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| Identifier | Subject | Date | Office | Classification | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 03ROME2349 |
TFIZ01: FAO AWAITING GUIDANCE ON ROLE IN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. USDA/FAS DEPUTY ADMINISTRATOR MARY CHAMBLISS AND BABETTE GAINOR, FAS/EXPORT CREDITS, ACCOMPANIED BY MISSION OFFICERS KATIE NISHIURA AND TIM LAVELLE, CALLED UPON LAURENT THOMAS, CHIEF, SPECIAL EMERGENCY PROGRAMMES SERVICE, FAO, TO DISCUSS FAO'S ACTIVITIES IN IRAQ. THOMAS SAID T [...] |
2003-05-28 10:28:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC EAID IZ FAO WFP IZAORC EAGR TR |
| 05ANKARA6733 |
QUID PRO QUO: TURKEY ALSO SEEKS SUPPORT FOR [...] This message contains an action request in para 4. 2. GOT MFA contacted us on November 14 to request USG support for their Category C candidate in the upcoming IMO elections. Per ref A, Econoff informed the GOT of the US's Category A candidate and requested GOT support. MFA attache in the [...] |
2005-11-15 13:00:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | EWWT AORC PHSA KTIA IMO TR |
| 06ANKARA6622 |
TURKEY EX-BANK GOVERNOR HOPES FOR AKP ALTERNATIVE [...] (C) Summary. Highly-respected former Central Bank Governor Surreya Serdengecti is pessimistic about the short-term outlook for Turkey's economy, which he sees reflected in the stubborn failure of the inflation rate to fall below 10% and a return of dollarization. He does not believe the AK [...] |
2006-12-08 15:43:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN PGOV TR |
| 06BAKU1010 |
EUR DAS MATT BRYZA AND TURKISH ENERGY ENVOY MEET [...] (C) SUMMARY. EUR DAS Matthew J. Bryza and Turkish MFA Special Energy Envoy Ambassador Mithat Balkan met with Elshad Nasirov, Vice President (marketing) of Azerbaijan's State Oil Company (SOCAR) on June 7 to discuss development of a new "Southern Corridor" to help Europe diversify gas supplies [...] |
2006-07-12 13:20:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ECON EPET EFIN PREL KZ RU TR |
| 06BAKU1011 |
A NEW ENERGY AGENDA: EUR DAS MATT BRYZA AND [...] (C) SUMMARY. On June 6, EUR DAS Matthew Bryza and Turkish Energy Envoy Ambassador Mithat Balkan met with Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov to discuss a new partnership on energy issues, particularly on bringing Azerbaijani gas to Europe. Foreign Minister Mammadyarov said that Az [...] |
2006-07-12 13:20:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ECON EPET PREL AJ KZ RU TR |
| 06BAKU1012 |
EUR DAS MATT BRYZA AND TURKISH ENERGY ENVOY MEET [...] (C) SUMMARY. EUR DAS Matthew J. Bryza and Turkish Special Energy Envoy Ambassador Mithat Balkan met with Rovnag Abdullayev, President of Azerbaijan's State Oil Company (SOCAR) on June 7 to discuss the southern gas corridor proposal. Abdullayev said Azerbaijan is grateful for U.S. support over [...] |
2006-07-12 13:20:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ECON EPET EFIN AJ KZ RU TR |
| 06BAKU305 |
BTC COMPLETION ON TRACK FOR MAY; BP WORRIES GOAJ [...] (C) SUMMARY. In his February 16 meeting with DCM (attending for Ambassador) and the British Ambassador, AIOC President David Woodward reported that BTC appears on schedule to send oil from Ceyhan by the end of May, with public ceremonies to take place in June. However, this depends on BP achi [...] |
2006-02-27 14:02:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ECON EPET AJ KZ GG TR |
| 06BAKU327 |
BEYOND BTC - AZERBAIJAN SEEKS FURTHER ROLE FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY. Azerbaijan's MFA, in cooperation with State Oil Company SOCAR, sponsored a "High-Level Meeting on the Issues of Energy Security of Europe" on February 24. Representatives of several European countries, the European Commission, and Iran attended. Although the subject matter was no [...] |
2006-03-01 13:32:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ECON EPET AJ KZ GG TR RU IR |
| 06BAKU333 |
BP BUILDS PICTURE OF SPLIT GOAJ ON OIL TRANSPORT [...] (C) SUMMARY. In his February 28 meeting with Ambassador and the British Ambassador, BP Azerbaijan senior executive David Woodward reported that the South Caucasus gas pipeline project (SCP) is continuing on schedule and the Baku-Tblisi-Ceyhan oil pipeline (BTC) should remain on schedule as wel [...] |
2006-03-02 14:37:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ECON EPET AJ KZ GG TR |
| 06BAKU370 |
BARMEK'S TROUBLES PAINT GRIM PICTURE FOR POWER [...] (C) SUMMARY: The truce between Azerbaijan state electricity company AzerEnergy and Turkish power company Barmek, which buys electricity from AzerEnergy for distribution to consumers, has broken down. President Aliyev lent support to AzerEnergy chief Pirverdiyev's public attack on the company [...] |
2006-03-07 14:02:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ECON AJ TR |
| 06BAKU431 |
EUR A/S FRIED DISCUSSES ENERGY SECURITY ISSUES IN [...] (C) SUMMARY. EUR A/S Fried discussed the role of the Caspian in European energy security with GOAJ, BP, TOTAL, Statoil and ConocoPhillips officials in Baku on March 14. The consensus opinion was that Caspian energy resources, particularly natural gas, could play an important role in meeting f [...] |
2006-03-21 13:13:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ECON EPET AJ KZ GG TR TX |
| 06BAKU720 |
ITOCHU EXPRESSES INTEREST IN BAKU-TBLISI-KARS [...] (C) SUMMARY. Japanese multinational Itochu is seriously interested in the proposed Baku-Tbilisi-Kars rail link. Both Itochu and SOCAR feel the rail link will be necessary to deal with large Caspian oil volumes coming in the future. BP and British Embassy representatives disagree and do not s [...] |
2006-05-16 12:17:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG PREL ELTN AJ GG TR AM JA |
| 06BAKU736 |
EXPORTING GAS: EB/CBA SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE [...] (C) SUMMARY. Charge and EB/CBA Special Representative Frank Mermoud met May 5 with Elshad Nasirov, Vice President of Azerbaijan's State Oil Company (SOCAR). Nasirov argued that Kazakhstan is unhappy with Gazprom and is looking at alternate methods to get its gas to world markets. Nasirov o [...] |
2006-05-19 06:06:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ECON EPET AJ KZ RU TR |
| 07ANKARA2390 |
TURKISH MFA ACKNOWLEDGES TRANSATLANTIC DINNER [...] No summary [...] |
2007-09-21 12:26:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO OPDC PREL EU TR |
| 07BAKU1148 |
AZERBAIJAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DRL OFFICER [...] Embassy Baku warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to DRL Iran desk officer Kate Lurie to travel to Baku September 25-27 to participate in Iran-related meetings with embassy and government officials. Control officer will be Political Officer Rebecca Naslund. Ms. Naslund can be reache [...] |
2007-09-19 06:05:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA PHUM UK TR IR AJ |
| 07NICOSIA971 |
AKP AND OP: IS THE AKP GOVERNMENT IN SEARCH OF A [...] (C) Summary: Many Turkish Cypriots (T/Cs) consider Turkey's AKP the force behind the T/C Freedom and Reform Party (OP), the junior "coalition" partner to "TRNC President" Mehmet Ali Talat's CTP. Any doubts regarding AKP's support for OP were dispelled recently by the Turkish party's high-prof [...] |
2007-12-11 14:58:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL TR CY |
| 07NICOSIA994 |
TURKISH CYPRIOT PARTIES HEAD FOR DECEMBER SHOWDOWN [...] (C) Summary: An October agreement between the "governing" Republican Turkish Party (CTP) and the opposition to amend the "TRNC constitution" and consider early elections may derail before January 1 given the wildly differing goals of the participants. CTP considers the ad hoc committee agree [...] |
2007-12-17 14:31:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL TR CY |
| 08BAKU790 |
AZERBAIJANI PRESIDENT: I DIDN’T STAND BEHIND [...] (C) SUMMARY: On August 19, President Aliyev told visiting British Petroleum CEO Inglis that Azerbaijan is taking quiet steps to support Georgia, although Aliyev himself did not publicly support the Georgian President. For example, Azerbaijanis are repairing a critical rail bridge destroyed by the R [...] |
2008-08-22 04:03:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ETRD PREL AJ RU TR |
| 08BAKU810 |
FOREIGN MINISTER: AZERBAIJAN PRESSING FOR A [...] (C) In an August 26 meeting with the Ambassador, Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov said that President Ilham Aliyev on August 20 had encouraged Turkish Prime Minister Erdogan to sign a direct agreement with Turkmenistan to purchase gas at Turkmenistan's border. This proposal follows a simila [...] |
2008-08-27 06:13:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG PREL TR TX AJ |
| 08NICOSIA128 |
TURKISH CYPRIOTS GUARDEDLY OPTIMISTIC OVER [...] No summary [...] |
2008-02-22 13:08:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL TR CY |
| 08NICOSIA42 |
TURKISH CYPRIOTS DIVIDED OVER GREEK CYPRIOT [...] (C) Summary: Although closely watched by Turkish Cypriot (T/C) politicos, February 2008 presidential elections in the Republic of Cyprus do not engender in the north widespread hope for a future settlement. Of those we polled in the "ruling," pro-solution Republican Turkish Party (CTP), a ma [...] |
2008-01-17 15:28:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL TR CY |
| 08NICOSIA67 |
FATE OF "RULING" TURKISH CYPRIOT PARTY DEPENDS ON [...] No summary [...] |
2008-01-28 15:18:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL TR CY |
| 08NICOSIA744 |
CYPRUS: TURKISH CYPRIOT LEADER TALAT HOPEFUL ON [...] No summary [...] |
2008-09-17 12:11:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV TR CY |
| 08NICOSIA836 |
CYPRUS: T/C NEGOTIATOR URGES GREATER U.S. ROLE [...] No summary [...] |
2008-10-23 14:05:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV TR CY |
| 08NICOSIA880 |
CYPRUS: "RULING" TURKISH CYPRIOT PARTY GROWING [...] No summary [...] |
2008-11-06 15:31:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL TR CY |
| 08NICOSIA929 |
CYPRUS: "TRNC PM" WARNS OF MID-2009 EARLY ELECTIONS [...] No summary [...] |
2008-11-25 15:34:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV TR CY |
| 08NICOSIA930 |
CYPRUS: TALAT URGES FASTER UN PROCESS [...] No summary [...] |
2008-11-25 15:52:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV TR CY |
| 08NICOSIA981 |
CYPRUS: TURKISH AMBASSADOR'S INTERVIEW HARBINGER [...] (C) Summary: Departing Turkish "Ambassador to the TRNC" Turkekul Kurttekin's call for Turkish Cypriot (T/C) economic and structural reform may in fact be a harbinger of early "parliamentary" elections in 2009 (they are scheduled for 2010.) In two interviews, Kurttekin criticized the Turkish [...] |
2008-12-18 14:32:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV TR CY |
| 09ANKARA1166 |
U.S.-TURKEY TRADE: NEED FOR HIGHER-LEVEL DIALOGUE [...] (C) During President Obama's meeting with Turkish President Gul in April, the two leaders agreed that we need to do more to encourage the two-way flow of bilateral trade and investment and President Obama tasked me to make that happen (a message that was reinforced during the later meetings be [...] |
2009-08-12 14:08:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD EINV USTR US TR |
| 09ANKARA238 |
ANTI-REGIMC O N F I D E N T I A L SECTION 01 OF 02 ANKARA 000238 [...] (C) Summary: In mid January CONOFF interviewed XXXXXXXXXXXX, an anti-regime constitutional monarchist, for an immigrant visa. Soltani was repeatedly jailed and released by the Government of Iran for subversive activities and narrowly escaped re-imprisonment prior to his visa interview. XXXX [...] |
2009-02-13 05:07:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | CVIS IR PGOV PHUM PREL SCUL SOCI TR |
| 09ANKARA442 |
TURKISH BANKING SECTOR STRONG, BUT WARY [...] (SBU) Summary. The number one concern of Turkish banks today is credit risk from Turkish Lira (TL) and foreign exchange (FX) loans made to the private sector. That risk is manageable now, but all banks, the Central Bank, and the Banking Regulator (BDDK) are all watching trends in non-perfor [...] |
2009-03-24 12:54:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON TR |
| 09BAKU443 |
AZERBAIJAN: PRESIDENT EXPRESSES INTEREST IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: On May 5, Acting DASD(P) for Russia, Ukraine, and Eurasia Mary Warlick met with President Ilham Aliyev. During their meeting, he provided his views on the Nagorno-Karabakh Peace Process and the Turkey-Armenia Reconciliation Process, stating the two issues were linked and a pot [...] |
2009-06-02 09:28:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV MARR PREL AJ RU IR TR |
| 09BAKU448 |
AZERBAIJAN: PRESIDENT'S FOREIGN POLICY ADVISOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: Senior Congressional Staff Members Markovsky and Katz met with the Head of the Foreign Relations Division Novruz Mammadov May 27 and 29 to discuss GOAJ relations with its neighbors and the U.S. Mammadov's comments focused on Nagorno-Karabakh (NK) and the seven occupied districts. [...] |
2009-06-03 06:16:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | AJ IR PGOV PREL RU TR |
| 09BAKU595 |
AZERBAIJANI PRESIDENT TELLS THE DEPUTY SECRETARY [...] (S) SUMMARY: In a wide-ranging set of meetings and dinner on July 10, President Aliyev told Deputy Secretary Steinberg that he believes that there is a good chance for agreement on the Nagorno-Karabakh Basic Principles by the end of the year. He warned that a breakthrough on Nagorno-Karabak [...] |
2009-07-30 04:21:00 | Embassy Baku | SECRET | PGOV KDEM ENRG ETRD PREL AJ RU IR TR |
| 09NICOSIA17 |
CYPRUS: TURKISH CYPRIOTS CALL EARLY ELECTIONS [...] No summary [...] |
2009-01-15 07:40:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV TR CY |
| 09NICOSIA186 |
CYPRUS: TURKISH CYPRIOT "GOVERNING" PARTY DOWN, [...] (C) Summary: The "governing" Republican Turkish Party (CTP) hopes to close a fifteen-point gap with the opposition, hard-line National Unity Party (UBP) by turning the upcoming April 19 "parliamentary" elections into a debate over UBP's retrograde past, rather than CTP's own lackluster governa [...] |
2009-03-17 14:57:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL TR CY |
| 09NICOSIA199 |
CYPRUS: TURKISH CYPRIOT MAIN OPPOSITION UBP [...] No summary [...] |
2009-03-20 14:22:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL TR CY |
| 09NICOSIA233 |
CYPRUS: DENKTASH SCION A RELUCTANT KINGMAKER IN [...] (C) Summary: Denktash family scion and Democrat Party (DP) leader Serdar Denktash believes his center-right party, the perennial junior coalition partner in Turkish Cypriot (T/C) politics, may once again play that role after April 19 "parliamentary" elections. Nevertheless, the second son of [...] |
2009-04-03 12:44:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV TR CY |
| 09NICOSIA266 |
CYPRUS: SCENESETTER FOR THE SECRETARY'S APRIL 15 [...] (C) Summary: Your April 15 meeting with the leader of the Turkish Cypriot (T/C) community, Mehmet Ali Talat, is an opportunity to unambiguously register U.S. support for current efforts to re-unify Cyprus. This is a time of extreme crisis for T/C pro-solution forces, of which Talat is the un [...] |
2009-04-14 12:37:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL TR CY |
| 09NICOSIA271 |
CYPRUS: PRO-SOLUTION TURKISH CYPRIOTS HEADED FOR [...] Summary (C) The "governing" party in the Turkish Cypriot north, the pro-solution, center-left Republican Turkish Party (CTP), appears headed for defeat in April 19 "parliamentary" elections. The main opposition, solution-skeptical National Unity Party (UBP), has forged and held a double-digit [...] |
2009-04-16 13:48:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV TR CY |
| 09NICOSIA301 |
CYPRUS: TURKISH CYPRIOT LEADER SHAKEN BY ECJ [...] (C) Summary: "The European Court of Justice (ECJ) broke our hands and legs with the Orams decision," Turkish Cypriot leader Mehmet Ali Talat told the Ambassador on May 4. A demoralized Talat complained that the April 28 ECJ ruling (Ref B) had strengthened the Greek Cypriot (G/C) negotiating [...] |
2009-05-07 07:20:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV TR CY |
| 09NICOSIA317 |
CYPRUS: G/C OPPOSITION LEADER FRUSTRATED WITH [...] (C) Summary: "Demetris Christofias is focusing on the (anti-solution) minority, not the (pro-solution) majority," DISY Chairman Nikos Anastassiades bitterly complained to the Ambassador on May 11. Anastassiades said that President Christofias was overly solicitous of his two hard-line coalit [...] |
2009-05-13 12:54:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL TR CY |
| 09NICOSIA390 |
CYPRUS: "TRNC PM" EROGLU TAKES PRO-SOLUTION LINE [...] (C) Summary: "If we cannot open one crossing point, how can we solve the Cyprus problem?" "TRNC PM" Dervish Eroglu rhetorically asked the Ambassador in a June 16 meeting. Eroglu said he supported Turkish Cypriot (T/C) leader Mehmet Ali Talat, but that Greek Cypriot "intransigence" would contin [...] |
2009-06-17 15:17:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV TR CY |
| 09NICOSIA402 |
CYPRUS:UNSG SPECIAL ADVISER DOWNER UPBEAT ON [...] (C) "There has a been a (positive) sea change in attitude in the negotiations," UNSG Special Adviser Alexander Downer confided to the Ambassador in a June 19 meeting. Downer said that both Greek Cypriot Leader Demetris Christofias and Turkish Cypriot Leader Mehmet Ali Talat were "feeling their [...] |
2009-06-22 15:08:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV TR UNFICYP CY |
| 09NICOSIA45 |
CYPRUS: T/C "PM" PRAISES ERDOGAN, BASHES TURKISH [...] (C) Summary: "I can solve problems with Turkish Prime Minister Erdogan," "governing" Republican Turkish Party (CTP) leader and "TRNC PM" Ferdi Sabit Soyer told the Ambassador during a January 20 meeting. Soyer voiced strong confidence in the Turkish PM's pro-solution stance and full support fo [...] |
2009-01-23 14:24:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL TR CY |
| 09NICOSIA456 |
CYPRUS: GREEK CYPRIOTS EXPRESS GUARDED OPTIMISM ON [...] (C) Summary: A wide-range of Greek Cypriot (G/C) interlocutors expressed guarded optimism, tempered by an understanding of the problems going forward, in the on-going UN-brokered peace process to EUR DAS Matthew Bryza during his June 29-30 visit to Cyprus. President Demetris Christofias was ca [...] |
2009-07-13 07:16:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNFICYP TR CY |
| 09NICOSIA457 |
CYPRUS: UNFICYP CHIEF CALLS LAST QUARTER 2009 [...] (C) Summary: "We could reach irreversibility if the parties can identify areas of give and take in the last three months of the year," UNSG Special Representative Taye Zerihoun told Deputy Assistant Secretary Matthew Bryza on June 29. Zerihoun, who noted tangible improvement in atmospherics, s [...] |
2009-07-13 09:47:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL UNFICYP TR CY |
| 09NICOSIA471 |
CYPRUS: TURKISH CYPRIOTS GENERALLY UPBEAT IN [...] (C) Summary: Like their Greek Cypriot (G/C) counterparts, Turkish Cypriots voiced optimism regarding the UN-brokered peace process, muted by a cognizance of the magnitude of the task ahead and serious divergences between the sides, in discussions with EUR DAS Matthew Bryza during his June 29-30 [...] |
2009-07-20 08:53:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNFIYCP TR CY |
| 09NICOSIA532 |
CYPRUS: SOLUTION TALKS' FIRST-READING CONCLUDES, [...] (C) Summary: "I am still cautiously optimistic" UNSYG Special Adviser Alexander Downer told the Charg on August 6, hours after the end of the first reading of UN-brokered negotiations between Greek Cypriots (G/C) and Turkish Cypriots (T/C) that commenced in September 2008. Downer previewed hi [...] |
2009-08-13 14:28:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNFICYP TR CY |
| 09NICOSIA533 |
CYPRUS: SOLUTION TALKS' FIRST-READING CONCLUDES, [...] (C) Summary: "I am still cautiously optimistic" UNSYG Special Adviser Alexander Downer told the Charg on August 6, hours after the end of the first reading of UN-brokered negotiations between Greek Cypriots (G/C) and Turkish Cypriots (T/C) that commenced in September 2008. Downer previewed hi [...] |
2009-08-13 14:28:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNFICYP TR CY |
| 09NICOSIA561 |
(C) CYPRUS: SEPTEMBER 3 LEADERS' MEETING POSTPONED [...] (C) Summary: According to Greek Cypriot (G/C) media reports, approximately 650 Greek Cypriots set to attend a September 2 morning mass in Turkish Cypriot (T/C)-administered territory were unable to pass a T/C crossing point due to G/C snafus with passengers lists and a lack of T/C good will. [...] |
2009-09-02 15:45:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL TR CY |
| 09NICOSIA576 |
CYPRUS: TURKISH FM SUPPORTS PEACE PROCESS DURING [...] (C) Summary: Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu hit all the right notes with his Turkish Cypriot (T/C) audience during a one-day, September 1 visit to the "Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC)." The goal of the visit was to coordinate Cyprus policy with T/C leader Mehmet Ali Talat [...] |
2009-09-11 13:04:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV TR CY |
| 09NICOSIA595 |
CYPRUS: TURKISH CYPRIOT LEADER UPBEAT AFTER START [...] (C) Summary: In a September 11 meeting with the Ambassador, Turkish Cypriot (T/C) leader Mehmet Ali Talat said that the September 10 meeting launching the second round of UN-brokered talks went "extraordinarily well." He was nonplussed by Greek Cypriot (G/C) leader Demetris Christofias' postp [...] |
2009-09-17 13:54:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNFICYP TR CY |
| 09NICOSIA659 |
CYPRUS: GREEK CYPRIOTS AND TURKISH CYPRIOTS CANCEL [...] (U) In near back-to-back announcements, both Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot authorities announced on October 13 the respective cancellation of their annual "Nikiforos" and "Toros" military exercises, normally conducted in the fall. The exercises were last held in 2007, but canceled in 2008 [...] |
2009-10-15 12:06:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV TR GR CY |
| 09NICOSIA681 |
CYPRUS: TURKISH CYPRIOT LEADER TALAT: "THE SIDES [...] (C) Summary: "The sides cannot finalize a deal without international involvement," Turkish Cypriot (T/C) leader Mehmet Ali Talat warned the Ambassador during an October 21 lunch. Although he admitted that progress was possible, Talat lamented what he dubbed the "acquiescence" of the internatio [...] |
2009-10-29 14:23:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNFICYP TR GR CY |
| 10ANKARA25 |
TURKEY-ESDP CONFERENCE GENERATES HEAT, NOT LIGHT [...] (C) Summary: Turkey pushed for regular consultations with and better treatment by the EU in matters related to European Security and Defense Policy (ESDP) during a conference jointly hosted by the EU Institute for Security Studies (EU ISS) and the Turkish MFA in mid-December, but achieved no p [...] |
2010-01-07 12:58:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NATO EU TR |
| 10NICOSIA111 |
CYPRUS: T/C LEADER TALAT COMPLAINS WITH EQUAL [...] Summary: (C) "My flexibility is portrayed in the north as begging to the Greek Cypriots and the international community," Turkish Cypriot (T/C) leader Mehmet Ali Talat confided to the Ambassador in a February 19 meeting. Talat, visibly downbeat, charged that Christofias simply "could not mana [...] |
2010-02-25 11:32:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV TR CY |