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| Identifier | Subject | Date | Office | Classification | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 03KUWAIT3762 |
TERRORIST FINANCE: KUWAIT: AL ZINDANI/WALDENBERG, [...] (S) CDA conveyed to GOK MFA on 17 August talking points and background papers regarding, and shared on a close hold, confidential basis, the names of the individual and the SIPDIS entity proposed Ref A for designation on 25 August 2003 under Executive Order 13224. 2. (U) Econ Chief con [...] |
2003-08-18 09:25:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET | ETTC EFIN PTER PREL KVPR CVIS KU YE |
| 03SANAA1101 |
USG SUPPORT FOR HUMAN RIGHTS IN YEMEN [...] In 2002, Embassy Sanaa managed several successful programs that encourage respect for human rights in Yemen, including equal access to education, human rights training for military officers, and 17 small grants focused on grassroots democracy and the development of civil society. Most notabl [...] |
2003-05-14 13:01:00 | Embassy Sanaa | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM ELAB YE HUMAN RIGHTS DEMOCRATIC REFORM |
| 03SANAA1117 |
SALIH EXPRESSES CONDOLENCES FOR RIYADH BOMBINGS [...] (C) On May 14, Deputy FM al-Radi called in the DCM to deliver a condolence letter from ROYG President Salih to President Bush for the 5/13 Riyadh bombings. The letter expresses condolences for the American victims' families, condemnation of the terror acts, and Yemen's commitment to the war o [...] |
2003-05-15 14:50:00 | Embassy Sanaa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL YE |
| 03SANAA1118 |
BAATHIST PARTY ANIMAL RETURNS TO YEMEN [...] (C) Qassem Salam, the Secretary General of Yemen's Arab Socialist Baath Party slunk back from Baghdad in late April. In a May 6 interview with a London Arab paper, he claimed ROYG President Salih had recently praised Saddam Hussein as a "brave struggler". The MFA declares a complete mis-quote [...] |
2003-05-15 15:11:00 | Embassy Sanaa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL YE DOMESTIC POLITICS |
| 03SANAA1150 |
YEMEN'S NEW GOVERNMENT: NEW BLOOD, MODEST REFORM, [...] (C): Begin Summary: ROYG Prime Minister Ba Jammal's new Cabinet (complete list para 12) introduces several fresh faces, but incumbents retain the major ministries and all Ministers are members of the General People's Congress (GPC). At a glance: - By relative population, the South (10 Ministe [...] |
2003-05-21 04:21:00 | Embassy Sanaa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR YE DOMESTIC POLITICS |
| 03SANAA1159 |
REORGANIZATION OF THE IRAQI MFA AND RECALL OF COM [...] (C) Summary. The Foreign Minister's Office Director confirms that Iraq's former Ambassador left Sanaa before the war, that the remaining diplomats are keeping a low profile, and that the ROYG continues to protect the Embassy as inviolable diplomatic premises. In these circumstances, he believ [...] |
2003-05-21 14:20:00 | Embassy Sanaa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IZ YE |
| 03SANAA1189 |
OIC FOREIGN MINISTERS MEETING: DEMARCHE ON [...] (C) On 5/27, Pol/Econ chief delivered the demarche requested reftel to Dirham al-Saidi, the MFA desk officer for the U.S, and left the talking points as a non-paper. He promised to deliver it immediately to officials from the International Organizations Office who were traveling later that d [...] |
2003-05-28 15:27:00 | Embassy Sanaa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IZ XF ISCON YE DEMARCHE |
| 03SANAA1190 |
IRAN'S PRESIDENT KHATAMI VISITS YEMEN: NO [...] C) Iranian President Mohammed Khatami's May 15/18 visit to Yemen was low-key, almost pro forma, with little public exposure and no overtures to Yemen's large Shi'a community. Although six cooperative agreements were signed, in areas from security to shipping, the accords broke little new groun [...] |
2003-05-28 15:35:00 | Embassy Sanaa | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD KCRM PGOV PREL SNAR IR YE |
| 03SANAA2470 |
BLUE LANTERN LEVEL III: END USE CHECK ON [...] Pol/Econ Officer and Commercial Specialist visited Mohamed Abdulrahman Kawkaban, the General Manager of Summer Tour and Travel located on Hadha Street, Sanaa. Kawkaban is also an owner and executive officer of the Kawkaban Modern Center, a separate company that brokered the procurement order [...] |
2003-10-08 09:40:00 | Embassy Sanaa | UNCLASSIFIED | KOMC ETTC YE |
| 04SANAA1189 |
DELIVERED TO MFA: DEMARCHE ON INTERNATIONAL [...] No summary [...] |
2004-05-18 11:12:00 | Embassy Sanaa | CONFIDENTIAL | TBIO UNGA KSCI YE DEMARCHE ENVIRONMENT |
| 04SANAA1191 |
EXTRANCHECK REPORT: PRE-LICENSE CHECK FADEL [...] (u) Summary. Reftel c requested a pre-license check (PLC) of the cargo trucks and spare parts of the Republican Guard of Yemen. Despite repeated attempts, Post did not get the full cooperation of the Republican Guard and was not able to access facilities to conduct the PLC as requested by De [...] |
2004-05-18 12:05:00 | Embassy Sanaa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | BEXP ETRD ETTC YE |
| 04SANAA2506 |
GENERAL SMITH DISCUSSES MIL-MIL COOPERATION WITH [...] No summary [...] |
2004-09-25 05:19:00 | Embassy Sanaa | SECRET | PINR PREL PTER YE COUNTER TERRORISM MARITIME SECURITY |
| 04SANAA823 |
EXTRANCHECK: PRE-LICENSE CHECK FADEL AL-HUSSEINI [...] (u) This is an action request. Please see para 6. 2. (u) Post received original PLC request in reftel on March 8. The purchaser is the Fadel Al-Husseini Trading Group. The enduser is the Republican Guard of Yemen. The enduser site is the training and storage facilities of the Yemeni Repu [...] |
2004-04-07 14:18:00 | Embassy Sanaa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | BEXP ETRD ETTC YE |
| 05PARIS2349 |
(S) FRENCH APPLAUD YEMENI STEPS TO CURB SA/LW [...] (S) Reftel points were delivered to Small Arms/Light Weapons (SA/LW) action officer, Jean-Francois Guillaume in the MFA's Bureau of Strategic Affairs on April 4. In a follow-up conversation on April 6, Guillaume told poloff that France is glad to see that Yemen, a country notorious for its a [...] |
2005-04-07 16:49:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET | PARM PREL MASS ETTC FR YE |
| 05ROME2413 |
SOMALIA: ITALY REQUESTS CLOSER CONSULTATIONS [...] (C) Summary. Although we may differ on what should be addressed first--nation-building or local assistance that supports peaceful development of a national government--Italy supports U.S. goals for Somalia. In Italy's view the greatest threat Somalia faces is not renewed fighting by warlor [...] |
2005-07-20 06:33:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR SO ET IT YE |
| 05ROME3882 |
ITALIAN-YEMENI COOPERATION ON BORDER CONTROL [...] (U) This is an action request: please see para 5. 2. (C) Italian Minister of Interior Giuseppe Pisanu visited Sanaa last week for talks with his Yemeni counterpart. According to Pisanu's Diplomatic Advisor, Ambassador Guido Lenzi, the most urgent bilateral issue discussed was Yemen's re [...] |
2005-11-23 18:24:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER IT YE |
| 05SANAA1534 |
YEMEN: FUNDING FOR THE CSF-CTU [...] (S) Summary. Post welcomes the opportunity to address the issue of including Yemen,s Central Security Force-Counter-Terrorism Unit (CSF-CTU) in Yemen,s FY 05, 06, and 07 Foreign Military Financing allocations. Post assesses that the inclusion of the CSF-CTU in FMF is an essential element in [...] |
2005-06-07 10:12:00 | Embassy Sanaa | SECRET | MASS PARM PREL YM YE COUNTER TERRORISM |
| 05SANAA1868 |
PRESIDENT SALEH REQUESTS MEDICAL TREATMENT FOR [...] No summary [...] |
2005-07-10 13:28:00 | Embassy Sanaa | CONFIDENTIAL | MASS PINR PREL YE |
| 05SANAA1884 |
MISREPORTED COMMENTS ON RISKS TO AMERICANS IN THE [...] (C) On June 29, CDA gave a wide ranging press interview in Arabic to a local website on bilateral U.S.-Yemeni relations, during the course of which he was asked if we thought Americans were at risk in Yemen. CDA responded that Americans were at risk throughout the region, from Yemen to Morocco, [...] |
2005-07-12 15:33:00 | Embassy Sanaa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER MO YE |
| 05SANAA1910 |
SALEH CELEBRATES HIS 27TH WITH PANACHE AND SAYS HE [...] No summary [...] |
2005-07-17 15:33:00 | Embassy Sanaa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL YE DOMESTIC POLITICS |
| 05SANAA2945 |
FM QIRBI SAYS SALEH MAY "CHANGE HIS MIND" ABOUT [...] (C) SUMMARY: During an October 10 meeting to review logistical arrangements for President Saleh's November visit to Washington, FonMin Abu Bakr al-Qirbi told Ambassador that Saleh was "nervous" about how a reversal of his announcement that he would not run for re-election in 2006 would be p [...] |
2005-10-11 14:16:00 | Embassy Sanaa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM YE DOMESTIC POLITICS DEMOCRATIC REFORM |
| 05SANAA3364 |
PRESIDENT SALEH, AFTER WASHINGTON VISIT: "I GET [...] (C) Summary: President Saleh told Ambassador that he has taken to heart the messages he heard in Washington from President Bush, Secretary Rice, MCC/CEO Danelovich, World Bank Wolfowitz and others. He said that he had convoked his cabinet upon his return and demanded a plan of action to respon [...] |
2005-11-27 09:45:00 | Embassy Sanaa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL SY YE DOMESTIC POLITICS |
| 05SANAA477 |
SALEH TELLS SYRIAN PRESIDENT TO WITHDRAW TROOPS [...] (U) President Saleh telephoned Syrian President Bashar al-Assad the evening of March 4, advising him to withdraw Syrian troops from Lebanon in accordance with the 1989 Taif Accord. This move followed Foreign Minister Qirbi's statement at the March 3 Arab League Ministerial declaring confiden [...] |
2005-03-06 05:46:00 | Embassy Sanaa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL LE YE |
| 05SANAA580 |
SALEH WISHES TO CONVEY HIS COMMITMENT ON SA/LW [...] (S) Following up on his 3/10 meeting with Ambassador and DCM, during which he made a pledge to ban once and for all the importation of weapons by independent arms dealers, President Saleh has requested a phone conversation with President Bush in order to personally convey to him his commitment [...] |
2005-03-14 11:43:00 | Embassy Sanaa | SECRET | PINR PREL PTER YE COUNTER TERRORISM |
| 05SANAA923 |
SALEH ON KANAAN: WE'VE GOT HIM!! [...] (S) In a conference call with Ambassador and DCM, President Ali Abdallah Saleh informed us last night, Tuesday, April 12, that suspected terrorist Kanaan has been caught. Saleh began with, "You know this man Kanaan who has been threatening you and for whose sake you closed down your embassy? W [...] |
2005-04-13 10:29:00 | Embassy Sanaa | SECRET | PINR PREL PTER YE COUNTER TERRORISM |
| 06EFTOSANAA1996 |
ELECTIONS: CHARGE PRESSES FREEDOM AGENDA WITH [...] (SBU/NF) SUMMARY: In an unexpected meeting called by Saleh to discuss other issues (septel) on July 11, Charge pressed Saleh on respecting the June agreement of principles signed by the ruling party and the opposition. Charge particularly emphasized that equal access to government-owned med [...] |
2006-07-12 10:32:00 | Embassy Sanaa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KDEM MEPI YE |
| 06SANAA1359 |
HAMEED AL-AHMAR: YEMEN'S NEXT KINGMAKER? [...] (C) SUMMARY: Hameed al-Ahmar, son of powerful tribal leader Sheikh Abdullah al-Ahmar, made his entry into Yemeni politics this year by increasingly distancing himself from his father's traditional alliance with President Saleh. To the surprise of many, Hameed has emerged as an articulate re [...] |
2006-05-22 09:52:00 | Embassy Sanaa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MOPS KDEM YE |
| 06SANAA136 |
YEMEN WILL RECEIVE BASHAR, DELIVER "TOUGH" MESSAGE [...] (C) Ambassador took the opportunity to deliver reftel points to FonMin Abubakr al-Qirbi on the sidelines of a reception for a visiting UK minister on January 24. Qirbi confirmed that the ROYG had "agreed" to allow Syrian President Bashar al-Asad to visit, but that the date had not yet been f [...] |
2006-01-25 12:02:00 | Embassy Sanaa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SY YE |
| 06SANAA1772 |
DEMARCHE DELIVERED: JUNE 19-21 OIC MINISTERIAL IN [...] No summary [...] |
2006-06-14 13:57:00 | Embassy Sanaa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MNUC IR YE |
| 06SANAA1773 |
PRESIDENT SALEH ON SOMALIA'S ISLAMIC COURTS: LET'S [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Saleh and his Foreign Minister are urging dialogue between the USG and factions of the Islamic Courts not aligned with Al-Qaeda. The Courts are now a "fact on the ground" and we must seek to influence them now; if we wait until they take over Baidoa, we will have very [...] |
2006-06-15 08:29:00 | Embassy Sanaa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KCRS PTER SO YE |
| 06SANAA1832 |
SALEH ADVISES GEN ABIZAID ON SOMALIA'S "NEW [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Saleh told visiting CENTCOM Commander GEN John Abizaid on June 18 that Yemen had invited members of the Somali Islamic Courts (IC) and the Transitional Federal Government (TFG) to Sanaa for talks. The IC leadership answered that they would come "within a week." Saleh [...] |
2006-06-24 13:15:00 | Embassy Sanaa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER MOPS SO YE |
| 06SANAA1833 |
YEMENIS TELL GEN ABIZAID ABOUT IRANIAN [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: President Saleh and Minister of Interior Rashad al-Alimi told CENTCOM Commander GEN John Abizaid on June 18 that, while Iran's Revolutionary Guards have been active in Yemen since 1983, their recent support for insurgents in Yemen's Saada region was unacceptable and, along wi [...] |
2006-06-24 13:16:00 | Embassy Sanaa | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL MNUC PINR IR YE |
| 06SANAA2466 |
OPPOSITION CANDIDATE: "IF THIS ELECTION WERE TO BE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Opposition presidential candidate Faisal bin Shamlan told Ambassador on August 19 that he considers corruption and poverty to be the most important issues for this campaign, but regretted that President Saleh refused to debate him publicly. Asked if the elections would be largel [...] |
2006-08-21 10:24:00 | Embassy Sanaa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KDEM YE |
| 06SANAA2854 |
FREEDOM AGENDA TAKES A MAJOR STEP FORWARD IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: September's open and competitive elections capped seven months of intensive USG pressure, coordinated with other donors and international NGOs, to bring about democratic and economic reforms in Yemen. While the road ahead is long, the Republic of Yemen Government (ROYG) has with [...] |
2006-10-04 13:15:00 | Embassy Sanaa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KMPI KDEM PTER YE |
| 06SANAA3618 |
AMBASSADOR AND FONMIN DISCUSS ZINDANI, KIDNAPPINGS [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a January 2 meeting, FonMin Abubakr al-Qirbi told Ambassador that the ROYG had made a conscious decision to include UN-designated terrorist financier Abdul Majid Zindani in its official delegation to the Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC) meeting in Saudi Arabia, claimin [...] |
2006-01-03 09:32:00 | Embassy Sanaa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER YE COUNTER TERRORISM TERFIN |
| 07ABUDHABI486 |
SUPPORT FOR UAE TRANSFER OF HUMVEES TO YEMEN [...] No summary [...] |
2007-03-21 13:14:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MASS MOPS YE AE |
| 07ADDISABABA311 |
SOMALIA: PM MELES HIGHLIGHTS LAND REFORM AS KEY TO [...] (C) SUMMARY. In a 90-minute meeting on January 27 with A/S Frazer, Prime Minister Meles highlighted that Somalia's primary clans generally supported the Transitional Federal Government (TFG). Only the Hawiye/Habr-Gedir/Ayr sub-clan, the primary political base of the deposed Council of Islamic [...] |
2007-02-01 16:13:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | SECRET | PREL PTER PGOV MOPS KPKO ET SO YE |
| 07BAGHDAD1068 |
IRAQI PALESTINIANS COMPLAIN OF PERSECUTION, [...] (C) Summary: Palestinians in Iraq continue to fear and experience persecution on account of their nationality. A police raid in a Palestinian compound on March 14 resulted in the death of a Palestinian guard, possibly the death of a Palestinian detainee, and allegations of abuse and torture b [...] |
2007-03-27 18:17:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PHUM PGOV PREL KPAL KDEM YE IZ |
| 07MUSCAT102 |
OMANI MFA UNDER SECRETARY ON ARAB LEAGUE SUMMIT [...] (C) Ministry of Foreign Affairs Under Secretary Sayyid Badr al Busaidi told the Ambassador on January 31 that the next Arab League Summit would be held in Riyadh in late March. According to Sayyid Badr, Saudi King Abdullah had insisted that the summit be held in Riyadh, rather than in Sharm [...] |
2007-01-31 13:36:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL YE MU |
| 07MUSCAT83 |
SOMALI MIGRANTS ENTER OMAN THROUGH OPEN BORDER [...] (C) Summary: Emboffs recently visited sections of Oman's border with Yemen, observing that much of the border lacks fencing and generally is open to illegal traffic. Somali immigrants continue to enter Oman along well-traveled smuggling routes, though not in large numbers. Many of the Somali [...] |
2007-01-28 10:58:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL PHUM MOPS ETTC MNUC SO YE MU |
| 07PARIS4515 |
FORMER FRENCH COOPERATION MINISTER TO LEAD FRENCH [...] No summary [...] |
2007-11-16 15:16:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KDEM BMENA FR YE AG |
| 07SANAA212 |
SOMALIA: YEMEN READY TO RECEIVE SHEIKH SHARIF, BUT [...] (C) Ambassador called on Yemeni FM Abu Bakr al-Qirbi on February 4 in order to deliver reftel demarche points, to which Qirbi replied that the Republic of Yemen Government (ROYG) continues to urge the Somali Transitional Federal Government (TFG) to conduct an inclusive political dialogue. He [...] |
2007-02-05 04:57:00 | Embassy Sanaa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS PHUM SO YE |
| 07SANAA296 |
YEMENIS REVIEW REGIONAL ISSUES WITH CODEL REYES [...] (C) SUMMARY: During meetings on February 19, President Saleh and Foreign Minister Abu Bakr al-Qirbi reviewed for visiting CODEL Reyes Yemen's views on Somalia, Iraq, Syria, Iran and Afghanistan. The Yemenis expressed support for the USG's approach in Somalia, voiced grave concern over Iran's [...] |
2007-02-26 06:41:00 | Embassy Sanaa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS SO YE |
| 07SANAA297 |
(C) YEMENIS ASK CODEL FOR HELP IN SAADA; PRESENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Saleh asked CODEL Reyes on February 19 to support on an urgent basis the Yemeni Government's military campaign against insurrectionists in Saada with intelligence, equipment and armored vehicles. Interior Minister Rashad al-Alimi warned that anti-government fighters in [...] |
2007-02-26 06:51:00 | Embassy Sanaa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER MOPS MASS SO YE |
| 07SANAA312 |
DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON ARAB LEAGUE MEETING IN CAIRO [...] No summary [...] |
2007-02-28 13:48:00 | Embassy Sanaa | UNCLASSIFIED | KWBG PREL YE |
| 08AMMAN2885 |
JORDAN WILLING TO PROVIDE M113S TO YEMEN IF [...] (S) Ambassador delivered Reftel points October 15 to Royal Court Chief Nasser Al-Lozi. After consulting King Abdullah, Al-Lozi responded October 16 that Jordan has the M113s and would be willing to provide them to Yemen if compensated financially. 2. (S) Note: Jordan owns over 300 refurbis [...] |
2008-10-16 12:17:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | PREL MOPS MARR YE JO |
| 08JEDDAH148 |
SMUGGLING ACROSS YEMENI BORDER DIFFICULT TO CURB [...] (C) SUMMARY: The SAG continues to face difficulties in its efforts to curb the smuggling of weapons, drugs, and people across the Yemeni border, according to a Ministry of Interior (MoI) colonel stationed in Jizan. The colonel cited terrain, profit motive, and smugglers' organization and tacti [...] |
2008-03-23 11:53:00 | Consulate Jeddah | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PGOV PINR PREL PTER SNAR KCRM SA YE |
| 08MANAMA714 |
BAHRAIN: REQUEST FOR M113 ARMORED VEHICLES TO YEMEN [...] (C) OMC Chief delivered reftel request to Bahrain Defense Force (BDF) Director of Plans and Organization, Brigadier General Malallah on October 13, who indicated that giving armored personnel carriers to Yemen would be a political decision and that the BDF could not make any commitments withou [...] |
2008-10-16 12:36:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | MASS PARM PREL YE BA |
| 08RABAT985 |
REQUEST FOR M113 ARMORED VEHICLES TO YEMEN [...] (S) PolOff discussed reftel points with MFA Chief of International Security Karim Halim on October 14. Halim had questions related to the terms of the transfer and said that such a decision had to be made in coordination with the Moroccan military. Halim stated that Morocco does not have a [...] |
2008-10-14 14:47:00 | Embassy Rabat | SECRET | PREL MASS MARR YE EG MO |
| 09ABUDHABI845 |
CROWN PRINCE OFFERS DHS U/S BEERS COOPERATION, SUPPORT [...] (S/NF) Summary: During an August 7, 2009 meeting with visiting DHS Under Secretary for National Protection and Programs Directorate (NPPD) Rand Beers, Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan (MbZ) discussed UAE efforts to combat illicit financial flows to Afghanistan and Pakistan [...] |
2009-08-24 12:29:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER PREL EFIN AF PK YE AE |
| 09ADDISABABA2935 |
PM MELES URGES ACTION ON SUDAN, NON-COMMITTAL ON [...] (C) Prime Minister Meles told visiting DASD Ambassador Huddleston that there is a "complete coincidence of vital security interests" between the U.S. and Ethiopia. He agreed to discuss the issue of Leahy vetting with military commanders, but did not agree to any specific action. Meles descri [...] |
2009-12-15 09:13:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MASS PTER YE SO SU ET |
| 09ADDISABABA2937 |
ETHIOPIAN FM DISCUSSES REGIONAL SECURITY WITH DASD [...] (C) Foreign Minister Seyoum Mesfin told visiting DASD Ambassador Huddleston the GoE is confident that U.S.-Ethiopia relations are as strong as ever, and agreed to work with the Ministry of Defense to resolve issues surrounding Leahy Vetting requirements for the Ethiopian military. He urged th [...] |
2009-12-15 09:28:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MASS YE SO SU ET |
| 09CAIRO1177 |
EGYPTIAN MFA ON ARAB LG MINISTERIAL; LEBANON; YEMEN [...] No summary [...] |
2009-06-23 12:33:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV YE LE EG |
| 09CAIRO2388 |
ARAB LG COS ON ARAB DEVELOPMENT, IRAQ, IRAN, YEMEN, AND MOUSSA'S FUTURE PLANS Classified By: MINISTER-COUNSELOR DONALD A. BLOME REASONS: 1.4 (B) and (D) [...] No summary [...] |
2009-12-29 14:11:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV YE IR IZ EG |
| 09CAIRO888 |
MFA ON SYRIA, LEBANON AND YEMEM [...] (C) Key points: -- SYRIA: MFA Cabinet Advisor Mahmoud Afifi told us May 18 that the tenor of Egyptian-Syrian relations has improved recently, and that Damascus appears to be taking a less obstreperous posture toward Egyptians efforts at Palestinian reconciliation. -- LEBANON: Afifi said t [...] |
2009-05-20 15:14:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SY YE LE EG |
| 09MANAMA166 |
S/WCI AMBASSADOR WILLIAMSON'S VISIT TO MANAMA [...] (S) Summary: A Bahraini MFA official said that the GOB would consider the USG's request to accept non-Bahraini Guantanamo detainees as a gesture of respect to the Obama administration's commitment to close the facility. He added that Bahrain would try to convince Yemen to find a compromise th [...] |
2009-03-22 11:59:00 | Embassy Manama | SECRET | PREL PHUM PTER KDRG SA YE TU LY SY SU BA |
| 09MANAMA713 |
MINSTATE FOR DEFENSE ON FMF AND GSD [...] No summary [...] |
2009-12-15 13:53:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MASS MARR BA YE |
| 09RIYADH1339 |
MFA ON SYRIA, IRAQ, YEMEN, UAE AND PALESTINE [...] (C) In an Oct 3 meeting, MFA Arab League Department Director, Ambassador Talal Maliki, confirmed that King Abdullah's upcoming trip to Damascus would occur after a Lebanese cabinet was agreed upon, and also confirmed that Information Minister Abdulaziz Khoja recently visited Beirut. (NOTE: Ki [...] |
2009-10-07 17:36:00 | Embassy Riyadh | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SA YE |
| 09RIYADH795 |
YEMENI AMBASSADOR ON GUANTANAMO DETAINEES AND JUNE [...] (S) According to Yemeni Ambassador Al-Ahwal, President Saleh, during his late May meeting with King Abdullah in Riyadh, while professing to prefer that Yemeni Guantanamo detainees be returned to Yemen, said Yemen "wouldn't mind" if another country accepted them due to Yemen's lack of resourc [...] |
2009-06-15 14:48:00 | Embassy Riyadh | SECRET | PREL PTER SA YE |
| 09SANAA2249 |
YEMEN: 2009 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM [...] (U) SUMMARY. The security situation in Yemen continued to deteriorate during 2009. Al-Qa'ida Yemen (AQY) announced its merger with al-Qa'ida elements in Saudi Arabia in January 2009, creating al-Qa'ida in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP). This strategy of consolidation and greater organization r [...] |
2009-12-21 13:11:00 | Embassy Sanaa | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER ASEC PGOV MOPS YE |
| 09SANAA2251 |
ROYG LOOKS AHEAD FOLLOWING CT OPERATIONS, BUT [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY. The ROYG views the December 17 CT operations as a success and a benefit to Yemeni national interests, and appears not overly concerned about unauthorized leaks regarding the U.S. role and negative media attention to civilian deaths. ROYG officials continue to publicly maintain that [...] |
2009-12-21 13:34:00 | Embassy Sanaa | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER MOPS MASS PGOV PREL YE |
| 09SANAA2279 |
YEMENI TRIBAL LEADER: FOR SALEH, SAUDI INVOLVEMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Saleh believes the Saudi Government's military actions in Sa'ada will alleviate mounting domestic political pressure on him to demonstrate progress against the Houthi rebels, according to XXXXXXXXXXXX with close personal ties to Saleh and his inner circle. XXXXXXXXXXXX told E [...] |
2009-12-28 10:44:00 | Embassy Sanaa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR SA IR YE |
| 09STATE13391 |
REQUEST FOR SITE SURVEY OF IMMIGRATION CENTER IN [...] Per ref A and in anticipation of Department of Homeland Security (DHS) interview of a refugee currently held at the Immigration detention center in Sanaa, the Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration (PRM) and DHS US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) request that RSO provide a [...] |
2009-02-12 21:50:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF ASEC YE |
| 10ADDISABABA176 |
ETHIOPIA: ASD VERSHBOW AND GOE DISCUSS REGIONAL [...] (C) During separate January 25 meetings, visiting Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs Ambassador Alexander Vershbow discussed regional issues and bilateral relations with Minister of Foreign Affairs Seyoum Mesfin, Minister of Defense Siraj Fegessa, and Chief of De [...] |
2010-02-03 09:26:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MASS MARR YE SU SO ET |
| 10DOHA42 |
IRANIAN AMBASSADOR ANNOUNCES DEAL ON MARITIME [...] (SBU) At a January 6 press conference widely reported in local English and Arabic news outlets, Iranian Ambassador to Qatar Abdulla Sohrabi announced that Iran and Qatar had reached an "initial agreement" on the demarcation of their maritime border. He noted that Iran recently reached a simil [...] |
2010-02-01 13:24:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS IR YE QA |
| 10ROME89 |
ITALY-YEMEN: SENIOR MFA OFFICIALS OUTLINE APPROACH [...] (C) FM Frattini's Chief of Staff Alain Economides and Acting Director General of the MFA Middle East Bureau Luigi Marras told us the international community needed to take an inclusive and regional approach to stabilizing Yemen in the aftermath of the attempted bombing of NWA Flight 253. Marr [...] |
2010-01-22 16:34:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER KISL IT YE |
| 10ROME96 |
DELIVERY OF U.S. POLICY TOWARD YEMEN DEMARCHE [...] (C) On January 25, Poloff delivered ref A points to MFA Office Director for the Gulf States, Minister Stefano Queirolo Palmas. Palmas commented that Yemen's problems are closely linked to instability and underdevelopment in the whole region, especially Somalia and other East African countri [...] |
2010-01-26 15:46:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER KISL IT YE |
| 10TUNIS9 |
BULGARIAN INTEREST IN THE SITUATION IN YEMEN [...] (C) Bulgarian Ambassador to Tunisia Doykov called on the U.S. Ambassador on January 6 to discuss the situation in Yemen. Drawing on the helpful points provided by NEA, Ambassador Gray briefed his Bulgarian counterpart on our assessment of the situation there and on possible next steps. The B [...] |
2010-01-07 16:50:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL YE BU TS |
| 90MOGADISHU10380 |
MOGADISHU MONTHLY BIOGRAPHIC WRAP-UP [...] CONFIDENTIAL--ENTIRE TEXT. 2. MRS. ASHA HASSAN ABADA. MEMBER, OFFICE OF ASIA AND SOCIALIST COUNTRIES, SOMALIA MFA. OGADENI CLAN. HUSBAND IS COMMANDER OF THE SOMALIA MILITIA. SISTER IS MARRIED TO AN AMERICAN AND LIVES IN EULESS, TEXAS. 3. ABDALLA T. YUSUF-KHALID ("MR KHALID"). BORN [...] |
1990-11-29 13:54:00 | Embassy Mogadishu | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR PREL SO ET YE EG SU SA |
| 90STATE32618 |
THE SECRETARY'S MEETING WITH YAR PRESIDENT [...] SECRET - ENTIRE TEXT 2. SUMMARY: ON JANUARY 24, SECRETARY BAKER HOSTED PRESIDENT SALEH AND HIS DELEGATION AT THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE FOR A ONE AND A HALF HOUR EXCHANGE INCLUDING A WORKING LUNCHEON. THE TWO SIDES DISCUSSED THE MIX OF U.S. ASSISTANCE FOR FY 90 TOTALLING 47.5 MILLION DOLLA [...] |
1990-02-01 23:30:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | PREL ECON EAID YE |