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00THEHAGUE1734	DUTCH WILL PROVIDE ALBANIA ELECTION SUPPORT [...] The Dutch have decided to grant USD 500,000 to the UNDP for the OSCE-coordinated election support effort for the October Albania elections, with the proviso that it be used for voter registry preparations and data verification. 2. The Dutch plan to open their embassy in Tirana by late J [...]	2000-06-09 10:59:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREL KDEM NL OSCE

00THEHAGUE1796	ANTI-TRAFFICKING WORKSHOP IN KIEV [...] WE WERE INFORMED BY THE DUTCH FOREIGN AFFAIRS MINISTRY TODAY THAT MR. H.F. VAN DRUNEN OF THE DUTCH EMBASSY IN UKRAINE WILL BE PARTICIPATING IN THE ANTI- TRAFFICKING WORKSHOP ON JUNE 21-23. THE MFA NOTED THAT NO OTHER DUTCH OFFICIALS WILL BE AVAILABLE BECAUSE THE APPROPRIATE PERSONS WILL BE A [...]	2000-06-16 13:29:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM ELAB PHUM KWMN NL CGEN OSCE
00THEHAGUE1940	DUTCH THOUGHTS ON RS WALKOUT OF SRCC, SERB [...] No summary [...]	2000-06-27 16:08:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM EAID PREL MARR BK SR HR NL OSCE
00THEHAGUE1950	DUTCH CONFIRM EU PLANS FOR MINISTERIAL TROIKA [...] No summary [...]	2000-06-28 11:31:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM BO NL OSCE EUN
02AMMAN3548	STATUS OF JORDAN'S ACCESSION TO UN CT CONVENTIONS [...] Poloff delivered Ref points to Aiyman Aamri, Acting Director of the International Organizations section of the Foreign Ministry, on June 30. Poloff explained that the U.S. has now ratified all twelve UN CT Conventions and pressed Aamri on the GOJ's progress in ratifying the four remaining UN [...]	2002-06-30 12:36:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER PREL OSCE OSCE
02AMMAN3621	POINTS ON OPEN SKIES TREATY DELIVERED [...] (U) POLCOUNS AND POLOFF DELIVERED REF NON-PAPER TO ALI AL-AYAD, PERSONAL ASSISTANT TO FONMIN MUASHER, ON JULY 2. AL-AYAD HAD NO INITIAL REACTION TO THE NON-PAPER BUT PROMISED TO REVIEW IT FURTHER. Gnehm [...]	2002-07-03 06:25:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM OSCE
02ROME5093	GOI AGREES WITH USG ON NEED FOR SERBIAN ELECTION [...] (C) ON OCTOBER 16, MFA BALKAN OFFICE DIRECTOR MAURIZIO MASSARI TOLD POLOFF THAT THE GOI AGREED COMPLETELY WITH USG THE USG VIEW EXPRESSED REFTEL THAT THE IC MUST PUT PRESSURE ON SERB PM DJINDJIC TO RECONVENE PARLIAMENT IN ORDER TO AMEND THE ELECTORAL LAW IN LINE WITH ODIHR RECOMMENDATIONS. M [...]	2002-10-18 08:09:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SR MN IT OSCE
02VATICAN5836	HOLY SEE NOT SUPPORTIVE OF SEPARATE OSCE [...] (SBU) POLOFF REVIEWED REFS (A) AND (B) DISCUSSION OF A SPECIAL SESSION ON ANTI-SEMITISM NOVEMBER 16 WITH VATICAN OSCE DIRECTOR MONS. ETTORE BALESTRERO, FOCUSING ON THE NEED FOR A STAND-ALONE MEETING TO DISCUSS ANTI-SEMITISM. UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 VATICA 05836 [...]	2002-12-04 07:59:00	Embassy Vatican	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM VT OSCE
03ADANA66	THE VIEW FROM THE SOUTHEAST, [...] No summary [...]	2003-03-07 16:46:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PINS PHUM TU OSCE ADANA
03AMMAN6917	JORDANIAN VIEWS ON THE OSCE AND ITS MEDITERRANEAN [...] SUMMARY: In a bilateral meeting at the October 20-21 Aqaba OSCE seminar, U.S. and Jordanian officials discussed the Jordanian vision for the OSCE,s six Mediterranean Partners for Cooperation. While upbeat on OSCE principles and the partners, continued participation with the OSCE, the Jordanian [...]	2003-10-27 12:55:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL JO OSCE
03ANKARA1503	LAWYERS GROUPS OPPOSE NEW PRISON-RELATED [...] (C) Summary: Attorneys from the Ankara Bar Association (ABA) and Contemporary Lawyers Association (CLA) argue that a newly adopted package of prison-related laws holds attorneys responsible for hunger strikes, places hunger striking prisoners at risk, undermines the right of attorneys to consu [...]	2003-03-10 13:07:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU OSCE
03ANKARA1516	TURKISH CIVIC SOCIETY: VERDICT SUSPENDED IN CASE [...] (U) An Ankara State Security Court (SSC) March 10 ruled unanimously to postpone a verdict in the trial in absentia of controversial Islamic philosopher Fetullah Gulen. Gulen, indicted in 2000, faced five to 10 years imprisonment under the Anti-Terror Law on charges of establishing an illegal [...]	2003-03-11 09:17:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU OSCE
03ANKARA1578	ECHR RULING: OCALAN TRIAL UNFAIR, PRISON [...] (C) Summary: The European Court of Human Rights ruled that jailed PKK leader Ocalan did not receive a fair trial, while also determining that his prison conditions are acceptable. Both the GOT and Ocalan's attorneys plan to appeal the ruling. Regardless of the outcome of the appeal, Ocalan wil [...]	2003-03-12 17:13:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU OSCE PKK
03ANKARA1624	GOT CLOSES PRO-KURDISH HADEP PARTY, OPENS CASE [...] (C) Summary: Turkey's highest court announced the closure of the pro-Kurdish HADEP party the same day a chief prosecutor opened a case to close the closely linked DEHAP party. HADEP is accused of aiding the PKK and other offenses; DEHAP is charged with actions against the democratic state and [...]	2003-03-13 16:30:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU OSCE
03ANKARA1636	OCALAN'S LAWYERS, BROTHER VISIT FOR FIRST TIME IN [...] (U) Jailed PKK leader Abdullah Ocalan was visited March 12 for the first time since November 27 by his brother Mehmet and three attorneys. Jandarma officials had previously blocked visits to Ocalan's Imrali Island prison, supposedly due to stormy weather (Reftels B-D). 2. (C) Comment: Th [...]	2003-03-14 14:31:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU OSCE PKK
03ANKARA2186	DRAFT EU PARLIAMENT REPORT CALLS FOR RADICAL [...] (C) Summary: A clear-sighted but controversial European Parliament draft report calls on the GOT to make fundamental changes to the Kemalist State in order to meet EU membership criteria. MFA and reportedly a few members of the European parliament reject the report as biased; several European [...]	2003-04-03 15:36:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM EU TU OSCE
03ANKARA2246	APPEALS COURT UPHOLDS CONVICTION IN LONG-STANDING [...] (C) Summary: An appeals court upheld the torture convictions of 10 police officers in the high-profile 1996 Manisa case; the ruling is final. The officers are expected to serve jail terms ranging from two years to more than four years. Human rights observers and European diplomats welcomed t [...]	2003-04-07 15:36:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU OSCE
03ANKARA2353	TURKEY: DIFFICULTIES FROM PARLIAMENT'S HUMAN [...] (C) Summary: Trouble continues with ruling AK party parliamentary Human Rights Committee Chairman Elkatmis regarding Iraq-related anti-American statements he persists in making to the press, statements which (1) are at odds with the AK government line; (2) reflect the committee's refusal to ta [...]	2003-04-11 09:49:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU OSCE
03ANKARA2368	TURKISH PARLIAMENT'S HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE: ILL [...] (C) Summary: The parliamentary Human Rights Committee does not play a significant role in the development of reform legislation, and the public comments of its Chairman to date have focused on supposed human rights violations outside Turkey. Committee members are generally not well informed on [...]	2003-04-11 13:23:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU OSCE
03ANKARA2998	HUMAN RIGHTS ASSOCIATION: "POLICE RAID A WARNING [...] (C) Summary: Police May 6 raided the Ankara offices of the Human Rights Association (HRA),seizing records and computers as part of an investigation of alleged support for terrorism. The HRA President believes the action is an attempt to warn NGOs and the GOT against supporting a planned confe [...]	2003-05-08 07:16:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU OSCE
03ANKARA3843	TURKS VIEW TIER III TIP RATING AS UNFAIR, [...] Summary: GOT officials said they are "disappointed" by Turkey's Tier III ranking in the 2003 TIP Report. They claimed the report ignores TIP-related reforms adopted by the GOT over the past year, and argued that the ranking was not based on fair, objective analysis. The press focused on the [...]	2003-06-13 10:09:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PREL TU OSCE
03ANKARA3915	PENAL CODE AMENDMENTS INCLUDE HUMAN RIGHTS REFORMS [...] (U) Summary: A revised version of the Turkish Penal Code (TPC),currently under parliamentary review, includes measures that would: expand the definition of torture and increase prison sentences for those who commit torture; strengthen privacy rights; introduce home detention for minor crimes; [...]	2003-06-17 15:25:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU OSCE
03ANKARA5927	GOT ENGAGED IN INTERNAL DEBATE OVER IDP CONFERENCE [...] (C) Summary: Some MFA officials support a UN recommendation to hold an international conference on return programs for those displaced from the southeast during the PKK conflict; however, the Interior Ministry opposes. UNHCR believes the conference should also include the return of refugees f [...]	2003-09-19 06:44:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU OSCE
03OTTAWA1124	JUDGE TO LEAD CANADA'S DELEGATION TO OSCE [...] No summary [...]	2003-04-22 12:57:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM CA OSCE
03OTTAWA1136	CANADA RULES OUT BID FOR OSCE CHAIR [...] No summary [...]	2003-04-22 21:03:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL CA OSCE
03OTTAWA2232	URGING HIGH-LEVEL CANADIAN ENGAGEMENT ON MOLDOVA [...] (C) Canada agrees with us that more pressure needs to be brought to bear on the Moldovan peace process and the withdrawal of Russian forces, and will seek opportunities to do so. Embassy Political Minister Counselor discussed reftel demarche with Norbert Kalisch, Acting Assistant Deputy Minis [...]	2003-08-06 21:16:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS EU MD CA OSCE
03OTTAWA556	CANADA JOINS U.S., EU SANCTIONS AGAINST [...] (SBU) On 27 February Political Counselor discussed the proposed visa sanctions against Transnistrian officials with John McNiesh, Eastern European Desk Officer for the Canadian Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT). 2. (SBU) McNeish said that representatives of the U. [...]	2003-02-27 21:14:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	EU MD RS CA PREL PBTS CVIS OSCE
03OTTAWA576	CANADA SUPPORTS OSCE PARTNER STATUS FOR AFGHANISTAN [...] (U) On March 28, Political Counselor discussed reftel's proposal for OSCE Partner Status for Afghanistan with Lisa Helfand at the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT). 2. (SBU) Helfand, who is Deputy Director of DFAIT's Division for Defense and Security Relations, s [...]	2003-02-28 21:32:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL OSCE
03ROME144	GOI ON DAYTON ARMS CONTROLS NEXT STEPS [...] (C) ACCORDING TO MFA OSCE OFFICE DIRECTOR FABIO CRISTIANI, THE GOI CONCURS WITH USG POLICY OBJECTIVES FOR THE DAYTON ARMS CONTROL AGREEMENT FOR THE NEXT 12-18 MONTHS AS OUTLINED REFTEL. HE TOLD POLOFF ON DECEMBER 10 THAT HE AGREED WITH THE NEED FOR CONTACT GROUP PRESSURE ON THE PARTIES FOR [...]	2003-01-14 11:39:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL BK HR SR IT OSCE
03ROME2137	GOI AGREES ON NEED TO COORDINATE "STEP BY [...] (C) MFA RUSSIA OFFICE DIRECTOR ROSA ANNA CONIGLIO SAID THAT POINTS REFTEL, WHICH POLOFF ORIGINALLY DELIVERED MAY 6, WERE USED AS FOOD FOR THOUGHT AT THE EU COEST MEETING (AT 25) IN BRUSSELS THE FOLLOWING DAY. SHE SAID THAT ALL EU MEMBERS AND ASPIRANTS AGREED - THE US "STEP BY STEP" AND EU B [...]	2003-05-15 12:11:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EU BO OSCE
03ROME3107	GOI PLEDGES ENHANCED OSCE/EU COOPERATION DURING [...] (C) Summary: On June 23, MFA Political Director Giancarlo Aragona told visiting USOSCE Ambassador Stephan Minikes that the US and Italy must build on strong bilateral relations and work together to put transatlantic relations back on a strong footing. The OSCE is also extremely important i [...]	2003-07-08 15:53:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	IT PREL OSCE
03ROME3700	URGING HIGH LEVEL ITALIAN/EU PRESIDENCY ENGAGEMENT [...] (C) ON AUGUST 14 THE ACTING (NORMALLY DEPUTY) DIRECTOR GENERAL OF THE MFA'S BUREAU FOR EUROPEAN AFFAIRS, FRANCESCO BASCONE, TOLD CHARGE THAT ITALY SHARED USG CONCERNS (REFTEL) OVER THE SLOW PACE OF PROGRESS TO REMOVE RUSSIAN TROOPS AND ARMS FROM MOLDOVA AND TO REACH A FINAL POLITICAL SETTLEMENT [...]	2003-08-14 13:04:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS EU IT MD OSCE
03ROME856	ITALIAN MFA AGREES TO SUPPORT OSCE PARTNER STATUS [...] (C) WE DELIVERED TO MFA OFFICE DIRECTOR FOR OSCE ISSUES FABIO CRISTIANI REFTEL DEMARCHE REQUESTING GOI SUPPORT FOR AFGHANISTAN TO BECOME AN OSCE PARTNER FOR COOPERATION. HE INDICATED THAT ITALY WOULD SUPPORT THE REQUEST, REFERRING TO AN UPCOMING MARCH 6 MEETING IN VIENNA. 2. (C) CRISTIAN [...]	2003-02-28 16:14:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL IT OSCE
03ROME86	OSCE: GOI ON IMPROVING U.S./EU COORDINATION; [...] (C) SUMMARY AND REQUEST FOR GUIDANCE. DURING A CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 ROME 00086 100733Z DISCUSSION ON TURKMENISTAN "MOSCOW MECHANISM" (SEE PARA 5),MFA OSCE OFFICE DIRECTOR FABIO CRISTIANI STRESSED THE IMPORTANCE OF U.S./EU COORDINATION ON OSCE ISSUES, AND O [...]	2003-01-10 07:10:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM EU IT TX OSCE
03THEHAGUE1524	DUTCH MFA ON "PEACE CONSOLIDATION" IN MOLDOVA PAPER [...] No summary [...]	2003-06-13 13:19:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL PBTS NATO OSCE
03THEHAGUE1847	OSCE: A/S JONES' MEETINGS IN THE HAGUE [...] No summary [...]	2003-07-22 10:33:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	GG KCRM MD NL PREL UP OSCE
03THEHAGUE2096	OSCE: CIO POSITIVE BUT CAUTIOUS ON IRAQ POLICE [...] This is an action request - please see para 3. 2. DCM conveyed reftel points to Daan Everts, the Dutch CiO's Personal Representative. Everts, while agreeing that an assessment team is desirable, was unwilling to give a "yes" to the proposal in advance of his meeting with FM de Hoop Scheff [...]	2003-08-20 14:44:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	UK IZ NL OSCE KINL
03THEHAGUE2128	DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO DUTCH ON GEORGIAN ELECTIONS [...] (C) DCM AND POLOFF MADE REFTEL POINTS TO DUTCH MFA OSCE TASK FORCE CHIEF AMB. DAAN EVERTS AND TASK FORCE STAFF IN SEPARATE CONVERSATIONS ON AUGUST 22. AMB. EVERTS TOLD DCM THAT DESPITE BEING "VERY DISAPPOINTED" WITH THE STATE OF AFFAIRS IN GEORGIA, THE OSCE WOULD ENGAGE IN THE SELECTION OF TH [...]	2003-08-22 16:08:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SOCI KDEM GG NL OSCE DU
03THEHAGUE2129	OSCE POLICE TRAINING IN IRAQ: DUTCH CIO NEEDS UNSC [...] Dutch OSCE coordinator Dan Everts briefed DCM on the outcome of his late August 22 meeting with FM de Hoop Scheffer on reftel demarche. Everts said that while the FM - like Everts - supported the idea of OSCE assistance to police training in Iraq, he could not simply decide to send an assessm [...]	2003-08-25 08:04:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	UK IZ NL OSCE KINL
03THEHAGUE2167	OSCE: MOLDOVA HIGH-LEVEL ENVOY DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (C) Due to the absence of CiO Personal Representative and OSCE Task Force Director Daan Everts until August 29, PolOff delivered ref A to OSCE Task Force Senior Policy Advisor Geoffrey van Leeuwen. Van Leeuwen said the GoNL agrees that positions on both the Transnistrian and Moldovan sides hav [...]	2003-08-27 13:50:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS MD NL OSCE
03THEHAGUE2227	DUTCH THOUGHTS ON EU GYMNICH MEETING [...] (C) We spoke with working-level contacts about Gymnich while the FM was in Washington. According to contacts, the Dutch will push EU counterparts at Gymnich for an EU designation of HAMAS (ref B) and greater international support for the transition phase in Iraq. The Dutch will also query E [...]	2003-09-04 13:46:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EU NL UNHRC OSCE
03THEHAGUE2310	DUTCH MFA ON GYMNICH, MEPP, AND IRAQ [...] (C) Summary: PolCouns and PolOff met with MFA Director for Political Affairs Jaap Werner and Deputy Director Joop Wijnands on September 9 to discuss the results of the September 5-6 EU Foreign Ministers Gymnich meeting. Werner termed the September 2-3 visit of PM Balkenende and FM de Hoop Sch [...]	2003-09-15 13:29:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	EU PREL NL UNHRC OSCE
03THEHAGUE2508	RUSSIAN DEPUTY FM TRUBNIKOV ON MOLDOVA [...] (C) Summary: At a September 30 bilateral meeting in The Hague, Russian First Deputy Foreign Minister Trubnikov told EUR/SNEC Ambassador Perina that he would soon be calling the Deputy Secretary with specific ideas on how the U.S. and Russia can cooperate on Moldova. Trubnikov claimed that he [...]	2003-10-02 11:11:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MD PARM NL RU OSCE EUN
03THEHAGUE2560	OSCE: DUTCH PLANS FOR MAASTRICHT [...] Summary: In a meeting with visiting Dept. OSCE Coordinator Doug Wake, Dutch OSCE CiO Personal Representative Daan Everts stressed that the GoNL is looking ahead to a successful OSCE Ministerial December 1-2. To add to GoNL efforts throughout 2003, the Dutch are pushing hard for the Secretar [...]	2003-10-06 14:13:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM NL OSCE
03THEHAGUE2573	MINSK GROUP CO-CHAIRS BRIEF CIO DE HOOP SCHEFFER, [...] (C) Summary: In Paris October 2, the Minsk Group Co-Chairs held separate discussions with the Armenian and Azerbaijani foreign ministers, urging the two sides to quickly arrange meetings between the two presidents and announcing their desire to visit the region soon after the Azeri elections. [...]	2003-10-07 15:08:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV AM AJ PARM NL RU OSCE EUN
03ZAGREB1164	CROATIA: ELECTIONS FOR LOCAL MINORITY COUNCILS [...] (C) ELECTIONS FOR CROATIA'S NEW LOCAL MINORITY COUNCILS WERE HELD ON MAY 18, BUT THE TURNOUT WAS SO LOW THAT THE ELECTIONS ARE BROADLY JUDGED TO BE A TOTAL FAILURE. THERE IS ENOUGH BLAME ON ALL SIDES TO GO AROUND. THE GOVERNMENT SET AN UNREALISTICALLY SHORT -- BUT LEGAL -- DEADLINE, FAILED T [...]	2003-05-23 10:42:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM HR OSCE PGOV
03ZAGREB337	GOC PUSHING BACK ON IC CRITICISM ON RETURNS [...] (C) THE GOC IS REACTING TO IC PRESSURE ON REFUGEE RETURNS. MINISTER FOR PUBLIC WORKS AND RECONSTRUCTION AND BUILDING, RADIMIR CACIC, HELD A HASTILY ARRANGED MEETING ON FEBRUARY 4 WITH THE DIPLOMATIC COMMUNITY TO PRESENT HIS MINISTRY,S PROGRAM ON REFUGEE RETURN. THE EVENT AT THE SHERATON HOTEL [...]	2003-02-12 17:19:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL ECON HR OSCE EUN UNHCR
03ZAGREB94	2003: CRITICAL YEAR FOR RETURNS TO CROATIA [...] (C) CUTS IN THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY'S PRESENCE AND CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 ZAGREB 00094 01 OF 02 141716Z FUNDING IN CROATIA WILL MAKE THIS YEAR CRITICAL FOR REFUGEE RETURNS. OVER THE NEXT 12 MONTHS, A BUDGET-STRAPPED UNHCR WILL DRAW DOWN ITS IN-COUNTRY OPE [...]	2003-01-14 16:57:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PHUM PREL HR UNHCR OSCE
04AMMAN2789	DEMARCHE ON BERLIN ANTI-SEMITISM CONFERENCE: JORDAN [...] No summary [...]	2004-04-13 15:24:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL SOCI JO OSCE
04ANKARA1532	TENSIONS REMAIN IN SOUTHEAST, DESPITE REFORMS [...] (C) Summary: Kurds in southeast Turkey want the U.S. to solve the Kurdish problem internationally as part of the Greater Middle East Initiative. They criticize the USG decision to list PKK successor Kongra Gel as a terrorist organization, arguing that the GOT should negotiate with Kongra Gel [...]	2004-03-15 15:50:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU OSCE
04BRATISLAVA26	SLOVAKIA: HOLOCAUST EDUCATION MANDATORY BUT NEEDS [...] IN RESPONSE TO REFTEL QUESTIONS CONCERNING HOLOCAUST EDUCATION IN SLOVAKIA, POST OFFERS THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION DRAWN FROM THE AMERICAN JEWISH COMMITTEE 1998 REPORT ON "THE TREATMENT OF JEWISH THEMES IN SLOVAK SCHOOLS" AND FROM DISCUSSION IN EARLY JANUARY 2004 WITH MRS. MARIA SLUGENOVA A [...]	2004-01-09 17:09:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED	SOCI LO CONGRINT OSCE
04BRATISLAVA381	BERLIN ANTI-SEMITISM CONFERENCE: SLOVAKIA'S [...] No summary [...]	2004-04-15 15:23:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL LO OSCE
04BRATISLAVA513	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR STEPHEN STEGER [...] EMBASSY BRATISLAVA WELCOMES EUR/RPM NATO DESK OFFICER STEPHEN STEGER AND GRANTS COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR THE PERIOD OF MAY 28 THROUGH JUNE 1, 2004. THE EMBASSY POINT OF CONTACT FOR YOUR VISIT IS KASSIE KOHLER, POL OFFICER. THE PHONE NUMBER IS +420-2-5920-3166 (OFFICE). THE FAX LINE I [...]	2004-05-25 09:32:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT PREL SL OSCE NATO PERM
04BRATISLAVA524	PARLIAMENT ADOPTS ANTI-DISCRIMINATION LAW [...] (SBU) Summary. On May 20, the Slovak Parliament adopted the Law on Equal Treatment. The Director of the GOS Human Rights Section of the Government Office, Jana Kviecinska, told POL Specialist that this is one of the most important laws adopted in the post-communist parliament and brings Slovak [...]	2004-05-28 04:56:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM SOCI LO OSCE
04BRATISLAVA797	SLOVAK FOREIGN MINISTER TO HEAD OSCE DELEGATION [...] No summary [...]	2004-08-27 09:31:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL VT OSCE
04BRATISLAVA980	SLOVAK VIEWS ON OSCE MEETING IN WARSAW [...] (SBU) Summary. On October 20, Poloffs met with some members of the Slovak delegation to the recent OSCE conference in Warsaw to discuss their views about OSCE concerns regarding human rights. Director General of Consular and Legal Affairs Ivan Grexa said he had been prepared for more criticism [...]	2004-10-27 11:12:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM LO OSCE
04BRUSSELS14	EUROPEAN SECURITY STRATEGY IN CONTEXT: ANALYSIS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The final draft of EU HiRep Javier Solana's European Security Strategy (ESS) -- adopted by EU heads of state at their December 12-13 Brussels Summit -- envisages a world of dangerous but preventable threats, multilateral solutions, and stabilizing partnerships. The ESS identifies [...]	2004-01-05 14:09:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PARM KNNP MARR MCAP EAID SOCI NATO OSCE UNSC EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS1622	EU WELCOMES MOLDOVA CONSULTATIONS [...] (C) Mission raised reftel proposal for five-party expert (Ambassadorial) level talks on Moldova April 14 with Christoph Heusgen, head of the Policy Unit. His experts on Moldova were not available, but Heusgen promised to get back to us soon with a more formal reply. He said he was confident [...]	2004-04-15 16:01:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS MD OSCE USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS1806	EU RELEASES ANTI-SEMITISM REPORT [...] (C) SUMMARY: On March 31, the European Monitoring Center on Racism and Xenophobia (EUMC) released its long-awaited report on anti-Semitism in the EU. Its data indicate a growing level of anti-Semitic violence in Europe. Right-wing "skin-head" attacks continue unabated, while a growing number [...]	2004-04-26 12:52:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM OSCE EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS2091	U.S.-EU CONSULTATIONS ON OSCE [...] (C) SUMMARY: The EU hosted a U.S. delegation headed by USOSCE Ambassador Stephan M. Minikes for the biannual U.S.-EU "COSCE" consultations on the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) on May 7. Key findings were: --U.S.-EU Coordination within OSCE: cooperation between t [...]	2004-05-14 10:40:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM OSCE EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS2541	EU PUZZLED BY MOLDOVA'S STABILITY PACT INITIATIVE; MOSCOW RESPONSE IS KEY [...] No summary [...]	2004-06-15 12:58:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PBTS PREL EUN USEU BRUSSELS OSCE MD
04BRUSSELS3066	EU ON EXPANDED TRANSNISTRIA VISA BAN: NEED TO [...] (C) On July 19, USEU conveyed reftel non-paper to Council Secretariat Russia watcher Carl Hallergard, who is temporarily covering Moldova. He welcomed the non-paper, and said he would distribute it to member states at that day's COEST Working Group meeting. The Council Secretariat, he said [...]	2004-07-19 14:39:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM PBTS PHUM PGOV RS MD EUN OSCE USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS3227	EU CONSIDERS VISA BAN ON 21 TRANSNISTRIAN [...] (SBU) On July 29, EU Political and Security Committee (PSC) Ambassadors agreed to consider imposing a visa ban on 21 Transnistrian officials connected to the recent closing of Moldovan schools in Transnistria. EU staff are preparing the paperwork to impose the ban; the PSC will review the is [...]	2004-07-30 07:52:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM PBTS PHUM PGOV MD EUN OSCE USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS3979	DEMARCHE TO EU: OSCE ANTI-SEMITISM AND TOLERANCE [...] No summary [...]	2004-09-17 16:53:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL PGOV SOCI OSCE EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS4183	U.S.-EU OSCE CONSULTS FOCUS ON RUSSIA [...] (C) SUMMARY: The September 21 U.S.-EU OSCE consultations focused largely on Russian intransigence toward outside influence in its "near abroad." Both sides agreed that the CIS Astana Declaration is an attempt to undercut the OSCE role in human rights and democratization. Similarly, the EU re [...]	2004-09-30 09:30:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM OSCE EUN RU USEU BRUSSELS
04DUBLIN1135	IRISH RESPONSE TO OSCE CHAIRMANSHIP - THANKS, BUT [...] (C)During a farewell call on July 28 to DFA Secretary General Dermott Gallagher, DCM raised reftel points regarding GOI's possible bid for the OSCE Chairmanship in 2007. Gallagher stated the GOI seriously considered becoming a candidate, but decided against it primarily due to the general ele [...]	2004-07-29 14:36:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL OSCE
04DUBLIN1292	IRELAND NOT TO SEND HIGH-LEVEL DELEGATION TO OSCE [...] Emboff, drawing on reftel points, spoke on September 2 to First Secretary, UN Section at the DFA Julian Clare. Clare stated that Ireland will not send a high-level delegation to the Sept. 13-14 OSCE conference on Racism, Xenophobia and Discrimination. Ireland strongly supports such conferenc [...]	2004-09-02 11:57:00	Embassy Dublin	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM OSCE
04DUBLIN1696	ROUND TWO: IRELAND TO MONITOR UKRAINIAN ELECTION [...] (C) On November 16, Emboff, drawing on reftel points, spoke to Austin Gormley, the DFA's Deputy Director for Russia, Eastern Europe and Central Asia. Gormley, who was on the ground personally during the first Ukrainian election, stated that the GOI would be actively monitoring the second roun [...]	2004-11-18 13:28:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM OSCE
04HELSINKI1132	E-PINE: FINLAND COMMITS TO SEND OBSERVERS TO [...] (C) Per reftel instructions, Pol Chief and Poloff demarched Tuula Yrjola, the desk officer for Ukraine, and Terhi Hakala, Director on the Unit for East Europe and Central Asia, about the need for additional election observers in Ukraine during upcoming elections. Poloffs noted the interest [...]	2004-09-01 11:19:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	KNEI PGOV PREL PHUM FI OSCE
04LJUBLJANA1089	SLOVENIA: NEW GOS CABINET CONFIRMED BY PARLIAMENT [...] (U) SUMMARY: In a 51:37 public vote on 03 December, the National Assembly confirmed the proposed cabinet of PM Janez Jansa. MPs from Jansa's four-party coalition plus the two national minority representatives supported the slate of 15 candidates. END SUMMARY. 2. (U) Exactly two months [...]	2004-12-06 06:29:00	Embassy Ljubljana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR SI OSCE
04LJUBLJANA1090	AMBASSADOR CALLS ON NEW (AGAIN) SLOVENE FOREIGN [...] (C) Summary. Ambassador met with Foreign Minister Dimitrij Rupel on Dec. 4 prior to the minister's departure for the OSCE Ministerial in Sofia. Rupel appeared relaxed and very comfortable in his surroundings, which he had vacated less than six months ago. Rupel said he was looking forward [...]	2004-12-06 08:57:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SI OSCE
04LJUBLJANA1107	SLOVENIA: FOMIN RUPEL AND USOSCE AMB MINIKES [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a 10 December meeting with COM and USOSCE Ambassador Stephan Minikes, FoMin Rupel set out Slovenian priorities for its OSCE CiO year, indicating a special interest in dealing with issues in Southeastern Europe. Discussion focused on Ukraine and on the need to engage the Russ [...]	2004-12-14 07:27:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR SI OSCE RU
04LJUBLJANA324	SLOVENIA: FOMIN TO ATTEND BERLIN ANTI-SEMITISM [...] (U) POL/ECON CHIEF AND POL-MILOFF DELIVERED REFTEL TALKING POINTS AND DELEGATION LIST ON 15 APRIL TO MFA OSCE TASK FORCE MEMBERS URSKA AJDISEK AND KATARINA GRADIC, BOTH OF WHOM WORK ON HUMAN DIMENSION ISSUES. AJDISEK SAID THAT FOMIN DMITRIJ RUPEL AND AT LEAST TWO OF HIS KEY STAFFERS, INCLUDIN [...]	2004-04-15 12:22:00	Embassy Ljubljana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL SOCI SI OSCE
04LJUBLJANA976	SLOVENIA IN THE BIG LEAGUES NOW: DAS CONLEY HELPS [...] SUMMARY: (U) The visit of DAS Heather Conley to Ljubljana October 20-21 was well timed to take advantage of the momentum created by the arrival of a new U.S.ambassador. Her meetings at the MFA, MOD and with a small group of influential private citizens have helped us to galvanize and re-focu [...]	2004-10-25 11:26:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR SI OSCE
04MADRID2977	SPAIN NOTIFIED OF US INTEREST IN SPANISH OSCE [...] (C) We delivered reftel demarche concerning Spain's candidacy for the 2007 chairmanship of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) to Maria Victoria Scola Pliego, MFA Special Representative for OSCE issues, on August 4. Scola Pliego was encouraged by the U.S. position [...]	2004-08-05 08:08:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SP OSCE
04MADRID3126	SPAIN WILL SEND MORATINOS TO OSCE CONFERENCE ON [...] (U) The Spanish MFA has told us that Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos will be leading the Spanish delegation to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) Conference on Racism, Xenophobia, and Discrimination in Brussels on September 13-14. Alvaro Rodriguez Alvarez, [...]	2004-08-18 11:43:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM SP OSCE
04PARIS6889	OSCE SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVES ON ANTI-SEMITISM AND [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel points to OSCE desk officer Guillaume de Kerdrel on September 17. Kerdrel indicated that the same points had been discussed during a September 1 meeting in Washington with Department officials and a French delegation that included the Ambassador for Holocaust Iss [...]	2004-09-17 16:17:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM FR OSCE
04ROME1472	ITALY SUGGESTS MODIFIED LANGUAGE FOR OSCE [...] (C) FOLLOWING UP ON REF A CONVERSATION, MFA OSCE OFFICE DIRECTOR FABIO CRISTIANI TOLD POLOFF THAT THERE WAS LITTLE SUPPORT AMONG OSCE MEMBER STATES FOR LANGUAGE IN THE OSCE ANTI-SEMITISM CONFERENCE DRAFT DOCUMENT LINKING ANTI-SEMITISM TO ATTACKS AGAINST ISRAEL. HE CLAIMED THAT ITALY COULD LIVE [...]	2004-04-14 17:05:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM SOCI IT OSCE
04ROME3999	ITALY SUPPORTS ESTABLISHING OSCE SPECIAL REP FOR [...] On October 15, MFA OSCE Office Director Fabio Cristiani told EUR/OHI Director Don Braum (in Rome for the Holocaust Education Task Force) that Italy fully supports US view that a special representative for anti-Semitism should be established in the OSCE. EU representatives met at 25 to discus [...]	2004-10-18 07:16:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM IT OSCE EUN
04ROME4000	BUREAUCRATICS WILL KEEP ITALY FROM SECONDING [...] (SBU) OSCE Office Director Fabio Cristiani told poloff that a bureaucratic complication would make it impossible for Italy to second observers to monitor upcoming elections in Ukraine. He said that Italian legislation authorizing such funds came with a string attached - money for transportatio [...]	2004-10-18 08:08:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM UP IT OSCE
04ROME4534	ITALY AGREES IN PRINCIPLE ON OSCE MONITORING [...] (U) MFA OSCE Office Director Fabio Cristiani told poloff that an OSCE election observer mission for Iraq as proposed reftel was in line with Italy's view that the organization's expertise should be exploited for "out of theater" missions. He agreed that ODIHR could provide invaluable assistance [...]	2004-11-30 15:06:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV IZ IT OSCE
04THEHAGUE1484	MOLDOVA/TRANSNISTRIA: DUTCH RESPONSE ON STABILITY [...] (C) Emboffs delivered reftel demarche June 15 to Frank van Beuningen, MFA OSCE policy coordinator, Willemijn Kallenberg MFA OSCE senior policy advisor, and Bas Wels, MFA lead on East European issues during the Dutch EU presidency. 2. (C) Before we presented our points, the Dutch noted sim [...]	2004-06-16 14:15:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM PBTS MD NL OSCE
04THEHAGUE2104	OSCE - DUTCH PARTICIPATION AT CONFERENCE ON [...] The Dutch hope to send a delegation to subject conference headed by a cabinet minister, likely Rita Verdonk, Minister for Immigration and Integration, according to Joris Geeven, MFA officer covering the OSCE in the Human Rights Department who spoke with Poloff on August 20. Human Rights Speci [...]	2004-08-24 12:53:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM AORC NL OSCE
04THEHAGUE2680	DUTCH ON OSCE ELECTION MISSION IN UKRAINE [...] No summary [...]	2004-10-15 16:00:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL UP NL OSCE
04THEHAGUE686	DUTCH RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON POSSIBLE 2009 KAZAKH [...] No summary [...]	2004-03-17 15:44:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KZ NL OSCE
04VATICAN1231	OSCE BOSNIA HEAD PRESSES HOLY SEE AND FRANCISCANS [...] (U) This telegram contains a guidance request. Please see paragraph 9. ------- Summary ------- 2. (C) OSCE Bosnia Head of Mission Robert Beecroft emphasized the importance of inter-ethnic reconciliation in Mostar for Bosnia's future stability during March 23-24 meetings with the Hol [...]	2004-03-26 18:35:00	Embassy Vatican	CONFIDENTIAL	KIRF PREL SOCI VT BK BOSNIA AND HERCEGOVINA OSCE
04VATICAN1471	OSCE ANTI-SEMITISM CONFERENCE: HOLY SEE WANTS [...] (c) Holy See Deputy Foreign Minister Monsignor Pietro Parolin told the DCM April 8 that the Holy See was committed to a successful OSCE Anti-Semitism Conference in Berlin, and agreed with the U.S. on the importance of achieving concrete results. To this end, the Holy See will be sending a hig [...]	2004-04-14 15:39:00	Embassy Vatican	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL SOCI VT OSCE
04VATICAN3212	VATICAN LOOKING FORWARD TO OSCE CONFERENCE [...] Charge delivered reftel points to acting Vatican Foreign Minister equivalent Monsignor Pietro Parolin August 18. Parolin had seen the composition of the U.S. delegation in previous communication from the OSCE, and noted with interest the participation of Cardinal Keeler of Baltimore. Parolin [...]	2004-08-20 06:17:00	Embassy Vatican	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL VT OSCE
04VATICAN4441	VATICAN URGES OSCE REP TO FOCUS ON CHRISTIAN [...] (U) This cable contains an action request. Please see paragraph 6. ------- Summary ------- 2. (SBU) The Vatican Foreign Ministry,s director for the OSCE urged the U.S. November 18 to support the appointment of an OSCE Special Representative whose title would indicate a responsibilit [...]	2004-11-19 16:21:00	Embassy Vatican	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	NL PHUM PREL VT OSCE
04VATICAN4517	VATICAN HOLDS FIRM ON ADDING CHRISTIAN REFERENCE [...] (SBU) Holy See Deputy Foreign Minister Pietro Parolin told the Ambassador November 26 that the Vatican intended to continue pressing to add a reference to Christianity in the title of the proposed OSCE Special Representative on Tolerance and Combating Racism, Xenophobia, and Discrimination. [...]	2004-11-29 14:34:00	Embassy Vatican	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM SOCI KIRF IS NL VT OSCE VTPREL
04YEREVAN2792	GOAM STILL LOOKING TO EXCHANGE SOLDIERS [...] No summary [...]	2004-12-28 11:50:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM MARR PBTS AJ AM OSCE
04ZAGREB1824	CROATIA ARMS CONTROL AND RACVIAC POINTS DELIVERED [...] (U) Poloff delivered refs A & B messages to Drazen Hrastic, MFA Head of Cooperative Security Section on Sept. 21. Poloff also informed RACVIAC directly of the U.S. decision (ref B) to accept observer status on Oct. 11. Hrastic welcomed the RACVIAC decision and noted that the Dayton Arms Cont [...]	2004-10-19 11:20:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PINR HR OSCE
05ANKARA1883	SOUTHEAST TURKEY: IRF ISSUES IN MALATYA [...] (C) Summary: Poloff met with a member of the Protestant community in Malatya on March 22 to discuss religious freedom issues. According to British national Angus Reid (please strictly protect),a small group of worshipers are meeting in private homes and are not being prevented by authoritie [...]	2005-04-01 13:30:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU OSCE
05ANKARA1935	MINISTER DECLARES MISSIONARIES "SEPARATIST AND DESTRUCTIVE" [...] (C) Summary: State Minister Aydin, who oversees the GOT's Directorate of Religious Affairs (Diyanet),released a statement labeling missionary activities in Turkey "separatist and destructive" and implying that missionaries are part of an organized effort by foreign governments to create divis [...]	2005-04-04 14:21:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU OSCE
05ANKARA2061	RELIGIOUS FREEDOM - A WEAK LINK IN TURKISH REFORM [...] (C) Summary: Turks cite history to argue that Turkey is a model of religious tolerance. They assert that the existence of diverse religious communities in the Ottoman Empire and the acceptance of the Jews who migrated to Istanbul after expulsion from Spain in 1492 proves Turkey is free of rel [...]	2005-04-08 15:46:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU OSCE
05ANKARA2097	RELIGIOUS (UN)FREEDOM IN TURKEY: LONG-RESIDENT [...] (U) Summary: Authorities have given a long-resident Amcit Protestant pastor 15 days to depart Turkey because he does not have a work or residence permit. The pastor has been performing missionary work in Turkey for 20 years, and departs the country every three months to renew his tourist visa [...]	2005-04-12 14:23:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU OSCE
05ANKARA2206	MFA BLOCKING PURCHASE OF ABANDONED CHURCH [...] (U) Summary: An American pastor and his wife operate a Protestant "cultural center" in the Mediterranean tourist city of Antalya. Although their work is primarily religious, they hold work permits as owners of the company that runs the center, which includes a cafe and a room where community [...]	2005-04-19 08:27:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU OSCE
05ANKARA2258	GOT SUMMARILY DEPORTS SYRIAN KURD [...] (U) Summary: The GOT in March summarily deported a Syrian army deserter without allowing the office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) to review his asylum petition. The Syrian, who was acquitted in a Turkish court on terrorism charges, claimed that because he is a Kurd and a de [...]	2005-04-21 08:39:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU OSCE
05ANKARA2313	AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES GOT ANTI-MISSIONARY CAMPAIGN WITH A FILIBUSTERING MINISTER AYDIN [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador has emphasized to State Minister Aydin serious U.S. concerns about the GOT's anti-Christian missionary campaign, including a written statement by Aydin defining missionaries as a threat to the State and maligning Christianity. The U.S. has long urged the EU to supp [...]	2005-04-22 13:19:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU OSCE

05ANKARA2331	ASSAILANTS FIREBOMB PROTESTANT CHURCH, CAUSING MINOR DAMAGE [...] (U) Summary: Unknown actors firebombed a Protestant church in Ankara in the early-morning hours April 21, causing minor damage. The attack followed an email threat to the church from a violent organization responsible for the attempted murder of a human rights activist in 1998. The organizati [...]	2005-04-25 14:41:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU OSCE
05ANKARA2388	SE TURKEY: SYRIACS CELEBRATES NEW YEAR, BUT [...] (SBU) Summary: Representatives of the Syriac community in Mardin province expressed to poloff satisfaction about a first-ever (for Turkey) Syriac New Year celebration held on April 1. At the same time, they expressed concern about a property dispute brewing in Bardakci village of Mardin, whe [...]	2005-04-27 13:15:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU OSCE
05ANKARA2689	COE EXPERT: TURKISH PRISONS RUN WITH "LOCK DOWN" [...] (C) Summary: A Council of Europe (COE) prison expert says the design of Turkey's high-security F-type prisons meets European standards, but some practices are draconian. Inmates are allowed very little time outside their cells. There is no evidence of systematic torture, but prison officials p [...]	2005-05-10 14:11:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU OSCE
05ANKARA2726	TURKEY ON EDGE OVER EXPECTED EUROPEAN COURT OF [...] (C) Summary: The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) is expected to announce May 12 that Abdullah Ocalan, leader of the terrorist Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) did not receive a fair trial in 1999 and is entitled to a retrial. Nationalism is always volatile in Turkey, and an Ocalan retrial c [...]	2005-05-11 15:37:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU OSCE PKK
05ANKARA2750	RELIGIOUS MINORITIES SAY GOT BILL FAILS TO SOLVE [...] (C) Summary: The GOT is reviewing a draft bill designed to address the issue of properties seized by the Turkish State from religious minority communities. Representatives of the Christian and Jewish communities say the bill would have only minimal favorable impact, primarily because it would [...]	2005-05-13 08:26:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU OSCE
05ANKARA2821	TURKEY WRESTLES WITH ECHR RULING QUESTIONING DUE [...] (C) Summary: Confusion and attempts to pass the buck among branches of government and between GOT and the Turkish State mark the Turkish reaction to European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) ruling that Turkey did not observe due process in interrogating and trying PKK terrorist leader Ocalan in 19 [...]	2005-05-18 10:39:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU OSCE
05ANKARA2839	SE TURKEY: DSM EXPERIMENT DRAGS ON [...] (C) Summary: DEHAP leaders have yet to realize their hopes of creating a new, national-level, moderate political party from the Democratic Society Movement (DSM) announced last fall. One observer attributes the delay to both the PKK,s popularity and pro-Kurdish politicians, need to recalcula [...]	2005-05-20 07:38:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU OSCE
05ANKARA2840	AKP GOVERNMENT WEAKENS PENAL-CODE REFORM BILLS [...] (C) Summary: Attorney contacts say a set of last-minute amendments being reviewed by Parliament would weaken penal-code related reform legislation that lawmakers originally approved in late 2004 to bolster Turkey's EU candidacy. The amendments curtail some of the rights of suspects and detain [...]	2005-05-20 07:55:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU OSCE
05ANKARA3032	GOT INTIMIDATION FORCES CANCELLATION OF [...] (U) This is a joint Ankara-Istanbul cable. 2. (C) Summary: Under accusations of treason by GOT and other political leaders, and the threat of prosecution, Bogazici University officials announced May 24 their last-minute decision to cancel a conference at which independent-minded intellectua [...]	2005-05-27 14:25:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU OSCE
05ANKARA3112	HIGH COURT RULES FOR CLOSURE OF TEACHERS' UNION [...] (U) Summary: A Turkish appeals court ruled May 25 for the closure of Egitim Sen, the country's largest teachers' union, on the grounds that the union's bylaw violates the Constitution by advocating education in "mother tongues," which would include Kurdish. The union will appeal the ruling to [...]	2005-06-03 09:24:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU OSCE
05ANKARA3191	TURKEY'S SYRIACS SKEPTICAL ABOUT PROSPECTS FOR [...] No summary [...]	2005-06-08 10:53:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL TU OSCE
05ANKARA3262	OPEN SKIES QUOTA SHARING - TURKEY LIKELY TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: In discussions with the Turkish General Staff (TGS) and MFA on the Open Skies Shared Quota, Acting PolMilCouns and Acting DATT discovered a large gap between the US and Turkish interpretation of the original agreement for a shared June flight which may have led to the recent impas [...]	2005-06-09 14:40:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL TU OSCE
05ANKARA3265	OPEN SKIES QUOTA SHARING: TURKEY AGREES NOT TO [...] No summary [...]	2005-06-10 06:30:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL TU OSCE
05ANKARA3669	GOT PAPER OUTLINES CONCERNS ON EU "FRAMEWORK" [...] (C) Summary: The GOT has distributed to EU-member-state governments a paper outlining its concerns about the EU's upcoming Framework for Negotiations with Turkey. In the paper, the GOT urges the EU to adopt the Framework before the October 3 start date of Turkey's EU talks, and to avoid addin [...]	2005-06-28 15:30:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM OSCE TU BRUSSELS USEU
05ANKARA3887	REHN WARNS FM GUL THAT FOUNDATIONS LAW "FALLS [...] (C) Summary: EU Enlargement Commissioner Rehn sent a letter to FM Gul warning that the GOT's draft Law on Foundations "falls short of European standards" despite some positive elements. Rehn states that the draft in its current form would lead to numerous cases against Turkey in the European [...]	2005-07-06 15:49:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU OSCE EU
05ANKARA4031	GOT DISCOURAGES VISIT TO SOUTHEAST BY GERMAN [...] (C) Summary: GOT officials tried to discourage a German Protestant Church delegation from visiting southeastern Turkey as part of a fact-finding mission on refugee issues. The Turkish press reported that the MFA and national intelligence organization (MIT) sent a letter warning governors not t [...]	2005-07-11 14:08:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU OSCE
05ANKARA5109	GOT WILL HAVE DIFFICULTY FOLLOWING THROUGH ON [...] (C) Summary: Political observers widely credit PM Erdogan with breaking new rhetorical ground on the Kurdish issue in the context of his recent visit to Diyarbakir. But contacts say they doubt the GOT is prepared to follow through on the initiative. Members of the (PKK-related) Democratic Peo [...]	2005-09-01 13:11:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU OSCE
05ANKARA5115	PKK FUNERAL CLASH INDICATES RISING TENSION IN [...] (C) Summary: One demonstrator was found dead following an August 28 clash in Batman between police and a group of PKK sympathizers trying to claim the bodies of six PKK fighters killed by Turkish military forces. Relatives of the victim say he was shot to death by police; the Batman police chi [...]	2005-09-01 14:08:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU OSCE PKK
05ANKARA5163	GOT HUMAN RIGHTS OFFICIAL RESIGNS, OFFICE MAY BE [...] (C) Summary: Vahit Bicak, head of the GOT's Human Rights Presidency, told us he will resign this month, out of frustration over the lack of support for the office from PM Erdogan and other GOT leaders. He said Erdogan informed him that he will not back a plan to create a new, independent huma [...]	2005-09-02 14:58:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU OSCE
05ANKARA5281	PM, MINISTER CRITICIZE STATE OF ISLAMIC WORLD [...] (U) Summary: PM Erdogan and State Minister Aydin recently made public statements criticizing the state of the Islamic world and calling on Muslims to uphold the values of their faith. Using strikingly similar language, the GOT leaders said the Islamic world lags behind the West in terms of so [...]	2005-09-09 15:00:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU OSCE
05ANKARA5351	GOT DENIES IT PLANS TO CLOSE HUMAN RIGHTS OFFICE [...] (U) The Prime Ministry issued a written statement September 8 denying press reports indicating that the GOT had decided against the creation of an independent human rights institution and was considering closing the existing Human Rights Presidency (reftel). According to the statement, the GO [...]	2005-09-14 14:03:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU OSCE
05ANKARA5632	CDA DISCUSSES RELIGIOUS FREEDOM WITH MINISTER AYDIN [...] (U) Summary: CDA emphasized to State Minister Aydin during a September 21 meeting the importance the USG places on religious freedom, and asked if he would join her in efforts to promote religious tolerance in Turkey. Aydin averred that he supports such efforts in principle, but they are poli [...]	2005-09-27 13:31:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU OSCE
05ANKARA6060	GOT: NEW LAW ON THE MENTALLY DISABLED WILL ADDRESS [...] (U) Summary: An international NGO issued a report September 28 asserting that Turkey's treatment of the mentally disabled is "tantamount to torture." The report alleges that Turkish psychiatric institutions employ practices such as shock therapy and physical restraint in ways that violate int [...]	2005-10-06 14:11:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL TU OSCE
05ANKARA6229	REHN OFFERS TURKEY FRESH START, URGES CONTINUED [...] (U) Summary: During his October 5-8 visit to Turkey, EU Enlargement Commissioner Rehn offered a fresh start in Turkey's EU bid and called on the GOT to continue the reform process that enabled Turkey to open accession negotiations. Rehn pressed PM Erdogan, FM Gul and other GOT leaders to make [...]	2005-10-13 14:21:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU OSCE EU
05ANKARA6300	CONSTITUTIONAL COURT PRESIDENT DISCUSSES JUDICIAL [...] (U) Summary: Tulay Tugcu, newly elected president of Turkey's Constitutional Court, told Charge during an October 7 meeting that she is proposing a constitutional amendment that would allow individual citizens to apply directly to the Court. Tugcu defended the headscarf ban in universities as [...]	2005-10-18 07:30:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PREL TU OSCE
05ANKARA6316	TURKEY: EDUCATION COUNCIL PRESIDENT SUPPORTS [...] (U) Summary: Erdogan Tezic, president of Turkey's Higher Education Council (YOK),told Charge during an October 17 meeting that he supports the reopening of the Halki seminary, and believes a solution can be found if Greece and Turkey discuss their respective religious minorities. He said Halk [...]	2005-10-19 10:07:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU OSCE
05ANKARA6642	TURKISH MFA CLARIFIES POSITION ON AZERBAIJAN [...] (C) Following a weak initial MFA statement and amid press reports that Turkish observers found no irregularities during the November 6 Azerbaijan elections, MFA Director General Halil Akinci clarified the Turkish position during a November 9 meeting with visiting Senior Advisor for Eurasia Stev [...]	2005-11-10 11:41:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL TU OSCE AZ
05ANKARA6763	GOT "SATISFIED" WITH EU REPORTS, DESPITE CONCERNS [...] (C) Summary: MFA contacts say the November 9 EU reports on Turkey are acceptable to the GOT, although they have some objections to language relating to Greek Cypriot access to Turkish ports, minority language rights, and religious freedom. GOT leaders have been more supportive of the reports [...]	2005-11-16 16:05:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM OSCE EU TU
05ANKARA6930	TURKEY FACES OBSTACLES ON PATH TO EU MEMBERSHIP [...] (C) Summary: Now that Turkey has begun EU accession talks, it faces the difficult prospect of meeting EU requirements regarding Cyprus, minority rights, religious freedom, civil-military relations, and freedom of expression. This will require Turkey to open debate on sensitive topics and chan [...]	2005-11-23 15:29:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM OSCE EU TU
05ANKARA7242	TURKEY UNDER FIRE FOR HIGH-PROFILE SPEECH CASES [...] (C) Summary: Turkish prosecutors have recently opened a number of speech-related cases against high-profile writers and intellectuals, drawing sharp criticism from EU Enlargement Commissioner Rehn and others. The number of such cases has actually dropped in recent years. However, political a [...]	2005-12-12 07:48:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM OSCE TU
05ANKARA7671	EU DELEGATION OBSERVES DANGEROUS TENSIONS IN [...] (C) Summary: A delegation of Ankara-based EU representatives recently observed what one member described to us as dangerously high tensions in the southeastern province of Hakkari following the November bombing of a bookstore, allegedly by Jandarma officers. Local residents resent what they v [...]	2005-12-30 13:11:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM OSCE TU
05ANKARA929	EX-MILITANTS CLAIM KONGRA-GEL "PEACEFUL" [...] (C) Summary: A group of ex-convict PKK militants faxed a letter to the Embassy making reference to the January U.S.-Turkey-Iraq talks on the PKK and claiming that the PKK successor organization Kongra-Gel seeks a peaceful solution to its conflict with the Turkish State. Officials from the pro [...]	2005-02-18 09:41:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM OSCE TU
05BRUSSELS1226	U.S.-EU CONSULTATIONS ON OSCE [...] (C) SUMMARY: In meetings with USOSCE Ambassador Stephan M. Minikes, EU officials said: --in light of growing Russian intransigence on democracy issues, the EU is preparing a strategy on how to respond to the Russian challenge in OSCE; --Russia is blocking democracy promotion in the Counc [...]	2005-03-24 07:51:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM OSCE EUN RU USEU BRUSSELS
05BRUSSELS1239	MIGRATION, DEVELOPMENT AND INTEGRATION: EU [...] (U) At a two-day public hearing at the European Parliament, policymakers and experts exchanged ideas on harnessing international migration to help bolster European economies and populations. Their overarching call was for a legal and transparent immigration program, at the European level, whi [...]	2005-03-24 14:28:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PREF SMIG PHUM KWMN EAID ELAB OSCE EUN USEU BRUSSELS
05BRUSSELS2607	EU LUKEWARM ON IDEA OF MOLDOVA CONFERENCE [...] (C) Summary. The initial EU response to reftel demarche is lukewarm, although member states will need to be consulted for an official response. The EU will likely be most supportive of a conference whose participants include at least Russia and, ideally, Transnistria as well. The EU sugge [...]	2005-07-08 15:08:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM PBTS PHUM PGOV MD EUN OSCE USEU BRUSSELS
05BRUSSELS541	FEBRUARY 8 EU APPROVAL UNLIKELY: GEORGIA BMO [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche on February 7 to key Solana adviser Kees van Rij (protect),Head of the EU Council Secretariat Policy Unit Task Force on the Caucasus, and Mario SIPDIS Mariani (protect),OSCE desk officer in the External Relations Directorate-General of the European Comm [...]	2005-02-07 13:07:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV GG EUN OSCE RU USEU BRUSSELS
05BUCHAREST1581	ROMANIAN COMMENTS ON MOLDOVA AND MULTILATERAL [...] (C) During the course of an initial call by Charge at the MFA on July 17, Director General for Global Affairs Stelian Stoian specifically raised "very strong" GOR disappointment that it had not been consulted by the U.S. prior to the U.S. approach to EU member capitals, Moscow, Kiev, and Chisin [...]	2005-07-15 13:13:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	OPDC PARM PBTS PHUM PREL PGOV MD RO EUN OSCE
05DUBLIN921	IRELAND: ALL PARTIES SHOULD BE INVITED TO [...] No summary [...]	2005-07-25 16:09:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	OPDC PARM PBTS PHUM PREL PGOV EUN OSCE
05ISTANBUL1333	ECUMENICAL PATRIARCH: KINALIADA CONTROVERSY BOILS [...] (C) Summary: Controversy flared this week between the GOT and the Ecumenical Patriarch after Turkish bureaucrats delayed the opening of a longstanding youth summer camp at a monastery on Kinali Island in an attempt to force church officials to recognize state seizure of that property. Church [...]	2005-08-03 16:15:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TU OSCE
05ISTANBUL1359	ECUMENICAL PATRIARCHATE RAISES SPECIFIC CONCERNS [...] (C) In a July 11 meeting with Charge (ref A),Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew offered to share with us upon his return the points discussed during his July 11-12 discussions in Brussels with EU officials, including European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso and EU Enlargement Commissio [...]	2005-08-09 11:51:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL TU OSCE
05ISTANBUL2077	PATRIARCH EXPRESSES APPRECIATION FOR DEPARTMENT [...] No summary [...]	2005-12-08 13:15:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL TU OSCE
05ISTANBUL2177	AMBASSADOR'S INTRODUCTORY CALL ON ECUMENICAL [...] (C) Summary: During a cordial introductory call on December 20, Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I outlined for the Ambassador the history of the Greek Orthodox Church in Turkey and underscored three major factors threatening it: the lack of a seminary for the training of priests; the lack of [...]	2005-12-28 08:20:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM TU AA OSCE
05LJUBLJANA152	KOSOVO/WESTERN BALKANS, CROATIA'S EU ACCESSION, [...] (C) SUMMARY: EUR/NCE Director Janet Garvey held a series of meetings in Ljubljana 4 March with key Slovenian interlocuters. Issues raised included: -- Slovenia's interest in working toward a final agreement on Kosovo this year; -- the priority Slovenia places on its relationships with its [...]	2005-03-08 04:12:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SI HR OSCE KO RU
05LJUBLJANA164	SLOVENIA: DELIVERY OF DEMARCHE ON GEORGIA'S [...] No summary [...]	2005-03-11 10:17:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS ZJ RS GG SI OSCE EUN
05MADRID2102	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR US DELEGATION TO THE OSCE [...] Embassy warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to the following individuals: Governor George Pataki, Head of Delegation, Major Gary Berwick, Chairman Charles Gargano, David Catalfamo, Director of Communications, Salvatore Graven, Travel Aide, Jeffery Lovell, Senior Policy Advisor to th [...]	2005-06-02 11:41:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC OTRA PREL SP OSCE
05MADRID992	SPAIN: DEMARCHE ON GEORGIA'S BORDER MONITORING [...] (C) Charge raised the issue of a Georgia Border Monitoring Organization (BMO) in a March 14 discussion with Rafael Dezcallar, MFA Director General for Foreign Policy, and Josep Pons, MFA Director General of Foreign Policy for Europe and North America. Dezcallar professed little knowledge of [...]	2005-03-15 15:03:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ZJ RS GG PBTS EUN OSCE
05MINSK1359	Belarus Reneges on SA/LW Destruction; De-mining on Track [...] (SBU) Summary: Minsk previously asked the OSCE for help securing stockpiles of excess Small Arms and Light Weapons (SA/LW),and in their destruction. Several OSCE missions, following the UK's lead, were ready to contribute. Now, however, Minsk has withdrawn its offer to destroy excess SA/LW, [...]	2005-11-08 13:42:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PGOV MASS OSCE NATO BO
05OTTAWA1615	DEMARCHE REQUEST ON OSCE CORDOBA DECLARATION [...] (SBU) Post delivered demarche points to Foreign Affairs Acting Director for North American and Euro-Atlantic Security and Defence Relations, Isabelle Poupart, the morning of May 31. In a follow-up discussion, Poupart said that the matter had been resolved earlier in the day in Vienna with agr [...]	2005-05-31 19:55:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM CA OSCE
05OTTAWA3507	OSCE SCALES OF CONTRIBUTION DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO [...] (U) Reftel demarche was delivered on November 21 to Isabelle Poupart, Deputy Director for NATO and OSCE at Foreign Affairs Canada. In a follow-up coversation on November 22, Poupart said that Canada was aware of USG's position, that negotiations in Vienna were ongoing and continuous, and that [...]	2005-11-28 12:46:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV ABUD AFIN CA OSCE
05PARIS1178	FRENCH HAVE NOT RECEIVED RUSSIAN PROPOSAL ON [...] No summary [...]	2005-02-24 14:35:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM PBTS MD FR OSCE
05PARIS1510	FRENCH DISCUSS OSCE ISSUES WITH RUSSIAN DIPLOMAT [...] (C) Summary: Following a meeting March 7 with Alexander Grushko, Director of the Russian MFA's European Cooperation Department, A/S-equivalent for Security Affairs Philippe Carre told POL M/C he believed the Russians may understand they had gone too far in their efforts to diminish the OSCE, a [...]	2005-03-08 13:54:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL FR PGOVE RU OSCE
05PARIS1611	FRANCE "CAUTIOUS" ON EU-LED BMO MISSION, RECEIVE [...] (C) Pierre Cochard, DAS-equivalent for Russia and the former Soviet states, told Poloff March 10 that France was not firmly opposed to a EU-led BMO in Georgia, but that it was being "cautious" based on the swirl of other options available and ESDP funding constraints. Cochard bemoaned the lac [...]	2005-03-10 17:04:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PBTS RS GG MD FR OSCE
05PARIS1733	FRANCE "CAUTIOUS" ON EU-LED BMO MISSION [...] No summary [...]	2005-03-15 17:44:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ZJ RS GG PBTS FR EUN OSCE
05PARIS5004	MFA UNCERTAIN ON TRANSNISTRIA CONFERENCE, [...] (C) Summary: In a meeting July 18 with POL M/C and Poloff, Jean-Francois Terral, the MFA's A/S-equivalent for the Balkans, Russia and the former Soviet space, said France was studying our ref A demarche supporting a multilateral conference on the Transnistria conflict, but was uncertain of its [...]	2005-07-19 15:04:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	OPDC PARM PBTS PHUM PREL PGOV MD FR UZ EUN OSCE
05PARIS6335	EUR/RPM DIRECTOR CONSULTATIONS -- FRENCH CONCERNS [...] (C) Summary: French MFA and MOD NATO experts told EUR/RPM Director Jim Warlick that closer cooperation with the U.S. was needed in order to resolve issues at NATO before they were turned over to the Military Committee. The French welcomed U.S. efforts to expand our transatlantic dialog, as ex [...]	2005-09-16 15:53:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL MOPS FR NATO OSCE
05PRAGUE1629	CZECH REPUBLIC: OSCE SCALES OF CONTRIBUTION 'END [...] (U) Poloff delivered reftel points to Czech MFA Security Policy Deputy Director Vaclav Balek Nov 22. Balek responded the Czech Republic would study the points carefully and would make every effort to accommodate the U.S. position. CABANISS [...]	2005-11-23 06:16:00	Embassy Prague	UNCLASSIFIED	EZ ABUD AFIN PREL EU PGOV OSCE
05ROME1529	ITALIAN VIEWS ON "POST-STANDARDS" KOSOVO; SUPPORT [...] (C) EUR DAS Kathy Stephens, in town on April 29 for the Aspen Institute's rollout of the International Commission on the Balkans report on "The Balkans in Europe's Future" (copy emailed to EUR/SCE),discussed briefly with MFA EUR DG Giovanni Caracciolo and Deputy PolDir Claudio Bisognero Itali [...]	2005-05-04 15:43:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IT SR EUN OSCE KFOR
05ROME2310	ITALY OPEN TO MULTILATERAL CONFERENCE ON [...] No summary [...]	2005-07-11 13:02:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	OPDC PARM PBTS PHUM PREL PGOV MD IT EUN OSCE
05ROME3797	OSCE/FCS: ITALY WILL NOT BLOCK PROGRESS AHEAD OF [...] (SBU) On November 16 Polmiloff received a response to Reftel demarche from Brunella Borzi, the MFA's office director for OSCE affairs. Borzi apologized for the delayed response saying she has been out of the country and wanted to first confer with the Italian delegation in Vienna before react [...]	2005-11-17 12:27:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	BE IT PARM PREL OSCE
05ROME3880	OSCE: ITALIANS FLEXIBLE ON BUDGET ISSUES, SEEKING [...] No summary [...]	2005-11-23 17:40:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	ABUD AFIN PREL EU PGOV IT OSCE
05ROME3885	OSCE: ITALIANS FLEXIBLE ON BUDGET ISSUES, SEEKING [...] No summary [...]	2005-11-25 08:53:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	ABUD AFIN PREL EU PGOV IT OSCE
05ROME3961	ITALY INSISTS IT IS FIRM ON PRESSURING RUSSIA ON [...] (C) Summary. On December 1, Poloff met with Dr. Susanna Schlien of the OSCE office of the Italian MFA to discuss the US position on a possible ministerial declaration during the OSCE Ljubljana summit. Poloff noted that the USG believed that no ministerial message might be better than one whic [...]	2005-12-01 17:40:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EU PGOV IT OSCE
05ROME921	ITALY SUPPORTS ENHANCED EU PRESENCE ON [...] (C) As reported ref b, MFA EU CFSP Director Luigi Mattiolo told poloff March 11 that the EU strategy at the moment would be to reinforce the office of the recently created EU Special Representative for the Caucuses, to include the 6 trainers mentioned in ref a. He underlined that this was an [...]	2005-03-17 17:24:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ZJ RS CG PBTS IT EUN OSCE
05THEHAGUE3136	NETHERLANDS/OSCE: DEMARCHE ON OSCE SCALES OF [...] Polmiloff discussed reftel points November 21 with Senior Policy Advisor Arjen van den Berg (Security Policy Department, MFA). Van den Berg was aware of U.S. reservations regarding the draft narrative text, and planned to discuss reftel points with the Dutch mission to the OSCE. He added that [...]	2005-11-21 15:34:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ABUD AFIN EU PGOV OSCE
05VATICAN516	DEL PONTE MAKES ""UGLY IMPRESSION"" AT THE VATICAN [...] (S/NF) Holy See Balkans Director Maury described to us August 22 the ""undiplomatic behavior"" of ICTY Chief Prosecutor del Ponte on her recent visit to the Vatican foreign ministry (HAGUE 2263). Maury said the Vatican would not respond to the strong letter sent by del Ponte to the pope after [...]	2005-08-26 14:10:00	Embassy Vatican	SECRET//NOFORN	KIRF PREL SOCI NL BK HR VT OSCE
05VIENNA2400	AUSTRIA VIEWS RUSSIAN PARTICIPATION IN [...] (C) On July 7, post conveyed reftel talking points to Josef Litschauer, Head of the MFA's CIS Unit. Acting Econ-Pol Counselor met with Litschauer on July 15 to elicit GoA views on a multilateral conference. Litschauer said the GoA would support EU participation in such a conference, but onl [...]	2005-07-15 15:57:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	OPDC PARM PBTS PHUM PREL PGOV AU EUN OSCE
05VIENNA847	GEORGIA BORDER MONITORING: AUSTRIAN RESPONSE [...] No summary [...]	2005-03-15 10:55:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ZJ RS GG PBTS AU EUN OSCE
05WARSAW1469	GEORGIA BORDER MONITORING ORGANIZATION AND THE EU: [...] (C) Pol-Mil Chief delivered Ref A demarche on the EU and Georgia Border Monitoring on March 14 to Mieczyslaw Kuzinski, Counselor in the Security Policy Department, who handles all security issues related to Georgia. Kuzinski responded on March 15, indicating that the GOP position on Border Mo [...]	2005-03-16 11:08:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS GG RS ZJ PL EUN OSCE
05WARSAW3447	OSCE: HDIM OPENING FOCUSES ON OSCE REFORM [...] Summary: The opening session of the 2005 Human Dimension Implementation Meeting gave participants a chance to set out their views of the OSCE, against the backdrop of reform discussions ongoing in Vienna. Poland, the U.S., and Kyrgyzstan voiced strong support for OSCE's human rights work and [...]	2005-09-23 09:45:00	Embassy Warsaw	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL PL OSCE
05WARSAW3473	OSCE: HDIM ELECTION ISSUES [...] (U) Summary. Election issues were the focus of three early events at this year's Human Dimension Implementation Meeting (HDIM)in Warsaw. During the first HDIM Working Session, the clear fault line that separates most NGOs and participating States, including the United States, from Russia and [...]	2005-09-27 12:26:00	Embassy Warsaw	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL PL OSCE
05YEREVAN168	YEREVAN UNABLE TO RECOMMEND AN OSCE EXTRA- [...] (SBU) The OSCE's program of criminal justice reform in Armenia has had several positive effects, including support and training for a fledgling prison monitoring board and minor improvement of living conditions at several prisons. Post cannot recommend additional funding for the project at th [...]	2005-02-01 10:13:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ABUD AFIN KCRM KJUS PHUM AM OSCE
05YEREVAN1717	DETAILS OF SHOOTING INCIDENT ON LINE OF CONTACT [...] (C) The September 20 shooting incident on the line of contact seemed clearly directed to disrupt N-K negotiations and will certainly be raised at the OSCE Permanent Council. While there is no way to determine which side fired, the round -- which impacted about 20 meters from an international [...]	2005-09-23 11:35:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV MASS AJ AM OSCE
05YEREVAN173	ARMENIA CONFIRMS RELEASE OF POWS BY AZERBAIJAN [...] No summary [...]	2005-02-01 12:52:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS AM AJ OSCE
05YEREVAN45	AMBASSADOR DELIVERS WARNING ON ARMS CONTROL [...] (S/NF) In deploying troops to the coalition in Iraq and agreeing to a defense assessment, Armenia has taken important steps in building a broader, deeper defense relationship; lack of full compliance with conventional arms control regimes would negate that progress. That was the message the A [...]	2005-01-12 12:42:00	Embassy Yerevan	SECRET//NOFORN	PARM PREL MARR KCFE AM OSCE
06ALMATY1001	KAZAKHSTAN: OSCE ROUNDTABLE ON IMPLEMENTING THE ICCPR [...] (U) Summary: On February 13 the local NGO "Charter for Human Rights NGO" and the OSCE Center in Almaty hosted a roundtable discussion on the implementation of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR),ratified by Kazakhstan on November 28, 2005. The roundtable included [...]	2006-03-21 01:45:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV KZ ECONOMIC POLITICAL OSCE
06ALMATY888	OSCE: PROJECT PROPOSALS [...] This cable responds to Ref A request for comments on OSCE project proposals. None of the proposals forwarded by USOSCE and the local OSCE Center duplicates activities in which Post is currently involved. Specifically, the proposal on creating a training center for defense lawyers would comp [...]	2006-03-07 13:52:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL AFIN ABUD EAID ECON KCRM PHUM KZ OSCE ECONOMIC
06ANKARA1115	TURKISH PM TAKES CRITICS TO COURT [...] (C) Summary: PM Erdogan has opened numerous legal cases against writers, politicians, cartoonists, and others whose criticism he found personally offensive. Contacts say Erdogan's aggressive response to criticism reflects a combative nature honed during his childhood in an impoverished distri [...]	2006-03-06 13:14:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM OSCE PINR TU
06ANKARA1250	TURKEY/ARMENIA: NEW TURKISH PROPOSAL? [...] (C) MFA Caucasus DDG Karslioglu told us March 8 that Turkey would present a new "paper" to Armenia on March 10, but would not elaborate on its content or method of delivery. He stated "significant progress" must be made on both Nagorno-Karabakh as well as on bilateral issues (genocide and a [...]	2006-03-10 12:27:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV OSCE AR AJ TU
06ANKARA1479	GOT CONCERNED FRENCH PROPOSAL COULD STALL EU [...] (U) Summary: GOT and UK Embassy contacts say they are concerned about a French-led proposal that would require Turkey -- and perhaps other accession candidates -- to make progress on human rights reforms before opening talks on EU acquis chapters. GOT officials called the proposal a "headache [...]	2006-03-21 10:48:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM OSCE EU TU
06ANKARA1668	GOT PLANS TO RENOVATE CHURCHES, SYNAGOGUE [...] (U) ConGen Istanbul contributed to this report. 2. (C) Summary: The GOT's Directorate General for Foundations (DGF) is planning to renovate seven historic churches and a synagogue this year, marking the first time the agency has renovated non-Muslim places of worship. Christian and Jewish [...]	2006-03-29 13:30:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	KIRF OSCE PGOV PHUM PREL TU
06ANKARA2053	GOT RESPONDS TO EU CRITICS BY ANNOUNCING REFORM [...] (C) Summary: Turkish FM Gul announced April 12 a package of political reforms Turkey plans to adopt to advance its EU candidacy. GOT contacts say the announcement was a response to unfair criticism from the EU that Turkey's reform process has stalled. They argue that the criticism reflects EU [...]	2006-04-14 12:56:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	OSCE PGOV PHUM PREL EU TU
06ANKARA2100	TURKISH TV AIRS FILM DEPICTING ARMENIAN "GENOCIDE" [...] A Turkish cable TV channel on April 13 broadcast, for the first time in Turkey, the 2002 movie "Ararat," a film by Canadian-Armenian director Atom Egoyan that promotes the idea that the massacre of Armenians in the Ottoman Empire in 1915 constituted genocide. The ultra-nationalist station Kana [...]	2006-04-17 14:18:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU
06ANKARA2206	TURKEY: PARLIAMENT TO ADOPT ANTI-TERROR LAW [...] (U) The GOT on April 18 submitted to Parliament a package of amendments to the Anti-Terror Law. Parliament is expected to adopt the package by early May. Key elements of the draft include: Tougher Domestic Anti-Terror Provisions --------------------------------------- -- Terrorist Propa [...]	2006-04-21 10:21:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM OSCE TU
06ANKARA2596	ACCUSATIONS OF GOT MEDDLING IN JUDICIARY RING [...] (U) Summary: Judicial officials and opposition politicians often accuse Turkey's ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) of stocking the judiciary with judges and prosecutors who share the party's Islam-oriented views. Most contacts, however, say the accusations are alarmist. They note tha [...]	2006-05-09 14:35:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM OSCE TU
06ANKARA262	COURT DROPS PAMUK CASE [...] (U) Summary/Comment: An Istanbul court has dropped the case against Turkish novelist Orhan Pamuk. The court did so on a technicality after Justice Minister Cicek declined to either grant or deny permission to proceed with the trial. While this is good news, attorney contacts believe the decis [...]	2006-01-23 16:19:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM OSCE TU
06ANKARA2667	TURKISH COURT ACQUITS PROFESSORS ON SPEECH CHARGES [...] (U) An Ankara court on May 10 acquitted professors Baskin Oran and Ibrahim Kaboglu on charges of "inciting hatred and animosity" in a 2004 report on minorities in Turkey (reftel). The prosecutor at the May 10 hearing, the trial's third session, surprised the defense by stating that no crime ha [...]	2006-05-11 15:28:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM OSCE TU
06ANKARA287	ERDOGAN GIVES SHAKY PERFORMANCE BEFORE EU [...] (C) Summary: PM Erdogan, recovering from the flu, gave what contacts described to us as a "rambling" and "nearly incomprehensible" performance at a January 20 lunch meeting with EU ambassadors in Ankara. After a positive though unremarkable opening speech, he made a weak statement on Iran, de [...]	2006-01-26 13:58:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM OSCE PINR TU EU
06ANKARA3093	DEMARCHE ON RUSSIAN ACTIVITIES IN SOUTH OSSETIA [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-26 13:42:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PBTS PREL RU GG OSCE TU
06ANKARA3098	TURKEY: FINNISH PM URGES PROGRESS ON CYPRUS, REFORM [...] (C) Summary: Visiting Ankara in the run-up to Finland's EU term presidency, Finnish PM Vanhanen told PM Erdogan May 17 that the EU is united on the need for Turkey to open its ports to Greek Cypriot shipping. Vanhanen said Finland will continue its policy of supporting the accession of all EU [...]	2006-05-26 14:26:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM OSCE EU FI TU
06ANKARA3312	TURKEY: ANTI-TERROR BILL RAISES CONCERNS AMONG [...] (C) Summary: European Commission (EC) officials in Ankara, as well as Turkish scholars and human rights activists, argue that a draft anti-terror bill currently under parliamentary review (reftels) could roll back some of the progress gained during Turkey's EU reform process and heighten tensio [...]	2006-06-07 09:22:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM OSCE EU TU
06ANKARA3515	GOT ANNOUNCES MORE FLEXIBLE POLICY ON KURDISH [...] (U) This is a joint Embassy Ankara-Consulate Adana report. 2. (C) Summary: Turkey's High Board of Radio and Television (RTUK) has decided to exempt music and films from the time restrictions placed on broadcasts in Kurdish and other minority languages. A RTUK contact told us the decision i [...]	2006-06-14 13:49:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM OSCE TU
06ANKARA3676	TURKEY: KURDISH MAYORS INDICTED FOR ROJ TV LETTER [...] (U) Prosecutors have indicted 56 mayors from Turkey's predominantly Kurdish southeast on charges of supporting the PKK by sending a letter to Danish PM Rasmussen urging him to resist GOT pressure to shut down ROJ TV. The mayors, all from the pro-Kurdish Democratic Society Party (DTP),signed a [...]	2006-06-22 08:55:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM OSCE EU DA TU
06ANKARA3714	TURKEY: PROSECUTOR INVESTIGATING ECUMENICAL [...] (U) This is a joint Embassy Ankara-Consulate Istanbul report. 2. (U) Summary: A Turkish prosecutor is conducting a preliminary investigation of the Ecumenical Patriarch for wearing religious garb at a ceremony in central Anatolia. An attorney for the Patriarch told us the prosecutor assure [...]	2006-06-23 12:58:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM OSCE KIRF TU
06ANKARA4199	TURKISH ISLAMIC ORDERS, THOUGH BANNED, MAINTAIN [...] (C/NF) Summary: Turkey is home to many brands of Islam. In addition to the official Sunni overlay and the many Alevis (heterodox Muslims),many Turks, including social and political leaders, continue to associate with Islamic orders known as "tarikats" and "cemaats." These have been officiall [...]	2006-07-19 14:34:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PHUM OSCE KIRF TU
06ANKARA522	TURKISH YOUTH ARRESTED FOR MURDER OF CATHOLIC [...] (U) Summary: Turkish police have arrested a 16-year-old suspected in the murder of a Catholic priest in Trabzon. Politicians and pundits have speculated about the motive behind the killing, but as yet there are no hard facts. Some Christians in Turkey believe the killing is related to worldwi [...]	2006-02-07 14:33:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KIRF PREL PHUM OSCE TU
06ANKARA5268	PARLIAMENT TO TAKE UP EU LEGISLATION AT SEPTEMBER [...] (C) Summary: The Turkish Parliament will meet in a special session on September 19 at the ruling Justice and Development Party's (AKP) request to consider legislation related to Turkey's European Union accession process. The government will attempt to pass the so-called Ninth Reform package [...]	2006-09-13 15:24:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	OSCE PGOV PHUM PREL EU TU
06ANKARA5463	EU-TURKEY DISCONNECT LENDS CREDENCE TO POSSIBLE [...] (C) Summary: Fears of some form of "train wreck" in Turkey's EU accession process appear well-founded, given the apparent disconnect between cautiously optimistic Turkish officials and less sanguine EU contacts. In recent conversations, GOT officials have predicted that the EU may suspend ne [...]	2006-09-19 11:10:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM OSCE TU
06ANKARA5608	TURKEY: SOUTHEASTERN KURDS SEE LITTLE PROGRESS ON [...] (C) Summary. During a week-long trip to Turkey's Southeast, government officials and local Kurds expressed diametrically opposed views to us regarding the progress of human rights in the region. Centrally appointed government officials praised the GOT's progress on improving rule of law, fre [...]	2006-09-26 10:51:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM OSCE EU TU
06ANKARA5640	TURKEY: FRAGILE CALM REMAINS IN SE AFTER [...] (U) This is a Consulate Adana cable. 2. (C) Summary. A fragile calm pervades in the wake of the September 12 bomb explosion in Diyarbakir (ref A); the people are waiting for the government to bring the real perpetrators to justice quickly and fairly. If that fails to happen, the calm coul [...]	2006-09-28 06:32:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM OSCE TU
06ANKARA5698	56 KURDISH MAYORS ON TRIAL FOR SUPPORTING ROJTV [...] (C) Summary: The trial of 56 popularly-elected Kurdish mayors in Diyarbakir began contentiously on September 26 but has been recessed until November 21. The mayors face up to 15 years of imprisonment each for allegedly supporting terrorism by signing a letter to Danish Prime Minister Rasmuss [...]	2006-09-29 13:00:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU

06ANKARA5711	TURKISH GOVERNMENT FACING MOUNTING PRESSURE TO [...] (C) Summary. Pressure from the US, the EU, the Turkish press and several recent high profile cases is forcing the GOT to consider reform of controversial Penal Code Article 301, which restricts free expression. The ruling Justice and Development party (AKP) had hoped to avoid addressing the [...]	2006-10-02 09:43:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM OSCE TU
06ANKARA5793	183 NON-MUSLIM LEADERS ISSUE STATEMENT PROTESTING [...] (C) Summary: On September 25, 183 non-Muslim minority Turkish citizens, including many intellectuals and writers, issued a first-ever joint statement protesting the government's treatment of minorities. The statement came in the wake of contentious parliamentary committee debate over EU harmo [...]	2006-10-05 07:56:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU
06ANKARA5868	TRIPARTITE DEMARCHE ON THE UN DELCLARTION ON THE [...] No summary [...]	2006-10-11 05:21:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU
06ANKARA5884	EUROPEAN LEADERS PRESS TURKEY TO IMPLEMENT [...] No summary [...]	2006-10-11 14:57:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU
06ANKARA6343	FIERY RHETORIC OVERSHADOWS LOW TURNOUT AT HUMAN [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-07 13:28:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU
06ANKARA6393	IT COULD HAVE BEEN WORSE: EU REPORT DELAYS [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-09 17:04:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU
06ANKARA6447	DIYANET SEES POPE'S VISIT TO TURKEY AS OPPORTUNITY [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-17 16:22:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU
06ANKARA6469	LEFTIST PRISONERS' RIGHTS GROUP OVERRUNS ANKARA AP [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-21 14:58:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU
06ANKARA6502	TURKISH NGO'S ENERGIZED AND ORGANIZED TO PROMOTE [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-24 14:44:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU
06ANKARA6521	TURKEY: KURDISH CONFERENCE TO CREATE UNITY IS [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-28 13:30:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU
06ANKARA6529	TURKEY'S NEW FOUNDATIONS LAW ADVANCES RELIGIOUS [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-29 15:44:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU
06ANKARA6530	TURKEY AGREES WITH UNIFIED APPROACH TO [...] (C) Summary: Turkey agrees with a unified approach to the conflicts in Georgia and Moldova, strongly supports the sovereignty and territorial integrity of both countries, and sees no recourse except to encourage more dialogue with separatists in each case. The Turks are skeptical that a mini [...]	2006-11-29 16:10:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS EUN NATO OSCE MO GG RU TU
06ANKARA6593	TURKEY'S PRESIDENT RESISTS REFORM BY VETOING [...] No summary [...]	2006-12-06 09:01:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU
06ANKARA6616	TURKEY: POPE WINS HEARTS AND MINDS BUT DOES NOT [...] No summary [...]	2006-12-08 11:42:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU
06ANKARA6706	TURKEY: REGULATORY BODY DEFENDS MEASURES LIMITING [...] No summary [...]	2006-12-20 13:47:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU
06ANKARA6712	TURKEY GRUDGINGLY ACCEPTS PARTIAL SUSPENSION OF EU [...] No summary [...]	2006-12-21 07:57:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU
06ANKARA783	TURKEY: VALLEY OF THE WOLVES AND ANTI-AMERICANISM [...] (C) Summary: The openly anti-American film "Valley of the Wolves - Iraq" continues to play to packed theaters across Turkey and appears certain to smash the Turkish box office record. The film has tapped into a deep well of anger and humiliation resulting from a 2003 incident in which U.S. tr [...]	2006-02-17 14:44:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM OSCE TU
06ANKARA786	TURKISH PROFESSORS STAND TRIAL FOR REPORT ON [...] (C) Summary: Trial proceedings began February 15 in the case against two Turkish professors accused of inciting hatred and denigrating "Turkish identity" in a 2004 report on minorities. The report states that non-Muslims in Turkey have second-class status and calls on the state to recognize t [...]	2006-02-17 15:12:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM OSCE TU
06ANKARA99	GOT TO ALLOW LOCAL KURDISH BROADCASTS, UNDER [...] (U) Consulate Adana contributed to this report. 2. (C) Summary: Turkey's High Board of Radio and Television (RTUK) has announced that private, local stations will be allowed to broadcast in Kurdish and other minority languages for the first time, provided they complete their applications. [...]	2006-01-06 12:53:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM OSCE TU
06ASHGABAT1228	TURKMENISTAN GROUNDS CZECH MILITARY PLANE OVER [...] (SBU) Turkmenistan on December 2 grounded at the Ashgabat airport a transiting Czech military plane transporting high-ranking Czech military and civilian officials from Kabul because some on board were carrying weapons. The issue was resolved 14 hours later through diplomatic channels, but th [...]	2006-12-04 13:16:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR MCAP PREL OSCE TX EZ
06ASHGABAT698	TURKMENISTAN MOSTLY MUTE ON SPY SCANDAL [...] (C) Since the televised June 20 Cabinet of Ministers meeting detailing an alleged spy ring (reftel),the Government of Turkmenistan has not proceeded with either diplomatic or public denunciations of French Charge Henri Tomasini or OSCE Human Dimensions officer Benjamin Moreau. Local RFE/RL [...]	2006-07-03 12:57:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	OSCE PGOV PHUM PREL TX
06ASHGABAT929	KAZAKHSTANI FM TOKAYEV IN ASHGABAT: GOOD NEWS FOR [...] (C) An August 30-31 visit by Kazakhstani Foreign Minister Tokayev to Ashgabat ended with an exchange of instruments on a five year-old agreement on delimitation and demarcation of the 400 KM land border between Turkmenistan and Kazakhstan. The two also agreed to improve transportation links b [...]	2006-09-01 14:26:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	CH EPET KNNP KZ OSCE PREL TX
06ASHGABAT955	TURKMENISTAN -- SUBMISSION FOR ANNUAL BORDER [...] No summary [...]	2006-09-12 11:16:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL OSCE TX
06ASHGABAT987	GOVERNMENT OF TURKMENISTAN REFUSES TO MAKE PUBLIC [...] (C) On September 16 Turkmenistan's Minister of Foreign Affairs, Rashit Meredov, emphatically told OSCE Ambassador Djikic that Turkmenistan did not intend to make public the results of the Myradova autopsy. Taking a legalistic approach, Meredov told Djikic that Myradova's case had been handle [...]	2006-09-18 13:59:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL OSCE TX
06ASHGABAT998	MYRADOVA CASE: HUMAN RIGHTS AND OPPOSITION PRESS [...] (C) A week after the death in prison of Turkmenistan journalist Ogulsapar Myradova, the authorities have not issued an autopsy, and one is not expected for at least another week. Embassy officers have not talked with any members of Myradova's family since September 15, and there are no signs [...]	2006-09-22 13:17:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL OSCE TX
06ASTANA27	KAZAKHSTAN: AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES DEMOCRATIZATION COMMISSION [...] (SBU) Summary: On March 30, the Ambassador paid a courtesy call on State Secretary Oralbay Abdykarimov, who was recently named to run the new Democratization Commission ("the Commission") as deputy to President Nazarbayev. Abdykarimov, who will undertake the day-to-day operations of the commis [...]	2006-04-11 09:33:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE PINR KZ
06ASTANA280	KAZAKHSTAN: FOREIGN MINISTER KEEPS COURSE FOR 2009 [...] (C) Summary: On October 23, Foreign Minister Tokayev told Ambassador Ordway that the GOK would not accept the OSCE CiO compromise laid out in the October 4 USG "non paper." The existence of "pre-conditions" to the Kazakhstani chairmanship, he said, "would embarrass us." Tokayev informed the [...]	2006-10-24 07:34:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	OSCE PREL PHUM PGOV KZ
06ASTANA29	KAZAKHSTAN: NAZARBAYEV OUTLINES PLAN TO MAKE KAZAKHSTAN ONE [...] (U) Summary: In his annual state of the nation address delivered on March 1, President Nazarbayev presented his "Strategy for Kazakhstan's being among - the world's 50 most competitive countries." In his introductory statement, he spoke of the key components of his vision: the market economy, [...]	2006-04-13 07:02:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECIN EINV ENRG KDEM PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE PINR
06BISHKEK1753	KYRGYZ PRESIDENTIAL ADVISOR ON AIRBASE SHOOTING [...] (C) SUMMARY. On December 12, Ambassador met with Presidential Foreign Policy Advisor Ermek Ibragimov regarding the way ahead on the Manas air base shooting incident. He agreed that the incident had become an internal political issue, making it harder to contain. He raised questions about [...]	2006-12-13 11:14:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL OSCE MARR KG
06BRATISLAVA411	SLOVAKIA RELEASES STATEMENT IN SUPPORT OF [...] (U) The Slovak Ministry of Foreign Affairs released the following statement of support of Montenegro,s referendum on May 23. The original text is available in Slovak at www.mzv.sk: BEGIN UNOFFICIAL TRANSLATION: The Slovak Republic together with the international community observes care [...]	2006-05-25 14:54:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED	POLG KDEM OSCE SR LO MW
06BRUSSELS2538	SPECIAL ENVOY ARRIVES FOR OSCEPA, MEETS JEWISH [...] Dr. Gregg Rickman, the DoS Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat anti-Semitism, made an introductory visit to Brussels. Rickman participated in the Parliamentary Assembly of the Organization for Cooperation and Security in Europe (OSCEPA). He lobbied in support of a draft resolution principally [...]	2006-07-20 07:44:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	OSCE PHUM PREL BE
06BRUSSELS2543	FIREWORKS AT OSCE ELECTION MONITORING CONFERENCE [...] (SBU) Summary: The Belgian OSCE Chairmanship focused its attention on election monitoring at a conference in Brussels on July 12. The technical theme was the need for continued strict adherence to observation guidelines when monitoring. The political message was that ODIHR remains the most co [...]	2006-07-20 10:27:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	BE OSCE PHUM PREL
06BRUSSELS2925	DEMARCHE ON KAZAKHSTAN'S OSCE CHAIRMANSHIP BID [...] (C) Poloff met with Marc Michielsen, Policy Director for the MFA's OSCE Chairmanship Unit, to relay reftel points on Kazakhstan's 2009 OSCE Chairmanship bid. Michielsen said Belgium planned to "take the temperature" of EU nations on Kazakhstan's bid over the next couple of months. As CiO, B [...]	2006-08-29 14:48:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	KZ KDEM PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE BE
06BRUSSELS3109	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH BELGIAN FM DE GUCHT ON [...] (C) Summary: In a meeting with the Ambassador on September 12, Belgian FM De Gucht reiterated Belgian intentions to fulfill pledges of more forces for Afghanistan, adding that he would get the details worked out with the Socialist coalition partners after local elections October 8. He also s [...]	2006-09-14 15:31:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL MARR OSCE AF IR BE
06BRUSSELS3668	A/S FRIED'S OCTOBER 20, 2006 MEETING WITH BELGIAN [...] (C) Summary: EUR A/S Fried met Belgian FM and OSCE CiO De Gucht in Brussels on October 20. Fried and De Gucht agreed that the U.S., EU, and OSCE needed to press Russia on treatment of ethnic Georgians in Russia. De Gucht repeatedly stressed the importance of having the Secretary attend the [...]	2006-10-27 15:23:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PINS OSCE GG RU BE
06BUCHAREST1652	ROMANIA ON OPEN SKIES TREATY GUIDANCE AND CFE [...] (C) In an October 24 meeting with Polmiloff, MFA Director for Non-Proliferation, Arms Control and Counter-Terrorism Dan Neculeascu said Romania agreed with the US position on the issue of Russia's hazardous airspace zone Open Skies restrictions for a minimum 3,600 meter flight ceiling (ref A) [...]	2006-10-30 08:09:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	OSCE NATO PARM PREL KCFE RO
06BUCHAREST1766	ROMANIA PREPARING TO BID FOR OSCE HIGH [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-22 15:10:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	OSCE PREL PHUM RO
06COPENHAGEN980	DENMARK: TRANSNISTRIA'S PROPOSED INDEPENDENCE [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-20 03:31:00	Embassy Copenhagen	CONFIDENTIAL	RS OSCE PBTS PREL DA
06DUBLIN249	IRELAND SHARES U.S. CONCERNS ON ODIHR'S BELARUS [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-09 17:23:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	OSCE PHUM PREL BE EI
06DUBLIN609	IRELAND SUPPORTS A PEACEFUL RESOLUTION IN SOUTH [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-30 10:21:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	PBTS PREL PGOV OSCE RU GG EI
06HELSINKI1193	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: UNIFIED APPROACH TO [...] (SBU) On 29 November, DCM delivered demarche to Finnish Foreign Ministry Political Director Pilvi-Sisko Vierros Villeneuve. Vierros Villeneuve welcomed US points on Georgia and agreed that maintaining US-EU unity is crucial. 2. (C) On Moldova, Vierros Villeneuve also fully agreed on the ne [...]	2006-11-30 13:08:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EUN NATO OSCE MO GG RU
06HELSINKI682	FINLAND/EU TROUBLED BY TRANSNISTRIA INDEPENDENCE [...] (C) SUMMARY: THE FINNISH EU PRESIDENCY SHARES THE US PAGE 02 RUEHHEA0682 C O N F I D E N T I A L HELSINKI 000682 CONCERN THAT TRANSNISTRIA'S PROPOSED INDEPENDENCE REFERENDUM CANNOT BE TAKEN SERIOUSLY OR TREATED AS LEGITIMATE. THE GOF FEARS RUSSIA MAY ULTIMATELY SUPPORT THE REFERENDUM'S [...]	2006-07-19 13:57:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	OSCE PBTS PREL RS MD FI
06HELSINKI876	FINLAND SUPPORTS DELAY OF KAZAKHSTAN'S OSCE [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-31 07:55:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE KZ FI
06KIEV1020	UKRAINE/MOLDOVA/TRANSNISTRIA: GOU BLAMES TIRASPOL [...] (C) Summary: In a March 15 briefing of OSCE member state reps, GOU officials accused Transnistrian authorities of purposefully engineering the ongoing border standoff and refusing GOU attempts to discuss the situation. GOU officials appealed to EU states to advise their shippers to avoid tra [...]	2006-03-15 15:42:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS PINR OSCE
06KIEV1021	UKRAINE/MOLDOVA/TRANSNISTRIA: EUR DAS KRAMER [...] (C) Summary: During March 13 meetings in Kiev, EUR DAS David Kramer praised the Ukrainian government's decision to implement a customs protocol to control the flow of goods across its border with Moldova/Transnistria. Drawing on reftel, Kramer told PM Yuri Yekhanurov, Deputy Minister of Defe [...]	2006-03-15 15:54:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS MD UP OSCE
06KIEV1073	UKRAINE: SIXTH ELECTION ROUNDTABLE [...] (SBU) Summary: On March 14, Charge hosted a roundtable discussion with NGOs on the March 26 Rada (parliament) and local government elections. One NGO representative predicted long lines at polling stations, and attributed the poor organization of the elections to a lack of government meddlin [...]	2006-03-20 13:33:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM KDEM OSCE
06KIEV1084	UKRAINE: PRESIDENT SIGNS TWO OF THREE AMENDMENTS [...] (SBU) Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko signed into law March 17 two of the three bills passed by the Rada March 14, amending parliamentary and local election laws (reftel). The bills Yushchenko signed (now known as law No. 3519-IV) included provisions allowing District Election Commissions [...]	2006-03-21 11:41:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM UP OSCE
06KIEV1088	UKRAINE: KAZAKHSTAN AND THE 2009 OSCE [...] (C) Summary: During a March 2 meeting with U.S. Ambassador to the OSCE Julie Finley, DFM Volodymyr Khandohiy said Ukraine would not actively lobby for the 2009 OSCE Chairmanship in Office, but might consider advancing its candidacy if Kazakhstan were to voluntarily withdraw its bid. End summ [...]	2006-03-22 05:23:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PBTS PHUM OSCE UP KZ
06KIEV1109	UKRAINE: REGIONS PARTY CONSULTANT ON ELECTION [...] (SBU) Summary: On March 17, AmCit Catherine Barnes (please protect),a member of the consulting team from U.S. political consulting firm Davis-Manafort working for the opposition Party of Regions, told USAIDOff that Regions officials had expressed concern over the potential for "substantial f [...]	2006-03-22 16:17:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM KDEM OSCE
06KIEV1135	UKRAINE/MOLDOVA/TRANSNISTRIA: YUSHCHENKO ON [...] (C) In a March 23 meeting, President Yushchenko told Ambassador that the Ukrainian government had learned March 21 that Russia planned to ship humanitarian assistance to the Transnistrians. He had spoken to Russian Ambassador Chernomyrdin and said the Russian shipment was an unfriendly act be [...]	2006-03-24 07:27:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS PHUM PINR OSCE
06KIEV1160	UKRAINE/MOLDOVA/TRANSNISTRIA: RUSSIAN AID CONVOY, [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 6. Maintaining the new customs regime ----------------------------------- 2. (C) Ambassador delivered ref A points on Ukraine's Transnistria-related customs proposal to Foreign Minister Borys Tarasyuk March 24. Tarasyuk asked whether we wan [...]	2006-03-24 15:47:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR PBTS OSCE
06KIEV1245	UKRAINE: DEMOCRACY TAKES ROOT IN BREZHNEV'S [...] (SBU) Summary: In a check of 12 polling stations and while observing opening and closing procedures at two others in Dniprodzerzhynsk (Dnipropetrovsk oblast),an Embassy election monitoring team participating with the OSCE/ODIHR election mission found few irregularities March 26-27. The vast [...]	2006-03-29 16:00:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM KDEM OSCE
06KIEV1247	UKRAINE: ELECTION SNAPSHOT OF SEVERODONETSK, HOST [...] (SBU) Summary: We observed Ukraine's March 26 Rada and local elections in the city of Severodonetsk, Luhansk Oblast, site of the infamous November 28, 2004 separatist rally held at the height of the late 2004 Orange Revolution, at which then-PM Yanukovych, many Party of Regions backers from e [...]	2006-03-29 16:06:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM KDEM OSCE
06KIEV1282	UKRAINE/MOLDOVA/TRANSNISTRIA: APPLYING POLITICAL [...] (C) Summary: MFA Romania and Moldova Division Counselor Cornelia Luskalova told us March 30 that the Ukrainian government (GOU) was planned to combine political and economic levers to return cross-border trade between Ukraine and Moldova/Transnistria to normal. The GOU would urge the Moldova [...]	2006-03-31 16:01:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS PINR PGOV ETRD PREF OSCE MD UP RS
06KIEV1313	UKRAINE ELECTION SNAPSHOT: IN TERNOPIL, TYMOSHENKO [...] (SBU) Summary: We observed Ukraine's March 26 Rada and local elections in Ternopil city, capitol of the eponymous western oblast that voted 96% for Viktor Yushchenko in Ukraine's 2004 presidential election and 69% for Our Ukraine in the 2002 parliamentary elections. In 2006 voting for the pa [...]	2006-04-03 16:12:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM KDEM OSCE
06KIEV1444	UKRAINE: NSDC SECRETARY ON TRANSNISTRIA, BELARUS, [...] (C) Summary: In an April 11 meeting, National Security and Defense Council (NSDC) Secretary Kinakh told Ambassador the Ukrainian government was concerned that Transnistrian authorities might provoke an armed confrontation at one of Transnistria's "border crossings" with Moldova. The Russians [...]	2006-04-11 15:25:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS ENRG ETRD PINR OSCE MD BO RS UP
06KIEV2065	UKRAINE/TRANSNISTRIA: FM TARASYUK'S FRUSTRATION [...] (C) Summary: In a May 22 meeting with EUR DAS Kramer, Foreign Minister Tarasyuk said Russia was reinforcing Transnistrian leader Smirnov's resistance to procedures required under the Ukraine-Moldova customs agreement. Furthermore, the Russians were refusing to agree to join a five-plus-two me [...]	2006-05-26 16:05:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM OSCE PINR RS MD UP
06KIEV2964	UKRAINE/MOLDOVA/TRANSNISTRIA: EUR DAS KRAMER URGES [...] (C) Summary: In July 28 meetings with Party of Regions leader Viktor Yanukovych, Socialist Party leader Oleksandr Moroz, and Deputy Foreign Minister (and special negotiator on Transnistria Issues) Andriy Veselovsky, EUR DAS David Kramer praised Ukraine's leadership in resolving problems arisin [...]	2006-07-31 14:47:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS OSCE PINR RO MD UP
06KIEV336	UKRAINE: BILATERAL COORDINATION GROUP TALKS: NATO, [...] (C) Summary: In Bilateral Coordination Group talks January 24, ASD/ISP Flory and EUR A/S Fried noted U.S. support for Ukraine's NATO aspirations, but emphasized the importance of Ukraine demonstrating that it shared the political, economic, and social values required to meet the performance-b [...]	2006-01-26 08:12:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS PINR YI IZ MD BO UP OSCE NATO
06KIEV365	UKRAINE/TRANSNISTRIA: MFA DEFENDS DELAY IN CUSTOMS [...] (C) Summary: Briefing EU/G7 representatives January 27, Deputy Foreign Minister Veselovsky claimed the Ukrainian government had delayed implementation of the May 15, 2003, customs protocol with Moldova because the GOM's implementation of simplified registration procedures for Transnistrian bu [...]	2006-01-27 15:19:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS PARM PINR MD UP OSCE
06KIEV382	UKRAINE: FM TARASYUK WARNS KOSOVO INDEPENDENCE [...] (C) Summary: Foreign Minister Borys Tarasyuk said, during a January 30 meeting with visiting Project for Transitional Democracies Head Bruce Jackson and Ambassador, that the Ukrainian government did not favor Kosovo independence. Such an outcome would destabilize the political situation in S [...]	2006-01-30 15:08:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS KDEM PINR YI UP UNMIK OSCE
06KIEV477	UKRAINE: MFA OFFICIAL ON OSCE REFORM, PROJECT [...] (C) Summary: MFA OSCE Department Counselor Volodymyr Tolkach expressed to us January 18 the Ukrainian government's support for OSCE reform. OSCE reform should include some provision that ensures a single country cannot block an OSCE decision. At the same time, Tolkach argued, there should be [...]	2006-02-03 15:18:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL OSCE
06KIEV483	UKRAINE/MOLDOVA/TRANSNISTRIA: TKACH ON CUSTOMS [...] (C) Summary: In a February 3 briefing, Ukrainian Special Envoy Tkach said the February 1 Ukraine-Moldova meeting had failed to make progress, but a second round would occur at the level of Ministers of Economy in the hope of resolving Ukraine's objections to Moldovan government registration p [...]	2006-02-03 17:10:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL OSCI OSCE
06KIEV957	UKRAINE: USOSCE AMBASSADOR FINLEY'S VISIT TO [...] (SBU) Summary: U.S. Ambassador to the OSCE Julie Finley visited Kiev February 28-March 2 and met with OSCE, Central Election Commission (CEC),and political party representatives to get a better sense of how the run-up to the March 26 elections was proceeding. She noted repeatedly that the U [...]	2006-03-13 18:02:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM KDEM OSCE
06KINGSTON2427	JAMAICA: 1540 CONSULTATIVE WORKSHOP [...] Per Reftel (B),in a private conversation of Dec. 22 with Chief Legal Counsel of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade (MFAFT) Michelle Walker, PolOff extended thanks to the MFAFT for offering to host a CARICOM-wide consultative workshop to strengthen member states' capacity to ful [...]	2006-12-22 18:33:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC EFIN KPAO OAS OSCE PARM PGOV PREL UNSC
06KUALALUMPUR2369	MALAYSIAN PARTICIPATION IN ARF WORKSHOP ON UNSCR [...] No summary [...]	2006-12-29 10:19:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PARM AORC KPAO PTER UNSC OSCE KNNP ETTC
06LISBON933	PORTUGAL: NOT READY TO PRESS ON SOUTH OSSETIA [...] (C) On May 22, Polecon Off delivered reftel demarche to MFA Russian Affairs Officer Ana Paula Moriera. While she acknowledged that Russia had been practicing a creeping influence policy, Moriera said the EU and OSCE messages urging restraint were probably sufficient given the sensitivities [...]	2006-05-24 13:33:00	Embassy Lisbon	CONFIDENTIAL	PBTS PREL OSCE PGOV PO
06LJUBLJANA770	SLOVENIA ON BOARD WITH UNIFIED APPROACH TO [...] (SBU) The Government of Slovenia supports the US positions on Georgia and Moldova at the OSCE. According to Deputy Director of the Office of International Organizations, Damjan Bergant, it will be difficult to get everything we hope for during negotiations, but worth the effort to try. While [...]	2006-12-01 12:14:00	Embassy Ljubljana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PBTS NATO OSCE SI
06LONDON6272	(C) KAZAKHSTAN: UK AGREES ON DELAYING OSCE [...] (C) In response to reftel demarche, FCO Head of International Organizations Department Tim Morris told Poloff August 25 that the UK agrees with the U.S. position and considers the timing "ideal." The EU will meet at working level on September 8 and the UK is prepared to block any attempt to [...]	2006-08-25 16:03:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM PGOV PHUM OSCE KZ
06MADRID1909	SPAIN ON TRANSNISTRIA'S PROPOSED INDEPENDENCE [...] (U) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to GOS European Correspondent Carlos Fernandez Arias on July 18 and Spanish Sub-Director General for Eastern Europe Jose Maria Valdemoro Gimenez on July 27. 2. (C) Fernandez Arias agreed with the U.S. position that the referendum is poorly worded and [...]	2006-07-27 15:19:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	OSCE PREL PBTS MD RS SP
06MADRID2259	OSCE: SPAIN'S CHAIRMANSHIP, KAZAKHSTAN [...] (U) Please see action request paragraph 6. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Poloff discussed reftel demarche, Spain's plans for the Chairmanship, and the Personal Representatives on Tolerance with Jose Lopez Jorrin, MFA Coordinator for the Spanish Chairmanship of OSCE, on September 7. Lopez Jorrin said th [...]	2006-09-11 10:55:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PREL OSCE SP KZ
06MADRID3082	USOSCE AMB FINLEY CONSULTS SPAIN ON ITS OSCE [...] (C) SUMMARY: USOSCE Ambassador Finley discussed Spain's plans for its upcoming OSCE Chairmanship-in-Office with Spanish OSCE Task Force Director Lopez Jorrin and his team on December 15. Finley and Lopez Jorrin discussed the importance of focusing the next OSCE ministerial on a few key issues [...]	2006-12-21 14:38:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL OSCE SP
06MADRID933	SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CODEL HASTINGS [...] Embassy warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Rep. Alcee Hastings, President, Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe Parliamentary Assembly (OSCE PA) and Ms. Vanessa Griddine, Administrative Assistant from April 18 to 20, 2006. The purpose of the visit is to attend mee [...]	2006-04-17 15:32:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA AMGT OREP AFIN OSCE SP
06MINSK134	Demarche On UN Reform [...] No summary [...]	2006-02-09 05:54:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	OSCE PHUM PREL SOCI BO
06MINSK904	BUILDING THE CASE FOR DEMOCRACY: MONITORING NEEDED [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 8. Summary ------- 2. (C) On August 17, the Belarusian Central Election Committee confirmed that the municipal elections will be held on January 14, 2007. The democratic opposition believes, and we agree that these elections are the [...]	2006-08-18 13:41:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM OSCE BO
06MOSCOW10309	RUSSIAN MFA UNCLEAR ON TRANSNISTRIAN REFERENDUM [...] (C) Summary: In a meeting with Embassy three days before Transnistria's September 17 referendum, MFA Transnistrian negotiator Valeriy Nesterushkin provided no clarity on how Russia will treat the referendum result. While acknowledging that whatever the result, Transnistria would not be recog [...]	2006-09-15 09:02:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL OSCE PBTS MD RS
06MOSCOW10486	REFERENDUM RESULTS: PRICEY WRINKLE TO THE FIVE [...] (C) Foreign Minister Lavrov's short statement encapsulates GOR reaction to the referendum: the results were no surprise and the partners should return to the talks. MFA Transnistrian negotiator Valeriy Nesterushkin contended that the Transnistrians will most likely demand removal of the post [...]	2006-09-19 15:39:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL OSCE PBTS MD RS
06MOSCOW10692	ODIHR DIRECTOR STROHAL'S VISIT: OSCE "REFORM" AND [...] (C) Summary: During a September 19 meeting with OSCE Office of Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) Director Strohal, DFM Grushko emphasized once again Russia's desire for OSCE "reform." However, ODIHR's harshest critic had much softened his tone, according to Strohal, while sti [...]	2006-09-22 15:09:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV OSCE RS
06MOSCOW12441	RUSSIAN REACTION TO EVENTS IN GEORGIA [...] (C) MFA 4th CIS Department Director Andrey Kelin told us November 13 that Georgia shows no willingness to meet Russia's "simple" demands for normalizing relations. He downplayed the effects of the sacking of former DefMin Okruashvili. He fretted that an "alternative election" in South Osseti [...]	2006-11-14 15:13:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PBTS UNSC OSCE GG RS
06MOSCOW12752	RUSSIAN POSITION ON CFE, ISTANBUL COMMITMENTS [...] (C) The Chief of the Conventional Arms Control Division in the Foreign Ministry's Department of Security Affairs and Disarmament, Anton Mazur, told us 28 November that we could expect "little or no change" in the GOR's approach to Conventional Forces in Europe (CFE) issues at next week's OSCE [...]	2006-12-01 15:02:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR OSCE PREL RS
06MOSCOW12999	SOUTH OSSETIA: TALKS AND OBSERVERS [...] (C) We met with Russian MFA Ambassador-at-Large for South Ossetia Yuri Popov on December 19 and 20, delivering reftel demarche on the latter date. Popov said he had not been following the budget issue -- he has just returned from leave -- and said he was unwilling to repeat previous Russian s [...]	2006-12-20 14:22:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR OSCE GG RS
06MOSCOW2760	MOSCOW CALLS LUKASHENKO'S REELECTION "LEGITIMATE" [...] (SBU) The MFA called Belarus' presidential election "legitimate" in a March 20 press release. (Informal translation of text in para 4). According to the press release, the election took place according to recognized norms of transparency and reflected the will of the Belarusian people. In [...]	2006-03-20 15:18:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV OSCE BY RS
06MOSCOW2969	TRANSNISTRIA: RESPONDING TO RUSSIA'S SHIPMENT OF [...] (C) Ambassador made reftel demarche to DFM Karasin March 23. Karasin reiterated that the GOR had serious concerns about developments in Transnistria, but his comments went primarily to political pressures centered in the Duma and in some regions. He acknowledged that current conditions do no [...]	2006-03-23 15:12:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD PBTS OSCE UP MD RS
06MOSCOW3507	GEORGIA-RUSSIA: SOME POSITIVE STEPS -- AND SOME [...] (C) Summary. Russian MFA Fourth CIS Department Director Andrey Kelin told A/DCM April 4 that he was pleased with the "good cooperative spirit" he had met in Tbilisi when finalizing the agreement on withdrawing Russian bases by 2008 that was signed in Sochi March 31. The March 27 South Osset [...]	2006-04-04 10:51:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PBTS ETRD OSCE GG RS
06MOSCOW4198	TRANSNISTRIA: "THREE PLUS TWO" TALKS IN MOSCOW [...] (C) Summary: "3 2" talks on Transnistria took place in Moscow April 19 including the mediators -- Russia, Ukraine and the OSCE -- and observers -- U.S. and EU. Russia tried to focus discussion on the customs regime between Moldova and Ukraine. All other sides pushed back, hardest of all Ukr [...]	2006-04-20 11:46:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS ETRD OSCE UP MD RS
06MOSCOW5375	LETTER FROM U/S BURNS TO DFM KARASIN ON SOUTH [...] (C) PolMinCouns delivered reftel letter May 19 to MFA IV CIS Director Andrey Kelin. Kelin said he would immediately pass the letter to DFM Karasin and DFM Kislyak. The latter needed to see it because, Kelin said, the letter makes an "overstatement" in asserting that "the G8 has decided to in [...]	2006-05-19 14:23:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS OSCE GG RS
06MOSCOW5532	RUSSIAN DFM KARASIN'S REPLY TO LETTER FROM U/S [...] (C) The Russian MFA on May 25 passed to us without comment a written reply from DFM Grigoriy Karasin to the May 19 letter U/S Burns sent him on South Ossetia (Ref A). The letter echoes the principal arguments Karasin made during his May 23 conversation with the Ambassador (Ref B). We underst [...]	2006-05-25 13:37:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR OSCE GG RS
06MOSCOW5933	SOUTH OSSETIA: RUSSIAN MFA ON HEIGHTENED TENSIONS [...] (C) Summary: The Russian MFA negotiator on South Ossetia assured us June 2 that Russia supports Georgia's territorial integrity and borders, despite a June 1 public statement implying otherwise. He denied that Russia intends a "creeping annexation" of South Ossetia. In a separate June 2 di [...]	2006-06-02 14:37:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS PBTS OSCE GG RS
06MOSCOW6131	RUSSIAN MFA DEMARCHED ON TRANSNISTRIA MAY PROTOCOLS [...] (C) With Ambassador-at-Large Nesterushkin on vacation until the end of the week, poloff delivered reftel demarche June 7 to Mikhail Yalkin, Moldova Section Chief, MFA Second CIS Department. Yalkin said that there was no change whatsoever in Russian policy or approach to Transnistria. He cha [...]	2006-06-07 12:31:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	OSCE PBTS PREL MS RS UP
06MOSCOW6358	U.S.-RUSSIA TALKS ON THE CAUCASUS [...] (C) DAS Kramer accompanied by the DCM called on Russian MFA Fourth CIS Department Director (DAS equivalent) Andrey Kelin June 13 to discuss Caucasus issues. (Kramer met subsequently one-on-one with DFM Karasin on other regional agenda items.) Kramer pushed Kelin hard on Russia's support for s [...]	2006-06-15 05:04:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS OSCE GG AM AJ RS
06MOSCOW6390	RESTRICTIONS ON FOREIGNERS IN NORTH OSSETIA [...] (C) Summary: On March 21 the Russian Government issued a decree that puts most of the Republic of North Ossetia off-limits to foreigners. Local authorities began enforcing the decree this month, with immediate effects on international assistance organizations. Most local observers relate th [...]	2006-06-16 07:06:00	Embassy Moscow	SECRET	PREL PGOV PREF PBTS MARR MOPS EAID OSCE RS GG
06MOSCOW9015	SOUTH OSSETIA: AN "AMUSING" MEETING GETS NOWHERE [...] (C) The Joint Control Commission to negotiate a settlement in the South Ossetia conflict met in Moscow August 17-18 and produced no results. The meeting's main accomplishment was to continue over the full two days without breaking up in acrimony. Georgian DCM Shugarov told us August 18, while [...]	2006-08-18 14:23:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR OSCE GG RS
06NICOSIA1160	CYPRUS WILL FOLLOW EU LEAD ON TRANSNISTRIA [...] (C) On July 14, poloff delivered reftel message to Vasos Chamberlen, in the MFA's Division of Bilateral Affairs. Chamberlen said the Transnistrian referendum was likely a response to economic restrictions placed on the region. He said that Russia was probably seeking to draw parallels betwee [...]	2006-07-17 11:17:00	Embassy Nicosia	CONFIDENTIAL	OSCE PBTS PREL RS MD
06NICOSIA315	CYPRUS AGREES TO RAISE ISSUE OF ODIHR ELECTION [...] (C) On March 1, poloff delivered reftel message to Vasos Chamberlain, who handles Russian and Eastern European issues in the MFA's Division of bilateral affairs. Chamberlain was not aware of Belgian FM De Gucht's plan to send three personal representatives to observe the OSCE Office of Democ [...]	2006-03-02 12:45:00	Embassy Nicosia	CONFIDENTIAL	OSCE PHUM PREL BE CY
06NICOSIA791	DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON RUSSIAN ACTIVITIES IN SOUTH [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel message to Vasos Chamberlain, who handles Russian and Eastern European issues in the MFA's Division of bilateral affairs. Chamberlain said that Cyprus supported the EU's efforts to find a peaceful solution in South Ossetia, and he agreed to pass the points to his [...]	2006-05-26 12:53:00	Embassy Nicosia	CONFIDENTIAL	PBTS PREL RU GG OSCE PGOV CY
06OTTAWA3458	CANADA SUPPORTS UNIFIED APPROACH TO GEORGIA AND [...] (U) Urgent action request. Please see para four (4). 2. (SBU) We conveyed reftel demarche on November 22 to Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Political Director Colleen Swords, and on November 24 to OSCE Desk Officer Neil Brennan. Canada is in strong agreement [...]	2006-11-24 20:53:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PBTS EUN NATO OSCE MO GG RU CA
06PARIS1222	FRANCE AGREES WITH USG POINTS ON ODIHR ELECTION [...] No summary [...]	2006-02-27 16:24:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	OSCE PHUM PREL BE FR
06PARIS3453	FRENCH SHARE USG CONCERNS ON RUSSIAN ACTIVITIES IN [...] (C) On May 22, poloff delivered reftel demarche on Russian activities in South Ossetia to Aurelia Bouchez, the MFA's DAS-equivalent for Russia and the former Soviet space, and Marie Dumoulin, Georgia desk officer. Dumoulin said on May 23 that France shares our "preoccupation" with Russian int [...]	2006-05-23 10:44:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PBTS PREL RU GG OSCE PGOV FR
06PARIS3870	FRENCH COMPLAIN ABOUT RUSSIAN ACTIONS IN OSCE, [...] (C) Summary: MFA officials told visiting EUR/RPM Director Gary Robbins that France saw a "largely negative" context for the OSCE, primarily due to Russian intransigence. Generally speaking, the West had a radically different vision of the OSCE than Russia, and it was important, they said, that [...]	2006-06-08 09:33:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	OSCE PREL FR CFE
06PARIS4580	FRENCH STILL CONSIDERING OSCE BID, BOUCHER TOLD [...] (C) SUMMARY. Concerned officials say they will tell Kazakh Foreign Minister Tokayev that Kazakhstan will have to meet higher standards if it wants to Chair the OSCE in 2009. But, they admit, the personal relationship between the two Presidents may carry the day. During other meetings in Pari [...]	2006-07-03 15:24:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IEA OSCE PGOV ENRG ELAB ETTC TRGY ZK IN

06PARIS5734	GOF ON KAZAKHSTAN'S OSCE 2009 CHAIRMANSHIP BID [...] (C) A/Political Counselor delivered reftel demarche August 25 to MFA DAS Equivalent for Russia, the Caucasus, and Central Asia, Aurelia Bouchez, who was eager to discuss the U.S. position on Kazakhstan's candidacy for the 2009 OSCE Chairmanship. Drawing on reftel points, A/Polcouns highlighte [...]	2006-08-25 17:16:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KZ KDEM PGOV PHUM OSCE FR
06PARIS7484	TRANSNISTRIA: GOF AGREES IN SUBSTANCE ON PCE, BUT [...] (C) Summary: Aurelia Bouchez, DAS-equivalent for Russia, Central Asia, and the Caucasus, explained on November 17 that France did not disagree in substance about the need for a multilateral peacekeeping mission in Transnistria, but was doubtful that the Russians would easily be convinced. She [...]	2006-11-21 14:30:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	OSCE EUN PREL MD RS UP FR
06PARIS7486	TRANSNISTRIA: GOF AGREES IN SUBSTANCE ON PCE, BUT [...] (C) Summary: Aurelia Bouchez, DAS-equivalent for Russia, Central Asia, and the Caucasus, explained on November 17 that France did not disagree in substance about the need for a multilateral peacekeeping mission in Transnistria, but was doubtful that the Russians would easily be convinced. She [...]	2006-11-21 15:10:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	OSCE EUN PREL MD RS UP FR
06PRAGUE1448	CZECHS SUPPORT U.S. APPROACH TO GEORGIA/MOLDOVA [...] (SBU) The Czech delegation to the upcoming OSCE Ministerial in Brussels on December 4-5 will support the U.S. position on the resolution of conflicts in Georgia and Moldova. MFA Deputy Director of the Eastern Europe Department Martina Tauberova told Poloff on November 24 that Czech FM Alexandr [...]	2006-11-29 14:05:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS EUN NATO OSCE MO MOPS GG RU EZ
06PRAGUE9	CZECHS ON JOINT U.S.-EU STATEMENT TO LUKASHENKO: [...] (C) CDA and Poloff met January 3 with Tomas Szunyog, Czech MFA's Director of the Eastern Europe Department, to discuss the proposed U.S.-EU joint statement to Belarus President Lukashenko urging him not to run in the presidential election. Szunyog said the Czechs' support the U.S. position 100 [...]	2006-01-03 16:07:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM EUN BO OSCE EZ
06RIGA523	LATVIAN POLITICAL DIRECTOR ON NATO, IRAN, UN AND [...] (C) Summary: In a tour d'horizon with pol/econ chief, Latvian PolDir Klava talked about Latvia's goals for the Riga summit, Iran, UN and OSCE issues. Latvia strongly supports NATO opening an intensified dialogue with Georgia, and closer NATO relations with Georgia and Ukraine will be an import [...]	2006-07-05 14:43:00	Embassy Riga	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PHUM NATO UN OSCE IR LG
06RIGA573	LATVIA IN AGREEMENT IN OPPOSITION TO [...] (C) Pol/Econ chief delivered reftel demarche July 19 to Vilmers Henins, A/S-level equivalent in the MFA for Russia and the former Soviet states. Latvia has "absolutely the same position" on this issue, he said, and agrees that Moscow is the key to resolving this. Henins expressed concern, ho [...]	2006-07-20 08:15:00	Embassy Riga	CONFIDENTIAL	PBTS PREL OSCE MD RS LG
06RIGA577	NAZERBAYEV'S VISIT TO LATVIA [...] (C) Summary: The visit to Latvia by Kazakh President Nazerbayev was mainly focused on building economic ties between the two countries. The Kazakhs already have a heavy investment in a grain port in Latvia and would like to use the oil terminal at Ventspils to ship their oil. The two countri [...]	2006-07-21 08:44:00	Embassy Riga	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ENRG ECON OSCE RU KZ LG
06RIGA656	RUSSIA URGES ROBUST OSCE OBERSERVATION OF OCTOBER [...] (SBU) Summary: An ODIHR election assessment team visited Latvia August 3-4 to assess the overall state of Latvia's election system prior to October parliamentary elections in order to make recommendations on an OSCE election observation mission. As part of this assessment, the team met with re [...]	2006-08-18 04:20:00	Embassy Riga	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM OSCE RU LG
06ROME2434	ITALIANS NOT OPPOSED TO KAZAKHSTAN'S OSCE [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-30 15:53:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	KZ KDEM PGOV PREL PHUM OSCE IT
06ROME3119	TRANSNISTRA: ITALIANS SUPPORT CHANGING [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-20 12:14:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	OSCE EUN PREL MD RS UP IT
06ROME3170	ITALY CONCERNED RUSSIA WON'T ACCEPT [...] (C) The DCM and poloff delivered reftel points to MFA Political Director Terzi and OSCE Office Director Brunella Borzi on November 22. Terzi expressed a desire for consensus on the best text possible but voiced concern regarding probable Russian objections to tough language, especially parts [...]	2006-11-24 12:30:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PBTS EUN NATO OSCE MO GG RU IT
06ROME461	PDAS VOLKER DISCUSSES STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP WITH [...] (C) Summary. On February 7, PDAS Kurt Volker visited Rome to meet with high-level GOI leaders to discuss Iran, Iraq, the cartoon controversy, the Ukrainian Energy Crisis, NATO, OSCE, Balkans, and UN Reform. Volker stressed the importance of Italy's contributions to global security and need fo [...]	2006-02-15 12:39:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IT NATO OSCE UN GLOBAL DEFENSE
06ROME622	ITALIANS "ASTONISHED" BY PROPOSED BELGIAN TRIP TO [...] (C) Summary. The Italian MFA expressed astonishment at the proposed visit by Belgian FM De Gucht to Belarus to observe the election monitoring process. The GOI shares USG concern about the signal the trip could send regarding ODHIR,s integrity. While the GOI has no plans to publicly or form [...]	2006-03-01 12:40:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	OSCE PHUM PREL BE IT
06SARAJEVO2661	BOSNIA WILL CONSIDER ATTENDING NOVEMBER 8 UNSCR [...] No summary [...]	2006-10-26 10:00:00	Embassy Sarajevo	UNCLASSIFIED	OSCE PARM PREL AORC KPAO UNSCR PTER KNNP BK
06SOFIA1542	BULGARIA/GEORGIA: DAS BRYZA, FM KALFIN PREVIEW [...] (C) SUMMARY. By hosting the Friends of Georgia on November 9, Bulgaria seeks to send a message of support to the GoG while at the same time urging the Georgians to "stop giving Russia excuses to crack down." Bulgarian Foreign Minister Kalfin and EUR DAS Bryza agreed that both objectives would [...]	2006-11-08 14:52:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL OSCE GG RU BU
06TALLINN1067	ESTONIA: UNIFIED APPROACH TO GEORGIA/MOLDOVA [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-30 11:53:00	Embassy Tallinn	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PBTS EU NATO OSCE MO GG RU EN
06TALLINN671	TRANSNISTRIA: ESTONIA IN FULL SUPPORT OF [...] (SBU) On July 19 Poloff delivered reftel points to Jaan Hein, outgoing MFA Director for Eastern Europe and Central Asia and newly appointed Estonian Ambassador to Ukraine, Georgia, and Moldova, on Transnistria's proposed independence referendum. Hein told us that the GOE is in full agreement w [...]	2006-07-21 10:43:00	Embassy Tallinn	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OSCE PBTS PREL RS MD EN
06TASHKENT266	OSCE MISSION IN TASHKENT PROVIDES UPDATE ON TIP [...] (C) Summary: The OSCE anti-TIP Working Group project is stalled, and unlikely to make significant progress any time soon. The working group has not met since March 2005, although the OSCE Ambassador has reportedly obtained written statements of support from the General Prosecutor, Ministry o [...]	2006-02-02 12:18:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM SMIG KCRM KWOMN OSCE UZ
06TASHKENT302	OSCE FACES AN UPHILL BATTLE TO KEEP ITS PRESENCE [...] (C) Summary: OSCE Ambassador Jenca told the Ambassador that the GOU continues to review the Tashkent CenterQs mandate. Jenca expects a change for the worse, perhaps even a proposed decrease in OSCE international staff, when the current mandate expires in June. OSCE officers are facing accred [...]	2006-02-09 08:47:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL OSCE PGOV ECON EAID UZ
06TASHKENT346	DANISH CARTOONS - A WESTERN CONSPIRACY [...] (C) Summary: The Uzbek ambassadors to Egypt and the OSCE both made statements alluding to a greater Western conspiracy with regards to the Danish cartoons depicting the Prophet Muhammad. Though the GOU has issued no official statement on the controversy, it seems that it is jumping at the opp [...]	2006-02-15 02:06:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV OSCE UZ
06TASHKENT756	FY06 FUNDING OF OSCE EXTRABUDGETARY PROJECTS IN [...] (U) Summary: The OSCE website listing of extrabudgetary projects does not reflect any activities in Uzbekistan. Post recommends the USG contribute funding to the following projects that fulfill both U.S. and OSCE interests: a research grant on intellectual property rights (IPR) (USD 100,000 [...]	2006-04-19 07:27:00	Embassy Tashkent	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON OSCE PHUM PREL UZ
06TBILISI2754	SOUTH OSSETIA TALKS AT AN IMPASSE [...] (C) As described by OSCE, the October 12-13 Joint Control Commission (JCC) meeting in Vladikavkaz produced few real results because the Georgians and the other sides deadlocked over the Georgian proposal to change the format of the discussions. The commander of the Joint Peacekeeping Forces ( [...]	2006-10-17 13:42:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL OSCE PGOV GG
06THEHAGUE1168	NETHERLANDS/RUSSIA/GEORGIA: RESPONSE ON RUSSIAN [...] (C) Polmiloff discussed reftel points with MFA Deputy Head for Eastern Europe and Central Asia Thymen Kouwenaar on May 22 and 23. Kouwenaar appreciated the points, and was not aware of new Russian initiatives aimed to link South Ossetia and Russia through a "single information space," a gas p [...]	2006-05-24 07:19:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PBTS PREL RU GG OSCE PGOV NL
06THEHAGUE2047	NETHERLANDS/U.S.: PDAS VOLKER DISCUSSES BILATERAL [...] (C) Summary: During his September 12 visit to The Hague, EUR PDAS Volker discussed the road to Riga, detainee policy, Lebanon, ICTY compliance (septel),Guatemala's UNSC bid, contacts with Syria (ref b),OSCE reform and presidency, the Arms Trade Treaty concept, JSF, and energy security. He met wit [...]	2006-09-20 05:38:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ENRG MASS NATO OSCE PHUM UN NL
06USOSCE142	A RUSSIAN TAKE ON OSCE ELECTIONS/OTHER ISSUES [...] (C) Russian OSCE Mission DCM Vladimir Voronkov (protect) told USOSCE PolCouns March 31 to expect a "very difficult" second half of 2006 in OSCE with respect to elections observation issues. Voronkov said that while he doubts there is any written instruction, he is convinced that the MFA has [...]	2006-04-03 08:45:00	Mission USOSCE	CONFIDENTIAL	OSCE PINR PREL RS
06USOSCE203	USOSCE AMBASSADOR FINLEY'S VISIT TO TURKMENISTAN: [...] (SBU) This is a joint USOSCE-Embassy Ashgabat message. 2. (C) Summary: During her May 4-5 visit to Ashgabat, USOSCE Ambassador Finley met with GOTX officials to urge progress on human rights and democratic reforms in Turkmenistan. With the exception of FM Rashit Meredov, GOTX interlocut [...]	2006-05-16 09:07:00	Mission USOSCE	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TX
06USOSCE246	WHITHER GOEST OSCE: A DEPARTING PERSONAL VIEW [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-12 16:17:00	Mission USOSCE	CONFIDENTIAL	OSCE PREL
06VIENNA3401	DEMARCHE TO AUSTRIA: UNIFIED APPROACH TO [...] (SBU) Post conveyed reftel points on November 22 to Thomas Mayr-Harting, the Austrian MFA's Political Director. Charge met with Mayr-Harting on November 24 to discuss the issue. Austrian OSCE Political Affairs Director Christophe Ceska, Eastern Europe Director (DAS-equivalent) Josef Litschau [...]	2006-11-24 14:19:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PBTS EUN NATO OSCE MO GG RU AU
06VILNIUS686	LITHUANIA SUPPORTS MOLDOVA IN CONFLICT RESOLUTION, [...] (C) Lithuania strongly supports the U.S. position on the Transnistrian referendum and will continue to raise Transnistria in its dialogue with Russian on frozen conflicts (reftel). Lithuania considers Moldova one of the primary focuses of its neighborhood policy, and has recently engaged both [...]	2006-07-20 13:38:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	OSCE PBTS PREL LH MD
06WARSAW2404	TRANSNISTRIA: POLAND SUPPORTIVE ON EU PEACE [...] (C) Pol External Chief delivered reftel points to Mieczyslaw Kuzinski, action officer for global threats and the Eurasian conflicts in the MFA Security Policy Department. Kuzinski noted that Poland continued to support strongly efforts to develop an EU Peace Consolidation Mission (PCM) for Mo [...]	2006-11-16 15:53:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	OSCE EUN PREL PL
06WARSAW2459	POLAND SUPPORTS UNIFIED APPROACH ON [...] (C) PolExt Chief delivered reftel points November 22 to Grzegorz Jazowski, Counselor in the MFA Security Policy Department responsible for OSCE Ministerial preparations. After consulting with his Department Director and others, Jazowski confirmed that Poland approaches the Georgia/Moldova conf [...]	2006-11-27 14:10:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS OSCE GG MD RS
06WARSAW341	DEFENDING ODIHR ELECTION MONITORING [...] (C) Polish MFA Deputy Director for Security Policy (OSCE Affairs) Marek Ziolkowski assured us February 28 that the Polish government shares our concerns about Belgian FM (and OSCE Chairman-in-Office) De Gucht's proposal to send his own representatives to observe the elections monitoring process [...]	2006-03-01 10:27:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM BE BY PL OSCE
06YEREVAN1508	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: OSCE UNSCR 1540 WORKSHOP [...] (SBU) We inquired with Valery Mkrtumian, head of the MFA's International Organizations Department, about Armenia's plans to attend the OSCE Forum for Security Cooperation workshop. Mkrtumian said it was possible Armenia would send a deputy minister, but that the decision had not yet been finali [...]	2006-10-27 04:12:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OSCE PARM PREL AORC KPAO PTER UNSC KNNP AM
06YEREVAN1516	REVISED ELECTION CODE MOVING FORWARD, FINALLY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Armenia passed its revised election code through its first reading October 26, a small positive step. The draft can still be modified before final passage. OSCE/ODIHR and the Council of Europe Venice Commission (CoE/VC) provided a detailed joint commentary on the draft bill. The [...]	2006-10-30 04:03:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM OSCE AM
06YEREVAN1530	KOCHARIAN COMPLAINS TO EU AMBASSADORS ABOUT N-K [...] (C) In a meeting with EU Heads of Mission on October 27, President Kocharian was deeply pessimistic about chances for a settlement on Nagorno-Karabakh, resigned that Armenia would pay a greater cost for poor Russia-Georgia relations than either of the two parties, and expressed some frustratio [...]	2006-10-31 14:31:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL OSCE AM
06YEREVAN1565	USOSCE AMBASSADOR FINLEY PUSHES FAIR ELECTIONS, [...] (C) SUMMARY: Julie Finley, US Ambassador to the OSCE, visited Armenia October 17-19, and met a wide range of GOAM officials and non-governmental contacts. While they embraced her strong messages on free and fair elections, media freedom, trafficking in persons (TIP),and anti-corruption, offi [...]	2006-11-06 04:03:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM OSCE AM
06YEREVAN238	ARMENIAN FM OSKANIAN REFLECTS ON RAMBOUILLET [...] (C) SUMMARY: Foreign Minister Oskanian was not as pessimistic about the results of Rambouillet as we had anticipated when we heard him reflect on the event and on his views of the way ahead February 15. Although agreement eluded the two presidents at Paris, it was Oskanian's view that many is [...]	2006-02-16 04:07:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AM AJ OSCE
06YEREVAN294	MORE ON RAMBOUILLET FROM KOCHARIAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a private discussion February 28 with the Ambassador, President Kocharian did not rule out further talks on Nagorno-Karabakh, but dilated at some length on why he believed Rambouillet had been doomed to failure from the outset, and why he did not believe that Azeri President Al [...]	2006-03-01 11:08:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	AJ AM PGOV PREL OSCE
06YEREVAN458	SHOOTING DISRUPTS MARCH 29 OSCE MONITORING MISSION [...] (C) OSCE Special Representative Andrzej Kasprzyk told CDA on March 31 that he called off a March 29 cease fire monitoring event because shots were fired in the vicinity and neither the "N-K" nor the Azeri side could account for their origin. A report signed by OSCE Special Representatives And [...]	2006-03-30 13:07:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MASS OSCE AJ AM
06YEREVAN688	GOOD POLITICAL CLIMATE IN ARMENIA FOR A DEAL ON N-K [...] (C) We look forward to welcoming you to Yerevan again. Given your familiarity with the Nagorno-Karabakh negotiations, we would like to take this opportunity to update you on domestic political developments, some of which may influence Armenian decision-making with respect to N-K. 2. (C) Des [...]	2006-05-18 12:42:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV OTRA OSCE AJ AM
07AMMAN4015	FIRST UNSCR 1540 OUTREACH IN ARAB REGION PROMOTES [...] (U) Summary. The Regional Seminar, "Implementing United Nations Security Council Resolution 1540 (2004) for Arab States," took place on 4-5 September 2007 in Amman, Jordan. Jordan hosted the workshop jointly with the United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs (UN ODA) in close cooperation w [...]	2007-09-27 13:36:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL AORC KPAO PTER UNSC KNNP EU OSCE ARF
07ANKARA100	NEW KURDISH POLITICAL PARTY ADOPTS PROGRESSIVE BUT [...] No summary [...]	2007-01-19 10:07:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU
07ANKARA1053	TURKISH POLITICAL TURMOIL: VIEWS FROM THE [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-04 16:17:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU
07ANKARA1104	TURKISH UNIVERSITY STUDENTS' VIEWS ON ELECTION [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-10 11:07:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU
07ANKARA1198	TURKEY: PRO-KURDISH PARTY'S NEW STRATEGY TO ENTER [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-18 09:56:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU
07ANKARA1223	TURKEY'S PARTICIPATION IN THE MAY 31-JUNE 1 OSCE [...] (C) We delivered reftel talking points and conference agenda May 16 jointly with Russian Embassy First Secretary Dmitri Zykov to Ceylan Oskiper, Head of Department for OSCE, MFA Arms Control and Disarmament Department, urging a high-level, mulit-sectoral Turkish delegation. Oskipper thanked u [...]	2007-05-21 11:33:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	OSCE PREL PTER ABUD AFIN TU
07ANKARA1250	GOT ON IRANIAN ASYLUM SEEKER PEJMAN: UNLIKELY TO [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-23 08:42:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE IR TU
07ANKARA1288	TURKEY: ALEVI GROUPS WEIGHING ELECTION OPTIONS [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-25 13:21:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU
07ANKARA144	DINK ASSASSINATION LEADS TO NATIONAL SOUL-SEARCHING [...] No summary [...]	2007-01-24 15:46:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE AM TU
07ANKARA1506	MFA DEPUTY U/S CEVIKOZ ASKS FOR U.S. HELP GETTING [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 5. 2. (C) MFA Deputy Undersecretary for Africa, Asia and Pacific Affairs Unal Cevikoz told Ambassador on June 12 that he is very pleased with the comprehensive program planned for his Washington visit next week. Cevikoz greatly appreciates US [...]	2007-06-13 14:21:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL NATO OSCE AM TU
07ANKARA1598	DAS BRYZA'S MEETINGS WITH MFA CAUCASUS DG UMAN AND [...] (C) SUMMARY. DAS Matt Bryza met in Ankara on June 14 with MFA Director General for Caucasus and Central Asia Resit Uman and MFA Director General for Policy Planning Altay Cengizer. DAS Bryza shared his views on the previous week's disappointing meeting of the Azeri and Armenian Presidents on [...]	2007-06-22 07:02:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS PGOV NATO OSCE AJ AM GG RU TU ZJ
07ANKARA173	DINK KILLING BRINGS DARK SIDE OF TRABZON INTO THE [...] No summary [...]	2007-01-26 15:58:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU
07ANKARA1822	TURKEY: ALEVI GROUPS DEEM CHP "LEAST BAD" OPTION [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-18 08:38:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU
07ANKARA1835	TURKEY: IDEPENDENT CANDIDATE BASKIN ORAN [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-19 05:48:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU
07ANKARA1843	TURKEY: AMBASSADOR URGES GOT ACTION ON ARTICLE [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-19 11:45:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU
07ANKARA1891	TURKEY: DEMOCRACY AND HUMAN RIGHTS IN AZERBAIJAN [...] (C) We delivered reftel A points to MFA South Caucasus Desk Officer Yavuz Kul July 20. Kul expressed the GOT's appreciation for the careful approach adopted by the United States towards Azerbaijan, and pledged to convey our points to his principals and to the Turkish Embassy in Baku. 2. [...]	2007-07-24 14:07:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM OSCE PHUM AJ TU
07ANKARA1899	TURKEY: SOUTHEAST ELECTION RESULTS [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-26 06:33:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PREL PTER OSCE TU
07ANKARA1921	TURKEY: OFFICIALS HOPEFUL NEW GOVERNMENT WILL [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-27 06:22:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU
07ANKARA2038	TURKEY: KURDISH POLITICAL PARTY ENTERS PARLIAMENT [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-09 14:43:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL PTER OSCE TU
07ANKARA2061	TURKISH HUMAN RIGHTS GROUPS CAUTIOUSLY OPTIMISTIC [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-13 10:54:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU
07ANKARA2150	TURKEY: COUNCIL OF EUROPE INVESTIGATES CRACKDOWN [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-20 15:42:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU
07ANKARA2173	AMERICAN-TURKISH ASSOCIATION STAFFDEL FOCUSES ON [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-22 08:22:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PTER OSCE TU
07ANKARA2174	TURKEY: ALEVIS CELEBRATE CULTURE, CALL FOR [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-22 08:36:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU
07ANKARA2269	TURKEY: KURDISH MAYOR'S CONTROVERSIAL REMARKS [...] No summary [...]	2007-09-05 14:03:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU
07ANKARA2335	PRESIDENT'S HUMAN RIGHTS ROUNDTABLE AT 2007 UNGA: [...] (U) Turkey just emerged with strengthened democratic credentials from a turbulent five-month period that tested its democracy. The result is a government with a new popular mandate, a parliament representative of 85 percent of the voters, and a new President who is likely to take an active fo [...]	2007-09-13 14:34:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU
07ANKARA2412	TURKEY: COUNCIL OF EUROPE INVESTIGATIVE TEAM [...] No summary [...]	2007-09-26 08:33:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU
07ANKARA2468	TURKEY: POLITICAL REFORMS STALLED AS GOT FOCUSES [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-04 12:06:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU
07ANKARA2502	TURKEY: DELEGATIONS INVESTIGATE ATTACK ON [...] (C) Summary: Following a September 29 attack on a minibus in southeastern Turkey that resulted in the deaths of 12 Turkish citizens, several delegations traveled to the site to investigate. As Turkish casualties mount in a series of attacks, mine explosions, and bombings from Sirnak to Izmir, [...]	2007-10-09 14:37:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU
07ANKARA2533	TURKEY'S SOUTHEAST: GROWING VIOLENCE THREATENS [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-15 13:08:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU
07ANKARA2589	TURKEY: URGING PRO-KURDISH DTP PARTY TO CONDMEN [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-19 09:32:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU
07ANKARA2595	TURKEY: PRO-KURDISH PARTY SAYS CROSS-BORDER [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-19 13:28:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU
07ANKARA2605	TURKEY: PUBLIC ATTACKS ON DTP OFFICES FOLLOWING [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-22 14:45:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU
07ANKARA2627	TURKEY: EU HARMONIZATION PROCESS OVERSHADOWED BY [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-24 10:37:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU
07ANKARA2630	TURKEY: PRO-KURDISH LEADER AHMET TURK DEFENSIVE IN MEETING WITH EU AMBASSADORS [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-24 12:43:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU
07ANKARA2713	TURKEY: THE KURDISH DTP PARTY'S SQUANDERED [...] (U) This is a Consulate Adana cable. 2. (C) Summary: Despite having 20 of its representatives in parliament, the pro-Kurdish Democratic Society Party (DTP) has entirely sidelined itself during Turkey's confrontation with Iraq over the terrorist Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK). The DTP erred [...]	2007-11-05 11:34:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU
07ANKARA2731	TURKEY'S NATIONALISTIC JUDICIARY AN OBSTACLE TO [...] (C) Summary: A diverse array of legal experts agree the judiciary (judges and prosecutors) has been a major force in Turkey's failure to fully implement legal reforms related to its EU harmonization effort. Contacts from academia, private practice, government, and civil society told us that, [...]	2007-11-07 14:45:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU
07ANKARA2762	TURKEY: EU PROGRESS REPORT BRINGS NO SURPRISES [...] (C) Summary: The EU's annual progress report on Turkey, released November 6, went largely unnoticed here as the public and media remained focused on the latest PKK terrorist crisis. The GOT was pleased to see a "balanced" report, according to MFA and its EU Secretariat officials. Human righ [...]	2007-11-13 14:39:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU
07ANKARA2774	TURKEY: PRO-KURDISH DTP PARTY ELECTS HARDLINER AS [...] (C) Summary and Comment: Pro-Kurdish Democratic Society Party (DTP) members elected Nurettin Demirtas, 34, as party chairman and adopted the concept of "democratic autonomy" during a November 8 extraordinary convention in Ankara. Several Kurdish contacts believe the elevation of Demirtas, a h [...]	2007-11-15 12:09:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU
07ANKARA278	TURKEY'S FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION DEBATE HEATS UP [...] No summary [...]	2007-02-09 11:25:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU
07ANKARA2807	TURKEY: PROSECUTOR OPENS CLOSURE CASE AGAINST [...] (C) Summary and comment. Turkey's top prosecutor filed an indictment with the Constitutional Court on November 16 to close down the pro-Kurdish Democratic Society Party (DTP) for alleged ties to the terrorist Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK). The indictment calls for a ban against DTP participat [...]	2007-11-20 15:36:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU
07ANKARA2817	CFE/ISTANBUL: TURKEY SHARES OUR SKEPTICISM ABOUT [...] (C) We shared ref a points with MFA Arms Control and Disarmament Deputy Director General Ahmet Gun on November 21. Gun was grateful to have our views in advance of the arrival of the German and Spanish ambassadors, who met with Deputy Undersecretary Rafet Akgunay later that day to push the G [...]	2007-11-23 12:19:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL RS NATO OSCE KCFE TU
07ANKARA2837	TURKEY: MALATYA MURDER TRIAL GETS UNDERWAY AMID [...] (C) Summary: The high-profile trial of seven men accused of the April murder of three Christian bookstore workers in the southeastern city of Malatya began on November 23. Five defendants face multiple life sentences for murder and terrorist acts; two others are charged with assisting in the [...]	2007-11-27 14:33:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU
07ANKARA2879	POLL OPENS DOOR INTO TURKEY'S SOUTHEAST [...] (SBU) Summary. A clear majority of residents polled in 14 southeastern Turkish provinces said they would prefer to live in Turkey even if an independent Kurdish state were founded in northern Iraq. The Turkish polling company Metropoll claimed its November survey of 1,079 people is the first [...]	2007-12-03 15:17:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU
07ANKARA2886	TURKEY: GREEK ORTHODOX ARCHONS CLAIM ECUMENICAL [...] (C) Summary: Turkish government policies are slowly suffocating the Ecumenical Patriarchate (EP),according to representatives of the Archons of the Ecumenical Patriarchate, a U.S.-based group of Greek Orthodox laymen. In November 29 meetings, the delegation told Turkish officials crawling re [...]	2007-12-04 08:41:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU
07ANKARA2944	TURKEY: GUL'S APPOINTMENT TO HIGHER EDUCATION [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-12 09:13:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU
07ANKARA2958	TURKEY: NEW JUDICIAL APPOINTMENTS LAW IRKS SECULAR [...] (C) Summary: President Gul's midnight signing of a new law governing the selection process for prosecutors and judges brought sharp criticism from a legal establishment that sees the move as a challenge to its independence by the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP). The truth is more [...]	2007-12-14 11:08:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU
07ANKARA2994	TURKEY: RELIGIOUS MINORITIES VOICE OPPOSITION TO [...] (C) Summary and comment: Turkey's traditional religious minority communities -- Greek Orthodox, Armenian Orthodox, and Jewish Community -- recently have criticized elements of a draft Foundations Law, vetoed in 2006 by then-President Sezer, that Parliament is expected to take up in early 2008 [...]	2007-12-18 09:03:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU
07ANKARA2998	TURKEY: RELIGIOUS MINORITIES VOICE OPPOSITION TO [...] (C) Summary and comment: Turkey's traditional religious minority communities -- Greek Orthodox, Armenian Orthodox, and Jewish Community -- recently have criticized elements of a draft Foundations Law, vetoed in 2006 by then-President Sezer, that Parliament is expected to take up in early 2008 [...]	2007-12-18 10:49:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU
07ANKARA3010	TURKEY: CATHOLIC PRIEST STABBED IN IZMIR [...] (C) Summary and comment: Police detained a 19-year old Turkish man shortly after he stabbed Italian Priest Adiano Franchini inside Izmir's St. Antoine Church on Sunday, December 16. Franchini, who survived the attack and is recovering well, said he would not press charges against the attacke [...]	2007-12-19 09:40:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU
07ANKARA3016	TURKEY: RULING AKP TACKLES A TABOO -- IMPROVING [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-19 14:52:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU
07ANKARA3044	TURKEY PREPARING TO REVIVE EU REFORMS IN 2008 [...] (C) Summary and comment: The EU's December 19 decision to open negotiations with Turkey on two new policy chapters appears to have calmed GOT officials infuriated by French President Sarkozy's maneuvering to have the terms "accession" and "membership" removed from the GAERC's December 10 stat [...]	2007-12-28 08:24:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU
07ANKARA3051	TURKEY: BATMAN SEES LOCAL POLITICAL TENSIONS RISING [...] (U) This is a Consulate Adana message. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Two prominent Batman Bar Association leaders in southeast Turkey told us during a recent visit that local political tensions between the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) and pro-Kurdish Democratic Society Party (DTP) have inc [...]	2007-12-28 15:30:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU
07ANKARA311	MIDNIGHT EXPRESS IT'S NOT: MODEL TURKISH PRISON [...] No summary [...]	2007-02-14 07:37:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU
07ANKARA404	TURKISH PROFESSOR RECEIVES MULTIPLE DEATH THREATS [...] No summary [...]	2007-02-23 17:41:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU
07ANKARA423	TURKEY: STAFFDEL TILLEMANN DISCUSSES ARMENIAN [...] No summary [...]	2007-02-27 09:54:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE AM TU
07ANKARA462	TURKEY'S OWN "24" -- "VALLEY OF THE WOLVES" [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-01 14:23:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU
07ANKARA470	TURKEY: HAK-PAR POLITICIANS CONVICTED FOR USING [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-02 07:09:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU
07ANKARA516	TURKEY: DISPLACED VILLAGERS CRITICIZE [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-07 13:02:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU
07ANKARA542	TURKISH COURT BLOCKS ACCESS TO "YOUTUBE" WEBSITE [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-09 15:51:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL ECPS OSCE TU

07ANKARA559	TURKEY: PRO-KURDISH PARTY HOLDS CONVENTION AMID [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-12 15:31:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU
07ANKARA574	TENSION ESCALATING IN RUN-UP TO NEVRUZ HOLIDAY IN [...] (U) This is a Consulate Adana cable. 2. (C) Summary: The judicial offensive against several DTP politicians and growing militant activity by PKK supporters raise the possibility that this year's Nevruz (March 21) holiday could be particularly violent, according to many of our contacts in t [...]	2007-03-13 15:56:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PHUM PREL OSCE TU
07ANKARA592	TURKEY'S INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY; INCREASED [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-15 10:01:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PREL PINR OSCE TU
07ANKARA642	TURKISH GOVERNMENT MAKING ARRANGEMENTS FOR AKDAMAR [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-21 13:13:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU
07ANKARA653	TURKEY: FESTIVE NEVRUZ CELEBRATIONS PASS WITHOUT [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-22 12:31:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU
07ANKARA699	TURKEY CONTINUING EU REFORMS DESPITE SETBACK [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-28 06:48:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU
07ANKARA700	TURKEY: VERDICT IN CLOSELY WATCHED TORTURE TRIAL [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-28 06:54:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU
07ANKARA747	TURKEY'S RELIGIOUS AFFAIRS DIRECTORATE'S [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-02 11:47:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU
07ANKARA78	TURKEY: GOVERNMENT DEVELOPS 2007 EU ROADMAP [...] No summary [...]	2007-01-17 09:52:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU
07ANKARA933	AFTERMATH: TRIPLE-MURDER OF CHRISTIAN BOOKSTORE [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-19 14:51:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU
07ANKARA965	TURKEY: PRO-KURDISH DTP EXPECTS ELECTORAL SUCCESS [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-25 15:15:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU
07ANKARA971	TURKEY ANNOUNCES 7-YEAR EU REFORM PLAN [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-26 10:37:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU
07ANKARA995	ANKARA-BASED KURDISH RADIO STATION FACES RISING [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-27 12:26:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU
07ASHGABAT1220	DEMARCHE ON SUPPORT OF U.S. CANDIDACY FOR INTERNATIONAL [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-09 07:16:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM ECON OSCE TX
07ASHGABAT1249	DEMARCHE ON SUPPORT OF U.S. CANDIDACY FOR INTERNATIONAL [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-20 09:59:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM ECON OSCE TX
07ASHGABAT137	EUR/ACE COORDINATOR ADAMS MEETS WITH [...] (C) Turkmenistan's Minister of Foreign Affairs Rashit Meredov on January 31 provided EUR/ACE Adams a well-targetted series of requests for expanded cooperation in the fields of education, health, economic reforms and security. Meredov acknowledged Adams's caveat that the U.S. Congress was un [...]	2007-02-02 13:55:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR OSCE PGOV PHUM PINR PREL TX US
07ASHGABAT367	Turkmenistan Responds to USOSCE Plans to Support OSCE [...] (U) Per reftel, post is providing comments, suggestions and points of contact regarding the scope, focal points, and proposed methodology for assessment of Turkmenistan's borders in conjunction with a general assessment of the five Central Asian states' borders. 2. (SBU) SCOPE: Post envisa [...]	2007-04-12 07:40:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OSCE PREL TX
07ASHGABAT44	FOREIGN MINISTER MEREDOV TELLS SCA DAS FEIGENBAUM [...] (C) During a three and a half hour meeting, Foreign Minister Rashit Meredov on January 10 told SCA Deputy Assistant Secretary Evan Feigenbaum that Turkmenistan was willing to consider improving bilateral relations on a range of issues from human rights to trade to security. Meredov welcomed F [...]	2007-01-11 15:15:00	Embassy Ashgabat	SECRET	PREL PGOV PHUM OSCE MARR TX US
07ASHGABAT959	DEMARCHE ON OSCE HUMAN DIMENSIONS MEETING [...] No summary [...]	2007-09-12 12:41:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM OSCE TX
07ASTANA1801	KAZAKHSTAN: MAZHILIS ELECTION ROUNDDUP, JULY 2 [...] (U) This is the first in a series of weekly election roundups in advance of Kazakhstan's August 18 Mazhilis and Maslikhat elections. Items were drawn primarily from the local press and media. --------------------------------------------- - Social Democratic Party and True Ak Zhol Merge ----- [...]	2007-07-02 10:45:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV OSCE KZ
07ASTANA1991	KAZAKHSTAN: A LITTLE PRE-ELECTION SPIN [...] (SBU) Summary: During the July 13-14 nodel visit of Congresswoman Shelley Berkley, the GOK highlighted its preparations for the August parliamentary elections, arranging two separate trips for her to local polling stations. Domestic media coverage was extensive, and pro-government media outl [...]	2007-07-23 08:11:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV OSCE KZ
07ASTANA2221	CAMPAIGNING IN MANGISTAU OBLAST: INCREASED FAIRNESS, BUT [...] (SBU) Summary: On August 8-10, Poloff and Pol FSN traveled to Aktau in Mangistau Oblast (western Kazakhstan) to meet with political party representatives and NGOs in advance of the August 18 elections. In general, the Aktau political scene reflects trends apparent throughout the country, with [...]	2007-08-14 08:37:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV OSCE KZ
07ASTANA2222	CAMPAIGNING IN NORTHERN KAZAKHSTAN OBLAST: WHERE ART THOU, [...] (SBU) Summary. Northern Kazakhstan Oblast (NKO) presents an interesting, albeit somewhat extreme, microcosm of Kazakhstan's campaign for upcoming Mazhilis [lower house of Parliament] and regional legislative elections. The oblast, which has the distinction of having been the strongest support [...]	2007-08-14 08:37:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM OSCE KDEM KZ
07ASTANA2223	SCENESETTER: KAZAKHSTAN ELECTION PREVIEW [...] (SBU) Summary: With Kazakhstan's parliamentary elections headed into the final few days of campaigning, it is clear that the pre-election period has been substantially freer and fairer than in any prior election. As one pundit put it, the political field is now much more level, although there [...]	2007-08-14 13:03:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV OSCE KZ
07ASTANA2239	KAZAKHSTAN: MAZHILIS ELECTION ROUNDUP, AUGUST 17 [...] (U) This is the seventh and final cable in a series of weekly election roundups in advance of Kazakhstan's August 18 Mazhilis and Maslikhat elections. Items were drawn primarily from the local press and media. The official campaign season closed at midnight on August 16. ------------------- [...]	2007-08-17 08:32:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV OSCE KZ
07ASTANA2244	CAMPAIGNING IN EASTERN KAZAKHSTAN OBLAST: NUR OTAN [...] (SBU) Summary: On August 10-12, Conoff and Con FSN traveled to Ust-Kamenogorsk in Eastern Kazakhstan Oblast (central eastern Kazakhstan, bordering on China and Russia) to meet with political party representatives and local authorities in advance of the August 18 elections. Additionally, Conoff [...]	2007-08-19 23:55:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV OSCE KZ
07ASTANA2318	KAZAKHSTAN PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS: [...] (SBU) Summary: Political parties competing in the August 18 Mazhilis elections had more freedom to campaign than ever before, the Central Election Commission operated professionally and transparently, and the voting process on election day was relatively smooth and fair. However, this progress [...]	2007-08-27 01:46:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV OSCE KZ
07ASTANA2327	KAZAKHSTAN: NUR OTAN CHOOSES NEW MAZHILIS MEMBERS [...] Summary: On August 24, Nur Otan selected 98 candidates from its party list to fill the Mazhilis seats it won in the August 18 elections. Deputy Prime Minister Aslan Musin and Minister of Labor and Social Protection Gulzhana Karagusova will vacate their posts to become deputies. On August 27, t [...]	2007-08-27 10:01:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV OSCE KZ
07ASTANA2541	KAZAKHSTAN READY TO DEFEND RECORD AT OSCE HUMAN DIMENSION [...] (SBU) Summary: On September 12, Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Yerkin Akhinzhanov, director of the European Cooperation Department in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Akhinzhanov was joined by several members of Kazakhstan's delegation to the forthcoming OSCE Human Dimension Implementation [...]	2007-09-14 08:26:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL OSCE KZ
07ASTANA3188	KAZAKHSTAN"S APPROACH TO OSCE MINISTERIAL [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche on November 21 to Chingiz Kaskeyev, Head of the MFA's OSCE Division. Kaskeyev called U.S. aims for the OSCE Ministerial praiseworthy and said that some of the areas highlighted by Poloff, such as enhanced engagement with Afghanistan, counterterrorism, and [...]	2007-11-27 05:13:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL	OSCE PREL PGOV PHUM KZ
07ASTANA3350	NAZARBAYEV'S INDEPENDENCE DAY ADDRESS [...] President Nazarbayev delivered his annual Independence Day address on December 14. His remarks largely focused on Kazakhstan's economic achievements and the government's successes in the socio-economic sphere, especially regarding health care, education, and pensions and other forms of socio- [...]	2007-12-21 02:24:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ECON PHUM OSCE SOCI OEXC KDEM KZ
07ASTANA3368	SCHOOL OF HARD KNOCKS: BECOMING A LIBERAL [...] (C) Summary. Young, U.S.-educated and fed up with local corruption, Viktor Frolov wants to enter politics and change the way things are done in his native Petropavlovsk (capital of Northern Kazakhstan oblast). Frolov told Econoff that, despite being defeated in his first campaign for the Pet [...]	2007-12-27 03:10:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON KDEM KZ OSCE PGOV PHUM
07ASTANA515	KAZAKHSTAN: DEMOCRATIZATION COMMISSION COMPLETES ITS WORK [...] (SBU) Summary: During the final meeting of Kazakhstan's Democratization Commission on February 19, President Nursultan Nazarbayev accepted many of the democratic reform proposals put forward by the Commission's five working groups and announced the formation of a new working group designed to m [...]	2007-02-26 01:19:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE KDEM KZ
07ASTANA594	KAZAKHSTAN: PRESIDENT DELIVERS STATE OF THE NATION ADDRESS [...] (SBU) Summary: On February 28, President Nursultan Nazarbayev delivered his annual state of the nation address before a joint session of parliament. The address, entitled "New Kazakhstan in the New World," was intended primarily for domestic consumption, with a heavy focus on modernizing socia [...]	2007-03-06 09:57:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE KDEM KZ
07ATHENS1063	GREEKS TO ATTEND OSCE COUNTERTERRORISM CONFERENCE [...] (U) On May 16, Russian Ambassador Andrey Vdovin delivered reftel joint demarche on the May 31-June OSCE Counterterrorism Conference to MFA Secretary General Charalambos Rocanas. As agreed with the Russians, A/Polcouns followed up on May 22 with Dionyssios Kivetos, terrorism and proliferation [...]	2007-05-23 12:11:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL OSCE PTER ABUD AFIN RS GR
07ATHENS1528	GREECE: DEMOCRACY AND HUMAN RIGHTS IN AZERBAIJAN [...] (C) Visiting Greece Desk Officer, Ilan Goodman, delivered reftel points to MFA South Caucusus Desk Officer Stella Bezirtzoglou. Bezirtzoglou thanked the U.S. for its attention to this issue, noting the GOG concurred it is a growing problem. She questioned why the Aliyev government, which she [...]	2007-07-30 14:36:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM OSCE PHUM AJ GR
07ATHENS194	GREEK MP LIKELY CANDIDATE FOR OSCE COMMISSIONER ON [...] (C) On January 23, Greek MP Nikos Georgiadis told DCM that he had received approval from Greek FM Bakoyiannis to present himself as a candidate for the job of OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities. Georgiadis is scheduled to meet with OSCE Secretary General de Brichambault (who will [...]	2007-01-29 15:53:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV OSCE GR
07ATHENS2256	OSCE MINISTERIAL - GREECE FOCUSED ON CHAIRMANSHIP [...] (C) PolMil Chief met with MFA OSCE Department Head Nicolas Patakias 11/20 to review priorities for the November 29 - 30 OSCE Ministerial. Patakias thanked us for the reftel points noting that he had drawn "very extensively" from them in drafting briefing material for FM Bakoyiannis. 2. ( [...]	2007-11-21 10:30:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	OSCE KCFE PREL PGOV PHUM GR
07ATHENS865	GREECE WELCOMES COLLABORATION ON CFE/RUSSIA [...] (C) On April 30, DepPolCouns delivered reftel points on the CFE Treaty and Putin's April 26 remarks to D1 Directorate for NATO Issues deputy chief and Greek HLTF representative Chronis Polychroniou. Polychroniou agreed fully with the proposal to work together to devise a common strategy for a [...]	2007-04-30 14:44:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL OSCE PARM NATO KCFE GR
07BAKU618	DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON OSCE COUNTERTERRORISM [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-22 04:37:00	Embassy Baku	UNCLASSIFIED	OSCE PREL PTER ABUD AFIN RS SP AJ
07BAKU651	DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON PROPOSED RUSSIAN DRAFT OF [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-29 11:55:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KTIA OSCE PGOV AJ
07BELGRADE605	RESPONSE TO OSCE PROJECT PROPOSALS [...] (U) After consulting with local OSCE officials in Belgrade, and internally with relevant Mission agencies, post recommends the following projects for funding. The projects selected represent a number of mission and OSCE priorities including democratization, counter-terrorism and the resolut [...]	2007-05-07 16:22:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED	ABUD AFIN EAID ECON KCRM KJUS OSCE PHUM PREL
07BELGRADE693	SERBIA'S PLANS TO PARTICIPATE IN OSCE PPP CONFERENCE [...] (U) On May 17, 2007, poloff delivered ref demarche to the Serbian MFA, jointly with a poloff from the Russian Embassy in Belgrade. Serbia plans to send two representatives from the Ministry of Interior (so far unnamed),Aleksandar Dovanovic from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, one or two re [...]	2007-05-18 14:10:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED	OSCE PREL PTER ABUD AFIN RS SP
07BERLIN1003	U.S.-RUSSIAN DEMARCHE: OSCE CT CONFERENCE [...] (SBU) Global Affairs Officer and Russian Embassy CT Officer Alexander Kondakov delivered ref demarche to Holger Kraemer, German MFA desk officer for International CT cooperation, May 14. Kraemer replied MFA Commissioner for Counterterrorism Ambassador Buso von Alvensleben would attend the eve [...]	2007-05-16 19:19:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OSCE PREL PTER ABUD AFIN GM
07BISHKEK1148	KYRGYZ RECEIVE OSCE HUMAN DIMENSION POINTS [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered revised reftel points September 14 to Nuran Niyazaliyev, Deputy Director of the MFA's Department of International Organizations and Security Affairs. Niyazaliyev listened with interest, but noted that the Kyrgyz government might not send a delegation to the Warsaw Human [...]	2007-09-14 11:52:00	Embassy Bishkek	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL ECON OSCE KG
07BISHKEK526	EMBASSY BISHKEK'S RECOMMENDATIONS FOR OSCE EXTRA [...] Embassy Bishkek would like to endorse the following extrabudgetary proposals: 2. High Priority: -- Preparation of Guidebook for Controlled Deliveries (no project number): The issue of controlled deliveries is a hot topic in Central Asia, and is the most discussed aspect of any regional [...]	2007-05-08 11:55:00	Embassy Bishkek	UNCLASSIFIED	ABUD AFIN EAID ECON KCRM KJUS OSCE PHUM PREL
07BISHKEK527	EMBASSY BISHKEK'S RECOMMENDATIONS FOR OSCE EXTRA [...] Embassy Bishkek would like to endorse the following extrabudgetary proposals: 2. High Priority: -- Preparation of Guidebook for Controlled Deliveries (no project number): The issue of controlled deliveries is a hot topic in Central Asia, and is the most discussed aspect of any regional [...]	2007-05-08 12:07:00	Embassy Bishkek	UNCLASSIFIED	ABUD AFIN EAID ECON KCRM KJUS OSCE PHUM PREL
07BISHKEK539	KYRGYZ RECEIVE OSCE PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP [...] Poloff passed reftel points to the MFA Department of International Organizations and Security Affairs on May 10. Post will report any substantive response from the MFA separately. YOVANOVITCH [...]	2007-05-11 07:08:00	Embassy Bishkek	UNCLASSIFIED	OSCE PREL PTER ABUD AFIN KG
07BISHKEK602	KYRGYZ RECEIVE POINTS ON RUSSIAN DRAFT OF AN OSCE [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-22 10:55:00	Embassy Bishkek	UNCLASSIFIED	OSCE PREL KTIA PGOV KG
07BRATISLAVA298	SLOVAK CONCERNS ON BELARUSIAN INVITATION TO OSCE [...] (SBU) Stefan Rozkopal, MFA Director for CIS and the Balkans, told DCM May 18 that Slovakia shares the U.S. opinion about not accepting the Belarusian invitation to OSCE heads of missions to visit Minsk. He agreed that the program contained no substance and no opportunities to interact with the [...]	2007-05-18 11:59:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV OSCE BO LO
07BRATISLAVA475	CFE DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] Poloff delivered demarche and non-paper as per reftel to Katarina Zakova (Dept. for OSCE and Counter-Terrorism) and Lubomir Macko (Security Policy Dept.) on August 20. Zakova and Macko accepted the points, said they would look them over, and provide the requested information through the HLTF i [...]	2007-08-24 12:57:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM KCFE NATO OSCE LO
07BRUSSELS1675	BELGIANS PLAN TO ATTEND MAY 31-JUNE 1 [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-21 14:42:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	OSCE PREL PTER BE
07BRUSSELS1778	BELGIUM: REACTION TO PROPOSED RUSSIAN DRAFT OF AN [...] (C) Poloff spoke with Thierry Vuylsteke, Director of the MFA's OSCE office. Vuylsteke said Belgium did not see the need for an OSCE charter, since the OSCE works well with its existing institutions and within its current framework. He said the idea was raised but did not come to fruition at [...]	2007-05-31 14:39:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	OSCE PGOV PREL BE
07BRUSSELS2402	AMBASSADOR FINLEY DISCUSSES OSCE AND COE WITH EU [...] On June 27, U.S. Ambassador to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe Julie Finley led the U.S. delegation to the COSCE (the EU's OSCE working party) troika. During the four hour consultations, the EU declared its hope for reforms in Kazakhstan in light of its CiO bid and agr [...]	2007-07-30 08:27:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL MARR PARM OSCE EUN XH
07BRUSSELS3020	DAS KRAMER, AMB STEWART AND THE EU DISCUSSES NEXT [...] No summary [...]	2007-09-28 13:32:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM EAID ECON ENRG OSCE EUN BO XH
07BRUSSELS3039	CORRECTED COPY: DAS KRAMER, AMB STEWART AND THE EU [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-01 15:20:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM EAID ECON ENRG OSCE EUN BO XH
07BUCHAREST475	MFA REQUESTS "MINISTERIAL LEVEL" PARTICIPATION FOR [...] (SBU) MFA Director for OSCE, Council of Europe and Human Rights Brandusa Predescu on April 23 briefed OSCE member embassies on the current status of the planning for the "High-Level Conference on Combating Discrimination and Promoting Mutual Respect and Understanding: Follow-up to the Cordoba [...]	2007-04-27 13:33:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM OSCE PREL SOCI SP RO
07BUCHAREST585	ROMANIA'S CANDIDATE FOR OSCE HIGH COMMISSIONER ON [...] (C) Embassy on 21 May 2001, received a note dated 23 April 2007, addressed to Secretary Rice from Foreign Minister Adrian Cioroianu seeking U.S. support for Romania's candidate to be the OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities Liviu Bota. We note that Romania first raised Bota's candidac [...]	2007-05-22 08:53:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	OSCE PHUM PREL KDEM RO
07BUCHAREST656	CFE: ROMANIA'S VIEWS ON JUNE 12 EXTRAORDINARY [...] (C) Polmiloff discussed contents of ref a on June 1 with HLTF Rep and Director for Non-Proliferation, Arms Control, and Combating Terrorism, Mihaela Vasiu and with CFE action officer Dana Marca, and followed up on June 4 after they had an opportunity to consult with GOR inter-agency contacts. [...]	2007-06-04 16:06:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	KCFE PREL PARM OSCE RU RO
07BUCHAREST856	ROMANIA: DEMOCRACY AND HUMAN RIGHTS CONCERNS IN [...] (C) Deputy Polcouns delivered on 23 July reftel demarche to MFA Director for East Europe and Central Asia Ambassador Gheorghe Magheru. Magheru was in agreement with the U.S. points and expressed special interest in the strategic context for the U.S. demarche (i.e., the importance of making s [...]	2007-07-24 15:11:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM OSCE PGOV PHUM PREL EUN AJ RO
07BUDAPEST1178	MUTED HUNGARIAN RESPONSE TO DEMOCRACY AND HUMAN [...] (SBU) On 19 July POLOFF met with MFA Azerbaijan Desk Officer, Sandor Csikos, concerning reftel. POLOFF mentioned MFA State Secretary Dr Laszlo Szoke's recent discussions with the Ambassador expressing GOH interest in the subject. Csikos confirmed awareness of the challenges to media freedom in [...]	2007-07-20 14:15:00	Embassy Budapest	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM OSCE PGOV PHUM PREL HU
07CHISINAU1273	PRESIDENT VORONIN SUPPORTS U.S. CFE PROPOSALS [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a cordial meeting with President Voronin, DAS David Kramer presented elements of our forward-leaning CFE package proposals delivered in Moscow. Arriving in Moldova after his Moscow talks, Kramer said the U.S. had presented this package to the Russians, and is waiting for the [...]	2007-10-22 11:36:00	Embassy Chisinau	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KCFE OSCE PARM MD
07CHISINAU1283	FOREIGN MINISTER STRATAN SUPPORTS US ON [...] (C) Summary: EUR DAS David Kramer's October 19 meeting with Minister of Foreign Affairs and European Integration Andrei Stratan won willing support on U.S. positions regarding Transnistria (TN),CFE and the OSCE. Stratan expressed his appreciation for U.S. transparency on talks with Russia an [...]	2007-10-23 14:41:00	Embassy Chisinau	CONFIDENTIAL	OSCE PBTS PGOV PINR PREL MD
07CHISINAU1284	MINISTER SOVA INSISTS PLAN NEEDS CLEAR DEADLINES [...] (C) Summary: Minister for Reintegration Sova welcomed and supported EUR DAS Kramer's outlines of the three-point proposal presented in Moscow, which looks at Transnistria in the context of the CFE treaty, but said clear timelines must be established. Sova proposed limiting to one year the tr [...]	2007-10-23 14:55:00	Embassy Chisinau	CONFIDENTIAL	KCFE OSCE PARM PBTS PREL MD
07CHISINAU1301	TRANSNISTRIA OPTS TO DEAL WITH MOLDOVA -- FOR NOW [...] (C) Summary: In a reversal of earlier policy, Transnistria's Foreign Minister Valery Litskai said at an informal 5 plus 2 gathering that he was open for dialogue with Chisinau and praised President Voronin's initiatives on Transnistria. Litskai said Transnistria was prepared to resolve the [...]	2007-10-25 12:14:00	Embassy Chisinau	CONFIDENTIAL	OSCE PBTS PREL PINR MD
07CHISINAU1366	SOVA: THE GOODWILL IS GONE [...] (C) SUMMARY: At a November 13 meeting we had requested to discuss the Moldovan decree on vehicle registration, Minister for Reintegration Sova lost no time in expressing his ire at Transnistrian "foreign minister" Litskai. Litskai had agreed to meet Sova by November 10, but instead had avoidin [...]	2007-11-14 15:14:00	Embassy Chisinau	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS OSCE KCFE MD
07CHISINAU1400	LITSKAI: HEADING TO MADRID [...] (C) SUMMARY: Transnistrian "Foreign Minister" Litskai intends to travel to Madrid for consultations on the sidelines of the OSCE Ministerial. In a November 23 meeting, Litskai told Ambassador Kirby he expected the Finns would provide much better leadership for OSCE than the Spanish had. Whi [...]	2007-11-27 15:43:00	Embassy Chisinau	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS OSCE PGOV MD
07CHISINAU1406	SEEKING TO REGAIN MOMENTUM ON TRANSNISTRIA [...] (C) Summary: In a November 27 meeting on the eve of his departure for the OSCE Ministerial in Madrid, Minister of Reintegration Sova was angry that the Spanish had given Litskai a visa and threatened a GOM walkout. Ambassador Kirby counseled a more measured diplomatic approach that would all [...]	2007-11-29 14:56:00	Embassy Chisinau	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS OSCE PGOV MD
07DUSHANBE1080	OSCE IN DUSHANBE: BORDER MANAGEMENT AND MANDATE ISSUES [...] ( C) Summary: OSCE Head of Center Pryakhin told Ambassador that the Tajik government had approved only one our its four proposed border management programs -- creation of a comprehensive border management strategy -- and deferred the other proposals for further study after the strategy is c [...]	2007-07-18 12:08:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAID SNAR TI AF OSCE
07DUSHANBE1349	DUSHANBE: OSCE HUMAN DIMENSIONS MEETING DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (U) Embassy Delivered reftel demarche to the Tajik Ministry of Foreign Affairs Director for America and Europe, Ismatullo Nasreddinov, on September 20. Nasreddinov said that Tajikistan would send its Presidential Adviser on Social Issues, Mansur Saffidinov, to the conference along with repre [...]	2007-09-25 04:29:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM ECON OSCE TI
07DUSHANBE206	TAJIK PITCHES INITIATIVES FOR THE OSCE [...] (U) Tajik Ministry of Foreign Affairs Director for International Organizations, Nuriddin Shamsov, called in the deputy chief of mission February 5 to discuss Tajik issues at the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe. The resident Organization for Security and Cooperation in Euro [...]	2007-02-07 09:36:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL EAID TI OSCE
07HELSINKI736	FINNISH RESPONSE: COMBATING PKK TERRORISM IN EUROPE [...] No summary [...]	2007-09-28 11:26:00	Embassy Helsinki	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PREL PGOV KTFN OSCE TU EUN FI
07HELSINKI848	FINLAND: OSCE MADRID MINISTERIAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: With its chairmanship only five weeks away, the GOF is realistic about the fact that few if any miracles will emerge from the Madrid Ministerial, and that Finland will be left to manage a range of divisive issues. Finland is in "complete agreement" with our emphasis on maintaining [...]	2007-11-23 13:52:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	OSCE PREL PGOV PHUM FI
07HELSINKI897	OSCE KAZAKHSTAN DEMARCHE: FINLAND AGREES AND [...] (C) PolOff delivered subject demarche to Ms. Paivi Peltokoski, First Secretary, Finnish OSCE Chairmanship Task Force December 20. Peltokoski stated that the GoF agrees with the Kazakhstani commitments and &practically everything8. Peltokoski characterized the delay itself as minimally signif [...]	2007-12-27 12:39:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	OSCE PGOV PREL KZ FI
07JAKARTA1563	IMPLEMENTATION OF UNSCR 1540 IN SOUTHEAST [...] (SBU) Summary. A two-day regional consultative workshop, held in Jakarta on May 28-29 for countries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN),considered ways in which regional and other states, as well as relevant international organizations, could cooperate in the implementation [...]	2007-06-06 10:21:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL UNSC KNNP OSCE KPAO AORC ID
07JAKARTA1733	INDONESIAN OFFICIAL ON KOSOVO, IRAN AND [...] (C) Summary: Charge on June 21 discussed Kosovo, Iran, and the Palestinians with Desra Percaya, a key Foreign Ministry official on UNSC and Middle East issues. Percaya welcomed recent changes in the draft Kosovo resolution and requested one additional change: that the reference to "sui gene [...]	2007-06-22 09:46:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC OSCE PARM ID
07KABUL2250	OSCE INTEREST IN AFGHANISTAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: OSCE Secretary General Marc Perrin de Brichambant briefed Ambassador July 2 on OSCE's interest in forging a partnership with Afghanistan. OSCE plans to take a step-by-step approach to Afghanistan, beginning in limited, specific areas. It is looking at a possible border manageme [...]	2007-07-12 14:52:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER ASEC MARR AF OSCE ECON EAID
07KUALALUMPUR125	MALAYSIAN PARTICIPATION IN 1540 ARF WORKSHOP [...] No summary [...]	2007-01-19 09:47:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PARM AORC KPAO PTER UNSC OSCE KNNP ETTC PGOV ARF
07KYIV1327	UKRAINE: CFE EXTRAORDINARY CONFERENCE: REQUEST FOR [...] (U) This is a guidance request. See para 6. 2. (U) We met May 31 with MFA Arms Control and Military Technical Cooperation Department Director Volodymyr Belashov at his request to discuss the Conventional Forces in Europe (CFE) Extraordinary Conference called by Russia for June 12-15. Bela [...]	2007-05-31 14:24:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL KCFE OSCE UP
07KYIV1761	UKRAINE: CFE POSITION PARALLELS U.S. [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 5. 2. (U) During a July 18 press conference with his visiting Canadian counterpart, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk expressed a position that closely tracked Department's July 14 statement on Russia's announcement that it would su [...]	2007-07-19 12:15:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL KCFE OSCE UP
07KYIV1972	UKRAINE: REQUEST FOR USG SUPPORT FOR UKRAINIAN AS [...] (U) This is an action request - please see paragraph 5. 2. (C) PolCouns was called in August 9 by Acting Director of the MFA's Second Territorial Department Larisa Myronenko to receive a request for U.S. support for Ukraine's candidate to be the next OSCE Head of Mission in Kosovo, Ambas [...]	2007-08-10 13:24:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM OSCE UP
07KYIV2114	UKRAINE: U.S. NON-PAPER ON CFE DELIVERED; [...] This is an action request. See paragraph 5. 2. (C) As agreed ref email, PolCouns met with MFA Director for Non-Proliferation and Arms Control Volodymr Belashov August 23, to follow up on Acting EUR A/S Volker's meeting with the Ukrainian Charge and Moldovan Ambassador August 22 in Washin [...]	2007-08-23 12:47:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM KCFE NATO OSCE RS UP
07KYIV2185	UKRAINE: U.S. REACTION TO CFE NON-PAPER DELIVERED [...] (U) We delivered U.S. comments contained ref A on the Ukrainian Conventional Forces in Europe (CFE) non-paper (ref B) to MFA Arms Control Director Volodymyr Belashov August 31. Belashov thanked us for the speedy U.S. response and welcomed the information that the U.S. had briefed Georgia and [...]	2007-08-31 13:06:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL KCFE OSCE NATO RS UP
07KYIV2794	UKRAINE: MFA Statement on Russian CFE Treaty Suspension [...] (SBU) The Ukrainian Foreign Ministry, on November 8, issued a statement expressing its alarm over the Russian Duma decision to suspend the Conventional Forces in Europe (CFE) Treaty's provisions. The strong statement continues the Ukrainian MFA's concern and engagement over the issue (reftels) [...]	2007-11-08 14:19:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL KCFE OSCE NATO RS UP
07KYIV2831	UKRAINE: PEACEKEEPERS AND KOSOVO POST-INDEPENDENCE [...] (U) This is a request for Department guidance. Please advise on how we should respond to Ukrainian Defense Minister Hrytsenko's inquiry on contingency planning for possible Kosovo independence. 2. (C) During a November 15 meeting with EUR DAS David Kramer, Defense Minister Hrytsenko inquir [...]	2007-11-16 12:42:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS KDEM UNMIK OSCE YI MD RS UP
07KYIV2894	UKRAINE: CONVENTIONAL FORCES IN EUROPE AND MISSILE [...] On November 26, we provided the background information contained ref A on U.S.-Russia discussion on the Conventional Forces in Europe (CFE) treaty and missile defense (MD) to MFA Arms Control Counselor Rustam Rustamov and Attache Katerina Bila. (We had originally scheduled a meeting with Arms [...]	2007-11-27 07:00:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM MARR PREL KCFE OSCE NATO RS UP
07KYIV665	UKRAINE/MOLDOVA: TRANSNISTRIA AND BILATERAL [...] (C) Summary: Deputy Foreign Minister Veselovsky told EUR DAS Kramer, NSC Director Sterling, and Ambassador March 19 that he would continue to hold the concurrent duty as Ukrainian special negotiator for Transnistria, despite rumors to the contrary. National Security and Defense Council (NSDC [...]	2007-03-22 15:45:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS OSCE PINR RO MD UP
07LJUBLJANA312	SLOVENIA CLOSELY WATCHING U.S.-RUSSIAN DISCOURSE [...] (SBU) PolMilOff delivered reftel demarche to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Security Policy Department staffer Andrej Slapnicar on May 14. Slapnicar told PolMilOff that Slovenia was closely watching recent discourse on the Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe (CFE). 2. (C) Slapnicar [...]	2007-05-16 10:29:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	KCFE PREL OSCE PARM NATO SI
07LJUBLJANA344	SLOVENIA WILL PARTICIPATE IN THE MAY 31-JUNE 1 [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-29 10:01:00	Embassy Ljubljana	UNCLASSIFIED	ABUD AFIN OSCE PREL PTER RS SI
07MADRID1144	SPANISH POLDIR ON CFE, CUBA, ALLIANCE OF CIVILIZATIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The DCM met with Spanish MFA Political Director Rafael Dezcallar June 7 to discuss the need for unity at next week's extraordinary CFE Treaty conference in Vienna. Dezcallar reiterated Spain's strong commitment to NATO and expressed concern at the tone of Putin's recent rhetori [...]	2007-06-11 15:28:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KCFE CU SP OSCE
07MADRID1661	SPAIN: FM MORATINOS ON GEORGIA MISSILE INCIDENT, [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador delivered reftel demarche relating to the August 6 Russian incursion into Georgian airspace to Foreign Minister Moratinos on August 29. Moratinos, who was preparing to leave for Moscow that very afternoon, gave indications of his agreement with U.S. concerns. He to [...]	2007-08-29 17:02:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SP PGOV OSCE CVIS NATO
07MADRID167	TRANSNISTRIA: RUSSIANS WARN AGAINST PREMATURE [...] (U) January 25, 2007; 11:30 a.m.- 6:00 p.m.; Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Madrid, Spain. 2. (U) Participants: Observers United States - DAS David Kramer European Union - Amb. Adriaan Jacobovits, EU Special Representative Mediators Ukraine - Deputy FM Andriy Veselovsky Russian Federati [...]	2007-02-01 08:50:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	OSCE PREL PBTS MD RS UP SP
07MADRID1835	SPAIN EQUIVOCAL ON RCFS REGISTRATION, BUT MAY DO [...] (C) Charge spoke September 20 with Jose Maria Pons, Director General for North America and Europe, about the need for Spain as Chair-in-Office (CiO) to allow the registration of the Russian Chechen Friendship Society (RCFS) for the Human Dimension Implementation Meeting (HDIM). Charge expres [...]	2007-09-21 17:14:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PTER OSCE RS SP
07MADRID1987	EUR ASSISTANT SECRETARY FRIED'S OCTOBER 15 MEETING [...] (C) Summary: A/S Fried and CDA Llorens met October 15 with Spanish FM Miguel Angel Moratinos. A/S Fried briefed Moratinos on 2 2 talks on CFE and missile defense, including the possibility of major progress on CFE in time for the OSCE ministerial Spain is hosting in November. A/S Fried prepa [...]	2007-10-18 17:16:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	OSCE PARM PREL SP KV CU
07MADRID2020	SPAIN/OSCE: INTRODUCING PHILIP REMLER AS CANDIDATE [...] (C) In an October 22 meeting at the Spanish Ministry of Foreign Affairs with MFA Director General for Europe and North America Jose Maria "Pepe" Pons (who is the focal point for OSCE issues during Spain's chairmanship),EUR DAS David Kramer introduced Philip Remler as the U.S. candidate to head [...]	2007-10-23 15:43:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	OSCE PREL SP
07MADRID2034	EUR A/S FRIED'S OCTOBER 14-16 MEETINGS IN MADRID [...] (C) Summary: EUR Assistant Secretary Fried visited Madrid October 14-16. The visit was in preparation for the November 29-30 OSCE ministerial. A/S Fried met with FM Moratinos (septel),Presidential foreign policy and security advisor Carles Casajuana, MFA DG for Foreign Policy Rafael Dezcall [...]	2007-10-25 15:41:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	OSCE PARM PREL SP CU
07MADRID2046	EUR A/S FRIED'S OCTOBER 14-16 MEETINGS IN MADRID - [...] (C) Summary: EUR Assistant Secretary Fried visited Madrid October 14-16. The visit was in preparation for the November 29-30 OSCE ministerial. A/S Fried met with FM Moratinos (septel),Presidential foreign policy and security advisor Carles Casajuana, MFA DG for Foreign Policy Rafael Dezcall [...]	2007-10-29 15:00:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	OSCE PARM PREL SP CU
07MADRID2179	ASSISTANT SECRETARY DANIEL FRIED BILATERAL WITH [...] (C) Summary: Assistant Secretary Fried met with Montenegrin Foreign Minister Milan Rocen on 11/29/07 on the margins of the 11/29-30/07 Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) Ministerial in Madrid. Rocen was not willing to commit on when Montenegro might recognize Kosovo - [...]	2007-11-30 14:57:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD EINV NATO PREL OSCE
07MADRID2182	OSCE MINISTERIAL: U/S BURNS' MEETING WITH TURKISH [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a November 29 bi-lateral meeting, U/S Burns and DAS Bryza met with FM Ali Babacan and the Turkish delegation at the OSCE Ministerial in Madrid in a productive exchange on critical issues: Annapolis Summit, Kosovo final status, and Turkey's relations with Cyprus. On Annapolis Su [...]	2007-11-30 18:24:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL OSCE TU
07MADRID2197	A/S FRIED MEETING WITH POLISH U/S WASZCZYKOWSKI [...] (C) Summary: Assistant Secretary Fried met with Polish Under Secretary Witold Waszczykowski on 11/30/07 on the margins of the 11/29-30/2007 Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) Ministerial in Madrid. Waszczykowski said that while Poland does plan troop level reductions in [...]	2007-12-05 09:52:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO OSCE EUR

07MADRID2207	OSCE MINISTERIAL: U/S BURNS'S MEETING WITH KOREAN [...] (U) November 28; 6:20 p.m.; Madrid, Spain. 2. (U) Participants: United States Under Secretary Burns Special Assistant Sumona Guha E. Strother Murray (Embassy Notetaker) Republic of Korea Deputy Foreign Minister Shim Yoon-joe Kang Kym-gu, Director, European Regional Cooperation Divi [...]	2007-12-07 12:02:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD OSCE PARM PHUM PREL ABLD ROK
07MADRID332	SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR USOSCE DIANA BROWN AND [...] Embassy grants country clearance to USOSCE Deputy Political counselor Diana Brown and Political Economic Officer Robert Carlson to travel to Zaragosa, Spain on or about March 12 to March 14. The purpose of this visit is to participate in the OSCE Preparatory Conference for Economic and Envir [...]	2007-02-22 17:20:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	APER ASEC OSCE OTRA SP
07MADRID333	SPAIN ON AGENDA FOR THE OSCE TOLERANCE CONFERENCE [...] No summary [...]	2007-02-23 07:50:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM OSCE SP
07MADRID566	SPANISH CIO FINDS WAY TO INCLUDE 2 NGOS IN OSCE [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel points on the importance of including two NGOs in the 29-30 March meeting of the OSCE Supplementary Human Dimension meeting to MFA OSCE Chairmanship coordinator Ambassador Jose Angel Lopez Jorrin on March 28. Lopez Jorrin consulted, then replied that Spain has re [...]	2007-03-28 12:57:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM OSCE SP
07MADRID824	SPAIN: MISSILE DEFENSE IS NRC ISSUE, NOT OSCE ISSUE [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-04 11:46:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM OSCE EZ PL RS SP
07MADRID979	SPANISH PARTICIPATION IN OSCE PPP CONFERENCE [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-21 14:59:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	OSCE PREL PTER SP RU
07MADRID984	RUSSIANS ON SPANISH OSCE CHAIRMANSHIP [...] (C) SUMMARY: Polcouns discussed OSCE issues with Russian Political Counselor Alexey Dementiev and Advisor Dennis Gonchar on May 18 at the Russians' request. Dementiev indicated Russia's strong support for the U.S. led Global Initiative and offered to increase U.S.-Russia coordination through [...]	2007-05-22 15:07:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL OSCE SP RS
07MINSK314	MINSK OSCE OFFICE EXTRA-BUDGETARY FUNDS REQUEST [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-16 15:06:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ABUD AFIN EAID OSCE PHUM PREL BO
07MINSK401	MAY 31-JUNE 1 COUNTERTERRORISM CONFERENCE DEMARCHE [...] (SBU) On May 15, Vladimir Tararov, Minister Counselor from the Russian Embassy, and Dep Pol/Econ Chief delivered reftel talking points, agenda and timetable to Vladimir Serpikov, Director of the MFA's European Cooperation Department. 2. (SBU) Serpikov said Oleg Anatolyevich Chernyshev, head [...]	2007-05-16 14:49:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OSCE PREL PTER AFIN RS SP BO
07MINSK783	OSCE HUMAN DIMENSION DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2007-09-13 07:07:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL ECON OSCE BO
07MOSCOW1305	RUSSIAN DFM KISLYAK ON US RELATIONS, MD, IRAN, HOM [...] (C) Summary: In a wide-ranging meeting with the Ambassador on March 23, Deputy Foreign Minister Kislyak noted that a visit by U/S Edelman was delayed by the replacement of his counterpart and GOR concerns that the format did not address overarching Russian concerns over US strategic intentio [...]	2007-03-26 09:02:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PARM NATO OSCE RS
07MOSCOW1316	RUSSIA-GEORGIA, TRANSNISTRIA: TOUGH TALK FROM DFM [...] (C) DFM Grigoriy Karasin showed little flexibility when Ambassador pressed him on relations with Georgia March 26. Karasin warned that a Georgian application to the European Court of Human Rights over last autumn's deportations would lead to a sharp Russian reaction. He said no process of nor [...]	2007-03-26 13:40:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS MARR MOPS OSCE MD BO UP KZ GG RS
07MOSCOW2128	ASSISTANT SECRETARY FRIED'S MEETING WITH RUSSIAN [...] (C) EUR A/S Daniel Fried and Russian DFM Grigoriy Karasin focused on Georgia and Ukraine during an April 23 discussion in Moscow lasting over an hour. Fried noted recent progress from the Georgian side (the release of an Abkhaz official arrested by the Georgians, toned-down rhetoric) and call [...]	2007-05-08 14:38:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PGOV ETRD PHUM OSCE UNSC GG UP RS
07MOSCOW2201	RUSSIA AND A CFE "MORATORIUM" [...] (C) SUMMARY: Deputy Foreign Minister Kislyak reviewed with the Ambassador Putin's April 26 call for a moratorium on Russia's compliance with the Conventional Forces in Europe (CFE) Treaty and his insistence that all NATO Allies ratify the Adapted Treaty without linkage to the 1999 Istanbul c [...]	2007-05-11 15:35:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KCFE OSCE PARM MARR NATO RS
07MOSCOW2214	SOUTH OSSETIA: RUSSIAN MFA "ALARMED" [...] (C) Russian MFA Ambassador at Large for the South Ossetia conflict Yuriy Popov on May 14 assessed the situation on the ground as "alarming." Neither side is willing to blink first, he said. The Russian PKF conducted a monitoring mission after the violence late May 13, and concluded that the [...]	2007-05-14 09:48:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS MARR OSCE GG RS
07MOSCOW2317	RUSSIANS ALREADY DEMARCHING OSCE CAPITALS ON [...] (SBU) On May 16 we delivered reftel demarche to Vladimir Andreyev, Deputy Director for the MFA's Department of New Challenges and Threats, regarding the proposal to conduct joint demarches to OSCE member states to solicit high-level participation in the May 31-June 1 Conference for Public-Pri [...]	2007-05-18 10:52:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PTER OSCE ABUD AFIN RS
07MOSCOW2334	A/S FRIED'S MEETING WITH DFM KARASIN: ESTONIA, [...] (C) EUR A/S Fried and Russian DFM Karasin's May 15 discussion focused on Estonia and Georgia. Fried assured Karasin that the U.S. supports the independence and sovereignty of Russia's neighbors and their freedom from a Russian sphere of influence -- but also urges them to develop good relatio [...]	2007-05-18 18:41:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR ETRD UNSC OSCE AM AJ EN GG RS
07MOSCOW2419	OSCE: DEMARCHE ON RUSSIAN DRAFT OSCE CHARTER [...] (C) We met May 23 with MFA OSCE Section Chief Valeriy Maslin to discuss the Russian draft OSCE "Charter." Drawing from reftel points, we stressed that while the U.S. favored a Convention on the OSCE's Legal Personality, the negotiating mandate for the Convention was limited and did not exten [...]	2007-05-24 10:47:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL OSCE KTIA PGOV RS
07MOSCOW2595	RUSSIA-GEORGIA: IF THEY CAN JUST MAKE IT TO THE [...] (C) MFA 4th CIS Department Director Kelin said May 31 that the upcoming Saakashvili-Putin meeting in St. Petersburg might serve one purpose: to overcome the legacy of bad blood left by last fall's confrontation. He warned that action on Kosovo between now and the meeting might ruin even that [...]	2007-06-01 14:30:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS MARR OSCE UNSC GG RS
07MOSCOW2966	GEORGIA-SOUTH OSSETIA: POPOV PLEADS FOR ROY REEVE [...] (C) Summary: Russian Ambassador-at-Large for South Ossetia Yuriy Popov pled with us to ensure that Roy Reeve is extended as OSCE Head of Mission in Georgia until December. He said Reeve is a key brake against armed conflict. The emergence of Sanakoyev has made Kokoity hard to control and pro [...]	2007-06-19 14:08:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS MARR OSCE GG RS
07MOSCOW3024	OSCE SYG DE BRICHAMBAUT'S VISIT: "REFORM" [...] (C) We met with MFA OSCE Section Chief Valeriy Maslin to review OSCE Secretary General Marc Perrin de Brichambaut's June 14-15 visit. De Brichambaut was in Moscow on a working visit and met with FM Lavrov, as well as with the Russian Security Council, Defense Ministry and the Central Electio [...]	2007-06-21 13:28:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM OSCE RS
07MOSCOW3030	CFE: POINTS ON UPCOMING US INSPECTION IN RUSSIA [...] (S) Drawing on reftel points, we notified Aleksey Ivanov, Deputy Director of the political-military section in the Foreign Ministry's North America Department, and Anton Mazur in the Conventional Arms Section of the Department for Disarmament and Security Affairs of the upcoming US CFE inspec [...]	2007-06-22 02:46:00	Embassy Moscow	SECRET	OSCE PARM PREL KCFE RS BU HU RO SP NATO
07MOSCOW3088	CFE: POINTS ON RUSSIAN DELAY IN CONDUCT OF US [...] (C) On June 23, DCM raised concerns about the Russian "force majeure" reply to the latest US request for a CFE inspection with MFA Office of Disarmament and Security Affairs Director Anatoliy Antonov. Drawing upon reftel points, DCM reiterated US expectations that Russia would meet its treat [...]	2007-06-25 15:05:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PARM PREL KCFE RS BU HU NATO OSCE
07MOSCOW3519	SOUTH OSSETIA: RUSSIAN VIEWS [...] (C) Russian South Ossetia Negotiator Yuri Popov told us Russian domestic concerns in the North Caucasus will keep Russia hostile to the Georgian-backed Sanakoyev regime. Russian loyalty to Kokoity will last at least until the 2008 Russian presidential transition. Popov got the South Ossetians [...]	2007-07-18 13:19:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS MARR OSCE GG RS
07MOSCOW3954	FROZEN CONFLICTS: DAS BRYZA TALKS WITH RUSSIAN MFA [...] (C) EUR DAS Matt Bryza discussed frozen conflicts in Georgia with senior MFA officials August 1. South Ossetia negotiator Popov agreed that South Ossetian leader Kokoity is "not indispensable," suggested Kokoity might outlive his utility "in maybe 3 years or so," but asserted that he wields r [...]	2007-08-13 17:45:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS OSCE UNSC GG RS
07MOSCOW4111	GEORGIA MISSILE INCIDENT: RUSSIA ISSUES ITS OWN [...] (C) MFA acting Department chief Tarabrin described to us a report compiled by Russian experts "proving" that Russia had nothing to do with the August 6 missile launch on Georgia. The report is being distributed in the UNSC and OSCE. We assured Tarabrin the U.S. considers all information, but t [...]	2007-08-22 12:49:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS MARR MOPS OSCE UNSC GG RS
07MOSCOW4113	GEORGIA MISSILE INCIDENT: RUSSIA ISSUES ITS OWN [...] (C) MFA acting Department chief Tarabrin described to us a report compiled by Russian experts "proving" that Russia had nothing to do with the August 6 missile launch on Georgia. The report is being distributed in the UNSC and OSCE. We assured Tarabrin the U.S. considers all information, but t [...]	2007-08-22 13:26:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS MARR MOPS OSCE UNSC GG RS
07MOSCOW4118	U.S. NON-PAPER ON CFE DELIVERED [...] (C) SUMMARY. Russian MFA Officials expressed appreciation for the non-paper (timeline) on Adapted CFE ratification and fulfilling the Istanbul commitments (reftel),and agreed to review it carefully and prepare a response for the September 11 meeting between EUR A/S Fried and DFM Kislyak. The [...]	2007-08-22 15:16:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM KCFE NATO OSCE RS
07MOSCOW4307	RUSSIA/GEORGIA: BAKRADZE VISIT FAILS TO EASE [...] (C) Russian MFA South Ossetia negotiator Yuriy Popov told us August 31 that visiting Georgian State Minister Bakradze did not hit it off well with DFM Karasin. The Russians appear to take Bakradze seriously. Popov worried that the planned "Peace March" to Tskhinvali could elicit a provocativ [...]	2007-08-31 13:51:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS MARR MOPS OSCE GG RS
07MOSCOW4328	DFM KARASIN ON GEORGIA AND OTHER NEIGHBORS [...] (C) Two contentious issues -- Georgia and the Russian charges against the American HOM of OSCE Moldova -- dominated the Ambassador's September 4 meeting with DFM Karasin (the latter exchange reported separately). On Georgia, Karasin said State Minister Bakradze started off on the wrong foot w [...]	2007-09-04 15:36:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS OSCE UNGA MD GG RS
07MOSCOW4536	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: OSCE HUMAN DIMENSION [...] (SBU) We delivered reftel demarche September 13 to Tatiana Smirnova, MFA Head of the Division for European Cooperation, Humanitarian Cooperation Division. Smirnova noted that the GOR was not planning to present criticism of other countries at the Human Dimension Implementation Meeting (HDIM),[...]	2007-09-14 13:55:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL ECON OSCE RS
07MOSCOW4770	ODIHR AMBASSADOR STROHAL'S VISIT TO RUSSIA DELAYED [...] (C) In a September 26 meeting, MFA OSCE Counselor Denis Goncher told us that ODIHR Ambassador Christian Strohal's visit to Moscow, planned for the first week of October, had been delayed due to "scheduling difficulties." Goncher admitted that the MFA had not yet issued Strohal a formal lette [...]	2007-09-28 14:01:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV OSCE RS
07MOSCOW4828	RUSSIA AT A LOSS ON HOW TO BREAK IMPASSE IN [...] (C) Summary: Although Russia has observed an improvement in its bilateral ties with Moldova, the GOR remains frustrated with its inability to pressure Chisinau into a compromise on the Transnistria conflict. Russia's de facto import ban on Moldovan wine and Putin's increasingly frequent one [...]	2007-10-02 12:30:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR PBTS MARR OSCE MD RS
07MOSCOW4831	RESPONSE TO PKK TERRORISM IN EUROPE DEMARCHE: [...] (SBU) In an October 2 meeting, we delivered reftel demarche to MFA New Threats and Challenges Senior Counselor Vladimir Prokhorov. Prokhorov expressed dismay over the flight of Riza Altun and disappointment with the lack of cooperation between France and Austria. He told us that he would pa [...]	2007-10-02 14:14:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PREL PGOV KTFN OSCE TU IZ EU RS
07MOSCOW5006	A/S FRIED DISCUSSES CFE WITH DFM KISLYAK ON EVE OF [...] (C) Summary: On October 11, A/S Fried and U/S Defense Edelman continued bilateral discussions with DFM Sergey Kislyak on the U.S.-proposed CFE parallel actions plan in advance of October 12-13 2 2 talks. Fried warned that if Russia followed through on its threat to suspend implementation of [...]	2007-10-15 14:21:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR PBTS MARR OSCE MD RS
07MOSCOW5028	A/S FRIED - DFM KARASIN, DUMA COMMITTEE CHAIR KOKOSHIN DISCUSSIONS ON UKRAINE AND FROZEN CONFLICTS [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-16 13:38:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	GG MARR MD MOPS OSCE PREL RS UNGA
07MOSCOW5055	RUSSIA CAUTIOUSLY OPTIMISTIC ABOUT POSSIBILITY OF [...] (C) Summary: MFA officials told us on October 17 that the recent exchange of positive signals between Chisinau and Tiraspol and the productive October 6 Putin-Voronin meeting may have created a "unique opportunity" for the possibility of renewed talks between Chisinau and Tiraspol in the "5 2" [...]	2007-10-18 11:55:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR PBTS MARR OSCE MD RS
07MOSCOW5119	ODIHR WAITS FOR INVITE FROM RUSSIA [...] (SBU) The wait continues for an invitation to the OSCE's Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) to monitor Russia's upcoming Duma elections. The Central Election Commission (CEC) will not issue the invitation until it has completed registering party lists, leaving little p [...]	2007-10-24 02:27:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL KDEM OSCE RS
07MOSCOW5147	DAS BRYZA DISCUSSES GEORGIA AND NAGORNO-KARABAKH [...] (C) Summary: On October 23, DFM Grigoriy Karasin told visiting EUR DAS Matthew Bryza and the Ambassador that Russia was increasingly worried about the "anti-democratic" tendencies in Saakashvili's government and Georgia's possible attempts to take control of the separatist regions by force i [...]	2007-10-25 11:04:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS OSCE UNGA MD GG RS
07MOSCOW5180	RUSSIA TO INVITE ODIHR OBSERVERS, WANTS SMALLER [...] (C) Russia's invitation to the OSCE's Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) to observe the December 2 Duma elections will be sent no later than November 2, according to Central Election Commission (CEC) Chairman Vladimir Churov. Churov described the invitation as uncondit [...]	2007-10-29 04:00:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM OSCE PREL RS
07MOSCOW5246	AMBASSADOR RAISES OBSTACLES ENCOUNTERED BY NGOS [...] (C) Ambassador on November 1 raised with Deputy Foreign Minister Yakovenko problems encountered by Russian and U.S. NGOS as the Duma elections approach, and voiced concerns over the number of ODIHR monitors to be invited to the December 2 Duma election. The Ambassador described to Yakovenko re [...]	2007-11-01 17:13:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KDEM SOCI OSCE RS
07MOSCOW5338	RUSSIA RESOLUTE ON LIMITED ODIHR MISSION [...] (SBU) Russia reacted strongly to USG criticism of Russia's decision to limit the number of ODIHR observers to the December 2 parliamentary elections. Official comments and news media commentary maintained that the invitation was consistent with Russia's OSCE and Copenhagen Declaration commitm [...]	2007-11-09 03:46:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL KDEM OSCE RS
07MOSCOW5370	INITIAL GROUP OF RUSSIAN DUMA ELECTION OBSERVERS [...] (C) Deputy Foreign Minister Yakovenko claimed to Ambassador November 12 that the GOR would invite the 70 ODIHR observers as it had promised and in the timeframe promised, and would expedite visa issuance. In a November 13 conversation (septel),Presidential Administration Deputy Vladislav Surk [...]	2007-11-13 16:45:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM OSCE RS
07MOSCOW5453	ODIHR BOYCOTT CONTINUES TO RESONATE [...] (SBU) Summary: ODIHR'S November 16 announcement that it would not send election monitors to Russia's December 2 parliamentary elections was the subject of incredulous GOR commentary over the weekend. The Central Election Commission (CEC) saw in the decision confirmation of the GOR's standing [...]	2007-11-19 16:50:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM OSCE RS
07MOSCOW5527	MOSCOW VIEWS ON OSCE MINISTERIAL [...] (C) Summary. Russia recognizes that the OSCE Ministerial in Madrid November 29-30 will be difficult, even though there have been a number of areas of agreement this past year. Russia will press for its package of reforms to the OSCE, arguing the need for equal treatment of all countries. Put [...]	2007-11-26 15:45:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	OSCE PREL PGOV PHUM RS
07MOSCOW5749	CFE: THE DAY AFTER [...] (C) Summary. On December 12. Russia will suspend participation in the Conventional Forces in Europe (CFE) Treaty, ceasing notification, inspections, and permissions for inspection under the Treaty, and not participating in the December 15 annual exchange of information. Officials have said [...]	2007-12-07 12:56:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KCFE NATO OSCE MARR RS
07MOSCOW5751	RUSSIAN REACTION TO OSCE MADRID MINISTERIAL [...] (C) Summary. The GOR viewed the November 29-30 OSCE Madrid Ministerial as "controversial." On a positive note, the MFA expressed satisfaction with the strengthened role of the security basket, noting that the OSCE had a unique and positive role to play in Afghan border security. On environ [...]	2007-12-07 13:29:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL OSCE RS
07MOSCOW5824	U.S., RUSSIA, AND EUROPEAN COOPERATION: FIRST WE [...] (C) Summary. MFA European Cooperation Director Ryabkov offered only partial reassurance on prospects for cooperation on European issues after a "stormy" round of international meetings, including strong disagreements on Kosovo and the OSCE. The MFA expected similar restrictions to be placed [...]	2007-12-14 15:23:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KV EU OSCE GG RS
07MOSCOW5958	RUSSIAN DFM GRUSHKO ON OSCE DUES [...] (U) Local press seized on Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Aleksandr Grushko's December 26 statement about Russia's decreasing contributions to the OSCE budget. During an end-of-year press conference, Grushko said, "Russia is already reducing its financing of the OSCE. If we look at the evol [...]	2007-12-28 13:34:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL OSCE RS
07MOSCOW674	RUSSIA-MOLDOVA: TIME OUT ON TRANSNISTRIA [...] (C) Russia and Moldova began negotiating a package in secret after the reconciliation last August between SIPDIS Presidents Putin and Voronin. The package included the status of Transnistria within a neutral Moldova, the modalities of governance and peacekeeping, and assurances that Transn [...]	2007-02-15 14:23:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS MARR OSCE MD RS
07MUNICH81	PUTIN AND GATES DOMINATE MUNICH SECURITY [...] (SBU) The February 9-11 43rd Munich Conference on Security Policy (formerly known as "Wehrkunde") on "Global Crises - Global Responsibilities" was dominated by differing visions of the Transatlantic role in global security. Chancellor Merkel, Secretary Gates, Senators McCain and Lieberman, a [...]	2007-02-12 17:28:00	Consulate Munich	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	NATO OSCE PARM PREL GM IR AF RS
07OSLO529	NORWAY BACKS U.S. POSITION ON OSCE "CHARTER" [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-22 15:28:00	Embassy Oslo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL OSCE KTIA PGOV NO
07OSLO530	NORWAY WILL NOT PARTICIPATE IN AN OSCE BELARUS [...] (SBU) On May 22, we delivered reftel points to Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Office Director for OSCE, Dag Halvorsen. Halvorsen told us that Norway will decline Belarus' invitation for a protocol visit of OSCE Heads of Mission. Halvorsen added that given the program's lack of meeting [...]	2007-05-22 15:29:00	Embassy Oslo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM OSCE NO
07OSLO758	NORWEGIANS CONSIDER AZERBAIJAN POINTS [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-19 11:06:00	Embassy Oslo	UNCLASSIFIED	AJ EUN OSCE PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM NO
07OTTAWA2138	CANADIAN VIEWS ON OSCE MADRID MINISTERIAL [...] (C) In a meeting with PolMinCouns on November 23, the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade's Defence and Security Relations Division Director Michael Walma and Deputy Director Anne Burgess expressed appreciation for reftel views on the OSCE Madrid Ministerial and said that C [...]	2007-11-23 20:08:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL OSCE PGOV PHUM CA
07PARIS2197	FRANCE: RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON PROPOSED RUSSIAN [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche on May 25 to Camille Grand, MFA DAS-equivalent for Disarmament. Grand explained that, like the U.S., France remained concerned about Russian intentions to change the fundamental nature of the OSCE. Russian declarations about modernization of the organizatio [...]	2007-05-25 16:46:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	OSCE PREL KTIA PGOV RS FR
07PARIS2516	GOF: KAKAHK 2009 OSCE BID AND MORE ENGAGEMENT IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: The MFA's Central Asia desk officer told us June 11 that the GOF's relationship with Central Asia was changing, but not dramatically. The key element: Central Asia policy would no longer depend on Chirac's personal relationship with Kazakhstan's President Nazarbayev. France was [...]	2007-06-12 13:12:00	Embassy Paris	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL MARR MOPS NATO OSCE ZK EU GM FR
07PARIS4514	OSCE: FRANCE'S LOW EXPECTATIONS FOR THE NOVEMBER [...] (C) SUMMARY: French MFA officials told us on November 13 that France is not optimistic that there will be significant developments at the November 29-30 OSCE Madrid Ministerial. Due to Russian intransigence on so many issues, even a Ministerial declaration appears increasingly unlikely, the Fr [...]	2007-11-16 13:24:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	OSCE FR
07PARIS4594	OSCE MADRID MINISTERIAL: GOF DEMARCHE REPONSE [...] (C) Post delivered reftel A talking points on November 19 to French MFA officials in the Bureau of Strategic Affairs responsible for OSCE affairs. Our interlocutors agreed to notify the U.S. (either in Paris or Vienna) of any significant shift in French positions regarding the issues presente [...]	2007-11-29 12:20:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	OSCE FR
07PARIS4765	FRANCE WILL USE EU PRESIDENCY TO PRESSURE [...] (C) On December 20, MFA DAS-equivalent for Central Asia Alexandre Vulic told us that France will use its EU presidency, and bilateral initiatives, to push Kazakhstan to fulfill commitments the Kazakhs made at the OSCE November 2007 Madrid Ministerial where they secured the Chair-in-Office (CiO [...]	2007-12-21 16:49:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	OSCE PGOV PREL FR
07PARTO8	(U) Secretary Rice's May 31, 2007 Meeting with [...] (U) May 31, 2007, 2:00 PM, Vienna, Austria. 2. (U) Participants: U.S. The Secretary Assistant Secretary Daniel Fried Assistant Secretary Sean McCormack Ambassador Julie Finley General William Fraser, Special Assistant, JCS Brian Besanceney, Deputy Chief of Staff Ted Kontek, John Du [...]	2007-06-05 00:29:00	US Delegation, Secretary	UNCLASSIFIED	OVIP RICE CONDOLEEZZA PREL PHUM OSCE KCFE RS
07PRAGUE1241	CZECH PRIORITIES FOR OSCE MADRID MINISTERIAL [...] (C) Poloffs met November 20 with Veronika Kuchynova-Smigolova, Director of the Czech MFA's Security Policy Department, to discuss the OSCE Ministerial that will take place in Madrid 29-30 November. The Czechs reviewed our proposals (reftel) and raised their three priorities for the Ministeri [...]	2007-11-20 16:31:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	OSCE PGOV PHUM PREL EZ
07PRAGUE580	CZECH REP: DEMARCHE ON JOINT U.S.-RUSSIAN EFFORT [...] (U) Sensitive But Unclassified; not for internet distribution. 2. (SBU) On May 14, Poloff and Russian Political Counselor for External Affairs Denis Grishchenko delivered reftel demarche to Ivan Pinter, Acting Director of the United Nations Department, at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. [...]	2007-05-22 05:35:00	Embassy Prague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OSCE PREL PTER ABUD AFIN EZ
07PRAGUE593	CZECHS SAY NO EU HEAD OF MISSION TO OSCE WILL [...] (SBU) MFA Deputy Director of the Southeast and East European Department Martina Tauberova confirmed on May 23 that the Czech Government will not/not participate in the proposed OSCE Heads of Mission (HoM) visit to Minsk. Tauberova has learned that the EU HoM met in Vienna and agreed that no EU [...]	2007-05-24 06:28:00	Embassy Prague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM OSCE BO EZ
07PRAGUE874	CZECH REPUBLIC SHARES USG CONCERNS IN AZERBAIJAN [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-25 14:52:00	Embassy Prague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL PGOV OSCE KDEM EUN AJ EZ
07PRISTINA65	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO SAMUEL LAEUCHLI [...] US Office Pristina welcomes and grants country clearance to USOSCE Political Counselor Samuel Laeuchli to visit Pristina on January 30 and 31, 2007. The purpose of the visit is to consult with U.S. Office and visits to OSCE field missions. Control officer will be Political Officer AJ Rei-Per [...]	2007-01-24 13:14:00	Embassy Pristina	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA APER ASEC OSCE AMGT BK MK SR
07PRISTINA70	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO GREGORY SLOTTA [...] US Office Pristina welcomes and grants country clearance to Gregory Scott Slotta to visit Pristina January 15 to May 8, 2007. The purpose of the visit is for a TDY assignment to support the OSCE Mission in Kosovo (OMIK) by serving as the Chief of Staff to OMIK Head of Mission Werner Wnendt. Co [...]	2007-01-26 08:44:00	Embassy Pristina	UNCLASSIFIED	OSCE AMGT USOP
07RABAT1862	MOROCCO: ATTENDANCE AT OSCE MEDITERRANEAN SEMINAR [...] (SBU) PolCouns raised reftel request for Moroccan participation in the OSCE Tel Aviv Seminar with Directors General for Bilateral Affairs Yussef Amrani and for International Organizations Mohammed Azeroual (P-level) on December 13 and 14, stressing its importance to the partnership. Amrani c [...]	2007-12-19 12:59:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL SOCI OSCE EG MO XF
07RIGA382	RUSSIAN DRAFT OSCE "CHARTER": LATVIA SYMPATHETIC [...] (C) PolEconOff delivered reftel points May 22 to Liga Rozeniece, Head of International Organizations Division at the MFA. Rozeniece responded that the GOL mission in Vienna is well aware of the Russian proposal for an OSCE "charter" and of Russian FM Lavrov's planned intervention at the May 23 [...]	2007-05-22 14:05:00	Embassy Riga	CONFIDENTIAL	OSCE PREL KTIA PGOV LG
07RIGA658	LATVIA LIKLEY TO ENGAGE ON GEORGIA AT SEP. 6 PC [...] (C) Pol/econ chief spoke with MFA Pol Dir Ilgvars Klava to encourage Latvia to speak at the September 6 OSCE PC in support of the report by independent experts in which Latvia participated. Klava said that he hadn't focused on the event yet, but agreed that Latvia and other contributors to the [...]	2007-09-05 14:38:00	Embassy Riga	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS OSCE GG RS LG
07RIGA877	LATVIA ON MADRID: NERVOUS ON CFE [...] (C) Summary: Latvia is wary of the Spanish/German effort on CFE in Madrid and greatly appreciates the US support for core principals in this area. Latvia will make a strong statement of support for ODIHR and election observation. They support the closure of the OSCE mission in Croatia and sup [...]	2007-11-27 16:14:00	Embassy Riga	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KCFE OSCE LG
07ROME1017	ITALIAN CANDIDATE FOR OSCE HIGH COMMISSIONER ON [...] Guido Lenzi, diplomatic advisor to the Minister of Interior, met with poloff on May 10 to seek support for his candidacy as the OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities. Lenzi, a member of the Italian diplomatic service since 1964, has significant multilateral experience with NATO, UN, E [...]	2007-05-15 10:37:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OSCE PGOV PREL IT
07ROME1105	ITALIANS OPPOSE RUSSIAN DRAFT OF OSCE CHARTER [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-23 14:40:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	OSCE PREL KTIA PGOV IT
07ROME1110	ITALIANS OPPOSED TO OSCE BELARUS TRIP, WILL NOT [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-24 07:06:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM OSCE BO IT
07ROME1598	ITALY SHARES CONCERN ABOUT MEDIA FREEDOM IN [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to MFA Office Director for Eastern Europe, the Caucasus and Central Europe Marco Clemente July 25 and discussed recent troubling developments in regard to media freedom, freedom of assembly and due process in Azerbaijan. Poloff urged Italy to maintain its [...]	2007-07-26 14:57:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV OSCE KDEM EUN AJ IT
07ROME1783	ITALY'S NATO OFFICE DIRECTOR CALLS U.S. CFE [...] (C) Acting Political Minister Counselor delivered reftel points and non-paper August 20 to MFA NATO Office Director Gianni Bardini who called the approach an extremely constructive breakthrough. He said he was encouraged to see such a positive move forward, and appreciated the USG's efforts [...]	2007-08-21 10:41:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL NATO OSCE KCFE PARM IT
07ROME1801	PROSPECTS FOR ITALIAN A/CFE RATIFICATION TIMING - [...] (C) Following up REF B conversation on A/CFE, MFA NATO Office Director Gianni Bardini called Acting Political Minister-Counselor August 23 to inform that he had made a formal request to the MFA's Legal Advisor for an estimate of how long it would take Italy to ratify the Adapted CFE Treaty. B [...]	2007-08-23 11:22:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL NATO OSCE KCFE PARM IT
07ROME2208	ITALY: EUR/RPM DIRECTOR GARY ROBBINS DISCUSSES [...] (C) Summary: EUR/RPM Director Gary Robbins engaged Italian officials on Afghanistan, Iraq, Kosovo, Georgia and other NATO and OSCE issues during October 4 meetings in Rome. On Afghanistan, GOI officials said that Italy wanted to see NATO prioritize civilian over military information in its st [...]	2007-10-18 15:19:00	Embassy Rome	SECRET	PREL PGOV PARM MARR MOPS NATO PINS OSCE IT
07SEOUL2297	MOFAT WILL RELAY AZERBAIJAN HR CONCERNS [...] (SBU) On July 31, poloff delivered reftel points about recent human rights issues in Azerbaijan to Kim Pil-woo, First Secretary in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade Human Rights and Social Affairs Division. Poloff requested that MOFAT encourage its mission in Baku to actively coordina [...]	2007-07-31 08:00:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AJ EUN KDEM OSCE PGOV PHUM PREL KS
07SKOPJE282	MACEDONIA: OSCE PROJECT PROPOSALS FOR FY 2007 [...] (U) Per reftel instructions, we recommend for funding the following three priority rule of law/police training projects proposed by the OSCE Spillover Monitoring Mission Skopje: -- Study Visit for Judges to the ICTY Project Number: 2600360 XB-SKP-HD-ICTY-07 Budget: Euros 26,215 Justific [...]	2007-04-14 10:31:00	Embassy Skopje	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ABUD AFIN EAID ECON KCRM KJUS OSCE PHUM PREL
07SKOPJE411	MACEDONIA LIKELY TO OPPOSE DRAFT OSCE "CHARTER" [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-23 17:03:00	Embassy Skopje	UNCLASSIFIED	OSCE PREL KTIA PGOV MK
07SOFIA1182	GOB VIGILANT ON PKK IN EUROPE [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-02 14:42:00	Embassy Sofia	SECRET	PTER PREL PGOV KTFN OSCE TU IZ EU BU
07STATE126089	DEMARCHE REQUEST - OSCE HUMAN DIMENSION [...] (SBU) Summary and Action Request: The OSCE will be conducting its Human Dimension Implementation Meeting (HDIM) from September 24 through October 5 in Warsaw. The HDIM is an annual review of participating States, implementation of their OSCE commitments to human rights and fundamental freedo [...]	2007-09-07 21:53:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL ECON OSCE
07STATE136154	INSTRUCTIONS: OSCE BRIEFING, SEPTEMBER 28, 2007 [...] (U) USUN is authorized to draw from the suggested questions in para 3 below during the OSCE briefing of the UN Security Council scheduled for September 28, 2007. 2. (SBU) The OSCE Chair usually briefs the UNSC in January on the OSCE's goals and priorities and OSCE cooperation with the U [...]	2007-09-26 22:47:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	UNSC OSCE GE
07STATE150674	SECRETARY'S 10/29 MEETING WITH SPANISH FM [...] (U) October 29, 2007, 10:00 a.m., Secretary's Office 2. (U) Participants: United States The Secretary EUR A/S Daniel Fried PA A/S Sean McCormack Steve Beecroft EUR Elaine Samson (Notetaker) Spain Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos Ambassador Carlos Westendorp Chief of Staf [...]	2007-10-30 22:29:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	OSCE KCFE SP KV RU KZ MD
07STATE157672	OSCE MADRID MINISTERIAL - DEMARCHE REQUEST [...] (SBU) This is an action request. The OSCE Ministerial will take place in Madrid 29-30 November. Posts are requested to engage host country officials to garner support for U.S. objectives at the Ministerial. Background information and talking points are provided below. Info addressees are we [...]	2007-11-17 01:48:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	OSCE PREL PGOV PHUM
07STATE159369	OSCE: DRAFT MINISTERIAL DECISION ON STRENGTHENING [...] (U) USOSCE is authorized to join consensus, with proposed changes as noted in paragraph 2, on the following draft decision, MC.DD/8/07/Rev.3, which is scheduled to be discussed at the Prep Com this week. Post should seek all of the changes in paragraph 2, but should not break consensus on the [...]	2007-11-21 22:22:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	OSCE PHUM
07STATE159370	OSCE: DRAFT STATEMENT ON EFFECTIVE PARTICIPATION [...] Provide, within the framework of the law, opportunity for the full and equal participation of all individuals within society in political, economic, social and cultural life including through democratic participation in decision-making without discrimination on the grounds of race, colour, sex, [...]	2007-11-21 22:23:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	OSCE PHUM
07STATE159376	A/S FRIED DELIVERS TOUGH MESSAGE ON MEDIA FREEDOM [...] (C) European and Eurasian Affairs Assistant Secretary Daniel Fried delivered a strong message on November 21 in Washington to Azerbaijani Ambassador Yashar Aliyev on the state of media freedom in Azerbaijan. Fried reviewed his November 3-5 meetings in Baku, including a lengthy session with P [...]	2007-11-21 22:43:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM OSCE AJ
07STATE162894	OSCE: CLOSE THE CROATIA MISSION [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-04 13:43:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM OSCE PREL HR AA
07STATE169366	OSCE PERMANENT COUNCIL: EXTENSION OF KOSOVO [...] Post is instructed to continue to seek the longest mandate extension possible for the OSCE Mission in Kosovo, but should it become necessary, in order to prevent closure of the mission on December 31, 2007, Post is authorized to join consensus on a decision extending the mission on a month-to- [...]	2007-12-20 23:15:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL OSCE KV
07STATE169370	OSCE PERMANENT COUNCIL: REPLACEMENT OF CROATIA [...] Post is authorized to join consensus on a permanent council decision, substantively in line with the text at paragraph 2, to close the Croatia Mission and replace it with an office with a limited mandate acceptable to the Government of Croatia. Post should seek deletion of the third paragraph [...]	2007-12-20 23:45:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	OSCE PREL HR
07STATE23657	DEMARCHE REQUEST ON GEORGIA/SOUTH OSSETIA: MAKING [...] (C) ACTION REQUEST: Department requests that post demarche the GoG at the highest appropriate level drawing on the points in para 3 below to gain Georgian support for substantive discussions in formal meetings of the Joint Control Commission (JCC) as soon as dates can be agreed, even while G [...]	2007-02-27 00:59:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS OSCE GG
07STATE99391	A COORDINATED APPROACH ON DEMOCRACY AND HUMAN [...] (U) This is an action request. 2. (SBU) Promoting democratic reform and respect for human rights in Azerbaijan, a geo-strategically important, secular Muslim country, is a high USG priority. In December 2006, DRL A/S Lowenkron met with President Ilham Aliyev to launch a formal senior-lev [...]	2007-07-17 21:39:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AJ EUN KDEM OSCE PGOV PHUM PREL
07TALLINN2	ESTONIA: FM PAET VISITS GEORGIA [...] (SBU) Summary. During his visit to Georgia December 18-19, Georgian Officials told Foreign Minister Urmas Paet that: -- they hope for a NATO Membership Action Plan (MAP) already in 2007; -- they intend to extend economic and political reforms and substantially increase investment in educa [...]	2007-01-03 09:14:00	Embassy Tallinn	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL EU NATO OSCE GG RU EN
07TALLINN332	ESTONIA TO PARTICIPATE IN OSCE MAY 31-JUNE 1 [...] (SBU) On May 18, Poloff and Russian Embassy First Secretary Vadim Vasiliev, jointly delivered reftel SIPDIS points to Arti Hilpus, MFA Security and Arms Control Director, and Kristjan Prikk, Acting Counter Terrorism Desk Officer, on the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (O [...]	2007-05-21 11:46:00	Embassy Tallinn	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OSCE PREL PTER ABUD AFIN RS EN
07TALLINN340	ESTONIA THINKS RUSSIAN DRAFT OSCE CHARTER A BAD [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-24 14:16:00	Embassy Tallinn	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OSCE PREL KTIA PGOV RS EN
07TALLINN345	DEMARCHE URGING AGAINST PARTICIPATION IN OSCE [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-29 05:50:00	Embassy Tallinn	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM OSCE BO EN
07TALLINN498	ESTONIAN CONCERNS OVER AZERBAIJAN [...] (SBU) On July 26, we delivered reftel points to Toomas Lukk, MFA Director for Eastern Europe and Central Asia, concerning USG concerns over the state of democracy and human rights in Azerbaijan. Lukk responded that the GOE fully shares U.S. concerns and is keen on doing more in Azerbaijan and [...]	2007-07-30 13:39:00	Embassy Tallinn	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EUN KDEM OSCE PGOV PHUM AJ EN
07TASHKENT1051	OSCE PROJECTS GET AXED DUE TO EU SANCTIONS [...] (C) OSCE Ambassador Jenca, on May 31, told Charge he was called in by Foreign Minister Norov on May 29 to express the GOU,s dissatisfaction with the EU,s May 14 sanctions decision (Ref A). Norov explained to Jenca that since the OSCE and EU were &like-minded8 organizations and cooperated clos [...]	2007-06-01 09:46:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	OSCE PREL PGOV EU UZ

07TASHKENT1246	OSCE AMBASSADOR DEPARTING TASHKENT; GOU TO HOST [...] (C) Summary: Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) Ambassador Miroslav Jenca told Charge that he plans to leave his post in September to take up a new position as Chef de Cabinet for Slovak Foreign Minister Jan Kubis. He said the OSCE plans to organize a regional conferen [...]	2007-07-05 11:44:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV OSCE EUN LO ZK UZ
07TASHKENT1257	GOU SIGNS MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING ON POLICE [...] (C) Senior Police Advisor to the OSCE Secretary General Kevin Carty told Poloff that the OSCE and Government of Uzbekistan have signed a Memorandum of Understanding on police training. The MOU was signed during Carty's July 4 meeting with First Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs (MVD) Kadiro [...]	2007-07-09 09:09:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM OSCE UZ
07TASHKENT1675	OSCE HDIM DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (SBU) P/E section chief delivered reftel demarche September 20 to MFA's Ismat Faizullaev, Chief of Section for U.S. Affairs. Faizullaev thanked us for the information and promised to share with the International Organizations Department. Faizullaev said he expected we would continue to work [...]	2007-09-24 05:18:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PHUM ECON OSCE UZ
07TASHKENT1701	CZECH AMBASSADOR ON KARIMOV, ANDIJON AND WAY [...] (C) AMB paid a courtesy call September 24 on Czech Ambassador Alex Fojtik, who also represents the EU Presidency in Tashkent. Fojtik, who is nearing the end of his tour after nearly three and a half years in Uzbekistan, was extremely cynical about prospects for genuine democratic reform in th [...]	2007-09-27 13:08:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EUN OSCE PHUM PREL UZ
07TASHKENT1823	OSCE FORMALLY INVITED TO OBSERVE UZBEK [...] (C) On October 22 OSCE Charge d'Affaires Bernard Rouault paid a courtesy call on Ambassador to introduce himself and elicit advice on OSCE activities during this "delicate" pre-election phase. Rouault noted that OSCE expects a renewed mandate from the GOU by December 20, and at a meeting last [...]	2007-10-22 10:10:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV OSCE UZ
07TASHKENT1910	UZBEKS STALL ODIHR ELECTION ASSESSMENT TEAM VISIT [...] (C) Summary. An OSCE staffmember told poloff on November 3 that the Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) election assessment team, which was expected by November 1, had not arrived in Tashkent and the status of the visit was uncertain. Poloff spoke with OSCE Senior Pro [...]	2007-11-05 05:48:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV OSCE UZ
07TASHKENT2060	ODIHR TEAM COMPLETES RUSHED NEEDS ASSESSMENT [...] (C) Summary: Two officials from OSCE's Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) conducted a hastily organized needs assessment mission from November 28 - 30 in Uzbekistan, immediately after MFA stopped dragging its feet on issuing visas. The ODIHR team met with each of the [...]	2007-12-03 08:50:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV KDEM OSCE UZ
07TASHKENT2164	PRESIDENT KARIMOV "REELECTED" WITH 88 PERCENT OF [...] (C) Summary: Uzbek President Islam Karimov was re-elected December 23 to a third term, by a reported 88.1 percent of the vote. The OSCE's ODIHR limited election observation mission released a statement December 24, saying the election failed to meet most norms for free and fair elections. Thi [...]	2007-12-26 13:48:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM PREL OSCE UZ
07TASHKENT2182	ODIHR LIMITED OBSERVER MISSION TO UZBEKISTAN WAS [...] (C) Summary: On December 26 Ambassador and DCM had an outbrief with Ambassador Walter Siegl, who headed the OSCE's Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) limited election observer mission for the Presidential elections in Uzbekistan. Siegl reported that, although the com [...]	2007-12-29 06:19:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM OSCE UZ
07TASHKENT793	EMBASSY TASHKENT COMMENTS ON OSCE BORDER [...] Enhancing Uzbekistan's capabilities to control its borders and interdict the illicit movement of people, narcotics, and weapons of mass destruction-related items is one of Post's highest priorities. Border security also remains an area in which the Government of Uzbekistan appears willing to a [...]	2007-04-17 11:04:00	Embassy Tashkent	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PBTS OSCE UZ
07TASHKENT806	A CORDIAL, UNINTERESTING VISIT FOR OSCE CHAIRMAN; [...] (C) Summary: The Chairman-in-Office of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE),Miguel Angel Moratinos, held cordial, but seemingly unexceptional meetings with Uzbek officials. The Uzbeks expressed satisfaction with the current OSCE mission, but criticized alleged OSCE d [...]	2007-04-20 08:30:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV OSCE UZ
07TASHKENT835	FY07 FUNDING OF OSCE PROJECTS IN UZBEKISTAN [...] Summary: Post recommends the USG contribute funding to the following projects that fulfill both U.S. and OSCE interests: completion of funding for a research grant on intellectual property rights (IPR) (EUR 176,100),and enhancing women's participation in civil society and politics (EUR 150, [...]	2007-04-25 10:01:00	Embassy Tashkent	UNCLASSIFIED	OSCE PREL EAID ECON PHUM UZ
07TASHKENT968	UZBEKISTAN URGED TO SEND HIGH-LEVEL PARTICIPATION [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche May 16 to MFA U.S. Division Chief Ismat Fayzullaev. Fayzullaev said that he would pass the information to appropriate authorities. 2. (C) Post attempted to coordinate delivery of a joint demarche with the Russian Embassy. However, the Russians told us [...]	2007-05-16 11:20:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER OSCE UZ
07TBILISI1181	SOUTH OSSETIA SHOOTOUT MAY 19 [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-21 12:56:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL OSCE GG
07TBILISI1267	GEORGIA: DEMARCHE ON PROPOSED RUSSIAN DRAFT OF AN [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-30 12:14:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	OSCE PREL PGOV KTIA GG
07TBILISI1278	SOUTH OSSETIA WATER STANDOFF [...] (C) As of May 31, the South Ossetian "capital" of Tskhinvali has been without water for a week, producing a SIPDIS tense political standoff. As OSCE officials have described it to us, the problem started when residents of the Georgian enclave north of Tskhinvali drilled holes in the water [...]	2007-05-31 14:44:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL OSCE GG
07TBILISI1368	SOUTH OSSETIA WATER FLOWS AT LAST [...] (C) On the evening of June 7, the South Ossetian de facto authorities re-opened the drinking water pipeline in Java, allowing water to flow south to villages controlled by the Tbilisi-backed government of Dmitry Sanakoyev, and from there farther south to the de facto authorities' "capital" of [...]	2007-06-08 13:49:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL OSCE GG
07TBILISI1563	SOUTH OSSETIA TENSIONS HIGH [...] (SBU) A number of dangerous eruptions in tension have recently occurred in South Ossetia, suggesting that we may be in for a long, hot summer in the conflict zone. Georgian villagers have squared off with Russian peacekeepers over Georgian efforts to improve a road connecting two Georgian vil [...]	2007-06-29 13:23:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV OSCE GG
07TBILISI1619	GOOD SIGNS AND BAD AT SOUTH OSSETIA DONORS' [...] (C) A July 2 meeting in Tskhinvali of the Steering Committee for the donors' South Ossetia economic rehabilitation projects was marked by confrontations between the Georgian and South Ossetian sides -- including over whether the Georgian delegation would be allowed into South Ossetia for the m [...]	2007-07-09 13:21:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAID OSCE GG
07TBILISI1940	SOUTH OSSETIA: SHOOTINGS AND ACCUSATIONS [...] (C) OSCE Political Advisor Gantcho Gantchev told us August 6 that South Ossetian accusations of a Georgian "terrorist attack" August 3 should not be taken too seriously. In the incident, a bomb reportedly exploded in Tskhinvali, damaging a gas station but causing no injuries. The next day the [...]	2007-08-06 11:14:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL OSCE GG
07TBILISI1992	SOUTH OSSETIA DONORS STEERING COMMITTEE ADDRESSES [...] (SBU) In a meeting August 2, the Steering Committee for the OSCE-led economic rehabilitation projects in South Ossetia conditionally approved three water-related projects for contracting, although the Georgian and South Ossetian sides made final approval contingent on resolving some remaining [...]	2007-08-09 12:48:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EAID OSCE GG
07TBILISI2089	GEORGIA MISSILE INVESTIGATION UPDATE -- AUGUST 21 [...] (C) A second round of the International Group of Experts (IGE) has completed a report on the August 6 missile impact, endorsing the conclusions made by earlier experts while providing additional detail and more specific information to confirm that Georgian aircraft could not have fired the mis [...]	2007-08-21 11:52:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV OSCE GG
07TBILISI303	OSCE PROVIDES SNAPSHOT OF SOUTH OSSETIA [...] (C) OSCE officials shared with us several interesting bits of news and analysis about South Ossetia during a recent visit to Tskhinvali. Head of Mission (HOM) Roy Reeve said Russian officials had told him in Moscow that the South Ossetian decision to declare Georgian Deputy State Minister for [...]	2007-02-14 13:37:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EAID OSCE GG
07THEHAGUE1448	NETHERLANDS/AZERBAIJAN: SUPPORT BUT LIMITED [...] On July 27, Poloff delivered non paper to Thymen A. Kouwenaar, Department Head of the Eastern Europe and Central Asia Division in the MFA, on Dutch coordination with the USG on promoting democracy and human rights in Azerbaijan. Kouwenaar mentioned that while the Dutch support the USG position [...]	2007-08-03 13:32:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	AJ EUN KDEM OSCE PGOV PHUM PREL
07THEHAGUE2018	NETHERLANDS/OSCE: MADRID MINISTERIAL, MD/CFE PROPOSALS [...] (C//NOFORN) Summary: The GONL does not "expect much" from the upcoming OSCE Madrid ministerial, given too many issues pitting Russia against Europe and the United States, such as Kosovo, the Conventional Armed Forces in Europe (CFE) Treaty, and missile defense. MFA OSCE Special Advisor Tony v [...]	2007-11-28 10:43:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREK PGOV PHUM NL OSCE
07THEHAGUE894	NETHERLANDS: PARTICIPATION IN OSCE [...] The GONL will participate in the OSCE Political Public-Private Partnership Conference focused on counterterrorism in Vienna from May 31 to June 1, 2007. However, the GONL has yet to decide at what level to send its delegation. Either an official from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs or office [...]	2007-05-11 13:09:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	OSCE PREL PTER ABUD AFIN RS SP NL
07TOKYO2154	JAPAN'S RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE REQUEST: JOINT [...] (U) This is an action request. 2. (SBU) Embassy political officer delivered Reftel on May 11 to MOFA International Counterterrorism Cooperation Division officer Mikiko Masuda. Masuda asked if Japan would be expected to provide a keynote speaker, or be responsible for leading discussions d [...]	2007-05-14 05:36:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OSCE PREL PTER JA
07ULAANBAATAR288	Mongolia Not Sure of OSCE Counterterrorism Conference [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-16 06:16:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL OSCE PTER ABUD AFIN RS SP
07USEUBRUSSELS2984	DAS KRAMER'S QUAD CONSULTATIONS ON RUSSIA, [...] No summary [...]	2007-09-24 13:28:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ETRD EUN MARR OSCE PARM PGOV PHUM PREL
07USNATO144	WELCOME FOR NATO VCC EXPERTS MEETINGS MARCH 8, 2007 [...] Mission welcomes John H. Farrar, James Starkey, and Mark Shepard to Brussels for the March 8 Verification Coordinating Committee Experts meeting. Control officer for the visit is Don Sheehan, work tel:(32)2-724-3486 and fax: (32)2-724-3421, home tel: (32) 2-779-2047, cell: (32)476-663-647. A [...]	2007-03-06 11:16:00	Mission USNATO	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ASEC NATO OSCE OTRA PARM
07USNATO167	WELCOME HLTF MARCH 21-23, 2007 TO NATO [...] Mission welcomes Karin Look, Larry Schultz, Jennifer Laurendeau, Sharon White, Jeffrey Gibbs, James Starkey, Christopher Beecroft, Powell Moore, and Stephen Olejasz to USNATO for HLTF meetings March 21-23. Control Officer for the visit is USNATO Political Officer is Don Sheehan. Office: (32) [...]	2007-03-15 15:20:00	Mission USNATO	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL OTRA ASEC AADP NATO OSCE PARM
07USNATO169	WELCOME FOR NATO EXECUTIVE WORKING GROUP COMMITTEE [...] Mission welcomes Anita Friedt, Michelle Azevedo, and Paul Iarrobino to Brussels for meetings. Control officer for the visit is Don Sheehan, work tel:(32)2-724-3486 and fax: (32)2-724-3421, home tel: (32) 2-779-2047, cell: (32)476-663-647. Administrative support is provided by Lucia Krul (32) [...]	2007-03-15 15:21:00	Mission USNATO	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ASEC NATO OSCE OTRA PARM
07USNATO177	NATO/VCC: MARCH 8 VCC EXPERTS MEETING [...] (C) Summary: After the U.S. representative executed guidance, the experts agreed (ad ref for Germany, whose representative agreed but stated that he had to go back to Berlin for full approval) that revision 2 of reference B would focus in Annex 1 of table B as directly answering the tasking, [...]	2007-03-20 09:14:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM NATO KCFE OSCE
07USNATO178	DATA MANAGEMENT EXPERTS GROUP MEETING, MARCH 8, [...] (U) Summary: The Data Management Expert Group (DMEG) met on March 8, 2007. Italy, Spain, and Romania introduced new representatives, and the Chair reported on staff activity since the January meeting. After reviewing the status of the NCFS and VERITY XXI for the current CFE, the group focused [...]	2007-03-20 11:12:00	Mission USNATO	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PARM KCFE NATO OSCE
07USNATO190	WELCOME FOR NATO NRC AMBASSADORIAL MEETING AND [...] Mission welcomes Donna A. Phelan, James Starkey, Jon Errickson, and Adam Xavier to Brussels for meetings. Control officer for the visit is Don Sheehan, work tel:(32)2-724-3486 and fax: (32)2-724-3421, home tel: (32) 2-779-2047, cell: (32)476-663-647. Administrative support will be provided by [...]	2007-03-23 16:18:00	Mission USNATO	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ASEC NATO OSCE OTRA PARM
07USNATO218	VCC AND EXPERTS MEETINGS, MARCH 29, 2007 [...] (SBU) Summary: During meetings on March 29, VCC experts reached agreement on procedures for reporting ambiguities related to BRM-1K vehicles and use of GPS during inspections; they will continue to address use of digital cameras to report ambiguities and definition of inspection site. The V [...]	2007-03-30 16:57:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM NATO OSCE KCFE
07USNATO227	NATO-RUSSIA COUNCIL ARMS CONTROL DISCUSSION, MARCH [...] (C) Summary: In the NATO-Russia Council arms control discussion on March 29, 2007, Russian Ambassador Totskiy claimed that Russia "did not know what it needs to do" to get NATO to ratify the Adapted CFE (A/CFE),and asked for a list of outstanding Russian "debts" related to ratification. All [...]	2007-04-04 09:58:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM NATO OSCE KCFE
07USNATO256	WELCOME FOR NATO VCC EXPERTS MEETINGS APRIL 24, [...] Mission welcomes John H. Farrar, James Starkey, and Jon Erickson to Brussels for the April 24 for the Verification Coordinating Committee Experts meeting. Control officer for the visit is Don Sheehan, work tel:(32)2-724-3486 and fax: (32)2-724-3421, home tel: (32) 2-779-2047, cell: (32)476- [...]	2007-04-19 12:52:00	Mission USNATO	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ASEC NATO OSCE OTRA PARM
07USNATO284	RESPONSE TO COUNTRY CLEARANCE CABLE: FOREIGN [...] U.S. Mission NATO welcomes the visit of Mr. Richard L. Prosen to conduct consultations with USNATO and NATO International Staff in Brussels, May 9-11, 2007. 2. Hotel reservations have been requested at the Crowne Plaza Airport Hotel for arrival on May 9, 2007. 3. U.S. Mission POC: [...]	2007-05-03 13:54:00	Mission USNATO	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC OSCE OTRA PREL PL BE
07USNATO300	WELCOME TO NATO FOR HLTF, NRC(ACE),AND VCC TEAM [...] Mission welcomes, DAS Karin Look and traveling party to NATO for HLTF, NRC(ACE),and VCC meetings, May 15-18. Control Officer for the visit is USNATO Political Officer is Don Sheehan. Office: (32)2-724-3486 fax: (32)2-724-3421. Administrative support is provided by Lucia Krul (32)2-724-3233. [...]	2007-05-11 14:32:00	Mission USNATO	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PARM OTRA NATO KCFE OSCE
07USNATO340	MAY 16 NRC(ACE): RUSSIA EXPLAINS CFE MORATORIUM [...] (C) SUMMARY: Russia's Representative to the CFE Joint Consultative Group (JCG),Mikhail Ulyanov, used the May 16 NATO-Russia Council's Arms Control Experts (NRC(ACE)) meeting to try to explain the rationale for President Putin's April 26 threat to declare a moratorium on Russian implementation [...]	2007-05-25 15:58:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM NATO PREL OSCE RS
07USNATO351	CFE: VCC AND VCC EXPERTS' MEETINGS, MAY 16, 2007 [...] (C) SUMMARY: At the May 16 VCC and VCC experts' meetings: a. The U.S. announced an upcoming Vienna Document inspection in Sweden during the time a Swedish exercise below Vienna Document thresholds will be conducted; b. Experts agreed to attempt to hold a NATO Vienna Document course in Cen [...]	2007-06-04 14:09:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM NATO OSCE KCFE
07USNATO354	WELCOME TO NATO FOR HLTF AND CFE MEETINGS, JUNE [...] Mission welcomes, DAS Karin Look and traveling party to NATO for HLTF and CFE meetings, June 6-8, 2007. Control Officer for the visit is USNATO Political Officer is Don Sheehan. Office: (32)2-724-3486 fax: (32)2-724-3421. Administrative support is provided by Lucia Krul (32)2-724-3233. [...]	2007-06-06 13:04:00	Mission USNATO	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PARM OTRA NATO KCFE OSCE
07USNATO388	WELCOME TO NATO FOR HLTF JUNE 28, 2007 [...] Mission welcomes, DAS Karin Look and traveling party to NATO for HLTF meetings, June 27-28, 2007. Control Officer for the visit is USNATO Political Officer is Don Sheehan. Office: (32)2-724-3486 fax: (32)2-724-3421. Administrative support is provided by Lucia Krul and Denise Corbin(32)2-724- [...]	2007-06-25 14:42:00	Mission USNATO	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC KCFE NATO OSCE OTRA PARM PREL
07USNATO409	NATO/HLTF MEETING, JUNE 28 2007 [...] (C) Summary. The all-day HLTF June 28 was focused on both assessing the Extraordinary Conference June 12-15, 2007 and preparing to deal with the likelihood that Russia may soon trigger a 150 day countdown to suspension of performance of its CFE obligations or (less likely) of Russia,s su [...]	2007-07-10 15:16:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM KCFE NATO RS OSCE
07USNATO426	OSCE SYG, EAPC AMBS SEEK SYNERGY AND COOPERATION, [...] (SBU) OSCE Secretary General Marc Perrin de Brichambaut exchanged views with EAPC Ambassadors July 11 on increasing cooperation between the two overlapping organizations. He summarized ongoing OSCE operations, emphasized areas of commonality with the EAPC, and endorsed closer interaction (wit [...]	2007-07-25 17:19:00	Mission USNATO	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR PREL NATO OSCE EAPC
07USNATO431	JULY 17 MEETING OF THE VCC AND EXPERTS [...] (C) SUMMARY. The Verification Coordinating Committee (VCC) and experts met on July 17. Regarding the food-for-thought (FFT) paper (Ref A) on coordinating Vienna Document (VD) inspections, consensus could not be reached due to German objections. There was much unfocused discussion over ho [...]	2007-07-27 15:00:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM KCFE NATO RS OSCE
07USNATO445	NATO/HLTF MEETING, JULY 26 2007 - THE WAY AHEAD [...] (C) Summary. The July 26 HLTF focused on discussion of what the Allies, game plan should be for achieving key CFE and related policy goals in the period prior to December 12, when Russia,s threat to suspend implementation of CFE would become operational. U.S. HLTF Deputy Jennifer Laurendeau [...]	2007-08-06 14:30:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM KCFE NATO RS OSCE
07USNATO521	SUBJECT: HLTF: NATO ALLIES ENDORSE U.S. PARALLEL [...] (C) SUMMARY. At the September 13 HLTF, Allies endorsed the U.S. &Parallel Actions Plan8 as the basis to end the current impasse with Russia on the fulfillment of the remaining Istanbul commitments and ratification of the Adapted CFE Treaty. U.S. HLTF Representative Karin L. Look also successf [...]	2007-09-21 15:59:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM KCFE NATO RS OSCE
07USNATO524	NATO/VCC SEPTEMBER 13 MEETINGS [...] (SBU) Summary: The September 13 Verification Coordinating Committee (VCC) and VCC Experts made progress on agreeing on procedures to deconflict Vienna Document Inspections with four non-Allied OSCE states (Finland, Sweden, Switzerland, and Austria) for the 2008 year. The NATO Staff will sen [...]	2007-09-24 16:01:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM KCFE NATO RS OSCE
07USNATO525	NON-PAPER CIRCULATED BY SOME ALLIES ON RAISING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: NATO Permanent Representatives from Belgium, Denmark, Germany, Hungary, Italy, The Netherlands, Norway, and Spain circulated a non-paper (see below) to all Allied PermReps on September 19 on exploring ways to strengthen NATO's profile in arms control and disarmament prior to t [...]	2007-09-26 15:48:00	Mission USNATO	UNCLASSIFIED	KCFE NATO PARM PREL OSCE
07USNATO532	RUSSIANS SOFTENING TONE ON CFE AT THE NRC? [...] (C) SUMMARY: A Senior Russian military official briefing at the September 26 NATO-Russia Council (NRC) meeting signaled possible Russian softening on its CFE line. NATO International staff reports that Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov also made some constructive comments in a recent discussi [...]	2007-09-28 15:10:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM KCFE NATO RS OSCE
07USNATO578	NATO/HLTF MEETING, OCTOBER 19 2007 - THE WAY AHEAD [...] (C) Summary. The October 19 High Level Task Force meeting focused on discussion of the "way ahead" for maintaining the Conventional Armed Forces in Europe Treaty (CFE) in the face of Russia's stated intent to suspend implementation. HLTF representative Karin L. Look provided Allies with a r [...]	2007-10-24 15:09:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PARM KCFE NATO RS OSCE
07USNATO613	NATO/VCC NOVEMBER 14 AND 15 MEETINGS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The November 14 and 15 Verification Coordinating Committee (VCC) and VCC Experts made progress on several issues, but postponed others until the January VCC. Particular implementation concerns were discussed in regard to the potential Russian CFE suspension where HLTF policy guida [...]	2007-11-21 17:29:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PARM KCFE NATO RS OSCE
07USNATO615	CFE: NOVEMBER 15 MEETING OF THE HLTF [...] (C) SUMMARY. At the NATO High Level Task Force on November 15, Allies welcomed U.S. updates on current U.S. ) Russian Federation discussions and considered appropriate next steps in anticipation of Russian suspension of implementation of the CFE Treaty on December 12. 2. (C) Allies agreed [...]	2007-11-23 15:08:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	KCFE NATO PARM PREL OSCE RS
07USNATO640	HLTF: NATO ALLIES READY TO STAY THE COURSE ON CFE [...] (C) At the December 14 HLTF all NATO Allies - without exception - called for a continuation of NATO,s unified response to Russia,s unilateral actions on CFE and urged that the U.S. keep its "parallel actions" package on the table for negotiation with Russia. Praise for U.S. efforts to date wa [...]	2007-12-17 19:41:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM KCFE NATO OSCE RS
07USNATO648	RFG AND READOUT OF VCC AND VCC EXPERTS MEETING - [...] This is a Request for Guidance. See Para 11. 2. (C) SUMMARY: At the December 19 meeting of the NATO Verification Coordinating Committee (VCC),Allies agreed to allocate and coordinate CFE inspections -- including for Russia -- based on data from the previous Treaty year. Allies also coor [...]	2007-12-20 15:38:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PARM KCFE NATO RS OSCE
07USOSCE258	OSCE PPP CONFERENCE PROVIDES INSIGHT INTO [...] (U) Summary: At the OSCE's May 31-June 1 Conference to promote Public-Private Partnerships (PPP) in countering terrorism, co-initiated by the U.S. and Russia, more than 300 participants from 58 participating States and Partners as well as several international organizations discussed the utili [...]	2007-06-12 13:43:00	Mission USOSCE	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER OSCE PREL RS
07USOSCE291	OSCE LEGAL PERSONALITY, ROUND 4 - MINOR MOVEMENT; CIO TO [...] (SBU) Summary: At the June 14-15 round, much of the initial discussion, as in Round 2, centered on whether the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly should be granted privileges and immunities (P's and I's) and if so, what kind. Many states voiced reservations against doing so, with Canada, Germany and [...]	2007-07-02 12:31:00	Mission USOSCE	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OSCE KTIA
07USOSCE331	OSCE LEGAL PERSONALITY, ROUND 5 - MOVEMENT FORWARD AS [...] (SBU) Summary: At the July 5-6 round of negotiations on a Convention on Legal Personality, Legal Capacity and Privileges and Immunities for the OSCE (CLPPI),the absence of key players limited the WG's ability to deal with unresolved issues. There was extended discussion on a Belgian proposal [...]	2007-08-01 10:08:00	Mission USOSCE	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OSCE KTIA
07USOSCE346	DAS DICARLO DISCUSSES KOSOVO ISSUES WITH OSCE [...] (C) Summary: In an August 29 meeting in Vienna, EUR/SCE DAS Rosemary diCarlo and OSCE Secretary General Marc Perrin de Brichambaut agreed that it would be difficult to deter Kosovo from making a unilateral declaration of independence if the Troika-led negotiations do not bear fruit. In the [...]	2007-09-05 14:44:00	Mission USOSCE	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KV YI PGOV SR OSCE UNMIK
07USOSCE353	OSCE COMMITTED TO MAKING KOSOVO ELECTIONS HAPPEN [...] (SBU) The OSCE Mission in Kosovo (OMiK) says it is fully committed to doing its part to ensure that the November 17 local and central elections come off successfully and on schedule. Nonetheless, key OMiK officials are worried that they may not be able to overcome a number of logistical hurdl [...]	2007-09-13 14:13:00	Mission USOSCE	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OSCE PGOV PREL KV
07USOSCE363	OSCE Legal Personality, Round 6 ? Talks Make Progress As Russ [...] Summary: Meeting for the first time since July, on September 13-14 Article 14 -- OSCE Officials ---------------------------- 2. On Wednesday, before the WG convened, Belgium called a small group 3. At the beginning of the WG on Thursday, the Chair, Dutch Ambassador -- Bracketed tex [...]	2007-09-28 11:46:00	Mission USOSCE	UNCLASSIFIED	OSCE KTIA
07USOSCE365	OSCE Legal Personality, Round 6 Q Talks Make [...] Summary: Meeting for the first time since July, on September 13-14 the Working Group on the Convention on Legal Personality, Legal Capacity and Privileges and Immunities for the OSCE (CLPPI) made considerable progress in removing bracketed text and reaching compromise on previously disputed i [...]	2007-09-28 12:08:00	Mission USOSCE	UNCLASSIFIED	OSCE KTIA
07USOSCE366	OSCE Legal Personality, Round 6 ? Talks Make [...] Summary: Meeting for the first time since July, on September 13-14 the Working Group on the Convention on Legal Personality, Legal Capacity and Privileges and Immunities for the OSCE (CLPPI) made considerable progress in removing bracketed text and reaching compromise on previously disputed i [...]	2007-09-28 12:15:00	Mission USOSCE	UNCLASSIFIED	OSCE KTIA
07USOSCE382	IF KOSOVO DECLARES INDEPENDENCE UNILATERALLY, WHAT [...] (C) The likelihood that the OSCE will have to close its mission to Kosovo is increasing. In the event of a unilateral declaration of independence (UDI),Russia and Serbia have threatened to force closure of the OSCE Mission in Kosovo (OMiK),and they could easily do so. Under such circumsta [...]	2007-10-15 08:19:00	Mission USOSCE	CONFIDENTIAL	OSCE PREL PGOV UNMIK KV UNSC SR YI RU
07USOSCE453	OSCE: MADRID MINISTERIAL CROATIA BILAT [...] (C) Summary: The November 29 bilateral meeting between U/S Burns and Croatian FM Grabar-Kitarovic (and with the participation of State Secretary Biscevic) focused on possible negative security implications for Croatia and the region due to developments in Kosovo and in Bosnia and Herzegovina. [...]	2007-12-06 12:21:00	Mission USOSCE	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC HR CROATIA OSCE PREL
07USOSCE9	OSCE BRUSSELS MINISTERIAL: U/S BURNS' MEETING WITH [...] (C) During a cordial meeting on the margins of the OSCE Ministerial, Romanian FM Mihai-Razvan Ungureanu and Under Secretary Burns affirmed the importance of increasing the SIPDIS pool of European countries contributing troops to NATO combat operations in Afghanistan. Romanian FM noted that [...]	2007-01-13 18:57:00	Mission USOSCE	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	MOPS OSCE PBTS PGOV PREL RO AF
07USUNNEWYORK332	USUN PRESENTS U.S. 1540 ACTION PLAN TO 1540 [...] Per ref A, Mission delivered the overview of the U.S. national action plan on implementation of UN Security Council Resolution 1540 (2004) to the 1540 Committee Chairman, Slovak PermRep Peter Burian, on April 20. The UN Secretariat distributed copies of the U.S. national action plan to 1540 [...]	2007-04-30 14:07:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL AORC KPAO PTER UNSC OSCE KNNP
07USUNNEWYORK807	OSCE SIDESTEPS GEORGIA IN SECURITY COUNCIL [...] (SBU) Summary: In the OSCE Chairman-in-Office's annual briefing before the Security Council on September 28, Spanish Foreign Minister Moratinos gave a generalized presentation that barely touched on Georgia. Prompted by Slovakia, Belgium, the UK and the US, Moratinos claimed that the OSCE had [...]	2007-10-01 14:33:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL OSCE
07VIENNA1279	AUSTRIA ON MAY 31-JUNE 1 COUNTERTERRORISM [...] EconPolCouns delivered reftel demarche on May 14 to Klaus Famira of the Austria MFA's OSCE office. Fammira said he thought Austria would designate a senior Interior Ministry official as head of delegation to the May 31-June 1 Counter-Terrorism Conference. He did not yet know exactly who it [...]	2007-05-15 11:36:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	OSCE PREL PTER RS SP AU
07VIENNA1466	AUSTRIA OPPOSES PROPOSED RUSSIAN DRAFT OF OSCE [...] (C) On June 1, EconUnit Chief met with Margit Waestfelt, Austria's Head of the Permanent Mission to the OSCE, to present USG points in reftel regarding the Russian proposal for an OSCE "charter." Waestfelt said Austria agreed with the USG position that the experts group had a limited mandate [...]	2007-06-01 14:22:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	OSCE PREL KTIA PGOV AU
07VIENNA1927	AUSTRIAN RESPONSE: A COORDINATED APPROACH ON [...] (SBU) On July 19, Acting EconPol Counselor and PolUnit Chief delivered reftel talking points to Georg Heindl from the MFA's Human Rights Department. Heindl agreed that the USG and EU should speak with one voice to the GOAJ on reftel concerns. Heindl pointed to the strong human rights and de [...]	2007-07-20 15:35:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV EUN KDEM OSCE PHUM PREL AU AJ
07VILNIUS531	LITHUANIA AGREES HUMAN RIGHTS IN AZERBAIJIN [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-26 09:00:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM OSCE AJ LH
07WARSAW1886	POLAND AHEAD OF U.S. ON SUPPORTING GEORGIA AT OSCE [...] (C) On September 5, Poloff demarched Elzbieta Beziuk of Polish MFA on supporting Georgia at the September 6 OSCE meeting (ref a). After offering Poland's complete cooperation at the September 6 meeting, Beziuk turned the tables and expressed three Polish aspirations on Georgia issues. One, [...]	2007-09-05 13:23:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS OSCE PL
07WARSAW648	POLAND-OSCE: GOP REQUESTS U.S. SUPPORT FOR HCNM [...] (C) MFA Security Policy Director Robert Kupiecki informed DCM on March 14 that Poland had formally nominated former Polish Foreign (Adam) Daniel Rotfeld to the position of OSCE High Commissioner for National Minorities (HCNM). Noting Rotfeld's close association and cooperation with the U.S. f [...]	2007-03-15 16:09:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM OSCE PINR PL
07WELLINGTON73	FOLLOW-UP: NZ PARTICIPATION IN ARF WORKSHOP ON [...] No summary [...]	2007-01-24 04:23:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KPAO KNNP PREL PARM AORC PTER OSCE ETTC ASEAN
07YEREVAN1094	SUSPICION OVER THE FUTURE OF THE OSCE YEREVAN OFFICE [...] (SBU) OSCE Office in Yerevan 's outgoing Economic and Environmental Officer and current Acting Deputy Head Jeannette Kloetzer revealed to Poloff that there seems to be some confusion over her successor once she leaves her current position September 27 to become DCM at OSCE's Office in Kazakhsta [...]	2007-08-31 12:55:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KDEM OSCE AM
07YEREVAN1439	BRIEFING THE PRESIDENCY ON EXIT POLLS, IFES/CEC [...] (C) SUMMARY: USAID briefed presidential aide Vigen Sargsian, at government request, about plans for a USAID/IRI-sponsored exit poll for the upcoming presidential election. Sargsian pressed for more details about the methods and partners involved, and expressed great skepticism both personall [...]	2007-12-18 03:18:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID PGOV PHUM KDEM KPAO OSCE AM
07YEREVAN1467	ARMENIA: PRESIDENCY STILL UNDECIDED ABOUT IRI [...] (C) Although less hostile to the idea of an exit poll during the upcoming presidential election than he was a week ago, Presidential aide Vigen Sargsian still expressed significant concerns about the poll's format and possible fall-out. After being briefed by IRI staff on the poll's technical [...]	2007-12-21 13:42:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID PGOV PHUM KDEM KPAO OSCE AM
07YEREVAN555	ODIHR MISSION HEAD DISCUSSES PRE-ELECTION [...] (C) CDA met May 2 with Ambassador Boris Frlec, the head of OSCE/ODIHR,s Election Observation Mission (EOM) for a discussion on the pre-election period in Armenia. Frlec evaluated the pre-election period as broadly competitive, despite flaws. He saw a relatively even playing field, albeit wh [...]	2007-05-03 10:34:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM OSCE AM
07YEREVAN564	ARMENIA ELECTIONS: KOCHARIAN CONVOKES OSCE CHIEFS [...] (C) SUMMARY: On May 3, President Kocharian convoked all Chiefs of Mission of OSCE Member States resident in Yerevan regarding the upcoming parliamentary elections. He sought to convey to the dip corps that his administration was doing all it could to ensure an election process which should me [...]	2007-05-04 12:39:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM OSCE AM
07YEREVAN588	FM OSKANIAN DEFENDS VISA REFUSAL OF TURKISH OSCE [...] (C) CDA and the German Ambassador each protested (during a scheduled meeting with CDA and EU chiefs of mission late May 8),Armenia's refusal to grant visas to Turkey's contigent of seconded OSCE/ODIHR Election Observation Mission short-term observers (STOs). Each associated themselves with [...]	2007-05-09 11:57:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM OSCE TU AM
07YEREVAN609	OBSERVERS GIVE ARMENIA'S ELECTION A PASSING GRADE, [...] (C) Armenia's Parliamentary elections took place on May 12. Preliminary results show a strong victory by PM Sargsian's Republican Party. These same early results show that the new oligarch-led "Prosperous Armenia" party ran a distant second and three other parties -- including two oppositi [...]	2007-05-13 14:13:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE KDEM AM
07YEREVAN653	ARMENIA WILL PARTICIPATE IN OSCE PPP CONFERENCE [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-18 12:33:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED	OSCE PREL PTER ABUD AFIN RS SP AM
07YEREVAN662	"WE ARE NOT BORN YESTERDAY": OSCE/ODIHR OBSERVER [...] (C) SUMMARY: OSCE/ODIHR Election Observation Mission (EOM) chief of mission, Ambassador Frlec, and deputy COM, Ian Gorvin, were markedly more sour on Armenia's May 12 election in a dinner at CDA's residence, and less-markedly so in the semi-public forum of their last OSCE member state chiefs [...]	2007-05-23 05:09:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM OSCE AM
07YEREVAN677	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: RUSSIAN DRAFT OF OSCE "CHARTER" [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-25 07:11:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	OSCE PREL KTIA PGOV AM
07YEREVAN788	KOCHARIAN DEAD SET AGAINST ATTENDING BSEC SUMMIT [...] (C) On June 16, Charge raised the issue of Armenia's attendance at the upcoming BSEC Summit with President Kocharian. Kocharian said that there was "absolutely no way" he would consider attending. In fact, he would have preferred that FM Oskanian also skip the event, but relented under Oska [...]	2007-06-18 09:16:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL NATO OSCE TU AM
07ZAGREB1006	OSCE: CAN WE CLOSE THE CROATIA MISSION? [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-13 09:15:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	OSCE PREL HR
07ZAGREB1025	PRELIMINARY REPORT OF ODIHR LIMITED ELECTION [...] SUMMARY: The OSCE/ODIHR's Limited Election Observation Mission (LEOM) to Croatia released its interim report on November 20. All indicators point toward free and fair elections conducted in line with the established legal framework, but the report does draw particular attention to the new La [...]	2007-11-21 11:44:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV HR OSCE POLITICAL PARTIES ELECTIONS
07ZAGREB103	OSCE ZAGREB PLANS CLOSURE BY END OF 2007 [...] (SBU) Summary and comment: OSCE Zagreb Deputy Head of Mission (and retired FSO) Todd Becker briefed DCM January 22 on plans to bring the substantive work of the Mission to a close by December 31, 2007. HOM Jorge Fuentes was convinced that with a concerted push by both the OSCE and the Croati [...]	2007-01-30 12:26:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL OSCE HR
07ZAGREB1030	OSCE MADRID MINISTERIAL - DEMARCHE DELIVERY [...] (C) Post delivered reftel demarche to Assistant Minister of Foreign Affairs Pjer Simunovic November 20. Simunovic was particularly appreciative of language calling for OSCE to close or minimize its mission in Croatia. This is clearly Zagreb's top priority in Madrid, but Simunovic stressed tha [...]	2007-11-23 14:22:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	OSCE PREL PGOV PHUM
07ZAGREB1062	FM KITAROVIC ON OSCE MADRID MINISTERIAL [...] (U) Ambassador and PolChief had lunch on December 5 with FM Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic and State Secretary Hido Biscevic, subsequent to their return from the OSCE Ministerial in Madrid, and to follow up on FM Kitarovic's bilateral meeting there with U/S Burns. 2. (C) Kitarovic and Biscevic sa [...]	2007-12-06 08:54:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV OSCE SR SW BE HR
07ZAGREB399	OSCE MISSION HEAD OPTIMISTIC ON CLOSURE, FLEXIBLE [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-23 15:23:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL OSCE HR REGIONAL AFFAIRS
07ZAGREB460	ASSISTANT SECRETARY DAN FRIED'S MEETINGS WITH [...] (C) Summary: EUR Assistant Secretary Daniel Fried met April 5 with Croatian PM Sanader, President Mesic, and FM Grabar-Kitarovic to exchange views on Croatia's NATO aspirations, Kosovo, Bosnia-Herzegovina, and other regional issues. 2.(U) A/S Fried and Ambassador met April 5 with PM Ivo San [...]	2007-05-10 16:03:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EUN NATO HR YI BK OSCE
07ZAGREB472	REFUGEE RETURN: KEY TO OSCE MISSION CLOSURE [...] (SBU) Summary and Comment: Facing intensifying pressure from the international community to make additional tangible progress on refugee issues, the GOC has established and clarified program benchmarks for this year. With OSCE mission closure high on the GOC's priority list, the GOC has put [...]	2007-05-15 10:57:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PREF OSCE HR
07ZAGREB481	CROATIA UNDECIDED ON PARTICIPATION IN MAY 31-JUNE 1 [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-17 13:26:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED	OSCE PREL PTER ABUD AFIN RS HR
07ZAGREB521	PARTICIPATION IN THE OSCE HEADS OF MISSION VISIT TO [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-25 15:16:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM OSCE BO HR REGIONAL ISSUES
07ZAGREB551	CROATIAN PM SEEKS CLOSURE OF ZAGREB OSCE MISSION, [...] (C) MFA State Secretary Hidajet Biscevic gave Ambassador May 31 a "confidential" non-paper (text para 8) advocating closure of the Croatia OSCE mission and proposing a mechanism to ensure that war crimes trials are monitored. 2. (C) The non-paper commits the GOC to fulfill remaining obliga [...]	2007-06-05 15:42:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL OSCE KAWC HR
07ZAGREB561	U/S NICHOLAS BURNS' MAY 10-11 MEETINGS WITH [...] (U) Undersecretary Burns met with Macedonian President Crvenkovski, Turkish Economy Minister Babacan, Bulgarian PM Stanishev and Moldovan President Voronin May 10 and 11 on the margins of the Zagreb SEECP Summit. Macedonia --------- 2. (C) Macedonian President Branko Crvenkovski sought U/S [...]	2007-06-08 10:26:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV OSCE NATO HR MK TU BU MD

07ZAGREB565	U/S NICHOLAS BURNS' MAY 10-11 MEETINGS WITH [...] (C) Summary: Undersecretary for Political Affairs Nicholas Burns visited Zagreb May 10-11 to consult with Croatian leaders and attend the Summit of the Southeast European Cooperation Process (septel). He met with PM Sanader, President Mesic, and FM Grabar-Kitarovic, and had several bilatera [...]	2007-06-08 13:09:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAIR OSCE NATO HR YI BK SR
07ZAGREB642	OSCE MISSION TO CROATIA: WINDING DOWN ITS MANDATE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY and COMMENT. This is a joint Embassy Zagreb and USOSCE cable and represents our strategy in moving forward toward OSCE Croatia mission closure. While we believe full closure could be achieved by the end of 2007, there is no consensus on this issue among European missions in Zag [...]	2007-07-03 15:36:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV OSCE PREF KWCI HR WAR CRIMES REFUGEES
07ZAGREB669	A/S FRIED'S MEETING WITH PRIME MINISTER SANADER [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a July 7 meeting with Prime Minister Sanader on the margins the of the "Croatia Summit," EUR Assistant Secretary Fried welcomed the Summit as evidence of Croatian leadership in Southeastern Europe. Sanader reviewed his efforts to gain support for the closure of the OSCE Missi [...]	2007-07-11 15:06:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ENRG OSCE HR
07ZAGREB690	ICTY PROSECUTOR AND PM AGREE ON TRIAL MONITORING [...] (U) In the 16 July letter below, Hague Tribunal Chief Prosecutor Carla Del Ponte informs OSCE Chairman-in-Office of her recent discussions with PM Ivo Sanader regarding the future of the OSCE mission in Croatia and the monitoring of war crimes trials. Del Ponte notes what she calls the essent [...]	2007-07-19 13:00:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KAWC PGOV OSCE ICTY HR WAR CRIMES
07ZAGREB791	MEETING WITH OSCE CIO PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE FOR [...] (C) Former Croatian FM Miomir Zuzul told the Ambassador on August 25 that his recent visit to Georgia and Moscow had convinced him that it was a Russian missile that was involved in the August 6 incident he had been asked to investigate by the OSCE Chairman in Office. Particularly after visiti [...]	2007-08-27 14:56:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS OSCE GG RU HR
07ZAGREB851	MINISTERS ASSURE U.S., OSCE AND UNHCR REFUGEE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Two key Ministers with responsibility for refugee return issues reconfirmed that the Croatian Government will fulfill its commitments to the international community on refugee housing. In a September 13th meeting attended by Ambassador Bradtke and the heads of missio [...]	2007-09-14 15:10:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	HR CROATIA OSCE PGOV PREF PREL REFUGEES
08ANKARA1091	TURKISH PARLIAMENT PASSES LAW TO INCREASE [...] (C) Summary. Turkey's Parliament passed a law June 11 with a provision that allows state-owned Turkish Radio and Television Corporation (TRT) to devote one of its 24-hour television channels to foreign-language broadcasting -- specifically, Kurdish, Arabic, and Persian. The bill will be sent [...]	2008-06-12 14:05:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU
08ANKARA1103	TURKEY: PRIME MINISTER'S ALEVI ADVISOR RESIGNS [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-16 07:28:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	OSCE PGOV PHUM PREL TU
08ANKARA1122	TURKEY'S RELIGIOUS AFFAIRS DIRECTORATE DOWNPLAYS [...] (C) Summary and comment: A senior official from Turkey's Religious Affairs Directorate (Diyanet) called news reports the Diyanet posted a list of sexual do's and dont's on its website (reftel) "irresponsible." The official told us reporters had cherry-picked several items out of a "quite pro [...]	2008-06-18 07:52:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU
08ANKARA1139	TURKISH COURT ORDERS CLOSURE OF GAY-LESBIAN [...] (C) Summary and comment. An Istanbul court ruled May 29 that lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and transsexual (LGBTT) advocacy organization "Lambda Istanbul" be closed for violating the "general moral rules" of society. Lambda, which appealed to the Court of Cassation (and is allowed to [...]	2008-06-19 05:51:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU
08ANKARA1142	TURKEY: MOJ SAYS COURT ERRED IN FIRST ARTICLE 301 [...] (U) Summary and comment: In the first high-profile verdict to be handed down since parliament amended controversial Penal Code Article 301 (insulting "Turkishness"),an Istanbul court sentenced Armenian-British publisher Ragip Zarakolu to pay a fine of 1400 YTL (USD 1100),for publishing a bo [...]	2008-06-19 09:53:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV PREL OSCE TU
08ANKARA1451	TURKEY: TEMPEST IN ACADEMIC TEAPOT [...] (C) Summary and comment: President Abdullah Gul's August 5 appointment of 21 university rectors brought little joy to AKP's opponents. As one of the first high-profile selection procedures following the ruling Justice and Development Party's (AKP) narrow escape from being banned for anti-sec [...]	2008-08-13 06:56:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU
08ANKARA1472	TFGG01: GOT URGED TO DEMAND RUSSIAN WITHDRAWAL [...] (C) CDA delivered reftel points August 14 to MFA Deputy U/S for Americas Berk and DDG for Maritime and Aviation Affairs Ozturk. Berk agreed that Russia should fulfill the commitments it made in the agreement with President Sarkozy and that OSCE observers should have immediate access to areas curren [...]	2008-08-14 16:40:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS NATO OSCE PHUM PREL GG RS TU UN
08ANKARA151	TURKISH COURTS BLOCK ACCESS TO "YOUTUBE" WEBSITE [...] (SBU) Summary: Turkish courts banned access to the immensely popular "YouTube" website for five days beginning January 17, to block a picture with swear words imposed over Turkey's founding father, Ataturk, and the Turkish flag. The GOT maintains the courts are properly implementing a new In [...]	2008-01-25 11:06:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU
08ANKARA1552	TURKEY: THIRD NATIONAL PROGRAM AIMED AT [...] (C) Summary: The ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) recently rolled out a "Third National Program" to define the government's priorities and reinvigorate EU-related reforms over the next four years. Senior AKP contacts admit reaching consensus on the plan will be difficult, given the [...]	2008-08-27 14:31:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU
08ANKARA1564	TURKEY: AHMET TURK RAISES THE PROFILE OF DTP'S [...] (C) Summary and comment: Recent statements by pro-Kurdish Democratic Society Party (DTP) leader Ahmet Turk have raised the profile of DTP's more moderate wing. Turk, re-elected as party co-chairman at DTP's July convention, called for peaceful resolution through dialogue of Turkey's intractab [...]	2008-08-29 14:07:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU
08ANKARA1599	TURKEY: ALEVIS PROTEST GOT'S POLICY ON RELIGIOUS EDUCATION [...] (U) This is a joint Embassy Ankara and Consulate General Istanbul cable. 2. (C) Summary and comment: Several Alevi groups organized an August 24 rally in Istanbul's Taksim square to protest the GOT's policy of requiring primary and secondary public school students to take a religious educa [...]	2008-09-05 10:43:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU
08ANKARA1613	TURKEY: MUNICIPAL POLICE BEAT ANKARA SHOPOWNER FOR [...] (C) Summary and comment: A security camera captured two municipal policemen beating a shop owner with wooden sticks in the conservative Ankara district of Kecioren August 14 for allegedly violating the ban on alcohol sales after 11 p.m. Opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) Ankara MP Yilm [...]	2008-09-09 10:38:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU
08ANKARA1626	TURKEY: RULING AKP AIMING HIGH IN MARCH 2009 [...] (C) Summary and comment: Showing signs of the political prowess that led to its political dominance, Turkey's ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) is astutely gearing up for March 2009 local elections well before its opponents. AKP hopes to demonstrate it is "the party of all Turkey" by [...]	2008-09-10 15:57:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU
08ANKARA1651	TURKEY: PRO-KURDISH DTP SPEAKS OUT AGAINST CLOSURE [...] (C) Summary: On the ropes in its Constitutional Court closure case, pro-Kurdish Democratic Society Party (DTP) is staging "awareness-raising" walks, and reaching out to any who will listen to garner much-needed support. In his September 16 oral defense on behalf of the party, DTP Chairman Ah [...]	2008-09-15 13:48:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU
08ANKARA1667	TURKEY: OPPONENTS SEE CHINKS IN AKP'S ARMOR AMID [...] (C) Summary and comment: Critics of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) point to a recent SONAR company poll showing a decline in AKP's popularity to 32 percent as a sign voters are souring on the party. Opposition politicians, journalists, and analysts believe a struggling econom [...]	2008-09-18 14:53:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU
08ANKARA1676	TURKEY: PRO-KURDISH DTP DEFENDS ITSELF BEFORE [...] (SBU) Summary: In a two-hour verbal defense presented to the Constitutional Court September 16, Pro-Kurdish Democratic Society Party (DTP) Co-Chairman Ahmet Turk urged the Court not to close DTP and ban 220 of its members from politics. Turk claimed DTP has been working diligently to find a p [...]	2008-09-19 14:08:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU
08ANKARA1723	TURKEY: CORRUPTION DEBATE FORESHADOWS A TENSE [...] (C) Summary and comment: Following a week of fast-flying accusations during which opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) whip Kemal Kilicdaroglu accused ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) Vice Chairman Dengir Mir Firat of being a "drug baron" and Firat called Kilicdaroglu a "sland [...]	2008-09-26 15:56:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU
08ANKARA1767	TURKEY: PARLIAMENT PLAUGED BY POLARIZATION AND [...] (C) Summary and comment: A climate of polarization fueled by allegations of corruption against the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) is expected to distract Parliament during the fall term that officially began October 1. The situation will likely be inflamed further by wrangling ove [...]	2008-10-10 14:22:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU
08ANKARA1831	TURKEY: AKP EYES SECULAR STRONGHOLD OF IZMIR IN [...] (C) Summary and comment: The Aegean jewel of Izmir, Turkey's third largest city, is at the heart of the ruling Justice and Development Party's (AKP's) quest to dominate March 2009 local elections by besting its July 2007 parliamentary election performance, when it captured 47 percent of the [...]	2008-10-21 07:28:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU
08ANKARA1853	TURKEY: CONSTITUTIONAL COURT FLEXES MUSCLE IN [...] (C) Summary and comment: Turkey's Constitution Court October 22 issued its "detailed verdict" fleshing out its June 5 annulment of constitutional amendments designed to lift the headscarf ban at Turkish universities. The Court ruled that the proposed amendments were an attempt to manipulate [...]	2008-10-23 16:07:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU
08ANKARA1881	TURKEY: CONSTITUTIONAL COURT ISSUES DETAILED [...] (C) Summary and Comment: Following closely on the heels of its October 22 verdict in the headscarf case (ref A),Turkey's Constitutional Court October 24 issued its detailed verdict fleshing out its July 30 ruling not to close the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) for alleged anti-se [...]	2008-10-28 13:30:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU
08ANKARA1882	PERSONNEL SHUFFLES ROCK STATE MEDIA GIANT [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-30 05:37:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	KPAO PHUM PGOV OSCE EU OIIP TU
08ANKARA19	TURKEY: 2007 - INTOLERANCE AND VIOLENCE TOWARD [...] (U) This is a joint Embassy Ankara-Consulate General Istanbul cable. 2. (C) Summary: Intolerance and violence against Turkey's dwindling religious minority communities spiked in 2007. The January assassination of Turkish-Armenian journalist Hrant Dink, the brutal killing of three Christian [...]	2008-01-04 12:57:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU
08ANKARA1916	TURKEY: PRO-KURDISH DEMOCRATIC SOCIETY PARTY [...] (C) Summary and comment: The symbolism of victory in the March 2009 local elections is helping fuel the rapidly rising tension and violence in Turkey's Southeast (reftel). PM Erdogan's repeated visits to the region in recent weeks are part of the ruling Justice and Development Party's (AKP's) [...]	2008-11-05 09:56:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU
08ANKARA1935	TURKEY: PKK SUCCEEDING IN DRIVING WEDGE BETWEEN [...] (U) This is a Consulate Adana cable. 2. (C) Summary: During one week of meetings in southeastern Turkey, PolOff met with political figures, writers and NGOs to discuss the Kurdish issue, growing regional tension, and upcoming local elections. Contacts said the PKK is using the pro-Kurdish [...]	2008-11-07 16:40:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU
08ANKARA1937	TURKEY: EU PROGRESS REPORT CITES LACK OF REFORMS [...] (C) Summary and Comment: The EU's annual progress report on Turkey released November 5 met with mixed reaction here. Referring to the assessment as "balanced," GOT officials publicly highlighted its positive aspects, including Turkey's contributions to regional and energy security and progress [...]	2008-11-07 17:10:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU
08ANKARA1943	TURKEY: RESIGNATION OF POLITICAL HEAVYWEIGHT [...] (C) Summary and comment: The November 7 resignation of ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) Vice Chairman and party co-founder Dengir Mir Mehmet Firat surprised Ankara's political establishment and engendered immediate waves of speculation. Political circles dismissed Firat's stated re [...]	2008-11-10 12:07:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU
08ANKARA1984	TURKEY: MOVIE DEPICTING "REAL" ATATURK EVOKES [...] (C) Summary: Turkey's current box-office leader "Mustafa" is stirring emotions due to its portrayal of the modern Turkish Republic's founder Mustafa Kemal Ataturk as a lonely, hard-drinking man beset by doubts. After opening to sold out shows and rave reviews, hard-line Kemalist critics launc [...]	2008-11-14 15:07:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU
08ANKARA1993	TURKEY: AKP FLIRTS WITH ALEVI INITIATIVE [...] (C) Summary and comment: Alevi leaders greeted with skepticism Turkish press accounts that the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) plans to create an office within the Ministry of Culture and Tourism to fund Alevi prayer houses (cemevis) and broaden Alevi rights. They believe AKP is c [...]	2008-11-17 15:56:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU
08ANKARA2002	TURKEY: WHIRLING ISSUES BYPASS KONYA [...] (C) Summary and comment: The central Anatolian city of Konya has a rich history and unique modern-day economic and political importance to Turkey. In the past decade, this "Anatolian Tiger" of 1 million people has built a dynamic economy centered on industrial agriculture but expanding rapid [...]	2008-11-19 12:53:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU
08ANKARA2005	OBAMA SPELLS HOPE FOR TURKEY'S HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (C) Summary and comment: An array of Turkey's most prominent human rights defenders hailed the election of Barack Obama as the beginning of a new era for the advancement of human rights in Turkey and the world. In the eyes of these activists, the European Union's ability to influence the GOT [...]	2008-11-19 15:53:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU
08ANKARA2006	DP PARTY CONGRESS: FANFARE FOR A COMMON MAN [...] (C) Summary: The center-right Democrat Party (DP),a former electoral powerhouse with a checkered history, held its national party congress on 15 November. The convention hall was packed, the participants energetic, and the incumbent chairman, Suleyman Soylu, was reelected easily with a mess [...]	2008-11-19 16:03:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	OSCE PGOV TU
08ANKARA2049	TURKEY: PKK LEADER OCALAN MAY GET COMPANY [...] (U) This is an AmConsulate Adana message. 2. (SBU) Summary: Acting on a year-old rebuke from the Council of Europe's Committee (COE) for the Prevention of Torture (CPT),the GOT has announced potential plans to modify the conditions of PKK leader Abdullah Ocalan, who has been in solitary c [...]	2008-11-25 13:53:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU
08ANKARA2066	TURKISH WOMEN TOO FIGHT DOMESTIC VIOLENCE [...] (SBU) Summary: Turkey's young but steadily growing women's rights movement can claim progress in recent years. A handful of committed NGO's pushed the GOT to make women's rights one of the centerpieces of the government's 2003-2004 effort to accelerate EU-related reforms. They succeeded: the [...]	2008-11-28 15:23:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU
08ANKARA2083	SIVAS AND YOZGAT: COMPLACENCY IN CENTRAL ANATOLIA [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-04 11:46:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	OSCE PGOV TU
08ANKARA2085	TURKEY: MFA ON THE HELSINKI OSCE MINISTERIAL [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-04 11:48:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	OSCE PREL PHUM KDEM GG RU
08ANKARA2086	TURKEY: ERDOGAN SHIFTS INTO NATIONALIST GEAR [...] (C) Summary: Islamist columnist Fehmi Koru's November 6 comment that Prime Minister Erdogan came to power in 2002 as an "Obama-like personality but came to resemble President Bush" drew an aggressive reaction from Erdogan and generated a groundswell of commentary. Many who had once supported [...]	2008-12-04 12:15:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU
08ANKARA2109	TURKEY: DIYARBAKIR MAYOR ENVISIONS 2009 PROGRESS [...] (U) This is a Consulate Adana cable. 2. (C) SUMMARY. Diyarbakir mayor Osman Baydemir voiced hope that the incoming Obama administration will address Turkey's Kurdish issue by mediating a dialogue that would result in an end to violence by the PKK and an expansion of Kurdish political righ [...]	2008-12-12 15:03:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU
08ANKARA211	TURKEY: ACADEMIC CONVICTED FOR INSULTING ATATURK [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-06 13:43:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU
08ANKARA2129	TURKEY: SIX MILLION NEW VOTERS CAN'T BE WRONG [...] (SBU) Summary: Controversy is swelling in Turkey surrounding a new voter registration system that has added six million additional registered voters to the voter lists in the runup to the 2009 local elections, fueling speculation of political manipulation. Critics of the new system charge th [...]	2008-12-17 15:25:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU
08ANKARA2158	OSMANLI CUMHURIYETI: A TURKEY WITHOUT ATATURK [...] (SBU) Summary: "Osmanli Cumhuriyeti," a recently released comedy film hypothesizes what Turkey would look like today had its founder, Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, not lived past the age of eight. Its vision is bleak, a combination of anti-Westernism and nostalgia for a largely-imagined golden age [...]	2008-12-23 08:41:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EU OSCE PGOV TU
08ANKARA24	TURKEY'S ULTRANATIONALIST "VALLEY OF THE WOLVES" [...] (C) Summary and comment: Turkey's popular television drama "Valley of the Wolves" is back on the air and setting new records in its fourth season. "Show TV" temporarily canceled the program in February 2007 due to government pressure and viewer complaints over the show's violence. Television [...]	2008-01-04 16:36:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU
08ANKARA275	TURKEY/KOSOVO: TURKEY TO FOLLOW CLOSE ON OUR HEELS [...] (U) This message contains an action request at para 5. 2. (C) Ambassador emphasized our hope that countries would recognize Kosovo soon after it declares independence, and reviewed with MFA U/S Apakan the request that Turkey become a member of the Kosovo International Steering Group (ISG) (r [...]	2008-02-13 15:17:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNAUS UNMIK PROV YI EU OSCE TU
08ANKARA285	TURKEY: ANKARA CONFERENCE DISCUSSES HOW TO [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-15 09:10:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU
08ANKARA306	TURKEY'S INTERNET REGULATION AT A CROSSROADS [...] (C) Summary: An ongoing struggle between Google and Turkey's Telecommunications Authority (TTA) highlights the difficult issues Turkey is grappling with as it attempts to harness the positive aspects of the Internet while limiting harmful content. Google, which owns the popular video-sharing [...]	2008-02-19 11:09:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU
08ANKARA315	TURKEY: PM ERDOGAN ANNOUNCES PLANS FOR EXPANDED [...] (C) Summary and comment. PM Erdogan and officials from the state-controlled "TRT" broadcasting network announced plans February 17 for TRT to dedicate a channel to broadcast an array of Kurdish language programs. The PM set no rollout date, but his statement provides the most specifics to dat [...]	2008-02-19 16:09:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU
08ANKARA326	TURKISH PARLIAMENT PASSES FOUNDATIONS LAW [...] (U) This is a joint Embassy Ankara - Consulate General Istanbul cable. 2. (C) Summary and comment: Turkey's parliament passed the long-delayed Foundations Law to expand non-Muslim religious property rights February 20, despite vocal condemnation from opposition parties and subdued criticis [...]	2008-02-21 13:41:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	KIRF PHUM PREL PGOV OSCE TU
08ANKARA375	TURKEY: MALATYA LAWYERS REQUEST RECUSAL OF [...] (C) Summary: Attorneys for the families of victims of the April 2007 Malatya triple murder of Christian bookstore workers (ref B) argued at the February 25 proceeding that the three-judge panel should be removed for bias. The court postponed the trial to March 17, to allow a Diyarbakir penal [...]	2008-02-27 10:46:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU
08ANKARA436	TURKEY: KURDISH REACTIONS TO THE CROSS-BORDER [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-06 05:39:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL PTER OSCE TU IZ
08ANKARA448	TURKEY'S COMPULSORY RELIGION COURSES ILLEGAL, TOP [...] (SBU) Summary: Turkey's highest administrative court ruled March 3 that students may be exempted from mandatory religious education classes. Alevis welcomed the ruling as a major victory, urging its immediate implementation. The EU called it a landmark decision, noting the court relied not [...]	2008-03-07 09:09:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIRF PHUM PREL OSCE TU
08ANKARA50	TURKISH PROSECUTOR INVESTIGATES CHILDREN'S CHOIR [...] (U) This is a joint Embassy Ankara-Consulate Adana cable. 2. (SBU) Summary: A Diyarbakir prosecutor's office may file charges shortly against fourteen local children, ages 12-17, for singing the Kurdish Regional Government (KRG) anthem at a US music festival. The prosecutor recently comple [...]	2008-01-10 13:52:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU
08ANKARA503	TURKEY'S EU ACCESSION PROCESS CREEPS FORWARD [...] (C) Summary and comment: Turkish academics and civil society activists are voicing frustration at the slow pace of EU membership-related reforms. They charge the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) is putting its "pet projects," such as lifting the headscarf ban at universities, ahead [...]	2008-03-14 11:10:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU
08ANKARA537	TURKEY: ALEVIS DETERMINED TO END MANADATORY [...] (C) Summary and comment: Alevi groups are committed to ensuring the GOT implements the Council of State's (Danistay's) March 3 ruling allowing students to be excused from Turkey's mandatory religious courses (ref A). These groups believe the ruling Justice and Development Party's (AKP's) cri [...]	2008-03-20 08:51:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	KIRF PHUM PREL OSCE TU
08ANKARA541	TURKEY: AKP CLOSURE CASE UPDATE (3/20) [...] (C) Summary and comment. While the embattled Justice and Development Party (AKP) squares off to fight its closure case tooth and nail, it is also redoubling its efforts to push forward EU-oriented reforms. One AKP MP reflected on the party's past shortcomings, and opposition parties criticize [...]	2008-03-20 12:50:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU
08ANKARA563	TURKEY: AKP CLOSURE CASE UPDATE (3/25) [...] (C) Summary and Comment: PM Erdogan, initially quick to claim that the closure case against his ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) was a reaction against the government crackdown on the Ergenekon gang, has begun to defer to the prosecutor,s denials as media increasingly portray the ne [...]	2008-03-25 12:58:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU
08ANKARA59	TURKEY'S PLANS TO AMEND CONTROVERSIAL "ARTICLE [...] (C) Summary: Divisions in Turkey's ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) have delayed plans by at least a week to introduce amendments to controversial Turkish Penal Code Article 301 (criminalizing insulting "Turkishness"). Four main amendments are under discussion: changing "insulting [...]	2008-01-11 12:08:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU
08ANKARA60	TURKEY: LAWYERS PREPARING TO PROBE MALATYA MURDERS [...] (C) Summary: Attorneys for the families of victims of the April 2007 triple murder of Christian bookstore workers in Malatya (reftel) will have their first chance to question the five defendants when the trial continues on Monday, January 14. They plan to press the suspects to explain telep [...]	2008-01-11 12:16:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU
08ANKARA603	TURKEY BLOCKS "YOUTUBE" AND OTHER POPULAR WEBSITES [...] (C) Summary and Comment: As Turkey's recent ban of the YouTube video sharing site entered its 13th day, a frustrated senior official at Google, YouTube's owner, told us Google would decide within three to six months whether to abandon operations in Turkey. Google contends that Turkey's curren [...]	2008-04-01 09:41:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU
08ANKARA639	TURKEY: OPPOSITION PARTY CHALLENGES FOUNDATIONS [...] (C) Summary and Comment: The opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) applied to the Constitutional Court on March 23 to annul nine articles of the recently adopted Foundations Law on the ground that they violate Turkey's Constitution, laws, and the 1923 Treaty of Lausanne. The nine articl [...]	2008-04-04 11:29:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	KIRF PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU
08ANKARA661	TURKEY: MAVERICK KURDISH POLITICIAN SHOWS [...] (C) Summary and Comment: Kurdish schoolteacher-turned-politician Abdullah Demirbas recently described to us the immense pressure brought to bear on him for his attempts to use Kurdish language in public services while serving as Democratic Society Party (DTP) mayor of Diyarbakir's Sur distric [...]	2008-04-08 05:53:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU
08ANKARA690	TURKEY: NGO'S PRESENT KURDISH SOLUTIONS TO A [...] (C) A broad coalition of Diyarbakir civil society organizations sent a delegation to Ankara this week to present a series of recommendations on how the government can address the Southeast's socio-economic problems. On the economic side, the recommendations focus on improving the effectivenes [...]	2008-04-11 11:39:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU
08ANKARA714	TURKEY: RULING PARTY STILL WORKING OUT "ARTICLE [...] (C) Summary: As a bill to amend controversial Turkish Penal Code Article 301 (criminalizing insulting "Turkishness") inches its way toward the floor of Turkish Parliament, Turkey's ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) members remain divided on the key issue of who should review cases to [...]	2008-04-16 14:51:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU
08ANKARA719	TURKEY: BILL EXPANDING KURDISH LANGUAGE [...] (C) Summary and Comment: Parliament's Planning and Budget Subcommittee will take up a bill April 18 submitted by Turkey's state-controlled "TRT" broadcasting network to expand Kurdish-language (and other foreign language) broadcasting. The draft legislation follows up on PM Erdogan's Februar [...]	2008-04-17 11:51:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU
08ANKARA720	TURKEY: 53 KURDISH MAYORS CONVICTED IN FREE SPEECH [...] (U) Summary and Comment. The Diyarbakir Heavy Criminal Court convicted 53 mayors from the pro-Kurdish Democratic Society Party (DTP) April 15 of "praising criminal activity" and fined them USD 1500, a much-reduced penalty than the hard prison time originally sought by the prosecution. The co [...]	2008-04-17 12:27:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE DE TU
08ANKARA728	EU PRESIDENT BARROSO GOES "BACK TO BASICS" IN [...] (U) This is a joint Embassy Ankara - Consulate Istanbul cable. 2. (C) Summary and comment: European Union President Jose Manuel Barroso's April 11-12 visit to Turkey coincided with intense national debate and polarization over the March 14 indictment to close the ruling Justice and Develop [...]	2008-04-18 12:38:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU
08ANKARA73	TURKEY: MAIN ALEVI ORGANIZATIONS BOYCOTT PM [...] (C) Summary: Turkey's main Alevi organizations boycotted a January 11 Muharram iftar organized by Justice and Development Party (AKP) MPs as outreach to Alevi communities. They saw the event as "Sunni-centric", aimed at assimilating Alevis into mainstream Sunni society, and demonstrated their [...]	2008-01-14 14:30:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU
08ANKARA833	TURKISH PARLIAMENT (FINALLY) AMENDS "ARTICLE 301" [...] (C) Summary and Comment: Following an all-night session and two years of heated debate, Turkey's parliament voted 250-65 to amend controversial Turkish Penal Code Article 301 (criminalizing "insulting Turkishness") at 5 am April 30. The bill, which requires that the Justice Minister authorize [...]	2008-04-30 11:58:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU
08ANKARA939	TURKEY: CFE CONSULTATIONS WITH RUSSIAN DFM KISLYAK [...] (C) Summary: MFA Arms Control Deputy Director General Ahmet Muhtar Gun told us May 14 that Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Kislyak probed for weaknesses in the Alliance's position on CFE, griped about Alliance "failures" to respond to Russia's concerns, and pressed Turkey to give up the Flank [...]	2008-05-15 11:46:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KCFE OSCE RS TU
08ASHGABAT1360	TURKMENISTAN: OSCE/ODIHR TEAM STILL UNDECIDED ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: As of October 14, it appeared that OSCE was still negotiating with the Turkmen government regarding the size and nature of an OSCE group that would come for the December parliamentary elections. Turkmen officials seem to understand little about international election observatio [...]	2008-10-15 10:30:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PHUM KDEM OSCE TX
08ASHGABAT269	TURKMENISTAN: OSCE CONSIDERING GREATER [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: A delegation from OSCE's Conflict Prevention Center headed by Senior Board Advisor Henry Bolton told the Embassy on February 13 that, as a result of the Russian Federation's concern over the volume of opiate impo [...]	2008-02-22 11:40:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL EAID SNAR SMIG OSCE TX
08ASHGABAT481	TURKMENISTAN: OSCE NATIONAL MINORITIES EXPERT [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: An OSCE expert on national minorities was in Ashgabat April 16 to try to initiate a dialogue with Turkmen officials on minority education. The government appears to have given the OSCE the cold shoulder on this [...]	2008-04-17 05:35:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM SCUL OSCE TX
08ASHGABAT780	TURKMENISTAN: RELATIVE OF OVERSEAS OPPOSITION [...] (C) SUMMARY: Allowed to depart Turkmenistan for heart surgery in Moscow in May 2007, Ovez Annayev, brother-in-law of exile opposition leader and former Central Bank Chairman Khudaiberdy Orazov, is not being allowed to return to Moscow following a short trip home earlier this month to see his [...]	2008-06-19 12:39:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM OSCE TX
08ASHGABAT789	TURKMENISTAN: POST INPUT TO OSCE PRE-HDIM [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) In response to reftel request, post provides the following input for the pre-HDIM demarche to the Turkmen government: BEGIN DEMARCHE TEXT: 3. (SBU) The Government of the United Sta [...]	2008-06-23 12:41:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM OSCE TX
08ASHGABAT827	TURKMENISTAN: GOVERNMENT REPRESENTATIVES REJECT [...] (C) Local OSCE Human Dimension Officer Benjamin Moreau told PolOff June 25 that OSCE had recently held a meeting with Institute for Democracy and Human Rights Director Shirin Akhmedova and other government officials to discuss Turkmenistan,s view of the draft election law assessment that th [...]	2008-07-07 06:41:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM OSCE TX
08ASHGABAT956	OSCE HUMAN DIMENSION MEETING DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO THE [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-24 13:05:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED	OSCE PREL PHUM KDEM TX
08ASHGABAT972	TURKMENISTAN VOWS NOT TO BLOCK HDIM AGENDA [...] (SBU) On July 28, MFA Americas Department Director Serdar Bashimov met with Charge to deliver Turkmenistan's reply to the Human Dimension Implementation Meeting demarche contained Ref. A. He made the following points: -- Turkmenistan appreciates the language noting positive developments in [...]	2008-07-28 12:13:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL KDEM OSCE TX
08ASTANA1147	KAZAKHSTAN - EMBASSY INPUT FOR OSCE HUMAN [...] (U) This cable constitutes post's input on Kazakhstan democracy and human rights concerns for demarches in preparation of the OSCE Human Dimension Implementation Meeting (HDIM). Democracy and Political Rights ------------------------------ 2. (SBU) When Kazakkhstan was selected as 2010 O [...]	2008-06-18 06:29:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM OSCE KDEM PREL KZ
08ASTANA1158	SCENESETTER FOR CODEL HASTINGS'S VISIT TO KAZAKHSTAN FOR [...] (SBU) Your visit to Kazakhstan for the annual session of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly comes at a particularly opportune time. With its recent selection as 2010 OSCE chairman and thriving energy sector, Kazakhstan is showing increasing confidence on the international stage. The country is r [...]	2008-06-20 05:16:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON OSCE OVIP OTRA KZ
08ASTANA1194	KAZAKHSTAN - PRESIDENT NAZARBAYEV DISCUSSES MADRID [...] (U) President Nazarbayev touched on Kazakhstan's Madrid commitments on democratic reform at the conclusion of his June 29 speech to the annual session of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly, which is being held in Astana from June 29 to July 2. This is the first time that Nazarbayev has publicly [...]	2008-06-30 11:12:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM OSCE PREL KZ
08ASTANA1341	KAZAKHSTAN: OSCE HUMAN DIMENSION DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-24 11:08:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL OSCE KDEM KZ
08ASTANA1697	KAZAKHSTANI LEADERSHIP PROMISES BOUCHER FOLLOW [...] (C) Prime Minister Masimov and Foreign Minister Tazhin, citing President Nazarbayev's public commitment, told Assistant Secretary Boucher on September 2 that Kazakhstan would follow through on its Madrid commitments on democratic reform. Masimov looked forward to next steps on the Public-Priv [...]	2008-09-08 07:59:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM OSCE ECON KZ
08ASTANA1815	KAZAKHSTAN - WORKING GROUP SUBMITS RECOMMENDATIONS ON [...] (SBU) The Information and Culture Ministry's working group on amendments to Kazakhstan's media law has forwarded a "concept" for the amendments and nine specific proposals to the Ministry of Justice for further action. Two NGOs that participated in the working group complained to us that the n [...]	2008-09-19 09:47:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV KDEM OSCE KZ
08ASTANA2256	KAZAKHSTAN: LEGISLATION IMPLEMENTING MADRID COMMITMENTS [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The Cabinet approved draft legislative packages amending Kazakhstan's laws on elections, political parties, and the media on November 11. Prime Minister Masimov promised they would be sent expeditiously to the Ma [...]	2008-11-14 10:42:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM OSCE KZ
08ASTANA2318	PRESIDENT NAZARBAYEV CALLS FOR GREATER INTERNATIONAL ROLE, [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for Internet distribution. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: In his speech to Kazakhstan's top diplomats on November 19, President Nazarbayev asked the MFA to develop a new foreign policy concept that underscores Kazakhstan's growing role on the global scene. He n [...]	2008-11-24 10:54:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM ECON KDEM OSCE KZ
08ASTANA2398	KAZAKHSTAN: OPPOSITION PARTIES CRITICIZE MADRID LAWS, BUT [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) This is the first in a series of cables analyzing reactions to Kazakhstan's Madrid legislation. 3. (SBU) SUMMARY: On November 19, a group of Western diplomats met with leading opposition parties to gather their reactio [...]	2008-12-04 11:15:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM OSCE KDEM KZ
08ASTANA2399	KAZAKHSTAN: CIVIL SOCIETY PESSIMISTIC ON MADRID LAWS [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) This is the second in a series of cables analyzing reactions to Kazakhstan's Madrid legislation. 3. (SBU) SUMMARY: On November 19, several leading NGOs shared their views on the draft laws on political parties, electio [...]	2008-12-04 12:00:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM OSCE KDEM KZ
08ASTANA2469	KAZAKHSTAN: THE STATE OF THE MEDIA - STILL A LONG WAY TO [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On November 26, the Kazakhstani Press Club hosted a conference on the state of the media in Kazakhstan. Some 200 people -- including media experts, representatives of international and nongovernmental organizations [...]	2008-12-18 16:25:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM SOCI KDEM KPAO OSCE KZ
08ASTANA2522	KAZAKHSTAN: CIVIL SOCIETY LEADER ZHOVTIS: "I'D RATHER [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: During a December 18 meeting in Almaty with the Ambassador, Kazakhstan International Human Rights Bureau Director Yevgeniy Zhovtis offered his views on democracy, human rights, and the political situation in Kazakh [...]	2008-12-22 08:48:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM SOCI KDEM OSCE KZ
08ASTANA2577	KAZAKHSTAN: ASTANA-BASED AMBASSADORS AGREE: "DEMOCRACY [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) This is the third in a series of cables analyzing reactions to Kazakhstan's OSCE Madrid-commitment legislation (reftels A and B). 3. (SBU) SUMMARY: On December 30, the Ambassador hosted a working lunch for ambassadors [...]	2008-12-31 08:05:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM OSCE KDEM KZ
08ASTANA342	KAZAKHSTAN: PRESIDENT NAZARBAYEV DISCUSSES [...] (S) President Nazarbayev thanked Assistant Secretary Boucher for U.S. support for Kazakhstan's OSCE chairmanship bid during a February 11 meeting. (Septel provides details of their discussion of the commitments on democratic reform that Kazakhstan made at the OSCE Madrid ministerial.) Nazarba [...]	2008-02-19 03:53:00	Embassy Astana	SECRET	PREL OSCE ECON EPET KZ
08ASTANA824	KAZAKHSTAN - FORWARD MOVEMENT ON AMENDING MEDIA [...] (SBU) Pol-Econ Chief met on April 24 with Anastasiya Shchegortsova, head of the Information and Culture Ministry's Strategic Planning Department, and Bogatoz Kaipova, from the Presidential Administration's Domestic Policy Department, to discuss Kazakhstan's Madrid commitment to amend the countr [...]	2008-04-25 10:45:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KDEM OSCE KZ
08ATHENS1457	DAS GRAFFY MEETS WITH GREEK PARLIAMENTARIANS ON [...] (SBU) Summary: On October 8, Deputy Assistant Secretary (DAS) for Public Diplomacy for Europe and EurAsia Colleen Graffy met with several Members of Parliament (MP) from the Greek Special Standing Committee on Protection of the Environment. The discussion focused largely on managing carbon [...]	2008-10-20 06:35:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED	KGHG EAGR SENV ENRG TRGY PREL PGOV OSCE AF GR
08ATHENS1517	GREECE/RUSSIA: KEEPING THE GOG ON THE RIGHT TRACK [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-05 12:13:00	Embassy Athens	SECRET	PGOV ENRG RS IR NATO PREL CY IT TU OSCE GR
08ATHENS1539	GEORGIAN FM VISIT TO ATHENS: GREEK, GEORGIAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: During her November 6-7 visit to Athens, Georgian FM Tkeshelashvili discussed with FM Bakoyannis and other Greek interlocutors problems with the OSCE observer mission in Georgia, the recent donors' conferences, the plight of IDPs, the Geneva talks, energy pipelines, and domestic i [...]	2008-11-10 15:41:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV OSCE GR RS GG

08ATHENS1589	GREECE/OSCE: FM BAKOYANNIS LAYS OUT OSCE PRIORITIES [...] (C) Greek Foreign Minister Dora Bakoyannis, who will be OSCE Chairman-in-Office (CIO) in 2009, laid out her priorities for the OSCE in a November 13 speech at the Greek Foreign Ministry. She emphasized the importance of OSCE cooperation with other IOs, including the UN, the EU, and NATO. Sh [...]	2008-11-25 14:17:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM OSCE GR RS NATO EUN GG
08ATHENS1605	GREECE/OSCE: GREEK VIEWS ON HELSINKI MINISTERIAL [...] (C) A/Political Counselor met 11/28 with Deputy Head of the MFA OSCE Chairmanship Task Force, Louis-Alkiviadis Abadis, to deliver reftel points on the U.S. priorities for the Helsinki OSCE Ministerial. Abadis had the following comments on our points: -- Ministerial Declaration: He noted t [...]	2008-11-28 14:36:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL OSCE GR RS GG AM AJ
08ATHENS196	OSCE/KOSOVO: GREECE OPPOSES BERLIN MECHANISM [...] (C) A/Political Counselor met with MFA Ambassador Petros Avierinos, Director of the D3 Directorate for OSCE and Council of Europe Affairs, to make reftel points on the possibility of Serbia invoking the OSCE's Berlin Mechanism following a declaration of independence from Kosovo. Avierinos was [...]	2008-02-12 13:15:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV YI KV EU OSCE GR
08ATHENS427	GREECE/OSCE: BILATERAL CONSULTATIONS ON 2009 [...] (U) This is a joint Embassy Athens/USOSCE Cable. 2. (C) Summary. USOSCE Ambassador Finley, EUR A/DAS Robbins, and Embassy Athens and USOSCE personnel met March 17 with Greek officials to consult on Greek plans for the upcoming 2009 Chairmanship of the OSCE. The Greeks have identified ke [...]	2008-03-20 08:56:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	OSCE PGOV PREL PHUM KRIF GR AF ZL
08ATHENS566	MFA CITES THREE CONCERNS WITH OSCE ROLE IN [...] (C) On Aprl Poloff delivered reftel demarche and points to Mr. Sotirios Demestichas of the MFA D3 Directorate for the OSCE and the Council of Europe. Demestichas emphasized that any OSCE engagement with Afghanistan should address what the Afghan government cites as its priorities, and he look [...]	2008-04-22 09:44:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV BGMT OSCE PREL PTER GR AF
08BAKU129	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: LIKELY AZERBAIJANI REACTION [...] (C) The Ambassador delivered reftel points on Kosovo's anticipated declaration of independence in a February 12 meeting with Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov (other topics septel). Noting that he had discussed this issue with EUR Assistant Secretary Fried in Munich, Mammadyarov [...]	2008-02-12 14:39:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PBTS UNAUS UNMIK OSCE AJ
08BAKU543	AZERBAIJAN: INPUT FOR OSCE HUMAN DIMENSION MEETING [...] (SBU) As requested ref a, the Embassy offers our thoughts on areas of concern in Azerbaijan's human rights performance that could be discussed with the GOAJ in the run-up to the September 29 - October 10 OSCE Human Dimension Implementation Meeting (HDIM),in hopes of securing greater progress. [...]	2008-06-10 12:53:00	Embassy Baku	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM KDEM OSCE AJ
08BAKU599	OSCE/ODIHR ELECTION EXPERTS RECOMMEND OBSERVATION [...] (C) Summary: OSCE/ODIHR election experts conducted a needs assessment June 17-20, in preparation for Azerbaijan's October 15 presidential election. Although they were concerned by problems in the pre-election environment (particularly with regard to media freedom and freedom of assembly),th [...]	2008-06-25 14:25:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM OSCE AJ
08BAKU700	OSCE HUMAN DIMENSION MEETING DEMARCHE-AZERBAIJAN [...] (C) Per reftel request, PolOff delivered USG concerns and comments to Zaur Ahmadov, Human Rights Attache at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA). 2. (C) Ahmadov thanked the Embassy for the points, describing the non-paper as "a very good paper," and offered comments on a number of the iss [...]	2008-07-23 05:42:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM OSCE PREL PHUM
08BELGRADE602	SERBIA: INPUT FOR OSCE HUMAN DIMENSION MEETING [...] (SBU) In response to reftel request for input, post suggests the following areas of concern that the U.S. delegation to the Human Dimension Implementation Meeting (HDIM) might wish to raise: -- The remaining three fugitive war crimes suspects under indictment by the International Criminal Tri [...]	2008-06-17 16:56:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM OSCE KDEM PREL SR
08BELGRADE755	SERBIA: OSCE HDIM DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] Per Ref A instructions, Poloff on July 25 delivered the demarche on the upcoming OSCE Human Dimension Implementation Meeting (HDIM) to Marina Ivanovic of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Directorate for Human Rights. 2. Poloff provided Ivanovic with a modified copy of the points concerning S [...]	2008-07-25 19:17:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED	OSCE PREL PHUM KDEM SR
08BERLIN1130	TFGG01: MERKEL "WILL TALK TOUGH" IN SOCHI; [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-15 11:06:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PREL PHUM OSCE UN GG RS
08BERLIN1155	GERMANY TO DOUBLE GEORGIAN HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE [...] (C) The German Foreign Office announced August 19 that Germany would increase its humanitarian assistance to Georgia from 1 million to 2 million euros. POLOFF spoke on August 20 with Georgia Desk Officer Gosse at the MFA for more detail on the additional one million euros. Gosse confirmed tha [...]	2008-08-21 05:30:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS OSCE PHUM PREL UN GG RS GM
08BERLIN1173	GERMANY: HUMANITARIAN AID LIMITED BY RUSSIAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: POLOFF met August 21 with Deputy Head of the Task Force for Humanitarian Aid and Mine Action Oliver Owcza and Desk Officer Miriam Lenz to discuss the findings of the delegation to Georgia August 20 and 21 (Ref A). Owcza and Lenz charged that the Russians had interfered with the d [...]	2008-08-22 13:10:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS OSCE PHUM PREL UN GG RS GM
08BERLIN1176	GERMANY CAREFULLY WATCHING RUSSIAN WITHDRAWAL [...] (C) Summary: PolOff met with MFA Division Head for Russia and Ukraine Ernst Reichel to discuss the Russian troop withdrawal from Georgia on August 22. Reichel emphasized that Russia's actions over the next day are vital for mitigating damage to its relations and reputation. Although confusi [...]	2008-08-22 16:38:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS OSCE PHUM PREL UN GG RS GM EU
08BERLIN1187	GERMANY REACTS STRONGLY TO RUSSIAN RECOGNITION OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: German officials reacted strongly to Russia's recognition of Abkhazia and South Ossetia August 26. See para 7 for the full text of a German government statement on the matter. During a visit to Estonia today, Chancellor Merkel said the recognition was "absolutely unacceptable" [...]	2008-08-26 16:16:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS OSCE PHUM PREL UN GG RS GM EU
08BERLIN1261	GERMANY/GEORGIA: STATUS OF EU OBSERVER MISSION AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: The German government is using numerous bilateral and multilateral tools to assist Georgia in its recovery from the recent war with Russia. Germany strongly supports the EU observer mission in Georgia and seems determined to meet the October 1 deployment deadline. Chancellor Merk [...]	2008-09-12 15:54:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS OSCE PHUM PREL UN GG RS GM EU
08BERLIN1286	GERMANY: MOVING FORWARD WITH EU OBSERVER MISSION [...] (C) SUMMARY: Germany plans to have 18 of the 40 observers it has pledged for the EU observer mission on the ground in Georgia early next week, with the additional 22 on standby should the EU need them. Contacts at MFA and the German Government Center for International Peace Operations (Zentru [...]	2008-09-18 15:06:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS OSCE PHUM PREL UN GG RS GM EUN
08BERLIN1365	GERMAN VIEWS ON MAP, STRASBOURG/KEHL SUMMIT, [...] (C) SUMMARY: German officials at the Chancellery and MFA told visiting EUR/RPM Director Bruce Turner October 2 that while they saw little chance of extending MAP to Georgia or Ukraine at the December NATO foreign ministerial, they agreed it was necessary to agree on a way ahead to fulfill the [...]	2008-10-06 16:56:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PGOV NATO EUN OSCE GG GM RS FR
08BERLIN1407	GERMANY: UNCERTAIN ABOUT AID PACKAGE AND MIXED ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: Poloff delivered reftel points to MFA Deputy Office Director for South Caucasus and Central Asia Maria Gosse on October 14, who stressed that Germany plans on delivering an aid package for Georgia and the region, but is unlikely to provide direct budget support. Gosse also shared [...]	2008-10-17 13:16:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS OSCE PHUM PREL UN GG RS GM
08BERLIN1554	GERMANY: EXPECTATIONS LOW FOR NOVEMBER 19 GENEVA [...] (C)SUMMARY. Contacts at the MFA and the Chancellery remain hopeful that the Geneva Talks will succeed in bringing all parties--especially Abkhazia and South Ossetia--to the table on November 19. Poloffs met with Chancellery Desk Officer for South Caucasus and Central Asia Agapi Nehring, who [...]	2008-11-18 09:47:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS OSCE PHUM PREL UN GG RS GM NATO EUN
08BERLIN540	GERMANY: OPEN TO CUSTOMS TRAINING ROLE FOR OSCE IN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Pol-mil/external chief delivered reftel points to MFA Afghanistan desk officer Clemens Hach and OSCE desk officer Eric Tosatti April 24, emphasizing that the U.S. felt it was important to go forward as soon as possible in implementing the December 2007 decision on providing OSCE [...]	2008-04-25 16:39:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL OSCE AF GM
08BERN610	SWISS RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE REGARDING HELSINKI OSCE [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered the message in reftel to Lukas Rosenkranz, Head of the OSCE Office within the Swiss Ministry of Foreign Affairs (EDA),on December 1. The reftel talking points largely were familiar to Rosenkranz, who noted that he had heard the same issues raised by the USG through his [...]	2008-12-02 13:11:00	Embassy Bern	CONFIDENTIAL	OSCE PREL PHUM KDEM GG RU SZ
08BERN62	KOSOVO: DEFENDING THE U.S. POSITION IN THE OSCE [...] (C) A/POL Counselor delivered the message in reftel on February 12 to Sabrina Dallafior, Head of the MFA Office for OSCE Affairs, and to Didier Chassot, MFA Regional Coordinator for Southeastern Europe. Dallafior already was aware of the issue. She and Chassot agreed that an attempt by Serbia [...]	2008-02-12 16:28:00	Embassy Bern	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNAUS UNMIK OSCE YI SZ
08BISHKEK1116	OSCE BRIEFS BISHKEK AMBASSADORS; PROMISES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Andrew Tesoriere, chief of the Bishkek OSCE Center, convened an October 15 meeting of OSCE member state Ambassadors to outline OSCE goals and programs, which he claimed arose from Kyrgyz requests. Key among these activities is OSCE's ongoing police reform program, where cooper [...]	2008-11-03 10:55:00	Embassy Bishkek	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM KG OSCE
08BRATISLAVA282	SLOVAKIA INPUT FOR OSCE HUMAN DIMENSION MEETING [...] (SBU) Summary. Slovakia is a functioning Parliamentary democracy and market economy that, for the most part, has done very well implementing its OSCE commitments to human rights and fundamental freedoms. In recent years Slovakia has become an advocate for human rights and fundamental freedoms [...]	2008-06-13 14:31:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM OSCE KDEM PREL LO
08BRATISLAVA382	TFGG01: SLOVAKIA WILL URGE RUSSIAN WITHDRAWAL BUT [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-14 13:43:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PREL PHUM OSCE UN GG RS LO
08BRATISLAVA384	TFGG01: FM KUBIS: SLOVAK GOVERNMENT NOW UNITED ON [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-15 15:50:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PREL PHUM OSCE UN GG RS LO
08BRUSSELS1278	TFGG01: BELGIUM OFFERS MIL OBSERVERS FOR OSCE'S [...] (C) The military adviser to Minister of Defense Pieter De Crem informed us that the GoB is consulting with OSCE about the latter's efforts to expand its group of military observers in Georgia from the current eight to a possible one hundred and has offered to contribute ten Belgian military of [...]	2008-08-19 11:20:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL OSCE MOPS PREF GG RU BE
08BRUSSELS1345	DAS MERKEL DISCUSSES RUSSIA, BELARUS, UKRAINE, [...] (C) Summary: Deputy Assistant Secretary David Merkel discussed Russia, Belarus, Ukraine, and Moldova with EU officials in Brussels August 24 and 25. EU officials discussed their expectations for an extraordinary European Council meeting on Georgia and Russia September 1. Just back from Mins [...]	2008-08-29 14:16:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EUN OSCE UK RU BO MD GG
08BRUSSELS1430	NEW EU SPECIAL REP FOR GEORGIA MEETS WITH DAS [...] (SBU) The EU's new Special Representative for the Georgia Crisis, Pierre Morel, met with visiting Deputy Assistant Secretary David Merkel September 15. During their lunch, Morel got "the call" that his new position had been made official at the EU Foreign Ministers GAERC. Morel told Merkel t [...]	2008-09-15 17:50:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EUN GG KZ OSCE PGOV PREL TU UZ
08BRUSSELS165	SCA ADVISOR DEUTSCH SEEKS SUPPORT FROM EC AND EIB [...] (C) Senior Economic Advisor for South and Central Asian Affairs Robert Deutsch met with European Commission, European Investment Bank, and KfW Bank officials January 23 - 24 in Brussels to discuss the Central to South Asia Regional Electricity Market (CASAREM). European Commission (EC) Head o [...]	2008-02-01 14:34:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EU EAID OSCE AF TI TX UZ XG ZK PK
08BRUSSELS1826	BELGIUM: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON HELSINKI OSCE [...] (U) Emboff delivered reftel points on the upcoming Helsinki OSCE Ministerial on December 1 to Mr. Thierry Vuylsteke, the Ministry of Foreign Affair's Director of its OSCE Department. 2. (C) Vuylsteke, who has followed OSCE issues since 2001 and will be part of Belgium's approximately 15 [...]	2008-12-03 13:08:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	OSCE PREL PHUM KDEM GG RU BE
08BRUSSELS240	DEMARCHE TO BELGIANS ON KOSOVO AND THE OSCE [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-12 14:29:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	EU OSCE PGOV PREL UNAUS UNMIK YI BE
08BRUSSELS410	DAS KRAMER AND AMB STEWART DISCUSS BELARUS WITH EU [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-18 17:55:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL EAID ECON ENRG OSCE EUN BO XH
08BRUSSELS411	EU: COMMISSION TO DELAY MINSK OPENING [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-19 11:37:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL EAID ECON ENRG OSCE EUN BO XH
08BRUSSELS458	BELARUS: EU TRENDING TOWARD ENGAGEMENT WITH REGIME [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-27 15:10:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL ECON ETTC OSCE EUN BO XH
08BRUSSELS945	GUANTANAMO DETAINEES -- SUGGESTIONS FOR A SPECIAL [...] (C/NOFORN) Belgian Senator and OSCE Parliamentary Representative on Guantanamo Anne-Marie Lizin engaged in an open and frank discussion June 12 with Ambassador Fox on her trip to Guantanamo Detention Facility and what to do about the remaining detainees there. She provided an advance copy o [...]	2008-06-20 11:08:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	KDRG PHUM PTER OSCE PREL MOPS PINS BE
08BUDAPEST1157	HUNGARIAN FOCUS AT THE HELSINKI OSCE MINISTERIAL [...] (C) MFA Deputy Director of the International Organizations and Human Rights Department, Zoltan Pecze, discussed reftel with PolOff on December 2. Pecze stated that Foreign Minister Goncz will directly address the Medvedev Security Treaty proposal during her speech at the December 4-5 Ministe [...]	2008-12-03 13:49:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL OSCE RU HU
08BUDAPEST821	TFGG01: DEMARCHE DELIVERED: RUSSI... [...] (U) This is an action request. See Paragraph 6. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Ref points were delivered on 14 August to GoH Ministry of Foreign Affairs State Secretaries Dr. Jeno Faller and Vilmos Hamikus. Charge also delivered ref points to Ambassador Karoly Banai, Chief Foreign and Security Policy Advisor to t [...]	2008-08-14 16:47:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PREL PHUM OSCE UN GG RS HU
08BUDAPEST837	TFGG01 HUNGARY - WHERE THEY STAND ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: Despite similarities to the 1956 Soviet invasion, the Hungarian Government has been reluctant to go further in its criticism of Russia than the EU-NATO consensus statements supporting Georgia. With the Prime Minister notably silent on the issue, President Solyom finally stepped f [...]	2008-08-22 14:29:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PREL PHUM OSCE UN GG RS HU
08BUDAPEST858	HUNGARY ON UPCOMING EU COUNCIL MEETING RE [...] (C) The Foreign Minister's Chief of Staff briefed Ambassador Foley on the positions Hungary intends to forward at the upcoming EU Council meeting. Hungary will praise the French presidency for its activism, support the EU statement condemning the recognition of the disputed regions, demand fu [...]	2008-08-29 16:48:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV OSCE UN GG RS HU
08CAIRO2578	CODEL HASTINGS' CAIRO MEETINGS [...] (C) Summary: In December 6 meetings, senior Egyptian government officials told Rep. Alcee Hastings (D-FL) that the incoming U.S. administration should focus on the Israeli-Palestinian peace process "from day one." FM Ahmed Aboul Gheit told Hastings that the Barcelona Process has been completely dis [...]	2008-12-30 13:40:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PBTS OSCE PHUM KCRM OREP EUN PREF
08CHISINAU130	MORE TRANSNISTRIAN LEGAL TRADE IN 2007 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Throughout 2007 the Government of Moldova (GOM) honored its commitment to facilitate legal Transnistrian (TN) trade. The GOM's final 2007 TN trade data document increases in certified exports and imports, increases in the numbers of companies registered with Chisinau, and increa [...]	2008-02-11 12:18:00	Embassy Chisinau	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PBTS PREL PGOV ETRD OSCE MD
08CHISINAU620	EMBASSY CHISINAU INPUT FOR OSCE HUMAN DIMENSION MEETING [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-13 14:34:00	Embassy Chisinau	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM OSCE KDEM PREL MD
08CHISINAU71	SOVA: READY FOR NEXT STEPS AFTER VORONIN'S MEETING [...] (C) SUMMARY: Apparently, no major Transnistria (TN) initiatives flowed from the January 21-22 Putin-Voronin talks in Moscow. Minister Sova recently talked twice with Transnistrian "Foreign Minister" Litskai, who confidentially warned Sova that Smirnov or his inner circle may stage a provocat [...]	2008-01-28 10:58:00	Embassy Chisinau	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS OSCE RU UK MD
08CHISINAU746	TRANSNISTRIAN POWER STRUGGLES OVER [...] (C) SUMMARY: Two succession-related power struggles are currently taking place in Transnistria. The first is the struggle to determine who will succeed Valeri Litskai as Transnistrian "Minister" for Foreign Affairs. Political insiders who attended the Embassy's 4th of July reception categor [...]	2008-07-11 14:29:00	Embassy Chisinau	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS OSCE PGOV PINR MD
08CHISINAU777	MOLDOVA RECEIVES NON-PAPERS FOR UPCOMING OSCE HUMAN [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-23 08:47:00	Embassy Chisinau	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MD OSCE PREL PHUM KDEM
08CHISINAU786	3-PLUS-2 MEETING GIVES IMPULSE TO [...] (C) Summary: The July 21-23 meeting of observers and mediators to the 5-plus-2 process (known as the 3-plus-2) was successful in giving greater impulse to the working groups. The US, EU, OSCE, and to a lesser extent Ukraine reps repeatedly stressed the need for starting work on the political [...]	2008-07-28 12:34:00	Embassy Chisinau	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PBTS ECON OSCE MD
08COPENHAGEN436	TFGG01: DENMARK FIRM ON RUSSIA, CONCERNED ABOUT [...] (U) Danish Foreign Minister Per Stig Moeller warned publicly August 13 that Denmark will have to "reconsider" its relationship with Russia if Russian forces are in violation of the agreed cease-fire. Moeller, speaking after the GAERC EU foreign ministers meeting that day, acknowledged that Ge [...]	2008-08-14 14:14:00	Embassy Copenhagen	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL MOPS PHUM OSCE UN GG RS DA
08COPENHAGEN63	DANES WILL OPPOSE OSCE BERLIN MECHANISM ON KOSOVO [...] (C) Denmark will oppose any effort to invoke the OSCE's Berlin Mechanism in connection with a declaration of independence from Kosovo. MFA Kosovo Desk Officer Asger Kroll told us February 12 that Denmark sees "eye to eye" with the USG on the inappropriateness of the Berlin Mechanism in this c [...]	2008-02-12 10:40:00	Embassy Copenhagen	CONFIDENTIAL	OSCE PGOV PREL UNAUS UNMIK YI EU DA
08DUBLIN81	IRISH WILL RECOGNIZE KOSOVO'S INDEPENDENCE, BUT [...] (C) POLOFF delivered demarche (Ref B) on February 13, 2008 to Jim Kelly, Director, Europe and UN Coordination Division, Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA). Kelly reiterated the statements of DFA Political Director Rory Montgomery on January 18 (Ref C) that Ireland, without question, would r [...]	2008-02-14 13:08:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV OSCE EI
08HELSINKI380	FINLAND: DEMARCHE SUPPORT OSCE MONITORS GEORGIA [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-16 11:50:00	Embassy Helsinki	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OSCE PREL PBTS GG RS FI
08HELSINKI456	AMBASSADOR WILLIAMSON IN FINLAND [...] (C) Ambassador Williamson briefed Finnish officials about his recent trip to Georgia on September 15. Williamson urged the Finns to use their chairmanship to push for a more robust OSCE monitoring mission that would have access to South Ossetia and Abkahzia and could document abuses. Finnis [...]	2008-10-08 13:34:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM OSCE EUN ICJ GG RS FI
08HELSINKI485	INVITATION TO THE OSCE MINISTERIAL [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-24 14:05:00	Embassy Helsinki	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL OSCE FI
08HELSINKI56	FINLAND: INVITING COUNTRIES TO KOSOVO STEERING [...] (C) SUMMARY: Finland has signaled its intention to move very quickly to offer bilateral recognition to an independent Kosovo. Although the GoF strongly supports a "common EU platform" in favor of recognition, it recognizes that some member states' opposition makes this unlikely. Finland is e [...]	2008-02-08 14:15:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV OSCE YI FI
08HELSINKI561	U/S BURNS MEETS FINNISH FM AND OSCE CIO ALEXANDER [...] (SBU) Summary: U/S Burns met Finnish Foreign Minister and OSCE Chairman in Office (CiO) Alexander Stubb on the margins of the OSCE Ministerial Council meeting December 4 in Helsinki. Burns provided Stubb an update on Secretary Rice's trip to India, and Stubb replied that was where she needed [...]	2008-12-11 13:46:00	Embassy Helsinki	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PARM PHUM OSCE FI GG RS IR IS CH IN
08ISTANBUL387	JEWISH COMMUNITY DISCUSSES ARMENIA, ANTI-SEMITISM [...] (C) Summary. The leadership of the Jewish Community of Turkey (JCT) at the Chief Rabbinate of Istanbul shared with us on July 14 their positive perceptions of a visit earlier this month by representatives of the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) to address the ADL's position on the Armenian Genocid [...]	2008-07-21 11:11:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL OSCE TU
08ISTANBUL409	ISTANBUL PROTESTANT CHURCH FOUNDATION REPORTS [...] (SBU) Summary: Istanbul Protestant Church (IPC) officials lament that their status as a "foundation", while it enables them to hold real estate, has the downside of increasing government control over the church's finances. They also indicate that despite official recognition of their status, [...]	2008-08-01 11:03:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV TU AA OSCE
08ISTANBUL435	SULUKULE PROJECT PITS ROMA MINORITY AGAINST [...] (SBU) Summary. Following the demolition of large numbers of substandard homes in Istanbul's predominantly ethnic Roma neighborhood Sulukule, most residents remain in the rubble of the partially demolished neighborhood. Roma community leaders contend the municipality is committing a serious hum [...]	2008-08-15 14:07:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV AA TU OSCE
08ISTANBUL452	HONOR KILLINGS MIGRATE TO THE CITY [...] Summary and comment. A recently-released GOT report suggests the traditionally rural practice of honor killings has spread to Western Turkish cities such as Istanbul. The report concludes honor killings increased from 150 in 2002 to 231 in 2007, with 1000 honor killings between 2003 and 200 [...]	2008-08-21 14:35:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL OSCE TU AA
08ISTANBUL491	CONTRASTING PIOUS APPROACHES TO WOMEN'S RIGHTS [...] Summary. Analysts and the press often classify the participants in the battle for "Turkey's soul" to fit within one of two groups: the secular elite or the religious middle class. Such oversimplification fails to capture the complex state of play as Turkey transforms from a relatively close [...]	2008-09-15 11:51:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL OSCE TU
08ISTANBUL493	STAFFDEL MAKOVSKY HEARS PRAISE FOR ERDOGAN FROM [...] (C) Summary. On 3 September a House Foreign Relations Committee Staff delegation led by Alan Makovsky discussed the situation of the Greek Orthodox Ecumenical Patriarchate with Father Dositheos, Press Relations Chair for the Patriarchate. While the situation of Halki Seminary has not improved, [...]	2008-09-15 13:24:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL TU OSCE AA
08ISTANBUL527	TURKEY: ISRAEL AND JEWISH COMMUNITY GOING PUBLIC [...] (C) Summary: A September poll reveals that most Turks have significantly negative perspectives of Israel and the United States. Since 2003, this negativity has also translated into a negative impression of the Turkish Jewish population. To combat these impressions, the Israeli Consulate in Ista [...]	2008-10-13 08:12:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU
08ISTANBUL532	TURKISH JUSTICE MINISTER ISSUES UNPRECEDENTED [...] (U) Summary and comment: Turkish Minister of Justice Mehmet Ali Sahin publicly apologized October 15 for the death of a detainee caused by the disproportionate use of force. Human rights contacts welcomed the unprecedented step by a public official and hope the statement will lead to concrete [...]	2008-10-17 12:22:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OSCE PHUM PREL TU PGOV
08ISTANBUL535	RECTOR: CHANGING DEMOGRAPHICS CHANGE THE FACE OF [...] (C) Summary: Bogazici University rector Kadri Ozcaldiran provided Consul General with a bleak prospect for the future of what was once Turkey,s premier small university. The conversation occurred against a backdrop of high media coverage of Ozcaldiran,s unique approach to enforcing a ban on [...]	2008-10-17 14:22:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM AA OSCE
08ISTANBUL562	STIFLING DIALOGUE - WEB SITE BLOCKS REACH 1,187 [...] Summary and Comment: Since November 2007, the Government of Turkey (GOT) has blocked 1,187 Web sites and received 14,503 public complaints. Lawyers and technology reporters argue that the contentious 2007 law regulating Internet content establishes an outdated and unwieldy regulatory framework [...]	2008-11-07 07:11:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM AA OSCE TU
08ISTANBUL563	DUCHESS OF YORK'S SECRET ORHANAGE VISIT PROMPTS [...] Summary and comment: The November 6 airing of a British documentary made by the UK's Duchess of York Sarah Ferguson evoked strong reactions in Turkey due to the undercover manner in which the Duchess obtained the film's footage. Donning a wig and headscarf to disguise herself, Ferguson entere [...]	2008-11-10 05:26:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE AA TU
08ISTANBUL573	CHIEF RABBI PRAISES GOT, BUT ANTI-SEMITISM A [...] Summary and Comment: During a November 3 farewell call by the Ambassador on Chief Rabbi Isak Haleva and the leadership of the Jewish Community, Haleva expounded on the good relations maintained between the Jewish community and the Government of Turkey (GOT) on national and local levels, but [...]	2008-11-17 12:20:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM AA TU OSCE
08ISTANBUL574	ACTING ARMENIAN PATRIARCH CRITICIZES TREATMENT BY [...] Summary. During a November 3 farewell call by the Ambassador acting Armenian Patriarch, Archbishop Aram Ateysan described Patriarch Mesrob II's failing health and indicated the Patriarch will likely continue in his position until death. Atesyan also outlined the impact of the amended Founda [...]	2008-11-17 12:24:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM AA TU OSCE
08ISTANBUL590	IN ISTANBUL ELECTIONS, AKP SETS ITS SIGHTS ON A CHP STRONGHOLD [...] Summary. Besiktas, one of Istanbul's richest and most secular districts, has long been a stronghold of Turkey's secular Republican People's Party (CHP). In both the 2004 local elections and the 2007 parliamentary elections Turkey's ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) never got above 2 [...]	2008-11-24 13:36:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED	OSCE PGOV PHUM PREL TU
08ISTANBUL594	DINK LAWYER OPTIMISTIC DESPITE CONCERNS OF GROWING [...] (C) Summary: The Prime Ministry Inspection Board's report summarizing the findings of its investigation into the murder of Hrant Dink concludes that security officials could have prevented Dink's murder had they acted on available intelligence. Dink family lawyer Fethiye Cetin told us she [...]	2008-11-25 12:59:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM AA OSCE TU
08ISTANBUL595	ECUMENICAL PATRIARCH: MORE CONCERNED ABOUT [...] (C) Summary: Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I congratulated the United States on the election of its new president, discussed the Patriarchate's potential reacquisition of the Buyukada Orphanage as well as hoped for reforms from the Justice and Development Party (AKP) and his views on the [...]	2008-11-25 13:56:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL AA OSCE TU
08ISTANBUL620	ARMENIAN FOUNDATIONS WIN RULING FROM EUROPEAN [...] (SBU) Summary. On December 16 the European Court of Human Rights issued two judgments against Turkey for violating the property rights of two Armenian foundations in cases pertaining to properties they formerly owned. In both cases, the court ruled that Turkey had violated Article 1 of Proto [...]	2008-12-18 16:42:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PREL AA OSCE TU
08ISTANBUL630	AKP'S ISTANBUL MAYOR TO STAND FOR RE-ELECTION [...] On December 21 Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan announced that Turkey's ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) will re-nominate Kadir Topbas, the current Mayor of the Greater Istanbul Municipality, for a second five-year term. He is expected to win re-election easily in the upcoming [...]	2008-12-23 13:40:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED	OSCE PGOV PREL TU
08KYIV299	UKRAINE: READY TO WORK WITH FINLAND AS OSCE [...] (C) Summary: Unlike their Spanish predecessors, the Finns appear ready to take on the problem of Russia in the OSCE context, judging by Finnish Foreign Minister Kanerva's January 15-16 visit to Kyiv in his capacity as OSCE Chairman-in-Office (CiO). Kanerva met with President Yushchenko, FM O [...]	2008-02-07 05:45:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PBTS OSCE RS UP
08KYIV366	UKRAINE WILL NOT SUPPORT INVOKING BERLIN MECHANISM [...] (C) As requested, on February 15, Polcouns conveyed reftel demarche to Sergiy Kyslytsya, Director of the MFA's UN and Other International Organizations Department, and urged Ukraine not to support Serbia's plan to invoke the OSCE's Berlin Mechanism immediately after an anticipated declaration [...]	2008-02-15 13:25:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNAUS UNMIK PGOV YI EU OSCE UP
08LISBON2035	TFGG01: AS USUAL, PORTUGAL MILDLY SUPPORTIVE [...] (C/NF) Charge conveyed points to Diplomatic Advisors to the Foreign Minister and President. (On some controversial issues, the Presidency stakes out a position that differs from the MFA's.) 2. (C/NF) MFA: Diplomatic Advisor stated, "We totally share your concerns about the current state [...]	2008-08-14 15:54:00	Embassy Lisbon	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	MOPS PREL PHUM OSCE UN GG RS PT
08LISBON2781	CODEL HASTINGS AND THE OSCE [...] (SBU) Summary. Congressman Hastings visited Portugal to report to OSCE Parliamentary Assembly President Joao Soares regarding Hastings' recent trip through North Africa and the Middle East. Hastings will develop a proposal to allow the OSCE,s Maghreb partners to participate more fully in OSCE [...]	2008-12-15 17:02:00	Embassy Lisbon	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP OSCE PGOV PO PREL
08LISBON395	PORTUGAL ON KOSOVO IN OSCE [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-15 09:58:00	Embassy Lisbon	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV UN YI EU PREL OSCE PO
08LJUBLJANA371	TFGG01: GORI DEMARCHE: SLOVENIANS STRESS EU UNITY [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-14 16:37:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PREL PHUM OSCE UNGA GG RS SI
08LJUBLJANA534	SLOVENIA: HELSINKI OSCE MINISTERIAL DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-28 16:04:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KDEM OSCE GG RU SI
08LJUBLJANA60	SLOVENIA SUPPORTS U.S. KOSOVO POSITION IN OSCE, NO [...] (C) On February 12, Emboff delivered reftel points to Damjan Bergant, MFA Head of Department for OSCE and CoE and Chairman of COSCE, who stated that Slovenia fully agrees with the U.S. view of Serbia's efforts to invoke the OSCE's Berlin Mechanism after an anticipated declaration of independenc [...]	2008-02-12 15:15:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNAUS UNMIK PGOV YI EU OSCE SI
08LJUBLJANA65	RUSSIA'S EU EXPERT EXPOUNDS ON KOSOVO, ODIHR, AND [...] (U) Dmitrij Poljanski, Head of the Russian Foreign Ministry's EU Affairs Unit and member of the Russian delegation in town for the Feb. 13 EU-Russia Troika, was the featured speaker at a Tuesday evening meeting of the Euro-Atlantic Council of Slovenia. After remarks on Russia's relationship [...]	2008-02-13 15:42:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	EUN MARR NATO OSCE PARM PINR PREL
08LONDON2112	TFGG01: HMG AGREES ON NEED TO PRESSURE RUSSIA TO [...] (S/NF) FCO Georgia Task Force Director (and Head of International Organizations Department) Nick Hopton expressed appreciation for points reftel and noted HMG concurrence with U.S. view that Russia needs to comply with its agreement to remove its forces from Georgia, and to allow OSCE and other obs [...]	2008-08-14 13:54:00	Embassy London	SECRET//NOFORN	MOPS PREL PHUM OSCE UNAUS GG RS UK
08MADRID158	SPANISH DISAPPOINTED ON KOSOVO [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-13 16:51:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNMIK UN OSCE YI SP
08MADRID162	SPANISH DISAPPOINTED ON KOSOVO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Spanish Political Director Rafael Dezcallar told Charge that Spain is disappointed that the U.S. did not agree to delay the timing of Kosovo's independence until after the Spanish elections. He said that Spain has not yet decided how it will respond in Brussels after the UDI, bu [...]	2008-02-14 12:06:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNMIK UN OSCE YI SP
08MADRID452	SPAIN SUPPORTS EVENTUAL OSCE ROLE INSIDE [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-22 08:34:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	BMGT OSCE PGOV PREL PTER SP AF
08MADRID897	SPAIN FOLLOWS EU LEAD ON GEORGIA CRISIS [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-14 16:48:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PREL PHUM OSCE UN GG RS SP
08MOSCOW1302	DEMARCHES DELIVERED: RUSSIAN COOPERATION ON [...] (C) We delivered reftel demarches to MFA Afghanistan Desk Chief Yuri Khokhlov on May 8, emphasizing the U.S. desire to cooperate with Russia on counter-narcotics, counter-terrorism and military equipment assistance to Afghanistan. Khokhlov agreed that the U.S. and Russia shared similar goals w [...]	2008-05-08 14:24:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON EFIN MARR MASS MCAP OSCE PGOV PINS
08MOSCOW1742	OSCE: INPUT FOR THE HUMAN DIMENSION CONFERENCE FOR [...] (C) Summary: Per reftel request, Post proposes the following areas of concern for the OSCE Human Dimension Conference in Warsaw: conduct of elections, xenophobia, migrant labor, and the treatment of refugees. Framing the discussion in forward-leaning terms, by taking Medvedev's call for stren [...]	2008-06-18 13:50:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM OSCE PGOV RS
08MOSCOW190	GOR ON TRANSNISTRIA: MORE OF THE SAME [...] (C) Summary. Moldovan President Voronin's January 20-21 visit to Moscow prompted much speculation about an alleged "Putin plan for Transnistria." Following the visit, GOR officials denied that any new GOR proposal had been offered to Voronin and continued to insist that the only way to move [...]	2008-01-25 16:15:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR PBTS MARR OSCE MD RS
08MOSCOW2146	MIXED SIGNALS AS RUSSIA PREPARES FOR OSCE HUMAN [...] (C) Summary. Leading up to this year's OSCE Human Dimension Implementation Meeting (HDIM),the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) reacted positively to US concerns and, despite a July 23 MFA statement reiterating criticisms of ODIHR, was positively disposed to the upcoming visit of ODIHR Dire [...]	2008-07-25 12:49:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM OSCE PHUM RS
08MOSCOW2182	MFA WALKS BACK THREAT OF BUDGET CUT FOR ODIHR [...] (SBU) Summary: While reiterating its frequent complaint that the OSCE's Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) has performed poorly, on July 26 the Russian MFA walked back the assertion by the Deputy Chair of the Central Election Commission (CEC) of an imminent budget cut [...]	2008-07-29 13:26:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM OSCE PHUM RS
08MOSCOW2263	MFA EXPRESSES SUPPORT FOR AFGHAN RECONSTRUCTION [...] (C) Summary: In a July 30 meeting, MFA Afghanistan Deputy Director Khokhlov noted his office's support for two OSCE border guard initiatives, suggesting that GOR reservations were driven more by its broader unhappiness with the OSCE. Khokhlov undertook to make another bureaucratic push for the [...]	2008-08-04 15:54:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PREL MARR MCAP MASS RS AF OSCE
08MOSCOW2702	ODIHR HEAD LENARCIC SEEKS "NEW CHAPTER" IN [...] (C) Summary: On September 9, Janez Lenarcic, Director of the OSCE's Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR),stated that he hoped for a "new chapter" in relations with Russia and that "there can be no double standards" in how ODIHR treats OSCE member countries. In coordina [...]	2008-09-10 03:34:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL OSCE KDEM RS
08MOSCOW2895	DEPUTY FONMIN GRUSHKO ON NATO, OSCE MANDATE IN [...] (C) Deputy Fonmin Aleksandr Grushko (whose portfolio includes NATO, OSCE, EU, COE) told the Ambassador that despite tensions, cooperation with NATO in Afghanistan remained strategically important to Russia. Grushko criticized U.S. support for Saakashvili and a MAP for Georgia. He shed no new [...]	2008-09-30 08:37:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL NATO OSCE RU GA
08MOSCOW3424	MFA PREVIEWS RUSSIAN GOALS FOR OSCE MINISTERIAL [...] (C) At the December 4 OSCE ministerial in Helsinki, Russia will formally launch Medvedev's proposed European Security Treaty (EST),push its reform agenda, and seek "balance" in any Ministerial Declaration. The MFA tells us that they see the OSCE as a dated body that does not take into accou [...]	2008-11-26 12:31:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM OSCE RS
08MOSCOW3555	INITIAL RUSSIAN REACTION TO OSCE MINISTERIAL [...] (C) Russia's MFA has not yet issued a formal statement on the results of the OSCE ministerial, but the Russian press focused on President Medvedev's proposal for a new European security treaty and hailed the ministerial as an endorsement of it. Commentators were more restrained on the concept [...]	2008-12-09 12:00:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM OSCE RS
08MOSCOW882	NO PUTIN-VORONIN DEAL ON TRANSNISTRIA, SAYS GOR [...] (C) Both MFA Transnistria negotiator Valeriy Nesterushkin and Second CIS Department Director Viktor Sorokin denied an impending Putin - Voronin deal to resolving the Transnistria conflict (reftel). On March 27, Nesterushkin told us that there was no change in the GOR position: without the two [...]	2008-03-31 14:09:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR PBTS OSCE MD RS

08MOSCOW988	GOR HOPEFUL FOR TRANSNISTRIA NEGOTIATIONS [...] (C) GOR Special Envoy for the Transnistria conflict Valeriy Nesterushkin told us April 10 that since the April 7 Voronin - Smirnov telephone conversation where the two agreed to meet, the atmosphere has taken a dramatically positive turn. He expected the April 14-16 meeting in Odessa would be [...]	2008-04-10 12:01:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS OSCE MD RS
08NICOSIA668	CYPRIOTS STILL DIVIDED ON GEORGIA, AT LEAST [...] (C) In response to Ref A, Polchief on August 14 delivered Georgia-related points to MFA Acting Political Director George Kasoulides. Referring to accounts of continued Russian military activity in and around Gori, the MFA diplomat lamented that hard, confirmed accounts were difficult to obta [...]	2008-08-14 14:39:00	Embassy Nicosia	SECRET	MOPS PREL PHUM OSCE
08NICOSIA938	CYPRIOTS SUPPORT DISCUSSION OF RUSSIAN SECURITY [...] (C) SUMMARY: The head of RoC President Demetris Christofias's diplomatic office, Leonidas Pantelides, met the DCM on November 25 to brief on Christofias's November 19-20 trip to Moscow. Pantelides had accompanied Christofias and was privy to discussions on Russia's European security proposa [...]	2008-12-01 14:47:00	Embassy Nicosia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV OSCE CY RU
08OSLO458	NORWAY ON RUSSIAN PRESENSE IN GORI [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-14 14:08:00	Embassy Oslo	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PREL PHUM OSCE GG NO
08OTTAWA1090	CANADA STRONGLY SUPPORTS U.S. POSITION ON GORI [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-14 18:54:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PREL NATO OSCE GG RS CA
08OTTAWA1092	CANADA REITERATES BACKING U.S. POSITION ON GEORGIA [...] (C) Colleen Swords, Assistant Deputy Minister for International Security Affairs (and Canada's G-8 Political Director),called DCM August 15 to follow up on the Ambassador's demarche to Deputy Foreign Minister Edwards (refs b and c). Swords said the Ambassador's points had been "well receiv [...]	2008-08-15 15:12:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PREL NATO OSCE GG RS CA
08PARIS1587	TFGG01: FRENCH EFFORTS TO RESOLVE CRISIS IN GEORGIA [...] (C) Summary: Since President Sarkozy and Foreign Minister Kouchner met with Secretary Rice on August 14, President Sarkozy has maintained high-profile efforts to implement the Russia/Georgia six-point cease-fire accord he negotiated in his capacity as EU President -- especially the main p [...]	2008-08-18 18:24:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS PHUM MOPS OSCE UNSC FR GG RU RS UN
08PARIS1600	TFGG01: AUGUST 20: FRENCH PRESIDENCY ON SITUATION [...] (C) We met August 20 with Boris Boillon, who normally covers NEA issues but was filling in for a colleague who covers Russia and the CIS, at the Elysee to discuss the missing copy of the six-point cease-fire accord with Russian President Medvedev's signature. Boillon handed over a Russian la [...]	2008-08-21 10:47:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS PHUM MOPS OSCE UNSC FR GG RU RS UN
08PARIS1601	TFGG01: AUGUST 20: FRENCH PRESIDENCY ON SITUATION [...] (C) We met August 20 with Boris Boillon, who normally covers NEA issues but was filling in for a colleague who covers Russia and the CIS, at the Elysee to discuss the missing copy of the six-point cease-fire accord with Russian President Medvedev's signature. Boillon handed over a Russian la [...]	2008-08-21 10:48:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS PHUM MOPS OSCE UNSC FR GG RU RS UN
08PARIS1616	TFGG01: FRENCH VIEW OSCE MONITORS IN GEORGIA AS [...] (C) SUMMARY: On August 21, French Elysee Advisor Boris Boillon and MFA A/S for Eurasia Roland Galharague, who traveled with FM Kouchner to the region, provided us with a consistent interpretation of the arrival of OSCE monitors: the new monitors are responding to the emergency situation; they [...]	2008-08-21 18:11:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS PHUM MOPS OSCE UNSC FR GG RU RS UN
08PARIS1984	FRANCE AND THE OSCE: HDIM DISCUSSIONS IN PARIS [...] (SBU) U.S. delegation head at the recent OSCE Human Development Implementation Meeting in Warsaw Ambassador Robert Pearson, in his October 13 meeting with French MFA Director for Human Rights and International Relations Sylvie Bermann, focused on the U.S. desire to work with Europe to deline [...]	2008-10-29 18:17:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM PGOV OSCE FR
08PARIS258	FRANCE LOBBYING OSCE CAPITALS ON KOSOVO ISSUE [...] (C) Camille Grand, MFA DAS-equivalent for OSCE affairs, thanked the U.S. on February 13 for its engagement with capitals on efforts to prevent Serbia from invoking the Berlin Mechanism at the OSCE over the Kosovo issue. Grand explained that Paris began similar demarches in OSCE capitals last [...]	2008-02-13 16:59:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNAUS UNMIK PGOV YI EU OSCE FR
08PARIS753	FRANCE SUPPORTS OSCE PROJECTS INSIDE AFGHANISTAN; [...] (C) French MFA officials responsible for OSCE affairs told us on April 18 that, in principle, France now supports the idea that training activities for Afghan border security should take place on the border of and/and inside Afghanistan. The GOF clarified, however, that the projects should be [...]	2008-04-21 09:51:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	BMGT GM GR SP RS OSCE PGOV PTER FR
08PRAGUE126	PRAGUE - U.S. HELSINKI COMMISSION DELEGATION MEETS KEY [...] (U) Senator Benjamin Cardin (D-MD) and Congressman Alcee Hastings (D-FL),the Co-Chairman and Chairman of the U.S. Helsinki Commission, respectively, led a congressional delegation to Prague from February 18-20. The delegation, which also included Congresswoman Louise McIntosh-Slaughter (D [...]	2008-02-25 15:52:00	Embassy Prague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV OSCE PREL EZ
08PRAGUE381	OSCE HUMAN DIMENSION MEETING: EMBASSY PRAGUE INPUT [...] (U) Post is providing the following points in response to Reftel request for information on host government's record on matters of basic freedoms and human rights for this fall's HDIM Conference: 2. (SBU) The Czech Republic has a strong record of promoting human rights and basic freedoms [...]	2008-06-20 11:11:00	Embassy Prague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PHUM OSCE PREL
08PRAGUE488	CZECH RESPONSE ON OSCE DIALOGUE [...] (SBU) Summary: On July 25, Emboffs delivered reftel demarche to Czech Director of Human Rights and Transition Policy, Gabriela Dlouha. Dlouha noted that the Czechs are prepared for and engaged in the upcoming OSCE Human Dimension Implementation Meeting (HDIM). Emboff also raised the reftel [...]	2008-07-29 07:08:00	Embassy Prague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EZ KDEM OSCE PGOV PHUM PREL
08PRAGUE72	REFORMS AND POLITICAL INTERFERENCE PUT PRESSURE ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: The United States has enjoyed excellent cooperation with Czech legal authorities, as demonstrated, for example, by last year's extradition of terror suspect Oussama Kassir to stand trial in the United States. However, mass resignations of experienced police officers in response [...]	2008-02-05 13:06:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV OSCE ASEC EZ
08RABAT1198	MOROCCO: REP. HASTINGS AGREES WITH MFA SECRETARY [...] (SBU) Summary: Chairman of the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe (CSCE) Representative Alcee Hastings encouraged Moroccan Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Secretary General Youssef Amrani to enhance Moroccan participation in the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Eu [...]	2008-12-24 17:17:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL OREP ETRD OSCE MO
08RIGA779	LATVIA SUPPORTS OSCE ADDRESSING GEORGIA INVASION [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-04 13:37:00	Embassy Riga	CONFIDENTIAL	OSCE PREL PHUM KDEM GG RU LG
08ROME1464	ITALIANS URGE U.S. TO AGREE TO WATERED-DOWN [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel points to Elena Basile, MFA OSCE Office Director, on December 2. Basile noted the U.S. position and stated that she had just received instructions to contact post to urge the U.S. to accept softer language for the ministerial declaration to avoid a stalemate with R [...]	2008-12-03 10:59:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	OSCE PREL PHUM KDEM RU IT
08ROME195	KOSOVO: ITALIANS PRESSING OSCE STATES TO AVOID [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-13 08:04:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNAUS UNMIK PGOV YI EU OSCE IT
08ROME995	ITALY: OSCE HUMAN DIMENSION MEETING DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-06 11:35:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	OSCE PREL PHUM KDEM IT
08SKOPJE114	MACEDONIA WILL NOT SUPPORT SERBIA'S CALL FOR [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-13 10:01:00	Embassy Skopje	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EU MK OSCE PGOV PREL UNAUS YI UNMIK
08SKOPJE399	MACEDONIA: INPUT FOR OSCE HUMAN DIMENSION [...] (SBU) In response to the request for information on Macedonia's commitment to human rights and fundamental freedoms for the OSCE's annual Human Dimension Implementation Meeting (reftel),Post offers the following summary of progress in areas of democratic development, human rights, religious [...]	2008-06-18 13:29:00	Embassy Skopje	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM OSCE PGOV KDEM PREL MK
08SKOPJE501	MACEDONIA TO REVIEW HUMAN RIGHTS PROGRESS AHEAD OF [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-05 11:36:00	Embassy Skopje	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV OSCE PHUM KDEM
08SKOPJE731	MACEDONIA: OSCE HELSINKI MINISTERIAL POINTS [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-04 15:41:00	Embassy Skopje	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM OSCE MK
08SOFIA489	OSCE HUMAN DIMENSION MEETING DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-23 11:17:00	Embassy Sofia	UNCLASSIFIED	OSCE PREL PHUM KDEM
08STATE100758	ACTION REQUEST: FRIED-ANTONOV DISCUSSION ON [...] (U) This is an action message for posts in all NATO capitals, USOSCE and USNATO. It follows up on discussion at the September 11 HLTF regarding appropriate CFE contacts with Russia in light of events in Georgia (discussed in detail Ref A). Posts should brief this information orally, not/not [...]	2008-09-19 23:11:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	KCFE NATO OSCE PARM PREL RS
08STATE100866	INTERGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS -- GETTING THE [...] (U) This is an action request for USUN, see para 4. 2. (SBU) Summary. During recent consultations in Vienna, the Terrorism Prevention Branch (TPB) of the United Nations Office of Drugs and Crime (UNODC) reiterated its interest in working closely with the 1540 Committee. The TPB sought c [...]	2008-09-22 03:14:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC CW IAEA KPAO OSCE PREL PTER UNSC
08STATE101434	OSCE PERMANENT COUNCIL: RELEASE OF THE 2008 [...] (U) Post is authorized to present the following statement at the Permanent Council meeting in Vienna on September 25. Begin text: Thank you Mr. Chairman. On Friday, September 19, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice transmitted to the United States Congress the 10th annual United States Re [...]	2008-09-23 15:25:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL PGOV KDEM OSCE
08STATE102286	OSCE/PERMANENT COUNCIL: STATEMENT ON GENDER [...] Post is authorized to present the following statement at the September 25 Permanent Council meeting in Vienna. Begin text: Thank you, Mr. Chairman. The United States welcomes the Secretary General,s efforts to include gender issues in OSCE programs, policies, and activities, and commend [...]	2008-09-24 20:06:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	OSCE KWMN
08STATE102410	OSCE/PERMANENT COUNCIL: CONCERNS ABOUT UPCOMING [...] Post is authorized to present the following statement at the September 25 Permanent Council meeting in Vienna. Begin text: Thank you, Mr. Chairman. The United States welcomed the August release of three prisoners of conscience by the government of Belarus in the hope that this positive [...]	2008-09-24 22:16:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL PGOV OSCE KDEM BY
08STATE104535	MOVING IMPLEMENTATION FORWARD -- UNSCR 1540 -- [...] (U) This is an action request for USOSCE and UNVIE, see paras 4 and 7 below. 2. (SBU) Summary. In efforts to strengthen UNSCR 1540 implementation capacity, USOSCE and UNVIE have raised understanding among OSCE, IAEA, and UNODC about existing U.S. programs that promote 1540 implementation [...]	2008-09-30 22:27:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC IAEA KPAO OSCE PREL PTER UNSC EUN
08STATE109115	NATO/VCC: BIDS FOR VD99 VERIFICATION ACTIVITY IN [...] (U) This is an action message, see para 2. 2. (C/REL NATO) Ref document requests Allies submit national bids for Vienna Document 1999 inspection and evaluation activity before October 15, 2008, indicating the countries in which they plan to carry out VD 99 evaluation visits and inspections [...]	2008-10-10 19:49:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	KCFE NATO OSCE PARM PREL
08STATE110262	OSCE PERMANENT COUNCIL: RESPONSE TO DR. ERHARD [...] (U) Post is authorized to make the following statement at the October 16, 2008 meeting of the OSCE Permanent Council in Vienna: Begin Text: Thank you, Mr. Chairman, The United States welcomes the former Special Coordinator of the Stability Pact for South Eastern Europe, Dr. Erhard Bus [...]	2008-10-15 19:49:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL OSCE
08STATE110353	OSCE PERMANENT COUNCIL: RESPONSE TO PIA HOM [...] (U) Post is authorized to present the following statement at the October 16, 2008 Permanent Council meeting in Vienna. Begin text: Thank you, Mr. Chairman. We join in welcoming Mr. Robert Bosch, head of OSCE,s Presence in Albania. He and his team are doing effective and important work, [...]	2008-10-15 22:21:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	AL PGOV PREL OSCE
08STATE110354	OSCE PERMANENT COUNCIL: STATEMENT ON DEPORTATION [...] Post is authorized to make the following statement at the October 16, 2008, meeting of the OSCE Permanent Council in Vienna: Begin Text: Thank you, Mr. Chairman. The United States joins Norway and the EU in expressing its concern about recent actions taken by Kyrgyz authorities agains [...]	2008-10-15 22:24:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM OSCE KG
08STATE112223	OSCE PERMANENT COUNCIL: STATEMENT ON UZBEK [...] Post is authorized to make the following statement at the October 23, 2008, meeting of the OSCE Permanent Council in Vienna. Begin Text: Mr. Chairman, The United States would like to take this opportunity to note some specific positive developments in Uzbekistan on religious freedom a [...]	2008-10-21 21:20:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM OSCE UZ
08STATE112570	OSCE PERMANENT COUNCIL: STATEMENT ON UZBEK [...] This cable transmits a correction to reftel text. Post is authorized to make the following statement at the October 23, 2008, meeting of the OSCE Permanent Council in Vienna: Begin Text: Mr. Chairman, The United States would like to take this opportunity to note advances in Uzbeki [...]	2008-10-22 18:32:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM OSCE UZ
08STATE112600	OSCE PERMANENT COUNCIL: STATEMENT ON RELIGIOUS [...] (U) Post is authorized to present the following statement at the October 23 Permanent Council meeting in Vienna. Begin Text: Mr. Chairman, The United States takes note that the lower chamber of the Kazakhstani parliament passed on September 24th draft amendments to legislation on freedo [...]	2008-10-22 19:15:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM OSCE KZ
08STATE112713	OSCE/PERMANENT COUNCIL: RESPONSE TO REPORT BY [...] Post is authorized to present the following statement at the October 23 Permanent Council meeting in Vienna. Begin text: Thank you, Mr. Chairman. It is a pleasure to welcome Ambassador Remler to the Permanent Council today. His report bears witness to the continuing energy and focus of [...]	2008-10-22 22:21:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	OSCE PGOV PBTS KDEM MD RS
08STATE114964	OSCE PERMANENT COUNCIL: RESPONSE TO ODIHR [...] (U) Post is authorized to present the following statement at the Permanent Council meeting in Vienna on October 30. Begin text: Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Thank you, Ambassador Lenarcic for your comprehensive report. The United States strongly supports ODIHR, which has earned its place a [...]	2008-10-28 21:37:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL PGOV OSCE KDEM
08STATE115259	OSCE PERMANENT COUNCIL: STATEMENT ON RUSSIAN [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-29 16:01:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	GG OSCE PHUM PREL
08STATE115284	OSCE/PERMANENT COUNCIL: RESPONSE TO REPORT BY THE [...] Post is authorized to present the following statement at the October 30, 2008 Permanent Council meeting in Vienna. Begin text: Thank you, Mr. Chairman. We welcome Mr. Snoy back to the Permanent Council, and thank him for his comprehensive report. We commend the leadership Mr. Snoy has [...]	2008-10-29 16:43:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ECON OSCE
08STATE117789	OSCE PERMANENT COUNCIL: RESPONSE TO ADDRESS BY [...] Post is authorized to make the following statement at the November 6, 2008 meeting of the OSCE Permanent Council in Vienna: Begin Text: Thank you, Mr. Chairman. The United States Warmly welcomes Minister Basha to the Permanent Council. Mr. Minister, your visit comes at a significant [...]	2008-11-05 16:35:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL OSCE AL
08STATE117859	OSCE PERMANENT COUNCIL: STATEMENT ON MOLDOVA [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-05 17:42:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	OSCE PREL PGOV MO
08STATE120326	OSCE/PERMANENT COUNCIL: RESPONSE TO PARLIAMENTARY [...] Post is authorized to present the following statement at the November 13 Permanent Council meeting in Vienna. Begin text: Thank you, Mr. Chairman. The United States joins in warmly welcoming Mr. Joao Soares, President of the OSCE's Parliamentary Assembly. We tale particular note of his [...]	2008-11-12 23:11:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KDEM OSCE
08STATE120333	OSCE PERMANENT COUNCIL: AZERBAIJAN MOVE AGAINST [...] (U) Post is authorized to present the following statement at the November 13 Permanent Council meeting in Vienna. Begin text: Mr. Chairman, The United States has noted with concern reports that Azerbaijan's National Television and Radio Council may discontinue local radio broadcasts of [...]	2008-11-12 23:52:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL PGOV OSCE KDEM AZ LO
08STATE120334	OSCE PERMANENT COUNCIL: RESPONSE TO THE SPECIAL [...] (U) Post is authorized to make the following statement at the November 13 meeting of the OSCE Permanent Council in Vienna: Begin Text: Thank you, Mr. Chairman. It is a pleasure to welcome Special Representative Biaudet to the Permanent Council today. Your report bears witness to the [...]	2008-11-12 23:58:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	OSCE PGOV PREL TIP
08STATE120336	OSCE PERMANENT COUNCIL: RESPONSE TO HEAD OF [...] (U) Post is authorized to present the following statement at the November 13, 2008 Permanent Council meeting in Vienna. Begin Text: Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Ambassador Keltchewsky, welcome to the Permanent Council. Thank you for the hard work you have put into your first months as the H [...]	2008-11-13 00:03:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM OSCE KZ
08STATE120342	OSCE PERMANENT COUNCIL: STATEMENT ON OSCE [...] (U) Post is authorized to present the following statement at the November 13, 2008 Permanent Council meeting in Vienna if needed to respond to a Russian Federation statement on the OSCE monitors in Georgia. Begin Text: Mr. Chairman, The United States notes the statement by the Russian [...]	2008-11-13 00:22:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	OSCE PREL PGOV GG
08STATE120660	CFE: NOV 5-7 ROMANIAN-HOSTED HLTF OFF-SITE: [...] (C) Summary. At the November 5-7 Romanian-hosted off-site HLTF, Allies discussed the current situation regarding CFE; examined options for a unified way forward; and agreed on themes for NAC communique language on CFE to deliver a solid NATO message at the upcoming NATO and OSCE Ministerials [...]	2008-11-13 20:52:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	KCFE PARM PREL NATO OSCE
08STATE122811	OSCE PERMANENT COUNCIL: STATEMENT ON DRAFT LAW [...] POST IS AUTHORIZED TO MAKE THE FOLLOWING STATEMENT AT THE NOVEMBER 20, 2008, MEETING OF THE OSCE PERMANENT COUNCIL IN VIENNA: BEGIN TEXT: THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN. THE UNITED STATES GENUINELY WELCOMES THE POSITIVE STEPS THE KYRGYZ REPUBLIC HAS TAKEN TO EXPAND RELIGIOUS FREEDOM AND TOLE [...]	2008-11-19 17:33:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM OSCE KG
08STATE123047	OSCE PERMANENT COUNCIL: RESPONSE TO THE REPORT BY [...] (U) Post is authorized to make the following statement at the November 20 meeting of the OSCE Permanent Council in Vienna: Begin Text: Thank you, Mr. Chairman. The United States joins other delegations in welcoming the three Personal Representatives of the Chairman in Office to the Pe [...]	2008-11-19 22:43:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL PGOV OSCE
08STATE123048	OSCE PERMANENT COUNCIL: RESPONSE TO SPECIAL ENVOY [...] Post is authorized to make the following statement at the November 20, 2008, meeting of the OSCE Permanent Council in Vienna: Begin Text: Thank you, Mr. Chairman. The United States welcomes you, Ambassador Talvitie, and commends your efforts ) and those of EU Special Representative Mo [...]	2008-11-19 22:47:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	OSCE PGOV PREL GG
08STATE123068	OSCE/PERMANENT COUNCIL: RESPONSE TO HEAD OF OFFICE COORDINATOR IN UKRAINE [...] Post is authorized to present the following statement at the November 20 meeting of the Permanent Council in Vienna. Begin text: Thank you, Mr. Chairman. It is, indeed, a pleasure to welcome Ambassador Kopaj back to the Permanent Council, and to thank him for his very comprehensive repo [...]	2008-11-19 23:51:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV OSCE UP PREL
08STATE123458	OSCE GUIDANCE: DRAFT DECISIONS ON THE EXTENSION [...] Post is authorized to join consensus on the extension of the following mandates, to be renewed through December 31, 2008: -Presence in Albania, PC.DD/36/08 -Mission to Bosnia & Herzegovina, PC.DD/37/08 -Mission to Montenegro, PC.DD/39/08 -Mission to Serbia, C.DD/40/07 -Spillover Monitor M [...]	2008-11-20 22:08:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON OSCE PREL
08STATE123473	OSCE GUIDANCE: DRAFT MINISTERIAL DECISION ON [...] Per reftel request for guidance, the Department agrees that the Roma and Sinti decision is a worthwhile one. The Department would like USOSCE to seek an edit in preambular paragraph two, replacing the word "people" with the word "persons" so that the sentence reads: "Recognizing the importan [...]	2008-11-20 23:30:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	OSCE PHUM PREL
08STATE124486	U.S. RESPONSE TO REQUEST FROM CYPRUS FOR OSCE [...] This is an action message; please see para 6 below. 2. (SBU) On October 29, 2008, the Defense Minister of the Republic of Cyprus formally requested from OSCE participating States technical assistance with the destruction of 324 SA-7s MANPADS and their gripstocks (Ref A). At that time the [...]	2008-11-24 20:11:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	CY MARR MAS NATO OSCE PARM PREL
08STATE125145	OSCE GUIDANCE: DRAFT MINISTERIAL DECISION ON [...] Encourages those participating States that have not yet done so to ensure that all forms of trafficking in human beings as defined in the OSCE Action Plan are criminalized in their national legislation and that perpetrators of human trafficking do not enjoy impunity; STATE 00125145 002 OF [...]	2008-11-25 22:48:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	OSCE PHUM PREL KTIP
08STATE125246	OSCE PERMANENT COUNCIL: RESPONSE TO THE REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-26 13:40:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM OSCE
08STATE125247	OSCE PERMANENT COUNCIL: RESPONSE TO FREEDOM OF [...] (U) Post is authorized to present the following statement at the November 27th Permanent Council meeting in Vienna. Begin text: Thank you, Mr. Chairman. It is a pleasure to welcome you back to back to the Permanent Council today, Mr. Haraszti. Your report is, as always, a valuable real [...]	2008-11-26 13:42:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL OSCE
08STATE125626	DEMARCHE REQUEST ON THE HELSINKI OSCE MINISTERIAL [...] (SBU) This is an action request. The annual OSCE Ministerial will take place in Helsinki 4-5 December. The Secretary will attend a portion of the meeting which forty-nine ministers are expected to attend. Posts are requested to engage host country officials to garner support for U.S. object [...]	2008-11-26 21:31:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	OSCE PREL PHUM KDEM GG RU
08STATE126816	OPEN SKIES TREATY REIMBURSEMENT [...] The United States shared an Open Skies Treaty mission with Turkey over the Russian Federation the week of 4 August. According to the joint modalities agreed on May 13, 2008, the U.S. agreed to pay the Government of Turkey no more than $5,000 U.S. dollars as reimbursement for our share of the [...]	2008-12-02 18:31:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	TU OSCE
08STATE129612	OSCE PERMANENT COUNCIL: RESPONSE TO THE REPORT [...] (U) Post is authorized to make the following statement at the December 11 meeting of the OSCE Permanent Council in Vienna. Begin Text: Thank you, Mr. Chairman. The United States would like to welcome Captain Erikki Platan, Head of the High-Level Planning Group, to the Permanent Counci [...]	2008-12-10 13:40:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV OSCE AZ AR
08STATE129756	OSCE PERMANENT COUNCIL: STATEMENT ON GEORGIA [...] Post is authorized to make the following statement at the December 11, 2008, meeting of the OSCE Permanent Council in Vienna. Begin Text: Thank you, Mr. Chairman. The United States wishes to call attention to reports of ongoing violence in the South Ossetian and Abkhaz regions of Geor [...]	2008-12-10 16:42:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	OSCE PGOV PREL GG
08STATE129974	OSCE PERMANENT COUNCIL: STATEMENT ON GEORGIA [...] This message updates the statement transmitted reftel. 2. Post is authorized to make the following statement at the December 11, 2008, meeting of the OSCE Permanent Council in Vienna: Begin Text: Thank you, Mr. Chairman. The United States condemns the December 10 attack on our unar [...]	2008-12-10 23:31:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	OSCE PGOV PREL GG
08STATE130622	EU COMMISSION STABILITY PROGRAM -- THIRD COUNTRY [...] (SBU) Summary. Multiple ISN Bureau and interagency officers met with the European Commission (EC) on November 18-19 to discuss further nonproliferation programs and activities as originally envisioned in March (reftel) regarding the U.S.-EU Summit commitment to greater coordination through U [...]	2008-12-12 14:59:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EUN KNNP OSCE PARM PREL SC UNVIE
08STATE131994	OSCE/PERMANENT COUNCIL: STATEMENT ON RUSSIA [...] Post is authorized to present the following statement at the Permanent Council in Vienna on December 18. Begin text: Thank you, Mr. Chairman. On December 14, Police in Moscow and St. Petersburg detained over 200 peaceful protestors at demonstrations, for which permission was not granted, l [...]	2008-12-17 13:59:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM RS OSCE
08STATE132209	OSCE/PERMANENT COUNCIL: STATEMENT ON BROADCASTING [...] Post is authorized to present the following statement at the December 18, 2008 Permanent Council meeting in Vienna. Begin text: Mr. Chairman, The United States shares the concerns of OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Haraszti regarding the difficulties being encountered in the [...]	2008-12-17 20:19:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM OSCE MD
08STATE132294	OSCE PERMANENT COUNCIL: STATEMENT ON [...] Post is authorized to make the following statement at the December 18, 2008, meeting of the OSCE Permanent Council: Begin Text: Mr. Chairman, The United States welcomes the Government of Turkmenistan's decision to hold parliamentary elections on December 14. For the first time, the G [...]	2008-12-17 22:28:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM OSCE TX
08STATE132299	OSCE PERMANENT COUNCIL: STATEMENT ON BELARUS [...] (U) Post is authorized to present the following statement at the December 18, 2008 Per1. Post is authorized to present the following statement at the Permanent Council in Vienna on December 18. Begin text: Thank you, Mr. Chairman. The United States takes note of the efforts of the governme [...]	2008-12-17 22:42:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM BY OSCE
08STATE14284	DEFENDING THE U.S. KOSOVO POSITION IN THE OSCE [...] (U) This cable is an action request (see para 5). Posts are requested to deliver this demarche to the highest-ranking host-government official responsible for OSCE affairs. 2. (C) The purpose of this demarche is to: -- Alert host government to Serbia's plan to invoke the OSCE's Berlin [...]	2008-02-12 00:26:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNAUS UNMIK PGOV YI EU OSCE
08STATE14285	OSCE - DEFENDING THE U.S. KOSOVO POSITION IN [...] (U) This cable is an action request (see para 3) and responds to USOSCE's reftel request for guidance. 2. (C) BACKGROUND: We understand that Serbia intends to invoke the Berlin Mechanism immediately after an expected declaration of independence (DI) from Kosovo. We believe that Serbia's [...]	2008-02-12 00:27:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UN UNMIK PGOV YI EU OSCE
08STATE14798	OSCE PERMANENT COUNCIL: STATEMENT ON THE [...] Post is authorized to present the following statement at the February 14 Permanent Council meeting in Vienna. Begin text: Mr. Chairman, Thirty-two years ago, the signatories to the Helsinki Final Act introduced the OSCE's comprehensive security model to the world. They proclaimed that [...]	2008-02-13 15:11:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON OSCE PREL EINV ETRD EU
08STATE15110	OSCE PERMANENT COUNCIL: CONTINGENCY GUIDANCE ON [...] Should Serbia raise Kosovo at the February 14 Permanent Council meeting in Vienna, Post is authorized to present the following contingency statement in response. Begin text: Thank you, Mr. Chairman. The United States along with our European partners have been actively engaged in promoti [...]	2008-02-14 00:56:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL OSCE UNMIK KV YI
08STATE15778	DEMARCHE ON INCARCERATION POLICIES IN RUSSIA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Department requests Post express at an appropriate level our serious human rights and humanitarian concerns about certain issues regarding incarceration practices in Russia. For USOSCE, Post should understand that the current demarche is intended to be raised in the course of our [...]	2008-02-15 14:16:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	OSCE PHUM RS
08STATE16032	OSCE PERMANENT COUNCIL: RESPONSE TO SERBIAN [...] Post is authorized to present the following response to Serbian Foreign Minister Vuk Jeremic at the special Permanent Council meeting on February 19. Begin text: Thank you, Mr. Chairman. The United States welcomes Minister Jeremic back to the Permanent Council at a critical moment in his [...]	2008-02-15 20:09:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL OSCE UNMIK KV YI SR
08STATE19728	OSCE PERMANENT COUNCIL: RESPONSE TO AMBASSADOR [...] Post is authorized to present the following statement at the February 28, 2008 Permanent Council meeting in Vienna. Begin text: Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Thank you as well, Ambassador Urstad, for your excellent and well-balanced report. As you have noted, Serbia has had to deal with a [...]	2008-02-27 17:34:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	OSCE PREL SR PGOV
08STATE19737	OSCE PERMANENT COUNCIL: STATEMENT ON UZBEKISTAN [...] Post is authorized to make the following statement at the February 28, 2008, meeting of the OSCE Permanent Council in Vienna: Begin Text: Thank you, Mr. Chairman. The United States welcomes the limited progress made recently by Uzbekistan toward fulfilling its Helsinki Commitments. [...]	2008-02-27 17:44:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM OSCE UZ
08STATE20016	OSCE PERMANENT COUNCIL: STATEMENT REGARDING THE [...] Post is authorized to present the following statement under current issues at the February 28, 2008 Permanent Council meeting in Vienna. Begin text: Thank you, Mr. Chairman. The United States condemns the attacks that occurred against a number of foreign diplomatic missions in Belgrade [...]	2008-02-27 21:22:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	OSCE PREL SR PGOV
08STATE22554	OSCE PERMANENT COUNCIL: RESPONSE TO HEAD OF THE [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-05 15:48:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL OSCE HR
08STATE2476	OSCE PERMANENT COUNCIL: RESPONSE TO INCOMING [...] Post is authorized to present the following statement at the January 10 Special Permanent Council meeting in Vienna. Begin text: We are honored to welcome Foreign Minister Ilkka Kanerva to the Permanent Council as the Chairman in Office for 2008. The United States fully supports the object [...]	2008-01-09 16:19:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL OSCE PHUM CFED FI
08STATE25550	OSCE PERMANENT COUNCIL: RESPONSE TO FOM REPORT ON [...] (U) Post is authorized to present the following statement at the March 13th Permanent Council meeting in Vienna. Begin text: Thank you, Mr. Chairman. The Representative on Freedom of the Media has once again delivered a very informative, factually reliable and well-reasoned report. Two [...]	2008-03-11 20:56:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV OSCE
08STATE25582	OSCE PERMANENT COUNCIL: RESPONSE TO BELARUS [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-11 22:20:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL OSCE BO
08STATE25858	OSCE PERMANENT COUNCIL: RESPONSE TO CIO SPECIAL [...] (U) Post is authorized to present the following statement at the Permanent Council meeting in Vienna on March 13. Begin text: Thank you, Mr. Chairman. The United States greatly appreciates the diligent efforts of Ambassador Heikki Talvitie, the special envoy of the Chairman in Office, t [...]	2008-03-12 16:44:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	AM KDEM MO OSCE PGOV PHUM PREL
08STATE33523	OSCE PERMANENT COUNCIL: RESPONSE TO OSCE SG ON [...] (U) Post is authorized to present the response at paragraph 2 at the Permanent Council meeting in Vienna on April 3. 2. Begin text: Thank you, Mr. Chairman. The United States read with interest the report of the Secretary General following his observation of the First SIPDIS Annua [...]	2008-04-01 19:31:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL KISL KIRF OSCE
08STATE33804	EU COMMISSION CONSULTATIONS ON NONPROLIFERATION [...] (SBU) A five-member delegation from the European Commission met USG nonproliferation experts at the Department of State March 11-12, and held an exchange of program activities and country priorities that both sides agreed will serve as the basis for better coordination. ISN Deputy Assistant [...]	2008-04-02 22:57:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PEL KNNP SC EU OSCE UNVIE EUN
08STATE33932	OSCE PERMANENT COUNCIL: RESPONSE TO OSCE HOM TO [...] Post is authorized to present the following statement at the April 3, 2008 Permanent Council meeting in Vienna. 2. Begin text: Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Welcome back to the Permanent Council, Ambassador Davidson, and thank you for an excellent report. The United States regrets that lit [...]	2008-04-02 23:49:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	OSCE PREL BK
08STATE37076	OSCE GUIDANCE: DRAFT DECISION ON THE AGENDA, [...] The Department authorizes USOSCE to join consensus on the draft decision on the Agenda, Timetable and Modalities of the Huamn Dimension Seminar (PC.DD/11/08/Rev.1),with the changes outlined in paragraph 2. 2. Post should seek the following changes to the text as transmitted to the EUR/RP [...]	2008-04-09 18:27:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	KDEM OSCE PHUM PREL
08STATE39693	OSCE PERMANENT COUNCIL: RESPONSE TO ARAB LEAGUE [...] (U) Post is authorized to present the following statement at the April 17 Permanent Council meeting in Vienna. Begin Text: Mr. Chairman, We join other participating States in welcoming Amr Moussa, Secretary General of the League of Arab States, to the SIPDIS Permanent Council this mo [...]	2008-04-15 22:15:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	OSCE PREL
08STATE40176	OSCE PERMANENT COUNCIL: RESPONSE TO HEAD OF [...] Post is authorized to make the following statement at the April 17th, 2008 meeting of the OSCE Permanent Council in Vienna: Begin Text: Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Ambassador Radicati, welcome back to the Permanent Council. Often when we discuss countries that have experienced a confli [...]	2008-04-16 22:17:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM OSCE MK
08STATE4344	OSCE/PERMANENT COUNCIL: STATEMENT ON UZBEK [...] Post is authorized to make the following statement at the January 17, 2008 meeting of the OSCE Permanent Council: Begin Text: Mr. Chairman, The United States is concerned about the conduct of the Uzbek presidential election on December 23rd, which, according to ODIHR, fell short of mee [...]	2008-01-15 14:08:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM OSCE UZ
08STATE46814	OSCE: GUIDANCE ON APPOINTMENT OF JANEZ LENARCIC [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-02 19:20:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	OSCE PREL KDEM
08STATE47888	OSCE PERMANENT COUNCIL: STATEMENT ON BELARUS [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-06 19:39:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL OSCE BO
08STATE48118	OSCE/PERMANENT COUNCIL: STATEMENT ON RELIGIOUS [...] (U) Post is authorized to present the following statement at the May 8 Permanent Council meeting in Vienna. Begin Text: Mr. Chairman, The United States is concerned about recent reports that reflect a disturbing trend in Kazakhstan regarding religious freedom. While Kazakhstan has prid [...]	2008-05-06 22:22:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM OSCE KZ
08STATE48273	OSCE PERMANENT COUNCIL: RESPONSE TO OSCE PROJECT [...] Post is authorized to make the following statement at the May 8, 2008, meeting of the OSCE Permanent Council in Vienna: Begin Text: Thank you, Mr. Chairman. The United States welcomes Ambassador Venczel to the Permanent Council in his new role as the OSCE Project Coordinator in Uzbeki [...]	2008-05-07 14:19:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM OSCE UZ
08STATE48469	OSCE PERMANENT COUNCIL: STATEMENT ON RECENT [...] Post is authorized to present the following statement at the May 8 Permanent Council meeting in Vienna. Begin text: Mr. Chairman, On April 26 the website of the Belarus Service of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty was the subject of a cyber attack. RFE/RL, which is an independent, interna [...]	2008-05-07 18:44:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	OSCE PTER PREL
08STATE50839	OSCE PERMANENT COUNCIL: WELCOMING JANEZ [...] Post is authorized to make the following statement at the May 15, 2008 meeting of the OSCE Permanent Council in Vienna: Begin Text: Thank you, Mr. Chairman. The United States joins other delegations in offering our sincere congratulations to Janez Lenarcic on his selection as ODIHR,s [...]	2008-05-13 21:14:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	KDEM OSCE
08STATE50850	OSCE PERMANENT COUNCIL: STATEMENT ON CONDUCT OF [...] Post is authorized to present the following statement at the May 15 Permanent Council meeting in Vienna. Begin text: Thank you, Mr. Chairman. The United States congratulates the people of Serbia for the conduct of the May 11 parliamentary and local elections in Serbia. For the third [...]	2008-05-13 21:24:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	OSCE PREL PGOV SR

08STATE51212	OSCE PERMANENT COUNCIL: RESPONSE TO OSCE HEAD OF [...] Post is authorized to make the following statement at the May 15, 2008, meeting of the OSCE Permanent Council in Vienna: Begin Text: Thank you, Mr. Chairman. The United States welcomes Ambassador Djikic back to the Permanent Council and thanks him for his comprehensive report on the OS [...]	2008-05-14 15:24:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM OSCE TX

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