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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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05KINGSTON1667 | EXECUTIVE ORDER BLOCKING PROPERTY OF WMD [...] No summary [...] | 2005-07-06 18:36:00 | Embassy Kingston | SECRET | PARM PREL PGOV MNUC EFIN ETTC JM |
05KINGSTON1672 | DEMARCHING CARICOM STATES ON UN REFORM [...] On June 30, Poloff delivered reftel points by telephone and fax to Angella Brown, Deputy Director, International Organizations Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade (MFAFT). On August 1, Poloff called Brown for a response. Brown thanked Poloff for providing the USG posit [...] | 2005-07-06 19:10:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL JM UN UNSC UNGA |
05KINGSTON168 | USG SUPPORT FOR FLORES OAS/SG CANDIDACY [...] (C) Charg spoke to MFA Minister of State Delano Franklyn on January 19 and delivered the talking points provided in REFTEL concerning U.S. support for the candidacy of former Salvadoran President Flores for OAS Secretary General. Franklyn responded that although he was aware that at least two [...] | 2005-01-19 20:25:00 | Embassy Kingston | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AORC JM OAS |
05KINGSTON1784 | DEPARTMENT OFFICIALS VISIT KINGSTON TO EVALUATE [...] (U) On July 14 and 15, G/TIP Reports Officer Rachel Owen and WHA/PPC Senior Labor Advisor Michael Puccetti visited Kingston to assess what actions the GOJ had taken to combat trafficking in persons (TIP) in the 60-day grace period following the June 1 publication of the 2005 TIP Report (Ref A) [...] | 2005-07-21 20:48:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM KWMN OPRC PHUM PREL SMIG JM TIP |
05KINGSTON1802 | KINGSTON POL/ECON ROUNDUP: JULY 1-21, 2005 [...] This week's topics: -- Hurricanes Cause More Damage in Jamaica -- Government Leads Opposition in National Poll -- Police Raids Target Trafficking Victims -- Murder Leading Cause of Death in Males -- Jamaica Opens Embassy in Beijing -- President of Ghana Visits Jamaica -- Tranquility Bay Ru [...] | 2005-07-22 20:15:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL EFIN ECON EINV KCRM CASC JM UNGA TIP |
05KINGSTON1809 | DEFEATING THE G-4 FRAMEWORK RESOLUTION ON UN REFORM [...] No summary [...] | 2005-07-25 13:41:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL OTRA OVIP KSEP JM UNGA |
05KINGSTON1857 | HIGH-LEVEL ATTENDANCE AT 60TH UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY [...] No summary [...] | 2005-07-29 20:30:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL OTRA OVIP KSEP JM UNGA |
05KINGSTON1888 | PNP INSIDER COMMENTS ON RACE TO SUCCEED PRIME [...] (U) Summary: On July 28, Pol/Econ Chief and Poloff met with Balfour Denniston, local businessman and member of the People's National Party's (PNP) National Executive Committee (NEC),the ruling party's highest decision-making body outside of its annual conference. Denniston shared his perspec [...] | 2005-08-06 04:31:00 | Embassy Kingston | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR JM |
05KINGSTON1904 | ASSESSMENT OF RECENT GOJ ACTION ON TIP [...] The GOJ has responded energetically to the June 3 publication of the 2005 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report, in which Jamaica was downgraded to Tier 3 (Ref A). Coordinated from the highest levels by the Office of the Prime Minister and various other Cabinet-level officials, a National TIP Ta [...] | 2005-08-10 13:28:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM KWMN OPRC PHUM PREL SMIG JM TIP |
05KINGSTON1919 | KINGSTON POL/ECON ROUNDUP: JULY 22 - AUGUST 12, [...] This week's topics: -- U.S. Trafficking Report a Wake-Up Call, Says PM -- Two More Officers Charged in Crawle Case -- Six Police Officers Charged in Flankers Case -- Murder Rate Continues to Soar -- Jamaica to Miss Inflation Targets -- Tourism Bookings Tumble -- Hurricane Damage Near USD 3 [...] | 2005-08-12 18:30:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL EFIN ECON EINV KCRM PHUM JM TIP |
05KINGSTON1925 | WAY-AHEAD FOR CREATING THE UN PEACEBUILDING [...] No summary [...] | 2005-08-12 20:29:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KUNR KPKO JM UNSC UNGA ECOSOC |
05KINGSTON2003 | NAS DIRECTOR'S COURTESY CALL ON POLICE COMMISSIONER [...] (U) Summary: NAS Director paid a courtesy call on Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) Commissioner Lucius Thomas on August 19. The discussion focused on the NAS-funded National Intelligence Bureau (NIB),Law Enforcement Development Advisor (LEDA),and the recruitment of foreign officers. End Su [...] | 2005-08-24 17:09:00 | Embassy Kingston | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SNAR KCRM JM |
05KINGSTON2026 | VENEZUELAN PRESIDENT HUGO CHAVEZ VISITS JAMAICA [...] (C) Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez visited Jamaica August 23 to conclude a 16-point agreement with Prime Minister P.J. Patterson, including a bilateral Petro-Caribe accord. Chavez arrived the day after U.S. televangelist Pat Robertson called for the USG to assassinate him, raising the profi [...] | 2005-08-29 12:46:00 | Embassy Kingston | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ENRG JM |
05KINGSTON2054 | UN REFORM/JAMAICA: PRESSING DIFFICULT COUNTRIES [...] (C) On August 25, Charge, accompanied by Pol/Econ Chief, conveyed Ref A points to Ambassador Douglas Saunders, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade (MFAFT). Shortly before Charge was to depart for the MFAFT with Japanese Ambassador Hiroshi Sakurai to convey the d [...] | 2005-08-31 17:21:00 | Embassy Kingston | CONFIDENTIAL | KUNR PREL PGOV JM |
05KINGSTON2059 | GOJ LAUNCHES TIP PUBLIC AWARENESS CAMPAIGN [...] Summary: The GOJ on August 30 launched a yearlong public awareness campaign to educate its citizens about the dangers of trafficking in persons (TIP). In a move that appears to indicate the GOJ's determination to make sustained efforts against trafficking, the Cabinet Office organized a publi [...] | 2005-09-01 16:28:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM KWMN OPRC PHUM PREL SMIG JM TIP |
05KINGSTON2069 | LETTER TO PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH FROM ACTING [...] The Embassy received a Diplomatic Note from Acting Prime Minister of Jamaica, Dr. The Honorable Peter Phillips, requesting the following condolence message be forwarded to His Excellency George W. Bush, President of the United States. 2. Begin text: The Government and People of Jamaica are [...] | 2005-09-02 19:54:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV OPDC OPRC PREL JM |
05KINGSTON2083 | JAMAICA HOSTS PETROCARIBE SUMMIT IN MONTEGO BAY [...] (U) On September 6, Prime Minister P.J. Patterson hosted Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, Cuban President Fidel Castro, and representatives of CARICOM states, the Dominican Republic, and Monserrat, to conclude the PetroCaribe Energy Cooperation Agreement. Domestically, the summit was oversha [...] | 2005-09-07 23:34:00 | Embassy Kingston | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG ECON PREL JM |
05KINGSTON2133 | HIGH-LEVEL ATTENDANCE AT 60TH UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY [...] Per Ref A instructions, Post has since July (Ref B) contacted repeatedly the International Organizations Department in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade (MFAFT) to inquire about high-level GOJ attendance at the UNGA. As reported Ref B, MFAFT confirmed that Prime Minister P.J. [...] | 2005-09-13 11:50:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL OTRA OVIP KSEP JM UNGA |
05KINGSTON2146 | COORDINATION ON ELECTORAL OBSERVATION MISSIONS IN [...] No summary [...] | 2005-09-14 12:37:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL EAID HA JM |
05KINGSTON2148 | ADDRESSING THE THREAT OF AVIAN INFLUENZA [...] Charge on August 25 delivered reftel points to Ambassador Douglas Saunders, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade (MFAFT). Saunders thanked him for the information but did not offer a substantive response. 2. On August 30, Post faxed a copy of the points to Dr. [...] | 2005-09-14 14:00:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO ECON PREL SOCI JM KSTH WHO |
05KINGSTON2164 | DEVELOPMENT ISSUES IN THE UN HIGH LEVEL GENERAL [...] No summary [...] | 2005-09-15 16:50:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECIN PREL JM UNGA |
05KINGSTON2224 | SENIOR FOREIGN POLICE OFFICER REQUESTS EMBASSY [...] (C) On September 15, at his request, Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) Deputy Commissioner Mark Shields visited Embassy Kingston to meet with NAS Director, RSO, TAT, and DAO to discuss expanding cooperation in addressing corruption within the JCF. Shields is a senior officer with the London Me [...] | 2005-09-23 19:53:00 | Embassy Kingston | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SNAR KCRM ASEC JM |
05KINGSTON2290 | JAMAICA: CRIME ROUND-UP FOR SEPTEMBER [...] (U) Statistics compiled by the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) for the period January 1 through October 2 reveal that 1,266 murders were compared to 1,078 committed during the same time period in 2004. Of the 1,266 murders victims, Sixteen were children, ten were police officers and one vict [...] | 2005-10-05 13:52:00 | Embassy Kingston | CONFIDENTIAL | SNAR PREL KCRM ASEC JM |
05KINGSTON2292 | THE CONTROVERSY OVER EXTRADITION [...] (C) On October 3, NAS Director spoke with the Legal advisor to the Minister of Justice, Dr. Stephen Vasciannie and Justice Ministry Permanent Secretary Carol Palmer regarding reports that the GOJ is preparing to move extradition cases from the Resident Magistrate Court (RMC) to the Supreme Cou [...] | 2005-10-05 17:01:00 | Embassy Kingston | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SNAR KCRM JM |
05KINGSTON2293 | GOJ REQUIRES COMPREHENSIVE INSURANCE FOR VEHICLES [...] SUMMARY: This is an ACTION TELEGRAM; see para 9. The GOJ is refusing to license newly imported GOVs and POVs, and will not renew existing official and personal vehicle registrations unless the Embassy and its staff purchase local comprehensive insurance covering the value of duties and tax [...] | 2005-10-05 17:53:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT PREL JM |
05KINGSTON2306 | JAMAICA - ADDRESSING THE THREAT OF AVIAN INFLUENZA [...] On September 27, Pol/Econ Chief, accompanied by USAID Missof, met with Health Ministry Permanent Secretary Grace Allen-Young and Dr. Lynette Peters, MOH Veterinary Services Director, to discuss the state of Jamaica's preparations to confront any outbreak of avian influenza on the island. P/E [...] | 2005-10-06 19:43:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO KSCA EAGR ECON PREL SOCI JM WHO |
05KINGSTON2318 | MFA&FT MEETS WITH DIPLOMATIC CORPS RE [...] SUMMARY: Senior Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade (MFA&FT) officials met with members of the diplomatic corps on October 11 to discuss the GOJ requirement to insure diplomatic vehicles comprehensively for a value to cover duties and sales tax. MFA&FT agreed to resume on an inte [...] | 2005-10-11 18:55:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT PREL JM |
05KINGSTON2346 | JAMAICA - DEMOCRACY PROMOTION STRATEGIES FOR WHA [...] (C) P.J. Patterson, Prime Minister since 1992, has announced his intention to step down no later than March 2006, and possibly as early as late 2005. Four senior members of his ruling Peoples National Party (PNP) will contest an internal PNP election to succeed Patterson as party president an [...] | 2005-10-18 11:44:00 | Embassy Kingston | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PHUM PREL JM |
05KINGSTON2360 | DELIVERY OF PRESIDENT BUSH LETTER TO PRIME [...] No summary [...] | 2005-10-19 18:28:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL JM |
05KINGSTON237 | SUPPORTING HUMAN RIGHTS AND DEMOCRACY IN JAMAICA [...] Per reftel request, the following text constitutes Post's 2004-2005 report on supporting human rights and democracy in Jamaica. 2. Jamaica has a mixed human rights record, with serious problems in some areas. The government is faced with high rates of crime, violence, and drug traffickin [...] | 2005-01-28 12:18:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | JM PHUM ELAB KDEM KSEP PGOV PREL |
05KINGSTON24 | OPPOSITION LEADER SEAGA TO STEP DOWN AFTER 43 [...] Summary. Opposition leader Edward Seaga on December 29 announced his retirement from representational politics after nearly 43 years as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Western Kingston. Seaga, who had previously stated his intention to step down as party leader by January 31, 2005, surpris [...] | 2005-01-04 14:16:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV JM PREL |
05KINGSTON2495 | PETROCARIBE: PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SECTOR CONCERNS [...] (SBU) Under the bilateral agreement signed between Jamaica and Venezuela on August 23 (ref A),Jamaica receives 21,000 barrels of petroleum products and crude oil daily. While the island pays market price for the products, a portion of the payment can be converted into a concessionary loan for [...] | 2005-11-03 20:26:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET ENRG ECON PREL JM |
05KINGSTON2509 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: IRANIAN PRESIDENT'S [...] (U) On November 4, Polcouns contacted MFA Bilateral Affairs Department Director Courtenay Rattray to convey reftel points, and to ask whether the GOJ had publicly rejected Iranian President Ahamdi-Nejad's disturbing comments. 2. (U) Rattray replied that the GOJ shared the sentiment behind [...] | 2005-11-04 20:40:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PTER PHUM IR JM |
05KINGSTON2528 | DEMARCHE REQUEST - UN THIRD COMMITTEE RESOLUTIONS, [...] No summary [...] | 2005-11-09 20:39:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL JM UNHRC UNGA |
05KINGSTON2551 | JAMAICA AGREES TO CNIES [...] On September 28, post received an affirmative response to its Dipnote requesting the GOJ agree to the conditions stated in the Cooperating Nation Information Exchange System (CNIES). The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade's Dipnote states in part that it "has the further honour to [...] | 2005-11-15 20:47:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR MOPS PREL JM EARI |
05KINGSTON2552 | JAMAICA: INTERIM TIP ASSESSMENT [...] The following constitutes Post's submission for Jamaica's Interim TIP Assessment, per Ref A instructions. In addition to the information reported below and in Ref B and Ref C, Post has details of recent TIP-related law enforcement actions that are available upon request. ------------------ [...] | 2005-11-15 21:15:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM KWMN OPRC PHUM PREL SMIG JM TIP |
05KINGSTON26 | PM PATTERSON RESPONDS TO SECRETARY'S ARTICLE 98 [...] On January 3, Post received by courier a diplomatic note from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade (MFAFT). The dipnote accompanied a letter from Prime Minister P.J. Patterson in response to the Secretary's November 22 letter regarding Article 98 (see Refs A and B). As the Prime [...] | 2005-01-04 15:45:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL JM MARR OPDC OPRC PGOV XG XH XT KICC |
05KINGSTON2618 | NSC-DIRECTED REVIEW REGARDING SUSPENSION OF TITLE [...] (SBU) Post is unaware of any recent measures taken by the GOJ to advance democracy, human rights, and fundamental freedoms in Cuba. Post has no evidence that the GOJ has substantially changed its policies or actions toward Cuba in the six months since the submission of our last assessment in [...] | 2005-11-30 20:06:00 | Embassy Kingston | CONFIDENTIAL | CU ETRD ETTC PREL JM |
05KINGSTON2634 | GUIDANCE REQUESTED FOR CANDIDATURE OF AMBASSADOR [...] Response guidance is requested for Government of Jamaica diplomatic note received on November 15, 2005. Note gives notice of the candidature of Ambassador Professor the Honorable Ralston Nettleford OM for election to the Working Group of Experts on Peoples of African Descent as representativ [...] | 2005-12-01 20:10:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL JM |
05KINGSTON2642 | AMBASSADOR'S NOV. 29 COURTESY CALL ON PORTIA [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador paid an initial courtesy call on Portia Simpson Miller, Minister of Local Government, Community and Sport, on November 29. Simpson Miller, considered the most popular politician of either party in Jamaica, outlined the responsibilities falling under her portfolio [...] | 2005-12-02 20:35:00 | Embassy Kingston | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR JM |
05KINGSTON2643 | RESPONSE TO INFORMATION REQUEST: AVIAN AND PANDEMIC [...] (U) This cable responds to information requested by Department (Ref A). It is a joint State-USAID message. Answers are updated from information provided by post (Ref B). 2. (U) Responses are keyed to Ref A. A) PREPAREDNESS/COMMUNICATION -- The Government of Jamaica (GOJ) has a draft e [...] | 2005-12-05 15:18:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO SENV ECON EAGR EAID PREL JM |
05KINGSTON2661 | PETROCARIBE - SENIOR GOJ ENERGY OFFICIAL REJECTS [...] (SBU) In a chance meeting at a function on December 1, Econoff discussed the PetroCaribe accord informally with Jean Dixon, Permanent Secretary at the Ministry of Commerce, Science and Technology (MCST, which also handles energy issues). Dixon was positive about the benefits that would accrue [...] | 2005-12-07 19:06:00 | Embassy Kingston | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG ECON PREL JM |
05KINGSTON2680 | PRC ACTIVITIES IN JAMAICA [...] (U) This message responds to Ref A Tasking. Post regrets the lateness of submission. -------- Overview -------- 2. (SBU) It is not surprising that both economic and political calculations underlie the GOJ's efforts to enhance ties with the People's Republic of China (PRC),while Beijin [...] | 2005-12-09 12:28:00 | Embassy Kingston | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PREL ETRD ETTC EINV ENRG PHUM CH JM |
05KINGSTON2682 | KINGSTON POL/ECON ROUNDUP: NOVEMBER 26 - DECEMBER [...] This week's topics: -- JLP Holds Annual Conference -- Poverty Cut in Half -- GOJ Increases Social Benefits -- Brazilians to Invest in Sugar Industry -- Chinese Government to Finance Mega Projects -- Tourist Arrivals to Surge -- Police Officers on Trial -- Crime Statistic [...] | 2005-12-09 19:08:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EFIN ECON EINV PHUM ELAB KHIV JM |
05KINGSTON2697 | LEADING POLLSTER ON UPCOMING ELECTIONS [...] (C) On December 9th, respected veteran pollster Don Anderson (protect) discussed electoral issues with Pol/EconCouns and Poloff. Anderson described Peoples National Party (PNP) Member of Parliament and government minister Portia Simpson Miller as a strong contender to become the next leader o [...] | 2005-12-14 12:36:00 | Embassy Kingston | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KCRM JM |
05KINGSTON2728 | SIX POLICE OFFICERS ON TRIAL FOR MURDER [...] (C) In late November, six Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) officers, all members of the now disbanded Crime Management Unit, were put on trial for the unlawful killing of four people at a home in Crawle, Clarendon in May 2003. Chief Judge Lensley Wolfe ruled that the prosecution failed to make a p [...] | 2005-12-19 19:20:00 | Embassy Kingston | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KCRM SNAR JM |
05KINGSTON275 | GOJ COMMITTED TO RATIFYING COUNTERTERRORISM [...] No summary [...] | 2005-02-01 20:57:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER ASEC PREL JM |
05KINGSTON2767 | Drug Eradication and Seizure Report for the Month of Novembe [...] No summary [...] | 2005-12-22 16:19:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR KCRM PREL |
05KINGSTON2784 | KINGSTON POL/ECON ROUNDUP: DECEMBER 10 - DECEMBER [...] This week's topics: -- Police Officers on Trial for Murder -- Telecommunications Company Goes Belly-up -- Electricity Thieves Cost Power Company -- Cricket World Cup -- Bauxite Industry Labor Issues -- Weak Christmas Retail Season -- Egg Farmers Seek Duty Protection -- E [...] | 2005-12-23 19:29:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EFIN ECON EINV PHUM ELAB KHIV JM |
05KINGSTON292 | JAMAICA CIVAIR: INFORMING GOJ OF FAA REQUEST FOR [...] (SBU) Per Ref A instructions, on January 27 Pol/Econ Chief and Econoff met with Transport Minister Robert Pickersgill, Jamaica Civil Aviation Authority (JCAA) Chief Col. Torrance Lewis, and members of their staffs, to advise of the areas in which the FAA found the Jamaica Civil Aviation Autho [...] | 2005-02-02 19:42:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECON ETRD PREL JM |
05KINGSTON364 | LETTER TO SECRETARY OF STATE RICE FROM JM MINISTER [...] The Embassy received a Diplomatic Note with an accompanying letter from K.D. Knight, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade, requesting it be transmitted to Dr. Condoleezza Rice, Secretary of State. 2. Begin text: Dr. Condoleezza Rice Secretary of State SIPDIS Washington DC USA D [...] | 2005-02-10 18:55:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON JM OPDC OPRC PREL |
05KINGSTON382 | JAMAICA'S RESPONSE TO CICTE DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...] | 2005-02-11 19:17:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER PREL AORC JM OAS |
05KINGSTON386 | JAMAICA COMMITTED TO STRONGER TIES WITH CHINA [...] (C) Eager to attract Chinese investment in Jamaica's economy and tourists to its beaches, Prime Minister P.J. Patterson and Foreign Minister K.D. Knight rolled out the red carpet for Chinese Vice President Zeng Qinghong and his 150-member Chinese trade delegation, which visited Kingston Februa [...] | 2005-02-11 20:28:00 | Embassy Kingston | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL BTIO EAID KPAO CH JM |
05KINGSTON41 | JCF COMMISSIONER FORBES OUT, LUCIUS THOMAS IN [...] (C) Summary: On Saturday, January 1, 2005, the Jamaica Police Service Commission (PSC) announced that it had accepted the resignation of Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) Commissioner, Francis Forbes, effective January 19. The PSC communiqu commended Forbes for his accomplishments as Commissi [...] | 2005-01-05 20:15:00 | Embassy Kingston | CONFIDENTIAL | SNAR PREL KCRM JM |
05KINGSTON420 | CARIBBEAN COURT OF JUSTICE (CCJ): PATTERSON LOOKS [...] (U) In what amounts to a political setback for Prime Minister PJ Patterson, on February 3 the UK Privy Council, Jamaica's final court of appeal, decided in favor of the Independent Jamaica Council for Human Rights (IJCHR),the opposition Jamaica Labor Party (JLP) and other appellants in their [...] | 2005-02-15 21:02:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | KJUS PREL ECON JM |
05KINGSTON421 | CONSOLIDATING SUPPORT FOR HAITIAN ELECTIONS [...] (SBU) On February 14, Pol/Econ Chief conveyed Ref A points (via fax) to Ambassador Peter Black, Undersecretary for Bilateral Affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, who serves concurrently as non-resident Ambassador to Haiti. The following morning, P/E Chief called Black [...] | 2005-02-15 21:07:00 | Embassy Kingston | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL HA JM UNSC |
05KINGSTON448 | COPS ACQUITTED OF MURDER CHARGES IN BRAETON 7 [...] (U) Summary: On February 11, six Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) officers were freed by a Home Circuit Court judge in the 2001 murder case of seven young men known as the "Braeton Seven". Senior Deputy Director of Public Prosecutions, Paula Llewelyn argued the case for the Crown. Llewelyn co [...] | 2005-02-18 12:35:00 | Embassy Kingston | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM KCRM SOCI JM |
05KINGSTON63 | DELIVERED: FINAL INTERIM TIP ASSESSMENT FOR JAMAICA [...] On January 4, poloff delivered reftel text of Jamaica's Interim TIP Assessment by fax to Ann Scott, Assistant Director, Caribbean and Americas Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade (MFAFT). Scott acknowledged receipt of the fax, and stated that she would pass the informati [...] | 2005-01-07 17:22:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM KWMN PHUM PGOV PREL JM TIP |
05KINGSTON640 | A "NEW VISION" FOR THE JLP [...] (U) Emboffs met on February 24 with James Robertson, Deputy Chairman of the Jamaica Labor Party (JLP),and jointly on February 25 with Ken Baugh, Leader of the Opposition, and Karl Samuda, JLP General Secretary. Robertson shared his thoughts on the outgoing leader, Edward Seaga, and the JLP,s [...] | 2005-03-07 21:15:00 | Embassy Kingston | CONFIDENTIAL | JM PGOV PREL |
05KINGSTON655 | LABOR MINISTER DALLEY ON SEAGA, GENERAL ELECTION, [...] (U) On February 24, Emboffs met with Labor Minister Horace Dalley, who shared his views on former Jamaica Labor Party (JLP) leader Edward Seaga's departure from politics and the succession issues within the People's National Party (PNP). He also discussed his view of the party's platform in [...] | 2005-03-08 18:55:00 | Embassy Kingston | CONFIDENTIAL | JM PGOV PREL ELAB CMGT CVIS |
05KINGSTON659 | JCF COMMISSIONER LUCIUS THOMAS ADDRESSES THE [...] (U) Summary: On Friday, March 4, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade hosted a briefing by Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) Commissioner Lucius Thomas for the diplomatic corps. During the briefing, Thomas described the major causes of crime as gangs, drugs, guns, and money laund [...] | 2005-03-08 19:36:00 | Embassy Kingston | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KCRM SNAR JM |
05KINGSTON673 | JAMAICA LABOR PARTY: FROM THE WILDERNESS TO THE [...] (U) Summary: The Jamaica Labor Party on February 21 held its annual conference, which had been postponed twice since September 2004 due to Hurricane Ivan and internal disputes. The meeting officially elected Bruce Golding, who ultimately ran unopposed, to the position of party leader. The even [...] | 2005-03-09 20:36:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | JM PGOV PREL |
05KINGSTON755 | TERRORISM PREVENTION ACT PASSES IN THE LOWER HOUSE [...] After a five-hour, heated debate on the Terrorism Prevention Act in Parliament on March 15, the GOJ secured the support of the Opposition and the act was passed in the lower house that evening. The debate commenced with Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade K.D. Knight spending over a [...] | 2005-03-16 19:57:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER ASEC PREL KCRM JM |
05KINGSTON797 | KINGSTON POL/ECON ROUNDUP: MAR 5-17, 2005 [...] This week's topics: -- Date Set for West Kingston By-Election -- A New Record? Crime Rate up 49% from 2004 -- Shooting at Funeral; Finance Minister Unharmed -- JLP Councillors Sue Government over Toll Bridge -- 11 Cubans Rescued Near Jamaica -- Jamaica Hosts African Diaspora Conference - [...] | 2005-03-18 21:05:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL EFIN ECON JM KCOR KCRM EINV EAID |
05KINGSTON806 | HCOC DEMARCHE - JAMAICA [...] (SBU) On March 14, Pol/Econ Chief conveyed reftel talking points to Shorna-Kay Richards, of the International Organizations Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade (MFAFT),leaving talking points as a non-paper. Richards carefully reviewed the points, as well as The Hague Co [...] | 2005-03-21 23:37:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MNUC KSCA ETTC TSPA JM MTCRE |
05KINGSTON810 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED - U.S. EFFORTS TO SUPPORT EU-3 [...] No summary [...] | 2005-03-22 16:30:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAO IR JM |
05KINGSTON829 | NATIONAL SECURITY MINISTER (AND PM-HOPEFUL) [...] (U) Summary: Prompted by an escalating murder rate, on March 17 Minister of National Security Peter Phillips, in an address to graduates of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) training academy announced: "We are at war. The criminal gangs that have been spawned by the illegal drug trade have [...] | 2005-03-23 20:12:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KCRM SNAR JM |
05KINSHASA1010 | DPKO AFRICA CHIEF TITOV VISIT TO THE DRC [...] (C) Summary: UN DPKO Africa Division Chief Dmitry Titov briefed several diplomats June 11 on his visit to the DRC, the first in two years. Titov spoke of particular concerns regarding Ituri District, and negative influence from neighboring states. In addition, Titov reported &palpable8 tensi [...] | 2005-06-20 14:03:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPKO CG UN |
05KINSHASA1013 | REDUCED ITURI MILITIAS SHOWING RENEWED LIFE [...] (U) During his recent visit to the DRC (septel),UN DPKO Africa Chief Dmitry Titov spoke at some length regarding continuing security concerns in Ituri District. These comments echo those of MONUC, GDRC, and international community representatives of renewed dangers in the key northeastern D [...] | 2005-06-20 15:18:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPKO PGOV CG |
05KINSHASA1033 | CONGO/B: DELIVERY OF DEMARCHES AND TIP [...] The following demarches were delivered on June 16, 2005, by the Ambassador and Econ/Cons Officer to Ambassador Gregoire Kaya, Interim Secretary General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA). 2. Release of the 2005 TIP Report (REF A) - Ambassador conveyed to Kaya that the 2005 TIP Report [...] | 2005-06-23 10:05:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL OPRC KCRM KWMN PHUM KTFN EFIN ETTC PTER CVIS KVPR KPAO EAGR ETRD TBIO PARM MNUC KNNP KUNR PGOV AORC CF UNESCO KSCI UNSC |
05KINSHASA1039 | DRC ATTEMPTS TO KEEP PORTS AFLOAT [...] (U) Summary: The GDRC is increasing its efforts to bring its maritime ports into compliance with international security standards in response to U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) sanctions that became effective May 23. The USCG now requires inspection of all ships that enter U.S. ports within five port [...] | 2005-06-24 11:07:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | EWWT ECON PREL PTER PINS CG |
05KINSHASA1043 | CATHOLIC BISHOPS SEND MIXED MESSAGE ON TRANSITION [...] (U) The Catholic Bishops' Conference (CENCO) issued a statement June 22 in which it criticized "the automatic extension" of the transition, as well as calls to bring the transition down June 30th by "violence and chaos." The Bishops want the government to explain why elections were not organiz [...] | 2005-06-24 16:17:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPKO KDEM CG |
05KINSHASA1055 | UGANDA PRESIDENT MUSEVENI THREATENS PROBLEMS [...] (C) Ugandan President Museveni sent a letter June 22 to DRC President Kabila in which he condemns both the transitional government and MONUC for not taking more proactive measures against remaining ADF elements in Province Oriental (bordering Uganda). The letter follows a similar missive sen [...] | 2005-06-28 13:54:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPKO CG UG |
05KINSHASA106 | GREAT LAKES PEACE PROCESS - TRIPARTITE MEETING [...] (SBU) Ambassador-at-Large Andre Kaponga told DCM on January 20 the DRC delegation to the February 2 Tripartite will "probably" be headed by Minister of Regional Cooperation Mbusa Nyamwisi. (Note: Foreign Minister Ramazani told the Ambassador on January 18 that he would not be able to attend s [...] | 2005-01-21 14:49:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PREF MOPS CG |
05KINSHASA1066 | TRANSITION ASSESSMENT COMPLETE -- NOW WHAT? [...] (C) Summary: The government officially ended its assessment of the transition's accomplishments and failings June 28. The assessment, heralded in President Kabila's May 16 public remarks, has been officially billed as designed to provide a blueprint for improvement in the last year of the t [...] | 2005-06-29 12:39:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM KPKO CG |
05KINSHASA1071 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: UN REFORM [...] (C) In the absence of Foreign Minister Ramazani (who was travelling),Ambassador delivered demarche points from reftels on June 27 to Ambassador Fabien Emery Zulu Kilo-Abi, Chief of Staff to the Minister. Zulu said a committee in the Foreign Ministry, which he chairs, is currently examining Un [...] | 2005-06-29 14:51:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KUNR CG UNSC |
05KINSHASA1072 | ITURI MILITIAS REPORTEDLY OBTAINING ARMS AND [...] (C) Summary. Monuc and NGO officials in Ituri have received credible reports of increased support for Ituri militias from Ugandan businessmen and military officers in the form of arms shipments, training, and efforts to build a coalition of militias. Monuc officials point to recent meetings in [...] | 2005-06-29 14:57:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KPKO PHUM PREL MOPS UG CG |
05KINSHASA1078 | THE CURRENT FDLR SITUATION [...] (C) Summary: There has been substantial recent discussion in Kinshasa regarding the remaining FDLR presence in eastern DRC. All parties concede that, while worthwhile, the GDRC/Sant, Egidio initiative to promote FDLR repatriation to Rwanda is stalled. Problems focus on the lack of FDLR "lea [...] | 2005-07-01 10:09:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS KPKO RW CG UN |
05KINSHASA1079 | JUNE 17 MEETING OF THE CIAT WITH THE ESPACE [...] (C) Summary: The International Committee to Accompany the Transition (CIAT) met with three GDRC Vice Presidents June 17. President Kabila was absent to attend the funeral of his aunt in Lubumbashi. The meeting lasted over four hours, with discussion in some depth covering Transition extensi [...] | 2005-07-01 10:31:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPKO KDEM CG |
05KINSHASA1091 | FDLR STATEMENT [...] (C) National Security Advisor Samba Kaputo told Ambassador and other Tripartite ambassadors June 22 (reftel) that the GDRC was preparing an official statement regarding FDLR repatriation, which would be followed by the release of an FDLR statement indicating willingness to participate in unco [...] | 2005-07-06 13:40:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL CG |
05KINSHASA1094 | REFUTING UGANDAN CLAIMS OF ADF REGROUPMENT [...] (C) Recent Ugandan allegations that 1,000 Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) soldiers are regrouping in Ituri along the Ugandan border are unfounded, according to MONUC. Although Ugandan press reported that a joint aerial surveillance mission conducted with the UN in December 2004 identified ADF b [...] | 2005-07-06 15:57:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL UG CG |
05KINSHASA1099 | MONUC OPERATION SENDS SIGNAL TO FDLR [...] (C) On July 4 MONUC launched operation "Falcon Sweep" in the territories of Walungu and Karambe (located about 10km east and 50 km south east of Bukavu, South Kivu). The small (about 80-man) mission is designed primarily to determine the locations of FDLR elements, particularly concentrations [...] | 2005-07-07 09:17:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KPKO PREL MOPS CG |
05KINSHASA1100 | INTRA-FDLR FIGHTING IN EASTERN DRC [...] (C) MONUC and GDRC sources report fighting between FDLR units in eastern DRC. In a July 6 meeting, Presidency Special Advisor for Security Samba Kaputo told the Ambassadors/Charges of the U.S., Belgium, and Holland and UN SRSG Swing that fighting had apparently started around 1730 hrs (local) [...] | 2005-07-07 09:33:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPKO CG |
05KINSHASA1104 | FDLR REPATRIATION INITIATIVE UPDATE [...] (C) Summary: Several ambassadors met with Presidency Special Advisor for Security Kaputo July 6 for an update regarding GDRC activities to achieve repatriation of FDLR members to Rwanda. Kaputo attributed the delay of a GDRC statement on the subject to an extended GDRC &assessment8 seminar, [...] | 2005-07-07 15:32:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPKO CG |
05KINSHASA1143 | TRANSITION ASSESSMENT: AN AMBITIOUS BLUEPRINT FOR [...] (U) SUMMARY: The final report from the government's transition assessment seminar highlighted challenges faced during the past two years and outlined recommendations for the third - and last - year of the transition. Although some recommendations were constructive, the vague and overly-broad r [...] | 2005-07-14 15:17:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM KPKO CG |
05KINSHASA1187 | CONGO/B: DELIVERY OF DEMARCHES [...] The following demarches were delivered between June 28 and July 7, 2005. 2. Over-Fortification of Small Amounts of Food Aid (REF A) -- Although none of the food aid referenced in the cable went to the Republic of Congo, Econ/Cons Officer presented the demarche talking points to two NGOs wo [...] | 2005-07-21 09:38:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL EAGR EAID PREF PHUM IS SZ CF ICRC UNSC UN |
05KINSHASA1202 | PRESIDENT REGISTERS TO VOTE IN KINSHASA - [...] (U) President Joseph Kabila registered to vote in Kinshasa July 24, the last regularly scheduled day for voter registration in the capital. Minister of Interior, Theophile Mbemba, a prominent member of the People's Party for Reconstruction and Democracy (PPRD) which supports Kabila, also regis [...] | 2005-07-25 14:39:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM KPKO PREL CG |
05KINSHASA1203 | MONUC OPERATIONS AGAINST FDLR A SUCCESS---WITHIN [...] (C) Summary: During MONUC's weekly diplomatic meeting July 20, MONUC Military Chief of Staff General Jean Francois D'Escury discussed MONUC's initiatives to address the FDLR problem, particularly in South Kivu. D'Escury stated that MONUC's recent military operations had been a success, express [...] | 2005-07-25 15:05:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KPKO PREL MOPS CG |
05KINSHASA1220 | CURRENT MONUC OPERATIONS IN SOUTH KIVU PROVINCE [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador and other members of the International Committee to Accompany the Transition (CIAT) toured MONUC operational areas in South Kivu and were extensively briefed by the Pakistani brigade July 22 - 23. MONUC has launched an aggressive series of operations in the provinc [...] | 2005-07-26 14:42:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MOPS CG UN |
05KINSHASA1223 | GDRC REMAINS SUPPORTIVE OF US POSITION ON UNSC [...] (C) Ambassador has discussed UNSC reform issue (ref A) with Foreign Minister Raymond Ramazani. PolOff also has raised this issue with Ramazani's chief of staff, Ambassador Fabien Zulu (ref B),as well as other GDRC officials. The GDRC continues to support the U.S. view that measures to refor [...] | 2005-07-27 12:20:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KUNR CG UNGA UNSC |
05KINSHASA1229 | SOME LUBERIZI INTEGRATION CENTER PROGRESS [...] (U) Ambassadors/Charges composing the International Committee to Accompany the Transition (CIAT) stopped at the Luberizi military integration camp while on a visit to South Kivu Province July 22. The Luberizi camp is located very near the Burundi border, at the site of a prior, now largely d [...] | 2005-07-27 13:48:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM CG |
05KINSHASA126 | CONGOLESE SEEK REFUGE IN UGANDA FROM CONFLICT IN [...] (U) Summary. Fighting in Ituri and N. Kivu during December and early January resulted in the exodus of close to 20,000 refugees from the DRC into Uganda. Some refugees have been transferred to a camp in the Ugandan interior, others remain in border areas where humanitarian agencies are providin [...] | 2005-01-25 13:37:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PHUM PREL CG |
05KINSHASA1260 | FOREIGN MINISTER CONCURS WITH U.S. ON UN REFORM [...] (SBU) Ambassador delivered reftel A points August 3 to Foreign Minister Ramazani. The GDRC's position on United Nations reform is similar to that of the U.S. and remains unchanged from previous meetings. Ramazani agreed that focusing solely on Security Council reform and moving forward witho [...] | 2005-08-03 15:44:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | KUNR PREL CG UNSC |
05KINSHASA1270 | CONGO/B: ISSUES OF WHO COST EFFECTIVENESS [...] This cable is a revised version of Kinshasa 1256. 2. SUMMARY: After the recent visit of a high-level delegation from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to the World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Office for Africa (AFRO) in Brazzaville, a senior professional sta [...] | 2005-08-05 09:12:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL EFIN AMGT OTRA OVIP CF |
05KINSHASA1289 | VOTER REGISTRATION CENTER IN KASAI ORIENTAL [...] (SBU) An unidentified individual set fire to a voter registration center in Mbuji Mayi, Kasai Oriental, August 9, causing slight injuries to four people, and minor damage to the registration equipment, Independent Electoral Commission (CEI) officials said. According to these officials, around 1 [...] | 2005-08-10 12:40:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM KPKO PREL CG |
05KINSHASA1302 | DRC-UGANDA DISCUSS CROSS BORDER TENSIONS [...] (C) Congolese Vice-President Azarias Ruberwa flew to Kampala August 9 to meet with Ugandan President Museveni and discuss the recent spike in cross-border security concerns, particularly in Ituri and North Kivu provinces. Ruberwa was accompanied by Presidential Advisor Serufin Wej and Ministe [...] | 2005-08-11 13:33:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL CG |
05KINSHASA1320 | GROWING LOGISTICS PROBLEMS TRHEATEN VOTER [...] (C) Summary: Accumulating reports of logistics problems in the ongoing and critically important voter registration process prompted an extraordinary meeting of the CIAT with the Independent Election Commission (CEI) on August 12, and a broader meeting chaired by President Kabila on August 15. [...] | 2005-08-16 15:01:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM KPKO CG UN |
05KINSHASA1323 | ELECTION LAW MOVING TO CENTER STAGE [...] (C) The next major step needed for DRC elections is an election law to provide statutory authority and to specify the legal parameters for general elections. The issue has been receiving considerable attention in Kinshasa, most recently in the August 15 meeting chaired by President Kabila inv [...] | 2005-08-17 10:06:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM KPKO CG |
05KINSHASA1345 | CONGO-B: AN ASSESSMENT OF POLITICAL STYLE AND [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 10. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: A product of years of strife, struggle, and coalition building to gain and retain power, Congolese President Denis Sassou-Nguesso has emerged as the uncontested and unquestioned leader of government, chairman of the corp [...] | 2005-08-22 11:28:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ECON PHUM ASEC ETRD EINV CF |
05KINSHASA1356 | ATTACKS ON VOTER REGISTRATION CENTERS IN ITURI [...] (SBU) Armed elements attacked two voter registration centers in the areas of Bule (120 kms NE of Bunia) and Komanda (80 kms SE of Bunia) in Ituri on August 22, UN and Independent Electoral Commission (CEI) sources reported. According to the sources, armed elements from the Union of Congolese P [...] | 2005-08-23 10:18:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM KPKO PREL CG |
05KINSHASA1365 | CONGO/B: CHINESE PRESENCE IN CONGO-BRAZZAVILLE [...] (U) SUMMARY: As was stated in Ref B, Chinese presence in the Republic of Congo (ROC) is on the rise. One corporation is constructing a hydroelectric dam, another is building low-income housing, another is bringing drinking water to low-income communities, and yet another is expanding televi [...] | 2005-08-24 13:07:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AF CH ECON EAGR EFIN EMIN ENRG ETTC PHUM PREL ETRD SENV CF ENIV |
05KINSHASA139 | REVISED CONGOLESE DELEGATION TO THE AU SUMMIT IN [...] (U) Post was informed January 26 that, due to a conflict with a previously scheduled trip to India, Foreign Minister Ramazani will not head the Congolese delegation to the AU Summit in Abuja as reported reftel. The Congolese delegation instead will be led by Vice President for Social Affairs [...] | 2005-01-26 14:34:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV AU CG |
05KINSHASA1398 | RUMORS AND REALITIES IN NORTH KIVU [...] (U) Rumors of war are running rampant again in North Kivu, fed in large part by General Laurent Nkunda's contacts with the international press. Nkunda has boldly declared his intent to recommence hostilities in the DRC sometime soon, with the alleged backing of hundreds, if not thousands, of [...] | 2005-08-31 08:49:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL CG |
05KINSHASA1429 | UN/DRC SANCTIONS LIST [...] (C) Post has no objections to including on the proposed sanctions list the six names proposed by UKUN. We believe that the first name, currently shown as "Kakolere" should be "Kakolele." Given the difficulty of fully determining additional identifiers, Post believes it more useful to procee [...] | 2005-09-07 08:49:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL CG ETTC KPKO |
05KINSHASA1432 | RWANDA EXPELS NKUNDA LOYALISTS [...] (U) Congolese press and Radio Okapi reported September 7 that the GOR had expelled 10 former Congolese soldiers who had fled to Rwanda with General Nkunda following last year's attack on Bukavu. The press reported that the 10 were sent to Goma, where they are currently under arrest. 2. (C) [...] | 2005-09-07 13:03:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL CG RW |
05KINSHASA1433 | MUSEVENI LETTER TO AU ON DRC [...] (C) Ugandan President Museveni has written several letters in recent months (to DRC President Joseph Kabila, the UNSC and President Bush) complaining about the alleged threat to Uganda's security posed by the continuing presence of some ADF elements in Orientale Province in eastern Congo. In [...] | 2005-09-07 13:16:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR PGOV CG UG |
05KINSHASA1447 | SECURITY SECTOR REFORM: MOVING - WITH DIFFICULTY [...] (C) Summary: Several meetings in the past week have featured significant discussions at senior levels regarding critically important Security Sector Reform programs. The Ambassador and President Kabila reviewed the subject September 2, a long September 6 CIAT/Espace Presidential underscored t [...] | 2005-09-08 15:19:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM KPKO CG |
05KINSHASA1455 | EU SECURITY MISSION REFORM REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2005-09-09 10:10:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MOPS EU CG |
05KINSHASA1460 | CONTENTIOUS ELECTIONS DISCUSSION AMONG THE VICE [...] (C) Summary: A discussion of the state of election preparations consumed nearly two hours during a September 6 meeting of the International Committee to Accompany the Transition (CIAT) and the Espace Presidentiel (President Kabila and four Vice Presidents). The discussion was marked by conten [...] | 2005-09-12 07:32:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM KPKO CG |
05KINSHASA148 | 2005 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT - CONGO-KINSHASA [...] Summary: The Congolese Government (GDRC) has completed over one year of its transition from war to peace with only limited impact on the investment climate. The inclusion of former rebel groups in the GDRC has provided a modicum of political stability. Additionally, IMF and World Bank reform [...] | 2005-01-27 14:26:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV KTDB PGOV PREL CG OPIC |
05KINSHASA1484 | MONUC TAKES ACTION ON SEXUAL MISCONDUCT [...] (C) Nigerian Civil Police (CivPol) officers under investigation for alleged sexual misconduct remain confined to their barracks in Kinshasa pending official results of a board of inquiry, an official at MONUC's Office for Addressing Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (ASEA) reported. According to t [...] | 2005-09-14 10:41:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KPKO PREL PHUM CG |
05KINSHASA1494 | NKUNDA: LOTS OF SMOKE, LITTLE FIRE [...] (C) General Nkunda's return to North Kivu apparently is a non-event. Changed circumstances in the province have left Nkunda between a rock and a hard place. Reportedly fleeing Rwanda in advance of an anticipated arrest warrant, and evidently lacking financial or military support from Kigali, [...] | 2005-09-15 10:06:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV MARR PREL CG RW |
05KINSHASA1501 | NIGERIA TO REPATRIATE CIVPOL CONTINGENT FOLLOWING [...] (U) The Nigerian Government has decided to repatriate its entire Civilian Police (CivPol) unit from MONUC following sexual abuse allegations which are the subject of an ongoing UN investigation, according to a September 15 statement from the spokesman for the UN Secretary General. The statement [...] | 2005-09-16 10:26:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KPKO PREL PHUM CG NI |
05KINSHASA1519 | ALLEGATIONS OF LRA ENTRY INTO DRC [...] (C) Some press reports indicated September 20 that the GOU alleges that elements of the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) have fled into the northeastern part of Orientale province in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. In response to these articles, PolCouns spoke September 20 to MONUC's milita [...] | 2005-09-20 13:59:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR CG UG UPUO |
05KINSHASA1532 | LRA INCURSION INTO DRC CONFIRMED; MONUC AND GDRC [...] (C) PolCouns followed up evening of September 20 with MONUC on the question of a possible incursion into the DRC by elements of the Lords Resistance Army (LRA). MONUC confirmed that about 320 armed LRA elements, accompanied by about 50 family members, had entered the DRC through Sudan the even [...] | 2005-09-21 13:39:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR KPKO CG UG |
05KINSHASA1559 | LRA UPDATE: MONUC/FARDC MISSION LIKELY THIS WEEKEND [...] (C) Sixth regional military commander General Padiri continued September 22 to insist to LRA that the GDRC is prepared to assist with and accept only unconditional surrender. He told MONUC that he is negotiating, as of yesterday, directly with Kony (in Sudan) via satphone, as well as with Co [...] | 2005-09-23 06:20:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPKO MARR PGOV CG UG |
05KINSHASA1567 | LRA UPDATE: MONUC MISSION ARRIVES IN ABA, FARDC [...] (C) Three MONUC aircraft arrived in Aba late afternoon September 25 with Sixth Military Regional Commander General Padiri, several MONUC DDRRR experts and UNHCR officials. They were met by LRA Colonel Otti and taken to the LRA camp. Initial discussions were not promising, however. The LRA has [...] | 2005-09-26 08:24:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR PGOV KPKO CG UG |
05KINSHASA1579 | LRA UPDATE: CONGOLESE WOULD LIKE LRA OUT [...] (C) Vice President Ruberwa told the Ambassador September 26 that he shares the feelings of other senior GDRC officials that the LRA incursion into northern DRC represents an unwelcome intrusion into what is already a complicated and sensitive context. The government would like the LRA gone, p [...] | 2005-09-26 15:37:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR PGOV KPKO CG UG SU |
05KINSHASA1584 | LRA UPDATE: KABILA PERSONALLY ENGAGED, URGANDAN [...] (C) During a rancorous seven-hour meeting September 26 of the Supreme Defense Council (chaired by President Kabila and composed of senior government officials responsible for security issues),the normally soft-spoken Kabila uncharacteristically took Army Chief of Staff Kisempia and Air Force [...] | 2005-09-27 08:10:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PGOV PREL KPKO CG UG |
05KINSHASA1585 | LRA UPDATE: PRESIDENCY OFFICIAL SAYS OKIDI NOT [...] (C) Prompted apparently by a September 26 conversation between SRSG Swing and President Kabila, Kabila's Private Secretary, Kikaya bin Karubi, called PolCouns September 26 to SIPDIS say that Kabila was very upset at implications that elements of the GDRC or the Presidency might have been in [...] | 2005-09-27 08:10:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR PGOV KPKO CG UG |
05KINSHASA1596 | LRA UPDATE: CONGOLESE TROOPS MOVE TOWARD ABA [...] (C) Congolese Air Force General John Numbi told PolCouns September 27 that the first 200 (of a total of 500) Congolese commando troops left Kinshasa en route for Kisangani. Numbi said an additional 100 (again of a total of 500) commandos also were dispatched from Kamina training base where th [...] | 2005-09-28 07:46:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR PGOV KPKO CG UG |
05KINSHASA1613 | LRA UPDATE: TROOP MOVEMENT CONTINUES, LRA HUNGRY [...] (C) The movement of Congolese troops toward Aba via Kisangani and Aru is expected to continue today. General Padiri spoke the evening of September 28 again with Colonel Tabu but no flexibility was evident in the LRA position. Tabu complained, however, that the family members (and presumably t [...] | 2005-09-29 07:18:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR PGOV KPKO CG UG |
05KINSHASA1614 | CHINA'S INFLUENCE IN AFRICA: EXPANDING IN THE DRC [...] (C) As is the case in many African nations, China is working hard to expand its ties with the DRC. Chinese interest in the DRC comes at a moment when the GDRC is itself searching for significant investment to assist with social and economic development, as well as equipment (such as boots and [...] | 2005-09-29 08:28:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EMIN ETRD PREL CG CH |
05KINSHASA1626 | LRA UPDATE: 200 FARDC TROOPS IN ABA, ANOTHER 650 [...] (C) Both the FARDC and MONUC confirmed to PolCouns morning of September 30 that 200 FARDC troops are currently in Aba. (Note: These are non-integrated forces which General Padiri had ordered transferred from other patrol points in northeastern Oriental province, one company plus two platoon [...] | 2005-09-30 09:53:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR PGOV KPKO CG UG |
05KINSHASA1641 | LRA UPDATE: FARDC DEPLOYMENTS, CONTACTS WITH [...] (C) MONUC Divisional Commander Gen Cammaert confirmed October 1 separately to the Ambassador and PolCouns that MONUC was initiating during the weekend the transport of FARDC troops already in Aru (Ituri District, Orientale Province) to Aba (Haut-Uele District, Orientale Province) to deal with [...] | 2005-10-03 10:41:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR PGOV KPKO UG CG |
05KINSHASA1647 | CONGO/B: DELIVERY OF DEMARCHES [...] The following demarches were delivered on September 16, 2005 to Mr. Felix Ngoma, the Americas Desk Officer for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Note: REF G had also been earlier delivered, on September 9, 2005, by Charge' d'Affaires Rutherford to the Minister of Finance (see paragraph 6). [...] | 2005-10-04 07:14:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ETTC KTFN EFIN PGOV PTER KSEP CVIS KVPR KISL KPAO OIIP TBIO EAGR ECON ECIN EAIR EAID KSCA SOCI UK SA CF UNGA WTO AID |
05KINSHASA1658 | ELECTION UPDATE [...] (U) The Election Steering Committee (Comite de Pilotage) met October 3 to review the status of election preparations and the general electoral calendar. Committee membership includes Chief of Mission representation from donors, UN agency heads, technical support staff, and senior GDRC officia [...] | 2005-10-04 15:01:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM KPKO CG |
05KINSHASA1662 | LRA UPDATE: OVER 300 FARDC IN ABA BUT NO MISSION [...] (C) As a result of MONUC's efforts in transporting FARDC troops from Aru to Aba, there are now about 350 FARDC troops in Aba. About 300 are in Aru, awaiting transfer via helicopter (25 troops per load) to Aba. FARDC likely will have to ask MONUC for transport assistance for another 500 troo [...] | 2005-10-05 10:02:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR PGOV KPKO CG UG |
05KINSHASA1665 | 15 MILLION VOTERS REGISTERED [...] (SBU) Independent Electoral Commission (CEI) officials said they had registered 15 million voters as of October 4. This represents over fifty percent of the initial estimate of 28 million potential voters nationwide. They noted the vast majority of voter registration centers have opened in all [...] | 2005-10-05 13:45:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM KPKO PREL CG |
05KINSHASA1668 | RETURN OF THE TIGERS TO DRC [...] (C) PolCouns met October 4 (at their request) with a group of Katangan Tigers in Kinshasa to, as they put it, pave the way for the return of the exiles. (Note: The Tigers are seeking to return after over 30 years in exile, as Kapend stressed several times. Given evidence of their attacks on [...] | 2005-10-06 13:42:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PREF CG AO |
05KINSHASA1677 | LRA UPDATE: FARDC MISSION POSSIBLE SUNDAY/MONDAY [...] (C) The CIAT (International Committee to Accompany the Transition) meeting October 6 was briefed by General Babacar Gaye (MONUC Force Commander) on LRA-related developments. Gaye confirmed that MONUC has transported about 522 FARDC troops to Aba and said they expect to have the necessary two [...] | 2005-10-07 10:00:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR PGOV KPKO CG UG |
05KINSHASA1686 | LRA UPDATE: BACK IN SUDAN? [...] (C) As reported reftel, MONUC and FARDC officials traveled to Aba the morning of October 7 in order to present a "last chance" disarmament proposal to LRA forces that crossed into the DRC from Sudan on September 19. When the MONUC team, led by MONUC political section chief (and acting director [...] | 2005-10-08 07:29:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPKO PGOV MARR CG UG |
05KINSHASA170 | DR Congo: Supporting Human Rights and [...] (U) The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) emerged in 2002 from a war that claimed more than three million lives. With the assistance of the international community, the former government, rebel groups, civil society, and the political opposition formed a transitional government in 2003. [...] | 2005-02-01 14:52:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM ELAB KDEM PGOV PREL CG |
05KINSHASA172 | CONGO/B: MEETING WITH NEW FINANCE MINISTER, PLANS [...] No summary [...] | 2005-02-02 06:14:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON CFED IMF |
05KINSHASA1731 | RAMAZANI WILL NOT ATTEND TRIPARTITE MEETING; DRC [...] (C) During his October 13 meeting with the Ambassador regarding the UNESCO Cultural Diversity Convention (reftel A),Minister of Foreign Affairs Raymond Ramazani spoke about the upcoming Tripartite meeting and the security situation in the eastern part of the country, particularly in South Kivu [...] | 2005-10-17 12:57:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPKO CG |
05KINSHASA1757 | SOUTH KIVU NON-KIDNAPPING [...] (C) Reports of armed Mai Mai troops taking UNDP hostages in South Kivu October 19 were discounted October 20 by MONUC Poloff. Disgruntled due to lack of promised pay, eight soldiers (out of more than 500 awaiting demobilization) temporarily locked an undetermined number of demobilizing soldier [...] | 2005-10-20 11:40:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPKO CG |
05KINSHASA1765 | DRC VOTER REGISTRATION NEARS 17.5 MILLION [...] (U) The Independent Election Commission (CEI) released October 18 its latest figures on voter registration in DRC, reporting that nearly 17.5 million people have enrolled for the Constitutional referendum currently scheduled for December 18. Almost one million people have registered in the pas [...] | 2005-10-21 10:40:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPKO CG |
05KINSHASA1770 | DRC, UGANDA AGREE TO COORDINATED PATROLS AGAINST [...] (C) Summary. In a joint communique following an October 18 bilateral meeting, the GDRC and the GOU agreed to coordinate their patrols against suspected Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) forces operating in DRC. Such efforts are to be conducted within each country's respective borders, as neither sid [...] | 2005-10-24 17:15:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPKO CG UG |
05KINSHASA1776 | OCTOBER 21 MEETING WITH PRESIDENT, VP'S: [...] No summary [...] | 2005-10-25 14:56:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM CG |
05KINSHASA1783 | ITURI UPDATE: OPERATIONS AGAINST MILITIAS "BEARING [...] (C) Summary. Recent joint operations by MONUC and Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of Congo (FARDC) against militia groups in the Ituri district have seen promising results, according to MONUC officials. Nearly 1,000 militia members have turned themselves in during the past month and mo [...] | 2005-10-26 16:49:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPKO MOPS CG |
05KINSHASA1784 | FARDC: LRA FORCES BELIEVED NO LONGER IN DRC; [...] (C) MONUC Political Officer Oleg Sepelev briefed PolOff October 26 regarding the presence of Lord's Resistance Army forces in the DRC, as well as recent reactions by the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of Congo (FARDC) and Ugandan People's Defense Forces (UPDF) to the LRA's activities. [...] | 2005-10-26 16:49:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPKO MOPS CG |
05KINSHASA1798 | PRESIDENCY ALARMED BY EUROPEAN REPORTS OF UGANDAN [...] (C) The Ambassador was called to the Presidency Friday afternoon, October 28. Upon arrival, President Kabila was in another meeting, but Chief of Staff She Okitundu received the Ambassador to relay Kabila,s message. The gist was that "Europeans" had provided reports to the Presidency which c [...] | 2005-10-28 11:26:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS UG CG |
05KINSHASA1801 | CONGO/B: CHARGE'D'AFFAIRE'S INITIAL CALL ON [...] (U) On October 27, Charge' d'Affaires, Mark Biedlingmaier and former A/CDA Sharon Rutherford paid an initial courtesy call on the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Chief of Protocol, Ambassador Aime' Clovis Guillond. This courtesy call was the first step to introduce newly arrived Charge' d'Affair [...] | 2005-10-28 12:46:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL CG UNGA PGOV |
05KINSHASA1807 | DRC: DEMARCHES DELIVERED ON IRANIAN EXTREMISM AND [...] (C) PolOff delivered October 31 reftel demarches and talking points (reftel B) to Ambassador Ngoy Lulu, Director of African and Middle Eastern Affairs at the DRC Ministry of Foreign Affairs. When told of Iranian President Ahamdi-Nejad's remarks, Lulu said he shared USG concerns that such state [...] | 2005-10-31 15:12:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM KPAO PREL PGOV IZ IR CG |
05KINSHASA1814 | FARDC 5TH BRIGADE BEGINS FIRST INTEGRATED MISSION [...] (C) The FARDC 5th Integrated Brigade of the 8th military region began its first mission, code-named North Nexus, against FDLR rebels in Virunga National Park, North Kivu, on October 31. Also for the first time FARDC took the lead, with MONUC providing planning and logistical assistance, in [...] | 2005-11-01 12:20:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPKO CG |
05KINSHASA1815 | PRESIDENCY COUNSELOR ON EAST SITUATION [...] (C) I met one-on-one with Presidency Ambassador at Large Antoine Ghonda on Friday October 28 to review events subsequent to the recent Tripartite Plus meeting in Kampala. Regarding the situation in the east, Ghonda expressed some dismay about the apparent lack of USG understanding over GDRC se [...] | 2005-11-01 12:20:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MOPS CG |
05KINSHASA1830 | MORE THAN 300 FORMER ZAIRIAN SOLDIERS RETURN TO DRC [...] (U) On November 1-2, 318 former soldiers of the Mobutu-era Armed Forces of Zaire (FAZ) returned to the DRC from Brazzaville after fleeing the country following the fall of the Mobutu regime in 1997. The soldiers and their families (totaling 764 persons) are undergoing a sensitization and orien [...] | 2005-11-03 14:23:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPKO CG CF |
05KINSHASA1831 | NORTH KIVU 5TH BRIGADE OPERATIONS: A STEP FORWARD [...] (C) Reftel reported a new military operation launched October 31 in North Kivu province in the area in and around Virunga Park, primarily targeting rebellious Mai Mai units and Rwandan FDLR. The operation is significant in that it represents the first involving a FARDC integrated brigade in e [...] | 2005-11-03 14:40:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MOPS KPKO CG |
05KINSHASA1834 | 5TH INTEGRATED BRIGADE MISSION AGAINST FDLR IN [...] (C) The FARDC 5th Integrated Brigade is continuing operations in its mission to remove FDLR rebels from Virunga National Park, North Kivu. Launched October 31 as part of Operation North Nexus (reftel),this was the first military action involving an integrated FARDC brigade in the Kivus. To [...] | 2005-11-03 15:43:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPKO CG |
05KINSHASA1840 | DRC ELECTIONS UPDATE: ALMOST 20 MILLION VOTERS [...] (U) The Independent Election Commission (CEI) has released the latest round of figures of voter registration in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Total enrollment through November 4 has surpassed 19.9 million. Enrollment figures by province are as follows: Kinshasa (2,963,101); Bas Congo (1,23 [...] | 2005-11-04 13:11:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM KPKO CG |
05KINSHASA1845 | Congo/Brazzaville: DELIVERY OF DEMARCHES [...] The following demarches were delivered between October 7 and November 4. 2. 60TH UNFC: Support of UNGA First Committee Resolution (REF A): Econ/Cons Officer Bakken delivered talking points and resolution text to Mr. Felix Ngoma, Americas Desk Officer for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (M [...] | 2005-11-07 10:47:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV ECON CF UNGA |
05KINSHASA1854 | MONUC DIVISIONAL COMMANDER COMMENTS ON NORTH KIVU [...] (C) Ambassador hosted for lunch on Saturday, November 5 MONUC,s eastern division commander, MG Patrick Cammaert. The Ambassador asked for Cammaert,s observations regarding the recently-launched FARDC/MONUC operation in North Kivu province targeting FDLR and Mai Mai elements in the Virunga area [...] | 2005-11-08 10:46:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPKO MOPS CG |
05KINSHASA1855 | TSHISEKEDI GAMBIT WITH THE VISITING UNSC [...] (C) A few days prior to the arrival in Kinshasa of the U.N. Security Council (UNSC)on November 5 , two key officials of Etienne Tshisekedi,s opposition UDPS party approached French Ambassador Georges Serres to request a meeting with the UNSC. (Note: The French PermRep was the UNSC's lead for [...] | 2005-11-08 11:38:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM KPKO CG UNSC |
05KINSHASA1860 | UNSC REITERATES SECURITY, ELECTION CONCERNS IN [...] (C) Summary: An intense schedule for the visiting U.N. Security Council in Kinshasa focused on the election process and security sector reform. There was some focus of good governance issues, although clear misgivings by some UNSC members limited those discussions. For reasons that are uncle [...] | 2005-11-08 15:10:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM KPKO CG UNSC |
05KINSHASA1917 | CONGO/BRAZZAVILLE: SPECIAL SELF-HELP FUND, [...] Annual Status Report for FY 2005 as of November 9, 2005: (Note: Newly-arrived Charge d'affaires had the opportunity to visit several of these SSH projects November 17-18 with post's Aid Project Coordinator, Margo Mulumba, and Econ/Consular Officer Chelsea Bakken. Additional commentary and [...] | 2005-11-20 12:35:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EAGR ECON PREL SENV AMGT CF TO |
05KINSHASA1918 | CONGO/BRAZZAVILLE: DEMOCRACY AND HUMAN RIGHTS [...] Annual Status Report for FY 2005 as of November 9, 2005: (Note: Newly-arrived Charge d'affaires had the opportunity to visit several of these DHR projects November 17-18 with post's Aid Project Coordinator, Margo Mulumba, and Econ/Consular Officer Chelsea Bakken. Additional commentary and [...] | 2005-11-20 12:36:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EAGR PREL ECON SENV AMGT CF TO |
05KINSHASA1922 | CONGO/BRAZZAVILLE: SPECIAL SELF-HELP FUND, [...] Annual Status Report for FY 2005 as of November 9, 2005: (Note: Newly-arrived Charge d'affaires had the opportunity to visit several of these SSH projects November 17-18 with post's Aid Project Coordinator, Margo Mulumba, and Econ/Consular Officer Chelsea Bakken. Additional commentary and [...] | 2005-11-21 07:26:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EAGR ECON PREL SENV AMGT CF TO |
05KINSHASA1930 | LRA UPDATE: MONUC AND GDRC CONTINUE PATROLLING [...] (C) For the last three weeks a force of approximately 2,000 FADRC troops, supported by 170 Nepalese MONUC troops, have been deployed in the northeastern part of Orientale province, patrolling the border with Sudan. Their mission is to detect and repel any negative forces attempting to enter [...] | 2005-11-22 11:50:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MASS PREL CG |
05KINSHASA1941 | DRC WILL SUPPORT ADDITIONAL GENEVA PROTOCOL [...] (C) PolOff delivered November 23 reftel demarche to Tharcisse Kambala, director of the International Organization Division of the DRC's Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Kambala said the GDRC would vote in favor of adopting the Third Additional Protocol to the Geneva Conventions and welcomed Magen [...] | 2005-11-23 16:07:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC PHUM PREF PREL IS SZ CG ICRC |
05KINSHASA1951 | Congo/Brazzaville: DELIVERY OF DEMARCHES [...] The following demarches were delivered by Econ/Cons Officer Bakken to Mr. Felix Ngoma, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Americas Desk Officer, on November 23, 2005. 2. MDA Demarch on Additional Geneva Protocol (REF A): In response to talking points and non-paper, Ngoma indicated that the informa [...] | 2005-11-28 06:11:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV ECON CF IMO WTO |
05KINSHASA1952 | Congo/Brazzaville: Avian and Pandemic [...] SUMMARY. In response to reftel A, post made inquiries to various host government officials and representatives from international organizations to assess the current posture and readiness of the Government of the Republic of Congo (ROC) to respond effectively to an outbreak of avian influenza. [...] | 2005-11-28 09:44:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO SENV AMGT ECON EAGR EAID PREL CF KFLU |
05KINSHASA1954 | CIAT SLAMS GOVERNMENT INERTIA AND PROCRASTINATION [...] (C) Summary: The International Committee to Accompany the Transition (CIAT) on November 25 issued an unusually harsh communique, taking the government to task for its continued inaction on issues of critical importance in bringing the DRC's transition to a successful conclusion. Frustrated at [...] | 2005-11-28 13:09:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KPKO PREL CG CIAT |
05KINSHASA1960 | FIVE FDLR KILLED IN FIGHT WITH FARDC IN NORTH KIVU [...] (C) According to MONUC's Goma office, the FARDC Fifth Integrated Brigade killed five FDLR militia who they had surprised while on patrol in Musesa, Rutshuru district November 28. Two FDLR escaped, and five weapons were recovered. 2. (C) However, North Kivu Governor Serufuli told polcouns [...] | 2005-11-29 07:51:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPKO CG |
05KINSHASA1969 | FOREIGN MINISTER COMPLAINS ABOUT CIAT COMMUNIQUE [...] (SBU) Foreign Minister Ramazani convoked the Kinshasa diplomatic corps the morning of November 30 to express the GDRC's unhappiness with CIAT's November 25 communique that took transition leaders to task for inaction on security sector reform, non-payment of salaries to the military, delays in [...] | 2005-11-30 13:49:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPKO CG |
05KINSHASA1995 | DRC ARRESTS SUSPECT FOR MURDER OF BANGLADESHI [...] (C) MONUC officials confirmed December 7 that soldiers of the Armed Forces for the Democratic Republic of Congo (FARDC) arrested December 5 Justin Ngole Dalo, also known as Koliba, for the murder of nine MONUC Bangladeshi soldiers during an ambush in DRC's Ituri District in February 2005. Kolib [...] | 2005-12-07 15:05:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPKO CG |
05KINSHASA1998 | ITURI UPDATE: THE MILITIA THREAT, PETER KARIM, AND [...] (C) Summary. PolCouns and PolOff visited Bunia November 28-30 to review ongoing efforts by MONUC, civil society, local government and NGOs to bring peace and stability to the historically volatile region. Militia violence continues to threaten these efforts despite recent offensives by the Con [...] | 2005-12-07 17:43:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPKO CG UG |
05KINSHASA2019 | Congo/Brazzaville: Delivery of Demarches and [...] The following demarches were delivered by Econ/Cons Officer Bakken to Mr. Felix Ngoma, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Americas Desk Officer, on December 9, 2005. 2. EITI Update and Outreach (REF A): In response to talking points and non-paper, Ngoma indicated that the ROC has endorsed the ini [...] | 2005-12-12 10:11:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV KTFN ECON CF USTR WTO |
05KINSHASA2033 | CONGO/BRAZZAVILLE: Post POC for Multilateral [...] In response to reftel, post is pleased to provide the following officer contact information for MDB project proposals: (a) ECON/Consular Officer Chelsea Bakken celtel: (242) 528-7963 (Brazzaville) celtel: (243)(99) 800-9502 (Kinshasa) email: BakkenCMH@state.gov (Kinshasa) [...] | 2005-12-14 13:07:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN EAID ECON EINV PREL CF |
05KINSHASA204 | PARLIAMENTARIANS AIM TO FINISH CONSTITUTION BY [...] (U) SUMMARY: A working group of parliamentarians and government representatives agreed February 4 to a calendar that would have the Senate finish with the draft constitution by February 27 and the National Assembly adopt a final version by March 14. On issues of substance, the group basicall [...] | 2005-02-07 09:42:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINS PREL CG |
05KINSHASA205 | INTER-INSTITUTIONAL SEMINAR UNREALISTIC ON [...] (U) Summary: The Elections Finance Committee of the Feb 2-4 Inter-Institutional Seminar highlighted the $100 million gap in funding for elections in the DRC. While committee discussion tended to focus on increased funding from the international community, plenary debate concentrated on general [...] | 2005-02-07 09:46:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINS KDEM EFIN ECON CG |
05KINSHASA2054 | FDLR GROUP RETURNS TO RWANDA FROM DRC [...] (C) A group of 82 FDLR militia members, along with 76 dependents, crossed into Rwanda from South Kivu on December 15. The group was led by Seraphin Bizimungu, also known as General Amani. According to MONUC officials, the group entered Rwanda via the transit center in Shangugu with MONUC ass [...] | 2005-12-16 14:30:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KPKO PREL CG RW |
05KINSHASA2055 | UDPS TORPEDOS INTERNATIONAL NEGOTIATION INITIATIVE [...] (C) During the November visit of the U.N. Security Council to the DRC, members of Etienne Tshisekedi,s UDPS party approached the French Ambassador indicating that the party realized the need to modify the party,s rejection of the Transition and election process. In other words, the UDPS was i [...] | 2005-12-16 15:36:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PREL KPKO CG |
05KINSHASA2060 | RENEWED BANYAMULENGE TENSIONS [...] (C) There is a renewed threat of clashes in the High Plateau region of South Kivu province. The problem arises from a new source: tensions within the High Plateau Banyamulenge community. The proximate cause was the return of the "Group of 47," former Banyamulenge combatants who had reportedl [...] | 2005-12-20 10:01:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV MOPS PREL KPKO CG |
05KINSHASA2067 | EUSEC REPORT ON REFORM OF MILITARY PAYMENT SYSTEM [...] (C) European Union military experts produced an extensive report in July 2005 outlining structural changes in the military payment system (among other changes) which would help to address the pervasive failure of the GDRC regularly to pay its troops. This report was presented officially to th [...] | 2005-12-21 09:59:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR KPKO ASEC CG |
05KINSHASA216 | DRC BUDGET COMPLETE BUT MAY NEED REVISIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: The draft 2005 GDRC budget is currently awaiting Parliamentary approval. It has increased 42.2 percent compared to the 2004 budget, with foreign assistance comprising 58 percent of total revenue. The budget is balanced and totals $1.809 billion. Provisions of GDRC normal income [...] | 2005-02-08 14:50:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON PGOV PREL PHUM SOCI CG |
05KINSHASA218 | CONGOLESE TRANSITION ACTORS EVALUATE ELECTORAL [...] (U) SUMMARY: Parliamentarians and other transition government officials met in Kinshasa February 2-4 to exchange views on how to improve the electoral process. Their main recommendations include increased GDRC financial and logistical support for the Independent Electoral Commission; starting [...] | 2005-02-08 15:08:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM PINS PREL CG |
05KINSHASA219 | CONGO/B: CENTRAL AFRICAN HEADS OF STATE ENVIRONMENT [...] (U) Summary: The Second Summit of the Central African Heads of State on Conservation and the Sustainable Management of Forest Ecosystems, held in Brazzaville on February 4 and 5, was marked by the signature of a treaty that strengthens the role of the Central Africa Forest Commission (COMI [...] | 2005-02-08 17:03:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV PREL CF |
05KINSHASA224 | CONGO / TANZANIA / UNHCR AGREEMENT ON REFUGEE [...] SUMMARY: The DRC, Tanzania and UNHCR signed an agreement January 20 on repatriation of Congolese refugees currently in Tanzania. According to a UNHCR official, however, actual repatriation will probably not begin before 2006, due to inhospitable conditions in the Congo. END SUMMARY. An Ag [...] | 2005-02-09 12:15:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PREL EAID CG UN |
05KINSHASA232 | DRC REPORTING TO UN 1267 COMMITTEE AND CTC [...] Summary: Emboffs met with Congolese Central Bank (BCC) Governor Jean-Claude Masangu and Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Chief of Staff Fabian Zulu to discuss DRC reporting to the UN 1267 Committee and the CTC. The two officials outlined the counter-terrorism structure of the GDRC and assured [...] | 2005-02-09 15:50:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN KTFN ETTC PTER PREL CG EUN |
05KINSHASA243 | CONGO/B: SUPPORTING HUMAN RIGHTS AND [...] As requested in Reftel, here is the 2004-5 report on Supporting Human Rights and Democracy: The U.S. Record for the Republic of Congo (Congo/Brazzaville). 2. BEGIN TEXT: The Republic of Congo is ruled by a government in which most of the decision-making authority is vested directly in th [...] | 2005-02-11 11:08:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL PGOV ELAB KDEM KSEP CF HURI |
05KINSHASA259 | CONGO, BURUNDI TO EXCHANGE AMBASSADORS [...] (U) SUMMARY: Foreign ministers from Burundi and the DRC signed a joint communique February 11 that calls for the exchange of ambassadors, the sharing of security information, for the DRC to support Burundi's application to join the existing Congo-Rwanda-Uganda Tripartite. END SUMMARY. Comm [...] | 2005-02-15 12:44:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL CG BY |
05KINSHASA271 | MOROCCO ACTS AGAINST PEACEKEEPERS ACCUSED OF [...] No summary [...] | 2005-02-16 13:48:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KPKO PHUM CG |
05KINSHASA29 | CONGO/B: GOVERNMENT MINISTERS ASKED TO RESIGN, NEW [...] (SBU) ALL MEMBERS OF THE GOVERNMENT, MINISTERIES INCLUDED, WERE ASKED TO SUBMIT THEIR RESIGNATIONS LATE EVENING JANUARY 5, 2004. WE ARE TOLD THAT THE CABINET WILL DRASTICALLY CHANGE, AND THAT PRESIDENT SASSOU WILL ANNOUNCE THE NEW CABINET ON SATURDAY, JANUARY 8, 2005. IN ADDITION OUR CONTACT [...] | 2005-01-06 15:01:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ECON ASEC |
05KINSHASA31 | KABILA'S QUIET KISANGANI VISIT [...] (SBU) Summary: On January 3, President Kabila arrived in Kisangani, Province Orientale with little fanfare or advance notice. On January 5, Kabila met with several Ituri warlords scheduled to become FARDC brigadier generals. The President appears to be inspecting the new FARDC forward operati [...] | 2005-01-06 16:08:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL CG |
05KINSHASA332 | OFFICIAL REQUEST FROM GDROC FOR U.S. MILITARY [...] Embassy received February 24 two letters from DRC Minister of Defense Alphonse Onasumba to acting Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense Theresa Whelan, requesting that the U.S. SIPDIS consider reactiving the Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) with the DRC and provide assistance to the Trilate [...] | 2005-02-28 09:21:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR PGOV PREL KPKO CG |
05KINSHASA338 | MONUC SUCCESSFULLY DISARMS ITURI MILITIAS [...] (U) Summary. On February 23 a contingent of 350 Nepalese peacekeepers encircled a camp of armed militia who were threatening civilians in Ari Wara, Northern Ituri. The peacekeepers convinced the militia members to peacefully give up approximately 250 weapons and join Ituri's demobilization and [...] | 2005-02-28 15:24:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KPKO PHUM PREL CG |
05KINSHASA339 | CIAT STATEMENT ON ITURI KILLINGS [...] (U) Ambassadors comprising the International Committee to Accompany the Transition (CIAT) issued a public statement February 28 strongly condemning the killing of nine Bangladeshi peacekeepers in Ituri by militiamen on February 25. Copies of the communique were given to President Kabila and t [...] | 2005-02-28 16:56:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KPKO PHUM PREL MOPS CG CIAT |
05KINSHASA355 | MONUC PURSUES MILITIA INVOLVED IN PEACEKEEPERS' [...] (SBU) According to MONUC sources, a contingent of 242 Pakistani special peacekeeping forces on March 1 conducted a military operation against the Front for National Integration (FNI) in Djugu territory, Ituri. These sources said that MONUC engaged over 100 militia and inflicted "heavy casualti [...] | 2005-03-02 11:40:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KPKO PHUM PREL MARR CG |
05KINSHASA356 | SAN'EGIDIO COULD SEE SUCCESS [...] (SBU) Ambassador received a letter from President Kabila's Ambassador-at-Large Antoine Ghonda informing him that on March 6, the FDLR has agreed in principle to publicly agree to renounce violence, denounce the Rwandan genocide, and agree to disarm and voluntarily repatriate to Rwanda. Infor [...] | 2005-03-02 13:27:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KPKO CG RW |
05KINSHASA365 | PROGRESS REPORT ON ELECTORAL COMMISSION'S TIMELINE [...] (SBU) Summary. Immediately following the February 2-4 Inter-Institutional Seminar, the DRC's Independent Electoral Commission published an electoral timeline highlighting the need to provide the CEI with increased office and storage space, and to begin identifying voting registration centers b [...] | 2005-03-03 10:09:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM PINS PREL CG |
05KINSHASA370 | ITURI UPDATE [...] (SBU) According to MONUC sources, the military operation conducted by Pakistani special peacekeeping forces March 1 against the Front for National Integration (FNI) in Loga, Djugu territory, Ituri, has so far resulted in over 50 militia casualties. These sources said two peacekeepers were inju [...] | 2005-03-03 11:53:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KPKO PHUM PREL MARR CG |
05KINSHASA404 | ITURI CALM IN WAKE OF MONUC ACTION [...] (U) SUMMARY: The site of a recent MONUC military operation in Ituri is now calm and people are returning to their homes, according to NGO sources who visited the area March 5-7. Several international NGOs and UNICEF also resumed providing humanitarian assistance to internally-displaced peopl [...] | 2005-03-08 15:59:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KPKO MOPS PHUM PREL CG |
05KINSHASA410 | U.N. BRIEFS ON ITURI SITUATION [...] (U) SUMMARY: U.N. officials briefed Kinshasa-based diplomats and humanitarian workers on March 8 about the current situation in Ituri. They stressed the need for the GDRC to adopt a clear position towards Ituri militias and to address the dire humanitarian situation they have caused. End Summa [...] | 2005-03-09 16:27:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KPKO MOPS PHUM PREL CG |
05KINSHASA543 | CONGO/B: IMET-FUNDED CIVIL-MILITARY RELATIONS [...] SUMMARY: A two-person Center for Civil-Military Relations (CCMR) Mobile Education Team conducted an IMET-funded civil-military relations seminar February 15-18 in Brazzaville. The 51 Congolese participants included 22 military and 29 civilians. The program was opened by the Minister of Defen [...] | 2005-03-31 07:03:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS PREL CF |
05KINSHASA551 | GUATEMALAN PEACEKEEPERS DEPLOY TO KISANGANI [...] (C) Summary. MONUC deployed a contingent of 105 Guatemalan special forces trained in counter-insurgency to Kisangani March 29 to serve as a highly mobile unit for crisis situations around the country. End Summary. 2. (C) A MONUC military source in Kisangani told poloff that a contingent of [...] | 2005-04-01 11:07:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL MARR MOPS CG |
05KINSHASA567 | OPPOSITION FIGURE TSHISEKEDI CONTINUES TRYING TO [...] (U) SUMMARY: Prominent opposition figure Etienne Tshisekedi declared in an April 2 speech that the SIPDIS transitional government's mandate expires June 30, claiming that the constitutional provision that allows for two six-month extensions is null and void because "the people...have syste [...] | 2005-04-05 13:24:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PREL CG |
05KINSHASA581 | REQUEST FOR POST INPUT ON GWOT ASSESSMENT [...] (C) Although there is no evidence of current terrorist activity in the DRC, factors that could increase future risks include widespread corruption, lack of effective government authority around the country, weak state institutions, and abundant mineral resources including uranium. The areas ou [...] | 2005-04-07 14:13:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER CG |
05KINSHASA584 | NORTH KIVU CLASHES LIKELY [...] (C) Summary. MONUC field offices are preparing to repatriate Rwandan Hutu rebels (FDLR) in an increasingly tense atmosphere. The political-military situation in N. Kivu is unclear, and MONUC military patrols have reported increased suspicious activity by ex-ANC (RCD/G armed wing) soldiers in M [...] | 2005-04-07 15:32:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL CG |
05KINSHASA598 | CONGO/B: UNHCR ON REPATRIATION OF DRC REFUGEES, [...] SUMMARY: THE RESIDENT REPRESENTATIVE FOR UNHCR BRAZZAVILLE, JANVIER de RIEDMATTEN, ASKED TO MEET WITH THE AMBASSADOR APRIL 4 TO BRIEF ON OVERALL UPCOMING REPATRIATION EFFORTS WITH DRC, RWANDAN, AND CONGO/B REFUGEES. END SUMMARY. ----------------------- DRC REFUGEES IN CONGO/B ------------- [...] | 2005-04-08 10:10:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL CF UNHCR |
05KINSHASA634 | "NON-VIOLENT" OPPOSITION THREATENS UNREST IF LEFT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Political opposition figure Etienne Tshisekedi and his supporters are continuing to preach fiery SIPDIS anti-transitional government rhetoric, and demand that the political agreement underpinning the transitional government be reopened to give them a share of power. Top Tshise [...] | 2005-04-15 07:57:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PREL ASEC CG |
05KINSHASA640 | CONGO DEMANDS $10 BN IN REPARATIONS FROM UGANDA [...] (U) SUMMARY: The International Court of Justice began hearings on April 11 on Congo's suit against Uganda for crimes allegedly committed by Ugandan forces operating in the Congo from 1998-2003. The Congolese reportedly asked for $10 billion in reparations from Uganda. END SUMMARY. Backgrou [...] | 2005-04-15 09:49:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM CG |
05KINSHASA645 | ITURI MILITIA REPRESENTATIVE DECLARES SUPPORT FOR [...] (U) The Secretary General of the Union of Congolese Patriots-Lubanga (UPC-L),John Tinanzabo, declared on Radio Okapi in Bunia April 14 that his group supported the disarmament process in Ituri. He said UPC-L members who refused to participate in the disarmament program would be regarded as ou [...] | 2005-04-15 11:36:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KPKO PHUM PREL CG |
05KINSHASA646 | THE WAY FORWARD ON FDLR REPATRIATION [...] (C) Embassy Kinshasa shares view expressed ref a that it would be a tragedy to miss the opportunity provided by the Sant' Egidio process to energize the voluntary return of a large number of non-genocidaire FDLR elements and their dependents. This initiative offers the best chance in over te [...] | 2005-04-15 11:46:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS PGOV PREF PREL KPKO KAWC CG |
05KINSHASA655 | CIAT MEETING WITH THE ESPACE PRESIDENTIEL APRIL 14 [...] (C) Summary: The International Committee to Accompany the Transition (CIAT) met April 14 with President Kabila and three of DRC's four Vice Presidents; VP Ruberwa was absent. The first two discussion points centered on progress being seen to disarm militias in DRC's northeastern Ituri District, [...] | 2005-04-18 13:25:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM KPKO CG |
05KINSHASA710 | S. KIVU GOVERNOR REMOVED FOR POOR MANAGEMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY. South Kivu Governor Augustin Bulaimu was dismissed April 25 for poor management and large-scale embezzlement. Post welcomes his dismissal. END SUMMARY. 2. (C) After months of negotiations, Minister of Interior Theophile Mbemba "permanently" suspended South Kivu Governor Augusti [...] | 2005-04-27 10:53:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KCOR CG |
05KINSHASA718 | ELECTORAL COMMISSION TO ASK FOR AN EXTENSION OF [...] (U) The President of the Independent Electoral Commission (CEI),Abbe Apollinaire Malu Malu, gave a press conference in Kinshasa April 28 to announce that the CEI would ask Parliament for an extension of the transition as provided by Article 196 of the transition's Constitution. Malu Malu said [...] | 2005-04-28 13:13:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PHUM PREL CG |
05KINSHASA731 | CONGOLESE MINING PRIMER [...] (U) Summary: The natural resources wealth of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is enormous, including diamonds, copper, cobalt, nickel, zinc, uranium, gold, coltan, niobium, and cassiterite. As the DRC turns its eyes to peacetime economic development, the mining sector will become ever mo [...] | 2005-04-29 16:16:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | EMIN ECON PGOV PREL CG |
05KINSHASA735 | FDLR PRESIDENT MURWANASHYAKA IN CONGO [...] (SBU) FDLR President Dr. Ignace Murwanashyaka arrived in Kinshasa from Europe the evening of April 28 with the apparent objective of setting into motion steps that will lead to the repatriation of FDLR members and their families to Rwanda. Murwanashyaka met with GDRC officials on April 29, an [...] | 2005-05-02 16:37:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPKO CG |
05KINSHASA757 | ENCOURAGING SUPPORT FOR IRAQ TRANSITIONAL [...] (U) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Tosi Mpanu, advisor to FonMin Ramazani, May 4. Mpanu said he would recommend a GDRC statement congratulating the Iraqi people on the establishment of a transitional government in Iraq. HELLYER [...] | 2005-05-05 08:45:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL CG |
05KINSHASA764 | FDLR PRES. PLANNING VISIT TO SOUTH KIVU [...] (C) SUMMARY. FDLR President Dr. Ignace Murwanashyaka is scheduled to leave Kinshasa for the Kivus in the next few days to meet with field commanders. Although he called on the international community to establish a 'Follow Up Committee,' he did not provide concrete 'next steps' to implement the [...] | 2005-05-05 14:49:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPKO CG |
05KINSHASA779 | CLEANING HOUSE IN KATANGA [...] (C) Summary: International and Congolese media have been seized in recent days with eye-catching reports of a possible provincial seccession or coup against President Kabila in Katanga province. What seems actually to be happening in Katanga is the President cleaning house in "his" province. [...] | 2005-05-09 15:40:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPKO MARR CG |
05KINSHASA791 | ANGOLAN-TRAINED CONGOLESE TROOPS LOOK GOOD - [...] (C) PolCouns attended the May 6 "graduation" ceremony for the two brigades of Congolese troops trained by the Angolans at Kitona base (in Bas-Congo province). The visit was organized by the Angolan Ambassador and Chief of the Congolese Army General Kisempia, and several CIAT Ambassadors (inc [...] | 2005-05-11 13:42:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MASS PGOV PREL CG |
05KINSHASA793 | N. KIVU UPDATE [...] SUMMARY. (C) The security situation in Rutshuru and Masisi, North Kivu has deteriorated in the past month. About 1500 Congolese (mostly Tutsi) have fled Masisi for Rwanda in the past six weeks, and MONUC is concerned that targeted attacks against Nande by a mostly Hutu ex-ANC (RCD/G military w [...] | 2005-05-12 15:09:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPKO PREF CG |
05KINSHASA80 | CONGO/B: A LOOK AT THE NEW GOVERNMENT, REACTIONS TO [...] (U) POST HAS NO ACCESS TO CLASSIFIED SYSTEM AT THIS TIME, THEREFORE MORE DETAILED ANAYLSIS WILL BE PROVIDED WHEN POSSIBLE. 2. (U) SUMMARY: IN A FOLLOW-UP TO CONGO/B PRESIDENT DENIS SASSOU NGUESSO'S NEW YEAR'S DAY SPEECH HIGHLIGHTING HIS DESIRE FOR A NEW, MORE EFFICIENT, EFFECTIVE, AND SMALL [...] | 2005-01-17 10:26:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL CF |
05KINSHASA800 | FDLR REPATRIATION UPDATE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. FDLR President Dr. Ignace Murwanashyaka, MONUC DDRRR Chief, and Congolese officials went to the Kivus May 11 to try to persuade FDLR members and their families to return to Rwanda. Most Kinshasa-based international observers, however, are not optimistic about the FDLR President' [...] | 2005-05-13 11:46:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPKO CG |
05KINSHASA808 | CALM RETURNS TO KATANGA [...] (C) The President and several close advisors returned to Kinshasa May 13 after several days in Lubumbashi reportedly tracking down a major Katangan secessionist plot. As reported reftel, the secessionist rhetoric was really a poorly disguised crackdown on Air Force Commander General John Numbi [...] | 2005-05-16 15:47:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPKO MARR CG |
05KINSHASA85 | DRC ATTENDANCE AT AU SUMMIT [...] Foreign Minister Raymond Ramizani Baya told the Ambassador at a meeting on January 19 that he would be heading the Congo's delegation to the AU Summit in Abuja. In answer to the Ambassador's follow-up question, Ramazani said he did not expect President Kabila to attend. 2. Informed that P [...] | 2005-01-19 14:33:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL AU CG |
05KINSHASA854 | BANYAMULENGE REFUGEES RETURN TO S. KIVU [...] (C) Summary. Over the past week, about 480 Banyamulenge refugees returned to South Kivu from Rwanda. Although the return started smoothly, problems have developed in the past few days. Post will continue to encourage all parties to help the refugees return. END SUMMARY. 2. (C) Over the past [...] | 2005-05-24 13:26:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PREF CG RW |
05KINSHASA870 | RUMORS OF ARREST OF AIR FORCE COMMANDER UNTRUE [...] (C) Rumors of Air Force Commander General John Numbi's arrest, which turned out to be unsubstantiated, circulated widely in Kinshasa and throughout the country on May 24. Polcouns met with Numbi, who was not under house arrest as rumored, at his home the afternoon of May 24. Numbi told polcoun [...] | 2005-05-26 15:10:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR CG |
05KINSHASA872 | CONGO/B: THE TROUBLED POOL REGION - EVERYONE'S TO [...] No summary [...] | 2005-05-26 18:54:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL ASEC CF |
05KINSHASA874 | ARCHBISHOP MONSENGWO WRITES TO MBEKI ABOUT [...] (C) Summary. Archbishop Monsengwo, President of the Catholic Bishops' Conference, wrote a letter to South African President Thabo Mbeki using ambiguous language to question the commitment of transition actors to organize elections. The letter was later discussed in a private conversation with [...] | 2005-05-27 07:27:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PHUM PREL CG |
05KINSHASA878 | MINISTER OF DEFENSE ON TSHISEKEDI AND RWANDA [...] (C) During a May 23 meeting with polcouns, Minister of Defense Adolphe Onusumba said his attempts to reason with UDPS leader Tshisekedi about joining the transitional government had failed, that Rwanda would like to replace Congolese Vice President Ruberwa, and that the international community [...] | 2005-05-27 10:40:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINS CG RW |
05KINSHASA89 | CONGO/B: POST-NEW GOVERNMENT - WHAT'S NEXT FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: ALTHOUGH THE SHOCK THAT THE GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCED BY PRESIDENT SASSOU ON JANUARY 8, IS NOT NEW AT ALL BUT MAINTAINS MANY OF THE COUNTRY,S WELL-KNOWN HARDLINERS HAS WORN AWAY A BIT, THE ATMOSPHERE OF DISAPPOINTMENT PREVAILS THAT SASSOU MISSED AN OPPORTUNITY TO LIVE UP TO HIS Y [...] | 2005-01-20 06:45:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV PREL CF |
05KINSHASA950 | NEW SECURITY SECTOR AGREEMENTS SIGNED BETWEEN [...] (U) Summary: Three new security sector reforms were signed on the margins of a June 1 ceremony marking the graduation of the third FARDC integrated brigade (reported septel). The Belgian, South Africa, and DRC agreements provide for additional future training, equipment and infrastructure dev [...] | 2005-06-10 11:20:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPKO MARR CG |
05KINSHASA951 | THIRD INTEGRATED BRIGADE (MOSTLY) READY [...] (C) Summary: Defense Ministers from the DRC, South Africa and Belgium, several CIAT ambassadors and military attaches, numerous other senior officials, and press participated in the graduation of the third FARDC integrated brigade at the Kamina (Katanga) training center on June 1. The ceremony [...] | 2005-06-10 12:04:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPKO MARR CG |
05KINSHASA964 | KABILA LAUNCHES TRANSITION ASSESSMENT SEMINAR [...] (U) President Kabila presided over the ceremonial opening June 10 of a Transition evaluation and assessment seminar. The Ambassador and other chiefs of mission of members countries of the International Committee to Accompany the Transition (CIAT) were also invited to attend, as were select [...] | 2005-06-13 16:06:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM KPKO CG |
05KINSHASA965 | INDIAN PEACEKEEPER KILLED IN N. KIVU [...] (U) Unidentified gunmen killed an Indian peacekeeper and wounded two others 20 miles north of Goma in North Kivu June 13. In the ensuing confusion, Congolese soldiers wounded 8-9 civilians. MONUC has evacuated the civilian and military casualties to a Goma hospital. 2. (C) MONUC Goma Head [...] | 2005-06-14 09:54:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPKO CG IN |
05KINSHASA968 | CONGO/B: ECONOMIC COMMUNITY OF CENTRAL AFRICA [...] (C) Summary: As current chairman of the Economic Community of Central Africa States (CEEAC/ECCA) sub regional organization, President Sassou convened a summit June 7-8 to encourage CEEAC Presidents to reinvigorate the near moribund entity. Known more in the region by its French acronym CEEA [...] | 2005-06-15 12:12:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON CF RW |
05KINSHASA987 | GDRC QUIETLY APPROVES KINSHASA SECURITY PLAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Kabila reportedly approved a security plan for Kinshasa in early June to prevent unrest later in the month. The Minister of Interior said the plan balances preventive and security measures, including identifying potential troublemakers, deploying the Rapid Intervention P [...] | 2005-06-16 15:00:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC MARR CG |
05KIRKUK270 | (C) WASHINGTON TRIP HELPS BOOST KURDISH SUPPORT FOR STAYING [...] (C) INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY. KRG (Erbil) PM Nechirvan Barzani lauded President Bush for hosting his uncle, KRG President Masud Barzani. PM Barzani said that -- while the U.S. had been careful on protocol -- he felt as if the U.S. had received President Barzani as a head of state. PM Barza [...] | 2005-12-08 14:01:00 | REO Kirkuk | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINS KDEM KISL EINV IZ IR SY KRG |
05KIRKUK300 | (U) CHINA WOOS IRAQI KURDS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: China seeks better relations and trade with Iraq's Kurdistan Region, including oil. Kurdistan is officially autonomous, but foreign relations remain the prerogative of the Iraqi national government, so the Kurds' dealings with China are handled through the dominant political p [...] | 2005-12-22 12:50:00 | REO Kirkuk | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ETRD CH IZ |
05KUWAIT1054 | (C) DEMARCHE DELIVERED: DISSUADING IRAN FROM [...] (C) During a March 14 meeting, Ambassador raised reftel points with Shaykh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Sabah, President of Kuwait's National Security Bureau, stressing that formation of the Iraqi Transitional Government should occur free of interference from Iran. Shaykh Sabah Al-Khaled said the GOK [...] | 2005-03-15 07:35:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ASEC IZ IR KU |
05KUWAIT1061 | KUWAIT HUMANITARIAN OPERATIONS CENTER SCHEDULED TO [...] (U) SUMMARY: Ambassador met with Lieutenant General Ali Al-Mumin (ret),Chief of the Humanitarian Operations Center (HOC),at the HOC's facilities on March 13, 2005. Al-Mumin described the accomplishments made by the HOC over the past two years, the disbursement of $5 million USD that Kuwait h [...] | 2005-03-15 10:12:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID MOPS PREL KU IZ KUWAIT IRAQ RELATIONS |
05KUWAIT1069 | KUWAITI ADHERENCE TO THE 12 INTERNATIONAL [...] This is an action request. See paragraph 4. 2. During a March 14 meeting with President of the National Security Bureau (NSB),Shaykh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Sabah, the Ambassador applauded Kuwait's decision to sign the International Convention for the Suppression of the Financing of Terroris [...] | 2005-03-15 12:05:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER PREL AORC KU UN |
05KUWAIT107 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: URGING KUWAIT TO SIGN FINAL [...] No summary [...] | 2005-01-08 11:36:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER PREL PGOV AORC KU |
05KUWAIT1071 | SECURITY BUREAU REPORTS COUNTERTERRORISM [...] (C) Summary: In a March 14 meeting with National Security Bureau President Shaykh Sabah Al-Khaled, the Ambassador expressed appreciation for Kuwait's aggressive response to recent terror activities and stressed the need for Kuwait to sustain momentum in rounding up militants, amending laws [...] | 2005-03-15 12:29:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER EFIN ETTC PREL PGOV KU |
05KUWAIT1075 | UPDATE ON FORMER GTMO DETAINEE NASSER AL-MUTAIRI [...] No summary [...] | 2005-03-15 13:11:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER KAWC PHUM PINR PREL PGOV KU |
05KUWAIT1077 | SUPPORTING KUWAITI CANDIDATE FOR UNDP ADMINISTRATOR [...] (C) I strongly recommend that the U.S. endorse Kuwait's candidate for UNDP Administrator, Fawzi Sultan. A former long-time President of the U.N. International Fund for Agricultural Development and Executive Director of the World Bank, Sultan is an eminently qualifed candidate for this positio [...] | 2005-03-15 13:32:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KU UNDP |
05KUWAIT1078 | INTERAGENCY BRIEFING TEAM ON GUANTANAMO ISSUES [...] (C) Embassy Kuwait would welcome the visit of a senior-level interagency team provided that team is empowered to answer direct questions on the 11 Kuwaitis currently detained at Guantanamo. The Kuwaitis have an active legal team in Washington and are familiar with U.S. policies. They would [...] | 2005-03-15 13:44:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER KAWC PINR PREL PGOV PHUM KU |
05KUWAIT110 | DEMARCHE TO GOK ON IRAQI ELECTIONS [...] (S) The Ambassador delivered demarche on public support for Iraq's elections to Prime Minister Shaykh Sabah Al-Ahmad during a meeting on January 8. The Prime Minister reaffirmed Kuwait's strong support for elections this month to install a free Iraqi government and said Kuwait was doing all it [...] | 2005-01-08 13:12:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET | PREL PGOV IZ KU |
05KUWAIT111 | KUWAITI ASSISTANCE TO JORDAN AND TO THE [...] (C) During a January 8 meeting on a variety of subjects with the Prime Minister, the Ambassador raised continued provision of GOK assistance to Jordan. Shaykh Sabah said the Jordanian Prime Minister would be visiting Kuwait in a few days and Kuwait would consider any request for support. Amba [...] | 2005-01-08 13:12:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID KPAL EPET JO IZ KU |
05KUWAIT112 | PRIME MINISTER SAYS NO CHANCE OF CONTINUED FREE [...] (C) The Ambassador delivered reftel points on continued provision of free fuel to OIF forces to Kuwaiti Prime Minister Shaykh Sabah Al-Ahmad on January 8. Shaykh Sabah said that Kuwait was now spending USD 20-23 million a month on fuel for OIF and had been providing that support for almost t [...] | 2005-01-08 13:12:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM KU IZ |
05KUWAIT1120 | KUWAIT HUMANITARIAN OPERATIONS CENTER STAVES OFF [...] No summary [...] | 2005-03-19 13:27:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | KU IZ EAID MOPS PREL |
05KUWAIT1125 | KUWAITI TECHNICAL TEAM ON FUEL TO TRAVEL IN APRIL; [...] (C) During a March 19 meeting on Arab League matters (septel) the Ambassador asked Ministry of Foreign Affairs Under Secretary Khaled Al-Jarallah about the timing and agenda of a delegation to Washington for discussions on OIF fuel and related issues. Al-Jarallah reported that Foreign Minis [...] | 2005-03-19 13:38:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID EFIN MARR PGOV KU |
05KUWAIT1131 | KUWAIT DEMARCHE ON ARAB LEAGUE SUMMIT DELIVERED [...] (SBU) Ambassador raised reftel points with Ministry of Foreign Affairs Under Secretary Khaled Al-Jarallah on March 19. Foreign Minister Shaykh Dr. Mohammed Al-Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah had already departed for Algiers to prepare for the arrival of Prime Minister Shaykh Sabah Al-Ahmed Al-Jaber [...] | 2005-03-19 13:59:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EAID SY IS IZ KU |
05KUWAIT114 | SENATOR KERRY AND KUWAITI FM AGREE ON NEED FOR [...] (C) Summary: In a 45-minute discussion January 7, Senator John Kerry and Kuwaiti Foreign Minister Shaykh Dr. Mohammed Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah discussed the necessity of holding elections in Iraq on January 30 and the importance of Sunni participation in the elections and representation in I [...] | 2005-01-09 08:24:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KU |
05KUWAIT115 | NEWSPAPER PUBLISHES GOK ANTI-TERROR STRATEGY PAPER [...] (U) Kuwait news daily Al-Qabas obtained and published a Social Affairs Ministry working paper outlining Kuwait's efforts to combat terrorism. The paper, according to the article, is expected to be presented by GOK officials at the upcoming conference in Riyadh on International Counterterroris [...] | 2005-01-09 11:45:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER PREL PGOV KISL KU |
05KUWAIT1159 | KUWAIT COUNTERTERRORISM WORKING GROUP: GOK TO USE [...] (S/NF) Summary: The Ambassador chaired on March 14 the monthly meeting of post's Counterterrorism Working Group (CWG). Participants reviewed pending anti-terror legislation, developments in stemming terror financing, and identified criteria by which to assess GOK counterterrorism measures. [...] | 2005-03-21 14:13:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER PREL PGOV EFIN ASEC MARR CVIS KU TERRORISM |
05KUWAIT1160 | FUEL PAYMENT NEGOTIATIONS HIT THE PRESS [...] (C) Summary. Kuwait's daily newspapers have run front-page stories purporting to provide the inside scoop on an allegedly acrimonious disagreement between USG and Kuwait regarding purchase of OIF fuel. The press assert that Kuwait's request for payment of $500 million for post-war fuel deli [...] | 2005-03-21 15:08:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PREL EAID MARR PGOV KU IZ |
05KUWAIT1172 | KUWAIT PM'S ECON ADVISER ON TRADE AND ECONOMIC [...] (C) On March 19, Ambassador met briefly with the Prime Minister's Economic Adviser, Dr. Youssef Al-Ebraheem, to discuss U.S./Kuwaiti TIFA discussions and the state of economic reform in Kuwait. Ambassador briefed on the overall impressions of the previous week's discussions with visiting USTR [...] | 2005-03-22 14:03:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD PREL KU |
05KUWAIT1173 | AMBASSADOR AND MFA DIRECTOR DISCUSS U.S.-GOK [...] (U) The Ambassador used a March 22 courtesy call on Ministry of Foreign Affairs International Organizations Director Ambassador Abdullah Ahmed Al-Murad to thank Kuwait for its vote in favor of a UNGA resolution on Human Cloning. He noted the declaration was a U.S. policy priority and appreci [...] | 2005-03-22 14:13:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID PGOV KU UN |
05KUWAIT1175 | KUWAIT COMMITTED TO ISTANBUL COOPERATION INITIATIVE [...] (C) During a March 22 meeting with the Ambassador, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Director for International Organizations Ambassador Abdullah Ahmed Al-Murad described the March 18 NATO Istanbul Cooperation Initiative (ICI) meeting as "excellent." He welcomed NATO's outreach to Arab nations an [...] | 2005-03-23 03:58:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR KU NATO |
05KUWAIT1192 | Appeals Court Sentence Silences Liberal [...] (U) SUMMARY: Sentenced to a one-year suspended jail term and three years probation for "defaming Islam," a liberal columnist said he will stop writing. The sentence, overruling a January acquittal, has writers wondering about the government's position on press freedom, and fearful of stiffer p [...] | 2005-03-23 09:17:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KPAO KMDR KISL PREL PHUM PGOV KU |
05KUWAIT128 | TENFOLD INCREASE IN KUWAIT'S TSUNAMI ASSISTANCE [...] On January 9, the Government of Kuwait announced that "in light of the tragic catastrophe and reflecting the feeling of Kuwaitis toward the victims in those countries," it would increase its aid pledge for tsunami-affected nations from $10 million to $100 million. With this pledge, Kuwait has [...] | 2005-01-10 06:40:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID AEMR PGOV PREL KU |
05KUWAIT1286 | SENATOR REED THANKS KUWAIT FOR CONTINUED SUPPORT; [...] (C) Summary: Senator Jack Reed (D-RI),accompanied by the Ambassador, OMC-K Chief and Poloff, met Kuwaiti Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense Shaykh Jaber Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah March 27 at the Minister's home. The Senator expressed appreciation to Kuwait for assistance with U.S. [...] | 2005-03-29 16:24:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL OREP PGOV KWMN ECON EAID KU |
05KUWAIT1295 | U.S.-KUWAIT "MINI-TIFA" TALKS [...] (SBU) Summary and Comment. On March 16-17, USTR's John Fennerty met with members of Kuwait's Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA) team (participant list in para 31) in a series of "mini-TIFA" meetings, to assess Kuwait's progress since the May 2004 inaugural TIFA Council meeting in [...] | 2005-03-30 07:52:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD PREL ECON EINV KU |
05KUWAIT1306 | FORCED OUT?: LIBERAL COLUMNIST QUITS, DECRIES [...] (C) Summary: Decrying the death of press freedom, Kuwait University Political Scientist and long-time columnist Dr. Ahmed Al-Baghdadi followed up on his promise to quit writing on March 25. Al-Baghdadi, an extremely active critic of both the GOK and the increasing influence of Islamist elemen [...] | 2005-03-30 11:13:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | KISL KDEM KJUS PHUM PREL KU |
05KUWAIT1309 | CHARGES AGAINST MILITARY OFFICER TERROR SUSPECTS [...] (U) Reportedly citing the absence of a crime, Kuwaiti Public Prosecutors on March 29 dropped charges against two former active-duty Kuwait Army soldiers who were detained on January 3 for allegedly plotting attacks against U.S. military assets in Kuwait. The pair, released on bail in mid-Febr [...] | 2005-03-30 14:20:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV PREL MOPS KU TERRORISM |
05KUWAIT1311 | KUWAITI VOTING RIGHTS: MOCK PLEBISCITE CANCELED [...] (C) Summary: Pro-Government MP Jamal Hussein Al-Omar told the Ambassador that the GOK still lacks enough votes to pass legislation granting women's suffrage, but the Government continued to insist the voting rights bill would pass. Sources claim a cabinet reshuffle is in the works to secure en [...] | 2005-03-30 14:50:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM KWMN KU WOMEN POLITICAL RIGHTS |
05KUWAIT1336 | JORDANIAN-KUWAITI RELATIONS: FROM "TERRIBLE TO [...] (C) Summary: Jordan's outgoing Ambassador to Kuwait told the Ambassador March 30 that Jordanian-Kuwaiti relations have progressed from "terrible to great" during his seven-year tenure. Some low level resentment due to the 1990 Iraqi invasion, however, lingers among some Jordanian parliamentari [...] | 2005-04-03 12:40:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON EAID PINR KU JO |
05KUWAIT1349 | NEW INFORMATION MINISTER HAILED BY LIBERALS, [...] (C) Summary: Moving to fill cabinet vacancies in the run-up to an expected Parliamentary vote on women's rights, the GOK announced March 31 it had chosen Dr. Anas Mohammed Al-Rasheed, sworn in on April 4, as its new Information Minister. A professor and former editorial adviser to local Arabi [...] | 2005-04-04 14:13:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PINR KWMN KDEM KU WOMEN POLITICAL RIGHTS |
05KUWAIT1400 | GWOT ASSESSMENT: KUWAIT [...] (S/NF) Summary: Counterterrorism remains at the top of our bilateral agenda and post has experienced increased cooperation from the Government of Kuwait (GOK) in the Global War on Terror (GWOT) since January when a series of security incidents revealed to the GOK a home-grown threat. There [...] | 2005-04-06 13:14:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER PREL PGOV KU TERRORISM |
05KUWAIT1401 | MUNICIPAL COUNCIL: KUWAITI WOMEN'S SECOND VOTING [...] (U) Summary: The Kuwaiti women's political participation debate has erupted on a second front: the Municipal Council. A new Municipality Law went into effect March 20 but without reference to the article that would have permitted women to vote, run for office and serve on the Municipal Council. [...] | 2005-04-06 13:32:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM KWMN KU WOMEN POLITICAL RIGHTS |
05KUWAIT1404 | STILL NO DATE FOR DECISION ON KUWAITI WOMEN'S [...] (U) An expedited National Assembly vote on Kuwaiti women's voting rights may not happen before May. The recent grilling and subsequent proffered resignation of the Health Minister and other Cabinet changes (septel) have delayed a Parliamentary vote originally anticipated for April. Furthermore [...] | 2005-04-06 14:00:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM KWMN KU WOMEN POLITICAL RIGHTS |
05KUWAIT1406 | PARLIAMENT VS. THE PRIME MINISTER: GRILLING FORCES [...] (C) Summary and Comment: Caving in to pressures heightened by the grilling and proffered resignation of Health Minister Dr. Mohammed Al-Jarallah on April 2, the Government this week replaced two Ministers, and pondered a third, all in four days. These actions were followed by a statement issu [...] | 2005-04-06 16:48:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | KISL KDEM PREL KU NATIONAL ASSEMBLY |
05KUWAIT1449 | ASSEMBLY SPEAKER, PROMINENT MP DOWNPLAY [...] (C) Summary and Comment: Responding to a week of press speculation that Prime Minister Shaykh Sabah Al-Ahmed Al-Sabah would seek the dissolution of the National Assembly in response to repeated ministerial grillings, National Assembly Speaker Jassem Al-Khorafi told local dailies April 9 that [...] | 2005-04-11 04:00:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PGOV PREL KU NATIONAL ASSEMBLY |
05KUWAIT1450 | NATO, ICI, AND KUWAIT - A WAY FORWARD [...] (C) SUMMARY. Post read with interest NATO's cable on the March 18 Rome ICI meeting. We agree with SYG de Hoop Scheffer's recommendation that the relationship be developed at a practical measured pace. NATO offerings that are likely to be most attractive and most useful to Kuwait would be tra [...] | 2005-04-11 04:00:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREL KU XF NATO |
05KUWAIT1460 | GOK CONGRATULATES IRAQ ON APPOINTMENT OF LEADERS; [...] (C) Kuwait's English and Arabic press reported that during its weekly Sunday meeting, the Kuwaiti Council of Ministers extended its congratulations to the Iraqi people on the appointments of Jalal Talabani as President, and Ghazi Al Yawar and Adel Abdel Mehdi as his deputies. The April 10 sta [...] | 2005-04-11 12:34:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM IZ KU EAID KUWAIT IRAQ RELATIONS |
05KUWAIT1462 | MP SAYS GOK ALLOWED HEALTH MINISTER'S RESIGNATION [...] (C) During an April 9 meeting with the Ambassador and visiting Senior Advisor and Coordinator for Iraq Policy, Ambassador Richard Jones, Liberal MP Mohammed Jassem Al-Sager told the Ambassador the Prime Minister had committed a "big mistake" in not replacing former Information Minister Mohamme [...] | 2005-04-11 13:11:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PGOV PREL KU |
05KUWAIT1465 | EU TRADE COMMISSIONER CRITICAL OF GCC STATE [...] (C) During consultations on a variety of issues with my EU counterparts today, they advised that during the recent EU/GCC Ministerial in Bahrain, the EU Commissioner for Trade criticized GCC members for pursuing bilateral free trade agreements with the U.S. Peter Mandelson reportedly upbraided [...] | 2005-04-11 13:41:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD EU PREL KU |
05KUWAIT1467 | AMB. JONES CONSULTS WITH KUWAITI PM ON KEY [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador and Senior Advisor and Coordinator for Iraq Policy, Ambassador Richard Jones, met with Prime Minister Shaykh Sabah Al-Ahmed Al-Sabah on April 9 to discuss political, security and economic support for the new Iraqi Transitional Government (ITG). Ambassador Jones, w [...] | 2005-04-12 05:27:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PHUM PREL EAID KU IZ KUWAIT IRAQ RELATIONS |
05KUWAIT1468 | ASSEMBLY FOREIGN RELATIONS CHAIR ON IRAQ'S [...] (C) Summary: Senior Advisor and Coordinator for Iraq Policy, Ambassador Richard Jones, met with Chairman of the National Assembly's Foreign Relations Committee, MP Mohammed Jassem Al-Sager on April 9. Ambassador Jones, who had just returned from Iraq, briefed the MP on the formation of the P [...] | 2005-04-12 05:32:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PGOV PHUM PREL EAID KU IZ KUWAIT IRAQ RELATIONS NATIONAL ASSEMBLY |
05KUWAIT1493 | NEW MINISTER OF INFORMATION HOPES TO DISSOLVE [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: In an introductory meeting with Ambassador, new Minister of Information Dr. Anas Al-Rasheed said that he would consider himself a successful minister if he were able to dissolve the ministry. He said that he is committed to freedom of the press and would work with the [...] | 2005-04-13 09:40:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | KPAO ETRD PREL KIPR PINR KU IPR |
05KUWAIT1497 | PRIME MINISTER REQUESTS SECURITY FOR BORDER TEAM; [...] (C) During their April 9 meeting, Prime Minister Shaykh Sabah Al-Ahmed Al-Sabah told visiting Senior Advisor and Coordinator for Iraq Policy, Ambassador Richard Jones, that the United Nations had agreed to return to the Kuwait/Iraq border to oversee border pillar maintenance, but would need so [...] | 2005-04-13 12:50:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS KTIA MARR KU IZ UN KUWAIT IRAQ RELATIONS |
05KUWAIT1498 | PRIME MINISTER COMPLAINS ABOUT HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT [...] (C) Prime Minister Shaykh Sabah Al-Ahmed Al-Sabah complained that the State Department's Human Rights Report unfairly accused the GOK of interfering in the country's judicial process during his April 9 meeting with the Ambassador and visiting Senior Advisor and Coordinator for Iraq Policy, Amb [...] | 2005-04-13 12:59:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM KU |
05KUWAIT1500 | AMBASSADOR BRIEFS EU MISSION CHIEFS ON MEPI; EU [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador hosted a meeting with EU Chiefs of Mission to discuss Broader Middle East and North Africa (BMENA) projects in Kuwait as well as on-going Middle East Partnership Initiative (MEPI) programs. The EU Chiefs reported the difficulty they had in convincing the GCC to part [...] | 2005-04-13 13:03:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON KMPI KU MEPI |
05KUWAIT1501 | GTMO DETAINEE NASSER AL-MUTAIRI RELEASED ON BAIL [...] (C) Summary: Former Guantanamo detainee Nasser Al-Mutairi (US9-KU-000205DP),who was transferred to Kuwaiti custody on January 15, was released April 13 on bail of KD 200 (USD 680) by the Criminal Court, pending the June 1 resumption of the case against him. The court's decision contradict [...] | 2005-04-14 09:07:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL PHUM PGOV KU |
05KUWAIT1517 | AMBASSADOR ENCOURAGES GOK TO ENFORCE UNDERAGE [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador urged the Minister of Social Affairs and Labor Faisal Hajji Boukhadour to enforce a ban on the employment of underage camel jockeys and extend labor law coverage to domestic help. The Minister explained that the GOK was taking steps to ameliorate these problems but a [...] | 2005-04-16 13:39:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PGOV PTER ELAB KU |
05KUWAIT1519 | SILENCED WRITER RETURNS AFTER NEWSPAPER COLUMN [...] SUMMARY: Liberal columnist Ahmed Al-Baghdadi, who forswore writing after being sentenced to a one-year suspended jail term for defaming Islam, has returned to work, saying that he must write to defend himself. His return follows an April 12 newspaper "column strike" in support of freedom of ex [...] | 2005-04-16 13:59:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO PREL KISL PINR PHUM KU |
05KUWAIT1542 | KUWAITI DELEGATION DESCRIBES SUDAN AS "WORSE THAN [...] (SBU) During a 17 April meeting, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Under Secretary Khaled Al-Jarallah described the current situation in Sudan as worse than it was 20 years ago. Al-Jarallah, as part of a delegation led by Minister for Diwan Affairs Shaykh Nasser Mohammed Al-Ahmed Al-Sabah, visite [...] | 2005-04-17 14:54:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EAID ECON EINV PHUM SU KU |
05KUWAIT1560 | KUWAIT REINFORCES NEED FOR SUNNI PARTICIPATION IN [...] (C) The Ambassador briefed April 17 Ministry of Foreign Affairs Under Secretary Khaled Al-Jarallah on recent trips of senior U.S. officials to Iraq, stressing the shared U.S.-Iraqi commitment to building a transparent system of governance, ensure security within Iraq and along its borders, a [...] | 2005-04-18 13:23:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IZ KU KUWAIT IRAQ RELATIONS |
05KUWAIT1594 | GOK SKITTISH ABOUT MEPI FUNDING, ASSERTS FOREIGN [...] (C) Minister of Social Affairs and Labor Faisal Hajji Boukhadour voiced his concerns to the Ambassador about Middle East Partnership Initiative (MEPI) funding of Kuwaiti organizations during an April 13 meeting. Under Kuwaiti law, he said, non-governmental organizations may not receive funding [...] | 2005-04-19 08:38:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KMPI PGOV PHUM KU MEPI |
05KUWAIT1600 | PARLIAMENT GIVES NOD TO WOMEN'S PARTICIPATION IN [...] The National Assembly gave preliminary approval April 19 to a municipality law amendment giving Kuwaiti women the right to run for, vote in, and be appointed to the Municipal Council. The measure passed 26 to 20 with three abstentions. A second round of voting is expected to take place in tw [...] | 2005-04-19 15:01:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL KDEM KWMN KU WOMEN POLITICAL RIGHTS |
05KUWAIT1633 | KUWAITI WOMEN MOVE TOWARD NEW POLITICAL RIGHTS; [...] (U) Summary: Kuwaiti women moved one step closer toward gaining political rights April 19 as Parliament voted to allow women to vote in elections for and run for Municipal Council (ref A). The amendment to the Municipality Law granting women these new political rights is scheduled to face anot [...] | 2005-04-20 13:52:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KWMN PHUM KU WOMEN POLITICAL RIGHTS |
05KUWAIT1660 | EDUCATION REFORM: NEW KUWAITI TEXTBOOKS BY 2006 [...] (SBU) Summary: Ambassador, accompanied by CAO, met with Kuwait's Minister of Higher Education Dr. Rashid Al- Hamed on April 9, 2005. Discussion focused on reform of the educational system and textbooks. In previous meetings with Emboffs, ministry officials have said that the Ministry's str [...] | 2005-04-24 14:07:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV OEXC KISL KU |
05KUWAIT1677 | KUWAIT DEMARCHE DELIVERED: FUNDING AFGHANISTAN'S [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) PolChief discussed reftel demarche with Hamad Al-Ahmad, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Counselor - Chief of Asian Affairs on April 20 and 24. Al-Hamad reported that Kuwait pledged $30 million at the January 2002 Tokyo Internat [...] | 2005-04-25 09:53:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EAID AF KU |
05KUWAIT1712 | AMBASSADOR AND COMMERCE MINISTER DISCUSS TIFA, [...] (C) Summary. The Ambassador met Kuwaiti Minister of Commerce and Industry Abdullah Al-Taweel and staff on April 25 to discuss the status of the U.S.-Kuwait Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA),intellectual property rights (IPR),Project Kuwait, and the Pepsico tax dispute. The Am [...] | 2005-04-27 05:16:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD PREL EPET EINV BEXP KU |
05KUWAIT1729 | FOREIGN MINISTER: GOK SERIOUS ABOUT COMBATING TIP [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador demarched Foreign Minister Shaykh Dr. Mohammed Al-Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah on Department concerns regarding Kuwait's Trafficking in Persons (TIP) status (reftel). While highlighting a strong U.S. desire to work with the GOK, the Ambassador raised specific concerns a [...] | 2005-04-27 14:17:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KCRM KWMN PGOV PREL KU |
05KUWAIT1732 | SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION: COLUMNISTS CALL FOR [...] Summary and comment: In the wake of an April 24 rampage by hundreds of Bangladeshi laborers who ransacked their Embassy to protest chronic nonpayment of wages (septel),both Liberal and Islamist columnists have called such nonpayment a national disgrace and urged their countrymen to do better [...] | 2005-04-27 15:06:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO PREL KISL PHUM PINR KU |
05KUWAIT1777 | FOREIGN MINISTER: PROGRESS ON WOMEN'S RIGHTS, IRAN [...] (C) Summary: During an April 27 meeting with the Ambassador, Foreign Minister Shaykh Dr. Mohammed Al-Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah told the Ambassador that he believes that the GOK has enough votes to pass the women's rights bill for Municipal Council elections on May 2 and that once women are regis [...] | 2005-05-01 14:13:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON PBTS KUNC KPAL IZ KU WOMEN POLITICAL RIGHTS KUWAIT IRAQ RELATIONS IRAN |
05KUWAIT1791 | KUWAIT DEMARCHE DELIVERED: ENCOURAGING SUPPORT [...] (SBU) PolChief delivered reftel demarche on 2 May to Ambassador Faisal Al-Mashan, MFA Arab World Department Manager. Al-Mashan agreed the ITG needs the public support of the international community and asserted Kuwait was among the first countries to welcome the formation of an Iraqi Govern [...] | 2005-05-02 10:31:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KU IZ |
05KUWAIT1808 | KUWAITI WOMEN'S MUNICIPAL POLITICAL RIGHTS REMAIN [...] (U) Summary: The results of the second round of Parliamentary voting May 2 on an amendment to the Municipal Law granting women political rights at the municipal level were 29 in favor, 2 against and 29 abstentions, sparking a debate as to the actual outcome. Some MPs claim a quorum was not rea [...] | 2005-05-02 15:05:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PGOV KWMN KU WOMEN POLITICAL RIGHTS |
05KUWAIT1830 | OIL AND WATER: REGIONAL HUB OFFICER RECEIVES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. During his April 17-20 orientation visit to Kuwait, Amman Regional Environment, Science, Technology and Health (ESTH) officer Jock Whittlesey met with a wide range of governmental, non-governmental and private sector individuals and participated in three public diplomacy outre [...] | 2005-05-03 09:32:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV TBIO EPET PREL KPAO KU TSPL |
05KUWAIT1834 | KUWAITI SHIITE POLITICAL BLOCS BUOYED BY WAVE OF [...] (C) Summary: The often mistrusted Shi'a population has slowly increased the intensity of its calls for reform since the liberation of Iraq, winning some concessions from the GOK, but losing ground in the face of active Salafi opposition. Although most Kuwaiti Shiites claim to identify themse [...] | 2005-05-03 12:33:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET | PREL PINR KISL KU SOLI |
05KUWAIT185 | KUWAITIS NOT SURPRISED BY JANUARY 10 SHOOTOUT; [...] (C) Summary and Comment: Most Kuwait dailies described the January 10 incident (reftel),in which two state security officers and one militant were killed in a shootout, as an aggression which "shocked the Kuwaiti street." While the act was roundly denounced throughout the society, interpreta [...] | 2005-01-11 14:07:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV PREL KISL KPAO KU |
05KUWAIT1863 | WOMEN SPLIT ON FUTURE OF POLITICAL RIGHTS, SOME [...] (C) Summary: During several meetings with women's rights activists and supporters on May 4, PolOffs noted varying differences in opinion on the chances of success for women's political rights. Several expressed little hope that the two-week delay requested by Prime Minister Sabah Al-Ahmad Al [...] | 2005-05-05 07:57:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KWMN SOCI KU WOMEN POLITICAL RIGHTS |
05KUWAIT1884 | IRANIAN GAS AND PROJECT KUWAIT: THE VIEW FROM KPC [...] (C) Summary: During a May 2 meeting, Kuwait Petroleum Corporation (KPC) General Counsel, Shaykh Nawaf Saud Nasser Al-Sabah (strictly protect) gave Poloff a readout on the status of Kuwait's efforts to import natural gas, including details on the highly publicized March 15 MOU with Iran. Nawaf [...] | 2005-05-08 10:18:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET PREL PTER KU IZ IR OIL SECTOR |
05KUWAIT1900 | KUWAIT WILL CONTINUE TO PUBLICLY SUPPORT ITG AND [...] (C) Summary: During a May 7 call on Ministry of Foreign Affairs Under Secretary Khaled Al-Jarallah, the Ambassador noted progress in Iraq since the formation of the Iraqi Transitional Government (ITG) and encouraged Kuwait to continue to make public statements of support. He stressed the n [...] | 2005-05-08 14:04:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KU IZ KUWAIT IRAQ RELATIONS |
05KUWAIT1907 | MFA UNDER SECRETARY SAYS GOK SERIOUS ABOUT WOMEN'S [...] (C) During a May 7 meeting on regional issues (ref b),Ministry of Foreign Affairs Under Secretary Khaled Al-Jarallah opened the discussion with the Ambassador with comments about the debate between the Government and Parliament on women's political rights. Stating, "I can assure you the Go [...] | 2005-05-09 10:51:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM SOCI KWMN KU WOMEN POLITICAL RIGHTS |
05KUWAIT1913 | KUWAIT GAS OPTIONS AND ILSA CONCERNS: GOK SAYS [...] (C) During a May 7 meeting with Ministry of Foreign Affairs Under Secretary Khaled Al-Jarallah, the Ambassador detailed U.S. concerns (ref B) about investment in Iran and advised that the proposed gas deal could trigger ILSA sanctions against companies involved in such investments. He furth [...] | 2005-05-09 14:25:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET ETTC PREL KU IR IZ OIL SECTOR KUWAIT IRAN RELATIONS |
05KUWAIT1947 | WOMEN'S RIGHTS: AN UPDATE FROM THE FRONT LINE [...] (C) Summary: Two female women's rights delegations met with Prime Minister Shaykh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah on May 9 to discuss the GOK's position on the issue of women's political rights. Both groups pledged not to discuss the details of the meeting and promised not to protest or rally in supp [...] | 2005-05-10 14:21:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PGOV KWMN KU WOMEN POLITICAL RIGHTS |
05KUWAIT1965 | KUWAIT: THREE IPR SEMINARS IN THREE WEEKS [...] (SBU) Summary and Comment. After their country was strongly criticized this past year for its poor intellectual property rights (IPR) record, Kuwaitis from inside and outside the government organized three different IPR seminars in late April and early May. The first event, an April 25 roun [...] | 2005-05-11 13:16:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON PREL KIPR KU |
05KUWAIT1976 | BACKGROUND ON KEY ISSUES FOR THE WASHINGTON VISIT [...] (C) Summary: Kuwaiti Foreign Minister Shaykh Dr. Mohammed Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah will arrive in Washington May 17, in advance of an anticipated July visit by the Prime Minister. Shaykh Dr. Mohammed's visit follows his participation in the Arab-South America Summit held in Brazil, and planned [...] | 2005-05-12 10:22:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PHUM PGOV MARR ECON EAID CVIS IZ KU TERRORISM |
05KUWAIT2041 | GOK UPS ANTE ON WOMEN'S RIGHTS; REQUESTS IMMEDIATE [...] (U) The GOK surprised many during the May 16 session of the National Assembly in what was expected to be a re-vote on the proposed measure to grant women political rights at the Municipal Council level. Bypassing any discussion on municipal-level rights for women, the GOK introduced a motion, [...] | 2005-05-16 13:09:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL PGOV KWMN KDEM KU WOMEN POLITICAL RIGHTS NATIONAL ASSEMBLY |
05KUWAIT2064 | WELL WORTH THE WAIT: KUWAITI WOMEN GAIN FULL [...] After six hours of debate, the National Assembly passed May 16 an amendment to Article 35 of the election law granting Kuwaiti women full political rights, including voting in parliamentary elections and running for national office starting in 2007, the date of the next elections. Of the 59 M [...] | 2005-05-16 17:00:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL PGOV KWMN KDEM KU NATIONAL ASSEMBLY WOMEN POLITICAL RIGHTS |
05KUWAIT208 | KUWAITI CHARITABLE DONATIONS FOR TSUNAMI VICTIMS [...] Following a slow start and feeling the sting of accusations that it has been stingy toward countries hit hard by last month's tsunami, Kuwait has dramatically upped its assistance pledges this week (Ref A). In addition to the $100 million promised by the Government of Kuwait (GOK) on January [...] | 2005-01-12 11:56:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID AEMR PGOV PREL KU |
05KUWAIT2091 | KUWAIT: DEMOCRATIC REFORM STRATEGIES TO SUPPORT [...] (U) Introduction: Kuwait proudly identifies itself as the region's oldest functioning democracy, pointing as evidence to its 43-year-old constitution; active elected National Assembly; and separate executive, legislative, judicial branches. The May 16 decision to grant Kuwaiti women full p [...] | 2005-05-17 14:12:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON KDEM KMPI KU |
05KUWAIT2092 | REPORTS OF QURANIC DESECRATION SPARK LITTLE [...] Summary: Although local press have covered the story of supposed Quranic desecration at Guantanamo Bay, and some local Islamist groups have issued statements condemning the alleged actions, post has received little feedback from local contacts which would indicate widespread anger over the sto [...] | 2005-05-17 14:57:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAO KMDR KU PHUM SOCI ISLAMISTS |
05KUWAIT2093 | "MABROUK:" KUWAITI WOMEN GAIN POLITICAL RIGHTS YET [...] (U) Summary: The Government resuscitated a seemingly moribund campaign for women's political rights May 16 culminating in the passage of an amendment granting women full suffrage. On the sixth anniversary to the day that the Amir attempted to grant Kuwaiti women their voting rights in 1999, a [...] | 2005-05-17 15:48:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV KWMN KDEM PREL KMPI KU WOMEN POLITICAL RIGHTS |
05KUWAIT213 | SHIITE POLITICAL SCIENTIST: IRAN NOT TRYING TO [...] (C) Summary: Liberal Shiite and Kuwait University Political Science Chairman Professor Abdull Redha Assiri shared his thoughts on Iran with Poloffs during a January 11 meeting. Assiri, who travels often to Iran, said Kuwait and Iran maintain good relations and predicted that Iran -- already a [...] | 2005-01-12 13:38:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KU IR IZ |
05KUWAIT215 | KUWAIT MFA ON DETAINEES: IF WE CAN'T HAVE THEM [...] (U) This is an action request. See para 4. 2. (S/NF) Pol Chief delivered January 8 background on the 12 Kuwaitis detained at Guantanamo (ref a) to Ambassador Khalid Al-Maqamis, MFA Director of Coordination and Follow Up. Al-Maqamis welcomed the information and confirmed that preparati [...] | 2005-01-12 13:48:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER PREL KAWC PGOV KU IZ |
05KUWAIT2171 | AMBASSADOR MEETS CANDIDATE FOR FIRST WOMAN CABINET [...] No summary [...] | 2005-05-22 14:22:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM SOCI PINR KWMN KU |
05KUWAIT2172 | POLITICAL REFORMERS CRITICIZE GOK FOR CRACKDOWN ON [...] (C) Summary: The GOK has come under criticism from prominent Kuwaitis for actions taken against members of the recently established Salafi, Islamist Nation's Party (Hezb Al-Ummah). All fifteen party founders were charged on May 2 with attempting to overthrow the government, violating laws go [...] | 2005-05-22 14:22:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL KJUS KU ISLAMISTS |
05KUWAIT2173 | ASSEMBLY SPEAKER SURPRISED BY VOTE ON WOMEN'S [...] (C) Summary: During a May 21 meeting, Speaker of Parliament Al-Khorafi told the Ambassador the May 16 vote on women's political rights was a difficult day and he had not been confident legislation permitting their participation would pass. He named the Prime Minister as the reason for the [...] | 2005-05-22 14:41:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KWMN ECON EAID IZ KU EPTE WOMEN POLITICAL RIGHTS NATIONAL ASSEMBLY |
05KUWAIT2174 | LAWYER FOR ACCUSED TERRORIST MAKES HIS CASE [...] (C) Summary: PolOffs met with prominent defense attorney Osama Al-Munawer on May 15, 2005, at the law offices of his father, Ahmed H. Al-Munawer, to discuss the status of pending criminal cases against many of his clients. Al-Munawer is the defense attorney for most of the Kuwaiti nationals [...] | 2005-05-22 14:43:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL PHUM PINR KJUS KISL KU TERRORISM ISLAMISTS |
05KUWAIT2212 | SUFFRAGE MOVEMENT CELEBRATES NEW RIGHTS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On May 22, Kuwait's Women's Cultural and Social Society held an official reception to celebrate the May 16 passage of the law allowing women to vote and run for office. The event, held at the Society's headquarters and hosted by its President, activist Shaykha Al Nisif, featured [...] | 2005-05-24 09:47:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV KWMN KDEM PREL KMPI KU WOMEN POLITICAL RIGHTS |
05KUWAIT2228 | KUWAIT'S INTERIOR MINISTER APPLAUDS WOMEN'S [...] (C) SUMMARY. In a meeting with the Ambassador on May 24, Interior Minister Shaykh Nawaf Al-Ahmed Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, said that the Prime Minister is seeking to place a woman in the Cabinet. (Note: The Prime Minister confirmed this in a meeting later in the day.) On C/T training, the Ambassado [...] | 2005-05-24 16:15:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET | ASEC KISL KU PGOV PREL PTER SA TERRORISM |
05KUWAIT2229 | KUWAITI PM SAYS THERE WILL BE A FEMALE CABINET [...] (C) Summary: During a May 24 call on Kuwaiti PM Shaykh Sabah, the Ambassador congratulated him on the May 16 vote granting women full political rights and encouraged speed in bringing women into senior government positions. The PM said the GOK would appoint a woman cabinet minister, a matte [...] | 2005-05-24 16:53:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EAID ECON KDEM SOCI KWMN IZ KU TERRORISM |
05KUWAIT2251 | KUWAIT IPR: NEW INFORMATION MINISTRY ASSISTANT U/S [...] (SBU) Summary. On May 24, emboffs met with Ibrahim Al-Nouh, the Ministry of Information's new assistant undersecretary overseeing intellectual property rights (IPR) enforcement. Econ/C congratulated Al-Nouh on his ministry,s recent raids (ref B),and asked for additional details on Al-Nouh' [...] | 2005-05-25 11:21:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON EINV PGOV PREL KIPR KU |
05KUWAIT2265 | KUWAIT COUNTERTERRORISM WORKING GROUP: SOME [...] (S/NF) Summary: Post's Counterterrorism Working Group (CWG) met May 2 to asses the GOK's progress in developing its counterterrorism (CT) capacity. The group concluded that the GOK remained serious about confronting terrorism, investing heavily in tools and equipment, but is still in need of [...] | 2005-05-25 13:57:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER PREL PGOV EFIN ASEC MARR CVIS KU TERRORISM |
05KUWAIT2335 | AL-ARABIYA REPORTER ACQUITTED OF HARMING NATIONAL [...] (U) A criminal court acquitted Kuwaiti correspondent Adel Eidan on May 21 of charges he had harmed the national interest. Eidan, a reporter for the Dubai-based Al-Arabiya satellite television network, was detained on January 4 and charged with "spreading false news that harmed national intere [...] | 2005-05-30 13:49:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM KPAO KU |
05KUWAIT2380 | KUWAITI FOREIGN MINISTER WILL ATTEND U.S.-EU [...] (SBU) Along with his Dutch counterpart (representing EU Presidency) and EU Commission rep (resident in Riyadh),Ambassador met Under Secretary of Foreign Affairs Khalid Al-Jarallah June 1 to confirm Kuwaiti attendance at the Brussels conference on Iraq. Al-Jarallah said that the GOK highly [...] | 2005-06-01 11:55:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID IZ KU EUN KUWAIT IRAQ RELATIONS |
05KUWAIT2464 | KUWAITI PAPER REPORTS DEAL ON OIF JET FUEL [...] (U) On June 5, local Arabic daily newspaper Al-Qabas ran a short, front-page piece saying that Kuwait has agreed to supply the U.S. with reduced-price jet fuel for operations in Iraq (full text in para 2). Under the terms of the deal, the story said, Kuwait would provide jet fuel for $24/ton [...] | 2005-06-05 12:09:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS EPET PREL EAID MARR PGOV IZ KU |
05KUWAIT247 | IRANIAN WATER IMPORT AGREEMENT CANCELED [...] (U) Kuwait English daily Arab Times reported January 16 that a Kuwaiti-Iranian MOU signed in 2003 (ref. c) to import Iranian water into Kuwait was canceled by Iranian authorities due to inaction by the Iranian Majlis and Guardian Council and Kuwait's National Assembly. 2. (U) Iranian Deputy [...] | 2005-01-17 06:27:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EMIN ETRD KU IR KUWAIT IRAN RELATIONS |
05KUWAIT2485 | AMBASSADOR CRITICIZED FOR REITERATING U.S. [...] (C) Summary and Comment: Led by National Assembly Speaker Jassem Al-Khorafi, a few Kuwaiti political figures have criticized the Ambassador's May 25 speech to the Kuwaiti Ministry of Defense Command and Staff College. The public release of the speech, in which the Ambassador reiterated U.S. [...] | 2005-06-06 12:24:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PARM KU IR NATIONAL ASSEMBLY KUWAIT IRAN RELATIONS |
05KUWAIT2486 | KUWAIT HOLDS SEMINAR ON POSSIBLE FTA WITH U.S. [...] (U) Summary. In a June 4 seminar sponsored by American-Kuwaiti Alliance (AKA),the Kuwait Chamber of Commerce and Industry, the American Business Council of Kuwait and the Kuwait Economic Society, Kuwaiti, American, Jordanian and Singaporean speakers discussed the benefits of U.S. free trade [...] | 2005-06-06 13:36:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON EINV PREL BEXP JO SN KU |
05KUWAIT2508 | (C) KUWAITI AMBASSADOR TO TEHRAN: IRAN FEARS [...] (C) Summary: During a June 4 meeting with Poloff and PolMiloff, Kuwaiti Ambassador to Iran Majdi Al-Thufiri shared his thoughts on the June 12 election, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Sayed Ali Khamenei's ability to control Iran's security forces, the U.S.-Iranian relationship and Iran's concerns o [...] | 2005-06-07 13:52:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR PARM KU IR KUWAIT IRAN RELATIONS |
05KUWAIT2515 | UN PROGRAMS AVAILABLE TO ASSIST GOK IN IMPROVING [...] (C) Poloff met June 6 with UN Resident Coordinator Moez Doraid and IOM Chief of Mission Mohammed Al-Nassery to discuss reaction to the 2005 Trafficking in Persons report, which downgraded Kuwait to Tier 3, and possible next steps to ameliorate the country's problems with the exploitation of do [...] | 2005-06-07 15:10:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PGOV ELAB PREF KU UN |
05KUWAIT2547 | U.S.-EU INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON IRAQ: KUWAIT [...] (C) During a June 8 meeting with Kuwait Foreign Minister Shaykh Dr. Mohammed Al Sabah Al Salem Al Sabah, the Ambassador again raised the June 22 U.S.-EU International Conference on Iraq, stressing the need for the conference to result in tangible support for the Iraqi Transitional Government [...] | 2005-06-08 14:21:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EAID KDEM KU IZ KUWAIT IRAQ RELATIONS |
05KUWAIT2548 | IRANIAN NSA VISITS KUWAIT, CALLS FOR AMERICAN [...] (C) Summary and Comment: Following a number of official exchanges, the Secretary General of Iran's Supreme National Security Council, Dr. Hassan Rouhani, visited Kuwait June 4-6, during which he held a series of meetings reportedly focusing on security cooperation in the fight against terroris [...] | 2005-06-08 14:21:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER KU IR KUWAIT IRAN RELATIONS |
05KUWAIT2551 | FM REPORTS ON GCC GOODWILL TOUR, SAYS GOK OPPOSES [...] (C) Summary: During a June 8 meeting, Kuwaiti Foreign Minister Shaykh Dr. Mohammed told the Ambassador he had been asked to visit Bahrain, Qatar, and the UAE to calm the waters between these GCC states and identify areas for cooperation with fellow GCC member Saudi Arabia. He reported progr [...] | 2005-06-08 16:06:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM EPET PBTS PGOV KU KGCC |
05KUWAIT256 | REQUEST FOR DEPT CLARIFICATION OF ALLEGED REPORT [...] This is an action request: please see para 3. 2. On December 31, 2004, the Arabic newspaper Al-Watan alleged that a U.S. Department of State report exonerated all Kuwaiti charities of support for terrorism (informal translation in para 3). The story was subsequently repeated in other pu [...] | 2005-01-17 13:15:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ETTC PTER PREL KU |
05KUWAIT257 | KUWAIT'S 2004 SUPPORTING HUMAN RIGHTS AND [...] Per reftel, following is Kuwait's submission for the 2004 report on supporting human rights and democracy. The Embassy point of contact is Richard Michaels. 2. Begin text: Kuwait is a constitutional, hereditary emirate. The Constitution provides for an elected National Assembly; however, it [...] | 2005-01-17 14:03:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | KDEM ELAB PGOV PREL ECON KU HURI |
05KUWAIT258 | AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES TERRORIST ATTACKS, CT [...] (S) SUMMARY. In a January 17 meeting with Ambassador, National Security Bureau President Shaykh Sabah Al-Khaled said that while it was too early to reach any conclusions about last week's terrorist attacks, Kuwaitis everywhere were raising their voices against these incidents. He said he ho [...] | 2005-01-17 14:07:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET | PTER EFIN PREL ETTC CASC KU TERRORISM |
05KUWAIT2587 | PM SENIOR ADVISOR SAYS IRAQ TOP PRIORITY, [...] (C) Summary: During a June 11 meeting which focused largely on Kuwait's relations with regional neighbors, Senior Advisor to the Prime Minister Mohammed Abulhassan told the Ambassador that Prime Minister Shaykh Sabah, who left June 11 for Riyadh, was attempting to break stalemates between Gulf [...] | 2005-06-12 07:50:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KU IR IZ KUWAIT IRAN RELATIONS IRAQ |
05KUWAIT2606 | KUWAIT APPOINTS FIRST FEMALE MINISTER; CABINET [...] (C) Press reports that Kuwait has appointed Kuwait University Political Science professor and women's rights activist Dr. Massouma Al-Mubarak as Minister of Planning and Minister of State for Administrative and Development Affairs have been confirmed by Dr. Massouma and sources inside the Prim [...] | 2005-06-12 13:55:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM KWMN KDEM PINR KU |
05KUWAIT2618 | KUWAIT: TIP ACTION PLAN REVIEWED WITH THREE SENIOR [...] (C) Summary: Post has delivered TIP action plan to three senior Kuwaiti officials, including a Senior Advisor to the Prime Minister and the President of the National Security Bureau, who both stressed that the GOK views trafficking and other human rights as serious issues. In addition, two Ku [...] | 2005-06-13 08:09:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KCRM KWMN PGOV PREL ELAB SMIG KU |
05KUWAIT2624 | SECURITY BUREAU HEAD ON COUNTERTERRORISM, IRAQ, [...] (C) Summary: During a June 12 meeting with the Ambassador, National Security Bureau (NSB) President Shaykh Sabah Al-Khaled said the GOK remained committed to fighting terror and was taking all appropriate steps to arrest and prosecute those who practice or advocate violence. He reported th [...] | 2005-06-13 15:09:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PREL PHUM PARM KU IZ IR |
05KUWAIT264 | KUWAITIS SHOCKED BY RECENT TERROR INCIDENTS; MANY [...] (C) Summary and Comment: In the wake of a second shoot-out on January 15 between Kuwaiti security officers and extremists, public calls for increased monitoring of mosque sermons, weapons turn-in programs, and increased security throughout the country indicate a genuine and growing concern amo [...] | 2005-01-17 15:21:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV PREL KISL KPAO KU TERRORISM |
05KUWAIT2694 | Public Diplomacy in Kuwait -- What "Moves the Needle"? [...] In the report "Changing Minds and Winning Peace" by the Advisory Group on Public Diplomacy for the Arab and Muslim World," the authors emphasize the need for our public diplomacy programs to be evaluated by their ability to change attitudes towards the United States, using the metaphorical meas [...] | 2005-06-19 04:08:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OEXC PREL SCUL OIIP XF KU |
05KUWAIT2732 | MEPI KUWAIT: QUARTERLY ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND FUTURE [...] (C) Summary: Post's MEPI committee -- comprising representatives from the Front Office and Commercial, Economic, Political and Public Diplomacy sections -- convened June 12 to review the current quarter's accomplishments and discuss potential projects for the upcoming period. During the April- [...] | 2005-06-21 08:11:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KMPI ECON KDEM KWMN KU |
05KUWAIT274 | SHI'A CLERIC SAYS SHIITES LOSING LAST YEAR'S [...] (C) Summary and Comment: During a January 4 meeting, Secretary General of the Shiite Clerics Congregation and SIPDIS self-appointed representative of Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistanti, Sayed Mohammed Baqr Al-Mohri, shared with Poloff his views on the resignation of Shiite Information Minister Mo [...] | 2005-01-18 07:41:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | KISL PREL KU IZ IR ISLAMISTS SHI |
05KUWAIT2802 | DOE WILLIAMSON DELEGATION VISITS KUWAIT [...] (U) Summary. DOE officials Williamson and Brodman met on 21 June with Minister of Energy Shaykh Ahmed and other senior GOK energy officials. The delegation delivered a letter from Secretary Bodman inviting Shaykh Ahmed to meet with him in Washington and expressing the Secretary's interest i [...] | 2005-06-23 05:37:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV EPET KU PREL OIL SECTOR |
05KUWAIT2863 | COORDINATED GOK ANTI-TIP EFFORT UNDERWAY [...] (C) During a June 26 meeting with Ministry of Social Affairs and Labor (MOSAL) Acting Undersecretary Mohammed Al-Kandari, the DCM presented the ref B action strategy and reiterated the 60-day grace period for Tier 3 countries like Kuwait. In reference to the strategy's first point, Al-Kandari [...] | 2005-06-27 09:37:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL KCRM KU |
05KUWAIT2869 | GOK OBJECTS TO TIP "COMPARISON" TO OTHER GULF [...] (C) Summary and comment: During her June 25 visit to Kuwait, NEA PDAS Cheney emphasized the need to make progress in dealing with the trafficking in persons (TIP) issue. Three senior officials voiced GOK disappointment with the 2005 report. The new Minister of Planning, the Foreign Minister [...] | 2005-06-27 13:42:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PGOV KDEM KWMN KCRM KU |
05KUWAIT2893 | SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION: KUWAITI OPINION ON IRANIAN [...] Summary: The election of Iranian president-elect Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has stirred unease among Kuwaiti observers. While few voices predict Iranian foreign policy will substantially change under the new president, the perceived continuation of the status quo has prompted calls for GCC unity and [...] | 2005-06-28 14:26:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAO KISL PHUM PINR KU |
05KUWAIT2911 | KUWAIT AGREES TO CROSS-CHECK SPEICHER DNA SAMPLE [...] (U) This is an action request. See para 3. 2. (C) The GOK's National Committee for Missing and POW Affairs (NCMPA) has formally agreed to cross-check a partial DNA sample of CAPT Michael Scott Speicher from the U.S. Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command (JPAC) and invites a DNA specialist to Ku [...] | 2005-06-29 09:44:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PREL PGOV KU IZ |
05KUWAIT2924 | KUWAITIS STILL CELEBRATING WOMEN'S SUFFRAGE AND [...] (U) More than one month after the historic decision granting women full political rights and the subsequent GOK appointment of one woman to the Council of Ministers and two women to the Municipal Council, Kuwaitis continue to celebrate the achievements with receptions, symposia, and other al [...] | 2005-06-29 15:36:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV KDEM KWMN KMPI KU |
05KUWAIT2925 | KUWAITIS EXPRESS CONCERN, UNEASE ABOUT NEW IRANIAN [...] (C) Summary and Comment: Prominent Kuwaitis expressed unease with the recent election of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad as President of Iran during June 27 and 28 meetings with Poloff. Although conceding that Ahmadinejad's election would probably not bring about drastic changes to Iranian foreign and do [...] | 2005-06-29 15:36:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PARM MARR KU IR KNPP |
05KUWAIT2928 | GTMO DETAINEE NASSER AL-MUTAIRI ACQUITTED [...] No summary [...] | 2005-06-30 11:13:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER PREL PHUM PGOV KISL KCRM KU |
05KUWAIT2931 | PDAS CHENEY IN KUWAIT: WOMEN'S POLITICAL RIGHTS, [...] (C) During her June 25 visit to Kuwait, NEA Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary Cheney congratulated Kuwait's first female minister, Dr. Ma'souma Al-Mubarak, on her appointment and discussed with her the political reforms and education needed to help Kuwaiti women enter the political arena [...] | 2005-06-30 19:50:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM KWMN KU |
05KUWAIT294 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: TERRORIST FINANCE -- FADHLI [...] (S) Ambassador delivered ref A demarche to MFA Undersecretary Khaled Al-Jarallah on January 17. Al-Jarallah assured the Ambassador that Kuwait is ready to cooperate with the U.S., saying that the GOK recognized that people like Fadhli pose a threat to Kuwaitis as well as Americans, and that t [...] | 2005-01-18 12:35:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET | ETTC EFIN PTER PREL CVIS |
05KUWAIT295 | KUWAITI OFFICIAL SAYS NO AID REQUEST FROM [...] (C) In a January 17 meeting with MFA Undersecretary Khaled Al-Jarallah, Ambassador asked if Jordanian Prime Minister Faisal Al Fayez had requested renewed assistance from Kuwait during his recent visit (ref A). The Undersecretary said that the Prime Minister did not/not ask for more aid in h [...] | 2005-01-18 12:51:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID PREL JO KU |
05KUWAIT2990 | GOK PROSECUTION FOR TRAFFICKING-RELATED CRIMES [...] (SBU) Since the June 3 release of the 2005 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report, PolOff has continued to meet with Hashim Maged Mohamed, General Manager of the Kuwait Union of Domestic Labor Offices (KUDLO). Mohamed also has a business association with Al-Haqooq International, a law firm provid [...] | 2005-07-03 12:59:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV KCRM PREL KU |
05KUWAIT3023 | KUWAIT: MDA DEMARCHE REQUEST REGARDING OIC MEETING [...] No summary [...] | 2005-07-06 06:22:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PREF KU ICRC |
05KUWAIT3038 | SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION: PRIME MINISTER SHAYKH [...] Summary: The exhaustively covered and widely hailed visit of Kuwaiti Prime Minister Shaykh Sabah Al-Ahmed Al- Jaber Al-Sabah to Washington DC sparked many columnists to examine the state of Kuwait-U.S. relations. While some commentators noted recent bilateral points of contention, such as traf [...] | 2005-07-06 13:47:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KPAO PREL KU |
05KUWAIT3041 | TFUK01: KUWAITI RESPONSE TO JULY 7 TERROR ATTACKS [...] (U) The Kuwaiti government was quick to publicly condemn the July 7 attacks in London, reassert its commitment to the global war on terror, and call for the immediate capture of the perpetrators. Acting Prime Minister and Minister of Defense Shaykh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah told the press, "Ou [...] | 2005-07-08 11:54:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER PGOV PREL PINR KPAO KISL KU |
05KUWAIT3058 | SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION: LONDON TERROR ATTACKS [...] Summary: Local commentators aired widely divergent reactions to the London terror attacks. Some called for fighting terror by re-examining Islam and Arab culture to root out the causes, and condemning Bin Laden and his cohorts on religious grounds. Others implicitly blamed the attacks on the U [...] | 2005-07-09 13:51:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KPAO PREL KU |
05KUWAIT3059 | KUWAIT COUNTERTERRORISM WORKING GROUP: SLOW BUT [...] (S/NF) Summary: The Charge chaired on July 5 Post's monthly meeting of the Counterterrorism Working Group (CWG). The CWG discussed continuing GOK efforts to locate wanted terror financier Mohsen Al-Fadhli; prompt GOK reaction to potential security threats, but limited follow up; the acquitta [...] | 2005-07-09 14:20:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER PREL PGOV EFIN ASEC MARR CVIS KU |
05KUWAIT3091 | NATO MEMBER COUNTRIES IN KUWAIT OUTLINE PROGRAM [...] (SBU) Italian Ambassador to Kuwait Vincenzo Prati hosted July 6 the first meeting of NATO member countries in Kuwait, providing a general introduction to the Istanbul Cooperation Initiative (ICI) and explaining the role of NATO Contact Point Embassies (CPEs). The Italian Embassy is the CPE f [...] | 2005-07-12 06:59:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR PREL PGOV KU NATO |
05KUWAIT3094 | HIJAB HIJINX: COLUMNISTS DEBATE APPROPRIATE [...] SUMMARY: In an interesting but likely coincidental juxtaposition, two editorialists -- one a liberal Shi'a former minister, the other a Sunni Islamist -- discussed the issue of appropriate Islamic dress for females in their regular July 9 columns. The liberal decries regulations in some minist [...] | 2005-07-12 09:04:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KPAO KISL PREL KWMN KU |
05KUWAIT3097 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: KUWAIT TO OPPOSE G-4 RESOLUTION [...] No summary [...] | 2005-07-12 13:21:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KU UNSC |
05KUWAIT3098 | KUWAIT DEMARCHE DELIVERED: FUNDING AFGHANISTAN'S [...] (C) PolChief discussed reftel demarche July 10 and 12 with Hamad Al-Ahmad, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Counselor - Chief of Asian Affairs. Al-Ahmad said with elections scheduled for September, it was still "too early for Kuwait" to make a decision on additional funding. PolChief stressed t [...] | 2005-07-12 14:33:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PHUM KU |
05KUWAIT3099 | DEMARCHES DELIVERED: KUWAIT SUPPORTS PARIS CLUB [...] (C) During a July 12 meeting with the Charge d'Affaires, Kuwaiti Ministry of Foreign Affairs Undersecretary Khaled Al-Jarallah said that Kuwait is still committed to forgiving Iraqi debt but in accordance with the Paris Club formula. He did not react to the CDA's suggestion that Kuwait forgive [...] | 2005-07-12 14:35:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON PGOV PREL EAID KU IZ |
05KUWAIT3112 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: GOK UNAWARE OF MAURITANIAN [...] No summary [...] | 2005-07-13 09:21:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER OPDC KU MR |
05KUWAIT3158 | TIP UPDATE: GOK PROPOSES NEW LABOR LAW, TO REQUIRE [...] Ministry of Social Affairs and Labor (MOSAL) Acting Undersecretary Mohammed Al-Kandari updated CDA July 12 on Kuwait's actions to combat trafficking in persons (TIP) in the second in a series of meetings (ref A) since the release of the TIP Report in June (ref B). Al-Kandari reported that MOSA [...] | 2005-07-17 12:13:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PGOV PREL KCRM KU |
05KUWAIT3164 | DEMARCHE ON DEFEATING THE G-4 FRAMEWORK RESOLUTION [...] No summary [...] | 2005-07-17 12:40:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KU UNSC |
05KUWAIT3180 | MANY KUWAITI MINISTRIES ESSENTIALLY [...] No summary [...] | 2005-07-18 13:47:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV AMGT ECON ELAB PREL KU |
05KUWAIT3196 | VORONTSOV ON POWS AND KUWAITI ARCHIVES: "SOMEONE [...] (C) Summary: During a brief visit to Kuwait, the UN Secretary General's High-Level Coordinator Ambassador Yuli SIPDIS Vorontsov briefed the Charge on preparations of the quarterly report, due August 25, on the missing and prisoners of war from the 1990-91 Gulf War. He said the current se [...] | 2005-07-19 12:15:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PGOV KU IZ KUWAIT IRAQ RELATIONS |
05KUWAIT3221 | NATIONAL ASSEMBLY SPEAKER SPEAKS OUT ON WOMEN, [...] SUMMARY: Speaker of the National Assembly Jassem Al- Khorafi discussed women's political rights, human rights, Kuwait's democratic development and political parties in a July 19 interview with Abu Dhabi TV widely covered the next day in all local media. Al-Khorafi clarified a series of recent [...] | 2005-07-20 13:42:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KPAO KISL PREL PHUM KMPI KWMN KU |
05KUWAIT3222 | MIN COMMERCE IPR TASKFORCE RAMPS UP, SEPTEMBER [...] (SBU) Summary: During a July 18 meeting with Ministry of Commerce Inspection Department Director Mansour Al-Nazhan, we heard about increased IPR enforcement activity on the part of a newly created "task force" to combat intellectual property theft. While the six-month old task force does not [...] | 2005-07-20 14:49:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON KIPR PREL KU IPR |
05KUWAIT3224 | ACTIVISTS LAUD WOMEN'S RIGHTS ACCOMPLISHMENTS; [...] (U) Summary: The Charge hosted on July 19 a tea for the three delegations of Kuwaiti women who traveled in early July to the U.S., the UK, and France to talk about women's rights (ref b). Other attendees included political activists, Members of Parliament, journalists, and members of the d [...] | 2005-07-20 14:53:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM KWMN KMPI KU WOMEN POLITICAL RIGHTS |
05KUWAIT3246 | Engaging Kuwaitis On Terrorism and Islam [...] (U) SUMMARY: The July 7 terror attacks in London, followed closely by increasingly horrific and deadly suicide attacks in Iraq, Lebanon and Egypt, have deeply affected Kuwaiti leaders and opinion makers. Some contacts have said that the London attacks, in particular, hit them harder than the 9 [...] | 2005-07-24 04:41:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER KPAO KISL PREL PHUM KU TERRORISM |
05KUWAIT326 | ISLAMIST MP TALKS ABOUT TERRORISM, IRAQI DEBT, [...] (C) SUMMARY. During a January 16 call on influential Islamist Member of Parliament (MP) Dr. Nasser Al-Sane, the Ambassador discussed a wide range topics, including terrorist finance, cancellation of Iraq's debt to Kuwait, the Kuwait Project to develop the northern oilfields, and political rig [...] | 2005-01-19 13:44:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL EFIN ETTC PGOV EAID EPET KISL KWMN KU |
05KUWAIT3262 | MFA HOPEFUL PARLIAMENT WILL APPROVE ARTICLE 98 [...] No summary [...] | 2005-07-24 10:37:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PARM KU KLEG |
05KUWAIT3263 | UPDATE ON CWC HOST COUNTRY AGREEMENT WITH KUWAIT [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. 2. (C) PolChief met July 24 with Ministry of Foreign Affairs Legal Department Director Ghanim Al-Ghanim to discuss progress toward concluding a Host Country Agreement (HCA) with Kuwait on Challenge Inspections. Al-Ghanim reported [...] | 2005-07-24 13:17:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM MARR PGOV PREL KU |
05KUWAIT3266 | READING, WRITING, AND QUR'ANIC RECITATION: THE [...] No summary [...] | 2005-07-25 04:59:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV PREL KISL SCUL KWMN KIRF PINR KU ISLAMISTS |
05KUWAIT3267 | READING, WRITING, AND QUR'ANIC RECITATION: THE [...] (U) Summary and Introduction: The January shoot-outs between Kuwaiti security officers and extremist militants placed new emphasis on the debate over the Islamic religious education curriculum in public schools, an already politically divisive issue at the best of times. As Kuwaitis wrestle w [...] | 2005-07-25 05:49:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV PREL KISL SCUL KWMN KIRF PINR KU ISLAMISTS |
05KUWAIT327 | UPDATE ON KEY ISSUES FOR UNDERSECRETARY BOLTON'S [...] (S) Since your last visit, the GOK welcomed the transfer of sovereignty to the interim Iraqi government and has been a strong supporter of holding elections on January 30. The GOK has also encouraged Sunni participation in elections and Kuwaitis are hoping greater stability will result from [...] | 2005-01-19 14:05:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET | PREL PGOV PTER MARR KISL KU IR IAEA |
05KUWAIT3287 | JULY 25 DISTURBANCE ON IRAQ/KUWAIT BORDER [...] (SBU) An estimated 800-1000 Iraqi civilians converged on the closed border crossing point at Umm Qasr the morning of July 25 protesting lack of compensation for farm land lost due to the UN border demarcation. Kuwaiti contractors working on emplacing a pipeline barrier along the border were t [...] | 2005-07-25 13:37:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PBTS ASEC PREL IZ KU KUWAIT IRAQ RELATIONS |
05KUWAIT3288 | DAILY NEWSPAPER DETERMINED TO CONFRONT ISLAMISTS [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: In a July 24 meeting with IO following the Sharm El-Sheikh bombings earlier that morning, the local editor of Al-Qabas newspaper reiterated his determination to confront Islamists on the issue of terrorism. He said that it was now the paper's "mission" to highlight Kuw [...] | 2005-07-25 14:00:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER KPAO KISL PREL KU TERRORISM |
05KUWAIT3290 | HALTING THE FLOW OF FOREIGN INSURGENTS TO IRAQ: [...] (C) Charge delivered July 25 ref a demarche to Shaykh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Sabah, President of the National Security Bureau (NSB). He explained that the U.S. was approaching several governments, with an emphasis on Iraq's neighbors, to underscore concerns about the presence of foreign fighters [...] | 2005-07-25 14:14:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL KISL KU TERRORISM |
05KUWAIT3325 | SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION: SHARM EL-SHEIKH BOMBINGS [...] SUMMARY: Kuwaiti writers rallied around Egypt in the wake of the July 23 Sharm El-Sheikh bombings condemning the acts and seeking to assign blame. Most commentators foreswore blaming the acts on Israeli perfidy or U.S. policy, as has been the case after previous attacks elsewhere. Some sought [...] | 2005-07-27 11:33:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER KPAO KISL PREL SCUL KU |
05KUWAIT3326 | DEMARCHE TO KUWAIT AGAINST G-4 RESOLUTION [...] No summary [...] | 2005-07-27 11:45:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KUNR PGOV KU |
05KUWAIT3331 | KUWAITIS FEAR IRANIAN HAND IN JULY 25 BORDER [...] (S) Summary: Tensions persist at the Iraq/Kuwait border crossing near Umm Qasr with two RPG rounds fired at the Kuwait side the night of July 26 and Kuwaiti police returning fire. While the disturbances seems to be the result of local actions, GOK officials privately express concern that Iran [...] | 2005-07-27 16:00:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET//NOFORN | PBTS PREL PGOV MOPS ASEC IR IZ KU KUWAIT IRAQ RELATIONS IRAN |
05KUWAIT3363 | SPECIAL PARLIAMENTARY SESSION: NO QUORUM, BUT [...] (U) An extraordinary session of Parliament held July 30 at the written request of 36 Members of Parliament (MPs) failed to reach the required quorum of 33 MPs/Ministers present. An unusual request while Parliament is not in session and many MPs are abroad on vacation, the extraordinary sess [...] | 2005-07-30 13:44:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM KU NATIONAL ASSEMBLY |
05KUWAIT3384 | ISLAMISTS OFFER CRITIQUE OF U.S. POLICY, ADVICE ON [...] SUMMARY AND COMMENT: On July 26, CDA hosted a gathering of Kuwaiti Islamists from the media, academic, religious and political fields for the purpose of engaging Kuwait's religious leaders and opinion makers in a formal dialogue about U.S. policy and world events. The guests, some of whom expr [...] | 2005-07-31 11:34:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV KPAO KISL PTER KU ISLAMISTS |
05KUWAIT3389 | INDIAN WORKERS CONFRONT THEIR EMBASSY ABOUT LABOR [...] (U) Summary: Expatriate workers in Kuwait continue to air their labor grievances publicly since the Bangladeshi revolt in April (reftel) emboldened other groups to denounce exploitative labor practices. Local media chronicled July 16-25 the fate of approximately 140 Indian workers who sought t [...] | 2005-07-31 12:57:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM ELAB PGOV KCRM PREL PINR KU |
05KUWAIT3394 | TRANSFER OF KUWAITI DETAINEES: GOK PROMISES [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraphs 4 and 5. 2. (S/NF) PolChief delivered ref A demarche July 31 to Ambassador Khaled Al-Maqamis, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Director of Coordination and Follow Up. Al-Maqamis said he was aware that several Kuwaitis were under considerat [...] | 2005-07-31 13:39:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER PHUM PREL KAWC KU TERRORISM |
05KUWAIT3396 | BORDER ISSUE NOT SETTLED, BUT GOK SATISFIED WITH [...] (C) Ministry of Foreign Affairs Undersecretary Khaled Al-Jarallah told Charge d'Affaires in a meeting July 31 that the border issue with Iraq was "not settled yet," but the GOK was "very happy and satisfied" with the Iraqi Transitional Government (ITG) response so far. Al-Jarallah said the s [...] | 2005-07-31 15:39:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS PGOV ASEC IZ KU KUWAIT IRAQ RELATIONS |
05KUWAIT3397 | SHARM EL-SHEIKH DEMARCHE DELIVERED: GOK HOPES FOR [...] (C) Summary: In response to reftel demarche delivered July 31 by the Charge d'Affairs (CDA),Ministry of Foreign Affairs Undersecretary Khaled Al-Jarallah said terrorism and Iraq will be the main topics discussed at the August 3 summit. Al-Jarallah remarked that Arab rhetoric was not enough: [...] | 2005-07-31 15:39:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER KPAL KSUM KWBG KU |
05KUWAIT3398 | GOK "NOT FAR FROM U.S. POSITION" ON G-4 RESOLUTION [...] No summary [...] | 2005-08-01 07:28:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KUNR UNSC KU |
05KUWAIT3403 | SENIOR KUWAITI MFA OFFICIAL'S VIEWS ON SPEAKING [...] (C) PolChief discussed reftel points July 31 with Ambassador Khaled Al-Maqamis, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Director of Coordination and Follow Up. Al-Maqamis has the GOK lead for detainee issues and has previously engaged EmbOffs on what he views as a complete failure by the U.S. to inform [...] | 2005-08-01 10:23:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PGOV KISL KPAO KCRM KU KACW |
05KUWAIT3405 | KUWAITI HIGH-LEVEL ATTENDANCE FOR THE 60TH UN [...] (SBU) The GOK has not yet finalized attendance for the 60th UNGA, although the Prime Minister will participate in the High-Level Event (HLE). Post will provide additional information as it becomes available. 2. (SBU) GOK Participation. A. Attendance of Head of State: No B. Att [...] | 2005-08-01 12:01:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV OVIP KU UNGA |
05KUWAIT3412 | TIP UPDATE: GOK BRIEFS VISITORS ON ACTIONS TO [...] (U) Summary: G/TIP Ambassador John Miller and Reports Officer Feleke Assefa visited Kuwait July 26-27 to assess GOK progress to combat trafficking in persons (TIP) since the June 3 release of the 2005 TIP Report, which ranked Kuwait at Tier 3. The 60-day grace period for Kuwait to demonstrate [...] | 2005-08-02 08:30:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PGOV KCRM KU |
05KUWAIT3422 | IN KUWAIT, POLITICS AS USUAL AFTER DEATH OF SAUDI [...] (SBU) Summary: The death of Saudi King Fahd elicited little surprise in Kuwait. With both the Amir and the Crown Prince old and ailing, however, King Fahd's death has renewed speculation on Kuwait's own succession issues (septel). Crown Prince Abdullah's accession to the Saudi throne will ha [...] | 2005-08-02 14:34:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM KWMN KISL KU |
05KUWAIT3446 | KUWAITIS DENOUNCE IRAQI MPS' COMMENTS ON [...] (C) Summary and comment: Kuwaiti newspapers reported that Iraqi Shi'a MPs claimed Kuwait destroyed a sand berm on the Iraq-Kuwait border and penetrated Iraqi territory on the 15th anniversary of Saddam Hussein's invasion of Kuwait. The August 2 comments come one day prior to a previously sched [...] | 2005-08-03 10:25:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PBTS PGOV PREL ASEC IZ KU KUWAIT IRAQ RELATIONS |
05KUWAIT3457 | KUWAIT: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON UN HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (SBU) PolChief delivered August 3 ref A demarche on creating a new UN Human Rights Council to Ministry of Foreign Affairs International Organizations Director Ambassador Abdullah Al-Murad. Al-Murad did not elaborate on Kuwait's position -- PolChief left an Arabic version of the points with [...] | 2005-08-03 13:35:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PGOV KU UNGA HURI UN |
05KUWAIT3462 | SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION: THE DEATH OF KING FAHD [...] SUMMARY: Kuwaiti commentators universally mourned King Fahd as a true Islamic leader and a special friend of Kuwait. The timing of his death, on the eve of the 15th anniversary of the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait, led many writers to remember the special support Saudi Arabia offered Kuwait as a re [...] | 2005-08-06 04:25:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KPAO KISL PREL KU |
05KUWAIT3464 | BANGLADESHI EMBASSY IN KUWAIT UPDATES G/TIP ON [...] (SBU) For source country insight into the plight of foreign laborers in Kuwait, visiting G/TIP delegation, Ambassador John Miller and Reports Officer Feleke Assefa (ref A),met July 27 with Bangladeshi Embassy Labor and Welfare Attache Shahriar Kader Siddiky who reported that 250,000 Banglades [...] | 2005-08-06 08:50:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL PGOV KCRM ELAB KU HURI PDEM |
05KUWAIT3507 | HUMANITARIAN OPERATIONS CENTER TO DECENTRALIZE [...] (U) Summary and Comment: At an August 2 meeting at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, MFA International Organizations Department Director Ambassador Abdullah Murad said that the Humanitarian Operations Center (HOC) offices would be closing down on August 10, but said that the MFA would try to c [...] | 2005-08-07 10:33:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON PREL PREF KU IZ |
05KUWAIT3523 | GOK AND ITG COMMITTED TO RESOLVING BORDER DISPUTE [...] (C) Summary: On August 6, an Iraqi delegation, in Kuwait to discuss the border issue, visited the border and examined the barrier being installed by Kuwait. The delegation head Khaled Al-Attiyah confirmed that "the border barrier is in Kuwaiti territory." In a meeting with Kuwaiti Foreign M [...] | 2005-08-07 15:20:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PBTS IZ KU KUWAIT IRAQ RELATIONS |
05KUWAIT3565 | FM EXPRESSES CONTINUED CONCERN OVER KUWAIT-IRAQ [...] (C) Summary: Contrary to recent local press reports declaring the border issue with Iraq "finalized" (ref A),Foreign Minister Shaykh Dr. Mohammed Al-Salem Al-Sabah was privately more pessimistic in a meeting with the Ambassador August 9. While he was glad "the ITG chose the proper channels" [...] | 2005-08-09 15:49:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PBTS IZ KU KUWAIT IRAQ RELATIONS |
05KUWAIT3580 | KUWAITI FOREIGN MINISTER ON WASHINGTON VISIT, FUEL [...] (C) Summary: In a meeting with the Ambassador August 9, FM Shaykh Dr. Mohammed Al-Salem Al-Sabah said PM Shaykh Sabah Al-Sabah was "very satisfied" with his July 1 visit to Washington. The FM reported that, as requested by the PM, he delivered messages to Saudi King Abdullah Al-Saud, then Cro [...] | 2005-08-10 10:22:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PINR EPET MARR KDEM KU |
05KUWAIT3583 | ANTI-WEST, ANTI-ISRAEL AD MAKES ROUNDS OF LOCAL [...] (U) SUMMARY: A virulently anti-West, anti-Israel advertisement calling on good Muslims to fight to defend the Quran and their faith appeared in two of Kuwait's five Arabic daily papers on three consecutive days this week. The ad, placed at considerable expense by an individual Kuwaiti said to [...] | 2005-08-10 11:28:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KPAO KISL PREL PTER PINR KU ISLAMISTS |
05KUWAIT3585 | KUWAIT RESPONSE: ARAB COUNTRY ASSISTANCE TO THE [...] (C) Ambassador met with Minister of Foreign Affairs Shaykh Dr. Mohammad Al-Sabah on August 9 and asked for reftel data on Kuwaiti aid to the Palestinian Authority. The FM promised to provide the figures, but said that any future aid would have to be taken up by the Council of Ministers. (The [...] | 2005-08-10 12:05:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID EFIN PREL KU WE GZ |
05KUWAIT3588 | G/TIP ACTION PLAN FOLLOW-UP [...] (U) As requested by ref A email, Post provides below additional information for the reassessment of Kuwait's Tier 3 ranking in the 2005 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report. This information further confirms Post's assessment of significant progress in improving labor conditions for foreign wor [...] | 2005-08-10 12:51:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PGOV KCRM KU |
05KUWAIT3590 | ACTING SPEAKER INFORMS AMBASSADOR NATIONAL [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador met with MP Mohammed Jassem Al-Sager, Acting National Assembly Speaker, August 9 to discuss legislation that would be addressed when the National Assembly reconvened October 17. Al-Sager predicted the National Assembly would approve Project Kuwait legislation for [...] | 2005-08-10 13:57:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER EPET KU NATIONAL ASSEMBLY |
05KUWAIT3603 | GOK ANNOUNCES DETAILS OF NEW MAID CONTRACTS [...] The Ministry of Interior (MOI),the entity responsible for domestic workers, officially announced the details of a new contract between domestic servants, sponsoring employers and recruitment agencies, scheduled to take effect October 1. All Kuwaiti newspapers gave first page or other prominent [...] | 2005-08-13 12:27:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL PGOV KCRM KU |
05KUWAIT362 | PROPOSED DIPLOMATIC NOTE ON DETAINEE ABDELRAHAM [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 3. 2. (U) Post continues to receive requests from the Government of Kuwait for information on the status of Kuwaiti nationals detained in Iraq. Post seeks approval to deliver the below diplomatic note to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on S [...] | 2005-01-26 14:04:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER KAWC PHUM PREL KU |
05KUWAIT3640 | GOK ASSIGNS INSPECTORS TO ENFORCE CAMEL JOCKEY BAN [...] No summary [...] | 2005-08-14 13:38:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL PGOV KCRM KU |
05KUWAIT3641 | CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION: MFA BRIEFED ON U.S [...] No summary [...] | 2005-08-14 13:38:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM MARR MASS MOPS PREL KU PROG |
05KUWAIT3652 | ONGOING BORDER DISPUTE: AP ARTICLE CAUSES [...] (U) A previously unknown Iraqi Shi'a group, calling itself Islamic Jihad, threatened to "attack (Kuwaiti) border posts, border patrols and carry out attacks inside Kuwait," if Kuwaiti troops did not pull back to the "pre-1991 border," an AP article reported August 14. Kuwaiti Arabic and Engl [...] | 2005-08-15 12:08:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS PGOV IZ KU KUWAIT IRAQ RELATIONS |
05KUWAIT3669 | NATIONAL GUARD CHIEF ON COUNTERTERRORISM, THE [...] (C) Summary: During an August 15 meeting, National Guard Commander Shaykh Salem Al-Ali Al-Salem Al-Sabah told the Ambassador that fighting poverty and illiteracy will help combat terrorism and that the security situation in Iraq will improve once the Iraqis advance economically. On Iran and [...] | 2005-08-16 08:31:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL PTER IZ KU |
05KUWAIT3677 | REVIVED AL-SABAH DEBATE OVER SUCCESSION; [...] (S/NF) Summary: Sources indicate a major change in leadership may take place in Kuwait, possibly before the end of August. Although Prime Minister Shaykh Sabah Al-Ahmed Al-Jaber Al-Sabah is considered the primary candidate for Amir, his succession is not a foregone conclusion. According to [...] | 2005-08-16 12:05:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PINR KU PDEM |
05KUWAIT3719 | KUWAIT DEMARCHE DELIVERED: ADDRESSING THE THREAT [...] No summary [...] | 2005-08-20 13:41:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL TBIO ECON SOCI KU KSTH WHO |
05KUWAIT3720 | KUWAIT DEMARCHE DELIVERED: SUPPORT FOR [...] (SBU) Ambassador delivered August 20 ref A demarche to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Acting Under Secretary and International Organizations Department Director Ambassador Abdullah Al-Murad. Al-Murad expressed surprise that Magen David Adom (MDA),the Israeli national society was not a part of [...] | 2005-08-20 13:41:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PREF KU ICRC |
05KUWAIT3730 | KUWAIT DEMARCHE DELIVERED: PRESSURING SYRIA TO [...] No summary [...] | 2005-08-21 08:08:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD PGOV PREL SY LE KU |
05KUWAIT3743 | NO PROOF OF KUWAITI LINK TO AQABA ATTACK GETAWAY [...] (S/NF) For the past two days, the local press has reported on the front pages that Jordanian authorities were searching for Syrian, Egyptian, and Iraqi terrorists who reportedly fled the scene of the August 19 Aqaba attack in a Kuwaiti-licensed car. We have been advised by DATT and SIMO that [...] | 2005-08-21 13:37:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER PREL PGOV JO KU |
05KUWAIT3749 | KUWAIT SENDS FOOD AID TO NIGER [...] No summary [...] | 2005-08-22 08:42:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PHUM PGOV PREL KU |
05KUWAIT3755 | GOK OFFICIALS SAY IRAQ BORDER DISPUTE RESOLVED; [...] (C) During an August 20 meeting on security and counterterrorism (septel),the Ambassador asked First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior Shaykh Nawaf Al-Sabah for his latest assessment of the border dispute with Iraq (reftels). Shaykh Nawaf said the situation was under control, [...] | 2005-08-22 14:01:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET | PBTS PREL PGOV MARR IZ KU UN |
05KUWAIT3769 | INTERIOR MINISTER RESTATES KUWAIT'S COMMITMENT TO [...] (C) During an August 20 meeting with First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of the Interior Shaykh Nawaf Al-Sabah, the Ambassador emphasized the need for the Government of Kuwait to maintain momentum on recent efforts to improve the working conditions of expatriate laborers and combat traf [...] | 2005-08-23 11:25:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PGOV KCRM SOCI ECON KU |
05KUWAIT3775 | PM URGES ENGAGEMENT WITH IRAN, SYRIA; CALLS FOR [...] (S) Summary: During Ambassador's 30-minute conversation with Kuwaiti Prime Minister Shaykh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah at Sief Palace August 23, the PM urged the U.S. to heed his advice and engage Iran and Syria. He provided updates on GOK progress in counterterrorism and human traffickin [...] | 2005-08-23 14:53:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET | PREL PGOV PHUM PTER KU |
05KUWAIT3827 | FM TO RAISE IRAQ, IRAN NUCLEAR PROGRAM, AND [...] (C) The Ambassador met August 27 with Foreign Minister Shaykh Dr. Mohammed Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah at the latter's invitation to discuss the FM's one-day visit to Iran on August 28. The FM said that he would raise three "issues of concern" with Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad -- Iraq, [...] | 2005-08-27 14:24:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PGOV PREL PBTS IZ IR KU KUWAIT IRAN RELATIONS |
05KUWAIT3830 | GOK NOT MUCH TROUBLED BY SADDAM'S PHOTOS ON [...] (C) Foreign Minister Shaykh Dr. Mohammed Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah told the Ambassador in a meeting August 27 that the recent return of Saddam Hussein's photo to demonstrations of diehard Ba'athists in Baghdad did not concern Kuwait. He suggested this was to be expected from people disenfranchi [...] | 2005-08-27 15:00:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IZ JO KU KUWAIT IRAQ RELATIONS |
05KUWAIT3835 | KUWAIT COUNTERTERRORISM WORKING GROUP: GOK TAKING [...] (S/NF) Summary: The Ambassador chaired on August 22 the monthly meeting of post's Counterterrorism Working Group (CWG). He reviewed his August 20 discussions with senior representatives of the GOK on the need to maintain a sharp focus on CT and recommendations that the arrests of wanted in [...] | 2005-08-28 04:58:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER PREL PGOV MARR PBTS EFIN ASEC CVIS KU TERRORISM |
05KUWAIT3841 | WOMEN RIGHTS MEETING AT UNGA: KUWAIT LIKELY TO [...] (C) The Ambassador delivered reftel request to Foreign Minister Shaykh Dr. Mohammed Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah during a meeting August 27. The FM welcomed the invitation to the meeting hosted by the Secretary on the margins of the UN General Assembly and asked for more details on timing as they [...] | 2005-08-28 07:46:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM KWMN KU UNGA USUN |
05KUWAIT3851 | KUWAIT TO RECOMMEND JOINT KUWAIT-IRAQ BORDER [...] (C) In an August 27 meeting with the Ambassador, Foreign Minister Shaykh Dr. Mohammed Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah said Kuwait would request establishment of a joint Kuwait-Iraq committee to work with the United Nations team on maintenance of the countries' shared border, which was officially dema [...] | 2005-08-28 13:32:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PBTS MARR IZ KU UN KUWAIT IRAQ RELATIONS |
05KUWAIT3858 | AMBASSADOR REITERATES U.S CONCERN OVER SYRIAN [...] No summary [...] | 2005-08-28 14:13:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SY KU |
05KUWAIT3867 | AID TO PALESTINIANS OPAQUE; QUESTIONS ON GAZA [...] (C) In an August 27 meeting with Foreign Minister Shaykh Dr. Mohammed Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah, the Ambassador followed up on his previous request to Prime Minister Shaykh Sabah Al-Ahmed Al-Jaber Al-Sabah (ref B) and asked for clarification on Kuwaiti aid to the Palestinian Authority, particul [...] | 2005-08-29 09:18:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EAID EFIN WE GZ KU |
05KUWAIT3902 | FOREIGN MINISTER ON HIS VISIT TO IRAN; PRESIDENT [...] (C) Summary. Foreign Minister Shaykh Dr. Mohammed Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah sat with the Ambassador on August 30 to discuss his trip to Tehran, two days earlier. The visit itself last four hours on the ground and included meetings with President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the new Foreign Minister, M [...] | 2005-08-30 14:26:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PGOV PREL PBTS IZ IR KU |
05KUWAIT3903 | KUWAIT DEMARCHE DELIVERED: ISOLATING SYRIA AT THE [...] (C) The Ambassador delivered reftel demarche August 30 in a meeting with Foreign Minister Shaykh Dr. Mohammed Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah. He urged Kuwait to avoid playing into Syrian attempts to burnish its image at the UNGA, absent progress on key issues of regional stability. Shaykh Dr. Moha [...] | 2005-08-30 14:33:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON ETRD SY LE KU UNGA UN |
05KUWAIT3947 | TFUS01: GOK OFFERS $500 MILLION IN HURRICANE [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see Embassy recommendation in para 6 and action request in para 7. 2. (C) The Government of Kuwait (GOK) has decided to provide $500 million in aid to the victims of Hurricane Katrina, through a $100 million cash grant and $400 million in oil product [...] | 2005-09-05 13:59:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | AEMR EAID PREL ENRG KU US KATRINA AID |
05KUWAIT3948 | KUWAIT SENDS IMMEDIATE ASSISTANCE TO IRAQ BRIDGE [...] (SBU) The GOK responded immediately to the August 31 Bridge of the Imams stampede in Baghdad, by sending a fully equipped ambulance and 500 first aid kits to Iraq the next day. On September 3, the aid continued as six truck loads carrying twelve tons of medical supplies began driving north. [...] | 2005-09-05 14:08:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL IZ KU KUWAIT IRAQ RELATIONS |
05KUWAIT3949 | IRAQI FM HOSHYAR ZEBARI VISIT TO KUWAIT [...] (C) Summary: In a September 5 meeting with the Ambassador, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Head of International Organizations Ambassador Abdullah Al-Murad commented on the August 31 visit of Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari to Kuwait. (Note: Al-Murad attended the meeting and lunch ho [...] | 2005-09-05 14:38:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EAID IZ KU |
05KUWAIT3956 | KUWAIT DEMARCHE DELIVERED: UN REFORM, U.S. VIEWS [...] (C) The Ambassador delivered ref A and B demarches to Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Head of International Organizations Ambassador Abdullah Al-Murad in a September 5 meeting. The Ambassador emphasized the need for UN reform and outlined U.S. views on the draft outcome document being prep [...] | 2005-09-06 08:33:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EAID ECIN KWMN KU UNGA UN |
05KUWAIT3957 | TFUSO1: SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION: KUWAITIS EXTEND [...] Summary: Kuwaitis from all sectors of society and across the ideological spectrum have joined in praising the Government of Kuwait's decision to offer $500 million in aid to Hurricane Katrina victims, and effusive pledges of support covered the front pages of nearly every Kuwaiti newspaper. Ku [...] | 2005-09-06 09:15:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KPAO PREL KU KATRINA AID |
05KUWAIT3959 | KUWAIT DEMARCHE DELIVERED: ARAB LEAGUE FOREIGN [...] (C) The Ambassador delivered reftel demarche to Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Head of International Organizations Ambassador Abdullah Al-Murad in a September 5 meeting. Al-Murad informed the Ambassador that Arab League foreign ministers would agree on a "new" resolution on Iraq, which wou [...] | 2005-09-06 09:31:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER KSUM KU |
05KUWAIT3960 | TFUS01: KUWAITIS AND OTHERS OFFER OUTPOURING OF [...] Summary and Comment: The private sector response in Kuwait to the devastation caused by Hurricane Katrina has been overwhelmingly supportive and positive, with dozens of offers of support and solidarity streaming in from all sectors and segments of society. The Kuwait Red Crescent Society i [...] | 2005-09-06 09:35:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | AEMR EAID PREL ENRG KU US KATRINA AID |
05KUWAIT3961 | TFUS01: AMBASSADOR THANKS KUWAITI NATIONAL [...] (U) Ambassador called on the Acting Speaker of the Kuwaiti National Assembly, Abdulwahab Rashid Al-Haroun on September 6 to thank him for the outpouring of sympathy and solidarity from the Kuwaiti parliament and population. The Ambassador also reiterated his public statement (carried in Kuwa [...] | 2005-09-06 12:18:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AEMR EAID PREL ENRG KU US KATRINA AID |
05KUWAIT3970 | TFUSO1: SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION: AMBASSADOR'S [...] Summary: Major daily newspapers gave front-page, banner headline coverage to the Ambassador's remarks thanking Kuwait for its generous offer of $500 million in aid for Hurricane Katrina victims. The remarks came on the heels of a meeting, also widely reported, between the Ambassador and the Ac [...] | 2005-09-07 11:26:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KPAO PREL KU KATRINA AID |
05KUWAIT3973 | KUWAIT FREEDOM AGENDA: AMBASSADOR'S DISCUSSES [...] (C) During a September 6 office call that focused on thanking the Kuwaitis for their generosity towards victims of Hurricane Katrina, Ambassador raised key elements of the democracy agenda for Kuwait with the Acting Speaker, Abdulwahad Rashid Al-Haroun. Ambassador asked for Al-Haroun's views [...] | 2005-09-07 11:28:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM PINR KU |
05KUWAIT3974 | SWISS AMBASSADOR MAKING ROUNDS ON MAGEN DAVID ADOM [...] (C) Swiss Ambassador to Kuwait, Qatar, and Bahrain, Jean-Phillipe Tissieres, called on the Ambassador on September 7 to brief him on Swiss plans to secure support from Arab and Muslim states for the September 11 consultations in Geneva, and the subsequent October conference, on adopting the [...] | 2005-09-07 12:19:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PREF KU ICRC |
05KUWAIT3975 | KUWAIT ECHO CHAMBER RESPONSE: U.S. POSITION ON UN [...] Embassy Kuwait drafted an op-ed, signed by the Ambassador, using verbatim the guidance provided in reftel. PA placed the op-ed with Arabic daily Al-Qabas (circulation: approximately 65,000),which ran the piece on the front of the international news section on Sept. 5. ********************** [...] | 2005-09-07 12:21:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KPAO PREL KU |
05KUWAIT3976 | KUWAIT DEMARCHE DELIVERED: NO DECISION ON KUWAITI [...] (SBU) The Ambassador delivered reftel demarche to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Acting Undersecretary Ambassador Khaled Abdul Mohsen Al-Babtain in a September 7 meeting. Noting that Kuwait was both a destination and a transit point for many people coming from south-east Asia, the area most affe [...] | 2005-09-07 12:33:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV EAGR EAID TBIO KU UNGA |
05KUWAIT4007 | TIP UPDATE: LABOR MINISTRY ADVISED KUWAIT LIKELY [...] (C) DCM opened a September 10 meeting with Ministry of Social Affairs and Labor (MOSAL) Acting Undersecretary Mohammed Al-Kandari with a briefing on Kuwait's tier reclassification status as part of the 2005 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report. While reiterating that the White House had not ye [...] | 2005-09-11 13:53:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PGOV KCRM KU |
05KUWAIT4008 | KUWAIT FREEDOM AGENDA: PRIME MINISTER'S SON [...] (C) Summary: Shaykh Nassar Al-Sabah Al-Ahmed Al-Sabah, the son of the Prime Minister and an advisor to the premier, advised the Ambassador to push the U.S. political reform agenda quietly in political circles rather than publicly. The Ambassador questioned Shaykh Nassar on the intentions of Pr [...] | 2005-09-11 14:19:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID PGOV PHUM KU PDEM FREEDOM AGENDA |
05KUWAIT4029 | TFUS01: MINISTER SAYS GOK WAS OBLIGED TO HELP, [...] No summary [...] | 2005-09-13 10:45:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV US KU AMER KATRINA AID |
05KUWAIT4031 | TIP UPDATE: MINISTER SAYS GOK WILL "MAXIMIZE [...] (C) The Ambassador met Kuwaiti Minister of Social Affairs and Labor (MOSAL) Faisal Al-Hajji on September 12 that Kuwait to discuss Trafficking in Persons (TIP). He commended Kuwait for the progress made to date, but said even more should be done to address legal protection for expatriate wo [...] | 2005-09-13 12:57:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PGOV ELAB KDEM KCRM KU |
05KUWAIT4033 | TFUS01: ISLAMIC CONFERENCE MAKES APPEAL FOR AID TO [...] (U) Summary. In a sign of solidarity with the victims of Hurricane Katrina, the International Islamic Council for Dawah and Relief (an-Egyptian based pan-Islamic organization),has issued a statement on the final day of its annual conference in Kuwait, urging all its international affiliate o [...] | 2005-09-13 14:38:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | AEMR EAID PREL ENRG KU US ISCON |
05KUWAIT404 | KUWAITIS SPECULATE ABOUT OUTCOME OF IRAQI [...] (C) Summary and Comment: A third gun battle between militants and Kuwaiti law enforcement officials stole the January 30 media spotlight from what was genuine and growing interest in Iraq's elections. Nonetheless, many Kuwaitis, while hopeful for successful elections in Iraq, are concerned th [...] | 2005-01-30 14:20:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM KISL KU IZ |
05KUWAIT405 | SALAFIS ANNOUNCE POLITICAL PARTY; EMBASSY PRESENCE [...] (C) Summary: The presence of Embassy personnel at a press conference held by prominent Salafis to announce the establishment of the Hizb Al-Ummah (People's Party or Nation's Party) on January 29 provoked a firestorm of complaints from liberal Kuwaitis, and a complaint from the Ministry of Fore [...] | 2005-01-31 03:58:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | KISL PREL KU ISLAMISTS |
05KUWAIT4050 | TFUS01: GOK BEGINS TO CLARIFY ITS INTENTIONS ON [...] (C) Summary/Comment. Ambassador was convoked to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on September 14 by Khaled Al-Babtain, the acting MFA Under Secretary. Al-Babtain clarified that the GOK 500M USD assistance offer would be comprised of 100M USD in cash for humanitarian assistance (HA); 300M USD [...] | 2005-09-14 10:44:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | AEMR EAID PREL ENRG KU US |
05KUWAIT4056 | KUWAIT SEEKING INDEPENDENT AUDITOR FOR CHARITABLE [...] (SBU) The Ambassador used a September 12 meeting on other issues (septels) to inform Minister of Social Affairs and Labor Faisal Al-Hajji of the September 20-23 visit of Department of Treasury Director of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) Robert Werner. He told the Minister that among the issu [...] | 2005-09-14 14:53:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER EFIN PREL PGOV ETTC KU TERROR FINANCE |
05KUWAIT4059 | GOK REITERATES CALL FOR US-KUWAIT JOINT COMMISSION [...] (C) In a meeting with the Ambassador on September 14 to discuss the GOK's hurricane Katrina assistance offer (ref B),MFA's Acting Under-Secretary Khaled Al-Babtain took the opportunity to reiterate the GOK's interest in establishing a "Joint Commission" with the United States to formalize bi [...] | 2005-09-16 10:38:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KU |
05KUWAIT4093 | KUWAITI PRESS CLAIMS U.S. WILL RETURN FIVE GTMO [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 4. 2. (U) Arabic and English dailies have given prominent coverage to hunger strikes by detainees in Guantanamo and reports that "the United States has agreed to release five of the 11 Kuwaitis imprisoned at its camp in Guantanamo Bay, [...] | 2005-09-19 13:53:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL PHUM PGOV KU TERRORISM |
05KUWAIT4102 | KUWAIT SIGNS INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION ON THE [...] (U) According to press reports, Kuwaiti Foreign Minister Shaykh Dr. Mohammed Al-Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah signed on September 16 the International Convention for the Suppression of Actions of Nuclear Terrorism. Kuwait was the 60th UN member state to sign the new treaty. The FM reaffirmed Kuw [...] | 2005-09-20 11:50:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER PREL PGOV KU UNGA |
05KUWAIT4104 | SECRETARY'S MESSAGE DELIVERED TO MINISTRY OF [...] No summary [...] | 2005-09-20 11:51:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | OPDC PREL KU |
05KUWAIT4105 | LOCAL PRESS REPORTS ON KUWAITI ASSISTANCE TO [...] (U) This is an update on recent press reports about Kuwaiti (government and private) financial and materiel assistance to Palestinians (see reftels for past reporting). On September 13, the Arab Times (English language daily) quoted the President of the Islamic Development Bank, Dr. Ahmad Moha [...] | 2005-09-20 11:57:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL EAID EFIN WE GZ KU |
05KUWAIT4116 | KUWAITI CONTACTS BRIEF KUWAIT COUNTRY OFFICER ON [...] (SBU) Summary: Country Officer for Kuwait, David Berns, met September 18 with Jassem Boodai, owner and editor-in-chief of the Arabic-language daily Al-Rai Al-Aam; Salim Al-Nashi, official spokesman of the Traditional Salafis; and Dr. Lubna Al-Kazi and Ma'souma Al-Abdullah, members of the Wome [...] | 2005-09-21 11:24:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PBTS PHUM KWMN KISL SOCI OTRA PINR KU TERRORISM |
05KUWAIT4144 | KUWAIT MEPIC II: INCREASING MEPI'S PUBLIC OUTREACH [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador chaired Post's September 14 MEPI committee meeting -- with representatives from the Front Office and Commercial, Economic, Political and Public Affairs sections -- to review quarterly accomplishments and discuss upcoming projects for inclusion in the quarterly report (c [...] | 2005-09-21 15:31:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KMPI KDEM ECON KWMN KU MEPI |
05KUWAIT4146 | KPC CHIEF ON IMPLEMENTATION OF GOK KATRINA AID [...] During a September 20 meeting with Ambassador, Kuwait Petroleum Corporation CEO Hani Hussain, offered further clarification of GOK intentions on mechanisms for distribution of petroleum product assistance connected to Hurricane Katrina relief, specifically on the pricing of the $100 million of [...] | 2005-09-22 09:03:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AEMR EAID PREL ENRG KU US |
05KUWAIT416 | KUWAITIS NEAR UNANIMOUS IN PRAISE OF IRAQI [...] (C) Summary and Comment: All Kuwaiti dailies hailed the January 30 elections in Iraq as a success. Several rank-and-file Kuwaitis unanimously characterized the elections to PolOff as legitimate and historic, and in separate discussions, Kuwaiti banking executives told the Ambassador that the [...] | 2005-01-31 14:00:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM KISL KU IZ |
05KUWAIT417 | MILITANT CLASHES PROVOKE COLLECTIVE SOUL [...] (C) Summary: Reeling from four separate shootouts between security forces and extremists in the past month, two of them in as many days, Kuwaitis are engaged in collective soul searching to determine what went wrong and how to prevent future acts of violence. Spurred into action, the GOK has [...] | 2005-01-31 14:12:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET | PTER PREL KU TERRORISM |
05KUWAIT4185 | COMMERCE MINISTER ON TIFA PROGRESS, ECONOMIC [...] (SBU) Summary and Comment: During a September 24 meeting, Commerce Minister Abdullah Al-Taweel told the Ambassador that Kuwait would like another TIFA Council Meeting, and that the U.S. "must understand that changing laws in Kuwait takes time." He said that he would soon be sending a letter t [...] | 2005-09-26 10:30:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON KIPR PREL KU |
05KUWAIT4186 | FREEDOM AGENDA: COMMERCE MINISTER IDENTIFIES [...] (C) During a September 24 meeting with Minister of Commerce Abdullah Al-Taweel, the Ambassador asked Al-Taweel for his views on next steps in political reform. Al-Taweel said that, in his opinion, the top priority should be changes to the electoral constituencies in order to increase district [...] | 2005-09-26 10:38:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM KMPI PREL SOCI KU |
05KUWAIT4190 | FREEDOM AGENDA: UNPRECEDENTED [...] (C) Summary and comment: Emboffs have confirmed that an unprecedented alliance of liberal, Islamist, and Shi'a political associations have been meeting since the end of May to negotiate a political reform agenda. Former Minister of Information Dr. Saad Bin Tefla Al-Ajmi said the associations [...] | 2005-09-26 12:37:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR KDEM KISL SOCI KU FREEDOM AGENDA |
05KUWAIT4209 | COMBATING EXTREMISM IN KUWAIT [...] (S) Summary and Introduction: This report responds to the request (ref A) for information on programs for combating extremism. Embassy Kuwait actively engages the Government of Kuwait at every opportunity on every level on ways to combat extremism. Although the GOK has previously discounted [...] | 2005-09-27 11:24:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL KDEM KPAO EAID PHUM KMPI KISL ASEC KU TERRORISM |
05KUWAIT4219 | GOK ADVISED OF PRESIDENTIAL DETERMINATION ON [...] (C) On September 27, PolChief advised Hamad Al-Mashan, Second Secretary in the America's Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, of the President's September 21 determination that Kuwait would remain a Tier 3 country with regard to Trafficking in Persons (TIP),but that sanctions would be w [...] | 2005-09-28 07:14:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM ELAB KDEM SOCI KWMN KCRM KU TIP |
05KUWAIT4231 | KUWAIT EXPRESSES FRUSTRATION AT NATO'S SLOW PACE [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 7. 2. (C) Summary. NATO member embassies held a second Istanbul Cooperation Initiative (ICI) meeting September 28 at the Italian Embassy. The meeting was chaired by Italian Ambassador Vincenzo Prati, and in attendance were the Chiefs and D [...] | 2005-09-28 13:21:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREL PTER IR IZ KU NATO |
05KUWAIT4263 | FM TO TRAVEL TO JEDDAH FOR OCTOBER 2 MEETING OF [...] (C) During an October 1 meeting, Foreign Minister Shaykh Dr. Mohammed Al-Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah told the Ambassador he would travel to Jeddah for the October 2 FM-level meeting of Iraq's Arab neighbors: Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, and Syria; as well as Bahrain as current President of the [...] | 2005-10-01 13:32:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM KU IZ |
05KUWAIT4264 | RUMORS OF A "SHAYKH" UP: KUWAITI WRITER PREDICTS [...] (C) The succession issue continues to dominate political discussion in Kuwait as factions both inside and outside the Al-Sabah family maneuver for political influence in anticipation of the death of either the Amir or the Crown Prince who are both in poor health. Ahmed Deyain, a liberal colu [...] | 2005-10-01 13:32:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR KDEM KU SUCCESSION |
05KUWAIT4265 | KUWAIT SCENESETTER FOR AMBASSADOR JEFFREY AND [...] (SBU) Prime Minister Al-Sabah and the government of Kuwait remain committed to the Coalition and the ITG's success in Iraq, recognizing the mutual benefits afforded by a stable Iraq. The Government has demonstrated a willingness to contribute financial and political resources to help address [...] | 2005-10-01 14:30:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET | PGOV PREL KU IZ |
05KUWAIT4279 | AMBASSADOR AND FOREIGN MINISTER DISCUSS WAY AHEAD [...] (C) During an October 1 meeting, the Ambassador reviewed with Kuwaiti Foreign Minister Shaykh Dr. Mohammed Al-Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah the President's September 21 determination to maintain Kuwait's Trafficking in Persons (TIP) ranking as a Tier 3 country, but to waive applicable sanctions for [...] | 2005-10-02 08:33:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL ELAB KDEM SOCI KWMN KCRM KU TIP |
05KUWAIT4281 | FOREIGN MINISTER CLARIFIES (SORT OF) BREAKDOWN OF [...] (C) During an October 1 meeting, the Ambassador restated to Kuwaiti Foreign Minister Shaykh Dr. Mohammed Al-Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah U.S. appreciation for Kuwait's generosity to victims of Hurricane Katrina. He noted the $500 million pledge from the GOK as well as the reported $1.7 million in [...] | 2005-10-02 10:57:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID PREL PGOV ENRG KU AMER |
05KUWAIT4283 | FM BRIEFS AMBASSADOR ON KUWAITI-IRAQI ISSUES; SAYS [...] (C) Summary: During an October 1 meeting, Kuwaiti FM Shaykh Dr. Mohammed told the Ambassador that he and fellow GCC foreign ministers had a very good meeting with the Secretary on the margins of the UNGA, and he hoped such SIPDIS gatherings would become a regular event. On Kuwaiti-Iraqi [...] | 2005-10-02 14:11:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM KU TERRORISM |
05KUWAIT4293 | FREEDOM AGENDA: REDUCTION OF ELECTORAL DISTRICTS [...] (SBU) Summary and comment: Reducing the number of electoral districts from 25 to 10 is a top priority for reform-minded parliamentarians (MPs) in the next National Assembly session, which begins October 17. They argue that the reduction would reduce electoral corruption by making common prac [...] | 2005-10-03 14:26:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM KISL SOCI KU FREEDOM AGENDA |
05KUWAIT4313 | FREEDOM AGENDA: MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD SPOKESMAN SAYS [...] (C) The Political Relations Head for the Islamic Consensus Movement (ICM),the political arm of the Muslim Brotherhood in Kuwait, told Poloff in a recent meeting that his organization is committed to working within Kuwait's political system as outlined by the Constitution. Mohammed Al-Dallal [...] | 2005-10-04 11:02:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KDEM KISL KWMN KU ISLAMISTS |
05KUWAIT4314 | FREEDOM AGENDA: BACKGROUND ON ELECTORAL [...] (C) Paragraph two is a translation of a document on reform of electoral constituencies in Kuwait, drafted by Shaykh Nassar Al-Sabah Al-Ahmed Al-Sabah, the son of the Prime Minister and an advisor to the Amir and PM, on December 17, 2002. Shaykh Nassar provided the Ambassador with a copy foll [...] | 2005-10-04 11:32:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR KDEM KU FREEDOM AGENDA |
05KUWAIT4316 | KUWAIT AGREES TO U.S. CONDITIONS REGARDING [...] (SBU) Post received October 4, a diplomatic note from the Office of the Under Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs reaffirming that the GOK will detain and try five of the Kuwaitis currently held in Guantanamo upon their return to Kuwait, as requested ref C. Post's unofficial transla [...] | 2005-10-04 12:55:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL PGOV PHUM OPDC KU TERRORISM |
05KUWAIT4317 | LATEST FIGURES ON GOK COMPENSATION CLAIMS AGAINST [...] (U) Summary. In an October 2 meeting with Economic Counselor, the Chairman of the GOK's Public Authority for Assessment of Compensation for Damages Resulting from Iraqi Aggression made the following points: (1) USG should help ensure continued UN oversight of the claims process; (2) all Kuwait [...] | 2005-10-04 13:27:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KU IZ KUWAIT IRAQ RELATIONS |
05KUWAIT4318 | KUWAIT FUND CLARIFIES STATUS OF GOK ASSISTANCE TO [...] (C) Summary. In a meeting with Econ Counselor on October 3, the Kuwait Fund's Regional Manager for Arab Countries reaffirmed the $1.575B in reconstruction assistance the GOK has allocated for Iraq, noting that $1B had been disbursed prior to 2003 and that the remaining $575M (in new funds) wi [...] | 2005-10-04 13:29:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KU IZ |
05KUWAIT4322 | UPDATE ON PENINSULA LIONS: PROSECUTION CALLS FOR [...] (C) Summary: The Peninsula Lions terrorist cell case completed its procedural phase and began actual deliberations on the charges facing the thirty-seven defendants on Saturday, September 24. The accused are all implicated in the January 10, 15, 30, and 31 police actions that left four Kuwai [...] | 2005-10-05 07:09:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL PGOV JO IZ SA KU TERRORISM |
05KUWAIT4325 | MEPI-FUNDED REGIONAL CAMPAIGN SCHOOL BRINGS ARAB [...] (U) Summary. The National Democratic Institute (NDI) held in Kuwait from September 25 - 28, the fourth regional campaign school funded by the Middle East Partnership Initiative (MEPI). "Partners in Participation" attracted women activists from 14 countries in the Middle East and North Afri [...] | 2005-10-05 09:35:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KDEM KMPI KWMN PGOV PREL PINR KU XF WOMEN POLITICAL RIGHTS MEPI |
05KUWAIT4333 | TOP IRAQI OFFICIALS REAFFIRM CLOSE IRAQ-KUWAIT [...] (U) On arriving in Kuwait October 1 for a four-day visit, Iraq's Speaker of Parliament Hajem Al-Hasani reaffirmed Iraq's close relationship with Kuwait and stressed that "the period of tension" between the two countries was over. Al-Hasani's trip was the first visit of an Iraqi Speaker of Par [...] | 2005-10-05 12:50:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PBTS IZ KU KUWAIT IRAQ RELATIONS |
05KUWAIT4334 | KUWAITIS PRESS IRANIAN FOREIGN MINISTER TO [...] (C) In a very brief exchange as Ambassador was leaving the Foreign Ministry with Ambassador Jeffrey's Iraq-related delegation on October 5, Kuwaiti Foreign Minister Shaykh Dr. Mohammed Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah advised that he had pressed visiting Iranian Foreign Minister Manoucher Mottaki to c [...] | 2005-10-05 13:33:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PGOV PREL PBTS IZ IR KU KUWAIT IRAN RELATIONS |
05KUWAIT4338 | IRAQ SPECIAL ADVISER JEFFREY MEETS WITH GOK [...] (C) Summary. On October 5, Senior Adviser on Iraq Jeffrey and his delegation met separately with the Speaker of the Kuwaiti National Assembly and the Ministers of Foreign Affairs, Finance and Interior (also Deputy PM) to reaffirm the USG's long-term commitment to Iraq and to urge greater Arab [...] | 2005-10-07 10:22:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EFIN EAID IZ KU |
05KUWAIT4352 | FREEDOM AGENDA: MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT SPEAK OUT ON [...] (C) Summary and comment: During his nightly courtesy visits to diwaniyas during Ramadan, which began October 4, the Ambassador has been asking National Assembly members (MPs) and political activists their views on reducing the number of electoral districts, a key component of political refor [...] | 2005-10-10 12:43:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KDEM KISL KU FREEDOM AGENDA NATIONAL ASSEMBLY |
05KUWAIT4353 | TERRORISM FINANCE: LIST 72T [...] No summary [...] | 2005-10-10 12:51:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | KTFN ETTC EFIN PTER PREL KVPR CVIS KU |
05KUWAIT4354 | TERRORISM FINANCE: AL-AKHTAR TRUST INTERNATIONAL [...] No summary [...] | 2005-10-10 12:51:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | KTFN ETTC EFIN PTER PREL KVPR CVIS KU |
05KUWAIT4355 | TERRORISM FINANCE: LIST 72 U [...] No summary [...] | 2005-10-10 12:51:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | KTFN ETTC EFIN PTER PREL KVPR CVIS KU |
05KUWAIT4356 | MEETING IN KUWAIT OF G8 COUNTER TERRORISM ACTION [...] (C) As current G-8 President, the UK Embassy in Kuwait hosted and chaired a meeting of the G-8 Counter Terrorism Action Group (CTAG) on October 10. Ambassador LeBaron attended along with other representatives of G-8 diplomatic missions. British Charge d'Affaires Jamie Bowden gave a G-8 Pres [...] | 2005-10-10 13:01:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL PGOV KU |
05KUWAIT4357 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON UNESCO CULTURAL DIVERSITY [...] (U) On October 10, Economic Counselor delivered reftel demarche points and copy of Secretary Rice's letter to Hamad Al-Mashan from the Americas Department at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Secretary's letter separately conveyed to Foreign Minister Shaykh Dr. Mohammed Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah [...] | 2005-10-11 05:31:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD OPDC PREL SCUL KU UNESCO BHUM |
05KUWAIT4372 | AMIR VOTE OF CONFIDENCE IN KUWAITI PM AFTER [...] (C) Summary: National Guard Chief Shaykh Salem Al-Ali created the sensation of the early Ramadan season by suggesting publicly that a three-party ruling family committee be formed "to assist" Prime Minister Shaykh Sabah. Faced with this high level sniping, Shaykh Sabah was the recipient of a [...] | 2005-10-11 12:10:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KU SUCCESSION |
05KUWAIT4378 | STUDENT UNION ELECTIONS: A MICROCOSM OF POLITICS [...] (SBU) Summary and comment: The Islamic Alliance, a partnership between two student parties affiliated with the Muslim Brotherhood and the Salafis, swept Kuwait University's (KU) Student Union elections held in October. The Muslim Brotherhood has dominated the influential Student Union, which [...] | 2005-10-11 13:54:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KISL KDEM KWMN SOCI KU |
05KUWAIT4380 | A VIEW FROM THE KUWAIT/IRAQ BORDER, FROM NAVISTAR [...] (U) Please see para 10 for action request of all addressees. 2. (U) The references in this cable are photographs which are posted on Embassy Kuwait's classified website. Please visit http://www.state.sgov.gov/p/nea/kuwait/ and click on the "Kuwait/Iraq Border Pictures" link in the Pictur [...] | 2005-10-11 14:27:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET | PTER PREL IZ IR KU KUWAIT IRAQ RELATIONS |
05KUWAIT4401 | MGXDO1: KUWAIT OFFERS $100M IN EARTHQUAKE [...] (U) On October 11, the Council of Ministers (cabinet) announced a $100M assistance package for victims of the South Asia earthquake. While the specific disbursal modalities remain to be worked out, initial feedback from the GOK indicates that the assistance will be split equally between the K [...] | 2005-10-12 13:58:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO MARR PREL AMGT XD KU |
05KUWAIT4402 | UPDATE ON KUWAIT IPR EFFORTS [...] (SBU) Summary: While Kuwait's elevation to the Special 301 Priority Watch List in 2004 galvanized some GOK agencies into action, overall the GOK has not made significant progress in enforcement actions, rewriting copyright laws, or prosecuting violators. Officials say steps will be taken af [...] | 2005-10-12 14:13:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD KIPR PREL KU IPR |
05KUWAIT4403 | REPORT THAT CRITIC OF THE PRIME MINISTER HAS [...] (C) Post received word on the evening of October 12 that Shaykh Salem Al-Ali Al-Salem Al-Sabah, National Guard Chief and fourth highest-ranking ruling family member, has resigned his post amid criticism of his call for the formation of a tri-partite group to "assist the leadership." This info [...] | 2005-10-12 15:57:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KU SUCCESSION |
05KUWAIT4405 | DEMARCHE TO KUWAIT ON IRAQ CONSTITUTION VOTE [...] No summary [...] | 2005-10-13 09:35:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IZ KU |
05KUWAIT4406 | NATIONAL ASSEMBLY SPEAKER ON SUCCESSION, PROJECT [...] (C) Summary/Comment: The Ambassador met October 12 with National Assembly Speaker Jassem Al-Khorafi for a periodic update on a range of issues. The speaker quickly turned to recent dispute within the ruling family (reftel). Al-Khorafi said the Amir's strong public support for the Prime Minis [...] | 2005-10-13 16:42:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM IZ KU SUCCESSION NATIONAL ASSEMBLY FREEDOM AGENDA |
05KUWAIT4423 | TERRORISM FINANCE COORDINATING OFFICER [...] (SBU) Below are Post's responses to reftel A action request. (a) Terrorism Finance Coordinating Officer (TFCO): --Name: Matthew Tueller --Title: Deputy Chief of Mission --Phone: 00-965-259-1362 --Email: TuellerMH@state.gov (b) TFCO Deputy: --Name: Mustafa Pop [...] | 2005-10-15 13:26:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER KTFN KVPR EFIN ETTC PREL KU |
05KUWAIT4424 | GOK APPROVES NATO REQUEST FOR TANK SHIPMENTS, [...] (C) During a meeting with the Ambassador on October 15,Foreign Minister Shaykh Dr. Mohammed Al-Salem Al-Sabah agreed to a NATO request to accept Iraq-bound T-72 tanks at a Kuwait port but registered strong GOK concern about the substance and optics of the shipment. "We will give approval, but [...] | 2005-10-15 15:08:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MARR MOPS IZ KU NATO |
05KUWAIT4425 | AMBASSADOR PROVIDES GOK WITH STEPS TO IMPROVE TIP [...] (C) As a follow-up to an October 1 meeting during which Ambassador committed to providing examples of actions taken by Qatar and the UAE to permit their reclassification to the Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Tier 2 Watch List (reftel),Ambassador presented a letter outlining these steps to Forei [...] | 2005-10-15 15:11:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PGOV KU TIP |
05KUWAIT4426 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: TRANSFERRING KUWAITI DETAINEES [...] No summary [...] | 2005-10-15 15:13:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET | PREL KAWC OPDC PTER KU |
05KUWAIT4427 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: UNESCO CULTURAL DIVERSITY [...] In response to reftel, Ambassador delivered demarche and passed a letter from the Secretary of Commerce to Foreign Minister Shaykh Dr. Mohammed Al-Salem Al-Sabah during an October 15 meeting. Ambassador emphasized the U.S.' objections to the proposed convention, namely that aspects would be h [...] | 2005-10-15 15:17:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD PREL SCUL KU UNESCO UN |
05KUWAIT4438 | LEADING MP "SCARED TO DEATH" ABOUT LEADERSHIP [...] (C) Summary and comment: The Ambassador met October 15 with Mohammed Jassem Al-Sager, a National Assembly member (MP) and Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee. Commenting on the recent ruling family spat over the country's future leadership (reftels),sparked by National Guard Chief Shay [...] | 2005-10-16 07:31:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KDEM KU NATIONAL ASSEMBLY SUCCESSION FREEDOM AGENDA |
05KUWAIT4445 | FOREIGN MINISTER DISCOUNTS FLAP IN AL-SABAH FAMILY [...] (C) Summary: Foreign Minister Shaykh Dr. Mohammed Al-Salem Al-Sabah said that recent statements by National Guard Chief Shaykh Salem Al-Ali Al-Salem Al-Sabah were just an expression of opinion and that the political status quo had returned. Commenting on Shaykh Salem's call for a three-person a [...] | 2005-10-16 12:37:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON KDEM KU SUCCESSION |
05KUWAIT4449 | FOREIGN MINISTER COMMENTS ON IRANIAN NUCLEAR [...] Summary: (C) During an October 15 meeting with Ambassador, Foreign Minister Shaykh Dr. Mohammed Al-Salem Al-Sabah spoke about Iranian unity regarding the development of their nuclear program but division regarding the country's public handling of the situation. He reported that the Iranian chie [...] | 2005-10-17 08:28:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL PGOV IR IZ KU KUWAIT IRAQ RELATIONS IRAN |
05KUWAIT4451 | SHI'A MOSQUE ATTACKED BY YOUTH IN JAHRA; SHI'A [...] (C) Summary: A group of youth between the ages of 14 and 18 attacked a Shi'a mosque in Jahra on October 7, burning a stolen car, breaking the mosque's spotlights, pelting worshippers with stones, and chanting anti-Shi'a slogans, including: "Death to infidel Shi'a, agents of America." No one was rep [...] | 2005-10-17 10:50:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM PTER KISL KDEM SA KU SHI |
05KUWAIT4455 | KUWAITIS MAKE SUPPORTIVE STATEMENTS ON REFERENDUM; [...] (U) Prime Minister Shaykh Sabah Al-Ahmed Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, in remarks to the opening session of the National Assembly October 17, congratulated the Iraqi people on the Iraqi Constitution. The Kuwaiti Council of Ministers released a similar statement of support after its Sunday meeting. Bef [...] | 2005-10-17 13:05:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV IZ KU KUWAIT IRAQ RELATIONS |
05KUWAIT4459 | KUWAIT FUND UPDATE ON GOK ASSISTANCE TO [...] (U) EconOff met on October 16 with Marwan Al-Ghanem, Regional Manager for Arab Countries at the Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development (KFAED),for an update on the latest GOK figures on economic assistance to Palestinians. Al-Ghanem provided the following breakdown of GOK economic assistan [...] | 2005-10-17 14:47:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL KU |
05KUWAIT446 | KUWAIT RESPONDS TO JANUARY 31 SHOOTOUT: GOK WILL [...] Summary: Kuwaiti officials vowed to use all available resources to hunt down militants after security forces engaged in a nine-hour confrontation with Islamic radicals on January 31 that left 5 militants, 1 civilian and 1 police officer dead, 4 police officers and 3 militants wounded, and led [...] | 2005-02-01 12:16:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER PREL KU TERRORISM |
05KUWAIT4460 | FREEDOM AGENDA: GOK FORMS MINISTERIAL COMMITTEE TO [...] (SBU) The GOK has formed a ministerial-level committee to "study" proposals to reduce the number of electoral districts from 25 to 10, or fewer, and to register voters based on their civil identification numbers. The six-person committee is headed by First Deputy Prime Minister and Interior [...] | 2005-10-17 15:55:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KU PDEM FREEDOM AGENDA NATIONAL ASSEMBLY |
05KUWAIT4479 | MINISTER FOR AMIRI DIWAN AFFAIRS SHAYKH NASSER ON [...] (C) The Ambassador met October 18 with Minister of Amiri Diwan Affairs Shaykh Nasser Mohammed Al-Ahmed Al-Jaber Al-Sabah. Shaykh Nasser said the recent succession controversy within the ruling family (reftels) "is calming," although he commented that "there will be some issues in the coming [...] | 2005-10-18 11:52:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR KU SUCCESSION |
05KUWAIT4480 | AMID FLURRY OF RUMORS ABOUT SUCCESSION, PM OPENS [...] (SBU) Summary: Prime Minister Shaykh Sabah Al-Ahmed Al-Jaber Al-Sabah opened the National Assembly October 17, delivering the Government speech on behalf of the Amir, who was notably absent from the protocolary duty. The session comes amid a flurry of rumors that Shaykh Sabah will replace th [...] | 2005-10-18 12:11:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR KDEM KU SUCCESSION NATIONAL ASSEMBLY |
05KUWAIT4483 | KUWAITI PERSONAL DEBT FORGIVENESS VERSUS IRAQ DEBT [...] (U) Kuwaiti opposition groups in the National Assembly opposed to debt relief for Iraq and assistance to the U.S., Pakistan and other countries have renewed their call for the cancellation of Kuwait citizens' personal debt. They see that as the preferred accompaniment or alternative to cance [...] | 2005-10-18 13:10:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL KU KUWAIT IRAQ RELATIONS |
05KUWAIT4517 | KUWAIT CHAMBER OF COMMERCE ON PARLIAMENTARY [...] (SBU) Summary. In an October 19 meeting with Econ Counselor, the Deputy Director General of the Kuwait Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI) lamented the political infighting among parliamentarians resulting in the election of a new and less pro-business chairman of the National Assembly's [...] | 2005-10-20 06:37:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KU |
05KUWAIT4519 | KUWAITI CHAMBER OF COMMERCE ON FOUNDATION FOR THE [...] (U) Summary. In an October 19 meeting with Econ Counselor, the Deputy Director General of the Kuwait Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI) welcomed the establishment of the Foundation for the Future (reftel),looked forward to a potential role for KCCI in the Foundation's efforts, and expla [...] | 2005-10-22 04:50:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL EAID EFIN KU WE GZ |
05KUWAIT4531 | NATIONAL ASSEMBLY VS. GOVERNMENT: FOOTBALL MATCH [...] (SBU) Government Ministers and National Assembly members (MPs) faced off October 19 for their fifth annual Ramadan football match. Laying aside both their traditional dishdashas (robes) and their political differences, Ministers and MPs alike donned football jerseys to participate in the jov [...] | 2005-10-22 13:20:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL SOCI KU |
05KUWAIT4532 | KUWAITIS HOPEFUL FOR DEATH PENALTY AS SADDAM'S [...] (SBU) Summary. Kuwaiti newspapers, television and radio stations gave front-page, first-item coverage to the start of Saddam Hussein's trial in Iraq. Kuwaitis interviewed called for the death penalty and said that Saddam and his cohorts had "too much" to answer for during the 1990-1991 Iraqi [...] | 2005-10-22 13:34:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MOPS PINS IZ KU |
05KUWAIT4534 | MGXDO1: KUWAIT EARTHQUAKE ASSISTANCE UPDATE [...] (U) This is the second update from Post on Kuwaiti assistance to the victims of the South Asia earthquake. 2. (U) Press reports over the last week cite planeloads of Kuwait Red Crescent Society relief assistance arriving in Pakistan and being channeled through the Pakistani Red Crescent Soc [...] | 2005-10-23 06:43:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO MARR PREL AMGT XD KU |
05KUWAIT4535 | FINANCE MINISTRY ON EARTHQUAKE ASSISTANCE TO [...] (SBU) Summary. In an October 22 meeting with Econ Counselor, the Acting Undersecretary at the Ministry of Finance confirmed the GOK $100M assistance offer for Pakistan's earthquake victims. He was unaware of any additional assistance to be announced at the upcoming October 26 Geneva donors c [...] | 2005-10-23 06:43:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AEMR EAID PGOV PREL XD KU |
05KUWAIT4546 | FINANCE MINISTRY ON TAX REFORM AND THE REJUVENATED [...] (U) Summary. In an October 22 meeting with Econ Counselor, the Acting Undersecretary at the Ministry of Finance confirmed the resumption of the Offset Program and the GOK's efforts, spearheaded by the Kuwait Investment Authority (KIA),to establish a private company tasked with administering [...] | 2005-10-23 07:45:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV KU KFIN |
05KUWAIT4552 | KUWAIT'S STOCK EXCHANGE EYES REGIONAL ROLE, FEMALE [...] (U) Summary. In an October 19 meeting with Econoff, the Director of Public Relations at the Kuwaiti Stock Exchange (KSE) applauded the increased number of Kuwaiti female investors, expressed confidence in the continued rise of the Kuwaiti stock market, and underscored the importance of ensuri [...] | 2005-10-24 09:24:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KFIN PINR KU |
05KUWAIT4555 | AMBASSADOR RE-EMPHASIZES RECENT DEMARCHES DURING [...] (U) On October 23, the Ambassador, accompanied by Econcouns and Econoff (notetaker),met with the new head of the Economics Department at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Shaykh Ali Khaled Al-Sabah. The Ambassador congratulated Al-Sabah on his recent appointment and discussed current issues [...] | 2005-10-24 10:26:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR KU |
05KUWAIT4559 | KUWAIT CHAMBER OF COMMERCE ON IPR AND LABOR ISSUES [...] (SBU) Summary and Comment. In an October 19 meeting with Econ Counselor, the Deputy Director General of the Kuwait Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI) contested Kuwait's non-compliance status on IPR and labor rights. He requested additional details outlining USG IPR compliance issues and [...] | 2005-10-24 11:36:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIPR ELAB PGOV PREL KU IPR |
05KUWAIT4586 | MGXDO1: GOK NOT PLANNING NEW PLEDGE IN GENEVA AND [...] (U) Summary. Per reftel A, Embassy followed-up with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) to confirm GOK participation at the upcoming Geneva Donors Conference for South Asia earthquake victims and to urge continued GOK assistance to victims in anticipation of winter. The MFA's Asia and Ameri [...] | 2005-10-25 11:44:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO MARR PREL AMGT XD KU |
05KUWAIT4588 | FOUR SHI'A POLITICAL ASSOCIATIONS FORM COALITION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: LEADERS OF FOUR LOCAL SHI'A POLITICAL ASSOCIATIONS ANNOUNCED OCTOBER 23 THE FORMATION OF A SHI'A UMBRELLA ORGANIZATION, THE NATIONAL SOCIETIES COALITION (NSC),TO ADVOCATE FOR GREATER SHI'A RIGHTS AND TO COORDINATE EFFORTS IN THE 2007 PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS. TWO OF THE FIVE S [...] | 2005-10-25 12:45:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PINR KISL KU SHI |
05KUWAIT4624 | OVERVIEW OF GOK ASSISTANCE TO AFGHANISTAN [...] (SBU) Summary. This cable provides an overview of GOK assistance to Afghanistan, including outstanding GOA arrears with the GOK's Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development (KFAED). The following information is current as of October 2005 and was provided to the Embassy by KFAED in response to [...] | 2005-10-29 12:18:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PGOV PREL KU AF |
05KUWAIT4626 | OVERVIEW OF GOK ASSISTANCE TO AFGHANISTAN [...] (SBU) Summary. This cable provides an overview of GOK assistance to Afghanistan, including outstanding GOA arrears with the GOK's Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development (KFAED). The following information is current as of October 2005 and was provided to the Embassy by KFAED in response to [...] | 2005-10-29 12:18:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PGOV PREL KU AF |
05KUWAIT4633 | UPDATE ON SHI'A MOSQUE INCIDENT: LOCALIZED ACT [...] (C) This is an update to reftel reporting on the October 7 attack against a Shi'a mosque in Jahra, a predominantly Sunni city approximately 35 kilometers west of Kuwait City. According to the mosque's owner, Hussein Al-Qattan, and a worshiper at the mosque "between 150 to 200 Saudi and bidoon [...] | 2005-10-30 06:54:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER KISL KIRF KU SHI |
05KUWAIT4639 | SYRIAN ENVOY DUE IN KUWAIT; GOK TO URGE [...] (C) Ministry of Foreign Affairs Under Secretary Khaled Al-Jarallah told Ambassador October 30 that Syrian Deputy Foreign Minister Walid Al-Muallim, with a letter from Syrian President Bashar Al-Asad in hand, would arrive in Kuwait October 31 and would meet with Prime Minister Shaykh Sabah Al-A [...] | 2005-10-30 12:59:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SY KU |
05KUWAIT4640 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: GOK PLEDGE FOR PAKISTAN [...] No summary [...] | 2005-10-30 13:05:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PHUM PREL PK KU |
05KUWAIT4641 | DEMARCHES DELIVERED: GOK LABELS IRANIAN STATEMENTS [...] (C) During an October 30 meeting with Ambassador, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Under Secretary Khaled Al-Jarallah characterized Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadi-Nejad's October 25 remarks regarding Israel as "very strong and very strange," reminding the GOK of language from the days of Ayatolla [...] | 2005-10-30 13:16:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER IR KU |
05KUWAIT4643 | GOK STILL GEARING UP FOR ECONOMIC REFORM [...] (SBU) Ambassador met with Advisor to the Prime Minister Dr. Yousef Al-Ebraheem on October 26. Among other issues, they discussed the slow pace of Kuwait's economic reform and the stalled TIFA process. Al-Ebraheem acknowledged that the GOK carried as much responsibility as did the parliament [...] | 2005-10-30 13:51:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD PREL EFIN EINV BEXP KU |
05KUWAIT4644 | GCC EQUITIES: INVESTMENTS OR LOTTERY TICKETS? [...] (SBU) Summary. During a meeting with the Ambassador October 26, National Bank of Kuwait (NBK) CEO said skyrocketing GCC equities could presage a Gulf equivalent of the U.S. "dot com" market bust. In order to "shake up the market a bit," NBK will host a December 18 symposium to examine the [...] | 2005-10-30 14:09:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD PGOV PREL KU |
05KUWAIT4647 | FREEDOM AGENDA: ENERGY MINISTER'S VIEWS ON [...] (C) Summary: Responding to the Ambassador's inquiries about elements of the "Freedom Agenda" during a meeting on October 30, ruling family member and Energy Minister Shaykh Ahmad Fahd Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah said most National Assembly members "don't know how many voting constituencies they want," [...] | 2005-10-31 07:40:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM KMPI PREL SOCI PTER PINR KU FREEDOM AGENDA SUCCESSION |
05KUWAIT4649 | ERDOGAN PROMOTES ECONOMIC TIES DURING VISIT TO [...] No summary [...] | 2005-10-31 08:38:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON TU KU |
05KUWAIT4670 | GOK CONGRATULATES IRAQI PEOPLE FOR APPROVING [...] No summary [...] | 2005-11-01 10:11:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV IZ KU KUWAIT IRAQ RELATIONS |
05KUWAIT4672 | FINANCE MINISTER ON IRAQI DEBT, ECONOMIC REFORM, [...] (C) Summary. In a November 1 meeting with the Ambassador, Finance Minister Al-Humaidhi explained that there had been no renewed contact with the Iraqi government on debt relief since Ambassador Jeffrey's visit in October and that reconstruction assistance was proceeding slowly. He expressed [...] | 2005-11-01 13:49:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EAID EFIN KTFN PGOV PREL IZ KU |
05KUWAIT4673 | KUWAIT AVIAN INFLUENZA UPDATE: GOK MEASURES FOR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On October 30, Emboffs and two U.S. military veterinarians met with the Deputy Director General for Animal Resources to discuss the GOK's efforts to combat the spread of the Avian Influenza (AI) virus. The GOK has teams of inspectors that routinely inspect farms and bird marke [...] | 2005-11-01 14:21:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD AMED KPAO PREL CASC KSCA SENV TBIO KU WHO FAO |
05KUWAIT4681 | FIRST GUANTANAMO RETURNEE'S ACQUITTAL OVERTURNED [...] Local press reports that former Guantanamo detainee Nasser Al-Mutairi has had his acquittal overturned and has been sentenced to five years in prison. The MFA office which tracks returning detainees confirmed that Nasser Al-Mutairi was sentenced to five years in prison, adding the sentence w [...] | 2005-11-02 12:07:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER PREL PHUM PGOV KISL KCRM KU TERRORISM |
05KUWAIT4684 | APPEAL FOR INCREASED CONTRIBUTIONS TO PAKISTAN [...] (SBU) As reported in ref B, Ambassador met with Finance Minister Bader Al-Humaidhi on November 1 to commend the GOK for its $100M pledge and to urge increased GOK assistance to earthquake relief efforts in Pakistan. Without offering specifics, Al-Humaidhi said that the initial $100M package w [...] | 2005-11-02 13:23:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PHUM PK PREL KU |
05KUWAIT4685 | SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY BODMAN'S NOVEMBER 13-14, [...] (SBU) Secretary Bodman will arrive about one week after the celebration of the end of the month of Ramadan. He will meet with Energy Minister Shaykh Ahmad Fahd Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah and Foreign Minister Shaykh Dr. Mohammed Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah. He will also meet with Prime Minister Shaykh Sab [...] | 2005-11-02 15:04:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET | ENRG EPET OVIP PREL KU |
05KUWAIT4719 | DRAFT U.S. STATEMENT FOR 28th MEETING OF [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraphs 2 and 3. 2. (U) Action request: The Tripartite Commission on Gulf War Missing will meet in Kuwait on November 15, 2005. Post requests Department approval of the below statement to be delivered by the Ambassador. Post would appreciate app [...] | 2005-11-08 13:50:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL MARR PGOV ICRC KU |
05KUWAIT4728 | BORDER ISSUE STILL FRONT PAGE NEWS AS KUWAIT WAITS [...] (U) Recent press articles on the border issue highlighting Iraqi Transitional Government (ITG) statements continue to make front page news in the Kuwaiti Arabic language press. Local Arabic dailies Al-Qabas and Al-Watan carried front page articles on November 8 discussing the ITG's decision [...] | 2005-11-09 12:44:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PBTS PREL PGOV IZ KU UN |
05KUWAIT4739 | INTERIOR MINISTER SAYS INFORMATION-SHARING KEY TO [...] (C) Summary: During a November 12 meeting with Interior Minister Shaykh Nawaf Al-Sabah, the Ambassador stressed the needed to strengthen counterterrorism measures and said that better cooperation between the U.S. and Kuwait, as well as increased information-sharing, would help to prevent ter [...] | 2005-11-13 07:40:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PBTS PGOV PREL KU IZ |
05KUWAIT4740 | FREEDOM AGENDA: PLANNING MINISTER ON ELECTORAL [...] (C) Summary. Planning Minister Dr. Masouma Al-Mubarak told the Ambassador during a November 12 meeting that reduction of the number of electoral districts was a GOK priority and would pave the way for additional political reforms, and facilitate the participation of women in the 2007 nationa [...] | 2005-11-13 07:59:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KWMN KU FREEDOM AGENDA |
05KUWAIT4742 | INTERIOR AND PLANNING MINISTERS CONFIRM GOK [...] (SBU) Summary: During separate meetings on November 12, the Ambassador pressed Interior Minister Shaykh Nawaf Al-Sabah and Planning Minister Dr. Masouma Al-Mubarak to step up GOK efforts to combat human trafficking and improve the working conditions of Kuwait's large expatriate work force. [...] | 2005-11-13 08:00:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM ELAB PREL PGOV SOCI KDEM KCRM KU |
05KUWAIT4746 | GOK TO ATTEND NOVEMBER 19 ISLAMABAD CONFERENCE BUT [...] (SBU) Begin Summary. According to MFA and Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development (KFAED) officials, the GOK is unlikely to make any additional pledges at the November 19 Islamabad conference. However, a GOK delegation, including KFAED's Director of Operations, will attend the conference. [...] | 2005-11-13 13:11:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID EFIN PGOV PHUM PREL PK KU |
05KUWAIT4774 | KUWAITI FM TO CAIRO TO CONSULT ON RECONCILIATION [...] (C) In a brief aside at luncheon on 15 November, Kuwaiti Foreign Minister Shaykh Dr. Mohammed Al-Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah told the Ambassador he would travel to Cairo on Saturday to be present for some of the preparatory work for the Iraqi reconciliation conference. He said he expected that [...] | 2005-11-15 12:30:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KU IZ |
05KUWAIT4785 | U.S. POSITIONS ON ARAB LEAGUE MEETING PROVIDED TO [...] No summary [...] | 2005-11-16 09:55:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | IZ PREL |
05KUWAIT4789 | UN AMBASSADOR VORONTSOV ASK U.S. TO PRESS TUNISIA [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 7. 2. (C) Summary: UN Special Envoy Vorontsov requested November 16 that the U.S. press the Government of Tunisia to accept an agreement reached between the UN, Kuwait, and Iraq on the return to Kuwait of spare airplane parts stolen by Sadda [...] | 2005-11-16 13:22:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KU IZ TS UN |
05KUWAIT4791 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON FOLLOW-UP APPEAL FOR SUPPORT [...] (SBU) Begin Summary. Econoffs delivered ref A demarche points to Abdulkareem Al-Mutawa, the Regional Manager for South Asia at the Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development (KFAED). Al-Mutawa acknowledged the importance of expediting GOK assistance to earthquake victims and confirmed KFAED p [...] | 2005-11-16 13:46:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PREL PHUM SENV PAK KU |
05KUWAIT4792 | PUBLIC PROSECUTION QUESTIONS RULING FAMILY MEMBER [...] (C) Summary: The Public Prosecution Office questioned Shaykh Mishal Al-Jarrah Al-Sabah, former Assistant Undersecretary for State Security Affairs, on November 8 about his public criticism of the GOK during a September interview conducted by Mohammed Al-Jassem on his program "Al-Majlis," whic [...] | 2005-11-16 13:49:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR PHUM KDEM KU SUCCESSION |
05KUWAIT4794 | PENINSULA LIONS UPDATE: DEFENSE CHALLENGES CHARGES [...] (SBU) The trial of the Peninsula Lions resumed on November 12 amid tightening security with over a dozen defense lawyers presenting their arguments one-by-one as the trial judges sat and listened. The hearing, which began at 2 pm, has continued in extraordinary sessions finishing after 8 pm [...] | 2005-11-16 14:38:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL PGOV JO IZ SA KU TERRORISM |
05KUWAIT4795 | MEDIA REACTION: TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS, HUMAN [...] Kuwaiti Arabic-language press responded unfavorably to the November 9 roundtable discussion the Ambassador held on the topic of trafficking in persons, with the exception of one Kuwait University political science professor, who thanked the Ambassador in Al-Seyassah. Al-Rai Al-Aam dedicated a [...] | 2005-11-17 08:29:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KIRF KPAO PGOV PHUM PREL PTER |
05KUWAIT481 | FM AND SENIOR MP TELL U/S BOLTON IRANIAN NUCLEAR [...] (C) Summary: During a January 29 visit to Kuwait, Under Secretary Bolton shared with FM Shaykh Dr. Mohammed and MP SIPDIS Mohammed Al-Sager U.S. concerns about Iran's nuclear activities and the firm belief that UNSC involvement is necessary. Bolton said the U.S. was following the Europea [...] | 2005-02-02 12:39:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL PGOV PTER KU |
05KUWAIT4813 | 28TH MEETING OF THE TRIPARTITE COMMISSION: 28 [...] (C) Summary: Kuwait hosted on November 15, the 28th meeting of the Tripartite Commission (TPC) on Gulf War Missing. The session closed 28 cases (26 Kuwaitis, two Saudis, and one Iraqi),continued the mandate of the Technical Sub-Committee (TSC) for one year, and selected November 15, 2006 [...] | 2005-11-19 14:54:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM MARR AORC ICRC KU IZ SA |
05KUWAIT4824 | RESPONSE TO DEPARTMENT TASKER ABOUT AVIAN [...] (U) This message is Post's response to the questions contained in Reftel A regarding the GOK's efforts to control Avian Influenza (AI),and its capability to respond to an AI epidemic. Questions are answered in the order provided in reftel. -------------------- ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS ----- [...] | 2005-11-20 11:18:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO SENV ECON EAGR EAID PREL XX KU |
05KUWAIT4832 | AMBASSADOR RAISES ALARM RE SHARP DECLINE IN KUWAITI [...] (U) Summary and comment: On November 9, Ambassador met with Undersecretary for Higher Education, Dr. Rasha Al- Sabah. During the meeting, they discussed reasons for the significant decline in the number of Kuwaiti students studying in the U.S., the benefits of increasing the number of Ameri [...] | 2005-11-22 04:11:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OEXC KPAO SCUL PREL PTER OIIP CVIS KISL XF KU |
05KUWAIT4846 | PARLIAMENT COMMITTEE PASSES KATRINA AID PACKAGE [...] (C) During its November 20 meeting, the National Assembly's Budget and Closing Accounts Committee approved the GOK's $500 million hurricane Katrina aid package. Islamist MP Dr. Nasser Al-Sane, a member of the Budget and Closing Accounts Committee told Poloff November 21 that the National Ass [...] | 2005-11-22 08:50:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID AMER PREL PGOV ENRG KU KATRINA AID |
05KUWAIT4884 | KUWAITI AUTHORITIES CRACK DOWN ON "DOOR-TO-DOOR [...] Local Arabic daily Al-Seyassah reported November 22 that five extremist preachers -- three Egyptians and two Indonesians -- were arrested November 21 "for spreading the doctrine of the terror group al-Qaeda among the inhabitants of a Kuwaiti city." The paper reported that they went from door- [...] | 2005-11-26 13:38:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KISL SOCI KU |
05KUWAIT4901 | AMBASSADOR TELLS MFA UNDERSECRETARY THE TIME IS [...] No summary [...] | 2005-11-27 13:06:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL AORC ICRC PHUM PREF IS SZ KU |
05KUWAIT4902 | KUWAIT DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON NEXT STEPS ON [...] (SBU) During a November 27 meeting with Ministry of Foreign Affairs Undersecretary Khaled Al-Jarallah, the Ambassador referred to the November 12 Forum of the Future meeting in Bahrain and strongly urged Kuwait to join fellow Gulf states Qatar and Bahrain and become a founding member of the [...] | 2005-11-27 13:08:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KDEM EAID ECON KMPI KU |
05KUWAIT4903 | MFA UNDERSECRETARY SAYS SYRIAN PRESIDENT'S [...] (C) During a November 27 meeting, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Undersecretary Khaled Al-Jarallah shared his views on the recent Syrian decision to send officials to Europe in for questioning by the Mehlis commission. Al-Jarallah said the SARG's decision to cooperate was the right one. Al-Jar [...] | 2005-11-27 13:59:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV SY KU |
05KUWAIT4904 | PARLIAMENTARIAN REQUESTS ASSISTANCE FOR KUWAITI [...] (SBU) Summary and Action Request. In a letter dated 19 November 2005, Mohammad J. Al-Sager, Chairman of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, Kuwaiti Parliament, wrote Ambassador requesting Embassy intervention with U.S. Department of Justice on behalf of Kuwaiti citizen Ali Hijazi, a principal [...] | 2005-11-27 14:52:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL CJAN CVIS KCRM KU |
05KUWAIT4905 | IRAQI PLANNING MINISTER TELLS KUWAIT ITG IS READY [...] (C) Summary: During a November 27 meeting, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Undersecretary Khaled Al-Jarallah told the Ambassador that the November 26 visit of Iraqi Planning Minister Barham Saleh to Kuwait resulted in a step forward on Kuwaiti-funded reconstruction projects in Iraq. The ITG su [...] | 2005-11-28 09:04:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON EAID PHUM PGOV KDEM ENIV IZ KU |
05KUWAIT4933 | PM TRIES TO CALM SUCCESSION FEARS; INSISTS AMIR [...] (SBU) Summary and comment: In an effort to silence continued speculation over succession, Prime Minister Shaykh Sabah Al-Ahmed Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, in a November 22 interview, firmly dismissed the possibility that either the Amir or the Crown Prince, both in poor health, would step down from the [...] | 2005-11-29 10:06:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR KDEM SOCI KU SUCCESSION |
05KUWAIT4936 | IRAQI ENVOYS SET UP SHOP IN KUWAIT [...] No summary [...] | 2005-11-29 12:07:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV IZ KU |
05KUWAIT4938 | NATIONAL ASSEMBLY DID NOT/NOT VOTE ON KATRINA AID [...] No summary [...] | 2005-11-29 13:05:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV EAID AMER ENRG KU KATRINA AID |
05KUWAIT4962 | GOK REMAINS UNDECIDED REGARDING DOHA ROUND [...] (SBU) Ambassador delivered ref b points to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Undersecretary Khaled Al-Jarallah on November 27. He stressed the need for sustained engagement and noted that the European partners needed to be pushed on their proposals regarding access to agricultural markets. Al-Jar [...] | 2005-11-30 11:21:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ECON ETRD KPAO OIIP PGOV PREL KU WTO |
05KUWAIT4964 | FORMATION OF JOINT STATE-DOD AVIAN INFLUENZA [...] (U) SUMMARY Embassy convened a new committee of Emboffs and military officers at the working level to coordinate USG efforts in Kuwait in preparation for a possible Avian Influenza (AI) outbreak. The group discussed information provided by the GOK about its preparations, internal Embassy pl [...] | 2005-12-01 07:16:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AMED CASC KSCA SENV TBIO PREL KU |
05KUWAIT4979 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: WORLD BANK ON-SITE PRESENCE [...] No summary [...] | 2005-12-03 13:33:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN PREL KU |
05KUWAIT4980 | KUWAIT FUND SIGNS IRAQ SCHOOL CONSTRUCTION [...] (SBU) Begin Summary. During a November 30 meeting with Econoff, the Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development's (KFAED) acting Regional Manager for Arab Countries, Abdullah Al-Musaibeeh, confirmed that KFAED signed a $30M contract with a Kuwaiti firm to begin school construction in Iraq but t [...] | 2005-12-03 14:08:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL IZ KU |
05KUWAIT4982 | NO DEFINITIVE RESPONSE FROM GOK ABOUT WTO [...] No summary [...] | 2005-12-04 04:29:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ECON ETRD KPAO OIIP PGOV PREL KU WTO |
05KUWAIT4993 | FREEDOM AGENDA: NOW SHOWING AT EMBASSY KUWAIT. [...] (U) Post has taken advantage of its Motion Picture Licensing Corporation license to screen films addressing democratic reform issues and MEPI themes for host country audiences. The response has been overwhelmingly positive and post has made available purchased DVD versions of the movies to [...] | 2005-12-04 11:38:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KPAO SOCI KDEM KWMN KMPI KU |
05KUWAIT4999 | AL-WATAN NEWSPAPER SLAMMED FOR PUBLISHING LIBELOUS [...] The Kuwait Criminal Court issued December 3 a verdict sentencing Islamist Kuwaiti writer Ahmad Al-Kose and Editor- in-Chief of the Arabic Daily "Al-Watan," Shaykh Khalifa Ali Al-Khalifa Al-Sabah, to suspended two-month jail terms and fined each 50 KD ($170) for publishing a libelous article a [...] | 2005-12-05 07:38:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM KISL SCUL KIRF KPAO KU |
05KUWAIT5002 | PENINSULA LIONS VERDICT TO BE ANNOUNCED DECEMBER 27 [...] (C) After six weeks of deliberations, the all-Kuwaiti judicial panel of three judges presiding over the case of the Peninsula Lions, with 37 defendants, eleven of whom are fugitives, is expected to announce its verdict on December 27. The 37 defendants face charges including murder of Kuwai [...] | 2005-12-05 11:05:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL PGOV JO IZ SA KU TERRORISM |
05KUWAIT5003 | EMBASSY KUWAIT COMMENTS ON THE DEMARCHE WEBSITE [...] Embassy Kuwait applauds the creation of the Language Services web page where demarche translations can be downloaded. We have used the site several times and it has helped us to deliver demarches and convey complex points in a timely fashion. After months of using the site, however, we have [...] | 2005-12-05 11:14:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL AINT AINF KU |
05KUWAIT5007 | CUBA: NSC-DIRECTED COUNTRY BY COUNTRY REVIEW [...] (C) The following is post's response to reftels on implementation of Title III of the LIBERTAD Act. 2. (C) Cuba has a diplomatic presence in Kuwait, but the GOK does not maintain a mission in Cuba. Relations between the two countries have been strained since the 1990-91 Gulf War when Cu [...] | 2005-12-05 12:51:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD CU PREL ETTC KU |
05KUWAIT5016 | FREEDOM AGENDA: PARLIAMENT SPEAKER SUPPORTS [...] (C) Summary: National Assembly Speaker Jassem Al-Khorafi told the Ambassador December 5 that discussions on reducing the number of electoral constituencies were important to Kuwait's political future, but complicated due to a lack of consensus on the number and shape of electoral districts. [...] | 2005-12-06 06:48:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM KWMN SOCI KPAO PINR KU |
05KUWAIT5030 | PARLIAMENT SPEAKER PLEASED WITH PREPARATIONS FOR [...] (C) Summary: During a December 5 meeting, Kuwait National Assembly Speaker Jassem Al-Khorafi told the Ambassador he was pleased with Iraqi preparations for December 15 elections and was convinced the Iraqi people intended for the process to be free and fair. Al-Khorafi reported Iraqi conce [...] | 2005-12-06 14:26:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM KU IZ |
05KUWAIT5031 | MUSHARRAF THANKS KUWAIT FOR EARTHQUAKE AID; GOK [...] (SBU) In Kuwait for the first stop on a Gulf tour, President Pervez Musharraf thanked the GOK for its $100 million in earthquake aid and received assurances that Pakistan would receive concessional oil sales. The Pakistani Ambassador told us on December 6 that the visit, (which coincided wit [...] | 2005-12-06 14:45:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EAID EINV KU PK |
05KUWAIT5032 | HUMANITARIAN OPERATIONS CENTER CHIEF ON IRAQ AND [...] (C) Summary: Lt. General (Ret.) Ali Mohammed Hassan Al Mu'min, head of Kuwait's Humanitarian Operations Center (HOC),met with poloff on November 28 and discussed his candidacy for ambassador to Iraq, the extension of the HOC's mandate until spring 2006, and Sunni-Shi'a relations in Kuwait. [...] | 2005-12-06 15:12:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PREL KISL OFDP SOCI PINR IZ KU |
05KUWAIT504 | INTERIOR MINISTER TO SKIP RIYADH COUNTERTERRORISM [...] No summary [...] | 2005-02-05 13:55:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL KU |
05KUWAIT5044 | GOK SUPPORTS U.S. WTO PROPOSAL IN PRINCIPLE, [...] No summary [...] | 2005-12-07 11:42:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ECON ETRD KPAO OIIP PGOV PREL WTO KU |
05KUWAIT5046 | UPDATE ON ARTICLE 98 [...] No summary [...] | 2005-12-07 12:02:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PARM KLEG KU |
05KUWAIT5052 | DEMARCHES DELIVERED ON ASG AND BANCO DELTA ASIA; [...] (SBU) On December 6, Econcouns, accompanied by Econoff, delivered reftels B-D demarche points (verbally and through non-papers) to Khaled Al-Mughamis, Director of the MFA's Follow-up and Coordination Department responsible for terrorism finance and anti-money laundering issues. 2. (SBU) Wi [...] | 2005-12-08 07:42:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ETTC KTFN KJUS KNNP PTER PREL KN LE SY |
05KUWAIT5053 | DEMARCHES DELIVERED ON ASG AND BANCO DELTA ASIA; [...] (SBU) On December 6, Econcouns, accompanied by Econoff, delivered reftels B-D demarche points (verbally and through non-papers) to Khaled Al-Mughamis, Director of the MFA's Follow-up and Coordination Department responsible for terrorism finance and anti-money laundering issues. 2. (SBU) Wi [...] | 2005-12-08 07:42:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ETTC KTFN KJUS KNNP PTER PREL KN LE SY |
05KUWAIT5054 | KUWAIT DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON PRESIDENT'S NOVEMBER [...] (C) Post delivered reftel demarche by diplomatic note on December 5. During a December 6 meeting, NEA DAS Gordon Gray reiterated demarche points to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Acting Undersecretary Ambassador Khaled Al-Babtain and provided him with a copy of the President's speech and the "N [...] | 2005-12-09 15:33:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IZ KU |
05KUWAIT5061 | KUWAIT DEMARCHE DELIVERED: PREVENTING AL-MANAR [...] (C) NEA DAS Gordon Gray delivered reftel demarche during a December 6 meeting with Ministry of Foreign Affairs Acting U/S Ambassador Khaled Al-Babtain. DAS Gray emphasized the insidious nature of Al-Manar broadcasts and urged the GOK to remove the station from Arabsat, of which Kuwait owns a [...] | 2005-12-10 07:19:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER ANET ASEC KU |
05KUWAIT5063 | NEA DAS GRAY ENGAGES GOK ON AID, IRAN, IRAQ, [...] (C) Summary: NEA DAS Gordon Gray met with Director General of the Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development (KFAED) Abdulwahab Al-Bader, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Acting Undersecretary Ambassador Khaled Al-Babtain, National Assembly Speaker Jassem Al-Khorafi, and Minister of Social Af [...] | 2005-12-10 07:48:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PARM EAID KDEM KPAO CVIS KU |
05KUWAIT5064 | NEA DAS GRAY URGES GOK ACTION ON TIP/LABOR ISSUES [...] (C) Summary: In separate meetings on December 6 with National Assembly Speaker Jassem Al-Khorafi and Minister of Social Affairs and Labor Faisal Al-Hajji, NEA DAS Gordon Gray reiterated U.S. concerns about Kuwait's trafficking in persons (TIP) and domestic labor problems, and urged GOK action [...] | 2005-12-10 07:56:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM ELAB KDEM KU |
05KUWAIT5068 | KUWAIT PLEDGES 1.5 MILLION USD AT UNRWA DONOR [...] (U) Kuwait, demonstrating its continued support for Palestinian refugees, pledged $1.5M at the December 5 United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) donor conference held in New York. Kuwait's 2005 pledge matches its 2004 contribution and will support UNRWA's 2006 budget. Another 19 coun [...] | 2005-12-10 13:58:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EFIN PGOV PREL WE GZ KU |
05KUWAIT5069 | FREEDOM AGENDA: USING INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS [...] PolChief participated December 10 in a program organized by the American Universal School in celebration of International Human Rights Day. Addressing an audience of approximately 100 students aged 15-16, and drawing from reftel, she emphasized the U.S. commitment to promoting and safeguardi [...] | 2005-12-10 14:03:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL SOCI SCUL KIRF KDEM KPAO PINR KU |
05KUWAIT5070 | KUWAIT REQUESTS FILES ON RELEASED GUANTANAMO [...] (U) This is an action request. See para 3. 2. (C) Ambassador Khalid Al-Maqamis, head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Coordination and Follow-Up Department called poloff December 10 to request that the U.S. military files of the five Guantanamo detainees released November 4 be passed [...] | 2005-12-10 14:18:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PTER PREL PGOV PHUM OPDC KU TERRORISM |
05KUWAIT5074 | KUWAIT WITHDRAWS RESERVATION REGARDING UN [...] No summary [...] | 2005-12-11 07:49:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL SOCI SCUL KDEM KWMN KU |
05KUWAIT5083 | FREEDOM AGENDA: KUWAITI INFORMATION MINISTER [...] (C) Summary: During a December 7 meeting, Minister of Information Dr. Anas Al-Rasheed told the Ambassador that he was very pleased by the progress of the revised press law and he believes it has a very good chance of being approved by the National Assembly in the near future. Al-Rasheed said that P [...] | 2005-12-12 03:50:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | CVIS KDEM KPAO KU KWMN PGOV PHUM PREL |
05KUWAIT5099 | AMBASSADOR PITCHES COMMUNICATIONS MINISTER ON [...] (SBU) Ambassador ran into the Kuwait Communications Minister, Shaykh Ahmed Al-Abdullah Al-Ahmed Al-Sabah, the evening of December 11 and made a strong pitch to pull Al Manar from ARABSAT programming. The Minister replied that ARABSAT is a jointly owned company and therefore others would nee [...] | 2005-12-12 13:01:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PGOV PREL ANET KU |
05KUWAIT5100 | APOSTOLIC NUNCIO RAISES VATICAN CONCERNS [...] (SBU) Ambassador, DCM, and PolOff met with Mounged El-Hachem, the Apostolic Nuncio to Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, and Yemen, on December 10. El-Hachem praised Kuwait's general atmosphere of religious tolerance but said two concrete issues would receive a great deal of his focus. 2. (SBU) First [...] | 2005-12-12 13:26:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KIRF PGOV SOCI PREL PINR VT KU |
05KUWAIT5113 | MEDIA REACTION: GWOT SECRET PRISONS [...] One Kuwaiti Arabic-language newspaper reported allegations of the existence of CIA detention facilities on European soil. End summary. ------------------ Selected Headlines ------------------ 2. Saturday, December 10, 2005 -- Al-Rai Al-Aam, p. 33, "Did Romania get paid for the American [...] | 2005-12-14 04:02:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KIRF KPAO PGOV PHUM PREL PTER |
05KUWAIT5114 | DOD AVIAN FLU BRIEFING TO GOK MILITARY DOCTORS; [...] (SBU) SUMMARY On December 12, U.S. military medical personnel briefed Kuwaiti military doctors on Avian Influenza (AI) and the U.S. military's preparations for a possible outbreak. Comments and follow-up questions from Kuwaiti attendees indicate that the briefing was well received. On Decem [...] | 2005-12-14 04:10:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AMED CASC KSCA SENV TBIO PREL KU |
05KUWAIT512 | RAID NETS SAUDI, JORDANIAN MILITANTS; KUWAIT [...] Summary: In the latest round of raids on suspected militants since security crackdowns began January 10, police on February 5 reportedly captured five suspected militants, including two Saudi Arabian and three Jordanian citizens. Kuwaiti security forces have been authorized and are using all n [...] | 2005-02-06 13:27:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER PREL KPAO ASEC KU SA JO TERRORISM |
05KUWAIT5122 | CRIMINAL COURT AMENDS LIBEL VERDICT AGAINST AL- [...] On December 10, the Kuwaiti Criminal Court amended its December 3 sentence of Islamist columnist Ahmad Al-Kose and Shaykh Khalifa Ali Al-Khalifa Al-Sabah, editor-in-chief of the Arabic daily Al-Watan; the two men were convicted for publishing a libelous editorial against liberal political sci [...] | 2005-12-14 09:58:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM KISL SCUL KIRF KPAO KU |
05KUWAIT5125 | AMBASSADOR PRESSES FM ON KUWAIT BECOMING A [...] No summary [...] | 2005-12-14 11:42:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KDEM EAID ECON KMPI KU |
05KUWAIT5128 | TUENI ASSASSINATION DEMARCHE DELIVERED FM SAYS [...] (C) Summary: During a December 14 meeting, the Ambassador shared with Kuwait FM Shaykh Dr. Mohammed U.S. views on the assassination of Gebran Tueni and encouraged the GOK to publicly condemn the murder. The FM responded that the situation in Lebanon was quite serious and said the GOK's pri [...] | 2005-12-14 12:32:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV LE SY KU |
05KUWAIT5129 | AMBASSADOR RESTATES TO FOREIGN MINISTER THE CASE [...] No summary [...] | 2005-12-14 12:38:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PGOV PREL ANET KU |
05KUWAIT5130 | FOREIGN MINISTER CONFIRMS GEN. AL-MUMIN IS THE [...] (C) During a December 14 meeting with the Ambassador, Foreign Minister Shaykh Dr. Mohammed Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah confirmed that General Ali Hassan Al Mu'min, former Kuwaiti military Chief of Staff and current head of the Humanitarian Operations Center (HOC),is the Government's choice for a [...] | 2005-12-14 12:39:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KISL OFDP SOCI PINR IZ KU |
05KUWAIT5134 | KUWAIT DEMARCHE DELIVERED: SECRETARY'S ORAL [...] (C) Ambassador delivered December 14 reftel message and points to Kuwaiti Foreign Minister Shaykh Dr. Mohammed Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah. Regarding the Strategic Investment Initative, the Ambassador outlined the strategic approach to regional aid that was first raised by the Secretary in Manam [...] | 2005-12-14 14:28:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EAID KU |
05KUWAIT5135 | FREEDOM AGENDA: AMBASSADOR URGES WORDS TO MATCH [...] (C) Summary: Kuwait FM Shaykh Dr. Mohammed told the Ambassador December 14 that Kuwait had a strong record of encouraging religious tolerance and did not need to respond to calls by extremists to limit the construction of places of worship other than mosques. The Ambassador agreed the GOK [...] | 2005-12-14 14:41:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM SOCI KU FREEDOM AGENDA |
05KUWAIT5136 | FREEDOM AGENDA: NATIONAL ASSEMBLY POSTPONES [...] (C) Summary: The National Assembly voted on December 12 in favor of postponing discussion on proposals to reduce the number of electoral constituencies, a key political reform, until June 30, 2006. The vote comes amid heated public debate over the issue, and after the Government came out pub [...] | 2005-12-14 14:44:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR KDEM KU FREEDOM AGENDA |
05KUWAIT5137 | SHI'A CLERIC FINDS NO LOVE FOR PRESIDENT [...] (C) In a December 8 meeting, Kuwaiti Shi'a cleric Sayed Mohammed Baqer Al-Mohri told Emboffs he met "no one who was happy" with President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's government during his early-December trip to Iran. Al-Mohri said he met with the head of the Higher Judiciary Council, a former Minis [...] | 2005-12-14 14:47:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR ECON IR KU KUWAIT IRAN RELATIONS |
05KUWAIT5141 | 2005-2006 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY [...] (U) Post's input for Part II of the 2005-2006 INCSR follows in para 2. An updated redlined country write-up has been emailed to rindlerep (AT) state.gov per reftel instructions. 2.(U) BEGIN TEXT OF REPORT. Kuwait The Government of Kuwait should significantly accelerate [...] | 2005-12-16 11:25:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | KTFN ETTC EFIN PTER PREL KU |
05KUWAIT5143 | TERRORIST FINANCE: LIST 74 [...] No summary [...] | 2005-12-16 11:27:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | KTFN ETTC EFIN PTER PREL CVIS KVPR KU |
05KUWAIT5144 | TERRORIST FINANCE: LIST 74 [...] No summary [...] | 2005-12-16 11:28:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | KTFN ETTC EFIN PTER PREL CVIS KVPR KU |
05KUWAIT5164 | GOVERNMENT OF KUWAIT SHOWS INTEREST IN [...] No summary [...] | 2005-12-17 13:35:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PGOV PREL PTER KU |
05KUWAIT5165 | KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION: IRAQI PARLIAMENTARY [...] Summary: Over the Kuwaiti weekend, Arabic dailies provided a low volume of coverage of the Iraqi parliamentary elections. For the most part, offering only news of wide participation by Sunnis. Sporadic reports of the alleged Iranian truck full of forged ballot boxes being seized as it attempte [...] | 2005-12-18 04:17:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KPAO PREL KDEM IZ KMDR KU |
05KUWAIT5166 | KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION: PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS IN [...] Summary: Kuwaiti Arabic-language press continued its coverage of the Iraqi parliamentary elections calling the election "a step towards unity and a better future for Iraq." Despite claims of possible fraud, the Kuwaiti press paid more attention to the fact that the elections were carried out [...] | 2005-12-18 04:17:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KPAO PREL KDEM IZ KMDR KU |
05KUWAIT5184 | TIFA UPDATE: GOK PLANS TO SEND TECHNICAL EXPERTS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY On December 18, Econoff met with Ministry of Commerce official Khalid Al-Azemi to discuss the ongoing Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA) discussions, and urged that technical experts be included in Kuwait's delegation scheduled to arrive for talks in February 2006 in [...] | 2005-12-19 03:55:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ETRD KU |
05KUWAIT5186 | FREEDOM AGENDA: HEATED DEBATE OVER ELECTORAL [...] (SBU) Summary: On December 12, the National Assembly voted to postpone discussion on proposals to reduce the number of electoral constituencies, a key political reform, until June 30, 2006 (ref A). The vote comes amid heated public debate over the issue. Top government officials recently st [...] | 2005-12-19 10:14:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM KWMN KU FREEDOM AGENDA |
05KUWAIT5190 | PARLIAMENT'S HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE PLANNING MARCH [...] (SBU) MP and head of Parliament's Human Rights Committee Ali Al-Rashed announced December 10, International Human Rights Day, that he intended to organize a March conference, to coincide with International Women's Day, on human rights with a specific focus on women's issues. During a December [...] | 2005-12-19 12:44:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM KMPI KWMN PINR KU |
05KUWAIT5191 | GOK CONGRATULATES IRAQIS ON SUCCESSFUL NATIONAL [...] (U) The Council of Ministers issued a statement December 18 congratulating the "brotherly Iraqi people" for the success of the December 15 national elections. In the statement, the Cabinet lauded the active participation of diverse Iraqi groups and sects, and expressed hope the elections wou [...] | 2005-12-19 12:57:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM IZ KU KUWAIT IRAQ RELATIONS |
05KUWAIT5210 | SHUNNED KUWAITI EDITOR FEARS FOR SAFETY [...] (SBU) Summary: Mohammed Abdul Qader Al-Jassem, Al Hurra talk show host and the liberal former editor-in-chief of the Arabic daily Al-Watan, complained to Emboffs of receiving threats after posting a scathing article on his website on December 10 criticizing Prime Minister Shaykh Sabah Al-Ahm [...] | 2005-12-20 12:57:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV PREL PINR SOCI KU |
05KUWAIT5231 | SCENESETTER FOR A/S TONY WAYNE'S JANUARY 7, 2006 [...] (SBU) We look forward to welcoming you to Kuwait. Over the past three years the GOK has embarked on an ambitious program of economic and political reform, with some successes and some frustration. There are significant opportunities for U.S. businesses in Kuwait, which will continue to incr [...] | 2005-12-21 13:15:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ECON KU |
05KUWAIT5232 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: "AFGHANISTAN COMPACT" [...] No summary [...] | 2005-12-21 13:15:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN PGOV PREL KU AF |
05KUWAIT5234 | DEMARCHE TO KUWAIT IN ADVANCE OF DECEMBER 23 IMF [...] (C) CDA conveyed reftel points to MFA U/S Khalid Jarallah December 22 at 1600 local. Jarallah said the GOK was aware of the December 23 IMF board meeting on Iraq's Stand-by Arrangement. He said he would contact the Kuwaiti Ambassador in Washington to advise him to deliver the necessary instru [...] | 2005-12-22 15:22:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN PREL IZ KU |
05KUWAIT5270 | PENINSULA LIONS VERDICT IN: 30 CONVICTIONS [...] (U) In a verdict announced December 27, 30 of the 37 Peninsula Lions defendants were convicted of murder, attempted assassinations and other terror related crimes. The decision was first read to the defense lawyers in a closed court session, followed by an announcement to court observers out [...] | 2005-12-27 12:58:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL PHUM PGOV JO IZ SA KU TERRORISM |
05KUWAIT5281 | FORCE ADJUSTMENT IN IRAQ: "FOLLOW-UP" INFORMATION [...] No summary [...] | 2005-12-28 09:17:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PINS PREL MARR MOPS IZ KU |
05KUWAIT5283 | KUWAIT HOSTS INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ROLE OF [...] Kuwaiti Minister of Education and Minister of Higher Education Dr. Rashid Al-Hamad opened on December 26 "The First International Conference on the Educational Dimensions in the Treatment of Terrorism and Extremism Phenomenon." The two-day conference brought together representatives from 27 [...] | 2005-12-28 09:34:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER PREL PGOV PHUM SOCI KU TERRORISM |
05KUWAIT5285 | MEPI AND BMENA IN KUWAIT: YOUNG ARAB LEADERS [...] SUMMARY AND COMMENT On December 27, Ambassador met with Maha Al-Ghunaim, Vice-Chairperson and Managing Director of Global Investment House (GIH),to discuss the Young Arab Leaders organization in Kuwait (YAL-K). Also on 12/27, Ambassador spoke with Kuwait Economic Society head Dr. Rola Dasth [...] | 2005-12-28 12:17:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMPI PINR KDEM KPAO ECON EAID KU |
05KUWAIT5286 | KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION: The New Press Law [...] Summary: The Kuwaiti press was vigorous in its coverage of the new press law which was seen as groundbreaking. The daily Arabic-language newspapers provided readers with some of the modifications proposed by the special panel formed to study the law and also changes that have been made to the [...] | 2005-12-28 13:10:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL PGOV KPAO KMDR KU |
05KUWAIT5287 | MEDIA REACTION: Conference on Using Education to [...] Summary: Kuwaiti Arabic-language daily newspapers praised a conference examining the role of education in confronting extremism as being a good initiative taken by the Ministry of Education. The conference, The First International Conference on the Educational Dimensions in the Treatment of [...] | 2005-12-28 13:10:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER PREL PGOV KPAO KMDR KISL OEXC KU |
05KUWAIT5289 | KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION: International Conference on [...] Summary: Kuwaiti daily newspapers provided coverage on their pages of the first International Conference on the Educational Dimensions in the Treatment of Terrorism and Extremism Phenomenon, reporting on it as a news piece. Dr. Shamlan Yousef Al-Issa is a professor of political science at th [...] | 2005-12-28 14:12:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER PREL PGOV KPAO KMDR KISL OEXC KU |
05KUWAIT5299 | HOC CHIEF / UNOFFICIAL KUWAITI AMBASSADOR TO IRAQ [...] (C) Summary: Lt General Ali Hassan Al-Mu'min, former Kuwaiti military Chief of Staff, current head of the Humanitarian Operations Center (HOC) and the GOK's unannounced choice for Ambassador to Iraq (reftel),told the DCM during a December 28 meeting that Kuwait will not "make the first move" [...] | 2005-12-31 10:12:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KISL OFDP PINR MOPS PHUM IZ KU |
05KUWAIT5306 | FREEDOM AGENDA: LACK OF QUORUM IN PARLIAMENT [...] (SBU) The last three National Assembly sessions of 2005 epitomized the obstacles to passage of key legislation on the Assembly agenda, such as the revised press law. (Note: The current parliamentary term began on October 17 and ends in July 2006. End note.) During its December 26 session, [...] | 2005-12-31 14:00:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL SOCI KU NATIONAL ASSEMBLY |
05KUWAIT537 | CABINET MINISTER SAYS ANTI-TERROR CAMPAIGN JUST [...] (C) Commerce Minister Abdullah Taweel told Poloffs February 6 that the GOK effort to rid the country of militants was "just beginning." He said there are approximately 250 people in Kuwait who have been identified as suspected militants and are wanted by the government. 2. (C) Taweel, who [...] | 2005-02-07 14:04:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV PREL KU |
05KUWAIT539 | FM SAYS MOD SHOULD ADDRESS FUEL; PROMISES AID FOR [...] (C) Summary: In a February 7 meeting with the Ambassador, Kuwaiti FM Shaykh Dr. Mohammed encouraged that a timeline be established for resolving the fuel issue. He reported that members of Parliament were expressing interest in what that the GOK was providing and that a plan could help to [...] | 2005-02-07 14:39:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM EAID PTER PREL PGOV MOPS MARR PHUM KU |
05KUWAIT540 | ENERGY MINISTER SAYS OIF/AIK FUEL ISSUE IS IN [...] (C) Summary. Ambassador met on 7 February 2005 with Minister of Energy regarding a variety of issues, including on-going negotiations for fuel used by coalition forces in Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF) and as assistance in kind (AIK) for Kuwait-specific activities under the Defense Cooperation [...] | 2005-02-07 15:53:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PREL EAID MARR PGOV KU IZ |
05KUWAIT594 | C/T UPDATE: PM SAYS ERA OF SOFTNESS OVER, TERROR [...] Summary: Prime Minister Shaykh Sabah Al-Ahmed told newspaper editors February 7 that the "era of softness" was over and the GOK would begin demolishing unlicensed mosques which the GOK partially blamed for the spread of radical ideology. The comments came during a meeting the PM called with e [...] | 2005-02-09 14:00:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER PREL PHUM KPAO KU |
05KUWAIT65 | KUWAIT LIFTS BAN ON U.S. BEEF IMPORTS EXCEPT FROM [...] On January 2, the GOK officially announced that it had lifted its ban on imports of U.S. beef from all states except/except Washington, effective December 22, 2004. The ban, imposed in late 2003 following the discovery of a BSE-infected cow in Washington State, prevented the import of all U. [...] | 2005-01-05 08:43:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ETRD BEXP ECON PREL |
05KUWAIT656 | ISLAMISTS IN KUWAIT: CONTOURS OF A GROWING, [...] (C) Introduction: The Islamist movement in Kuwait reaches into every aspect and sector of Kuwaiti society. From grass-roots businesses to senior positions in government, Islamists have a strong voice throughout this country. Paradoxically, Islamists lead the national dialogue in calling for d [...] | 2005-02-14 13:29:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV PREL KISL KU ISLAMISTS |
05KUWAIT728 | KUWAIT RESPONSE TO SPA PROPOSALS [...] Post's MEPI committee recommends two of the six Standing Program Announcement (SPA) proposals for funding. They include applications from, in descending order, the Sharqiyat Institution (SPA-105-168) and Young Entrepreneurs' Organization (SPA-105-153). In Post's view, these were the highest qu [...] | 2005-02-16 14:20:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | KMPI PREL ECON KPAO KDEM KU |
05KUWAIT730 | KUWAIT COUNTERTERRORISM WORKING GROUP MEETING [...] (S/NF) Ambassador chaired February 14 a meeting of post's Counterterrorism Working Group (CWG) to review developments in Kuwait's counterterrorism activities following the January discovery of a terrorist cell, and to identify areas where post can enhance its CT activities as well as strengt [...] | 2005-02-16 14:27:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER PREL PGOV EFIN ASEC MARR CVIS KU TERRORISM |
05KUWAIT755 | KUWAIT: SUPPORT FOR IRAQI TRANSITIONAL GOVERNMENT [...] (C) CDA delivered reftel talking points to MFA Director for Western Affairs Ambassador Khalid Babtain on February 20. Babtain said that Kuwait had a clear understanding of what is at stake in Iraq and would work closely with the U.S. to support the political transition and reconstruction. The [...] | 2005-02-20 09:19:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KU IZ ASEC |
05KUWAIT762 | MFA REPLIES TO 15 FEBRUARY SECDEF LETTER ON [...] (C) Summary. While protesting the tone of the recent SecDef letter to MinDef on OIF fuel, MFA told us on February 20 that the GOK will send an interagency team to Washington in March to resolve the fuel issue and "all other issues" related to Kuwaiti support for OIF. MFA made an "official o [...] | 2005-02-20 14:55:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PREL EAID MARR PGOV KU IZ |
05KUWAIT765 | REFORM CONFERENCE IN CAIRO, TRAVEL OF KUWAITI FM [...] No summary [...] | 2005-02-21 10:13:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KDEM KU EG |
05KUWAIT766 | SECURITY TIGHT AS SHI'A CELEBRATE ASHOURA [...] (U) Summary: Kuwaiti and expatriate Shiites celebrated Ashoura on the evenings of February 18 and 19 under heavy police protection after militants seized in the GOK's month-long offensive against extremism reportedly revealed they had planned to attack Shiite celebrations. Kuwait's estimated [...] | 2005-02-21 10:17:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | KISL PREL PHUM KU |
05KUWAIT768 | "SYRIAL KILLERS:" MARCHERS IN KUWAIT PROTEST [...] A crowd of 100-200 peaceful protesters chanted anti-Syrian slogans, waved Lebanese flags and carried pictures of the late Rafiq Hariri near the Embassy of Lebanon in Kuwait on February 21, coinciding with a protest through the streets of downtown Beirut. This was the second such rally in Kuwait [...] | 2005-02-21 13:06:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM KU LE PDEM |
05KUWAIT790 | MESSAGE RECEIVED? INFORMATION GETS SERIOUS ABOUT [...] (C) Summary and Comment. Econoff and intellectual property rights (IPR) industry representatives met with the Ministry of Information's new IPR Committee Chief, Khaled Al-Hendi, on February 14 to discuss the challenges Al-Hendi faces and his strategies for improving the Ministry's poor IPR p [...] | 2005-02-22 10:55:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD PREL KIPR KU IPR |
05KUWAIT796 | KUWAITI GOVERNMENT BEGINS TO PRESS PARLIAMENT ON [...] If Kuwait's senior leaders have their way, Kuwaiti women soon will have the right to join men at the ballot box. The GOK asked the National Assembly on February 20 to hold a special session to debate a draft law granting women the right to vote, pending since May 2004. This move comes four day [...] | 2005-02-22 13:19:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KDEM KWMN KU WOMEN POLITICAL RIGHTS |
05KUWAIT797 | SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY RICE'S MARCH 3-4, 2005 [...] (SBU) Welcome to Kuwait Madame Secretary. You will meet with Prime Minister Shaykh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah and Foreign Minister Shaykh Dr. Mohammed Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah. We are also making arrangements for you to sign the condolence book at the headquarters of the National Comm [...] | 2005-02-22 15:39:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET//NOFORN | OVIP PREL PGOV PHUM ECON EFIN EAID MARR KU |
05KUWAIT926 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: GUANTANAMO ADMINISTRATIVE [...] (C) Political Chief delivered 6 March ref A demarche on the proposed Administrate Review Board (ARB) Proceedings for the ten Kuwaiti nationals currently detained at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba to Ambassador Khalid Al-Maqamis, MFA Director of Co-ordination and Follow-Up. Al-Maqamis said he was aware [...] | 2005-03-06 13:30:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL KAWC KU |
05KUWAIT927 | SPEAKER SAYS NATIONAL ASSEMBLY COULD GO EITHER WAY [...] (C) During a brief exchange at a social event on March 5, National Assembly Speaker Jassem Al-Khorafi told Ambassador that the Assembly vote on women's political rights would either pass or fail by one or two votes. The Speaker said that the government could decide to handle the issue through [...] | 2005-03-06 14:00:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KDEM KWMN PGOV KU WOMEN POLITICAL RIGHTS |
05KUWAIT929 | MGLE01: DEMARCHE TO KUWAIT ON SYRIAN WITHDRAWAL [...] (C) Ambassador delivered reftel demarche on March 6 to MFA U/S Khalid Jarallah who was joined by the Foreign Minister's office director, Shaykh Ahmad Nasser Al-Sabah. (Foreign Minister was occupied in a cabinet meeting.) Jarallah made no comment on the U.S. talking points but indicated conce [...] | 2005-03-07 03:44:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KU LE |
05KUWAIT939 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: UNGA CONSIDERATION OF [...] (C) Political Chief delivered March 7 ref A demarche to MFA Director of International Organizations Ambassador Abdullah Al-Murad. Al-Murad was knowledgeable about the deliberations on the declaration, and although he expressed concern that a close U.S. ally like the UK voted "no," he said h [...] | 2005-03-07 11:51:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | TBIO PREL PGOV KU UNGA KSCI |
05KUWAIT943 | MINISTRY OF ENERGY UNDERSECRETARY OUTLINES GAS [...] (C) Summary: During a March 6 meeting with Economic Counselor, Ministry of Energy Undersecretary Issa Al-Own outlined Kuwait's options for receiving much-needed gas to fuel electric power plants. He said that Kuwait was now focusing its efforts on the two most promising options: drilling in [...] | 2005-03-07 14:02:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG PREL PINR KU IZ OIL SECTOR |
05KUWAIT977 | FIJIANS ASSESSING NEED FOR HONORARY CONSUL IN [...] While Post is unable to comment on the current size of the Fijian population in Kuwait, we confirm that Kuwait's labor force is largely composed of expatriate workers who are also key to supply efforts for Operation Iraqi Freedom. As reported in reftel, there appears to be a surge in the number [...] | 2005-03-09 07:51:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ECON FJ KU |
05KUWAIT991 | KUWAITI MP SAYS WOMEN WILL VOTE, ARTICLE 98 TO [...] (C) Summary: Kuwaiti MP Mohammed Jassem Al-Sagr, chair of the Foreign Affairs Committee, expressed his tempered optimism that the National Assembly will approve the GOK's bill allowing women's suffrage. He added, however, that the GOK is nervous to pressure undecided MPs. Al-Sagr also predicte [...] | 2005-03-09 13:55:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KWMN PARM LE KU WOMEN POLITICAL RIGHTS NATIONAL ASSEMBLY |
05LAGOS1050 | NIGERIA SOUTHERN GOVERNORS MUSE ABOUT NATIONAL [...] (C) Summary: In separate meetings, Lagos Governor Bola Tinubu and Anambra Governor Chris Ngige downplayed the lasting import of the on-going National Political Reform Conference (NPRC),sponsored by President Obasanjo. Neither being allies of the President Obasanjo they both took thorough d [...] | 2005-07-06 15:38:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | NI PGOV PREL |
05LAGOS1064 | WORLD BANK STRATEGY FOR DEBT RELIEF IN NIGERIA MAY [...] (U) On July 5, 2005, the Lagos Business School held its usual monthly breakfast for Nigerian business leaders. Different from the usual, however, this month's meeting focused on Nigeria's recent triumph in securing debt relief from Paris Club donors. Hafez Ghanem, the World Bank (WB) Country D [...] | 2005-07-07 17:02:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON PGOV PREL NI |
05LAGOS1073 | NATIONAL POLITICAL REFORM [...] (C) Summary: The National Political Reform Conference (NPRC) remains deadlocked over the issues of resource control and the rotation and length of presidential power (reftel). July 11 has been set for the resumption of talks, but positions have hardened, increasingly along ethnic fault-line [...] | 2005-07-08 09:59:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL NI |
05LAGOS1128 | NIGERIA: ADDITIONAL PROJECT FOR EMBASSY SMALL [...] This is an action request. See para 5. 2. After supplying project descriptions to the Senior Policy Operating Group (SPOG) per reftel, Mission's Small Project Funds Committee received a proposal from an NGO in Edo State. Because Edo State is widely considered the country's highest volume t [...] | 2005-07-14 11:41:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ELAB KCRM KWMN PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG NI |
05LAGOS1153 | AKWA IBOM DEPUTY GOVERNOR IMPEACHED, REINSTATED, [...] (C) SUMMARY: The recent impeachment and subsequent save-face "resignation" of Akwa Ibom State Deputy Governor, Chris Ekpenyong, highlighted ever-present rivalries and rifts within the ruling People,s Democratic Party (PDP). The Akwa Ibom State House of Assembly impeached the Deputy Governor f [...] | 2005-07-19 14:09:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL KDEM NI |
05LAGOS116 | SOUTHERN POLITICIANS CONTINUE GRUMBLING ABOUT [...] (S) Summary: Based on the Consul General's conversations with several political contacts over the past few days, dissatisfaction with President Obasanjo is again escalating following a brief respite over the holidays. The whispering about whether Obasanjo should be removed from office is be [...] | 2005-01-28 13:31:00 | Consulate Lagos | SECRET | PREL PGOV PINS KDEM NI |
05LAGOS1204 | NIGERIAN COURT DELIVERS SECOND CONVICTIONS UNDER [...] Summary. The GON has convicted two individuals involved in a trafficking in persons ring in Kano state, northern Nigeria. Nigeria's National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) expects at least one more conviction by year's end. Officials involved in the fight again [...] | 2005-07-29 07:16:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL KCRM KWMN NI |
05LAGOS1250 | NIGERIA: CA GAYE MEETING WITH NDLEA CHAIRMAN TO [...] (C) ON JULY 23, 2005, DEA ATTACHE (CA) SAM GAYE MET DR. BELLO LAFIAJI, NDLEA CHAIRMAN TO DISCUSS OPERATIONAL MATTERS AS WELL AS QUESTIONS AFRISING FROM THE PREVIOUS WEEK,S INTERAGENCY NARCOTICS CERTIFICATION MEETING IN WASHINGTON. 2. (C) CA GAYE INFORMED DR. BELLO ABOUT THE OUTSTANDING QU [...] | 2005-08-09 12:13:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | SNAR PREL PINR NI |
05LAGOS1264 | DRUG AGENCY TOUTS SUCCESS, BURNS NARCOTICS [...] (U) The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA),Lagos State Command, and Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA) Special Area Command hosted a destruction of illegal drugs on August 4. Almost 11.3 tons (11,469 kilograms) were set ablaze, including 139 Kg of cocaine, 78 Kg of hero [...] | 2005-08-11 12:36:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | SNAR PREL NI |
05LAGOS1277 | NIGERIA: REPORTED AL QA'IDA ACTIVITY [...] (S) Summary. Professor Ukandi Damachi, a long-time Mission contact and close advisor to former head-of-state Ibrahim Babangida, recently told us about a chance encounter he had with pro-Obasanjo members of the People's Democratic Party (PDP) executive. These partisans alleged an association [...] | 2005-08-15 15:43:00 | Consulate Lagos | SECRET | PTER PINR PGOV PREL NI |
05LAGOS1289 | VIRGIN NIGERIA PLANS TO SEEK APPROVAL FOR DIRECT [...] (C) Summary. Virgin Nigeria (VN) soon plans to formally apply for a direct flight between Nigeria and the U.S. The airline sees New York, Chicago, and Houston, in that order, as the three most profitable routes. If approval is granted, VN hopes to begin operations by Christmas 2005. End Summar [...] | 2005-08-17 06:13:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | EAIR EINV PREL NI |
05LAGOS1293 | NIGERIA: POLITICAL SNAPSHOTS FROM THE SOUTH [...] (C) SUMMARY: A political insider asserts that President Obasanjo (OBJ) will not only play a decisive role in determining Nigeria's next president and vice president, but that he has not relinquished the notion of an extended term. Political candidates beware -- even when OBJ dons his kingmak [...] | 2005-08-17 13:26:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM NI |
05LAGOS1348 | MANY SOUTHERNERS ARE UNHAPPY ABOUT THE NATIONAL [...] (SBU) Summary: With barely three months until the scheduled national census, several southern Nigerian groups have threatened to boycott the exercise to protest the exclusion of information on religious affiliation and ethnicity from the census process. Many Southerners (mostly Christian) want [...] | 2005-08-29 14:12:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL NI |
05LAGOS1363 | A PRESIDENTIAL FRIEND TALKS ABOUT HIS TALK WITH [...] Summary: During an August meeting with the Consul General, respected constitutional lawyer and former personal attorney of President Obasanjo Dr. Tunji Abayomi recounted a 90-minute July conversation with President Obasanjo. Abayomi described the President as fit and not acting like someone re [...] | 2005-08-31 13:08:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NI |
05LAGOS1390 | NIGERIA: SOUTH-EAST STATES TARGET CLINICS INVOLVED [...] (SBU) Summary. In response to information passed by Post's fraud prevention unit (FPU),police authorities in four of the five South-East zone states have raided clinics involved in trafficking infants. Clinic staff were paying less than 200 dollars to young, indigent pregnant women in exc [...] | 2005-09-06 15:38:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CVIS PHUM PREL KCRM KWMN SMIG NI |
05LAGOS1391 | NIGERIAN GOVERNOR UNSEATED BY ELECTORAL TRIBUNAL [...] (C) Summary. Following the Anambra State electoral tribunal's overturning of the 2003 gubernatorial election on August 12, the state's political climate continues to seethe. Electoral tribunal loser, current Governor Ngige had signalled his willingness to step down to aides of Governor-desig [...] | 2005-09-06 16:47:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL NI |
05LAGOS1401 | SOUTHERN NIGERIA HUMAN RIGHTS UPDATE MAY TO AUG [...] (U) This is a roundup of various recent incidents representative of the human rights situation in southern Nigeria. This summary is organized according to the sections of the annual Human Rights Report. These incidents have not been reported in other cables, or they are updates of previousl [...] | 2005-09-08 11:58:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | ELAB KIRF NI PGOV PHUM PREL |
05LAGOS1422 | LAGOS STATE GOVERNOR DISCUSSES HIS OPTIONS FOR 2007 [...] (S) Summary: In an August 27 conversation with the Consul General, Lagos State Governor Bola Tinubu stressed he was hedging his bets and political ambition on the 2007 election by no longer placing sole reliance on riding the coattails of Vice President Atiku. Tinubu sensed Atiku's stock was [...] | 2005-09-14 07:59:00 | Consulate Lagos | SECRET | PREL PGOV NI |
05LAGOS1425 | NIGERIAN VP'S POLITICAL FUTURE DIMS [...] (S) Summary. A long-standing consulate contact said pro-Obasanjo hardliners in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) were eagerly waiting information from the FBI they hoped would incriminate Vice-President Atiku. In his political distress, Atiku is reaching out to former head-of-state Ibrahim [...] | 2005-09-14 15:27:00 | Consulate Lagos | SECRET | PGOV PREL NI |
05LAGOS1438 | NIGERIAN ELECTORAL COMMISSION ENTERS ANAMBRA [...] (C) Summary. In a reversal that seems awkward even by Anambra State's meager standards of political behavior, the Independent Electoral Commission (INEC) appealed the Anambra state electoral tribunals' decision to overturn the 2003 gubernatorial election. During the tribunal hearing, INEC d [...] | 2005-09-16 09:55:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL NI |
05LAGOS1450 | VIRGIN NIGERIA APPLIES FOR U.S. ROUTE [...] (U) This is an action cable. See paragraph 8. 2. (C) Summary. Virgin Nigeria (VN) CEO, Simon Harford, and Head of Corporate Development, Yemi Osindero, recently told ConGen officers their application for a direct U.S. route was nearly completed, and requested Embassy officials submit the [...] | 2005-09-19 09:48:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | EAIR EINV PREL NI |
05LAGOS1451 | NEW VIOLENCE FROM OLD DISPUTE IN OGONILAND [...] (SBU) Communal violence erupted in the Ogoniland region of Rivers State and claimed additional lives. Daily newspapers estimated the toll at 22 dead. Ledum Mitee, President of the Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People (MOSOP),said in a September 8 meeting with Consular staff the ac [...] | 2005-09-19 10:25:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NI |
05LAGOS1477 | SEPTEMBER 23 DELTA UPDATE [...] (C) Port Harcourt remains calm but nervously so. An Amcit missionary and oil company contacts reported the city and most surrounding areas as being quiet. Some contacts said many local citizens remained home and many businesses were closed throughout the day. The police and military presen [...] | 2005-09-23 16:43:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ASEC CASC NI |
05LAGOS1480 | SOLID MINERALS MINISTER EZEKWESILI SHARES HER [...] (C) Summary: In an August conversation with the Consul General, Minister of Solid Minerals Oby Ezekwesili stressed the President will step down in 2007. Despite urging from several quarters to prolong his tenure, Obasanjo wants to make room for a reformer from the next generation of Nigerian [...] | 2005-09-24 13:48:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NI |
05LAGOS1512 | VIRGIN NIGERIA RILES DOMESTIC COMPETITORS [...] (SBU) Summary. Many Nigerian airline executives continue to view Virgin Nigeria (VN) as a foreign carrier, which in its bid to look Nigerian, receives far too much government support. The other airlines contend that this alleged preferential treatment has made it difficult for them to compet [...] | 2005-09-29 08:47:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | EAIR EINV PREL NI |
05LAGOS1518 | CHINESE AND SOUTH KOREAN FIRMS BIDDING FOR RAIL [...] (C) Summary. Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) Managing Director Abubakar told us competing Chinese and South Korean firms were interested in constructing new rail lines and upgrading existing lines. Sometime in October, the NRC would chose the group with which it will partner. By the end o [...] | 2005-09-29 12:59:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | ELTN ECON PGOV PREL NI CH KS XB |
05LAGOS1530 | NIGERIA DEA ATTACHE PRESSES FOR COORDINATION AT [...] (U) Participants gave high marks to the fifth annual West African Joint Operations (WAJO) conference held in Cotonou, Benin on September 7 and 8 (reftel). 2. (C) DEA received positive responses from Benin, Ghana, The Gambia and Togo about forming joint task forces between DEA and their re [...] | 2005-09-30 14:11:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NI SNAR |
05LAGOS1543 | LAGOS ANTICORRUPTION UNIT REQUESTS USG TECHNICAL [...] Summary. (C) The Lagos branch of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) met with the G8 Anticorruption/Transparency pilot team on September 23 to discuss its efforts to pursue financial crimes, institutional capacity to pursue such crimes, and areas in which it would like USG fund [...] | 2005-10-05 07:44:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN KCOR KCRM ECON EINV PGOV PREL NI |
05LAGOS1549 | DEADLY SHOOTOUT BETWEEN POLICE AND ARMY ROCKS LAGOS [...] At least three bystanders were killed and ten wounded, when an altercation between police and soldiers turned violent in the Ojuelegba district of Lagos on October 6. More than 50 street thugs, known as area boys, joined in the fray and caused the destruction of at least 40 vehicles and sever [...] | 2005-10-05 13:32:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV NI |
05LAGOS1570 | NIGERIA'S VERSION OF MCDONALD'S SAYS PROFITS ARE [...] (SBU) Summary. The increase in food and transportation prices had cut into the profit margins of Nigeria's equivalent to McDonald's -- Mr. Biggs. The company's executives told us food prices are rising because of weak infrastructure, inconsistent agricultural policies, and lack of local capa [...] | 2005-10-12 09:30:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV EIND PGOV PREL NI |
05LAGOS1573 | NIGERIA: POLITICAL SNAPSHOTS FROM THE SOUTH [...] (C) Summary. The Southern Nigerian political scene remains volatile. Three demonstrations in Nigeria in recent weeks have resulted in between four and ten deaths. Another deputy governor has been impeached; the governor of Abia State is embroiled in a bitter political battle with the Presi [...] | 2005-10-12 12:11:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM NI |
05LAGOS1585 | BELLVIEW IS EXPLORING A POSSIBLE U.S. ROUTE WITH [...] (C) Summary. Bellview Airlines CEO Odukoya said World Airways executives called him October 4 to discuss establishing direct air service between Lagos and the U.S. Bellview expressed interest in partnering with World Airways to begin scheduled charter services between Lagos and New York and L [...] | 2005-10-13 12:51:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | EAIR EINV PREL NI |
05LAGOS1637 | BAYELSA GOVERNOR'S ARREST STRIKES FEAR IN THE [...] (C) Summary: The arrest of Bayelsa State Governor Diepreye Alamieyeseigha in London has unnerved some of his fellow pro-Atiku southern governors. His interception abroad, where he does not enjoy constitutional immunity, has not only sullied the attraction of frequent travel (one of the gove [...] | 2005-10-21 16:35:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NI |
05LAGOS1638 | BAYELSA GOVERNOR'S ARREST STRIKES FEAR IN THE [...] (C) Summary: The arrest of Bayelsa State Governor Diepreye Alamieyeseigha in London has unnerved some of his fellow pro-Atiku southern governors. His interception abroad, where he does not enjoy constitutional immunity, has not only sullied the attraction of frequent travel (one of the gove [...] | 2005-10-21 16:35:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NI |
05LAGOS1639 | BAYELSA GOVERNOR'S ARREST STRIKES FEAR IN THE [...] (C) Summary: The arrest of Bayelsa State Governor Diepreye Alamieyeseigha in London has unnerved some of his fellow pro-Atiku southern governors. His interception abroad, where he does not enjoy constitutional immunity, has not only sullied the attraction of frequent travel (one of the gove [...] | 2005-10-21 16:35:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NI |
05LAGOS1640 | BAYELSA GOVERNOR'S ARREST STRIKES FEAR IN THE [...] (C) Summary: The arrest of Bayelsa State Governor Diepreye Alamieyeseigha in London has unnerved some of his fellow pro-Atiku southern governors. His interception abroad, where he does not enjoy constitutional immunity, has not only sullied the attraction of frequent travel (one of the gove [...] | 2005-10-21 16:35:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NI |
05LAGOS1641 | BAYELSA GOVERNOR'S ARREST STRIKES FEAR IN THE [...] (C) Summary: The arrest of Bayelsa State Governor Diepreye Alamieyeseigha in London has unnerved some of his fellow pro-Atiku southern governors. His interception abroad, where he does not enjoy constitutional immunity, has not only sullied the attraction of frequent travel (one of the gove [...] | 2005-10-21 16:36:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NI |
05LAGOS1643 | SITREP #1: LAGOS BELLVIEW FLIGHT 3210 CRASH; TIME: [...] (SBU) U.S. Consulate Lagos officials were informed at 12:20 that domestic airline Bellview 3210 en route from Lagos to Abuja, Nigeria had disappeared from radar contact. US Consulate Lagos convened an Emergency Action Meeting at 1:45 and simultaneously sent Consulate officers to the Lagos (Mu [...] | 2005-10-23 03:11:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | CASC EAIR NI ASEC PREL |
05LAGOS1644 | SITREP #2: LAGOS BELLVIEW FLIGHT 3210 CRASH; TIME: [...] (SBU) Bellview airline officials have still not/not yet made available the flight manifest list, claiming they will make it available once they finish checking it against passenger ticket coupons the airline retains when passengers board the aircraft. 2. (C) In the interim, the Managing Dir [...] | 2005-10-23 05:12:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | CASC EAIR NI ASEC PREL |
05LAGOS1645 | SITREP #3: LAGOS BELLEVIEW FLIGHT 3210 CRASH; TIME [...] Lagos EAC reconvened at 0900 October 23 concerning crash of Bellview flight number 3210. The Nigerian National Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has publicly released the flight manifest (faxed to OpCenter). Mission has confirmed that the name of the USDH on board (ref A) was on the manifest. [...] | 2005-10-23 12:14:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC CASC EAIR NI PREL |
05LAGOS1646 | SITREP #4: CRASH OF BELLVIEW FLIGHT B3-210; TIME: [...] (U) Mission,s consular response team (CRT) arrived at the crash site around 1545. The site of the crash is north of Ota in Ogun State, near a hamlet named Lissa. Coordinates of the crash site provided to us by the CRT are N06.48.52, and E003.18.17. 2. (U) Members of the CRT report a s [...] | 2005-10-23 16:26:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | CASC EAIR NI ASEC PREL |
05LAGOS1648 | SITREP #5: CRASH OF BELLVIEW FLIGHT B3210; OCTOBER [...] (SBU/NF) Mission's consular response team (CRT) returned to Lagos at approximately 19:30 yesterday, October 23. Per reftel, they reported no likely survivors and an unstable security environment around the crash scene. The crash site is not a very large area. The CRT did not see large sectio [...] | 2005-10-24 10:42:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | CASC EAIR NI ASEC PREL |
05LAGOS1656 | SITREP #6: CRASH OF BELLVIEW FLIGHT B3210; OCTOBER [...] (SBU) The Consular Response Team (CRT) remained present at crash site throughout the morning and most of the afternoon, gathering information necessary to cross-check passenger identities with AMCIT registration records. No/no additional amcits were discovered. The CRT will deploy to the cras [...] | 2005-10-24 16:26:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | CASC EAIR NI ASEC PREL |
05LAGOS1660 | SITREP #7: CRASH OF BELLVIEW FLIGHT B3210; OCTOBER [...] (SBU) The consular response team (CRT) yesterday liaised with Nigerian authorities to review identification documents found at the crash site. They found no/no information indicating additional AMCITs were on board, other than the one known AMCIT and two LPRs whose names match the manifest. T [...] | 2005-10-25 11:33:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | CASC EAIR NI ASEC PREL |
05LAGOS1662 | SITREP #8: CRASH OF BELLVIEW FLIGHT B3210; OCTOBER [...] (SBU) Mission's consular response team (CRT) returned to Lagos at 1530 (local time) and will deploy again tomorrow. CRT confirmed that while the overall security climate at the site has improved, there is still fairly open public access, which may compromise evidence. Separately, the Red Cross [...] | 2005-10-25 18:51:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | CASC EAIR NI ASEC PREL |
05LAGOS1674 | BELLVIEW CRASH: AN UNLIKELY CLAIM OF RESPONSIBILITY [...] (U) The October 26 Punch Newspaper and Champion Newspaper reported a previously unknown group, Coalition for Militant Action in the Niger Delta (COMA),has claimed responsbility for the October 22 Bellview flight 3210 air crash. COMA claims its membership consists of the following groups: Isei [...] | 2005-10-26 16:26:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | CASC EAIR NI ASEC PREL |
05LAGOS1675 | SITREP #9: CRASH OF BELLVIEW FLIGHT B3210; OCTOBER [...] (SBU) Mission's consular response team (CRT) arrived at the crash site at around 1000 (local time). Per reftel, they reported that no excavation had begun, and that local police said excavation would not begin until the NTSB team's arrival. Security at the site had improved with the Nigerian [...] | 2005-10-26 17:06:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | CASC EAIR NI ASEC PREL |
05LAGOS1677 | NIGERIA: LATRINE PROJECT AT ORU REFUGEE CAMP STALLS [...] Summary. Construction of latrines at the Oru Refugee Camp has been delayed by about two months. Recent inspection of the camp revealed the delays were caused by disagreements on the use of refugee labor, disputes over location of latrines, and a restructuring of the Nigerian Red Cross (NRC) [...] | 2005-10-27 12:13:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PREL PGOV CVIS SMIG NI |
05LAGOS1691 | DRUG CHIEF SEETHES OVER PRESIDENTIAL MEETING [...] (S) In an October 21 meeting with the Consul General, Dr. Bello Lafiaji, head of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA),appeared tired, shaken and agitated with regard to the recent meeting between President Obasanjo, Ambassador Campbell, and the British High Commissioner about Nig [...] | 2005-10-31 10:17:00 | Consulate Lagos | SECRET | PREL PGOV SNAR NI |
05LAGOS1705 | BELLVIEW PLANE CRASH INVESTIGATION: AVIATION [...] (C) Summary. Consul General Browne and National Transportation and Safety Board (NTSB) Representative Dennis Jones met Aviation Minister Borishade October 30 to discuss the Bellview crash investigation. Minister Borishade conveyed the President's assurances the NTSB team would receive full GO [...] | 2005-11-01 13:44:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | CASC EAIR NI ASEC PREL |
05LAGOS1708 | BELLVIEW CRASH: NOVEMBER 1 UPDATE [...] (C) Summary. Excavation of crash site began October 31 with the National Transportation and Security Board (NTSB) team and USG forensics team both at the site. The NTSB team have not yet found the flight data nor cockpit voice recorders. Forensic team members observed that officials from Og [...] | 2005-11-01 17:01:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | CASC EAIR NI ASEC PREL |
05LAGOS1722 | AVIATION MINISTER SUPPORTS U.S.-NIGERIA DIRECT AIR [...] (C) Summary. The Consul General met Aviation Minister Borishade on October 20 for a readout on the aviation industry and the issues the Minister will likely raise during his October 28 meeting with Transportation Secretary Mineta. (This meeting occurred before the October 22 Bellview air cras [...] | 2005-11-04 12:29:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | EAIR EINV PREL NI |
05LAGOS1726 | BELLVIEW CRASH: WHERE ARE THE NIGERIANS! [...] (C) Summary. The USG forensic team arrived at crash site on November 3 at 1000 (local time). Recovery and investigation efforts continue to be hampered by heavy rain on November 1 and November 3, impeding excavation efforts as muddy roads prevented access to the crash site. The crater has f [...] | 2005-11-04 15:16:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | CASC EAIR NI ASEC PREL |
05LAGOS1734 | BELLVIEW CRASH: POTENTIALLY WORRISOME EVIDENCE [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 8. 2. (S) On November 5, Charge Tom Furey, the Lagos Consul General and other Consulate staff accompanied NTSB's Dennis Jones to the Lagos airport hangar where Jones and his team had begun to piece together parts of the shattered Bellview ai [...] | 2005-11-07 15:34:00 | Consulate Lagos | SECRET | CASC EAIR NI ASEC PTER PREL |
05LAGOS1742 | AIRPORT AND SEAPORT SECURITY ASSESSMENT [...] (SBU) Summary. Members of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA),the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN),and the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) met with the Contingency and Security Solutions International (CSSI) team October 17-18 to discuss efforts to improve maritime port a [...] | 2005-11-09 10:20:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR EINV PREL NI |
05LAGOS1743 | BELLVIEW CRASH: AVIATION MINISTER ACCEPTS [...] (S) Aviation Minister Borishade met Consul General to discuss next steps in the investigation of the crash, given our concerns regarding the plane fragment recently found (reftel). The Minister stated he had briefed President Obasanjo on the new evidence. According to Borishade, the Preside [...] | 2005-11-09 14:45:00 | Consulate Lagos | SECRET | CASC EAIR NI ASEC PTER PREL |
05LAGOS1748 | PRELIMINARY REVIEW YIELDS NO "SMOKING GUN" IN [...] (S) Explosives forensics experts performed a preliminary examination of the Bellview plane crash debris thus far collected. Visual inspection of the plane fragment in question showed no clear sign of explosive damage, according to the experts. The suspect piece was swabbed, and the samples [...] | 2005-11-10 17:02:00 | Consulate Lagos | SECRET | CASC EAIR NI ASEC PTER PREL |
05LAGOS1753 | BIAFRAN SEPARATISTS AND POLICE CLASH, BURN FIRST [...] Summary. During a demonstration in Onitsha (Anambra State) following the GON's arrest and detention of Ralph Uwazurike, the house of Nigeria's first post-independence President, Nnamdi Azikiwe, was razed. Uwazurike is the leader of the Movement for the Actualization of the Sovereign State o [...] | 2005-11-15 09:32:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NI |
05LAGOS1757 | CONTINUED INFIGHTING PLAGUES OPPOSITION PARTY [...] (C) Summary: In a late October twist in its ongoing leadership struggle, the Alliance for Democracy (AD) expelled faction leader Senator Mojisoluwa Akinfenwa for anti-party activities. Akinfenwa responded with his own allegations that leadership rival Chief Bisi Akande had authored the expu [...] | 2005-11-16 10:34:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NI |
05LAGOS1761 | NIGERIA: WATER AND WASTE-WATER MANAGEMENT, [...] Summary. The Lagos State Commissioner for the Environment named solid waste management as the state's most pressing environmental problem. Lagos, a state of an estimated 15 million people, produces approximately 10,000 metric tons of solid waste per day with virtually no capacity for its di [...] | 2005-11-16 15:03:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV SOCI PREL NI |
05LAGOS1769 | BELLVIEW CRASH UPDATE [...] (C) FBI explosives experts completed their on-site support and departed on November 10. Preliminary test results from swab samples from the subject fragment are expected this week from the FBI laboratory, and will be reported to GON crash investigators to assist with their ongoing investigat [...] | 2005-11-21 10:36:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | CASC EAIR NI ASEC PTER PREL |
05LAGOS1772 | CONFIRMATION: BAYELSA GOVERNOR BACK IN NIGERIA [...] (C) Sources in Nigeria confirm breaking news reports that Governor Diepreye Alamieyeseigha of Bayelsa State is back in Nigeria. 2. (C) Publicly the Governor seemed to be gearing for a legal battle and voiced confidence that he would be acquitted at trial. Evidently, Alamieyeseigha had pl [...] | 2005-11-22 09:01:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NI |
05LAGOS1781 | BAYELSA GOVERNOR SERVED WITH IMPEACHMENT NOTICE [...] (C) Barely forty-eight hours after returning to the country, embattled Bayelsa State Governor Alamieyeseigha was served with a notice of impeachment endorsed by most members of the State House of Assembly. Bayelsa's politics just moved from hot to hotter. By this move, the State Assembly in [...] | 2005-11-23 17:01:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NI |
05LAGOS1784 | AVIATION MINISTER PUSHING FOR U.S. DIRECT ROUTE [...] (SBU) Summary. The Consul General met Aviation Minister Borishade on November 21 for a readout on the aviation industry and to discuss the Minister's tentative plans to visit the Department of Transportation December 5-9. His visit would focus on the same areas he planned to raise prior to t [...] | 2005-11-25 11:34:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | EAIR EINV PREL NI |
05LAGOS1790 | DRUG CHIEF REPLACED [...] (U) Dr. Bello Lafiaji has been removed as Chairman of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) and replaced by Ahmadu Giade, effective immediately. 2. (U) Giade is a retired deputy commissioner of police, and in 1994 while on active duty he served on a panel investigating NDLEA co [...] | 2005-11-25 16:20:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SNAR NI |
05LAGOS1801 | NIGERIAN GOVERNOR LOSES FAITH IN VP [...] (C) Summary. Once an ardent supporter of Vice President Atiku, Abia State Governor Orji Kalu said Vice President Atiku's chances for capturing the PDP presidential nomination had diminished substantially. He claimed the President was ruthlessly choking pro-Atiku governors economically, and [...] | 2005-11-28 15:04:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NI |
05LAGOS1803 | PRESIDENTIAL INDECISION THREATENS SYSTEM [...] (C) In a late October conversation with the Consul General, Kwara State Governor Bukola Saraki described three approaches President Obasanjo could follow regarding the 2007 elections: amend the constitution to extend his current term, reconcile with the Vice President and support his candida [...] | 2005-11-28 15:30:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NI |
05LAGOS1811 | TROOPS, LEGAL ACTIONS INCREASE BAYELSA TENSION [...] (C) Summary: Yenagoa, the Bayelsa State Capital, is the site of a quiet but increasingly tense political standoff. While Governor Alamieyeseigha is going through the motions of normal operations, he is being guarded and supported by scores of armed Ijaw irregulars. Meanwhile, up to 1,000 Fed [...] | 2005-11-30 09:27:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NI |
05LAGOS1814 | BAYELSA GOVERNOR'S IMPEACHMENT MOVES FORWARD [...] (U) The Bayelsa State House of Assembly suspended four assemblymen for improper activities, and directed Chief Judge Emmanuel Igoniwari to form a panel to investigate the charges listed in Governor Alamieyeseigha's impeachment notice. The House also voided Governor Alamieyeseigha's replacemen [...] | 2005-11-30 16:35:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NI |
05LAGOS1820 | TROOPS SILENCE BAYELSA RADIO, RAID GOVERNMENT HOUSE [...] (SBU) The political crisis in Bayelsa intensified Wednesday morning when Federal troops occupied the state-owned radio station, Bayelsa Radio, and shut it down. Station workers were turned away when they reported to work early Wednesday. Media sources quoted Bayelsa State officials denouncin [...] | 2005-12-01 15:33:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV NI |
05LAGOS1826 | DOCKWORKERS STAND DOWN ON PLANNED STRIKE [...] (SBU) Summary. The planned strike by dockworkers across Nigeria scheduled for December 1 was put on hold as GON and labor officials negotiated severance packages for over 6,000 dockworkers expected to be laid off as part of the GON's ports concessioning exercise. After a November 30 stakeholde [...] | 2005-12-02 14:47:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV ECON NI |
05LAGOS1857 | YOUTHS KILLED DURING MASSOB DEMONSTRATIONS [...] (SBU) Summary. On Tuesday, December 5, an estimated eleven people, allegedly members of the Movement for the Actualization of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB),were apparently killed in a clash with police and soldiers during demonstrations in Anambra and Imo States. While the police [...] | 2005-12-08 15:47:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NI |
05LAGOS1865 | OONI OF IFE BACKS OBASANJO EXTENSION [...] (C) In a November meeting, Consul General visited the Ooni of Ife, the most prominent Yoruba traditional ruler and one of the most influential traditional rulers in the country. The Ooni is unabashedly pro-Obasanjo and his leanings were quite apparent in his reflections on current political [...] | 2005-12-09 15:33:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NI |
05LAGOS1867 | IMPEACHMENT AFFIRMED, BAYELSA GOVERNOR ARRESTED [...] (U) Apparently at the urging of the Federal Government, impeachment proceedings against the Bayelsa State governor moved at lightning speed with the Speaker of the State Assembly announcing today that Governor Alamieyeseigha has been impeached. The impeachment removed the constitutional shie [...] | 2005-12-09 16:51:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NI |
05LAGOS1869 | SOSOLISO AIRPLANE CRASH:CONSULAR AND NTSB [...] (U) In response to the December 10 Sosoliso flight OSL 1145 air crash, Mission sent a two-member consular response team (CRT) to Port Harcourt on December 11 to observe the crash site, to ascertain the number of Amcits involved, and follow up on Amcit casualties. The Nigerian Red Cross report [...] | 2005-12-11 16:17:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR CASC ASEC AMGT NI PREL |
05LAGOS1871 | COOPERATION ON MARITIME SAFETY AND SECURITY [...] (SBU) Summary. The National Maritime Authority (NMA) met with US Office of Naval Research Global team on December 6 to discuss mutual maritime safety and security cooperation and research. NMA Director General emphasized the need for USG assistance in training cadets, producing accurate coastal [...] | 2005-12-12 07:53:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV ECON EWWT NI |
05LAGOS1876 | SOSOLISO AIRPLANE CRASH/ENUGU BUS ACCIDENT [...] (SBU) Consular Response Team (CRT) reported Doctor's Without Borders (DWB) collected Amcit Hawa Kamara's remains and are in contact with Ms. Kamara's parents to arrange for transport of her remains and personal effects to Monrovia, Liberia (Ms. Kamara was a DWB employee). Post has tried to rea [...] | 2005-12-12 18:07:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR CASC ASEC AMGT NI PREL |
05LAGOS1883 | ENUGU BUS CRASH AMCITS SAFELY MEDEVACED;SOSOLISO [...] This is an action request. Please see para 6. -------------------------------------- Enugu Bus Crash Amcits Safely Medevaced --------------------------------------- 2. (SBU) Last night, Amcit Erin Cothran was medevaced to Accra and AmCit Rebecca Carter was medevaced to Johannesburg. [...] | 2005-12-13 16:20:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR CASC ASEC AMGT NI PREL |
05LAGOS1891 | TIP: TIER 2 ACTION PLAN FOR NIGERIA DELIVERED [...] In response to action request (reftel),Post explained to GON areas of specific concern to Nigeria from the 2005 TIP report, why GON efforts did not meet minimum standards, and how to improve results in the future. On November 18, G/TIP lead for Nigeria, Veronica Zeitlin, and POLOFF Eshel Mur [...] | 2005-12-15 09:46:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM KWMN PHUM PREL SMIG NI |
05LAGOS1893 | ADDITIONAL 3RD TERM INDICATORS [...] (C) In a November conversation with the Consul General, Ugo Okafor of GoodWorks International LLC (strictly protect) said that indications point to President Obasanjo wanting a third term. GoodWorks is the advisory firm founded by Ambassador Andrew Young, who has a long, convivial relationsh [...] | 2005-12-15 10:43:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NI |
05LAGOS1898 | BAYELSA DEPUTY SWORN IN AS NEW GOVERNOR [...] (U) Dr. Goodluck Jonathan, Deputy Governor of Bayelsa State under Governor Alamieyeseigha and acting Governor since Alamieyeseigha's impeachment, was sworn in as Bayelsa Governor on December 12. Jonathan will complete the remaining fifteen months of the current term. 2. (U) The new Gover [...] | 2005-12-16 10:21:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NI |
05LAGOS1919 | NIGERIAN POLICE GAS PROTESTORS, IGNORE SUPREME [...] (U) On December 16, over two hundred mostly professional women calling themselves the Concerned Mothers of Nigeria gathered at the Sheraton Hotel in Lagos to protest perceived GON negligence in handling the recent Bellview and Sosoliso Airlines airplane crashes. Attempting to force the prot [...] | 2005-12-20 09:59:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM NI |
05LAGOS1921 | OYO IMPEACHMENT SPARKS VIOLENCE IN ASSEMBLY [...] (U) December normally experiences a decline in political activity and caviling in Nigeria. However, this December is an exception and is perhaps a sign of what is to come in 2006. If so, Nigeria may be in for a rough ride at the state as well as the national level. The Oyo State House of [...] | 2005-12-20 13:30:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NI |
05LAGOS1934 | DOMESTIC AIRLINES GROUNDED;LOW PUBLIC CONFIDENCE [...] (U) Summary. In a vote of no confidence in the domestic aviation sector, many would-be air travelers seem to be opting for road transportation following recent air mishaps. After the December 19 emergency landing of a Bellview flight in Accra, the GON temporarily suspended Bellview's operating [...] | 2005-12-21 16:06:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | EAIR EINV PREL NI |
05LAGOS1955 | COORDINATION DIFFICULT FOR NIGERIAN ANTI-TIP [...] (U) Summary. Coordinating efforts to combat trafficking in persons, both among government agencies and NGOs, is one of the stiffest challenges facing the GON. State police commands are hesitant to relinquish primary investigative jurisdiction rights to the National Agency for the Prohibiti [...] | 2005-12-28 14:50:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL KCRM KWMN SMIG NI |
05LAGOS1961 | AQUACULTURE EXPERTS STATE NIGERIAN FISHING [...] (U) Aquaculture experts report Nigeria has consistently underperformed in meeting targeted fish production quotas. They blame the low productivity on lack of available commercial vessels and able seafarers, environmental pollution, poor enforcement of fishing regulations, lack of defined water [...] | 2005-12-30 08:14:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIS ETRD EINV PHSA SENV PGOV PREL CH NI |
05LAGOS1965 | TERRORISM FINANCE: AHMED IDRIS NASREDDIN [...] (SBU) Pol/Econ off and Poloff presented ref D demarche to Ibrahim Lamorde, Director of Operations for Nigeria's Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Lagos office. Lamorde said the EFCC had been investigating the Nasco group of companies since October, after receiving communication [...] | 2005-12-30 12:09:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KTFN EFIN PTER PREL PM NI |
05LAGOS276 | DOZENS REPORTEDLY KILLED IN BAYELSA STATE, NIGERIA [...] (SBU) Summary: The Nigerian Joint Military Task Force (JTF) along with local militia reportedly "stormed" the village of Odioma in Bayelsa State, February 19, killing dozens. The operation was in response to the February 3 deaths of 12 individuals, including four local councilmen, who were [...] | 2005-02-24 06:00:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL NI |
05LAGOS366 | ANAMBRA ELECTIONS: REVERSALS OF FORTUNE [...] (C) Summary. Over the last month, five Anambra State election results from 2003 have been overturned, and the original PDP candidates installed. This tussle is not so much one to recognize the real electoral victor but one to see which PDP faction controls the state. For most of these elect [...] | 2005-03-08 06:21:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM KJUS PGOV PINS PREL |
05LAGOS419 | RECENT TIP CASES SHOW NIGERIA'S PROGRESS AND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In late February, state government officials in Lagos closed an "orphanage" run by a supposed church minister that was fronting for child trafficking and other illicit practices. On March 5, police in Lagos intercepted a truck carrying more than 60 children from Niger State. T [...] | 2005-03-16 12:32:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL KCRM KWMN NI |
05LAGOS435 | OBASANJO'S NEMESIS: LAGOS STATE GOVERNOR TINUBU [...] (SBU) Summary. On February 23, the Ambassador met Lagos State Governor Bola Tinubu who said that the federal government's withholding of approximately USD 135 million of accrued local government allocations for Lagos still has disproportionately affected children, health care delivery, transp [...] | 2005-03-18 07:36:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM KJUS NI PGOV PINS PREL |
05LAGOS472 | EXPELLED GOVERNOR BOASTS: I AM THE BEAUTIFUL [...] (C) Summary. Anambra State Governor Chris Ngige met with us days after being expelled from the ruling People's Democratic Party (PDP). Ngige predicted that a growing army of supporters as well as some disgruntled politicians would move with him to the party of his choice, thus wresting Anambr [...] | 2005-03-29 06:09:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM KJUS NI PGOV PINS PREL |
05LAGOS476 | SHANTY TOWN DEMOLISHED IN PORT HARCOURT; THOUSANDS [...] (C) Summary: In early March, the Rivers State government demolished the bulk of the "Agip waterside" shanty-town in Port Harcourt. Hundreds of dwellings have been leveled and thousands of people displaced. Former residents say the government neither paid compensation nor offered alternative [...] | 2005-03-29 10:05:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | NI PGOV PHUM PREL |
05LAGOS477 | NIGERIAN MILITARY OPERATION RESULTS IN CIVILIAN [...] (C) Summary: Bayelsa state representatives acknowledged that innocent civilians were probably killed by Nigerian soldiers on February 19 when the military raided the community of Odioma in search of the killers of twelve civilians two weeks before. Bayelsa state representatives characterized [...] | 2005-03-29 10:59:00 | Consulate Lagos | SECRET | EPET KJUS NI PGOV PHUM PREL |
05LAGOS507 | NIGERIA: PICK ME FOR PRESIDENT, OK HOW ABOUT VICE [...] (C) Summary: Governors Odili and Alamieyeseigha representing Rivers and Bayelsa states respectively, harbor unrealistic presidential aspirations, but are contenders for the Vice Presidential slot. Though President Obasanjo has cooled somewhat towards Odili following the governor's failure to [...] | 2005-04-04 11:09:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL NI |
05LAGOS563 | SHELL SAYS NIGERIA NEEDS OVERHAUL [...] (C) Summary: Shell Petroleum Development Corporation (SPDC) Managing Director (MD) Basil Oyimi told Ambassador he is concerned with President Obasanjo's "over-personalization" of reform. The lack of institutional underpinnings means Nigeria will be "back to square one" in 2007. Oyimi argued [...] | 2005-04-14 08:57:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | NI PGOV PREL EPET |
05LAGOS575 | VIEWS ON THE NIGER DELTA, FROM THE NIGER DELTA; [...] (SBU) Summary: During Ambassador Campbell's April 5-7 visit to Port Harcourt, Nigerian interlocutors identified poverty and corruption as their chief concerns. American citizens working in the area cited the absence of law and order as their biggest worry. Contacts said working in the Delta [...] | 2005-04-15 12:10:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM ECON CASC NI |
05LAGOS578 | SEEKING SUPPORT FOR THE U.S. NONPROLIFERATION [...] (SBU) On April 12 AmEmbassy Abuja delivered text of reftel non-paper to the Nigerian Ministry of Transportation (MOT). AmConsul Lagos delivered the same non-paper to National Maritime Authority (NMA) Director General (DG),Engineer Festus U.C. Ugwu, and NMA Secretary and Legal Advisor, M.E. E [...] | 2005-04-17 16:25:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | EWWT KNNP MNUC MX PARM PGOV PHSA PREL |
05LAGOS605 | MILITANT DELTA YOUTH SET ASIDE ARMS AND DIFFERENCES [...] (C) Summary: Over the past few months, the Government of Nigeria and NGOs convened two major "peace camps" bringing together members of rival militia groups and gangs from the Delta region. The camps were largely in response to the flare up in violence which occurred in the region Fall 2004. During [...] | 2005-04-25 10:52:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | NI PGOV PHUM PREL |
05LAGOS661 | SOUTHERN NIGERIA HUMAN RIGHTS UPDATE, APRIL [...] This cable is a roundup of various recent incidents that reflect the human rights situation in southern Nigeria. This summary is organized by section of the annual Human Rights Report. These incidents have not been reported in other cables, or are updates of previously reported items. - [...] | 2005-05-04 14:55:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PGOV PREL KIRF ELAB NI |
05LAGOS706 | BABANGIDA INSIDER FEARS OBASANJO WILL BAR HIS MAN [...] (S/NF) Summary: During a recent conversation, Professor Ukandi Damachi, long time associate and adviser to former head of state Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida (IBB),asserted Obasanjo may be considering a revolutionary thrust -- banning anyone who has held the office of governor or higher from the [...] | 2005-05-12 11:43:00 | Consulate Lagos | SECRET//NOFORN | NI PGOV PHUM PREL |
05LAGOS747 | CBN'S NEW CAPITALIZATION DEADLINES CAUSE BANKS TO [...] (C) Summary. Eschewing prior consultation with the industry, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) unexpectedly promulgated a new set of deadlines to spur banks to meet its recapitalization requirement: April 30 for pre-merger consent, August 31 for preliminary merger approval, and October 31 for [...] | 2005-05-19 08:49:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON EINV PGOV PREL NI |
05LAGOS765 | SUBSTANDARD CONDITIONS PROVOKE PLEAS FROM [...] Summary: On a visit to Oru Refugee Camp, PRM regional refugee coordinator, PRM admissions program officer, and Lagos pol-off were greeted by a large crowd. The refugees complained of substandard housing and sanitation, both evident on a tour of the camp. They explained the barriers to local [...] | 2005-05-23 16:05:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREF PREL LI NI |
05LAGOS801 | NIGERIA'S LEGISLATURES VICTIM TO ONE PARTY STATES [...] Summary. While a little progress has been made since 1999, independence of the legislative bodies remains a challenge. A survey of five state Houses of Assembly in Southern Nigeria revealed legislatures dominated by their respective governors and further hamstrung by strong party discipline. [...] | 2005-05-27 15:05:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | KDEM NI PGOV PHUM PREL |
05LAGOS806 | NIGERIAN POWER SECTOR REFORM LAW IS SIGNED, [...] (U) Summary. After languishing in the National Assembly more than four years, the Electric Power Sector Reform Act (EPSRA) has been passed and signed by President Obasanjo. The Act: 1) Seeks to expedite privatization of the legendarily dysfunctional National Electric Power Authority (NEPA); [...] | 2005-05-31 10:08:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN PGOV PREL NI |
05LAGOS838 | NIGERIA: IJAWS -- WHO ARE THEY AND WHY THEY MATTER [...] (SBU) Summary: Ijaws are the largest ethnic group in the volatile, oil-laden Niger Delta. As such, Ijaws view themselves as the legitimate stewards of the region's vast resources. Though united in the desire for "resource control," Ijaw leaders differ over how to attain that goal. These tac [...] | 2005-06-02 15:16:00 | Consulate Lagos | SECRET | PGOV PREL NI PTER ENRG |
05LAGOS947 | NIGERIA: SOUTH-SOUTH DEMANDS TO KEEP MORE OF OIL [...] (C) Summary: With less than two weeks remaining before its scheduled end, Nigeria's National Political Reform Conference's (NPRC) delegates remain divided over several issues -- chief among them resource control and the rotation of power, i.e. the presidency, between geographic zones. South- [...] | 2005-06-21 12:34:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV NI EPET PREL |
05LAPAZ3518 | VENEZUELA OVERSTEPS IN PRESIDENTIAL RACE [...] Summary: In a diplomatic stumble, Venezuelan Charge d'Affairs Rafael Valero hailed Evo Morales as the anti-imperialist candidate and criticized Podemos rival Tuto Qurioga as the puppet of multinationals and the U.S. in a press conference on November 23. Public reaction to Venezuelan "interf [...] | 2005-11-25 21:32:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ECON BL |
05LILONGWE1005 | MUTHARIKA-BUSH LETTER ON TAIWAN [...] Post is pouching to Department a letter from President Mutharika to President Bush, requesting U.S. consideration of UN membership for Taiwan. In the letter, Mutharika cites the examples of the former Soviet republics, states of the former Yugoslavia, and Singapore as nations that were all adm [...] | 2005-11-28 06:27:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MI TW |
05LILONGWE1020 | MALAWI REQUESTS END USER AGREEMENT ON HELICOPTERS [...] (SBU) The Government of Malawi has submitted, via diplomatic note to the Embassy, a request for an End User, Retransfer and Security Assurances agreement covering four UH-1H helicopters. The helicopters, tail numbers 317, 331, 360, and 387, are to be donated to Malawi by Taiwan. Post has no [...] | 2005-12-05 14:43:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC PGOV PREL MI TW |
05LILONGWE107 | MALAWI REIGNING IN PARASTATALS, PUSHING [...] (SBU) President Bingu wa Mutharika has recently reactivated the GOM's privatization program with a public speech strongly endorsing the Privatization Commission's efforts to push ahead with selling parastatal corporations. He is also said to have ordered the halt of operations at the Malawi De [...] | 2005-02-03 12:17:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KMCA KCOR PREL ECON EINV EAID MI |
05LILONGWE109 | MALAWI REPLACES RESERVE BANK GOVERNOR [...] (U) The GOM announced on Tuesday that Reserve Bank of Malawi (RBM) Governor Elias Ngalande is to be replaced at the end of his contract on February 28. He is to be replaced with the recently retired chief executive and current chairman of Stanbic Bank, Victor Mbewe. Stanbic is Malawi's secon [...] | 2005-02-04 06:26:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EINV PREL MI BUD FIN |
05LILONGWE128 | MALAWI CONSIDERS NEW DEVELOPMENT AGENDA [...] (SBU) As Malawi's Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper (PRSP) reaches the end of its three-year life, the GOM has floated the idea of taking a new tack as it develops its next PRSP. The proposed new agenda would be based on the Malawi Economic Growth Strategy, essentially a plan for removing constr [...] | 2005-02-09 10:57:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID EFIN EINV PREL KMCA MI |
05LILONGWE143 | MALAWI CROP ESTIMATE: SHORTAGE COMING [...] (U) Malawi's first crop estimates show a shortage of over 20 percent in maize, due mainly to late distribution of fertilizer and a developing dry spell. Grain stocks are adequate for now, though the hunger season is now reaching its peak. If the crop is seriously impaired, it may begin to imp [...] | 2005-02-15 14:54:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KMCA EAGR ECON EAID PREL MI |
05LILONGWE15 | A PLOT TO KILL MALAWI'S PRESIDENT? [...] (SBU) Three United Democratic Front officials were charged with treason on Wednesday for carrying guns to a meeting with President Bingu wa Mutharika. The Attorney General said authorities had information that some politicians had plotted to kill the president on January 2, 2004. By Thursda [...] | 2005-01-06 16:32:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KDEM MI |
05LILONGWE17 | THE UDF SPLIT: SOME POSSIBLE SCENARIOS [...] No summary [...] | 2005-01-10 10:07:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KDEM MI |
05LILONGWE198 | IMF ON MALAWI: GOOD PERFORMANCE, BUT NO FUNDING YET [...] (SBU) In a mid-mission briefing earlier this week, an International Monetary Fund (IMF) team said Malawi has performed strongly since its November review (ref A) and has good prospects of continued good performance through the end of its fiscal year (end June). The mission was examining fisca [...] | 2005-03-02 14:28:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EAID PREL MI BUD FIN |
05LILONGWE227 | DEBT PROPOSAL A PLEASANT SURPRISE FOR MALAWI [...] (SBU) Over the past week, Embassy has discussed the relative merits of the U.S. and U.K. proposals for debt relief to poor countries (reftel) with senior Malawian officials in ministries of finance, foreign affairs, and economic planning. To a person, our interlocutors have been unaware of ev [...] | 2005-03-10 14:06:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PREL EAID PA MI BUD FIN |
05LILONGWE341 | MALAWI SCORES FIRST BIG CORRUPTION WIN [...] The mayor of Blantyre, Malawi's largest city, was convicted of theft yesterday. The Blantyre Magistrate's Court sentenced John Chikakwiya to three years in prison for stealing MK400,000 ($3,700) of funds solicited from a local merchant for city road repairs. This is the first conviction of a [...] | 2005-04-21 06:11:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON KCOR PREL KMCA MI |
05LILONGWE409 | MALAWI'S BUDGET CONSULTATIONS [...] (U) In preliminary budget consultations with donors, Finance Minister Goodall Gondwe sketched an FY 2005/06 budget that would include some tax reform, allocations for humanitarian food relief, and a comparatively modest fertilizer subsidy. The budget for development will be increased by 35 pe [...] | 2005-05-13 11:56:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PREL KMCA BUD FIN |
05LILONGWE448 | GOVERNMENT CLOSES FINANCE BANK OF MALAWI [...] (U) In a move that took the Malawian business community by surprise, the GOM revoked the license of Finance Bank of Malawi (FBM) and closed the bank without warning on May 19. In public statements, the GOM has said the bank was regularly violating the country's banking regulations. GOM sources [...] | 2005-05-26 09:50:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN KCOR KMCA EINV PREL MI BUD FIN |
05LILONGWE46 | CONTACT NUMBERS FOR KEY OFFICIALS - MALAWI [...] POST SUBMITS THE FOLLOWING CONTACT INFORMATION FOR KEY GOVERNMENT OF MALAWI OFFICIALS. RESPONSE IS KEYED TO REFTEL PARAGRAPH 5. COUNTRY: REPUBLIC OF MALAWI DATE: 01/18/2005 HEAD OF STATE AND GOVERNMENT LAST NAME: Mutharika FIRST/MIDDLE NAMES: Bingu CONVENTIONAL USAGE: Dr. Bingu wa M [...] | 2005-01-18 16:11:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PINR PREL MI |
05LILONGWE508 | MALAWI IMPEACHMENT RUMORS SWIRL [...] (C) Long-standing rumors of an impeachment attempt in Parliament have gained some credibility recently. The President's former party is said to be ready to bring the issue to the floor soon, and the President's office is canvassing diplomatic missions for legal help. At this point, the main [...] | 2005-06-16 12:22:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON KDEM PGOV KCOR MI |
05LILONGWE540 | SPEAKER OF PARLIAMENT COLLAPSES DURING IMPEACHMENT [...] (C) Summary: The Speaker of Parliament collapsed on the House floor on June 23 as MPs debated procedures for possible Presidential impeachment. He was then taken to the hospital, stabilized, and then flown to South Africa. Parliament has been indefinitely suspended, and it is unclear who will [...] | 2005-06-24 10:45:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON KCOR KDEM PGOV PREL MI |
05LILONGWE555 | SPEAKER DIES AS PRESIDENT BLASTS OPPOSITION [...] (U) Summary: The Speaker of Parliament passed away late on June 27, after suffering a heart attack on the house floor on June 23. This comes as the President, along with various community groups, is blaming the opposition parties for the Speaker's condition, as well as Parliament's delay in pa [...] | 2005-06-28 14:42:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON KCOR KDEM PGOV PREL MI |
05LILONGWE564 | MALAWIAN MILITARY'S ROLE IN CURRENT POLITICAL [...] No summary [...] | 2005-06-29 14:41:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | CONFIDENTIAL | KCOR KDEM PGOV PREL MI POL MIL |
05LILONGWE577 | PARLIAMENT RECONVENES TO FOCUS ON BUDGET [...] Parliament reconvened on Thursday, July 7, to focus on passing the budget for 2005/06. This is the first meeting of Parliament since the late Speaker collapsed on the floor of the House on June 23 during debate over Presidential impeachment procedures. MPs seemed focused on addressing the bu [...] | 2005-07-07 14:47:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN KDEM PREL PGOV KCOR MI BUD FIN |
05LILONGWE614 | GOVERNMENT PASSES OPPOSITION TEST IN PARLIAMENT [...] (SBU) A controversial constitutional ammendment (reftel) supported by the full force of both opposition parties was rejected in Parliament on July 19th. The bill would have forced MPs who change parties to give up their seats in Parliament. The bill had the full support of the opposition, an [...] | 2005-07-20 11:36:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED | KCOR KDEM PGOV PREL MI |
05LILONGWE634 | PARLIAMENT ADJOURNS; IMPEACHMENT MOTIONS PUT OFF [...] SUMMARY: (U) Parliament adjourned Thursday July 22 after passing the 2005/06 budget, electing a new Speaker, and addressing other legislative issues. Parliament did not, however, address the impeachment procedure bill that had been tabled before the they temporarily adjourned on June 23 (Reft [...] | 2005-07-26 13:27:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED | KDEM PGOV PINR PREL TBIO MI |
05LILONGWE649 | PRESIDENT RESHUFFLES CABINET; SIDELINES [...] (SBU) Summary: President Mutharika has reorganized his Cabinet, removing the portfolio of Vice-President Chilumpha and demoting the Minister of Information. The President also fired the Minister of Mines and the Environment, promoted the Minister of Home Affairs to Minister of Agriculture, an [...] | 2005-08-01 14:48:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON KCOR KDEM PGOV PREL TBIO MI |
05LILONGWE709 | MALAWI TELECOM PRIVATIZATION ON HOLD [...] (C) The GOM has suspended the privatization of Malawi's parastatal telecommunications monopoly at the last moment. The privatization is a condition of two large World Bank programs in Malawi. The President apparently made the decision out of fear that the privatized company might sabotage sta [...] | 2005-08-18 10:31:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EINV ECPS KPRV PGOV PREL MI |
05LILONGWE738 | (C) MUTHARIKA ON REFORM AND POLITICS [...] (U) SUMMARY: AMBASSADOR PRESENTED CREDENTIALS TO PRESIDENT BINGU WA MUTHARIKA ON AUGUST 25, 2005. DURING THE TRADITIONAL ONE-ON-ONE CONVERSATION AFTER THE FORMAL CEREMONY, PRESIDENT MUTHARIKA EXPOUNDED AT LENGTH ON HIS PROGRAM (SELF-RELIANCE) AND MALAWI POLITICS (STALEMATED IN PARLIAMENT),[...] | 2005-08-26 09:56:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KMCA EAID MI |
05LILONGWE888 | MALAWI SENTENCES CHILD TRAFFICKERS TO SEVEN [...] (U) SUMMARY. ON SEPTEMBER 24, A MALAWIAN COURT SENTENCED THREE MEN TO SEVEN YEARS IMPRISONMENT WITH HARD LABOR FOR KIDNAPPING. ALTHOUGH MALAWI HAS YET TO ADOPT SPECIFIC TRAFFICKING LEGISLATION, THERE IS GROWING AWARENESS OF THE ISSUE AMONG THE COUNTRY'S LEADERS AND CIVIL SOCIETY. THE SENTENC [...] | 2005-10-11 11:50:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM ELAB PGOV PREL ZA MI |
05LILONGWE914 | PARLIAMENT ADOPTS IMPEACHMENT PROCEDURES [...] (SBU) Summary: On October 18, Malawi,s Parliament adopted procedures which provide the framework for the possible impeachment of President Mutharika. The opposition's next step will be to propose a constitutional amendment to establish a National Governing Council, which would make a major cha [...] | 2005-10-19 15:31:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PREL PGOV MI |
05LILONGWE932 | HIGH COURT PUTS INJUNCTION ON PRESIDENTIAL [...] (SBU) Summary: The High Court issued an injunction against the Presidential impeachment procedures over the weekend. This came after a notice of indictment of the President was presented in Parliament on Friday, October 21. The Speaker had accepted the notice, and summoned President Muthari [...] | 2005-10-25 14:55:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PREL MI |
05LILONGWE937 | (C) BINGU AGONISTES: THE STRUGGLE CONTINUES [...] CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT. 2. (C) SUMMARY: PRESIDENT BINGU WA MUTHARIKA SUMMONED AMBASSADOR AND BRITISH HIGH COMMISSIONER TO STATE HOUSE OCTOBER 26 FOR A TWO-HOUR-PLUS DISCUSSION OF HIS EFFORTS TO COPE WITH THE "WRATH OF MULUZI" (AS HE CALLED THE EFFORT TO IMPEACH HIM) AND THE HUNGER CR [...] | 2005-10-26 15:09:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | CONFIDENTIAL | MW PGOV PREL |
05LILONGWE942 | DONOR LETTER WELCOMED AS IMPEACHMENT WRANGLE [...] (U) Summary: Heads of Western donor missions sent a letter to Malawian political leaders, urging caution in considering constitutional amendments to rush through new impeachment procedures. Most political players welcomed the letter and all acknowledged the donors' right to a voice in the curr [...] | 2005-10-31 13:50:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | CONFIDENTIAL | MW PGOV PREL |
05LIMA1017 | PRESIDENT TOLEDO REALIGNS CABINET: POLS REPLACE [...] (U) President Toledo replaced four cabinet members on 2/26, bringing in new heads for the Ministries of Justice, Agriculture, Labor and Production. The new faces raise the profile of Toledo's Peru Possible party in the government -- two of the new ministers are strong party members and the th [...] | 2005-03-02 22:46:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PE ATPDEA |
05LIMA1094 | PERU: NARCOTICS AFFAIRS SECTION, FEBRUARY 2005 [...] (SBU) On February 9, Bryan Tuttle, NAS's Deputy Port Security and Maritime Advisor, was killed in an accident while assisting a drug investigation in the Port of Callao in Lima. As part of the port security program, a Peruvian delegation visited Colombian facilities at the Bogota airport and [...] | 2005-03-04 17:44:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR KCRM ASEC PREL PE |
05LIMA1171 | PERU: MULTI-TON COCAINE SEIZURES IN THE FIRST TWO [...] (C) BEGIN SUMMARY: In the first two months of 2005, the Peruvian National Police (PNP),supported by DEA's Lima Country Office (LCO),have tracked and seized record-breaking amounts of cocaine HCL/base - close to 5 metric tons - compared to 7.11 metric tons of cocaine HCL in the whole of 20 [...] | 2005-03-08 22:43:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL | SNAR EAID PGOV PREL PE |
05LIMA1176 | DEMARCHE ON OAS SOCIAL CHARTER (PERU) [...] (U) Poloff presented the demarche on the OAS Social Charter (Reftel) to Julio Garro, the Foreign Ministry's Assistant Secretary for Multilateral and Security Affairs on 3/8, Deputy Director for Multialteral Affairs Carlos Chocano, and Director of Social Affairs Maria Eugenia Echeverria were [...] | 2005-03-09 15:00:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SOCI PREL PE |
05LIMA1215 | PERU REQUESTS USG SUPPORT FOR SPANISH AWARD [...] The Foreign Ministry, by diplomatic note dated 2/25/05, requested that the United States, as a member of the International Advisory Committee of the Binational Plan for Development of the Peru-Ecuador Frontier ("Binational Plan"),support the Andean Development Corporation's (CAF) nomination [...] | 2005-03-10 21:00:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PE |
05LIMA1228 | UNHCHR-61 DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...] | 2005-03-11 17:13:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PE UNHRC |
05LIMA1233 | PERUVIAN PROPOSAL TO REFORM UNHRC [...] (C) ... id: 28627 date: 3/11/2005 19:08 refid: 05LIMA1233 origin: Embassy Lima classification: CONFIDENTIAL destination: header: This record is a partial extract of the original cable. The full text of the original cable is not available. ----------------- header ends ---------------- C O N [...] | 2005-03-11 19:08:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PE UNHRC |
05LIMA1246 | OPIUM STRATEGY PROGRESS REPORT [...] (C) The Mission strategy to combat opium production and trafficking in Peru was laid out in REF A in January. Since then, Embassy agencies including the Narcotics Affairs Section (NAS),the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and the Military Assistance Group (MAAG) have been aggressively [...] | 2005-03-14 21:05:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL | SNAR EAID PGOV PREL PE |
05LIMA1259 | PRESIDENT OF CONGRESS FLORES-ARAOZ TELLS [...] (C) SUMMARY. At a meeting with the Ambassador on 3/11, Congress President Antero Flores-Araoz said he would be a candidate for President in 2006. Flores described the ideal electoral coalition as one including: the APRA Party; a repentant leftist gravitating toward moderation, like Lambayeq [...] | 2005-03-15 17:33:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ETRD PE |
05LIMA1409 | FUTURE OF OUR CN PROGRAMS AND OBJECTIVES IN PERU [...] (SBU) Summary: As reported reftels, our Mission counter- drug strategy in the short term will be focused on holding the line against expansion of coca and opium cultivation and drawing the noose around no-go coca source zones through eradication and alternative development. The advent in mid [...] | 2005-03-23 21:41:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR EAID PGOV PREL PE |
05LIMA1795 | COMMUNITY OF DEMOCRACIES: ENCOURAGING CONSTRUCTIVE [...] (SBU) On 4/15, D/Polcoun delivered reftel points with U.S. views on the April 28-30 Community of Democracies Ministerial to Foreign Ministry North American Affairs Director Nestor Popolizio, and to Human Rights and Social Affairs Director Carlos Roman. Popolizio told Emboff that he expected Fo [...] | 2005-04-18 11:57:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM PREL PE |
05LIMA1852 | COMMUNITY OF DEMOCRACIES: PERU ON ELECTION [...] (SBU) On 4/19, D/Polcoun delivered reftel points and concept paper on the U.S. proposal for developing election standards and assessment mechanisms to Foreign Ministry Human Rights and Social Affairs Director Carlos Roman. Roman told Emboff on 4/21 that he had forwarded the U.S. proposal to F [...] | 2005-04-21 17:04:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM PREL PE |
05LIMA2018 | FOREIGN MINISTER CLAIMS CHARGES THAT CHILE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Foreign Minister Manuel Rodriguez told the Ambassador that the resusitation of charges that Chile supplied Ecuador with arms during the latter's 1995 border conflict with Peru would make it difficult for Peru to join consensus on the election of Chilean Jose Miguel Insulza as O [...] | 2005-05-03 11:45:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PE |
05LIMA2030 | PERU PARTIES SIGN ETHICAL ELECTION PACT GEARING UP [...] SUMMARY: Twenty-one political parties and organizations signed a comprehensive "Ethical Elections Pact" (EEP) on 4/28. The EEP signatories agreed to conform to existing legal limits on when, where, and what type of political propaganda can be promoted, as well as the prohibition against usin [...] | 2005-05-03 22:46:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PE |
05LIMA2061 | PERU REJECTS CHILE'S RESPONSE ON ARMS SHIPMENTS TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Carlos Ferrero announced at a 5/3 press conference that the GOP considered "completely unsatisfactory" the Chilean Government's response to Peru's diplomatic note protesting Chile's 1995 arms deliveries to Ecuador (Ref A). Consequently, Ferrero continued, Peru wa [...] | 2005-05-05 19:40:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PE CI |
05LIMA2111 | PERU: NARCOTICS AFFAIRS SECTION, APRIL 2005 [...] (SBU) On April 7, CORAH started eradication in the hard-core zone of Polvora-Pizana north of Santa Lucia in the Huallaga Valley. The eradicators and their police security units encountered stiff resistance by some cocaleros, including rock-throwing that damaged 3 INL helicopters in 2 separat [...] | 2005-05-10 15:38:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR KCRM ASEC PREL PE |
05LIMA2180 | TOLEDO MAINTAINS HARD LINE ON 1995 CHILEAN ARMS [...] (U) President Alejandro Toledo is maintaining the GOP's hard line on Chile's 1995 arms deliveries to Ecuador. In a declaration made on 5/10 while attending the South American Arab Summit in Brasilia, Toledo announced that the issue will not/not be resolved and there will be no/no 2x2 meeting [...] | 2005-05-13 20:46:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PE CI |
05LIMA2222 | IS IT PERU'S TURN TO HAVE A CONSTITUTIONAL CRISIS? [...] (C) On the afternoon of May 17, Prime Minister Carlos Ferrero asked urgently to meet with the Ambassador. Ferrero related that the government is seriously concerned that Peru,s Congress, at the instance of the APRA legislative block, might vote on May 19 to suspend President Toledo from off [...] | 2005-05-18 15:43:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PREL PE |
05LIMA2223 | PERU'S PARTICIPATION IN THE FOURTH GLOBAL FORUM ON [...] No summary [...] | 2005-05-18 15:53:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL SOCI AMGT ASEC CPAS CVIS KCRM KFRD PINR PINS PE BR |
05LIMA2226 | ACTING FOREIGN MINISTER ON HANDLING OF RELATIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Acting Foreign Minister Armando Lecaros, in response to a query from the Ambassador during a meeting on 5/16, stated that the Foreign Ministry has worked closely with President Alejandro Toledo in handling the crisis in bilateral relations with Chile over the latter's delivery o [...] | 2005-05-18 16:11:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PE CI |
05LIMA2241 | AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH OPPOSITION LEADERS, RECEIVES [...] (C) The Ambassador, on 5/18, met separately with APRA leader Alan Garcia and Unidad Nacional Legislative Bloc leader Xavier Barron (Unidad Nacional leader Lourdes Flores had agreed to meet the Ambassador but fell ill). According to both Garcia and Barron, the opposition parties in Congress [...] | 2005-05-18 23:56:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PREL PE |
05LIMA2249 | OPPOSITION LEADERS TELL AMBASSADOR THEY WILL NOT [...] (C) The Ambassador met separately with APRA leader Alan Garcia and Unidad Nacional legislative bloc chief Xavier Barron on 5/18 to express concern over reports that opposition parties might stretch the Constitution to sanction President Alejandro Toledo over allegations that he and his Peru [...] | 2005-05-19 18:54:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PREL PE |
05LIMA2250 | OPPOSITION PARTY PROPOSALS AFFECTING PRESIDENT [...] (U) SUMMARY: Congress, on 5/19, is expected to debate at least three proposals to sanction President Alejandro Toledo for his alleged involvement in fraud in connection with the registration of his Peru Posible party for the 2000 elections. Most of the proposed sanctions are of doubtful co [...] | 2005-05-19 18:56:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PREL PE |
05LIMA2282 | CONGRESS AVOIDS VOTE ON PROPOSED TOLEDO SANCTIONS, [...] SUMMARY: In a stormy plenary session that lasted nearly 16 hours, the Congress finally voted 56-47 to send the documents amassed by the committee investigating President Alejandro Toledo and his Peru Posible party for registration fraud (Villanueva Committee) to the Public Ministry for use i [...] | 2005-05-20 19:50:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PINS PREL PE |
05LIMA2302 | PERU AND CHILE SETTLE DIFFERENCES OVER 1995 ARMS [...] SUMMARY: A Joint Declaration, signed by the Foreign Ministers of Peru and Chile on May 22, has settled the bilateral squabble over Chile's delivery of arms to Ecuador during the 1995 Peru-Ecuador border conflict. The Joint Declaration referred to the Chilean Foreign Ministry's Public Declar [...] | 2005-05-23 19:19:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PINS PE CI |
05LIMA2397 | ADDITIONAL SUPPORT FOR U.S. HUMAN RIGHTS CANDIDATE [...] (C) The Ambassador reiterated our request for Peru to support the candidacy of Paolo Carozza for commissioner on the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (Ref B) to Foreign Ministry Under Secretary for Political Affairs Oscar Maurtua on 5/27. Maurtua said that Peru is being heavily lob [...] | 2005-05-27 22:13:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PE BO |
05LIMA2461 | PERU TO SUPPORT U.S. CANDIDATE FOR INTER-AMERICAN [...] No summary [...] | 2005-06-02 20:59:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PE BO OAS |
05LIMA2523 | PERU'S TEXTILE EXPORTS INCREASE 13 PERCENT IN Q1 [...] (U) Summary. Peru's textile industry witnessed a 13 percent increase in exports during the first quarter of 2005 year-on-year, despite local fears that the end of the Multi- Fiber Agreement (MFA) would limit the Peruvian textile industry's ability to compete internationally. The GOP, noting [...] | 2005-06-06 22:30:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTEX ETRD ECON PGOV PREL PE |
05LIMA2550 | MYTH BUSTER: COCA-FREE WAYS TO SUPPORT YOUR FAMILY [...] Summary: A USG-funded program helps break the myth that poor farmers in Peru can only feed and educate their kids by growing coca. The Institute of Tropical Crops (ICT),supported primarily by INL, helps farmers manage an integrated mix of crops, centered on cacao. During a recent visit, [...] | 2005-06-07 21:07:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL SNAR EAID PE |
05LIMA2551 | VENEZUELA MEDDLING IN PERUVIAN POLITICS [...] (S) Ambassador requested a one-on-one meeting with Foreign Minister Rodriguez Cuadros June 6 to discuss the Venezuelan government,s involvement with violent, extremist Peruvian organizations. The Ambassador noted that the Embassy had learned late last week that Venezuela,s Ambassador-desig [...] | 2005-06-07 21:15:00 | Embassy Lima | SECRET//NOFORN | PE PGOV PREL VE |
05LIMA2571 | ANDEAN COMMUNITY ISSUES STATEMENT SUPPORTING [...] (U) Acting in his capacity as President of the Andean Community Council, Foreign Minister Manuel Rodriguez issued a statement on 6/7 expressing support for constitutional norms and democratic institutions in Bolivia. Embassy's informal translation of the statement follows: (begin text) A [...] | 2005-06-08 19:59:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PE BL |
05LIMA2589 | FUJIMORI EXTRADITION CASE HAS PROBLEMS SAYS EXPERT [...] (C) The GOP's case to compel Japan to extradite former Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori is poorly organized and filled with errors, according to noted human rights lawyer and former Truth and Reconciliation Executive Secretary Javier Ciurlizza (strictly protect). Foreign Minister Rodrigue [...] | 2005-06-09 19:53:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PE |
05LIMA2601 | PERU PONDERS DANINO OR OTHE... [...] (SBU) At least five major Peruvian dailies, plus "The Economist," have speculated over the last week that the GOP will make a major push for the candidacy of a Peruvian to replace IDB President Enrique Iglesias, who announced his resignation May 31. (Note: Iglesias will leave his post Septem [...] | 2005-06-10 14:54:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EAID EFIN PE |
05LIMA2625 | PERU AND CHILE AGREE TO RESUME "TWO PLUS TWO" [...] In a press release issued on June 10, Peru's Foreign Ministry announced that Peruvian FM Rodriguez and Chilean FM Walker had decided to convene a meeting on July 6 of the "2 plus 2" mechanism, the consultative group made up of the Foreign and Defense Ministers of the two countries. This step [...] | 2005-06-13 19:15:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PINS PE CI |
05LIMA2642 | SEIZURE OF MAJOR COCAINE HCL LABORATORY IN APURIMAC [...] (SBU) Summary: On June 9, 2005, PNP DIRANDRO Special Operations Group, aided by NAS helicopters, seized a major cocaine HCL laboratory on the River Ene in the VRAE. At the site, the Special Ops group found half a metric ton of cocaine hcl along with 1 metric ton of cocaine base, as well as 3 [...] | 2005-06-14 14:33:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ASEC SNAR PE |
05LIMA2674 | UNODC ANDEAN COCA SURVEYS FOR 2004 SHOW EXPANSION [...] (SBU) Summary: UNODC's 2004 coca survey found a 14 pecent increase in coca cultivation over the previous year, totalling 50,300 hectares. Most of this increase occurred in the Upper Huallaga and San Gaban areas. The UNODC's findings match Embassy's observations; our current eradication sche [...] | 2005-06-15 19:04:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PE PREL SNAR UN |
05LIMA2686 | UPDATE ON PERU NOMINATION FOR IDB PRESIDENCY [...] (C) Ambassador Struble spoke June 14 to Hector Quintero, Colombian Ambassador to Peru, regarding the visit of Colombian Ambassador to the U.S. Luis Alberto Moreno to Lima. Quintero explained that Ambassador Moreno had met with President Alejandro Toledo that morning to seek Peruvian support f [...] | 2005-06-16 14:31:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EAID EFIN PE |
05LIMA2692 | PERUVIAN FINANCE MINISTER PPK WILL RUN FOR IDB [...] (C) Finance Minister Pedro Pablo Kuczynski (PPK) confirmed to the Ambassador in a private conversation June 16 that he will be a candidate to replace Enrique Iglesias as IDB President. PPK said that he told Toledo recently of his desire to leave the Finance Minister position in mid-August 20 [...] | 2005-06-16 16:16:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EAID EFIN PE |
05LIMA2698 | MDA: CONFERENCE FOR THIRD ADDITIONAL PROTOCOL -- [...] No summary [...] | 2005-06-16 19:10:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PREF PHUM PE ICRC |
05LIMA2748 | REFORMING THE UN HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION (CHR): [...] (SBU) On 6/17, A/Polcouns delivered reftel points on CHR reform to Foreign Ministry Director of Human Rights Carlos Roman, stressing that we were aware of Peru's proposal for the creation of a body of a body of Independent Experts, and requesting a comprehensive review of the U.S. non-paper, in [...] | 2005-06-20 23:46:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL KUNR PE UNCHR |
05LIMA2751 | VENEZUELAN EMBASSY'S SEMINAR ON THE SOCIAL CHARTER [...] (SBU) On 6/15, Political Section FSN Assistant attended a "Participative Forum/Workshop" sponsored by the Embassy of Venezuela in Lima entitled "The Social Charter of the Americas (SCA)." Summaries of the interventions by the scheduled speakers are provided below. 2. (U) Ambassador Jorge V [...] | 2005-06-21 17:03:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV SOCI VE PE |
05LIMA2840 | THE "U.S. DESIGNS ON THE AMAZON" MYTH RESURFACES [...] (S) SUMMARY. The Ambassador and a USDAO member have confronted Peruvian officials concerning a Peruvian Army officer's briefing at a bilateral intelligence conference in Quito that depicted the U.S. as the principal security threat to Peru, and alleged that the U.S. had plans to take over the [...] | 2005-06-27 15:41:00 | Embassy Lima | SECRET | PGOV PREL PINS MARR PE EC |
05LIMA2919 | PRESIDENTIAL ADVISORS ON POLITICAL SCENE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Two top presidential political counselors recently reviewed the political scene with Polcouns. They were optimistic that President Alejandro Toledo and the GOP will work out a modus vivendi with the opposition parties on a new Congress President and a smooth transition to the [...] | 2005-07-05 15:26:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EFIN PREL PINS PE |
05LIMA3006 | FINANCE MINISTER NOMINATED FOR IDB PRESIDENCY [...] On July 8, the Foreign Ministry convoked the diplomatic corps to announce the GOP's nomination of Finance Minister Pedro Pablo Kuczynski (PPK) as its candidate to replace Enrique Iglesias as President of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB). At the end of the day, Post received a diplom [...] | 2005-07-11 15:01:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN PGOV PREL PE |
05LIMA3075 | PERU ON G-4 FRAMEWORK RESOLUTION FOR UN REFORM [...] (SBU) Ambassador delivered reftel demarche on 7/13 to Foreign Minister Manuel Rodriguez. Ambassador stressed that it would be counterproductive to call for a vote now on the G-4 resolution on Security Council (UNSC) expansion -- the resolution is contrary to the interests of many important co [...] | 2005-07-14 16:23:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PE UNSC |
05LIMA3113 | AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES UN REFORM PRIORITIES WITH [...] (SBU) On 7/13, the Ambassador discussed Ref B talking points on overall UN reform priorities of the USG with Foreign Minister Manuel Rodriguez; their exchange on Security Council Reform and the G-4 Resolution was reported in Ref A. The Ambassador emphasized the critical nature of the reform pr [...] | 2005-07-15 23:02:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KUNR AORC PE UNSC |
05LIMA3250 | PERU STILL UNDECIDED ON G-4 RESOLUTION [...] No summary [...] | 2005-07-26 21:11:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KUNR PE UNSC UNGA |
05LIMA3252 | PRESIDENT TOLEDO HAS NOT YET DECIDED ON G-4 [...] No summary [...] | 2005-07-26 22:36:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KUNR PE UNSC UNGA |
05LIMA3253 | WAY-AHEAD FOR CREATING THE UN PEACEBUILDING [...] No summary [...] | 2005-07-26 22:47:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KUNR KPKO PE UNSC UNGA ECOSOC |
05LIMA3331 | UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL: GAINING SUPPORT FOR USG [...] Poloff delivered the demarche on gaining support for the USG proposal to create a UN Human Rights Council to replace the UN Human Rights Commission to Carlos Roman, the Foreign Ministry's Director of Human Rights, on 8/2. Roman said Peru supported the principles behind the U.S. initiative, bu [...] | 2005-08-03 20:11:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL PE UNCHR UNGA |
05LIMA3337 | TOLEDO'S STATE OF THE NATION SPEECH [...] A confident President Alejandro Toledo delivered his annual State of the Nation speech on 7/28, in which he touted his administration's economic, political and social successes; emphasized that these accomplishments were achieved in conjunction with the Congress, political parties and the pop [...] | 2005-08-03 21:39:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV ECON PREL PHUM PE |
05LIMA3341 | EU AMBASSADOR PROVIDES READOUT ON SOUTH AMERICAN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Ambassador met with EU Ambassador Mendel Goldstein on 7/27 to convey concerns about statements attributed to EU External Relations Commissioner Benita Ferrero-Waldner that appeared to criticize U.S. counternarcotics policies in the Andes. Goldstein stated that Ferrero-Waldne [...] | 2005-08-03 21:48:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR PREL ETRD PTER EU PE |
05LIMA3379 | NEW PRO-CHAVEZ PUBLICATION IN LIMA [...] SUMMARY: A pro-Chavez, leftist publication entitled "Wankar" ("the Song of the People" in Quechua) recently appeared in Lima. The first issue has a slick paper cover with a dramatic color photo of Chavez sporting his commando cap, his fist raised in the air. The masthead of the magazine as [...] | 2005-08-05 15:28:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PINR PREL PE VE |
05LIMA3419 | Letter of Agreement of Narcotics Control between [...] Post has completed discussions with the GOP on the text for an amendment to the 1996 Operating Agreement for the Project for Control of Narcotics last amended in September 2004 (Reftel). The amendment would incorporate Fiscal Year 05 funds in the amount of 57,932,000 dollars. We have agree [...] | 2005-08-09 15:22:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR PREL PGOV PE |
05LIMA3429 | SECRETARY RUMSFELD'S VISIT TO PERU: SCENESETTER [...] (C) Mr. Secretary, both my country team and the Peruvian Government are delighted that you are able to visit Peru. Within hours of learning that you would be stopping in Lima, President Toledo called me to say how important your visit is to him. The President has recently become concerned about [...] | 2005-08-09 18:34:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON ETRD MARR PE |
05LIMA3434 | PERUVIAN COMMITMENT TO UN MISSION IN HAITI [...] (C) Peruvian Defense Minister Roberto Chiabra, in recent conversations with Emboffs (most recently on 8/5 with the Ambassador),has echoed the concern expressed by UN SRSG Valdes that Chile and Argentina are leaning towards withdrawing their troops from MINUSTAH by June 2006 (Reftel). According to [...] | 2005-08-09 21:54:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL | KPKO MARR PREL ASEC PE AA UN |
05LIMA3447 | PLOTTING ANOTHER COME-BACK: DOES FORMER PRESIDENT [...] (C) SUMMARY. Former President Alberto Fujimori has done a masterful job maintaining his standing as a major political force in Peru, despite the fact that he remains exiled in Japan, is prohibited from holding public office here, and is the subject of extradition requests by the GOP. His sup [...] | 2005-08-10 17:23:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINS KCRM PE |
05LIMA3468 | IRAN/IAEA: URGING SUPPORT FOR FIRM ACTION AGAINST [...] No summary [...] | 2005-08-11 16:44:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL PE |
05LIMA3489 | CABINET CRISIS AN INTERGOVERNMENTAL AFFAIR FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: The 8/11 resignation of Prime Minister Carlos Ferrero, in response to the appointment of Fernando Olivera as Foreign Minister, forced the resignation of the entire Cabinet and resulted in a serious political dilemma for President Alejandro Toledo. It remains an intergovernment [...] | 2005-08-12 20:55:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MARR PINR PE |
05LIMA3498 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON REMAINING IN HAITI FOR THE [...] No summary [...] | 2005-08-12 22:55:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPKO MARR HA PE |
05LIMA3518 | RESIGNATION OF FOREIGN MINISTER ENDS [...] (U) SUMMARY: The intergovernmental political crisis resulting from the resignation of Prime Minister Carlos Ferrero on 8/11, following the appointment of Fernando Olivera as Foreign Minister, was resolved the evening of 8/12, when President Alejandro Toledo asked Olivera to step down. Tole [...] | 2005-08-15 21:08:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR PE |
05LIMA3548 | NEW PRIME MINISTER, FOREIGN MINISTER AND DEFENSE [...] (C) New Prime Minister-designate Pedro Pablo Kuczynski (PPK) phoned the Ambassador on the morning of 8/16 to confirm press reports that he would be sworn-in later that day as Prime Minister. The Ambassador inquired as to other Cabinet changes that might affect upcoming meetings with SECDEF. P [...] | 2005-08-16 21:59:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL MARR PE |
05LIMA3549 | CABINET INCLUDES SIX NEW FACES [...] (U) President Toledo swore in his new cabinet of ministers on 8/16. Pedro Pablo Kuczynski, previously Minister of Economy and Finance, became the Prime Minister. Six new cabinet members were approved: Oscar Maurtua Romana as Minister of Foreign Relations, Marciano Rengifo Ruiz as Minister of [...] | 2005-08-16 22:12:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PINR PREL ECON MARR PE |
05LIMA3554 | PERU RESUMES FTA NEGOTIATIONS WITH THAILAND [...] (U) Summary. After almost 10 months of delay, the GOP resumed free trade talks with Thailand on August 15. During round six, held in Lima August 15-17, the GOP and GOT will negotiate chapters on market access, rules of origin, customs procedures and safeguards. GOP officials view Thailand [...] | 2005-08-17 16:00:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON EAGR PGOV PREL PE |
05LIMA3562 | PERU: PRESIDENT BUSH'S DEMOCRACY EVENT AT UN IN [...] No summary [...] | 2005-08-17 18:00:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL UNGA |
05LIMA3575 | PERU SIGNS ON TO CNIES [...] On August 17, the Peruvian Ministry of External Affairs returned a diplomatic note to the Embassy signing on to the CNIES agreement. Final texts and diplomatic note will be e-mailed and pouched separately. The agreement provides for a regime of common rules for sorting and identifying suspec [...] | 2005-08-18 14:15:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED | MOPS PREL SNAR PE |
05LIMA3588 | FOREIGN MINISTRY EXPRESSES CONCERN OVER PERUVIAN [...] Embassy has received the following dip note from the Peruvian Foreign Affairs Ministry regarding the case of Edgar Vera Monte, a Peruvian who is on life support following an altercation with police in Allen, Texas on 8/4. "The Ministry of Foreign Relations, Office of the Secretary of Peruvi [...] | 2005-08-18 20:36:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PREL PE |
05LIMA3594 | INTRODUCING MINISTER OF FINANCE FERNANDO ZAVALA [...] (SBU) Summary. On August 16, President Toledo appointed former Vice Minister of Economy Fernando Zavala Lombardi to replace Pedro Pablo Kuczynski as the Minister of Economy and Finance. Zavala, prior to his position as Vice Minister, served as General Manager of Indecopi (Peru's IPR Administ [...] | 2005-08-18 22:15:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PGOV PREL PE ENIV |
05LIMA3687 | PERU BUYS BACK $1.5 BILLION IN PARIS CLUB DEBT [...] (U) Summary. The Peruvian Government on August 16 issued a $1.5 billion buyback of its Paris Club debt, sending checks to 13 Paris Club countries. The GOP expects the buyback to lighten the government's service burden over the next few years by an average of $360 million annually during the [...] | 2005-08-25 16:35:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PREL PE ENIV |
05LIMA3798 | UPDATE ON ANTI-TERRORISM TRIALS IN PERU [...] (C) SUMMARY: According to Anti-Terrorism judges, convictions are expected in the "megatrials" of the Movimiento Revolucionario Tupac Amaru (MRTA) and Sendero Luminoso (SL) leaders. The defendants in the El Polo bombing case may be acquitted, however, but should remain in jail on other charges [...] | 2005-09-01 22:11:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER KJUS PREL ASEC PE |
05LIMA3807 | DEVELOPMENTS IN PERU'S RELATIONS WITH CHILE [...] (U) The Peruvian Ministry of Foreign Relations has posted several items on its website documenting Foreign Minister Oscar Maurtua's 8/23 visit to Santiago. Maurtua called on GOC officials, including President Lagos and Senate President Sergio Romero, as well as an extensive working meeting wit [...] | 2005-09-02 15:17:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PE CI |
05LIMA3810 | PERU: NARCOTICS AFFAIRS SECTION, JULY 2005 [...] (SBU) The Peruvian police (PNP),strengthened by the influx of graduates from NAS police academies in May, have been giving CORAH unprecedented support in eradication operations, allowing eradicators to continue despite stiff local resistance. Police support has also allowed CORAH to run si [...] | 2005-09-02 16:06:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL | SNAR KCRM ASEC PREL PE |
05LIMA3826 | DEVELOPMENT ISSUES IN THE UN HIGH LEVEL GENERAL [...] No summary [...] | 2005-09-02 21:34:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECIN PREL PE UNGA |
05LIMA3831 | PERU OFFERS MEDICAL ASSISTANCE FOR VICTIMS OF [...] President Toledo and Foreign Minister Maurtua called the Ambassador on September 3, to offer assistance to the victims of Hurricane Katrina. They said that the GOP is prepared to send a plane carrying 80-100 doctors, as early as September 3, to treat Peruvian and non-Peruvians in Louisiana an [...] | 2005-09-03 13:40:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED | AEMR KPAO AMGT PREL PE |
05LIMA3832 | UPDATE ON OFFER OF ASSISTANCE FROM PERU FOR [...] The Government of Peru, after being informed by the Ambassador of the priority needs listed in Ref B, is developing an assistance package likely to be composed of canned seafood (in lieu of MREs),sheets, t-shirts and non-pharmaceutical medical and veterinary supplies. (Note: President Aleja [...] | 2005-09-05 18:18:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED | AEMR EAID PREL PE |
05LIMA3847 | CHANGING TACTICS:EXPLOSIVE DEVICES FOUND IN [...] (C) Summary: Between August 27-31, a total of 9 explosive devices were found by police and CORAH eradicators in the field during operations in the Santa Rosa area near Santa Lucia. One CORAH worker was hit and hospitalized when he triggered a device but the injuries were not life-threateni [...] | 2005-09-06 21:34:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL | SNAR ASEC PREL PE |
05LIMA3854 | TFUS01: SPECIFICS ON PERUVIAN OFFER OF ASSISTANCE [...] Foreign Minister Oscar Maurtua informed the Ambassador on 9/6, that Peru greatly desires to provide assistance to Hurricane Katrina victims soonest. Later that day, the Foreign Ministry's Action Officer for Hurricane Katrina assistance, Director of Secuirty and Defense Affairs Daul Matute, i [...] | 2005-09-07 11:51:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED | AEMR EAID PREL PE |
05LIMA3862 | TFUS01: UPDATED SPECIFICS ON PERUVIAN OFFER OF [...] No summary [...] | 2005-09-07 19:14:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED | AEMR EAID PREL PE |
05LIMA3870 | INVITATION FOR SECSTATE TO SPEAK BEFORE [...] Alejandro Miro Quesada, the President of the Inter-American Press Association (IAPA) and publisher of Peru's leading daily "El Comercio," has invited Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice to address the opening session of the IAPA's General Assembly on 10/10 in Indianapolis, Indiana. A previous [...] | 2005-09-08 01:23:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED | OPDC PHUM PREL SOCI PE |
05LIMA3887 | TFUS01: SOUTH AMERICAN COMMUNITY OF NATIONS [...] The Peruvian Foreign Ministry, on 9/5, issued a communique on behalf of the South American Community of Nations (CSN),over which Peru currently presides, expressing that organizations' solidarity with the American people in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, the willingness of its member sta [...] | 2005-09-08 20:21:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED | AEMR EAID PREL PE |
05LIMA3888 | THE TOLEDO-URIBE MEETING AND PERU'S GAME PLAN FOR [...] (SBU) Summary: In separate meetings with the Ambassador the Ministers of Trade, Foreign Relations and Production described Toledo's one-day trip to Colombia as productive. The GOP believes Uribe was not previously aware of how much Colombia's FTA team is out of sync with Peru's. Peruvian bus [...] | 2005-09-08 20:57:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON EINV PGOV PREL PE |
05LIMA3914 | NEW PERM REP TO OAS [...] A Supreme Resolution published on 9/7 in the GOP's "Legal Norms" named Fernando de la Flor Arbulu as Peru's Permanent Representative to the Organization for American States (OAS). A subsequent Ministerial resolution will determine the date upon which De la Flor will assume responsibility. 2. [...] | 2005-09-09 20:45:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PINR PGOV PE OAS |
05LIMA3923 | THREE PRESIDENTS INAUGURATE INTEROCEANIC HIGHWAY [...] (SBU) Summary. The Presidents of Peru, Bolivia and Brazil met in Madre de Dios, Peru on September 8, to inaugurate the $810 million Interoceanic Highway project, which will connect Brazil's Atlantic coast to Peru's Pacific coast. The governments expect the highway to be completed by 2010. [...] | 2005-09-09 22:02:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTEX ETRD ECON PGOV PREL PE |
05LIMA3924 | PERU WILL JOIN-DEMARCHE REPLY - AVIAN FLU [...] No summary [...] | 2005-09-09 22:18:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ASEC EAID KSCA TBIO ECON PREL SOCI PE KSTH WHO |
05LIMA3925 | TFUS01: ACCEPTANCE OF OFFER FOR ASSISTANCE FROM [...] Polcouns, on 9/11, informed Daul Matute, the Foreign Ministry's Director of Security and Defense Affairs (and Peru's coordinator for Hurricane Katrina assistance) of the USG's acceptance at this time of Peru's offer to provide 1600 bandages, and of its continuing review of Peru's other offers [...] | 2005-09-11 22:15:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED | AEMR EAID PREL US PE |
05LIMA3926 | WHY AN URIBE/TOLEDO MEETING WITH PRESIDENT BUSH IS [...] (C) We understand that Peruvian Ambassador Ferrero soon will call on PDAS Shapiro and U/S Burns to request an October meeting between Presidents Toledo, Uribe and Bush. According to Foreign Minister Maurtua, the two Andean leaders decided during their September 5 consultations in Bogota (re [...] | 2005-09-11 22:16:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETRD PGOV PE CO |
05LIMA4008 | PERU AND AVIAN FLU -- OPPORTUNITY TO COLLABORATE [...] Summary: The GOP is slowly progressing on its action plan to combat the Avian Flu threat, but the Health and Agriculture Ministries have insufficient resources to implement it. Public health capacity is already stretched thinly across a wide range of needs. Peru is at risk due to expanding [...] | 2005-09-15 19:19:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR EAID KSCA PREL SOCI KTDB ECON PE UNGA |
05LIMA4023 | DEMARCHE URGING SUPPORT FOR SUA NONPROLIFERATION [...] No summary [...] | 2005-09-16 16:09:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP MNUC PARM PREL KTIA PHSA EWWT PE |
05LIMA4024 | IRAN/IAEA: SEEKING SUPPORT FOR EU3 EFFORTS TO [...] No summary [...] | 2005-09-16 16:12:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP PARM PREL TRGY MNUC IR EU PE IAEA |
05LIMA4041 | TFUS01: ADDITIONAL PERUVIAN OFFER OF ASSISTANCE [...] No summary [...] | 2005-09-16 21:37:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PINS AEMR MARR CASC PE |
05LIMA4131 | PERU ADDS CLOTHING TO OFFER FOR HURRICANE KATRINA [...] No summary [...] | 2005-09-22 19:17:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PINS AEMR MARR CASC PE |
05LIMA4132 | FAR LEFT, INSPIRED BY CHAVEZ, SEEKING TO RIDE [...] (C) Most of Peru,s far-left Marxist parties, movements, and labor organizations are attempting to unite forces for the 2006 general elections under the banner of a "Frente Amplio" (Broad Front). They hope their standard bearer will be Ollanta Humala, leader of the fascistic Nationalist Peruv [...] | 2005-09-22 19:23:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR PE |
05LIMA4176 | PERU: NARCOTICS AFFAIRS SECTION, AUGUST 2005 [...] (SBU) Hostile crowds and random gunshots have not stopped eradication efforts in Mazamari and the Huallaga in August. Eradication continues despite having discovered improvised explosive devices in the fields, rigged to explode when a plant is uprooted. As of August 31, CORAH has eradicated a [...] | 2005-09-26 19:05:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL | SNAR KCRM ASEC PREL PE |
05LIMA4188 | PERU: TERRORISM FINANCE COORDINATOR OFFICER AT POST [...] No summary [...] | 2005-09-27 14:30:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED | KTFN KVPR EFIN PTER ETTC PREL PE |
05LIMA4212 | CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION: PERU UNLIKELY TO PAY [...] (U) Polcouns presented the demarche on persuading Peru to pay its dues to the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (Reftel) to Julio Garro, the Foreign Ministry's Director of Multilateral Affairs, on 9/27. 2. (C) Garro said that it was highly unlikely that Peru would pay [...] | 2005-09-28 13:56:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL PE CWC |
05LIMA4270 | CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION: PRIME MINISTER AGREES [...] (C) The Ambassador, on 9/28, phoned Prime Minister Pedro Pablo Kuczynski (who was out of the country) to explain why it is so important that Peru pay 68,600 Euros towards its OPCW dues. Kuczynski grasped the point immediately when the Ambassador mentioned that the chair might otherwise fall [...] | 2005-09-30 17:13:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL PE CWC |
05LIMA4271 | MORE ON OLLANTA HUMALA'S PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDACY [...] (C) Sociologist Jaime Antesana, an expert in cocalero politics working for a USAID contractor, during a 9/21 meeting with Emboffs said that the cocalero movement appears to be coalescing in support of ultra-nationalist Ollanta Humala's presidential candidacy. Antesana added that he met with [...] | 2005-09-30 17:29:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PREL PE VE |
05LIMA4273 | TRADE MINISTER FORESHADOWS FTA RED LINES [...] (SBU) Summary: In meetings with the Ambassador, Trade Minister Ferrero and Peru's Chief FTA Negotiator de la Flor highlighted two red lines for Peru in the U.S.-Andean FTA negotiations. They warned that Peru's Congress would not accept an FTA that permitted the importation of used clothing o [...] | 2005-09-30 20:42:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON EINV PGOV PREL PE |
05LIMA4377 | PERUVIAN FOREIGN POLICY UNDER TOLEDO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Under the Toledo Administration, Peru's foreign policy has become more aligned with that of the United States than it has probably been at any time since the 1968 Velasco coup. While Peru continues to advocate policies that we disagree with, such as adherence to the Internation [...] | 2005-10-11 18:25:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PE US |
05LIMA4394 | LATIN AMERICA MISSING PERSONS (LAMP) NETWORK [...] (C) The authors of the Peruvian website for Missing Persons, www.peruanosdesaparecidos.com, are now establishing a series of similar and interlinked web pages for missing persons in other countries called the Latin American Network for Missing Persons (LAMP). The system has already helped s [...] | 2005-10-12 20:58:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR PE |
05LIMA4521 | PETROANDINA FALTERING? [...] (C) SUMMARY: GOP Hydrocarbon Director Gustavo Navarro told Econoff on October 13 that an Andean Community meeting to discuss PetroAndina failed to materialize. At the preliminary meeting at the subministerial level, Venezuela wanted PetroAndina to be a vehicle to help only the poor. Navarro a [...] | 2005-10-19 21:42:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG ETRD PREL ECON VE PE |
05LIMA4539 | CHINESE INVEST IN PERU,S ENERGY SECTOR [...] (C) Summary. Chinese investment in Peru in 2004 totaled $122 million and several Chinese companies have recently expressed their interest in increasing investment in Peru in the next year. Sapet Development Peru, a subsidiary of China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC),recently inked a [...] | 2005-10-20 21:18:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL | EINV ENRG ECON ETRD PREL EFIN PE |
05LIMA4544 | PERU ON DEMONSTRATING PUBLIC SUPPORT FOR IRAQ [...] (SBU) Ambassador discussed this subject with Foreign Ministry Undersecretary for the Americas Pablo Portugal on 10/14. Portugal said the GOP would make a public statement of support for the constitutional process in Iraq at some point in the future. Portugal had been briefed on the reftel ta [...] | 2005-10-21 14:54:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM KPAO PREL PGOV IZ PE |
05LIMA4565 | ISRAEL AT UNGA - I: HOLOCAUST REMEMBRANCE [...] No summary [...] | 2005-10-24 16:44:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PE UNGA |
05LIMA4566 | ISRAEL AT UNGA - II: OPPOSING ANTI-ISRAEL BIAS [...] No summary [...] | 2005-10-24 16:49:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PE UNGA |
05LIMA4569 | WHA/AND DIRECTOR'S MEETINGS ON BILATERAL [...] (C) In meetings with Foreign Ministry, congressional, economic, trade, counternarcotics, and human rights officials/activists on 10/17-18, visiting WHA/AND Director Philip French received a briefing on Peruvian views on bilateral relations (termed excellent, with a plug for a Toledo-POTUS me [...] | 2005-10-24 18:00:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SNAR ETRD PHUM PTER PE |
05LIMA4574 | FOREIGN MINISTRY CONCURS WITH PERU TIP TIER 2 [...] Polcouns delivered the demarche on the Peru TIP Tier 2 Action Plan for 2005-2006 (Reftel) to the Foreign Ministry's Director of Multilateral Affairs, Julio Garro, and Director of Human Rights Affairs, Carlos Roman, on 10/24. 2. Roman said that the Foreign Ministry concurs with the Action [...] | 2005-10-24 20:18:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG PREL PE |
05LIMA4596 | PUBLIC DEBATE IN PERU OVER CONTRACTING OF SECURITY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Peruvians going to Iraq to work as contract security specialists for a U.S. company have become the focus of wide-spread media and official interest. Several hundred Peruvians have signed contracts with Peruvian representatives of the U.S. firm Triple Canopy Inc. The President [...] | 2005-10-25 21:28:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PARM KPAO PE |
05LIMA4599 | REQUEST FOR GUIDANCE IN RESPONDING TO DIPLOMATIC [...] (U) This is an action request. Post requests guidance on how to respond to the Foreign Ministry's Diplomatic Note (DGL/CJE) 6-3/367 of October 13, 2005 regarding a request from the Superior Court of Justice of Lima (Corte Superior de Justicia de Lima) to the Peruvian Foreign Ministry concernin [...] | 2005-10-25 21:54:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KJUS PE |
05LIMA4633 | DECENTRALIZATION: MAKING DEMOCRACY WORK IN PERU, [...] Peru will hold referenda in 16 of its 25 departments on 10/30, in which voters will decide whether to consolidate their departments into up to five macro-regions. The formation of macro-regions would be a major step forward in Peru's ongoing decentralization process, which is aimed at devolv [...] | 2005-10-27 22:18:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PINR PREL PE |
05LIMA4634 | DECENTRALIZATION: MAKING DEMOCRACY WORK IN PERU, [...] This is the second in a two-part series on Peruvian decentralization. It focuses on the 10/30 referenda on forming macro-regions, current opinions, and possible outcomes. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. SUMMARY. On the eve of the 10/30 referenda on the formation of macro-regions, the GOP fi [...] | 2005-10-27 22:47:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PINR PREL PE |
05LIMA4644 | FOREIGN MINISTER ON SUMMIT OF THE AMERICAS ISSUES [...] (C) The Ambassador, accompanied by DCM and Polcouns, discussed the pressing Summit of the Americas issues (Reftels) with Foreign Minister Oscar Maurtua, U/S for the Americas Pablo Portugal, Director of North American Affairs Nestor Popolizio, and the Foreign Minister's Chief of Staff Alfredo [...] | 2005-10-28 18:06:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL | KSUM PREL PE |
05LIMA4645 | PERU PRESSING FOR PRO-FTA STATEMENT FOLLOWING [...] (C) Foreign Minister Oscar Maurtua, during a 10/28 breakfast hosted by the Ambassador, reiterated Peru's interest in using the meeting at the Summit of the Americas between the Andean Presidents and POTUS to advance the FTA process. The Ambassador noted that USTR Portman is the person who w [...] | 2005-10-28 18:09:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETRD KSUM PE |
05LIMA4654 | FOREIGN MINISTER RAISES ISSUE OF CONSULAR SERVICES [...] (U) Action Request in paragraph 3. 2. (SBU) Foreign Minister Oscar Maurtua, during a 10/28 breakfast hosted by the Ambassador, said that during his attendance at Congress the previous day, many legislators had approached him with concerns over how the Foreign Ministry intends to safegua [...] | 2005-10-28 21:17:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MOPS PE |
05LIMA4662 | PERU SURPRISED BY CHILEAN REACTION ON DRAFT [...] (C) Embassy Santiago's reporting (Ref) has laid out the Chilean perception of what the GOP is doing with its draft "Law on the Bases of Maritime Control," which is now under review by the Peruvian Congress. In our view the GOP impulse behind the law is far more anodyne; it was part of an effo [...] | 2005-10-31 21:21:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL EC PE |
05LIMA4673 | CONTROVERSY CONTINUES REGARDING PERU'S DRAFT [...] (C) SUMMARY: The controversy between Peru and Chile over the GOP's introduction of legislation defining its maritime limits continues, although Foreign Minister Oscar Maurtua informed the Ambassador that the two countries are talking and should eventually calm things down. Meanwhile, the F [...] | 2005-11-02 22:08:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL CI EC PE |
05LIMA4692 | DEMARCHE -IRANIAN PRESIDENT'S INCREASING EXTREMISM [...] Iranian President Ahmadi-Nejad's public call for Israel to be "wiped off the map" (Ref A) was discussed at a 10/28 breakfast hosted by the Ambassador for Foreign Minister Oscar Maurtua and leading Foreign Ministry officials (Ref B). Maurtua expressed disapproval of the Iranian leader's statem [...] | 2005-11-03 16:15:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PTER PHUM PE IR |
05LIMA4732 | ECONOMIC EXPANSION BEGINNING TO REDUCE POVERTY [...] No summary [...] | 2005-11-04 21:24:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON EINV PGOV PREL PE |
05LIMA4733 | CONGRESS PASSES, TOLEDO PROMULGATES NEW LAW ON [...] President Alejandro Toledo, on 11/3, promulgated the Law on Peruvian Maritime Domain Boundary Lines (Ley de Lineas de Base del Dominio Maritimo del Peru),hours after the measure passed Congress unanimously (98-0). The new law was published in the official "Legal Norms" on 11/4 and enters in [...] | 2005-11-04 22:36:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL EWWT PE CI |
05LIMA4739 | C-26 HANDOVER CEREMONY [...] Summary: Two C-26Bs, donated to the Peruvian Air Force (FAP) by the USG in 1997, were officially dedicated to CN missions October 31 in a ceremony with Ambassador Struble and senior Peruvian officials. The USG, through Embassy NAS, gave $3.5 million to refurbish the two aircraft that will r [...] | 2005-11-07 15:07:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED | PE PREL SNAR MAS |
05LIMA474 | COLOMBIAN AND VENEZUELAN FOREIGN MINISTERS MEET IN [...] Peruvian Foreign Minister Manuel Rodriguez hosted an hour-long discussion between Colombian FonMin Carolina Barco and Venezuelan FonMin Ali Rodriguez on 1/27, aimed at advancing a rapprochement between Colombia and Venezuela. Barco and Ali Rodriguez were in Lima to attend a meeting between An [...] | 2005-01-28 16:49:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL CO VE PE |
05LIMA4748 | FORMER PRESIDENT FUJIMORI'S ARRIVAL, ARREST IN [...] (C) SUMMARY. Former President Fujimori's surprise arrival in Santiago over the weekend adds another complex issue to the strained Peruvian-Chilean bilateral agenda. A Chilean court quickly acted to detain Fujimori, and the GOP is sending a high-level delegation to Santiago to argue for Fujimori's [...] | 2005-11-07 19:22:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KJUS PE CI JA |
05LIMA4777 | PERU'S CHIEF FTA NEGOTIATOR ON FINAL ISSUES [...] (SBU) Summary: Peru's Chief FTA Negotiator Pablo de la Flor told the Ambassador that Peru is ready to conclude the U.S.-Andean FTA negotiations by Thanksgiving, pending resolution of specific IPR and Agriculture concerns. De la Flor warned that Peru's Health Minister would resign -- creating [...] | 2005-11-08 21:26:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON EINV PGOV PREL PE |
05LIMA478 | CHINESE VICE PRESIDENT ZENG QINGHONG'S VISIT TO [...] (U) Chinese Vice President Zeng Qinghong, accompanied by a delegation of 124 persons, paid an official visit to Peru on January 26 to 28. The visit here was the second leg of a five-nation sojourn within Latin America and the Caribbean, which also includes Mexico, Venezuela, Trinidad and Tobag [...] | 2005-01-28 18:07:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ETRD ECON PE CH |
05LIMA4783 | PERU: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON UN THIRD COMMITTEE [...] No summary [...] | 2005-11-08 22:40:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL PE UNHRC |
05LIMA4797 | SCENESETTER FOR CODEL SMITH [...] Post warmly welcomes Congressman Smith's visit to Peru and greatly appreciates his interest in both trafficking in persons (TIP) and women's and children's health issues. Over the last two years, the Peruvian Government has awakened to the TIP problem and has taken serious steps to combat it. [...] | 2005-11-09 19:17:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PREL PE |
05LIMA4821 | PERU PLANS ON SEEKING REVISION OF INTERNATIONAL [...] (U) Action Request in paragraph 5. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Peru is moving forward on signing and ratifying the International Convention Against the Recruitment, Use, Financing and Training of Mercenaries, and plans to submit a report to the UN Secretary General that will recommend revising the [...] | 2005-11-14 12:38:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PARM MOPS PE |
05LIMA4842 | PRESIDENTIAL ADVISORS ON FUJIMORI, MARTIME [...] (C) Top presidential political advisors Juan de la Puente and Juan Sheput, in recent meetings with Polcouns, addressed the principle political issues of the moment as follows: -- Ex-President Alberto Fujimori's extradition: Peru will have a hard time preparing an adequate extradition req [...] | 2005-11-14 20:34:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KSUM PE |
05LIMA4854 | HUMALA FEINTS TO THE CENTER, BUT CONTINUES TO [...] (C) Peruvian ultra-nationalist and Chavez admirer Ollanta Humala has recently made efforts to position himself -- at least rhetorically -- closer to the political center. Over the last month, he has publicly rejected the New Years Eve 2004 rebellion his brother, Antauro Humala, led in Andahu [...] | 2005-11-15 18:54:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR PREL PGOV PE |
05LIMA4861 | FUJIMORI UPDATE: CONSPIRACY CONCERNS A SWIPE AT JAPAN BUILDING AN EXTRADITION CASE LABOR/HUMAN RIGHTS GROUPS SUPPORT EXTRADITION PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES LARGELY MUM FUJIMORISTA PARTIES IN DISARRAY [...] (C) Former President Alberto Fujimori's arrest in Chile, pursuant to a Peruvian request for his preventive detention pending submission of an extradition request, continues to be the major domestic political issue in the country. President Alejandro Toledo and Foreign Minister Oscar Maurtua susp [...] | 2005-11-15 21:37:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KCRM PE CI |
05LIMA4897 | PERU: NARCOTICS AFFAIRS SECTION, OCTOBER 2005 [...] (SBU) The eradication/interdiction juggernaut moved to San Gaban on October 4 and we are well on our way to surpassing our 8,000 hectare goal for this year. Opposition continues to be light thanks to a large contingent of PNP drug police (DIRANDRO) and a proactive community outreach program [...] | 2005-11-17 21:34:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR KCRM ASEC PREL PE |
05LIMA4915 | APRA CONGRESSIONAL LEADERS PESSIMISTIC ON [...] (C) At a 12/15 meeting with Emboffs, leading APRA Congressmen Maurico Mulder and Luis Gonzales Posada said that: -- They were pessimistic about the GOP's ability to prepare a convincing case for getting former President Fujimori extradited from Chile; -- APRA strongly opposed initiating a [...] | 2005-11-18 17:41:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KJUS ETRD PE |
05LIMA4933 | BEATRIZ MERINO SWORN IN AS OMBUDSMAN [...] Former Prime Minister Beatriz Merino was sworn in as the new Public Ombudsman on 11/16. On the very day of her swearing in, Merino demonstrated her political clout by obtaining assurances from Prime Minister Pedro Pablo Kuczynski to countermand proposed budget cuts that would have forced the [...] | 2005-11-21 17:15:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PINR PGOV PREL PE |
05LIMA4934 | PERU'S UN AMBASSADOR ON IRAQ [...] Peru's new Ambassador to the United Nations, Oswaldo de Rivero, who will represent Peru on the Security Council Starting in January, recently authored an article entitled, "Is Iraq Another Vietnam?" in the Lima intellectual journal "Quehacer." De Rivero's piece criticizes U.S. policy in Iraq [...] | 2005-11-21 17:15:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PINR PHUM PREL PE |
05LIMA4962 | Peru's 2006 National Trade Estimate Report [...] The following is Post's submission of the National Trade Estimate, as requested in reftel. Trade Overview -------------- 2. The U.S. trade deficit with Peru was $1.6 billion in 2004, an increase of $895 million from the 2003 trade deficit of $710 million. U.S. goods exported in 2004 t [...] | 2005-11-22 19:38:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD ECON EINV PGOV PREL PE |
05LIMA4969 | PERU SIGNS "PARTIAL" FTA WITH THAILAND [...] (U) Summary. After over a year of negotiations, the GOP signed an "early harvest" free trade agreement with Thailand on November 19 during the APEC Conference in Busan, South Korea. The agreement covers approximately 70 percent of products exported by the two countries, but does not cover s [...] | 2005-11-22 20:26:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON EAGR PGOV PREL PE |
05LIMA4983 | COUNTERING CHAVEZ IN PERU [...] (C) SUMMARY: Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is actively seeking to project his "Bolivarian Revolution" to Peru politically, institutionally (via Venezuela's membership in the Andean Community and South American Community of Nations),commercially (energy integration and offers of development [...] | 2005-11-22 22:00:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINS ENRG PE VE |
05LIMA5012 | MDA DEMARCHE ON ADDITIONAL GENEVA PROTOCOL--PERU [...] No summary [...] | 2005-11-23 21:01:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC PHUM PREF PREL IS SZ PE ICRC |
05LIMA5031 | OPENING OF NEW POLICE BASE AT PALMA PAMPA [...] Summary: The new NAS-sponsored police base at Palma Pampa was inaugurated November 16, although airborne interdiction operations began in July. The base is in the heart of the Apurimac/Ene Valley (VRAE) that is one of the main source zones for coca cultivation -- around 14,000 hectares -- a [...] | 2005-11-28 15:26:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AMGT PE PREL SNAR |
05LIMA5037 | CHILE-PERU MARITIME BOUNDARY - ECONOMIC STAKES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Aside from national sovereignty, Peru's main interest in the disputed waters at the Chile/Peru border is the area's fishery. The approximately 14,600 square miles of disputed seas are rich in anchovies, but less so than further north, making the area probably more valuable to [...] | 2005-11-28 17:53:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PREL CI MARR ETRD PBTS PINS PE |
05LIMA5086 | PERU AND CUBLA: NSC-DIRECTED REVIEW REGARDING [...] (U) The following is Post's response to reftel A. No Political Support for Cuba ----------------------------- 2. (U) The Peruvian Government maintains formal relations with the Cuban Government, but the two countries have modest diplomatic contacts and bilateral trade. The last visit [...] | 2005-11-30 18:24:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC PREL PE |
05LIMA5087 | PERU AND CUBA: NSC-DIRECTED REVIEW REGARDING [...] (U) The following is Post's response to reftel A. No Political Support for Cuba ----------------------------- 2. (U) The Peruvian Government maintains formal relations with the Cuban Government, but the two countries have modest diplomatic contacts and bilateral trade. The last visit [...] | 2005-11-30 18:28:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC PREL PE |
05LIMA5090 | SCENESETTER FOR A/S SILVERBERG'S VISIT TO LIMA, [...] (U) On behalf of Embassy Lima I am pleased to extend a warm welcome to Peru. Your visit provides an excellent opportunity to lay the groundwork for close cooperation on the UN Security Council (which Peru will join in January for a two-year term) and on U.N. reform issues. We are arranging [...] | 2005-11-30 19:31:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ETRD PE |
05LIMA5099 | PERU ON MONITORS FOR BOLIVIAN ELECTIONS [...] On 11/28, D/Polcouns presented reftel demarche on the need for monitors for the Bolivian elections to the Foreign Ministry's Bolivia Desk Officer, Manuel De Cossio. De Cossio said he was not aware of any intention within the GOP to provide election monitors to Bolivia, but would consult withi [...] | 2005-11-30 21:38:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL BO PE |
05LIMA5135 | ANDEAN COMMUNITY SECGEN WAGNER'S PROPOSALS TO [...] Andean Community of Nations (CAN) Secretary General Allan Wagner hosted a colloquium entitled: "Andean Community External Relations: International Insertion with Social Inclusion" on 11/15, at which he presented his vision for CAN's foreign relations role. Wagner argued that the time and env [...] | 2005-12-02 15:29:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PE |
05LIMA5145 | PERU REJECTS ECUADORIAN-CHILEAN POSITION ON [...] The Foreign Ministry, on 12/1, issued a communique rejecting the position taken by Ecuadorian President Alfredo Palacios and Chilean President Ricardo Lagos in their Joint Declaration on regional maritime limits issued that same day in Quito. According to media reports, the Ecuadorian and Ch [...] | 2005-12-02 16:39:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PE CI EC |
05LIMA5192 | OLLANTA HUMALA DRAWS FIRE FROM THE POLITICAL CLASS [...] (U) Ultra-nationalist presidential candidate Ollanta Humala's recent rise in the polls has galvanized the political class, kicking its immune response system into action against this anti-systemic threat. Ollanta has found himself under attack for having received approximately USD 250,000 i [...] | 2005-12-07 16:01:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL SNAR PE |
05LIMA5198 | PERU: NARCOTICS AFFAIRS SECTION, NOVEMBER 2005 [...] (SBU) On November 13, the GOP eradication team passed the 8,000-hectare mark, its 2005 goal. By the end of November, eradication totaled 8,512 hectares as operations in San Gaban continue. They are scheduled to end on December 15. The GOP's proposed 2006 Eradication Plan is awaiting final [...] | 2005-12-07 18:48:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR KCRM ASEC PREL PE |
05LIMA5200 | MDA: PERU TO VOTE YES [...] No summary [...] | 2005-12-07 21:42:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC PHUM PREF PREL IS SZ PE ICRC |
05LIMA5210 | SCENESETTER FOR FOREIGN MINISTER OSCAR MAURTUA'S [...] (C) SUMMARY: Foreign Minister Oscar Maurtua believes that the U.S.-Peru Free Trade Agreement adds a new political as well as commercial dimension to our relationship. He will wish to discuss how we can take advantage of this to raise the bilateral relationship to a higher level, emphasizing [...] | 2005-12-09 16:08:00 | Embassy Lima | SECRET | PREL SNAR PTER ETRD PE KICC |
05LIMA5222 | ANDEAN COMMUNITY SECGEN WAGNER'S LETTERS TO [...] The Embassy has received identical faxed letters, dated 12/6, from Andean Community Secretary General Allan Wagner to the Secretary and to U.S. Trade Representative Portman. The letters express concerns that the U.S.-Andean Free Trade Agreement could have a negative impact on the Bolivian soy [...] | 2005-12-09 21:53:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED | OPDC PREL ETRD PE |
05LIMA5251 | ENGAGING THE REGION ON BOLIVIA (PERU) [...] (C) Polcouns raised the USG's concerns regarding events in Bolivia (Reftel) and inquired how Peru viewed its options with respect to these developments during a 12/7 meeting with the Foreign Ministry's Director of Security and Defense Affairs, Daul Matute, Director of North American Affairs, [...] | 2005-12-12 19:18:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PE |
05LIMA5263 | TERRORISM: TRACKING EXPANSION OF AL-MANAR TO NEW [...] No summary [...] | 2005-12-13 15:42:00 | Embassy Lima | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER ASEC PREL ANET PE |
05LIMA5264 | DEMARCHE ON UNGA THIRD COMMITTEE HUMAN RIGHTS [...] No summary [...] | 2005-12-13 16:08:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM PE UNGA UNHRC |
05LIMA5284 | PERU AND ENERGY RING: THREE ELECTIONS AWAY [...] (C) SUMMARY: In discussions on November 21 and December 6, GOP Hydrocarbons Director Gustavo Navarro told Econoff that the GOP needs two elements in place to consolidate a "South American energy ring" deal: the participation of Bolivia and more proven gas reserves in Peru. The Energy Ring is [...] | 2005-12-13 22:38:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG ETRD PREL ECON CI PE |
05LIMA5287 | POC FOR MULTILATERAL DEVELOPMENT BANK LOAN REVIEW [...] No summary [...] | 2005-12-14 15:42:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN EAID ECON EINV PREL PE |
05LIMA5322 | TOLEDO CRITICIZES CHAVEZ IN ARMY DAY SPEECH [...] (U) President Alejandro Toledo clearly, albeit indirectly, criticized Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez during his Army Day speech on 12/9. In his remarks, President Toledo recalled that Army Day commemorates the Battle of Ayachucho, where an army made up of recruits from many nations defeate [...] | 2005-12-16 15:21:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PINR PE |
05LIMA5332 | THE PERUVIAN ELECTION CAMPAIGN BASELINE: HUMALA [...] (SBU) The Peruvian presidential race currently has four major contenders: Lourdes Flores of the Unidad Nacional alliance; ultra-nationalist Ollanta Humala, who has yet to register his Peruvian Nationalist Party; former President Alan Garcia of the APRA party; and former Interim President Va [...] | 2005-12-16 18:18:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ETRD SNAR PREL PE |
05LIMA5333 | PERUVIANS WANT QUICK CONGRESSIONAL VOTE ON U.S. [...] (SBU) Summary: The GOP and supporters of the Peru Trade Promotion Agreement believe it is imperative that the current Peruvian Congress vote on the agreement before the new Congress and President are inaugurated in July 2006. The current Congressional Members are familiar with and are favorab [...] | 2005-12-16 18:19:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON EINV EFIN KIPR PGOV PREL PE |
05LIMA5365 | TOLEDO MAKES ANOTHER CONTROVERSIAL PICK FOR ARMY [...] (C) President Toledo has named a reported personal favorite, General Cesar Reinoso Diaz, to become Commanding General of the Army, passing over the three officers who would normally be considered next in line for the job by Army guidelines (which include seniority and military merit). Two of [...] | 2005-12-20 20:20:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR MARR PE |
05LIMA5391 | INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY REPORT, [...] The following is Post's submission as Part I of the 2005- 2006 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report (INCSR),Drugs and Chemical Controls 2. Summary - In 2004-2005, the Peruvian government (GOP) surpassed its coca eradication goals and conducted operations on land and sea to disr [...] | 2005-12-21 20:30:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR PREL PE |
05LIMA5392 | PERU INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY [...] The following is Post's submission as Part II of the 2004-2005 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report (INCSR),regarding financial crimes and money laundering. OVERVIEW AND INTRODUCTION ------------------------- 2. Narcotics-related and other money laundering is taking place, [...] | 2005-12-21 20:31:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR EFIN KCRM PREL PTER PE |
05LIMA5396 | FUJIMORISTAS TRYING TO SELL THEIR MAN AS THE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ex-President Alberto Fujimori's brother Santiago, along with three other members of the Fujimorista brain-trust, in a 12/14 breakfast with Polcouns, described their movement's strategy for the upcoming elections; inquired as to the USG's position on the presidential candidacy of [...] | 2005-12-21 22:27:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL PE |
05LIMA5399 | JAPAN WAITING FOR NEXT GOVERNMENT TO UPGRADE [...] (C) New Japanese Political Counselor Yasushi Noguchi, during a lunch with Polcouns on 12/21, provided the following read-out on the state of Peruvian-Japanese bilateral relations following ex-President Alberto Fujimori's flight from Japan to Chile: -- The GOJ was astonished by the Peruvia [...] | 2005-12-22 15:45:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV JA PE CI |
05LIMA5430 | A/S SILVERBERG'S VISIT TO LIMA, DECEMBER 2-6 [...] (C) A/S Silverberg, in meeting with Foreign Ministry counterparts, opinion leaders and the Chair of the Congressional Foreign Relations Committee, delivered a strong message about U.S. priorities for UN reform during her December 2-6 visit to Lima. The Foreign Ministry said that Peru shares [...] | 2005-12-27 16:38:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ETRD PE |
05LIMA5446 | ANNOUNCMENT OF FORCE ADJUSTMENT IN IRAQ [...] No summary [...] | 2005-12-27 22:00:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PINS PREL MARR MOPS IZ PE |
05LIMA5486 | PERU: NARCOTICS AFFAIRS, DECEMBER 2005 [...] (SBU) The Government of Peru (GOP) eradicated close to 9,000 hectares of coca in 2005, far surpassing its goal of 8,000 hectares. This achievement was accomplished through the strong commitment of the Ministry of Interior's eradication force (CORAH) and the drug police (DIRANDRO) that provid [...] | 2005-12-30 19:39:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR KCRM ASEC PREL PE |
05LIMA5487 | AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES HUMAL, DEVELOPMENT ISSUES IN [...] (SBU) Summary. On the fringes of the Third Annual Regional Agricultural Conference in Arequipa, November 27-28, the Ambassador met with local dignitaries to discuss a variety of issues, including regional development, the visit of presidential candidate Ollanta Humala to Arequipa, the recent [...] | 2005-12-30 20:53:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PGOV PREL PE |
05LIMA68 | Textile Industry Fears End of MultiFiber Agreement [...] (SBU) Summary. The Peruvian Government fears that the termination of the World Trade Organization's MultiFiber Agreement (MFA) on January 1 will limit the Peruvian textile industry's ability to compete on both the domestic and international markets. The textile industry accounted for approxi [...] | 2005-01-05 20:22:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTEX ETRD ECON PGOV PREL PE |
05LIMA757 | CONSOLIDATING SUPPORT FOR HAITIAN ELECTIONS (PERU) [...] No summary [...] | 2005-02-16 15:54:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL HA PE XL UNSC |
05LIMA992 | Mexican Summary of Meeting on Mexican HR Initiative [...] (SBU) Post transmits verbatim text received from the Peruvian Foreign Affairs Ministry of a summary, prepared by the Mexican Foreign Ministry, of the GRULAC working meeting in Mexico regarding Mexico's proposal to develop an informal mechanism for cooperation among GRULAC countries on human r [...] | 2005-03-02 17:31:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL CU MX PE UNHCR |
05LJUBLJANA103 | COM CALLS ON SLOVENIA'S MINISTER OF PUBLIC [...] Summary. On February 10, COM called on Dr. Gregor Virant, Minister of Slovenia's newly created Ministry of Public Administration. Virant described his ministry as a consolidation of human resources, information management and eGovernment initiatives into one, central, transparent, and servi [...] | 2005-02-15 09:36:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PINR SI |
05LJUBLJANA11 | SLOVENIA: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON NATO IN AFGHANISTAN [...] (C) MILITARY CONTRIBUTIONS: On 06 January, Pol-Miloff delivered reftel talking points to MFA Deputy Head of NATO Department Stanislav Vidovic. DATT and Pol-Miloff delivered reftel points to MoD Director for Defense Policy Uros Krek later the same day. Both Krek and Vidovic reiterated FoMin [...] | 2005-01-07 08:56:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR SI NATO |
05LJUBLJANA112 | SLOVENIA ON FEBRUARY 21 GAERC [...] No summary [...] | 2005-02-17 12:12:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL IR UP MD SU CG SR BK SI |
05LJUBLJANA116 | SLOVENIA PROVIDES DETAILS OF NEW BIOMETRIC PASSPORT [...] (U) The Government of Slovenia anticipates being able to begin issuing a new biometric passport by the October 26, 2005, deadline imposed by the Enhanced Border Security and Visa Entry Reform Act (EBSVERA). The new passport will incorporate a number of new classical security upgrades in additi [...] | 2005-02-18 06:12:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CMGT PREL KPAO SI |
05LJUBLJANA118 | SLOVENIA: COM AND NEW LABOR MINISTER DISCUSS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a 16 February courtesy call, new Labor Minister Janez Drobnic told COM that combatting unemployment is his top priority, with a focus on introducing programs to help the disabled, the elderly, and first-time job-seekers. Drobnic also listed improving MoL's IT base as a key [...] | 2005-02-18 11:15:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ELAB PINR PHUM SI |
05LJUBLJANA126 | SLOVENIA: MFA SHEDS LIGHT ON ISAF AND NTM-I [...] (C) SUMMARY: During an unrelated demarche on 22 February, DCM and Pol-Miloff pressed MFA Security Policy Department Head Borut Mahnic for more information about Slovenian decisions to send officers to an ISAF Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) and military trainers to a third country under [...] | 2005-02-24 06:39:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR SI NATO |
05LJUBLJANA151 | SLOVENIA ON SYRIAN WITHDRAWAL [...] (C) On 7 March, DCM and Econoff delivered reftel talking points to Jasna Gersak, head of the MFA's division for Asian, African, Australian and Oceanian Affairs. Gersak is a close, high-ranking contact of Mission and until recently was DCM at the Slovenian Embassy in Washington. Stating that S [...] | 2005-03-07 11:04:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL LE SI SYSI |
05LJUBLJANA152 | KOSOVO/WESTERN BALKANS, CROATIA'S EU ACCESSION, [...] (C) SUMMARY: EUR/NCE Director Janet Garvey held a series of meetings in Ljubljana 4 March with key Slovenian interlocuters. Issues raised included: -- Slovenia's interest in working toward a final agreement on Kosovo this year; -- the priority Slovenia places on its relationships with its [...] | 2005-03-08 04:12:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SI HR OSCE KO RU |
05LJUBLJANA157 | SLOVENIA: INFO FOR REPORT ON EUROPEAN ASSISTANCE [...] (U) Pol-Miloff delivered reftel talking points and background information on 17 February to MFA Head of Department for North America and Latin America Vojislav Suc and U.S. Desk Officer Amela Kentric. Kentric replied on 8 March with the following information: Slovenia did not provide any bi [...] | 2005-03-10 06:25:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EAID PREL SI |
05LJUBLJANA164 | SLOVENIA: DELIVERY OF DEMARCHE ON GEORGIA'S [...] No summary [...] | 2005-03-11 10:17:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS ZJ RS GG SI OSCE EUN |
05LJUBLJANA187 | SLOVENIAN PRESIDENT DRNOVSEK LUNCHES WITH COM, [...] (C) SUMMARY. At lunch 21 March with President Drnovsek, COM discussed Embassy security, got Drnvosek's positive assessment of the first 100 days of the Jansa government, and heard that PM Jansa and Drnovsek are meeting weekly. Drnovsek encouraged more U.S. work on global environmental protect [...] | 2005-03-22 11:06:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SI |
05LJUBLJANA190 | SCENESETTER FOR DEPUTY SECRETARY ZOELLICK'S VISIT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Your visit comes as Slovene Prime Minister Janez Jansa completes his first 100 days in office, and the gentlemen's agreement to temper public criticism of the new government terminates. Jansa continues to enjoy strong personal popularity, upwards of 66% in recent polls, despi [...] | 2005-03-24 04:25:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ETRD SI |
05LJUBLJANA193 | EXBS: COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR MS. ANNE GALER [...] American Embassy Ljubljana welcomes the visit of and grants Country Clearance to Advisor-Designate Anne Galer, to visit to Ljubljana, Slovenia from April 01 - 02, 2005, to consult with Embassy on EXBS Program handover. 2. The control officer for your visit is Steven Parker, office tel: 3 [...] | 2005-03-25 10:48:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PARM ETTC KSTC HR SI LO |
05LJUBLJANA194 | URGENT DEMARCHE ON OSCE ROLE IN KYRGYZSTAN - [...] (SBU) COM spoke March 30 with Foreign Minister Rupel shortly before Rupel,s departure for Bishkek, using reftel talking points to urge him to find a continuous senior OSCE presence on the ground in Kyrgyzstan. Ambassador emphasized that the Secretary had asked him to call and noted that we w [...] | 2005-03-30 05:23:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OPDC PGOV PREL KG SI |
05LJUBLJANA197 | EXBS: EXPORT CONTROL SYSTEM STANDARDS (SH) [...] Licensing authority (both munitions and dual use, if different). Ministry of Economy for dual use, Ministry of Defense for munitions 2. Interagency review of licenses. Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Internal Affairs, Ministry of Defense, Nuclear Safety Admin [...] | 2005-03-30 09:44:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KSTC PARM PREL SI |
05LJUBLJANA207 | EXBS: SLOVENIA AND CROATIA PROGRAM ADVISORS MONTHLY [...] SUMMARY: Meetings were held in Zagreb to finalize efforts to put the TRACKER program online. The Croatian Maritime Police exhibited their maritime unit in Split to demonstrate their need for more modern equipment. Sixty radiation pagers were turned over to the Croatian Border Police. With [...] | 2005-04-01 01:18:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP HR SI |
05LJUBLJANA217 | SLOVENIA OFFERS EXPERTISE ON MERCURY REDUCTION [...] During a 30 March demarche on an unrelated matter, Emil Ferjancic, Post's main interlocutor at the Ministry of the Environment, told Econoff and Econ Specialist Slovenia was interested in providing its expertise in mercury containment and reduction "if asked to do so." Post delivered reftel t [...] | 2005-04-05 04:17:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV AORC ETRD PREL SI |
05LJUBLJANA235 | SLOVENIA IN ISAF: NO CAVEATS AND POSSIBLY MORE [...] (S) Pol-Miloff delivered reftel talking points on 08 April to Stanislav Vidovic and Zorica Bukinac Cimpersek in the MFA Security Policy Department, noting in particular that Slovenia's "no caveats" policy for its ISAF troops allowed Slovenian Armed Forces (SAF) soldiers to be among the first [...] | 2005-04-08 10:32:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | SECRET | PREL MARR SI NATO |
05LJUBLJANA246 | (S) SLOVENIA: NO REPORTED ARMS SALES TO YEMEN [...] (S) Pol-Miloff delivered reftel talking points on 08 April to MFA Security Policy Department staffer Bostjan Jerman, who handles non-proliferation issues and export controls. Having taken over his current portfolio just last year, Jerman was confident that no arms shipments from Slovenia hav [...] | 2005-04-13 05:00:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | SECRET | PARM PREL MASS ETTC SI |
05LJUBLJANA247 | GOVT. OF SLOVENIA FINDS RESOURCES TO KEEP TIP NGO [...] No summary [...] | 2005-04-13 07:04:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL SI |
05LJUBLJANA251 | SLOVENIA ON SUPPORT FOR GAZA [...] DCM and Pol/Econ Chief delivered reftel points to Matej Marn, Chef de Cabinet for Foreign Minister Dimitrij Rupel. He had no immediate reaction but took on board our points and thanked us for the information. Minister Rupel will attend the Gymnich this weekend. ROBERTSON NNNN 2005LJU [...] | 2005-04-14 05:10:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAL KWBG PREL SI |
05LJUBLJANA260 | SLOVENIA ATTENDING COMMUNITY OF DEMOCRACIES; [...] Slovenia will be represented at the Community of Democracies summit in Santiago by State Secretary Bozo Cerar (Deputy FM equivalent). Unfortunately, Foreign Minister Dimitrij Rupel will be traveling in Asia and Europe on OSCE business during that time, and the trip to Chile was not feasible. [...] | 2005-04-15 07:19:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | UNCLASSIFIED | KDEM PREL SI |
05LJUBLJANA268 | SLOVENIA ON U.S. CORN GLUTEN FEED [...] Econoff delivered reftel talking points 14 April to Franc But, State Secretary at the Slovene Ministry of Agriculture. Despite the negative outcome of the Standing Committee vote, Slovenia could be helpful to the U.S. as this matter progresses. State Secretary But said Slovenia would be willi [...] | 2005-04-19 11:18:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD EAGR TBIO PREL SI |
05LJUBLJANA271 | SLOVENIA RESPONSE TO APRIL 25 GAERC DEMARCHE [...] (U) Pol/Econ Chief delivered reftel points to Peter Grk and Vesna Hojnik, of the MFA's office for EU affairs. On Iraq, MEPP, and Lebanon, Grk said the Government of Slovenia (GOS) and EU views tracked closely with the United States. He expected that a decision on the Iraq conference would be [...] | 2005-04-21 06:50:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KPAL PREL SI |
05LJUBLJANA293 | SLOVENIA AND IRAQ ESTABLISH DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS [...] (U) Following a decision reached at its 28 April session, the GoS issued a joint statement with the Government of Iraq on 29 April announcing that the Slovenian and Iraqi PermReps to the UN had exchanged notes establishing diplomatic relations. According to MFA Iraq Desk Officer Beti Likar, [...] | 2005-05-04 09:15:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV OFDP IZ SI |
05LJUBLJANA330 | SLOVENIA VIEWS ON MAY 23 GAERC [...] Pol/Econ Chief delivered reftel talking points to Peter Grk of the MFA's Office for European Integration and Ales Balut of the Western Balkans Department on May 17. Slovenia's position on ESDP has not changed since our last discussion and Grk expressed the GoS' sincere desire, as a small coun [...] | 2005-05-18 08:58:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL MARR MOPS SI |
05LJUBLJANA344 | SLOVENIA ON CUBAN CANDIDACY FOR THE ILO GOVERNING [...] On 24 May, Econoff delivered reftel talking points to Jana Testen, Head of the International Department at the Ministry of Labor, Family, and Social Affairs. After hearing reftel points supporting the Barbados candidacy, Testen said she had just received a fax advocating the candidacy of Cuba [...] | 2005-05-25 04:43:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB PHUM PREL SI CU |
05LJUBLJANA366 | SLOVENIA: WILL SUPPORT COMMON EU POSITION ON CUBA [...] (C) Pol-Miloff delivered reftel talking points to MFA EU Department staffers Peter Grk and Vesna Hojnik on 06 June. Grk pointed out that Cuba is "not in Slovenia's strategic interest zone" and that Slovenia would only weigh in on the debate surrounding suspension of restrictive measures in or [...] | 2005-06-07 08:45:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM CU SI EUN |
05LJUBLJANA369 | MTAG 05-96: SLOVENIA TO INVESTIGATE PROCUREMENT OF [...] No summary [...] | 2005-06-07 09:19:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | SECRET | PARM PREL ETTC IR SI |
05LJUBLJANA382 | SLOVENIA IN ADVANCE OF THE JUNE 13 GAERC [...] (C) Pol/Econ Chief met with the MFA EU Department's Peter Grk to deliver points in advance of June 13 GAERC. On the Balkans and Kosovo, Grk said that although opinions ranged in the EU on how and when Balkan countries should enter the EU, there is consensus that EU integration is the ultimate [...] | 2005-06-10 05:07:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM SI |
05LJUBLJANA39 | SLOVENIA: LITTLE EU SUPPORT FOR U.S. AMENDMENTS TO [...] (C) As reported ref B, Pol-Miloff delivered ref A talking points on 12 January to MFA Security Policy Department staffer Bostjan Jerman, who serves as MFA's point person for non-proliferation issues. Jerman read through the points and issue paper with interest, remarked that UNSCR 1540 is see [...] | 2005-01-21 02:30:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP KTIA MNUC PARM PREL PHSA EWWT SI |
05LJUBLJANA400 | VWP BIOMETRIC PASSPORT REQUIREMENTS: SLOVENES EXPECT NO [...] Conoff delivered statement about USG policy on requirements for biometric passports for Visa Waiver Program (VWP) countries to Slovene government officials June 15, as directed in Ref. A. Conoff discussed the issue in an afternoon meeting with Andrej Ster, Director General of the MFA's Director [...] | 2005-06-15 08:52:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | UNCLASSIFIED | CMGT PREL KPAO SI |
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