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| Identifier | Subject | Date | Office | Classification | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01ABUJA1048 |
OBASANJO ON LIBERIA SANCTIONS, CONTE AND THE RUF [...] (C) President Obasanjo told Ambassador Jeter May 5 that he was increasingly optimistic that the GOSL and the RUF could reach an accommodation. At the conclusion of their visit to Abuja (reftel), the two sides had decided to return to Sierra Leone on the same aircraft. Obasanjo opined that t [...] |
2001-05-09 15:19:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS MASS SL GV NI |
| 02ABUJA1636 |
NIGERIA: BAKASSI MAY LEAD TO CONFLICT [...] (S) SUMMARY: Tensions between Nigeria and Cameroon are rising in anticipation of the ICJ's ruling on the Bakassi dispute. Many observers expect a ruling before the Court's summer recess begins in July. The Nigerian public is not ready to hear that Bakassi belongs to Cameroon. Elections loom. S [...] |
2002-05-31 16:21:00 | Embassy Abuja | SECRET | PREL MOPS PBTS EPET CM NI ICJ |
| 02ABUJA2337 |
NIGERIA: PRESIDENT OBASANJO AND A/S [...] (C) Summary. During their July 25 meeting at Aso Rock Villa, President Obasanjo and Assistant Secretary Kansteiner discussed major regional conflicts and the potential crisis on Nigeria's southeastern border -- the Bakassi. This cable reports the discussion on Bakassi. Other topics are reporte [...] |
2002-08-06 08:26:00 | Embassy Abuja | SECRET | PREL PBTS MOPS CM FR NI |
| 02ABUJA2787 |
NIGERIA MIGHT IGNORE UNFAVORABLE RULING ON [...] (C) Summary: Nigerian Minister of State for Defense (Army) Batagarawa told us on September 27 said that Nigeria would disregard an unfavorable ICJ ruling on Bakassi. International pressure could be withstood. That evening, DCM heard a second report of Minister of Defense Danjuma's warning to [...] |
2002-10-03 18:43:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PBTS MOPS PGOV PREL PREF EPET NI CM |
| 02ABUJA2813 |
NIGERIA WANTS TIME TO IMPLEMENT BAKASSI [...] (C) Summary: MFA convokes Ambassador, asserts GON will eschew force in Bakassi, whatever the ICJ decides, as long as Cameroon does the same. However, Abuja will want "time to study the verdict," a Joint Implementation Committee and a second summit. "Provocation" and "atrocities committed" b [...] |
2002-10-09 17:38:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PBTS PREL MOPS MARR PINS IV NI UV |
| 02ABUJA2833 |
NIGERIA: IMPLEMENTING THE BAKASSI RULING, A [...] (U) On October 10 MFA Permanent Secretary Dan Hart phoned Ambassador to clarify a statement made during their earlier October 7 meeting on Bakassi (Reftel A). 2. (C) At the earlier meeting, Hart stated the GON wanted a "Joint Implementing Committee" with Cameroon in order to manage the [...] |
2002-10-11 16:08:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PBTS PREL MOPS MARR PINS CM NI |
| 02ABUJA2933 |
NIGERIA: MOD DANJUMA DENIES PARIS AGREEMENT ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: During an October 25 meeting with Ambassador Jeter, Nigerian Minister of Defense Lieutenant General (ret.) Theophilus Y. Danjuma discussed the GON's position on the ICJ's Bakassi decision. While Danjuma denied the GON had agreed to abide by the ICJ's ruling at the September 5 Pa [...] |
2002-10-25 18:45:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PBTS MOPS PGOV PREL PREF EPET NI CM |
| 02ABUJA2934 |
NIGERIA WANTS TIME TO IMPLEMENT BAKASSI RULING [...] (S) Summary: Nigeria's Cabinet states its objections to the ICJ ruling on Bakassi, suggests implementation will not begin soon, and calls for more bilateral talks. Meanwhile, the Armed Forces are simultaneously on high alert and a huge shopping spree. We view GON words and actions as effort [...] |
2002-10-24 02:34:00 | Embassy Abuja | SECRET//NOFORN | PBTS PREL MOPS MARR PINS IV NI UV |
| 02ABUJA3036 |
NIGERIA: MOD DANJUMA ACCUSES FRENCH OF ARMING [...] (C) During a private moment at the October 30 Australian National Day, I asked Minister of Defense T.Y. Danjuma if he could confirm reports of a GON military build-up in response to the ICJ decision on the Bakassi. Danjuma did not deny the reports as I thought he would; rather he said that N [...] |
2002-11-06 12:26:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PBTS MOPS PGOV PREL PREF EPET NI CM |
| 02ABUJA3321 |
"TWO TERMS THREATENS DEMOCRACY AND PEACE" SAYS [...] Summary: On November 16, Nigerian Ambassador to the U.S., Professo Jibril Aminu, said in a press interview that the idea of two terms for officials is a threat to Nigeria's democracy and peace in the country. Aminu, who spoke on a wide range of issues, reiterated that the North h with all Pre [...] |
2002-12-16 15:45:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO PBTS PGOV NI |
| 02ABUJA3378 |
"TWO TERMS THREATENS DEMOCRACY AND [...] Summary: On November 16, Nigerian Ambassador to the U.S., Professor Jibril Aminu, said in a press interview that the idea of two terms for elected officials is a threat to Nigeria's democracy and peace in the country. Ambassador Aminu, who spoke on a wide range of issues, reiterated that the [...] |
2002-12-30 16:03:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO PBTS PGOV NI |
| 02AMMAN7313 |
THE BULGE: JORDANIANS SET TO BEGIN WORK ON [...] (C) Raif Nijem, Vice-President of the GOJ's Restoration Committee for Al-Aqsa Mosque and Dome of the Rock and the leader of a Jordanian team sent to study the bulge in the southern wall of Haram al-Sharif (see Ref), is optimistic that work can begin the week of December 22 to shore up the sout [...] |
2002-12-17 12:17:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | KPAL PREL KWBG PBTS IS JO |
| 02HANOI2309 |
PRC-VIETNAM BORDER: GVN COUNTERING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. SINCE THE CONCLUSION OF THE NINTH ROUND OF BILATERAL BOUNDARY TALKS WITH THE PRC ON AUGUST 23, THE GVN HAS ENGAGED IN A PUBLIC RELATIONS BLITZ, INCLUDING THE APPARENTLY UNPRECEDENTED PUBLICATION OF THE 1999 LAND BORDER TREATY ON THE INTERNET, TO COUNTER PERSISTENT DOMESTIC CRI [...] |
2002-09-24 09:29:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PBTS PREL PINR CH VM CVR |
| 02LAGOS76 |
SOUTHERN SECESSION UNLIKELY DESPITE TENSIONS [...] (C) Summary. While electoral divisions are under growing media scrutiny, most southern political analysts privately acknowledge that fears of imminent secessionism are unfounded at present. Though some disgruntled groups demand the creation of their own state within the federation, most do no [...] |
2002-12-07 11:46:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON NI PBTS PGOV PHUM PREF PREL |
| 02TEGUCIGALPA2531 |
A/S REICH ADDRESSES MILITARY ISSUES AND PROMOTES [...] (C) Summary: On August 28 WHA Assistant Secretary Otto Reich visited with Honduran Minister of Defense Federico Breve Travieso and Chief of the Joint Staff General Jose Isaias Barahona. The meeting covered a variety of topics, including the Cerro La Mole radar, border conflicts with Nicaragua [...] |
2002-09-10 16:57:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MCAP PHUM KJUS SNAR PBTS PGOV HO |
| 02TEGUCIGALPA2534 |
A/S REICH MEETS WITH HONDURAN PRESIDENT MADURO; DISCUSSION FOCUSES ON BORDER/TARIFF DISPUTE WITH NICARAGUA [...] No summary [...] |
2002-09-10 17:00:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PBTS ETRD ECON KJUS HO UNGA |
| 02TEGUCIGALPA2759 |
HONDURAS GIVEN NONPAPER ON STRAIGHT BASELINE [...] (U) PolOffs delivered ref A nonpaper on the Honduran straight baseline claim to MFA Director General of Foreign Policy Mario Fortin September 25. There was no immediate official reaction from the MFA. 2. (C) Informally, Fortin was not surprised to receive these U.S. views. He almost, but [...] |
2002-10-01 14:40:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | PBTS PREL HO |
| 02TEGUCIGALPA3140 |
HONDURAS SUPPORTS MEXICO'S CARIBBEAN MARITIME [...] PolOff discussed Mexico's Caribbean maritime boundary initiative (reftel) November 5 with MFA DG for Foreign Policy AMB Mario Fortin. Fortin said that the GOH had attended the first conference in May and welcomed the Mexican initiative. (Fortin told PolOff November 18 that the GOH had "registe [...] |
2002-11-18 22:53:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | PBTS PREL ETRD HO |
| 02TEGUCIGALPA3322 |
HONDURAN CONGRESS APPROVES STOLEN VEHICLE TREATY [...] Upon receipt of reftel that informed Post that the Senate on November 14 had given advice and consent to ratification of the Treaty With Honduras for Return of Stolen, Robbed, and Embezzled Vehicles and Aircraft, EmbOffs began checking into the status of Honduran congressional action on the tre [...] |
2002-12-10 15:21:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PBTS KTIA KCRM ETRD HO |
| 03ABUDHABI1763 |
CT TRAINING STRATEGY FOR UAEG: STRATEGIC [...] (U) Classified by Ambassador Marcelle M. Wahba for Reasons 1.5 (B, D). 2. (C) As a "next steps" follow-up to the U.S.-UAE Strategic Dialogue (see ref A), we have met with UAEG officials and identified UAE law enforcement training needs in counter-terrorism cooperation. Training needs in [...] |
2003-04-13 12:53:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | EIAR ELTN ETCC PARM PBTS PGOV PREL PTER TC |
| 03ABUDHABI195 |
(S) UAE APPROVES U-2 OVERFLIGHT OF IRAQ [...] (U) Classified by Ambassador Marcelle M. Wahba, Reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). 2. (S) On January 13, Post received UAEG approval of reftel request for use of USAF U-2 assets based at Al-Dhafra AB in Abu Dhabi in support of UNMOVIC. Specifically, 380 AEW Commander Col. Augst received approval fro [...] |
2003-01-13 13:41:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET | MARR MOPS PBTS PREL IZ TC |
| 03ABUDHABI4495 |
UAE: PSI STATEMENT OF INTERDICTION PRINCIPLES [...] (C) Per Refs A and B, Polchief delivered the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) Statement of Principles on September 7 and followed up with MFA interlocutors September 28 and 30. Polchief also made contact with other embassies that had received similar demarche instructions from their ca [...] |
2003-10-06 12:27:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET | KNNP MNUC PARM PREL PHSA PBTS EAIR EWWT TC |
| 03ABUJA352 |
Bakassi -- Meeting with Ould-Abdallah: Cameroon [...] (U) This is an action message; see para 10. 2. (C) Summary: Nigeria's approach to its border dispute with Cameroon is sophisticated, but its commitment to execute what it negotiates less certain, UNSYG representative Ould- Abdallah told Ambassador Jeter. However, the Cameroonians under [...] |
2003-02-18 16:01:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS SENV EPET EFIS NI CM |
| 03ABUJA984 |
NIGERIA: OIL REVENUE ALLOCATION ISSUE UNRESOLVED [...] Summary. This cable provides an update on the ongoing disagreement between the Presidency and National Assembly over the politically sensitive oil revenue allocation issue. This matter is important not just because of the money at stake and the potential impact on the financial well-being of t [...] |
2003-06-05 11:18:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | EPET PBTS EFIN PGOV NI |
| 03AMMAN4404 |
GOJ CALLS FOR END TO ADMIN FEES AT TREBIL BORDER [...] (sbu) Jordanian Minister of Planning Bassem Awadallah sent a letter to the Ambassador July 13 to voice concern over administrative processing fees imposed at the Trebil border crossing. Text of letter follows: 2. (sbu) Begin text: (complimentary opening) Kindly note that we have b [...] |
2003-07-16 14:29:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD PBTS IZ JO |
| 03AMMAN5540 |
JORDAN'S NATIONAL POLICE DIRECTOR ON PRIORITIES [...] (C) SUMMARY: During an August 27 meeting with Emboffs and visiting Congressional staff, Public Security Directorate (PSD) Director General Tahseen Shurdom cited training and equipment as his fiscal priorities. He reiterated his government,s willingness to train Iraqi police officers and showed [...] |
2003-09-02 12:12:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCRM PBTS PTER JO |
| 03AMMAN6255 |
PSI BACKGROUND AND TALKING POINTS DELIVERED TO [...] (C) PolCouns and PolOff September 29 delivered ref a points on the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) to Ali al-Ayed, Foreign Minister Muasher's Private Office Director. PolCouns had previously delivered ref b text of the Statement of Interdiction Principles (SOP) to Ayed on September 7. [...] |
2003-09-30 12:29:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP MNUC PARM PREL PHSA PBTS EAIR EWWT JO |
| 03AMMAN7275 |
COOPERATIVE MONITORING CENTER LAUNCHED IN AMMAN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Ambassador and visiting officials from the Department of Energy's National Nuclear Security Administration and Sandia National Laboratories recently inaugurated the Cooperative Monitoring Center (CMC) in Amman. CMC/Amman is modeled after the CMC at Sandia, which has been a [...] |
2003-11-06 13:09:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PBTS PINR PREL PTER JO MEPN |
| 03ANKARA2254 |
TURKS: RESOLUTION ON AEGEAN CLAIMS "NOT PRODUCTIVE" [...] (C) Summary. MFA's DDG for Maritime and Aviation Affairs, Vakur Gokdenizler, convoked pol-mil counselor to tell us that Congress' adoption of House Concurrent Resolution 87 on Aegean claims would be a "symbol of deteriorating U.S.-Turkish relations." He asked that the USG do what it could t [...] |
2003-04-08 07:32:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS PHSA GR TU |
| 03ANKARA5223 |
TURKEY EXPRESSES CONCERN ABOUT POSSIBLE FALL-OUT [...] (C) MFA Middle East DG Burcuoglu advised DCM August 14 that the July 22 Temple Mount/Haram al-Sharif incident involving non-Muslim groups praying in the al-Aqsa mosque could adversely impact potential Turkish participation in Iraq and the Roadmap. Burcuoglu believed that permitting non-Muslim [...] |
2003-08-18 05:40:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS KPAL KWBG KIRF IS TU |
| 03ANKARA7412 |
RUSSIAN TRANSNISTRIA SETTLEMENT PROPOSAL DEMARCHE: [...] (U) Due to Turkey's week-long official holiday, Embassy deputy political counselor delivered ref A demarche to MFA Eastern Europe Department Head Omur Solendil on December 3. 2. (C) Solendil said the GOT had "noted" the Russian Transnistria memorandum was prepared without consultation w [...] |
2003-12-03 15:10:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | MD PBTS PREL TU |
| 03BELGRADE278 |
"YUGOSLAVIA" OFFICIALLY DISAPPEARS, GIVES WAY [...] ON FEBRUARY 4, FOLLOWING THE ADOPTION OF THE CONSTITUTIONAL CHARTER AND IMPLEMENTATION LAW, THE YUGOSLAV PARLIAMENT OFFICIALLY PROCLAIMED THE END OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF YUGOSLAVIA AND THE BEGINNING OF THE STATE UNION OF "SERBIA AND MONTENEGRO." THIRTY FEDERAL INSTITUTIONS IMMEDIATELY CEAS [...] |
2003-02-04 18:47:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PBTS MW SR YI |
| 03DJIBOUTI1819 |
SOMALILAND MINISTERS REQUEST USG SECURITY [...] (SBU) Summary: AmEmbassy Djibouti representatives received Somaliland requests for counterterrorism assistance in a brief meeting with the the secessionist region's Ministers of Defense, Interior, and Rehabilitation and Returning Refugees September 29, 2003. The Embassy reiterated the USG p [...] |
2003-10-05 07:47:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED | MAS PBTS PREL DJ SO |
| 03GUATEMALA159 |
LETTER FROM FOREIGN MINISTER GUTIERREZ TO [...] Foreign Minister Edgar Gutierrez gave us on January 21 a letter to Secretary Powell (dated January 17) in which he thanks the Secretary for his letter (reftel) congratulating Gutierrez on his nomination as Foreign Minister. In his letter, Gutierrez expresses his desire to work together with t [...] |
2003-01-21 21:22:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PBTS GT BZ |
| 03GUATEMALA1609 |
COUNTER-NARCOTICS MARITIME AGREEMENT SIGNED [...] (U) Ambassador Hamilton and Foreign Minister Gutierrez signed the bilateral counter-narcotics maritime agreement (reftels) in a ceremony at the MFA on June 19. Signature of this landmark agreement has been an important element in our dialogue with the GOG on counter-narcotics certification. T [...] |
2003-06-20 18:45:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KTIA SNAR PBTS KCRM PHSA EWWT EAIR GT |
| 03GUATEMALA2388 |
BELIZEAN DATT ON BORDER DISPUTE [...] (C) PolOff met with Lt. Col. Omar L. Pulido, Belizean Defense Attache in Guatemala, at his request, on September 9. Pulido wanted our readout on whether the future of the confidence building measures had been affected by Guatemala's rejection of the OAS facilitator's proposals. Pulido said [...] |
2003-09-16 16:55:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PBTS PREL BH GT |
| 03GUATEMALA696 |
GUATEMALAN MFA DISCUSSES FUTURE OF BORDER TALKS [...] (C) In a March 11 meeting with PolCouns and PolOff, the Belize Border Commission of the Guatemalan MFA said that resolution of the long-running border dispute would be passed along to the new Guatemalan government that will take office in January, 2004, and said the new government will have to [...] |
2003-03-17 20:59:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PBTS PREL PGOV GT OAS BZ |
| 03HALIFAX108 |
ALIEN SMUGGLING AT HALIFAX PORT [...] SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED - ENTIRE TEXT. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The port of Halifax is facing a growing problem of stowaways, primarily of Romanian nationality, who arrive here hidden in shipping containers on board commercial freight vessels originating at southern European ports. Certain s [...] |
2003-04-03 20:43:00 | Consulate Halifax | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SMIG CVIS PBTS EWWT CA |
| 03HALIFAX110 |
FDA BIOTERRORISM MEASURES: NEWFOUNDLAND SEEKS [...] SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED - ENTIRE TEXT. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The province of Newfoundland-Labrador believes its exporters of fish and other perishable products should get special consideration when the USG implements new FDA border measures to combat bioterrorism. Newfoundland, which depe [...] |
2003-04-04 21:08:00 | Consulate Halifax | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PBTS ETRD EFIS EAGR CA US FDA |
| 03HALIFAX27 |
ATLANTIC CANADA WORRIED BY IMPACT OF BORDER [...] SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED - ENTIRE TEXT. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Nova Scotia officials have raised with CG the deep concerns in Atlantic Canada over the potential that USG border screening systems, including the regulations emanating from the Bioterrorism Act, will hurt the large volume of agri [...] |
2003-02-12 19:07:00 | Consulate Halifax | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PTER PBTS ETRD EFIS EAGR CA US |
| 03HOCHIMINHCITY713 |
Vietnam: Pirates in the Gulf of Thailand [...] (SBU) During a courtesy call on the Kien Giang provincial People's Committee, Ambassador Burghardt asked Chairman Bui Ngoc Suong and Vice Chairman Van Ha Phong for their views on reports of increasing maritime piracy in the Gulf of Thailand and the impact on Vietnamese fishermen. Noting that [...] |
2003-08-07 09:30:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PBTS PHSA EFIS EWWT PTER PREL PGOV VM |
| 03KUWAIT85 |
(S/NF) KUWAIT OKAYS U-2 OVERFLIGHT OF IRAQ IN [...] No summary [...] |
2003-01-12 15:31:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET//NOFORN | MARR MOPS PBTS PREL CY IZ KU SA TU UK TC |
| 03LAGOS85 |
NIGERIA: BARKING DOWN A DRY WELL - FEW [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Nigeria should endure no economic losses due to the decision of the ICJ awarding the Bakassi Peninsula to Cameroon. Despite speculation of vast crude reserves offshore, several existing oil wells in the waters impacted by the decision appear to be non-producing and there is li [...] |
2003-01-12 09:24:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PBTS ENRG EFIS PGOV NI CM |
| 03MONTREAL204 |
BORDER UPDATE - CANADIAN IMMIGRATION DIGS OUT OLD [...] SUMMARY: A LONG-STANDING CITIZENSHIP AND IMMIGRATION CANADA (CIC) PRACTICE HAS CHANGED. ILLEGAL ALIENS WHO PREVIOUSLY WOULD HAVE BEEN ADMITTED IMMEDIATELY INTO CANADA ARE NOW TURNED OVER TO USINS UNTIL A CIC APPOINTMENT IS SCHEDULED. END SUMMARY. 2. STARTING IN LATE 2002, LARGE NUMBERS [...] |
2003-02-14 16:30:00 | Consulate Montreal | UNCLASSIFIED | SMIG PREF KPAO PBTS KISL PGOV PREL CVIS CA CIC |
| 03MONTREAL4 |
APPARENT ILLEGAL ALIENS FROM PRIMARILY PAKISTAN RESIDING [...] SUMMARY: SOME 200 ALIENS, MOST OF THEM OF PAKISTANI ORIGIN, FLOCKED TO THE NEW YORK-QUEBEC BORDER POST OF CHAMPLAIN-LACOLLE IN AN ATTEMPT TO FILE FOR THE STATUS OF POLITICAL REFUGEE AT THE CANADIAN BORDER IMMIGRATION OFFICE BEFORE THE START OF THE NEW YEAR. PAKISTANI CLAIMANTS SAID THEY WERE N [...] |
2003-01-03 21:27:00 | Consulate Montreal | UNCLASSIFIED | SMIG KPAO SOCI KISL PGOV PTER PREL PBTS CA |
| 03OTTAWA2232 |
URGING HIGH-LEVEL CANADIAN ENGAGEMENT ON MOLDOVA [...] (C) Canada agrees with us that more pressure needs to be brought to bear on the Moldovan peace process and the withdrawal of Russian forces, and will seek opportunities to do so. Embassy Political Minister Counselor discussed reftel demarche with Norbert Kalisch, Acting Assistant Deputy Minis [...] |
2003-08-06 21:16:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS EU MD CA OSCE |
| 03OTTAWA487 |
BEAUFORT SEA LEASE SALE DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] |
2003-02-20 15:01:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | PHSA PBTS PREL ENRG SENV CA |
| 03OTTAWA556 |
CANADA JOINS U.S., EU SANCTIONS AGAINST [...] (SBU) On 27 February Political Counselor discussed the proposed visa sanctions against Transnistrian officials with John McNiesh, Eastern European Desk Officer for the Canadian Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT). 2. (SBU) McNeish said that representatives of the U. [...] |
2003-02-27 21:14:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | EU MD RS CA PREL PBTS CVIS OSCE |
| 03OTTAWA595 |
GOC DIPNOTE ON BEAUFORT SEA DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...] |
2003-03-04 19:00:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | PHSA PBTS PREL ENRG SENV CA |
| 03ROME1887 |
ITALY WILL APPROVE CONSENSUAL SRO FOR ALGERIA AND [...] (S) ON APRIL 29, REF A POINTS WERE CONVEYED BY ROME ODC CHIEF TO VCHOD GENERAL CAMPORINI AND, SEPARATELY, BY POLOFF TO MFA ACTING NATO OFFICE DIRECTOR CARLO LO CASCIO. CAMPORINI SAID THAT ITALY WOULD SUPPORT THE FLIGHTS, AS WELL AS ANY OTHER U.S. NON-CLANDESTINE USE OF SIGONELLA, AS LONG AS T [...] |
2003-05-02 16:09:00 | Embassy Rome | SECRET | PREL MOPS MARR PBTS IT AG ML TS FORCES IN ITALY NATO |
| 03ROME3700 |
URGING HIGH LEVEL ITALIAN/EU PRESIDENCY ENGAGEMENT [...] (C) ON AUGUST 14 THE ACTING (NORMALLY DEPUTY) DIRECTOR GENERAL OF THE MFA'S BUREAU FOR EUROPEAN AFFAIRS, FRANCESCO BASCONE, TOLD CHARGE THAT ITALY SHARED USG CONCERNS (REFTEL) OVER THE SLOW PACE OF PROGRESS TO REMOVE RUSSIAN TROOPS AND ARMS FROM MOLDOVA AND TO REACH A FINAL POLITICAL SETTLEMENT [...] |
2003-08-14 13:04:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS EU IT MD OSCE |
| 03ROME5362 |
ITALY'S RESPONSE TO RUSSIAN EFFORT TO RESOLVE [...] (C) MFA OSCE OFFICE DIRECTOR FABIO CRISTIANI TOLD POLOFF ON NOVEMBER 21 THAT ITALY CONCURRED WITH THE US VIEW (REF A) THAT RECENT EFFORTS BY THE RUSSIAN GOVERNMENT TO UNILATERALLY NEGOTIATE A SETTLEMENT OF THE TRANSNISTRIAN CONFLICT WERE CARRIED OUT IN A NON-TRANSPARENT MANNER AND OUTSIDE OF TH [...] |
2003-11-25 17:34:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS MD RS IT EUN |
| 03ROME5441 |
MOLDOVAN PRESIDENT VORONIN TERMS KOZAK PLAN [...] (C) ACCORDING TO MFA DESK OFFICER FOR MOLDOVA LORENZO ORTONA, MOLDOVAN PRESIDENT VORONIN INFORMED BOTH PRESIDENT CIAMPI AND PM BERLUSCONI THAT HE FOUND THE "KOZAK" DOCUMENT UNACCEPTABLE. VORONIN MADE CLEAR TO HIS ITALIAN INTERLOCUTORS DURING HIS NOVEMBER 27 VISIT TO ROME THAT NEGOTIATIONS TO [...] |
2003-12-03 15:10:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS MD RS IT EUN |
| 03SANAA1451 |
MINISTER OF INTERIOR ON YEMEN-SAUDI SECURITY [...] (C) Begin summary: On June 21, Charge met with Minister of Interior Alimi to discuss recent developments in Yemen-Saudi border security, Red Sea counter-terrorism cooperation, press reports of Yemeni terrorist arrested in Saudi Arabia, and other issues. The Charge was accompanied by RSO an [...] |
2003-06-23 15:04:00 | Embassy Sanaa | CONFIDENTIAL | PBTS PREL PTER PGOV SA YM COUNTER TERRORISM |
| 03SANAA2487 |
DEMARCHE OF YEMENI MFA OFFICIAL ON PSI BACKGROUND [...] (c) On October 12, Pol/Econ Chief met with Ministry of Foreign Affairs Director of the Americas Office Abdulsalem Qassim al-Awadhi to re-deliver and discuss the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) Statement of Interdiction Principles (refs a and b) and to review the questions and answers [...] |
2003-10-13 11:16:00 | Embassy Sanaa | CONFIDENTIAL | MNUC PARM PREL PHSA PBTS EAIR EWWT KNNP DEMARCHE |
| 03SANTODOMINGO5275 |
STILL WAITING FOR GODR SUBSTANTIVE REACTION TO PSI [...] (C) Per ref A, we again contacted GODR Deputy Director for the Americas, Roger Espaillat, to inquire if the GODR has any substantive comment on the Statement of Interdiction Principles adopted by the Proliferation Security Initiative participants. Espaillat replied that the GODR generally s [...] |
2003-09-30 15:15:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP MNUC PARM PREL PHSA PBTS EAIR EWWT DR |
| 03TEGUCIGALPA1549 |
ONGOING MARITIME DISPUTE BETWEEN HONDURAS AND [...] (U) Nicaraguan and Honduran military authorities recently deemed ongoing territorial disputes between the two nations in the process of resolution, according to press reports. Nicaraguan GEN Javier Carrion articulated his commitment to resolving maritime disputes peacefully, as well as to fost [...] |
2003-07-01 23:13:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PBTS PREL PGOV MOPS ECON EFIS PINR HO |
| 03TEGUCIGALPA2221 |
HONDURAS CONFIDENT ICJ WILL RULE IN ITS FAVOR; [...] (C) SUMMARY: Honduran officials are confident the International Court of Justice (ICJ) will uphold its original 1992 decision demarcating the border between Honduras and El Salvador and are dismissive of El Salvadoran claims that new material unknown to the Court at the time would have been a [...] |
2003-09-18 21:12:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | PBTS ES HO |
| 03TEGUCIGALPA2380 |
HONDURAS READY TO MOVE FORWARD ON REGIONAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: According to Government of Honduras (GOH) officials, Honduras is still very inclined to move forward on regional disarmament, but remains insistent that the process proceed through established channels, particularly the Central American Security Commission (SICA), and that all the [...] |
2003-09-04 17:16:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | SECRET | PARM PREL MASS MCAP PBTS PINR HO |
| 03TEGUCIGALPA2383 |
ENGLISH SYNOPSIS OF NICARAGUAN ARMS CONTROL PROPOSAL [...] Below is an informal translation of the substantive parts of the Nicaraguan arms control proposal of July 2003, formally titled "The Program to Limit and Control Arms in Central America to Achieve a Reasonable Balance of Forces and Foster Stability, Mutual Confidence, and Transparency"(ref A). [...] |
2003-09-04 17:16:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL MASS MCAP PBTS PINR HO |
| 03TEGUCIGALPA2757 |
HONDURAS ANXIOUS TO MOVE EL SALVADOR BORDER [...] (C) Summary: As part of the on-going effort to demarcate the Honduran-El Salvador border, on November 11 OAS envoy, NIMA specialist John Gates, awarded over one square kilometer of territory to El Salvador that was originally designated to Honduras by the 1992 International Court of Justice (IC [...] |
2003-11-24 20:06:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | PBTS PREL MOPS ES HO |
| 03TEGUCIGALPA2952 |
ICJ REJECTS EL SALVADOR'S APPLICATION FOR REVISION [...] On December 18, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague, by a vote of 4-1, rejected El Salvador's September 10, 2002 application for revision of the Court's original 1992 decision demarcating the land and maritime border between El Salvador and Honduras as "inadmissible." The ICJ [...] |
2003-12-19 23:01:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | PBTS KTIA PREL PGOV ES HO |
| 03TEGUCIGALPA548 |
HOSTAGE SITUATION IN NAHUATERIQUE POCKET ON BORDER [...] (U) SUMMARY: On February 25 at around 10:00am a Honduran patrol comprised of seven police and four military personnel was surrounded by approximately 400 compesinos in the Nahuaterique pocket on the border with El Salvador. The incident occurred after the patrol had confiscated a number of c [...] |
2003-02-27 23:21:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PBTS PHUM PREL PTER ECON PINR ES HO |
| 03TEGUCIGALPA606 |
MADURO ANNOUNCES RETALIATORY TARIFFS AGAINST [...] (SBU) Summary. On March 3, President Maduro announced a number of retaliatory countermeasures against Nicaragua including a 35 percent tariff on goods and increased fees for the use of Puerto Cortez and national highways. The retaliatory action by the GOH is the latest chapter in the long-ru [...] |
2003-03-06 14:49:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PBTS ETRD PGOV HO |
| 03TEGUCIGALPA652 |
MADURO GETS POLITICAL LIFT FROM SUSPENSION OF [...] (SBU) The news of the Nicaraguan Congress' vote to temporarily suspend the retaliatory 35 percent tariff on Honduran goods, after three years, was greeted with relief and a bit of triumph in Tegucigalpa. On March 11, Honduran President Maduro immediately announced the news, after receiving a [...] |
2003-03-13 19:06:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PBTS ETRD PGOV PREL HO |
| 03TEGUCIGALPA654 |
HONDURAN REQUEST FOR BORDER MAPPING [...] Per refs A, B, C, and D Honduras and El Salvador are looking to move forward on border demarcation via a binational border commission but progress has been stymied due to outdated maps. Their joint request, received at both Embassy Tegucigalpa and San Salvador, is for maps at scale of 1:25,00 [...] |
2003-03-13 20:33:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | PBTS PREL ES HO |
| 03THEHAGUE1524 |
DUTCH MFA ON "PEACE CONSOLIDATION" IN MOLDOVA PAPER [...] No summary [...] |
2003-06-13 13:19:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL PBTS NATO OSCE |
| 03THEHAGUE1753 |
DUTCH MFA ON SENIOR OSCE REPRESENTATIVE FOR MOLDOVA [...] No summary [...] |
2003-07-09 13:23:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS MD NL |
| 03THEHAGUE2167 |
OSCE: MOLDOVA HIGH-LEVEL ENVOY DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (C) Due to the absence of CiO Personal Representative and OSCE Task Force Director Daan Everts until August 29, PolOff delivered ref A to OSCE Task Force Senior Policy Advisor Geoffrey van Leeuwen. Van Leeuwen said the GoNL agrees that positions on both the Transnistrian and Moldovan sides hav [...] |
2003-08-27 13:50:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS MD NL OSCE |
| 03ZAGREB1680 |
REFUGEE RETURN ISSUES AND OPIC ROAD FINANCE; THE [...] (C) ON JULY 21, THE AMBASSADOR PAID AN INTRODUCTORY CALL ON RADOMIR CACIC, CROATIA'S MINISTER FOR PUBLIC WORKS, RECONSTRUCTION AND BUILDING. THE AMBASSADOR TOLD CACIC HE WAS PLEASED WITH RECENT GOC INITIATIVES AIMED AT SPEEDING UP THE PACE OF REFUGEE RETURNS. HE ENCOURAGED CACIC AND HIS MINI [...] |
2003-07-25 15:30:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL BEXP EFIN ELTN PGOV PBTS HR |
| 03ZAGREB1903 |
TENSIONS MOUNT OVER CROATIAN INTENT TO DECLARE EEZ [...] (C) Relations between Croatia and Slovenia have taken another downward plunge over Croatia's announced intention to declare an Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) in the Adriatic Sea. The Slovenian ambassador to Croatia has apparently been recalled. The Croatian MFA presented the Croatian point of [...] |
2003-09-02 16:03:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS PHSA EWWT EFIS SENV HR |
| 03ZAGREB1925 |
INTENT TO DECLARE EEZ ADDS NEW WRINKLES TO OLD [...] (C) On September 3, the Slovenian Charge called upon the DCM to deliver a fairly low-key pitch that the U.S. and EU help "create the atmosphere" for a resolution over the conflict over the Croatian intention to announce an exclusive economic zone (EEZ) in the Adriatic. In a presentation that [...] |
2003-09-05 08:29:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS PHSA EWWT EFIS SENV SI HR EUN |
| 03ZAGREB1927 |
TIME RUNNING OUT FOR AGREEMENT ON PLOCE PORT [...] (C) PM Racan has vowed that Croatia will ratify the Ploce Port Agreement by the end of September despite continued local and parliamentary opposition to the agreement. GOC and GOBiH have met frequently in recent weeks to try to reach a compromise that would provide Croatia the political cover [...] |
2003-09-05 11:31:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PBTS ECON HR |
| 03ZAGREB1936 |
DECIDING ITF DIRECTOR CIMPERSEK'S FUTURE [...] (C) PER REFTEL A, WE HAVE PREPARED A LIST OF SPECIFIC INCIDENTS HIGHLIGHTING OUR CONCERNS (REF C) ABOUT ITF DIRECTOR JERNEJ CIMPERSEK,S SUITABILITY TO CONTINUE IN HIS CURRENT POSITION: -- LAST OCTOBER, CIMPERSEK DISPLAYED UNPROFESSIONAL AND UNACCEPTABLE BEHAVIOR DURING A/S BLOOMFIELD'S [...] |
2003-09-05 13:37:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PBTS KHDP HR |
| 03ZAGREB2173 |
CROATIA SUPPORTS PSI [...] On September 18, at a meeting with representatives of embassies of all eleven PSI states, Croatia's Foreign Ministry made an informal declaration of support for PSI principles, but asked questions about the legal framework for PSI and about plans for PSI infrastructure (ref a). After receipt [...] |
2003-10-07 15:36:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP MNUC PARM PREL PHSA PBTS HR NATO |
| 03ZAGREB2200 |
CROATIAN ELECTIONS PUT OUR BILATERAL ISSUES ON HOLD [...] (C) With the parliamentary campaign heating up, some bilateral issues have been put on hold until they can be addressed without political interference. In separate meetings, Presidential Foreign Policy Affairs Advisor Ivica Mastruko and MFA Asstant Minister for Non-European Affairs Drazen Mar [...] |
2003-10-10 13:59:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHSA PBTS HR NATO |
| 03ZAGREB2227 |
TROUBLED WATERS OVER CROATIA'S ECOLOGICAL AND [...] (C) Croatia continues to have trouble with its neighbors and the EU over its economic zone waters. On October 3, the Croatia parliament approved the government's proposal to proclaim an ecological and fishing zone in the Adriatic. By scaling back its earlier plan to declare an exclusive eco [...] |
2003-10-16 07:37:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS PHSA EWWT EFIS SENV HR |
| 03ZAGREB407 |
GOC MOVING FORWARD WITH DEMINING PREVLAKA [...] WHILE THE GOC WILL COVER THE FULL COST OF DEMINING THE PREVLAKA PENINSULA, IT IS SEEKING INTERNATIONAL ASSISTANCE IN UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 ZAGREB 00407 01 OF 02 241640Z DEMINING AREAS ON BOTH SIDES OF ITS BORDER WITH MONTENEGRO. CROATIAN AUTHORITIES WANT TO BE [...] |
2003-02-24 16:35:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON HR PBTS PGOV PREF PREL |
| 04ABUJA1525 |
INTERVENTION ON CAMEROON-NIGERIA MAY BE PREMATURE, [...] (C) SUMMARY: As per reftels from Abuja and Yaounde, Presidents Obasanjo and Biya have long been working together to implement the ICJ verdict on Nigeria's and Cameroon's border. President Obasanjo has told us (Ref A) August 23 that he and President Biya are "personally satisfied" with the sta [...] |
2004-09-03 12:37:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS PINR CM NI |
| 04ABUJA1807 |
MIXED COMMISSION PUNTS BAKASSI TO PRESIDENTS, UNSYG [...] (C/NF) The Cameroon-Nigeria Mixed Commission met October 21-22 in Abuja, and after deliberation on Bakassi "decided to refer the matter to the Heads of State of Cameroon and Nigeria and the Secretary-General of the United Nations." The Mixed Commission had scheduled this session to last only t [...] |
2004-10-25 07:40:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PBTS CM NI |
| 04ANKARA3764 |
TURKISH MFA CLAIMS ARMENIA WILLING TO DISCUSS NK [...] (C) Summary: Turkish MFA Caucasus Department Head Murat Adali portrays the June 28 meeting during the Istanbul NATO Summit between Turkish FM Gul and Armenian FM Oskanian, and a follow-on trilateral meeting including Azerbaijani FM Mammadyarov, as steps forward in resolving the Nagorno Karab [...] |
2004-07-07 14:17:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | AJ AM PBTS TU |
| 04ANKARA5691 |
DELIVERY OF CSI DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...] |
2004-10-04 14:12:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | EWWT PTER ETRD PREL ETTC KTIA PBTS TU |
| 04ANKARA6085 |
Turks Interested in Pursuing CSI [...] Basat Ozturk, Head of the MFA Maritime Department, told Econoff on October 26 that GOT agencies had agreed to respond "positively" to the proposed inclusion of Turkey in the Container Security Initiative (CSI), and asked that Embassy relay this official response to Washington agencies. Oztur [...] |
2004-10-27 10:23:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | EWWT PTER ETRD PREL ETTC KTIA PBTS TU |
| 04BRATISLAVA748 |
TENSIONS IN MOLDOVA/TRANSNITRIA: SLOVAK RESPONSE [...] No summary [...] |
2004-08-09 13:18:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS MD LO EUN |
| 04BRUSSELS1622 |
EU WELCOMES MOLDOVA CONSULTATIONS [...] (C) Mission raised reftel proposal for five-party expert (Ambassadorial) level talks on Moldova April 14 with Christoph Heusgen, head of the Policy Unit. His experts on Moldova were not available, but Heusgen promised to get back to us soon with a more formal reply. He said he was confident [...] |
2004-04-15 16:01:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS MD OSCE USEU BRUSSELS |
| 04BRUSSELS1868 |
DINING WITH CHRIS: RANDOM THOUGHTS FROM RELEX [...] (C) Summary: Over rubbery fish at an Adenauer Stiftung affair on April 27, External Relations Commissioner Chris Patten touched briefly on why the EU will never be a "real power," the dubious backgrounds of some of the leaders of the EU's new members, next steps on Cyprus/Turkey, the differences be [...] |
2004-04-28 14:21:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR PBTS EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
| 04BRUSSELS2541 |
EU PUZZLED BY MOLDOVA'S STABILITY PACT INITIATIVE; MOSCOW RESPONSE IS KEY [...] No summary [...] |
2004-06-15 12:58:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PBTS PREL EUN USEU BRUSSELS OSCE MD |
| 04BRUSSELS3066 |
EU ON EXPANDED TRANSNISTRIA VISA BAN: NEED TO [...] (C) On July 19, USEU conveyed reftel non-paper to Council Secretariat Russia watcher Carl Hallergard, who is temporarily covering Moldova. He welcomed the non-paper, and said he would distribute it to member states at that day's COEST Working Group meeting. The Council Secretariat, he said [...] |
2004-07-19 14:39:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM PBTS PHUM PGOV RS MD EUN OSCE USEU BRUSSELS |
| 04BRUSSELS3227 |
EU CONSIDERS VISA BAN ON 21 TRANSNISTRIAN [...] (SBU) On July 29, EU Political and Security Committee (PSC) Ambassadors agreed to consider imposing a visa ban on 21 Transnistrian officials connected to the recent closing of Moldovan schools in Transnistria. EU staff are preparing the paperwork to impose the ban; the PSC will review the is [...] |
2004-07-30 07:52:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM PBTS PHUM PGOV MD EUN OSCE USEU BRUSSELS |
| 04DJIBOUTI1512 |
VISIT OF SOMALI PRESIDENT TO DJIBOUTI [...] (U) Summary: Newly elected President of Somalia, Abdillahi Youssouf Ahmed, came to Djibouti for a 24-hour visit on November 15, 2004. In a press conference with Djiboutian national media during the visit, Abdillahi Youssouf touched on the conflicting relations between Somaliland and Puntland, [...] |
2004-11-24 06:02:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PARM PHUM PNAT PBTS PINS PTER DJ SO |
| 04DJIBOUTI1543 |
PRESIDENT GUELLEH ON SOMALIA, ETHIOPIA-ERITREA, [...] (C) In a meeting with President Ismail Omar Guelleh December 2 on other matters (reviewed septels), Ambassador also sought Guelleh's views on regional Horn of Africa developments. Topics covered included the new Ethiopian five-point peace proposal, Eritrean isolation and meddling in Darfur, Li [...] |
2004-12-03 07:27:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PARM PBTS DJ SO ET ER |
| 04DUBLIN1199 |
IRELAND'S RESPONSE TO MOLDOVA/TRANSNISTRIA DEMARCHE [...] On August 11, Post delivered ref A's requested demarche to Jane Connelly, Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Third Secretary for Eastern Europe (who noted that more senior SIPDIS officers were on leave). Connelly said that Ireland shared EU concerns about rising tensions in Moldova/Transn [...] |
2004-08-11 17:10:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PBTS |
| 04DUBLIN903 |
EU WORKING ON A COMMON APPROACH TO STABILITY PACT [...] (C) EMBOFF REVIEWED REFTEL POINTS ON MOLDOVAN STABILITY PACT INITIATIVE JUNE 14 WITH DFA MOLDOVAN DESK OFFICER PETER MCIVOR, WHO HAD JUST RETURNED FROM PARTICIPATING IN LAST WEEK'S OSCE HEADS OF MISSION FACT-FINDING MISSION. MCIVOR SAID HE WAS SOMEWHAT SURPRISED THAT THE STABILITY PACT DID [...] |
2004-06-14 15:47:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PBTS PREL |
| 04GUATEMALA2390 |
PRESIDENT BUSH'S REPLY TO PRESIDENT BERGER ON [...] (U) The Ambassador is seeking an appointment with President Berger to carry out ref instructions. In the interim, the Ambassador took advantage of a previously scheduled meeting September 16 to provide Guatemalan FM Briz an advance brief, given that he and President Berger are leaving Septemb [...] |
2004-09-17 18:13:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | CVIS SMIG KCRM SNAR ASEC PBTS GT |
| 04GUATEMALA504 |
SCENE SETTER FOR MARCH 5 PCC ON GUATEMALA [...] (C) Summary and introduction: After only six weeks in office, the Berger government has generated high expectations among Guatemalans that it will spur economic growth, reduce violent crime and investigate and prosecute official corruption and organized crime. Berger has also told us privatel [...] |
2004-03-01 21:04:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID PGOV SNAR CVIS MASS KCOR OVIP PBTS GT |
| 04GUATEMALA944 |
GUATEMALA COOLS RHETORIC ON BELIZE SHOOTING [...] (C) Summary: GOG officials are ratcheting down what had been a war of words over the April 7 shooting of a Guatemalan peasant by Belize Defense Forces. On April 15, President Berger called the incident "isolated" and said he would not send troops to the border area. Foreign Minister Briz con [...] |
2004-04-16 18:01:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS PHUM BH GT |
| 04HALIFAX12 |
CAMPOBELLO ISLAND RESIDENTS FEELING CUT OFF [...] Regional press and politicians have begun to focus attention on the plight of the 1450 residents of Campobello Island, New Brunswick. This small a small Island in the Bay of Fundy is, from September to July, accessible from Canada only via a bridge to Lubec, Maine. During the summer a privat [...] |
2004-01-20 16:54:00 | Consulate Halifax | UNCLASSIFIED | PBTS PREL PTER PGOV ETRD CA |
| 04HALIFAX188 |
U.S./CANADA SOVEREIGNTY DISPUTE: UPDATE ON MACHIAS SEAL [...] SUMMARY: Despite an ongoing sovereignty dispute, Maine and New Brunswick fishermen are managing to fish side by side in waters off Machias Seal Island without any major incidents to date. However, Canadian authorities remain frustrated by the inability of local groups to conclude a complemen [...] |
2004-07-20 19:24:00 | Consulate Halifax | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIS PBTS PREL ETRD PHSA CA |
| 04HANOI2745 |
VIETNAM: WEN JIABAO TO DISCUSS TRADE, BORDER DURING [...] (SBU) Summary and Comment: Chinese Prime Minister (PM) Wen Jiabao will join the parade of Asian and European leaders to the ASEM 5 summit in Hanoi October 7-9. Reflecting China's status as Vietnam's ideological soulmate and "big brother," Wen will be one of only five leaders to also have a bil [...] |
2004-10-06 02:53:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ETRD PBTS CH VM ASEAN CVR |
| 04KATHMANDU1096 |
NEPAL: TIBETAN REFUGEE UPDATE [...] (C) SUMMARY: No deportations of Tibetan refugees have been reported since the last refugee update of February 26, 2004 (Ref A). However, refugees who make the dangerous passage continue to face other risks. For example, the reports of abuse of three female refugees in April appear to have l [...] |
2004-06-14 08:01:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PHUM PREL PBTS PTER NP CH |
| 04KUWAIT2567 |
KUWAIT-IRAQ BORDER ACTIVITIES TOO CLOSE FOR COMFORT [...] (C) Summary: On August 11, Emboffs visited border-crossing points on the Kuwait-Iraq border to identify future construction sites for a planned Kuwaiti border barrier and to seek context for GOK reports of friction with Iraqi border patrols (reftel). Both Kuwait and Iraq appear determined to [...] |
2004-08-12 07:03:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS KTIA MARR KU IZ |
| 04KUWAIT3262 |
KUWAITI MFA SAYS GOK WILL NOT ENFORCE BAN ON [...] (C) During introductory meeting with MFA Chief of Protocol Walid al-Khubaizi on September 20, Khubaizi told Ambassador LeBaron that he would be meeting later that day with the Indian and Filipino Ambassadors and via conference call with the Nepali Ambassador resident in Riyadh. On instruction [...] |
2004-09-21 04:21:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | ELAB PBTS MOPS KU IZ |
| 04KUWAIT3878 |
BRITISH WORKING BORDER PROBLEMS WITH KUWAITIS AND [...] (C) Summary/Comment: The British Ambassador has been working with the Kuwaitis and UK military elements in Southern Iraq over the last two weeks to resolve some border complaints made by the Kuwaitis. The GOK turned to the UK Embassy partly because of the presence of UK forces in southern Ir [...] |
2004-11-10 13:33:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PBTS PREL PTER IZ KU |
| 04KUWAIT4426 |
GOOD FENCES MAKE GOOD NEIGHBORS: GOK REQUESTS UN [...] (C) Summary: Kuwaiti Foreign Minister Shaykh Dr. Mohammed Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah called the Ambassador and British Ambassador Christopher Wilton to his office on December 18 to provide background on the GOK's request to activate a clause in UNSCR 833, requiring the UN to ensure that border po [...] |
2004-12-20 14:18:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS PTER IZ KU UN |
| 04LAGOS110 |
NIGERIA: UNHCR COUNTRY REP GIVES OVERVIEW [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: POLOFF met with Eusebe Hounsokou, UNHCR Country Representative to Nigeria, on January 7 and discussed concerns about potential violent uprising of Nigerians living on the Bakassi Peninsula, the possible repatriation of Nigerian refugees from Cameroon to their homes in Taraba St [...] |
2004-01-18 11:46:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PREL PGOV PHUM PBTS PINS SMIG KOCI NI CM |
| 04LAGOS128 |
NIGERIA: A THRIVING MARKET IN IVORY [...] (C) EST&H officer met on December 16 with a reluctant Deputy Director of Environment and Conservation, M. M. Omar (Protect) to discuss illegal trade in ivory in Nigeria as reported in a December 15, 2003 BBC article entitled, "West Africa's Ivory Trade Thrives". According to Deputy Director [...] |
2004-01-21 15:07:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | SENV PBTS ECON NI CITES |
| 04LILONGWE662 |
GOM INTERESTED IN OPEN SKIES AGREEMENT [...] (SBU) Minister of Transport and Public Works Henry Mussa expressed interest in learning more about the USG's Open Skies Agreement during a July 16 introductory call with the Charge. Mussa was interested to learn of the code-sharing benefits the agreement offers and to hear that several of Mal [...] |
2004-07-16 10:50:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR PREL PBTS PTER PINS MI |
| 04LJUBLJANA884 |
SLOVENIA: ELECTIONEERING TACTICS CREATE [...] (U) Summary: Slovenia's newswires have been alight since the arrest and detention of Janez Podobnik, president of the right-leaning Slovene Peoples Party (SLS), and 11 other members of the party, by Croatian authorities in a disputed border region, 22 September. With elections in just over t [...] |
2004-09-23 12:29:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PBTS HR SI |
| 04MADRID3074 |
SPAIN: MOLDOVA/TRANSNISTRIA RESPONSE [...] No summary [...] |
2004-08-11 15:23:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS MD SP |
| 04MADRID4787 |
SPAIN ON AUSTRALIA'S SUBMISSION TO CONTINENTAL [...] No summary [...] |
2004-12-21 10:43:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC PBTS PHSA PREL KTIA AS AY SP |
| 04MAPUTO1321 |
STATUS OF MOZAMBIQUE PORT ISPS COMPLIANCE [...] On September 29, econ/poloff delivered reftel letter and Port Security Advisory (PSA) to Ministry of Transportation and Communication Chief of Staff Antonio Cuna. Mr. Cuna responded by saying that the Port of Maputo and the Port of Beira were in compliance with the International Maritime Organ [...] |
2004-09-30 13:49:00 | Embassy Maputo | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD EWWT KTIA PBTS PHSA PINS PREL PTER MZ ASEC |
| 04MONTREAL1484 |
US-VISIT STAKEHOLDERS/MEDIA BRIEFING IN MONTREAL [...] Summary. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) US-VISIT Deputy Director Robert Mocny provided two US-VISIT briefings on November 5 to stakeholders (shippers, customs brokers, Canadian immigration officers) and media, respectively. All attendees were provided a handout: "Fact Sheet: U.S. Land [...] |
2004-11-18 18:04:00 | Consulate Montreal | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS ELTN ECON PBTS CA |
| 04MONTREAL1555 |
HYDRO QUEBEC PYLON VANDALIZED [...] (C) Thierry Vandal, President of Hydro Quebec,s Production division, described the recent vandalism at a Hydro Quebec pylon about a mile from the U.S. border, near Coaticook in Quebec,s Eastern Townships, as the work of &amateurs.8 In a 12/7 meeting with the Quebec City Consul General, Montre [...] |
2004-12-09 20:00:00 | Consulate Montreal | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG PTER PBTS CA |
| 04NASSAU1282 |
U.S.- BAHAMAS COMPREHENSIVE MARITIME AGREEMENT [...] On June 29, 2004 The Bahamas and the United States put into force the Comprehensive Maritime Agreement at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Bahamian signatory, Minister of Foreign Affairs Frederick Mitchell and U.S. signatory, Charge d'Affaires, Robert M. Witajewski, gave brief remarks and met [...] |
2004-06-29 21:25:00 | Embassy Nassau | UNCLASSIFIED | KTIA PHSA PBTS PHUM KCRM SMIG EWWT EAIR SNAR BF |
| 04NASSAU322 |
ROYAL BAHAMAS DEFENSE FORCE PREPAREDNESS -- A ROOT [...] No summary [...] |
2004-02-13 16:45:00 | Embassy Nassau | CONFIDENTIAL | MCAP PBTS PHSA PINS PREF |
| 04PARAMARIBO195 |
SURINAME SHOCKED OVER GUYANA TAKING IT TO UNCLOS TO [...] UPON THEIR MARCH 2 RETURN TO SURINAME AFTER A VISIT TO CHINA, SURINAMESE PRESIDENT VENETIAAN AND MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS MARIE LEVENS ANNOUNCED SURINAME'S INTENT TO CAREFULLY STUDY THE CASE BROUGHT AGAINST SURINAME BY GUYANA BEFORE UN CONVENTION OF THE LAW OF THE SEAS (UNCLOS) REGARDING T [...] |
2004-03-04 18:02:00 | Embassy Paramaribo | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PBTS NS GY |
| 04PARAMARIBO44 |
SURINAME'S SERVICE-STATION OWNERS DEMAND HIGHER [...] (U) On January 6, Suriname's service-station owners threatened to resume a December 2003 strike to protest the government's refusal to negotiate an increase in profit margins, which had remained stagnant since a 1999 agreement. Since that agreement, service-station owners have suffered a stea [...] |
2004-01-16 18:36:00 | Embassy Paramaribo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EPET PBTS FR NS |
| 04ROME3115 |
ITALY SHARES US CONCERNS OVER RISING TENSIONS IN [...] (SBU) On August 10, MFA Russia/NIS desk officer Lucia Pasquilini told poloff that Italy supports a more active EU role in addressing the growing tensions in Moldova/Transnistria. Italy supported and awaits the conclusions from EU Director General Cooper's fact finding mission to Moldova Augus [...] |
2004-08-11 16:09:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM PBTS MD IT UN |
| 04SANAA256 |
YEMEN MINISTRY OF DEFENSE ON U.S. MILITARY [...] (s) Summary/comment: DCM and Acting Defense Attach delivered reftel b demarche and diplomatic note to Major General Ali Mohamed Saleh, Deputy Chief of Station for Operations at the Ministry of Defense (MOD) on January 27, with Pol/Econ Chief as notetaker. Major General Saleh had already recei [...] |
2004-02-04 08:12:00 | Embassy Sanaa | SECRET | MARR MOPS PREL PBTS PHSA YM DEMARCHE |
| 04SANAA2942 |
VP HADI SHARES ROYG CONCERNS ABOUT ERITREA [...] (C) Summary. Vice President Abd Rabbu Mansour Hadi convoked Ambassador on November 23 to express ROYG concerns over a November 21 exchange of gunfire between Yemeni troops and four suspected Eritrean military boats off the Yemeni Hunaish Islands. Hadi pressed Ambassador for information on wha [...] |
2004-11-24 10:47:00 | Embassy Sanaa | CONFIDENTIAL | PBTS PREL MOPS ER YM |
| 04SANAA414 |
BEHIND THE SCENES ON YEMEN-SAUDI BORDER COOPERATION [...] (s) Summary: President Saleh told CDA on February 19 that DCI George Tenent played a major role in facilitating the new border agreement between Saudi Arabia and Yemen. Both countries agreed to halt new construction and begin joint Ministry of Interior patrols. A resolution was a political n [...] |
2004-02-24 09:54:00 | Embassy Sanaa | SECRET | PREL PTER ASEC PBTS SA YM COUNTER TERRORISM ECON COM |
| 04SANAA724 |
IMPROVED YEMEN-SAUDI COOPERATION, BUT STILL NO [...] (c) Summary: Saudi Poloff al-Mqhm told Pol/Econ Chief on 3/27 that there is strong interest in Saudi-Yemen cooperation, including projected committee meetings to develop a joint strategy for border security. He confirmed that because of concerns over smuggling, the SAG opted to construct a " [...] |
2004-03-31 13:03:00 | Embassy Sanaa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER ASEC PBTS SA YM COUNTER TERRORISM |
| 04TEGUCIGALPA1437 |
OAS ENVOY JOHN GATES TO ISSUE HONDURAS/EL SALVADOR [...] On June 20, OAS envoy, National Geospacial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) Specialist, John Gates completed his survey of the six disputed land border areas between Honduras and El Salvador. Gates, who began the project on August 18, 2003, was tasked (as an honest broker), with assisting Honduras an [...] |
2004-06-24 20:43:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | PBTS PREL MOPS ES HO |
| 04TEGUCIGALPA1577 |
Honduras Poised to Become Leader in Port Security [...] SUMMARY: Following a June visit to the ports of Honduras, a United States Coast Guard delegation confirmed that Honduras was taking the appropriate measures to ready its ports for certification on July 1, and to successfully comply with International Maritime Organization (IMO) requirements an [...] |
2004-07-16 18:02:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | EWWT EINV ETRD PBTS SNAR PTER BEXP ECON PGOV HO |
| 04TEGUCIGALPA1652 |
HONDURAS' DECISION TO TERMINATE FOUR FMS SERVICE [...] (SBU) On July 22, USMILGP Tegucigalpa received a letter from the Honduran Air Force's (HAF) Department of Logistics requesting that the number of Honduran F-5s under U.S. Foreign Military Sales (FMS) service Letters of Agreement (LOAs) be reduced from ten to only six jets. The request appears [...] |
2004-07-27 22:13:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL MASS MCAP PBTS PINR HO |
| 04TELAVIV1391 |
FAST-TRACK OUTPOST REMOVAL LESS THAN ADVERTISED [...] (C) Summary and comment: The long-promised GOI removal of outposts established after March 2001 suffered another setback on March 4 when the Israeli High Court of Justice postponed the evacuation of six illegal outposts in the West Bank for an additional ten days. The court will hear the se [...] |
2004-03-05 14:35:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PBTS KPAL KWBG IS SETTLEMENTS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
| 04TELAVIV1420 |
SPIEGEL BRIEFS ON FENCE ACTIONS, PREPS MOFAZ FOR [...] (C) BG (res) Baruch Spiegel called POL/C to a short-notice meeting March 8 to detail the latest steps in his assigned effort to address for the MOD measures to relieve the problems for Palestinians caused by the separation barrier. He said the advanced timing of the meeting was designed to c [...] |
2004-03-08 18:17:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KWBG PHUM PBTS IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS ISRAEL RELATIONS |
| 04TELAVIV1614 |
HOUSING CONSTRUCTION IN WEST BANK/GAZA SETTLEMENTS [...] (SBU) Summary. Newly released statistics indicate that housing starts in West Bank and Gaza settlements increased 35% in 2003, in a year when total housing starts in Israel and the settlements dropped 8% compared to 2002 figures. The great majority of the new housing appears to be within "th [...] |
2004-03-15 16:04:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PBTS IS SETTLEMENTS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
| 04TELAVIV1946 |
FIRST OUTPOST REMOVED UNDER NEW LEGAL PROCESS [...] (C) IDF forces succeeded early Wednesday March 31 in their second attempt within 24 hours to remove the outpost of Hazon David near Kiryat Arba in the West Bank. The IDF had failed the previous evening to remove the outpost, reportedly little more than a number of tents and a makeshift synagog [...] |
2004-03-31 11:58:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PBTS KPAL KWBG IS SETTLEMENTS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
| 04TELAVIV2202 |
A DAY OF SETBACKS FOR OUTPOST SUPPORTERS [...] (C) Summary: A day after PM Sharon reiterated his commitment to removing unauthorized outposts in Washington, outpost activists and supporters woke up on April 15 to the news that the GOI had removed a few more sites overnight and that the Attorney General ordered some settlement funding hal [...] |
2004-04-15 13:35:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | KPAL KWBG PBTS IS SETTLEMENTS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI INTERNAL |
| 04THEHAGUE1484 |
MOLDOVA/TRANSNISTRIA: DUTCH RESPONSE ON STABILITY [...] (C) Emboffs delivered reftel demarche June 15 to Frank van Beuningen, MFA OSCE policy coordinator, Willemijn Kallenberg MFA OSCE senior policy advisor, and Bas Wels, MFA lead on East European issues during the Dutch EU presidency. 2. (C) Before we presented our points, the Dutch noted sim [...] |
2004-06-16 14:15:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM PBTS MD NL OSCE |
| 04THEHAGUE1975 |
MOLDOVA/TRANSNISTRIA: DISCUSSION WITH DUTCH [...] (C) Charge reviewed ref A points with Dutch MFA Acting Political Director Herman Schaper on August 6. Schaper has instructed the German Embassy in Chisinau (as local EU representative) and the Dutch Embassy in Kiev to address these points with the Moldovans and the Ukrainians respectively, an [...] |
2004-08-06 14:23:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS MD NL |
| 04VILNIUS1353 |
LITHUANIA CONCERNED OVER RUSSIAN AIR INCURSIONS [...] (C) Summary. Lithuania's opposition to hosting a Baltic regional air safety conference under NATO-Russia Council (NRC) auspices (ref A) is rooted in its assessment that Russian policy aims to disrupt NATO relations with its newest members and raise pressure on the air policing mission. Though [...] |
2004-10-29 14:14:00 | Embassy Vilnius | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MCAP MOPS PBTS PGOV PINS PREL LH |
| 04VILNIUS1556 |
BALTS REPORT RUSSIAN CHARM OFFENSIVE [...] (C) Summary. Russia has launched a "charm offensive" towards the Baltic states that features new movement on bilateral relations, according to Lithuanian officials and Baltic diplomats here. Lithuanian interlocutors point to recent Russian initiatives on long-stalled issues such as bilateral [...] |
2004-12-23 10:58:00 | Embassy Vilnius | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PBTS LH |
| 04WELLINGTON858 |
NIUE MARITIME BOUNDARY TREATY - U.S. [...] On October 8, POL/ECON Counselor presented Ref. A U.S. instrument of ratification to Hima I L Takelesi, the High Commissioner at the Niue High Commission in Wellington. The High Commissioner was extremely pleased to receive the document, and said he would ask some visiting Niuean government o [...] |
2004-10-13 04:11:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED | PBTS PHSA KTIA US NE NZ XV |
| 04YEREVAN1345 |
Armenian-Azeri border clash [...] (C) Following receipt of reftel, DAO assistant spoke with the CHOD, Gen-Lt. Haratunyan, and Ambassador spoke to Ambassador Kasprzyk and Acting Foreign Minister Shugarian. The CHOD claimed that the Azeri side had initiated the outbreak of hostile action a week ago, and then on the night of Ju [...] |
2004-06-15 12:32:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS MOPS AM AJ |
| 04YEREVAN2792 |
GOAM STILL LOOKING TO EXCHANGE SOLDIERS [...] No summary [...] |
2004-12-28 11:50:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM MARR PBTS AJ AM OSCE |
| 04YEREVAN848 |
NAGORNO-KARABAKH: AMBASSADOR DELIVERS READOUT OF [...] No summary [...] |
2004-04-09 10:16:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PBTS PREL PGOV AJ AM |
| 04ZAGREB1737 |
CROATIA FEARS POLITICKING OVER CROATIA-SLOVENIA [...] (SBU) As rhetoric on border questions between Slovenia and Croatia escalates before the October 3 Slovenian parliamentary election, Croatia calls for arbitration and rejects as blackmail recent Slovenian threats to use the EU card. The potential for violence is small, but each side will contin [...] |
2004-10-01 14:08:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PBTS PREL EFIS PHSA PGOV SENV SI HR |
| 04ZAGREB1741 |
CROATIA STRUGGLES TO DECOUPLE FISHING ZONE AND [...] (SBU) Croatia,s Fishing and Environmental Protection Zone (FEPZ) will enter into force in the Adriatic Sea on October 3. It will not apply to EU member states, thanks to a political concession Croatia made in the run-up to a decision on its EU candidate status in June (ref A). Despite GoC ef [...] |
2004-10-04 10:17:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHSA PBTS PREL SENV HR SI |
| 04ZAGREB1803 |
CROATIA STILL OPEN TO NEGOTIATED SETTLEMENT ON [...] (SBU) Croatia remains open to a negotiated bilateral settlement on the Croatia-Slovenia maritime boundary despite press reports to the contrary. A much-hyped Slovenian proposal to avoid fishing incidents in the Adriatic has not yet been presented to the GoC. Two weeks after Slovenian parliamen [...] |
2004-10-15 14:46:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PBTS PHSA SENV PREL HR SI |
| 05ABUDHABI3008 |
ONE MORE CRACK IN THE GCC - UAE/SAUDI BORDER [...] (S) Summary. Tensions between UAE and Saudi Arabia over a border dispute have broad implications for intra-Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) relations and the long-term viability of the GCC. UAE officials view Saudi objections to a planned causeway to link the UAE and Qatar as Saudi Arabia's at [...] |
2005-07-06 11:29:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET | PBTS PREL PHSA EPET ENRG TC GCC |
| 05ABUDHABI3851 |
WHAT'S BEHIND THE UAE-SAUDI BORDER DISPUTE [...] This is an Action Request. Please see para. 15 2. (C) Summary: In response to the rising volume of private and public sniping between the UAE and Saudi Arabian governments over the status and meaning of their 1974 Agreement on the Delimitation of Boundaries (refs), Embassies Abu Dhabi and [...] |
2005-09-10 15:17:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET | PREL PBTS EPET PGOV ETRD SA TC |
| 05ABUJA1891 |
ECOWAS SUMMIT ON COTE D'IVOIRE AND OTHER REGIONAL [...] (C) Summary. The ECOWAS Heads of State and Government met in Abuja for an Extraordinary Summit on September 30 to discuss the situation in Cote d'Ivoire. Liberia was a late addition to the agenda. The leaders created a list of recommendations, which they have not made public, which will be [...] |
2005-10-04 15:25:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KDEM PBTS XY ECOWAS |
| 05ALGIERS1011 |
POLISARIO "AMBASSADOR" DELIVERS ABDELAZIZ LETTER [...] (C) DCM met with Polisario "Ambassador" to Algiers Mohammed Beissat May 19 at Beissat's request to accept a letter from Polisario Secretary General Abdelaziz to Secretary Rice (original faxed to NEA/MAG) and for a readout SIPDIS on Abdelaziz's May 10-13 visit to the U.S. Abdelaziz's lette [...] |
2005-05-20 15:18:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS PHUM OPDC WI MO AG |
| 05ALGIERS1211 |
SPANISH AMBASSADOR ON WESTERN SAHARA [...] (C) Spanish Ambassador Lena called on Ambassador June 13 to offer GOS views on the need to calm tensions in the region and brief on Spanish State Minister for External Relations Leon's June trip to the region. Lena also shared a copy of Spanish FM Moratinos' letter to Algerian FM Bedjaoui. M [...] |
2005-06-15 09:43:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS AG MO WI |
| 05ALGIERS1243 |
ALGERIAN RESPONSE TO MOROCCAN STATEMENT CANCELING [...] (C) Initial Algerian government reaction to Morocco's cancellation of the June 21-22 meeting of the Algerian and Moroccan prime ministers in Rabat has taken the form of comments to the press by unidentified "diplomatic sources close to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs." These sources, whose c [...] |
2005-06-19 15:13:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS PHUM AG MO WI |
| 05ALGIERS1251 |
ALGERIAN CRITICISM OF MOROCCO SHARPENS [...] (C) While there has still been no official public response to Morocco's cancellation of the June 21-22 Prime Ministers' meeting in Rabat, an unidentified diplomatic source, clearly reflecting GOA views, has sharpened Algerian criticism of Morocco's move. The official, whom we believe was Min [...] |
2005-06-20 18:55:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS PHUM AG MO WI |
| 05ALGIERS1278 |
ALGERIA TAKING MORE CONCILIATORY TONE TOWARD [...] (C) Algerian FM Bedjaoui, in the GOA's first public remarks concerning Moroccan-Algerian relations since Morocco's cancellation of the prime ministers' meeting in Rabat, has struck a conciliatory tone. Alongside visiting Dutch FM Bot June 22, Bedjaoui called for "cooling things down" and not [...] |
2005-06-26 12:37:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS PHUM AG MO WI |
| 05ALGIERS1358 |
JULY 3 DISCUSSION OF MOROCCAN-ALGERIAN RELATIONS [...] (C) In an extended exchange July 3 with Presidential Chief of Staff Belkheir, Ambassador reviewed reftel talking points, expressing strong U.S. disappointment over recent setbacks in Moroccan-Algerian relations, noting that provocative actions from both sides had contributed to the current seri [...] |
2005-07-05 11:58:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS PHUM PGOV AG MO WI |
| 05ALGIERS1379 |
PRESIDENT BOUTEFLIKA'S INTERVIEW IN THE TUNISIAN [...] (C) Part of the continuing problem between Morocco and Algeria stems from their habit of protesting their own side's innocence while giving highly colored and exaggerated accounts of the other side's actions and statements. To take but one example, Algerian protestations that Bouteflika's let [...] |
2005-07-09 16:35:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS PHUM MO AG WI |
| 05ALGIERS1426 |
POLISARIO LEADER IS WORKING TO RELEASE MOROCCAN [...] (U) On July 16 Algerian French-language newspapers El Watan, Liberte and Expression, as well as the leading Arabic-language newspaper El Khabar quoted a July 14 article from French newspaper Le Monde stating that Polisario "President" Abdelaziz, on a diplomatic mission to Spain, announced hi [...] |
2005-07-16 15:22:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PBTS AG |
| 05ALGIERS1753 |
SENATOR LUGAR DISCUSSES WESTERN SAHARA, [...] No summary [...] |
2005-08-19 11:35:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PBTS WI AG MO |
| 05ALGIERS1765 |
LUGAR VISIT AFTERMATH [...] (C) Despite some scattered grumbling in the media and elsewhere about U.S. "pressure" and unaddressed humanitarian concerns vis-a-vis the Sahrawis, press coverage of Senator Lugar's humanitarian mission and the unconditional release of all remaining Moroccan prisoners by the Polisario has been [...] |
2005-08-21 15:25:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PBTS PHUM AG MO WI |
| 05ALGIERS1768 |
SENATOR LUGAR'S MEETING WITH POLISARIO LEADER [...] (C) Summary: In an August 18 meeting with Senator Lugar, Polisario leader Abdelaziz thanked him, the U.S., and President Bush for their help in releasing to the International Red Cross the final 404 Polisario-held prisoners scheduled to return to their families in Morocco. Abdelaziz hoped th [...] |
2005-08-22 05:55:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PBTS WI AG MO |
| 05ALGIERS1910 |
POLISARIO AMBASSADOR URGES U.S. "GESTURE" [...] (C) Polisario "Ambassador" to Algeria Beissat told DCM September 6 that there was considerable internal criticism of Polisario leader Abdelaziz following the Lugar mission due to the impression that the Polisario had received nothing in return for releasing the Moroccan prisoners. Beissat urg [...] |
2005-09-11 11:53:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS PHUM WI MO AG |
| 05ALGIERS1911 |
POST LUGAR MISSION: ALGERIAN FM BEDJAOUI ON [...] (C) In an August 31 meeting on several topics with FM Bedjaoui, Ambassador reaffirmed President Bush's appreciation for Algeria's help in facilitating the release of the final 404 Moroccan prisoners previously held by the Polisario. Making reference to President Bush's letter to President Bou [...] |
2005-09-11 12:52:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS PHUM MO AG WI |
| 05ALGIERS2048 |
MFA SECRETARY GENERAL SKEPTICAL ABOUT IMPROVING [...] (C) MFA Secretary General Lamamra, in the context of Ambassador's delivery of the President's September 30 letter urging improved Moroccan-Algerian relations, showed little flexibility vis a vis Morocco, reinforcing our impression that the Algerian leadership has given up hope of any near-term [...] |
2005-10-04 17:28:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS MO AG UN |
| 05ALGIERS2059 |
UN SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE BASTAGLI'S MEETING WITH [...] (C) UN Special Representative to the Secretary General for the Western Sahara Francesco Bastagli briefed Ambassador October 1 on his meetings in the region since taking up his new duties. He expressed appreciation for the U.S. contribution to resolving Western Sahara issues; spoke of the nee [...] |
2005-10-05 15:00:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS PHUM PTER AG MO WI UN |
| 05ALGIERS2138 |
POLISARIO ASSERTS THREATENING STATEMENT WAS "NOT [...] (C) DCM delivered reftel demarche to Polisario "Ambassador" Mohammed Beissat October 19, stressing the total inacceptability of threats to American citizens and interests such as those contained in a Polisario press release October 12, and called for the Polisario to issue a statement retract [...] |
2005-10-19 15:47:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | PBTS PREL PTER AG MO WI |
| 05AMMAN8022 |
JORDAN AND IRAQ INCREASE SECURITY COOPERATION [...] (SBU) Iraqi Interior Minister Bayan Jabr visited Jordan September 30 - October 1 and announced the completion of an Iraq-Jordan MOU on security cooperation. Jabr, who in the past has publicly criticized the training of Iraqi security forces outside Iraq, also visited the U.S.-funded Jordanian [...] |
2005-10-06 13:46:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PBTS IZ JO |
| 05ANKARA1470 |
HIGH TIME FOR ARMENIAN RECOGNITION OF THE TURKISH [...] (C) Reftel sets forth the Armenian government's non-paper on relations with Turkey. We constantly press the Turks to decouple Turkish-Armenian relations from Nagorno-Karabakh and the occupied territories, and to come to terms honestly with the history of events in 1915. 2. (C) In additi [...] |
2005-03-15 14:02:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS AM TU |
| 05ANKARA3177 |
TURKISH MFA AND MILITARY ON SYRIAN MISSILE LAUNCH [...] (C) Summary: Despite a blase official statement and light media coverage, Turkish MFA official says privately that the MFA considers as "serious" Syria's May 27 missile launch that resulted in one missile going astray over Turkey and scattering debris. MFA is not satisfied with the Syrian e [...] |
2005-06-07 12:08:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PREL PINS PBTS SY TU SYRIA |
| 05ANKARA6308 |
TURKS PRESENT CSI DRAFT AGREEMENT [...] (U) This cable is sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: On October 12, GOT MFA Maritime Director Basat Ozturk presented emboffs with a GOT draft of an agreement that would implement the Container Security Initiative (CSI). Ozturk focused on the import [...] |
2005-10-18 13:09:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EWWT PTER ETRD PREL ETTC KTIA PBTS TU |
| 05ASUNCION453 |
PARAGUAY POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC UPDATE, MARCH [...] Summary ---------- --Cabral and Rienzi votes postponed --Paraguay establishes diplomatic relations with Palestine --Border problems continue, 150 Brazilians expelled --Paraguayan Navy called into action vs smuggling --Standard & Poor's maintains Paraguay's credit rating --2005 growth estimat [...] |
2005-04-04 13:25:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ECON PBTS MOPS PINR PA |
| 05ASUNCION484 |
PARAGUAY POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC UPDATE, APRIL 2-7 [...] Summary: ----------- --Paraguay and Brazil sign agreement to quell border control dispute --New poll shows deterioration in Duarte's image --Controversy over Duarte's decision not to attend Papal funeral --Government-owned phone company introduces wholesale Internet service Paraguay and [...] |
2005-04-11 12:08:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PBTS SCUL TINT PINR PA |
| 05BAGHDAD2954 |
ACTION REQUEST--CONTINUED DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND [...] (C/REL TO UK AND AUS) This is an action request. See paragraph 2. 2. (C/ REL TO UK AND AUS) Action Request: Post asks that the Department of State request the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) (Customs and Border Protection) to continue its support of the Border Support Team missi [...] |
2005-04-13 19:39:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PBTS PTER PINS PREL PGOV IZ IR JO KU SY SA TU |
| 05BAGHDAD2959 |
IRAQI MINISTER OF DEFENSE AGREES TO UNDERTAKE [...] (S) SUMMARY: In order to support upcoming military operations in western Iraq, Minister of Defense Dulaymi agreed to help obtain consent and cooperation from local tribes in the region, especially ar-Ramadi. He will prepare a meeting in ar-Ramadi, with MNF-I Commander George Casey accompanyi [...] |
2005-07-16 08:28:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PREL PTER PBTS PGOV PINS MOPS MARR IZ SY IR |
| 05BAGHDAD3127 |
IRAQI PM ON KUWAIT BORDER INCIDENTS [...] (C) In two meetings on July 26 , Prime Minister Ibrahim Jafari raised with the Ambassador the increased tension between Kuwait and Iraq. The PM has received reports from Iraqi officials that Kuwaitis penetrated 25 kilometers into the no-man's land between Iraq and Kuwait. He said the incursi [...] |
2005-07-28 16:50:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PBTS PREL IR KU IZ |
| 05BAGHDAD5051 |
CODEL INHOFE MEETS WITH TNA MEMBERS [...] (SBU) Senator James Inhofe (R-OK) met December 12 with TNA members Dr. Saad Qindeel, Wijdan Salim, and Yunadem Kanna. ---------------------------------------- Security Situation: We are in a Catch-22 ---------------------------------------- 2. (C) Wijdan Salim said the security situation [...] |
2005-12-19 16:10:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PBTS PINR MOPS IZ |
| 05BANGKOK3333 |
THAIS CONTENT WITH LOCAL NEGOTIATIONS TO DEFUSE BORDER TENSIONS WITH CAMBODIA AT ANCIENT KHMER TEMPLE [...] Summary: Recent news stories about a dispute at a historically sensitive ancient Khmer temple at the border between Thailand and Cambodia inaccurately reported increased Thai troop deployments and explosion of a landmine inside the temple. Tensions at this temple site, which flare periodically, app [...] |
2005-05-19 10:31:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PBTS PGOV PREL CB TH CAMBODIA |
| 05BANGKOK4028 |
THAI MFA OFFICIAL: NO CHANGE IN POLICY TOWARD SHAN [...] (C) Summary. The Burma desk officer at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) stated that despite the Royal Thai Government's (RTG) pushback of approximately 450 Shan refugees to the Burmese side of the border last week, there is "no change in Thai policy" in providing temporary protection and [...] |
2005-06-20 08:53:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PREF PHUM PBTS TH BM BURMA |
| 05BANGKOK5673 |
INTERNATIONAL MARITIME ORGANIZATION MEETING: [...] The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) confirmed that Thailand will send a delegation to the September 7-8 International Maritime Organization (IMO) meeting in Jakarta on Malacca Strait security among littoral states. The Thai delegation will be led by Mr. Pornchai Danvivathana, Director of t [...] |
2005-09-02 10:03:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHSA KCRM PBTS PTER EWWT TH |
| 05BANGKOK5747 |
POLOFFS MEETS WITH MFA TO DISCUSS FM'S MEETING [...] (C) SUMMARY. On September 5, Political Counselor Susan Sutton met with Mr. Damrong Kraikuan, MFA Desk Officer for Burma, to discuss FM Kantathi Suphamongkhon's visit to Rangoon. Damrong emphasized that because this was the FM,s first meeting with Than Shwe, "sensitive issues" were not discusse [...] |
2005-09-08 08:07:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PREF PBTS SOCI TH |
| 05BOGOTA118 |
COLOMBIA: 2004 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT [...] (U) Embassy Bogota's contribution to the 2004 Patterns of Global Terrorism report follows. Responses are keyed to questions in reftel's paragraph 15. Embassy POC is Poloff Dana Brown, (phone) 571-315-2129, unclass email browndml@state.gov. 2. (SBU) (A) SUPPORT FOR THE GLOBAL COALITION AGA [...] |
2005-01-05 22:16:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER ASEC PBTS CO |
| 05BOGOTA3929 |
SENATE HEARING ON VENEZUELAN ARMS PURCHASES: [...] (U) Summary: On April 19, the Senate Second Committee (Defense, Foreign Relations, Trade, and Borders) conducted a public hearing on Venezuelan arms purchases (reftel details the purchases). Foreign Minister Barco and Minister of Defense Uribe were called to testify. Committee Chair Ramiro [...] |
2005-04-25 21:12:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER MASS VE CO PBTS |
| 05BOGOTA5143 |
KIDNAPPED EU EMPLOYEE NOW FREE [...] (C) Summary: European Union (EU) Delegation employee Carlos Ayala reportedly escaped from captivity on May 23, crossed the border into Venezuela, and made contact with officials there. The next day, EU Delegation Chief in Bogota, Adrianus Koetsenruijter, fielded questions from local and inter [...] |
2005-05-27 21:43:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS PTER CO VE EU |
| 05BOGOTA5752 |
COLOMBIA: CODEL DAVIS MEETS WITH PRESIDENT URIBE [...] (C) Summary. CODEL Davis met with President Uribe on June 2 during a brief visit to Bogota (septel). CODEL Renzi, on a separate trip, also attended. Uribe thanked the group for U.S. support, outlined the improved security situation, and briefly described Venezuela's approach to the FARC. Uri [...] |
2005-06-16 16:07:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL CO PBTS CODEL |
| 05BRUSSELS2607 |
EU LUKEWARM ON IDEA OF MOLDOVA CONFERENCE [...] (C) Summary. The initial EU response to reftel demarche is lukewarm, although member states will need to be consulted for an official response. The EU will likely be most supportive of a conference whose participants include at least Russia and, ideally, Transnistria as well. The EU sugge [...] |
2005-07-08 15:08:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM PBTS PHUM PGOV MD EUN OSCE USEU BRUSSELS |
| 05BUCHAREST1581 |
ROMANIAN COMMENTS ON MOLDOVA AND MULTILATERAL [...] (C) During the course of an initial call by Charge at the MFA on July 17, Director General for Global Affairs Stelian Stoian specifically raised "very strong" GOR disappointment that it had not been consulted by the U.S. prior to the U.S. approach to EU member capitals, Moscow, Kiev, and Chisin [...] |
2005-07-15 13:13:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | OPDC PARM PBTS PHUM PREL PGOV MD RO EUN OSCE |
| 05CAIRO3729 |
MARITIME PORT SECURITY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Egyptian officials responded positively to presentations by U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) International Port Security Liaison Officer John Bowers in Cairo and Alexandria March 6 to 8, as he described the USCG plans to monitor foreign compliance with International Maritime Organization [...] |
2005-05-16 12:27:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EWWT PBTS PINR PHSA PTER OTRA EG |
| 05CALCUTTA18 |
ARUNACHAL PRADESH: ISOLATED TRIBAL STATE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Geographic isolation, historical misfortune and deliberate choice combine to make the northeastern state of Arunachal Pradesh India's most isolated and among it least developed. As home to 26 major tribal groups, Arunachal is something of an anthropologist's dream, but a politic [...] |
2005-01-18 09:17:00 | Consulate Kolkata | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SOCI ECON ENRG PBTS PREF CH IN |
| 05DJIBOUTI200 |
ACTING FOREIGN MINISTER ON FRANCO-DJIBOUTIAN [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador met with Acting Foreign Minister, Mahamoud Ali Youssouf, at her request February 23 to discuss several issues, among them the effect of the Borrel Affair on France-Djibouti relations. Youssouf called the affair embarrassing for both sides. He said it is not Djibouti's d [...] |
2005-02-28 12:49:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PBTS DJ FR |
| 05DJIBOUTI259 |
REPORT OF ATTACK ON U.S. SAILBOATS NEAR YEMEN [...] (U) ConOff was approached March 10 by an officer from CJTF-HOA, informing her that CJTF-HOA had received a report that two private American sailboats had come under fire while sailing the Gulf of Aden on March 8. The source of the report, a third American sailboat, had contacted the military [...] |
2005-03-10 12:12:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED | EWWT PHSA KCRM PBTS YM DJ |
| 05DJIBOUTI290 |
CLARIFICATION ON ATTACK ON U.S. SAILBOATS NEAR YEMEN [...] (U) Action requested paragraph 7. 2. (U) ConOff followed up on the report of an attack on two American sailboats in the Gulf of Aden on March 8 (see ref) offering victims' assistance. Between 15 March and 21 March, she received multiple emails from each of the sailboats involved. They indi [...] |
2005-03-22 12:17:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER EWWT PHSA KCRM PBTS YM CASC CMGT DJ |
| 05DUBLIN1330 |
FIANNA FAIL, LOOKING TO THE FUTURE, BUT [...] Summary: Fianna Fail held its annual conference (Ard Fheis) in Killarney, October 21-22, where party leaders focused on rallying the rank-and-file ahead of the general elections, expected in May 2007. The party has lost ground in recent months, and this was their opportunity to regain it [...] |
2005-10-27 12:51:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PBTS EI |
| 05DUBLIN921 |
IRELAND: ALL PARTIES SHOULD BE INVITED TO [...] No summary [...] |
2005-07-25 16:09:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | OPDC PARM PBTS PHUM PREL PGOV EUN OSCE |
| 05GUATEMALA807 |
GUATEMALAN CONCERNS ABOUT "MINUTEMAN PROJECT" [...] The Ambassador received March 30 a letter from Guatemalan FM Jorge Briz expressing concern about the "Minuteman Project" and other private U.S. efforts to patrol the border and intercept illegal migrants. Text of the letter, dated March 27, follows in para 2. Embassy requests the Department [...] |
2005-03-30 23:58:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | SMIG CVIS KFRD ASEC EAID PHUM SNAR KCRM PBTS GT |
| 05HALIFAX158 |
BALANCING TRADE, TOURISM, AND SECURITY ON THE MAINE BORDER [...] Summary: At the Maine-Canada border, disparities between U.S. and Canadian border security initiatives and processes are particularly evident in the areas of customs and immigration unification, technological surveillance capabilities, and border screening priorities. Border officials also [...] |
2005-07-18 19:11:00 | Consulate Halifax | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD PBTS ELTN PREL CA |
| 05HANOI2164 |
VIETNAM AND CHINA WORKING TO BOOST RELATIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: While U.S.-Vietnam relations have been improving and expanding, fueled by the June visit of the Prime Minister to Washington, Sino-Vietnamese relations have not been standing still. In keeping with its long-standing "balancing" strategy, Vietnam sent State President Tran Duc L [...] |
2005-08-22 04:00:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ETRD PBTS CH VM CVR WTO |
| 05HANOI366 |
NSC Senior Director Michael Green Discusses China [...] (SBU) Summary: The complicated Vietnam-China relationship is at a relatively weak point, with the traditional friendship of the two ruling Communist Parties tested by bilateral incidents and rising distrust of China's motives in Asia, according to Vietnamese think tank and foreign policy offic [...] |
2005-02-16 10:13:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ETRD PBTS CH VM ARF CVR ASEAN |
| 05HELSINKI710 |
FINNISH BORDER GUARDS STRIKE CONTINUES WITH [...] (U) The Finnish border guard strike remains unresolved after the Finnish Border Guards Union rejected a proposed settlement by Frontier Guard management last week. The strike action, which began on May 31, is the culmination of six months of negotiations that have centered on the issue of labo [...] |
2005-06-28 13:41:00 | Embassy Helsinki | CONFIDENTIAL | PBTS ELAB ASEC FI |
| 05JERUSALEM1578 |
WB/G SITREP: APRIL 18, 2005 (1800 HOURS LOCAL) -- [...] (SBU) Summary: In the West Bank, a 12-year-old Palestinian boy was wounded by IDF gunfire near Ramallah on April 17. Eight Palestinians were arrested from April 15-17 throughout the West Bank. Two firebombs were thrown at passing Israeli vehicles on road 443 and near Ofra settlement on April 1 [...] |
2005-04-18 16:37:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PBTS PHUM KWBG KPAL IS ASEC |
| 05JERUSALEM1617 |
WB/G SITREP: APRIL 19, 2005 (1600 HOURS LOCAL) -- [...] (SBU) Summary: In the West Bank, IDF troops arrested three Hamas members and two Fatah militants on April 18. IDF troops in Nablus found three kilograms of explosives hidden in a house in Askar refugee camp on April 18. The IDF imposed a curfew on Burqa village, north of Nablus, on April 18 [...] |
2005-04-19 14:23:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PBTS PHUM KWBG KPAL ASEC IS |
| 05JERUSALEM1633 |
WB/G SITREP: APRIL 20, 2005 (1500 HOURS LOCAL) -- [...] (SBU) Summary: In the West Bank, a Palestinian man was hospitalized April 19 after he was shot by an Israeli soldier. Palestinian militants also reportedly fired shots at Bet Romano settlement in the Old City of Hebron April 19. The IDF arrested five Palestinians April 19 in various areas of [...] |
2005-04-20 14:07:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PBTS PHUM KWBG KPAL IS ASEC |
| 05JERUSALEM1655 |
WB/G SITREP: APRIL 21, 2005 (1600 HOURS LOCAL) -- [...] (SBU) Summary: In the West Bank, a Palestinian shepherd was attacked by a number of settlers from Betar Illit settlement, near Husan village by Bethlehem on April 20. Six Palestinians were arrested in various areas of the West Bank April 20. In the Gaza Strip, one IDF soldier was moderately [...] |
2005-04-21 14:36:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PBTS PHUM KWBG KPAL IS ASEC |
| 05JERUSALEM1668 |
WB/G SITREP: APRIL 22, 2005 (1600 HOURS LOCAL) -- [...] (SBU) Summary: In the West Bank, 11 Palestinian and foreign peace activists were lightly injured when hit by rubber-coated bullets during clashes with the IDF in the village of Bil,in, west of Ramallah, April 21. The IDF found and defused a six-kilogram explosive device near Jenin on April 21 [...] |
2005-04-22 14:32:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PBTS PHUM KWBG KPAL IS ASEC |
| 05JERUSALEM1792 |
WB/G SITREP: MAY 2, 2005 (1800 HOURS LOCAL) -- ONE [...] (SBU) Summary. On May 2, one IDF soldier and one PIJ gunman (Shawfiq Abd al-Ghani) were killed in a shootout during an IDF operation in Saida village, by Tulkarm, according to Israeli and Palestinian media. In Gaza, one Palestinian was killed during a gunfight between members of the Eddiri [...] |
2005-05-02 16:45:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PBTS PHUM KWBG ASEC CASC IS |
| 05JERUSALEM1813 |
WB/G SITREP: MAY 3, 2005 (1700 HOURS LOCAL) -- [...] (SBU) Summary. The West Bank was quiet May 2-3. Fatah will hold primary elections to determine PLC candidates on May 27 or June 1, according to PLC speaker Rawhi Fattuh. In Gaza, PA security forces arrested in Gaza City three Hamas members suspected of preparing to fire Qassam rockets. The [...] |
2005-05-03 14:57:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PBTS PHUM KWBG ASEC CASC IS |
| 05JERUSALEM1849 |
WB/G SITREP: MAY 4, 2005 (1700 HOURS LOCAL) -- [...] (SBU) Summary. IDF forces conducted several incursions near Jenin, Nablus and Hebron in the West Bank on May 3, but no deaths or serious injuries resulted. PA President Abbas is expected to leave Ramallah May 7 for an international tour including Chile, Brazil, Japan and India. A PA Interio [...] |
2005-05-04 14:55:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PBTS PHUM KWBG ASEC CASC IS |
| 05JERUSALEM1859 |
WB/G SITREP: MAY 5, 2005 (1500 HOURS LOCAL) -- TWO [...] (SBU) Summary. IDF troops shot and killed two unarmed Palestinian teens near Bayt Liqya village (off Route 443) on May 4, during stone-throwing clashes and protests against the separation barrier. In Gaza, two mortar shells exploded May 4, one east of an IDF post near Khan Yunis and the othe [...] |
2005-05-05 12:23:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PBTS PHUM KWBG ASEC CASC IS |
| 05JERUSALEM1891 |
WB/G SITREP: MAY 6, 2005 (1700 HOURS LOCAL) -- [...] (SBU) Summary. Fatah won at least 60 percent of 906 municipal council seats in May 5 elections held in 84 localities in the West Bank and Gaza, based on preliminary results and exit polling, but Hamas also garnered 35-37 percent. Militants fired four Qassam rockets toward Sderot May 5-6, ac [...] |
2005-05-06 14:36:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PBTS PHUM KWBG ASEC CASC IS |
| 05JERUSALEM1987 |
WB/G SITREP: PALESTINIAN KILLED AT WEST BANK [...] (SBU) Summary: In the West Bank, the IDF on May 16 shot and killed a Palestinian as he approached an Israeli checkpoint on foot near Tulkarm. The IDF on May 15 shot and wounded two Palestinians who had thrown firebombs near 'Abud village, northwest of Ramallah. In the Gaza Strip, four Isra [...] |
2005-05-16 17:27:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PBTS PHUM KWBG CASC IS |
| 05JERUSALEM1996 |
WB/G SITREP: CLASHES IN GAZA CITY BETWEEN PA [...] (SBU) Summary: At least three Palestinians were shot and injured the evening of May 16 in Gaza City during an altercation that broke out between members of the PA civil police and the anti-riot police unit. The ensuing gun battle went on for several hours. In the West Bank, PA police on M [...] |
2005-05-17 16:59:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PBTS PHUM KWBG CASC IS |
| 05JERUSALEM2009 |
WB/G SITREP: IDF MISSILE STRIKE INJURES ONE HAMAS [...] (SBU) Summary: In the Gaza Strip, the IDF fired missiles at two Hamas militants May 18, injuring one critically, as the two were reportedly preparing to fire mortars into the Gush Katif settlement bloc. The IDF action followed a barrage of five mortars into the settlement earlier in the day [...] |
2005-05-18 16:21:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PBTS PHUM KWBG CASC IS |
| 05JERUSALEM2051 |
WB/G SITREP: HAMAS MILITANT SUCCUMBS TO WOUNDS [...] (SBU) Summary: In the Gaza Strip, a Hamas militant on May 18 died from wounds received from an Israeli missile strike earlier that day. The IDF and UNRWA reported that Palestinian militants fired a total of 45 mortar shells and homemade rockets overnight May 18-19 at Israeli targets through [...] |
2005-05-19 18:02:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PBTS PHUM KWBG CASC IS |
| 05JERUSALEM2059 |
WB/G SITREP: ONE PALESTINIAN KILLED IN GAZA STRIP; [...] (SBU) Summary: In the Gaza Strip, IDF soldiers shot and killed one Palestinian militant overnight May 19-20 and wounded another during an early morning attack on the Kfar Darom settlement with anti-tank rockets and mortar fire. No Israelis were reported injured. The IDF and UNRWA reported [...] |
2005-05-20 15:36:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PBTS PHUM KWBG CASC IS |
| 05JERUSALEM2225 |
WB/G SITREP: JUNE 1, 2005 (1800 HOURS LOCAL) -- [...] (SBU) Summary: In the West Bank, an Israeli settler shot and wounded a Palestinian near Itamar settlement, near Nablus, May 31. In al-Fraides village, near Bethlehem, three Palestinians were assaulted by Israeli settlers May 31. Five Fatah and six Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) members were [...] |
2005-06-01 15:17:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PBTS PHUM KWBG KPAL IS ASEC |
| 05JERUSALEM2250 |
WB/G SITREP: JUNE 2, 2005 (1700 HOURS LOCAL) -- [...] (SBU) Summary: Fourteen Palestinian and foreign peace activists were injured from tear gas inhalation during clashes with IDF troops over construction of the separation barrier near the village of Beit Suriq, northwest of Jerusalem, June 1. Israeli security forces arrested 21 Palestinians in [...] |
2005-06-02 15:06:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PBTS PHUM KWBG KPAL IS ASEC |
| 05JERUSALEM2419 |
WB/G SITREP: JUNE 10-14, 2005 (1600 HOURS LOCAL) [...] (SBU) Summary. Two Palestinians were shot and injured during clashes between different al-Aqsa cells by Manasra Square in Ramallah on June 12. The IDF shot and injured a a Palestinian youth in Saida village near Tulkarm on June 11, according to Palestinian security sources. UNRWA reported [...] |
2005-06-14 16:12:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PBTS PHUM KWBG ASEC CASC IS |
| 05JERUSALEM2436 |
WB/G SITREP: JUNE 15, 2005 (1600 HOURS LOCAL) -- [...] (SBU) Summary. Four Palestinian family members were shot and killed in Jabaliya in Gaza June 14, when an internal family dispute between two brothers turned violent, according to UNRWA. In the West Bank, the IDF entered Dura, west of Hebron on June 14, and shot and injured two Palestinians i [...] |
2005-06-15 15:03:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PBTS PHUM KWBG ASEC CASC IS |
| 05JERUSALEM2461 |
WB/G SITREP: JUNE 16, 2005 (1300 HOURS LOCAL) -- [...] (SBU) Summary: In the West Bank, the IDF arrested four members of Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) June 15. Israeli settlers uprooted or set on fire 140 Palestinian-owned olive trees near Nablus-area settlements. In the Gaza Strip, IDF forces entered al-Mughragha overnight June 15-16 and arre [...] |
2005-06-16 12:07:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PBTS PHUM KWBG KPAL IS ASEC |
| 05JERUSALEM2508 |
WB/G SITREP: JUNE 17, 2005 (1500 HOURS LOCAL) -- [...] (SBU) Summary. Palestinian militants fired two Qassam rockets at the Israeli town Sderot on June 16, but caused no injuries or significant damage. A Palestinian Preventive Security (PSO) agent died in Ramallah June 16 from an accidental discharge of his weapon. Two Palestinians were shot a [...] |
2005-06-17 12:40:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PBTS PHUM KWBG ASEC CASC IS |
| 05JERUSALEM2570 |
WB/G SITREP: JUNE 22, 2005 (1700 HOURS LOCAL) -- [...] (SBU) Summary: The IDF arrested alleged 10 PIJ activists June 21, most in Qalqiliya and Nablus. The IDF also arrested a Palestinian woman who attempted to stab an IDF soldier at a checkpoint near Tulkarm on June 21, according to Israeli newspapers. There were no injuries in the incident. In [...] |
2005-06-22 14:06:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PBTS PHUM KWBG KPAL IS ASEC |
| 05JERUSALEM2643 |
WB/G SITREP: JUNE 27, 2005 (1800 HOURS LOCAL) -- [...] (SBU) Summary: Palestinian gunmen shot and killed two Israelis and injured two others outside Bayt Haggai settlement near Hebron June 24. PIJ and Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades claimed credit. In subsequent IDF incursions into the area, the IDF shot and injured two Palestinians in Dura village, [...] |
2005-06-27 14:37:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PBTS PHUM KWBG KPAL IS ASEC |
| 05JERUSALEM2670 |
WB/G SITREP: JUNE 28, 2005 (1800 HOURS LOCAL) -- [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Palestinian militants launched a total of six mortar shells and one Qassam rocket from the southern Gaza Strip. Erez Crossing was open June 27, and 4,200 laborers and 405 merchants crossed into Israel. An IDF military court has convicted a former IDF soldier of manslaughter, [...] |
2005-06-28 14:48:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PBTS PHUM KWBG KPAL IS ASEC |
| 05JERUSALEM2673 |
WB/G SITREP: JUNE 29, 2005 (1800 HOURS LOCAL) -- [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Five disengagement opponents and one Palestinian were lightly wounded in June 28 stone-throwing clashes that broke out in al-Mowassi in Gaza. In the West Bank, IDF raids continued in the area of Allar, Attil, and Saida. Several Palestinian activists suffered minor injuries in c [...] |
2005-06-29 14:55:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PBTS PHUM KWBG KPAL IS ASEC |
| 05JERUSALEM2739 |
WB/G SITREP: JUNE 30, 2005 (1800 HOURS LOCAL) -- [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: UNRWA and Israeli media reported that five Palestinians were injured, one of them seriously, as stone-throwing clashes between Palestinians, Israeli settlers, and Israeli security forces continued for a fourth day in al-Mowassi. A large IDF force entered Nablus after three IDF [...] |
2005-06-30 13:50:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PBTS PHUM KWBG KPAL IS ASEC |
| 05JERUSALEM2786 |
WB/G SITREP: JULY 01, 2005 (1800 HOURS LOCAL) -- [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Five Palestinians and one IDF soldier were lightly wounded June 30 in Nablus during an IDF incursion in response to reports, ulimately unfounded, that two soldiers had been kidnapped. UNRWA and Israeli media reported that disengagement opponents in the al-Mowassi area of Gaza [...] |
2005-07-01 16:05:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PBTS PHUM KWBG KPAL IS ASEC |
| 05JERUSALEM2911 |
WB/G SITREP: TWO PALESTINIANS KILLED, SEVENTEEN [...] (SBU) Summary: In the West Bank, an Israeli security guard on July 8 shot and killed a Palestinian teenager near Bayt Liqya, west of Ramallah. The Israeli Police are reportedly conducting an investigation of the incident. A second Palestinian teenager on July 10 died from bullet wounds re [...] |
2005-07-11 16:00:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PBTS PHUM KWBG CASC IS |
| 05JERUSALEM2955 |
WB/G SITREP: SENIOR PA OFFICIAL ASSAULTED IN WEST [...] (SBU) Summary: A senior official from the Palestinian Authority (PA) Ministry of the Interior (MOI) on July 12 sustained injuries from an attack by unknown assailants as he traveled from Jerusalem to Ramallah. The MOI official was later hospitalized, but is expected to recover from his in [...] |
2005-07-12 16:18:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PBTS PHUM KWBG CASC IS |
| 05JERUSALEM2970 |
WB/G SITREP: TWO PALESTINIANS KILLED, FIVE [...] (SBU) Summary: In response to the July 12 suicide bombing in Netanya that killed four Israelis and wounded at least 90 others, and the attempted car bombing by a Palestinian in the West Bank settlement of Shavei Shomron, the IDF on July 13 launched an operation into Tulkarm, killing two Pal [...] |
2005-07-13 16:09:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PBTS PHUM KWBG CASC IS |
| 05JERUSALEM3005 |
WB/G SITREP: OPERATIONS IN TULKARM, GENERAL [...] (SBU) Summary: IDF operations in Tulkarm continued for a second day following the July 12 suicide bombing in Netanya, which killed five Israelis. A general closure remains in effect for the entire West Bank and Gaza Strip. In Nablus, the IDF on the evening of July 13 shot and killed a loc [...] |
2005-07-14 14:37:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PBTS PHUM KWBG CASC IS |
| 05JERUSALEM3019 |
WB/G SITREP: TARGETED KILLINGS, ROCKET ATTACKS [...] (SBU) Summary: In the West Bank, Israeli helicopters on July 15 fired missiles at a vehicle traveling near Salfit, killing at least two Hamas activists. Meanwhile, in the Gaza Strip, Hamas and PA security forces have engaged in street battles July 14-15, resulting in the deaths of at least [...] |
2005-07-15 15:49:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PBTS PHUM KWBG CASC IS |
| 05JERUSALEM3095 |
WB/G SITREP: JULY 21, 2005 (1400 HOURS LOCAL) -- [...] (SBU) Summary: In Gaza, one IDF soldier was lightly wounded by a mortar shell fired at an IDF outpost near Neve Dekalim settlement. Israeli media reported that Israeli police arrested about 250 disengagement opponents who tried to enter Gaza, some of whom reportedly tried to cut through the [...] |
2005-07-21 11:12:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PBTS PHUM KWBG KPAL IS ASEC |
| 05JERUSALEM3181 |
WB/G SITREP: JULY 26, 2005 (1700 HOURS LOCAL) -- [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: IDF soldiers shot and seriously injured a wanted Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) member in Hebron July 26. The local planning and construction committee in Jerusalem approved July 25 plans to build a new Jewish settlement inside the Muslim Quarter of the Old City of Jerusalem [...] |
2005-07-26 14:10:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PBTS PHUM KWBG KPAL IS ASEC |
| 05JERUSALEM3250 |
WB/G SITREP: JULY 27, 2005 (1700 HOURS LOCAL) -- [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In the West Bank, a Palestinian teenager was killed when hit by a car driven by an Israeli settler near Karmi Tzur settlement. According to PA security sources, an unarmed Palestinian teenager was shot and killed by the IDF during an incursion in Jenin July 27. The IDF arrest [...] |
2005-07-27 15:33:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PBTS PHUM KWBG KPAL IS ASEC |
| 05JERUSALEM3317 |
WB/G SITREP: JULY 28, 2005 (1700 HOURS LOCAL) -- [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In the West Bank, according to Palestinian security sources, a 15-year old Palestinian wqas shot and killed by the IDF when IDF troops entered into Jenin July 27. The IDF arrested a senior Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) official during the operation. In Gaza, a five-year-o [...] |
2005-07-29 05:58:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PBTS PHUM KWBG KPAL IS ASEC |
| 05JERUSALEM3325 |
WB/G SITREP: JULY 29, 2005 (1500 HOURS LOCAL) -- [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In the West Bank, IDF forces entered into Shufa village near Tulkarm July 28 and killed a 29-year old Palestinian, whom the IDF said helped organize the recent suicide bombing in Netanya. The IDF arrested a total of four PIJ militants in Ramallah, Jenin, and Hebron July 28. In [...] |
2005-07-29 12:31:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PBTS PHUM KWBG KPAL IS ASEC |
| 05JERUSALEM3557 |
WB/G SITREP: AUGUST 8, 2005 (1800 HOURS LOCAL) -- [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The IDF shot and injured two Palestinians in Tulkarm August 6 during an incursion into the city, according to Palestinian security sources. Two Israeli settlers, including a 10-year-old boy, were shot and injured by Palestinian gunmen near Ateret settlement, north of Ramallah [...] |
2005-08-08 16:18:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PBTS PHUM KWBG KPAL IS ASEC |
| 05JERUSALEM3580 |
WB/G SITREP: AUGUST 9, 2005 (1800 HOURS LOCAL) -- [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has suspended its activity in Gaza after militants fired at their offices in Khan Yunis August 8 and in the aftermath of recent kidnappings of foreign aid workers. The IDF shot and killed a Palestinian in Nur Shams Refugee C [...] |
2005-08-09 15:26:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PBTS PHUM KWBG KPAL IS ASEC |
| 05JERUSALEM3626 |
WB/G SITREP: AUGUST 10, 2005 (1700 HOURS LOCAL) -- [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In the West Bank, the IDF entered Tulkarm for an arrest operation on August 9, seizing two alleged Hamas members and leaving three Palestinian youths injured in stone-throwing clashes during the operation. Gunmen shot and lightly injured two Israeli settlers in a car near Hebro [...] |
2005-08-10 15:08:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PBTS PHUM KWBG KPAL IS ASEC |
| 05JERUSALEM3683 |
WB/G SITREP: AUGUST 11, 2005 (1700 HOURS LOCAL) -- [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In the West Bank on August 10, ten Palestinians were injured during clashes with the IDF over construction of the separation barrier west of Ramallah. In Gaza, Israel radio reported August 11 that two Palestinians in Rafah were injured when an improvised hand grenade exploded. [...] |
2005-08-11 14:53:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PBTS PHUM KWBG KPAL IS ASEC |
| 05JERUSALEM3701 |
WB/G SITREP: AUGUST 12, 2005 (1700 HOURS LOCAL) -- [...] (SBU) Summary: In the West Bank, the IDF entered the Nablus casbah on August 11 and clashed with gunmen from the al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades, injuring one Palestinian in the clashes. In the Gaza Strip, Palestinian police on August 11 found an explosive device near the Eley Sinai settlement. The [...] |
2005-08-12 15:16:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PBTS PHUM KWBG KPAL IS ASEC |
| 05KUWAIT1497 |
PRIME MINISTER REQUESTS SECURITY FOR BORDER TEAM; [...] (C) During their April 9 meeting, Prime Minister Shaykh Sabah Al-Ahmed Al-Sabah told visiting Senior Advisor and Coordinator for Iraq Policy, Ambassador Richard Jones, that the United Nations had agreed to return to the Kuwait/Iraq border to oversee border pillar maintenance, but would need so [...] |
2005-04-13 12:50:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS KTIA MARR KU IZ UN KUWAIT IRAQ RELATIONS |
| 05KUWAIT1777 |
FOREIGN MINISTER: PROGRESS ON WOMEN'S RIGHTS, IRAN [...] (C) Summary: During an April 27 meeting with the Ambassador, Foreign Minister Shaykh Dr. Mohammed Al-Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah told the Ambassador that he believes that the GOK has enough votes to pass the women's rights bill for Municipal Council elections on May 2 and that once women are regis [...] |
2005-05-01 14:13:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON PBTS KUNC KPAL IZ KU WOMEN POLITICAL RIGHTS KUWAIT IRAQ RELATIONS IRAN |
| 05KUWAIT2551 |
FM REPORTS ON GCC GOODWILL TOUR, SAYS GOK OPPOSES [...] (C) Summary: During a June 8 meeting, Kuwaiti Foreign Minister Shaykh Dr. Mohammed told the Ambassador he had been asked to visit Bahrain, Qatar, and the UAE to calm the waters between these GCC states and identify areas for cooperation with fellow GCC member Saudi Arabia. He reported progr [...] |
2005-06-08 16:06:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM EPET PBTS PGOV KU KGCC |
| 05KUWAIT3037 |
CFLCC/MOI SIGN BORDER MOU [...] (SBU) Summary: On July 4, CFLCC and GOK Ministry of the Interior signed a memorandum of understanding that outlines the terms of use for the Coalition Crossing point on the Kuwait/Iraq border. This agreement entrusts the U.S. military with significant responsibility for control of one of the [...] |
2005-07-06 13:26:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELTN KTIA MARR MOPS PBTS PGOV KU IZ |
| 05KUWAIT3287 |
JULY 25 DISTURBANCE ON IRAQ/KUWAIT BORDER [...] (SBU) An estimated 800-1000 Iraqi civilians converged on the closed border crossing point at Umm Qasr the morning of July 25 protesting lack of compensation for farm land lost due to the UN border demarcation. Kuwaiti contractors working on emplacing a pipeline barrier along the border were t [...] |
2005-07-25 13:37:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PBTS ASEC PREL IZ KU KUWAIT IRAQ RELATIONS |
| 05KUWAIT3331 |
KUWAITIS FEAR IRANIAN HAND IN JULY 25 BORDER [...] (S) Summary: Tensions persist at the Iraq/Kuwait border crossing near Umm Qasr with two RPG rounds fired at the Kuwait side the night of July 26 and Kuwaiti police returning fire. While the disturbances seems to be the result of local actions, GOK officials privately express concern that Iran [...] |
2005-07-27 16:00:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET//NOFORN | PBTS PREL PGOV MOPS ASEC IR IZ KU KUWAIT IRAQ RELATIONS IRAN |
| 05KUWAIT3396 |
BORDER ISSUE NOT SETTLED, BUT GOK SATISFIED WITH [...] (C) Ministry of Foreign Affairs Undersecretary Khaled Al-Jarallah told Charge d'Affaires in a meeting July 31 that the border issue with Iraq was "not settled yet," but the GOK was "very happy and satisfied" with the Iraqi Transitional Government (ITG) response so far. Al-Jarallah said the s [...] |
2005-07-31 15:39:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS PGOV ASEC IZ KU KUWAIT IRAQ RELATIONS |
| 05KUWAIT3446 |
KUWAITIS DENOUNCE IRAQI MPS' COMMENTS ON [...] (C) Summary and comment: Kuwaiti newspapers reported that Iraqi Shi'a MPs claimed Kuwait destroyed a sand berm on the Iraq-Kuwait border and penetrated Iraqi territory on the 15th anniversary of Saddam Hussein's invasion of Kuwait. The August 2 comments come one day prior to a previously sched [...] |
2005-08-03 10:25:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PBTS PGOV PREL ASEC IZ KU KUWAIT IRAQ RELATIONS |
| 05KUWAIT3523 |
GOK AND ITG COMMITTED TO RESOLVING BORDER DISPUTE [...] (C) Summary: On August 6, an Iraqi delegation, in Kuwait to discuss the border issue, visited the border and examined the barrier being installed by Kuwait. The delegation head Khaled Al-Attiyah confirmed that "the border barrier is in Kuwaiti territory." In a meeting with Kuwaiti Foreign M [...] |
2005-08-07 15:20:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PBTS IZ KU KUWAIT IRAQ RELATIONS |
| 05KUWAIT3565 |
FM EXPRESSES CONTINUED CONCERN OVER KUWAIT-IRAQ [...] (C) Summary: Contrary to recent local press reports declaring the border issue with Iraq "finalized" (ref A), Foreign Minister Shaykh Dr. Mohammed Al-Salem Al-Sabah was privately more pessimistic in a meeting with the Ambassador August 9. While he was glad "the ITG chose the proper channels" [...] |
2005-08-09 15:49:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PBTS IZ KU KUWAIT IRAQ RELATIONS |
| 05KUWAIT3652 |
ONGOING BORDER DISPUTE: AP ARTICLE CAUSES [...] (U) A previously unknown Iraqi Shi'a group, calling itself Islamic Jihad, threatened to "attack (Kuwaiti) border posts, border patrols and carry out attacks inside Kuwait," if Kuwaiti troops did not pull back to the "pre-1991 border," an AP article reported August 14. Kuwaiti Arabic and Engl [...] |
2005-08-15 12:08:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS PGOV IZ KU KUWAIT IRAQ RELATIONS |
| 05KUWAIT3755 |
GOK OFFICIALS SAY IRAQ BORDER DISPUTE RESOLVED; [...] (C) During an August 20 meeting on security and counterterrorism (septel), the Ambassador asked First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior Shaykh Nawaf Al-Sabah for his latest assessment of the border dispute with Iraq (reftels). Shaykh Nawaf said the situation was under control, [...] |
2005-08-22 14:01:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET | PBTS PREL PGOV MARR IZ KU UN |
| 05KUWAIT3827 |
FM TO RAISE IRAQ, IRAN NUCLEAR PROGRAM, AND [...] (C) The Ambassador met August 27 with Foreign Minister Shaykh Dr. Mohammed Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah at the latter's invitation to discuss the FM's one-day visit to Iran on August 28. The FM said that he would raise three "issues of concern" with Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad -- Iraq, [...] |
2005-08-27 14:24:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PGOV PREL PBTS IZ IR KU KUWAIT IRAN RELATIONS |
| 05KUWAIT3835 |
KUWAIT COUNTERTERRORISM WORKING GROUP: GOK TAKING [...] (S/NF) Summary: The Ambassador chaired on August 22 the monthly meeting of post's Counterterrorism Working Group (CWG). He reviewed his August 20 discussions with senior representatives of the GOK on the need to maintain a sharp focus on CT and recommendations that the arrests of wanted in [...] |
2005-08-28 04:58:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER PREL PGOV MARR PBTS EFIN ASEC CVIS KU TERRORISM |
| 05KUWAIT3851 |
KUWAIT TO RECOMMEND JOINT KUWAIT-IRAQ BORDER [...] (C) In an August 27 meeting with the Ambassador, Foreign Minister Shaykh Dr. Mohammed Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah said Kuwait would request establishment of a joint Kuwait-Iraq committee to work with the United Nations team on maintenance of the countries' shared border, which was officially dema [...] |
2005-08-28 13:32:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PBTS MARR IZ KU UN KUWAIT IRAQ RELATIONS |
| 05KUWAIT3902 |
FOREIGN MINISTER ON HIS VISIT TO IRAN; PRESIDENT [...] (C) Summary. Foreign Minister Shaykh Dr. Mohammed Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah sat with the Ambassador on August 30 to discuss his trip to Tehran, two days earlier. The visit itself last four hours on the ground and included meetings with President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the new Foreign Minister, M [...] |
2005-08-30 14:26:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PGOV PREL PBTS IZ IR KU |
| 05KUWAIT4116 |
KUWAITI CONTACTS BRIEF KUWAIT COUNTRY OFFICER ON [...] (SBU) Summary: Country Officer for Kuwait, David Berns, met September 18 with Jassem Boodai, owner and editor-in-chief of the Arabic-language daily Al-Rai Al-Aam; Salim Al-Nashi, official spokesman of the Traditional Salafis; and Dr. Lubna Al-Kazi and Ma'souma Al-Abdullah, members of the Wome [...] |
2005-09-21 11:24:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PBTS PHUM KWMN KISL SOCI OTRA PINR KU TERRORISM |
| 05KUWAIT4333 |
TOP IRAQI OFFICIALS REAFFIRM CLOSE IRAQ-KUWAIT [...] (U) On arriving in Kuwait October 1 for a four-day visit, Iraq's Speaker of Parliament Hajem Al-Hasani reaffirmed Iraq's close relationship with Kuwait and stressed that "the period of tension" between the two countries was over. Al-Hasani's trip was the first visit of an Iraqi Speaker of Par [...] |
2005-10-05 12:50:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PBTS IZ KU KUWAIT IRAQ RELATIONS |
| 05KUWAIT4334 |
KUWAITIS PRESS IRANIAN FOREIGN MINISTER TO [...] (C) In a very brief exchange as Ambassador was leaving the Foreign Ministry with Ambassador Jeffrey's Iraq-related delegation on October 5, Kuwaiti Foreign Minister Shaykh Dr. Mohammed Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah advised that he had pressed visiting Iranian Foreign Minister Manoucher Mottaki to c [...] |
2005-10-05 13:33:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PGOV PREL PBTS IZ IR KU KUWAIT IRAN RELATIONS |
| 05KUWAIT4728 |
BORDER ISSUE STILL FRONT PAGE NEWS AS KUWAIT WAITS [...] (U) Recent press articles on the border issue highlighting Iraqi Transitional Government (ITG) statements continue to make front page news in the Kuwaiti Arabic language press. Local Arabic dailies Al-Qabas and Al-Watan carried front page articles on November 8 discussing the ITG's decision [...] |
2005-11-09 12:44:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PBTS PREL |