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| Identifier | Subject | Date | Office | Classification | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 04BRATISLAVA1153 |
TANK SALES TO AZERBAIJAN [...] (S) Charge delivered reftel demarche December 22 to Lubomir Pinter, Director General for International Organizations and Security Policy at the MFA, and in a separate meeting December 22 to Milan Cigan, Chief of Staff at the Ministry of Economy (MOE). Both said Azerbaijan and Armenia are not [...] |
2004-12-23 14:00:00 | Embassy Bratislava | SECRET | PARM MARR PREL LO AR AZ |
| 04YEREVAN2542 |
AMBASSADOR SCORES ARMENIANS FOR NO-SHOW AT NATO [...] (C) The decision not to send a delegation to NATO's Rose-Roth seminar in Baku was "difficult to understand" and "a mistake" for Armenia." That was the message the Ambassador delivered to Tigran Torosian, Deputy Speaker of Armenia's National Assembly (NA) during a November 26 office call. To [...] |
2004-11-26 12:29:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AM NATO AZ |
| 04YEREVAN2656 |
RAIL BLOCKADE: TIGHTENING THE NOOSE AROUND ARMENIA [...] (C) For more than twelve years, the blockade of Armenia by Turkey and Azerbaijan has disrupted regional transit corridors. All political considerations aside, regional economic development has been stymied. Recent steps by Azerbaijan to improve the effectiveness of its blockade have tighten [...] |
2004-12-10 11:34:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETRD AM AZ |
| 05ANKARA1992 |
TURKEY PURSUES BTC SECURITY WITH NEIGHBORS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Turkey is interested in moving forward on inter-governmental security arrangements in anticipation of the BTC pipeline going into operation later this year. It has been responsive to requests from BTC. Georgia remains the weak link in assuring timely and adequate preparations. [...] |
2005-04-07 05:39:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET MARR MASS TU GG AZ BTC |
| 05ANKARA2008 |
TURKEY PURSUES BTC SECURITY WITH NEIGHBORS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Turkey is interested in moving forward on inter-governmental security arrangements in anticipation of the BTC pipeline going into operation later this year. It has been responsive to requests from BTC. Georgia remains the weak link in assuring timely and adequate preparations. [...] |
2005-04-07 07:37:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET MARR MASS TU GG AZ BTC |
| 05ANKARA3171 |
TURKEY CONTINUES TO PURSUE BTC SECURITY WITH [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Despite the recent "First Oil" celebration in Baku, BTC intergovernmental security coordination arrangements are still not complete. Georgia remains the biggest area of concern. Turkey has expressed willingness to facilitate training assistance, but says it has not received a [...] |
2005-06-07 10:18:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET MARR MASS TU GG AZ |
| 05ANKARA5080 |
DAS BRYZA MEETING WITH TURKEY ENERGY [...] (SBU) Summary. DAS Bryza and Turkey's senior energy bureaucrat agreed that the imminent completion of the BTC pipeline set the stage for new areas of bilateral energy cooperation, including on Turkish Straits "bypass" pipelines, supplying gas to southern and southeastern Europe, and U.S. inv [...] |
2005-08-31 15:03:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET ENRG EINV TU GG IZ AZ BTC |
| 05ANKARA5168 |
TURKEY AND POTENTIAL GAS TO GEORGIA [...] No summary [...] |
2005-09-06 06:00:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET ENRG ETRD TU GG AZ |
| 05ANKARA5172 |
TURKEY VIEW ON BTC SECURITY AND CEYHAN INAUGURATION [...] (SBU) BTC Inauguration at Ceyhan: MFA DDG Energy Mithat Rende told Econ Counselor on September 2 that the GOT expected the BTC first oil tanker loading at Ceyhan to be scheduled for either mid December or March. He said that BP's current forecast for BTC completion estimated end of December [...] |
2005-09-06 09:06:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET ENRG PREL TU GG AZ BTC |
| 05ANKARA6446 |
TURKISH MFA ON AZERBAIJAN ELECTIONS: QUIET [...] (C) Turkey's MFA says it has approached the GOAJ at all levels to express its desire for a free, fair, and transparent elections on November 6, but prefers not to do so publicly. The GOT expects Aliyev to win comfortably even without cheating. Turkey is sending a sizable contingent of offi [...] |
2005-10-26 14:31:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM TU AZ |
| 05ANKARA6642 |
TURKISH MFA CLARIFIES POSITION ON AZERBAIJAN [...] (C) Following a weak initial MFA statement and amid press reports that Turkish observers found no irregularities during the November 6 Azerbaijan elections, MFA Director General Halil Akinci clarified the Turkish position during a November 9 meeting with visiting Senior Advisor for Eurasia Stev [...] |
2005-11-10 11:41:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL TU OSCE AZ |
| 05YEREVAN1562 |
DEMARCHE DELIVERED: GOAM ADDRESSING THE THREAT OF [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) On August 23, Ambassador delivered reftel points to Haik Melik Darbinyan, First Deputy Minister of Health, Prof. Vladimir Davidiants, Chief of Public Health and Sanitation, and Liana Torosyan, Ministry of Health Coordinat [...] |
2005-08-26 12:33:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO ECON PREL SOCI GA AM KSTH WHO RU AZ |
| 06ANKARA135 |
AVIAN INFLUENZA: REQUEST FOR MILITARY AIR SUPPORT [...] This is an action request. See para 3. 2. Based on information received January 13 from Washington, we expect an interagency team to arrive in the next few days to assess the AI situation in Turkey and what role the USG could usefully play to support GOT and international agencies' efforts [...] |
2006-01-13 12:36:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | MOPS PREL OTRA TU AR GG AZ |
| 06ANKARA1478 |
TURKEY: PLAYING CHICKEN ON BTC AND CASPIAN GAS [...] (C) Summary: During Ambassador Steve Mann's March 17 meetings in Ankara, Turkish government and BTC officials said they are still aiming for loading the first oil tanker May 27 in Ceyhan, although the target date for an official ceremony has slipped to July. The BTC consortium and BOTAS are a [...] |
2006-03-21 10:30:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG EINV PREL TU GG AZ |
| 06ANKARA1527 |
TURKEY: PLAYING CHICKEN ON BTC AND CASPIAN GAS [...] (C) Summary: During Ambassador Steven Mann's March 17 meetings in Ankara, Turkish government and BTC officials said they are still aiming for loading the first oil tanker May 27 in Ceyhan, although the target date for an official ceremony has slipped to July. The BTC consortium and BOTAS are [...] |
2006-03-23 11:24:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG EINV PREL TU GG AZ |
| 06ANKARA2009 |
TURKEY: BTC AND BOTAS AT ODDS OVER COST OVERRUNS [...] (C) SUMMARY: While construction of the BTC oil pipeline is still reportedly on track for a first tanker loading at Ceyhan on May 27 and a formal opening ceremony on July 13, BP and the Turkish pipeline construction company BOTAS, which has a lump sum, turnkey contract for construction of the [...] |
2006-04-13 04:17:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG EINV TU AZ GG |
| 06ANKARA2044 |
TURKEY: GAS AND THE GREAT RACE TO EUROPE [...] (C) SUMMARY: In April 4-6 meetings in Ankara, senior Turkish officials agreed with EUR DAS Bryza on the need for rapid cooperation to facilitate export of Azerbaijani gas to Greece and Italy via a "Southern Corridor" stretching from the Caspian Sea through the South Caucasus and Turkey. A [...] |
2006-04-14 12:05:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG PREL TU AZ GG RU IZ IR |
| 06ANKARA2583 |
STATOIL TARGETS TURKEY FOR A SOUTHERN GAS CORRIDOR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a May 3 meeting with the Ambassador, Statoil Country Manager Per Myrvang said that Statoil was seriously looking at the Turkish market for commercializing Shah Deniz Phase II gas volumes when Azerbaijan's Shah Deniz Phase II begins producing in 2011-12. While there are a nu [...] |
2006-05-09 13:04:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EPET EINV BEXP TU AZ |
| 06ANKARA4241 |
TURKEY: ENERGY MINISTER ON CASPIAN GAS TO EUROPE [...] (C) Summary. Meeting on the margins of Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan oil pipeline inauguration ceremonies in Istanbul on July 12, Deputy Secretary of Energy Clay Sell and Turkish Energy Minister Hilmi Guler reviewed Turkish-U.S. cooperation in helping Europe diversify its natural gas supplies as well [...] |
2006-07-21 07:07:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG PREL TU AZ GG RU |
| 06ANKARA4728 |
TURKEY AND MAKING PROGRESS ON THE SOUTHERN GAS [...] (C) SUMMARY: In August 8 meetings in Ankara with State Department (S/P) energy advisor Steve Hellman on southern energy corridor issues, Turkish officials made clear that they were not insisting on a role for Turkey as market &consolidator8 that would buy natural gas produced in Azerbaijan fo [...] |
2006-08-14 14:26:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET PREL TU AZ GR RU |
| 06ANKARA4935 |
TURKEY AND SOUTHERN GAS CORRIDOR - NUDGING JELLO [...] (C) Summary: Turkey's Energy Minister Hilmi Guler told Ambassador August 23 that he would welcome U.S. help in facilitating meetings aimed at gaining a common, clear, commercially viable way forward on the southern gas corridor to Europe. He obsessed about the undesirability of a simple, ope [...] |
2006-08-25 13:32:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET PREL TU GR AZ IR RU |
| 06ANKARA5332 |
TURKISH ENERGY MINISTER PROMISES ACTION ON [...] (C) Summary: In a September 10 meeting, DAS Matt Bryza and Energy Minister Hilmi Guler agreed to the following action steps to advance the southern gas corridor across Turkey to Europe: - Guler committed to quickly seek a bilateral meeting with Azeri Minister of Finance Samir Sharifov to di [...] |
2006-09-14 14:59:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET PREL TU GR AZ IR RU |
| 06ANKARA5334 |
TURKEY AND SOUTHERN GAS CORRIDOR - TAKING THE [...] (C) Summary: In a September 7 meeting, Energy Under Secretary Sami Demirbilek told us he understood the urgency SIPDIS of moving forward on a series of meetings between partners on the southern gas corridor. However, Turkey has not arranged a bilateral meeting with Azerbaijan to determine [...] |
2006-09-14 15:18:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET PREL TU GR AZ IR |
| 06ANKARA5745 |
TURKEY'S BOTAS WORRIED ABOUT SOUTHERN GAS CORRIDOR [...] (SBU) Summary: In an October 2 meeting, BOTAS officials expressed strong support for the southern gas corridor, but voiced concerns about developable reserves in Azerbaijan, pressure from Russia on Azerbaijan and Georgia, and how Iran's significant reserves fit into pipeline possibilities. BO [...] |
2006-10-03 14:56:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EPET EINV PREL TU GG AZ RU |
| 06ANKARA6079 |
TURKEY VIEWS ON GAS POTENTIAL FROM CASPIAN [...] (C) Summary: Using the opportunity of Senior Energy Analyst Bud Coote's briefing to Energy Minister Hilmi Guler on Caspian oil and gas potential, Ambassador and S/P Energy Advisor Steve Hellman advanced southern gas corridor diplomacy. The Minister thanked Coote for clarifying what quantiti [...] |
2006-10-23 11:23:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG EINV PREL TU GG AZ |
| 06BAKU1433 |
FINNISH AMBASSADOR TERHI HAKALA DISCUSSES THE EU'S [...] (C) SUMMARY: Finnish Ambassador Terhi Hakala met with the Ambassador on September 22 to discuss Azerbaijan's European Neighborhood Policy (ENP) Action Plan. The EU Commission has approved the plan, and the EU Troika will visit Baku on October 3. Hakala said negotiating the agreement was some [...] |
2006-10-03 05:41:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ENRG PBTS AR AZ |
| 06KIEV1107 |
UKRAINE: DELIVERABLES FOR GUAM SUMMIT, NSDC AND [...] (C) Summary: According to a National Security and Defense Council (NSDC) staff official, the May GUAM summit aims to feature agreements to enhance regional energy security and cooperation in solving "frozen conflicts." The official opined that NSDC Secretary Kinakh's visit to Moscow might ha [...] |
2006-03-22 15:52:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KDEM EUN ENRG PGOV PINR RS AZ GG MD UP |
| 06KIEV2068 |
UKRAINE/GUAM: U.S.-GUAM BILATERAL MEETING [...] (U) Summary: The U.S. delegation of EUR DAS Kramer and Vice-Presidential Deputy National Security Adviser Wood met with GUAM (Georgia, Ukraine, Azerbaijan, Moldova) representatives May 22. GUAM representatives favorably noted strong U.S.-GUAM past and present cooperation. Kramer congratulat [...] |
2006-05-30 07:38:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KDEM ETRD EAID AORC UNMIK PINR YI AZ GG |
| 06KYIV4062 |
UKRAINE: GUAM STATEMENT CRITICIZES RUSSIAN ACTIONS [...] (U) The Organization for Democracy and Economic Development - GUAM issued a statement dated October 16 on Russia-Georgia tension on the margins of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) Council of Foreign Ministers in Minsk. The press reported that Ukrainian delegation head First Deputy [...] |
2006-10-20 16:25:00 | Embassy Kyiv | SECRET | PREL KDEM YI RS AZ GG MD UP |
| 06KYIV4229 |
UKRAINE: GO SLOW APPROACH POSSIBLY COMPLICATING [...] (C) Summary. Ukraine is increasingly willing to use the Organization for Democracy and Economic Development - GUAM as a policy coordination vehicle, covering everything from joint declarations by GUAM members on regional issues to economic, military and scientific cooperation. However, Ukrain [...] |
2006-11-09 14:54:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KDEM MARR RS AZ GG MD UP |
| 06ROME1667 |
EDISON ITALIA OUTLINES THE WAY FORWARD FOR [...] (SBU) Summary. A/EcMin met May 25 with Roberto Poti, Edison Italia's Vice President for Corporate Development, to discuss Edison's investment in the Turkey-Greece-Italy Interconnector pipeline designed to ship Azeri natural gas to Europe. Edison has partnered with DEPA, Greece's state-owned [...] |
2006-06-06 05:10:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG EPET AZ TU GR AL IT |
| 06VIENNA2475 |
NABUCCO PIPELINE: AUSTRIA'S OMV CONSIDERS [...] (C) Summary. On August 10, State Department (S/P) Energy Advisor Steve Hellman, accompanied by Charge and Acting EconPolCouns, met with senior executives from Austria's main oil and gas company, OMV, to discuss the status of the Nabucco pipeline and ways to move the project forward. The dis [...] |
2006-08-18 15:58:00 | Embassy Vienna | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET ECON PREL AZ AU |
| 06VILNIUS622 |
LITHUANIA ENGAGES ARMENIA AND AZERBAIJAN [...] (C) Summary. Lithuania has sought in recent months to increasingly engage the governments of Armenia and Azerbaijan to encourage democratic change and deeper Euro-integration. The Lithuanians view this engagement as a logical progression of the neighborhood policy that they pursue with Ukraine [...] |
2006-07-05 12:21:00 | Embassy Vilnius | CONFIDENTIAL | LH PREL AM AZ |
| 06YEREVAN110 |
WITH GAS USAGE ACCELERATING, GOAM PREPARING FOR WORST [...] (C) ArmRosGazprom (ARG) has drawn roughly half of Armenia's useful reserves -- much quicker than initially expected -- since the January 22 cut off of natural gas supplies from Russia (reftel). Consumption accelerated after the GOAM temporarily reopened a 200-megawatt hydroelectric unit in Hraz [...] |
2006-01-26 04:36:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL RS GG IR AM ENGR AZ |
| 06YEREVAN1388 |
GUAM ALLIES GANG UP ON RUSSIA DURING THINKTANK [...] (U) A Russian analyst who spouted anti-Western rhetoric at a local thinktank seminar this week in Yerevan found himself outnumbered when panelists from Georgia (including a former foreign minister), Ukraine and Azerbaijan ganged up on him during their speeches and particularly during the quest [...] |
2006-10-05 12:38:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UK GG RU AZ AM |
| 06YEREVAN98 |
ARMENIAN RESPONSE TO GAS SUPPLY CUT OFF [...] (C) Russian gas via Azerbaijan will not flow to Armenia according to Deputy Minister of Energy Iosef Isayan. As a result, Armenia will deplete its reserves by January 31 if Russian supplies through Georgia are not restored. Armenian authorities halted exports of power to Georgia, and began t [...] |
2006-01-23 14:17:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ENRG PREL RS GG IR AM AZ |
| 07ANKARA2955 |
TURKISH THINKING ON AZERI GAS VOLUMES AND TRANSIT [...] (C) Summary: Turkey's energy priorities are increasing gas supply and diversity of suppliers, and reducing its energy costs. The Turkey-Greece-Italy Intergovernmental Agreement that allows Turkey to buy 15% of transiting gas at a netback price plays a central role in meeting these needs. Netba [...] |
2007-12-13 15:33:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET TU EINV AZ |
| 07ASHGABAT322 |
TURKMENISTAN FM REAFFIRMS COMMITMENT TO THE "NEW [...] (C) SUMMARY: On March 27, First Deputy Chairman and Foreign Minister Meredov touched on recent regional visitors, emphasized Turkmenistan's adherence to non-proliferation regimes and desire to work more closely with the OSCE, and signaled concrete interest in working with the UN on religious [...] |
2007-03-28 09:41:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PARM TX IR AZ KZ GG UN |
| 07ASHGABAT699 |
TURKEMISTAN ENERGY: FM MEREDOV SAYS U.S. [...] (C) SUMMARY: SCA PDAS Steve Mann met for nearly two hours on July 11 with Turkmenistan's Deputy Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers and Minister of Foreign Affairs Rashit Meredov. Meredov: -- insisted Turkmenistan has significant gas deposits in its off-shore Caspian blocks that are open [...] |
2007-07-16 12:43:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EPET EINV RS CH AZ |
| 07ASHGABAT728 |
TURKMENISTAN ENERGY: MYRADOV AVERS AMU DARYA BASIN [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: At an hour-long meeting on July 12 with Executive Director of Turkmenistan's State Agency for Management and Use of Hydrocarbon Resources Bayrammyrat Myradov, SCA Principal Deputy Secretary Steven R. Mann, EUR DA [...] |
2007-07-23 11:48:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM EPET EINV RS CH AZ TX |
| 07BAKU132 |
AZERBAIJAN: NABUCCO COMES TO BAKU LOOKING FOR TEN [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a January 25 conversation with the Ambassador, OMV Chief Executive Officer Wolfgang Ruttenstorfer said that the purpose of his first visit to Azerbaijan was to begin the quest for a contract with Azerbaijan for ten billion cubic meters of gas annually starting in 2012-2013, wh [...] |
2007-01-26 13:49:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG AZ TU GA PREL PGOV |
| 07BAKU617 |
AZERBAIJAN PRESIDENTIAL ADVSIOR SAYS KRAKOW SUMMIT [...] (C) SUMMARY. GOAJ Chief of the Presidential Apparat's Foreign Relations Department Novruz Mammadov told the Ambassador that the May 11 'Energy Summit' in Krakow, Poland among the heads of State of Azerbaijan, Urkraine, Lithuania, Georgia and Poland was "very important for Azerbaijan's Caspian [...] |
2007-05-22 04:26:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ENRG AZ |
| 07ISTANBUL893 |
AN IRANIAN OIL EXECUTIVE ON ISA'S "UNINTENDED [...] (C/NF) Summary: On September 26, Consulate Istanbul &Iran watcher8 met with Assadollah Maleknejad, Vice President of Iran,s Pars Oil company, to discuss regional and Iranian hydrocarbon issues. Maleknejad politely criticized USG energy policy in the region, arguing that the Trans-Caspian pi [...] |
2007-10-02 06:20:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL ECON ENRG PGOV IR TU AZ |
| 07KYIV131 |
UKRAINE/GUAM: NEW MFA TEAM IN CHARGE, TIMING OF [...] (SBU) Summary. The Ukrainian MFA team overseeing GUAM issues told us they anticipate approval of the GUAM Charter bill in the Rada session that starts February 6. However Rada Foreign Policy Committee Chairman Vitaliy Shybko, a Socialist Party member, was more pessimistic. He noted the oppo [...] |
2007-01-19 12:09:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KDEM MARR RS AZ GG MD UP |
| 07KYIV1324 |
UKRAINE: GUAM AS A REGIONAL ORGANIZATION -- A TWO [...] (C) Summary: Executive Director of the GUAM Information Office Heorhiy Nazarov acknowledged that the impasse over scheduling early parliamentary elections had made it unlikely that the parliament (Rada) would vote on the GUAM Charter anytime soon. He said Ukraine's failure to ratify the GUAM [...] |
2007-05-31 13:17:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KDEM MARR RS AZ GG MD UP |
| 07KYIV1459 |
UKRAINE: MISSILE DEFENSE TALKING POINTS DELIVERED: [...] (U) This is a request for guidance. See para 6. 2. (U) Ambassador, accompanied by Army Attache and poloff, met with Defense Minister Anatoliy Hrytsenko June 11 to deliver the response to Ukrainian missile defense questions (ref B). We provided written talking points, a Ukrainian courtesy [...] |
2007-06-13 13:07:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MCAP PARM OPRC PREL RS AZ US UP |
| 07KYIV1560 |
UKRAINE: U.S.-RUSSIAN MISSILE DEFENSE DISCUSSION: [...] (U) EUR/PRA Director and head of delegation to the U.S.-Ukraine non-proliferation Working Group (NPWG) talks Anita Friedt delivered ref A's notification June 26 to Ukrainian MFA Arms Control and Military-Technical Cooperation Department Director General Volodymyr Belashov on the margins of NPW [...] |
2007-06-27 11:38:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MCAP PARM OPRC PREL RS AZ US UP |
| 07KYIV756 |
CREATION OF A GUAM SECRETARIAT CENTRAL TO GUAM'S [...] (C) Summary. First Deputy Minister of Georgia and GUAM National Coordinator Valery Chechelashvili sounded an optimistic note during our conversation with him after the March 15-16 GUAM Council of National Coordinators (CNC) meeting. Chechelashvili, slated to be GUAM's new Secretary General o [...] |
2007-03-30 14:13:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KDEM MARR RS AZ GG MD UP |
| 07PARIS4439 |
U/S BURNS DISCUSSES KOSOVO, AFGHANISTAN, GEORGIA, [...] (C) Summary. In an October 30 working dinner with MFA Political Director Gerard Araud, U/S Burns urged the European community to respect the "firm" deadline of December 10 to conclude final status negotiations on Kosovo and pushed for a Membership Action Plan (MAP) for Georgia. Araud hoped t [...] |
2007-11-07 15:08:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS NATO AZ FR SR GG RU BM IN IR |
| 07SOFIA1119 |
FM KALFIN ON ENERGY ISSUES, KOSOVO [...] (C) SUMMARY: On September 13 Foreign Minister Kalfin discussed energy issues with Amb Beyrle on the heels of his recent trip to Central Asia. On the Burgas-Alexandropolous pipeline (BAP), Kalfin said a coordinated effort by the other players, and inclusion of additional shareholders such as [...] |
2007-09-17 16:12:00 | Embassy Sofia | CONFIDENTIAL | BU ECON ENRG KZ LY PGOV PREL RS TX AZ |
| 08ASHGABAT1598 |
TURKMENISTAN: READOUT ON TRILATERAL SUMMIT FROM [...] (C) SUMMARY: According to the Turkish DCM, the November 29 trilateral summit between the Turkmen, Turkish and Azeri presidents covered a range of issues, with no particular breakthroughs. On energy, the Turkish president urged the Turkmen to develop a gas export route to the West, a suggesti [...] |
2008-12-09 10:43:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON EPET TU AZ TX |
| 08ASHGABAT34 |
TURKMENISTAN: FOREIGN MINISTER WANTS DETAILED [...] (S) SUMMARY: Charge met for an hour January 8 with Foreign Minister Rashit Meredov (other issues reported septel). Meredov dismissed his notetaker and said he wanted to have a totally frank conversation. He intimated relations with Azerbaijan -- including the issue of bilateral Caspian del [...] |
2008-01-08 12:22:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | SECRET | PGOV PREL EPET AZ TX |
| 08ASHGABAT44 |
TURKMENISTAN: PETRONAS SEEKS OPTIONS TO EXPORT [...] (C) SUMMARY: While the Malaysia-based hydrocarbon company Petronas continues to move forward with plans to begin producing natural gas in Turkmenistan's Livonov block, it still has not reached any final conclusions about how to transport that gas to market, according to the company's country [...] |
2008-01-10 05:33:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EPET AZ TX |
| 08ASHGABAT62 |
TURKMENISTAN: SFRC MINORITY CHAIRMAN SENATOR [...] (C) PARTICIPANTS: UNITED STATES: Senator Richard Lugar Kenneth A. Meyers III, Republican Senior Professional Staff Charge d'affaires (note-taker) TURKMENISTAN: President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov Deputy Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers for Foreign Affairs [...] |
2008-01-14 12:37:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EAGR EPET EU AZ GG RS TX |
| 08ASHGABAT65 |
TURKMENISTAN: SENATOR RICHARD LUGAR AND FOREIGN [...] (C) SUMMARY: SUMMARY: During a positive and businesslike meeting on January 12, Foreign Minister Meredov told Senator Lugar Turkmenistan -- has designed its new foreign policy to further expand and deepen relations in the world, focuses on improving regional relations (especially with Uzb [...] |
2008-01-15 07:48:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL EAID EPET AF AZ UZ TX |
| 08ASHGABAT901 |
TURKMENISTAN: DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER DISCUSSES [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a July 16 meeting with the U.S. Trade and Development Agency (USTDA) Regional Director for Europe and Eurasia, Dan Stein, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Hajiyev acknowledged that Turkmenistan must upgrade the knowledge of its petrochemical specialists. He also welcom [...] |
2008-07-17 09:21:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EAID EPET TINT TX AZ |
| 08BAKU1012 |
SOCAR WILLING TO PROVIDE GAS TO GEORGIA BUT [...] (C) SUMMARY. According to Azerbaijan's State Oil Company, Azerbaijan is prepared to provide necessary volumes of gas to Georgia during the winter months, but prefers to do so on more commercial vice concessionary terms. According to SOCAR and BP Azerbaijan sources, Georgian winter gas needs a [...] |
2008-10-22 12:10:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL AZ ENRG GA |
| 08BAKU1069 |
IRAN-AZERBAIJAN SNAPSHOT AND OVERVIEW [...] This cable provides a general unclassified snapshot of Iranian political, economic, and commercial activities in Azerbaijan, outlining apparent evolving Iranian regional priorities and recent and pending developments in bilateral political and economic relations. Many issues noted in the cab [...] |
2008-11-07 13:31:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ENRG ECON RU IR AZ |
| 08BAKU1156 |
IRAN/AZERBAIJAN: DISPARATE IRANIANS NETWORK AT [...] (C) Baku Iran watcher met for two and a half hours on December 3 with prominent Azerbaijani human rights activist Novella Jafaroglu and fourteen other Azerbaijan residents who had just returned from participating in a November 28-30 Iran-Turkey-Azerbaijan women,s rights conference in Istanbul [...] |
2008-12-05 09:14:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL TU AZ IR |
| 08BAKU160 |
KOSOVO DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO AZERBAIJANI DEPUTY [...] (C) The Ambassador delivered reftel demarche to Deputy Foreign Minister Azimov on February 20 (FM Mammadyarov was out of the country). Despite Azerbaijan's opposition to Kosovo's independence, Azimov said, he had instructed the MFA to be "measured" in its public statements, making only two [...] |
2008-02-21 15:28:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PBTS UN AZ |
| 08BAKU187 |
DFM AZIMOV REQUESTS USG SUPPORT ON [...] (C) Azerbaijani Deputy Foreign Minister Araz Azimov requested a meeting with Ambassador Derse on February 29 to discuss Azerbaijan's pending UNGA resolution "on the situation in the occupied territories of Azerbaijan" (other topics septel). European embassies were similarly summoned to a gr [...] |
2008-03-04 13:55:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PBTS UN AZ |
| 08BAKU726 |
AZERBAIJAN PRESIDENT, SPECIAL ENVOY GRAY DISCUSS [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a July 14 meeting with Special Envoy Gray, President Aliyev sought USG views on how to best proceed on the Southern Corridor project. SE Gray reaffirmed the U.S. commitment to work with Turkey and the EU to enable gas transit. To entice Turkmenistan into shipping gas west, [...] |
2008-08-04 10:30:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | ECIN ECON ENRG EPET PGOV PINR PREL AZ TU |
| 08BAKU728 |
SOCAR VP, SE GRAY DISCUSS NEXT STEPS RE TURKEY [...] (C) SUMMARY: SOCAR Marketing Vice-President Elshad Nassirov, one of President Aliyev's key energy advisors, told SE Gray that selling any more than four billion cubic meters (bcm) of Shah Deniz Phase Two gas (SD2) to Turkey would "kill the Southern Corridor project." He said Turkey sought ei [...] |
2008-08-05 04:42:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | ECIN ECON ENRG EPET PGOV PINR PREL AZ TU |
| 08BAKU729 |
BOEING TO SELL ADDITIONAL AIRCRAFT TO AZERBAIJAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: On August 4, Boeing Regional Sales Director Serdar Gurz, visiting from London, reported a successful upgrade of Azerbaijan Airlines's (AZAL's) aircraft order from a total of five aircraft (three 787s and two 737-900s) to a total of eight aircraft: two 787s, two 767-300ERs, and fou [...] |
2008-08-05 04:43:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EINT EAIR AZ TX |
| 08BAKU733 |
AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES PRE-ELECTION AZERBAIJAN WITH [...] (C) Summary: EU Special Representative for the South Caucasus Peter Semneby won President Aliyev's commitment to launch an EU democracy dialogue with Azerbaijan, but met some resistance from the Foreign Minister, who suggested expanding the theme of the discussions. Azerbaijan's leaders have [...] |
2008-08-05 12:46:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL ENRG AZ |
| 08BAKU741 |
SOCAR EXPLAINS AZERBAIJAN-TURKMENISTAN OIL AND GAS [...] (SBU) Summary: SOCAR's Vice President told Embassy officers that the September 9-10 Azerbaijan-Turkmenistan joint oil and gas conference will be light on debate and heavy on official presentations, much like former Soviet exhibitions. This format, Azerbaijan believes, will ensure Turkmenista [...] |
2008-08-07 04:28:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG EPET EINT PREL AZ TX TU |
| 08BAKU765 |
AZERBAIJAN OIL & GAS EXPORT WOES: BAKU-SUPSA, SCP [...] (C) BP External Affairs and Policy Forum Manager Seymour Khalilov briefed Embassy officers August 12 on developments in oil and gas production and transport in light of fire damage to the BTC pipeline and the Russia-Georgia conflict over South Ossetia. Khalilov confirmed that the BTC fire was [...] |
2008-08-13 04:38:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET EINT PREL AZ TU |
| 08BAKU773 |
IRANIAN STUDENTS IN BAKU SPEAK OUT [...] (C) SUMMARY The Iranian public is keen for more opportunities to engage with the United States. Three Iranian students studying in Baku conveyed this sentiment to polecon officer during two wide-ranging discussions on life in Iran. Polecon officer outlined the ways the USG reaches out to the [...] |
2008-08-15 05:26:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | AZ PGOV PREL |
| 08BAKU787 |
AZERBAIJAN'S SOCAR: OIL & GAS TRANSIT THROUGH [...] (C) Embassy officers met August 20 with State Oil Company of Azerbaijan (SOCAR) Deputy Vice President Vitaliy Baylarbayov to discuss oil and gas production and transport in light of the ongoing security crisis in Georgia. Baylarbayov offered the following observations on specific export routes [...] |
2008-08-21 04:10:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET EINT PREL AZ TX TU |
| 08BAKU951 |
AZERBAIJAN: SOUTHERN CORRIDOR STARTS WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: On October 9 the "Southern Corridor" project will take a huge step forward when the first tanker to carry Tengizchevroil oil to Azerbaijan will begin loading in Kazakhstan, with an expected arrival date in Baku of October 11. TCO volumes heading to Baku in October will be approx [...] |
2008-10-08 14:17:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL AZ KZ ENRG |
| 08BERLIN1518 |
DAS GARBER'S DISCUSSION WITH GERMAN ECONOMIC [...] (C) SUMMARY: EUR Deputy Assistant Secretary Judith Garber on October 22 met with Ministry of Economics officials to discuss Iran, Iraq, and Afghanistan. Deputy Director General of Foreign Trade Law and Export Control Karl Wendling and Head of North Africa and Near and Middle East Division Jue [...] |
2008-11-06 14:30:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | IR AZ PREL ECON EAID IZ AF GM |
| 08BUDAPEST107 |
PM'S FOREIGN POLICY ADVISOR ON KOSOVO, AZERBAIJAN [...] (SBU) Prime Minister Gyurcsany's Foreign and Security Policy Advisor, Ambassador Karoly Banai, updated Ambassador Foley on Hungary's policy re Kosovo and Azerbaijan in a meeting January 31. KOSOVO: MAKING IT CLEAR TO MOSCOW 2. (C) Banai noted that PM Gyurcsany had called in the Russian [...] |
2008-01-31 16:15:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL RU AZ ECON ENRG HU |
| 08ISTANBUL601 |
IRAN/ETHNIC GROUPS: AN ETHNIC RIGHTS ACTIVIST [...] (S) Summary: An Iranian-Azeri journalist told us November 29 that the June 2006 ethnic Azeri demonstrations against authorities in northwest Iran were "an awakening" for the Azeri ethnic movement and led the regime to conclude it was a threat to stability. He described a diffuse ethnic move [...] |
2008-12-02 14:02:00 | Consulate Istanbul | SECRET | PREF PHUM PINS IR TU AZ |
| 08ISTANBUL615 |
REGIONAL ACTIVISTS STRATEGIZE ON BOLSTERING THE [...] (C) Summary: Iranian, Azeri, and Turkish human rights experts participated in a "regional women's rights discussion" November 28-29 in Istanbul, co-hosted by Turkish and Azeri human rights NGOs. Focusing primarily on the beleaguered state of women's rights in Iran, the speakers highlighted t [...] |
2008-12-17 10:11:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PINS IR TU AZ |
| 08MOSCOW3289 |
DFM KARASIN AND EUR DAS BRYZA DISCUSS GEORGIA AND [...] (C) Summary: In a November 1 meeting, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Karasin and EUR DAS and U.S. Minsk Group Co-Chair Matt Bryza discussed Georgia, with Karasin striking a more constructive tone but insisting that access for international monitors to Abkhazia and South Ossetia had to be ne [...] |
2008-11-13 06:51:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV GG RS AZ |
| 08MOSCOW3364 |
RUSSIA INCHES AWAY FROM ARMENIA [...] (C) Summary: In the aftermath of the Georgia conflict, Russian and Armenian officials assert there has been no change in Russian-Armenian relations, and see no detrimental impact of possible improved relations between Turkey and Armenia. Experts however argue that Russia is able to use the [...] |
2008-11-20 14:32:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON AM AZ RS |
| 08MOSCOW3419 |
DFM KARASIN ON IRAQ, GEORGIA, UKRAINE, [...] (C) Summary: In a November 25 meeting, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Karasin sought further information on the alleged November 19 collision between a U.S. convoy vehicle and a Russian embassy vehicle in Baghdad (reftel). He called the November 23 shooting near the Georgian and Polish pre [...] |
2008-11-26 09:49:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV GG RS AZ UP MD IZ |
| 08MOSCOW3659 |
RUSSIA CAUTIOUSLY OPTIMISTIC ABOUT NAGORNO-KARABAKH [...] (C) Summary: In a December 10 meeting, MFA Counselor Elena Kravchenko said the Minsk Group planned to organize another meeting of the Armenian and Azerbaijani presidents in the new year. She said the major obstacles for a conflict resolution were the Lachin corridor and the unwillingness of [...] |
2008-12-17 14:13:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV AZ RS |
| 08ROME1308 |
ITALIAN ENERGY ISSUES: SPECIAL ENVOY C. BOYDEN [...] (C) SUMMARY: On October 9 and 10, 2008, Special Envoy C. Boyden Gray visited Rome and met with key energy officials of the Italian Government and private sector. Major points of discussion revealed Italian worry about Caspian gas, namely whether the Turks will agree to let a sufficient amount [...] |
2008-10-29 07:30:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON ENRG IT RU AZ |
| 08STATE120333 |
OSCE PERMANENT COUNCIL: AZERBAIJAN MOVE AGAINST [...] (U) Post is authorized to present the following statement at the November 13 Permanent Council meeting in Vienna. Begin text: Mr. Chairman, The United States has noted with concern reports that Azerbaijan's National Television and Radio Council may discontinue local radio broadcasts of [...] |
2008-11-12 23:52:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL PGOV OSCE KDEM AZ LO |
| 08STATE129612 |
OSCE PERMANENT COUNCIL: RESPONSE TO THE REPORT [...] (U) Post is authorized to make the following statement at the December 11 meeting of the OSCE Permanent Council in Vienna. Begin Text: Thank you, Mr. Chairman. The United States would like to welcome Captain Erikki Platan, Head of the High-Level Planning Group, to the Permanent Counci [...] |
2008-12-10 13:40:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV OSCE AZ AR |
| 08STATE23123 |
DRC- INSTRUCTIONS FOR DRC EXPERTS MEETING ON FDLR [...] Action Request: USUN is instructed to seek the changes in paragraph 2 on the draft resolution on the Forces Democratiques de Liberation du Rwanda (FDLR) (draft text provided in paragraph 4). USUN may draw from the talking points in paragraph 3 in its efforts to secure the changes. If the [...] |
2008-03-06 15:52:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | UNSC PREL PHUM CG AZ ZF |
| 08STATE26643 |
VOTING INSTRUCTIONS FOR AZERBAIJAN UNGA RESOLUTION [...] (C) This is an action request. Department continues to urge Azerbaijan to consider our proposed changes to the text of its UNGA resolution "on the situation in the occupied territories of Azerbaijan" and to delay a vote on the resolution, in the hope of allowing us (and our Minsk Group Co-C [...] |
2008-03-13 20:56:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | UNGA AZ PBTS PREL |
| 08TBILISI2190 |
GEORGIA SIGNS 5 YEAR MOU FOR GAS WITH SOCAR [...] (C) Summary and Comment: After months of discussion, the Georgian government signed a five-year memorandum of understanding (MOU) with SOCAR, the Azerbaijani state oil and gas company, to provide natural gas to Georgia. The agreement will, in principle, take effect on January 1, 2009 follow [...] |
2008-11-24 13:55:00 | Embassy Tbilisi | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ENRG PGOV PREL RU AZ GG |
| 08TBILISI2493 |
GEORGIA: SOCAR PURCHASES 22 OF GEORGIA'S INTERNAL [...] (C) The Georgian Government has sold 22 regional natural gas distribution companies to the Azerbaijani State Oil and Gas Company SOCAR. Georgia had originally pledged to sell a number of its natural gas delivery systems to SOCAR during negotiations with Azerbaijan in November that resulted i [...] |
2008-12-30 14:33:00 | Embassy Tbilisi | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ECON PGOV PREL AZ GG |
| 08YEREVAN252 |
ARMENIA ACCUSES AZERBAIJAN OF UNDERMINING N-K [...] (C) FM Oskanian convoled all Yerevan Chiefs of Mission on March 21 to raise the alarm about what he described as Aserbaijan's efforts to undermine the N-K peace process, and ultimately to dissolve the Minsk Group. Oskanian decried the recent UN resolution on N-K pushed by Azerbaijan and, spea [...] |
2008-03-21 12:55:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | AM PGOV PREL AZ |
| 09ANKARA1310 |
CODEL WEXLER URGES TURKISH ACTION ON MIDDLE EAST [...] (C) Summary. Rep. Robert Wexler met August 26-27 with a wide array of top-level Turkish officials to discuss the current state of U.S.-Turkish relations and to urge them to push for greater regional support for President Obama's initiatives on Middle East peace and his willingness to deal wit [...] |
2009-09-08 12:18:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PREL PGOV ECON ETRD ENRG AM AZ IS IR TU |
| 09ANKARA1589 |
DOE DEP SEC PONEMAN VISIT: TURKS POSITIVE ON [...] (C) Summary: In separate meetings with Minister of Energy Yildiz and BOTAS Acting Director General Konuk, DoE Deputy Secretary Poneman stressed U.S. support for the Southern Corridor and the urgent need to resolve negotiations with the Azeris to make the Corridor a reality. Both Yildiz and Konu [...] |
2009-11-05 09:12:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET PREL TU AZ |
| 09ANKARA781 |
TURKEY: PM ERDOGAN WARNS CODEL CASEY ON AGR [...] (C) Senators Robert Casey (D-PA), Ted Kaufman (D-DE), and Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ), and Representative Timothy Walz (D-MN) and Charge met May 29 with PM Erdogan, TGS D/CHOD General Igsiz, and a senior MFA delegation led by U/S Apakan. On Armenia, PM Erdogan urged Congress to leave the events of [...] |
2009-06-03 09:18:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER IS SY TU AM AZ |
| 09ASHGABAT1025 |
TNK-BP WAITING AND HOPING IN TURKMENISTAN [...] (C) SUMMARY. Russian-British co-owned TNK-BP remains one of a handful of foreign oil and gas companies attempting to break into the well-guarded Turkmen hydrocarbon sector with little success to date. TNK-BP's Program Director for Turkmenistan Oleg Lonovenko attributed TNK-BP's current lack [...] |
2009-08-13 12:39:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET PGOV EINV PBTS AZ TX |
| 09ASHGABAT1029 |
WINTERSHALL REPORTS SLOW MOVEMENT BY TURKMEN FOR [...] (C) German energy company Wintershall's general manager, Kal Sandhu, updated Economic Officer on his company's prospects August 12. Sandhu stated that Wintershall is winding down a PSA signed in 2002 after drilling two dry holes in block 12 of the Caspian (reftel), and has made slow progress [...] |
2009-08-14 13:23:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET PGOV EINV PBTS AZ TX |
| 09ASHGABAT662 |
TURKMEN MINISTRY OF TRADE: TRADE VOLUME WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a productive meeting, Deputy Assistant U.S. Trade Representative, Claudio Lilienfeld exchanged ideas with Vepa Garriyev, the Head of the International Directorate of Turkmenistan's Ministry of Trade and Foreign Economic Relations. Very little time was spent discussing the re [...] |
2009-05-28 11:34:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EIND EINV ETRD TIFA TX AZ AF ZK |
| 09ASHGABAT663 |
TURKMENISTAN: RUMORS OF VISA TROUBLES AS CITIBANK [...] (C) The Relationship Manager of Citibank's Central Asia and Transcaucasia Department, Sinan Tan (please protect), said in a meeting on May 14 that he was meeting with representatives of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, Vneshekonombank, Senagatbank, and Turkmenbashybank. [...] |
2009-05-28 11:36:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EFIN CVIS EXIM TX AZ TU |
| 09ASHGABAT947 |
TURKMENISTAN'S PERSPECTIVE ON CASPIAN DELIMITATION [...] (C) SUMMARY: During the July 24 Cabinet of Ministers session, President Berdimuhamedov made a strong statement that Azerbaijan's position on delimitation of the Caspian boundary hampers the negotiation process. He criticized Azerbaijan for its unilateral decision to start development of the [...] |
2009-07-29 13:42:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EPET PBTS EINV AZ TX |
| 09ASHGABAT995 |
TURKMEN GOVERNMENT'S ARGUMENTS IN THE CASPIAN [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) SUMMARY: On August 4, state-owned "Neutralniy Turkmenistan" newspaper published an MFA-authored article outlining Turkmenistan's arguments in its dispute with Azerbaijan on the Caspian Sea delimitation issue. The article me [...] |
2009-08-06 11:21:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET PGOV EINV PBTS AZ TX |
| 09ASTANA1774 |
KAZAKHSTAN AND AZERBAIJAN SIGN ENERGY AGREEMENTS [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On October 2, during President Nazarbayev's visit to Baku, the national oil companies of Kazakhstan and Azerbaijan signed three documents on energy cooperation. The agreements do not preclude the participation of [...] |
2009-10-05 10:12:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON EPET EINV AZ KZ |
| 09MOSCOW1110 |
MFA ON OSCE AND UNOMIG MISSIONS, INCIDENT [...] (C) Summary: In an April 28 meeting, MFA Fourth CIS Director Kelin showed no signs of flexibility on the OSCE mandate renewal. He downplayed prospects that a UN mandate for Abkhazia could be extended to South Ossetia, but predicted Russia's proposal for the UN mandate would "surprise" the W [...] |
2009-04-29 13:41:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV RS GG AZ |
| 09MOSCOW1164 |
MEDVEDEV-SARGSIAN: NAGORNO-KARABAKH, ECONOMICS [...] (C) Summary: In a press conference after his April 23 meeting with Armenian President Sargsian, President Medvedev stressed the November 2 Moscow Declaration he personally had brokered as the basis for progress on Nagorno-Karabakh, while the MFA stated its hope the Turkey-Armenia rapprochemen [...] |
2009-05-06 13:34:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON RS AM AZ |
| 09MOSCOW1763 |
MEDVEDEV IN BAKU: NAGORNO-KARABAKH, ENERGY [...] (C) Summary. In the wake of President Medvedev's visit to Baku June 29, Russia is optimistic that the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict can be resolved in the near future. To effect that, Moscow plans no actions outside of the Minsk Group Process, which is organizing a meeting between the Armenian [...] |
2009-07-08 12:22:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ENRG RS AZ |
| 09MOSCOW1873 |
U/S BURNS JULY 7 MEETING WITH DFM KARASIN: [...] (C) Summary. In a meeting with U/S Burns July 7, on the margins of the President's visit to Moscow, Deputy Foreign Minister Grigoriy Karasin said he was optimistic about the chances of a settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. He urged the U.S. and Russia to be transparent on dealings in [...] |
2009-07-22 09:55:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR KG GG AZ AR RS |
| 09ROME126 |
ROME MEETING OF RC-WEST EMBASSIES: GUIDANCE REQUEST [...] This is an action request. See para 5. 2. The Italian Foreign Ministry will host a meeting on February 9 for Embassies of countries with forces serving under Italian leadership in Western Afghanistan as part of NATO's ISAF mission. The meeting is part of a GOI effort to encourage cohesio [...] |
2009-02-04 17:46:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL MOPS MARR AZ IT NATO |
| 09TBILISI1158 |
GEORGIAN THOUGHTS ON ARMENIAN/TURKISH RAPPROCHEMENT [...] (C) Summary and Comment: Representatives of the Georgian government, parliament, and academia have a wide range of opinions about recent improvements in the bilateral relationship between Armenia and Turkey. Even within the Georgian government, an incomplete and contradictory picture arises, [...] |
2009-06-24 11:07:00 | Embassy Tbilisi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV AZ TU GG |
| 09TBILISI1757 |
GEORGIA: RADICAL ORTHODOX GROUP STOPS MOSQUE [...] (C) Summary: On September 16, representative of two radical fundamentalist Georgian Orthodox groups, the "Society of Saint David the Builder" and "Union of Orthodox Parents" stopped construction on a mosque in the village of Talaveri. The groups demanded to see the villagers' construction perm [...] |
2009-09-23 14:38:00 | Embassy Tbilisi | CONFIDENTIAL | KIRF PGOV PHUM PREL AZ GG |
| 09TBILISI1765 |
GEORGIA: SAAKASHVILI EXPRESSES CONCERN TO DAS [...] (C) Summary. During her September 15 introductory call on President Saakashvili, EUR DAS Tina Kaidanow urged him to make progress on democratic reforms as a way to increase support for Georgia within the international community and shore up domestic stability, echoing earlier comments from VP [...] |
2009-09-25 08:05:00 | Embassy Tbilisi | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PGOV PREL BR RU AM AZ GG |
| 09TBILISI849 |
GEORGIAN PM SAYS TURKMEN INTERESTED IN WESTERN [...] No summary [...] |
2009-05-04 14:27:00 | Embassy Tbilisi | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ECON PGOV PREL RU AZ GG |
| 09YEREVAN299 |
SPEAKER PROMISES DOMESTIC BREAKTHROUGHS IN JUNE [...] (C) On April 27 EUR DAS Matthew Brzya met with National Assembly Speaker Hovik Abrahamian to discuss progress on normalization of relations between Turkey and Armenia. Abrahamian said he fully supported President Sargsian's move to normalize ties, and would actively promote its benefits to Arm [...] |
2009-05-06 12:31:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM EAID AZ TU AM |
| 09YEREVAN638 |
ARMENIA: PRESIDENT SARGSIAN DEFENDS [...] No summary [...] |
2009-09-12 09:18:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL TU AZ AM |
| 09YEREVAN864 |
MEDIA REACTION: ARMENIA - ERDOGAN'S U.S. VISIT A SETBACK [...] (SBU) The Armenian press, pro-government and opposition alike, expressed alarm at statements made by Turkey's Prime Minister Erdogan, regarding rapprochement with Armenia, during his visit to the U.S. His comments linking ratification of the protocols on normalizing Turkey-Armenia relations t [...] |
2009-12-14 14:17:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OPRC KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL TU AZ AM |
| 10MOSCOW205 |
RUSSIA CONSIDERS SENDING ELECTION OBSERVERS TO [...] (C) We delivered reftel points to Iliya Morgounov, Section Chief of the MFA's Iraq Desk. Morgounov was grateful for the information and said the U.S. offer to provide assistance with security and ground transportation would be especially helpful. He remarked that, although the Russian Centr [...] |
2010-01-28 14:34:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM RS AZ |
| 10MOSCOW327 |
KARASIN ON GEORGIA, NAGORNO-KARABAKH, [...] (C) Summary. DFM Karasin, in a meeting with the Ambassador February 9, praised the Geneva Talks for contributing to the relative calm in Georgia, while criticizing the Georgians for seeking scandal, the South Ossetians for boycotting the Incident Response Mechanism, and the co-chairs for hin [...] |
2010-02-16 07:39:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV GG UP AZ MD RS |
| 10YEREVAN106 |
NATIONAL ASSEMBLY ADDRESSES PROCEDURAL ISSUES ON [...] (SBU) The Armenian National Assembly (NA) overwhelmingly approved on February 25 an amendment to the Law on International Treaties articulating mechanisms for withdrawal from agreements for which instruments of ratification have not been exchanged. This week the body also received from the ex [...] |
2010-02-26 14:38:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV TU AZ AM |