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ABLD BUILDING AND GROUNDS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The acquisition, management, and operation of U.S.-owned or-leased facilities and sites both domestic and foreign. (Replaces RCHB file categories: BG, ES)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Acquisition
* AIEP
* Allotment
* Antenna
* Antiques
* Appraisals
* Architecture
* Asbestos
* Audit
* Bid Results
* Breathing Device
* Building
* Building Design
* Building Management
* Carpet
* Chancellery
* Construction Management
* Construction Security
* Consulate
* Contract Amendment Contract Award Contract Renewal Contract Termination Contractor
* Core Area
* DCR
* Deed
* Descent Device
* Electrical System
* Elevator
* Embassy
* EMR
* Energy Conservation
* EURMAC
* Fire Alarm
* Fire Detection System
* Fire Prevention
* Fire Safety
* Furnishings
* Generator
* Geotechnical
* Gift
* Hazardous Material
* Housing
* HVAC
* Improvement
* Inventory
* Lease
* Legation
* Maintenance
* Mechanical System
* NOB
* Parking
* PCC
* Post Opening
* Property Exchange
* Property Sales
* Public Access Control
* Real Property
* Reciprocity
* REMS
* Renovation
* Safety & Health Designee
* Safety Program
* Security Enhancement
* Seismology
* SHEMC
* Shielded Enclosure
* Site
* Space Management
* Survey
* WASHMAC
* Water Analysis
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AEMR EMERGENCY PLANNING AND EVACUATION
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Measures and actions implemented to protect U.S. personnel, citizens, property and information; especially related to crisis situations. (Replaces RCHB file category: EP)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Citizen Protection
* Contingency Plan EAP
* Emergency
* Evacuation
* Property
* Protection
* Records Destruction
* Rescue
* Safehaven
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AFIN FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised April 2000)

The fiscal operations of the Department, Foreign Service posts, and other Federal agencies. (Replaces RCHB file categories: ACC, BUD, FMGT)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accounting
* Allowance
* Annuity Check
* Antideficiency
* Appropriation
* Audit
* Authentication Bank
* Account Bonding
* CAPPS
* Cash
* Cash Management
* Cashier
* Central Claim
* Commercial Claim
* Compensation
* Debt Collection
* Deficit
* Disallowances
* Disbursement
* Employee Claim
* ESF
* Exchange Rate
* Financial Management System
* Fiscal
* Fiscal Irregularities
* Foreign Currency
* FSCADP
* Fund Allotment
* Funding
* GBL
* General Ledger
* GTR
* Home Leave
* ICASS
* Leave
* Liquidation
* Local Currency
* Nonreceipt
* Over Obligation
* Pay Advance
* Pay Record
* Payment
* Payroll
* Payroll Deduction
* PCS
* Per Diem
* Personal Property
* Personal Travel
* Post MGT
* Premium Pay
* Prompt Payment
* Reimbursement
* Relocation
* Reprogramming
* Retirement
* Security Enhancement
* Taxes
* TDY
* Time & Attendance
* Transportation Request
* Travel Advance
* Travelers Checks
* Treasury Check
* Vendor
* Vouchers
* Vulnerability Assessment
* Wages
* Working Capital Fund
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AMGT MANAGEMENT OPERATIONS
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Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

The management and organization of the Department and posts abroad and other U.S. agencies. (Replaces RCHB file category: ORG)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Administration
* Audit
* Authorities
* Background Information
* Bureau Organization
* Commissary
* Congressional Report
* Delegation of Authority
* Embassy Closing
* Embassy Opening
* Employee Association
* FCS
* FTE
* Geneva Group
* GORI
* Information System
* Inspection Report
* Inspection Team
* Internal Control
* JAO
* Management Initiative
* Management Issues
* Mission Closure
* Mission Opening
* Occupational Safety
* Office Closure
* Office Establishment
* Office Procedures
* Organization
* Overseas Post
* PCS
* Post Closing
* Post MGT
* Post Opening
* Post Operating Plan
* Reciprocity
* Recreation
* Reorganization
* Scheduling
* Staffing
* Support Services
* Survey
* Task Force
* Workload
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AORC INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND CONFERENCES
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Effective from January 1983

The structure and management of international or regional organizations and conferences. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL and Organization Name)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Administration
* Application
* Budget
* Candidate
* Chairman
* Charter
* Congressional Reports
* Constitution
* Donor
* Election Results
* Financial Contribution
* Geneva Group
* Host Government
* Information System
* Infrastructure
* Inspection Report
* Inspection Team
* International Organization
* International Organization Official
* Meeting Agenda
* Meeting Delegation
* Meeting Observer
* Meeting Venue
* Membership
* NGO
* Nomination
* Nonparticipation
* Office Closure
* Office Establishment
* Participation
* PERMREP
* Referendum
* Reform
* Regional Organization
* Regional Organization Official Reorganization
* Resignation from Office Seating
* Secession Secretary General Specialized Agency
* Sponsorship
* Staffing
* Vacancy Announcement
* Veto
* VOLAG
* Volunteers
* Voting
* Wages
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APER PERSONNEL
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The administration and support of the Department's Civil and Foreign

Service personnel. (Replaces RCHB file category: PER)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Adoption
* Affirmative
* Action
* Ambassador
* Appeal
* Award
* Backpay
* Benefit Plan
* Bilateral Work Agreements
* Blood Donor
* Boarding School Career Development Career Mobility
* CFC
* Civil Service
* Civil Service Reform Act
* Class Action Suit
* CLO Program
* Community Liaison Office
* Coordinators
* Compensation
* Complaint
* Complement
* Consultation
* Continuing Education
* Contract Employee
* Conversion
* CSR
* Death
* Demotion
* Dependent
* Dependent Education
* Dependent Employment
* Discipline
* Divorce
* Emergency
* Evacuation
* Employee Association
* Employee Benefit
* Employee Relations
* Employee Service
* Employee Status
* Employee Training
* Employment
* Equal Employment Opportunity
* Family Life
* Family Separation
* Family Support Services
* Fellowship
* FERS
* Foreign Born Spouses
* Foreign Service
* Foreign Service Act
* FSPS
* FTE
* Functional Training
* Grade Retention
* Grievance
* Health
* Injury
* Insurance
* International School
* Interns
* Interview
* Job Title
* Leave
* Library
* Merit Pay
* Merit Promotion
* Military Furlough
* Military Reserve
* Nomination
* Nonsensitive Critical Position
* Open Assignments
* Orientation
* Overcomplement
* Pay Record
* Performance Evaluation
* Personal Property
* Personal Travel
* Personnel
* Personnel Action
* Personnel Appointment
* Personnel Assignment
* Personnel Classification
* Personnel Conduct
* Personnel Promotion
* Personnel Reassignment
* Personnel Resignation
* Personnel Separation
* Photographer
* PIT
* Position Classification
* Position Description
* Premium Pay
* Presidential Executive Exchange Program
* Private School
* Probation
* Promotion Panel
* PSC
* Public School
* Recall
* Recruitment
* Reentry
* Relocation
* Remains Disposition
* Reprogramming
* Retired Annuitant
* Retirement
* RIF
* Sabbatical
* Savings Bond
* School Admissions
* SEF
* Selection Board
* Selection Out
* Senior Foreign Service
* SES
* Severance Pay
* Sexual Harassment
* Skill Codes
* Spouse
* Staffing
* Staffing Pattern
* Survey
* Tandem Couple
* TDY
* Tenure Board
* Termination
* Time & Attendance
* Upward Mobility
* U.S. Family Member
* Vacancy Announcement
* Wages
* Work Requirements
* Workload
* Workmen Compensation
* Workweek
* Youth Programs
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ASEC SECURITY
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The development, coordination, or administration of security policies and programs. (Replaces RCHB file category: SY)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* AIASA
* Airport Access Procedures
* Antifraud
* Antiterrorism Measures
* Armored Vehicle
* Assault
* Bugging
* Building
* Contract Guard Program
* Counterintelligence
* Debriefing
* Debugging
* Demolition
* Detection Equipment
* Dismantling
* Electronic Security Device
* Emergency Response Team
* Explosives
* Fraud
* Host Country Guards
* Host Country Police
* Identification Systems
* Information Security
* Local Guard Program
* Maps
* Mission Takeover
* Monitoring
* MSG
* Name Check
* NSU
* Personnel Protection
* Physical Security
* Police Force
* Police Investigation
* Property Protection
* Protective Security
* Public Access Control
* Regional Security
* Riot Control
* RSO
* Scheduled Reporting
* Security Assessment
* Security Clearance
* Security Crisis
* Security Enhancement
* Security Survey
* Security Violation
* Special Support Program
* Suitability
* Technical Security
* Telephone
* Tempest
* Terrorism
* Threat
* Threat Assessment
* Unit Security Procedures
* Warning System
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BEXP TRADE EXPANSION AND PROMOTION
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Efforts to promote trade and other commercial activities, including specific proposals and inquiries to establish trade relations. (Replaces RCHB file category: TP)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Best Prospect
* Bid
* Business Firm
* Businessmen
* CMP
* Commercial Action
* Commercial Association
* Consultation
* Cooperatives
* Country Commercial
* Exhibit
* Exposition
* Foreign Agent
* Foreign Market
* Target Industry
* Targeting
* Trade Fair
* Trade Promotion
* Trade Visit
* WITS
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BTIO TRADE AND INVESTMENT
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OPPORTUNITIES

Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Administrative and operational reporting on opportunities for U.S. businesses. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FN, TP)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Agribusiness
* Bid
* Business Firm
* FGT
* Foreign Markets
* GPC Implementation
* Joint Venture
* Patent
* PTO
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CASC ASSISTANCE TO CITIZENS
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Effective from May 1977 (Revised January 1983)

Consular services provided by the United States to citizens of the United States or any other country. (Replaces RCHB file categories: CON, PS)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Adoption
* Aircraft Detention
* Aircraft Registry
* Alien
* AMCIT
* Arrest Assault
* Attorney List
* Authorities
* Automation
* Child Custody
* Children Compensation
* Complaint
* Consular Assistance
* Consular Package
* Cult
* Custody
* Death Report
* Deportation
* Detention
* Direct Relay
* Drivers License
* Emergency Evacuation
* Estate
* Family
* FIMED
* Fraud Identification
* Lawyer
* Legal
* Medical Care
* Missing Person
* Murder Offenses
* Prisoner
* Prisoner Release
* Prisoner Transfer
* Prisoner Welfare
* Property
* Property Protection
* Release
* Remains Disposition
* Repatriation
* Seamen
* Ship Detention
* Ship Registry
* Spouse
* Third Country Representation
* Travel Advisory
* Trial
* Trust Account
* Trust Account Refund
* Welfare & Whereabouts
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CJAN JUDICIAL ASSISTANCE AND NOTARIAL SERVICES
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Effective from May 1983

Matters pertaining to Notarial Services and International Judicial Assistance, including the service of judicial and extra-judicial documents and obtaining evidence. (Replaces RCHB file categories: LEG, PS)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Acknowledgment
* Affidavit
* Attorney List
* Authentication
* Automation
* Deed
* Deposition
* Documentation
* Evidence
* Extradition
* Fraud
* FSIA
* Judicial Assistance
* Letters Rogatory
* Notarial
* Oath
* Official Travel
* Prisoner Transfer
* Process Serving
* Subpoena
* Testimony
* Tort Claim
* Witness
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CMGT CONSULAR ADMINSTRATION AND MANAGEMENT
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Effective from August 1983

The administrative and operational management of Consular Affairs activities. (Replaces RCHB file categories: ACC, BUD, CON, FMGT,ORG, PER)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Antifraud
* Automation
* CAS
* Consular Agent
* Consular Agreement
* Consular Conference
* Consular Equipment
* Consular Package
* Consular Service
* Consular Supplies
* Consular Treaty
* CSS
* ECR
* Fee
* Fraud
* ICARS
* IVACS
* Legislation
* MRP
* NIVCAPS
* Office Procedures
* Personnel
* PFM
* PIT
* Publication
* Space Management
* Supplies
* Support Services
* TDIS
* Third Country Representation
* Word Processor
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CVIS VISAS
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Effective from May 1973 (Revised January 1993)

Operational, procedural, and administrative functions of visa operations. (Replaces RCHB file category: V)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* AA 1 Adoption
* Advisory Opinion AIDS
* Alien
* Alien Previously Deported
* Alien Smuggler
* Allocation
* Application
* Appointment
* Arrival Notice
* Athlete Automation
* Bearer Insert
* BUSVIS
* Centralized Visa Processing
* Chargeability
* CHINEX
* CLASS
* Clearance
* CONGRINT
* Consular Package
* Crew List
* Crewman
* Crime
* Data
* Defector
* Denial
* Departure Notice
* Dependent
* Deportation
* Derivatives
* Diversity Immigrant
* DNC
* Documentation
* DV 1DVACS
* Employment Based Preference
* Employment Creation
* Entertainer
* Entitlement
* Exchange Visitor
* Exclusion
* Extraordinary Ability
* Family Preference
* Fiance
* Fiancee
* Files
* Foreign Policy Exclusion
* Forms
* Fraud
* Health Related Grounds
* ICARS
* Immediate Relative
* Immigrant
* Intercompany Transferee
* International Child Abduction
* Interview
* Issuance
* IVACS
* Labor Certification
* LB 1
* Legislation
* Medical Examination
* Moral Turpitude
* MRV
* Name Check
* Narcotics Traffic
* News Media Representative
* NIV
* NIVCAPS
* Nonimmigrant
* Numerical Control
* NVC
* Operations
* Other Worker
* Out of District Applicant
* Parole
* Permanent Resident
* Polygamist
* Portsmouth Consular Center
* Priority Date
* Private Bill
* Procedures
* Public Charge
* Reciprocity
* Refugee
* Refusal
* Religious Worker
* Renewal
* Revocation
* SAO
* Skilled Worker
* SPLEX
* Student
* Supplies Temporary Worker
* Terrorist
* 30 60 Rule
* TIVPC
* Totalitarian Party Membership
* Transfer
* Transit
* Travel Agents
* Treaty Investor
* Treaty Trader
* TTYREP
* Validity Visa
* Visa Clearance
* Visa Photograph
* Visitor for Business
* VLOB
* Waiver
* Waiver of Ineligibility
* Walk Ins
* Workload
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EAGR AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Cultivating the soil and forest, raising livestock, and producing crops. (Replaces RCHB file category: AGR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Agricultural Development
* Agricultural Production
* Agricultural Program
* Agricultural Worker
* Agriculture
* Animal Disease
* Cocoa
* Coffee
* Corn
* Cotton
* Crop Destruction
* Crops
* Dairy Products
* Desalinization
* Disease Control
* Drought
* Erosion
* Famine
* Farm Equipment
* Farming
* Fertilizer
* Food Shortages
* Forestry
* Fruit
* Fungicide
* Grain
* Harvest
* Herbicide
* Husbandry
* Insect
* Irrigation
* Jute
* Land Conservation
* Land Management
* Land Reform
* Livestock
* Natural Fiber
* Nuts
* Oilseeds
* Pest Control
* Pesticide
* Plant Disease
* Poultry
* Preservation
* Quarantine
* Rainfall
* Rice
* Rubber
* Seeds
* Snowfall
* Soil
* Soybean
* Stockpile
* Subsidy
* Sugar
* Timber
* Tobacco
* Tropical Forest
* Vegetable
* Water Analysis
* Weather
* Wheat
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EAID FOREIGN ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Foreign economic and technical assistance provided by governments, international organizations, institutions, or private individuals. (Replaces RCHB file category: AID)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Agricultural Agreement
* Agricultural Development
* Agricultural Program Airlift
* Bank
* Congressional Presentation
* Construction Equipment
* Cooperatives
* Credit
* Debt
* Development Loan
* Development Program
* Disaster Relief
* Donor
* Economic Adviser
* Economic Assistance
* Economic Development
* Economic Support Fund
* Farm Equipment
* Financial Contribution
* Food
* Foreign Assistance Agreement
* Funding
* Grant
* Industrial Development
* Industrialized Nation
* Laboratory Equipment
* LDC
* LLDC
* Loan
* Medical Care
* Medical Equipment
* North South Dialogue
* Paris Club
* PL 480
* PL 480 Title I
* PL 480 Title II
* PL 480 Title III
* Relief Effort
* Self Help
* Technical Assistance
* Water Analysis
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EAIR CIVIL AVIATION
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Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

Commercial and private aircraft and air operations, domestic as well as international. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AV, TR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Air Access
* Air Cargo
* Air Fare
* Air Safety
* Air Traffic
* Air Transportation
* Aircraft
* Aircraft Accident
* Aircraft Detention
* Aircraft Registry
* Airline
* Airport
* Airport Fee
* Airport Security
* Airspace
* Antiterrorism Measures
* Aviation Agreement
* Cargo Handling
* Charter Flight
* CIVAIR
* Commercial Aircraft
* Emergency Landing
* Flight Clearance
* Flight Manual
* Hazardous Cargo
* Helicopter
* Hijacking
* Insurance
* Landing Rights
* Maintenance
* Navigational Aid
* Passenger Manifest
* Pilot Training
* Private Aircraft
* Refueling
* Rescue
* Route
* Salvage
* Schedule
* Transportation Development
* Transportation Industry
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ECON ECONOMIC CONDITIONS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The status of a nation's economy. (Replaces RCHB file category: E)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Agricultural Development
* Antiinflationary Program
* Black Market
* Capital Investment
* Cost of Living
* Depression
* Economic Agreement
* Economic Assessment
* Economic Conditions
* Economic Crisis
* Economic Development
* Economic Forecast
* Economic Growth
* Economic Indicators
* Economic Program
* Economic Recovery
* Economic Reform
* Economic Report
* Economic Stability
* Economic Trend
* EEC 1992
* Employment
* Financial Profits
* GDP
* GNP
* Industrial Development
* Industrial Growth
* Industrial Reform
* Inflation
* Interest Rate
* National Debt
* NIEO
* Price Index
* Recession
* Stock Market
* Tax Law
* Unemployment
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ECPS COMMUNICATIONS AND POSTAL SYSTEMS
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Effective from March 1983

The efforts of governments, the private sector, or international organizations to manage, regulate, develop, apply, or monitor the methods and means of telecommunication, international communication policy, and the informational aspects of communication. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INF, MP, PO, PPB, PR, RAD, SP, TEL, TV)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Broadcasting
* Cable TV
* Censorship
* Clandestine Broadcast
* Direct Broadcasting Satellite
* Fiber Optics
* Frequency Allocation
* Frequency Interference
* Frequency Spectrum
* Geostationary Satellite Orbit
* High Frequency
* lnformatics Information Access
* Information Center
* Information Flow
* Information Media
* Jamming
* Light Communication
* Networking
* NWICO
* Orbit
* Postal System
* Prior Consent
* Radio
* Satellite
* Telecommunication
* Telecommunication Agreement
* Telegraph
* Telephone
* Television
* Transborder Data Flow
* Transmitters
* Undersea Cable
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EFIN FINANCIAL AND MONETARY AFFAIRS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Domestic and international financial affairs of governments and private institutions. (Replaces RCHB file category: FN)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accounting
* Audit
* Bank
* Bank Account
* Bankruptcy
* Blocked Assets
* BOP
* Budget
* Buffer Stock
* Capital Flow
* CFF
* Commodities Exchange
* Credit
* Currency Shortage
* Debt
* Debt Equity Swap
* Debt Relief
* Debt Repayment
* Debt Repudiation
* Debt Rescheduling
* Deficit
* Devaluation
* Donor
* Drawing Rights
* Economic Growth
* Economic Recovery
* Economic Trend
* EFF
* EMS
* Exchange Rate
* Financial Agreement
* Financial Contribution
* Financial Control
* Financial Crisis
* Financial Market
* Financial Profits
* Financial Program
* Financial Reform
* Financial Reserve
* Financial Stability
* Foreign Currency
* Foreign Currency Control
* Foreign Currency Exchange
* Foreign Market
* Gold
* Grant
* IMF Standbys
* Income Tax
* Inflation
* Interest Rate
* Loan Default
* Local Currency
* London Club
* National Income
* Overpayment
* Paris Club
* Payment
* Revaluation
* Sales Tax
* SDR
* Securities
* Securities Exchange
* Stock Shares
* Tax Haven
* Tax Law
* Taxation Treaties
* Treasury
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EFIS COMMERCIAL FISHING AND FISH PROCESSING
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The breeding and catching of fish and other marine life for commercial purposes. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INCO, POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Aquaculture
* Catch
* Quota Cod
* Dispute Settlement
* Exclusive Economic
* Zone Fish
* Fisheries
* Aid Fishery
* Fishing Agreement
* Fishing Concession
* Fishing Dispute
* Fishing Ground
* Fishing Limit
* Fishing Rights
* Fishing Vessel
* Fishing Vessel
* Detention Halibut
* Herring Joint
* Venture
* Quota Salmon
* Shellfish
* Shrimp
* TEDS
* Tuna
* Whaling Industry
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EIND INDUSTRY AND MANUFACTURING
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The commercial production of goods and services, including the processing of raw materials into manufactured goods. (Replaces RCHB file category: TEL, INCO)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Aerospace Industry
* Alloy
* Aluminum
* Antitrust
* Automotive Industry
* Bankruptcy
* Business Firm
* Capital Investment
* Chemical Industry
* Clothing Industry
* Commercial Association
* Communications Industry
* Complaint
* Construction Industry
* Consumer Goods
* Cooperatives
* Copyright Agreement
* Copyright Claim
* Corruption
* Cotton
* Dairy Industry
* Data Processing Industry
* Defense Industry
* Development Program
* Drug Industry
* Dyeing Industry
* Economic Growth
* Electronic Industry
* Espionage
* Factory
* Fertilizer Industry
* Finishing Industry
* Fishing Industry
* Food Contamination
* Food Industry
* Foreign Agent
* Fraud
* Garment Industry
* Garment Production
* Garment Workers
* Industrial Accident
* Industrial Development
* Industrial Growth
* Industrial Production
* Industrial Reform
* Industrial Waste Disposal
* Insurance
* Linen
* Litigation
* Lumber Industry
* Machine Tool Industry
* Manmade Fiber
* Manufactured Product
* Merger
* Metal Industry
* Monopoly
* Nationalization
* Paper Industry
* Parastatal
* Patent
* Petroleum Industry
* Piracy
* Plastic Industry
* Power Looms
* Private Sector
* Privatization
* Processing
* Product Safety
* Product Standards
* Product Testing
* Production
* Production Control
* Public Sector
* Railroad Industry
* Ramie
* Raw Materials
* Recall
* Registration
* Rubber Industry
* Sabotage
* Salvage
* Service Industry
* Shipbuilding Industry
* Silk
* Spinning Machinery
* Steel Industry
* Stockpile
* Subsidiary
* Subsidy
* Textile Industry
* Textile Production
* Tobacco Industry
* Tourism
* Trademark
* Vegetable Fiber
* Weaving Industry
* Wood Products Industry
* Wool
* Yarns
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EINT ECONOMIC AND COMMERCIAL INTERNET
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Effective from October 1997

Economic and commercial programs, policies, and issues relating to the Internet.

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Agreement
* Censorship
* Competition
* Connectivity
* Content
* Copyright
* Data
* Democracy
* Economic Conditions
* Domain Names
* Electronic Commerce
* Encryption
* Free Flow of Information
* Information Availability
* Interconnectivity
* Internet
* Meeting
* Monopoly
* Piracy
* Policy
* Pornography
* Privacy
* Private Sector
* Reporting
* Trademark
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EINV FOREIGN INVESTMENTS
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Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

Foreign investments made by governments or private enterprises for commercial gain. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FN, INCO)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Bank
* Bid
* BIT
* Business Firm
* Business Loss
* Business Merger
* Capital Flow
* Capital Investment
* Compensation
* Credit
* Credit Guarantee
* Disinvestment
* Economic Growth
* Foreign Investment
* Fraud
* Garment Investment
* Insurance Risk
* Investment Climate
* Investment Control
* Investment Disputes
* Investment Guarantee
* Investment Incentive
* Investment Law
* Investment Opportunity
* Joint Venture
* Loan
* Multinational Corporation
* Nationalization
* Parastatal
* Private Investment
* Private Sector
* Privatization
* Public Sector
* Subsidiary
* Textile Investment
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ELAB LABOR SECTOR AFFAIRS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised May 1995)

The labor sector, labor actors, and national labor policies and their effect on domestic and international systems and relations. (Replaces RCHB file category: LAB)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Arbitration
* Benefits
* Bonded Labor
* Child Labor
* Collective Bargaining
* Compulsory Labor
* Dock Workers
* Employee Ownership
* Employee Rights
* Employer Organization
* Employment
* Equal Pay for Equal Work
* Forced Labor
* Foreign Worker
* GSP (Worker Rights)
* Illegal Worker
* International Labor Secretariat
* Job Creation
* Job Discrimination
* Job Security
* Job Training
* Labor Agreement
* Labor Code
* Labor Competition
* Labor Confederation
* Labor Cooperative
* Labor Costs
* Labor Courts
* Labor Disputes
* Labor Federation
* Labor Law
* Labor Leader
* Labor Market
* Labor Migration
* Labor Movement
* Labor Organization
* Labor Relations
* Labor Rights
* Labor Sector
* Labor Settlement
* Labor Standards
* Labor Union
* Layoffs
* Lockout
* Manpower
* Mediation
* NAFTA Labor Cooperation
* Occupational Health
* Occupational Safety
* Pension
* Prison Labor
* Privatization
* Right of Association
* Right to Organize Slave Labor
* Social Clause (WTO)
* Social Net
* Social Security
* Strike
* Trade
* Union
* Underemployment
* Unemployment
* Unemployment Insurance
* Vocational Training
* Wages
* Work Force
* Work Permit
* Worker Rights Workers
* Working Conditions
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ELTN LAND TRANSPORTATION
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Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

All aspects of land transportation. (Replaces RCHB file categories: IT, TR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Antiterrorism Measures
* Automobile
* Bridge
* Bus
* Cargo Handling
* Detention
* Fee
* Hazardous Cargo
* Highway
* Highway Access
* Hijacking
* Insurance
* Land Transportation
* Maintenance
* Overland Cargo
* Public Transportation
* Railroad
* Railroad Accident
* Railway Access
* Rescue
* Schedule
* Traffic Accident
* Traffic Safety
* Transportation Development
* Transportation Industry
* Truck
* Tunnel
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EMIN MINERALS AND METALS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The exploration, discovery, and extraction of minerals and metals. (Replaces RCHB file category: INCO)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Bauxite
* Bid
* Chromite
* Coal
* Cobalt
* Copper
* Drilling
* Excavation
* Exclusive Economic Zone
* Exploration
* Factory
* Gems
* Gold
* Iron
* Magnesium
* Manganese
* Metal
* Mine
* Mineral
* Mineral Reserve
* Mining
* Mining Accident
* Mining Concession
* Nickel
* Offshore Mining
* Ore
* Quarry
* Silver
* Tin
* Tungsten
* Uranium
* Uranium Enrichment
* Zinc

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ENRG ENERGY AND POWER
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Government and private commercial activities in acquiring and providing energy services from all types of sources. For petroleum and natural gas, see EPET. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AE, FSE)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Coal
* Dam
* Decontamination
* Electric Energy
* Electric Power Plant
* Energy Conservation
* Energy Consumption
* Energy Reserve
* Energy Shortage
* Factory
* Fissionable Material
* Fuel
* Fuel Shortage
* Generator
* Geothermal Energy
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Hydroelectric Energy
* Hydroelectric Power Plant
* Nuclear Accident
* Nuclear Capability
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Energy
* Nuclear Fuel Reprocessing
* Nuclear Power Plant
* Nuclear Reactor
* Nuclear Safeguard
* Power Line
* Public Utility
* PUNE
* Radiation
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* Reexport
* Solar Energy
* Spent Fuel
* Stockpile
* Technology Transfer
* Thermal Energy
* Thermal Power Plant
* Transformer
* Uranium Enrichment
* Wind Energy
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EPET PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS
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Effective from July 1980 (Revised January 1983)

Government and private sector activities in the exploration and extraction of petroleum and natural gas. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FSE, PET)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Bid
* Drilling
* Exploitation
* Exploration
* LPG
* Natural Gas
* Natural Gas Pipeline
* Natural Gas Production
* Natural Gas Reserve
* Offshore Drilling
* Offshore Drilling Platform
* Offshore Oil
* Oil Field
* Petroleum
* Petroleum Concession
* Petroleum Pipeline
* Petroleum Production
* Petroleum Reserve
* Petroleum Shortage
* Refinery
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ETRD FOREIGN TRADE
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Exchange of goods between nations. (Replaces RCHB file category: FT)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Alcoholic Beverage
* Aluminum
* Animal Hides
* Antidumping
* Antitrust
* Apparel Trade
* Arms
* Arms Traffic
* Barter
* BOP
* Boycott
* Buffer Stock
* Chemical
* Clothing
* Cocoa
* Coffee
* Commercial Aircraft
* Commodity
* Commodity Market
* Communications Equipment
* Computer
* Construction Equipment
* Cooperatives
* Corruption
* Cotton
* Countertrade
* Countervailing Duty
* Cross Border Trade
* Customs Agreement
* Customs Clearance
* Customs Court
* Customs Fine
* Customs Inspection
* Customs Official
* Customs Regulation
* Customs Seizure
* Dairy Products
* Debt
* Development Program
* Dispute Settlement
* Diversion
* Duty Free Entry
* East West Trade
* Economic Cooperation
* EEC 1992
* EEP
* Electronic Equipment
* Exhibit
* Export
* Fair Trade
* Farm Equipment
* FCN
* Fertilizer
* Fish
* Food
* Food Contamination
* Food Inspection
* Footwear
* Foreign Market
* Free Trade Zone
* Garment Exports
* Garment Imports
* Government Procurement
* GSP
* Harmonized System
* Helicopter
* Import
* Industrialized Nation
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Intervention
* Laboratory Equipment
* LDC
* Leather
* License
* Linen
* Litigation
* Lumber
* Machine Tool
* Manmade Fiber
* Market Access
* Meat
* Meat Inspection
* Medical Equipment
* Merger
* Metal
* MFN
* MIC
* Monopoly
* Multifiber Arrangement
* NAFTA
* Natural Fiber
* Newly Industrialized Countries
* Nonalcoholic Beverage
* Nontariff Barriers
* North South Dialogue
* Oils
* Oilseeds
* Perishable Commodities
* Petroleum Products
* Pharmaceuticals
* Plastics
* Poultry
* Private Sector
* Product Standards
* Public Sector
* Quota
* Railroad Equipment
* Ramie
* Reexport
* Rice
* Rubber
* Sanction
* Shellfish
* Silk
* Smuggling
* Soybean
* Steel
* Stockpile
* Subsidy
* Sugar
* Synthetic Fiber
* Synthetic Rubber
* Tariff
* Tariff Barriers
* Tariff Relief
* Television
* Textile Exports
* Textile Imports
* Textiles
* Tin
* Tobacco
* Trade Agreement
* Trade Balance
* Trade Complaint
* Trade Control
* Trade Concession
* Trade Discrimination
* Trade Dumping
* Trade Fair
* Trade Law
* Trade Liberalization
* Trade Opportunity
* Trade Promotion
* Trade Protectionism
* Trade Relations
* Trade Visit
* Tuna
* VAT
* Vegetable
* Vegetable Fiber
* Vegetable Oil
* Wheat
* Wine
* Wood Products
* Wool
* Yarns
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ETTC TRADE AND TECHNOLOGY CONTROLS
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Effective from April 1984

Government efforts to control the transfer of goods (i.e., equipment),services, or technologies. This includes foreign policy trade controls, strategic (National Security) trade controls, munitions controls, general West to East technology transfer issues, and efforts to circumvent U.S. or COCOM controls. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FT, STR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Arms Traffic
* Blocked Assets
* Boycott
* COCOM Case
* COCOM List Review
* Computer
* Data Bases
* Data Processing Equipment
* Digital Switching
* Diversion
* EAA
* East West Trade
* Economic Warfare
* Electronic Equipment
* Embargo
* End Use Check
* End User
* Enforcement
* Espionage
* Exception List
* EXCON
* Export
* Export Control
* GSOIA
* GSOMIA
* High Technology Equipment
* IEEPA
* Illegal Trade
* Import Control
* ITAR
* Laboratory Equipment
* License
* Manufacturing Agreement
* Military Applications
* Military Critical Technologies
* Military Equipment
* Military Services
* Munitions Control
* NDPC
* Nonmarket Economy
* Origin Certificate
* Reexport
* Research & Development
* Sanction
* Security Survey
* Semiconductors
* SNEC
* Software
* Stockpile
* Strategic Material
* Strategic Trade Control
* Superconductor
* TCDC
* Technical Assistance Agreement
* Technology Acquisition Efforts
* Technology Gap
* Technology Transfer
* Transaction Check
* Turnkey Plant
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EWWT WATERBORNE TRANSPORTATION
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Movement of commercial and private vessels over high seas and inland waterways. (Replaces RCHB file categories: OS, TR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Antiterrorism
* Measures Canal
* Cargo Handling
* Coast Guard
* Containerization
* Dock Workers
* Fee
* Hazardous Cargo
* Insurance
* Load Line
* Maintenance
* Marine Cargo
* Marine Safety
* Marine Transportation
* Maritime Agreement
* Maritime Flag
* Maritime Law
* Merchant Ship
* Minesweeping
* Navigational Aid
* Passenger Ship
* Patrol Boat
* Piracy
* Port
* Port Access
* Port Congestion
* Private Ship
* Refueling
* Registration
* Rescue
* River
* Route
* Salvage
* Schedule Ship Accident
* Ship Clearance
* Ship Detention
* Ship Harassment
* Ship Movement
* Ship Registry
* Shipyard
* SOLAS
* Strait
* Tonnage Measurement
* Transportation Development
* Transportation Industry
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KACT: Strategic Arms Control (ACS) Treaties
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Effective from August 2000 (Revised August 2004)

Use for all documents relating to specific, interrelated strategic (nuclear) arms control treaties and their implementation:

* ABM (i.e., anti-ballistic missile) treaty and its implementation body the SCC (Standing Consultative Commission);
* INF (i.e., Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces) Treaty and its implementation body, the SVC (Special Verification Commission);
* START (i.e., Strategic Reductions Treaty) and its implementation body, the JCIC (Joint Compliance and Inspection Commission); and the Strategic Offensive Reductions Treaty (SORT) or the Moscow Treaty and its implementing body, the BIC (Bilateral Implementation Commission).

Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: NP/EX)
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KAWC: Atrocities and War Crimes
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Effective from July 2001

Use for all documents relating to atrocities, massacres, and war crimes, including allegations, reports, investigations, and prosecutions of genocide, crimes against humanity, grave breaches of the Geneva Conventions, and violations of the laws or customs for war. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau, Info: S/WCI)
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KCFE: Conventional Armed Forces in Europe
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Effective from August 1989

Use on all documents between U.S. Vienna and the Department pertaining to CFE negotiations; documents pertaining to conventional forces in Europe including both Eastern and Western forces, their structure, posture, changes, etc.; documents pertaining to allied and Warsaw Pact conventional arms control positions, plans and related internal political situations, documents referring to the High Level Task Force (HLTF) or its subgroups; and all documents discussing congressional delegation visits to Europe that will address conventional arms control issues. (Action: EUR/RPM)
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KCIP: Critical Infrastructure Protection
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Effective from August 2001

Use for all documents reporting on critical infrastructure protection (CIP) issues, which are defined as vulnerabilities and threats, both physical and cyber, to systems and assets (particularly interconnected information systems and networks) so vital to a nation that their incapacity or destruction would have a debilitating impact on national security, national economic security, and/or national public health and safety. Use for reporting of CIP issues both as they affect host country and as they impact the United States. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)

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KCOM: Chief of Mission
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Effective from March 2004

Use for all documents addressed for action to the chief of a U.S. mission in a foreign location (e.g., ambassadors, chargés d’affaires, consuls general, or principal officers). Use KCOM in conjunction with generic PASS instructions to chiefs of mission in Department telegrams. Also use the appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KCOR: Corruption and Anti-Corruption
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Effective from August 2001

Use for all documents relating to corruption and anti-corruption, dishonesty, and unethical behavior among public officials representing local, provincial, and national governments. This would include linkages with justice, economic, social and political entities. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)

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KCRM: Criminal Activity
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Effective from April 1994 (Revised April 2000)

Use on all documents relating to criminal organizations and activities, the threat they pose to U.S. interests and/or friendly governments, and host country and U.S. Government programs to combat them. This includes international criminal organizations; money laundering and other financial crimes; illicit trafficking including alien smuggling and gun running; international stolen property theft and fencing rings; international frauds and commercial crimes; UN crime meetings and anti-crime programs; and interaction with international and regional organizations on these issues. U.S. assistance covers training of host country judicial and law enforcement agencies. Use this K TAGS with the Subject TAGS SOCI. Distinguish the use of this TAGS from AID-funded administration of justice programs in Latin America (KJUS),anti-narcotics issues and programs (SNAR),and anti-terrorism issues and programs (PTER). (Action: INL/ENT)
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KDEM: Democratization
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Effective from May 1991

Use on all documents dealing with democratization in Eastern Europe, Latin America, Asia, Africa, and the Middle East. Encouraging democratization constitutes an essential component of U.S. policy. The U.S. Government is devoting significant resources to monitor and promote regional trends away from autocratic rule and toward political pluralism. Programs designed to encourage democratization are diverse, and often are cross-discipline in nature, requiring the involvement of several U.S. Government agencies. Also use the appropriate Subject and Geo-Political TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KDRG: Detainee Repatriation from Guantanamo Bay
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Effective from December 2007

Use for all documents addressing issues connected to the repatriation and transfer of detainees in U.S. Government custody at the military detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba to their countries of origin or to third countries. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: S/WCI)
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KFRD: Fraud Prevention Programs
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Effective from August 1986

Use on all reporting that refers to efforts and activities pertaining to the prevention of fraud and deceptive practices in the issuance of visas, passports, the issuance of Federal benefits to U.S. citizens and others, and to active measures developed by the Department to oversee their legality and for reporting upon the results of antifraud and prevention measures in consular matters. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: CA/FPP)
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KGHG: Global Climate Change
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Effective from May 2007

Use for all documents addressing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, and global climate change (also referred to as global warming). This includes, but is not limited to, the economic, energy, environmental, geographic, health, scientific, social, and political linkages of global climate change. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: OES/EGC)
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KGIC: Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism
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Effective from September 2006

Use for all documents relating to the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism. The Global Initiative works toward the prevention, detection, and response to acts of nuclear terrorism. Also use appropriate Subject Tags. (Action: ISM/WMDT)
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KHIV: Emerging Infectious Diseases and HIV/AIDS Program
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Effective from June 2000

Use for all documents relating to actual and prospective activities by the U.S. Government, alone or in conjunction with or through other entities, to combat HIV/AIDS and other infectious diseases. Also use Appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: S/GAC)
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KHLS: Homeland Security
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Effective from August 2006

Use for all documents relating to all aspects of homeland security issues, including acts of terrorism directed at the U.S. homeland, its citizens, or interests; planning and support for such acts of terrorism; capabilities of terrorist groups; activities of institutions, groups, or individuals that support such terrorism; acts of terrorism that transcend national boundaries due to the support network or nationality of the perpetrator, victim, or facility or conventional, biological, radiological, or nuclear (CBRN) terrorism; terrorist travel; actions of the host government, institutions, or individuals related to support for or opposition to U.S. Government homeland security or counter-terrorism initiatives; actions of the host government or multilateral organizations related to the establishment of host country or regional security, bureaucratic, physical, or cyber infrastructure; homeland security implications and effects of border protection, immigration, and customs policies; transportation (e.g., seaports, civil air) security; host government travel document control and standards; emergency, preparedness, and response; biodefense, science and technology development related to the above areas; reactions of host government, media, etc., to homeland security-related programs and activities in the United States, or of the U.S. Government. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: S/CT, CA, OES, A/OEM)

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KIPR: Intellectual Property Rights
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Effective from December 1988 (Revised April 2000)

Use on all documents relating to intellectual property rights which include patents, trademarks, copyrights, semiconductor designs (mask works),industrial designs, trade secrets, appellations of origin and other forms of protection to reward and encourage innovation and creativity. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: EEB/TPP/MTA/IPC)
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KIRF: International Religious Freedom
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Effective from January 1999

Use on all documents relating to all issues of religious freedom and persecution, including civil unrest where religion is a precipitating factor; changes to or enforcement of laws affecting freedom of religion; religious aspects of movements, parties or persons seeking governmental change; governmental repression of religious minorities, movements or leaders; religion playing a role in reconciling conflicts; and changes in religious demographics that may produce societal changes. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: DRL/IRF)
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KISL: Islamic Issues
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Effective from November 1988 (Revised April 2000)

Use on documents treating government involvement in recognition of or approaches to Islam; political and economic activities undertaken by private Islamic organizations or prominent individuals; and fundamentalism. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS.

(Action: NEA/PPR, AF/RA, EAP/RA)
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KJUS: Administration of Justice
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Effective from May 1986 (Revised April 2000)

Use on all documents dealing with the administration of justice in host countries, particularly as it relates to U.S. objectives of promoting democracy and just economic and social development. This includes judicial reforms, political reporting on personalities and institutions involved in the administration of justice, judicial infrastructure development, criminal investigation capabilities, penal systems, legal training, and assistance and exchange programs in this field. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: WHA/PPC)
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KMCA: Millennium Challenge Account
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Effective from August 2004

Use for documents relating to all aspects of the Millennium Challenge Account, a U.S. new foreign assistance account, or the Millennium Challenge Corporation, the independent government corporation recently established to manage and oversee this assistance. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: MCC/IT)
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KMDR: Media Reaction Reporting
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Effective From October 1999

Use on all documents dealing with setting post ―Watching Briefs and on all post reporting concerning editorial content and media reaction. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: INR/R)
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KNNP: Nuclear Non-Proliferation
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Effective from April 1984

Use on all documents on U.S. policy for preventing the spread of nuclear weapons to other countries, the transfer of nuclear material, equipment of technology, agreements for cooperation on the peaceful uses of nuclear energy, matters concerning multilateral discussions on the uses of nuclear energy including the activities of the International Atomic Energy Agency, and activities in other countries related to the acquisition of nuclear explosives. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KOLY: Olympic Games Reporting
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Effective from February 1984

Use on all documents relating to issues, reports, or activities concerned with Olympic games. Also use appropriate Subject, Country, and Organization TAGS. Note: KOLY will be used in the above prescribed manner for all subsequent winter and summer Olympic games. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KPAL: Palestinian Affairs
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Effective from August 1983 (Revised April 2000)

Use on all documents relating to issues, reports, or activities concerned with the Palestinian people, as a group or in part, or the area known as Palestine. Also use appropriate Subject, Country, and Organization TAGS. (Action: NEA/PA)
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KPAO: Public Affairs Office
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Effective from May 2000

Use on all documents intended for Public Affairs sections abroad, and should be used by field Public Affairs sections abroad on all documents coming into the Department which relate to Public Diplomacy Programs. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: ECA/EX/PR)
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KPIN: Political Internationals
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Effective from November 1984

Use on all documents relating to the activities and policies of the four major Political Internationals: Socialist International, Christian Democratic International, Liberal International, and the International Democratic Union. This includes reporting on the attitudes of member parties towards the Internationals, the interaction between member parties of the Internationals, and the activities of the Internationals themselves. In addition, this TAGS should be used on all documents relating to the policies of the German (FRG) political foundations: Friederich Ebert, Konrad Adenauer, Hanns Seidel, and Friederich Naumann. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: P)
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KPKO: United Nations Peacekeeping Operations
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Effective from August 1996

Use on all documents relating to existing or potential United Nations peacekeeping activities, including proposals for and negotiations with other countries on peacekeeping activities, military support, sanctions monitoring, elections and humanitarian activities, as well as interaction with international and regional organizations on peacekeeping. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: IO)
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KPWR: Power Support Program
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Effective from March 1993

Use on all documents dealing with the Department’s electrical power support requirements. The program provides consolidated funding for generators, central uninterruptible power supply (UPS) systems, and PCB transformer abatement projects. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: OBO/PE/DE)
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KRAD: Radioactive Contamination of the Environment
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Effective from May 1997 (Revised April 2000)

Use on all documents dealing with radioactive contamination of the environment from whatever source—military or civilian use, transportation, storage, or disposal of nuclear material Appropriate Subject Terms to use with this TAGS would include nuclear contamination, radiation, radioactive material and International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) emergency notification. In connection with accidental or deliberate contamination, appropriate Terms to use with this TAGS include radioactive material transfer, radioactive waste disposal, radioactive waste management, industrial/medical radiography, medical isotope, and transfer of fissile material. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: OES/OA)

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KSCA: Science Counselors and Attachés
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Effective from February 1983

Use on all documents drafted by or sent to Science Counselors and Science Attachés. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: OES). Note: KSCA replaces the Organization SCSA.
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KSPR: Strategic, Performance and Resource Planning
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Effective from October 1997

Use on all documents dealing with the strategic planning process for all foreign affairs agencies or agencies with operations and programs abroad as well as the Department’s own strategic planning activities. This includes all resource allocation processes when associated with the Mission Performance Plan (MPP),namely: budget formulation, the Financial Plan (FINPLAN),and the field budget plan. Technical and operational messages that are purely budget-focused should only use ABUD. Use KSPR on messages regarding personnel planning in connection with the annual MPP exercises, and subjects relating to the Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA) of 1993. Operational personnel requests (e.g., new positions, classification actions, conversions of positions from FSN to PIT, etc.) should still only use APER. Suggested terms to use with KSPR are program planning, Mission Performance Plan (MPP),Resource Allocations and Budget Integration Tool (RABIT) and Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA). Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: M/P)
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KSUM: Summit Meetings
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Effective from January 1983 (Revised November 1987)

Use on all documents concerning Summit Meetings. This includes substantive and administrative arrangements for meetings, records of meetings and reports on actions by participants as a result of meetings, including preparatory meetings. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KTFN: Terrorism Finance Traffic
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Effective from July 2004

Use for documents relating to all aspects of terrorism financing; sanctions; designations of individuals under Executive Orders (E.O.) dealing with terrorism finance such as E.O. 13224; related UN resolutions; denial of funds to terrorists; and other related aspects of terrorism financing. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: EEB/ESC)
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KTIA: Treaties and International Agreements
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Effective from June 1984

Use on all documents concerning treaties, including conventions, protocols, or other International Agreements, such as exchange of notes, exchange of letters and memoranda of understanding, as well as requirements of the Case Act (11 FAM 724; 1 U.S.C. 112B). Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: L/T)
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KTIP: Trafficking in Persons
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Effective from September 2008

Use for all cables related to the topics of trafficking in persons, human trafficking, slavery, involuntary servitude, forced labor, labor migration, illegal migration, commercial sexual exploitation, prostitution, sex tourism, forced marriage, child labor, debt bondage, peonage, and child soldiering. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: G/TIP)
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KUNR: UN Reform
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Effective from November 1995

Use on all documents dealing with all efforts to reform and restructure the United Nations. Some of the reforms are: the UN budget and/or ceiling, security council expansion, managerial improvements, and strengthening the role of the UN. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: IO)
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KWBG: West Bank and Gaza
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Effective from December 1993 (Revised April 2000)

Use on all documents dealing with the implementation of the Israeli-PLO Declaration of Principles, including Palestinian interim self-rule, economic development and development assistance to the Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza. Also, use for Israeli-PLO negotiations on implementing the agreement and political developments in the West Bank and Gaza including elections for a Palestinian Council. Also use the appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: NEA/IPA)
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KWMN: Women Issues
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Effective from June 1995

Use on all documents relating to the Fourth World Conference on Women and any future World Conferences on Women. Also use this TAGS on issues concerning women’s human rights, women’s political participation, women-in-development, and any discussions of women in the United Nations or any other international organizations. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: G/CS, IO, and DRL)
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MARR MILITARY AND DEFENSE ARRANGEMENTS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Efforts to establish and maintain collective security or other international military cooperation. (Replaces RCHB file category: DEF)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Air Defense
* Air Forces
* Alliance
* Armed Forces
* Artillery
* CFE
* Collective Security
* DECA
* DMZ
* Emergency Evacuation
* Ground Forces
* Home Porting
* Host Government
* Intelligence Assessment
* Landing Rights
* Lease
* Military Advisor
* Military Agreement
* Military Base
* Military Cooperation
* Military Exercise
* Military Personnel
* Military Plan
* Military Visit
* Minesweeping
* Monitoring
* National Security
* Naval Forces
* Overflight Clearance
* Peace Plan
* Peacekeeping Forces
* Refueling
* Security Assessment
* Ship Clearance
* Ship Movement
* SOFA
* Tracking Station
* Troop Contribution
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Reduction
* Troop Withdrawal
* Truce Observer
* Weapons Deployment
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MASS MILITARY ASSISTANCE AND SALES
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The Govemment to Govemment transfer, sale, or loan of military equipment, advisers, or services. (Replaces RCHB file categories DEF, FT)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Airlift
* Arms
* Artillery
* AWACS
* Bomber Aircraft
* CAT
* Congressional Presentation
* Credit
* Debt
* Debt Repayment
* Diversion
* Donor
* Economic Support Fund
* Fighter Aircraft
* FMS
* Guidance System
* Helicopter
* IMET
* Loan
* Maintenance
* MAP
* Military Adviser
* Military Agreement
* Military Aircraft
* Military Assistance
* Military Procurement
* Military Training
* Military Vehicle
* Missile
* Reexport
* Salvage
* Spare Parts
* Surplus Weapons Disposal
* Technical Assistance
* Technology Transfer
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MCAP MILITARY CAPABILITIES
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Effective from March 1973 to June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

The nonnuclear offensive and defensive ability of the military establishment of a nation or international organization. (Replaces RCHB file category: DEF)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Advanced Weaponry
* Air Defense
* Air Forces
* Armed Forces
* Arms
* Artillery
* AWACS
* Biological Warfare
* Biological Weapon
* Biological Weapon Control
* Bomber Aircraft
* Burden sharing
* Cargo Aircraft
* Chemical Warfare
* Chemical Weapon
* Chemical Weapon
* Control Civil Defense
* Coast Guard
* Conscription
* Contingency Plan
* Conventional Weapon
* Conventional Weapon
* Control Court Martial
* Defense Industry
* Demobilization
* Fighter Aircraft
* Ground Forces
* Guidance System
* Helicopter
* Infrastructure
* Intelligence Assessment
* Landing Rights
* Logistics
* Military Aircraft
* Military Balance
* Military Budget
* Military Buildup
* Military Capability
* Military Communication
* Military Equipment
* Military Exercise
* Military Leader
* Military Personnel
* Military Plan
* Military Reserve
* Missile
* Mobilization
* National Guard
* Naval Forces
* Naval Ship
* Ordnance
* Radar
* RDF
* Security Assessment
* Strategic Plan
* Submarine
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Level
* Troop Reduction
* Troop Withdrawal
* Warhead
* Warning System
* Weapons Deployment
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MNUC MILITARY NUCLEAR APPLICATIONS
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Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

The development and use of nuclear technology for military purposes. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AE, DEF)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Advanced Weaponry
* Antinuclear
* Arms
* Artillery
* Counterforce
* Decontamination
* Delivery Vehicle
* Fissionable Material
* Guidance System
* INF
* LRTNF
* Military Capability
* Missile
* Missile Site
* Monitoring
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Powered Ship
* Nuclear Safeguard
* Nuclear Test
* Nuclear Weapon
* Nuclear Weapon Control
* Nuclear Winter
* Plutonium
* Radiation
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* Radioactive Waste Management
* Spent Fuel
* Strategic Plan
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Withdrawal
* Warhead
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MOPS MILITARY OPERATIONS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Declared or undeclared war involving two or more nations. (Replaces RCHB file categories: DEF, POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Advanced Weaponry
* Aggression
* Air Alert
* Air Forces
* Amnesty
* Armed Forces
* Artillery
* Assault
* Atrocity
* Biological Warfare
* Biological Weapon
* Biological Weapon Control
* Blockade
* Bombing
* Casualty
* Ceasefire
* Chemical Warfare
* Chemical Weapon
* Chemical Weapon Control
* Combat
* Concentration Camp
* CONTRA
* Conventional Weapon
* Conventional Weapon Control
* DMZ
* Emergency Evacuation
* Escalation
* Explosives
* Ground Forces
* Guerrilla
* Intelligence Assessment
* Intervention
* Invasion
* KIA
* Landing Rights
* Martial Law
* Massacre
* MIA
* Military Balance
* Military Buildup
* Military Plan
* Minesweeping
* Naval Forces
* No Fly Zone
* Nuclear Weapon
* Nuclear Weapon Control
* Occupied Area
* Peace Plan
* POW
* Repatriation
* Reprisal
* Rescue
* Sabotage
* Ship Movement
* Surrender
* Threat
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Level
* Troop Reduction
* Troop Withdrawal
* War
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ODIP U.S. DIPLOMATIC REPRESENTATION
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Effective from January 1983

Official representational and ceremonial activities of U.S. diplomats and U.S. Government officials; includes all aspects of privileges and immunities. Use for ceremonial activities hosted by U.S. officials. (Replaces RCHB file categories: PER, POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accreditation
* Agrement
* Ambassador
* Ambassador Designate
* Anniversary
* Assault
* Attache
* Ceremonial Representation
* Credentials Presentation
* Diplomat
* Diplomatic Consular List
* Diplomatic Privileges
* Drivers License
* Funeral
* Gift
* Guest List
* Honorary Consul
* Invitation
* Personnel Conduct
* Real Property
* Social Reception
* Tax Exemption
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OEXC EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL
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EXCHANGE OPERATIONS

Effective from March 1973 (Revised April 2000)

The administration and operation of educational and cultural exchange programs. (Replaces RCHB file category: EDX)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* American Studies
* Artist
* Athlete
* Business for Russia Program
* Citizen Exchanges
* College and University Affiliation Program
* Community
* Connections
* Creative Arts Exchanges
* Cultural Exchange
* Cultural Heritage
* Cultural Property
* Cultural Specialists (Aculspecs)
* Educational Exchange
* EFL Fellows
* ETF Fellows
* Exchange Program
* Designation Festival Fund
* Film Programs
* FLEX Program
* Foreign Leader Program
* Fulbright Alumni Association
* Fulbright American Studies Institutes
* Fulbright Commissions
* Fulbright Junior Staff Development Program (JSD)
* Fulbright Scholar in Residence Program
* Fulbright Scholar Program
* Fulbright Student Program
* Fulbright Teachers Exchange Grant
* Humphrey Program
* International Visitor Program
* J Visa Program
* J William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board
* Jazz Ambassadors
* Nomination
* Performing Arts Calendar
* Ron Brown Fellowship Program
* Scientist
* Student
* Student Advising
* Study of the US
* Teacher
* The Film Service
* U.S. Artists Abroad
* Voluntary Visitor Program
* Youth Exchanges
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OFDP FOREIGN DIPLOMATS AND FOREIGN MISSIONS
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Effective from January 1983

Administrative, representational, and ceremonial matters related to non-U.S. diplomatic personnel and foreign missions; includes all aspects of privileges and immunities. Use for ceremonial activities hosted by non-U.S. diplomats. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accreditation
* Ambassador
* Ambassador Designate
* Assault
* Attache
* Building Design
* Ceremonial Representation
* Consul
* Consulate
* Credentials Presentation
* Diplomat
* Diplomatic Consular List
* Diplomatic Privileges
* Drivers License
* Embassy
* Envoy
* Funeral
* Gift
* Guest List
* Honorary Consul
* Invitation
* NOB
* Office Closure
* Office Establishment
* Personnel Appointment
* Personnel Conduct
* Personnel Resignation
* Personnel Separation
* Post Closing
* Post Opening
* Real Property
* Recall
* Social Reception
* Staffing
* Tax Exemption
* Third Country Counterparts
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OIIP INTERNATIONAL INFORMATION PROGRAMS
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Effective from October 1999

Administrative and operational aspects of international information programs, products, and services that increase international support for U.S. policies and understanding of U.S. society.

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Advance Documents Service
* Article Alert
* Book Donations
* Book Fairs
* Book Reprints
* Book Translations
* Books and Documents List
* Computer
* Cooperative Agreements
* Copyright
* Design Services
* DVC
* Electronic Journal
* Grant
* Graphic Design
* I-Bucks
* IRC
* IRO
* Listserv
* Paper Shows
* PDQ
* Photo Coverage
* Photo Rights
* Photo Requests
* Public Diplomacy
* Publication
* Reference Requests
* Speaker
* Technology Partnerships
* Teleconference
* Translation Requests
* Washington File
* Websites
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OPDC DIPLOMATIC CORRESPONDENCE
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Effective from January 1983

Correspondence and ceremonial messages between prominent leaders and principal officers. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Acknowledgment
* Anniversary
* Appreciation Message
* Commemorative Message
* Condolence Message
* Congratulatory Message
* Invitation
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OPRC PUBLIC RELATIONS AND CORRESPONDENCE
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Effective from January 1983

Correspondence to and from the public commenting on U.S. policy and foreign incidents, requesting information and speaking engagements, and any other public relations activities. This TAGS includes routine constituent's correspondence such as employment opportunities, requests for photographs, autographs, etc. Also includes press summaries and press conferences, public opinion polls, and the administrative arrangements for press conferences. (Replaces RCHB file category: PR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accreditation
* Authentication
* Autograph
* Constituents Mail
* Employment
* Interview
* Invitation
* Journalist
* Photo Request
* Photograph
* Poll
* Press Relations
* Public Diplomacy
* Public Information Publication
* Speaker
* Translation
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OREP U.S. CONGRESSIONAL TRAVEL
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Administrative and operational aspects of travel by Congressmen, congressional staffers, and delegations. (Replaces RCHB file category: LEG)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accommodation
* Arrival Notice
* Arrival Speech
* CODEL
* Departure Notice
* Departure Speech
* Itinerary
* Passenger Manifest
* Protective Security
* Staffdel
* Support Services
* Travel Advisory
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OSCI SCIENCE GRANTS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The administration of grants and disbursal of funds of U.S. Government sponsored research programs. (Replaces RCHB file category: SCI)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Foreign Currency
* Grant
* Science Grant
* Scientific Exchange
* Scientist
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OTRA TRAVEL
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Routine and operational aspects of travel and visits by other than prominent individuals and Congressmen. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL, TP, TRV)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accommodation
* Arrival Notice
* Arrival Speech
* Businessmen
* Departure Notice
* Departure Speech
* Dependent
* Itinerary
* Journalist
* Official Travel
* Scientific Visit
* Support Services
* Trade Visit
* Travel Advisory
* Travel Locator Messages
* Travel Orders
* Travel Report
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OVIP VISITS AND TRAVEL OF PROMINENT INDIVIDUALS AND LEADERS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The administrative and operational aspects of visits or travel of U.S. and foreign leaders and prominent individuals. Use for assistant secretary level and above or foreign equivalent. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accommodation
* Arrival Notice
* Arrival Speech
* Departure Notice
* Departure Speech
* Envoy
* Hotel
* Itinerary
* Passenger Manifest
* Protection Technical Services
* Protective Security
* Secretarys Detail
* Support Services
* Trade Visit
* Travel Advisory
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PARM ARMS CONTROLS AND DISARMAMENT
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Efforts by governments to control the acquisition, development, and production of nuclear, biological, chemical, and other advanced weaponry. Also includes the control of efforts by countries to develop nuclear capabilities. (Replaces RCHB file categories: DEF, FT, POL, STR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* ABM Treaty
* Advance Notification
* Advanced Weaponry
* Aerial Inspection
* Antinuclear
* Arms
* Arms Buildup
* Arms Control
* Arms Control Agreement
* Arms Control Impact Statement
* Arms Talks
* Arms Traffic
* Associated Measures
* Biological Warfare Convention
* Biological Weapon
* Biological Weapon Control
* CDE
* Chemical Weapon
* Chemical Weapon Control
* CNEA
* Compliance
* Confidence Building Measures
* Constraints
* Consultation
* Conventional Weapon
* Conventional Weapon Control
* Conventional Weapon Freeze
* Cooperative Measures
* Counterforce
* Counting Rule
* CST
* CTB
* Deterrence
* Disarmament
* Diversion
* East West Relations
* Electronic Weapons Systems
* Emerging Technologies
* ENMOD
* Entry Exit Points
* Fissionable Material
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Hotline
* Implementation
* INF
* IOZP
* Laser Fusion
* Launchers
* Limited Test Ban Treaty
* LRTNF
* Military Budget Reduction
* Military Expenditures
* Missile
* Monitoring
* Moratorium
* Napalm
* National Guidelines Area
* No First Use
* Nonproliferation
* Nonuse of Force
* NPT
* NRR
* NTEM
* NTM
* Nuclear Agreements
* Nuclear Capability
* Nuclear Enrichment Process
* Nuclear Equipment
* Nuclear Free Zone
* Nuclear Material
* Nuclear Proliferation
* Nuclear Reactor
* Nuclear Technical Assistance
* Nuclear Technology
* Nuclear Weapon
* Nuclear Weapon Control
* Nuclear Weapon Free Zone
* Nuclear Weapon Freeze
* Particle Beam
* Peace Movement
* Plutonium
* Political Concession
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* SCC
* SDI
* Simulations
* SNEC
* Spent Fuel
* START
* Stockpile
* Strategic Policy
* Technology Transfer
* Telemetry
* Tlatelolco Treaty
* Troop Level
* TTBT
* Unconventional Weapon
* Verification
* Warhead
* Weapon Destruction
* Weapon Systems Deactivation
* Weapons Deployment
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PBTS NATIONAL BOUNDARIES, TERRITORIES, AND SOVEREIGNTY
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Effective from January 1983

A territory over which dominion is exercised. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Air Alert
* Airspace
* Annexation
* Arbitration
* Archipelago
* Border Control
* Border Crossing
* Border Dispute
* Border Incident
* Boundary
* Boundary Claim
* Boundary Determination
* Canal
* Cession
* Coast Guard
* Continental Shelf
* Court Decision
* Dependency
* Dispute Settlement
* Island
* Island Claim
* Land Settlement
* Landlocked Country
* Maritime Boundary
* Mediation
* Occupied Area
* Overflight
* Piracy
* Port
* Port Access
* Province
* River
* Seabed
* Ship Detention
* Sovereignty
* Strait
* Survey
* Territorial Claim
* Territorial Reversion
* Territorial Sea Limit
* Territorial Unification
* Territorial Waters
* Trust Territory
* Water Boundary Agreement
* Water Boundary Claim
* West Bank
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PGOV INTERNAL GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised June 1983)

The form, structure, and organization of local, provincial, and national governments. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Absentee Ballot
* Administration of Justice
* Alliance
* Antigovernment
* Arbitration
* Berlin Access
* Berlin Wall
* Cabinet
* Cabinet Meeting
* Campaign
* Candidacy Support
* Candidate
* Charter
* Church State Relations
* Coalition Government
* Colonialism
* Communism
* Confederation
* Constitution
* Constitutional Law
* Corruption
* Court
* Court Decision
* Death
* Democracy
* Dictatorship
* Election
* Election Forecast
* Election Irregularities
* Election Law
* Election Observer
* Election Reform
* Election Results
* Extremist
* Federation
* First Lady
* Glasnost
* Government Agency
* Government Budget
* Government Media Relations
* Government Official
* Government Reform
* Governor
* Impeachment
* Inauguration
* Influence
* Infrastructure
* Interim Government
* Judicial Reform
* Judiciary
* Junta
* King
* Legislation
* Legislator
* Legislature
* Martial Law
* Mayor
* Minister
* Minority
* Municipal
* Nationalism
* Opposition
* Opposition Party
* Party Faction
* Party Leader
* Party Line
* Party Meeting
* Party Stability
* Party Strength
* Party Unity
* Patronage
* Perestroyka
* Political Adviser
* Political Concession
* Political Cooperation
* Political Crisis
* Political Leader
* Political Military Relations
* Political Party
* Political Trend
* Poll
* President
* Prime Minister
* Progovernment
* Province
* Queen
* Reconciliation
* Referendum
* Reorganization
* Resignation from Office
* Reunification
* Royal Family
* Ruling Party
* Self Government
* Socialism
* Special Interest Group
* State of the Union Message
* Succession
* Tenure of Office
* Totalitarian
* Trial
* Trust
* Territory
* Veto
* Vice President
* Voting
* Voting Rights
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PHSA HIGH SEAS AFFAIRS
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Effective from January 1983

Activities on the high seas, outside a country's national jurisdiction. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Continental Shelf
* Dispute Settlement
* Exclusive
* Economic Zone
* Fishing Limit
* Fishing Rights
* Freedom of Navigation
* Hazardous Cargo
* Innocent Passage
* International Waters
* LOS
* Marine Mammal
* Marine Safety
* Marine Transportation
* Maritime Agreement
* Merchant Ship
* Minesweeping
* Natural Resources
* Ocean Dumping
* Piracy
* Seabed
* Seabed Mining
* Ship Accident
* Ship Detention
* Ship Movement
* Strait
* Territorial Sea Limit
* Territorial Waters
* Transit Passage
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PHUM HUMAN RIGHTS
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Effective from January 1985

The violation of rights attributable to human beings. (Replaces RCHB file categories: POL, SOC)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Abuse
* Amnesty
* Antisemitic
* Apartheid
* Asylum
* Asylum Request
* Capital Punishment
* Childrens Rights
* Civil Rights
* Concentration Camp
* Court Decision
* Death Squad
* Deportation
* Detainee
* Detection Equipment
* Detention Development Rights
* Discrimination
* Economic Rights
* Emigration
* Emigration Control
* Ethnic Group
* EVD
* Execution
* Exile
* Family
* Forced Labor
* Harassment
* Human Rights
* Humane
* Imprisonment
* Indigenous Peoples
* Individual Rights
* Internal Exile
* Internee
* Mass Migration
* Massacre
* Minority
* Minority Rights
* Missing Person
* Mistreatment
* Murder
* Persecution
* Police Equipment
* Political Disappearance
* Political Prisoner
* Political Repression
* Political Rights
* Poverty
* Prisoner
* Prisoner Release
* Prisoner Welfare
* Proselytize
* Psychiatric Abuse
* Religion
* Religious Group
* Returnees
* Rights of Peoples
* Security Forces
* Sponsorship
* Torture
* Walk In Procedures
* Women
* Womens Rights
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PINR INTELLIGENCE
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The gathering and reporting of intelligence information, including biographic and background data. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INT, POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Aerial Reconnaissance
* Biographic Information
* Contacts
* Counterintelligence
* Covert Operations
* Disinformation
* Espionage
* Film
* Humint Collection Plan
* Information Security
* Intelligence Assessment
* Intelligence Collection
* Intelligence Services
* Maps
* Monitoring
* Olive Harvest
* PLPPR
* Remote Sensing
* Satellite
* Ship Movement
* Surveillance Aircraft
* Tracking Station
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PINS NATIONAL SECURITY
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

A regime's stability, control, or efforts to maintain itself in power, as well as activities and efforts to disrupt or overthrow the established regime by other than normal political activity. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Amnesty
* Armed Forces
* Arms
* Assassination
* Assault
* Atrocity
* Censorship
* Church State Relations
* Civil War
* Clandestine Broadcast
* Community Relations
* Concentration Camp
* Contingency Plan
* CONTRA
* Counterinsurgency
* Coup
* Court Decision
* Court Martial
* Death Squad
* Defector
* Demobilization
* Detention
* Dissident
* Emigration
* Emigration Control
* Escalation
* Ethnic Group
* Execution
* Exile
* Exiled Government
* Exit Permit
* Expulsion
* Extremist
* General Strike
* Guerrilla
* Harassment
* Hostility
* Hunger Strike
* Impeachment
* Infiltration
* Insurgency
* Intelligence Assessment
* Internal Control
* Intervention
* Land Reform
* Law Enforcement
* Liberation Front
* Martial Law
* Massacre
* Mercenary
* Minority
* Missing Person
* National Security
* Occupied Area
* Persona Non Grata
* Plot
* Police Force
* Police Investigation
* Political Assessment
* Political Crisis
* Political Military Relations
* Political Prisoner
* Political Settlement
* Political Stability
* Political Trend
* Prisoner Release
* Propaganda
* Property Protection
* Religious Group
* Repression
* Reprisal
* Riot
* Riot Control
* Sabotage
* Seizure
* Surrender
* Threat
* Travel Document
* Travel Restriction
* Treason
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Withdrawal
* Violence
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PREF REFUGEES
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Effective from January 1985 (Revised March 1995)

People who move across borders because of danger to life or fear of persecution. (Replaces RCHB file category: REF)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Admissions
* Allocation
* Asylum Policy
* Early Warning
* Emergency Response
* ESLCO
* Family Reunification
* Humanitarian Assistance
* Internally Displaced Persons
* Letter of Introduction
* ODP
* Prevention
* Refugee Camp
* Refugee Protection
* Refugee Relief
* Refugee Resettlement
* Refugee Settlement
* Refugee Status
* Repatriation
* Safe Country of Origin and Transit
* Safe Haven
* Sponsorship
* Temporary Protection
* VOLAG
* Volunteers
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PREL EXTERNAL POLITICAL RELATIONS
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Effective from January 1983

The political relations between countries, international or regional organizations both bilateral and multilateral, that assess intentions, objectives, plans, or possible courses of interaction. (Replaces RCHB file category: CSM, POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Alliance
* Ambassador
* Amity
* Antiamerican
* Anticommunism
* Antisoviet
* Bilateral Cooperation
* CBI
* Cold War
* Commitment
* Condemnation
* Consular Service
* Demarche
* Detente
* Deterrence
* Diplomatic Protest
* East West Relations
* Embassy Closing
* Embassy Opening
* Expulsion
* Extradition Treaty
* Foreign Commitment
* Foreign Relations
* Front Line States
* Government Reaction
* Hegemony
* Industrialized Nation
* Influence
* International Organization
* Intervention
* LDC
* Lobbying
* NAM
* National Security
* Neutrality
* No Fly Zone
* Nonaggression
* Nonaligned Nations
* Nonparticipation
* North South Dialogue
* Open Skies Treaty
* Opposition
* Participation
* Peace
* Peace Plan
* Persona Non Grata
* Political Concession
* Political Cooperation
* Political Initiative
* Political Settlement
* Political Trend
* Prisoner Exchange
* Prisoner Transfer
* Proamerican
* Procommunism
* Prosoviet
* Prowest
* Public Relations
* Reciprocity
* Recognition
* Reconciliation
* Regional Organization
* Relations Establishment
* Relations Interruption
* Reprisal
* Sanction
* Secession
* Signatory
* Sister City
* Third Country Representation
* Third World
* Threat
* War Claims
* West Bank
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PROP PROPAGANDA AND PSYCHOLOGICAL OPERATIONS
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Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

The spreading of ideology, information, or rumor for the purpose of supporting or defaming nations, institutions, causes, peoples, or persons. (Replaces RCHB file categories: CSM, CUL, INF, MP, POL, PPB, RAD, TV)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Active Measures
* Antiamerican
* Anticommunism
* Antinuclear
* Antisoviet
* Brain Drain
* Brainwashing
* Broadcasting
* Campaign
* Censorship
* Clandestine Broadcast
* Disinformation
* Frequency Interference
* Harassment
* Influence
* Jamming
* Lobbying
* Proamerican
* Procommunism
* Propaganda
* Prosoviet
* Prowest
* Public Disclosure
* Public Information
* Public Relations
* Publication
* Repression
* Slander
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PTER TERRORISTS AND TERRORISM
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Effective from March 1981 (Revised January 1983)

All aspects of terrorism which transcend national boundaries due to the nationality of the perpetrator, victim, place, or the incident. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Acts of Terrorists
* Antiterrorism Measures
* Antiterrorist Forces
* Assassination
* Assault
* Bomb Threat
* Bombing
* Casualty
* Hijacking
* Hostage
* Hostility
* Infiltration
* Kidnapping
* Kidnapping Threat
* Mission Takeover
* Piracy
* Plot
* Proterrorism
* Rescue
* Sabotage
* Small Arms
* Surrender
* Terrorism
* Terrorist Activities
* Threat
* Threat Assessment
* Violence
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SCUL CULTURAL AFFAIRS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised April 2000)

Any part or totality of a nation's behavior patterns, arts, beliefs, institutions, or sociology. (Replaces RCHB file categories: CUL, EDU, MP, PPB, SOC)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* American Studies
* Anthropology
* Archaeology
* Artifact
* Artist
* Athlete
* Business for Russia Program
* Citizen Exchanges
* College and University Affiliation Program
* Commemorative Celebration
* Community Connections
* Creative Arts Exchanges
* Cultural Exchange
* Cultural Heritage
* Cultural Presentation
* Cultural Property
* Cultural Specialists (Aculspecs)
* Education
* Educational Exchange
* EFL Fellows
* ETF Fellows
* Ethnic Group
* Excavation
* Exchange Program Designation
* Exhibit
* Festival Fund
* Film Programs
* Fine Arts
* FLEX Program
* Fulbright Alumni Association
* Fulbright American Studies Institutes
* Fulbright Commissions
* Fulbright Junior Staff Development Program (JSD)
* Fulbright Scholar Program
* Fulbright Scholar in Residence Program
* Fulbright Student Program
* Fulbright Teachers Exchange
* History
* Holiday
* Humphrey Program
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* International Visitor Program
* J Visa Program
* J William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board
* Jazz Ambassadors
* Language
* Library
* Magazine
* Memorial
* Missionary
* Museum
* National Flag
* Newspaper
* Olympics
* Performing Arts Calendar
* Piracy
* Place of Worship
* Pope
* Publication
* Religion
* Religious Group
* Religious Leader
* Ron Brown Fellowship Program
* School
* Social Custom
* Social Reform
* Sports
* Student
* Student Advising
* Study of the US
* Teacher
* The Film Service
* University
* US Artists Abroad
* Voluntary Visitor Program
* Women
* Youth
* Youth Exchanges
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SENV ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The preservation, deterioration, and conservation of natural and animal resources, the air, water, land, and space environments. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AGR, CUL, E, HLTH, INCO, OS, SOC)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Acid Rain
* Air Pollution
* Animal Conservation
* Animal Hides
* Atmosphere
* Biodiversity
* CITES
* Crop
* Destruction
* Dam
* Desertification
* Drought
* Earthquake
* Ecology
* Endangered Species
* Environment
* Erosion
* Exploitation
* Famine
* Fire
* Fish
* Flood
* Flora
* Forestry
* Fungicide
* Habitat
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Herbicide
* Industrial Waste Disposal
* Insect
* Land Conservation
* Marine
* Mammal
* Migratory Animals
* Monsoon
* National Park
* Natural Disaster
* Natural Resources
* Noise Pollution
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Winter
* Ocean Dumping
* Oil Spill
* Ozone
* Pest Control
* Pesticide
* Pollution Control
* Preservation
* Rainfall
* Seabed
* Sewage
* Sewage System
* Sludge
* Snowfall
* Soil
* Soil Pollution
* Species Protection
* Storm
* Tidal Wave
* Transboundary Pollution
* Tropical Forest
* Volcanic Eruption
* Waste
* Waste Disposal
* Water
* Water Analysis
* Water Conservation
* Water Pollution
* Water Supply System
* Weather
* Whales
* Wildlife
* Yellow Rain
* Zoo
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SMIG MIGRATION
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Effective from March 1995

The legal or illegal movement of people across borders, border control, and the treatment of aliens by receiving states. (Replaces RCHB file category: REF)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Alien Interdiction
* Border Control
* Cross Border Migration
* Economic Migration
* Emigration
* Environmental Migration
* Family Reunification
* Illegal Migration
* Immigration
* Labor Migration
* Migration
* Migration and Development Policy
* Nationality and Citizenship
* Readmission Agreements
* Remittances
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SNAR NARCOTICS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 2008)

The illegal production, distribution, and use of narcotic drugs. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INCO, SOC)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Aircraft Registry
* Cocaine
* Crop Destruction
* Crop Substitution
* Crops
* Customs Agreement
* Customs Inspection
* Customs Regulation
* Customs Seizure
* Demand Reduction
* Detection
* Equipment
* Eradication
* Exhibit
* Foreigners
* Hashish
* Herbicide
* Heroin
* Illicit
* Immigration
* Interdiction
* Law Enforcement
* Legal
* Marijuana
* Money Laundering
* Morphine
* Narcotics
* Narcotics Abuse
* Narcotics Control
* Narcotics Detection
* Narcotics Seizure
* Narcotics Traffic
* Opium
* Patrol Boat
* Psychotropic Drugs
* Seizure
* Ship Registry
* Smuggling
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SOCI SOCIAL CONDITIONS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The conditions and factors that affect the social welfare of a community. (Replaces RCHB file category: HLTH, SOC)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Abortion
* Administration of Justice
* Adoption
* AIDS
* Birth Rate
* Black Market
* Census
* Child
* Custody
* Children
* Civil Disobedience
* Community Relations
* Concentration Camp
* Consumer Protection
* Crime
* Crime Control
* Cult
* Demography
* Disease
* Disease Control
* Divorce
* Educational Reform
* Elderly
* Epidemic
* Family
* Family Planning
* Food
* Fugitive
* Genocide
* Glasnost
* Health
* Housing
* Housing Shortage
* Humanitarian Assistance
* Hunger Strike
* Illegal Alien
* Immigrant
* Immigration Control
* Infant
* Infrastructure
* Inoculation
* Insurance
* Law Enforcement
* Life Expectancy
* Marriage
* Medical Care
* Medical Facility
* Mental Health
* Minority
* Modernization
* Mortality Rate
* Murder
* Penal System
* Police Force
* Police Investigation
* Population
* Population Growth
* Pornography
* Prison
* Prisoner
* Prisoner Release
* Prisoner Transfer
* Prisoner Welfare
* Prostitution
* Public Safety
* Public Transportation
* Public Welfare
* Quarantine
* Recall
* Reform
* Rehabilitation
* Riot
* Riot Control
* Rural Area
* Sanitation
* Sewage
* Sewage System
* Sex Ratio
* Sexual Crime
* Sexual Harassment
* Social Development
* Social Reform
* Social Security
* Social Service
* Social Trend
* Special Interest Group
* Standard of Living
* Sterilization
* Theft
* Urban Area
* Violence
* Volunteers
* Water Supply System
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TBIO BIOLOGICAL AND MEDICAL SCIENCE
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The anatomy, physiology, chemistry, and psychology that affect living organisms and the mechanisms of their expression. (Replaces RCHB file categories: HLTH, SCI)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* AIDS
* Animals
* Biology
* Biotechnology
* Chemistry
* Disease
* Disease Control
* Eradication
* Food
* Genetic Engineering
* Hormones
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Laboratory Equipment
* Medical Science
* Nuclear Contamination
* Parapsychology
* Pest Control
* Pharmaceuticals
* Quarantine
* Research & Development
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* STRIDE Technology
* Technology
* Transfer
* Vaccine
* Zoology
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TPHY PHYSICAL SCIENCES
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Research and development in any of the physical sciences. (Replaces RCHB file category: SCI)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Atmosphere
* Chemistry
* Geodesy
* Geology
* Hydrology
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Laboratory Equipment
* Maps
* Materials Science
* Meteorology
* Metrology
* Microwave
* Minerology
* Ocean Drilling
* Oceanography
* Physics
* Research & Development
* Research Vessel
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* Satellite
* Scientific Cooperation
* Scientific Visit
* Seismology
* STRIDE
* Survey
* Technology
* Technology Transfer
* Volcanology
* Weather
* Weather Station
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TRGY ENERGY TECHNOLOGY
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Effective from July 1980 (Revised January 1983)

Research and development of energy sources. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AE, DEF, FSE, PET, SCI)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Electric Energy
* Energy Conservation
* Exploration
* Fissionable Material
* Fuel
* Geothermal Energy
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Hydroelectric Energy
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Laboratory Equipment
* Magnetic
* Nuclear Accident
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Energy
* Nuclear Reactor
* Nuclear Safeguard
* Nuclear Test
* Petroleum
* PUNE
* Radiation
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* Research & Development
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* Solar Energy
* Spent Fuel
* SSC
* STRIDE
* Synthetic Fuel
* Technology
* Technology Transfer
* Thermal Energy
* Transmitters
* Wind Energy
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TSPA SPACE ACTIVITIES
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Research and development leading to and resulting in the exploration and utilization of outer space. (Replaces RCHB file categories: DEF, SP, TEL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Astronaut
* Astronomy
* Communications Satellite
* Direct Broadcasting Satellite
* ELV
* Exploration
* Geostationary Satellite Orbit
* High Technology Equipment
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Landing Rights
* Navigational Aid
* Orbit
* Outer Space
* Outer Space Commercialization
* Peaceful Use of Outer Space
* Reentry
* Research & Development
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* Salvage
* Satellite
* Scientific Cooperation
* Space Agreement
* Space Fragment
* Space Law
* Space Liability
* Space Program
* Space Station
* Spacecraft
* Spacecraft Recovery
* Spaceflight
* STRIDE
* Technology
* Technology Transfer
* Telecommunication
* Tracking Station
* UFO
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01ABUJA1048OBASANJO 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 15:19:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPREL PBTS MASS SL GV NI
02ABUJA1636NIGERIA: 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 16:21:00Embassy AbujaSECRETPREL MOPS PBTS EPET CM NI ICJ
02ABUJA2337NIGERIA: 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 08:26:00Embassy AbujaSECRETPREL PBTS MOPS CM FR NI
02ABUJA2787NIGERIA 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 18:43:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPBTS 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 17:38:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPBTS PREL MOPS MARR PINS IV NI UV
02ABUJA2833NIGERIA: 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 16:08:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPBTS PREL MOPS MARR PINS CM NI
02ABUJA2933NIGERIA: 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 18:45:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPBTS MOPS PGOV PREL PREF EPET NI CM
02ABUJA2934NIGERIA 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 02:34:00Embassy AbujaSECRET//NOFORNPBTS PREL MOPS MARR PINS IV NI UV
02ABUJA3036NIGERIA: 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 12:26:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPBTS 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 15:45:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO 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 16:03:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO PBTS PGOV NI
02AMMAN7313THE 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 12:17:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALKPAL 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 09:29:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPBTS PREL PINR CH VM CVR
02LAGOS76SOUTHERN 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 11:46:00Consulate LagosCONFIDENTIALECON NI PBTS PGOV PHUM PREF PREL
02TEGUCIGALPA2531A/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 16:57:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MCAP PHUM KJUS SNAR PBTS PGOV HO
02TEGUCIGALPA2534A/S REICH MEETS WITH HONDURAN PRESIDENT MADURO; DISCUSSION FOCUSES ON BORDER/TARIFF DISPUTE WITH NICARAGUA
[...] No summary [...]
2002-09-10 17:00:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PBTS ETRD ECON KJUS HO UNGA
02TEGUCIGALPA2759HONDURAS 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 14:40:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPBTS PREL HO
02TEGUCIGALPA3140HONDURAS 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 22:53:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDPBTS PREL ETRD HO
02TEGUCIGALPA3322HONDURAN 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 15:21:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PBTS KTIA KCRM ETRD HO
03ABUDHABI1763CT 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 12:53:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALEIAR 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 13:41:00Embassy Abu DhabiSECRETMARR 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 12:27:00Embassy Abu DhabiSECRETKNNP 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 16:01:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPREL PBTS SENV EPET EFIS NI CM
03ABUJA984NIGERIA: 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 11:18:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDEPET PBTS EFIN PGOV NI
03AMMAN4404GOJ 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 14:29:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD PBTS IZ JO
03AMMAN5540JORDAN'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 12:12:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPGOV KCRM PBTS PTER JO
03AMMAN6255PSI 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 12:29:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALKNNP 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 13:09:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM PBTS PINR PREL PTER JO MEPN
03ANKARA2254TURKS: 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 07:32:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PBTS PHSA GR TU
03ANKARA5223TURKEY 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 05:40:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PBTS KPAL KWBG KIRF IS TU
03ANKARA7412RUSSIAN 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 15:10:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALMD 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 18:47:00Embassy BelgradeUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PBTS MW SR YI
03DJIBOUTI1819SOMALILAND 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 07:47:00Embassy DjiboutiUNCLASSIFIEDMAS PBTS PREL DJ SO
03GUATEMALA159LETTER 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 21:22:00Embassy GuatemalaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PBTS GT BZ
03GUATEMALA1609COUNTER-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 18:45:00Embassy GuatemalaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KTIA SNAR PBTS KCRM PHSA EWWT EAIR GT
03GUATEMALA2388BELIZEAN 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 16:55:00Embassy GuatemalaCONFIDENTIALPBTS PREL BH GT
03GUATEMALA696GUATEMALAN 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 20:59:00Embassy GuatemalaCONFIDENTIALPBTS 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 20:43:00Consulate HalifaxUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM 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 21:08:00Consulate HalifaxUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV 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 19:07:00Consulate HalifaxUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PTER PBTS ETRD EFIS EAGR CA US
03HOCHIMINHCITY713Vietnam: 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 09:30:00Consulate Ho Chi Minh CityUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPBTS PHSA EFIS EWWT PTER PREL PGOV VM
03KUWAIT85(S/NF) KUWAIT OKAYS U-2 OVERFLIGHT OF IRAQ IN
[...] No summary [...]
2003-01-12 15:31:00Embassy KuwaitSECRET//NOFORNMARR MOPS PBTS PREL CY IZ KU SA TU UK TC
03LAGOS85NIGERIA: 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 09:24:00Consulate LagosUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON PBTS ENRG EFIS PGOV NI CM
03MONTREAL204BORDER 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 16:30:00Consulate MontrealUNCLASSIFIEDSMIG PREF KPAO PBTS KISL PGOV PREL CVIS CA CIC
03MONTREAL4APPARENT 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 21:27:00Consulate MontrealUNCLASSIFIEDSMIG KPAO SOCI KISL PGOV PTER PREL PBTS CA
03OTTAWA2232URGING 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 21:16:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPREL PBTS EU MD CA OSCE
03OTTAWA487BEAUFORT SEA LEASE SALE DEMARCHE DELIVERED
[...] No summary [...]
2003-02-20 15:01:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIEDPHSA PBTS PREL ENRG SENV CA
03OTTAWA556CANADA 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 21:14:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIEDEU MD RS CA PREL PBTS CVIS OSCE
03OTTAWA595GOC DIPNOTE ON BEAUFORT SEA DEMARCHE
[...] No summary [...]
2003-03-04 19:00:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIEDPHSA PBTS PREL ENRG SENV CA
03ROME1887ITALY 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 16:09:00Embassy RomeSECRETPREL MOPS MARR PBTS IT AG ML TS FORCES IN ITALY NATO
03ROME3700URGING 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 13:04:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL PBTS EU IT MD OSCE
03ROME5362ITALY'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 17:34:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL PBTS MD RS IT EUN
03ROME5441MOLDOVAN 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 15:10:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL PBTS MD RS IT EUN
03SANAA1451MINISTER 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 15:04:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPBTS PREL PTER PGOV SA YM COUNTER TERRORISM
03SANAA2487DEMARCHE 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 11:16:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALMNUC PARM PREL PHSA PBTS EAIR EWWT KNNP DEMARCHE
03SANTODOMINGO5275STILL 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 15:15:00Embassy Santo DomingoCONFIDENTIALKNNP MNUC PARM PREL PHSA PBTS EAIR EWWT DR
03TEGUCIGALPA1549ONGOING 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 23:13:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPBTS PREL PGOV MOPS ECON EFIS PINR HO
03TEGUCIGALPA2221HONDURAS 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 21:12:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPBTS ES HO
03TEGUCIGALPA2380HONDURAS 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 17:16:00Embassy TegucigalpaSECRETPARM PREL MASS MCAP PBTS PINR HO
03TEGUCIGALPA2383ENGLISH 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 17:16:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDPARM PREL MASS MCAP PBTS PINR HO
03TEGUCIGALPA2757HONDURAS 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 20:06:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPBTS PREL MOPS ES HO
03TEGUCIGALPA2952ICJ 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 23:01:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDPBTS KTIA PREL PGOV ES HO
03TEGUCIGALPA548HOSTAGE 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 23:21:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PBTS PHUM PREL PTER ECON PINR ES HO
03TEGUCIGALPA606MADURO 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 14:49:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPBTS ETRD PGOV HO
03TEGUCIGALPA652MADURO 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 19:06:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPBTS ETRD PGOV PREL HO
03TEGUCIGALPA654HONDURAN 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 20:33:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDPBTS PREL ES HO
03THEHAGUE1524DUTCH MFA ON "PEACE CONSOLIDATION" IN MOLDOVA PAPER
[...] No summary [...]
2003-06-13 13:19:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL PBTS NATO OSCE
03THEHAGUE1753DUTCH MFA ON SENIOR OSCE REPRESENTATIVE FOR MOLDOVA
[...] No summary [...]
2003-07-09 13:23:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL PBTS MD NL
03THEHAGUE2167OSCE: 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 13:50:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL PBTS MD NL OSCE
03ZAGREB1680REFUGEE 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 15:30:00Embassy ZagrebCONFIDENTIALPREL BEXP EFIN ELTN PGOV PBTS HR
03ZAGREB1903TENSIONS 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 16:03:00Embassy ZagrebCONFIDENTIALPREL PBTS PHSA EWWT EFIS SENV HR
03ZAGREB1925INTENT 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 08:29:00Embassy ZagrebCONFIDENTIALPREL PBTS PHSA EWWT EFIS SENV SI HR EUN
03ZAGREB1927TIME 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 11:31:00Embassy ZagrebCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PBTS ECON HR
03ZAGREB1936DECIDING 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 13:37:00Embassy ZagrebCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PBTS KHDP HR
03ZAGREB2173CROATIA 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 15:36:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP MNUC PARM PREL PHSA PBTS HR NATO
03ZAGREB2200CROATIAN 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 13:59:00Embassy ZagrebCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHSA PBTS HR NATO
03ZAGREB2227TROUBLED 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 07:37:00Embassy ZagrebCONFIDENTIALPREL PBTS PHSA EWWT EFIS SENV HR
03ZAGREB407GOC 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 16:35:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIEDECON HR PBTS PGOV PREF PREL
04ABUJA1525INTERVENTION 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 12:37:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPREL PBTS PINR CM NI
04ABUJA1807MIXED 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 07:40:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PBTS CM NI
04ANKARA3764TURKISH 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 14:17:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALAJ AM PBTS TU
04ANKARA5691 DELIVERY OF CSI DEMARCHE
[...] No summary [...]
2004-10-04 14:12:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDEWWT 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 10:23:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDEWWT PTER ETRD PREL ETTC KTIA PBTS TU
04BRATISLAVA748TENSIONS IN MOLDOVA/TRANSNITRIA: SLOVAK RESPONSE
[...] No summary [...]
2004-08-09 13:18:00Embassy BratislavaCONFIDENTIALPREL PBTS MD LO EUN
04BRUSSELS1622EU 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 16:01:00Embassy BrusselsCONFIDENTIALPREL PBTS MD OSCE USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS1868DINING 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 14:21:00Embassy BrusselsCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR PBTS EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS2541EU PUZZLED BY MOLDOVA'S STABILITY PACT INITIATIVE; MOSCOW RESPONSE IS KEY
[...] No summary [...]
2004-06-15 12:58:00Embassy BrusselsCONFIDENTIALPARM PBTS PREL EUN USEU BRUSSELS OSCE MD
04BRUSSELS3066EU 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 14:39:00Embassy BrusselsCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM PBTS PHUM PGOV RS MD EUN OSCE USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS3227EU 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 07:52:00Embassy BrusselsCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM PBTS PHUM PGOV MD EUN OSCE USEU BRUSSELS
04DJIBOUTI1512VISIT 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 06:02:00Embassy DjiboutiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PARM PHUM PNAT PBTS PINS PTER DJ SO
04DJIBOUTI1543PRESIDENT GUELLEH ON SOMALIA, ETHIOPIA-ERITREA, SUDAN
[...] (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 07:27:00Embassy DjiboutiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PARM PBTS DJ SO ET ER
04DUBLIN1199IRELAND'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 17:10:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PBTS
04DUBLIN903EU 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 15:47:00Embassy DublinCONFIDENTIALPARM PBTS PREL
04GUATEMALA2390PRESIDENT 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 18:13:00Embassy GuatemalaCONFIDENTIALCVIS SMIG KCRM SNAR ASEC PBTS GT
04GUATEMALA504SCENE 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 21:04:00Embassy GuatemalaCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID PGOV SNAR CVIS MASS KCOR OVIP PBTS GT
04GUATEMALA944GUATEMALA 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 18:01:00Embassy GuatemalaCONFIDENTIALPREL PBTS PHUM BH GT
04HALIFAX12CAMPOBELLO 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 16:54:00Consulate HalifaxUNCLASSIFIEDPBTS PREL PTER PGOV ETRD CA
04HALIFAX188U.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 19:24:00Consulate HalifaxUNCLASSIFIEDEFIS PBTS PREL ETRD PHSA CA
04HANOI2745VIETNAM: 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 02:53:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL ETRD PBTS CH VM ASEAN CVR
04KATHMANDU1096NEPAL: 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 08:01:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPREF PHUM PREL PBTS PTER NP CH
04KUWAIT2567KUWAIT-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 07:03:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL PBTS KTIA MARR KU IZ
04KUWAIT3262KUWAITI 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 04:21:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALELAB PBTS MOPS KU IZ
04KUWAIT3878BRITISH 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 13:33:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPBTS PREL PTER IZ KU
04KUWAIT4426GOOD 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 14:18:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL PBTS PTER IZ KU UN
04LAGOS110NIGERIA: 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 11:46:00Consulate LagosUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREF PREL PGOV PHUM PBTS PINS SMIG KOCI NI CM
04LAGOS128NIGERIA: 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 15:07:00Consulate LagosCONFIDENTIALSENV PBTS ECON NI CITES
04LILONGWE662GOM 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 10:50:00Embassy LilongweUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR PREL PBTS PTER PINS MI
04LJUBLJANA884SLOVENIA: 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 12:29:00Embassy LjubljanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PBTS HR SI
04MADRID3074SPAIN: MOLDOVA/TRANSNISTRIA RESPONSE
[...] No summary [...]
2004-08-11 15:23:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL PBTS MD SP
04MADRID4787SPAIN ON AUSTRALIA'S SUBMISSION TO CONTINENTAL
[...] No summary [...]
2004-12-21 10:43:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDAORC PBTS PHSA PREL KTIA AS AY SP
04MAPUTO1321STATUS 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 13:49:00Embassy MaputoUNCLASSIFIEDECON 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 18:04:00Consulate MontrealUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS ELTN ECON PBTS CA
04MONTREAL1555HYDRO 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 20:00:00Consulate MontrealCONFIDENTIALENRG PTER PBTS CA
04NASSAU1282U.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 21:25:00Embassy NassauUNCLASSIFIEDKTIA PHSA PBTS PHUM KCRM SMIG EWWT EAIR SNAR BF
04NASSAU322ROYAL BAHAMAS DEFENSE FORCE PREPAREDNESS -- A ROOT
[...] No summary [...]
2004-02-13 16:45:00Embassy NassauCONFIDENTIALMCAP PBTS PHSA PINS PREF
04PARAMARIBO195SURINAME 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 18:02:00Embassy ParamariboUNCLASSIFIEDPREL 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 18:36:00Embassy ParamariboUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EPET PBTS FR NS
04ROME3115ITALY 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 16:09:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PHUM PBTS MD IT UN
04SANAA256YEMEN 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 08:12:00Embassy SanaaSECRETMARR MOPS PREL PBTS PHSA YM DEMARCHE
04SANAA2942VP 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 10:47:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPBTS PREL MOPS ER YM
04SANAA414BEHIND 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 09:54:00Embassy SanaaSECRETPREL PTER ASEC PBTS SA YM COUNTER TERRORISM ECON COM
04SANAA724IMPROVED 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 13:03:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER ASEC PBTS SA YM COUNTER TERRORISM
04TEGUCIGALPA1437OAS 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 20:43:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDPBTS PREL MOPS ES HO
04TEGUCIGALPA1577Honduras 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 18:02:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDEWWT EINV ETRD PBTS SNAR PTER BEXP ECON PGOV HO
04TEGUCIGALPA1652HONDURAS' 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 22:13:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL MASS MCAP PBTS PINR HO
04TELAVIV1391FAST-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 14:35:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPBTS KPAL KWBG IS SETTLEMENTS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
04TELAVIV1420SPIEGEL 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 18:17:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL KWBG PHUM PBTS IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS ISRAEL RELATIONS
04TELAVIV1614HOUSING 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 16:04:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALECON PBTS IS SETTLEMENTS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
04TELAVIV1946FIRST 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 11:58:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPBTS KPAL KWBG IS SETTLEMENTS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
04TELAVIV2202A 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 13:35:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALKPAL KWBG PBTS IS SETTLEMENTS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI INTERNAL
04THEHAGUE1484MOLDOVA/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 14:15:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM PBTS MD NL OSCE
04THEHAGUE1975MOLDOVA/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 14:23:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL PBTS MD NL
04VILNIUS1353LITHUANIA 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 14:14:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALMARR MCAP MOPS PBTS PGOV PINS PREL LH
04VILNIUS1556BALTS 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 10:58:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALPREL 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 04:11:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDPBTS 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 12:32:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALPREL PBTS MOPS AM AJ
04YEREVAN2792GOAM STILL LOOKING TO EXCHANGE SOLDIERS
[...] No summary [...]
2004-12-28 11:50:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM MARR PBTS AJ AM OSCE
04YEREVAN848NAGORNO-KARABAKH: AMBASSADOR DELIVERS READOUT OF
[...] No summary [...]
2004-04-09 10:16:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALPBTS PREL PGOV AJ AM
04ZAGREB1737CROATIA 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 14:08:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPBTS PREL EFIS PHSA PGOV SENV SI HR
04ZAGREB1741CROATIA 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 10:17:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHSA PBTS PREL SENV HR SI
04ZAGREB1803CROATIA 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 14:46:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPBTS PHSA SENV PREL HR SI
05ABUDHABI3008ONE 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 11:29:00Embassy Abu DhabiSECRETPBTS PREL PHSA EPET ENRG TC GCC
05ABUDHABI3851WHAT'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 15:17:00Embassy Abu DhabiSECRETPREL PBTS EPET PGOV ETRD SA TC
05ABUJA1891ECOWAS 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 15:25:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPREL KDEM PBTS XY ECOWAS
05ALGIERS1011POLISARIO "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 15:18:00Embassy AlgiersCONFIDENTIALPREL PBTS PHUM OPDC WI MO AG
05ALGIERS1211SPANISH 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 09:43:00Embassy AlgiersCONFIDENTIALPREL PBTS AG MO WI
05ALGIERS1243ALGERIAN 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 15:13:00Embassy AlgiersCONFIDENTIALPREL PBTS PHUM AG MO WI
05ALGIERS1251ALGERIAN 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 18:55:00Embassy AlgiersCONFIDENTIALPREL PBTS PHUM AG MO WI
05ALGIERS1278ALGERIA 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 12:37:00Embassy AlgiersCONFIDENTIALPREL PBTS PHUM AG MO WI
05ALGIERS1358JULY 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 11:58:00Embassy AlgiersCONFIDENTIALPREL PBTS PHUM PGOV AG MO WI
05ALGIERS1379PRESIDENT 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 16:35:00Embassy AlgiersCONFIDENTIALPREL PBTS PHUM MO AG WI
05ALGIERS1426POLISARIO 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 15:22:00Embassy AlgiersCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PBTS AG
05ALGIERS1753SENATOR LUGAR DISCUSSES WESTERN SAHARA,
[...] No summary [...]
2005-08-19 11:35:00Embassy AlgiersCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PBTS WI AG MO
05ALGIERS1765LUGAR 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 15:25:00Embassy AlgiersCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PBTS PHUM AG MO WI
05ALGIERS1768SENATOR 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 05:55:00Embassy AlgiersCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PBTS WI AG MO
05ALGIERS1910POLISARIO 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 11:53:00Embassy AlgiersCONFIDENTIALPREL PBTS PHUM WI MO AG
05ALGIERS1911POST 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 12:52:00Embassy AlgiersCONFIDENTIALPREL PBTS PHUM MO AG WI
05ALGIERS2048MFA 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 17:28:00Embassy AlgiersCONFIDENTIALPREL PBTS MO AG UN
05ALGIERS2059UN 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 15:00:00Embassy AlgiersCONFIDENTIALPREL PBTS PHUM PTER AG MO WI UN
05ALGIERS2138POLISARIO 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 15:47:00Embassy AlgiersCONFIDENTIALPBTS PREL PTER AG MO WI
05AMMAN8022JORDAN 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 13:46:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PBTS IZ JO
05ANKARA1470HIGH 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 14:02:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PBTS AM TU
05ANKARA3177TURKISH 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 12:08:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETPREL 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 13:09:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEWWT PTER ETRD PREL ETTC KTIA PBTS TU
05ASUNCION453PARAGUAY 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 13:25:00Embassy AsuncionUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL ECON PBTS MOPS PINR PA
05ASUNCION484PARAGUAY 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 12:08:00Embassy AsuncionUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PBTS SCUL TINT PINR PA
05BAGHDAD2954ACTION 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 19:39:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPBTS PTER PINS PREL PGOV IZ IR JO KU SY SA TU
05BAGHDAD2959IRAQI 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 08:28:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPREL PTER PBTS PGOV PINS MOPS MARR IZ SY IR
05BAGHDAD3127IRAQI 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 16:50:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPBTS PREL IR KU IZ
05BAGHDAD5051CODEL 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 16:10:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM PBTS PINR MOPS IZ
05BANGKOK3333THAIS 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 10:31:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALPBTS PGOV PREL CB TH CAMBODIA
05BANGKOK4028THAI 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 08:53:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALPREL PREF PHUM PBTS TH BM BURMA
05BANGKOK5673INTERNATIONAL 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 10:03:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHSA KCRM PBTS PTER EWWT TH
05BANGKOK5747POLOFFS 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 08:07:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PREF PBTS SOCI TH
05BOGOTA118COLOMBIA: 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 22:16:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER ASEC PBTS CO
05BOGOTA3929SENATE 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 21:12:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PTER MASS VE CO PBTS
05BOGOTA5143KIDNAPPED 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 21:43:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIALPREL PBTS PTER CO VE EU
05BOGOTA5752COLOMBIA: 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 16:07:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL CO PBTS CODEL
05BRUSSELS2607EU 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 15:08:00Embassy BrusselsCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM PBTS PHUM PGOV MD EUN OSCE USEU BRUSSELS
05BUCHAREST1581ROMANIAN 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 13:13:00Embassy BucharestCONFIDENTIALOPDC PARM PBTS PHUM PREL PGOV MD RO EUN OSCE
05CAIRO3729MARITIME 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 12:27:00Embassy CairoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEWWT PBTS PINR PHSA PTER OTRA EG
05CALCUTTA18ARUNACHAL 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 09:17:00Consulate KolkataCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL SOCI ECON ENRG PBTS PREF CH IN
05DJIBOUTI200ACTING 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 12:49:00Embassy DjiboutiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PBTS DJ FR
05DJIBOUTI259REPORT 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 12:12:00Embassy DjiboutiUNCLASSIFIEDEWWT PHSA KCRM PBTS YM DJ
05DJIBOUTI290CLARIFICATION 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 12:17:00Embassy DjiboutiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER EWWT PHSA KCRM PBTS YM CASC CMGT DJ
05DUBLIN1330FIANNA 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 12:51:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PBTS EI
05DUBLIN921IRELAND: ALL PARTIES SHOULD BE INVITED TO
[...] No summary [...]
2005-07-25 16:09:00Embassy DublinCONFIDENTIALOPDC PARM PBTS PHUM PREL PGOV EUN OSCE
05GUATEMALA807GUATEMALAN 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 23:58:00Embassy GuatemalaUNCLASSIFIEDSMIG CVIS KFRD ASEC EAID PHUM SNAR KCRM PBTS GT
05HALIFAX158BALANCING 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 19:11:00Consulate HalifaxUNCLASSIFIEDETRD 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 04:00:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL 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 10:13:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL ETRD PBTS CH VM ARF CVR ASEAN
05HELSINKI710FINNISH 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 13:41:00Embassy HelsinkiCONFIDENTIALPBTS ELAB ASEC FI
05JERUSALEM1578WB/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 16:37:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PBTS PHUM KWBG KPAL IS ASEC
05JERUSALEM1617WB/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 14:23:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PBTS PHUM KWBG KPAL ASEC IS
05JERUSALEM1633WB/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 14:07:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PBTS PHUM KWBG KPAL IS ASEC
05JERUSALEM1655WB/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 14:36:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PBTS PHUM KWBG KPAL IS ASEC
05JERUSALEM1668WB/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 14:32:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PBTS PHUM KWBG KPAL IS ASEC
05JERUSALEM1792WB/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 16:45:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PBTS PHUM KWBG ASEC CASC IS
05JERUSALEM1813WB/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 14:57:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PBTS PHUM KWBG ASEC CASC IS
05JERUSALEM1849WB/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 14:55:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PBTS PHUM KWBG ASEC CASC IS
05JERUSALEM1859WB/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 12:23:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PBTS PHUM KWBG ASEC CASC IS
05JERUSALEM1891WB/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 14:36:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PBTS PHUM KWBG ASEC CASC IS
05JERUSALEM1987WB/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 17:27:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PBTS PHUM KWBG CASC IS
05JERUSALEM1996WB/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 16:59:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PBTS PHUM KWBG CASC IS
05JERUSALEM2009WB/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 16:21:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PBTS PHUM KWBG CASC IS
05JERUSALEM2051WB/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 18:02:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PBTS PHUM KWBG CASC IS
05JERUSALEM2059WB/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 15:36:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PBTS PHUM KWBG CASC IS
05JERUSALEM2225WB/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 15:17:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PBTS PHUM KWBG KPAL IS ASEC
05JERUSALEM2250WB/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 15:06:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PBTS PHUM KWBG KPAL IS ASEC
05JERUSALEM2419WB/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 16:12:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PBTS PHUM KWBG ASEC CASC IS
05JERUSALEM2436WB/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 15:03:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PBTS PHUM KWBG ASEC CASC IS
05JERUSALEM2461WB/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 12:07:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PBTS PHUM KWBG KPAL IS ASEC
05JERUSALEM2508WB/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 12:40:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PBTS PHUM KWBG ASEC CASC IS
05JERUSALEM2570WB/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 14:06:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PBTS PHUM KWBG KPAL IS ASEC
05JERUSALEM2643WB/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 14:37:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PBTS PHUM KWBG KPAL IS ASEC
05JERUSALEM2670WB/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 14:48:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PBTS PHUM KWBG KPAL IS ASEC
05JERUSALEM2673WB/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 14:55:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PBTS PHUM KWBG KPAL IS ASEC
05JERUSALEM2739WB/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 13:50:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PBTS PHUM KWBG KPAL IS ASEC
05JERUSALEM2786WB/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 16:05:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PBTS PHUM KWBG KPAL IS ASEC
05JERUSALEM2911WB/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 16:00:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PBTS PHUM KWBG CASC IS
05JERUSALEM2955WB/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 16:18:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PBTS PHUM KWBG CASC IS
05JERUSALEM2970WB/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 16:09:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PBTS PHUM KWBG CASC IS
05JERUSALEM3005WB/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 14:37:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PBTS PHUM KWBG CASC IS
05JERUSALEM3019WB/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 15:49:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PBTS PHUM KWBG CASC IS
05JERUSALEM3095WB/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 11:12:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PBTS PHUM KWBG KPAL IS ASEC
05JERUSALEM3181WB/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 14:10:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PBTS PHUM KWBG KPAL IS ASEC
05JERUSALEM3250WB/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 15:33:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PBTS PHUM KWBG KPAL IS ASEC
05JERUSALEM3317WB/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 05:58:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PBTS PHUM KWBG KPAL IS ASEC
05JERUSALEM3325WB/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 12:31:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PBTS PHUM KWBG KPAL IS ASEC
05JERUSALEM3557WB/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 16:18:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PBTS PHUM KWBG KPAL IS ASEC
05JERUSALEM3580WB/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 15:26:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PBTS PHUM KWBG KPAL IS ASEC
05JERUSALEM3626WB/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 15:08:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PBTS PHUM KWBG KPAL IS ASEC
05JERUSALEM3683WB/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 14:53:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PBTS PHUM KWBG KPAL IS ASEC
05JERUSALEM3701WB/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 15:16:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PBTS PHUM KWBG KPAL IS ASEC
05KUWAIT1497PRIME 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 12:50:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL PBTS KTIA MARR KU IZ UN KUWAIT IRAQ RELATIONS
05KUWAIT1777FOREIGN 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 14:13:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON PBTS KUNC KPAL IZ KU WOMEN POLITICAL RIGHTS KUWAIT IRAQ RELATIONS IRAN
05KUWAIT2551FM 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 16:06:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM EPET PBTS PGOV KU KGCC
05KUWAIT3037CFLCC/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 13:26:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYELTN KTIA MARR MOPS PBTS PGOV KU IZ
05KUWAIT3287JULY 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 13:37:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPBTS ASEC PREL IZ KU KUWAIT IRAQ RELATIONS
05KUWAIT3331KUWAITIS 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 16:00:00Embassy KuwaitSECRET//NOFORNPBTS PREL PGOV MOPS ASEC IR IZ KU KUWAIT IRAQ RELATIONS IRAN
05KUWAIT3396BORDER 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 15:39:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL PBTS PGOV ASEC IZ KU KUWAIT IRAQ RELATIONS
05KUWAIT3446KUWAITIS 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 10:25:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPBTS PGOV PREL ASEC IZ KU KUWAIT IRAQ RELATIONS
05KUWAIT3523GOK 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 15:20:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PBTS IZ KU KUWAIT IRAQ RELATIONS
05KUWAIT3565FM 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 15:49:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PBTS IZ KU KUWAIT IRAQ RELATIONS
05KUWAIT3652ONGOING 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 12:08:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL PBTS PGOV IZ KU KUWAIT IRAQ RELATIONS
05KUWAIT3755GOK 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 14:01:00Embassy KuwaitSECRETPBTS PREL PGOV MARR IZ KU UN
05KUWAIT3827FM 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 14:24:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPARM PGOV PREL PBTS IZ IR KU KUWAIT IRAN RELATIONS
05KUWAIT3835KUWAIT 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 04:58:00Embassy KuwaitSECRET//NOFORNPTER PREL PGOV MARR PBTS EFIN ASEC CVIS KU TERRORISM
05KUWAIT3851KUWAIT 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 13:32:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PBTS MARR IZ KU UN KUWAIT IRAQ RELATIONS
05KUWAIT3902FOREIGN 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 14:26:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPARM PGOV PREL PBTS IZ IR KU
05KUWAIT4116KUWAITI 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 11:24:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PBTS PHUM KWMN KISL SOCI OTRA PINR KU TERRORISM
05KUWAIT4333TOP 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 12:50:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PBTS IZ KU KUWAIT IRAQ RELATIONS
05KUWAIT4334KUWAITIS 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 13:33:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPARM PGOV PREL PBTS IZ IR KU KUWAIT IRAN RELATIONS
05KUWAIT4728BORDER 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 12:44:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPBTS PREL PGOV IZ KU UN
05KUWAIT4739INTERIOR MINISTER SAYS INFORMATION-SHARING KEY TO
[...] (C) Summary: During a November 12 meeting with Interior Minister Shaykh Nawaf Al-Sabah, the Ambassador stressed the needed to strengthen counterterrorism measures and said that better cooperation between the U.S. and Kuwait, as well as increased information-sharing, would help to prevent ter [...]
2005-11-13 07:40:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPTER PBTS PGOV PREL KU IZ
05LIMA5037CHILE-PERU MARITIME BOUNDARY - ECONOMIC STAKES
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Aside from national sovereignty, Peru's main interest in the disputed waters at the Chile/Peru border is the area's fishery. The approximately 14,600 square miles of disputed seas are rich in anchovies, but less so than further north, making the area probably more valuable to [...]
2005-11-28 17:53:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIALECON PREL CI MARR ETRD PBTS PINS PE
05LJUBLJANA164SLOVENIA: DELIVERY OF DEMARCHE ON GEORGIA'S
[...] No summary [...]
2005-03-11 10:17:00Embassy LjubljanaCONFIDENTIALPREL PBTS ZJ RS GG SI OSCE EUN
05MADRID992SPAIN: DEMARCHE ON GEORGIA'S BORDER MONITORING
[...] (C) Charge raised the issue of a Georgia Border Monitoring Organization (BMO) in a March 14 discussion with Rafael Dezcallar, MFA Director General for Foreign Policy, and Josep Pons, MFA Director General of Foreign Policy for Europe and North America. Dezcallar professed little knowledge of [...]
2005-03-15 15:03:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL ZJ RS GG PBTS EUN OSCE
05MANAMA692QATAR REPORTEDLY AGREES ON NATURAL GAS PIPELINE TO
[...] (U) The Bahrain press, quoting unnamed sources, reported May 5 that, after months of discussions, Qatar has agreed to supply Bahrain with natural gas via pipeline. One press source reported that the framework agreement called for expected imports of 500-1,000 million cubic feet per day over [...]
2005-05-15 08:00:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALENRG EPET ETTC PBTS BA
05MONTREAL110 HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS MEET SIX-HOUR DELAY AT
[...] Summary. On Sunday, January 30, 2005, fifteen busloads of U.S. high school students were delayed for six hours at the St. Bernard-Lacolle (Lacolle) port of entry (POE) into Canada. The students were headed for a ski weekend at Mt. Tremblant. The tour organizer believes his group was trapped [...]
2005-02-02 12:42:00Consulate MontrealUNCLASSIFIEDPBTS CASC ECON CA
05NEWDELHI5814INDIA AND NEPAL TO TEST BORDER CONTROLS
[...] (SBU) Summary: India and Nepal have agreed to a pilot program to check documents at only one border crossing as an experiment in increasing security along the 1,750 km open border. MEA officials downplayed the significance of the decision with us, pointing out that any substantial control ov [...]
2005-07-27 12:25:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PTER PGOV PBTS IN NP
05NEWDELHI5913INDIAN SUPREME COURT DEFENDS ASSAM AGAINST
[...] (C) Summary: Amidst continuing anguish over the growing number of illegal Bangladeshi immigrants in India, the Supreme Court on July 13 repealed the Illegal Migrants (Determination by Tribunals) (IMDT) Act in Assam, marking a victory for the BJP and Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) and paving the way [...]
2005-07-29 13:53:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PBTS PINS SMIG PREL BD IN
05NEWDELHI5925KASHMIRIS: INDIA NOW HOLDS ALL THE CARDS, BUT WILL
[...] (C) SUMMARY: A survey of Kashmiri political opinion in Srinagar, Jammu, and Delhi indicates a consensus that India is in a magisterial position right now: our contacts assess that India's strategic stock is secure and rising on the heels of the PM's visit to Washington; they agree the mood of [...]
2005-08-01 07:25:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER MOPS ECON ASEC PBTS IN PK
05NEWDELHI6150DELHI ON WARY TACK WITH ISLAMABAD, MULLING TALKS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Despite mounting political concern about increased infiltration across the Line of Control (LOC),and BJP sniping over the UPA government's failure to hold Pakistan accountable for terrorism in India, the GOI's top leadership has remained committed to forward progress in the Ind [...]
2005-08-08 15:06:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PBTS ECON PTER KDEM KISL MOPS PK IN INDO PAK
05NEWDELHI6312MEA ON PAKISTAN TALKS: SOME PROGRESS, MANY DOUBTS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: MEA Pakistan policy manager Dilip Sinha believes India and Pakistan made good but slow progress in their latest round of Composite Dialogue efforts, with a more constructive climate than earlier discussions. They agreed to extend the LOC ceasefire, establish nuclear hotlines, pre [...]
2005-08-12 13:53:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PBTS ECON ECIN ETRD MOPS IN PK AF INDO PAK
05NEWDELHI6339PM INDEPENDENCE DAY SPEECH: THE WORLD IS WATCHING
[...] (U) SUMMARY: In his second annual independence day speech to the nation, PM Manmohan Singh echoed themes from his recent address to the US Congress regarding India's rising economic power, its democratic credentials, its increasing engagement with the international system, and the need to ens [...]
2005-08-16 12:50:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECON EFIN PBTS EAID MOPS PTER IN
05NEWDELHI6414MEA UNSURPRISED BUT ANXIOUS IN REACTION TO BANGLA
[...] (C) Summary: The MEA told us that the few indicators so far available point to the Jamaat ul-Mujahidin Bangladesh as author of the August 17 bombing wave. The MEA further theorized that the terrorists' goal was to demonstrate organization and sophistication. Delhi views Bangladesh's terrori [...]
2005-08-18 16:09:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL PGOV MOPS PBTS ECON IN BD PK SA
05NEWDELHI6520ALL EYES ON UNGA SUMMIT AS INDO-PAK TALKS WRAP UP
[...] (C) Summary: Round Two of the Indo-Pakistan Composite Dialogue (CD) is drawing to a close with few concrete results, although the two sides managed to preserve a sense of forward movement, which reinforces the broad Indian public support for rapprochement with Pakistan. To facilitate dialogu [...]
2005-08-24 14:01:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PGOV ECON SNAR SCUL PBTS PINR IN PK INDO PAK UNGA
05NEWDELHI6595NEW DELHI NEPAL EXPERTS CALL FOR LONG-TERM STRATEGY
[...] (SBU) Summary: New Delhi-based Nepal experts representing a wide spectrum of viewpoints agreed that the international community must take a longer-term view of the crisis in Nepal, and argued the US must lead in any recasting of strategy, as New Delhi is handcuffed by conflicting domestic int [...]
2005-08-26 13:46:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL MASS KDEM PGOV MOPS PBTS IN NP
05NEWDELHI6694MEA EAGER TO WORK WITH US ON BANGLADESH AND SRI
[...] (C) Summary: In an August 31 meeting, new MEA Joint Secretary for Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Myanmar Mohan Kumar SIPDIS agreed to the need for greater information sharing and policy coordination between GOI and USG on Bangladesh and Sri Lanka. Stressing that Bangladesh is "India's most impo [...]
2005-08-31 14:14:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL PGOV MOPS PBTS ECON IN BD PK SA
05NEWDELHI6804INDIA WALKING IRAN TIGHTROPE
[...] (C) Summary: As Natwar Singh travels to Tehran September 2 to meet the new regime, India's overriding goal is securing energy, followed by preserving access to Afghanistan, maintaining influence in what India perceives as a swing state in the debate over Islam, and advancing other business relati [...]
2005-09-02 14:39:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ENRG PBTS IR IN
05NEWDELHI7092GOI MORE PESSIMISTIC THAN EVER ON NEPAL
[...] (C) Summary: MEA Joint Secretary (North) Ranjit Rae was less optimistic than ever that King Gyanendra would take steps to resolve the deteriorating political stalemate in Nepal. He told A/DCM and Poloff on September 12 that all Indian observers believe the King is in "self-destruct mode," an [...]
2005-09-13 10:55:00Embassy New DelhiSECRET//NOFORNPREL PTER PBTS MOPS MASS ECON IN NP
05NEWDELHI7400RISING BANGLADESHI MIGRATION IN INDIA AND THE
[...] (C) As India grows increasingly concerned about Islamic extremism in Bangladesh, there is a rising paranoia about the number of Bangladeshi migrants, the nature of a more radicalized Islam that they bring to border areas, and changes in political demographics in the Northeast. This problem i [...]
2005-09-22 11:41:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PBTS SMIG PTER BG IN
05NEWDELHI7794GOI J&K POINTMAN CAUTIOUSLY UPBEAT ON INDO-PAK,
[...] (C) Summary: In an October 4 meeting with visiting US Ambassador to Islamabad Ryan Crocker, GOI Interlocutor on Kashmir NN Vohra was generally upbeat on Indo-Pak relations and said that Islamabad is sending positive signals on Kashmir, but Musharraf is not doing enough to combat cross-border [...]
2005-10-06 11:37:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PGOV PBTS IN PK INDO PAK
05NEWDELHI7795DNSA NAMBIAR TO AMB CROCKER: PAKISTANI GLASS HALF
[...] (S) Summary: Playing bad cop, Deputy National Security Advisor Vijay Nambiar gave visiting US Ambassador to Pakistan a twenty minute assessment of Pakistani terrorists' ties to regional and global jehadi groups as a way of "balancing Musharraf's rhetoric." Bangladesh, he feared, was the new hub for [...]
2005-10-06 11:56:00Embassy New DelhiSECRETPREL PTER PGOV PBTS ECON MOPS PK IN INDO PAK
05NEWDELHI7880TFPK01: INDIA ANALYZING ITS NEEDS, ACKNOWLEDGES US
[...] (U) Please see Action Request in Para 4 below. 2. (SBU) In a meeting October 10 with Indian Foreign Secretary Shyam Saran (other topics reported septel),the SIPDIS Ambassador conveyed to India the condolences of the United States for the loss of life and injuries sustained as a result o [...]
2005-10-10 09:50:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAEMR ASEC KISL PREL PGOV EAID PBTS PK IN US
05NEWDELHI7910TFPK01: India Sitrep Oct. 11, 2005
[...] (U) The following is an update on salient events in India since the October 8 earthquake. 2. (U) Death toll: "The Hindu" of Oct. 11 reports 927 are dead in Indian Jammu and Kashmir (J&K). The J&K government doesn't expect the death toll to go above 1100 because only 180 more are considered [...]
2005-10-11 12:33:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDAEMR KISL PTER PGOV EAID PBTS PK IN
05NEWDELHI7984TFPK01: India Sitrep Oct. 14, 2005
[...] (U) The following is the final India sitrep of events related to the October 8 earthquake. 2. (U) Death toll: Contradicting October 13 media reports of 1400 dead, the Press Information Bureau (PIB) of the Government of India (GOI) reports 1178 civilians and 85 Security Forces are dead in Ja [...]
2005-10-14 09:40:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDAEMR KISL PTER PGOV EAID PBTS PK IN
05NEWDELHI7990TFPK01: KASHMIRIS SEEK LOWERING OF BORDERS AS
[...] (C) Summary: PM Singh and the senior Indian leadership have moved swiftly following the October 8 earthquake to show Kashmiris that India shares their grief and would help them, but relief efforts have been slow to reach some areas. The quake is having its impact in Kashmiri politics, too, wit [...]
2005-10-14 10:55:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV EAID AEMR KISL PTER PBTS PK IN
05NEWDELHI7992TFPK01: India Sitrep Oct. 14, 2005
[...] The following is the final India sitrep of events related to the October 8 earthquake. 2. Death toll: Contradicting October 13 media reports of 1400 dead, the Press Information Bureau (PIB) of the Government of India (GOI) reports 1178 civilians and 85 Security Forces are dead in Jammu an [...]
2005-10-14 10:57:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDAEMR KISL PTER PGOV EAID PBTS PK IN
05NEWDELHI8012MEA LARGELY UPBEAT ON INDO-PAK, BUT QUAKE NO
[...] (C) Summary: In an October 14 meeting with PolCouns and Poloff, MEA Joint Secretary (Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iran) Dilip Sinha judged that it was too soon to assess the damage the October 8 earthquake dealt to terrorism in Kashmir, although he cautioned that the terrorists' setbacks may only [...]
2005-10-14 14:26:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER MOPS ENRG PBTS ETRD IN PK INDO PAK
05NEWDELHI8120INDO-PAK "DISASTER DIPLOMACY" SOFTENING BORDERS
[...] (C) Summary: Terrorism aside (Ref A),the diplomatic vibes of disaster diplomacy are resonating well in India. The GOI warmly welcomed Musharraf's October 18 decision to permit "any amount" of Kashmiris from J&K to cross the LoC into Pakistani Kashmir to assist with earthquake reconstruction [...]
2005-10-19 11:56:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR EAID ECPS PBTS IN PK INDO PAK
05NEWDELHI8163USG QUAKE ASSISTANCE CAN HELP BUILD GOODWILL IN J&K
[...] (SBU) Summary: The October 8 earthquake that carved a path of destruction through Kashmir continues to claim lives as the death toll continues to rise. A USAID/OFDA team completed a rapid assessment in J&K (Ref A) and reports more extensive damage and a slower humanitarian assistance respons [...]
2005-10-20 12:50:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV EAID AEMR KISL PTER PBTS IN PK US
05NEWDELHI8510DESPITE TERROR BLAST, NEW KASHMIR CHIEF MINISTER
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Despite a suicide car bombing that killed five, Cabinet Affairs Minister and Sonia Gandhi close aide Ghulam Nabi Azad became Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir November 2, as per a 2003 power-sharing agreement between Congress and former Chief Minister Mufti Mohammed Sayeed's PD [...]
2005-11-04 09:53:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV KISL KDEM PHUM PBTS PTER ASEC PK IN
05NEWDELHI8715INDIANS WORRIED ABOUT NEW TERROR BLASTS AND
[...] (S) SUMMARY. In a disturbing up-tick in the level of terrorist violence in India, a car bomb blast in Srinagar on November 16 killed four and injured 56, including a former insurgent who changed sides and served for a period as a Kashmiri state minister. This was the third such deadly terror [...]
2005-11-16 17:13:00Embassy New DelhiSECRETPTER PREL PGOV KISL PBTS KCRM ASEC IN
05NEWDELHI8750FS SARAN GIVES AMBASSADOR MORIARTY READOUT OF
[...] Summary (C) In a 16 November meeting, Indian Foreign Secretary Saran and visiting Ambassador Moriarty discussed SIPDIS the worrying political climate in Nepal. The Ambassador described options for increasing pressure on the King to reach out to Nepalese political parties to counter growing [...]
2005-11-17 13:48:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PBTS PGOV MOPS ECON IN
05NEWDELHI8751KASHMIRIS QUIETLY APPRECIATIVE OF INDIAN ARMY AND
[...] (C) Summary: Indian Kashmiris have been quietly appreciative of the way the Army, J&K state government, Indian NGOs, and Indian businesses and citizens provided relief following the October 8 earthquake. Immediately following the quake, soldiers threw themselves into rescue efforts and opene [...]
2005-11-17 15:44:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PBTS KISL PTER EAID MOPS PK IN
05NEWDELHI8791INDIANS WORRY LASHKAR TERRORISTS ARE THRIVING IN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Apprehension is mounting in India about Pakistan-based terrorist groups' exploitation of relief efforts to enhance their capabilities, recruitment, and operations against India. Indians are also noticing with alarm that terror groups such as the Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) and Jammat- [...]
2005-11-18 12:43:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL PBTS KISL MOPS PINS EAID ASEC PK IN
05NEWDELHI8845INDIA DOUBTS NEPALESE MAOIST/POLITICAL PARTY
[...] (C) Summary: Recent press reports of a breakthrough between Nepalese Maoists and political parties are not true, outgoing MEA Joint Secretary (North) Ranjit Rae insisted on November 22, acknowledging nonetheless that the two sides have met in Delhi to discuss a solution to the ongoing crisis. [...]
2005-11-22 15:34:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PBTS PGOV MOPS ECON IN NP
05NEWDELHI8933INDIA COMMITTED TO RE-BUILD AFGHANISTAN DESPITE
[...] (U) Anger in India is mounting following the November 19 kidnapping and subsequent murder by the Taliban of MR Kutty, one of 290 Border Roads Organization employees who have been working on the GOI-funded Zaranj-Delaram road in Nimruz Province, Afghanistan. The discovery of Kutty's throat-sli [...]
2005-11-25 12:13:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL EAID MARR MASS PBTS AF IN PK
05NEWDELHI9008MEA SHARES INDIAN INTEL BLAMING LET FOR DIWALI
[...] (S) Summary: Following up on MEA Additional Secretary Meera Shankar's November 14 assurance that the Indian government would share with us information regarding the October 29 Diwali bombings (Ref B),MEA Joint Secretary (Americas) S Jaishankar on November 29 confirmed to Charge and Poloff th [...]
2005-11-29 13:16:00Embassy New DelhiSECRETPTER PREL PINS EFIN KCRM KTFN PBTS PK IN TS GOI
05NEWDELHI9031KASHMIRI LEADERS SHARE PERSPECTIVES WITH CODEL
[...] (SBU) Kashmiri political leaders and human rights advocates described in differing viewpoints the problems facing Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) and emphasized the need for redoubled peace efforts between India and Pakistan during a November 28 meeting with CODEL Burton and embassy officers. Mirwa [...]
2005-11-30 11:27:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER KISL PBTS PHUM OREP IN PK
05NEWDELHI9164FS SARAN CALLS FOR ENHANCED BHUTAN TIES
[...] (C) Summary: India and Bhutan have a vital stake in each other's well-being and greater economic, security and cultural ties will benefit both countries, Foreign Secretary Shyam Saran argued during an unusual December 3 seminar focused on Bhutan. Underlining the growing GOI concern about con [...]
2005-12-05 14:19:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGREL PBTS ECIN ETRD PREF PTER PGOV IN BT NP
05NEWDELHI9207IN DIVIDED PUNJAB, DIPLOMACY DANCES TO A BHANGRA
[...] (SBU) Summary: Drawn together by shared historical, cultural, and ethno-linguistic ties, the Indian state of Punjab and Pakistan's Punjab province continue to forge deeper relations even as Delhi-Islamabad rapprochement has slowed. This message details recent progress in people-to-people con [...]
2005-12-06 13:10:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PBTS SCUL IN PK
05NEWDELHI9409GOI INTERESTED IN US SPONSORED IMO DONOR CONFERENCE
[...] (U) Poloff delivered Ref A demarche to MEA D/S (Disarmament and International Security) Naveen Srivastava, who commented that the Ministry of Defense had indicated interest in such a conference. 2. (C) PolCouns followed up with Joint Secretary (DISA) Hamid Ali Rao on December 14, who also [...]
2005-12-14 13:23:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPHSA PBTS EWWT PTER GM IN KS
05OTTAWA1819DEVILS LAKE, ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE WEIGHS IN
[...] Summary: In a press conference on June 14 the House of Commons Environment Committee called on the federal government to act decisively and exhaust "all diplomatic and/or legal options" to stop the Devils Lake outlet from commencing operation until it has been reviewed by the IJC. The Committe [...]
2005-06-15 20:20:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIEDSENV PBTS CA
05OTTAWA1869CANADIAN REQUEST FOR TRANSIT RIGHTS THROUGH U.S.
[...] (U) This is an action request: see paragraph 5. 2. (SBU) Embassy Ottawa received a diplomatic note dated June 20, 2005 from Foreign Affairs Canada. The note provides details of Canadian plans to deploy three joint RCMP/Canadian Coast Guard vessels on the Great Lakes and the Saint Lawrence [...]
2005-06-21 17:58:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM EWWT PBTS PHSA PREL CA
05OTTAWA1910 Canadian Border Patrol idea gains support from Senate
[...] (SBU) Summary: The National Security and Defence Committee of the Senate of Canada suggests that a Canadian Border Patrol might be necessary. The committee also supports arming all Customs Officers at ports of entry. The backing of this Senate committee provides a high visibility boost to [...]
2005-06-23 18:25:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD ELTN ASEC PBTS CA
05OTTAWA2082 Possible shift in GoC position on Canadian Border
[...] (U) Summary: According to reports from the Customs Officers' union, CEUDA, the Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness Anne McLellan and her senior staff are warming to the idea of enhancing Customs Officers' law enforcement role and presence at and between ports of entry. If accu [...]
2005-07-08 20:29:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD ELTN ASEC PBTS CA
05OTTAWA2128CANADIAN - U.S. DISCUSSION ON MARITIME TRANSIT
[...] (SBU) Summary: A U.S. delegation headed by USCG Rear Admiral Sirois met July 11, 2005 with Canadian officials to discuss the US/Canada Great Lakes shiprider proposal and a recent Canadian request for Canadian Coast Guard (CCG) vessels with armed RCMP officers embarked to transit US waters dur [...]
2005-07-14 13:07:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNEWWT KCRM PBTS PHSA PREL CA
05OTTAWA2344CANADA GIVES POSITIVE SOUNDINGS ON GREAT LAKES
[...] (SBU) Summary: After meeting with a U.S. Shiprider team on July 28 and offering positive soundings on a way to move forward on the two-week proof of concept phase of the program, GOC lawyers and operators met August 2 and agreed to continue joint planning for a possible program in September-O [...]
2005-08-03 20:54:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PREL EWWT PBTS CA MOPS
05OTTAWA3069 Hurricane Katrina and Canadian Response; Lessons
[...] Summary: Operational linkages between DHS and Canada's Public Safety Ministry (PSEPC) worked reasonably well as Canada responded to provide relief in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. But, to make those connections even more effective, Canada would like to have a DHS Liaison Officer stationed at [...]
2005-10-13 19:10:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIEDPBTS PGOV PREL PINS CA
05PARAMARIBO843SURINAME ILL-PREPARED ON EVE OF CSME
[...] In a special meeting on Saturday December 17, Suriname's Council of Ministers voted to remove all remaining legal restrictions to Suriname joining the CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME). This came exactly two weeks before the December 31 deadline set by CARICOM members five years ago t [...]
2005-12-29 18:34:00Embassy ParamariboUNCLASSIFIEDELAB PBTS PGOV PREL SCUL SMIG TBIO SENV NS
05PARIS1032UNESCO SCIENCE SECTOR LAUNCHES CAPACITY
[...] SUMMARY AND INTRODUCTION: SINCE THE U.S. RE-ENTRY, USDEL HAS ENCOURAGED UNESCO TO ASSUME A LEADERSHIP ROLE IN PROMOTING CAPACITY BUILDING FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT. THIS STRATEGY HAS MET WITH SUCCESS. IN A LETTER TO AMBASSADOR OLIVER, UNESCO NATURAL SCIENCES SECTOR DIRECTOR ERDELEN ANNOU [...]
2005-02-17 17:21:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDKTIA OPDC PHSA PBTS IHO KSI UNESCO
05PARIS1178FRENCH HAVE NOT RECEIVED RUSSIAN PROPOSAL ON
[...] No summary [...]
2005-02-24 14:35:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM PBTS MD FR OSCE
05PARIS1611FRANCE "CAUTIOUS" ON EU-LED BMO MISSION, RECEIVE
[...] (C) Pierre Cochard, DAS-equivalent for Russia and the former Soviet states, told Poloff March 10 that France was not firmly opposed to a EU-led BMO in Georgia, but that it was being "cautious" based on the swirl of other options available and ESDP funding constraints. Cochard bemoaned the lac [...]
2005-03-10 17:04:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PBTS RS GG MD FR OSCE
05PARIS1733FRANCE "CAUTIOUS" ON EU-LED BMO MISSION
[...] No summary [...]
2005-03-15 17:44:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL ZJ RS GG PBTS FR EUN OSCE
05PARIS2415UNESCO/International Oceanographic Commission
[...] SUMMARY and Introduction: The Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) convened The International Coordination Meeting for the development of a Tsunami Warning and Mitigation System for the Indian Ocean within a Global Framework, at UNESCO Headquarters in Paris, 3-8 March 2005. The m [...]
2005-04-11 10:58:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDTPHY AORC OTRA PBTS WWT UNESCO
05PARIS2831UNESCO/INTERNATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHIC COMMISSION
[...] Summary and Introduction: The Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC)convened The International Coordination Meeting for the development of a Tsunami Warning and Mitigation System for the Indian Ocean within a Global Framework, at UNESCO Headquarters in Paris, 3-8 March 2005. The me [...]
2005-04-26 16:18:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDTPHY AORC OTRA PBTS WWT UNESCO
05PARIS3024USUNESCO -- UNESCO 171st EXECUTIVE BOARD:
[...] Summary and Comment: The U.S. draft decision establishing a cross-sector capacity building program was adopted, to general acclaim, at the 171st meeting of UNESCO's Executive Board. The resolution, the first presented by the U.S. since reentry, was co-sponsored by twenty-one other member st [...]
2005-05-04 12:17:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDKTIA OPDC PHSA PBTS IHO KSI UNESCO
05PARIS3484USUNESCO - INTERNATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHIC
[...] (SBU) Summary: International Oceanographic Commission (IOC) Executive Secretary Patricio Bernal on April 29 outlined the IOC's plans for implementation and funding of an Indian Ocean tsunami warning system in an April 29 meeting with OSTP Officer Gene Whitney and USUNESCO science officer. H [...]
2005-05-20 14:45:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTPHY AORC OTRA PBTS EAID SENV WWT KSCI UNESCO
05PARIS3488UNESCO SCIENCE SECTOR OUTLINES POTENTIAL AREAS
[...] Summary: OSTP Officer Gene Whitney met on April 29 with leaders of UNESCO's Natural Sciences Sector. These discussions focused on the new capacity building unit (refs A and B),as well as on potential areas for U.S. engagement in the natural sciences, as follows: -- Assistant Director Gen [...]
2005-05-20 15:51:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDKTIA OPDC PHSA PBTS EAID IHO KSI UNESCO
05PARIS3546USUNESCO: TAIWAN SEEKS PARTICIPATION IN
[...] Summary and action request: the Taiwan representative's office in France has requested U.S. support for its efforts to participate in planning for a tsunami early warning system under the auspices of the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC). Taiwan has written to IOC officials e [...]
2005-05-24 13:03:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDTPHY AORC EWWT PBTS EAID SENV TW KSCI UNESCO
05PARIS4310USUNESCO: INTERNATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHIC
[...] Summary: In the run-up to the June 21-29 IOC Assembly, IOC Executive Secretary Patricio Bernal and Capacity Building Unit Chief Erlich Desa outlined the IOC's capacity building program for permanent delegations to UNESCO. The DCM and the Science Officer of the US Mission attended one in a s [...]
2005-06-17 15:36:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDTPHY AORC PBTS EAID SENV WWT KSCI UNESCO
05PARIS5004MFA UNCERTAIN ON TRANSNISTRIA CONFERENCE,
[...] (C) Summary: In a meeting July 18 with POL M/C and Poloff, Jean-Francois Terral, the MFA's A/S-equivalent for the Balkans, Russia and the former Soviet space, said France was studying our ref A demarche supporting a multilateral conference on the Transnistria conflict, but was uncertain of its [...]
2005-07-19 15:04:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALOPDC PARM PBTS PHUM PREL PGOV MD FR UZ EUN OSCE
05PARIS546FRENCH VIEWS ON BAKASSI, CAMEROON ECONOMIC
[...] (C) During Ambassador Marquardt's Paris consultations January 28, Michel de Bonnecorse, President Chirac's advisor on African affairs, stressed the importance of persuading Nigerian President Obasanjo to comply with the ICJ ruling on Bakassi. 2. (C) Bonnecorse said that at the Francophonie [...]
2005-01-28 17:53:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PBTS CM NI FR
05PARIS7587 USUNESCO: UNESCO BASIC SCIENCES DIVISION
[...] SUMMARY. On November 3, Mission staff attended an informal UNESCO panel discussion "60 Minutes on the Advancement of Scientific Knowledge," presented by the Basic Sciences Division of the Science Sector. This was one of a series of talks to mark the organization's 60th anniversary. While th [...]
2005-11-07 14:33:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDKTIA OPDC PHSA PBTS IHO KSI UNESCO
05QUEBEC109CONSUL GENERAL ATTENDS ARCTIC NUNAVUT TRADE SHOW, MAY 10-12
[...] Summary: Quebec City Consul General Friedman, whose consular district includes the Canadian Arctic Territory of Nunavut, attended the annual Nunavut trade show in Iqaluit, May 10-12. Over the course of the trade show, she discussed with Nunavut businesses as well as GOC and GON officials inv [...]
2005-06-28 18:09:00Consulate QuebecUNCLASSIFIEDBBSR ECON ETRD EINV EIND SENV PBTS CA
05QUITO2678ECUADOR TO COOPERATE ON ANTI-SMUGGLING CASES
[...] (U) Summary: Ecuador's top officials committed to working with U.S. law enforcement authorities to slow illegal immigration and put alien smugglers behind bars during a November 16-18 visit by DOJ prosecutors and DHS agents. The visit came just days after Ecuadorian police arrested a couple a [...]
2005-11-25 12:31:00Embassy QuitoCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNKCRM PHUM PREL SMIG PBTS PGOV
05RABAT1052WESTERN SAHARA: ECONOMIC CONSIDERATIONS
[...] (C) Summary: The economy of Western Sahara is based almost entirely on fishing for export, which employs two-thirds of the local workforce, along with small bits of mining, agriculture and tourism. Existing infrastructure is good and cash flow is buoyed by a large military presence, tax brea [...]
2005-05-18 15:31:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALECON EFIS ETRD MO PGOV PINR PREL WS EINV PBTS
05RABAT1061MOROCCO ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS
[...] A flurry of construction near key Morocco-Algeria border points is leading to speculation that the border will be opened as early as the end of May. Algerian Minister of Agriculture Said Barkat paid an official visit to Morocco last month, visiting Morocco's locust control center in Agadir a [...]
2005-05-19 08:52:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIEDECON PBTS EPET ENRG ELTN MO MOROCCO ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS
05RABAT1115WESTERN SAHARA: MINURSO SAYS GOM HOLDING UP CBMS
[...] (C) MINURSO Chief of Staff Philippe Elghouayel told A/DCM May 27 that the UN was in the unusual position of having adequate funding (thanks in part to the US contribution of USD 700,000, A/DCM noted) to go forward with confidence-building measures in the Western Sahara but lacked a green ligh [...]
2005-05-27 14:31:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALMO PBTS PREL
05RABAT1118WESTERN SAHARA: POLICE USE VIOLENCE TO PUT DOWN
[...] (SBU) Summary: Embassy contacts in Laayoune confirm news reports that significant demonstrations have taken place in Laayoune between May 21-25. More than twenty persons have reportedly been arrested and as many are reported to be injured, some seriously. Large numbers of police and milita [...]
2005-05-27 17:47:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALKPKO MO PBTS PHUM PREL
05RABAT1129WESTERN SAHARA: UPDATE ON DEMONSTRATIONS
[...] (C) Summary: Spanish FM Moratinos reached out to both Moroccans and Algerians in an attempt to restore "calm" to the situation in the Western Sahara, holding separate bilateral meetings with GOM and GOA officials in Luxembourg May 30, and indicated his government's intention to stay engaged in [...]
2005-05-31 17:11:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALKPKO MO PBTS PHUM PREL
05RABAT1177POLISARIO SELLING OIL EXPLORATION PERMITS IN
[...] (C) Summary: The Polisario "government" of the putative Saharawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR) has issued a call for bids on oil exploration licenses over the length of the Western Sahara territory, including offshore zones where U.S. firm Kerr McGee has been operating under Moroccan licenses [...]
2005-06-07 19:01:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALEPET PBTS MO WS
05RABAT1721WESTERN SAHARA CBMS: MORE BACK AND FORTH
[...] (C) Summary: MFA Director of Multilateral Affairs Mohamed Loulichki (tapped to be Morocco's next Ambassador in Geneva) briefed Polcouns August 15 on the substance of the GOM's proposed reply to UNHCR concerning the confidence-building measures (in particular the family visit program) for the [...]
2005-08-16 18:50:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALMO PBTS PHUM PREL
05RABAT1767SENATOR LUGAR'S MEETING WITH KING MOHAMMED
[...] (C) Summary: Senator Lugar met for 40 minutes with King Mohammed the afternoon of August 19 in Tetouan, northern Morocco. The King thanked Senator Lugar for US intervention in freeing the remaining POWs from Tindouf. Lugar encouraged the King to use the release as an opportunity to make pr [...]
2005-08-23 07:30:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALECON ETRD MO PBTS PGOV PHUM PREL MAS
05RABAT1821DRAMA IN AGADIR: RECAPPING THE POW RELEASE
[...] (C) The two US charter aircraft carrying the final 404 Moroccan POWs held by the Polisario touched down at Agadir Airport shortly after 7:30 pm local time on August 18. Arrayed at the bottom of the stairs to greet the POWs as they came off the aircraft were Foreign Minister Benaissa, Minister [...]
2005-08-29 17:44:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALMO PBTS PHUM PREL
05RABAT2008WESTERN SAHARA: EMBASSY RABAT VIEWS ON NEXT STEPS
[...] (C) The August 18 release of the remaining 404 Moroccan POWs from Tindouf closed an important humanitarian file in the Western Sahara conflict. In Morocco, the United States gained considerable goodwill from our involvement in the effort; in fact, we believe this is certainly one of the most [...]
2005-09-23 14:36:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALMO PBTS PHUM PREL
05RABAT2015SAHRAWI PRISONERS: SEPTEMBER 23 UPDATE
[...] (C) On September 23, Poloff contacted Assia El Ouadia, member of the Consultative Council for Human Rights (CCDH) and the Mohamed VI Foundation for the Integration of Former Prisoners. Ouadia accompanied Chawki Benyoub, who heads the CCDH committee on "Control of Violations in Moroccan Pris [...]
2005-09-23 17:53:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PBTS PREL MO
05RABAT2016MOROCCO POLITICAL HIGHLIGHTS
[...] Table of Contents - King Mohammed Shows He's a Man of the People - Swedish MPs Visit Laayoune - Socialist Alliance Holds Town Meetings in Western Sahara - PJD Organizes "Brotherhood Caravan" - Drug Seizure in the North -------------------------------------------- KING MOHAMMED [...]
2005-09-23 18:06:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PBTS SNAR MO
05RABAT2032SAHRAWI PRISONERS: THE MFA RESPONDS
[...] (C) Summary and Comment: On the evening of September 23, the MFA passed us the following document concerning the status of the Sahrawi prisoners discussed reftel. The document is entitled "Elements of Information Relating to the Campaign Orchestrated by Algeria and the Polisario on the Cond [...]
2005-09-26 16:26:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALMO PBTS PHUM PREL
05RABAT2218WESTERN SAHARA: LETTER TO SECRETARY RICE FROM
[...] (U) This cable is sensitive but unclassified, protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) The evening of October 25, emboffs met with 10 Sahrawi dissidents in Laayoune, Western Sahara, as part of our regular reporting and fact-finding visits to the territory (details of the discussion to follow septel [...]
2005-10-27 16:47:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPBTS PHUM PINR MO
05RABAT2227EQUITY AND RECONCILIATION COMMISSION: AN UPDATE
[...] (C) Summary: Poloff met with Dr. Abdelhay Moudden, a member of the Equity and Reconciliation Commission (IER),on October 19 to discuss developments within the IER. Moudden was forthcoming and pleased with the progress of the IER. He believes the IER to be pivotal in Morocco's reform proce [...]
2005-10-28 17:06:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALPHUM PINR PBTS MO
05RABAT2228MOROCCO POLITICAL HIGHLIGHTS
[...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (U) Table of Contents - Morocco Calls Amnesty International Report on Sub- Saharans "Biased" - Driss Basri Speaks Out on Immigration Issue - UGTM Leader Under Fire - Interior Ministry Requests Mayors Cu [...]
2005-10-31 07:32:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PBTS PHUM MO
05RABAT2231ICRC BRIEFS ON LATEST HUMANITARIAN ACTIVITIES IN
[...] (C) Summary: ICRC Regional Delegate Bernard Pfefferle met with Poloffs October 27 to review humanitarian issues concerning the Western Sahara and to update us on ICRC activities in Morocco. Pfefferle said the ICRC was somewhat put off by Moroccan insistence, conveyed in a meeting between MF [...]
2005-10-31 11:04:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALMO PGOV PHUM PREL PBTS
05RABAT2389MOROCCO POLITICAL HIGHLIGHTS
[...] (SBU) Contents - Israeli Participation in EuroMed Assembly Sparks Controversy - Mauritanian President Receives Warm Welcome by the King - Morocco Renews Demand for Release of Moroccan Hostages in Iraq - Morocco-South African Relations Still in the Tank - Istiqlal Opts for Socialist A [...]
2005-11-28 17:52:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALMO PBTS PGOV PHUM PREL
05RABAT2475WESTERN SAHARA: GOM DEFENDS ITS ACTIONS
[...] (C) Summary: During a December 1 meeting with the Ambassador, Deputy FM Fassi Fihri defended recent Moroccan actions in the Western Sahara, stressing that the GOM was responding appropriately to violent acts by demonstrators. He fended off any suggestion that demonstrators were rounded up me [...]
2005-12-13 10:08:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALAG MO PBTS PGOV PHUM PREL
05ROME2310ITALY OPEN TO MULTILATERAL CONFERENCE ON
[...] No summary [...]
2005-07-11 13:02:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALOPDC PARM PBTS PHUM PREL PGOV MD IT EUN OSCE
05ROME921ITALY SUPPORTS ENHANCED EU PRESENCE ON
[...] (C) As reported ref b, MFA EU CFSP Director Luigi Mattiolo told poloff March 11 that the EU strategy at the moment would be to reinforce the office of the recently created EU Special Representative for the Caucuses, to include the 6 trainers mentioned in ref a. He underlined that this was an [...]
2005-03-17 17:24:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL ZJ RS CG PBTS IT EUN OSCE
05SANAA131YEMEN CLOSES ITS AIRSPACE FOR TWO DAYS OVER
[...] THIS IS AN ACTION MESSAGE, PLEASE SEE PARAGRAPH 8. 2. Summary: The Yemeni Civil Aviation and Meteorology Authority (CAMA) denied U.S. military aircraft clearances on January 21 and 22, due to a dispute simmering for at least eight years regarding overflight and landing fees. After a meet [...]
2005-03-04 13:02:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR KREC KSEP MARR MOPS PREL YM PBTS
05SANJOSE1746BORDER DISPUTE WITH NICARAGUA THREATENS TO FLARE
[...] (C) In an August 1 meeting with Charge and acting DCM, Foreign Minister Roberto Tovar said that the dispute over the navigational rights of Costa Rican police on the San Juan River threatens again to disrupt relations between Costa Rica and Nicaragua. Tovar noted that the three-year "truce" o [...]
2005-08-04 14:46:00Embassy San JoseCONFIDENTIALPBTS PREL PINR ETRD CS NU
05SANJOSE2131COSTA RICA TO ATTEMPT TWO-YEAR STOPGAP ACCORD ON
[...] (C) As the clock ticks down on a three-year "truce" on the San Juan River dispute between Costa Rica and Nicaragua, Foreign Minister Roberto Tovar on September 8 told Charge that he will propose a new two-year stopgap agreement. He said Costa Rica, however, will demand in the new agreement so [...]
2005-09-12 23:11:00Embassy San JoseCONFIDENTIALPBTS PREL PINR ETRD CS NU
05SANJOSE2249COSTA RICA'S POSITION PAPER ON THE BORDER DISPUTE
[...] (C) While Costa Rican Foreign Minister Roberto Tovar and Nicaraguan Foreign Minister Norman Caldera met in San Jose September 27 to discuss the San Juan River border dispute, the Costa Rican MFA sent the following position paper to the U.S. and British (as current EU president) embassies. The [...]
2005-09-28 10:13:00Embassy San JoseCONFIDENTIALPBTS PREL PINR ETRD CS NU
05SANJOSE2265FOREIGN MINISTER TOVAR BRIEFS DIPLOMATIC CORPS ON
[...] (C) Summary: Foreign Minsiter Tovar told diplomats in San Jose that Costa Rica had no alternative to filing a case in the ICJ to vindicate its rights to free navigation on the San Juan River. He said that going to the court was not a hostile or unfriendly act and that retaliation on the part o [...]
2005-09-29 23:21:00Embassy San JoseCONFIDENTIALPBTS PREL PINR ETRD CS NU
05SANTIAGO1551CHILE AND PERU RENEW "2 PLUS 2" TALKS
[...] (SBU) On July 6 Chilean and Peruvian Defense and Foreign Ministers met for the second time in the "2 plus 2" process meant to build mutual confidence and military cooperation between the two countries. Peruvian President Alejandro Toledo was visibly supportive of the process, receiving the f [...]
2005-07-19 15:55:00Embassy SantiagoCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR PBTS PE CI
05TEGUCIGALPA2044 Honduran Gasoline Price Freeze Extended; More
[...] (U) Summary: The Honduran "notables" committee selected to review gas prices and investigate short and long term solutions has recommended continuing the current price freeze until October 16. What group will pay the estimated $250,000 USD per day differential is still in doubt. Pressure to f [...]
2005-10-04 20:42:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDEPET ENRG EINV ECON PGOV PBTS HO
05TEGUCIGALPA2338MARITIME DISPUTE BETWEEN HONDURAS AND NICARAGUA
[...] (U) Summary - The long standing maritime territorial dispute between Honduras and Nicaragua has gained prominence recently, with a decision in the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague not expected until 2006. This territory has been sharply disputed since the 1980s with intention [...]
2005-11-17 17:01:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPBTS PREL PGOV MOPS ECON EFIS EPET PINR HO
05TEGUCIGALPA893 SEAS WITHOUT FRONTIERS; OIL DRILLING WITHOUT FEARS:
[...] On April 18th, Mexico and Honduras signed a maritime delimitation treaty for waters in the Caribbean. Both countries agreed to share all information that will assist in finding petroleum deposits and to formalize an agreement for an efficient and equitable exploitation of such deposits. Forei [...]
2005-04-27 16:59:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDPBTS PREL PGOV ECON EPET EWWT SENV SNAR MX HO
05TELAVIV2654PLANNING FOR MA'ALE ADUMIM/E1 REPORTEDLY CONTINUES
[...] (S) Summary: The GOI continues its planning for the E1 region of the Ma'ale Adumim settlement in the West Bank. Brigadier General (res) Baruch Spiegel, Ministry of Defense Advisor, in an aside told the DCM on April 20 that "there are very strong interests here in Israel" to move forward with [...]
2005-04-28 14:09:00Embassy Tel AvivSECRETPREL PBTS KWBG IS SETTLEMENTS
05TELAVIV4294HOUSING MINISTRY DETAILS MEASURES TO HALT
[...] (C) Summary: Dr. Chaim Fialkoff, Senior Deputy Director General for Planning and Coordination at the Ministry of Construction and Housing (MOCH) provided details on MOCH,s reported halt in settler construction in the West Bank. According to Fialkoff, the MOCH halted 51 settler construction pr [...]
2005-07-11 14:01:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALIS KWBG PBTS PGOV PREL SETTLEMENTS
05TELAVIV6606UNSCO DE SOTO URGING ISRAELIS TO TURN OVER
[...] (C) In a discussion about recent Hizballah-IDF clashes along the Israel-Lebanon border, UN Special Coordinator (UNSCO) Alvara de Soto told the Ambassador at mid-day November 22 that: -- he has helped to broker a "fragile cease-fire" that has led to a momentary calm along the Israel-Lebanon b [...]
2005-11-22 13:20:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PINR MARR PTER PBTS MOPS PINS KPKO LE COUNTERTERRORISM GOI EXTERNAL
05TELAVIV6628ISRAELI NSA EILAND ON HAMAS IN ELECTIONS, PEACE
[...] (C) Israeli National Security Adviser Giora Eiland told NEA DAS Robert Danin November 18 that Hamas will continue to honor the tadiyah ("calm") as long as it believes it serves its interests. Eiland said the calm could be extended through Israeli general elections scheduled for March 2006, or [...]
2005-11-23 12:55:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PBTS PGOV PINS PREF PTER ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS COUNTERTERRORISM
05THEHAGUE1556NETHERLANDS/VENEZUELA/ANTILLES: POTENTIAL DUTCH
[...] No summary [...]
2005-06-03 13:33:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL PBTS PINS MARR SNAR NL NA VE
05THEHAGUE2515STATUS OF BEMBE EXTRADITION
[...] (C) Summary: The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has not taken a formal position on the Bembe extradition case but is clearly uncomfortable with several aspects of it. A senior MFA official told Charge September 14 the ministry's role to date has been limited to providing factual information to [...]
2005-09-15 10:10:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPBTS PREL XA AO NL KPAO
05THEHAGUE2556BEMBE EXTRADITION DEMARCHE DELIVERED
[...] (C) Summary: According to Renee Jones-Bos, Director General for Regional and Consular Affairs at the Dutch MFA, the MFA expects to limit its role in the Bembe extradition to responding to specific questions posed by the court during Bembe's September 13 hearing and will not take a political p [...]
2005-09-20 16:44:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALKPAO AO NL PBTS XA PREL
05THEHAGUE2693NETHERLANDS/ANGOLA: COURT SEEKS MORE INFORMATION
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Hague District court adjourned the extradition hearings for Antonio Bento Bembe until November 14 and asked the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) to provide additional clarification of the circumstances under which Bembe came to the Hague. If the court finds that the [...]
2005-10-06 10:19:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALKPAO PBTS XA PREL AO NL
05THEHAGUE3380NETHERLANDS/EU: DUTCH VIEWS ON TURKEY, ENERGY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On December 13, EUR DAS Matthew Bryza discussed Turkey, Energy Security, and the European Neighborhood Policy (ENP) in meetings with Marnix Krop (Director General for European Cooperation, MFA),Pieter de Gooijer (Deputy Director General for Political Affairs, MFA) and Kees van R [...]
2005-12-22 07:40:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL PBTS EUN TU NL
05TORONTO2778AMBASSADOR BRIDGE OWNERS UNVEIL BIG PLANS FOR
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On October 20 the Detroit Free Press reported that the Ambassador Bridge owners have proposed giving the City of Detroit $30 million to &extend the lease8 on the Detroit Windsor Tunnel and buy some land at the foot of the bridge. Ambassador Bridge owners say they plan to construct [...]
2005-10-21 10:13:00Consulate TorontoCONFIDENTIALELTN PBTS PREL CA
05TORONTO2805Update on Plans for New Detroit River Crossing
[...] (U) Action request contained in para 12. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: In a closed-door session on October 19, 2005 in Detroit, the Corradino Group described to U.S. federal and state government officials the status of the Detroit River International Crossing (DRIC) study of potential new border cross [...]
2005-10-25 14:44:00Consulate TorontoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD PBTS PREL CA
05TORONTO2838Bringing Order to the Border: The Niagara
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: At a ConGen Toronto-hosted October 13, 2005, dinner meeting in Toronto, border and law enforcement officials from the Buffalo/Niagara region expressed pride in the continued effectiveness of cross- border cooperation in combating transnational crime. The guests, which also incl [...]
2005-10-31 08:46:00Consulate TorontoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PBTS PTER PINR KPAO PREL CA
05TORONTO3042PROPOSED DETROIT WINDSOR TUNNEL TAKEOVER EXCITES
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Serious opposition on both sides of the border has been sparked by the Detroit International Bridge Company (DIBC) late October proposal to give Detroit $30 million in exchange for control of the U.S. side of the Detroit Windsor Tunnel and purchase of 10 acres of land to construc [...]
2005-11-23 15:10:00Consulate TorontoCONFIDENTIALPREL PBTS ELTN PGOV CA
05TORONTO3086Bringing Order to the Border: Detroit-
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND INTRO: The Detroit-Windsor border crossings are preparing for a large increase in the volume of passenger traffic heading for special events in Detroit in January and February. Earlier concerns about processing times for buses entering the U.S. for special events (reftel) a [...]
2005-11-28 15:41:00Consulate TorontoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD PBTS PGOV PREL CA
05TORONTO3209BRINGING ORDER TO THE BORDER: ONTARIO'S BORDER
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Michael Kergin, Ontario,s Special Advisor on Border Issues, told the Consul General on December 6 that he is working to facilitate trade while maintaining high security standards at the border as mutually reinforcing objectives. He said the Detroit River International Crossing [...]
2005-12-09 14:25:00Consulate TorontoCONFIDENTIALPREL PBTS CA
05VATICAN538VATICAN UNHAPPY WITH LAWSUITS
[...] (C) Holy See Secretary of State (Prime Minister equivalent) Cardinal Angelo Sodano took the bulk of his initial meeting November 12 with the Ambassador to register his displeasure with the several lawsuits filed in U.S. courts that have been served at the Vatican. Sodano complained about the [...]
2005-11-25 09:07:00Embassy VaticanCONFIDENTIALVT PGOV PBTS PREL
05VIENNA2121AUSTRIA HOSTS CONFERENCE ON MOLDOVA'S EUROPEAN
[...] On June 22, the Austrian Foreign Ministry's Diplomatic Academy hosted a conference on "Moldova's European Options." Two Moldovan ministers, European political analysts, and diplomatic representatives discussed Moldova's relations with the EU and the Transnistrian conflict. Moldovan Foreign M [...]
2005-06-24 12:07:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PBTS AU
05VIENNA2211BORDER MANAGEMENT: AUSTRIA HOSTS FOURTH MEETING ON
[...] Summary. On June 6-7 2005, in Gumpoldskirchen, Austria, the Austrian Ministry of Interior (MOI) hosted the fourth meeting of the Central Asian Border Service Initiatives Group (CABSI),a component of the European Commission's border management program for Central Asia (BOMCA). Representative [...]
2005-06-30 10:14:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL SNAR PBTS PREF ETTC KCRM AU ECRM
05VIENNA2400AUSTRIA VIEWS RUSSIAN PARTICIPATION IN
[...] (C) On July 7, post conveyed reftel talking points to Josef Litschauer, Head of the MFA's CIS Unit. Acting Econ-Pol Counselor met with Litschauer on July 15 to elicit GoA views on a multilateral conference. Litschauer said the GoA would support EU participation in such a conference, but onl [...]
2005-07-15 15:57:00Embassy ViennaCONFIDENTIALOPDC PARM PBTS PHUM PREL PGOV AU EUN OSCE
05VIENNA847GEORGIA BORDER MONITORING: AUSTRIAN RESPONSE
[...] No summary [...]
2005-03-15 10:55:00Embassy ViennaCONFIDENTIALPREL ZJ RS GG PBTS AU EUN OSCE
05WARSAW1469GEORGIA BORDER MONITORING ORGANIZATION AND THE EU:
[...] (C) Pol-Mil Chief delivered Ref A demarche on the EU and Georgia Border Monitoring on March 14 to Mieczyslaw Kuzinski, Counselor in the Security Policy Department, who handles all security issues related to Georgia. Kuzinski responded on March 15, indicating that the GOP position on Border Mo [...]
2005-03-16 11:08:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIALPREL PBTS GG RS ZJ PL EUN OSCE
05YEREVAN1058RUSSIAN ARMS TRANSFER FROM GEORGIA TO ARMENIA
[...] (C) Armenian officials have confirmed news reports that the transfer of materiel from Russian military bases in Georgia to a Russian military base in Armenia is already underway. According to Russian DCM Igor Gromyko, the transfer will not violate the conditions of the Conventional Forces in [...]
2005-06-17 02:12:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALPARM PGOV PREL PBTS AM GG RU
05YEREVAN173ARMENIA CONFIRMS RELEASE OF POWS BY AZERBAIJAN
[...] No summary [...]
2005-02-01 12:52:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALPREL PBTS AM AJ OSCE
05YEREVAN22382005: ACTION HOT ON LINE OF CONTACT
[...] No summary [...]
2005-12-29 13:53:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALPBTS PREL PGOV AJ AM
05YEREVAN434ARMENIA'S PLANS FOR APRIL 24 COMMEMORATION, STATUS
[...] (SBU) Armenian Foreign Minister Oskanian convoked chiefs of mission resident in Yerevan March 10 to preview events planned in April to mark "Genocide Memorial Day." The two main events will be an academic conference, April 21-22, featuring several American scholars, and the April 24 formal co [...]
2005-03-11 07:35:00Embassy YerevanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PBTS AM TU UNHRC
05YEREVAN451SPIKE IN N-K CEASE-FIRE VIOLATIONS "SEASONAL"
[...] (C) The number of cease-fire violations along the line of contact between ethnic Armenian and Azerbaijan forces in the Nagorno-Karabakh region has increased dramatically since the beginning of March. Although accusations of responsibility and casualty figures vary according to the source of th [...]
2005-03-14 11:17:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALPARM PBTS PREL AJ AM
05YEREVAN553LETTER TO SECRETARY RICE FROM ARMENIAN FM OSKANIAN
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On the margins of hearings today in the Armenian National Assembly on Nagorno-Karabagh (SEPTEL),Foreign Minister Oskanian passed the following letter to embassy representatives of Minsk Group co-Chairs, addressed to Ministers. The letter raises concerns about the possibility o [...]
2005-03-29 12:22:00Embassy YerevanUNCLASSIFIEDAJ AM PARM PBTS PREL
05YEREVAN583HEARINGS ON N-K OPEN NEW SPACE FOR PUBLIC DEBATE
[...] (C) Public hearings on Nagorno-Karabakh hosted by Armenia's National Assembly March 29-30 continue to dominate local political discussions and appear to have opened a new space for public debate on the issue. Reports by Foreign Minister Vartan Oskanian, Defense Minister Serzh Sargsian and pro [...]
2005-04-04 10:59:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALPREL PBTS AJ TU AM
05YEREVAN707KOCHARIAN RESPONSE TO ERDOGAN LETTER
[...] (C) On April 20, FM Oskanian told us that President Kocharian had drafted a response to PM Erdogan's letter and the letter would be transmitted on April 21. Oskanian described the letter as agreeing to some of the substance in PM Erdogan's letter, but proposed -- instead of creating a joint [...]
2005-04-21 07:12:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALPREL PBTS TU AM
06ABUDHABI191UAEG RE-DRAWS ITS BORDER WITH SAUDI ARABIA
[...] (U) Ratcheting up its public stance on the border issue, the UAEG,s 2006 Yearbook includes a map of the UAE with re-drawn borders with Saudi Arabia. In a departure from earlier yearbooks, the map (both hard copy and internet version) shows the UAE's territory extending to Qatar. The book dev [...]
2006-01-23 13:26:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALPREL PBTS EPET PGOV ETRD ECON SA AE
06ABUJA1537BAKASSI INDIGENES THREATHEN VIOLENCE
[...] (C) Summary. Representatives of the Nigerian indigene community of Bakassi met with Embassy officers to discuss their concerns over the recent agreement to implement the ICJ decision on the Bakassi. The representatives felt betrayed by the agreement, and threatened violence to impede the im [...]
2006-06-19 15:30:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPBTS MOPS NI CM
06ABUJA1841NIGERIA:IMPLEMENTATION OF THE BAKASSI AGREEMENT
[...] (C/REL TO USA, GBR, FRA, DEU) Summary. From the Nigerian side, plans for implementation of the Greentree Accord on Bakassi are moving forward. The military fully intends to be out of Bakassi in "not a day more" than the sixty days specified in the agreement, the Nigerian police have reques [...]
2006-07-18 12:32:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPBTS MOPS PREL NI CM
06ABUJA1921NIGERIA:BAKASSI UPDATE
[...] (C/REL USA GBR FRA DEU) On 24 July, Post hosted a meeting of the local representatives of the four witness states to the Greentree Accord on Bakassi, though the German embassy was unable to send anyone. No representatives from either the UK or France have yet traveled to the Bakassi area. [...]
2006-07-25 11:22:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPBTS MOPS PREL NI CM
06ABUJA2889SENATOR SARAKI ON TERRORISM, DELTA, 2007 ELECTIONS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: PolOff and visiting SFRC staff member paid an October 31 courtesy call on Senator Gbemi Saraki-Fowora at her Abuja residence. Saraki insisted that the threat of terrorism in Northern Nigeria loomed ominously, particularly given Nigeria's porous borders and the extreme poverty in [...]
2006-11-03 12:35:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PTER PBTS NI
06ADDISABABA1284DSRSG ENNIFAR DISCUSSES UNMEE DOWNSIZING,
[...] (C) SUMMARY. UNMEE's outgoing Force Commander now opposes downsizing the UNMEE to an observer mission with half its current force strength, reflecting either pessimism that Ethiopia and Eritrea will proceed with demarcation, or a desire to preserve the large presence of Indian troops who now [...]
2006-05-09 17:39:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPREL PBTS MOPS KPKO ET ER
06ADDISABABA1641ETHIOPIA: UNMEE SAYS ETHIOPIA IN COMPLIANCE WITH
[...] (C) Summary: According to the United Nations Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea (UNMEE),Ethiopia remains in compliance with UN Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) 1640. UNMEE is more concerned about Eritrean activities than continued Ethiopian troop movements and training. A Defense Attache c [...]
2006-06-15 13:57:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPREL PBTS MOPS KPKO ET ER
06ADDISABABA385A/S FRAZER AND UNMEE SRSG DISCUSS NEXT STEPS ON
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Following her visit to the Ethiopian-Eritrean border, AF A/S Frazer told UNMEE SRSG Legwaila that current residents of the disputed town of Badme oppose the 2002 boundary commission decision awarding the town to Eritrea. Badme was administered by Ethiopia, but the EEBC places it [...]
2006-02-08 05:41:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPREL PBTS MOPS KPKO ET ER
06ADDISABABA419UNMEE SRSG ADVOCATES REDUCING UNMEE TO "TOKEN
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Eritrea continues to restrict freedom of movement by UNMEE MILOBs within the Temporary Security Zone, and to flaunt previously agreed upon protocols relating to UNMEE's right to challenge and inspect police and militia within the TSZ, according to UNMEE SRSG Legwaila. Such restr [...]
2006-02-13 16:18:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPREL PBTS MOPS KPKO ET ER
06ADDISABABA615 DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER TEKEDA ASKS FOR
[...] (C) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST. Ethiopia's State Minister for Foreign Affairs Tekeda and Charge had a good exchange on the question of Ethiopia's attendance at the March 10 EEBC meeting with Tekeda promising to consider responding favorably to the EEBC invitation but with a caveat that the fi [...]
2006-03-01 10:54:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPREL PBTS MOPS KPKO ET ER
06ADDISABABA941ETHIOPIAN FOREIGN MINISTER REAFFIRMS DESIRE FOR
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Foreign Minister Seyoum Mesfin hailed the importance of U.S. engagement in addressing Ethiopia-Eritrea tensions, but voiced continued concern about Eritrean intentions and the presence of Eritrean troops in the Temporary Security Zone, where UNMEE had become "a hostage." FM Seyou [...]
2006-04-07 09:15:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPREL PBTS MOPS KPKO ET ER
06ADDISABABA945DSRSG ENNIFAR DISCUSSES UNMEE DOWNSIZING,
[...] (C) SUMMARY. UNMEE's outgoing Force Commander now opposes downsizing the UNMEE to an observer mission with half its current force strength, reflecting either pessimism that Ethiopia and Eritrea will proceed with demarcation, or a desire to preserve the large presence of Indian troops who now [...]
2006-04-11 08:59:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPREL PBTS MOPS KPKO ET ER
06AITTAIPEI2747TAIWAN-JAPAN RELATIONS QUITE POSITIVE NOW BUT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: RELATIONS BETWEEN TAIWAN AND JAPAN HAVE IMPROVED SIGNIFICANTLY UNDER THE CURRENT DPP ADMINISTRATION BECAUSE OF CONCERNS IN JAPAN ABOUT THE PRC AND THE RISE OF A NEW GENERATION OF JAPANESE DIET MEMBERS FAVORABLE TO TAIWAN. SOME OBSERVERS PERCEIVE KMT CHAIRMAN MA YING-JEOU AS ANTI- [...]
2006-08-14 02:08:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PBTS JA TW
06ALGIERS1002POLISARIO DENIES MOROCCAN ALLEGATIONS OF
[...] (U) The Algerian press June 4 ran a statement issued by the Polisario flatly denying Moroccan reports that "pro-Moroccan" demonstrations had been forcibly suppressed in the Tindouf camps (ref B). The Polisario statement included an invitation to the UN High Commission for Human Rights to vis [...]
2006-06-04 14:34:00Embassy AlgiersCONFIDENTIALPREL PBTS PHUM WI AG MO
06ALGIERS1120ICRC PENDING HUMANITARIAN ISSUES IN THE WESTERN
[...] No summary [...]
2006-06-20 14:03:00Embassy AlgiersUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PHUM PBTS WI AG MO
06ALGIERS1219BOUTEFLIKA ON WESTERN SAHARA, RELATIONS WITH
[...] No summary [...]
2006-07-01 11:15:00Embassy AlgiersCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PBTS WI MO AG
06ALGIERS1364LIBYAN, ALGERIAN MINISTERS OF INTERIOR DISCUSS
[...] (SBU) General Salah Rajab El-Mismari, Libyan Secretary General of the Popular Committee and de facto Libyan Minister of the Interior, visited Algiers July 17-19, holding talks on border and security issues with Algerian Minister of the Interior Nouredine Yazid Zerhouni. The official visit, a [...]
2006-07-22 16:38:00Embassy AlgiersUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PBTS AG LY
06ALGIERS1418GOA AND POLISARIO STATEMENTS ON ANNIVERSARY OF
[...] (U) President Bouteflika's statement of congratulations to King Mohammed VI of Morocco on the seventh anniversary of the King's enthronement (Ref A) was widely reported in the Algerian press July 30. In his message, Bouteflika reiterated his steadfast determination to work with the Moroccan [...]
2006-08-02 16:28:00Embassy AlgiersCONFIDENTIALPREL PBTS PHUM WI MO AG
06ALGIERS1518USG RESPONSE TO IMMINENT FOOD SHORTAGE IN TINDOUF
[...] (SBU) Marius Fortman, World Food Program (WFP) Country Director for Algeria, briefed us August 23 on the current state of food stocks for the Sahrawi refugees. Fortman said Sahrawi refugee camps near Tindouf would run out of food by the end of September absent additional donations. Fortman m [...]
2006-08-26 07:38:00Embassy AlgiersUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID PREF PBTS WFP AG
06ALGIERS2025POLISARIO PERCEIVES CHANGE IN U.S. POLICY
[...] (C) During a November 16-17 orientation visit to Sahrawi refugee camps in the Tindouf region of Algeria, NEA/MAG desk officer and poloff met with Polisario Secretary-General Mohamed Abdelaziz and Polisario Representative to the U.S. Mouloud Said. Abdelaziz provided his version of the history [...]
2006-11-22 11:24:00Embassy AlgiersCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PBTS PREF AG
06ALGIERS2050FOOD DISTRIBUTION IN SAHRAWI REFUGEE CAMPS: A
[...] (C) During a November 16-17 trip to the Tindouf region of Algeria, visiting NEA/MAG Algeria desk officer and poloff met with Sahrawi Red Crescent Society (SRCS) President Yahia Bohubaini and with UN World Food Program (WFP) representative Keddi Abdellah to discuss the status of food distributio [...]
2006-11-28 16:44:00Embassy AlgiersCONFIDENTIALPREF PHUM PBTS PREL AG
06ALGIERS2071MFA SECRETARY GENERAL SAYS CREATIVE SOLUTION
[...] (C) In a December 4 meeting devoted to several issues, the Ambassador reviewed for MFA Secretary General Ramtane Lamamra U.S. views on the Western Sahara. The Ambassador noted that Washington would look favorably on a serious Moroccan autonomy proposal for the disputed area, provided that it h [...]
2006-12-05 15:07:00Embassy AlgiersCONFIDENTIALPREL PBTS PHUM WI MO AG
06ALGIERS340NEA/MAG DIRECTOR'S DISCUSSION OF SAHRAWI REFUGEES
[...] (C) During visiting NEA/MAG Director Jordan's February 26 courtesy call on MFA Multilateral Relations Director General Bouguerra, the latter engaged in spirited discussion of UNHCR's unilateral decision to cut food assistance to Sahrawi refugees and argued that a new census could not be carrie [...]
2006-02-28 14:22:00Embassy AlgiersCONFIDENTIALPREL PBTS PREF PHUM AG WI UN
06ALGIERS342THIRTIETH ANNIVERSARY OF SAHRAWI REPUBLIC OBSERVED
[...] According to Algerian press reports confirmed by Embassy Rabat (reftels),the Polisario peacefully marked February 27 the 30th anniversary of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR). Unlike May 2005 statements from Polisario leader Abdelaziz and President Bouteflika, the statements this ye [...]
2006-02-28 15:44:00Embassy AlgiersUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PBTS PHUM AG MO WI
06ALGIERS392FOREIGN MINISTER BEDJAOUI ON POLISARIO-MOROCCO
[...] (C) During a March 5 meeting with Ambassador and DCM covering a range of issues, Foreign Minister Bedjaoui raised the Western Sahara, asking Ambassador for U.S. views about Morocco's anticipated autonomy proposal. Ambassador noted that the U.S. has been encouraging Morocco to develop its ide [...]
2006-03-07 13:52:00Embassy AlgiersCONFIDENTIALPREL PBTS WI AG MO
06ALGIERS498NEA A/S WELCH'S MARCH 14 DISCUSSION OF WESTERN
[...] (C) In his March 14 meeting with NEA A/S David Welch, PM Ouyahia said principles mattered in the world, and Algeria looked to the UN to stick by its principles on the Western Sahara, whose situation was a result of decolonization. Welch said the U.S. did not want to discard the UN process, bu [...]
2006-03-21 07:24:00Embassy AlgiersCONFIDENTIALPREL PBTS EINV ETRD AG WI
06ALGIERS500HAMAS, IRAN, LEBANON, SYRIA, AND THE WESTERN
[...] (C) Over a March 14 working lunch with MFA Secretary General Lamamra, NEA A/S Welch explained the U.S. view that taking the Iran nuclear issue to the Security Council would strengthen possibilities of resolving the problem through diplomacy; urged Algeria to ensure assistance was channeled to [...]
2006-03-21 07:38:00Embassy AlgiersCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM PBTS IR WI MO SY LE AG
06ALGIERS503(C) WESTERN SAHARA: BOUTEFLIKA TELLS A/S WELCH
[...] (C) President Bouteflika reviewed for NEA A/S Welch March 14 Algeria's views on the Western Sahara. Covering largely familiar ground, Bouteflika stressed that resolving the Western Sahara conflict is the UN's responsibility; that Algeria will never negotiate with Morocco on the Sahrawis' beh [...]
2006-03-21 07:42:00Embassy AlgiersCONFIDENTIALPREL PBTS WI MO AG
06ALGIERS556GOA AND POLISARIO REACT TO MOROCCAN KING'S VISIT
[...] In reaction to the visit last week of the Moroccan King Mohammed VI to the western side of the berm in the Western Sahara, the GOA and Polisario made public statements. Abdelaziz Belkhadem, former Foreign Minister and currently Minister of State and Personal Representative to President Boutef [...]
2006-03-27 17:31:00Embassy AlgiersUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PBTS PHUM AG MO WI
06ALGIERS623POLISARIO "AMBASSADOR" COMMENTS ON NEGOTIATING
[...] (C) Polisario "Ambassador" to Algeria Mohammed Beissat discussed his views on possible negotiations with Morocco over King Mohammed VI's autonomy plan in a prolonged April 1 conversation with DCM and Pol/Econ Chief. Reviewing the history of Polisario-Moroccan direct negotiations since 1979, [...]
2006-04-04 17:08:00Embassy AlgiersCONFIDENTIALPBTS PREL PGOV WI MO AG
06ALMATY2822KAZAKHSTAN OFFERS LEGAL STATUS FOR LABOR MIGRANTS
[...] Summary: August 1 was the effective date of a new amnesty law allowing illegal laborers from CIS countries to obtain legal status in Kazakhstan. In order to qualify, employers of illegal laborers must submit application documents to the city migration police before December 31. Migrants will [...]
2006-08-08 09:57:00US Office AlmatyUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ELAB PBTS PGOV PHUM PREF PREL SMIG KZ
06AMMAN8487DPRK DEMARCHES
[...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel demarches and letter requesting GoJ cooperation on UNSCR 1718 to the Foreign Ministry's desk officer for the U.S., Asal al-Tal. Al-Tal said she would deliver the letter to FM Al-Khatib. She also undertook to provide any substantive response to the demarches onc [...]
2006-11-19 09:44:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KNNP PARM PHSA EWWT EAIR PBTS JO
06ANKARA3093DEMARCHE ON RUSSIAN ACTIVITIES IN SOUTH OSSETIA
[...] No summary [...]
2006-05-26 13:42:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPBTS PREL RU GG OSCE TU
06ANKARA6385PSI: LETTER TO PSI PARTICIPANTS ON UNSCR 1718
[...] No summary [...]
2006-11-09 14:55:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR EWWT KNNP PARM PBTS PHSA PREL TU
06ANKARA6522PSI: TURKEY'S FORMAL REPLY TO U/S JOSEPH LETTER ON
[...] Post received a formal reply to ref a letter from U/S Joseph to MFA Deputy U/S for Security Affairs Rafet Akgunay on November 28. Original of the reply letter will be forwarded via diplomatic pouch. Text of reply follows. 2. Begin Text: Dear Ambassador Joseph, I have received your le [...]
2006-11-28 14:22:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR EWWT KNNP PARM PBTS PHSA PREL TU
06ANKARA6530TURKEY AGREES WITH UNIFIED APPROACH TO
[...] (C) Summary: Turkey agrees with a unified approach to the conflicts in Georgia and Moldova, strongly supports the sovereignty and territorial integrity of both countries, and sees no recourse except to encourage more dialogue with separatists in each case. The Turks are skeptical that a mini [...]
2006-11-29 16:10:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PBTS EUN NATO OSCE MO GG RU TU
06ASHGABAT1022 Turkmenistan Publishes 2006-2010 Counternarcotics Plan
[...] (SBU) Turkmenistan's new national counternarcotics plan is a matrix of 48 measures with assigned implementers (government ministries and agencies) and program durations. It is short on detail, but will prove helpful for initiating new INL programs and other U.S. government-sponsored counternar [...]
2006-10-03 05:04:00Embassy AshgabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR PREL PINR PGOV PBTS TX
06ASHGABAT273 1,033 KG. OF NARCOTICS SEIZED ON TURKMENISTAN-
[...] The national newspapers of Turkmenistan "Neytralnyi [Neutral] Turkmenistan" and "Turkmenistan" reported on March 13 that Turkmenistani border guards seized 830 kilograms of opium and 203 kilograms of hashish at the Sarakhs border crossing checkpoint on the Turkmenistan- Iranian border. The [...]
2006-03-13 12:49:00Embassy AshgabatUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR PREL PINR PGOV PBTS TX
06ASHGABAT608 TURKMENISTAN BURNS 1.7 TONS OF NARCOTICS
[...] (SBU) On May 28, for the third time in a year, Turkmenistan invited personnel from diplomatic missions to observe the destruction of seized narcotics. For the first time, ambassadors and local and foreign media were also invited to attend the destruction. While claiming that it is not a tran [...]
2006-06-09 12:02:00Embassy AshgabatUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR PREL PINR PGOV PBTS TX
06ASHGABAT901 TURKMENISTAN REPORTS 2006 NARCOTICS SEIZURE STATISTICS
[...] (U) Government of Turkmenistan narcotics seizure statistics report 1,551 kilograms of narcotics seized during the first six months of 2006. Associated government information mainly focuses on Turkmenistan being a transit, and not a destination, country. End Summary. NARCOTICS STATISTICS [...]
2006-08-24 08:09:00Embassy AshgabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR PREL PINR PGOV PBTS TX
06ASTANA438KAZAKHSTAN FOCUSED ON UNSCR 1718
[...] No summary [...]
2006-11-02 11:32:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKNNP PARM PREL PHSA EWWT EAIR PBTS KZ
06ASUNCION1077PARAGUAY: PRIVATE AND PUBLIC CONCERN OVER BOLIVIA
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Bolivian Foreign Minister David Choquehuanca visited Paraguay October 19-21 to address concerns about Bolivia's military agreement with Venezuela to build new military bases and increase weapons sales. The Duarte Administration maintains it is satisfied with the Bolivian explana [...]
2006-10-26 14:03:00Embassy AsuncionSECRETPREL PBTS PGOV PINS PNAT MASS MCAP PA BO VE
06ATHENS1851IRAQI FM ZEBARI VISITS GREECE, LEAVES ASSURED OF
[...] No summary [...]
2006-07-17 13:48:00Embassy AthensCONFIDENTIALEAID MARR OPRC PBTS PGOV PINS XF XG GR
06BAGHDAD3257DPM SALIH'S ENERGY RETREAT ADVANCES HYDROCARBON
[...] No summary [...]
2006-09-05 04:57:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALECON EPET IZ KJUS KCOR PGOV EINV PBTS
06BAGHDAD3653SHAHRISTANI ON THE HYDROCARBON LAW - THE WAY AHEAD
[...] (C) Summary. Ambassador met September 28 with Oil Minister Shahristani to discuss the status of the Hydrocarbon Law. Shahristani confirmed that broad agreement has been reached on most elements, and felt that especially with U.S. help, the Kurds could be convinced to reach agreement on the rem [...]
2006-09-29 14:46:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALECON EPET IZ KJUS KCOR PGOV EINV PBTS
06BAGHDAD3654AMBASSADDOR'S 9/27 MEETING WITH DPM BARHAM SALIH -
[...] ( C) Summary: Ambassador met September 27 with Deputy Prime Minister Barham Salih to discuss prospects for the hydrocarbon law. Barham expressed optimism that a compromise could be reached, confirming the main issue was regional vs. central control of contracting, with the DPM taking the posi [...]
2006-09-29 15:35:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALECON EPET IZ KJUS KCOR PGOV EINV PBTS
06BAGHDAD396SHIA INDEPENDENT: WHO WILL DEFEND IRAQ WHEN U.S.
[...] (C) Shia Islamist Coalition (List 555) independent parliamentarian Sami al-Askari asked PolOff in a February 6 meeting, "Who will defend Iraq after coalition forces (CF) leave?" Al-Askari said he is concerned that the U.S. will withdraw its forces soon because of its domestic political situat [...]
2006-02-09 12:03:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPBTS PGOV PINS PREL IZ IR
06BAGHDAD4342KURDISTAN REGIONAL GOVERNMENT LEADERS ON
[...] (C REL GBR) Summary. In a November 19 meeting with Economic Minister Counselor, Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) Prime Minister Nechirvan Barzani and KRG Minister of Natural Resources Ashti Hawrami presented their compromise proposal on contracting which denies signatory authority to the f [...]
2006-11-25 12:37:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALECON EPET IZ KJUS KCOR PGOV EINV PBTS
06BAGHDAD4370APPARENT BREAKTHROUGH ON HYDROCARBON LAW AT
[...] (S) Summary. Apparent breakthroughs on the issues of contracting, arbitration and arrangements for revenue sharing have raised a real prospect that agreement on a hydrocarbon law can be reached in time for a draft to be submitted to the Council of Representatives (CoR) before it adjourns for tw [...]
2006-11-27 17:57:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETECON EPET IZ KJUS KCOR PGOV EINV PBTS
06BAGHDAD4503KRG SINJARI CALLS FOR PKK AMNESTY, MAKHMOUR CAMP
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) Minister of Interior Karim Sinjari told RRTOffs on December 4 and 5 that steps to resolve the presence of the PKK (the Kurdistan Workers Party) in Iraq are finally moving forward but face continuing difficulties with the Government of Turkey [...]
2006-12-10 12:35:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PBTS PHUM PREF PTER IZ
06BAGHDAD4512SHAHRISTANI UNLIKELY TO ADHERE TO SCHEDULE OF IMF
[...] (C REL GBR) Summary: At the November 2-5 Government of Iraq (GOI) - International Monetary Fund (IMF) meeting in Amman, Jordan, Minister of Oil Husayn al-Shahristani agreed to very ambitious targets for fuel price increases before the end of 2006. The price increases discussed in Amman are a [...]
2006-12-11 06:42:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALECON EPET IZ KJUS KCOR PGOV EINV PBTS
06BAGHDAD511DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY PERSONNEL
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Multi-National Security Transition Command Iraq (MNSTC-I) and U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Attache and Country Director have agreed to submit the following request for DHS specialists to assist the GOI in controlling its borders and ports of entry (POEs) for CY 20 [...]
2006-02-18 13:32:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMOPS PBTS ASEC EAIR SMIG PARM IZ
06BAKU1086AMBASSADOR'S LUNCH WITH EU SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE
[...] (C) During a July 20 lunch meeting with the Ambassador, EU Special Representative for the South Caucasus Peter Semneby said that the European Action Plan for Azerbaijan has basically been negotiated, and will likely be adopted by the Council in mid-October. The money will come slightly later, [...]
2006-07-24 06:55:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALPREL PBTS EAID AM AJ
06BAKU1153EUROPEAN ACTION PLAN FOR AZERBAIJAN MOVING FORWARD
[...] (C) Summary: German and Finnish diplomats separately confirmed that Azerbaijan has completed its European Action Plan (EAP). Previous hold-ups over EAP language regarding Azerbaijan's territorial integrity and Azerbaijan's August 2005 commercial flight to Northern Cyprus have been resolved [...]
2006-08-04 11:34:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON EAID PBTS AJ
06BAKU1164AZERBAIJANI PUBLIC BEGINS TO DEBATE MINSK GROUP
[...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: In the weeks since the OSCE Minsk Group core principles for a settlement of the Nagorno Karabakh conflict have become public, reaction in Azerbaijan has shifted from official protestations of surprise and knee-jerk sloganeering to a more nuanced discussion of the merit [...]
2006-08-08 10:58:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PBTS AM AJ
06BAKU1194AZERBAIJANI HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVIST SEEKS CIVIL
[...] (C) Summary: In an August 8 meeting with Poloff, prominent Azerbaijani human rights activist Arzu Abdullayeva said that she found Nagorno-Karabakh leader Arkadi Gukasyan to be open to a civil society dialogue between the Karabakhi and Azerbaijani communities. Abdullayeva led a delegation of re [...]
2006-08-11 13:17:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PBTS AM AJ
06BAKU1242UPDATE ON CASPIAN DELIMITATION: NOTHING NEW IN
[...] (U) On 10 August, Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister and Special Representative for Caspian Issues Mehdi Safari traveled to Baku for discussions with the GOAJ on the legal status of the Caspian Sea and the possibility of holding the next conference of littoral states in Baku. In addition, accord [...]
2006-08-22 05:14:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALENRG ETRD IR PBTS PGOV PREL AJ TX
06BAKU1279IDP COMMUNITY SPEAKS OUT ON N-K NEGOTIATIONS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On August 24, Poloff met with an IDP community that lives in abandoned train cars just outside the southern Azerbaijani city of Imishli. Although one man insisted that the only way to settle the N-K conflict is through war, most members of the community remain hopeful that a peace [...]
2006-08-29 12:39:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREF PREL PBTS PHUM KDEM AM AJ
06BAKU1301AZERBAIJAN: DFM BRIEFS DIP CORPS ON OCCUPIED
[...] (U) Sensitive but Unclassified, Protect Accordingly. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: At a September 1 briefing for the Baku diplomatic corps, DFM Araz Azimov explained GOAJ reasons for its UNGA draft resolution concerning the occupied territories' fires. He said Azerbaijan's revised draft resolution pre [...]
2006-09-01 13:07:00Embassy BakuUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPBTS PREL PGOV AM AJ
06BAKU1432DEFENSE MINISTER ABIYEV DISCUSSES CASPIAN SEA
[...] (C) SUMMARY: During a September 21 meeting with the Ambassador and visiting EUCOM Deputy Commander General William "Kip" Ward, Azerbaijani Minister of Defense Sabir Abiyev expressed concern that Russia and Iran are building up their naval forces in the Caspian Sea. Abiyev complained about I [...]
2006-10-03 05:24:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR MOPS PTER AJ PBTS IR RU
06BAKU1433FINNISH AMBASSADOR TERHI HAKALA DISCUSSES THE EU'S
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Finnish Ambassador Terhi Hakala met with the Ambassador on September 22 to discuss Azerbaijan's European Neighborhood Policy (ENP) Action Plan. The EU Commission has approved the plan, and the EU Troika will visit Baku on October 3. Hakala said negotiating the agreement was some [...]
2006-10-03 05:41:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ENRG PBTS AR AZ
06BAKU1496AMBASSADOR'S INTRODUCTORY CALL ON CENTRAL ELECTION
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In her October 4 introductory call on Central Election Commission (CEC) Chairman Mazahir Panahov, the Ambassador highlighted the interlinked priorities in the bilateral relationship: cooperation in regional and global stability and security; energy security; and strengthening demo [...]
2006-10-13 12:51:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM KDEM PBTS AJ
06BAKU1501AMBASSADOR'S INTRODUCTORY CALL ON DEPUTY PRIME
[...] (C) Summary. In a September 27 introductory meeting with the Ambassador, Deputy Prime Minister Ali Hassanov reiterated the GOAJ commitment to improving the conditions of Azerbaijan's IDP population. Hassanov said that he has transformed the GOAJ relationship with the international donor commun [...]
2006-10-16 04:55:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM PREF PBTS MARR SNAR AJ
06BAKU1525DEFENSE MINISTER ABIYEV RAISES REGIONAL SECURITY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: EUR DAS Matthew Bryza met with Azerbaijani Minister of Defense Safar Abiyev on October 2 to discuss the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict and regional security issues. Abiyev said the GOAJ advocates a peaceful resolution to the NK conflict, but there has been no concrete results in ending [...]
2006-10-19 12:23:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PBTS MARR AJ AM IR RS GG
06BAKU1534READOUT ON EU TROIKA VISIT TO AZERBAIJAN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In an October 3 meeting with the Ambassador, EU Special Representative Peter Semneby reviewed the EU Troika's October 3 visit to Azerbaijan, in which the Troika announced the completion of negotiations on Azerbaijan's European Neighborhood Plan (ENP) Action Plan. During his priva [...]
2006-10-20 12:47:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PBTS EAID AJ IR AM GG
06BAKU1582AZERBAIJAN: PRESIDENT ALIYEV DISCUSSES U.S.-AJ
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In an October 27 meeting with a visiting German Marshall Fund delegation that included six Congressional staff, President Aliyev applauded U.S.-Azerbaijani relations as "developing very successfully" across many areas, and "entering a new phase." Underscoring that Azerbaijan is a [...]
2006-10-31 13:13:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PBTS ETRD ECON GG RU IR AJ
06BAKU1622AZERBAIJAN'S NATIONAL SECURITY CONCEPT EXPECTED TO
[...] SUMMARY: At a November 3 meeting, the UK representative of International Advisors Working Group (IAWG),retired UK General Sir Garry Johnson said that Azerbaijan's National Security Concept (NSC) will likely be finished and approved by the end of 2006. Johnson reported that his role as advi [...]
2006-11-08 07:14:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PBTS RU IR AJ
06BAKU1708GOAJ QUERIES ON USG STATEMENT REGARDING DECEMBER
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. 2. (SBU) Several senior GOAJ officials - most recently Prosecutor General Zakir Garalov -- have asked us whether the U.S. intends to issue a statement rejecting the constitutional referendum scheduled to be held December 10 in the so- [...]
2006-11-24 13:09:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PBTS KPAO AM AJ
06BAKU1710AZERBAIJANI FOREIGN MINISTER COMMENTS ON ENERGY,
[...] (C) SUMMARY: During a late October 2006 meeting, Foreign Minister Mammadyarov reiterated that Azerbaijan seeks a step-by-step solution to the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict and wants Armenia to share in the economic integration and prosperity of the south Caucasus. Mammadyarov characterized Russia [...]
2006-11-24 13:36:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALPREL PBTS PGOV UNGA EAID ENRG AM UAM IR AJ
06BAKU1753UPDATE ON AZERBAIJAN'S NATIONAL SECURITY CONCEPT
[...] (U) This is an action request, see para 11. 2. (C) Summary: Azerbaijan is continuing to move forward in its efforts to finalize its National Security Concept (NSC). Retired UK General Sir Garry Johnson, who as part of the foreign experts advisory group has been advising the GOAJ on the NS [...]
2006-12-01 15:29:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PBTS MARR MASS AJ
06BAKU1791DOD DAS MACDOUGALL'S DECEMBER 7 MEETING WITH
[...] (C) Summary: Department of Defense Deputy Assistant Secretary James MacDougall and the Ambassador--accompanied by SIPDIS Major General Harry Wyatt of the Oklahoma National Guard and EUCOM Brigadier General Melvin Spiese--met with Defense Minister Safar Abiyev on December 7 to discuss bilate [...]
2006-12-08 14:03:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MARR MOPS PBTS PHUM AJ IR
06BAKU1835GOAJ INCREASINGLY CONCERNED ABOUT USG POLICY
[...] (C) Summary: President Aliyev stated to the Ambassador that the USG and international community's policy towards Iran has "failed," that Iran is "confident, comfortable, and unconstrained," that he "does not understand USG policy on Iran" and, consequently, Azerbaijan's policy must be to "mi [...]
2006-12-20 08:07:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PBTS PREL MARR AJ IR
06BAKU1845INITIAL AZERBAIJANI REACTION TO TURKMENBASHI'S
[...] (C) Summary: The GOAJ and local Azerbaijani observers are still digesting the news of Turkmen President Niyazov's death, but believe Niyazov,s death could create an opportunity to improve the traditionally poor relationship between Azerbaijan and Turkmenistan. Azerbaijani commentators believ [...]
2006-12-21 13:53:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ENRG EPET PBTS IR TX AJ
06BAKU452SCENESETTER FOR MARCH 29 US-AZERBAIJAN
[...] (S) Summary: The March 29 political-military consultations are an important opportunity to broaden our strong security relationship. Strategically located in the heart of the Greater Middle East, Azerbaijan provides excellent cooperation on security issues and looks for opportunities to do [...]
2006-03-23 12:15:00Embassy BakuSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV PARM MARR MASS MOPS PBTS AJ
06BAKU455UPDATE ON NAGORNO-KARABAKH: CEASEFIRE VIOLATIONS
[...] (U) Militant rhetoric on the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict during the past week followed reports of ceasefire violations and an announcement that three soldiers were convicted of treason for collusion with Armenia. Meanwhile President Aliyev called on the Armenians to accept the useful suggestions [...]
2006-03-23 13:17:00Embassy BakuUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PBTS MOPS ASEC AJ
06BAKU517UPDATE ON NAGORNO-KARABAKH: CEASEFIRE VIOLATIONS
[...] (U) Ceasefire violations continued over the last ten days, as eleven violations were registered and OSCE monitoring had to be stopped because of the firing. Militant rhetoric on the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict continued from senior GOAJ officials, including President Aliyev, who said that the si [...]
2006-04-04 12:40:00Embassy BakuUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PBTS MOPS ASEC AJ
06BAKU605AMBASSADOR'S FAREWELL CALL ON PRESIDENTIAL CHIEF
[...] (C) Summary: During the Ambassador's April 18 farewell call, Presidential Chief of Staff Ramiz Mehdiyev pledged that the May 13 parliamentary rerun elections would be transparent and free. To that end, Mehdiyev said he had warned the ExComs in regions where rerun elections will take place tha [...]
2006-04-19 13:40:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM PBTS KDEM AM RU AJ
06BAKU631CONVICTION OF ARMY OFFICER IN HUNGARY SPARKS SMALL
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a case closely followed by many Azerbaijanis, on April 13 a Hungarian court convicted Army Lieutenant Ramil Safarov to life imprisonment for the February 2004 murder of an Armenian officer during a NATO Partnership for Peace (PfP) exercise. Azerbaijani media has followed every [...]
2006-04-25 10:52:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALPHUM KDEM PGOV PREL PBTS ASEC AM AJ
06BAKU660EU SPECIAL REP SEMNEBY ON EU SOUTH CAUCASUS POLICY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: EUR Senior Advisor Steven Mann met with EU Special Representative for the South Caucasus Peter Semneby (Sweden) on April 22. Semneby provided a readout of his recent conversation with Azerbaijani Deputy Foreign Minister Azimov, outlined the EU process for committing peacekeepers, [...]
2006-05-01 12:24:00Embassy BakuSECRETPREL PREF PBTS PNAT AJ GG RU MD
06BAKU734PRESIDENT ALIYEV TO ATTEND KIEV GUAM SUMMIT; GOAJ
[...] (C) SUMMARY. President Aliyev will attend the GUAM Summit in Kiev, according to his foreign policy advisor, Novruz Mammadov. Mammadov believes Ukraine will use the summit to stake out a leadership role in the region. Russia, he believes, sees GUAM as a rival to the CIS and will try to lever [...]
2006-05-18 13:09:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALPREL PINR PBTS ECIN AJ GG UP MD
06BAKU741PORTAL MONITOR TRAINING, CALIBRATION AND MAINTENANCE -
[...] SUMMARY: The Department of Energy (DOE) and the IAEA have provided, and continue to provide, radiation detection equipment and training to two different agencies within the Government of Azerbaijan resulting in a fragmented approach to the detection of radioactive material transiting the bord [...]
2006-05-19 13:01:00Embassy BakuUNCLASSIFIEDETTC MNUC PARM PBTS PREL KSTC KNNP RU AJ
06BAKU946AZERBAIJAN: FIRES IN THE OCCUPIED TERRITORIES
[...] (C) SUMMARY: For the past several weeks, fires in the Armenian-occupied territories of Aghdam, Khojavand, and Tartar have been a constant news item and subject of commentary by politicians and analysts. The Azerbaijani press and Members of Parliament (MPs) have focused on blaming Armenian forc [...]
2006-06-27 13:20:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PBTS AM AJ
06BAKU991AMBASSADOR'S INTRODUCTORY CALL ON FIRST DEPUTY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In her introductory call on First Deputy Prime Minister Yaqub Eyyubov, the Ambassador discussed the U.S.- Azerbaijani bilateral relationship. She urged the Cabinet of Ministers to move forward quickly on a letter designating the Azerbaijani Navy as a partner in the Weapons of Mass [...]
2006-07-11 05:55:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PBTS PARM PTER KNNP AJ
06BAKU993AMBASSADOR'S INTRODUCTORY CALL ON PRESIDENTIAL
[...] (C) Summary: During her July 7 introductory call on Presidential Chief of Staff Ramiz Mehdiyev, the Ambassador reviewed U.S. priorities for the bilateral relationship -- global security, energy security, and political and economic reform -- emphasizing that continued reform is essential for [...]
2006-07-11 08:25:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PBTS ECON ETRD KDEM PHUM AM AJ
06BANDARSERIBEGAWAN564PSI UNSCR 1718 LETTER DELIVERED
[...] (U) DCM delivered the letter requested reftel to Pg. Dato Hj Osman, Permanent Secretary for Regional Policy (coordinator for PSI) at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MOFAT),care of Pg. Hj. Alihashim, Acting Director for Bilateral Affairs at MOFAT. Alihashim said that we would ensur [...]
2006-11-02 07:02:00Embassy Bandar Seri BegawanUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP PARM PREL PHSA EWWT EAIR PBTS BX
06BANGKOK258CT ASSISTANCE TO THAILAND
[...] (S) Summary: Thailand is the recipient of a wide range of U.S. training and assistance programs to help the RTG combat terrorist and extremism. We believe that the assistance programs detailed below are making a contribution to the RTG's efforts. This message provides information on CT ass [...]
2006-01-13 09:32:00Embassy BangkokSECRETPTER PREL PINR PGOV PINS PBTS ECON TH
06BANGKOK5153DEMARCHE DELIVERED SEEKING PROTECTION OF SUNKEN
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-23 08:11:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIEDEWWT MARR PBTS PHSA SCUL TH
06BASRAH122GROWING NUMBERS OF BASRAH YOUTHS TURN TO DRUGS
[...] No summary [...]
2006-07-22 11:31:00REO BasrahCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PBTS PINS SOCI SNAR IZ
06BEIRUT1120MGLE01: LEBANON, SHEBAA FARMS, AND THE GHAJAR
[...] (C) On April 7, UNIFIL Senior Adviser Milos Strugar briefed econoff on the unusual situation of the divided village of Ghajar. The Blue Line cuts through the center of the village with the northern two-thirds inside Lebanon, and the southern one-third inside the Israeli-occupied Golan Heigh [...]
2006-04-11 15:27:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALIS KPKO LE PBTS PGOV PTER
06BEIRUT1369MGLE01: PRIME MINISTER'S OFFICE REACTS TO
[...] (C) Polchief and econoff met with Rola Noureddine, Special Assistant to the Prime Minister, on May 3 to discuss the widely reported Syrian-built earthen berms in the Biqa' Valley. Noureddine and General Said Eid confirmed the press reports, showing us a video of the berms. They said Syrian [...]
2006-05-03 14:01:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALLE PBTS PREL SY
06BEIRUT1467MGLE01: A/S HILLEN MEETS WITH LAF COMMANDER
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On May 4, Assistant Secretary for Political-Military Affairs Hillen, accompanied by Ambassador, DATT, and ODC Chief, met with Lebanese Armed Forces Commander Michel Suleiman at the Lebanese Armed Forces Headquarters at the Ministry of Defense. Suleiman welcomed the prospect of g [...]
2006-05-10 07:24:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPREL MASS ASEC SNAR PTER PBTS LE SY
06BEIRUT1576MGLE01: UNIFIL COMMANDER SEES HIZBALLAH IMPROVING
[...] Summary: UNIFIL commander Major-General Alain Pellegrini briefed the Ambassador on increased Hizballah construction activity along the Blue Line, a rise in the number of Israeli overflights, and plans to enhance contacts between UNIFIL and the LAF. The General was uncertain about the reasons [...]
2006-05-19 15:19:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPTER KPAL PBTS PREL LE IS
06BEIRUT1681MGLE01: FOREIGN MINISTER SALLOUKH DEFENDS
[...] (C) In a May 23 meeting with Counterterrorism Coordinator Henry Crumpton, the Ambassador, and econoff, Foreign Minister Fawzi Salloukh -- in an unusually belligerent and offensive performance -- steadfastly defended Hizballah. He claimed that the majority of Lebanese consider Hizballah to b [...]
2006-05-30 12:41:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALIR KPAL LE PBTS PTER SY
06BEIRUT2175MGLE01: ISF FACING INCREASING DRUG ENFORCEMENT
[...] (C) Econoff attended a June 26 Internal Security Forces (ISF) briefing to the Mini-Dublin Group. Col. Kowalty Abdel Razzak, head of the ISF's 200-person drug enforcement unit, told the group that drug enforcement has become more difficult since the Syrian withdrawal. More farmers in the Bi [...]
2006-06-28 14:08:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALIS KPAL LE PBTS PGOV SNAR SOCI SY
06BEIRUT2464TFLE01: BERRI SAYS ISRAEL WON'T WIN
[...] (C/NF) In July 25 meeting with Speaker of Parliament Nabih Berri, the Ambassador followed up Secretary Rice's visit in presenting updated elements for a cease-fire package. Berri, after his customary review of Israeli acts, said he was still doubtful Hizballah would accept the proposal if a prisone [...]
2006-07-25 13:33:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNIS LE MOPS PBTS PGOV PREL PTER SY
06BEIRUT2476TFLE01: UNSYG PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE PEDERSEN
[...] (C/NF) In a July 26 meeting with the Ambassador and econoff, UNSYG Personal Representative to Lebanon Geir Pedersen urged an immediate de-escalation to the fighting even if a cease-fire takes some time. He warned that the humanitarian situation and violence could spiral out of control in less than [...]
2006-07-26 16:47:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNIS KPKO LE MOPS PBTS PTER
06BEIRUT944MGLE01: PROMINENT GEOGRAPHER REVIEWS
[...] (C) Prominent Lebanese geographer and member of the prime minister's commission on Shebaa Farms Issam Khalifeh told econoff on March 22 that there are 36 points of contention along the Lebanese-Syrian border. These disputes include areas still occupied by Syrian military or border guard for [...]
2006-03-24 14:10:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALIS LE PBTS PGOV SY
06BELGRADE128EU Envoy Tempers Optimism on Montenegro
[...] (SBU) Summary: Preparations for the Montenegrin referendum are slowly progressing, but the two sides remain far apart on key modalities. After a month of talks, little has been decided, but discussions will begin to quicken as pro-Independence and pro-Union forces hopefully resolve the less c [...]
2006-01-27 13:45:00Embassy BelgradeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KDEM SR PBTS PGOV PNAT MW
06BELGRADE1522Scenesetter for the Secretary of Defense's Visit to
[...] (SBU) Your visit comes as the Montenegrins celebrate their newly regained independence following a successful referendum in May. Most recently, during the 10 September parliamentary elections the Montenegrin voters handed Prime Minister Milo Djukanovic's ruling coalition another mandate with 4 [...]
2006-09-19 15:46:00Embassy BelgradeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KDEM SR PBTS PGOV PNAT MW
06BELGRADE155BELGRADE REACTION TO CG LONDON STATEMENT
[...] (c) The CG London declaration was discussed within the negotiating team on February 01, and PM advisor Aleksander Simic delivered the official reaction to local media at the end of the day, with the reaction appearing in local press by February 02. The official statement highlighted the neg [...]
2006-02-02 14:51:00Embassy BelgradeCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PBTS SR YI
06BELGRADE1554BELGRADE'S RESPONSE TO STATE 138362 (C-RE6-01248)
[...] (U) The following is Embassy Belgrade's response to INR's questions in reftel. 2. (C) Response follows (reftel's questions in caps): A. (C) WHAT IS THE NATURE OF KOSTUNICA AND TADIC'S RELATIONSHIP? (C) The President and Prime Minister continue to balance their dislike for each othe [...]
2006-09-26 10:40:00Embassy BelgradeCONFIDENTIALPINR PBTS PGOV PHUM PNAT PREL MW YI SR
06BELGRADE1566A/S FRIED'S SEPT 25 MEETINGS WITH SERBIAN LEADERS
[...] (S/NF) Summary: In separate meetings on September 25 in Belgrade, Assistant Secretary Fried delivered to Prime Minister Kostunica, President Tadic and Foreign Minister Draskovic the following unambiguous messages: Kosovo will be independent, Serbs and Serbian culture in Kosovo will be protect [...]
2006-09-28 08:01:00Embassy BelgradeSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL PBTS YI SR
06BELGRADE1752SERBIA AND KOSOVO: WISNER VISIT TO BELGRADE
[...] (C) Frank, Serbian politics have gone into high gear since your last visit to Belgrade in late July, and every politician is now in election mode. Although Prime Minister Kostunica and President Tadic have both improved their poll numbers by appearing to work together, it is the Prime Ministe [...]
2006-10-25 15:31:00Embassy BelgradeCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PBTS KPAO YI SR
06BELGRADE1810SPECIAL ENVOY WISNER'S VISIT TO BELGRADE
[...] (c) Special Envoy Wisner's messages to government, church, and civil society leaders in Belgrade October 31 were exceptionally clear: the USG remains committed to a status decision by the end of 2006; contact group unity and support for Ahtisaari is and will remain solid; and Serbia's leader [...]
2006-11-02 15:50:00Embassy BelgradeCONFIDENTIALPREL PBTS PGOV SR
06BELGRADE1872Belgrade Reaction to Status Decision
[...] (SBU) UN Special Envoy for Kosovo Martti Ahtisaari's announcement on November 10 that he would postpone presenting his proposal for the status of Kosovo until after Serbian elections was met with mixed reactions in Belgrade. While President Tadic expressed some gratitude for the delay, he als [...]
2006-11-17 15:17:00Embassy BelgradeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PBTS KDEM PREL SR
06BELGRADE1929 K1: MOVING SERBIA BEYOND KOSOVO - IMMEDIATE CONSEQUENCE
[...] (c) As part of our Mission-wide K1 (Kosovo settlement and aftermath) strategy, we have laid out in reftel our recommendations on how to manage the endgame in the status process here in Serbia. This message focuses on the next step of K1: expectations and consequence management. This invol [...]
2006-11-28 07:53:00Embassy BelgradeCONFIDENTIALPBTS PGOV PREL PHUM SR
06BELGRADE1996K+1: MOVING SERBIA BEYOND KOSOVO - IMMEDIATE
[...] (c) As part of our Mission-wide K+1 (Kosovo settlement and aftermath) strategy, we have laid out in reftel our recommendations on how to manage the endgame in the status process here in Serbia. This message focuses on the next step of K+1: expectations and consequence management. This inv [...]
2006-12-12 16:33:00Embassy BelgradeCONFIDENTIALPBTS PGOV PHUM PREL SR
06BELGRADE2004MY YEAR-END MEETING WITH PM KOSTUNICA
[...] (c) SUMMARY: I used my final meeting of the year with PM Kostunica to challenge him to do more to support our growing mil-mil relationship, to follow through on his government's commitments to key US investors and restitution claimants, and to urge him to provide reassurances of his commitm [...]
2006-12-13 15:26:00Embassy BelgradeCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR PBTS SR
06BELGRADE299MONTENEGRO'S OPPOSITION, GOVERNMENT TO BACK EU
[...] (C) Summary: The Montenegrin Parliament is expected to meet February 28 to adopt the question, date, and rules for the referendum -- the "EU package." The opposition was quicker to support the package than the GoM, which engaged in a last-minute campaign to persuade the EU to lower the thresho [...]
2006-02-24 16:39:00Embassy BelgradeCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PBTS SR MW
06BELGRADE322Montenegro Referendum: Rules of the Game Are
[...] (SBU) The Montenegrin parliament has adopted the EU- proposed ground rules for the independence referendum, which will be held 21 May. Nonetheless, the pro- independence government strongly complained that the EU-recommended 55 percent super-majority is unfair and more stringent than existing [...]
2006-03-02 07:38:00Embassy BelgradeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KDEM SR PBTS PGOV PNAT MW
06BELGRADE499SAM: Special Envoy Lajcak Emphasizes Unity
[...] (SBU) The Montenegrin referendum campaign has begun to heat up and all signs indicate a no-holds barred campaign with both sides willing to exploit existing tensions to get their preferred outcome. We are coordinating closely with EU Special Envoy Lajcak in the run up to the May 21 vote. Th [...]
2006-03-29 11:56:00Embassy BelgradeCONFIDENTIALPREL KDEM SR PBTS PGOV PNAT MW
06BELGRADE623Bulatovic Threatens Boycott
[...] (SBU) Summary: Predrag Bulatovic, leader of the Socialist People's Party (SNP),has leveled accusations of impropriety and voter fraud against Montenegrin Prime Minister Djukanovic in the run-up to the independence referendum on May 21. He added that he is concerned over the international co [...]
2006-04-20 14:37:00Embassy BelgradeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KDEM SR PBTS PGOV PNAT MW
06BELGRADE67AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH SAM PRESIDENT MAROVIC
[...] (c) Summary: The Ambassador met January 17 with SaM President Marovic at the latter,s request primarily to discuss modalities of the Montenegro referendum. Marovic highlighted his desire to find a compromise approach that would mollify both pro-independence and opposition leaders, ensuring [...]
2006-01-17 16:29:00Embassy BelgradeCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PBTS SR
06BELGRADE813AFTER THE MONTENEGRIN REFERENDUM: CALM
[...] No summary [...]
2006-05-19 15:36:00Embassy BelgradeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PBTS SR MW
06BELGRADE814AFTER THE MONTENEGRIN REFERENDUM: CALM
[...] (SBU) Summary: Despite a blanket refusal by the GOS until now to discuss the practicalities of future inter-republic relations if Montenegrins vote for independence, several senior GOS and GOM officials have indicated they anticipate a calm, but complicated transition after the referendum. A [...]
2006-05-19 16:10:00Embassy BelgradeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PBTS SR MW
06BELGRADE861RESPONSE TO STATE 80071: KOSOVO FINAL STATUS
[...] No summary [...]
2006-05-31 06:39:00Embassy BelgradeSECRETPINR PBTS PGOV PNAT PREL YI SR
06BELGRADE967Serbian Political Roundup - Crumbling Coalition?
[...] (SBU) In a June 1 press conference, Serbian Prime Minister Kostunica officially responded to the final tally of the Montenegrin referendum, and addressed several key issues facing his governent: the formal dissolution of the State Union, he upcoming cabinet reshuffle, and a new constittion. W [...]
2006-06-19 12:21:00Embassy BelgradeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM PREL PBTS PNAT SR MW
06BELGRADE97Serbia - No Participation in Status Talks
[...] (SBU) Key Serbian negotiators on Kosovo again told Contact Group (CG) representatives that the GOS would likely withdraw from status talks if independence was "presumed" at the outset. The GOS presented a non-paper detailing their objections to CG draft position papers (text below),which t [...]
2006-01-23 10:05:00Embassy BelgradeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KDEM SR PBTS PGOV PNAT
06BELIZE459(C) BELIZE: FOREIGN MINISTER MAINTAINS GOB NOT
[...] (C) Over a private luncheon on May 18, the Government of Belize (GoB)'s Minister of Foreign Affairs Eamon Courtenay indicated the following to Ambassador Dieter: (A) He wanted "to make clear" that Belize was not actively lobbying other CARICOM members to vote against Guatemala's election [...]
2006-05-23 20:42:00Embassy BelmopanCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PBTS UNSC BH GU VZ
06BELIZE487DEMARCHE: TESTING CARICOM CONSENSUS IN SUPPORT OF
[...] No summary [...]
2006-06-02 19:27:00Embassy BelmopanCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL UNSC PBTS OAS BH GT VZ XL
06BELIZE562(C) BELIZE: PM MUSA ON GUATEMALA-VENEZUELA UNSC
[...] (C) Belize appreciates U.S. assurances that its recent TIP Tier 3 ranking is not linked to its unwillingness to support Guatemala's candidacy for a seat on the UNSC, and will make a concerted effort to implement the 60-day mini-plan, according to Prime Minister (PM) Said Musa. Guatemala sh [...]
2006-06-23 15:27:00Embassy BelmopanCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM PBTS SMIG UNSC KWMN OAS BH GU
06BRASILIA1804TORRES STRAIT - DEMARCHE ON AUSTRALIAN COMPULSORY PILOTAGE
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-28 18:38:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDEWWT PBTS PHSA BR
06BRIDGETOWN1140DOMINICA MAY CEDE BIRD ISLAND TO VENEZUELA
[...] (SBU) Summary: Dominica has moved closer to abandoning its claim on Bird Island, a small piece of rock and sand located in the center of the Caribbean Sea that is also claimed by Venezuela. Following a June meeting with Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, Dominica Prime Minister Roosevelt Sker [...]
2006-07-05 14:30:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDPBTS PHSA PGOV PINR PREL EAID DO VE XL
06BRIDGETOWN1215ST. LUCIA PM SAYS CARICOM TO BACK VENEZUELA FOR
[...] (C) Summary: In a July 11 call on Ambassador Kramer to discuss possible changes to the St. Lucia Consular Information Sheet (septel),St. Lucia Prime Minister Kenny Anthony said he believed CARICOM Heads of Government (HOGs) had decided to vote as a bloc to support Venezuela over Guatemala f [...]
2006-07-13 18:50:00Embassy BridgetownCONFIDENTIALPREL PBTS PINR ETRD ST VE XL
06BRIDGETOWN1640DOMINICA HOPES FOR IMPROVED U.S.-CARIBBEAN
[...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Kramer and Dominica Foreign Minister Savarin exchanged views on U.S.-Caribbean relations in a September 8 meeting in Bridgetown. Savarin explained that, in addition to Guatemala's claim on Belize territory, Guatemala's role in damaging the Caribbean banana industry is [...]
2006-09-15 19:53:00Embassy BridgetownCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR PBTS PHSA DO CH VE XL
06BRIDGETOWN635WIN-WIN OR LOSE-LOSE: MARITIME BORDER DISPUTE
[...] (U) SUMMARY: On April 11, the Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague handed down its ruling finally establishing a single maritime boundary between Barbados and Trinidad and Tobago. The new border differs from those claimed by each of the parties in their pleadings, yet both countries a [...]
2006-04-12 18:05:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDPBTS EWWT ETRD EPET PHSA TT BB GY VE XL
06BRIDGETOWN911BARBADOS/TRINIDAD MARITIME BOUNDARY DISPUTE: THE
[...] (C) Summary: Barbados Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Permanent Secretary Teresa Marshall invited representatives from the U.S., Canada, and the U.K. to the MFA for a private briefing on the recently settled Barbados/Trinidad maritime boundary dispute. Marshall painted a picture of slipper [...]
2006-05-26 19:08:00Embassy BridgetownCONFIDENTIALPBTS EPET EFIS PREL BB TT XL
06BRUSSELS2647BELGIAN COUNCIL OF MINISTERS FUND SEVERAL POSITIVE
[...] (U) Summary. The Belgian Council of Ministers meeting held July 20 approved and provided budgetary allowances for several economic, political and military initiatives. Of particular interest were a C-130 for Afghanistan, a NATO mine clearing operation in the Baltics, and continued participatio [...]
2006-08-01 13:19:00Embassy BrusselsUNCLASSIFIEDAF BE CG EAID EN KZ MARR MAS MOPS PBTS PGOV
06BUCHAREST1133BYSTROE CANAL: ROMANIA WELCOMES UN FINDINGS
[...] (SBU) Summary: Romania welcomed the unanimous findings released by a special UN Inquiry Commission noting the negative trans-boundary impact of Ukraine's dredging in Bystroe Canal. Romanian officials now expect Ukraine to initiate public and cross-border consultations on this sensitive environ [...]
2006-07-14 15:18:00Embassy BucharestUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL ECON PBTS SENV UP RO
06BUCHAREST1666ROMANIA AGREES THAT KOSOVO IS NOT A PRECEDENT FOR
[...] (C) Deputy Political Chief October 30 raised reftel points with MFA Director for Western Balkan and Regional Cooperation Raluca-Irina Zidaru, and sought elaboration of the Romanian position regarding Kosovo. Zidaru agreed that Kosovo is not a precedent for the reasons outlined in the demarch [...]
2006-10-31 16:50:00Embassy BucharestCONFIDENTIALPBTS PREL SR RO
06BUCHAREST287ROMANIAN AND UKRAINIAN VIEWS ON PRESIDENT
[...] (C) Summary: Romanian MFA officials expressed cautious optimism that the new bilateral commission set up by President Traian Basescu and Ukrainian President Yushchenko could yield concrete results in resolving historic problems between the two countries such as competing territorial claims ove [...]
2006-02-17 16:43:00Embassy BucharestCONFIDENTIALPREL ECON PBTS MD UP RO
06CALCUTTA463DHAKA POL/ECON COUNSELOR DUNDAS MCCULLOUGH INTERACTS WITH
[...] (U) Summary: On October 5, Embassy Dhaka Pol/Econ Counselor Dundas McCullough visited Calcutta to assess Indian perspectives on security and infiltration of terrorists from Bangladesh into India and for an overview of India's economic relationship with Bangladesh. The prevailing sentiment in [...]
2006-10-16 13:08:00Consulate KolkataUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PBTS ECON IN BG NP PTER
06CALCUTTA495INDIA'S COMMUNISTS LOBBY FOR CHINA
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In anticipation of Chinese President Hu Jintao's November 20-24 visit to India, Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPM) has been pressuring the GOI to conduct a more conciliatory foreign policy towards China. In its September Central Committee meeting, the CPM criticized the r [...]
2006-11-01 12:35:00Consulate KolkataUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON CH ETRD ENRG PBTS IN PGOV PREL
06CASABLANCA316WESTERN SAHARA: PERSPECTIVES OF CBM PARTICIPANTS
[...] (SBU) Summary: During a three day visit to the Western Sahara, Poloffs and Cairo-based Regional Refugee Coordinator Cheyne had the opportunity to talk to participants in UN Confidence Building Measure's (CBM) family exchange visits from both sides of the berm (Septel from Cairo). On the mor [...]
2006-03-24 12:53:00Consulate CasablancaCONFIDENTIALMO PBTS PGOV PHUM PREF PREL
06CASABLANCA773IT'S THE ISLAMISTS, NOT THE POLISARIO! CASABLANCA
[...] (C) Summary: Conversations with Casablanca business and financial elites reveal different priorities and perspectives than political elites on the issue of the Western Sahara. Whereas government contacts emphasize resolution of the Western Sahara conflict as a national priority, Casablanca b [...]
2006-07-06 17:32:00Consulate CasablancaCONFIDENTIALECON PBTS PGOV MO
06CONAKRY1711 Mano River Union Conference: Consolidating Peace and
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On November 16-17, Guinea hosted the Conference for the Consolidation of Peace and Security in the Mano River Region. The event brought together delegations from Liberia and Sierra Leone with officials from various United Nations agencies, foreign governments, and diplomatic mi [...]
2006-11-21 07:24:00Embassy ConakryUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREF PREL PBTS EAID GV LI SL IV
06COPENHAGEN705GREENLAND: AMB'S VISIT REINFORCES STRONGER TIES
[...] (SBU) Summary. Ambassador Cain's recent five-day visit to Greenland confirmed that U.S. relations with this strategic, semi-autonomous territory are stronger than ever and no longer the bilateral irritant they once were with the Danish government. Greenland Home Rule officials uniformly expr [...]
2006-05-18 11:42:00Embassy CopenhagenUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PBTS SENV DA GL
06COPENHAGEN980DENMARK: TRANSNISTRIA'S PROPOSED INDEPENDENCE
[...] No summary [...]
2006-07-20 03:31:00Embassy CopenhagenCONFIDENTIALRS OSCE PBTS PREL DA
06DAKAR1279SEVENTH HIGH LEVEL MEETING OF HEADS OF UN PEACE
[...] (C) On May 29, UNSYG Special Representative for West Africa Ahmedou Ould-Abdallah told the Ambassador that he is traveling to Yaounde this week to try to broker a summit on demarcating the border between Cameroon and Nigeria on the Bakassi Peninsula. He also provided a summary of his May 12 [...]
2006-05-31 12:31:00Embassy DakarCONFIDENTIALPINS PBTS SOCI KFLU XY CM
06DARESSALAAM1560ZANZIBAR OPPOSITION: STARTING TROUBLE OR SAVING
[...] (C) SUMMARY. At a September 9 political rally, Ibrahim Lipumba, national leader of the opposition Civic United Front (CUF),set a deadline for breaking the political impasse on Zanzibar, provocatively suggesting Lebanon's Hezbollah as a model for action if the stalemate on the isles continues. [...]
2006-09-19 08:45:00Embassy Dar Es SalaamCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EAID ECON PINR PHUM PBTS TZ
06DARESSALAAM592TANZANIA OVERFLIGHTS REVISITED, NO READ ON RESPONSE
[...] (S) The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA),through Grace Martin, Head of Section for Europe and the Americas, contacted Poloff April 4 regarding the outstanding USG request for overflight permission. In a April 5 meeting, Martin told Poloff that she had been directed to research the issue, [...]
2006-04-10 14:51:00Embassy Dar Es SalaamSECRETMOPS PREL PBTS PTER PINR TZ MARR
06DARESSALAAM771OVERFLIGHTS: HELP US DO IT OURSELVES
[...] (S) Ambassador Pastor Ngaiza, Head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Europe and Americas Division, has informed Ambassador Retzer that the Government of Tanzania (GOT) would like to develop its own capacity to conduct aerial surveillance and reconnaissance missions rather than allow USG ov [...]
2006-05-11 06:54:00Embassy Dar Es SalaamSECRETMARV MOPS PREL PBTS PTER PINR TZ
06DILI18EX-MILITIA MEMBERS KILLED IN CLASH WITH EAST TIMOR BORDER
[...] (U) Summary: Three alleged members of 1999-era anti-independence militias were shot dead by officers of East Timor's Border Patrol Unit (BPU) on Friday, January 6. One of the three, Jose Mausorte, was a prominent member of the Halilintar militia and had been accused of involvement in several [...]
2006-01-09 15:18:00Embassy DiliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PBTS PHUM ASEC KAWC TT ID
06DILI70UPDATE ON JANUARY BORDER INCIDENTS
[...] (U) Summary: Two border incidents that occurred in January have caused a spike in tension between East Timor and Indonesia. First, on January 6, three alleged members of 1999-era militias were shot dead by East Timor's Border Patrol Unit (BPU). See Reftel. Then, on January 24, it was reporte [...]
2006-02-15 05:37:00Embassy DiliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PBTS PHUM ASEC TT ID
06DUBLIN609IRELAND SUPPORTS A PEACEFUL RESOLUTION IN SOUTH
[...] No summary [...]
2006-05-30 10:21:00Embassy DublinCONFIDENTIALPBTS PREL PGOV OSCE RU GG EI
06GEORGETOWN1058GUYANA ECONOMIC & COMMERCIAL ROUND-UP
[...] Jagdeo Pursues Debt Relief, Treasury Ties in Singapore 2. Guyana-Suriname Maritime Boundary Dispute: Legal Teams to begin Oral Arguments on December 7 3. Russian Firm Interested in Linden Bauxite Operations 4. Cambior/IAMGOLD Merger Could Affect Guyanese Mining Operation 5. Stone Supply Sh [...]
2006-10-10 20:50:00Embassy GeorgetownUNCLASSIFIEDECON PBTS EMIN ETRD EFIN EINV ENRG GY
06GEORGETOWN365 Venezuela and the Caribbean
[...] Following is text of the editorial in today's Stabroek News newspaper, Guyana's leading independent newspaper. The editorial is a good reflection of the Guyanese thinking man's view of Venezuela, Chavez, and the 160 year-old boundary dispute. 2. BEGIN TEXT: It was columnist Mr. Reggie D [...]
2006-04-21 14:21:00Embassy GeorgetownUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PBTS ECIN EINV EPET EAID XL VE GY
06GEORGETOWN577VENEZUELA-GUYANA BORDER DISPUTE OVERSHADOWS
[...] No summary [...]
2006-06-16 16:31:00Embassy GeorgetownCONFIDENTIALPBTS ECON EPET PREL GY
06GEORGETOWN651NO CARICOM CONSENSUS YET ON UNSC SEAT
[...] (U) Under the headline "Venezuela or Guatemala for UN seat? Caricom still undecided", the independent Stabroek News reported July 6 that the CARICOM Heads of Government have refrained from reaching consensus on a regional block vote for the UNSC seat. Guyana FonMin Insanally's comments indica [...]
2006-07-06 14:41:00Embassy GeorgetownUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PBTS UNSC CARICOM GY XL
06GUATEMALA1961AMBASSADOR MAISTO'S SEPTEMBER 27-28 VISIT TO
[...] (C) Summary: During a September 27-28 visit to Guatemala, U.S. Ambassador to the OAS John Maisto promoted "relevant multilateralism" in a number of fora and discussed the Guatemala-Belize dispute with the Belizean Ambassador to Guatemala and with senior officials in the Guatemalan Foreign Mi [...]
2006-10-05 15:13:00Embassy GuatemalaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PBTS PHSA KDEM OTRA OAS GT BH HO
06GUATEMALA654GUATEMALA-BELIZE RELATIONS IMPROVING DESPITE
[...] (SBU) Summary. On March 23 and 24 in Antigua, Guatemala, delegates from Guatemala, Belize, and Honduras met to begin negotiating maritime boundaries in the Gulf of Honduras. Following the meeting, the parties issued a public statement expressing their satisfaction in having concluded a cordial [...]
2006-04-03 17:48:00Embassy GuatemalaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PREF EAID PBTS OAS BH GT
06HALIFAX215MAINE LNG ISSUES - NEW BRUNSWICK COMMITTED TO STOPPING LNG
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The new Liberal government in New Brunswick is continuing the fight to stop liquified natural gas (LNG) tankers from transiting through Passamaquoddy Bay, which lies between Maine and New Brunswick. New Consul General (CG) was briefed by a senior member of the New Brunswick civ [...]
2006-11-08 18:48:00Consulate HalifaxUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEPET ENRG EWWT PBTS PGOV PREL PINR CA
06HALIFAX216ROOKIE NEW BRUNSWICK PREMIER TOUTS STRONG U.S. TIES
[...] (SBU) Shawn Graham, Canada's newest Premier, is ready to implement a U.S.-friendly agenda that is focused on expanded trade to the United States, especially energy sales. While electricity exports have been the primary focus, the new Liberal government is looking at how Irving Oil's growing in [...]
2006-11-22 19:39:00Consulate HalifaxUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ENRG PREL PBTS PTER EPET ETRD EIND CA
06HELSINKI1119PSI: LETTER TO PSI PARTICIPANTS ON UNSCR 1718 -
[...] No summary [...]
2006-11-02 14:28:00Embassy HelsinkiUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP PARM PREL PHSA EWWT EAIR PBTS FI
06HELSINKI682FINLAND/EU TROUBLED BY TRANSNISTRIA INDEPENDENCE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: THE FINNISH EU PRESIDENCY SHARES THE US PAGE 02 RUEHHEA0682 C O N F I D E N T I A L HELSINKI 000682 CONCERN THAT TRANSNISTRIA'S PROPOSED INDEPENDENCE REFERENDUM CANNOT BE TAKEN SERIOUSLY OR TREATED AS LEGITIMATE. THE GOF FEARS RUSSIA MAY ULTIMATELY SUPPORT THE REFERENDUM'S [...]
2006-07-19 13:57:00Embassy HelsinkiCONFIDENTIALOSCE PBTS PREL RS MD FI
06HELSINKI889NO FINNISH POSITION ON RECAPP - ASIAN ANTI-PIRACY
[...] (SBU) Econoff spoke with Tapio Puurunen, Unit for Public International Law at the MFA about Finland's position on the Regional Cooperation Agreement on Combating Piracy and Armed Robbery against Ships in Asia (ReCAPP). Puurunen expressed that it was an interesting initiative and that Finland w [...]
2006-09-05 13:30:00Embassy HelsinkiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEWWT KRCM KTIA PBTS PHSA PREL FI
06HILLAH44WELCOME TO IRAQ: SCENES FROM THE IRAQ-IRAN BORDER CROSSING
[...] (S/NF) SUMMARY. A March 8 visit by Regional Embassy Office Al-Hillah staff to the Arafat Border Patrol station and Zorbatiyah Point of Entry (PoE) confirmed continuing reports of nearly unrestricted movement of people and goods across the Iran/Iraq border in Northeast Wasit province. The Border [...]
2006-03-14 08:51:00REO HillahSECRETPBTS PGOV PTER KCRM IR IZ
06JERUSALEM1106FATAH LEGISLATORS SEE ISRAELI ACTIONS,
[...] (C) Summary. During a March 13 meeting in Bethlehem, four Fatah Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC) members asserted that Israeli policies had played a deciding factor in the Hamas victory in the January 25 legislative elections. These mid-level Fatah leaders, who are close to Fatah's g [...]
2006-03-17 14:48:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PBTS KWBG KPAL KDEM IS
06JERUSALEM114PALESTINIAN LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL ELECTIONS SITREP
[...] (C) Summary. Central Elections Commission (CEC) officials January 9 reported to the Consul General that the Ministry of Interior (MOI) has provided conflicting messages on its ability to provide Election Day security. The MOI has agreed to abide by CEC procedures for early voting for the [...]
2006-01-09 18:33:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KWBG PBTS IS KPAL KDEM
06JERUSALEM139PALESTINIAN LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL ELECTIONS SITREP
[...] (C) Summary. Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmud Abbas (Abu Mazen) January 11 appealed for independent Fatah candidates running in the district races to withdraw their candidacies. Palestinian contacts suggest that this request will have minimal effect on most of these candidates. [...]
2006-01-12 10:41:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KWBG PBTS IS KPAL KDEM
06JERUSALEM157PALESTINIAN LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL ELECTIONS SITREP
[...] (C) PLO Chief Negotiator Sa'eb Erekat January 12 provided the Consul General a one-page statement endorsed by 19 of the 39 Jerusalem PLC candidates. The statement, which includes the signatures of four Hamas candidates, urges that elections be held as scheduled regardless of any potential [...]
2006-01-13 17:31:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KWBG PBTS IS KPAL KDEM
06JERUSALEM190PALESTINIAN LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL ELECTIONS SITREP
[...] (C) Summary. Palestinian and Israeli officials met January 16 to work on technical issues relating to voting in East Jerusalem. Officials discussed the possibility of issuing 6,000 tickets to East Jerusalem residents to allow them to vote at designated post offices. Both sides are schedu [...]
2006-01-17 17:18:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KWBG PBTS IS KPAL KDEM
06JERUSALEM1918SETTLER HARASSMENT OF PALESTINIAN SCHOOLCHILDREN
[...] SUMMARY. Settlers from Ma'on and Hill 833 outpost in the southern Hebron Hills have waged an ongoing campaign of harassment against Palestinian schoolchildren traveling from Um Tuba to their school in al-Tuwani, according to Christian Peacemaker Teams (CPT). CPT believes that settlers attack [...]
2006-05-12 16:15:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALPREL PBTS PHUM KWBG IS
06JERUSALEM240SUBJECT: PALESTINIAN LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL ELECTIONS
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Fatah and Hamas candidates in Gaza signed an agreement pledging to refrain from displaying weaponry and abide by the democratic process. Israeli and Palestinian negotiators met January 18 for additional discussions regarding Jerusalem voting. During a January 18 meeting at C [...]
2006-01-19 17:58:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALPREL KWBG PGOV PINS PTER KPAL IS PBTS KDEM
06JERUSALEM257PALESTINIAN LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL ELECTIONS SITREP
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Central Elections Committee (CEC) published the finalized procedures for East Jerusalem voting on January 19. President Abbas signed a decree advancing the voting period for members of the PASF by one day to begin on January 21. Dozens of East Jerusalem residents clashed wit [...]
2006-01-20 16:17:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALPREL KWBG PGOV PINS PTER KPAL IS PBTS KDEM
06JERUSALEM286PALESTINIAN LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL ELECTIONS SITREP
[...] (C) Summary. Voting by Palestinian Authority (PA) security forces continued for a third and final day, January 23, with turnout reported around 82 percent of registered voters at the conclusion of the second day of voting. ConGen contacts expect final turnout over 90 percent of registered [...]
2006-01-23 15:55:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KWBG PBTS IS KPAL KDEM
06JERUSALEM324PALESTINIAN LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL ELECTIONS SITREP
[...] (C) SUMMARY: A senior Fatah activist associated with Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC) candidate Ghassan Shakaa was killed in Nablus early on January 24, reportedly by gunmen associated with rival Fatah leader Jamal al-Tirawi. Large Fatah and Hamas rallies on January 23 marked the officia [...]
2006-01-24 17:05:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALPREL KWBG PGOV PINS PTER KPAL IS PBTS KDEM
06JERUSALEM338PALESTINIAN LEGISLATIVE ELECTIONS: ELECTION DAY
[...] (C) Con Gen election observers report elections proceeding smoothly in Jerusalem and Ramallah in the first hours of voting. PA President Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen),speaking to the media, commended the ongoing polling and described the events as "an election festival." Three polling stations i [...]
2006-01-25 09:33:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KWBG PBTS IS KPAL KDEM
06JERUSALEM340PALESTINIAN LEGISLATIVE ELECTIONS: ELECTION DAY
[...] (C) As of 12:30 pm local time, Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC) elections continued to go smoothly. There was media coverage of PA President Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen) and Hamas leader Mohammed Zahar casting votes in their respective locations. There continued to be reports of some votin [...]
2006-01-25 12:01:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PBTS KWBG KPAL KDEM IS
06JERUSALEM345PALESTINIAN LEGISLATIVE ELECTIONS: ELECTION DAY
[...] (C) As of 2:30 pm local time, PLC elections continued to go smoothly with 45 percent voter turnout in both the West Bank and Gaza Strip after seven and a half hours of voting. CEC Chairman Hanna Nasser estimated that voter turnout would be 75-80 percent by the end of the day and predicted that [...]
2006-01-25 14:19:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PBTS KDEM KPAL KWBG IS
06JERUSALEM347PALESTINIAN LEGISLATIVE ELECTIONS: ELECTION DAY
[...] (C) As of 6:00 pm local time, Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC) elections continued to go smoothly with only sporadic reports of violence. The Central Elections Commission reported voter turnout at 64.7 percent with 810,000 voting in the West Bank and Gaza Strip. Slow lines at East Jerusa [...]
2006-01-25 17:00:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PBTS ASEC KDEM KPAL KWBG IS
06JERUSALEM348PALESTINIAN LEGISLATIVE ELECTIONS: ELECTION DAY
[...] (C) As of 9:00 pm local time, Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC) elections continued to go smoothly in most areas, with nearly 81 percent voter turnout in the West Bank and Gaza Strip after over 12 hours of voting. The CEC determined that there would not be an overall extension of the votin [...]
2006-01-25 20:37:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALPREL ASEC IS KDEM KPAL KWBG PBTS PGOV
06JERUSALEM349PALESTINIAN LEGISLATIVE ELECTIONS: ELECTION DAY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: As of midnight on Election Day, the Central Elections Commission (CEC) was counting votes with preliminary results not expected until later on January 26. Polls in Jerusalem closed at 2100L, two hours after the West Bank and Gaza Strip. The election was notably free of serious vo [...]
2006-01-25 22:43:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALASEC IS KDEM KPAL KWBG PBTS PGOV PREL
06JERUSALEM366PALESTINIAN LEGISLATIVE ELECTIONS: DAY AFTER
[...] (C) Palestinian political figures awoke on January 26 to the signs of a political earthquake, with Hamas now generally expected to gain a majority in the new Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC). Fatah candidates Sa'eb Erekat and Mohammed Dahlan said the results were "a disaster" and spoke o [...]
2006-01-26 12:01:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KWBG PBTS IS KPAL KDEM
06JERUSALEM385POTENTIAL MINISTERIAL CANDIDATES: ZIAD ABU AMR AND
[...] (C) Two possible compromise candidates that Hamas may offer in upcoming consultations over government formation with President Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen) are Ziad Abu Amr, a re-elected independent PLC member from Gaza City and Mustafa Bargouthi, the head of the "Independent Palestine" party whi [...]
2006-01-27 16:44:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KWBG PBTS IS KPAL KDEM
06JERUSALEM386PA BASIC LAW: SEPERATION OF POWERS AND SECURITY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The PA Basic Law and Presidential Decrees are the primary legal bases for government formation and control of the PA Security Forces (PASF). While the law is clear on some issues such as the selection of the Prime Minister and the Council of Ministers, the Basic Law does not say a [...]
2006-01-27 16:47:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALASEC IS KDEM KPAL KWBG PBTS PGOV PREL
06JERUSALEM4346EU-BAM CHAIRS SECOND COORDINATION AND EVALUATION
[...] (C) Summary: In a productive second meeting of the Coordination and Evaluation Committee on the Rafah crossing chaired by the European Union Border Assistance Mission (EU-BAM),Israeli and Palestinian delegations, with a USG delegation present as observers, reviewed the Rafah crossing operati [...]
2006-09-29 14:25:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV PBTS PTER ETRD KWBG IS EG
06JERUSALEM458HAMAS EMPHASIZING UNITY AND MODERATION; FATAH AND
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Hamas leaders inside the West Bank and Gaza continue to emphasize unity and moderation in their public statements, while the ConGen has received reports that senior PASF and Fatah officials are growing increasingly fearful of the impending transfer of governmental authority. Hamas [...]
2006-02-01 16:00:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALASEC IS KDEM KPAL KWBG PBTS PGOV PREL
06JERUSALEM483HAMAS LEADERS: BIOGRAPHICAL AND POLITICAL DATA
[...] (C) The incoming, newly elected Hamas PLC membership is a diverse and well-educated group. Some of the most prominent incoming PLC members bring with them administrative experience developed during the al-Aqsa Intifada, when Islamic charities and traditional reconciliation committees moved in [...]
2006-02-02 17:01:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALASEC IS KDEM KPAL KWBG PBTS PGOV PREL
06JERUSALEM4849EU-BAM CHAIRS THIRD COORDINATION AND EVALUATION
[...] (C) SUMMARY: DURING A PRODUCTIVE THIRD MEETING OF THE COORDINATION AND EVALUATION COMMITTEE (CEC),ISRAELIS AND PALESTINIANS MADE PROGRESS TOWARDS TACKLING OUTSTANDING ISSUES CONCERNING OPERATIONS AT THE RAFAH CROSSING POINT, INCLUDING: -- UPDATING THE PALESTINIAN POPULATION REGISTRY AND HAND [...]
2006-11-27 15:32:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV PBTS PTER ETRD KWBG IS EG
06JERUSALEM5030EU-BAM CHAIRS THIRD COORDINATION AND EVALUATION
[...] (U) ACTION REQUEST FOR THE DEPARTMENT IN PARAGRAPH 10. 2. (C) SUMMARY: DURING A PRODUCTIVE BUT MORE EMOTIONAL FOURTH MEETING OF THE COORDINATION AND EVALUATION COMMITTEE (CEC),ISRAELIS AND PALESTINIANS CONTINUED THEIR SLOW PROGRESS ON TACKLING OUTSTANDING ISSUES CONCERNING OPERATIONS AT [...]
2006-12-22 13:29:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV PBTS PTER ETRD KWBG IS EG
06JERUSALEM5065MASKIYYOT: NEW SETTLEMENT DEVELOPMENT OPPOSITE
[...] (C) Summary. During a visit to the Maskiyyot pre-army school on December 29, students told Poloff that houses for 30 families evacuated from Gush Katif would be constructed in a separate, uncleared area, opposite the highway from the school. Peace Now's chief settlement watcher told Poloff [...]
2006-12-29 14:25:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALPREL KWBG PBTS KPAL IS
06JERUSALEM561HAMAS GOVERNMENT TALKS ONGOING IN CAIRO
[...] (C) Senior Hamas officials, representing the political leadership in Gaza and Damascus, February 6 commenced talks in Cairo on the formation of the next Palestinian cabinet. The Damascus delegation included Hamas political bureau chief Khaled Mish'al, deputy chief Musa Abu Marzouk, and burea [...]
2006-02-07 16:32:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KWBG PBTS IS KPAL KDEM EG
06JERUSALEM581ABU MAZEN'S OFFICE STRATEGIZING FOR HAMAS-LED
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Presidential Advisor Ghaith al-Omari told Consul General February 7 that his office is working to formulate a response to HAMAS's victory in the Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC) elections. Al-Omari said the PA is considering a number of ideas to strengthen presidential cont [...]
2006-02-08 14:46:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALASEC IS KDEM KPAL KWBG PBTS PGOV PREL
06JERUSALEM67PALESTINIAN LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL ELECTIONS SITREP
[...] (C) Summary. The Central Elections Commission (CEC) January 4 delivered a letter to Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmud Abbas (Abu Mazen) requesting that the commission be "relieved of its duties" for the January 25 Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC) elections. CEC Chief Elector [...]
2006-01-05 17:09:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KWBG PBTS IS KPAL KDEM
06JERUSALEM693MUSTAFA BARGHOUTHI ON GOVERNMENT FORMATION
[...] (C) Summary. During a February 14 meeting in Ramallah with the Consul General, Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC)-elect member Dr. Mustafa Barghouthi denied reports emanating from Hamas sources that he or other individuals from his faction, "Independent Palestine", were engaged in negot [...]
2006-02-15 16:06:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KWBG PBTS IS KPAL KDEM
06JERUSALEM720INCOMING FATAH PLC MEMBERS TAKE 'WAIT AND SEE'
[...] (C) Summary. In separate February 15 meetings with ConGen Poloff, newly elected Fatah Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC) members Dr. Emile Jarjou'i and Dr. Bernard Sabella, urged caution from both Fatah and the international community in its approach toward the incoming Hamas-led govern [...]
2006-02-17 11:09:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KWBG PBTS IS KPAL KDEM
06JERUSALEM79OLIVE GROVE DESTROYED IN SOUTHERN WEST BANK VILLAGE
[...] (SBU) Palestinian villagers from the southern West Bank village of Juwaya January 6 discovered 102 olive trees -- planted over 30 years ago -- deliberately cut down, presumably by settlers residing in nearby Ma'on settlement. According to contacts from the Christian Peacemaker Teams (CPT),[...]
2006-01-06 17:25:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALASEC CASC IS KDEM KPAL KWBG PBTS PGOV PHUM
06JERUSALEM795EREKAT URGING ABU MAZEN TO TAKE TOUGH STAND
[...] (C) Summary. During a February 22 meeting with NEA DAS Dibble and the Consul General, PLO Chief Negotiator Dr. Sa'eb Erekat said that he had urged Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmud Abbas (Abu Mazen) to stand firm against Hamas. Erekat, who speculated that Hamas could announce the [...]
2006-02-23 17:12:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KWBG PBTS IS KPAL KDEM
06JERUSALEM80PALESTINIAN LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL ELECTIONS SITREP
[...] (C) Summary. Hamas January 5 endorsed a Code of Conduct for the January 25 Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC) elections that it had earlier refused to sign in October. The Chief Electoral Officer for the Central Elections Commission (CEC),Ammar Dweik, reported that Abu Mazen had yet t [...]
2006-01-06 18:01:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KWBG PBTS IS KPAL KDEM
06JERUSALEM903FORMER JERUSALEM PLC MEMBER ASSESSES HAMAS, ABU
[...] (C) Summary. During a March 2 meeting with ConGen Poloff, former Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC) member Ziad Abu Zayyad (Jerusalem, independent) provided his assessment of the challenges confronting the Palestinian Authority (PA) and the new PLC. On Hamas forming the next Palestinia [...]
2006-03-03 17:01:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PBTS KWBG KPAL KDEM IS
06KHARTOUM1027GoSS Finance Ministry Believes Northern Oil
[...] (SBU) According to Under Secretary for Finance Isaac Makur Ater, the Government of Southern Sudan (GoSS) Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning now believes that the federal Government of national Unity (GNU) Ministry of Finance and National Economy is providing the true numbers regarding o [...]
2006-05-01 12:22:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV EPET EFIN PBTS SU
06KHARTOUM2120 SUDAN - UPDATE ON THE NORTH-SOUTH TECHNICAL AD HOC BORDER
[...] (U) In a meeting on August 16, the Assessment and Evaluation Commission's (AEC) Power Sharing Working Group Coordinator reported to the group that, according to the National Congress Party (NCP) Chair of the Technical Ad hoc Border Committee, the committee has made significant progress on the b [...]
2006-09-05 08:48:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPBTS EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI KAWC SU
06KHARTOUM742 SPLM HOLDS SEMINAR ON ABYEI ISSUE
[...] (C) Summary: An SPLM presentation explained the background of the Abyei border issue and argued for implementation of the report of the Abyei Boundaries Commission as a key component of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement. After explaining the rationale behind the decision, they rejected the n [...]
2006-03-23 14:59:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPGOV PBTS SOCI SU
06KIEV1020UKRAINE/MOLDOVA/TRANSNISTRIA: GOU BLAMES TIRASPOL
[...] (C) Summary: In a March 15 briefing of OSCE member state reps, GOU officials accused Transnistrian authorities of purposefully engineering the ongoing border standoff and refusing GOU attempts to discuss the situation. GOU officials appealed to EU states to advise their shippers to avoid tra [...]
2006-03-15 15:42:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPREL PBTS PINR OSCE
06KIEV1021UKRAINE/MOLDOVA/TRANSNISTRIA: EUR DAS KRAMER
[...] (C) Summary: During March 13 meetings in Kiev, EUR DAS David Kramer praised the Ukrainian government's decision to implement a customs protocol to control the flow of goods across its border with Moldova/Transnistria. Drawing on reftel, Kramer told PM Yuri Yekhanurov, Deputy Minister of Defe [...]
2006-03-15 15:54:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPREL PBTS MD UP OSCE
06KIEV1088UKRAINE: KAZAKHSTAN AND THE 2009 OSCE
[...] (C) Summary: During a March 2 meeting with U.S. Ambassador to the OSCE Julie Finley, DFM Volodymyr Khandohiy said Ukraine would not actively lobby for the 2009 OSCE Chairmanship in Office, but might consider advancing its candidacy if Kazakhstan were to voluntarily withdraw its bid. End summ [...]
2006-03-22 05:23:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PBTS PHUM OSCE UP KZ
06KIEV1135UKRAINE/MOLDOVA/TRANSNISTRIA: YUSHCHENKO ON
[...] (C) In a March 23 meeting, President Yushchenko told Ambassador that the Ukrainian government had learned March 21 that Russia planned to ship humanitarian assistance to the Transnistrians. He had spoken to Russian Ambassador Chernomyrdin and said the Russian shipment was an unfriendly act be [...]
2006-03-24 07:27:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPREL PBTS PHUM PINR OSCE
06KIEV1160UKRAINE/MOLDOVA/TRANSNISTRIA: RUSSIAN AID CONVOY,
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 6. Maintaining the new customs regime ----------------------------------- 2. (C) Ambassador delivered ref A points on Ukraine's Transnistria-related customs proposal to Foreign Minister Borys Tarasyuk March 24. Tarasyuk asked whether we wan [...]
2006-03-24 15:47:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPREL PINR PBTS OSCE
06KIEV1282UKRAINE/MOLDOVA/TRANSNISTRIA: APPLYING POLITICAL
[...] (C) Summary: MFA Romania and Moldova Division Counselor Cornelia Luskalova told us March 30 that the Ukrainian government (GOU) was planned to combine political and economic levers to return cross-border trade between Ukraine and Moldova/Transnistria to normal. The GOU would urge the Moldova [...]
2006-03-31 16:01:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPREL PBTS PINR PGOV ETRD PREF OSCE MD UP RS
06KIEV1444UKRAINE: NSDC SECRETARY ON TRANSNISTRIA, BELARUS,
[...] (C) Summary: In an April 11 meeting, National Security and Defense Council (NSDC) Secretary Kinakh told Ambassador the Ukrainian government was concerned that Transnistrian authorities might provoke an armed confrontation at one of Transnistria's "border crossings" with Moldova. The Russians [...]
2006-04-11 15:25:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPREL PBTS ENRG ETRD PINR OSCE MD BO RS UP
06KIEV2039UKRAINE: DEFENSE MINISTER GETS AHEAD OF FOREIGN
[...] (C) Summary: In a May 22 meeting with EUR DAS Kramer, Foreign Minister Tarasyuk said a meeting of the presidents of Ukraine and Belarus might be possible if Belarus were to make favorable decisions on issues of importance to Ukraine. Tarasyuk added that the Ukrainian government was preparing t [...]
2006-05-26 08:45:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPREL PBTS PHUM EAID NATO MARR PINR BO UP
06KIEV2358UKRAINE/ROMANIA/BLACK SEA FORUM: FRIENDLY
[...] (SBU) Summary: Ukraine and Romania have enjoyed markedly warmer relations post-Orange Revolution, according to Romanian Embassy counselor Stanciu, with Romanian President Basescu visiting Kiev three times. MFA Romania desk officer Popyk told us three areas continued to be irritants in the bi [...]
2006-06-16 15:04:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPREL PBTS ETRD SENV KDEM RO UP
06KIEV2964UKRAINE/MOLDOVA/TRANSNISTRIA: EUR DAS KRAMER URGES
[...] (C) Summary: In July 28 meetings with Party of Regions leader Viktor Yanukovych, Socialist Party leader Oleksandr Moroz, and Deputy Foreign Minister (and special negotiator on Transnistria Issues) Andriy Veselovsky, EUR DAS David Kramer praised Ukraine's leadership in resolving problems arisin [...]
2006-07-31 14:47:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPREL PBTS OSCE PINR RO MD UP
06KIEV336UKRAINE: BILATERAL COORDINATION GROUP TALKS: NATO,
[...] (C) Summary: In Bilateral Coordination Group talks January 24, ASD/ISP Flory and EUR A/S Fried noted U.S. support for Ukraine's NATO aspirations, but emphasized the importance of Ukraine demonstrating that it shared the political, economic, and social values required to meet the performance-b [...]
2006-01-26 08:12:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPREL PBTS PINR YI IZ MD BO UP OSCE NATO
06KIEV3464UKRAINE: EUR A/S FRIED VISIT: THE FOREIGN POLICY
[...] (C) Summary: While acknowledging PM Yanukovych's inevitable influence in shaping Ukrainian foreign policy, FM Tarasyuk asserted to EUR A/S Fried during their September 6 dinner that President Yushchenko could still maintain his primacy on foreign policy, as established in the Constitution, b [...]
2006-09-08 15:57:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PBTS MD GG PL UP
06KIEV3532UKRAINE: MFA OFFICIAL WORRIES THAT KOSOVO
[...] (C) Polcouns updated MFA Acting Director General for Political Affairs Olexander Tsvietkov September 12 on the situation with respect to Kosovo, drawing on information from ref b. Knowing that the situation in Kosovo was to be discussed, Tsvietkov presented us with a non-paper, text in para 4 [...]
2006-09-14 14:39:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPREL PBTS KDEM UNMIK PGOV UN YI MD UP
06KIEV365UKRAINE/TRANSNISTRIA: MFA DEFENDS DELAY IN CUSTOMS
[...] (C) Summary: Briefing EU/G7 representatives January 27, Deputy Foreign Minister Veselovsky claimed the Ukrainian government had delayed implementation of the May 15, 2003, customs protocol with Moldova because the GOM's implementation of simplified registration procedures for Transnistrian bu [...]
2006-01-27 15:19:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPREL PBTS PARM PINR MD UP OSCE
06KIEV382UKRAINE: FM TARASYUK WARNS KOSOVO INDEPENDENCE
[...] (C) Summary: Foreign Minister Borys Tarasyuk said, during a January 30 meeting with visiting Project for Transitional Democracies Head Bruce Jackson and Ambassador, that the Ukrainian government did not favor Kosovo independence. Such an outcome would destabilize the political situation in S [...]
2006-01-30 15:08:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPREL PBTS KDEM PINR YI UP UNMIK OSCE
06KINGSTON1370GOJ LETTER TO SEC STATE RICE RE UNSC SEAT
[...] On July 11, Embassy received a letter dated July 10, 2006 from G. Anthony Hylton, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade of the Government of Jamaica (GOJ),to Dr. Condoleeza Rice, Secretary of State of the United States of America. 2. Text of GOJ Letter: Begin Text: Dear Dr. [...]
2006-07-11 19:16:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PBTS UNSC CARICOM JM
06KIRKUK107(C) KRG-ERBIL INTERIOR MINISTER ON BORDER TENSIONS WITH
[...] (C) On the margins of the Iraqi-American Chamber of Commerce conference in Erbil on April 27 Kurdish Regional Government Interior Minister Karim Sinjari briefly discussed recent border tensions with Turkey. Sinjari described the shelling of an Iraqi (Kurdish KDP) border post at Zaha-Sidarkan [...]
2006-05-02 07:14:00REO KirkukCONFIDENTIALPREL PBTS PNAT PGOV PINR IZ TU IR
06KIRKUK124(U) KURDISTAN REFERENDUM MOVEMENT LEADERS DISCUSS
[...] (C) INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY: IPAO on July 3 met with leaders of the Kurdistan Referendum Movement (KRM) to discuss the structure of the organization, its current political goals, and future plans for a referendum on Kurdistan independence. (Note: the KRM was responsible for an unofficia [...]
2006-07-15 14:28:00REO KirkukCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PINR PNAT PREF PREL PBTS KDEM IZ
06KIRKUK173KIRKUK GOVERNOR SURVIVES ATTACK, LAYS OUT PRIORITIES
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Kirkuk Governor Mustafa survived a human bomb attack on his car November 28. This was the first time this tactic had been used in Kirkuk. Mustafa was pessimistic that the provisions of Constitutional Article 140 on the final status of Kirkuk would be completed on schedule. Strong [...]
2006-11-29 14:13:00REO KirkukUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PTER PINR PINS MOPS PBTS IZ
06KIRKUK174KIRKUK RULING COALITION AGAINST BAKER-HAMILTON REPORT
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On October 10 key representatives of the ruling PUK/KDP-dominated local government demarched the REO, and on October 11 affiliated NGO's held a demonstration in front of our gate, about the Iraq Study Group (ISG) Report. In the PUK/KDP's view, the ISG report was biased in favor [...]
2006-12-14 09:55:00REO KirkukUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PBTS PINR IZ
06KIRKUK179ANOTHER ANTI-ISG DEMONSTRATION AT REO - KIRKUK
[...] (U) On December 19, a group of about 100-150 demonstrators from the Turcoman People's Women Union assembled in front of the REO to express discontent with provisions of the Iraq Study Group (ISG) report. The Women Union is an affiliate of the Turcoman Brotherhood Party (led by Walid Sharika, a [...]
2006-12-21 14:20:00REO KirkukUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PINR PGOV PBTS IZ
06KIRKUK47(C) TOZKHURMATO TO JOIN KIRKUK PROVINCE?
[...] (U) This is a joint Kirkuk and SET Tikrit cable. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (C) Governor Hamad of Salah ad Din Province says he would not object to Tozkhurmato's rejoining Kirkuk province, were residents to favor that in a referendum. By contrast, a Tozkhurmato Turcoman strongly oppose [...]
2006-02-27 14:35:00REO KirkukCONFIDENTIALPGOV PBTS EAID PHUM IZ
06KIRKUK97IRANIAN FORCES ATTACK IRAQI KURDISH VILLAGES
[...] (C) On April 21, Iranian military forces bombed Iraqi villages near the tri-border area of Iraq, Iran, and Turkey. Deputy speaker of the Kurdistan National Assembly, Kamal Kirkuki, confirmed that the attacks occurred around 5:00 A.M. in the northern Iraqi villages of Haji Umran and Kherena. [...]
2006-04-22 17:22:00REO KirkukCONFIDENTIALPGOV PBTS PINR PINS PREF PNAT PREL PTER PHUM IZ
06KUWAIT3445SECURITY ISSUES, BORDER INCIDENT HIGHLIGHT KUWAIT
[...] (C/NF) The Ambassador met with Kuwaiti First Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Defense, and Minister of the Interior Shaykh Jaber Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah on August 22. The Ambassador reiterated the U.S. offer of cooperation and support for moving the Gulf Security Dialogue forward and ex [...]
2006-08-23 12:30:00Embassy KuwaitSECRET//NOFORNPREL PINS PBTS EAIR BG KU
06KUWAIT4173KUWAIT-IRAQ BORDER VISIT: OCTOBER 2006
[...] (SBU) Summary: On October 15, Econoffs and DHS officer visited Abdaly Border Crossing, Coalition Crossing, and Navistar on the Kuwait-Iraq border. Despite a number of cross-border incidents in August and September 2006 (reftel),activity at the border appeared calm due in part to the decrea [...]
2006-10-18 10:00:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PBTS KU IZ KUWAIT IRAQ RELATIONS KTFN PTER
06KUWAIT4500PSI: LETTER TO PSI PARTICIPANTS ON UNSCR 1718
[...] (U) Post received GOK response below to ref A letter from U/S Robert Joseph on November 18 from Khalid Al-Jarrallah, Undersecretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Following is an unofficial translation of the response as provided by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The original letter in [...]
2006-11-21 15:30:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP PARM PREL PHSA EWWT EAIR PBTS KU
06KUWAIT4638EVOLVING IRAQ-KUWAIT BORDER CROSSING PROCEDURES
[...] (C/NF) Summary. On December 5, Kuwait Ministry of Interior (MOI) and United States Coalition Forces Land Component Command (CFLCC) officials accompanied by Emboff met and discussed Kuwait-Iraq border crossing issues arising from recently altered MOI procedures. The MOI began using new procedu [...]
2006-12-12 14:51:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV MARR PBTS KU IZ
06KUWAIT659UN TEAM'S FIRST KUWAIT-IRAQ BORDER ASSESSMENT ON
[...] (C) Summary: United Nations (UN) Iraq Desk Officer Eliza Kimball and UN cartographer Vladimir Bessarabov, part of a four person UN border team, discussed the UN team's first assessment of the Kuwait-Iraq border demarcation with pol/mil officer on February 22. The team's February 10-24 visit t [...]
2006-02-27 13:35:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPBTS PREL PGOV MOPS IZ UN KU
06KYIV4149UKRAINE IN AGREEMENT ON UNSCR 1718 OBLIGATIONS ON DPRK CONVENTIONAL ARMS
[...] (C) On October 31, PolCouns delivered the points in reftel A and a copy of the letter in reftel B to Vasyl Pokotylo, Head of Division, MFA Arms Control Department. (Note: As requested, we also forwarded a copy of the letter ref B through official channels addressed to Deputy Foreign Minister [...]
2006-10-31 16:48:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALKNNP PREL PHSA EWWT EAIR PBTS UP PARM
06KYIV4425UKRAINE/RUSSIA: DEFENDING NATIONAL INTERESTS
[...] (C) Summary/comment: PM Yanukovych came to office on a campaign promise to improve relations with Russia, but, although he has toned down the rhetoric towards Russia, like his predecessors, he must find the right balance between close ties to Moscow and protecting Ukrainian sovereignty. While [...]
2006-12-01 14:02:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR PBTS PINR RS UP
06KYIV4647UKRAINE/BELARUS: PLANNING A POSSIBLE PRESIDENTIAL
[...] (C) Summary/comment: According to the MFA, Ukrainian Presidential Secretariat Chief of Staff Baloha's December 14 visit to Minsk was intended to maintain momentum toward a possible meeting between the Ukrainian and Belarusan presidents in the February-March 2007 timeframe. The meeting, if it [...]
2006-12-22 10:57:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPREL PBTS MNUC PINR BO UP
06LISBON1922PORTUGUESE ACCESSION TO RECAAP UNLIKELY UNLESS
[...] No summary [...]
2006-09-08 17:06:00Embassy LisbonUNCLASSIFIEDEWWT KCRM KTIA MY PBTS PHSA PREL PO
06LISBON933PORTUGAL: NOT READY TO PRESS ON SOUTH OSSETIA
[...] (C) On May 22, Polecon Off delivered reftel demarche to MFA Russian Affairs Officer Ana Paula Moriera. While she acknowledged that Russia had been practicing a creeping influence policy, Moriera said the EU and OSCE messages urging restraint were probably sufficient given the sensitivities [...]
2006-05-24 13:33:00Embassy LisbonCONFIDENTIALPBTS PREL OSCE PGOV PO
06LJUBLJANA770SLOVENIA ON BOARD WITH UNIFIED APPROACH TO
[...] (SBU) The Government of Slovenia supports the US positions on Georgia and Moldova at the OSCE. According to Deputy Director of the Office of International Organizations, Damjan Bergant, it will be difficult to get everything we hope for during negotiations, but worth the effort to try. While [...]
2006-12-01 12:14:00Embassy LjubljanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PBTS NATO OSCE SI
06LONDON5615 INTERNATIONAL MARITIME ORGANIZATION (IMO): REPORT OF THE
[...] ROUTING OF SHIPS, SHIP REPORTING AND RELATED MATTERS: The S/C approved all proposals on the agenda, with amendments as appropriate. The S/C noted, at Ecuador's request, but did not consider or approve two traffic separation schemes (TSS) because the U.S. intervened to clarify that these TSS's [...]
2006-08-01 15:10:00Embassy LondonUNCLASSIFIEDIMO PSHA SENV PBTS KSCA UK
06MADRID1909SPAIN ON TRANSNISTRIA'S PROPOSED INDEPENDENCE
[...] (U) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to GOS European Correspondent Carlos Fernandez Arias on July 18 and Spanish Sub-Director General for Eastern Europe Jose Maria Valdemoro Gimenez on July 27. 2. (C) Fernandez Arias agreed with the U.S. position that the referendum is poorly worded and [...]
2006-07-27 15:19:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALOSCE PREL PBTS MD RS SP
06MANAMA2019READOUT ON GERMAN FM VISIT TO SYRIA, DISCUSSION OF
[...] (C) Meeting with NSC Senior Director for Near East and North African Affairs Dr. Michael Doran December 8, German Foreign Ministry Political Director for Maghreb/Middle East Affairs Dr. Horst Freitag discussed German FM Frank-Walter Steinmeier's December 4 visit to Damascus. Freitag said that [...]
2006-12-10 15:31:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPREL PBTS PTER KPAL KPKO KWBG BA REGION
06MANILA2523GRP MULLS AN IMO-BASED MULTILATERAL MARITIME
[...] (SBU) On May 22, EAP Security Affairs Officer William Comley met separately with GRP officials and Australian and Japanese emboffs to brief them on recent discussions with the International Maritime Organization (IMO) Secretary General and continue previous discussions on building a mechanism [...]
2006-06-16 05:50:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEWWT ETRD PBTS PREL PTER PHSA KTIA RP
06MANILA3789 REQUEST FOR INL FUNDING FOR MARITIME POLICE UNIT
[...] (U) This is an action request - see para 9. 2. (U) SUMMARY. The Philippines faces a serious problem in controlling the transit of narcotics, terrorists, and contraband through its vulnerable western border island of Palawan, the home of the Malampaya gas project and numerous tourist resort [...]
2006-09-08 09:15:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PINS PREL ASEC PBTS SNAR RP
06MANILA4150 REGIONAL MARITIME SECURITY 1206 PROPOSAL FOR SOUTH AND
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Chiefs of Mission from Manila, Jakarta, Kuala Lumpur, Bangkok and Colombo fully support the regional maritime security proposal to be submitted by U.S Pacific Command (PACOM) under the FY07 authority granted by the National Defense Authorization Act of 2006. The proposal -- th [...]
2006-10-01 23:57:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PINS PREL PBTS SNAR MASS MARR TH CE ID MY RP
06MANILA4151 REGIONAL MARITIME SECURITY 1206 PROPOSAL FOR SOUTH AND
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Chiefs of Mission from Manila, Jakarta, Kuala Lumpur, Bangkok and Colombo fully support the regional maritime security proposal to be submitted by U.S Pacific Command (PACOM) under the FY07 authority granted by the National Defense Authorization Act of 2006. The proposal -- th [...]
2006-10-01 23:57:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PINS PREL PBTS SNAR MASS MARR TH CE ID MY RP
06MANILA4528PSI LETTER ON UNSCR 1718
[...] (SBU) Poloff on October 30 delivered reftel letter from U/S Joseph for Proliferation Security Initiative participants on UNSCR 1718 to Department of Foreign Affairs Director for International Political, Legal, and Security Affairs Jesus Domingo. Domingo promised to convene an interagency mee [...]
2006-10-30 09:40:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL EWWT KNNP PARM PBTS PHSA EAIR RP
06MANILA4848JOINT SEISMIC SURVEY IN SOUTH CHINA SEA MAKES
[...] (C) Summary: The first phase of a joint seismic survey for hydrocarbon deposits undertaken by the national oil companies of the Philippines, China, and Vietnam in an 143,000 square kilometer zone of the South China Sea is near completion. After its partners conducted a "reconnaissance" surv [...]
2006-11-30 01:14:00Embassy ManilaCONFIDENTIALPREL PBTS BTIO EPET ECON CH VM RP
06MEXICO4288MEXICAN TRANSPORT U/S ON CROSS-BORDER
[...] (C) Econ Mincouns and Econoff met with Mexican Undersecretary of Communications and Transport (SCT) Aaron Dychter on July 31, 2006. Dychter is concerned that leaks about a proposed cross-border trucking pilot program could have negative effects on the ability to implement the program in the [...]
2006-08-02 23:25:00Embassy MexicoCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNEAIR EINV MX ECIN ELTN ETRD PBTS
06MINSK558BELARUS TO BAN U.S., CANADIAN OVERFLIGHTS
[...] (U) Belarusian dictator Aleksandr Lukashenko during his May 23 presidential address to the National Assembly ordered his government to take "adequate" measures against the U.S. and Canada for denying PM Sergey Sidorsky's plane from refueling in their territories en route to and on the return fr [...]
2006-05-26 12:25:00Embassy MinskUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR PBTS PREL PGOV BO
06MOSCOW10309RUSSIAN MFA UNCLEAR ON TRANSNISTRIAN REFERENDUM
[...] (C) Summary: In a meeting with Embassy three days before Transnistria's September 17 referendum, MFA Transnistrian negotiator Valeriy Nesterushkin provided no clarity on how Russia will treat the referendum result. While acknowledging that whatever the result, Transnistria would not be recog [...]
2006-09-15 09:02:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL OSCE PBTS MD RS
06MOSCOW10486REFERENDUM RESULTS: PRICEY WRINKLE TO THE FIVE
[...] (C) Foreign Minister Lavrov's short statement encapsulates GOR reaction to the referendum: the results were no surprise and the partners should return to the talks. MFA Transnistrian negotiator Valeriy Nesterushkin contended that the Transnistrians will most likely demand removal of the post [...]
2006-09-19 15:39:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL OSCE PBTS MD RS
06MOSCOW12231DEMARCHE ON DISRUPTION OF CHISINAU-MOSCOW RAIL
[...] (C) We made reftel demarche November 1 to Ambassador Valeriy Nesterushkin, MFA negotiator for Transnistria. Nesterushkin made two notes of fact. In the first tick, he said the decision to cancel trains no. 47 (Moscow-Chisinau) and 48 (Chisinau-Moscow) was taken by Russian Railroads, not the G [...]
2006-11-02 14:07:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL ETRD PBTS MD UP RS
06MOSCOW12441RUSSIAN REACTION TO EVENTS IN GEORGIA
[...] (C) MFA 4th CIS Department Director Andrey Kelin told us November 13 that Georgia shows no willingness to meet Russia's "simple" demands for normalizing relations. He downplayed the effects of the sacking of former DefMin Okruashvili. He fretted that an "alternative election" in South Osseti [...]
2006-11-14 15:13:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR PBTS UNSC OSCE GG RS
06MOSCOW12528A/S FRIED CONVERSATION WITH RUSSIAN DFM KARASIN,
[...] (C) Assistant Secretary Daniel Fried and Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Grigoriy Karasin focused on Georgia, Ukraine and Moldova in a two hour discussion November 15. Karasin dismissed Georgian conciliatory steps as cosmetic; Fried said they are real and Russia should respond by ending sanct [...]
2006-11-20 13:48:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR PBTS ETRD GG MD UP RS
06MOSCOW1324PRESSING RUSSIA FOR RESTRAINT ON GEORGIA
[...] (C) Summary: In a February 9 meeting with Chief of Defense General Baluyevskiy, Ambassador Burns urged that Russia exercise restraint in its dealings with Georgia. Baluyevksiy was blunt in complaining about Georgian demands to withdraw peacekeepers from Georgia and charged Tbilisi with inte [...]
2006-02-11 14:37:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL MASS PBTS GG RS
06MOSCOW2593TRANSNISTRIA: RUSSIANS CONTINUE TO HOLD MOLDOVA
[...] (C) In the absence of Russian Envoy Valeriy Nesterushkin, we delivered reftel demarche on the situation in Transnistria on March 15 to MFA Second CIS Department Deputy Director (Moldova Office Director) Nikolay Fomin. Fomin rejected Transnistrian responsibility for blockading itself, claimin [...]
2006-03-15 15:55:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALETRD MARR PBTS PREL ML RS
06MOSCOW2594TRANSNISTRIA: RUSSIANS CONTINUE TO HOLD MOLDOVA
[...] (C) In the absence of Russian Envoy Valeriy Nesterushkin, we delivered reftel demarche on the situation in Transnistria on March 15 to MFA Second CIS Department Deputy Director (Moldova Office Director) Nikolay Fomin. Fomin rejected Transnistrian responsibility for blockading itself, claimin [...]
2006-03-15 15:55:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALETRD MARR PBTS PREL ML RS
06MOSCOW2969TRANSNISTRIA: RESPONDING TO RUSSIA'S SHIPMENT OF
[...] (C) Ambassador made reftel demarche to DFM Karasin March 23. Karasin reiterated that the GOR had serious concerns about developments in Transnistria, but his comments went primarily to political pressures centered in the Duma and in some regions. He acknowledged that current conditions do no [...]
2006-03-23 15:12:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL ETRD PBTS OSCE UP MD RS
06MOSCOW2974RUSSIA-GEORGIA: LOOKING AHEAD
[...] (C) Summary: Emotions seem to be cooling (at least temporarily) between Russia and Georgia, and we are seeing a return to low-level business. Statements that would have caused an uproar just a few weeks ago are being dismissed with good humor. But that is a long way from making real progre [...]
2006-03-24 06:29:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR ETRD PBTS NATO GG RS
06MOSCOW3507GEORGIA-RUSSIA: SOME POSITIVE STEPS -- AND SOME
[...] (C) Summary. Russian MFA Fourth CIS Department Director Andrey Kelin told A/DCM April 4 that he was pleased with the "good cooperative spirit" he had met in Tbilisi when finalizing the agreement on withdrawing Russian bases by 2008 that was signed in Sochi March 31. The March 27 South Osset [...]
2006-04-04 10:51:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR PBTS ETRD OSCE GG RS
06MOSCOW4198TRANSNISTRIA: "THREE PLUS TWO" TALKS IN MOSCOW
[...] (C) Summary: "3 2" talks on Transnistria took place in Moscow April 19 including the mediators -- Russia, Ukraine and the OSCE -- and observers -- U.S. and EU. Russia tried to focus discussion on the customs regime between Moldova and Ukraine. All other sides pushed back, hardest of all Ukr [...]
2006-04-20 11:46:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL PBTS ETRD OSCE UP MD RS
06MOSCOW4316THE CENTRALIZING RUSSIAN STATE MEETS THE NORTH
[...] (C) Summary: The lesson of 500 years of Russian statecraft is clear: when the Center is strong, it centralizes, eliminating alternative power structures. Putin, seeking to show that he -- and Russia under his leadership -- are strong, is seeking to centralize. He is doing so by eliminating [...]
2006-04-21 14:35:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PBTS RS
06MOSCOW4405VARNITSA PORT SEIZURE: RUSSIAN VIEWS
[...] (C) We raised the April 21 Transnistrian seizure of Varnitsa Port (ref. a) with Russian Transnistria negotiator Nesterushkin April 25. Nesterushkin compared the seizure to the incident several years ago when Moldovan farmers tried to farm land on the Left Bank after receiving privatization vo [...]
2006-04-25 11:09:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PBTS MD RS
06MOSCOW5933SOUTH OSSETIA: RUSSIAN MFA ON HEIGHTENED TENSIONS
[...] (C) Summary: The Russian MFA negotiator on South Ossetia assured us June 2 that Russia supports Georgia's territorial integrity and borders, despite a June 1 public statement implying otherwise. He denied that Russia intends a "creeping annexation" of South Ossetia. In a separate June 2 di [...]
2006-06-02 14:37:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MOPS PBTS OSCE GG RS
06MOSCOW6131RUSSIAN MFA DEMARCHED ON TRANSNISTRIA MAY PROTOCOLS
[...] (C) With Ambassador-at-Large Nesterushkin on vacation until the end of the week, poloff delivered reftel demarche June 7 to Mikhail Yalkin, Moldova Section Chief, MFA Second CIS Department. Yalkin said that there was no change whatsoever in Russian policy or approach to Transnistria. He cha [...]
2006-06-07 12:31:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALOSCE PBTS PREL MS RS UP
06MOSCOW6390RESTRICTIONS ON FOREIGNERS IN NORTH OSSETIA
[...] (C) Summary: On March 21 the Russian Government issued a decree that puts most of the Republic of North Ossetia off-limits to foreigners. Local authorities began enforcing the decree this month, with immediate effects on international assistance organizations. Most local observers relate th [...]
2006-06-16 07:06:00Embassy MoscowSECRETPREL PGOV PREF PBTS MARR MOPS EAID OSCE RS GG
06MOSCOW6535RUSSIAN MFA ON PUTIN-SAAKASHVILI TALKS
[...] (C) Summary: The Russian MFA notetaker at the June 13 meeting between Presidents Putin and Saakashvili said the discussion was a constructive start to dialogue. He stressed several times that Russia was not a party to any of the frozen conflicts, and that it was the South Ossetians and Abkha [...]
2006-06-20 12:16:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MOPS PBTS GG RS
06MOSCOW7340RUSSIA CLOSES BORDER WITH GEORGIA
[...] (C) Russia closed its one border crossing with Georgia on July 8. In response, on July 9 Georgia closed its "border" crossing into South Ossetia. The South Ossetians have hyped the Georgian move, making the false charge that Georgia has cut the road between South Ossetia and Russia's North O [...]
2006-07-11 14:47:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS MARR PBTS ETRD GG RS
06MOSCOW7769TRANSNISTRIA: INDEPENDENCE REFERENDUM
[...] No summary [...]
2006-07-20 14:18:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL PBTS MARR MD RS
06MUSCAT1004INSIDE OMANI DEPORTATION CENTER, SEEKING
[...] This is an action request for ECA, DRL, and G/TIP; please see paragraph 11. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (U) A June 19 visit to one of Oman's largest deportation centers revealed a clean and well-organized facility, and included a tour of the arrivals processing rooms, sleeping quarters [...]
2006-06-21 10:21:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREF SMIG PHUM PBTS OEXC KPAO PGOV PREL MU
06MUSCAT1014OMANIS REQUEST VISIT TO U.S. DEPORTATION CENTER
[...] This is an action request for Department of Homeland Security ICE and CBP. Please see para 4. 2. In response to recent requests by the Royal Oman Police (reftel),the Embassy seeks DHS assistance in arranging a senior-level Omani government delegation to visit immigration detention/depor [...]
2006-06-26 04:58:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM OEXC KPAO PREL SMIG PBTS PREF MU
06MUSCAT1048TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS: ASIAN AMBASSADORS OFFER
[...] (SBU) In a June 27 working lunch hosted by the Ambassador, colleagues from labor-source countries outlined problems faced by their nationals, to include salary arrears, lack of legal status, and in some cases physical or sexual assault. Their suggested improvements include additional labor pro [...]
2006-07-02 13:20:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYELAB PHUM SMIG PBTS PREL MU
06MUSCAT350GOVERNMENT REINS IN SQUATTERS
[...] (SBU) The Omani government has taken action in recent weeks to remove illegal squatter farms that local tribes had built up over the past year in a remote semi-desert area in the southern Dhofar region. The steps were spurred by concerns over illicit water usage and the government's efforts t [...]
2006-03-10 19:48:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EAGR SENV PBTS PGOV SOCI MU
06NAIROBI2654SOMALILAND'S CHARM OFFENSIVE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The government of the self-declared independent Republic of Somaliland has taken advantage of the downward trend of events in Somalia to step up its efforts for international recognition. A visit to Kenya appears to have produced unexpectedly positive results, opening doors for a [...]
2006-06-16 14:13:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPREL PBTS PGOV PINS SO KE TZ ZA RW UG SF
06NEWDELHI1175PM REACHES OUT TO ARRAY OF KASHMIRI LEADERS AS J&K
[...] (C) Summary: Mixed private reaction, ranging from support to suspicion, greeted the GOI announcement that PM Singh would, on February 24, bring together moderate Kashmiri separatists and J&K elected political leaders for a roundtable conference in New Delhi. The event appears designed by the [...]
2006-02-15 14:29:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL PHUM PGOV KDEM MOPS PBTS IN PK
06NEWDELHI1445KASHMIRIS SPOIL PM'S DELHI DIALOGUE BUT INDIA
[...] (C) Summary: The Prime Minister continues to try to implement his vision of reconciliation in Kashmir, despite much political turbulence there and criticism from the BJP. PM Singh's February 25 roundtable on Kashmir attracted mainstream politicians, academics, and intellectuals, but none of t [...]
2006-02-27 15:16:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER PHUM PBTS KISL IN PK IZ
06NEWDELHI1611INDIANS SATISFIED WITH CONTINUED INCREMENTAL
[...] (C) Indians are generally pleased with the status of Indo-Pakistan relations; as long as terrorism levels stay low and the bulk of jihadi terrorism stays in J&K, the GOI and our contacts support continued incremental progress on the peace process between South Asia's nuclear neighbors. A rec [...]
2006-03-08 03:30:00Embassy New DelhiSECRETPTER PREL MOPS PBTS ETRD SCUL IN PK
06NEWDELHI1850GOI HOPING FOR POSITIVE BANGLADESH PM VISIT
[...] (C) Summary: Bangladesh Prime Minister Zia's March 20-23 visit to New Delhi, reciprocating Prime Minister Singh's visit to Dhaka in November 2005, reflects in large part Singh's sustained efforts and desire to ease long-standing bilateral tensions. Zia is expected to attend a ceremonial rece [...]
2006-03-17 12:16:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL ENRG ETRD PTER EINV PBTS IN BD
06NEWDELHI2365KASHMIRI SEPARATISTS LACK CLEAR AIM BUT TERRORISTS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Meetings in Srinagar with Kashmiri separatists reveal a group that lacks consensus and is divided by a leadership squabble over how to respond to Prime Minister Singh's launch of a roundtable dialogue process. Most expect to boycott the PM's planned May roundtable in J&K and are [...]
2006-04-07 13:57:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PGOV KDEM PBTS KISL PHUM ECON ASEC
06NEWDELHI2496MEA PROVIDES A/S BOUCHER WITH TOUR D'HORIZON OF
[...] (C) Summary: Over an April 7 lunch, MEA regional Joint Secretaries provided Assistant Secretary Richard Boucher with SIPDIS a review of India's relations with its neighbors in South and Central Asia. Boucher probed them specifically on Nepal, Pakistan (including Kashmir),Afghanistan, Cent [...]
2006-04-13 06:09:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER ENRG ETRD PBTS MOPS ELTN EPET KDEM
06NEWDELHI2699INDIAN ENVOY TO NEPAL KING: ASSUME CEREMONIAL ROLE
[...] (C) Summary: As the Indian establishment debates the effectiveness of envoy Karan Singh's visit to Kathmandu, New Delhi is still reaching out to Nepalese actors to try to pull the parties and Palace together. Speaking with the Charge on April 21, Foreign Secretary Shyam Saran said the King ha [...]
2006-04-21 11:44:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL KDEM PHUM PGOV PBTS OREP NP IN
06NEWDELHI2706INDO-PAK ON THE RIGHT TRACK
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Seen from Delhi, Indo-Pak engagement seems to keep going strong, with the PM planning what he hopes will be a May or July trip to Pakistan that will be heavy on substantive achievement. In addition, India has made an important water concession to Pakistan and highly placed sourc [...]
2006-04-21 13:31:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PBTS KDEM PHUM PTER ECON EWWT IN PK
06NEWDELHI2967INDIA STRENGTHENS RESOLVE IN AFGHANISTAN DESPITE
[...] (U) This is an ACTION REQUEST for SCA and PA. Please see Para 8. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Following the Taliban's decapitation of an Indian mobile phone network engineer taken hostage in Afghanistan, Indian Foreign Secretary Shyam Saran made a thinly veiled reference to Pakistani support for the T [...]
2006-05-01 14:00:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PINR PBTS EAID IN PK
06NEWDELHI2998TERRORISTS MASSACRE 35 HINDUS IN J&K AFTER
[...] (U) This is an Action Request for PA and SCA. Please see Para 18. 2. (C) Summary: Terrorism raised its ugly head in J&K twice, after April 30 and May 1 attacks in Jammu left over 35 Hindus dead in an attempt to fan the flames of religious hatred and spoil the atmosphere before PM Singh m [...]
2006-05-02 13:13:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER KDEM PBTS KISL IN
06NEWDELHI3130HURRIYAT UPBEAT ABOUT MEETING WITH PM SINGH AND
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The moderate separatist Kashmiri Hurriyat led by Mirwaiz Omar Farooq was quite pleased with their May 3 meeting with Indian PM Singh and his commitment to dialogue on the full range of Jammu and Kashmir issues and to improved human rights. The Hurriyat are also gearing up to begin [...]
2006-05-05 14:49:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PBTS PINR KDEM PHUM KISL PK IN
06NEWDELHI316INDIA PLANS TO ATTEND MARITIME SECURITY USER STATE
[...] (U) In response to our January 17 demarche, MEA Joint Secretary (Disarmament and International Security) Hamid Ali SIPDIS Rao told us that the GOI had "every intention and inclination" to attend the February 15-17 user coordination meeting in California. In light of the upcoming Parliamen [...]
2006-01-17 14:02:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDEWWT PBTS PREL PTER AS JP MY NE SG UK GE
06NEWDELHI319INDIA PLANS TO ATTEND MARITIME SECURITY USER STATE
[...] (U) In response to our January 17 demarche, MEA Joint Secretary (Disarmament and International Security) Hamid Ali SIPDIS Rao told us that the GOI had "every intention and inclination" to attend the February 15-17 user coordination meeting in California. In light of the upcoming Parliamen [...]
2006-01-18 01:30:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDEWWT PBTS PREL PTER AS JP MY NE SG UK GE
06NEWDELHI3304INDIA WARMLY WELCOMES VISITING PAKISTANI
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Indian government rolled out the red carpet for visiting Pakistani People,s Party Parliamentarians, arranging a meeting with PM Singh, a lunch hosted by MEA MOS E. Ahamed, and meetings with BJP supremos LK Advani and Jaswant Singh. The meetings show the value India is placing [...]
2006-05-12 10:46:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PINR PBTS ECON IN PK
06NEWDELHI3334MEA POSITIVE ON PAK, AFGHANISTAN, TURKMENISTAN,
[...] (C) Summary: A senior MEA official told us Indo-Pak people-to-people links continue to proliferate, with a recent Pakistan Peoples' Party delegation visiting India and the prospect of a PM Singh visit to Pakistan this summer. The Composite Dialogue continues, with some hope for a tangible d [...]
2006-05-15 09:20:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL MOPS EPET EAID PBTS PINR ENRG EWWT
06NEWDELHI3466WHY IT'S TOUGH FOR INDIA TO CLIMB DOWN FROM SIACHEN
[...] No summary [...]
2006-05-18 12:12:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALIN MOPS PBTS PGOV PINR PK PREL PTER
06NEWDELHI3549AGAINST BACKDROP OF KASHMIR TERROR, HURRIYAT
[...] Summary: Terrorists killed seven and injured scores more in a spectacular mid-day May 21 attack on a Congress party rally in downtown Srinagar. The next day, even as more grenades exploded in Srinagar, the peaceful separatist All Party Hurriyat Conference led by Mirwaiz Omar Farooq rejected [...]
2006-05-22 13:18:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PINR PBTS MOPS KISL PK IN
06NEWDELHI3664PRIME MINISTER TALKS HUMAN RIGHTS WITH KASHMIRIS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Even as the Prime Minister's talks with representatives of the people of Jammu and Kashmir state stretched into their second day, terrorists killed ten more villagers in Rajouri. During the first day's roundtable discussions, and following a security briefing by the Army, the PM [...]
2006-05-25 12:20:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PINR PBTS MOPS KDEM KISL PHUM
06NEWDELHI3833INDIA WELCOMES NEW U.S. APPROACH ON IRAN, BUT IS
[...] (C) DCM delivered reftel points to MEA Joint Secretary (Americas) Dr. S. Jaishankar after NSA Narayanan remained unavailable throughout the day either to meet with or speak on the phone to the Ambassador. Jaishankar acknowledged our demarche's requests for Indian action, but made no further s [...]
2006-06-01 13:12:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PINR PBTS MOPS KDEM KISL PK IN
06NEWDELHI4005SIACHEN NOT IN DANGER OF BEING SOLVED, SAY OUR
[...] (C) Summary: A Siachen deal during the May 23-24 talks in Delhi was never a slam dunk, according to Indian and Pakistani diplomats who were members of their respective countries' delegations. Although the atmospherics were excellent, rumors of a new formulation to break the logjam were just [...]
2006-06-08 12:47:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PINR MOPS PGOV PTER PBTS IN PK
06NEWDELHI4369NEW KASHMIR BUS SAFELY LAUNCHED, BUT TERROR
[...] (SBU) Summary: The second trans-LoC bus, connecting Poonch in J&K with Rawalkote in Pakistani Kashmir for the first time in 58 years, kicked off yesterday without a hitch or an attack. This bus may end up being more heavily used than the Srinagar-Muzaffarabad route because more families are [...]
2006-06-21 12:51:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PTER PBTS SCUL ELTN IN PK
06NEWDELHI4405INDIA FAVORS PARALLEL DEMARCHE TO SRI LANKA
[...] No summary [...]
2006-06-22 12:08:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PINR PBTS MOPS KDEM IN
06NEWDELHI4588INDIA WALKED A FINE LINE ON IRAN AT THE SCO SUMMIT
[...] (C) Indian Minister for Petroleum and Natural Gas Murli Deora told the Ambassador June 28 that he had informal conversations with Iranian President Ahmedinejad 3-4 times at the Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit, and while Ahmedinejad had been reserved due to India's IAEA votes against I [...]
2006-06-29 12:01:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PINR PBTS MOPS KDEM KISL PK IN
06NEWDELHI4928J&K CROSS-SECTION AGREES, EVERYTHING SLIPPING
[...] (C) Summary: July 5-8 meetings in Srinagar and Jammu with a cross-section of journalists, police officials, NGO activists, businesspeople, and politicians from most major J&K parties demonstrated to Poloff and PolFSN that our J&K interlocutors are united as never before in their assessment th [...]
2006-07-13 10:15:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPTER PGOV PREL CASC PHUM PBTS SCUL SOCI PREF
06NEWDELHI5549SCA A/S BOUCHER MEETS WITH GOI CENTRAL ASIA CHIEF
[...] SUMMARY: Assistant Secretary Richard Boucher used an August 7 meeting with Minister of External Affairs Joint Secretary (Eurasia) Jaimini Bhagwati to brief on current U.S. SIPDIS relations with Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan and to probe India's relationships with Central Asia. Boucher specific [...]
2006-08-08 11:30:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ENRG EPET PBTS TRGY OVIP IN KZ KG
06NEWDELHI5801SRI LANKANS SEEK MORE INDIAN INVOLVEMENT
[...] (C) Sri Lankan Deputy High Commissioner A. Sabarulla Khan delivered an Aide Memoire to Acting PolCouns August 21, using the occasion to mention that the same note had been recently delivered to the GOI and that MEA Joint Secretary Mohan Kumar received it positively and endorsed the notion of formin [...]
2006-08-21 13:42:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PINR PBTS CE IN
06NEWDELHI6133THE PM PICKS A WINNER: SHIV SHANKAR MENON TO BE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The August 31 announcement that seasoned diplomat Shiv Shankar Menon will succeed Shyam Saran as Foreign Secretary with Saran moving to a newly-created post as the PM's Special Envoy for the Indo-US Civil Nuclear Deal represents not only a domestic coup for PM Singh, but also bod [...]
2006-09-01 12:49:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PINR PBTS MOPS KDEM KISL PK IN
06NEWDELHI6511INDIAN PUBLIC RESPONDING POSITIVELY TO
[...] No summary [...]
2006-09-19 05:56:00Embassy New DelhiSECRETPREL PGOV PTER PINR PBTS MOPS KDEM KISL PK IN
06NEWDELHI6523KASHMIR: POLICE REPORT TERRORIST INFILTRATION
[...] (S) Summary: Military leaders in India sounded an ominous warning last week, just as Prime Minister Singh was leaving for his meeting with Pakistani President Musharraf in Havana, that terrorist infiltration into Jammu and Kashmir had risen sharply this year. Like many similar press releases [...]
2006-09-19 11:15:00Embassy New DelhiSECRETPREL PGOV PTER PINR PBTS MOPS KDEM KISL PK IN
06NEWDELHI6584MEA ENGAGED ON AFGHANISTAN, DOUBTFUL ON PAKISTAN,
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a recent discussion, MEA Joint Secretary Dilip Sinha told US that India: -- Could do more in Afghanistan but was worried about security -- Doubted the wisdom of Pakistan's agreements with Waziristan tribes -- Envisioned a robust economic conference that would not be a don [...]
2006-09-21 13:30:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PINR PBTS ENRG EPET KISL PK
06NEWDELHI6647KASHMIR: SELF RULE, SOFT BORDER SOLUTION GAINING
[...] (S) Summary: Indian government responses to Musharraf's recent book, in which he discussed a four part solution to the Kashmir issue, are likely to be harsh publicly, and targeted for domestic consumption. However, journalists with access to the Prime Minister's office say the proposal is ve [...]
2006-09-25 12:47:00Embassy New DelhiSECRETPREL PGOV PTER PINR PBTS MOPS KDEM KISL PK IN
06NEWDELHI6737INDIAN PM FACING OUTCRY AGAINST ANTI-TERROR PLAN
[...] (S) Summary: Prime Minister Singh has come under fire in India for his agreement with Pakistan to combat terrorism jointly. Opposition BJP leaders and hardliners in PM Singh's own party and India's security establishment have unleashed a barrage of statements criticizing the agreement. They [...]
2006-09-27 12:46:00Embassy New DelhiSECRETPREL PGOV PTER PINR PBTS MOPS KDEM KISL PK IN
06NEWDELHI6766"PRAGMATIC" MAOISTS GETTING CLOSER TO KOIRALA?
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Nepalese Maoists are getting closer to PM Koirala, according to Sudhindra Bhadoria of the left-leaning New Delhi-based South Asian Forum for People's Inititatives, because they are pragmatists who are not "hard and fast" on the issues of arms and the role of the monarchy in the fu [...]
2006-09-28 12:10:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PINR PBTS KDEM PK NE IN
06NEWDELHI7005HIGH STAKES FOR INDIA IN NEPAL
[...] (C) SUMMARY: India's stakes in Nepal are high, yet, of all its neighbors, Nepal is the easiest to manage, according to MEA Americas Director Santosh Jha. Jha said the Maoists are long on guns, but short on strategy. They have created an "aura" of support, said Jha, but would be exposed in e [...]
2006-10-11 10:03:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PINR PBTS MOPS KDEM NE IN
06NEWDELHI7155MAOISTS UNWILLING TO SHARE, ACCORDING TO INDIAN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Dr. Ajai Sahni of the Institute for Conflict Management, warned that current peace talks will result in Nepal being handed over to the Maoists, who have no intention of sharing power. The Maoists are tactical negotiators who should not be underestimated, said Sahni. Describing [...]
2006-10-18 04:28:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM PBTS KISL NP IN
06NEWDELHI7273KASHMIR: PENDING EXECUTION CAUSING STRIFE FOR CONGRESS NEW DELHI 00007273 001.2 OF 003
[...] (C) Summary. The Srinagar Valley erupted in protest during the first weeks of Ramazan when the Indian Supreme Court upheld a death sentence for Mohammad Afzal Guru, a convicted facilitator of the 2001 attacks on the Indian Parliament. The Indian President has granted Afzal's family a temporary re [...]
2006-10-20 12:49:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PINR PBTS MOPS KDEM KISL PK IN
06NEWDELHI7359INDIA DEFENDS MUMBAI BLAST EVIDENCE POINTING TO
[...] (S) Summary: Indian officials remain convinced that Pakistan is behind the July 11th Mumbai attacks, and worry that the US is setting the bar too high for "solid evidence" of Pakistani intelligence involvement. In an October 25th meeting with the Charge, Home Secretary Duggal indicated that [...]
2006-10-26 13:50:00Embassy New DelhiSECRETPREL PGOV PTER PINR PBTS MOPS KDEM KISL PK
06NEWDELHI7360INDIA DEFENDS MUMBAI BLAST EVIDENCE POINTING TO
[...] (S) Summary: Indian officials remain convinced that Pakistan is behind the July 11th Mumbai attacks, and worry that the US is setting the bar too high for "solid evidence" of Pakistani itelligence involvement. In an October 25th meeting with the Charge, Home Secretary Duggal indicated that t [...]
2006-10-26 13:58:00Embassy New DelhiSECRETPREL PGOV PTER PINR PBTS MOPS KDEM KISL PK
06NEWDELHI7585NARAYANAN SEES PAKISTANI EFFORT TO BUILD TERRORIST
[...] (S) Summary: The Ambassador met with National Security Advisor M.K. Narayanan to discuss counter-terrorism issues and the state of India-Pakistan relations ahead of the Foreign Secretary talks on November 14th and 15th. Narayanan warned that the recently thwarted terrorist attack in Mysore [...]
2006-11-03 15:18:00Embassy New DelhiSECRETPREL PGOV PTER PINR PBTS MOPS KDEM KISL PK IN
06NEWDELHI7667FOREIGN MINISTER MUKHERJEE POSITIONED TO HELP
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In his first call on Pranab Mukherjee in his new position as Minister for External Affairs (bio in reftel),the Ambassador emphasized the importance of the broad vision for US-India relations outlined by the President, to which Mukherjee readily added his support and commitment. [...]
2006-11-08 08:05:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PARM PTER PINR PBTS MOPS KDEM KISL
06NEWDELHI7725INDIA STILL TESTING THE WATERS IN TAJIKISTAN
[...] (U) SUMMARY: In a recent visit to Dushanbe, New Delhi PolOff met with MFA and Ministry of Energy officials and local diplomats to explore Indo-Tajik relations. Indian rehabilitation and construction efforts include a small hydropower project, construction of a tunnel, rehabilitation of the a [...]
2006-11-09 13:44:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PBTS ECIN ENRG SNAR TI IN
06NEWDELHI7748BOUCHER DISCUSSES PAKISTAN, IRAN, AND AFGHANISTAN
[...] (C) Summary: Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs Richard Boucher met with Indian Joint Secretary Dilip Sinha on November 10th to discuss India's relations with Pakistan, Iran, and Afghanistan. Boucher emphasized the importance to the United States that India voice its conc [...]
2006-11-13 08:31:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PINR PBTS MOPS KDEM KISL PK IN
06NEWDELHI7759BOUCHER DISCUSSES NUCLEAR TALKS, BILATERAL
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Reflecting the rapid maturation and quickly broadening scope of US-India strategic coordination, visiting Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs Richard Boucher and Ministry of External Affairs Joint Secretary (Americas) Dr. Subramanyam Jaishankar discussed the o [...]
2006-11-13 10:55:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PINR PBTS MOPS KDEM KISL PK IN
06NEWDELHI7764BAD VIBES BEFORE HU JINTAO'S INDIA VISIT?
[...] SUMMARY: (C) China's presidential visit to India may not culminate in any major breakthroughs in Sino-Indian relations. Despite Chinese claims that a momentous announcement will be made during President Hu's possible address to a joint session of the Indian Parliament on his upcoming visi [...]
2006-11-14 01:26:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR PBTS IN CH
06NEWDELHI7767BOUCHER AND MENON TOUR D'HORIZON: PAKISTAN,
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Foreign Secretary Menon told Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs Richard Boucher SIPDIS and Ambassador Mulford in a Nov. 10 meeting that countering Pakistani mistrust about India's role in Baluchistan will be difficult. India is concerned about the growin [...]
2006-11-14 04:19:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PINR PBTS MOPS KDEM KISL PK
06NEWDELHI7797INDIA-PAKISTAN FOREIGN SECRETARIES RESUME DIALOGUE
[...] (C) At their just concluded their meetings in New Delhi, Indian and Pakistani Foreign Secretaries Shivshankar Menon and Riaz Mohammad Khan agreed to a fourth round of composite dialogue despite ongoing Indian concerns about continued terrorist attacks. Press reports said Indian Foreign Minis [...]
2006-11-15 11:35:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PINR PBTS MOPS KDEM KISL PK IN
06NEWDELHI7937NEPALESE MAOIST SUPREMO PRACHANDA CONQUERS DELHI,
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Nepal's Maoist Chairman Prachanda made a splashy debut in New Delhi last week, addressing a leadership conference and sharing the stage with world leaders like Afghan President Karzai and former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani. Prachanda criticized Stalin and Lenin, preached [...]
2006-11-22 12:16:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PINR PBTS MOPS KDEM IN
06NEWDELHI7954INDIA-PAKISTAN FOREIGN SECRETARIES LAUNCH COUNTER-TERROR JOINT MECHANISM, REVIEW SIACHEN
[...] No summary [...]
2006-11-22 14:06:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALIN KDEM KISL MOPS PBTS PGOV PINR PK PREL PTER
06NEWDELHI7997INDIA REBUILDING ITS RELATIONSHIP WITH ISRAEL
[...] (S) Summary: In a November 24 conversation, Israeli DCM Yoed Magen described to us a renewed positive trend in India's relationship with Israel. Magen told the DCM that Israeli National Security Advisor Ilan Mizrachi is coming to Delhi from November 27th through 30th for a high level intell [...]
2006-11-27 13:27:00Embassy New DelhiSECRETPREL PGOV PTER PINR PBTS MOPS KDEM KISL PK IN
06NEWDELHI8191INDIA DOES NOT DISMISS MUSHARRAF PROPOSAL, BUT
[...] (C) Summary: Foreign Minister Mukherjee told Ambassador December 6 that Pakistan President Musharraf's proposal on Kashmir contained no new ideas, but was instead an effort to repackage old proposals. He said the GoI would carefully assess Musharraf's message, adding that he saw "no negative [...]
2006-12-06 15:09:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PINR PBTS MOPS KDEM KISL PK
06NEWDELHI8273BURNS AND MENON DISCUSS PAKISTAN, AFGHANISTAN, AND
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a December 7 U.S.-India Strategic Dialogue working lunch, Under Secretary for Political Affairs Nicholas Burns and Indian Foreign Secretary Shiv Shankar Menon discussed: -PAKISTAN: Menon said that the latest round of Foreign Secretary-level talks was productive, but Pakista [...]
2006-12-11 12:00:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR PARM PBTS IN PK
06NIAMEY1190NIGER: GOVERNMENT MOVES TO EXPEL NOMADIC ARABS
[...] (C) Since the evening of Tuesday, October 25, BBC Africa service has been reporting on an attempt by Government of Niger (GON) authorities to expel an uncertain number of nomadic Arabs known as "Mahamid Arabs" from the Chadian border region in the country's extreme east (Diffa region, near Lak [...]
2006-10-25 15:57:00Embassy NiameyCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PSEC PBTS PREF PREL PTER SMIG SOCI
06NIAMEY1192GON "CLARIFIES" POSITION ON MAHAMID ARAB EXPULSION
[...] (U) In an evening press conference on October 25, Government of Niger (GON) Spokesman and Minister for Institutional Relations Mohamed Ben-Omar attempted to "clarify" Interior Minister Mounkaila Modi's earlier remarks on the expulsion of the nomadic Mahamid Arabs from the eastern region of the [...]
2006-10-26 13:02:00Embassy NiameyCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PBTS PREF PREL PTER SMIG SOCI NG
06NIAMEY1203NIGER: GOVERNMENT RESCINDS ORDER TO EXPEL NOMADIC
[...] The Government of Niger (GON) Council of Ministers, under the direction of GON President Mamadou Tandja, held a special session on Friday, October 27, to review an October 24 decision (reported reftel) that called for the expulsion of Mahamid Arabs from the Diffa region (eastern Niger borderin [...]
2006-10-31 11:31:00Embassy NiameyUNCLASSIFIEDPBTS PGOV PHUM PREF PREL PTER SMIG SOCI
06NICOSIA1160CYPRUS WILL FOLLOW EU LEAD ON TRANSNISTRIA
[...] (C) On July 14, poloff delivered reftel message to Vasos Chamberlen, in the MFA's Division of Bilateral Affairs. Chamberlen said the Transnistrian referendum was likely a response to economic restrictions placed on the region. He said that Russia was probably seeking to draw parallels betwee [...]
2006-07-17 11:17:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALOSCE PBTS PREL RS MD
06NICOSIA1545CYPRUS: TORRES STRAIT - REQUEST TO DEMARCHE AUSTRALIAN
[...] Per reftel request, Post delivered on September 7 demarche on the Australian government's decision to impose compulsory pilotage for the Torres Strait to Sotos Zackheos, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs. We have also sent a copy to Makis Constantinides, Permanent Secretary, at [...]
2006-09-12 12:39:00Embassy NicosiaUNCLASSIFIEDEWWT PBTS PHSA CY AS
06NICOSIA1707CYPRUS: TORRES STRAIT - REQUEST TO DEMARCHE AUSTRALIAN
[...] Further to Ref A, the GOC has confirmed that it supports U.S. views on the Torres Strait issue (Ref B). On October 2, Nicolas Kyriacou, of MFA's Community and International Law Department, informed us that Cyprus had submitted a Note Verbale to the Australian High Commission in Nicosia, prote [...]
2006-10-03 13:55:00Embassy NicosiaUNCLASSIFIEDEWWT PBTS PHSA CY AS
06NICOSIA791DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON RUSSIAN ACTIVITIES IN SOUTH
[...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel message to Vasos Chamberlain, who handles Russian and Eastern European issues in the MFA's Division of bilateral affairs. Chamberlain said that Cyprus supported the EU's efforts to find a peaceful solution in South Ossetia, and he agreed to pass the points to his [...]
2006-05-26 12:53:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALPBTS PREL RU GG OSCE PGOV CY
06OSAKAKOBE351LIANCOURT SURVEY: ANOTHER FLASHPOINT IN THE JAPAN SEA
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Observers in western Japan are making an unfortunate public linkage between the ROKG maritime survey in the disputed EEZ of the Liancourt Rocks and the DPRK's missile launches of July 5, local time. Whether or not the DPRK deliberately timed the launches to coincide with the ROK [...]
2006-07-07 06:38:00Consulate Osaka KobeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEWWT PHSA PREL KS JA PBTS
06OSLO1385PSI LETTER DELIVERED
[...] No summary [...]
2006-11-08 11:33:00Embassy OsloUNCLASSIFIEDPARM PREL PHSA EWWT EAIR PBTS NO KNNP
06OSLO668DEMARCHE DELIVERED: RUSSIAN ACTIVITIES IN SOUTH
[...] No summary [...]
2006-05-23 15:33:00Embassy OsloCONFIDENTIALPBTS PREL RU GG NO
06OTTAWA1904 Northwest Passage Conference in Ottawa Offers Bold
[...] Sensitive But Unclassified, not for distribution outside USG channels. 2. (SBU) Summary: Panelists at an Ottawa conference on Canada's arctic waters called for Canada and the U.S. to open talks on the Arctic route because the increasing melt rate of Arctic sea ice could allow significant su [...]
2006-06-19 21:46:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEWWT PREL PBTS MARR CA
06OTTAWA2294CANADA TAKES STEPS TO ESTABLISH SOVEREIGNTY OVER
[...] (U) Summary: The GOC is taking steps to secure sovereign rights over seabed resources that extend to the edge of the continental shelf. On July 20 the GOC announced a C$2 million effort to identify and map the outer edge of the continental shelf. Under the UN Convention on the Law of the S [...]
2006-07-31 21:32:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIEDCA EMIN EPET PBTS PREL SENV DE UN
06OTTAWA2356Canadian Coast Guard to conduct Seismic Surveys in Disputed
[...] Canada's Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) in a telephone conversation on August 3, informed the Embassy that the Canadian Coast Guard icebreaker Louis St. Laurent is proceeding to the disputed area of the Beaufort Sea where its crew will conduct seismic studies ove [...]
2006-08-04 17:34:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIEDPBTS EMIN EPET PREL SENV UN CA
06OTTAWA3458CANADA SUPPORTS UNIFIED APPROACH TO GEORGIA AND
[...] (U) Urgent action request. Please see para four (4). 2. (SBU) We conveyed reftel demarche on November 22 to Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Political Director Colleen Swords, and on November 24 to OSCE Desk Officer Neil Brennan. Canada is in strong agreement [...]
2006-11-24 20:53:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PBTS EUN NATO OSCE MO GG RU CA
06PANAMA1166GOP SHARES U.S. CONCERN ON TORRES STRAIT
[...] No summary [...]
2006-06-15 18:52:00Embassy PanamaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEWWT PBTS PHSA SENV PREL PM
06PANAMA1719PANAMA TO CONSIDER TORRES STRAIT DEMARCHE
[...] No summary [...]
2006-09-06 17:06:00Embassy PanamaUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA AS BF BR CH CY EWWT GR JA LI NO PBTS
06PANAMA2372PANAMA'S RESPONSE TO UNSCR 1718
[...] (U) Post delivered reftel letter to MFA Director for Foreign Policy Javier Bonagas November 1. Below is an unofficial translation of the text of the MFA's reply, diplomatic note DGPE-DG-348-2006 dated November 21, 2006. 2. (U) BEGIN TEXT. (Complimentary opening.) As a member of the Uni [...]
2006-12-13 16:04:00Embassy PanamaUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP PARM PREL PHSA EWWT EAIR PBTS PM
06PARAMARIBO164SURINAME CONSIDERS EXPANDING ITS MARITIME BORDER
[...] Suriname's Minister of Foreign Affairs, Lygia Kraag Keteldijk, announced on March 10, that Suriname would exercise its option to increase the country's maritime border (northern Atlantic seacoast) an additional 150 nautical miles under the auspices of the United Nation's Convention on the Law [...]
2006-03-17 13:58:00Embassy ParamariboUNCLASSIFIEDPBTS PGOV PHSA PREL KTIA ECON EPET ENRG NS
06PARAMARIBO175UPDATE ON SURINAME'S PLAN TO IMPLEMENT PETROCARIBE
[...] (SBU) Emphatic recent public remarks of Natural Resource Minister Gregory Rusland that everything is in place for Suriname to implement its PetroCaribe agreement notwithstanding (see ref A),there remains significant opposition among important Government of Suriname (GOS) players. According t [...]
2006-03-23 18:43:00Embassy ParamariboUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEPET ENRG ETRD ECON EINV KTDB PREL PBTS SP
06PARAMARIBO80SURINAME SEEKS OPEN SKIES (SORT OF)
[...] Suriname's Minister of Transportation Amafo has indicated that an Open Skies Agreement with the United States is possible, but her comments suggest Suriname is anxious to preserve CARICOM's dominance on intra-Caribbean routes. This pronouncement comes at a time when the national carrier, Suri [...]
2006-02-08 19:21:00Embassy ParamariboUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR ECON PBTS PGOV NS
06PARAMARIBO94NEW BIDDING ROUND OPENED FOR OIL EXPLORATION OFF
[...] Suriname's Minister of Natural Resources, Gregory Rusland, announced to the press last week that Suriname's state-owned oil company, Staatsolie has opened a new round of bidding to international oil companies interested in off shore oil exploration. This follows an earlier successful signing [...]
2006-02-15 21:08:00Embassy ParamariboUNCLASSIFIEDEPET ENRG ETRD ECON EINV KTDB PREL PBTS NS
06PARIS3453FRENCH SHARE USG CONCERNS ON RUSSIAN ACTIVITIES IN
[...] (C) On May 22, poloff delivered reftel demarche on Russian activities in South Ossetia to Aurelia Bouchez, the MFA's DAS-equivalent for Russia and the former Soviet space, and Marie Dumoulin, Georgia desk officer. Dumoulin said on May 23 that France shares our "preoccupation" with Russian int [...]
2006-05-23 10:44:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPBTS PREL RU GG OSCE PGOV FR
06PARIS5827FRANCE: ACCEDING TO THE REGIONAL COOPERATION
[...] Econoff discussed reftel with MFA Legal Affairs Law of the Sea officer Frederic Lepez August 29, following earlier inquiry with MOT Maritime Affairs International Affairs Office Director Daniel Silvestre. Neither was aware of any GOF position on accession to ReCAAP, but said they would make f [...]
2006-08-30 13:22:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDKCRM KTIA EWWT PBTS PHSA PREL FR
06PARIS7151FRANCE SUPPORTS STRONG ENFORCEMENT OF UNSCR 1718
[...] (C) Poloff delivered Under Secretary's letter (reftel) October 30 to Benoit Guidee, IO office director-equivalent at the MFA. Guidee reiterated France's "total solidarity" with the U.S. and agreed that the U.N. Security Council must maintain a firm stance on the North Korean nuclear tests. The [...]
2006-10-31 17:03:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALKNNP PARM PREL PHSA EWWT EAIR PBTS FR KN
06PORTLOUIS752MAURITIUS DENIES PLAN TO CEDE AGALEGA ISLANDS TO INDIA, BUT ISSUE SHOWS MAURITIAN SUBORDINATION
[...] (C) Summary: Mauritian officials deny any intention to cede Agalega islands to India, as alleged in an Indian newspaper report. They have said that India agreed to help with economic development and infrastructure improvement but they were unable to deny categorically that India has no ulterior mot [...]
2006-12-15 08:26:00Embassy Port LouisCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR EPET PBTS ECON PHSA PINS IN MP IO
06PRAGUE1387CZECHS AGREE KOSOVO IS NOT A PRECEDENT FOR OTHER
[...] (C) Summary. The Czechs strongly agree Kosovo is not a precedent for frozen conflicts, but are concerned that Russia and some EU member states already view Kosovo (and even Montenegro) that way. For this reason, drafting an UNSC resolution on Kosovo's final status may be tricky: the language c [...]
2006-11-08 13:52:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL AL BH GG MK PBTS RO SR UP EZ
06PRAGUE1448CZECHS SUPPORT U.S. APPROACH TO GEORGIA/MOLDOVA
[...] (SBU) The Czech delegation to the upcoming OSCE Ministerial in Brussels on December 4-5 will support the U.S. position on the resolution of conflicts in Georgia and Moldova. MFA Deputy Director of the Eastern Europe Department Martina Tauberova told Poloff on November 24 that Czech FM Alexandr [...]
2006-11-29 14:05:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALPREL PBTS EUN NATO OSCE MO MOPS GG RU EZ
06PRETORIA4010SOUTH AFRICA: TORRES STRAIGHT DEMARCHE RESPONSE
[...] (SBU) Per reftel talking points were delivered to Mr. Andrew Maswanganye, Director Safety, Security and Bilateral Affairs - South Africa Department of Transport and to Ms. Nokwazi Mtshali, Americas Desk - South Africa Department of Foreign Affairs on 21 August. No response was received by hos [...]
2006-09-27 11:04:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDEWWT PBTS PHSA SF
06PRISTINA1121KOSOVO AND MACEDONIA: THE WAY FORWARD ON BORDER
[...] (U) The following is a joint cable from U.S. Office Pristina and Embassy Skopje. 2. (C) SUMMARY: When Macedonian FM Milososki visited Kosovo on November 23, he reiterated the GoM's position calling for inclusion of the demarcation of the Kosovo-Macedonia border in the UNSCR on Kosovo's fin [...]
2006-12-29 08:30:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PBTS INR UNMIK YI KTIA
06RABAT1011CHINESE AMBASSADOR ON HU VISIT, WESTERN SAHARA,
[...] (C) Summary: During a 75-minute meeting May 22, Chinese Ambassador Cheng Tao downplayed the significance of the April 23-25 visit to Morocco of Chinese President Hu Jintao, noting that the Chinese leadership visits Africa annually. Nevertheless Cheng said Morocco-China relations are good, and [...]
2006-05-25 16:20:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALECON ETRD MO PBTS PGOV PREL
06RABAT1032WESTERN SAHARA: GOM SATISFIED WITH HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] (C) Summary: 2. (C) Polcouns called on MFA Director of UN and International Affairs Nasser Bourita May 24 for the GOM perspective on the May 15-18 visit to Morocco and the Western Sahara of the UN Human Rights Commission delegation. The five-person delegation was led by Christophe Girod [...]
2006-05-30 19:06:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALMO PBTS PHUM PREL
06RABAT1081GOM REGISTERS CONCERN ABOUT HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] (U) On June 2, the Mission received the following diplomatic note from the MFA, which was delivered to all diplomatic missions and international organizations in Rabat. Enclosed with the note was a copy of the official statement issued by the MFA registering the Government of Morocco's conce [...]
2006-06-05 22:25:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPBTS PHUM PREL PGOV MO
06RABAT1087WESTERN SAHARA: CORCAS SEEKS US MEDIATION WITH
[...] (C) Summary: During a 90-minute meeting with Ambassador Riley on May 31, President of the Royal Council for Saharan Affairs (CORCAS) Khalihenna Ould Er Rachid requested US help in starting a dialogue between CORCAS and the Polisario. Khalihenna said he had made informal contacts with the Pol [...]
2006-06-06 10:57:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALMO PBTS PHUM PREL
06RABAT1093THE FOREIGN MINISTER AND THE U.S. STATEMENT ON IRAN
[...] (C) On the margins of a meeting with Under Secretary for Public Diplomacy Karen Hughes, the Ambassador met with Foreign Minister Benaissa on June 5 to reinforce the May 31 conversation the DCM had with the MFA Secretary Geeral Omar Hilale on the U.S. Statement on Iran (eftels A and B). The [...]
2006-06-06 14:28:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNIR PGOV PREL PBTS PINR MO
06RABAT1137WESTERN SAHARA: WHAT'S HAPPENING IN TINDOUF?
[...] (SBU) Two Sahrawi tribal leaders, Sheikh Abdi Salama Nafaa of Laayoune and Idrissi Belali from Smara, previously unknown to the embassy, called on Polcouns June 9 to seek US support for what they alleged were injustices being committed against members of the Rgiubat tribe, subgroup Layeshi (p [...]
2006-06-12 18:42:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALKPKO MO PBTS PHUM PREL
06RABAT1138 Western Sahara: Moroccan University Hosts Conference on
[...] The Faculty of Law, Economy and Social Sciences at Hassan I University in Settat, two hours' drive from Rabat, organized on May 31 and June 1 a conference entitled "What Type of Autonomy for the Southern Provinces?" University President Mohamed Rahj opened the conference, noting that the eve [...]
2006-06-13 07:41:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO PBTS PGOV PREL MO
06RABAT1148WESTERN SAHARA: GENERAL MOSGAARD'S VIEWS
[...] (C) Summary: MINURSO Force Commander General Kurt Mosgaard told the Ambassador June 8 that MINURSO continued to play an important role in moderating the Western Sahara conflict. He said tensions were up on both sides, and there was more talk of war within the Polisario, but MINURSO does not [...]
2006-06-13 16:44:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALKPKO MO PBTS PHUM PREL
06RABAT1159SAHRAWI ACTIVIST DISCUSSES CORCAS AND OTHER ISSUES
[...] (C) Summary: On June 6, Brahim Dahane, president of the Sahrawi Association of Victims of Grave Human Rights Violations Committed by the State of Morocco (ASVDDH),met with Poloffs. Dahane traveled to Rabat to discuss the current situation in the Western Sahara, particularly in Laayoune, a [...]
2006-06-14 18:35:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPBTS PGOV PHUM MO
06RABAT117WESTERN SAHARA: FASSI FIHRI ON JANUARY 18
[...] (C) During a January 19 meeting covering UN reform (septel) and Iran (Ref A),Deputy FM Fassi Fihri raised the Western Sahara, noting that he was "surprised" by remarks attributed to Ambassador Bolton at the Security Council's closed door briefing on the Western Sahara on January 18 "blaming" [...]
2006-01-24 15:12:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALKPKO MO PBTS PGOV PREL
06RABAT1218WESTERN SAHARA: BASTAGLI URGES CONTINUATION OF CBMS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: During a June 16 meeting with the Ambassador, Special Representative for the Secretary General (SRSG) for Western Sahara Francesco Bastagli urged the Embassy to encourage Morocco to accept a revised list of scheduled flights to restart the suspended family visits program. Basta [...]
2006-06-21 17:18:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALKPKO PBTS PHUM PREL MO
06RABAT1280DAS GRAY DISCUSSES WESTERN SAHARA WITH FASSI FIHRI
[...] (C) SUMMARY: During a June 29 meeting with DAS Gray, Minister Delegate for Foreign Affairs Taieb Fassi Fihri provided a frank discussion on the Western Sahara and Morocco's path to an autonomy plan. Commenting on future activities for CORCAS, Fassi Fihri explained that starting in July Presi [...]
2006-07-03 16:52:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNMO PBTS PHUM PREL
06RABAT1284DAS GRAY MEETS SECRETARY GENERAL OF THE ARAB
[...] (C) Summary. On June 29, DAS Gordon Gray and Ambassador Riley discussed the revitalization of the Arab Maghreb Union (AMU) with the organization's Secretary General Al Habib bin Yahia. Bin Yahia shared a number of ways he is trying to reinvigorate the AMU after many years of lackluster resul [...]
2006-07-05 08:21:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PTER PBTS PGOV MO
06RABAT133DEPUTY FM ON UN REFORM
[...] (C) As instructed reftels, Ambassador called on Moroccan Deputy FM Taieb Fassi Fihri on January 19 to seek Moroccan support for US goals on UN reform. The Ambassador underlined that UN reform was an important issue for the US, and he was raising the issue at a senior level on instruction from [...]
2006-01-25 15:54:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALMO PBTS PGOV PREL
06RABAT1394WESTERN SAHARA: GOM DEMARCHE ON FAMILY VISITS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On July 18, Charge attended a meeting convened by MFA Secretary General Omar Hilale to explain the GOM position on the stalled family visit confidence building measures CBMs in the Western Sahara. Hilale stressed the GOM's continued support for the family visits, said the GOM is [...]
2006-07-24 08:55:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPBTS PHUM PREL MO
06RABAT1405WESTERN SAHARA: GOM ON USE OF MOROCCAN PASSPORTS
[...] (C) Poloffs met July 25 with Nasser Bourita, MFA Director of UN and International Organizations, to discuss the GOM position that Sahrawis from the Western Sahara who participate in potential non-political seminars in the future should travel on Moroccan passports. Reiterating comments made [...]
2006-07-25 17:33:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPBTS PHUM PREL MO
06RABAT1497DEPUTY MINISTER FASSI FIHRI MEETS WITH AMBASSADOR
[...] (C) Summary: On August 3, Taieb Fassi Fihri, the Deputy Minister of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA),met with Ambassador Riley and the US Ambassador to Iraq, Zalmay Khalilzad, for a courtesy call. Ambassador Khalilzad was in Morocco for other meetings with UAE officials. The conversat [...]
2006-08-08 11:24:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PREL PHUM PBTS MO
06RABAT1507WESTERN SAHARA: UPDATE ON CBMS
[...] (C) On August 8, A/Polcouns met with Nasser Bourita, Director of United Nations and International Organizations in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA),to discuss the UN High Level Dialogue on International Migration and Development (reftel B). Bourita took the opportunity to discuss the G [...]
2006-08-08 17:17:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PBTS MO
06RABAT1535UNHCR ENCOURAGES REFUGEE SELF-RELIANCE AND GOM
[...] (C) Summary: On August 10, A/Polcouns met with Johannes van der Klaauw, head of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees' (UNHCR) office in Rabat to discuss the July 24 to 27 sit-ins in front of his office and recent developments relating to the Western Sahara. Van der Klaauw empha [...]
2006-08-14 15:40:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPBTS PGOV PREL MO
06RABAT1576MOROCCO-EU FISHING AGREEMENT SPARKS CONTROVERSY
[...] (U) Summary: The new Morocco-EU fishing agreement was signed in Brussels on July 26, 2006, but must still be ratified by the Moroccan Parliament before taking effect. Ratification is expected to occur when Parliament reconvenes in October 2006, with implementation by early 2007. The agreeme [...]
2006-08-22 15:45:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALEFIS MO PBTS PGOV
06RABAT1678URGING MOROCCO TO MAKE PROGRESS ON THE WESTERN
[...] (S) On September 8, Ambassador delivered reftel talking points on the Western Sahara to Taieb Fassi Fihri, Minister-Delegate of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Poloff accompanied Ambassador as note taker. Fassi Fihri indicated that he had already spoken with Moroccan Ambassador Mekouar fo [...]
2006-09-08 17:16:00Embassy RabatSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV WI AG PBTS MO
06RABAT1775WESTERN SAHARA: CORCAS HEAD TO BRING NOTHING NEW
[...] (C) SUMMARY: CORCAS Chairman Khalihenna Ould Er Rachid told Ambassador he would travel to Washington September 23, for meetings beginning September 25. He planned to focus on explaining Moroccan efforts and progress toward pulling together an autonomy plan for the Sahara. Ambassador repeate [...]
2006-09-22 18:40:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALMO PBTS PHUM PREL
06RABAT181VISITING THE PRISON IN LAAYOUNE, WESTERN SAHARA
[...] (C) Summary: Prison conditions in Morocco and the Western Sahara are a major human rights concern and are frequently discussed by the USG and international human rights organizations. Poloff raised the possibility of visiting prisons throughout the country with the Ministry of Justice (MOJ) [...]
2006-02-03 14:11:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PBTS MO
06RABAT1862EU PARLIAMENTARIANS VISIT TO THE WESTERN SAHARA
[...] This cable is sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) On September 29, a clutch of European diplomats informed Poloffs that two European Union (EU) parliamentarians (MEP's) planned to visit the Western Sahara the following week, having previously visited Tindouf [...]
2006-10-05 20:43:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PBTS PHUM MO EU
06RABAT1874MOROCCAN PLANS FOR S MEETING NEXT WEEK ON THE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In response to Ambassador,s urging that the proposed delegation bring a concrete autonomy plan to Washington, MFA Minister Delegate Fassi Fihri indicated they would not be able to present a written draft plan. There are still many complex internal issues to be resolved, so they [...]
2006-10-06 18:49:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV PBTS MO AL
06RABAT1921WESTERN SAHARA: CONFIDENCE BUILDING MEASURES
[...] (C) On October 13, Johannes Vander Klauuw, the country director for the UNHCR, called to say that Morocco has agreed to resume the confidence building measures (CBM's) in the Western Sahara. The CBMs have been stalled since May when family visitation flights were to go between Dakhla in the [...]
2006-10-13 12:49:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PBTS PHUM MO
06RABAT1951KING'S OPENING SPEECH TO PARLIAMENT FOCUSES ON
[...] (C) Summary: In his annual speech to open parliament's fall session, King Mohamed VI on October 13 highlighted both his commitment to reform and determination to maintain overall control. He said next year's legislative elections must be open, transparent, and legitimate. He said the 2007 l [...]
2006-10-18 19:12:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALPGOV PBTS PREL PHUM ECON MO
06RABAT197WESTERN SAHARA: MFA REVIEWS PARTY LINE, COMMENTS
[...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: On January 23, 2006 visiting NEA/MAG Morocco Desk Officer Robert Ewing and Poloff paid a courtesy call on MFA Director for UN Affairs Nasser Bourita. Bourita said he had to "correct some misunderstandings" concerning the Western Sahara and undertook a long argument ba [...]
2006-02-07 16:20:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALKPKO PBTS PGOV PREL MO
06RABAT1979MOROCCAN ROAD SHOW ON WESTERN SAHARA RESOLUTION
[...] (SBU) Immediately following intensive meetings in DC (October 11-13) to discuss the government of Morocco's (GOM) autonomy plans for the Western Sahara (reftels A, B),the delegation headed to various capitals. The delegation went to Paris, where they were met by President Jacques Chirac. [...]
2006-10-20 17:24:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PHUM PBTS MO UN
06RABAT2010(C-NE6-01369) POLISARIO COMMANDER READY TO BEND BUT NOT BREAK
[...] (C) At a Polisario "base" East of the berm separating Moroccan and Polisario forces, a Polisario Political/Military commander told an Embassy team and MINURSO commander October 12 that he and his comrades were flexible and prepared to talk, but could not compromise the Sahrawis' right to self-d [...]
2006-10-30 11:21:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALPBTS PINR PGOV MO AG KPKO WI
06RABAT222WESTERN SAHARA: GOM DEVELOPMENT PLANS ON TRACK
[...] (C) Over dinner February 8, Ahmed Hajji, Director of the Agency for the Development of the Southern Provinces, told Polcouns that he was basically satisfied with implementation of the agency's five-year, USD 800 million plan launched in late 2004 to develop "the southern provinces," which incl [...]
2006-02-09 16:25:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALECON MO PBTS PREL
06RABAT2252HUMAN RIGHTS DAY SIT-IN IN LAAYOUNE ATTACKED BY
[...] (SBU) To commemorate International Human Rights Day, the Sahrawi Association for Grave Human Rights Abuses (ASVDH),held a sit-in in Laayoune on December 10. The ASVDH stated that they had received the appropriate Government of Morocco (GOM) approvals, i.e., notification of an event 48 hours [...]
2006-12-13 15:13:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PHUM PBTS MO
06RABAT2254WESTERN SAHARA: AUTONOMY IDEAS EMERGE DESPITE
[...] (C) Summary: The so-called "CORCAS" autonomy plan that its president announced he would submit to the King was not broadly approved by Sahrawis, even among CORCAS itself. In the event CORCAS had legitimately approved, it still would have meant little, as CORCAS itself is not a representative [...]
2006-12-13 15:15:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPBTS PGOV PHUM MO
06RABAT2296URGING MFA TO REACH OUT ON SAHARA AND DEFEND
[...] No summary [...]
2006-12-20 14:58:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALPREL PBTS PHUM MO
06RABAT2344MINISTER OF INTERIOR TOUGH ON PRESS REFORM AND
[...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Riley raised freedom of expression issues, the Western Sahara and elections with Interior Minister Benmoussa December 27. Following up on earlier senior contacts, Ambassador argued for liberalization of the press code and against the new draft law on polling. Repeatedl [...]
2006-12-28 15:19:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPBTS PHUM PGOV MO
06RABAT238WESTERN SAHARA: DISSIDENTS SAY NO TO AUTONOMY, NO
[...] (C) Summary: Continuing our dialogue with Sahrawi civil society, emboffs and NEA/MAG Desk Officer met with a group of Sahrawi dissidents at the Laayoune home of prominent activist Mohammed Dadach for an hour the evening of January 25. The dissidents were members of the "Association for Sahr [...]
2006-02-10 16:41:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALPGOV PBTS PHUM MO
06RABAT240WESTERN SAHARA: MINURSO'S HOPES AND FRUSTRATIONS
[...] (C) Summary: During NEA/MAG desk officer's January 23-27 visit to Morocco and the Western Sahara, Poloffs and desk officer met over dinner with Francesco Bastagli, the Secretary General's Special Envoy to the Western Sahara and SIPDIS MINURSO Chief of Staff Philippe Elghouyal on January 2 [...]
2006-02-10 17:36:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALKPKO MO PBTS PGOV PHUM
06RABAT248WESTERN SAHARA: NORDICS PONDER NEXT STEPS
[...] (C) Swedish and Norwegian Embassy First Secretaries Jonas Wendel and Lene Richter Strand called on Polcouns February 8 for a read-out of the embassy's late January visit to Laayoune (Refs A-D),and in turn updated Polcouns on the latest Nordic thinking on how to respond to what they view as u [...]
2006-02-13 15:57:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALMO PBTS PHUM PREL
06RABAT283WESTERN SAHARA: THE WALI EXPOUNDS ON THE CURRENT
[...] (C) Summary: On January 25, NEA/MAG desk officer and emboffs met with Driss Sharqi, the Wali of the Laayoune region of the Western Sahara. The discussion covered autonomy (septel),Sahrawi demonstrations, the impact of the Equity and Reconciliation's (IER) final report, the development sit [...]
2006-02-17 17:32:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PBTS MO
06RABAT316ALGERIAN AMBASSADOR BELKHEIR'S VIEWS ON WESTERN
[...] (C) Summary: Ambassador hosted Algerian Ambassador Larbi Belkheir for an informal tea and conversation on the Western Sahara and Morocco-Algeria relations the afternoon of February 16. Belkheir had just returned from Algiers the previous day. Present were Algerian DCM Ginad Boumedienne, NE [...]
2006-02-23 17:41:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALKPKO MO PBTS PGOV PREL
06RABAT326WESTERN SAHARA: MOROCCO SEEKS US INTERVENTION TO
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The GOM has asked at the highest levels that the U.S. demarche Algeria to help prevent a march of Sahrawi and European civilians across the berm in the Western Sahara, and the heavily land-mined area adjacent to the berm, reportedly planned by the Polisario to occur in conjuncti [...]
2006-02-24 14:53:00Embassy RabatSECRETAG KPKO MO PARM PBTS PINR PREL
06RABAT333MFA DISCUSSES NEED FOR ASSISTANCE, PRESS FREEDOM
[...] (U) This cable is sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On February 17, 2006 visiting NEA/MAG Office Director William Jordan met separately with MFA Director of Bilateral Affairs Youssef Amrani and MFA Director of American Affairs Salahuddin Tazi to dis [...]
2006-02-24 15:38:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKPKO MO PBTS PGOV PHUM PREL
06RABAT341WESTERN SAHARA: US INTERVENTIONS CONCERNING
[...] (C) Ambassador Thomas T. Riley called Foreign Minister Benaissa to update him on the steps taken by the USG (reftel) regarding a potential Polisario organized march on the berm in the Western Sahara on February 27. The Ambassador informed the Foreign Minister that the Department of State, E [...]
2006-02-24 19:02:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALAG KPKO MO PARM PBTS PINR PREL
06RABAT344WESTERN SAHARA: MINURSO UPDATE AS OF MORNING OF
[...] (C) Following up on reftels, Polcouns called MINURSO political officer Alexandyr Sporys the morning of February 27 for an update on weekend activity in Tifariti and a status report on expected activity in Tifariti and Tindouf on February 27 and 28 to mark the thirtieth anniversary of the foun [...]
2006-02-27 12:02:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALMO PBTS PHUM PREL
06RABAT355WESTERN SAHARA: MINURSO REPORTS CONTINUED CALM IN
[...] (C) MINURSO Political Officer Alexandr Sporys telephoned Polcouns at 8 pm local time February 27 to brief on the day's activities in Tifariti. Sporys said MINURSO peacekeepers based in Tifariti had observed part of the day's festivities in keeping with MINURSO's mandate. MINURSO estimated th [...]
2006-02-28 13:00:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALKPKO MO PBTS PHUM PREL
06RABAT358WESTERN SAHARA: SAHRAWI CLAIMS POLISARIO HOLDS AN
[...] This cable is sensitive by unclassified. Please treat accordingly. 2. (SBU) Poloff recently met with Dahi Akai, President of the Association of Those Who Disappeared by the Polisario. Akai presented a letter in Arabic for the Secretary requesting assistance for an American allegedly hel [...]
2006-02-28 16:55:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC MO PBTS PGOV PHUM
06RABAT360WESTERN SAHARA: MFA SAYS CBMS IN JEOPARDY
[...] (C) During a February 22 meeting (reftel),MFA Secretary General Omar Hilale told Polcouns that the family visits program, a key element of the US-funded confidence-building measures in the Western Sahara, was in jeopardy as a result of politicization of the program by the Polisario. Hilale [...]
2006-02-28 22:00:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALMO PBTS PHUM PREL
06RABAT389WESTERN SAHARA: PREPARING THE GOM FOR AUTONOMY
[...] (C) Summary: In meetings with the MOI and MFA on February 17 in Rabat, and reiterated during the embassy's February 22 meeting with MFA SecGen Omar Hilale, visiting NEA/MAG Office Director William Jordan urged GOM officials to be expansive in their thinking on autonomy to make it real and cred [...]
2006-03-02 14:27:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALMO PBTS PHUM PREL
06RABAT398MOROCCO: IS THE GOVERNMENT STRANGLING THE PRESS?
[...] (C) Freedom of the press continues to be a significant political and human rights issue in Morocco, and the mission continues to discuss the issue with the GOM at high levels, and to raise concerns as we see them. The GOM's latest tack appears to be one of levying heavy fines on offending p [...]
2006-03-03 15:23:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALKDEM KPAO PGOV PHUM PREL PBTS MO
06RABAT431WESTERN SAHARA: AUTONOMY, INTEGRATION, AND
[...] (C) Summary: During the mission's last visit to the Western Sahara in late January, and in a subsequent conversation with the Mayor of Laayoune in Rabat, emboffs have had opportunities to engage with local officials, NGOs, and other contacts concerning their views on autonomy, integration, [...]
2006-03-08 15:57:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALPGOV PBTS PHUM MO
06RABAT433WESTERN SAHARA: DCM UNDERSCORES NEED FOR SERIOUS
[...] (C) During a March 2 meeting with MFA Director of Bilateral Affairs Youssef Amrani, which also covered freedom of expression (Ref A),DCM underscored the need for Morocco to produce a serious, credible autonomy plan that could serve as the basis of negotiations with the Polisario as well as A [...]
2006-03-08 18:36:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALMO PBTS PHUM PREL
06RABAT441AMBASSADOR'S CALL ON SECURITY CZAR YASSINE MANSOURI
[...] (C) Summary: Ambassador called on Director General of the DGED (Direction General des Etudes and Documentation) on March 8 at DGED headquarters in Rabat. While ostensibly a courtesy call in recognition of Mansouri's appointment as head of DGED in 2005, the meeting provided the opportunity to [...]
2006-03-09 18:22:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALASEC MO PBTS PGOV PREL PTER
06RABAT442DEPUTY FM FASSI FIHRI VENTS ON THE WESTERN SAHARA
[...] (C) Ambassador telephoned Deputy FM Fassi Fihri midday on March 8 to inform him about the cancellation of A/S Welch's planned March 13-14 visit to Morocco. A fifty-three minute conversation ensued. Fassi Fihri pressed regarding the rest of the trip, and the Ambassador said A/S Welch still mi [...]
2006-03-09 18:32:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALMO PBTS PHUM PREL
06RABAT461WESTERN SAHARA: MOROCCAN POLITICAL PARTIES KICK
[...] (C) Summary and Comment: On March 10-11, the Islamist Party for Justice and Development (PJD),teaming up with the smaller Forces Citoyennes party (FC),held a conference at the Tour Hassan Hotel in Rabat entitled "Regionalization and Autonomy: Models and Options." International experts fro [...]
2006-03-14 17:56:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALMO PBTS PHUM PREL
06RABAT498STAFFDEL PHELAN'S WESTERN SAHARA MEETINGS
[...] (C) Summary: Staffdel Phelan and EconCouns visited Laayoune, Western Sahara on March 18 as swarms of workers readied the city ) festooned with Moroccan flags -- for King Mohammed VI's imminent arrival. MINURSO officials briefed Phelan on the mission's activities, previewed the draft SYG re [...]
2006-03-21 08:29:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALPREL PBTS OREP MO
06RABAT516OFFICIAL MOROCCAN VIEWS ON REFUGEE RESETTLEMENT,
[...] (C) Summary: Cairo-based Regional Refugee Coordinator Gerard Cheyne met with GOM officials during his March 3-10 visit to Morocco and Western Sahara to discuss the possibility of launching a limited resettlement program and the CBM family visit exchanges occurring in the Western Sahara. Chey [...]
2006-03-23 10:28:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALPREF PBTS PREL PHUM UNHCR PGOV MO EG
06RABAT517HUMAN RIGHTS: PARLIAMENT PASSES NEW LAW AGAINST
[...] This cable is sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (U) On March 16, the GOM announced parliament's passage of a new law against torture, according to the English-language Morocco Times. The Minister of Justice, Mohammed Bouzoubaa, reportedly said, "The new law aga [...]
2006-03-23 11:50:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV PBTS MO
06RABAT539WESTERN SAHARA: A TOUGH SPEECH CAPS A MOMENTOUS
[...] (C) King Mohammed spent five days in the Western Sahara, March 20-25, his first visit to the disputed territory since March 2002. The timing of the visit, coming amidst a public consultation process on autonomy and private diplomacy by Moroccan Deputy FM Fassi Fihri with Paris and Washington, [...]
2006-03-27 19:16:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALMO PBTS PHUM PREL
06RABAT552WESTERN SAHARA: THE MFA HELPS UNVEIL THE NEW
[...] (C) Summary: The MFA requested the Ambassador's attendance at a meeting on March 28 with MFA SecGen Omar Hilale and other Western Hemisphere ambassadors. The subject of the meeting was the King's recent speech (reftel) and the formation of the "Conseil Royal Consultatif pour les Affaires S [...]
2006-03-28 17:40:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PBTS MO
06RABAT558AMBASSADOR'S COURTESY CALL ON NEW MINISTER OF
[...] (C) Ambassador called on new Interior Minister Chakib Benmoussa the afternoon of March 28. Ambassador expressed appreciation for the strong relations between the USG and the ministry and encouraged the MOI to go forward with anti money laundering legislation as well as a letter of agreement [...]
2006-03-29 15:06:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALMO PBTS PGOV PHUM PREL PTER
06RABAT561WESTERN SAHARA: INFORMAL MINURSO VIEWS ON CURRENT
[...] (C) MINURSO Political Officer Alexander Sporys (please protect) visited Rabat March 22-24 for consultations with the P-5, Spanish, and South Africans at the request of SRSG Bastagli. Sporys called on Polcouns March 23. SRSG Bastagli is expected in Rabat for follow-on discussions in early Apr [...]
2006-03-29 18:52:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALKPKO MO PBTS PHUM PREL
06RABAT616SEVENTEEN ACTIVISTS IN THE WESTERN SAHARA: BEATEN
[...] (C) Summary: On April 3, seventeen Sahrawi prisoners were brought to court from Laayoune prison for their trials. According to the Polisario website and Sahrawi activist Brahim Afari who called Polcouns April 4, the prisoners were "severely beaten" in vans on the way to the court. One acti [...]
2006-04-06 17:32:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV UN PBTS PHUM MO
06RABAT618EMBASSY OFFICERS DISCUSS FOREIGN POLICY WITH
[...] (U) This cable is sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: Poloffs visited Morocco's prestigious Al-Akhawayn University on April 3 to meet with faculty and discuss US-Morocco relations and human rights with undergraduate and graduate students as part o [...]
2006-04-07 08:13:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PBTS MO
06RABAT637WESTERN SAHARA: BASTAGLI MAKES THE CASE FOR
[...] (C) Summary: During an April 6 meeting with the Ambassador, SRSG Bastagli argued that tighter and more robust operations over the last six months had made MINURSO a more effective force. Violations of the ceasefire were down 50 percent. Confidence-building measures remained essential to UN [...]
2006-04-07 16:40:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALMO PBTS PHUM PREL
06RABAT671WESTERN SAHARA: GOM CLAIMS IT'S NOT STALLING ON
[...] (C) Following up on SRSG Bastagli's April 6 comment that Morocco had turned off a third attempted visit to the Western Sahara by the UN High Commission for Human Rights (reftel),Polcouns called MFA Director for UN Affairs Nasser Bourita the afternoon of April 13 to get the official Moroccan [...]
2006-04-14 15:18:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALMO PBTS PHUM PREL
06RABAT718AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH ISTIQLAL PARTY LEADER
[...] (C) SUMMARY AND INTRODUCTION: The Ambassador met April 4 with Istiqlal party leader and Minister of State Abbas El Fassi at his residence over lunch. The Ambassador was accompanied by Polcouns, Poloff (notetaker),and PolLES, while El Fassi was joined by Istiqlal Upper House Caucus Leader an [...]
2006-04-20 10:43:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALMO PBTS PGOV PREL
06RABAT722WESTERN SAHARA: AMBASSADOR PRESSES FOR CREDIBLE
[...] (C) Summary: Ambassador met with Deputy FM Taieb Fassi Fihri for two hours the afternoon of April 17 to deliver points on the possible visit of Hamas SecGen Mishal (Refs A and B). Most of the meeting was consumed by a discussion on the Western Sahara, however, as Fassi Fihri recapped his re [...]
2006-04-20 11:22:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALMO PBTS PGOV PREL
06RABAT728AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH ARAB MAGHREB UNION SECRETARY
[...] (C) Summary: Ambassador met April 19 with Arab Maghreb Union (AMU) Secretary General Habib Ben Yahia to discuss the AMU's role in regional integration, the Western Sahara, counterterrorism and human rights. Ben Yahia explained that the AMU works well at the ministerial and technical levels wh [...]
2006-04-20 17:51:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALECON MO PBTS PGOV PREL
06RABAT734WESTERN SAHARA: MOROCCANS NERVOUS ABOUT IMPENDING
[...] (C) Deputy FM Fassi Fihri telephoned the Ambassador late afternoon April 20 to express concern about the contents of the SYG's report on the Western Sahara, soon to be released, as well as impending action on the Western Sahara by the UN Security Council. Fassi Fihri understood that the Secur [...]
2006-04-21 11:27:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALMO PBTS PHUM PREL
06RABAT786INTERIOR MINISTER'S FIRST INTERVIEW OFFERS GLIMPSE
[...] This cable is sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Coming on the heels of his recent visit to France, Interior Minister Chakib Benmoussa provided April 19, 2006 the Moroccan French-language daily L'Economiste his first official interview since being appointed [...]
2006-04-27 11:00:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PBTS PHUM PTER MO
06RABAT913WESTERN SAHARA: GOM WILL PROCEED WITH OHCHR VISIT
[...] (SBU) MFA Director of UN and International Affairs Nasser Bourita told Polcouns May 10 that the May 15 visit of the Office of the High Commission for Human Rights (OHCHR) was going forward, and the program had been prepared. The delegation, which would not include Louise Arbour, would arrive [...]
2006-05-10 18:37:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMO PBTS PHUM PREL PINR
06RABAT970ICRC SEES PROGRESS WITH GOM ON HUMANITARIAN ISSUES
[...] (SBU) Over lunch May 18, ICRC Regional Delegate Bernard Pfefferle told Polcouns the ICRC was generally pleased with progress on the humanitarian issues it is working with the GOM, and especially with progress on resolving the issue of the disappeared between Morocco and the Polisario Front. [...]
2006-05-19 18:07:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALMO PBTS PHUM PREL
06RABAT986AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH PARTY OF PROGRESS AND
[...] (C) SUMMARY AND INTRODUCTION: The Ambassador met May 19 for one hour with Party of Progress and Socialism (PPS) secretary general Ismail Alaoui at the party's headquarters SIPDIS in Rabat. The Ambassador was accompanied by Poloff (notetaker),while Alaoui was joined by PPS executive commi [...]
2006-05-23 12:03:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PBTS MO
06RIGA573LATVIA IN AGREEMENT IN OPPOSITION TO
[...] (C) Pol/Econ chief delivered reftel demarche July 19 to Vilmers Henins, A/S-level equivalent in the MFA for Russia and the former Soviet states. Latvia has "absolutely the same position" on this issue, he said, and agrees that Moscow is the key to resolving this. Henins expressed concern, ho [...]
2006-07-20 08:15:00Embassy RigaCONFIDENTIALPBTS PREL OSCE MD RS LG
06RIYADH5079USD EDELMAN'S MEETING WITH ASSISTANT MOI PRINCE
[...] (S) Summary: Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Eric Edelman discussed detainees, helicopters, infrastructure security, Iraq, and border security during a June 6 meeting with Assistant Minister of Interior for Security Affairs Prince Muhammad bin Naif. Prince Muhammad confirmed that the SA [...]
2006-06-25 04:36:00Embassy RiyadhSECRETSA MARR PBTS PGOV PINR PINS PTER ENRG
06RIYADH5105SAUDIS NAME NEW IRAQ BORDER LIAISON OFFICER
[...] (S) General Saleh bin Ali al-Muhayya, Chief of General Staff of the Saudi Arabian Ministry of Defense and Aviation (MODA) sent a letter (classified "secret/urgent") to CHUSMTM May 30 on the appointment of a new Saudi-Iraq border liaison officer. The new officer is LTC Khalid bin Mohamed al-S [...]
2006-06-25 15:57:00Embassy RiyadhSECRETPBTS PGOV PREL PINR SA IZ MARR MOPS
06ROME3170ITALY CONCERNED RUSSIA WON'T ACCEPT
[...] (C) The DCM and poloff delivered reftel points to MFA Political Director Terzi and OSCE Office Director Brunella Borzi on November 22. Terzi expressed a desire for consensus on the best text possible but voiced concern regarding probable Russian objections to tough language, especially parts [...]
2006-11-24 12:30:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PBTS EUN NATO OSCE MO GG RU IT
06SANJOSE1665COSTA RICAN AND NICARAGUAN FOREIGN MINISTERS MEET,
[...] Summary: The Foreign Ministers of Costa Rica and Nicaragua met in San Jose to discuss bilateral issues on July 26, 2006. They agreed to renew a Binational Commission that has not met for nine years. They avoided discussion of the two most contentious issues between the two countries, Costa [...]
2006-08-03 14:54:00Embassy San JoseUNCLASSIFIEDPBTS PREL NU CS
06SANJOSE444"MORAL POWER:" ARIAS AND NATIONAL SECURITY
[...] (C) National security in an Oscar Arias administration will be pursued at three levels: (1) Internationally, Arias will use his prestige as a Nobel laureate to be an advocate for multilateralism, international law, and disarmament. (2) At home the principal external security issues will be [...]
2006-02-24 21:13:00Embassy San JoseCONFIDENTIALPINS PREL MASS SNAR SMIG SOCI PBTS NI CS
06SANTODOMINGO171DOMINICAN POLITICS II #14: DOMINICAN PRESIDENT
[...] (U) This is the 14th cable in a series reporting on the second year of the administration of Dominican president Leonel Fernandez. Dominican Politics II #14: Leonel Fernandez Receives DAS for Caribbean Patrick Duddy - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT. [...]
2006-01-17 13:17:00Embassy Santo DomingoSECRETDR HA PBTS PGOV PREL SNAR
06SEOUL1246ROKG PROTESTS PROPOSED JAPANESE SURVEYS IN
[...] (C) Deputy Foreign Minister Yun Byung-se on April 14 informed the DCM that the Japanese Maritime Security Agency through its website announced its intention to conduct geological surveys beginning April 14 in a part of the East Sea (Sea of Japan) that would violate international law, ROK dome [...]
2006-04-14 12:48:00Embassy SeoulCONFIDENTIALPREL PHSA PBTS KS JA
06SEOUL1271JAPANESE EMBASSY REPORTS TOKYO TO BEGIN MAPPING
[...] (C) The Japanese Embassy in Seoul informed us April 18 that Japan will begin mapping operations on April 21 in waters that both Tokyo and Seoul claim as within their Exclusive Economic Zone. Japanese Embassy First Secretary Yamamoto told poloff that if faced with physical resistance by ROK f [...]
2006-04-18 09:28:00Embassy SeoulCONFIDENTIALPBTS PHSA PREL EFIS MOPS KS JA
06SEOUL1314DFM YUN BRIEFS DCM ON ROK-JAPAN MARITIME SURVEY
[...] (C) In an April 20 meeting with the DCM, ROK DFM Yun reported that earlier in the day, South Korean Foreign Minister Ban Ki-moon had told the Japanese Ambassador that (1) Japan should immediately abandon its proposed maritime survey of submarine features in waters that Tokyo and Seoul both cl [...]
2006-04-20 09:39:00Embassy SeoulCONFIDENTIALPBTS PHSA PREL EFIS MOPS KS JA
06SEOUL1349ROKG READOUT ON MARITIME RESOLUTION WITH JAPAN
[...] (C) MOFAT DG for the Asian and Pacific Affairs Bureau Lee Hyuk on April 24 told POL M/C that Seoul was relieved that it managed the maritime survey dispute and prevented a worsening of the already strained relationship with Tokyo. Both sides agreed that (1) Japan would recall its ships and dr [...]
2006-04-24 10:19:00Embassy SeoulCONFIDENTIALPBTS PHSA PREL EFIS MOPS KSAC JA
06SEOUL1379PRESIDENT ROH DRAWS RED-LINE UNDER LIANCOURT ROCKS
[...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Only days after Seoul and Tokyo announced a diplomatic agreement to end the stand-off over the Dokdo Islets (known in Japan as "Takeshima") (REFTELS),President Roh in a strongly worded address to the nation reasserted ROK sovereignty over the islets and declared that [...]
2006-04-25 08:48:00Embassy SeoulCONFIDENTIALPREL PBTS PHSA EFIS MOPS KS JA
06SEOUL1433DFM YUN PROVIDES UPDATE ON LIANCOURT ROCKS ISSUE
[...] (C) In an April 28 meeting with the DCM, DFM Yun Byung-se offered an update on the ROKG approach to its maritime dispute with Japan. Seoul was (1) preparing for the next round of EEZ talks with Tokyo that would be held by the end of June; (2) providing foreign diplomats with Seoul's justific [...]
2006-04-28 08:51:00Embassy SeoulCONFIDENTIALPBTS PHSA PREL EFIS MOPS KS JA
06SEOUL2113BAN AND ASO DISCUSS MISSILE LAUNCH, EEZ, FUTURE
[...] (C) In a June 20 telephone conversation, Japan Foreign Minister Taro Aso and ROK Foreign Minister Ban Ki-moon shared concern over the possible DPRK missile test. Aso asserted that Japan would work with the U.S. to take a tough response in the event of a launch. Ban said that the ROK wanted t [...]
2006-06-26 09:28:00Embassy SeoulCONFIDENTIALPREL PBTS PHSA EFIS MOPS KS JA
06SEOUL2185ROK SURVEY VESSEL IN DISPUTED WATERS NEXT WEEK
[...] (C) MOFAT DG for the Asian and Pacific Affairs Bureau Lee Hyuk on June 30 told A/DCM that the ROK planned to dispatch a research vessel on July 3 to conduct a sea stream survey, arriving possibly as soon as July 4 or 5, in waters of overlapping claims with Japan. Seoul, however, did not cons [...]
2006-06-30 10:30:00Embassy SeoulCONFIDENTIALPREL PBTS PHSA KS JA
06SEOUL3109MAINTAINING THE MOMENTUM ON LEBANON
[...] (C) This message is in response to reftel A. 2. (C) During separate meetings on September 6 with the Ambassador, South Korean Acting Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MOFAT) Yu Myung-hwan and Minister of National Defense (MND) Yoon Kwang-ung both explained that the ROKG would dispatc [...]
2006-09-11 01:07:00Embassy SeoulCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL MOPS MARR PBTS KS
06SINGAPORE1935TORRES STRAIT DEMARCHE DELIVERED
[...] This is an action request. See paragraph 3. 2. Econoff delivered reftel note and talking points on June 7 to Florence Lim, Ministry of Transport (MOT) Sea Transport Division Assistant Director, and Benjamin Wong, Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore International Department (Policy Di [...]
2006-06-13 07:36:00Embassy SingaporeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEWWT PBTS PHSA PREL SENV
06SINGAPORE3669SINGAPORE PLAYS TOUGH ON TORRES STRAIT IN UNGA
[...] (SBU) Ambassador-at-large Tommy Koh called in Ambassador Herbold to the MFA on November 22 to urge the United States to continue trying to get Australia to accept tougher language on the right of free passage contained in the UNGA draft resolution on Oceans and the law of the sea. Koh stress [...]
2006-11-22 10:17:00Embassy SingaporeCONFIDENTIALAS EWWT ID MY PBTS PHSA PREL SN UNGA MRSEC
06SKOPJE1059MACEDONIA SUPPORTS U.S. EFFORTS TO FULLY IMPLEMENT
[...] No summary [...]
2006-11-04 12:11:00Embassy SkopjeUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP PARM PREL PHSA EWWT EAIR PBTS MK
06STATE91785SEEKING UPDATE ON PROGRESS OF JAPAN-KOREA EEZ
[...] (U) This is an action message ) see para 3 for action. Background in para 2 is provided for Post's information only. ---------- Background ---------- 2. (SBU) In April, tensions between South Korea and Japan flared up when Japan announced plans to carry out a hydrographic survey in disp [...]
2006-06-06 18:44:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIS PBTS PHSA PREL JA KS
06TALLINN1008ESTONIA: BRIEFING ON KOSOVO
[...] No summary [...]
2006-11-13 12:16:00Embassy TallinnCONFIDENTIALAL BH GG MK MACEDONIA PBTS RO SR UP EN
06TALLINN1012ESTONIA: DEMARCHE ON UNSCR 1718 DELIVERED
[...] No summary [...]
2006-11-14 15:38:00Embassy TallinnCONFIDENTIALPARM KNNP PREL PHSA EWWT EAIR PBTS EN
06TALLINN1067ESTONIA: UNIFIED APPROACH TO GEORGIA/MOLDOVA
[...] No summary [...]
2006-11-30 11:53:00Embassy TallinnUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PBTS EU NATO OSCE MO GG RU EN
06TALLINN671TRANSNISTRIA: ESTONIA IN FULL SUPPORT OF
[...] (SBU) On July 19 Poloff delivered reftel points to Jaan Hein, outgoing MFA Director for Eastern Europe and Central Asia and newly appointed Estonian Ambassador to Ukraine, Georgia, and Moldova, on Transnistria's proposed independence referendum. Hein told us that the GOE is in full agreement w [...]
2006-07-21 10:43:00Embassy TallinnUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOSCE PBTS PREL RS MD EN
06TELAVIV4032USSC DAYTON RAISES RAFAH, AMA AND BADR BRIGADE WITH ISA DISKIN
[...] (C) Summary: Israel Security Agency (ISA) Director Yuval Diskin told the USSC, LTG Keith W. Dayton, that Israel's primary concern with the normalization of operations at the Rafah terminal are derived from U.S. and Palestinian failures to follow through with commitments made in the November 15, 20 [...]
2006-10-12 15:07:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PBTS KPAL KWBG MASS PINR EG JO IS
06TELAVIV4153EU DEMARCHE ON GOI ENTRY PROCEDURES TO WB/G
[...] The Embassy of Finland, in its EU Presidency capacity, shared with post the aide-memoire that the EU (plus Norway and Switzerland) plans to share with the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs during the week of October 23. BEGIN TEXT: Since spring 2006, Israeli authorities have been more s [...]
2006-10-19 15:15:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KWBG KPAL EU PBTS PHUM IS
06TELAVIV4349(S/NF) PALESTINIAN AND ISRAELI SECURITY
[...] (S/NF) In response to reftel, embassy submits the following answers to questions posed in reftel. These answers were formulated with contributions from SIHO, DAO Tel Aviv, ConGen Jerusalem, and the U.S. Security Coordinator's office. 2. (S/NF) The answers below correspond to the questions [...]
2006-11-01 12:06:00Embassy Tel AvivSECRET//NOFORNPINR PBTS PGOV PREL GZ IS
06TELAVIV4731GOI UPDATES POST ON GOI-EU DIALOGUE ON RAFAH
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On November 28, MFA Head of Bureau for Middle East and Economic Affairs Irit Ben-Abba provided post with an update on the ongoing discussions between the GOI and Europeans on the Rafah crossing point. Ben-Abba conveyed that the GOI is pleased with the six-month extension of the [...]
2006-12-05 07:43:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PBTS PTER ETRD KWBG IS EG
06TELAVIV596GOI RESPONDS TO NEW PATTERN OF CROSS-BORDER
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Israeli National Police (INP) Colonel Avshalom Peled told G-TIP Reports Officer Gayatri Patel January 11 and poloff in subsequent phone conversations that his Ramon Border Police Brigade, which guards Israel's southern border with Egypt, has captured 85 Palestinians from the Gaza [...]
2006-02-08 14:53:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALIS EG PGOV PREL JO PINR PREF PBTS SNAR KCRM GOI INTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS EXTERNAL SOCIETY
06THEHAGUE1168NETHERLANDS/RUSSIA/GEORGIA: RESPONSE ON RUSSIAN
[...] (C) Polmiloff discussed reftel points with MFA Deputy Head for Eastern Europe and Central Asia Thymen Kouwenaar on May 22 and 23. Kouwenaar appreciated the points, and was not aware of new Russian initiatives aimed to link South Ossetia and Russia through a "single information space," a gas p [...]
2006-05-24 07:19:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPBTS PREL RU GG OSCE PGOV NL
06THEHAGUE1952NETHERLANDS/SOFA: MILITARY EXTRATERRITORIAL
[...] No summary [...]
2006-09-06 14:16:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDCJAN KCRM MARR PBTS NL
06THEHAGUE2361NETHERLANDS: DUTCH AGREE KOSOVO NOT A PRECEDENT
[...] (C) Summary: MFA Head of the Western Balkans Division Cees Roels said the GONL is in "complete agreement" with the USG argument explaining why an independent Kosovo does not set a precedent for separatist movements in "frozen conflicts." He said Kosovo is a "special case," while a gradual inde [...]
2006-11-02 15:24:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALAL PBTS PREL NL
06THEHAGUE2394NETHERLANDS: RESPONSE TO PSI LETTER ON UNSCR 1718
[...] Polmiloff discussed reftel letter with MFA Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) Senior Advisor Frank van Beuningen on November 6. Van Beuningen appreciated the letter, characterizing it as a "fruitful" effort to combine PSI and UNSCR 1718 efforts. He noted that Dutch implementation of UNS [...]
2006-11-06 16:26:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP PARM PREL PHSA EWWT EAIR PBTS NL
06TOKYO2068JAPAN TO "SERIOUSLY CONSIDER" G-8 AGENDA REQUEST;
[...] No summary [...]
2006-04-17 08:23:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL PBTS PHUM AMED AJ BO GG MD RS JA
06TOKYO2072TOKYO REMAINS CALM OVER TOKDO/TAKESHIMA
[...] (C) SUMMARY: At midnight on April 14, MOFA Northeast Asia Division Director Ito invited Political Officer to the Foreign Ministry to explain why Japan had notified the South Korean government that it intended to send a Maritime Safety Agency vessel to map the seabed in the area surrounding the [...]
2006-04-17 10:51:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL PHSA PBTS KS JA
06TOKYO2098LIANCOURT ROCKS: JAPAN OFFERS SECRET PROPOSAL TO
[...] (S) MOFA Asian and Oceanian Affairs Deputy Director General Kunio Umeda informed Political Minister Counselor Meserve on April 18 that Vice Foreign Minister Yachi had put forth a "secret proposal" to Ra Jong-il, South Korea's Ambassador to Japan. Under that proposal, the Japanese government [...]
2006-04-18 09:21:00Embassy TokyoSECRETPBTS PHSA PREL JA KS
06TOKYO2221PATCHED UP HULL: JAPAN-ROK AGREEMENT ENDS MARITIME
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On April 24, MOFA Asian and Oceanian Affairs DDG Sadoshima briefed Political Minister Counselor Meserve on the outcome of negotiations with the ROK to end the dispute that erupted over Japan's plan to conduct a bathymetric survey of a zone that lies between their contested EEZs. [...]
2006-04-24 09:18:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALEWWT PBTS PHSA PREL JA KS
06TOKYO3211SEEKING UPDATE ON PROGRESS OF JAPAN-KOREA EEZ TALKS
[...] (C) Ministry of Foreign Affairs Northeast Asia Division Deputy Director Yo Takaba responded to reftel points on June 9 by stating that the June 12-13 resumption of Japan-ROK EEZ negotiations is, in itself, a very significant development given the air of crisis that existed between the two cou [...]
2006-06-09 09:20:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALEFIS PBTS PHSA PREL JA KS
06TOKYO3449THE VIEW FROM JAPAN'S NORTHERN EDGE: ABSENCE OF
[...] (C) Summary and Comment: The lack of a peace treaty hinders development of relations between Russia and neighboring Hokkaido, according to local officials. City officials in Wakkanai, Japan's northern-most city and close neighbor of Russia, point to visa and customs issues as preventing incr [...]
2006-06-21 06:22:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL PBTS ETRD ECIN JA RS
06TOKYO3560THE VIEW FROM NEMURO: HEART OF THE RUSSO-JAPANESE
[...] (C) Summary: Local governments in Hokkaido Prefecture are promoting the return of the four islands comprising the disputed Northern Territories in part by fostering "mutual understanding" with the islands' Russian residents. Visa-free exchanges and humanitarian assistance are their primary to [...]
2006-06-28 04:28:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL PBTS EFIS RS JA
06TOKYO3623LIANCOURT ROCKS: GOJ TO RESPOND TO ROKG DISPATCH
[...] (C) Charge Donovan met June 29 with MOFA Asian Affairs DG Sasae at Sasae's request. Sasae stated that: -- the ROKG has rejected Japan's proposals to establish a mechanism to allow access to dispute territorial waters; -- the ROKG would dispatch a research vessel to disputed waters on Jul [...]
2006-06-29 10:34:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL EWWT PBTS PHSA KS JA
06TOKYO3707LIANCOURT ROCKS: ROK SHOULD "PAY A COST"
[...] (S) Summary: On July 3, the DCM delivered reftel A points to MOFA Asian Affairs DG Sasae, urging restraint and emphasizing that our common agenda on North Korea should not be side-tracked by the Liancourt Rocks dispute. DG Sasae said FM Aso would try this evening to call ROK FM Ban, but su [...]
2006-07-03 09:43:00Embassy TokyoSECRETEWWT PHSA PREL KS JA PBTS
06TOKYO4395JAPAN PLAYS DOWN MARINE SURVEY IN LIANCOURT ROCKS
[...] (C) Asked on August 3 about press reports that Japan would soon be conducting maritime research in areas near the disputed Liancourt Rocks, MOFA Northeast Asia Division Deputy Director Yo Takaba suggested that the reports were not entirely accurate. According to Takaba, shortly after the ROK [...]
2006-08-04 08:09:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL EWWT MARR PBTS PHSA KS JA
06TOKYO4738JAPAN STILL FORMULATING POSITION ON RECAAP
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-18 06:21:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDEWWT KCRM KTIA PBTS PHSA PREL JA
06TOKYO4889JAPAN ASKS FOR PATIENCE ON RECAAP
[...] (C) Summary. Japan is concerned that early accession by the United States to the Regional Cooperation Agreement on Combating Piracy and Armed Robbery Against Ships in Asia (ReCAAP) could dissuade other countries in the region from participating, MOFA Ocean Division Principal Deputy Director [...]
2006-08-25 08:14:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALEWWT KCRM KTIA PBTS PHSA PREL JA
06TOKYO5210JAPAN AND KOREA REACH AGREEMENT ON JOINT RADIATION
[...] (C) MOFA Asian Affairs Bureau DG Kenichiro Sasae told the DCM September 11 that following lengthy talks the week of September 4, Japan and the ROK reached a tentative ad referendum agreement to conduct a joint survey to search for possible radiation dumped by the Russians in the disputed areas [...]
2006-09-11 09:13:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL PBTS PHSA KS JA
06TOKYO6300JAPAN: LETTER TO PSI PARTICIPANTS ON UNSCR 1718
[...] No summary [...]
2006-10-31 07:49:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL KNPP PARM PHSA EWWT EAIR PBTS KN JA
06TORONTO2912ONTARIO FIRST NATIONS FRUSTRATED WITH WHTI
[...] (SBU) Summary: Representatives of the Association of Iroquois and Allied Indians (AIAI) expressed concern to conoff and poloff on December 1 about how implementation of the Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative (WHTI) at the land border would affect the ability of Canadian First Nations members [...]
2006-12-11 14:28:00Consulate TorontoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KTIA PBTS CA
06TUNIS2663PSI LETTER ON UNSCR 1718 DELIVERED
[...] No summary [...]
2006-10-31 14:30:00Embassy TunisUNCLASSIFIEDPARM KNNP PREL PHSA EWWT EAIR PBTS TS
06USUNNEWYORK1983NOVEMBER 30 UNMEE REVIEW GETS ETHIOPIA'S ATTENTION
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Ethiopian Deputy PermRep Kebret called on USUN to express concern about a provision of the resolution renewing UNMEE's mandate that calls for a Security Council review by November 30. Kebret argued that Ethiopia was powerless to prevent Eritrean frustration of UNMEE's mission [...]
2006-10-16 16:30:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPBTS PREL ET ER UNSC
06USUNNEWYORK563BAKASSI BORDER ISSUE: DEMARCHE AND UPDATE
[...] (C) Summary: The Secretary-General's Executive Director for Political Affairs Carlos Lopes and Special Representative of the Secretary-General (SRSG) for West Africa Ahmedou Ould-Abdullah briefed Acting Polcouns on sensitive efforts underway to resolve the Bakassi border issue. Lopes said SY [...]
2006-03-23 00:53:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPBTS PINR PINS PREL CM NI UN
06VIENNA3286AUSTRIA AGREES: KOSOVO NOT A PRECEDENT
[...] (SBU) Charge presented reftel demarche on November 7 to Hannes Porias, the Austrian MFA's A/S-equivalent Director for Eastern Europe, and Valerie Zirl, the MFA's South-East Europe desk officer. 2. (C) Porias agreed with our message, and undertook to support it. He said it was increasingy [...]
2006-11-08 16:28:00Embassy ViennaCONFIDENTIALPBTS PREL UP AU
06VIENNA3401DEMARCHE TO AUSTRIA: UNIFIED APPROACH TO
[...] (SBU) Post conveyed reftel points on November 22 to Thomas Mayr-Harting, the Austrian MFA's Political Director. Charge met with Mayr-Harting on November 24 to discuss the issue. Austrian OSCE Political Affairs Director Christophe Ceska, Eastern Europe Director (DAS-equivalent) Josef Litschau [...]
2006-11-24 14:19:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PBTS EUN NATO OSCE MO GG RU AU
06VILNIUS686LITHUANIA SUPPORTS MOLDOVA IN CONFLICT RESOLUTION,
[...] (C) Lithuania strongly supports the U.S. position on the Transnistrian referendum and will continue to raise Transnistria in its dialogue with Russian on frozen conflicts (reftel). Lithuania considers Moldova one of the primary focuses of its neighborhood policy, and has recently engaged both [...]
2006-07-20 13:38:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALOSCE PBTS PREL LH MD
06WARSAW2339GOP AGREES COMPLETELY WITH U.S. CONCERNS OVER
[...] (C) Pol External Chief delivered reftel demarche (as amended by refmail) on November 3 to Mieczyslaw Kuzinski, action officer for Security Threats and Eurasian Conflicts in the MFA Security Policy Department. Kuzinski confirmed that GOP fully shares U.S. concerns over the Russian shutdown of [...]
2006-11-06 16:29:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIALPREL PBTS ELTN RS MD UP
06WARSAW2359BRIEFING THE POLES ON WHY KOSOVO IS NOT A
[...] (C) Pol External Chief delivered reftel demarche November 3 to Mieczyslaw Kuzinski, action officer for Security Threats and Eurasian Conflicts in the MFA Security Policy Department. Kuzinski stated that the GOP agreed wholeheartedly with the U.S. position that the resolution of the status of K [...]
2006-11-08 15:52:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIALPBTS PREL AJ AM GG MD SR
06WARSAW2459POLAND SUPPORTS UNIFIED APPROACH ON
[...] (C) PolExt Chief delivered reftel points November 22 to Grzegorz Jazowski, Counselor in the MFA Security Policy Department responsible for OSCE Ministerial preparations. After consulting with his Department Director and others, Jazowski confirmed that Poland approaches the Georgia/Moldova conf [...]
2006-11-27 14:10:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIALPREL PBTS OSCE GG MD RS
06WELLINGTON714NZ FAVORS USG CONSULTATIONS ON RECAAP PIRACY
[...] (C) PE Couns discussed GNZ views on the Regional Cooperation Agreement on Combating Piracy and Armed Robbery against ships in Asia (ReCAAP) with Michael Swain, Deputy Director of the Security Policy Division at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT). Despite reftel observation that [...]
2006-09-10 21:19:00Embassy WellingtonCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNEWWT IN KCRM KTIA MY PBTS PHSA PREL SNAR UK
06WELLINGTON883 NEW ZEALAND RESPONSE LETTER TO PSI PARTICIPANTS ON UNSCR
[...] Embassy delivered reftel letter from U/S Joseph to John McKinnon, Deputy Secretary at the New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade on October 30. 2. Post received a response letter from John McKinnon to Under Secretary Joseph, dated November 3. Post faxed the letter to SIPDIS [...]
2006-11-08 22:25:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDPARM KNNP PREL PHSA EWWT EAIR PBTS NZ
06YEREVAN1518DEMARCHE DELIVERED: PSI AND UNSCR 1718
[...] No summary [...]
2006-10-30 13:18:00Embassy YerevanUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP PARM PREL PHSA EWWT EAIR PBTS AM
06YEREVAN1566ARMENIAN RESPONSE TO PSI AND UNSCR 1718 DEMARCHE
[...] (SBU) Deputy Foreign Minister Arman Kirakossian sent the embassy a reply to Under Secretary Joseph's letter (ref A) on PSI. Kirakossian reaffirmed Armenia's support for the PSI and the Statement of Interdiction Principles. He also commented on Armenia's record of non-proliferation cooperatio [...]
2006-11-06 07:22:00Embassy YerevanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKNNP PARM PREL PHSA EWWT EAIR PBTS ETTC AM
06YEREVAN1674DE FACTO N-K AUTHORITIES INVITE U.S. TO OBSERVE
[...] (C) The Yerevan representative office of the self-declared "Nagorno-Karabakh Republic" (NKR) asked post to convey a letter to EUR DAS Matt Bryza, in his capacity as Minsk Group co-chair, advising him of an NKR referendum December 10 and inviting him to observe the proceedings. Full text of the [...]
2006-12-04 16:20:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PBTS AM AJ
06YEREVAN350ACTION ALONG THE ARMENIA AZERBAIJAN BORDER
[...] (C) Cease-fire violations along the border between Armenia and Azerbaijan have intensified over the last several weeks, according to news reports confirmed by Deputy Minister of Defense General-Lieutenant Artur Aghabekyan and Ministry of Foreign Affairs OSCE Desk Officer Head Varuzhan Nersissia [...]
2006-03-09 13:23:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALPARM PBTS PGOV PREL MARR AJ AM
06ZAGREB1414 GOC PROPOSES PSI EXERCISE
[...] (U) This is an action request. See para 4. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Head of MFA's Department for International Security Sanja Bujas Juraga presented PolOff and EXBS advisor with a non-paper on November 16 describing a GoC offer to host a regional WMD-response exercise under the Prolife [...]
2006-11-28 05:57:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKNNP PARM PREL PHSA EWWT PBTS HR
07ABUJA2578NIGERIAN PRESIDENT SENDS GREENTREE AGREEMENT TO
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Nigerian President Yar'Adua has sent the Greentree Agreement to the Senate for ratification, while allegations have arisen that $40 million allocated to resettle Bakassi residents has disappeared. Deputy Senate Leader Victor Ndoma-Egba, who represents Cross Rivers State (where Bak [...]
2007-12-14 13:19:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPREL PBTS NI CM
07ADDISABABA1275ETHIOPIA'S PLANS AND INTENTIONS FOR ERITREA
[...] (U) Post responses are provided per ref A. A. (S/NF) WHAT ARE ETHIOPIA'S PLANS AND INTENTIONS FOR DEALING WITH ERITREAN PRESIDENT ISAIAS AND THE BORDER IMPASSE? ---------------------- PERCEPTIONS OF ERITREA ---------------------- 2. (S/NF) Prime Minister Meles and the hard-core elemen [...]
2007-04-24 12:49:00Embassy Addis AbabaSECRET//NOFORNPINR PREL PINS PBTS ET ER XW
07ADDISABABA1397SOMALILAND FOREIGN MINISTER REVIEWS COOPERATION
[...] (S/NF) SUMMARY. On May 4, Somaliland Foreign Minister Abdillahi M. Duale updated Ambassador and poloff on his recent visit to Europe to promote Somaliland's external relations with potential donors, and ongoing consultations with Ethiopia on cross-border counter-terrorism cooperation. FM Dual [...]
2007-05-08 10:17:00Embassy Addis AbabaSECRET//NOFORNPREL PBTS PTER EAID KDEM ET SO DJ
07ADDISABABA1510ETHIOPIA: POSITIVE MESSAGE ON THE EEBC PROCESS,
[...] (S/NF) SUMMARY. Prime Minister Meles and other senior officials expressed their deep concern to the Ambassador over the November 30 deadline set by the Ethiopia-Eritrea Boundary Commission (EEBC) for final demarcation of the border by "coordinates." The GOE wants to avoid anther border war wi [...]
2007-05-18 13:06:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PBTS MOPS KPKO ET ER
07ADDISABABA2697ETHIOPIA: U/SYG PASCOE REPORTS ISAIAS AND MELES
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Under Secretary General for Political Affairs Lynn B. Pascoe, accompanied by Acting Special Representative of the Secretary General for the United Nations Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea (UNMEE) Ambassador Azouz Ennifar, informed Ambassador and poloffs on August 29 That both Erit [...]
2007-08-31 05:41:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPREL PBTS MOPS KPKO ET ER
07ADDISABABA2773ETHIOPIA: ASSISTANT SECRETARY FRAZER MEETS WITH
[...] (S//NF) SUMMARY. LTG Samora Yenus, Ethiopian military Chief of Staff, on September 6 discussed his views on the Ogaden, Somalia, and Eritrea with visiting Assistant Secretary of State Jendayi Frazer, the Ambassador, DATT, and SIPDIS POLOFF. Samora explained that the situation in the Ogad [...]
2007-09-10 11:26:00Embassy Addis AbabaSECRETPREL PBTS MOPS KPKO ET ER
07ADDISABABA2778ETHIOPIA: ASSISTANT SECRETARY FRAZER AND PRIME
[...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: Assistant Secretary Frazer, accompanied by NSC Senior Advisor Pittman raised the Ogaden and her visit to Gode in the heart of the Ogaden region, noting the insurgency problem, food insecurity and the need for reestablishing market mechanisms to help alleviate problems in the [...]
2007-09-10 13:47:00Embassy Addis AbabaSECRETER ET KPKO MOPS PBTS PREL SO
07ADDISABABA2863ETHIOPIA: MOVING FORWARD ON BORDER IMPASSE TO
[...] (C) SUMMARY. This is an action request message see para 8. On September 17 Ambassador and Poloff attended a Friends of United Nations Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea (UNMEE) meeting at UNMEE HQ. Acting Special Representative of the Secretary General Azouz Ennifar reported there had been no [...]
2007-09-20 06:45:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPREL PBTS MOPS KPKO ET ER
07ADDISABABA2864ETHIOPIA PRESSURING ERITREA ON BORDER IMPASSE
[...] (S/NF) Ethiopian State Minister of Foreign Affairs Tekeda Alemu privately informed the Ambassador September 19 that Ethiopia will shortly send a letter to Eritrean President Isaias, with copies to the Permanent Members of the United Nations Security Council, calling on Eritrea to abide by the [...]
2007-09-20 08:26:00Embassy Addis AbabaSECRET//NOFORNPREL PBTS PTER MOPS ER ET
07ADDISABABA2952ETHIOPIA/ERITREA: UNMEE AND EPRDF OFFICIAL COMMENT
[...] (C) SUMMARY. In a September 21 meeting with poloffs, United Nations Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea (UNMEE) Addis Ababa Head of Office Joseph Stephanides said that Eritrea's "fear" of being designated by the USG as a state sponsor of terror had prompted President Isaias to meet recently with [...]
2007-10-02 07:59:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPREL PBTS KPKO ET ER SO IR
07ADDISABABA2958ETHIOPIA SEEKS THIRD PARTY FACILITATION ON THE
[...] (S/NF) Ethiopian State Minister for Foreign Affairs Tekeda Alemu told P-5 Ambassadors and UNMEE chief on October 1 that Ethiopia will abide fully with the Algiers Accord, accepts the Eritrea-Ethiopia Boundary Commission (EEBC) delimitation decision as final and binding, seeks to avoid war and c [...]
2007-10-02 14:54:00Embassy Addis AbabaSECRET//NOFORNPREL PBTS KPKO ET ER SO IR
07ADDISABABA2968ETHIOPIA: UNMEE MILITARY OBSERVER REPORTS ETHIOPIA
[...] (C) SUMMARY. On September 27 Poloff met with an Amcit United Nations Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea (UNMEE) military observer (Milob) to discuss the military situation along the Ethiopian-Eritrean border and report on Ethiopian National Defense Force (ENDF) activity. According to the milo [...]
2007-10-04 05:46:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPREL PBTS MOPS KPKO ET ER
07ADDISABABA3016ERITREAN OPPOSITION GROUP SEEKING NEW OPPOSITION
[...] (C) SUMMARY. On October 3, Polcouns and Poloffs met with Eritrean National Salvation Front (ENSF) Chairman Amb. Abdella Adem and ENSF Foreign Relations Director Dr. Beyene Kidane to discuss issues related to the Eritrean political opposition. Both leaders emphasized that their priority was [...]
2007-10-10 10:50:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPREL PBTS MOPS KPKO ET ER SU
07ADDISABABA3101ERITREAN OPPOSITION LEADER SAYS NOT READY TO RULE
[...] (C) SUMMARY. On October 18 PolOff met with Chairman of the Eritrean Democratic Alliance (EDA) Bloc-1 Menghesteab Asmerom to discuss the state of the Eritrean political opposition. Menghesteab is also a member of the Eritrean Liberation Front-Revolutionary Council (ELF-RC) and serves as its [...]
2007-10-23 05:59:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPREL PBTS MOPS KPKO ET ER SU
07ADDISABABA3187MELES ON E-E: CONFLICT NO MORE IMMINENT TODAY THAN
[...] (S/NF) Prime Minister Meles Zenawi told Ambassador on October 27 that the threat of conflict between Ethiopia and Eritrea is no more imminent today than it was last year. Following increased reporting in recent days of Ethiopia and Eritrea moving troops and heavy military equipment closer to t [...]
2007-10-29 13:09:00Embassy Addis AbabaSECRET//NOFORNMOPS PBTS PREL ET ER
07ADDISABABA3198ETHIOPIA: UNMEE OFFICIAL SPECULATES THAT ETHIOPIA
[...] (S//NF) SUMMARY. On October 23 PolOffs and visiting Desk Officer met with United Nations Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea (UNMEE) Head of Addis Ababa Office Joseph Stephanides who expressed his private views on the border issue. Stephanides said he believes that Ethiopia would use Article 60 [...]
2007-10-30 10:53:00Embassy Addis AbabaSECRET//NOFORNPREL PBTS MOPS KPKO ET ER
07ADDISABABA3290ETHIOPIA: DISCUSSION WITH PM ON BORDER, OGADEN,
[...] (C) Summary: Following AFRICOM General Ward,s November 8 courtesy call on Prime Minister Meles, Ambassador and DCM stayed behind to raise with the PM several issues of interest. Meles said the departure of Somali Prime Minister Ghedi offered an opportunity for progress on reconciliation, but [...]
2007-11-09 14:20:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINS PREL MOPS PBTS KPKO ET ER
07ADDISABABA3300ETHIOPIA: AFRICOM COMMANDER MEETING WITH PRIME MINISTER
[...] (SBU) In a brief November 8 meeting, Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles told AFRICOM Commander General Ward that he appreciated the establishment of AFRICOM and looked forward to working closely with the new command. General Ward noted Ethiopia's regional role, especially in Somalia, and welcom [...]
2007-11-13 14:24:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PINS PREL MOPS PBTS KPKO ET ER
07ADDISABABA3337ETHIOPIA: UN A/SYG FOR PEACEKEEPING MULET ON
[...] (C//NF) SUMMARY. On November 8 PolCouns and Poloff attended a "Friends of UNMEE" meeting where newly appointed UN Assistant Secretary General for Peacekeeping (A/SYG) Edmond Mulet briefed the resident diplomatic community on his views of the Ethiopian-Eritrean border situation and Somalia. M [...]
2007-11-16 06:05:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PBTS MOPS KPKO ET ER SO
07ADDISABABA3376ETHIOPIA: ALL IS QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT, FOR
[...] (C//NF) SUMMARY. On November 18-19, PolOff and RefCoord traveled to Shire/Inda Silase in northwest Tigray to meet with United Nations Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea (UNMEE) military observers (milobs) and separately with Ethiopian Administration of Refugees and Returnee Affairs (ARRA) offi [...]
2007-11-21 14:26:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPBTS KPKO MOPS PREF PREL ET ER
07ADDISABABA418UNMEE SRSG REPORTS ETHIOPIAN-ERITREAN BORDER
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In a 90-minute briefing to diplomatic corps representatives on February 8, Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General (SRSG) for Ethiopia and Eritrea, Ambassador Azouz Ennifar, reported that the situation along with the Ethiopia-Eritrea border remained "tense and volati [...]
2007-02-09 09:24:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PBTS KPKO KHDP MOPS ET ER
07ADDISABABA420SOMALILAND FOREIGN MINISTER SAYS UNSCR SHOULD
[...] (C) SUMMARY. In a February 9 meeting with Ambassador, Somaliland Foreign Minister Abdillahi M. Duale underscored Somaliland's role in promoting regional stability, practicing democracy, and fighting terrorism, and announced that President Kahin would seek reelection. Duale expressed apprecia [...]
2007-02-09 13:59:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPREL PBTS KDEM EAID SO ET DJ KE UG EG SU
07ADDISABABA60SOMALILAND FOREIGN MINISTER APPEALS FOR
[...] (C) SUMMARY. In a December 14 meeting with Charge a.i. Wilgus and deputy pol-econ counselor, Somaliland Foreign Minister Abdillahi M. Duale expressed interest in establishing a closer strategic relationship with the United States, and appealed for both humanitarian and military assistance to [...]
2007-01-09 10:42:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPREL PBTS PTER EAID KISL SO ET RW AU XA
07ADDISABABA68SOMALILAND PRESIDENT HIGHLIGHTS COUNTER-TERRORISM
[...] (S) SUMMARY. In a January 9 meeting with Ambassador, Somaliland President Dahir Rayale Kahin appealed for international recognition and support, highlighting Somaliland's political progress and its commitment to democracy and regional stability. Kahin, accompanied by Finance Minister Hussein [...]
2007-01-09 16:15:00Embassy Addis AbabaSECRETPREL PBTS PINR PTER SO ET DJ XA
07ADDISABABA770ETHIOPIA/ERITREA: STATE MINISTER'S CONCERNS ON
[...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: State Minister for Foreign Affairs Tekeda Alemu raised two concerns with Ambassador on U.S. discussions at the U.N. on March 6 on a new approach on the Eritrea-Ethiopia border conflict. First, Tekeda said the U.S. should not seek other countries which are friendly to Eritrea, [...]
2007-03-13 14:06:00Embassy Addis AbabaSECRET//NOFORNPREL PBTS KPKO MOPS ET ER
07ADDISABABA874TRYING TO CORRECT ETHIOPIA'S COURSE AWAY FROM
[...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: Ethiopian State Minister for Foreign Affairs Takeda Alemu told Ambassador March 20 that increased tensions with Eritrea poses serious security challenges for Ethiopia and for stability in Somalia. Takeda has argued for a strong statement condemning Eritrea as a terrorist state, [...]
2007-03-21 15:23:00Embassy Addis AbabaSECRET//NOFORNPREL PTER PBTS ER ET SO AU
07ADDISABABA895UNMEE: ETHIOPIA-ERITREA BORDER CALM DESPITE TROOP
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Acting UNMEE SRSG Ennifar said Eritrean troops continued to occupy the Temporary Security Zone and to establish defenses along the border with Ethiopia, but that the overall situation was "quiet," with "no sign of offensive action by either party." Despite UNSCR 1741, restriction [...]
2007-03-23 09:27:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPREL PBTS MOPS KPKO MARR ET ER SO
07ADDISABABA908UNMEE SRSG ENNIFAR DISCUSSES ETHIOPIA-ERITREA
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Ambassador Azouz Ennifar told Ambassador that he sought to continue serving as head of the UN Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea (UNMEE),despite Eritrea's continued refusal to recognize his official status. Ennifar said Eritrea's protests arose from difficulties in its relationshi [...]
2007-03-26 09:53:00Embassy Addis AbabaSECRETPREL PBTS KPKO MOPS MARR ET ER
07ADDISABABA978ETHIOPIA: CONTAINING ERITREA CAN HELP SOMALIA AND
[...] (SBU) Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles delivered his six month report to Parliament on March 29 in which two of the three topics he raised centered on the conflict in Somalia and the threat from Eritrea. He highlighted Ethiopia,s efforts to strengthen the TFG, provide force protection for Ugand [...]
2007-04-02 12:27:00Embassy Addis AbabaSECRET//NOFORNPREL PBTS PTER MOPS SO ER ET
07ALGIERS252NEA/MAG DIRECTOR'S MEETING WITH POLISARIO
[...] (C) NEA/MAG Director Elizabeth Hopkins, accompanied by DCM and PolEc Chief, met February 24 with Polisario Ambassador to Algeria Mohamed Beissat. Beissat opened by expressing the Polisario's disappointment that it had not see any momentum generated out of its release of Moroccan prisoners as p [...]
2007-02-28 14:31:00Embassy AlgiersCONFIDENTIALPREL PBTS PHUM PREF WI AG
07ALGIERS52POLISARIO AMBASSADOR HOSTILE TO AUTONOMY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Polisario Ambassador Beissat told us January 14 that the Polisario had perceived a marked recent shift in U.S. policy on the Western Sahara. The Polisario now viewed the U.S. as doing France's bidding and supporting the Moroccan position. Beissat insisted that any discussions w [...]
2007-01-17 16:05:00Embassy AlgiersCONFIDENTIALPREL PBTS PHUM MO AG WI
07ALGIERS637POLISARIO AMBASSADOR ON TALKS WITH MOROCCO
[...] (C) The Polisario was generally satisfied with UNSCR 1754, Polisario Ambassador to Algeria Mohamed Beissat told DCM May 7, but took issue with the resolution's praise for Morocco's "serious and credible" autonomy proposal. Such language would embolden Morocco, Beissat said, to approach the ne [...]
2007-05-08 16:08:00Embassy AlgiersCONFIDENTIALPREL PBTS PHUM AG MO WI
07AMMAN2267GOJ REPUDIATES FEDERATION PROPOSALS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: KING ABDULLAH AND JORDANIAN OFFICIALS ARE ATTEMPTING TO DISTANCE THE GOJ FROM A JORDANIAN SENATOR'S SUGGESTION TO ISRAELI POLITICIANS THAT IT IS WORTH EXPLORING A JORDANIAN-PALESTINIAN FEDERATION BEFORE PALESTINIAN STATEHOOD. HOWEVER, THE KING'S RECENT ENGAGEMENT WITH PROMINENT [...]
2007-05-28 12:44:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL PBTS KWBG IS JO
07ANKARA1598DAS BRYZA'S MEETINGS WITH MFA CAUCASUS DG UMAN AND
[...] (C) SUMMARY. DAS Matt Bryza met in Ankara on June 14 with MFA Director General for Caucasus and Central Asia Resit Uman and MFA Director General for Policy Planning Altay Cengizer. DAS Bryza shared his views on the previous week's disappointing meeting of the Azeri and Armenian Presidents on [...]
2007-06-22 07:02:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PBTS PGOV NATO OSCE AJ AM GG RU TU ZJ
07ANKARA1732STAFFDEL MAKOVSKY'S MEETINGS WITH MFA OFFICIALS
[...] (C) SUMMARY. In separate July 2 meetings, HCFA Senior Staff Member Alan Makovsky discussed the Armenian Genocide Resolution (AGR),Middle East and regional issues and Cyprus with MFA U/S Apakan, Deputy U/S Cevikoz and Deputy U/S Berk. Apakan reviewed his recent consultations in Israel, noting [...]
2007-07-06 14:39:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALOREP PREL PBTS PGOV PINS PTER AJ AM IR IS
07ANKARA1793PAKISTAN AND AFGHANISTAN: CONSTRUCTIVE START TO
[...] (U) SUMMARY. On July 6, Ankara hosted the first meeting of the Afghanistan-Pakistan-Turkey Joint Working Group (JWG),established by the leaders of the three counties at their April 2007 summit meeting in Ankara. The deputy foreign minister-level meeting identified various confidence buildin [...]
2007-07-13 12:46:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PREF PBTS SNAR AF PK TU
07ANKARA2631TURKEY FINDS AZERBAIJAN PESSIMISTIC ON N-K;
[...] (C) MFA Deputy U/S for Caucasus and Central Asia Unal Cevikoz held bilateral consultations last week with Azerbaijan Deputy FonMins Azimov and Khalafov. MFA Caucasus Acting Head of Section Yavuz Kul told us that Cevikoz found the GOAJ deeply pessimistic on the state of Nagorno-Karabakh (N-K) [...]
2007-10-24 13:06:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PBTS AJ AM GG TU ZJ
07ANKARA2698TURKEY: DAS BRYZA REVIEWS SOUTH CAUCASUS ISSUES
[...] (SBU) EUR DAS Bryza and the DCM met with Turkish MFA Deputy U/S for South Caucasus and Central Asian Affairs Unal Cevikoz on October 24 in Ankara, on the margins of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation (BSEC) Foreign Ministers meeting. Cevikoz and Bryza exchanged views on developments in Nagorn [...]
2007-11-01 15:31:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PBTS AJ AM GG TU
07ANTANANARIVO419PRE-ELECTION SHOWDOWN IN THE COMOROS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Political tensions are running high in the Union of the Comoros as the Union and Anjouan Island Governments jockey over whether President of Anjouan Mohamed Bacar (known for his secessionist tendencies and prickly relationship with the Union Government) must step down preceding th [...]
2007-04-30 20:17:00Embassy AntananarivoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM PBTS MASS CN
07ANTANANARIVO420PRE-ELECTION SHOWDOWN IN THE COMOROS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Political tensions are running high in the Union of the Comoros as the Union and Anjouan Island Governments jockey over whether President of Anjouan Mohamed Bacar (known for his secessionist tendencies and prickly relationship with the Union Government) must step down preceding th [...]
2007-05-02 05:09:00Embassy AntananarivoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM PBTS MASS CN
07ANTANANARIVO425UNION AND ANJOUAN FORCES FINALLY CLASH IN COMOROS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The political tension in the Union of the Comoros that has been simmering in recent months between the rival jurisdictions of the Union Government of President Ahmed Abdallah Sambi and the Anjouan Island government headed by "President" Mohamed Bacar has finally broken into viole [...]
2007-05-02 18:16:00Embassy AntananarivoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM PBTS MASS ASEC CASC CN
07ANTANANARIVO431COMORAN PRESIDENT SEEKS U.S. ASSISTANCE
[...] Post received the following letter to President George W. Bush from His Excellency Mr. Ahmed Abdallah Mohamed Sambi, the President of the Union of the Comoros, via facsimile on May 2, 2314 local time. A copy of the letter is being faxed and emailed to AF/E Desk Officer Maria Beyzerov. 2. B [...]
2007-05-03 11:29:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL KDEM PBTS MASS ASEC CASC CN
07ANTANANARIVO438COMOROS ISLAND IN DE FACTO SECESSION
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: After seizing control of the Union radio station and Union President Ahmed Abdallah Sambi's home on Anjouan May 3, "President" Mohamed Bacar's forces seem to be even more in control of the island. The first reported deaths of Union soldiers have sparked conflict between villag [...]
2007-05-04 12:36:00Embassy AntananarivoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM PBTS MASS ASEC CN
07ASHGABAT1033TURKMENISTAN: PRESIDENT SHOWS SOME LEG ON
[...] (C) SUMMARY: During a September 20 meeting with UK Minister of Energy Malcolm Wicks, President Berdimuhamedov for the first time expressed Turkmenistan's support for a Nabucco pipeline, and even promised to guarantee Turkmen gas reserves for the Nabucco project. This formulation, which woul [...]
2007-09-25 12:37:00Embassy AshgabatCONFIDENTIALPREL EPET PBTS UK AJ TX
07ASHGABAT1043DEA/ICITAP VISITS ASHGABAT AND FINDS IDEAS FOR NEW
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: During a September 10-14 training visit to Turkmenistan, a joint Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and Department of Justice (DOJ) International Criminal Investigative Training Assistance Program (ICITAP) dele [...]
2007-09-27 12:50:00Embassy AshgabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPBTS PREL SNAR TX
07ASHGABAT904DEA DELEGATION MAKES THE ROUNDS, AND A CASE FOR
[...] (SBU) Classified By: Charge d'Affaires Richard Hoagland for reasons 1.4 (B) and (D). 2. (SBU) U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Special Agents Paul Hackett and Edward Coffey visited Turkmenistan August 13-18 to start rebuilding contacts with Turkmenistan's major law-enforcement [...]
2007-08-31 09:08:00Embassy AshgabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPBTS PREL SNAR TX
07ASTANA3355KAZAKHSTAN: BORDER INCIDENT UNDERSCORES LIMITATIONS
[...] Summary: On the evening of December 10, four people attacked border guards at the Karasu checkpoint on the Kazakhstani-Kyrgyz border. As a result of the conflict, the border guards killed one person, police detained two suspects, and the others escaped. The conflict with the border guards wa [...]
2007-12-21 10:26:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR KCRM PBTS PREL KG KZ
07ATHENS2132GREEKS EAGER TO COOPERATE ON BLACK SEA ISSUES
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a readout of the October 25 BSEC FMs' meeting, MFA participant Ambassador Metaxas said it had been a "very tough meeting," which ultimately proved a success. Greece had opposed the proposed admittance of Iran, Japan, and Cyprus as BSEC observers because of the second-class stat [...]
2007-10-30 11:58:00Embassy AthensCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PARM PBTS PHSA ECON EWWT GR
07BAGHDAD1012NINEWA: SCIRI RESISTS KURD EXPANSIONISM
[...] (C) SUMMARY: At a February 20 meeting with Ninewa IPAO Holtsnider, Supreme Council for Islamic Revolution in Iraq (SCIRI) members underscored that provincial must happen as soon as possible and before resolution of Ninewa's 'disputed territories' under the Iraqi Constitution's Article 140 to [...]
2007-03-24 11:20:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREF PBTS IZ
07BAGHDAD1283NINEWA: TAL'AFAR'S BELEAGUERED SUNNI TURCOMANS
[...] (C) Tal'Afar Iraqi Turcoman Front (ITF) officials met Team Leader Knight 5 April in the aftermath of the widely-reported 27 March Tal'Afar bombings and reprisal killings of Sunni Turcomans which followed. The ITF represents Sunni Turcomans; ITF representatives acknowledge that insurgents b [...]
2007-04-14 19:02:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREF PTER PBTS KDEM IZ
07BAGHDAD1326NINEWA: COUNSELOR COHEN DISCUSSES ENERGY CRISIS,
[...] (C) Counselor Cohen met Ninewa Vice Governor Khasro Goran and members of Ninewa's Provincial Council at the Governor's guest house in downtown Mosul 28 Mar. Khasro took a surprisingly mild perspective on resolution of disputed territories in Ninewa, but emphasized the overwhelming obstacle t [...]
2007-04-18 06:42:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV ECON PBTS PTER MASS KDEM IZ
07BAGHDAD153MINOIL RESPONDING TO PRESSURES TO ADVANCE
[...] (C REL GBR) Summary: On January 14, emboffs and USG hydrocarbon legal advisor met with Minister of Oil Husayn al-Shahristani and senior Ministry of Oil (MinOil) officials to discuss the status of the national hydrocarbon law. Shahristani has stepped-up efforts to produce a draft for presentat [...]
2007-01-15 15:48:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALECON EPET IZ KJUS KCOR PGOV EINV PBTS
07BAGHDAD1577TURKISH MILITARY ACTIVITY ALONG THE IRAQ BORDER:
[...] (C) SUMMARY. A well-placed Kurdish security official told IPAO that the level of recent shelling along the Iraqi-Turkish border was not unusual. He confirmed the location of seven Turkish military positions and two Turkish logistical offices inside Dohuk Province. END SUMMARY. ---------- [...]
2007-05-14 07:06:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PBTS PTER MOPS IZ TU
07BAGHDAD1711NINEWA'S GOVERNOR FADING
[...] (S/NF) Ninewa's Governor Duraid Kashmoula has shown progressively greater mental and physical impairment over the last several weeks. His behavior has become unpredictable and counterproductive; his effectiveness as Governor and PRT and Coalition interlocutor is now questionable. However, h [...]
2007-05-23 14:25:00Embassy BaghdadSECRET//NOFORNPINR PGOV PBTS IZ
07BAGHDAD1849NINEWA'S IIP: MORE DEMOCRACY PLEASE!
[...] (C) Ninewa's Iraqi Islamic Party (IIP) continues to press for early provincial elections prior to referenda scheduled under the Iraqi Constitution's Article 140 process to resolve disputed territories, especially as violence in Ninewa directed against the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) e [...]
2007-06-04 14:18:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PBTS KDEM IZ
07BAGHDAD1889UPDATE ON BORDER INCIDENTS AND PKK PRESENCE IN
[...] (U) This is an RRT Erbil Reporting Cable 2. (C) SUMMARY: Iraqi military leaders in Dohuk Province request additional resources from the Iraqi central government and the USG to cover the Iraq-Turkey border area in Dohuk Province. They cite 22 instances of Turkish military action in Dohuk [...]
2007-06-07 11:47:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPBTS PGOV PINS PTER IZ TU IR
07BAGHDAD211IRAQI PM ON BAGHDAD SECURITY, PROPOSED BORDER
[...] (S) Summary: In a January 17 meeting with MNF-I Commanding General (CG) Casey and the Ambassador, Iraqi PM Maliki agreed to proposals for traffic controls in Baghdad to prevent suicide and vehicle borne improvised explosive device (VBIED) attacks. The CG told the PM he is satisfied so far w [...]
2007-01-19 17:58:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPREL PGOV MOPS PTER PBTS IZ IR SY
07BAGHDAD2154NINEWA: A POSITIVE NOTE ON ARTICLE 140 IN SINJAR
[...] (SBU) Team Leader Knight and other PRT members visited the Ninewa Province Article 140 Office in Sinjar 10 June, to assess current execution of the Iraqi Constitution's Article 140 mandate for resolution of 'disputed territories' targeted for incorporation by the Kurdistan Regional Government [...]
2007-06-30 12:26:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PBTS IZ
07BAGHDAD2297PRT MOSUL: NINEWA'S COUNCIL CHAIR DETAINED ON CPI
[...] (C) Ninewa Provincial Council Chair Salim Haji Issa was detained for questioning on financial malfeasance charges 2 July under a Commission for Public Integrity (CPI) warrant. Issa insists his arrest was motivated by his failure to respond to Kurdish Alliance directives; Ninewa Vice Gover [...]
2007-07-11 11:49:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV EFIN PBTS KJUS KDEM IZ
07BAGHDAD2476NINEWA GOVERNOR TELLS AMBASSADOR HE EXPECTS
[...] (C) In a July 18 meeting with the Ambassador, the Ninewa Governor agreed that the security situation in Ninewa province is good and that security could be transferred to Provincial Iraqi Control soon, provided the Iraqi Police's key equipment needs are met. The Governor said he did not belie [...]
2007-07-26 10:22:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PBTS PINR PREL KJUS MOPS IZ
07BAGHDAD2782NINEWA: CHRISTIANS RELATIVELY SECURE IN BARTALLAH
[...] (C) Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) Leader Hyland and other PRT members, along with the 4-1 Brigade Combat Team Chaplain, August 18 visited Bartallah, a majority Christian town in the northern Iraqi province of Ninewa, part of the historic Iraqi Christian heartland. Local Christian polit [...]
2007-08-20 11:44:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PBTS PINR PHUM IZ
07BAGHDAD301AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES HYDROCARBON LAW, FUEL ISSUES
[...] (C REL GBR) Summary. Ambassador Khalilzad met January 28 with Deputy Prime Minister (DPM) Barham Salih, Oil Minister Shahristani and the PM's oil adviser Thamir Ghadhban to discuss how to resolve final differences in the draft Hydrocarbon (HC) Law, as well as fuel supply issues and the IMF's r [...]
2007-01-29 19:33:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALECON EPET IZ KJUS KCOR PGOV EINV PBTS
07BAGHDAD3148RRT ERBIL: PUK-PJAK CONFRONTATION IN SULAIMANIYAH
[...] (C) SUMMARY: With approval of the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG),the Deputy Commander for Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) Peshmerga said he recently deployed 200 PUK Peshmerga soldiers to take military action against members of the Party of Free Life of Kurdistan Party (PJAK) in the [...]
2007-09-19 09:34:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPREF PTER PBTS PGOV IZ IR TU
07BAGHDAD3159MEETING WITH MFA ON IRAQ-IRAN BORDER NEGOTIATIONS.
[...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: At a meeting with Deputy PolMil Counselor, Ambassador Taha Al-Abassi, head of the Neighboring Countries Department of the Iraqi MFA, made it clear that Iraq did not recognize the validity of the Algiers Accord with respect to the Iran-Iraq border, and that Iraq had refused to di [...]
2007-09-20 06:51:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPBTS PGOV PREL IR IZ
07BAGHDAD3277PRT NINEWA: IIP READY TO WORK WITH THE KURDS - AT
[...] (C) September 26, Dr. Mohammad Shakir, head of the Ninewa branch of the Iraqi Islamic Party (IIP) and politburo member hosted PRT and 4-1 Brigade Combat Team members for an iftar at his party's provincial headquarters, during which the security situation of Ninewa, including a potential tribal [...]
2007-10-01 03:05:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PBTS KDEM PINR IZ
07BAGHDAD3416KRG PRESIDENT BARZANI ON NATIONAL RECONCILIATION,
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Senior Adviser to Ambassador pressed KDP Leader Barzani on need for cooperation on key national issues like hydrocarbons and national political accommodation. He also laid down a marker on Kurdish expansion in the Sinjar area south of Mosul. Barzani struck a pessimistic note abo [...]
2007-10-12 18:31:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPREF PTER PBTS PGOV IZ SY
07BAGHDAD3481IRAQ-IRAN RESUMING BORDER NEGOTIATIONS
[...] (S) At the Deputy Ministerial Council for National Security (DMCNS) on October 8, Deputy FonMin Abbawi reported that Iraq would resume border negotiations with Iran in November. Abbawi said he hoped the outcome would be a clearly-defined demarcation of the border based on previously negotiated [...]
2007-10-21 03:03:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETMOPS PBTS PGOV PHUM PTER IR IZ
07BAGHDAD3901NINEWA: VICE GOVERNOR HINTS AT KURDISH FLEXIBILITY
[...] (C/REL ACGU) Ninewa's influential Vice Governor, who is also the provincial Kurdish Democratic Party (KDP) head, told PRT Leader November 11 in the presence of a visiting reporter that he recognized the importance of being practical in making compromises in resolving disputed areas under Arti [...]
2007-11-30 14:31:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PBTS PREL KDEM PHUM MARR IZ
07BAGHDAD4115NINEWA: KURDS AND ARABS A LONG WAY FROM DIALOGUE
[...] (C/REL ACGU) Summary: In a series of meetings on Article 140 with many influential Ninewa political figures on December 10-11, Special Advisor David Pearce heard unanimous support for continued USG engagement on the issue but agreement on little else. While Kurds favored implementation of wha [...]
2007-12-18 13:54:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PBTS PREL KDEM PHUM MARR IZ
07BAGHDAD4125MOI ON FOREIGN TERRORISTS AND BORDER SECURITY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: At a December 12 meeting, Pol-Mil M/C discussed foreign terrorists, border security, and the PKK with Interior Minister Jawad al-Bulani. While Syria had taken some actions and there had been a reduction in the number of foreign terrorists entering Iraq, Syria was hampered in its [...]
2007-12-19 10:56:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPBTS PGOV PINS PREL PTER IZ SA SY
07BAGHDAD4136KUWAITI NAVY IN DISPUTE WITH COALITION-CONTRACTED
[...] (C) Summary. The Kuwaiti Navy forced two vessels contracted by the Multi-National Force in Iraq (MNF-I) for salvage operations to hastily depart from their anchored position in disputed waters in the Khawr Abd Allah waterway on December 18. This occurred despite multiple-channel appeals to th [...]
2007-12-19 13:32:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALEWWT IZ MARR MCAP MOPS PBTS PGOV PINR PINS
07BAGHDAD4156NINEWA: KDP VICE GOVERNOR VISITS PROMINENT SHAMMAR
[...] (C/REL AUS, GBR, CAN) Ninewa Vice Governor and provincial Kurdish Democratic Party (KDP) leader Khasro Goran fielded complaints December 17 from local tribal leaders in a rare visit to prominent Shammar sheikh Abdullah Al Yawr's house. The Shammar, a politically and economically powerful Arab [...]
2007-12-22 17:46:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PBTS PREL KDEM PHUM MARR IZ
07BAGHDAD4200NINEWA: "HEDBA GATHERING" BLOC OFFERS SUNNI ARABS
[...] This is a Ninewa Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) message. 2.. (C/REL AUS, GBR, CAN) Summary: Atheel al Najaifi, a top official in the secular nationalist Ninewa political bloc the Hedba Gathering, detailed the bloc,s strategy and agenda in several conversations with PRT. Al Najaifi, [...]
2007-12-29 16:01:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PBTS PREL KDEM PHUM MARR IZ
07BAGHDAD4204PRT KIRKUK: 13-POINT AGREEMENT ENDS ARAB BOYCOTT
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Kirkuk Brotherhood List (KBL) and the Arab Bloc of the Kirkuk Provincial Council (PC) on 2 December agreed on a resolution ending the Arab bloc,s year long boycott. The thirteen-point agreement was the result of a PRT initiative to bring the blocs together during countless [...]
2007-12-30 06:57:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PBTS PREL KDEM PHUM MARR IZ
07BAGHDAD4223PRT KIRKUK: ORDER TO HASTEN RETURN OF PROPERTY
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Article 140 committee in October approved Order #6 to return land in parts of Kirkuk to its mostly Turcoman original owners. The decision potentially relieves the backlogged Commission for the Resolution of Real Property Disputes (CRRPD) of nearly a third of its caseload, [...]
2007-12-31 14:26:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PBTS PREL KDEM PHUM MARR IZ
07BAGHDAD559NINEWA: KURDS' HEADLONG RUSH TOWARDS KRG
[...] (C) Kurds in Ninewa continue to press forward to incorporate significant areas of Ninewa Province into the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) through the 'disputed territories' process foreseen by Article 140 of the current Iraqi Constitution. In this headlong effort, Ninewa's Kurdish Allia [...]
2007-02-17 13:53:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PBTS PREF KDEM IZ
07BAGHDAD570NINEWA: KURD-ON-YEZIDI VIOLENCE IN AYN SIFNI
[...] (C) An 'honor killing' of a presumably unfaithful Kurdish wife after her travel with Yezidi companions employed as local police led to anti-Yezidi violence by Kurds in Ayn Sifni, the major town of Ninewa's Shikhan District. Damage from the violence was narrowly targeted and relatively limit [...]
2007-02-19 07:47:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PBTS IZ
07BAKU1060EEB A/S SULLIVAN'S ENERGY DISCUSSIONS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: During his August 15-16 visit to Baku, GOAJ officials echoed President Aliyev's frustration with Turkey for reaching a deal with Greece and Italy on "Caspian gas;" Finance Minister Sharifov also complained that Turkish Energy Company BOTAS was not empowered to negotiate the many [...]
2007-08-23 05:45:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALAJ ENRG EPET KZ PBTS PGOV PREL TU TX
07BAKU1066EEB A/S SULLIVAN'S ENERGY DISCUSSIONS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: During his August 15-16 visit to Baku, GOAJ officials echoed President Aliyev's frustration with Turkey for reaching a deal with Greece and Italy on "Caspian gas;" Finance Minister Sharifov also complained that Turkish Energy Company BOTAS was not empowered to negotiate the many [...]
2007-08-24 04:42:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALAJ ENRG EPET KZ PBTS PGOV PREL TU TX
07BAKU1072PRESIDENTIAL FOREIGN POLICY ADVISOR PROVIDES
[...] (C) Summary: According to Presidential Foreign Policy Advisor Novruz Mammadov, Iranian President Ahmadinejad sought to use his August 21-22 visit to Baku to counter his international isolation. Mammadov said the visit - including four new bilateral agreements and a joint declaration - serve [...]
2007-08-24 13:52:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALENRG ETRN PBTS PGOV PREL IR AJ
07BAKU1074AZERBAIJANI-IRANIAN JOINT STATEMENT
[...] (SBU) Per reftel, Azerbaijan and Iran signed four memoranda and one joint statement during President Ahmadinejad's August 21-22 visit to Baku. The Embassy's informal translation of the key points from the August 22 joint follows: 2. (SBU) Begin translation of key points: - Recognizing [...]
2007-08-27 12:45:00Embassy BakuUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG ETRN PBTS PGOV PREL IR AJ
07BAKU1099FORUM ON KARABAKH ADVOCATES SETTING A DEADLINE FOR
[...] (C) Summary: Representatives from the Forum on Karabakh -- a nascent association of opposition-leaning individuals -- on August 29 told the Ambassador that their organization is increasingly impatient with the Minsk Group process due to its lack of progress in resolving the Nagorno-Karabakh c [...]
2007-09-04 12:59:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PBTS AM AJ
07BAKU1143BAKU HOSTS IRAQI TURKOMEN CONFERENCE
[...] (SBU) A delegation of Iraqi Turkomen came to Baku September 4-5 to raise awareness about the plight of Turkomen in Iraq. The delegation met with Deputy Foreign Minister Khalaf Khalafov, Presidential Foreign Policy Aide Novruz Mammadov, opposition party representatives, and other Azerbaijani [...]
2007-09-14 08:57:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM PBTS AJ IZ
07BAKU1263SECOND CASPIAN SUMMIT IN TEHRAN YIELDS LITTLE
[...] (C) Summary: Azerbaijani Deputy Foreign Minister (DFM) Araz Azimov downplayed the importance of the October 16 Tehran summit, indicating that the Government of Azerbaijan (GOAJ) doubted any significant progress would be reached on Caspian delimitation. Russian President Putin's public state [...]
2007-10-19 12:00:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PBTS ENRG IR AJ
07BAKU1284EU REPRESENTATIVE PETER SEMNEBY COMMENTS ON HIS
[...] (C) Summary: EU Special Representative Peter Semneby reviewed his October 18 meeting with President Aliyev with the Ambassador on the same day. Aliyev told Semneby there was no agreement at the Caspian Heads of State meeting in Tehran. During the Caspian Summit, Turkmen President Berdimuha [...]
2007-10-25 12:44:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PBTS PHUM ENRG IR AM AJ
07BAKU1309IRAN AND ARMENIA PURSUE STRONGER TRADE TIES, WHILE
[...] (U) This message has been cleared by Embassy Yerevan. 2. (C) Summary: During an October 1-5 visit to Armenia, Baku-based Iran Watcher met with foreign policy analysts, religious leaders, academics, and bankers to further explore Iranian-Armenian relations. Armenian analysts believe Iran' [...]
2007-11-01 07:10:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALECON PBTS PGOV PHUM PREL KIRF IR AJ AM
07BAKU1311SCENESETTER FOR EUR A/S FRIED'S NOVEMBER 3-5 VISIT
[...] (S) Summary: Dan, your visit could not come at a better time. With the ongoing security threat to the Embassy, your visit will underscore that we continue to engage actively, and at high levels. In the first place, it will be important to reinforce with this government that Azerbaijan's co [...]
2007-11-01 13:07:00Embassy BakuSECRET//NOFORNPREL PHUM KDEM ENRG PINR PBTS IR RU AJ
07BAKU1319AZERBAIJAN PRESIDENTIAL ADVISOR SAYS TEHRAN SUMMIT
[...] (C) Summary: During an October 26 meeting with the Ambassador, Azerbaijani Presidential Foreign Policy Advisor Novruz Mammadov provided a read out of the recent Tehran Caspian Summit (reftel). Mammadov affirmed Azerbaijan's long-standing position that it does not need a five-party agreement [...]
2007-11-02 06:45:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALPBTS PREL ENRG MARR IR AJ
07BAKU1331FM MAMMADYAROV REVIEWS CASPIAN DELIMITATION, IRAN
[...] (C) Summary: During a November 2 meeting, Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Mammadyarov said that he was optimistic that a delimitation deal with Turkmenistan was possible. Mammadyarov suggested that the U.S. assist Azerbaijan by helping to draft a joint declaration outlining the median line as t [...]
2007-11-06 11:20:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALPBTS PREL ENRG MARR IR TX AJ
07BAKU1356AZERBAIJAN: EUR A/S FRIED REVIEWS DEMOCRACY AND
[...] (C) Summary: EUR A/S Fried and the Ambassador reviewed democracy and human right issues with Foreign Minister Mammadyarov in a November 5 meeting, as part of our ongoing high-level dialogue (ref a). Fried emphasized that free and fair presidential elections in 2008 would strengthen Azerbaij [...]
2007-11-13 09:49:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM KDEM KIRF PBTS AM AJ
07BAKU136AZERBAIJAN,S APPROACH TO THE "NEW" GUAM
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In the past year, Azerbaijan's primary interest in GUAM appears to have been regional security, especially resolving the region,s "protracted" or "frozen" conflicts. As Azerbaijan prepares to assume the Chair of GUAM in June, Deputy Foreign Minister Araz Azimov said GUAM should f [...]
2007-01-30 06:37:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PBTS KDEM AJ GG MD UP
07BAKU1385ACTION REQUEST: LIMITING AZERBAIJAN'S ENERGY
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 2. 2. (C) Embassy requests that the Critical Energy Infrastructure Interagency group chaired by S/CT consider possible modalities for assisting the GOAJ to identify and design a plan for minimizing its energy infrastructure vulnerabilit [...]
2007-11-16 11:40:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALENRG EPET PTER MARR MASS PBTS IR AJ
07BAKU1396AZERBAIJAN: SOCAR DOES "RECON MISSION" TO
[...] (C) SUMMARY: State Oil Company of Azerbaijan Vice President Elshad Nasirov traveled to Ashgabat for the November 14-15 Turkmenistan International Oil and Gas Exhibition and Conference, meeting with his GOTX counterparts on possible new energy cooperation. Having consulted with President Aliye [...]
2007-11-21 09:39:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PBTS ENRG TX AJ
07BAKU1404AMBASSADOR DELIVERS DEMOCRACY MESSAGE IN
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During a November 7 visit to the Azerbaijani exclave of Nakhchivan, the Ambassador delivered a strong message on the importance of democratic development to Azerbaijan's future. She met with Nakhchivan Prime Minister Alovsat Bakhshiyev, and visited several Nakhchivani historic [...]
2007-11-26 09:38:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM KDEM PBTS EAID AR AJ
07BAKU1407ACTION REQUEST: REVIEW OF AZERBAIJAN'S MILITARY
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 2. 2. (SBU) Embassy requests the Department review Azerbaijan's draft military doctrine to see if there is any language -- particularly with respect to the Nagorno Karabakh conflict -- that could be objectionable. The draft military do [...]
2007-11-27 04:42:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV PBTS MARR AJ
07BAKU1411IRANIAN PARLIAMENT SPEAKER HADDAD-ADEL VISITS
[...] (C) Summary: Iranian Parliament Speaker Gholamali Haddad-Adel visited Azerbaijan November 23-24, postponed due to a visit by the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) to Azerbaijan in October according to Azerbaijani and Iranian press reports. Haddad-Adel's visit received extensi [...]
2007-11-28 05:11:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALPBTS PGOV PREL IR AJ
07BAKU1434PRESIDENT ALIYEV'S "GET-ACQUAINTED" MEETING WITH
[...] (C) According to Presidential Foreign Policy Advisor Novruz Mammadov, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev's November 19-20 visit to France was primarily an opportunity to "get acquainted" with new French President Nicholas Sarkozy. According to Mammadov, the presidents' meeting focused on reg [...]
2007-11-30 13:38:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALPREL PBTS ENRG KDEM AJ
07BAKU1446AMBASSADOR REVIEWS RANGE OF PARLIAMENTARY ISSUES
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a November 21 meeting with the Ambassador, Speaker of Parliament Ogtay Asadov said that USAID's Parliamentary Assistance Project has so far been successful. The Ambassador urged Parliament to move quickly on draft new laws on money laundering and anti-terrorist finance, which [...]
2007-12-05 14:09:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM KDEM EAID PBTS AJ
07BAKU1453LIMITED AZERBAIJANI REACTION TO NEWS OF THE MINSK
[...] (C) Summary: Azerbaijani reaction to the announcement that the OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs forwarded written proposals for resolving the Nagorno-Karabakh (NK) conflict to the governments of Azerbaijan and Armenia has been muted. The majority of commentators and average Azerbaijanis routinely [...]
2007-12-07 04:22:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PBTS KPAO AM AJ
07BAKU1481AZERBAIJANI FOREIGN MINISTRY ASSESSES POSITIVELY
[...] (C) On December 7, Deputy Foreign Minister Khalaf Khalafov told the DCM that his and the Prime Minister's November talks with the Turkmen Government had been positive. Khalafov said he specifically went to Ashgabat to conduct bilateral consultations on Caspian delimitation. The Prime Minist [...]
2007-12-13 11:37:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALPREL PBTS ENRG ETRD AJ TX TU
07BAKU228AZERBAIJAN: READOUT ON MID-FEBRUARY NATO
[...] (C) SUMMARY: According to a readout provided to resident NATO Ambassadors of a visit to Azerbaijan by representatives of the NATO international staff for the week of February 12, 2007, their outlook for Azerbaijan was much more positive than previously. This would be reflected in their assess [...]
2007-02-21 15:17:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR MOPS PTER AJ PBTS IR RU
07BAKU249DEFENSE MINISTER ABIYEV DISCUSSES IRANIAN-RUSSIAN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: During a February 12 meeting with the Ambassador and a State-DOD delegation headed by Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Peter Rodman, SIPDIS Azerbaijani Minister of Defense General Safar Abiyev expressed concern that Russia and Iran were increasing thei [...]
2007-03-01 04:52:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR MOPS PTER AJ PBTS IR RU
07BAKU286IRANIAN HELICOPTERS VIOLATE AZERBAIJANI AIRSPACE -
[...] (C) On February 22, three Iranian helicopters violated Azerbaijani airspace in Azerbaijan's southern Astara region. According to Elchin Quliyev, head of the Azerbaijani State Border Service, three Iranian helicopters violated Azerbaijani airspace by flying over the southern city of Astara for [...]
2007-03-09 13:20:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALPBTS PGOV PINR PREL IR AJ
07BAKU334AZERBAIJAN: MEDIA REACTION: HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT 2006
[...] Summary: The Azerbaijan Country Report of the annual Human Rights Report was criticized by GOAJ officials, even as it was welcomed by independent human rights activists and political commentators. The Ambassador used a televised speech at a local university to draw attention to the report and [...]
2007-03-23 05:18:00Embassy BakuUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM KDEM KPAO OPRC PBTS AJ
07BAKU37PRESIDENT ALIYEV, DRL A/S LOWENKRON DISCUSS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: During a December 18-19 visit to Azerbaijan, Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights and Labor Barry Lowenkron secured President Aliyev's agreement to launch an intensified bilateral dialogue on the development of democracy in Azerbaijan in sessions to be held at [...]
2007-01-09 11:59:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM KDEM PBTS ENRG RU IR AJ
07BAKU374AZERBAIJAN DENIES PRESS REPORTS THAT IRANIAN
[...] (SBU) According to Azerbaijani independent newspapers Zerkalo and Ayna, Iran closed its main border crossing with Azerbaijan on April 3. These reports claimed that Iranian customs officials had closed the Astara border crossing because "thousands" of Iranians were seeking to enter Azerbaijan [...]
2007-04-04 13:44:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALPBTS PREL SNAR IR AJ
07BAKU400REP. HOEKSTRA'S APRIL 3 MEETING WITH PARLIAMENT'S
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In an April 3 meeting with Representative Hoekstra, the Azerbaijani Parliamentary leadership expressed its desire to build relationships with the U.S. Congress. Speaker Ogtay Asadov noted particular concern that Section 907 of the Freedom Support Act remains on the books, and that [...]
2007-04-10 11:24:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PBTS ENRG PHUM KDEM AM AJ
07BAKU439UN SECGEN REPRESENTATIVE UPBEAT ON GOAJ'S
[...] (C) Summary: On April 5, UN Secretary General Representative Walter Kalin briefed the diplomatic corps at the end of his fact-finding mission on IDP conditions in Azerbaijan. Kalin was impressed by the GOAJ's efforts to address its IDP problem, especially its construction of suitable permane [...]
2007-04-16 11:55:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALPREF PGOV PREL PBTS PHUM EAID AJ
07BAKU458AZERBAIJAN/OSCE: FM MAMMADYAROV DISCUSSES
[...] (C) SUMMARY: During a March 28 meeting with visiting USOSCE Ambassador Finley, Foreign Minister Mammadyarov was upbeat about his recent visit to Washington but thought critics should acknowledge more Azerbaijan's steady democratic progress. Mammadyarov said political dialogue between oppositi [...]
2007-04-18 14:09:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PBTS PHUM KDEM KCOR AM IR AJ
07BAKU47AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES EU ACTION PLAN WITH PETER
[...] (C) Summary: EU Special Representative Peter Semneby told the Ambassador on December 15 that he was in Baku to take stock of the EU's relationship with Azerbaijan, support the Nagorno-Karabakh (NK) peace process, and express concern over recent media and human rights problems. The Ambassador [...]
2007-01-10 14:26:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PBTS KDEM PHUM EAID ENRG AJ
07BAKU494CHANGED US WORDING ON NAGORNO-KARABAKH CONFLICT
[...] (U) This is an action request; see paras 5-7. 2. (C) For senior Azerbaijani officials -- and particularly President Aliyev -- the USG's decision to change the language on Nagorno-Karabakh in the 2006 Armenia Human Rights Report after publication, coupled with press reports that we did so i [...]
2007-04-23 15:57:00Embassy BakuSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL PBTS PHUM PINR MARR MOPS AJ
07BAKU499DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER URGES US STATEMENT
[...] (C) Summary: In an April 24 conversation with the Ambassador, Deputy Foreign Minister Azimov repeated the GOAJ's request for a "very clear indication that the US recognizes Nagorno-Karabakh as part of the Republic of Azerbaijan." Azimov argued that such a statement reflects long-standing US [...]
2007-04-24 11:18:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PBTS PHUM AM AJ
07BAKU500INDEPENDENT EDITOR EYNULLA FATULLAYEV SENTENCED TO
[...] (SBU) On April 20, Eynulla Fatullayev, Editor in Chief of the independent Russian-language Realny Azerbaijan newspaper (the highest circulated newsmagazine in the country) and the Azerbaijani-language Gundelik Azerbaijan newspaper, was arrested and sentenced to 30 months' imprisonment on libel [...]
2007-04-24 12:56:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM KDEM PBTS AM AJ
07BAKU504AZERBAIJANI BACKLASH AGAINST US WORDING ON
[...] (U) This is an action request; see para 12-14. 2. (C) Summary: Post-publication revisions to Nagorno-Karabakh language in the 2006 Armenia Human Rights Report continue to ignite strong, negative reaction from the Azerbaijani Government and public. We are beginning to see a broader-bas [...]
2007-04-24 13:47:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PBTS PHUM PINR MARR MOPS AJ
07BAKU514AZERBAIJANI GOVERNMENT WELCOMES RETURN TO ORIGINAL
[...] (U) This is an action message; see para 6. 2. (C) Per ref instructions, the Ambassador spoke to President Aliyev on the morning of April 26 and informed him that the Department had restored the original NK text in the 2006 Armenia Human Rights Report. The Ambassador underscored our great [...]
2007-04-26 13:00:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM PBTS AM AJ
07BAKU578AZERBAIJAN: PRO-OPPOSITION PARTIES HOLD SMALL,
[...] (SBU) On May 12, several small pro-opposition parties staged a peaceful, sanctioned protest over social issues such as recent price increases, salaries, and pensions; they also called upon the GOAJ to disclose more information to the public about the ongoing Nagorno-Karabakh negotiations. This [...]
2007-05-14 12:37:00Embassy BakuUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PHUM KDEM PBTS CASC IR AJ
07BAKU647PRESIDENT ALIYEV APPROVES AZERBAIJAN'S NATIONAL
[...] President Ilham Aliyev approved Azerbaijan's "National Security Concept" (NSC) on May 23, 2007 via a presidential directive. The full text of the NSC appeared in many Azerbaijani newspapers. The translated text of the directive is provided below: BEGIN TRANSLATION ABOUT THE APPROVAL O [...]
2007-05-25 13:47:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PBTS RU IR AJ
07BAKU689PRESIDENT ALIYEV REVIEWS ENERGY AND REGIONAL
[...] (C) Summary: In a May 29 meeting with visiting OVP Deputy Assistant for National Security Affairs Joseph Wood and the Ambassador, President Aliyev reviewed prospects for new southern corridor energy initiatives. Urging the U.S. to support new Turkmen President Burdimuhamedov, Aliyev said Az [...]
2007-06-01 14:23:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ENRG MASS PBTS KDEM IR RU AJ
07BAKU72AZERBAIJAN'S DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER ON NATIONAL
[...] (C) Summary: During a January 10 meeting with then-Charge d'Affaires, Deputy Foreign Minister Araz Azimov said Azerbaijan's draft National Security Concept (NSC) will be sent to the Presidential Apparat within the coming weeks. (As requested reftel, we seek the Department,s guidance on any co [...]
2007-01-17 06:44:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MARR MASS PBTS AJ
07BAKU725 A SNAPSHOT OF BAKU'S IDP COMMUNITIES
[...] (SBU) Over the next few months, the Embassy plans to take a closer at Azerbaijan's internally displaced persons (IDP) population, estimated at roughly 675,000 persons. The GOAJ has pledged to close all existing tent camps by the end of 2007, but hundreds of thousands of IDPs still live in very [...]
2007-06-11 08:20:00Embassy BakuUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREF PREL PBTS PHUM PGOV EAID AM AJ
07BAKU822SCENESETTER FOR CODEL TIERNEY'S VISIT TO
[...] (SBU) President Aliyev's April 28, 2006 meeting with President Bush laid the foundation for advancing U.S. interests through a strengthened bilateral relationship. Azerbaijan is a key partner to the U.S. because of its geopolitical situation, its status as a secular, democratizing, Muslim coun [...]
2007-06-29 09:55:00Embassy BakuUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV ECON ENRG PBTS IR RU AJ
07BAKU836 AZERBAIJANI READOUT ON SURPRISE TRACK II DIPLOMATIC
[...] (U) On June 28, Armenian Ambassador to Russia Armen Smbatian and Azerbaijani Ambassador to Russia Polad Bulbuloglu visited the region of Nagorno Karabakh, accompanied by representatives of the Armenian and Azerbaijani intellectual elite. While there, Smbatian and Bulbuloglu reportedly met wit [...]
2007-07-03 08:46:00Embassy BakuUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PBTS PGOV AM RU AJ
07BAKU837 REACTION TO SURPRISE TRACK II DIPLOMATIC MISSION TO NK
[...] (U) On June 28, Armenian Ambassador to Russia Armen Smbatian and Azerbaijani Ambassador to Russia Polad Bulbuloglu visited the region of Nagorno Karabakh, accompanied by representatives of the Armenian and Azerbaijani intellectual elite. While there, Smbatian and Bulbuloglu reportedly met wit [...]
2007-07-03 08:50:00Embassy BakuUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PBTS PGOV AM RU AJ
07BAKU841AZERBAIJANI CONSIDERING CFE MORATORIUM
[...] (C) Summary. Recent events indicate that the GOAJ is considering suspending its implementation of the Conventional Armed Forces in Europe (CFE) Treaty. Deputy Foreign Minister Araz Azimov told Charge D'Affairs on July 5 that the GOAJ would seriously consider freezing implementation of the t [...]
2007-07-05 12:14:00Embassy BakuSECRET//NOFORNPARM PBTS PGOV PREL KCFE RU AM AJ
07BAKU852CODEL TIERNEY'S JULY 3 MEETING WITH PRESIDENT
[...] SUMMARY: In a friendly and relaxed July 3 meeting, Representative John Tierney and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev exchanged views on Azerbaijan's development, regional role and strong relationship with the U.S. and the West. On the Gabala radar station, Aliyev stated that if Russia and th [...]
2007-07-09 11:54:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN ENRG PREL PGOV PINR AJ IR PBTS
07BAKU855AZERBAIJAN’S RITICAL ENERGY INFRASTRUCTURE
[...] (C) Summary: Senior BP officils believe that the Sangachal energy terminal and offshore platforms are vulnerable to terrorism. As BP Azerbaijan President Bill Schrader routinely tells U.S. officials, "all it would take is one guy with a mortar or six guys in a boat" to wreak havoc in Azerbaijan's c [...]
2007-07-09 12:41:00Embassy BakuSECRET//NOFORNENRG EPET PTER MARR MASS PBTS IR AJ
07BAKU858CODEL TIERNEY'S JULY 3 MEETING WITH FOREIGN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a relaxed July 3 meeting with Representative John Tierney, Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov said he recognized the importance of improving Azerbaijan's image in the U.S. Congress and, as President Aliyev did in an earlier meeting with the CODEL, requested additional visits b [...]
2007-07-10 06:13:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PBTS ECON AJ IR RU
07BAKU903AZERBAIJAN IN WAIT AND SEE MODE REGARDING RUSSIAN
[...] (C) Summary: Local media reaction to Russia's announcement to suspend participation in the CFE Treaty has been largely muted, with most of the media organizations adopting a cautious approach to the development. Local political commentators are still digesting this development as well. Ini [...]
2007-07-18 06:18:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALPARM PBTS PGOV PREL KCFE RU AM AJ
07BANGUI112CAR PRESS CLIPPINGS MAY 28-JUNE 1
[...] (U) Arrival of Sudanese Refugees in northern CAR: The news was first announced early in the week by the spokesman for the President, Mr. Cyriaque Gonda, who gave the figure of more than 1,000 persons, some of them armed, who arrived in the city of Sam Ouandja, in the northeastern Vakaga prefec [...]
2007-06-01 17:03:00Embassy BanguiUNCLASSIFIEDPBTS PGOV EAID EFIN CT
07BASRAH100GENERAL MOHAN'S SECURITY PLAN FOR BASRAH
[...] (S) SUMMARY: Basrah's Security Chief, Lieutenant General Mohan Hafith Fahad, has laid out his security plan for Basrah, which relies heavily on the Iraqi Army (IA) rather than the Iraqi Police (IP),which remains compromised by militia infiltration. The ambitious plan calls for the central g [...]
2007-10-26 18:33:00REO BasrahSECRETMCAP MOPS PBTS PGOV PINR PINS PREL PTER IR IZ
07BASRAH107SOUTHERN TRIBAL ENGAGEMENT REQUIRES MORE COORDINATION AND
[...] (S/NF) Summary & Comment: Southern Iraq's security situation remains fragile: Iranian lethal aid is pouring in, militias continue to act outside the law, and Iraqi Security Forces (ISF) remain incapable of establishing law and order. Inspired by the successes of Anbar, southern tribal leaders [...]
2007-11-15 18:55:00REO BasrahSECRET//NOFORNMOPS PBTS PGOV PINR PINS PREL PTER IR IZ
07BEIJING4898CHARGE PROTESTS PRC INTERFERENCE WITH U.S. NAVAL
[...] (C) Summary: The USNS LOYAL is a sovereign immune vessel engaged in lawful military activities in international waters and should enjoy complete freedom from interference by Chinese forces, Charge told MFA Department of Treaty and Law Director General Duan Jielong on July 25. Drawing from Ref [...]
2007-07-26 07:37:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PHSA PBTS MOPS KTIA CH
07BEIJING6976CHINA/RUSSIA/INDIA: PRC TALKS UP TRILATERAL
[...] (C) Summary: Foreign Ministers from China, Russia and India met in Harbin October 24 for the seventh in their series of trilateral meetings. The role of the UN in the Asia-Pacific region was a key issue in talks, as well as climate change, counter-terrorism and scientific and academic exchan [...]
2007-11-05 10:43:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM PBTS CH IN RU
07BELGRADE1029 Serbian Kosovo Position Continues to Harden: Kosovo Weekly
[...] (u) This report covers activities related to Kosovo for the week of July 16. 2. (sbu) Summary: Kosovo was not as much in the public eye as last week, as there were no visits comparable to A/S Fried and FM Kouchner to report on. The GoS showed private signs of increasing rigidity on rel [...]
2007-07-20 13:15:00Embassy BelgradeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPBTS PREL PGOV SR
07BELGRADE1050SERBIA ADOPTS NEW KOSOVO RESOLUTION, PM DECLARES VICTORY
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Serbia's parliament approved a resolution on July 24 which empowers the GOS to negotiate on Kosovo status as long as Kosovo remains within Serbia. The document requires the GOS to "react vigorously" to any foreign government's recognition of Kosovo but does not prescribe any spec [...]
2007-07-26 06:37:00Embassy BelgradeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPBTS PGOV PREL SR
07BELGRADE1066KOSOVO WEEKLY UPDATE: BELGRADE READIES ITSELF FOR NEXT
[...] (SBU) Summary: In the last week before the typical August lull, Serbian leaders made sure to line up all possible political unity on Kosovo through a parliamentary resolution in order to be ready for the international community's next steps on Kosovo status resolution. The Serbian Foreign Min [...]
2007-07-27 16:03:00Embassy BelgradeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPBTS PREL PGOV SR
07BELGRADE1085CODEL BEAN'S VISIT TO BELGRADE
[...] Summary: CODEL Bean visited Serbia July 20-22, seeking to learn more about the challenges facing the country's future and the prospects for investment and economic cooperation moving forward. The CODEL's meetings with GOS officials on July 20 focused largely on Kosovo status and the impact of [...]
2007-07-31 16:27:00Embassy BelgradeUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PBTS OREP BEAN SR YI
07BELGRADE1086NATIONWIDE MEDIA APPEARANCES IN SERBIA BY
[...] Summary: From July 17-26 outgoing U.S. Ambassador to Serbia Michael C. Polt conducted a series of interviews with a broad spectrum of Serbian media in which he forcefully conveyed messages on U.S. ambitions for Kosovo, Serbia and the region. The Ambassador reiterated that the U.S. supports [...]
2007-08-01 07:11:00Embassy BelgradeUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PBTS PGOV KPAO SCUL SR MW YI
07BELGRADE1098 Kosovo Weekly Report (July 30 - Aug. 3, 2007)
[...] (u) This report covers activities related to Kosovo for the week of July 30. 2. (sbu) Summary: This week was marked by an anticipatory pause - most of the GoS was on vacation, with only Foreign Minister Jeremic making waves in the media. GoS reactions to the UNSYG announcement of a new n [...]
2007-08-03 10:48:00Embassy BelgradeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPBTS PREL PGOV SR KV
07BELGRADE1100GOS' "RULES" FOR KOSOVO TALKS
[...] The Government of Serbia passed the following letter (translated from Serbian) from Kosovo Minister Samardzic to the Chiefs of Mission of Contact Group countries in Belgrade. 2. Begin text of letter: Your Excellency, As Ambassador of a Contact Group country, we submit to you the propos [...]
2007-08-03 13:55:00Embassy BelgradeUNCLASSIFIEDPBTS PGOV PREL SR KV
07BELGRADE111K+1: ROLLING OUT THE SERBIAN BENEFITS PACKAGE
[...] (C) As we approach the endgame in the Kosovo status process, this Mission is preparing to activate the third phase of our K 1 strategy, the rollout of the Serbian benefits package, to demonstrate the continued U.S. commitment to Serbia's future beyond Kosovo. This rollout would involve the in [...]
2007-01-24 16:35:00Embassy BelgradeCONFIDENTIALPBTS PGOV PHUM PREL SR
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