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01ABUJA3193 | NIGERIA: DEMARCHE ON BURUNDI DEPLOYMENT [...]) Post will raise points (Ref A) with the GON at the earliest appropriate opportunity. However, Minister of State for Defense (Army) [...] |
2001-12-13 09:24:00 | Embassy Abuja | SECRET | PREL PGOV MARR MOPS BE BY NI |
01HARARE873 | MUGABE OFF TO BELGIUM [...]C) ACCORDING TO BELGIUM EMBASSY FIRST SECRETARY ALEXIS DE CROMBRUGGHE, PRESIDENT MUGABE W7LL TRAVEL TO BELGIUM ON OR ABOUT MARCH 5. T[...] |
2001-03-01 08:08:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ZI CG BE |
03ANKARA2711 | APRIL 29 MINI-SUMMIT ON ESDP: TURKS SHARE OUR [...]) Classified by Political-Military Counselor Stuart Brown. Reasons 1.5 (b) and (d). ¶2. (C) On April 23, Polm[...] |
2003-04-25 14:43:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EU BE FR TU |
03ROME226 | ITALY IMPOUNDS LIBYA-BOUND CARGO OF MORPHOLINE [...]S) THIS MESSAGE SUPPLEMENTS OFFICIAL GOI INFORMATION IN JANUARY 16-17 PRESS REPORTS THAT, IN DECEMBER, 2002, THE ITALIAN FINANCE POLI[...] |
2003-01-17 18:20:00 | Embassy Rome | SECRET | PARM PREL IT BE LY GM IR MT UN |
03THEHAGUE1997 | DUTCH ON INTERDICTION OF MISSILE RELATED CHEMICAL [...][...] |
2003-08-07 15:53:00 | Embassy The Hague | SECRET | PARM PREL MNUC ETTC BE NL MTCRE |
04BRATISLAVA870 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CATHERINE VIAL, SYLVIA MOHR, [...]EMBASSY BRATISLAVA WELCOMES COMPLIANCE ATTACHE CATHERINE VIAL, COMPLIANCE ASSISTANT SUSANA GETMAN, EU FUNDING ADVISOR ISABELLE M[...] |
2004-09-23 10:08:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD BEXP BE LO EUN |
04BRUSSELS1218 | BELGIUM: NAME OF INDIVIDUAL RESPONSIBLE FOR [...][...] |
2004-03-23 11:45:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | KSCA TSPL SENV TSPA EFIS BE USEU BRUSSELS |
04BRUSSELS2295 | BELGIUM COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CBP/ICE ROBERT [...]ountry clearance is granted for visit of Customs and Border Protection Chief Inspector Robert Ontiveros of El Paso, TX, to replace a C[...] |
2004-05-28 15:13:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT OTRA ECON ETRD EWWT BE USEU BRUSSELS |
04BRUSSELS5032 | SIGNING BILATERAL INSTRUMENTS TO U.S.-EU [...][...] |
2004-11-29 09:30:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | BE CASC FI KCRM PREL SW EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
04BRUSSELS898 | BELGIUM TO ATTEND GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP WORKING GROUP [...][...] |
2004-03-02 13:38:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MNUC PARM PREL RS BE USEU BRUSSELS |
04KINSHASA1299 | DEPARTING BELGIAN AMBASSADOR'S TOUR D'HORIZON WITH [...]) During TDY Charge Gerald Scott's July 9 courtesy call on outgoing Belgian Ambassador Renier Nyskens, Nyskens stressed the need to m[...] |
2004-07-14 15:16:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | SECRET | PGOV PINR CG BE VT |
04KINSHASA1979 | KABILA FUMING AT BELGIAN FONMIN COMMENTS [...]) SUMMARY: President Kabila has temporarily recalled his ambassador from Brussels, as a sign of displeasure with recent comments by t[...] |
2004-10-25 08:50:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL CG BE RW |
05ABIDJAN1871 | TOGO NOT READY FOR REFUGEE RETURNS [...]C) SUMMARY: RefCoord met UN and government agencies in Lome and Accra from November 8-10 to discuss the Government of Togo's proposed[...] |
2005-11-16 07:44:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL PHUM TO GH BE |
05ANKARA6751 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR DEPUTY SENIOR [...]) Mission warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Deputy Senior Advisor and Deputy Coordinator for Iraq Robert Deutsch and NEA[...] |
2005-11-16 08:15:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA PGOV PREL IZ AU PL RO RS IT FR BE NATO EUN |
05BRUSSELS1014 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR DPAO DONNA [...]UNTRY CLEARANCE IS REQUESTED FOR DEPUTY PUBLIC AFFAIRS OFFICER DONNA WOOLF TO ATTEND PAO CONFERENCE IN VIENNA, MARCH 13 TO 16, 2005. [...] |
2005-03-11 12:50:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO BE USEU BRUSSELS |
05DUSHANBE1963 | IIR 6 947 0014 06/BELGIANS LOOKING FOR ALTERNATIVE TO TERMEZ [...][...] |
2005-12-08 06:24:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | CONFIDENTIAL | MCAP TI BE UZ |
05MADRID3757 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR COMMERCE [...]COUNTRY CLEARANCE IS GRANTED FOR U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE/U.S. AND DIRECTOR GENERAL ISRAEL HERNANDEZ AND SPECIAL ASSISTA[...] |
2005-10-26 14:09:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA BE GM SP |
05PARIS4348 | DEMARCHE REQUEST: JOINT APPROACH IN PRESSING GOA [...][...] |
2005-06-20 16:25:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | AF BE KDEM PREL PHUM PREF EAID FR |
05ROME3797 | OSCE/FCS: ITALY WILL NOT BLOCK PROGRESS AHEAD OF [...]BU) On November 16 Polmiloff received a response to Reftel demarche from Brunella Borzi, the MFA's office director for OSCE affairs. [...] |
2005-11-17 12:27:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | BE IT PARM PREL OSCE |
05THEHAGUE3247 | NETHERLANDS: EXCESS F-16 INQUIRY [...]) The GONL is not/not interested in selling F-16s to Pakistan -- either directly or through the United States. Dutch MOD State Secreta[...] |
2005-12-05 14:18:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | NL ETTC MARR PK BE PREL MAS |
05THEHAGUE3298 | NETHERLANDS: RECORD-BREAKING XTC SEIZURES IN [...](U) Summary. Dutch police, in coordination with Belgian, German and Spanish officials, raided multiple illegal drug sites in November[...] |
2005-12-12 10:05:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR NL BE SP UK GE |
05WARSAW2265 | HOLOCAUST ISSUES SPECIAL ENVOY EDWARD O'DONNELL IN [...]BU) SUMMARY: During his May 4-7 visit to Poland Special Envoy for Holocaust Issues Ambassador Edward O'Donnell discussed with key Poli[...] |
2005-05-16 11:18:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN KNAR PGOV PHUM PL BE BO EZ HU IS UP WJRO |
06ACCRA3057 | BELGIAN AMBASSADOR ON GHANA AND COTE D'IVOIRE [...]U) On December 21, Belgium's Ambassador to Ghana (based in Cote d'Ivoire) Dirk Verheyen paid a courtesy call on CDA Brown. He noted [...] |
2006-12-29 08:45:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | BE CI EMIN GH PREL |
06ANKARA1328 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR EUROPEAN REGIONAL [...]ssion welcomes and grants country clearance to European Regional Affairs (EUR/ERA) Officer John Robinson to travel to Ankara from Marc[...] |
2006-03-13 14:48:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA PGOV BE BU TU |
06ANKARA2417 | INTENSIFYING COOPERATION WITH BELGIUM AGAINST PKK [...]S/NF) Summary: We should move now to extend the effort to disrupt criminal networks in Europe that support PKK terrorist activity bey[...] |
2006-05-02 14:18:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PTER EFIN KTFN BE TU |
06ANKARA2698 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR EUR/SE DIRECTOR [...]) Mission warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to EUR/SE Director Douglas A. Silliman to travel to Turkey May 17 - 18, 2006. [...] |
2006-05-12 14:03:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA PGOV TU BE UK |
06BRUSSELS1022 | Belgium's Newest Anti-Terrorism Tool [...]BU) The Belgian House of Representatives has approved the creation of a new tool for combatting terrorism, the "Coordination Agency fo[...] |
2006-03-24 07:59:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | BE PGOV PTER |
06BRUSSELS1083 | TURKS PROVIDE INFORMATION ON PKK ACTIVITIES IN [...]S) The Turkish Embassy in Brussels presented Embassy a package March 23 containing two DVD's of recordings of various broadcasts of RO[...] |
2006-03-29 14:48:00 | Embassy Brussels | SECRET | PREL PTER BE TU |
06BRUSSELS1095 | BELGIAN STEWPOT: March 17, 2006 [...]U) Although Belgium has one of the highest per capita income levels of the EU ($35,749 in 2005), Belgian households still struggle to [...] |
2006-03-30 13:07:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV EWWT EAIR BE |
06BRUSSELS1098 | TREASURY OFFICIALS MEET WITH BELGIAN AND EU [...]) SUMMARY: During a March 14 meeting at the Belgian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA), Treasury Assistant Secretary (A/S) for Terroris[...] |
2006-03-30 15:34:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | KTFN EFIN PTER PREL PGOV BE EU |
06BRUSSELS1227 | RESPONSE TO EC COMMENTS AT 2006 BURMA/MYANMAR FORUM [...][...] |
2006-04-12 11:29:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | BM EAID EU PHUM PREF PREL BE |
06BRUSSELS1512 | (C) BELGIANS CONCERNED ABOUT DETAINED IRANIAN [...][...] |
2006-05-05 15:38:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL IR BE AU CA |
06BRUSSELS1521 | BELGIUM: UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL - CANDIDACY OF [...][...] |
2006-05-08 09:32:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | KUNR PHUM UNHRC PREL BE |
06BRUSSELS1569 | BELGIAN STEWPOT: May 8, 2006 [...]Advice for Belgian Investors Facing Iran Uncertainty 2-3. Belgian firms Seek Profit Overseas 4-6. Belgian workers more productive, but[...] |
2006-05-10 12:43:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV EWWT EAIR BE |
06BRUSSELS1585 | APPROACHING BELGIUM ON PKK TERRORISM [...]S) SUMMARY: Post has worked to push appropriate Belgian ministries, including MFA, Justice, and Interior, on increasing action agains[...] |
2006-05-11 14:32:00 | Embassy Brussels | SECRET | PTER PREL BE TU |
06BRUSSELS1637 | Belgium's Environmental Management: The [...]U) Summary. In contrast with government rhetoric touting commitment to a clean environment, Belgium's environmental management ranks [...] |
2006-05-16 16:50:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV EINV BE |
06BRUSSELS1653 | DEMARCHE FOLLOWUP: BRIEFING CAPITALS ON U.S. [...]C) Poloff met with Charles Delogne, MFA Adviser on the Balkans, to get additional information on Belgian views regarding U.S. policy o[...] |
2006-05-17 16:19:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL YI EU BE |
06BRUSSELS1670 | ETHNIC TENSIONS AND VIOLENCE ROIL BELGIUM [...]mmary: Simmering ethnic and religious tensions have recently come to the surface of Belgian political and social life through a spate[...] |
2006-05-18 16:14:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KCRM SOCI BE |
06BRUSSELS1876 | BELGIAN STEWPOT: June 6, 2006 [...]Introduction ¶2. Upbeat Forecast from Planning Office ¶3. Belgian Savings Rate Drops ¶4. Big Future for Walloon[...] |
2006-06-07 12:29:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV EWWT EAIR TBIO BE |
06BRUSSELS2199 | BELGIAN STEWPOT: June 26, 2006 [...]) In May, EU Information Society Commissioner Viviane Reding levied a general criticism at European countries for lagging behind on im[...] |
2006-06-27 13:10:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV EAID EWWT EAIR BE |
06BRUSSELS2203 | BELGIUM: 2005/2006 REPORT TO CONGRESS ON ALLIED [...]MMARY: Belgium continues to provide important contributions to the common Transatlantic defense, by assisting resident and transiting [...] |
2006-06-27 16:42:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR MCAP MOPS PREL BE |
06BRUSSELS2249 | BELGIUM RECONSIDERS RENOUNCING NUCLEAR POWER [...]/NF) SUMMARY. The recent release of a political party-sponsored study of Belgium's nuclear energy options, combined with our analysis [...] |
2006-06-30 10:18:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ENRG SENV PREL BE |
06BRUSSELS2463 | PM: BELGIUM CAN DO MORE ON AFGHANISTAN, WANTS HELP [...]) SUMMARY: PM Verhofstadt told Ambassador Korologos July 20 that he was trying to secure coalition approval to "double" the Belgian tr[...] |
2006-07-14 12:48:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PARM MCAP MOPS KNNP AF CG IR BE |
06BRUSSELS2476 | BELGIAN RESPONSE TO THE DEMARCHE ON THE JULY 17 [...]) Poloff met with FM Michel Tilemans. Ref A GAERC points shared, but Tilemans interest went straight to Lebanon/Hizballah points. He[...] |
2006-07-14 16:58:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | BE KPAL LE PREL |
06BRUSSELS2502 | BELGIAN DEVELOPMENT MINISTER OUTLINES IDEAS TO [...]/NF) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST: During Ambassador's July 13 meeting with Belgian Federal Minister of Cooperation and Development Arm[...] |
2006-07-18 05:37:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EAID PGOV MOPS PREL KBIO BE CG AF SO IZ |
06BRUSSELS2520 | BELGIAN RESPONSE TO COMMISSION FOR ASSISTANCE FOR [...]loff Cunningham met with MFA Latin America DeskOff Christiaan Vandriessche and provided demarhce and information on CAFC. Poloff expl[...] |
2006-07-19 08:00:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | BE PGOV PHUM PREL |
06BRUSSELS2521 | BELGIANS SHOW RESERVED SUPPORT OF GUATEMALA ON UNSC [...]loff presented reftel demarche and discussed furthering support for Guatemala's bid to the UNSC with Belgian UN Directorate Rudi Briev[...] |
2006-07-19 08:02:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL BE |
06BRUSSELS2538 | SPECIAL ENVOY ARRIVES FOR OSCEPA, MEETS JEWISH [...]. Gregg Rickman, the DoS Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat anti-Semitism, made an introductory visit to Brussels. Rickman participa[...] |
2006-07-20 07:44:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | OSCE PHUM PREL BE |
06BRUSSELS2543 | FIREWORKS AT OSCE ELECTION MONITORING CONFERENCE [...]BU) Summary: The Belgian OSCE Chairmanship focused its attention on election monitoring at a conference in Brussels on July 12. The t[...] |
2006-07-20 10:27:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | BE OSCE PHUM PREL |
06BRUSSELS2647 | BELGIAN COUNCIL OF MINISTERS FUND SEVERAL POSITIVE [...]) Summary. The Belgian Council of Ministers meeting held July 20 approved and provided budgetary allowances for several economic, poli[...] |
2006-08-01 13:19:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | AF BE CG EAID EN KZ MARR MAS MOPS PBTS PGOV |
06BRUSSELS2675 | TFLE01: BELGIANS CONSIDER INVOLVEMENT IN MIDDLE [...]) Summary. Since the Qana raid, FM De Gucht called for an immediate cease-fire and offered Belgian military involvement in a stabiliza[...] |
2006-08-03 12:25:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL BE |
06BRUSSELS2788 | ISRAELIS HOPE EARLY PROTEST WILL QUASH THREATENED [...]C) Summary: A Belgian/Lebanese medical doctor has denied press reports he intended to file suit under the controversial universal com[...] |
2006-08-14 14:00:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL MARR BE IS |
06BRUSSELS2800 | BELGIANS SAY THEY WILL SUPPORT UNIFIL, BUT NO [...]) For Belgium, all options were still on the table regarding participation in the new look UNIFIL. This was the only significant resu[...] |
2006-08-16 13:43:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | MARR MOPS PREL BE |
06BRUSSELS2845 | MTCR DEMARCHE PRESENTED TO BELGIANS [...][...] |
2006-08-22 13:23:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | MTCR PARM PREL ETTC KSCA BE |
06BRUSSELS2925 | DEMARCHE ON KAZAKHSTAN'S OSCE CHAIRMANSHIP BID [...]C) Poloff met with Marc Michielsen, Policy Director for the MFA's OSCE Chairmanship Unit, to relay reftel points on Kazakhstan's 2009 [...] |
2006-08-29 14:48:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | KZ KDEM PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE BE |
06BRUSSELS2926 | BELGIAN STEWPOT: August 29, 2006 [...]U) According to statistics issued in July by the Survey of Current Business, the value of the stock of U.S. Foreign Direct Investment [...] |
2006-08-29 15:04:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV ENRG EWWT EIND BE |
06BRUSSELS2961 | UPDATED BRIEFING ON KOSOVO STATUS NEGOTIATIONS [...]C) Poloff met with Thomas Antoine, MFA Director for the Balkans, to provide an updated briefing on Kosovo status negotiations (reftel)[...] |
2006-08-31 14:33:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UN UNMIK PGOV EU BE |
06BRUSSELS2974 | BELGIANS WILL URGE DELIVERY OF STRONG MESSAGE TO [...]U) Belgian Foreign Minister De Gucht will urge the delivery of a strong message to the Iranians at the conclusion of the September 1 G[...] |
2006-09-01 12:05:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP PARM PGOV PREL BE |
06BRUSSELS2988 | SN-BRUSSELS AIRLINES PLANS EXPANSION IN [...]) According to company representatives, SN Brusels Airlines (SNBA) is planning to expand it presence in Africa in the coming years. [...] |
2006-09-05 06:11:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR EINV BE XY ZF |
06BRUSSELS3039 | BELGIAN VIEWS OF UNSC RESOLUTION 1695 [...][...] |
2006-09-08 12:08:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | KNNP KPAO PARM PREL MNUC PTER BE |
06BRUSSELS3098 | DEMARCHE ON IRAN: APPROACHING THE EU IN ADVANCE OF [...]C) Poloff relayed reftel points to Jean-Luc Bodson, Deputy Chief of Staff, responsible for middle eastern affairs, in the Belgian Fore[...] |
2006-09-14 11:58:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | BE PGOV PREL PARM UN EU IR KNNP |
06BRUSSELS3103 | DEMARCHES ON SYRIA AND LEBANON [...]C) Poloff discussed points on Syria and Lebanon (refs A and B) with Jean-Luc Bodson, Deputy Chief of Staff, responsible for middle eas[...] |
2006-09-14 14:07:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | BE PGOV PREL PTER USUN LE SY EU IS |
06BRUSSELS3105 | BELGIUM PRIME MINISTER DESCRIBES SHIFT ON PLANNED [...]) Summary: The Belgians may send additional air assets to Afghanistan, rather than ground troops, according to Prime Minister Verhofs[...] |
2006-09-14 15:21:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PINS PGOV EFIN BE AF LE |
06BRUSSELS3109 | AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH BELGIAN FM DE GUCHT ON [...]) Summary: In a meeting with the Ambassador on September 12, Belgian FM De Gucht reiterated Belgian intentions to fulfill pledges of [...] |
2006-09-14 15:31:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL MARR OSCE AF IR BE |
06BRUSSELS3164 | APPEALS HEARD IN GICM AND DHKP-C TERROR TRIALS [...]U) Five members of the Moroccan Islamic Combatant Group (GICM), who appealed February 2006 convictions under Belgium's antiterrorism l[...] |
2006-09-19 13:45:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | BE MO PREL PTER TU |
06BRUSSELS3196 | 883 Million Euro Hole in 2006 Belgian Budget [...]U) Summary. Belgium faces a quick scrubbing of its FY 2006 budget late in the year after revenues did not keep pace with projections [...] |
2006-09-21 14:06:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN EINV ELAB BE |
06BRUSSELS3203 | DEMARCHE TO BELGIANS ON U.S. PRIORITIES FOR THE [...]) The Belgian government generally shares USG goals at the upcoming UN Human Rights Council session, according to France Chainay, Dire[...] |
2006-09-22 11:03:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PHUM BE |
06BRUSSELS3273 | Belgians to Name Non-Resident Charge for [...]e Belgian government will shortly appoint a non- resident Charge for Baghdad, according to Ambassador Robert Devriese, the MFA's Actin[...] |
2006-09-28 14:53:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL BE IZ JO |
06BRUSSELS3278 | DELIVERY OF DEMARCHE ON VENEZUELA'S ARMS [...][...] |
2006-09-29 04:58:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MASS PARM PREL VE BE |
06BRUSSELS3382 | BELGIAN LOCAL POLLS -- FAR RIGHT LOOKS POISED TO [...]BU) Summary: Belgium's October 8 local elections will prove one thing -- all politics might be local, but all local politics have nat[...] |
2006-10-06 09:44:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV BE |
06BRUSSELS3388 | UN SCALE OF ASSESSMENTS: DEMARCHE TO BELGIUM ON [...]) When reftel arrived, the entire Belgian IO team was in NY attending the UNGA. On October 6, DCM Imbrie and Polcounselor Andrews met[...] |
2006-10-06 13:50:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | UNGA KUNR AORC BE |
06BRUSSELS3403 | BELGIAN STEWPOT: October 5, 2006 [...]) Progress on rebalancing Belgium?s 2006 budget and proposing an FY 2007 budget has been slowed by the municipal elections to be held [...] |
2006-10-06 16:12:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV EIND ELTN BE |
06BRUSSELS3447 | BELGIAN LOCAL ELECTIONS -- FAR RIGHT STUMBLES, [...]) In elections for almost 600 communal and provincial council elections on October 8, the Flemish Liberal party (senior member of the [...] |
2006-10-12 09:31:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV BE |
06BRUSSELS3488 | EMBASSY OCTOBER 10 IFTAR DINNER -- IDENTITY ISSUES [...]) On October 10, the Ambassador hosted his third Iftar dinner since arriving at post in 2004. He will host a fourth dinner on October[...] |
2006-10-13 13:58:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | KISL SOCI BE |
06BRUSSELS3527 | New Belgian Carrier Notified to Embassy [...]) This is an action request: See para 4. ¶2. (U) On October 2, the Embassy received a diplomatic note from the Foreign Min[...] |
2006-10-17 14:16:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR EINV BE |
06BRUSSELS3528 | BELGIUM: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON UNSCR 1718 [...]C) Poloff relayed reftel points to Geeraard Vanhouche, Counselor for Asian Affairs in the Belgian Foreign Ministry. Vanhouche said Bel[...] |
2006-10-17 15:01:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | BE PREL KNNP KN PARM |
06BRUSSELS3531 | Airbus Turbulence Hits Belgian [...]) Summary. Belgian aviation contractors to Airbus expect a 10 to 15 percent reduction in sales this year, but claim that to date no [...] |
2006-10-18 04:46:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR EIND EINV BE |
06BRUSSELS3540 | EMBASSY OCTOBER 16 IFTAR: BELGIAN MUSLIMS PONDER [...]) More than 20 guests at Ambassador Korologos' October 16 Iftar dinner discussed the October 8 local elections in Belgium, Muslim iden[...] |
2006-10-18 13:15:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KISL SOCI BE |
06BRUSSELS3578 | Belgian Chemicals Industry Faces Challenges [...]U) Summary. Belgium's chemical industry is one of the country's most important economic sectors, representing 16 percent of national [...] |
2006-10-20 15:12:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | EIND EINV BE |
06BRUSSELS3668 | A/S FRIED'S OCTOBER 20, 2006 MEETING WITH BELGIAN [...]) Summary: EUR A/S Fried met Belgian FM and OSCE CiO De Gucht in Brussels on October 20. Fried and De Gucht agreed that the U.S., EU[...] |
2006-10-27 15:23:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PINS OSCE GG RU BE |
06BRUSSELS3669 | BELGIUM'S COOL RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON PRESERVING [...]) In response to ref A demarche, Belgian FM De Gucht's Deputy Chief of Staff for Middle East Affairs, Jean-Luc Bodson, told us the MFA[...] |
2006-10-27 15:47:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | KDEM PREL PGOV PTER MOPS BE |
06BRUSSELS3715 | BELGIUM,S 2007 FEDERAL BUDGET: OLD TRICKS HARDER [...]SBU) Belgium,s Federal Budget for FY2007 is a mosaic of political compromises, with social benefits for the political left and law and[...] |
2006-11-03 14:38:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV BE |
06BRUSSELS3722 | DEMARCHE TO BELGIUM ON COUNTRY SPECIFIC HUMAN [...]) The acting head of the MFA's International Organizations Division told polcouns Belgium has decided to delay a decision on co-spons[...] |
2006-11-03 16:50:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | KTIA PHUM PREL BE |
06BRUSSELS3748 | BELGIAN STEWPOT: November 7, 2006 [...]stainable Development Week 2-3. NIKE Expands, Gets Green Approval Seal ¶4. GDP Growth Exceeds Forecast ¶5. Belgian "[...] |
2006-11-07 15:47:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV EIND ELTN BE |
06BRUSSELS3761 | STIFFER SENTENCES FOR DHKP-C CONVICTS [...]n November 7, the judge of the Ghent Appellate Court strengthened sentences given earlier this year to three DHKP-C militants under [...] |
2006-11-08 14:24:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER PGOV BE TU |
06BRUSSELS3799 | BELGIAN NUCLEAR ENERGY REASSESSED [...]BU) SUMMARY. Pressed by global energy concerns and climate change targets, Belgium is reassessing the country,s use of nuclear energy [...] |
2006-11-13 11:54:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EINV EFIN SENV BE |
06BRUSSELS3836 | HIGH BELGIAN UNEMPLOYMENT PERSISTS [...]) Summary. Belgian unemployment remains high on average by national standards, 8.6 percent, and rose in the past year despite good EU[...] |
2006-11-16 07:30:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ELAB BE |
06BRUSSELS3911 | HSPD-6 TERRORIST SCREENING INFORMATION: BELGIUM [...]C) SUMMARY: The Government of Belgium (GOB) will consider an information sharing proposal with the U.S. within the framework of Homela[...] |
2006-11-22 14:56:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | CVIS PTER PINR PGOV PREL KHLS BE |
06BRUSSELS3930 | USG DELEGATION APPROACHES BELGIUM ON PKK TERRORISM [...]S) SUMMARY: An inter-agency USG team, led by S/CT Principal Deputy Counterterrorism Coordinator Frank Urbancic, met with representativ[...] |
2006-11-27 12:46:00 | Embassy Brussels | SECRET | BE PREL PTER TU |
06BRUSSELS3947 | USG DELEGATION APPROACHES BELGIUM ON PKK TERRORISM [...]S) SUMMARY: An inter-agency USG team, led by S/CT Principal Deputy Counterterrorism Coordinator Frank Urbancic, met with representativ[...] |
2006-11-28 14:49:00 | Embassy Brussels | SECRET | PREL PTER TU BE |
06BRUSSELS4049 | AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH PM'S KEY RIVAL FLEMISH [...]C) SUMMARY: Belgium's politics were thrown into a cocked hat this week when Yves Leterme, Minister-President of Belgium's Flanders reg[...] |
2006-12-06 17:01:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON BE |
06BRUSSELS4057 | BELGIUM: LIBERTAD ACT REVIEW [...]) SUMMARY: In response to ref A, post submits the following information regarding the suspension of Title III of the Libertad Act. Po[...] |
2006-12-07 14:28:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ETTC ETRD PREL BE CU |
06BRUSSELS4099 | MUSLIM ENGAGEMENT STRATEGY 2006-2007 FOR BELGIUM [...]U) The Muslim populace in Belgium, a country of just over 10 million people, forms nearly five percent of the total population. Altho[...] |
2006-12-12 16:43:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KISL SOCI PGOV BE |
06BRUSSELS4130 | EU Faults Belgian Aerospace Subsidies [...]) Summary. The EU Commissioner for Competition has found Belgium's state aid program to aerospace firms working with Airbus to[...] |
2006-12-14 15:33:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR EIND EINV BE |
06BRUSSELS4149 | Money Talks - Economic Factors in Belgium?s [...]BU) Summary. Belgium?s federal-regional negotiations in spring-summer 2007 on the division of political competencies will have major [...] |
2006-12-15 11:58:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ETRD BE |
06BRUSSELS4157 | BELGIAN AND THE UN -- VIEWS OF A NEW UNSC MEMBER [...]) Summary: IO A/S Silverberg's December 6 meetings with the Belgian MFA indicated that Belgium and the U.S. were in general agreement[...] |
2006-12-15 16:37:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL AORC UNSC BE CG SU IR KN |
06BRUSSELS4187 | BELGIUM: 2006 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM [...]U) Post submits the following update on Belgium for the Department,s 2006 Patterns of Global Terrorism report (reftel). [...] |
2006-12-20 15:18:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC EFIN PTER BE |
06BRUSSELS4193 | Letter from Belgian Attorney Concerning [...]BU) Belgian attorney Jacques Bourgaux wrote the Ambassador December 11 to seek information regarding the detention in Iraq of Oussama [...] |
2006-12-21 08:29:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PINS BE IZ |
06BRUSSELS4195 | SOLANA TELLS NATSIOS EU AND US NEED JOINT [...][...] |
2006-12-21 09:19:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | BE PREL SU |
06BRUSSELS4210 | SPECIAL ENVOY NATSIOS' MEETING WITH THE BELGIAN [...]) Sudan Special Envoy Natsios conducted a Darfur roundtable on December 15, 2006 with experts from the Belgian MFA led by Director for[...] |
2006-12-22 11:42:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL SU CG RW BE UNSC |
06CASABLANCA576 | TERRORIST FINANCE: UN 1267 SANCTIONS AGAINST [...]S) Post has discussed reftel internally with relevant Mission elements. Post does not object to the proposed designations of Morocca[...] |
2006-05-26 17:12:00 | Consulate Casablanca | SECRET | PREL PTER EFIN KTFN UN IT BE NR AG EG MO |
06DUBLIN134 | IRELAND TACITLY FAVORS VOSS FOR ICAO SECRETARY [...]SBU) Ireland supports U.S. candidate Bill Voss' bid for the post of ICAO Secretary General, according to Robin McKay, Department of Tr[...] |
2006-02-07 17:14:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EAIR ICAO AU BE NL SZ IR EI |
06DUBLIN249 | IRELAND SHARES U.S. CONCERNS ON ODIHR'S BELARUS [...][...] |
2006-03-09 17:23:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | OSCE PHUM PREL BE EI |
06DUBLIN798 | IRELAND: ISLAM IN EUROPE (C-DI5-01478) [...]U) Summary. Embassy Dublin salutes the initiative of Washington analysts (ref A.) to look at the role of Islamic thinkers across Euro[...] |
2006-07-07 16:45:00 | Embassy Dublin | SECRET | PINR PTER SCUL KTFN AU PINS KPAO BE FI FR |
06EFTOBRUSSELS3952 | BELGIAN CONTRIBUTION TO EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY [...]BU) Belgium's Senate is having heated discussions over Belgium's contribution to the European Space Agency (ESA) budget. The Senate's[...] |
2006-11-29 06:19:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TSPA PGOV BE |
06ISLAMABAD5983 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR GOVERNORS DELEGATION [...]ost welcomes and grants country clearance for the visit of Gov. Mitch Daniels, Gov. Jeb Bush, Gov. Joe Manchin, Gov. Tom Vilsack, Lt. [...] |
2006-04-10 01:55:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | OVIP OTRA BE PK AMGT ASEC |
06KIGALI184 | GOR GROUNDS SN BRUSSELS PASSANGER PLANE [...]) On 21 February the Rwandan Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) grounded an SN Brussels Airlines passenger plane for violating saftey stan[...] |
2006-02-24 14:36:00 | Embassy Kigali | CONFIDENTIAL | EAIR PGOV PREL BE KY RW |
06KIGALI221 | SN BRUSSELS SUSPENDS OPERATIONS TO RWANDA [...]BU) Summary. SN Brussels, the only carrier flying directly from Rwanda to Europe, has suspended all flights to Rwanda until further n[...] |
2006-03-06 15:49:00 | Embassy Kigali | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECON PREL PGOV BE KY RW |
06KIGALI340 | GOR RESPONSE TO ARREST OF FDLR PRESIDENT IN GERMANY [...]BU) On 11 April poloff met with German DCM to discuss the recent arrest of the president of the Democratic Forces for the Liberation o[...] |
2006-04-12 16:24:00 | Embassy Kigali | CONFIDENTIAL | KPKO PREF PREL MONUC RW CG BY UG GE BE |
06KINSHASA1066 | BELGIAN INTERNATIONAL RADIO COMES TO KINSHASA [...]) Summary: Belgian international FM radio now broadcasts to the world's second French-language city, Kinshasa. It competes with RFI,[...] |
2006-07-05 10:08:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ECPS SCUL CG BE KPAO |
06KINSHASA1700 | FDLR DENOUNCES U.S. SANCTIONS DECISION [...]) The Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR) issued a statement November 1 calling the U.S. decision to impose UN sanct[...] |
2006-11-03 10:09:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PTER EFIN KPKO CG BE RW |
06KUWAIT3136 | KUWAIT GRANTS COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CODEL MILLER(6-8 AUG) [...]bassy Kuwait welcomes and hereby grants country clearance for CODEL Miller to travel to post o/a 6-9 August, 2006. ¶2. Thi[...] |
2006-08-05 12:33:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN BE EI IS IZ JO KU QA COUNTRY |
06KUWAIT3325 | KUWAIT GRANTS COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CODEL SPECTER [...]bassy Kuwait welcomes and hereby grants country clearance for CODEL Specter to travel to post o/a 18 to 19 August, 2006. [...] |
2006-08-16 14:14:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN KU LY IN BE CH COUNTRY CLEARANCE |
06NICOSIA315 | CYPRUS AGREES TO RAISE ISSUE OF ODIHR ELECTION [...]) On March 1, poloff delivered reftel message to Vasos Chamberlain, who handles Russian and Eastern European issues in the MFA's Divi[...] |
2006-03-02 12:45:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | OSCE PHUM PREL BE CY |
06PARIS1222 | FRANCE AGREES WITH USG POINTS ON ODIHR ELECTION [...][...] |
2006-02-27 16:24:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | OSCE PHUM PREL BE FR |
06PARIS2252 | A/S FRIED DISCUSSES NATO AND FORMER SOVIET SPACE [...]) Summary: On March 31, A/S Fried met with French MFA officials to discuss NATO partnerships, Georgia, Ukraine, Nagorno-Karabakh, Bela[...] |
2006-04-06 10:15:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV FR RU BE MO |
06PRISTINA1019 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO EUR DAS ROSEMARY DICARLO, [...]S Office Pristina warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to EUR DAS Rosemary DiCarlo to visit Pristina December 2-December 5, Â[...] |
2006-11-29 16:02:00 | Embassy Pristina | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA ASEC AMGT PREL IT SR BE |
06ROME622 | ITALIANS "ASTONISHED" BY PROPOSED BELGIAN TRIP TO [...]) Summary. The Italian MFA expressed astonishment at the proposed visit by Belgian FM De Gucht to Belarus to observe the election mon[...] |
2006-03-01 12:40:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | OSCE PHUM PREL BE IT |
06THEHAGUE392 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR AMBASSADORS YAMAMOTO [...]ountry clearance is granted for Ambassadors Donald Yamamoto and Joyce Leader, and party, to travel to The Netherlands February 28 to M[...] |
2006-02-22 11:36:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA BE NL |
06THEHAGUE512 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR WHA PDAS SHAPIRO, [...]BU) Country clearance is granted for WHA PDAS, Ambassador Shapiro, for his March 14-15 visit to The Netherlands. ¶[...] |
2006-03-09 11:03:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA BE EU EZ UK NL |
06THEHAGUE762 | NETHERLANDS: PLANS TO EXPAND PEACE AND SECURITY [...]) This is an action request. Please see para 6. ¶2. (SBU) Summary: The GONL is paying increasing attention to African Pea[...] |
2006-04-07 14:51:00 | Embassy The Hague | SECRET | PREL KGHA KHIV KPKO MARR MASS MOPS BE BY CG |
06ULAANBAATAR750 | 7th Rotation of Mongolian Troops Departs for Iraq [...]ne hundred Mongolian troops departed today for Iraq, where they will provide force protection at Camp Echo for Polish troops in the Mu[...] |
2006-10-04 00:27:00 | Embassy Ulaanbaatar | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR PREL KPKO MG IZ AF YI SL TU BE |
06USUNNEWYORK1235 | 1267 COMMITTEE: BELGIAN DE-LISTING REQUEST [...]) This is an Action Request. Please see Para 7. ¶2. (C) SUMMARY: The Belgian Mission recently provided more information t[...] |
2006-06-19 20:17:00 | USUN New York | SECRET | ETTC KTFN EFIN UNSC PREL PGOV BE |
06USUNNEWYORK2182 | BELGIUM RELUCTANT TO TAKE CTC OR 1267 CHAIRS [...]) SUMMARY: Belgian PermRep Verbeke told Amb Wolff on November 21 that Belgium is reluctant to assume the Chairmanship of the UNSC's Co[...] |
2006-11-22 21:24:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC KTFN EFIN UNSC PREL PGOV BE |
06USUNNEWYORK352 | AMBASSADOR WOLFF'S FEBRUARY 21 MEETING WITH [...]C) Summary: During a February 22, meeting Ambassador Wolff and Belgian Ambassador Johan Verbeke discussed the Human Rights Council, Pe[...] |
2006-02-24 23:36:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KUNR EUN HPKO EAID BE |
06WARSAW341 | DEFENDING ODIHR ELECTION MONITORING [...]) Polish MFA Deputy Director for Security Policy (OSCE Affairs) Marek Ziolkowski assured us February 28 that the Polish government sha[...] |
2006-03-01 10:27:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM BE BY PL OSCE |
06YEREVAN666 | ARMENIA'S ECONOMY INSULATED FROM PLANE CRASH, [...]) On May 3, an Armavia flight to Sochi crashed into the Black Sea, killing all 113 aboard. Two days later, a fire in a Brussels maint[...] |
2006-05-12 13:05:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EAIR EAID PREL RS BE AM |
07ANKARA336 | ANKARA DELIGHTED WITH PKK ARRESTS IN FRANCE AND [...]) Summary: Turkish MFA Director General for Security Guven stressed the importance of the recent French and Belgian arrests of PKK in[...] |
2007-02-15 15:32:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | KTFN PTER EFIN FRU TU BE |
07ANKARA661 | PKK: PUSHING INTRA-EUROPEAN COOPERATION ON S/CT [...]S) Summary: Turkish MFA Security Affairs DG Hayati Guven recommends that S/CT Urbancic use his travel to Paris, Brussels and Copenhag[...] |
2007-03-22 17:14:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | EFIN PTER KTFN TU JO IZ FR DA BE |
07BANGKOK6012 | THAILAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR S/WCI AMBASSADOR-AT-LARGE FOR WAR CRIMES ISSUES CLINT WILLIAMSON AND S/WCI DEPUTY MILBERT SHIN [...]SBU) Post warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to S/WCI Ambassador Clint Williamson and Deputy Milbert Shin from December 6-7,[...] |
2007-11-30 11:41:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL OTRA OVIP KAWC TH JA CB NL BE KJUST |
07BEIJING3117 | MAY 10 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: SPECIAL REP FOR AFRICAN AFFAIRS; DARFUR; TAINTED PRODUCTS; BUSH-HU; HUANG JU; DALAI LAMA; SED; IPR; VISITS [...]y points at the May 10 MFA Press Conference made by MFA Spokeswoman Jiang Yu were: -- Liu Guijin has been appointed to the ne[...] |
2007-05-10 10:23:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PRE ETRD SU XA XW ZU PM UK NL BE |
07BRUSSELS1048 | ASKING BELGIUM TO TAKE GUANTANAMO DETAINEES [...]/NF) CDA IMBRIE DISCUSSED REF REQUEST FOR BELGIUM TO ACCEPT NON-BELGIAN DETAINEES AND TO ENCOURAGE OTHER COUNTRIES TO ACCEPT THEM WITH[...] |
2007-03-28 11:50:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PTER PINR KAWC BE |
07BRUSSELS1087 | BARRIERS TO INTEGRATION: BELGIAN MUSLIMS FACE MULTIPLE CHALLENGES [...]) SUMMARY: More than half of Belgium's immigrants from Morocco and Turkey (nearly all of whom are Muslim) live below the Belgian pover[...] |
2007-03-30 10:48:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SOCI SMIG ECON KISL KPAO BE |
07BRUSSELS1119 | EU TROIKA DISCOURAGED ABOUT SOMALI RECONCILIATION [...][...] |
2007-04-02 15:36:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SO BE |
07BRUSSELS1144 | HUMANITARIAN FUNDING ACCORDING TO NEED: DONORS [...]U) State/PRM Policy Team Leader and USAID/OFDA Technical Assistance Team Leader attended a Good Humanitarian Donorship workshop in Bru[...] |
2007-04-04 09:46:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PHUM EAID BE |
07BRUSSELS1164 | REQUEST FOR RESETTLEMENT OF TWO ADDITIONAL [...]/NF) CHARGE DISCUSSED ISSUE OF BELGIUM ACCEPTING GUANTANAMO DETAINEES WITH MFA DEPUTY CHIEF OF STAFF WALTER STEVENS ON 4/3/2007. [...] |
2007-04-05 09:25:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PTER KAWC BE |
07BRUSSELS1172 | Belgian Francophones and Flemings More Alike [...]ummary: Joint polling by French-language and Dutch- language newspapers in Belgium has revealed interesting trends in Flemish, Walloo[...] |
2007-04-05 12:23:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL SOCI BE |
07BRUSSELS1180 | BELGIAN FM DE GUCHT'S PLANNED APRIL 10-12 VISIT TO [...]) Belgian Foreign Minister De Gucht's planned visit on April 9-10 to the DRC is facing serious obstacles, according to Belgian Great L[...] |
2007-04-05 15:39:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL BE CG |
07BRUSSELS1208 | EU AND US DISCUSS TURKEY, CROATIA AT COELA TROIKA [...]BU) SUMMARY. EUR/SE Director Douglas Silliman and EUR/SCE Director Christopher Hoh met with counterparts in the European Council, Com[...] |
2007-04-11 09:17:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | BE CR CY EUN PREL TK TU |
07BRUSSELS1209 | EU AND US DISCUSS TURKEY, CROATIA AT COELA TROIKA [...][...] |
2007-04-11 09:17:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | BE CR CY EUN PREL TK TU |
07BRUSSELS1222 | BELGIUM IS ON TRACK TO FULLY IMPLEMENT UNSCR 1737 [...]SBU) SUMMARY: In conformity with its role as chair of the UNSC Iran sanctions committee, Belgium has pledged full compliance with the [...] |
2007-04-11 15:28:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ETTC KNNP KTFN BE IR |
07BRUSSELS1233 | BELGIAN STEWPOT: April 11, 2007 [...]) American package delivery firm Federal Express was named ?Best Employer? in Belgium for 2007 in March. FedEx's over 800 employees in[...] |
2007-04-12 13:56:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINT EINV SENV BE |
07BRUSSELS1238 | Environmental Problems and Progress May Color [...]) Summary. A recent study found that Belgium's ecological footprint is among Europe's worst, as it consumes far more resources than i[...] |
2007-04-12 15:34:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV EINV BE |
07BRUSSELS124 | BELGIAN PM PLANNING TO ANNOUNCE FURTHER SUPPORT [...]SBU) SUMMARY: GOB officials have stated that Belgium will be represented at the January 25 Lebanon Donors' Conference in Paris by Prim[...] |
2007-01-16 17:17:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON EFIN LE BE |
07BRUSSELS1254 | BELGIANS PONDER LEVEL OF PARTICIPATION AT IRAQ [...]SBU) SUMMARY: The Government of Belgium will be represented at the signing of the International Compact with Iraq (ICI) on May 3 in Sh[...] |
2007-04-13 16:40:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EAID EFIN PGOV PREL BE IZ |
07BRUSSELS1268 | BELGIUM: ASSESSMENT ON KOSOVO UNSCR [...]C) Embassy spoke April 16 with Thomas Antoine, the Belgian MFA's Director for the Balkans. Antoine said Russian Ambassador Lukov met [...] |
2007-04-16 13:05:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | EU PGOV PREL RS UNMIK UNSC YI BE |
07BRUSSELS1315 | Belgian Regions Mastering Export Control [...]BU) Summary. In 2003, the Belgian federal government handed over the responsibility and final authority of licensing arms exports to [...] |
2007-04-19 10:06:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC PARM PGOV BE |
07BRUSSELS1316 | Belgian Regions Mastering Export Control [...]BU) Summary. In 2003, the Belgian federal government handed over the responsibility and final authority of licensing arms exports to [...] |
2007-04-19 10:06:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC PARM PGOV BE |
07BRUSSELS1324 | BELGIUM: HIGHEST COURT QUASHES DHKP-C VERDICT [...]elgium's highest court, the Cour de Cassation, on April 19 quashed the November 7 ruling of the Ghent Appellate Court imposing stiffer[...] |
2007-04-19 15:37:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PTER BE TU |
07BRUSSELS1371 | U.S.-Belgium Confidentiality Agreement Signed [...]BU) On April 23, U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Deputy Commissioner Murray Lumpkin signed a Bilateral Confidentiality Agreeme[...] |
2007-04-24 04:37:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO ETRD BE |
07BRUSSELS1401 | BELGIUM'S SUPPORT CONTINUED PRESSURE ON CUBA, [...]) On April 23, polcouns and poloff discussed reftel with Ambassador VanDessel, Director for Latin America and the Caribbean in the Bel[...] |
2007-04-26 13:11:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL CU BE |
07BRUSSELS1408 | DHKP-C CONVICTIONS OVERTURNED BUT BELGIANS REMAIN [...]SBU) Belgium's highest court, the Cour de Cassation (Supreme Court), on April 19 quashed the November 2006 ruling of the Ghent Appella[...] |
2007-04-26 15:36:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER BE |
07BRUSSELS142 | CODEL WEXLER MEETING WITH FM DE GUCHT [...]BU) SUMMARY: ON JANUARY 16, CONGRESSMAN ROBERT WEXLER IN HIS ROLE AS INCOMING HFRC EUROPEAN SUBCOMMITTEE CHAIR MET WITH BELGIAN FM KAR[...] |
2007-01-17 14:18:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL BE |
07BRUSSELS1483 | SCENESETTER FOR BELGIAN FM DE GUCHT'S MAY 11 [...]) Summary: Belgian FM De Gucht has three goals for his May 11 meetings in the Department with the Secretary and others -- raising USG[...] |
2007-05-03 15:38:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | CG PGOV PREL US BE |
07BRUSSELS1549 | BELGIANS REMAIN STRONGLY AGAINST BELARUS CANDIDACY [...][...] |
2007-05-10 09:41:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PHUM BE |
07BRUSSELS1558 | BELGIUM'S 2007 ELECTION ? WHERE THE PARTIES [...]) In 1983 some 300,000 people marched through the streets of Brussels to protest the deployment American cruise missiles in Belgium. [...] |
2007-05-10 12:04:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL BE |
07BRUSSELS1561 | BELGIAN SUPPORT FOR UNSC ACTION ON SPECIAL [...]) The head of Belgium's UNSC cell Rudi Brieven assured us on May 9 that Belgium (GOB) is "fully supportive" of a UNSC resolution to e[...] |
2007-05-10 14:07:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | UNSC LE SY PREL PTER BE |
07BRUSSELS1576 | BELGIUM'S ELECTION CAMPAIGN [...]) Belgian electoral campaigns are short affairs, lasting little more than a month, with important decisions having been made long befo[...] |
2007-05-11 11:38:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL BE |
07BRUSSELS1597 | Belgian Input for 2007 Investment Disputes Report [...][...] |
2007-05-11 15:37:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN EINV ELAB BE |
07BRUSSELS1642 | BELGIAN ELECTIONS PROSPECTIVE: UP FOR GRABS [...]BU) Summary: With the June 10 national elections fast approaching, Belgium's political leaders are beginning to focus on the nitty-gr[...] |
2007-05-16 13:59:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV BE |
07BRUSSELS1672 | BELGIAN ELECTIONS: FAR RIGHT VLAAMS BELANG SAYS [...]SBU) Fresh off a disappointing showing in the October 8, 2006, local Belgian elections, where it failed to achieve a much sought after[...] |
2007-05-21 13:13:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL BE |
07BRUSSELS1675 | BELGIANS PLAN TO ATTEND MAY 31-JUNE 1 [...][...] |
2007-05-21 14:42:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | OSCE PREL PTER BE |
07BRUSSELS1698 | SCENESETTER FOR SPEAKER PELOSI'S MAY 30 MEETING [...]) Summary: Your meeting with Belgian PM Guy Verhofstadt is more than a courtesy call with a close friend of the United States. Prime[...] |
2007-05-22 15:48:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL SENV BE |
07BRUSSELS1778 | BELGIUM: REACTION TO PROPOSED RUSSIAN DRAFT OF AN [...]C) Poloff spoke with Thierry Vuylsteke, Director of the MFA's OSCE office. Vuylsteke said Belgium did not see the need for an OSCE ch[...] |
2007-05-31 14:39:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | OSCE PGOV PREL BE |
07BRUSSELS1787 | NATO, AFGHANISTAN, AND BELGIUM: JUNE 10 ELECTIONS [...]) In response to reftel demarche, Belgian FM De Gucht told DCM on May 30 that the June 10 federal polls limit Belgium's ability to be [...] |
2007-06-01 10:51:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | NATO PINS PREL MOPS MARR BE AF |
07BRUSSELS1843 | BELGIAN STEWPOT: June 5, 2007 [...]) On May 22, Prime Minister Guy Verhofstadt detailed his strategy to improve Belgium's investment climate over the past eight years, a[...] |
2007-06-05 15:20:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINT EINV SENV BE |
07BRUSSELS1860 | CFE EXTRAORDINARY CONFERENCE PREPARATIONS: [...][...] |
2007-06-06 15:00:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | KCFE NATO PARM PREL BE |
07BRUSSELS1871 | AMBASSADOR'S INITIAL MEETINGS WITH PM VERHOFSTADT [...]) SUMMARY: IN AN HOUR-LONG MEETING, AMBASSADOR REVIEWED WITH PM VERHOFSTADT KEY ISSUES IN THE U.S.-BELGIAN RELATIONSHIP INCLUDING THE [...] |
2007-06-07 11:39:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MILI CG BE |
07BRUSSELS1878 | Belgians React to Sarkozy's Influence [...]verall, Belgians have welcomed the election of French President Nicolas Sarkozy. He is particularly supported by this country's north[...] |
2007-06-07 15:21:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL BE EU |
07BRUSSELS1882 | LETERME'S CHRISTIAN DEMOCRATS GAIN MOMENTUM IN [...]C) With the election just days away, the latest polls show the alliance of the centrist Christian Democrats and the moderate nationali[...] |
2007-06-08 08:59:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL BE |
07BRUSSELS1892 | Belgian Regions and Federal Taxes - Paying [...]BU) Summary. The "good news" story of Belgian federal fiscal management is less lustrous than it appears. Ongoing devolution of resp[...] |
2007-06-08 13:31:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV BE |
07BRUSSELS1894 | BELGIAN VIEWS ON IRAN SANCTIONS -- KEEP GOING [...]) Werner Bauwens (protect), director of the Belgian MFA's non-pro division, discussed UNSCRs 1737 and 1747 with visiting A/S Paula DeS[...] |
2007-06-08 15:55:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL EFIN ETTC KTFN BE IR |
07BRUSSELS193 | BELGIUM: GAERC DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...][...] |
2007-01-19 15:55:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EUN PGOV PREL IR BE |
07BRUSSELS2041 | BELGIAN COALITION FORMATION -- LETERME EXPECTS A [...]) Summary: During a June 20 meeting with Ambassador Fox, Flemish Minister President Leterme said he planned to put together a four-pa[...] |
2007-06-21 14:14:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR BE |
07BRUSSELS2114 | BELGIAN FM TAKES TOUGH LINE ON KOSOVO WITH SERB [...]) During a June 27, 2007 meeting in Brussels with Serbian FM Jeremik, Belgian FM De Gucht urged the Serb leadership to adopt a "realis[...] |
2007-06-27 15:17:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL YI AL BE |
07BRUSSELS215 | BELGIUM: DEMARCHE ON KOSOVO STATUS PROCESS TIMELINE [...]C) Ambassador Korologos spoke with Belgian Foreign Minister DeGucht January 19 to urge support for UN Special Envoy Martti Ahtisaari's[...] |
2007-01-22 16:35:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UN UNMIK PGOV YI EU OPDC BE |
07BRUSSELS2164 | BELGIAN ECONOMIC STEWPOT: June 25, 2007 [...]) Belgium's macro-economic outlook is quite favorable, according to projections released by the Belgian National Bank (central bank). [...] |
2007-07-03 12:03:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINT EINV SENV BE |
07BRUSSELS2188 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON WEB-BASED INFORMATION PORTAL [...][...] |
2007-07-05 13:15:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | KGIC PTER BE |
07BRUSSELS2211 | As Belgian Cabinet Formation Hits Snag, Former [...] July 5, Belgian King Albert II tasked former Prime Minister Jean-Luc Dehaene, a Flemish Christian Democrat (CD&V), with a delicate mi[...] |
2007-07-06 15:53:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PINR BE |
07BRUSSELS2218 | BELGIANS EXPRESS INCREASED CONCERNS ABOUT DRC [...]) Summary: During a meeting on June 26, 2007 with A/S Frazer, Belgian MFA Permanent Secretary Grauls expressed great concern about th[...] |
2007-07-09 12:31:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PINS PREL BE CG SU SF |
07BRUSSELS2239 | TRANSFER OF BELGIAN EQUIPMENT TO VENEZUELA [...]) In response to Reftel, PolMilOff demarched both Belgian Ministry of Defense (MOD) and Walloon General Commission of International Re[...] |
2007-07-11 08:56:00 | Embassy Brussels | SECRET//NOFORN | ETTC MARR PREL VE MASS BE |
07BRUSSELS2298 | BELGIAN MUSLIMS: IDENTITY AND INTEGRATION AMONG [...]BU) SUMMARY: As in other western European countries, Muslims in Belgium have reached the stage where, despite years of residence, the[...] |
2007-07-16 12:25:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | SOCI PGOV PREL BE |
07BRUSSELS2313 | Vlaams Belang Gains Position in Belgium's House [...]SBU) The far-right, nationalist Vlaams Belang (VB) party set political observers talking with its win of a vice-presidency slot in Bel[...] |
2007-07-18 13:47:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL BE |
07BRUSSELS233 | BELGIAN PLANS ON AFGHANISTAN AT JANUARY 26 [...]) Per refs A and B instructions, we outlined U.S. thinking on Afghanistan with the three key players on this issue in Belgium -- the P[...] |
2007-01-24 05:54:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | AF BE EAID MARR MOPS PINS PREL |
07BRUSSELS2393 | Belgian Leader Leterme [...]) For Yves Leterme, the first week of trying to form Belgium's next government has been a sobering experience. His interlocut[...] |
2007-07-27 14:58:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR BE |
07BRUSSELS2401 | DOD GC HAYNES MEETS ON GUANTANAMO WITH BELGIAN [...]/NOFORN) SUMMARY. On July 20, 2007, DOD General Counsel William J. Haynes II and Belgian Senator Anne-Marie Lizin discussed the way a[...] |
2007-07-30 08:05:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PTER BE |
07BRUSSELS242 | SCENESETTER FOR THE SECRETARY'S JANUARY 26, 2007 [...]) Summary: We expect Belgian FM De Gucht to have three major subjects on his mind when he meets the Secretary in Brussels on January [...] |
2007-01-24 18:11:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL BE |
07BRUSSELS2431 | BELGIANS SUPPORT DARFUR RESOLUTION [...][...] |
2007-07-31 14:41:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | KPKO PREL PGOV BE |
07BRUSSELS2438 | BELGIAN REACTION TO UNESCO HOLOCAUST REMEMBRANCE [...][...] |
2007-08-02 05:03:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL BE |
07BRUSSELS2470 | BELGIAN EXPORT CONTROL OFFICIALS SAY NO TO [...]) Acting Econcouns delivered U.S. views outlined in para 4, Ref A concerning the Iran-related export request to Karolien Maertens, Ex[...] |
2007-08-02 14:40:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | KNNP MNUC PARM IR BE |
07BRUSSELS253 | EUROPEAN COMMISSION OUTLINES PNR-STYLE APPROACH TO [...]/NF) Summary and comment. Treasury Deputy Assistant General Counsel, James Freis, and Michael Jacobson, from Treasury,s Terrorism Fi[...] |
2007-01-25 14:07:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PETR KJUST EFIN KTFN PGOV EUN BE |
07BRUSSELS2562 | KOSOVO: DEMARCHE TO BELGIANS ON NEXT STEPS [...]C) Poloff discussed reftel points August 8 with Thomas Antoine, the Belgian MFA's Director for the Balkans. Antoine reiterated Belgiu[...] |
2007-08-10 09:45:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | KV YI UN PGOV EU PREL BE |
07BRUSSELS2594 | BELGIUM INFORMATION FOR THE GLOBAL INITIATIVE [...]elgium is unable to participate in the August 26-29, 2007 conference in Garmisch, Germany, to establish an information portal for the [...] |
2007-08-14 15:12:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER KGIC PARM PREL BE AL |
07BRUSSELS2608 | ECONOMIC GROWTH OF BELGIUM'S WALLOON REGION [...]) Summary. One of the issues Belgian politicians are grappling with as they form a new government is how to craft economic policies gi[...] |
2007-08-16 11:55:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ELAB BE |
07BRUSSELS263 | ON TAP: BELGIAN BEER BREWS BIG BUSINESS [...]) SUMMARY: Long before it was selected as the capital for the European Union in 1958, Belgium was a capital of beer. The rich variety[...] |
2007-01-26 10:05:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EIND EINV ETRD ELAB BE |
07BRUSSELS2649 | BELGIAN RESPONSE TO U.S. NON-PAPER ON CFE AND [...]C) Poloff relayed nonpaper and talking points August 20 to Bruno Angelet, in the MFA's Office of Foreign and Security Policy. Angelet[...] |
2007-08-21 13:59:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO KCFE PARM PREL BE |
07BRUSSELS2675 | SUPPORT FOR AMISOM: BELGIAN ENGAGEMENT WITH [...]) This cable contains an action request. Please see para 5 below. ¶2. (SBU) Subsequent to Ref A, Belgium's Senior Envoy t[...] |
2007-08-23 13:30:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PHUM PREL KPKO SO BU BE |
07BRUSSELS2686 | Leterme's Exit Means Further Delays Before [...]U) Summary: A prolonged period of uncertainty seems likely to follow Flemish Christian Democratic (CD&V) leader Leterme's August 23 d[...] |
2007-08-24 12:12:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV BE |
07BRUSSELS2748 | BELGIAN MFA EXPANDS ON IRNA REPORT OF ALLEGED [...]) MFA Director for Multilateral Affairs Jean-Arthur Regibeau called post on Aug. 31 to clarify and provide additional information to R[...] |
2007-08-31 12:51:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD ETTC EPET IR BE |
07BRUSSELS2776 | BELGIANS AGREE WITH DISCREET EU APPROACH ON SYRIAN [...]) In response to Ref B. demarche and in line with his initial, Aug. 29 response to demarche Ref B, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Syria d[...] |
2007-09-05 14:38:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | EUN KDEM PHUM PREL SY BE |
07BRUSSELS2808 | EUROPEAN PARLIAMENTARIANS TO SEE RIAD SEIF, [...]C) Nine deputies of the European Parliament (EP) are to meet with Syrian dissident MP Riad Seif in Damascus on September 12, 2007, Be[...] |
2007-09-07 05:47:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | EUN KDEM PHUM PREL SY BE |
07BRUSSELS2855 | BELGIANS QUERY VALUE OF NEW BURMA RESOLUTION; [...]) Rudi Brieven, head of Belgium's UNSC cell, assured us on September 14 that Belgium would "of course be supportive" of a new resoluti[...] |
2007-09-12 12:48:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM UNSC BU BE |
07BRUSSELS2884 | NEW DHKP-C TERROR TRIAL BEGINS [...]SBU) Proceedings began September 13 in the Antwerp Appellate Court in the re-trial of Fehriye Erdal and other members of the Revolutio[...] |
2007-09-14 14:05:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER BE |
07BRUSSELS2888 | EU BORDER MISSION FOR LEBANON - STRONG BELGIAN [...][...] |
2007-09-14 15:37:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SY IS LE EUN BE |
07BRUSSELS2892 | BELGIANS URGED TO EXERCISE CAUTION ON IRAN TRADE; [...]) Summary: Belgian FM De Gucht plans to visit Iran on September 15, 2007, according to MFA Secretary General Grauls, who told the Amb[...] |
2007-09-14 16:57:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL ETTC IR BE |
07BRUSSELS2927 | BELGIANS PAY A PRICE TO SECURE RELEASE OF HOSTAGE [...]) Belgian FM De Gucht's recent success in gaining the release of two Belgians kidnapped last month in Iran came at a price. In respon[...] |
2007-09-18 17:37:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL BE IR |
07BRUSSELS2928 | BELGIAN FM DE GUCHT SEEKING BRIEF SESSION WITH THE [...]) Action Request -- See paragraph five. ¶2. (C) During a September 18, 2007 meeting on the situation in the Congo and on r[...] |
2007-09-18 17:40:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL CG BE |
07BRUSSELS2941 | BELGIANS TO PROVIDE PERSONNEL TO LEBANON SPECIAL [...][...] |
2007-09-19 15:36:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL LE BE NL |
07BRUSSELS2959 | BELGIAN PLANS FOR SEPTEMBER 23-24 VISIT OF DRC [...]) DRC President Kabila now plans to visit Brussels on September 23-24, according to Belgian Special Envoy for the Great Lakes Smets, w[...] |
2007-09-20 17:10:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL CG BE |
07BRUSSELS2983 | BELGIAN VIEWS ON EU-AFRICA SUMMIT -- OPPOSED TO [...]) Belgian FM De Gucht strongly supports the idea of holding the EU-Africa Summit, according to MFA African Affairs Director Trouveroy [...] |
2007-09-24 12:53:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL BE |
07BRUSSELS2989 | BELGIUM NOMINATES JUDGE FRANSEN FOR LEBANON [...][...] |
2007-09-24 15:56:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | BE LE PREL PTER UNCRIME |
07BRUSSELS2995 | DRC PRESIDENT KABILA'S VISIT TO BELGIUM -- [...]) Summary: DRC President Kabila told the Belgian leadership on September 24 that he would continue his military build up in North Kiv[...] |
2007-09-25 09:33:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL EMIN BE CG |
07BRUSSELS3021 | "THIS IS NOT A CRISIS" -- PREMATURE PREDICTIONS OF [...]SBU) Summary: Belgium recently passed an important milestone -- 100 days under a caretaker administration while the politicians try t[...] |
2007-09-28 13:54:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV ECON BE |
07BRUSSELS3026 | Embassy Brussels ftaar Evening: A Multicultural Success [...]mbassador and Mrs. Sam Fox osted fifty persons at an Iftaar on September 25, 2007. The focus this year was on younger guests and shar[...] |
2007-09-28 15:17:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL SOCI KISL PHUM BE |
07BRUSSELS3038 | DEMARCHE TO BELGIANS ON COMBATING PKK TERRORISM IN [...]S) Poloff delivered ref A demarche to Andre Ceulemans, the Foreign Ministry's Deputy Political Director and Adviser for Counterterrori[...] |
2007-10-01 14:13:00 | Embassy Brussels | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER PREL TU BE |
07BRUSSELS306 | DEPUTY SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY KIMMITT'S JANUARY [...]) Summary: Belgium will do all possible to insure the vigorous implementation of UNSCR 1737, Belgian FM De Gucht assured Treasury Dep[...] |
2007-01-30 10:23:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL BE IR |
07BRUSSELS3064 | RIGHT WING VLAAMS BELANG SAYS SUPPORT FOR FLEMISH [...]SBU) With over one hundred days without a government, speculation in the international media rapidly spread about the future of Belgiu[...] |
2007-10-03 15:20:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV BE |
07BRUSSELS3184 | BELGIUM: DEMARCHE ON ENCOURAGING SUPPORT FOR [...]SBU) Poloff discussed reftel points October 16 with Christiaan Tanghe, MFA Director for Asia. Tanghe said Belgium had very few assist[...] |
2007-10-18 09:59:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM BM BE |
07BRUSSELS3245 | BELGIUM: DEMARCHE ON U.S. SANCTIONS AGAINST BURMA [...]SBU) Poloff relayed information about U.S. sanctions on Burma to Christiaan Tanghe, MFA Director for Asia. Belgian Foreign Minister D[...] |
2007-10-26 12:56:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM BM BE |
07BRUSSELS3247 | BELGIUM:DEMARCHE ON CUBA EMBARGO RESOLUTION AT THE [...]C) Poloff discussed reftel points with Michel Versailles and Benedicte Frankinet, Director of the MFA's Office of UN Affairs. Versail[...] |
2007-10-26 14:36:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | UNGA ETRD PHUM UN CU PREL BE |
07BRUSSELS3298 | ATTEMPT TO FORM NEXT BELGIAN GOVERNMENT IN DANGER [...]BU) Summary: Flemish Christian Democrat Yves Leterme's 148 day attempt to form a new Belgian government could collapse entirely durin[...] |
2007-11-06 16:46:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PINR BE |
07BRUSSELS3308 | DESPITE BITTER WORDS, POLITICIANS FIND A WAY TO [...]BU) In a typical twist of Belgian politics, what looked yesterday like an argument that could result in the country's dissolution, now[...] |
2007-11-08 15:20:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR BE |
07BRUSSELS3351 | BELGIAN GOVERNMENT FORMATION - ADRIFT, BUT STILL [...]BU) Summary: Yves Leterme's attempt to form a new Belgian government is still alive, but there seems little chance that it will succe[...] |
2007-11-16 15:58:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR BE |
07BRUSSELS3390 | USG DELEGATION APPROACHES BELGIUM ON TERRORISM [...]S/NF) SUMMARY: An inter-agency USG team, led by S/CT Counterterrorism Coordinator Dell Dailey, met with representatives of Belgium's c[...] |
2007-11-27 09:08:00 | Embassy Brussels | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PTER TU BE |
07BRUSSELS3438 | Expanded Role for Caretaker Prime Minister the [...]e King has resumed his consultations following the collapse of Flemish Christian Democrat Yves Leterme's six- month government formati[...] |
2007-12-03 12:42:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PINR BE |
07BRUSSELS3453 | SCENESETTER FOR THE SECRETARY'S DECEMBER 6 MEETING [...]) Summary: For the foreseeable future, the continuing Belgian government formation crisis gives us no alternative to working closely [...] |
2007-12-04 16:54:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV BE US |
07BRUSSELS3487 | BRUSSELS BILAT BREW: December 12, 2007 [...]) A study published in October by the Vienna University of Technology ranked Ghent (16) and Brugge (20) as two among the top 20 of Eur[...] |
2007-12-12 07:41:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINT EINV SENV BE CH |
07BRUSSELS3491 | BELGIUM SUPPORTS CONSENSUS ON RENEWED IRAQ [...][...] |
2007-12-12 15:41:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PARM PREL UNSC IZ EFIN MARR BE |
07BRUSSELS3492 | PARIS DONORS CONFERENCE: BELGIAN ATTENDANCE AND [...]) Foreign Minister Karel De Gucht will represent the Royal Government of Belgium at the Dec. 17 Paris donors conference for Palestine.[...] |
2007-12-12 16:13:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KPAL IS BE |
07BRUSSELS3497 | ANTWERP DIAMOND OFFICIAL ALLEGES CHAVEZ EXPORTING [...]C) A senior official in the Antwerp Diamond Center alleged on December 10 to DCM and ECOUNS that Venezuela may be exporting diamonds [...] |
2007-12-13 13:25:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD CF GY VE BE |
07BRUSSELS3505 | PKK: FOLLOW UP ON KARTAL [...]S/NF) Poloff discussed reftel points with Andre Ceulemans, the Foreign Ministry's Deputy Political Director and Adviser for Counterter[...] |
2007-12-14 12:25:00 | Embassy Brussels | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PTER BE |
07BRUSSELS3506 | KOSOVO STATUS [...][...] |
2007-12-14 12:30:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL YI BE |
07BRUSSELS3523 | VERHOFSTADT'S CHRISTMAS PRESENT FOR KING ALBERT - A NEW [...]) Belgium's two Liberal, two Christian Democratic, and francophone Socialist party finally agreed on December 18 to form an interim go[...] |
2007-12-19 12:03:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL BE |
07BRUSSELS3539 | BELGIUM'S KING ALBERT SWEARS IN VERHOFSTADT III [...]) King Albert II of Belgium swore in PM Guy Verhofstadt's third cabinet during the morning of December 21, 2007. Verhofstadt followed[...] |
2007-12-21 16:47:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV BE |
07BRUSSELS3540 | RESPONDING TO TERROR THREAT, BELGIAN AUTHORITIES [...]) Belgian authorities have arrested 14 people believed to be planning the escape from prison of Nizar Trabelsi, a Tunisian-born former[...] |
2007-12-21 17:42:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | PINS PTER ASEC BE |
07BRUSSELS387 | URGENT NEED FOR RESPONSE FROM DEPARTMENT ON IRAQ [...]) I would really appreciate it if you could take a look at the two reftels. Both concern a Belgian being held in Iraq who reportedly [...] |
2007-02-05 14:09:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL IZ BE |
07BRUSSELS392 | Ambassador's Comments on Belgium and [...]SBU) Summary: The Ambassador has used a series of end-of-tour interviews with Belgium's print and electronic media to highlight the ne[...] |
2007-02-05 16:15:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL BE AF |
07BRUSSELS432 | BELGIAN SPECIAL ENVOY FOR UN AFFAIRS TO STUDY [...][...] |
2007-02-07 16:53:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL BE ER ET |
07BRUSSELS438 | BELGIAN ELECTIONS: FAR RIGHT VLAAMS BELANG [...]SBU) Fresh off a relatively disappointing showing in the October 8 local Belgian elections, where the far right Vlaams Belang (VB) fai[...] |
2007-02-09 11:06:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV BE |
07BRUSSELS450 | TERRORIST FINANCE: CASH SMUGGLING IN BELGIUM [...]U) SUMMARY: Officials in the Belgian Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU), Belgian customs, and Ministry of Justice are aware of the prob[...] |
2007-02-09 16:29:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ETTC KTFN PTER PGOV BE |
07BRUSSELS477 | What does Climate Change Mean for Belgium? [...]) Introduction and Summary. Publication of the UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report has raised the profile of the iss[...] |
2007-02-12 15:58:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV EINV BE |
07BRUSSELS51 | BELGIAN STEWPOT: JANUARY 8, 2007 [...]) Both foreign and domestic investment in Belgium rose strongly in 2006. Preliminary data show that domestic investment in fixed capi[...] |
2007-01-09 17:33:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV EIND SOCI BE |
07BRUSSELS531 | Belgian Study Faults Country for [...]BU) Summary. A government-commissioned study faults Belgian government and society for collaborating with the Nazi Holocaust and the &[...] |
2007-02-16 10:28:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | KNAR SOCI PHUM BE |
07BRUSSELS598 | Investment Climate Improving, Still Work To Do [...]ummary. At a working breakfast on the eve of his departure from Belgium, Ambassador Korologos reviewed progress and priorities on Bel[...] |
2007-02-23 11:36:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN ENRG BE |
07BRUSSELS666 | EU CIVIL SOCIETY AND DEMOCRACY PROGRAMMING IN IRAN [...]) Poloff delivered reftel demarche Feb. 27 to Francois Massoulie at the European Commission, who just returned from Tehran where he sa[...] |
2007-02-28 16:34:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM EUN KPAO PREL PGOV IR BE EAID |
07BRUSSELS694 | Belgium 2007 Trafficking in Persons Report [...]) The 2007 Trafficking in Persons follows in paragraph two. Embassy Point of Contact is Political Counselor Theodore H. Andrews, tele[...] |
2007-03-02 14:19:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB BE |
07BRUSSELS722 | BELGIUM: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON ADDITIONAL [...][...] |
2007-03-06 10:58:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KNNP PARM IR BE |
07BRUSSELS76 | BELGIUM: DEMARCHE ON LEBANON DONORS' CONFERENCE [...]SBU) On January 10, Econoff drew on ref A points to urge strong Belgian participation in the Lebanon Donors' Conference, speaking with[...] |
2007-01-10 17:09:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON EFIN LE BE |
07BRUSSELS772 | LEGAL ADVISER BELLINGER'S MEETING WITH BELGIAN [...]C) SUMMARY: Legal Adviser John Bellinger met with representatives of Belgium's Ministry of Justice and Foreign Ministry to discuss leg[...] |
2007-03-08 11:30:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PTER BE |
07BRUSSELS785 | VERHOFSTADT STUMPS FOR RUSSIAN TRADE AND INVESTMENT [...]) Summary: Prime Minister Verhofstadt met with Russian President Putin and leading private sector energy figures March 1-2. The trip f[...] |
2007-03-08 16:56:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD EINV ENRG EMIN BE RU |
07BRUSSELS790 | BELGIAN NEWSPAPER GROUP SUES GOOGLE OVER COPYRIGHTS [...]) SUMMARY. On February 13, a Belgian court upheld an earlier ruling against Google in a copyright dispute over news article headlines[...] |
2007-03-09 12:33:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | EINT KIPR BE |
07BRUSSELS825 | IO DAS LAGON ROUND-TABLE AT BELGIAN FOREIGN [...]) Summary: In a February 28 roundtable with Belgian Foreign Ministry counterparts working on United Nations issues, IO Deputy Assista[...] |
2007-03-13 09:21:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL UN PHUM PREF UNSC UNHRC BE |
07BRUSSELS843 | Belairbus Copes With Airbus Restructuring [...]BU) Summary. The consortium of Belgian companies producing parts for Airbus, known as Belairbus, claims it has taken steps to minimize[...] |
2007-03-13 16:27:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR EIND EINV BE |
07BRUSSELS844 | UPDATE ON BELGIAN NUCLEAR ENERGY ISSUES [...]) Summary. The Director of Belgium's Nuclear Research Center (SCK) and the Center's security advisor claim the security upgrades at t[...] |
2007-03-13 16:52:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG BE CG IAEA |
07BRUSSELS848 | BELGIUM WILL NOT LEGALIZE INTERNET GAMBLING, FOR [...]SBU) SUMMARY: The GOB will not legalize internet gambling, at least under the current government. In November 2006 the Belgian Federa[...] |
2007-03-14 10:58:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EINT PGOV KCRM BE |
07BRUSSELS860 | BELGIAN RESPONSE TO OPEN SKIES AGREEMENT DEMARCHE [...]BU) Embassy presented US-EU Open Skies Demarche (Refs A and B) to Belgian Ministry of Transportation and Ministry of Foreign Affairs. [...] |
2007-03-14 14:47:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECON EU KPAO BE |
07BRUSSELS88 | BRUSSELS AIRPORT NOISE: COURT DECISION UPHOLDS [...]BU) Summary. A decision by Belgium's Constitutional Court on December 21 upheld the Brussels Region's noise standards (and right to f[...] |
2007-01-11 15:06:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR EINV BE |
07BRUSSELS881 | Joint Russian-U.S. Demarche to Belgium on the [...]ummary: On March 14, Russian Ambassador Vadim Lukov and Charge d'Affaires Will Imbrie presented to Belgian Ministry of Foreign Affair[...] |
2007-03-15 15:42:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER KNNP MCAP PINR PARM PREL BE RS |
07BRUSSELS917 | EU VIEWS SADC AS BEST VEHICLE TO PRESSURE ZIMBABWE [...][...] |
2007-03-20 16:52:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM UNHCR ZI EUN BE |
07BRUSSELS930 | Citibank Lending Practices Criticized by [...]BU) Summary. Flemish Socialist party (Sp.A) leader Johan Vande Lanotte has accused Citibank of predatory consumer lending practices, t[...] |
2007-03-21 17:45:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | BEXP EFIN BE |
07BRUSSELS941 | Last Belgian Budget Check Before Elections - Much [...]) Summary. The much-heralded special Council of Ministers retreat in Leuven yielded little more than a cursory budget scrubbing and a[...] |
2007-03-22 15:21:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON EAIR SENV KCRM BE |
07BRUSSELS944 | FM DE GUCHT IN THE MIDDLE EAST [...]SBU) Belgian FM De Gucht's trip through the Middle East took him to Lebanon and Israel. In Lebanon March 21, he met with Nabih Berri,[...] |
2007-03-23 06:01:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL BE |
07BRUSSELS949 | BELGIANS SET TO PASS BILL BARRING USE OF DEPLETED [...]BU) Summary: In a move designed to placate the vocal pacifist lobby, Belgium's House of Representatives is poised on March 22, 2007 t[...] |
2007-03-23 06:02:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PARM MARR PREL BE |
07BRUSSELS982 | BELGIAN STEWPOT: March 20, 2007 [...]nsion Funds Basing in Belgium ¶2. Court Supports Residents' Rights ¶3. Belgium: A Kyoto Progress Report ¶4. US Compan[...] |
2007-03-23 17:10:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EAIR EIND SENV BE |
07BRUSSELS995 | BELGIUM: DEMARCHE TO SUPPORT UN KOSOVO PROPOSALS [...][...] |
2007-03-26 14:36:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNMIK UN YI EU BE |
07DARESSALAAM845 | TANZANIA: VIEWS ON ERITREA-ETHIOPIA BOUNDARY [...]C) On June 11, the Deputy Chief of Mission raised the Eritrea-Ethiopia boundary impasse with Ambassador Charles Sanga, Deputy Permanen[...] |
2007-06-12 14:12:00 | Embassy Dar Es Salaam | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV AF AU BE ER ET EU GH IT JA NO |
07KINSHASA252 | A FEW EUROPEAN SECURITY MISFIRES [...]BU) A couple of misfires from Brussels regarding DRC security issues underscores the considerable political maneuvering going on relat[...] |
2007-03-01 12:33:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV BE CG |
07KINSHASA435 | BELGIAN FOREIGN MINISTER AN INCOVENIENT GUEST IN [...]SBU) Summary: Belgian Foreign Minister Karel de Gucht had frank criticism for both sides involved in the March 22-23 violence in Kins[...] |
2007-04-16 11:51:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM BE CG |
07KINSHASA888 | SSR CONTACT GROUP: SUBSTANCE REFERRED TO EXPERTS [...]BU) Summary. The Contact Group on Security Sector Reform (SSR) formally recognized the GDRC's ownership of efforts to reform the Cong[...] |
2007-07-26 15:54:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MARR PGOV KPKO CG ZA BE NL FR |
07MUSCAT613 | OMAN UPDATE TO SABIEX REQUEST [...]BU) On June 16, Econoff met with Global Channels' Military Equipment Manager Hamed Salim al-Hakmani to discuss ref B request. Hakman[...] |
2007-06-16 13:38:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC KOMC MU BE |
07PARIS1364 | JOINT DEMARCHE DELIVERED: INTERNATIONAL TRACING [...]U) On April 5, German Embasssy First Secretary Stefan Krawielicki and Poloff delivered a joint demarche to French MFA Director of Arch[...] |
2007-04-05 16:11:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL BE FR GM GR IS IT LU PHUM PL UK |
07PRAGUE367 | CZECH RESETTLEMENT OF GUANTANAMO DETAINEES DOUBTFUL [...]) DCM met with Deputy Foreign Minister Pojar on April 6 to request resettlement of Guantanamo detainees in the Czech Republic. Pojar t[...] |
2007-04-06 11:48:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PHUM PINR KAWC AU BE BU CA DA EN |
07PRISTINA22 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO HENRY KELLEY [...]S Office Pristina welcomes and grants country clearance to Henry Kelley, Senior Advisor for Regional Programs, U.S. Coordinator - Stab[...] |
2007-01-11 08:04:00 | Embassy Pristina | UNCLASSIFIED | AU BE FR OTRA OECD XG XH XT ZL SI |
07PRISTINA387 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO INR/B GONZALEZ AND POLITICAL [...]S Office Pristina welcomes and grants country clearance to INR/B Officer Ana-Christina Gonzalez and Political Officer Brooke Waldron t[...] |
2007-05-18 07:31:00 | Embassy Pristina | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PINR OTRA EUN AU BE SR |
07ROME318 | ITALY: ETHIOPIA-ERITREA AT AN IMPASSE, REGIONAL [...]) Poloff met with Horn of Africa Office Director Fabrizio Pignatelli and Ethiopia-Eritrea Desk Officer Alberto La Bella February 9 to [...] |
2007-02-15 10:19:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV ER ET AF AL AU BE CH EU JA NO |
07STATE57781 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR C: ELIOT [...][...] |
2007-04-30 18:49:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | BE OTRA |
07STATE63229 | DEMARCHE REQUEST: ENCOURAGE SUPPORT FOR COUNCIL [...]SBU) SUMMARY: Department requests Embassies encourage host governments to support UN Security Council action to establish the Specia[...] |
2007-05-09 21:04:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | UNSC LE SY IT BE PE LO PREL PTER CF GH SF |
07THEHAGUE215 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR WHA PRINCIPAL DEPUTY [...]mbassy warmly welcomes and grants country clearance for WHA Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, Charles Shapiro, to travel to The Ha[...] |
2007-02-05 13:59:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT OVIP ASEC OTRA BE PREL EUN GY HU NL |
07THEHAGUE88 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR DEPUTY ASSISTANT [...]mbassy warmly welcomes and grants country clearance for The African Bureau Deputy Assistant Secretary, James Swan, Ambassador Joyce Le[...] |
2007-01-19 12:27:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT OVIP ASEC OTRA BE PREL NL |
07TOKYO23 | PM ABE'S EUROPEAN TOUR: STRENGTHENING TIES WITH [...]BU) Shinzo Abe's first trip to Europe as Prime Minister is intended to strengthen Japan's ties with its "natural partners," according [...] |
2007-01-05 06:35:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NATO UK GM FR BE JA |
07TOKYO475 | PM ABE'S MESSAGE TO EUROPE: WE SHARE YOUR VALUES, [...]) Summary. During PM Abe's January 9-13 trip to London, Berlin, Brussels and Paris, Abe underscored his desire to strengthen Japan's [...] |
2007-02-01 10:00:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UK FR GM BE KN CH JA |
07USEUBRUSSELS1120 | MONITORING AND EVALUATION: THE COMPLEX EMERGENCIES [...]) PRM Policy Team Leader and USEU RefAssistant visited the Center for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters (CRED) at the Universi[...] |
2007-04-02 15:46:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PHUM BE |
07USEUBRUSSELS1157 | UPDATE ON EU AND MEMBER STATE LOOKOUT SYSTEMS [...]S) Summary. A recent survey of the European Union and Member States' terrorist and immigration lookout systems revealed a situation s[...] |
2007-04-05 08:34:00 | USEU Brussels | SECRET//NOFORN | CVIS PTER BE EUN |
07USEUBRUSSELS1407 | BELGIUM: COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR THE VISIT [...]) COUNTRY CLEARANCE IS GRANTED FOR THE MAY 8-9, 2007, VISIT TO BRUSSELS, BELGIUM OF JOHN P. WALTERS, DIRECTOR OF THE WHITE HOUSE OFFIC[...] |
2007-04-26 15:31:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | OVIP SNAR PREL EUN NATO BE |
07USEUBRUSSELS1502 | EU TELLS PRESIDENT ISAIAS HE IS KEY TO STABILITY [...]/NF) Summary: European Commissioner Louis Michel met May 4 with Eritrean President Isaias to stress Eritrea's role in promoting region[...] |
2007-05-07 05:08:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV EUN EAID BE FR IT NL UK |
07USEUBRUSSELS827 | REFUGEE RETURNS IN EASTERN CONGO: A JOINT US-EU [...]mmary: A joint USG-European Union assessment team composed of US representatives from PRM and OFDA traveled throughout Katanga and Sou[...] |
2007-03-13 09:55:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PGOV PHUM PREL EAID EU BE |
07USEUBRUSSELS90 | EU POLITICAL UNIT UNWILLING TO PRESS ALGERIA ON [...]) Refugee Officer delivered talking points (Ref A) on Jan. 11 to Manfredo Fanti, Deputy Head of Unit for the Mahgreb at the European C[...] |
2007-01-11 17:49:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PHUM AG BE |
07USNATO124 | USNATO WELCOME FOR THOMAS J. BRENNAN FEBRUARY [...]ission welcomes Thomas Brennan for meetings at NATO. Control officer for the visit is USNATO Political Officer, Kelly Magsamen work te[...] |
2007-02-27 09:51:00 | Mission USNATO | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL OTRA NATO BE EU |
07USNATO126 | USNATO WELCOME FOR JOHN B. BELLINGER AND JOSHUA [...]ission welcomes Mr. John Bellinger and Joshua Dorosin for meetings at NATO and USEU. Control officer for the NATO visit is USNATO Pol[...] |
2007-02-27 14:08:00 | Mission USNATO | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL OTRA NATO BE EU |
07USNATO160 | WELCOME TO USNATO FOR AMB ERIC EDELMAN AND [...]SNATO welcomes the visit of Ambassador Eric Edelman and delegation to Brussels March 11-12,2007 for meetings at NATO. The overall cont[...] |
2007-03-09 17:15:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC OTRA NATO AF PK BE |
07USNATO241 | WELCOME TO NATO FOR A/S JOHN ROOD AND SENIOR [...]ission welcomes Mr. John C. Rood, Assistant Secretary, and Mr. Hugh A. Amundson, Senior Advisor, Bureau of International Security and [...] |
2007-04-12 10:20:00 | Mission USNATO | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL OTRA OVIP BE |
07USNATO248 | WELCOME TO NATO FOR STEVEN RUSHEN MAY 6-12 [...]ission welcomes INR Analyst, Mr. Steven Rushen to NATO for meetings on May 9-11. Control officer for the visit is USNATO Political Of[...] |
2007-04-13 15:07:00 | Mission USNATO | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON OTRA POL EU BE |
07USNATO254 | WELCOME TO AMBASSADOR RODOLPHE M. VALLEE APRIL [...]ission welcomes Ambassador Vallee to USNATO for meetings and consultations. Control officer for the visit is USNATO Political Officer[...] |
2007-04-19 07:55:00 | Mission USNATO | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA AMGT LO BE |
07USNATO284 | RESPONSE TO COUNTRY CLEARANCE CABLE: FOREIGN [...].S. Mission NATO welcomes the visit of Mr. Richard L. Prosen to conduct consultations with USNATO and NATO International Staff in Brus[...] |
2007-05-03 13:54:00 | Mission USNATO | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC OSCE OTRA PREL PL BE |
07USNATO285 | WELCOME TO NATO FOR THOMAS A. LYNCH, JR. MAY [...]ission welcomes Foreign Policy Advisor to the Army Chief of Staff, Thomas Lynch to NATO for consultations May 13-17, ¶2007. Contro[...] |
2007-05-03 13:56:00 | Mission USNATO | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL OTRA BE |
07USNATO299 | WELCOME JOHN ERATH AND PAUL BROTZEN TO NATO MAY [...]ission welcomes Mr. John F. Erath, EUR/SCE Deputy Director, and LTC Paul C. Brotzen, EUR/RPM Policy Officer for meetings. Control of[...] |
2007-05-11 13:11:00 | Mission USNATO | UNCLASSIFIED | ASCE NATO OTRA AU BE EUN GM SI UK |
07USNATO352 | WELCOME FOR JUNE 12-13, 2007 NATO MANPADS [...].S. Mission to NATO welcomes the visit of Lisa Benthien, Herman Rediess, and Frank Diaz for the purpose of attending the Man-Portable [...] |
2007-06-05 11:53:00 | Mission USNATO | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL OTRA ASEC ALBE BE |
07USNATO377 | WELCOME TO NATO FOR MATTHEW E. EWALD JUNE 20-23 [...]ission welcomes INR/EC Analyst, Mr. Matthew Ewald to NATO for meetings. Control officer for the visit is USNATO Political Officer, Be[...] |
2007-06-20 14:19:00 | Mission USNATO | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA EU BE |
07USNATO386 | WELCOME FOR EDWARD SMITH JUNE 27-30, 2007 [...]ission welcomes the visit of Edward Smith, Senior Advisor, South Central Asian Affairs Bureau to Brussels June 27-29. The overall con[...] |
2007-06-25 07:35:00 | Mission USNATO | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA AMGT ASEC AFDB BE |
07USNATO576 | WELCOME TO NATO FOR DEPUTY NATIONAL SECURITY [...]C) Mission welcomes Deputy National Security Advisor for Iraq and Afghanistan, Douglas E. Lute, and traveling party to Brussels for m[...] |
2007-10-24 10:36:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | OTRA NATO PREL BE |
07USUNNEWYORK449 | DPKO BRIEFING ON DRC, JUNE 4 [...]nfidential - entire text. ¶2. (C) Summary: DPKO USG Guehenno briefed the P3 plus 2 concerning the situation in the DRC. H[...] |
2007-06-05 22:44:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | BE CG FR PGOV PHUM PREL RW UK UNSC |
07ZAGREB1040 | CODEL TANNER - CROATIA STOPS (FEB 21-24, 2008) [...]mbassy Zagreb welcomes the planned visit of CODEL Tanner to Croatia (Zagreb/Dubrovnik) February 21-24, 2008. ¶2. Embassy [...] |
2007-11-28 11:51:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN NATO AORC BE FR HR |
07ZAGREB1062 | FM KITAROVIC ON OSCE MADRID MINISTERIAL [...]) Ambassador and PolChief had lunch on December 5 with FM Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic and State Secretary Hido Biscevic, subsequent to th[...] |
2007-12-06 08:54:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV OSCE SR SW BE HR |
08ABUJA940 | NIGERIA: BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3 CHECK RESPONSE ON [...][...] |
2008-05-22 15:48:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC KOMC MASS MARR BE NI |
08AMMAN2184 | JORDANIAN ATTENDANCE AT JUNE MEK CONFERENCE IN [...]C) Summary: Media in Jordan and Iran have reported the attendance of thirty-three Jordanian MPs and journalists at a Mujahedin-e-Khalq[...] |
2008-07-21 05:41:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL FR IZ IR BE JO |
08ANKARA357 | TURKEY: DPM CICEK,S HARSH RHETORIC SETS BACK CT [...]) Summary. In separate February 19 meetings with the Belgian Ministers of Justice and the Interior, Turkey's DPM Cemil Cicek used ver[...] |
2008-02-25 14:51:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL BE TU |
08BEIRUT238 | LEBANON: CANADA AND BELGIUM NEED PUSH TO AID LAF, [...]) During a February 12 international donor assistance meeting for the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF), Canadian and Belgian DATTs (protect[...] |
2008-02-14 17:19:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MASS MCAP PGOV PREL PTER BE CA LE |
08BRUSSELS100 | IRAN'S NSA JALILI SNUBBED BY EU OFFICIALS BUT SET [...]) During his visit to Brussels the week of January 21 en route to Davos, Iran's National Security Advisor Said Jalili is scheduled to [...] |
2008-01-18 13:57:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MNUC UNSC ETTC KNNP IR EUN BE |
08BRUSSELS1001 | BRUSSELS BILAT BREW: JULY 1, 2008 [...]ummary: This issue of the Brussels Bilat Brew covers a review of cost-of-living adjustment and social benefits in Belgium as well as [...] |
2008-07-01 14:50:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ELAB BE |
08BRUSSELS1007 | BELGIAN PRESS STATEMENT ON UNSCR 1822 [...]mmary: Below is a press statement circulated by the Belgian Ministry of Foreign Affairs supporting the adoption of the UN Security Cou[...] |
2008-07-02 14:30:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ETTC KTFN PREL PTER UNSC AG BE |
08BRUSSELS1022 | BELGIUM COURT OF APPEALS REDUCES SENTENCES FOR [...]C) Belgian MFA Anti-Terrorism Coordinator Andre Ceulemans told PolCouns both he and Johan Delmulle, the Federal Prosecutor, were "ast[...] |
2008-07-07 15:51:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER SOCI PREL PGOV BE |
08BRUSSELS103 | BELGIUM REGISTERS FIRST BUDGET DEFICIT IN EIGHT [...]U) Belgium registered its first budget deficit since 1999 for the year 2007. The deficit came in at a level of 0.3% of GDP, or 260 mi[...] |
2008-01-18 15:48:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON BE |
08BRUSSELS1033 | BELGIANS SUPPORT CONTINUED NEGOTIATIONS ON ARAB [...]C) According to Christophe De Bassompierre in the MFA UNSC office, the Belgians agree, and have already sent instructions to their UN[...] |
2008-07-09 09:35:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | IS PREL UNSC BE |
08BRUSSELS1044 | INFORMATION FOR UN AND EU SANCTIONS ON ZIMBABWE - [...][...] |
2008-07-10 11:53:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC PREL EFIN KTFN PTER UNSC ZI BE |
08BRUSSELS1046 | BELGIANS MAY RELUCTANTLY GIVE FUNDS FOR NTM-I, BUT [...]C) Poloff discussed reftel points with Belgian MFA NATO desk officer Frederic Meurice, who expressed surprise at NATO's continuing ins[...] |
2008-07-11 12:31:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR NATO IZ BE |
08BRUSSELS1065 | BELGIUM: SUPPORT FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF UNSCR 1816 [...]) Belgian MFA officials told econoff Belgium supports efforts to protect shipping from piracy off the Somali coast. The officials con[...] |
2008-07-15 09:39:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EWWT KCRM KCRS KJUS PHSA PREL SO BE |
08BRUSSELS1071 | LETERME TENDERS HIS RESIGNATION - KING ALBERT HAS [...]SBU) SUMMARY: With no institutional solution in the offing, Prime Minister Yves Leterme (CD&V - Christian Democrat and Flemish Party)[...] |
2008-07-15 16:22:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL BE |
08BRUSSELS1074 | KING ALBERT BRINGS THE POLITICIANS TOGETHER AND [...]SBU) SUMMARY: After Prime Minister Yves Leterme's surprise resignation late July 14 (reftel), Belgium is still in a state of limbo a[...] |
2008-07-16 12:08:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL BE |
08BRUSSELS1094 | BELGIUM'S DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER HOPES TO KEEP THE [...]C) SUMMARY: Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Didier Reynders told the Ambassador that Prime Minister Yves Leterme gave him[...] |
2008-07-17 15:29:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EFIN BE |
08BRUSSELS1099 | KING ALBERT REJECTS PM LETERME'S RESIGNATION; [...]SBU) SUMMARY: King Albert rejected Prime Minister Leterme's resignation and, after discussions with many political and labor leaders[...] |
2008-07-18 12:49:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON PREL BE |
08BRUSSELS11 | BRUSSELS BILAT BREW: JANUARY 4, 2008 [...]U) Charles Michel, newly named Minister of Development Cooperation, laid out his priorities for revitalizing and reestablishing Belgia[...] |
2008-01-03 16:51:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON EFIN EINV EMIN BE CH |
08BRUSSELS1107 | THREE "WISE MEN" MUST SET REFORM TALKS FORMULA BY [...]SBU) King Albert II appointed three mediators to set by July 31 the terms and conditions for a resumption of institutional reform tal[...] |
2008-07-22 11:04:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR BE |
08BRUSSELS1129 | BELGIANS ALREADY ON ALERT FOR POSSIBLE DUAL-USE [...]C) Poloff presented reftel points to Filip de Clercq in the MFA's Non-Proliferation and Export Controls Office. De Clercq said altho[...] |
2008-07-24 12:48:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM MTCRE PREL ETTC IR MY BE |
08BRUSSELS1130 | BELGIANS AGREE IT IS IMPORTANT TO KEEP PRESSURE ON [...]C) POLCOUNS discussed talking points reftel with MFA Head of the Latin America Office, Amb. Jan Van Dessel. Van Dessel fully agreed [...] |
2008-07-24 14:09:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | COL VE HR EUN PTER AF SNAR PGOV PREL BE |
08BRUSSELS1147 | BELGIUM IN FAVOR OF TURKEY'S ACCESSION TO THE EU [...]SBU) Poloff gave reftel points to MFA Turkey Desk Officer Marie Noelle Dubois July 25. Dubois said the Belgian position remains in fa[...] |
2008-07-28 14:45:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PGOV TU EUN BE |
08BRUSSELS1148 | BELGIUM FAVORS SOLANA AS SINGLE CONTACT POINT WITH [...]BU) MFA Middle East Office Director Francoise Gustin told POLOFF that GOB agrees with the points presented in reftel. The Belgians b[...] |
2008-07-28 15:05:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL SY EUN BE |
08BRUSSELS122 | BELGIAN INTERIOR MINISTER PUSHING FOR EXPANDED [...]) Summary: During a one-on-one lunch held January 17, 2008, Belgian Interior Minister Dewael told the Ambassador he would press for p[...] |
2008-01-24 14:32:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PINS PTER BE |
08BRUSSELS124 | BELGIAN PM SAYS POSITIVE DECISION LIKELY ON F-16 [...]) Summary: Belgian PM Verhofstadt told the Ambassador on January 23, 2008 that he foresaw no difficulty in sending four Belgian F-16'[...] |
2008-01-24 15:15:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL MARR BE AF |
08BRUSSELS1249 | WITHIN DOMESTIC POLITICAL CONSTRAINTS, BELGIUM [...]SBU) POL/E Chief delivered reftel demarche to Michel Peetermans, Chief of Service, Belgian MFA, in the company of his French and Brit[...] |
2008-08-13 09:04:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL ETTC AORC BE |
08BRUSSELS1260 | TFGG01: GEORGIA CRISIS: BELGIUM SEES NEXT STEPS [...]C) SUMMARY: Belgium, as with other EU members, continues to be concerned about the agreement reached between Russia and Georgia. Be[...] |
2008-08-14 11:04:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | UNSC PREL PGOV RU GO PBTS BE |
08BRUSSELS1278 | TFGG01: BELGIUM OFFERS MIL OBSERVERS FOR OSCE'S [...]) The military adviser to Minister of Defense Pieter De Crem informed us that the GoB is consulting with OSCE about the latter's effor[...] |
2008-08-19 11:20:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL OSCE MOPS PREF GG RU BE |
08BRUSSELS1287 | BELGIUM, IN THE UNSC CHAIR THIS MONTH, WANTS UNSYG [...]) MFA Security Council Coordinator Rudi Brieven, accompanied by Attache for Middle East and North Africa Laura Poletto, received Polof[...] |
2008-08-20 08:07:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | UNSC PREL PGOV PBTS MO WI BE |
08BRUSSELS1308 | MEDIA MISINTERPRET BELGIUM'S AIR CHIEF ON NEW [...]) SUMMARY: A (possibly innocent) misinterpretation of Belgian Air Force Chief's comments about the F16 forthcoming deployment to Kanda[...] |
2008-08-26 05:12:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS AF NATO BE |
08BRUSSELS1337 | TFGG01 - DEMARCHE REQUEST ON BELGIAN MFA (CURRENT [...]) SEE URGENT DEVELOPMENT IN PARA 4 (BELOW). The MFA of Belgium, which this month chairs the UNSC, is in the process of refining its i[...] |
2008-08-28 13:10:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | UNSC PREL GG BE |
08BRUSSELS1340 | NATO MEDITERRANEAN DIALOGUE SOFA: BELGIUM AGREES [...]C) On August 29, POL/E Counselor delivered the referenced points and proposed MED-D SOFA Exchange of Letters (EoL) to Pol De Witte, D[...] |
2008-08-29 09:03:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PREL EUN BE |
08BRUSSELS1343 | SERBIA'S KOSOVO ICJ RESOLUTION AT UNGA: BELGIUM [...]C) SUMMARY: Belgium as directed its UN Mission in New York either to vote against the Serbian UNGA resolution to refer the issue of [...] |
2008-08-29 14:16:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UN UNGA KV BE PINR |
08BRUSSELS1354 | DE GUCHT SEPT 3 TRIP TO MOSCOW; EXCHANGE WITH [...]) De Gucht September 3 Call in Moscow on Lavrov - - - - - - -- - - - - - - - -- - - -- - - - - - - -: During a September 2 call on MFA[...] |
2008-09-02 17:00:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | EUN PREL PGOV GG RS YI AF PK BE |
08BRUSSELS1366 | BELGIAN MFA FINDS IDEA OF BIG EXPANSION OF AFGHAN [...]ummary: Without committing the GOB, Renier Nijskens of the Belgian MFA received reftel demarche, regarding expanding the Afghan Nation[...] |
2008-09-04 06:04:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR AF BE |
08BRUSSELS1369 | DE CREM: NO MANDATE FOR BELGIAN SOLDIERS ON THE [...]) The Belgian public's tolerance for putting any of its soldiers in harm's way was tested by the September 3 death of a Belgian "blue [...] |
2008-09-04 13:21:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MARR BE |
08BRUSSELS139 | Jalili's Press Appearances in Belgium Countered by former [...]) Summary: Iranian NSA Said Jalili's stop in Brussels included several press sessions and an appearance at the MFA-affiliated Egmont [...] |
2008-01-25 16:37:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PARM BE IR |
08BRUSSELS1390 | FM DE GUCHT ENCOUNTERS RESOLUTE FM LAVROV IN MOSCOW [...]) Summary: Russian FM Lavrov told Belgian FM De Gucht September 3 that OSCE monitors would not be acceptable in South Ossetia, unless [...] |
2008-09-05 18:18:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL BE GG RU |
08BRUSSELS14 | BELGIAN GOVERNMENT HAS SAME GOALS AS USG ON [...][...] |
2008-01-04 13:07:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | PINS PREL PTER BE |
08BRUSSELS1402 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: PREVENTING IRAN'S ACQUISITION [...]BU) On September 9 Poloff delivered reftel points regarding prevention of Iran's acquisition of uranium to Werner Bauens, Director of [...] |
2008-09-09 15:25:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | KNNP MNUC PARM TRGY ENRG EMIN ETTC IR BE |
08BRUSSELS1407 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: MALAYSIAN FIRM ACTING AS FRONT [...]) On September 9 Poloff delivered ref A points regarding the pending sale of A9910 data acquisition systems manufactured by the Belgia[...] |
2008-09-10 13:32:00 | Embassy Brussels | SECRET | PARM MTCRE PREL ETTC BE IR MY |
08BRUSSELS1412 | UNGA 3RD COMMITTEE 2008 HUMAN RIGHTS PRIORITIES -- [...]) SUMMARY: Speaking both as the Human Rights person at the Belgian MFA and as a participant in the EU Working Group on Human Rights me[...] |
2008-09-11 15:26:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UN EU BE |
08BRUSSELS1419 | FORTHCOMING EU FONMIN MEETING (GAERC) SEPTEMBER [...]BU) On September 12, MFA Director for EU External Affairs Filip David told Poloff Heimann the following: ¶2. (C) Zimbabwe [...] |
2008-09-12 14:04:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | EU PHUM PREL ZI SO TU YI RS BE PGOV ZL |
08BRUSSELS1420 | GOB NOT EAGER TO SEE ISAF ROLE EXPANDED TO [...][...] |
2008-09-12 14:35:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO MOPS MARR AF BE |
08BRUSSELS1444 | BELGIAN FOREIGN MINISTER KAREL DE GUCHT TO ATTEND [...][...] |
2008-09-17 15:35:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | NATO PGOV PREL UNGA EU BE |
08BRUSSELS1457 | FOREIGN MINISTER DE GUCHT'S SENIOR CABINET OFFICER [...]) Summary: During a September 19 call on Belgian MFA Deputy Head of Cabinet for Bilateral Affairs Thomas Lambert, Poloffs received the[...] |
2008-09-19 16:10:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ENRG RU BL VE BE |
08BRUSSELS1459 | BELGIAN BANK WILL LOOK INTO REPORTS OF ITS DOING [...]S/NF) SUMMARY: Belgian officials were receptive to Treasury U/S Levey,s explanation of Iranian deceptive banking practices and guarde[...] |
2008-09-22 14:45:00 | Embassy Brussels | SECRET//NOFORN | KTFN EFIN KNNP ETTC BE IR |
08BRUSSELS1464 | BELGIUM: "NO BUSINESS AS USUAL" DOESN'T EXCLUDE [...]) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Pol De Witte, the Director for Security Policy and NATO Affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affai[...] |
2008-09-22 15:44:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PREL GG RS BE |
08BRUSSELS1473 | PM LETERME LOSES FLEMISH MAJORITY BUT GOVERNMENT [...]C) SUMMARY: In protest at the agreement to defer discussion of institutional reforms in Belgium, the New Flemish Alliance Party (N-V[...] |
2008-09-23 13:41:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | POL PGOV BE |
08BRUSSELS1474 | TWO ANTI-KABILA EXTRA-PARLIAMENTARY POLITICAL [...]) SUMMARY: Since mid-June, an Embassy Poloff with a previous posting in Kinshasa has been sought out separately by the heads of two d[...] |
2008-09-23 15:12:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL CG BE |
08BRUSSELS1496 | BELGIAN MOD ON PLANS FOR THE MILITARY IN 2009 [...]) Summary: Belgian troops are operating in Afghanistan, Kosovo, Lebanon, Chad and the Congo. The Ministry of Defense is developing a [...] |
2008-09-25 11:57:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MARR BE AF LE CG CD KV |
08BRUSSELS1501 | INGUSH HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVISTS SEEK ATTENTION FOR [...]BU) Summary: On September 24, Poloff met with two Ingush human rights activists, Ibragim Muharbekovich Lianov and Alik Osdoev. They d[...] |
2008-09-26 14:37:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM RU BE GG |
08BRUSSELS1547 | BELGIUM: RESPONSE TO IRAN DEMARCHES [...]) Pol-Econoff and intern met with Belgian MFA UNSC Team, Iran desk officer, and Director of the Nonproliferation Office Werner Bauwens[...] |
2008-10-03 15:19:00 | Embassy Brussels | SECRET | ECON ETRD PARM KNNP EUN EWWT PREL MNUC IR BE |
08BRUSSELS1558 | FLEMISH POLITICAL PARTIES: CD&V GOVERNMENT SAVED [...]) Summary: Flemish Christian Democrat (CD&V) International Affairs Secretary Peter Gijsels provided Poloff a broad read out of his par[...] |
2008-10-08 10:54:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MOPS AF BE |
08BRUSSELS157 | BELGIANS SUPPORT IDEA OF STATEMENT ON SYRIAN [...][...] |
2008-01-31 16:07:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL KMPI SY BE |
08BRUSSELS158 | BELGIAN INTERIOR MINISTER EXPECTED TO HEAD [...][...] |
2008-01-31 16:43:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM PHUM PREF SMIG BE |
08BRUSSELS1591 | BELGIUM: OCTOBER 22 GEORGIA DONORS' CONFERENCE [...][...] |
2008-10-15 08:40:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EFIN PREL KMCA KCRS GG BE |
08BRUSSELS1599 | AFTER THE FINANCIAL EARTHQUAKE: A NEW BANKING [...]C) While a large part of the francophone bourgeoisie in Brussels is still reeling from the fire sale of the country's largest bank, Fo[...] |
2008-10-17 11:31:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PGOV BE |
08BRUSSELS1618 | BELGIUM: EXTRADITION AND MLAT RATIFICATION PROCESS [...]) PolEconOff spoke with MFA Counselor for Justice and Legal Issues Peter Claes (Directorate General for European Cooperation and Coord[...] |
2008-10-20 11:15:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | CJAN EUN KCRM KJUST KTIA PGOV PREL BE |
08BRUSSELS1624 | BELGIUM: "CREDIBLE AFGHAN ELECTIONS ARE MORE [...]) Summary: The GOB is concerned that the USG is not doing enough to curb participation in Afghan elections and government by corrupt i[...] |
2008-10-21 11:10:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM MARR AF BE |
08BRUSSELS1625 | FLEMISH GOVERNMENT SEEKS A FEDERAL BELGIUM [...][...] |
2008-10-21 12:17:00 | Embassy Brussels | SECRET | PGOV PREL BE |
08BRUSSELS1626 | FLEMISH GOVERNMENT SEEKS A FEDERAL BELGIUM: [...]) The Chief of Staff to Head of the Flemish government Koen Geens provided a quick sketch of Flemish goals in the intra-regional negot[...] |
2008-10-21 12:29:00 | Embassy Brussels | SECRET | PGOV PREL BE |
08BRUSSELS1634 | A TALE OF TWO CRISES: SENIOR BELGIAN FINANCE [...]C) SUMMARY: At one point in the middle of the on-going crisis in Belgium's banking sector, according to a top Finance Ministry offic[...] |
2008-10-22 09:10:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON PGOV BE |
08BRUSSELS1649 | BELGIUM LIKELY TO VOTE YES ON DE-ALERTING, ABSTAIN [...]) Summary: Belgium intends to vote yes on the UN First Committee resolution on de-alerting after abstaining in 2007. It will not co-s[...] |
2008-10-24 16:05:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM MNUC UNGA PREL BE |
08BRUSSELS1660 | BELGIUM:ENGAGING EU ON BOSNIA [...]) MFA Director for Southeast Europe Luc Liebaut provided to Poloff October 27, an informative and lengthy readout of European thinking[...] |
2008-10-28 11:09:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV BK EU BE |
08BRUSSELS1675 | BELGIUM AND THE FINANCIAL CRISIS: THE LAST BANK [...]C) SUMMARY: Over the past six weeks, Belgium has had its top two banks either dismembered or transformed nearly beyond recognition. [...] |
2008-10-30 12:21:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON BE |
08BRUSSELS1680 | BELGIAN GOVERNMENT INCHES TOWARD ACTION ON CRISIS [...]mmary: (C) The situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Congo) is currently the number one real-time foreign policy concern [...] |
2008-10-30 17:58:00 | Embassy Brussels | SECRET | PGOV PREL BE RW CG EU |
08BRUSSELS1693 | CRISIS IN THE CONGO: BELGIAN FM DEGUCHT'S MEETING [...]) Summary: On November 4 the Belgian MFA briefed European Union, Canadian, Japanese, South African, and U.S. Embassies on FM Karl De G[...] |
2008-11-04 16:57:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV CG BE |
08BRUSSELS170 | BRUSSELS BILAT BREW: FEBRUARY 1 [...]U) Persistent rumors that Fortis faces additional write-offs on its subprime exposure has caused its share price to fall by as much as[...] |
2008-02-01 16:47:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN SENV BE |
08BRUSSELS1702 | AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH BELGIAN FINANCE MINISTER [...]C) SUMMARY: Belgium's Finance Minister Didier Reynders expects the EU's number one goal in the November 15 Finance Summit to be to b[...] |
2008-11-06 08:45:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN BE |
08BRUSSELS171 | BELGIANS SUPPORT EARLY VOTE ON PROPOSED IRAN [...]) Per reftel instructions to seek Belgian support for an early vote on the next UNSC Iran sanctions resolution, the Ambassador met on [...] |
2008-02-01 16:50:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PARM BE IR |
08BRUSSELS1732 | BELGIUM NON-COMMITTAL ON CRITERIA-BASED CONTROL OF [...][...] |
2008-11-13 16:04:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ETTC KNNP MNUC PARM TRGY IAEA BE |
08BRUSSELS1733 | BELGIUM: EXPULSION OF DEA FROM BOLIVIA [...][...] |
2008-11-13 16:59:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PGOV PREL SNAR BL BE |
08BRUSSELS1734 | PDAS RIES DISCUSSES AFGHANISTAN, CONGO, RUSSIA [...]) Summary: Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary Marcie Ries met on November 5 with Vincent Mertens de Vilmars, Director for Internatio[...] |
2008-11-13 17:38:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR BE AF CG GG RU UP |
08BRUSSELS1746 | CONGRESSMAN WEXLER'S MEETING WITH BELGIAN MFA [...]) Summary: On November 12, Congressman Robert Wexler, chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee Subcommittee on Europe, met with[...] |
2008-11-17 16:16:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL BE AF IS RU GG UP |
08BRUSSELS1747 | BELGIUM: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON EU REGULATIONS ON [...]conomic officer delivered the subject demarche to Mr Geert Cockx of the Internal Markets Division at the Belgian Ministry of Foreign A[...] |
2008-11-18 10:57:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EWWT EUN IMO BE |
08BRUSSELS1748 | CLIMATE CHANGE: OUTREACH TO BELGIUM ON POZNAN [...]n separate meetings on November 14 with officials from the Ministries of Foreign Affairs and of Health, Food Chain Safety and Environm[...] |
2008-11-18 14:55:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG KGHG SENV BE |
08BRUSSELS1749 | BELGIUM AND THE CONGO PART TROIS: MFA CONTACTS [...]) Summary: PolEconCouns and Poloff joined MFA Congo Contacts for a wide ranging discussion on Belgium's latest efforts to end the cris[...] |
2008-11-18 18:04:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG BE |
08BRUSSELS1766 | BELGIUM: OPPOSING UNGA RESOLUTIONS WITH [...]) Poloff received feedback November 21 on reftel demarche from Belgian MFA UN Security Council interlocutor covering Middle East issue[...] |
2008-11-21 17:21:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNGA IS PA LE SY BE |
08BRUSSELS1772 | BELGIAN FOREIGN MINISTER DE GUCHT ENDURES TOUGH [...]) Summary: Foreign Minister Karel De Gucht (Open VLD) is living through one of the rockiest periods of his political life, but he is g[...] |
2008-11-21 17:49:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL BE CG |
08BRUSSELS1787 | FLEMISH INTERIOR MINISTER'S REFUSAL TO CONFIRM [...]ummary: The Flemish Interior Minister's second refusal to confirm in office three francophone mayors who had violated Belgian languag[...] |
2008-11-25 18:00:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM BE |
08BRUSSELS1788 | CONVICTED TERRORIST TO APPEAL EXTRADITION FROM [...]lgian Federal Prosecutors Office Spokesperson Lieve Pellens announced November 25 that the United States had filed a request to extrad[...] |
2008-11-25 18:09:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | CJAN CVIS KCRM PTER BE |
08BRUSSELS1789 | BELGIUM: NO FOREIGN POLICY OBJECTION TO THE [...][...] |
2008-11-26 10:56:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | KSCA TBIO TPHY US BE |
08BRUSSELS1795 | A TALE OF TWO PARTIES: THE FIGHT FOR THE FLEMISH [...]mmary: Though the June 2009 elections are months away, they lurk in backs of the minds of most Flemish politicians. The center-right [...] |
2008-11-26 17:01:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL BE |
08BRUSSELS1806 | BELGIUM: RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON AFGHAN NATIONAL [...][...] |
2008-12-01 14:06:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | AF MARR MOPS NATO PREL BE |
08BRUSSELS1820 | BELGIUM PUSHES FOR AN EU BRIDGING FORCE FOR THE [...]) MFA Congo Desk told Poloff December 2 that FM De Gucht would attempt to gauge Allied interest in an EU bridging force for the Congo [...] |
2008-12-02 16:18:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV CG BE |
08BRUSSELS1821 | BELGIUM WILLING TO JOIN CONSENSUS ON AMENDED NSG [...][...] |
2008-12-02 16:22:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ETTC KNNP MNUC PARM TRGY BE |
08BRUSSELS1822 | BELGIUM:LEVERAGING FATF STATEMENT ON IRAN [...][...] |
2008-12-02 16:36:00 | Embassy Brussels | SECRET | PARM PREL EFIN KNNP IR BE |
08BRUSSELS1823 | BELGIUM:TRABELSI EXTRADITION UPDATE [...]) The Belgian MOJ advised Post November 27 that if everything goes smoothly, the GOB may have a final decision on the extradition of N[...] |
2008-12-02 16:45:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER CJAN CVIS KCRM BE |
08BRUSSELS1826 | BELGIUM: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON HELSINKI OSCE [...]U) Emboff delivered reftel points on the upcoming Helsinki OSCE Ministerial on December 1 to Mr. Thierry Vuylsteke, the Ministry of F[...] |
2008-12-03 13:08:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | OSCE PREL PHUM KDEM GG RU BE |
08BRUSSELS1828 | BELGIUM SIGNS CONVENTION ON CLUSTER MUNITIONS [...]C) On December 2, Poloff delivered reftel information on the United States position on the Convention on Cluster Munitions to Werner B[...] |
2008-12-04 14:12:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ETTC KNNP MNUC PARM TRGY BE |
08BRUSSELS1864 | BELGIUM:COUNTRY BY COUNTRY REVIEW FOR SUSPENSION [...]) Belgium maintains diplomatic relations with Cuba through its Embassy in Havana and the Cuban Embassy in Brussels. FM De Gucht has n[...] |
2008-12-10 16:24:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD ETTC PREL CU BE |
08BRUSSELS1868 | BELGIUM:DEMARCHE ON UNITED NATIONS HARMONIZATION [...][...] |
2008-12-11 15:52:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT AORC APER PREL UNGA BE |
08BRUSSELS1870 | BELGIUM ARRESTS FOURTEEN SUSPECTED TERRORISTS [...]) Belgian police arrested December 11 fourteen terrorist suspects, according to press reporting. A total of 242 police officers condu[...] |
2008-12-11 16:00:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER PGOV AF PA BE |
08BRUSSELS1882 | BELGIUM UNDERSTANDS PROBLEM OF TECHNICAL [...][...] |
2008-12-12 16:11:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP MNUC PARM IAEA SY TRGY BE |
08BRUSSELS1885 | BELGIAN MFA MORE REALISTIC THAN OPTIMISTIC ON [...]) According to MFA Congo Desk Officer Koen Adam, the Belgian government took note of the Rwanda - DRC statements from the December 4-5[...] |
2008-12-12 18:04:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV CG RW BE |
08BRUSSELS1886 | AMBASSADOR'S FAREWELL CALL WITH BELGIAN FOREIGN [...]C) SUMMARY: Belgium's Foreign Minister is still seeking participation by other European countries in providing a bridging military f[...] |
2008-12-14 07:21:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAIR BE XF |
08BRUSSELS1887 | BELGIAN FOREIGN MINISTER REMAINS OPTIMISTIC ON EU [...]) Summary: The Belgian MFA was optimistic the morning of December 12 that the EU would deploy an ESDP mission in Congo eventually, des[...] |
2008-12-15 09:34:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR MOPS PHUM CG BE |
08BRUSSELS1889 | BELGIUM: LOOKING FOR USG FLEXIBILITY ON IEA [...]conoff shared reftel demarche points on the International Energy Agency (IEA) 2009-10 budget on December 11 with Ambassador Philippe N[...] |
2008-12-15 10:24:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG IEA BE |
08BRUSSELS1891 | BELGIUM: DEMARCHE REQUEST ON UNSC SOMALIA PIRACY [...][...] |
2008-12-15 14:44:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | KCRM PREL PHUM PHSA EWWT SO BE |
08BRUSSELS1922 | PM LETERME UNDER FIRE FOR ALLEGED INTERFERENCE [...]U) Summary: Prime Minister Yves Leterme is facing allegations that he or his cabinet tried to pressure a Belgian appeals court to rul[...] |
2008-12-18 15:50:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EFIN BE |
08BRUSSELS1929 | REQUEST FOR SECURITY SUPPORT FOR AFGHANISTAN [...]n December 17, Poloff delivered reftel demarche and non-paper seeking security support for 2009 Afghan elections to Vincent Mertens de[...] |
2008-12-18 16:38:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PREL MOPS MARR AF BE |
08BRUSSELS1930 | BELGIUM NOTIFIED OF FRIED-ANTONOV MEETING ON CFE [...]) On December 15, Poloff delivered reftel notification of the planned Fried-Antonov meeting in Geneva on December 17 to Francois De Ke[...] |
2008-12-18 17:48:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | KCFE PREF PARM NATO RS BE |
08BRUSSELS1933 | LETERME HANGS ON THROUGH "FORTISGATE" [...]) After December 18, a day of drama in the House of Representatives and in Yves Leterme's government, Leterme remains Prime Minister f[...] |
2008-12-19 15:37:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EFIN BE |
08BRUSSELS1943 | LETERME'S LAST CRISIS: KING STALLS LETERME'S [...]) Summary: PM Yves Leterme offered his government's resignation to King Albert II December 19 after members of his Cabinet were implic[...] |
2008-12-22 16:00:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MOPS AF CG BE |
08BRUSSELS1950 | BELGIUM: INTERIM AGREEMENT BY CIVAIR AUTHORITY [...]elgium's Civil Air Authority (CAA) informed the Brussels-based Transportation Security Administration (TSA) representative on December[...] |
2008-12-23 16:07:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR BE |
08BRUSSELS1951 | BELGIUM: PROVISIONAL RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR [...]elgium has no immediate plans to expand its nuclear power program. Under existing law passed in the late 1990's, Belgium will be requ[...] |
2008-12-24 09:01:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG TRGY BEXP BTIO BE |
08BRUSSELS1953 | WITH GOVERNMENT'S RESIGNATION, THE SEARCH FOR A [...]) Summary: The King accepted the Leterme government's resignation December 22. The government now goes into caretaker status until a [...] |
2008-12-24 10:17:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MARR AF BE |
08BRUSSELS1954 | DEMARCHE: U.S. DRAFTED SECURITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION [...][...] |
2008-12-24 11:00:00 | Embassy Brussels | SECRET | KPKO PREL SO BE |
08BRUSSELS1957 | BELGIUM:2008 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM [...]bassy point of contact is Aaron Jensen. Email: JensenAW@state.gov ¶2. Begin text of report. Belg[...] |
2008-12-24 11:09:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER ASEC BE |
08BRUSSELS1959 | KING ASKS SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE VAN ROMPUY TO FORM [...][...] |
2008-12-29 10:35:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV BE |
08BRUSSELS1961 | BELGIUM: IT'S A GOVERNMENT: VAN ROMPUY NEXT TO [...]U) Herman Van Rompuy will be the next Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Belgium, heading a coalition of the same five political partie[...] |
2008-12-30 15:08:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PINR BE |
08BRUSSELS1965 | BELGIUM: COMPOSITION OF NEW GOVERNMENT HEADED BY [...]U) Herman Van Rompuy became Belgium's Prime Minister on December 30, and will lead a government mostly composed of the same Ministers[...] |
2008-12-31 11:34:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PINR BE |
08BRUSSELS206 | FUTURE PRIME MINISTER LETERME SEES HIS PARTY AS [...]BU) Summary: Yves Leterme, the man who "won" the June federal elections in Belgium, and who now serves as Vice Prime Minister, is not[...] |
2008-02-07 14:03:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV ECON BE |
08BRUSSELS232 | BELGIAN FM PLANNING MARCH 2 TRIP TO BAGHDAD [...]) Action request -- see paragraph three. ¶2. (C) Belgian FM Karel De Gucht is planning to a one day visit to Baghdad on Ma[...] |
2008-02-11 10:57:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL BE IZ |
08BRUSSELS238 | DEMARCHE TO BELGIANS ON KOSOVO [...]C) Embassy spoke February 11 with Thomas Antoine, the Belgian MFA's Director for the Balkans, regarding immediate recognition of Kosov[...] |
2008-02-12 13:55:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL YI BE |
08BRUSSELS240 | DEMARCHE TO BELGIANS ON KOSOVO AND THE OSCE [...][...] |
2008-02-12 14:29:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | EU OSCE PGOV PREL UNAUS UNMIK YI BE |
08BRUSSELS255 | BELGIUM PLEDGES EARLY RECOGNITION OF KOSOVO, WILL [...]) The Belgian government will be at the "front" of the line of countries recognizing Kosovo's independence, according to senior offici[...] |
2008-02-14 14:23:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL BE |
08BRUSSELS264 | IRANIAN LEADER'S BAGHDAD VISIT PLANS PROMPTS [...][...] |
2008-02-15 12:53:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL BE IZ |
08BRUSSELS292 | BELGIUM FREEZES PKK-ASSOCIATED ROJ-TV'S ASSETS [...]U) Ref e-mail relayed a Turkish press report that "PKK mouthpiece" Roj TV has been levied a heavy tax fine by Belgian authorities. Th[...] |
2008-02-22 15:17:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ETTC PTER BE TU |
08BRUSSELS293 | BELGIANS OPEN TO UNSCR ON FDLR, BUT HAVE QUESTIONS [...][...] |
2008-02-22 16:37:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ETTC ASEC BE |
08BRUSSELS297 | BELGIUM: KING SIGNS ROYAL DECREE RECOGNIZING [...][...] |
2008-02-26 12:51:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL BE |
08BRUSSELS357 | BELGIAN SENATE APPROVES LISBON TREATY [...]U) On March 6th the Belgian Senate voted to approve the Treaty of Lisbon, 48 to 9 in favor with 1 abstention. Although many senato[...] |
2008-03-07 14:44:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL BE |
08BRUSSELS395 | FOLLOW-UP ON INVITATION TO ISTANBUL PROSECUTOR'S [...]SBU) Embassy LEGATT spoke with Belgian Federal Prosecutor Johan Delmulle March 12 about Belgian attendance at the roundtable for Europ[...] |
2008-03-17 11:05:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL BE |
08BRUSSELS425 | DEMARCHE ON REFERENDUM IN BURMA [...][...] |
2008-03-20 12:37:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM BM BE |
08BRUSSELS426 | DEMARCHE ON TAIWAN'S PARTICIPATION IN THE OECD [...][...] |
2008-03-20 13:04:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ECON CM TW OECD BE |
08BRUSSELS430 | LETERME GOVERNMENT AGREEMENT: THE ECONOMICS [...]e Leterme government agreement concluded this eek contains many good intentions (e.g. a 2009 budget surplus), but very few specific po[...] |
2008-03-20 16:05:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFI PGOV BE |
08BRUSSELS444 | YVES LETERME FORMS NEW BELGIAN GOVERNMENT [...]C) SUMMARY: Yves Leterme assumed office as Belgian Prime Minister March 22 amidst speculation about how long his government will last [...] |
2008-03-25 16:57:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL BE |
08BRUSSELS449 | BELGIAN REPRESENTATIVE TO PSI FIFTH ANNIVERSARY [...][...] |
2008-03-26 15:56:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP KSTC PARM PREL BE |
08BRUSSELS467 | BELGIUM ARTICULATES ITS POSITIONS GOING INTO [...]C) SUMMARY: In a tour d'horizon on issues to be discussed at the Bucharest summit, Belgium's Political Director for Multilateral Affa[...] |
2008-03-28 16:31:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NATO MARR KFE RS GG MD BE |
08BRUSSELS494 | BELGIUM: COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR THE VISIT [...]OUNTRY CLEARANCE IS GRANTED FOR THE APRIL 9-11, 2008 VISIT TO BRUSSELS, BELGIUM OF JOHN P. WALTERS, DIRECTOR OF THE OFFICE OF NATIONAL[...] |
2008-04-03 12:59:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | BE EUN OVIP PREL SNAR |
08BRUSSELS501 | DEMARCHE TO BELGIAN GOVERNMENT ON BELARUS [...][...] |
2008-04-04 12:58:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | BO PHUM PREL BE |
08BRUSSELS532 | BELGIAN CONTRIBUTIONS TO ASSIST IRAQI REFUGEES -- [...]C) PolCouns delivered reftel points April 8 to Jan Meuleman, Attach, Directorate-General for Development Cooperation, Special Program[...] |
2008-04-09 05:24:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PHUM PREL EAID IZ SY BE |
08BRUSSELS54 | AFGHANISTAN: EU OFFICIALS SUPPORT ASHDOWN AND [...]) Summary: Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Eric Edelman and State Department Counselor Eliot Cohen met with EU Council Secretari[...] |
2008-01-11 16:19:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | AF AID BE EU EUN IO PGOV PREL PTER SNAR NATO |
08BRUSSELS575 | BELGIANS RECEIVE UNMEE TERMINATION TEXT [...][...] |
2008-04-17 05:07:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL UNSC KPKO ET ER BE |
08BRUSSELS582 | BELGIUM CLARIFIES ITS ROLE IN AFGHANISTAN [...]) SUMMARY: In the context of opposition calls reported in the media for Belgium to press NATO partners for a clear "exit strategy"[...] |
2008-04-18 05:01:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS NATO EAID AF BE |
08BRUSSELS596 | EU: SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF DOL A/S FOULKE [...][...] |
2008-04-21 14:47:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB PREL PGOV EUN BE |
08BRUSSELS598 | EU: SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF DOL A/S FOULKE [...]our upcoming visit to Brussels will include calls on European Commission officials in the Labor and Social Affairs Directorate and par[...] |
2008-04-21 15:50:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB PREL PGOV EUN BE |
08BRUSSELS630 | BELGIAN MFA ON BELGIAN AID ALONG RWANDAN BORDER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Over the course of a meeting on April 18, Paul Jansen, the Belgian MFA desk officer for Rwanda and Burundi, explain[...] |
2008-04-24 14:54:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | BE PGOV PREL RWANDA CONGO |
08BRUSSELS644 | BELGIUM'S DIRECTOR OF CUSTOMS RUNNING HARD TO BE [...]UMMARY: Belgium's Director General of Customs, Noel Colpin, is running hard to be elected as the new Secretary General of the World Cu[...] |
2008-04-28 14:28:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD BE |
08BRUSSELS647 | BELGIAN MFA ON ZIMBABWE: AGREE ON SERIOUSNESS OF [...]C) Acting P/E Counselor delivered the points in reftel to Guy Trouveroy, Director, African Affairs, at the Belgian Foreign Ministry. [...] |
2008-04-28 15:02:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC ZI BE AU |
08BRUSSELS661 | BRIEFING BELGIUM ON FOREIGN FIGHTERS [...]S/NF) Post continues to follow up with the Belgians regarding the Belgium-specific information on the flow of foreign terrorists into [...] |
2008-04-30 11:40:00 | Embassy Brussels | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PTER BE |
08BRUSSELS682 | DEMARCHE ON BURMA'S CONSTITUTIONAL REFERENDUM [...][...] |
2008-05-06 16:06:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC PGOV PHUM PREL BM BE |
08BRUSSELS684 | BELGIAN LEADERS TRY TO AVOID A GOVERNMENT CRISIS: [...]) SUMMARY: Belgium's political parties are again locked in intense negotiations over a plan to redistrict the Brussels-Halle-Vilvoorde[...] |
2008-05-07 10:35:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL BE |
08BRUSSELS690 | EMBASSY BRUSSELS OUTREACH TO DEMOCRACY ACTIVISTS [...]) Over the past year, the Embassy has promoted the President's Freedom Agenda in numerous ways. Post regularly works with the Belgia[...] |
2008-05-08 13:18:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL BE |
08BRUSSELS698 | IN BELGIAN POLITICS, CARPE DIEM MEANS SEIZE THE [...]SBU) Summary: After much concerted effort, the governing parties managed to avoid a political crisis over the redistricting of Brussel[...] |
2008-05-09 13:50:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL BE |
08BRUSSELS709 | DEMARCHE TO BELGIUM:FRENCH UNSC RESOLUTION ON BURMA [...][...] |
2008-05-13 15:04:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM UNSC BM BE |
08BRUSSELS719 | BELGIAN MINISTERS VISIT DRC [...][...] |
2008-05-14 14:47:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL BE DRC CH |
08BRUSSELS75 | SOUGHIR TERRORISM TRIAL ENDS IN STIFF SENTENCES [...]) A Belgian court convicted Bilal Soughir and five other men January 10 under Belgium's 2003 antiterrorism law. The six were on trial[...] |
2008-01-16 10:30:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PTER BE |
08BRUSSELS795 | GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT NUCLEAR TERRORISM: [...]COUNS delivered reftel points to Filip De Clerq, nonproliferation desk officer at the Belgian MFA on May 21. De Clerq said that the EU[...] |
2008-05-28 12:47:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PTER KGIC PREL BE |
08BRUSSELS813 | IAEA: THE CONVENTION ON SUPPLEMENTARY COMPENSATION [...]COUNS passed points in reftel to MFA Non-Proliferation Office on May 23. On May 30, the desk officer in the office relayed a response[...] |
2008-05-30 08:38:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP TRGY ENRG KSTC IAEA PARM BE |
08BRUSSELS814 | BELGIUM TO FORGIVE 80% OF IRAQI DEBT [...]t the Stockholm Conference on Iraq, Belgian State Secretary for Foreign Affairs Olivier Chastel stated that Belgium is willing to forg[...] |
2008-05-30 09:14:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN EAID IZ BE |
08BRUSSELS819 | BELGIUM DIPLOMATS IN DISARRAY OVER CONGO [...]C) SUMMARY: Diplomatic relations between Belgium and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) are at a low point as Congolese offic[...] |
2008-05-30 15:24:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM DRC CH BE |
08BRUSSELS828 | BELGIUM: INFORMATION ON FORCED LABOR AND CHILD [...]rticle 22b of the Belgian Constitution states that "each child has the right to the respect of its moral, physical, mental and sexual [...] |
2008-06-02 12:47:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI BE |
08BRUSSELS829 | IAEA/IRAN - BELGIUM WILL JOIN THE EU IN A STRONG [...][...] |
2008-06-02 15:00:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP MNUC PARM IR IAEA BE |
08BRUSSELS832 | BELGIUM SEEKING A SOLUTION TO THE UNMEE DILEMMA [...]SBU) Poloff delivered reftel points June 2 to Wilm Geurts and Rudi Brieven of the Belgian MFA UN Directorate, Security Council, and a[...] |
2008-06-02 15:56:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL UNSC KPKO PBTS ET ER BE |
08BRUSSELS847 | BELGIUM: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON IOM DG CANDIDATE [...][...] |
2008-06-04 09:12:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC PREF PREL SMIG BE |
08BRUSSELS858 | BELGIUM: UPDATES FOR LEADING GOVERNMENT AND [...][...] |
2008-06-06 11:35:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR PREL BE |
08BRUSSELS871 | BELGIANS DISAPPOINTED AT USG DECISION TO NO LONGER [...]SBU) PolOff met June 9 with Francine Chainaye, MFA Director for Human Rights Affairs, to discuss points in reftel. Chainaye said the[...] |
2008-06-09 15:15:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM BE |
08BRUSSELS897 | BELGIUM SUPPORTS AND WILL CONTRIBUTE TO THE [...]C) Poloff delivered reftel points June 12 to Hendrik Van de Velde, MFA Middle East Peace Process office. Van de Velde said Belgium i[...] |
2008-06-13 07:41:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KWBG PBTS PHUM IS BE |
08BRUSSELS910 | BELGIUM EXTENDS ITS UNIFIL MISSION UNTIL THE END [...][...] |
2008-06-16 13:49:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR LE BE |
08BRUSSELS943 | GETTING THE MOST OUT OF FOREIGN POLICY COOPERATION [...]C) Summary: The EU's Common and Foreign Security Policy (CFSP) increasingly drives Europe's foreign policy agenda. Practically, the[...] |
2008-06-20 08:56:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL EUN CFSP PGOV BE |
08BRUSSELS945 | GUANTANAMO DETAINEES -- SUGGESTIONS FOR A SPECIAL [...]C/NOFORN) Belgian Senator and OSCE Parliamentary Representative on Guantanamo Anne-Marie Lizin engaged in an open and frank discussio[...] |
2008-06-20 11:08:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | KDRG PHUM PTER OSCE PREL MOPS PINS BE |
08BRUSSELS962 | DIRECTOR WALTERS DISCUSSES DRUG FLOWS AND [...]) During his recent visit to Brussels, the Director of the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP), John Walters, d[...] |
2008-06-25 12:58:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | OVIP KCRM PREL SNAR PTER EUM BE CO MX |
08BRUSSELS974 | BELGIAN JUSTICE MINISTER SUPPORTS INCREASED [...]S/NOFORN) Ambassador Fox and PolCouns met June 24 with Belgian Justice Minister Jo Vandeurzen. Reactions from Vandeurzen, his diplom[...] |
2008-06-26 15:37:00 | Embassy Brussels | SECRET//NOFORN | ASEC PTER PGOV SOCI PINR PREL BE |
08BRUSSELS978 | PM POSITIVE ON WORKING WITH THE U.S. ON TERRORISM [...]S/NOFORN) At a special meeting arranged by Ambassador Fox, Prime Minister Yves Leterme, was briefed by C/GRPO and A/LAT on the develo[...] |
2008-06-27 08:39:00 | Embassy Brussels | SECRET//NOFORN | ASEC PTER PGOV PINR PREL BE |
08BRUSSELS991 | ENCOURAGING SUPPORT FOR UN 1267 SANCTIONS AND [...]C) Charge delivered the requested points to Wilm Geurts of the MFA's UN Directorate on the Security Council. Geurts said that Belgium[...] |
2008-06-30 13:53:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ETTC KTFN PREL PTER UNSC AG BE |
08DOHA827 | NUCLEAR POWER: MODELS AND ANTI-MODELS ABOUND AT [...]) On November 10-11, Ambassador Wolcott participated in the MENA Nuclear Energy Forum in Doha, Qatar, during which she delivered a spe[...] |
2008-11-25 07:27:00 | Embassy Doha | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG KNNP PARM PREL QA EG MU KU AE FR BE CA |
08GUATEMALA90 | VFM IBARRA DISCUSSES FOREIGN POLICY PRIORITIES [...]C) According to new Vice Foreign Minister Miguel Ibarra, the Colom Government will make a priority of maintaining productive, positive[...] |
2008-01-29 21:15:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV BE VE CU GT |
08KINSHASA390 | GOMA NOTES 04/24/08 - GOMA PROCESS: STANDING TOGETHER TO [...]) Summary: The Joint Technical Commission on Peace and Security raced for three days April 22-24 to complete the first block of tasks[...] |
2008-05-02 13:21:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS KPKO CG BE |
08KINSHASA410 | ANOTHER STEP ALONG A ROCKY ROAD: BELGIAN MINISTERS VISIT [...]SBU/NF) Summary: Belgian Foreign Minister Karel De Gucht's meetings with President Kabila April 20-21 in Kinshasa aggravated pre-exis[...] |
2008-05-11 13:47:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM EMIN CG BE |
08KINSHASA418 | 21st Meeting of JMG Task Force, May 9, 2008 [...]SBU) SUMMARY: Task Force members heard MONUC DDRRR director Philip Lancaster speak during most of the day's meeting, as the single ex[...] |
2008-05-12 11:20:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS KPKO CG BE |
08KINSHASA425 | International facilitation dinner with Malu Malu [...]) Summary: International Facilitation met with Abbe Appolinaire Malu Malu April 30 in Bukavu to discuss the CNDP, the Amani process an[...] |
2008-05-13 14:26:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS KPKO CG BE |
08KINSHASA428 | GOMA NOTES 05/02/08 - TEAM BUILDING: 20TH MEETING OF THE [...]BU) Summary: On May 2, Task Force members traveled by road to the Headquarters of the 6th Integrated Brigade (FARDC) in Kiwanja, Ruts[...] |
2008-05-15 06:07:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS KPKO CG BE |
08KINSHASA438 | GOMA NOTES - PARTNER'S PLAN FOR AMANI PROGRAM MOBILITY AND [...]SBU) Summary: Concerned that a crippled transportation infrastructure will slow down implementation of the Amani Program and humanita[...] |
2008-05-19 05:58:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS KPKO CG BE |
08KINSHASA439 | MASHAKO MISSION UNTIES PARECO KNOT [...]SBU) Summary: After three days of pressure from officials and facilitators of the Amani Program, PARECO-FAP leaders agreed on a list [...] |
2008-05-19 06:00:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS KPKO CG BE |
08KINSHASA448 | NKUNDA PUSHES FOR ACTION ON AMANI, NAIROBI [...]SBU) Summary: At a meeting in Kitchanga (Masisi Territory) on May 17, Laurent Nkunda told U.S. Goma Rep and Facilitation members that[...] |
2008-05-19 18:02:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS KPKO CG BE |
08KINSHASA460 | NOTES ON 22ND MEETING OF JMG TASK FORCE, FIELD TRIP, 16 MAY [...]SBU) Summary: The 22nd Task Force (TF) meeting was in the form of a field trip to Walikale on 16 May 2008, at the invitation of the C[...] |
2008-05-25 14:14:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS KPKO CG BE |
08KINSHASA465 | LOCAL REACTION TO ARREST OF JEAN-PIERRE BEMBA IS [...]SBU) The arrest in Brussels late May 24 of opposition leader Jean-Pierre Bemba appears to have taken the Congolese government and peop[...] |
2008-05-27 16:05:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC ECON PREL BE CT CG |
08KINSHASA519 | BELGIAN-DRC RELATIONS AT A NADIR [...]C) Summary: Diplomatic relations between the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Belgium remain tense following controversial statem[...] |
2008-06-12 13:55:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM BE CG |
08KINSHASA586 | CNDP UNHAPPY WITH GDRC AMANI PROVINCIAL STRUCTURES DECREE [...]SBU) Summary: U.S. Embassy Goma office and CNDP leadership met July 11 to discuss CNDP concerns about the GDRC decree establishing Ama[...] |
2008-07-14 16:01:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS KPKO CG BE |
08KINSHASA603 | JULY 18 MEETING OF JMG TASK FORCE DEALS WITH ANTI-FDLR [...]SBU) Summary: The 31st meeting of the Joint Monitoring Group Task Force on July 18 was, overall, a cordial gathering. U.S. members of[...] |
2008-07-22 12:45:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS KPKO CG BE |
08KINSHASA689 | GOMA ROUND-UP AUGUST 19 [...]SBU) EU representative Veronique Aulagnon told Goma PolOff August 19 that EU envoy Roeland van de Geer planned to attend the September[...] |
2008-08-21 15:33:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS KPKO CG BE |
08NEWDELHI525 | DELHI DIARY, FEB 11-15 [...]U) Below is a compilation of political highlights from Embassy New Delhi for February 11-15, 2008 that did not feature in our other re[...] |
2008-02-19 12:37:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV CASC IN BE |
08PARIS1172 | THE GOVERNMENT OF THE FRENCH-SPEAKING COMMUNITY OF BELGIUM [...]SBU) Summary: U.S. agencies, including those involved in international trade agreements, need to keep a careful eye on the efforts of[...] |
2008-06-23 06:21:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | UNESCO SCUL ETRD ECA BE XA |
08PARIS1418 | UNESCO BRIEFING ON THE NOVEMBER 2008 INTERNATIONAL [...]mmary: On June 27, 2008, UNESCO briefed Member States on the organization of the November 2008 International Conference on Education ([...] |
2008-07-24 14:20:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | UNESCO SCUL BE |
08PARISFR2220 | UNESCO DIRECTOR GENERAL CAMPAIGN: BELGIAN AND [...]C) SUMMARY: The Belgian Ambassador to UNESCO told Ambassador Oliver December 5 that Belgium does not support the candidacy of Egypt's[...] |
2008-12-08 16:58:00 | Mission UNESCO | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNESCO BE IT CO |
08QUITO433 | CORREA ADMINISTRATION COUNTEROFFENSIVE ON [...]) Summary: In the lead-up to the May 15 release of the Interpol report on the seized FARC computers, the Correa government is trying to strengthen its[...] |
2008-05-15 12:38:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER MOPS EC CO SP FR BE NU |
08STATE104207 | UPDATE ON IRAN SPECIFIC EXPORT CONTROL OUTREACH [...]) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. ---------- BACKGROUND ---------- ¶2. (SBU) [...] |
2008-09-30 15:30:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP PREL PARM IR MNUC UK GM FR BE IT SZ CH JP |
08STATE104496 | DESIGNATION OF THE ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN [...]C) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 4. ------------------ SUMMARY/BACKGROUND ------------------ [...] |
2008-09-30 20:49:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | AG AS AJ BE CH CY EG RE GM IN IR IT JA LY MY MT |
08STATE27868 | SPAIN ASKS FOR U.S. SUPPORT ON INVITATION TO AHLC [...]) Summary. The Spanish Charge d,Affaires to the United States presented a demarche to NEA Deputy Assistant Secretary Danin on March 1[...] |
2008-03-17 21:34:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KWBG ECON EAID IS SP BE UK NO |
08STATE36490 | BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE END-USE CHECK [...]is is an Action Request. See paragraphs 2 - 5. ¶2. The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) [...] |
2008-04-08 18:07:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | BE ETTC KOMC UV |
08STATE44522 | BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE END-USE CHECK [...]is is an Action Request. See paragraphs 2-4. ¶2. The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) r[...] |
2008-04-28 14:20:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KOMC BE NI |
08STATE58446 | THE WAY FORWARD ON UNMEE [...]is is an action request. Department requests action addressees in London, Paris, Moscow, and Brussels, to approach host governments, [...] |
2008-05-30 23:20:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL UNSC KPKO PBTS ET ER BE FR UK RS |
08STATE69339 | IMPLEMENTATION OF THE IRISL CARGO INSPECTION [...]U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 4. ---------------------- SUMMARY AND BACKGROUND ---------------[...] |
2008-06-27 15:56:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | AG AS AJ BE CH CY EG FR GM IN IR IT JA LY MY MT |
08STATE77144 | NUCLEAR FORENSICS EXPERTS PLAN PATH FORWARD [...]SBU) Summary: Atomic energy, law enforcement and policy experts from nearly 30 countries met in Sofia, Bulgaria June 17-19 under the [...] |
2008-07-17 20:44:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC BE KNNP PREL PTER ENRG MNUC |
08STATE77529 | MALAYSIAN PROLIFERATOR,S INTEREST IN BELGIAN DATA [...]U) This is an action request. Embassy Brussels, please see paragraph 3. ¶2. (S) Background/Objective: We have informati[...] |
2008-07-18 17:23:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET//NOFORN | PARM MTCRE PREL ETTC BE IR MY |
08STATE92637 | PROVIDING BELGIUM ADDITIONAL INFO ON MALAYSIAN [...]U) This is an action request. Embassy Brussels, please see paragraph 4. ¶2. (S) Background/Objective: In late July 2008[...] |
2008-08-28 18:53:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | PARM MTCRE PREL ETTC BE IR MY |
08STOCKHOLM511 | SWEDEN NOT DELAYING BUT SUPPORTS (SOME) EU [...]) Background: According to USEU Brussels sources, Sweden, among other EU members, are delaying the draft Common Position in UNSCR 1803[...] |
2008-07-17 13:43:00 | Embassy Stockholm | CONFIDENTIAL | EUN PREL PINR KNNP IR BE SW |
08USNATO85 | WELCOME TO NATO FOR A/S RICHARD A. BOUCHER AND MS. [...]ission welcomes Ambassador Richard A. Boucher, Assistant Secretary, and Ms. Caitlin Hayden, Bureau of South and SIPDIS [...] |
2008-03-04 13:18:00 | Mission USNATO | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL OTRA OVIP BE |
08USNATO98 | WELCOME TO NATO FOR SENATOR CHRISTOPHER DODD AND [...]ission welcomes The Honorable Christopher J. Dodd and traveling party March 16-18, 2008. Control officers for the visit are USNATO Po[...] |
2008-03-17 06:15:00 | Mission USNATO | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL OTRA OVIP BE |
08USUNNEWYORK857 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR U.S. MISSION TO THE [...]ountry Clearance is requested for James B. Donovan of the United States Mission New York to travel to The Hague the Netherlands; Bruss[...] |
2008-09-22 22:14:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA ICTY ICTR PREL PGOV BE NL TZ |
08WARSAW1176 | RATIFICATION OF US-EU EXTRADITION AND MUTUAL LEGAL [...]BU) DCM and Legatt delivered reftel demarche to Lukasz Redziniak, Under Secretary of State at the Ministry of Justice (MOJ) October 3.[...] |
2008-10-07 12:00:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CJAN EUN KCRM KJUST KTIA PGOV PREL BE EI GR |
09BRUSSELS1011 | GOVERNMENTS IN WALLONIA AND BRUSSELS IN PLACE [...][...] |
2009-07-23 15:54:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV BE |
09BRUSSELS1012 | INTERVIEW OF BELGIAN DEFENSE MINISTER PIETER DE CREM [...]mbassy wishes to provide Department with the text of the following interview of Belgian Defense Minister Pieter De Crem, which appeare[...] |
2009-07-23 15:54:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL MOPS AF BE |
09BRUSSELS1016 | BELGIUM: COOPERATION URGED ON UNHRC [...]U) Summary. With the U.S. a new member, and Belgium now president of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC), the time for co[...] |
2009-07-24 11:02:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PINR UN BE |
09BRUSSELS1023 | SCENESETTER FOR SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE HOLBROOKE'S [...]BU) Summary: Embassy Brussels warmly welcomes the visit of Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan Holbrooke and his meeti[...] |
2009-07-27 10:36:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MOPS EAID AF BE |
09BRUSSELS1044 | BELGIAN MP TO PROPOSE LAW BANNING NUCLEAR WEAPONS [...][...] |
2009-07-30 13:37:00 | Embassy Brussels | SECRET | MNUC MARR PREL BE |
09BRUSSELS1047 | SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE HOLBROOKE'S JULY 28 MEETING [...]C) Summary: Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan Richard Holbrooke met on July 28 with Yves Leterme, newly appointed F[...] |
2009-07-30 15:43:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR PGOV AF BE |
09BRUSSELS1053 | BELGIUM: SMALL IRANIAN PROTESTS REQUESTING U.S. [...]) Poloff met with three small groups of Iranians in front of the U.S. Embassy in Brussels on July 28, 29 and 31. Members of each group[...] |
2009-07-31 15:20:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PTER PGOV IZ IR BE ASEC |
09BRUSSELS1056 | BELGIUM: THREE REGIONAL INVESTMENT AGENCIES WORK TO ATTRACT [...]U) THIS REPORT IS FOR U.S. GOVERNMENT USE ONLY, AND SHOULD NOT BE POSTED ON THE INTERNET. SUMMARY ------- [...] |
2009-07-31 15:26:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ECON BE |
09BRUSSELS1068 | BELGIAN GOVERNMENT LIFTS IMMIGRATION STALEMATE [...]mmary: On July 17 the GOB agreed on new terms for dealing with the growing number of immigrants and asylum-seekers in Belgium. The ag[...] |
2009-08-04 13:41:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV BE |
09BRUSSELS107 | FLEMISH AND FRANCOPHONE LIBERAL PARTIES VIEWS ON [...]) Summary: During her January 14 visit to Brussels, EUR/WE Director Pamela Spratlen met with representatives of the francophone and th[...] |
2009-01-27 14:31:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL BE |
09BRUSSELS1097 | BELGIUM: DONOR SUPPORT FOR THE SOMALIA TFG [...][...] |
2009-08-07 15:24:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PTER EAID KPKO BE SO |
09BRUSSELS1118 | PERSPECTIVES FROM NEW DEPUTY PERMREP TO BELGIUM'S [...]C) Summary: Poloffs and Polintern met on August 5 with Thomas Lambert, Belgium's new Deputy Permanent Representative to the UN in New [...] |
2009-08-12 09:44:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL BE IS KN IR UNSC |
09BRUSSELS1120 | BELGIUM: CLOSER COORDINATION WITH U.S. AND OTHER [...]) Summary: In an August 5 meeting with Charge and Embassy political officers, the new Director of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' De[...] |
2009-08-12 15:29:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL BE RW CG EU |
09BRUSSELS1129 | BELGIUM: URGING STRONG REACTION TO AUNG SAN SUU [...][...] |
2009-08-13 12:51:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM BM BE |
09BRUSSELS1130 | BELGIAN OFFICIALS DISCUSS AFGHANISTAN WITH SENATE [...]) Summary: On August 10, two staff members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Douglas Frantz and Fulton Armstrong, met with a [...] |
2009-08-13 13:25:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS PREL EAID BE AF |
09BRUSSELS1164 | BELGOIM: FINANCIAL SECTOR SCENESETTER FOR CODEL SHELBY (AUGUST 28-30) [...][...] |
2009-08-20 16:41:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON BE |
09BRUSSELS1179 | BELGIUM: JOINING HANDS AGAINST FORCED MARRIAGES [...]U) The "Joining Hands Against Forced Marriages" (JHAFM) campaign came to Brussels on 19 May 2008. This coincided with a similar Belg[...] |
2009-08-25 15:51:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR SCUL KWMN BE |
09BRUSSELS1188 | SCENESETTER FOR S/E HOWARD WOLPE'S MEETING WITH [...]BU) Your visit will develop further the already close U.S. - Belgium strategic dialogue that has developed over the past year. MFA co[...] |
2009-08-27 13:57:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EAID MOPS MARR SOCI CG BE |
09BRUSSELS1194 | SCENESETTER FOR S/E HOWARD WOLPE'S MEETINGS WITH THE EUROPEAN UNION [...]BU) Your visit will be welcomed as an opportunity to deepen US-EU cooperation in the Great Lakes region. The EU has been heartened by[...] |
2009-08-28 12:14:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EAID BE ZF MASS |
09BRUSSELS1201 | BELGIUM: CLARIFYING THE U.S.-COLUMBIA DEFENSE [...][...] |
2009-09-01 06:52:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR PREL CO BE |
09BRUSSELS1208 | BELGIAN ATTENDANCE AT 64TH UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY [...]BU). Belgian Attendance at the 64th UN General Assembly. ¶A. The Head of State has no plans to attend. Ã[...] |
2009-09-03 13:22:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL OTRA OVIP KSEP CVIS UNGA BE |
09BRUSSELS1213 | BELGIUM DECIDES TO TAKE ONE GUANTANAMO DETAINEE [...]) The Belgian Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced on September 4 that Belgium "has accepted the request of the United States to rese[...] |
2009-09-04 14:32:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER BE |
09BRUSSELS1235 | BELGIUM: PRIORTIES FOR UNHRC 12TH SESSION, [...]BU) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Sandrine Platteau, Attach for human rights at the Belgian Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Sept[...] |
2009-09-11 15:56:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL BE |
09BRUSSELS124 | BELGIAN LAW BANNING DEPLETED URANIUM TO TAKE [...]) This is an action request, see para 8. ¶2. (C) Summary: A law passed in 2007 banning depleted uranium (DU) munitions a[...] |
2009-01-28 16:59:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR MOPS MNUC BE |
09BRUSSELS1249 | BELGIUM WILL NOT PARTICIPATE IN ORAL ARGUMENTS ON [...]) On September 8, Poloff met with Luc Liebaut, Director of the Department of South-East Europe in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Li[...] |
2009-09-16 15:35:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC PREL ICJ KV BE |
09BRUSSELS125 | BELGIUM AND THE DRC: RELATIONS RENEWED BUT [...]) Summary: PolOff and PolIntern met January 28 with Belgian MFA Africa contacts to discuss the restoration of Belgium - DR Congo rela[...] |
2009-01-28 18:22:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM MOPS CG RW BE |
09BRUSSELS1258 | BELGIUM: RESPONSE TO UNGA 64 GOALS AND OBJECTIVES [...]) PolEconOff and PolEconIntern met September 16 with Future MFA DG for UN Relations Marie Louise Vanherk to discuss reftel UNGA Priori[...] |
2009-09-18 07:55:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNGA BE |
09BRUSSELS1260 | BELGIUM: IN BROAD AGREEMENT WITH U.S. POSITIONS IN [...]) SUMMARY: The Belgian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) has similar positions on the upcoming 12th Session of the United Nations Hum[...] |
2009-09-18 11:21:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PINR UN BE |
09BRUSSELS1261 | BELGIUM MAY NOT BE READY FOR GUANTANAMO DETAINEE [...][...] |
2009-09-18 14:54:00 | Embassy Brussels | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PTER BE |
09BRUSSELS1268 | BELGIUM ON UNGA WALKOUT REDLINES [...][...] |
2009-09-21 11:41:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNGA BE |
09BRUSSELS1279 | BELGIUM: NO MORE GUANTANAMO DETAINEES FOR NOW, BUT [...]) Summary: At his September 17 meeting with Franciskus Van Daele, Chief of Staff of the Belgian Foreign Minister, the U.S. Special Env[...] |
2009-09-22 16:36:00 | Embassy Brussels | SECRET | PTER PREL PREF BE |
09BRUSSELS1285 | BELGIAN LEGISLATORS WRITE TO URGE U.S. CONGRESS TO [...]) On September 21, nine members of the Belgian parliament sent a letter to U.S. Representatives Ed Pastor and Rodney Frelinghuysen, an[...] |
2009-09-23 15:38:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | MNUC MARR PREL PGOV BE |
09BRUSSELS129 | BELGIUM: GOVERNMENT FULLY SUPPORTS EU LINE AGAINST [...]conoff met January 28 with Jana Zikmundova, Minister Counselor at the Belgian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Director of Trade Po[...] |
2009-01-29 13:53:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ETRD BE |
09BRUSSELS1293 | THE SECRETARY'S MEETING WITH BELGIAN FOREIGN [...]BU) SUMMARY: Madame Secretary, In your first meeting with Belgian Foreign Minister (former Primer Minister) Yves Leterme in New York,[...] |
2009-09-24 15:43:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV BE |
09BRUSSELS130 | BELGIUM ON TRACK TO RATIFY CROATIA AND ALBANIA [...][...] |
2009-01-29 14:24:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | KTIA MARR NATO PARM PREL BE |
09BRUSSELS1313 | BELGIAN MFA HINTS AT POSITIONS PRIOR TO GLCG [...]) Belgian Congo Desk Officer Hugues Chantry and Rwanda/Burundi Desk Officer Stephane Doppagne shared some Belgian ideas on Great Lakes[...] |
2009-09-30 06:06:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOG CG RW BE |
09BRUSSELS1314 | BELGIUM'S PERSPECTIVE ON UNHRC [...]) This is an action request, please see paragraph six. ¶2. (U) Poloffs met July 13 with MFA Director for Human Rights Fran[...] |
2009-09-30 06:06:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM UN PINR BE |
09BRUSSELS132 | AFGHANISTAN: CAN THE EU BE A STRONGER PARTNER IN [...]/NF) Summary and comment. We currently have a window of opportunity to lay the groundwork for more EU contributions in Afghanistan. [...] |
2009-01-29 16:36:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PTER SNAR NATO MARR AF AID BE EAID |
09BRUSSELS1345 | BELGIUM: MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS VIEWS ON EU [...]C) SUMMARY: Belgium's foreign policy priorities in the EU include the EU's policy towards Belgium's former colonies, toward those cou[...] |
2009-10-02 16:22:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV BE EU |
09BRUSSELS1352 | BELGIUM: BLUE LANTERN BROKER INQUIRY - CASE NO. [...] requested reftel, Poloff and Polintern made a site visit to Wim Robberechts & Co., NV (hereinafter "Robberechts") on October 1 in Die[...] |
2009-10-07 13:25:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KOMC BE |
09BRUSSELS1355 | BELGIUM: ENERGY MINISTER WANTS TO EXTEND OLDEST NUCLEAR [...]U) On October 1, Energy and Environment Minister Paul Magnette (Parti Socialiste) announced that he had agreed with Prime Minister Her[...] |
2009-10-09 06:12:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ENRG ETRD EINV BE |
09BRUSSELS1360 | BELGIAN VIEWS ON IRANIAN PROLIFERATION AND [...]) Summary: In a joint demarche, political officers from the United States, the United Kingdom and France urged Werner Bauwens, the Bel[...] |
2009-10-09 14:28:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | MNUC PREL PGOV IR BE |
09BRUSSELS1378 | URGENT DEMARCHE REQUESTON THE GOLDSTONE REPORT [...][...] |
2009-10-14 11:30:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM UN PINR BE |
09BRUSSELS1383 | BLUE LANTERN BROKER INQUIRY ON MICHAEL MITCHELL, [...]) Summary: Pursuant to reftel request, Poloff and polintern met with Michael Mitchell, President of Aero Systems, SA, on October 5, 20[...] |
2009-10-15 11:44:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KOMC BE |
09BRUSSELS1394 | EPC GMO DEBATE : RISK OR OPPORTUNITY FOR EUROPE ? [...]UMMARY: On October 15 in Brussels, the European Policy Center (EPC) hosted a lively debate on the role of genetically modified organis[...] |
2009-10-16 15:26:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB EAGR PGOV OPIC BE |
09BRUSSELS1425 | BELGIUM'S GOALS FOR THE AFRICAN GREAT LAKES REGION [...]) SUMMARY: Ambassador Gutman hosted a luncheon October 8 with the Belgian MFA Africa team and the Chief of Staff to Belgium's Minister[...] |
2009-10-23 15:55:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM EAID SOCI CG BE |
09BRUSSELS1427 | AMBASSADOR GUTMAN'S OCTOBER 29 MEETING WITH [...]//NF//ORCON) Summary: Ambassador Gutman met October 22 with Foreign Minister Leterme and his Chief of Staff Frans Van Daele. FM Lete[...] |
2009-10-23 17:57:00 | Embassy Brussels | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PINR PHUM UN BE |
09BRUSSELS1430 | BELGIUM: PRIORITES DELIEVERED FOR THE 64TH UN [...][...] |
2009-10-26 12:57:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM UN PINR BE |
09BRUSSELS1469 | BELGIUM'S PERSPECTIVE ON THE 12TH SESSION OF THE [...]) Summary: The Belgian MFA Human Rights Department coordinator, Lieke Biesemans, requested earlier consultation on resolutions simila[...] |
2009-10-29 10:26:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM UN PINR BE |
09BRUSSELS1487 | BELGIUM GENERALLY WILLING TO SUPPORT UN RESOLUTION [...]) Summary: Belgium believes the UNGA resolution sponsored by the Arab Group is acceptable with few changes. However, the text it is w[...] |
2009-11-03 15:58:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PTER KPAL IS BE |
09BRUSSELS1488 | BELGIUM'S FINANCE MINISTER ON FINANCIAL RECOVERY, [...]C) SUMMARY: Belgian Finance Minister Didier Reynders said Belgium is establishing a new supervisory system for banks in Belgium whic[...] |
2009-11-03 06:00:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON PGOV UNGA SENV BE |
09BRUSSELS1500 | BELGIUM SET TO ABSTAIN ON GOLDSTONE REPORT [...]C) The Chief of Staff to Belgium's Foreign Minister, Franciskus Van Daele, told the Ambassador and POL/ECON Counselor November 4 that[...] |
2009-11-05 15:22:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PTER KPAL IS BE |
09BRUSSELS1503 | Belgium: 2010 Budget: First Step on Long Road Back to [...]) This cable is for internal U.S. Government use only and is not to be posted on the Internet. SUMMARY ------- [...] |
2009-11-06 13:59:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EINV ELAB ENRG BE |
09BRUSSELS1511 | BELGIUM AGREES WITH IMPORTANCE OF COORDINATION ON [...]) Poloff delivered reftel points on the importance of coordination among allies of criteria for appointment of Afghan provincial gove[...] |
2009-11-10 16:07:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL NATO BE AF |
09BRUSSELS1512 | AMBASSADOR GUTMAN'S OCTOBER 16 MEETING WITH [...]) Summary: In a wide-ranging conversation with Belgian Defense Minister Peter De Crem, the Ambassador urged De Crem to take an active [...] |
2009-11-10 16:08:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR MNUC ECON BE |
09BRUSSELS1514 | BELGIUM: 2009-2010 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL [...]ith a major world port at Antwerp, an airport with connections throughout Africa, and its proximity to major consumers in the [...] |
2009-11-10 16:59:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR PGOV PREL KSEP BE |
09BRUSSELS1515 | UN TERRORISM SANCTIONS: REFORM SEMINAR [...]C) On October 15-16, Belgium sponsored a &Seminar on Strengthening the UN Targeted Sanctions through Fair and Clear Procedures8 to dis[...] |
2009-11-10 17:20:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | BE CH EFIN ETTC EUN FR KTFN PTER SZ UK UNSC |
09BRUSSELS1521 | BELGIAN PM VAN ROMPUY HARD TO REPLACE IF HE [...]) Summary: The Belgian media and academics believe PM Herman Van Rompuy is the most likely candidate for EU President. Van Rompuy ha[...] |
2009-11-13 08:16:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PINR BE |
09BRUSSELS1524 | TERRORISM SANCTIONS REFORM: EU VIEWS AND PROCEDURES [...]C//NF) In preparation for a Belgium-sponsored conference on UN targeted sanctions reform (REFTEL), USEU held separate meetings with sa[...] |
2009-11-13 16:28:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ETTC KTFN PTER UNSC EFIN KJUS PINR EUN BE |
09BRUSSELS1525 | BELGIUM: DEMARCHE TO EU MEMBERS ON SANCTIONS POLICY [...][...] |
2009-11-13 16:53:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM EUN BO BE |
09BRUSSELS1529 | BLUE LANTERN BROKER INQUIRY ON MARK A. DECOSTER, [...]ummary. Pursuant to reftel request, Polintern met with Marc A. Decoster, president of Life Support Consulting, on 7 October 2009. Th[...] |
2009-11-16 17:43:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KOMC BE |
09BRUSSELS1552 | AMBASSADOR GUTMAN'S NOVEMBER 13 MEETING WITH UNGA [...]) The Ambassador met privately with Louis Michel, former Foreign Minister of Belgium and European Commissioner for Development, on Nov[...] |
2009-11-20 12:06:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KBIO UNGA BE |
09BRUSSELS1554 | BELGIUM: JEWISH LEADERS CONCERNED BY ANTI-SEMITISM [...]SBU) SUMMARY: A diverse range of opinions were voiced at the October 21 Jewish Leader roundtable. Anti-Semitism in Belgium [...] |
2009-11-20 12:57:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV SCUL IS BE |
09BRUSSELS1556 | BELGIUM: JEWISH LEADERS CONCERNED BY ANTI-SEMITISM [...]SBU) SUMMARY: A diverse range of opinions were voiced at the October 21 Jewish Leader roundtable. Anti-Semitism in Belgium [...] |
2009-11-20 15:21:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV SCUL IS BE |
09BRUSSELS1563 | BELGIUM: REVIEW FOR SUSPENSION OF TITLE III OF THE [...]) SUMMARY: Belgium follows the EU common position regarding promotion of human rights and democracy in Cuba. GOB has not made any rece[...] |
2009-11-23 06:57:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | CU ETRD ETTC PREL BE |
09BRUSSELS1570 | BELGIUM: SUPPLEMENTAL FUNDING REQUEST FOR UPCOMING [...]U) Summary: On July 1, 2010, Belgium will assume the presidency of the EU council. Effective USG representation with Belgium will be[...] |
2009-11-23 14:57:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AFIN AMGT PREL BE |
09BRUSSELS1579 | BELGIUM: KING ASKS FORMER PM MARTENS TO SMOOTH PATH [...]BU) After current Belgian Prime Minister Herman Van Rompuy was selected on November 19 as the first permanent President of the Europea[...] |
2009-11-24 13:59:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL BE |
09BRUSSELS1580 | SCENESETTER FOR BILATERAL MEETINGS WITH BELGIAN [...]) Summary: Madame Secretary, Embassy Brussels welcomes your visit to Brussels on December 3-4 and your meetings with the in-coming Belgian Prime Minis[...] |
2009-11-24 14:00:00 | Embassy Brussels | SECRET | PREL PGOV MARR ECON BE AF |
09BRUSSELS1581 | AMBASSADOR GUTMAN'S NOVEMBER 9 MEETING WITH [...]ummary: The Ambassador paid an initial courtesy call on Charles Michel, Belgium's Minister for Development Cooperation, on November 9[...] |
2009-11-24 15:34:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID PGOV BE AF CG |
09BRUSSELS1582 | BELGIUM: NEW LETERME GOVERNMENT EXPECTED NOVEMBER [...][...] |
2009-11-24 16:19:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PINR BE |
09BRUSSELS1583 | BELGIUM: SUPPORTING MACEDONIA'S EU MEMBERSHIP AND [...][...] |
2009-11-24 16:31:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EU EUN GR MK BE |
09BRUSSELS1587 | BELGIUM: OPPOSING UNGA RESOLUTIONS WITH [...][...] |
2009-11-25 06:07:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNGA KPAL IS BE |
09BRUSSELS1592 | BELGIUM: LETERME II GOVERNMENT SWORN IN NOVEMBER 25 [...]) A new Belgian government was sworn in by King Albert II on Wednesday, November 25, highlighted by the return of Flemish Christian De[...] |
2009-11-25 15:47:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR BE |
09BRUSSELS1596 | BELGIUM: U.S. POSTURE ON IRAN'S NUCLEAR PROGRAM [...]C) SUMMARY: Poloff met on November 24 with the Belgian Special Envoy for Disarmament and Non-Proliferation, Werner Bauwens, before Ba[...] |
2009-11-27 06:32:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP IR PREL BE |
09BRUSSELS1605 | GTIP DEPUTY DIRECTOR NAN KENNELLY'S MEETINGS IN [...]) Summary. GTIP Deputy Director Nan Kennelly met October 16 with Justice Ministry officials, a federal police officer in Antwerp, and[...] |
2009-11-30 16:03:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KTIP PREL BE |
09BRUSSELS1622 | BELGIAN GOVERNMENT TO SUPPORT NEW APPROACH ON [...]C) SUMMARY: The Belgian government is prepared to welcome the new administration policy on Afghanistan. The Minister of Defense wil[...] |
2009-12-02 15:00:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR AF PK BE |
09BRUSSELS1629 | SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE HOLBROOKE'S DECEMBER 2 [...]) Summary: On December 2, Richard Holbrooke discussed President Obama's newly announced Afghanistan strategy with Steven Vanackere, t[...] |
2009-12-03 13:38:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR AF BE |
09BRUSSELS1632 | BELGIUM: BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: [...]BU) In response to reftel request to establish the bona fides of end-user Olivier Robert, PolEcon Intern telephoned Robert on November[...] |
2009-12-03 16:54:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC KOMC BE |
09BRUSSELS1633 | DHS SECRETARY NAPOLITANO'S NOVEMBER 6 MEETING WITH [...]) Summary: DHS Secretary Napolitano met November 6 with Belgian Minister of Interior Annemie Turtelboom to promote information sharing[...] |
2009-12-03 17:14:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL PGOV KTFN KHLS KISL BE EU |
09BRUSSELS1634 | BELGIUM: OUTREACH FOR DPRK UNIVERSAL PERIODIC [...][...] |
2009-12-04 09:50:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM AORC SOCI UNGA BE |
09BRUSSELS1635 | BELGIUM: PRESSING FOR DIALOGUE IN BURMA [...][...] |
2009-12-04 09:50:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV BM BE |
09BRUSSELS164 | BELGIUM ACCEPTS INVITATION TO JOIN PIRACY CONTACT [...]) On February 3 Poloff met with Pol De Witte, Director for Security Policy at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. De Witte said that Bel[...] |
2009-02-05 06:23:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | AL EWWT KCRM PBTS PHSA BE |
09BRUSSELS1646 | VLAAMS BELANG BLUES: LONG STANDING PARTY DIVISIONS [...]BU) SUMMARY: The long-festering divisions inside the far-right Vlaams Belang (VB) have resulted in an open rift, with three party main[...] |
2009-12-07 17:05:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM BE |
09BRUSSELS1666 | SCENESETTER FOR BELGIAN DEFENSE MINISTER PIETER DE [...]) Summary: Belgian Defense Minister Pieter De Crem has been in office since March 2008 and is one of the United States' strongest frie[...] |
2009-12-11 15:40:00 | Embassy Brussels | SECRET | PREL PGOV MARR MNUC BE AF |
09BRUSSELS1703 | AMBASSADOR CONFRONTS SKEPTICISM OF BELGIUM'S [...]) SUMMARY: The Ambassador hosted a lunch attended by five members of the Belgian Senate Commission on Foreign Affairs and Defense on [...] |
2009-12-18 17:38:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL MNUC SENV BE |
09BRUSSELS1708 | BELGIUM: COUNTRY TERRORISM REPORT 2009 [...]bassy point of contact for this report is Political Economic Officer Aaron Jensen. Email: JensenAW@state.gov ¶2. Begin te[...] |
2009-12-21 15:29:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER ASEC BE |
09BRUSSELS171 | EU INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT, 2009 [...]er reftel, this is the 2009 Investment Climate Statement for the European Union. Post will email Word versions as instructed in refte[...] |
2009-02-06 11:28:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB PGOV OPIC BE |
09BRUSSELS1718 | BRUSSELS APPELLATE COURT ACQUITS DHKP-C OF [...]) Belgian media reported December 23 that the Brussels Appellate Court found the six defendants in the on-going DHKP-C (Revolutionary [...] |
2009-12-23 15:50:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL PGOV KISL TU BE |
09BRUSSELS1725 | BELGIUM: SECURITY EXERCISE TESTS POLICE RESPONSE [...]) Information in paragraph 4 about the Belgian Design Basis Threat for the BR-2 nuclear research reactor is classified SECRET by Belg[...] |
2009-12-24 10:38:00 | Embassy Brussels | SECRET | ENRG KNNP TRGY TPHY EUN BE |
09BRUSSELS173 | BELGIUM: WIDER IMPLICATIONS OF BELGIAN [...]U) This is a combined message from Embassy Brussels and USEU Brussels. See action request paras 7-9. Background ====[...] |
2009-02-06 17:40:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON EAIR BE |
09BRUSSELS1737 | MINISTER OF INTERIOR DEFENDS GO-SLOW ATTITUDE [...]) Summary: The Ambassador met with Minister of Interior Annemie Turtelboom on December 16 to discuss possible contributions to police [...] |
2009-12-30 16:05:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID PREL PGOV BE AF |
09BRUSSELS1739 | URGING BELGIUM TO STEP UP EFFORTS IN AFGHANISTAN [...]ummary: (C) Embassy Brussels has been conducting an intense campaign to encourage Belgium to step up its efforts to extend and increas[...] |
2009-12-31 13:14:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR EAID AF BE |
09BRUSSELS188 | YOUR MEETING WITH BELGIAN FOREIGN MINISTER DE GUCHT [...]eneral Petraeus, your meeting with Belgian Foreign Minister Karel De Gucht comes at an ideal time to reinforce our efforts to secure g[...] |
2009-02-10 13:15:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS PREL AF BE |
09BRUSSELS189 | YOUR MEETING WITH BELGIAN FOREIGN MINISTER DE GUCHT [...]) General Petraeus, your meeting with Belgian Foreign Minister Karel De Gucht comes at an ideal time to reinforce our efforts to secur[...] |
2009-02-10 15:06:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS PREL AF BE |
09BRUSSELS192 | BELGIUM: NO FOREIGN POLICY OBJECTION TO PROPOSED [...]U) The Embassy has no concerns or objections regarding any foreign policy implications in the awarding of this grant that involves pa[...] |
2009-02-11 10:12:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | OSCI ABUD AFIN KSCA TBIO BE |
09BRUSSELS196 | BELGIAN COMPANY EXMAR SEES OPPORTUNITIES IN GAS CRISIS [...]ring the regular natural gas disputes between Russia and some of its (former) client states that also affected Europe, Belgian gas supplies were never[...] |
2009-02-11 14:10:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG EPET EU BE |
09BRUSSELS203 | BELGIANS READY TO ACCEPT EXPANSION OF AFGHAN ARMY [...]) Summary: On February 10 Charge discussed Belgium's reported opposition to expansion of the Afghan National Army (ANA) trust fund to [...] |
2009-02-12 17:06:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR NATO PINR AF BE |
09BRUSSELS204 | BELGIUM: SHAREHOLDERS SAY 'NO' TO FORTIS BANK [...]SBU) Shareholders of Fortis Holding on February 12 narrowly rejected the Government of Belgium's (GOB) October 2008 purchase of Forti[...] |
2009-02-12 17:29:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON BE |
09BRUSSELS209 | BELGIUM TO REFUSE EXPORT LICENSES FOR ARMS TO [...]) On February 2 the Belgian Federal government held a consultation with the Flemish, Walloon and Brussels regional authorities respons[...] |
2009-02-13 09:49:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL BE IS |
09BRUSSELS21 | BELGIUM MLAT UPDATE [...][...] |
2009-01-08 14:00:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | CJAN EUN KCRM KTIA PGOV PREL BE |
09BRUSSELS227 | CENTCOM'S GEN. PETRAEUS MEETS WITH BELGIAN FOREIGN [...]C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: CENTCOM Commander David Petraeus gave Belgium's Foreign Minister Karel De Gucht a tour d'horizon of political[...] |
2009-02-18 10:48:00 | Embas |