAEA EG IS NO |
09OSLO561 | PM STOLTENBERG COMES OUT STRENGTHENED: FOUR MORE [...] (SBU) Norway's Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg (Labor Party - AP) and his two coalition partners, the Socialist Left (SV) and Center Party (SP) held on to their parliamentary majority in nationwide elections September 14, winning 86 of 169 seats in Parliament. Stoltenberg himself, as well as [...] | 2009-09-15 10:45:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | NO PGOV PINR PREL |
09OSLO564 | U.S. FORCE REDUCTIONS IN EUROPE: VIEW FROM NORWAY [...] (S/NF) Summary: The removal of two Brigade Combat Teams and one and a half fighter squadrons from Europe to the United States would likely provoke Norwegian angst over the effectiveness of the U.S. commitment to NATO and to Europe in general, just as Norway is promoting increased NATO engage [...] | 2009-09-15 15:30:00 | Embassy Oslo | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PARM NO |
09OSLO566 | NORWEGIAN PM STOLTENBERG TO ATTEND FRIENDS OF [...] (U) Norway's MFA Af/Pak Director Ambassador Janis Kanavin told PolOff September 16 that newly re-elected Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg will attend the September 24 Friends of Democratic Pakistan (FoDP) summit. Kanavin said that PM Stoltenberg would like to make remarks at the summit and tha [...] | 2009-09-16 12:54:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ECON PK NO |
09OSLO569 | DEMARCHES TO NORWAY ON MISSING/DETAINED AMCIT [...] (C) Summary: In a September 16 meeting, Deputy Polecon Counselor delivered demarches on missing/detained Amcit cases (Ref A) and Iran's nuclear program (Ref B) to Deputy Director Torunn Viste and Iran Desk Officer Mai Tonheim in the Norwegian MFA's Middle East section. Tonheim outlined Norwa [...] | 2009-09-17 12:42:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP MNUC PARM IAEA IR PREL AORC PGOV PHUM |
09OSLO571 | NORWAY AND MD: PHASED, ADAPTIVE APPROACH WELCOMED [...] (C) CDA Heg, A/DATT, and PolOff briefed reftel points September 17 to Norwegian MFA Deputy Director General for Security Policy Rune Resaland, MFA Assistant Director General for Disarmament and Non-proliferation Bjorn Midthun, MOD Director for Security Policy Svein Efjestad, and MOD Senior Ad [...] | 2009-09-17 16:08:00 | Embassy Oslo | SECRET | EZ MARR PREL NO |
09OSLO572 | SE WOLPE HAS PRODUCTIVE TALKS WITH GON AND NGOS IN [...] (C) Summary: Special Envoy Howard Wolpe had a day of productive meetings on September 4 in Oslo with representatives of the Norwegian government (GON),the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC),Norwegian Church Aid (NCA),and the Norwegian Institute of International Affairs (NUPI). The GON agreed t [...] | 2009-09-18 08:52:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREF PREL KPKO KWMN SOCI NO |
09OSLO576 | FRANK NORWEGIAN OPINIONS ON OUR UNGA PRIORITIES [...] (C) Summary: Poloff met on September 18 with Lars Petter Henie, Deputy Chief of the UN Section of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) to discuss reftel A on our UNGA priorities and reftel B on FAO zero nominal growth. Henie was very frank in the discussion. He found the food security confe [...] | 2009-09-18 14:00:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNGA FAO EFIN AORC EAGR EAID KUNR KPKO |
09OSLO577 | UPDATE: NORWEGIAN PM STOLTENBERG WILL NOT/NOT [...] (U) Due to unforeseen circumstances, Norwegian Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg must return to Oslo on Wednesday, September 23, and therefore will be not/not represent Norway at the Friends of Democratic Pakistan Summit as originally reported Ref A. Norway will be represented instead by Forei [...] | 2009-09-21 10:25:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ECON NO |
09OSLO578 | NORWAY'S MIXED RESPONSE ON UNGA WALKOUT REDLINES; [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-21 14:41:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | NO PREL UNGA |
09OSLO586 | Svalbard - Norwegian Territory with a Twist [...] (U) SUMMARY: Pol/Econ counselor traveled to Svalbard Sep 1-4 as part of a Norwegian and international group hosted by two Norwegian security policy related NGOs. The group toured the main settlement on Svalbard -- Longyearbyen -- as well as visiting the Russian mining community in Barentsburg. [...] | 2009-09-22 15:58:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV CVIS PREL ECON SV XQ NO RU |
09OSLO588 | NORWAY'S PLANS TO CONTRIBUTE H1N1 VACCINE [...] (SBU) Summary: Norwegian authorities are eager to cooperate in channeling donated H1N1 vaccine to developing countries, though they have not yet hammered out the details for how they will deliver their in-kind contribution. The GON would welcome additional information on the U.S. approach to [...] | 2009-09-23 14:54:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC PREL KFLU WHO NO |
09OSLO592 | NORWAY RESPONDS CONSTRUCTIVELY TO GOLDSTONE [...] (C) Summary: The Norwegian MFA responded positively September 24 to our demarche on engaging the Human Rights Council (HRC) in a constructive manner on the Goldstone report. The officials we met said Norway would want to "welcome" the Goldstone report in any HRC resolution on the matter, but c [...] | 2009-09-25 07:14:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PTER KISL KPAL IS NO |
09OSLO600 | PROFILE OF THE LARGE AND ACTIVE NORWEGIAN DIASPORA [...] (U) Summary: The Norwegian diaspora in the United States is a large identifiable group with some 4.5 million people and maintains deep and firmly institutionalized connections to Norway. This cable responds to reftel request for information about this group. Several Norwegian-American organi [...] | 2009-09-30 11:26:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL BEXP BTIO EAID OEXC OIIP SCUL SMIG TSPL |
09OSLO601 | NORWAY PESSIMISTIC ON HRC GOLDSTONE RESOLUTION [...] (C) Summary: Charge d'affaires, a.i., met with Anne Merchant, Senior Advisor and coordinator ad interim for UN Human Rights Council (HRC) issues for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA),on October 1 to discuss emailed points both on the Goldstone Report and Freedom of Expression resolutions [...] | 2009-10-01 14:34:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL KPAL IS NO |
09OSLO604 | Slight Cabinet Reshuffle Expected after Budget [...] (U) Summary: As a result of Labor's strong showing in the September 14 Parliamentary (Storting) elections, the Labor Party will have more influence and the Socialist Left Party (SV) less influence in the newly re-elected three-party Red-Green Coalition government. Press speculation on the na [...] | 2009-10-02 14:38:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON SCUL NO |
09OSLO609 | IRAN NUCLEAR FACILITY DEMARCHE REDUX, THIS TIME [...] (C) Summary: Then-Charge d'affaires Daniels (now A/DCM upon the return of Post's charge later on October 2) followed up post's initial Iran nuclear facility demarche of September 25 with an additional demarche October 2 to the acting head of the Norwegian MFA's Disarmament and Non-Proliferation [...] | 2009-10-05 10:03:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | IR MNUC NO PARM PREL |
09OSLO624 | NORWAY'S TUNE ON ISRAEL, THE PEACE PROCESS, AND [...] (C) Summary: On October 7, Charge Heg had a constructive discussion about overall U.S. Norway cooperation in the Middle East with senior Norwegian diplomats Jorn Gjelstad, the head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Middle East Section, and Special Envoy to the Middle East Jon Hanssen-Bauer. [...] | 2009-10-08 15:09:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR PTER KPAL IS IQ NO |
09OSLO625 | PRESIDENT OBAMA AWARDED THE NOBEL PEACE PRIZE [...] (U) Please see action request last para. Thorbjorn Jagland, Chairman of the Nobel Committee in Oslo, announced at 11 am Oslo time (5 am EST) on October 9 that the committee had decided to award the Nobel Peace Prize to President Barack Obama. The announcement had been strongly hinted to th [...] | 2009-10-09 13:08:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KPAO SCUL NO |
09OSLO634 | NORWAY: "EVEN WE MIGHT HAVE TO VOTE AGAINST NEW [...] (C) A/DCM (PolEconcouns) delivered Ref A demarche to head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Middle East Section, Jorn Gjelstad, on October 14 prior to the open UNSC meeting on the Middle East in New York. Generally, Gjelstad was very positive and emphasized the congruencies between U.S. and [...] | 2009-10-15 11:48:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PTER IS KPAL NO |
09OSLO637 | NORWAY DEPUTY FM ON HIGH NORTH DIALOGUE, [...] (C) Charge d'Affaires a.i. James Heg, Acting DCM Cherrie Daniels, and Norway/Sweden Desk Officer Thomas Selinger met on October 16 with MFA State Secretary (Deputy Foreign Minister-equivalent) Elisabeth Walaas to discuss U.S.-Norway cooperation on a range of foreign policy issues. Walaas' port [...] | 2009-10-19 12:00:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MOPS AF NO |
09OSLO644 | NORWAY: AGREEMENT REACHED ON HSPD-6 TEXT [...] (SBU) In a meeting October 21, 2009 at the Norwegian Police Security Service Headquarters (PST) in Oslo, a team from the Terrorist Screening Center (TSC),the Office of the Coordinator for Counterterrorism (S/CT),and the US Embassy reached an agreement with the PST on the text of a HSPD-6 ter [...] | 2009-10-22 12:42:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | CVIS CMGT PTER PBTS PREL NO |
09OSLO646 | NORWAY: FOOD SECURITY MOVED UP AGENDA DUE TO U.S. [...] (C) Summary: The Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) responded positively to our initiative on food security, while being wary about potentially developing new institutions or trust funds to address the issue, and expressing curiosity about how we would address challenges of "country-l [...] | 2009-10-22 13:08:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | EAGR EAID ETRD PREL NO |
09OSLO647 | NORWAY'S VIEWS ON UNGA THIRD COMMITTEE ISSUES [...] (C) Summary: Poloff discussed reftel priorities with Anne Merchant, the coordinator of Norway's UNGA Third Committee matters in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA). While the meeting contained no surprises, Merchant shared her views on how to diminish bloc-voting in the Third Committee. In [...] | 2009-10-26 10:26:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PREF NO UN |
09OSLO652 | ANALYSIS OF FM STOERE'S PUBLIC COMMENTS DEFENDING [...] (SBU) This is an ACTION MESSAGE - please see para 7. In comments to the media published October 19, Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Stoere explained and defended Norway's decision not to offer to take Guantanamo detainees at this time, a decision which came to public attention in Norway two days e [...] | 2009-10-28 16:22:00 | Embassy Oslo | SECRET//NOFORN | ASEC NO PREL PTER |
09OSLO653 | ANALYSIS OF FM STOERE'S PUBLIC COMMENTS DEFENDING [...] (SBU) This is an ACTION MESSAGE - please see para 7. In comments to the media published October 19, Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Stoere explained and defended Norway's decision not to offer to take Guantanamo detainees at this time, a decision which came to public attention in Norway two days e [...] | 2009-10-28 16:37:00 | Embassy Oslo | SECRET//NOFORN | ASEC NO PREL PTER |
09OSLO654 | NORWAY WILL SUPPORT MYERS FOR UN ICSC BOARD [...] (C) Poloff met October 28 with Per Selvaag, acting head of the the UN section at Norway's Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Selvaag had checked with Norway's UN delegation and they reported that Norway had promised to support one of the three other candidates, but supporting Ms. Myers candidacy for [...] | 2009-10-29 11:57:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR PREL UNGA NO |
09OSLO658 | NORWAY WELCOMES SUDAN STRATEGY, GIVES PROGNOSIS [...] (C) Summary: Norway welcomes our Sudan strategy rollout, and, given Norway's already close cooperation with us within the U.S.-U.K.-Norway Troika, the MFA was not surprised at all by its content. Commenting on the situation in Sudan, GON officials said that although there seems to be forward [...] | 2009-10-30 13:27:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SU NO |
09OSLO679 | NORWAY GENERALLY RECEPTIVE TO U.S. REDLINES FOR [...] (C) Summary: Polcouns delivered reftel points to Jorn Gjelstad, head of the Middle East Section of the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) on November 3. Gjelstad commented favorably on our position opposing the various unacceptable elements currently under discussion for inclusion in [...] | 2009-11-03 16:17:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PTER IS KPAL NO |
09OSLO692 | NORWEGIANS RECEPTIVE ON BHUTAN REFUGEES AND CORE [...] (C) Poloff met on November 6 with Lasse Bjorn Johannessen, Senior Advisor in the Asia Section of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA),to deliver reftel points. Johannessen recently returned from a tour as the Deputy Chief of Mission for the Norwegian Embassy in New Delhi. Johannessen said th [...] | 2009-11-06 15:31:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | BT IN NP PGOV PREF PREL NO |
09OSLO700 | FM STOERE, NEW U.S. AMBASSADOR SHARE VIEWS ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: In the Ambassador's initial courtesy call November 9, Foreign Minister Stoere welcomed Ambassador White to Norway and offered that the priorities the Ambassador outlined during his Senate confirmation hearings in September closely match the priorities of the Government of Norway. [...] | 2009-11-09 16:16:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | AF NO PREL PTER |
09OSLO705 | NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY TO VOTE ON BOYCOTT OF ISRAELI [...] (SBU) The board of Norway's University of Science and Technology in Trondheim (NTNU) will vote November 12 to decide whether to establish an academic boycott of Israel. Norwegian Minister for Research and Higher Education Tora Aasland (Socialist Left Party, SV),in an interview with leading n [...] | 2009-11-10 13:57:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL SCUL IS NO |
09OSLO712 | S/NF: CORE EAC MEETING NOV 13 TO SHARE UPDATED [...] (U) DCM CHAIRED A CORE GROUP OF OSLO'S EMERGENCY ACTION COMMITTEE NOVEMBER 13. AMBASSADOR WHITE PARTICIPATED. OTHERS INCLUDED: RAO and A/RAO; RSO; POL/ECON COUNSELOR; DATT; CONSUL; AND FBI TDYER IN RAO. 2. (S/NF) DCM CONVENED THE CORE GROUP TO DISCUSS UPDATED INFORMATION OBTAINED BY RAO ON [...] | 2009-11-13 17:22:00 | Embassy Oslo | SECRET//NOFORN | ASEC NO OVIP PINR PREL PTER |
09OSLO713 | ARFAN BHATTI'S COURT RE-TRIAL DELAYED FROM [...] (SBU) Arfan Bhatti, who was convicted of grave vandalism in the shooting of the Oslo synagogue in 2006 and was also the accused ringleader of an alleged plot against the U.S. and Israeli embassies (Reftel and previous),was supposed to be re-tried on November 5 and 6 in the Court of Appeals in [...] | 2009-11-13 17:23:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC KCRM PTER PREL NO |
09OSLO720 | NORWEGIAN DEFENSE MINISTRY ON NATO, RUSSIA, [...] (C) Summary: MoD Security Policy Director Svein Efjestad told EUR/NB Director, DCM, PolCouns, A/DATT and PolMil Officer November 12 that the recent NATO-Russia Council meeting held in Oslo on nuclear policy was a useful discussion, particularly as it addressed sub-strategic weapons, which re [...] | 2009-11-18 13:47:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR OVIP NO |
09OSLO722 | NORWAY STILL DECIDING HOW TO VOTE ON ISRAEL - [...] (C) Summary: As of the morning of November 19, the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) was still undecided as to how to vote on the three UNGA resolutions into which Goldstone report language has been inserted; the Middle East section was consulting with the MFA legal department to con [...] | 2009-11-19 10:30:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNGA KPAL IS SY LE NO |
09OSLO725 | NORWAY'S MFA ON POTUS VISIT, IRAN, HIGH NORTH [...] (C) Summary: In separate meetings November 12, MFA Political Director Vegard Ellefsen and MFA Security Policy Director Rune Resaland and senior members of his staff outlined their views on topics of current interest, including their thoughts on deliverables during the upcoming POTUS visit, to [...] | 2009-11-20 15:49:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | OVIP PREL NATO PARM NO |
09OSLO732 | NORWEGIAN VIEWS ON IRAN NEXT STEPS [...] (C) Summary: In response to reftel demarche points, the senior Norwegian MFA official we spoke to said Norway is distressed at Iran's recent spurning of the P5 1 proposal. The Norwegian government recommends that new sanctions be fine tuned so as not to exhaust the political option all at once [...] | 2009-11-25 08:06:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | IAEA IR NO PREL |
09OSLO733 | NORWEGIANS REPORT ON AID TO PA, RESPOND TO [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche November 24, along with S's letter for Foreign Minister Stoere, to Signe Guro, Senior Advisor in the Middle East Section of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The letter was received appreciatively, and Guro discussed Norway's efforts to secure additional fun [...] | 2009-11-25 08:12:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | OPDC PREL EAID PGOV WBG EU IS NO |
09OSLO734 | NORWAY: COMMITTED TO NATO EFFORT IN AFGHANISTAN, [...] (S) In response to points in reftel, Acting Norwegian Foreign Minister Gry Larsen told Ambassador White November 25 that Norway remains solidly committed to the NATO mission in Afghanistan. (Larsen is the senior ranking MFA official in country, since FM Stoere is traveling in South Africa and [...] | 2009-11-25 15:04:00 | Embassy Oslo | SECRET | NATO PREL MOPS MARR |
09OSLO735 | OSLO EMERGENCY ACTION COMMITTEE MEETING AND [...] (U) Summary: The DCM chaired a meeting of the Emergency Action Committee (EAC)on November 25. Reported in the EAC were the results of a meeting of post,s Pandemic Influenza Action Committee (PIAC) which also occurred on November 25. Ambassador White participated in the EAC. Others included: [...] | 2009-11-27 13:18:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC NO OVIP PINR PREL PTER AMED TBIO KFLU |
09OSLO739 | SCENESETTER FOR YOUR VISIT TO OSLO [...] (S) Mr. President, your visit to Oslo to accept the Nobel Peace Prize is of great significance to the Norwegians. Norway is a geographically mid-sized country with a population on par with Colorado, and, according to the IMF, a 2009 GDP per capita just below 100,000 USD - surpassed in the wo [...] | 2009-11-30 15:25:00 | Embassy Oslo | SECRET | OVIP PGOV PREL ECON ETRD SENV MOPS NO |
09OSLO748 | Ambassador's Stavanger Discussions with GON and Oil [...] (SBU) In meetings during the Ambassador's first visit to Norway's "oil city" of Stavanger, U.S. companies told the Ambassador they were keenly interested in access to more offshore production acreage, particularly in the environmentally/ politically sensitive area of Lofoten-Vesteralen. The Di [...] | 2009-12-04 06:43:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET EINV SENV PREL NO VE RS |
09OSLO750 | Ambassador Discusses Energy Secretary Visit, Offshore Oil [...] (U) In an introductory call with Petroleum and Energy Minister Terje Riis-Johansen on November 25, the Ambassador discussed Energy Secretary Chu's planned upcoming visit and development of the Norwegian Continental Shelf (NCS). Poleconoff, FCS Chief, and Economic Specialist accompanied the Amb [...] | 2009-12-04 08:07:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EPET OVIP PREL NO |
09OSLO753 | Statoil's Investment in Iranian Oil and Gas [...] (SBU) In a December 3 meeting with Oslo-based Statoil executives Gunnar Myrvang and Gunnar Heiberg, Poleconoff delivered ref A points, stressing USG concerns on investment in Iran's energy industry and requesting information on specific Statoil activities in Iran described ref B. This cable i [...] | 2009-12-04 15:34:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET ENRG ETTC ECON PREL IR NO |
09OSLO764 | NORWAY'S MOD ON AFGHANISTAN DEVELOPMENTS [...] (C) Summary: During a December 3 Bilateral Study Group meeting, Ministry of Defense Director of Security Policy Svein Efjestad focused on civilian coordination in Afghanistan, in particular UNAMA's key role, and said Norway's Minister of Defense would have to manage public expectations follo [...] | 2009-12-09 10:26:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS MARR AF NO |
09OSLO767 | Norway Uncompromising on Whale Catch Limit [...] (SBU) Summary: In response to Ambassador's demarche on Norway's increase in whale catch limits, FM Store on December 10 vigorously defended GON policy as based on scientific principles for the management of marine resources. While noting that Norway had not participated in the International W [...] | 2009-12-11 06:46:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV PREL IWC EFIS NO |
09OSLO769 | NORWEGIANS POSITIVE TO 1540 VOLUNTARY FUND [...] (C) Poloff spoke with Erling Skjonsberg, Senior Advisor in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Nonproliferation and Disarmament Section about our proposal for a UN Security Council Resolution 1540 voluntary fund. Skjonsberg said that although the GON did not yet have an official position on [...] | 2009-12-11 14:20:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL AORC KPAO PTER UNSC EUN NO |
09OSLO77 | TERRORISM FINANCE: NORWAY'S RESPONSE TO UPCOMING [...] (C) Embassy Oslo delivered points in reftels to Norway's Foreign Ministry. The Foreign Ministry will ensure that the names in both reftels will be forwarded to their financial enforcement agency, immigration and welfare authorities and to the Finance Ministry. WHITNEY [...] | 2009-01-16 09:34:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN KTFN PTER PINR PREL NO |
09OSLO773 | NORWAY ON MULLAH KREKAR EXTRADITION: IRAQ ON HOLD, [...] (C) Summary: In discussions on December 7, our interlocutor at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) legal section stated that Norway is not/not actively pursuing obtaining a guarantee of humane treatment for Ansar al-Islam figure Mullah Krekar (aka Najmuddin Faraj Ahmad) from the Government o [...] | 2009-12-15 09:37:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PHUM IQ NO |
09OSLO776 | NORWAY FULLY SUPPORTS U.S. POSITION ON DJIBOUTI [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-16 14:37:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SO NO |
09OSLO777 | GOVERNMENT AND MEDIA REACTIONS TO PRESIDENT'S NOBEL VISIT [...] (U) This cable is Sensitive but Unclassified. Please handle accordingly. ---------------- GENERAL REACTION ---------------- 2. (U) The response to President Obama's visit, and to his Nobel Prize acceptance speech in particular, has on the whole been overwhelmingly enthusiastic, even pa [...] | 2009-12-17 07:01:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OVIP PREL SCUL KPAO NO |
09OSLO778 | PROGRESS PARTY LEADER SIV JENSEN DISCUSSES [...] (SBU) Summary: Siv Jensen, leader of the right-wing Progress Party (the largest opposition party in Norway) told the Ambassador December 15 that the most important aspect of President Obama's Nobel speech was his success in communicating to the younger generation, which does not recall World Wa [...] | 2009-12-17 12:17:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL OEXC PGOV IR NO IQ AF |
09OSLO782 | NORWAY WANTS TO WORK WITH U.S. ON DEFEATING [...] (C) In response to Ref A, which was primarily directed to posts in countries which support the "Defamation of Religion" resolutions problematic to the USG, poloff contacted Colleen Neville in IO/HR to determine next steps specific to the Government of Norway. Neville informed poloff (Ref B) t [...] | 2009-12-21 14:14:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL KISL KDEM PGOV OPDC |
09OSLO783 | NORWAY: 2009 COUNTRY REPORT ON TERRORISM [...] (U) Consistent with instructions in ref A, the following is Embassy Oslo's submission for the narrative of the 2009 Country Report on Terrorism for Norway: Begin text. Norwegian authorities considered the threat of terrorist attacks in Norway low and the widespread belief among the genera [...] | 2009-12-21 14:25:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER ASEC EFIN KCRM KHLS PINS PREL AEMR NO |
09OSLO787 | NORWAY CONSERVATIVE PARTY LEADER ERNA SOLBERG DISCUSSES NOBEL, ARCTIC, AFGHANISTAN WITH AMBASSADOR [...] (SBU) Summary: Erna Solberg, leader of the Conservative ("Hoyre") Party (the second largest opposition party in Norway after the right-wing Progress Party) told Ambassador White on December 15 that many Norwegians were favorably impressed by President Obama's direct message in his Nobel speech [...] | 2009-12-23 12:29:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | NO OXEC PGOV PREL |
09OSLO788 | OSLO REGIONAL GOVERNOR OFFERS SUPPORT FOR NEW AMERICAN [...] (SBU) Summary: Ambassador made his initial courtesy call on the Governor of Oslo and suburban Akershus County, Hans Roesjorde. The governor said his most difficult issue was dealing with environmental questions that "strangle" the free use of land, interfere with private enterprise, and infr [...] | 2009-12-28 09:19:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ABLD AFIN AMGT NO |
09OSLO791 | Statoil Chief Discusses Global Investments with [...] (SBU) Summary: Statoil Chief Executive Officer Helge Lund provided the Ambassador with an overview of the company's investments in the United States, Russia, Iraq, Iran and Norway in a meeting on December 18. He stressed Statoil's transparency with the USG with respect to past investments in [...] | 2009-12-28 12:01:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET ENRG ETTC PREL IR NO RU |
09OSLO794 | NORWAY RESPONDS TO AMCIT DEMARCHE; ASSESSES IRAN [...] (C) On December 29, Deputy Chief of Mission James T. Heg, accompanied by Poleconoff, met with Aud-Marit Wiig, Director General of Geographic Bureaus and International Development, as well as Torunn Viste, Assistant Director General in charge of Mid-East Affairs, both at the Norwegian Ministry o [...] | 2009-12-30 12:25:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | CASC IR PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PROP PTER NO |
09OSLO83 | NORWAY HESITATING TO COMMIT TO GAZA INTERDICTION [...] (C) The GON is struggling to make up its mind regarding the request to participate in the Gaza Interdiction Effort. The MFA is aware of the January 23 deadline in responding and promised to send their embassy in Washington their final decision today, but the hesitation and uncertainty is tell [...] | 2009-01-26 06:25:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | EG KPAL MARR MOPS PREL XG NO |
09OSLO85 | MEDIA REACTION: THE PRESIDENT'S INTERVIEW WITH AL-ARABIYA [...] No summary [...] | 2009-01-30 07:14:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAO NO |
09OSLO9 | NORWAY REACTS TO GEORGIA AND GAZA [...] (C) Summary. Shari... C O N F I D E N T I A L OSLO 000009 SIPDIS E.O. 12958: DECL: 01/07/2019 TAGS: PREL GG [...] | 2009-01-07 13:43:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL GG |
09OSLO90 | MINORITY ANGER IN NORWAY RISES [...] (SBU) Summary: A series of anti-Israel demonstrations on January 8 and January 10 erupted into violence in central Oslo as some demonstrators, primarily young Muslim-background youth, clashed with police. The damages, police action and extent of the violence were the worst in Norway since the [...] | 2009-02-03 06:02:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KIRF PTER ASEC KPAO KCRM KISL NO |
09OTTAWA10 | (S) VANCOUVER OLYMPICS 2010: CANADIAN REQUEST FOR [...] (C) Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Senior Defense Relations Officer Erwin Sippert told pol/mil officer on January 7 that Canada hopes the United States will respond positively and quickly via dipnote to para 2 request for military-to-military assistance in support of [...] | 2009-01-07 20:19:00 | Embassy Ottawa | SECRET | PREL MARR KOLY CA |
09OTTAWA109 | CANADA'S "NEW" CHINA STRATEGY EMPHASIZES INCREASED [...] (C) Summary: The Canadian government recently rolled out a "new" China strategy that will emphasize more high level ministerial visits and dialogue. Prime Minister Harper has yet to visit Beijing during his three year tenure, but may later in 2009. Canada's engagement with China seeks first [...] | 2009-02-11 13:58:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM ETRD CH CA |
09OTTAWA110 | CANADA RECEIVES REMOTE SENSING DEMARCHE [...] (SBU) On February 10, Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade Senior Advisor for Non-proliferation and Disarmament Dr. Thomas Gillon expressed appreciation for the U.S. reply to Canadian demarches from October and December 2008 (reftel). During a follow up discussion on February [...] | 2009-02-11 16:53:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PARM ETTC CA |
09OTTAWA116 | BANK OF CANADA GOVERNOR DEFENDS OPTIMISTIC GROWTH FORECAST [...] (U) Summary: The Governor of the Bank of Canada predicts the Canadian economy will recover from the global financial crisis in late 2009, with growth approaching 4 percent in 2010. However, Canadian economic recovery is dependent on a range of domestic and international factors, including the [...] | 2009-02-12 20:36:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD EINV EIND PREL PGOV CA |
09OTTAWA126 | INITIAL CANADIAN RESPONSE TO U.S. [...] (C) Summary and comment: Canada welcomes the opportunity to contribute to the U.S. Afghanistan/Pakistan policy review and has provided initial thinking in a non-paper (see para 5). Canada believes strongly that the reconstruction and development process must be Afghan-led and that strong and [...] | 2009-02-20 21:13:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM NATO EAID AF PK CA |
09OTTAWA132 | CANADIAN FM LIKELY AT SHARM AL-SHEIKH CONFERENCE [...] (C) According to Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Director General for the Middle East and Magreb Kerry Buck, Foreign Minister Lawrence Cannon is likely to participate in the March 2 conference in Sharm al-Sheik but has not made a final decision. She indicated t [...] | 2009-02-23 19:16:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID KPAL KWBG CA EG |
09OTTAWA134 | CANADA REITERATES FOREIGN POLICY PRIORITIES [...] (SBU) Summary: In separate remarks on February 23, Canada's top two diplomats reiterated Canada's top foreign policy priorities -- relations with the U.S., the Americas, Afghanistan, and emerging markets in Asia -- and its support for humanitarian aid to Gaza. Canada will further narrow its pri [...] | 2009-02-24 20:49:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EAID XF XM AF CA |
09OTTAWA140 | CANADA APPRECIATES U.S. POSITION ON RADARSAT-2 [...] (S) Upon receipt of ref a dipnote on February 25, Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Senior Advisor for Non-proliferation and Disarmament Dr. Thomas Gillon said that the government was "extremely pleased" by U.S. interagency concurrence with Canada's request to chan [...] | 2009-02-26 13:15:00 | Embassy Ottawa | SECRET | PREL PARM ETTC CA |
09OTTAWA141 | CANADIAN FOREIGN MINISTER'S ATTENDANCE AT SHARM [...] (U) Canadian Foreign Minister Lawrence Cannon on February 26 confirmed that he would take part in the March 2 "Conference in Support of the Palestinian Economy for the Reconstruction of Gaza" in Sharm al-Sheikh Egypt (reftels). He underscored that Canada had made a five year commitment begin [...] | 2009-02-26 18:19:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL EAID EG IS JO CA |
09OTTAWA146 | FIRST NATIONS TRAILBLAZER IS CANADIAN CANDIDATE [...] (SBU) Justice Rose Boyko is a "trailblazer among First Nations people in Canada," according to Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) UN Section Deputy Director Shannon Marie Soni. Soni added that Boyko was the first aboriginal Canadian woman appointed as a superior cour [...] | 2009-02-26 22:20:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ACBAQ AORC KUNR UNGA CA |
09OTTAWA147 | CANADIAN NPT PRIORITIES [...] (C) Summary: Canada wants the Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty (NPT) 2009 PrepCom and 2010 RevCon to advance NPT legitimacy by making concrete progress towards a consensus document that confirms the treaty's three pillars -- disarmament, non-proliferation, and peaceful uses -- and acknowledge [...] | 2009-02-27 13:23:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM MNUC ENRG UNGA IAEA CA |
09OTTAWA15 | CANADA: DELIVERY OF DEMARCHE ON DOD NUCLEAR [...] (U) On January 7, pol/miloff delivered reftel demarche to Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Deputy Director for Continental Defense Victor Rakmil, Senior Policy Adviser for NATO Eugenie Panitcherska, and Deputy Director for Nuclear Non-proliferation Karen Gunar. Se [...] | 2009-01-08 21:05:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL MNUC KNNP CA |
09OTTAWA152 | CANADA WELCOMES U.S. DURBAN WITHDRAWAL AND UN HRC [...] (C) Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Deputy Director for Human Rights Policy Chantale Walker on February 27 welcomed the U.S. decision to discontinue negotiations on the current text of the Durban Review Conference (reftel). Walker noted that Canada shares the U.S [...] | 2009-02-27 22:01:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PGOV UNHRC CA |
09OTTAWA153 | CANADA WELCOMES U.S. DURBAN WITHDRAWAL AND UN HRC [...] (C) Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Deputy Director for Human Rights Policy Chantale Walker on February 27 welcomed the U.S. decision to discontinue negotiations on the current text of the Durban Review Conference (reftel). Walker noted that Canada shares the U.S [...] | 2009-02-27 22:01:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PGOV UNHRC CA |
09OTTAWA155 | CANADA: GRINIUS TO HEAD DELEGATIONS TO NPT, CNS [...] (U) In response to reftels, Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Deputy Director for Non-proliferation Karen Garner confirmed to pol/miloff on March 2 that PermRep in Geneva Marius Grinius will lead the Canadian delegation to the May 2009 Non-proliferation Treaty (NPT [...] | 2009-03-02 20:24:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PARM MNUC ENRG IAEA CA |
09OTTAWA158 | CANADA WELCOMES ADDITIONAL US TROOPS IN [...] (C'/NF) Summary: Ottawa-based Canadian officials responded positively to potential changes to the U.S. force posture in Afghanistan, but repeated long-standing concerns about command and control issues related to multi-mission integration in NATO-ISAF's Regional Command - South. Canada will [...] | 2009-03-03 22:00:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL MOPS NATO AF CA |
09OTTAWA159 | CANADA APPLAUDS IRAQ STRATEGY REVIEW, BUT FOCUSES [...] (C/NF) Canada welcomed the new U.S. administration's review of Iraq policy (ref a),especially since it will free up more U.S. combat troops for Afghanistan, according to Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade Iraq desk officer David Leach. Canada recognizes the importance of I [...] | 2009-03-03 22:11:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL MOPS IZ AF CA |
09OTTAWA16 | CANADA TO DOWNPLAY ROLE OF UNDP CHAIR IF IRAN WINS [...] (C) Canada will not openly oppose Iran's candidacy for the chair of the UNDP executive board, according to Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) International Organization Deputy Director Shannon-Marie Soni. Instead, Canada will seek to downplay the importance of the ro [...] | 2009-01-08 21:19:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID IR UN CA |
09OTTAWA160 | Canada adopts a wait-and-see position on U.S. COOL [...] (SBU) Summary: Canada does not intend - for now - to launch a WTO trade challenge against the United States over the voluntary guidelines that complement the U.S. Country of Origin Labeling (COOL) final rule, Canadian Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz stated on February 25. Ritz said the volunta [...] | 2009-03-04 19:13:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ECON ETRD EIND PREL PGOV CA |
09OTTAWA167 | CANADA UPHOLDS NEED FOR TOUGH ZIMBABWE BENCHMARKS [...] (C) Ahead of the March 20 informal meeting in Washington of like-minded countries on Zimbabwe, Canada believes the previously agreed benchmarks on political reconciliation and reform remain valid. Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Director for Eastern and Southern [...] | 2009-03-05 20:19:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM KDEM EAID ZI CA |
09OTTAWA168 | CANADA URGES SUDAN'S COOPERATION WITH ICC [...] (U) In a public statement on March 4, Foreign Minister Lawrence Cannon offered Canada's appreciation of the International Criminal Court for its indictment of Sudan President Omar al-Bashir, noting that "Canada strongly supports the work of the ICC, including its work in Sudan." He called on S [...] | 2009-03-05 21:47:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PHUM KICC SU CA |
09OTTAWA177 | CANADIANS POSITIVE ABOUT AFGHANISTAN CONFERENCE, [...] This is an action request -- see para seven. 2. (C) Summary: Canadian officials hope to coordinate with U.S. counterparts in advance of the upcoming Dutch-hosted Conference on Afghanistan. They are concerned about both the need to manage disruptive delegations and the risk that some tra [...] | 2009-03-09 13:58:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS NATO PK AF CA |
09OTTAWA179 | PARLIAMENTARY REPORT ON KANDAHAR SHOWS FEW GAINS, [...] (C) Summary: As required under a March 2008 House of Commons motion, the government has issued its third report to Parliament tracking progress on key benchmarks. The report cited modest continued progress in training of the Afghan National Security Forces, improvements to Sarpoza prison, [...] | 2009-03-09 18:27:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS EAID AF CA |
09OTTAWA180 | CANADA SUPPORTS GAZA ACTION PROGRAM [...] (C) Canada supports the program of action (ref a) to combat Gaza arms smuggling and is identifying resources and confirming legal authority to assist the effort, according to Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Israel/Gaza/West Bank Deputy Director Gregory Lemermeyer. [...] | 2009-03-09 18:38:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS NATO EUN CA |
09OTTAWA182 | ISAF RC-S: CANADIANS PREPARE FOR MEETINGS IN [...] (C/NF) Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade Afghanistan Task Force (FTAG) Senior Policy Officer David Fairchild (please protect) confirmed to pol/miloff on March 9 that Canadian and U.S. officials in Kabul would meet March 11 or 12 to discuss the operational integration of the [...] | 2009-03-09 21:04:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL MOPS NATO AF CA |
09OTTAWA183 | CANADA WANTS STATE, USAID TO JOIN AFGHAN [...] (U) This is an action Request for SCA/A -- see para seven. 2. (SBU) Summary: Canada would like a total of six State Department and USAID personnel to join hundreds of Canadian military and civilian personnel preparing to serve in Afghanistan for a large, "realistic" pre-deployment valida [...] | 2009-03-10 15:45:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MOPS EAID NATO AF CA |
09OTTAWA194 | CANADIAN SUPPORT FOR MEXICAN POLICE AND JUDICIAL [...] (C) Summary: An inter-agency Canadian team will meet with counterparts in Mexico City on March 12 and 13 to see how Canada might better support President Calderon's efforts to reform the police, corrections, and judicial sectors. The mission, which National Security Advisor Marie-Lucie Morin [...] | 2009-03-11 20:15:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KCRM KJUS KCOR SNAR MX CA |
09OTTAWA196 | CHALLENGES TO THE TRANSFORMATION OF THE CANADIAN [...] (C) Summary: Despite the recurrent pledges by PM Harper's government to re-build the capabilities of the Canadian Forces, the Canadian Army still faces serious funding, recruitment, and procurement challenges as it seeks to meet pressing requirements in Afghanistan while also transforming itself in [...] | 2009-03-12 15:14:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS NATO AF CA |
09OTTAWA2 | CANADA TO PROVIDE FOUR MILLION DOLLARS FOR [...] No summary [...] | 2009-01-05 19:10:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | LE EAID PGOV PREL PHUM CA |
09OTTAWA20 | CANADA SEEKS U.S. ASSISTANCE WITH HOSTAGE POLICY [...] (U) This is an action request -- see para three. 2. (S) Summary: Canada is for the first time planning on Cabinet endorsement by April of a formal national policy to respond to the kidnapping of its citizens by terrorists or criminals. A spate of five cases of kidnapped Canadians since Jun [...] | 2009-01-09 19:02:00 | Embassy Ottawa | SECRET | PTER PREL PINR PGOV CA |
09OTTAWA212 | High unemployment rates speed passage of Canadian budget [...] (SBU) Summary: The combination of worse-than-expected unemployment numbers and high unemployment in key opposition Parliamentary ridings put pressure on Liberal Senators to pass budget and stimulus legislation quickly and with less than the usual level of rancor. The budget legislation receive [...] | 2009-03-13 20:33:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD EINV EIND PREL PGOV CA |
09OTTAWA217 | (C) CANADA TO MINIMIZE PUBLIC DISCUSSION OF MANAS [...] (C) Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade Defence and Security Senior Policy Advisor Amy Galigan on March 16 characterized the U.S. approach regarding Manas Air Base in Kyrgyzstan (reftel) as "eminently reasonable." Galigan assured polmiloff that she would advise senior Canadi [...] | 2009-03-17 16:01:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NATO MOPS AF CA |
09OTTAWA218 | (S) CANADA: RE-CONSIDERING ALL OPTIONS FOR ITS [...] (S/NF) Summary: The minority government of Prime Minister Harper may not have actually ruled out extending Canada's 2,800-member military contingent, including combat forces, in Kandahar beyond 2011. If this government remains in office throughout 2010, operational requirements would force [...] | 2009-03-17 16:03:00 | Embassy Ottawa | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL MOPS NATO AF CA |
09OTTAWA22 | WHAT ABOUT US? CANADA SEEKS INVITATION TO CONTACT [...] (U) This is an action request -- see para 4. 2. (C) On January 9, Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Senior Advisor for defense and security relations Sarah Robertson called in pol/mil officer to emphasize Canada's extensive, positive engagement on anti-piracy i [...] | 2009-01-09 20:54:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS KCRM EWWT XW SO CA |
09OTTAWA228 | CANADIAN INTERIM REPLY ON KFOR TROOP REDUCTIONS [...] (C) According to Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade NATO Deputy Director Anne Burgess, Canada is not likely to have a strong policy stance on the recent controversy over a possible drawdown in NATO's Kosovo Force (KFOR). She noted that Canada has only five Canadian Forces p [...] | 2009-03-19 21:57:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR NATO KPKO KV CA |
09OTTAWA234 | CANADA ON AFGHAN RECONCILIATION: PERHAPS A MEETING [...] (U) This is an action request for SCA/A -- see para 4. 2. (C) As promised in reftel, Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade Afghanistan Task Force (FTAG) Desk Officer Samantha Pass gave pol/miloff a copy of the reconciliation non-paper that FTAG Assistant Deputy Minister Y [...] | 2009-03-24 18:49:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS NATO AF CA |
09OTTAWA242 | CANADA TO SEEK MEMBERSHIP IN CONTACT GROUP ON [...] (U) Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Senior Advisor for Defense and Security Relations Sarah Robertson confirmed to pol/miloff on March 25 that Foreign Minister Cannon had instructed DFAIT staff to seek membership for Canada in the Contact Group on Piracy off the [...] | 2009-03-26 12:16:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PBTS KCRM EWWT XW SO CA |
09OTTAWA248 | CANADA SUPPORTIVE OF AFGHANISTAN-PAKISTAN STRATEGIC REVIEW [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-27 20:35:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL NATO MARR MOPS EAID AF PK CA |
09OTTAWA249 | TOWARD A CANADIAN DEMOCRACY PROMOTION AGENCY [...] (C) Summary. The Conservative Party and the Harper government have championed the creation of a non-partisan Canadian democracy promotion agency. Details are still few and may not emerge with any clarity until fall 2009. So far, the government appears not to have included any new funding i [...] | 2009-03-27 21:03:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM KDEM CA |
09OTTAWA256 | NO ICJ BRIEF FROM CANADA ON KOSOVO [...] (C) The Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade's Director General for Europe Robert Hage confirmed to PolMinCouns on March 31 that Canada had decided against filing a brief with the International Court of Justice in support of Kosovo (reftel). He commented that lingering sens [...] | 2009-03-31 19:09:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ICJ KV CA |
09OTTAWA257 | CANADA TO PARTICIPATE IN GICNT EVENT, SEEKS ADVICE [...] (U) This is an action request -- see para 5. 2. (C) In response to reftel, Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Senior Policy Officer David MacDuff said he, or perhaps one of his Seoul-based colleagues, would represent Canada at the Global Initiative to Combat N [...] | 2009-03-31 21:08:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PINS KGIC PARM PREL CA |
09OTTAWA262 | CANADA SUPPORTS U.S. CANDIDACY FOR UN HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (C) In response to reftel demarche, Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Human Rights Policy Director Gwyn Kutz confirmed to poloff on April 1 that Canada will support the U.S. candidacy for the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC). Separately, DFAIT Deputy Director for Hu [...] | 2009-04-02 17:10:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL CA |
09OTTAWA263 | CANADIAN CAPACITY ISSUES SHAPE MEXICAN SECURITY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Following a successful visit to Mexico (reftel),Canadian officials are now analyzing how best to help Mexico reform its police and corrections sectors. Canada will likely focus its assistance on revamping police recruit education, strengthening witness security programs, and buil [...] | 2009-04-02 17:39:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KCRM KJUS KCOR SNAR MX CA |
09OTTAWA265 | CANADA-MEXICO SECURITY DIALOGUE SHARES BEST [...] (C) SUMMARY: Canada's and Mexico's bilateral security working group, established in February 2007, focuses on increasing cooperation and information exchange in the areas of migration, emergency management, marine security, and law enforcement. Public Safety Canada and Mexico's Center for Inv [...] | 2009-04-02 21:50:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KCRM KJUS KCOR SNAR MX CA |
09OTTAWA266 | CANADA'S INITIAL REACTION TO SPECIFIC REQUESTS TO [...] (C) Summary: The Prime Minister will have personally to decide whether to extend Canada's politically fraught combat mission in southern Afghanistan beyond its scheduled 2011 end of operations and subsequent troop withdrawal. The European response to the President's engagement on ISAF at the [...] | 2009-04-03 13:34:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS NATO AF CA |
09OTTAWA267 | UPDATE ON DUBAI PROCESS ACTION PLAN FOR [...] (C) Summary and comment. The Dubai process for enhancing Pakistan-Afghanistan cooperation, under Canada's facilitation, continues to move forward, as a March 27-29 workshop in Dubai underscored. There will be four new working groups -- on counternarcotics, managing the movement of people, [...] | 2009-04-03 13:40:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID SNAR ETRD PK AF CA |
09OTTAWA268 | CANADA SEEKS U.S. ADVICE TO REINVIGORATE ITS [...] (U) This is an action request -- see para 4. 2. (C) Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Senior Policy Officer David MacDuff noted on April 1 that the government had extended the deadline from mid-December 2008 to early June 2009 for senior officials to brief the [...] | 2009-04-03 13:57:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM KNNP PINR CA |
09OTTAWA269 | CANADA PREPARING FORMAL REQUEST TO JOIN CONTACT [...] (SBU) In response to reftel, Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Senior Advisor for Defense and Security Relations Sarah Robertson promised to draft and clear the required correspondence and convey it as soon as possible to our Charge d'Affaires. DFAIT will ensure t [...] | 2009-04-03 14:01:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PBTS KCRM EWWT XW SO CA |
09OTTAWA272 | CANADA STRONGLY CONDEMNS DPRK MISSILE TEST [...] (SBU) Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) North Asia Deputy Director Karine Asselin told poloff on April 6 that Canada agrees with the U.S. on the seriousness of the situation after the weekend DPRK missile test launch. Despite the apparent failure of the test, Assel [...] | 2009-04-06 20:41:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PARM KNNP KN CA |
09OTTAWA278 | CANADA'S "CALIBRATED" RE-ENGAGEMENT WITH RUSSIA IN [...] (C/NF) Summary: Russia is seeking strong re-engagement with Canada following the chilling of relations after the Russian invasion of Georgia and "Russian provocations in the Arctic." Canada nonetheless recognizes the need to work with Russia, given the many intersecting areas of mutual concern [...] | 2009-04-07 21:02:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL ETRD RS GG CA |
09OTTAWA281 | SEARCHING A MODEL FOR A NEW CANADIAN DEMOCRACY [...] (SBU) Summary: Minister of State for Democratic Reform Steven Fletcher is examining other models for a new Canadian democracy promotion agency (reftel),with an intended focus on aiding like-minded political parties worldwide to help fill a gap in Canadian International Development Agency ( [...] | 2009-04-08 12:16:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PGOV KDEM CA |
09OTTAWA282 | CANADIAN PARTICIPATION IN PAKISTAN DONORS' [...] (SBU) PolMinCouns, jointly with Acting Pakistan High Commissioner Naela Chohan and Japanese Minister Counselor Abe Koji, on April 6 met with Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) Senior Policy Advisor Keith Fountain to encourage high level Canadian participation and a generous ple [...] | 2009-04-08 18:04:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EAID PK JA CA |
09OTTAWA286 | PRIME MINISTER HARPER TO LEAD AMERICAS SUMMIT [...] (SBU) Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Summit of the Americas Coordinator Paul Williams on April 9 confirmed that Prime Minister Stephen Harper will lead Canada's delegation, accompanied by Foreign Minister Lawrence Cannon. He expects the delegation also to inclu [...] | 2009-04-09 16:27:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KSUM BEXP ECON CA |
09OTTAWA290 | CANADA SUPPORTIVE OF E3 PLUS 3 PROCESS ON IRAN [...] (S) In a meeting on April 15 with Director General for the Middle East and Maghreb Kerry Buck of the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade, PolMinCouns delivered reftel demarche and urged Canada's efforts to persuade Iran to seize this opportunity. Ms. Buck welcomed the new [...] | 2009-04-15 17:02:00 | Embassy Ottawa | SECRET | PARM PREL KNNP MNUC IR CA |
09OTTAWA291 | CANADA AND THE AMERICAS [...] (C) Summary: Under Prime Minister Harper, Canada has devoted more of its diplomatic and aid attention to the Americas, notably a 2007 high-profile Latin America trip by the PM, as well as other high level visits. The government has apparently abandoned an initial effort to develop a strategic [...] | 2009-04-15 20:23:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETRD EAID XM BR CA |
09OTTAWA298 | REMNANTS OF ANTI-AMERICANISM IN CANADIAN UNIVERSITIES [...] (SBU) Summary: As President Obama noted in Strasbourg on April 3, anti-Americanism in developed countries is sometimes both "casual and insidious." Canada's traditionally liberal universities have often displayed some anti-American biases, as emboff discovered first-hand as a part-time graduat [...] | 2009-04-16 19:21:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM SOCI SCUL KPAO CA |
09OTTAWA305 | CANADA SEEKING U.S. VIEWS ON RENEWED [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 4. 2. (C) Prime Minister Harper and his cabinet will decide at the end of April whether to explore some form of renewed air link between Montreal and Beirut, according to a Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) cont [...] | 2009-04-20 20:28:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER EAIR ASEC CA |
09OTTAWA306 | CANADIAN INTERIM RESPONSE ON U.S. IAHRC CANDIDATE [...] (SBU) Further to reftel, Canada will decide in the next few weeks which candidate it will support for the Inter-American Human Rights Commission (IAHRC),according to Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) human rights senior policy advisor Cyndy Nelson. Nelson told act [...] | 2009-04-20 20:54:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV PREL OAS IAHRC CA |
09OTTAWA311 | TOUJOURS EN PLACE: THE BLOC QUEBECOIS [...] (C) Summary. The Bloc Quebecois, a federal political party exclusively devoted to promoting Quebec's interests in Parliament, emphasizes that Quebec's values -- including the primacy of French, the "crucial" role of culture, and Quebec's immigration policy -- differ from the rest of Canada. [...] | 2009-04-22 21:28:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL CA |
09OTTAWA313 | COURT RULES CANADA MUST SEEK KHADR'S REPATRIATION [...] (U) Summary: On April 23, a Federal Court judge ruled that the Canadian government's refusal to seek Omar Khadr's repatriation from the United States violated his constitutional rights and that the government must press the United States to return him to Canada. The government may appeal the de [...] | 2009-04-23 20:39:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PTER PHUM CA |
09OTTAWA317 | REGIONAL VIEWS ON CANADA'S AFGHAN MISSION [...] (SBU) Summary: During a monthly Digital Video Conference, Mission Canada reporting officers agreed on strong Canadian support for Canada's troops, but no appetite to extend the 2011 end-date for Canada's combat mission or to engage in any substantive discussion of the role Canada might play in [...] | 2009-04-27 20:02:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV AF CA |
09OTTAWA321 | Canada tries to keep credit markets open as foreign bankers [...] SBU) Summary: The traditional conservatism of the Canadian banking sector helped it avoid some of the damage suffered in other G-7 countries during the international financial crisis. Canada's banks have had fewer toxic assets to deal with and much higher capital reserve requirements. Howeve [...] | 2009-04-29 17:07:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD EINV EIND PREL PGOV CA |
09OTTAWA326 | CANADA HOPES TO SEE POWERFUL LEADERSHIP AT GICNT [...] (SBU) Canada will attend the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism (GICNT) plenary conference in The Hague and is looking for "powerful leadership" from the Russian-Dutch-U.S. troika to "attack the problem of nuclear terrorism in a fulsome way," according to Department of Foreign Affai [...] | 2009-04-29 20:45:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PARM PREL KNNP KGIC MNUC RS NL CA |
09OTTAWA329 | DEMARCHE: SRI LANKA INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-30 19:41:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | CA ECON EFIN KDEM PHUM PREL |
09OTTAWA33 | CONVENTION ON CLUSTER MUNITIONS COULD LIMIT CANUS [...] (U) This is an action request -- see para 6. 2. (C) Summary: Canada's decision to sign the (Oslo) Convention on Cluster Munitions (CCM) could limit the interoperability of Canadian Forces (CF) exchange pilots and artillery officers embedded in the U.S. armed forces. Embassy recommends Sta [...] | 2009-01-13 20:37:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM MOPS MARR CA |
09OTTAWA330 | STAFFDEL CASEY - APR 30 - MAY 1 [...] (U) Embassy welcomes the visit of Staffdel Casey to Ottawa on April 30 and May 1 (reftel). 2. (U) The administrative point of contact is Deputy Political Counselor Kurt van der Walde, (o) 613-688-5242, BB 613-698-5018, unclass email address: VanderwaldeK@state.gov 3. (U) Staffdel has [...] | 2009-04-30 20:16:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN PREL CA |
09OTTAWA334 | CANADA SUPPORTS U.S./AUSTRALIA ON SHIP RECYCLING [...] (sbu) Econcouns and Emil Stojanovski, Third Secretary at the Australian High Commission, delivered reftel joint demarche on the draft international convention for the safe and environmentally sound recycling of ships to Transport Canada's Manager for Environmental Protection Paul Topping on Ma [...] | 2009-05-04 18:09:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CA ECON EIND ETRD EWWT KTIA PREL SENV |
09OTTAWA345 | CANADA AGREES WITH PROPOSED CHANGES TO CWC HCA ON [...] (SBU) During a May 8 discussion of the draft Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) Host Country Agreement (HCA) with Canada on Challenge Inspections, Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) CWC Canadian National Authority Deputy Director Louis-Philippe Sylvestre told pol/mil [...] | 2009-05-12 11:48:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL KTIA CWC CA |
09OTTAWA347 | CANADA SEEKS ITAR RELIEF FOR INDUSTRY [...] (C) Summary: Officials and business leaders in Ottawa told PM Acting A/S Ruggiero that Canadian human rights commissions or courts soon could force the defense industry to stop applying U.S. International Trafficking in Arms Regulations (ITAR) rules that deny proscribed nationals, including c [...] | 2009-05-12 18:20:00 | Embassy Ottawa | SECRET | PARM PREL ETTC CA |
09OTTAWA348 | PERSISTENT ABUSES IN REFUGEE SYSTEM PROVOKE [...] (C) Summary. Canada is increasingly concerned about "wide-scale and almost systematic abuse" of its generous immigration, citizenship, and refugee policies. According to a recent report by the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR),the number of asylum seekers to Canada in 2008 increa [...] | 2009-05-12 20:39:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PGOV PREL SMIG CVIS KFRD MX EZ CA |
09OTTAWA35 | CANADA RATIFIES NATO ACCESSION PROTOCOLS FOR ALBANIA AND [...] (U) Summary: On January 14, Canada announced its ratification of the protocols of accession to NATO for Albania and Croatia. Foreign Minister Lawrence Cannon and Defence Minister Peter MacKay jointly noted that Canada's action would help move the two countries closer to membership in the allia [...] | 2009-01-14 21:46:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MARR KTIA PARM HR AL CA |
09OTTAWA358 | CANADA STRONGLY BACKS AMANO FOR IAEA DG [...] (C) Acting Pol/C delivered ref points to Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade Deputy Director for Non-Proliferation Shawn Caza on May 8. Caza confirmed that Canada "stands strongly behind" Ambassador Amano in the upcoming election for Director General of the International Ato [...] | 2009-05-14 19:59:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KNNP IAEA AORC |
09OTTAWA364 | CANADA'S LIST OF TRADE IRRITANTS CEMENTING IDEA OF GROWING [...] (SBU) Summary: Several recent U.S.-Canada trade irritants have led Canadian business associations and the media to accuse the USG of economic protectionism. The major problem areas are the Country of Origin Labeling (COOL) voluntary requirements on meat products and "Buy American" provisions [...] | 2009-05-15 17:30:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EINV EIND PREL KPAO CA |
09OTTAWA365 | CANADA TO MATCH PRIVATE DONATIONS FOR AFGHAN AID [...] (U) The Canadian government on May 14 launched a pilot project to match individual online donations to aid organizations participating in Canada's reconstruction and development effort in Afghanistan. The 'Afghanistan Challenge' encourages individual Canadians to participate directly in gove [...] | 2009-05-15 18:39:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV EAID PREL MOPS AF CA |
09OTTAWA37 | CANADIAN AMENDED LANGUAGE ON CWC CHALLENGE [...] (SBU) Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) Senior Adviser Adrian Ghita-Duminica told pol/miloff on January 13 that Canada and the U.S. are "very close" to agreement on an Exchange of Notes on CWC challenge inspections that would integrate U.S. [...] | 2009-01-15 18:14:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL KTIA CWC CA |
09OTTAWA374 | CANADA NON-COMMITTAL ON GUANTANAMO DETAINEES [...] (S) Summary: During a May 11 meeting with Canadian officials, Special Envoy for Guantanamo Dan Fried discussed the possible resettlement in Canada of the three Uighur detainees now at the U.S. detention facility at Guantanamo Naval Base in Cuba who have pending refugee applications in Canada. [...] | 2009-05-20 21:28:00 | Embassy Ottawa | SECRET | PREL PTER PHUM CA |
09OTTAWA376 | CANADA REFOCUSES MULTILATERAL AID [...] (SBU) Summary: The Canadian International Development Agency plans to narrow its foreign aid priorities to focus primarily on increasing food security, stimulating sustainable economic growth, and securing the future of children and youth. The new strategy complements a February announcement ( [...] | 2009-05-21 18:16:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EAID PGOV CA |
09OTTAWA378 | FROM COAST TO COAST - CANADA COMBATING HUMAN [...] (U) Summary. The recent conviction of a British Columbia couple that had smuggled Indian nationals from Canada into the United States through the Peace Arch border crossing and arrests by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) of four people in Ontario and New Brunswick involved in a human [...] | 2009-05-21 19:03:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KCRM KTIP SMIG GY IN CA |
09OTTAWA379 | CANADA AND SABERI [...] (SBU) This is an action request -- see para 4. 2. (C) In response to reftel demarche points, Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Iran desk officer Alistair Wallbaum said that Canada was pleased to be of assistance in the Saberi case. He added that Foreign Ministe [...] | 2009-05-21 19:53:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM CASC IR CA |
09OTTAWA384 | CANADA TO ATTEND MAY 29 SOMALIA PIRACY CONTACT [...] (C) Canada will attend the May 29 meeting of the Somali Piracy Contact Group (reftel),according to Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) senior policy advisor Sarah Robertson, who expressed Canada's appreciation to USG for its efforts to include Canada in the contact g [...] | 2009-05-22 20:38:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KCRM MARR CA |
09OTTAWA393 | Talk of Retaliation Against "Buy American" Escalates in [...] (SBU) Summary: Calls for retaliation against "Buy American" provisions in U.S. federal legislation are growing in Canada. Canadian officials and businesses claim "Buy American" actions threaten serious economic damage here, both to American and Canadian firms and their joint supply chains. I [...] | 2009-05-27 19:17:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD EINV EIND PREL PGOV CA |
09OTTAWA394 | SCENESETTER FOR DEPUTY SECRETARY LEW'S VISIT [...] (SBU) Mr. Secretary, Mission Canada warmly welcomes you to Toronto and hopes that you will soon be able to visit Ottawa and our other six constituent posts as well. Canada remains one of if not the closest partners we have around the world, and there are few foreign policy priorities and pr [...] | 2009-05-27 19:17:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON CA |
09OTTAWA407 | CANADA: NO MI-17 HELICOPTERS [...] (SBU) Canadian officials on June 1 confirmed to pol/miloff and DATT that there are no Mi-17 helicopters in Canadian military or civilian aircraft inventories. Visit Canada,s North American partnership community at http://www.intelink.gov/communities/state/nap / BREESE [...] | 2009-06-01 16:51:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL SMIG MOPS PK CA |
09OTTAWA413 | CANADA APPRECIATES COUNTER-PROLIFERATION FEEDBACK, [...] (C) Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade Senior Policy Officer Che van Haastrcht expressed appreciation on June 2 for ref a, noting that it had "significantly influenced" the interagency effort underway to reinvigorate Canada's counter-proliferation regime. In part due to ne [...] | 2009-06-03 11:45:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL KNNP PINR CA |
09OTTAWA423 | COURT ORDERS CANADA TO REPATRIATE ABDELRAZIK [...] (U) In a decision on June 4, a Federal Court judge ruled against the Canadian government in the case of Abousfian Abdelrazik and ordered it to issue him an emergency passport, arrange (and, if necessary, pay for) his transportation -- within 30 days -- from Khartoum to Montreal along with an [...] | 2009-06-04 19:10:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL SU CA |
09OTTAWA424 | PARLIAMENTARY REPORT NOTES INCREASING VIOLENCE, [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-04 20:18:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MOPS EAID AF CA |
09OTTAWA425 | Prime Minister announces proposal to expand NAFTA's [...] (SBU) Summary: Prime Minister Harper is receiving guarded support from Canada's provinces over his proposal to counter "Buy American" measures by expanding the NAFTA government procurement chapter. The government hopes such an expansion will secure access for Canadian suppliers to the U.S. su [...] | 2009-06-04 20:23:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD EINV EIND PREL PGOV CA |
09OTTAWA426 | (S) VANCOUVER OLYMPICS 2010: SECOND CANADIAN [...] (C) Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Director for Defence and Security Relations Shelley Whiting conveyed to Embassy on June 4 the second of two Canadian diplomatic notes seeking U.S. military-to-military support in advance of and during the February 2010 Winter Olympic [...] | 2009-06-04 21:01:00 | Embassy Ottawa | SECRET | PREL MARR KOLY PTER CA |
09OTTAWA429 | PARLIAMENTARY REPORT NOTES INCREASING VIOLENCE, [...] (SBU) Summary. The government's fourth quarterly report to Parliament on the Canadian mission in Afghanistan cited improvements in Canadian and Afghan combat effectiveness in Kandahar, but noted that progress on key development benchmarks had faced challenges from growing insurgent violence. [...] | 2009-06-05 12:22:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MOPS EAID AF CA |
09OTTAWA430 | CANADA DECLINES UIGHUR DETAINEES [...] (U) Prime Minister Stephen Harper's spokesman Kory Teneycke on June 4 confirmed to the media that Canada had declined requests from the Obama and Bush Administrations to take any Uighur detainees from Guantanamo Bay, noting "given that these detainees have no link with Canada...I do not see [...] | 2009-06-05 16:34:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PHUM CA |
09OTTAWA432 | DEMARCHE TO CANADA ON FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION AT THE [...] (SBU) PolMinCouns on June 5 delivered ref a demarche to Assistant to the Cabinet for Foreign and Defence Policy Gordon Venner and Director of Operations for the Foreign and Defence Policy Secretariat at the Privy Council Office Matthew Levin, and strongly urged that Canada defer introduction [...] | 2009-06-05 20:06:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM UN CA |
09OTTAWA434 | SUCCESSFUL VISIT TO CANADA BY DHS SECRETARY NAPOLITANO [...] (SBU) Summary. DHS Secretary Napolitano held productive meetings in Ottawa on May 27 with PM Harper, National Security Advisor Morin, Public Safety Minister Van Loan, and Citizenship Minister Kenney, at which Canadian officials pledged cooperation on border issues, especially in facing threa [...] | 2009-06-05 21:03:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PBTS PREL PGOV ETRD ECON PTER CA |
09OTTAWA436 | CANADIAN POLICY ON CUBA [...] (SBU) The Government of Canada continues to promote the advancement of democracy, good governance, and human rights in Cuba according to Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Officials. Canada shares the U.S. goals of promoting democracy and human rights in Cuba, while [...] | 2009-06-08 17:21:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM ETRD ETTC CU CA |
09OTTAWA437 | CANADA SUPPORTS U.S. CANDIDATE MYERS IN ICSC [...] (SBU) Canada will support the election of U.S. candidate Lucretia Myers in the upcoming election for the UN International Civil Service Commission, according to Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade's UN and Commonwealth Affairs Division Deputy Director Shannon-Marie Soni. Ms [...] | 2009-06-08 19:16:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL AORC KUNR KAWC UNGA APER CA |
09OTTAWA440 | Canadian municipalities adopt resolution to counter US Buy [...] (U) SUMMARY: On June 6, the Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM) adopted a non-binding "Buy Canadian" resolution on municipal procurement to counter alleged Canadian losses resulting from "Buy American" legislative provisions. The resolution called on municipalities to only purchase go [...] | 2009-06-09 15:47:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD EINV EIND PREL PGOV CA |
09OTTAWA441 | CANADA OPPOSES INCREASE IN IAEA BUDGET [...] (C) In response to reftel demarche, Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Deputy Director for International Nuclear Cooperation Shawn Caza and Senior Policy Officer Ryan Hewer told polmil officer on June 5 that current Canadian policy called for zero nominal growth in t [...] | 2009-06-09 17:31:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PARM PREL ENRG IAEA AORC KNNP UN CA |
09OTTAWA443 | CANADIAN AND U.S. ANTI-PIRACY PRESCRIPTIONS ALIGN [...] (C) Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Policy Advisor for Defence and Security Sarah Robertson confirmed to polmiloff on June 9 that Canadian and U.S. policy prescriptions on the best way to prosecute suspected pirates off the Horn of Africa (ref a),and elsewhere, [...] | 2009-06-09 18:38:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EWWT KCRM PTER MARR CA |
09OTTAWA448 | SCENESETTER FOR THE SECRETARY'S MEETING WITH [...] (SBU) Mission Canada warmly welcomes the Secretary to the International Joint Commission centennial celebration on June 13 and to the bilateral meeting with Foreign Minister Lawrence Cannon. I along with Consul General John Nay and his staff from Toronto will be on hand to welcome you. 2 [...] | 2009-06-09 20:45:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON ETRD CA |
09OTTAWA451 | CANADA WANTS STRONG ANTI-PIRACY ROLE FOR NATO [...] (C) According to Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Senior Policy Advisor for NATO Operations Amy Galigan, Canada "agreed totally with the essence" of ref a points on the need for NATO members to support Operation Ocean Shield. Galigan said that she was not aware o [...] | 2009-06-10 19:43:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL NATO KCRM MOPS CA |
09OTTAWA452 | CANADA SEEKS MORE ANTI-TERRORIST TOOLS [...] (SBU) Summary: The federal government has begun a new legislative push to restore two anti-terrorism tools -- investigative hearings and preventive arrest -- that lapsed in 2007. Separately, the government has introduced a bill to allow victims of state-sponsored terrorism to sue the perpetra [...] | 2009-06-10 20:59:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PGOV PREL CA |
09OTTAWA455 | CANADA IN STEP WITH U.S. IN ADVANCE OF OSCE CORFU [...] (C) Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade OSCE Senior Policy Advisor Jude Pecora expressed appreciation for reftel demarche on June 10 and noted that it "looks like the points (he) prepared for senior officials and the foreign minister." Pecora specified that Canadian and U.S. [...] | 2009-06-11 17:59:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NATO OSCE PGOV MARR CA |
09OTTAWA459 | CANADIAN SUPPORT ON IRAN AND SYRIA AT IAEA [...] (SBU) In a discussion with PolMinCouns on June 12, Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade Acting Director General for International Security Andre Giroux expressed appreciation for reftel views on Iran and Syria, and said that Canada had already been already planning to make a [...] | 2009-06-12 17:40:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KNNP PARM IAEA MNUC IR SY CA |
09OTTAWA468 | CANADA'S DEMOCRACY PROMOTION COMMUNITY ACTIVE [...] (SBU) Summary and comment. Several government-funded Canadian organizations are active around the world in promoting human rights and good governance, whose work the government's proposed creation of a new Canadian democracy promotion agency focused on political party development would comp [...] | 2009-06-16 12:04:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL PGOV KDEM KWMN AORC EAID CA |
09OTTAWA469 | REQUEST FOR UPDATED GUIDANCE ON ABDELRAZIK [...] (U) This is an action request -- see para 3. 2. (S) According to Privy Council Office Director of Operations Matthew Levin, the government would have to file an appeal to the Federal Court by June 19 should it decide to contest the court's order to repatriate Abousfian Abdelrazik from S [...] | 2009-06-16 17:14:00 | Embassy Ottawa | SECRET | PTER PREL SU CA |
09OTTAWA478 | CANADA PLANNING JUNE 23 REPATRIATION FOR ABDELRAZIK [...] (U) This is an action request -- see para 6. 2. (S) Canada will not appeal the June 4 federal court ruling that the government must repatriate Abousfian Abdelrazik from Sudan and present him for a July 7 hearing in Montreal (Ref B),according to Department of Foreign Affairs and Internati [...] | 2009-06-18 20:13:00 | Embassy Ottawa | SECRET | PTER PREL SU CA |
09OTTAWA481 | VANCOUVER OLYMPICS 2010: CANADIAN REQUEST FOR [...] (SBU) Introduction and Action Request: The Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) conveyed to Embassy on June 16 Diplomatic Note No. GGA-0028 seeking United States Postal Inspection Service support to the 2010 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games in Vancouver. The dipno [...] | 2009-06-19 15:24:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KOLY PTER ECPS CA |
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