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08STATE51285 | OSCE PERMANENT COUNCIL: STATEMENT ON DRAFT [...] 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 shares the concern of the Representative of Freedom Miklos Haraszti as he expressed in a May 13th press releas [...] | 2008-05-14 16:58:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | KG OSCE PGOV PHUM PREL |
08STATE52345 | OSCE: GUIDANCE ON PERMANENT COUNCIL DECISION ON [...] (SBU) The Department concurs with Post's analysis (reftel) of the potential political costs of opposing the PC draft decision (PC.DD/16/08) on the OSCE-Afghanistan conference, and therefore instructus Post not to block cosensus in support of the conference. Given the potential uncertainties w [...] | 2008-05-16 17:47:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC OSCE AF |
08STATE56870 | OSCE/PERMANENT COUNCIL: RESPONSE TO MONTENEGRO [...] (U) Post is authorized to present the following statement at the May 29, 2008 Permanent Council meeting in Vienna. Begin text: Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Welcome back, Ambassador Badescu, and thank you for the update. We add our appreciation for the excellent written report you submitted [...] | 2008-05-28 15:12:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | OSCE PREL PGOV MW |
08STATE56975 | OSCE PERMANENT COUNCIL: STATEMENT ON ACCESS TO [...] (U) Post is authorized to present the following statement at the May 29, 2008 Permanent Council meeting in Vienna. Begin Text: Mr. Chairman, The United States shares the concerns expressed by our Special Representative on Freedom of the Media that Internet users in Kazakhstan and other [...] | 2008-05-28 17:53:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM OSCE KZ |
08STATE56979 | OSCE PERMANENT COUNCIL: RESPONSE TO OSCE HEAD OF [...] (U) Post is authorized to present the following statement at the May 29, 2008 Permanent Council meeting in Vienna. Begin text: Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Ambassador Pryakhin, welcome back to the Permanent Council and thank you for your comprehensive report on the OSCE,s activities in Tajiki [...] | 2008-05-28 17:58:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL OSCE TJ |
08STATE59652 | OSCE PERMANENT COUNCIL: STATEMENT ON MACEDONIA,S [...] Post is authorized to make the following statement at the June 5, 2008 meeting of the OSCE Permanent Council in Vienna: Begin Text: Thank you, Mr. Chairman. The United States notes with serious concern developments surrounding the June 1st parliamentary election in Macedonia. ODIHR,s p [...] | 2008-06-03 21:07:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM OSCE MK |
08STATE60218 | OSCE PERMANENT COUNCIL: RESPONSE TO HIGH [...] Post is authorized to present the following statement at the June 5 Permanent Council meeting in Vienna in response to the report by the High Representative and EU Special Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina, Ambassador Lajcak. Begin text: Mr. Chairman, The United States welcomes [...] | 2008-06-04 20:31:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL OSCE BO |
08STATE60838 | OSCE HUMAN DIMENSION MEETING: REQUEST FOR EMBASSY [...] (SBU) Summary and Action Request: The OSCE will conduct its annual Human Dimension Implementation Meeting (HDIM) from September 29 through October 10 in Warsaw. The HDIM is the OSCE's annual review of participating States, implementation of their OSCE commitments to human rights and fundament [...] | 2008-06-05 21:24:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM OSCE KDEM PREL |
08STATE64738 | OSCE PERMANENT COUNCIL: STATEMENT ON ARREST OF [...] (U) Post is authorized to present the following statement at the June 19th Permanent Council meeting in Vienna. Begin text: Thank you, Mr. Chairman. The United States welcomes the news of the recent arrest in Serbia of war crimes fugitive Stojan Zupljanin, who was indicted by the Intern [...] | 2008-06-16 20:32:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV ICTY OSCE SR |
08STATE64760 | OSCE: DECISION ON MANDATE FOR OSCE MISSION IN [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-16 21:06:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | TI OSCE PHUM PREL |
08STATE65255 | OSCE PERMANENT COUNCIL: STATEMENT ON MACEDONIA,S [...] (U) Post is authorized to present the following statement at the June 19th Permanent Council meeting in Vienna. Begin text: Thank you, Mr. Chairman. The United States welcomes the news that the re-run of Early Parliamentary elections in Macedonia on June 15th appeared to be substantiall [...] | 2008-06-17 21:26:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | OSCE PREL AORC MK |
08STATE65258 | OSCE PERMANENT COUNCIL: STATEMENT ON UZBEK [...] Post is authorized to make the following statement at the June 19, 2008, meeting of the OSCE Permanent Council in Vienna: Begin Text: Thank you, Mr. Chairman. The United States is deeply concerned about a television broadcast aired on state-owned Ferghana Regional TV and Namangan TV s [...] | 2008-06-17 21:30:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM OSCE UZ |
08STATE65363 | OSCE PERMANENT COUNCIL: RESPONSE TO THE OSCE [...] (U) Post is authorized to present the following statement at the June 19, 2008 Permanent Council meeting in Vienna. Begin Text: We would like to welcome Mr. Snoy back to the Permanent Council, and thank him for his thorough report on the activities of the Economic and Environmental Committ [...] | 2008-06-18 12:35:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ECON OSCE |
08STATE68463 | OSCE PERMANENT COUNCIL: RESPONSE TO OSCE HIGH [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-25 20:21:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM OSCE |
08STATE71287 | OSCE PERMANENT COUNCIL: RESPONSE TO [...] (U) Post is authorized to present the following statement at the July 3rd Permanent Council meeting in Vienna. Begin text: Thank you, Mr. Chairman. And thank you, Mr. Haraszti, for your report, which we believe merits very serious consideration by the participating States. You quite ri [...] | 2008-07-02 19:09:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL OSCE |
08STATE73514 | OSCE PERMANENT COUNCIL: STATEMENT ON NORWEGIAN [...] Post is authorized to make the following statement at the July 10, 2008, meeting of the OSCE Permanent Council in Vienna: Begin Text: Thank you, Mr. Chairman. The United States joins Norway in expressing its deep concern about recent actions taken by Kyrgyz authorities against the Nor [...] | 2008-07-09 17:00:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM OSCE KG |
08STATE76294 | OSCE HUMAN DIMENSION MEETING DEMARCHE [...] (SBU) Summary and Action Request: The OSCE will conduct its annual Human Dimension Implementation Meeting (HDIM) from September 29 through October 10 in Warsaw. Based in part on embassies' input (reftel),which the Department appreciates, this demarche conveys USG concerns on host government [...] | 2008-07-16 15:23:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OSCE PREL PHUM KDEM |
08STATE78636 | OSCE GUIDANCE: DRAFT DECISION ON THE TIME AND [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-22 16:52:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | OSCE PREL SMIG |
08STATE78812 | OSCE PERMANENT COUNCIL: INTERVENTION REGARDING [...] (U) Post is authorized to present the following statement at the July 24, 2008 Permanent Council meeting in Vienna. Begin text: Thank you, Mr. Chairman. The United States welcomes the news of the recent arrest in Serbia of Radovan Karadzic, who is wanted by the International Criminal Tr [...] | 2008-07-22 20:11:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | OSCE PREL SR |
08STATE78857 | OSCE GUIDANCE: DRAFT DECISION ON THE AGENDA, [...] The Department has reviewed the text of draft decision PC.DD/26/08 (reftel),which decides the agenda and modalities of the November 9-10 OSCE Asia Partners Conference, to be held in Kabul. 2. Post should seek the following ammendments to the text: a) in the third bullet of the session 3 [...] | 2008-07-22 21:34:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | AF OSCE PREL |
08STATE78859 | OSCE GUIDANCE: DRAFT DECISION ON THE AGENDA AND [...] The Department has reviewed the text of draft decision PC.DD/27/08 (text as transmited reftel),which decides on the agenda and modalities of the 2008 OSCE Mediterranean Partners Conference, to be held October 27-28, in Jordan. 2. Post should seek the following ammendment to the text: -- [...] | 2008-07-22 21:37:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | OSCE PREL |
08STATE87197 | OSCE/PERMANENT COUNCIL: STATEMENT ON RECENT [...] (U) Post is authorized to deliver the following statement at the August 14, 2008, special meeting of the OSCE Permanent Council in Vienna. Begin text: Mr. Chairman, We appreciate so much that you scheduled this special session of the Permanent Council, and express our full support for [...] | 2008-08-13 23:54:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | OSCE PREL PBTS GG RS |
08STATE88235 | TFGG01: ACTION REQUEST: DEMARCHE TO GAIN SUPPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2008-08-16 08:36:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | OSCE PREL PBTS GG RS |
08STATE94461 | OSCE/PERMANENT COUNCIL: STATEMENT ON REPORT BY [...] Post is authorized to present the following statement at the September 4 Permanent Council meeting in Vienna. Begin text: Thank you, Mr. Chairman. The United States joins other delegations in welcoming the Head of the OSCE Mission in Kosovo, Ambassador Guldimann and the Special Represen [...] | 2008-09-03 20:29:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | OSCE PREL UNMIK KV |
08STATE94464 | OSCE/PERMANENT COUNCIL: REACTION TO RELEASE OF [...] Post is authorized to present the following statement at the Permanent Council meeting in Vienna on September 4. Begin text: Thank you, Mr. Chairman. The United States welcomes the August 20 release of the last two Belarusian prisoners of conscience, Andrey Kim and Syarhey Parsyukevich. [...] | 2008-09-03 20:29:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL PGOV OSCE KDEM BY |
08STATE94532 | OSCE PERMANENT COUNCIL: KILLING OF JOURNALIST IN [...] No summary [...] | 2008-09-03 21:41:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV OSCE PREL PHUM RU |
08STATE96482 | OSCE/PERMANENT COUNCIL: RESPONSE TO SERBIAN [...] Post is authorized to present the following statement at the September 10 Special Permanent Council meeting in Vienna. Begin text: Thank you, Mr. Chairman. The United States welcomes Minister Jeremic back to the Permanent Council. Mr. Minister, while recent events in Georgia have unq [...] | 2008-09-09 20:21:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL OSCE UNMIK KV YI SR |
08STATE97109 | OSCE PERMANENT COUNCIL - STATEMENT ON GEORGIA FOR [...] No summary [...] | 2008-09-10 22:58:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | GG RU OSCE PREL |
08STATE99702 | OSCE PERMANENT COUNCIL: STATEMENT ON EU OBSERVERS [...] No summary [...] | 2008-09-17 23:11:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL OSCE GG RS |
08STOCKHOLM579 | TTFGG01: SWEDEN TO SEND 2-3 OSCE MIL OBSERVERS TO [...] (SBU) Head of the Eastern European Department, Johan Frisell, told poloff that Sweden agreed to send two to three military observers to the OSCE's 28-observer contingent that will deploy immediately to Georgia. The MFA has asked the Defense Ministry to approve adding eight more military obser [...] | 2008-08-20 14:00:00 | Embassy Stockholm | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV OSCE RU GG SW |
08STOCKHOLM801 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: OSCE MINISTERIAL [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-02 15:24:00 | Embassy Stockholm | UNCLASSIFIED | OSCE PREL PHUM KDEM GG RU SW |
08TASHKENT1420 | UZBEKISTAN: DEMARCHE ON THE HELSINKI OSCE MINISTERIAL [...] (C) Pol-Econ Chief discussed reftel points with Uzbek MFA UN and International Organizations Division Head Karomiddin Gadoev on December 3.Karomiddin noted that, for the first time in three years (i.e. since Andijon),Uzbekistan would be represented in Helsinkiat the ministerial level byForeign [...] | 2008-12-04 13:21:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL OSCE PHUM KDEM UZ |
08TASHKENT447 | UZBEKISTAN APPROVES MAJORITY OF OSCE PROJECTS [...] (C) Summary: On April 14 Bernard Rouault, Senior Project Officer at the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) Project Coordination Office in Tashkent, informed poloff that the Government of Uzbekistan approved 14 of the 19 proposed projects submitted for 2008 after a long [...] | 2008-04-16 08:12:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL OSCE PHUM UZ |
08TASHKENT5 | 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 c [...] | 2008-01-02 10:48:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM OSCE UZ |
08TASHKENT671 | UZBEKISTAN: EMBASSY INPUT FOR OSCE HUMAN DIMENSION [...] (SBU) Summary: Per reftel request on the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) Human Dimension Implementation Meeting (HDIM) in Warsaw (scheduled for September 29 - October 10),we are providing the following input for the pre-HDIM demarche to the Uzbek government. We wou [...] | 2008-06-13 10:14:00 | Embassy Tashkent | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KDEM KIRF OSCE PGOV PREL UZ |
08TASHKENT818 | OSCE NOTES ON KARIMOV MEETING OFFER INSIGHTS INTO [...] (C) Summary: On July 3 Bernard Rouault, Senior Project Officer at the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) Project Coordination Office in Tashkent, provided poloff with notes from the June 4 meeting between Alexander Stubb, visiting Chairman in Office of the OSCE and Fin [...] | 2008-07-14 12:21:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL OSCE PHUM PINR AF KZ UZ |
08TASHKENT846 | UZBEKISTAN: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON OSCE HUMAN [...] (U) On July 18 the Ambassador met with Foreign Minister Norov and, per request in reftel, delivered the demarche on the agenda for the upcoming OSCE Human Dimension Implementation Meeting. The Ambassador noted that the balanced points illustrate how we can have a productive dialogue on human [...] | 2008-07-21 09:33:00 | Embassy Tashkent | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM OSCE UZ |
08TBILISI1228 | GEORGIA: USG RESPONSE TO OSCE QUESTIONNAIRE ON [...] Per reftel request, Poloff delivered a copy of the USG response to Alexander Nalbandov, Director of Department of International Organizations, Ministry of Foreign Affairs. TEFFT [...] | 2008-07-16 13:01:00 | Embassy Tbilisi | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL NATO OSCE GG |
08TBILISI1246 | GEORGIA: OSCE HUMAN DIMENSION MEETING DEMARCHE [...] Per reftel request, Poloff provided a copy of USG concerns and comments to Alexander Nalbandov, Director of Department of International Organizations, Ministry of Foreign Affairs. TEFFT [...] | 2008-07-18 13:28:00 | Embassy Tbilisi | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL NATO OSCE GG |
08TBILISI254 | GEORGIA WILL NOT SUPPORT SERBIA'S PLAN TO INVOKE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-14 06:28:00 | Embassy Tbilisi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNAUS UNMIK YI OSCE GG |
08TBILISI483 | SOUTH OSSETIANS AGAIN BLOCK WORK OF OSCE [...] (SBU) OSCE officials have described to us how representatives of the South Ossetian de facto army and de facto intelligence service stopped an OSCE/UN team March 19 and confiscated cameras and video equipment. OSCE intends to send a letter to de facto officials to protest this interference, w [...] | 2008-03-20 13:17:00 | Embassy Tbilisi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL OSCE GG |
08THEHAGUE134 | NETHERLANDS/OSCE/KOSOVO: RESPONSE TO BERLIN [...] (C) Summary: The GONL understands from its mission to the OSCE that Serbia is no longer interested in pursuing an emergency session under the Berlin Mechanism, but rather will seek an "extra session" of the Permanent Council to voice its concerns over a Kosovo declaration of independence. Acco [...] | 2008-02-13 12:49:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNAUS UNMIK PGOV YI EU OSCE NL |
08THEHAGUE33 | NETHERLANDS/KAZAKHSTAN: DUTCH VIEW ON KAZAKHSTAN'S [...] (C) Summary: The GONL concurs that close coordination among OSCE partners is necessary to help ensure Kazakhstan remains on track in terms of the commitments it made in exchange for the 2010 OSCE chairmanship. MFA Special Advisor for the OSCE Tony van der Togt said for their part, the Dutch [...] | 2008-01-11 14:41:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV OSCE PREL KZ NL |
08TIRANA111 | ALBANIA SUPPORTS U.S. POSITION ON BERLIN MECHANISM [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-13 09:19:00 | Embassy Tirana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNAUS UNMIK PGOV OSCE AL |
08TIRANA413 | THE WORK OF THE OSCE PRESENCE IN ALBANIA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The OSCE Presence in Albania (PIA) will present its Programme Outline in Vienna on June 3, in preparation for discussions of its 2009 budget. Post supports overall USG policy to reduce expenditures of OSCE Balkan Missions in a desire to push for greater OSCE presence further e [...] | 2008-06-02 11:09:00 | Embassy Tirana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV OSCE AL |
08TUNIS1156 | DELIVERED DEMARCHE ON OSCE MANPADS SEMINAR [...] No summary [...] | 2008-11-17 07:49:00 | Embassy Tunis | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC ASEC EAIR ETTC MARR MAS MCAP MOPS OSCE |
08UNVIEVIENNA274 | IAEA/IRAN: BUSHEHR SAFETY ISSUES; POSSIBLE DELAY [...] (U) This cable contains recommendations and guidance requests. See paras 15 and 16. ------- Summary ------- 2. (S) IAEA safety officials have been reviewing the Russian-drafted Safety Analysis Report (SAR) on Iran's Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant (BNPP). Although they are being very ti [...] | 2008-05-13 14:29:00 | UNVIE | SECRET | ENRG KNNP IAEA UNVIE RS IR OSCE |
08UNVIEVIENNA377 | ADDITIONAL INFORMATION CONCERNING NORWAY'S [...] (C) Ambassador Schulte passed on the U.S. talking points to the Norwegians regarding their proposal for safety training in Iran and received a positive response. IAEA is moving ahead with plans for the program which includes training, workshops and on-the-job rotations in other countries for [...] | 2008-07-08 07:39:00 | UNVIE | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG KNNP IAEA RS IR OSCE |
08USNATO119 | NATO: MARCH 27 HLTF AGREES ON NAC STATEMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY. At the March 27 HLTF meeting Allies reached agreement on the U.S.-German-sponsored draft NAC Statement on CFE (ref b). While all Allies were fully supportive of the concept and much of the content of the draft statement, a few (e.g. Turkey, the Baltics, Romania, and Bulgaria) re [...] | 2008-04-08 11:20:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PARM KCFE NATO RS OSCE |
08USNATO171 | NATO: MAY 6, 2008 HLTF MEETING [...] (C) SUMMARY: At the May 6 HLTF, Allies agreed that for now the optimum course for addressing CFE issues with Russia is to adhere to the positions set out in the March 28 NAC statement and the Bucharest Summit Declaration. Allies should remain patient, demonstrating unity and resolve, while w [...] | 2008-05-15 11:15:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PARM KCFE NATO RS OSCE |
08USNATO236 | JUNE 24, 2008 HLTF: ALLIES UNANIMOUS ON CONTINUING [...] (C) SUMMARY. At the June 24 HLTF meeting and meetings on the margins, Allies agreed to continue NATO,s current approach to dealing with the impasse brought on by the Russian Federation,s suspension of implementation of (i.e. compliance with) the CFE Treaty by: -- continuing Allies, unaltere [...] | 2008-07-07 07:26:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | KCFE NATO PARM PREL OSCE RS |
08USNATO254 | "FRIENDS OF KOSOVO" MEET IN BRUSSELS [...] (C) SUMMARY. Belgium hosted on July 18 a meeting of the "Friends Of Kosovo" bringing together key stakeholders, including NATO, EU, OSCE, UN and contributing nations. The meeting had no formal agenda but was designed to initiate a process of cooperation among the players. Speakers urged gre [...] | 2008-07-18 15:54:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS NATO UN EU OSCE |
08USNATO336 | SEPTEMBER 11, 2008 HLTF: ALLIES GRAPPLE WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY. At the September 11 NATO High Level Task Force (HLTF) and related meetings Allies discussed potential next steps on CFE in the context of Russian actions in Georgia and Russias continued "suspension" of CFE, based largely on the options advanced by the U.S. (ref a). There was general a [...] | 2008-09-18 10:15:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM KCFE NATO RS OSCE |
08USNATO341 | NATO: FRIED-ANTONOV DISCUSSION ON FUTURE OF CFE [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel briefing to International Staff Arms Control and Coordination Section Head Mike Miggins on 22 September. Miggins mused that the Russians consistently claim to want the limits and "discipline" that the CFE treaty imposes, yet there have been no concrete moves toward [...] | 2008-09-23 12:05:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | KCFE NATO OSCE PARM PREL RS |
08USNATO35 | NATO/VCC: JANUARY 22 VCC AND VCC EXPERTS, MEETINGS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Experts agreed and the VCC approved the text for the common understanding of Annex A, Section V, Paragraph 5 of the Final Document of the First CFE Review Conference as suggested by the U.S. in Ref A. The understanding will be forwarded to the JCG-T in Vienna. END SUMMARY [...] | 2008-01-28 16:50:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PARM KCFE NATO RS OSCE |
08USNATO55 | NATO: JANUARY 31TH HLTF MEETING [...] (C) SUMMARY. NATO Allies used the January 31 HLTF to reaffirm and refine their strategy for a unified NATO response to Russia,s decision to suspend implementation of CFE. Allies see themselves united behind a substantive approach (the parallel actions plan) and accompanying diplomatic game [...] | 2008-02-12 16:20:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PARM KCFE NATO RS OSCE |
08USNATO78 | DAS KRAMER GIVES NATO ALLIES READOUT ON US-RUSSIA [...] (C) SUMMARY: On February 22, Deputy Assistant Secretary David Kramer briefed NATO Allies in Brussels on Assistant Secretary Fried's February 19 meeting with Russian Deputy SIPDIS Foreign Minister and Disarmament Director Antonov regarding the CFE Parallel Actions Package. Kramer reported th [...] | 2008-02-27 12:02:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PARM KCFE NATO RS OSCE |
08USNATO88 | NATO: FEBRUARY 28TH HLTF AND NRC (ACE) MEETINGS [...] (C) SUMMARY: At the February 28 HLTF, Allies agreed on key themes for the NATO-Russia Council Arms Control Experts (NRC (ACE)) meeting that followed the HLTF, and more generally for engaging Russia in the run-up to Bucharest. All who spoke stressed the need for a continued unified message; re [...] | 2008-03-07 15:04:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PARM KCFE NATO RS OSCE |
08USOSCE102 | OPEN SKIES TREATY: UK TO CEASE ACTIVE FLIGHTS DUE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-04-18 06:19:00 | Mission USOSCE | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PARM PREL OSCE |
08USOSCE103 | OPEN SKIES TREATY: UK TO CEASE ACTIVE FLIGHTS DUE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-04-18 06:20:00 | Mission USOSCE | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PARM PREL OSCE |
08USOSCE104 | OPEN SKIES TREATY: APRIL 14 PLENARY - U.S. [...] (SBU) Summary: On April 14, the U.S. began its Chairmanship of the Open Skies Consultative Commission (OSCC) calling upon States to complete work on the digital video sensor decision. The U.S. also kicked off discussion on potential commemoration activities for the 500th observation flight e [...] | 2008-04-18 06:20:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL OSCE |
08USOSCE106 | FSC APRIL 16: U.S. REPLIES TO RUSSIA ON DEFENSE [...] (SBU) Summary: The U.S. responded in the Forum for Security Cooperation on April 16 to Russia's attacks a week earlier on the President's decision that Kosovo was eligible for defense cooperation. The U.S. reminded delegations that the arms embargo against Yugoslavia had been lifted by UN dec [...] | 2008-04-21 06:07:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL OSCE KCFE RS XG |
08USOSCE110 | CFE/JCG: APRIL 22 PLENARY - VIGOROUS DEBATE ON [...] No summary [...] | 2008-04-23 17:02:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCFE OSCE PARM PREL |
08USOSCE111 | FSC APRIL 23: RUSSIANS BRANDISH "BLACKLIST" OF [...] (SBU) Summary: Russia protested it did not want to be a mentor to participating States who may have violated the Vienna Document timelines for requesting inspections or evaluations, but other delegations asked the CPC to broaden the scope of the inquiry into violations. Several states have c [...] | 2008-04-24 15:52:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL OSCE KCFE XG |
08USOSCE112 | RAPID REACTION FORCES PROPOSALS: THE STATE OF PLAY [...] (C) Summary: Russia on April 22 seemed to accept that the Quad Allies need a few more weeks to come up with a concrete response to its proposal for an information exchange on rapid reaction forces. Meanwhile, Britain, France, and Germany insist that the U.S justify its contention that Germany [...] | 2008-04-25 08:50:00 | Mission USOSCE | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL OSCE KCFE RS XG |
08USOSCE118 | CFE: APRIL 29 JCG PLENARY, ALLIES REFUTE RUSSIAN [...] (SBU) Summary: At the April 29 Joint Consultative Group (JCG),Dr. Szabolcs Osvat of the Hungarian MOD provided an academic-style briefing to the JCG on the topic of "Stationing and Temporary Deployment During CFE Adaptation and Beyond, 1996-1999." Inter alia, the brief noted how the CFE F [...] | 2008-04-30 18:47:00 | Mission USOSCE | CONFIDENTIAL | KCFE OSCE PARM PREL RS |
08USOSCE120 | FSC APRIL 30: FSC DEFERS TO UNOMIG TO INVESTIGATE [...] (SBU) Summary: At the request of the Finnish Chairman-in-Office under the OSCE's "Bucharest mechanism," the Forum for Security Cooperation held initial discussions of the August 20 UAV incident in Abkhazia. The EU and several of its members deferred to UNOMIG--as it had the "main responsibili [...] | 2008-05-02 16:02:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL MOPS OSCE KCFE GG RS XG |
08USOSCE121 | OSCE: GLOBAL EXCHANGE OF MILITARY INFO GOES [...] (SBU) Forty-six participating States provided their Global Exchange of Military Information (GEMI) data for 2007 on time on April 29-30. Despite Russia's CFE "suspension," Russia provided its data on time. 2. (SBU) The only participating States with military forces that did not provide req [...] | 2008-05-02 16:12:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL OSCE KCFE XG |
08USOSCE122 | OSCE/FSC: US INTERVENTON AT MAY 7 FSC ON GEORGIA [...] (SBU) The is a request for guidance. See paragraphs 2-4 for background and paragraph 5 and 6 for request. 2. (C) Background: Georgian representatives explained to USDEL how allies and other concerned states could support Georgia's planned intervention on the April 20 UAV incident at t [...] | 2008-05-05 16:26:00 | Mission USOSCE | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL OSCE KCFE XG |
08USOSCE123 | OPEN SKIES TREATY: MAY 5 OSCC PLENARY: RUSSIAN [...] (SBU) Summary: At the May 5th Plenary of the Open Skies Consultative Commission (OSCC),Russia recalled a series of interventions by the U.S. and other delegations on April 14 that opposed Russia's request for a suspension of Open Skies missions in the last week of April due to the lack of [...] | 2008-05-06 10:56:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL OSCE |
08USOSCE125 | FSC MAY 7: RUSSIA AND GEORGIA RETURN TO UAV [...] (SBU) Summary: Georgia and Russia at the May 7 Forum for Security Cooperation resumed trading accusations on the April 20 UAV incident, Georgia insisting that a Russian fighter shot down the Georgian "interior ministry" drone with a missile as it over-flew Abkhazia. Georgia responded to Russi [...] | 2008-05-09 07:50:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL OSCE KCFE GG RS XG |
08USOSCE129 | CFE: MAY 13 JCG PLENARY: GERMAN PRESENTATION ON [...] (SBU) Summary: As part of the continuing "focused dialogue," at the May 13 JCG (Joint Consultative Group) Germany presented an update to its October 30, 2007 presentation on the topic of "CFE Limitations in Transition: Security Concerns and Current Force Level Trends." Using available CFE, [...] | 2008-05-14 16:50:00 | Mission USOSCE | CONFIDENTIAL | KCFE OSCE PARM PREL RS |
08USOSCE130 | FSC MAY 14: RUSSIA TABLES ANOTHER REVISED VD99 [...] (SBU) Summary: During the May 14 Forum for Security Cooperation, Russia announced a revision of its 2007 draft decision to define the "specified area" of Vienna Document inspections, now limiting the area to 25,000 square kilometers. Russia also revised its proposal for a chair's statement on [...] | 2008-05-15 11:34:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL OSCE KCFE XG |
08USOSCE132 | GEORGIA/OSCE/RUSSIA: COMPREHENSIVE OSCE TOOLBOX TO [...] (C) Summary: With the increase in tensions between Georgia and Russia over Abkhazia, we understand that Washington is developing new proposals aimed at stabilizing the situation and eventually resolve the conflict (See Ref A). In this context, we believe that the OSCE has a number of tools w [...] | 2008-05-16 15:22:00 | Mission USOSCE | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL OSCE GG RU |
08USOSCE135 | CFE: MAY 20 JCG PLENARY: RUSSIA WANTS GUARANTEES [...] (SBU) Summary: At the May 20 JCG Plenary, Russia dissected the 28 March NAC Statement on CFE in a futile attempt to draw Allies into interpreting and discussing the details of the text. Russia complained that the NAC statement had few specifics on ratification of A/CFE, accession, the defi [...] | 2008-05-21 16:25:00 | Mission USOSCE | CONFIDENTIAL | KCFE OSCE PARM PREL RS |
08USOSCE136 | FSC MAY 21: GEORGIA WILL WAIT FOR UNOMIG REPORT OF [...] (SBU) Summary: Georgia told the FSC on May 21 it would defer release of the findings of the independent group of investigators of the April 20 UAV incident until the UNOMIG fact-finding team reports. Georgia did announce that the independent experts--from the three Baltic states and the U.S.- [...] | 2008-05-23 10:15:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MOPS PARM PREL OSCE KCFE GG RS XG |
08USOSCE142 | CFE: MAY 27 JCG PLENARY: ALLIES CONFIRM NAC [...] (SBU) Summary: At the May 27 JCG Plenary, Russia asked JCG delegations from NATO to confirm the Alliance's current position on the 8 December 1998 NAC Statement on CFE, as well as the NATO-Russia Founding Act. Germany, the U.S., the U.K., the Netherlands, and the Czech Republic told Russia [...] | 2008-05-28 17:12:00 | Mission USOSCE | CONFIDENTIAL | KCFE OSCE PARM PREL RS |
08USOSCE144 | FSC MAY 28 - GEORGIA INVOKES VD99 CHAPTER III OVER [...] (SBU) Summary: Georgia announced in the May 28 Forum for Security Cooperation it would invoke the Vienna Document Chapter III risk reduction mechanism to call on Russia to explain its actions as described in the recently released UNOMIG investigation of the April 20 UAV incident. Russia rejo [...] | 2008-05-30 14:43:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL OSCE KCFE GG MW RS XG |
08USOSCE145 | DAYTON ARTICLE IV - CONTACT GROUP BRAINSTORMS ON [...] (SBU) Summary: On May 15, the Contact Group (CG),absent Italy and UK, met in Vienna with the OSCE Personal Representative (PR) for Dayton Article IV at his request to informally exchange views on the future of the Dayton Article IV regime. Most agreed with Periotto's assessment and there we [...] | 2008-05-30 15:08:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL OSCE KCFE BK HR MW SR |
08USOSCE146 | CFE: JUNE 3 JCG PLENARY: A NON-EVENT [...] (SBU) The June 3 meeting of the Joint Consultative Group (JCG) was even briefer than expected with no delegation taking the floor on any substantive issue. Belgium was noticeably absent and thus did not present a planned briefing (announced last week) on the Belgian constitutional process a [...] | 2008-06-03 11:37:00 | Mission USOSCE | CONFIDENTIAL | KCFE OSCE PARM PREL RS |
08USOSCE148 | GEORGIA/RUSSIA/OSCE: RUSSIA STONEWALLS AT VIENNA [...] (SBU) Summary: To address tensions between Georgia and Russia, the Finnish CiO convened three back-to-back meetings in Vienna on June 4 at the request of both Georgia and Russia. This was the first ever invocation of the Vienna Document 1999(VD99) Chapter III Risk Reduction mechanism. In a [...] | 2008-06-04 15:25:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM OSCE PREL GG RU |
08USOSCE150 | FSC-PC JUNE 4: CYBER SECURITY AND PREPARATION FOR [...] (SBU) Summary: The Estonian defense minister and other speakers discussed cyber security and the need for the OSCE to remain involved in coordinating the efforts of participating States (pS) in responding to emerging threats to information and communication systems. Speakers extolled the Cou [...] | 2008-06-06 12:43:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL OSCE KCFE KCIP EN FI XG |
08USOSCE156 | OSCE FSC/PC: RUSSIA AND GEORGIA AGAIN EXCHANGE [...] (SBU) Summary: In a series of three Joint FSC-PC meetings held on June 11 in response to requests by Georgia and Russia to further address tensions based on recent events in Abkhazia, both sides traded now familiar accusations on Abkhazia. Russia categorically denied its involvement in the [...] | 2008-06-12 09:37:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL OSCE KCFE XG GG RU |
08USOSCE158 | FSC JUNE 11: RUSSIA PROMISES FOLLOW-UP TO MEDVEDEV [...] (SBU) Summary: Russia announced it would provide amplifying details to President Medvedev's call during a recent speech in Germany for a "legally binding instrument on European security." The Russian proposed chair's statement on enforcing the time lines for requesting Vienna Document inspe [...] | 2008-06-12 13:23:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL OSCE KCFE RS XG |
08USOSCE160 | CFE/JCG: JUNE 10, 2008 PLENARY AND RELATED MEETINGS [...] (SBU) Summary. During the June 10 JCG Plenary under Kazakh Chairmanship, Belgium briefly described its ratification procedures noting the process would take 6-12 months. Then Azerbaijan and Armenia exchanged a series of interventions in which Armenia did not answer direct questions posed by [...] | 2008-06-12 16:15:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCFE OSCE PARM PREL |
08USOSCE163 | CFE/JCG: JUNE 17, 2008 PLENARY - RUSSIA AWAITS [...] (SBU) Summary. During the June 17 JCG Plenary under Kazakh Chairmanship, Turkey (Begec),supported by the U.S., Germany, the UK and Netherlands, raised the issue of Russia's latest inspection refusal. Russia (Solomenko) underscored there was no need to offer any explanations as they are well [...] | 2008-06-18 14:20:00 | Mission USOSCE | CONFIDENTIAL | KCFE OSCE PARM PREL |
08USOSCE164 | FSC JUNE 18: AMMUNITION BEST PRACTICES GUIDES TO [...] (SBU) Summary: The June 18 Forum for Security Cooperation Plenary adopted the decision to begin work on publishing a handbook of Best Practices Guides on conventional ammunition. A chair's statement, based on a revised Russian text, underlined the importance of complying "strictly" with the [...] | 2008-06-19 10:19:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL OSCE KCFE XG |
08USOSCE166 | FSC JUNE 25: LITTLE CONTROVERSY IN PRIVATE [...] (SBU) Summary: Austrian Brigadier Feichtinger described the increasing importance of private military/security companies as a "worrisome development" that challenges the democratic control of the armed forces and the state's monopoly on the legitimate use of violence. The U.S., in response, [...] | 2008-06-26 16:16:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL OSCE KCFE MCAP MOPS XG |
08USOSCE167 | CFE/JCG: JUNE 27, 2008 PLENARY - RUSSIA CLAIMS TO [...] (SBU) Summary. During the June 27 JCG Plenary, Greece (Sourani),supported by the U.S., Germany, the UK, Turkey, Bulgaria, France and Romania, raised the issue of Russia's latest inspection refusal and called on Russia to resume its implementation of the CFE Treaty. The U.S., Germany and the [...] | 2008-06-27 16:03:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCFE OSCE PARM PREL |
08USOSCE171 | ASRC WORKING SESSION II, JULY 2: ARMS CONTROL AND [...] (SBU) Summary: The keynote speakers at the 2008 Annual Security Review Conference (ASRC) arms control and CSBMs working session expressed concern over the CFE impasse caused by Russia's suspension. Alyson Bailes said the underlying cause was a "globalization of the security agendas" of the e [...] | 2008-07-03 17:13:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL OSCE KCFE XG |
08USOSCE175 | JCG: JULY 8 JCG, ULYANOV SAYS RUSSIA CAN WORK FROM [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. At the July 8 JCG meeting, Germany (Schweizer) supported by France, UK, Portugal, Turkey and the U.S., raised the issue of Russia refusing Germany's request to conduct a CFE inspection. Germany stated its concern that the Russian Federation was not implementing the CFE Treaty [...] | 2008-07-09 16:38:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCFE OSCE PARM PREL RS |
08USOSCE176 | FSC JULY 9: U.S. HOMELAND SECURITY PRESENTATION [...] (SBU) Summary: During the July 9 Forum for Security Cooperation, Russia (Ulyanov) read a Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) statement that sharply criticized the recent U.S.-Czech Missile Defense (MD) agreement. The U.S. did not respond. In Security dialogue, U.S. Assistant Secretary [...] | 2008-07-15 11:29:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCFE OSCE PARM PREL XG |
08USOSCE178 | OPEN SKIES: LIFT OFF! 500 FLIGHT COMMEMORATION [...] (U) Summary. On July 14, the Open Skies Consultative Commission (OSCC) held a special plenary session to commemorate the conduct of 500 observation flights since the Treaty entered into force in January 2002. The U.S. initiative received strong support from all delegations, and the 500 ballo [...] | 2008-07-16 06:19:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL OSCE |
08USOSCE179 | OPEN SKIES: LIFT OFF! 500 FLIGHT COMMEMORATION [...] (U) Summary. On July 14, the Open Skies Consultative Commission (OSCC) held a special plenary session to commemorate the conduct of 500 observation flights since the Treaty entered into force in January 2002. The U.S. initiative received strong support from all delegations, and the 500 ballo [...] | 2008-07-16 06:19:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL OSCE |
08USOSCE181 | OSCE/FSC: SUBMISSION OF USG DATA FOR THE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-17 07:34:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED | OSCE PARM PREL NATO |
08USOSCE185 | OSCE,S ANNUAL SECURITY REVIEW CONFERENCE - [...] (SBU) Summary: Delegations and speakers alike called for the OSCE to move from symbolic words to concrete action during this year's Annual Security Review Conference (ASRC),held July 1-2 in Vienna. NATO SACEUR General Craddock called on the international community to do more in Afghanistan a [...] | 2008-07-18 13:51:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL OSCE KCFE XG |
08USOSCE187 | OSCE/FSC: JULY 16, CZECHS - U.S. COUNTER RUSSIA ON [...] (SBU) Summary: The Czech Republic and the U.S. responded strongly to last week's intervention by Russia that inaccurately portrayed the U.S.-Czech agreement on missile defense radar. Drawing on material from President Medvedev's July 15 speech to the Russian MFA, Russia replied with claims t [...] | 2008-07-18 14:56:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCFE OSCE PARM PREL XG FSC |
08USOSCE194 | OSCE/FSC: 23 JULY PLENARY: NAVAL CSBMS--ALLIES [...] (SBU) Summary: The final meeting of the OSCE,s Forum for Security Cooperation (FSC) of the winter/spring session included a presentation by Ireland on the Convention on Cluster Munitions (Dublin agreement). Russia Also led a discussion under Security Dialogue on its Naval CSBM proposal. Bri [...] | 2008-07-24 16:22:00 | Mission USOSCE | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL OSCE KCFE XG |
08USOSCE195 | CFE/JCG - END OF WINTER/SPRING ROUND: RUSSIAN VIEW [...] (C) SUMMARY: During the course of the JCG's January-July session with 20 weekly meetings, Allies led by the U.S. repeatedly criticized Russia's instances of noncompliance, underscored the importance of Russia negotiating seriously on the basis of the parallel actions package, called on Russia [...] | 2008-07-24 19:35:00 | Mission USOSCE | CONFIDENTIAL | KCFE OSCE PARM PREL |
08USOSCE196 | OSCE DISCUSSES ROMA/SINTI INTEGRATION [...] (SBU) Summary and Comment: On July 10-11, the OSCE and civil society representatives discussed Roma and Sinti Integration, highlighting the need for increased Roma/Sinti participation, taking an integrated approach to addressing the root causes of discrimination, and more comprehensive data c [...] | 2008-07-29 14:08:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM IT CZ BU RO OSCE |
08USOSCE197 | FSC: END-OF ROUND WINTER-SPRING-SUMMER 2008: [...] (SBU) Summary: The 2008 winter and spring-summer rounds in the Forum for Security Cooperation were highlighted by extensive discussion of the April 20 UAV incident in Georgia and U.S. missile defense in Europe. Russia pushed several CSBM proposals, including its rapid reaction forces informa [...] | 2008-07-31 14:27:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL KCFE OSCE RS XG |
08USOSCE200 | OPEN SKIES: JANUARY/JULY 2008--TRANSPARENCY AND [...] (SBU) Summary: During its winter-spring session and under U.S. chairmanship, the Open Skies Consultative Commission (OSCC) commemorated the 500th observation flight since the Open Skies Treaty entered into force. This "good news" event garnered widespread press coverage which emphasized an ar [...] | 2008-08-04 15:03:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OSCE PARM PREL RS |
08USOSCE202 | ALLIES APPRECIATIVE FOR READOUT ON JULY 29 CFE [...] (C) USDel provided oral readout (reftel) of the July 29 meeting between Assistant Secretary Fried and Russian MFA Arms Control Director Antonov to OSCE delegations of NATO members on August 5. Although the OSCE is on its summer recess and most delegations are operating with skeleton staffing, [...] | 2008-08-05 15:03:00 | Mission USOSCE | CONFIDENTIAL | KCFE OSCE PARM PREL NATO |
08USOSCE204 | DAYTON ARTICLE IV ON EX-YUGOSLAVIA ARMS [...] (SBU) Summary: The Sixth Review Conference for Dayton Article IV implementation was held in Vienna on 3-4 July 2008. The conference went very smoothly -- there were no contentious issues between Bosnia, Croatia, Serbia and Montenegro. Indeed, the main area of discussion centered on ways th [...] | 2008-08-07 13:35:00 | Mission USOSCE | CONFIDENTIAL | BK KCFE OSCE PARM PREL RS SR |
08USOSCE212 | OSCE/FSC SEPTEMBER 10: RUSSIA WILL FOCUS ON [...] (SBU) Summary: The Forum for Security Cooperation began its autumn round on September 10 with an exchange of charges and counter-charges between Georgia and Russia. Georgia reports that large numbers of Russian forces remain on its territory, including South Ossetia and Abkhazia, and are engag [...] | 2008-09-11 14:30:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL KCFE OSCE RS GG XG |
08USOSCE217 | CFE/JCG SEPTEMBER 16: RUSSIAN INSPECTION REFUSALS [...] (SBU) Summary: Turkey and the U.S. at the September 16 Joint Consultative Group (JCG) announced that Russia had refused their requests for CFE inspections. Germany, Greece, France, Romania, Italy, the UK, and the Netherlands regretted the Russian refusals, including an earlier refusal of Rom [...] | 2008-09-18 14:31:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCFE OSCE PARM PREL RS |
08USOSCE219 | U.S. 1540 COORDINATOR CONSULTS WITH OSCE, UNODC, [...] (SBU) Summary: U.S. coordinator for UN Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) 1540 Thomas Wuchte met with OSCE, IAEA, and UNODC officials to discuss next steps in gaining their support for further implementation of UNSCR 1540 and 1810, particularly in the OSCE region. Wuchte met with the chief o [...] | 2008-09-19 15:51:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL OSCE AORC KPAO PTER UNSC |
08USOSCE221 | FSC SEPTEMBER 17: RUSSIA AND GEORGIA CONTINUE FEUD [...] (SBU) Summary: At the September 17, FSC Russia and Georgia reprised their running feud over culpability for starting the August war. Russia presented an amateurish video purporting to show Georgia's responsibility for starting the conflict and evidence of Georgian attacks on civilian targets [...] | 2008-09-22 06:06:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL KCFE OSCE RS XG |
08USOSCE225 | CFE/JCG: 23 SEPTEMBER MEETING IS AN ALL-ALLIED [...] (C) Summary. Interventions by Bulgaria, Spain and Italy calling out Russia for refusing inspections were the highlight the brief JCG held on September 23. Germany, Turkey, the UK, Romania, Portugal, U.S., Czech Republic and France intervened in support. Russia did not comment. The JCG too [...] | 2008-09-24 16:23:00 | Mission USOSCE | CONFIDENTIAL | KCFE OSCE PARM PREL |
08USOSCE226 | OPEN SKIES SEPTEMBER 23 PLENARY: RUSSIA CITES [...] (SBU) Summary. Russia confirmed it had lifted all restricted airspace associated with its conflict with Georgia while asserting that the restrictions were enacted in the first place strictly on the basis of flight safety. All affected States Parties, save Germany, strongly censured Russia, n [...] | 2008-09-25 06:21:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL OSCE |
08USOSCE227 | OPEN SKIES SEPTEMBER 23 PLENARY: RUSSIA CITES [...] (SBU) Summary. Russia confirmed it had lifted all restricted airspace associated with its conflict with Georgia while asserting that the restrictions were enacted in the first place strictly on the basis of flight safety. All affected States Parties, save Germany, strongly censured Russia, n [...] | 2008-09-25 06:21:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL OSCE |
08USOSCE228 | FSC SEPTEMBER 24: GEORGIA-RUSSIA DUSTUP CONTINUES [...] (SBU) Summary: Georgia gave a lengthy description in the OSCE Forum for Security Cooperation today of Russian transgressions, dating back to the breakup of the Soviet Union and culminating in its continued occupation of Georgian territories. Russia's relatively brief response blamed the "crim [...] | 2008-09-26 14:32:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL KCFE OSCE RS XG |
08USOSCE233 | FSC:RUSSIA BLASTS U.S. ON CSBM POLICY, U.S. AND [...] (SBU) Summary. Russia criticized what it called the "depraved" U.S. policy of linking all Russian initiatives in the FSC to "unrelated and secondary issues" such as Georgia and CFE. The U.S. position is "unreasonable," and "demonstrates that Washington has lost all interest in arms control." [...] | 2008-10-02 14:21:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL KCFE OSCE RS XG |
08USOSCE235 | CFE: ANTONOV FAILS TO DIVIDE ALLIES AT VIENNA LUNCH [...] (C) Summary. The Russian chief arms control delegate, Mikhail Ulyanov, hosted a lunch on October 2 in honor of the head of the Russian MFA arms control and disarmament division, Anatoliy Antonov. The lunch was billed as an effort to put forward Russian views on the current state of arms cont [...] | 2008-10-06 11:56:00 | Mission USOSCE | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL KCFE OSCE RS XG |
08USOSCE240 | CFE/JCG: OCTOBER 7 PLENARY MORE OF THE [...] (SBU) Summary: During the October 7 JCG Plenary, Slovakia, the United Kingdom, and the Czech Republic, supported by Romania, France, the United States, Turkey, Portugal, Italy, and Germany, protested Russia,s latest refusals to allow inspections and called on Russia to resume implementation [...] | 2008-10-09 06:27:00 | Mission USOSCE | CONFIDENTIAL | KCFE OSCE PARM PREL |
08USOSCE243 | FSC OCTOBER 8: USCG COMMANDANT ON INTERNATIONAL [...] (SBU) Summary: Russia and Georgia again traded innuendo and accusations at the October 8 Forum for Security Cooperation. Russia said "some" were still trying to aggravate the situation in South Ossetia and provoke new military action, citing the October 3 car bomb attack, which killed several [...] | 2008-10-10 08:11:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL KCFE OSCE RS GG XG |
08USOSCE245 | OPEN SKIES: 2009 QUOTA DISTRIBUTION/DECONFLICTION [...] (SBU) Summary. On October 9-10 USDEL participated in the 2009 active quota distribution meeting and led the deconfliction discussion for observation flights over Belarus/Russian Federation and Ukraine. The U. S. asked for and received 14 active quotas over Belarus/Russian Federation and 1 a [...] | 2008-10-14 14:15:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL OSCE |
08USOSCE247 | CFE/JCG: OCTOBER 14 -- GEORGIA CALLS OUT RUSSIA, [...] (SBU) Summary: At October 14 JCG, Georgia accused Russia of violating core principles of the CFE Treaty (non-use of force, host nation consent) and non-compliance with Treaty provisions. In a surprisingly lengthy give and take (which included seven different interventions by Russia),the U [...] | 2008-10-15 06:24:00 | Mission USOSCE | CONFIDENTIAL | KCFE OSCE PARM PREL |
08USOSCE249 | FSC OCTOBER 15: RUSSIA SAYS SOUTH OSSETIA/ABKHAZIA [...] (SBU) Summary: Russian deputy director for export controls and nonproliferation Petr Litavrin told Georgia he had no official information about arms transfers to separatists in South Ossetia and Abkhazia prior to the outbreak of war in August. However, he added, Russia can provide information [...] | 2008-10-16 15:09:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL KCFE OSCE RS XG |
08USOSCE253 | CFE/JCG: 21 OCTOBER PLENARY - ISTANBUL [...] (SBU) At the JCG Plenary on 21 October, the Czech Republic called on Russia to fulfill its Istanbul Commitments and voiced support for Georgia and Moldova on the same issue. Russia continued to accuse Allies of a "double standard" in criticizing Russia but not other States Parties on the ful [...] | 2008-10-21 14:49:00 | Mission USOSCE | CONFIDENTIAL | KCFE OSCE PARM PREL |
08USOSCE258 | OSCE/FSC OCTOBER 22: MELANGE ELIMINATION AND [...] (SBU) Summary: At the 22 October FSC Plenary Georgia accused Russia of violating the six-point cease fire agreement by not completely withdrawing its forces out of Georgian territory. Russia disagreed and countered that Georgia was increasing its military presence in the "buffer zone" area [...] | 2008-10-23 16:09:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL KCFE OSCE RS XG |
08USOSCE259 | OPEN SKIES 27 OCTOBER: U.S. GETS 15TH MISSION [...] (SBU) Summary: At the 27 October Plenary, the Open Skies Consultative Commission (OSCC) adopted a decision to increase the U.S. number of active missions over Russia from 14 to a record number of 15 for 2008. The OSCC also adopted the Decision on the Distribution of Active Quotas for Obser [...] | 2008-10-28 15:23:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OSCE PARM PREL |
08USOSCE263 | CFE/JCG: GEORGIA/RUSSIA SPAR OVER ISTANBUL, ALLIES [...] (SBU) Summary: At the October 28 JCG, Georgia delivered a long statement detailing para by para Russia's failure to fulfill many of its Istanbul commitments. Russia denied the accusations, accused Georgia of the same, and declared Gudauta was no longer an issue since it now belongs to Abkh [...] | 2008-10-30 15:00:00 | Mission USOSCE | CONFIDENTIAL | KCFE OSCE PARM PREL RS |
08USOSCE264 | FSC OCTOBER 29: MINISTERIAL DRAFT DECISIONS DEBATED [...] (SBU) Summary: At the October 29 Forum for Security Cooperation, the defense minister of Cyprus appealed for OSCE help in disposing of surplus MANPADS ODIHR director Lenarcic urged participating States (pS) to implement the recommendations of the ODIHR Handbook on human rights in the armed fo [...] | 2008-10-31 16:26:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL KCFE OSCE RS XG |
08USOSCE265 | CFE/JCG: GEORGIA/RUSSIA SPAR OVER ISTANBUL [...] (SBU) Summary: During the November 4 JCG, Russia rebutted Georgia's October 28 JCG statement in which Georgia detailed Russia's failure to fulfill its Istanbul Commitments. Georgia responded to Russia's rebuttal, reiterating many of the points it made during previous JCG meetings. Germany [...] | 2008-11-05 14:18:00 | Mission USOSCE | CONFIDENTIAL | KCFE OSCE PARM PREL |
08USOSCE268 | HELSINKI MINISTERIAL THE FOCUS OF EUR PDAS RIES, [...] (C) The OSCE Secretary General, the Chairman-in-Office, and several PermReps told visiting EUR PDAS Marcie Ries November 3-4 that the OSCE faced new challenges, and expressed frustration at the organization's inability to take action on key issues, including additional military monitoring off [...] | 2008-11-06 14:07:00 | Mission USOSCE | CONFIDENTIAL | OSCE PGOV PREL |
08USOSCE270 | OSCE/FSC NOVEMBER 5: PLENARY DISCUSSES UNPOA; [...] (SBU) Summary: During the November 5 FSC Plenary the Republic of Macedonia criticized Greece for a 28 October military parade in Thessaloniki and said it had evidence that slogans against the Republic of Macedonia were chanted by Greek armed forces. Decision No. 11/08 introducing best prac [...] | 2008-11-07 16:23:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL KCFE OSCE RS XG |
08USOSCE271 | DAYTON ART. IV: 41ST SRCC A COOPERATIVE SUCCESS [...] (U) Summary: The 41st Dayton Article IV Sub-Regional Consultative Commission (SRCC) met October 14-15 in Montenegro and included the signing of key amendments to the agreement that formally integrated Montenegro into the treaty as an independent state party. Four decisions were taken, which i [...] | 2008-11-11 14:17:00 | Mission USOSCE | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL KCFE OSCE ZL |
08USOSCE273 | CFE/JCG: NOVEMBER 11 PLENARY; RUSSIA MAY TRY TO [...] (SBU) The November 11 JCG, chaired by Romania, was brief. The only intervention was by Belarus First Secretary Vasily Pavlov, who announced his departure from Vienna on November 13 and introduced his replacement, First Secretary Dmitry Krayushkin. 2. (C) During the JCG-T plus 4 held on [...] | 2008-11-13 14:19:00 | Mission USOSCE | CONFIDENTIAL | KCFE OSCE PARM PREL |
08USOSCE274 | FSC NOVEMBER 12: RUSSIA WANTS TO KEEP UNSCR 1540 [...] (SBU) Summary: The Forum for Security Cooperation on November 12 adopted decisions for an information exchange on end-user certificates, endorsement of a guide to disposition of melange (rocket fuel oxidizer),and the forwarding of a draft Ministerial Council decision on small arms, light wea [...] | 2008-11-13 15:04:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL KCFE OSCE PINR RS XG |
08USOSCE275 | OPEN SKIES: NOVEMBER 10 INFORMALS: UPHILL ON [...] (SBU) Summary: The Open Skies Consultative Commission (OSCC) Plenary met in informal session on November 10 to discuss the draft letter from the OSCC Chairperson to the Ministerial Council. The Informal Working Group on Rules and Procedures (IWGRP) followed the informal Plenary and continue [...] | 2008-11-13 15:15:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL OSCE |
08USOSCE278 | CFE/JCG: RUSSIA AGAIN ASSERTS IT HAS A LEGAL BASIS [...] (SBU) Summary: At the November 18 JCG, Italy, Poland, and the United States called out Russia for refusing their recent requests for CFE inspections. There was broad support for the Italian, Polish, and U.S. statements as several delegations voiced concern that Russia's continued noncompli [...] | 2008-11-18 17:18:00 | Mission USOSCE | CONFIDENTIAL | KCFE OSCE PARM PREL |
08USOSCE280 | FSC NOVEMBER 19: GEORGIA ISOLATED ON MINISTERIAL [...] (SBU) Summary: Georgia could not agree to language in the draft Ministerial decision describing the Security Dialogue discussion of the August conflict. Georgia is willing to continue negotiations. The EU and the U.S. restated their opposition to a Russia proposal for an embargo of heavy we [...] | 2008-11-20 13:20:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL KCFE OSCE RS XG |
08USOSCE284 | OPEN SKIES: A GOOD MONTH FOR NOVEMBER, INCLUDING [...] (SBU) Summary: The Open Skies Consultative Commission (OSCC) plenary on November 24 agreed on a letter from the OSCC Chairperson to the Ministerial Council summarizing the past year. The Russian-chaired Working Group on Rules and Procedures (IWGRP) agreed on a draft decision on "alternative [...] | 2008-11-25 14:36:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL OSCE |
08USOSCE286 | CFE/JCG: RUSSIA CONFIRMS WILL NOT PROVIDE ANNUAL [...] (SBU) Summary: The 25 November plenary adopted a decision that ends the present JCG session on 16 December and sets the first plenary of the next session on 20 January. The U.S. joined consensus, but expressed disappointment that the start of the next JCG session could not be delayed despit [...] | 2008-11-25 18:16:00 | Mission USOSCE | CONFIDENTIAL | KCFE OSCE PARM PREL |
08USOSCE290 | SCENESETTER FOR THE SECRETARY: HELSINKI OSCE [...] (SBU) Madame Secretary, we look forward to seeing you at the OSCE Ministerial Council meeting in Helsinki. FM Stubb has succeeded in attracting a record number of ministers to this OSCE meeting, and hopes to rally the Organization in a renewal of the Q&Spirit of Helsinki.Q8 Following closely [...] | 2008-11-28 08:53:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM OSCE OVIP PHUM PREL PROG |
08USOSCE291 | FSC NOVEMBER 26: GEORGIA JOINS CONSENSUS ON [...] (SBU) Summary: Georgia reluctantly joined consensus on a draft Ministerial decision that summarizes the FSC's 2008 work and tasks it to submit progress reports to the 2009 Ministerial. At issue was a reference to the Georgia-Russia conflict in August 2008, which Russia wanted described as the [...] | 2008-11-28 13:39:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL KCFE OSCE RS XG |
08USOSCE293 | FSC DECEMBER 10: UNSCR 1540 COMMITTEE CHAIR [...] (SBU) Summary: Ambassador Jorge Urbina, chair of the UNSCR 1540 Committee, told the FSC its members were in the vanguard of states implementing the resolution, which calls on all states to prevent the proliferation of WMD and their delivery systems to non-state actors. Urbina said the Best P [...] | 2008-12-11 15:01:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL KCFE OSCE RS CY XG |
08USOSCE298 | CFE/JCG DECEMBER 9 PLENARY: LEGAL ANALYSIS [...] (C) Summary: At the December 9 Joint Consultative Group (JCG) plenary, the U.S. provided a legal analysis refuting Russia,s repeated assertions that it has a legal basis for its "suspension" of the CFE Treaty. This was important to clear the air on this issue after repeated Russian challenge [...] | 2008-12-12 16:38:00 | Mission USOSCE | CONFIDENTIAL | KCFE OSCE PARM PREL RS |
08USOSCE302 | OPEN SKIES: DECEMBER 15 PLENARY -- PROGRESS ON [...] (SBU) Summary: The December 15 Open Skies Consultative Commission (OSCC) adopted the Decision on Alternate Airfields. The OSCC also agreed to put a Chairman,s Statement on Allowable Video Sensors on the January OSCC agenda for adoption. The Informal Working Group on Sensors (IWGS) forwarded [...] | 2008-12-16 12:47:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OSCE PARM PREL |
08USOSCE305 | OPEN SKIES TREATY: SEPTEMBER-DECEMBER, END OF [...] WEU quota carrot requires review 13. (SBU) New "old" business: In 1995, the former ten Western European Union states made a joint statement regarding potential use of their passive quotas after all the allocated quotas have been fulfilled. Six other States also joined this political stat [...] | 2008-12-16 14:42:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL OSCE |
08USOSCE31 | OSCE REQUEST FOR GUIDANCE: DEFENDING KOSOVO CDI [...] (U) This is a request for guidance. Please see para 4. 2. (C) Summary: Following a coordinated declaration of independence (CDI) by Kosovo, Serbia will likely use the OSCE as an important venue to lay out its case before world opinion on why it believes its territorial integrity has been [...] | 2008-02-06 17:00:00 | Mission USOSCE | CONFIDENTIAL | OSCE PGOV PREL KV SR |
08USOSCE310 | FSC AUTUMN 2008 END-OF-ROUND: GEORGIA-RUSSIA WAR [...] (SBU) Summary: Recriminations from the August Georgia-Russia war echoed through the autumn session in the Forum for Security Cooperation (FSC),coloring Security Dialogue presentations and even reactions to an otherwise mundane decision describing the work of the Forum. Russia introduced a d [...] | 2008-12-17 12:30:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL KCFE OSCE RS GG XG |
08USOSCE313 | CFE/JCG: DECEMBER 16 PLENARY - LACK OF RUSSIAN [...] (C) Summary: At the December 16 Joint Consultative Group (JCG) plenary, Poland, on behalf of the NATO states, strongly regretted Russia's lack of participation in the CFE Treaty's mandatory information exchange on December 15. The joint statement highlighted the willingness of NATO states to [...] | 2008-12-17 14:27:00 | Mission USOSCE | CONFIDENTIAL | KCFE OSCE PARM PREL RS |
08USOSCE315 | CFE/JCG: FALL END-OF-ROUND: GEORGIA CRISIS; [...] (C) Summary: The autumn session of the Joint Consultative Group was dominated by fallout from Russia,s invasion of Georgia and Russia,s continued non-compliance with its CFE Treaty obligations (i.e., refusal of inspections and failure to provide information exchange data). Russia continue [...] | 2008-12-18 11:23:00 | Mission USOSCE | CONFIDENTIAL | KCFE OSCE PARM PREL RS |
08USOSCE317 | FSC DECEMBER 17: CYBER SECURITY AND AIAM AGENDAS [...] (SBU) Summary: The December 17 Forum for Security Cooperation adopted the agendas for the March 17-18, 2009 cyber security workshop and the March 3-4, 2009 Annual Implementation Assessment Meeting. Russia complained that South Ossetia still needed natural gas and appealed for international e [...] | 2008-12-18 14:29:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL KCFE OSCE RS XG |
08USOSCE318 | REQUEST FOR GUIDANCE - NEXT STEPS IN VIENNA ON [...] (SBU) GUIDANCE REQUEST: Mission requests Washington approval to circulate the revised Food-for-Thought paper in para 4. The revision reflects USDEL discussions per earlier guidance (ref A) and the visit of the Chairman of the 1540 Committee to the OSCE (ref B). See also para 3 on concerns ra [...] | 2008-12-18 15:49:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL OSCE RS XG |
08USOSCE320 | CFE/CSBM: ANNUAL EXCHANGE OF INFORMATION FOR 2009 [...] (SBU) Summary. Annual exchanges of information under the CFE Treaty and the Vienna Document, with information effective January 1, 2009, were held in Vienna on December 12-15, 2008. Both achieved high levels of participation. The electronic exchange, with support provided by the United State [...] | 2008-12-23 13:35:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL KCFE OSCE RS XG |
08USOSCE321 | CORRECTED COPY: CFE/CSBM: ANNUAL EXCHANGE OF [...] (SBU) CORRECTED COPY. Summary. (This cable correctly reports, in paras 1 and 5, how much some of Azerbaijan's declared holdings exceed CFE Treaty limits.) Annual exchanges of information under the CFE Treaty and the Vienna Document, with information effective January 1, 2009, were held in V [...] | 2008-12-30 12:36:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL KCFE OSCE RS XG |
08USOSCE48 | JEREMIC OSCE SPEECH GENERATES LITTLE FIREWORKS [...] (SBU) Summary: Serbian Foreign Vuk Jeremic's February 19 OSCE address to protest Kosovo's independence was passionate but reasoned, and met with a surprisingly muted response. Of the six participating States to take the floor following his speech, only two - Russia and Azerbaijan - supported [...] | 2008-02-19 18:28:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OSCE PREL UNMIK SR KV |
08USOSCE60 | OSCE 2008 ANNUAL IMPLEMENTATION ASSESSMENT [...] (SBU) Summary: The 2008 Annual Implementation Assessment Meeting (AIAM) on March 4-5 was not contentious, delegations restricting themselves to broad recommendations that were intended for further concrete development in the Forum for Security Cooperation. Russia did not spend much time bera [...] | 2008-03-07 13:09:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL OSCE KCFE XG |
08USOSCE62 | OSCE 2008 HEADS OF VERIFICATION MEETING: GERMAN [...] (SBU) Summary: At the March 3 meeting of Heads of Verification (HOV),discussion of implementation matters extended into the policy arena, as had been anticipated after the 2007 HOV meeting, when the German verification head called for Vienna Document 1999 (VD99) inspection coordination in Vie [...] | 2008-03-07 13:27:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL OSCE KCFE XG |
08USOSCE63 | CORRECTED COPY - OSCE 2008 HEADS OF VERIFICATION [...] (SBU) (This corrected version of reftel contains revised numerical values in para 9.) Summary: At the March 3 meeting of Heads of Verification (HOV),discussion of implementation matters extended into the policy arena, as had been anticipated after the 2007 HOV meeting, when the German verifi [...] | 2008-03-10 14:30:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL OSCE KCFE XG |
08USOSCE66 | MARCH 10 OPEN SKIES TREATY PLENARY: AGREEMENT ON [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Open Skies Consultative Commission (OSCC) Plenary met on March 10 in its last formal session before the Spring OSCE break. It heard the Chairman's report of the Informal Working Group on Sensors to the Plenary and for the German Chairman to pass the leadership over to the [...] | 2008-03-11 12:47:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL OSCE |
08USOSCE67 | CFE: MARCH 11 JCG PLENARY; CANADA ANNOUNCES THE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. At the March 11 JCG Plenary, the last before the spring break, Canada briefed on its new treaty ratification practice and procedure. Russia rambled-on about numerous issues to include the "Parallel Actions Package," the NRC (ACE) meeting of 28 February, why Russia ratified th [...] | 2008-03-11 17:39:00 | Mission USOSCE | CONFIDENTIAL | KCFE OSCE PARM PREL |
08USOSCE68 | FSC: MARCH 12 PLENARY; SPAIN HANDS OVER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The March 12 FSC Plenary concluded the chairmanship of Spain. Estonia will be at the helm at the next FSC Plenary which is scheduled for April 8, after the Spring OSCE break. The two main items of business were the Report of the Eighteenth Annual Implementation Assessment M [...] | 2008-03-12 16:23:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL OSCE KCFE XG |
08USOSCE70 | VIENNA DOCUMENT 1999: CFE SUSPENSION CASTS LONG [...] (SBU) Summary: Discussion of future challenges and opportunities in the implementation of the Vienna Document 1999 was overshadowed at times by concern over the impasse created by Russia's suspension of its CFE commitments. Although most national representatives and several of the speakers cal [...] | 2008-03-18 09:59:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL OSCE KCFE XG |
08USOSCE71 | TRANSNISTRIA CONFLICT: THREE PLUS TWO INCHES [...] (SBU) Summary: The Finnish chairmanship succeeded March 13 in winning approval from the 3 2 group for the OSCE mediator to approach Moldovan and Transnistrian authorities to encourage them to establish issue-related working groups at the technical level. The Finnish special envoy for unre [...] | 2008-03-18 11:20:00 | Mission USOSCE | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV OSCE MD |
08USOSCE74 | DAYTON ARTICLE IV: 40TH SRCC IS QUIET BUT BUSY [...] (SBU) Summary: The Dayton Article IV Parties met in Sarajevo March 10-13 for the 40th Sub-Regional Consultative Commission (SRCC). The SRCC was held in a cooperative and friendly atmosphere, resulting in an impressive list of decisions, to include: agreement on amending the Agreement, dates [...] | 2008-03-21 10:16:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL OSCE KCFE XG ZL |
08USOSCE91 | FSC: APRIL 9 - RUSSIA JUMPS QUEUE TO BLAST ANY [...] (SBU) Summary: Russia opened the Forum for Security Cooperation spring-summer session even before the new chair had a chance to speak by attacking the U.S. for its announcement that Kosovo, as an independent country, was now eligible for defense assistance. Russia described this as an illegal [...] | 2008-04-11 08:58:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL OSCE KCFE KV RS XG |
08USOSCE98 | CFE: APRIL 15 JCG PLENARY, RUSSIA SAYS TOI WORK IS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: At the April 15 Joint Consultative Group (JCG),Germany and Russia exchanged opposing views stemming from Russia,s refusal to accept Germany's April 8 inspection notice. Belarus said that despite the 28 March NAC statement,s positive tone, it does not solve the problems rela [...] | 2008-04-16 16:28:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCFE OSCE PARM PREL |
08VALLETTA350 | MALTA: DEMARCHE DELIVERED DEMANDING RUSSIAN [...] (SBU) On the afternoon of August 13, Ambassador Bordonaro raised reftel points with Maltese FM Tonio Borg, urging Malta to engage the Russian government about continued reports of Russian military activity around Gori, and to urge Russia to investigate and end any possible ongoing atrocities in [...] | 2008-08-18 05:31:00 | Embassy Valletta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | GG MOPS NATO OSCE PHUM PREL RS UN MT |
08VIENNA1272 | GEORGIA: AUSTRIA TO SEND FIRST OF UP TO 5 OSCE MILITARY [...] (u) Austria plans to send "up to five" military observers to Georgia within the framework of the OSCE mission, Austrian officials said in Vienna September 2. According to Defense Minister Norbert Darabos (SPO),Austria will dispatch one military observer as soon as possible to Georgia. Darabos [...] | 2008-09-05 07:09:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL OSCE GG AU |
08VIENNA1784 | AUSTRIAN VIEWS ON HELSINKI OSCE MINISTERIAL [...] (C) Polchief discussed reftel points December 3 with Ulrike Butschek, Counselor at the Austrian mission to the OSCE. Butschek said the GOA shares the USG's goals concerning a ministerial declaration, and agrees that a weak declaration would be worse than none. She said she is not optimistic [...] | 2008-12-03 15:27:00 | Embassy Vienna | CONFIDENTIAL | OSCE PREL PHUM KDEM GG RU AU |
08VIENNA210 | AUSTRIA: KOSOVO RECOGNITION, STEERING GROUP, OSCE [...] (U) Econ/Pol Couns met 2/12 with MFA Acting Southeast Europe Department Director Thomas Schnoell to review Austrian plans for recognition of Kosovo membership in the Kosovo ISG, and related issues. Austrian Recognition -------------------- 2. (C) Schnoell reported that recognition involv [...] | 2008-02-12 15:47:00 | Embassy Vienna | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNMIK YI AU EU OSCE |
08VILNIUS438 | 2008 TIP REPORT DELIVERED TO LITHUANIAN OFFICIALS [...] Darius Staniulis, head of the MFA's Human Rights and NGO division, was pleased to learn that Lithuania remained in Tier 1 when we shared the 2008 TIP report with him on June 4. He noted that both police and NGOs noticed a considerable decrease in identified victims over the last two years and [...] | 2008-06-06 05:36:00 | Embassy Vilnius | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM ELAB SMIG KCRM KPAO OSCE LH |
08VILNIUS472 | EMBASSY VILNIUS: INPUT FOR OSCE HUMAN DIMENSION [...] Summary: Anti-Semitism and general intolerance are areas of concern in Lithuania. There are three specific issues that could warrant an expression of concern at the HDIM meetings: (1) lack of consistent condemnation by GOL officials of intolerant acts; (2) lack of protection of an old Jewi [...] | 2008-06-16 14:04:00 | Embassy Vilnius | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM OSCE PREL KDEM LH |
08VILNIUS655 | PRESIDENT AND PM CONDEMN VANDALISM AT JEWISH [...] In the early morning of August 10, the Jewish Community Center in Vilnius and the Jewish Community Center in the city of Panevezys were vandalized with spray painted anti-Semitic symbols and other crude graffiti. The President and Prime Minister condemned the vandalism with strong statements [...] | 2008-08-11 15:06:00 | Embassy Vilnius | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM OSCE KDEM LH |
08WARSAW1374 | POLAND SHARES U.S. CONCERNS ON OSCE MINISTERIAL [...] (C) The U.S. can rely on Polish support on the major issues of concern at the December 4-5 Helsinki ministerial meeting -- the Russian European security treaty initiative, Georgia, and the Conventional Forces in Europe Treaty (CFE). Jacek Emmel in the MFA Security Policy Department told us th [...] | 2008-12-03 17:47:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | OSCE PREL KDEM GG RS PL PHUM |
08WARSAW1393 | OPEN SKIES TREATY REIMBURSEMENT FOR POLAND [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-09 07:05:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED | OSCE PREL PL |
08YEREVAN112 | NO ARMENIAN FIRST-WAVE RECOGNITION OF KOSOVO -- [...] (C) Polchief met with the savvy and plugged-in director of the MFA Americas Department, Armen Yeganian, to deliver points from reftels. We left a slightly-slimmed down version of the two cables' talking points -- redacted somewhat in consultation with EUR/CARC to downplay Nagorno-Karabakh (N [...] | 2008-02-13 11:27:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS OSCE UNMIK YI SR AM |
08YEREVAN16 | ARMENIAN PM CONTRADICTS PRESIDENCY: EXIT POLL [...] (C) In a hastily called meeting, Armenian Prime Minister Serzh Sargsyan told Charge that he still favors the holding of a USAID-funded exit poll during the upcoming presidential election, as long as a key condition be met. Contradicting the presidential administration, which has privately oppo [...] | 2008-01-08 13:00:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EAID KDEM OSCE KPAO AM |
08YEREVAN3 | ARMENIAN PRESIDENCY OPPOSES EXIT POLL FOR [...] (C) During a lengthy, back-and-forth discussion, President Kocharian's Chief of Staff and senior aide conveyed the president's opposition to the exit poll proposed by USAID for the February presidential election. Asking the Mission to understand, and not politicize the president's request to [...] | 2008-01-04 09:55:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EAID KDEM OSCE KPAO AM |
08YEREVAN412 | YEREVAN PRESS CLUB CALL FOR ACTION ON MEDIA FREEDOM, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Yerevan Press Club, a moderate civil society voice often critical of the government, released a public statement May 19 highlighting the urgent need for reforms to bolster media freedom, while enumerating numerous government violations. It also made several recommendations. [...] | 2008-05-20 12:56:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV KDEM KPAO OSCE PACE AM |
08YEREVAN68 | CLOCK RUNS OUT ON ARMENIA EXIT POLL [...] (C) Following a weeks-long effort to come to closure with the GOAM on modalities to carry out a USAID-funded exit poll for Armenia's upcoming presidential election, CDA and Presidential Chief of staff Armen Gevorkian agreed in a January 17 meeting to abandon the idea. Despite strong support f [...] | 2008-01-31 13:02:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EAID KDEM KPAO OSCE AM |
08ZAGREB456 | OSCE HDIM: NO ISSUES TO RAISE FOR CROATIA [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-19 12:18:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL PGOV HR OSCE |
08ZAGREB602 | TTGG01: CROATIA'S RESPONSE TO REQUEST TO ENGAGE [...] (C) Acting Political Counselor delivered points from reftel to Ambassador Vladimir Matek, the Foreign Minister's advisor for UNSC, on August 14. Matek stated that the points about engaging Russia would be communicated immediately to the appropriate officials in the GOC. He explained that hol [...] | 2008-08-18 05:54:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM OSCE NATO UN GG RS |
09ANKARA10 | TURKEY: STATE TV LAUNCHES KURDISH CHANNEL [...] (C) Summary: This is a joint cable Embassy Ankara, Consulate Istanbul, and Consulate Adana. On January 1 the government-run broadcasting service Turkish Radio and Television (TRT) began official 24-hour Kurdish broadcasting on the new TRT 6. While some representatives from Kurdish and human [...] | 2009-01-06 08:39:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL TU OSCE EU |
09ANKARA1032 | TURKEY: END-OF-TOUR REFLECTIONS ON THE KURDISH [...] (U) This is a Consulate Adana cable. It distills my observations on the Kurdish issue following three years service as Principal Officer. 2. (C) I first ventured east of the Euphrates in August, 2006. Turkish grievances against the U.S. were numerous and intensifying. The war in Iraq s [...] | 2009-07-20 09:31:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU |
09ANKARA1136 | TURKISH PARLIAMENT ELECTS PM LOYALIST AS SPEAKER [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Turkish Grand National Assembly (TGNA) elected Mehmet Ali Sahin, a former Minister of Justice and a close ally of PM Recep Tayyip Erdogan, as its speaker August 5. Sahin's legal and ministerial experience will contribute to ushering the government's ambitious Kurdish initiat [...] | 2009-08-05 16:05:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | OSCE PGOV PINR TU |
09ANKARA1158 | TURKEY AND ITS KURDS: STARS ARE ALIGNED [...] (C) Summary: With increasing prominence and gusto, the Justice and Development Party (AKP) government in recent weeks has been proclaiming its desire to find a lasting solution to the Kurdish "problem." Though the details are officially still under discussion, it is clear that AKP is mobili [...] | 2009-08-11 11:32:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | OSCE PGOV PINR TU |
09ANKARA125 | TURKEY: MARCH LOCAL ELECTIONS - A PRIMER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Turkey's ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) on March 29 will face its first nationwide electoral test since its landslide victory in the July 2007 parliamentary elections. Some 48 million voters will go to the polls to elect approximately 2,300 mayors and almost 100,00 [...] | 2009-01-26 12:00:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU |
09ANKARA1339 | TURKEY: "DEMOCRATIC INITIATIVE" STILL INCOMPLETE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Details of the Government's Kurdish Initiative remain elusive. Interior Minister Atalay's August 31 press conference on the "Democratization Initiative," which is being developed as a solution to the long-simmering tensions between the Turkish state and its Kurdish population, h [...] | 2009-09-10 16:27:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | OSCE PGOV PINR PHUM TU |
09ANKARA1384 | TURKEY: CHP OF TWO MINDS ON THE KURDS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Turkey's main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) is torn on the issue of Kurdish rights. Although the party's leadership has been making harsh, uncompromising comments concerning the Justice and Development Party (AKP) government's nascent democratic initiative, many of C [...] | 2009-09-18 16:44:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | OSCE PGOV PINR TU |
09ANKARA144 | ERGENEKON PROBE: SOME SMOKE, BUT LASTING IMPACT [...] (C) Summary: The widening scope of the Ergenekon investigation has divided Turkish society into two increasingly hardened camps: those who see the case as a courageous step to bring Turkish society under the rule of law, by uncovering and then holding accountable the gangs responsible for hu [...] | 2009-01-29 12:34:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU |
09ANKARA1468 | TURKEY: GROWING PESSIMISM AMONG KURDS IN SOUTHEAST [...] (C) Summary: During a recent eight-day tour around southeast Turkey, we found Kurds throughout the region expressing growing doubt that the Government of Turkey is sincere about its "Democratic Opening." Many view it as the AK Party's (AKP) tactic to attract Kurdish voters after losing Kurd [...] | 2009-10-09 13:44:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU |
09ANKARA149 | ERDOGAN'S DAVOS REMARKS PLAY WELL FOR AKP [...] (C) Summary and comment: Turkish Prime Minister Erdogan received a hero's welcome on his return to Turkey early January 30 from Davos, where during a televised discussion concerning Gaza he harshly criticized the Israeli government and stormed out, swearing to never return. The outburst has [...] | 2009-01-30 11:58:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU |
09ANKARA163 | TURKEY: LOCAL ELECTIONS NO BOON FOR GENDER EQUALITY [...] (U) This is a joint Embassy Ankara - Consulate General Istanbul cable. 2. (C) Summary: Few female candidates have been selected by political parties for March 29 local elections. Only 44 female candidates are among the thousands running in Turkey's mayoral races. Contacts from the ruling [...] | 2009-02-03 11:04:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU |
09ANKARA176 | TURKEY: WALKING BACK THE GAZA RHETORIC [...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Erdogan has begun to modify his politically charged Gaza rhetoric, responding to growing concerns in the Turkish Jewish community, moderate Arab capitals, American Jewish groups, and among GOT officials. Since Davos, Erdogan has repeatedly emphasized that his state [...] | 2009-02-04 15:18:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU |
09ANKARA1783 | TURKEY: CANDIDATE FOR OSCE COUNTERTERRORISM [...] Following consultations with relevant contacts in the Turkish National Police (TNP) and in the private sector, we are pleased to suggest the following candidate for the OSCE Counterterrorism Workshop to be held in Vienna February 11-12, 2010. TNP contacts may provide a TNP candidate, but were [...] | 2009-12-16 06:45:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER PREL KCIP OSCE TU |
09ANKARA201 | KAYSERI AND NEVSEHIR: AKP SEES EASY WINS -- AGAIN [...] (C) Summary: The governing Justice and Development Party (AKP) sees little threat to its incumbent mayors in Nevsehir and Kayseri, two provinces largely representative of central Anatolia. Even the main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) has accepted that it has little chance to ma [...] | 2009-02-09 13:41:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | OSCE PGOV TU |
09ANKARA205 | ANKARA MAYOR'S RACE A KEY BATTLEGROUND FOR AKP [...] (C) Summary: The Ankara mayoral race is a key test for the ruling Justice and Development Party's (AKP's) quest to show it remains the preeminent political force in Turkey. AKP's incumbent mayor Melih Gokcek will face Republican People's Party (CHP) candidate Murat Karayalcin, a former Social [...] | 2009-02-09 15:06:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU |
09ANKARA206 | TURKISH HUMAN RIGHTS GROUP LAUNCHES GENOCIDE CASE [...] (C) Summary and Comment: The Turkish NGO Human Rights and Solidarity for Oppressed People (Mazlum-Der) has filed a legal complaint accusing the Israeli government and 19 Israeli officials of committing genocide and crimes against humanity for the recent operation in the Gaza Strip. The compl [...] | 2009-02-09 15:49:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU |
09ANKARA247 | TURKEY: PARTIES HUNT FOR VOTES FAR AFIELD [...] (C) Summary: With just six weeks to go, Turkish political parties are ramping up their campaigns for March 29 local elections -- the first nationwide electoral test for AKP since its landslide victory in the July 2007 parliamentary elections. Both the ruling Justice and Development Party (AK [...] | 2009-02-13 12:53:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU |
09ANKARA25 | TURKEY: ERDOGAN RETURNS TO RHETORICAL FORM OVER [...] (C) Summary: In a Justice and Development Party (AKP) group meeting on January 6, PM Erdogan delivered a speech condemning Israel for its attacks on the Gaza Strip, labeling them a "black stain" on humanity. This is a return to form for a politician whose traditional use of anti-Israeli rhe [...] | 2009-01-07 16:26:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | IS OSCE PGOV TU |
09ANKARA277 | TURKEY: DEMARCHE ON THE DURBAN REVIEW CONFERENCE [...] DCM delivered reftel points on the preparatory work for the Durban Review Conference on February 18 to Hasan Gogus, MFA Director General for International Organizations. Gogus welcomed USG re-engagement in the process and its new approach to the Durban Conference; he was receptive of our con [...] | 2009-02-20 15:10:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | OSCE PGOV PHUM TU |
09ANKARA281 | AKP-CHP BATTLE FOR SECULAR STRONGHOLD OF IZMIR [...] (C) Summary: The Izmir mayoral race is shaping up as the tightest and most important contest in the March 29 local elections. Winning Turkey's third largest city, and the country's last main bastion of secularism, is at the heart of the ruling Justice and Development Party's (AKP's) quest to [...] | 2009-02-23 05:40:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU |
09ANKARA285 | TURKEY: ERDOGAN STEPS UP CAMPAIGN IN KURDISH [...] (U) This is an AmCon Adana message. 2. (C) Summary: Prime Minister Erdogan underscored AKP's goal of defeating the pro-Kurdish Democratic Society Party (DTP) in southeastern Turkey by visiting Diyarbakir, the cultural and commercial center of Turkey's Kurdish region, on February 21. Thoug [...] | 2009-02-23 14:36:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU |
09ANKARA300 | TURKEY: DTP PLAYS A KURDISH LANGUAGE ELECTORAL [...] (C) Summary: Pro-Kurdish Democratic Society Party (DTP) Chairman Ahmet Turk delivered a February 24 speech in parliament in his native tongue of Kurdish, leading state-run television to immediately cut its live broadcast of the speech. Turk said that his speech was in honor of UNESCO Mother [...] | 2009-02-25 16:03:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU |
09ANKARA323 | TURKEY: CHP ENTERING ELECTION CAMPAIGN RUDDERLESS [...] (C) SUMMARY: As Turkey's local election campaign begins in earnest, the main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) is listless and unimaginative. Unwilling to adapt to a society less accepting of dogmatic, paternalist ideology, CHP is going to rely on tactical skirmishes to challenge th [...] | 2009-02-27 18:22:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | OSCE PGOV TU |
09ANKARA328 | TURKEY: DOGAN MEDIA GROUP GOES ON THE OFFENSIVE [...] (U) This is a joint Embassy Ankara - Consulate General Istanbul message. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (U) Senior Dogan Media Group members went on a quiet offensive last week against what they see as GOT harassment, talking to our Ambassador and European Ambassadors. They denied any ver [...] | 2009-03-03 11:27:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE KPAO TU |
09ANKARA368 | ERGENEKON: AS THE POWER PENDULUM SWINGS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Ergenekon investigation marks a swing of the power pendulum away from an entrenched, rigid urban elite to an Anatolian elite more representative of the Turkish populace. Prosecutors are accusing various military officials, bureaucrats, state employees, journalists and other [...] | 2009-03-12 05:05:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | EU OSCE PGOV TU |
09ANKARA373 | TURKISH GOVERNMENT CRITICIZES DECISION TO CENSOR [...] (SBU) Summary and comment: Fierce reaction to the recent decision of the Turkish Scientific and Technological Studies Institution (TUBITAK) to pull a planned cover story about Charles Darwin has led GOT officials to speak out against the decision. Following a protest organized by the Universi [...] | 2009-03-12 13:59:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU |
09ANKARA377 | DP AND ANAP: THE SAD FATE OF TURKEY'S CENTER RIGHT [...] (C) Summary: The Democrat Party (DP) and Motherland Party (ANAP) were once the dominant powers in the Turkish center right, but have fallen on hard times with the rise of the Justice and Development Party (AKP) in 2002. AKP now holds sway over their conservative voter base. Neither DP nor AN [...] | 2009-03-13 15:03:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | OSCE PGOV TU |
09ANKARA389 | TURKEY: AS ELECTIONS LOOM, AKP STILL WAY AHEAD [...] (C) SUMMARY: Two weeks prior to March 29 local elections, Turkey's ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) is maintaining a significant lead in the polls, despite a severely ailing economy. Most polling companies are predicting that AKP will win a minimum of 40 percent of the nationwide v [...] | 2009-03-16 17:01:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU |
09ANKARA390 | TURKEY: SAADET MIGHT BE AKP'S ELECTION SPOILER [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Saadet Party (SP),a small, religion-based party with roots intermingled with those of the governing Justice and Development Party (AKP),may prove to be the surprise of Turkey's nationwide local elections on March 29. Though still on the political margins, SP's conservative [...] | 2009-03-17 05:30:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | OSCE PGOV TU |
09ANKARA424 | TURKEY: THE KURDISH ISSUE AND AKP: COURAGEOUS [...] (U) A highly acclaimed report on the Kurdish issue recently published by TESEV, an Istanbul think tank, noted that Turkey's policies of "denial and assimilation" have failed, fueling PKK terrorism and leaving many Kurds profoundly distrustful of the State. The report recommends new policies o [...] | 2009-03-20 15:57:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU |
09ANKARA426 | TURKEY: MHP -- EVERYONE'S SECOND CHOICE [...] (C) Summary: The Nationalist Action Party (MHP) is going into Turkey's March 29 nationwide local elections in third place, according to public opinion polls. MHP Chairman Devlet Bahceli has undertaken a policy of brand renewal for the party, distancing itself from its thuggish past and sculp [...] | 2009-03-23 05:05:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | OSCE PGOV TU |
09ANKARA446 | TURKEY: BALLOT BOX "VICTORY" DEPENDS ON THE VIEW [...] (C) Summary: As the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) inches closer to winning more than 40 percent of the national vote in March 29 local elections, all parties are positioning themselves to claim "victory." Prime Minister Erdogan, sensing the detrimental electoral effects of an ai [...] | 2009-03-24 17:39:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU |
09ANKARA466 | TURKEY'S LOCAL ELECTIONS: MARGIN OF AKP VICTORY [...] (C) Summary: PM Erdogan's ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) will easily come in first on March 29, when 48 million voters will go to the polls to elect approximately 2,300 mayors and almost 100,000 other local officials. The referendum-like quality of the elections has largely played [...] | 2009-03-26 16:27:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU |
09ANKARA477 | TURKEY: DECONSTRUCTING PKK AMNESTY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Recent statements by Iraqi President Jalal Talabani and KRG PM Nechirvan Barzani about amnesty for PKK militants are significant, particularly since their comments were not roundly denounced by Turkish officials. While suggesting leniency for PKKers poses political risks for any [...] | 2009-03-27 14:45:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE IZ TU |
09ANKARA485 | TURKISH ELECTIONS: JUST "ONE MINUTE," MR. ERDOGAN [...] (C) Summary: In nation-wide local elections on March 29, the Turkish voters gave 39 percent of the votes to the governing Justice and Development Party (AKP),enough for it to retain first place in the polling, but shy of the 40 percent that was widely understood to be the threshold for victo [...] | 2009-03-30 10:54:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU |
09ANKARA50 | OPEN SKIES TREATY REIMBURSEMENT PAYMENT [...] The $5,000.00 USD reimbursement payment for the August 2008 Open Skies Treaty mission, reftel, was processed at Embassy Ankara on December 23, 2008. Visit Ankara's Classified Web Site at http://www.intelink.sgov.gov/wiki/Portal:Turk ey Jeffrey [...] | 2009-01-13 11:11:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OSCE TU |
09ANKARA516 | TURKEY: PRAISE FOR POTUS'S SPEECH TO PARLIAMENT [...] (C) Summary: President Obama's speech to Turkish Parliament -- the most public aspect of his Turkey visit -- was widely praised among our political and civil society contacts. All segments of the Turkish government and state in attendance resoundingly applauded the President's statement of s [...] | 2009-04-07 10:41:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU |
09ANKARA550 | TWELTH ERGENEKON SWEEP HITS ACADEMICS, NGO WORKERS [...] (C) Summary: Turkish police on April 14 raided 83 locations and detained 29 suspects across Turkey in the twelfth sweep of suspects linked to the Ergenekon investigation. The detainees include two current and three former university rectors, a "Cumhuriyet" columnist, and officials from the A [...] | 2009-04-14 16:58:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU |
09ANKARA597 | TURKEY: WAVE OF DTP ARRESTS DEFLATES HOPES AMONG [...] (C) SUMMARY and COMMENT: In Diyarbakir, the new judicial offensive targeting DTP officials has sparked near-universal outrage among local political and business leaders. The PKK has suspended its cease-fire offer and violent protests have been reported in Hakkari and other remote provinces; [...] | 2009-04-24 11:53:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU |
09ANKARA619 | AMBASSADOR MEETS MHP LEADER BAHCELI [...] (C) Summary: Three points stood out during Ambassador's April 24 discussion with Nationalist Action Party (MHP) Chairman Devlet Bahceli. First, Bahceli is clearly still concerned about the image the US holds of the MHP, going out of his way to portray the party as mainstream and moderate. Se [...] | 2009-04-29 14:57:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | OSCE PGOV TU |
09ANKARA64 | ERGENEKON INVESTIGATION EMBEDDED IN TURKEY'S [...] (C) Summary and comment: The rapidly widening scope and pace of the Ergenekon investigation (ref A) has been accompanied by an equally sharp rise in heated political rhetoric. PM Erdogan, on January 13, defended the investigation and accused its main critic, opposition Republican People's Pa [...] | 2009-01-15 05:40:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU |
09ANKARA643 | TURKEY: PM ERDOGAN SHAKES UP HIS CABINET, TILTING [...] (C) Summary: To shore up support for his ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) following its disappointing performance in March 29 local elections, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced May 1 an extensive overhaul of his cabinet, appointing nine new ministers, dismissing eight, an [...] | 2009-05-04 11:43:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU |
09ANKARA680 | TURKEY: INTERIOR MINISTER FINALLY UNVEILS NEW CT [...] (C) Summary: Interior Minister Besir Atalay announced on May 11 the submission to the Speaker of Parliament of a long awaited draft law concerning the restructuring of Turkey's counterterrorism mechanism. In the press conference, Atalay foresaw the new undersecretariat as a small body govern [...] | 2009-05-11 14:32:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | OSCE PGOV TU |
09ANKARA696 | TURKEY: SUN RISING ON KURDISH ISSUE? [...] (C) Summary: A series of events in recent weeks signal possible progress on Turkey's long-standing Kurdish issue. President Abdullah Gul, following a May 7 meeting with pro-Kurdish Democratic Society Party (DTP) leader Ahmet Turk, called the Kurdish issue Turkey's "most important problem" and [...] | 2009-05-13 16:00:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU |
09ANKARA697 | TURKEY: AMBASSADOR MEETS PRO-PKK DTP LEADER [...] (C) Summary: In a May 13 meeting with Ambassador, pro-Kurdish Democratic Society Party (DTP) leader Ahmet Turk said DTP is pursuing dialogue to achieve Kurds' main demands: the ability to use freely their mother tongue, express their Kurdish identity and culture, and participate in local gov [...] | 2009-05-14 07:40:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU |
09ANKARA721 | COURT RULES PRESIDENT GUL SHOULD BE TRIED FOR FRAUD [...] (C) Summary: An Ankara court ruled May 18 that President Gul should stand trial for fraud for his alleged involvement in the 1990's case which involved misappropriation of state funds by officials of the now-closed Welfare Party (Refah Partisi or RP),of which Gul was once Deputy Chairman. Al [...] | 2009-05-20 11:56:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU |
09ANKARA754 | TURKEY: ERDOGAN CRITICIZES TURKEY'S "FASCIST [...] (C) Summary: PM Erdogan told a crowd of AKP supporters on May 23 that Turkey had exhibited a "fascist approach" in the past when it had "shown the door to different ethnic identities." The remarks drew immediate and widespread attention in the Turkish press as well as the ire of opposition p [...] | 2009-05-27 15:47:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU |
09ANKARA755 | TURKEY: CINDORUK AND SENER RE-ENTER, CENTER-RIGHT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Husamettin Cindoruk and Abdullatif Sener, two names from Turkey's political past, have returned to active politics on the center-right, drawing attention to the now-minor parties that have languished there since the rise of the Justice and Development Party (AKP). Similar maneuve [...] | 2009-05-28 04:12:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | OSCE PGOV TU |
09ANKARA759 | TURKEY: MARDIN MASSACRE PUTS VILLAGE GUARDS IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: As the Kurdish issue moves to the forefront of Turkey's domestic policy debate, what to do -- if anything -- with the village guards has reemerged as an important piece of the puzzle. Established in the mid-1980s as a local militia to aid the Turkish military in its operations ag [...] | 2009-05-28 13:13:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU |
09ANKARA767 | TURKEY: TALK OF PROGRESS MET WITH SKEPTICISM IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Despite fevered media speculation in recent weeks about "solving" the Kurdish issue, contacts in Turkey's southeast remain skeptical that the Justice and Development Party (AKP)-led government has the will to make bold reforms in the short term. The progressive rhetoric is met wi [...] | 2009-06-01 08:38:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU |
09ANKARA779 | LATEST TNP VIEWS ON ERGENEKON [...] (C) SUMMARY: Turkish National Police (TNP) briefers told us May 29 they plan to roll out a third Ergenekon indictment within several months; expect the court to issue a crucial ruling on whether the case and investigation fit under the rubric of counterterrorism; and are confident that as the [...] | 2009-06-02 13:19:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | EU OSCE PGOV TU |
09ANKARA789 | TURKEY: ANAP-DP MERGER TALKS BEGIN INAUSPICIOUSLY [...] (C) Summary: The chairmen of Turkey's two struggling center-right parties, the Democrat Party (DP) and Motherland Party (ANAP),met on June 3 to recommence talks to merge their two parties. They agreed that the two parties should become one by, at latest, December 31. They are banking, aga [...] | 2009-06-04 14:39:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | OSCE PGOV TU |
09ANKARA790 | TURKEY: AKP DRAGS ITS FEET ON CONSTITUTIONAL [...] (C) Summary: Turkey's ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) is postponing plans to introduce a series of constitutional amendments in Parliament until after the July 1 summer recess, according to AKP whip Bekir Bozdag. He told us that AKP desires to enact the reforms without having to go [...] | 2009-06-04 15:01:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU |
09ANKARA83 | TURKEY: SUCCESS OF KURDISH BROADCASTING: [...] (C) Summary: Since the January 1 launch of Kurdish language broadcasts on Turkish State television (TRT-6),the taboo on use of Kurdish in quasi-official venues such as universities and prisons is coming to an end. Most moderate Kurds are welcoming these developments warmly as long-overdue r [...] | 2009-01-16 15:40:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU |
09ANKARA853 | TURKEY'S VIEW ON EUROPEAN SECURITY AND THE CORFU [...] (C) MFA DDG for OSCE, Nonproliferation and Disarmament Affairs Ahmet Muhtar Gun said that Turkey fully supports the principles outlined in ref a regarding the Corfu ministerial and noted specifically that Turkey's approach will be guided by the language contained in Paragraph 3 of the December [...] | 2009-06-19 07:37:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM OSCE PREL NATO PGOV PHUM ECON |
09ANKARA873 | TURKEY: CONSTITUTIONAL COURT PRESIDENT ON COURT [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador on June 19 emphasized to the President of Turkey's Constitutional Court, Hasim Kilic our view of the Court's importance for the deepening of democracy and freedoms in Turkey. They discussed the workings of the Court, proposed reforms to Turkey's judicial system, and th [...] | 2009-06-23 11:15:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | OSCE PGOV PINR TU |
09ANKARA925 | TURKEY: ADANA'S WILY OLD FOX ON THE ART OF POLITICS [...] (C) SUMMARY. Turkey's longest-serving big-city mayor, Aytac Durak in Adana, proved unusually talkative in recent meetings with us. He highlighted service, independence, and being able to turn tables on one's opponents as keys to his success in the Turkish political game. Durak's career und [...] | 2009-07-01 08:28:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU |
09ASHGABAT1076 | OSCE SPONSORED TIP SEMINAR FOR TURKMEN OFFICIALS [...] (C) SUMMARY. A recent OSCE-organized seminar on combating trafficking in persons (TIP),held in Ashgabat, brought together Turkmen officials and international experts for an overview of the TIP problem. Topics covered included the definition of TIP and the global scope of the problem, the r [...] | 2009-08-27 10:34:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | KTIP PGOV SCUL SOCI OSCE TX |
09ASHGABAT1122 | TURKMEN-AFGHAN JOINT BORDER TRAINING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On August 21, Turkmen and Afghan customs officials completed joint training, facilitated by the OSCE, in Ashgabat and Atamurat (formerly Kerki),a town in southeast Turkmenistan. This was the first ever joint training for Turkmen and Afghan customs officers. The course was aime [...] | 2009-09-03 12:57:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ETTC PARM PREL PBTS OSCE AF TX |
09ASHGABAT1267 | OSCE CENTER HIGHLIGHTS POSITIVE COOPERATION WITH [...] (SBU) On October 1, the Head of the OSCE Center in Ashgabat, Ambassador Arsim Zekolli, briefed representatives of OSCE-member country embassies on the activities of the Center during the past year. The briefing was based on Zekolli's Report to the OSCE Permanent Council on September 3, but al [...] | 2009-10-05 10:02:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL OSCE TX |
09ASHGABAT1485 | TURKMENISTAN: UN REGIONAL CENTER OUTLINES MOST [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a meeting in Ashgabat with SCA Deputy Assistant Secretary George Krol, the Head of the United Nations Regional Center for Preventive Diplomacy, Ambassador Miroslav Jenca, talked about electricity and water resource problems, the conflict in Afghanistan, and border security. [...] | 2009-11-20 15:29:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG PBTS PREL OSCE UN AF TX ZK |
09ASHGABAT1487 | TURKMENISTAN: OSCE CENTER CHIEF DESCRIBES [...] (C) SUMMARY. The head of the Ashgabat OSCE Center briefed DAS George Krol about OSCE programs and prospects in Turkmenistan. The number of projects i expanding, including several new fields, but it seems the Turkmen are merely checking a box by holding the events, with no tangible results. [...] | 2009-11-20 15:30:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV OSCE TX |
09ASHGABAT735 | TURKMENISTAN: DEMARCHE ON EUROPEAN SECURITY AND [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-11 05:33:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | OSCE PREL EU NATO PGOV PHUM KDEM TX |
09ASHGABAT790 | TURKMENISTAN: INPUT FOR OSCE HUMAN DIMENSION [...] (SBU) In preparation for the annual OSCE Human Dimension Implementation Meeting, Post highlights the following areas in which the Government of Turkmenistan fails to implement its OSCE commitments with respect to human rights and fundamental freedoms. Improvement in many of these areas would [...] | 2009-06-24 05:24:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL PGOV SOCI KIRF OSCE KDEM TX |
09ASHGABAT803 | TURKMENISTAN: AFGHAN OFFICIALS WERE NO-SHOWS AT [...] (C) On June 26, Political Officer provided an overview of INL cooperation with Turkmenistan to an OSCE-organized counternarcotics training course for Customs officials carried out at the Ashgabat "Golden Century" Customs Training Center. The ten participants were supervisory-level officials f [...] | 2009-06-26 10:24:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | SNAR PGOV OSCE AF TX |
09ASHGABAT977 | TURKMENISTAN: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON OSCE HUMAN [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-31 12:52:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM OSCE TX |
09ASTANA1000 | KAZAKHSTAN: FOREIGN MINISTER ON NONPROLIFERATION [...] (C) SUMMARY: On June 10, Foreign Minister Marat Tazhin: -- praised President Obama's Cairo speech for its intelligence and candor; -- expressed gratitude for the briefing on the possibility of a U.S.-Russia agreement to transit lethal supplies for Afghanistan; -- undertook to facilita [...] | 2009-06-11 09:28:00 | Embassy Astana | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PARM ECON ETTC MARR MCAP OSCE RS |
09ASTANA1030 | KAZAKHSTAN: DRAFT INTERNET LAW HEADED TOWARD SECOND [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) This cable includes an action request. Please see paragraph three. 3. (SBU) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST: The draft Internet law went through its first reading in the Senate on June 11. The second reading may take pla [...] | 2009-06-16 11:28:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM OSCE KZ |
09ASTANA1068 | KAZAKHSTAN: EMBASSY INPUT FOR OSCE HUMAN DIMENSION [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) This cable responds to reftel's request for post's input on Kazakhstan for demarches in advance of the OSCE Human Dimension Implementation Meeting (HDIM). DEMOCRATIC REFORM 3. (SBU) The September 26 - October 9 HDIM is [...] | 2009-06-24 07:08:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL PGOV KDEM OSCE KZ |
09ASTANA1161 | KAZAKHSTAN: UNDER SECRETARY BURNS'S MEETING WITH CIVIL [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On July 10, Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Bill Burns met in Astana with civil society leaders. Burns told them that Kazakhstan's 2010 OSCE chairmanship presented unique opportunities for Kazakhsta [...] | 2009-07-13 02:06:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL PGOV KDEM OSCE KZ |
09ASTANA1164 | KAZAKHSTAN: UNDER SECRETARY BURNS'S JULY 10 MEETING WITH [...] (S) SUMMARY: Under Secretary Burns brought greetings to President Nazarbayev from President Obama and underscored the importance of the U.S.-Kazakhstan relationship by noting Kazakhstan was his delegation's first stop in Central Asia. He told Nazarbayev that President Obama is committed to st [...] | 2009-07-13 03:52:00 | Embassy Astana | SECRET | PREL PHUM KDEM KNNP OSCE AF RS KZ |
09ASTANA1166 | KAZAKHSTAN: UNDER SECRETARY BURNS'S JULY 10 MEETING WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a July 10 meeting in Astana, Under Secretary of State Bill Burns told Foreign Minister Marat Tazhin that the United States wants to move forward on establishing a commission to oversee bilateral relations. Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs Robert Blak [...] | 2009-07-13 03:53:00 | Embassy Astana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM KDEM KNNP OSCE AF RS KZ |
09ASTANA1182 | KAZAKHSTAN: CIVIL SOCIETY DISAPPOINTED WITH KAZAKHSTAN'S [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On June 22, several leading civil society activists briefed members of the diplomatic community in Astana on the status of Kazakhstan's democratic reform efforts. The activists asserted that, despite modest progr [...] | 2009-07-14 09:57:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL PGOV KDEM OSCE KZ |
09ASTANA1183 | KAZAKHSTAN: PRESIDENT NAZARBAYEV SIGNS INTERNET [...] (SBU) The Presidential Press Service reported on July 10 that President Nazarbayev has signed pending Internet legislation into law. (NOTE: As a technical matter, this legislation amends several existing Kazakhstani laws. END NOTE.) Nazarbayev's move came despite objections and concerns rai [...] | 2009-07-14 09:57:00 | Embassy Astana | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM KPAO OSCE KZ |
09ASTANA1327 | KAZAKHSTAN: FOR THE HUMAN DIMENSION IMPLEMENTATION [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On August 4, we met with Sayagul Konakbayeva, the head of the Office of Humanitarian Issues within the MFA's OSCE Directorate, to deliver reftel demarche on Kazakhstan's human rights and democracy performance in a [...] | 2009-08-04 11:11:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL PGOV KDEM KIRF OSCE KZ |
09ASTANA1399 | KAZAKHSTAN: PRESIDENTIAL ADVISER HEARS MESSAGE [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a frank conversation with the Ambassador on August 12, Presidential Adviser Kairat Sarybai said he expected that the new State Commission for the OSCE would propose further steps, "since that is part of the commission's mandate," that could be taken on democratization bef [...] | 2009-08-17 01:41:00 | Embassy Astana | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM MARR KDEM OSCE RS KG KZ |
09ASTANA1402 | KAZAKHSTAN: "ALMA-ATA INFO" EDITOR LOSES TWO COURT [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On August 13, Kazakhstan's Supreme Court ruled against "Alma-Ata Info" newspaper and upheld a lower court's ruling that suspended the newspaper for three months for publishing allegedly classified documents. This [...] | 2009-08-17 09:58:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL PGOV KDEM OSCE KZ |
09ASTANA1416 | KAZAKHSTAN: USCENTCOM CDR PETRAEUS' MEETING WITH [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: During an August 13 meeting in Astana, USCENTCOM CDR General Petraeus and Minister of Defense Dzhaksybekov discussed: -- further Kazakhstani assistance in Afghanistan, including staff officers for ISAF HQ in Kabul, noncombatant trainers and instructors for the Explosive Ord [...] | 2009-08-19 04:18:00 | Embassy Astana | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PINR MARR OSCE AF KZ |
09ASTANA1422 | KAZAKHSTAN: USCENTCOM CDR PETRAEUS' MEETING WITH FOREIGN [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: USCENTCOM Commander General David Petraeus met Minister of Foreign Affairs Marat Tazhin on August 13 to discuss U.S.-Kazakhstani military cooperation and request support for U.S. forces in Afghanistan. Petraeus specifically requested the deployment of Kazakhstani staff office [...] | 2009-08-20 06:33:00 | Embassy Astana | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PINR MARR OSCE RS AF KZ |
09ASTANA1439 | KAZAKHSTAN: PRESIDENT'S ADVISOR WARNS OF AN "INFORMATION [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: In an August 22 interview published in the newspaper "Liter," Yermukhamet Yertysbayev, President Nazarbayev's advisor on political issues, railed against the "runaway billionaires" who have declared an "informatio [...] | 2009-08-27 05:14:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL PGOV PINR KDEM KCOR OSCE KZ |
09ASTANA1444 | KAZAKHSTAN: SAUDABAYEV ON NUCLEAR SECURITY [...] (C) SUMMARY: During an August 27 meeting, State Secretary Kanat Saudabayev told the Ambassador: -- President Nazarbayev still wants an Oval Office meeting when he travels to Washington next spring for the Nuclear Security Summit and is willing to be flexible about the timing; -- Kazakhs [...] | 2009-08-27 10:59:00 | Embassy Astana | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR PHUM KNNP KDEM OSCE AU KZ |
09ASTANA1487 | KAZAKHSTAN: OSCE AMBASSADOR BELIEVES KNB TOOK CONTROL OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a September 4 meeting, the head of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) Center, Ambassador Alexandr Keltchewsky, told the Ambassador Kazakhstan has taken some positive steps in its preparations to become the 2010 OSCE Chairman-in-Office. He added [...] | 2009-09-08 06:25:00 | Embassy Astana | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR PHUM OSCE KZ |
09ASTANA1494 | KAZAKHSTAN: AMBASSADOR RAISES ZHOVTIS WITH KAZAKSTANI [...] (C) SUMMARY: On September 8, the Ambassador met with Presidential Foreign Policy Adviser, Kairat Sarybai, for a frank exchange on the case of internationally-respected human rights advocate, Yevgeniy Zhovtis, who was convicted of vehicular manslaughter and sentenced to four years in a penal c [...] | 2009-09-09 06:16:00 | Embassy Astana | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM OSCE KZ |
09ASTANA1512 | KAZAKHSTAN: AMBASSADOR RAISES ZHOVTIS WITH FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (C) SUMMARY: On September 10, the Ambassador and Kazakhstan's State Minister and Foreign Minister, Kanat Saudabayev, exchanged frank views on the Zhovtis case reftel A. The Ambassador delivered a strong message on the importance of a transparent appeals process and finding a way forward that [...] | 2009-09-11 09:16:00 | Embassy Astana | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR PHUM OSCE KZ |
09ASTANA1513 | KAZAKHSTAN: KEEPING PERSPECTIVE [...] (C) With the Yevgeniy Zhovtis case -- Zhovtis is the internationally renowned human rights advocate whose most unfortunate auto accident some in the government of Kazakhstan appear to be exploiting -- we can all agree that Kazakhstan has stepped on its tail in a most appalling and old-guard K [...] | 2009-09-11 09:27:00 | Embassy Astana | SECRET | PGOV PREL PHUM KNNP OSCE AF RS KZ |
09ASTANA1518 | KAZAKHSTAN: FOREIGN MINISTRY PRESSES HIGH-LEVEL [...] (C) SUMMARY: In recent days, Kazakhstan has proposed an OSCE Summit in 2010 to be co-chaired by Kazakhstan and the United States, repeated its desire to establish a Joint Presidential Commission, and renewed its effort for an Obama-Nazarbayev meeting at the general time of the April 2010 Nuc [...] | 2009-09-13 03:45:00 | Embassy Astana | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR PHUM KNNP KISL OSCE RS KZ |
09ASTANA1538 | KAZAKHSTAN: ZHOVTIS' LEAD LAWYER COMMENTS ON THE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Convicted human rights advocate Evgeniy Zhovtis' lead lawyer, Vitaliy Voronov, predicts Zhovtis will not be acquitted at his appeal hearing but that his sentence might be reduced. Voronov said he had been told that "someone high up in the government" had triggered the trial by [...] | 2009-09-18 09:24:00 | Embassy Astana | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM OSCE KZ |
09ASTANA1616 | KAZAKHSTAN: THE COMPLEXITY OF "OPPOSITION MEDIA" [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: During a media roundtable the Ambassador hosted in Almaty, independent and opposition journalists detailed their opinions, concerns, and experiences. It was a useful and informative snapshot, but it wasn't the wh [...] | 2009-09-23 09:45:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR PHUM KPAO KDEM OSCE KZ |
09ASTANA1619 | KAZAKHSTAN: INDEPENDENT AND OPPOSITION MEDIA ASK TOUGH [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The Ambassador answered questions from independent and opposition journalists during a media roundtable in Almaty on September 14 (ref A). The lively group, pleased to have an opportunity to express their concern [...] | 2009-09-23 11:02:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM KPAO OSCE KZ |
09ASTANA1693 | KAZAKHSTAN: ZHOVTIS DETERMINED TO KEEP FIGHTING [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Convicted human rights advocate Yevgeniy Zhovtis told the visiting First Deputy Director of the Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) on September 19 that he does not want any special treatme [...] | 2009-09-28 07:09:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM OSCE KZ |
09ASTANA1762 | KAZAKHSTAN: THE ABLYAZOV FACTOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: Former CEO of Bank Turan Alem (BTA) Mukhtar Ablyazov is accused of having embezzled at least $1.1 billion from BTA before fleeing to London on February 3. Ablyazov reportedly plans an international public relations campaignm with two goals: 1) to rebrand himself as the persecut [...] | 2009-10-02 06:26:00 | Embassy Astana | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON EFIN KCOR OSCE UK KZ |
09ASTANA1766 | KAZAKHSTAN DESIGNATES "HOT-LINE" POC FOR OSCE [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) During his May 4 meeting with Secretary Clinton in Washington, then Foreign Minister Marat Tazhin suggested that both the United States and Kazakhstan establish a metaphorical hot line -- i.e., a single point of contact on [...] | 2009-10-02 08:36:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL OSCE KZ |
09ASTANA1772 | KAZAKHSTAN: FM SAUDABAYEV ON IRAN, OSCE SUMMIT, [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a meeting with the Ambassador on October 5, State Secretary and Foreign Minister Kanat Saudabayev: -- reaffirmed that Kazakhstan fully supports the U.S. position on Iran and reported that he personally had made the case to Foreign Minister Manoucher Motakki -- "based on [...] | 2009-10-05 08:52:00 | Embassy Astana | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PARM MNUC MARR KNNP OSCE UZ KZ |
09ASTANA1807 | KAZAKHSTAN: CIVIL SOCIETY URGES VIGILANCE ON HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Civil society activists are expressing concern about what they see as Kazakhstan's "conservative shift" on political liberalization, pointing specifically to the recent conviction of human rights activist Yevgeniy [...] | 2009-10-06 09:10:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM OSCE KZ |
09ASTANA1843 | KAZAKHSTAN PRESSES AGAIN ON OSCE SUMMIT, ANNUAL [...] (C) To follow up on the October 7-8 visit to Astana by Deputy Secretary of Energy Daniel Poneman, the Ambassador met on October 12 with Deputy Foreign Kairat Umarov to seek clarification how the Foreign Ministry would coordinate Kazakhstan's inter-agency process to designate a single lead ent [...] | 2009-10-13 08:12:00 | Embassy Astana | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL OSCE RS CH AF KZ |
09ASTANA1857 | KAZAKHSTAN: GEARING UP INSTITUTIONALLY FOR OSCE [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: During lunch on October 15, Doulat Kuanyshev, Kazakhstan's Ambassador-at-Large for OSCE Issues, described Kazakhstan's special state commission for the OSCE and again pressed the Ambassador for an OSCE summit in 2 [...] | 2009-10-16 05:05:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL OSCE AF RS KZ |
09ASTANA1899 | KAZAKHSTAN: BLUNT TALK TO DEPUTY FOREIGN [...] (C) On October 20, an hour after a provincial appeals court upheld the conviction of human rights advocate Yevgeniy Zhovtis and affirmed his four-year sentence to a penal colony for vehicular manslaughter (septel),I pulled aside Deputy Foreign Minister Kairat Umararov at the Slovak National D [...] | 2009-10-21 09:06:00 | Embassy Astana | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM OSCE KZ |
09ASTANA1903 | KAZAKHSTAN: PRESIDENTIAL ADVISOR LETS LOOSE ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: On October 20, the DCM met with Presidential Advisor Yermukhamed Yertysbayev, who explained his views on the development of democracy in Kazakhstan, presidential power, and the Human Dimension Implementation Meeting (HDIM) in Warsaw, September 28-October 9. Yertysbayev also disc [...] | 2009-10-21 10:07:00 | Embassy Astana | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM OSCE KZ |
09ASTANA1914 | KAZAKHSTAN: "BIG FRIEND" MEDDLES AGAINST U.S. [...] (C) SUMMARY: Deputy Foreign Minister Kairat Umarov suggested on October 21 that disinformation from Russian intelligence played a role in Yevgeniy Zhovtis' conviction and prison sentence being upheld. He also said that Russian intelligence is getting the word to President Nazarbayev that th [...] | 2009-10-22 07:07:00 | Embassy Astana | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR PHUM MARR KDEM OSCE RS UZ KZ |
09ASTANA1916 | KAZAKHSTAN: NGOS GIVE GOVERNMENT A PASSING GRADE AT HDIM [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: We interviewed several outspoken NGO participants of the Organization for Security and Cooperation and Security (OSCE) Human Dimension Implementation Meeting (HDIM) in Warsaw to check reports that members of the Kaz [...] | 2009-10-22 09:38:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM OSCE KZ |
09ASTANA1921 | KAZAKHSTAN: SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE PANDITH HEARS FROM [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: During her first overseas trip as Special Representative to Muslim Communities, Farah Pandith visited Kazakhstan October 12-13. In Astana, Muslim civil society leaders told her that Kazakhs are "a different kind of [...] | 2009-10-27 04:39:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM PGOV KISL KIRF OIC OSCE KZ |
09ASTANA1935 | KAZAKHSTAN: SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE PANDITH SPEAKS TO [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: During her October 13 visit to Almaty, Special Representative to Muslim Communities (SRMC) Farah Pandith broke new ground by visiting Kazakhstan's only Islamic University and engaging the students in a lively discuss [...] | 2009-10-28 00:49:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM PGOV KISM KIRF OSCE KZ |
09ASTANA1947 | KAZAKHSTAN'S CSIS OSCE SEMINAR REINFORCES THE CHALLENGE OF [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The U.S. Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) and the Institute for New Democracies, as part of a year-long joint project with the government of Kazakhstan, brought together in Astana on October 2 [...] | 2009-11-02 07:24:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL OSCE RS KZ |
09ASTANA1950 | KAZAKHSTAN: DAS KROL DISCUSSES OSCE WITH DEPUTY FOREIGN [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Deputy Foreign Minister Konstantin Zhigalov told SCA DAS George Krol and NSC's Director for Central Asia Kurt Donnelly on October 29 that as OSCE Chairman, Kazakhstan will be "unbiased" and "equally fulfill all thre [...] | 2009-11-03 02:30:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM OSCE KZ |
09ASTANA1951 | KAZAKHSTAN: SCA DAS KROL DISCUSSES BILATERAL RELATIONSHIP [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: During an October 29 meeting, Deputy Foreign Minister Kairat Umarov, SCA Deputy Assistant Secretary George Krol, and NSC's Director for Central Asia Kurt Donnelly discussed the upcoming Global Nuclear Security Su [...] | 2009-11-03 02:48:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM ENRG KNNP OSCE KZ |
09ASTANA1952 | KAZAKHSTAN: DAS KROL DISCUSSES HUMAN RIGHTS ACTION PLAN [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The Chairman of the President's Human Rights Commission, Sagynbek Tursunov, asserted to Deputy Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs George Krol and NSC Central Asia Director Kurt Donnelly on Octob [...] | 2009-11-03 02:49:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM OSCE KZ |
09ASTANA2004 | KAZAKHSTAN: STAFFDEL WOOLFORK HEARS VIEWS ON KAZAKHSTAN'S [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On November 11, Staffdel Woolfork met with DCMs from several European embassies, who said that Kazakhstan has made some progress on liberalization, but it needs to do more. The Spanish DCM said Spain will not suppo [...] | 2009-11-12 09:50:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM OSCE KZ |
09ASTANA2008 | KAZAKHSTAN: OSCE SYG HEARS SUMMIT IS NAZARBAYEV'S TOP [...] (SBU) This is an action request. See para seven. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: According to the deputy head of the Astana OSCE Center, Kazakhstan's desire to organize a summit of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) during its 2010 chairmanship was the main topic of discuss [...] | 2009-11-13 07:49:00 | Embassy Astana | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL OSCE KDEM KZ |
09ASTANA2053 | KAZAKHSTAN: SUBSTANCE BEFORE SUMMIT [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: During a November 16 dinner, representatives from the Embassies of Italy, Spain, the UK, and the Netherlands reasserted that their governments' insistence on substance before they commit to a 2010 OSCE Summit. Se [...] | 2009-11-19 01:54:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL OSCE KZ |
09ASTANA2064 | KAZAKHSTAN: [...] (C) SUMMARY: On November 18, deputy head of the Astana OSCE Center further briefed the CDA on the November 12 visit to Astana of the Secretary General of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) Marc Perrin de Brichambaut. President Nazarbayev is prepared to personally [...] | 2009-11-19 10:03:00 | Embassy Astana | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL OSCE KZ |
09ASTANA2065 | KAZAKHSTAN: NAZARBAYEV TO PERSONALLY LOBBY FOR SUMMIT [...] (C) SUMMARY: On November 18, deputy head of the Astana OSCE Center further briefed the CDA on the November 12 visit to Astana of the Secretary General of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) Marc Perrin de Brichambaut. President Nazarbayev is prepared to personally [...] | 2009-11-19 10:21:00 | Embassy Astana | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL OSCE KZ |
09ASTANA2090 | ALL IN A DAY'S WORK: KAZAKHSTANI FOREIGN MINISTER IN [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On November 22, State Secretary-Foreign Minister Kanat Saudabayev traveled to Kabul to discuss bilateral cooperation with Afghan President Hamid Karzai and unveil Kazakhstan's 2009-2011 assistance package. Saudab [...] | 2009-11-24 09:27:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON EAID OSCE AF KZ |
09ASTANA2138 | KAZAKHSTAN SEEKS TO JOIN INTERNATIONAL OIL-SPILL-RESPONSE [...] SUMMARY: Energy Officer attended a November workshop organized by the Astana Center of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE),with the support of the Kazakhstani government and International Maritime Organization (IMO),on ratification and implementation of internatio [...] | 2009-12-10 03:37:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ECON EINV EPET SENV OSCE IMO KZ |
09ASTANA2139 | KAZAKHSTAN: ASTANA TO HOST SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT [...] SUMMARY: The Kazakhstani Ministry of Environment hosted the Advisory Council Meeting on Preparation for the Ministerial Conference on Environment and Development (MCED) to be held in Astana in 2010. The MCED is held every five years, and the next Ministerial theme will be to adopt "green gro [...] | 2009-12-10 03:38:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ECON SENV OSCE UN KZ |
09ASTANA2159 | KAZAHKSTAN: SCA ASSISTANT SECRETARY BLAKE HEARS REALISTIC [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs Robert Blake and the Ambassador found that civil society in Kazakhstan is alive and well during a roundtable with democracy and human-rights leaders on Decem [...] | 2009-12-18 05:19:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM EAID SOCI OSCE KZ |
09ASTANA2160 | KAZAKHSTAN: DFM UMAROV DETAILS HIS DISSIDENT PAST TO A/S [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: A/S Robert Blake concluded his successful three-day visit to Kazakhstan with an elegant but relaxed dinner hosted by Deputy Foreign Minister Kairat Umarov on December 15. Umarov revealed in great detail his person [...] | 2009-12-19 03:15:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR KDEM KNNP SOCI OSCE KZ |
09ASTANA2161 | KAZAKHSTAN PUSHES FOR OSCE SUMMIT WITH A/S BLAKE [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: State Secretary-Foreign Minister Kanat Saudabayev and President Nazarbayev's foreign policy advisor Kairat Sarybai separately pressed Assistant Secretary Blake for U.S. support for a 2010 summit of the Organizatio [...] | 2009-12-19 12:10:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM OSCE KZ |
09ASTANA2190 | KAZAKHSTAN'S PRESIDENT COMMENTS ON LOGISTICS [...] (U) Sensitive but Unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) President Nursultan Nazarbayev gave his annual summing up to the diplomatic corps on December 22. Since he broke no new ground on any issue, we are reporting only excerpts from his presentation about issues of special in [...] | 2009-12-22 08:27:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON EPET MARR SENV OSCE EU CH RS |
09ASTANA2201 | KAZAKHSTAN: INL ASSISTANT SECRETARY JOHNSON BILATERAL [...] Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: During his visit to Kazakhstan for the inauguration of the Central Asian Regional Information and Coordination Center (CARICC) (septel),Assistant Secretary for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs Davi [...] | 2009-12-23 05:01:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL SOCI SNAR KCRM OSCE KZ |
09ASTANA2202 | KAZAKHSTAN'S VIEWS ON ITS NEIGHBORS [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs Robert Blake thanked State Secretary-Foreign Minister Kanat Saudabayev and President Nazarbayev's foreign policy advisor Kairat Sarybai for Kazakhst [...] | 2009-12-23 05:07:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ETRD ECON OSCE AF CH IN IR KZ |
09ASTANA2233 | KAZAKHSTAN SETS UP AN ELECTRONIC DATABASE OF POLLUTION [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The Ministry of Environment recently hosted a round table on setting up an electronic register of emissions and pollution transmissions (PRTRs) with the participation of several environmental NGOs and the Organiza [...] | 2009-12-24 05:56:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON SENV KDEM OSCE UN KZ |
09ASTANA240 | KAZAKHSTAN: PRESIDENT NAZARBAYEV SIGNS MADRID [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) In following through on Kazakhstan's Madrid commitments on democratic reform, President Nazarbayev signed into law new legislation on political parties and the media on February 6 and legislation on elections on February 9. [...] | 2009-02-10 11:05:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KDEM OSCE KZ |
09ASTANA264 | KAZAKHSTAN: MFA OFFICIAL SAYS FM TAZHIN WILL BE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Former MFA Americas Department Director Talgat Kaliyev told Pol-Econ Chief on February 12 that Foreign Minister Tazhin will be replaced in the coming months. Kaliyev explained that he has been appointed to be Tazhin's advisor on OSCE issues. He said that Kazakhstan intends to p [...] | 2009-02-13 09:41:00 | Embassy Astana | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR ECON KNNP OSCE IAEA KZ |
09ASTANA345 | KAZAKHSTAN: DRAFT LAW WOULD EXPAND STATE REGULATION OF [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The Mazhilis -- i.e. the lower house of Kazakhstan's parliament -- is currently considering a draft package of amendments that would, if passed in its current form, greatly increase state regulation of Internet co [...] | 2009-02-25 06:42:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM SOCI KPAO KDEM OSCE KZ |
09ASTANA431 | KAZAKHSTAN: APPEALS COURT INCREASES FINE TENFOLD AGAINST [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On February 26, the Almaty City Court ordered the opposition newspaper "Taszhargan" to pay a 30 million tenge (approximately $200,000) damage award to parliamentarian Romin Madinov. This appellate decision increa [...] | 2009-03-11 07:32:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM OSCE KZ |
09ASTANA433 | KAZAKHSTAN: HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION CHAIRMAN TELLS [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: In a cordial March 10 introductory meeting with the Ambassador, the Presidential Human Rights Commission (HRC) Chairman Saginbek Tursunov explained that his organization's primary role is to provide advice on and [...] | 2009-03-11 10:20:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM SOCI OSCE KDEM KZ |
09ASTANA435 | KAZAKHSTAN: DFM ZHIGALOV SAYS KAZAKHSTAN WOULD [...] (C) SUMMARY: New Deputy Foreign Minister Konstantin Zhigalov told the Ambassador on March 11 that Kazakhstan would very much welcome a POTUS visit. He said Kazakhstan attaches great importance to hosting the Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council's Security Forum in June. Zhigalov explained that [...] | 2009-03-12 07:28:00 | Embassy Astana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR ETRD KNNP KIRF OSCE NATO AF RS KZ |
09ASTANA494 | KAZAKHSTAN: NATO REP FOR CENTRAL ASIA BRIEFS ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: NATO Special Representative for the Caucasus and Central Asia Robert Simmons told NATO Ambassadors in Astana on March 18 that the Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council (EAPC) Security Forum is administratively on track for June 24-25 in Astana, even though Kazakhstani officials made [...] | 2009-03-19 09:43:00 | Embassy Astana | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MARR NATO OSCE RS KZ |
09ASTANA498 | KAZAKHSTAN: FRENCH AMBASSADOR TO OSCE ENGAGES, [...] (C) SUMMARY: French Ambassador to the OSCE Eric Lebedel briefed a select group of Western Ambassadors on March 19 that he was in Astana to promote the European Union's perspective on the OSCE and to emphasize Kazakhstan's need to take seriously its responsibilities on democracy, human rights [...] | 2009-03-20 05:20:00 | Embassy Astana | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM SENV OSCE KZ |
09ASTANA572 | KAZAKHSTAN: RUSSIAN AMBASSADOR ON START TREATY, [...] (C) The Ambassador hosted Russian Ambassador Mikhail Bocharnikov for a one-on-one lunch April 2. The Ambassador briefed Bocharnikov in detail on his March 24 meetings at the Foreign Ministry in Moscow with Deputy Foreign Minister Karasin and Director of the Third CIS Department Maksim Peshko [...] | 2009-04-02 10:20:00 | Embassy Astana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KACT OSCE RS KZ |
09ASTANA6 | KAZAKHSTAN: YOU WIN SOME, YOU LOSE SOME -- COURTS RULE ON [...] (U)Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) Two Almaty courts ruled on December 26 and 27 on two of the five pending libel cases against the opposition paper Taszhargan (reftel),with one decision in the paper's favor, and one against. On December 26, the Almaty Econo [...] | 2009-01-05 08:42:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM OSCE KDEM KZ |
09ASTANA638 | KAZAKHSTAN: MFA REASSURES VISITING SCA/CEN DIRECTOR THAT [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: MFA Americas Department Director Askar Tazhiyev told visiting SCA/CEN Director Tom Hushek on April 8 that Kazakhstan is committed to upholding ODIHR's mandate during its 2010 OSCE Chairmanship. Tazhiyev explained [...] | 2009-04-14 11:47:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM OSCE KNNP TU KZ |
09ASTANA714 | KAZAKHSTANI FM TAZHIN'S PRIORITIES FOR HIS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Previewing for the Ambassador his May 4-5 visit to Washington, Foreign Minister Tazhin said: -- he hopes to be prepared to make new "strategic non-military proposals" for enhanced Kazakhstani asssistance in Afghanistan; -- he will be fully prepared to discuss with Secretary [...] | 2009-04-27 05:39:00 | Embassy Astana | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL OSCE CH RS KZ |
09ASTANA744 | KAZAKHSTAN: "TASZHARGAN" EDITOR ARRESTED AND RELEASED, [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Yermurat Bapi, editor of the opposition newspaper "Taszhargan," was arrested on April 23 for failing to pay a 30 million tenge ($200,000) court-ordered damage award to a parliamentarian, but was released the same [...] | 2009-04-29 10:26:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM OSCE KZ |
09ASTANA778 | KAZAKHSTAN: HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL'S ACTION PLAN LAYS OUT [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On April 14, Kazakhstan's Presidential Human Rights Commission (HRC) unveiled its National Human Rights Action Plan for 2009-2012. The Action Plan, the first one the Kazakhstani government has ever issued, outlin [...] | 2009-05-06 02:13:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM OSCE KZ |
09ASTANA816 | KAZAKHSTAN: INTERNET LAW PASSES THROUGH FIRST READING IN [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On April 29, the Mazhilis (the lower house of the parliament) approved at a first reading a controversial draft law on the Internet. The draft now has to go through a second reading before being presented to the [...] | 2009-05-08 02:00:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM OSCE KZ |
09ASTANA898 | KAZAKHSTAN: MAZHILIS HOSTS "PATH TO EUROPE" CONFERENCE [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On May 21, the Mazhilis (the lower house of parliament) hosted a conference entitled, "Modern Kazakhstan and the Path to Europe." The high-profile event, attended by high-ranking government officials and foreign [...] | 2009-05-27 09:37:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM OSCE KZ |
09ATHENS1139 | FM/OSCE Chairman Bakoyannis Heads to Azerbaijan and Armenia [...] (SBU) Foreign Minister Bakoyannis is traveling to Azerbaijan and Armenia to discuss the Nagorno-Karabakh (NK) conflict in her capacity as OSCE Chairman, as well as Greek- Caucasus air communication and energy issues. FM Bakoyannis departed Greece for Azerbaijan on July 1, will continue on [...] | 2009-07-02 10:11:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV GR TU AM AJ OSCE ENRG |
09ATHENS1347 | Greece: Demarche Delivered on OSCE HumDim Meeting [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-29 12:58:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM OSCE GR |
09ATHENS1365 | OSCE CiO S/R Discusses Tbilisi Bureau, Seeks Guidance on [...] (C) Summary: OSCE CiO Special Representative for Protracted Conflicts Charalampos Christopoulos met with Ambassador Speckhard July 28 to discuss intentions to open a CiO Special Representative Bureau in Tbilisi, the OSCE's role in Georgia and developments in Moldova. S/R Christopoulos gave Amb [...] | 2009-07-30 16:13:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV OSCE GR RS GG |
09ATHENS1483 | AMBASSADOR AND FM FOCUS ON VWP, TURKEY, IRAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Looking ahead to Foreign Minister Bakoyannis' meeting in New York with the Secretary, Ambassador Speckhard reminded the FM that the earliest the U.S. could announce approval of the Visa Waiver Program for Greece would most likely be the end of October 2009, encouraged Greek good [...] | 2009-09-18 13:18:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL CVIS KNNP GR TU UN IR OSCE |
09ATHENS1559 | Ambassador's Call on New ALt-FM Droutsas [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador paid his initial call on incoming Alternate Foreign Minister Dimitri Droutsas October 15. Droutsas emphasized the new GoG's active foreign policy agenda, pointing to the PM's recent trip to Istanbul as a "conscious signal that the immediate neighborhood is our highes [...] | 2009-10-19 13:31:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV OSCE GR |
09ATHENS1609 | GREECE -- STAFFDEL PACKER (NOVEMBER 27-DECEMBER 3) [...] Embassy Athens warmly welcomes the visit to Greece of CSCE Congressional Staff Delegation member Winsome Packer from November 27 to December 3, 2009, in order to attend the 17th OSCE Ministerial Council and the OSCE PA Meeting in Athens. 2. Embassy has assigned Political Counselor Geor [...] | 2009-11-09 12:39:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED | OREP AMGT ASEC OTRA AFIN OSCE GR |
09ATHENS1655 | AMBASSADOR AND DROUTSAS DISCUSS MACEDONIA, IRAN, TURKEY, [...] (C) SUMMARY. Ambassador Speckhard called on Alternate FM Droutsas November 23 for a tour d' horizon prior to the December 1-2 Athens OSCE Ministerial, focusing on Macedonia, Iran, and Turkey. The Ambassador urged Droutsas to stay engaged and push for a solution to the Macedonia name issue in [...] | 2009-11-25 16:06:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR OSCE KPIR GR MK TU IR |
09ATHENS1721 | Russia Looks to Court New GoG Officials, Displays Interest [...] (C) In recent weeks Russian officials, including Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, have reached out to Greek officials and the Greek public, in an effort to display reinvigorated Russian-Greek ties and paint a picture of close cooperation with the Greece on economic, political and cultur [...] | 2009-12-22 11:20:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON ENRG OSCE RS BU GR |
09ATHENS19 | FM BAKOYANNIS ON GAZA, AEGEAN ISSUES, OSCE, [...] (C) In a January 7 meeting with Ambassador Speckhard, FM Bakoyannis led off by expressing concern about the situation in Gaza, and emphasizing the need for a "humanitarian truce," and a UN Security Council Resolution. The Ambassador responded that the U.S. was also deeply concerned about the [...] | 2009-01-07 17:17:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM OSCE GG GR RS TU CVIS CJAN |
09ATHENS336 | GREECE AGREES "COMPLETELY" WITH U.S. ON RUSSIA, [...] (C) DepPolCouns discussed reftel points on Russia recognition of Abkhazia and South Ossetia and basing plans with OSCE Special Envoy for Protracted Conflicts Greek Ambassador Charalambos Christopoulos and, separately, with MFA A5 Directorate for CIS Countries Counselor Lambros Kakissis. Both [...] | 2009-03-18 14:40:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV OSCE GR RS GG BO |
09ATHENS338 | FM BAKOYIANNIS PLANS CALL TO SECRETARY SEEKING [...] (C) SUMMARY: At a March 17 dinner, Foreign Minister Bakoyiannis told Ambassador Speckhard that, in her capacity as OSCE Chairperson in Office, she wanted to speak with the Secretary to discuss two linked issues: her plans to move forward on OSCE's mission in Georgia and her proposal to host [...] | 2009-03-18 17:00:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV GR TU OSCE |
09ATHENS657 | Re-Shaping the U.S.-Greece Relationship [...] (C) SUMMARY: The overwhelming positive attitudes of the Greek public toward the new Administration offers an opportunity to reshape U.S.-Greece bilateral relations, moving Greece from a reluctant to reliable and proactive partner. To achieve this, we need to move the focus of our relationsh [...] | 2009-04-24 12:40:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL GR PGOV NATO AF KNNP MK UN OSCE |
09BAKU505 | AZERBAIJAN: INPUT FOR OSCE HUMAN DIMENSION MEETING [...] (SBU) As requested reftel, this cable identifies areas of concern in Azerbaijan's human rights performance that could be discussed with the GOAJ in the run-up to the September 28-October 9 OSCE Human Dimension Implementation Meeting (HDIM),in the hopes of securing greater progress. Since Az [...] | 2009-06-23 12:01:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED | OSCE PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM AJ |
09BAKU507 | AZERBAIJAN: UPDATE ON THE HUMAN DIMENSION [...] (C) Summary: On June 9 poloff hosted a meeting of western embassies and international organizations including the EU (Council and Commission),the OSCE and the Council of Europe accredited in Baku in order to discuss a wide range of issues related to democracy and human rights-- the human di [...] | 2009-06-24 07:14:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | OSCE PGOV KDEM PHUM PREL KIRF AJ |
09BAKU598 | OSCE HUAN DIMENSION MEETING DEMARCHE [...] (C) On July 30 the Charge delivered the demarche on the upcoming OSCE Human Dimension Implementation Meeting (reftel A) to Deputy Foreign Minister Mahmud Mammadguliyev. Mammadguliyev thanked the Embassy for sharing these points early in the process, and stated that he would study them, inform [...] | 2009-07-30 11:42:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PREL PHUM OSCE AJ |
09BAKU982 | AZERBAIJAN: OSCE COUNTERTERRORISM WORKSHOP NOMINEES [...] With respect to the reftel, Post nominates for invitation to the February OSCE Counterterrorism Workshop in Vienna: --government invitation: Major General Ilham Mehdiyev, Commander of the Coast Guard, Government of Azerbaijan. Embassy Baku will follow up shortly via email with details reg [...] | 2009-12-22 13:58:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED | OSCE PREL PTER AJ |
09BELGRADE1484 | SERBIA: OSCE COUNTERTERRORISM WORKSHOP RECOMMENDED [...] (SBU) In response to reftel, Embassy Belgrade nominates the following individuals to attend the 11-12 February 2010 OSCE counterterrorism workshop in Vienna. Both candidates would contribute to the discussions at the workshop and are in a position to influence policy. 2. (SBU) Governme [...] | 2009-12-11 14:06:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER OSCE SR |
09BELGRADE569 | 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 might wish to raise during the OSCE Human Dimension Implementation Meeting (HDIM): -- Despite past HDIM interventions by the U.S. delegation and efforts at post, Serbia's res [...] | 2009-06-24 09:48:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL PGOV OSCE KDEM SR |
09BELGRADE846 | SERBIA: FOCUS ON KOSOVO AND REFUGEES AT OSCE HDIM [...] (SBU) In an August 11 meeting, Poloff previewed for MFA Human Rights Directorate First Secretary Vladan Lazovic and OSCE and CoE Directorate Counselor Vladan Soskic topics and concerns that might be raised by the U.S. delegation to the upcoming OSCE Human Dimension Implementation Meeting (HD [...] | 2009-08-12 09:27:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM KDEM OSCE SR |
09BERLIN1570 | GERMANY: WESTERWELLE STRESSES CONTINUITY DURING [...] (C) Summary: The MFA sees FM Westerwelle's first trip to Moscow last month as a largely successful introductory call. The Russians probed for policy changes following the German elections. Although FM Lavrov seemed reassured that Berlin's Russia policy would remain unchanged, the MFA is ques [...] | 2009-12-10 12:14:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | GM EUN NATO MARR OSCE RU UNSC PGOV IR PREL |
09BERLIN1604 | GERMANY/RUSSIA: LOST THAT LOVING FEELING? [...] (C) Summary. German political decision- and opinion-makers are making a more sober assessment of Russia writ large, including its partnership with Germany and its trajectory. German officials describe themselves as the most avid supporters in Europe of the U.S. reset policy, but nearly a ye [...] | 2009-12-18 15:24:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | GM NATO OSCE PGOV PREL RS ECON |
09BERLIN694 | EUROPEAN SECURITY PROPOSAL: GERMANY FAVORS FOCUS [...] (C) SUMMARY. Germany largely supports the U.S. proposal for launching a constructive dialogue on European security within the OSCE at the Corfu ministerial, but warns against a comprehensive review of existing commitments or an effort to beef up the human dimension. Instead, Germany favors a [...] | 2009-06-10 13:03:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | OSCE PREL EU NATO PGOV |
09BERLIN838 | GERMANY SUPPORTS EUMM BUT SEEKS REALISTIC GOALS [...] (C) SUMMARY. Germany fully expects the EU Monitoring Mission (EUMM) mandate in Georgia to be extended for a year, despite some EU members' concerns that the mission was never envisioned as the sole international mission in the country. Although Germany supports extending the EUMM, some within [...] | 2009-07-10 15:54:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS OSCE PHUM PREL UN GG RS GM EU |
09BERLIN869 | GERMANY HESITANT ABOUT U.S. ROLE IN EUMM [...] (C) Poloff followed-up with MFA Deputy Head of Division for the South Caucasus and Central Asia Maria Gosse regarding possible U.S. participation in the EUMM (ref a). Although Germany wishes to keep the U.S. "engaged in Georgia," the MFA is hesitant to accept U.S. involvement in the mission. [...] | 2009-07-17 14:06:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS OSCE PHUM PREL UN GG RS GM EU |
09BERLIN886 | GERMANY'S VIEWS OF THE JULY 27-28 GAERC MEETING [...] (C) SUMMARY. Germany expects significant discussion of Iran before and during next week's EU General Affairs and External Relations Council (GAERC),in addition to discussions of Somalia and Georgia. However, the EU plans to wait until September to begin a regular review of which Iranian in [...] | 2009-07-22 15:39:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR EUN SO MOPS OSCE PHUM UN GG RS GM |
09BERN257 | SWISS RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON EUROPEAN SECURITY [...] (C) On June 18, Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (FDFA) OSCE Section Head Lukas Rosenkranz told poloff in response to reftel demarche regarding the upcoming 27-28 June 2009 informal OSCE Ministerial in Corfu, Greece, that Switzerland welcomed the Greek initiative to host informal di [...] | 2009-06-19 14:07:00 | Embassy Bern | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM OSCE PREL NATO PGOV PHUM ECON SZ |
09BRATISLAVA251 | SLOVAKIA CONCERNED ABOUT CFE [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel points to Roman Rosina, OSCE Officer in the Arms Control Department at MFA, and Martin Pangrac, NATO officer in the Security Policy Department. Rosina said Slovakia fully supports the U.S. initiative for dialogue, but would like the Conventional Forces in Europe ( [...] | 2009-06-10 15:04:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OSCE PREL EU NATO PGOV LO |
09BRATISLAVA256 | HARABIN DEMANDS $1.1 MILLION FROM MEDIA AS [...] (C) Summary: Justice Minister Stefan Harabin is demanding a total of over $1.1 million from four major Slovak media outlets for supposed damage to his reputation that they caused by reporting his links to a known drug dealer. In almost identical letters to the four companies, Harabin threatens [...] | 2009-06-12 15:51:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE LO |
09BRATISLAVA341 | SLOVAKIA: OSCE HUMAN DIMENSION MEETING DEMARCHE RESPONSE [...] (U) We delivered reftel points to Marianna Lipkova and Miriam Joklova in the Department of Human Rights, Council of Europe, OSCE and Minorities at the MFA. Lipkova said Slovakia takes the annual OSCE Human Dimension Implementation Meeting (HDIM) seriously. She said the GOS plans on participat [...] | 2009-07-31 16:16:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PGOV PREL KCOR KJUS UNHRC OSCE LO |
09BRUSSELS825 | BELGIAN MFA VIEWS ON CORFU CONFERENCE AND EUROPEAN [...] On June 15, Poloff used reftel as an opportunity to discuss the Corfu ministerial meeting and the future of European security with Francois De Kerchove, acting Director for Security Policy in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Belgium. Foreign Minister De Gucht will attend the ministerial. [...] | 2009-06-16 13:09:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR OSCE BE |
09BUCHAREST231 | ROMANIA: SANCTIONS CONFERENCE REVEALS CRACKS IN EU [...] (SBU) Treasury Department Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) Associate Director John Smith and EconOff attended sessions of a workshop on terrorist financing in Bucharest April 1 and 2. The conference, co-hosted by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, the Organization for Securit [...] | 2009-04-06 06:24:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON PTER KTFN UNSC OSCE RO |
09BUCHAREST432 | FOREIGN MINISTER DIACONESCU ON CORFU MINISTERIAL [...] (C) Summary: In a June 17 discussion with the Charge, Romanian FM Cristian Diaconescu shared concerns that the Corfu Informal Ministerial runs the risks of moving too fast and of not providing equitable hearings for all states. While Romania agrees with the U.S. demarche (reftel) on Corfu, th [...] | 2009-06-23 11:17:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | OSCE PREL EU NATO PGOV RO |
09BUDAPEST416 | HUNGARIAN VIEWS ON EUROPEAN SECURITY AND THE CORFU [...] (C) The Charge raised reftel points during June 9 office call on new MFA State Secretary for Political Affairs Gabor Iklody. Iklody responded that Hungary is "just as skeptical about the Russian proposal, but we are open to listen." He noted the current security system works, and if the Russi [...] | 2009-06-10 12:31:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL NATO OSCE EU HU |
09CHISINAU1012 | MOLDOVA: OSCE COUNTERTERRORISM WORKSHOP [...] (SBU) In response to reftel, Embassy Chisinau nominates the following individuals to attend the 11-12 February 2010 OSCE counterterrorism workshop in Vienna. Both candidates would contribute to the discussions at the workshop and are in a position to influence policy. 2. (SBU) Government [...] | 2009-12-31 09:00:00 | Embassy Chisinau | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER OSCE MD |
09CHISINAU487 | DEMARCHE REPLY ON EUROPEAN [...] (C) Reftel talking points were delivered to Anatol Urecheanu, Head of the Department of Multilateral Cooperation, at the Moldovan Ministry of Foreign Affairs and European Integration on June 16, 2009. Urecheanu stated that the MFA's delegation was in the process of preparing for the Minister [...] | 2009-06-22 14:36:00 | Embassy Chisinau | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM OSCE EU NATO |
09CHISINAU636 | DEMARCHE REPLY: OSCE HUMAN DIMENSION [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-14 11:01:00 | Embassy Chisinau | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM KDEM OSCE MD |
09DUBLIN476 | IRELAND: NOVEMBER GAERC, BELARUS, OSCE [...] (U) On November 10 Poloff spoke with Peter Ryan, European Correspondent in the Irish Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) about the EU FMs, GAERC meeting on November 16-17. Separately, Poloff delivered ref C demarche on Belarus to Michael Forbes, DFA Director for Russia, Eastern Europe and Cent [...] | 2009-11-12 16:28:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM BO RS AF OSCE EI EUN |
09HELSINKI231 | FINLAND SEEKS TO TAKE INITIATIVE FROM RUSSIA ON [...] (C) SUMMARY. The Finns agree with the U.S. on how to address Russia's proposed overhaul of European Security arrangements, in particular on the core principles of focusing on existing institutions, examining security comprehensively and working through the OSCE. The challenge for the Finns i [...] | 2009-06-17 09:31:00 | Embassy Helsinki | CONFIDENTIAL | OSCE PREL EUN NATO PGOV RS FI |
09ISTANBUL103 | ROMA ASSOCIATION PRAISES LOCAL GOVERNMENT, STARTS [...] (SBU) Summary: Edirne's Roma community enjoys a progressive relationship with the city's municipal authorities, which has helped bring tangible benefits to the community and led to increasing interest among Roma there in participating in party politics. According to Edirne Deputy Governor A [...] | 2009-03-12 13:48:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU |
09ISTANBUL118 | WITH ELECTION IN THE BAG, SISLI MAYOR AIMS HIGHER [...] In a meeting earlier this week with PolOffs, Mustafa Sarigul, Mayor of Istanbul's Sisli District, focused more on his national ambitions than he did on the local elections scheduled for March 29. With polls showing some 80 percent of the District supporting him for a third term, Sarigul can [...] | 2009-03-23 10:56:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU |
09ISTANBUL12 | NGO LEADERS: WOMEN'S RIGHTS THREATENED BY GROWING [...] (SBU) Summary: Women NGO leaders gathered for lunch hosted by the Consul General on December 17, 2008, commented on the growing conservatism on the part of the Turkish government (GOT) over the past year which ultimately impaired women's rights. According to the leaders present, a tendency t [...] | 2009-01-07 14:58:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREF OSCE TU PHUM |
09ISTANBUL121 | RELIGIOUS GROUPS AND AKP VIE TO WIN THE HEARTS AND [...] (C) Summary. A visiting USG research group met with intellectuals and think tanks in Istanbul on March 5-9 to discuss the developing relationship between the government of Turkey (GOT) and the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG). Various observers told them the religiously conservative Turkis [...] | 2009-03-24 15:48:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE IZ TU |
09ISTANBUL124 | COLUMNISTS DEBATE THE FUTURE OF TURKEY UNDER AKP [...] (U) Summary. During a lively luncheon at the Consul General's Residence, four senior Turkish columnists exchanged views and barbs about Turkey's future course. While all agreed that Turkey's ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) will be setting the course, there was great disagreement [...] | 2009-03-27 11:56:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | KPAO ECON TU PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE |
09ISTANBUL125 | MINORITY MAYORAL CANDIDATE OPENS A DOOR [...] (SBU) Summary. For the first time in 50 years, Turkey has an Armenian mayoral candidate. During a mid-March meeting, Democratic Left Party (DSP) candidate Yayla Karabet readily acknowledged that he was selected to appeal to the minority population on the Prince's Islands in the Sea of Marmara. [...] | 2009-03-27 11:56:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL OSCE TU |
09ISTANBUL140 | ECUMENICAL PATRIARCHATE CONSIDERS TURKS TOLERANT [...] (C) Summary. During an April 10th meeting, the Ecumenical Patriarchate's press relations representative, Father Dositheos, explained the continuing problems the Patriarchate faces to Senator Jeff Sessions (R-AL) and Representative Chris Carney (D-PA). The list of challenges -- including the n [...] | 2009-04-15 15:32:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM TU GR OSCE |
09ISTANBUL142 | CHECHEN REFUGEE CONDITIONS IN ISTANBUL [...] (C) Summary. The murder in Istanbul between October 2008 and February 2009 of three Chechens with alleged terrorist ties prompted speculation by news outlets and local Chechen refugees that Russia or Chechen governor Ramzan Kadyrov might be involved. Contacts also reported on the difficult [...] | 2009-04-21 13:51:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PGOV TU OSCE RS |
09ISTANBUL151 | SISLI MAYOR SARIGUL READY TO LAUNCH NEW PARTY IN [...] (SBU) Summary: Mustafa Sarigul, recently re-elected for a third term as mayor of the Istanbul municipality of Sisli, voiced absolute confidence that he will be the Prime Minister of Turkey following the 2011 elections. Prime Minister Recep Erdogan will not win a third term, according to Sarig [...] | 2009-05-04 06:28:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | CY PGOV PREL PHUM OSCE TU |
09ISTANBUL169 | MIXED MESSAGES: RESPONDING TO HOMOSEXUALITY IN [...] (U) Summary. Turkey is confronting conflicting cultural and moral ideals as it continues down the road of modernity. On May 14, daily "Milliyet" reported that a moderate columnist from "Zaman" linked homosexuality with massacres in Iraq and Afghanistan in a televised statement during which he [...] | 2009-05-16 07:46:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV PREL TU OSCE |
09ISTANBUL170 | ERGENEKON: IT ALL DEPENDS ON WHERE YOU SIT [...] (C) "Ergenekon" remains an all-encompassing term after nearly a year of indictments, investigations, arrests, and search warrants. There seem to be as many perceptions of the reality of Ergenekon as there are agendas in the Turkish domestic political realm. We spoke with several thinkers and [...] | 2009-05-16 08:02:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU |
09ISTANBUL184 | ROMA NEARLY CLEARED OUT OF SULUKULE [...] (SBU)SUMMARY: Only about 10-15 houses remain in Sulukule, the primarily Roma community in the Istanbul district of Fatih. For over two years, houses in Sulukule have been demolished to make way for a redevelopment project that aims to replace the substandard housing with modern upscale townho [...] | 2009-05-28 07:02:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED | OSCE PGOV PHUM TU |
09ISTANBUL210 | AUTHOR ON TRIAL FOR EXPOSING SECURITY FAILURES IN [...] (U) The trial of Turkish journalist Nedim Sener of the daily Milliyet newspaper for "violating the secrecy of communication" was opened on June 10 in the Istanbul 2nd Penal Court of First Instance. The indictment prepared by the Istanbul public prosecutor asserts that in his book, titled "Hran [...] | 2009-06-12 08:06:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU |
09ISTANBUL231 | HALKI SEMINARY MERELY ONE STEP TOWARD ENSURING [...] (C) Summary. Closed since 1971, Halki Seminary is touted by the Ecumenical Patriarchate in Istanbul and Greek Orthodox communities in the United States as being key to the survival of the Patriarchate. Turkey's remaining community of 2,500 Greek Orthodox is not large enough to maintain the Pat [...] | 2009-06-23 13:25:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PGOV OSCE TU GR |
09ISTANBUL243 | (C) ECUMENICAL PATRIARCHATE DECRIES RUSSIAN [...] (C) Summary: Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew and representatives from the Greek Orthodox Church in America have expressed concerns that the Russian Orthodox Church (ROC),backed by the Russian Government, is interfering increasingly in Ecumenical Church Affairs with the ambition of moving t [...] | 2009-07-02 13:00:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | OSCE RU TU PGOV PREL PHUM GR |
09ISTANBUL268 | TURKEY INPUT FOR OSCE HUMAN DIMENSION MEETING [...] (U) Summary. Mission Turkey proposes including the following points in the statements prepared by the US mission to the OSCE for the Human Dimension Implementation Meeting in the fall of 2009. Tolerance and Non-Discrimination --------------------------------- 2. (U) Officials in Turkey [...] | 2009-07-15 07:50:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED | OSCE PHUM PGOV KDEM |
09ISTANBUL271 | ECUMENICAL PATRIARCH OPTIMISTIC ABOUT HALKI [...] (C) Summary. During a July 9 meeting, Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew (EP) explained the Patriarchate's lack of communication with the GOT on Halki and briefed the Ambassador on the positive July 4 - 6 visit of Russian Patriarch Kirill to Turkey. According to the EP, the GOT has not communi [...] | 2009-07-15 08:50:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PGOV OSCE TU GR RU |
09ISTANBUL310 | ECUMENICAL PATRIARCH TO TRAVEL TO THE U.S. [...] (SBU) Summary. Incoming and outgoing DPOs made an introductory call on the Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I on August 4 to discuss developments with Halki and the Patriarch's upcoming travel to the United States. End Summary. 2. (SBU) The Patriarch shared that he would be in the Unite [...] | 2009-08-11 14:32:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL GR TU OSCE PGOV |
09ISTANBUL314 | BACKGROUND TO ATTACK ON CHRISTIAN IN ISTANBUL [...] (SBU) Summary. On August 3, a Christian Turk was attacked in Kadikoy, Istanbul, by an acquaintance who recently completed military service. The twenty-minute standoff ended when police officers threatened to open fire. The attacker eventually released the victim after calling him a "missionar [...] | 2009-08-14 05:26:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM OSCE TU |
09ISTANBUL323 | PM ERDOGAN RAISES HOPES OF MINORITY COMMUNITY [...] (SBU) Summary. On August 15, in an unprecedented event, Prime Minister Erdogan spoke to 150 business, community, and religious leaders during a lunch on Buyukada Island, also attended by the Ecumenical Patriarch. Prominent human rights lawyer Kezban Hatimi, the CHP Mayor of the Princes' Islan [...] | 2009-08-17 13:54:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PGOV TU OSCE GR |
09ISTANBUL326 | PATRIARCHATE,S READOUT OF PM ERDOGAN AND PATRIARCH [...] Summary. (C) Press officer for the Ecumenical Patriarchate Father Dositheos on August 18 elaborated to poloff about the August 15 conversation between Prime Minister Erdogan and the Ecumenical Patriarch (Ref A). Dositheos reported that during his visit to the Greek sites on the island (the fir [...] | 2009-08-19 15:39:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PGOV TU GR OSCE |
09ISTANBUL344 | FLASH FLOOD AFTERMATH [...] (U) During the evening of September 8 and the morning of September 9, flash floods in Istanbul and surrounding areas left 31 confirmed dead, nine missing, and damages that may exceed USD 100 million. Affected areas were Tekirdag, a province west of Istanbul, and the western Istanbul neighborh [...] | 2009-09-11 05:11:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OSCE PGOV PHUM PREL TU |
09ISTANBUL346 | CONGRESSIONAL STUDY GROUP GETS BROAD VIEW OF [...] (SBU) Summary. A Congressional Study Group arranged by the Association of Former Members of Congress met with leadership from the Jewish Community, Armenian Archbishop, analyst Hugh Pope, Kurdish intellectual Umit Firat and GOT EU Affairs Minister Egemen Bagis between September 1-3. Both Jewish [...] | 2009-09-11 13:40:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PGOV TU AR GR CY OSCE |
09ISTANBUL350 | TURKISH ARMENIANS RELATE HOPE FOR PROGRESS IN [...] (SBU) Summary. During a meeting on September 4, Armenian Archbishop and acting Patriarch Aram Atesyan shared with visiting Ambassador Yovanovitch his optimism about the Turkish-Armenian rapprochement despite his conviction that Turkey will not change its stance on the events of 1915. He expl [...] | 2009-09-14 08:52:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM OSCE AR TU |
09ISTANBUL37 | COMMENTATOR TALKS ABOUT THE FUTURE OF DEMOCRATIC [...] Summary. In a recent discussion with diplomats and media representatives, professor of political science and well-regarded newspaper columnist Sahin Alpay predicted that Turkey will achieve democratic consolidation with or without EU support, and offered a broad apologia for the lackluster p [...] | 2009-01-21 14:15:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU |
09ISTANBUL373 | ECHR DECISION COULD OPEN FLOOD OF PROPERTY CASES [...] (U) Summary: The European Court of Human Rights has handed down a ruling against Turkey in a case of property rights for Greek citizens and inherited property in Turkey. The ECHR determined that the confiscation of the Greek citizen's property by the Treasury was illegal not only according to [...] | 2009-10-01 16:20:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM OSCE GR TU |
09ISTANBUL376 | BAHA'I COMMUNITY REPORTS IMPROVEMENTS, STILL SEEK [...] (SBU) Summary. On September 23, leadership of the Baha'i community in Turkey shared with us their close collaboration with the government, the reduction in the number of assaults and harassment, and the community's remaining request to be recognized, at least informally, as a religion by the [...] | 2009-10-02 11:09:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU |
09ISTANBUL38 | JEWISH COMMUNITY OF TURKEY: GOVERNMENT'S GAZA [...] (C) Summary. Three weeks of grassroots demonstrations throughout Turkey against the humanitarian crisis caused by Israeli actions in Gaza (refs A-C) have triggered anxiety within the Jewish Community of Turkey. Jewish Community president Sylvio Ovadya and vice president Lina Filiba shared th [...] | 2009-01-21 14:34:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL TU OSCE |
09ISTANBUL384 | RUSSIAN THREATENS UKRAINE COULD BE LEFT IN THE [...] Summary: On October 4, Under Secretary of State for Economics, Energy, and Agricultural Affairs Robert Hormats met with Russian Minister of Finance Alexi Kudrin during the IMF/World Bank annual meetings in Istanbul. The two discussed a range of economic issues, including Russia's role in the [...] | 2009-10-06 15:52:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV OSCE TU RU UR |
09ISTANBUL39 | ACTING ARMENIAN PATRIARCH SHARES HESITANT HOPE [...] (C) Summary. Acting Armenian patriarch Archbishop Atesyan explained the security threats facing Istanbul's Armenian community had decreased significantly since the murder of prominent Turkish Armenian journalist Hrant Dink two years earlier. But, during a courtesy call with DAS Matthew Bryz [...] | 2009-01-22 13:55:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM OSCE TU AM |
09ISTANBUL398 | USAID AND TIKA PUSH FOR TRILATERAL COOPERATION [...] (SBU) Summary. In an October 6 meeting on the sidelines of the IMF/WB summit with the leadership of Turkey's aid and development organization, TIKA, the members of the USAID delegation discussed food security in Central Asia and Africa. They also discussed opportunities for trilateral coopera [...] | 2009-10-16 13:34:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM OSCE TU UZ |
09ISTANBUL403 | 11TH DINK TRIAL HEARING: A CALL FOR FILES FROM [...] (SBU) Summary. At the eleventh hearing of the Dink murder trial on October 12, attended by Istanbul PolOff, the Dink family attorneys requested that Istanbul's 14th Heavy Penal Court consider files from the Ergenekon indictments pertaining to a clandestine organization whose alleged members [...] | 2009-10-22 16:59:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL PGOV TU AR OSCE |
09ISTANBUL404 | JEWISH COMMUNITY CONCERNED, BUT NO INCIDENTS YET [...] (C) Summary. The beginning of television series "Separation" (Ayrilik) aired weekly on state-run TRT 1 starting October 13th inspired condemnation and concern from Israel and the Jewish community in Turkey. Community Vice Presidents Lina Filiba and Daniel Navarro met with the Consul General [...] | 2009-10-22 16:59:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PGOV OSCE TU IS |
09ISTANBUL405 | ECUMENICAL PATRIARCH: ERDOGAN THE BEST POSSIBLE [...] (C) Summary. The Ecumenical Patriarch joined the Ambassador and Istanbul Consul General for dinner October 15, five days before the Patriarch's departure for the United States. As in previous meetings, the Patriarch praised PM Erdogan as the best option available for Turkey's minority populati [...] | 2009-10-23 13:13:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL GR OSCE TU |
09ISTANBUL41 | ACTING ARMENIAN PATRIARCH HOPEFUL FOR RETURN OF [...] (SBU) Summary. During a January 22 courtesy call by Ambassador Jeffrey, acting Armenian patriarch Archbishop Atesyan emphasized that the Armenian Turkish community is encouraged by the warming of relations between the Government of Armenia and the Government of Turkey (GOT). Atesyan noted th [...] | 2009-01-26 13:33:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL OSCE PGOV TU AM |
09ISTANBUL429 | SISLI MAYOR SARIGUL BROADENING ELECTORAL BASE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Mustafa Sarigul, mayor of Istanbul's Sisli District, remains on track to launch his political party, the Turkey Change Movement (Turkiye Degisim Hareketi, or TDH),in January 2010 and will make a bid to oust Prime Minister Erdogan in the 2011 election. In separate, recent meetings [...] | 2009-11-19 11:39:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU |
09ISTANBUL432 | READOUT ON ECUMENICAL PATRIARCH'S "SUCCESSFUL" [...] (C) Summary. A close advisor who accompanied the Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew on his October 20 - November 6 trip to the United States provided us with a debriefing of the trip in which the Patriarch attended an environmental symposium, held services in New York and Washington D.C. and me [...] | 2009-11-24 07:52:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE GR TU |
09ISTANBUL434 | HALKI AND PATRIARCHAL SUCCESSION [...] (C) Summary. Echoing statements made earlier by Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, the U.S.-based spokesperson for the Ecumenical Patriarchate on November 14 reiterated to poloff that Turkey's remaining community of 2,500 Greek Orthodox alone is not large enough to sustain the Patriarchate. The [...] | 2009-11-27 09:31:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | OSCE PGOV PHUM PREL GR TU |
09ISTANBUL456 | ALEVIS WITHOUT A PARTY [...] (SBU) Summary. The definition of Turkish Alevism varies greatly, as do the cultural and political objectives of the rainbow of Alevi organizations in the country. Three significant Alevi organizations/federations share only two demands: official GOT recognition of Alevi places of worship ("c [...] | 2009-12-14 13:02:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED | OSCE PGOV PHUM PREL TU |
09ISTANBUL464 | PATRIARCH,S "60 MINUTES" INTERVIEW CREATES A STIR [...] (C) Summary. A harsh media buzz continues to reverberate over the Patriarch's December 20 comments in the "60 Minutes" program that he feels "crucified" as a member of the Greek Orthodox community in Turkey. The program focused on the shrinking number of Christians in the Middle East, includ [...] | 2009-12-22 08:14:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL GR TU OSCE |
09ISTANBUL467 | PATRIARCHATE FEELS SECURE BUT DEFENSIVE [...] (SBU) Summary. The Ecumenical Patriarchate's press and public relations representative Father Dositheos told poloff on December 23 that while they are hard-pressed to explain the Patriarch's controversial use of the term "to feel crucified" in the "60 Minutes" program aired on December 20, t [...] | 2009-12-28 05:58:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | OSCE PGOV PHUM PREL TU GR |
09ISTANBUL48 | SECOND ANNIVERARY OF HRANT DINK'S MURDER, [...] (SBU) Summary. Consul General and other consulate officers attended a number of memorial events commemorating the second anniversary of Hrant Dink's murder in Istanbul on January 19, 2007. During a January 22 courtesy call by Ambassador Jeffrey, Hrant Dink's widow Rakel and family lawyer Feth [...] | 2009-01-29 14:47:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL OSCE TU PGOV |
09ISTANBUL50 | GREEK ECUMENICAL PATRIARCHATE: DISILLUSIONMENT [...] (SBU) Summary. During a January 22 courtesy call by Ambassador Jeffrey, Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I requested the Ambassador's help in addressing the Patriarchate's problems with the government of Turkey (GOT). He expressed his best wishes for President Obama and his hope that the new a [...] | 2009-01-30 09:31:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREF PHUM TU OSCE |
09ISTANBUL68 | TURKEY: HIDDEN ARMENIANS AND THE ROLE OF THE [...] (C) Summary. Acting Armenian patriarch Archbishop Aram Atesyan estimates there are 110,000 ethnic Armenians in Turkey including Armenian Turks and illegal Armenian migrant workers. He would put the number of those of Armenian descent in Turkey much higher -- nearly 2 million -- given compulsor [...] | 2009-02-19 11:01:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU |
09ISTANBUL73 | TURKEY: SENATOR DURBIN PUSHES FOR HALKI OPENING [...] (C) Summary: Senator Richard Durbin called on the Ecumenical Patriarch during his February 20 trip to Istanbul following official meetings in Nicosia, Athens, and Ankara. Durbin and the Patriarch discussed solutions to Cyprus and the importance of Halki Seminary and a potential re-energizing [...] | 2009-02-23 13:57:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE GR CY TU |
09ISTANBUL75 | AKP GOES TO THE BENCH IN BURSA LOCAL ELECTIONS [...] Summary. Hikmet Sahin, the current Mayor of the Greater Bursa Municipality, Turkey's fourth largest city, never hit it off, either with the people of Bursa or with the leadership of his party, Turkey's ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP). Accordingly, AKP has decided not to renominat [...] | 2009-02-24 13:53:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU |
09ISTANBUL81 | KOCAELI ELECTIONS SHAPING UP AS TWO PARTY RACE [...] Summary. A hard-fought and close race for the Mayorship of Kocaeli Greater Municipality, the largest city in Kocaeli Province, is shaping up between the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) and main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP). In the last municipal elections, Ibrahim [...] | 2009-02-26 14:51:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED | OSCE PGOV PREL TU |
09ISTANBUL84 | CHP'S CHOICE A STRANGE ONE IN UPCOMING TEKIRDAG [...] Summary. In the past five years Tekirdag Province has seen two relatively close elections, with Turkey's ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) and its Republican People's Party (CHP) each having won one. While the province would thus seem to be in play, for the upcoming local mayoral e [...] | 2009-03-03 08:00:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED | OSCE PGOV PREL TU |
09ISTANBUL85 | MEDIA DIVIDED IN REPORTING ON HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT; [...] (C) Summary: Turkish newspapers and blogs prominently covered the 2008 Human Rights Report (HRR) released on February 25, and as expected were divided in their reporting. The HRR's release during heightened tension between media mogul Aydin Dogan and Prime Minister Erdogan resulted in particul [...] | 2009-03-03 12:06:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL TU OSCE |
09ISTANBUL92 | IN ISTANBUL, BESIKTAS IS A CHP ISLAND IN AN AKP SEA [...] Summary. Besiktas, one of Istanbul's wealthiest 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 20 percent of [...] | 2009-03-06 11:26:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED | OSCE PGOV PREL TU |
09KYIV1040 | UKRAINIAN MFA VIEWS ON CORFU -- AND CONCERNS ABOUT [...] (C) The Ukrainian MFA agrees with U.S. views on the benefits of a "constructive dialogue" on European Security at the OSCE Corfu informal Ministerial. However, the MFA Security Department Director took the opportunity of our discussion about Corfu to reiterate concerns about Ukraine being shu [...] | 2009-06-18 16:10:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | OSCE PREL NATO PGOV ECON ETTC UP |
09LISBON323 | PORTUGAL: EUROPEAN SECURITY AND THE CORFU [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-19 09:44:00 | Embassy Lisbon | UNCLASSIFIED | EU OSCE PREL PGOV PO |
09LJUBLJANA165 | SLOVENIA WANTS FOCUS ON EXISTING INSTITUTIONS AT [...] (C/NF) Emboff delivered reftel demarche on June 11 to Andrej Slapnicar, minister plenipotentiary in the MFA's Security Policy Division, to convey U.S. expectations for the upcoming Corfu ministerial and our emphasis on strengthening the existing security framework in Europe. Slapnicar stresse [...] | 2009-06-11 14:15:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL OSCE NATO PGOV SI |
09LONDON1037 | UK COUNTRY CLEARANCE IS GRANTED TO STAFFDEL FRANTZ [...] Embassy London is pleased to grant country clearance to Douglas Frantz to visit London May 7 - May 10, 2009,for consultations. ------------- 2. Visit Officer ------------- Chris Palmer, Political Officer Embassy phone is (44) 20-7894-0123 or IVG 492-0123 Fax (44) 20-7894-0117 [...] | 2009-05-01 11:07:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA OSCE AMGT ASEC AFIN UK |
09LONDON2567 | AMBASSADOR MCELDOWNEY'S BILATERAL MEETINGS IN [...] (C/NF) Summary and Introduction. During her November 9-11 visit to London, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Nancy McEldowney discussed a range of issues in bilateral meetings with UK officials. Julian Miller, Deputy Head of the Foreign and Defence Policy Secretariat at the Cabinet [...] | 2009-11-16 15:51:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL MOPS SOCI ECON PK AF OSCE NATO EU |
09MOSCOW1082 | RUSSIA UPBEAT ON INCIDENT PREVENTION MECHANISM; [...] (C) Russia gave upbeat assessments of the April 23 Incident Prevention Mechanism talks, while showing no flexibility on reaching a compromise over the OSCE mission in Georgia. Tatiana Mazanova from the 4th CIS Georgia Desk told us Russia was "very pleased" with the "successful" outcome of th [...] | 2009-04-24 14:20:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV OSCE RS GG |
09MOSCOW1225 | RUSSIA'S HARDENING VIEWS ON SPHERE OF INFLUENCE [...] (C) As the Kremlin's new national security strategy (septel) reasserts the priority of strengthening Russian influence in the CIS, well-connected Russian analysts and government-supported institutniki increasingly call for "positive neutrality" or the "Finlandization" of Russia's neighbors. [...] | 2009-05-14 14:17:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR ECON NATO OSCE RS |
09MOSCOW1363 | RUSSIAN MFA ON OSCE IN GEORGIA AND GENEVA TALKS [...] (C) Summary. MFA IVth CIS Ambassador-at-large Dmitriy Tarabrin and Deputy Alexey Dvinyanin in a May 26 meeting reiterated that a continued OSCE presence in Georgia was contingent on approval of Russia's OSCE proposal for separate monitoring missions in South Ossetia and Georgia proper. Dviny [...] | 2009-05-27 14:44:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV OSCE RS GG |
09MOSCOW1541 | RUSSIA: DEMARCHE ON EUROPEAN SECURITY AND THE [...] (C/NF) MFA Deputy Director Gorlach welcomed reftel demarche as an important signal and expressed interest in the idea of a joint U.S.-Russian statement for the Corfu ministerial. He said that Russia would not oppose efforts to discuss the human and economic agenda, but asked for specifics an [...] | 2009-06-11 14:46:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV EU NATO OSCE RS |
09MOSCOW1652 | RUSSIA WILL CONSIDER DRAFT U.S.-RUSSIA POINTS OF [...] (C) We delivered ref A points to MFA European Cooperation Section head Pavel Knyazev on June 23. Knyazev said all the points looked fine at first glance, although the point on Trafficking in Persons struck him as "on a different scale," and did not address all of the issues in this area, where [...] | 2009-06-23 14:55:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NATO OSCE KCFE MARR RS |
09MOSCOW198 | GEORGIA: MFA'S HARDLINE VIEW ON OSCE NEGOTIATIONS [...] (C) The MFA told us January 28 that Russia had rejected the Greek proposal on "legal" grounds but stated that Russia would be ready to accept two equal-ranked mission offices (one in Georgia and one in South Ossetia) that reported to a "chapeau" organization in Vienna, but not one that reports [...] | 2009-01-28 16:16:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV OSCE GG RS |
09MOSCOW1995 | TENSIONS WITH GEORGIA: NATO ALLIES PONDER [...] (C) Summary. On August 4, NATO Quad Allies proposed a joint demarche to the GOR regarding the rising tensions with Georgia, accompanied by a similar approach to the GOG. On August 2 and 3, the MFA told us it had no information why Russian forces did not respond to Georgian attempts to contac [...] | 2009-08-04 12:39:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV RS GG GM UK FR SW OSCE |
09MOSCOW2108 | RUSSIAN CALLS FOR DIALOGUE, NOT PRESSURE AT [...] (C) Per reftel request, we delivered USG views on Russia's human rights and democracy performance to Tatyana Sulitskaya, Head of the European Division of the Department for Humanitarian Cooperation and Human Rights. Sulitskaya called for a real dialogue on human rights at the upcoming OSCE H [...] | 2009-08-18 14:17:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM PHUM PINR OSCE RS |
09MOSCOW212 | OSCE CIO'S VISIT TO MOSCOW [...] (C) During the January 29 visit of Greek FM and OSCE CiO Bakoyannis to Moscow, Lavrov suggested Mevedev's proposed European Security Treaty (EST) be discussed at the Annual Security Review Conference (ASRC). He proposed that the ASRC be held at the minister-level, and in Athens, instead of V [...] | 2009-01-30 07:44:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV OSCE RS |
09MOSCOW3056 | MEDVEDEV'S PROPOSED EUROPEAN SECURITY TREATY: HOW [...] (C) After considerable build-up, President Medvedev unexpectedly released a draft European Security Treaty on November 29 and Russia introduced a parallel draft NATO-Russia treaty at the December 4 NATO ministerial (collectively the ESTs -- European Security Treaties). The ESTs seek to redre [...] | 2009-12-21 07:55:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PMIL PREL MARR NATO OSCE RS |
09MOSCOW328 | OSCE FROZEN CONFLICTS ENVOY ON TALKS WITH GOR [...] (C) Summary: Reporting on his earlier meeting with DFM Karasin, OSCE Special Representative Christopoulos told Ambassador Beyrle February 10 that Russia supported the presence of OSCE military monitors inside South Ossetia, and was even considering adding language about such observers to the [...] | 2009-02-11 12:55:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV RS GG OSCE |
09MOSCOW488 | RUSSIAN MFA ON GENEVA TALKS ABOUT GEORGIA CONFLICT [...] (C) Summary: MFA CIS Fourth Department Conflicts Division Chief Aleksey Dvinyanin February 26 characterized the incident response and prevention mechanism as the first concrete result of the February 17-18 Geneva process. He expressed disappointment that the humanitarian working group did no [...] | 2009-02-27 11:20:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV RS GG OSCE UN |
09MOSCOW926 | GEORGIA: DFM KARASIN ON RUSSIAN FORCE BUILD-UP, [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador called DFM Karasin April 8 to express concern about the build-up of Russian forces in Akhalgori, Gori, and Gali in advance of the planned April 9 demonstrations in Tbilisi (ref A). Karasin responded that Russia's force buildup was "purely defensive/deterrent in c [...] | 2009-04-13 03:57:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV OSCE RS GG |
09NICOSIA415 | CYPRUS ON EUROPEAN SECURITY AND CORFU MINISTERIAL [...] (C) On June 22, Poloffs delivered reftel points to MFA Department of Common Foreign and Security Policy Acting Head, Charis Christodoulidou. Christodoulidou stated that the GOC supports USG positions and existing security institutions. She added, however, that increased dialogue with Russia [...] | 2009-06-25 13:35:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | OSCE PREL EU NATO PGOV PHUM KDEM ECON RS CY |
09OTTAWA455 | CANADA IN STEP WITH U.S. IN ADVANCE OF OSCE CORFU [...] (C) Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade OSCE Senior Policy Advisor Jude Pecora expressed appreciation for reftel demarche on June 10 and noted that it "looks like the points (he) prepared for senior officials and the foreign minister." Pecora specified that Canadian and U.S. [...] | 2009-06-11 17:59:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NATO OSCE PGOV MARR CA |
09PARIS1541 | FRANCE CONCERNED ABOUT LACK OF SUBSTANCE FOR [...] (U) This is an action request - please see paragraph 5. 2. (C) Summary. During a November 19 meeting with the Political Counselor, Patrick Maisonnave, Director for Strategic Affairs at the MFA, expressed concern that preparations for the December OSCE ministerial in Athens were not going [...] | 2009-11-19 15:36:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL OSCE FR |
09PRAGUE354 | CZECH REPUBLIC: INPUT FOR HUMAN DIMENSION MEETING [...] (SBU) Per Ref A, Post is providing input for a demarche prior to the Human Dimension Implementation Meeting (HDIM) in Warsaw from September 28 - October 9, 2009. ---------------------- The Interim Government ---------------------- 2. (SBU) The government of the Czech Republic (GOC) is c [...] | 2009-06-24 07:33:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OSCE PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM EZ |
09PRAGUE471 | CZECH REPUBLIC: OSCE HUMAN DIMENSION PROGRESS [...] (SBU) We delivered reftel points to Deputy Minister Czeslaw Walek of the Ministry of Human Rights and National Minorities and to Deputy Minister and Anti-Extremism Task Force leader Jiri Komorous of the Interior Ministry on July 29. The Ministry of the Interior deferred its response to the [...] | 2009-08-14 07:01:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM KDEM OSCE EZ |
09PRAGUE88 | CZECH REPUBLIC: RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON DISCUSSION [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-12 13:04:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PINS PREL EZ NATO OSCE |
09RIGA324 | CORFU MINISTERIAL: LATVIA AGREES BUT WITH CONCERNS [...] (C) Latvia agrees with USG goals for the Corfu Ministerial, but expressed concern about implying that the OSCE had "failed" in it's response to events in Georgia in August. Juris Pekalis, head of MFA's European Security and NATO division, largely agreed with the idea of focusing on existing i [...] | 2009-06-10 13:48:00 | Embassy Riga | CONFIDENTIAL | OSCE PREL NATO PGOV LG |
09RIGA346 | OSCE HDIM: NO ISSUES TO RAISE FOR LATVIA [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-22 07:30:00 | Embassy Riga | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV PREL OSCE LG |
09RIGA430 | READOUT OF A/S GORDON MEETINGS WITH LATVIAN PM AND [...] (C) Summary: Assistant Secretary Gordon met on August 12 with Latvian Prime Minister, Valdis Dombrovskis, and Foreign Minister, Maris Riekstins. Issues discussed included NATO, Latvia's economic crisis and IMF/EC agreement, Russian foreign policy and U.S. engagement with Russia, Belarus and G [...] | 2009-08-18 14:40:00 | Embassy Riga | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL NATO ECON OSCE LG |
09ROME1409 | ITALY-RUSSIA SUMMIT HIGHLIGHTS EVER STRONGER [...] (SBU) MFA officials view the December 3 summit between PM Berlusconi, Russian President Medvedev and numerous cabinet minsters a showcase for the bright future of Italian-Russian relations. Historically strong economic, political and cultural ties between Italy and Russia were reinforced by [...] | 2009-12-23 16:02:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ENGR PGOV OSCE NATO AF RS IT EUN |
09SKOPJE278 | MACEDONIA SUPPORTS U.S. VIEWS ON EUROPEAN SECURITY [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-16 16:56:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OSCE PREL EU NATO PGOV PHUM KDEM ECON GR MK |
09SKOPJE293 | MACEDONIA: INPUT FOR OSCE HUMAN DIMENSION MEETING [...] (U) 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 concerns and progress in areas of democratic development and human rig [...] | 2009-06-23 09:11:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE KDEM |
09SKOPJE383 | MACEDONIA: DEMARCHE FOR OSCE HUMAN DIMENSION [...] (SBU) PolOff delivered reftel demarche on July 31 to Sanja Zografska-Krteska, MFA Deputy Head for Multilateral Affairs, and Nikolina Staleska, MFA Counselor for OSCE and Council of Europe. Zografska-Krteska thanked PolOff for sharing USG views on progress/concerns in areas of human rights a [...] | 2009-08-07 11:41:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM KDEM OSCE MK |
09SOFIA333 | BULGARIA: INPUT FOR OSCE HUMAN DIMENSION MEETING [...] (SBU) This cable provides post's concerns on human rights in Bulgaria in preparation for the OSCE Human Dimension Implementation Meeting (HDIM). This request comes at a sensitive time for the Bulgarian government. On July 5, Bulgaria will hold national elections, which will result in the for [...] | 2009-06-30 10:50:00 | Embassy Sofia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OSCE PHUM PGOV KDEM |
09SOFIA430 | BULGARIA: OSCE HUMAN DIMENSION MEETING DEMARCHE [...] (SBU) Post delivered REFTEL points to Rakovski Lashev, Head of Human Rights Unit at the MFA concerning the September 28 to October 9 OSCE Human Dimension Meeting to be held in Warsaw, Poland. Due to the recent change of government, Lashev was unable to confirm who would head the Bulgarian del [...] | 2009-08-05 08:27:00 | Embassy Sofia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | BU KDEM OSCE PHUM PREL |
09STATE10088 | OSCE PERMANENT COUNCIL: STATEMENT ON GEORGIA [...] Post is authorized to make the following statement at the February 5, 2009, meeting of the OSCE Permanent Council in Vienna: Begin Text: Thank you, Madam Chairwoman. The United States has noted with concern press reports that Russia plans to open three military bases in the Abkhaz reg [...] | 2009-02-04 14:05:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM OSCE RU GG |
09STATE104146 | OSCE/FSC: AUTHORIZATION TO JOIN CONSENSUS ON [...] (U) This is an action message. 2. (U) USDEL is authorized to join consensus on the FSC draft decision on the agenda and modalities of the twentieth annual implementation assessment meeting (FSC.DD/9/09). CLINTON [...] | 2009-10-06 19:41:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | OSCE PARM PREL |
09STATE104147 | OSCE/FSC: AUTHORIZATION TO JOIN CONSENSUS ON [...] (U) This is an action message. 2. (U) USDEL is authorized to join consensus on the FSC draft decision on the best practice guide for implementation of the Vienna Document 1999, Chapter IV on 'Contacts' (FSC.AIAM/8/09/Rev.3). CLINTON [...] | 2009-10-06 19:42:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | OSCE PARM PREL |
09STATE10431 | OSCE/PERMANENT COUNCIL: RESPONSE TO REPORT BY HOM [...] Post is authorized to present the following statement at the February 5, 2009 Permanent Council meeting in Vienna. Begin text: Thank you, Madam Chairwoman. The United States joins other delegations in welcoming the Head of the OSCE Mission in Kosovo, Ambassador Werner Almhofer. As yo [...] | 2009-02-04 23:36:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | OSCE PREL KV |
09STATE106380 | OSCE JOINT FSC/PERMANENT COUNCIL: STATEMENT IN [...] (U) Post is authorized to present the following statement at the October 14 Joint FSC/Permanent Council meeting in Vienna. Begin text: Thank you, Madam Chairwoman. On behalf of the United States delegation, I would like to thank LTG Duttan for his comprehensive report on the status of [...] | 2009-10-13 22:55:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV MOPPS OSCE PREL AF |
09STATE106753 | OSCE PERMANENT COUNCIL: STATEMENT ON THE SIGNING [...] (U) Post is authorized to make the following statement at the October 15 meeting of the OSCE Permanent Council in Vienna: Begin Text: Thank you, Madam Chair. We commend the Armenian and Turkish governments for their courage in taking a historic step forward on October 10 in the process [...] | 2009-10-14 19:34:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | OSCE CARC AM TU |
09STATE106797 | OSCE PERMANENT COUNCIL: RESPONSE TO OCEEA REPORT [...] (U) Post is authorized to present the following statement at the October 15, 2009 Permanent Council meeting in Vienna. Begin text: Thank you, Madam Chairwoman. Mr. Svilanovic, the United States welcomes you back to the Permanent Council and thanks you for your comprehensive report. We commen [...] | 2009-10-14 20:10:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON OSCE PGOV PREL |
09STATE106805 | OSCE PERMANENT COUNCIL: TURKMENISTAN,S PERENNIAL [...] (U) Post is authorized to present the following statement at the October 15, 2009 Permanent Council meeting in Vienna. Begin text: Thank you, Madam Chairwoman. The United States wishes to join the EU in expressing its regret that the Government of Turkmenistan, once again, chose not to partic [...] | 2009-10-14 20:44:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV OSCE KPAO PHUM PREL TX |
09STATE106814 | NATO/VCC: BIDS FOR VD99 VERIFICATION ACTIVITY IN [...] (U) This is an action message, see para 2. 2. (C/REL NATO) In accordance with the Alliance agreement to coordinate Vienna Document 1999 (VD99) evaluation visits and inspections (AC/319-WP(2008)0009-REV8, dated 9 February 2009),the Verification Coordinating Committee (VCC) has requested tha [...] | 2009-10-14 21:38:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | KCFE NATO OSCE PARM PREL |
09STATE106818 | OSCE PERMANENT COUNCIL: RESPONSE TO AMBASSADOR [...] (U) Post is authorized to present the following statement at the October 15, 2009 Permanent Council meeting in Vienna. Begin text: Thank you, Madam Chair. The United States joins other delegations in welcoming you, Ambassador Remler, and in thanking you for your comprehensive report. [...] | 2009-10-14 21:56:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | OSCE PREL PGOV MD |
09STATE107284 | OSCE PERMANENT COUNCIL: CONTINGENCY STATEMENT ON [...] (U) Post is authorized to draw from the following statement at the October 15 meeting of the OSCE Permanent Council if the Tagliavini Report is raised. Begin text: Thank you, Madam Chair. We note that the report cited today was produced by an independent commission whose findings are so [...] | 2009-10-15 20:59:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV MOPPS OSCE PREL AF |
09STATE107552 | OSCE/FSC: PROPOSAL ON NATIONAL CYBERSECURITY [...] (U) This is an action cable. See paras 4-6. 2. (SBU) Summary. Based on significant interest expressed for follow up activities to the March OSCE Workshop on Enhancing Cybersecurity, Washington has developed a national cybersecurity self-survey and assessment. Washington requests that Miss [...] | 2009-10-16 16:30:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINT KCIP OSCE PARM PREL |
09STATE109023 | OSCE: RESPONSE TO HEAD OF PRESENCE IN ALBANIA [...] (U) Post is authorized to deliver the following statement at the October 22, 2009, Permanent Council meeting in Vienna: Begin text: Thank you, Madam Chair. We warmly welcome you back to the Permanent Council, Ambassador Bosch, and thank you for your informative report. Since your last a [...] | 2009-10-22 00:16:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | OSCE PREL PGOV AL |
09STATE109024 | OSCE: RESPONSE TO LITHUANIAN FM USACKAS [...] (U) Post is authorized to deliver the following statement at the October 22, 2009, Permanent Council meeting in Vienna: Begin text: Thank you, Madam Chair. We warmly welcome you to the Permanent Council, Mr. Minister. As Chairman of the Council of the Baltic Sea States, you have see [...] | 2009-10-22 00:16:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | OSCE PREL PGOV LI |
09STATE109026 | OSCE PERMANENT COUNCIL: DENIAL OF APPEAL OF [...] (U) Post is authorized to present the following statement at the October 21 Permanent Council meeting in Vienna. Begin text: Thank you, Madam Chairwoman. The United States notes with concern that on October 20 the Almaty Oblast Court upheld last month's troubling conviction and sentenci [...] | 2009-10-22 00:17:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV OSCE KPAO PHUM PREL KZ |
09STATE109963 | CFE: JCG DRAFT CONTRIBUTION TO OSCE MINISTERIAL [...] (SBU) Washington appreciates Mission's attempt to delay distribution to the Joint Consultative Group (JCG) by Denmark (current Chair of the JCG) of a proposed draft JCG contribution on CFE for the OSCE Ministerial declaration. Denmark, together with Spain and France, drafted "common denomina [...] | 2009-10-23 20:56:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCFE PARM PREL OSCE |
09STATE111008 | OSCE/FSC: RESPONSE TO RUSSIAN PROPOSAL TO [...] (U) This is an action cable. 2. (SBU) Washington notes that immediately following the report of the Russian del's draft proposal (Ref A),the UK Chair of the FSC distributed a proposal for a MC Draft Decision on Issues Relevant to the Forum for Security Cooperation (MC.DD/8/09/Corr.1). W [...] | 2009-10-28 00:21:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | KCFE PARM PREL OSCE |
09STATE111454 | OSCE/PERMANENT COUNCIL: RESPONSE TO REPORT OF [...] (U) Post is authorized to present the following statement at the Permanent Council meeting in Vienna on October 29. Begin text: Madam Chair, We would like to thank you, Ambassador Lenarcic, for your comprehensive statement. The United States strongly supports ODIHR, which has earned it [...] | 2009-10-28 22:28:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL KDEM OSCE |
09STATE111457 | OSCE/PERMANENT COUNCIL: STATEMENT ON MURDER OF [...] Post is authorized to make the following statement at the October 27 meeting of the OSCE Permanent Council: Begin text: Thank you, Madam Chair The United States was shocked and profoundly saddened by the brutal murder of Ingushetian opposition and member of a government human rights co [...] | 2009-10-28 22:32:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | OSCE PGOV PHUM PREL RU |
09STATE111460 | OSCE PERMANENT COUNCIL: RESPONSE TO THE REPORT OF [...] (U) Post is authorized to present the following statement at the October 29 Permanent Council meeting in Vienna. Begin text: Thank you, Madam Chairwoman, The United States is once again pleased to warmly welcome to the Permanent Council the Representative on Freedom of the Media. Mr. Mi [...] | 2009-10-28 22:38:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV OSCE KPAO PHUM PREL |
09STATE111461 | OSCE/PERMANENT COUNCIL: RELEASE OF THE 2009 [...] (U) Post is authorized to present the following statement at the Permanent Council meeting in Vienna on October 29. Begin text: Thank you Madam Chair. On Monday, October 26, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton transmitted to the United States Congress the 11th annual Report on Internatio [...] | 2009-10-28 22:40:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL PGOV KDEM OSCE |
09STATE111464 | OSCE/PERMANENT COUNCIL: RESPONSE TO THE REPORT [...] Post is authorized to make the following statement at the October 29, 2009, meeting of the OSCE Permanent Council in Vienna: Begin Text: Thank you, Madam Chair. The United States warmly welcomes Ambassador Vollebaek back to the Permanent Council and thanks him for his thorough and tho [...] | 2009-10-28 22:46:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM OSCE UP RS KV MK KZ HU LO GG |
09STATE111773 | COORDINATING WITH BIH ON BOSNIAN PROPOSAL FOR [...] (U) This is an action request. Embassy Sarajevo please see para 7; Embassy The Hague, USOSCE, USNATO, USEU Missions, see para 8. 2. (SBU) Summary: On October 2, 2009 the Bosnian Embassy in Washington, D.C. transmitted a note dated August 6, 2009 to the Secretary with a request by the [...] | 2009-10-29 18:03:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KNNP PARM OSCE ZL BK |
09STATE113627 | OSCE/FSC: DRAFT MINISTERIAL COUNCIL DECISION ON [...] (U) This is an action message. 2. (U) With regard to the brackets remaining in MC.DD/4/09/Rev. 1, operative paragraph 2, tick 5, the U.S. prefers the phrase "Take concrete steps." If necessary to achieve consensus, USDEL may accept the original text ("Explore possible actions"). 3. [...] | 2009-11-03 22:40:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | OSCE PARM PREL |
09STATE113659 | CFE/HLTF: GUIDANCE FOR NOVEMBER 5 HLTF [...] (C) The main issue for discussion at the November High Level Task Force (HLTF) meeting is how, in response to Russia's continued suspension of its implementation of its CFE obligations, the U.S. and NATO Allies can change the current dynamic of the situation to resolve CFE. As the Alliance app [...] | 2009-11-04 02:53:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL KCFE OSCE NATO |
09STATE114010 | OSCE: RESPONSE TO THE CHAIRMANSHIP,S PERSONAL [...] (U) Post is authorized to deliver the following statement at the November 5, 2009, Permanent Council meeting in Vienna: Begin text: Thank you, Madam Chair. The United States welcomes the Chairmanship's Personal Representatives for Tolerance, Ambassador Adil Akhmetov, Mr. Mario Mauro and [...] | 2009-11-04 22:26:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | OSCE PREL PGOV |
09STATE114011 | OSCE/PERMANENT COUNCIL: RESPONSE CROATIAN [...] (U) Post is authorized to present the following statement at the November 5, 2009 Permanent Council meeting in Vienna. Begin text: Thank you, Madam Chair. The United States welcomes Minister Jandrokovic to the Permanent Council and thanks him for his insightful and informative remarks. [...] | 2009-11-04 22:27:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | OSCE PGOV PREL CR |
09STATE116787 | OSCE/PERMANENT COUNCIL: STATEMENT ON GENEVA TALKS [...] (U) Post is authorized to make the following statement at the November 12, 2009 Permanent Council meeting in Vienna. Begin text: Thank you, Madam Chair. The United States appreciates the joint coordination of the November 11 Geneva discussions on security and stability arrangements in G [...] | 2009-11-12 20:11:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | OSCE PREL PGOV GG |
09STATE118546 | OPEN SKIES TREATY MISSION IN RUSSIAN FAR EAST [...] (U) This is an action cable - see paragraph 4. 2. (SBU) Summary and background. The United States is conducting an Open Skies Treaty flight over the Russian Far East from 18-20 November. The mission is being conducted from Khabarovsk Novyy (ICAO code: UHHH) International Airport, and the f [...] | 2009-11-17 16:45:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OSCE PARM PREL RU KS CH |
09STATE119271 | OSCE/PERMANENT COUNCIL: VERDICT IN THE COURT [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-18 21:31:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM CARC AJ OSCE |
09STATE119321 | OSCE PERMANENT COUNCIL: RESPONSE TO THE PRESIDENT [...] (U) Post is authorized to present the following statement at the November 19 Permanent Council meeting in Vienna. Begin text: Thank you, Madam Chair. The United States warmly welcomes President Soares back to the Permanent Council and thanks him for his insightful report. The Parliam [...] | 2009-11-19 00:37:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL OSCE |
09STATE120799 | OSCE PERMANENT COUNCIL: LOOKING TO ATHENS [...] (U) Post is authorized to deliver the following statement at the November 24, 2009, meeting of the OSCE Permanent Council in Vienna. Begin text: Thank you, Madam Chair. The United States is deeply committed to this organization, and to the principles and commitments enshrined in the He [...] | 2009-11-24 00:26:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL OSCE |
09STATE121088 | OPEN SKIES TREATY REIMBURSEMENT [...] The United States shared an Open Skies Treaty mission with Romania over the Russian Federation 12-16 Oct 2009. The U.S. agreed to pay the Government of Romania $15,000 U.S. dollars as reimbursement for our share of the expenses. 2. We request that Post forward the $15,000 funds to the Romani [...] | 2009-11-24 18:01:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | OSCE RO |
09STATE121091 | OSCE/FSC: AUTHORIZATION TO JOIN CONSENSUS ON [...] (U) This is an action message. 2. (U) USDEL is authorized to join consensus on the FSC draft decision on the agenda and modalities of the twentieth Annual Implementation Assessment Meeting (AIAM) (FSC.DD/9/09/Rev.2). CLINTON [...] | 2009-11-24 18:06:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | OSCE PARM PREL |
09STATE121301 | OSCE/MC: AUTHORIZATION TO JOIN CONSENSUS ON DRAFT [...] (U) This is an action message. 2. (U) USDEL is authorized to join consensus on the MC draft decision on Issues Relevant to the Forum for Security Cooperation (MC.DD/8/09/Rev.5) with or without the bracketed text in paragraph 2, tick 6, which reads "Contribute to improving OSCE procedure [...] | 2009-11-24 22:10:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | OSCE PARM PREL |
09STATE122209 | CFE/JCG: CONTRIBUTION FOR OSCE MINISTERIAL [...] This is an action cable. 2. Washington understands that as a result of informal meetings, the JCG chair plans to issue a revised draft contribution for the declaration for the OSCE Ministerial Council meeting (text in para 4, below). Mission may join consensus in the JCG on this text. [...] | 2009-11-27 21:35:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OSCE PARM PREL NATO |
09STATE123184 | OSCE/MC: AUTHORIZATION TO JOIN CONSENSUS ON DRAFT [...] (U) USDEL is authorized to join consensus on the Draft Ministerial Declaration on Non-proliferation (MC.DD/25/09). CLINTON [...] | 2009-12-01 22:22:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | OSCE PARM PREL |
09STATE12327 | OSCE JOINT FSC/PC MEETING: RESPONSE TO EUMM HEAD [...] Post is authorized to make the following statement at the February 11, 2009, joint FSC/PC meeting in Vienna: Begin Text: Thank you, Madam Chairwoman. It is a pleasure to welcome you to today,s meeting, Ambassador Haber and Ambassador Salber. The United States fully supports the EU mo [...] | 2009-02-10 23:51:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM OSCE GG RU |
09STATE126174 | OSCE/PERMANENT COUNCIL: RESPONSE TO OSCE/ODIHR [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-09 21:05:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | OSCE PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM AF |
09STATE126211 | OSCE PERMANENT COUNCIL: RESPONSE TO SPECIAL [...] (U) Post is authorized to make the following statement at the December 10, 2009, meeting of the OSCE Permanent Council in Vienna: Begin text: Thank you, Madam Chair. It is a pleasure to welcome you to the Permanent Council today, Special Representative Biaudet. Your report bears witn [...] | 2009-12-09 23:20:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV KTIP OSCE |
09STATE126218 | OSCE/PERMANENT COUNCIL: STATEMENT ON [...] (U) Post is authorized to present the following statement at the Permanent Council meeting in Vienna on December 10. Begin text: Madam Chair, Today, December 10, is International Human Rights Day, which marks the 61st Anniversary of the adoption of the United Nations Universal Declarati [...] | 2009-12-09 23:44:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL KDEM OSCE |
09STATE127330 | OSCE/OSCC: AUTHORIZATION TO JOIN CONSENSUS ON [...] (U) This is an action message. 2. (U) USDEL is authorized to join consensus on the OSCC draft decision on continuing the application of the current OSCC scale of distribution (OSCC.DD/10/09). CLINTON [...] | 2009-12-11 23:40:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | OSCE PARM PREL |
09STATE127974 | OSCE/FSC: 2009 U.S. CONVENTIONAL ARMS TRANSFERS [...] (U) This is an action message. 2. (U) USDel is authorized to submit U.S. data on international conventional arms transfers covering the 2008 calendar year to all OSCE participating States and the Conflict Prevention Center (CPC) in accordance with FSC.DEC 13/97, FSC.DEC 8/98, and FSC.DE [...] | 2009-12-15 14:45:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | OSCE PARM PREL |
09STATE12835 | OSCE PERMANENT COUNCIL: STATEMENT ON NEW [...] (U) Post is authorized to present the following statement at the February 12, 2009 Permanent Council meeting in Vienna. Begin Text: Mr. Chairman, At the Madrid Ministerial meeting in 2007, the United States welcomed the selection of Kazakhstan as Chairman in Office for 2010. At that ti [...] | 2009-02-11 21:37:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM OSCE KZ |
09STATE12857 | OSCE GUIDANCE: PERMANENT COUNCIL DECISION TO [...] Post is authorized to join consensus on permanent council draft decision 5 of 2009 (PC DD/5/09) which extends the Permanent Council's decision number 861 of 19 August 2008. The text of the draft decision should read substantively along the lines of the following: "Decides to extend until 30 J [...] | 2009-02-11 22:26:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | OSCE PREL GG |
09STATE128597 | OSCE PERMANENT COUNCIL: STATEMENT ON THE DENIAL [...] (U) Post is authorized to present the following statement at the December 17, 2009, Permanent Council meeting in Vienna. Begin text: Thank you, Madam Chairwoman, The United States is disappointed that a judicial panel of the Almaty District Court refused to review the conviction of human [...] | 2009-12-16 19:04:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV OSCE KPAO PHUM PREL KZ |
09STATE128745 | OSCE PERMANENT COUNCIL: STATEMENT ON THE CLOSURE [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-16 22:28:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL KDEM OSCE TU |
09STATE128746 | OSCE PERMANENT COUNCIL: STATEMENT ON "ELECTIONS" [...] Post is authorized to make the following statement at the December 17, 2009, Permanent Council meeting in Vienna: Begin text: Thank you, Madam Chair. The United States regrets the decision to hold "elections" in the Abkhazia region of Georgia on December 12, and recognizes neither their [...] | 2009-12-16 22:33:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL OSCE GG |
09STATE128748 | OSCE PERMANENT COUNCIL: RESPONSE TO BELARUSIAN [...] (U) Post is authorized to present the following statement at the December 17 Permanent Council meeting in Vienna, should Belarusian Foreign Minister Martynov address the Council. BEGIN TEXT: Thank you, Madam Chair. The United States welcomes Foreign Minister Martynov to the Permanent C [...] | 2009-12-16 22:40:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL KDEM OSCE BO |
09STATE13885 | OSCE GUIDANCE: DRAFT DECISIONS ON HUMAN DIMENSION [...] Per reftels requests for guidance, Post is authorized to join consensus on draft decision (PC.DD/4/09) on the topic and dates of the Human Dimension Seminar in Warsaw (text per Ref A),on draft decision (PC.DD/3/09) on the dates of the Human Dimension Implementation Meeting in Warsaw (text per [...] | 2009-02-13 20:32:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | KDEM OSCE PHUM PREL |
09STATE16422 | OSCE/FSC: AUTHORIZATION TO JOIN CONSENSUS ON [...] (U) This is an action message. 2. (U) In reference to USOSCE 00036, USDEL is authorized to join consensus on the FSC draft decision to postpone until June 15 the 2009 annual information exchange on the OSCE Code of Conduct on Politico-Military Aspects of Security (FSC.DD/1/09). CLINTON [...] | 2009-02-23 15:17:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | OSCE PARM PREL NATO |
09STATE17091 | OPEN SKIES TREATY MISSION IN RUSSIAN FAR EAST [...] (U) This is an action cable - see paragraph 4. 2. (SBU) Summary and background. The United States and Germany will jointly conduct an Open Skies Treaty flight over the Russian Far East from March 2-7. The mission will be conducted from Khabarovsk Novyy (ICAO code: UHHH) International Airpo [...] | 2009-02-24 20:37:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OSCE PARM PREL RU KS CH GM |
09STATE17751 | OSCE PERMANENT COUNCIL: STATEMENT ON GEORGIA AND [...] Post is authorized to make the following statement at the February 26, 2009, meeting of the OSCE Permanent Council in Vienna: Begin Text: Thank you, Madam Chairwoman. The United States commends OSCE, EU, and UN coordination of the February 17-18 round of Geneva talks, and welcomes the [...] | 2009-02-25 23:12:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | OSCE PGOV PREL GG |
09STATE19334 | OSCE/PERMANENT COUNCIL: STATEMENT ON BELARUS [...] Post is authorized to present the following statement at the March 5 Permanent Council meeting in Vienna. Begin text: Madam Chairwoman, The United States welcomed the August 2008 release of Belarusian political prisoners, including former Presidential candidate Alyaksandr Kazulin. We a [...] | 2009-03-03 14:27:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | OSCE PREL PHUM KDEM BO |
09STATE19781 | OSCE/PERMANENT COUNCIL: RESPONSE TO SERBIA HEAD [...] Post is authorized to present the following statement at the March 5 Permanent Council meeting in Vienna. Begin text: Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Thank you as well, Ambassador Urstad, for your comprehensive and balanced report. We agree that Serbia continues to take positive steps along t [...] | 2009-03-03 22:10:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | OSCE PREL PBTS GG RS |
09STATE20411 | VCC: POINTS FOR MARCH 6 MEETINGS [...] (U) This is an action cable. USdel may draw from the following points during the VCC Meeting and Experts Meeting on March 6, 2009. REPORTS ON U.S. VIENNA DOCUMENT ACTIVITIES - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 2. (C/REL NATO) The United States conducted an above- quota, paid [...] | 2009-03-05 01:56:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | OSCE PARM PREL KCFE |
09STATE22953 | OSCE/PERMANENT COUNCIL: RESPONSE TO REPORT OF [...] Post is authorized to present the following statement at the March 12 Permanent Council meeting in Vienna. Begin text: Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Svilanovic, thank you for your report and the 2009 Action Plan. The Action Plan reminds us of the breadth of issues touched on by the Seco [...] | 2009-03-11 18:05:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | OSCE PREL ECON PGOV |
09STATE26035 | OSCE PERMANENT COUNCIL: RESPONSE TO REPORT OF [...] (U) Post is authorized to present the following statement at the Permanent Council meeting in Vienna on March 19. Begin text: Madam Chairwoman, Thank you, Ambassador Lenarcic for your comprehensive report. The United States strongly supports ODIHR, which has earned its place as a key i [...] | 2009-03-18 19:30:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL KDEM OSCE |
09STATE26067 | OSCE/FSC: U.S. SUBMISSION FOR ONE-TIME EXCHANGE [...] (U) This is an action message. 2. (U) In 2008 the Forum for Security Cooperation (FSC) took decision FSC.DEC/12/08 on "Information Exchange with Regard to Sample Formats of End-user Certificates and Relevant Verification Procedures," which requested all participating States to submit a [...] | 2009-03-18 20:00:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | OSCE PARM PREL NATO |
09STATE28843 | OSCE PERMANENT COUNCIL: RESPONSE TO HEAD OF THE [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-25 20:50:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | HR OSCE PHUM PREL |
09STATE28847 | OSCE PERMANENT COUNCIL: SERBIA: NATO CAMPAIGN [...] Post is authorized to make the following supplementary statement, if the issue is raised by others, at the March 26, 2009 meeting of the OSCE Permanent Council in Vienna: Begin Text: Thank you, Madame Chairwoman. We have listened with great interest to the statements by the (Russian/Se [...] | 2009-03-25 20:54:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | KS OSCE PGOV PHUM PREL SR |
09STATE28851 | OSCE PERMANENT COUNCIL: STATEMENT ON RULE OF LAW [...] Post is authorized to make the following statement at the March 26, 2009 meeting of the OSCE Permanent Council in Vienna: Begin Text: Thank you, Madame Chairwoman. Last week here in the Permanent Council, the Ambassadors of Serbia and the Russian Federation made statements concerning [...] | 2009-03-25 20:58:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM OSCE KKPO KPAO KV SR |
09STATE29350 | OSCE/FSC: UPDATE TO THE QUESTIONNAIRE ON THE CODE [...] (U) This is an action message. 2. (U) Washington has reviewed FSC.DD/14/08/Rev.2, Draft Decision on a Technical Update of the questionnaire on the Code of Conduct and Mission is authorized to join consensus. Mission should assess any additional proposed changes to the decision against s [...] | 2009-03-26 19:46:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | OSCE PARM PREL NATO |
09STATE31527 | OSCE/PERMANENT COUNCIL: STATEMENT ON CONDUCT OF [...] Post is authorized to present the following statement at the April 2 Permanent Council meeting in Vienna. Begin text: Thank you, Madame Chairwoman. The United States congratulates the people of Montenegro for the conduct of the March 29 parliamentary elections. Montenegro has again demo [...] | 2009-04-01 18:13:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | OSCE PREL PGOV MW |
09STATE31622 | OSCE PERMANENT COUNCIL: RESPONSE TO [...] (U) Post is authorized to present the following statement at the April 2 Permanent Council meeting in Vienna. Begin text: Thank you, Madame Chairwoman, We are pleased once again to welcome to the Permanent Council the Representative on Freedom of the Media. Mr. Haraszti, you have set a [...] | 2009-04-01 20:36:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV OSCE KPAO PHUM PREL |
09STATE31627 | OSCE PERMANENT COUNCIL: STATEMENT ON LAW ON [...] Post is authorized to make the following statement at the April 2, 2009, meeting of the OSCE Permanent Council in Vienna: Begin Text: Mr. Chairman, The United States joins the EU in expressing our deep regret that Tajik President Rahmon on March 25 signed into law highly restrictive l [...] | 2009-04-01 20:53:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM OSCE TI |
09STATE31650 | OSCE PERMANENT COUNCIL: STATEMENT ON IED [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-01 21:25:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM GG RU OSCE |
09STATE31658 | OSCE/PERMANENT COUNCIL: STATEMENT ON [...] Post is authorized to present the following statement at the April 3 Permanent Council meeting in Vienna. Begin text: Thank you, Mr. Chairman. On April 8, we will celebrate International Roma Day, an opportunity to call attention to the history, experiences, and human rights of Europe's [...] | 2009-04-01 21:37:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | OSCE PREL PBTS GG RS |
09STATE3205 | OSCE/FSC: U.S. RESPONSE TO CYPRIOT REQUEST FOR [...] (U) This is an action request; please see para 7 below. 2. (C) Ref A reported Republic of Cyprus (ROC) intent to request technical assistance through the OSCE for destruction of excess stockpiles of MANPADS. The ROC informally approached Embassy Nicosia to determine USG interest in lead [...] | 2009-01-13 13:52:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | CY MARR MAS NATO OSCE PARM PREL |
09STATE36077 | CFE/VCC: NON-PAPER FOR DISTRIBUTION TO ALLIES ON [...] (U) This is an action message. Mission is requested to distribute to Allies the non-paper contained in para six below. 2. (C/REL NATO) Background. Ref A indicates that in April 2008 the Verification Coordination Committee (VCC) tasked experts to review Vienna Document 1999 (VD 99) implemen [...] | 2009-04-13 14:49:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | OSCE PARM PREL NATO |
09STATE3936 | OSCE PERMANENT COUNCIL: RESPONSE TO THE CIO [...] Post is authorized to present the following statement at the Permanent Council in Vienna on January 15. Begin text: Thank you, Mr. Chairman. We are honored to welcome Foreign Minister Bakoyannis to the Permanent Council as the Chairman in Office for 2009. The United States supports the ob [...] | 2009-01-14 23:00:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM RS GG OSCE |
09STATE40115 | OSCE PERMANENT COUNCIL: STATEMENT ON THE [...] Post is authorized to present the following statement at the April 23 Permanent Council meeting in Vienna. Begin text: Thank you, Madam Chairwoman. The United States would like to call attention to the April 14 statement of the High Commissioner on National Minorities in which he expres [...] | 2009-04-22 15:40:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | OSCE PREL PGOV GG |
09STATE42525 | OSCE/FSC: 2009 U.S. GEMI DATA SUBMISSION [...] (U) This is an action message. 2. (U) The U.S. data submission for the Global Exchange of Military Information (GEMI) has been prepared for distribution to all OSCE participating States. DTRA rep will hand carry hard and soft copies of the data to Vienna. Mission is requested to distri [...] | 2009-04-28 13:35:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | OSCE PARM PREL |
09STATE42688 | OSCE PERMANENT COUNCIL: WORLD PRESS FREEDOM DAY [...] (U) Post is authorized to present the following statement at the April 30 Permanent Council meeting in Vienna. Begin text: Thank you, Madame Chairwoman, On May 3rd, we mark World Press Freedom Day. We do so with a somber note, for, as we acknowledge and praise media workers for their p [...] | 2009-04-28 16:35:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV OSCE KPAO PHUM PREL |
09STATE43165 | OSCE PERMANENT COUNCIL: RESPONSE TO SPECIAL [...] Post is authorized to make the following statement at the April 30 Permanent Council meeting in Vienna: Begin text: Thank you, Madam Chairwoman. It is a pleasure to welcome you to today,s meeting, Ambassador Christopoulos. We appreciate your ongoing efforts to facilitate long-term, pea [...] | 2009-04-29 12:34:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | GG MO OSCE PGOV PREL |
09STATE43645 | OSCE/PERMANENT COUNCIL: INTERVENTION ON [...] Post is authorized to make the following statement at the April 30 Permanent Council meeting in Vienna: Begin text: Thank you, Madam Chairwoman. With the discussion of the Program Budget Performance Report currently underway in the ACMF, we are reminded of our call last year for each pa [...] | 2009-04-29 21:09:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | MO OSCE PGOV PREL RO |
09STATE43655 | OSCE PERMANENT COUNCIL: RESPONSE TO ROMANIAN FM [...] Post is authorized to make the following statement at the April 30 Permanent Council meeting in Vienna: Begin text: Thank you, Madam Chairwoman. We warmly welcome you to the Permanent Council, Foreign Minister Diaconescu. The United States and Romania have a close bilateral relationshi [...] | 2009-04-29 21:57:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | MO OSCE PGOV PREL RO |
09STATE45889 | OSCE PERMANENT COUNCIL: STATEMENT ON GEORGIA [...] Post is authorized to deliver the following statement at the May 7, 2009, Permanent Council meeting in Vienna: Begin text: Thank you, Madam Chairwoman. Last week I declared "wholly unwelcome" the April 30 agreement allowing the stationing of Russian border guards along the administrativ [...] | 2009-05-06 12:16:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | OSCE PREL PGOV GG |
09STATE45995 | OSCE PERMANENT COUNCIL: RESPONSE TO HEAD OF [...] Post is authorized to make the following statement at the May 7, 2009 meeting of the OSCE Permanent Council: Begin Text: Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Ambassador Tesoriere, welcome back to the Permanent Council and thank you for your comprehensive report on the situation in Kyrgyzstan and t [...] | 2009-05-06 16:20:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM OSCE KG |
09STATE46263 | OSCE PERMANENT COUNCIL: KAZAKHSTAN INTERNET DRAFT [...] (U) Post is authorized to present the following statement at the May 7 Permanent Council meeting in Vienna. Begin text: Thank you, Madame Chairwoman, The Internet is a powerful tool for information exchange and free expression that we believe has generally furthered the social and cultu [...] | 2009-05-06 21:01:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV OSCE KPAO PHUM PREL KZ |
09STATE46284 | OSCE/PERMANENT COUNCIL: RESPONSE TO HEAD OF [...] (U) Post is authorized to present the following statement at the May 7 Permanent Council meeting in Vienna. Begin text: Thank you, Madam Chairwoman. Welcome to the Permanent Council, Ambassador Robbins, and thank you for your insightful report. The United States regrets that little ha [...] | 2009-05-06 21:43:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | OSCE PREL PGOV BK |
09STATE46296 | OSCE PERMANENT COUNCIL: STATEMENT ON ATTACK ON [...] Post is authorized to present the following statement at the May 7, 2009, Permanent Council meeting in Vienna: Begin text: Thank you, Madam Chairwoman. Concerns about the safety of journalists and the need for vigilance by the governments of participating States in defending media worke [...] | 2009-05-06 22:39:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | OSCE PREL PGOV PHUM AM |
09STATE46848 | CFE: RESPONDING TO RUSSIAN AIDE-MEMOIRE [...] (SBU) Washington appreciates Mission's reporting on the statement by Russian rep Ulyanov to the May 5 Joint Consultative Group. Ulyanov's verbal presentation of the Russian Aide-Memoire, a copy of which was provided to VCI A/S Gottemoeller on April 24, did not provide any additional informa [...] | 2009-05-07 22:13:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCFE PARM PREL OSCE |
09STATE47107 | CFE/JCG: COMMENTS ON DRAFT JCG CONSOLIDATED MATRIX [...] (U) This is an action cable. 2. (SBU) USDel is requested to provide the following remarks on JCG.TOI/1/09, 31 Mar 09, the chair,s draft JCG Consolidated Matrix, to the chair of the Working Group on Treaty Operation and Implementation before its next meeting. 3. (SBU) PARTS 1 and 2. At abo [...] | 2009-05-08 16:09:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OSCE PARM PREL |
09STATE48450 | OSCE PERMANENT COUNCIL: STATEMENT ON THE [...] Post is authorized to present the following statement at the Permanent Council in Vienna on May 14. Begin text: Thank you, Madam Chairwoman. Rising intolerance and extremism characterized by incidents of discrimination and violence against ethnic and religious minorities in the OSCE re [...] | 2009-05-12 20:11:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM OSCE PREL |
09STATE48477 | OSCE PERMANENT COUNCIL: RESPONSE TO TAJIK [...] No summary [...] | 2009-05-12 21:02:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL OSCE TJ |
09STATE48478 | OSCE PERMANENT COUNCIL: RESPONSE TO OSCE HEAD OF [...] No summary [...] | 2009-05-12 21:03:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER PREL OSCE |
09STATE48864 | OSCE PERMANENT COUNCIL: RESPONSE TO OSCE HEAD OF [...] Post is authorized to present the following statement at the May 14, 2009 Permanent Council meeting in Vienna. Begin text: Thank you, Madam Chairwoman. Ambassador Pryakhin, welcome back to the Permanent Council and thank you for your comprehensive report on the situation in Tajikistan and [...] | 2009-05-13 16:38:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL OSCE TJ |
09STATE48873 | CORRECTED COPY -- OSCE PC RESPONSE TO TAJIK [...] No summary [...] | 2009-05-13 16:50:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL OSCE TJ |
09STATE49096 | OSCE PERMANENT COUNCIL: STATEMENT ON OSCE [...] Post is authorized to deliver the following statement at the May 14, 2009, Permanent Council meeting in Vienna: Begin text: Thank you, Madam Chairwoman. We commend the Chairmanship,s intensive efforts over the last four months to ensure a continued OSCE presence in Georgia, which we and [...] | 2009-05-13 23:22:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | OSCE PREL PGOV GG |
09STATE49124 | OSCE PERMANENT COUNCIL: STATEMENT ON OSCE [...] Post is authorized to deliver the following statement at the May 14, 2009, Permanent Council meeting in Vienna: Begin text: Thank you, Madam Chairwoman. We commend the Chairmanship,s intensive efforts over the last four months to ensure a continued OSCE presence in Georgia, which we and [...] | 2009-05-14 01:21:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | OSCE PREL PGOV GG |
09STATE49125 | OSCE PERMANENT COUNCIL: REPLY TO AMBASSADOR [...] (U) Post is authorized to present the following statement at the May 7 Permanent Council meeting in Vienna. Begin text: Thank you, Madam Chairwoman. Last week, the United States drew to the attention of the Permanent Council the annual World Press Freedom Day. Ambassador Azimov responded to [...] | 2009-05-14 01:22:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV OSCE KPAO PHUM PREL RU |
09STATE49126 | OSCE PERMANENT COUNCIL: REPLY TO AMBASSADOR [...] (U) Post is authorized to present the following statement at the May 7 Permanent Council meeting in Vienna. Begin text: Thank you, Madam Chairwoman. Last week, the United States drew to the attention of the Permanent Council the annual World Press Freedom Day. Ambassador Azimov responded to [...] | 2009-05-14 01:22:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV OSCE KPAO PHUM PREL RU |
09STATE4933 | CFE: JCG OPENING OF SESSION GUIDANCE AND [...] (SBU) As the Winter 2009 Joint Consultative Group (JCG) session opens, Russia's ongoing CFE "suspension," which began on December 12, 2007, will continue to dominate discussion. We also expect calls by Russia to use the JCG as a primary venue to negotiate at least some aspects of the CFE impa [...] | 2009-01-17 02:56:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OSCE PARM PREL KCFE |
09STATE51204 | SECRETARY CLINTON'S REPLY TO FM VASHADZE'S [...] (U) Please deliver the following letter to Foreign Minister Vashadze. The Department does not plan to release the text of the letter but has no objections if the GoG wishes to do so. No signed original will follow. 2. (SBU/REL GG) Begin text: Dear Mr. Minister: Thank you for your l [...] | 2009-05-19 17:39:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | GG PREL OSCE |
09STATE52978 | OSCE/FSC: 2009 U.S. SUBMISSION ON ANTI-PERSONNEL [...] (U) This is an action request. 2. (U) In 2004 the Forum for Security Cooperation (FSC) agreed on FSC.DEC/7/04 on "Updating the OSCE Questionnaire on Anti-Personnel Mines and Explosive Remnants of War," which requested all participating States to submit their questionnaire responses to o [...] | 2009-05-22 19:50:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | OSCE PARM PREL |
09STATE5392 | OSCE PERMANENT COUNCIL: STATEMENT ON JOURNALIST [...] Post is authorized to make the following statement at the January 22, 2009, meeting of the OSCE Permanent Council in Vienna: Begin Text: Madam Chairwoman, The United States notes the concern expressed by the Representative on Freedom of the Media Miklos Haraszti and by the European Un [...] | 2009-01-21 19:27:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM OSCE KZ |
09STATE54048 | OSCE PERMANENT COUNCIL: RESPONSE TO EU SPECIAL [...] Post is authorized to make the following statement at the May 28, 2009, Permanent Council meeting in Vienna: Begin text: Thank you, Madam Chairwoman. It is a pleasure to welcome you to today's meeting, Ambassador Semneby. We appreciate your valuable work in the South Caucasus, and than [...] | 2009-05-27 14:41:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL OSCE GG |
09STATE54049 | OSCE PERMANENT COUNCIL: RESPONSE TO THE [...] No summary [...] | 2009-05-27 14:42:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL OSCE GG PGOV |
09STATE54398 | OSCE PERMANENT COUNCIL: STATEMENT ON OBSERVATION [...] Post is authorized to make the following statement at the May 28, 2009, Permanent Council meeting in Vienna if the issue of observation of the Kyrgyz elections is raised first by another delegation: Begin text: Madam Chairwoman, The United States regrets that Kyrgyzstan,s invitation to [...] | 2009-05-27 21:40:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | KG OSCE PREL KDEM PHUM |
09STATE5543 | OSCE PERMANENT COUNCIL: STATEMENT ON LAW ON [...] Post is authorized to make the following statement at the January 22, 2009, meeting of the OSCE Permanent Council in Vienna: Begin Text: Madam Chairwoman, The United States expresses its regret that Kyrgyz President Bakiyev on January 12 signed a decree promulgating a restrictive law [...] | 2009-01-21 22:18:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM OSCE KG |
09STATE5546 | OSCE/PERMANENT COUNCIL: STATEMENT ON BELARUS [...] (U) Post is authorized to present the following statement at the Permanent Council meeting in Vienna on January 22. Begin text: Madam Chairwoman, At the Permanent Council meeting on December 18, 2008, the United States made a statement regretting that the government of Belarus had, on D [...] | 2009-01-21 22:30:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL KDEM BO OSCE |
09STATE5556 | OSCE PERMANENT COUNCIL: STATEMENT ABOUT MURDERS [...] (U) Post is authorized to present the following statement at the OSCE Permanent Council meeting in Vienna on January 22. Begin text: Thank you, Madam Chairwoman, The United States was shocked and saddened by two recent and brazen murders of human rights defenders in Russia. On January [...] | 2009-01-21 23:12:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM OSCE RS KDEM |
09STATE5565 | OSCE PERMANENT COUNCIL: RESPONSE TO SPECIAL [...] Post is authorized to make the following statement at the January 22, 2009, meeting of the OSCE Permanent Council in Vienna: Begin Text: Thank you, Madam Chairwoman. The United States welcomes Special Representative Christopoulos to the Permanent Council. We appreciate the Greek Chai [...] | 2009-01-22 00:31:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM OSCE GG |
09STATE56790 | CFE/VCC: GUIDANCE FOR JUNE 4, 2009 VCC [...] (C/NF) This is an action request, see para 5. Aside from standard agenda items, the June VCC will include a focused discussion on future work of the VCC group of experts. The NATO IS added this topic to the agenda following an April 23 VCC discussion concerning the U.S. non-paper on the stat [...] | 2009-06-03 01:13:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | OSCE PARM PREL KCFE |
09STATE57259 | OSCE PERMANENT COUNCIL: RESPONSE TO THE [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-03 19:55:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | OSCE PGOV PREL PHUM |
09STATE57302 | OSCE PERMANENT COUNCIL: RESPONSE TO FOREIGN [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-03 21:54:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | OSCE PGOV PREL PHUM COE |
09STATE57312 | OSCE/PERMANENT COUNCIL: RESPONSE TO RUSSIAN [...] (U) Post is authorized to present the following statement at the June 4 Permanent Council meeting in Vienna. Begin text: Thank you, Madam Chairwoman. We welcome Deputy Foreign Minister Karasin to today's meeting. We thank him for the broad overview he has provided us on Russia's perspe [...] | 2009-06-03 22:24:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | OSCE PREL PGOV GG |
09STATE57920 | DEMARCHE REQUEST: ENGAGING ALLIES ON EUROPEAN [...] (C) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST: The Greek OSCE Chairmanship has called an informal Ministerial on the Island of Corfu to discuss European Security Architecture, responding primarily to a Russian call for a radical overhaul of current institutional arrangements and focused primarily on "hard" [...] | 2009-06-05 01:25:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | OSCE PREL EU NATO PGOV |
09STATE58925 | CFE: HLTF MAY 26-28 AWAY DAY: ALLIES DISCUSS [...] (C) Summary. At the May 26-28 HLTF Away Day at the NATO School in Oberammergau, Allies reviewed the current situation regarding CFE; discussed Russia's Aide Memoire on the Parallel Actions Package; and agreed on general themes and an approach for the June 10 German-hosted meeting on the futur [...] | 2009-06-08 20:25:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | KCFE NATO OSCE PARM PREL |
09STATE59226 | DEMARCHE ON EUROPEAN SECURITY AND THE CORFU [...] (C) Summary and Action Request: The Greek OSCE Chairmanship has called an informal Ministerial on the Island of Corfu to discuss European Security Architecture, responding primarily to Russian calls for a radical overhaul of current institutional arrangements and focused primarily on "hard" [...] | 2009-06-09 17:24:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | OSCE PREL EU NATO PGOV PHUM KDEM ECON |
09STATE59351 | OSCE PERMANENT COUNCIL: STATEMENT ON MUNICIPAL [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-09 20:26:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | AM KDEM OSCE PGOV PHUM PREL |
09STATE59372 | OSCE: RESPONSE TO AMBASSADOR KOPAJ, OSCE PROJECT [...] Post is authorized to present the following statement at the June 11, 2009, Permanent Council meeting in Vienna: Begin text: Thank you, Madam Chairwoman. The United States warmly welcomes to the Permanent Council the Project Coordinator in Ukraine, Ambassador Lubomir Kopaj. We thank yo [...] | 2009-06-09 21:02:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | OSCE PREL PGOV PHUM UP |
09STATE59534 | OSCE PERMANENT COUNCIL: RESPONSE TO AMBASSADOR [...] Post is authorized to present the following statement at the June 11, 2009, Permanent Council meeting in Vienna: Begin text: Thank you, Madam Chairwoman. The United States warmly welcomes to the Permanent Council the Head of the OSCE Mission to Georgia, Ambassador Terhi Hakala. We than [...] | 2009-06-10 12:00:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | OSCE PREL PGOV GG |
09STATE59944 | OSCE HUMAN DIMENSION MEETING REQUEST FOR INPUT [...] (SBU) Summary and Action Request: The OSCE will conduct its annual Human Dimension Implementation Meeting (HDIM) from September 28 through October 9 in Warsaw. The HDIM is the OSCE's annual review of participating States, implementation of their OSCE commitments to human rights and fundamenta [...] | 2009-06-10 20:52:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OSCE PHUM PREL PGOV KDEM |
09STATE62408 | OSCE JOINT FSC/PC MEETING: RESPONSE TO GENEVA [...] Post is authorized to present the following statement at the June 17, 2009, joint FSC/PC meeting in Vienna: Begin text: Thank you, Madam Chairwoman. It is a pleasure to welcome our distinguished guests to today's meeting. The United States greatly appreciates the leadership of Ambassad [...] | 2009-06-16 22:36:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | OSCE PREL PGOV GG |
09STATE62666 | OSCE PERMANENT COUNCIL: RESPONSE TO OSCE PROJECT [...] Post is authorized to make the following statement at the June 18, 2009, meeting of the OSCE Permanent Council in Vienna: Begin Text: Thank you, Madame Chairperson. We welcome you, Ambassador Venczel, to the Permanent Council and thank you for your comprehensive report on OSCE activit [...] | 2009-06-17 16:55:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM OSCE UZ |
09STATE62679 | OSCE/PERMANENT COUNCIL: RESPONSE TO THE REPORT [...] Post is authorized to make the following statement at the June 18, 2009, meeting of the OSCE Permanent Council in Vienna: Begin Text: Thank you, Madam Chairwoman. The United States warmly welcomes Ambassador Vollebaek back to the Permanent Council and thanks him for his thorough and t [...] | 2009-06-17 17:14:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM OSCE UP RS MK ZK GG |
09STATE65672 | OSCE: ROLLOVER OF THE MANDATE OF OSCE PROJECT [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-24 20:08:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | OSCE UP PREL PHUM KDEM |
09STATE67766 | OSCE/FSC: GUIDANCE ON DRAFT DECISION FOR MEETING [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 2. 2. (U) USDEL is authorized to join consensus on the FSC draft decision on an OSCE meeting to review the OSCE Document on Small Arms and Light Weapons (SA/LW) and its Supplementary Decisions (FSC.DD/4/09/Corr.1),per ref A. Washington requ [...] | 2009-06-30 19:07:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | OSCE PARM PREL |
09STATE68408 | OSCE/PERMANENT COUNCIL: RESPONSE TO [...] (U) Post is authorized to present the following statement at the July 2 Permanent Council meeting in Vienna. Begin text: Madam Chairwoman, The United States welcomes Representative on Freedom of the Media, Miklos Haraszti, to the Permanent Council this morning. Mr. Haraszti, we comme [...] | 2009-07-01 19:18:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | OSCE PREL PGOV KPAO PHUM |
09STATE68474 | USOSCE GUIDANCE: DRAFT DECISION ON THE OSCE 2008 [...] USOSCE is authorized to join consensus on the draft PC decision on the Financial Report and Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 December 2008 and the Report of the External Auditor (PC.DD/17/09) at the July 2 meeting of the OSCE Permanent Council in Vienna. CLINTON [...] | 2009-07-01 20:26:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL OSCE ABUD AMGT AFDIN |
09STATE68586 | OSCE PERMANENT COUNCIL: STATEMENT ON GENEVA [...] Post is authorized to make the following statement at the July 2, 2009, meeting of the OSCE Permanent Council in Vienna: Begin text: Thank you, Madam Chairwoman. The United States commends OSCE, EU, and UN coordination of the July 1 Geneva discussions on security and stability arrangeme [...] | 2009-07-01 23:03:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | OSCE PREL PGOV GG |
09STATE70241 | OSCE PERMANENT COUNCIL: RESPONSE TO SPECIAL [...] (U) Post is authorized to make the following statement at the July 9, 2009, Permanent Council meeting in Vienna: Begin Text: Thank you, Madam Chairwoman. It is a pleasure to welcome Special Representative Biaudet to the Permanent Council today. We appreciate her presentation on her pr [...] | 2009-07-07 21:34:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | OSCE PGOV PREL |
09STATE70596 | OSCE PERMANENT COUNCIL: RESPONSE TO HEAD OF [...] Post is authorized to make the following statement at the July 9 meeting of the OSCE Permanent Council in Vienna: Begin Text: Thank you, Madam Chairwoman. We welcome Ambassador Cankorel to the Permanent Council, and thank him for his comprehensive report. The United States highly value [...] | 2009-07-08 16:05:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | OSCE AJ KDEM PREL PGOV |
09STATE7188 | OSCE/FSC: RESPONSE TO GEORGIA'S REFUSAL OF [...] (U) This is an action message. 2. (U) USdel is asked to deliver the following statement during the January 28 FSC plenary in response to Georgia's refusals, based on "force majeure," on January 21 of a request for a Russian evaluation and on January 22 of a request for a Russian inspect [...] | 2009-01-27 16:05:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | OSCE PARM PREL NATO |
09STATE73786 | OSCE PERMANENT COUNCIL: STATEMENT ON INTERNET LAW IN [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-15 21:55:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM OSCE KZ |
09STATE73787 | OSCE PERMANENT COUNCIL: RESPONSE TO HEAD OF OFFICE IN [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-15 21:56:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | OSCE PREL PGOV AM |
09STATE73788 | OSCE PERMANENT COUNCIL: RESPONSE TO HOM IN MINSK [...] Post is authorized to make the following statement at the July 16, 2009, meeting of the OSCE Permanent Council in Vienna: Begin text: Thank you, Madame Chairwoman. The United States welcomes Ambassador Schmidt to the Permanent Council. We appreciate the opportunity to hear from you wh [...] | 2009-07-15 21:56:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | OSCE PREL PGOV BO |
09STATE73789 | OSCE PERMANENT COUNCIL: STATEMENT ON ABKHAZIA JIPRM MEETING [...] Post is authorized to make the following statement at the July 16, 2009, meeting of the OSCE Permanent Council in Vienna. Begin text: Thank you, Madam Chairwoman. The United States welcomes the July 14 meeting of the joint incident prevention and response mechanism for the Abkhazia reg [...] | 2009-07-15 21:57:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | OSCE PREL PGOV GG |
09STATE7498 | OSCE/FSC: WINTER/SPRING 2009 OPENING OF ROUND [...] (U) This is an action cable. See paras 3-18. 2. (SBU) The events of last fall presented several challenges to the OSCE. How the international community decides to respond to these challenges, including Russia's call for a new European Security Treaty, will ultimately impact the work of the [...] | 2009-01-28 02:58:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | OSCE PARM PREL KCFE |
09STATE7587 | OSCE PERMANENT COUNCIL: STATEMENT ON DISCUSSION [...] (U) Post is authorized to present the following statement at the Permanent Council meeting in Vienna when appropriate. The Department suggests that, in the interest of brevity, that Post drop the bracketed text when delivering this statement in the Permanent Council. Post may, at its discreti [...] | 2009-01-28 15:17:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL KDEM OSCE |
09STATE76496 | OSCE PERMANENT COUNCIL INTERVENTION: KILLING OF [...] (U) Post is authorized to present the following statement at the July 23 Permanent Council meeting in Vienna. Begin text: Thank you, Madame Chairwoman. In the last four months, there have been several attacks on journalists in Kyrgyzstan. The reprehensible attack in Osh, Kyrgyzstan, on [...] | 2009-07-22 17:10:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV OSCE KPAO PHUM PREL KG |
09STATE76734 | OSCE PERMANENT COUNCIL: ARREST AND DETENTION OF [...] Post is authorized to make the following statement at the July 23 meeting of the OSCE Permanent Council in Vienna: Begin Text: Thank you, Madam Chairwoman. Freedom of expression is a fundamental OSCE freedom and integral to the democratic process in every democratic country. The United [...] | 2009-07-22 23:45:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | OSCE PGOV PHUM PREL AJ |
09STATE78227 | OSCE HUMAN DIMENSION MEETING DEMARCHE [...] (SBU) Summary and Action Request: The OSCE will conduct its annual Human Dimension Implementation Meeting (HDIM) from September 28 through October 9 in Warsaw. Based in part on embassies' input (reftel),which the Department appreciates, this demarche conveys USG views on host government huma [...] | 2009-07-27 21:49:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM KDEM OSCE |
09STATE7832 | OSCE/PERMANENT COUNCIL: RESPONSE TO EU PRESIDENT, [...] Post is authorized to present the following statement at the January 29 Permanent Council meeting in Vienna. Begin text: It is a pleasure to welcome you to the Permanent Council, Foreign Minister Schwarzenberg. The United States and the Czech Republic have a close bilateral relationship, [...] | 2009-01-29 00:26:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | OSCE PREL PHUM GG EU |
09STATE7851 | OSCE PERMANENT COUNCIL: STATEMENT ON GUANTANAMO [...] (U) Post is authorized to present the following statement at the Permanent Council meeting in Vienna on January 29, 2009. Begin text: Madam Chairwoman, In light of the interest expressed by a number of participating States as well as the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly, and given the dire [...] | 2009-01-29 00:57:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL KDEM PTER OSCE |
09STATE78583 | DAYTON ARTICLE IV:CONTACT GROUP LETTER TO THE [...] (U) This is an action message, see paragraph 3. 2. (U) Per Reftel, at a July 8 meeting, the Contact Group (CG) (France, Italy, Germany, Russia, UK and the U.S.) offered tentative support for the Chairman in Office's (CiO) Personal Representative's (PR--Italian Brigadier General Costanzo P [...] | 2009-07-28 17:56:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM OSCE BK HR SR |
09STATE79182 | OSCE/PERMANENT COUNCIL: RESPONSE TO HIGH [...] (U) Post is authorized to present the following statement at the July 30, 2009 Permanent Council meeting in Vienna. Begin text: Thank you, Madam Chairwoman. The United States welcomes High Representative Valentin Inzko to the Permanent Council. Thank you for your comprehensive report. W [...] | 2009-07-29 18:56:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | OSCE PREL PGOV MD |
09STATE79188 | OSCE/PERMANENT COUNCIL: RESPONSE TO HEAD OF [...] (U) Post is authorized to present the following statement at the July 30, 2009 Permanent Council meeting in Vienna. Begin text: Thank you, Madam Chairwoman. Ambassador Herrero, welcome to the Permanent Council and thank you for your report. The OSCE Spillover Monitoring Mission to Sko [...] | 2009-07-29 19:03:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | OSCE PREL PGOV MD |
09STATE79280 | USOSCE GUIDANCE: DRAFT DECISION ON THE 18TH [...] (U) Per referenced request for guidance, the Department agrees that the decision on the theme, agenda, and modalities for the 18th Economic and Environmental Forum is a worthwhile one. The Department would like USOSCE to seek an addition to the third paragraph, which should be along the lines [...] | 2009-07-29 20:41:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL SENV ECON OSCE |
09STATE79313 | OSCE/PERMANENT COUNCIL: STATEMENT ON [...] Post is authorized to make the following statement at the July 30, 2009 meeting of the OSCE Permanent Council in Vienna: Begin Text: Thank you, Madam Chairwoman. The United States is concerned about the conduct of the presidential election in Kyrgyzstan held on July 23rd, which despite [...] | 2009-07-29 22:03:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM OSCE KG |
09STATE79317 | OSCE PERMANENT COUNCIL: STATEMENT ON EU [...] Post is authorized to make the following statement at the July 30, 2009, meeting of the OSCE Permanent Council in Vienna: Begin text: Thank you, Madam Chairwoman. The United States welcomes the extension of the EU Monitoring Mission in Georgia for another year. We believe the EUMM is [...] | 2009-07-29 22:07:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | OSCE PREL PGOV GG |
09STATE79325 | OSCE PERMANENT COUNCIL: STATEMENT ON ANNIVERSARY [...] Should Russia make a statement on the Georgia conflict at the July 30, 2009, meeting of the OSCE Permanent Council in Vienna, Post is authorized to make the following statement: Begin text: Thank you, Madam Chairwoman. We listened carefully to today,s statement by the Russian Ambassador [...] | 2009-07-29 22:32:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | OSCE PREL PGOV GG |
09STATE91691 | OSCE PERMANENT COUNCIL: STATEMENT ON CIO PERSONAL [...] (U) Post is authorized to present the following statement at the September 3 Permanent Council meeting in Vienna. Begin text: Thank you, Madam Chairwoman. General Periotto, we welcome your update on Article IV implementation and congratulate the Parties for their dedication and professi [...] | 2009-09-02 21:32:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV OSCE PREL |
09STATE91692 | OSCE PERMANENT COUNCIL: RESPONSE TO HOM [...] (U) Post is authorized to present the following statement at the September 3 Permanent Council meeting in Vienna. Begin text: Thank you, Madam Chairwoman. The United States joins other delegations in welcoming you, Ambassador Zekolli, and thanking you for your thorough and detailed repo [...] | 2009-09-02 21:32:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV OSCE KPAO PHUM PREL TZ |
09STATE91693 | OSCE PERMANENT COUNCIL: MURDERS OF HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (U) Post is authorized to present the following statement at the September 3 Permanent Council meeting in Vienna. Begin text: Thank you, Madam Chairwoman. The United States joins the European Union in noting the deep concern expressed by OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Miklo [...] | 2009-09-02 21:33:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV OSCE KPAO PHUM PREL RU |
09STATE91695 | OSCE PERMANENT COUNCIL: THE SENTENCING OF [...] (U) Post is authorized to present the following statement at the September 3 Permanent Council meeting in Vienna. Begin text: Thank you, Madam Chairwoman. The United States shares the concern expressed in the August 11 statement of OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Haraszti on [...] | 2009-09-02 21:53:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV OSCE KPAO PHUM PREL KZ |
09STATE91696 | OSCE PERMANENT COUNCIL: THE SENTENCING OF UZBEK [...] (U) Post is authorized to present the following statement at the September 3 Permanent Council meeting in Vienna. Begin text: Thank you, Madam Chairwoman. The United States expresses its concern following the sentencing to twelve-and-one-half years' incarceration of the Uzbekistan journ [...] | 2009-09-02 21:54:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV OSCE KPAO PHUM PREL UZ |
09STATE91703 | OSCE PERMANENT COUNCIL: STATEMENT ON THE [...] Post is authorized to make the following statement at the September 3, 2009, meeting of the OSCE Permanent Council in Vienna: Begin text: Thank you, Madam Chairwoman. Today, a year after the August 2008 war, the situation in Georgia remains a matter of grave concern. A little over a y [...] | 2009-09-02 22:35:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | OSCE PREL PGOV PHUM GG |
09STATE93327 | FSC FALL 2009 OPENING OF ROUND GUIDANCE [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-08 21:06:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | OSCE PARM PREL KCFE |
09STATE93535 | OPEN SKIES TREATY REIMBURSEMENT [...] The United States shared an Open Skies Treaty mission with Turkey over the Russian Federation 25-29 May 2009. According to the joint modalities, the U.S. agreed to pay the Government of Turkey no more than $15,000 U.S. dollars as reimbursement for our share of the expenses. 2. We request t [...] | 2009-09-09 14:58:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | OSCE TU |
09STATE93687 | OSCE/PERMANENT COUNCIL: RESPONSE TO REPORT BY [...] (U) Post is authorized to deliver the following statement at the September 10 Permanent Council meeting in Vienna. Begin text: Thank you, Madam Chairwoman. The United States joins other delegations in welcoming Ambassador Almhofer back to the PC. We thank you for your thorough report. [...] | 2009-09-09 17:25:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | OSCE PREL PGOV KV |
09STATE93694 | OSCE/PERMANENT COUNCIL: THE SENTENCING OF [...] (U) Post is authorized to deliver the following statement at the September 10 Permanent Council meeting in Vienna. Begin text: Thank you, Madam Chairwoman. The United States Government would like to add its voice to those of Kazakhstani and international human rights non-governmental or [...] | 2009-09-09 17:30:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV OSCE KPAO PHUM PREL KZ |
09STATE95507 | GUIDANCE FOR SEPTEMBER 15 CORFU PROCESS MEETING [...] (SBU) Post is authorized to draw from the points below (see paragraph 5) during the September 15 "Corfu process" discussion of "cooperative security versus unilateralism" and "different levels of security in the OSCE area." 2. (C) Background: In a speech in Berlin on June 5, 2008, and agai [...] | 2009-09-14 23:28:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL OSCE RU |
09STATE96371 | OSCE/PERMANENT COUNCIL: STATEMENT ON ALBANIAN [...] (U) Post is authorized to deliver the following statement at the September 17 Permanent Council meeting in Vienna. Begin text: Thank you, Madam Chair. The United States congratulates the citizens and Government of Albania on the parliamentary elections held on June 28, 2009. The Governme [...] | 2009-09-16 19:13:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | OSCE PREL PGOV KDEM AL |
09STATE96402 | OSCE PERMANENT COUNCIL: STATEMENT IN RESPONSE TO [...] (U) Post is authorized to present the following statement at the September 17 Permanent Council meeting in Vienna. Begin text: Thank you, Madam Chairwoman. The United States is pleased to take note of the recent comments by the distinguished Director of ODIHR Ambassador Janez Lenarcic o [...] | 2009-09-16 19:44:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV OSCE KPAO PHUM PREL UZ |
09STATE96445 | OSCE/PERMANENT COUNCIL: RESPONSE TO REPORT BY AMBASSADOR [...] (U) Post is authorized to deliver the following statement at the September 17 Permanent Council meeting in Vienna. Begin text: Thank you, Madam Chair. Welcome, Ambassador Salber, (or Deputy Pietrusiewicz, as appropriate) to the Permanent Council. The United States applauds the valuable [...] | 2009-09-16 20:48:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | OSCE PREL PGOV KV |
09STATE97472 | NATO/VCC: GUIDANCE FOR SEPT 21 MEETING [...] (C) This is an action cable. U.S. goals for the September 21 Verification Coordinating Committee (VCC) are as follows: --Provide U.S. reaction to the draft International Staff (IS) VCC Experts Terms of Reference; --If raised, provide U.S. views on Russia's Vienna Document 1999 (VD99) in [...] | 2009-09-19 00:48:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | KCFE PARM PREL OSCE |
09STATE99029 | SUBJECT: OSCE/PERMANENT COUNCIL: RESPONSE TO [...] (U) Post is authorized to deliver the following statement at the September 24 Permanent Council meeting in Vienna. Begin Text: Thank you, Madam Chair. Minister Kongatiev, welcome to the Permanent Council and thank you for your informative and insightful remarks. We appreciate your compr [...] | 2009-09-23 21:11:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM OSCE KG |
09STATE99030 | OSCE/PERMANENT COUNCIL: RESPONSE TO KYRGYZ [...] (U) Post is authorized to deliver the following statement at the September 24 Permanent Council meeting in Vienna. Begin Text: Thank you, Madam Chair. Minister Kongatiev, welcome to the Permanent Council and thank you for your informative and insightful remarks. We appreciate your compr [...] | 2009-09-23 21:11:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM OSCE KG |
09STATE99056 | OSCE PERMANENT COUNCIL: STATEMENT ON GENEVA [...] Post is authorized to make the following statement at the September 24, 2009, meeting of the OSCE Permanent Council in Vienna: Begin text: Thank you, Madam Chairwoman. The United States commends the coordination by the OSCE, EU, and UN of the September 17 Geneva discussions on security [...] | 2009-09-23 22:42:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | OSCE PREL PGOV GG |
09STATE99058 | OSCE PERMANENT COUNCIL: RESPONSE TO REPORT ON [...] Post is authorized to make the following statement at the September 24, 2009, meeting of the OSCE Permanent Council in Vienna: Begin text: Thank you, Madam Chairwoman. The United States joins other delegations in expressing appreciation for this very thorough report. We welcome effor [...] | 2009-09-23 22:45:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | OSCE PREL PGOV |
09STATE99067 | OSCE PERMANENT COUNCIL: RESPONSE TO REPORT ON [...] Post is authorized to make the following statement at the September 24, 2009, meeting of the OSCE Permanent Council in Vienna: Begin text: Thank you, Madam Chairwoman. The United States joins other delegations in expressing appreciation for this very thorough report. We welcome effor [...] | 2009-09-24 00:18:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | OSCE PREL PGOV |
09STATE99068 | OSCE PERMANENT COUNCIL: STATEMENT ON GENEVA [...] Post is authorized to make the following statement at the September 24, 2009, meeting of the OSCE Permanent Council in Vienna: Begin text: Thank you, Madam Chairwoman. The United States commends the coordination by the OSCE, EU, and UN of the September 17 Geneva discussions on security [...] | 2009-09-24 00:19:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | OSCE PREL PGOV GG |
09STATE9988 | GUIDANCE FOR 5 FEBRUARY 2009 NATO VCC AND EXPERTS [...] (C) Objectives for the VCC and Meeting of Experts, 5 February 2009 are as follows: -- To adopt the draft International Staff (IS) paper on Implementation Coordination for 2009 (REF A); -- To provide additional edits and comments on the IS working paper on Vienna Document 1999 (DV 99) Im [...] | 2009-02-04 09:51:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | OSCE PARM PREL KCFE |
09STOCKHOLM401 | OSCE QUESTIONNAIRE DELIVERED TO SWEDES [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-02 13:20:00 | Embassy Stockholm | UNCLASSIFIED | OSCE PARM PREL NATO SW |
09TASHKENT1097 | Uzbekistan: Embassy Input for OSCE Human Dimension Meeting [...] (SBU) Summary: Per reftel request on the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) Human Dimension Implementation Meeting (HDIM) in Warsaw (scheduled for September 28-October 9),we are providing the following input for the pre-HDIM demarche to the Uzbek government. We w [...] | 2009-06-26 12:38:00 | Embassy Tashkent | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV PREL UZ OSCE KDEM |
09TASHKENT208 | UZBEK WORKSHOP FOR IMPLEMENTING UNSCR 1540 -- A REGIONAL [...] (U) Summary: On February 10-11 a workshop on implementation of the United Nations Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) 1540 was jointly sponsored in Tashkent by the Export and Related Border Security (EXBS) program and the Uzbek Ministry of Foreign Affairs. This cable addresses broader region [...] | 2009-02-24 08:27:00 | Embassy Tashkent | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KNNP AORC OSCE UNSC UZ |
09TASHKENT279 | UZBEKISTAN: UPDATE ON THREE CASES INVOLVING JOURNALISTS [...] (U) Summary: This cable provides updates on the cases of three journalists who have recently been imprisoned or charged with various crimes: Salidjahon Abdurakhmanov, a journalist from Uzbekistan's Karakalpakstan Autonomous Republic who was sentenced to 10 years' imprisonment on politically-mo [...] | 2009-03-13 12:43:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KPAO OSCE PGOV PREL UZ |
09TASHKENT533 | UZBEKISTAN BELATEDLY APPROVES MOST OSCE PROJECTS [...] (C) Summary: Bernard Rouault, an official at the Organization of Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) Project Coordination Office in Tashkent, told poloff on April 14 that the Government of Uzbekistan had finally approved most of the projects proposed on its 2009 submission after a prolon [...] | 2009-04-16 17:40:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL OSCE PINR UZ |
09TASHKENT929 | UZBEKISTAN: OSCE SPONSORS HUMAN RIGHTS EDUCATION WORKSHOPS [...] (SBU) Summary: On June 4 in Tashkent the Organization of Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) sponsored a workshop on education efforts to promote awareness on human rights, which attracted several high-profile government officials and several international experts. A separate June 5 eve [...] | 2009-06-08 09:48:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE UZ |
09TASHKENT997 | UZBEKISTAN: HEAD OF ODIHR QUIETLY PLANNING VISIT AND [...] (C) Summary: The Organization of Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) Ambassador in Uzbekistan, Istvan Venczel, told us that the Director of ODIHR is quietly planning to visit Tashkent and meet with high-ranking officials in July. The visit could set the stage for OSCE election monitorin [...] | 2009-06-16 12:19:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM OSCE PGOV UZ |
09TBILISI1108 | GEORGIA: DEMARCHE ON EUROPEAN SECURITY AND THE [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-17 09:36:00 | Embassy Tbilisi | CONFIDENTIAL | OSCE PREL EU NATO PGOV PHUM KDEM ECON GG |
09TBILISI1248 | GEORGIA: RESPONSE TO OSCE HUMAN DIMENSION REQUEST [...] (U) Summary and comment. In response to reftel A, post suggests raising human rights concerns in the breakaway regions of Abkhazia and South Ossetia. With recent Russian vetoes of the OSCE and UN observer missions, outside access to vulnerable populations in both regions is nearly non-exist [...] | 2009-07-08 14:48:00 | Embassy Tbilisi | CONFIDENTIAL | OSCE PHUM PREL PGOV KDEM GG RU |
09TBILISI2168 | GEORGIA: OSCE COUNTERTERRORISM WORKSHOP [...] (SBU) In response to reftel, Embassy Tbilisi would like to put forth one primary and one alternate name for consideration to attend the 11-12 February 2010 OSCE counterterrorism workshop in Vienna. Either candidate would strongly contribute to an effective environment for discussion on the p [...] | 2009-12-09 14:06:00 | Embassy Tbilisi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OSCE PREL PTER GG |
09TBILISI821 | GEORGIA: GREEK AMBASSADOR SEEKS HELP ON OSCE [...] (U) This is an action message. Please see paragraph 4. 2. (SBU) Greek Ambassador Georgios Chatzimichelakis, as a representative of the sitting OSCE Chairman-in-Office, came to see the Ambassador April 29 to relay a request for assistance. He explained that the Greek government is in the p [...] | 2009-04-29 14:34:00 | Embassy Tbilisi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL OSCE GR RS GG |
09TBILISI843 | GEORGIA: DFM NALBANDOV ON UN, OSCE [...] (C) Summary. Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Nalbandov summoned the Ambassador April 29 to request further U.S. help in encouraging the UN Secretary General to title his report "Situation in Abkhazia, Georgia." He also identified particular redlines for Georgia in the negotiations for a new [...] | 2009-05-01 14:21:00 | Embassy Tbilisi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL OSCE GR RS KZ GG |
09TIRANA272 | AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES ODIHR ELECTION OBSERVATION [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador Withers told Foreign Minister Basha on April 30 that the U.S. is surprised by Albanian objections to Dame Audrey Glover's appointment as Head of the upcoming ODIHR Election Observation Mission to Albania. He cautioned the FM against Albania setting an unfortunate prec [...] | 2009-04-30 15:19:00 | Embassy Tirana | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PREL PGOV OSCE AL |
09UNVIEVIENNA288 | IAEA/IRAN: NUCLEAR SAFETY/REGULATORY MISSIONS [...] (U) According to Miro Lipar, head of the IAEA's Operational Safety Section, who will lead the preliminary Operational Safety Review Team (pre-OSART) in Iran, the mission has not yet been scheduled and will probably not happen in 2009. He stated that there are several things that need to happe [...] | 2009-06-19 09:45:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG KNNP CPAS IAEA OSCE RS IR |
09USNATO173 | SUBJECT: APRIL 28 HLTF: NATO ALLIES KEEN TO STAY [...] (C) SUMMARY. At the April 28 High Level Task Force (HLTF) meeting and on the margins Allies welcomed the U.S. read out of Assistant Secretary Gottemoeller's April 24 luncheon discussion of CFE in Rome with Russian Security and Disarmament Director Antonov, including indications that Russia is [...] | 2009-05-05 15:58:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM KCFE NATO RS OSCE |
09USOSCE1 | NEXT STEPS ON AN OSCE FIELD MISSION MANDATE FOR [...] (C) Summary: Whether it was their full intention, Russian obstructionism at the OSCE in Vienna over the last few weeks has resulted in a planned closure of the OSCE Mission to Georgia starting o January 1. Despite a series of creative approahes by the outgoing Finnish Chairmanship to reset he [...] | 2009-01-01 10:24:00 | Mission USOSCE | CONFIDENTIAL | OSCE GG PREL |
09USOSCE10 | CFE/JCG: 20 JANUARY PLENARY--RESTATING POSITIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: The Joint Consultative Group convened its opening plenary of 2009 on 20 January. In response to the U.S. opening statement, Russia objected strenuously to any wrong-doing on its part and tried to place all responsibility for a way forward on CFE at our doorstep. Russia indign [...] | 2009-01-23 17:34:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCFE OSCE PARM PREL |
09USOSCE105 | OPEN SKIES APRIL 27: BIH CHAIRMANSHIP BEGINS [...] (SBU) Summary: Bosnia and Herzegovina began its chairmanship of the Opens Skies Consultative Commission with the first plenary meeting of the spring 2009 session on April 27. The chair of the Informal Working Group on Sensors reported progress on technical revisions to Decision 14. Russia re [...] | 2009-04-28 10:22:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL KCFE OSCE |
09USOSCE111 | OSCE: 2009 ANNUAL GLOBAL EXCHANGE OF MILITARY [...] (SBU) Summary: Forty-six OSCE participating States, including Russia, provided worldwide information on their national military forces as part of the annual Global Exchange of Military Information, a confidence building mechanism originating in the 1992 Helsinki Document. End summary. 2. [...] | 2009-04-30 13:35:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL KCFE OSCE XG |
09USOSCE112 | FSC APRIL 29: GEORGIA TAKES THE CHAIR, RUSSIA [...] (SBU) Summary: Georgia got off to a good start with its Forum for Security Cooperation chairmanship, which will run to late July. The Georgian deputy defense minister, Giorgi Muchaidze, delivered uncontroversial opening remarks, mentioning problems related to the August 2008 war without provo [...] | 2009-04-30 14:24:00 | Mission USOSCE | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL KCFE OSCE RS XG |
09USOSCE118 | CFE/JCG: MAY 5 PLENARY - RUSSIA TRIES TO TURN [...] (SBU) Summary. During the U.S.-chaired May 5 JCG Plenary, Russia repeated MFA criticisms of the CFE text of the NATO Summit declaration and presented its Aide-Memoire to all CFE States Parties as Russia's official position on how to restore the viability of the CFE regime on the basis of the [...] | 2009-05-06 14:58:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCFE OSCE PARM PREL |
09USOSCE119 | FSC MAY 6: FSC SUPPORTS COMPROMISE ASRC AGENDA [...] (SBU) Summary: The Forum for Security Cooperation supported its Georgian chair's letter to the Permanent Council endorsing the Annual Security Review Conference agenda, until recently the pretext of another Georgian-Russian disagreement. Germany introduced Food-for-Thought papers on review of [...] | 2009-05-07 07:08:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL KCFE OSCE RS XG |
09USOSCE122 | CFE/JCG: MAY 12 PLENARY - RUSSIA ADVOCATES FOR [...] (SBU) Summary. Russia cited chapter and verse of Article XVI of the CFE Treaty to support its contention that the JCG should fulfill its mandate by contributing more proactively to efforts to save the CFE Treaty. The Russian Chief Arms Control Delegate (Ulyanov) argued that the JCG historical [...] | 2009-05-14 11:55:00 | Mission USOSCE | CONFIDENTIAL | KCFE OSCE PARM PREL |
09USOSCE123 | FSC MAY 13: STOCKPILE AND BORDER SECURITY [...] (SBU) Summary: Moldova and the OSCE proposed construction of new facilities to improve the safety of munitions storage facilities near Chisinau at the cost of 834,000 euros and requested participating State financial support. Tajikistan outlined its Border Security and Management Strategy and [...] | 2009-05-14 16:21:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL KCFE OSCE MD TI XG |
09USOSCE127 | REDESIGNING EUROPE'S SECURITY ARCHITECTURE - IT'S ALL [...] No summary [...] | 2009-05-18 13:05:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED | OSCE PGOV PREL |
09USOSCE128 | OPEN SKIES:MAY 18 PLENARY - RUSSIA REGRETS SEIZURE [...] No summary [...] | 2009-05-20 06:31:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL KCFE OSCE |
09USOSCE129 | OPEN SKIES:MAY 18 PLENARY - RUSSIA REGRETS SEIZURE [...] No summary [...] | 2009-05-20 08:00:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL KCFE OSCE |
09USOSCE13 | FSC JANUARY 28: RUSSIA CALLS OUT GEORGIA FOR VD99 [...] (SBU) Summary: Russia sharply criticized Georgia for its refusal of Russian requests for Vienna Document inspection and evaluation. Dismissing Georgia's defense of force majeure as insubstantial, Russia said Georgia had only itself to blame for the conditions it cited in refusing the inspect [...] | 2009-01-29 15:21:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL KCFE OSCE GG RS XG |
09USOSCE131 | CFE: CFE/JCG: MAY 19 PLENARY - NO SCHEDULE YET; [...] (U) Summary. During the May 19 Joint Consultative Group (JCG) plenary, Russia objected to holding the first JCG meeting of the fall session on September 15 as proposed in a Draft Decision. Russia argued it should be on September 8, immediately following the opening meeting of the Permanent C [...] | 2009-05-20 16:34:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCFE OSCE PARM PREL |
09USOSCE132 | FSC MAY 20: RUSSIA RETURNS TO NAVAL CSBMS [...] (SBU) Summary: Russia again proposed naval CSBMs and asked that they be included on the June 3 working group agenda. Code of Conduct expert Alexander Lambert praised the updated Code questionnaire but lamented the "imbalance" caused by additional questions related to terrorism. The decision [...] | 2009-05-22 14:35:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL KCFE OSCE MD RS XG |
09USOSCE134 | FSC MAY 27: U.S.-MOROCCO SEMINAR ON CONVENTIONAL [...] (SBU) Summary: The Security Dialogue included an account of the U.S.-Morocco hosted seminar on conventional arms and regional security in Rabat, April 14-15. The U.S., Morocco, Spain, and France described the seminar, which sought coordinated regional responses to the proliferation of weapon [...] | 2009-05-28 12:48:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL KCFE OSCE MO RS XG |
09USOSCE137 | CFE/JCG: JUNE 2: RUSSIA ACCUSES WESTERN STATES [...] (SBU) Summary: At the June 2 JCG plenary, Russia inquired whether delegations wished to comment on the Russian Aide-Memoire, "Restoring the Viability of the CFE Treaty: A Way Forward," distributed to the JCG on May 5. The U.S. noted that the Aide-Memoire was not up for negotiation in the [...] | 2009-06-03 14:54:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCFE OSCE PARM PREL |
09USOSCE138 | FSC JUNE 3: ALLIES COOL TO RUSSIAN NAVAL CSBMS [...] (SBU) Summary: France, Germany, the UK, and the U.S. reacted skeptically to Russia's renewed call for naval CSBMs in the OSCE "maritime area." The U.S. said the measures were unnecessary given Russia's ready access to naval exercises in international waters and the high level of routine coop [...] | 2009-06-04 15:44:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL KCFE OSCE RS XG |
09USOSCE14 | OPEN SKIES: JANUARY 26 PLENARY AND IWGRP [...] (SBU) Summary. The Open Skies Consultative Commission (OSCC) Chairman,s Statement on allowable video sensors was not adopted at its 26 January plenary because the Russian delegation lacked its final instructions from Moscow to join consensus. The Russians expect a green light for approval in [...] | 2009-02-02 06:48:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL KCFE OSCE |
09USOSCE140 | OPEN SKIES: JUNE 15: RUSSIA LAST HOLDOUT ON JUNE [...] (SBU) Summary: At the Open Skies Consultative Commission (OSCC) on June 15 consensus continued to emerge supporting the draft decision on proposed dates for the U.S.-chaired Second Review Conference (June 7-9, 2010). Russia awaits a final go-ahead from Moscow, but assured USDel that it fully [...] | 2009-06-15 12:05:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OSCE PARM PREL KCFE |
09USOSCE141 | TIME FOR ANOTHER LOOK AT A CHARTER FOR THE OSCE? [...] Many countries, led by Russia, have long argued that the legal status of the OSCE should be upgraded to that of a full-fledged international organization. Doing so would remove legal uncertainties hanging over the personnel, improve efficiencies and reduce costs. While there is a general c [...] | 2009-06-15 15:40:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED | OSCE AORC PREL |
09USOSCE144 | CFE/JCG: JUNE 16: RUSSIA ACCUSES NATO OF [...] (SBU) Summary: At the June 16 JCG plenary, Russia accused most of its CFE partners of demonstrating a distorted sense of the Russian position regarding CFE and the parallel actions package during the June 9-10 conventional arms control meetings in Berlin. Russia singled out Canada and the [...] | 2009-06-18 10:05:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCFE OSCE PARM PREL |
09USOSCE145 | FSC-PC JUNE 17: GENEVA TALKS ON GEORGIA; OSCE [...] (SBU) Summary: The OSCE, EU, and UN co-chairs of the Geneva talks on Georgia lauded the ongoing discussions, but called for concrete results and limited institutionalizing of the process with detailed agendas and regular meetings, particularly in light of the closing of UNOMIG and the OSCE Mi [...] | 2009-06-19 14:54:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL KCFE OSCE RS XG |
09USOSCE146 | SCENESETTER FOR CORFU OSCE MINISTERIAL [...] (C) Your decision to attend this first-of-its-kind informal OSCE Ministerial in Corfu is a strong signal of your commitment to reinvigorate the OSCE. It marks a return to high-level American engagement at the OSCE after a four-year absence by the U.S. Secretary of State from ministerial-level [...] | 2009-06-19 14:55:00 | Mission USOSCE | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL OVIP OSCE XG XH |
09USOSCE147 | OSCE: LAVROV AT ASRC ADDS LITTLE ON NEW SECURITY [...] (SBU) Summary: Addressing the opening session of the OSCE Annual Security Review Conference (ASRC) June 23, Russian FM Lavrov ploughed familiar ground in terms of the rationale and outline of the Russian proposals to strengthen European security architecture. He attributed much of the deterio [...] | 2009-06-23 16:29:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL KCFE OSCE RS XG |
09USOSCE15 | CFE/JCG: 27 JANUARY PLENARY - AZERBAIJAN, ARMENIA [...] (SBU) Summary: At the January 27 Joint Consultative Group plenary, Russia, Azerbaijan, and Armenia clashed in another round of lengthy dueling statements. This followed charges last week by Azerbaijan regarding Russian CFE Treaty-limited equipment transshipped through Armenia into Nagorno-K [...] | 2009-02-02 10:51:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCFE OSCE PARM PREL RS AJ AM |
09USOSCE151 | OSCE 2009 ASRC SESSION II, STATES WELCOME [...] (SBU) Summary. Session II of the 2009 Annual Security Review Conference (ASRC) on June 24 centered on arms control and CSBMs--in particular the status of CFE, CSBMs, Russia's European Security Initiative and the value of expanded dialogue. The keynote speakers, Klaus-Peter Gottwald of the Germ [...] | 2009-06-29 10:54:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL KCFE OSCE |
09USOSCE153 | CFE/JCG:JUNE 30:RUSSIA REPEATS ACCUSATIONS OF NATO [...] (SBU) Summary. In a relatively lengthy JCG meeting, Canada refuted Russia's 16 June claim that Canada did not understand Russia's views on actions versus words. Russia commented on its Aide-Memoire, stating that the Parallel Actions Package requires considerable work to flesh out necessary d [...] | 2009-07-02 10:50:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCFE OSCE PARM PREL |
09USOSCE154 | OSCE/FSC: JULY 1 PLENARY AND WGS--MONDEM LOOKS FOR [...] (SBU) Summary. In the July 1 FSC Security Dialogue Montenegro Demilitarization Program (MONDEM) Chief Technical Advisor Surprenant recounted the progress on its munitions demilitarization and storage projects in Montenegro. MONDEM's mandate was extended until December 2010, after which, the G [...] | 2009-07-02 14:57:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL KCFE OSCE RS XG |
09USOSCE156 | CFE/JCG--JULY 7: RUSSIA INSISTS FLANK LIMITS MUST [...] (SBU) Summary. At the July 7 Joint Consultative Group (JCG),Belgium delivered a joint statement on behalf of 22 NATO states, criticizing Russia for not providing its supplementary flank data as of 1 July as required by the Flank Agreement. Using this segue, Russia (Ulyanov) referred to the [...] | 2009-07-08 16:03:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCFE OSCE PARM PREL |
09USOSCE157 | OSCE/FSC: JULY 8 PLENARY U.S. AND RUSSIA SHARE [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-10 12:03:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL KCFE OSCE RS XG |
09USOSCE16 | CFE/JCG: FEBRUARY 3 PLENARY - AZERI/ARMENIA [...] (SBU) Summary: The February 3 Joint Consultative Group heard another exchange of accusations between Azerbaijan and Armenia regarding excess holdings of Treaty-limited equipment. The JCG POET working group met briefly with little result. At the JCG-T, the Dutch provided a readout of the Ja [...] | 2009-02-04 16:16:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCFE OSCE PARM PREL RS AJ AM |
09USOSCE164 | OSCE MINISTERIAL LAUNCHES "CORFU PROCESS" [...] (C) SUMMARY. The first-ever "informal" OSCE Ministerial debated European security issues on June 27-28, revealing a broad convergence among most delegations in support of the U.S. approach that current European security institutions remain sound (but could be improved),and that discussions on [...] | 2009-07-16 07:48:00 | Mission USOSCE | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINS RU OSCE |
09USOSCE166 | CFE/JCG: 14 JULY PLENARY - RUSSIA RE-SETS OLD [...] (SBU) Summary: On the occasion of the 700th JCG Plenary, the Belarus Chair made some remarks highlighting the importance the JCG itself has played in the history of the Treaty. Russia said there were no grounds to be proud of the JCG during the last 10 years, and hopes the situation will imp [...] | 2009-07-16 14:32:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCFE OSCE PARM PREL |
09USOSCE167 | OSCE/FSC: 15 JULY PLENARY--1540 BEST PRACTICE [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-16 17:56:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL KCFE OSCE RS XG |
09USOSCE168 | OPEN SKIES TREATY: JULY 13 PLENARY - SECOND REVIEW [...] (SBU) Summary: The July 13 Open Skies Consultative Commission (OSCC) agreed that the dates for the second Review Conference (RC) would be 7-9 June 2010 under U.S. Chairmanship. The draft decision on Rules of Procedure for the RC was circulated for adoption at the September plenary. USDel has [...] | 2009-07-17 14:56:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL KCFE OSCE |
09USOSCE169 | DAYTON ARTICLE IV: CONTACT GROUP SUPPORT FOR [...] (C) Summary: The Dayton Article IV Contact Group (CG) met July 8 with the OSCE Personal Representative for Dayton Article IV (PR),Italian Brigadier General Costanzo Periotto and his staff, to discuss the PR's proposal for the ownership plan. This envisions a multi-year gradual transfer of t [...] | 2009-07-20 13:18:00 | Mission USOSCE | CONFIDENTIAL | BK HR KCFE MW OSCE PARM PREL SR XG |
09USOSCE170 | CFE/JCG JULY 21: RUSSIA PROVIDES ALLEGATIONS IN [...] (SBU) Summary. At the July 21 Joint Consultative Group (JCG),Russia raised three issues which it urged delegations to reflect on over the summer recess: a response to the U.S. December 2008 document on the legality of Russia's "suspension"; the case for provisional application of A/CFE; and [...] | 2009-07-21 16:48:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCFE OSCE PARM PREL |
09USOSCE171 | CFE/JCG: JANUARY-JULY 2009, END OF ROUND: RUSSIA [...] (C) Summary: The 2009 winter/spring round of the Joint Consultative Group (JCG) was dominated by Allied criticism of Russia's failure to fulfill its obligations under CFE, juxtaposed with Russia's counter allegations of "gross NATO violations" and, after the Spring recess, a new focus on pres [...] | 2009-07-23 13:16:00 | Mission USOSCE | CONFIDENTIAL | KCFE OSCE PARM PREL |
09USOSCE172 | OSCE/FSC: JULY 22 RUSSIAN "LESSONS LEARNED FROM [...] (SBU) Summary: At the final plenary before the summer break of the Forum for Security Cooperation (FSC),Russia made a lengthy statement outlining the lessons learned from the August 2008 war in Georgia. While Russia made what it considered to be a strong case that Georgian President Saakas [...] | 2009-07-24 06:38:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL KCFE OSCE RS XG |
09USOSCE173 | OPEN SKIES TREATY: JANUARY-JULY 2009 END OF ROUND; [...] (SBU) Summary: The winter/spring session of the Open Skies Consultative Commission (OSCC) saw initial preparation for the second Review Conference, incremental progress on the draft decision for digital sensors, agreement on a consolidated Cost decision, and discussion of airspace restriction [...] | 2009-07-24 06:38:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL KCFE OSCE |
09USOSCE18 | FSC FEBRUARY 4: EU MILITARY HEAD ON BOSNIA AND MORE [...] (SBU) Summary: French General Bentegeat, chair of the EU military committee, reviewed current EU military operations and the European Security and Defense Policy in the Forum for Security Cooperation on February 4. Bentegeat said EU cooperation with NATO and the U.S. was good. Belarus called [...] | 2009-02-05 14:26:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL KCFE OSCE RS XG |
09USOSCE181 | OSCE,S CORFU PROCESS COMES A BIT MORE INTO FOCUS [...] Summary: The OSCE,s Greek Chairmanship has assembled an outline for how it intends to proceed this autumn on a comprehensive review of European security, known as the Corfu process. Leading up to a possible declaration or decision at the December 1-2 Athens Ministerial the Greek chairmanship [...] | 2009-08-05 14:58:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL OSCE RU |
09USOSCE182 | OSCE'S FSC, END OF WINTER/SPRING ROUND: SHARP [...] (C) Summary: During the winter/spring round of the OSCE's Forum for Security Cooperation (FSC),the viability of Vienna Document 1999 (VD99),the August 2008 conflict in Georgia, and reflection on Russia's European Security Treaty proposal pitted Russia against a majority of states. There wer [...] | 2009-08-05 15:23:00 | Mission USOSCE | CONFIDENTIAL | KCFE OSCE PARM PREL RS XG |
09USOSCE183 | OSCE'S FSC, END OF WINTER/SPRING ROUND: SHARP [...] (C) Summary: During the winter/spring round of the OSCE's Forum for Security Cooperation (FSC),the viability of Vienna Document 1999 (VD99),the August 2008 conflict in Georgia, and reflection on Russia's European Security Treaty proposal pitted Russia against a majority of states. There wer [...] | 2009-08-06 07:33:00 | Mission USOSCE | CONFIDENTIAL | KCFE OSCE PARM PREL RS XG |
09USOSCE184 | OSCE WEEKLY HIGHLIGHTS: JULY 27 - 31, 2009 [...] (U) A team of election experts from the OSCE/ODIHR Mission arrived in Kabul July 26 to support conduct of the August 20 presidential and provincial council elections in Afghanistan. The 20 experts from the mission will assist election stakeholders in Afghanistan, including election administra [...] | 2009-08-06 15:21:00 | Mission USOSCE | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR OSCE PGOV PREL RU KZ GG KG MK BK |
09USOSCE187 | CHARGE FULLER MEETS KAZAKHSTAN DFM ZHIGALOV [...] (C) In an August 20 meeting with Charge d'Affaires Fuller, Kazakhstani Deputy Foreign Minister Konstantin Zhigalov reiterated his country's priorities in anticipation of its 2010 role as OSCE Chair-in-Office (CIO),including focusing on frozen conflicts, the Corfu process, energy, transportati [...] | 2009-08-20 15:34:00 | Mission USOSCE | CONFIDENTIAL | AF KZ OSCE PHUM PREL |
09USOSCE188 | DAYTON ARTICLE IV: U.S. CHANGES TO LETTER FOR [...] (C) The Dayton Article IV Contact Group (CG) countries of Russia, Italy, Britain, France, Germany, and the U.S. have confirmed full support for the U.S.-recommended changes (ref a) to the Contact Group letter to be sent to the OSCE Personal Representative (PR) for Dayton Article IV. Inter ali [...] | 2009-08-21 12:54:00 | Mission USOSCE | CONFIDENTIAL | BK HR OSCE PARM PREL SR |
09USOSCE195 | CFE/JCG: 2009 FALL OPENING OF ROUND--RUSSIA MORE [...] (SBU) Summary. During the opening session of the Fall round of the Joint Consultative Commission (JCG) on September 8, USDel underscored the U.S. commitment to CFE, noted that Russia's "suspension" left an ominous gap in CFE's unique transparency and predictability, observed that Russia had a [...] | 2009-09-09 12:15:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCFE OSCE PARM PREL |
09USOSCE198 | FSC/VD99: U.S. DELIVERS POINTS TO NORWAY, RUSSIA [...] (SBU) Per reftel, USDel (Neighbour and Meyer) delivered points (paras 29-33) to Norway, Belarus and Russia. Initial reactions are provided below: 2. (S) Norway--The new Norwegian military representative to the FSC (Colonel Terje Killi) said he was unaware that Norway had planned to partici [...] | 2009-09-10 09:21:00 | Mission USOSCE | SECRET | PARM PREL KCFE OSCE RS XG |
09USOSCE199 | OSCE WEEKLY HIGHLIGHTS: SEPTEMBER 1 - 3, 2009 [...] (SBU) At the weekly U.S.-CiO meeting September 1, Greek PermRep Marinaki reaffirmed the ChairmanshipQ,s intent to delay its decision on opening the proposed two-person Office of the Special Representative in Tbilisi until after the September 17 round of Geneva discussions. Marinaki said Athe [...] | 2009-09-10 13:55:00 | Mission USOSCE | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR OSCE PGOV PREL KZ GG RU |
09USOSCE200 | CORFU PROCESS GETS UNDERWAY [...] (C) Summary: At the first informal meeting of the OSCE's Corfu Process on European security, PermReps reiterated their vision of the process and touched on the role of international law in the OSCE area. Most agreed that the process needed to remain firmly rooted in the OSCE, encompass the [...] | 2009-09-11 10:45:00 | Mission USOSCE | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL OSCE |
09USOSCE201 | OSCE/FSC:FALL FSC OPENS--1540 BPG TEE-ED UP; [...] (SBU) Summary: The fall round of the OSCE's Forum for Security Cooperation (FSC) opened on September 9 with a presentation by a British FCO official on the strategic relevance of FSC issues in the global security context. Meanwhile, the USDel drew attention to the draft UNSCR 1540 Best Practi [...] | 2009-09-11 15:31:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL KCFE OSCE RS XG |
09USOSCE203 | CFE/JCG:15 SEPTEMBER: 12 ALLIES CRITICIZE RUSSIAN [...] (SBU) Summary. In the JCG on 15 September, Russia claimed to welcome elements of the U.S. opening of round statement last week and said it was open to U.S. overtures to work in the JCG on matters other than those simply technical in nature. Bulgaria noted Russia's refusal of an inspection and [...] | 2009-09-15 15:33:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCFE OSCE PARM PREL |
09USOSCE204 | SUBJECT: OPEN SKIES, OPENING OF ROUND: TWO [...] (SBU) Summary. The U.S.-proposed decisions on Rules and Working Methods and on establishing an Informal working Group (IWG) for the forthcoming review conference were adopted by the Open Skies plenary on September 14. A highlight of reports on completed flights was the incident-free British- [...] | 2009-09-16 10:33:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL KCFE OSCE |
09USOSCE205 | FSC: 1540 BEST PRACTICE GUIDE MOVES FORWARD UNDER [...] (SBU) Summary: After two years, the 1540 best practice guide appears to be moving forward in the OSCE's Forum for Security Cooperation (FSC). It is now under a silence procedure and should move to the FSC plenary for adoption as early as September 30. Meanwhile, on 16 September Deputy SACEU [...] | 2009-09-22 06:27:00 | Mission USOSCE | CONFIDENTIAL | KCFE OSCE PARM PREL RS XG |
09USOSCE206 | OSCE WEEKLY HIGHLIGHTS: SEPTEMBER 8 - 11, 2009 [...] (SBU) At the weekly U.S.-CiO meeting September 8, Greek PermRep Marinaki said she intends during the Greek Chairmanship to complete the process for replacing OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media (RFoM) Miklos Haraszti whose term expires in March 2009. Marinaki said the announcement fo [...] | 2009-09-22 06:32:00 | Mission USOSCE | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR OSCE PGOV PREL KZ GG RU |
09USOSCE207 | OSCE WEEKLY HIGHLIGHTS: SEPTEMBER 8 - 11, 2009 [...] (SBU) At the weekly U.S.-CiO meeting September 8, Greek PermRep Marinaki said she intends during the Greek Chairmanship to complete the process for replacing OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media (RFoM) Miklos Haraszti whose term expires in March 2009. Marinaki said the announcement fo [...] | 2009-09-22 06:32:00 | Mission USOSCE | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR OSCE PGOV PREL KZ GG RU |
09USOSCE210 | OSCE WEEKLY HIGHLIGHTS: SEPTEMBER 14 - 18, 2009 [...] (U) In her video greeting to the September 14 opening session of the 9th Alliance against Trafficking in Persons Conference, Secretary Clinton spoke of the personal, societal, and economic harm caused by human trafficking. She emphasized the "three Ps" of the anti-trafficking fight - prosecu [...] | 2009-09-28 07:24:00 | Mission USOSCE | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR OSCE PGOV PREL GG RU KZ |
09USOSCE211 | OSCE WEEKLY HIGHLIGHTS: SEPTEMBER 21 - 25, 2009 [...] (SBU) At the weekly U.S.-CiO meeting September 22, Greek PermRep Marinaki said High Commissioner for National Minorities Vollebaek intended to visit South Ossetia in the near future, and had agreed to travel from Vladikavkaz, reversing his long-standing demand for access from the south. Vol [...] | 2009-09-28 07:36:00 | Mission USOSCE | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR OSCE PGOV PREL GG RU |
09USOSCE212 | FSC/SMALL ARMS REVIEW MEETING: FEW SURPRISES, BUT [...] (SBU) Summary: The OSCE Meeting to Review the OSCE Document on Small Arms and Light Weapons broke no new ground and vacillated between those delegations looking to add more instrumentalities and mechanisms to the OSCE's work on SA/LW and those, such as the U.S., which advocated more effective [...] | 2009-09-29 11:23:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCFE OSCE PARM PREL KOMC |
09USOSCE213 | CFE/JCG: 29 SEPTEMBER - SHORT MEETING REGISTERS [...] (SBU) The Bulgarian Chairman (Iliev) adjourned the September 29 JCG meeting in near record time. During the short meeting, the U.S. (Neighbour) reported on Russia's latest CFE inspection rejection noting that all other CFE states continue to participate faithfully in inspections and informat [...] | 2009-09-29 14:34:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCFE OSCE PARM PREL |
09USOSCE214 | FSC: 1540 BEST PRACTICE GUIDE DECISION AGREED [...] (SBU) Summary and Action Request: The 1540 Best Practice Guide (1540 BPG) cleared without incident the OSCE's Forum for Security Cooperation (FSC) on September 30. The FSC received a sobering update on the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina's political-military program from retired Briga [...] | 2009-10-02 11:33:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCFE OSCE PARM PREL RS XG |
09USOSCE219 | CFE/JCG: OCTOBER 6 PLENARY - RUSSIA RAISES [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-08 16:10:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCFE OSCE PARM PREL |
09USOSCE220 | CFE/JCG OCT 13: RUSSIA RAISES MORE POINTS FROM [...] (SBU) Summary: At the October 13 Joint Consultative Group (JCG) plenary, Russia offered familiar comments on paragraphs 10, 11, and 12 of its aide-memoire of 5 May 2009, &Restoring the Viability of the CFE Treaty: A Way Forward.8 The U.S. replied that discussions on the Parallel Actions Packag [...] | 2009-10-14 16:08:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCFE OSCE PARM PREL |
09USOSCE221 | FSC: RUSSIA AND GEORGIA EXCHANGE ON TAGLIAVINI [...] (SBU) Summary: The exchange between Russia and Georgia on the release of the report of the Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on the Conflict in Georgia (IIFMCG or Tagliavini Report) dominated the October 7 FSC discussion. Russia underscored Georgia's responsibility for the outbrea [...] | 2009-10-15 06:38:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCFE OSCE PARM PREL RS XG |
09USOSCE223 | CORFU PROCESS SESSION IV: THINK GLOBALLY, ACT [...] (SBU) On October 13 the Corfu Process tackled new, globalized threats and met with a high degree of consensus on OSCE strengths and direction. Topics covered included terrorism, cybersecurity, border security and Afghanistan, WMD nonproliferation, and arms reduction. Besides a minor verbal [...] | 2009-10-15 15:32:00 | Mission USOSCE | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL OSCE RU |
09USOSCE224 | JOINT FSC-PC 14 OCTOBER: ISAF DEPUTY COMMANDER [...] (SBU) Summary: Deputy ISAF Commander LTG Dutton appealed to the joint meeting of the Forum for Security Cooperation and the Permanent Council (FSC-PC) for developing "expeditionary police" capabilities that would parallel those of the military for building capacity in Afghanistan. Dutton als [...] | 2009-10-16 13:47:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCFE OSCE PARM PREL RS XG |
09USOSCE225 | OSCE WEEKLY HIGHLIGHTS: SEPTEMBER 28 - OCTOBER 9,2009 [...] (C) In a meeting with Charge Fuller at NATO HQ October 2, NATO international staff led by Deputy A/SYG Bob Simmons advised that NATO allies have agreed to postpone discussion of the Medvedev proposal of European Security Architecture until the conclusion of initial OSCE Corfu Process (CP) dis [...] | 2009-10-19 12:54:00 | Mission USOSCE | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR OSCE PGOV PREL GG RU |
09USOSCE226 | OPEN SKIES: OCTOBER 19 PLENARY - 2ND REVIEW [...] (SBU) Summary: On October 6 and 19, the Open Skies Consultative Commission (OSCC) held an extended plenary meeting. The October 19 session included two Review Conference preparation briefings on OSCE second dimension environmental issues. The OSCC also adopted the Annual Quota Distribution [...] | 2009-10-20 10:41:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCFE OSCE PARM PREL |
09USOSCE230 | CFE/JCG: OCTOBER 20: DELEGATIONS CONSIDER [...] (SBU) At the October 20 Joint Consultative Group (JCG) plenary chaired by Denmark (Petersen),Turkey and Spain criticized the Russian Federation for refusing their respective October CFE inspection requests. Ten other delegations, including the U.S., supported the Turkish and Spanish statem [...] | 2009-10-21 16:02:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCFE OSCE PARM PREL |
09USOSCE231 | CORFU PROCESS SESSION V: IT'S THE CONFLICTS, STUPID [...] (SBU) The fifth session of the Corfu Process dialogue made clear that the OSCE,s ability to provide early warning and prevent, manage and resolve conflict is a key overarching theme in the Corfu process. Most delegations noted that the key stumbling block to the resolution of the protracted [...] | 2009-10-21 16:36:00 | Mission USOSCE | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL OSCE RU |
09USOSCE234 | OSCE WEEKLY HIGHLIGHTS: OCTOBER 13 - 16, 2009 [...] (SBU) During the October 9-12, 2009, Fall Meeting of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly (PA),more than 200 parliamentarians from the OSCE participating States (pS) met in Athens to examine challenges to achieving energy security in the region. The United States was represented by Helsinki Commi [...] | 2009-10-22 06:44:00 | Mission USOSCE | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR OSCE PGOV PREL GG RU |
09USOSCE235 | OSCE/FSC: RUSSIAN PROPOSAL TO REVIEW VIENNA [...] (SBU) In an informal meeting with a small group of delegations on the margins of the October 20 Joint Consultative Group (JCG),Russian Head of Arms Control Delegation Ambassador Mikhail Ulyanov shared a draft proposal that would task the Forum for Security Cooperation (FSC) to conduct a revi [...] | 2009-10-22 14:14:00 | Mission USOSCE | CONFIDENTIAL | KCFE OSCE PARM PREL |
09USOSCE239 | FSC: UNSCR 1540 TAKES CENTER STAGE [...] (SBU) Summary: Russia shared more detailed remarks in Working Group A about their Food-for-Thought paper on analyzing Vienna Document 1999 implementation, including its interest in targeting specific provisions to reflect more accurately the political-military environment. There were some mu [...] | 2009-10-23 13:06:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCFE OSCE PARM PREL RS XG |
09USOSCE242 | OSCE WEEKLY HIGHLIGHTS: OCTOBER 19 - 23, 2009 [...] (SBU) In an October 20 meeting, the Russian delegation reportedly told the senior policy officer on the OSCE Conflict Prevention Center's Caucasus Desk that Moscow wanted a written proposal for the Chairmanship's "support team" and preferred a modified chain of command. The delegation sugges [...] | 2009-10-29 12:18:00 | Mission USOSCE | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR OSCE PGOV PREL GG RU |
09USOSCE243 | KAZAKHSTAN'S CHAIRMANSHIP OF OSCE: A SLIPPERY SLOPE [...] Following an October 21-25 visit to Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan, some of the participating nine OSCE Chiefs of Missions shared notes and perspectives. Although the consensus was that we must take steps to ensure "normality" during the Kazakh chairmanship of the OSCE in 2010, the group suspected [...] | 2009-10-29 15:27:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OSCE PGOV PREL KZ |
09USOSCE244 | CFE/JCG: OCTOBER 27: RUSSIA MOCKS ALLIED [...] (SBU) Summary: At the October 27 JCG plenary, Romania supported by 13 other delegations including the U.S., criticized the Russian Federation for refusing a recent CFE inspection request. Delegations discussed a draft JCG political contribution to the Ministerial declaration proposed by De [...] | 2009-10-29 15:39:00 | Mission USOSCE | CONFIDENTIAL | KCFE OSCE PARM PREL |
09USOSCE245 | FSC: TRYING TO MOVE RUSSIA ON VD99; GEARING FOR [...] (C) Summary: In a "sidebar" with the Russians ) and in a subsequent follow-up discussion ) Ulyanov was receptive to the idea of working with the U.S. to "explore ways to strengthen current arms control and CSBM instruments, but not in exchange for specific language "to conduct a review of the [...] | 2009-10-30 13:26:00 | Mission USOSCE | CONFIDENTIAL | KCFE OSCE PARM PREL RS XG |
09USOSCE247 | OSCE WEEKLY HIGHLIGHTS: OCTOBER 26 - 30, 2009 [...] (SBU) A draft Ministerial Council decision on "Women,s Participation in Political and Public Life" was tabled at the October 28 Human Dimension Committee meeting. While Russia, Belarus, and a handful of other participating States said they lacked formal guidance, all expressed general support [...] | 2009-11-02 17:31:00 | Mission USOSCE | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR OSCE PGOV PREL GG RU |
09USOSCE248 | CFE/JCG: NOVEMBER 3: RUSSIAN PROPOSAL TAKES [...] (SBU) The November 3 Joint Consultative Group (JCG) plenary was brief even by recent JCG standards. The Spanish Chair (Sabadell) observed the draft decision on the duration of the present session had been circulated (JCG.DD/2/09). It would be approved at the next JCG unless any delegation [...] | 2009-11-03 17:18:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCFE OSCE PARM PREL |
09USOSCE249 | CORFU PROCESS SESSION VI: HUMAN DIMENSION [...] The sixth session of the Corfu Process dialogue October 27 was dedicated to the common challenges in the Human Dimension (HD),with a focus on human rights, democratic institutions, the rule of law, and the freedom of the media. Delegations catalogued ways in which HD commitments had fallen [...] | 2009-11-04 10:54:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL OSCE |
09USOSCE250 | THE OSCE'S CORFU PROCESS STARTS TO GROW LEGS [...] (SBU) Following seven out of ten sessions of informal but carefully developed dialogue among OSCE PermReps under the umbrella of the Corfu Process (CP),a consensus has emerged that the discussions have served a useful purpose, particularly in three areas. First, the CP provides a strong an [...] | 2009-11-05 09:23:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL RU OSCE |
09USOSCE251 | FSC OF NOVEMBER 4: U.S. APPEARS ISOLATED FROM [...] (SBU) Summary: Reactions to Russia's draft decision for Ministers to task a review of Vienna Document 1999 dominated the FSC plenary discussion. Most comments were favorable "in principle." Inter alia, Russia proposed presenting the results from a VD99 review to the next OSCE Ministerial m [...] | 2009-11-10 16:17:00 | Mission USOSCE | CONFIDENTIAL | KCFE OSCE PARM PREL RS XG |
09USOSCE252 | CFE/JCG: NOVEMBER 10: NO CHAIRMAN'S LETTER; [...] (SBU) Summary. At the November 10 Joint Consultative Group (JCG) plenary, Italy and France supported by 13 other delegations, including the U.S., raised the Russian Federation's refusals to their recent requests for CFE inspections. Russia again accused NATO allies of violating group limita [...] | 2009-11-12 09:09:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCFE OSCE PARM PREL |
09USOSCE253 | CFE/JCG: NOVEMBER 10: NO CHAIRMAN'S LETTER; [...] (SBU) Summary. At the November 10 Joint Consultative Group (JCG) plenary, Italy and France supported by 13 other delegations, including the U.S., raised the Russian Federation's refusals to their recent requests for CFE inspections. Russia again accused NATO allies of violating group limita [...] | 2009-11-12 09:55:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCFE OSCE PARM PREL |
09USOSCE255 | DAYTON ARTICLE IV - 43RD SRCC: PARTIES AGREE TO [...] (U) Summary: The 43rd Dayton Article IV Sub-Regional Consultative Commission (SRCC),representing the four parties to the Dayton Agreement (Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Republic of Croatia, Montenegro, and the Republic of Serbia),met November 3-4, 2009 in Novi Sad, Serbia. Five SRCC Decisions [...] | 2009-11-16 15:33:00 | Mission USOSCE | CONFIDENTIAL | BK HR KCFE MW OSCE PARM PREL SR XG |
09USOSCE256 | FSC OF NOVEMBER 11: BOAT TO ATHENS BETWEEN SCYLLA [...] (C) Summary: The November 11 FSC's Working Group B (WGB) has displaced the Plenary for length of time and most attention in the run up to the OSCE Athens Ministerial. The Draft Ministerial Council Decision on Small Arms and Light Weapons will move forward, but the politically-charged paper [...] | 2009-11-16 16:44:00 | Mission USOSCE | CONFIDENTIAL | KCFE OSCE PARM PREL RS XG |
09USOSCE257 | FSC OF NOVEMBER 11: BOAT TO ATHENS BETWEEN SCYLLA [...] (C) Summary: The November 11 FSC's Working Group B (WGB) has displaced the Plenary for length of time and most attention in the run up to the OSCE Athens Ministerial. The Draft Ministerial Council Decision on Small Arms and Light Weapons will move forward, but the politically-charged paper [...] | 2009-11-17 07:14:00 | Mission USOSCE | CONFIDENTIAL | KCFE OSCE PARM PREL RS XG |
09USOSCE258 | CFE/JCG: NOVEMBER 17: COMMEMORATING ISTANBUL; [...] (SBU) Summary. At the November 17 Joint Consultative Group (JCG) plenary, Greece supported by 14 other delegations, including the U.S., raised the Russian Federation's refusal to its recent CFE inspection request. The French Chair commemorated the tenth anniversary of the Istanbul Summit 19 [...] | 2009-11-17 16:11:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCFE OSCE PARM PREL |
09USOSCE259 | OSCE WEEKLY HIGHLIGHTS: NOVEMBER 2 - 13, 2009 [...] (SBU) At our weekly meeting with the CiO Nov 3, Greek Ambassador Marinaki told us the CiO's Special Representative for Protracted Conflicts, Christopoulus, would meet with his Kazakh-proposed successor, Nurgaliev, in Vienna on Nov 5 and they would participate in the informal "Five plus Two" m [...] | 2009-11-20 08:39:00 | Mission USOSCE | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR OSCE PGOV PREL GG RU |
09USOSCE260 | FSC NOVEMBER 18: MUCH REMAINS IN PLAY BEFORE [...] (SBU) Summary: With barely a week to go before the OSCE Ministerial, many FSC issues under consideration for the OSCE Athens Ministerial Council December 1-2 remain open. Inter alia, there were animated exchanges in the FSC's Working Group B on the draft "Issues Relevant to the FSC" and the [...] | 2009-11-20 10:48:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCFE OSCE PARM PREL RS XG |
09USOSCE262 | SETTING THE STAGE FOR THE OSCE MINISTERIAL [...] (SBU) The November 24 Reinforced Permanent Council provided participating States a final opportunity to outline their expectations for the December 1-2 OSCE Ministerial Council in Athens and sum up accomplishments under the 2009 Greek Chairmanship. Although the comments by Delegations were ge [...] | 2009-11-25 12:48:00 | Mission USOSCE | CONFIDENTIAL | OSCE RU PREL |
09USOSCE263 | SCENESETTER FOR DEPUTY SECRETARY STEINBERG: OSCE [...] (C) We look forward to seeing you at the OSCE Ministerial Council meeting in Athens. Your participation will help signal U.S. support for a revitalized OSCE and allow us to call for greater emphasis on democracy, human rights, and fundamental freedoms. Your participation will also help cemen [...] | 2009-11-25 15:13:00 | Mission USOSCE | CONFIDENTIAL | OSCE RU PREL |
09USOSCE264 | OSCE WEEKLY HIGHLIGHTS: NOVEMBER 16 - 20, 2009 [...] (C) At the weekly CiO meeting November 17, which included for the first time Kazakh Ambassador and future PC Chair Abdrakhmanov, Greek Ambassador Marinaki emphasized the Chair's desire to adopt a Political Declaration at the December 1-2 Athens Ministerial. She acknowledged the Kazakh inter [...] | 2009-11-26 11:05:00 | Mission USOSCE | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR OSCE PGOV PREL GG RU |
09USOSCE268 | OPEN SKIES: NOVEMBER 23--PLANS TO RE-CONVENE [...] (SBU): Summary: The Open Skies Consultative Commission plenary addressed Russian concerns over air navigation invoices; cleared the draft Chairman's letter and paragraph contribution to the Athens Ministerial Declaration; and called for reactivating the Working Group on Notifications and Form [...] | 2009-11-27 08:26:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCFE OSCE PARM PREL |
09USOSCE269 | FSC OF NOVEMBER 25: "ISSUES" AND OTHERS TO BE [...] (SBU) The Forum for Security Cooperation's Working Group B (WGB) preceded the plenary in order to determine whether any of the draft decisions intended to be presented to the OSCE Ministerial Council in Athens could be moved forward. Of the four draft substantive items on the agenda only the F [...] | 2009-11-27 10:05:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCFE OSCE PARM PREL RS XG |
09USOSCE271 | OSCE, RUSSIA AND SECURITY IN AFGHANISTAN [...] (C) Summary: Since 2007, despite a request from Afghanistan, Russia has obstructed efforts to have the OSCE conduct training inside Afghanistan, citing weak internal security as the main reason. Privately, Russian officials told us interagency differences have prevented a green light from [...] | 2009-12-08 10:45:00 | Mission USOSCE | SECRET | AF OSCE PREL RS |
09USOSCE272 | OSCE AND INCOMING CHAIR KAZAKHSTAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Although the Kazakhstanis reiterate on every occasion their commitment to the principles of the OSCE "acquis" and swear to protect the third dimension during their 2010 chairmanship of the OSCE, their negotiating style at the OSCE Ministerial Conference in Athens December 1-2 [...] | 2009-12-08 11:19:00 | Mission USOSCE | CONFIDENTIAL | KZ OSCE PREL |
09USOSCE273 | OSCE, RUSSIA AND SECURITY IN AFGHANISTAN [...] (C) Summary: Since 2007, despite a request from Afghanistan, Russia has obstructed efforts to have the OSCE conduct training inside Afghanistan, citing weak internal security as the main reason. Privately, Russian officials told us interagency differences have prevented a green light from M [...] | 2009-12-09 08:46:00 | Mission USOSCE | SECRET | AF OSCE PREL RS |
09USOSCE274 | FSC OF DECEMBER 9: WINDING DOWN 2009; WINDING UP [...] (SBU) Summary: At 2009's penultimate meeting of the FSC on December 9, the UK Chair (Cliff) reviewed the its accomplishments and reflected on the 2010 workload. There were no items for discussion in Working Group "B." Working Group "A" had a quick exchange on Ukraine's "Food-for-Thought" pap [...] | 2009-12-11 08:09:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCFE OSCE PARM PREL RS XG |
09USOSCE275 | OSCE MINISTERIAL FOCUSES ON EUROPEAN SECURITY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The seventeenth OSCE Ministerial Council, held December 1-2, 2009 in Athens, focused mainly on the ongoing European security dialogue known as the Corfu Process. Although Russia,s proposed European security treaty (EST) dominated the headlines, the U.S. achieved its highest pri [...] | 2009-12-11 17:55:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OSCE RS KZ GR PREL |
09USOSCE282 | CFE/JCG DECEMBER 2009 MEETINGS - NATO, DON'T SHIFT [...] (SBU) Summary: At the December 8 and 15 Joint Consultative Group (JCG) plenary meetings, Allies objected to three more cases of Russia refusing CFE inspection requests. Denmark, on behalf of NATO states, made a statement calling on Russia to provide its annual CFE Treaty information exchange d [...] | 2009-12-17 16:34:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCFE OSCE PARM PREL |
09USOSCE284 | OSCE/FSC: DECEMBER 2009 - END OF FALL SESSION AND [...] (SBU) Summary: This message constitutes an end of fall 2009 session report on the OSCE's Forum for Security Cooperation (FSC). The last FSC plenary on December 16 denoted not only the end of the United Kingdom's FSC Chairmanship but also a review of the FSC's accomplishments and prospects in [...] | 2009-12-18 14:56:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCFE OSCE PARM PREL RS XG |
09USOSCE285 | CFE/JCG: SEPTEMBER - DECEMBER 2009 END OF ROUND [...] (C) Summary: The 2009 fall session of the Joint Consultative Group (JCG) was dominated by Allied criticism of Russia's failure to fulfill its obligations under CFE, Russia's continued focus on presenting and defending its May 2009 Aide Memoire, and preparations for the OSCE Ministerial Counci [...] | 2009-12-18 15:22:00 | Mission USOSCE | CONFIDENTIAL | KCFE OSCE PARM PREL |
09USOSCE286 | OSCE/FSC: STRUCTURING WORK ON CSBMS, INCLUDING [...] (C) Summary and Guidance Request: As Washington reviews policy options and ways forward on many issues in the U.S.-Russia relationship at the end of 2009, USOSCE would recommend additional attention be focused on the "Vienna Document 1999" (VD99),the OSCE's landmark CSBM vehicle. In the ten [...] | 2009-12-18 15:48:00 | Mission USOSCE | CONFIDENTIAL | KCFE OSCE PARM PREL RS XG |
09USOSCE287 | OPEN SKIES: DECEMBER 14 PLENARY, REVCON, AND [...] (SBU) Summary: The December 14 Open Skies Consultative Commission (OSCC) adopted the annual decision on distribution of OSCC expenses. There was broad support for the OSCC modality proposals by Hungary and Luxembourg, but both agreed to wait until January to discuss a more comprehensive draf [...] | 2009-12-18 16:30:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL KCFE OSCE |
09USOSCE288 | OPEN SKIES: SEPTEMBER - DECEMBER 2009 END OF ROUND [...] (SBU) Summary: The fall session of the Open Skies Consultative Commission (OSCC) saw adoption of the quota distribution decision for 2010, further preparations for the second Review Conference, and more progress on the draft decision for digital sensors. OSCC business continues to be positiv [...] | 2009-12-18 16:40:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL KCFE OSCE |
09USOSCE289 | OPEN SKIES: DECEMBER 14 PLENARY, REVCON, AND [...] (SBU) Summary: The December 14 Open Skies Consultative Commission (OSCC) adopted the annual decision on distribution of OSCC expenses. There was broad support for the OSCC modality proposals by Hungary and Luxembourg, but both agreed to wait until January to discuss a more comprehensive draf [...] | 2009-12-21 07:24:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL KCFE OSCE |
09USOSCE291 | LAYING THE GROUNDWORK FOR NEXT YEAR'S CORFU [...] (SBU) Summary. At the final session of the Corfu Process under the Greek Chairmanship participating States sought to identify ways in which the European security dialogue could advance next year under Kazakshstan's leadership. Most comments welcomed the constructive tone of the discussions [...] | 2009-12-22 14:00:00 | Mission USOSCE | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL RU OSCE |
09USOSCE292 | OSCE WEEKLY HIGHLIGHTS: DECEMBER 9 - 18, 2009 [...] (SBU) Staff in the OSCE Secretariat's Conflict Prevention Center (CPC) told PolOff December 8 that Special Representative Christopoulos and Special Representative-designate Nurgaliev intend to visit Tbilisi and Tskhinvali December 14 and 15 to revisit the idea of establishing a small team to s [...] | 2009-12-24 11:40:00 | Mission USOSCE | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR OSCE PGOV PREL PHUM RU MD HR AF KZ |
09USOSCE30 | CFE/JCG: FEBRUARY 11, 2009 PLENARY (CONF) [...] (SBU) Summary. Allies isolated Russia again with a series of interventions contrasting its rejection of inspection notices from Germany and Turkey with the continued implementation of the inspection regime by the 29 other States Parties. Russia in turn blamed the lack of progress in resolvin [...] | 2009-02-11 15:54:00 | Mission USOSCE | CONFIDENTIAL | KCFE OSCE PARM PREL |
09USOSCE34 | FEBRUARY 11 JOINT FSC-PC: EU AND OSCE MISSIONS TO [...] (SBU) Summary: EU Monitoring Mission head Haber told the joint Forum for Security Cooperation-Permanent Council that the EU was make reasonable progress on its goals of stabilization, normalization, and confidence building in the conflict zones of Georgia. Both Haber and OSCE Conflict Prevent [...] | 2009-02-12 11:39:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL KCFE OSCE RS GG XG |
09USOSCE35 | EURO SECURITY ARCHITECTURE: ALLIES AT OSCE STAND [...] (C/REL NATO) Summary. The NATO Caucus of the OSCCE on February 10 agreed that Allies attending Russian Chief of Arms Control Mikhail Ulyanov's meeting would attend in listening mode only, maintain a united front, and report back to all Allies. Allies also agreed to consolidate questions refle [...] | 2009-02-12 18:59:00 | Mission USOSCE | CONFIDENTIAL | KCFE OSCE PARM PREL |
09USOSCE36 | CORRECTED COPY FSC-PC FEBRUARY 11: EU AND OSCE [...] (SBU) This corrected copy changes only the format. SUMMARY: EU Monitoring Mission head Haber told the joint Forum for Security Cooperation-Permanent Council that the EU was make reasonable progress on its goals of stabilization, normalization, and confidence building in the conflict zones of [...] | 2009-02-13 10:17:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL KCFE OSCE RS GG XG |
09USOSCE38 | FSC-PC FEBRUARY 18: DFM GRUSHKO SHEDS LITTLE LIGHT [...] (SBU) Summary: Offering what he said was more a "vision" than a proposal, Russian DFM Grushko told the February 18 joint meeting of the Forum for Security Cooperation (FSC) and the Permanent Council that "new realities" and mounting evidence of the weakness of existing institutions necessitate [...] | 2009-02-19 07:01:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL KCFE OSCE RS XG |
09USOSCE39 | CFE/JCG: FEBRUARY 17, 2009 PLENARY [...] (SBU) Summary. The U.S. informed the JCG that, on February 13, Russia had rejected a request by the United States to conduct a CFE inspection. Calling the Russian Federation's continuing rejection of inspections a clear act of non-compliance, the U.S. urged Russia to work cooperatively with [...] | 2009-02-19 07:01:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED | KCFE OSCE PARM PREL RS |
09USOSCE40 | CFE/JCG: FEBRUARY 17, 2009 PLENARY [...] (SBU) Summary. The U.S. informed the JCG that, on February 13, Russia had rejected a request by the United States to conduct a CFE inspection. Calling the Russian Federation's continuing rejection of inspections a clear act of non-compliance, the U.S. urged Russia to work cooperatively with [...] | 2009-02-19 07:01:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED | KCFE OSCE PARM PREL RS |
09USOSCE41 | OCE/FSC: BITE THE BULLET--SAFERWORLD REPORTS ON [...] (SBU) Summary. At the February 18, 2009 Forum for Security Cooperation (FSC),two representatives from Saferworld provided an overview of a February 2009 report on preventing diversion of Small Arms and Light Weapons (SALW). The report notes the work accomplished by international organizatio [...] | 2009-02-19 12:22:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL KCFE OSCE RS XG |
09USOSCE44 | CFE/JCG: FEBRUARY 24, 2008 JCG -- NIL REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-24 09:42:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED | KCFE OSCE PARM PREL RS |
09USOSCE45 | OPEN SKIES: FEBRUARY 23 PLENARY AND IWGRP - [...] (SBU) Summary. The Open Skies Consultative Commission adopted the "Chairperson's Statement on Specifications for Allowed Video Sensors," and the "Prolonging the Work of the Informal Working Group on Sensors into the Year 2009" decision. The U.S., the UK, Germany, Sweden, Turkey, and Belgium [...] | 2009-02-24 14:34:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL KCFE OSCE |
09USOSCE46 | FSC FEBRUARY 25: EXPERTS SAY CFE-FROZEN CONFLICTS [...] (SBU) Summary: At the Forum for Security Cooperation on February 25, international security experts from European think tanks agreed that NATO and Europe have been the victims of their own success in structuring a stable security environment for the last twenty years and, now, the security ac [...] | 2009-02-26 11:54:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL KCFE OSCE RS XG |
09USOSCE49 | AIAM MARCH 3-4: LIVELIER IF NOT UNFAMILIAR: RUSSIA [...] (U) Note: This is the first of two cables reporting the March 3-4 OSCE Annual Implementation Assessment Meeting. End note. 2. (SBU) Summary: While the 2009 Annual Implementation Assessment Meeting (AIAM) was livelier than 2008, national positions remained largely unchanged. Russia conti [...] | 2009-03-06 10:22:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL KCFE OSCE RS XG |
09USOSCE50 | AIAM MARCH 3-4: LIVELIER IF NOT UNFAMILIAR: RUSSIA [...] (SBU) Note: This is the second part of a two-part cable reporting the March 3-4 OSCE Annual Implementation Assessment Meeting. See reftel A for the first part. End note. ---------------------------------- Working Session 2: Other Documents ---------------------------------- Conventional [...] | 2009-03-06 11:02:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL KCFE OSCE RS XG |
09USOSCE51 | CFE/JCG: DELEGATIONS SUPPORT U.S. WITH RUSSIA [...] (SBU) Summary: At the March 10 JCG plenary, eight delegations supported the U.S. statement, which cited two recent examples of continued implementation of the CFE Treaty in contrast to Russia's continued refusal of inspection requests. Heavy Vienna morning traffic kept the Russian reps fro [...] | 2009-03-10 13:44:00 | Mission USOSCE | CONFIDENTIAL | KCFE OSCE PARM PREL RS |
09USOSCE55 | FSC MARCH 11: UNSCR 1540 ROUNDTABLE HIGHLIGHTS [...] (SBU) Summary: The March 11 Forum for Security Cooperation roundtable on UNSCR 1540 endorsed further work at the OSCE to implement the mandatory measures to prevent the proliferation of WMD to non-state actors. The speakers, including the director of counter-proliferation policy from the UK [...] | 2009-03-12 14:43:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL KCFE OSCE RS XG |
09USOSCE59 | OSCE SUPPORT FOR AFGHAN ELECTIONS [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 11. 2. (SBU) Summary and Action Request: USOSCE has encouraged the OSCE's Office of Democratic and Human Rights (ODIHR) to respond positively to Afghanistan's request for OSCE assistance to its August 20 presidential and provincial counc [...] | 2009-03-23 15:32:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KDEM PHUM PTER AF OSCE |
09USOSCE60 | OPEN SKIES: DECISION ON COSTS FINALLY ADOPTED; [...] (SBU) Summary: The Open Skies Consultative Commission (OSCC) plenary on March 23 agreed on two decisions: the long-awaited Distribution of Costs and a revision to active quotas to reduce Latvia's quota this year. The U.S., which joined consensus on both decisions, reserved the right to mak [...] | 2009-03-23 16:11:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL KCFE OSCE |
09USOSCE61 | CFE/JCG: MARCH 24: RUSSIA CRITICIZES, BUT U.S. [...] (SBU) Summary: At the March 24 JCG plenary, Russia apologized for its having missed the March 10 JCG meeting due to heavy traffic. Russia also attempted, to no avail, to ensnare the U.S. delegation in a debate over who really was ready to resume negotiations on the parallel actions package. [...] | 2009-03-24 14:05:00 | Mission USOSCE | CONFIDENTIAL | KCFE OSCE PARM PREL RS |
09USOSCE64 | OSCE/FSC: DAY ONE--OSCE WORKSHOP ON A [...] (U) NOTE: This is the first of two cables reporting the March 17-18 OSCE Workshop on a Comprehensive OSCE Approach to Enhancing Cybersecurity. END NOTE. 2. (SBU) Summary: More than 200 civil and military representatives gathered in Vienna, March 17 ) 18, in the first wide-scale FSC ef [...] | 2009-03-25 16:06:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINT FR KCFE KHLS OSCE PARM PREL RS KCIP |
09USOSCE65 | OSCE/FSC: DAY TWO--OSCE WORKSHOP ON A [...] (U) NOTE: This is the second of a two-part cable reporting the March 17-18 OSCE Workshop on a Comprehensive OSCE Approach to Enhancing Cybersecurity. END NOTE. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Session 3: Private Users and Civil Society - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - [...] | 2009-03-25 16:22:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINT FR KCFE KHLS OSCE PARM PREL RS KCIP |
09USOSCE66 | U.S.- RF CYBERSECURITY BILATERAL ON MARGINS OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a bilateral meeting on March 16 before the start of the OSCE Workshop on a Comprehensive OSCE Approach to Enhancing Cybersecurity (March 17-18, Vienna),U.S. and Russian Federation dels met to discuss their differing approaches to cybersecurity and to identify common ground if [...] | 2009-03-25 16:29:00 | Mission USOSCE | CONFIDENTIAL | EINT FR KCFE KHLS OSCE PARM PREL RS KCIP |
09USOSCE71 | FSC MARCH 25: RUSSIA CALLS FOR LIMITED REVISION OF [...] (SBU) Summary: Russian arms control delegation head Ulyanov told the March 25 Forum for Security Cooperation that half of the Vienna Document, last revised in 1999, was a "dead letter" and even its provisions for information exchange, inspections/evaluations, and contact visits were no longer [...] | 2009-03-26 15:26:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL KCFE OSCE RS XG |
09USOSCE73 | DAYTON ARTICLE IV - 42ND SRCC: PARTIES WANT OSCE [...] (SBU) Summary: The 42nd Dayton Article IV Sub-Regional Consultative Commission (SRCC),representing the four Parties to the Dayton Agreement (Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, Montenegro, and Serbia),met March 16-19 in Split, Croatia. The SRCC was held in a cooperative and friendly atmosphere, res [...] | 2009-03-27 09:12:00 | Mission USOSCE | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL KCFE OSCE BK HR MW SR |
09USOSCE8 | FSC JANUARY 21: NEW ROUND, OLD AGENDA [...] (SBU) Summary: The winter 2009 session opened with no surprises with many agenda items remaining from the autumn 2008 round. The new French chair proposed a straight forward work plan for 2009 that includes long-established topics: CSBMs, small arms (SALW) and conventional ammunition (SCA),t [...] | 2009-01-22 14:27:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL KCFE OSCE RS XG |
09USOSCE80 | CFE/JCG: MARCH 31: MORE PILING ON CRITICAL OF [...] (SBU) Summary: At the March 31 JCG plenary Germany (supported by 9 delegations, including the U.S.) criticized Russia's latest act of noncompliance with the CFE Treaty. There was agreement to cancel the April 28 JCG plenary due to the HLTF that day. Germany's Colonel Wolfgang Richter, whose [...] | 2009-04-01 05:49:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCFE OSCE PARM PREL |
09USOSCE84 | FSC APRIL 1: CODE OF CONDUCT FOR MILITARIES [...] (SBU) Summary: The French chairmanship of the FSC ended with the adoption of the decision to update the Code of Conduct questionnaire to reflect new threats and missions for armed forces, after almost two years of negotiation, although three interpretive statements then followed. Denmark and [...] | 2009-04-02 08:42:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL KCFE OSCE RS XG |
09USOSCE85 | CONVENTIONAL ARMS CONTROL IN VIENNA, A SPRING [...] (C) Summary: The OSCE spring recess provides a useful occasion to take stock of conventional arms control work in Vienna. The crisis in CFE continues to overshadow all else. Most states continue to faithfully implement the Treaty, but the impasse over Russia's suspension of CFE implementation [...] | 2009-04-07 14:51:00 | Mission USOSCE | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL KCFE OSCE RS XG |
09USOSCE86 | S/CRS AMB HERBST PITCHES RECONSTRUCTION AND [...] Summary: S/CRS Ambassador Herbst visited OSCE March 16 to explain evolving U.S. concepts and capabilities in reconstruction and stabilization (R&S) efforts for failed or failing states and to explore how OSCE's experience and regional role could facilitate the development of international p [...] | 2009-04-07 15:27:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID OSCE PREL |
09USOSCE89 | U.S.-EU SPRING CONSULTATIONS ON OSCE: DETERMINING [...] (U) The EU hosted on March 6 a U.S. delegation, headed by USOSCE Charge Kyle Scott and EUR/RPM Office Director Bruce Turner, for the semi-annual U.S.-EU "COSCE" consultations on the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE). The discussions ranged over a variety of topics con [...] | 2009-04-08 13:27:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM OSCE EUN |
09USOSCE9 | CFE/JCG: 20 JANUARY PLENARY--RESTATING POSITIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: The Joint Consultative Group convened its opening plenary of 2009 on 20 January. In response to the U.S. opening statement, Russia objected strenuously to any wrong-doing on its part and tried to place all responsibility for a way forward on CFE at our doorstep. Russia indign [...] | 2009-01-23 16:34:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCFE OSCE PARM PREL |
09USOSCE95 | THE OSCE'S ROLE IN ADVANCING U.S.-RUSSIA RELATIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: As efforts to press the reset button in our relations with Russia proceed, the OSCE can be a valuable forum to channel Russia's desire for a larger role in discussion of broad European security themes. With the London summit commitment to start a dialogue on security and stabilit [...] | 2009-04-14 10:46:00 | Mission USOSCE | CONFIDENTIAL | KCFE OSCE PARM PHUM PREL RS XG |
09USOSCE98 | CFE IMPASSE: HOW DID WE GET WHERE WE ARE? [...] (C) Summary: At the London Summit, Presidents Obama and Medvedev pledged to explore a comprehensive dialogue on strengthening Euro-Atlantic and European security. The CFE agreement has long been considered a "cornerstone" of Euro-Atlantic security, and at Strasbourg-Kehl, NATO reaffirmed the [...] | 2009-04-15 07:36:00 | Mission USOSCE | CONFIDENTIAL | KCFE OSCE PARM PREL RS XG |
09USUNNEWYORK206 | GREEK FOREIGN MINISTER BRIEFS AMBASSADOR RICE ON [...] SUMMARY. (C) Greek Foreign Minister Dora Bakoyannis told Ambassador Rice and Ambassador Wolff on February 26, that her current priorities as Chairperson-in-Office of the OSCE were to find a consensus approach for engaging on Russia's proposals for a new European security architecture and to get [...] | 2009-03-04 22:08:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV OSCE UNSC RS GG TU CY GR |
09USUNNEWYORK218 | OSCE: CHAIRWOMAN-IN-OFFICE BRIEFS SECURITY COUNCIL [...] SUMMARY. Greek Foreign Minister and OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Dora Bakoyannis, briefed the UN Security Council on February 27 on Greece's priorities for the OSCE. She called for a continued OSCE presence in Georgia as well as border security and policing projects in Central Asia and Afghanis [...] | 2009-03-05 22:03:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV UNSC OSCE |
09USUNNEWYORK700 | GREECE: NEW PERMREP DISCUSSES MACEDONIA, CYPRUS, [...] (C) SUMMARY. Newly arrived Greek Permrep Anastassis Mitsialis told Ambassador Wolff during a July 14 introductory call, that he thought Greece would be prepared to settle the name dispute with Macedonia with a geographical qualifier such as "North Macedonia", but that Greece would want a Secu [...] | 2009-07-17 23:36:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV OSCE GR |
09VIENNA689 | ENGAGING AUSTRIA ON THE CORFU MINISTERIAL [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-09 14:47:00 | Embassy Vienna | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL OSCE EU NATO AU |
09VILNIUS74 | GOVERNMENT REPEATEDLY FAILS TO CONDEMN [...] (U) Summary: Anti-Semitic vandalism still occurs frequently in Lithuania without drawing public condemnation from the GOL despite its responsibility to do so as an OSCE member state. Lithuania is scheduled to take the OSCE chair in 2011. End summary. 2. (U) In January 2009 alone, at least [...] | 2009-02-04 11:59:00 | Embassy Vilnius | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM OSCE KDEM LH |
09WARSAW594 | POLAND BACKS U.S. APPROACH TO MEDVEDEV SECURITY [...] (C) The U.S. and Polish positions on Russian President Dmitriy Medvedev's European security initiative are virtually identical. Iwona Pawlikowska of the MFA Security Policy Department told us that the GoP fully supported the proposed U.S. approach (Ref A) for the OSCE informal ministerial on [...] | 2009-06-10 15:27:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL OSCE EU NATO PL |
09WARSAW660 | POLAND - INPUT FOR OSCE HUMAN DIMENSION MEETING [...] (U) Embassy Warsaw looks forward to once again hosting the delegates from Washington and the US Mission to the OSCE for the Human Dimension Implementation Meeting (HDIM). Embassy Warsaw is providing the following input in response to Ref A request for information about host country progress an [...] | 2009-06-26 10:26:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OSCE PHUM PREL PGOV PL |
09YEREVAN528 | OSCE HUMAN DIMENSION DEMARCHE - ARMENIA [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-31 13:48:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM KDEM OSCE |
09ZAGREB346 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON EUROPEAN SECURITY AND THE [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel points on June 9 to Marko Horvat, Head of the NATO Department. Horvat agreed that there were already good institutions that were available for engagement with Russia. He said he would pass the non-paper on to the appropriate missions and offices in the GoC. BRADT [...] | 2009-06-10 12:58:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | OSCE PREL EU NATO PGOV |
09ZAGREB385 | OSCE HDIM: NO ISSUES TO RAISE FOR CROATIA [...] (SBU) In response to reftel, Post believes the Government of Croatia generally respects the human rights of its citizens. Basic freedoms such as democratic elections, freedom of religion, and freedom of press exist within the country. Corruption and transparency are problematic areas for the g [...] | 2009-06-24 12:11:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OSCE PHUM PREL PGOV KDEM |
09ZAGREB628 | OSCE ZAGREB HEAD TO RECOMMEND ADDITIONAL YEAR FOR OFFICE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Ambassador Foley paid an introductory call to Ambassador Enrique Horcajada, head of the OSCE office in Zagreb, on October 14. Based on this year's annual assessment (currently in draft form) Horcajada indicated that he will ask for an extension of the office's mandate. The reco [...] | 2009-10-20 14:11:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PREF OSCE KAWC HR |
09ZAGREB629 | OSCE ZAGREB HEAD TO RECOMMEND ADDITIONAL YEAR FOR OFFICE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Ambassador Foley paid an introductory call to Ambassador Enrique Horcajada, head of the OSCE office in Zagreb, on October 14. Based on this year's annual assessment (currently in draft form) Horcajada indicated that he will ask for an extension of the office's mandate. The reco [...] | 2009-10-20 14:18:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PREF OSCE KAWC HR |
10ANKARA68 | TURKEY: SECOND CANDIDATE FOR OSCE COUNTERTERRORISM [...] After further consultations with the Turkish National Police (TNP),we have identified the following TNP candidate for the OSCE Counterterrorism Workshop to be held in Vienna February 11-12, 2010. (TNP did not provide a second name as an alternate.) Yusuf TOPCAN, Major, Turkish National Pol [...] | 2010-01-15 10:19:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER PREL KCIP OSCE TU |
10ANKARA71 | DIYARBAKIR SEES LITTLE HOPE FOR DEMOCRATIC OPENING [...] (C) Summary: Recent arrests of Kurdish politicians and community leaders have created a climate of tension among Kurds in Diyarbakir. Kurdish businesspeople and NGO employees worry that they too could be arrested regardless of their political beliefs and lack of ties to the PKK. Contacts tol [...] | 2010-01-15 15:39:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM OSCE PREL TU |
10AQNA272 | KAZAKHSTAN: ZHOVTIS UNDERSTANDABLY PESSIMISTIC ABOUT REFORM [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-26 09:09:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM OSCE KDEM KZ |
10ASTANA109 | KAZAKHSTAN: ZHOVTIS CASE TO SUPREME COURT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Vitaliy Voronov, lawyer for imprisoned human-rights activist Yevgeniy Zhovtis filed on January 27 a motion to request the Supreme Court review the case. The court has one month to decide whether to accept the case and an additional month to issue a decision. Cautiously optimisti [...] | 2010-01-28 10:33:00 | Embassy Astana | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM OSCE KZ |
10ASTANA258 | KAZAKHSTAN PROPOSES DATES FOR OSCE INFORMAL [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) At close of business on February 22, Deputy Foreign Minister Kairat Umarov called the Ambassador to propose two possible dates for the OSCE Informal Ministerial in Almaty (vice Astana, as reported ref): June 19-20 or July [...] | 2010-02-23 01:50:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL OSCE KZ |
10ASTANA272 | KAZAKHSTAN: ZHOVTIS UNDERSTANDABLY PESSIMISTIC ABOUT REFORM [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: PolOff visited internationally known human rights activist Yevgeniy Zhovtis at the minimum-security penal colony in Ust-Kamenogorsk on February 24. Zhovtis summarized his view of the possibilities for the resolution of his case, including the Supreme Court, an amnesty, or parol [...] | 2010-02-26 09:09:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM OSCE KDEM KZ |
10ASTANA36 | CIVIL SOCIETY ACTIVE IN NORTHERN KAZAKHSTAN [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: During recent visits to Kazakhstan's Kostanai and North Kazakhstan Oblasts (refs A-D),NGO representatives emphasized the growth of a vibrant civil society, especially in Kostanai Oblast. They highlighted key cha [...] | 2010-01-14 09:33:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON EAID SOCI KDEM KTIP OSCE KZ |
10ASTANA54 | KAZAKHSTAN: SENATE CHAIRMAN INVITES AMBASSADOR HOLBROOKE [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) Kazakhstan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs forwarded via diplomatic note an invitation from Kazakhstani Senate Chairman Kassym-Zhomart Tokayev to U.S. Special Representative Richard Holbrooke to participate in the Second Tran [...] | 2010-01-20 10:13:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM OSCE AF KZ |
10ASTANA56 | KAZAKHSTAN: NUR OTAN DEPUTY CHAIR LAYS OUT HIS PRIORITIES [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The recently-appointed Deputy Chairman of President Nazarbayev's ruling Nur Otan party (Nazarbayev is the Chairman) told the Ambassador on January 19 that Kazakhstan's OSCE Chairmanship is a sign of its growing in [...] | 2010-01-21 04:32:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM PINR KDEM OSCE KZ |
10BAKU79 | AZERBAIJAN GOVERNMENT COMMENTS ON MOBILIZING [...] (C) Baku Iran Affairs Officer vigorously delivered reftel talking points on February 2 to Elchin Huseynli, MFA point man on the Iranian nuclear program. Huseynli, reports directly to GOAJ Deputy Foreign Minister Araz Azimov, and was accompanied by his deputy, Aykan Hajizada. 2. (C) Husey [...] | 2010-02-04 13:05:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL UNSC OSCE RU IR AJ |
10BUDAPEST39 | AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES WESTERN BALKANS/SLOVAK [...] (C) SUMMARY. Hungary continues to favor an early NATO Membership Action Plan for Bosnia, believing it could help stabilize the Western Balkans. State Secretary Szabo told the Ambassador that he fears bilateral tensions over the new Slovak language law might be exploited by extremist elements [...] | 2010-01-25 16:52:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG PHUM PREL OSCE HR YI LO RU HU |
10ISTANBUL11 | ARMENIAN PATRIARCHATE: AN UNCERTAIN FUTURE [...] (C) Summary. Armenian Patriarch Mutafyan Mesrob II has been suffering from dementia since late 2007, and in 2008 Archbishop Aram Atesyan took over the administrative responsibilities of the patriarchy as acting patriarch. On December 3, the Patriarchate petitioned the Ministry of Interior f [...] | 2010-01-08 12:23:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | OSCE PGOV PHUM PREL PINR TU AR |
10ISTANBUL19 | "ALEVI OPENING" MEETS WITH ALEVI SKEPTICISM [...] (SBU) Summary. The GOT announced plans to discuss at its final Alevi workshop Alevi concerns related to the recognition of their cem houses as places of worship, ending compulsory religious instruction, and opening a special institute to train Alevi clerics. The Alevi population does not agr [...] | 2010-01-14 05:16:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OSCE PGOV PHUM PREL TU |
10ISTANBUL30 | ISTANBUL AKP REPRESENTATIVES ON ELECTIONS [...] (C) Summary: Istanbul,s Justice and Development Party (AKP) representatives echo the Prime Minister,s public insistence that there will not be early elections, and agree that the state of the economy and unemployment will have the greatest impact on the election results. AKP,s organizationa [...] | 2010-01-21 11:50:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | OSCE PGOV PHUM PREL TU |
10ISTANBUL53 | ECHR RECOMMENDS AGAINST RELIGIOUS AFFILIATION ON [...] (U) Summary. On February 2, the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) ruled that Turkey violated freedom of conscience and religion by including religious affiliation on national identification cards. The ECHR concluded that removing the religion box from the cards would be an appropriate s [...] | 2010-02-12 11:52:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL GR TU OSCE |
10ISTANBUL54 | DINK TRIAL: JUSTICE DELAYED... [...] (SBU) Summary. On February 8, poloff attended the chaotic 12th hearing of the Hrant Dink murder trial at Besiktas Heavy Penal Court. A "secret witness" was scheduled to provide testimony during the hearing but was either "forgotten" at home by the police or unable to testify due to the lack of [...] | 2010-02-12 13:13:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM TU OSCE AR |
10ISTANBUL62 | FINDING ROOM FOR THE SYRIAC ORTHODOX IN ISTANBUL [...] (SBU) Summary. The Syriac Orthodox Metropolitan for Istanbul and Ankara Yusuf Cetin February 7 discussed the need for more Syriac Orthodox churches and clergy in Istanbul following the boom in the community's population in the 1990s. Cetin also noted that while some families are returning to [...] | 2010-02-19 08:11:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED | OSCE PGOV PHUM PREL TU IZ |
10ISTANBUL65 | DEMOCRATIC PARTY: NEW ISTANBUL CHAIRMAN, SAME OLD [...] (SBU) Summary. Newly-elected Istanbul Democratic Party (DP) Chairman H. Tekin Enerem described his party, which has recently emerged from its merger with ANAP and completed its provincial congress, as poised to take a leading role in government following upcoming general elections, scheduled to [...] | 2010-02-20 10:37:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM OSCE TU |
10ISTANBUL7 | KURDISH INTELLECTUALS ON DTP CLOSURE, YOUTH [...] (C) Summary. In meetings following closure of the Democratic Society Party (DTP),Istanbul-based Kurdish intellectuals railed against the Turkish Constitutional Court's decision to close the DTP. They predicted most DTP members would migrate to the Peace and Democracy Party (BDP) and the party [...] | 2010-01-07 08:54:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | OSCE PGOV PHUM PREL TU |
10ISTANBUL8 | RELIGIOUS MINORITIES ANXIOUS ABOUT PROGRESS IN [...] (SBU) Summary. On December 23, on the occasion of Universal Human Rights Month and as an opportunity to look at the year in review for minority religious freedom, the Consul General hosted a luncheon with five leaders representing the Baha'i, Jewish, Alevi, Greek, and Protestant minority rel [...] | 2010-01-07 08:54:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | OSCE PGOV PHUM PREL GR TU |
10STATE11172 | OSCE PERMANENT COUNCIL: STATEMENT IN RESPONSE TO [...] (U) Post is authorized to present the following statement at the February 4, 2010 Permanent Council meeting in Vienna. Begin text: Thank you, Mister Chairman, Ambassador Almhofer, the United States joins other delegations in welcoming you back to the PC, and we thank you for your comprehe [...] | 2010-02-03 23:29:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV OSCE KS PREL |
10STATE11176 | OSCE PERMANENT COUNCIL: STATEMENT ON THE STATE OF [...] (U) Post is authorized to present the following statement at the February 4, 2010 Permanent Council meeting in Vienna. Begin text: Thank you, Mister Chairman, On numerous occasions, the United States has taken the floor here to address serious and specific concerns regarding media freedom [...] | 2010-02-03 23:45:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV OSCE KPAO PHUM PREL |
10STATE11177 | OSCE PERMANENT COUNCIL: STATEMENT ON THE GENEVA [...] (U) Post is authorized to present the following statement at the February 4, 2010 Permanent Council meeting in Vienna. Begin text: Thank you, Mister Chairman, The United States was pleased to participate in the January 28 round of the Geneva discussions on security and stability arrange [...] | 2010-02-03 23:50:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV OSCE GG PREL |
10STATE14917 | OSCE DRAFT DECISION ON CONFLICT PREVENTION AND [...] (U) Post is authorized to distribute the following draft decision on conflict prevention and crisis management to participating States in advance of the February 23, 2010 Corfu Process discussion on this topic in Vienna. In doing so post should make clear that issues containing an "x" would b [...] | 2010-02-18 23:26:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL OSCE |
10STATE15591 | TREATY ON OPEN SKIES REVIEW CONFERENCE JUNE [...] (SBU) This is an action message; see para 4 below. 2. (SBU) Background: The President has made clear that strong multilateral engagement and cooperation with partners, including through arms control issues, is at the top of his international agenda. The Treaty on Open Skies is one of the l [...] | 2010-02-20 04:04:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OSCE PARM PREL |
10STATE16796 | CFE/VCC: GUIDANCE FOR THE 25 FEBRUARY 2010 VCC [...] (SBU) This is an action message. USNATO, see paragraphs 2-11; USOSCE see paragraph 6-9. - - - - - - OBJECTIVES - - - - - - 2. (C) U.S. objectives for the February 25, 2010 meetings of the NATO Verification Coordinating Committee (VCC) and VCC Experts are as follows: -- To oppose a [...] | 2010-02-24 03:09:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | OSCE KCFE NATO PARM PREL |
10STATE17279 | OSCE: SCHEDULING THE HDIM IN 2010 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND GUIDANCE: Dept concurs with USOSCE's recommendation to support holding a routine Human Dimension Implementation Meeting (HDIM) in 2010. Should there be a decision in June to hold an OSCE summit, Dept will then instruct Post to push for a three-week review conference in Vien [...] | 2010-02-24 22:32:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL OSCE KZ |
10STATE17282 | OSCE PERMANENT COUNCIL: STATEMENT ON "BILATERAL [...] Post is authorized to make the following statement at the February 25, 2010, Permanent Council meeting in Vienna: Begin text: Thank you, Mr. Chair. The United States strongly regrets the February 17 signing of so-called "bilateral agreements" between the Russian Federation and the Abkha [...] | 2010-02-24 22:37:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | OSCE PGOV PREL GG RF |
10STATE17285 | OSCE/PERMANENT COUNCIL: STATEMENT ON FREEDOM OF [...] (U) Post is authorized to deliver the following statement at the February 25, 2010 Permanent Council meeting in Vienna. Begin text: Thank you, Mr. Chair. On numerous occasions, the United States has taken the floor to address serious and specific concerns regarding the fundamental freed [...] | 2010-02-24 22:40:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | OSCE PREL PGOV BO |
10STATE17287 | OSCE PERMANENT COUNCIL: STATEMENT ON TOLERANCE [...] Post is authorized to present the following statement at the February 25 Permanent Council meeting in Vienna. Begin text: Thank you, Mr. Chairman. The Chairmanship has declared tolerance to be one of its Human Dimension priorities this year. We welcome that, and take the floor today t [...] | 2010-02-24 22:43:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM OSCE |
10STATE17299 | OSCE PERMANENT COUNCIL: STATEMENT ON OUTCOMES OF [...] Post is authorized to make the following statement at the February 25, 2010, Permanent Council meeting in Vienna: Begin text: Thank you, Mr. Chair. The United States shares the view of others here that the London Conference on Afghanistan was successful in demonstrating the internationa [...] | 2010-02-24 23:21:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | OSCE PGOV PREL AF |
10STATE3585 | OSCE PERMANENT COUNCIL: RESPONSE TO KAZAKHSTANI [...] (U) Post is authorized to present the following statement at the January 14, 2010, Permanent Council meeting in Vienna. Begin text: Thank you, Mr. Chairman. The United States is pleased to welcome Foreign Minister Saudabayev to the Permanent Council as the OSCE,s 2010 Chairman-in-Office [...] | 2010-01-13 23:37:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV OSCE KPAO PHUM PREL KZ AF |
10STATE4427 | FSC WINTER 2010 OPENING OF ROUND GUIDANCE [...] (U) This is an action cable. See paras 4-25. 2. (SBU) Summary. USDel should continue to reaffirm our support to the OSCE through proactive and cooperative engagement in the FSC to further overall U.S. strategic objectives for the OSCE of promoting stability in the OSCE area, supporting int [...] | 2010-01-15 17:19:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | OSCE PARM PREL KCFE |
10STATE4441 | CFE: JCG OPENING OF SESSION GUIDANCE AND [...] (SBU) Russia's ongoing suspension of its CFE Treaty implementation since December 12, 2007 will set the tone for the opening session of the Joint Consultative Group (JCG) in 2010. Russia will likely continue to press for discussion of elements of its May 2009 Aide Memoire in the JCG and NATO- [...] | 2010-01-15 17:57:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OSCE PARM PREL KCFE |
10STATE4628 | CFE/VCC: GUIDANCE FOR 21 JANUARY 2010 VCC AND [...] (SBU) This is an action message. See para 2-8. 2. (C) U.S. Objectives: USDel objectives for the 21 January 2010 Verification and Coordination Committee (VCC) and VCC Experts meetings include: -- Seeking clarification on attempts in the VCC to modify or resubmit Ref A tasker for VCC Expert [...] | 2010-01-15 21:15:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | OSCE PARM PREL NATO |
10STATE5040 | OSCE/FSC: OPENING STATEMENT FOR FSC 2010 OPENING [...] (U) This is an action message. See para 2. 2. (SBU) The following statement is provided for delivery by USDel at the Forum for Security Cooperation (FSC) Opening of Session Plenary on 20 January 2010: Begin text: Good morning, Mr. Chairman, On behalf of the United States, I congr [...] | 2010-01-19 16:14:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OSCE PARM PREL |
10STATE5717 | OSCE PERMANENT COUNCIL: STATEMENT ON JANUARY 17 [...] Post is authorized to present the following statement at the January 21 Permanent Council meeting in Vienna. Begin text: Thank you, Mister Chairman. The United States congratulates the people of Ukraine on the conduct of the January 17 presidential election. Observers agree that this w [...] | 2010-01-20 20:59:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | OSCE PREL PGOV UP |
10STATE5718 | OSCE PERMANENT COUNCIL: STATEMENT ON THE MURDER [...] (U) Post is authorized to present the following statement at the January 21, 2010, Permanent Council meeting in Vienna. Begin text: The United States is deeply concerned by recent attacks on and beatings of journalists. Over the past six months, there has been a series of violent incident [...] | 2010-01-20 21:00:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV OSCE PHUM PREL KPAO KZ KG |
10STATE6632 | OSCE/FSC: RESPONDING TO UKRAINE'S LATEST PROPOSAL [...] (U) This is an action message. See paras 2-4. 2. (SBU) In response to Ukraine's proposal (FSC.DEL/212/09) to update the OSCE 1994 Principles Governing Nonproliferation, endorsed by Heads of State at the OSCE Summit in Budapest, USDel should inform Ukraine and others, as appropriate, th [...] | 2010-01-22 17:13:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OSCE PARM PREL |
10STATE8267 | CFE/HLTF: GUIDANCE FOR JANUARY 28, 2010 HLTF [...] (C) Allies reaffirmed in the December 2009 NATO Ministerial Statement their commitment to CFE as stated in the Strasbourg/Kehl Summit Declaration, confirmed a readiness to intensify efforts in 2010 to find a way forward on CFE, and noted it could be difficult to continue providing CFE informat [...] | 2010-01-27 17:31:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL KCFE OSCE NATO |
10STATE8463 | OSCE PERMANENT COUNCIL: HUMAN RIGHTS CONCERNS IN [...] Post is authorized to make the following statement at the January 28 meeting of the OSCE Permanent Council in Vienna: Begin Text: Thank you, Mr. Chairman. The United States is concerned by recent charges of drug possession filed against imprisoned Azerbaijani journalist Eynulla Fatullay [...] | 2010-01-27 21:26:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | OSCE CARC PHUM AJ |
10STATE8470 | OSCE: STATEMENT ON THE SIXTY-FIFTH ANNIVERSARY OF [...] Post is authorized to present the following statement at the January 28 Permanent Council meeting in Vienna. Begin text: Thank you, Mister Chairman. Sixty-five years ago yesterday Soviet troops liberated the Nazi death camp at Auschwitz. Over the following few months America and our al [...] | 2010-01-27 21:34:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | OSCE PREL PGOV KIRF |
10STATE8490 | GUIDANCE -- WORKING WITH RUSSIA ON OSCE TRAINING [...] (SBU) Washington welcomes continued engagement with Russia on potential OSCE police training projects that would benefit Afghanistan, with an emphasis on border security and counter-narcotics. 2. (SBU) In close consultation with the Russian delegation, USOSCE should work with the OSCE Secre [...] | 2010-01-27 22:23:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL OSCE RS AF |
10STATE8512 | OSCE: STATEMENT ON RUSSIAN FEDERATION'S CALL FOR [...] Post is authorized to present the following statement at the January 28 Permanent Council meeting in Vienna. Begin text: Thank you, Mister Chairman. The United States and other delegations have repeatedly voiced concern here in the Permanent Council over the past year regarding the incr [...] | 2010-01-27 23:50:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | OSCE PREL PGOV PHUM RS |
10STATE9012 | OSCE/FSC: AUTHORIZATION TO DISTRIBUTE REMARKS [...] (U) This is an action message. 2. (U) USDel is authorized to circulate U.S. remarks delivered, per reftel, at the Forum for Security Cooperation on January 27 as a delegation paper (FSC.DEL). CLINTON [...] | 2010-01-28 21:14:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | OSCE PARM PREL |
10STATE9509 | DEMARCHE ON GREEK FSC FFT ON SMALL ARMS [...] (U) This is an action cable. See para 3. 2. (U) Summary. Greece, as current Chair of the Forum for Security Cooperation (FSC) at the Organization for Security and Cooperation and Europe (OSCE),is promoting a food-for-thought paper (FSC.DEL/213/09) with suggested measures for an OSCE Plan [...] | 2010-01-29 20:31:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OSCE PARM PREL GR |
10TASHKENT101 | THE OSCE IN UZBEKISTAN: HARD TO TELL WHAT THE FUTURE HOLDS [...] (C) Summary: In a meeting with Ambassador Norland on February 18, Ambassador Venczel, head of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) mission in Uzbekistan, said that Uzbekistan's "lack of trust" makes it very difficult for the OSCE to implement many of its local [...] | 2010-02-26 10:31:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV OSCE UZ |
10USNATO32 | KAZAKHSTAN'S DEPUTY MINISTER OF DEFENSE BRINGS [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: On January 19 Kazakhstan Deputy Minister of Defense (D/MOD) Bulat Sembinov thanked Ambassador Daalder for U.S. support in both multilateral and bilateral assistance to Kazakhstan's military and informed him of Kazakhstan's intention to contribute staff officers to NATO's operat [...] | 2010-01-21 15:04:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | NATO PREL KZ AF OSCE MARR |
10USOSCE10 | OSCE,S MEDITERRANEAN PARTNERSHIP LOOKS AHEAD TO [...] (SBU) Summary: The OSCE,s annual Mediterranean Conference was held December 14-15 in Cairo, Egypt. All six Med Partners (Algeria, Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Morocco and Tunisia) attended and took an active part in discussions that focused on conflict prevention and resolution, trafficking in pers [...] | 2010-01-15 15:19:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OSCE AG EG IS JO MO TS KMPI PREL KZ |
10USOSCE11 | IS RUSSIA CRACKING OPEN THE DOOR ON OSCE TRAINING [...] Summary: We could have an opportunity to advance cooperation with Russia through the OSCE in Central Asia and potentially open a crack in Russian opposition to OSCE training inside Afghanistan. In an unusually warm and persistent manner, Russian ambassador Anvar Azimov has requested a U.S. [...] | 2010-01-19 18:10:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL OSCE RS AF |
10USOSCE14 | OSCE WEEKLY HIGHLIGHTS: DECEMBER 22, 2009 - [...] (C) Kazakhstani DCM Suleimenov told A/DCM December 22 that Kazakhstan had received preliminary inquiries from Iran regarding the possibility of becoming an OSCE Asian Partner for Cooperation. We note that Suleimenov was previously posted to Iran, speaks the language, maintains ties there, and [...] | 2010-01-21 07:20:00 | Mission USOSCE | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR OSCE PGOV PREL GG KZ RU AF IR MD TI |
10USOSCE15 | OSCE CENTRAL ASIAN MISSION HEADS STRIVING TO [...] (SBU) In a series of meetings on January 12 and 13 with OSCE Heads of Mission from four Central Asian States (Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan),all four struck similar themes on Afghanistan, radicalization, border security, and Kazakhstan's proposal for a summit. On Afghan [...] | 2010-01-21 09:40:00 | Mission USOSCE | CONFIDENTIAL | OSCE PTER PREL ZK AF KZ KG TI TX UZ |
10USOSCE16 | CFE/JCG: 2010 WINTER OPENING-OF-ROUND, JAN 19 - [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-21 11:28:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCFE OSCE PARM PREL |
10USOSCE17 | CFE/JCG: 2010 WINTER OPENING-OF-ROUND, JAN 19 - [...] (U) Summary. The opening of round plenary for the winter session of the Joint Consultative Group (JCG) was brief. The United States underscored the importance of the CFE Treaty, called on Russia to resume compliance, and looked to 2010 with renewed hope, a sentiment echoed by several Allies an [...] | 2010-01-21 12:29:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCFE OSCE PARM PREL |
10USOSCE18 | FSC: JAN 20 OPENING WINTER SESSION--RUSSIA IS READY [...] (SBU) Summary: The Winter Session of the FSC Plenary garnered general support for beginning the implementation of the main themes from the Issues Decision agreed at the Athens Ministerial: CSBMs including Vienna Document 1999 (VD99),Small Arms and Light Weapons (SALW),Code of Conduct, and s [...] | 2010-01-22 15:24:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCFE OSCE PARM PREL RS XG |
10USOSCE19 | OPEN SKIES: 2010 OPENING PLENARY - AN EFFICIENT [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-27 06:55:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCFE OSCE PARM PREL |
10USOSCE20 | PROMOTING GREATER NATO/OSCE COORDINATION [...] (U) Summary: Recent IPCs and discussions during the COM conference in Washington during January emphasized the need to promote greater coordination between NATO and the OSCE, especially in view of the Russian proposals for a European Security Treaty and for a treaty in the NRC. As NATO prep [...] | 2010-01-28 10:11:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MARR OSCE NATO RS |
10USOSCE22 | PERSPECTIVES ON KAZAKHSTAN,S OSCE CHAIRMANSHIP IS [...] (C) Summary: The visit of Embassy Astana DCM Pamela Spratlen to Vienna January 20-22 helped promote useful exchanges of views on Kazakhstan's Chairmanship, facilitated discussion of OSCE engagement in Afghanistan, and provided an opportunity to promote further interaction among Central Asian P [...] | 2010-01-29 07:36:00 | Mission USOSCE | CONFIDENTIAL | OSCE PREL KZ KG TI TX UZ AF |
10USOSCE25 | OSCE WEEKLY HIGHLIGHTS: JANUARY 18 - 22, 2010 [...] (SBU) In a January 14 meeting, Vytautas Nauduzas, a Lithuanian ambassador-at-large and the personal representative of the Chairman-in-Office for transport, told PolOff that Lithuania is leaning very strongly toward choosing energy security as the theme of the Economic and Environmental Forum ( [...] | 2010-01-29 07:42:00 | Mission USOSCE | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR OSCE PGOV PREL RS KZ UK SP LH AL AF |
10USOSCE26 | CFE/JCG: JAN 26 - JCG IS CONCLUDED IN RECORD SPEED [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-29 07:42:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCFE OSCE PARM PREL |
10USOSCE27 | OSCE - THE HUMAN DIMENSION UNDER THE KAZAKHSTAN [...] (C) Summary. The Kazakhstan Chairmanship-in-Office (CiO) has narrowly defined its priorities within the Human Dimension (HD) of the OSCE for 2010 as Tolerance and Non-Discrimination, Gender Equality, and Combating Trafficking in Human Beings, bypassing more contentious and fundamental issues [...] | 2010-01-29 17:16:00 | Mission USOSCE | CONFIDENTIAL | OSCE PREL PHUM |
10USOSCE28 | OSCE: 1/27 FSC RESPONSES TO RUSSIA ON [...] (SBU) Summary: In response to Russia's insistence for clarification on why its proposed European Security Treaty (EST) cannot be discussed separately ("sectorally") from the Corfu Process or the human and economic dimensions, all interventions by participating States (pS) supported comprehens [...] | 2010-01-29 18:28:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OSCE PARM PREL KCFE RS XG |
10USOSCE31 | OSCE WEEKLY HIGHLIGHTS: JANUARY 25 - 29, 2010 [...] (SBU) Kazakhstani PermRep Abdrakhmanov formally presented the Chairmanship's Human Dimension (HD) calendar at the well-attended HD Committee's inaugural meeting January 22. True to the Chairmanship's stated priorities, the proposal was heavy on tolerance, gender, and trafficking events at the [...] | 2010-02-03 14:56:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED | OSCE PGOV PREL MARR KZ RS GM AJ |
10USOSCE32 | CFE/JCG: FEBRUARY 2 - CONCERN OVER SLOW RUSSIAN [...] (SBU) Summary: The Joint Consultative Group met briefly on February 2. In discussions with Allies, Italy noted with concern the delayed Russian response to a recent Italy CFE inspection request. Several States Parties noted that they looked forward to working with recently-appointed Special [...] | 2010-02-05 07:01:00 | Mission USOSCE | CONFIDENTIAL | KCFE OSCE PARM PREL |
10USOSCE33 | OSCE: 2/3 FSC HOLDS ROBUST DISCUSSION ON VIENNA [...] (SBU) Summary: The Forum for Security Cooperation (FSC) received a presentation on one potential way ahead for the Vienna Document from alumnus Col Wolfgang Richter, currently with the German Institute for International and Security Affairs. Richter's presentation supported the currently tab [...] | 2010-02-05 16:07:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OSCE PARM PREL KCFE RS XG |
10USOSCE35 | MEDIA FREEDOM AT THE OSCE: EAST V. WEST CONTINUES [...] (SBU) The state of Media Freedom in the OSCE region continues to be a hotly debated topic, particularly between the Russian Federation and the Central Asian States on one side and the U.S., EU and several like-minded delegations on the other. As the process to select the OSCE's next represent [...] | 2010-02-09 14:04:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV OSCE PHUM PREL KHLS RS |
10USOSCE36 | OSCE WEEKLY HIGHLIGHTS: FEBRUARY 1 - 5, 2010 [...] (SBU) In a January 27 meeting with CDA Fuller, Albanian Deputy Foreign Minister Edith Harxhi sounded hopeful the SP would return to parliament before March and said the GoA was waiting to see what SP Leader Rama's next move would be upon his return from a trip to the United States. On the Balk [...] | 2010-02-10 14:59:00 | Mission USOSCE | CONFIDENTIAL | OSCE PGOV PREL MARR KZ KV RS GG AL |
10USOSCE38 | CFE/JCG: FEBRUARY 9 - A FRUSTRATED RUSSIA [...] (SBU) Summary. At the Joint Consultative Group (JCG) meeting on February 9, Italy and the UK notified two new Russian CFE inspection rejections followed by statements of support by 13 Allies. A piqued Russia reiterated its stance. Allies held their ground against Russia's claims, rejected R [...] | 2010-02-12 10:08:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCFE OSCE PARM PREL |
10USOSCE39 | SUBJECT: OSCE: FEB. 10 FSC FOCUS ON SALW AND [...] (SBU) Summary: This and next week's Forum on Security Cooperation focus on Small Arms and Light Weapons (SALW) in accordance with Ministerial Decision 15/09, which tasks the FSC to develop a Plan of Action by May 2010. Working Group "A" reviewed the Danish and UK proposals on improving the V [...] | 2010-02-12 16:43:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OSCE PARM PREL KCFE RS XG |
10USOSCE40 | IMPLICATIONS FOR OSCE'S HUMAN DIMENSION WITH A [...] This is an action request (please see para 11). 2. Summary and action request. During a briefing by the USOSCE Charge to the Vienna NATO Caucus February 10 on Kazakhstani FM Saudabayev,s meetings in Washington, allies expressed appreciation for the strong USG messages given. Reactio [...] | 2010-02-16 17:22:00 | Mission USOSCE | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL OSCE |
10USOSCE41 | OSCE WEEKLY HIGHLIGHTS: FEBRUARY 8 - 12, 2010 [...] (SBU) In our February 9 meeting with the Chairmanship, Kazakhstani PermRep Abdrakhmanov requested additional information on U.S. expectations for the review conference the Chairmanship has been encouraged to hold in the run-up to a summit. Abdrakhmanov said the subject had come up in Kazakhst [...] | 2010-02-17 07:02:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED | OSCE PGOV PREL MARR KV KZ AF |
10USOSCE51 | CFE/JCG: FEBRUARY 16: GROUND HOG DAY AS A DOZEN [...] (SBU) During the 16 February JCG, we saw our shadow, again. i.e., Statements were made regarding the refusal of CFE inspections by the Russian Federation, and multiple countries supported the complaints. In this case, the United States (Neighbour) and Turkey (Begec) made statements reporting [...] | 2010-02-18 10:51:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCFE OSCE PARM PREL RO |
10USOSCE53 | RFG: OPEN SKIES--SUPPORT CANADA ON ACCESSION [...] (C) Summary: The Treaty on Open Skies is open for accession by any state worldwide. Broadening the Treaty membership will be discussed in the Open Skies Consultative Commission (OSCC) prior to and during the June 7-9 Review Conference. The Treaty remains Euro-Atlantic centric with 34 States [...] | 2010-02-18 17:13:00 | Mission USOSCE | CONFIDENTIAL | KCFE OSCE PARM PREL RS XG |
10USOSCE54 | RUSSIA BLOCKING NEW REP ON MEDIA FREEDOM AT OSCE [...] (C) The process to replace the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media (RFoM) has reached a deadlock with the overwhelming preponderance of the OSCE participating States (pS) on one side and Russia on the other. (Ref A). Kazakhstani Permanent Representative Ambassador Kairat Abdrakhmanov [...] | 2010-02-19 06:58:00 | Mission USOSCE | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV OSCE KPAO PHUM PREL |
10USOSCE55 | KAZAKHSTAN AT THE REINS OF THE OSCE [...] (C) Representing the Chair in Office (CiO) at the OSCE, Kazakhstan's Vienna representatives have begun to show their mettle in dealing with conflict and their intentions for the coming year. Led by seasoned diplomat Kairat Abdrakhmanov, the Kazakhstani delegation is off to a shaky start in Vie [...] | 2010-02-19 06:58:00 | Mission USOSCE | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL OSCE PINR KZ |
10USOSCE57 | OSCE: FEBRUARY 17--FSC SALW AND VIENNA DOCUMENT [...] (SBU) Summary: The FSC received presentations on Montenegro's demilitarization program from Deputy Defense Minister Rifet Kovacs and on the Wassenaar Arrangement from Chief of Secretariat Sune Danielsson. Kovacs received a mild rebuke from Denmark for Montenegro's lapses in keeping donors cu [...] | 2010-02-22 06:57:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OSCE PARM PREL KCFE RS XG |
10USOSCE60 | OPEN SKIES FEB 22: U.S.-DRAFTED RULES/PROCEDURES [...] (SBU) Summary: The 22 February Open Skies Consultative Commission (OSCC) plenary approved the U.S.-drafted Decision on Rules of Procedure and Working Methods of the OSCC and its Informal Working Groups (OSCC.DD/3/10). The plenary was followed by a short Informal Working Group on Rules and Pr [...] | 2010-02-23 13:30:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCFE OSCE PARM PREL |
10USOSCE61 | OSCE WEEKLY HIGHLIGHTS: FEBRUARY 16 - 19, 2010 [...] (SBU) During the weekly EU coordination meeting February 17, Spanish Ambassador Betanzos Roig (representing the EU Presidency) said she understood Kazakhstan's consultations on the appointment of a new representative on freedom of the media (RFoM) would continue with Russian FM Lavrov's visit t [...] | 2010-02-24 14:39:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OSCE PGOV PREL MARR KZ KG |
10USOSCE66 | KAZAKHSTAN BREAKS THE DEADLOCK TO APPOINT A NEW [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Russian Federation (RF) officially withdrew its candidate for the position of OSCE Representative for Freedom of the Media (RFoM) February 25, opening the door for the appointment of the Bosnian candidate - the overwhelming favorite of the participating States. Although the R [...] | 2010-02-26 14:57:00 | Mission USOSCE | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL OSCE BK KZ RS |
10USOSCE68 | OSCE/FSC ON 2/24: DIFFERENCES OVER CODE OF [...] (SBU) Summary: The February 24 Forum for Security Cooperation focused on the Code of Conduct, which drew out differences between U.S. and Russian approaches to dealing with conflict prevention and crisis management. It also underscored ambiguities within the Code and the tension between cons [...] | 2010-02-26 15:52:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OSCE PARM PREL KCFE RS XG |
10USOSCE9 | KAZAKHSTAN INAUGURATES OSCE CHAIRMANSHIP [...] (SBU) Summary: At its inaugural Permanent Council meeting January 14, the Kazakhstani Chairmanship reiterated its call for an OSCE summit - stressing the importance of building on ongoing discussions of European security - and highlighted its priorities for the year. Kazakhstan urged efforts t [...] | 2010-01-15 07:57:00 | Mission USOSCE | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KZ RU OSCE |
10VILNIUS125 | GOL VIEWS ON OPEN SKIES TREATY [...] (C) Summary. We spoke with Dovydas Spokauskas from the MFA's Transatlantic Cooperation and Security Policy Department as well as Robertas Sapronas from MOD's International Relations and Operations Department to collect information about the GOL's views on Open Skies (OS). The GOL considers t [...] | 2010-02-26 15:03:00 | Embassy Vilnius | CONFIDENTIAL | OSCE PARM PREL LH |
10VILNIUS77 | LITHUANIA WANTS TO KEEP MOLDOVA ON EU TRACK [...] (C) Summary: MFA Head of Ukraine and Moldova Division Dainius Zikevicius told Embassy February 1 that the goal of Lithuanian Prime Minister Andrius Kubilius in visiting Chisinau January 26-27 and signing a Joint Declaration on Cooperation in the Field of European Integration, was to show suppo [...] | 2010-02-03 08:22:00 | Embassy Vilnius | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL OSCE XH MD UP LH |
10VILNIUS78 | LITHUANIA'S 2011 OSCE CHAIRMANSHIP [...] (U) ACTION REQUEST. See paragraph 9. 2. (C) Ambassador met with MFA Ambassador-at-Large Rytis Paulauskas on January 20 to discuss the GOL's plans for its OSCE chairmanship in 2011. Paulauskas said the GOL will focus on human dimension issues of media freedom and election observations. [...] | 2010-02-03 08:23:00 | Embassy Vilnius | CONFIDENTIAL | OSCE MOPS PREL AF LH |
10WARSAW98 | OSCE/ODIHR TO S.E. ROSENTHAL: USE ASTANA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Officials from OSCE's Office of Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) in Warsaw told visiting Special Envoy Hannah Rosenthal that high-level U.S. participation in the OSCE High-Level Conference on Tolerance and Non-Discrimination in June 2010 in Astana would help to r [...] | 2010-02-16 15:17:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM OSCE PREL PL |
10WARSAW99 | ANTI-SEMITISM IN POLAND: GRADUAL PROGRESS, BUT [...] (C) SUMMARY: A range of interlocutors told U.S. Special Envoy for Monitoring and Combating Anti-Semitism Hannah Rosenthal during her January 28-29 visit that anti-Semitism in Poland is on the decline, though not as quickly as they hoped. They cited a low incidence of anti-Semitic violence and [...] | 2010-02-16 16:34:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL OSCE IS PL |
10ZAGREB20 | EMBASSY ZAGREB RECOMMENDED PARTICIPANTS FOR OSCE [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-11 16:44:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER OSCE HR |
96ASHGABAT2612 | USREP BROWN MEETING WITH MEMBERS OF TURKMEN [...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY CHARGE TATIANA C. GFOELLER. REASON: 1.5 D. 2. (C) SUMMARY: ON AUGUST 30 US OSCE REPRESENTATIVE SAM BROWN MET WITH THE TWO TURKMEN PARLIAMENTARIANS DESIGNATED TO MANAGE THE GOTX'S INSTITUTE FOR DEMOCRACY AND HUMAN RIGHTS -- VLADIMIR KADYROV AND RASHID MEREDOV. AMBASSA [...] | 1996-09-05 11:13:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM EAID OSCE TX XG |