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| Identifier | Subject | Date | Office | Classification | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 00ATHENS1917 |
ENGAGING GREECE ON THE BALKANS: WHAT A DIFFERENCE A [...] (C) LAST APRIL OUR EMBASSY ENDURED DAILY DEMONSTRATIONS, MANY OF THEM VIOLENT, BY ANGRY GREEKS PROTESTING THE NATO AIR CAMPAIGN AGAINST SERBIA. EMOTIONS RAN HIGH WITH ANTI-AMERICANISM AND PRO- SERB EMOTIONALISM OFTEN TWO SIDES OF THE SAME COIN. ALTHOUGH POLLS INDICATED OVER 90 PERCENT OF THE [...] |
2000-04-20 12:18:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECIN ZL GR |
| 00HANOI2452 |
READOUT FROM ASEAN STANDING COMMITTEE MEETING ON US-ASEAN DIALOGUE [...] THIS IS AN ACTION CABLE. SEE PARAS 3-4. 2. MFA ASEAN DEPARTMENT DEPUTY DIRECTOR NGUYEN HOANG AN GAVE POLCOUNS AND POLOFF A READOUT NOV. 1 ON THE "STATUS REPORT ON ASEAN-U.S. RELATIONS" WHICH WAS DISCUSSED AT THE OCT 9-11 34TH ASEAN STANDING COMMITTEE MEETING IN HANOI. AN ALSO PRESENTED [...] |
2000-11-08 01:16:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL SENV TPHY EAID ECIN VM ASEAN |
| 00HANOI899 |
VIETNAM: PREPARING FOR APEC ENERGY MINISTERS MEETING [...] ACCORDING TO THE MINISTRY OF INDUSTRY (MOI), MINISTER DANG VU CHU WILL LEAD VIETNAM'S DELEGATION TO THE MAY 10-12 APEC ENERGY MINISTERS CONFERENCE IN SAN DIEGO. (NOTE: THE GOVERNMENT OF VIETNAM DOES NOT HAVE A MINISTRY OF ENERGY. CERTAIN FUNCTIONS ARE DELEGATED TO OTHER MINISTRIES OR TO STAT [...] |
2000-04-28 08:40:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG ECIN EPET VM APEC |
| 01ABUJA1919 |
NIGERIA PASSES SUPPLEMENTARY BUDGET EQUAL TO USD [...] (SBU) Summary. EconOff met with Dr. Joseph Nnanna, Director of Research at the Central Bank of Nigeria, on July 25 and Representative Mohammed Daggash, Chairman of the House Finance Committee, on July 26. Both Messrs. Nnanna and Daggash asserted that the Second Supplementary Appropriation Ac [...] |
2001-08-02 08:55:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN ECIN PGOV NI |
| 01ABUJA2515 |
NIGERIA: PRESIDENT MUSEVENI SPEAKS ON AFRICAN [...] SUMMARY: President Yoweri Museveni, guest lecturer at the Nigerian National War College on September 17, was billed to speak to the filled hall about regional integration. His well-received speech focused largely on globalization as the driving force for integration. Museveni argued that st [...] |
2001-10-03 12:23:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL EAID ECIN MARR UG NI |
| 01HOCHIMINHCITY1181 |
CG'S INITIAL MEETING WITH CHAIRMAN OF HCMC PEOPLE'S COMMITTEE [...] SUMMARY. ON OCTOBER 15, CG EMI YAMAUCHI MET WITH LE THANH HAI, CHAIRMAN OF THE PEOPLE'S COMMITTEE (PC) OF HO CHI MINH CITY (HCMC), ACCOMPANIED BY POLOFF AND CONOFF. HAI EXTENDED A WARM WELCOME TO THE CG AND EXPRESSED HIS HOPE THAT SHE WOULD BE BOTH COMFORTABLE AND BUSY IN HCMC. HE SAID THE [...] |
2001-10-17 05:24:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP BTIO ECON ECIN PREL PGOV PTER VM |
| 01HOCHIMINHCITY1316 |
DPO'S MEETING WITH STANDING DEPUTY SECRETARY OF HCMC COMMUNIST PARTY COMMITTEE [...] SUMMARY: DPO MET WITH VO VAN CUONG, STANDING DEPUTY SECRETARY OF THE HCMC COMMUNIST PARTY COMMITTEE (CPC), SIPDIS NOVEMBER 8, ACCOMPANIED BY ECONOFF AND CONOFF. CUONG SAID HCMC HAS HISTORICALLY BEEN A "LAB" FOR PARTY POLICY FORMULATION, BUT STRESSED THAT FINAL ACTION ON "EXPERIMENTS" REST [...] |
2001-11-23 09:52:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP BTIO ECON ECIN ETRD PGOV PREL VM BTA |
| 01PRETORIA1599 |
SADC SUMMIT: SOUTH AFRICA HOPED FOR MORE ON ORGAN [...] (C) SUMMARY. SOUTH AFRICAN PRESIDENT THABO MBEKI WAS DISAPPOINTED THAT THE MARCH 9 SADC SUMMIT DID NOT SELECT THE SUCCESSOR TO ZIMBABWE PRESIDENT ROBERT MUGABE AS CHAIR OF THE ORGAN ON POLITICS, DEFENSE, AND SECURITY. SAG OFFICIALS INDICATED MARCH 13 THAT MBEKI PREFERRED THIS DECISION BE MA [...] |
2001-03-16 05:03:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECIN SADC WA |
| 02ABUJA1346 |
NIGERIA: A PARTICIPANT'S PERSPECTIVE ON NEPAD [...] (C) SUMMARY: PolMilOff met on April 9 with Egyptian First Secretary Gamal Metwally for a read-out on the NEPAD meeting SIPDIS in Abuja March 26. While the achievements of the young organization have been more rhetorical than real, some progress has thus far apparently been achieved in defin [...] |
2002-05-02 14:17:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EFIN ECIN ECON EAID PGOV NI |
| 02ABUJA2685 |
NIGERIA: GON AND PRIVATE SECTOR ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT [...] Summary: In mid-August, Special Advisor for the Department of the Treasury's Government Debt Issuance and Management (GDIM) program, Thomas Briggs visited Nigeria, presenting a proposal on the establishment of a regional securities clearing and settlement facility for sub-Saharan Africa to s [...] |
2002-09-17 17:59:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN EINV ECON ETRD ECIN NI |
| 02HANOI1384 |
VIETNAM: EFFECTING CHANGE WITH THE BTA AND [...] CLASSIFIED BY ECON/C CLAIRE PIERANGELO, REASONS 1.5 (D) 2. (C) INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY: DURING RECENT MEETINGS AND CONVERSATIONS WITH VIETNAMESE OFFICIALS, U.S. TECHNICAL CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 HANOI 01384 01 OF 02 301039Z ASSISTANCE PROVIDERS, AND OTHER L [...] |
2002-05-30 10:26:00 | Embassy Hanoi | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ECIN ETRD EAID PREL KJUS VM BTA |
| 02HANOI2465 |
VIETNAM: APEC OCTOBER MEETING (C-AL2-00879) [...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY CLAIRE A. PIERANGELO, ECONOMIC COUNSELOR. REASON 1.5 (C). 2. (C) POST HAS HAD A NUMBER OF DISCUSSIONS WITH GVN OFFICIALS OVER THE PAST SEVERAL MONTHS REGARDING APEC AND CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 HANOI 02465 01 OF 02 100745Z VIETNAM'S RO [...] |
2002-10-10 07:41:00 | Embassy Hanoi | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR ECIN VM KPRP APEC CTERR |
| 02RANGOON1366 |
BURMA: JAPANESE UNLIKELY TO PUSH REFORM FINANCING [...] (C) Summary: Japanese experts say that Japan plans to discuss economic reform during Prime Minister Koizumi's meeting with Senior General Than Shwe at the November ASEAN 3 meeting in Phnom Penh. They have also promised to share with us a copy of their proposed program for Burmese structural [...] |
2002-10-23 09:40:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | ECIN ECON BM |
| 02ROME1517 |
ITALY UPBEAT (SORT OF) ON STABILITY PACT [...] (C) SUMMARY. THE GOI BELIEVES THAT SOUTHEAST EUROPE COOPERATIVE PROCESS STATES HAVE VERY RECENTLY BECOME MUCH MORE REALISTIC IN EVALUATING THE ORGANIZATION'S POTENTIAL AND THE SEECP, AS A RESULT, IS POISED TO BECOME A MUCH MORE EFFECTIVE ADVOCATE FOR REGIONALISM BOTH WITHIN THE STABILITY PACT [...] |
2002-03-26 10:27:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ECIN ECON IT KSEI PREL |
| 02ROME3604 |
ITALY BELIEVES ZIMBABWE MUST BE INVITED TO EU-SADC [...] (C) SUMMARY: IN RESPONSE TO REFTEL DEMARCHE REQUESTING THAT ZIMBABWE BE EXCLUDED FROM THE NOVEMBER EU MEETING WITH THE SOUTHERN AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY (SADC), THE MFA'S OFFICE DIRECTOR FOR SOUTHERN AFRICAN AFFAIRS STATED THAT THE CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 RO [...] |
2002-07-22 16:32:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECIN ZI IT UN |
| 02ROME4613 |
GOI: IF WE SANCTION ZIMBABWE, WHY NOT ERITREA? [...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST; PLEASE SEE PARA 9. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (C) POLMINCOUNS DELIVERED TO MFA ASSISTANT SECRETARY-EQUIVALENT CABRAS REF A DEMARCHE ENJOINING THE EU SIPDIS NOT TO INVITE ZIMBABWE TO ITS FALL MEETING WITH THE SOUTHERN AFRICA DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY [...] |
2002-09-23 15:39:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECIN PHUM KDEM ZI ER IT SADC |
| 02TEGUCIGALPA2444 |
SOTO CANO AIRBASE TO BECOME COMMERCIAL AIRPORT? [...] (U) Summary: On August 15, President Maduro announced his intention to convert the Soto Cano military airstrip into an international airport for commercial use. The Comayagua business community embraces the concept, which seeks to transform the area into a new commercial center with an eye [...] |
2002-08-28 20:40:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | EAIR MARR PREL ECON ECIN HO |
| 03ABUDHABI1756 |
UAE MAY IMPOSE RETALIATORY TARIFFS ON SAUDI [...] (U) Classified by DCM Richard A. Albright for reasons 1.5 (b) and (d). 2. (C) Summary and comment: General Director of the UAE Federal Customs Authority Mohamed Al-Mehairi told Econoff on April 13 that the UAE is seriously considering retaliatory tariffs on Saudi exporters, in response to [...] |
2003-04-13 11:33:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KIPR ETRD ECIN ETTC ECON TC |
| 03ABUDHABI2161 |
UAEG SIGNS DOUBLE TAXATION AGREEMENTS WITH 65 [...] (U) ADDRESSING A SEMINAR ON LEGAL AND TAX ISSUES RELATING TO FOREIGN INVESTMENT ON 5/4, UAE MINISTRY OF FINANCE UNDERSECRETARY FOR BUDGET AND REVENUE KHALID AL- BUSTANI CONFIRMED THAT THE UAEG HAS SIGNED BILATERAL AGREEMENTS WITH 65 COUNTRIES ON AVOIDANCE OF DOUBLE TAXATION AND INCOME TAX. T [...] |
2003-05-04 09:34:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECIN EFIN ELAB ETTC PREL PGOV TC |
| 03ABUDHABI221 |
GCC CUSTOMS UNION MAKING IT TOUGHER TO DO BUSINESS [...] (U) Classified by A/DCM Thomas E. Williams for reasons 1.5 (b) and (d). 2. (C) Summary: Although it may be business-as-usual in some parts of the Gulf (ref A), the launch of the GCC Customs Union on January 1 is actually raising barriers to trade in the UAE. The emirate of Abu Dhabi, in [...] |
2003-01-14 12:28:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KIPR ETRD ECIN ETTC ECON TC |
| 03ABUDHABI2218 |
UAE AND SAUDI CUSTOMS OFFICIALS AT AN IMPASSE [...] (U) Classified by DCM Richard A. Albright for reasons 1.5 (b) and (d). ------------------- Summary And Comment ------------------- 2. (C) Summary and comment: General Director of the UAE Federal Customs Authority Mohamed Al-Mehairi updated Econoff May 6 on negotiations between the UA [...] |
2003-05-06 13:52:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KIPR ETRD ECIN ETTC ECON TC |
| 03ABUDHABI3939 |
MISSION SEEKS BILATERALS WITH US OFFICIALS ON THE [...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST; PLEASE SEE PARAGRAPH 3. 2. (U) AS A MAJOR DONOR TO THE RECONSTRUCTION EFFORTS IN BOTH AFGHANISTAN AND IRAQ AND A STEADFAST PARTNER IN OUR EFFORTS TO COMBAT TERRORIST FINANCING, THE UAEG HAS DEMONSTRATED IT IS WILLING TO GO THE DISTANCE TO SUPPORT U.S. POLICI [...] |
2003-08-27 11:13:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC ECIN EFIN EINV OVIP PREL PGOV TC |
| 03ABUDHABI3995 |
TRADE BANK OF IRAQ DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO THE UAEG [...] (U) Classified by Charge D'Affaires, a.i. Richard A. Albright, for reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). 2. (C) Summary. Charge D'Affaires passed reftel points and non-paper 8/31 to UAE Ministry of Foreign Affairs Assistant Undersecretary for Political Affairs Abdullah Rashid Al-Nuami, and Econoff se [...] |
2003-09-02 12:37:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ECIN ECON EFIN PGOV TC |
| 03ABUDHABI4202 |
SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY SNOW AND THE U.S. [...] (U) Classified by Ambassador Marcelle M. Wahba for reasons 1.5 (b) and (d). 2. (C) Secretary Snow: I would like to welcome you to the UAE as you prepare for the 2003 annual meetings of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank (WB) in Dubai. Dubai's leadership has investe [...] |
2003-09-15 13:27:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC ECIN EFIN EINV OVIP PREL PGOV TC |
| 03ABUDHABI523 |
UAE: DEMARCHES ON NEW CUSTOMS CARGO MANIFEST RULES [...] No summary [...] |
2003-02-01 12:58:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KIPR ETRD ECIN ETTC ECON TC |
| 03ABUJA739 |
NIGERIA: GON SAYS NEPAD PEER REVIEW MECHANISM ON [...] Summary. A GON official says Heads of State at a March meeting of the New Partnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD) had concluded negotiations on a Memorandum of Understanding of the African Peer Review Mechanism. The official said the review would be conducted by independent experts and fo [...] |
2003-04-24 13:22:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | ECIN PHUM EAID PREL PGOV NI |
| 03ANKARA5198 |
TRADE OFFICIAL ON CUSTOMS UNION WITH NORTHERN [...] (C) Summary: Embassy's August 13 discussion with a senior foreign trade official raised questions about how much substance there is to the customs union framework agreement Turkey signed with the "TRNC" authorities August 8. Foreign Trade Director General for Agreements Tevfik Mengu argued [...] |
2003-08-15 06:50:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD PREL ECIN TU CY |
| 03ANKARA6058 |
TURKEY: AMBASSADOR EDELMAN'S MEETING WITH ENERGY [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Edelman,s first meeting with Energy and Natural Resources Minister Hilmi Guler focused on Turkey,s efforts to reduce the high prices it pays for natural gas imports, principally from Russia, and Guler,s desire to help U.S. efforts in Iraq. Guler said his Ministry wa [...] |
2003-09-25 14:40:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ECIN ECON ENRG IZ PREL TU |
| 03ANKARA7492 |
BLACK SEA STATES TO CREATE NETWORK TO COMBAT AIDS [...] Action Request -- See para 7. 2. Summary: The Black Sea Economic Cooperation (BSEC), in cooperation with UN agencies, wants to establish a regional network to address the growing risk of an AIDS outbreak in the Black Sea region. The concept has been endorsed by BSEC Foreign Ministers; [...] |
2003-12-05 15:30:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECIN KHIV SENV SOCI TU |
| 03ANKARA7685 |
TURKISH FOREIGN MINISTRY RAISES CONCERN ABOUT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Akif Ayhan, MFA Head of Department for Economics, raised the Ministry's concern about security for Turkish truck drivers in Iraq and emphasized that the problem could lead to more truckers quitting or even another truckers' strike. Ayhan said U.S. military security for truck co [...] |
2003-12-16 06:29:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ECIN ENRG ETRD IZ PREL TU |
| 03ANKARA7878 |
AMBASSADOR MANN, TURKISH OFFICIALS DISCUSS NEXT [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Steven Mann, State Department Special Representative for Caspian Energy Diplomacy, visited Ankara, December 16-18 to discuss Caspian issues with senior Turkish officials, who confirmed Turkey's commitment to the East-West Energy Corridor and expressed confidence that B [...] |
2003-12-23 12:21:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ECIN ENRG EPET IZ PREL TU |
| 03BRASILIA306 |
FTAA/WTO CONTINUITY DESPITE ASCENSION OF REGIONAL [...] SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED. 2. Summary. Moving quickly to bring his ministry's institutions in line with the new government's focus on South American integration, and in particular, a reinvigoration of Mercosul, Foreign Minister Amorim has announced the creation of a new South America Und [...] |
2003-01-29 14:09:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECIN PGOV BR WTRO FTAA |
| 03KATHMANDU382 |
INDO-NEPAL CROSS-BORDER ENERGY TRADE STAGNATES [...] (C) SUMMARY: Nepal's Minister for Water Resources Dipak Gyawali is sharply critical of India's policies on cross-border energy trade. He told us that he believes New Delhi focuses on the strategic aspects of water and energy to the exclusion of economics. Despite Nepal's current power surpl [...] |
2003-03-04 04:50:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ECIN ENRG PREL |
| 03KUWAIT1214 |
NATIONAL ASSEMBLY RATIFIES CUSTOMS LAW [...] During its April 1, 2003 session, Kuwait's National Assembly ratified and referred to the Council of Ministers a draft unified customs law for Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) states. Kuwait remains the lone member of the six-nation GCC yet to formally agree on the legal side of the GCC Customs [...] |
2003-04-02 14:00:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | ECIN ETRD ECON KU GCC |
| 03KUWAIT673 |
GOK FOOT DRAGGING ON CUSTOMS LAW [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT. Common with Riyadh (Ref A), yet contrary to earlier assertions by Kuwaiti officials (Ref B), the GCC Customs Union that began ostensibly on January 1, 2003, remains for Kuwait a union in name only. While the GOK has enacted a common external tariff, as stipulated by t [...] |
2003-02-24 08:06:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | ECIN ECON KU |
| 03KUWAIT726 |
WTO BUDGET REFORM POINTS DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] |
2003-03-03 05:30:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD ECIN AFIN KU WTRO |
| 03OTTAWA1862 |
A/S WAYNE'S MEETING WITH ABDULLA BIN AL-ATTIYAH, [...] (SBU) Summary: During a bilateral meeting held June 25 on the margins of the International Arab Banking Summit in Montreal, A/S Anthony Wayne and Abdulla bin al-Attiyah, Governor of the Central Bank of Qatar, discussed the regional economic situation with a focus on the fight against terror [...] |
2003-06-30 20:03:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ECIN EFIN ETRD EINV ETTC PREL PTER PINR QA XF |
| 03OTTAWA1863 |
A/S WAYNE'S MEETING WITH LEBANESE MINISTER OF [...] (SBU) Summary: During a bilateral meeting held June 25 on the margins of the International Arab Banking Summit in Montreal, A/S Anthony Wayne and Lebanese Minister of Economy and Trade Marwan Hamadeh discussed the regional economic situation with a focus on the fight against terrorist finan [...] |
2003-06-30 20:05:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ECIN EFIN ETRD EINV ETTC CVIS PREL PTER PINR LE XF ETRN |
| 03OTTAWA1865 |
A/S WAYNE'S MEETING WITH FAHIM MOUDAD, DEPUTY [...] (SBU) Summary: During a bilateral meeting held June 25 on the margins of the International Arab Banking Summit in Montreal, A/S Anthony Wayne and Fahim Moudad, Deputy Governor of the Banque du Liban, discussed the fight against terrorist financing; cooperation on Iraq; and the Lebanese econo [...] |
2003-06-30 20:08:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ECIN EFIN ETRD EINV ETTC PREL PTER LE XF |
| 03OTTAWA1866 |
A/S WAYNE'S MEETING WITH AHMED MOHAMED ALI [...] (SBU) Summary: During a bilateral meeting held June 25 on the margins of the International Arab Banking Summit in Montreal, A/S Anthony Wayne and Ahmed Mohamed Ali al-Khawi, Chairman of the Yemen Banking Association (YBA), discussed the fight against terrorist financing and Yemen's economic [...] |
2003-06-30 20:11:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ECIN EFIN ETRD EINV ETTC PREL PTER PINR YM ZR |
| 03OTTAWA686 |
CANADA SUPPORTS WTO BUDGET REFORM [...] Canada supports the U.S. objective, outlined Reftel, to reform the WTO budget process and move towards a two-year budget cycle, according to Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade Senior Trade Policy Officer Dean Steadman. Steadman told Econoff that the WTO needs "results-based [...] |
2003-03-12 18:41:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD ECIN AFIN CA WTRO |
| 03ROME4957 |
IRAQ RECONSTRUCTION: ITALY'S SPECIAL ENVOY [...] (U) This cable contains an action request in paragraph 15. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Italy's Special Envoy to Iraq, Ambassador Antonio Armellini, met with EmbOffs on October 27 to discuss the reconstruction process to date and Italy's pledge of Euro 200 million at the Madrid Donors Conference. Armell [...] |
2003-10-31 07:58:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ECIN ECON PREL IZ IT EUN |
| 03ROME5036 |
AUTOSTRADE SPA: LOOKING TO EXTEND SUCCESS ABROAD [...] SUMMARY: Driven by a market imperative for private capital to finance massive infrastructure projects, Italy's successful Autostrade SpA has emerged as a world leader in devising innovative electronic toll collection systems that will soon be exported abroad. Autostrade SpA, the controlling i [...] |
2003-11-06 08:24:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | ECIN ECON ELTN IT EUN |
| 03ROME5344 |
IRAQ RECONSTRUCTION: GOI MAY SWEETEN TELECOM [...] (C) SUMMARY: TELECOM ITALIA OFFICIALS, EAGER FOR ANY PROGRESS ON THEIR PROPOSAL TO CONNECT IRAQ TO THE MEDNAUTILUS FIBER OPTIC NETWORK (SEE REF A), TOLD ECONOFF ON NOVEMBER 21 THAT THE GOI IS SO COMMITTED TO THE $15 MILLION PROJECT THAT IT MAY INCLUDE THE PROPOSAL IN THE 200 MILLION EURO DONATI [...] |
2003-11-25 10:51:00 | Embassy Rome | SECRET | ECIN ECON ECPS IS IT IZ PGOV PREL IRAQI FREEDOM |
| 03SANTODOMINGO5058 |
GODR: DOMINICANS WERE COOPERATIVE AT CANCUN [...] (SBU) GODR INTERLOCUTORS HAVE ASSURED EMBOFFS THAT THEY ENGAGED CONSTRUCTIVELY AND COOPERATIVELY DURING THE SEPTEMBER 10-14 WTO MINISTERIAL. ACCORDING TO SECRETARY OF STATE FOR TELECOMMUNICATIONS (AND PRESIDENT OF INDOTEL), ORLANDO JORGE MERA, AND THE GODR'S CHIEF AGRICULTURAL NEGOTIATOR, OSM [...] |
2003-09-18 19:23:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECIN ETRD EAGR DR |
| 03SANTODOMINGO6075 |
AMBASSADOR AND EXIM BANK METTINGS WITH PRESIDENT, [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador and Ex-Im Bank officials had a series of meetings October 20-21, with President Mejia, members of his economic cabinet and International Monetary Fund Representatives. Mejia expressed frustration about delays in disbursement of loans from the IMF and the multilater [...] |
2003-10-29 11:26:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON ECIN ENRG EINV DR |
| 03SANTODOMINGO6999 |
PRESIDENT MEJIA SETS UP INVESTIGATION TO GET THE [...] (U) Summary. In a December 2 meeting, President Mejia insisted that the exchange rate must go down sharply and told attendees that military and police officers will be watching exchange houses to detect questionable transactions. Most exchange houses have agreed not to sell dollars for more than [...] |
2003-12-04 10:59:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON ECIN DR |
| 03SANTODOMINGO7134 |
DOMINICAN PESO STEADY ONE WEEK AFTER PRESIDENT [...] (SBU) Summary: The Dominican Peso (RD) continues to hold steady against the dollar one week after President Mejia talked it down while appointing a commission headed by military and police to counter alleged irregularities in trading(reftel). Foreign exchange houses and banks were buying dol [...] |
2003-12-09 10:59:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EFIN ECON ECIN DR |
| 03SANTODOMINGO7570 |
DOLLARS SCARCE AT OFFICIAL RATE -- BLACK MARKET GROWING [...] No summary [...] |
2003-12-29 11:03:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON ECIN DR |
| 03ZAGREB617 |
PATTEN IN CROATIA: DOUBTS OVER ICTY PRESSUE; WAY AHEAD ON CROATIA'S APPLICATION [...] (C) LOCAL EUROPEAN COMMISSION HOM WUNENBURGER TOLD AMBASSADOR THAT COMMISSIONER PATTEN, DURING A MARCH 13 VISIT TO ZAGREB, EMPHASIZED THE GOC'S NEED TO MAKE REAL PROGRESS ON ICTY COOPERATION, REFUGEE RETURNS, JUDICIAL REFORM AND MEDIA LEGISLATION. MEETINGS WITH PRESIDENT MESIC, PM RACAN AND KE [...] |
2003-03-18 15:46:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KAWC ECIN PREF HR SR EUN |
| 04ABUDHABI2203 |
PRIMER ON UAE INSURANCE MARKET [...] The UAE insurance sector is a small contributor to the federation's economy, but enjoys significant levels of protection from foreign competition. Most recent data available shows that the insurance sector contributed $630 million to the UAE economy in 2002 -- less than 1 percent of the UAE' [...] |
2004-07-04 12:12:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV ECIN TC |
| 04ABUDHABI254 |
ARAB MONETARY FUND PLEDGES ASSISTANCE TO IRAQ [...] (U) Classified by DCM Richard A. Albright, for reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). 2. (SBU) Summary: During a January 20 meeting with State DAS Greenwood and Treasury DAS Lowery, officials from the Abu Dhabi-based Arab Monetary Fund (AMF) gave assurances that the Fund would do everything it could to [...] |
2004-01-25 11:16:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ECIN ECON EFIN PGOV TC |
| 04ABUDHABI552 |
UAE BOOSTS EXPORTS TO GCC, THANKS TO CUSTOMS UNION [...] (U) Classified by Deputy Chief of Mission Richard A. Albright for reasons 1.5 (b) and (d). 2. (C) Summary and comment: One year after its creation, the GCC Customs Union is proving to be a commercial boon for the UAE -- exports and reexports to the GCC states increased by 33 percent in 20 [...] |
2004-03-02 10:09:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KIPR ETRD ECIN ETTC ECON TC |
| 04ABUJA1999 |
ECOWAS OR EU-COWAS: ACCREDITATION AND INFLUENCE AT [...] Summary. The recently concluded ECOWAS donors conference highlighted a disparity in influence at the Secretariat between accredited observers and non-accredited SIPDIS donors. The ability of the EU to direct the conference agenda and to dominate the attention of ECOWAS was remarkable, an [...] |
2004-12-03 08:50:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ECIN MARR ODIP NI ECOWAS |
| 04ANKARA1036 |
GEORGIAN FM JAPARIDZE'S FIRST VISIT TO TURKEY [...] (C) Summary: Georgian FM Japaridze reportedly gave Turkish FM Gul a positive readout of President Saakashvili's recent Moscow trip but said Saakashvili had emphasized that Georgia will remain oriented toward the West, will insist on Russian withdrawal from bases in Georgia, and will not agree [...] |
2004-02-23 16:16:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ECIN ECON EPET GG PGOV PREL RS TU |
| 04ANKARA1350 |
TURKISH COMPETITION POLICY - EU ACCESSION REQUIRES [...] (SBU) Summary. According to officials of the Representation of the European Commission to Turkey (EC Representation), over the past six years the Turkish Competition Authority (CA) has made good progress in those few sectors where it has chosen to focus. However, many sectors remain concentr [...] |
2004-03-05 14:52:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON TU ECIN |
| 04ANKARA1373 |
TURKEY WANTS TIGRIS-EUPHRATES BASIN AGREEMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: MFA officials say Turkey wants to begin a dialogue with Syria and Iraq, leading to a comprehensive water sharing/management agreement for the Tigris-Euphrates basin, part of an effort by the Turkish government to contribute to stability in the region. They say that in the comin [...] |
2004-03-08 14:57:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | EAGR EAID ECIN IZ PREL SENV SY TU |
| 04ANKARA149 |
TURKEY PLEASED WITH ISRAELI CABINET APPROVAL OF [...] (C) Turkey is pleased with the decision (reftel) of the Israeli Cabinet to approve the broad outlines of the sale of fresh water from Turkey to Israel. MFA's Transboundary Waters Chief, Mithat Rende, said that Israeli working level officials had been in Ankara recently to agree on the text of [...] |
2004-01-09 13:00:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ECIN ETRD IS PREL SENV TU |
| 04ANKARA1840 |
THE SECOND IRAQ-TURKEY BORDER CROSSING; ANKARA'S [...] (U) Summary: Iraq and Turkey agreed in December 2003 to build a second border crossing; however, they have not been able to reach agreement on the location and associated issues, such as the connecting road in Iraq and financing (ref b). Although the backlog at the border has improved somew [...] |
2004-03-27 09:28:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ECIN ETRD IZ PREL TU |
| 04ANKARA2201 |
THE SECOND IRAQ-TURKEY BORDER CROSSING: PROPOSAL [...] (C) SUMMARY. Econoff shared U.S. proposal (ref b) for a TDA study of the Iraqi and Turkish proposals for a second border crossing. MFA DDG Sakir Fakili said Turkey had nearly completed its own study, but was open to all suggestions and would respond to the TDA idea after consulting with othe [...] |
2004-04-16 16:07:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ECIN ETRD IZ PREL TU |
| 04ANKARA2441 |
STICKER SHOCK: 50 BILLION EURO PRICE TAG TO BRING [...] (C) Summary: The European Commission's Representation in Ankara is pressing forward with pre-accession assistance of Euro 250 million in 2004, rising to Euro 1.4 billion in 2011, if accession negotiations are on track. However, in one sector, the environment, the cost to bring Turkey up to E [...] |
2004-04-30 10:35:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ECIN EU SENV TU |
| 04ANKARA2560 |
TURKEY SAYS "NO THANKS" TO TDA FEASIBILITY STUDY [...] (C) MFA Deputy Director General for Middle East Affairs Sakir Fakili told EconCouns May 5 that, while Turkish authorities appreciated the U.S. offer (reftel) for TDA to conduct a feasibility study on a second Turkish-Iraqi border crossing, they felt such assistance was unnecessary given that [...] |
2004-05-06 14:20:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ECIN ETRD PREL TU IZ |
| 04ANKARA2721 |
TURKEY AS THE HUB IN THE EAST-WEST ENERGY CORRIDOR [...] (SBU) Summary: Turkish officials say they continue to strongly support the East-West Energy Corridor and are positioning Turkey to become the transit hub for Caspian and Middle East natural gas to Europe. Turkey is pushing two pipeline projects to export gas to Europe and exploring options f [...] |
2004-05-14 09:07:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ECIN ENRG EPET ETRD SENV TU |
| 04ANKARA2914 |
CASPIAN BASIN ENERGY AMBASSADOR MANN DISCUSSES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On the margins of the IEA's Seminar "Natural Gas in South East Europe," May 5-6, in Istanbul, Ambassador Mann met with Energy U/S Sami Demirbilek and MFA DDG for Energy Hakki Akil to discuss U.S.-Turkish coordination in support of the East-West Energy Corridor. Turkish officia [...] |
2004-05-25 15:22:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECIN ENRG EPET ETTC IR TU |
| 04ANKARA315 |
TURKISH ELECTRICITY TO IRAQ -- ENERGY MINISTRY [...] (SBU) Energy Ministry Under Secretary Sami Demirbilek told us January 16 that Turkey continues to look for ways to help Iraq meet its electricity deficit, but needs more information about the amount and duration of Iraq's electricity shortfall. He said that Turkey will have a surplus of elec [...] |
2004-01-16 14:56:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECIN ENRG ETRD IZ PGOV PREL TU |
| 04ANKARA3336 |
AMBASSADOR EDELMAN URGES TURKEYS' ENERGY MINISTER [...] (C) Summary: In a June 8 meeting with Minister of Energy Hilmi Guler, Ambassador Edelman welcomed progress on the East-West Energy Corridor, raised concerns about Iranian gas exports to Europe, expressed support for Bosphorus bypass pipelines, and pressed the GOT to accelerate energy sector [...] |
2004-06-14 14:12:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ECIN ENRG EPET SENV TU |
| 04ANKARA4455 |
GOT PREPARING THREE-YEAR ECONOMIC PROGRAM [...] (Sbu) Summary: Earlier this summer, the Turkish Government began work on a 3-year economic program. An outgrowth of previous and existing policy planning vehicles, the 3-year program is a GOT economic policy program being developed with input from--but independently of --the IMF. According t [...] |
2004-08-09 16:31:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECIN TU |
| 04ANKARA4528 |
IMF OFFICIAL ON GOT'S DECISION TO SEEK A NEW [...] (C) Summary: Following IMF Mission Chief Moghadam,s surprise visit to Ankara last week, and public statements by PM Erdogan and Economy Minister Babacan that the GOT had decided to seek a follow-on disbursing Standby Arrangement(SBA), Econoffs met with IMF Deputy Resident Representative Chri [...] |
2004-08-11 16:46:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON PGOV ECIN TU |
| 04ANKARA532 |
TURKISH AND IRAQI OFFICIALS ACHIEVE LITTLE AT [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a follow-up to agreements reached in Ankara in December 2003 (ref a), Iraqi and Turkish officials met in the Turkish border town of Cizre (January 20-22) to discuss improving border operations. However, the results were disappointing: the Turkish side insisted that it could [...] |
2004-01-28 05:08:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ECIN ETRD IZ PGOV PREL TU |
| 04ANKARA6258 |
SIGN OF IMPROVING RELATIONS -- TURKS FIGHT FIRE IN [...] Turkish officials over the past year have spoken often of improving relations with Syria. But so far it has been mostly talk, until October 27, when in a surprising show of cooperation, Syria asked for and Turkey delivered planes and fire fighters to put out a blaze along the border of Turkey [...] |
2004-11-04 15:06:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | ECIN PREL SY TU |
| 04ANKARA6489 |
EUR DAS LAURA KENNEDY MEETS TURKISH OFFICIALS TO [...] (C) Summary: EUR DAS Laura Kennedy visited Ankara November 11-12 to discuss with Turkish officials the December 17 European Council decision on starting accession negotiations with Turkey. Kennedy met with Parliamentary Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Mehmet Dulger, MFA Deputy U/S for EU A [...] |
2004-11-19 15:34:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ECIN EU PGOV PREL TU |
| 04BRASILIA3100 |
DEPUTY NATIONAL SECURITY ADVSIOR SHIRZAD'S NOV, [...] (C) SUMMARY AND INTRODUCTION. At a November 22 dinner for visiting Deputy National Security Advisor Faryar Shirzad and NSC Director Del Renigar, senior executives of key Brazilian and multinational companies questioned Brazil's continued membership in Mercosur (in its current configuration [...] |
2004-12-17 18:39:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN ETRD ECIN EINV BR BL AR |
| 04BRATISLAVA896 |
SLOVAKIA STILL UNDECIDED ON TURKISH EU MEMBERSHIP, [...] (C) DCM raised reftel message on Turkey's EU accession with MFA State Secretary Ivan Korcok, MFA Acting General Director for European Affairs Frantisek Ruzicka, and Foreign Policy Advisor to the Prime Minister Milan Jezovica on September 28 and 29. Ruzicka said Slovakia was supportive in prin [...] |
2004-09-29 14:34:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | ECIN PREL EU TU LO |
| 04BRUSSELS5186 |
ROMANIAN EU ACCESSION NEGOTIATIONS GOING DOWN TO [...] (SBU) The European Commission has recommended against closing the competition chapter of Romania's accession negotiations because of concerns over state subsidies. No American companies are believed to be involved in any of the major cases of concern. The EU might miss its self-imposed deadl [...] |
2004-12-08 16:23:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECIN RO EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
| 04DJIBOUTI645 |
AMBASSADOR INAUGURATES SELF-HELP SEWING WORKSHOP [...] No summary [...] |
2004-05-03 06:50:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL EAID ECIN SOCI DJ |
| 04DUBLIN1805 |
IRISH RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON BILATERAL TREATIES [...] On December 1, Post delivered reftel talking points to Tony Joyce, Department of Enterprise, Trade, and Employment (DETE) Senior Trade Negotiator. Post noted that the United States and Ireland have a Treaty of Friendship, Commerce, and Navigation, dating back to 1950, with a Protocol signed i [...] |
2004-12-16 14:39:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ECIN KTIA EINV ETRD EU |
| 04GUATEMALA305 |
FOREIGN MINISTER BRIZ DESCRIBES AMBITIOUS AGENDA [...] (C) EconCouns and an AID delegation called on Foreign Minister Briz Feb. 6 to discuss integration. Briz confirmed that a customs union, beginning with El Salvador, was a top priority of President Berger. He noted that El Salvador and Guatemala already had harmonized 96% of their external t [...] |
2004-02-10 00:07:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | ECIN ETRD PGOV GT |
| 04KINSHASA1562 |
ECONOMIC REPORT - AUG 13 THROUGH AUG 20 [...] Food prices have decreased due to the reopening of the Mai-Ndombe bridge. Exchange rates remain stable, but the FC is trading at a slightly higher value on the Kinshasa parallel market than official rates. The DRC's National Assembly created a commission to investigate Gecamines' mining and [...] |
2004-08-19 12:33:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECIN ECON EFIN ELTN EMIN EPET EWWT PGOV PREL CG |
| 04KINSHASA1590 |
AFRICAN CANAL A PIPE(LINE) DREAM [...] (C) Summary. The DRC Ministry of Energy reported that a regional delegation with strong backing from Nigerian President Obasanjo visited Kinshasa to discuss a proposed canal linking the Congo River with Lake Chad. Involved parties include Nigeria, Chad, Niger, Cameroon, Congo-Brazzaville, th [...] |
2004-08-24 06:25:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | ECIN ECON EINV ETRD EWWT PREL SENV CG |
| 04KINSHASA1669 |
ECONOMIC REPORT - AUG 28 THROUGH SEPT 3 [...] Summary. Prices are stable with the exception of food items, which registered a 7 percent increase. Exchange rates remain stable. Adastra Minerals is seeking to become a major metals producer in the region. Bindura Nickel Corporation (BNC) and Gecamines are in advanced negotiations for a jo [...] |
2004-09-03 14:32:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECIN ECON EFIN EIND EINV EMIN ENRG ETRD CG |
| 04KINSHASA1709 |
ECONOMIC REPORT - SEPT 4 THROUGH SEPT 10 [...] Summary. Prices and exchange rates remain relatively stable, with exchange rates showing signs of an impending slight increase. Public transportation prices have doubled in Lubumbashi due to higher gas prices and taxes. Zimtrade will hold a trade fair in Lubumbashi. RVF (river transportati [...] |
2004-09-10 12:48:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ECIN EIND ELAB ELTN ENRG ETRD EWWT CG |
| 04KINSHASA1840 |
PETROLEUM SHORTAGES IN KATANGA [...] Summary. Petroleum shortages resulting from Zambia closing its border to exports are affecting the Katanga region, home to most of the DRC's copper and cobalt mining. Poor transportation infrastructure and an inefficient parastatal petroleum company leave the GDRC unable to supply the region [...] |
2004-10-04 06:36:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ECIN EPET CG |
| 04KINSHASA1841 |
PETROLEUM SHORTAGES IN KATANGA [...] Summary. Petroleum shortages resulting from Zambia closing its border to exports are affecting the Katanga region, home to most of the DRC's copper and cobalt mining. Poor transportation infrastructure and an inefficient parastatal petroleum company leave the GDRC unable to supply the region [...] |
2004-10-04 06:36:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ECIN EPET CG |
| 04KUWAIT4514 |
POSITIVE REPORT ON UNEMPLOYMENT IN KUWAIT [...] (C) The Ambassador discussed the employment situation in Kuwait during a December 27, 2004 meeting with Minister of Communications, Planning and State for Development of Administrative Affairs Shaykh Ahmed Abdullah al-Ahmed al-Sabah. When asked his opinion on Kuwait unemployment, the Minster [...] |
2004-12-27 13:38:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | ECIN ECON ELAB KU PGOV |
| 04LJUBLJANA438 |
SLOVENIA: SAVA RIVER BASIN INITIATIVE [...] (U) This cable responds to reftel request for information on the status of Slovenia's commitment to the establishment of a Permanent Sava River Basin Commission, the implementation of its mandate, and official representation. On 05 May, MFA State Undersecretary and Stability Pact National Co [...] |
2004-05-11 13:02:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV EAID ECIN EWWT PREL SI |
| 04MADRID3937 |
SPAIN: APPROACH TO EU MEMBERS ON AID, TRADE FOR [...] No summary [...] |
2004-10-07 14:40:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | ECIN PREL EU TU CY SP |
| 04MADRID4381 |
SPAIN SUPPORTS TURKISH EU ACCESSION [...] (C) Spain supports Turkish EU candidacy, a policy that has remained consistent through both the Popular Party administration of Jose Maria Aznar and the current Socialist administration of Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero. MFA EU Correspondent Luis Canovas del Castillo told Poloff November 15 t [...] |
2004-11-16 11:35:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | ECIN PREL EU TU SP |
| 04MANAMA1899 |
NEA DAS DIBBLE DISCUSSES FTA, FORUM FOR THE [...] (C) Summary. On a December 12-13 visit to Manama, NEA DAS Dibble paid a call on Bahraini Minister of National Economy (MOFNE) Abdulla Saif. They discussed the U.S.-Bahrain Free Trade Agreement (FTA), the recent Forum for the Future meeting in Rabat, and plans for the establishment of the En [...] |
2004-12-15 13:03:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ECIN PREL BA |
| 04MAPUTO1625 |
MOZAMBIQUE RATIFIES THE U.S.-MOZAMBIQUE BILATERAL [...] On December 14, Luis Sitoi, advisor to the Minister of Industry and Commerce, informed the Embassy that the Mozambican Council of Ministers ratified the U.S.-Mozambique Bilateral Investment Treaty (BIT) during the week of Dec 6. The text of the BIT has been sent for publication in Mozambique's [...] |
2004-12-17 03:56:00 | Embassy Maputo | UNCLASSIFIED | ECIN ETRD EINV ECON MZ BIT |
| 04OTTAWA2893 |
NEW CANADIAN TRANSPORT MINISTER INTERESTED IN [...] (SBU) Summary: The Ambassador met Minister of Transport Jean Lapierre on October 26 and learned his views on upgrading the bilateral aviation agreement and accelerating infrastructure improvements at land border crossings. The Minister indicated he will push for both, and that port security [...] |
2004-10-28 19:34:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECIN EWWT ELTN ASEC PREL CA |
| 04OTTAWA3144 |
CANADIAN MINISTER OF TRANSPORT SUGGESTS THAT THE [...] (SBU) Canadian Transport Minister Jean Lapierre has signaled his interest in reviewing Canada's civil aviation policy. He has proposed a broad examination of barriers to a more innovative and efficient civair system in Canada, including questioning foreign investment limits and cabotage proh [...] |
2004-11-22 16:46:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECIN EINV CA |
| 04PRETORIA3831 |
ANSWERS TO KEY EMPOWERMENT QUESTIONS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Several industry charters are non- compliant with Black Economic Empowerment guidelines, according to Teddy Daka, one of the original drafters of the Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment (BEE) Bill. He also explained that sector charters would be issued as Codes of Good Prac [...] |
2004-08-24 15:03:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV ETRD EFIN ECIN ECON SF |
| 04PRETORIA4312 |
APPROVAL OF SNO LICENSE - AN EMPTY GESTURE? [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Minister of Communications Ivy Matsepe- Casaburri conditionally approved a license for the Second National Operator (SNO) on September 17. The Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA) must now oversee negotiations to issue the license despite the lack of a [...] |
2004-09-25 06:57:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ETRD EFIN ECIN ECON SF |
| 04PRETORIA4313 |
AMERICAN FIRMS CRITICIZE FOURTH DRAFT OF ICT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The American Chamber of Commerce in South Africa (AmCham) submitted comments on the fourth draft of the Information Communication and Technology (ICT) empowerment charter September 15 to the ICT Charter Working Group. American businesses described the fourth draft as impractica [...] |
2004-09-25 06:58:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ETRD EFIN ECIN ECON SF |
| 04PRETORIA4503 |
UPDATE ON BEE CHARTER ISSUES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Finance Minister Trevor Manuel helped to resolve the deadlock over the composition of the Financial Services Black Economic Empowerment (BEE) Council in a September 20 meeting with industry stakeholders. Banks are concerned, however, that community and labor groups, excluded f [...] |
2004-10-07 12:37:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV ETRD EFIN ECIN ECON SF |
| 04PRETORIA4532 |
DTI MINISTER ON BEE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Minister of Trade and Industry Mandisi Mpahlwa reviewed the economic and social rationale for BEE and said that empowerment would contribute to economic growth during a September 30 breakfast briefing. Mpahlwa said that Codes of Good Practice regulating rating agencies were im [...] |
2004-10-08 15:09:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV ETRD EFIN ECIN ECON SF |
| 04PRETORIA4576 |
BLACK ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT - AN OVERVIEW [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment (BEE) Act, signed in January 2004, specifies that the Department of Trade and Industry will oversee the BEE process. DTI still has to create a critical advisory council and issue important guidelines. In the meantime, industry char [...] |
2004-10-14 11:39:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV ETRD EFIN ECIN ECON SF |
| 04PRETORIA5063 |
DTI OFFICIAL CLARIFIES BEE CODES OF GOOD PRACTICE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) Director of Black Economic Empowerment (BEE) Jeffrey Ndumo met with representatives from U.S. firms at the American Chamber of Commerce in South Africa (AmCham). Ndumo said that DTI would release nine Codes of Good Practice in two phase [...] |
2004-11-22 09:49:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ETRD EFIN ECIN ECON SF |
| 04QUITO3260 |
ECUADOR SPLIT ON SUPPORT OF FREE TRADE AGREEMENT [...] Summary. A public opinion poll sponsored by USAID shows that about half of the Ecuadorian public has heard about the FTA and about half of the public (both informed and uninformed) supports it. Not surprisingly, solid majorities believe that the FTA will benefit the U.S. far more than Ecuado [...] |
2004-12-20 20:52:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP ECIN ECON ETRD PGOV PREL EC FTA |
| 04ROME3917 |
ITALY AGREES ON NEED FOR IMMEDIATE AID FOR CYPRUS, [...] (C) MFA Turkey/Cyprus Office Director Renato Ricci told Poloff on October 4 that Italy concurs with the US view (REFTEL) that increased economic development in North Cyprus will aid reunification. To that end, Italy supprts rapid disbursal of the Commission's propoed Euro 259 million aid pack [...] |
2004-10-08 08:43:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM ECIN TU CY IT EUN |
| 04THEHAGUE2495 |
CYPRUS/NETHERLANDS: APPROACH TO EU MEMBERS ON AID, [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel points on September 30 to Hannie Pollman-Zall, Director of the Dutch MFA's Western and Central European Affairs Department. Pollman-Zall responded that "many lawyers are breaking their heads over ways to facilitate direct Turkish Cypriot trade with the EU." She [...] |
2004-09-30 12:56:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECIN CY NL EUN |
| 04VILNIUS1194 |
LITHUANIA SUPPORTS TURKEY'S EU MEMBERSHIP [...] (C) We delivered reftel points regarding support for Turkey's EU membership and provided non-paper on Turkey's progress on Copenhagen criteria to the MFA's Jurgita Apanaviciute on September 27. Apanaviciute, who is responsible for enlargement issues within the MFA's European Union Department, [...] |
2004-09-30 12:58:00 | Embassy Vilnius | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECIN EU TU LH |
| 04WELLINGTON686 |
NEW ZEALAND GOVERNMENT PROPOSES TO BOTH RELAX AND [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified - protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: Proposed changes to the New Zealand government's review of foreign investments would reduce the scope of business deals requiring its review while tightening the screening of land purchases by foreigners. The government [...] |
2004-08-11 01:19:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ECIN ECON ETRD NZ |
| 04WELLINGTON727 |
NEW ZEALAND RESPONDS TO APEC PROPOSALS ON CUSTOMS [...] Post delivered ref talking points August 24 to Adele Bryant, deputy director in the economic division of New Zealand's Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade. 2. On the proposal for permanently extending the customs duties moratorium on electronically transmitted products (ref B), Ms. Bryant [...] |
2004-08-25 21:55:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD ECIN ETTC EINV NZ APECO |
| 04WELLINGTON924 |
APEC: NEW ZEALAND PM SAYS NZ WILL DEMARCHE CHINA [...] (C) Ambassador Swindells met with Prime Minister Clark on November 2. He asked that New Zealand urge China to support inclusion of the remaining APEC security deliverables at the upcoming summit. He stressed that despite China's statements to the contrary, the deliverables belong in APEC. W [...] |
2004-11-03 23:08:00 | Embassy Wellington | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP KSTC PARM ECIN PTER ETTC EAID NZ |
| 04ZAGREB847 |
PERMANENT SAVA COMMISSION HAS CROATIAN SUPPORT BUT [...] (U) THE FOLLOWING RESPONDS TO REFTEL QUESTIONS ON THE STATUS OF THE SAVA RIVER BASIN INITIATIVE AND THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A PERMANENT COMMISSION IN ZAGREB. SUMMARY ------- 2. ESTABLISHMENT OF A PERMANENT SAVA RIVER BASIN COMMISSION WITH A SECRETARIAT IN ZAGREB HAS BROAD SUPPORT AT THE [...] |
2004-05-13 09:32:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV EAID ECIN EWWT PREL HR |
| 05ABUDHABI3808 |
UAE: DEVELOPMENT ISSUES AT UN HLE [...] In September 4 call on Abdullah Rashid Al Noaimi, U/S for Foreign Affairs, Ambassador enumerated several concerns about the outcome paper on development issues which will be discussed at the upcoming UN high level event (HLE), and left reftel non-paper detailing these concerns. Ambassador not [...] |
2005-09-07 09:06:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECIN PREL UNGA TC |
| 05ABUDHABI600 |
UAE Federal Cabinet Approves FTA negotiating Committee [...] (U) The UAE Cabinet, on February 7, formally approved establishment of a committee to negotiate a Free Trade Agreement with the United States. According to the Cabinet decision, the committee would negotiate "within the framework of the Ministry of Finance and Industry's efforts on the issue." [...] |
2005-02-08 11:58:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECIN ECON EFIN |
| 05ABUJA1684 |
NIGERIA ON INNOVATIVE SOURCES OF FINANCING [...] Embassy Abuja's Deputy Chief of Mission (DCM) and an economic officer met on Sept. 9, 2005 with Ambassador Abdul Bin Rimdap, director general of the Nigerian Foreign Ministry's international organizations. 2. DCM presented ref talking points on the U.S. Government's views on the Declaration [...] |
2005-09-09 16:43:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | ECIN EAIR EAID EFIN NI UNGA |
| 05ABUJA2006 |
NIGERIA ECOWAS COMMON EXTERNAL TARIFF UPDATE [...] Summary: Nigeria appears set to implement the ECOWAS Common External Tariff (CET), before the end of October 2005. The CET would harmonize Nigeria's tariffs with those of other ECOWAS member states, and make Nigeria's trade policies more predictable. Though Nigeria had earlier abolished impor [...] |
2005-10-19 08:18:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD ECIN EINV NI AGOA ECOWAS |
| 05ANKARA2031 |
TURKEY SUPPORTS US OBSERVER STATUS TO BSEC [...] (U) In conjunction with the visit of EUR/ACE Special Advisor John Markey to the Istanbul headquarters of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation (BSEC) organization, Econoff met with MFA BSEC desk officer Ali Sain Akin April 6 to discuss the U.S. application for observer status and Turkey's object [...] |
2005-04-07 14:28:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECIN ETRD TU PREL |
| 05ANKARA2729 |
ANKARA FORUM PROMOTES BUSINESS COOPERATION AMONG [...] (SBU) Summary: Turkey's Chamber of Commerce organized the first meeting of Israeli, Palestinian and Turkish business associations April 27 in Ankara, Turkey. In a joint statement after the meeting, the three parties named the initiative "the Ankara Forum for Palestine-Israel-Turkey Economic [...] |
2005-05-12 07:05:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | BEXP ECIN ECON ETRD IS PREL TU |
| 05ANKARA2787 |
TURKEY PREPARES FIRST STEP FOR COOPERATION WITH [...] (SBU) Summary: Turkey's MFA Water expert said water data received from the Iraqi Water Ministry showed Iraq's willingness to cooperate on the Tigris and Euphrates, and he hoped to issue soon an invitation for an Iraqi delegation to come to Ankara to start talks on cooperation. We recommend [...] |
2005-05-17 04:14:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR EAID ECIN IZ PREL SENV SY TU |
| 05ANKARA2975 |
BABACAN NAMED TURKEY'S EU NEGOTIATOR [...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Erdogan announced that Minister of Economy Ali Babacan will be Turkey's EU negotiator. Although Babacan is among the most internationally-savvy Ministers, having long experience dealing with the IMF and the international financial community, some observers believe [...] |
2005-05-26 04:12:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECIN ECON EFIN TU |
| 05ANKARA3093 |
TESTY TURKISH-IRAQI WATER TALKS [...] (SBU) Summary. Turkish officials agreed with Iraqi Water Minister Rashid to continue technical water discussions in July, but the Turks have yet to be convinced about Iraq's request for additional water from the Euphrates. In a testy meeting, the two sides disagreed on basic issue of whethe [...] |
2005-06-02 08:52:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV ECIN IZ TU |
| 05ANKARA3329 |
TURKEY AND IRAQ WILL MEET TO DISCUSS TRUCKER [...] (U) The press reported June 10 that bilateral working group meetings on transportation security and consular affairs agreed to during the Ankara visit of PM Jafari will be held at a technical level on June 13 (transportation) and June 16 (consular). MFA Chief of Section for Iraq Economic Rel [...] |
2005-06-10 14:29:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECIN IZ MARR PREL TU |
| 05ANKARA398 |
OBSERVER STATUS AT BLACK SEA ECONOMIC COOPERATION [...] (C) Mission Turkey believes that it would be in U.S. interests to have observer status to the Black Sea Economic Cooperation (BSEC) forum and that we should begin consultations to this end. In ConGen Istanbul's initial meeting with him, new BSEC Secretary General Tedo Japaridze said he woul [...] |
2005-01-25 16:51:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ECIN ETTC KFPC PREL TU XG |
| 05ANKARA4166 |
TURKEY AND IRAQ COOPERATE ON TRUCKER SECURITY, [...] (C) Summary: Turkey and Iraq continue to work to improve the safety for Turkish drivers who transport large volumes of refined products and other goods into Iraq. Trucker deaths have fallen sharply in 2005. On June 22-23 Turkish and Iraqi officials met in Ankara to discuss transportation se [...] |
2005-07-18 15:55:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ECIN ETRD IZ PREL TU |
| 05ANKARA4504 |
TURKISH CHAMBER CONTINUES TO PROMOTE BUSINESS [...] (U) Summary: Business delegations from Israel, Palestine and Turkey (the Ankara Forum) met in Jerusalem June 7 and agreed to move forward with an Israeli proposal to revive the Erez Industrial Zone in Gaza and restore more than 4,000 jobs to Palestinian workers there. Special Envoy Wolfensoh [...] |
2005-08-03 11:29:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | BEXP ECIN ETRD IS PREL TU |
| 05ANKARA4553 |
HIGH-LEVEL U.S. PARTICIPATION FOR TURKISH-IRAQI [...] No summary [...] |
2005-08-04 12:37:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECIN ETRD BEXP TU IZ |
| 05ANKARA4609 |
TURKEY AND IRAQ DEADLOCKED ON SECOND BORDER [...] (C) Summary: With reports of increasingly tight fuel supplies in Iraq, the Charge called the MFA Deputy Under Secretary for Economic Affairs and wrote to the GOT to urge SIPDIS whatever action can be taken by Turkish customs to maximize throughput at Habur Gate. Separately, an MFA official [...] |
2005-08-05 17:03:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ECIN EPET ETRD PREL IZ TU |
| 05ANKARA4880 |
TURKEY WORKING TO EXPEDITE FUEL EXPORT TO IRAQ, [...] (C) Summary: The GOT seems to be doing its best to maximize truck traffic at Habur Gate, but shipping flow through the gate will remain an on-going problem for a variety of reasons, particularly because the single gate will remain a bottleneck and because civilian and military needs in Iraq a [...] |
2005-08-19 13:40:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ECIN EPET ETRD PREL IZ TU |
| 05ANKARA5065 |
FUEL FLOWING AGAIN TO IRAQ [...] (C) Summary. Fuel shipments through Turkey to U.S. military and SOMO depots appear to have resumed following the partial clearing of SOMO payment arrears owed to Turkish suppliers and the establishment of a new Turkish system for monitoring deliveries in order to reduce smuggling. At the s [...] |
2005-08-29 15:27:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD ECIN PREL IZ TU |
| 05ANKARA5986 |
TURKISH BUSINESS RELIEVED OVER START OF EU [...] (SBU) Summary: As expected, the business community breathed a collective sigh of relief over the start of EU accession talks, though many claimed they had always been confident of the outcome. The business community has been among a key constituency in support of EU accession, however, their [...] |
2005-10-04 16:23:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ECIN TU EU |
| 05ANKARA6066 |
BSEC SECGEN PUSHES FOR ACTIVE U.S. ROLE [...] (SBU) In a September 27 meeting with Charge, Ambassador Tedo Japaridze was delighted that Black Sea Economic Cooperation (BSEC) "senior officials" had agreed to U.S. observer status in the organization. This would make his job of making BSEC a more effective organization. He said the decis [...] |
2005-10-06 15:01:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECIN ETRD PREL TU |
| 05ANKARA6399 |
IMF PROGRAM: GOT ACCEPTS FISCAL AUSTERITY,NEEDS [...] (C) Summary: Though the GOT has accepted the IMF's fiscally austere 2006 primary surplus target, the GOT has again run into fierce delaying tactics by the political opposition party on the social security reform legislation. Fund staff (strictly protect) is awaiting a decision from IMF Managem [...] |
2005-10-24 14:22:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN ECIN IMF |
| 05ANKARA6897 |
BABACAN: NO PLANS TO SEND ADDITIONAL PROTOCOL TO [...] (C) Summary: Minister of Economy and EU negotiator Ali Babacan explained that the GOT had deliberately not created a new structure to handle the EU process so as to keep all ministries engaged. The GOT has no plans yet to submit the Ankara Protocol Extension to parliament. Babacan reiterated [...] |
2005-11-22 16:31:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ECIN PREL PGOV EU TU |
| 05ASUNCION786 |
PARAGUAY POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC UPDATE, JUNE 11-17 [...] (U) Summary ----------------- -- MERCOSUR Summit to Focus on Economic Integration -- Flap Over U.S.-Paraguayan Military Exercises -- New Leaders in Congress -- Chavez to Address Congress but not Meet President MERCOSUR Summit to Focus on Economic Integration ---------------------------- [...] |
2005-06-17 17:48:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL MARR MOPS ECIN PA KICC |
| 05ASUNCION841 |
MERCOSUR SUMMIT: LONG ON RHETORIC, SHORT ON [...] No summary [...] |
2005-06-30 18:12:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM ECIN EFIN EPET ETRD KIPR CU PA KICC VZ |
| 05BAGHDAD3092 |
NORTHERN OIL COMPANY MOVING FORWARD DESPITE [...] (C) SUMMARY: On 13 July, Charge d'Affaires David Satterfield and Emboffs met with North Oil Company (NOC) Director General (DG) Adil Al-Qazzaz to discuss pipeline security and plans for expanding oil production in Northern Iraq. Pipeline attacks and dilapidated infrastructure continue to ham [...] |
2005-07-26 13:31:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN PGOV EAID PREF PHUM ECIN ECON IZ |
| 05BANGKOK2600 |
THAILAND: EAST ASIA SUMMIT - THAI IMPRESSIONS [...] (C) On April 12, Poloff discussed reftel questions and passed reftel points to MFA official Buskorn Prugsapongse, Director of the Economic and Policy Division, Department of ASEAN Affairs. Buskorn's comments echoed many of those provided by the Singapore Embassy in Washington, as reported in [...] |
2005-04-12 09:29:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECIN TH ASEAN |
| 05BANGKOK3041 |
THAILAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR: PATRICIA [...] (U) Post warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Patricia Scoggs, Andrea Richhart and Teri Simpson Lojewski to attend the U.S.-ASEAN Informal Coordinating Mechanism from May 15 - May 18, 2005. 2. (U) Per Ref E-mail, USAID Regional Development Mission has made reservations at the [...] |
2005-05-06 08:14:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA ECIN ETRD TH |
| 05BANGKOK5128 |
APEC RADIOACTIVE SOURCES INITIATIVE DEMARCHE: RTG [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 3. 2. (SBU) Poloff delivered demarche (reftel A) to Chutintorn Gongsakdi, Director of International Economic Policy at MFA; Katanawadee Kalayanamit, International Organizations/Peace, Security and Disarmament Division at MFA; and Amornsate [...] |
2005-08-10 05:07:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP PARM ETTC KSTC EAID ETRD ECIN TH APECO IAEA |
| 05BANGKOK5317 |
EASTERN SEABOARD WATER SHORTAGE HIGHLIGHTS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A water shortage in the industrial areas along Thailand's Eastern Seaboard raises questions about the management of the nation's water resources with important implications for the further development of Thailand's most important industrial zone. A concurrence of two dry years [...] |
2005-08-18 07:49:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECIN ECON ECPS ELAB EINV ENRG EPET KCOR KPRV SENV SOCI TH EPWR |
| 05BANGKOK5748 |
REGIONAL ARCHITECTURE - THAI PERSPECTIVES [...] No summary [...] |
2005-09-08 08:07:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECIN TH |
| 05BANGKOK6943 |
THAILAND: FOLLOWING UP ON ADDITIONAL PROTOCOL [...] (SBU) Poloff passed reftel points to Chutintorn Gongsakdi, MFA Director of International Economic Policy, and Katanawadee Kalayanamit from the Peace, Security and Disarmament Division at MFA. Chutintorn received the points without comment. Katanawadee said that Thailand does not plan to de [...] |
2005-11-04 09:37:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP PARM ETTC KSTC EAID ETRD ECIN TH APECO |
| 05BRASILIA1100 |
GUTIERREZ ARRIVES IN BRASILIA [...] (SBU) Ecuador's ex-president Lucio Gutierrez arrived in Brasilia Sunday afternoon, April 24, via Brazilian Air Force 737 and was transferred immediately by helicopter to Brasilia's Military Sector. For the time being, Gutierrez and his family will lodge in officers transit quarters on the ar [...] |
2005-04-25 12:58:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ASEC ECIN BR |
| 05BRASILIA2404 |
DEVELOPMENT ISSUES IN THE UN HIGH LEVEL GENERAL [...] EmbOff delivered reftel non-paper to Antonio Jose Ferreira Simoes, Senior Economic Advisor to the Minister and Head of the Foreign Ministry's office for Diplomatic Planning. We will report septel should we receive any relevant response. CHICOLA [...] |
2005-09-12 19:34:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECIN PREL UNGA |
| 05BRASILIA3052 |
BRAZIL - PROCESS FOR VENEZUELA'S MEMBERSHIP IN [...] (SBU) Summary. Brazil's decision to approve Venezuela's request for membership to Mercosul came from the top levels of the GoB, without substantial internal debate. While the process for admitting Venezuela to the bloc is moving forward, the Foreign Ministry appears to be approaching the iss [...] |
2005-11-18 19:22:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL | ECIN ETRD ECON VE BR |
| 05BRASILIA91 |
MERCOSUL SUMMIT: NO PARTY, BUT NO FUNERAL [...] (SBU) Summary and introduction. Diplomatic restraint enabled the 27th Mercosul presidential summit to conclude on December 17 without incident, but widespread dissatisfaction with meager economic benefits flowing from the bloc, and bitter trade disagreements between Brazil and Argentina cloud [...] |
2005-01-10 14:15:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECIN ETRD PREL ECON BR |
| 05BRASILIA94 |
MERCOSUL: CRITICISM GROWS BUT GOB POLICY SHIFT [...] (U) This cable reflects input from Consulates General Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo. Mission invites comment from other posts in the region regarding issues raised herein. 2. (SBU) Summary and Introduction. The Brazilian private sector has recently stepped up criticism of GoB trade policy, [...] |
2005-01-10 16:35:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECIN ETRD PREL ECON BR |
| 05BRUSSELS1583 |
THE PROPOSED EU CONSTITUTION: WHAT IT COULD MEAN [...] (SBU) The Constitutional Treaty signed last October requires ratification by all 25 Member States. It faces its first serious test in the May 29 French referendum, and a second critical vote in the Netherlands on June 1. Under those circumstances, entry into force is a distant and uncertain [...] |
2005-04-22 08:22:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ETRD EFIN EAID ECIN MARR SMIG EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
| 05BUCHAREST818 |
AMBASADORIAL FUND FOR CULTURAL PRESERVATION [...] Post appreciates ECA/P/C indulgence. This is the formal request for the project discussed in Ref B emails. Charge has seen and approved this request. 2. GRANTEE: The Dimitrie Gusti National Village Museum (NVM) Address: 28, Kiseleff Bv., sector 1, Bucharest, Romania Phone: 011 4021 222.9 [...] |
2005-04-04 11:46:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED | ECIN KPAO OEXC SCUL |
| 05CHIANGMAI214 |
CORRECTED COPY: THAI-CHINESE TRADE TALKS AIM HIGH - SOME [...] Summary. Thai and Chinese officials charted an ambitious five-year "strategic economic partnership" during the Second Meeting of the Joint Committee on Trade, Investment and Economic Cooperation in Chiang Mai September 21-23. While news accounts headlined "Chinese investment to surge", some [...] |
2005-09-30 05:02:00 | Consulate Chiang Mai | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD ECIN PREL CH TH WTRO ASEAN |
| 05CHIANGMAI252 |
BUILD IT AND THEY WILL COME: THAILAND PLANS NEW MEKONG PORT TO BOOST CHINA TRADE [...] (U) Summary Although the Mekong River trade between northern Thailand and southern China has not lived up to expectations, the Thai government plans to build a second, larger, port in Chiang Rai. The go-ahead came after the Deputy Transport Minister returned from a visit to Yunnan province sol [...] |
2005-12-21 10:08:00 | Consulate Chiang Mai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECIN ECON PGOV PREL CH TH WTRO |
| 05COLOMBO489 |
AMBASSADOR'S FUND FOR CULTURAL PRESERVATION [...] Contact: Philip Frayne Public Affairs Officer U.S. Embassy, Colombo Tel: +94 11 242 1264 Fax: +94 11 244 9070 E-mail: fraynepa@state.gov Angela Gemza Cultural Affairs Officer U.S. Embassy, Colombo Tel: +94 11 242 1271 Fax: +91 11 244 9070 E-mail: gemzaa@state.gov 2. Grante [...] |
2005-03-08 04:06:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | ECIN KPAO OEXC SCUL |
| 05DAMASCUS5972 |
TRANSPORT OF IRAQ-BOUND U.S. WHEAT REMAINS A [...] (SBU) Summary: Over the past three months, Post has witnessed an incremental increase in the amount of Iraq- bound, U.S. wheat accumulating at the port of Tartous awaiting transport from Syria into Iraq. On the surface, the reason for the delay in wheat transport is a lack of available truc [...] |
2005-11-16 15:12:00 | Embassy Damascus | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAGR ELTN ECIN |
| 05DAMASCUS6327 |
FATAL EXPLOSION IN LATTAKIA PORT [...] (SBU) Local and international press reported widely yesterday a huge explosion in the Lattakia port that resulted in eighteen injuries, one death and the destruction of up to four grain silos as well as the system of conveyor belts that connects them. Dr. Mohammad Fadel, manager of a major gra [...] |
2005-12-05 16:10:00 | Embassy Damascus | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EAGR ELTN ECIN SY |
| 05DARESSALAAM1185 |
EAC CUSTOMS UNION: UPDATE ON TARIFFS [...] Per reftel, econoff and commercial FSN spoke with the East African Community (EAC) Director of Customs, Peter Kiguta, and with Dr. Kaboyoka of the Tanzanian Ministry of Industry and Trade (MIT) to solicit information on updated tariff rates under the EAC's Common External Tariff (CET). 2. A [...] |
2005-06-17 03:29:00 | Embassy Dar Es Salaam | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD PREL ECON EFIN ECIN KTEX TZ |
| 05DJIBOUTI559 |
INDUSTRIAL PARK TO BE BUILT IN DJIBOUTI [...] (U) SUMMARY: New American investment has come to Djibouti. Ali Toubeh, assistant to Saad Ahmed Cheikh - late owner of COMAD and a prominent figure in Djiboutian business - is carrying on Cheikh's last business venture. North Holding Investment Share Company was created as a subsidiary of the V [...] |
2005-06-09 13:08:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL EINV EIND ETRD ECIN ELTN ECON DJ |
| 05DUBLIN1097 |
GOI VIEWS ON HLE DEVELOPMENT ISSUES [...] (C) Summary: Ireland shares a number of USG concerns about the development chapter of the UN High-Level Event (HLE) outcome document, but advocates flexibility to reach agreement on the document's interlocking elements, GOI officials told DCM on September 2. The Office of the Taoiseach (Pri [...] |
2005-09-06 12:08:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EAID ECIN UNGA |
| 05DUBLIN1115 |
IRISH AID OFFICIALS: IRELAND SHARES U.S. [...] (SBU) Summary: Ireland shares U.S. hopes for a successful UN High-Level Event (HLE), as well as U.S. concerns about the development portion of the HLE outcome document, Ronan Murphy, Director General of Ireland's aid agency, told the Ambassador and DCM on September 7. Murphy said that aid re [...] |
2005-09-09 13:36:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV EAID ECIN UNGA |
| 05GENEVA2731 |
PAKISTAN EARTHQUAKE CONFERENCE LEAVES AN UNCLEAR [...] (U) SUMMARY: Ten days after the 26 October UN ministerial conference on aid for Pakistan's earthquake victims, there is still a dramatic under-funding of UN agencies and other partners in the UN Flash Appeal. While the conference netted $579 million in additional pledges, raising the total am [...] |
2005-11-09 06:18:00 | US Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED | AEMR EAGR EAID ECIN ECON MASS PGOV PK PREF PREL SENV AESC UN |
| 05HANOI2027 |
VIETNAM: AMBASSADOR MEETS VICE FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (SBU) The Ambassador met Ministry of Foreign Affairs Vice Minister Vu Dzung August 9 to deliver Reftel A points about the October 3-6 Export Control Conference in Hanoi. Vice Minister Dzung expressed his full understanding of the importance of continuing to hold this conference, but said Viet [...] |
2005-08-09 10:44:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC ETRD ECIN VM APECO APEC CVR |
| 05HANOI2482 |
VIETNAM IS NOT READY FOR APEC 2006 [...] (SBU) Summary. The Government of Vietnam (GVN) is struggling to prepare for APEC 2006 and faces a steep uphill battle. Vice Foreign Minister Le Cong Phung told the Ambassador during a luncheon on September 23 that Vietnam "does not have much time" to prepare for APEC and will seek help from [...] |
2005-09-23 10:30:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC ETRD ECIN VM APECO APEC |
| 05HARARE128 |
ZIMBABWE NOMINATES SIMBA MAKONI FOR ADB PRESIDENT [...] (SBU) The GOZ informed diplomatic representatives from African Development Bank (ADB) shareholder countries that it will nominate former Finance Minister Simba Makoni to succeed Moroccan Omar Kabbaj as ADB President. Foreign Minister Mudenge and acting Finance Minister Herbert Murerwa presente [...] |
2005-01-25 06:01:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | ECIN EAID AORC ZI EINV |
| 05ISLAMABAD16190 |
PAKISTAN EARTHQUAKE: UN TRYING TO GET UP TO SPEED [...] (C) SUMMARY: Mission staff with direct interaction with the UN's earthquake relief effort - from the team leader for USAID's Disaster Assistance Response Team (DART) to emboffs attending UN sectoral cluster groups -- characterize the UN response thus far as "a day late and a dollar short," wit [...] |
2005-10-31 01:34:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | AEMR EAGR EAID ECIN ECON MASS PGOV PK PREF PREL SENV AESC UN |
| 05ISLAMABAD17835 |
IRAN PIPELINE DEMARCHE DELIVERED; GOP DISCUSSIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: GOP officials took Ref B demarche points on the Iran-Pakistan-India pipeline under consideration but had no immediate reply. Petroleum Secretary Waqar met with Iranian officials in Tehran November 16-17 in what was termed a "confidence building" meeting that discussed routing o [...] |
2005-12-01 12:57:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECIN ECON ENRG EPET ETTC IN IR PK |
| 05ISTANBUL1603 |
BSEC SENIOR OFFICIALS CLEAR U.S. REQUEST FOR [...] (SBU) In separate phone conversations on September 16 and September 20, Black Sea Economic Cooperation Secretary General Tedo Japaridze and First Deputy Secretary General Tugay Ulucevik confirmed to Istanbul P/E Chief that the organization's senior officials had agreed in their September 15 I [...] |
2005-09-20 10:57:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED | ECIN ETRD TU PREL |
| 05ISTANBUL1968 |
DOD A/S FLORY'S BSEC CONSULTATIONS [...] (C) Summary: In an extended November 11 briefing and subsequent private meeting with Ambassador Tedo Japaridze, Secretary General of the Organization for Black Sea Economic SIPDIS Cooperation, visiting DOD Assistant Secretary for International Security Policy Peter Flory explored areas wher [...] |
2005-11-16 15:43:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | ECIN ETRD TU PREL |
| 05ISTANBUL2111 |
BSEC: ROMANIAN CHAIRMANSHIP'S VISION OF [...] (SBU) Summary: Black Sea Economic Cooperation (BSEC) Executive Manager Stefana Greavu and Project Coordinator Konstantinos Zaimis reviewed possible areas of cooperation with the U.S. in separate meetings with us on December 8. Greavu outlined Romania's priorities for its Chairmanship-in-offic [...] |
2005-12-14 09:06:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECIN ETRD TU PREL |
| 05ISTANBUL470 |
DELIVERY OF NOTE REQUESTING OBSERVER STATUS TO THE [...] (SBU) Post delivered diplomatic note contained in ref A para 5 to the International Secretariat of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation Council on Wednesday, March 23. In P/E Chief's meeting later that day with the organization's Secretary General, Ambassador Tedo Japaridze, his three SIPDIS [...] |
2005-03-28 14:08:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECIN ETTC KFPC KTIA TU XG |
| 05ISTANBUL645 |
RUSSIA PUTS HOLD ON U.S. BSEC OBSERVER REQUEST [...] (SBU) Summary: Sources in the Secretariat of the Organization of Black Sea Economic Cooperation indicate the Russian Delegation blocked approval of the U.S. application for observer status at last week's Meeting of Senior Officials in Komotini, Greece. While the Russians technically "supporte [...] |
2005-05-02 13:07:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED | ECIN ETTC KFPC KTIA TU XG |
| 05KINGSTON2164 |
DEVELOPMENT ISSUES IN THE UN HIGH LEVEL GENERAL [...] No summary [...] |
2005-09-15 16:50:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECIN PREL JM UNGA |
| 05KINSHASA1647 |
CONGO/B: DELIVERY OF DEMARCHES [...] The following demarches were delivered on September 16, 2005 to Mr. Felix Ngoma, the Americas Desk Officer for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Note: REF G had also been earlier delivered, on September 9, 2005, by Charge' d'Affaires Rutherford to the Minister of Finance (see paragraph 6). [...] |
2005-10-04 07:14:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ETTC KTFN EFIN PGOV PTER KSEP CVIS KVPR KISL KPAO OIIP TBIO EAGR ECON ECIN EAIR EAID KSCA SOCI UK SA CF UNGA WTO AID |
| 05KINSHASA396 |
FY-05 PROPOSAL FOR AMBASSADOR'S FUND FOR [...] SUMMARY: Kinshasa would like to submit the following proposal as its primary Cultural Preservation Project. This grant will fund the preservation project of the ethnographic and archeological collections of the National Museum of Lubumbashi thereby preserving the cultural and archeological her [...] |
2005-03-07 13:07:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OIIP ECIN SCUL CG |
| 05KINSHASA399 |
CONGO/B: FY2005 AMBASSADOR'S FUND FOR CULTURAL [...] Brazzaville Embassy Office submits the following FY2005 project application for the Ambassador's Fund for Cultural Preservation. A. HEADING WITH COUNTRY AND CONTACT INFORMATION Embassy: Brazzaville Embassy Office Country: Republic of Congo POC: George W. Indyke Jr. (Deputy Chief of Mission [...] |
2005-03-07 16:16:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO ECIN SCUL CF OXEC UNESCO |
| 05KUWAIT3956 |
KUWAIT DEMARCHE DELIVERED: UN REFORM, U.S. VIEWS [...] (C) The Ambassador delivered ref A and B demarches to Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Head of International Organizations Ambassador Abdullah Al-Murad in a September 5 meeting. The Ambassador emphasized the need for UN reform and outlined U.S. views on the draft outcome document being prep [...] |
2005-09-06 08:33:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EAID ECIN KWMN KU UNGA UN |
| 05LAGOS1892 |
NIGERIA: RECAPITALIZATION OF MORTGAGE FINANCE [...] (U) Summary: Nigeria's ninety-plus primary mortgage institutions (PMIs) may soon be required to recapitalize in line with the ongoing reforms in the financial sector. In anticipation of a directive from the Central Bank (CBN), mortgagors are striving to raise their capital base from the curr [...] |
2005-12-15 10:18:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECIN NI |
| 05LIMA3466 |
SEEKING SUPPORT FOR REVISED U.S. APEC RADIOACTIVE [...] No summary [...] |
2005-08-11 14:41:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP KSTC PARM ETTC EAID ETRD ECIN |
| 05LIMA3825 |
DEMARCHE ON DECLARATION ON INNOVATIVE SOURCES OF [...] Polcouns delivered the demarche on the Declaration on Innovative Sources of Financing for Development to Julio Garro, the Foreign Ministry's Director of Multilateral Affairs, on 9/2. Garro had no substantive comment to make on the declaration or on the USG's views of that document, but state [...] |
2005-09-02 21:32:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED | ECIN EAIR EAID EFIN PE UNGA |
| 05LIMA3826 |
DEVELOPMENT ISSUES IN THE UN HIGH LEVEL GENERAL [...] No summary [...] |
2005-09-02 21:34:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECIN PREL PE UNGA |
| 05LIMA4590 |
FOLLOWING UP ON 2004 APEC ADDITIONAL PROTOCOL [...] (C) Econoff delivered the demarche "Following Up on the 2004 APEC Additional Protocol Commitments" (Reftel) to Amb. Juan Carlos Capunay, Peru's Ambassador to APEC, on 10/20. Capunay proudly noted that Peru has already signed and ratified the Additional Protocol, agreed that Brunei, Papua New [...] |
2005-10-25 16:06:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP PARM ETTC KSTC EAID ETRD ECIN PE APECO |
| 05LJUBLJANA398 |
SLOVENIA ON US-EU ECONOMIC SUMMIT [...] Econoff delivered reftel talking points 15 June to Robert Kokalj, Head of the Economic Diplomacy Division at the MFA. Kokalj took pains several times during his comments to state that Slovenia and the EU have "roughly the same ideas" as the U.S. on transatlantic economic cooperation and growt [...] |
2005-06-15 05:52:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD ECIN SI |
| 05MADRID1063 |
SPAIN'S AID PROGRAM IN ANDEAN REGION [...] Econoff met March 13 with Spanish Agency for International Development (AECI) officials in the Subdirectorate General for South America to answer reftel questions. Our contacts noted that Andean countries have been priorities for Spanish Aid for several years, and that most Andean countries wi [...] |
2005-03-17 16:51:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EAID PREL CO ECIN PE BL VE SP EUN |
| 05MADRID186 |
SPAIN WANTS TO KEEP FCN TREATY WITH U.S. [...] No summary [...] |
2005-01-19 11:03:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ECIN ECON ETRD KTIA EINV SP |
| 05MADRID3177 |
SPAIN ON UNGA DEVELOPMENT ISSUES [...] DCM passed reftel points September 2 to MFA Secretary of State for International Assistance Leire Pajin, outlining U.S. concerns about the UNGA High Level Event (HLE) Outcome Document and the six-country (including Spain) draft "Declaration on Innovative Sources of Financing for Development." [...] |
2005-09-08 13:58:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECIN PREL SP UNGA |
| 05MANAMA1315 |
BAHRAIN: DECLARATION ON INNOVATIVE SOURCES OF [...] (SBU) Pol/Econ chief September 11 delivered reftel demarche concerning U.S. views of the "Declaration on Innovative Sources of Financing for Development" to MFA Director for International Organization Affairs Ghassan Shaikho. Shaikho was surprised to hear about this initiative and wondered a [...] |
2005-09-12 09:12:00 | Embassy Manama | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECIN EAIR EAID EFIN BA UNGA |
| 05MANAMA1434 |
ISRAELI BOYCOTT SCRAPPED [...] (C) The GOB has made good on its promise to close its Israeli Boycott Office and is now the subject of heated criticism from the press, parliamentarians, political societies and anti-normalization groups. Following the October 1 opening of its current session, the Parliament appears set to he [...] |
2005-10-03 14:50:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ETRD ETTC ECIN ECON BA |
| 05MANAMA145 |
MINISTER OF INDUSTRY AND COMMERCE DISCUSSES NEW [...] (C) Summary. On January 29, Ambassador and Minister of Industry and Commerce Hassan Fakhro discussed cabinet portfolios after the recent shake-up, the impact of the Saudi cut-off of its 50,000 barrel per day oil grant, and U.S.-Bahrain relations. Fakhro said that, for now, the Minister of F [...] |
2005-02-01 14:20:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ECIN ENRG EPET PREL BA |
| 05MANAMA1485 |
PARLIAMENT BLASTS GOB FOR LIFTING BOYCOTT [...] (C) In a nearly unanimous vote October 11, the parliament issued a strong rebuke to the GOB for lifting the ban on Israeli goods and closing the boycott office. The parliament expressed its displeasure by issuing a "proposal" to reinstate the Israeli Goods Boycott and reopen the boycott offic [...] |
2005-10-12 17:28:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ETRD ETTC ECIN ECON BA |
| 05MANAMA179 |
BAHRAINI CONCERNS ABOUT G8 COMMITMENT TO BMENA [...] (C) In a January 31 meeting with Econoff, Yousif Humood, Bahrain's Director of Economic Planning at the Ministry of Finance, expressed concern over the G8's apparent lack of activity on important BMENA initiatives, in particular the Entrepreneurship Center. He said that unless movement is se [...] |
2005-02-07 12:01:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ECIN PGOV PREL BA |
| 05MANAMA320 |
GCC SECGEN AFFIRMS RIGHT OF MEMBERS TO SIGN FTA'S [...] (U) Bahrain's Al Ayam Arabic daily newspaper reported March 1 that GCC Secretary General Abdul Rahman Al Atteya confirmed that each GCC member state has the right to sign a free trade agreement with the United States, but the country must notify the other GCC members about the steps taken. He [...] |
2005-03-06 14:56:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD ECON ECIN BA |
| 05MANAMA38 |
BAHRAIN FTA: FULL SPEED AHEAD DESPITE PROTESTS [...] (C) Summary. GOB officials were quick to defend their right to sign an FTA with the United States after several news accounts cited Saudi Arabia's Finance Minister as saying his country would impose duties on re-exported foreign goods if the U.S.-Bahrain agreement was ratified. Youssef Hamou [...] |
2005-01-05 14:41:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ECIN ETRD PREL BA |
| 05MANAMA430 |
UK TAKING LEADERSHIP ROLE IN G8/BMENA INITIATIVES [...] No summary [...] |
2005-03-21 15:25:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ECIN PGOV PREL BA |
| 05MANAMA705 |
FORUM FOR THE FUTURE MAY 10 STEERING COMMITTEE [...] (SBU) Bahrain hosted a meeting of the G8/Broader Middle East and North Africa (BMENA) Forum for the Future (FfF) Steering Committee May 10 that included representatives of the U.S., UK, Russia, Morocco, Jordan, and Egypt. The parties discussed preparations for the FfF meeting, to be co-chair [...] |
2005-05-17 11:29:00 | Embassy Manama | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ECON KMPI ECIN BA XF XG CA JA |
| 05MANILA5983 |
TELECOM UPDATE: GRP ENCOURAGES INTERNET TELEPHONY [...] The National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) issued recent rulings lowering entry barriers to encourage the development of Voice Over Internet Protocol (VoIP) services. The decisions should reduce international rates but will have less impact on lucrative cellular services, which have ecl [...] |
2005-12-28 08:18:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED | ECPS EINV ETRD ECIN RP APEC |
| 05MINSK1159 |
Minsk Wants Bilateral WTO Negotiations [...] (U) Summary: Econoff met September 13 with MFA representatives Anton Kudasov, Deputy Director of the Directorate of Foreign Trade, and Sergey Gulevich, Deputy Head of the Division of Foreign Trade Policy, to discuss Belarus' accession to the World Trade Organization. Kudasov argued strongly fo [...] |
2005-09-23 05:34:00 | Embassy Minsk | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON ECIN WTRO BO |
| 05MONTREAL1196 |
FRENCH PROPOSAL TO TAX AIRLINE TICKETS - USICAO [...] (SBU) Summary. The Acting US Representative to the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) met with the representatives of Canada, Austria, Saudi Arabia, Japan, Korea, Russia and Egypt to notify them of the demarche (reftel) being delivered in their capitals and to request their sup [...] |
2005-09-09 15:07:00 | Consulate Montreal | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECIN EAID EFIN UNGA ICAO |
| 05MUSCAT1350 |
UN SUMMIT OUTCOME DOCUMENT, DEVELOPMENT ISSUES [...] (C) On September 5, Pol/Econ Chief delivered ref demarches to MFA International Organization Department Chief Ambassador Talib Miran al-Raisi. Ambassador al-Raisi acknowledged USG desires for flexibility in negotiations, and agreed that a separate declaration on innovative sources of financing [...] |
2005-09-07 09:28:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECIN EAID EFIN MU |
| 05NAIROBI3300 |
REGIONAL ISSUES AND KENYA TRAVEL WARNING: [...] (C) SUMMARY: Congressman Donald Payne expressed appreciation to Kenya for its leadership role in the Sudan peace accord and the Somalia reconciliation process in a meeting with President Kibaki August 10. The Congressman said he was trying to encourage the State Department to take a more acti [...] |
2005-08-15 03:03:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EAID ECIN PINS KUNR SO SU ET DJ SP CH KE |
| 05NAIROBI3600 |
KENYA'S PRESIDENT GOES TO CHINA - AND WHAT IT MEANS [...] (SBU) Summary: Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki's August state visit to China was clearly aimed at further developing a bilateral economic relationship which, while small, is growing rapidly. Trade and tourism are especially robust. Investment by Chinese firms in Kenya has yielded less-spectacu [...] |
2005-09-05 05:39:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID EAIR ECIN ECON EFIN ELAB EINV ETRD PREL CH KE |
| 05NAIROBI4023 |
East African Community Customs Union: Just Teething [...] (SBU) Summary: The East African Community Customs Union, established at the start of 2005, is experiencing teething problems - and in the minority view, may be unraveling. A slew of problems, ranging from tariff rates for pharmaceuticals to rules of origin for vehicles assembled locally by G [...] |
2005-09-27 06:29:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECIN ECON KE TZ |
| 05NAIROBI4507 |
KENYA/NEPAD: KENYA COMPLETES APRM SELF-ASSESSMENT [...] No summary [...] |
2005-10-31 07:37:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECIN ECON PGOV SOCI KE NEPAD APRM |
| 05NAIROBI868 |
KENYA LAUNCHES SELF-ASSESSMENT ON GOVERNANCE [...] No summary [...] |
2005-02-25 09:20:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECIN ECON PGOV SOCI KE NEPAD |
| 05NDJAMENA326 |
FALTERING CROPS AND A FRAGILE STATE: TROUBLES ON [...] (SBU) Cash crops and the industries based on them should be thriving in southern Chad, the wettest, greenest part of this drought-prone country. Cotton, textiles, and sugar had at one time been sources of prosperity for millions in the region. But now cotton production is stagnant, and the [...] |
2005-03-03 11:55:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR EAID ECIN ETRD PGOV PHUM PREL SENV CD |
| 05NDJAMENA329 |
FALTERING CROPS AND A FRAGILE STATE: TROUBLES ON [...] (SBU) Cash crops and the industries based on them should be thriving in southern Chad, the wettest, greenest part of this drought-prone country. Cotton, textiles, and sugar had at one time been sources of prosperity for millions in the region. But now cotton production is stagnant, and the [...] |
2005-03-03 14:14:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR EAID ECIN ETRD PGOV PHUM PREL SENV CD |
| 05NDJAMENA330 |
FALTERING CROPS AND A FRAGILE STATE: TROUBLES ON [...] (SBU) Cash crops and the industries based on them should be thriving in southern Chad, the wettest, greenest part of this drought-prone country. Cotton, textiles, and sugar had at one time been sources of prosperity for millions in the region. But now cotton production is stagnant, and the [...] |
2005-03-03 14:14:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR EAID ECIN ETRD PGOV PHUM PREL SENV CD |
| 05NDJAMENA653 |
MINISTER OF COMMERCE DISCUSSES COTTON ISSUES [...] Summary: During a meeting with the Ambassador April 6, the Minister of Commerce discussed plans for an early-May meeting in N'djamena among Cotton-4 trade ministers to prepare a unified strategy for the upcoming WTO Ministerial in Hong Kong. The Minister reiterated the GOC's appeal for elim [...] |
2005-04-25 09:32:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ECIN ECON ETRD CD WTO |
| 05NEWDELHI1075 |
INDIA: SAARC DECISION SENT A MESSAGE TO DHAKA [...] (C) Summary: The GOI remains unapologetic about the last minute cancellation of the SAARC Summit and the resulting unhappiness in Dhaka. In this context, on February 9, the MEA urged PolCouns not to underestimate the extent to which developments in Bangladesh influenced India's decision not to atte [...] |
2005-02-10 12:56:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER ECIN ENRG BG IN |
| 05NEWDELHI1298 |
INDIA SAYS SAARC STILL ALIVE, SUMMIT HINGES ON NEPAL/BANGLADESH ACTIONS [...] (C) Summary: In contrast with the predominant view in the Indian media that by opting out of the Dhaka Summit, India dealt a fatal blow to SAARC, the GOI told us it remains committed to the organization. MEA Joint Secretary (SAARC) V. Ashok told PolCouns and Poloff on February 16 that he was [...] |
2005-02-18 12:06:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETRD ECIN PK NP BG IN SAARC |
| 05NEWDELHI1426 |
FOREIGN SECRETARY EMPHASIZES NEIGHBORS' IMPACT ON INDIA [...] (C) Summary: In a carefully considered February 14 speech on New Delhi's South Asia policy, Foreign Secretary Shyam Saran unveiled a more muscular approach toward India's neighborhood that reflects the GOI's shifting view of its role in the world. Departing from the standard GOI line on the [...] |
2005-02-24 13:43:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECIN KDEM NP BG PK CE IN SAARC |
| 05NEWDELHI2410 |
SAARC: NO SUMMIT IN SIGHT, SAFTA ON TRACK [...] (SBU) Summary: Prospects for a rescheduled SAARC Summit in 2005 are diminishing amidst scheduling difficulties and Indian concerns over the coup in Nepal and instability in Bangladesh. In a March 30 meeting with USAIDoff and Poloff, MEA Joint Secretary (SAARC) V. Ashok expressed optimism, ho [...] |
2005-03-31 11:47:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECIN PREL IN PK NP BG SAARC |
| 05NEWDELHI549 |
INDIA ON EAST ASIA SUMMIT: NOT WITHOUT ME [...] (C) Summary: Following the November 2004 ASEAN Plus One Summit in Vientiane, the MEA scoffed at the idea of an East Asia Summit, but a recent conversation with MEA Joint Secretary (Southeast Asia Two) Biren Nanda indicates India SIPDIS has shifted from that position. It now appears that In [...] |
2005-01-20 13:04:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECIN IN ASEAN |
| 05NEWDELHI6036 |
INDIA'S SAARC PRIORITIES: SAFTA IS KEY [...] (C) Summary: In a July 28 meeting, newly appointed MEA Joint Secretary for the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) P.K. Kapur highlighted the GOI's priorities for the November 12-13 meeting in Dhaka, including the South Asian Free Trade Area (SAFTA), a poverty and infrast [...] |
2005-08-04 14:08:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETRD ECIN EAID BG SL NP PK ML BU IN SAARC |
| 05NEWDELHI6312 |
MEA ON PAKISTAN TALKS: SOME PROGRESS, MANY DOUBTS [...] (C) SUMMARY: MEA Pakistan policy manager Dilip Sinha believes India and Pakistan made good but slow progress in their latest round of Composite Dialogue efforts, with a more constructive climate than earlier discussions. They agreed to extend the LOC ceasefire, establish nuclear hotlines, pre [...] |
2005-08-12 13:53:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PBTS ECON ECIN ETRD MOPS IN PK AF INDO PAK |
| 05NEWDELHI6931 |
DEMARCHES DELIVERED: UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL, [...] (U) This is an Action Request. Please see para 8. 2. (C) Summary: A/DCM and Poloff called on new MEA Joint Secretary (UN Political) Sanjiv Arora on September 6 and SIPDIS delivered Refs A and B demarches, underlining the importance in the new US-India relationship for India to be seen [...] |
2005-09-08 12:21:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID ECIN PHUM KDEM KUNR IN AF UNGA GOI |
| 05NEWDELHI8749 |
OPPORTUNITY KNOCKS: GOI PROPOSES US OBSERVER STATUS AT SAARC [...] (U) For SA: SEE ACTION REQUEST PARA 8. 2. (C) Summary: In a surprise development, the GOI has told us that it would welcome US participation as an Observer to SAARC. At a South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) Summit briefing on November 16, MEA Joint Secretary (SAARC) P.K. [...] |
2005-11-17 13:25:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETRD ECIN AORC BG SL NP PK ML BU IN SAARC |
| 05NEWDELHI9164 |
FS SARAN CALLS FOR ENHANCED BHUTAN TIES [...] (C) Summary: India and Bhutan have a vital stake in each other's well-being and greater economic, security and cultural ties will benefit both countries, Foreign Secretary Shyam Saran argued during an unusual December 3 seminar focused on Bhutan. Underlining the growing GOI concern about con [...] |
2005-12-05 14:19:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGREL PBTS ECIN ETRD PREF PTER PGOV IN BT NP |
| 05NEWDELHI9205 |
INDO-JAPANESE INTERESTS CONVERGING AHEAD OF EAST [...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Singh is heading to Kuala Lumpur for the December 14 East Asian Summit (EAS) at a time of rapid improvement in Indo-Japanese relations that may finally overcome the sense on both sides of unfulfilled potential. In a December 2 meeting with PolCouns, MEA's Asia Co [...] |
2005-12-06 12:57:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECIN ETRD ENRG TRGY KNNP CH JA IN ASEAN |
| 05OTTAWA1104 |
SCENESETTER: CANADA AND THE SPP [...] (U) This is the first in a series of cables offering Mission views and background information on elements of the Security and Prosperity Partnership. This cable outlines some political and economic factors in Canada that may affect progress toward SPP goals. 2. (SBU) Summary: The Security [...] |
2005-04-13 11:57:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD ECIN PREL CA |
| 05OTTAWA1105 |
CANADIAN OFFICIALS SUGGEST THAT MINISTER LAPIERRE'S [...] (SBU) Emboffs met on April 6 with Chief of Staff to Minister of Transport Jean Lapierre, Leslie Swartman, and Lapierre's Senior Policy Advisor, Paul Stothart, to discuss the Government of Canada's (GOC) slow steps toward air liberalization discussions. When Lapierre and Secretary of Transport [...] |
2005-04-13 13:20:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECIN EINV CA |
| 05OTTAWA1197 |
Canada and China conclude expanded air transport [...] On April 19 Canada's Transport Minister Jean Lapierre and International Trade Minister Jim Peterson announced the conclusion of a new and expanded bilateral air transport agreement with the People's Republic of China. The new entitlements include possibilities for all-cargo and code- sharing [...] |
2005-04-20 13:56:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR ECIN EINV CA CH |
| 05OTTAWA1201 |
SPP: Can-Am Business Council shares views on next [...] Summary: Members of the Canadian-American Business Council (CABC), a Washington DC based industry advocacy group, outlined for the Charg their principal concerns that they think need to be addressed by the SPP. The CABC underscored the pressing need to quickly build appropriate infrastructur [...] |
2005-04-20 17:50:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD ECIN CA |
| 05OTTAWA1315 |
SPP: Canadian Chemical producers like SPP, see it [...] Summary: Representatives of the Canadian Chemical Producers Association (CCPA) are supportive of the SPP and suggested that enduring institutional links between government agencies will be a major factor in increasing continental commerce in the chemical sector. They identified the Four Corner [...] |
2005-05-02 17:09:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD ECIN CA |
| 05OTTAWA1385 |
SPP IN CANADA: THE PROSPERITY AGENDA [...] Summary: Following are Mission's general comments on the areas covered in the SPP declaration. Mission Canada recommends that Washington agencies focus on the following overarching elements for progress in SPP: -- a permanent dialogue between the two executive bodies charged with regulato [...] |
2005-05-09 11:53:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ECIN EFIN CA |
| 05OTTAWA1860 |
SCENESETTER: Your Visit to Alberta, Canada [...] I would like to take this opportunity to welcome you and House Agriculture Committee members and staff to Canada. I am sure that your visit will be productive and will help us advance the agenda on two of our biggest bilateral bilateral economic issues. The Canadian Political Scene 2. [...] |
2005-06-21 12:16:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD ECIN EAGR PREL CA |
| 05OTTAWA2649 |
CANADA'S VIEWS ON DEVELOPMENT ISSUES IN TEH UN [...] (SBU) Summary: The GOC shares our views on the problems of length, coherence, and balance in the draft "outcome" document, as well as our commitment to reform and opposition to creative financing measures for ODA. We differ on the goal of 0.7% of GDP, with Canada still thinking it is an imp [...] |
2005-09-02 20:56:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECIN PREL CA UNGA |
| 05OTTAWA2708 |
CANADA: DOESN'T OPPOSE DECLARATION ON INNOVATIVE [...] (C) As reported refs A and B, the GOC shares many of our goals at the upcoming High level event, although priorities differ and there remain areas of disagreement. With regard to the declaration being circulated by Algeria, Brazil, Chile, France, Germany and Spain, the GOC has not yet taken a [...] |
2005-09-09 17:03:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | ECIN EAIR EAID EFIN CA UNGA |
| 05OTTAWA3228 |
AMBASSADOR MEETS PARLIAMENT'S BORDER CAUCUS [...] (U) Summary: Ambassador Wilkins and Minister Counselor of Consular Affairs Keith Powell met for 75 minutes with Parliament's Border Caucus on October 26, fielding questions on subjects ranging from the new travel document requirements of the Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative (WHTI) to the [...] |
2005-10-28 21:12:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ECIN ETRD CPAS ASEC CMGT CA |
| 05OTTAWA3362 |
DETROIT TUNNEL OPERATOR COMPLAINS HAS BEEN SHUT OUT OF [...] (SBU) The President of the Detroit and Canada Tunnel Corporation (DCTC), Gordon Jarvis (a Canadian citizen), contends that despite many good faith attempts to negotiate an extension of their current lease arrangement for the tunnel with the City of Detroit, it appears that they are being shut [...] |
2005-11-10 15:42:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELTN ECIN EINV PREL CA |
| 05OTTAWA3732 |
PRECLEARANCE CONSULTATIVE GROUP REVIEWS POLICIES [...] (SBU) Summary: The inaugural meeting of the Preclearance Consultative Group (PCG) took place in Ottawa on December 13. The U.S. side was represented by the State Department, Customs and Border Protection (CBP), and the Transportation Security Administration. Canadian officials were from Fo [...] |
2005-12-22 15:30:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECIN ASEC CA |
| 05OTTAWA418 |
SMART REGULATION IN CANADA: IMPLICATIONS FOR [...] (U) Following the September 2004 report on Smart Regulation (www.smartregulation.gc.ca), the Privy Council Office's group for Implementation Strategy for Smart Regulation is gearing up to put principle into practice. PCO plans to propose a number of new initiatives to improve the quality and [...] |
2005-02-10 14:35:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ECIN ETRD |
| 05OTTAWA481 |
AMBASSADOR SPEAKS AT INAUGURAL MEETING OF [...] (U) Summary: Ambassador Cellucci addressed the first meeting of Parliament's new Border Caucus on February 8, 2005. The Ambassador affirmed our determination to keep the border functioning, while sounding a note of caution about the potential effects of marijuana liberalization in Canada a [...] |
2005-02-16 15:31:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | ECIN ETRD PREL CA |
| 05OTTAWA714 |
ALASKA GOVERNOR MURKOWSKI AND YUKON PREMIER FENTIE [...] (SBU) Alaska State Governor Frank Murkowski and Yukon Territory Premier Dennis Fentie held two days of meetings in Ottawa in late February to promote a proposed rail line to link Alaska and Canada. Murkowski and Fentie jointly tried to sell the project to Government of Canada (GOC) officials, [...] |
2005-03-07 21:16:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELTN ECIN CA |
| 05OTTAWA774 |
SCENESETTER: SECRETARY CHERTOFF'S VISIT TO OTTAWA, MARCH 17, [...] (U) As you prepare for your first meeting in Ottawa with Deputy Prime Minister Anne McLellan, I want to extend my welcome and the Embassy's continuing support for the dialogue. At a time when Canadians are voicing concern about the growing role of "border risk" in the [...] |
2005-03-14 20:30:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ETRD ECIN EWWT ASEC CA |
| 05OTTAWA875 |
DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY SECRETARY CHERTOFF [...] (U) Summary: Handguns entering Canada illegally from the United States and divergence between Canadian and U.S. visa policies were two unscripted items discussed during Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Michael Chertoff's and Canadian Deputy Prime Minister (DPM) Anne McLellan's [...] |
2005-03-23 21:25:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECIN ASEC PREL CVIS CA PSEPC |
| 05PARIS1393 |
GOF WELCOMES POSTPONEMENT OF ASAD VISIT TO VIENNA [...] No summary [...] |
2005-03-03 13:44:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | AU SY PREL ECIN LE FR |
| 05PARIS4947 |
U.S./FRANCE: THE CASE FOR RENEWING AND [...] THIS CABLE CONTAINS AN ACTION REQUEST FOR PM AND EUR/RPM IN PARAGRAPH 7. 2.SUMMARY: WE CONTINUE TO COUNT ON FRENCH SUPPORT IN THE WAR AGAINST TERORISM, AND IN A VARIETY OF INTERNATIONAL FLASHPOINTS, INCLUDING AFGHANISTAN, AFRICA, THE BALKANS, THE MIDDLE EAST AND HAITI. IN A NUMBER OF CAS [...] |
2005-07-18 13:43:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR MASS PREL ECIN FR |
| 05PARIS5003 |
U.S./FRANCE: THE CASE FOR RENEWING AND [...] (U) THIS CABLE CONTAINS AN ACTION REQUEST FOR PM AND EUR/RPM IN PARAGRAPH 8. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: WE CONTINUE TO COUNT ON FRENCH SUPPORT IN THE WAR AGAINST TERORISM, AND IN A VARIETY OF INTERNATIONAL FLASHPOINTS, INCLUDING AFGHANISTAN, AFRICA, THE BALKANS, THE MIDDLE EAST AND HAITI. IN A [...] |
2005-07-19 14:42:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR MASS PREL ECIN FR |
| 05PRAGUE1322 |
CZECH REPUBLIC: REACTION TO USG POSITION ON UN [...] SUMMARY: The GOCR understands the USG position on the outcome document for the upcoming UN Summit, and while not optimistic, will work towards a consensus. The GOCR does not support the "Declaration on Innovative Sources of Financing for Development," and believes the focus should be on imp [...] |
2005-09-12 14:53:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EAIR ECIN EFIN EZ PREL UNGA |
| 05PRAGUE1608 |
CZECH RESPONSES TO OECD SECGEN SELECTION, ACTION [...] (C) SUMMARY: Econoff met November 10 with Czech Ministry of Foreign Affairs Department of Multilateral Economic Relations Deputy Director Pavel Klima to deliver reftel A and B demarches. Klima said that during the July 21 Polish state visit, the Prime Minister signaled GOCR support former Po [...] |
2005-11-10 18:07:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | ECIN ECON EFIN EZ EINV |
| 05PRAGUE842 |
EU REFERENDUM DEFEATS INTENSIFY CZECH DOMESTIC [...] (C) Summary: Not surprisingly in a country where the government has declared passage of the EU constitution the reason for its existence, and whose President has staked out a position as one of Europe's leading critics of the agreement, the French and Dutch "no" votes have only amplified dome [...] |
2005-06-05 15:01:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECIN EZ EUN |
| 05PRETORIA1904 |
MUCH IMPROVED ICT CHARTER DELIVERED TO SAG [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The information and communications technology (ICT) Charter Steering Committee delivered its final draft of the ICT empowerment Charter to Minister of Communications Ivy Matsepe-Casaburri May 5. This draft has been reduced from ninety to thirty pages and is a significant impr [...] |
2005-05-16 14:52:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ETRD EFIN ECIN ECON SF |
| 05PRETORIA4076 |
NEW NEPAD CHIEF EXECUTIVE [...] (U) Summary. In August 2005, Mozambican agricultural economist Firmino Mucavele was appointed the Chief Executive of the New Partnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD) Secretariat. He replaced South Africa's Wiseman Nkuhlu, who continues to serve as South Africa's representative in the NE [...] |
2005-10-06 11:39:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PINR ECIN ECON EINV ETRD SF |
| 05PRETORIA425 |
DTI OFFICIAL DISCUSSES MNC EQUITY OWNERSHIP [...] (C) Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) Director of Black Economic Empowerment Jeffrey Ndumo explained to Econoff in a January 26 meeting that an imminent Statement on Ownership for Multinationals would not provide a blanket exemption to black economic empowerment equity requirements for [...] |
2005-01-31 15:28:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | EINV ETRD ECIN ECON SF EFIN |
| 05PRETORIA937 |
AMCHAM COMMENTS ON CODES OF GOOD PRACTICE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The American Chamber of Commerce in South Africa (AmCham) submitted comments to the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) this week on three draft Codes of Good Practice released by Minister of Trade and Industry Mandisi Mpahlwa in December 2004. AmCham's comments focus on c [...] |
2005-03-04 05:06:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ETRD EFIN ECIN ECON SF |
| 05QUEBEC52 |
QUEBEC PREMIER CHAREST VISIT SCENESETTER [...] Summary: Premier Charest is coming to Washington April 17-19 at the halfway mark of his four-year term, facing political difficulties at home but with his determination and vision for Quebec intact. When elected in 2003, the Premier promised to put Quebec on a "new path of development and p [...] |
2005-04-15 15:49:00 | Consulate Quebec | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV ECIN BEXP CA |
| 05ROME2998 |
DEVELOPMENT FINANCE: ITALY SAYS ANY GLOBAL TAX [...] (SBU) Summary: Italy does not oppose global tax schemes to fund development assistance, provided such programs are voluntary. There are no plans here to impose a surcharge on international airline tickets, and Italy would resist efforts by the EU to imposed such a tax on member states. Italy [...] |
2005-09-09 15:59:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECIN EAIR EAID EFIN IT UNGA |
| 05SANAA1833 |
DPM SOFAN ON CORRUPTION, USDA FOOD AID, AND [...] (SBU) Summary: CDA Nabeel Khoury met with Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Planning and International Cooperation, Ahmed Sofan, on July 2 to discuss USDA food aid program implementation, corruption, and Yemen's Millenium Challenge Account (MCA) Threshold plans. Sofan agreed with the DCM [...] |
2005-07-06 08:47:00 | Embassy Sanaa | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ECIN EAID YM COM |
| 05SANAA3186 |
COMMERCIAL STRATEGIC PLAN FY-2006 [CORRECTED COPY] [...] Summary: Embassy Sanaa's commercial office is currently a Partner Post of the Foreign Commercial Service's Riyadh office, and has recently undergone a transition in locally- employed commercial staff. The new Commercial Specialist, Ammar Al-Anssi, was trained on U.S. Department of Commerce F [...] |
2005-11-01 11:30:00 | Embassy Sanaa | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD ECIN ECON KTDB YM COM |
| 05SANJOSE2101 |
DEMARCHES ON DEVELOPMENT ISSUES AND THE UNGA [...] (U) Econoff delivered nonpapers (Refs A and B) to Edwin Arias, Deputy Director for Foreign Policy in the Costa Rican Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA), and discussed the issues with Ronald Obaldia and Rolando Madrigal from the MFA on September 8, 2005. The representatives of MFA understood o [...] |
2005-09-09 22:15:00 | Embassy San Jose | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECIN EAID EAIR EFIN PREL UNGA |
| 05SANJOSE2664 |
JAN. 1, 2006 ENTRY INTO FORCE HELPS CAFTA-DR IN [...] (SBU) Summary. We know that USTR must make a determination soon so that it can recommend to the President when he should issue his proclamation bringing CAFTA-DR into force. Recognizing that this determination is of greater importance for countries that have already ratified, we want to hig [...] |
2005-11-15 23:37:00 | Embassy San Jose | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD ECIN PGOV PREL CS |
| 05SANJOSE2826 |
COSTA RICA,S FORMER CAFTA LEAD NEGOTIATOR ANABEL [...] (SBU) Anabel Gonzalez, who was Costa Rica,s lead negotiator for the Dominican Republic-Central American Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA-DR) until her resignation in September 2004 reftel has accepted WTO Director General Lamy,s offer to head the WTO,s Agriculture and Commodities Division. Lamy ma [...] |
2005-12-13 10:22:00 | Embassy San Jose | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECIN PREL CS |
| 05SANSALVADOR2524 |
RESPONSE TO NON-PAPER: DEVELOPMENT ISSUES IN THE [...] Poloff discussed reftel with Felix Ulloa, Office of Multilateral Affairs on September 12, 2005. Ulloa stated that the GOES would review the information prior to the conference on September 14. Butler [...] |
2005-09-12 19:37:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECIN PREL ES UNGA |
| 05SANSALVADOR2549 |
FINANCE VICE MINISTER SHARES U.S. VIEW ON [...] No summary [...] |
2005-09-14 20:03:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | ECIN EAIR EAID EFIN ES UNGA |
| 05SANSALVADOR2875 |
SECRETARY GUTIERREZ' BILATERAL MEETING WITH PRESIDENT SACA [...] (SBU) Summary: Secretary of Commerce Carlos Gutierrez began his October 20-21 visit to El Salvador with a friendly but businesslike meeting with President Elias Antonio ("Tony") Saca. Saca reaffirmed El Salvador's commitment to CAFTA and to its relationship with the United States, thanking Preside [...] |
2005-10-20 22:57:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD OVIP PREL EPET ECIN ES |
| 05SANTIAGO1057 |
CHILE SUPPORTS US APEC INITIATIVES ON NUCLEAR [...] (SBU) EconOff met yesterday with German King, Director, and Graciela Fernandez, Deputy Director, of the APEC Department of the Directorate of International Economic Relations (DIRECON) to discuss the GOC position on the APEC Radioactive Sources Initiative. King reiterated Chile's support for [...] |
2005-05-13 16:31:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP ETTC KSTC ETRD ECIN PARM CI APEC IAEA |
| 05SANTIAGO2168 |
CHILE'S PARTICIPANTS IN APEC EXPORT CONTROLS [...] Post is pleased to report that the Government of Chile will send three officials to the conference for "Effective Elements of Export Controls for APEC Economies" to be held in Hawaii the first week of November. Post understands that Washington will cover all costs associated with attending th [...] |
2005-10-21 18:59:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC PARM PREL KSTC EAID ECIN ETRD CI APEC |
| 05SANTODOMINGO4268 |
DECLARATION ON INNOVATIVE SOURCES OF FINANCING FOR [...] No summary [...] |
2005-09-09 22:54:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | ECIN EAID DR EFIN EAIR |
| 05TAIPEI2039 |
SEEKING SUPPORT FOR U.S. APEC RADIOACTIVE SOURCES [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 6. 2. (C) AIT Econoff met May 4, 2005 with Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA), APEC Task Force Chief Lisa Li-hsin Chuang to deliver reftel demarche requesting that Chinese-Taipei support the U.S. radioactive sources initiative at the Sen [...] |
2005-05-05 05:40:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP KSTC PARM ETTC EAID ETRD ECIN |
| 05TEGUCIGALPA2223 |
Honduras and Nicaragua Re-Open Borders For Cargo [...] Honduran truck drivers opened the Honduran - Nicaraguan border for cargo transport Friday, October 21, after blockading several key highways for approximately 48 hours. The blockage was in response to a similar move by Nicaraguan truckers a day earlier. Following a formal note of protest from [...] |
2005-10-31 22:49:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | ECIN EINV ECON ETRD HO |
| 05TEGUCIGALPA708 |
Central America: Progress on a Customs Union; A [...] Summary: The Central American customs union is on its way, slowly but surely. On Wednesday March 9 of this year, Honduras and Guatemala consolidated the process of customs unification by signing a bilateral agreement at El Florido, a border crossing between the two countries in the Department [...] |
2005-04-02 00:43:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | ECIN ETRD ELTN ECON EAGR HO |
| 05TOKYO1349 |
U.S.-JAPAN INFORMAL POLICY PLANNING BILATERAL: [...] (C) Summary: During informal policy planning talks with Ministry of Foreign Affairs Deputy Vice Minister Tsuneo Nishida on March 2, Director of Policy Planning Stephen D. Krasner discussed East Asian architecture, China, North Korea and the President's democratization agenda. Nishida said Ja [...] |
2005-03-08 07:50:00 | Embassy Tokyo | SECRET | ECIN PREL PARM PINR KDEM CH TW KN JA ASEAN |
| 05VANCOUVER1524 |
MARIJUANA FLOURISHES IN B.C. AS METHAMPHETAMINE CRISIS [...] Summary: The number of individual marijuana grow operations, or grow-ops, in British Columbia has leveled-off since 2000, but they continue to increase in size and sophistication, according to a June 2005 RCMP report and a study by the University College of the Fraser Valley's Department of [...] |
2005-12-05 19:07:00 | Consulate Vancouver | UNCLASSIFIED | CA SNAR PREL ECIN |
| 05VIENNA1312 |
AUSTRIANS SKEPTICAL AFTER 10 YEARS OF EU [...] A recent poll by the Austrian Association for European Politics (OGE) revealed that the Austrian public remains highly skeptical of the EU. A significant majority of Austrians do not believe EU membership has brought the benefits they expected, such as higher growth, lower inflation, and red [...] |
2005-04-21 06:06:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ECIN ECON ETRD AU EUN |
| 05VIENNA1917 |
AUSTRIA SUPPORTS REFERENCE TO IPR AT U.S.-EU SUMMIT [...] (SBU) Post conveyed reftel points to the GoA's COTRA delegation in Brussels and followed up June 8 with Gabriela Habermayer, Austria's 133 Committee representative. Habermayer agreed that U.S.-EU cooperation on IPR, especially in the developing world, was an area of positive collaboration tha [...] |
2005-06-09 09:37:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD ECIN AU |
| 05VIENNA1969 |
AUSTRIA: LEADERS EXPRESS SKEPTICISM ABOUT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Austria's political establishment is underlining its deep skepticism of Turkish EU membership. First, Chancellor Schuessel (conservative People's Party - OVP) reiterated the position he took at the December 2004 EU summit: that the EU should conduct "open-ended" negotiations wit [...] |
2005-06-14 12:39:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ECIN AU TU EUN |
| 05VIENNA2441 |
AUSTRIAN CHANCELLOR SCHUESSEL CALLS FOR AN EU [...] Austrian Chancellor Wolfgang Schuessel has proposed an EU-wide tax on financial cross-border transactions. Schuessel said he believes the tax would provide increased financial autonomy for the EU's budget and close the unresolved financing gap in the 2007-2013 financial framework. Despite ov [...] |
2005-07-20 12:09:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ECIN EFIN AU EUN |
| 05VIENNA2626 |
EU/TURKEY: AUSTRIANS SHARPEN CRITICISM, BUT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Austrian attitudes are hardening on Turkey's prospects for EU accession. Polls show only ten percent of Austrians support Turkish entry. In recent statements, leaders across the spectrum have voiced increasing skepticism regarding Turkish EU membership. Finance Minister Grasse [...] |
2005-08-04 13:14:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ECIN AU TU EUN |