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| Identifier | Subject | Date | Office | Classification | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 04PANAMA2923 |
PANAMA SEEKS SOLUTIONS TO ARMS-FOR-DRUGS TRADE [...] (C) Since the seizure of the "Otterloo" in 2001, a ship carrying about 3,000 weapons from Nicaragua through Panama to the AUC in Colombia, the Colombian armed groups (FARC and AUC) appear to be relying increasingly on smaller arms-for-drugs purchases, instead of purchasing large amounts of w [...] |
2004-12-03 21:08:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | PINS SNAR PGOV PREL PARM PM NI CO CR LABOR HUMAN RIGHTSPOLMIL |
| 04THEHAGUE3219 |
NETHERLANDS/EU: EXPECTATIONS FOR DEC 13 GAERC [...] (C) Summary. Emboffs met with Jaap Werner, Director, Political Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, on December 8 to deliver points reftel and December 9 with Joep Wijnands, the Deputy Director, and Derk Oldenburg (MFA Dep Dir for European Enlargement). Werner expected smooth sailing on Bulga [...] |
2004-12-09 12:03:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | NL PREL KNNP IR IS TU CR RO SU UP EUN |
| 05SANJOSE2475 |
COSTA RICA REAFFIRMS ITS SUPPORT FOR ISRAEL IN THE [...] No summary [...] |
2005-10-25 16:16:00 | Embassy San Jose | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL IS CR UNGA |
| 05SANJOSE2751 |
Child Abduction Update- Kaitlyn Bravo [...] Summary. AmCit Kaitlyn Bravo was abducted in 2002 by her father and taken to Costa Rica. The father turned Kaitlyn over to a local caretaker, who now seeks legal custody. A Consular visit on 17 November was unsuccessful, and it appears the caretaker acted deliberately to deny access. The Con [...] |
2005-12-01 19:01:00 | Embassy San Jose | UNCLASSIFIED | CASC CR |
| 06AITTAIPEI781 |
TAIWAN CONTINUES TO WORRY ABOUT CENTRAL AMERICA [...] (C) Summary: Taiwan Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) officials continue to worry about Taipei's diplomatic standing in Central America and are particularly concerned that Panama, Costa Rica, and Nicaragua might consider switching recognition from Taipei to Beijing. MOFA hopes US influence i [...] |
2006-03-10 02:02:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | SECRET | CR NC PAN PANAM PGOV PREL TW XR |
| 06BAGHDAD2851 |
CDA MEETS NEW AMBASSADOR FROM CROATIA [...] (C) On August 2, Ambassador Jerko Vukas told Charge d'Affaires Daniel Speckhard that he is honored to be Croatia's first Ambassador to Iraq. His day started with presentation of his credentials to President Talabani followed by separate meetings with Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari and Defense [...] |
2006-08-08 07:43:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS IZ CR |
| 06PRISTINA875 |
COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO AMBASSADOR FRANK WISNER, MRS. [...] US Office Pristina welcomes and grants country clearance to Ambassador Frank G. Wisner, Special Representative of the Secretary of State to the Kosovo Status Talks, his wife, Mrs. Christine Marie Wisner, and his assistant, Stephen J. Gee to visit Pristina October 24 - October 26, 2006. The pu [...] |
2006-10-20 12:59:00 | Embassy Pristina | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC OTRA AU CR FI PREL SR |
| 06SANJOSE1747 |
COSTA RICA ON CASTRO SUCCESSION [...] (C) Ambassador discussed reftel talking points with Minister of Foreign Affairs Bruno Stagno on August 4, 2006. Stagno indicated that he would discuss the situation with Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs Thomas Shannon when they were in Bogota, Colombia, on August 7 f [...] |
2006-08-09 22:36:00 | Embassy San Jose | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL CU CR |
| 06SANJOSE354 |
COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR THE U.S. DELEGATION [...] Embassy San Jose is pleased to grant country clearance to the following members of the U.S. delegation to the CITEL Assembly: Marian Gordon EB/CIP/MA, Cecily Holiday EB/CIP/MA, Amal Abdallah FCC, Cathy Handley Commerce/NTIA, Vernita Harris Commerce/NTIA, Daniel Martinez WH [...] |
2006-02-16 15:35:00 | Embassy San Jose | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA ECPS CITEL CR |
| 06SANJOSE553 |
Armed Robbers Target Tourists Near Airport [...] SUMMARY. Eleven armed robberies of tourists near the San Jose airport took place during a recent eight week period. It appears one group of four armed males is responsible. Post approached the GOCR, tourism officials and the AmCham in support of greater protection for tourists and an in- dept [...] |
2006-03-08 22:00:00 | Embassy San Jose | UNCLASSIFIED | CASC CR |
| 06TAIPEI1263 |
TAIWAN STRUGGLING TO COUNTER THE PRC IN LATIN [...] (C) Summary: Taiwan officials continue to worry about Taipei's diplomatic standing in Latin America and Beijing's growing influence in the region. Taipei is particularly concerned that Panama, Costa Rica, and Nicaragua might soon switch recognition from Taipei to Beijing. In an effort to cou [...] |
2006-04-10 22:53:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | SECRET | CR NC PM PGOV PREL TW XR |
| 07BRUSSELS1208 |
EU AND US DISCUSS TURKEY, CROATIA AT COELA TROIKA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. EUR/SE Director Douglas Silliman and EUR/SCE Director Christopher Hoh met with counterparts in the European Council, Commission, and current and incoming presidencies to discuss EU candidate countries Turkey and Croatia at a regularly scheduled COELA troika March 21. EU interl [...] |
2007-04-11 09:17:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | BE CR CY EUN PREL TK TU |
| 07BRUSSELS1209 |
EU AND US DISCUSS TURKEY, CROATIA AT COELA TROIKA [...] No summary [...] |
2007-04-11 09:17:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | BE CR CY EUN PREL TK TU |
| 07NDJAMENA951 |
CHAD: EUFOR PROSPECTS GLOOMY [...] (SBU) Summary: Cancellation or postponement of EUFOR due to resource and logistics constraints is a possibility according to EUFOR's General Gannacia. Nonetheless, EUFOR and MINURCAT advance teams continue to lay the groundwork for eventual deployment. MINURCAT may request assistance from do [...] |
2007-12-13 16:14:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | UNSC PGOV PREL PREF CD CR |
| 07SANJOSE1689 |
COSTA RICA RESPONSE - WHTO IGWG ANTI-IP PROPOSALS [...] (SBU) On September 7, 2007, EmbOffs met with Gabriela Castro and Susana Vasquez at Costa Rica's Ministry of Commerce and Trade (COMEX) to discuss the Costa Rican response to reftel's message. The COMEX officials said that due to the upcoming referendum to ratify Costa Rica's participation in th [...] |
2007-09-11 17:55:00 | Embassy San Jose | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON KIPR ETRD WTRO CR |
| 07SKOPJE539 |
MACEDONIA: ADRIATIC CHARTER & NEW PFP MEMBERS [...] (SBU) During an Adriatic Charter (Albania, Croatia, Macedonia) Partnership Commission in Ohrid June 28, USNATO Ambassador Nuland urged the A-3 aspirant countries to: accelerate progress on NATO reforms, demonstrate and describe their readiness for membership in demarches to other NATO Allies, [...] |
2007-07-06 13:37:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV NATO MK CR AL |
| 07STATE152254 |
RESPONSE TO CZECH NON-PAPER ON BMD FRAMEWORK [...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. SEE PARAGRAPH 2. 2. (SBU) Action Request. Embassy Prague may provide the text of the U.S. letter and attachment in paragraph 3 to appropriate MFA officials for their information. The originals of these documents have been sent to the Czech Embassy in Washi [...] |
2007-11-02 22:08:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CR MARR PARM PREL |
| 07STATE159779 |
U.S. MISSILE DEFENSE COOPERATION NONPAPER [...] (U) Action requested paragraph 3. 2. (SBU) BACKGROUND: The Non-Paper on the U.S. proposal to Russia of missile defense cooperation and transparency and confidence-building measures in paragraph 4 was delivered by Embassy Moscow to the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs on November 21 (Ref [...] |
2007-11-23 23:04:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | CR MARR PARM PL PREL RS |
| 07TAIPEI1283 |
TAIWAN REACTS TO COSTA RICA BREAK [...] (C) Summary: In a June 7 press briefing, FM James Huang announced Taiwan was severing relations and ceasing cooperation projects with Costa Rica after having confirmed that San Jose was switching diplomatic recognition to the PRC. Huang blamed Beijing for unrelenting "suppression" of Taiwa [...] |
2007-06-07 10:15:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL TW CR |
| 07USNATO545 |
CROATIA'S ANNUAL NATIONAL PROGRAM RECEIVES GOOD [...] (C) SUMMARY: NATO's Senior Political Committee (Reinforced) (SPC/R) met with a Croatian delegation on September 18 to review their latest Annual National Program (ANP) for this year's abbreviated Membership Action Plan (MAP) cycle before the April 2008 summit in Bucharest. Allies were general [...] |
2007-10-05 10:13:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PGOV PREL CR |
| 08BRUSSELS918 |
U.S. AND EU DISCUSS TURKEY, CROATIA AT COELA [...] (C) Summary. EUR/SE Director Kathleen Fitzpatrick and USEU Political Minister Counselor Laurence Wohlers met with counterparts from the Slovenian Presidency, incoming French Presidency, Commission, and Council Secretariat to discuss EU candidate countries Turkey and Croatia at a regularly sch [...] |
2008-06-17 11:03:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL EUN TU CR CY |
| 08PARIS1845 |
FRENCH PLAN FOR RATIFICATION OF NATO ENLARGEMENT [...] (U) Sensitive but Unclassified - not for internet distribution. 2. (SBU) The MFA wants the French Parliament to approve NATO membership for Croatia and Albania before the April 2009 NATO summit in Strasbourg-Kehl, according to DAS-equivalent for the Balkans, Thierry Guichoux, who discusse [...] |
2008-10-06 16:09:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | NATO PARM MARR PREL KTIA FR AL CR |
| 08SANJOSE762 |
DEMARCHE RESPONSE: COSTA RICA OPPOSES ABKHAZ AND [...] (C) On September 15, in a pull aside during local national day celebrations, DCM Brennan raised the Abkhazia and South Ossetia meeting idea with President Oscar Arias and FM Bruno Stagno as directed per Ref A. Because of the setting, the conversation was brief and general. Arias and Stagno [...] |
2008-09-22 22:31:00 | Embassy San Jose | CONFIDENTIAL | CR GG PGOV PREL UNGA |
| 08SANJOSE999 |
SFRC STAFFDEL MEACHAM-WHITESEL RESEARCH FOOD SECURITY [...] SFRC staffers Carl Meacham and Aaron Whitesel visited Costa Rica December 7-9 and Guatemala December 9-13 to conduct research on food security issues. They compared and contrasted the experiences of two countries with far different food security issues. The findings will help inform and shap [...] |
2008-12-23 22:10:00 | Embassy San Jose | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR CR OREP PREL PGOV ENRG AFIN |
| 08STATE125506 |
CROATIA: TIP ACTION GUIDE TO COMBAT TIP [...] This is an action request (see para 5). 2. The 2008 Trafficking in Persons Report rates countries as Tier 1 when host governments are fully meeting the minimum standards to combat trafficking in persons (TIP) as defined by the Trafficking Victims Protection Act (TVPA). Remaining on Tier [...] |
2008-11-26 18:23:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM KWMN KTIP PHUM PREL SMIG CR |
| 09ASHGABAT79 |
EU'S CASPIAN DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION PROPOSAL DELIVERED TO [...] No summary [...] |
2009-01-16 10:56:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG EPET CR EU TK TX |
| 09BEIJING684 |
CHINA CEMENTS TIES WITH COSTA RICA THROUGH TRADE [...] (SBU) Costa Rica is reaping economic benefits from China for its 2007 decision to switch diplomatic recognition from Taipei to Beijing, including talks on a bilateral free trade agreement (FTA) announced during President Hu's 2008 visit and the planned construction of a new soccer stadium. Cos [...] |
2009-03-17 08:56:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ETRD EINV CH CR |
| 09MADRID983 |
CROATIAN AMBASSADOR DOWNPLAYS MESIC VISIT TO CUBA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Croatian Ambassador to Spain Neven Pelicaric took great pains October 1 to downplay the significance of Croatian President Mesic's visit to Cuba the week of September 16, the third since his election in 2005. During a one-on-one lunch meeting, Pelicaric urged the USG not to take [...] |
2009-10-07 20:27:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL CU SP CR |
| 09PARIS129 |
FRENCH NATO ACCESSION PROGRESS ON TRACK [...] (U) In response to reftel request, Post confirmed that the NATO Accession protocols for Croatia and Albania were approved by the Foreign Affairs Committee of the National Assembly on January 28 and are scheduled to be ratified by the plenary assembly on the afternoon of January 29. Then the [...] |
2009-01-28 17:03:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | NATO KTIA MARR PARM PREL AL CR |
| 09SANJOSE682 |
COSTA RICAN COURT'S DENIAL OF EXTRADITION RAISES CONCERNS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On June 26, a Costa Rican court denied a USG extradition request for Nicole Kater, an American citizen wanted in California on charges of parental child abduction. The court's lengthy and convoluted decision revolved around Costa Rica's need to ensure Kater's fundamental human r [...] |
2009-08-11 17:36:00 | Embassy San Jose | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CASC PREL PGOV KOCI CR |
| 09SANTIAGO812 |
CHILE: MINISTER OF PUBLIC WORKS SAYS TRILATERAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Chilean Minister of Public Works Sergio Bitar told the Ambassador August 26 that cooperation with the U.S. Treasury on an infrastructure project in Costa Rica will continue. Bitar underlined that this type of trilateral cooperation is "very important" to the GOC. The Minister n [...] |
2009-08-28 20:57:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON EFIN EINV ECIN PGOV PREL CI CR |
| 09STATE100957 |
SEPTEMBER 22 MEETING CONVENED BY OAS SG INSULZA [...] Classified by WHA A/S Thomas A. Shannon. Reason: 1.4 (b, d) 2. (U) September 22, 2009; 16:00; New York, USA. 3. (U) Participants: U.S. WHA Assistant Secretary Thomas Shannon USUN Special Advisor Ron Godard Barbara Rocha (Notetaker) Other OAS Secretary General Jose Miguel Insul [...] |
2009-09-28 19:44:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV BR HO OAS CR |
| 09STATE102518 |
ADRIATIC CHARTER FOREIGN MINISTERS' MEET [...] Classified by EUR Deputy Assistant Secretary Stuart Jones for Reasons: 1.4 (b and d) 2. (U) September 23, 2009; 5:00-6:00 p.m.; New York, New York. 3. (U) Participants: U.S. EUR Deputy Assistant Secretary Stuart Jones EUR/SCE - Cathy Westley (note taker) Adriatic Charter Al [...] |
2009-10-01 20:50:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EUN NATO CR AL BK SR MK MW |
| 09STATE114005 |
OSCE/PERMANENT COUNCIL: RESPONSE CROATIAN [...] (U) Post is authorized to present the following statement at the November 5, 2009 Permanent Council meeting in Vienna. Begin text: Thank you, Madam Chair. The United States welcomes Minister Jandrokovic to the Permanent Council and thanks him for his insightful and informative remarks. [...] |
2009-11-04 22:22:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL CR |
| 09STATE114011 |
OSCE/PERMANENT COUNCIL: RESPONSE CROATIAN [...] (U) Post is authorized to present the following statement at the November 5, 2009 Permanent Council meeting in Vienna. Begin text: Thank you, Madam Chair. The United States welcomes Minister Jandrokovic to the Permanent Council and thanks him for his insightful and informative remarks. [...] |
2009-11-04 22:27:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | OSCE PGOV PREL CR |
| 09STATE127749 |
(U) Secretary Clinton's December 10, 2009 [...] (U) Classified by: EUR A/S Philip Gordon, Reason 1.4.(d) 2. (U) December 10, 2009; 10:30 a.m.; Washington. 3. (U) Participants: U.S. The Secretary A/S Philip Gordon, EUR A/S Philip Crowley, Public Affairs Toby Bradley, NSC Director for NATO and Western European Affairs Joe M [...] |
2009-12-14 21:15:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | OVIP CLINTON HILLARY PREL NATO CR |
| 09STATE2532 |
EU'S CASPIAN DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION [...] (SBU) The European Commission (EC) has proposed the creation of the "Caspian Development Corporation (CDC)," which it believes will accelerate Caspian natural gas and infrastructure development, specifically from Turkmenistan. The Commission has proposed an expedited World Bank feasibility s [...] |
2009-01-09 22:55:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | CR ENRG EPET EU TK |
| 09ZAGREB749 |
CROATIA: 2009 COUNTRY REPORT ON TERRORISM [...] (SBU) Per reftel, the following is Embassy Zagreb's submission for the 2009 Croatia Country Report on Terrorism: Croatia There were no terrorist attacks in Croatia during 2009. As part of international efforts to counter violent extremists, Croatia had approximately 300 troops participati [...] |
2009-12-21 14:52:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PGOV ASEC PREL EFIN CR |