Identifier | Subject | Date | Office | Classification | Tags |
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01HARARE672 |
SWEDISH AMBASSADOR EXPLAINS SWEDEN'S AID [...] (C) SUMMARY: RELATIONS BETWEEN ZIMBABWE AND SWEDEN FELL TO AN ALL-TIME LOW DURING THE FIRST WEEK OF FEBRUARY AS THE SWEDISH GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCED THAT IT HAD SUSPENDED BILATERAL AID TO THE GOVERNMENT OF ZIMBABWE. ZIMBABWEAN FOREIGN MINISTER STANISLAUS MUDENGE RESPONDED ANGRILY, SAYING THAT HI [...] |
2001-02-08 15:23:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID PHUM KDEM PINR ZI SW |
02AMMAN2649 |
DEATH OF SWEDISH DIPLOMAT ON ROAD FROM BAGHDAD MAY [...] (U) Jonas Weiss, Sweden's Amman-based Iraq Watcher, was killed in a car accident on the Amman-Baghdad road on Wednesday, May 22. Weiss was returning to Amman after spending several days making a periodic visit to Iraq. The accident took place at approximately 0430 in morning, about 100km wes [...] |
2002-05-23 14:27:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IZ SW JO |
02ANKARA8535 |
TURKEY: POSSIBLE VISIT BY SWEDISH FM COULD BOOST [...] (C) Anne Dismoor, Swedish Ambassador to Turkey, told poloff at a November 20 reception that she was hopeful Swedish FM Lindh would visit Turkey soon. According to Dismoor, Lindh canceled her trip last year after GOT officials stated she would have to cancel a planned visit to Diyarbakir, a so [...] |
2002-11-22 11:03:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM SW TU |
03AMMAN7586 |
SWEDISH EMBASSY SEEKS HELP LOCATING SWEDISH [...] (U) Action Request for CPA Baghdad. See paragraph 5. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (C) Post has been contacted several times by Amman-based Swedish diplomats seeking welfare and whereabouts assistance for a Swedish detainee held in Iraq. The Embassy has been able to ascertain from the C [...] |
2003-11-22 17:28:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IZ SW JO |
03AMMAN7688 |
POST SECURES IRAQI PASSPORTS FROM IRAQI MISSION; [...] (U) Action request for Department. See paragraph 5. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (C) On November 23, PolOff picked up from the Iraqi mission in Amman more than 3,500 blank Iraqi ordinary, service and diplomatic passports along with passport stickers. Post seeks Department guidance on pr [...] |
2003-11-24 16:01:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL BA CE CH FI RS SW SZ JO |
03HANOI2650 |
POLITICS AND MONEY: VIETNAM AND THE KOREAS [...] (SBU) Summary: Vietnam's relationships with both Koreas are growing. ROK-Vietnam relations are likely to continue to expand, especially economically, while Hanoi-Pyongyang relations will develop more slowly. Vietnamese interlocutors are discouraged by their lack of access to or influence on [...] |
2003-10-17 00:19:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PARM ETRD ECON VM KN KS SW DPRK ASEAN |
03HANOI2860 |
VIETNAM'S EXPERIENCE WITH HUMAN RIGHTS DIALOGUES [...] (SBU) Summary: Vietnam's series of human rights dialogues with foreign governments are broad-based and generally non-confrontational. Many are linked to ongoing aid programs related to governance reform, but few dialogues result in -- or are expected to - produce concrete short- term results [...] |
2003-11-07 02:35:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL PGOV SW SZ AS NO VM HUMANR |
04BRATISLAVA684 |
SLOVAKIA POLITICAL ROUNDUP JULY 19, 2004 [...] (SBU) The Slovak military police have prepared a two to three month training plan for about twenty Iraqi policemen at the military academy in Liptovsky Mikulas. MOD Desk Officer for the United States, Jan Hradisky, said the military academy is ready now; they are just awaiting a request from th [...] |
2004-07-20 05:47:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR MARR LO SW IZ |
04BRUSSELS5032 |
SIGNING BILATERAL INSTRUMENTS TO U.S.-EU [...] No summary [...] |
2004-11-29 09:30:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | BE CASC FI KCRM PREL SW EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
04THEHAGUE2273 |
GRANTS COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR U.S. DEPARTMENT OF [...] Country Clearance is granted for John M. Linkletter for travel to The Netherlands September 11, 2004 and September 15 thru 20, 2004. 2. Embassy points of contact for the visit are economic officers Richard Huff (31-70-310-9270); huffrx@state.gov) and Joe Trimble (31-70-310-9274); trimblej [...] |
2004-09-08 15:32:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB OTRA SW GM NL ILO |
05BRATISLAVA430 |
SWEDISH DG FOR POL AFFAIRS ON SWEDEN AND THE UN [...] On May 31, the Swedish Embassy in Bratislava hosted a seminar on Global Security and the United Nations (UN), in conjunction with the Slovak Foreign Policy Association, as part of their commemoration of the 100th anniversary of the birth of Dag Hammarskojld. As part of the morning program, A [...] |
2005-06-06 09:08:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV SW LO UNSC |
05CAIRO2481 |
GAINING SUPPORT FROM EGYPT ON MAGON DAVID ADOM [...] (C) During a March 29 meeting with Ambassador Ahmed Fathalla, MFA Assistant Minister for Multilateral Affairs, the Acting DCM requested Egyptian support for a possible Swiss-convened conference on a Third Protocol and inclusion of Israel's Magen David Adom (MDA) national society into the Red [...] |
2005-03-29 16:10:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PREF EG IS SW ICRC |
05CAIRO2515 |
MAGEN DAVID ADOM ISSUE: FOREIGN MINISTER COMMITS [...] (C) The Charge met with Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit March 30 to press the GOE to support a Swiss diplomatic conference on bringing Israel's Magen David Adom society into the Red Cross/Red Crescent Movement. (Other topics are reported septel/NOTAL.) Drawing on the points cont [...] |
2005-03-30 16:15:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PREF EG IS SW ICRC |
05CAIRO2875 |
PRESSING THE MAGEN DAVID ADOM ISSUE: SWISS ENVOY [...] (C) We learned from our Swiss Embassy contacts April 12 that the new Swiss Ambassador raised the issue of an international conference and the Third Protocol during an introductory meeting April 7 with MFA Assistant Minister for Multilateral Affairs Ahmed Fathalla. The senior Egyptian officia [...] |
2005-04-13 15:28:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PREF KPAL EG IS SW ICRC IFRC |
05CAIRO8376 |
MDA/THIRD PROTOCOL: SWISS READOUT ON FOREIGN [...] (C) Summary. The Swiss Embassy provided post with a readout of the October 28-29 visit to Egypt by Swiss Foreign Minister Micheline Calmy-Rey for consultations on the Third Protocol/Emblem issue. During her short stay, Calmy-Rey met with First Lady Suzanne Mubarak and Foreign Minister Ahmed [...] |
2005-11-01 11:53:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM KPAL EG SW IS UNGA ICRC MEPN |
05GENEVA2489 |
UNHCR EXCOM #6: BILATERALS COVER RESETTLEMENT AND [...] (U) Summary: In bilateral meetings with delegations from Romania, Canada, Sweden and Australia on the margins of the October 3-7 meeting of the Executive Committee (ExCom) of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), the US Delegation discussed modalities for increasing capaci [...] |
2005-10-14 11:27:00 | US Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PREL SMIG RO AS CA SW UNHCR |
05GENEVA2809 |
TRIPS COUNCIL, CHINA TRM, OCTOBER 25, 2005 [...] No summary [...] |
2005-11-17 04:07:00 | US Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED | KIPR ETRD KJUS PGOV CH JA SW CA WTRO EUN |
05HELSINKI924 |
FINNISH EFFORTS ON BEHALF OF UZBEK REFUGEES IN [...] (SBU) PolChief met August 24 with MFA Human Rights Unit Director Johanna Suurpaa and Legal Officer Janina Hasenson to request additional assurances regarding the 15 Uzbek refugees in Kyrgystan. Both reiterated their office's willingness to draft a note to Kyrgyz authorities in accordance with [...] |
2005-08-25 09:15:00 | Embassy Helsinki | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PREL PHUM NL SW FI KG UZ |
05MANAMA1672 |
EUR A/S FRIED MEETS WITH SWISS STATE SECRETARY [...] (SBU) Meeting held on November 11, 2005, 11:00, at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel in Manama, Bahrain 2. (SBU) Participants: U.S. A/S Fried Blake Thorkleson, NEA/MEPI Leslie Tsou (TDY Notetaker) Switzerland State Secretary Michael Ambuehl Guillaume Scheurer, MFA Minister Counselor 3. [...] |
2005-11-14 10:58:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KDEM KMPI BA SW |
05NEWDELHI2475 |
DELHI EU MEMBER STATE MISSIONS TAKE ROSY VIEW OF [...] (C) Summary: At a March 31 meeting of EU and "likeminded" countries hosted by the Danes, EU member state representatives evinced surprising optimism about the potential for a constituent assembly and constitutional changes to resolve the impasse in Nepal. We noted a clear preference for an I [...] |
2005-04-01 14:39:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM MASS KDEM IN NP BT DA NL SW SZ CA FR UK FI NO CH PK |
05RANGOON1235 |
ENGAGE BURMA: EUROPEAN VIEWS [...] (C) Summary: Recent meetings with all European diplomatic missions represented in Rangoon (plus two accredited missions resident in Bangkok) revealed waning support for advancing democracy and human rights in Burma, and growing interest in expanding humanitarian assistance. The British join u [...] |
2005-11-02 05:40:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL EAID SW FR GM UK YI IT EZ BM |
06ANKARA4964 |
TURKEY: DONORS' ASSISTANCE TO LEBANON [...] (SBU) Summary. At the August 31 donors meeting in Stockholm, Turkey will pledge assistance in the form of reconstruction projects, likely focused initially on the power sector. The GOT is looking for projects that contribute to long-term growth, understanding that it is also important to d [...] |
2006-08-28 15:12:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREL TU LE SW |
06ANKARA6600 |
SWEDISH FM BILDT IN TURKEY: EU ACCESSION TALKS [...] No summary [...] |
2006-12-06 16:12:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL TU EUN SW |
06BERN1571 |
STOCKHOLM DONORS CONFERENCE: SWISS AID TO LEBANON [...] No summary [...] |
2006-08-25 15:12:00 | Embassy Bern | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PREL SZ SW |
06DUBLIN401 |
IRELAND PLANNING A REDUCTION OF THE QRF IN [...] (C) Summary. On April 12th, POL/ECON Chief and DATT met with Irish Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) UN/Terrorism and Illicit Drugs Director John Deady and Deputy Director Brian Cahalane and separately with Deputy Political Director Colm O'Floinn and Desk Officer Louise Hartigan regarding t [...] |
2006-04-13 18:34:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPKO MARR NATO UN LI EI SW |
06DUBLIN467 |
IRELAND AND THE SWEDISH EXAMPLE: SUSPICIONS ON [...] (C) Post read reftel with interest, having confronted similar sensitivity from the Irish Government over a criminal deportation flight in late 2005 that was originally scheduled to transit Ireland. At the time, we quietly informed the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) that the charter flight [...] |
2006-04-27 16:42:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAIR MARR PGOV PINR SW EI |
06GENEVA2131 |
TAXATION OF UN MISSION RESIDENCES [...] Summary. Reftel requested information about Swiss taxation of foreign-owned diplomatic mission residences, and asked post to describe any USG or post-owned properties used as residences by US Mission personnel. Mission can confirm that there are no/no USG-owned properties used as residences [...] |
2006-09-01 05:08:00 | US Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT KLIG SW |
06JOHANNESBURG468 |
SWAZILAND: RECLISA CHILD LABOR CONFERENCE URGES FREE AND [...] Representatives of the Swazi Ministries of Education and of Enterprise and Employment, academia, NGOs and media, as well as the International Labor Organization (ILO), attended a conference on Child Labor in Manzini, Swaziland, from November 7-8. The conference, held under the auspices of the [...] |
2006-11-17 14:31:00 | Consulate Johannesburg | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB PHUM SOCI ECON SW |
06LISBON1870 |
PORTUGAL: DONORS' ASSISTANCE TO LEBANON [...] (SBU) Acting MFA Middle East Director Isabel Pedrosa informed Post that Portugal was unlikely to make any additional financial contributions to Lebanon (beyond the 200,000 euros already donated) for budgetary reasons until the end of the year at which time the government would review the situ [...] |
2006-09-01 15:17:00 | Embassy Lisbon | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PREL LE SW |
06MADRID2138 |
SPANISH HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE TO LEBANON [...] ECONOFF made reftel points August 25 to Spanish Agency for International Cooperation (AECI) officials Maria Eugenia Martin and Antonio Garcia Ferrer, urging Spain to provide significant amounts of humanitarian assistance to Lebanon. Eugenia Martin and Garcia Ferrer told ECONOFF that Spain's d [...] |
2006-08-28 15:24:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREL LE SW SP |
06MANAGUA1630 |
CEDULA CRISIS FORCES EDG TO RECONSIDER PUBLIC [...] (C) Summary: The Nicaraguan Elections Donor Group (EDG) decided to reconsider releasing a public statement regarding the electoral process after leaders of the NGO Movimiento por Nicaragua (MpN) gave a presentation on their recent investigation revealing that large segments of the population a [...] |
2006-07-26 13:48:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM GM CA DA SP FI JA NO NL SW |
06OTTAWA2550 |
STOCKHOLM DONORS MEETING: CANADIAN AID TO LEBANON [...] (SBU) On August 25, EMIN presented ref A demarche to Douglas Williams, Director General, Middle East and Maghreb Directorate, Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA), which is Canada's counterpart to USAID. According to Williams, Canada's delegation to the August 31 Stockholm Confer [...] |
2006-08-25 21:19:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CA EAID LE PREL SW |
06RABAT1598 |
DEMARCHE: DONORS' ASSISTANCE TO LEBANON [...] No summary [...] |
2006-08-25 16:34:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREL LE SW MO |
06REYKJAVIK305 |
LEBANON: ICELAND'S CONTRIBUTION AND DONOR CONFERENCE [...] (U) To date, the Government of Iceland (GOI) has announced donations of ISK 24 million ($340,000) in humanitarian aid to Lebanon. The pledges were divided between a 27 July tranche to UN agencies and local NGO Church Aid Iceland, and a 15 August tranche split between the World Food Program an [...] |
2006-08-25 16:49:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREL LE SW IC |
06ROME2157 |
ITALY'S TRADE AND INVESTMENT RELATIONS WITH SOMALIA [...] The MFA reports Somalia remains a political priority for Italy (ref A), an assertion bolstered by Italy's providing over 21 million euro in foreign assistance in 2005-2006 and Italy's membership in the Somalia Contact Group. That said, aside from some foreign assistance, Italy's economic ties [...] |
2006-08-01 13:09:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ETRD SO SW IT |
06ROME2433 |
ITALY TO PLEDGE 30 MILLION EUROS FOR LEBANON AT STOCKHOLM [...] (U) Acting EconMinCouns and Econoff met with Federica Ferrari Bravo, Office Director for the Middle East and Balkans in the MFA's Bureau of Cooperation and Development (BCD) August 30 to deliver reftel points. 2. (U) Ferrari Bravo stated that the GOI will pledge 30 million euro at the A [...] |
2006-08-30 15:34:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EAID LE SW IT |
06SEOUL1434 |
SWEDISH AMBASSADOR TO DPRK DISCUSSES INTERNAL [...] (C) In an April 24 call on the Ambassador, Swedish Ambassador to the DPRK Mats Foyer confirmed that last year's bumper harvest was not sufficient to overcome the food shortage in North Korea caused by systemic failures in central food distribution. Foyer saw, however, little sign of politica [...] |
2006-04-28 08:58:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MNUC EAID SW KN KS |
06SOFIA1205 |
BULGARIA SUPPORTS UNSCR 1701, MINISTER TO ATTEND [...] (C) We delivered reftel A & B talking points to Margarita Isaeva from the MFA's Near East and Africa Directorate on August 25. Isaeva was unaware of any planned delegations to or from Iran or Syria, and considered them unlikely for the foreseeable future. However, she promised to share our c [...] |
2006-08-25 13:30:00 | Embassy Sofia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID MOPS MARR IR LE SY SW BU |
06STOCKHOLM1421 |
SWEDEN'S 9/17 ELECTION: ALTERNATIVE OUTCOMES [...] (c) Sweden's 9/17 parliamentary election remains a neck-and-neck race (ref A), too close to call. All seven parties currently in parliament appear likely to reach the 4 percent threshold; no newcomers are likely to qualify. This means that the most likely outcomes are either a return of Pri [...] |
2006-09-07 14:05:00 | Embassy Stockholm | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SW |
06STOCKHOLM1424 |
SWEDEN: ATTENDANCE AT NAM SUMMIT IN HAVANA [...] No summary [...] |
2006-09-08 09:30:00 | Embassy Stockholm | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL PTER UNGA CU SW |
06STOCKHOLM1452 |
LEBANON DONORS CONFERENCE IN STOCKHOLM AUGUST 31 [...] (SBU) Donors pledged 942 million USD in early recovery and humanitarian aid at the August 31 Stockholm Conference for Lebanon,s Early Recovery, nearly double the 500 million target set by the Government of Sweden, which hosted the event. Representatives from 50 countries as well as UN agenci [...] |
2006-09-12 13:15:00 | Embassy Stockholm | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID PREL LE SW |
06STOCKHOLM1489 |
SWEDEN'S SEPTEMBER 17 ELECTIONS [...] (c) Swedes go to the polls September 17 to elect a new parliament that will decide their government for the next four years. The race has been the tightest Sweden has seen in decades, with opinion polls see-sawing, but mostly giving a slight lead to the opposition "Alliance for Sweden" over [...] |
2006-09-15 14:00:00 | Embassy Stockholm | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR SW |
06STOCKHOLM1501 |
SWEDEN'S ELECTIONS: CENTER/RIGHT ALLIANCE FOR [...] (c) Sweden voted Social Democrat Prime Minister Goran Persson out of office September 17, giving the mandate to Moderate Fredrik Reinfeldt and the center/right Alliance for Sweden. Reinfeldt is the big winner, with his Moderate party earning a larger vote total than his three Alliance allies [...] |
2006-09-18 13:57:00 | Embassy Stockholm | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR SW |
06STOCKHOLM154 |
SWEDEN: POST-TSUNAMI POLITICS [...] (c) More than a year after the killer tsunami struck Southeast Asia, the political ripple effects in Sweden continue. A parliamentary committee is currently conducting hearings to which key members of the government, including Prime Minister Persson and Foreign Minister Freivalds, have been [...] |
2006-02-02 15:33:00 | Embassy Stockholm | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SW |
06STOCKHOLM1632 |
SWEDEN'S NEW GOVERNMENT IS NAMED, MAKES POLICY [...] (c) Fredrick Reinfeldt, who was formally elected Prime Minister by the Swedish parliament on October 5, named his cabinet and gave the new government's statement of policy on October 6. Ministers from Reinfeldt's Moderate Party will lead about half the ministries, including many of the key o [...] |
2006-10-06 14:41:00 | Embassy Stockholm | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR SW |
06STOCKHOLM1646 |
SWEDEN'S NEW PRIME MINISTER, FREDRIK REINFELDT [...] (u) Fredrik Reinfeldt became Sweden,s Prime Minister October 6, following the victory of a four-party center-right coalition in September parliamentary elections. Reinfeldt,s Moderate party led the coalition; the Moderate party alone won over 26 percent of the total vote. Reinfeldt became th [...] |
2006-10-11 11:45:00 | Embassy Stockholm | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR SW |
06STOCKHOLM180 |
SWEDEN: CONFERENCE ON DEMOCRATIC CHANGE IN CUBA [...] (sbu) Polcouns attended the February 6-7 Conference "Democratic Change in Cuba: Who are the Actors," which gathered about 100 representatives of NGOs, embassies, and political parties (we have requested an electronic version of the list of participants, and will forward) from around Europe. [...] |
2006-02-08 09:50:00 | Embassy Stockholm | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL CU SW |
06STOCKHOLM189 |
SWEDEN: DEMARCHE ON DEFEATING VENEZUELA IN THE [...] (c) Polcouns delivered 2/8 reftel demarche in support of Guatemala's candidacy for the Latin American non-permanent seat on the UNSC to MFA Americas Director Hakan Malmquist. On 2/10, the Charge delivered the demarche by telcon to MFA Political Director Olof Skoog. Without saying how the GoS [...] |
2006-02-10 12:29:00 | Embassy Stockholm | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UN UNSC GT VE SW |
06STOCKHOLM1907 |
SWEDEN: IRAN'S FLAWED ELECTIONS [...] No summary [...] |
2006-12-01 15:24:00 | Embassy Stockholm | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM IR SW |
06STOCKHOLM1922 |
SWEDEN'S GOALS FOR POST-KYOTO CLIMATE COOPERATION [...] Summary: Ambassador Wood met with Sweden's new Minister of Environment, Mr. Andreas Carlgren, for the first time December 6. Topics of discussion included Sweden's desire to play a leadership role in setting the stage for a post-Kyoto international agreement to combat global warming, Ambassad [...] |
2006-12-08 16:23:00 | Embassy Stockholm | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV ENRG KSCA SW |
06STOCKHOLM1924 |
IRAQI AMBASSADOR TO SWEDEN CALLS ON AMBASSADOR WOOD [...] (C) Summary: The Iraqi Ambassador to Sweden, Ahmad Bamarni, visited Ambassador Wood and DCM on December 11 and provided a frank reaction to the Baker/Hamilton report, personal views on the interests of Iran and Syria in Iraq, comments on the sectarian violence, the role of U.S. forces, and the [...] |
2006-12-11 14:09:00 | Embassy Stockholm | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL SW |
06STOCKHOLM214 |
SWEDEN'S 2005 REPORTS ON HUMAN RIGHTS IN VENEZUELA [...] (C) We reported via reftel (A) Sweden's preliminary response to our demarche on defeating Venezuela in the 2006 election for a seat on the UNSC. Sweden has not reached a decision on which candidate country to support, and has left the door open to a Venezuelan seat, depending in part on Chav [...] |
2006-02-16 08:26:00 | Embassy Stockholm | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL EUN KDEM VE SW |
06STOCKHOLM224 |
SWEDEN: FOREIGN POLICY PRIORITIES IN AN ELECTION [...] (u) Foreign Minister Laila Freivalds outlined 2/15 GoS priorities during the annual plenary foreign policy session of parliament, sparking pointed exchanges with the opposition as each side sought to lay down pre-election markers. Sweden's relationship to NATO and the U.S. were prominently fe [...] |
2006-02-17 16:19:00 | Embassy Stockholm | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SW |
06STOCKHOLM234 |
SWEDEN ON RELATIONS WITH HAMAS [...] (c) MFA Director for the Near East and North Africa Peter Tejler told us 2/22 that while Sweden hewed to the common line of the Quartet and the EU on the message to and contacts with Hamas, there was need for a strategy that went beyond "high-pitched" public diplomacy. Sweden's Palestinian a [...] |
2006-02-22 14:59:00 | Embassy Stockholm | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER SW IS |
06STOCKHOLM235 |
SWEDEN'S IMMIGRANTS' DISPROPORTIONATELY HIGH [...] (SBU) Summary. Two recent GoS reports show immigrants in Sweden to be overrepresented in crime and sick leave statistics, which are interpreted as being indicators of integration shortcomings. The level of attention applied to the issue of integration stands to increase as we approach the S [...] |
2006-02-22 15:45:00 | Embassy Stockholm | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SOCI PINS PGOV KCRM ASEC SW |
06STOCKHOLM393 |
SWEDEN: FOREIGN MINISTER FREIVALDS RESIGNS [...] (u) Prime Minister Goran Persson announced at a press conference March 21 the resignation of Foreign Minister Laila Freivalds. Persson named Deputy Prime Minister Bosse Ringholm as her "temporary" replacement. FM Freivalds had been scheduled to meet with Secretary Rice April 21. State Secr [...] |
2006-03-21 16:06:00 | Embassy Stockholm | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SW |
06STOCKHOLM420 |
SWEDEN: BELARUS VISA BANS [...] (c) Polcouns made reftel demarche on expanding travel restriction against Belarus officials to MFA Eastern Europe Director Malena Mard. Mard said that prior to the elections in Belarus, Sweden had been reluctant to play the visa card. The election and its aftermath had changed the equation, a [...] |
2006-03-24 16:05:00 | Embassy Stockholm | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM CVIS EUN BO SW |
06STOCKHOLM426 |
SWEDEN: JAN ELIASSON NAMED FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (u) Prime Minister Goran Persson named 3/27 former Ambassador to the U.S. and current President of the UNGA Jan Eliasson to be the new Foreign Minister. Eliasson replaces Bosse Ringholm, who was named March 21 as the "temporary" Foreign Minister, following the resignation of Laila Freivalds [...] |
2006-03-27 11:10:00 | Embassy Stockholm | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SW |
06STOCKHOLM427 |
SWEDEN: JAN ELIASSON NAMED FOREIGN MINISTER [...] No summary [...] |
2006-03-27 11:10:00 | Embassy Stockholm | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SW |
06STOCKHOLM527 |
SWEDEN: THE NEW POST "CIA PLANES" REALITY -- [...] (c) What could have been a routine diplomatic flight clearance for a 4/4 Department of Homeland Security deportation "ICE" flight to land briefly and refuel in Sweden enroute to final destinations in the Middle East developed into an urgent situation when late in the game Swedish authorities [...] |
2006-04-18 13:32:00 | Embassy Stockholm | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAIR MARR PGOV PINR SW |
06STOCKHOLM54 |
SWEDEN & DISAPPEARING CHINESE CHILDREN [...] (U) Summary. Since November 2004, 120 Chinese children have disappeared from Swedish immigration centers. In all cases the children arrived in Stockholm via air from Beijing or Moscow, immediately asked for political asylum, and within days disappeared while their cases were pending. Swedi [...] |
2006-01-13 15:33:00 | Embassy Stockholm | CONFIDENTIAL | KCRM PHUM SMIG KFRD CVIS SW |
06STOCKHOLM913 |
UPCOMING PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS A DEAD HEAT; LEFT [...] (sbu) Recent opinion polls show the Social Democrats (SDP) and their Green and Left support parties have closed the gap with the opposition alliance; the parliamentary elections now look to be a dead heat. The Green and Left parties have claimed the right to a more influential role within a [...] |
2006-06-21 12:23:00 | Embassy Stockholm | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SW |
06STOCKHOLM934 |
SWEDEN: SUPPORT FOR NICARAGUAN PRESIDENTIAL [...] (u) See Action Request Para 2. 2. (c) Polcouns made 6/21 reftel demarche seeking support for Nicaraguan presidential elections to MFA Desk Officer for Nicaragua Carolina Benedictsson. Sweden supports an EU election observation mission, Benedictsson said, adding that a Swedish representat [...] |
2006-06-22 14:28:00 | Embassy Stockholm | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC KDEM NU PGOV PREL SW |
06STOCKHOLM935 |
SWEDEN: DEMARCHE REGARDING VENEZUELAN ANTI-NGO LAW [...] No summary [...] |
2006-06-22 15:29:00 | Embassy Stockholm | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM VE EAID SW |
06STOCKHOLM941 |
SWEDEN: DEMARCHE ON UN REFORM AND LIFTING THE [...] No summary [...] |
2006-06-27 14:14:00 | Embassy Stockholm | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AMGT AORC EU EUN UNGA SW |
06STOCKHOLM952 |
SWEDEN: AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH MODERATE PARTY [...] (c) Ambassador, accompanied by Polcouns, met June 26 with Moderate Party leader Fredrik Reinfeldt, the virtual shadow Prime Minister of the center-right (in the left-skewed Swedish spectrum) opposition. Reinfeldt, who took the lead in forming the opposition's Alliance for Sweden, said the Se [...] |
2006-06-28 15:50:00 | Embassy Stockholm | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR ELAB SW |
06TALLINN778 |
ESTONIA: DONOR ASSISTANT TO LEBANON [...] No summary [...] |
2006-08-25 11:52:00 | Embassy Tallinn | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PREL LE SW EN |
06THEHAGUE1252 |
COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR DR. CARL LANDGREN [...] The Hague grants country clearance to Dr. Carl Landgren, Investigator, Genetic Epidemiology Branch, National Cancer Institute, NIH, for June 14-18, 2006 to travel to the Netherlands. The purpose of the travel is to attend the European Hematology Association meeting and present results from on [...] |
2006-06-06 13:16:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | KSCA TBIO OTRA SW NL |
06THEHAGUE1332 |
COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR CYNTHIA HARRIS [...] The Hague grants country clearance to Cynthia Harris to travel to the Netherlands on June 24-July 1, 2006. The purpose of the travel is the pre approve medical device audit inspection of Dr. J. van der Zee, M.D., Ph.D., Principal Clinical Investigator at the research site of Daniel den Hoed C [...] |
2006-06-14 13:52:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | KSCA TBIO PREL OTRA US SW NL |
06THEHAGUE1913 |
(C) ASSISTANCE TO LEBANON - DUTCH PLAN ADDITIONAL [...] (U) On August 30, Econoff shared reftel points on U.S. assistance to Lebanon with Maaike van Koldam, Deputy Head, Humanitarian Aid Division, Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA). Van Koldam confirmed that Dutch assistance to date totaled 4.8 million euros committed and pledged. 2. (C) Va [...] |
2006-08-30 16:27:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID PREL IS LE SW NL |
06VILNIUS637 |
LITHUANIA SEEKS TO LINK UP WITH POLISH AND SWEDISH [...] (C) SUMMARY: Plans to link Lithuania to the electricity grids of Poland and Sweden are moving forward, according to several well-placed sources. These links would complement the nearly complete Estonia-Finland power bridge and hook the Baltics into Western Europe's electricity grid for the fi [...] |
2006-07-07 11:39:00 | Embassy Vilnius | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ECON PREL PGOV LH PL SW |
06WARSAW2511 |
POLAND: GOVERNMENT STEPS UP EFFORTS VS. FORCED [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In the months since stories broke of Poles trafficked to Spain and Italy for forced labor (Reftel) the Polish government has stepped up efforts in the fight against human trafficking. The Polish National Police (PNP) has supplemented the five person Central Anti-Trafficking Uni [...] |
2006-12-06 15:45:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KJUS KCRM PGOV IT PL SP SW UK |
06WELLINGTON685 |
NZ ASSISTANCE FOR LEBANON [...] No summary [...] |
2006-08-30 05:45:00 | Embassy Wellington | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID PREL LE SW NZ |
07ABUDHABI761 |
SEPAH ASSETS UPDATE [...] (S) The UAE Central Bank issued a circular to all UAE banks to freeze assets under 1747 within four days of the UN resolution (Ref A). The UAE has not reported the total amount of assets frozen but the Central Bank Governor, Sultan bin Nasser al Suweidi, informed Treasury Assistant Secretary [...] |
2007-05-09 13:18:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET | EFIN KNNP IR PARM DA SW AE |
07ANKARA1293 |
BLUE LANTERN PRE-LICENSE END USE CHECK ON [...] We spoke with Roketsan General Director Huseyin Baysak and Roketsan Procurement Director Nevzat Caglayan May 25 concerning the use of U.S. Munitions List infrared camera systems in Roketsan's infrared laboratory. The Roketsan officials ensured us that Roketsan facilities are secured by electr [...] |
2007-05-25 14:31:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KOMC TU SW |
07BAGHDAD3074 |
SWEDISH FOREIGN MINISTER--FOCUS ON IMMIGRATION--NO [...] (C) SUMMARY. Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt, Immigration Minister Tobias Billstrom, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Director Bjorn Lyrvall, and Swedish Ambassador to Iraq (stationed in Jordan) Niclas Trouve discussed a wide range of political issues with Ambassador Crocker and suggested Sw [...] |
2007-09-12 08:33:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IZ SW |
07BEIJING3661 |
MAY 31 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: A/S HILL IN BEIJING, [...] Key points at the May 31 MFA Press Conference were: -- A/S Hill discussed Six-Party Talks and BDA with VFM Wu Dawei and bilateral issues and Sudan with AFM He Yafei on May 30. -- China strongly objects to Lee Teng-hui's visit to Japan. -- Japan should recognize demands for compensation [...] |
2007-05-31 10:56:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL SENV ETRD SU JA IN KS GE SW RS BM |
07BOGOTA8390 |
G-24 CONFERENCE ON COLOMBIA FORUM FOSTERS DIALOGUE [...] The international community expressed political support for the GOC at the G-24 Third International Conference on Colombia on November 29-December 1. The joint G-24 Bogota declaration recognized GOC advances on human rights and sustainable development, stressed the international commitment to [...] |
2007-12-06 23:06:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM PGOV PTER OFDP AR CA SW CO |
07BRUSSELS1948 |
EU RECOGNIZES RESPONSIBILITY TO SAVE [...] EU Interior Ministers in the June 12 JHA Council meeting in Luxembourg recognized their shared "responsibility" to save the lives of illegal migrants from Africa involved in tragic events in the Mediterranean. Ministers nevertheless offered little concrete help to frontline state Malta to h [...] |
2007-06-14 07:28:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS PREL PREF SMIG KCRM SW EUN |
07BRUSSELS2950 |
EU COUNCIL EXPECTS FULL VISA RECIPROCITY BETWEEN U.S. AND [...] EU ministers in the September 18 Justice and Home Affairs (JHA) Council heard a presentation of the Commission's third report on the visa reciprocity mechanism, including the Visa Waiver Program (VWP) with the U.S. Commission Vice-President Frattini and Portuguese Interior Minister/Council ch [...] |
2007-09-20 09:03:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS PREL PREF SMIG KCRM SW EUN |
07BRUSSELS541 |
JHA COUNCIL "RECOGNIZES" SWEDEN'S PROBLEM [...] EU ministers for Justice and Home Affairs (JHA Council) on February 15 "recognized" Sweden's "particular problem" with its number of Iraqi refugees. Commission Vice-President Frattini promised to look at the situation with a view to presenting proposals to the Council. The German Presidenc [...] |
2007-02-16 16:06:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS PREL PREF SMIG KCRM SW EUN |
07BUENOSAIRES844 |
SKANSKA GAS PIPELINE SCANDAL ROCKS KIRCHNER [...] (C) A blossoming corruption scandal is coming closer to linking kickbacks from contractors on a natural gas pipeline expansion public works project to senior GoA Planning Ministry and energy regulatory officials. Multiple judicial investigations and relentless media and opposition party atte [...] |
2007-04-30 21:48:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EINV ECON ENRG PREL SW AR |
07BUENOSAIRES978 |
SKANSKA SCANDAL TAKES DOWN FIRST TWO OFFICIAL [...] (SBU) Summary: Skanska-gate has its first two official victims. On May 16, Cabinet Minister Alberto Fernandez announced the firing of the President of ENARGAS (the GoA's natural gas regulatory authority) and the Manager of Nacion Fideicomisos (the public trust established to structure pri [...] |
2007-05-17 21:31:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EINV ENRG PREL ECON SW AR |
07HAVANA315 |
CUBA: SWEDES GET TASTE OF OUR WORLD [...] (C) Swedish Ambassador Christer Elm on March 29 gave COM and Pol-Econ Counselor an update on the recent diplomatic flap between Sweden and Cuba, beginning with Foreign Minister Carl Bildt's March 12 mention of Cuba at the UNHRC as a country of Human Rights concern. The rough sequence of event [...] |
2007-03-30 12:23:00 | US Interests Section Havana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SW CU |
07ISLAMABAD2252 |
PAKISTAN'S IMPLEMENTATION OF UNSCR 1747 ASSET FREEZE AGAINST [...] (S) The External Finance Division of Pakistan's Finance Ministry detailed to Econ the country's procedures for implementing the asset freeze provisions of UNSCR 1747. The MFA is the entity that receives updates from the UN on additions to the 1747 designee list and then has this information p [...] |
2007-05-18 13:08:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET | EFIN KNNP PARM IR DA SW PK |
07MANILA1707 |
PREPARING FOR THE SHANGRI-LA DIALOGUE; PHILIPPINE [...] (C) SUMMARY. Defense Secretary Ebdane views U.S. counterterrorism cooperation on Jolo as a "real success story," and is appreciative of our assistance in the Philippine Defense Reform program. He predicted President Arroyo would sign a Status of Forces Agreement with Australia during her up [...] |
2007-05-24 09:19:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MASS MOPS MCAP PREL AU JA SN SW RP |
07MANILA645 |
PHILIPPINES ASKS FOR HELP ON EXTRAJUDICIAL KILLINGS [...] (SBU) The Department of Foreign Affairs has shared with Embassy copies of letters dated January 31 to the resident Ambassadors of Finland, Germany, Great Britain, Italy, Spain, Sweden, and the Netherlands, requesting technical assistance as the Philippine government investigates and tries to [...] |
2007-02-27 08:41:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM EAID RP GM FI UK SP IT NO SW NL |
07NICOSIA754 |
SWEDES' CYPRUS MUSINGS: CHANNEL THEIR INTEREST [...] (C) Summary: Our UK counterparts share our skepticism about the timing of Sweden's emerging proposal on Cyprus. A formal proposal at this stage runs the risk of backfiring and allowing President Papadopoulos and the other candidates in the presidential race to shift to the international comm [...] |
2007-09-14 14:00:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNFICYP CY TU SW FI |
07ROME2518 |
MIDDLE EAST MULTILATERAL WORKING GROUP ON WATER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The USG organized a Steering Committee meeting of the Regional Water Data Banks project (known as EXACT) December 10-11 in Rome. EXACT is a project initiated under the Multilateral Peace Process Working Group on Water Resources. The EXACT meeting brought Palestinian, Israeli [...] |
2007-12-28 17:03:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL SENV TPHY XF IS JO KWBG UK EU NL SW |
07STATE145256 |
DEMARCHE REQUEST: SWEDEN'S CONTRIBUTION TO THE [...] This is an action request. See paragraph 5. 2. SUMMARY. In 2006 there were serious setbacks in the global fight to end polio with the increased numbers of polio cases in Nigeria and India, continuing challenges in Afghanistan and Pakistan, and imported cases appearing in countries previous [...] |
2007-10-17 16:01:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID SOCI TBIO SW |
07STOCKHOLM1008 |
THE CASE OF RELIGIOUS PRISONER SON JONG-NAM: [...] (c) Polcouns met August 15 with MFA Special Adviser for the Korean Peninsula Ambassador Paul Beijer regarding Son Jong-Nam. Beijer said that Sweden was aware of the case and had, more than a year ago, intervened bilaterally and through the EU on behalf of Son Jong-Nam. Sweden and various oth [...] |
2007-08-21 14:02:00 | Embassy Stockholm | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM KN KS EXIM PGOV SW |
07STOCKHOLM1019 |
SWEDISH VIEW ON SECURING PERMANENT OBSERVER STATUS [...] (C) Polcouns discussed 8/17 reftel proposal to secure Permanent Observer status in the International Contact Group on Somalia (ICG) with MFA Special Adviser for the Horn of Africa Ambassador Marika Fahlen. Fahlen, who is Sweden's representative to the ICG, had no objection to the participati [...] |
2007-08-22 11:53:00 | Embassy Stockholm | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SW SO |
07STOCKHOLM1038 |
UPDATE ON SWEDISH FOREIGN MINISTER BILDT'S [...] No summary [...] |
2007-08-24 13:16:00 | Embassy Stockholm | SECRET | PREL OVIP ASEC PGOV IZ SW |
07STOCKHOLM1049 |
BILDT AND IRAQ [...] (s) Foreign Minister Bildt plans to visit Iraq September 1-2. Bildt is scheduled to meet with PM Maliki, President Talabani, Vice-President Hashemi, FM Zebari, and UN Rep Qazi, as well as Ambassador Crocker. As a preface to Bildt's August 28 DVC with Embassy Baghdad, we provide background an [...] |
2007-08-27 14:52:00 | Embassy Stockholm | SECRET | PREL OVIP ASEC PGOV IZ SW |
07STOCKHOLM1055 |
BILDT ON GEORGIA MISSILE INCIDENT FOLLOW-UP, [...] (c) On August 28, the Ambassador raised the Georgia missile incident and Kosovo with Foreign Minister Bildt in a meeting devoted to other issues. On Georgia, Bildt speculated on the context of the incident and said we need to keep diplomatic pressure on, but that Zuzul was not the right choi [...] |
2007-08-29 06:16:00 | Embassy Stockholm | SECRET | PGOV PREL MOPS GG SR SW |
07STOCKHOLM1091 |
DELIVERY OF NON-PAPER ON SEPTEMBER 7-8 INFORMAL EU [...] No summary [...] |
2007-09-05 14:56:00 | Embassy Stockholm | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EUN PGOV PREL YI RS CH IN SW |
07STOCKHOLM1167 |
SWEDEN ON EU BORDER MISSION FOR LEBANON [...] No summary [...] |
2007-09-18 14:48:00 | Embassy Stockholm | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SW SY IS LE EUN |
07STOCKHOLM1169 |
PARTNERSHIP FOR DEMOCRATIC GOVERNANCE: SWEDEN'S [...] No summary [...] |
2007-09-19 09:31:00 | Embassy Stockholm | UNCLASSIFIED | KDEM EAID PREL PGOV SW |
07STOCKHOLM1176 |
SWEDEN SEEKS U.S. COOPERATION IN EVALUATING [...] (s) Sweden has requested U.S. assistance in evaluating requirements for the deployment of the Sweden-led EU Nordic Battlegroup, scheduled to be operational January 1, 2008. At the MFA's request, we met September 18 with MFA Americas Director Hakan Malmqvist and a Swedish interagency group in [...] |
2007-09-19 14:47:00 | Embassy Stockholm | SECRET | PREL PGOV NATO MARR MASS MOPS SW |
07STOCKHOLM1209 |
AMBASSADOR'S SEPTEMBER 19 MEETING WITH JUSTICE [...] (C) The Ambassador, accompanied by RSO and Poloff, met September 19 with Minister of Justice Beatrice Ask. Ask said Sweden has increased its budget for counterterrorism activities, noted there are good prospects for passing pending legislation on wiretapping and bugging, underscored Sweden's l [...] |
2007-09-26 15:20:00 | Embassy Stockholm | CONFIDENTIAL | KJUS PREL ASEC SW |
07STOCKHOLM1239 |
SWEDEN'S POLITICAL DIRECTOR ON IRAQ, IRAN, [...] (c) During an October 4 tour d'horizon, MFA Political Director Bjorn Lyrvall reviewed Sweden's meetings on the margins of the UNGA and its activities and views on key issues: -- Afghanistan. Sweden is considering a proposal from the Finns for the Finns to take over command of the Mazar e [...] |
2007-10-05 15:38:00 | Embassy Stockholm | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SW AF CY BM IR IZ YI SU CD |
07STOCKHOLM1266 |
DEMARCHE ON IRAN FOR OCTOBER 15-16 GAERC [...] (c) On October 12, DCM made reftel demarche urging EU autonomous measures on Iran to MFA Political Director Bjorn Lyrvall, who said he would immediately pass our message to Foreign Minister Bildt. Lyrvall said there had been tough discussions at the level of the COREPER (Committee of Permane [...] |
2007-10-12 16:10:00 | Embassy Stockholm | CONFIDENTIAL | EUN PGOV PREL IR XF SW |
07STOCKHOLM1277 |
SWEDEN'S DEFENSE MINISTER ON AFGHANISTAN, BUDGET [...] (c) During a one-on-one October 15 meeting, Minister of Defense Tolgfors told Ambassador: -- Finland proposed the possibility of a rotation of the leadership of the PRT in Mazar-e-Sharif Afghanistan. Sweden did not see this as a way of removing itself from its obligation there. -- Swede [...] |
2007-10-16 14:09:00 | Embassy Stockholm | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS PREL OTRA PGOV SW |
07STOCKHOLM1311 |
SWEDEN: SUPPORTING ARGENTINA'S REQUEST FOR [...] No summary [...] |
2007-10-26 09:04:00 | Embassy Stockholm | SECRET | KJUS PTER ASEC PREL PGOV IR SW |
07STOCKHOLM1316 |
AMBASSADOR'S OCTOBER 22 MEETING WITH FM BILDT RE [...] (c) Ambassador met October 22 with Foreign Minister Carl Bildt, reviewing the roles of Sweden and the EU in Iraq, Bildt's November 12-14 trip to the U.S.: Iraq: -- Bildt welcomed a Nov. 1 post-Bahrain MNF-I conference back-brief by NEA DAS Butler and DOD DAS Cagan. -- Sweden supports e [...] |
2007-10-26 14:36:00 | Embassy Stockholm | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EUN PGOV IZ BS SR SW |
07STOCKHOLM1319 |
SWEDEN: DESIGNATION OF IRANIAN ENTITIES AND [...] (c) DCM made reftel demarche on designations of Iranian entities, individuals, and banks October 26 to Deputy Foreign Minister Frank Belfrage, urging Sweden to support parallel steps in an EU setting, as part of the package of autonomous measures. Belfrage said Sweden would like to see anothe [...] |
2007-10-26 15:39:00 | Embassy Stockholm | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KNNP PARM EFIN IR SW |
07STOCKHOLM1352 |
SWEDEN: UNVIE AMBASSADOR SCHULTE'S MEETING WITH FM [...] (c) On October 30, Ambassador Schulte's and Ambassador Wood's 90-minute exchange with Bildt focused on the international response to Iran,s nuclear ambitions. Ambassador Schulte lunched with journalists and gave a speech hosted by two Swedish think tanks. Ambassador Schulte's disarming and fr [...] |
2007-11-05 16:37:00 | Embassy Stockholm | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM IAEA AORC KNNP PREL PGOV IR IZ SW |
07STOCKHOLM1388 |
SWEDEN ON DEMOCRACY IN VENEZUELA [...] No summary [...] |
2007-11-16 16:40:00 | Embassy Stockholm | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL SW VE WHA EU |
07STOCKHOLM1389 |
SWEDEN ON NOVEMBER 19-20 FOREIGN MINISTERS MEETING [...] No summary [...] |
2007-11-16 17:09:00 | Embassy Stockholm | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EUN PK SW CH BM IS LE KV SY ZI |
07STOCKHOLM1400 |
REINFELDT, BILDT, AND BORG: MAKING THE COALITION [...] (C) As Foreign Minister Bildt heads to Washington for the Annapolis Conference -- his third visit to Washington in two months -- we want to provide the domestic context to his new activist Swedish foreign policy. It has been a difficult first year for Prime Minister Fredrick Reinfeldt and the [...] |
2007-11-23 11:23:00 | Embassy Stockholm | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR SW |
07STOCKHOLM1439 |
SWEDEN ON DECEMBER 10-11 EU FOREIGN MINISTERS [...] (C) On December 7, Poloff met with MFA Deputy European Corespondent Niclas Kvarnstrom regarding December 10 EU Foreign Ministers GAERC meeting (reftel A). Kvarnstrom noted the following: --EU Enlargement and the European Neighborhood Policy (ENP). Sweden is one of the greatest supporters of [...] |
2007-12-07 16:57:00 | Embassy Stockholm | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SW EU |
07STOCKHOLM1445 |
SWEDISH RESPONSE TO USG QUESTIONS ON BANK SEPAH [...] Summary: Deputy Economic Counselor met with Ambassador/Director General Andreas Ekman and Ladan Moghaddas at the Swedish Inspectorate of Strategic Products (ISP) November 29, 2007. Ekman commented that after the Government of Sweden (GOS) notified the UNSCR 1737 Sanctions Committee on Novembe [...] |
2007-12-10 15:37:00 | Embassy Stockholm | UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP IR PREL PARM SW |
07STOCKHOLM1452 |
SWEDEN MAKING PREPARATIONS TO OPEN AN EMBASSY IN [...] (C) Foreign Minister Bildt told the Ambassador December 11 that Sweden is making preparations to open an Embassy in Iraq, and is considering a bilateral aid mission as well. In a separate meeting with the Prime Minister's Chief of Staff H.G. Wessberg, the Ambassador was told the Finance Minis [...] |
2007-12-12 16:31:00 | Embassy Stockholm | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IZ SW |
07STOCKHOLM1453 |
BILDT ON KOSOVO [...] (C) The Ambassador and Foreign Minister Carl Bildt discussed the way forward on Kosovo on December 11. Bildt said 26 of the EU states (except Cyprus) would likely recognize Kosovo independence in some form as early as February, but there were a number of important issues that remained to be [...] |
2007-12-12 16:38:00 | Embassy Stockholm | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MOPS PHUM PREF YI SW |
07STOCKHOLM1460 |
PSI 5TH ANNIVERSARY CONFERENCE: SAVE THE DATE [...] No summary [...] |
2007-12-14 16:25:00 | Embassy Stockholm | UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP KSTC PARM PREL SW |
07STOCKHOLM1490 |
SWEDEN: DEMARCHE DELIVERED: ACCOUNTABILITY OF JUBA [...] No summary [...] |
2007-12-27 11:00:00 | Embassy Stockholm | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PGOV PHUM PREL UG SW |
07STOCKHOLM183 |
SWEDEN - INFO ON IRAN CIVIL SOCIETY AND DEMOCRACY [...] (C) On February 15, Poloffs met with Dag Juhlin-Dannfelt, Deputy Director at the MFA Middle East and North Africa Department, to discuss Sweden's efforts to promote civil society and democracy in Iran. Per reftel, Poloffs shared information on U.S. democratization efforts in Iran. Ulf Lind [...] |
2007-02-20 10:01:00 | Embassy Stockholm | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EUN KPAO KDEM IR SW |
07STOCKHOLM184 |
SWEDEN: NON-PAPER ON ADDITIONAL DESIGNATIONS OF [...] No summary [...] |
2007-02-20 14:31:00 | Embassy Stockholm | UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP PARM PREL SW |
07STOCKHOLM214 |
SWEDEN: DEMARCHE ON MISSILE DEFENSE IN POLAND AND [...] (c) Polcouns met 2/28 with MFA Deputy Director General for European and Global Security Ambassador Nils Daag regarding negotiations for Poland and the Czech Republic to host U.S. missile defense assets. Daag, whose portfolio has just been expanded to include responsibility for the United Nat [...] |
2007-02-28 13:43:00 | Embassy Stockholm | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR EZ PL SW |
07STOCKHOLM221 |
SWEDEN: EGYPTIAN DEPORTED IN CIA PLANE CASE MAY [...] (u) The Swedish Government reached and published a decision March 1 overturning their decision of December 18, 2001, expelling from Sweden Mohamed Alzery, one of the Egyptians involved in the much-publicized "CIA Planes" case in Sweden. According to the terms of the decision, Alzery can now [...] |
2007-03-01 11:57:00 | Embassy Stockholm | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL PGOV SW |
07STOCKHOLM223 |
SWEDEN: BILDT CALLS FOR GREATER EU INVOLVEMENT IN [...] (u) Making reference to participation by key countries in the upcoming conference on the future of Iraq, Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt said the EU and Sweden should, once the security situation improves, make greater contributions toward stabilizing Iraq and supporting the development o [...] |
2007-03-01 16:16:00 | Embassy Stockholm | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SW IZ |
07STOCKHOLM315 |
SWEDEN: REQUEST FOR RESETTLEMENT OF GUANTANAMO [...] (c) DCM accompanied by Polcouns met 3/23 with MFA Political Director Olof Skoog to urge Sweden to consider resettlement of Guantanamo refugees (refs A and B). Skoog said the GoS would study the request, and noted that Sweden had received and seriously considered (but ultimately declined) a p [...] |
2007-03-23 15:32:00 | Embassy Stockholm | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PHUM PINR KAWC XG SW |
07STOCKHOLM32 |
SWEDEN: HOW FM BILDT'S STOCK OPTIONS AFFECT HIS [...] (SBU) Post-holiday headlines in Sweden have focused on Foreign Minister Carl Bildt and his recent decision to exercise options in a publicly traded Swedish company, Vostok Nafta, whose main holding is shares of the Russian energy giant Gazprom. Bildt resigned from the board of Vostok Nafta [...] |
2007-01-11 08:23:00 | Embassy Stockholm | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR SW |
07STOCKHOLM350 |
SWEDEN INFORMED OF DESIGNATION OF IRAN'S DIO UNDER [...] No summary [...] |
2007-04-02 14:31:00 | Embassy Stockholm | UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP PREL PARM SW |
07STOCKHOLM368 |
SWEDEN SAYS NO TO ACCEPTING GUANTANAMO DETAINEES [...] (c) MFA Political Director Olof Skoog told Polcouns 4/5 that the GoS had carefully considered but could not agree to the U.S. request to accept Guantanamo detainees (refs A-D). Skoog said the request had been reviewed by all relevant elements of the Swedish government, and there were compellin [...] |
2007-04-05 12:50:00 | Embassy Stockholm | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PINR KAWC PTER XG SW |
07STOCKHOLM370 |
SWEDEN: [...] No summary [...] |
2007-04-05 13:28:00 | Embassy Stockholm | SECRET | PTER KTFN PREL PGOV TU IZ SW |
07STOCKHOLM506 |
SWEDEN: SCENE-SETTER FOR PRIME MINISTER [...] (c) The May 15 visit of Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt provides an opportunity to strengthen ties in key areas with a Swedish government that is relatively new to office and better-disposed toward working with the U.S. than its predecessor. Reinfeldt comes from a new political generation a [...] |
2007-05-04 15:26:00 | Embassy Stockholm | SECRET | PREL PGOV SW |
07STOCKHOLM545 |
SWEDEN FREEZES ASSETS OF BANK SEPAH AND BANK SEPAH [...] (S) EconOff discussed reftel demarche 9 May with MFA Iran Desk Officer Jonas Wendel and 10 May with Ms. Mira Naumanen of the Swedish Financial Supervisory Authority. According to both, Swedish banks were notified April 23 by the official journal of the EU to freeze all assets in accounts affil [...] |
2007-05-10 15:48:00 | Embassy Stockholm | SECRET | EFIN IR KNNP PARM SW |
07STOCKHOLM69 |
SWEDEN: DEMARCHE ON KOSOVO TIMELINE [...] (c) Polcouns made reftel demarche urging support for Ahtisaari's proposed timeline 1/19 to MFA Deputy Director General and Head of Department for Eastern Europe and Central Asia Ambassador Mats Staffansson, who was joined by Western Balkans Head Lars Wahlund. Polcouns also raised the issue w [...] |
2007-01-19 15:20:00 | Embassy Stockholm | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UN UNMIK PGOV YI EU OPDC SW |
07STOCKHOLM696 |
SWEDEN DECLINES TO ACCEPT UZBEK NATIONALS SAMADOV [...] (s) MFA Counterterrorism Coordinator Ambassador Cecilia Ruthstrom-Ruin told Polcouns June 8 that the GoS had reviewed our request to accept Uzbek nationals Yusupov and Samadov (refs A and B) and would not be able to accept them. There was no mechanism, she said, for doing so, and their rese [...] |
2007-06-08 13:55:00 | Embassy Stockholm | SECRET | PGOV PTER KHLS UZ PREL SW |
07STOCKHOLM736 |
SWEDEN: DEMARCHE FOR JUNE 18-19 GAERC [...] (C) On June 13 Poloff met with Niclas Kvarnstrom, MFA Deputy European Correspondent, and conveyed USG positions on select topics in advance of the June 18-19 GAERC. Kvarnstrom's substantive responses follow. 2. (C) Cuba. Sweden opposes Spain's initiative to eliminate the EU's restrictive [...] |
2007-06-13 15:34:00 | Embassy Stockholm | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EUN KPAL ETRD SW |
07STOCKHOLM77 |
EXPORT CONTROL BILATS BETWEEN SWEDEN AND DOC [...] (C) Summary: On December 7, Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Export Administration Christopher Padilla met with a Swedish interagency group to discuss a variety of export control and strategic trade issues. The two sides addressed the U.S. Government's proposed China licensing policy rule [...] |
2007-01-23 09:36:00 | Embassy Stockholm | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD ETTC EINV KSTC SW |
07STOCKHOLM8 |
ANTI-IMMIGRATION SWEDEN DEMOCRATS ON THE RISE [...] (U) SUMMARY: The nationalistic Sweden Democrats gained 2.9% of the national vote in September, capitalizing on anti-immigration sentiment. The party and its views on restricting immigration are treated with suspicion by the mainstream parties and media. The Sweden Democrats claim that they [...] |
2007-01-04 08:40:00 | Embassy Stockholm | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SOCI PHUM SW |
07STOCKHOLM957 |
SWEDEN: NOTIFICATION OF AGREMENT FOR AMBASSADOR [...] No summary [...] |
2007-08-07 14:46:00 | Embassy Stockholm | UNCLASSIFIED | AGR PREL PGOV SW |
07STOCKHOLM98 |
SWEDEN: VIEWS ON CLUSTER MUNITIONS [...] (c) Polcouns met January 26 with MFA Deputy Director General and head of International Law and Human Rights Department Bosse Hedberg in connection with the proposed February 22-23 cluster munitions conference in Oslo. Hedberg noted that he was closely involved with developments on cluster mu [...] |
2007-01-26 15:30:00 | Embassy Stockholm | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PARM PREL NATO PGOV SW |
07STOCKHOLM988 |
SWEDISH MFA POLDIR ON GEORGIA MISSILE INVESTIGATION [...] (C) Charge met Aug 14 with MFA Political Director Olof Skoog to discuss Sweden's role in the Georgia missile investigation. Skoog was joined by Foreign Minister Bildt's Staff Director Karin Olofsdotter. Skoog said the missile incident had touched Swedish reflexes to respond when a larger co [...] |
2007-08-14 13:23:00 | Embassy Stockholm | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SW MOPS GG |
07STOCKHOLM990 |
SWEDISH FOREIGN MINISTER CONFIRMS IRAQ TRIP [...] (s) Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt has confirmed that he will travel to Iraq September 1-2. MFA Director for the Middle East and North Africa Peter Tejler told Polcouns that the decision was taken at an August 14 interagency meeting confirming the trip (reftel). The Swedes are holding [...] |
2007-08-14 15:09:00 | Embassy Stockholm | SECRET | PREL PGOV SW IZ |
07STOCKHOLM998 |
SWEDISH FOREIGN MINISTER BILDT'S FIVE DAYS IN [...] (s) Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt will visit Baghdad and Irbil September 1-5. In Baghdad Sept. 1-2, he plans meetings with PM Maliki, President Talibani, FM Zebari, UN rep Ghazi, and is requesting a September 2 breakfast meeting with Ambassador Crocker (see proposed schedule below at p [...] |
2007-08-17 15:03:00 | Embassy Stockholm | SECRET | PREL OVIP ASEC PGOV SW IZ |
07TALLINN424 |
COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CODEL BOEHNER (JUL 05 - [...] Post warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to the Congressional Delegation headed by Congressman John Boehner, to Tallinn, Estonia from July 5-7, 2007. 2. A schedule will be sent to the Delegation's designated POCs and to State (H) via e-mail. 3. No visa is required for holders [...] |
2007-06-25 12:01:00 | Embassy Tallinn | UNCLASSIFIED | OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN RS SW EN |
07USUNNEWYORK129 |
EVALUATION OF TERRORIST FACILITATORS/INCITERS [...] (S/NF) UNSC 1267 (al-Qaida/Taliban) Sanctions Committee members treated as normal the November 30 joint request by the United States and the United Kingdom to sanction five terrorist facilitators and inciters (TF and I). The Statements of Case demonstrated that these individuals were "associa [...] |
2007-02-13 19:18:00 | USUN New York | SECRET//NOFORN | EFIN ETTC KTFN PREL PTER KU QA SW NO UNSC |
07VATICAN99 |
IRAQ: CHRISTIANS FLEEING FORCED CONVERSIONS [...] (C) Summary: Monsignor Philip Najim, Representative of the Chaldean Catholic Church to the Holy See and the Chaldeans' European representative, told us in a May meeting that Christians were continuing to flee Iraq in large numbers due to an active campaign of forced conversions to Islam and t [...] |
2007-06-21 19:21:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS PGOV KIRF PHUM IZ SW VT |
07VIENTIANE893 |
AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH SWEDISH CHARGE TO DISCUSS [...] (U) This is an action request: please see paragraph 14. 2. (C//NF) Summary: According to Swedish diplomats, the two North Koreans continue to insist that their intent is to seek asylum in the United States. While the ROK Embassy is prepared and able to assist them to travel to South Korea, [...] |
2007-12-11 11:49:00 | Embassy Vientiane | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ASEC PREL LA KN SW |
07VIENTIANE896 |
UPDATE ON DPRK CITIZENS AT SWEDISH EMBASSY [...] (U) This cable includes an action request. Please see paragraph 5. 2. (C) Summary: Swedish Charge Aberg told the Ambassador that she and her colleague had met with a senior MFA official who suggested, as long as the North Koreans left Laos, that his government was not concerned about their [...] |
2007-12-12 10:04:00 | Embassy Vientiane | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC KN LA PREL SW |
07WELLINGTON680 |
DISCUSSION WITH COOK ISLANDS DEPUTY PM ON MARITIME [...] (C) During a recent visit to Auckland, Cook Islands Deputy Prime Minister Sir Terepai Maoate, along with Associate Minister Junior Maoate (his son) and CEO Ratu Mato, met with the Ambassador and Auckland CG. Maoate explained that the Cooks are anxious to expand their thin economic base beyon [...] |
2007-09-17 23:50:00 | Embassy Wellington | CONFIDENTIAL | EWWT EMIN KTIA PBTS PREL SNAR XB XV NZ SW |
07YEREVAN735 |
DEMARCHE DELIVERED: GLOBAL INITIATIVE [...] (U) We delivered reftel information to Arshak Manukyan, head of the MFA's Division of Non-Conventional Arms and Global Security, who thanked us for the update. GODFREY [...] |
2007-06-05 10:25:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER KGIC PARM PREL FI PL PO SW AM |
07ZAGREB1062 |
FM KITAROVIC ON OSCE MADRID MINISTERIAL [...] (U) Ambassador and PolChief had lunch on December 5 with FM Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic and State Secretary Hido Biscevic, subsequent to their return from the OSCE Ministerial in Madrid, and to follow up on FM Kitarovic's bilateral meeting there with U/S Burns. 2. (C) Kitarovic and Biscevic sa [...] |
2007-12-06 08:54:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV OSCE SR SW BE HR |
08ATHENS1070 |
GREECE/SYRIA: GREEK VIEWS ON DEALING WITH THE SARG [...] (C) A/Pol Counselor delivered ref A points on the Syrian Arab Republic Government (SARG) on 7/24 to George Ayfandis, acting Director of the MFA A-6 Directorate for Arab Countries and the Middle East. Ayfandis said that Greece shared U.S. concerns about the SARG, highlighting, in particular, S [...] |
2008-07-25 13:31:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SY LE EU RS TU NO SW |
08BAGHDAD1852 |
SWEDISH AMBASSADOR TO IRAQ ON REFUGEES, SIDA [...] (C) Summary: In a June 17 meeting with the Charge, Swedish Ambassador to Iraq (resident in Amman) Niclas Trouve provided updates on implementation of the Swedish-Iraqi refugee "Return Agreement" (which he said is running smoothly) and the status of reopening an Embassy in Baghdad (expected to b [...] |
2008-06-19 10:50:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PREF SW IZ |
08BAGHDAD2174 |
SWEDISH AMBASSADOR TO IRAQ ON T-WALLS, PROGRESS OF [...] (C) Summary: In a July 5 meeting, Swedish Ambassador to Iraq (resident in Amman) Niclas Trouve accepted Ambassador Crocker,s apology for the manner in which the transportation of a generator through the Swedish Embassy,s construction site in Baghdad was handled. He provided an update on ongoi [...] |
2008-07-13 08:11:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PREF SW IZ ASEC |
08BEIJING1267 |
April 3 MFA Press Briefing: Hu Jia Case, Olympic Boycott, [...] Key points at the April 3 MFA Press Briefing were: -- China has handled the Hu Jia case according to law and will not accept criticism. -- The IOC is right to reject calls to boycott the Beijing Olympics and the torch relay should not be disrupted. -- Reports China supplied the IAEA with [...] |
2008-04-03 11:14:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM PTER CH PK TN TZ CI QA KZ AS SW |
08BEIJING1316 |
April 8 MFA Press Briefing: Dalai Lama, Olympic Torch, [...] Key points at the April 8 MFA Press Briefing were: -- The Dalai Lama "lies for a living" and wants to bring emancipated Tibetans back to slavery. -- United States and Chinese officials have been in contact to ensure safe passage for the Olympic torch in San Francisco. -- China will hold [...] |
2008-04-08 11:15:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM PTER CH PK TN TZ CI QA KZ AS SW |
08BERLIN1604 |
GERMANY/AFGHANISTAN: NOVEMBER 26-27 MEETING OF [...] (C) SUMMARY. At a November 26-27 conference in Berlin, ISAF RC-North Chiefs of Defense and representatives from SHAPE and JFC Brunssum discussed a wide range of issues, including the insurgent threat along the border with RC-West, the requirements for a larger RC-North QRF and support for nex [...] |
2008-12-01 16:58:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR GM NO SW FI IT AF |
08BERLIN1692 |
GERMANY: MIXED VIEWS OF THE NEW EASTERN PARTNERSHIP [...] (C) Summary. German contacts support the EU's new Eastern Partnership (EP) in part because it offers increased cooperation with eastern neighbors while falling short of moving toward membership and in part because it responds to Russian aggression in Georgia by bringing the eastern neighbors [...] |
2008-12-19 13:44:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EU SW GM RS |
08LJUBLJANA348 |
SLOVENIA NOTES U.S. CONCERNS WITH SARG, BUT NOT [...] No summary [...] |
2008-08-05 15:04:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SY LE EUN RS TU NO SW SI |
08LONDON3001 |
EU/PAKISTAN: HMG REQUESTS USG INFLUENCE THE SWEDES [...] (C/NF) HMG wants to hold an EU-Pakistan Summit under the EU's Swedish presidency in the second half of 2009, but is having trouble convincing the Swedes that a summit would add significant value to what the international community is trying to accomplish in Pakistan, according to FCO Pakistan [...] |
2008-12-02 10:12:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL ETRD PK SW UK |
08OSLO418 |
NORWAY APPEARS TO SHARE USG CAUTION ON SYRIA'S [...] (C) Political Counselor and poloff delivered reftel demarche to Jan Dybfest, acting director of the mid-east section of the MFA. The Norwegian response to reftel demarche was fundamentally consistent with USG policy toward Syria. 2. (C) Significantly, Dybfest said that the GON had conside [...] |
2008-07-25 14:40:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SY LE EUN RS TU NO SW |
08OSLO594 |
NORDIC DEFENSE COOPERATION: A RORSCHACH TEST [...] (C) Summary: The old idea of Nordic Defense cooperation (NDC) has had new life breathed into it, bringing with it uncertain implications for NATO and the region's transatlantic ties. The momentum for this stems from a 2007 joint report on potential areas of defense cooperation issued by Norwa [...] |
2008-11-03 15:11:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR PGOV PREL MARR MCAP MOPS DA IC FI SW NO |
08PARIS2005 |
FLIRTING WITH DISASTER: FRANCE PREPARES FOR THE [...] (C) As Paris moves into the weekend before the Union for the Mediterranean (UPM) ministerial in Marseille 3-4 November, great uncertainty about its outcome and prospects for making good on the grand vision for the UPM sketched out in Paris last July prevail. A senior-level contact at the Fr [...] |
2008-10-31 18:12:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EUN XT XF FR EZ EG IS SW AL |
08PARIS2130 |
U.S./FDA ORPHAN PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT GRANT AWARD FOR [...] ESTH Office has review the proposed research and Embassy Paris find no objection to the proposed research grant entitled "Familial Amyloid Polyneuropathy". STAPLETON [...] |
2008-11-20 11:23:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | KSCA TBIO OTRA TPHY US UK PO FR SW AR BR |
08PARISFR2202 |
UNESCO DIRECTOR GENERAL SUCCESSION: CONVERSATIONS WITH [...] (C) Summary: The Mexican and Swedish UNESCO Ambassadors told Ambassador Oliver that their respective countries will oppose the candidacy of Egyptian Minister of Culture Farouq Hosni for the position of Director General of UNESCO. The Mexican Ambassador also expressed misgivings about the pos [...] |
2008-12-04 17:01:00 | Mission UNESCO | CONFIDENTIAL | UNESCO PREL FR SW MX BR |
08RIGA549 |
LATVIAN LEADERS STEPPING UP TO ADDRESS ENERGY [...] (C) One of the outcomes of the Georgia crisis seems to be a focus among top Latvian leaders to address the country's energy security issues. President Zatlers was clear with the Ambassador that Latvia needed to turn away from gas as the source for electricity production. After expanding an e [...] |
2008-09-11 07:59:00 | Embassy Riga | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ENRG PGOV ECON PREL BO UP SW LG |
08STATE106338 |
BACKGROUND AND TALKING [...] (SBU) The United States supports reducing Russia's dominance in European gas markets through development of a Southern Corridor bringing gas from the Caspian region through Turkey to European markets. Nordstream bolsters Gazprom's position in European gas markets and could negatively impact [...] |
2008-10-04 00:30:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EPET GM SW RS |
08STATE114173 |
NORDIC AND BALTIC POLITICAL DIRECTORS, OCTOBER 2 [...] (C) Summary. On October 2, political directors and other senior officials from the nine members of the Expanded Partnership in Northern Europe (E-PINE), including EUR Assistant Secretary Dan Fried, met in Vilnius for semi-annual consultations. The principal issues discussed were Georgia, U [...] |
2008-10-27 16:10:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | KNEI PREL EUR BO GG RS UP XG SW NO LG LH IC EN FI |
08STATE25210 |
BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE END-USE CHECK [...] No summary [...] |
2008-03-11 15:19:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KOMC SW |
08STATE34001 |
BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE END-USE CHECK [...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 2-4. 2. The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests post's assistance in conducting a pre-license check on application 050095047 for the export of F-18 spare parts to Finland via Sweden. Post is requested to com [...] |
2008-04-02 16:05:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KOMC SW |
08STATE55375 |
ORAL MESSAGE URGING FM KOUCHNER TO ATTEND [...] (C) This is an action request: see para 4, below. 2. (C) Per reftel State 43799, Sweden is hosting the International Compact with Iraq (ICI) Ministerial Meeting in Stockholm on May 29. The Swedish Foreign Minister of State has requested USG support for Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt's [...] |
2008-05-23 13:36:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID FR IZ SW EUN |
08STATE56861 |
E-PINE POLITICAL DIRECTORS, APRIL 30TH MEETING IN [...] (C) Summary. Senior U.S., Nordic, and Baltic officials met in Washington D.C. on April 30th for the eleventh Enhanced Partnership in Northern Europe (e-PINE) Political Directors' meeting. They agreed: that MAP for Georgia and Ukraine in December is desirable, but may be problematic; that the cu [...] |
2008-05-28 15:08:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | KNEI PREL EUR BO GG PL RS UP XZ ZB SW NO LG LH IC |
08STATE60123 |
ICI ANNUAL REVIEW CONFERENCE - STOCKHOLM, MAY 29, [...] (U) Posts may draw upon this report as needed in their discussions with host governments about Iraq. 2. (U) Summary: In a meeting that most participants and commentators agreed helped to improve international perceptions of Iraq, eighty-four countries and twelve international organizations [...] |
2008-06-04 18:50:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID IR IZ PGOV PREF PREL SW EUN |
08STATE92567 |
DEMARCHE REQUEST: POSSIBLE UNAUTHORIZED [...] (U) This is an Action Request for Embassy Stockholm. Please see paragraph 5. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (U) Post recently obtained information that European Helicopter Service (EHS) Sweden may be planning to retransfer four Bell 212 helicopters to a third country without prior approval [...] |
2008-08-28 16:28:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC KOMC SW |
08STATE94499 |
(S) FOLLOWING-UP WITH SWEDEN ON DEALINGS BETWEEN [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 4. 2. (S) Background: Since 2004, we have worked closely with Swedish officials in an effort to curtail assistance to Iran by the Swedish entity Mahaco. These efforts have resulted in subjecting Mahaco's activities to increased scrutiny [...] |
2008-09-03 21:00:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | PARM PREL ETTC MTCRE KSCA SW IR |
08STOCKHOLM117 |
MUSLIM IMMIGRANT CHALLENGES IN SWEDEN: INFORMAL [...] (U) In Gothenburg on January 24-25, the DCM met with city officials and Muslim community leaders to discuss integration. Immigrants comprise nearly one quarter of Gothenburg's population of half a million. Most live in segregated neighborhoods on the city's northern outskirts, and crime and [...] |
2008-02-14 13:33:00 | Embassy Stockholm | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PINR PREL KISL KPAO ECON OIIP SW |
08STOCKHOLM118 |
SWEDISH MFA POLITICAL DIRECTOR ON KOSOVO [...] (C) DCM Silverman met February 14 to review Kosovo issues with MFA Political Director Bjorn Lyrvall and urge early recognition. Lyrvall said: -- Sweden intended to recognize Kosovo, but internal procedures would delay the actual recognition until after a "Privy Council" meeting March 4. I [...] |
2008-02-14 17:01:00 | Embassy Stockholm | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SW YI |
08STOCKHOLM121 |
SWEDEN ON FEBRUARY 18-19 GAERC [...] (C) On February 15, Poloff reviewed with MFA Deputy European Correspondent Anna Norell and Desk Officer for EU Affairs Annika Palo reftel points on the February 18-19 GAERC. Norell noted that Kosovo discussions will dominate the GAERC; most discussion on Gaza will be postponed until March; th [...] |
2008-02-15 17:06:00 | Embassy Stockholm | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SW EU |
08STOCKHOLM122 |
SWEDEN: RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR INPUT FOR NEW REQUIRED [...] (SBU) In response to reftel request, Mission is pleased to provide the following information: A: At Embassy Stockholm, the Economic Section has the lead on energy issues. The section is staffed by four full-time employees. B: The section has two FSOs, one FSN, and one EFM. The Section [...] |
2008-02-19 07:15:00 | Embassy Stockholm | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ENRG APER ABUD SW |
08STOCKHOLM135 |
SWEDEN DECLARES INTENTION TO RECOGNIZE KOSOVO [...] (u) Both Prime Minister Reinfeldt and Foreign Minister Bildt made statements February 18 declaring Sweden's intention to recognize the independence of Kosovo. Because of internal political processes, formal recognition is expected to occur only following a special March 4 meeting of the Fore [...] |
2008-02-20 15:01:00 | Embassy Stockholm | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SW YI |
08STOCKHOLM136 |
SWEDEN PLANS TO OPEN EMBASSY IN BAGHDAD [...] (c) Following the signing of a repatriation agreement with Iraq, Sweden has agreed to open an Embassy in Baghdad. The Embassy will not issue visas and will open after premises have been secured, security is worked out, and communications are assured: "likely after the Summer," End Summary. [...] |
2008-02-21 06:57:00 | Embassy Stockholm | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IZ SW |
08STOCKHOLM151 |
SWEDEN WANTS MORE INFORMATION ON CLUSTER GROUPS [...] (C) On February 25 poloff delivered reftel demarche to Swedish Ambassador and Special Envoy of the African Division, Marika Fahlen. Ambassador Fahlen received the same non-paper in Washington last week and gave poloff a prepared, detailed response (available from the Sweden Desk officer, Marti [...] |
2008-02-25 15:13:00 | Embassy Stockholm | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EAID SO SW |
08STOCKHOLM156 |
SWEDEN RESPONSE: FIGHTING TUBERCULOSIS IN EUROPE [...] No summary [...] |
2008-02-26 12:00:00 | Embassy Stockholm | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO WHO XG SW |
08STOCKHOLM170 |
THREE SOMALI-SWEDES ARRESTED FOR TERRORIST [...] (U) On February 28, the Swedish Security Police arrested three adult males on suspicion of financing terrorist operations in Somalia. The arrests were coordinated with the Norwegian Security Police, who simultaneously arrested suspects in Oslo. The three men are Swedish citizens, but migrate [...] |
2008-02-29 15:23:00 | Embassy Stockholm | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER PREL PGOV NO SW |
08STOCKHOLM176 |
SWEDEN RESPONSE: MONTERREY CONSENSUS: BACKGROUND [...] No summary [...] |
2008-03-04 10:34:00 | Embassy Stockholm | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON EFIN ETRD ECIN EINV PGOV SW |
08STOCKHOLM177 |
SWEDEN RESPONSE: BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE [...] (SBU) Summary: Deputy Economic Counselor visited Robert Eklund, President of Avitronics International AB on March 3. Eklund said he operates as a distributor and not a broker because he purchases the searchlights from Spectrolab Inc. and pays for them against invoice. He maintained that his o [...] |
2008-03-04 14:07:00 | Embassy Stockholm | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KOMC ETTC SW |
08STOCKHOLM183 |
SWEDEN ON TAIWAN'S OECD PARTICIPATION; PM TO VISIT [...] (C) On March 5, poloff delivered reftel demarche to Peter Springfeldt, Director of the China Desk of the Asia and Pacific Division of the MFA. Springfeldt said the Government of Sweden wants Taiwan's status within the OECD to remain unchanged. He added that Sweden's policy towards Taiwan is [...] |
2008-03-06 15:19:00 | Embassy Stockholm | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON CM TW OECD SW |
08STOCKHOLM186 |
SWEDEN ON MARCH 10-11 GAERC [...] No summary [...] |
2008-03-07 16:01:00 | Embassy Stockholm | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EUN AF ZI SW |
08STOCKHOLM187 |
SWEDEN WILL INCREASE TROOPS IN AFGHANISTAN [...] (C) On March 6, poloff and Defense Attache's Office (DAO) delivered, in parallel to the MFA and MOD, reftel demarche seeking additional Swedish support in Afghanistan. MOD's U.S. Desk Officer Karin Hevert noted that Sweden's participation in the current EU Nordic Battle Group will end in June [...] |
2008-03-07 16:02:00 | Embassy Stockholm | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PREL MOPS MARR AF SW |
08STOCKHOLM204 |
DEMARCHE ON CLIMATE CHANGE COOPERATION: SWEDEN [...] (SBU) The Ambassador met with the PM's advisor on foreign policy State Secretary Nicola Clase to deliver reftel demarche on March 11. The Ambassador stressed that the President is firmly committed to joining an international agreement. Now it is time for the US and the EU to work closely to [...] |
2008-03-13 07:06:00 | Embassy Stockholm | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCHG SENV ECON PGOV EUN SW |
08STOCKHOLM225 |
DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON REFERENDUM IN BURMA [...] No summary [...] |
2008-03-20 13:47:00 | Embassy Stockholm | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM BM SW |
08STOCKHOLM226 |
DEMARCHE ON DESIGNATION OF AL-SHABAAB AS A [...] No summary [...] |
2008-03-20 14:24:00 | Embassy Stockholm | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER ASEC PREL PGOV KCRM SO SW |
08STOCKHOLM240 |
DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON BELARUS: SWEDEN SUPPORTS [...] (C) On March 27 poloff delivered reftel demarche on EU support for the U.S. to the current to Balkan and Caucuses Desk Officer Anna Hamarlund Blixt. She said Sweden is in line with the USG that political prisoners, including Kazulin, should be released unconditionally and permanently. Sweden [...] |
2008-03-27 15:44:00 | Embassy Stockholm | CONFIDENTIAL | BO EU PHUM PREL SW |
08STOCKHOLM257 |
SWEDEN: RESPONSE TO DEMARCHES ON UNSCR 1803 AND ON [...] No summary [...] |
2008-04-02 13:00:00 | Embassy Stockholm | SECRET | KNNP EFIN ETRD PARM PREL MNUC IR SW |
08STOCKHOLM260 |
SWEDEN UNDECIDED ON CANADIAN CLUSTER WEAPONS [...] No summary [...] |
2008-04-04 12:37:00 | Embassy Stockholm | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL MOPS PGOV SW |
08STOCKHOLM265 |
PM REINFELDT REQUESTS MAY 29 BILAT WITH SECRETARY [...] (C) MFA Political Director Bjorn Lyrvall requested April 7 that Charge convey the request of PM Reinfeldt for a bilateral meeting with Secretary Rice on May 29, in connection with the Secretary's anticipated participation in the Stockholm conference on the International Compact with Iraq (ref [...] |
2008-04-07 14:18:00 | Embassy Stockholm | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL OVIP SECRETARY PGOV IZ SW |
08STOCKHOLM272 |
THREE ISSUES FOR MOD TOLGFORS APRIL 17 CALL ON [...] (C) In connection the upcoming April 16-17 visit by Swedish Minister of Defense Sten Tolgfors to Washington, Embassy recommends raising two requests regarding specific additional contributions in Afghanistan (ref A) and Sweden's pending decision on participation in NATO's Rapid Response. We al [...] |
2008-04-11 15:16:00 | Embassy Stockholm | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS PINR PGOV IZ AF SW |
08STOCKHOLM288 |
FM BILDT ON U.S. HELP TO MAKE THE ICI A SUCCESS [...] (C) On April 17, Ambassador met with FM Bildt in anticipation of Sweden's hosting the May 29 International Compact with Iraq (ICI) conference. Bildt was joined by MFA State Secretary Belfrage, Ambassador Christer Kumlin (in charge of conference logistics), Chief of Staff Karin Olofsdotter, Am [...] |
2008-04-18 11:19:00 | Embassy Stockholm | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON IZ EU SW |
08STOCKHOLM29 |
URGING SWEDEN TO DO MORE IN AFGHANISTAN [...] (C) We should ask Sweden to plus up its ISAF operation in Afghanistan with additional manpower and resources, possibly including medevac helicopters, JAS Gripen fighters, and Operational Mentor and Liaison (OMLT) teams. Timing and developments affecting other international deployments may ma [...] |
2008-01-11 16:36:00 | Embassy Stockholm | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS PGOV SW |
08STOCKHOLM290 |
SWEDEN REQUESTS HELP REGARDING SWEDISH CASUALTY IN [...] No summary [...] |
2008-04-21 09:27:00 | Embassy Stockholm | SECRET | PREL PTER SO SW |
08STOCKHOLM310 |
DAS GARBER TALKS IRAQ COMPACT CONFERENCE WITH [...] (SBU) Summary: On April 25, DAS Judy Garber, accompanied by DCM, met with State Secretary Frank Belfrage to discuss issues surrounding the International Compact with Iraq (ICI) on May 29 in Stockholm. The Swedes are pressing EU and Gulf capitals to send FMs to the ICI, and would appreciate co [...] |
2008-04-28 13:17:00 | Embassy Stockholm | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ECON IQ EU SW |
08STOCKHOLM340 |
Media Reaction - Israel and Palestinian Refugees [...] No summary [...] |
2008-05-07 07:54:00 | Embassy Stockholm | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO PINS PHUM PREF EUN SW |
08STOCKHOLM343 |
Media Reaction - Inauguration of President Medvedev [...] No summary [...] |
2008-05-08 09:13:00 | Embassy Stockholm | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO PINS PHUM PREF EUN SW |
08STOCKHOLM350 |
DEMARCHE DELIVERED: EU MOVING SLOWLY ON UNSCR 1803 [...] No summary [...] |
2008-05-09 08:32:00 | Embassy Stockholm | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN AORC ETRD TRGY KNNP UNSC IR SW |
08STOCKHOLM354 |
SWEDEN PREPARED TO SUPPLY HUMANITARIAN SUPPORT FOR [...] No summary [...] |
2008-05-09 15:19:00 | Embassy Stockholm | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PREL EAID BM SW |
08STOCKHOLM358 |
SWEDISH RESPONSE: TERRORISM FINANCE: [...] No summary [...] |
2008-05-12 09:35:00 | Embassy Stockholm | SECRET | EFIN PTER KTFN PINR PREL KU SW |
08STOCKHOLM362 |
SWEDISH RESPONSE: TERRORISM FINANCE: [...] No summary [...] |
2008-05-14 12:29:00 | Embassy Stockholm | SECRET | KFTN PTER PINR EFIN PREL BA QA SW |
08STOCKHOLM364 |
Media Reaction - China and Burma [...] No summary [...] |
2008-05-15 07:20:00 | Embassy Stockholm | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO PINS PHUM PREF EUN SW |
08STOCKHOLM368 |
SCENE-SETTER FOR THE SECRETARY'S MAY 28-30 VISIT [...] (U) This is a joint Embassy Stockholm/Embassy Baghdad message. SWEDEN 2. (C) Madame Secretary, welcome to Sweden. You are the first sitting Secretary of State to visit Stockholm since Lawrence Eagleburger in 1992. The occasion is historic: Sweden's hosting of the first post-Saddam me [...] |
2008-05-19 14:59:00 | Embassy Stockholm | SECRET | PREL PGOV EAID ECON SENV IZ SW |
08STOCKHOLM369 |
USAID REPRESENTATIVE IN MAZAR-I-SHARIF URGES [...] (SBU) On May 15-16, Deputy Economic Counselor accompanied USAID Field Program Officer (FPO) from Mazar-i-Sharif to meetings at the Swedish Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Defense, Swedish Military Intelligence and Security Directorate, and the Swedish International Development Cooper [...] |
2008-05-20 05:57:00 | Embassy Stockholm | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID EFIN ECON PGOV PREL MARR MASS AF SW |
08STOCKHOLM372 |
SWEDEN AND CUBA: TITLE III COUNTRY REVIEW OF THE [...] (C) The protection and promotion of human rights is a central tenet of Swedish foreign policy. Sweden adheres to the EU's "constructive engagement" policy toward Cuba and employs such engagement to raise human rights concerns with Havana. In a March 2008 press release, Minister for Developme [...] |
2008-05-20 11:06:00 | Embassy Stockholm | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD ETTC PREL CU SW |
08STOCKHOLM375 |
SWEDISH NUCLEAR PLANT OSKARSHAMN PLANT CLOSED OVER [...] (U) Local press reports that two people have been arrested on suspicion of preparing acts of sabotage at the Oskarshamn nuclear power plant in southern Sweden. According to the web news source "The Local", a Swedish contractor was stopped by the plant's security and arrested on Wednesday mornin [...] |
2008-05-21 14:53:00 | Embassy Stockholm | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ASEC PTER OVIP SW |
08STOCKHOLM377 |
Media Reaction - Lebanon and Hezbollah [...] No summary [...] |
2008-05-22 07:28:00 | Embassy Stockholm | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO PINS PHUM PREF EUN SW |
08STOCKHOLM390 |
Media Reaction - Stockholm ICI Conference [...] No summary [...] |
2008-05-29 06:11:00 | Embassy Stockholm | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO PINS PHUM PREF EUN SW |
08STOCKHOLM391 |
Media Reaction - Stockholm ICI Conference [...] No summary [...] |
2008-06-02 06:45:00 | Embassy Stockholm | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO PINS PHUM PREF EUN SW |
08STOCKHOLM404 |
SWEDISH RESPONSE: CRITICAL EQUIPMENT NEEDS FOR [...] No summary [...] |
2008-06-03 14:47:00 | Embassy Stockholm | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP TRGY PREL PARM MNUC AORC IAEA UNSC IR SW |
08STOCKHOLM407 |
FM BILDT AND U.S. OFFICIALS DISCUSS IRAQ, IRAN [...] (C) Summary: On May 28, the day prior to the International Compact with Iraq (ICI), Deputy Secretary of Treasury Robert Kimmitt and Amb. Ryan Crocker, accompanied by Amb. Wood, met with FM Carl Bildt and other MFA officials. Crocker briefed Bildt on the improving situation in Iraq. Bildt anno [...] |
2008-06-04 08:35:00 | Embassy Stockholm | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON IR IZ SW |
08STOCKHOLM412 |
A/S FRIED TALKS EU ENLARGEMENT, CYPRUS, AND KOSOVO [...] (C) Summary: On May 29 MFA State Secretary Frank Belfrage told A/S Fried: -- Sweden, France, and the Czech Republic recently agreed on an EU tripartite presidency program that does not block further accession negotiations with Turkey and Croatia; -- Sweden is encouraging the UN to take a m [...] |
2008-06-05 13:18:00 | Embassy Stockholm | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON IQ EU SW |
08STOCKHOLM416 |
SWEDEN: TREASURY DEPUTY'S CLEAN TECHNOLOGY FUND DISCUSSIONS [...] (SBU) On May 28, Deputy Treasury Secretary Robert Kimmitt raised the Clean Technology Fund (CTF) with Gunilla Carlsson, Swedish Minister for International Development Cooperation; also in attendance were Per Jansson, State Secretary in the Ministry of Finance, and Anders Turesson, Sweden's Ch [...] |
2008-06-09 08:37:00 | Embassy Stockholm | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON ENGR ENRG SENV EAID TBIO TRGY SW |
08STOCKHOLM420 |
Media Reaction - President Bush's Trip to Europe [...] No summary [...] |
2008-06-10 09:34:00 | Embassy Stockholm | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO PINS PHUM PREF EUN SW |
08STOCKHOLM423 |
IRANIANS INSPECT BELL HELICOPTERS IN SWEDEN [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 5. 2. (S) In early May, post received the first of three unsolicited e-mails from Arnold Sundquist, a naturalized U.S. citizen resident in Sweden and employee of Stockholm-based European Helicopter Service Sweden. The e-mails state that h [...] |
2008-06-10 14:04:00 | Embassy Stockholm | SECRET | ETRD ETTC KOMC MCAP PARM IR SW |
08STOCKHOLM431 |
SWEDISH INSPECTORATE FOR STRATEGIC PRODUCTS ON [...] (S) On June 11, Deputy Economic Counselor met with Magnus Danielsson, Principal Administrative Officer, the Swedish Inspectorate for Strategic Products (ISP), to discuss Mahaco, a Swedish company owned and operated by a dual Swedish/Iranian national. Danielsson commented that Mahaco, which is [...] |
2008-06-13 10:30:00 | Embassy Stockholm | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PARM MNUC IAEA UNSC ETTC MTCRE IR SW |
08STOCKHOLM435 |
SUB REGIONAL PROJECT - NORDIC BALTIC REGION [...] Embassy Stockholm requests that ECA/PE/V/R/E design a Sub-Regional Project on alternative energy for the Nordic-Baltic region. Renewable energy and energy security are already at the top of European public and governmental agendas. With the Bali roadmap to a post-Kyoto climate change regime cu [...] |
2008-06-16 13:20:00 | Embassy Stockholm | UNCLASSIFIED | OEXC KPAO SCUL SW |
08STOCKHOLM436 |
STOCKHOLM: REGIONAL SCIENCE PROJECT - OPENING SESAME STILL [...] (U) Summary: On June 9 and 10, 2008, Sweden hosted the Twelfth Meeting of the Synchrotron-light for Experimental Science and Applications in the Middle East (SESAME) project. The main expected benefits are closer cooperation in the Middle East, advances in science geared toward regional issu [...] |
2008-06-16 13:21:00 | Embassy Stockholm | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON TSPL OSCI TNGD TPHY UNESCO SW |
08STOCKHOLM442 |
SWEDISH RESPONSE: DEMARCHE REQUEST: ATTENDANCE AND [...] No summary [...] |
2008-06-19 10:58:00 | Embassy Stockholm | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PGOV PREL PHUM LE UNRWA SW |
08STOCKHOLM458 |
NO SWEDISH FORCED LABOR AND CHILD LABOR IN THE [...] No summary [...] |
2008-06-25 12:45:00 | Embassy Stockholm | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI SW |
08STOCKHOLM474 |
EMBASSY STOCKHOLM'S FEEDBACK ON ESTA [...] SUMMARY: An initial review of ESTA among various offices at Post raised several questions, including whether we can provide a prototype of the ESTA website as part of our outreach efforts and how ESTA will interface with the Class database and airline systems. This cable also outlines Post's [...] |
2008-06-30 06:14:00 | Embassy Stockholm | UNCLASSIFIED | CPAS CVIS CMGT PREL SW |
08STOCKHOLM475 |
Media Reaction - Mugabe and Zimbabwe [...] No summary [...] |
2008-06-30 10:34:00 | Embassy Stockholm | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO PINS PHUM PREF EUN SW |
08STOCKHOLM482 |
SWEDEN COMPLAINS OF EMBASSY'S PERIMETER BREACH BY [...] (U) On July 1, Head of the Gulf Department at the MFA, Dag Juhlen-Dannfelt, contacted poloff to protest the breach of Sweden's diplomatic compound in Baghdad by KBR contractors and the U.S. Military. According to a report sent by Sweden's security contractor Control Risks, the perimeter defen [...] |
2008-07-01 14:49:00 | Embassy Stockholm | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV IZ SW |
08STOCKHOLM485 |
DEMARCHE DELIVERED: SHAPING POST-CYCLONE [...] No summary [...] |
2008-07-03 12:27:00 | Embassy Stockholm | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV EAID BM EUN SW |
08STOCKHOLM489 |
SWEDISH RESPONSE: IRAN AIR CARGO AND ISLAMIC [...] No summary [...] |
2008-07-07 14:53:00 | Embassy Stockholm | SECRET | EFIN EWWT ERTD PARM PINR PREL KNNP EUN IR SW |
08STOCKHOLM494 |
PROPOSED RESPONSE TO SWEDISH REQUEST TO RELEASE [...] (S) Embassy Stockholm recommends we postpone a response to the Swedish request for release of AESA radar for Swedish Gripens until after Norway's selection of its next fighter jet, currently slated for December 2008. In informing Sweden of this delay, we should consider offering U.S. support [...] |
2008-07-09 14:14:00 | Embassy Stockholm | SECRET | PARM MOPS MARR PREL ECON PGOV SW |
08STOCKHOLM501 |
Media Reaction - G-8 Summit Meeting [...] No summary [...] |
2008-07-11 09:05:00 | Embassy Stockholm | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO PINS PHUM PREF EUN SW |
08STOCKHOLM506 |
IRAN SMALL GRANTS PROGRAM OPPORTUNITIES IN SWEDEN [...] (C) Summary: Post has reached out to members of the Iranian community in Sweden over the past year. Post has not yet identified recipients for the Iran Small Grants Program, however, we continue to vet different groups and intend to nominate several candidates in the Fall. Iranian Swedes are [...] |
2008-07-15 14:38:00 | Embassy Stockholm | CONFIDENTIAL | IR KDEM KPAO PREL SW |
08STOCKHOLM51 |
SWEDISH PARLIAMENT'S FOREIGN AFFAIRS LEADERS ON [...] (C) Charge discussed Sweden's role in Afghanistan and Kosovo in separate meetings January 16 and 17 with Goran Lennmarker and Urban Ahlin, the government and the opposition leaders in the Parliament's Foreign Affairs Committee. Lennmarker and Ahlin both saw room for increases in the number of [...] |
2008-01-22 15:56:00 | Embassy Stockholm | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS PGOV YI AF SW |
08STOCKHOLM510 |
EUROPEAN COURT TO REVIEW SWEDEN'S SNOOP LAW; [...] (U) Summary: On July 14, Sweden-based Justice Center (CFR) announced it will refer Sweden's new surveillance law to the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR). Liberal Party parliamentarians have heavily criticized the law's vagueness. Nordic telecommunications businesses are considering movin [...] |
2008-07-17 07:24:00 | Embassy Stockholm | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINT PTER PINR PGOV RU SW |
08STOCKHOLM511 |
SWEDEN NOT DELAYING BUT SUPPORTS (SOME) EU [...] (C) Background: According to USEU Brussels sources, Sweden, among other EU members, are delaying the draft Common Position in UNSCR 1803, which transposes 1803 into an additional set of EU sanctions against Iran (reftel). End background. 2. (SBU) On July 17 Ambassador Peter Tejler, Directo [...] |
2008-07-17 13:43:00 | Embassy Stockholm | CONFIDENTIAL | EUN PREL PINR KNNP IR BE SW |
08STOCKHOLM528 |
DEMARCHE DELIVERED: SWEDES KEEPING PRESSURE ON THE [...] No summary [...] |
2008-07-24 08:18:00 | Embassy Stockholm | CONFIDENTIAL | COL VE HR EUN PTER SNAR PGOV PREL SW |
08STOCKHOLM532 |
AT EU, SWEDEN PUSHES IRAQI REFUGEES OVER [...] (U) On June 24, the local media ran an op-ed piece by Migration Minister Tobias Billstrom calling on other EU countries to take in more Iraqi refugees. That same day at the EU Ministerial meeting, the EU did not address the issue to take in more Iraqi refugees. According to press reports, th [...] |
2008-07-28 11:17:00 | Embassy Stockholm | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PTER EU IZ SW |
08STOCKHOLM533 |
AT EU, SWEDEN PUSHES IRAQI REFUGEES OVER [...] (U) On June 24, the local media ran an op-ed piece by Migration Minister Tobias Billstrom calling on other EU countries to take in more Iraqi refugees. That same day at the EU Ministerial meeting, the EU did not address the issue to take in more Iraqi refugees. According to press reports, th [...] |
2008-07-28 11:17:00 | Embassy Stockholm | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PREL PGOV PTER EU IZ SW |
08STOCKHOLM534 |
SWEDISH RESPONSE TO U.S. DESIGNATION OF ADDITIONAL [...] On July 22, 2008, econoff delivered reftel demarche to Marten Frostgard, Desk Officer at the Department of Security Policy, and Ulf Samuelsson, Deputy Director of the Department of Middle East and North Africa. They thanked the United States for the information and said they would pass it to t [...] |
2008-07-28 11:21:00 | Embassy Stockholm | UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP EFIN PARM SW |
08STOCKHOLM543 |
DEMARCHE DELIVERED: SWEDES SUPPORT TURKEY'S EU [...] No summary [...] |
2008-08-01 07:50:00 | Embassy Stockholm | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER PGOV TU EUN SW |
08STOCKHOLM548 |
STOCKHOLM REQUESTS TWO INTERNS FOR SPRING 2009 [...] No summary [...] |
2008-08-04 14:27:00 | Embassy Stockholm | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT APER ASEC SW |
08STOCKHOLM557 |
MUSLIM ENGAGEMENT IN SWEDEN [...] (U) Muslim immigrants have achieved substantial but uneven success in Sweden. They represent four to five percent of Sweden's population of nine million people, comprised of Iraqis (100,000), Iranians (56,000), Bosnian Muslims (40,000), Turks (38,000), Somalis (35,000), and smaller numbers fr [...] |
2008-08-08 09:00:00 | Embassy Stockholm | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON KISL KPAO OIIP PGOV PHUM PINR PREL SW |
08STOCKHOLM559 |
Media Reaction - Georgia/Ossetia/Russia [...] No summary [...] |
2008-08-11 12:01:00 | Embassy Stockholm | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO PINS PHUM PREF EUN SW |
08STOCKHOLM562 |
Media Reaction - Russia [...] No summary [...] |
2008-08-12 08:03:00 | Embassy Stockholm | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO PINS PHUM PREF EUN SW |
08STOCKHOLM565 |
TFGG01: SWEDEN SHARES U.S. POSITION ON [...] No summary [...] |
2008-08-12 14:00:00 | Embassy Stockholm | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV RU GG SW |
08STOCKHOLM571 |
TFGG001: DEMARCHE DELIVERED--SWEDEN CONDEMNS [...] (C) Summary: A senior Swedish MFA official told poloff the EU is divided into two camps and the French have watered-down the GAERC conclusion. Unless the situation in Georgia worsens, the EU is unlikely to offer a stronger statement until after Sept. 6, when the foreign ministers will meet in [...] |
2008-08-15 11:05:00 | Embassy Stockholm | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL GG RU SW |
08STOCKHOLM574 |
TFGG01: Swedish media coverage of Georgia crisis; Embassy [...] Over the weekend and Monday, August 16-18, Swedish media reported extensively on the crisis in Georgia, with correspondent reports from the region, analytical articles and editorials. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice's visit to Tbilisi, during which a six-point peace agreement was signed, r [...] |
2008-08-18 14:28:00 | Embassy Stockholm | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO PINS PHUM PREF EUN SW |
08STOCKHOLM575 |
TFGG01: SWEDEN CANCELS JOINT RUSSIAN MILITARY [...] No summary [...] |
2008-08-19 15:36:00 | Embassy Stockholm | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR PREL PGOV RU GG SW |
08STOCKHOLM579 |
TTFGG01: SWEDEN TO SEND 2-3 OSCE MIL OBSERVERS TO [...] (SBU) Head of the Eastern European Department, Johan Frisell, told poloff that Sweden agreed to send two to three military observers to the OSCE's 28-observer contingent that will deploy immediately to Georgia. The MFA has asked the Defense Ministry to approve adding eight more military obser [...] |
2008-08-20 14:00:00 | Embassy Stockholm | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV OSCE RU GG SW |
08STOCKHOLM581 |
HANDICAPPED APPLICANT'S ESTA REJECTION HIGHLIGHTS NEED FOR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A physically handicapped applicant was required to apply for a tourist visa after having affirmatively answered to the Electronic System for Travel Authorization (ESTA) application question regarding physical disorders. Her case, which was covered by a national paper, highlight [...] |
2008-08-20 14:49:00 | Embassy Stockholm | UNCLASSIFIED | CPAS CVIS CMGT PREL SW |
08STOCKHOLM585 |
IRANIAN KURDISH PARTY OUTLINES GOI SUPPORT FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: Salah Sharafi, a leading member of the Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan (KDPI) and Hussam Heydari, a local Swedish member, met with the Charge on August 13 and underscored the importance of the KDPI chapter in Sweden. The KDPI Sweden chapter is the largest in Europe, with [...] |
2008-08-22 12:35:00 | Embassy Stockholm | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER KDEM PREL PINR SW IR |
08STOCKHOLM586 |
TFGG01: SWEDEN'S HUMANITARIAN AND OBSERVER [...] No summary [...] |
2008-08-22 14:11:00 | Embassy Stockholm | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV GG EU SW |
08STOCKHOLM587 |
TTFGG01: SWEDISH POLITICAL DIRECTOR ON GEORGIA [...] (C) Summary: Sweden fully supports the US positions on Georgia, both measures to support the Georgian government and people (see ref b on their military observers and humanitarian aid to date), and measures to review relations with Russia. On the latter, MFA political director Lyrvall outline [...] |
2008-08-22 15:22:00 | Embassy Stockholm | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV MARR PREL RU GG SW |
08STOCKHOLM59 |
SWEDEN ON HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL SPECIAL SESSION ON [...] No summary [...] |
2008-01-24 10:51:00 | Embassy Stockholm | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PGOV SW |
08STOCKHOLM590 |
TFGG01: SWEDEN'S DEPUTY FM SAYS FRENCH OPPOSE [...] No summary [...] |
2008-08-25 14:32:00 | Embassy Stockholm | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EU GG SW |
08STOCKHOLM591 |
GEORGIA DOMINATED MERKEL'S VISIT TO SWEDEN [...] (C) Russia's action in Georgia dominated the discussions when Merkel visited PM Reinfeldt in Stockholm, August 25. Germany and Sweden agree that Russia must withdraw its troops from Georgia and that the Russian President must not sign the referendum recognizing Abkhazia and South Ossetia. Both [...] |
2008-08-26 12:36:00 | Embassy Stockholm | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL ECON GG SW |
08STOCKHOLM592 |
TFGG01: Media Reaction - Georgia [...] No summary [...] |
2008-08-27 07:14:00 | Embassy Stockholm | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO PINS PHUM PREF EUN SW |
08STOCKHOLM593 |
SWEDISH KING TO VISIT KYIV 30 SEPTEMBER [...] King Carl XVI Gustav and Queen Silvia will pay a state visit to Ukraine on 30 September to 3 October. A Swedish business delegation will also visit during this time. 2. The visit was in the planning stages from early 2007, but was delayed by domestic turbulence in Ukrainian politics, accor [...] |
2008-08-28 07:04:00 | Embassy Stockholm | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV UK SW PREL |
08STOCKHOLM594 |
TFGG01: Media Reaction - Russia and Georgia [...] No summary [...] |
2008-08-28 14:31:00 | Embassy Stockholm | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO PINS PHUM PREF EUN SW |
08STOCKHOLM598 |
(C) COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR OFFICE OF [...] No summary [...] |
2008-08-29 13:20:00 | Embassy Stockholm | CONFIDENTIAL | SNAR OVIP SW |
08STOCKHOLM599 |
ACTION REQUEST: GUIDANCE ON INFORMATION SHARING ON [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 4. 2. (C) On August 14, CDA and Poloff met with the director general of the Inspectorate of Strategic Products (ISP), Andreas Ekman, to discuss the ongoing proliferation activities of Mahaco, a Swedish-registered company owned by a Swedish citize [...] |
2008-08-29 14:55:00 | Embassy Stockholm | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP PARM PREL SW SP IR |
08STOCKHOLM604 |
TFGG01: Media Reaction - Russia [...] No summary [...] |
2008-09-04 07:23:00 | Embassy Stockholm | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO PINS PHUM PREF EUN SW |
08STOCKHOLM607 |
SWEDEN ON GEORGIA IN ADVANCE OF THE SEPTEMBER 5-6 [...] (C) Summary: Swedish MFA Political Director Lyrvall told us September 4 that Sweden will emphasize the "political side" in upcoming donor conferences to highlight the need to demonstrate solidarity with Georgia and restore investor confidence. FM Bildt will work to "send a strong message" to [...] |
2008-09-04 15:06:00 | Embassy Stockholm | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EU GG RU SW |
08STOCKHOLM609 |
SWEDISH RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE REQUEST ON POSSIBLE [...] No summary [...] |
2008-09-05 14:33:00 | Embassy Stockholm | CONFIDENTIAL | KOMC ETTC IR SW |
08STOCKHOLM610 |
SWEDISH POLITICAL DIRECTOR ON AFGHAN NATIONAL ARMY [...] (C) Summary: Swedish Political Director Bjorn Lyrvall told us the Sweden is committed to Afghanistan "for the long haul" and that political parties across the spectrum remain supportive of the government's Afghanistan policy. He expects no problems with respect to Afghanistan when Parliamen [...] |
2008-09-08 15:16:00 | Embassy Stockholm | CONFIDENTIAL | SW AF PREL |
08STOCKHOLM624 |
SWEDISH MFA SAYS "WE'RE READY TO INCREASE AID TO [...] (U) The Director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP), John Walters, met with MFA State Secretary Frank Belfrage on September 8 to discuss the way forward in Afghanistan. Walters thanked Sweden for its long-term support of Afghanistan, especially for its commitment to leading [...] |
2008-09-15 13:58:00 | Embassy Stockholm | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL EAID AF SW |
08STOCKHOLM636 |
SWEDISH RESPONSE: DESIGNATION OF ADDITIONAL [...] No summary [...] |
2008-09-19 14:25:00 | Embassy Stockholm | UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP MNUC PREL PARM EFIN IR SW |
08STOCKHOLM638 |
Media Reaction - Financial Market Crisis [...] No summary [...] |
2008-09-22 09:18:00 | Embassy Stockholm | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO PINS PHUM PREF EUN SW |
08STOCKHOLM640 |
Media Reaction - South Africa, Mbeki Resignation [...] No summary [...] |
2008-09-23 08:59:00 | Embassy Stockholm | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO PINS PHUM PREF EUN SW |
08STOCKHOLM646 |
SWEDEN PAYS DAMAGES TO SECOND EXPELLED EGYPTIAN [...] (U) On September 19, the Swedish government settled with Ahmed Agiza, an Egyptian national, to pay around USD 500,000 in damages--a large amount in Swedish courts--related to the circumstances of his deportation to Cairo. The award was not directly related to his claims of torture by U.S. agen [...] |
2008-09-25 15:00:00 | Embassy Stockholm | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER PHUM PREF PGOV PREL EG SW |
08STOCKHOLM647 |
SWEDEN: SOLICITING CONTRIBUTIONS FOR SUSTAINING [...] No summary [...] |
2008-09-26 12:49:00 | Embassy Stockholm | CONFIDENTIAL | AF PREL NATEU MOPS MARR SW |
08STOCKHOLM648 |
STOCKHOLM ON HSPD-6 TERRORIST [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Embassy delivered reftel demarche September 25 and urged that Swedish officials be prepared to meet with a negotiating team to discuss implementation of Homeland Security Presidential Directive 6 (HSPD-6) in October. Swedish officials predict they will be able to assemble the r [...] |
2008-09-26 14:34:00 | Embassy Stockholm | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC CMGT CVIS PTER PGOV PREL SW |
08STOCKHOLM653 |
Media Reaction - Financial Crisis [...] No summary [...] |
2008-10-01 10:13:00 | Embassy Stockholm | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO PINS PHUM PREF EUN SW |
08STOCKHOLM654 |
SWEDISH RESPONSE: US CANDIDATE FOR PRESIDENT OF [...] No summary [...] |
2008-10-01 12:39:00 | Embassy Stockholm | UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP ENRG TRGY OTRA IAEA AORC SW |
08STOCKHOLM657 |
SWEDISH RESPONSE: ASSISTANCE TO GEORGIA FOLLOWING [...] No summary [...] |
2008-10-02 12:05:00 | Embassy Stockholm | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EFIN PREL KCRS KMCA EUMEM GG RS SW |
08STOCKHOLM663 |
STOCKHOLM DELIVERS CERTIFICATE OF REVOCATION (SIMON [...] No summary [...] |
2008-10-06 08:09:00 | Embassy Stockholm | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CVIS PM SW |