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| 08MANAGUA1196 |
NICARAGUA SOFA -- NEXT STEPS TO A LONGER-TERM [...] THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. PLEASE SEE PARA 6 FOR ACTION. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. On August 13, 2008 we exchanged diplomatic notes with the Government of Nicaragua to establish a Status of Forces Agreement. During our prior encounters with the GON, we repeatedly raised the possibility of concludi [...] |
2008-09-24 20:51:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR MOPS PREL KTIA NU |
| 08MANAGUA348 |
NICARAGUA SOFA LETTER: POTENTIALLY DIFFICULT ROAD [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY. After nine weeks of delays on the part of the Foreign Ministry (MINREX), on March 14 we were finally able to meet with Ministry and Nicaraguan Army officials to formally deliver the draft text of the letter regarding the bilateral Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) and talking [...] |
2008-03-25 21:13:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL MARR MOPS KTIA NU |
| 08MANAGUA515 |
NICARAGUA SOFA LETTER: GON RESPONDS WITH SOME [...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION MESSAGE. PLEASE SEE PARA 2 FOR ACTION. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST. On April 24 we met with representatives from the Americas Division and the Protocol Office of Nicaragua's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MINREX) to discuss their proposed changes to the USG d [...] |
2008-04-28 22:53:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR PREL MOPS KTIA NU |
| 08MANILA95 |
PHILIPPINES SIGNS GLOBAL PEACE OPERATIONS [...] On January 3, the Philippine government delivered a diplomatic note to the Embassy agreeing to our proposal for a 505 Agreement for the Global Peace Operations Initiative (reftel). Post will forward a copy of the diplomatic note by pouch. 2. Begin text. Note No: 08-07 The Department [...] |
2008-01-11 08:59:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED | KTIA MARR MAS PGOV RP |
| 08MAPUTO1081 |
EMBASSY MAPUTO SUPPORT FOR FY 2009 SECTION 1206 [...] (SBU) Embassy Maputo has reviewed and the Chief of Mission supports two AFRICOM proposals requesting FY09 1206 funds to conduct, train, and equip the military of the Government of the Republic of Mozambique (GRM), in support of larger Eastern Africa efforts to counter terrorism. The first p [...] |
2008-11-14 11:01:00 | Embassy Maputo | UNCLASSIFIED | KTIA MARR MASS PREL MZ |
| 08MAPUTO1082 |
EMBASSY MAPUTO SUPPORT FOR FY 2009 SECTION 1206 [...] (SBU) Embassy Maputo has reviewed and the Chief of Mission supports two AFRICOM proposals requesting FY09 1206 funds to conduct, train, and equip the military of the Government of the Republic of Mozambique (GRM), in support of larger Eastern Africa efforts to counter terrorism. The first p [...] |
2008-11-14 11:01:00 | Embassy Maputo | UNCLASSIFIED | KTIA MARR MASS PREL MZ |
| 08MEXICO3655 |
U.S. COUNTRY TEAM SUPPORT OF USNORTHCOM FY09 1206 [...] (U) A STRONG MILITARY-TO-MILITARY RELATIONSHIP WITH MEXICO IS VITAL TO ACHIEVING OUR COMMON NATIONAL COUNTERTERRORISM (CT) AND COUNTERNARCOTICS (CN) GOALS. SINCE ITS STAND-UP IN 2002, USNORTHCOM, IN CONCERT WITH MY COUNTRY TEAM, HAS MADE SIGNIFICANT PROGRESS IN IMPROVING OUR MILITARY RELATIONS [...] |
2008-12-12 17:41:00 | Embassy Mexico | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC KTIA MARR MAS MX PM PREL PTER |
| 08MEXICO520 |
INTERNATIONAL NOTIFICATION OF U.S. SATELLITE [...] ESTCOUNS presented the demarche in reftel to Yuriria Guadalupe GARCIA Nunez, Director of Multilateral Affairs, Africa and the Middle East in the Mexican Foreign Ministry (SRE). Garcia mentioned that Director-General for Science and Technology Maximo ROMERO Jimenez (who is traveling) had info [...] |
2008-02-22 16:28:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTIA PREL PARM PNAT PINS TSPA TPHY CDG PUOS |
| 08MINSK118 |
SATELLITE DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO BELARUS [...] No summary [...] |
2008-02-15 16:06:00 | Embassy Minsk | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM PNAT KTIA PINS TSPA TPHY ESA CDG |
| 08MINSK127 |
NOTIFICATION OF SATELLITE ENGAGEMENT PASSED TO BELARUS [...] No summary [...] |
2008-02-21 17:02:00 | Embassy Minsk | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PARM PNAT PINS KTIA KSPA BO |
| 08MONTEVIDEO82 |
URUGUAY PLANTS VENEZUELAN FLAG IN ANTARCTICA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The opposition Colorado Party joined forces with Frente Amplio (FA) deputies to approve a Venezuela-sponsored joint expedition to Antarctica that departed Montevideo this week. According to GOU officials, Venezuela aims to become a full consultative party to the Antarctic Tre [...] |
2008-02-19 19:05:00 | Embassy Montevideo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHSA KTIA EAID AY VZ UY |
| 08MONTREAL58 |
ICAO Registry of U.S. BILATERAL AERONAUTICAL AGREEMENTS [...] U.S. Mission ICAO has received a February 20, 2008 letter confirming registration by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) of various United States' bilateral agreements. The registrations include the following Air Services Agreements(ASAs), amendments, and extensions. --1989 [...] |
2008-03-04 15:14:00 | Consulate Montreal | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC ICAO EAIR KTIA XX |
| 08MONTREAL59 |
ICAO: SECOND MEETING OF THE SPECIAL LEGAL SUB-COMMITTEE ON [...] (U) SUMMARY: The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) Special Legal Sub-Committee on New and Emerging Threats met a second time (February 19-21, 2008) to consider the issue of unlawful transport by air of particularly dangerous goods and related items and fugitives, as directed by [...] |
2008-03-05 19:54:00 | Consulate Montreal | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC EAIR ICAO KNNP OTRA KTIA PARM XX |
| 08MOSCOW242 |
RUSSIA AGREES WITH U.S. APPROACH TO INDIA CIVIL NUCLEAR [...] (SBU) On January 24, we delivered reftel points regarding the status of the U.S.-India Civil Nuclear Cooperation Initiative to Russia's MFA Directorate of Disarmament and Security Affairs (DVBR). In a January 29 meeting, DVBR Division Chief Aleksey Karpov told us that he understood the U.S. [...] |
2008-01-31 10:04:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG KNNP KTIA PARM PREL IN RS |
| 08MOSCOW2777 |
RUSSIA'S NUCLEAR REGULATOR STRIPPED OF INDEPENDENCE AND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs officials believe that Russia is no longer meeting some of its commitments in the IAEA Nuclear Safety Convention and the IAEA Joint Convention on the Safety of Spent Fuel Management and on the Safety of Radioactive Waste Management. After Ru [...] |
2008-09-16 03:46:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP PREL KTIA ENRG RS |
| 08MOSCOW2919 |
GOR AGREES TO EXTENSION OF U.S. RUSSIA 1988 AGREEMENT ON [...] Post received on September 19th, 2008, Government of Russia (GOR) Diplomatic Note in reply to the Embassy's diplomatic note of March 28, 2008 (REFTEL). Embassy courtesy translation follows: No. 4244 The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation presents its compliments to the [...] |
2008-10-02 05:56:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIS PHSA SENV KTIA RS |
| 08MOSCOW3614 |
RUSSIA RESPONSE ON ANTARCTIC TREATY ANNIVERSARY AND [...] No summary [...] |
2008-12-15 06:41:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC KTIA SENV TPHY KSCA AY RS |
| 08MOSCOW482 |
RUSSIA NOTIFIED OF U.S SATELLITE ENGAGEMENT [...] (SBU) DCM delivered notification of U.S. satellite engagement to MFA North America Department Director Igor Neverov. He was appreciative of the information in advance of DoD's planned press conference. BURNS [...] |
2008-02-22 08:04:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PARM PNAT KTIA PINS TSPA TPHY ESA CDG POUS |
| 08MUSCAT162 |
REQUEST FOR AMENDMENT TO THE 2000 U.S.-OMAN ACCESS [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 4. 2. (C) The Port of Sohar is the only commercial port in Oman with deepwater berths capable of accommodating an aircraft carrier. It is located 150 miles northwest of Muscat and 90 miles west by northwest from al-Musanah airbase, the new Ro [...] |
2008-02-25 12:19:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL MOPS KTIA MU |
| 08NAIROBI2737 |
SOMALIA - POST SUPPORT FOR 1206 PROPOSAL [...] PROPOSAL NAME: SOMALI JOINT SECURITY FORCE EQUIPMENT AND TRAINING POC FOR THIS MESSAGE IS JOSEPH F. TRIMBLE, POLITICAL OFFICER, EMBASSY NAIROBI SOMALIA UNIT, PHONE: 254-20-363-6185, CELL: 254-721-617-500, FAX 254-20-363-6329, EMAIL: TRIMBLEJF@STATE.(SGOV).GOV. SECONDARY POC IS CDR SCOTT [...] |
2008-12-08 14:28:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR KTIA PGOV PREL SO |
| 08NAIROBI2738 |
EMBASSY CONCURRENCE FOR FY09 HORN OF AFRICA [...] (U) Embassy Nairobi has reviewed and supports S/CT's proposal to provide training in Best Practices and Lessons Learned in Counterinsurgency Operations to Kenya to help this nation build its capacity to perform these operations in an effective manner that respects human rights. 2. (C) The [...] |
2008-12-08 14:54:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | KTIA MARR MASS PTER KE SO |
| 08NASSAU471 |
BAHAMAS APPROVES PSI SHIP-BOARDING AGREEMENT [...] (U) The Ministry of Foreign Affairs informed Post via diplomatic note dated June 13 that the GCOB had approved the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) reciprocal ship-boarding agreement preliminarily concluded by the U.S. and Bahamian delegations on April 30-May 1, 2008 in Nassau (reftel [...] |
2008-06-23 20:49:00 | Embassy Nassau | UNCLASSIFIED | KTIA KNNA EWWT MARR PARM PGOV PHSA PREL BF |
| 08NASSAU590 |
WHA DAS MADISON SIGNS PSI SHIPBOARDING AGREEMENT, [...] (C) SUMMARY: WHA DAS Madison signed a Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) shipboarding agreement with Bahamas Acting Prime Minister Symonette on August 11 in Nassau. In separate discussions with top Bahamian officials, Madison focused on the GCOB,s stated security priority of improving [...] |
2008-08-14 20:37:00 | Embassy Nassau | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV SNAR PREL PHSA KTIA KNNA EWWT MARR PARM |
| 08NASSAU780 |
NO TIMETABLE YET FOR BAHAMAS PSI ENTRY INTO FORCE [...] (U) On October 21, PolOff asked Ministry of Foreign Affairs Assistant Secretary Natasha Turnquest about GCOB internal procedures for the entry into force of the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) reciprocal shipboarding agreement, which was signed in Nassau in August, and inquired about [...] |
2008-11-07 21:31:00 | Embassy Nassau | UNCLASSIFIED | EWWT KNNP KTIA MARR PARM PGOV PHSA PREL BF |
| 08NEWDELHI2322 |
INDIA TO CONTINUE ADVOCACY FOR DEVOLUTION OF POWER [...] No summary [...] |
2008-08-29 03:26:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR PTER KTIA MOPS IN CE |
| 08NEWDELHI754 |
NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR TELLS AMBASSADOR DEFENSE [...] (C) In a March 11 meeting with National Security Advisor M.K. Narayanan, Ambassador followed up on Secretary Gates' February 26-27 visit to discuss the status of the Communications Interoperability and Security Memorandum of Agreement (CISMOA), the Logistics Support Agreement (LSA), and an agr [...] |
2008-03-12 12:42:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR KTIA IN |
| 08OSLO560 |
NORWEGIANS REVIEW ANTARCTIC TREATY INVITE [...] No summary [...] |
2008-10-15 08:39:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AOREC AY KSCA KTIA SENV TPHY NO |
| 08OTTAWA1317 |
CANADIAN CHALLENGES RELATED TO ACCESSION OF [...] (U) Action request -- see para 4. 2. (SBU) In response to reftel, Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Policy Adviser for Defence and Security Robert Bissett told pol/mil officer that Canada would move as quickly as possible to complete the ratification of the pro [...] |
2008-10-10 20:40:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM NATO MARR PREL KTIA AL CA HR |
| 08OTTAWA1396 |
CANADA WILLING TO SIGN CHEMICAL WEAPONS CHALLENGE [...] (C) In response to reftel demarche, Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Deputy Director for Non-Proliferation and Disarmament Louis-Phillipe Sylvestre confirmed to pol/miloff on October 30 that Canada wants to avoid the "complications" that would accompany a formal b [...] |
2008-10-31 17:14:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL KTIA CWC CA |
| 08OTTAWA1481 |
CANADA OFFERS AMENDED LANGUAGE ON CWC CHALLENGE [...] (C) As promised in ref a demarche response, on November 21 Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Deputy Director for Non-Proliferation and Disarmament Louis-Phillipe Sylvestre provided suggested amendments to the draft language for an exchange of notes on procedures go [...] |
2008-11-21 21:26:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL KTIA CWC CA |
| 08OTTAWA269 |
NOTIFICATION TO CANADA OF U.S. SATELLITE ENGAGEMENT [...] (C) Ambassador orally briefed Foreign and Defence Policy Advisor to the Prime Minister Susan Cartwright about the U.S. interception of the NRO satellite on February 20. Cartwright expressed concern about the possibility of debris landing in populated Canadian areas, and Ambassador reassured [...] |
2008-02-21 19:23:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM PNAT KTIA PINS TSPA TPHY CA |
| 08OTTAWA377 |
Canada's Treaty-making Process [...] (SBU) Summary: Canada in January 2008 revised its treaty-making process to include review of all international treaties by the House of Commons before entry into force. The government, however, will maintain the legal authority to decide whether to ratify the treaty; no vote in Parliament is n [...] |
2008-03-14 15:39:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON KIPR KTIA CA |
| 08OTTAWA436 |
SHIPRIDER NEGOTIATIONS WITH CANADA - ROUND ONE [...] (U) Summary. On March 20, U.S. and Canadian delegations met in Quebec City and completed a productive and successful first round of negotiations on a framework agreement on integrated cross-border maritime law enforcement operations (ICBMLEO). The delegations reached agreement on much of the [...] |
2008-03-31 13:58:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PBTS EWWT PINS SNAR KTIA KCRM CA |
| 08PANAMA623 |
GOP "DEEPLY CONCERNED" ABOUT US ARREST OF [...] (U) This is an action request; see para 8. ------- Summary ------- 2. (C) The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) is "deeply concerned" about the situation of eight imprisoned Panamanian citizens who were arrested at sea and brought to the U.S. in 2006 after the Panamanian flagged ship M/ [...] |
2008-07-28 20:50:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | KTIA PREL PGOV KJUS PBTS PHSA SNAR |
| 08PARAMARIBO335 |
OPEN SKIES AGREEMENT A "STRONG POSSIBILITY" [...] (U) Summary. Terence Craig, Head of the Americas Division at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, said there is a "strong possibility" the Government of Suriname (GOS) would sign a bilateral Open Skies agreement. Craig, a long-time fan of an Open Skies agreement, may not reflect a consolidated p [...] |
2008-08-20 17:47:00 | Embassy Paramaribo | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR KTIA XL NS |
| 08PARIS167 |
SATELLITE RE-ENTRY DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO FRENCH, [...] (C) On January 29, reftel demarche was delivered to Philippe Errera, MFA Advisor to FM Kouchner for Strategic Affairs, following initial contact with the MFA duty officer on January 27 and subsequent guidance from the MFA. Also on January 29, reftel demarche was delivered to the European Spa [...] |
2008-01-30 16:34:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PNAT PINS TSPA TPHY KTIA ESA NASA GM UK |
| 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 |
| 08PHNOMPENH679 |
CAMBODIA-THAILAND BORDER: CAMBODIA WITHDRAWING [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador August 15 delivered Ref A demarche to Foreign Minister Hor Namhong, noting ongoing concerns about the troop presence in the vicinity of Preah Vihear temple and the need to continue to exercise restraint. Saying the U.S. did not support one side over the other, and no [...] |
2008-08-15 08:54:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL KTIA TH CB |
| 08PHNOMPENH776 |
THE DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MEETING WITH CAMBODIAN [...] (U) September 15, 2008; 13:30; Phnom Penh, Cambodia 2. (U) Meeting Participants U.S. The Deputy Secretary Deputy Assistant Secretary Scot Marciel Charge D'Affaires, a.i. Piper Campbell A/DCM Greg Lawless (notetaker) Opposition Parties Sam Rainsy, President, Sam Rainsy Party Kem S [...] |
2008-09-16 09:26:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PREL PHUM KTIA CB |
| 08PHNOMPENH802 |
CAMBODIA'S BOOMING ECONOMY FUELS DEVELOPMENT, BUT [...] (SBU) Summary: During meetings with the Deputy Secretary of State September 14 and 16, a group of economic experts and development partners highlighted the dynamic economic growth taking place in Cambodia. Political stability has made possible double digit economic growth. However, Cambodia [...] |
2008-09-26 10:19:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD KTIA PGOV PREL CB |
| 08PHNOMPENH813 |
SHOOTING INCIDENT NEAR PREAH VIHEAR [...] (C) SUMMARY: A Royal Cambodian Government (RGC) official who leads border negotiations with Thailand reported a "clash between the two sides" the afternoon of October 3 in disputed territory near the Preah Vihear temple resulting in the wounding of one Cambodian soldier. The source called t [...] |
2008-10-03 12:12:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ASEC KTIA MOPS TH CB |
| 08PHNOMPENH814 |
SHOOTING INCIDENT NEAR PREAH VIHEAR [...] (C) SUMMARY: A Royal Cambodian Government (RGC) official who leads border negotiations with Thailand reported a "clash between the two sides" the afternoon of October 3 in disputed territory near the Preah Vihear temple resulting in the wounding of one Cambodian soldier. The source called t [...] |
2008-10-03 12:15:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ASEC KTIA MOPS TH CB |
| 08PHNOMPENH840 |
CAMBODIA PREPARING FOR DOWNGRADED THAI VISIT; [...] (SBU) Cambodian officials learned late October 10 that the Thai Prime Minister has postponed his official visit to Cambodia originally scheduled for October 12-13. Nonetheless, the Royal Government of Cambodia (RGC) is awaiting the visit of Thai Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Som [...] |
2008-10-10 11:40:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KTIA MOPS TH CB |
| 08PORTOFSPAIN360 |
GOTT UNABLE TO PURSUE BILATERAL OPEN SKIES [...] SUMMARY: Due to the decision by CARICOM leaders in July 2007 to pursue a "coordinated response" to open skies, the GOTT is unable to entertain the USG's proposal for a bilateral open skies agreement. However, a GOTT representative indicated that open skies is a priority for the Ministry of Work [...] |
2008-08-07 11:07:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR KTIA TD |
| 08PORTOFSPAIN55 |
T&T CIVIL AVIATION DG OPTIMISTIC ABOUT OPEN SKIES AGREEMENT [...] SUMMARY: The Director General of the Civil Aviation Authority of Trinidad and Tobago expressed optimism that a bilateral Open Skies civair agreement between the U.S. and Trinidad & Tobago could be reached as early as the end of 2008. END SUMMARY 2. In a meeting with EconOff, Ramesh Lutchmedi [...] |
2008-01-29 11:33:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR KTIA TD |
| 08PRAGUE688 |
CZECH REPUBLIC: NATO ACCESSION OF ALBANIA AND [...] No summary [...] |
2008-10-31 12:43:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR NATO PREL KTIA HR AL EZ |
| 08QUITO353 |
AMBASSADOR HAS POSITIVE MEETING WITH NEW DEFENSE [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador met with new Minister of Defense (MOD) Javier Ponce on April 18, their first meeting in his new role as MOD. Atmospherics were positive. Ponce said he favored completing a diplomatic note exchange to provide protections for temporary duty U.S. military personnel [...] |
2008-04-18 19:00:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR MASS KTIA OVIP EC |
| 08QUITO48 |
AGREEMENT WITH ECUADOR ON STATUS OF FORCES FOR [...] (SBU) On January 16, PolChief and MilGroup Commander delivered proposed text of diplomatic note and talking points from Reftel in a meeting with MFA Under Secretary of Sovereignty Affairs Jaime Barberis, MFA Legal Advisor Gonzalo Salvador, and MOD Chief of Ministerial Cabinet COL Galo Cruz. [...] |
2008-01-15 18:40:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED | KTIA MARR MOPS PM PREL EC |
| 08QUITO504 |
FINAL AGREEMENT WITH ECUADOR ON STATUS OF FORCES [...] (C) Following the meeting with GOE officials on January 9, 2008, and providing the modified text in draft format as per Refs A and C, Post has engaged the GOE on numerous occasions to stress the importance of completion of the exchange of diplomatic notes. Bureaucratic hurdles, multiple chan [...] |
2008-06-06 21:18:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | KTIA MARR MOPS PM PREL US EC |
| 08RABAT1125 |
MOROCCO FINALIZING SEISMIC AGREEMENT [...] (SBU) Embassy conveyed our need to sign the bilateral seismic agreement with Morocco by the end of the year via diplomatic note on December 5. In addition, PolCouns met with MFA Chief of Staff Nasser Bourita who informed PolCouns that the GOM is seized with the matter and is working dilgentl [...] |
2008-12-05 17:46:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL TPHY KTBT KSCI KTIA MO |
| 08RABAT1177 |
MOROCCO SUBMITS TRANSLATED COPIES OF SEISMIC [...] (SBU) The Ministry of Foreign Affairs Office of Treaties and Legal Affairs sent to the U.S. Embassy December 19 final draft copies of the English, French, and Arabic translations of the Agreement Between The Government Of The United States Of America And The Government Of The Kingdom Of Morocc [...] |
2008-12-19 18:20:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL TPHY KTBT KSCI KTIA MO |
| 08REYKJAVIK122 |
ICELAND RATIFIES IAEA CONVENTION ON NUCLEAR SAFETY [...] (U) Iceland's Ministry for Foreign Affairs announced via a press release on June 25 that Iceland has ratified the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Convention on Nuclear Safety. Text of press release follows para. 2. 2. (U) Text of the MFA press release: The International Atomic [...] |
2008-06-27 09:55:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG SENV KTIA KNNP PARM IAEA IC |
| 08REYKJAVIK125 |
ICELAND RATIFIES PALERMO ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS [...] (U) On May 28, the Icelandic Parliament, the Althingi, passed a parliamentary resolution on the ratification of the Palermo Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children, Supplementing the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organize [...] |
2008-07-01 11:47:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM KCRM KWMN ELAB SMIG KTIA IC |
| 08REYKJAVIK254 |
ICELAND: NATO ACCESSION OF ALBANIA AND CROATIA [...] (U) PolOff contacted Icelandic MFA MinCouns for International Organizations Nikulas Hannigan on October 28 to follow up on reftel demarche. Hannigan said that the MFA's Legal Advisor is preparing a draft parliamentary resolution for consideration by the cabinet at the weekly government meeting [...] |
2008-10-30 08:14:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR NATO PREL KTIA AL HR IC |
| 08RIGA621 |
LATVIA TO FOLLOW UP BILATERALLY ON US-EU EXTRADITION AND [...] No summary [...] |
2008-10-09 15:00:00 | Embassy Riga | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV CJAN EUN KCRM KJUST KTIA PREL LG |
| 08SANTIAGO1042 |
BORDER ISSUES IN NORTHERN CHILE: DISPUTES, [...] (C) SUMMARY: A contested border and drug trafficking can sometimes bedevil relations between Chile and Peru on a national level, while on a local level, officials from communities on both sides of the border appear committed to cooperation. Government officials in the northern Chilean borde [...] |
2008-11-28 19:46:00 | Embassy Santiago | CONFIDENTIAL | PBTS MARR SNAR KTIA PREL CI PE BL |
| 08SANTODOMINGO927 |
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: SUBMISSION OF NOTE - AGREEMENT [...] Pursuant to refetl, Embassy submitted on June 9, 2008, Diplomatic Note No. 103, regarding the Global Peace Operations Initiative. Embassy had previously received verbal consent from the Dominican Armed Forces and understands that submission of this note does not require a formal, substantive [...] |
2008-06-09 15:39:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR MASS KTIA DR |
| 08SEOUL349 |
REPLY: INTERNATIONAL NOTIFICATION OF U.S. [...] No summary [...] |
2008-02-21 08:59:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTIA PREL PARM PNAT PINS TSPA TPHY ESA CDG |
| 08SINGAPORE1176 |
SINGAPORE EXPRESSES APPRECIATION FOR U.S. SUPPORT [...] (U) Embassy Singapore received the following Diplomatic Note dated 24 October 2008 from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Government of Singapore. 2. (U) Text of Diplomatic Note: Begin Text MFA/IOD/00901/2008 The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Singapore presen [...] |
2008-11-05 10:03:00 | Embassy Singapore | UNCLASSIFIED | INTERPOL PGOV KTIA SN |
| 08SINGAPORE197 |
INTERNATIONAL NOTIFICATION OF U.S. SATELLITE [...] (C/NF) The Ambassador took advantage of an opportunity on the margins of a separate meeting on February 21 to deliver to MFA Permanent Secretary Peter Ho the notification on U.S. satellite engagement contained in para 4 of reftel. Ho expressed appreciation for the information and asked if the [...] |
2008-02-21 09:58:00 | Embassy Singapore | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PARM KTIA TSPA SN CH |
| 08STATE110387 |
CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): GUIDANCE [...] Guidance in paragraphs 7-8. ---------- Overview ---------- 2. This cable provides information and guidance to the U.S. delegation for use during informal discussions with the Technical Secretariat on the margins of EC-54, 14-17 October 2008. These sampling and analysis discussions a [...] |
2008-10-16 00:39:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM MARR KTIA CWC JA |
| 08STATE112671 |
CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): HOST COUNTRY [...] (U) Action request in paragraph 6. ---------- Objective ---------- 2. (C-REL Germany) Department requests Embassy to pursue the following objectives: -- Work with the Government of Germany to conclude a Host Country Agreement (HCA) on the conduct of Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC [...] |
2008-10-22 20:55:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL KTIA CWC GM |
| 08STATE112672 |
CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): HOST COUNTRY [...] (U) Action Request in Paragraph 8. ---------- OBJECTIVES ---------- 2. (C-REL CANADA) Department requests Embassy to pursue the following objectives: -- Work with the Government of Canada to negotiate a Host Country Agreement (HCA) on the conduct of Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC [...] |
2008-10-22 21:15:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL KTIA CWC CA |
| 08STATE120864 |
WARNING CHINA ON HARASSMENT OF U.S. NAVY VESSELS [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 7. 2. (U) Background: Over the past 18 months, the frequency of China's verbal warnings, vessel-shadowing by multiple platforms simultaneously, unprofessional seamanship, and unsafe maneuvering have increased the risk of miscalculation in inte [...] |
2008-11-14 00:24:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | CH KTIA MOPS PBTS PHSA PREL |
| 08STATE126489 |
FINALIZING THE SEISMIC AGREEMENT [...] Department requests Embassy Rabat to urge the Moroccan government to sign the Seismic Agreement (reftel) no later than December 31, 2008. A later signature could result in delays that would jeopardize the project's timely completion. End summary. OBJECTIVES ---------- 2. Department [...] |
2008-12-01 20:57:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL TPHY KTBT KSCI KTIA MO |
| 08STATE130453 |
AGREEMENT WITH NICARAGUA ON STATUS OF FORCES FOR [...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. SEE PARAGRAPHS 2, 5 AND 6. 2. (C) ON AUGUST 8, 2008, AMEMBASSY MANAGUA AND THE GOVERNMENT ON NICARAGUA (GON) COMPLETED AN EXCHANGE OF DIPLOMATIC NOTES REGARDING A STATUS OF FORCES AGREEMENT (SOFA) AND CUSTOMS PROCEDURES FOR U.S. FORCES IN NICARAGUA FOR EXERCIS [...] |
2008-12-11 22:27:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | KTIA MARR MOPS PM PREL US |
| 08STATE13631 |
ICAO: INCORPORATION OF TRANSPORT OFFENSES IN [...] Work is underway in the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) to amend the Montreal and The Hague aviation security conventions to strengthen their provisions against aviation-related terrorist acts. In November 2007, as a result of successful U.S. and Australian outreach (reftel) [...] |
2008-02-08 23:33:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC EAIR ICAO KNNP OTRA KTIA PARM XX |
| 08STATE17336 |
INTERNATIONAL NOTIFICATION OF U.S. SATELLITE [...] (U) This is an immediate action request. See paragraphs 2 and 3. 2. (SBU) GUIDANCE FOR BERLIN, BRASILIA, CANBERRA, LONDON, OTTAWA, PARIS, ROME, TOKYO, BEIJING, KYIV, MOSCOW, PRAGUE, COPENHAGEN, TEL AVIV, SANTIAGO, WARSAW, SEOUL, THE HAGUE, AND NEW DELHI, USNATO (FOR NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCI [...] |
2008-02-21 05:55:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PARM PNAT KTIA PINS TSPA TPHY ESA |
| 08STATE18782 |
NOTIFICATION TO CANADA OF U.S. SATELLITE ENGAGEMENT [...] (C) Ambassador orally briefed Foreign and Defence Policy Advisor to the Prime Minister Susan Cartwright about the U.S. interception of the NRO satellite on February 20. Cartwright expressed concern about the possibility of debris landing in populated Canadian areas, and Ambassador reassured [...] |
2008-02-25 21:12:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM PNAT KTIA PINS TSPA TPHY CA |
| 08STATE30793 |
NATO SUMMIT 2008: DELIVERY OF DIPNOTE FOR COMBAT [...] (U) Department requests Embassy Bucharest deliver the diplomatic note in para two to Romania to provide combat air patrol during the upcoming Bucharest NATO Summit visit of President Bush. The text of the diplomatic note follows. 2. (S) Begin text of diplomatic note: The Embassy of the U [...] |
2008-03-25 19:14:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | KTIA MCAP NATO PREL RO |
| 08STATE32521 |
PSI SHIPBOARDING AGREEMENT NEGOTIATIONS WITH [...] Summary: U.S. and Ukrainian negotiating teams discussed the major areas of disagreement regarding the draft Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) shipboarding agreement during a second round of talks in Washington, DC on February 13, 2008. Major issues identified for near-term follow-up i [...] |
2008-03-28 22:15:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP KTIA PHSA PARM PREL EWWT UP |
| 08STATE33647 |
DELIVERY OF DIPNOTE FOR U.S. AIRCRAFT TRANSIT [...] (U) Department requests that Embassy Bucharest deliver the diplomatic note in para two requesting transit of U.S. aircraft to Croatia through Romanian airspace to assist with air support coverage during the President,s visit, April 4 and 5, 2008. 2. (U) Begin text of diplomatic note: The [...] |
2008-04-01 21:17:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | KTIA MCAP NATO PREL RO HR HU |
| 08STATE43018 |
USN ACTIVITIES IN CHINA'S EXCLUSIVE ECONOMIC ZONE [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph eight. 2. (U) Background: China objects to military surveys in its EEZ, and has on occasion challenged or interfered with U.S. Navy ships conducting military surveys within China's claimed EEZ. The U.S. has on several occasions objected [...] |
2008-04-23 19:31:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | CH KTIA MOPS PBTS PHSA PREL |
| 08STATE47534 |
U.S.-RUSSIA AGREEMENT FOR PEACEFUL NUCLEAR [...] The President has approved the proposed Agreement Between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of the Russia Federation Concerning Cooperation in the Field of Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Energy and has authorized its execution (P.D. 2008-19 dated 5 May 2008). A copy [...] |
2008-05-05 23:04:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP ENRG KTIA PREL RS |
| 08STATE53211 |
IRAQI SOFA NEGOTIATING TEAM ON FACT-FINDING VISIT [...] (SBU) Following several months of negotiations on a Status of Forces Agreement between Iraq and the United States, the Iraqi negotiators have decided to visit several countries with similar bi-lateral agreements with the United States already in place. Posts are requested to support the visit [...] |
2008-05-19 19:10:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | GM IZ JA KS KTIA MARR PGOV PREL SN SOFA |
| 08STATE55858 |
IRAQI SOFA NEGOTIATOR VISIT - BACKGROUND [...] (U) This is a joint Department of State-Department of Defense cable. 2. (S) The Status of Forces Agreement being negotiated with Iraq is intended to be an enduring document similar to SOFAs the United States has with other countries: setting the "rules of the road" whenever U.S. forces are [...] |
2008-05-23 22:18:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | GM IZ JA KS KTIA MARR PGOV PREL SN SOFA |
| 08STATE55889 |
IRAQI SOFA NEGOTIATOR VISIT - BACKGROUND [...] (U) This is a joint Department of State-Department of Defense cable. 2. (S) The Status of Forces Agreement being negotiated with Iraq is intended to be an enduring document similar to SOFAs the United States has with other countries: setting the "rules of the road" whenever U.S. forces are [...] |
2008-05-24 01:50:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | GM IZ JA KS KTIA MARR PGOV PREL SN SOFA |
| 08STATE69341 |
NICARAGUA SOFA: RESPONSE TO NICARAGUAN PROPOSED [...] This is an action request. See paragraphs 3-8. 2. Ref A requested guidance in response to GON proposed changes to U.S. SOFA proposal in Ref B. The GON proposed six changes to the U.S. text. Guidance follows. 3. Change 1, Para 1, last sentence: concur with the GON proposed change t [...] |
2008-06-27 15:58:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTIA MARR NU PREL |
| 08STATE79681 |
PSI SHIPBOARDING AGREEMENT WITH THE BAHAMAS, [...] SUMMARY AND BACKGROUND: Ref A reports the approval by the Government of the Commonwealth of the Bahamas (GCOB) of a bilateral reciprocal Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) shipboarding agreement negotiated in Nassau April 30-May 1, 2008 (ref B). The Department has received interagency [...] |
2008-07-24 14:18:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP KTIA EWWT PHSA PARM PREL MARR BF |
| 08STATE81957 |
CIVAIR SURINAME--TIME FOR OPEN SKIES? [...] This is an action request. Please see paragraphs 6 and 13. 2. Summary. Surinamese Transportation officials met with DOT and DOS on July 8 to discuss Suriname Airways' planned flights to the United States. During the meeting, the GOS had numerous questions about our bilateral air servi [...] |
2008-07-30 15:32:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR KTIA XL NS |
| 08STATE87342 |
CIVAIR MEXICO: DESIGNATION OF U.S. CARRIER [...] This is an action message. Please see para 2. 2. Action requested: Washington agencies request that Post designate the following U.S. carrier by delivering to GOM officials the following diplomatic note. Please fax a copy of the delivered note to EEB/TRA/AN for Dan Hutchens at 202-647-914 [...] |
2008-08-14 13:38:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR KTIA MX |
| 08STATE87345 |
CIVAIR BRAZIL: WITHDRAWAL/DESIGNATION AND [...] This is an action message. Please see para 2. 2. Action requested: Washington agencies request Post designate the U.S. carriers listed below and reallocate weekly frequencies available to each carrier by delivering the following diplomatic note to GOB officials. Please scan and email the [...] |
2008-08-14 13:41:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | BR EAIR KTIA |
| 08STATE87351 |
CIVAIR BRAZIL: WITHDRAWAL/DESIGNATION AND [...] This is an action message. Please see para 2. 2. Action requested: Washington agencies request Post designate the U.S. carriers listed below and reallocate weekly frequencies available to each carrier by delivering the following diplomatic note to GOB officials. Please scan and email the [...] |
2008-08-14 13:44:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | BR EAIR KTIA |
| 08STATE97064 |
CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION: MEMORANDUM OF [...] (U) This is an action request; please see paragraph 9. ---------- OBJECTIVES ---------- 2. (C-Rel Norway) Department requests Embassy to pursue the following objectives: -- Work with the Government of Norway to negotiate a Host Country Agreement (HCA) on the conduct of Chemical Weap [...] |
2008-09-10 20:55:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | KTIA PARM PREL CWC NO |
| 08STATE98684 |
CHINA CIVAIR: UPS REQUESTS USG ADVOCACY [...] This is an action request. Please see para 6. 2. (SBU) Summary: As Post is aware, U.S. cargo carriers continue to experience difficulties getting their operating schedules approved by the General Administration of Civil Aviation in China (CAAC). Recently, the CAAC informed UPS that its 20 [...] |
2008-09-15 21:08:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CH EAIR KTIA |
| 08STATE98906 |
CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): HOST COUNTRY [...] (U) Action request in paragraph 8. ---------- OBJECTIVES ---------- 2. (C-Rel Greece) Department requests Embassy to pursue the following objectives: -- Work with the Government of Greece to negotiate a Host Country Agreement (HCA) on the conduct of Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC [...] |
2008-09-16 15:00:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | GR KTIA PARM PREL CWC |
| 08STATE99654 |
SEEKING PROGRESS ON PSI SHIPBOARDING AGREEMENT [...] (SBU) OBJECTIVES: Washington remains committed to completing a bilateral shipboarding agreement with Ukraine under the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) and is prepared to send an interagency team of experts to Kyiv to resolve remaining differences between the Ukraine-proposed and U.S.- [...] |
2008-09-17 20:51:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP KTIA MNUC PARM PHSA PREL UP |
| 08STOCKHOLM152 |
DEMARCHE DELIVERED: NOTIFICATION OF U.S. SATELLITE [...] No summary [...] |
2008-02-25 15:14:00 | Embassy Stockholm | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PARM PNAT KTIA PINS TSPA TPHY ESA DCDG |
| 08TAIPEI218 |
TAIWAN NOTIFIED OF IMPENDING U.S. SATELLITE [...] (C) AIT Acting Director Robert Wang delivered reftel notification to Taiwan Acting Foreign Minister Yang Tzu-pao at 1000 February 15 (2300 EST, February 14). Yang was accompanied by North American Affairs Director-General Leo Lee, who told ADIR before the meeting that FM James Huang is trave [...] |
2008-02-15 07:47:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PNAT KTIA PINS TSPA TPHY ESA CDG PREL |
| 08TASHKENT1052 |
UZBEKISTAN: WATER CRISIS DELAYED BUT NOT AVERTED [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In Uzbekistan the drought of 2008 has not produced the dire consequences that were predicted. In a wide range of meetings with Uzbek officials, we were told that the shortage was predicted in time and that adequate conservation measures were taken. The cotton harvest is predi [...] |
2008-09-12 07:20:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | EAGR EAID ECON ENRG KTIA PGOV SENV SOCI UZ |
| 08TASHKENT1123 |
UZBEKISTAN: NATO ENVOY ON AFGHANISTAN TRANSIT [...] (C) Summary: On September 26, NATO Deputy Assistant Secretary General Robert Simmons briefed a gathering of NATO Embassy officials on his recent meetings with Government of Uzbekistan (GOU) officials on NATO-Uzbekistan cooperation, including ongoing transit agreement discussions. Simmons said [...] |
2008-09-30 09:46:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ASEC AORC MOPS KTIA NATO AF UZ |
| 08TASHKENT1124 |
UZBEKISTAN: NATO ENVOY ON AFGHANISTAN TRANSIT [...] (C) Summary: On September 26, NATO Deputy Assistant Secretary General Robert Simmons briefed a gathering of NATO Embassy officials on his recent meetings with Government of Uzbekistan (GOU) officials on NATO-Uzbekistan cooperation, including ongoing transit agreement discussions. Simmons said [...] |
2008-09-30 09:55:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ASEC AORC MOPS KTIA NATO AF UZ |
| 08TASHKENT1140 |
UZBEKISTAN: SCENESETTER FOR 21-24 OCTOBER NGLOC [...] (C) Summary: Embassy Tashkent welcomes you to Uzbekistan for what will be a very important step toward realizing a new Northern Ground Line of Communication (NGLOC). This initiative's significance is increasingly important due to pending USG decisions concerning strengthening our military pre [...] |
2008-10-07 11:52:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ASEC EAID ECON KTIA MARR MASS MOPS OVIP |
| 08TASHKENT1308 |
UZBEKISTAN SCENE-SETTER FOR GENERAL MCNABB, [...] (C) Summary: Embassy Tashkent looks forward to hosting you and advancing one more step toward opening a new Northern Distribution Network (NDN) (previously referred to as the Northern Ground Line of Communication or NGLOC) to Afghanistan. The Government of Uzbekistan (GoU) viewed Rear Admiral [...] |
2008-11-14 09:11:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ASEC EAID ECON KTIA MARR MASS MOPS OVIP |
| 08TASHKENT190 |
ARAL SEA TO BE FOCUS OF MARCH INTERNATIONAL [...] (C) Summary: On February 7, the Ambassador, USAID Country Director, and Poloff met with Fikrit Akcura of the United Nations Development Program and others who are directly involved with an upcoming international conference on the Aral Sea on March 11-13. Akcura described how Uzbekistan has gr [...] |
2008-02-12 12:15:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | SENV EAGR EAID KTIA PREL UZ |
| 08TASHKENT363 |
UZBEKISTAN CALLS FOR INTERNATIONAL APPROACH TO [...] (C) Summary: A broad array of senior representatives from various governments, international organizations, and donor agencies participated in a March 12 conference in Tashkent dedicated to problems associated with the Aral Sea. Several drivers appear to underpin Uzbekistan's decision to host [...] |
2008-03-25 12:04:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | SENV EAGR EAID KTIA PREL UZ |
| 08TASHKENT482 |
NATO ENVOY: UZBEKISTAN POSITIVE ON COOPERATION [...] (C) Summary. NATO envoy Robert Simmons gave a readout to NATO Embassies on April 15 of meetings with Government of Uzbekistan (GOU) officials. According to Simmons, senior GOU officials may be split on pushing Uzbekistan's "6 plus 3" proposal. Simmons reported on the NATO land transit agreem [...] |
2008-04-24 04:44:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ASEC AORC MOPS KTIA NATO AF UZ |
| 08TASHKENT546 |
UZBEKISTAN: INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE REFLECTS [...] (C) Summary: Uzbekistan hosted a significant international conference focusing on regional security, particularly the situation in Afghanistan, on April 29-30. The event illustrates Uzbekistan's continuing concerns about the security situation in Afghanistan as well as growing regional interes [...] |
2008-05-13 11:52:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ASEC EAID ECIN KNNP KTIA MASS PBTS PGOV |
| 08TASHKENT604 |
UZBEKISTAN: ASSISTANCE TO WATER EXPERTS COULD [...] (C) Summary: On May 14, Ambassador met with representatives of the Scientific Information Center of the Interstate Commission for Water Coordination (ICWC) to discuss regional water management policy. The water experts indicated that the demand for water in Central Asia has increased in recen [...] |
2008-05-30 09:53:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | SENV EAGR EAID KTIA PREL UZ |
| 08TASHKENT622 |
UZBEKISTAN AGREES TO EXTEND CTR AGREEMENT, FREEZES [...] (SBU) On June 4, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Uzbekistan delivered a diplomatic note to Post with its response on extension of the CTR Umbrella Agreement for an additional seven years. The text implies that CTR activities in country should resume once the Government of U [...] |
2008-06-05 10:48:00 | Embassy Tashkent | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTIA KNNP PARM UZ |
| 08TASHKENT638 |
UZBEKISTAN CLARIFIES POSITION ON CTR UMBRELLA [...] (SBU) On June 5, Embassy Defense Threat Reduction Office LES spoke with Uzbekistan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs Legal Chief Rashidov. Rashidov hedged a little on the initial intent of the Umbrella Agreement extension diplomatic note, stating that CTR activities are not being halted, and shoul [...] |
2008-06-09 09:31:00 | Embassy Tashkent | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTIA KNNP PARM UZ |
| 08TASHKENT739 |
UZBEKISTAN: OFFICIAL COMMENTS ON PROPOSED [...] (C) Summary: In a June 24 meeting with Poloff, Bahromjon Aloev from Uzbekistan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs criticized the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) and the Eurasian Economic Community (Eurasec) for slow activity and duplication of effort. He noted Uzbekistan's especiall [...] |
2008-06-25 11:54:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC ASEC ECIN KTIA PBTS PGOV PINR PREL UZ |
| 08TASHKENT763 |
UZBEKISTAN/SCO: OFFICIAL DESCRIBES SCO'S [...] (C) Bakhram Auanassov, a Senior Expert from the Shanghai Cooperation Organization's (SCO) Regional Antiterrorist Structure (RATS), recently provided Poloff with a speech on the SCO's role in Central Asian security. He had intended to give the speech during the Tashkent-hosted international co [...] |
2008-07-01 10:46:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC PREL ASEC KTIA PINR PINS PTER UZ |
| 08TASHKENT778 |
UZBEKISTAN: UAE TO BUILD CULTURAL-RELIGIOUS CENTER [...] (SBU) Summary: Poloff met with an Economic Specialist of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) Consulate General in Tashkent on July 2 to discuss the recent conclusion of several investment-related agreeements between the UAE and Uzbekistan. To date, the Government of Uzbekistan has approved 21 UAE i [...] |
2008-07-07 04:28:00 | Embassy Tashkent | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON EINV ETRD KISL KTIA UZ |
| 08TELAVIV2569 |
A/S DESUTTER'S COMPLIANCE DIPLOMACY VISIT TO ISRAEL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Assistant Secretary for Verification, Compliance, and Implementation (VCI) Paula DeSutter held consultations with GOI officials and Israeli think tanks October 30 as a part of her Compliance Diplomacy visit to the Middle East. The purpose of these consultations was to discuss t [...] |
2008-11-18 12:40:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | SECRET | PARM KNNP KTIA IS |
| 08THEHAGUE159 |
NETHERLANDS: NOTIFICATION OF U.S. SATELLITE [...] (SBU) Polmiloff delivered reftel notification to MFA Head of the North Americas Division Jos Schellars on February 21. Schellars appreciated the notification, but had no further questions at this time. Arnall [...] |
2008-02-21 15:03:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PARM PNAT KTIA PINS TSPA TPHY ESA CDG |
| 08THEHAGUE188 |
ARUBA GENERAL AVIATION PRE-CLEARANCE AGREEMENT [...] No summary [...] |
2008-02-27 16:53:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL EAIR PINS KTIA NL AA |
| 08TOKYO1619 |
DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION [...] (C) Econoff delivered points in ref to MOFA's Biological and Chemical Weapons Conventions Division officer Masahiro Fujikawa. Fujikawa said the GOJ appreciates continued U.S. cooperation in finalizing a host country arrangement on Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) challenge inspections. He [...] |
2008-06-13 07:28:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL KTIA CWC JA |
| 08TOKYO1633 |
ATTORNEY GENERAL MUKASEY'S MEETING WITH JAPANESE [...] (C) Attorney General Mukasey and Ambassador Schieffer met National Public Safety Commission Chairman and Minister of State Shinya Izumi on June 13 in Tokyo to discuss: --Ways to improve information sharing and terrorist watch information; --The possibility of Japan joining the FBI's Fingerprin [...] |
2008-06-16 05:28:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | KHLS PINR PGOV PREL PTER KTIA JA |
| 08TOKYO2961 |
POLAR AIR CARGO: DIPLOMATIC NOTE DELIVERED [...] (U) Per instructions in reftel, Post delivered the diplomatic note concerning Polar Air Cargo to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs October 22. Post will report the GOJ's response. SCHIEFFER [...] |
2008-10-23 08:02:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR KTIA JA |
| 08TOKYO3078 |
INTERNATIONAL POLAR YEAR MINISTERIAL DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...] |
2008-11-05 07:35:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC SENV TPHY KSCA KTIA AY JA |
| 08TOKYO415 |
ICAO: INCORPORATION OF TRANSPORT OFFENSES IN [...] No summary [...] |
2008-02-15 09:18:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP KTIA AORC EAIR OTRA PARM |
| 08TOKYO462 |
INTERNATIONAL NOTIFICATION OF U.S. SATELLITE [...] No summary [...] |
2008-02-21 07:51:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTIA PREL PARM PNAT PINS TSPA TPHY JA |
| 08TOKYO877 |
DEMARCHE DELIVERED FOR CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION [...] On March 17, ESToff delivered the points in ref to MOFA Biological and Chemical Weapons Conventions Division officer Masahiro Fujikawa. The Foreign Ministry official appreciated receiving the non-paper on the Complementary Notes and the draft Host Country Agreement (HCA). Fujikawa believes t [...] |
2008-03-31 09:20:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL KTIA CWC KNNP TGRY JA |
| 08VALLETTA491 |
MALTESE MARITIME SECURITY: EMBASSY CONCURRENCE FOR [...] Post's Country Team, including the Security Assistance Officer, has coordinated in development of the Section 1206 funding proposal for Maltese Maritime Security Intelligence Train and Equip/Coastal Patrol Boats Procurement that is being submitted through EUCOM channels. If funded, Post will [...] |
2008-11-26 10:56:00 | Embassy Valletta | UNCLASSIFIED | KTIA MARR MASS MT |
| 08VILNIUS868 |
LITHUANIA WANTS INCREASED USG ATTENTION VIA [...] (C) Summary: Lithuanian political leaders have recently called in Vilnius and Washington for the U.S. to revive the 1998 Baltic Charter as a mechanism to get a more "muscular" USG presence in the Baltic region, and also have the U.S. help resolve Lithuania's security related issues. The Lithu [...] |
2008-10-17 09:52:00 | Embassy Vilnius | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KTIA NATO XG ZB LH |
| 08WARSAW1176 |
RATIFICATION OF US-EU EXTRADITION AND MUTUAL LEGAL [...] (SBU) DCM and Legatt delivered reftel demarche to Lukasz Redziniak, Under Secretary of State at the Ministry of Justice (MOJ) October 3. 2. (SBU) DCM took the opportunity to raise our disappointment in the outcome of a Polish court case involving Randy Craig Levine, who allegedly committed [...] |
2008-10-07 12:00:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CJAN EUN KCRM KJUST KTIA PGOV PREL BE EI GR |
| 08WARSAW150 |
POLAND: RRRFR DIP NOTE RECEIVED [...] (U) This cable is sensitive but unclassified, and not for Internet distribution. 2. (SBU) Post received the following diplomatic note from the Polish Government. 3. (SBU) (Begin text) DPB 10-9-08 (Complimentary opening) in order to facilitate the provision of technical assis [...] |
2008-02-04 14:30:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP KTIA TRGY ENGR PARM PL |
| 08WARSAW223 |
POLAND SIGNS REACTOR FUEL RETURN CONTRACT [...] (C) Summary. Wlodzimierz Tomczak, chief of Poland's Radioactive Waste Management Plant (RWMP), signed a preliminary contract with Battelle Energy Alliance, a U.S. Department of Energy contractor, on February 8, putting into motion Poland's long-stalled participation in the Russian Reactor R [...] |
2008-02-19 13:49:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP KTIA PARM PL RS TRGY ENGR |
| 08WARSAW909 |
ANTARCTIC TREATY: POLAND MAKING PROGRESS ON [...] No summary [...] |
2008-07-29 15:36:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC ECON KSCA KTIA SENV TPHY PL |
| 08WELLINGTON157 |
NEW ZEALAND, CLUSTER MUNITIONS, AND [...] (C) Summary. New Zealand considers interoperability to be one of two key issues (the other issue being the definition of a cluster munition that causes unacceptable humanitarian harm) for resolution in Dublin at the upcoming cluster munitions convention meeting beginning May 19. However, MF [...] |
2008-05-08 03:13:00 | Embassy Wellington | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL KTIA MOPS NZ |
| 08WELLINGTON200 |
NEW ZEALAND RESPONSE TO CONVENTION ON [...] (SBU) A senior policy analyst from the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT contacted Pol/Econ Counselor on June 26 with an interim response to reftel demarche. She noted that her office has sought detailed advice from a New Zealand expert, who is also part of the IAEA's expert group [...] |
2008-06-30 03:53:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KNNP KTIA NZ |
| 09ABUDHABI1077 |
UAE SUPPORTS U.S. INTERNATIONAL MARITIME ORGANIZATION [...] (SBU) On November 15, PolOff delivered Ref A demarche to the Director General of the National Transport Authority Dr. Nasser Saif Al Mansoori, who said the UAE would "definitely" support the U.S. candidacy for a seat on the International Maritime Organization (IMO) Council in Category A, as it [...] |
2009-11-15 11:38:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC IMO EWWT PHSA KTIA PREL PGOV AE |
| 09ABUDHABI526 |
UAE MEDIA REACTION TO 123 SIGNING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: President Obama's May 19 signature of the US-UAE 123 Agreement, and its subsequent movement to Congress, generated broad UAE media coverage. The signing coincided with a commercially organized "GCC Nuclear Summit" of key international and regional officials, including US Nuclear [...] |
2009-05-26 13:09:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG KTIA KPAO PARM PHUM SENV PGOV AE |
| 09ABUDHABI899 |
UAE REQUESTS USG SUPPORT FOR A SEAT ON IMO COUNCIL [...] (U) This is an action request; please see paragraph 4. 2. (SBU) The UAE is seeking U.S. support for a seat on the International Maritime Organization (IMO) Council when the 26th Assembly meets in December. CDA, along with mission chiefs from Argentina, Brazil, Canada, and Venezuela attended [...] |
2009-09-10 10:30:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC IMO EWWT PHSA KTIA PREL PGOV |
| 09ABUJA33 |
NIGERIA:DEMARCHE DELIVERED: RATIFICATION OF [...] (U) Charge d'Affaires Lisa Piascik delivered reftel demarche to Mr. Toyin Solaja, the incoming Director for North America and the Caribbean at the Nigerian Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Abuja, during his courtesy call to the Embassy on January 8. CDA commended Nigeria for having an Additional [...] |
2009-01-09 09:58:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC IAEA ENRG NPT PREL KNNP TRGY KTIA PARM |
| 09AMMAN1512 |
DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON ITSO EXTRAORDINARY ASSEMBLY [...] No summary [...] |
2009-07-07 04:08:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECPS AORC ECON EFIN INTELSAT KTIA TSPA JO |
| 09ANKARA1617 |
TURKEY STILL SEEKS NATO MAP FOR BOTH BOSNIA AND [...] No summary [...] |
2009-11-10 14:07:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PREL NATO PARM MARR KTIA TU BK |
| 09ANKARA1618 |
TURKEY STILL SEEKS NATO MAP FOR BOTH BOSNIA AND [...] No summary [...] |
2009-11-12 09:21:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PREL NATO PARM MARR KTIA TU BK |
| 09ANKARA168 |
TURKEY/NATO ENLARGEMENT: ACCESSION PROCESS NEAR [...] MFA Department Head for NATO Policy Gulhan Ulutekin confirmed on January 31 that the Council of Ministers decree has been published in the official gazette declaring Turkey's ratification of the protocols for Albania and Croatia's NATO accession. According to Ulutekin, the only remaining step [...] |
2009-02-03 15:26:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | KTIA MARR NATO PARM PREL |
| 09ANKARA964 |
DEMARCHE ON ITSO ARBITRATION DELIVERED [...] Econoff delivered reftel talking points to Emra Topcu at MFA's Directorate General of International Political Organizations. He informed us that Turkey would be represented at the ITSO Extraordinary Assembly by Ahmet Calik, Senior Expert at Turksat, the independent agency responsible for Turk [...] |
2009-07-07 06:28:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC ECON ECPS EFIN KTIA PREL TSPA TU |
| 09ASHGABAT77 |
TURKMENISTAN: ANNOUNCEMENT OF RATIFICATION OF THE [...] No summary [...] |
2009-01-16 10:03:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC IAEA ENRG NPT PREL KNNP TRGY KTIA PARM |
| 09ATHENS147 |
GREECE/NATO: ACCESSION PROCESS STATUS UPDATE [...] (C) Per ref A request, we have further followed-up with GOG officials on the status of the protocols of accession of Albania and Croatia to NATO (ref B). The protocols are now pending in the Parliament, and various contacts have confirmed that the Parliament is expected to approve them in "Fe [...] |
2009-02-03 10:34:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | KTIA MARR NATO PARM PREL HR AL GR |
| 09ATHENS253 |
GREECE/NATO: PARLIAMENT RATIFIES CROATIA AND [...] (SBU) On February 17, the Greek Parliament formally ratified the protocols of accession of Albania and Croatia to join NATO. Although Parliamentary approval is the last political step, the protocols must still be signed by the President of the Republic and published in the "Official Gazette. [...] |
2009-02-26 15:28:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTIA MARR NATO PARM PREL AL HR GR |
| 09ATHENS287 |
GREECE/NATO: RATIFICATION OF CROATIA AND ALBANIA [...] The Government of Greece has completed the process to ratify the NATO accession of Croatia and Albania. Law 3753 -- the Parliament's ratification of the accession protocols for Croatia and Albania -- was published in the "Official Gazette" and became official on March 4, 2009. MFA sources h [...] |
2009-03-09 13:01:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED | KTIA MARR NATO PARM PREL AL HR GR |
| 09ATHENS751 |
INTERNATIONAL MARITIME ORGANIZATION (IMO) SHIP RECYCLING [...] (SBU) On May 8, A/EconCouns and Julienne Hince, Deputy Chief of Mission for the Australian Embassy in Greece, discussed reftel points with Captain Elias Sabatakakis, Directorate for the Protection of the Sea Environment, Greek Ministry of Mercantile Marine, Aegean Sea & Island Policy. Sabataka [...] |
2009-05-11 10:23:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EIND ETRD EWWT IMO KTIA PREL SENV GR |
| 09BAGHDAD1385 |
GOI SLOWLY MAKING PROGRESS IN WMD NONPROLIFERATION [...] (C) Summary: The Government of Iraq (GOI) is slowly making progress in building support among its various ministries for the complex tasks the GOI faces in order to fulfill its international obligations in the field of WMD nonproliferation. The Iraqi National Monitoring Directorate (INMD) and [...] |
2009-05-27 09:53:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL KNNP KTIA KLSO CWC IZ |
| 09BAGHDAD1987 |
PROGRESS CONTINUES ON SECURITY AGREEMENT [...] (S) Summary. Progress under the Security Agreement (SA) has improved from the early days when a fist fight broke out between two Iraqi generals. The USG and GOI have worked through the SA,s joint subcommittees (JSCs) to sort through alleged "violations" at the working level, rarely needing [...] |
2009-07-23 08:00:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL IZ MARR KTIA EAIR PGOV MASS |
| 09BAKU187 |
ANTARCTICA DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (U) Econoff delivered reftel demarche to Adil Suleymanov at the Azerbaijani Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Suleymanov received the demarche, responding Friday, February 27 to say that he would pass the message to his MFA colleagues who work on multilateral treaties. He did not offer any clarif [...] |
2009-03-11 11:07:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV PARM AORC AY KSCA KTIA TPHY AJ |
| 09BAKU822 |
Embassy Baku Concurrence on FY09 Requests for Section [...] (U) As required by the procedures to request Section 1206 funding for FY09, this message provides Chief of Mission concurrence for the projects by the U.S. European Command for Azerbaijan. 2. (SBU) Azerbaijan is an important partner in the war on terrorism, as evidenced by its continuing p [...] |
2009-10-16 06:16:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MASS MARR KTIA AJ |
| 09BANGKOK1595 |
THAILAND NON-COMMITTAL ON ITSO DEMARCHE [...] (SBU) Econoff delivered reftel talking points on July 2 to Mr. Chaiyan Peungkiatpairote, Executive Director of the Space Affairs Bureau, Ministry of Information and Communication Technology (MICT). 2. (SBU) Mr. Chaiyan stated that he was unable to provide an official response at this time [...] |
2009-07-07 01:53:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC ECON ECPS EFIN INTELSAT KTIA PREL TSPA TH |
| 09BANGKOK1719 |
AMBASSADOR DELIVERS DIP NOTE ON USG ASCENSION TO [...] No summary [...] |
2009-07-16 10:04:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | OPDC PREL TH ASEAN KTIA |
| 09BEIJING1246 |
CHINA - SHIP RECYCLING DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (SBU) Econoff coordinated with the Australian Embassy to deliver the demarche on the International Maritime Organization's (IMO's) Ship Recycling Convention to the Chinese Ministry of Transport (MOT) and the Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) on May 4. Chinese Government representatives stated they [...] |
2009-05-08 09:56:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EIND ETRD EWWT IMO KTIA PREL SENV CH |
| 09BEIJING2978 |
DOE DEPUTY SECRETARY DISCUSSES INTERNATIONAL [...] (S) SUMMARY: Department of Energy (DOE) Deputy Secretary (DEPSEC) Daniel Poneman met privately with the head of China's National Energy Administration (NEA) ZHANG Guobao on the margins of the Global Nuclear Energy Partnership (GNEP) Ministerial in Beijing on October 23. The two discussed the [...] |
2009-10-26 09:09:00 | Embassy Beijing | SECRET | ENERG ECON ETTC TRGY KNNP IAEA KTIA CVIS CH |
| 09BEIJING3095 |
DOE DEPUTY SECRETARY DISCUSSES NEW NUCLEAR ENERGY [...] (S) SUMMARY: Department of Energy (DOE) Deputy Secretary (DEPSEC) Daniel Poneman met privately with Keisuke TSUMURA, the Parliamentary Secretary for Science and Technology in Japan's Cabinet Office, and Shunsuke KONDO, the Chairman of Japan,s Atomic Energy Commission (AEC), on the margins of [...] |
2009-11-12 23:37:00 | Embassy Beijing | SECRET | ENERG ECON ETTC TRGY KNNP IAEA KTIA CVIS CH |
| 09BEIJING3096 |
GNEP BEIJING MINISTERIAL - AGREEMENT TO CONSIDER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: China--led by National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) Vice Chairman and National Energy Administration (NEA) chief ZHANG Guobao--hosted the third Global Nuclear Energy Partnership (GNEP) Executive Committee meeting on October 23 in Beijing. The U.S. delegation was le [...] |
2009-11-13 00:33:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG ECON ETTC TRGY KNNP IAEA KTIA CVIS CH |
| 09BEIJING600 |
CHARGE D'AFFAIRES PROTESTS HARASSMENT OF USNS [...] (C) On March 8 in the South China Sea international waters near the PRC's Hainan Island, five Chinese ships harassed and interfered with a U.S. survey vessel, the USNS Impeccable, conducting routine operations (reftel). In response, the Charge d'Affaires protested Chinese actions to MFA Americ [...] |
2009-03-09 09:20:00 | Embassy Beijing | SECRET | PREL PHSA PBTS MOPS MARR KTIA CH |
| 09BEIJING645 |
CHINESE MFA ON IMPECCABLE INCIDENT [...] (C) The Charge d'Affaires spoke with Assistant Foreign Minister Liu Jieyi March 12 to underline the importance of the U.S.-proposed telcon between Chief of Naval Operations ADM Roughead and his PLA Navy counterpart ADM Wu Shengli to discuss the March 8 USNS Impeccable incident in the South Chi [...] |
2009-03-12 09:49:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHSA PBTS MOPS MARR KTIA CH |
| 09BEIJING795 |
CAAC REJECTS FEDEX SUMMER SCHEDULE, REQUESTS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On March 25, Civil Aviation Authority of China (CAAC) officials told Econ M/C that the conditional operating approval for FedEx,s Guangzhou hub is justified under the U.S.-China Air Transport Agreement (ATA) as a technical measure given airspace constraints between Zone 1 airpo [...] |
2009-03-26 06:46:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR KTIA CH |
| 09BEIRUT87 |
LEBANON: SIGNING ADDITIONAL PROTOCOL AGREEMENT [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel points and text of the USG announcement of the U.S.- IAEA "Additional Protocol" ratification to Oussama Khachab, Head of the Americas Desk at the Lebanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA), and Nada Akl, First Secretary in the Department of International Organiza [...] |
2009-01-21 16:21:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC ENRG IAEA KNNP KTIA MNUC NPT PARM PGOV |
| 09BELGRADE1454 |
SERBIA WELCOMES INVITATION TO NEGOTIATE EXTRADITION TREATY [...] (SBU) On December 4, A/DCM and PolCouns presented Ref A diplomatic note and draft extradition treaty text to MFA Political Director Borislav Stefanovic. (Copy of note forwarded to L/LEI in Ref B email.) We also transmitted an information copy to MOJ State Secretary Slobodan Homen. 2. (S [...] |
2009-12-07 11:41:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KTIA SR |
| 09BELGRADE655 |
SERBIA UNAWARE OF ITSO DG'S PUSH FOR AUTHORITY TO INITIATE [...] (SBU) Per reftel instructions, post delivered the demarche on opposition to the initiation of arbitration against the USG to Second Secretary in the Directorate for Economic Multilateral Cooperation of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Sandra Vujinovic on July 7, 2009. Vujinovic said Serbia woul [...] |
2009-07-08 13:05:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC ECON EFIN KTIA PREL TSPA SR |
| 09BERLIN128 |
NATO ENLARGEMENT: GERMANY TO DEPOSIT INSTRUMENTS [...] The NATO accession protocols for Croatia and Albania have already been approved by both houses of the German Parliament and signed by President Horst Koehler. A notice to this effect was published in the German Legal Gazette on December 31. The only remaining step is for Germany to deposit [...] |
2009-02-02 17:12:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | KTIA MARR NATO PARM PREL GM |
| 09BERLIN1414 |
GERMANY SUPPORTS MONTENEGRO FOR MAP AT DECEMBER [...] (C) Drawing on ref B, post outlined the U.S. position on NATO enlargement for the December 3-4 NATO foreign ministerial with MFA NATO Office Director Bernhard Schlagheck and Deputy Gunnar Denecke on November 2. Confirming what we had heard earlier from the Chancellery, Schlagheck said that Ge [...] |
2009-11-09 06:40:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NATO PARM MARR KTIA GM UP GG MW BK |
| 09BERLIN64 |
(C) U.S. COMMENTS ON EU DRAFT CODE OF CONDUCT FOR [...] (C) Germany welcomes the "timely and thoughtful" comments the U.S. provided regarding the EU Council's "Code of Conduct for Outer Space Activities." The EU will reportedly issue a collective response addressing U.S. concerns at a later date. A German MFA official is &hopeful8 but not "optimis [...] |
2009-01-16 14:58:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | CDG ECIN ESA EUN KACT KTIA MCAP PARM PREL |
| 09BOGOTA1334 |
COLOMBIA DCA TALKS MOVE AHEAD DESPITE OBSTACLES [...] (C) U.S. and Colombian delegations reached tentative agreement on more than half of the draft text during round three of the Defense Cooperation Agreement (DCA) negotiations in Bogota on April 14-16. Still, key provisions remain unresolved, with the GOC insisting it cannot meet some U.S. requ [...] |
2009-04-23 16:52:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREL MOPS PGOV MCAP KTIA PTER CO |
| 09BOGOTA2073 |
SIGNIFICANT PROGRESS ACHIEVED DURING FOURTH ROUND [...] (C) U.S. and Colombian delegations made swift and significant progress during the fourth round of Defense Cooperation Agreement (DCA) talks, held in Bogota on June 23-25. The two sides reached nearly complete agreement on roughly eighty percent of the DCA text. President Uribe's instructions [...] |
2009-06-30 19:42:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREL MOPS PGOV MCAP KTIA PTER CO |
| 09BOGOTA2118 |
ITSO DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO GOVERNMENT OF COLOMBIA [...] (SBU) On July 2 EconCouns delivered ITSO talking points as requested reftel to Colombian Vice Minister of Communications Daniel Medina. Medina stated that this long-standing problem needs a "middle ground solution", commenting that if all sides dig in their heels there will be no positive resu [...] |
2009-07-02 19:05:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC ECON ECPS EFIN INTELSAT KTIA PREL TSPA CO |
| 09BOGOTA2376 |
COLOMBIA DCA NEGOTIATIONS -- EMBASSY IDEAS FOR [...] (C) The GOC expects positive signals soon on Track II issues as DCA negotiations wrap up. They have repeatedly stated that satisfaction on Track II is a precondition for closing out the DCA. Embassy recommends positive responses without additional commitments, specifically a U.S. Air Force-t [...] |
2009-07-27 22:08:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREL MOPS PGOV MCAP KTIA PTER CO |
| 09BOGOTA2505 |
COLOMBIA DCA WORKING GROUP TALKS YIELD MORE [...] (C) U.S. and Colombian working group delegations met in Bogota on August 4-5 to discuss the remaining unresolved issues in the Defense Cooperation Agreement (DCA). Despite the intense public debate playing out in Colombia and regionally concerning the DCA, the Government of Colombia (GOC) tea [...] |
2009-08-06 22:58:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREL MASS MCAP MOPS PGOV PTER KTIA CO |
| 09BOGOTA2836 |
AMBASSADOR ENGAGES INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS ON [...] (C/NF) The Ambassador met with the country directors of the UN High Commission for Human Rights (UNHCHR) and International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) separately to discuss the status of Colombia's conflict and several related human rights themes. Christian Salazar of the UNHCHR noted a [...] |
2009-09-03 17:04:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MASS MCAP MOPS KTIA CO |
| 09BOGOTA2907 |
MOD SILVA CALLS AMBASSADOR FOR PRE-UNASUR MEETING [...] (S/NF) Colombian Defense Minister Gabriel Silva called the Ambassador for a meeting on August 26 in advance of the August 28 Union of South American Nations (UNASUR) summit. Silva described Brazilian Defense Minister Jobim's August 25-26 trip to Bogota as useful. Silva said Jobim had made an [...] |
2009-09-09 16:58:00 | Embassy Bogota | SECRET//NOFORN | MARR PREL MASS MCAP PGOV KTIA CO |
| 09BOGOTA2908 |
VFM FORERO GIVES AMBASSADOR READOUT ON UNASUR MEETING; AGREES TO LOWKEY DCA SIGNING [...] No summary [...] |
2009-09-09 17:49:00 | Embassy Bogota | SECRET | CO HO KJUS KTIA MARR PGOV PHUM PREL VZ XM |
| 09BOGOTA3011 |
AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH MOD SILVA REGARDING UNASUR [...] (S/NF) The Ambassador met with Colombian Defense Minister Gabriel Silva during a Colombian Air Force ceremony in Tres Esquinas, Caqueta on September 16, 2009. Silva said that the Government of Colombia (GOC) was satisfied with the outcome of the September 15 UNASUR summit in Quito, Ecuador. S [...] |
2009-09-18 18:19:00 | Embassy Bogota | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL MARR MCAP MOPS PGOV PTER KTIA CO |
| 09BOGOTA3289 |
AMBASSADOR SIGNED DCA ON OCTOBER 30 IN LOW-KEY CEREMONY [...] (SBU) The Ambassador signed the U.S. - Colombia Defense Cooperation Agreement (DCA) in a low-key, private ceremony on October 30 at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, as instructed per reftel. Minister of Foreign Affairs Jaime Bermudez Merizalde, Minister of Defense Gabriel Silva Lujan, and Mini [...] |
2009-10-30 20:38:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR MASS PREL MOPS MCAP PGOV PTER KTIA CO |
| 09BOGOTA719 |
COLOMBIA: RATIFICATION OF THE LAND-BASED SOURCES [...] No summary [...] |
2009-03-03 17:21:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV KTIA ECON CO |
| 09BOGOTA809 |
COLOMBIA: INVITATION TO ATTEND ANTARCTIC TREATY [...] No summary [...] |
2009-03-11 19:02:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC SENV TPHY KSCA KTIA ECON CO |
| 09BOGOTA955 |
PROGRESS IN ROUND TWO OF DEFENSE COOPERATION [...] (C) U.S. and Colombian delegations made steady progress in the second round of negotiations on a Defense Cooperation Agreement (DCA) in Bogota on March 10-13. President Uribe had earlier expressed a desire to conclude the DCA ahead of the April 17-19 Summit of the Americas. Still, the GOC de [...] |
2009-03-19 17:48:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREL PGOV MASS MCAP MOPS KTIA CO |
| 09BRASILIA1174 |
BRAZIL FINALLY RATIFIES ANTARCTIC TREATY CONSULTATIVE [...] (SBU) On September 17, 2009, Fabio Vaz Pitaluga, the Director of the Ministry of External Relations' (MRE) Division of Oceans, Antarctica, and Space, informed Science Counselor and Science Officer that the Brazilian Senate finally had ratified Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meeting (ATCM) Measu [...] |
2009-09-18 19:12:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC AY KSCA KTIA SENV TPHY BR |
| 09BRASILIA193 |
UKRAINE REQUESTS USG SUPPORT FOR UKRAINIAN-BRAZILIAN SPACE [...] (C) On February 6, 2009, Environment, Science and Technology, and Health (ESTH) Counselor and Assistant Air Attache delivered the USG response (REFTEL A) to the Ukrainian proposal (REFTEL B) to help the United States obtain Brazilian congressional approval of the 2000 U.S.-Brazil Technology Saf [...] |
2009-02-13 19:29:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETTC KTIA TSPA TPHY NASA UP RS BR |
| 09BRASILIA222 |
ANTARCTIC: INVITATION DELIVERED; GOB SEEKING APPROVAL OF [...] (SBU) On February 18, Post delivered to the Ministry of Exterior Relations (MRE) the invitation letter (REFTEL E) to Minister Celso Amorim from Secretary Clinton to attend the ministerial-level event in Washington on April 6, 2009, commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Antarctic Treaty and [...] |
2009-02-20 19:46:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC KSCA KTIA PREL SENV TPHY AY BR |
| 09BRASILIA577 |
BRAZIL: OPEN MINEDED ON AUSTRALIAN PROPOSAL ON IMO SHIP [...] (SBU) On May 8, Post's Environment, Science and Technology, and Health (ESTH) Counselor together with Australian Deputy Chief of Mission Tim Millikan delivered the joint demarche (per REFTEL) concerning the International Maritime Organization (IMO) Ship Recycling Convention to the Brazilian Mi [...] |
2009-05-08 16:58:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EIDN ETRD EWWT IMO KTIA PREL SENV BR |
| 09BRUSSELS130 |
BELGIUM ON TRACK TO RATIFY CROATIA AND ALBANIA [...] No summary [...] |
2009-01-29 14:24:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | KTIA MARR NATO PARM PREL BE |
| 09BRUSSELS1702 |
EU WELCOMES U.S. COMMENTS ON SPACE CODE OF CONDUCT [...] (U) On December 18, poloff delivered reftel demarche and non-papers on the EU's draft Code of Conduct for Outer Space Activities to Pierre-Louis Lempereur in the office of the EU Council's non-proliferation envoy, Lars-Gunnar Wigemark, Head of the Security Policy Unit in the European Commissi [...] |
2009-12-18 16:43:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CDG ESA EUN KACT KTIA MCAP |
| 09BRUSSELS21 |
BELGIUM MLAT UPDATE [...] No summary [...] |
2009-01-08 14:00:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | CJAN EUN KCRM KTIA PGOV PREL BE |
| 09BRUSSELS315 |
BELGIUM: MLAT TREATIES TO DEBUT IN PARLIAMENT [...] (C) PolOff and PolIntern met with Foreign Minister De Gucht's Cabinet Director for Parliamentary Affairs Lieve De Cock and Ann De Ridder from the MFA Treaty Department March 4 to discuss the progress of the draft ratification legislation for the US-EU Extradition and Mutual Legal Assistance Ag [...] |
2009-03-06 13:08:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL CJAN KCRM EUN KTIA BE |
| 09BRUSSELS473 |
ASEAN TAC: EU EXPERIENCE [...] (SBU) This is in response to Reftel request for information on the EU experience with regard to accession to the ASEAN Treaty of Amity and Cooperation (TAC). While the European Union would like to accede to the TAC, our European Commission interlocutors tell us that it may be some time befor [...] |
2009-04-01 13:56:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTIA PREL ASEAN EU |
| 09BRUSSELS907 |
BELGIAN KING SIGNS MLAT AND EXTRADITION AGREEMENTS [...] No summary [...] |
2009-07-01 15:21:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | CJAN EUN KCRM KTIA PREL PGOV CASC BE |
| 09BUCHAREST112 |
ROMANIA ACCEPTS CROATIA/ALBANIA NATO PROTOCOLS [...] (U) Mission received on February 20, a letter (under cover of Note Verbale) from Foreign Minister Diaconescu addressed to the Secretary indicating Romania's acceptance of the NATO Accession Protocols for Albania and Croatia (text copied below). Mission will pouch the original document to L/T [...] |
2009-02-20 14:59:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED | KTIA MARR NATO PARM PREL RO |
| 09BUCHAREST475 |
ROMANIA TO ATTEND ITSO, NO OFFICIAL POSITIONS [...] No summary [...] |
2009-07-08 12:12:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC ECON ECPS EFIN KTIA PREL TSPA RO |
| 09BUCHAREST589 |
ROMANIA: ENTRY INTO FORCE OF SEISMIC MONITORING AGREEMENT [...] Post transmitted reftel text via Diplomatic Note 151/09 on August 13, 2009 to the Romanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA). The MFA replied on August 17 via Note Verbale H2-1/2646 affirming their acceptance of the Department's proposal to establish December 7, 2001 as the date of entry into [...] |
2009-08-26 08:44:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON KTIA RO |
| 09BUCHAREST64 |
ROMANIA WILL FINISH ITS PROCEDURES BEFORE THE [...] No summary [...] |
2009-02-03 15:30:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR NATO PARM PREL KTIA RO |
| 09BUDAPEST359 |
HUNGARY RESPONSE TO DISCUSSIONS ON MUTUAL LEGAL [...] This is an action request, see paragraph five. 2. On May 12 2009, Poloff discussed ref A talking points and draft documents with Dr. Eva Grunwald, a treaty specialist within the GoH Ministry of Foreign Affairs International and EU Public Law Department. In principle, Grunwald agreed with [...] |
2009-05-13 15:42:00 | Embassy Budapest | UNCLASSIFIED | KTIA CJAN HU |
| 09BUDAPEST626 |
TRANSLUCENCY INTERNATIONAL: GOVERNMENT [...] (SBU) Summary: Post attempts to gather data on procurement contracts won by U.S. companies reveal a surplus of regulations and lack of transparency that threaten the potential benefits of the WTO Agreement on Government Procurement (GPA). Hungary's Public Procurement Council's (PPC) procureme [...] |
2009-08-31 10:46:00 | Embassy Budapest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON KTRD KTIA HU |
| 09BUENOSAIRES186 |
ARGENTINE FM TAIANA ACCEPTS SECRETARY'S INVITATION FOR [...] Post delivered Secretary Clinton's invitation to Argentina's Foreign Minister to attend the April 6 event in Washington commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Antarctic Treaty (reftel). FM Taiana told the Ambassador that he planned to attend the event. His office later confirmed that the F [...] |
2009-02-23 13:42:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC AY KSCA KTIA SENV TPHY AR |
| 09BUENOSAIRES530 |
ARGENTINA: GOA SUPPORTIVE OF AUSTRALIAN PROPOSAL ON IMO [...] (SBU) Counselor Javier Figueroa of the Argentine MFA's Office of the Legal Advisor expressed support for the Australian proposal on ship recycling in the International Maritime Organization (IMO), following the delivery of reftel demarche presented jointly by Econoff and Nick McCaffrey, First S [...] |
2009-05-06 18:51:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EIDN ETRD EWWT IMO KTIA PREL SENV AR |
| 09BUENOSAIRES796 |
ARGENTINA WILL PARTICIPATE IN ITSO ASSEMBLY [...] No summary [...] |
2009-07-07 22:00:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECPS EFIN AORC ECON INTELSAT KTIA PREL TSPA AR |
| 09CANBERRA179 |
AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT VIEWS ON NUCLEAR [...] In response to our January 30 demarche (reftel), John Sullivan, Assistant Secretary for Arms Control and Counter-Proliferation, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT), provided the following responses to our specific questions, drawn from a GOA interagency review. We have not yet rece [...] |
2009-02-20 06:43:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM MNUC KTIA PREL AS |
| 09CANBERRA181 |
CORRECTED COPY: AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT VIEWS ON [...] In response to our January 30 demarche (reftel), John Sullivan, Assistant Secretary for Arms Control and Counter-Proliferation, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT), provided the following responses to our specific questions, drawn from a GOA interagency review. We have not yet rece [...] |
2009-02-23 04:08:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM MNUC KTIA PREL AS |
| 09CANBERRA342 |
FURTHER INFORMATION ON AUSTRALIA'S ACCESSION TO [...] (SBU) Summary: The Australian director of ASEAN relations at the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) presented the USG with further information and materials on the Australian process of accession to the Treaty of Amity and Cooperation in Southeast Asia (TAC) in 2005. These included [...] |
2009-04-06 05:16:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | KTIA PREL AS |
| 09COPENHAGEN56 |
NATO ENLARGEMENT: DANISH STATUS [...] No summary [...] |
2009-01-28 12:35:00 | Embassy Copenhagen | UNCLASSIFIED | KTIA MARR NATO PARM PREL DA |
| 09DHAKA1013 |
MISSION DHAKA ENDORSEMENT FOR FY10 1206 [...] (SBU) Embassy Dhaka concurs with the regional Section 1206 counterterrorism support proposals and prioritization summarized reftel. The Dhaka-specific proposal described below was developed with host government officials in the context of regional coordination of counterterrorist efforts. Th [...] |
2009-11-03 08:13:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER KTIA MARR MASS MOPS MCAP CB CE ID |
| 09DHAKA670 |
BANGLADESH NONCOMITTAL ON ITSO DG'S PUSH FOR [...] (SBU) Acting Pol/Econ Chief presented reftel demarche to Ms. Samina Naz, Director, Americas and Pacific Wing, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and to Mr. Rafiqul Islam, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Post and Telecommunications. Both Government of Bangladesh officials agreed to pass the message to [...] |
2009-07-06 11:18:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC ECON ECPS EFIN INTELSAT KTIA PREL TSPA BG |
| 09DUBLIN21 |
IRISH RATIFICATION OF US-EU EXTRADITION AND MUTUAL [...] POLOFF spoke on January 13 with Louise Hartigan, EU Division, Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA), who is shepherding the extradition and legal mutual assistance agreements through the final administrative processes required prior to the signing of instruments. According to Hartigan, DFA has [...] |
2009-01-13 15:38:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM KTIA CJAN PGOV PREL EI |
| 09HANOI27 |
CIVAIR: VIETNAM APPROVES NORTHWEST AIRLINES APPLICATION TO [...] In a January 6, 2009 letter to Northwest Airlines (NWA), Mr. Lai Xuan Thanh, Deputy Director General of the Civil Aviation Administration of Vietnam (CAAV), approved NWA's November 8, 2008 application to begin daily, blind sector service between Tokyo and Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC) on or about Jun [...] |
2009-01-12 08:03:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR ECON KTIA VM |
| 09HELSINKI12 |
FINLAND: IAEA ANNOUNCEMENT DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] |
2009-01-09 09:16:00 | Embassy Helsinki | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC IAEA ENRG NPT PREL KNNP TRGY KTIA PARM |
| 09HELSINKI218 |
FINLAND: NOTIFICATION DELIVERY EXTRADITION TREATY [...] No summary [...] |
2009-06-10 13:55:00 | Embassy Helsinki | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL CJAN KTIA FI |
| 09JAKARTA1169 |
INDONESIA REQUESTS SUPPORT FOR IMO CANDIDACY [...] This is an action request - Please see para 3. 2. Embassy received on July 1 a diplomatic note from the Department of Foreign Affairs requesting USG support towards the candidature of Indonesia to the Council of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) Category "C". 3. Action Reques [...] |
2009-07-10 10:12:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC EWWT IMO PREL PHSA KTIA ID |
| 09JAKARTA1802 |
MISSION JAKARTA ENDORSEMENT OF FY10 1206 [...] (SBU) This cable provides Embassy Jakarta's concurrence with the regional Section 1206 counterterrorism support proposals and prioritization summarized in reftel. The Indonesia-specific proposals described below were developed with host government officials in the context of regional coordina [...] |
2009-10-29 09:41:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER KTIA MARR MASS MOPS MCAP ID |
| 09JAKARTA447 |
ASEAN SECRETARIAT -- POSITIVE MOMENTUM ON TIES [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Secretary's February 18 visit to the ASEAN Secretariat in Jakarta has generated positive momentum regarding U.S. engagement with Southeast Asia. ASEAN Secretariat officials welcome the U.S. decision to pursue accession to the Treaty of Amity and Cooperation and look forward [...] |
2009-03-13 09:37:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KTIA ASEAN ID |
| 09JEDDAH146 |
SAUDIS READY TO NEGOTIATE OPEN SKIES AGREEMENT [...] (C) Summary: On April 15, in response to SAG request for aviation agreements between U.S. and Saudi airlines, CG and Pol/EconOff delivered Ref A to the president and vice president of the Saudi General Authority of Civil Aviation (GACA), Abdullah Rehaimi and Captain Mohammad Ali Jamjoom, pro [...] |
2009-04-22 04:29:00 | Consulate Jeddah | CONFIDENTIAL | EAIR ECON PREL KTIA SA |
| 09JEDDAH178 |
GACA COMMENTS ON MODEL OPEN SKIES AGREEMENT TEXT [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 8. 2. (C) Summary: On May 20, following his meeting with representatives of Saudi Arabian Airlines, Captain Mohamed Jamjoom, Vice President Safety and Economic Regulation at the Saudi General Authority of Civil Aviation, provided PolEco [...] |
2009-05-25 13:49:00 | Consulate Jeddah | CONFIDENTIAL | EAIR ECON PREL KTIA SA |
| 09JEDDAH414 |
SAUDIA AIRLINES HEAD ON OPEN SKIES, COMPETITION, [...] (C) In an October 26 dinner conversation, the Director General of Saudi Arabian Airlines, Khalid Abdullah Almolhem, said that the company has no objection to an Open Skies Agreement (reftels) with the United States, stated that Saudia is not currently profitable because of government price cap [...] |
2009-10-28 15:13:00 | Consulate Jeddah | CONFIDENTIAL | CVIS EAIR ECON KTIA PREL SA |
| 09JEDDAH444 |
SAUDI PROPOSED OPEN SKIES AGREEMENT [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 11. 2. (C) Summary: On November 16, Captain Mohammad Ali Jamjoom, Vice President Safety and Economic Regulation at the Saudi General Authority of Civil Aviation (GACA), presented EconCounselor and PolEconOff with further revisions to the D [...] |
2009-11-19 11:29:00 | Consulate Jeddah | CONFIDENTIAL | CVIS EAIR ECON KTIA PREL SA |
| 09JERUSALEM1966 |
ISRAELI PROCEDURES AT USG-REFURBISHED JALAMEH [...] (U) This message was coordinated with Embassy Tel Aviv. An action request for the Department is in para 16. Summary ------- 2. (SBU) While new GOI personnel at the Jalameh crossing, north of Jenin in the West Bank, claim to be applying long-established standard procedures, their action [...] |
2009-10-30 15:26:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ODIP KREC KTIA ASEC EAID KWBG PREL IS US |
| 09KABUL136 |
ANNOUNCING RATIFICATION OF THE U.S.-IAEA [...] (U) PolMilOffs met with Dr. Davood Moradian, senior policy advisor to the Minister of Foreign Affairs, on January 18, 2009 to convey, inter alia, the news that the President recently signed the instrument of ratification for the U.S.-IAEA Additional Protocol (reftel). 2. (U) Moradian welcom [...] |
2009-01-20 02:57:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP KTIA AORC IAEA ENRG PREL TRGY |
| 09KATHMANDU616 |
NEPAL: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON INT'L TELECOM [...] No summary [...] |
2009-07-10 02:58:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC ECON ECPS EFIN INTELSAT PREL KTIA TSPA NP |
| 09KOROR43 |
PALAUAN PRESIDENT JOHNSON TORIBIONG REQUESTS ASSISTANCE FROM [...] On March 23, post received a letter from President Johnson Toribiong to Attorney General Eric Holder. In his letter President Toribiong requests the assistance of the Federal Bureau of Investigation in the investigation of the disappearance of a police weapon - a "mini M-14". The reque [...] |
2009-03-25 02:02:00 | Embassy Koror | UNCLASSIFIED | KTIA PGOV PREL PS |
| 09KUALALUMPUR13 |
DEMARCHE DELIVERED: U.S.-IAEA ADDITIONAL PROTOCOL [...] No summary [...] |
2009-01-09 03:48:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC IAEA ENRG NPT PREL KNNP TRGY KTIA PARM |
| 09KUWAIT245 |
RECIPROCAL AVIATION TAX EXEMPTION AGREEMENT [...] This is an action request. 2. (U) EconCouns and Econoff met with Ministry of Finance Undersecretary Khalifa Hamada and Omar Welayti, Head of the Ministry's tax treaties section to discuss reengaging on a reciprocal aviation tax exemption agreement. They verbally confirmed that Ministerial [...] |
2009-03-15 14:34:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECON EFIN KTIA KU |
| 09KUWAIT37 |
DEMARCHE DELIVERED: U.S. RATIFICATION OF THE IAEA [...] (U) Econoff delivered reftel demarche on Jan. 13 to Khaled Al-Maqamis, Director of the Department of Follow-up and Coordination at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Maqamis noted Kuwait had the Additional Protocol in force but had no other substantive response. ****************************** [...] |
2009-01-14 14:41:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | IAEA ENRG PREL AORC TRGY KNNP KTIA KU |
| 09KUWAIT699 |
DEMARCHE DELIVERED: OPPOSITION TO THE ITSO [...] (U) Econoff on April 5 delivered reftel points to the Ministry of Communications and underscoring USG opposition to the ITSO Director General's demand for arbitration. The Ministry informed Econoff that Kuwait would be sending Dr. Saleh Khalaf, Director-Financial Sector at the Ministry of Com [...] |
2009-07-13 09:56:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC ECON ECPS EFIN INTELSAT KTIA TSPA |
| 09KUWAIT774 |
INTERNAL REVIEW OF MLAT WILL DELAY NEGOTIATIONS [...] (U) On August 3, Econoff followed-up with the Kuwaiti Ministry of Justice to discuss a diplomatic note inviting representatives of the GOK to Washington DC for negotiations of a new Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty and including a proposed treaty text (REF A). 2. (U) Zakaria Al Ansari, Direct [...] |
2009-08-05 12:27:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PINS CJAN SNAR KTIA KCRM PTER KU |
| 09KUWAIT833 |
MLAT NEGOTIATION DATE STILL TBD [...] (U) On August 20, Kuwait's MFA formally informed post, via Diplomatic Note, that "the concerned Kuwaiti authorities are currently studying the draft MLAT agreement submitted by the American side. Regarding the visit invitation, we shall provide you with the proposed date at a later time." Thi [...] |
2009-08-23 12:47:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PINS CJAN SNAR KTIA KCRM PTER KU |
| 09KUWAIT949 |
REGIONAL DOJ ATTACHE DISCUSSES FUGITIVE/BRIBERY [...] (C) Summary: During a September 29 meeting, Cairo-based Department of Justice Attach Jeffrey Cole, accompanied by RSO and Poloff, turned over to Ministry of Justice Counselor Najeeb Mulla Mohammed files pertaining to the case of Munirah Al-Tarrah, a fugitive Kuwaiti/U.S. dual citizen sought in [...] |
2009-09-30 11:10:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL CJAN KTIA KCRM KU |
| 09KUWAIT975 |
KUWAIT HAS ONE SUGGESTED CHANGE TO RECIPROCAL [...] This is an action request. Please see Para 5. 2. (U) On October 5, Post received a formal diplomatic note stating that Kuwait's Ministry of Finance accepted all USG proposed amendments to a 2007 GoK draft Memorandum of Understanding on Reciprocal Tax Exemption for the Aviation Sector. The [...] |
2009-10-12 10:37:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR ECON EFIN KTIA KU |
| 09KYIV1944 |
U.S. STRATEGY FOR NATO ENLARGEMENT GOALS FOR THE [...] (C) We delivered reftel message November 6 to Anatoliy Oliynyk, new director of the MFA's NATO Directorate General. Oliynyk, a former Ukrainian ambassador to Serbia, volunteered that he was "happy for Montenegro," and appeared to accept the idea of multiple paths to NATO membership. He said i [...] |
2009-11-10 04:28:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NATO PARM MARR KTIA UP |
| 09KYIV925 |
CIVAIR: DELTA AIR LINES REQUEST FOR AUTHORITY [...] (SBU) Post delivered the ref A demarche on May 28 to Sergiy Korshuk, Director of the Department for Air Transportation and Licensing at the State Aviation Administration (SAA) of Ukraine. SAA Chairman Oleksander Davydov and his deputy Dmytro Babeichuk were unavailable to meet. Jeff Morgan, Di [...] |
2009-05-28 15:54:00 | Embassy Kyiv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTIA EAIR PREL UP |
| 09LAPAZ211 |
MAS AIMS CONSTITUTION AT SENATE, MFA, "TRAITORS" [...] (C) Summary: Two weeks after the January 25 constitutional referendum, we are seeing signs that the Morales Administration plans to move its agenda forward aggressively after promulgating the new constitution. The MFA's Director of Bilateral Affairs told diplomats February 5 that the governme [...] |
2009-02-09 22:20:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PINR ETRD KDEM KTIA BL |
| 09LAPAZ38 |
UN DROPS PANDO "BOMB" ON MFA [...] (C) Summary: Bolivian Ministry of Foreign Affairs sources indicate the UN is preparing a report on the violent events in Pando in September, which will be much less to the government's liking than the Unasur's report released December 3. According to MFA Legal Advisor Paola Melendres (strictl [...] |
2009-01-09 20:43:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KTIA PINR CI BL |
| 09LAPAZ416 |
BOLIVIA: MOD ANNOUNCES USG BLOCKED JET SALE [...] (C) Summary: After meeting with CDA and MILGP Commander March 16, the spokesman for the Bolivian Minister of Defense Walker San Miguel announced the United States had "vetoed" the sale of Czech L-159 military jets to Bolivia. Post suspects San Miguel was expecting to be told that the sale was [...] |
2009-03-17 21:39:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR MARR MASS MCAP SNAR KTIA BL |
| 09LAPAZ934 |
THE U.S.- BOLIVIA TRADE RELATIONSHIP [...] SUMMARY. This is the first of a three part series on Bolivia's economic and trade situation. In 2008, Bolivia was the United States 105th highest trading partner, while the U.S. was Bolivia's third. Despite concern over the potential permanent removal of Bolivia from the Andean Trade Preferenc [...] |
2009-06-24 21:32:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD PREL KTEX BL EAID KTIA KTDB PE |
| 09LIMA1620 |
PERU: SUPPLEMENTAL TO FY'10 1206 COUNTER-IED [...] No summary [...] |
2009-10-30 21:55:00 | Embassy Lima | SECRET//NOFORN | MARR MASS MOPS KTIA PREL PTER PE |
| 09LISBON30 |
PORTUGAL INFORMED OF U.S. RATIFICATION OF THE [...] No summary [...] |
2009-01-15 15:44:00 | Embassy Lisbon | UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP KTIA AORC IAEA ENRG PREL TRGY PO |
| 09LISBON365 |
PORTUGAL OPPOSES THE ITSO DG PUSH FOR ARBITRATION [...] No summary [...] |
2009-07-07 14:46:00 | Embassy Lisbon | UNCLASSIFIED | KTIA AORC ECON ECPS EFIN PREL TSPA PO |
| 09LISBON66 |
PORTUGAL EXPECTS TO HANDLE NATO ACCESSION [...] No summary [...] |
2009-01-30 14:49:00 | Embassy Lisbon | UNCLASSIFIED | KTIA MARR PARM PREL PO |
| 09LJUBLJANA241 |
LETTER DELIVERED: ADDITIONAL INFORMATION REQUESTED [...] (SBU) On August 5, Emboff delivered the letter from EEB Acting A/S Nelson to Mitja Mavko of the Ministry of Finance (reftel). Mavko confirmed discussions between himself and David Freudenwald regarding the need for additional documentation. He explained that in order to continue the process, [...] |
2009-08-05 15:20:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTIA EFIN SI |
| 09LJUBLJANA59 |
PRIME MINISTER SAYS NATO RATIFICATION PROCEDURE [...] (C) Clearly anticipating the subject of our conversation, Prime Minister Pahor pre-empted CDA's delivery of reftel's points on March 5 by opening with the news that the government believed it had the legal means to cut short the seven-day follow-up for submission of signatures in favor of a re [...] |
2009-03-06 16:20:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | MARR NATO KTIA PREL HR SI |
| 09LJUBLJANA77 |
USAID DEBT DOCUMENTS DELIVERED [...] Per reftel A, on March 19 Emboffs delivered letter from EEB Acting Assitant Secretary Nelson and the referenced attachments to Finance Ministry's Andrej Kavcic, Head of the International Finance Department and Katja Bozic, Director General of Financial Systems. Kavcic thanked us for the mater [...] |
2009-03-20 16:26:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN KTIA SI |
| 09LJUBLJANA85 |
SLOVENIA TO DEPOSIT NATO RATIFICATION INSTRUMENT [...] (SBU) Slovenia's president, Danilo Turk, signed the parliament's ratification of Croatia's NATO accession into law around 1 p.m. on March 27. He explained to the press that he had received the official determination from Pavel Gantar, Speaker of Parliament, that SSN had not met the conditions [...] |
2009-03-27 16:00:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL NATO KTIA PARM MARR PGOV HR SI |
| 09LONDON2535 |
UK IN BROAD AGREEMENT ON NATO ENLARGEMENT [...] (C/NF) Summary. The Head of the Foreign Office's NATO Team expressed broad UK agreement with U.S. goals for NATO enlargement as regards Bosnia and Macedonia; indicated that HMG ministers were discussing the UK position on MAP for Montenegro, but that the UK would likely align itself with the U.S. [...] |
2009-11-10 15:07:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL NATO PARM MARR KTIA UK |
| 09LONDON903 |
"NOT QUITE READY YET"-- UK RESPONSE TO USG [...] (U) Foreign Office officials in April 15 and 16 discussions with Polcouns clarified that: -- UK internal procedures for entry into force of the Instrument to the Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty and Instrument to the Extradition Treaty (MLA and Extradition Instruments) discussed ref A have not [...] |
2009-04-16 14:42:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED | CJAN KTIA UK |
| 09LUXEMBOURG18 |
LUXEMBOURG EXPECTS NATO ACCESSION COMPLETION LATE [...] No summary [...] |
2009-01-27 16:06:00 | Embassy Luxembourg | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTIA MARR NATO PARM PREL LU |
| 09MADRID114 |
SPANISH RATIFICATION OF CROATIA AND ALBANIA NATO [...] According to Spanish MFA Strategic Affairs and Terrorism Office Director Pablo Nuno, the Spanish ratification of the NATO accession for Croatia and Albania is moving forward and will be completed well in advance of the April Summit. The Spanish legislative branch approved and forwarded the [...] |
2009-02-03 10:50:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | KTIA MARR NATO PARM PREL SP |
| 09MADRID1181 |
SPAIN APPRECIATES INPUT ON EU OUTER SPACE [...] No summary [...] |
2009-12-14 12:30:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CDG ESA EUN KACT KTIA MCAP PARM PREL TSPA SP |
| 09MADRID26 |
SPAIN: MFA INFORMED OF RATIFICATION OF U.S.-IAEA [...] No summary [...] |
2009-01-12 09:55:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC IAEA ENRG NPT PREL KNNP TRGY KTIA PARM |
| 09MANAGUA1324 |
(U) Nicaragua Signs Military Logistics Sharing Agreement [...] (U) On November 20, 2009 in a ceremony at Nicaraguan Army Headquarters in Managua, representatives of the United States and Nicaragua signed an Acquisition and Cross-Servicing Agreement (ACSA). Signing for the United States was LTG P.K. Keen, Military Deputy Commander of U.S. Southern Command, and [...] |
2009-12-14 21:34:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR MOPS PREL KTIA NU |
| 09MANAGUA369 |
NICARAGUA SOFA -- GON AGREES TO ONE-YEAR ROLL-OVER [...] (C) As noted in REF A, on August 8, 2008, AmEmbassy Managua and the Government of Nicaragua completed an exchange of diplomatic notes regarding the Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) and customs procedures for U.S. Forces in Nicaragua for exercises, visits and other cooperative activities durin [...] |
2009-04-03 22:58:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS PREL KTIA NU |
| 09MANAGUA703 |
NICARAGUA: CIVAIR DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON COCESNA [...] (U) On July 14, Embassy officials delivered reftel demarche to Nicaraguan Transport Minister Pablo Fernando Martinez and to the Institute of Civil Aviation's (INAC) legal advisor, Leonel Duarte. We urged Minister Martinez and Mr. Duarte to advise the Central American Corporation for Air Navig [...] |
2009-07-15 22:01:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR KTIA NU |
| 09MANILA1436 |
Philippine Position on the ITSO Extraordinary Assembly [...] No summary [...] |
2009-07-08 04:06:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC ECON ECPS EFIN INTELSAT KTIA PREL RP TSPA |
| 09MANILA2271 |
MANILA ENDORSEMENT FOR FY10 1206 PROPOSAL FOR [...] (SBU) Summary: Representatives of Embassies Manila, Jakarta, Kuala Lumpur, Bangkok, Suva (for Tonga), Phnom Penh, Dhaka and Colombo (for Maldives) met with U.S. Pacific Command (PACOM) representatives in Bangkok in August 2009 to finalize FY2010 regional 1206 proposals approved by PACOM with a [...] |
2009-10-28 08:05:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER KTIA MARR MASS MOPS MCAP BG CB CE |
| 09MANILA66 |
PHILIPPINES WELCOMES RATIFICATION OF THE U.S.-IAEA [...] (SBU) In a discussion with Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Director Leah Ruiz of the Office of United Nations & Other International Organizations (UNIO) on January 9, Post conveyed reftel points and inquired into the status of the Philippine government's plans on bringing its Additional P [...] |
2009-01-13 00:23:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC IAEA ENRG PREL KNNP TRGY KTIA PARM MNUC |
| 09MAPUTO1038 |
Labor Law does not impact NEC Construction Project [...] As per REFTEL, Post does not foresee any impact whatsoever on New Embassy Compound (NEC) construction project due to Mozambican labor law. Post also notes several large construction projects already underway in country, which have not been adversely affected by current Mozambican labor law. [...] |
2009-09-18 07:40:00 | Embassy Maputo | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT ABLD EAID KMCA KTIA MZ |
| 09MAPUTO675 |
PM SUPPORTS COUNTRY ASSISTANCE STRATEGY AND [...] SUMMARY: The Charge d'Affaires and other senior Mission staff met with Mozambican Prime Minister, Dr. Luisa Diogo on June 19 to share the recently-approved USG Country Assistance Strategy and discuss the process of developing a Partnership Framework to guide programming to address HIV/AIDS over [...] |
2009-06-23 07:10:00 | Embassy Maputo | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID KHIV SOCI KMCA KTIA AMGT |
| 09MAPUTO676 |
PM SUPPORTS COUNTRY ASSISTANCE STRATEGY AND [...] SUMMARY: The Charge dQAffaires and other senior Mission staff met with Mozambican Prime Minister, Dr. Luisa Diogo on June 19 to share the recently-approved USG Country Assistance Strategy and discuss the process of developing a Partnership Framework to guide programming to address HIV/AIDS over [...] |
2009-06-23 07:10:00 | Embassy Maputo | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID KHIV SOCI KMCA KTIA AMGT |
| 09MONROVIA310 |
LIBERIA: DEMARCHES DELIVERED ON SHIP RECYCLING AND PIRACY [...] (U) Econoff delivered Ref B demarche regarding the May 29 meeting of the Contact Group on Piracy off the Coast of Somalia (CGPCS) to Bureau of Maritime Affairs Commissioner Binyah Kesselly on May 1 and Ref A updated information and talking points on May 5. Commissioner Kesselly welcomed the me [...] |
2009-05-06 14:43:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EIND ETRD EWWT IMO KTIA MARR PREL SENV LI |
| 09MONTEVIDEO59 |
URUGUAY: STRENGTHENING BILATERAL ANTARCTIC [...] Summary: Starting with the signing of the bilateral Science and Technology Agreement (April 29 2008) and the ensuing U/S Dobrianksy visit, the U.S. and Uruguay have deepened relations in the field of Antarctic cooperation. U.S. Antarctic institutions are showing interest in pursuing joint rese [...] |
2009-02-02 10:22:00 | Embassy Montevideo | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHSA KTIA EAID AY MESUR UY |
| 09MOSCOW1281 |
RUSSIAN MFA REQUESTS COOPERATION ON BERING STRAIT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Head of Bilateral Relations at the MFA U.S. Desk on April 17 raised several Bering Strait issues, primarily extending the existing visa-free travel regime to all permanent residents of Chukotka and Alaska, agreeing to create a joint protected territory, and reviving the Berin [...] |
2009-05-20 13:19:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV CVIS ECON EWWT PBTS PHSA PREL KTIA XQ RS |
| 09MOSCOW1539 |
NONPAPER DELIVERED: JDEC/PLNS NON-PAPER: "RARE [...] No summary [...] |
2009-06-11 14:34:00 | Embassy Moscow | SECRET | MARR PARM PREL KTIA RS |
| 09MOSCOW1544 |
DELIVERY OF U.S.NON-PAPERS ON STRATEGIC NUCLEAR [...] No summary [...] |
2009-06-12 11:45:00 | Embassy Moscow | SECRET | PREL PARM KACT START JCIC KTIA US RS |
| 09MOSCOW1616 |
DOE DEPUTY SECRETARY PONEMAN'S MEETING WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY. DOE Deputy Secretary Daniel Poneman, Ambassador Beyrle, and Senior Advisor to Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security Jim Timbie met with Rosatom Director General Sergey Kiriyenko and his Deputy Nikolai Spasskiy on June 9, 2009 in Moscow to develop a p [...] |
2009-06-19 09:50:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP PARM PREL KTIA IR RS ENRG |
| 09MOSCOW2696 |
U.S.-RUSSIA ARMS CONTROL AND INTERNATIONAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: At the inaugural meeting of the U.S.-Russia Binational Commission's Arms Control and International Security Working Group, held October 12 in Moscow, U/S Tauscher and Russian D/FM Ryabkov reviewed Missile Defense, nonproliferation issues, CFE, and START. Lt General O'Reilly of th [...] |
2009-10-30 16:25:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | KCFE KNNP KTIA PARM PREL START RS US |
| 09MOSCOW2839 |
DELIVERY OF MD AND NON-PRO NON-PAPERS TO DFM [...] No summary [...] |
2009-11-20 15:08:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | KACT KNNP KTIA MARR PARM PREL RS |
| 09MOSCOW333 |
RUSSIA MOVING INTO HIGH GEAR ON NANOTECHNOLOGY; ACTIVELY [...] (SBU) Summary: Since Russia's preeminent manager Anatoliy Chubays became Director General of Russia's Corporation of Nanotechnologies (Rusnano) on September 22, 2008 Rusnano has both bolstered its international reputation and begun investing in nanotechnology in Russia. To showcase Russia's c [...] |
2009-02-11 15:15:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TNGD TPHY ETRD BTIO TSPL PREL KIPR KTIA RS |
| 09MOSCOW471 |
RUSSIA RESPONSE ON EXTENSION OF RER AGREEMENT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On February 13, representatives of the MFA, Rosatom, and Russia's Federal Biomedical Agency (FMBA) told Embassy EST and DOE representatives that Russia is willing to sign an extension of the Agreement on Cooperation in Research on Radiation Effects (RER). However, most of the am [...] |
2009-02-26 13:03:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG KNNP KSCA KTIA |