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| Identifier | Subject | Date | Office | Classification | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01ABUJA2405 |
NIGERIA -- RESPONSE TO OIC DEMARCHE [...] (C) CDA 19 September delivered reftel demarche to MFA Permanent Secretary Ambassador T.D. Hart. Hart said that Nigeria was not a member of the OIC but attended meetings as an observer with a ceremonial rather than substantive delegation. The delegation head (usually a senior Islamic figure, [...] |
2001-09-21 12:03:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER XF PROV OIC |
| 04BRUSSELS2410 |
DEMARCHE RESPONSE: EU ON DARFUR HUMANITARIAN CRISIS [...] (C) Summary. The EU Council Secretariat will recommend to the Irish Presidency that they adopt a similar approach outlined in reftel A, demarching friendly Arab and African states over the deteriorating situation in Sudan. The EU announced a 10 million euro contribution to address humanitar [...] |
2004-06-04 15:48:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID PHUM PREF SU PROV EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
| 04DUBLIN850 |
DARFUR: IRISH EU PRESIDENCY STRONGLY ENGAGED [...] Poloff delivered reftel points to Don Sexton, of the Emergency and Recovery Unit in the DFA's Development Cooperation Division, on June 3. Sexton said Ireland agreed with the urgency of the situation and was participating in the Donor's Consultative Meeting on Darfur in Geneva today in both [...] |
2004-06-03 14:35:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL EAID PHUM PROV |
| 04GUATEMALA655 |
GOG REQUEST FOR ASSISTANCE ON ALLEGED RACIAL [...] This is an action request for the Department--See Para 4. 2. During a March 9 meeting with Human Rights Officer, Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs Marta Altolaguirre expressed concern regarding the possible racial motive in a recent attack against two Guatemalans in Atlanta. The two men, C [...] |
2004-03-16 22:18:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM GT CAVO PROV |
| 05ACCRA2512 |
OPPORTUNITY MISSED: GHANA UNLIKELY TO BACK U.S. [...] (U) Summary: Ambassador Bridgewater met with Minister of Trade and Industry Alan Kyerematen December 7 to discuss the upcoming WTO ministerial in Hong Kong. Kyerematen confirmed Ghana's intention to negotiate as a bloc with other African Union (AU) WTO members --despite serious differences wit [...] |
2005-12-09 12:31:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON PREL KDEM GH PROV WTRO |
| 05ANKARA6561 |
TURKEY'S PLANS FOR MOVING FORWARD ON EU ACCESSION [...] (C) Summary: MFA Deputy U/S Bozkir, one of the leads in Turkey's EU accession negotiations, told us that the GoT's inter-ministerial negotiating structure is up and running, and they are proceeding with the screening of initial chapters. His immediate concerns are the Progress Report and Acc [...] |
2005-11-07 06:42:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON ETRD PROV TU EU |
| 05DHAKA6129 |
REQUEST TO SUPPORT IRAQI ELECTION [...] (SBU) On December 14, Charge asked PMO Principal Secretary Kamal Uddin Siddiqui for a BDG statement of support SIPDIS on the Iraq elections (reftel). Siddiqui took the point. 2. (SBU) Comment: We will follow up with the BDG after the election, and report accordingly. CHAMMAS [...] |
2005-12-14 10:33:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KDEM KPAO IZ BG PROV |
| 05DUBLIN1516 |
SHANNON: IRELAND ASKS USG OPINION ON SEARCHING [...] (U) This is an action request, please see paragraph 4. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (C) On December 7, DCM met with Rory Montgomery, Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Political Director to follow up on the December 1 meeting between Foreign Minister Dermot Ahern and Secretary Rice in Wa [...] |
2005-12-13 16:34:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PROV KDEM KPAO IZ EI |
| 05HANOI1394 |
SCENESETTER FOR THE PRIME MINISTER'S VISIT [...] (C) Prime Minister Phan Van Khai's visit to the United States will be the first by a Vietnamese Prime Minister since 1975, and will take place in the tenth anniversary year of the normalization of bilateral relations. This historic occasion will give us the opportunity to highlight a growing [...] |
2005-06-13 06:07:00 | Embassy Hanoi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM KIRF PREF ETRD VM PROV |
| 05THEHAGUE3291 |
NETHERLANDS/IRAQ: DUTCH SUPPORT FOR IRAQI [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Dutch are supporting the December 15 Iraqi elections by providing voting facilities in the Netherlands and will send six election monitors to Iraq. The Dutch MFA is actively engaged in the training of Iraqi jurists and diplomats, and will shortly revise its travel advisory [...] |
2005-12-09 14:28:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KDEM KPAO MARR MOPS IZ NL PROV |
| 05THEHAGUE3325 |
NETHERLANDS/IRAQ: COALITION/NATO SUPPORT FOR IRAQ [...] No summary [...] |
2005-12-14 12:44:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PROV KDEM KPAO MARR MOPS IZ NL |
| 06ABUJA677 |
DARFUR NEGOTIATIONS: MAIN ISSUES IN SECURITY [...] (SBU) Summary: Many hours of discussion with the mediation team and with the parties have identified five key issues that will have to be resolved: how the ceasefire commission will make decisions; how different geographic areas will be defined and managed; provisions for the exercise of the [...] |
2006-03-27 12:03:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PROV NI SU |
| 06ANKARA4331 |
TFLE01: TURKISH DEBATE INCREASINGLY CRITICAL [...] (C) Summary: Reactions in Turkey to the conflict in the Middle East continue to focus on humanitarian needs and the requirement for an immediate ceasefire, with commentary, both in the media and from our contacts, increasingly critical of both Israel and the U.S. Many have linked Secretary Ric [...] |
2006-07-27 15:00:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PROV PREL PTER TU IS LE |
| 06ANKARA6392 |
PRESERVING LEBANESE PM SINIORA'S GOVERNMENT: [...] (S) Ambassador raised ref a points with MFA Deputy U/S Apakan November 8, stressing USG concern that the SARG was using Lebanese political figures to try to bring down the government of PM Siniora. Large-scale demonstrations may be orchestrated during which violence would be encouraged in ord [...] |
2006-11-09 16:59:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PREL PROV PTER KDEM MOPS TU |
| 06BEIJING1159 |
VFM YANG JIECHI CONFIRMS MFA REORGANIZATION [...] (C) VFM Yang Jiechi confirmed to A/S Hill that a reshuffle at the top level of the MFA is underway. During a meeting January 18, Yang said Director General of Asian Affairs Cui Tiankai has been promoted to Assistant Foreign Minister where he will oversee the International Organizations and Arm [...] |
2006-01-18 14:08:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PROV CH |
| 06COTONOU1227 |
JOURNALISTS APPEAL FOR RELEASE OF IMPRISONED EDITOR AND [...] SUMMARY: Two professional media associations have publicly appealed for the release of an editor and a journalist sentenced to six months' imprisonment for defamation. The Minister of Justice has announced that the two were legally sentenced after having violated a law; journalists contend th [...] |
2006-12-21 13:14:00 | Embassy Cotonou | UNCLASSIFIED | PROV PHUM KPAO BN |
| 06COTONOU1242 |
BENIN: OFFICIAL NEWPAPER AND OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT AT [...] Following an interview on the President's Malaria Initiative (septel), Ephrem Dossavi-Messy, a reporter for the official GOB newspaper La Nation, was asked why there had been no coverage in La Nation of President Boni Yayi's recent trip to the United States, which included a meeting with POTUS. [...] |
2006-12-28 13:14:00 | Embassy Cotonou | UNCLASSIFIED | PROV PHUM KPAO BN |
| 06TOKYO1570 |
VISITING U.S. AMBASSADOR TO NEPAL URGES MOFA'S [...] (C) Summary: Thanking Japan for its cooperation on Nepal, visiting U.S. Ambassador Moriarty stressed to his MOFA interlocutors on March 20 the importance of continued pressure on the King and political parties to cooperate on democratic reforms. MOFA underscored its support for U.S. policy [...] |
2006-03-24 08:39:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PROV PTER NP JA |
| 07CARACAS1384 |
THE MILITARY MOVES FURTHER RED [...] (C) The July 6 replacement of Defense Minister Raul Isaias Baduel with Gustavo Rangel Briceno does not bode well for the future of the Venezuelan Armed Forces (FAN). Baduel, a long-time supporter of Chavez, was perhaps the last remaining cabinet member to make even mild statements contradic [...] |
2007-07-11 16:19:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PROV PREL VE |
| 07COTONOU154 |
Golfe Broadcasters Convicted of Defamation, Fined and [...] The High Court of Justice in Cotonou ruled February 16 against Golfe media group President Ismael Soumanou, former Golfe FM Chief EditorDirector Euloge Aidasso, former Golfe TV Chief Editor Joel Ahofoji, and current Golfe TV Editor Charbel Aihou, finding them guilty of defamation. They each w [...] |
2007-03-01 03:40:00 | Embassy Cotonou | UNCLASSIFIED | PROV PHUM KPAO BN |
| 07JERUSALEM1576 |
LOCAL DEVELOPMENT FUND CONVENES; SUPPORTS [...] (SBU) Summary. The Local Development Forum (LDF) met July 24 for the first time since December 2005. Prime Minister Salam Fayyad stressed the urgent need for donor assistance and called for an Ad Hoc Liaison Committee (AHLC) meeting in September, followed by a donors' conference before the [...] |
2007-07-30 07:09:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON EFIN PREL PROV KWBG |
| 07NASSAU297 |
AMBASSADOR AND FM MITCHELL REVIEW PSI, AUTEC, [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Rood and Foreign Minister Mitchell met March 7 to review outstanding bilateral issues, including the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI), the U.S. request to install new sonar arrays at the Atlantic Undersea Testing and Evaluation Center (AUTEC), the Ambassador's [...] |
2007-03-09 12:21:00 | Embassy Nassau | CONFIDENTIAL | PROV PREL KNNP KTIA BF |
| 07SHENYANG223 |
BRILLIANCE SLOWS APPROACH TO U.S. MARKET [...] (SBU) Summary. Brilliance Automotive plans to delay its entry into the United States market while it resolves safety and environmental standards issues for its line of high-end sedans. The company cites a return to profitability and a desire to make its market debut a clear success as the ma [...] |
2007-11-26 07:46:00 | Consulate Shenyang | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV EPIT EFIN PROV WTRO CH |
| 07TBILISI2451 |
GEORGIA GETS IMPROVED RANKINGS ON BUSINESS [...] Summary: The annual report of the International Financial Corporation (World Bank Group) has moved Georgia up from thirty-seventh to eighteenth place out of 178 surveyed countries in terms of ease of doing business. Georgia is the fifth top reformer country on the list. An annual report by [...] |
2007-10-01 10:01:00 | Embassy Tbilisi | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD EINV PROV GG |
| 08ANKARA275 |
TURKEY/KOSOVO: TURKEY TO FOLLOW CLOSE ON OUR HEELS [...] (U) This message contains an action request at para 5. 2. (C) Ambassador emphasized our hope that countries would recognize Kosovo soon after it declares independence, and reviewed with MFA U/S Apakan the request that Turkey become a member of the Kosovo International Steering Group (ISG) (r [...] |
2008-02-13 15:17:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNAUS UNMIK PROV YI EU OSCE TU |
| 08BAGHDAD288 |
IRAQI PARLIAMENT SPEAKER MASHADANI ON PROVINCIAL [...] (C) Summary: COR Speaker Mashadani told us on January 30 that he expects the Provincial Powers law to pass the CoR on February 4. He does not agree with those arguing that a date for elections should be in the law but does believe that elections should be held as soon as possible, hopefully [...] |
2008-01-31 11:42:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINS PINR PROV |
| 08BANGKOK455 |
THAILAND UNLIKELY TO RECOGNIZE KOSOVO QUICKLY [...] (C) Summary: Thailand is concerned that Kosovo independence could set a bad precedent, given Thailand's own issues with separatist insurgents in the Malay-muslim majority deep southern provinces. The MFA permanent secretary told Ambassador on February 12 that Thailand SIPDIS "almost certai [...] |
2008-02-12 23:50:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UN UNMIK PROV YI EU TH |
| 08BANGKOK627 |
AMBASSADOR PRESSES FOREIGN MINISTER TO RECOGNIZE [...] (C) In the Ambassador's February 26 call on recently-inaugurated Foreign Minister Noppadon Pattama (more detail septel), the Ambassador drew on background in ref B and urged that Thailand recognize the independence of Kosovo. The Ambassador explained how Kosovo's independence would help stabi [...] |
2008-02-27 09:38:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UN UNMIK PROV YI EU TH |
| 08BANGKOK715 |
A/S HILL AND PRIME MINISTER SAMAK DISCUSS BURMA, [...] (C) Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej told visiting A/S Hill on February 29 that he favored "soft pressure" on Burma, and he was willing to host multilateral talks with Burma and others in the region. A/S Hill stressed the concern of President Bush about the human rights situation in Burma. A/S [...] |
2008-03-07 04:48:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM UN UNMIK PROV YI EU TH BM |
| 08MEXICO302 |
NEW LEADERSHIP AT VOLKSWAGEN UNION [...] SUMMARY: In early January a new leadership team took formal control of the union at the Volkswagen automobile assembly plant in the central Mexican state of Puebla. The Puebla Volkswagen plant employs approximately 11,000 workers and is one of, if not the, single largest employers in the sta [...] |
2008-02-01 19:14:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB ECON PROV PHUM EIND PINR MX |
| 08MOSCOW3323 |
RUSSIA'S CONCEPT OF THE GREATER MIDDLE EAST, [...] (C) Summary: With the prospect of a major Middle East conference being convened in Moscow in early 2009, analysts explained to us how Russia views the Middle East and how they believe the region, in turn, views Russia. For Russians, the "Middle East" is a concept more than a region, which inc [...] |
2008-11-17 13:39:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PROV PREL ECON MARR RS XF |
| 08NASSAU676 |
DEMARCHE ON BOLIVIA-VENEZUELA AMBASSADORS DELIVERED [...] (C) PolChief delivered demarche points on the declarations of U.S. ambassadors in Bolivia and Venezuela persona non grata (reftel) to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Under Secretary and Head of International Relations Division, Marilyn Zonicle September 22. Ms. Zonicle took note that the USG's a [...] |
2008-09-23 21:58:00 | Embassy Nassau | CONFIDENTIAL | PROV PREL KDEM ASEC BF |
| 08NEWDELHI2744 |
PM SINGH TO FOCUS ON SECURITY COOPERATION, [...] (C) Summary. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will focus on enhancing Indo-Japan security cooperation and economic cooperation during his October 21-23 visit to Japan. He will have an audience with the Emperor, and meet with Prime Minister Aso and Energy Minister Nikai. PM Singh will be accomp [...] |
2008-10-20 09:34:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PROV PREL JA IN |
| 08NEWDELHI2905 |
INDIAN GOVERNMENT UNWILLING TO AGREE TO END-USE [...] (C) Summary: While Indian National Security Advisor M. K. Narayanan and Defense Secretary Vijay Singh stated their urgent interest on reaching agreement on end-use monitoring, talks led by Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense (Asian and Pacific Security Affairs) Mitchell Shivers [...] |
2008-11-12 10:41:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREL PROV MASS KOMC IN |
| 08NEWDELHI3091 |
INDIAN FOREIGN SECRETARY TELLS AMBASSADOR "NEVER [...] (S) Summary. Ambassador met with Indian Foreign Secretary Shiv Shankar Menon on December 8 to discuss the Secretary's trip to the region (Menon was out of the country during on December 4) and to follow up on the latest developments in Indo-Pak relations. Referring to the reaction to the M [...] |
2008-12-08 12:51:00 | Embassy New Delhi | SECRET | PREL PROV PTER MOPS PK IN |
| 08SHENYANG15 |
BRILLIANCE EXPANDS FINANCIAL AND COMPONENT [...] (C) Summary. Shenyang's Huachen Brilliance Automotive, which plans to enter the U.S. market later this year, has completed negotiations and regulatory steps to establish a joint-venture automotive-finance corporation with U.S.-based GE Money. The joint venture will begin operations in China [...] |
2008-01-25 03:30:00 | Consulate Shenyang | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EINV EPIT EFIN PROV WTRO CH |
| 08SUVA175 |
DONOR COUNTRIES ADVISE ASIAN DEVELOPMENT BANK TO [...] (C) On May 7, representatives of the United States, Australia, New Zealand, PNG and the UK told the head of the regional Asian Development Bank Office in Suva they hoped ADB would not push forward with any new initiatives in Fiji for the time being. In light of the recent expulsion of Fiji Ti [...] |
2008-05-07 14:29:00 | Embassy Suva | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID EFIN PROV PREL FJ |
| 08YEREVAN1014 |
AMBASSADOR'S INTRODUCTORY MEETING WITH CENTRAL [...] (C) In their introductory meeting December 8, Central Bank of Armenia (CBA) Chairman Arthur Javadyan stressed to the Ambassador the high priority the CBA places on maintaining monetary stability and preventing panic among Armenian depositors. He insisted that Armenia's banking system is in so [...] |
2008-12-17 07:56:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PROV PREL ECON EFIN EINV AM RU |
| 08YEREVAN238 |
GOAM'S MCC POINT OF CONTACT ASKS FOR PATIENCE [...] (C) On March 13 MCC resident country director (RCD) and acting Polchief met with Minister of Trade and Economic Development Nerses Yeritsian to convey USG concerns about Armenia's ongoing political crisis, warn about its potential impact on continued funding of MCC programs, and urge the GOAM [...] |
2008-03-19 05:49:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PROV PREL PHUM EAID ASEC KDEM AM |
| 09DHAKA1025 |
MEDIA OVERSTATES TERRORIST THREAT TO EMBASSY DHAKA [...] (S) Local press and wire services gave widespread coverage to the November 6 arrest of three alleged members of the international terrorist group Lashkar-e-Teiyeba who were reportedly planning to attack Embassy Dhaka. More sensationalist reports suggested the suspects had planned to hijack a [...] |
2009-11-09 08:45:00 | Embassy Dhaka | SECRET//NOFORN | ASEC PTER PROV PREL PINR PINS PHUM BG |
| 09HAVANA154 |
WHA AREA DIPLOMATS IN HAVANA EXPRESS THOUGHTS ON [...] (C) On march 4, DCM hosted a lunch of colleagues from several western hemisphere embassies in Havana including Mexico, Brazil, Peru, Colombia, Chile, Argentina, the Bahamas and Trinidad and Tobago. Pol/Econ chief and ConGen also participated. 2. (C) Though the just-announced cabinet chan [...] |
2009-03-06 20:54:00 | US Interests Section Havana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PROV ECON CU |
| 09LONDON89 |
UK VIEWS ON WAY FORWARD ON THE SEPARATIST REGIONS [...] (C) Summary. The UK seeks a strategy in regard to the separatist regions of Georgia that will maintain EU consensus but will also have substance, Michael Davenport, the Director of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office's (FCO) Russia, South Caucasus, and Central Asia Directorate, told the Poli [...] |
2009-01-13 15:32:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL | PROV PREL MOPS GG RS EZ SW UN UK |
| 09NAIROBI1669 |
SOMALIA - TFG PREVIEWS OUTREACH TO ABGAL AND TO [...] (C) Summary: The TFG Prime Minister, Somalia's Envoy to Kenya Ambassador Nur "Americo," and the TFG Minister for Women and Family Affairs Fauziya Mohammed Sheikh shared their impressions of the functioning of the Transitional Federal Government as a result of their recent interactions in Moga [...] |
2009-08-03 14:01:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PROV PINR SOCI KDEM SO |
| 09RIGA152 |
HOW MUCH CAN LATVIA'S NEW GOVERNMENT EXPECT TO [...] (C/NF) Summary: The Dombrovskis government is an uneasy coalition that faces very difficult economic choices that will strain political support and heighten personality conflicts within the government. At the same time, leaders seem to understand that continued political instability will only [...] |
2009-03-16 13:58:00 | Embassy Riga | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PROV ECON EFIN PREL LG |
| 09YEREVAN178 |
CENTRAL BANK CHAIRMAN BEHIND THE SCENES ON [...] (C) Central Bank Chairman Arthur Javadian told Ambassador the CBA's decision to sustain the Armenian Dram (AMD) since last fall had been the correct one, despite the significant depletion of Armenia's foreign reserves. Notwithstanding official independence, Javadian made clear that the Preside [...] |
2009-03-13 13:58:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PROV PREL ECON EFIN EINV ASEC RU AM |