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| Identifier | Subject | Date | Office | Classification | Tags |
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| 02HANOI2209 |
VIETNAM AND THE EUROPEAN UNION [...] (U) SUMMARY. THE EUROPEAN UNION (EU) IS ONE OF VIETNAM'S KEY DONORS AND AN IMPORTANT POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC PARTNER. HUMAN RIGHTS IS AT THE TOP OF THE EU'S POLITICAL AGENDA, WHILE VIETNAM IS FOCUSED MORE ON INCREASING EXPORTS TO EU MEMBERS AND ENCOURAGING MORE INVESTMENT AND AID FROM THE EU [...] |
2002-09-10 09:42:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ETRD SOCI EAID ECON XG XH VM HUMANR |
| 03OTTAWA1252 |
CANADIAN RESPONSE ON FLEEING IRAQI REGIME OFFICIALS [...] (SBU) In response to reftel requests, the Canadian Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) provided us the following response on April 29: "The issue of apprehending and dealing appropriately with persons who have allegedly committed crimes against humanity or war crime [...] |
2003-05-02 20:53:00 | Embassy Ottawa | SECRET | MARR MOPS PREL XG XH IZ CA |
| 04ANKARA6237 |
INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL TRIBUNAL FOR THE FORMER [...] (U) The Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs forwarded to Embassy Ankara a diplomatic note confirming that Turkey plans to support Mr. Theodor Meron for re-election as a permanent judge of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia at the November 18, 2004, elections in New Y [...] |
2004-11-03 16:19:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | KJUS KAWC PHUM XH TU |
| 04BRUSSELS4629 |
EU-CIS RELATIONS: GROWING FRUSTRATION WITH MOSCOW [...] (C) SUMMARY: During October 22 U.S.-EU Troika meeting on Russia, Ukraine, Belarus and Moldova, EU officials told EUR DAS Tefft that diminishing expectations for the EU-Russia summit and disappointment over elections in Belarus were leading the EU to reconsider its policies toward both countri [...] |
2004-10-27 09:41:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON ETTC RS XH EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
| 04THEHAGUE281 |
DUTCH FM BOT'S VISIT TO THE U.S. [...] (C) I just spoke with Ben Bot and found him well-prepared for his February 9 visit to Washington. He plans to ask how he personally can contribute to improved transatlantic relations. As he has said in press interviews, other European leaders are counting on him to help mend fences between the Euro [...] |
2004-02-04 12:24:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | AF EU IZ NL PGOV PREL SNAR TU XA XF XH NATO |
| 04VILNIUS1437 |
LITHUANIA CONDEMNS FRAUDULENT UKRAINIAN ELECTIONS; [...] (C) Summary. Lithuanian government and parliamentary officials strongly condemned reports of fraud in Ukraine's second round of presidential elections. Fully supporting the EU statement on the elections, they noted that Ukraine has apparently been deprived of an opportunity to demonstrate its [...] |
2004-11-24 13:15:00 | Embassy Vilnius | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL XH LH |
| 04VILNIUS1489 |
ADAMKUS REPORTS INTERNATIONAL MEDIATION MISSION [...] (C) Adamkus is satisfied with the outcome of the contentious international mediation session in Kiev December 6-7. He predicts that December 26 elections will occur on schedule, but admits that key uncertainties remain. A return of the international mediators to Kiev appears unlikely for no [...] |
2004-12-07 13:26:00 | Embassy Vilnius | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL XH LH |
| 05BRUSSELS114 |
ACTION PLANS FOR THE EU NEIGHBORHOOD: DO THEY [...] (U) SUMMARY: In recent weeks, the European Union announced with great fanfare seven "Neighborhood Action Plans" -- one step in the process of defining and developing the EU's relationships with the countries in its "Neighborhood" that at this point seem unlikely to become membership candidat [...] |
2005-01-11 15:18:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ECON PGOV PHUM ZL XH XF XI EUN ETRO USEU BRUSSELS |
| 05BRUSSELS4315 |
DAS DICARLO AND EU DISCUSS W. BALKANS [...] (C) DAS Rosemary DiCarlo and Kosovo Desk Officer Black discussed the Western Balkans with the UK Presidency and EU officials at the U.S.-EU COWEB Troika meeting in Brussels November 29. DAS DiCarlo highlighted the EU accession process as a catalyst for reform in the region but noted that cou [...] |
2005-12-07 07:59:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM EAID XH EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
| 05KINGSTON26 |
PM PATTERSON RESPONDS TO SECRETARY'S ARTICLE 98 [...] On January 3, Post received by courier a diplomatic note from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade (MFAFT). The dipnote accompanied a letter from Prime Minister P.J. Patterson in response to the Secretary's November 22 letter regarding Article 98 (see Refs A and B). As the Prime [...] |
2005-01-04 15:45:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL JM MARR OPDC OPRC PGOV XG XH XT KICC |
| 05PARIS1052 |
PARIS CLUB - JANUARY 2005 TOUR D'HORIZON [...] (U) Following are summaries of country discussions during the January 12-13, 2005 Paris Club session. The Paris Club's President, Jean-Pierre Jouyet, chaired the session. Secretary General (SecGen) Emmanuel Moulin represented the Secretariat. Representatives of non-Paris Club members Brazil, [...] |
2005-02-18 11:11:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EAID XM XA XH XB XF FR |
| 05PARIS167 |
PARIS CLUB -- DECEMBER 2004 TOUR D'HORIZON [...] (U) Following are summaries of country discussions during the December 14, 2004 Paris Club session. The Paris Club's President, Jean-Pierre Jouyet, chaired the session. Staff represented the Secretariat since Secretary General (SecGen) Emmanuel Moulin suffered an SIPDIS unexpected medical [...] |
2005-01-10 16:12:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EAID XM XA XH XB XF FR |
| 05PARIS2517 |
PARIS CLUB - APRIL 2005 TOUR D'HORIZON [...] (U) Following are summaries of country discussions during the April 5, 2005 Paris Club session. The Paris Club's President, Jean-Pierre Jouyet, chaired the session. Secretary General (SecGen) Emmanuel Moulin represented the Secretariat. Representatives of non- Paris Club members Brazil, Isr [...] |
2005-04-13 16:10:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EAID XM XA XH XB XF FR |
| 05PARIS2579 |
PARIS CLUB - MARCH 2005 TOUR D'HORIZON, PART I [...] (U) Following are summaries of country discussions during the March 9-10, 2005 Paris Club session. The Paris Club's President, Jean-Pierre Jouyet, chaired the session. Secretary General (SecGen) Emmanuel Moulin represented the Secretariat. Representatives of non- Paris Club members Brazil, [...] |
2005-04-15 11:10:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EAID XM XA XH XB XF FR |
| 05PARIS3305 |
PARIS CLUB - MAY 2005 TOUR D'HORIZON [...] (U) Following are summaries of country discussions during the May 10, 2005 Paris Club session. Country negotiations will be reported septels. The Paris Club's President, Jean-Pierre Jouyet, chaired the session. Secretary General (SecGen) Emmanuel Moulin represented SIPDIS the Secretariat. [...] |
2005-05-16 10:42:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EAID XM XA XH XB XF FR |
| 05PARIS457 |
PARIS CLUB HOLDS INFO SESSION ON IRAQ DEBT [...] (SBU) Following up on the November 21 restructuring of Iraqi debt, the Paris Club hosted an informational meeting for non-Paris Club creditors on January 13, explaining how the agreement achieves an 80 percent reduction of debt in three stages as well as the Iraqi obligation to seek comparable [...] |
2005-01-26 11:37:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EAID XM XA XH XB XF FR |
| 05PARIS4901 |
PARIS CLUB - JUNE 2005 TOUR D'HORIZON [...] (U) Following are summaries of country discussions during the June 15, 2005 Paris Club session. Country negotiations will be reported septels. The Paris Club's President, Jean-Pierre Jouyet, chaired the session. Secretary General (SecGen) Emmanuel Moulin represented the Secretariat. The nex [...] |
2005-07-13 17:03:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EAID XM XA XH XB XF FR |
| 05PARIS6373 |
PARIS CLUB - SEPTEMBER 2005 TOUR D'HORIZON [...] (SBU) At the September 2005 Paris Club meeting, creditors agreed that Iraq's recently announced debt restructuring offer to its private creditors was broadly comparable to the deal it received in the Paris Club last year. Some creditors (Italy, Japan, Italy) suggested that Iraq may not be nego [...] |
2005-09-19 15:54:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EAID XM XA XH XB XF FR |
| 05PARIS7308 |
PARIS CLUB - OCTOBER 2005 TOUR D'HORIZON [...] (SBU) At the October 2005 Paris Club meeting, creditors reached agreement with Nigeria on a comprehensive treatment to eliminate Nigeria's approximate $30 billion debt in exchange for cash payments totaling $12.6 billion ($12.4 billion in the deal itself, and $200 million upfront to meet a prec [...] |
2005-10-26 08:55:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EAID XM XA XH XB XF FR |
| 05PARIS7980 |
PARIS CLUB - NOVEMBER 2005 TOUR D'HORIZON [...] (SBU) At the November 15 Paris Club meeting, the IMF reported that the Stand-By Arrangement (SBA) with Iraq that will be presented to the IMF Board on December 23 will probably be precautionary. The Secretariat and some creditors complained that a precautionary arrangement belied Iraq's claim [...] |
2005-11-23 11:14:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EAID XM XA XH XB XF FR |
| 05PARIS8586 |
PARIS CLUB - DECEMBER 2005 TOUR D'HORIZON [...] (SBU) At the December 13 Paris Club meeting, creditors agreed to implement a second 30 percent tranche of debt reduction for Iraq, provided a Stand-By Arrangement is approved by the IMF Executive Board before year-end. The first batch of bilateral agreements implementing the Paris Club debt d [...] |
2005-12-21 17:13:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EAID XM XA XH XB XF FR |
| 05VIENNA1026 |
Austro-Hungarian Stock Exchange Alliance [...] An Austrian consortium, led by the Vienna Stock Exchange (VSE), has acquired a majority share in the Budapest Stock Exchange (BSE). The VSE aims to form a broader "Central European Stock Exchange" alliance, including the VSE, BSE, and stock exchanges in Warsaw, Prague, Bratislava, Ljubljana, [...] |
2005-03-30 14:19:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON AU XH |
| 06ANKARA2904 |
MONTREUX CONVENTION: MILITARY LIMITS ON THE [...] (C) Summary: The Montreux Convention (MC) obligates Turkey to keep the Dardanelles and the Bosporus open to commercial shipping and to limit naval passage into and out of the Black Sea. In addition, non-littoral navies face limits on both tonnage and duration of stay in the Black Sea. Civil [...] |
2006-05-23 05:48:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | KTIA MOPS EWWT XH ZJ TU |
| 06ANKARA5817 |
TURKEY AND GMF - SEEKING WIDER BLACK SEA WESTERN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On September 10-11 in Ankara, The German Marshall Fund (GMF) organized a workshop on "Developing a Western Strategy towards the Wider Black Sea Region", attended by EUR DAS Matt Bryza. Participants sought to strike common ground and called for greater cooperation on security, [...] |
2006-10-05 13:17:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECIN EPET MARR PREL NATO TU RS XH ZJ |
| 06BRUSSELS1153 |
EU OFFICIALS PREVIEW MAY 24 EU-RUSSIA SUMMIT FOR [...] (C) Summary: In meetings March 23 with visiting EUR/RUS Director Warlick, EU officials said their overall expectations for the May 24 EU-Russia Summit are low. The sides will begin discussions/negotiations on a successor framework document to replace the existing EU-Russia Partnership and Coo [...] |
2006-04-04 15:55:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL RS XH EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
| 06BRUSSELS1154 |
EUR/RUS DIRECTOR WARLICK DISCUSSES ENERGY [...] (C) Summary: The European Commission has three main priorities with Russia on energy: 1) Russian ratification of the Energy Charter Treaty; 2) third-party access to Russian pipelines and; 3) a reduction in state interference in the oil and gas sector. On Belarus, Russian officials have told t [...] |
2006-04-04 16:06:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ENRG EPET RS XH EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
| 06BRUSSELS450 |
EU, UKRAINIAN OFFICIALS COMMENT ON ACTION PLAN, [...] (C) Summary: In separate meetings, Ukrainian and EU officials discussed the status of the EU-Ukraine Action Plan and negotiations on a visa facilitation regime and readmission agreement. Ukrainian embassy officials said their priorities with the EU in 2006 are to: 1) launch consultations on [...] |
2006-02-09 16:19:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL CVIS ECON UP XH IR USEU BRUSSELS |
| 06BRUSSELS919 |
MOLDOVA'S EU AMBASSADOR ON EU/MOLDOVA RELATIONS [...] (C) Summary: According to Moldovan Ambassador to the EU Eugen Carpov, Moldova has four main issues to address in its relations with the EU. First, Moldova is drafting an internal report on the status of the first year of implementation of its European Neighborhood Policy (ENP) Action Plan wit [...] |
2006-03-16 16:03:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MD XH EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
| 06KUWAIT557 |
KUWAIT DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON SELECTION OF NEXT UN [...] No summary [...] |
2006-02-15 14:58:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL XH KU |
| 06KYIV4413 |
UKRAINE: INFORMAL POLITICAL DIRECTORS' MEETING - [...] (C) Summary: In what the Ukrainian MFA would like to see morph into a regular informal gathering, political directors from select EU countries and countries of the "Baltic-Black-Caspian seas" region, along with EUR A/S Fried, discussed Ukraine's relationship with the EU and NATO and exchanged [...] |
2006-11-30 15:56:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NATO EUN XH ZB ZK UP |
| 06PARIS1568 |
PARIS CLUB - MARCH 2006 TOUR D'HORIZON [...] (SBU) At the March 7 Paris Club meeting, creditors agreed on an approach for dealing with Angola's arrears to the Club, consistent with US objectives. The Secretariat will call on Angola to resume payments to Paris Club creditors in excess of scheduled debt service, such that arrears are redu [...] |
2006-03-13 10:16:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EAID XM XA XH XB XF FR |
| 06PARIS2362 |
PARIS CLUB - APRIL 2006 TOUR D'HORIZON [...] (SBU) At the April 5 Paris Club meeting, creditors accepted in principle Algeria's offer to prepay at face value its previously rescheduled Paris Club debt. The US is the third largest creditor with $1.2 billion in claims, just over half of which are pre-payable without penalty. The US stre [...] |
2006-04-11 10:02:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EAID XM XA XH XB XF FR |
| 06PARIS3247 |
PARIS CLUB - MAY 2006 TOUR D'HORIZON AND DEBT NEGOTIATIONS [...] (U) At the May 10-12 meeting of the Paris Club, Afghanistan's three creditors, Russia, Germany and the United States, took the first step toward fulfilling their pledges to cancel 100% of Afghanistan's debt by providing assurances of debt relief during the period of Afghanistan's new IMF progra [...] |
2006-05-16 15:27:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EAID XM XA XH XB XF FR |
| 06PARIS4253 |
PARIS CLUB - JUNE 2006 TOUR D'HORIZON, 50 YEAR ANNIVERSARY, [...] (SBU) At the June 13-16 meeting of the Paris Club, creditors reached a tentative agreement on a deal that will allow Russia to repay its remaining USD 22 billion in previously rescheduled Paris Club debt in August. The deal is still subject to approval by Moscow. Cameroon received a completi [...] |
2006-06-21 09:51:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EAID XM XA XH XB XF FR |
| 06PARIS456 |
PARIS CLUB - JANUARY 2006 TOUR D'HORIZON [...] (SBU) At the January 18 Paris Club meeting, creditors agreed to raise Jordan's debt swap ceiling from 30% to 40%. The US and UK were the most vocal advocates, arguing that Jordan was an important ally facing serious economic vulnerabilities despite progress implementing key economic reforms. [...] |
2006-01-24 15:05:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EAID XM XA XH XB XF FR |
| 06PARIS5024 |
PARIS CLUB - JULY 2006 TOUR D'HORIZON AND AFGHAN DEBT [...] (SBU) At the July 18-19 meeting of the Paris Club, creditors agreed on exceptionally generous debt relief for Afghanistan, which achieved three main objectives: (1) 92% of Afghanistan's debt stock will be canceled immediately; (2) all interest falling due between now and the end of the IMF pr [...] |
2006-07-25 12:38:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EAID XM XA XH XB XF FR |
| 06PARIS6323 |
PARIS CLUB - SEPTEMBER 2006 TOUR D'HORIZON [...] (SBU) At the September 13 meeting of the Paris Club, Xavier Musca, the Chairman of the Paris Club, reported that Angolan Finance Minister de Morais had told him the previous week that Angola is still considering a precautionary Stand-By Arrangement with the IMF, with the understanding that th [...] |
2006-09-20 15:01:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EAID XM XA XH XB XF FR |
| 06PARIS6993 |
PARIS CLUB - OCTOBER 2006 TOUR D'HORIZON AND MALAWI DEBT [...] (U) At the October 18-19 meeting of the Paris Club, creditors canceled 354 million of Malawi's 363 million dollars of Paris Club debt as its completion point treatment under the Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) initiative. The US was not a creditor. The Club provided financing assuranc [...] |
2006-10-24 14:06:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EAID XM XA XH XB XF FR |
| 06PARIS7491 |
PARIS CLUB - NOVEMBER 2006 TOUR D'HORIZON [...] (U) At the November 15 meeting of the Paris Club, creditors decided on an initial response to Argentine Finance Secretary MacLaughlin's letter to the Club expressing the GOA's desire to restart a dialogue and normalize relations as soon as possible. Creditors agreed that Paris Club Chairman Mu [...] |
2006-11-21 15:14:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EAID XM XA XH XB XF FR |
| 06PARIS7835 |
PARIS CLUB - DECEMBER 2006 TOUR D'HORIZON [...] (SBU) At the December 12-13 meeting of the Paris Club, creditors provided Haiti a debt restructuring based on its achievement of decision point under the Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) initiative. This agreement consolidates around USD 69 million in debt, and will lead to the immedia [...] |
2006-12-19 13:47:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EAID XM XA XH XB XF FR |
| 06TOKYO3357 |
JAPAN-CENTRAL AND SOUTH EASTERN EUROPE RELATIONS: [...] (C) Summary. In a recent review of Japan's relations with Central Europe, MOFA officials related that ties with Poland, Czech Republic, Hungary and Slovakia are moving away from assistance and toward direct investment. Japan's relationship with Romania and Bulgaria is largely focused on ener [...] |
2006-06-18 23:55:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETRD ECON EAID AADP SENV XH ZL ZS JA |
| 06USUNNEWYORK1269 |
SECURITY COUNCIL ACTION ON ADMISSION OF [...] The SC Committee on Admission of New Members met June 20 to consider the application of Montenegro for membership in the United Nations. The Committee recommended that the Council adopt a resolution recommending that Montenegro be admitted to UN membership. On June 21, the Council adopted the [...] |
2006-06-26 14:30:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | MW PNAT PREL SR UNGA UNSC XG XH ZL |
| 06WARSAW1683 |
Emigration Tightens Poland's Labor Markets: "Will the Last [...] That Poles are leaving Poland in search of jobs and higher wages in other countries is nothing new. For Poland this is merely dj vu, yet another wave of emigration, another generation of young Poles leaving the country in search of better opportunities elsewhere. Past migrations of Poles hav [...] |
2006-08-12 10:06:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS ELAB SOCI PREL SMIG PL XG XH |
| 07BRUSSELS2402 |
AMBASSADOR FINLEY DISCUSSES OSCE AND COE WITH EU [...] On June 27, U.S. Ambassador to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe Julie Finley led the U.S. delegation to the COSCE (the EU's OSCE working party) troika. During the four hour consultations, the EU declared its hope for reforms in Kazakhstan in light of its CiO bid and agr [...] |
2007-07-30 08:27:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL MARR PARM OSCE EUN XH |
| 07BRUSSELS3020 |
DAS KRAMER, AMB STEWART AND THE EU DISCUSSES NEXT [...] No summary [...] |
2007-09-28 13:32:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM EAID ECON ENRG OSCE EUN BO XH |
| 07BRUSSELS3039 |
CORRECTED COPY: DAS KRAMER, AMB STEWART AND THE EU [...] No summary [...] |
2007-10-01 15:20:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM EAID ECON ENRG OSCE EUN BO XH |
| 07DOHA439 |
QATARIS WILL SUPPORT KOSOVO RESOLUTION ON PRINCIPLE [...] (C) Summary. Qatari Minister of State for Foreign Affairs told S/R Frank Wisner that Qatar "will support the same position you support" on Kosovo. He appreciated consultation on the matter. He said a Serbian envoy had tried to convince him to back a "middle way" -- but the Qataris were not swa [...] |
2007-05-01 10:58:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC XH QA |
| 07PARIS1119 |
PARIS CLUB - MARCH 2007 TOUR D'HORIZON [...] (SBU) The March 14 meeting of the Paris Club reviewed the debt status of 24 countries, taking steps to prepare for debt treatments in the coming months for the Central African Republic (likely in April), the Gambia (in May), Sao Tome and Principe (in May), and Liberia. Creditors confirmed the [...] |
2007-03-22 13:34:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EAID XM XA XH XB XF FR |
| 07PARIS1742 |
PARIS CLUB - APRIL 2007 TOUR D'HORIZON AND CAR NEGOTIATION [...] (SBU) At the April 19-20, 2007 meeting of the Paris Club, creditors provided debt relief to the Central African Republic in recognition of its eligibility for the Heavily Indebted Poor Country (HIPC) Initiative and to facilitate the newly signed Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility (PRGF) wit [...] |
2007-05-02 16:39:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EAID XM XA XH XB XF FR |
| 07PARIS2374 |
PARIS CLUB - MAY 2007 TOUR D'HORIZON AND PERU AGREEMENT [...] (SBU) At the May 22-24 meeting of the Paris Club, creditors agreed to allow Peru to prepay at face value as much as $2.5 billion in previously rescheduled non-concessional debt in order to support its efforts to implement sound debt management policies. The Secretariat reported on technical [...] |
2007-06-05 16:52:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EAID XM XA XH XB XF FR |
| 07PARIS2899 |
PARIS CLUB - JUNE 2007 TOUR D'HORIZON [...] (SBU) Summary: At the June 19 meeting of the Paris Club, creditors agreed in principle to accept Gabon's offer to buy back its previously rescheduled debt at a discount. Terms will be negotiated at the July meeting. This would be the first time the Paris Club has conducted a standalone mark [...] |
2007-07-05 08:59:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EAID XM XA XH XB XF FR |
| 07PARIS3202 |
DAS KRAMER'S JULY 20 PARIS QUAD MEETING [...] (C) SUMMARY: DAS Kramer met with his "Quad" (UK, France, Germany) counterparts on July 20 in Paris. (Their last meeting had been in London, April 2007.) Discussions included support for reform in Ukraine and key areas for further policy engagement there. Ukraine, all agreed, was generally m [...] |
2007-07-27 12:22:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS MARR PREL PGOV EU XH ZL FR |
| 07PARIS3209 |
PARIS CLUB - JULY 2007 TOUR D'HORIZON AND GABON DEBT [...] (SBU) Summary: At the July 17-18 meetings of the Paris Club, creditors accepted a stand-alone discounted debt buyback offer from Gabon, the first such operation by the Club. While welcoming Gabon's efforts to use USD 500 million in oil revenues toward debt management, the USG lacked legal aut [...] |
2007-07-27 15:43:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EAID XM XA XH XB XF FR |
| 07PARIS328 |
PARIS CLUB - JANUARY 2007 TOUR D'HORIZON AND MACEDONIA & [...] (SBU) During the January 23-24 meeting of the Paris Club, creditors granted Sierra Leone completion point treatment under the enhanced HIPC initiative, cancelling 100 percent ($363 million) of Sierra Leone's bilateral debt to the Club. The United States wrote off $44 million in USDA concession [...] |
2007-01-29 12:22:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EAID XM XA XH XB XF FR |
| 07PARIS3994 |
PARIS CLUB - SEPTEMBER 2007 TOUR D'HORIZON [...] (SBU) Summary: At the Paris Club's September 12 Tour d'Horizon, creditors welcomed in principle Jordan's proposal to buy back debt and generally supported the Secretariat's assessment of a 6-8 percent market discount. In a significant move, the Secretariat and creditors agreed with the U.S. [...] |
2007-09-24 14:59:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EAID XM XA XH XB XF FR |
| 07PARIS4399 |
PARIS CLUB - OCTOBER 2007 REPORTING CABLE [...] (SBU) Summary: On October 17, the Paris Club agreed to accept a buyback of previously rescheduled Jordanian debt at an average discount of 11 percent off face value. This figure is significantly above the 5-7% figure that the Paris Club Secretariat initially estimated to be a fair market disco [...] |
2007-10-31 14:37:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EAID XM XA XH XB XF FR |
| 07PARIS4622 |
PARIS CLUB - November 2007 TOUR D'HORIZON [...] (U) At the November 14, 2007 Paris Club tour d'horizon, Chairman Musca urged countries to stay on message in their contacts with the government of Argentina - Argentina should clear its arrears. Iraq's recent agreement with Bulgaria was deemed roughly comparable to Iraq's Paris Club agreement, [...] |
2007-12-03 15:38:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EAID XM XA XH XB XF FR |
| 07PRAGUE557 |
CZECH CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE BALKANS [...] Summary. This is the second in a series of cables summarizing significant Czech contributions in Iraq, Afghanistan, and the Balkans. The Czech Republic strongly supports U.S. policy in the Balkans, and views the region as the country's highest security priority. Thus, in recent years the Czech [...] |
2007-05-17 09:19:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL EAID MASS XH BK MW YI EZ |
| 07PRISTINA22 |
COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO HENRY KELLEY [...] US Office Pristina welcomes and grants country clearance to Henry Kelley, Senior Advisor for Regional Programs, U.S. Coordinator - Stability Pact of EUR/ACE SEED division. The purpose of the visit is to attend meetings to review Kosovo's assistance needs over the coming year and performance o [...] |
2007-01-11 08:04:00 | Embassy Pristina | UNCLASSIFIED | AU BE FR OTRA OECD XG XH XT ZL SI |
| 07SOFIA218 |
BULGARIA SEEKS GUIDANCE ON HOSTING NEXT V-10 [...] (U) This is a guidance request. Please see paragraph 6. 2. (C) Foreign Minister Kalfin informally offered on January 25 to host a meeting of Vilnius-10 countries in Sofia (reftel). The MFA remains interested in hosting the event, but is reluctant formally to accept or discuss dates while [...] |
2007-02-16 14:15:00 | Embassy Sofia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EUN NATO XH BU |
| 07TOKYO5270 |
RUSSIA EYEING JAPANESE RAIL, ENERGY TECHNOLOGY [...] (C) Summary. Russian Deputy Prime Minister Naryshkin's November 4-6 visit demonstrates both countries' commitment to strengthening the bilateral relationship, according to a Japanese Foreign Ministry official. Russia would like to build a high-speed railway using Japanese expertise and techn [...] |
2007-11-16 09:20:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD JA PGOV PREL XH |
| 07USUNNEWYORK1218 |
UNGA 62: DEALING WITH WESTERN EUROPE [...] (U) Robert Smolik served as the Senior Area Adviser for Western Europe during the main session of the 62nd UN General Assembly. The following is his summary of the UNGA as it pertained to the region. 2. (C) Throughout this 62d UN General Assembly our EU partners have not always proven effec [...] |
2007-12-27 12:58:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UNGA US XG XH XT ZB |
| 07USUNNEWYORK499 |
(ICTY) YUGOSLAV WAR CRIMES TRIBUNAL PROSECUTOR [...] (U) Summary: In a farewell call, ICTY Prosecutor Carla del Ponte described her work and plans for the months between now and September when her resignation from the Tribunal takes effect. Earlier she told the Security Council that, "the fact that four persons remain at large, in particular, [...] |
2007-06-20 15:16:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | ICTY KAWC KJUS SR XH MW |
| 07WARSAW1975 |
POLAND AND NORDSTREAM TALKING PAST EACH OTHER [...] (C) Summary: Polish interlocutors continue to tell post that they oppose the construction of the proposed Nordstream gas pipeline from Russia to Germany. They complain that the Nordstream company announces information to the press rather than discussing it with the Ministry of Economy. Oppo [...] |
2007-09-19 14:35:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ECON EPET ETRD PL RS EN XH XG PREL |
| 08ATHENS257 |
BSEC THINK-TANKERS ON BLACK SEA PROSPECTS [...] (C) On February 20, Ambassador hosted Dr. Dimitrios Triantaphyllou and Amb. Tedo Japaridze, respectively, director and deputy director of the International Center for Black Sea Studies (ICBSS), the think tank of the organization for Black Sea Economic Cooperation (BSEC). In a wide-ranging dis [...] |
2008-02-25 14:26:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV GR ZS XH |
| 08BERLIN1273 |
GERMANY: NO PLANS FOR FORMAL REJECTION OF RUSSIAN [...] (U) POLOFF delivered reftel points to Head of the Russia and Ukraine Division Ernst Reichel September 14. 2. (C) While agreeing that the Russian claim was unfounded, Reichel said the GOG viewed it as unnecessary to issue a formal statement. At this time, Germany also has no intention of pu [...] |
2008-09-16 14:16:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM GG RS GM XG XH |
| 08BISHKEK94 |
Kyrgyzstan Hosts TIP Roundtable for CIS Countries [...] (U) Summary: On December 13-14, 2007, the Kyrgyz State Committee on Migration and Employment with the OSCE hosted a regional round table entitled "Combating Trafficking in Human Beings in Central Asia: State Policies, Dynamics and Ways Forward." Participants included representatives from both N [...] |
2008-01-29 09:34:00 | Embassy Bishkek | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM SMIG KWMN PGOV PREL PHUM KG XH ZK ZJ |
| 08BRUSSELS1120 |
QUAD POLDIRS ON GEORGIA-ABKHAZIA [...] No summary [...] |
2008-07-23 11:05:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PBTS KINR EAID ECON EUN GO XH |
| 08BRUSSELS1138 |
GEORGIA: A/S FRIED ENCOURAGES EU TO DO MORE [...] (C/NF) Summary: EUR Assistant Secretary Dan Fried emphasized to a group of EU Political and Security Committee (PSC) Ambassadors that the situation in Georgia was growing increasingly tense. He noted U.S. support for a German-drafted Western Friends' three-phase plan to reach a settlement [...] |
2008-07-25 13:56:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PBTS KINR EAID ECON EUN GO XH |
| 08BRUSSELS23 |
DAS KRAMER CONSULTS EU ON MOLDOVA [...] No summary [...] |
2008-01-07 14:48:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PBTS KINR EAID ECON EUN MD XH |
| 08BRUSSELS34 |
EU DONOR COORDINATION IN THE BALKANS (KOSOVO) [...] SUMMARY: Kosovo generated the most interest at an all day donor coordination meeting hosted by the European Commission (EC) on December 13 to solicit bilateral input in advance of a new EC strategy for the Balkans. The meeting was attended by representatives from individual European Union ( [...] |
2008-01-09 16:35:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREL EUN XH ZL |
| 08BRUSSELS410 |
DAS KRAMER AND AMB STEWART DISCUSS BELARUS WITH EU [...] No summary [...] |
2008-03-18 17:55:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL EAID ECON ENRG OSCE EUN BO XH |
| 08BRUSSELS411 |
EU: COMMISSION TO DELAY MINSK OPENING [...] No summary [...] |
2008-03-19 11:37:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL EAID ECON ENRG OSCE EUN BO XH |
| 08BRUSSELS43 |
EU DONOR COORDINATION IN THE BALKANS (SERBIA) [...] SUMMARY: At a recent donor coordination meeting in Brussels, European Commission (EC) representatives hoped for a "smooth" Kosovo settlement while affirming that the relationship between Europe and Serbia is now at a "crossroads". Against this backdrop, the main EC development objective in [...] |
2008-01-10 16:48:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREL EUN XH ZL |
| 08BRUSSELS45 |
EU DONOR COORDINATION IN THE BALKANS (BOSNIA) [...] SUMMARY: Development programs in Bosnia-Herzegovina figured quite prominently in a recent all-day donor coordination meeting organized by the European Commission (EC) in Brussels. The main EC goal in the country is clearly "nation building" and EC sponsored development programs are expected [...] |
2008-01-10 16:48:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREL EUN XH ZL |
| 08BRUSSELS458 |
BELARUS: EU TRENDING TOWARD ENGAGEMENT WITH REGIME [...] No summary [...] |
2008-03-27 15:10:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL ECON ETTC OSCE EUN BO XH |
| 08BRUSSELS579 |
US-BELARUS TALKS IN BRUSSELS ON BILATERAL TENSIONS [...] No summary [...] |
2008-04-17 15:31:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL CASC ODIP ETTC EUN BO XH |
| 08BRUSSELS963 |
BLACK SEA SYNERGY INITIATIVE MARKS FIRST [...] (U) SUMMARY: The first anniversary of the European Commission's Black Sea Synergy Initiative provides a useful opportunity to highlight regional cooperation. As the initiative moves from "launch" to "implementation," funding will be available to support local civil society groups committed [...] |
2008-06-25 13:01:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EUN ZJ XH |
| 08BRUSSELS98 |
EU DONOR COORDINATION IN THE BALKANS (ALBANIA) [...] SUMMARY: Development programs in Albania were among several discussed during a recent all-day donor coordination meeting organized by the European Commission (EC) in Brussels. EC assistance programs in Albania, estimated at around 55 million euros in 2007, are expected to increase by 15 per [...] |
2008-01-18 10:34:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREL EUN XH ZL |
| 08BRUSSELS99 |
EU DONOR COORDINATION IN THE BALKANS (OTHER [...] SUMMARY: Ongoing development programs in several Balkan countries including Croatia, Macedonia and Montenegro were discussed during a December 13 donor coordination meeting organized by the European Commission (EC) in Brussels. The EC anticipates making more than 450 million euros available [...] |
2008-01-18 10:34:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREL EUN XH ZL |
| 08BUDAPEST1018 |
BUDAPEST FY 2009 REGIONAL ESTH HUB WORK PLAN [...] (U) In FY09, the Budapest Environment, Science, Technology and Health (ESTH) Hub will build on its ongoing efforts promoting and leveraging U.S. engagement on ESTH issues to strengthen regional cooperation in the Balkans, Central and Eastern Europe and the Caucasus. To this end, we will seek [...] |
2008-10-22 14:29:00 | Embassy Budapest | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV TBIO KPSC AMGT XH XG ZJ ZL HU |
| 08KYIV1959 |
UKRAINE SNEEZES, HAVING CAUGHT THE GLOBAL ECONOMIC COLD [...] (SBU) Summary. Despite Ukraine's expansion in trade and industry over the past several years, the global financial crisis has generated knock-on effects, potentially harming the country's economic prospects. In contrast to the first quarter of 2008, when analysts pointed to risks of rampant [...] |
2008-10-02 04:53:00 | Embassy Kyiv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON XH UP |
| 08KYIV1995 |
UKRAINIAN CURRENCY IN SLIDE [...] (SBU) Summary: Ukraine's external vulnerabilities - including a substantial slowdown in capital flows, worsening terms of trade, and a large current account deficit (reftel) - have caught up with the economy, leading to a swift hryvnia (UAH) depreciation in recent days. Although the National [...] |
2008-10-07 12:48:00 | Embassy Kyiv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON XH UP |
| 08KYIV2002 |
NBU INTERVENES TO SLOW HRYVNIA CURRENCY SLIDE [...] (U) Responding to the weakening hryvnia (UAH), National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) Council Chairman Petro Poroshenko on Tuesday announced that the official exchange rate for this year would be changed to UAH 4.95/$ plus or minus 8 percent from the previous UAH 4.85/$ plus or minus 4 percent. Despi [...] |
2008-10-09 06:49:00 | Embassy Kyiv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN UP XH |
| 08KYIV2028 |
UKRAINE: NBU INTERVENES TO SLOW HRYVNIA CURRENCY SLIDE [...] (U) Responding to the weakening hryvnia (UAH), National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) Council Chairman Petro Poroshenko on Tuesday announced that the official exchange rate for this year would be changed to UAH 4.95/$ plus or minus 8 percent from the previous UAH 4.85/$ plus or minus 4 percent. Despi [...] |
2008-10-14 06:55:00 | Embassy Kyiv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN UP XH |
| 08KYIV2030 |
UKRAINIAN NATIONAL BANK IMPOSES CAPITAL CONTROLS [...] (U) Summary. The National Bank of Ukraine (NBU), pressed to stop a run on deposits in commercial banks, sharply tightened capital controls on October 13. The measures effectively prevent Ukraine's banking system, which has relied heavily on foreign borrowing to fuel its breakneck growth in [...] |
2008-10-14 14:39:00 | Embassy Kyiv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON PGOV XH UP |
| 08KYIV2097 |
UKRAINE IMF VISIT HIGHLIGHTS DEEPENING BANK CRISIS [...] (SBU) Summary. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is not commenting on the substance of its ongoing discussions with the government of Ukraine (GOU) on a possible support program, but its representatives told us on October 17 that the delegation's stay in Kyiv was open-ended. PM Tymoshenk [...] |
2008-10-17 17:02:00 | Embassy Kyiv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON ETRD PGOV XH UP |
| 08KYIV2105 |
UKRAINE'S BUSINESSES TENSE; IMF AND NSDC DELIBERATE [...] (SBU) Summary. With ongoing International Monetary Fund (IMF) negotiations and an emergency session of the National Security and Defense Council (NSDC) as the backdrop, Ukraine's politicians swapped jabs, while businesses scrambled to cover their mounting losses. No announcement was made abo [...] |
2008-10-20 15:31:00 | Embassy Kyiv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON ETRD PGOV XH UP |
| 08KYIV2111 |
TYMOSHENKO APPEALS TO USG: UKRAINE HAS "HOURS, NOT [...] (U) This is an Action Request. See Summary and Paragraphs 11 and 12. Summary ------- 2. (C) At a late night meeting on October 20, Prime Minister Tymoshenko told the Ambassador that Ukraine had "hours, and not days" to restore confidence in the country's financial system. The situatio [...] |
2008-10-21 14:08:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN PGOV PREL ECON ETRD XH UP |
| 08KYIV2113 |
UKRAINE CRISIS MEASURES PASSED TO UN-DISSOLVED RADA [...] (SBU) Summary. Ukraine's National Security and Defense Council (NSDC) approved a series of as yet unpublished anti-crisis proposals on October 20, designed to stave off a worsening financial emergency. President Viktor Yushchenko temporarily lifted his decree on parliament's dissolution to a [...] |
2008-10-21 15:49:00 | Embassy Kyiv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON ETRD PGOV XH UP |
| 08KYIV2130 |
UKRAINE CURRENCY DOWN 20 PERCENT; RADA DIVIDED ON [...] (SBU) Summary. While Rada factions were busy haggling over three competing versions of anti-crisis measures, the hryvnia exchange rate slipped dramatically on October 23. Embassy contacts in the real estate and transportation sectors report more dismal news, indicating general woes throughou [...] |
2008-10-23 15:43:00 | Embassy Kyiv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON ETRD PGOV XH UP |
| 08KYIV2139 |
EBRD: UKRAINE NEEDS $20 BILLION IMF PACKAGE "TO [...] No summary [...] |
2008-10-24 15:20:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN PGOV PREL ECON ETRD XH UP |
| 08KYIV2141 |
UKRAINE: HRYVNIA CONTINUES ITS SLIDE AS [...] (SBU) The hryvnia continues its slide against the dollar, having crossed the psychologically important barrier of 6 UAH/$ on October 24-25. It appears that demand for dollars by ordinary Ukrainians, fearful of further devaluation and inflation, is beginning to drive movements in the market, a [...] |
2008-10-25 14:18:00 | Embassy Kyiv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN PGOV PREL ECON ETRD XH UP |
| 08KYIV2142 |
HISTORICAL IMF PACKAGE IMMINENT, MAY NOT BE ENOUGH [...] (C) Summary. IMF chief envoy Ceyla Pazarbasioglu told the Ambassador on October 25 that Ukraine,s IMF package may amount to the second largest ever in IMF history and would be likely finalized soon, possibly as early as this weekend. She stated that implementation of the assistance package wo [...] |
2008-10-25 18:45:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN EREL ETRD PGOV PREL XH UP |
| 08KYIV2198 |
IMF SET TO APPROVE UKRAINE PACKAGE, DESPITE [...] (C) Summary. The IMF and the government of Ukraine (GOU) "have agreement" on the provisions of a $16.5 billion stand-by package. The IMF's Kyiv-based resident representative is "relatively positive" Ukraine's anti-crisis legislation will pass muster for the IMF Executive Board, when it consi [...] |
2008-11-04 17:12:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN EREL ETRD PGOV PREL XH UP |
| 08KYIV2207 |
UKRAINE: PROMINVESTBANK FAILURE TEST CASE FOR NBU [...] (C) Summary and comment: Liquidity problems, a run on deposits, and a possible corporate hijacking at Prominvestbank, Ukraine's sixth largest bank, last month contributed to the run on other Ukrainian banks, which were already jittery due to the world financial crisis (refs). The Acting Chai [...] |
2008-11-06 12:59:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EFIN EREL ETRD PGOV PREL XH UP |
| 08KYIV2224 |
NBU STABILIZES HRYVNIA, BUT FURTHER WEAKENING NECESSARY [...] (SBU) The hryvnia has stabilized in the past week as a result of the National Bank of Ukraine's new policy to sell unlimited amounts of dollars at an exchange rate that it resets daily. The strategy is probably draining the NBU's reserves, which stood at $31.9 billion on October 31, but the NB [...] |
2008-11-10 09:56:00 | Embassy Kyiv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON ETRD PGOV XH UP |
| 08KYIV2294 |
UKRAINE: FIRTASH USES CRISIS TO EXPAND INTO BANKING [...] (C) Summary. Dmitry Firtash, one of Ukraine's most wealthy and notorious oligarchs, plans to buy a controlling stake in Nadra Bank, Ukraine's seventh largest bank. The acquisition of Nadra, which will join Firtash's international holding company (Group DF) when the deal is final, would be Firtash's [...] |
2008-11-21 14:48:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN EREL ETRD PGOV PREL XH UP |
| 08KYIV2340 |
UKRAINE: DOLLAR AUCTIONS TO OFFSET FALLING HRYVNIA [...] (SBU) The hryvnia traded around 6.7/$ on the interbank market on November 26, down roughly 3 percent from the previous day and falling from 6.0/$ a week ago. On Kyiv streets, dollar bids started around 6.65/$ with offers topping 7.0/$. Speculation about a developing black market filtered into [...] |
2008-11-28 05:32:00 | Embassy Kyiv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON ETRD PREL PGOV XH UP |
| 08KYIV2412 |
UKRAINE FINANCE MINISTER'S PECULIAR AVOWALS [...] (C) Summary. Ukraine's Minister of Finance Viktor Pynzenyk told the Ambassador on December 4 that a change of leadership at the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) is necessary to stabilize the country's faltering economy. Alluding to what he said was an inept inter-agency anti-crisis team, he d [...] |
2008-12-09 16:32:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN EREL ETRD PGOV PREL XH UP |
| 08KYIV2413 |
UKRAINE "NOT YET THERE" ON 2009 BALANCED BUDGET [...] (SBU) Summary. The Ministry of Finance has granted a preview of the draft 2009 budget to the IMF and World Bank. The World Bank told us the GOU foresees a 2009 budget deficit equal to 0.3 percent of GDP. After studying the draft, however, the World Bank puts the deficit at 0.8 percent of G [...] |
2008-12-09 16:49:00 | Embassy Kyiv | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN EREL ETRD PGOV PREL XH UP |
| 08KYIV2434 |
UNSTEADY UKRAINE RESPONSE WORRIES IMF TEAM [...] (C) Summary. An IMF team led by Ceyla Pazarbasioglu, in Kyiv to assess Ukrainian implementation of the Fund's $16.4 billion Stand-By Arrangement (SBA), offered mixed reviews of GOU anti-crisis efforts during her December 10 meeting with the Ambassador. Pazarbasioglu complimented Minister of [...] |
2008-12-11 15:41:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN EREL ETRD PGOV PREL XH UP |
| 08KYIV2464 |
UKRAINIAN HRYVNIA IN FREEFALL AS NBU BOTCHES POLICY [...] (SBU) Summary. A casualty of the worsening financial crisis, Ukraine's currency has lost another 12 percent of its value in recent days. Following an interim visit by the IMF to monitor GOU progress in implementing the $16.4 billion Stand-By Arrangement (SBA), the National Bank of Ukraine (N [...] |
2008-12-18 13:57:00 | Embassy Kyiv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON ETRD PREL PGOV XH UP |
| 08KYIV2487 |
"CYNICAL" PM BLASTS "INFLEXIBLE" UKRAINE BANK CHIEF [...] (C) Summary. Ukraine's Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko lashed out at the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) on December 18, calling for the resignation of NBU Governor Volodymyr Stelmakh and lobbing stinging criticisms at NBU exchange rate policy. Although Tymoshenko has denounced the NBU chief [...] |
2008-12-19 16:31:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN EREL ETRD PGOV PREL XH UP |
| 08KYIV2532 |
IMF NEGATIVE ON UKRAINE BUDGET BOMB [...] (SBU) Summary. The local IMF office has unofficially told us that the 2009 budget is "quite negative" and likened the budget's failure to reign in pension outlays to an "exploding bomb." According to the IMF, the 2009 budget is based on unrealistic macroeconomic projections and a 2.97 percent [...] |
2008-12-30 15:25:00 | Embassy Kyiv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EREL ECON ETRD PGOV PREL XH UP |
| 08KYIV2538 |
UKRAINE PRESIDENT AND PM APPEAL TO IMF [...] (SBU) Summary. In an unusual display of cooperation, Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko and Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko sent a joint letter (full text below) to IMF Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn on December 30, confirming their intention to adhere to IMF conditionalities. S [...] |
2008-12-31 10:48:00 | Embassy Kyiv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EREL ECON ETRD PGOV PREL XH UP |
| 08LISBON510 |
PORTUGAL-U.S. BILATERAL COMMISSION; KOSOVO, [...] (U) Summary. The 23rd U.S.-Portugal Bilateral Commission examined the state of the bilateral relationship. Portugal will not remove its battalion in Kosovo, supports NATO membership for three MAP countries, and will present its action plan for the Community of Democracies in the near future. [...] |
2008-02-27 16:50:00 | Embassy Lisbon | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MARR MOPS KDEM PGOV ELAB PO XH AF |
| 08MOSCOW2843 |
RUSSIA FIGHTS BACK AGAINST ISOLATION [...] (C) Summary. While reactions to the Secretary's September 18 speech have been fairly muted, with the exception of the customary harangue from the MFA, the Russian leadership is at pains to show that Russia is not isolated following the events in Georgia. Moscow is seeking to push back on clai [...] |
2008-09-23 13:47:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NATO GG UP XH RS |
| 08NICOSIA764 |
CYPRUS WILL NOT REBUT RUSSIA'S GENOCIDE CLAIMS [...] No summary [...] |
2008-09-24 14:25:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM CY GG RS XG XH |
| 08PARIS1201 |
PARIS CLUB: June 2008 Session, Private Sector Meeting, [...] Summary: At the Paris Club's June 10-12 session, the tour d'horizon addressed Burundi, Central African Republic, Grenada, Iraq, Libya, Moldova, Sudan and Togo. Germany requested an informal update on Argentina; Russia sought resolution of its promissory note issue. As for methodological iss [...] |
2008-06-25 15:10:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON EAID XM XA XH XB XF FR |
| 08PARIS1423 |
PARIS CLUB - JULY 2008 TOUR D'HORIZON AND DISCUSSIONS ON [...] (SBU) Summary: At the Paris Club's July 7-8 session, the Vice Chairman briefed creditors on his recent meetings in Kinshasa with the Ministers of Economy and Finance, noting concern that a proposed infrastructure deal involving a DRC sovereign guarantee was at odds with the Paris Club's project [...] |
2008-07-24 16:53:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EAID XM XA XH XB XF FR |
| 08PARIS1872 |
PARIS CLUB - SEPTEMBER 2008 TOUR D'HORIZON AND DISCUSSIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: At the Paris Club's September 17 session, Club Chairman Musca briefed creditors on recent contacts with the Government of Argentina (GOA), which revealed that Argentina intends to clear arrears excluding late interest and resume debt service on future installments. Creditors in [...] |
2008-10-10 14:59:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EAID XM XA XH XB XF FR |
| 08PARIS2004 |
PARIS CLUB - OCTOBER 2008 TOUR D'HORIZON AND DISCUSSIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: The October 2008 Paris Club Tour d'Horizon included Argentina, Congo-B, Cote d'Ivoire, Cuba, DRC, Iraq, Liberia, the Seychelles, and Togo. Paris Club Co-Chairman Coeure reported that, in an earlier conversation with the Paris Club Secretariat, Argentine Minister Fernandez had re [...] |
2008-10-31 17:41:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EAID XM XA XH XB XF FR |
| 08PARIS2344 |
PARIS CLUB - DECEMBER 2008 TOUR D'HORIZON AND DISCUSSIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: The December 2008 Paris Club Tour d'Horizon included Argentina, Burundi, Comoros, Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Ecuador, Grenada, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Iraq, Pakistan, the Seychelles, Sri Lanka, and Togo. Argentine Economy Minister Fernandez had told the Secretariat that repayment was [...] |
2008-12-31 08:12:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EAID XM XA XH XB XF FR |
| 08PARIS826 |
PARIS CLUB - PARIS CLUB - APRIL 2008 TOUR D'HORIZON AND [...] (SBU) Summary: At the Paris Club's April 16-17 session, the U.S. and other creditors signed an accord with Liberia to begin interim debt relief under the enhanced Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) initiative. During the Tour d'Horizon, France, Germany, and the U.S. reported on recent bi [...] |
2008-04-29 07:14:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EAID XM XA XH XB XF FR |
| 08PARIS976 |
FOSG PARIS MEETING MAY 2008 [...] (C) Summary: During a May 8 meeting in Paris, the Western Friends of the Secretary General on Georgia (FOSG), consisting of the U.S., UK, France, and Germany, enthusiastically endorsed EUR DAS Matt Bryza's proposal for reviving the Abkhazia peace process. Bryza laid out a new three-pronged ap [...] |
2008-05-22 11:27:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS XH RS GG GM UK ZJ FR |
| 08PODGORICA248 |
MONTENEGRO'S SLOW BUT FORWARD PROGRESS IN WAR CRIMES CASES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Montenegro is beginning to confront its role in the Balkan wars of the 1990's. Until recently, it had done little to address the four pending war crimes cases committed on its territory (Kaludjerski Laz, Morinj, 1992 deportation of Muslims, and Bukovica). However, investigations [...] |
2008-09-29 11:22:00 | Embassy Podgorica | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KAWC SOCI XH MW |
| 08STATE20329 |
UNDER SECRETARY BURNS'S MEETING WITH JAPANESE [...] (C) Summary: U/S Burns met for two hours on January 29 with his new Japanese counterpart, Deputy Foreign Minister Kenichiro Sasae, to discuss G8, UNSC reform, Iraq, Iran, Russia, Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, and Burma. Sasae described Japan's priorities for the G8, which include climate ch [...] |
2008-02-28 17:55:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ENIV ENRG KGHG PREL PGOV EAID XB XC XD XE XH JA |
| 08STATE72687 |
REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON UKRAINIAN [...] (U) This is an action request for Embassy Kyiv. Please see paragraph 3. 2. (U) BACKGROUND: According to Ref A, the Ukrainian Interior Ministry in the Cherkasy region detained two men attempting to sell cesium and enriched uranium for five million U.S. dollars. According to the report, [...] |
2008-07-07 21:49:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP MNUC ASEC ENRG KCRM PARM TRGY UP XH PINR |
| 08TASHKENT189 |
DEMARCHE DELIVERED: LOBBYING FOR KOSOVO [...] No summary [...] |
2008-02-12 11:57:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV XH UZ |
| 08TOKYO1606 |
JAPAN-RUSSIA DISCUSS POSSIBLE PUTIN VISIT TO TOKYO [...] (C) Summary. Japan and Russia discussed, but did not set dates for, a possible Tokyo visit by Prime Minister Vladimir Putin during a June 3 Deputy Foreign Ministers' meeting in Tokyo. During discussions designed to set a positive tone for the July 7-9 G-8 meeting at Hokkaido's Lake Toya, the [...] |
2008-06-12 06:50:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON ETRD JA RS XH KN |
| 08USUNNEWYORK1148 |
MISSION CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR S/WCI [...] Mission Clearance is granted for Ambassador-at-Large for War Crimes Issues Clint Williamson, Deputy Milbert Shin, and Foreign Affairs Officer Brendan Doherty to visit USUN on December 11-12. The purpose is to hold meetings on the margins of the ICTY/ICTR briefings to the UN Security Council, [...] |
2008-12-08 20:02:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | KAWC KJUS OTRA UNSC XA XH |
| 08USUNNEWYORK1198 |
UNGA 63: DEALING WITH WESTERN EUROPE [...] (U) This cable was prepared by Robert J. Smolik who served as Senior Area Advisor for Western European Affairs to the 63rd United Nations General Assembly. 2. (C) During the fall session of the 63rd UNGA, EU and European Free Trade Association states generally aligned with U.S. objectiv [...] |
2008-12-23 19:27:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UNGA US XG XH XT ZB |
| 08USUNNEWYORK169 |
SLOVAKS PLAN COUNTER-TERRORISM WORKSHOP IN [...] Ambassador Khalilzad met on February 22 with the Slovak Permanent Representative Peter Burian and Swiss Deputy Permanent Representative Andreas Baum to discuss their project, "the International Process on Global Counter-Terrorism Co-operation" (Process). Burian said that the purpose of the P [...] |
2008-02-22 19:27:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PTER XH |
| 08VIENNA1848 |
Banking in Central/Eastern Europe: Austrians [...] SUMMARY. The financial crisis has triggered concerns about Austrian banks' huge exposure -- over EUR 250 billion -- to markets in Central, Eastern, and Southeastern Europe (CESEE) and the former Soviet Union (FSU). Austrian banks (and the GOA) argue they can manage the increased risks, beca [...] |
2008-12-16 16:06:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN AU XH |
| 08VIENNA1852 |
Banking in Central/Eastern Europe: Austrians [...] SUMMARY. The financial crisis has triggered concerns about Austrian banks' huge exposure -- over EUR 250 billion -- to markets in Central, Eastern, and Southeastern Europe (CESEE) and the former Soviet Union (FSU). Austrian banks (and the GOA) argue they can manage the increased risks, beca [...] |
2008-12-17 08:27:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN AU XH |
| 08VILNIUS477 |
AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES WASHINGTON MEETINGS WITH PM [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Cloud met June 18 with Lithuanian Prime Minister Gediminas Kirkilas to discuss his July 2 meetings with the Vice President and other senior officials in Washington. Kirkilas said there is no decision yet on extending Lithuanian troops in Iraq past July; said Lithuan [...] |
2008-06-18 13:47:00 | Embassy Vilnius | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS MARR ENRG SCUL PHUM XH IZ AF LH |
| 08WARSAW1073 |
GEORGIA - POLAND TO TAKE "BALANCED APPROACH" TO [...] (C) Poloffs delivered reftel demarche September 15 to MFA Georgia Desk Officer Tomasz Orlowski. Orlowski said Poland agrees with U.S. views that Russia appears to be pushing harder in international fora on allegations that Georgia committed acts of genocide in South Ossetia during the conflic [...] |
2008-09-16 11:08:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL CG RS XG XH PL |
| 09BERLIN117 |
MEDIA REACTION: RUSSIA, AFGHANISTAN, MIDEAST, IRAN, DAVOS, [...] Lead Stories Summary 2. Russia Suspends Kaliningrad Missile Plan 3. U.S. Policy on Afghanistan 4. Envoy Mitchell in the Mideast 5. Davos World Economic Forum 6. U.S.-Iranian Relations 7. Clashes Between Sri Lankan Government And Rebels  [...] |
2009-01-29 12:28:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO GM IS XF XH CE IR |
| 09BERLIN286 |
MEDIA REACTION: AFGHANISTAN, NATO, MIDEAST, IRAN, SYRIA, [...] Lead Stories Summary 2. New Strategy on Afghanistan 3. France's Return to NATO Command Structure 4. Mideast and Iran Policy 5. Financial Crisis 6. Relaxation of U.S.-Cuban Relations 7. ICC Arrest Warrant for Bashir 8. Eastern European Economic Problems  [...] |
2009-03-12 11:46:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO GM AF US FR IR XF XH SU CU SY |
| 09BRATISLAVA441 |
(S) RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR INFORMATION FORM SLOVAK POLICE [...] (S/NF) The Regional Security Officer continues to work with the Slovak Police Presidium to further aid in its request for assistance. ARSO and the Federal Bureau of Investigation regional representative recently met with the local police, where we were informed that the request is related to a [...] |
2009-10-13 16:03:00 | Embassy Bratislava | SECRET | ASEC KCRM KNNP PARM PINR PREL PTER LO XG XH |
| 09BRUSSELS219 |
RUSSIA-EU FM TROIKA: HIGHLIGHTS FROM COUNCIL AND [...] (C) Summary: According to European Commission (RELEX) and Council Secretariat participants at the EU-Russia FM Troika meeting in Moscow February 11, Russian FonMin Sergey Lavrov will soon travel to the Middle East in advance of an international conference Moscow is determined to host. Also, [...] |
2009-02-13 19:01:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL RS EUN GG AF SO XF XH |
| 09BRUSSELS280 |
UNITY QUEST: CENTRAL EUROPEAN EFFORTS TO FORGE EU [...] (C) Summary and Introduction: Renewed efforts by the Central Europeans to approach energy security from a common EU position are being obstructed by a lack of member state unity on the issue. Holding the rotating presidency of the European Council, the Czech Republic has made energy security [...] |
2009-02-27 12:28:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EUN ENRG EPET XH |
| 09BRUSSELS391 |
INTRODUCING THE EUROPEAN UNION, PART VI: THE ACCESSION [...] The EU has been growing from the founding "Six" to the current EU-27. Enlargement is viewed as one of the EU's most successful policies and a powerful foreign policy tool for extending a zone of peace and democracy across the European continent. The tight conditions for membership and the va [...] |
2009-03-18 17:41:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV EUN TU HR CY XH |
| 09BRUSSELS410 |
EU: DAS BRYZA'S MARCH 16 DISCUSSIONS ON ENERGY AND [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: During a Brussels stop on March 16 EUR DAS Matthew Bryza consulted EU officials on a range of regional political, security and energy-related issues, including EU enlargement, Turkey-Cyprus, frozen conflicts, and pipeline politics. DG Enlargement contacts foresaw no/no immine [...] |
2009-03-23 11:57:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL ECON ENRG ECIN EPET EUN XH |
| 09BUCHAREST714 |
ROMANIA: VP BIDEN MEETING WITH PRESIDENT BASESCU [...] (U) Summary. Vice President Biden met with President Basescu on October 22, 2009. The Romanian President and Vice President Biden discussed the motivations for Biden's trip to Europe; the U.S. and Romanian relationships with Russia; missile defense; and the coalition strategy in Afghanistan [...] |
2009-10-23 13:59:00 | Embassy Bucharest | SECRET | PREL ENRG CONS XH XD RO |
| 09KYIV1102 |
UKRAINE Q1 GDP FALLS 20.3 PERCENT [...] (SBU) The Ukrainian State Statistics Committee published official 2009 macroeconomic figures on June 30. The first quarter data, which had been withheld for weeks by the government of Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko, revealed a 20.3 percent contraction in GDP and a sharp fall in key sectors o [...] |
2009-07-01 12:55:00 | Embassy Kyiv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON ETRD PREL PGOV XH UP |
| 09KYIV1345 |
UKRAINE MINFIN ON BANK RECAPITALIZATION [...] (SBU) Summary. Ukraine's Ministry of Finance confirmed to us that recently nationalized UkrHaz and Rodovid banks, the 17th and 20th largest in Ukraine respectively, would soon receive new management and supervisory boards. The period of temporary administration would be extended at a third G [...] |
2009-08-13 14:45:00 | Embassy Kyiv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EREL ECON ETRD PGOV PREL XH UP |
| 09KYIV140 |
FAULTLINES IN UKRAINE'S BANKING SYSTEM [...] (SBU) Summary. IMF representatives indicated to us that the first diagnostic audits of Ukraine's banking sector were completed on January 22. In the IMF's view, the audits show that none of Ukraine's seventeen largest banks has enough capital to meet an expected deterioration of loan portfol [...] |
2009-01-23 15:55:00 | Embassy Kyiv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EREL ETRD PGOV PREL XH UP |
| 09KYIV1434 |
IMF MAY EXPAND IN UKRAINE, DESPITE LACK OF REFORMS [...] (C) Summary. With Ukraine's sovereign debt reaching 30 percent of GDP, primarily in short- to medium-term instruments, and doubts increasing about Ukraine's intentions to implement macroeconomic reforms, many in Kyiv are predicting the need for continued IMF lending beyond the current program [...] |
2009-08-21 15:10:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN EREL ETRD PGOV PREL UP XH |
| 09KYIV1495 |
UKRAINE TRADE DEFICIT SHRINKS IN H1 2009 [...] (U) Summary and comment: Recently released government of Ukraine (GOU) statistics show the trade deficit narrowing 93% in the first half of 2009, with exports falling by 46.8% and imports by 53.4%. The government reported that the hardest hit import sector continues to be automotive, declining [...] |
2009-09-02 09:03:00 | Embassy Kyiv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EFIN PGOV UP XH |
| 09KYIV1511 |
WORLD BANK ON IFI ENGAGEMENT IN UKRAINE [...] (C) Summary. The World Bank's Kyiv-based country director urged the international community to engage Ukraine during its pre-presidential election period, suggesting that a high-level E.U. and U.S. delegation could push authorities to abide by their commitments. He said that the opposition [...] |
2009-09-04 10:59:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN EREL ETRD PGOV PREL UP XH |
| 09KYIV1519 |
IMF SIGNALS UKRAINE PROGRAM OFF TRACK [...] (C) Summary. The IMF mission team concluded its visit in Kyiv on September 4 without a major public announcement, but close observers have acknowledged to us that the Fund's program may have gone off track. The visit was originally envisioned as a visit to provide technical assistance and o [...] |
2009-09-04 15:17:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN EREL ETRD PGOV PREL UP XH |
| 09KYIV1531 |
IMF STOCKTAKING [...] (SBU) Summary. IMF's Resident Representative in Ukraine, briefing on mission director Ceyla Pazarbasioglu's "stocktaking" visit to Kyiv, commented that he has doubts about Ukraine's intention to live up to its commitments and expressed concern over Ukraine's ability meet its budget obligation [...] |
2009-09-08 15:35:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PGOV PREL UP XH |
| 09KYIV1547 |
13% TARIFF SURCHARGE ON AUTOS AND REFRIGERATORS [...] (U) Summary. The tariff enacted by the GOU in February 2009, which applied a 13% surcharge on imports of cars and refrigerators, has expired as scheduled on September 7th. End Summary. 2. (U) Using Ukraine's trade deficit as a justification, the GOU had enacted a 13% tariff measure in Febr [...] |
2009-09-11 13:04:00 | Embassy Kyiv | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN PGOV PREL UP XH |
| 09KYIV1557 |
NATIONAL BANK CAUGHT IN UKRAINIAN POLITICS [...] (SBU) Summary. The ongoing dispute between Ukrainian government authorities and the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) escalated this week, when the Ministry of Interior interrogated NBU deputy governor Anatoliy Shapovalov over recent fluctuations of the hryvnia exchange rate. Controversial Inte [...] |
2009-09-11 15:59:00 | Embassy Kyiv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EREL ELAB ECON ETRD PGOV PREL XH UP |
| 09KYIV1596 |
CRIMEAN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CONSTRAINED BY LACK [...] (U) Summary: The global economic crisis has not spared Crimea, where unemployment was at 8% from January through March 2009, up from 4.7% in 2008. Local tourism has experienced a 14% decline since 2008, and industrial output dropped 21.6% in that same period, with production at some plants d [...] |
2009-09-16 14:56:00 | Embassy Kyiv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ETRD UP XH |
| 09KYIV1602 |
TYMOSHENKO'S CONTROVERSIAL 2010 BUDGET [...] (SBU) Summary: Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko's draft 2010 budget projects a deficit equivalent to 4% of GDP (exclusive of funds for bank recapitalization) and contains moderate increases in social spending, as well as provisions for transfers to economic sectors hit by the country' [...] |
2009-09-17 13:39:00 | Embassy Kyiv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EREL ELAB ECON ETRD PGOV PREL XH UP |
| 09KYIV1611 |
CONCERNS ON UKRAINE'S 2009 BUDGET DEFICIT [...] (SBU) Summary. Extensive government manipulation of the budget and coerced advance payment of corporate taxes have kept Ukraine in the black so far this year, but revenue from these measures is exhausted and the Government of Ukraine (GOU) has numerous outlays in the balance of the year. Anal [...] |
2009-09-18 15:38:00 | Embassy Kyiv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EREL ELAB ECON ETRD PGOV PREL XH UP |
| 09KYIV166 |
UKRAINE: EBRD TO SEEK EUROPEAN RESPONSE TO BANKING CRISIS [...] (SBU) Summary. EBRD senior advisor Piroska Nagy told us on January 28 that her bank hopes to establish a common European response to the banking crisis in Ukraine and elsewhere in central and eastern Europe. The EBRD would take equity stakes in, or provide debt financing to, the Ukrainian sub [...] |
2009-01-28 14:37:00 | Embassy Kyiv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON ETRD PREL PGOV XH UP |
| 09KYIV167 |
UKRAINE: NBU GOVERNOR ON HIS WAY OUT? [...] (SBU) Summary. National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) Governor Volodymyr Stelmakh may be on his way out. In a legally meaningless yet politically important move, the Rada voted to oust Stelmakh on January 26. The Rada's actions have incited a fresh round of accusations between Prime Minister Yulia T [...] |
2009-01-28 16:21:00 | Embassy Kyiv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON ETRD PREL PGOV XH UP |
| 09KYIV169 |
CORRECTED COPY: UKRAINE: NBU GOVERNOR ON HIS WAY [...] (SBU) Summary. National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) Governor Volodymyr Stelmakh may be on his way out. In a legally meaningless yet politically important move, the Rada voted to oust Stelmakh on January 26. The Rada's actions have incited a fresh round of accusations between Prime Minister Yulia [...] |
2009-01-29 07:32:00 | Embassy Kyiv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON ETRD PREL PGOV XH UP |
| 09KYIV1760 |
TYMOSHENKO'S NBU DISPUTES DEEPEN [...] (C) Summary. A dispute between the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) and Prime Minister Tymoshenko's government has escalated in recent days. At stake is the future of a major Ukrainian bank under temporary administration as well as the potential for additional capital infusions into two smalle [...] |
2009-10-13 13:21:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN EREL ETRD PGOV PREL UP XH |
| 09KYIV1777 |
EXTORTION, BRIBES, AND THREATS: A KYIV BANKER'S [...] (C) Summary. Second-tier oligarchs and members of the Ukrainian parliament are extorting from the country's banks and threatening bankers, said a representative of Austrian-owned Raiffeisen Aval. The powerful borrowers act with impunity, having paid off the court system to evade their debt [...] |
2009-10-15 17:54:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN EREL ETRD PGOV PREL UP XH |
| 09KYIV1826 |
BRAINS BEHIND TYMOSHENKO'S BANKING DECISIONS [...] (C) Summary. Despite his modest title at Ukraine's Ministry of Finance, Timur Bagirov has emerged as an intellectual force in the Tymoshenko government. By his own account, he serves as the Prime Minister's personal advisor on banking sector issues and is often asked to explain detailed fin [...] |
2009-10-20 13:06:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN EREL ETRD PGOV PINR UP XH |
| 09KYIV1835 |
KYIV POPULISM COULD TRIGGER "FISCAL DEVASTATION" [...] (SBU) Summary. Ukraine's shaky IMF program took another direct hit, after the Rada (parliament) enacted legislation to significantly increase budget spending for pensions and public sector wages. The IMF said the measure would lead to "fiscal devastation," while the World Bank estimated an [...] |
2009-10-21 15:23:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN EREL ETRD PGOV PINR UP XH |
| 09KYIV1878 |
IMF AT ANOTHER UKRAINE IMPASSE [...] (C) Summary. Negotiations between the IMF and Ukrainian authorities appear to have stalled over a bloated budget and the uncertain fate of a new social spending law which, if signed by the President, would represent a "red line" for the Fund. According to the IMF's Kyiv-based resident repre [...] |
2009-10-27 15:54:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN EREL ETRD PGOV PINR UP XH |
| 09KYIV1890 |
UKRAINE: "UNKNOWN FLU" OUTBREAK IN TERNOPIL REGION [...] (U) Summary: In the past two weeks, thousands of people in the Ternopil region of western Ukraine have fallen ill with an "unknown" type of flu, according to local media sources. Reports suggest at least seven people have died as a result of complications caused by this outbreak. While Ukrain [...] |
2009-10-30 04:29:00 | Embassy Kyiv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CDC SOCI PREL AMED CASC XH UP |
| 09KYIV1893 |
UKRAINE: AUTHORITIES CONFIRM H1N1 OUTBREAK, ANNOUNCE [...] (SBU) Summary. Ukrainian Minister of Health Vasiliy Knyazevich confirmed this morning that Ukraine is experiencing an A-H1N1 epidemic. In response, Prime Minister Tymoshenko announced that all schools in Ukraine will be closed for three weeks, large public meetings will be cancelled, nine reg [...] |
2009-10-30 13:49:00 | Embassy Kyiv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CDC SOCI PREL AMED CASC XH UP |
| 09KYIV1900 |
UKRAINE: DEATH TOLL AND PANIC RISING WHILE POLITICIANS [...] (SBU) Summary. The Ukrainian government appealed for international help on November 1 as the official death toll from flu and respiratory infections reached 60, with at least 13 of those deaths caused by the A-H1N1 virus. The government is implementing unprecedented measures to combat the out [...] |
2009-11-02 15:00:00 | Embassy Kyiv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CDC SOCI PREL AMED CASC XH UP |
| 09KYIV1911 |
UKRAINE'S FLU LEVELS SIMILAR TO OTHER AFFECTED COUNTRIES [...] (SBU) Summary. While the flu epidemic is spreading across Ukraine, public panic levels appear to have dropped slightly, as some rationality returned to the discussion. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), there has been one officially confirmed H1N1 death and 14 non-lethal H1N1 c [...] |
2009-11-04 15:26:00 | Embassy Kyiv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CDC SOCI PREL AMED CASC XH UP |
| 09KYIV1915 |
UKRAINE: FIGHTING THE FLU WITH GARLIC AND ONION [...] (U) Summary. In a broadcast to the nation on November 4, President Yushchenko accused his political rivals of criminal negligence for their handling of the H1N1 outbreak. Prime Minister Tymoshenko, one of the "accused", did not help her case when she on the same day publicly indicated that sh [...] |
2009-11-05 16:04:00 | Embassy Kyiv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CDC SOCI PREL AMED CASC XH UP |
| 09KYIV1916 |
NBU REFUSES TO CONCEDE ON NAFTOHAZ AND UKRAINE [...] (C) Summary. The National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) will continue to refuse to monetize government of Ukraine debt, despite a near empty GOU treasury and "psychological pressure" from Russia to make payments to Gazprom. In the NBU's view, the GOU will have enough resources via special IMF alloc [...] |
2009-11-05 16:41:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN EREL ETRD PGOV PINR UP XH |
| 09KYIV1920 |
UKRAINE BUDGET MEASURE: A DARKER SHADE OF RED [...] (SBU) Summary. The Rada (Ukraine's parliament) adopted amendments to the 2009 budget that will allow implementation of the so-called social standards law. The move is likely to further destabilize Ukraine's partnership with the IMF, whose mission team had walked away from Kyiv in October, de [...] |
2009-11-06 13:53:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN EREL ETRD PGOV PINR UP XH |
| 09KYIV1982 |
TYMOSHENKO'S DESPERATE BUDGET SCRAMBLE [...] (C) Summary. Members of parliament (MPs), the Cabinet of Ministers, and the Ministry of Finance doubt there will be any movement on Ukraine's draft 2010 budget before the presidential election, despite cajoling statements from Rada Speaker Volodymyr Lytvyn. With the IMF's fourth loan tranche [...] |
2009-11-13 13:26:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN EREL ETRD PGOV PINR UP XH |
| 09KYIV1984 |
WAKING UP TO UKRAINE'S FISCAL NIGHTMARE [...] (C) Summary. Payment delays have begun in Ukraine's regions and will get much worse in December 2009. January and February 2010 will be even darker, with no near-term causes for optimism in sight. Analysts from the IMF, World Bank, and EBRD ominously predict that, while social payments wil [...] |
2009-11-13 13:41:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN EREL ETRD PGOV PINR UP XH |
| 09KYIV1990 |
UKRAINE: H1N1 UPDATE [...] (U) Summary. With the flu epidemic spreading across Ukraine, President Yushchenko and Prime Minister Tymoshenko continue to blame each other over the response to the outbreak. Yushchenko vowed on Wednesday to veto a bill, pushed through the Verkhovna Rada (Parliament) by Tymoshenko, that woul [...] |
2009-11-13 15:05:00 | Embassy Kyiv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIPR CDC SOCI PREL AMED CASC XH UP |
| 09KYIV2021 |
CONCLUDING THE SAGA OF UKRAINE'S MOST TROUBLED BANK [...] (SBU) Summary. Nadra Bank, the much troubled Ukrainian financial institution, may be close to finalizing a deal with at least 75% of its external creditors, who hold $570 million of Nadra's total debt. Nonetheless, the Ukrainian government is giving signals that it could be changing tack and [...] |
2009-11-20 04:15:00 | Embassy Kyiv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EREL ELAB ECON ETRD PGOV PREL XH UP |
| 09KYIV2057 |
MORE UKRAINE BUDGET DRAMA [...] (SBU) Summary. After weeks of dithering, Ukraine's parliamentary budget committee approved hundreds of proposed amendments, only to see the draft 2010 budget get voted down in the Rada (Ukraine's parliament) on a floor vote. This orchestrated maneuver, designed to further delay the review pr [...] |
2009-11-25 13:26:00 | Embassy Kyiv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EREL ELAB ECON ETRD PGOV PREL XH UP |
| 09KYIV2062 |
UKRAINE: KEEN TO PRESERVE STATUS QUO ON CLIMATE [...] (SBU) Summary. Ukraine's position on climate change is to preserve the current Kyoto Protocol-based status quo. The country has reduced its greenhouse gas emissions by more than 50 percent since 1990 -- largely as a result of its post-Soviet industrial collapse -- and has become a beneficiar [...] |
2009-11-25 14:07:00 | Embassy Kyiv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV KGHG EREL PREL XH UP |
| 09KYIV2102 |
TYMOSHENKO'S IMF SALVAGE OPERATION [...] (C) Summary. Ukrainian Prime Minister Tymoshenko dispatched Deputy Prime Minister Nemyria and Acting Finance Minister Umanskiy to Washington for meetings with IMF Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn and high-level USG officials. Bearing a Letter of Intent (LOI) with three signatures -- [...] |
2009-12-07 14:03:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN EREL ETRD PGOV PINR UP XH |
| 09KYIV2130 |
"URGENT" WORRIES FROM UKRAINE FINANCE MINISTRY [...] (C) Ukrainian Deputy Minister of Finance Andriy Kravets notified the embassy on December 11 that Foreign Minister Poroshenko was planning today to ask IMF first deputy managing director John Lipsky to consider including Ukraine on the agenda of the next IMF board meeting. Poroshenko had rece [...] |
2009-12-11 10:52:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN EREL ETRD PGOV PINR UP XH |
| 09KYIV2133 |
UKRAINE'S "SCARE TACTICS" OVER IMF LOAN [...] (C) Summary. Kyiv-based IMF resident representative Max Alier told Econoff on December 11 that GOU representatives deliberately misled Ukrainian and international media outlets into believing that Ukraine had met the IMF's "primary demands" for releasing a fourth loan tranche. Alier reitera [...] |
2009-12-14 12:19:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN EREL ETRD PGOV PINR UP XH |
| 09KYIV2135 |
UKRAINE FOREIGN MINISTER'S CASE FOR IMF LOAN [...] (C) Summary. Ukrainian Foreign Minister Poroshenko described meetings with IMF deputy managing director Lipsky as "not constructive" and relations more generally with the IMF as "very bad". Poroshenko told the Ambassador on December 13 that he had weighed in with the Constitutional Court to [...] |
2009-12-15 12:47:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN EREL ETRD PGOV PINR UP XH |
| 09KYIV2140 |
DPM NEMYRIA'S CASE FOR UKRAINE IMF TRANCHE [...] (C) Summary. Deputy Prime Minister Nemyria made a strong pitch to the Ambassador for the disbursement of a fourth IMF loan tranche to Ukraine. He talked of unreasonable IMF demands for the passage of a 2010 budget, explained why the central bank could not monetize for budget and gas payments [...] |
2009-12-16 13:24:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN EREL ETRD PGOV PINR UP XH |
| 09KYIV2147 |
UKRAINIAN FINANCE MINISTRY GRIM ON BUDGET [...] (C) Summary. In preparation for DPM Nemyria's talks with IMF officials on December 17 and 18 (ref A), the GOU's top budget experts met with Kyiv-based IMF resident representative Max Alier to reconcile revenue and expenditure figures for 2009 and the first quarter of 2010. Talking separatel [...] |
2009-12-17 13:15:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN EREL ETRD PGOV PINR UP XH |
| 09KYIV2168 |
ALFA BANK CONFIRMS NAFTOHAZ SYNDICATED LOAN TALKS [...] (C) Kyiv-based Alfa Bank executive Ivan Yurik confirmed to Econoff on December 18 that Russian banks were in final-stage negotiations over a syndicated loan to Ukrainian state energy company Naftohaz. The loan would likely cover Ukraine's January 7 and February 7 payments to Gazprom, Yurik b [...] |
2009-12-18 12:14:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN EREL ETRD PGOV PINR UP XH |
| 09KYIV2170 |
RUSSIAN BANKS ACTIVE IN UKRAINE [...] (SBU) Summary. While other foreign-owned banks have shrunk their balance sheets, deep-pocketed Russian banks have expanded and increased their market share in Ukraine. VTB Bank (formerly Vneshtorgbank) and Vnesheconombank (VEB), two Russian state-owned banks, have made several high profile a [...] |
2009-12-18 13:08:00 | Embassy Kyiv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EINV ECON UP XH |
| 09KYIV2171 |
TALE OF TWO DEFAULTS: THE UKRZALIZNYTSA DEBT [...] (C) Summary. Following market angst over the possibility of a Ukrainian sovereign default, negotiations have resumed between creditors and Ukrzaliznytsa, the Ukrainian state-owned railway company, whose subsidiaries recently defaulted on a $110 million loan payment. An Ukrzaliznytsa advisor [...] |
2009-12-18 16:18:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN EREL ETRD PGOV PINR UP XH |
| 09KYIV227 |
UKRAINE FINANCE MINISTER'S SECRET PREDICTIONS [...] (SBU) In a leaked letter to PM Tymoshenko, Ukraine's Minister of Finance Viktor Pynzenyk has predicted the "very real" possibility of Ukraine's total economic collapse. Internet newspaper Ukrainska Pravda published the classified document, addressed to Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko and the [...] |
2009-02-02 15:12:00 | Embassy Kyiv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON ETRD PREL PGOV XH UP |
| 09KYIV229 |
UKRAINE ASKS A GUARDED IMF TO SUPPORT A BUDGET [...] (C) The IMF told the Ambassador on February 1 that the GOU says it cannot run a balanced budget this year. It has asked the IMF for flexibility on this key conditionality of the $16.4 billion loan package, Ceyla Pazarbasioglu, head of the IMF mission performing the first formal review of the l [...] |
2009-02-02 16:41:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN EREL ETRD ECON PREL XH UP |
| 09KYIV243 |
UKRAINE'S BANKS SQUEEZED PRIOR TO RECAPITALIZATION [...] (SBU) Summary. Ukraine's banking sector troubles are among the IMF and World Bank's foremost concerns amidst a deepening financial crisis. Short of liquidity and with worsening loan performance by the day, banks are awaiting a decision by the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) and the GOU on a f [...] |
2009-02-05 04:58:00 | Embassy Kyiv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON ETRD PREL PGOV XH UP |
| 09KYIV249 |
UKRAINE: CHANCES FOR OPIC'S RETURN FADE AS GOU ADDS NEW [...] (SBU) The chances of OPIC returning to Ukraine soon have faded after the GOU introduced new requirements into the proposed settlement. For over a year, OPIC has been negotiating with Tasko Corp., a private firm that the GOU designated to settle the outstanding OPIC claim on its behalf, and lat [...] |
2009-02-05 15:24:00 | Embassy Kyiv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EINV ECON ETRD PREL PGOV XH UP |
| 09KYIV250 |
UKRAINE'S TIGIPKO: ONCE AND FUTURE NBU CHIEF? [...] (SBU) Summary. In a statement that may presage his return to higher office, former National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) Governor, Rada deputy, and influential commercial banker Sergey Tigipko declared on February 5 that the economic crisis in Ukraine is being consciously prolonged. He blamed inept [...] |
2009-02-05 16:17:00 | Embassy Kyiv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON ETRD PREL PGOV XH UP |
| 09KYIV256 |
UKRAINE: IMF APPEALS TO G7, EU TO FINANCE BILLION [...] (C) On February 5 IMF Mission Director Ceyla Pazarbasioglu told the G7 and EU ambassadors that Ukraine faces a $3.75 to $6.25 billion budget shortfall this year. She appealed to the ambassadors for direct financial support for Ukraine's budget, arguing that Ukraine had no other options to fina [...] |
2009-02-06 13:35:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ETRD ECON PREL XH UP |
| 09KYIV265 |
UKRAINE: A $5 BILLION LOAN FROM RUSSIA IN THE [...] (C) Summary. Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko has confirmed that the GOU has held negotiations with Russia for a $5 billion loan to cover Ukraine's expected budget deficit in 2009. After details of the negotiations were leaked, Tymoshenko quickly asserted that discussions were only in very pr [...] |
2009-02-09 15:52:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN EREL ETRD PGOV PREL XH UP |
| 09KYIV295 |
UKRAINE FINANCE MINISTER RESIGNS [...] (SBU) Summary. Ukraine's Finance Minister Viktor Pynzenyk abruptly resigned on February 12. As announced on the Ministry of Finance website and confirmed by Pynzenyk's special assistant, Pynzenyk did not "see any sense" in staying on "without influence" in the government. His assistant sta [...] |
2009-02-12 14:18:00 | Embassy Kyiv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON ETRD PREL PGOV XH UP |
| 09KYIV311 |
TIGIPKO TAPPED UKRAINE CRISIS COORDINATOR [...] (C) Summary. Sergey Tigipko told the Ambassador on February 11 that he has accepted a position as PM Yulia Tymoshenko's Deputy Prime Minister for economic affairs. Tigipko's daunting task will be to coordinate the GOU's anti-crisis efforts, reaching across political divides that have thus fa [...] |
2009-02-13 14:33:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN EREL ETRD PGOV PREL XH UP |
| 09KYIV338 |
UKRAINE: TIGIPKO'S READY, BUT STILL NO DECISION ON [...] (C) Summary. Sergey Tigipko (a.k.a. Serhiy Tyhipko, see note on name transliteration in paragraph 6) told Econoff on February 19 that he is still being considered for a high-level position in Yulia Tymoshenko's government, though the situation remains fluid and no decisions on ministerial po [...] |
2009-02-19 15:57:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN EREL ETRD PGOV PREL XH UP |
| 09KYIV360 |
IMF COMPROMISE WOULD LEAVE SEVERE UKRAINE BUDGET [...] (C) Summary. Ukraine faces a glaring budget gap this year, even if it meets all IMF conditionalities and introduces severe budget discipline. The GOU has thus far failed to complete "prior actions" articulated by the IMF, necessary before the Fund can pay out the next tranche of its $16.4 bi [...] |
2009-02-24 12:37:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN EREL ETRD PGOV PREL XH UP |
| 09KYIV430 |
IMF UKRAINE PROGRAM IN JEOPARDY [...] (C) Summary. In the presence of G7 ambassadors and the World Bank, the Kyiv-based IMF resident representative told PM Yulia Tymoshenko on March 5 that there would be "little benefit" in the mission team returning to Ukraine without greater progress on the Fund's conditionalities. Despite a [...] |
2009-03-06 18:32:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN EREL ETRD PGOV PREL XH UP |
| 09KYIV466 |
A View from the Window: Consular Elements of the Economic [...] (SBU) Summary: During the past several months, the Consular Section at Embassy Kyiv has seen changes that reflect the severe downturn in Ukraine's economy. As "economic crisis" became a ubiquitous refrain, the volume of nonimmigrant visa applications dropped noticeably. Fraudulent cases incre [...] |
2009-03-16 14:34:00 | Embassy Kyiv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CVIS EFIN ECON ETRD KFRD XH PL UP |
| 09KYIV471 |
UKRAINE: POLITICAL LEADERSHIP MAKES RENEWED EFFORT [...] (SBU) On March 11 President Yushchenko, PM Tymoshenko and NBU Governor Stelmakh met and announced concrete steps aimed at securing the overdue $1.8 billion second tranche of the IMF loan program. Most importantly, they pledged to reduce the planned budget deficit to 3 percent of GDP, a level [...] |
2009-03-16 15:06:00 | Embassy Kyiv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EREL ETRD PGOV PREL XH UP |
| 09KYIV483 |
UKRAINE: STELMAKH RETURNS, LASHES TYMOSHENKO [...] (C) National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) Governor Stelmakh has returned to the political scene, and appears to have again taken clear control of the central bank. A reputable newspaper has claimed that President Yushchenko and PM Tymoshenko have agreed to keep Stelmakh at the NBU until the presiden [...] |
2009-03-17 15:21:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN EREL ETRD PGOV PREL XH UP |
| 09KYIV518 |
IMF ENCOURAGED BY UKRAINE PM'S PROPOSALS [...] (SBU) Summary. PM Tymoshenko has told the IMF that the GOU plans to put an anti-crisis package to a Rada vote on March 31, consisting of measures the IMF may consider satisfactory for the mission team's return. According to IMF resident representative Max Alier, "things have changed" betwee [...] |
2009-03-25 13:17:00 | Embassy Kyiv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EREL ECON ETRD PGOV PREL XH UP |
| 09KYIV591 |
IMF HINTS AT RETURN TO UKRAINE [...] (C) Summary. The IMF is preparing to return to Ukraine in spite of Rada failures to pass needed spending cuts on March 31, according to its resident representative in Kyiv, Max Alier. Alier told us on April 1 that the IMF mission team would likely come back to Kyiv to engage in tough negoti [...] |
2009-04-02 16:21:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN EREL ETRD PGOV PREL XH UP |
| 09KYIV620 |
ABSENT BILATERAL FINANCING, UKRAINE NEEDS BROADER [...] (C) Summary. As the IMF mission team looks set to return to Kyiv on April 9, President Yushchenko and Prime Minister Tymoshenko have assured the IMF of their intention to see through more budget cutbacks when the Rada votes on key laws on April 14. Nonetheless, it appears that Ukraine's ensui [...] |
2009-04-08 18:49:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN EREL ETRD PGOV PREL XH UP |
| 09KYIV676 |
UKRAINE: IMF LIKELY TO SUPPORT RISKY GOU MOVE TO [...] (C) On April 14 Prime Minster Yulia Tymoshenko moved quickly after the Rada again failed to include key IMF-related anti-crisis legislation on the agenda. Within hours of the failed vote, the CabMin passed 19 resolutions that aim to provide the fiscal discipline that the IMF expects in return [...] |
2009-04-16 09:51:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN EREL ETRD PGOV PREL XH UP |
| 09KYIV751 |
UKRAINE: RINAT AKHMETHOV BUYS U.S. COAL COMPANY [...] (SBU) Metinvest, Ukrainian oligarch Rinat Akhmetov's metallurgical company, confirmed local media reports that it has purchased West Virginia based United Coal. Metinvest will announce the purchase later on April 30 in the U.S., Jock Mendoza-Wilson, investor relations chief of Akhmetov's SCM [...] |
2009-04-30 21:05:00 | Embassy Kyiv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EREL PINR PGOV PREL ECON EMIN XH UP |
| 09KYIV793 |
NEC'S LIPTON WARNS OF UKRAINE'S ECONOMIC HAZARDS [...] (SBU) Summary. Special Assistant to the President for International Economic Affairs David Lipton and Treasury DAS for Europe Eric Meyer met with a wide range of high-level Ukrainian policy makers, businessmen, and bankers on April 26-28. Lipton warned of possible dangers to Ukraine's econom [...] |
2009-05-12 15:57:00 | Embassy Kyiv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EREL ETRD PGOV PREL XH UP |
| 09KYIV865 |
WESTERN UKRAINE VIEWS ON ECONOMY, EUROPE, AND [...] (C) Summary. Remittances from abroad are falling and banks are still shaky, but the economy in western Ukraine has stabilized in recent weeks, the Ambassador heard in Ivano-Frankivsk and Chernivtsi on May 13-15. On his final trip outside Kyiv before departing post, the Ambassador met with g [...] |
2009-05-21 16:34:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN EREL ETRD PGOV PREL XH UP |
| 09KYIV936 |
UKRAINE CARBON SALES BOOST FINANCES, ENERGY [...] (SBU) Summary. Needing to stave off Ukraine's budget crisis and simultaneously enhance the country's energy efficiency, Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko has supported selling 180 million metric tons of surplus carbon emissions rights to Japan, Switzerland, and New Zealand. Back-of-the-envelope [...] |
2009-06-02 10:00:00 | Embassy Kyiv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EREL ETRD PGOV PREL XH UP |
| 09KYIV949 |
UKRAINIAN LAB CONFIRMS FIRST "SWINE FLU" CASE [...] (SBU) Summary. Ukraine's Deputy Health Minister Oleksander Bilovol confirmed yesterday that a local lab had positively diagnosed A/H1N1 with "99 percent certainty" in a 24 year-old Ukrainian man, who had arrived in Kyiv on May 29 from New York via Paris. His is the first known case of "swine [...] |
2009-06-03 13:18:00 | Embassy Kyiv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PREL AMED CASC PGOV XH UP |
| 09KYIV954 |
IMF ON UKRAINE'S BUDGET AND BANKING BENCHMARKS [...] (C) Summary. Kyiv-based IMF resident representative Max Alier told us on June 2 that Ukraine remained far from completing structural benchmarks on bank reform, necessary for the disbursement of the IMF's third loan tranche. Ukraine was still saddled with an unfinanced budget deficit, the size [...] |
2009-06-03 15:23:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN EREL ETRD PGOV PREL XH UP |
| 09KYIV964 |
IMF AND WORLD BANK: UKRAINE STALLED ON BUDGET [...] (SBU) Summary. The IMF and World Bank have told us that they do not foresee any net revenues or fiscal savings in the pipeline for Ukraine's strapped budget. Additionally, Ukraine has stalled on necessary reforms to qualify for a World Bank DPL loan. Ukraine's parliament increased excise ta [...] |
2009-06-04 14:53:00 | Embassy Kyiv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EREL ETRD PGOV PREL XH UP |
| 09LONDON1321 |
UK ANALYST SEES LATVIAN DEVALUATION AS UNAVOIDABLE [...] (U) Summary: The Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) foresees the devaluation of the Latvian currency as inevitable. RBS' Head of Central and Eastern Europe Middle East and Africa Research, Timothy Ash, told us on June 3 there is no way back for Latvia on the currency front. Ash maintained a move to [...] |
2009-06-03 17:13:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON XH UK |
| 09MOSCOW1847 |
RUSSIAN ANALYSTS: OBAMA'S VISIT FIRST STEP ON LONG [...] (SBU) Summary: Reactions to President Obama's July 6-8 trip to Moscow have been largely positive among Russia's analytic community and political activists, most of whom saw the summit as setting the stage for a further improvement in the bilateral relationship. The President's approach, parti [...] |
2009-07-17 13:12:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL RS US XH MARR MCAP PARM PHUM KMDR |
| 09PARIS1047 |
PARIS CLUB - JULY 2009 MEETING [...] (SBU) Summary: During the July Paris Club meeting, creditors agreed to voluntarily go beyond the terms of the Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) Initiative to forgive 100 percent of their claims pertaining to Haiti, which reached completion point under the Initiative on June 30. The Club a [...] |
2009-08-03 08:12:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EAID XM XA XH XB XF FR |
| 09PARIS1387 |
SEPTEMBER 2009 PARIS CLUB MEETING; NEGOTIATION WITH CAR [...] (SBU) Summary: On September 15, the Paris Club and the Central African Republic (CAR) negotiated a new debt relief agreement recognizing that country's completion of the enhanced Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) initiative. Creditors agreed voluntarily to go beyond HIPC terms to forgive [...] |
2009-10-14 11:59:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EAID XM XA XH XB XF FR |
| 09PARIS284 |
PARIS CLUB - JANUARY 2009 TOUR D'HORIZON AND DISCUSSIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: During the January 2009 Paris Club Tour d'Horizon, creditors agreed to consider committing up front to a debt reduction for Seychelles, although they agreed that conditions should be stringent. While Haiti's situation was challenging, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) believ [...] |
2009-02-26 12:19:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EAID XM XA XH XB XF FR |
| 09PARIS499 |
PARIS CLUB - MARCH 2009 TOUR D'HORIZON AND DISCUSSIONS ON [...] (SBU) Summary: The March 10, 2009 Paris Club Tour d'Horizon covered Afghanistan, Burundi, Central African Republic (CAR), Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Cote d'Ivoire, Cuba, Djibouti, Grenada, Haiti, Iraq, Jamaica, the Seychelles, and Sri Lanka. Creditors provided "financing assurances" f [...] |
2009-04-03 16:08:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EAID XM XA XH XB XF FR |
| 09PARIS629 |
PARIS CLUB - APRIL 2009 TOUR D'HORIZON AND DISCUSSIONS ON [...] (SBU) Summary: During the January 2009 Paris Club Tour d'Horizon, creditors agreed to consider committing upfront to a debt reduction for Seychelles, although they agreed that conditions should be stringent. While Haiti's situation was challenging, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) believe [...] |
2009-05-07 07:18:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EAID XM XA XH XB XF FR |
| 09PARIS643 |
PARIS CLUB - APRIL 2009 TOUR D'HORIZON AND DISCUSSIONS ON [...] (SBU) Summary: During the April Paris Club meeting, the IMF reported Afghanistan's PRGF was back on track. Some creditors expressed a willingness to extend Afghanistan's debt treatment, but Russia noted some 'technical problems.' The World Bank and the Fund had approved Cote d'Ivoire's decisi [...] |
2009-05-12 15:58:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EAID XM XA XH XB XF FR |
| 09PARIS715 |
PARIS CLUB - MAY 2009 TOUR D'HORIZON AND DISCUSSIONS ON [...] (SBU) Summary: During the May 13 Paris Club meeting, creditors were willing to extend Afghanistan's debt treatment, but Russia blocked the move. Paris Club members expressed concerns about Brazil's proposed loan to Argentina's state-owned airline Aerolineas Argentinas, but agreed to seek more [...] |
2009-05-28 14:50:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EAID XM XA XH XB XF FR |
| 09PARIS973 |
PARIS CLUB - JUNE 2009 TOUR D'HORIZON AND DISCUSSIONS ON [...] (SBU) Summary: At the Paris Club's June 23 meeting, the U.S. opposed a proposal to give new seniority status to crisis-related bilateral financing. Russia dropped its opposition to extending Afghanistan's Club treatment, clearing the way for continued debt relief as Afghanistan implements its [...] |
2009-07-20 10:16:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EAID XM XA XH XB XF FR |
| 09STATE116023 |
October 2009 Paris Club Meeting [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During the October 2009 Paris Club "Tour d'Horizon," creditors expressed consternation over the $939 million payment made by Congo-Brazzaville to litigating creditors (a.k.a. vulture funds), which violated the GOC's commitment to seek terms from private creditors comparable to i [...] |
2009-11-10 19:08:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EAID XM XA XH XB SF FR |
| 09STATE119995 |
ENERGY SECURITY BRIEFER FOR EU AMBASSADORS [...] (C) In January 2009, contractual disputes led Russia to cut off natural gas shipments to Ukraine, as it had previously done (albeit for a shorter period) in January 2006. This crisis hurt Russia,s reputation as a reliable supplier, both in Western and Eastern Europe. Russian officials know t [...] |
2009-11-20 17:16:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN ENRG EPET RS UP XG XH |
| 09STATE127595 |
Paris Club November 2009 Meeting and Negotiations with [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During the November 18, 2009, Paris Club "Tour d'Horizon," the IMF requested financing assurances for the Democratic Republic of Congo's (DRC) new IMF program. Canada, troubled by the revocation of a mining license held by a Canadian-led consortium, waited until November 24 to [...] |
2009-12-14 16:30:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EAID XM XA XH XL CN FR |
| 09STATE28773 |
WELCOMING THE DESIGNATION OF MR. VALENTIN INZKO [...] (U) This is an action request: The Department requests USUN to vote in favor of the following UN Security Council resolution welcoming the designation of Mr. Valentin Inzko as High Representative to Bosnia and Herzegovina which is to be considered by the Council on Wednesday, March 25, 2009. [...] |
2009-03-25 19:08:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | BK PREL XG XH ZL UNSC |
| 09STATE39054 |
REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ON THE ARREST OF [...] (U) This is an action request for Embassy Kyiv. Please see paragraph 3. 2. (C) BACKGROUND: There are several differing reports regarding the nature of material recently seized in Ukraine and other details surrounding the incident. For example, the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) characterized [...] |
2009-04-20 17:56:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC KCRM KNNP MNUC PARM PINR UP XH |
| 09STATE52096 |
PROPOSAL FOR TRANSPORTING SAMPLE OF URANIUM FROM [...] (U) This is an action request for Embassy Bratislava. Please see paragraph 3. 2. (S) BACKGROUND: Per REF A, the Government of Slovakia (GOS) has confirmed that it is willing to share with the United States a sample of the natural uranium it seized in November 2007. 3. (S//REL TO USA, [...] |
2009-05-21 14:14:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | ASEC KCRM KNNP PARM PINR PREL PTER LO XG XH |
| 09STATE55511 |
REQUEST FOR RUSSIAN ASSISTANCE IN STRENGTHENING [...] (U) This is an action request for Embassy Moscow. Please see paragraph 4. 2. (SBU) BACKGROUND: Experts from the United States, European Union, and the IAEA have developed a proposed nuclear forensics framework to strengthen international cooperation to end nuclear smuggling. While foren [...] |
2009-05-29 20:51:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP MNUC ASEC KCRM PARM PINR RS XG XH |
| 09STATE76014 |
DIPLOMATIC NOTE REQUESTING RUSSIAN PARTICIPATION [...] (U) This is an action request for Embassy Moscow. Please see paragraph 3. 2. (SBU) BACKGROUND: The Department is grateful for the Government of Russia's (GOR) active participation at the 14th annual meeting of the International Technical Working Group on Nuclear Smuggling (ITWG) hosted b [...] |
2009-07-21 18:48:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP MNUC ASEC KCRM PARM PINR RS XG XH |
| 09USOSCE146 |
SCENESETTER FOR CORFU OSCE MINISTERIAL [...] (C) Your decision to attend this first-of-its-kind informal OSCE Ministerial in Corfu is a strong signal of your commitment to reinvigorate the OSCE. It marks a return to high-level American engagement at the OSCE after a four-year absence by the U.S. Secretary of State from ministerial-level [...] |
2009-06-19 14:55:00 | Mission USOSCE | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL OVIP OSCE XG XH |
| 09USOSCE283 |
DEPUTY SECRETARY STEINBERG'S DECEMBER 1, 2009 [...] (U) Cleared by Deputy Secretary Steinberg 2. (U) December 1, 2009; 5:30 pm; Athens, Greece. 3. (U) Participants: U.S. The Deputy Secretary EUR Assistant Secretary Philip Gordon Jeff Hovenier, NSC Jim Kuykendall (Notetaker) OTHER COUNTRY Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu [...] |
2009-12-18 07:25:00 | Mission USOSCE | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL XH ZL NATO TU BK YI HR MW AM AJ IR |
| 09VIENNA296 |
Austrian Outlook on Central/ Eastern [...] SUMMARY: As leading investors and bankers in Central/Eastern/Southeastern Europe (CESEE), Austrians have developed broad expertise on the region. The latest forecast by the Vienna Institute for International Economic Studies (WIIW) paints a negative but differentiated picture. As a group, [...] |
2009-03-12 15:35:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ELAB EUN XH TU RS KZ CH |
| 09WARSAW648 |
PROPERTY RESTITUTION AND REAL PROPERTY MARKET IN [...] (U) Summary: "Clouds" on title associated with property confiscations related to the Holocaust and post-war Communist upheavals have several effects on the Polish real estate market. Property may be kept off the market by unclear title or a pending restitution claim, sometimes driving up the [...] |
2009-06-25 05:31:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON GM ODIP PREL XG XH XT PL |
| 10KYIV103 |
IMF AGAIN DISMAYED BY UKRAINIAN AUTHORITIES [...] (C) Summary. IMF resident representative Max Alier expressed frustration and dismay at the GOU's recent public statements falsely announcing the impending arrival of an IMF technical assessment team. Alier said the GOU had resorted to "pressure tactics" and that Deputy Prime Minister Nemyri [...] |
2010-01-21 13:27:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN EREL ETRD PGOV PINR UP XH |
| 10KYIV107 |
POSSIBLE NEW UKRAINIAN PM TIHIPKO CASTS SELF AS [...] (C) Summary. Serhiy Tihipko may accept the position of Prime Minister of Ukraine, but only if he is guaranteed support from the new President and the Rada (parliament) to tackle economic and administrative reforms, and only after the presidential race concludes. Having just finished third i [...] |
2010-01-22 13:48:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ETRD PGOV PINR PREL UP XH EREL |
| 10KYIV113 |
WORLD BANK PROPOSES UKRAINE REFORM PROGRAM [...] (C) Summary. The World Bank's Kyiv-based country director Martin Raiser plans to convene the donor community to coordinate a message to Ukraine's new President on needed economic reforms. Raiser told the Ambassador that the Bank had grouped its reform proposals into three areas (fiscal, inv [...] |
2010-01-25 10:45:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ETRD PGOV PINR PREL UP XH EREL |
| 10KYIV17 |
TYMOSHENKO UNABLE TO PRY OPEN NBU RESERVES [...] (C) Summary. Negotiations have stalled over the transfer of $2 billion in National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) reserves to the state treasury, inhibiting Prime Minister Tymoshenko's government from getting ready cash to assist with Naftohaz's January 11 payment to Gazprom. Having lowered the NBU's [...] |
2010-01-05 16:18:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN EREL ETRD PGOV PINR UP XH |
| 10KYIV226 |
UKRAINE'S 2010 ECONOMIC OUTLOOK: UNCERTAINTY REMAINS AFTER [...] (SBU) Summary. Ukraine suffered one of Europe's worst recessions in 2009, with real GDP declining nearly 15%. The economic slump was prompted by a sharp fall in global demand for steel and chemical products, combined with the global credit crunch and vulnerabilities in the Ukrainian financial [...] |
2010-02-10 13:02:00 | Embassy Kyiv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EREL ELAB ECON ETRD PGOV PREL XH UP |
| 10KYIV23 |
SALE OF UKRAINIAN STEEL GIANT LIKELY TIED TO PUTIN [...] (C) Summary. Rumors have swept through Kyiv over the impending Russian purchase of the indebted Ukrainian steel giant Industrial Union of Donbass (IUD). A group of Kremlin-backed investors, perhaps led by metals magnate Alisher Usmanov and Roman Abramovich-controlled Evraz, have reportedly [...] |
2010-01-06 15:36:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN EREL ETRD PGOV PINR UP XH |
| 10KYIV232 |
FIRTASH TRIUMPHS OVER TYMOSHENKO ON NADRA [...] (SBU) Summary. Nadra Bank's year-long moratorium on deposit withdrawals ended on February 10, amidst last-ditch negotiations over the bank's future. The National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) had engaged in talks on February 10 about liquidating Nadra, one of Ukraine's largest private banks, only to [...] |
2010-02-11 12:29:00 | Embassy Kyiv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EREL ELAB ECON ETRD PGOV PREL XH UP |
| 10PARIS22 |
Russia's Accession to the OECD [...] (SBU) Summary: The slow pace of Russia's accession to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) reflects poor internal coordination by the Russian Government and the significant hurdles that Russia faces in demonstrating consistency with the OECD's open market principles [...] |
2010-01-08 08:18:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EFIN PREL OECD XG XH RS |
| 10PARIS26 |
Russia's Accession to the OECD - Chronology and Standards [...] (U) Summary: This cable is part two of a two-part series. Part I (Reftel) outlined the broader challenges that Russia faces during the accession process to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. This cable provides details on the chronology and the status of the accession e [...] |
2010-01-11 08:36:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EFIN PREL OECD XG XH |
| 10STATE13489 |
January 2010 Paris Club Meeting [...] (SBU) Summary: During the January 2010 Paris Club Tour d'Horizon, creditors discussed Afghanistan, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Democratic Republic of Congo, Congo-Brazzaville, Cte d'Ivoire, Cuba, Djibouti, Dubai/UAE, Grenada, Guinea, Guinea -Bissau, Haiti, Liberia, Mauritania, Seychelles a [...] |
2010-02-16 17:37:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EAID XM XA XH XB SF FR |
| 10STATE5218 |
IF-ASKED POINTS ON HELIUM-3 SHORTAGE FOR POSTS IN [...] (SBU) Due to an enormous increase in demand over the past few years for helium-3 (He-3) in neutron detection (particularly in radiation portal monitors), the USG does not have enough He-3 in stock to meet current demand over the next few years. The USG has made the decision to defer allocatio [...] |
2010-01-19 22:04:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG KNNP IAEA XA XB XC XD XF XG XH XL XM |
| 10VILNIUS118 |
AMBASSADOR ENGAGES ON WOMEN'S ISSUES IN UTENA [...] Summary: A cross section of municipal, business, and civil society leaders in Visaginas and Utena told the Ambassador on February 10-11 that the recession continues to hit the region hard, with negative impacts on families and communities and prompting increased immigration. The closure of the [...] |
2010-02-25 11:52:00 | Embassy Vilnius | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM KWMN XH LH BE |
| 10VILNIUS59 |
LITHUANIA SKEPTICAL ON FURTHER ENGAGEMENT WITH [...] (C) Summary. Ministry of Foreign Affairs Director of Eastern Neighborhood Policy, Jonas Grinevicius, discussed current Lithuanian policy toward both Belarus and Russia with Embassy officers January 25. He stressed that President Grybauskaite and the GOL are "very much on the same page." They [...] |
2010-01-29 11:50:00 | Embassy Vilnius | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL XH RU BO LH |
| 10VILNIUS64 |
AMBASSADOR MEETS NGO REPS ON WOMEN'S ISSUES IN [...] Summary: Representatives of NGOs working on women's issues in Lithuania stressed to the Ambassador on January 27 in Kaunas their view that, "women's rights are human rights." These groups are mainly funded on a project to project basis, and promote women's equality, social support, and networki [...] |
2010-02-01 08:45:00 | Embassy Vilnius | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM KWMN XH LH BE |
| 10VILNIUS77 |
LITHUANIA WANTS TO KEEP MOLDOVA ON EU TRACK [...] (C) Summary: MFA Head of Ukraine and Moldova Division Dainius Zikevicius told Embassy February 1 that the goal of Lithuanian Prime Minister Andrius Kubilius in visiting Chisinau January 26-27 and signing a Joint Declaration on Cooperation in the Field of European Integration, was to show suppo [...] |
2010-02-03 08:22:00 | Embassy Vilnius | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL OSCE XH MD UP LH |
| 10VILNIUS86 |
LITHUANIA AND UKRAINE WILL REMAIN STRATEGIC [...] (C) Summary: MFA Head of Ukraine and Moldova Division Dainius Zickevicius emphasized to Embassy February 2 two points regarding Lithuanian policy toward Ukraine: first, the GOL considers it a victory in and of itself that the first round of the Presidential election corresponded to internation [...] |
2010-02-04 14:17:00 | Embassy Vilnius | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF XH UP LH PHUM |
| 91USNATO1505 |
NATO POLITICAL COMMITTEE DISCUSSION OF END OF [...] CONFIDENTIAL ENTIRE TEXT. 2. SUMMARY. DURING TWO NATO POLITICAL COMMITTEE MEETINGS MARCH 26 AND APRIL 2, ALLIES REVIEWED THE IMPLICATIONS OF THE END OF THE WARSAW PACT AND NEW SOVIET RELATIONS WITH EASTERN EUROPE. THE DISCUSSION COVERED BOTH SOVIET AND VARIOUS EASTERN EUROPEAN ATTITUDES [...] |
1991-04-03 17:05:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PREL |