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SECSTATE SECTOR SECURITY SEMAAN GABY EID SEN SENC SENG SENS SENU SENV SENVQGR SENVSPL SENVSXE SEP SERBIA SERZH SETTLEMENTS SEVN SEXP SF SFNV SG SGNV SGWI SH SHANNON SHI SHUM SI SILVASANDE SIMS SIPDI SIPDIS SIPR SIPRNET SIPRS SIUK SK SKCA SKEP SKI SKSAF SL SLM SLOVAK SM SMAR SMI SMIG SMIL SMIT SMITH SMRT SN SNA SNAP SNAR SNUC SO SOC SOCI SOCIA SOCIETY SOCIO SOCIS SOCISZX SOCR SOCY SOE SOFA SOI SOIC SOLI SOLIC SOM SOMALIA SOPN SORT SOSI SOVIET SOWGC SP SPAS SPC SPCE SPCVIS SPECI SPECIALIST SPILL SPP SPSTATE SR SREF SRIT SRS SRYI SSA SSH ST STAG START STATE STC STEINBERG STEPHEN HADLEY STET STP STR STUDENT SU SUCCESSION SUFFRAGE SULLIVAN SUMMIT SUR SUSAN SV SW SWHO SWMN SX SXG SY SYAI SYMBOL SYR SYRIA SYSI SYTH SZ TA TAGS TALAL TAUSCHER TAX TB TBI TBID TBIO TBIOZK TBKIO TBO TC TCOR TCSENV TD TDA TE TECH TECHNOLOGY TER TERAA TERFIN TERR TERROR TERRORISM TF TFIN TG TGRY TH THANH THE THERESE THIRDTERM THKSJA THOMAS THOMAS THOMMA THPY TI TIA TIBO TIFA TINT TIO TIP TITI TIUZ TJ TK TL TM TN 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KUIR KUM KUNA KUNC KUNH KUNP KUNR KUS KUWAIT KV KVBL KVIP KVIR KVIS KVPR KVRC KVRP KW KWAC KWAK KWAWC KWBC KWBG KWBW KWCI KWCR KWGB KWHG KWIC KWIM KWIR KWKN KWM KWMJN KWMM KWMN KWN KWNM KWNN KWOMN KWPA KWPB KWPG KWPR KWRC KWRF KWRG KWUN KWWT KWWW KX KY KZ LA LAB LABOR LANSANA LANTERN LARREA LARS LAS LAURA LAVIN LAW LB LBAR LBY LE LEAGUE LEB LEBIK LEGAT LEGATT LEIS LEON LEVINE LEW LG LGAT LH LI LIB LICC LIMA LINE LK LMS LN LO LOG LOPEZ LORAN LOTT LOVE LR LS LT LTG LTTE LU LV LVPR LY LZ MA MAAR MACEDONIA MACP MANUEL MANUEL SERGIO GONZALEZ MAP MAPP MAPS MAR MARAD MARANTIS MARIA MARIE MARINO MARITIME MARK MARQUEZ MARR MARS MARTIN MARV MAS MASC MASS MATT MAYA MB MBM MC MCA MCAP MCAPARR MCAPN MCAPP MCAPS MCAT MCC MCCAIN MCCONNELL MCCP MCGRAW MCRM MCTRE MD MDA MDC MDO ME MEA MED MEDIA MEETINGS MENDIETA MEP MEPI MEPN MEPP MERCOSUR MESUR MEX MF MFA MFO MG MGL MGMT MGOV MGT MGTA MH MHUC MI MIAH MIC MICHAEL MICHEL MIGUEL FELIPE CANAHUATI YACAMAN MIGUEL VARGAS MALDONADO MIK MIKE MIL MILI MILITANTS MILITARY MILLENNIUM MINURSO MINUSTAH MITCHELL MJ MK ML MLS MMAR MMED MN MNLF MNNC MNNUC MNU MNUC MNUCH MNUCWA MNUM MNUN MNUR MNUS MNVC MO MOHAMAD MOHAMED HESHAM ELDIN YOUSSEF MOHAMMAD MOLINA MONTENEGRO MONUC MONY MOOPS MOP MOPP MOPPS MOPS MORALES MORG MOROCCO MORS MOS MOTO MOTT MP MPOL MPOS MPP MPS MQADHAFI MR MRCRE MRRR MRS MRSEC MS MSG MSIG MT MTAA MTAG MTCAE MTCR MTCRA MTCRE MTRCE MTRE MTRRE MTS MU MUC MUCN MUKASEY MULLEN MUNC MURAD MURRAY MV MW MX MY MZ NA NAC NACB NADIA NAFTA NAM NAMSA NANCY NAR NARC NARCOTICS NARR NAS NASA NAT NATEU NATGAS NATIONAL NATO NATOAFGHAN NATOBALKANS NATOIRAQ NATOOPS NATOPOLICY NATSIOS NAVO NB NBTS NBU NC NCCC NCD NCT NCTC NDI NDP NE NEA NEC NEGROPONTE NEI NELSON NEPAD NERG NET NEW NFATC NFMS NFSO NG NGO NGUYEN NH NI NICHOLAS NICOLE NIH NIPP NK NKWG NL NLD NLIAEA NLO NMFS NMNUC NMUC NNPT NO NOAA NOI NOK NON NONE NORAD NOTAG NOVO NP NPA NPG NPT NR NRC NRG NRR NRRC NS NSC NSF NSFO NSG NSSP NT NTDB NTSB NTTC NU NUC NUIN NV NW NZ NZUS OA OAO OARC OAS OASC 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07ZAGREB122 | CROATIA AND SLOVENIA AT ODDS OVER MARITIME [...] (C) Summary: The long-standing dispute between Croatia and Slovenia over their maritime boundary flared up this week when the GOC renewed a 2001 concession to its national oil and gas company INA for exploration in the Northern Adriatic. With rhetoric that was more heated than usual in this [...] | 2007-02-02 15:56:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EWWT ENRG ECON HR SI REGIONAL ISSUES |
07ZAGREB682 | CROATIAN SHIPBOARDING AGREEMENT POCS [...] No summary [...] | 2007-07-16 13:03:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM KTIA EWWT KNNP PREL HR NON PROLIFERATION |
08ABIDJAN37 | COTE D'IVOIRE'S PORTS PLAN AMBITIOUS EXPANSION AS POLITICAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Port of Abidjan is West Africa's largest deep-water port, and the second largest port on the continent. According to Maersk officials, it is also one of the more efficient ports in the world. Cote d'Ivoire's second port, San Pedro, exports 10 percent of the country's expor [...] | 2008-01-16 16:00:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON ECIN ELTN EWWT IV |
08ABIDJAN374 | GLOBAL MARITIME PARTNERSHIPS [...] Pol/Econ Section Chief delivered talking points in reftel on June 5 to Bertin Tanoh Koffi, Deputy Director General of Maritime and Port Affairs at the Ministry of Transportation. 2. Koffi stated that the Government of Cote d'Ivoire welcomed the Global Maritime Partnerships and would be inter [...] | 2008-06-06 16:16:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED | EWWT EAID ECIN ECON EFIS MARR MASS MCAP MOPS |
08ABUJA2001 | NIGERIA'S REQUIREMENTS FOR OBTAINING MARINE SCIENTIFIC [...] Post provides the following response per reftel requests. 2. The Nigerian Institute for Oceanography and Marine Research (NIOMR) and the Nigerian Navy are the designated Nigerian government agencies for issuing approval for marine research in Nigerian waters. The NIOMR provided post with th [...] | 2008-10-09 15:51:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV KRVC EFIS TPHY EWWT NI |
08ACCRA1515 | GHANA TRANSPORTATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE HIGHLIGHTS, [...] SUMMARY: A. Ghana's civil aviation sector is poised for expansion, based on the combination of increased passenger loads and the expected increased demand for air travel associated with growth in the oil and gas sector. An infrastructure expansion plan worth USD 122 million has been approv [...] | 2008-12-02 07:38:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAIR ELTN ELAB EWWT EINV EFIN KMCA GH |
08AITTAIPEI1100 | DEMARCHE ON IRISL CARGO INSPECTION PROVISION OF [...] (S) AIT officers conveyed Ref A demarche on implementation of the IRISL cargo inspection provision of UNSCR 1803 to the Bureau of Foreign Trade (BOFT) on July 15, the Foreign Ministry on July 18, and Customs on July 21. Michael Hsu, Acting Director of MOFA's North American Affairs Department, [...] | 2008-07-25 10:42:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | SECRET | PREL PARM PINR ECON EFIN EWWT ETRD KNNP IR TW |
08AITTAIPEI1472 | DELIVERY OF NON-PAPER: DESIGNATION OF THE ISLAMIC [...] (S) On October 3, AIT officers conveyed reftel non-paper on the U.S. designation of the Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping Line (IRISL) and 18 subsidiaries under E.O. 13382 ("Blocking the Property of Weapons of Mass Destruction Proliferators and their Supporters") to the Department of North Ame [...] | 2008-10-15 08:08:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | SECRET | PREL PARM PINR ECON EFIN EWWT ETRD KNNP IR TW |
08AITTAIPEI1474 | DELIVERY OF NON-PAPERS: IRAN FIRMS SEEKING TAIWAN [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-16 02:38:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | SECRET | PREL PARM PINR ECON EFIN EWWT ETRD KNNP IR |
08AITTAIPEI34 | R/V MELVILLE MARINE RESEARCH CLEARANCE DENIED BY [...] AIT forwarded R/V Melville clearance application via cover letter to TECRO on December 13, 2007 (ref B). TECRO then forwarded the application to the National Science Council (NSC) for consideration. On January 8 AIT received a formal written reply to the clearance request denying clearance f [...] | 2008-01-09 09:02:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | KRVC TPHY EWWT JA RP TW |
08ALGIERS1093 | DESIGNATION OF THE ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN [...] (S) We delivered reftel demarche on October 6 to Ahmed Saadi, Acting Deputy Director for Multilateral Affairs at the MFA. Saadi, who usually covers human rights, was covering the sanctions portfolio and much of multilateral affairs for several colleagues who are currently in New York at the UN [...] | 2008-10-07 16:46:00 | Embassy Algiers | SECRET | ECON EFIN ETRD PARM KKNP EUN EWWT PREL IR AG |
08AMMAN1991 | GLOBAL MARITIME PARTNERSHIP - JORDAN DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-06 09:30:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EWWT ECON PHSA PINS PREL SMIG ASEC JO |
08AMMAN2395 | GOJ TRANSPORTATION OFFICIAL DISCUSSES BORDER AND [...] (C) Summary: Jordan's Ministry of Transportation has ambitious plans for the future, including a possible regional railway link, developing the al-Karama Free Trade Zone project, and the planned relocation of the Jordan-Iraq border post further into Jordanian territory. Jordan is also inter [...] | 2008-08-18 07:09:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | ELTN EWWT ECON PREL JO |
08ANKARA1108 | TURKEY ON PROPOSED GLOBAL MARITIME PARTNERSHIP [...] We delivered reftel demarche to Turkish MFA Maritime Department Head Mehmet Poroy. Poroy told us that Turkey agrees with the principles of the Global Maritime Partnership (GMP) in general; however, he had a number of questions about how the GMP will work operationally that were not answered i [...] | 2008-06-16 11:56:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | EWWT EAID ECIN TU |
08ANKARA1810 | TURKEY STILL OPPOSES OIL AND GAS EXPLORATION OFF [...] (C) We met October 16 with Basat Ozturk, DDG for Aviation and Maritime Affairs at MFA, to discuss Turkey,s position on oil and gas exploration off the coast of Cyprus. Ozturk said Turkey,s position has not changed from last year (reftel),and will not be affected by ongoing talks between the [...] | 2008-10-17 11:46:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | EWWT PBTS ENRG CY TU |
08ANKARA1931 | RECOGNIZED ORGANIZATIONS DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO GOT [...] No summary [...] | 2008-11-07 13:42:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | EWWT EUN IMO |
08ANKARA1997 | TURKEY WILL HANDLE TWO EASTERN MED MARITIME [...] (C) Summary: Charge and Econ Counselor met November 17 with MFA Deputy Undersecretary Haydar Berk to discuss two maritime incidents that occurred in the eastern Mediterranean on November 14 and 15 in waters that Turkey claims as part of its continental shelf (reftel B). The first started midd [...] | 2008-11-18 14:05:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | EWWT ENRG CY GR TU |
08ANKARA33 | TURKEY: INSUFFICIENT TIME TO RECALL SHIPMENT TO PAKISTAN [...] No summary [...] | 2008-01-08 13:14:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | EWWT GM PARM PK PREL SN TU |
08ANKARA382 | SOMALIA AND PIRACY: TURKEY INTERESTED IN POSSIBLY [...] (SBU) We discussed reftel with MFA Department Head for Maritime Affairs, Mehmet Poroy, on February 27. Poroy provided us with some background on Turkey's previous engagement on this issue. Because of Turkey's involvement in the International Maritime Organization (IMO),the IMO Secretary Gen [...] | 2008-02-27 14:35:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PBTS PREL UNSC EWWT TU SO UN |
08ANKARA74 | TURKEY: CONSIDERING ACTION ON PAKISTAN SHIPMENT, CONCERNED ABOUT SHORT LEAD TIME [...] No summary [...] | 2008-01-14 16:13:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PARM PREL EWWT SN GM TU PK |
08ANKARA92 | TURKEY ASSERTS INFORMATION ON PAKISTAN SHIPMENT INCORRECT [...] No summary [...] | 2008-01-16 14:17:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | EWWT PARM PK PREL TU |
08ASHGABAT1171 | EMBASSY OFFICER FOR MARINE SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH [...] No summary [...] | 2008-09-05 06:49:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED | KRVC TPHY EWWT TX |
08ASHGABAT1399 | EXPAT SOURCES SAY THAT ITERA GAVE TURKMENISTAN A [...] (C) SUMMARY: According to expatriate sources in Ashgabat, a yacht that recently set sail on the Caspian Sea -- reportedly worth 60 million euros -- is actually a gift from Russian company Itera. Itera is working on signing a deal jointly with Russian state-owned companies Rosneft and Zarubezhneft a [...] | 2008-10-23 13:28:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR EPET EINV ETRD EWWT SCUL RS TX |
08ASHGABAT1411 | TURKMENISTAN: WESTERN BUSINESSMAN DISCUSSES [...] (C) SUMMARY: A western businessman resident in Turkmenistan recently shared news and views of Turkmenistan's political and economic worlds, related to presidential ceremonies, airport Customs operations, government policy on advertisements, Turkmenbashy port refurbishment, and the business c [...] | 2008-10-24 12:53:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR ECON EIND EPET ETRD EWWT TX RS KS |
08ASHGABAT146 | GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT NUCLEAR TERRORISM: LOGISTICS [...] No summary [...] | 2008-01-30 14:02:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL PTER EWWT TX |
08ASHGABAT354 | TURKMENISTAN: NEIGHBORS APPEAR TO COOPERATE AT [...] Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) SUMMARY: At an OSCE conference on maritime security and environmental cooperation, participants attended presentations on ecological, transit, and trafficking/smuggling issues. The EU said that its "Special Strategy for Centra [...] | 2008-03-18 11:42:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PBTS EWWT SENV TX |
08ASMARA313 | ASSAB - ERITREA'S USELESS PORT [...] (C) UNMEE Chief of Mission Support Maurice Critchley (protect) informed Emboff the port of Assab may be unusable. In the course of his duties with UNMEE, Critchley has transited Assab numerous times when traveling by UN flights between Eritrea and Ethiopia. (Note: UNMEE's flight between Erit [...] | 2008-06-12 11:07:00 | Embassy Asmara | CONFIDENTIAL | EWWT ECON PINR PGOV ER |
08ASTANA2118 | KAZAKHSTAN: BRITISH FCO,S CASPIAN ENERGY ADVISOR [...] (C) During an October 15 meeting with the Ambassador, Angus Miller, Caspian Region Energy Advisor to Britain's Foreign and Commonwealth Office, expressed his concerns that Kazakhstan will not be able to expand its maritime capacity quickly enough to handle the expected volumes of Kazakhstani c [...] | 2008-10-24 11:34:00 | Embassy Astana | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EPET EWWT AJ KZ |
08ASTANA2317 | KAZAKHSTAN'S NATIONAL SHIPPING COMPANY OPTIMISTIC [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On November 6, DCM and poloff met with Kazakhstan,s National Shipping company, Kazmortransflot (KMTF),to discuss its business structure and operations. KMTF identified the Kazakhstan Caspian Transportation System [...] | 2008-11-24 10:36:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON EINV EPET EWWT AJ KZ |
08ATHENS1028 | SOMALI PIRACY: GREEK SUPPORT FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-18 15:42:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | EWWT KCRM KCRS KJUS PHSA PREL SOCI XA XW GR |
08ATHENS1347 | GREECE/IRAN: FM BAKOYANNIS INSTRUCTS THAT ADVISORY [...] (S) DepPolCouns discussed ref A points on Greek interactions with the Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping Lines (IRISL) with MFA A6 Directorate for Middle East Affairs deputy head Giorgos Ayfantis. He later informed us that FM Bakoyannis had agreed to the requests and that an advisory would be [...] | 2008-09-22 11:33:00 | Embassy Athens | SECRET | GR IS ECON EFIN EWWT ETRD PARM PREL KNNP EUN |
08ATHENS1717 | GREECE/PIRACY: GREECE WILL ATTEND CONTACT GROUP [...] (SBU) A/Political Counselor delivered reftel invitation and points on December 22 on the inaugural meeting of the Contact Group on Somali Piracy (CGSP) to Dimitrios Papandreou, Counselor for Non-proliferation and Security in the MFA's D1 (IO equivalent) Department. Papandreou immediately con [...] | 2008-12-23 15:57:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EWWT KCRM MOPS PBTS PHSA PTER GR |
08ATHENS378 | MERCHANT MARINE MINISTER VOULGARAKIS ON MACENDONIA [...] (C) In his March 4 courtesy call on Minister of Merchant Marine, Aegean and Island Policy George Voulgarakis, Ambassador Speckhard took the opportunity to press the New Democracy (ND) party insider for maximum flexibility on the Macedonia name issue. Voulgarakis told Ambassador Speckhard h [...] | 2008-03-12 15:34:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EINV EWWT GR PGOV PREL MK |
08ATHENS764 | PSI: GREEK SHIPBOARDING AGREEMENT NOT DEAD [...] (C) Although Greek Ambassador to Washington Mallias told USG officials and the press that the proposed PSI bilateral shipboarding agreement was "dead," following Greece's departure from the PSI 5th anniversary meetings in Washington due to the seating of Macedonia as the "Republic of Macedoni [...] | 2008-06-03 15:22:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP KTIA EWWT PHSA PARM PREL GR |
08BAGHDAD1044 | IRAQI OFFICIALS ON MALIKI'S BASRAH CAMPAIGN [...] (C) In a series of March 30 conversations with Iraqi officials including Ali Merza, Director of the National Security Advisor's Joint Planning Committee (JPC),Saiid Jaber from the Crisis Action Cell (CAC) secretariat, and A'amer Al- Musawi, chief of staff to the National Security Advisor (pro [...] | 2008-04-05 14:50:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | EWWT MCAP MOPS PGOV PINS PTER IZ |
08BAGHDAD1071 | CORRUPTION INVESTIGATION AT PORT NOT YET CREATING [...] (C) Summary: The Deputy Minister of Trade's concerns that Prime Minister Maliki's April 3 decision to put all staff at the Port of Umm Qasr on leave for investigation of corrupt practices may lead to shortages of wheat, rice and other Public Distribution System (PDS) commodities throughout the [...] | 2008-04-07 14:12:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | EAGR ETRD EWWT EFIN ECON PGOV KCOR IZ |
08BAGHDAD3381 | SOUTHERN OIL EXPORT PIPELINES: IRAQ'S ECONOMIC [...] (SBU) Summary: More than ninety percent of Iraq's revenues come from its crude oil exports. Iraq's southern export pipelines account for greater than eighty percent of that total. The two 48-inch pipelines feeding the Al Basrah Oil Terminal (ABOT) platform were installed in 1975 with a 20 y [...] | 2008-10-22 07:14:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG EINV PGOV PREL SENV EWWT IZ |
08BAGHDAD3382 | SOUTHERN OIL EXPORT PIPELINES: IRAQ'S ECONOMIC [...] (SBU) Summary: More than ninety percent of Iraq's revenues come from its crude oil exports. Iraq's southern export pipelines account for greater than eighty percent of that total. The two 48-inch pipelines feeding the Al Basrah Oil Terminal (ABOT) platform were installed in 1975 with a 20 y [...] | 2008-10-22 07:21:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG EINV PGOV PREL SENV EWWT IZ |
08BAGHDAD3497 | IRAQI OIL PRODUCTION: WILL THE SOUTH RISE AGAIN? [...] (S) Summary: Oil Ministry officials estimate production in Iraq's southern oil fields has declined by approximately 100,000 barrels per day (bpd) so far this year, bringing the target production rate to 1.8 million bpd. The main culprits are the reliance on mismanaged enhanced recovery techni [...] | 2008-11-04 11:42:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | EPET ENRG EINV EFIN PGOV PREL SENV EWWT IZ |
08BAGHDAD3565 | ENVIRONMENT MINISTRY GETS BOOST FROM NEW LAW [...] (C) Minister of Environment Narmin Othman told EmbOffs on November 3 the Council of Representatives (CoR) had ratified the new law establishing the Ministry of Environment (MoEnv). She claimed the Prime Minister told the Cabinet to enlarge MoEnv funding, "even if it means taking money away fro [...] | 2008-11-12 04:02:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | SENV EPET EWWT ECIN KHDP KRAD KSCA IZ |
08BAGHDAD50 | SEEKING KUWAITI CONCURRENCE ON MNF-I SALVAGE [...] (U) This is an action request, please see paragraph 7. 2. (C) Summary. On December 18, 2007, the Kuwaiti Navy ordered two vessels contracted by the Multi-National Force in Iraq (MNF-I) to depart disputed waters in the Khawr Abd Allah (KAA) waterway. These contracted vessels were surveying tw [...] | 2008-01-07 15:43:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | EWWT KU MARR MCAP MOPS PBTS PINS PNAT PREL IZ |
08BAGHDAD540 | DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER HAMOUD ON LONG-TERM [...] (C) PolMil Minister Counselor (PMMC) Marcie Ries called on Deputy Foreign Minister Hamoud February 16 to discuss preparations for negotiations on the Long-Term Strategic Relationship (LTSR),including a Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA). She used the opportunity to inquire about efforts to en [...] | 2008-02-25 07:34:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | ETRD EU EWWT IZ KISL MARR PREF PREL TU KU |
08BAKU645 | DEMARCHE ON IRISL CARGO INSPECTION PROVISION [...] (S) As instructed in reftel, the Embassy delivered the nonpaper on the Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping Lines (IRISL) cargo inspection provision to a working level officer in Azerbaijan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The officer thanked us for providing him the information and promised to pa [...] | 2008-07-07 13:26:00 | Embassy Baku | SECRET | AJ IR ECON EFIN EWWT ETRD PARM PINR PREL |
08BAKU956 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON DESIGNATION OF ISLAMIC [...] (S) Embassy Iran Watcher delivered reftel demarche to outgoing and incoming Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Security Affairs Division Directors, Yusef Mammadaliev and Nurat Suleimeinov, on October 7. Iran Watcher delivered all reftel-suggested points, and provided the MFA officers with cop [...] | 2008-10-09 11:18:00 | Embassy Baku | SECRET | ECON EFIN ETRD PARM EUN EWWT PREL AJ IR |
08BANDARSERIBEGAWAN158 | BRUNEI WORKING ON IPR ENFORCEMENT, AIRPORT SECURITY [...] (SBU) Ambassador paid a farewell call on Minister of Communications Pehin Abu Bakar on May 19. The Ambassador thanked Abu Bakar for his Ministry's support for the USG-sponsored seminar on the protection of intellectual property rights scheduled to take place in early June, and stressed our [...] | 2008-05-23 04:29:00 | Embassy Bandar Seri Begawan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON KIPR EAIR CVIS ETRD EWWT BX |
08BANDARSERIBEGAWAN179 | BRUNEI BRIEFED ON GLOBAL MARITIME PARTNERSHIPS [...] (SBU) Charge delivered reftel briefing on May 29 to Malai HjH Halimah, Director of the Political II Department (U.S. and non-ASEAN member countries) at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MoFAT) and Florence Chong, Assistant Director for International Organizations at MoFAT and point of [...] | 2008-06-09 00:28:00 | Embassy Bandar Seri Begawan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EWWT EAID ECIN ECON EFIS MARR MASS MCAP MOPS PHSA |
08BANGKOK1733 | Thai Port of Laem Chabang and GMP [...] This is an action request (see paragraph 4). 2. In discussing reftel talking points with Thai maritime stakeholders, the idea for a joint maritime security best-practices seminar between the Thai Port of Laem Chabang and the Port of Singapore was raised in the context of the Global Maritime [...] | 2008-06-06 06:40:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | EWWT EAID ECIN ECON EFIS MARR MASS MCAP MOPS PHSA |
08BANGUI102 | RIVER TRANSPORT IN CAR [...] 1. (SBU) SUMMARY: Despite its abundant water resources, the CAR has a very limited river transport network. The goods transport on the Oubangui River, very profitable until the 1980s, became marginal as result of the poor maintenance of the waterways. Fuel continues to be the major import [...] | 2008-06-25 16:32:00 | Embassy Bangui | UNCLASSIFIED | EWWT EAGR ECON CT CG CF |
08BANJUL193 | THE GAMBIA: GLOBAL MARITIME PARTNERSHIP RESPONSE [...] Post did not receive a substantive response to its demarche on the Global Maritime Partnership. However, Post notes that the Gambian government might be responsive to future collaborations following the successful installation of the Maritime Security and Safety Information System (MSSIS) in [...] | 2008-06-17 09:40:00 | Embassy Banjul | UNCLASSIFIED | EWWT EAID ECON EFIS MARR MCAP MOPS PHSA PINS SMIG |
08BASRAH34 | UMM QASR DEPUTY UPBEAT ABOUTPORT'S PROPSECTS [...] (C//REL MCFI) SUMMARY: REO Officers met with merchant marine Captain Hussain Mohammed Abdullah, Assistant Director General (A-DG) for Management at the Port of Umm Qasr (PUQ). The GOI has sacked PUQ A-DG for Technical Affairs Safa Abud al-Hussein, who with militia influence had been appointed [...] | 2008-04-21 15:12:00 | REO Basrah | CONFIDENTIAL | EWWT ETRD ECON PINS IZ |
08BASRAH83 | DUBAI PORTS WORLD VISIT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Representatives of the Dubai World (DW) Holding Company visited Basra on 6 October, to look at potential infrastructure projects in the province. Dubai World's visit was facilitated by the Basra Inward Investment Advisor and included tours of Basra city, the port facilities of U [...] | 2008-10-26 09:03:00 | REO Basrah | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EINV EWWT IZ |
08BEIJING1734 | UNSC RESOLUTION ON SOMALI PIRACY [...] (C) PolOff on May 6 conveyed to MFA reftel points explaining the basis for the draft UN Security Council resolution on piracy off the coast of Somalia. MFA International Organizations and Conferences Department UN Division Deputy Director Sun Xiaobo said China agrees in principle to a UNSC re [...] | 2008-05-07 03:03:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PHSA EWWT KCRM UNSC SO CH |
08BEIJING1930 | UNSC RESOLUTION ON SOMALI PIRACY [...] (C) PolOff on May 6 conveyed to MFA reftel points explaining the basis for the draft UN Security Council resolution on piracy off the coast of Somalia. MFA International Organizations and Conferences Department UN Division Deputy Director Sun Xiaobo said China agrees in principle to a UNSC re [...] | 2008-05-19 08:55:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PHSA EWWT KCRM UNSC SO CH |
08BEIJING2569 | VICE MINISTER OF TRANSPORT LETTER TO DOT [...] (U) On June 30, post received via facsimile diplomatic note No. (2008)090 dated June 26 from the Department of International Cooperation of the Ministry of Transport (MOT) transmitting a letter (Note: Courtesy translation provided by MOT. End Note) from MOT Vice Minister Weng Mengyong to Unite [...] | 2008-06-30 08:15:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | EWWT ELTN CH |
08BEIJING2609 | China on IRISL: UNSCRs Require Adequate Proof to [...] (S) PolOff conveyed reftel points regarding implementation of the cargo inspection clause of UN Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) 1803 to MFA Arms Control Department Missile and Conventional Weapons Division Deputy Director Yu Dunhai on July 2. Yu responded that China implements UNSCRs in s [...] | 2008-07-02 10:07:00 | Embassy Beijing | SECRET | ECON EFIN EWWT ETRD PARM PINR PREL KNNP EUN |
08BEIJING2868 | JULY 22 VICE MINISTER OF TRANSPORT LETTER TO [...] (U) The July 22 letter from VM Weng comes in response to a July 10 letter from Deputy Secretary Barrett regarding the bilateral Transportation Forum launched during the Fourth Strategic Economic Dialogue in Annapolis (Ref A). 2. (U) On July 23, post received via facsimile diplomatic note N [...] | 2008-07-24 02:19:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | EWWT ELTN CH |
08BEIJING4592 | DECEMBER 18 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: SOMALI PIRACY, HU JIA, 30TH [...] Key points at the December 18 MFA press briefing: -- China has begun preparations to send naval vessels to the Gulf of Aden. -- China "expresses sincere thanks" to the Malaysian Government for its assistance in the rescue of the Chinese ship captured by pirates on December 17. -- China [...] | 2008-12-18 09:53:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM EWWT CH MY XG |
08BEIJING4624 | MFA ON PLANNED PRC NAVAL DEPLOYMENT TO COMBAT GULF [...] (C) Summary: China intends to deploy two destroyers and a support vessel to the Gulf of Aden and waters off the Somali coast to combat piracy, MFA North American Affairs Department Deputy Director General Zheng Zeguang informed the DCM on December 21. The ships plan to sail from China Decembe [...] | 2008-12-22 08:03:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EWWT KCRM MOPS PBTS PHSA PTER CH |
08BEIJING4626 | U.S-CHINA TRANSPORTATION FORUM AGREES TO BROAD BILATERAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: China sees an opportunity in the current global financial crisis to develop transportation infrastructure, Ministry of Transportation (MOT) Vice Minister Weng Mengyong told U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) officials attending the Strategic Economic Dialogue's (SED) first U [...] | 2008-12-22 09:17:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELTN EWWT EAIR ETRD CVIS CH |
08BEIJING4669 | CHINA: INVITATIONS TO SOMALI PIRACY CONTACT GROUP [...] (C) PolOff on December 22 conveyed to MFA International Organizations and Conferences Department United Nations Division Deputy Director Shen Bo ref A invitation to the January 13-14 meeting of the Contact Group on Somali Piracy. PolOff on December 23 delivered the ref B invitation to a pre-me [...] | 2008-12-24 07:50:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | EWWT KCRM MOPS PBTS PHSA PTER CH |
08BEIJING4679 | ECONOMIC SLOWDOWN HITS CHINA'S TRANSPORT SECTOR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: China's maritime transport and civil aviation sectors are beginning to show signs of stress from the global economic slowdown. After nearly 10 straight months of double digit growth this year, November port volumes were up just 2 percent over the previous year. Shipping compan [...] | 2008-12-29 03:37:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EWWT EAIR ETRD CH FR |
08BEIRUT533 | LEBANON: EGYPTIAN GAS DEAL WILL REDUCE COSTS, [...] (C) Summary: Minister Mohammed Safadi received Charge for her initial courtesy call in his private sector company office, where he also handles the work of two ministries, Public Works and Transport, and Energy and Water. He supports the Megaports project, but wants his port director to be br [...] | 2008-04-18 12:30:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | EAIR ECON ELTN ENRG EPET EWWT LE |
08BEIRUT562 | LEBANON: GOL SHOWS GREAT INTEREST IN MEGAPORTS [...] (C) The Lebanese government has been supportive to date in responding to the offers under the Department of Energy's Megaports initiative to provide radiological/nuclear materials detection equipment in Lebanon's two largest ports, Beirut and Tripoli. However, GOL bureaucracy and some specif [...] | 2008-04-23 16:17:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID EIND ELTN ENRG EWWT PARM PGOV PREL LE |
08BELMOPAN254 | BELIZE RESPONSE TO GLOBAL MARITIME PARTNERSHIPS [...] On May 19, Poloff met with Ayesha Borland of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to discuss reftel concerning Global Maritime Partnerships (GMP). 2. Ms. Borland stated that Belize, as a sea-bordering nation, would have an interest in and could certainly benefit from an organization that promo [...] | 2008-05-20 17:41:00 | Embassy Belmopan | UNCLASSIFIED | EWWT EAID ECIN ECON EFIS MARR MASS MCAP MOPS PHSA |
08BELMOPAN423 | BELIZE RESPONSE: HIJACKING OF BELIZE-FLAGGED CARGO [...] (S) Poloff delivered reftel demarche September 27 to Mr. Oliver del Cid, Deputy Coordinator of the National Security Council Secretariat, Ministry of National Security. Mr. del Cid stated that IMMARBE, the International Merchant Marine Registry of Belize, was concerned about the welfare of t [...] | 2008-09-27 21:17:00 | Embassy Belmopan | SECRET | EWWT MOPS PREL PHSA XA SO RS LG UP BH |
08BELMOPAN424 | BELIZE RESPONSE: HIJACKING OF BELIZE-FLAGGED [...] No summary [...] | 2008-09-29 16:05:00 | Embassy Belmopan | SECRET | EWWT MOPS PREL PHSA XA SO RS LG UP BH |
08BELMOPAN438 | BELIZE REQUEST FOR ASSISTANCE ON M/V FAINA [...] (SBU) Post received an e-mail message from Oliver del Cid, Deputy Coordinator of the National Security Council of Belize on Monday October 13, 2008. The email includes correspondence from the Belizean ship registry office and from TOMEX, the ship's agent. The text of the forwarded messages is [...] | 2008-10-14 20:50:00 | Embassy Belmopan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EWWT MOPS PREL PHSA BH |
08BERLIN1361 | GERMANY RESPONSE TO U.S. DESIGNATION OF IRISL [...] (S) Germany will deal with IRISL multilaterally, through the EU's implementation of the Common Position on UN Security Council Resolution 1803. Econoff met with Economics Ministry Office Director Martin Lutz and provided reftel points. Lutz stated that the final EU implementation of UNSCR 1 [...] | 2008-10-02 13:54:00 | Embassy Berlin | SECRET | ECON EFIN ETRD PARM KNNP EUN EWWT PREL IR GM |
08BERLIN14 | (S) GERMANY WILL INVESTIGATE SHIPMENT OF [...] (S) Global Affairs Officer delivered reftel demarche January 4 to MFA Export Control Division Desk Officer Nancy Reck. Reck undertook to pass the information immediately to the German interagency export control working group. Reck said German export control officials are well aware of the ri [...] | 2008-01-04 13:52:00 | Embassy Berlin | SECRET | ETTC EWWT PARM PREL KNNP SN TU PK GM |
08BERLIN952 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: IMPLEMENTATION OF THE IRISL [...] (S) Officers from Global Affairs and the Political Section delivered reftel demarche to German MFA Export Control Division Desk Officer Nancy Reck and MFA Iran Desk Officer Deike Potzel respectively. Both expressed appreciation for the reftel information. 2. (S) Potzel said that the dra [...] | 2008-07-18 13:32:00 | Embassy Berlin | SECRET | ECON EFIN EWWT ETRD PARM PINR PREL KNNP EUN |
08BERLIN976 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: IMPLEMENTATION OF THE IRISL [...] (S) Global Affairs Officer delivered reftel demarche to German Finance Ministry Officer Kristina Wogatzki. She expressed appreciaton for the refetl information. 2. (S) Wogatzki said she is unaware of any German exporters using IRISL or Iran Air, but will continue to be alert to indicati [...] | 2008-07-22 10:18:00 | Embassy Berlin | SECRET | ECON EFIN EWWT ETRD PARM PINR PREL KN |
08BOGOTA2107 | COLOMBIA GLOBAL MARITIME PARTNERSHIPS DEMARCHE [...] On May 13 econoff delivered reftel non-paper to the Colombian Ministry of External Qs (MRE) North America Desk Officer Claudia Cuevas who agreed to distribute non-paper to appropriate GOC agencies. Econoff also contacted the Colombian Maritime Agency Director of International Affairs William [...] | 2008-06-11 16:54:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | EWWT EAID ECIN ECON EFIS MARR MASS MCAP CO |
08BOGOTA2156 | COLOMBIA'S PACIFIC COAST: CAN THE PRIVATE SECTOR [...] (U) SUMMARY. Colombia's largely Afro-Colombian Pacific coast suffers from high unemployment, isolation and poverty. Poor infrastructure and lack of human capital hobble development. The coast's three most important cities, Buenaventura, Tumaco and Quibdo, generate the majority of its econo [...] | 2008-06-16 19:15:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON SOCI EFIS EAID EIND ELAB EWWT EAGR CO |
08BOGOTA2921 | NOAA RONALD H. BROWN MARINE RESEARCH CLEARANCE [...] On August 11, upon August 8 receipt of final version of supporting documents from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),Post delivered the Clearance Request for the NOAA Ronald H. Brown Research vessel and supporting materials to the Colombian Ministry of External Relati [...] | 2008-08-11 16:55:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | KRVC TPHY EWWT CI CO ECIN PE |
08BOGOTA3288 | COLOMBIA: MARINE SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH AUTHORIZATIONS [...] Embassy Bogota Maritime Scientific Research Authorizations Officer beginning October 17, 2008 through October 1, 2009 will be Megan Selmon (unclassified email: SelmonML@state.gov; tel: 011-571-383-2448). 2, Interim/alternate point of contact is Deputy Economic Counselor William Popp (unclas [...] | 2008-09-04 00:04:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | KRVC TPHY EWWT CO |
08BOGOTA4243 | GOC OUTLINES AMBITIOUS INFRASTRUCTURE PLAN, BUT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Infrastructure has long constrained Colombia's economic competitiveness, geographical cohesion and presence of the state. However, as security continues to improve and Colombia aims to position itself to compete in the global marketplace, the GOC is launching an ambitious plan [...] | 2008-11-25 22:35:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ECON ELAN EWWT EFIN PGOV CO |
08BOGOTA540 | COLOMBIA'S TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE: IS IT UP TO [...] (U) SUMMARY: Colombia's demography and topography make transportation infrastructure development particularly challenging. Security problems and constitutional earmarks for social services and local governments hobbled public investment in transportation in the 1990s. Today the GOC is emb [...] | 2008-02-12 15:13:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | ELTN EAIR EWWT ETRD ECON CO |
08BRASILIA1291 | BRAZIL: MARINE SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH AUTHORIZATIONS: UPDATED [...] Per REFTEL, Post's officers responsible for handling requests for marine scientific research authorizations are as follows: - Environment, Science, Technology and Health (ESTH) Counselor Richard J. Driscoll - tel. 55 61 3312-7401, email DriscollRJ@state.gov (through summer 2010) - ESTH [...] | 2008-09-29 20:26:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | TPHY KRVC EWWT KSCA SENV BR |
08BRASILIA729 | GLOBAL MARITIME PARTNERSHIPS (GMP) [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-28 16:53:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | EWWT EAID ECIN ECON EFIS MARR MASS MCAP |
08BRIDGETOWN310 | UNSC RESOLUTION ON SOMALI PIRACY DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] Per reftel instructions, demarches on the UNSC Resolution on Somali Piracy were delivered to Foreign Ministers by fax under cover of Diplomatic Notes (Antigua and Barbuda #0455, Barbados #0456, Dominica #0457, St. Christopher and Nevis #0458, St. Lucia #0459, St. Vincent and the Grenadines #04 [...] | 2008-05-09 14:40:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM PHSA EWWT KCRM UNSC SO XL |
08BRUSSELS1065 | BELGIUM: SUPPORT FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF UNSCR 1816 [...] (U) Belgian MFA officials told econoff Belgium supports efforts to protect shipping from piracy off the Somali coast. The officials consider UNSCR 1816 a good resolution and hope useful action results in the next six months and/or the time period will be extended. They noted that France and S [...] | 2008-07-15 09:39:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EWWT KCRM KCRS KJUS PHSA PREL SO BE |
08BRUSSELS1547 | BELGIUM: RESPONSE TO IRAN DEMARCHES [...] (U) Pol-Econoff and intern met with Belgian MFA UNSC Team, Iran desk officer, and Director of the Nonproliferation Office Werner Bauwens. Bauwens began with a quick briefing on Belgian sanction policy related to Iran. 2. (U) The GOB welcomed UNSCR 1835 (reftel A) as a consensus approach to [...] | 2008-10-03 15:19:00 | Embassy Brussels | SECRET | ECON ETRD PARM KNNP EUN EWWT PREL MNUC IR BE |
08BRUSSELS1565 | EUROPEAN COMMISSION PLANNING SOMALIA MARITIME [...] (C) Summary: The European Commission's Critical Maritime Routes initiative is intended to help improve security along key shipping corridors by providing aid to countries to enhance vessel tracking and information sharing. Initially conceived only for the Malacca Straits, the Commission is [...] | 2008-10-09 05:46:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER MOPS EWWT XA XF XC AID |
08BRUSSELS1566 | EUROPEAN COMMISSION PLANNING SOMALIA MARITIME [...] (C) Summary: The European Commission's Critical Maritime Routes initiative is intended to help improve security along key shipping corridors by providing aid to countries to enhance vessel tracking and information sharing. Initially conceived only for the Malacca Straits, the Commission is [...] | 2008-10-09 05:46:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER MOPS EWWT XA XF XC AID |
08BRUSSELS1629 | CLIMATE AND ENERGY PACKAGE PASSES COMMITTEE IN [...] (SBU) Summary: The European Parliament's Environment Committee (ENVI) on October 7 passed legislation on the revisions to the Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS),Member State burdens to meet the EU's emissions reduction goals, and the implementation of carbon capture and storage (CCS). These thre [...] | 2008-10-21 16:01:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECON ENRG EU EUN EWWT KGHG SENV TRGY |
08BRUSSELS1686 | STATE OF PLAY OF EU'S CLIMATE AND ENERGY PACKAGE [...] (SBU) Summary: The European Union, headed by the French Presidency, is trying to finalize a Climate and Energy Package before the end of the year. The Package includes directives on Europe's cap and trade system and the methods to meet Europe's "20-20-20 in 2020 goals" (20% emissions cut as c [...] | 2008-10-31 16:00:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECON EIND ENRG EUN EWWT KGHG SENV TPHY |
08BRUSSELS1745 | EU PREPARING FOR PIRACY MISSION, NO PLAN FOR [...] (C//NF) Summary: The EU expects to launch its first naval operation by mid-December, when it will begin counter-piracy operations off the Horn of Africa. The operation, dubbed Atalanta, will be commanded from an Operational Headquarters at Northwood, UK, with a Force Headquarters afloat. The [...] | 2008-11-17 14:05:00 | USEU Brussels | SECRET | EAID EUN EWWT PHSA PREF PREL XA XO XW ZP |
08BRUSSELS1747 | BELGIUM: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON EU REGULATIONS ON [...] Economic officer delivered the subject demarche to Mr Geert Cockx of the Internal Markets Division at the Belgian Ministry of Foreign Affairs on November 7. Cockx was aware of the third maritime security package in general but not familiar with recognized organizations or with the USG concer [...] | 2008-11-18 10:57:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EWWT EUN IMO BE |
08BRUSSELS1768 | EUROPEAN UNION UPDATES BIOFUELS GHG VALUES; U.S. [...] (U) The European Council has modified the values used to determine the lifecycle greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions for biofuels feedstocks, used to determine whether a feedstock saves enough in greenhouse gas emissions to be counted toward the EU-wide target of 10% of transport fuels coming from [...] | 2008-11-21 17:24:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECON EIND ENRG EUN EWWT KGHG SENV TPHY |
08BRUSSELS1770 | MEMBER STATES SKEPTICAL ON CLIMATE AND ENERGY [...] (SBU) Summary: Representatives from several EU Member States have expressed skepticism that the EU will be able to come to compromise on all aspects of the Climate and Energy Package in time for an agreement by the end of the year, but each stated with differing levels of surety that an elevent [...] | 2008-11-21 17:24:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECON EIND ENRG EUN EWWT KGHG SENV TPHY |
08BRUSSELS1771 | LINES DRAWN WITHIN EU OVER CCS [...] One component of the EU's Climate and Energy Package of legislative proposals is to promote the development and deployment of clean coal technologies through the principle of carbon capture and storage (CCS). The proposal calls for the construction of 10-12 pilot projects by 2015, to facilita [...] | 2008-11-21 17:32:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR ECON EIND ENRG EUN EWWT KGHG SENV TPHY |
08BRUSSELS1854 | GROWING OPTIMISM ON CLIMATE AND ENERGY PACKAGE [...] The horse-trading is moving at a furious pace in Brussels as efforts to finalize the EU,s Climate and Energy package appear to be yielding fruit. The French, in their capacity as Council President, have been holding meetings of representatives from member states (COREPER) and between Commissi [...] | 2008-12-05 16:25:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR ECON EIND ENRG EUN EWWT KGHG SENV TPHY |
08BRUSSELS1891 | BELGIUM: DEMARCHE REQUEST ON UNSC SOMALIA PIRACY [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-15 14:44:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | KCRM PREL PHUM PHSA EWWT SO BE |
08BRUSSELS990 | IMPLEMENTATION OF THE IRISL CARGO INSPECTION [...] (S) Charge delivered the points in reftel to Werner Bauwens, the head of the MFA's Non-proliferation Office on June 30. He agreed to relay the points to all the relevant offices and agencies within the GOB. 2. (S) Bauwens noted that the EU had adopted sanctions based on UNSCR 1803 last Monday [...] | 2008-06-30 13:36:00 | Embassy Brussels | SECRET | ECON EFIN EWWT ETRD PARM PINR PREL KNNP EUN |
08BUCHAREST430 | ROMANIA: GLOBAL MARITIME PARTNERSHIPS DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-02 09:00:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED | EWWT EAID ECIN ECON EFIS ETRD ENRG PHSA PINS |
08BUCHAREST753 | ROMANIA: MARINE SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH AUTHORIZATIONS [...] (U) In response to reftel request for information, post's officer responsible for transportation issues, including handling of Foreign Ministry authorizations for maritime scientific research, is Economic Officer Justin D. Berg: Tel: 40-21-200-3436 Fax: 40-21-200-3478 E-mail: BergJ@state.gov [...] | 2008-09-23 14:03:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KRVC TPHY EWWT RO |
08BUCHAREST796 | ROMANIA'S TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE: TAKING THE SLOW [...] (SBU) While the Government of Romania (GOR) is painfully aware how large a problem Romania's inadequate infrastructure presents for sustaining future growth, improvements will be slow in coming. Project financing and management constraints continue to impede progress, with signs emerging that [...] | 2008-10-16 05:03:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ELNT EAIR EWWT EINV PGOV RO |
08BUCHAREST816 | ROMANIA: NO SURPRISES ON ISPS PRE-INSPECTION VISIT [...] (SBU) Summary. EconOff visited ports in Constanta and Galati together with visiting International Port Security Liaison Officers, LtCmdrs Radiah Jones and William Kasten, who were in Romania for an orientation visit between October 6th and 10th. Both ports are busy and profitable, with Consta [...] | 2008-10-23 13:59:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EWWT ECON RO |
08BUENOSAIRES812 | ARGENTINA: GLOBAL MARITIME PARTNERSHIPS (GMP) [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-13 12:52:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | EWWT EAID ECIN ECON EFIS MARR MASS MCAP MOPS PHSA |
08BUJUMBURA295 | GLOBAL MARITIME PARTNERSHIPS - BURUNDI [...] (U) In a meeting June 3 with EmbOff, Chief of the Burundian Maritime Police Colonel Leonce Musavyi said that he appreciated the potential benefits of Global Maritime Partnerships (reftel) and was eager to explore cooperation in this area. Colonel Musavyi noted that the Marine Police have no b [...] | 2008-06-03 15:43:00 | Embassy Bujumbura | UNCLASSIFIED | EWWT EAID ECIN ECON EFIS MARR MASS MCAP MOPS |
08CAIRO1146 | AMBASSADOR, ELECTRICITY MINISTER DISCUSS NUCLEAR [...] Summary: During the Ambassador's introductory call on Electricity and Energy Minister Hassan Younes June 3, Younes expressed interest in renewing bilateral cooperation on civilian nuclear power, and specifically requested technical assistance training on regulatory matters. Younes said that [...] | 2008-06-05 13:43:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG EWWT SENV IAEA EG |
08CAIRO1395 | EGYPT RECEIVES IRISL INFORMATION, COMMITTED TO [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-02 14:21:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET | EWWT ETRD ECON EFIN PARM KNNP EG |
08CAIRO1513 | R/V OCEANUS RESEARCH VOYAGE REQUEST FOR CLEARANCE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-16 13:26:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | EWWT KVRC EG |
08CAIRO1567 | EGYPT: ESSENTIAL INTERESTS IN THE NILE BASIN AND [...] (C) Summary: Egyptian officials emphasize that Egypt is a leader not only in the Arab world but also in Africa. Outside of projecting regional weight, though, Egypt's core interests in Africa center on maintaining security of Nile water resources and managing the often illegal flow of people a [...] | 2008-07-24 12:05:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PREF SENV EWWT EAGR EG ET SU SO |
08CAIRO190 | EGYPT: SECRETARY BODMAN DISCUSSES CIVILIAN NUCLEAR [...] (C) Summary: During his January 23 visit to Cairo, Secretary of Energy Bodman reinforced to official and SIPDIS commercial audiences the need to pursue energy security through diversity, increase electricity supply to fuel global economic growth, and invest in increased efficiency and rene [...] | 2008-02-04 15:42:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EWWT SENV EG |
08CAIRO1980 | APPARENT PROGRESS IN NEGOTIATIONS FOR A MARITIME [...] (U) ACTION REQUEST IN PARAGRAPH 4. 2. (SBU) After two years of advocacy in support of a U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) visit to Egyptian ports to review compliance with the International Ship and Port Security (ISPS) standards, Embassy Cairo notes a possible change of attitude from relevant GOE a [...] | 2008-09-09 14:00:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | EWWT PREL EG |
08CAIRO2246 | EGYPTIAN AUTHORITIES WILL NOT CLEAR R/V OCEANUS IN [...] (U) SEE ACTION REQUEST IN PARAGRAPH 4. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Despite repeated approaches over several months, the Ministry of Defense has not made a decision regarding the research vessel Oceanus' request to enter Egyptian waters in order to conduct meteorological and geological research in th [...] | 2008-10-23 09:44:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EWWT SENV PREL EG |
08CAIRO2319 | EGYPT ORGANIZING REGIONAL ANTI-PIRACY EFFORTS [...] No summary [...] | 2008-11-05 14:18:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PBTS EWWT MOPS SU SO ER SA JO DJ |
08CAIRO2435 | EGYPT ANXIOUS TO ENGAGE ON PIRACY AND SOMALIA [...] (C) Summary: The Egyptian MFA's point man on Somalia told us on November 24 that Egypt wants to collaborate with the USG to address the growing piracy issue in the region. Egypt is looking for direction from the U.S. on areas for potential cooperation and prefers that Saudi Arabia be included [...] | 2008-11-30 12:17:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KCRM EWWT SO SA ER EG |
08CAIRO2442 | ABOUL GHEIT CALLS ARAB LEAGUE MINISTERIAL [...] (C) In a November 29 meeting, Foreign Minister Aboul Gheit gave Ambassador his assessment of the recent Arab League ministerial on Palestinian reconciliation. Aboul Gheit stated that overall it was successful, particularly in getting the AL ministers to endorse the view that Abu Mazen's pres [...] | 2008-12-01 12:27:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EWWT KPAL EG |
08CAIRO2460 | ARAB LEAGUE TOYING WITH IDEA OF A JOINT ARAB FORCE [...] (C) Zeid al-Sabban, Advisor to the Arab League (AL) SYG, told us on December 1 that the AL is thinking about creating a ""joint Arab force,"" which could be deployed in places of conflict similar to United Nations and African Union forces. He said that this idea arose after the December 20 conf [...] | 2008-12-03 15:14:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EWWT AL EG |
08CAIRO2505 | EGYPT SUPPORTIVE OF UNSC RESOLUTION AND CONTACT [...] (C) Polmincouns on December 15 delivered demarche to Egyptian MFA Ambassador Abdelhameed Marzouk on the UNSC resolution and formation of a contact group (CG) to address piracy in the Horn of Africa (reftel). Marzouk already was aware of the resolution and the CG idea because he led the Egyptia [...] | 2008-12-15 15:30:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET | MOPS PBTS PHSA PTER KCRM EWWT EG |
08CAIRO2576 | EGYPT TO JOIN CONTACT GROUP ON SOMALI PIRACY [...] (U) On December 28, Assistant Foreign Minister Wafaa Bassim "officially" informed the Ambassador that Egypt will join the Contact Group on Somali Piracy (CGSP). The Egyptian decision followed our demarche delivered on December 23 to Abdelhammed Marzouk, Deputy Assistant Minister for South and [...] | 2008-12-30 13:30:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | KCRM EWWT PGOV USUN SO EG |
08CAIRO2580 | STATUS OF CONTAINER SECURITY PROGRAMS IN EGYPT [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. 2. (SBU) Implementation of the Container Security Initiative (CSI) program at the Port of Alexandria has been stalled since June 2008. The U.S. and GOE agreed to pursue a CSI program in Alexandria in a memorandum of understanding known [...] | 2008-12-30 13:56:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EWWT PTER EG |
08CAIRO45 | EGYPT: CODEL JOHNSON DISCUSSES WATER WITH MINISTER OF WATER [...] (SBU) Minister of Irrigation and Water Resources Mahmoud Abu Zeid briefed the DCM and a CODEL led by Representative Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-TX) on January 6 on the challenges Egypt faces regarding water and its cooperation with the other nine Nile Basin states. The CODEL consisted of Represent [...] | 2008-01-13 11:31:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON SENV EWWT EAGR EG |
08CAIRO542 | MOD CONTINUES TO RESIST PERMITTING COAST GUARD [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-18 16:25:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | EG EWWT PARM PGOV PREL PTER |
08CANBERRA102 | GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT NUCLEAR TERRORISM - [...] (U) Australia's plan to participate in the March GI Model Guidelines Document Workshop in Washington was confirmed to Poloffs by Mohan Mathews, Executive Director, Counter-Terrorism Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear Section, International Security Division, DFAT, during a Februar [...] | 2008-02-07 01:55:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM KNNP PTER EAIR ETRD EWWT PREL AS |
08CANBERRA1073 | TORRES STRAIT: LATEST LETTER DELIVERED [...] (C/NF) Australia should be able to accept the key elements of reftel letter, according to Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade International Legal Division Assistant Secretary Adam McCarthy. Stressing that he could only give a very preliminary response based on his initial reading of the l [...] | 2008-10-24 06:28:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | AS EWWT PHSA PREL |
08CANBERRA1080 | AUSTRALIA ON INDONESIAN STRAIT OF MALACCA PILOTAGE SCHEME [...] (C/NF) Australia has not been approached recently by Indonesia about either Australia,s Torres Strait Mandatory Pilotage Regime or Indonesia,s reported proposal to introduce a mandatory pilotage regime in the Strait of Malacca. Australia strongly opposes the Indonesian proposal, which it bel [...] | 2008-10-27 06:54:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | AS EWWT PHSA PREL |
08CANBERRA1282 | AUSTRALIAN REPLY ON EU REGULATIONS ON RECOGNIZED [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-17 02:20:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EWWT EUN IMO AS |
08CANBERRA1299 | TORRES STRAIT: AUSTRALIAN RESPONSE ON NON-PAPER [...] (C/NF) Australia can accept reftel draft paper with one change, according to DFAT International Legal Division Assistant Secretary Adam McCarthy. Econcouns delivered reftel to McCarthy and several of his staff December 19. Recognizing that this was a U.S. draft designed to lay out our views, [...] | 2008-12-19 05:58:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EWWT PHSA PREL AS |
08CANBERRA545 | 2008 AUTOMATED MUTUAL-ASSISTANCE VESSEL RESCUE [...] Mission Australia would be pleased to present AMVER awards on behalf of the US Coast Guard to Australian recipients. We will decide on the best arrangements for presenting the award(s) based on where the recipient is located - likely through one of our Consulates-General in Melbourne, Perth, [...] | 2008-05-28 03:40:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED | EWWT ECON ETRD ELTN ATRN PREL AS |
08CANBERRA773 | TORRES STRAIT PILOTAGE REGIME [...] (C/NF) Econcouns met July 29 with Adam McCarthy, Assistant Secretary of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) International Legal Division to deliver ref A letter and paper. McCarthy, joined by two of his staff, thanked the United States for the response and stressed Australia's [...] | 2008-07-31 09:03:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | AS EWWT KTIA PHSA PREL SENV |
08CANBERRA892 | IMSO ASSEMBLY: AUSTRALIA WILL NOT ATTEND [...] No summary [...] | 2008-09-10 02:43:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECPS EWWT PBTS PHSA PREL KSCA AS |
08CANBERRA995 | TORRES STRAIT: AUSTRALIAN LETTER [...] (C/NF) Summary: After interagency consultations about changes to the Torres Strait Pilotage regime discussed in Washington in early August (reftel),the Australian Government is willing to move forward and seeks a more formal statement from the United States in order to bring modification to [...] | 2008-09-30 06:59:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | SENV PREL PHSA PBTS EWWT KTIA AS |
08CAPETOWN52 | TRANSNET RESTRUCTURING AND CAPE TOWN PORT EXPANSION PLANS [...] (SBU) Summary. Transport Officer and Special Agent for Department of Defense Force Protection met with Transnet and maritime industry officials in Cape Town to discuss Transnet restructuring, port expansion projects, and investments to increase port security. The National Port Authority (NPA) [...] | 2008-03-14 11:38:00 | Consulate Cape Town | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EWWT ELTN EIND EINV SF |
08CARACAS1546 | VENEZUELAN GOVERNMENT IGNORES USG WARNING ON PORT [...] (C) Summary: The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (GBRV) has not responded to two diplomatic notes and multiple Embassy requests for a meeting to discuss U.S. Coast Guard efforts dating back to 2006 to arrange port visits. Embassy maritime contacts believe that Venezuelan ports would not pas [...] | 2008-11-07 12:05:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | VE ASEC MARR PGOV ECON EAIR EWWT ETRD KHLS |
08CARACAS1627 | IOC SUB-COMMISSION FOR THE CARIBBEAN AND ADJACENT [...] (U) SUMMARY: The USDEL to the tenth session of the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission's Sub-Commission for the Caribbean and adjacent regions (IOCARIBE, 22-26 October in Puerto La Cruz, Venezuela) met its primary objectives: the US was reelected as Vice Chairman for IOCARIBE; NOAA's [...] | 2008-11-26 15:34:00 | Embassy Caracas | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON MARR PGOV EWWT AORC ICES KRVC SENV TPHY |
08CARACAS1637 | VENEZUELAN GOVERNMENT PROPOSES FEBRUARY 2009 COAST [...] (C) On December 1 Emboffs met with the President of the Institute of Aquatic Spaces (INEA) and representatives of the Ministries of Infrastructure and Foreign Affairs (MRE) to discuss the US Coast Guard's repeated requests for port inspections (ref A). The head of INEA Port Security, Nelson D [...] | 2008-12-02 18:39:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV EAIR PREL ETRD EWWT VE |
08CHIANGMAI169 | CROSS-BORDER MOVEMENT OF PEOPLE EXPANDS WITH GREATER MEKONG [...] (U) With the Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) highway infrastructure project nearing completion, movement of persons and trade in services - not only trade in goods - across the northern Thai border is increasing. While the number of persons entering Thailand at Chiang Khong, the border point fo [...] | 2008-11-07 07:51:00 | Consulate Chiang Mai | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ECPS EINV ELAB ELTN ETRD PREL EWWT BM CH |
08CHIANGMAI174 | WITHOUT BURMA, EAST-WEST CORRIDOR IS UNDERUSED AND [...] (SBU) Stretching 1,056 miles from Rangoon, Burma to Da Nang, Vietnam, the R2 highway remains incomplete, underused, and with little economic value to date. Though the Asian Development Bank (ADB),the mind behind this highway and the larger Greater Mekong Subregion infrastructure project, cons [...] | 2008-11-17 01:08:00 | Consulate Chiang Mai | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ELTN ECIN EINV ELAB ETRD EWWT PREL BM VM |
08CHIANGMAI52 | REGIONAL BUSINESS CONFERENCE ON LOGISTICS BRINGS TOGETHER [...] In an effort to promote development in the Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) logistics and transportation sectors and to underscore U.S. interest in deepening investment in the region, post hosted a conference on March 18-19 bringing together public and private sector representatives from across t [...] | 2008-03-28 09:40:00 | Consulate Chiang Mai | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ELTN ECIN ETRD EWWT PREL TH BM CH LA CB |
08CHISINAU151 | MOLDOVA: TROUBLE ON THE DANUBE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Progress at the port of Giurgiulesti, Moldova's sole access to the Danube River, continues with the construction of additional berths for unloading bulk cargo and grains, and a grain storage facility. In 2007, the port's oil terminal opened, receiving the first shipment of gasol [...] | 2008-02-14 12:21:00 | Embassy Chisinau | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EWWT PGOV MD |
08COLOMBO534 | MALDIVES HOSTS INDIAN OCEAN COUNTRIES FOR U.S. COAST [...] (SBU) Summary: In conjunction with the U.S. Coast Guard, the Government of Maldives hosted the "Partnering for a Safer Sea" conference May 19-22, at which Indian Ocean national and private maritime security and maritime industry stakeholders discussed regional security trends and issues. Offi [...] | 2008-06-03 06:06:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EWWT MARR PREL PTER BG CN IN MA MP MU MV PK SL |
08CONAKRY199 | BUREAU VERITAS - RUMORS AND REALITY [...] SUMMARY. Guinea signed a contract with an international firm for the provision of transactional customs valuation services, which should increase customs collections and reduce fraudulent import practices. Meanwhile, a local business association is protesting the new service, because they sa [...] | 2008-05-16 11:36:00 | Embassy Conakry | UNCLASSIFIED | ECIN EFIN ECON PTER EWWT GV |
08CONAKRY257 | GUINEA: GLOBAL MARITIME PARTNERSHIP STATUS [...] (U) Reftel requests that post solicit host country support for the Global Maritime Partnership (GMP). Guinea is fully engaged in the partnership and Embassy's Defense Attache Office is coordinating implementation of the GMP with the Guinean Government. Post will continue to work with the Govern [...] | 2008-06-02 11:18:00 | Embassy Conakry | UNCLASSIFIED | EWWT EAID ECON EFIS MARR MCAP MOPS PHSA PINS SMIG |
08COTONOU337 | BENIN WRAP-UP MAY 31 - JUNE 13, 2008 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-13 13:37:00 | Embassy Cotonou | UNCLASSIFIED | BN CVIS EAID ENRG EWWT MASS OPRC PGOV |
08COTONOU344 | GMP WELL RECEIVED IN BENIN [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-17 17:23:00 | Embassy Cotonou | UNCLASSIFIED | BN EWWT MARR MASS PGOV PREL |
08DARESSALAAM852 | TANZANIA A STAKEHOLDER IN UNSC SOMALIA PIRACY [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-18 12:32:00 | Embassy Dar Es Salaam | CONFIDENTIAL | KCRM PREL PHUM PHSA EWWT TZ SO |
08DJIBOUTI602 | DJIBOUTI ON SOMALI PIRACY AND IMPLEMENTATION OF UNCSR 1816 [...] (SBU) PolOff delivered reftel points to Djibouti Ministry of Foreign Affairs Deputy Director of Bilateral Affairs Youssouf Aden Moussa on July 17. 2. (SBU) Moussa reemphasized Djibouti's vital national interest in combating piracy off the Somali coast, especially to protect the security and [...] | 2008-07-17 10:23:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EWWT KCRM KCRS KJUS PHSA PREL PGOV SO DJ |
08DJIBOUTI618 | DP WORLD EXPLAINS DJIBOUTI PORT TARIFF INCREASES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Dubai Ports World (DPW) recently announced tariff increases at the Port of Djibouti. Although transshipment traffic has been growing rapidly, approximately 80% of the Port of Djibouti's business is still in supplying landlocked Ethiopia. While the new prices will apply to all po [...] | 2008-07-24 13:40:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PREL ETRD EWWT ET DJ |
08DJIBOUTI732 | DP WORLD ON EFFICIENCY AND PROFITABILITY AT THE [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a recent meeting with EmbOffs, two top managers at the Dubai Ports World-managed Port of Djibouti were concerned that meager investment in port infrastructure, lack of freedom to raise tariff rates, and a large backup of Ethiopia-bound goods were endangering profitability. How [...] | 2008-09-07 13:36:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON EWWT EINV DJ |
08DJIBOUTI924 | DP WORLD CEO BULLISH ON DJIBOUTI INVESTMENTS [...] (U) SUMMARY. In a recent meeting with the Ambassador, Dubai Ports World (DP World) CEO Mohammad Sharaf outlined DP World's growing investments in Djibouti and throughout the region. Sharaf said that the multimillion-dollar Doraleh Port project was on track to receive its first ships in Decem [...] | 2008-11-20 11:54:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV EWWT PHSA PREL KCOR DJ XA |
08DJIBOUTI925 | DJIBOUTI READY TO SIGN MEGAPORTS MOU [...] The GODJ has confirmed that Djibouti is ready to be the first African port to participate in the Department of Energy's Megaports Initiative. In early November, Post reached an agreement with the MFA on the text of a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to allow for the installation of specialize [...] | 2008-11-20 14:26:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV ECON ENRG EWWT MNUC PINS DJ |
08DJIBOUTI947 | ESDP TO USE DJIBOUTI TO SUPPORT COUNTER-PIRACY OPS [...] (C) Summary: The EU's counter-piracy "Operation Atalanta" includes plans to base in Djibouti a small staff element, three surveillance aircraft, and a naval commando contingent, plus use Djibouti's fuel port to resupply participating naval vessels. The French (as EU President) have approach [...] | 2008-11-25 14:45:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | DJ EU EWWT MOPS PHSA PREL SO |
08DJIBOUTI950 | SOMALIA - DJIBOUTIAN FOREIGN MINISTER ON [...] (C) SUMMARY. In response to demarche (ref A),Foreign Minister Mahmoud Ali Youssouf left open the possibility of Djibouti accepting apprehended Somali pirates ("persons under control" or PUCS) for prosecution in national courts, but said he and his staff would need to study the 1988 Convention [...] | 2008-11-25 15:37:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | EWWT MOPS PHSA PREL XA XW SO DJ |
08DUBLIN263 | IRELAND'S VIEW OF UNSC RESOLUTION ON SOMALI PIRACY [...] (C) POLOFF delivered reftel demarche on May 8, 2008 to Pat Kelly ,Acting Director, Africa Division, Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA). Kelly stated that Ireland was concerned about piracy off the coast of Somalia, and that the Irish Government agreed in principle that international coordin [...] | 2008-05-12 11:10:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | KCRM PREL PHUM PHSA EWWT UNSC EI |
08GRENADA55 | GRENADA WEEKLY ACTIVITY REPORT: MARCH 30 - APRIL 5, 2008 [...] (U) Embassy Grenada's weekly activity report (GWAR) provides a little detail about events of interest that do not merit longer reporting at this time. 2. (U) Begin GWAR text: A. ISPS Training Officers of the Grenada Port Authority (GPA),Sol Gas, and Chevron participated in a two-day se [...] | 2008-04-09 21:26:00 | Embassy Grenada | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL EWWT KCRM SOCI GJ |
08GRENADA72 | GLOBAL MARITIME PARTNERSHIPS (GMP) DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] Embassy Grenada delivered demarche contained reftel to Grenada's Ministry of Foreign Affairs on May 13, 2008. There was no immediate reaction. 2. Post will report any response as soon as it is received. MCISAAC [...] | 2008-05-14 04:38:00 | Embassy Grenada | UNCLASSIFIED | EWWT EAID ECIN ECON EFIS MARR MASS MOPS PHSA |
08GRENADA87 | CLEARANCE FOR R/V CAPE HATTARAS [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-27 15:17:00 | Embassy Grenada | UNCLASSIFIED | EWWT PREL GJ |
08GUANGZHOU97 | Looking toward ASEAN - Guangxi Hopes to Expand Economic [...] (SBU) Summary: Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region is eager expand economic relations with Southeast Asia. ASEAN already accounts for 32 percent of its total foreign trade, and the capital, Nanning, hosts the high-profile China-ASEAN Expo, which attracts hundreds of businesses and many heads of s [...] | 2008-02-15 08:37:00 | Consulate Guangzhou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD PREL EINV ELTN EWWT EIND ECON ASEAN CH |
08GUATEMALA590 | GUATEMALA: DEMARCHE ON UNSC RESOLUTION ON SOMALI [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-07 22:40:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM PHSA EWWT KCRM UNSC SO XW GT |
08GUATEMALA692 | GUATEMALA SUPPORTS GLOBAL MARITIME PARTNERSHIP [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-02 20:52:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | EWWT EAID ECIN ECON EFIS MARR MASS MCAP GT |
08HANOI1208 | Vietnam's Marine Police Seeking Equipment, Cooperation [...] (SBU) Summary. In an October 21 meeting in Hai Phong, Rear Admiral Pham Duc Linh, Director General of the Ministry of Defense's Department for the Vietnam Marine Police (VMP),explained the mission of the VMP, expressed their interest in U.S. equipment to build their patrol capabilities, and h [...] | 2008-10-24 08:02:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EWWT PINS SNAR VM |
08HANOI1363 | VIETNAM UNDECIDED ON SOMALI PIRACY RESOLUTION, [...] (C) While not completely satisfied with the current UNSC Resolution on Somali Piracy, Vietnam acknowledges that the version currently "in blue" goes some way to address Vietnam's concerns. In a follow-up to the Ambassador's December 15 conversation with VFM Pham Binh Minh (reftel),in which [...] | 2008-12-16 10:30:00 | Embassy Hanoi | CONFIDENTIAL | UNSC PREL PHUM PHSA EWWT KCRM SO XA XW VM |
08HELSINKI517 | FINLAND'S PARTICIPATION IN GLOBAL MARITIME [...] SUMMARY: Embassy Helsinki's Global Maritime Partnership (GMP) (composed of DAO, POL, RSO and chaired by ECON) has concluded that Finland is already engaged in a number of voluntary multinational initiatives that fall under the broad GMP umbrella. Current GOF collaborations range from sea surv [...] | 2008-11-13 11:00:00 | Embassy Helsinki | UNCLASSIFIED | EWWT EAID ECIN ECON EFIS MARR MASS MCAP MOPS |
08HELSINKI6 | FINNISH RESPONSE - GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT [...] No summary [...] | 2008-01-07 08:42:00 | Embassy Helsinki | UNCLASSIFIED | EWWT PARM PREL PTER FI |
08HOCHIMINHCITY757 | UNCLOGGING VIETNAM"S PORTS: WORLD-CLASS CONTAINER TERMINAL [...] (SBU) Summary: As skyrocketing cargo volumes continue to clog Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC) ports, a state of the art deep-water port complex with an eventual capacity of at least eight million shipping containers per year is taking shape 90 km from HCMC in Ba Ria Vung Tau (BRVT) province. Poor coo [...] | 2008-08-22 06:25:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV EWWT EIND ECON PGOV ENRG KNNP VM |
08HONGKONG1215 | SFI PILOT: HONG KONG EAGER FOR STATUS QUO [...] (C) Summary: Department of Homeland Security Secure Freight Initiative (SFI) Director Richard DiNucci met with Hong Kong Trade and Investment Department (HK TID) Deputy Director General Ngai Wing Chit to reassure Hong Kong of the U.S. Government's commitment to the Secure Freight Initiative p [...] | 2008-07-03 08:52:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD EWWT HK |
08HONGKONG1727 | HK OFFICIALS TELL DEPUTY SECRETARY OF CONTINUED [...] (C) Summary: The Deputy Secretary visited Hong Kong,s container port and discussed the Container Security Initiative (CSI) and Secure Freight Initiative (SFI) programs with U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) representatives, HKG officials and a major container port terminal operator on S [...] | 2008-09-18 02:48:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC ECON EWWT PREL ETRD HK |
08ISLAMABAD2435 | PAKISTAN COMPLIANCE WITH IRISL CARGO INSPECTIONS [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-18 07:56:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PK PREL EFIN EWWT ETRD PARM PINR KNNP |
08ISTANBUL180 | CONTINUING INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENTS AT ISTANBUL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A series of deaths over the last few months at the Tuzla shipyards has raised questions regarding occupational safety in Turkey's rapidly growing shipbuilding industry. According to a Consulate contact, media coverage of these deaths prodded the government to take action, yet [...] | 2008-04-10 16:04:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EIND EWWT PGOV TU |
08ISTANBUL329 | TURKEY:ONE DAY STRIKE PROTESTS INDUSTRIAL [...] (U) The Ship Construction and Repair Workers, Trade Union (Limter-Is) held a one day strike on June 16 to protest 14 recent deaths at Istanbul's Tuzla shipyards. According to press reports, thousands of workers and union supporters reportedly demonstrated against the dangerous work environme [...] | 2008-06-19 11:23:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EIND EWWT PGOV TU |
08JAKARTA1164 | DEMARCHE RESPONSE ON GLOBAL MARITIME PARTNERSIHPS [...] (U) In a meeting on May 16, 2008 with Directorate General of Sea Transportation Director of Sea and Coast Guard Control and Security Djoni Algamar, Deputy Untung (one name only) and Head of Security Affairs Muhklish Tohepaly, they indicated initial interest in the Global Maritime Partnerships ( [...] | 2008-06-13 08:44:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC EAID ECIN ECON EFIS EWWT ID MARR MCAP |
08JAKARTA1847 | DOE Megaports Initiative on the Table, but Has Hurdles to [...] (U) Summary. After over 2 years of limited bilateral talks on the Megaports Initiative, the Department of Energy (DOE) presented anew the Initiative to the Indonesian government and offered a draft agreement to implement the program in Indonesia. DOE's proposal for future cooperation includes [...] | 2008-10-03 03:15:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD EWWT KNNP KTIA ID |
08JAKARTA2175 | REDUCED PIRACY IN INDONESIAN WATERS DUE TO TRAINING, [...] (U) This message is Sensitive But Unclassified (SBU). Please protect accordingly. 2. (U) Summary. Sustained peace in Aceh, increased Marine Police capabilities as a result of additional assets and training provided by USG and others, and improved coordination with Singapore authorities hav [...] | 2008-11-28 09:01:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EWWT PHSA PREL ID |
08JAKARTA2199 | DEMARCHE RESPONSE ON INDONESIA SCHEME FOR PILOTAGE IN THE [...] (U) This message is Sensitive But Unclassified (SBU). Please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary. The Foreign Ministry (DEPLU) and Transportation Ministry confirmed that the Indonesian pilotage program in the Strait of Malacca (SOM) is an ongoing voluntary program. The program was not v [...] | 2008-12-04 00:58:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | EWWT PHSA PREL ID |
08JAKARTA361 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON COMPLIANCE WITH ISPS CODE: INDONESIA [...] (SBU) On February 22, 2008 we formally demarched Director General of Sea Transportation Effendi Batubara, Director of Sea Transport Djoni Algamar and Head of Section for Security Affairs Mukhlis Tohepaly that the U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) will issue a Port Security Advisory (PSA) effective on or [...] | 2008-02-25 02:47:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EWWT KHLS PTER PREL ECON ETRD ID |
08JAKARTA508 | INDONESIA PORT SECURITY ADVISORY EXEMPTIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: In a meeting on March 10, 2008, an International Ship and Port Facility Security (ISPS) Code verification team from U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) informed Deputy Director for Patrol and Security Untung, Head of Section for Security Affairs Mukhlis Tohepaly, and other Directorate Genera [...] | 2008-03-12 10:17:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EWWT KHLS PTER PREL ECON ETRD ID |
08JAKARTA526 | UPDATE ON MEGAPORT INITIATIVE IN INDONESIA [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-14 09:19:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EWWT ID KNNP KTIA PREL TRGY |
08JAKARTA775 | Indonesian Transportation Minister Positive on GE Bid, [...] (U) Summary. On April 16, 2008, Ambassador Hume met with Minister of Transportation Jusman Syafii Djamal and Director General of Rail Wendy Aritenang Yazid to advocate on behalf of General Electric's (GE) potential bid for a $55 million locomotives contract. Djamal was generally positive tow [...] | 2008-04-18 02:20:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | BEXP ELTN EFIN EAIR EWWT ECON PGOV ID |
08JAKARTA83 | NAVY CHIEF AGREES TO SULAWESI SEA RADAR PROGRAM [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a meeting with Ambassador Hume, new Indonesian Navy Chief Admiral Sumardjono pledged to resolve outstanding difficulties regarding the emplacement of surveillance radars in the Malacca Strait with U.S. security assistance under Section 1206, and accepted the U.S. plan for empl [...] | 2008-01-15 10:46:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MASS PTER EWWT ID |
08KATHMANDU24 | NEPAL LACKS FUNDS TO PARTICIPATE IN GLOBAL [...] On January 3, Emboff informed Mani Bhattarai, Section Officer for UN and International Organizations at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA),of the postponement of the detection architecture model guidelines workshop (Ref A) and the entry of four additional partner nations into the Global I [...] | 2008-01-08 06:23:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | EWWT PARM PREL PTER KGIC AU IV EN KG NZ NP |
08KHARTOUM1415 | SUDAN - USCG ASSESSMENT TEAM VISIT [...] (C) CDA Fernandez delivered talking points and dipnote with text of letter from Coast Guard RADM Salerno (reftel) to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Under-Secretary Mutriff Siddiq on September 15. The letter was addressed to Foreign Minister Alor. U/S Siddiq acknowledged the sensitivity of allowing [...] | 2008-09-18 06:22:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | EWWT KPKO PGOV PTER KHLS ECON SU |
08KHARTOUM1431 | SUDAN - USCG ASSESSMENT TEAM VISIT APPROVAL [...] (C) The GOS has approved the October visit of the USCG assessment team, NISS liaison Col. Osman Muktar told Station Chief September 21. 2. (C) Col. Muktar said the GOS would not provide approval notification through MFA channels. Muktar requested additional details about the assessment tea [...] | 2008-09-22 07:57:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | EWWT KPKO PGOV PTER KHLS ECON SU |
08KINGSTON152 | JAMAICA: CTED FACT-FINDING MISSION PRESENTS [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-15 21:06:00 | Embassy Kingston | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL ASEC SNAR EWWT EIND MASS DHS JA |
08KINGSTON51 | JAMAICA: NEW MINISTER OF TRANSPORT/WORKS RE: [...] No summary [...] | 2008-01-16 12:45:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELTN EWWT EAIR SENV PREL ECON IMO JM XL |
08KINSHASA1084 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: ISPS AND PORT SECURITY ADVISORY [...] (U) Econoff delivered reftel demarche to GDRC Ministry of Transportation and Communication Chief of Staff Enerst Ilang'ikwa Bonkanya on December 4. The Maritime Advisor to the Minister, the Urban Transportation Advisor to the Minister, and the Director of the National Transportation Organizati [...] | 2008-12-08 14:34:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EWWT ETRD KHLS PTER ASEC MARR PREL ECON CG |
08KINSHASA402 | SLOW CUSTOMS AND POOR INFRASTRUCTURE HURT DRC PORT [...] (SBU) Summary. As part of the effort to increase government revenues, the GDRC has contracted with BIVAC to manage customs inspection and collection. Combined with the poor state of Matadi port facilities and the lack of transportation infrastructure between Matadi and Kinshasa, the slower cu [...] | 2008-05-07 08:00:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EWWT ECON ASEC MARR CG |
08KINSHASA404 | DRC PORT SECURITY IMPROVES, BUT STILL NOT ISPS [...] (C) Summary. The U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) found some improvements in security at the Congolese ports of Matadi and Banana, but the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC)is still not in full compliance with the International Ship and Port Security (ISPS) code. The Congolese National Transport [...] | 2008-05-08 06:28:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | EWWT ECON ASEC MARR CG |
08KOLKATA99 | A RIVER RUNS THROUGH IT - CONNECTING BURMA AND INDIA [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Kaladan Multi-Modal Transport Project linking the landlocked states in Northeast India with Sittwe port in Myanmar holds the promise of making Mizoram an economic gateway, and providing India with access to international trade routes via the Bay of Bengal. The tentative ste [...] | 2008-03-19 12:02:00 | Consulate Kolkata | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ECON SENV PGOV ETRD EWWT EPET IN BM BG |
08KUALALUMPUR145 | U.S. AND MALAYSIA SIGN MEGAPORTS INITIATIVE MEMORANDUM OF [...] On February 27, 2008, the United States and Malaysia signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to begin implementing the Megaports Initiative in Malaysia. The ceremony took place at Westport, which along with Northport constitute Port Klang, Malaysia's largest port and the initial location fo [...] | 2008-03-03 10:28:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | UNCLASSIFIED | EWWT ETRD PREL KNNP KTIA MY |
08KUALALUMPUR618 | DEMARCHE ON UNSCR 1803 CARGO INSPECTION; DRAFT [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche on July 15 to Shazryll Zahiran, Principal Assistant Secretary, Nuclear Disarmament, and Nonproliferation Division, in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Shazryll did not provide a substantive response, but informed us the Ministry would review the provided i [...] | 2008-07-15 09:52:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PINR PREL ECON EFIN EWWT ETRD KNNP EUN |
08KUALALUMPUR941 | MALAYSIA OPPOSED TO MANDATORY SCHEME FOR PILOTAGE [...] (SBU) Summary: Malaysia does not support mandatory pilotage in the Straits of Malacca. However, DPM Najib recently voiced GOM interest in setting shipping limits in the Straits and has noted that GOM does not consider the Straits of Malacca international waters, two policy views with importan [...] | 2008-10-24 08:51:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EWWT PHSA PREL IMO MY |
08KUWAIT319 | KUWAIT-HOSTED BASRAH INVESTMENT CONFERENCE A SMALL [...] (U) The newly established British-Iraqi Basrah Development Commission and the Basrah Provincial Government organized and sponsored Invest Basrah 2008, which was held in Kuwait from March 12-14. This first-of-its-kind investment conference brought together 70 Basrawi government officials and b [...] | 2008-03-19 14:25:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | EINV PREL ECON EAIR EWWT ENRG EPET EAID KU IZ |
08KUWAIT655 | SECRETARY OF TRANSPORTATION DISCUSSES COOPERATION [...] (SBU) On May 28 and June 2, an eight-person Transportation delegation led by Secretary of Transportation Mary Peters met with public and private sector leaders from Kuwait's transportation sector to review plans and developments and discuss bilateral cooperation. On May 28, the Secretary hel [...] | 2008-06-08 15:37:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | EAIR ELTN EWWT ECIN KU |
08KYIV1891 | HIJACKING OF CARGO SHIP FAINA: INITIAL UKRAINIAN [...] No summary [...] | 2008-09-27 19:10:00 | Embassy Kyiv | SECRET | EWWT MOPS PREL PHSA XA SO RS LG BH UP |
08LAGOS384 | NIGERIA: MARITIME AND SAFETY AGENCY SEEKS TECHNICAL [...] (SBU) Summary: The Director General of Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA),in a July 18 meeting with EconOff, requested technical assistance in the areas of personnel training and capacity building. In response to a 2008 International Maritime Bureau (IMB) report that [...] | 2008-09-26 14:31:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EWWT EFIS PGOV IZ NI |
08LAGOS463 | NIGERIAN GOVERNMENT LAUNCHES SEAFARERS' [...] (U) Summary: The Nigeria Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) has launched an initiative to increase the number of Nigerians engaged in maritime trades by training 5000 Nigerians overseas and expanding domestic training facilities. In the long term, Nigeria wants to become a net [...] | 2008-11-21 07:19:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETDR PGOV EWWT KCRM NI |
08LISBON1289 | PORTUGAL CONSIDERING GLOBAL MARITIME PARTNERSHIPS [...] Poleconoff and Naval Attache delivered reftel points regarding Global Maritime Partnerships (GMP) to the Ministries of Foreign Affairs and Defense, which are considering possible key areas for participation. GOP interlocutors currently have no suggestions for GMP activities. 2. COMMENT: [...] | 2008-06-02 16:55:00 | Embassy Lisbon | UNCLASSIFIED | EWWT EAID ECIN ECON EFIS MARR MASS MCAP MOPS |
08LISBON2703 | PORTUGAL: EU REGULATIONS ON RECOGNIZED [...] No summary [...] | 2008-11-12 10:52:00 | Embassy Lisbon | UNCLASSIFIED | EWWT EUN IMO PO |
08LJUBLJANA208 | EU TRANSPORT MINISTERS FOCUS ON TRAN-EUROPEAN [...] (U) At their May 6 informal meeting, EU transport ministers examined the status of the trans-European transport network (TEN-T) and discussed measures needed to reduce carbon emissions by 20 percent by 2020. At a related press conference, Slovene Minister of Transport and Transport Council p [...] | 2008-05-12 12:25:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ELTN EAIR EWWT SENV PGOV EUN SI |
08LJUBLJANA219 | CONGRESSMAN OBERSTAR URGES EU TRANSPORT OFFICIALS TO [...] (U) During his May 5-6 visit to Slovenia to meet with EU transport officials during the informal meeting of EU transport ministers, Congressman James Oberstar, Chairman of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, suggested increased U.S.-EU cooperation to set global standards f [...] | 2008-05-20 17:14:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAIR ELTN EWWT SENV PREL PGOV EUN OREP SI |
08LONDON1648 | SOMALIA: POLITICAL SOLUTIONS REQUIRED FOR SHIPPING [...] (C) Summary. Discussing French efforts to establish secure maritime supply chains for humanitarian aid for Somalia at a June 12 think-tank event in London, French MFA and Defense Ministry representatives were met with strong demands from shipping industry leaders for the international communi [...] | 2008-06-18 13:22:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINS EWWT PHSA UNSC KPKO SO XW UK |
08LONDON1870 | UK SUPPORT FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF UNSCR 1816 ON [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-16 14:38:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EWWT KCRM KCRS KJUS PHSA PREL SO XW UK |
08LONDON2035 | IMO: FLAG STATE IMPLEMENTATION SUB-COMMITTEE - [...] SUMMARY: The International Maritime Organization (IMO) 16th Session of the Flag State Implementation Sub- Committee (FSI 16) met at IMO Headquarters, London, UK. Mrs. Tatjana Krilic of Croatia chaired the meeting. The meeting was attended by eighty members, three associate members, one state n [...] | 2008-08-05 11:52:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC EWWT PHSA UK TU JA |
08LONDON2036 | IMO: SUB-COMMITTEE ON SAFETY OF NAVIGATION, [...] SUMMARY: The 54th session of the Sub-Committee (S/C) on Safety of Navigation (NAV 54) was held from June 30 to July 4 2008, under the chairmanship of Mr. K. Polderman (Netherlands). The session was attended by 65 member governments, one associate member government, one IMO non-member, and 25 U [...] | 2008-08-05 11:52:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC EWWT PHSA SENV UK KTIA |
08LONDON2621 | IMO: SUB-COMMITTEE ON DANGEROUS GOODS, [...] SUMMARY: The 13th session of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) Sub-Committee (S/C) on Dangerous Goods, Solid Cargoes and Containers (DSC) met in London from September 22-26, 2008 under the chairmanship of Mrs. Olga Pestel-Lefevre (France). The session was attended by delegations fr [...] | 2008-10-17 12:13:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC EWWT PHSA SENV UK |
08LONDON2898 | HORN OF AFRICA PIRACY - HMG SHARES ADDITIONAL [...] (C/NF) FCO Deputy Head Security Policy Chris Holtby (strictly protect) confirmed that HMG is satisfied with the progress in establishment of Operational Headquarters (OHQ) in Northwood UK, and afloat Force Headquarters (FHQ) for the EU counter-piracy mission "Atalanta." Holtby admitted that Gree [...] | 2008-11-19 15:37:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EUN EWWT PHSA PTER PREL UK |
08LONDON3107 | SOMALIA/PIRACY: UK ON UNSC PIRACY RESOLUTION, CONTACT GROUP [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-12 15:20:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL | UNSC PREL PHUM PHSA EWWT KCRM SO XA XW UK |
08LONDON3181 | IMO: LONDON CONVENTION REPORT ON MARINE [...] SUMMARY: The International Maritime Organization's (IMO) annual meetings for both the 1972 London Convention on the Prevention of Marine Pollution by Dumping of Wastes and Other Matter (the "London Convention") and the 1996 Protocol to the London Convention (the "London Protocol") made progre [...] | 2008-12-19 16:22:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED | EWWT PHSA SENV KGHG KRAD UK |
08LONDON3218 | SOMALI PIRACY:INDUSTRY UNCOMFORTABLE WITH ON-BOARD [...] SUMMARY: The Oil Companies International Marine Forum (OCIMF) hosted a Joint Industry and Naval Forces Workshop on Somali piracy in London on December 18, 2009. Military representatives from EU Naval Forces, Coalition Forces (CTF-150),and NATO outlined their operations and dilemmas in the Gul [...] | 2008-12-29 12:20:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED | EWWT PREL PHSA KCRM SO UK |
08MADRID1003 | MADRID WEEKLY ECONOMIC UPDATE, SEPT. 15-19 [...] (SBU) Spanish government officials and press followed the U.S. financial turmoil closely during the week. President Zapatero and Second Vice President and Economy and Finance Minister Solbes reassured Spaniards that Spain's financial sector was safe and its financial firms solvent. Zapatero claimed [...] | 2008-09-22 05:59:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ECPS EFIN ELAB ENRG EWWT KNNP SOCI |
08MADRID1064 | DEMARCHES ON UNSCR RESOLUTIONS ON IRAN AND [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-08 12:16:00 | Embassy Madrid | SECRET | ECON EFIN ETRD PARM KNNP EWWT EUN PREL MNUC |
08MADRID1206 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON EU REGULATIONS ON RECOGNIZED [...] (SBU) On November 10, Econoff advised MFA's Deputy Director for Multilateral Economic and Maritime Relations Juan Luis Munoz de Laborde of the US's strong concerns on Article 10 of the EU proposed "third maritime safety" regulation (reftel). Econoff explained that this provision would interfe [...] | 2008-11-17 10:44:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EWWT EUN IMO SP |
08MADRID236 | MADRID WEEKLY ECON/COMMERCIAL UPDATE - FEBRUARY [...] (U) More evidence of the slowdown in housing came with the announcement that 32 percent fewer mortgages were issued in December 2007 than in December 2006. The average value of mortgages issued in the month also declined, by 2 percent to 144,000 euros, but it is not clear whether that represen [...] | 2008-03-03 12:44:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD EWWT PTER SP |
08MADRID692 | MADRID WEEKLY ECON/COMMERCIAL/AG UPDATE JUNE 14-20 [...] (U) After suspending last week,s disruptive truckers, strike, independent truckers, groups also cancelled a Madrid demonstration scheduled for June 18, ostensibly due to security concerns. Demonstrations, however, continue within other sectors affected by high fuel prices. Over 10,000 member [...] | 2008-06-24 08:45:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EIND EINV ELAB ENRG ETRD EWWT PTER |
08MADRID746 | SPAIN SUPPORTS GLOBAL MARITIME PARTNERSHIPS CONCEPT [...] (C) As per reftel request, Econoff conveyed the Global Maritime Partnerships concept to Alberto de la Calle from MFA's Foreign Policy Directorate as well as to Juan Luis Munoz de Laborde, Deputy Director for Economic, Maritime, and Aviation issues. Both directorates represent Spain on issues [...] | 2008-07-07 14:59:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | EWWT ECON EFIN MASS MCAP MOPS PINS PHSA PREL |
08MADRID973 | SPAIN AND MARINE SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH AUTHORIZATIONS [...] As per reftel request, the approval process for marine scientific research vessels is handled by Econ Specialist Ana Maria Waflar and Econ Officer Lourdes Lamela (estimated departure 4/09). The Government of Spain requires a 6- month lead time notification for any research vessel which wishes [...] | 2008-09-08 07:27:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | KRVC TPHY EWWT |
08MANAGUA1523 | R/V SORCERER II MARINE SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-22 17:40:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED | TPHY KRVC EWWT NU |
08MANAGUA696 | ACTION REQUEST: NEW 'NOTICE TO MARINERS' ON CHANGE [...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. Please see paragraph 10 for Action. 2. (SBU) BACKGROUND AND SUMMARY: In October 2007, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague issued a decision resolving a long-standing maritime boundary dispute between Nicaragua and Honduras. This decision e [...] | 2008-06-02 22:15:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PBTS PREL EWWT EFIS CASC MOPS CO XK |
08MANAGUA735 | NICARAGUA: GLOBAL MARITIME PARTNERSHIPS (GMP) DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-11 18:29:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EWWT EAID ECIN ECON EFIS MARR NU |
08MANILA1848 | Floundering Philippine Shipping [...] (SBU) Summary: Despite its 7,000 islands, the Philippines has a small and uncompetitive domestic shipping industry. Restrictive maritime policies and inflexible financial regulations suit special interests, but block opportunities for growth and modernization of the sector. Initiatives to im [...] | 2008-08-04 07:25:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EWWT EINV RP |
08MAPUTO324 | ARMS SHIPMENT FOR ZIMBABWE DENIED ENTRY TO [...] (C) After receiving reports that a ship carrying Chinese arms destined for Zimbabwe had left Durban, South Africa and was headed to Mozambique, the Charge contacted the Minister of the Presidency Antonio Sumbana early in the morning today to urge that the GRM not permit the arms to transit M [...] | 2008-04-19 18:15:00 | Embassy Maputo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EWWT MASS MZ ZI |
08MAPUTO339 | CHINESE MAKE SECOND APPROACH ON ARMS SHIPMENT FOR [...] (C) Last Monday evening, April 21, Minister of the Presidency Antonio Sumbana called the Charge to inform him that the Chinese Government had again requested permission for the Chinese ship with arms for Zimbabwe to be given access to a Mozambican port. The Minister was under the mistaken [...] | 2008-04-22 15:02:00 | Embassy Maputo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EWWT MASS ZI MZ |
08MAPUTO512 | MOZAMBIQUE: ACTIVELY INVOLVED IN GLOBAL MARITIME [...] Mozambique currently is actively involved in Global Maritime Partnerships (GMP). In the past eighteen months, in conjunction with the DAO: (1) an AIS/MSIS system was installed in five locations along the Mozambican coastline, (2) five small boats, worth more than $500,000, were donated to th [...] | 2008-06-02 15:14:00 | Embassy Maputo | UNCLASSIFIED | EWWT EAID ECIN ECON EFIS MARR MASS MCAP MOPS |
08MAPUTO539 | U.S. COMPANY PROMISES $5 BILLION OIL REFINERY [...] (C) SUMMARY: U.S. company Ayr Logistics recently announced the signature of design documents to build an oil refinery at Nacala-a-Velha, on the coast of the Northern province of Nampula. The development, valued at over USD $5 billion, would start operating within the next seven years, and con [...] | 2008-06-09 07:18:00 | Embassy Maputo | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG EINV ETRD EAID ECON EWWT PREL MZ |
08MASERU127 | LESOTHO: SOMALI PIRACY DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-09 10:28:00 | Embassy Maseru | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL PHSA EWWT KCRM UNSC SO LT |
08MASERU174 | LESOTHO: DEMARCHES ON TIP, MARITIME ISSUES, AND FAO [...] SUMMARY: On June 12, Poloffs met with Mr. Yengane from the Europe and Americas Desk in the Lesotho Ministry of Foreign Affairs to discuss the 2008 TIP report, the Global Maritime Partnership, and the U.S. FAO candidate. Regarding the TIP report, Mr. Yengane appeared more interested in Lesoth [...] | 2008-06-12 16:29:00 | Embassy Maseru | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB EWWT EAID EAGR ETRD TBIO ECON EFIS PHUM |
08MONROVIA63 | LIBERIA: MEETING WITH FINANCE MINISTER ON USG ASSISTANCE, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Liberian Finance Minister Antoinette Sayeh is grateful for USG, especially Treasury, support for the GOL's multilateral debt-relief efforts. The Ministry of Finance (MOF) will assess the best use of USG assistance in the debt management strategy, and welcomes the rapid respons [...] | 2008-01-23 14:39:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EAID ASEC PGOV KCRM EWWT LI |
08MONTEVIDEO580 | EMBASSY MONTEVIDEO CONTACTS FOR MARINE SCIENTIFIC [...] Per ref A, Embassy Montevideo is pleased to provide contact information regarding embassy officers responsible for handling requests for marine scientific research authorizations. 2. The embassy officer in charge of coordinating any such requests is Political/ESTH Officer Erin Markley, mar [...] | 2008-10-16 18:02:00 | Embassy Montevideo | UNCLASSIFIED | KRVC TPHY EWWT UY |
08MOSCOW1280 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: UNSC RESOLUTION ON SOMALI [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-07 13:31:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM PHSA EWWT KCRM UNSC SO XW RS |
08MOSCOW1640 | MEDVEDEV'S EASY TRIP TO KAZAKHSTAN [...] (C) Summary: Russian MFA officials and experts termed Dmitriy Medvedev's May 22-23 visit to Kazakhstan--his first foreign trip as President--a success and his meeting with Kazakh President Nazarbayev "easy." Russian experts told us Medvedev's trip served to strengthen Russia's ties with Cent [...] | 2008-06-09 14:47:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ENRG EPET EWWT MARR PGOV PTER TSPA TSPL |
08MOSCOW2907 | RUSSIA HAS NO PLANS TO INTERVENE IN HIJACKING OF [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-01 11:43:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | EWWT MOPS PREL PHSA XA SO RS LG BH UP |
08MOSCOW3051 | RUSSIAN RESPONSE TO SOMALI PIRACY REMAINS UNCERTAIN [...] (C) Contradictory statements to the press by Russian naval officials have further frustrated attempts to understand Russian intentions to respond to the hijacking of the M/V Faina or the larger issue of Somali piracy: 2. (U) ITAR-TASS reported on October 13 that a high-ranking MOD official [...] | 2008-10-15 10:30:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | EWWT MOPS PREL PHSA XA SO UP RS |
08MOSCOW3624 | DEMARCHE ON UNSC SOMALIA PIRACY RESOLUTION [...] (C) We delivered ref A demarche on December 15 to MFA Department of International Organizations Senior Counselor Valentin Berezovskiy, who said that the GOR remained concerned about elements of OP4 of the draft UNSC resolution on Somali piracy, but had yet to determine a final position on the [...] | 2008-12-15 11:25:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PHSA EWWT KCRM UNSC SO XA XW RS |
08MOSCOW3763 | RUSSIAN MFA UNDECIDED ON LEAD DEPARTMENT FOR [...] (SBU) In response to reftel requests, Post sent invitations for the January 13-14, 2009 inaugural meeting of the Contact Group on Somalia Piracy (CGSP) in New York and the January 13 pre-meeting of key countries to the Legal, International Organizations, and North Americas Departments of the [...] | 2008-12-30 14:00:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | EWWT KCRM MOPS PBTS PHSA PTER RS |
08MUSCAT41 | CODEL PRICE DISCUSSES TRADE SECURITY AND IRAN WITH [...] (SBU) Summary: A Congressional delegation (CODEL) led by Representative David Price of North Carolina -- Chairman of the House Appropriations Sub-Committee for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) -- visited Muscat and Salalah January 7-9 to assess DHS's Secure Freight Initiative (SFI)(ref [...] | 2008-01-16 07:48:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EWWT AMGT PTER MU |
08MUSCAT557 | PIRATED GERMAN CARGO SHIP SEEKS REFUGE IN SALALAH [...] (U) Local press reported that a 120-meter German cargo ship, MV Lehmann Timber, arrived in the southern port city of Salalah on July 21 after being captured and released by armed Somali pirates. According to media articles, the vessel, taken by force on May 28 during a voyage in the Gulf of A [...] | 2008-08-04 05:05:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHSA KCRM EWWT MU |
08MUSCAT864 | OMAN ACCEPTS INVITATION TO JOIN CONTACT GROUP ON [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-22 12:01:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED | PBTS PHSA PTER EWWT KCRM MOPS MU |
08NAIROBI1520 | KENYA: GLOBAL MARITIME PARTNERSHIP (GMP) INITIATIVE [...] (SBU) The U.S. Mission in Nairobi is already implementing several maritime security initiatives with GOK agencies that would appear to fit under the GMP initiative, and uses the coastal security subcommittee of the CT Working Group to coordinate across the various Mission agencies. However, th [...] | 2008-06-23 12:19:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EWWT EAID ECIN ECON EFIS MARR MASS MCAP |
08NAIROBI2231 | SOMALIA - PUNTLAND RESPONSE TO A/S FRAZER'S PIRACY [...] Post forwarded A/S Frazer's reftel letter urging more be done on piracy to Mohamed Muse Hersi, President of Somalia's semi-autonomous Puntland region. Hersi's response follows in paragraph 3. 2. Separately, poloff shared A/S Frazer's letter with Ali Abdi Aware, Puntland's foreign relatio [...] | 2008-09-22 13:50:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EWWT FR PGOV PINS PREL SO |
08NAIROBI2232 | Somalia - Internationals and Somalis Meet on Humanitarian, [...] No summary [...] | 2008-09-22 14:07:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PINS KDEM EWWT SO |
08NAIROBI2233 | Somalia - No Cease Fire in Joint Communique [...] From October 17-21 Transitional Federal Government and Alliance for the Re-Liberation of Somalia joint High Level and Security committees met in Djibouti to advance implementation of June 9 peace agreement. At the conclusion of the meetings, the parties issued a communique, the text of which [...] | 2008-09-22 14:14:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PINS KDEM EAID EWWT SO |
08NAIROBI2277 | NOTIFICATION OF AFFECTED STATES: HIJACKING OF [...] No summary [...] | 2008-09-29 14:56:00 | Embassy Nairobi | SECRET | EWWT MOPS PREL PHSA KE |
08NAIROBI2368 | Somalia - Puntland Success in Anti-Piracy Operation [...] On October 14, security forces from Somalia's semi-autonomous Puntland Region completed a successful operation against pirates operating off Somalia's coast. On October 9, pirates seized the Panamanian-flagged vessel "The Wail" while it was en route from Oman to the Bossaso port in Puntland. [...] | 2008-10-15 15:43:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV EWWT PTER PREL SO |
08NAIROBI2596 | SOMALIA - PIRACY CONTINUES AS INTERNATIONALS [...] No summary [...] | 2008-11-14 10:17:00 | Embassy Nairobi | SECRET | EWWT PGOV PREL SO UP |
08NAIROBI2612 | SOMALIA - SUPERTANKER HIJACKED; BRITS TURN 8 [...] (S) Summary: On November 15, Somali pirates hijacked their largest ship yet, the crude oil supertanker Sirius Star, and have anchored it off Hobyo, Somalia, a known Indian Ocean pirate base. So far this year, Somalia pirates have captured and ransomed 38 ships. Separately, on November 18 [...] | 2008-11-18 14:45:00 | Embassy Nairobi | SECRET | EWWT PREL PINS PGOV SO |
08NAIROBI2661 | SOMALIA - UN DETAILS PIRACY CONFERENCE PLANS [...] Summary: The UN's Somalia political office on November 25 outlined its plans for a Nairobi conference on Somali piracy December 10-11. The UN has invited high level representation from over 50 countries (including the United States, previously forward via separate email) and international o [...] | 2008-11-26 04:03:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | EWWT PREL PINS PGOV SO |
08NAIROBI2745 | SOMALIA - SCENESETTER FOR A/S KIMMITT'S PARTICIPATION IN UN [...] (SBU) Post welcomes your visit to Nairobi for the UN/Government of Kenya Conference on Piracy. The conference is an opportunity to help shape the international community's response to Somali piracy. The conference conclusions may also feed Washington deliberations in advance of the planned Ne [...] | 2008-12-09 16:52:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EWWT PGOV PREL OVIP SO |
08NAIROBI2776 | SOMALIA - PRESIDENT'S ATTEMPT TO SACK PM FOILED BY [...] (SBU) Summary. Transitional Federal Government (TFG) President Abdullahi Yusuf's effort to fire the Prime Minister on December 14 has triggered a backlash from the transitional Parliament in Baidoa where, on December 15, a reported 143 parliamentarians passed a vote of confidence in the Prime [...] | 2008-12-15 13:56:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EWWT PREL PINS PGOV SO |
08NAIROBI2779 | SOMALIA - KENYANS WILL JOIN PIRACY CONTACT GROUP [...] (C/Rel KE) We shared reftel A points and non-paper with MFA Director of Political Affairs Ambassador Benson Ogutu, Americas Desk Head Ambassador Binsai Chepsongol, and International Organizations and Conferences Head Anthony Andanje. Andanje responded that the Kenyans will join the Contact G [...] | 2008-12-15 15:36:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | EWWT PREL PINS PGOV SO |
08NASSAU471 | BAHAMAS APPROVES PSI SHIP-BOARDING AGREEMENT [...] (U) The Ministry of Foreign Affairs informed Post via diplomatic note dated June 13 that the GCOB had approved the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) reciprocal ship-boarding agreement preliminarily concluded by the U.S. and Bahamian delegations on April 30-May 1, 2008 in Nassau (reftel [...] | 2008-06-23 20:49:00 | Embassy Nassau | UNCLASSIFIED | KTIA KNNA EWWT MARR PARM PGOV PHSA PREL BF |
08NASSAU590 | WHA DAS MADISON SIGNS PSI SHIPBOARDING AGREEMENT, [...] (C) SUMMARY: WHA DAS Madison signed a Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) shipboarding agreement with Bahamas Acting Prime Minister Symonette on August 11 in Nassau. In separate discussions with top Bahamian officials, Madison focused on the GCOB,s stated security priority of improving [...] | 2008-08-14 20:37:00 | Embassy Nassau | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV SNAR PREL PHSA KTIA KNNA EWWT MARR PARM |
08NASSAU780 | NO TIMETABLE YET FOR BAHAMAS PSI ENTRY INTO FORCE [...] (U) On October 21, PolOff asked Ministry of Foreign Affairs Assistant Secretary Natasha Turnquest about GCOB internal procedures for the entry into force of the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) reciprocal shipboarding agreement, which was signed in Nassau in August, and inquired about [...] | 2008-11-07 21:31:00 | Embassy Nassau | UNCLASSIFIED | EWWT KNNP KTIA MARR PARM PGOV PHSA PREL BF |
08NEWDELHI2021 | IPI GAS PIPELINE ON BACK BURNER; RETAIL REFINED [...] (C) SUMMARY: India's Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas (MPNG) Secretary M.S. Srinivasan met with Econ Counselor Minister on July 22. Srinivasan said that IPI negotiations are "completely on the back burner." Concerning the proposed Turkmenistan- Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI) natural gas [...] | 2008-07-24 05:39:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG EFIN EINV EWWT EAGR PGOV PREL IN IR |
08NEWDELHI3032 | INDIA CAREFULLY CONSIDERING ANTI-PIRACY PLANS, [...] (C) Summary. While media reports begin to surface that the INS Tabar sunk a pirated fishing boat with hostages -- and not a pirate "mothership," as the Indian Navy had first claimed -- Indian officials are struggling to come up with a policy for Indian involvement in anti-piracy operations i [...] | 2008-12-01 16:16:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHSA MARR PTER EWWT KPKO IN |
08NEWDELHI3153 | INDIAN NAVY CONFIRMS INTERDICTING 24 PIRATES IN [...] (C) The Indian Navy confirmed to Post press reports of the Indian Navy Ship Mysore successfully interdicting two pirate vessels in the act of attacking the Ethiopian-flagged MV Gibe in the Gulf of Aden on December 13. According to the Indian Navy's version of events, the Mysore received a di [...] | 2008-12-15 11:54:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PGOV KCRM PHSA EWWT IN |
08NICOSIA354 | CYPRUS: GLOBAL MARITIME PARTNERSHIPS (GMP) [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 12. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. Per reftel request, on May 15 Post delivered demarches on the Global Maritime Partnership (GMP) initiative to the Ministries of Foreign Affairs and Communications and Works at the ministerial level. We followed up with [...] | 2008-06-02 08:24:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EWWT EAID ECIN ECON EFIS MARR MCAP MOPS PHSA PINS |
08NICOSIA499 | CYPRUS: IMPLEMENTATION OF UNSCR 1803 [...] (C) Per reftel, on July 1 Post delivered demarche on UNSCR sanctions against Iran Shipping Lines to Alexandros Zenon, Permananet Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs. We also sent copies to Makis Constantinides, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Communications; Christos Patsalides, Permanen [...] | 2008-07-02 13:51:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN ETRD EWWT PARM PINR PREL KNNP CY |
08NICOSIA745 | CYPRUS LIKLEY TO SUPPORT US PROPOSALS AT THE IMSO ASSEMBLY [...] (SBU) Per reftel request, Post delivered on September 9 demarche on the upcoming Assembly of Parties Meeting for the International Mobile Satellite Organization (IMSO) in Valletta, Malta, from September 29 to October 3, 2008 to Nicholas Emiliou, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs. [...] | 2008-09-17 13:04:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECPS EWWT IMO KSCA PBTS PHSA PREL CY |
08NICOSIA749 | CYPRUS: SHIPPING INDUSTRY CALM AMID GLOBAL TURMOIL [...] (SBU) Summary. Shipping executives in Cyprus tell us that their industry continues to flourish despite the global economic turmoil and volatility in energy prices. Their biggest problems are the Turkish embargo on Cypriot-flagged ships, the dispute with EU authorities over Cyprus' tonnage tax [...] | 2008-09-18 12:11:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EWWT CY |
08NICOSIA883 | CYPRUS: DEMARCHE REQUEST ON EU REGULATIONS ON RECOGNIZED [...] (SBU) Per reftel request, Post delivered on November 4 demarche on EU regulations regarding recognized ship classification societies to Nicholas Emiliou, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs. We also submitted copies to Makis Constantinides, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Communi [...] | 2008-11-07 11:37:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EWWT EUN IMO CY |
08NICOSIA912 | CYPRUS TO PURSUE LOW-KEY APPROACH ON TURKISH [...] (SBU) U/S of Energy, Solon Kassinis, told econoff that the recent events involving ships conducting seismic soundings off SW Cyprus and near Kastelorizo Greece and Greek and Turkish warships were "nothing unusual" and should be "downplayed." He criticized Cyprus MFA for calling in the P-5 Amba [...] | 2008-11-18 14:31:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EWWT ENRG GR TU CY |
08NOUAKCHOTT294 | MAURITANIA: GLOBAL MARITIME PARTNERSHIPS DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-12 12:07:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | UNCLASSIFIED | EWWT EAID ECIN ECON EFIS MARR MASS MCAP MOPS |
08OSLO330 | IF NOTHING'S FISHY, NORWEGIANS MIGHT JOIN THE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Representatives from the Norwegian Ministry of Trade gave a cautious though positive reception to the idea of membership in the Global Maritime Partnership (GMP). A further response will be forthcoming from the GON after a July 1 interagency meeting. Rather than an unqualified [...] | 2008-06-16 14:58:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EWWT EAID ECIN ECON EFIS MARR MASS MCAP MOPS |
08OSLO385 | NORWEGIANS CONSIDER IRAN SANCTIONS "HIGH PRIORITY" [...] (C) Poloff met with Martin Sorby, Deputy Director General of the Legal Affairs Division of the MFA, and Jo Hovik, his deputy, to deliver reftel demarche. Sorby pronounced the information "highly useful," and said that it will be transmitted to the relevant authorities in the Norwegian governm [...] | 2008-07-10 06:31:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EWWT ETRD PARM PINR PREL KNNP EUN |
08OSLO390 | NORWAY SUPPORTIVE OF IMPLEMENTATION OF [...] (SBU) On July 11, 2008, Poloff spoke with Torfinn Stenseth, Assistant Director General of the Section for Global Security Issues and CIS Countries of the MFA, to deliver reftel demarche. Stenseth said that piracy off the coast of Somalia is a serious issue with which the GON is very concerned [...] | 2008-07-14 12:32:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | XA KCRM KJUS EWWT PHSA PREL NO |
08OSLO549 | (S) NORWAY REBUFFS USG ON IRISL FREIGHT FORWARDER [...] (S) In responding to reftel points, XXXXXXXXXXXX, after discussing Norway´s overall compliance with all UN Iran sanctions, stated that there is "no legal foundation" under Norwegian law to give any kind of mandatory order to companies not on the UN Security Council lists associated with resoluti [...] | 2008-10-09 13:43:00 | Embassy Oslo | SECRET | ECON EFIN ETRD PARM KNNP EUN EWWT PREL NO |
08OTTAWA1198 | NSPD/HSPD ON ARCTIC POLICY - REQUEST CONSIDERATION [...] (SBU) Summary. Embassy strongly believes release of the new Arctic Policy National Security Presidential Directive/Homeland Security Presidential Directive during Canada's federal election campaign has the potential to insert the United States as an issue in the campaign and negatively impact [...] | 2008-09-12 19:44:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV EWWT PBTS TPHY TSPL CA |
08OTTAWA260 | CANADA: INTERNATIONAL HEALTH REGULATIONS AND APEC [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-20 22:34:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC TBIO KFLU EAIR EWWT WHO APECO CA |
08OTTAWA333 | INTERNATIONAL OCEANS POLICYMAKING IN CANADA: AMBITIOUS VISION, PAROCHIAL POLITICS [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-04 22:02:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIS EWWT PHSA SENV CA |
08OTTAWA436 | SHIPRIDER NEGOTIATIONS WITH CANADA - ROUND ONE [...] (U) Summary. On March 20, U.S. and Canadian delegations met in Quebec City and completed a productive and successful first round of negotiations on a framework agreement on integrated cross-border maritime law enforcement operations (ICBMLEO). The delegations reached agreement on much of the [...] | 2008-03-31 13:58:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PBTS EWWT PINS SNAR KTIA KCRM CA |
08OTTAWA961 | UNSCR 1816: CANADA DEPLOYS THREE WARSHIPS [...] (U) Pursuant to UNSCR 1816 (reftel),Canada has announced the deployment of three warships to Somali waters. The deployment will include Task Force 150 flagship the destroyer HMCS Iroquois, the multi-role patrol frigate HMCS Calgary, and the oiler HMCS Protecteur. Visit Canada,s Economy and [...] | 2008-07-15 21:09:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER PREL EWWT KCRM KJUS SO XA XW CA |
08PANAMA329 | NEW TRADE MINISTER FOCUSED ON TPA AND CONTINUITY [...] (SBU) Summary: Minister of Commerce & Industry Carmen Gisela Vergara is focused on securing U.S. ratification of the U.S. Panama Trade Promotion Agreement (TPA). She was confident that Pedro Miguel Gonzalez (PMG) will exit as Panama's National Assembly President in September and expects the [...] | 2008-04-25 16:27:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON ENRG EWWT PGOV PM |
08PANAMA356 | PANAMA: SOMALI PIRACY UNSCR DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (C) POLCOUNS delivered reftel demarche to Panamanian MFA DG for External Political Affairs Javier Bonagas on May 6. As a co-sponsor of the draft UNSCR concerning Somali piracy, Panama remains supportive of this initiative and appreciative of U.S. efforts to engage UNSC capitals. Panama can be [...] | 2008-05-06 16:09:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PHSA EWWT KCRM UNSC SO PM |
08PANAMA490 | PANAMA A NATURAL FIT FOR THE GLOBAL MARITIME PARTNERSHIP [...] (U) Summary. Panama represents a natural fit for the Global Maritime Partnership (GMP). Our engagement with Panama on maritime issues is broad and deep. Officially, the Panama Maritime Authority is supportive of the Global Maritime Partnership. Panama and the United States already cooperate [...] | 2008-06-13 22:01:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC ECON EFIS EWWT MARR MASS MCAP MOPS |
08PANAMA624 | UPDATE ON OPERATIONS AND EXPANSION OF PANAMA CANAL [...] (U) Summary. The Panama Canal Authority (ACP) has not yet determined the exact financing method for the third set of locks for the Panama Canal. However, a recent agreement with the Andean Development Corporation could provide 500 million USD of the 5.25 billion USD needed. The deadline for th [...] | 2008-07-29 12:22:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD EWWT MARR PM EINV AA |
08PANAMA661 | PANAMA: TORRIJOS URGES TAKING BILATERAL [...] (C) Panamanian President Martin Torrijos urged Ambassador to work with Panama to strive to take the U.S.-bilateral relationship to the next level by undertaking to address shared security concerns, during the Ambassador's presentation of credentials to Torrijos on August 6. After noting Panam [...] | 2008-08-08 12:39:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON ETRD EWWT MASS SNAR PTER MARR |
08PANAMA714 | CODEL HAGEL WHIRLWIND TOUR OF PANAMA [...] (U) CODEL Hagel met in Panama on August 28 with President Martin Torrijos to discuss the strong bilateral relationship and Panama's economic future. In a meeting with Vice-president and Foreign Minister Samuel Lewis, CODEL Hagel discussed the Trade Promotion Agreement (TPA) and the Panama Ca [...] | 2008-08-29 20:58:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON EWWT ETRD OVIP PM EINV EAIR |
08PANAMA732 | PANAMA CANAL AUTHORITY BIDDING PROCESS [...] (C) Summary: Consistent with normal operations, the Panama Canal Authority (ACP) is running a fair, transparent, and predictable process for the Panama Canal expansion contracts. Bids for the 3.2 billion dollar third set of locks contract, the centerpiece of the overall 5.25 billion dollar exp [...] | 2008-09-08 23:05:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EINV ETRD MARR PM EWWT |
08PANAMA820 | CANAL BIDDING PROCESS DELAYED AGAIN [...] (U) This cable contains sensitive proprietary business information concerning on-going negotiations. Please handle accordingly. ------- Summary ------- 2. (C) The Panama Canal Authority (ACP) announced on October 24 that the deadline for submission of bids on the contract for the third set of lo [...] | 2008-10-24 23:37:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EINV ETRD MARR PM EWWT |
08PANAMA851 | ROUGH WATER FOR CANAL EXPANSION [...] (C) After multiple extensions to the bid deadline (now at March 3, 2009) and soon-to-be 19 amendments fo the contract for the third set of locks of the Panama Canal expansion, Bechtel and ACS, a Spanish led consortium, have expressed concern about the Panama Canal Authority's (ACP) ability to compl [...] | 2008-11-06 23:28:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EINV ETRD MARR PM EWWT |
08PARAMARIBO236 | SURINAME DEMARCHE DELIVERED: GLOBAL MARITIME [...] (U) Per reftel, EconOff delivered demarche to Terence Craig, head of the Americas Division of the the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Government of Suriname (GOS),with a dipnote requesting the Ministry to indicate to Post specific Global Maritime Partnerships activities that GOS would be i [...] | 2008-06-02 19:56:00 | Embassy Paramaribo | UNCLASSIFIED | EWWT EAID ECIN ECON EFIS MARR MASS MCAP MOPS |
08PARIS1337 | FRENCH SUPPORT FOR UNSCR 1816 (SOMALIA PIRACY) [...] (SBU) In response to ref A, MFA Horn of Africa Desk Officer Thierry Caboche reviewed assistance France has been providing to Africa (refs B-C),particularly France's engagement in naval patrols to counter piracy in the Horn of Africa and its efforts to engage Denmark, the Netherlands, and Sw [...] | 2008-07-15 15:29:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EWWT KCRM KCRS KJUS PHAS PREL SO XA XW FR |
08PARIS1391 | Public-Private Partnerships in Transportation - July 16-18 [...] (U) On July 6-8, Federal Transit Deputy Administrator Sherry E. Little led a delegation of Federal Transit Administration (FTA) officials, Congressional Representatives, and private sector participants to a conference in Lyon that FTA co-sponsored with the GOF on public-private partnerships (PP [...] | 2008-07-22 17:33:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELTN ETRD EAIR EWWT FR |
08PARIS2108 | PARIS: SOMALIA PIRACY DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] | 2008-11-17 16:51:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | UNSC PREL PHUM PHSA EWWT KCRM SO XA XW FR |
08PARIS2256 | P-3 PLUS GERMANY DISCUSS COUNTER-PIRACY AND THE [...] (SBU) Summary: At a 12/2 meeting hosted by the French MFA on combatting piracy off the Horn of Africa, the P-3 plus Germany agreed in principle to the creation of an international Contact Group (CG) and deliberated on the timing of its roll-out with respect to a planned UNSC Ministerial Mee [...] | 2008-12-12 10:40:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER MARR EWWT KPKO UNSC FR PHSA |
08PARIS2322 | FRENCH SUPPORT SOMALIA PIRACY CONTACT GROUP [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-23 15:59:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EWWT KCRM MOPS PBTS PHSA PTER UNSC SO FR |
08PARIS574 | SOMALIA: FRENCH SUPPORT ANTI-PIRACY EFFORTS, MAY [...] (C) France continues to support anti-piracy efforts concerning Somalia, MFA Somalia desk officer Thierry Caboche said on March 27, in response to reftel. He expressed appreciation for reftel's detailed points and for the USG's understanding of France's activities in the region. Caboche sai [...] | 2008-03-27 14:28:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | UNSC PREL PHUM PHSA EWWT KCRM SO XA XW FR |
08PARIS874 | UNSCR/SOMALI PIRACY: FRENCH INFORMED [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-06 13:21:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM PHSA EWWT KCRM UNSC SO XW FR |
08PORTAUPRINCE959 | GLOBAL MARITIME PARTNERSHIPS - HAITI NEEDS MORE [...] (SBU) The Government of Haiti requires additional engagement with the Embassy before it can understand the benefits of the Global Maritime Partnership Initiative (GMP). The GOH has consented to future meetings with Embassy officials on the issue. Embassy will make clear GMP linkages to previ [...] | 2008-07-02 18:48:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV EWWT EAID ECIN ECON EFIS MARR MASS |
08PRAGUE290 | SOMALI PIRACY UN RESOLUTION RAISED WITH CZECHS [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-12 11:47:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM PHSA EWWT KCRM UNSC SO EZ EUN |
08PRAIA132 | UN SECURITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION ON SOMALI PIRACY [...] (U) On May 06, POLOFF delivered reftel demarche to Neusa Marques, Legal Advisor to the Director General of External Affairs of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Marques accepted the demarche, and stated that the GOCV appreciates the importance of maritime security issues. However, they are un [...] | 2008-05-07 14:47:00 | Embassy Praia | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM PHSA EWWT KCRM UNSC SO CV |
08PRAIA189 | CAPE VERDE SUPPORTS GLOBAL MARITIME PARTNERSHIPS [...] On June 16, Charge delivered reftel points to an enthusiastic audience of senior GOCV civilian and military officials. Those present who endorsed the concept included Director General (effectively Vice Minister) of Defense Pedro dos Reis Brito, Commandant of the Cape Verde Coast Guard Colonel [...] | 2008-07-11 12:48:00 | Embassy Praia | UNCLASSIFIED | EWWT EAID ECIN ECON EFIS MARR MASS MCAP MOPS |
08PRETORIA1167 | SOUTH AFRICAN MISSION POINTS OF CONTACT FOR GLOBAL MARTIME [...] (U) The U.S. Mission in South Africa works closely with a range of South African counterparts to promote bilateral and multilateral maritime issues. For example, the mission supports U.S. Coast Guard programs such as the upcoming International Ship and Port Security Country Visit in July. Sev [...] | 2008-06-02 14:44:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | EWWT EAID MARR SF |
08PRETORIA1186 | ELECTRICITY CRISIS STALLS COEGA ALUMINUM SMELTER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The long-time government-championed aluminum smelter at Coega in the Eastern Cape is the highest profile casualty of South Africa's power crisis. The SAG is disappointed and still in denial over the postponement - and potential permanent loss - of its biggest greenfield project i [...] | 2008-06-04 14:04:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EPET EMIN EWWT EIND EINV SENV SF |
08PRETORIA1968 | CHAVEZ COMES TO TOWN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The historic September 2 state visit of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez to South Africa resulted in an excited announcement of energy cooperation agreements. It is not clear that the vague and broad agreements will result in any actual energy cooperation, because there may not [...] | 2008-09-05 12:18:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EPET EMIN SENV EWWT ELTN SF VE |
08PRETORIA386 | SALDANHA: RED AND GREEN PORT MOVES IRON ORE AND CRUDE OIL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: South Africa's Saldanha Port processes increasing quantities of bulk commodities iron ore and crude oil, aiming to build up its volumes through a significant expansion, given demand for iron ore in China and elsewhere. Development in and around the Western Cape Saldanha Port h [...] | 2008-02-26 12:32:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EWWT ENRG EPET EMIN ELTN SENV SF |
08PRETORIA937 | DOT DEPUTY SECRETARY VISIT TO SOUTH AFRICA, APRIL 12-16, [...] (U) Summary. Deputy Secretary of Transportation Admiral Thomas Barrett led the U.S. delegation to the first African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) Transport and Trade Forum in South Africa April 12-16. The delegation met with a wide range of transport sector officials and industry represent [...] | 2008-05-05 12:12:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EAID EAIR ELTN EWWT EIND EINV SF LI KE |
08RABAT671 | CMA-CGM PLANS DIRECT TANGER MED-NEW YORK SHIPPING [...] (SBU) Summary: Officials at CMA-CGM Shipping lines confirm that they will launch the first regularly scheduled service between the United States and Morocco at the end of October. The company will drop Lisbon from its weekly "Amerigo" service and will instead stop in Tanger Med both on its east [...] | 2008-07-18 15:28:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EWWT MO |
08RANGOON334 | BURMA: THILAWA PORT COULD OPEN BY END OF MAY [...] (C) Summary. Although access to the Rangoon Ports remains closed due to sunken ships and debris blocking the Rangoon River and unusable jetties, the Burmese Port Authority predicts the Myanmar International Terminal Thilawa (MITT) will be fully operational in two weeks. Shipping industry co [...] | 2008-05-07 12:13:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | EWWT ECON ETRD PGOV PREL BM |
08RANGOON353 | BURMA: THILAWA PORT RESUMES LIMITED OPERATIONS [...] (C) Summary. The Myanmar International Terminal Thilawa (MITT) resumed limited operations on May 10, shipping industry officials confirm. Small feeder ships are able to navigate the Rangoon River, and the Port Authority continues to dredge the river to accommodate larger ships. The GOB rem [...] | 2008-05-12 09:36:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | EWWT ECON ETRD PGOV PREL SENV BM |
08RANGOON414 | BURMA PORTS CONTINUE LIMITED OPERATIONS [...] (C) Summary. The Burmese Port Authority has opened all four of Rangoon's ports, albeit for limited operations. Myanmar International Terminal Thilawa (MITT) continues to receive the majority of incoming ships, as the Port Authority continues to dredge the Rangoon River and repair jetties at [...] | 2008-05-27 07:21:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | EWWT ECON ETRD PGOV PREL BM |
08RANGOON693 | BURMA: BRITISH INSURANCE COMPANIES TO DIVEST FROM [...] (C) Summary. Aviation industry officials confirm that at least two Lloyds of London insurance underwriters, RFIB and Munich Re, will divest from Burma by not automatically renewing their reinsurance contracts. The divestment -- at least partially the result of pressure from Burma Campaign [...] | 2008-08-28 08:19:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PREL PGOV EAIR EWWT BM |
08RANGOON871 | BURMA: DAEWOO DISMANTLES RIG IN DISPUTED WATERS [...] (C) Daewoo officials in Rangoon confirmed reports that the company is dismantling its drilling rig in the A-3 block off the western coast of Burma, following accusations that it was drilling in Bangladesh's territorial waters. Although Daewoo will be able to move the rig to another location [...] | 2008-11-07 09:37:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EWWT EPET ENRG PREL PGOV BM |
08RIGA301 | LATVIA: GLOBAL MARITIME PARTNERSHIPS [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-30 15:02:00 | Embassy Riga | UNCLASSIFIED | EWWT EAID ECIN ECON EFIS MARR MASS MCAP LG |
08RIGA396 | LATVIA TO PARTICIPATE IN GLOBAL MARITIME PARTNERSHIPS [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-03 14:34:00 | Embassy Riga | UNCLASSIFIED | EWWT EAID ECIN ECON EFIS MARR MASS MCAP LG |
08RIGA56 | LATVIA: COURT RULING SUSPENDS DEVELOPMENT OF RIGA [...] (U) Summary. The Constitutional Court of Latvia ruled on 17 January that part of the Riga territorial plan that deals with changes in the Freeport of Riga territory does not comply with the Constitution because several environmental impact procedures had not been followed correctly. The court [...] | 2008-01-31 07:17:00 | Embassy Riga | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON KCOR KJUS EWWT SENV LG |
08RIYADH1094 | WOODS HOLE RESEARCH VESSEL OCEANUS [...] This is an action request. 2. Per reftel A, on 15 July, the Embassy informed the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of and provided background documentation for the visit of the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute's (WHOI) research vessel Oceanus from 5 October to 21 November 2008. In a recent r [...] | 2008-07-16 05:50:00 | Embassy Riyadh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KRVC TPHY EWWT SENV SA |
08RIYADH1716 | PIRATES DIVERT SAUDI OIL SHIPMENT DESTINED FOR US [...] (S/NF) Summary: Saudi Aramco officials confirmed with Consulate General Dhahran that one of their ultra-large crude carriers destined for the U.S., carrying more than 2 million barrels of crude oil, was captured by Somali pirates approximately 450 kilometers off the Kenyan coast. The crew of [...] | 2008-11-18 11:09:00 | Embassy Riyadh | SECRET//NOFORN | ENRG EPET EWWT PHSA PINS PTER |
08ROME1139 | POCS FOR MARINE SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH AUTHORIZATIONS IN [...] Per reftel, the POC for marine scientific research authorizations in Italy is: Ms. Jean Preston, Environment, Science and Technology Affairs Counselor (telephone: (+39) 06 4674-2691; e-mail: prestonj@state.gov). She will be in Italy until approximately August 2010. 2. The alternate POC i [...] | 2008-09-11 07:24:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | TPHY KSCA KRVC EWWT IT |
08ROME1304 | GOI CONCERNED ABOUT IRITAL SANCTIONS [...] (C) Summary: GOI officials expressed concerns that Italian firms may be subject to US sanctions through inadvertent use of Irital, a U.S.-designated Iranian shipping company based in Genoa. End summary. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - New Hazard for Italian Non-Dual Use Compan [...] | 2008-10-28 11:57:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN ETRD EUN EWWT KNNP PARM PREL |
08ROME1392 | ITALY ANGRY ABOUT "EXTRATERRITORIAL" IRITAL [...] (C) Summary: GOI officials have expressed strong objections to new US sanctions targeting firms that do business with Irital, an Iranian shipping company. A prominent Italian shipping company has ties to Irital. Extraterritoriality also seems to be a concern. This issue could spill over i [...] | 2008-11-14 15:55:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP ECON EFIN ETRD EWWT PARM PREL |
08ROME1475 | GOI SAYS NO NEW IRITAL CONTRACTS [...] (C) On 4 December, MFA Deputy Director General for Multilateral Economic and Financial Cooperation Claudio Spinedi informed Econoff that due to GOI "moral suasion," the Italian owners of Irital, a shipping company designated under US sanctions, have agreed not to sign any new shipping contr [...] | 2008-12-05 07:58:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP ECON EFIN ETRD EWWT PARM PREL |
08ROME1493 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON EU REGULATIONS ON RECOGNIZED [...] (U) Econoff delivered the demarche regarding USG concerns about proposed regulations regarding recognized organizations in article 10 of the draft third maritime safety package. There was confusion on the Italian side as to which office had competence to respond to the concerns. We were redirec [...] | 2008-12-10 11:03:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EUN EWWT IMO IT ECON |
08ROME1567 | HOA PIRACY: EMBASSY ROME REQUEST TO INCLUDE ITALY [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-23 11:28:00 | Embassy Rome | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV MARR MOPS NATO EWWT KCRM PBTS PHSA |
08ROME1590 | HOA PIRACY: ITALY PLEDGES FRIGATE FOR ESDP [...] C) The Italian MOD confirmed to Pol-Mil Off on December 24 that Italy plans to contribute a Maestrale-class Frigate or Soldati-class fleet patrol boat to the ESDP ATALANTA counter-piracy mission. The mission was approved by the Concil of Ministers in the year-end GOI overseas missions decree w [...] | 2008-12-30 16:11:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | KCRM PREL PGOV MARR MOPS NATO EWWT PBTS |
08ROME568 | SOMALIA PIRACY: ITALY CONCERNED ABOUT SETTING A [...] (C) On May 6 Poloff delivered reftel points to Leonardo Bencini of the MFA UN Office. Bencini said Italy agrees that piracy in Somali territorial waters is becoming an increasingly serious threat to international vessels and the that the international community needs to take action. Bencini n [...] | 2008-05-06 11:12:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PHSA EWWT KCRM UNSC SO IT |
08ROME915 | ITALIAN SUPPORT FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF UNSCR 1816 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-24 15:23:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM KCRS KJUS EWWT PHSA PREL IT |
08SANAA1078 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON GLOBAL MARITIME PARTNERSHIP [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-23 10:45:00 | Embassy Sanaa | UNCLASSIFIED | EWWT EAID ECIN ECON EFIS MARR MASS MCAP MOPS |
08SANAA1531 | ROYG ASKS FOR ANTI-PIRACY SUPPORT [...] Deputy Prime Minister for Defense and Security Affairs Rashad al-Alimi chaired an ambassadorial level meeting on September 10 to urge international support for the ROYG's anti-piracy efforts. Joining al-Alimi were the Ministers of Defense, Interior and Transport. He emphasized the importance [...] | 2008-09-13 11:22:00 | Embassy Sanaa | UNCLASSIFIED | EWWT PREL PTER MCAP YM |
08SANAA1890 | PORT OF ADEN'S DEVELOPMENT SQUEEZED BY SECURITY [...] (C) SUMMARY. The port of Aden struggles to regain its stature as an essential regional hub in the midst of new management and ongoing security threats. Although the strike against new Aden Container Terminal manager Dubai Ports World appears to have been resolved, endemic corruption still a [...] | 2008-11-24 14:18:00 | Embassy Sanaa | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD EWWT PBTS YM |
08SANAA2064 | YEMEN'S PERMANENT REP TO THE UN MAY ATTEND CONTACT [...] Although Post did not receive an official response to reftel invitation, Abdul Hakeem al-Eryani, Director of the Office of the Foreign Minister, told Poloff at a December 30 meeting that the ROYG is considering sending its Permanent Representative to the UN to participate. He was unable to co [...] | 2008-12-30 13:00:00 | Embassy Sanaa | UNCLASSIFIED | EWWT KCRM MOPS PBTS PHSA PTER YM |
08SANJOSE360 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: UNSC RESOLUTION ON SOMALI [...] On May 6, we delivered refel demarche to Juan Salas, UNSC Desk Officer at the MFA. Salas commented that he had also received a letter from Spain on the subject. Due to a state visit by the Chinese Vice Premier, the MFA had been tied up in meetings, and Salas stated he would review the matter an [...] | 2008-05-07 19:22:00 | Embassy San Jose | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM PHSA EWWT KCRM UNSC SO XW CS |
08SANJOSE585 | COSTA RICA SIGNS SEARCH AND RESCUE MOU; POST [...] On July 2, Minister of Public Security Janina Del Vecchio signed Reftel Search and Rescue Memorandum of Understanding (SAR MOU) between Costa Rica and the United States. The GOCR made no changes to the text. 2. As per Para 3c of Reftel, Post requests authority for our Chief of the Office o [...] | 2008-07-09 22:56:00 | Embassy San Jose | UNCLASSIFIED | EWWT PBTS PHSA CS US |
08SANSALVADOR1333 | PORT DEVELOPMENT DELAYED AS CONSTRUCTION OF LA UNION PORT NEARS COMPLETION [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-03 15:38:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV ES EWWT |
08SANSALVADOR717 | EL SALVADOR SUPPORTS GLOBAL MARITIME PARTNERSHIP [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-17 15:50:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | EWWT EAID ECIN ECON EFIS MARR MASS MCAP MOPS PHSA |
08SANTIAGO569 | CHILE: GLOBAL MARITIME PARTNERSHIPS (GMP) [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-16 19:52:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | EWWT EAID ECIN ECON EFIS MARR MASS MCAP CI |
08SANTIAGO931 | ECONOMIC WOES AT CHILE'S NORTHERN BORDER [...] SUMMARY: Arica, Chile's northernmost city, faces multiple economic challenges, including the 2000 kilometers that separate it from Santiago and competition from cheaper Peru, which is just a short drive north. This city, once part of Peru, has the highest unemployment rate in Chile and pove [...] | 2008-10-20 15:47:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | EIND PGOV ELAB SOCI EWWT EAGR EFIS CI PE BL |
08SAPPORO48 | CONTAINER SECURITY: NEW X-RAY TECHNOLOGY UNCOVERS ILLEGAL [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-19 12:36:00 | Consulate Sapporo | UNCLASSIFIED | EWWT EAGR ETRD EFIS ZO |
08SEOUL2363 | ROKG RESPONSE ON EU REGULATIONS ON RECOGNIZED [...] (U) Post followed up with Mr. Kim Jaegeun, Assistant Director of Maritime Technology Division at the Ministry of Land, Transportation and Maritime (MLTM) on reftel demarche expressing concerns about the EC's third maritime safety package. 2. (U) Kim described the ROKG agreed with the US posi [...] | 2008-12-11 02:29:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | EWWT EUN IMO KS |
08SEOUL2496 | ROK TO SEND REPRESENTATIVES TO CONTACT GROUP ON [...] This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. 2. In response to reftel, Hyunghwa Cho of the Security and Counter-Terrorism Cooperation Division within the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade informed poloff on December 31 that the ROKG will send the following two representatives to [...] | 2008-12-31 01:52:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM EWWT MOPS PBTS PHSA PTER |
08SEOUL936 | ROKG RESPONSE TO UNSC RESOLUTION ON SOMALI PIRACY [...] (C) In a 7 May meeting with poloff, Kie-joo Kim, MOFAT Director of Security and Counter-terrorism Division, said the ROKG will both support the reftel points in their entirety and actively court the support of the Asian elected members on the UN Security Council (UNSC),Indonesia and Vietnam. [...] | 2008-05-07 07:32:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | EWWT KCRM KS PHSA PHUM PREL SO XW UNSC |
08SHANGHAI187 | SED ENVOY HOLMER VISITS SHANGHAI AND NINGBO [...] (SBU) Summary. During a May 18-20 visit to Shanghai and Ningbo, Special Envoy for China and the Strategic Economic Dialogue (SED) Ambassador Alan Holmer, Managing Director for China and the SED Dan Wright, and Deputy Assistant Secretary for Transportation Policy Joel Szabat engaged U.S. busin [...] | 2008-05-23 10:06:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PGOV ETRD EFIN KIPR ENRG SENV EWWT CH |
08SHANGHAI239 | LIANYUNGANG - ENTREPOT FOR JIANGSU'S LESS DEVELOPED NORTH [...] (SBU) Summary: During the Consul General's June 12-13 visit to the city of Lianyungang in northern Jiangsu Province, Mayor Xu Yiping extolled the virtues of Lianyungang's strategic location, noting the city has received a large amount of attention and financial support from the Provincial and [...] | 2008-06-25 05:27:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV EINV KIPR ELAB ETRD ENRG EWWT CH |
08SHANGHAI298 | NANJING LEADERSHIP SEEKS CLOSER U.S. TIES [...] (SBU) Summary. During the Consul General's July 30 visit to Nanjing, Mayor Jiang Hongkun and Vice Mayor Jin Daoqiang pushed for an increased U.S. commercial and diplomatic presence in Nanjing. A U.S. Consulate in Nanjing would be useful in deepening cultural and economic ties said Mayor Jian [...] | 2008-08-01 09:30:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV EINV KIPR ELAB ETRD ENRG EWWT CH |
08SHANGHAI499 | SHANGHAI STOCK EXCHANGE OFFICIAL HOLDS DIM VIEW OF LOCAL [...] (C) Summary. A well-placed Shanghai financial professional, James Liu of the Shanghai Stock Exchange (SSE),offered a series of candid views on Shanghai's economic prospects, in particular the real estate sector, Chinese stocks, and the U.S. financial bailout plan. Liu is as critical of Sh [...] | 2008-11-14 09:57:00 | Consulate Shanghai | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EINV EWWT PGOV PREL CH |
08SHANGHAI510 | EXPORT GROWTH RATE PLUNGING SAYS SHANGHAI CUSTOMS [...] (SBU) Summary: Shanghai Customs Director General Sun Yibiao and Consul General (CG) discussed trade trends, the Megaports initiative, the Container Security Initiative (CSI),and opportunities for further cooperation during an October 31 courtesy call. According to Sun, the growth rate of ex [...] | 2008-11-24 05:23:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EWWT PGOV ECON BEXP CH |
08SHANGHAI573 | EAST CHINA VIEWS ON TRADE FACILITATION VERSUS TIGHTER [...] (SBU) Summary: During a December 4-7 visit to Shanghai, U.S. Senate Finance Committee Trade Analyst Hun Quach met with Shanghai Customs and Entry-Exit Inspection and Quarantine Bureau (CIQ) officials, as well as held discussions with U.S. business representatives on a wide-range of customs-rel [...] | 2008-12-23 06:36:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ELTN EWWT ASEC PREL KIPR CH |
08SHENYANG123 | POOR DPRK ATTENDANCE, SOME SHIPPING NEWS, AT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Pyongyang's delegation to the Northeast Asia Investment and Trade Expo, held last week in Jilin Province, appeared smaller that last year's. North Korean diplomats at the expo privately praised China's grain harvest, with one claiming the DPRK's crop was also "good." In a keynote [...] | 2008-09-09 23:51:00 | Consulate Shenyang | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EWWT ENRG KN KS JA RS CH |
08SHENYANG136 | DALIAN PORT GROUP EXPANDS REACH THROUGHOUT [...] (U) Summary. The "Five Points One Line" development plan, devised by former Liaoning Party Secretary and current Executive Vice-Premier Li Keqiang, is virtually co-extensive with the expansion of Dalian Port Group, which continues to broaden its reach throughout Northeast China (Ref A). In ad [...] | 2008-09-26 05:06:00 | Consulate Shenyang | CONFIDENTIAL | CH ECON ETRD EWWT PGOV PREL |
08SHENYANG185 | NORTH KOREA: RAJIN PORT FRICTIONS; CHINESE AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: Chinese commercial concerns have been focusing on the North Korean port of Chongjin since Pyongyang recently terminated a Chinese company's lease rights at the DPRK port of Rajin and awarded those privileges to a state-owned Russian firm. One Chinese scholar claims the move is fu [...] | 2008-12-24 02:50:00 | Consulate Shenyang | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR EWWT KN KS CH |
08SINGAPORE1228 | SINGAPORE CONCERNED ABOUT INDONESIAN PILOTAGE [...] (C) SUMMARY: The GOS has conveyed in various senior and working level meetings its concerns about Indonesia's launch of a pilotage program for ships transiting the Malacca Strait. Indonesia instituted a limited pilotage program in September, and provided some detail on its thinking in a pre [...] | 2008-11-19 09:10:00 | Embassy Singapore | CONFIDENTIAL | EWWT ETRD PBTS PHSA SN ID MY |
08SINGAPORE1241 | DUTCH TO JOIN RECAAP; SINGAPORE STILL PREFERS SLOW [...] (SBU) The Netherlands will soon join the Regional Cooperation Agreement on Combating Piracy and Armed Robbery Against Ships in Asia (ReCAAP),Yoshiaki Ito, ReCAAP Information Centre Executive Director told Poloffs during an early November visit to the Centre. The Netherlands request had been [...] | 2008-11-21 09:56:00 | Embassy Singapore | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHSA EWWT SN ID MY |
08SINGAPORE13 | (S) SHIPMENT OF PROLIFERATION CONCERN DESTINED FOR PAKISTAN, TRANSSHIPPING SINGAPORE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-01-05 06:48:00 | Embassy Singapore | SECRET | ETTC EWWT GM KNNP PARM PK PREL SN TU |
08SINGAPORE1319 | SINGAPORE SHIPPING WOES REFLECT GLOBAL SLOWDOWN [...] (SBU) Summary: As a bellwether of global trade, Singapore's shipping companies and ports are being hit hard by the global demand slowdown. Trade flows have dropped in nearly every market, but Europe and U.S. routes have seen particular declines. Intra-Asia trade has held up better than othe [...] | 2008-12-18 08:56:00 | Embassy Singapore | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EWWT SN |
08SINGAPORE40 | GOS “EXPLAINS†DECISION NOT TO DETAIN [...] (S) In response to a request from the DCM for further explanation of Singapore's January 5 decision not to investigate a shipment of proliferation concern bound for Pakistan (ref A),the MFA called us in on January 11 and provided the nonpaper in paragraph 5. Deputy Director Michelle Teo-Jacob (Cou [...] | 2008-01-11 09:08:00 | Embassy Singapore | SECRET | ETTC EWWT PARM PREL KNNP SN TU PK GM |
08SINGAPORE60 | CODEL CLYBURN HEARS 100-PERCENT SCANNING CONCERNS [...] (SBU) Summary: Singapore officials told a Congressional delegation led by Rep. James E. Clyburn (D-SC) that new U.S. legislation requiring 100-percent scanning of U.S.-bound cargo could potentially disrupt Singapore's port operations and global trade. They noted the lack of available techno [...] | 2008-01-16 09:09:00 | Embassy Singapore | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EWWT ETTC ECON ETRD SN |
08SINGAPORE748 | (S) IMPLEMENTATION OF THE IRISL CARGO INSPECTION [...] (S) Singapore continues to do its part to monitor, interdict, and inspect suspect cargo, aircraft and vessels owned or operated by Iran Air Cargo and Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping Line (IRISL),Sharon Seah, MFA Assistant Director of the Counterproliferation and International Security Bran [...] | 2008-07-03 09:09:00 | Embassy Singapore | SECRET | ECON EFIN EWWT ETRD PARM PINR PREL KNNP SN |
08SOFIA360 | BULGARIA: SUPPORTS GLOBAL MARITIME PARTNERSHIPS [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-03 14:25:00 | Embassy Sofia | UNCLASSIFIED | EWWT EAID ECIN ECON EFIS MARR MASS MCAP BU |
08STATE103511 | NOTIFICATION OF AFFECTED STATES: HIJACKING OF BELIZE-FLAGGED [...] (SBU) This message is NIACT due to potential fast-breaking events, and urgent action is required from action addressees. 2. (U) Classified by Acting DAS James Knight, Reasons 1.4 (b) and (d). 3. (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraphs 4-7. OBJECTIVES ---------- 4. (S/Rel to Ukrai [...] | 2008-09-27 03:33:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | EWWT MOPS PREL PHSA XA SO RS LG BH UP |
08STATE106405 | SOMALIA PIRACY: VOTING INSTRUCTIONS FOR FRENCH [...] USUN is instructed to vote in favor of and co-sponsor the French drafted resolution on Somalia piracy to be adopted in the Security Council early next week. 2. Begin text of resolution: (1) Recalling its resolutions 1814 (2008) and 1816 (2008),(2) Gravely concerned by the recent prol [...] | 2008-10-05 17:48:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | UNSC PREL PHUM PHSA EWWT KCRM SO XA XW |
08STATE106406 | SOMALIA PIRACY: VOTING INSTRUCTIONS FOR FRENCH [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-05 17:52:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | UNSC PREL PHUM PHSA EWWT KCRM SO XA XW |
08STATE111373 | DEMARCHE: COUNTER-PIRACY COOPERATION [...] This is an action request. Please see paragraph 2. OBJECTIVES ---------- 2. Department requests Post expand discussion with the Government of Kenya (GOK) on deepening cooperation with the United States to counter piracy in the Gulf of Aden and off the coast of Somalia. Post is request [...] | 2008-10-18 23:03:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | EWWT MOPS PHSA PREL XA XW SO KE |
08STATE111716 | UKRAINE: REPORTING ON THE NONPROLIFERATION [...] (S) SUMMARY: At the July 31 and August 1, semi-annual U.S.-Ukraine Nonproliferation Working Group (NPWG) meeting in Kyiv, Ukraine, Ukraine demonstrated improvement in addressing nonproliferation issues. While Ukraine has shown incremental improvements over the past three years, this meeting [...] | 2008-10-20 20:08:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | ETTC PARM PREL EWWT PHSA UP |
08STATE121430 | SOMALIA PIRACY: DEMARCHE INSTRUCTIONS FOR UK AND [...] This is an action cable see paragraph 2. 2. Posts are requested to demarche host governments at the appropriate level to relay USG concerns about French and British edits to the draft UN Security Council resolution (UNSCR) on Somalia piracy. Post may draw from the background in paras 4 a [...] | 2008-11-15 00:50:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | UNSC PREL PHUM PHSA EWWT KCRM SO XA XW |
08STATE123225 | SOMALIA: INSTRUCTIONS ON TABLING OUR UNSC [...] This is an action cable. USUN is instructed to deliver the following draft resolution (complete text paragraph 4) to the British and the French Mission in New York immediately. USUN should table the resolution to the Council NLT COB on November 20. 2. Objectives: -- Thank the British [...] | 2008-11-20 16:03:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | UNSC PREL PHUM PHSA EWWT KCRM SO XA XW |
08STATE123238 | SOMALIA: TALKING POINTS FOR SOMALIA BRIEFING [...] USUN is instructed to draw from the talking points in paragraph 2 for the UN Security Council briefing and consultation on Somalia to be held on November 20. 2. Begin points: -- We would like to thank the (DPA official),(DPKO official),as well as the IMO Secretary-General Mitropoulos [...] | 2008-11-20 16:23:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | UNSC PREL PHUM PHSA EWWT KCRM SO XA XW |
08STATE124034 | DEMARCHE: COUNTER-PIRACY COOPERATION [...] This is an action request. Please see paragraph 2. OBJECTIVES ---------- 2. Department requests Post initiate discussion with the Government of Djibouti (GOD) on deepening cooperation with the United States to counter piracy in the Gulf of Aden and off the coast of Somalia. Post is re [...] | 2008-11-22 01:13:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | EWWT MOPS PHSA PREL XA XW SO DJ |
08STATE125120 | GUIDANCE ON CBP 10+2 RULE [...] Summary: U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has published an interim final rule requiring importers and carriers to electronically submit additional information on cargo before it is brought into the United States by vessel. The rule, also known as "10 2," fulfills the advance data requ [...] | 2008-11-25 21:57:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD EWWT KHLS |
08STATE126579 | SOMALIA: VOTING INSTRUCTIONS FOR UNSC RESOLUTION [...] The Department instructs USUN to vote in favor of the following UN Security Council resolution on Somalia piracy, to be considered on Tuesday, December 2. 2. Begin text: The Security Council, Recalling its previous resolutions concerning the situation in Somalia, especially resolution [...] | 2008-12-02 00:17:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | UNSC PREL PHUM PHSA EWWT KCRM SO XA XW |
08STATE129528 | SOMALIA: INSTRUCTIONS ON TABLING OUR RESOLUTION [...] Action Request: USUN is instructed to circulate the draft resolution on Somali piracy (paragraph 3) to our P3 partners upon receipt of this message and report responses to the Department. After having shared the draft with the P3, USUN should table the resolution to the rest of the Council NLT [...] | 2008-12-10 00:24:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | UNSC PREL PHUM PHSA EWWT KCRM SO XA XW |
08STATE130489 | SOMALIA: DEMARCHE REQUEST ON UNSC SOMALIA PIRACY [...] This is an action cable. Posts are instructed to demarche host governments at a high level about our draft Security Council resolution on Somalia piracy currently being debated in the Security Council. USUN may use points and background provided in this cable in the experts meeting on the re [...] | 2008-12-12 03:01:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | UNSC PREL PHUM PHSA EWWT KCRM SO XA XW |
08STATE130491 | SOMALIA: DEMARCHE REQUEST ON UNSC SOMALIA PIRACY [...] This is an action cable. Posts are instructed to demarche host governments at a high level about our draft Security Council resolution on Somalia piracy currently being debated in the Security Council. USUN may use points and background provided in this cable in the experts meeting on the re [...] | 2008-12-12 03:11:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | UNSC PREL PHUM PHSA EWWT KCRM SO XA XW |
08STATE130492 | SOMALIA: DEMARCHE REQUEST ON UNSC SOMALIA PIRACY [...] This is an action cable. Posts are instructed to demarche host governments at a high level about our draft Security Council resolution on Somalia piracy currently being debated in the Security Council. USUN may use points and background provided in this cable in the experts meeting on the re [...] | 2008-12-12 03:12:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | UNSC PREL PHUM PHSA EWWT KCRM SO XA XW |
08STATE130496 | SOMALIA: DEMARCHE REQUEST ON UNSC SOMALIA PIRACY [...] This is an action cable. Posts are instructed to demarche host governments at a high level about our draft Security Council resolution on Somalia piracy currently being debated in the Security Council. USUN may use points and background provided in this cable in the experts meeting on the re [...] | 2008-12-12 03:17:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | UNSC PREL PHUM PHSA EWWT KCRM SO XA XW |
08STATE133199 | INVITATION TO CONTACT GROUP ON SOMALI PIRACY [...] This is an action request. UN Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) 1851, adopted unanimously on December 16, 2008, calls for the establishment of a mechanism for international cooperation to deal with all aspects of combating piracy off Somalia,s coast. Pursuant to resolution 1851, the U.S has [...] | 2008-12-20 01:11:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | EWWT KCRM MOPS PBTS PHSA PTER |
08STATE133493 | U.S. PROPOSAL FOR PIRACY MOU [...] (U) This an action request. Please see paragraphs 2 and 3. MOU text is provided SEPCOR. ACTION REQUEST -------------------------- 2. (SBU) Post is requested to demarche host government officials to pursue the following objectives: -- Deliver the proposed Memorandum of Understanding [...] | 2008-12-22 17:23:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EWWT MARR MOPS PHSA PREL SO XA XW |
08STATE133750 | INVITATION TO PIRACY CONTACT GROUP PRE-MEETING [...] This is an action request. Per reftel A, Assistant Secretary-level officials from 26 states and organizations are invited to the inaugural meeting of the Contact Group on Somali Piracy (CGSP) on January 13-14, 2009 in New York City. There will be a pre-CGSP meeting on the 13th with eight key [...] | 2008-12-22 23:41:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | EWWT KCRM MOPS PBTS PHSA PTER |
08STATE134918 | INVITATION TO TURKEY TO JOIN THE CONTACT GROUP ON [...] (SBU) This is an Action Request, please see para. 3. 2. (SBU) Following the Government of Turkey,s formal offer of at least one frigate with air element embarked to support counter piracy operations off the coast of Somalia, the Department concurs with Embassy Ankara,s support for Turkey,s [...] | 2008-12-29 21:13:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV EWWT KCRM MOPS PBTS PHSA PTER TU |
08STATE134960 | PROGRESS ON U.S. COUNTER-PIRACY AGENDA AT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The UN/Kenya International Conference on Piracy around Somalia was held in Nairobi, Kenya on December 10-11, 2008. The U.S. delegation was led by Assistant Secretary of State for Political-Military Affairs Mark Kimmitt, and included representatives from AF, L, Embassy Nairobi' [...] | 2008-12-29 23:13:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EWWT MOPS PHSA PREL KE SO XA XW |
08STATE135270 | PORT SECURITY DEMARCHE - YEMEN [...] This is an action request. See paragraph 5. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) The United States Government (USG) is concerned that the current level of port security in Yemen does not adequately reflect the current threat situation given recent terrorist events in country. The USG seek [...] | 2008-12-30 21:38:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EWWT KHLS PREL PTER YM |
08STATE15620 | SOMALIA -- TALKING POINTS FOR FEBRUARY 15 [...] USUN is instructed to draw from the following talking points during their February 15 consultations on Somalia. Begin points: -- The United States continues to have the utmost concern over the ongoing crisis in Somalia. -- The United States is grateful to the AU Mission in Somalia for [...] | 2008-02-14 22:33:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | UNSC PREL PHUM KCRM PBTS PHSA EWWT SO XA XW |
08STATE17204 | SOMALIA -- INSTRUCTION CABLE ON AMISOM RESOLUTION [...] USUN is instructed to vote in favor of the following Security Council Resolution on AMISOM slated to be adopted on February 20: Begin text The Security Council, PP1 Recalling its previous resolutions concerning the situation in Somalia, in particular resolution 733 (1992),resolution [...] | 2008-02-20 20:37:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | UNSC PREL PHUM KCRM PBTS PHSA EWWT SO XA XW |
08STATE22040 | OAS NOTES 03/03/07 [...] (U) Summary: This message is a regular report regarding current Organization of American States (OAS) issues that may be of interest to overseas posts and domestic agencies. The purpose of these roundup cables is to inform posts of otherwise unreported developments in the inter-American syste [...] | 2008-03-04 17:10:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL OAS ECON ENRG EWWT |
08STATE31432 | SOMALIA-- DRAFT ELEMENTS FOR POSSIBLE UNSCR ON [...] (SBU) This is an action request for USUN, Embassy London, Paris, and Panama City. See paragraphs 2 and 3. 2. USUN is instructed to provide to its British, French and Panamanian counterparts draft elements of a UN Security Council Resolution (paragraph 12) to combat piracy off the Somali [...] | 2008-03-26 23:02:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | UNSC PREL PHUM PHSA EWWT KCRM SO XA XW |
08STATE32356 | SOMALIA-- TALKING POINTS FOR 03/28 EXPERTS MEETING [...] This is an action message, see paragraph 2. 2. USUN is instructed to draw from the following talking points and seek elements in paragraph 3 for a PRST on Somalia in response to the March 14 Secretary General (SYG) report on Somalia. Begin points: -- The United States believes the Ma [...] | 2008-03-28 19:29:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | UNSC PREL PHUM PHSA EWWT KCRM SO XA XW |
08STATE32521 | PSI SHIPBOARDING AGREEMENT NEGOTIATIONS WITH [...] Summary: U.S. and Ukrainian negotiating teams discussed the major areas of disagreement regarding the draft Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) shipboarding agreement during a second round of talks in Washington, DC on February 13, 2008. Major issues identified for near-term follow-up i [...] | 2008-03-28 22:15:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP KTIA PHSA PARM PREL EWWT UP |
08STATE32527 | SOMALIA- TALKING POINTS FOR MARCH 31 ARRIA STYLE [...] This is an action message. See paragraph 2. 2. USUN is instructed to draw from the following talking points for the March 31 Arria style meeting on Somalia. Begin points: -- The United States would like to thank the UK Permanent Mission for organizing this Arria-style meeting. We wo [...] | 2008-03-28 22:27:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | UNSC PREL PHUM PHSA EWWT KCRM SO XA XW |
08STATE34695 | UKRAINE: REPORTING ON THE NONPROLIFERATION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUESTS: On February 14-15, the U.S. and Ukraine held the semi-annual U.S.-Ukraine Nonproliferation Working Group (NPWG) meeting in Washington, DC. This marks at least nine years of cooperation between the U.S. and Ukraine on important nonproliferation issues. Both [...] | 2008-04-03 18:01:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | ETTC PARM PREL EWWT PHSA UP |
08STATE47531 | UNSC RESOLUTION ON SOMALI PIRACY [...] (C) This is an action request. Posts are requested to approach host governments to explain the basis for the draft Security Council resolution on piracy off the coast of Somalia and seek their support. As consultations on the draft resolution are already underway in New York among Security [...] | 2008-05-05 22:42:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PHSA EWWT KCRM UNSC SO XW |
08STATE55508 | 2008 AUTOMATED MUTUAL-ASSISTANCE VESSEL RESCUE (AMVER) AWARDS [...] This is an action request. Please see paragraphs 2 and 10. 2. Posts in or responsible for the following countries/entities are requested to assist in the annual presentation of awards to owners of vessels participating in the U.S. Coast Guard's Automated Mutual Assistance Vessel Rescue (AMV [...] | 2008-05-23 15:24:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | EWWT ECON ETRD ELTN ATRN PREL |
08STATE74485 | (S) FOLLOW-UP TO OUR REQUEST TO BOARD [...] (S//REL Malta) Post is requested to approach appropriate-level host nation officials regarding our request over the weekend of June 7-8 concerning the Maltese-flagged vessel M/V FIFTH OCEAN. Post may draw from background, objectives, and talking points/non-paper below, as appropriate. As ap [...] | 2008-07-11 12:20:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET//NOFORN | PARM PREL MNUC EWWT MT |
08STATE79681 | PSI SHIPBOARDING AGREEMENT WITH THE BAHAMAS, [...] SUMMARY AND BACKGROUND: Ref A reports the approval by the Government of the Commonwealth of the Bahamas (GCOB) of a bilateral reciprocal Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) shipboarding agreement negotiated in Nassau April 30-May 1, 2008 (ref B). The Department has received interagency [...] | 2008-07-24 14:18:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP KTIA EWWT PHSA PARM PREL MARR BF |
08STATE94723 | IMPLEMENTATION OF THE IRISL CARGO INSPECTION [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. ---------------------- SUMMARY AND BACKGROUND ---------------------- 2. (C) The Department sent a demarche (REF A) to initiate discussions with key countries on the importance of implementing robustly the inspection provision of [...] | 2008-09-04 15:26:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | GR IS ECON EFIN EWWT ETRD PARM PREL KNNP EUN |
08STATE98072 | SOMALIA PIRACY: LETTER TO SC RELAYING USG ACTIONS [...] This is an action request see paragraph 2. 2. Operational paragraph 12 of UNSCR 1816 requests states cooperating with the TFG inform the Security Council within 3 months of the progress of actions undertaken in the exercise of the authority provided in operational paragraph 7 of that resol [...] | 2008-09-12 22:45:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | UNSC PREL PHSA PBTS EWWT XA XW |
08STOCKHOLM414 | SWEDEN TO FOCUS ON EXISTING AGREEMENTS RATHER THAN [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-05 13:43:00 | Embassy Stockholm | UNCLASSIFIED | EWWT EAID ECIN ECON EFIS MARR MASS MCAP MOPS |
08STOCKHOLM489 | SWEDISH RESPONSE: IRAN AIR CARGO AND ISLAMIC [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-07 14:53:00 | Embassy Stockholm | SECRET | EFIN EWWT ERTD PARM PINR PREL KNNP EUN IR SW |
08STOCKHOLM674 | SWEDISH RESPONSE:DESIGNATION OF THE ISLAMIC [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-09 08:26:00 | Embassy Stockholm | SECRET | ECON EFIN ERTD PARM KNNP EUN EWWT PREL IR SW |
08STPETERSBURG197 | MURMANSK - PROSPERING, BUT WITH PROBLEMS [...] (SBU) During a December 17-18 visit to Murmansk, DPO and Poloff saw a city relatively unscathed by the world economic crisis, and in fact saw a city hoping to capitalize on opportunities arising from the crisis and building on its recent economic growth. However, despite the apparent prosperi [...] | 2008-12-23 16:04:00 | Consulate St Petersburg | UNCLASSIFIED | RS PGOV ECON EINV EIND EPET EWWT PHUM OPRC |
08SUVA221 | EMBASSY SUVA'S RESPONSE: GLOBAL MARITIME PARTNERSHIP [...] (SBU) Embassy Suva delivered reftel talking points to Fiji, Kiribati, Nauru, Tonga and Tuvalu on 19 May 2008. Post will forward any responses or feedback, but has received none to date. DINGER [...] | 2008-05-28 16:20:00 | Embassy Suva | UNCLASSIFIED | EWWT EAID ECIN ECON EFIS MARR MASS MCAP |
08TAIPEI1539 | MAC CHAIR LAI SHIN-YUAN PREVIEWS UPCOMING [...] (C) Summary. On October 29, AIT Director Young met with the chairwoman of Taiwan's Mainland Affairs Council (MAC),Lai Shin-yuan for a preview of the agenda and substance of the November 3-7 talks between the Straits Exchange Foundation (SEF) and China's Association for Relations Across the T [...] | 2008-10-30 10:07:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON EAIR EWWT PGOV TW CH |
08TALLINN211 | ESTONIA COURTS CHINESE INVESTMENT IN PORTS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: With two new deals in the works - a commercial investment agreement between Estonian and Chinese ports, and a state-level bilateral shipping agreement - Estonia has come out ahead of potential regional competitors in attracting Chinese capital to its shipping sector. These ag [...] | 2008-06-17 13:07:00 | Embassy Tallinn | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV EWWT CH EN |
08TBILISI1029 | GEORGIAN COAST GUARD READY FOR COOPERATION WITH [...] On June 16, Embassy Econoff presented the concept of the Global Maritime Partnership initiative to Ramaz Papidze, Head of the Resources Management Division of the Georgian Coast Guard Department. The Georgian Coast Guard is an organ of the Border Police, under the Ministry of Internal Affairs [...] | 2008-06-18 04:55:00 | Embassy Tbilisi | UNCLASSIFIED | EWWT EAID PREL MARR SNAR GG |
08TBILISI1603 | REQUEST FOR U.S. GOVERNMENT ASSISTANCE IN GEORGIAN [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 5. 2. (SBU) During the August 2008 conflict between Russian and Georgia, Russian air and ground forces inflicted significant damage to the military and coast guard side of the port in Poti. Several vessels were attacked by Russian air [...] | 2008-09-18 05:37:00 | Embassy Tbilisi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EWWT PARM GG |
08TEGUCIGALPA561 | HONDURAN RESPONSE TO GLOBAL MARITIME PARTNERSHIPS [...] On June 5, EconOff delivered reftel talking points to Ambassador Eduardo Rosales Ramirez, Foreign Policy Director, Foreign Affairs Ministry. Mr. Rosales was cognizant of the importance of the partnerships and proposed a three-pronged approach on the part of Honduras. First, he would surface t [...] | 2008-06-16 14:12:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC EAID ECIN ECON EFIS EWWT MARR MASS MCAP |
08TELAVIV2058 | NON-PAPER ON IRISL TRANSMITTED TO GOI [...] On September 8, Econoff passed non-paper transmitted reftel to a representative of Udi Levi, Director of the National Security Council's (NSC) Bureau of Counterterrorism Finance. Econoff's GOI contact promised to transmit the non-paper via secure fax to Ariel Shafransky, Deputy Director for C [...] | 2008-09-09 12:55:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN KTFN KNNP PTER EWWT IS |
08TELAVIV2268 | IRISL OBJECTIVES SHARED WITH GOI [...] On September 10, Econoff transmitted Treasury's press release on the designation of the Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping Lines (IRISL) to a representative of Udi Levi, Director of the National Security Council's (NSC) Bureau of Counterterrorism Finance. The press release was also transmitted [...] | 2008-10-03 15:17:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN KTFN KNNP PTER EWWT IS |
08THEHAGUE1049 | NETHERLANDS/PIRACY CONTACT GROUP: DUTCH PLAN TO [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-24 13:16:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | EWWT KCRM MOPS PBTS PHSA PTER UNSC SO NL |
08THEHAGUE607 | NETHERLANDS/SOMALIA: IMPLEMENTATION OF UNSCR 1816 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On July 15, Poloffs discussed reftel points with Bob Aal, Dutch MFA Security Policy Department contact for Africa. At the request of the UN, the Dutch protected humanitarian aid convoys to Somalia this spring, but for the moment the Dutch are following the EU lead on responding [...] | 2008-07-18 13:05:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EWWT KCRM KCRS KJUS PHSA PREL NL SO XA XW |
08THEHAGUE967 | NETHERLANDS: RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON EU [...] No summary [...] | 2008-11-19 14:15:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EWWT EUN IMO NL |
08TIRANA758 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON DESIGNATION OF THE ISLAMIC [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-16 14:45:00 | Embassy Tirana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD PARM KNNP EUN EWWT PREL AL |
08TOKYO126 | JAPANESE UNABLE TO DIVERT SHIPMENT OF [...] No summary [...] | 2008-01-16 08:32:00 | Embassy Tokyo | SECRET | EWWT PARM PREL JA |
08TOKYO1656 | JAPAN HOLDS MEETING TO PREPARE FOR POSSIBLE [...] (C) Japan's Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport, and Tourism (MLIT) held a meeting June 12 for G8 and ASEAN countries, as well as representatives from China, Philippines, South Korea, and Australia to discuss GOJ plans for a possible October 22 - 24 ministerial to discuss actions coun [...] | 2008-06-17 08:40:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | SENV EAIR EWWT PREL JA |
08TOKYO1851 | JAPAN "STRICTLY" ENFORCING SANCTIONS AGAINST IRISL [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-07 04:05:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EWWT ETRD PARM PINR PREL KNNP IR JA |
08TOKYO2286 | JAPAN SUSPENSION OF INSURANCE FOR CUBA-BOUND [...] (SBU) Japan's top economic newspaper reported August 19 that Nippon Export and Investment Insurance (NEXI),the GOJ-backed provider of international trade insurance, stopped accepting applications for trade insurance on deals with Cuba, prompting speculation about the future of Japan's Cuba- [...] | 2008-08-19 08:00:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EINV EWWT PREL CU JA |
08TOKYO2441 | UPDATE ON OCTOBER 22-24 MINISTERIAL CONFERENCE ON [...] (SBU) Summary: Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transportation and Tourism (MLIT) officials met with EMIN September 4 to review planning for the October 22-24 Ministerial Conference on Global Energy and Environment in Transportation (MEET) in Tokyo and push for senior USG (DOT or EPA) partici [...] | 2008-09-05 08:12:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC ECON PREL ELTN EWWT EAIR |
08TOKYO2724 | Progress in Asia Pacific Partnership Transport Sector [...] (SBU) Summary: Asia-Pacific Partnership on Clean Development and Climate (APP) members explored areas for cooperation in conserving energy and reducing CO2 emissions in road transport during the first APP Road Transport Sector Workshop in Tokyo September 18-19. Following detailed presentations [...] | 2008-09-30 06:30:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELTN SENV EWWT PREL JA |
08TOKYO2778 | MEET MINISTERIAL POSTPONED: GLOBAL CONFERENCE ON [...] (SBU) Summary: The October 22-24 Ministerial Conference on Global Energy and Environment in Transportation (MEET) in Tokyo will be postponed, Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transportation and Tourism (MLIT) officials told EMIN October 3. Although MLIT has not formally announced a postponem [...] | 2008-10-06 08:03:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELTN EWWT EAIR PREL AORC JA |
08TOKYO2933 | TRANSPORTATION, ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT MINISTERIAL [...] The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLIT) will convene the rescheduled Ministerial Conference on Global Environment and Energy in Transport (MEET) January 14-16, 2009 in Tokyo. On October 21, MLIT delivered by fax copies of the following letter from MLIT Minister Kan [...] | 2008-10-21 07:42:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | ELTN EWWT EAIR PREL AORC JA |
08TOKYO3242 | INTERNATIONAL CORAL REEF INITIATIVE DRAFTS 2009-2010 [...] (U) Summary: The International Coral Reef Initative (ICRI) held its fourth East Asia Regional Workshop in Tokyo November 17-19 and produced a draft provisional plan for 2009-2010 as well as terms of reference for upcoming meetings. The group's goal is to develop short and long-term plans to e [...] | 2008-11-26 07:54:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV EFIS EWWT PREL JA MX |
08TOKYO3484 | JAPAN'S SEAMEN'S UNION AND SHIPOWNERS URGE ACTION [...] (SBU) In conjunction with Diet members in the bipartisan Maritime Safety Coalition, the Japan Shipowners' Association (JSA) has lobbied the Japanese government for greater involvement in anti-piracy activities in the Gulf of Aden, a JSA official told Emboffs December 19. The JSA did not forma [...] | 2008-12-22 08:28:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EWWT ETRD PREL JA |
08TOKYO3535 | JAPAN ANTI-PIRACY UPDATE: LEGAL WRANGLING, [...] (C) Piracy issues in the Horn of Africa (HOA) remain a topic of extensive interest in Japan, both in the media and among contacts in the Japanese government. Calls from major publications for Japan to "do something" have grown louder in recent weeks, driven in part by China's December 26 dispa [...] | 2008-12-30 08:47:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIS ELTN EWWT JA MOPS PBTS PGOV PHSA PINR |
08TRIPOLI595 | A COMMERCIAL CAUTIONARY TALE: BECHTEL'S BID FOR SIRTE PORT PROJECT FALLS FLAT [...] (C) Summary: An unsuccessful year-long bid by U.S. firm Bechtel to build a commercial port in the Libyan city of Sirte has shed light on how decisions about large foreign investment projects in Libya are made. Bechtel's bid went through several evolutions, including signing a memorandum of unders [...] | 2008-07-23 08:32:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | ECIN ECON EINV ETRD EWWT KCOR PGOV LY |
08TRIPOLI642 | HANNIBAL GOES TO SEA: INSIGHTS INTO ANOTHER AL-QADHAFI FAMILY BUSINESS [...] No summary [...] | 2008-08-12 15:32:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EPET EWWT PGOV KCOR CY LY |
08TRIPOLI825 | LIBYA ON DESIGNATION OF THE ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN [...] (S) CDA met October 13 with Jalal Jaidi of the MFA's International Organizations Department to follow up on reftel demarche and urge that the GOL freeze assets of entities listed reftel, require comprehensive mandatory inspections of IRISL-related cargo and ensure that all Libyan national comp [...] | 2008-10-17 09:21:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN ETRD PARM KNNP EUN EWWT PREL LY |
08TRIPOLI826 | LIBYA ON DESIGNATION OF THE ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN [...] (S) CDA met October 13 with Jalal Jaidi of the MFA's International Organizations Department to follow up on reftel demarche and urge that the GOL freeze assets of entities listed reftel, require comprehensive mandatory inspections of IRISL-related cargo and ensure that all Libyan national comp [...] | 2008-10-17 09:21:00 | Embassy Tripoli | SECRET | ECON EFIN ETRD PARM KNNP EUN EWWT PREL LY |
08TUNIS1041 | TUNIS RESPONSE ON MARINE SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH [...] (U) Embassy Tunis confirms that Andrea Donnally will be responsible for coordinating requests to the GOT for all marine scientific research authorizations. Her tour began July 2008 and is scheduled to end July 2010. Beth Mitchell, Commercial/Economic Officer is her back up. 2. (SBU) Embas [...] | 2008-09-19 11:11:00 | Embassy Tunis | UNCLASSIFIED | KRVC TPHY EWWT TS |
08TUNIS600 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON GLOBAL MARITIME SECURITY [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-05 13:09:00 | Embassy Tunis | UNCLASSIFIED | EWWT PREL SMIG TS |
08USUNNEWYORK1165 | USUN: COUNCIL RESPONSE TO SOMALIA PIRACY RESOLUTION [...] (U) This is an urgent action request. Please see paragraph 7. 2. (U) SUMMARY: In response to reftel instructions, USUN circulated our draft resolution on Somalia piracy to the P3 on the evening of December 9 and to the broader Council on December 10. Initial expert-level consultations wer [...] | 2008-12-12 00:49:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM PHSA EWWT KCRM UNSC SO XA XW |
08USUNNEWYORK1168 | UNGA: GENERAL ASSEMBLY DEBATE ON OCEANS AND THE [...] (U) Summary: The 63rd UN General Assembly held its debate on agenda item 70, "Oceans and the Law of the Sea," on December 4. The General Assembly considered two resolutions relating to this agenda item, both of which were co-sponsored by the United States. The resolution on Oceans and the Law [...] | 2008-12-12 14:03:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | UNGA SENV EWWT PHSA PREL |
08VALLETTA228 | MALTA'S REACTION TO GLOBAL MARITIME PARTNERSHIP [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador briefed key Maltese military and civilian officials about GMP. The Maltese expressed enthusiasm about the concept. Several GMP-related areas of cooperation already exist, and the Maltese were eager to explore further areas. Malta,s Foreign Minister said that at an [...] | 2008-06-02 14:31:00 | Embassy Valletta | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC EAID ECIN ECON EFIS EWWT MARR MAS MCAP |
08VALLETTA420 | MALTA STUDYING USG REQUEST TO TAKE ACTIONS AGAINST [...] (C) On October 2, Ambassador and DCM met with Minister of Finance Tonio Fenech and MinFin Head of Secretariat Alan Caruana to deliver reftel demarche. Emphasizing that action would be consistent with UNSCRs 1737, 1747 and 1803, the Ambassador told the Finance Minister that the U.S. was urging [...] | 2008-10-03 14:28:00 | Embassy Valletta | SECRET | ECON EFIN ETRD PARM KNNP EUN EWWT PREL MT IR |
08VIENTIANE458 | DISASTER DECLARATION FOR FLOODING IN LAOS [...] This is an action request. In view of the mounting reports of damage caused by flooding in Vientiane and various provinces in Laos and in response to the August 18, 2008, appeal of the Government of Laos to the international community for assistance, the Charge d'Affaires has determined that a [...] | 2008-08-19 10:16:00 | Embassy Vientiane | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ECON SENV EWWT EAID CASC ASEC LA |
08VILNIUS376 | LITHUANIA AWARE AND PARTICIPATING IN GLOBAL [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-19 13:36:00 | Embassy Vilnius | UNCLASSIFIED | EWWT EAID ECIN ECON EFIS MARR MASS MCAP LH |
08WARSAW189 | POLAND: SMOOTH SAILING AHEAD FOR COAST GUARD PORT [...] (U) Sensitive but Unclassified. Not for Internet distribution. 2. (SBU) Econoff accompanied a team of U.S. Coast Guard officers to a meeting on January 29 with Polish officials to discuss an upcoming port facility visit under the International Port Security Program (IPSP). The Polish [...] | 2008-02-11 15:11:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EWWT PREL PGOV PL |
08WARSAW746 | POLAND: GLOBAL MARITIME PARTNERSHIPS [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-27 08:01:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED | EWWT EAID ECIN ECON EFIS MARR MASS MCAP |
08WELLINGTON76 | SOMALIA AND PIRACY: NEW ZEALAND RESPONSE [...] (C) On February 28, Andrew Robinson, a Middle East and Africa policy officer from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT) contacted the Embassy to report on his initial feedback from the Ministry of Defense regarding possible GNZ assistance on addressing piracy off the Somalian coas [...] | 2008-02-28 18:33:00 | Embassy Wellington | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS KCRM EWWT NZ |
08YAOUNDE625 | CAMEROON DEMARCHE DELIVERED: GLOBAL MARITIME [...] (SBU) Per reftel, Post demarched the Ministries of Foreign Affairs and Defense on the Global Maritime Partnership. We have not yet received a substantive response. The GRC actively participates in the Africa Partnership Station (APS) and appears interested in future collaborations. We expec [...] | 2008-06-20 08:29:00 | Embassy Yaounde | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EWWT EAID ECIN ECON EFIS MARR MASS MCAP MOPS |
08YAOUNDE72 | CAMEROON'S MINISTER OF ENERGY AND WATER ON SECTOR [...] (SBU) Summary: Cameroon Minister of Energy and Water Jean Bernard Sindeu realizes there is a serious energy deficit, costing the economy an estimated 1-1.5% of annual GDP growth. He is planning a major expansion in the electricity sector but foresees continued significant supply shortfalls [...] | 2008-01-28 13:11:00 | Embassy Yaounde | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CM ECON ENRG EPET EWWT |
08YEREVAN639 | ARMENIA: FUEL, FOOD SHORTAGES PREDICTED DUE TO [...] No summary [...] | 2008-08-11 10:14:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS ENRG EAIR ELTN ECON EAGR EWWT PBTS |
08YEREVAN649 | TFGG01: ARMENIAN PM RAISES ALARM ON FUEL, GRAIN [...] No summary [...] | 2008-08-14 15:25:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ELTN PREL EWWT ENRG EAGR RU GG AM |
08YEREVAN660 | TFGG01: ARMENIAN CONCERNS GROW OVER LOOMING [...] (C) FM Nalbandian complained to the Charge on the evening of August 19 that there had been "no improvement" in cargo deliveries from Georgia. Following the destruction of the rail bridge at Kaspi,the GOAM sent 40 heavy trucks to the port at Batumi to load fuel for delivery in Armenia. Accordi [...] | 2008-08-20 12:07:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ELTN PREL EWWT ENRG EAGR RU GG TU IR AM |
08ZAGREB359 | GOC EXPRESSES SUPPORT FOR UNSC RESOLUTION ON [...] (C) Reftel points were delivered to Andrej Dogan of the Department for the United Nations at the Croatian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and European Integration on 06 May 2008. According to Dogan, Croatian Permanent Representative to the UN Neven Jurica has expressed support for the resolution. [...] | 2008-05-08 15:12:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PHSA EWWT KCRM UNSC SO XW HR |
08ZAGREB804 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: EU REGULATIONS ON RECOGNIZED [...] No summary [...] | 2008-11-25 14:03:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | EWWT EUN IMO HR |
08ZAGREB852 | SOMALI PIRACY: CROATIA STILL REVIEWING PROPOSED [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-12 14:15:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM PHSA UNSC MARR EWWT KCRM SO XA XW |
08ZAGREB893 | CROATIA WILL ATTEND INAUGURAL MEETING OF CONTACT [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-31 10:29:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | EWWT KCRM MOPS PBTS PHSA PTER HR |
08ZAGREB94 | FIRE BROUGHT UNDER CONTROL ON SHIP OFF CROATIAN [...] (U) Croatia's Ministry of Sea, Transport, and Infrastructure told emboff today that the fire on the Und Adrijatic, a Turkish cargo ship, is under control. Five tugboats (3 Croatian and 2 Italian) continue to work to cool the ship's hull. When temperatures are lowered sufficiently, a Dutch team [...] | 2008-02-08 14:06:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | PHSA EWWT HR |
09ABIDJAN382 | GBAGBO INTERVENES TO STOP PORT STRIKE [...] (U) Summary. A three-week-long strike at the Port of Abidjan ended June 17 after President Gbagbo promised to resolve all of the striking dock workers' grievances and ordered the release of workers who had been jailed. The strike resulted in some violence and a major disruption of port opera [...] | 2009-06-19 14:31:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB EWWT ECON PGOV IV |
09ABUDHABI1077 | UAE SUPPORTS U.S. INTERNATIONAL MARITIME ORGANIZATION [...] (SBU) On November 15, PolOff delivered Ref A demarche to the Director General of the National Transport Authority Dr. Nasser Saif Al Mansoori, who said the UAE would "definitely" support the U.S. candidacy for a seat on the International Maritime Organization (IMO) Council in Category A, as it [...] | 2009-11-15 11:38:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC IMO EWWT PHSA KTIA PREL PGOV AE |
09ABUDHABI29 | UAE PARTICIPATION IN CONTACT GROUP ON SOMALI PIRACY [...] No summary [...] | 2009-01-08 14:26:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER PBTS PHSA MOPS EWWT KCRM AE |
09ABUDHABI501 | UAE SEEKS SUPPORT AS IMO COUNCIL "CATEGORY C" [...] Post received the following diplomatic note on May 18, 2009, requesting USG support for the UAE's candidacy as a "category C" member of the IMO Council. Begin text of Note No. MM1/5/73-1036 A dated 13 May 2009: Complimentary opening The Ministry has the honor to inform the Embassy that [...] | 2009-05-18 14:20:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL EWWT PHSA ECON AE |
09ABUDHABI761 | UAEG STRICT LIMITS ON PRIVATE WEAPONS POSSESSION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The UAEG has strict laws regarding private possession of weapons and ammunition. Americans have been arrested and jailed for transporting such weapons and equipment, even in cases where airline and U.S. authorities allowed shipment on a U.S.-originating flight. Although diploma [...] | 2009-07-27 11:14:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EWWT KHLS ASEC KOMC MARR PARM PREL PHSA CASC AE |
09ABUDHABI765 | CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE AUTHORITY INTEREST IN USCG, DHS [...] (SBU) On July 26, the Ambassador received a letter (text in para 2) from the Chairman of Abu Dhabi's Critical National Infrastructure Authority (CNIA) Sheikh Ahmed bin Tahnoon Al Nahyan requesting formal and ongoing cooperation with the US Coast Guard and Department of Homeland Security. Sheik [...] | 2009-07-28 12:44:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EWWT KHLS ASEC KOMC MARR PARM PREL PHSA AE |
09ABUDHABI899 | UAE REQUESTS USG SUPPORT FOR A SEAT ON IMO COUNCIL [...] (U) This is an action request; please see paragraph 4. 2. (SBU) The UAE is seeking U.S. support for a seat on the International Maritime Organization (IMO) Council when the 26th Assembly meets in December. CDA, along with mission chiefs from Argentina, Brazil, Canada, and Venezuela attended [...] | 2009-09-10 10:30:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC IMO EWWT PHSA KTIA PREL PGOV |
09ABUJA1098 | NIGERIA: PIRACY COURT DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (U) Poloff delivered reftel demarche and non-paper "An International Piracy Court -- Not the Right Direction" to Ms. Maria Laose, the Director of the First UN Division at the Nigerian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) on June 17. Ms. Laose pledged to pass copies of the non-paper along to the [...] | 2009-06-17 16:21:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | EWWT MARR PGOV PHSA PHUM PREL NI |
09ABUJA1135 | DIPNOTE: NIGERIAN CANDIDACY FOR INTERNATIONAL [...] (SBU) Embassy received the following diplomatic note number F-766/2009 dated June 2, 2009 from the Nigerian Ministry of Foreign Affairs on June 23 regarding GON re-election into Category "C" of the International Maritime Organization. The text of the note is as follows: 2. (SBU) BEGIN TEX [...] | 2009-06-24 08:46:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | PHSA PREL EWWT IMO NI |
09ABUJA1210 | NIGERIA: FOREIGN MINISTER DISCUSSES AU SUMMIT AND [...] (C) Ambassador had a short June 28 breakfast meeting with Nigerian Foreign Minister Ojo Maduekwe at his residence a few hours before his departure for Libya for the African Union (AU) Summit. Ambassador covered a range of issues ranging from Nigeria,s delegation to both the AU and upcoming G-8 [...] | 2009-06-30 12:10:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EAGR EAID EWWT KCRM PBTS PHSA PARCA |
09ALGIERS564 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED RE: INTERNATIONAL PIRACY COURT [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-16 08:03:00 | Embassy Algiers | UNCLASSIFIED | EWWT MARR PGOV PHSA PHUM PREL AG |
09ALGIERS96 | U.S. COAST GUARD GIVES ALGERIAN PORTS HIGH MARKS [...] (U) SUMMARY: A delegation of four International Port Security Specialists from the U.S. Coast Guard visited the ports of Arzew and Algiers from January 10-14, marking the second visit by the Coast Guard since the implementation of the International Ship and Port Facility Security Code (ISPS) [...] | 2009-01-27 17:49:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD EWWT AG |
09AMMAN1191 | ARMS/SECURITY TEAMS ABOARD MERCHANT VESSELS DEMARCHE [...] (SBU) EconOff and Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Attaches delivered ref A demarche to Al-Moutasem K. Alsaket, Director General of the Jordan Maritime Authority (JMA),and several members of his staff in Aqaba on May 18. This meeting also served as the introductory courtesy call by DHS [...] | 2009-05-26 07:25:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EWWT ASEC MARR PARM PREL PHSA KHLS JO |
09AMMAN1379 | JORDAN: RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON INTERNATIONAL [...] (C) POL Off delivered reftel demarche on June 16 to Samer Naber, Deputy Chief of Staff at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA),emphasizing U.S. opposition to the formation of an international tribunal to prosecute suspected pirates and soliciting the Jordanian view on the subject. Although [...] | 2009-06-18 12:51:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | EWWT MARR PGOV PHSA PHUM PREL JO |
09AMMAN2376 | JORDAN: GOJ SUPPORTIVE OF US CANDIDACY FOR IMO [...] POLOFF delivered reftel points to Samer Naber, the Head of the America's Bureau at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, as well as a dip note and aide memoire in both English and Arabic per reftel instructions. Naber was not very familiar with the details of IMO governance, but indicated that the [...] | 2009-10-27 13:37:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC IMO EWWT JO |
09AMMAN333 | JORDAN LEAHY VETTING REQUEST FOR U.S. COAST GUARD PORT [...] (SBU) In addition to the names submitted reftel, Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the individuals listed in paragraph 2 for U.S.- sponsored training. The individuals have been selected to take part in the U.S. Coast Guard's Port Physical Security/Port Vulnerability course [...] | 2009-02-03 13:12:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EWWT PREL ASEC JO |
09AMMAN345 | JORDAN LEAHY VETTING REQUEST FOR U.S. COAST GUARD PORT [...] (SBU) In addition to the names submitted reftels, Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the individuals listed in paragraph 2 for U.S.- sponsored training. The individuals have been selected to take part in the U.S. Coast Guard's Port Physical Security/Port Vulnerability cours [...] | 2009-02-04 13:53:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC EWWT PREL JO |
09AMMAN388 | JORDAN LEAHY VETTING REQUEST FOR U.S. COAST GUARD PORT [...] (SBU) In addition to the names submitted reftels, Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the individuals listed in paragraph 2 for U.S.- sponsored training. The individuals have been selected to take part in the U.S. Coast Guard's Port Physical Security/Port Vulnerability cours [...] | 2009-02-11 04:19:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC EWWT PREL JO |
09AMMAN457 | JORDAN LEAHY VETTING REQUEST FOR U.S. COAST GUARD PORT [...] (SBU) In addition to the names submitted reftels, Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the individuals listed in paragraph 2 for U.S.- sponsored training. The individuals have been selected to take part in, or are considered as alternate candidates for, the U.S. Coast Guard's [...] | 2009-02-18 13:18:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC EWWT PREL JO |
09AMMAN512 | JORDAN LEAHY VETTING REQUEST FOR U.S. COAST GUARD PORT [...] (SBU) In addition to the names submitted reftels, Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the individuals listed in paragraph 2 for U.S.- sponsored training. The individuals have been selected to take part in, or are considered as alternate candidates for, the U.S. Coast Guard's [...] | 2009-02-24 04:10:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC EWWT PREL JO |
09AMMAN556 | JORDAN LEAHY VETTING REQUEST FOR U.S. COAST GUARD PORT [...] (SBU) In addition to the names submitted reftels, Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the individuals listed in paragraph 2 for U.S.-sponsored training. The individuals have been selected to take part in, or are considered as alternate candidates for, the U.S. Coast Guard's [...] | 2009-03-01 13:15:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC EWWT PREL JO |
09ANKARA1223 | TURKEY: ON BOARD WITH US APPROACH TO BROADEN [...] (SBU) MFA Maritime Affairs Section Head Haldun Tekneci confirmed on August 19 that the GOT fully supports the proposal to shift from the concept of "membership" in the Contact Group for Piracy Off the Coast of Somalia (CGPCS) to one of participation, in line with ref a and the presentation Pri [...] | 2009-08-19 14:35:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EWWT MARR PGOV PHSA PHUM PREL |
09ANKARA1264 | GOT PROTESTS GEORGIAN SEIZURE OF MERCHANT SHIPS [...] (SBU) The GOT has protested the seizure of two ships, which, it claims, were stopped by the Georgian Coast Guard in international waters in the Black Sea off the coast of Georgia and taken into the port of Poti (see reftel). The Turkish-crewed Panamanian-flagged oil tanker "Buket," which was [...] | 2009-08-26 16:04:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EWWT TU GG |
09ANKARA1466 | TURKEY: DEMARCHE ON IMO CANDIDACY DELIVERED [...] (SBU) We delivered reftel demarche and aide-memoire to Haldun Tekneci, Maritime Department Head at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. He recognized the ongoing and active participation of the United States in the IMO and observed that Turkey and the United States have a long history of excellen [...] | 2009-10-09 09:25:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC IMO EWWT PHSA TU |
09ANKARA239 | TURKISH PARLIAMENT APPROVES SENDING FRIGATE TO THE [...] The Turkish Parliament approved February 10 a motion authorizing the government to send naval forces to the Gulf of Aden to protect commercial vessels from pirates. The Turkish Naval Forces frigate Giresun (ex USS Flatley, an Oliver Hazard Perry class frigate) will reportedly depart February [...] | 2009-02-13 05:07:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | MOPS KCRM PREL PGOV EWWT PBTS PHSA PTER TU |
09ANTANANARIVO631 | MADAGASCAR: ISPS CODE DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-04 10:07:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EWWT ETRD ECON KHLS PTER PREL MA |
09ANTANANARIVO781 | GROWING THREAT OF PIRACY IN MALAGASY AND COMORAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Piracy in the Indian Ocean is expanding south and east beyond the Gulf of Aden and the Somali coast, and will likely reach Malagasy or Comoran territorial waters by 2010. Neither country has the resources to deter or respond to this threat, nor will they be able to rely on French [...] | 2009-11-16 14:19:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | CONFIDENTIAL | PHSA EWWT MARR MA CN MP SE |
09ASHGABAT1060 | TURKMENISTAN: JAPANESE DEVELOPMENT AGENCY HAS [...] (C) SUMMARY: This week, officials from Japan's development agency made a trip to Turkmenistan for the first time in 10 years to discuss broadening cooperation. Their talks focused on a plan to modernize the port at Turkmenbashy, which would then become a point on the east-west transit corrid [...] | 2009-08-21 12:19:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID ECIN ELTN EWWT JA TX |
09ASHGABAT1214 | TURKMENISTAN: DEMARCHE ON U.S. IMO COUNCIL [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-25 07:40:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC EWWT PHSA IMO UK TX |
09ASHGABAT1425 | TURKMENISTAN TO SUPPORT U.S. CANDIDACY IN IMO [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-06 12:56:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC EWWT PHSA IMO UK TX |
09ASMARA248 | ERITREA'S MORIBUND FREE ZONES [...] (SBU) Eritrea's planned Free Zones (foreign investor and trader friendly enclaves) are often touted along with gold mining as the key to reviving the country's flagging economy. However, following the June 08 border clash with Djibouti, shipping costs to Massawa have increased and port capabi [...] | 2009-08-04 14:38:00 | Embassy Asmara | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD EINV EWWT ER DJ |
09ASTANA2067 | KAZAKHSTAN TO SUPPORT U.S. CANDIDACY FOR IMO [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) On November 20, Rimma Zhunussova of the MFA's UN office told PolOff that Kazakhstan will support the U.S. candidacy for re-election to Category A membership in the International Maritime Organization Council (ref A and B). S [...] | 2009-11-20 07:54:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL AORC EWWT PHSA IMO KZ |
09ATHENS1079 | GREECE AGREES AN INTERNATIONAL PIRACY COURT IS NOT THE RIGHT [...] (SBU) We delivered ref A non-paper, "An International Piracy Court: Not the Right Direction," to the Greek MFA June 9, and discussed it in a follow-up meeting with D1 Directorate (UN and IO Affairs) Counselor Dimitrios Papandreou and Legal Advisor Fani Livada on June 18. Echoing earlier commen [...] | 2009-06-26 07:13:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EWWT MARR PGOV PHSA PHUM PREL GR |
09ATHENS1153 | GREECE SUPPORTS MOVING BEYOND MEMBERSHIP IN CONTACT GROUP ON [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-02 15:04:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EWWT MARR PGOV PHSA PHUM PREL GR |
09ATHENS1443 | GREEK VIEWS ON PIRACY CONTACT GROUP PARTICIPATION [...] (C) MFA Counselor Dimitrios Papandreou commended U.S. efforts to resolve the impasse over participation in the Contact Group for Piracy Off the Coast of Somalia, agreed with excluding North Korea and Iran from participation, and labeled our reftel message "a nice compromise." He noted his und [...] | 2009-08-26 14:04:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | EWWT MARR PGOV PHSA PHUM PREL SO GR |
09ATHENS1457 | GREECE: CONTACT GROUP FOR PIRACY OFF THE COAST OF SOMALIA [...] (SBU) On August 31 we delivered reftel message to Greek MFA D1 Directorate (UN and International Organizations Affairs) Counselor Dimitris Papandreou, inviting Greece to join other countries that are among the 20 largest ship registries to sign the Commitment to Best Management Practices to Avo [...] | 2009-09-03 13:47:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EWWT KCRM PHSA PHUM PREL UNSC SO GR |
09ATHENS1549 | ATHENS LAY OF THE LAND FOR PM A/S SHAPIRO [...] (C) Andrew: Welcome to Greece. Your visit comes at a time of calm between two storms; the first being the recently concluded Parliamentary elections in which PM Papandreou scored a decisive victory over the moribund Karamanlis administration, and the second being Greece's dismal economic sit [...] | 2009-10-15 15:38:00 | Embassy Athens | SECRET | PREL PHSA PGOV EWWT MARR MASS GR |
09ATHENS1555 | GREECE SUPPORTS U.S. IMO CANDIDACY, EXPECTS SAME [...] (SBU) On October 2, we delivered reftel demarche and diplomatic note to the MFA's D1 Office, responsible for the UN and other international organizations and conferences. On October 16, we followed up with Director Emannouil Papadorgiorgakis, who assured us of Greek support for the United Sta [...] | 2009-10-16 12:28:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC IMO EWWT PHSA GR |
09ATHENS1597 | NEW GOVERNMENT WANTS TO DEEPEN U.S-GREECE STRATEGIC [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a cordial October 22 meeting with Alternate Minister of Defense Panos Beglitis, A/S Shapiro urged Greece to deepen its partnership with the U.S. on counterpiracy, sign the New York Declaration on Best Practices, follow through on its commitment to move its ISAF engineering batt [...] | 2009-11-04 14:12:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHSA PGOV MARR MASS EWWT GR |
09ATHENS1599 | ALT/MFA DROUTSAS OPTIMISTIC ON BALKANS, TURKEY WITH A/S [...] (C) SUMMARY: PM A/S Shapiro used an October 22 meeting with Alternate Foreign Minister Dimitri Droutsas to encourage closer U.S.-Greek cooperation in counter-piracy, urging Greece to sign the New York Declaration on best practices and to try piracy suspects in Greek courts. He also thanked th [...] | 2009-11-04 14:17:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHSA PGOV MARR MASS EWWT GR |
09ATHENS1601 | GREECE: MARINE SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH AUTHORIZATIONS [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-05 08:45:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED | TPHY KRVC EWWT GR |
09ATHENS1611 | PIRACY: GREEK HEARTBURN WITH THE NEW YORK DECLARATION [...] (C) SUMMARY. PolMil Chief met at MFA November 3 to establish Greek views on signing the New York Declaration at the upcoming Plenary of the Contact Group on Piracy off the Coast of Somalia (CGPCS) in January 2010. While the MFA values our overall cooperation on counterpiracy, they have conti [...] | 2009-11-09 13:25:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHSA EWWT GR |
09ATHENS210 | GREECE: POINTS DELIVERED ON PROSECUTION OF [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-18 12:33:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED | PHSA PBTS EWWT KCRM PTER MOPS PREL GR |
09ATHENS751 | INTERNATIONAL MARITIME ORGANIZATION (IMO) SHIP RECYCLING [...] (SBU) On May 8, A/EconCouns and Julienne Hince, Deputy Chief of Mission for the Australian Embassy in Greece, discussed reftel points with Captain Elias Sabatakakis, Directorate for the Protection of the Sea Environment, Greek Ministry of Mercantile Marine, Aegean Sea & Island Policy. Sabataka [...] | 2009-05-11 10:23:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EIND ETRD EWWT IMO KTIA PREL SENV GR |
09ATHENS875 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED - GREEK PROSECUTION OF SUSPECTED M/V [...] (C) We delivered reftel message inquiring about possible Greek interest in exercising jurisdiction over 17 suspects in U.S. Navy custody on May 21 to MFA D1 (UN and International Organizations Affairs) Counselor Dimitios Papandreaou. Papandreou took note of the details of the case, including o [...] | 2009-05-28 08:38:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EWWT KCRM MARR PBTS PGOV PHSA PREL GR EG |
09BAGHDAD1697 | ENVIRONMENT MINISTER REQUESTS ASSISTANCE [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 6. 2. (SBU) Summary. During a meeting of the Environment Working Group under the Strategic Framework Agreement on June 22, 2009, the Minister for the Environment requested USG assistance for environmental legislation and regulation, laboratory c [...] | 2009-06-25 14:37:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAID SENV SOCI EWWT KGHG IZ |
09BAGHDAD1784 | IRAQ-KUWAIT: CROSS-BORDER ISSUES AFFECTING IRAQ'S [...] (C) Iraq's unresolved disputes with Kuwait reflect years of history. Particularly on the issues centered around the land and maritime borders, however, Iraq's concerns touch directly on economics. Iraq's dependence on oil exports, primarily through the south, and on imported foodstuffs and [...] | 2009-07-02 11:29:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EPET ETRD EWWT PBTS PREL IZ KU |
09BAGHDAD1912 | SOLVING THE IRAQ-KUWAIT MARITIME BOUNDARY ISSUES [...] (SBU) In paragraphs 16 and 17 of this message, we lay out a way forward to address Iraq's concerns with respect to its right to free access to the sea, including an unambiguous statement of Iraqi rights to international waters and a suggested expansion of the Khor Abdullah Interoperability P [...] | 2009-07-14 15:02:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EPET ETRD EWWT PBTS PREL PGOV UNSC IZ KU |
09BAGHDAD2124 | AMB AND PM DISCUSS SYRIA, KUWAIT AND KRG ELECTIONS [...] (S) Summary. In their regular weekly meeting on August 6 (and the first since the PM,s return from Washington),the Ambassador and PM discussed Iraqi participation in the proposed Syrian-Iraq-U.S. trilateral border initiative. Maliki stated that he currently has an ongoing dialogue with Syri [...] | 2009-08-06 17:00:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | CASC EWWT IZ PGOV PREF PREL PTER |
09BAGHDAD345 | AL MAQAL PORT BASRA KEEN FOR MORE BUSINESS [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-10 12:40:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EWWT ECON EINV PGOV IZ |
09BAGHDAD347 | AL MAQAL PORT BASRA KEEN FOR MORE BUSINESS [...] (SBU) Al Maqal port, one of five ports in Basra, is keen to become an important shipping center again, but requires a permanent bridge to replace the pontoon bridges blocking most ships. Al Maqal port was neglected by Saddam Hussein after Shia uprisings in favor of Umm Qasr port. Silt has ac [...] | 2009-02-10 13:15:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EWWT PGOV IZ |
09BAGHDAD959 | IRAQI MARSHES STRUGGLING TO MAKE A COMEBACK (PART [...] (SBU) Iraq's marshes have been in trouble for a long time. Considering the marshes to be a waste of land and a breeding ground for mosquitoes, early British plans called for the near complete drying out of the marshes. By 1990, the marsh area had already been reduced by 50%. Saddam greatly [...] | 2009-04-08 07:46:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EAID SOCI SENV EWWT KGHG IZ |
09BAGHDAD960 | WHO'S WHO IN MARSHLAND RESTORATION (PART 2 OF 2) [...] (SBU) Marsh restoration is a nexus of delicate political, economic, and cultural issues, spanning three provinces and 12 Iraqi ministries. While only a few tens of thousands of Iraqis still lived in the marshes area in early 2003, estimates are that over 150,000 people have returned, with man [...] | 2009-04-08 07:47:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EAID SOCI SENV EWWT KGHG IZ |
09BANGKOK1695 | MEGAPORTS REGIONAL WORKSHOP HIGHLIGHTS PORT SECURITY [...] (SBU) Summary: The first Megaports Initiative Regional Workshop was held in Bangkok, Thailand May 12-15, 2009. The Thai Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Royal Thai Customs, and Port Authority of Thailand co-hosted the event with the U.S. Department of Energy and the U.S. Embassy. The workshop [...] | 2009-07-15 02:28:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KHLS EWWT ETTC PARM PREL TH |
09BANGKOK2321 | Thai Concerns About 100 Percent Cargo Scanning [...] SUMMARY: This is an action request, see paragraph 7. The Thai Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) and the local American business community have expressed concern about the practical implications of future U.S. regulations on maritime freight. The QImplementing Recommendations of the 9/11 Com [...] | 2009-09-11 09:24:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | KHLS EWWT ETRD TH |
09BANGKOK2544 | Wanting to be Cooperative, Thailand Concerned about [...] (SBU) SUMMARY and COMMENT: Concerned about potential obstacles to Thai exports to the United States, the Thai MFA hosted a seminar on the implications of U.S. regulations on maritime freight security, specifically the requirement to scan all containers "100 percent" by July 2012 per the 9/11 [...] | 2009-10-05 10:08:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KHLS EWWT ETRD TH |
09BANGKOK2766 | Thailand Supports U.S. Candidacy in IMO [...] (SBU) Post delivered reftel demarche via diplomatic note on October 19. The Thai Ministry of Foreign Affairs replied via diplomatic note on October 29 and stated that the Royal Thai Government (RTG) supports the re-election of the United States to the International Maritime Organization's (IM [...] | 2009-10-29 09:32:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC EWWT IMO PHSA UK TH |
09BASRAH14 | BASRAH INVESTMENT COMMISSION CHALLENGES U.S. TO INVEST IN [...] (SBU) Summary. Basra Investment Commission (BIC) representatives Haider Ali Fadhel and Ihsan Abdul-Jabar Isamaael touted Basra Province's investment prospects and progress during a March 8 visit to the Basra Regional Embassy Office (REO). Haider plugged Basra Province's strategic location, inf [...] | 2009-03-20 15:28:00 | REO Basrah | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV EWWT EPET ETRD IZ IR SY KU JO TU UK |
09BASRAH18 | BASRAH: UNITED KINGDOM HOSTS INVESTMENT CONFERENCE [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-14 10:58:00 | REO Basrah | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV ETRD PGOV MASS EAIR EWWT UK IZ |
09BASRAH52 | BASRAH: THE PORT OF UMM QASR AND AN OVERVIEW OF IRAQ'S PORT [...] (SBU) Summary: The port of Umm Qasr, Iraq's only deepwater port, with significant U.S. assistance, has made major progress in its rehabilitation since 2003, following years of wars, damage and sanctions, and must continue to play a central role if Iraq's post-war economic recovery is to be sust [...] | 2009-09-17 13:34:00 | REO Basrah | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EWWT EAID KSEC PREL PBTS ELTN IZ |
09BASRAH64 | BASRAH BLACK GOLD RUSH BEGINS: OIL COMPANIES FACE "DOING [...] (U) This is a Basrah PRT reporting cable. Summary ------- 2. (SBU) With the conclusion of Iraq's second oil bid round, successful bidders and oil-service firms are now increasing their presence in Basrah. Four super giant fields recently awarded at auction lie in Basrah Province - Rumai [...] | 2009-12-29 08:17:00 | REO Basrah | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET ECON EINV PGOV SENV EAID IZ EWWT KCOR BTIO |
09BASRAH65 | BASRAH BLACK GOLD RUSH BEGINS: OIL COMPANIES FACE "DOING [...] (U) This is a Basrah PRT reporting cable. Summary ------- 2. (SBU) With the conclusion of Iraq's second oil bid round, successful bidders and oil-service firms are now increasing their presence in Basrah. Four super giant fields recently awarded at auction lie in Basrah Province - Rumai [...] | 2009-12-29 09:08:00 | REO Basrah | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET ECON EINV PGOV SENV EAID IZ EWWT KCOR BTIO |
09BASRAH67 | IRAQI FISHERMEN HARASSED BY IRAN AND KUWAIT [...] (C) Iraqi fishermen are bearing the brunt of conflicting claims by Iraq and its neighbors to territorial waters in the Persian Gulf. Media reports and personal accounts by fishermen, PRT members, US Navy personnel in the region, and a British naval officer familiar with the situation confirm r [...] | 2009-12-31 11:31:00 | REO Basrah | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON EWWT ETRD PGOV EFIS PBTS IZ IR KU |
09BEIJING1028 | U.S. Firms Voice Concerns about China's Stimulus Packages [...] (SBU) Summary: A lack of transparency and "buy local" biases could thwart U.S. companies seeking to benefit from China's considerable stimulus package funding, according to representatives of major U.S. firms. Firms report that the plan has been used to support Chinese firms and create import [...] | 2009-04-17 09:41:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EWWT EIND ETRD CH |
09BEIJING1133 | CHINA/RUSSIA: STRANGE BEDFELLOWS OR STRATEGIC [...] SUMMARY: In spite of PRC public support for the Sino-Russian "strategic partnership," Chinese officials privately view Russia as "irrational, aggressive and untrustworthy," according to an opinion page editor at a leading state-owned newspaper. Our contact noted that many readers found a rec [...] | 2009-04-28 08:17:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ENRG EWWT EPET MARR CH RS AF |
09BEIJING1246 | CHINA - SHIP RECYCLING DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (SBU) Econoff coordinated with the Australian Embassy to deliver the demarche on the International Maritime Organization's (IMO's) Ship Recycling Convention to the Chinese Ministry of Transport (MOT) and the Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) on May 4. Chinese Government representatives stated they [...] | 2009-05-08 09:56:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EIND ETRD EWWT IMO KTIA PREL SENV CH |
09BEIJING1261 | CHINA/RUSSIA: FM YANG'S VISIT TO MOSCOW REAFFIRMS [...] (C) SUMMARY: China and Russia share a common interest in a multi-polar world and "democratization of international relations," but the China-Russia strategic partnership is "not an alliance and not directed at a third country," according to an MFA official. The official said China and Russia [...] | 2009-05-11 08:56:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER ENRG EWWT EPET MARR CH RS AF |
09BEIJING1654 | CHINA'S NON-FERROUS METALS INDUSTRY GETS GOVERNMENT [...] (SBU) Summary: China announced May 11 a detailed three-year plan to stimulate its non-ferrous metals industry focused on industrial consolidation and technology innovation. The plan encourages regrouping among non-ferrous metal companies with the goal of forming three to five large-scale corpo [...] | 2009-06-18 04:17:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EWWT EIND ETRD CH |
09BEIJING1657 | INTERNATIONAL PIRACY COURT: CHINA SHARES U.S. CONCERNS [...] (SBU) China shared U.S. concerns about creating an international piracy court, MFA Treaty and Law Department International Law Division Deputy Director Xu Yu told PolOff June 17 in response to reftel points urging China's support for the U.S. position opposing the creation of an international t [...] | 2009-06-18 08:12:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EWWT MARR PGOV PHSA PHUM PREL CH |
09BEIJING1661 | CHINA/RUSSIA: CHINESE SCHOLAR AND RUSSIAN [...] (C) Despite China and Russia's public statements about the importance of their strategic partnership, neither country viewed its bilateral relationship as its top foreign policy priority, a Chinese expert on Russia told PolOff June 15. The scholar predicted that the Shanghai Cooperation Organi [...] | 2009-06-18 10:48:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EFIN ENRG EWWT EPET MARR CH RS |
09BEIJING2177 | PRC/RUSSIA: MFA, SCHOLARS DOWNPLAY IMPACT OF [...] (C) In response to the closure by Moscow authorities of the Cherkizovsky market, the largest Chinese market in Russia (reftel),China's state-controlled media was uncharacteristically critical of Russia's "heavy handed" actions, and the issue generated commentary among Chinese bloggers complai [...] | 2009-07-30 10:13:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EFIN ENRG EWWT EPET MARR CH RS |
09BEIJING2408 | CHINA DOES NOT WANT TAIWAN IN THE CGPCS [...] (C) China would oppose Taiwan participation in the Contact Group on Piracy off the Coast of Somalia (CGPCS),but otherwise welcomes broader participation, according to MFA International Organizations and Conferences Department UN Affairs Division official Cheng Lie. Cheng, who plans to attend [...] | 2009-08-21 05:43:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EWWT MARR PGOV PHSA PHUM SO CH |
09BEIJING2491 | PRC RECEPTIVE TO SIGNING THE NY DECLARATION [...] (C) Barring unforeseen problems, China will likely sign the Commitment to Best Management Practices to Avoid, Deter or Delay Acts of Piracy (the New York Declaration) during the public ceremony on September 9 before the plenary meeting of the Contact Group on Piracy off the Coast of Somalia (CG [...] | 2009-09-01 10:18:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EWWT KCRM PHSA PHUM SO XA XW UNSC |
09BEIJING26 | January 6 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: MIDDLE EAST, SOMALI PIRACY, [...] Key points at the January 6 MFA press briefing: -- China has told "relevant parties" to "stop military action" in the Middle East. -- Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macao fishing vessels can apply for protection from the Chinese naval flotilla in the sea off Somalia through appropriate channels. [...] | 2009-01-06 11:38:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM EWWT CH TW IS |
09BEIJING3019 | PRC/IRAN: CHINA URGED TO FOLLOW UK IN REFUSING [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-02 09:55:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KNNP MNUC PARM EFIN EWWT IR CN |
09BEIJING3252 | PRC SCHOLAR ON IRAN, RUSSIA, CENTRAL ASIA, SCO, [...] (C) Summary: A well-connected scholar of Russian and Central Asian studies argued that China would not alter its basic position on the Iran nuclear issue in response to an apparent Russian shift in approach, because PRC leadership understands that Russia's change is in tone only, Russia's und [...] | 2009-12-04 10:07:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EFIN ENRG EWWT EPET MARR CH AF IR |
09BEIJING443 | CHINA ANNOUNCES SHIPBUILDING SUPPORT PLAN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. China's State Council announced a shipbuilding industry support plan on Feb. 11, the fifth of ten such plans for key industries designed to help sectors hit hardest by the economic slowdown. The plan includes a three-year moratorium on approval of new shipyards, but observers d [...] | 2009-02-20 12:59:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EWWT EIND ETRD CH |
09BEIJING470 | RUSSIA SEEKS TO DEFUSE TENSIONS WITH CHINA AFTER [...] (C) The Russian military's February 15 sinking of the Chinese cargo ship "The New Star" has caused tension between Russia and China but will not have a long-term impact on bilateral relations, a Russian Embassy contact in Beijing told PolOff February 24. Our contact reported that the MFA summ [...] | 2009-02-24 10:48:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EWWT ETRD MARR PBTS CH RS |
09BEIJING583 | CHINA ANNOUNCES LIGHT INDUSTRY SUPPORT PLAN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: China's State Council announced on February 19 a light industry support plan, the seventh of ten plans to help the country's key industries. Like the other plans, the light industry support plan seeks to promote domestic consumption and encourage industry consolidation. The pl [...] | 2009-03-06 09:14:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EWWT EIND ETRD CH |
09BEIJING585 | INDUSTRY SUPPORT PLANS - CHINA ADDS LOGISTICS, DROPS REAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. China's State Council announced on February 25 that the tenth and final industry support plan would focus on logistics, not real estate and construction. This is the only plan targeting the service sector, and seeks to reform a severely fragmented and inefficient industry. Obs [...] | 2009-03-06 09:22:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EIND ECON EAIR ELTN EWWT CH |
09BEIJING66 | CONTACT GROUP ON SOMALI PIRACY: PRC WILLING TO [...] (C) Summary: China will participate in the Contact Group on Somali Piracy (CGSP) but would like to see member states take a cautious approach, MFA Department of International Organizations and Conferences UN Affairs Division Deputy Director Sun Xiaobo told PolOff January 9 in response to reft [...] | 2009-01-09 08:18:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EWWT KCRM MOPS PBTS PHSA PTER CH SO |
09BEIJING661 | CHINA ANNOUNCES NONFERROUS METALS INDUSTRY SUPPORT PLAN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: China's State Council announced on February 25 a nonferrous metals industry support plan, the ninth of ten plans to help the country's key industries. The plan aims to control production volumes and support technical innovations within the nonferrous metals sector, which includ [...] | 2009-03-13 08:29:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EWWT EIND ETRD CH |
09BEIJING777 | Shandong's Economy Hit by Economic Slowdown but Still [...] (SBU) Summary: Shandong Province, China's second largest in terms of GDP and population, has witnessed a significant drop in trade and foreign investment during the first two months of 2009, according to contacts in Jinan and Qingdao who recently met with EconOff. However, contacts asserted t [...] | 2009-03-25 08:51:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EWWT EIND ETRD CH KS |
09BEIJING830 | CHINA'S TRANSPORT MINISTRY REORGANIZED: NO [...] (U) SUMMARY: China's State Council formally approved the reorganization of the Ministry of Transport (MOT) on March 16th. This is the first major organizational change since the MOT was created as a super-ministry in March, 2008, combining the former Ministry of Communications (MOC),the Civ [...] | 2009-03-29 23:26:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR EWWT ELTN ECPS CH |
09BEIJING982 | FM YANG AND CODEL MCCAIN DISCUSS BILATERAL [...] (C) PRC Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi told CODEL McCain April 9 that U.S.-China relations were enjoying a "new spirit" of positive relations anchored by cooperation on global and regional concerns of mutual interest, and sought assurances that Congress would show "understanding" on Taiwan, Tibe [...] | 2009-04-14 09:51:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SENV ETRD PBTS PHUM MNUC EWWT CH |
09BEIRUT1355 | RENEWED GOL COMMITMENT TO WTO ACCESSION IN 2010 (ECONOMIC [...] (SBU) Assistant U.S. Trade Representative Christopher Wilson briefed GOL officials and parliamentarians on the status of Lebanon's WTO negotiations during a one-day visit to Beirut December 17. Wilson said the USG sees a real opportunity for Lebanon, with a new cabinet in place, to move towar [...] | 2009-12-29 06:45:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EWWT SENV PGOV LE |
09BEIRUT843 | LEBANON: JOB CREATION IS PRIORITY FOR PM-ELECT (ECONOMIC [...] (SBU) Senior economic advisor to PM-elect Saad Hariri and potential finance minister in the next cabinet, Dr. Nadim Munla, said Hariri plans to focus on job creation and to enact a program creating at least 200,000 jobs over the next five years. Munla said on July 21 that Hariri was considerin [...] | 2009-07-27 12:53:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EIND ETRD EWWT KIPR KFLU PGOV LE |
09BELGRADE1210 | Serbia To Support U.S. IMO Candidacy [...] SBU) In response to the demarche requested in reftel, Serbia declared in a diplomatic note that it will support the candidacy of the US for re-election in the IMO council under Category A during the 26th session of the IMO Assembly in London from 23rd November to 4th December 2009. BRUSH [...] | 2009-10-21 13:17:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC IMO EWWT PHSA UK SR |
09BELMOPAN424 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: U.S. CANDIDACY FOR THE INTERNATIONAL [...] Poloff delivered reftel demarche and diplomatic note on USG candidacy for the International Maritime Organization (IMO) Council to Ayesha Borland, Western Hemisphere Desk Officer at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on November 17. Director of Economic Affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs [...] | 2009-11-17 19:49:00 | Embassy Belmopan | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC IMO EWWT PHSA UK BH |
09BERLIN19 | GERMANY: ONBOARD FOR CONTACT GROUP ON SOMALI PIRACY [...] (U) Poloff delivered Ref A and Ref B to MFA Deputy Division Head for European Security and Defense Policy (ESDP) Jens Beikuefner, who noted that MFA already had received the draft communiqu and proposed agenda from the German Permanent Mission to the UN. MFA Division Head for ESDP Kampmann l [...] | 2009-01-08 12:17:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | EWWT KCRM MOPS PBTS PHSA PTER |
09BERLIN831 | CGPCS: GERMANY AGREES ON PARTICIPATION ISSUE, BUT [...] (C) Post delivered ref A points to MFA UN Security Council Action Officer Dirk Stockhausen on June 30 and then followed up with him on July 2, emphasizing the importance that the U.S. placed on reaching a resolution that would allow the six aspirant countries to participate in the Contact Group [...] | 2009-07-09 17:15:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | EWWT MARR PGOV PHSA PHUM PREL MOPS GM |
09BERN494 | SWISS SUPPORT U.S. CANDIDACY FOR THE INTERNATIONAL [...] (SBU) Department of Foreign Affairs US Desk Officer Alexandra Baumann informed econoff on November 18 that Switzerland will support the U.S. candidacy for re-election to Category A membership in the Council of the International Maritime Organization. BEYER [...] | 2009-11-18 14:00:00 | Embassy Bern | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC EWWT PHSA UK SZ |
09BRASILIA1211 | BRAZIL: NON-COMMITAL RESPONSE TO U.S. CANDIDACY AT THE [...] (SBU) On September 25 Science Officer delivered the demarche per REFTEL A requesting Brazil's support the U.S. candidacy at the International Maritime Organization (IMO) to Second Secretary Andre Tenorio Mourao of the Division of Oceans, Antarctica, and Outer Space at the Ministry of External [...] | 2009-10-02 14:18:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC IMO EWWT PHSA UK BR |
09BRASILIA1298 | BRAZIL: MARINE SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH AUTHORIZATIONS: UPDATED [...] Per REFTEL, Post's officers responsible for handling requests for marine scientific research authorizations are as follows: - Environment, Science, Technology and Health (ESTH) Counselor Richard J. Driscoll - tel. 55 61 3312-7401, email DriscollRJ@state.gov (through summer 2010) - ESTH [...] | 2009-11-06 12:44:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | TPHY KRVC EWWT KSCA SENV BR |
09BRASILIA577 | BRAZIL: OPEN MINEDED ON AUSTRALIAN PROPOSAL ON IMO SHIP [...] (SBU) On May 8, Post's Environment, Science and Technology, and Health (ESTH) Counselor together with Australian Deputy Chief of Mission Tim Millikan delivered the joint demarche (per REFTEL) concerning the International Maritime Organization (IMO) Ship Recycling Convention to the Brazilian Mi [...] | 2009-05-08 16:58:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EIDN ETRD EWWT IMO KTIA PREL SENV BR |
09BRIDGETOWN145 | DOMINICA: EMERGING WATER SUPERPOWER? [...] (U) Dominica has the potential to be a massive exporter of potable fresh water, with some 300 million gallons spilling into the ocean every day. The government has expressed interest in exploiting this largely untapped resource, but a lack of capacity and resources to focus on the possible i [...] | 2009-03-05 12:29:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV BEXP XL EAGR EIND ETRD EWWT SENV |
09BRUSSELS1031 | EU MEMBER STATES APPEAR EXCITED ABOUT NBT, EVEN IF [...] (SBU) Summary. Sweden is moving forward with preparations to move the One Big Thing (OBT) initiative, which exists between Embassy Stockholm and the Government of Sweden to promote development of green technology through R&D and business partnerships, to the EU-level. Some Member States are [...] | 2009-07-28 14:43:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EIND ENRG EUN EWWT KGHG SENV TPHY TRGY |
09BRUSSELS1032 | IN A REPEAT OF 2008, DIVISIONS EXIST BETWEEN EU [...] (C) Summary. As it prepares for Copenhagen, the EU is reliving many of the arguments that plagued it during negotiations of the Climate and Energy Package last year. At a recent EU Energy and Environment Ministers meeting, Poland is leading what appears to be the same group of Central and Eastern E [...] | 2009-07-28 14:45:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EIND ENRG EUN EWWT KGHG SENV TPHY TRGY |
09BRUSSELS1033 | EU GENERALLY POSITIVE ON U.S. CLIMATE POLICY, BUT [...] (C) Summary. Several EU officials are pleased with the direction the United States is taking in its climate policy, but some (notably Germany and France) are looking for more. However, on several other issues related to the UN negotiation process, the EU is far from a consolidated position. [...] | 2009-07-28 14:47:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EIND ENRG EUN EWWT KGHG SENV TPHY TRGY |
09BRUSSELS1058 | IRAN, PSI, AND THE EU: IS IT TIME TO LET THE EU [...] (S//NF) Summary/Comment: The EU,s growing role in European maritime security and non-proliferation policy makes it increasingly in our interest to enlist the EU in the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI). New EU initiatives and a formal EU role in PSI could help compel stronger action [...] | 2009-07-31 15:43:00 | USEU Brussels | SECRET//NOFORN | PARM PREL ETTC IR EUN EWWT KNNP |
09BRUSSELS106 | COPENHAGEN IS THE #1 ENVIRONMENTAL PRIORITY FOR [...] (U) On January 21, Czech Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Environment Martin Bursik appeared before the European Parliament's Environment Committee to discuss the priorities of the Czech Presidency of the EU Council of Ministers (running from January until June 2009). Bursik listed four [...] | 2009-01-27 14:26:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | EAIR ECON EIND ENRG EUN EWWT KGHG SENV TPHY |
09BRUSSELS1165 | COMMISSION PERSPECTIVES ON UNFCCC, MEF, AND TROIKA [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-21 08:42:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EIND ENRG EUN EWWT KGHG SENV TPHY TRGY |
09BRUSSELS1172 | COMMISSION PERSPECTIVES ON UNFCCC, MEF, AND TROIKA VISIT TO [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-25 10:05:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EIND ENRG EUN EWWT KGHG SENV TPHY TRGY TSPL |
09BRUSSELS1174 | COMMISSION PERSPECTIVES ON UNFCCC, MEF, AND [...] (SBU) This is a corrected version of BRUSSELS 1165 to correct for formatting. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. Artur Runge-Metzger, Head of Unit for International Climate Negotiations in the European CommissionQs Directorate General for Environment, said that emissions targets for developed and developi [...] | 2009-08-25 12:23:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EIND ENRG EUN EWWT KGHG SENV TPHY |
09BRUSSELS1231 | EXPECT NEGATIVE RHETORIC ON CLIMATE CHANGE TO CONTINUE FROM [...] (SBU) Summary. Despite efforts to stem unhelpful comments, we can expect certain EU Member States will continue to call for the United States to "do more" on climate change in the run-up to Copenhagen. Recent statements targeting the United States, notably from the Swedish Presidency, Germany [...] | 2009-09-11 08:36:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EIND ENRG EUN EWWT KGHG SENV TPHY TRGY TSPL |
09BRUSSELS131 | CONGRESSMAN MARKEY SHOWS OPTIMISM IN VIDEO [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-01 15:43:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EIND ENRG EUN EWWT KGHG SENV TPHY |
09BRUSSELS1326 | EU: U.S. IMO CANDIDACY [...] (U) On September 28, EconOff spoke with Jacques Michaux and Philippe Burghelle-Vernet at the European Commission's Energy and Transport Directorate (DG-TREN) about the U.S. interest in seeking re-election to the International Maritime Organization (IMO) Council in Category A and followed up wi [...] | 2009-10-01 09:45:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC IMO EWWT PHSA UK EUN |
09BRUSSELS1329 | CONGRESSMAN MARKEY SHOWS OPTIMISM IN VIDEO CONFERENCE WITH [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-01 15:13:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EIND ENRG EUN EWWT KGHG SENV TPHY TRGY TSPL |
09BRUSSELS133 | WORKING WITH THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION ON [...] (U) This is a request for guidance. See paragraphs 2 and 6. 2. (SBU) Summary: On January 22, USEU facilitated a videoconference with representatives of the European Commission to discuss the Critical Maritime Routes initiative, which is designed to provide capacity building support t [...] | 2009-01-29 17:13:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EWWT EAID PHSA PTER XI XO XW ZR EUN |
09BRUSSELS1330 | CONGRESSMAN MARKEY SHOWS OPTIMISM IN VIDEO CONFERENCE WITH [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-01 15:36:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EIND ENRG EUN EWWT KGHG SENV TPHY TRGY TSPL |
09BRUSSELS1331 | CONGRESSMAN MARKEY SHOWS OPTIMISM IN VIDEO [...] (SBU) Summary. Congressman Edward Markey (D-MA),Chairman of the House Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming and co-author of the American Clean Energy and Security Act (ACES, also known as Waxman-Markey),told Commission officials and reporters that the Senate could pass [...] | 2009-10-01 15:43:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EIND ENRG EUN EWWT KGHG SENV TPHY |
09BRUSSELS1333 | CONGRESSMAN MARKEY SHOWS OPTIMISM IN VIDEO CONFERENCE WITH [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-01 16:14:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EIND ENRG EUN EWWT KGHG SENV TPHY TRGY TSPL |
09BRUSSELS1334 | CONGRESSMAN MARKEY SHOWS OPTIMISM IN VIDEO CONFERENCE WITH [...] (SBU) Summary. Congressman Edward Markey (D-MA),Chairman of the House Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming and co-author of the American Clean Energy and Security Act (ACES, also known as Waxman-Markey),told Commission officials and reporters that the Senate could pass [...] | 2009-10-01 16:32:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EIND ENRG EUN EWWT KGHG SENV TPHY TRGY TSPL |
09BRUSSELS1391 | EUROPEAN COMMISSION TO PROPOSE BINDING ENERGY EFFICIENCY [...] (SBU) Summary. The European Commission plans to propose binding energy efficiency targets for all EU Member States, according to a draft Communication outlining recommendations for improving Europe's energy efficiency. The Commission argues that the EU can only reduce energy consumption by 11 [...] | 2009-10-16 12:29:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EIND ENRG EWWT KGHG SENV TRGY |
09BRUSSELS1470 | PRESIDENT BARROSO CALLS FOR STRONG COPENHAGEN AGREEMENT [...] (SBU) Summary. In an October 28 speech, President Barroso, said that climate change is "the defining issue of our generation" and called for a strong international agreement in Copenhagen. He expressed that strong support from European business is essential to success, and Copenhagen represen [...] | 2009-10-29 15:04:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EIND ENRG EWWT KGHG SENV TRGY |
09BRUSSELS1541 | EU MEMBER STATES REMAIN DIVIDED DESPITE EU COUNCIL [...] (SBU) Summary. Although the European Council took several steps forward in defining its efforts to mitigate the effects of climate change, it failed to resolve several open issues, notably around financing. Even among the agreed conclusions, it is apparent there remains disagreement among Mem [...] | 2009-11-18 14:44:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EIND ENRG EWWT KGHG SENV TRGY |
09BRUSSELS1543 | EU INTEGRATING MARITIME SURVEILLANCE ACROSS [...] (SBU) Summary: The European Union, via separate initiatives in the European Commission and European Council, is working to integrate civilian and military maritime surveillance systems across its Member States in an effort to improve international coordination to secure European commerce, p [...] | 2009-11-18 16:41:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EWWT MARR EUN PARM |
09BRUSSELS164 | BELGIUM ACCEPTS INVITATION TO JOIN PIRACY CONTACT [...] (C) On February 3 Poloff met with Pol De Witte, Director for Security Policy at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. De Witte said that Belgium accepts the invitation of the Contact Group on Piracy off the Coast of Somalia (CGPCS) to join as a member of the group. Poloff provided De Witte with a [...] | 2009-02-05 06:23:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | AL EWWT KCRM PBTS PHSA BE |
09BRUSSELS190 | THE EU'S CLIMATE AND ENERGY PACKAGE; LOOKING BACK, [...] (SBU) Summary: The European Union, led by the French Presidency, completed its Climate and Energy Legislative Package in December 2008. However, what transpired between January 23, 2008, when the European Commission proposed the four pieces of legislation that made up the Climate Package, an [...] | 2009-02-10 15:12:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EIND ENRG EUN EWWT KGHG SENV TPHY TRGY |
09BRUSSELS193 | EU ENVIRONMENT COMMISSIONER EAGER TO ENHANCE [...] (SBU) The Charge d'Affaires met with EU Environment Commissioner Stavros Dimas on February 9. Dimas said that he looks forward to working with President Obama's climate team toward an international agreement. He realizes that "the transition will take a bit more time" and does not underestim [...] | 2009-02-11 11:03:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EIND ENRG EUN EWWT KGHG SENV TPHY TRGY |
09BRUSSELS198 | EU'S PROPOSED COPENHAGEN STRATEGY TARGETS OECD [...] (SBU) Summary: The EU Commission's Communication proposing the EU's approach for the UN climate change negotiations recommends strong emissions reduction ommitments and funding from developed countries, but suggests only "actions" (rather than commitments) from developing countries, including t [...] | 2009-02-11 15:21:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EIND ENRG EUN EWWT KGHG SENV TPHY TRGY |
09BRUSSELS239 | EU DIRECTOR GENERAL FOR ENVIRONMENT LOOKS FOR [...] (C) Summary: New EU Director General for the Environment Falkenberg told USEU 2/19 that: -- his recent meetings with Administration officials and on the Hill highlighted the need and potential for US-EU collaboration on climate change; -- Environment Commissioner Dimas' open letter to Was [...] | 2009-02-20 12:33:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EIND ENRG EUN EWWT KGHG SENV TPHY TRGY |
09BRUSSELS259 | EU EAGER TO WORK WITH U.S. ON CAP AND TRADE SYSTEMS [...] (SBU) Summary: EU Commission officials, industry reps, climate traders, and NGOs, are eager for a U.S. cap and trade system and anxious to share their experiences on the 2008 revision process of the EU,s Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS). Seeking U.S. leadership on climate change, all aspire to a [...] | 2009-02-23 16:21:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EIND ENRG EUN EWWT KGHG SENV TPHY TRGY |
09BRUSSELS390 | EU COUNCIL LEAVES MAJOR ISSUES IN COPENHAGEN [...] (SBU) During their March 19-20 European Council meeting, EU Heads of State are unlikely to make any definitive statements related to the EU position at the UN climate conference in Copenhagen; instead, they will leave virtually all issues unresolved and open for further discussion in subsequen [...] | 2009-03-18 16:48:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EIND ENRG EUN EWWT KGHG SENV TPHY TRGY |
09BRUSSELS449 | EU COMMISSION PLEASED BY MAJOR ECONOMIES FORUM [...] (SBU) Representatives from the cabinets of EU Commission President Barroso and Environment Commissioner Dimas and from DG Environment expressed their pleasure at the initiative shown by President Obama to continue the Major Economies Process in the form of the Major Economies Forum on Energy a [...] | 2009-03-27 15:32:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EIND ENRG EUN EWWT KGHG SENV TPHY TRGY |
09BRUSSELS559 | CONTINUED WINDOW OF OPPORTUNITY FOR INFLUENCING EU [...] (SBU) EU Commission officials explained to officials from EPA, State/OES, USTR, and USEU that the recently passed Directive on the use of renewable energy (the Renewables Directive) left open several issues related to biofuels methodology and criteria, which the Commission is required to close [...] | 2009-04-14 15:18:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EIND ENRG EUN EWWT KGHG SENV TPHY TRGY |
09BRUSSELS592 | SENATOR BINGAMAN DISCUSSES CAP AND TRADE SYSTEMS [...] (SBU) Summary. Senator Bingaman met separately on April 5-6 with officials from the EU Commission, EU Council, European Parliament, and private industry to discuss the EU's Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) and cap and trade systems in general. The underlying theme presented by the Europeans th [...] | 2009-04-24 11:09:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EIND ENRG EUN EWWT KGHG SENV TPHY TRGY |
09BRUSSELS664 | INDIAN CLIMATE NEGOTIATOR TELLS EUROPEAN AUDIENCE [...] (SBU) In an April 30 speech delivered to the Center for European Policy Studies, Shyam Saran, India's Special Envoy for Climate Change, stated that the "western" approach to financing and mitigation in developing countries will not work and that financing should be based on the developing coun [...] | 2009-05-11 11:26:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EIND ENRG EUN EWWT KGHG KTDB SENV TPHY |
09BRUSSELS708 | EU OFFICIALS VIEW OFFSETS AS POSSIBLE OBSTACLE TO [...] (SBU) Summary: EU Commission officials, EU Parliament officials, NGOs, and industry are looking to the United States for development of a comprehensive cap and trade program that can benefit from the EU's experience with its own Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS). The use of carbon offsets in th [...] | 2009-05-19 14:52:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EIND ENRG EUN EWWT KGHG SENV TPHY TRGY |
09BRUSSELS811 | SHIPPERS PROPOSE CLIMATE FUND TO AVOID CAP AND [...] In May 2009, the Danish Shipowners' Association (DSA) proposed a bunker levy on fuel as an alternative to inclusion of the maritime sector in emissions trading schemes (ETS). Under the proposal, suppliers of bunker fuel would be registered with the administrator of an international fund for gr [...] | 2009-06-11 14:42:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ENIV EWWT KGHG KTDB |
09BRUSSELS819 | COUNCIL SECRETARIAT DISCUSSES PIRACY PROSECUTION [...] (SBU) Summary: On June 12, Poloffs delivered REF A points and nonpaper on U.S. opposition to an international piracy court to Didier Lenoir, Head of the EU Council Secretariat's Operations and Exercises Unit. Lenoir confirmed that EU Member States are divided on the question of an internati [...] | 2009-06-15 11:07:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MOPS MARR PREL EWWT XW XF EUN |
09BRUSSELS839 | EU LENGTHENS COUNTER-PIRACY FORCE MANDATE [...] (C) On June 15, EU foreign ministers approved an extension of the EU counter-piracy Operation ATALANTA's mandate until December 13, 2010. According to the EU,s official public statement announcing the extension, the decision was taken with a view to facilitating future force generation for [...] | 2009-06-19 05:03:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | EUN EWWT MARR MOPS PREL XW |
09BRUSSELS878 | EU DEVELOPING COMPREHENSIVE APPROACH TO FIGHTING PIRACY [...] (C//NF) Summary: In several recent meetings, in the run-up to the GAERC's decision to extend the Atalanta mission to December 2010, EU Officials outlined to us the thinking behind High Rep Solana's effort to prompt discussion among member states on a bigger EU role in Somalia. The EU is fu [...] | 2009-06-25 16:15:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EWWT KCRM MARR MOPS PINS PREL XF XW EUN |
09BRUSSELS908 | EU SUPPORTS EXPANDED PIRACY CONTACT GROUP [...] (C) On June 29, PolOff delivered reftel points supporting an expanded Contact Group on Piracy off the Coast of Somalia to Didier Lenoir, head of operations and exercises in the EU Council Secretariat. Lenoir, who led the EU's delegation to the May Contact Group meeting in New York, believes [...] | 2009-07-01 15:45:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | EWWT MARR PGOV PHSA PHUM PREL EUN |
09BRUSSELS918 | COMMISSIONER DIMAS OUT OF CLIMATE CHANGE PICTURE; [...] (C) Summary. As the EU intensifies efforts to secure a climate agreement in Copenhagen, the Swedes have asserted their leadership role while Environment Commissioner Dimas has taken himself out of the picture. Both Swedish and Commission officials agree that European criticism of U.S. emissi [...] | 2009-07-06 09:24:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EIND ENRG EUN EWWT KGHG SENV TPHY TRGY |
09BRUSSELS920 | EU AND NORTH KOREA [...] (U) Action Request: Please see paragraphs 4-5. 2. (C) SUMMARY: USEU shared Ref A and B points with Commission and Council General Secretariat functional, regional, and technical experts. Commission sanctions experts request additional information about how the USG will implement the UN [...] | 2009-07-06 09:53:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ECON EFIN EWWT EAIR PARM PREL KNNP MNUC MTCRE |
09BRUSSELS936 | OPPORTUNITY TO COMMENT ON EU'S APPROACH TO [...] (SBU) Summary. The European Commission currently is internally debating how to address the effects of indirect land use change (ILUC) on the greenhouse gas emissions from biofuels. To assist in the process, the Commission has released a list of eight possible approaches and has opened up a p [...] | 2009-07-07 15:35:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EIND ENRG EUN EWWT KGHG SENV TPHY TRGY |
09BRUSSELS964 | EU CLIMATE CHANGE RELATIONSHIP STRONG WITH INDIA, [...] (C) Summary. In separate meetings held with the Mission of China to the EU and the Embassy of India, Chinese and Indian counterparts confirmed what USEU EconOff learned in conversations with the European Commission (see reftel): that the EU has a robust with China is almose that beforlnp`opan [...] | 2009-07-13 14:52:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EIND ENRG EUN EWWT KGHG SENV TPHY TRGY |
09BRUSSELS966 | BELGIUM SUPPORTS MORE OPEN PARTICIPATION IN [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-13 15:15:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | EWWT MARR PGOV PHSA PHUM PREL BE |
09BUCHAREST675 | ROMANIA: MARINE SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH AUTHORIZATIONS [...] In response to reftel request, post's officer responsible for transportation issues, including the handling of Foreign Ministry authorizations for maritime scientific research, is Economic Officer Justin Berg: Tel: 40-21-200-3436 Cell: 40-723-393-952 Fax: 40-21-200-3485 E-mail: BergJ@stat [...] | 2009-10-06 10:20:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED | EWWT KRVC TPHY RO |
09BUDAPEST716 | HUNGARY ON IMO AND CANDIDATES FOR INT'L [...] (U) On September 24, Econoff delivered reftel demarche advocating U.S. re-election to the International Maritime Organization (IMO) Council in "Category A" to Andrea Balog of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' International Organizations division, whose unit is responsible for candidates for int [...] | 2009-09-30 15:30:00 | Embassy Budapest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC EWWT PHSA PREL HU |
09BUDAPEST732 | HUNGARIAN RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE: INTERNATIONAL [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-07 13:51:00 | Embassy Budapest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC EWWT PHSA PREL HU |
09BUENOSAIRES123 | Argentina: Codel Costello Supports Expanding Bilat Ties, [...] (SBU) Codel Costello, a delegation of eight U.S. Representatives plus professional staff from the House Transportation and Infrastructure Civil Aviation Subcommittee, met with representatives of U.S. civil aviation companies and with senior GoA officials, including Planning Minister De Vido and [...] | 2009-02-05 17:28:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OVIP PREL EAIR EWWT ETRD AR |
09BUENOSAIRES1243 | Argentina Will Support U.S. Candidacy for International [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-25 14:30:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EWWT AORC PREL PHSA IMO AR |
09BUENOSAIRES530 | ARGENTINA: GOA SUPPORTIVE OF AUSTRALIAN PROPOSAL ON IMO [...] (SBU) Counselor Javier Figueroa of the Argentine MFA's Office of the Legal Advisor expressed support for the Australian proposal on ship recycling in the International Maritime Organization (IMO),following the delivery of reftel demarche presented jointly by Econoff and Nick McCaffrey, First S [...] | 2009-05-06 18:51:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EIDN ETRD EWWT IMO KTIA PREL SENV AR |
09CAIRO1180 | EGYPTIAN RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON AN INTERNATIONAL PIRACY COURT REF: STATE 58579 Classified By: Minister Counselor for Economic and Political Affairs William R. Stewart for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d). [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-23 13:44:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHSA PGOV PHUM EWWT MARR KCRM SO EG |
09CAIRO1372 | U.S. COAST GUARD VISITS PORT OF ALEXANDRIA [...] (SBU) KEY POINTS --A U.S. Coast Guard International Port Security team (PST) visited Egypt June 19-26 to conduct its first ever assessment of Egypt's compliance with the International Ship and Port Security standards code (ISPS). The team met with GOE port security officials and assessed the [...] | 2009-07-16 08:27:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EWWT ECON PGOV PREL MCAP EG |
09CAIRO1571 | PM PDAS COUNTRYMAN TALKS PIRACY WITH EGYPTIAN [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-12 09:35:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER EWWT KCRM SO EG |
09CAIRO1618 | EGYPTIAN MFA ADDRESSES PIRACY AND SOMALIA [...] He said the fisherman had "nothing to lose" because the GoE refused to pay a ransom to the pirates, and had discouraged the ship owners from doing the same. Marzouk had met personally with the families of the men to explain the GoE position and assured them that the MFA and Egyptian intelligence we [...] | 2009-08-20 14:36:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER MOPS MARR EWWT KCRM SO EG |
09CAIRO1806 | EGYPT TO EXTRADITE "PIRATES" [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-17 06:31:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET | PREL KCRM EWWT MARR MOPS SO EG |
09CAIRO184 | ARAB LEAGUE AGREES TO JOIN PIRACY CONTACT GROUP [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-02 14:15:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | EWWT KCRM PBTS PHSA PREL MOPS AL |
09CAIRO1924 | PRIME MINISTER DISCUSSES ESF, ELECTIONS, SINAI DEVELOPMENT, AND POST SAID EXPANSION [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-08 15:36:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ECON PREL PGOV EWWT ETRD EG |
09CAIRO2072 | NAVCENT DISCUSSES SUEZ CANAL TRANSIT PROCEDURES [...] (C) Key Points -- During a September 29 meeting, NAVCENT Deputy Commander Rear Admiral Cropper and Assistant Minister of Defense Major General al-Assar discussed Suez Canal transit procedures for U.S. naval vessels as part of an ongoing dialogue following the March 2008 Global Patriot incident. -- [...] | 2009-11-01 15:11:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS MASS MARR EWWT EG |
09CAIRO218 | EGYPTIAN VIEWS ON COUNTER PIRACY, SOMALIA AND SUDAN REF: A. KHARTOUM 51 B. KHARTOUM 75 Classified By: Minister Counselor for Economic and Political Affairs William R. Stewart for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d). [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-05 15:09:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER KCRM EWWT SO SU EG |
09CAIRO557 | EGYPT: MFA DISCUSSES SOMALIA, PIRACY AND ERITREA [...] (C) Key Points -- Despite disagreements over prosecution of suspected pirates and the role of the Contact Group on Piracy of the Coast of Somali (CGPCS) in funding the development of Somalia, the Government of Egypt (GOE) was pleased with the Contact Group meetings and the debate on the issu [...] | 2009-04-02 06:10:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EWWT KCRM PTER ER SO EG |
09CAIRO65 | CODEL DORGAN VISIT TO EGYPT DECEMBER 13-14 REF: A. CAIRO 2542 B. CAIRO 2435 C. CAIRO 2502 D. CAIRO 2505 Classified By: Ambassador Margaret Scobey for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d) [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Senators Byron Dorgan (ND),Thad Cochran (MS),Kent Conrad (ND) and Sheldon Whitehouse (RI) visited Cairo on December 13-14. All of their GOE interlocutors asked them to convey to the incoming Obama Administration that the Israeli-Palestinian peace process and Palestinian statehood [...] | 2009-01-14 09:36:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | OREP PGOV PTER PREL EWWT MEPP IR IZ SO EG |
09CAIRO737 | VISIT OF SOMALI PRESIDENT SHAYKH SHARIF TO EGYPT [...] (C) Key Points: -- Ismail Hussein, DCM at the Somali Embassy in Cairo, told us on April 23 that he was pleased with substantive discussions on Egyptian support for the Somali Government and how to fight piracy during the April 22 meeting between Somali President Shaykh Sharif Shaykh Ahmed an [...] | 2009-04-29 13:17:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER KCRM EWWT MOPS MARR KJUS SO EG |
09CAIRO772 | EGYPTIAN MFA ON VISIT OF SHAYKH SHARIF, PIRACY [...] (C) Key Points: -- The Egyptian MFA said that Somali President Shaykh Sharif Shaykh Ahmed asked for Egyptian support for his government and the Somali joint forces. Egypt agreed to supply uniforms for the forces and is ready to provide training for troops and trainers. -- The Government [...] | 2009-05-06 11:13:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KCRM MARR MOPS EWWT SO EG |
09CANBERRA322 | TORRES STRAIT: U.S. AGREEMENT TO REVISED MARINE [...] (C/NF) ECONCOUNS delivered ref A message to DFAT International Legal Division Assistant Secretary Adam McCarthy March 30. McCarthy, joined by Director of the DFAT Sea Law Section Damien White, welcomed the prompt U.S. response as well as the substantive agreement with Australia's willingness [...] | 2009-03-30 07:24:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EWWT PHSA PREL AS |
09CANBERRA404 | TORRES STRAIT: AUSTRALIANS AGREE TO MODIFY MARINE [...] (C/NF) Though surprised at U.S. expressions of concern about the text of the Marine Notice updating Australia's Torres Strait pilotage regime issued on April 17, Australia agrees to remove both the opening clause and the closing sentence saying that details about applicable legislation, appli [...] | 2009-04-23 07:24:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EWWT PHSA PREL AS |
09CANBERRA600 | AUSTRALIAN RESPONSE TO CABLE RE:PIRACY OFF COAST [...] (U) Andrei Seeto, Executive Officer, United Nations and Commonwealth Section, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade received reftels on June 30. Seeto had attended the May 29 conference, but appreciated the USG read-out and our points on the growth of the group. Seeto will respond to both [...] | 2009-06-30 06:19:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED | EWWT MARR PGOV PHSA PHUM PREL AS |
09CANBERRA899 | AUSTRALIA WILL SUPPORT US CANDIDACY AT IMO COUNCIL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Australia will support the U.S. candidate for the International Maritime Organization (IMO) Council. GOA nominated a candidate under Category "C" membership and has requested U.S. support. GOA requests clarification on reftel paragraph 7. End summary. 2. (SBU) Econoff del [...] | 2009-09-30 05:43:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC IMO EWWT PHSA AS |
09CARACAS1280 | RESPONSE: MARINE SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH AUTHORIZATIONS [...] The Embassy Caracas officer in charge of marine scientific research authorizations is Veronica Millares (Sept 2009 - Mar 2010). Ms. Millares, back up is Economic Counselor Darnall Steuart. 2. To request an authorization, OPA must submit relevant documents to Embassy Caracas for submissi [...] | 2009-10-02 17:45:00 | Embassy Caracas | UNCLASSIFIED | EWWT KRVC TPHY VE |
09CARACAS138 | VENEZUELAN REACTION ON PORTS MUTED, NO CLOSER TO A [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-03 13:36:00 | Embassy Caracas | SECRET | ECON PGOV PREL ETRD EWWT EPET VE |
09CARACAS1561 | VENEZUELA: NEW PORT AUTHORITIES CHARACTERIZED BY DECLINING [...] (C) SUMMARY: Shipping company representatives report that port conditions improved immediately after the nationalization of Venezuelan port operations in June 2009 when the government retrieved thousands of containers that had been left in the ports. This improvement, though, was short-lived as [...] | 2009-12-16 13:13:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EINT EWWT VE MARR PGOV PREL ETRD |
09CHENGDU310 | SW CHINA CITY SEEKS TO BECOME MAJOR TRANSPORTATION HUB -- [...] (U) This cable contains sensitive but unclassified information - not for distribution on the Internet. 2. (SBU) Summary. Leshan officials told Consul General that currently planned infrastructure projects would transform the city into a transportation and industrial hub for southwest C [...] | 2009-12-17 04:58:00 | Consulate Chengdu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ELTN EAIR EWWT ETRD SENV PGOV CH |
09CHENGDU320 | SW CHINA MAYOR DISCUSSES IMPACT OF EARTHQUAKE RECONSTRUCTION [...] (U) This cable contains sensitive but unclassified information - not for distribution on the Internet. 2. (SBU) Summary: Leshan Mayor Jiang Fuyi told Consul General December 8 that demand for construction materials for earthquake reconstruction boosted the city's GDP to seventh place amo [...] | 2009-12-24 11:43:00 | Consulate Chengdu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EIND ELTN EWWT ENRG SENV PGOV CH |
09CHENNAI319 | COCHIN PORT SEEKS TO EAT COLOMBO'S LUNCH [...] (U) Summary: The Port of Cochin, located on India's southwest coast, is expanding in an ambitious attempt to alter shipping patterns in the region. Seventy-five percent of the containers that reach India's ports are trans-shipped via other (non-Indian) ports, and the Port of Cochin is hoping t [...] | 2009-11-06 05:11:00 | Consulate Chennai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV ETRD EWWT PGOV PREL IN CE |
09CHIANGMAI57 | GMS: POOR INFRASTRUCTURE, BORDER INEFFICIENCIES FORM ROAD [...] (SBU) This is the first in a series of reports on the Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) issued by Consulate General Chiang Mai and Embassy Vientiane. Econ staff of both posts traveled together by road from the China-Lao border to the Lao-Thai border to collect the information reported in these ca [...] | 2009-04-23 07:39:00 | Consulate Chiang Mai | CONFIDENTIAL | ELTN ECON ECIN ETTC EWWT ETRD CH LA TH |
09CHISINAU457 | MOLDOVA RECEIVED INTERNATIONAL PIRACY COURT DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-16 06:34:00 | Embassy Chisinau | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL EWWT MARR PGOV PHSA MD |
09CHISINAU770 | DEMARCHE REPLY: INTERNATIONAL MARITIME [...] We delivered reftel demarche to Dorin Panfil, Head of NATO and Politico-Military Cooperation Division, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and European Integration (MFA),on September 28, 2009. Panfil responded that the Government of Moldova would duly consider this request and that he would pass the [...] | 2009-10-07 06:03:00 | Embassy Chisinau | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM AORC IMO EWWT PHSA UK MD |
09COLOMBO1049 | SRI LANKA CONSIDERING INTERNATIONAL MARITIME [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-19 10:39:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC IMO EWWT PHSA UK CE |
09COLOMBO959 | POST CONTACTS FOR MARINE SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH FOR [...] (U) Embassy Colombo covers both Sri Lanka and the Maldives. The primary contact at Post to obtain host government authorization of marine research vessels is ESTH officer Ken Kero-Mentz (keroka@state.gov),with Econ Chief Ed Heartney providing back-up assistance (heartneyep@state.gov),both o [...] | 2009-10-20 08:28:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | CE KRVC TPHY EWWT |
09COLOMBO971 | EXPANDING THE PORT OF COLOMBO: A VIABLE FUTURE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Government of Sri Lanka sees substantial economic potential in becoming a transshipment hub, and to that end, the Port of Colombo is poised for significant physical growth over the next several years. The port currently has both government and privately run facilities, an [...] | 2009-10-21 10:02:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | CE ECON ETRD PGOV EINV EWWT |
09COLOMBO973 | INTERNATIONAL MARITIME ORGANIZATION - DEMARCHE TO [...] (U) Embassy Colombo delivered REFTEL to the Republic of Maldives Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) and the Maldivian High Commission in Colombo on 22 September 2009. Post followed up with the Maldivian High Commission in Colombo and was advised that while the MFA was still formally evaluating [...] | 2009-10-21 10:04:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC IMO EWWT PHSA UK |
09COPENHAGEN20 | DANES WANT "AMBITIOUS" SOMALI PIRACY CONTACT GROUP [...] (SBU) Summary. Denmark supports a robust mandate for the Contact Group on Somali Piracy (CGSP),and hopes that the CGSP's January 13-14 inaugural meeting will provide it with an ambitious and substantive operational agenda. The Danes hope to take on leadership of the CGSP's legal and judicial [...] | 2009-01-08 15:50:00 | Embassy Copenhagen | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM EWWT MOPS PBTS PHSA PTER DA |
09COPENHAGEN433 | "HIGH NORTH" CONFERENCE DEBATES GREENLAND'S ROLE [...] (SBU) Summary: The Danih Institute for Military Studies sponsored a confrence on Arctic security September 23. Denmark mintains sovereignty over Greenland, but granted it increased autonomy as of June 2009. Participant vigorously debated Greenland's changing role asthe Arctic attracts increa [...] | 2009-10-06 09:43:00 | Embassy Copenhagen | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECIN ECON EFIS EWWT MARR PGOV PREL SENV DA GL |
09COPENHAGEN434 | DANISH SHIPOWNERS PRIORITIZE CONCERNS [...] (SBU) Summary. Senior officials of the Danish Shipowners Association (DSA) list anti-piracy cooperation, reliance on free-market allocation of resources to prevent overcapacity, and care in setting proposed climate-change restrictions on the emission of maritime greenhouse gases (GHG) as th [...] | 2009-10-06 09:44:00 | Embassy Copenhagen | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EWWT PGOV PREL SENV DA |
09COPENHAGEN444 | DENMARK SEPTEMBER ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS [...] Danish GDP contracted by 2.6% in the second quarter of 2009, due primarily to massive declines in investment of 10.3% and net trade, with imports down 3.9% and exports down 4.5%. Private consumption also showed a minor decline of 0.3%. Government consumption was up by 0.5%, but was insufficie [...] | 2009-10-09 13:06:00 | Embassy Copenhagen | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ENRG ETRD EWWT KTDB PGOV DA |
09COPENHAGEN487 | PIRACY OFF SOMALIA: WORKING GROUP 2 INVITATION, [...] Embassy has received an invitation for the United States to send a delegation to the fourth meeting of The Working Group on Legal Issues (WG2) of the Contact Group on Piracy off the Coast of Somalia (CGPCS),to take place on November 26-27 at the Radisson SAS Scandinavia Hotel in Copenhagen. [...] | 2009-10-30 16:01:00 | Embassy Copenhagen | UNCLASSIFIED | EWWT KCRM MARR PREL SO |
09COPENHAGEN577 | ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS - NOVEMBER/DECEMBER [...] Statistics Denmark released the 2009 Q3 GDP figures on December 22. In a highly unexpected result, the figures showed GDP growth of 0.6% in the third quarter, the first growth since the first quarter of 2008. Denmark's GDP as of the end of August was at approximately the same level as 2004 Q [...] | 2009-12-23 12:48:00 | Embassy Copenhagen | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EWWT ETRD KTDB PGOV EAGR DA |
09COTONOU374 | BENIN: AMBASSADOR BROWN LEAVES ON A HIGH NOTE [...] Ambassador Brown departs post on August 22, 2009, leaving a legacy of a stronger bilateral relationship and increased visibility of the US Mission in Benin. Supported by a strong Country Team, American and LES staff, under her leadership the Mission agencies (USAID, MCC, Peace Corps, and the S [...] | 2009-08-21 11:52:00 | Embassy Cotonou | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL EAID ECON ETRD PGOV SOCI PHUM MASS EWWT BN |
09COTONOU557 | BENIN: PIRATES ATTACK TANKER IN GULF OF GUINEA [...] (C) On November 24 at approximately 2:30 AM three Nigerian pirates boarded the 750-foot, Liberian-flagged tanker M/T Cancale Star in Benin's near international waters south of Cotonou, approximately 14 nautical miles offshore. Second in command Chief Officer Oleksiy Frolin was killed and thre [...] | 2009-11-24 15:51:00 | Embassy Cotonou | CONFIDENTIAL | PBTS MCAP EWWT PHSA BN |
09DARESSALAAM122 | TANZANIA: ISPS CODE DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (SBU) A/DCM and Poloff delivered ref demarche to MFA Europe and Americas Director Radhia Msuya Feb. 10 and explained the 90 day deadline for Tanzanian ports to comply with the ISPS code. Msuya did not have a substantive response, but remarked that if the U.S. were to provide funding, the GOT w [...] | 2009-02-26 11:22:00 | Embassy Dar Es Salaam | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EWWT ECON ETRD KHLS PTER PREL TZ |
09DARESSALAAM154 | PORT CONGESTION IN DAR ES SALAAM - TOO MUCH OF A GOOD [...] Summary: Ships arriving in the Dar es Salaam harbor must wait fourteen to twenty-two days before offloading, at a cost of USD 20,000 a day, pushing up the prices of imported goods and squeezing profits for Tanzania and its landlocked neighbors. The Port of Dar es Salaam got off to a fresh sta [...] | 2009-03-04 13:51:00 | Embassy Dar Es Salaam | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EWWT PGOV PHSA PINR TZ |
09DARESSALAAM473 | ISPS CODE: TANZANIA COMPLIANT BUT NEEDS FOLLOW-UP [...] Visiting Coast Guard (CG) International Port Security Program Inspectors will recommend that Tanzania be considered compliant with the International Ship and Port Facility Security Code. The GOT has responded to most of the recommendations (reftels) arising from previous inspections, although [...] | 2009-07-21 06:22:00 | Embassy Dar Es Salaam | UNCLASSIFIED | EWWT ECON ETRD KHLS PTER PREL TZ |
09DARESSALAAM649 | TANZANIA POSITIVE ON U.S. CANDIDACY FOR IMO [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-05 12:18:00 | Embassy Dar Es Salaam | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC IMO EWWT PHSA TZ |
09DHAKA155 | MEDIA REACTION: ASSISTANT SECRETARY BOUCHER'S VISIT TO [...] Summary: Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs Richard Boucher's February 7-8 visit to Bangladesh received extensive coverage in the local media, both English and vernacular. (See septel for a further readout on the visit.) This was the first visit to Bangladesh by a senior [...] | 2009-02-12 08:45:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL MOPS EWWT BG IN BM |
09DHAKA174 | BANGLADESH, INDIA TALK SECURITY AND TRADE BUT [...] (C) Indian External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee's one-day visit to Bangladesh on 2/9 generated neighborly goodwill but not much progress in the two key areas of cross-border security and trade. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's proposed regional security task force was discussed but details [...] | 2009-02-18 10:53:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL ETRD EWWT IN BG |
09DHAKA247 | AGRICULTURE MINISTER FOCUSED ON INCREASING CROP [...] (C) Improving agricultural productivity is critical to increasing incomes and lifting Bangladeshis out of poverty, according to Agriculture Minister Motia Chowdhury. In a recent meeting with the Ambassador, the Agriculture Minister focused on her efforts to improve farmers' access to water a [...] | 2009-03-09 03:06:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | EAGR PREL PGOV ECON SENV EAID EWWT BG |
09DHAKA445 | INDIA SEES INCREASED INTELLIGENCE COOPERATION WITH [...] (C) The Indian High Commissioner to Bangladesh said intelligence sharing among the two countries is improving but remains far less than ideal. He told the Ambassador on May 3 the Bangladeshi government report on the February border guard mutiny would likely blame Bangladeshi intelligence agenc [...] | 2009-05-04 10:36:00 | Embassy Dhaka | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER PREL ETRD EWWT IN BG |
09DHAKA484 | BANGLADESH SHIPPING MINISTER WANTS TO DEVELOP [...] (C) The Government of Bangladesh (GOB) plans to develop its inland waterways, its two major ports and a new deep water port, according to Shipping Minister Dr. Afsarul Amin. The Minister told the Ambassador on May 13 that dredging Bangladesh's many waterways, both to improve transport and irri [...] | 2009-05-14 09:57:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EWWT PREL BEXP PGOV ETRD BG |
09DHAKA568 | BANGLADESH'S AMBITIOUS PLANS FOR TRANSPORT [...] (U) See action request, please see paragraph 6. Summary ------- 2. (C) Bangladesh,s Communications Minister, Syed Abul Hossain, has ambitious goals for expanding the country,s bridges, roads and public transportation links, including the completion of a bridge over the Padma (Ganges) r [...] | 2009-06-07 08:04:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID EINV EWWT PGOV PREL BEXP BG |
09DHAKA884 | BANGLADESH SEEKS TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO DEMARCATE [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 5. Summary ------- 2. (SBU) The Government of Bangladesh (GOB) is seeking foreign aid for a survey of the nation's continental shelf in the Bay of Bengal. According to the GOB, Bangladesh requires a seismic survey of 4,000 kilometers [...] | 2009-09-13 08:54:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL SENV ENRG EWWT PBTS PHSA EPET BG |
09DJIBOUTI107 | GODJ AND DP WORLD INAUGURATE NEW $400 MILLION CONTAINER PORT [...] SUMMARY. President Guelleh and top Dubai Ports World (DP World) dignitaries officially inaugurated Djibouti's new state-of-the-art container port at Doraleh, some 8km outside of Djibouti City, on February 7. This ambitious project, estimated at a total cost near $400 million, aims both to cem [...] | 2009-02-11 09:30:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED | EWWT ETRD EINV ECON PREL DJ XA |
09DJIBOUTI1141 | DJIBOUTI WILL SUPPORT U.S. CANDIDACY FOR IMO [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-23 15:15:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC EWWT DJ |
09DJIBOUTI1296 | DJIBOUTI JULY-SEPTEMBER ECON-ESTH ROUNDUP [...] In this issue: --Djibouti's new banks expand product ranges, customer base --Djibouti aiming to exploit underutilized fishing stocks --A new airline and an increase in passengers --GODJ economic statistics point to gains in tourism, import-export, and agriculture --New Environm [...] | 2009-10-18 13:53:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON SENV EFIN ETRD EFIS ELAB EWWT EAGR DJ |
09DJIBOUTI1299 | NORTHERN DJIBOUTI: BEYOND SECURITY CONCERNS, HOPE FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY. Ambassador visited the northern, primarily ethnic-Afar regions of Obock and Tadjourah November 2-4. Local officials remained concerned that Eritrean-influenced elements continued to infiltrate remote areas of northern Djibouti, and reported one recent and possibly Eritrean-linked [...] | 2009-11-12 10:43:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON EAID ASEC PBTS ELTN EWWT ER DJ |
09DJIBOUTI1333 | Djibouti Response-Entry of Arms for Security Assets [...] (SBU) In response to Ref A, Ambassador Regional Security Officer met with the General Manager of the Djibouti Maritime Security Services (DMSS),Mr. Bruno Pardigon, on November 23. A February 2009 GODJ decree authorized the DMSS to issue licenses to maritime security operators on behalf [...] | 2009-11-25 09:39:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EWWT KPIR MARR PREL DJ PHSA |
09DJIBOUTI137 | SECURITY CHIEF CONTINUES SUPPORT FOR MEGAPORTS IN DJIBOUTI [...] (SBU) Following the December 11 signature of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the Department of Energy (DOE) and the GODJ, Djibouti is on track to be the first African port to participate in the DOE's "Megaports Initiative," which aims to detect and deter the illegal transport of spe [...] | 2009-02-19 14:13:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ENRG EWWT MNUC PINS PINR DJ |
09DJIBOUTI148 | DJIBOUTI'S MOST PROMINENT BUSINESSMAN AT ODDS WITH FIRST [...] (C) SUMMARY. Abdourahman Mohamed Mahamoud Boreh, long considered the richest and most influential businessman in Djibouti, is increasingly embroiled in a bitter dispute with President Guelleh and First Lady Khadra Mahamoud Haid. Boreh's status as Guelleh's perennial confidante and business pa [...] | 2009-02-26 16:01:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON EINV EWWT PINR DJ AE |
09DJIBOUTI255 | JAPANESE TROOPS EN ROUTE TO DJIBOUTI TO COMBAT SOMALI PIRACY [...] (C) SUMMARY. In anticipation of signing a SOFA on April 3 with Djibouti's foreign minister, two Japanese destroyers, each with 200-man crews, are expected to arrive in Djibouti in the next ten days to conduct counter-piracy operations off the coast of Somalia. They will be joined in May by t [...] | 2009-03-29 15:08:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHSA MARR MOPS EWWT JA DJ SO XA |
09DJIBOUTI27 | DJIBOUTI SEEKS TO HOST SOMALI COUNTER-PIRACY [...] (U) Per reftel, Post forwarded draft agenda and draft communique for January 13-14 Contact Group on Somali Piracy (CGSP) to MFA Director of Bilateral Affairs Mohamed Ali Hassan on January 8. Ambassador subsequently provided Post's French-language translation (emailed to AF/RSA and PM/PPA) to [...] | 2009-01-12 13:01:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | KCRM EWWT MOPS PBTS PHSA PTER SO DJ XA |
09DJIBOUTI453 | DJIBOUTI: SECOND SITE VISIT ADVANCES MEGAPORTS INITIATIVE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. With strong GODJ support, the U.S. Department of Energy is proceeding with implementation of a USD 6-10 million "Megaports" program to enhance security at Djibouti's Doraleh Container Terminal. The opening of this world-class port facility in December has already produced rapid [...] | 2009-05-07 12:38:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINS KNNP EWWT ETRD ECON ENRG DJ ET |
09DJIBOUTI6 | SOMALI PIRACY - DJIBOUTI RECOMMENDS USG [...] (C) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST. Djiboutian Foreign Minister Youssouf confirmed that the GODJ would participate in the Jan. 13-14 Contact Group on Somali Piracy (CGSP) to be held in New York, and strongly urged USG participation in a regional International Maritime Organization (IMO) conference [...] | 2009-01-04 14:42:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | KCRM EWWT MOPS PBTS PHSA PTER DJ SO XA |
09DJIBOUTI683 | DJIBOUTI: NO POSITION YET ON INTERNATIONAL PIRACY COURT [...] (SBU) DCM and PolOff delivered nonpaper and discussed reftel points with GODJ Ministry of Foreign Affairs Director of Bilateral Relations Mohamed Ali Hassan June 11. 2. (C) Hassan said that the GODJ had not yet taken a position on the question of an international piracy court [...] | 2009-06-11 15:00:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | EWWT PHSA PGOV PREL MARR DJ |
09DJIBOUTI755 | DJIBOUTI: APRIL-MAY ECON-ESTH ROUNDUP [...] This April-May 2009 Djibouti Economic-ESTH roundup includes: --Chinese company to build rail spur to Djiboutis new port --Fund grants first loans to local entrepreneurs --New airline serving Djibouti and Yemen --Indian firm evaluating potential Djibouti gold deposits --New road links key no [...] | 2009-06-22 12:33:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV EFIN EAIR EMIN ENRG ELTN EWWT SENV DJ |
09DUBLIN71 | OIL SPILL THREATENS THE COAST OF IRELAND [...] (U) On February 14, through the use of aerial pollution surveillance equipment, the Irish Coast Guard spotted an oil spill 50 miles off the south coast of Ireland. At the time, the spill measured 2.8 miles by 3.1 miles and was located close to a Russian aircraft carrier and a tanker. The Iris [...] | 2009-02-18 12:12:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ECON EWWT EPET EFIS SENV EI |
09DURBAN120 | DESPITE LEADERSHIP CHALLENGES, TRANSNET MAKES MAJOR [...] (U) Summary. South African Government-controlled transport logistics company Transnet launched a massive investment program to upgrade transport infrastructure to address capacity constraints and congestion. These investments follow a corporate restructuring and rebranding process that was c [...] | 2009-12-24 11:42:00 | Consulate Durban | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EWWT ETRD EINV EPET PGOV SF |
09DURBAN19 | KWAZULU NATAL - MINING AND PROCESSING FIRMS FACE GLOBAL [...] (U) Minerals and Energy Officer and Specialist visited mining and associated manufacturing sites in KwaZulu Natal (KZN) during the week of January 12-16. This cable is a collaboration between Embassy Pretoria and Consulate Durban. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: KwaZulu Natal (KZN) mining and manufactu [...] | 2009-02-06 16:38:00 | Consulate Durban | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET ENRG EMIN EWWT EIND ETRD ELTN KHIV SF |
09FREETOWN364 | SMALL BOAT CAPSIZES: OVER 200 PASSENGERS BELIEVED [...] Summary: On September 8 a small boat capsized off the coast of Sierra Leone, killing over 200 passengers on board. Overloading of both passengers and cargo, improper monitoring, poor weather and a slow rescue response have been blamed for the disaster. The country is in mourning as the chance [...] | 2009-09-14 14:37:00 | Embassy Freetown | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHSA EWWT SL |
09GUANGZHOU219 | Waiting for Godot? Or Just Plain Waiting? Xiamen Waits [...] (SBU) Direct cross-Strait air and sea links have arrived, but many in Xiamen are still waiting for the economic benefits. Officials at Xiamen's port say you don't have to look far; the benefits are already here, especially for Taiwan companies that want to export to China. However, Taiwan inve [...] | 2009-04-13 09:17:00 | Consulate Guangzhou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV ETRD EWWT EAIR PREL PGOV CH TW |
09GUANGZHOU707 | Over-Capacity Not a Concern in Zhanjiang and Beihai [...] (SBU) Summary: Big plans for industrial expansion are underway in Beihai and Zhanjiang near the southern end of China's coast, where local officials recently described to the Consul General ambitious plans to develop steel, petrochemical, ship building, export processing and other manufacturing [...] | 2009-12-28 08:50:00 | Consulate Guangzhou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV EIND EWWT ENRG PGOV CH |
09GUATEMALA199 | GUATEMALA: DEMARCHE ON US-CANADA-OAS BORDER [...] Poloff delivered reftel demarche, invitation letter, and draft agenda to Luis Carranza, Director for Multilateral Policy at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA),urging Guatemala's participation in the upcoming US-Canada-OAS Border Security Seminar in Vancouver. Carranza said he would advise [...] | 2009-03-04 13:45:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM ETTC PREL PBTS EWWT OAS GT |
09HALIFAX17 | SEVEN STOWAWAYS APPREHENDED IN HALIFAX [...] (SBU) Enforcement officers with the Canadian Border Services Agency (CBSA) and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) took seven male stowaways into custody in Halifax on the afternoon of April 23. All seven were onboard the Swedish-registered container ship "ATLANTIC CONCERT," which arrived [...] | 2009-04-24 19:41:00 | Consulate Halifax | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHSA PREF PHUM PBTS SMIG EWWT KFRD CA |
09HAMBURG1287 | Maritime Container Security Conference in Bremen [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-16 05:40:00 | Consulate Hamburg | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER EWWT TNGD PGOV PREL ECIN ECON ETRD GM |
09HAMBURG1289 | Maritime Container Security Conference in Bremen [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On September 10 the EU Commission held a "Conference on Maritime Container Security" in Bremen that focused on EU and U.S. research aimed at enhancing container traffic and supply chain security. The event brought together approximately 150 maritime security stakeholders incl [...] | 2009-10-16 10:45:00 | Consulate Hamburg | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER EWWT TNGD PGOV PREL ECIN ECON ETRD GM |
09HANOI1024 | Demarche Delivered: U.S. CANDIDACY FOR INTERNATIONAL [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-30 03:58:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC IMO PREL EWWT PHSA VM |
09HELSINKI337 | FINLAND WELCOMES MORE, BUT NOT ALL, VOICES IN [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-10 11:14:00 | Embassy Helsinki | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EWWT PHSA PREL SENV FI |
09HELSINKI440 | HELSINKI HOSTS SCPAR WHILE PARLIAMENT PUSHES FOR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In separate but nearly simultaneous events November 18-19 in Helsinki, the Standing Committee of Parliamentarians of the Arctic Region (SCPAR) held a workshop and meeting and the Finnish Parliament held a plenary session to which called for a comprehensive national Arctic Strate [...] | 2009-11-24 14:59:00 | Embassy Helsinki | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EWWT FI PHSA PREL SENV |
09HOCHIMINHCITY396 | SOUTHERN SHIPBUILDING SLOWLY TRANSITIONS FROM STATE-OWNED TO [...] (SBU) Summary: The global economic downturn has hit southern Vietnam's state-owned ship yards hard, reducing order books to a handful of five to 20,000 dead weight ton vessels only suitable for domestic or regional work. Conversely, private sector shipbuilders, both domestic and international [...] | 2009-05-26 08:17:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EWWT ELNT OTRA PGOV PREL SOCI VM |
09HOCHIMINHCITY533 | BUILD IT AND THEY WILL COME, OR MAYBE NOT: THE LAOS-VIETNAM [...] (SBU) Summary. Although the bridges, the state-of-the-art tunnel, and the all-weather road that knit Thailand, Laos, and Vietnam together via the "East-West Economic Corridor" (EWEC) have been built, initial hopes for a surge in investment and trade along the route remain unfulfilled. For a n [...] | 2009-07-02 08:32:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EINV ELTN EWWT PREL PGOV LA VM |
09HOCHIMINHCITY62 | GLOBAL SLUMP SLASHES HCMC PORT VOLUMES [...] (SBU) Summary. The global economic slowdown has slashed Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC) cargo throughput by over 50 percent, forcing port operators, shipping firms and freight forwarders to aggressively reduce fees and cut costs. Although the international shipping company American President's Line h [...] | 2009-01-22 10:13:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ELAB ETRD EWWT SOCI PGOV VM |
09HONGKONG1460 | HONG KONG COMMITTED TO COOPERATION POST-SFI PILOT [...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified. Not for Internet Distribution. 2. (SBU) Hong Kong Trade and Industry Department (HK TID) Deputy Director General Vivian Lau told Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secure Freight Initiative Director Rich DiNucci on July 23 that Hong Kong [...] | 2009-08-07 08:32:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD PREL HK GB OM EWWT |
09HONGKONG1943 | HONG KONG SHIP OWNERS RECEIVE "AMVER" AWARDS; [...] (U) Per reftel request, on October 13, Consulate General E/P Chief presented the U.S. Coast Guard's Automated Mutual-Assistance Vessel Rescue (AMVER) awards to participating Hong Kong-based ship companies. The event, which was covered by shipping trade press, publicly recognized AMVER partici [...] | 2009-10-20 05:22:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | UNCLASSIFIED | EWWT ECON ETRD ELTN ATRN PREL HK |
09HONGKONG2136 | CHINA WANTS TO LEAD INTERNATIONAL FIGHT ON SOMALI [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On November 13, at a well-attended private sector-organized International Piracy Conference, senior Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) Navy officers stated China was committed to deploying its fleet to the Horn of Africa (HOA) until the region was stable and secure. They ur [...] | 2009-11-20 09:53:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | CONFIDENTIAL | PHSA EWWT ATRN PREL KPIR KCRM SO BA CH HK |
09HONGKONG615 | SECURE FREIGHT INITIATIVE IN HONG KONG [...] (U) Post appreciates Ref A instructions and seeks additional guidance. See paragraphs 2-3 for action request. 2. (SBU) Action Request. Post requests Washington guidance on the following questions: --Ref A instructs Post to provide the information in the non-paper to the Hong Kong SAR [...] | 2009-04-02 09:09:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD ETTC EWWT PARM PREL PTER HK |
09HONGKONG733 | HONG KONG RESPONDS ON SFI EXTENSION [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraphs 2, 9, and 11. 2. (SBU) Summary and Action Request: In productive April 21 discussions on the future of Hong Kong's SFI pilot program, Hong Kong Government (HKG) senior officials proposed to SFI Director Todd Horton two options for a way forwar [...] | 2009-04-22 09:33:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EWWT HK |
09ISLAMABAD1245 | U.S. COAST GUARD RECOMMENDS GOP INCREASE [...] (C) Summary. A U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) International Port Security Program delegation visited Islamabad, Karachi and Port Qasim April 19-23. They evaluated Pakistan's compliance with the International Ship and Port Security (ISPS) Code of the International Maritime Organization and discuss [...] | 2009-06-05 16:39:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | EWWT ECON ETRD KHLS IMO PREL PTER PK |
09ISLAMABAD169 | PORT SECURITY DEMARCHE - PAKISTAN [...] No summary [...] | 2009-01-27 11:25:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EWWT KHLS PREL PTER PK |
09JAKARTA1169 | INDONESIA REQUESTS SUPPORT FOR IMO CANDIDACY [...] This is an action request - Please see para 3. 2. Embassy received on July 1 a diplomatic note from the Department of Foreign Affairs requesting USG support towards the candidature of Indonesia to the Council of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) Category "C". 3. Action Reques [...] | 2009-07-10 10:12:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC EWWT IMO PREL PHSA KTIA ID |
09JAKARTA403 | MARITIME SECURITY -- SECTION 1206 FUNDED PROJECTS [...] (C) SUMMARY: USG-funded maritime security projects meet important needs in the tri-border region of Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore--a critical area of counterterrorism, anti-piracy and other military and law enforcement operations. Indonesian officials have hailed radar systems supported [...] | 2009-03-06 10:31:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MASS PTER EWWT ID |
09JAKARTA435 | INDONESIA-SINGAPORE SIGN BOUNDARY PACT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Indonesia and Singapore have signed a long-awaited agreement delineating their common maritime border in a section of the Singapore Strait. The agreement promises to improve control of sea and air navigation in the Strait and aid national law enforcement efforts as well. The r [...] | 2009-03-12 10:39:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS EWWT ID SN |
09JAKARTA733 | MARITIME SECURITY/SULAWESI SEA -- TWO USG-FUNDED [...] (C) SUMMARY: Two U.S.-funded maritime radar systems located in the Sulawesi Sea region are in place. Mission is providing training for the Indonesian Navy in order to make the systems operational as soon as possible. The Sulawesi Sea effort is in addition to the U.S.-funded radar networks [...] | 2009-04-27 03:38:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MASS PTER EWWT ID |
09JEDDAH62 | CONGEN HEARS PITCH FOR GREATER US INVESTMENT: [...] (SBU) Summary. During a January 28 all-day visit to the Red Sea coastal city of Yanbu, ConGen Jeddah delegation (CG, ECON, FCS, PD) were warmly welcomed by local business and government leaders who encouraged us to carry the message to American industry that Yanbu is open for business where U. [...] | 2009-02-11 07:22:00 | Consulate Jeddah | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EIND ENRG EPET EINV EWWT SA |
09KAMPALA1306 | DEMARCHE RESPONSE: UGANDA WILL SUPPORT U.S. [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-13 05:23:00 | Embassy Kampala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC IMO EWWT PHSA PREL UG |
09KATHMANDU1023 | NEPAL: INTERNATIONAL MARITIME DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (SBU) In a November 11 meeting with Foreign Secretary Madan Kumar Bhattarai (septel),Charge urged the Government of Nepal to support the U.S. candidacy for the International Maritime Organization Council. Post had previously delivered the diplomatic note and aide memoire as per Ref B request [...] | 2009-11-12 12:28:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHSA AORC EWWT IMO UK NP |
09KHARTOUM1343 | World Bank Economist: Water Security an Issue for Sudan [...] (SBU) Summary: World Bank Economist Mosllem Alamir predicted that water resources in post-2011 Sudan could lead to conflict and economic crisis if the parties to the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) do not make decisions now about allocation or cooperation on the use of Nile waters. Increas [...] | 2009-12-01 10:48:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EAGR ECON EIND ENRG SENV EWWT SU |
09KHARTOUM170 | KOSTI RIVER PORT SHOWS SIGNS OF PROGRESS, BUT DRY PORT LAYS [...] (SBU) Summary: In a recent visit to the Nile-river city of Kosti, econoff observed progress on the ongoing refurbishment of Kosti's old but active river port, which is now in the hands of a private investment group from Kuwait. Port officials told econoff that the volume of goods transported fr [...] | 2009-02-08 06:15:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EWWT EAID PGOV PREL SU KU |
09KINGSTON183 | CLEARANCE FOR VESSEL R/V CORWITH CRAMER [...] The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade of the Government of Jamaica (MFAFT) has granted clearance for the vessel R/V Corwith Cramer to conduct maritime scientific research in areas subject to the jurisdiction of Jamaica from 27MAR2009 to 04MAY2009. 2. A copy of the original diplo [...] | 2009-03-11 11:42:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | EWWT SENV PBTS PREL JM XL |
09KINGSTON355 | JAMAICA: DELIVERY OF DEMARCHE ON NARCOTICS BENCHMARKS; [...] No summary [...] | 2009-05-06 19:26:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR PINR PREL EWWT EAIR PTER ASEC KCOR KCRM JM XL |
09KINGSTON394 | CHINAQS PERM MISSION INTERNATIONAL SEABED AUTHORITY DIPNOTE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On May 18, Post received the following dipnote from the Permanent Mission of the PeopleQs Republic of China to the International Seabed Authority. BEGIN TEXT: The Permanent Mission of the People's Republic of China to the International Seabed Authority presents its complimen [...] | 2009-05-20 15:33:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHSA EWWT PBTS SENV EMIN ASEC SOCI CH XE XL JM |
09KINGSTON746 | JAMAICA: DELIVERY OF DEMARCHE ON U.S. CANDIDACY FOR [...] (SBU) Per reftel, EmbOff presented a diplomatic note and delivered demarche requesting the support of the Government of Jamaica (GOJ) for the U.S. candidacy in the International Maritime Organization (IMO) Council election at the 26th IMO Assembly, to be held in London, November 23-December 4, [...] | 2009-09-25 19:44:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC IMO EWWT PHSA UK JM XL PREL |
09KINGSTON890 | JAMAICA: LETTER TO U.S. SECRETARY OF TRANSPORTATION re [...] Under cover of the Government of Jamaica (GoJ)'s diplomatic note 50/140/19 dated 16 October 2009, Post has received the attached letter addressed to U.S. Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood and signed by the GoJ's Minister of Transport and Works L. Michael Henry, with the request that it be [...] | 2009-10-23 18:38:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | PHSA EWWT PBTS EFIS AORC PTER IMO JM XL |
09KINSHASA281 | U.S. COAST GUARD EXPECTED TO FIND DRC PORTS ISPS COMPLIANT [...] (SBU) Summary: The U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) International Port Security Program conducted an Official Country Visit to the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) March 16-20 and found significant improvements in security at all port facilities. The USCG delegation evaluated the security measure [...] | 2009-03-26 13:51:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EWWT ETRD KHLS PTER ASEC MARR ECON CG |
09KOLONIA106 | RECENT HAZMAT TRAINING USED IN RESPONSE TO AMMONIA LEAK [...] On July 21 a purse seiner at anchor in Pohnpei sprung an ammonia leak in one of its chillers. The leak killed one Filipino seaman. 2. Pohnpei Port Authority Acting General Manager and Safety and Security Manager Ron Reyes informed Econ/Conoff on July 23 that the Port's HAZMAT Team respon [...] | 2009-07-24 04:16:00 | Embassy Kolonia | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV EWWT EFIS FM |
09KUALALUMPUR193 | MALAYSIA TO HOST INTERNATIONAL PIRACY CONFERENCE [...] (SBU) Summary and Comment: Malaysia has officially invited United States participation in a May 18-19 "International Conference on Piracy and Crimes at Sea" hosted by the Foreign Ministry. The conference aims to share experiences in the Straits of Malacca and Southeast Asia in support of th [...] | 2009-03-16 07:16:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHSA MARR EWWT MY |
09KUALALUMPUR404 | MALAYSIAN PARTICIPATION IN THE CONTACT GROUP ON [...] (SBU) Summary and Comment: Post conveyed reftel points on the Somali piracy Contact Group to Malaysia's Foreign Ministry on May 20. The MFA official proposed no changes to the draft CGPCS agenda and offered that Malaysia will be represented at the CGPCS by its PermRep and staff from its Perm [...] | 2009-05-26 09:02:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PBTS PHSA KCRM MARR ECON EWWT MY |
09KUALALUMPUR452 | MALAYSIA'S ANTI-PIRACY CONFERENCE, MAY 18-19 [...] (SBU) The Kuala Lumpur International Conference on Piracy and Crimes at Sea, May 18-19, was both well-timed given the global focus on piracy and well-placed near one of the epicenters of global shipping. Participants from 66 countries included Ambassador Keith and representatives of six U.S. [...] | 2009-06-08 06:47:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PARM PHSA KHLS KOMC EWWT ASEC MARR MY |
09KUWAIT894 | DELAYED MEGA PROJECT NOW UNDER CONSTRUCTION: [...] (SBU) Summary and Key Points. On September 3, Econoff met with Engineer Adel Abdullah Al-Torke, Chief of Mega Projects Sector, Ministry of Public Works (MoPW)to discuss the status of the Bubiyan port project. Key points discussed: - Status of the Bubiyan port project: project delayed by on [...] | 2009-09-08 12:15:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV ENGR EWWT ELTN ECON KU |
09KYIV244 | FAINA: LETTER FROM FOREIGN MINISTER OHRYZKO [...] (SBU) Embassy was called in to the MFA Consular Department February 4 to receive a letter to the Secretary from Foreign Minister Ohryzko concerning the negotiations regarding the ship, Faina, held for ransom by Somali pirates. Embassy has emailed a scanned copy of the original to EUR/UMB. [...] | 2009-02-05 04:58:00 | Embassy Kyiv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EWWT EINT PREL SO UP |
09KYIV247 | FAINA: LETTER FROM FOREIGN MINISTER OHRYZKO [...] (SBU) EMBASSY WAS CALLED IN TO THE MFA CONSULAR DEPARTMENT FEBRUARY 4 TO RECEIVE A LETTER TO THE SECRETARY FROM FOREIGN MINISTER OHRYZKO CONCERNING THE NEGOTIATIONS REGARDING THE SHIP, FAINA, HELD FOR RANSOM BY SOMALI PIRATES. EMBASSY HAS EMAILED A SCANNED COPY OF THE ORIGINAL TO EUR/UMB. [...] | 2009-02-05 11:18:00 | Embassy Kyiv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EWWT EINT PREL SO UP |
09LAGOS210 | NIGERIA: SHIPOWNERS BLAME FEDERAL GOVERNMENT FOR [...] (C) Summary: On March 24, representatives of the Indigenous Shipowners' Association of Nigeria (ISAN) told members of the Africa Partnership Station (APS) team and Pol-EconOff that maritime security is not taken seriously by the GON. The chairman of ISAN, Isaac Jolapamo, called the failure to [...] | 2009-04-27 10:11:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EWWT MASS NI |
09LAGOS240 | NIGERIAN MARITIME SECURITY INADEQUATE ACCORDING TO [...] (C) Summary: On May 12 the Nigerian Association of Master Mariners (NAMM) hosted a conference on "Maritime Security in Nigerian Waters" to highlight the severe maritime security challenges confronting Nigeria. The President of NAMM, Captain Adejimi Adu, said that, according the International [...] | 2009-06-02 06:58:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EWWT ECON KCRM SENV NI |
09LAGOS25 | NIGERIA: GASOLINE SMUGGLING MAY BE MORE LUCRATIVE [...] (C) Summary: Captain Thomas Kemewerigha (strictly protect),the head of the Nigerian Merchant Navy Officers and Water Transport Senior Staff Association told Econoffs on January 13 that a Lebanese citizen had been a kingpin in a cartel that smuggled stolen crude oil out of Nigeria for years, b [...] | 2009-01-16 12:06:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EPET EWWT PINS NI |
09LAGOS370 | NIGERIA: CAN A COAST GUARD HELP? [...] (C) Summary: Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency's new Director General admits that Nigeria has severe shortfalls in maritime security and no institutional capacity to monitor, patrol or control Nigerian territorial waters. He believes his agency has a mandate to convert the mor [...] | 2009-09-30 15:57:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PHSA EWWT MCAP NI |
09LAGOS390 | DEMARCHE ON IMO ELECTIONS DELIVERED [...] (SBU) The Mission formally requested Government of Nigeria support for USG reelection as a category "A" member of the Council of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) via September 24 Embassy Abuja diplomatic note, per reftel. ConGen Lagos P/E Chief shared this note with Director Gen [...] | 2009-10-16 15:34:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EWWT ECON PREL NI |
09LAGOS445 | NIGERIAN MARITIME ADMINISTRATOR ADMITS LIMITATIONS [...] (C) Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) Director General Temisanren Omatseye asked to see the Ambassador on November 9 (Pol/Econ Officer Notetaker). Omatseye admitted severe limitations in current capacity but outlined an ambitious program for addressing maritime domain [...] | 2009-11-23 09:50:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EWWT MASS SENV NI |
09LIBREVILLE487 | GABON: SUPPORTIVE OF U.S. CANDIDATE FOR IMO "IN [...] On November 3, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Deputy Director General Monkala told poloff that "in principle" Gabon would have no problem supporting the U.S. candidacy for the International Maritime Organization. Monkala said that he could not give a definitive answer, but that the U.S.'s long h [...] | 2009-11-05 10:11:00 | Embassy Libreville | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC IMO EWWT PHSA GB |
09LILONGWE622 | MALAWI TO SUPPORT U.S. IMO CANDIDACY [...] Post delivered reftel demarche to Malawi Ministry of Foreign Affairs Director of Political Affairs Paul Chiunguzeni on Sept. 24, delivering both the diplomatic note and the aide memoire. Mr. Chiunguzeni did not offer any substantive response other than to indicate that IMO issues are handled [...] | 2009-11-18 15:14:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC EWWT PHSA MI |
09LIMA1569 | PERU RESPONSE: U.S. CANDIDACY TO INTERNATIONAL [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-22 21:16:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC IMO EWWT PHSA PREL UK PE |
09LISBON265 | PORTUGAL IN THE CONTACT GROUP ON PIRACY OFF THE [...] No summary [...] | 2009-05-19 11:45:00 | Embassy Lisbon | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM MARR ECON PREL PGOV EWWT PBTS PHSA PO |
09LISBON380 | CONTACT GROUP FOR PIRACY OFF THE COAST OF SOMALIA: [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-17 07:43:00 | Embassy Lisbon | UNCLASSIFIED | EWWT MARR PGOV PHSA PHUM PREL PO |
09LISBON524 | PORTUGAL: MARINE SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH AUTHORIZATIONS [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-01 14:38:00 | Embassy Lisbon | UNCLASSIFIED | KRVC TPHY EWWT PO |
09LISBON546 | PORTUGAL ON U.S. CANDIDACY FOR IMO COUNCIL [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-20 12:33:00 | Embassy Lisbon | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC EWWT PHSA PGOV PO |
09LISBON624 | PRIVATE SECTOR HELP FOR GUINEA-BISSAU ON CUSTOMS, [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-17 12:28:00 | Embassy Lisbon | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ETRD ETTC EWWT PREL SNAR PO |
09LISBON83 | PORTUGAL TO JOIN PIRACY CONTACT GROUP [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-05 12:57:00 | Embassy Lisbon | UNCLASSIFIED | AL KCRM EWWT PBTS PHSA PO |
09LONDON1156 | HMG FLOATS PROPOSAL FOR MARINE RESERVE COVERING [...] (C/NF) Summary. HMG would like to establish a "marine park" or "reserve" providing comprehensive environmental protection to the reefs and waters of the British Indian Ocean Territory (BIOT),a senior Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) official informed Polcouns on May 12. The official insisted [...] | 2009-05-15 07:00:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | MARR MOPS SENV UK IO MP EFIS EWWT PGOV PREL |
09LONDON1344 | UPDATE ON STATUS OF HMG PROPOSAL FOR MARINE [...] (C/NF) Summary. HMG remains committed at the most senior levels to establishing a marine reserve in the British Indian Ocean Territory (BIOT),which includes the island of Diego Garcia, a Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) officer told Poloff June 3. UK officials have made little progress [...] | 2009-06-05 11:18:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS SENV UK IO MP EFIS EWWT PGOV PREL |
09LONDON2001 | IMO: REPORT OF THE 86TH SESSION OF THE MARITIME [...] Summary. The Maritime Safety Committee (MSC) of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) held its 86th session (MSC 86) at IMO Headquarters in London under the chairmanship of Mr. N. Ferrer (Philippines) on May 27 - June 5, 2009. Regarding armed response to piracy, the MSC recommends th [...] | 2009-08-27 16:30:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED | EWWT IMO PHSA UK |
09LONDON2111 | IMO: REPORT OF THE MARINE ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION [...] SUMMARY: The 59th session of the International Maritime Organization's (IMO) Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC) convened 13)18 July 2009 under the chairmanship of Mr. A. Chrysostomou (Cyprus). Major U.S. policy interests were advanced by MEPC: 1) approving a North American Emission [...] | 2009-09-10 19:14:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED | EWWT KGHG PHSA SENV UK |
09LONDON2119 | IMO: REPORT OF THE 55TH SESSION OF THE [...] SUMMARY: The 55th session of the Subcommittee on Safety of Navigation (NAV S/C) of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) was held July 27 to 31, 2009, under the chairmanship of Mr. J. M. Sollosi (United States). The session was attended by 64 member governments, 1 associate member gov [...] | 2009-09-11 11:50:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED | EWWT PHSA UK |
09LONDON2125 | IMO ANNUAL MEETING OF THE TECHNICAL COOPERATION [...] SUMMARY: The 59th Session of the Technical Cooperation Committee (TCC) of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) was held at IMO Headquarters in London, June 23-25. There was detailed discussion on funding the Djibouti Code of Conduct on Somali piracy. End Summary ACTIONS AND ACHIEVE [...] | 2009-09-11 16:13:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC EWWT KGHG PHSA SENV UK |
09LONDON2291 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO UK ON U.S. CANDIDACY FOR IMO [...] ESTH Counselor made reftel demarche and sent diplomatic note and aide-memoire to the UK's Permanent Representative to the International Maritime Organization (IMO) Simon Cockburn and to Stephen Taylor at the Foreign Commonwealth Office's (FCO) International Organization office on September 24, [...] | 2009-10-06 07:56:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED | EWWT IMO PHSA UK |
09LONDON2293 | IMO: REPORT ON THE STANDARDS OF TRAINING AND [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-06 09:27:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED | EWWT IMO UK |
09LONDON2676 | IMO: 14TH SESSION OF THE DANGEROUS GOODS, SOLID [...] Summary: The fourteenth session of the IMO Dangerous Goods, Solid Cargoes and Containers (DSC) Sub Committee (S/C) met in London from 21-25 September 2009, under the chairmanship of Mrs. Olga Pestel-Lefevre (France). The session was attended by delegations from fifty-nine member states, one as [...] | 2009-12-01 17:03:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EWWT IMO IR PHSA SENV UK |
09LONDON67 | IMO: LEGAL COMMITTEE, REPORT OF THE 94TH [...] SUMMARY: The Legal Committee (LEG) of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) held its ninety-fourth session at the IMO Headquarters in London, 20-24 October 2008, under the chairmanship of Professor Lee-Sik Chai (Republic of Korea). The Legal Committee discussed, among other issues, p [...] | 2009-01-12 14:17:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED | EWWT AORC ELAB PHSA PHUM UK |
09LONDON705 | IMO: SUBCOMMITTEE ON STANDARDS OF TRAINING AND WATCHKEEPING [...] SUMMARY: The 40th session of the IMO Standards of Training and Watchkeeping (STW) Sub-Committee (S/C) met in London from 2-6 February 2009, chaired by Rear Admiral Peter Brady (Jamaica). The session was attended by delegations from 90 member states, 2 associate members, 1 United Nations specia [...] | 2009-03-20 17:58:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED | EWWT AORC ASEC UK |
09LONDON954 | SOMALIA/PIRACY: UPDATE ON UK THINKING [...] (C/NF) Summary. Foreign Office Minister for Africa Lord Mark Malloch-Brown's April 23 intervention at the Brussels meeting on Somali Security Institutions outlined current UK thinking on Somalia and piracy, which the UK plans to flesh out in a draft non-paper for discussion at the May 7-8 UK-l [...] | 2009-04-24 14:41:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PTER PREL MOPS MARR EWWT XW XF SO EUN UK |
09MADRID1014 | DEMARCHE IN SUPPORT OF U.S.CANDIDACY FOR IMO [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-16 14:43:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC IMO EWWT PHSA UK SP |
09MADRID31 | DEMARCHE RESPONSE: SPANISH PARTICIPATION IN [...] (C) Spanish MFA officials took under advisement invitations and discussion materials (ref A) for GOS participation in New York meetings on combating piracy off the Horn of Africa. MFA,s Director General of Strategic Affairs and Terrorism, Carmen Bujan, will represent Spain at the Contact Gro [...] | 2009-01-12 15:41:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PBTS PTER PHSA KCRM EWWT MOPS KPAL PREL MARR |
09MADRID688 | MADRID ECONOMIC WEEKLY, JULY 6-10 [...] (U) The IMF predicted on Wednesday that Spain,s economy will shrink 4% this year, a significant downward assessment from the previous forecast of -3%. The IMF also lowered its 2010 growth forecast for Spain to -.08%, making Spain the only country to have its 2010 forecast revised downward. T [...] | 2009-07-10 12:06:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EIND EINV ENRG EWWT SP |
09MANAGUA1015 | MARINE SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH AUTHORIZATIONS [...] In response to reftel, Post identifies the following officer as the point of contact for all maritime research clearance requests: Christopher M. Nyce, Economic officer Tour dates: present*August 2010 2. In a recent maritime research vessel clearance request, the Nicaraguan Ministry of [...] | 2009-10-14 21:08:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED | EWWT KRVC TPHY NU |
09MANAGUA672 | NICARAGUA: ARMS/SECURITY TEAMS ABOARD MERCHANT VESSELS [...] (U) On July 1, Econoff and visiting U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) International Port Security Liaison Officer delivered reftel demarche to representatives of Nicaragua's three port and maritime security agencies, the National Port Agency (EPN),the Ministry of Transportation's Office of Aquatic Tran [...] | 2009-07-08 22:39:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED | EWWT ASEC MARR PARM PREL PHSA ECON NU |
09MANILA1014 | Somali Pirates: Philippines thanks U.S. Navy [...] (SBU) In a letter dated April 29, 2009 the Philippine Secretary for Transportation and Communications expressed gratitude for the U.S. assistance to a Philippine ship that Somali pirates released on April 21 (text in para 2). There are currently more than 80 Filipino seafarers held hostage by [...] | 2009-05-11 07:23:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EWWT ECON RP SO XW XE |
09MANILA2145 | INTERNATIONAL MARITIME ORGANIZATION, SUPPORT FOR U.S. [...] (SBU) Embassy delivered reftel demarche to Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA),Office of United Nations and International Organizations, Director Leah Ruiz on September 25, 2009. Ruiz's assistant later informed us that they are waiting for further instructions and will send a formal response [...] | 2009-10-09 08:51:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC IMO EWWT PHSA RP |
09MANILA2176 | INTERNATIONAL MARITIME ORGANIZATION, SUPPORT FOR U.S. [...] (SBU) Embassy delivered Ref A demarche to Department of Foreign Affairs, Office of United Nations and International Organizations on September 25, 2009. On October 14, we received a diplomatic note from the Department of Foreign Affairs stating that the Philippines will support the U.S. candi [...] | 2009-10-16 04:32:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC IMO EWWT PHSA RP |
09MANILA846 | Filipinos Held by Somali Pirates [...] (SBU) Summary: Filipinos account for about one-third of the world's one million commercial seafarers and for over 100 of the approximately 300 seafarers currently held captive by Somali pirates. Since the U.S. Navy action against pirates, the Philippine government has come under increasing pr [...] | 2009-04-21 08:45:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EWWT ECON RP SO XW XE |
09MAPUTO980 | BUSINESS COMMUNTITY PROTESTS PORT CARGO SCANNING [...] (SBU) Summary: In 2005, the Government of Mozambique (GRM) awarded a 20-year concession to Kudumba Investments to provide an integrated border and cargo security solution. The concession is based on the principle of "build, operate, and transfer" that requires no capital outlay from the GRM. [...] | 2009-09-02 13:47:00 | Embassy Maputo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EIND EINV EINT PGOV EWWT PREL ETRD MZ SF |
09MAPUTO983 | MAPUTO PORT BRINGS COMPETITION...AND CORRUPTION [...] (SBU) Summary: The Government of Mozambique (GRM) entered into partnership with private investors to revitalize and increase port and rail infrastructure capacity, which was long-neglected during the civil war. Econoffs met with GRM and private sector representatives to discuss progress with [...] | 2009-09-03 11:46:00 | Embassy Maputo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD KCOR EINV EWWT PGOV MZ SF |
09MEXICO3160 | IMO DEMARCHE DELIVERED - MEXICO [...] (U) Coast Guard Attache and Econoff delivered reftel demarche in support of the U.S. candidacy for Category A reelection to the International Maritime Organization (IMO) Council on 29 October. Captain Marco Antonio Vinaza, director general of the Mexican Merchant Marine, and Captain Luis Muriel [...] | 2009-11-05 20:03:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC IMO EWWT PHSA UK MX |
09MEXICO3357 | GOM PROPOSES TRADE ON IMO ELECTION [...] (SBU) Post sent a dipnote and aide-memoire October 14 requesting GOM support for USG candidacy in Category "A" of the International Maritime Council election. Before sending the dipnote, Poloff also spoke regarding this candidacy with Dulce Maria Valle, SRE Deputy General of Specialized Inter [...] | 2009-11-25 20:27:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MX AORC IMO EWWT PHSA UK PREL |
09MEXICO647 | COMMUNICATIONS AND TRANSPORTATION SECRETARY TELLEZ [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Scandal has overtaken Secretary of Communications and Transportation Luis Tellez Kuenzler. In a 3 March press conference, President Felipe Calderon accepted Tellez's resignation and named loyalist Juan Molinar Horcasitas to succeed him. Tellez, who oversaw the heavyweight min [...] | 2009-03-05 13:21:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ECPS EAIR ELTN EWWT PGOV USTR MX |
09MONROVIA186 | LIBERIA: AMBASSADOR TOURS RECOVERING LIBERIA PETROLEUM [...] (U) SUMMARY: Liberia Petroleum Refining Company (LPRC) Managing Director Harry Greaves outlined an ambitious strategic development plan during the Ambassador's tour of LPRC facilities on February 23. The state-owned petroleum import and storage monopoly has undergone impressive financial and [...] | 2009-03-10 11:59:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET EWWT ECON EINV PGOV LI |
09MONROVIA241 | LIBERIA: SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENTS IN PORT SECURITY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) International Port Security (IPS) Program country visit team reported March 27 that they will recommend that Liberia be found in compliance with the minimum International Ship and Port Security (ISPS) Code standards, at which time restrictions on ship [...] | 2009-04-03 08:32:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EWWT EFIS PHSA SENV LI |
09MONROVIA310 | LIBERIA: DEMARCHES DELIVERED ON SHIP RECYCLING AND PIRACY [...] (U) Econoff delivered Ref B demarche regarding the May 29 meeting of the Contact Group on Piracy off the Coast of Somalia (CGPCS) to Bureau of Maritime Affairs Commissioner Binyah Kesselly on May 1 and Ref A updated information and talking points on May 5. Commissioner Kesselly welcomed the me [...] | 2009-05-06 14:43:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EIND ETRD EWWT IMO KTIA MARR PREL SENV LI |
09MONROVIA374 | LIBERIA:MAY 29TH MEETING OF CONTACT GROUP ON [...] (U) The May 29 meeting of the Contact Group on Piracy of the Coast of Somalia (CGPCS) will be attended by Liberia. The following individuals plan to attend: * Margaret Ansumana, Deputy Commissioner and Delegation Leader, BMA *David Friesen, Head of Maritime Security, LISCR *Victor Do [...] | 2009-05-29 11:51:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR ECON PREL PGOV EWWT KCRM PBTS PHSA LI |
09MONROVIA443 | LIBERIA: BUCHANAN RENEWABLES RAISES SUNKEN WRECK [...] On May 23, Buchanan Renewables (BR) removed the wreck of the Torm Alexandra, which sank at Monrovia Freeport pier while unloading in July 2001. After initial unsuccessful attempts to raise the ship, the owners had relinquished title to the Liberia National Port Authority. Two subsequent effo [...] | 2009-06-22 07:56:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV ETRD EWWT LI |
09MONROVIA479 | LIBERIA INKS MORE TRANSPARENT DEAL FOR SHIP REGISTRY [...] SUMMARY: The Liberian Ship and Corporate Registry (LISCR) signed a new 10-year deal with the GOL June 30 to manage the country's lucrative "flags of convenience" business. Weary from years of haggling with the Bureau of Maritime Affairs (BMA) over control of revenues, and spurned by specious [...] | 2009-07-06 15:10:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EWWT EINV LI |
09MONROVIA533 | GOL VOWS THAT FRIVOLOUS LAWSUIT AND DEFUNCT SAUDI LOAN WILL [...] SUMMARY: The Government of Liberia (GOL) has chosen to move forward with its search for a port management company to rehabilitate and oversee the Freeport of Monrovia. Saudi Arabia's withdrawal of a highly-concessional loan for port renovations (Ref A),and the recent revelation of an outstand [...] | 2009-07-21 17:34:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EAID EWWT LI |
09MONROVIA618 | CODEL BUTTERFIELD MEETING WITH PRESIDENT SIRLEAF [...] (U) August 17, 2009; Monrovia, Liberia. 2. (U) PARTICIPANTS: U.S. Charge d'Affaires, a.i. Brooks Robinson Representative G.K. Butterfield (D-NC) Representative Sheila Jackson-Lee (D-TX) Representative Lacy Clay (D-MO) Representative Gwen Moore (D-WI) Representative Steven Cohen (D-TN) [...] | 2009-08-27 17:34:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON LI OVIP EINV ETRD EAIR EAGR EWWT |
09MONROVIA70 | LIBERIA: A NEW, ASSERTIVE BUREAU OF MARITIME AFFAIRS [...] (SBU) Summary: Recently appointed Liberian Bureau of Maritime Affairs (BMA) Commissioner Binyah Kesselly is seeking to assert tighter control over the country's outsourced shipping registry and has embarked on an ambitious program to transform Liberia into a "maritime nation" by expanding BMA [...] | 2009-01-21 10:03:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EWWT EFIS PHSA SENV LI |
09MONROVIA731 | LIBERIA'S RESPONSE TO IMO CANDIDACY DEMARCHE [...] (SBU) Econoff met with Bureau of Maritime Affairs Commissioner Binyah Kesselly October 6 to deliver reftel demarche informing GOL of USG intention to seek re-election to category "A" membership on the Council of the International Maritime Organization (IMO). 2. (SBU) GOL thanked USG for th [...] | 2009-10-06 17:36:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC EWWT PHSA UK LI |
09MONROVIA753 | DESPITE PORT AUTHORITY ROADBLOCKS, PORT REFORM CONTINUES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Internal disputes within the GOL and second thoughts about the merits of private management at the Freeport of Monrovia present fresh challenges for the Port Sector Reform Program (PSRP),but are unlikely to derail a two-year process that enjoys Presidential and unified donor sup [...] | 2009-10-14 17:10:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EWWT EAID LI |
09MONROVIA799 | LIBERIA'S RESPONSE TO IMO CANDIDACY DEMARCHE [...] Following is the text of a dipnote dated October 5 and received at U.S. Embassy Monrovia on October 27, 2009 from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs responding to our note of October 5 on the U.S. candidacy for the IMO. The note repeats Bureau of Maritime Affairs (BMA) Chairman Kessely's respons [...] | 2009-10-28 15:13:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC EWWT PHSA UK LI |
09MONROVIA98 | LIBERIA: AMBASSADOR RECEIVES DRIVER'S LICENSE DURING [...] (SBU) During a courtesy call by the Ambassador, Minister of Transportation Jackson Doe clarified that in addition to land, sea and air transport, MOT has jurisdiction over the National Port Authority, meteorology and hydrology functions, and over all insurance firms. The GOL is working on plan [...] | 2009-01-30 13:15:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELTN ECON EAIR EWWT EFIN LI |
09MOSCOW1107 | RUSSIA'S ST PETERSBURG PORT OPENING NEW CLASS VII [...] (U) Summary. On April 20, EST officer and senior FSN visited the Class VII pier in Region 4 of the St. Petersburg port. Beginning May 1, all HEU - LEU contract shipments to the U.S. Enrichment Corporation (USEC) will commence from this location in Region 4. EST officer was assured by Isotope, [...] | 2009-04-29 10:22:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP PARM EWWT RS |
09MOSCOW1280 | RUSSIAN VIEWS ON AN INTERNATIONAL PIRACY TRIBUNAL [...] (C) Summary: Russia favors some form of an international tribunal as the best means to ensure that suspected pirates are tried by uniform legal standards and to allow for thorough investigations to help build evidence against the criminal bosses directing piracy operations. Among the options [...] | 2009-05-20 12:59:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MARR EWWT KCRM PBTS PHSA RS |
09MOSCOW1281 | RUSSIAN MFA REQUESTS COOPERATION ON BERING STRAIT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Head of Bilateral Relations at the MFA U.S. Desk on April 17 raised several Bering Strait issues, primarily extending the existing visa-free travel regime to all permanent residents of Chukotka and Alaska, agreeing to create a joint protected territory, and reviving the Berin [...] | 2009-05-20 13:19:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV CVIS ECON EWWT PBTS PHSA PREL KTIA XQ RS |
09MOSCOW1599 | RUSSIAN RESPONSE TO U.S. NONPAPER ON AN [...] (SBU) Summary: On June 16, MFA Legal Department Section Chief Titushkin provided a response to reftel nonpaper laying out U.S. opposition to an international piracy court. He explained that the GOR considered an international tribunal an appropriate forum to prosecute suspected pirates, espe [...] | 2009-06-18 08:42:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EWWT MARR PGOV PHSA PHUM PREL RS |
09MOSCOW1731 | RUSSIAN MFA GRANTS MARINE RESEARCH CLEARANCE WITH [...] On June 29, 2009, via diplomatic note 3217/DSA, MFA authorized a fisheries research survey on pollock (Theragra chalcogramma) by the vessel Oscar Dyson in Russia's Exclusive Economic Zone in the Bering Sea during the period July 1 to August 3, 2009, without entering Russian ports. Post has e-m [...] | 2009-07-02 04:56:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | KRVC TPHY EWWT RS |
09MOSCOW2168 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: CONTACT GROUP FOR PIRACY OFF [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-24 12:11:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | EWWT MARR PGOV PHSA PHUM PREL SO RS |
09MUSCAT1011 | PORT OF SALALAH: BUSINESS AND PRODUCTIVITY UP [...] (C) In an October 26 meeting primarily focused on the Secure Freight Initiative (SFI),Port of Salalah officials told USG officals that business, productivity and profit are all up significantly over the past few months. Senior Operations Manger Dustin Stoker and Operations Project Manager Chr [...] | 2009-11-09 05:42:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD EWWT MU |
09MUSCAT1073 | OMAN ON SFI/MEGAPORTS PILOT IN SALALAH [...] (C) On December 8, officials from the Government of Oman, the Port of Salalah and the USG met and discussed a six-month plan of operational testing for Megaports equipment in Salalah. In a meeting with H.E. Said Hamdoon al-Harthy, Undersecretary for Ports at the Ministry of Transportation and [...] | 2009-12-09 14:02:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD EWWT PREL KNNP MU |
09MUSCAT147 | OMAN CONTINUES BIG PORT PLANS [...] (C) Summary: Said bin Hamdoon Al-Harthy, the Undersecretary for Ports and Maritime Affairs at the Ministry of Transport and Communication (MOTC),met with DCM, poloff and commercial officer on February 17 to discuss port development and access in Oman. According to al-Harthy, the Government is [...] | 2009-02-28 08:31:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | EWWT ECON ETRD MOPS PREL PHSA MU |
09MUSCAT377 | OMAN GOVERNMENT SAYS NO USAGE OF SOHAR PORT FOR MILITARY [...] (C) On April 14, Pol/EconOff and post Naval AttachC) met with Air Commodore Salim al-Rahbi, Office Director for the Omani Minister of Defense. The meeting was requested by the Omani government to discuss postbs diplomatic note referencing our interest in prepositioning non-lethal military equi [...] | 2009-04-25 13:26:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | EWWT ETRD MOPS PREL PHSA MU |
09MUSCAT391 | Oman: Port Access and Utilization [...] (C) Summary: In an April 24 meeting with the Ambassador and poloff, Said bin Hamdoon Al-Harthy, Undersecretary for Ports and Maritime Affairs at the Ministry of Transport and Communication (MOTC) said he was willing to raise the issue of US military use of the Port of Sohar again with the Oman [...] | 2009-05-03 12:09:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | EWWT ETRD MOPS PREL PHSA MU |
09MUSCAT845 | OMAN ESTABLISHES PROCESS TO TRANSIT WEAPONS TO EMBARKED [...] (C) Summary: Driven by private industry interest, Embassy civilian and military engagement with the public and private sector, and the encroachment of the piracy threat into Omani waters (ref A, B, C),Oman has established a process to transport both lethal and non-lethal equipment through the [...] | 2009-08-05 12:41:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | EWWT MARR PHSA KHLS PREL MU |
09MUSCAT875 | FUTURE OF SFI IN SALALAH, OMAN [...] (C) Summary: The Secure Freight Initiative (SFI) in Oman came to a temporary halt at the end of June when the Port of Salalah informed the Embassy it would no longer allocate resources to the effort, as there was not agreement on project scope, criteria and timeline. In an August 26, 2009 mee [...] | 2009-08-30 14:30:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD EWWT PREL KNNP MU |
09MUSCAT907 | OMAN PORTS: SLOW AND STEADY WINS THE RACE [...] (C) Summary: Embassy Muscat continues to make slow but steady progress in efforts to press forward the USG agenda for ports in Oman. In a September 13 meeting, the Undersecretary for Ports reacted favorably to the possibility of U.S. Naval use of port Duqm and promised to confirm proposed dat [...] | 2009-09-15 09:52:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREL EWWT MOPS MU |
09MUSCAT943 | RECALL 09 MUSCAT 943 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-07 13:16:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC IMO EWWT PHSA UK MU |
09MUSCAT953 | Demarche Delivered: Oman Supportive of U.S. Re-Election to [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-11 03:33:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC IMO EWWT PHSA UK MU |
09MUSCAT967 | ALL ABOARD: GCC COUNTRIES SET TO AGREE ON RAILWAY [...] (SBU) Meeting in Muscat on October 17, ministers of the national economy from Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) states approved the proposed GCC railway at the 82nd annual meeting on Financial and Economic Cooperation. The English-daily "Oman Observer" reported that the meeting was chaired by Ahm [...] | 2009-10-18 10:52:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON MARR ECIN ELTN EWWT MU |
09MUSCAT999 | SECURE FREIGHT INITIATIVE (SFI): OMAN OPPOSES 100% SCANNING [...] (C) The Director General of Customs in Oman told us unequivocally that he did not support 100% scanning of U.S. bound containers at the Port of Salalah, as it would have too much impact on trade. He emphasized that it was not practical nor did it provide enhanced security. He strongly advocat [...] | 2009-11-03 10:57:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD EWWT PREL KNNP MU |
09NAIROBI1245 | KENYAN RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON PIRACY [...] (U) This is an action message; request at para 4. 2. (U) The Deputy Chief of Mission delivered ref A and B talking points and nonpapers to Beatrice Karago, Principal State Counsel for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Government's primary point of contact on piracy issues, on June 19. [...] | 2009-06-22 14:11:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EWWT MARR PGOV PHSA PHUM PREL KE |
09NAIROBI1527 | UPDATE ON KENYAN PIRACY PROSECUTIONS [...] Summary: There are currently 100 Somali piracy suspects being held in Kenya, including nine delivered by the Italian Navy on June 26. The manner of delivery and quality of evidence, as much as the number of transfers, has dampened Kenya's enthusiasm for piracy cases. A few cases were delivered [...] | 2009-07-16 07:54:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL PGOV KJUS KCRM EWWT MOPS SO EU IT |
09NAIROBI2387 | ENTRY OF ARMS FOR SECURITY PROTECTING U.S. FLAG VESSELS [...] Ref A requests procedures to transport firearms, ammunition, and related equipment into air and seaports in Kenya. As indicated in Ref B, U.S. flag vessels wishing to do so should contract with a freight forwarder which will navigate the Kenyan bureaucracy on their behalf. U.S. flag ships sh [...] | 2009-11-23 07:23:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | EWWT KPIR ASEC MARR PARM PREL KE |
09NAIROBI344 | SOMALIA - ENCOURAGING KENYAN ENGAGEMENT [...] (U) Summary: Kenya is increasingly concerned about Somali instability spilling over its border and affecting its share of Indian Ocean trade. The Government of Kenya is seeking ways to help stabilize Somalia, cooperate on counter-piracy, and improve the plight of Somali refugees in Kenya. [...] | 2009-02-23 14:11:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID EWWT KE PGOV PHUM PINS PREL SO |
09NAIROBI4 | KENYAN VIEWS ON SOMALI PIRACY CONTACT GROUP [...] Summary: Kenya supports the proposal to establish a Contact Group on Somali Piracy and plans to send an appropriate high-level official to participate in the inaugural meeting of the CGSP in New York January 13-14. End Summary. 2. In response to Reftel, the Kenyan MFA told us December 29 th [...] | 2009-01-02 08:59:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | EWWT KCRM MOPS PHSA PBTS PTER KE |
09NAIROBI711 | SOMALIA - 19 AMCITS ON BOARD PIRATED SHIP [...] (S/NF) At approximately 0713 local time April 8 (0013 EST) suspected Somali pirates hijacked the U.S.-flagged cargo container ship Maersk Alabama with 19 American citizens on board, according to the U.S Navy. The attack took place 260 nautical miles (nm) southeast of the Indian Ocean town of [...] | 2009-04-08 09:37:00 | Embassy Nairobi | SECRET | PGOV EWWT KDEM EAID PTER SO |
09NAIROBI941 | DEMARCHE: ARMS/SECURITY TEAMS ABOARD MERCHANT VESSELS [...] No summary [...] | 2009-05-11 12:27:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | EWWT KHLS ASEC KOMC MARR PARM PREL PHSA KE |
09NDJAMENA404 | LAKE CHAD BASIN COMMISSION FIGHTS NATURAL RESOURCE LOSS [...] (U) Cheibou Mohamed, Project Director at the Lake Chad Basin Commission (LCBC),a regional body in charge of water resource management for one of Africa's most significant environmental challenges, briefed Embassy staff on the organization's history and current activities. Mohamed said that w [...] | 2009-09-18 09:23:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV PREL EFIS EWWT PHSA CD |
09NEWDELHI1516 | GOI RESPONSE TO USG DELEGATION VISIT REGARDING [...] The Government of India (GOI) has declined the proposed visit of a team from the Department of Energy (National Nuclear Security Administration) and Department of Homeland Security (Bureau of Customs and Border Protection) to discuss the Secure Freight Initiative (SFI) and Megaports Initiative. [...] | 2009-07-22 12:05:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KHLS PREL EWWT ETTC PARM IN PTER |
09NEWDELHI1678 | INDIA LIKELY TO ENDORSE INTERNATIONAL PIRACY COURT [...] (SBU) Sanjay Rana, MEA Deputy Secretary for UN Political Affairs, told us August 10 that the GOI is unlikely to oppose an effort by the Contact Group on Piracy off the Coast of Somalia (CGPCS) to set up an international tribunal to prosecute pirates. Rana expressed little enthusiasm for the o [...] | 2009-08-11 14:21:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EWWT MARR PGOV PHSA PHUM PREL IN |
09NEWDELHI2399 | INDIA UNLIKELY TO MEET $500 BILLION INFRASTRUCTURE SPENDING [...] (SBU) Summary. Both Government of India (GOI) officials and private sector experts expect the GOI to fall far short of its plan to spend $500 billion on infrastructure between 2007 and 2012. Public-private partnerships have become an acceptable format for such projects but the private sector r [...] | 2009-11-27 13:24:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ECON ENRG ELTN EWWT IN |
09NEWDELHI34 | INDIA TO SUPPORT CONTACT GROUP ON SOMALI PIRACY [...] PolCouns delivered reftel invitation, information on the Contact Group (CG) on Somali Piracy, and additional issues for consideration by core members to Ministry of External Affairs Joint Secretary (United Nations - Political Division) Asith Bhattacharjee. Bhattacharjee confirmed that he will [...] | 2009-01-08 09:53:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | PHSA KCRM EWWT MOPS PBTS PTER IN |
09NICOSIA625 | CYPRUS: INTERNATIONAL MARITIME ORGANIZATION - DEMARCHE IN [...] (SBU) Per reftel request, Post has urged the GOC to support re-election of the United States to the IMO Council in Category "A." On September 25, Mr. Serghios Serghiou, Director of the Department of Merchant Shipping (under the Ministry of Communications and Works) offered us his verbal assura [...] | 2009-09-29 12:27:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC IMO EWWT PHSA UK CY |
09NICOSIA646 | CYPRUS: MARINE SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH AUTHORIZATIONS [...] Further to Reftel request, contact information for Post officers responsible for marine research authorizations is as follows: Mr. James Carouso Economic and Commercial Officer Tour dates: July 2007-July 2010 Alternate: Ms. Alicia Allison Political Officer Tour dates: August 2009-July [...] | 2009-10-07 12:24:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED | KRVC TPHY EWWT CY |
09NOUAKCHOTT640 | MAURITANIA: UNCERTAIN SUPPORT TO US INTERNATIONAL [...] (SBU) In response to reftel, post delivered demarche on October 5 to the Ministry of Fishing and Maritime Economy's Director of Shipping Mohamed Lemine Ould Sidi Brahim who stated in principle the US could count on Mauritanian support for its candidacy. Nevertheless, he stressed the Ministry [...] | 2009-10-06 13:58:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC IMO EWWT PHSA MR UK |
09OSLO10 | NORWAY PLEASED WITH ARCTIC POLICY BRIEFING [...] (C) In a January 7 meeting with MFA North American Coordinator Morten Aasland, High North Coordinator Jostein Mickleton, and officers from the Arctic Council and High North sections, P/E Counselor delivered reftel points. The MFA officials were pleased to receive the information, and also ve [...] | 2009-01-07 14:41:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON KGCC PBTS PHSA PREL SENV EWWT |
09OSLO120 | M/S POLARIS: NORWEGIANS DENY JURISDICTION [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-18 13:56:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHSA PBTS EWWT KCRM PTER MOPS PREL NO |
09OSLO361 | NORWEGIAN DELEGATION TO CGPCS [...] (U) The Norwegian delegation to the Contact Group on Piracy off the Coast of Somalia will consist of : Carl P. Salicath, Senior Advisor, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (head of delegation) email cps@mfa.no cell phone: 47 916 92 684 Gaute Syvertsen, Deputy Director General, Ministry of Trade [...] | 2009-05-20 15:43:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR ECON PREL PGOV EWWT KCRM PBTS PHSA NO |
09OSLO389 | NORWAY AGREES PIRACY COURT A BAD IDEA [...] (C) Poloff discussed reftel demarche with Deputy Director Anita Nergard of the MFA Section for Global Security on June 10. Nergard said that Norway agreed with the US that the idea of an international tribunal to prosecute piracy suspects was a bad idea for the reasons we listed in reftel no [...] | 2009-06-10 14:21:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | EWWT MARR PGOV PHSA PHUM PREL |
09OSLO424 | NORWEGIANS MUSE ON CGPCS AND ASPIRANT COUNTRIES [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a wide ranging discussion, Norway's representative to the Contact Group on Piracy off the Coast of Somalia (CGPCS),Carl Salicath, expressed reticence about admitting flag-of-convenience states to membership. He also discussed Cyprus's membership, Egypt's "odd" behavior with r [...] | 2009-06-30 11:13:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | EWWT MARR PGOV PHSA PHUM PREL |
09OSLO615 | NORWAY NON-COMMITTAL ON U.S. IMO CANDIDACY [...] (U) Dep PoleconCouns, Political Specialist, and Intern met with Deputy Director General Kirsten Hammelbo and Senior Advisor Anita Christoffersen of the Norwegian Ministry of Fisheries and Coastal Affairs on October 6 to deliver reftel demarche seeking Norwegian support for the U.S. Government' [...] | 2009-10-07 12:25:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC IMO EWWT PHSA UK NO |
09OTTAWA22 | WHAT ABOUT US? CANADA SEEKS INVITATION TO CONTACT [...] (U) This is an action request -- see para 4. 2. (C) On January 9, Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Senior Advisor for defense and security relations Sarah Robertson called in pol/mil officer to emphasize Canada's extensive, positive engagement on anti-piracy i [...] | 2009-01-09 20:54:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS KCRM EWWT XW SO CA |
09OTTAWA242 | CANADA TO SEEK MEMBERSHIP IN CONTACT GROUP ON [...] (U) Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Senior Advisor for Defense and Security Relations Sarah Robertson confirmed to pol/miloff on March 25 that Foreign Minister Cannon had instructed DFAIT staff to seek membership for Canada in the Contact Group on Piracy off the [...] | 2009-03-26 12:16:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PBTS KCRM EWWT XW SO CA |
09OTTAWA269 | CANADA PREPARING FORMAL REQUEST TO JOIN CONTACT [...] (SBU) In response to reftel, Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Senior Advisor for Defense and Security Relations Sarah Robertson promised to draft and clear the required correspondence and convey it as soon as possible to our Charge d'Affaires. DFAIT will ensure t [...] | 2009-04-03 14:01:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PBTS KCRM EWWT XW SO CA |
09OTTAWA334 | CANADA SUPPORTS U.S./AUSTRALIA ON SHIP RECYCLING [...] (sbu) Econcouns and Emil Stojanovski, Third Secretary at the Australian High Commission, delivered reftel joint demarche on the draft international convention for the safe and environmentally sound recycling of ships to Transport Canada's Manager for Environmental Protection Paul Topping on Ma [...] | 2009-05-04 18:09:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CA ECON EIND ETRD EWWT KTIA PREL SENV |
09OTTAWA443 | CANADIAN AND U.S. ANTI-PIRACY PRESCRIPTIONS ALIGN [...] (C) Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Policy Advisor for Defence and Security Sarah Robertson confirmed to polmiloff on June 9 that Canadian and U.S. policy prescriptions on the best way to prosecute suspected pirates off the Horn of Africa (ref a),and elsewhere, [...] | 2009-06-09 18:38:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EWWT KCRM PTER MARR CA |
09OTTAWA793 | CANADA TO SUPPORT US CANDIDACY IN IMO ELECTION [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-15 20:15:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | PHSA APCS EWWT IMO UK CA |
09PANAMA123 | CODEL COSTELLO MEETS PRESIDENT TORRIJOS [...] (SBU) Summary. CODEL Costello, composed of members of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, called on President Martin Torrijos Espino during the afternoon of February 2 to discuss transportation and the overall bilateral relationship. During the cordial meeting, Torrijos e [...] | 2009-02-10 22:05:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECON ETRD EWWT OREP PGOV PM PREL |
09PANAMA195 | PANAMA CANAL EXPANSION BIDS SUBMITTED [...] (U) Under the lights of TV cameras in a packed auditorium, three consortia, including one led by American firm Bechtel, submitted bids to the Panama Canal Authority (ACP) on March 3 to build the 3.3 billion USD set of locks for the already under-construction third lane of the Panama Canal. The bid [...] | 2009-03-10 15:14:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EINV ETRD MARR PM EWWT |
09PANAMA265 | PANAMA: SCENESETTER FOR CODEL HOYER [...] (SBU) Summary. Since the 1989 restoration of democracy, Panama has established and consolidated a democratic, stable and responsive government; accelerated economic growth through open markets; and strived to ensure that the benefits of that growth reach all citizens. While a hemispheric leader [...] | 2009-03-30 18:50:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP EWWT OVIP PREL PGOV ECON ETRD EINV PM |
09PANAMA290 | PANAMA: AMP SUB-ADMINISTRATOR RESIGNS, CRITICIZES [...] (C) The Maritime Authority of Panama (AMP) is in the headlines following the resignation of sub-administrator Carlos Raul Moreno, who, as he headed out the door, denounced "questionable" practices designed to generate extra revenue from maritime flagging procedures at some Panamanian consulate [...] | 2009-04-06 21:21:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV PM PREL EWWT |
09PANAMA306 | PANAMA: SCENESETTER FOR CODEL LEVIN [...] (SBU) The fate of the U.S./Panama Free Trade Agreement (FTA) will determine the trajectory of our bilateral relationship through the foreseeable future. Congressional passage and a successful implementation of the FTA would serve to maintain extraordinary, yet vulnerable, U.S. influence in Pan [...] | 2009-04-14 23:03:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP EWWT OVIP PREL PGOV ECON ETRD EINV PM |
09PANAMA519 | PRIMARY PANAMA CANAL CONTRACT TO BE AWARDED [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-30 17:05:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EINV ETRD MARR PM EWWT |
09PANAMA539 | SACYR WINS CANAL CONTRACT, SIGNALING BROADER [...] (C) In an elaborate ceremony attended by President Martinelli and most of the Cabinet, the Panama Canal Authority (ACP) announced that the consortium led by Spanish firm Sacyr had won the $3.2 billion contract to build the third set of locks, centerpiece of the once-in-a-century Canal Expansion pro [...] | 2009-07-08 19:20:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD EWWT PGOV PM PREL |
09PANAMA550 | IN BARGAIN BASEMENT BID, SPANISH TO EXPAND PANAMA [...] (C) During a morning of high political theater, President Martinelli, Panama's senior government officials, consortia representatives, diplomatic corps, and the public (through live TV and an internet broadcast) witnessed the presentation of the technical scores and the opening of the financial bid [...] | 2009-07-09 21:36:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ECON EINV ETRD MARR PM EWWT PREL |
09PANAMA839 | PANAMA RELUCTANT TO PROSECUTE PIRATES [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to MFA Director General for Treaty and Legal Affairs Vladimir Franco October 29, following up on an informal approach on September 22, which in turn followed up on a discussion between USCG lawyers and MFA officials in September 2008. Franco said that he u [...] | 2009-11-16 19:06:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PM KPIR EWWT |
09PARIS1295 | FRANCE SUPPORTS U.S. FOR IMO COUNCIL [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-23 15:17:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL AORC EWWT PHSA IMO UK FR |
09PARIS1340 | HORN OF AFRICA/PIRACY: FRENCH OFFICIAL DISCUSSES [...] (C) SUMMARY: The French will attend the October 6-8 Maritime Security Sector Reform (MSSR) meeting in Brussels but may also want a USG team to visit Paris to discuss Horn of Africa piracy on a broad inter-agency basis. France favors taking action to block ports used by pirates and against [...] | 2009-09-30 10:04:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | EWWT KCRM PHSA PHUM PREL SO XA XW FR |
09PARIS24 | FRANCE: JANUARY 13-14 CONTACT GROUP MEETING ON [...] No summary [...] | 2009-01-08 17:30:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EWWT KCRM MOPS PBTS PHSA PTER SO XW FR |
09PARIS669 | FRANCE: SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY LAHOOD VISIT [...] (SBU) Mission France extends a warm welcome to you and your delegation. Your visit comes two years into President Nicolas Sarkozy's five-year term, a period marked by strong coordination between the U.S. and France on key strategic issues. Your interlocutors will likely make a case for dedic [...] | 2009-05-18 09:06:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRN EWWT PREL FR |
09PARIS814 | PIRACY: FRANCE SHARES OPPOSITION TO INTERNATIONAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador Chantal Poiret, MFA Coordinator for Anti-Piracy Policy, said on June 17 that France was opposed to the creation of an international tribunal that would try suspected pirates. France plans to send a representative to the expert-level meeting that the Dutch have propo [...] | 2009-06-18 13:37:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | EWWT MARR PGOV PHSA PHUM PREL NATO SO FR |
09PARIS963 | HORN OF AFRICA PIRACY: FRENCH FAVOR INCLUSIVE [...] (C) SUMMARY: France favors broad participation in anti-piracy activities off the Horn of Africa as outlined reftel, but would prefer that a mechanism, "based on objective criteria," be established that would allow current participants to reject "problem states" such as Iran from participati [...] | 2009-07-17 13:00:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | EWWT MARR PGOV PHSA PHUM PREL SO IR FR |
09PHNOMPENH377 | Cambodia Moves to Strengthen Maritime Security [...] (SBU) Summary: On May 26-27, the RGC held a workshop as a first step toward the creation of a much-needed maritime security central coordinating authority. Prime Minister Hun Sen announced that a new National Committee on Maritime Security (NCMS) is expected to be formed within months. Hosted [...] | 2009-06-09 01:00:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV MASS MOPS EWWT CB |
09PHNOMPENH427 | Japan Eager to Cooperate on Maritime Security Under the [...] (SBU) Summary: The Japanese are interested in cooperating with the U.S. and Australia in providing assistance to the Royal Government of Cambodia (RGC) to strengthen maritime security under the Trilateral Counterterrorism Consultations/Trilateral Strategic Dialogue. Japan has played a constru [...] | 2009-06-30 00:38:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV MASS MOPS EWWT CB |
09PHNOMPENH724 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: INTERNATIONAL MARITIME [...] (SBU) Post delivered reftel demarche to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation via diplomatic note September 23. Post will report any substantive response via septel. RODLEY [...] | 2009-09-28 09:51:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC IMO EWWT PHSA CB |
09PORTAUPRINCE291 | MARITIME SECURITY AND DOMAIN AWARENESS: REPORTING [...] (S/NF) Post has reviewed the Directive per ref and submits the following recommendations: Please include Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) as a Primary agency for the following directives: - Maritime Environment (1. Seaports; and 3. Vessels) - Maritime Terrorism Threats (3. Criminal and Terror [...] | 2009-03-16 15:11:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | SECRET | PINR KSPR EWWT XA XB XD XF XG XK XL XM AA |
09PORTLOUIS103 | SEYCHELLES: USG ASSISTANCE SOUGHT TO COMBAT SOMALI PIRATES' [...] (SBU) On April 6, Post received by fax a diplomatic note dated April 2 from the Seychelles' Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) stating that the vessel "Indian Ocean Explorer" had been captured with a crew of seven Seychellois nationals in Seychelles' territorial waters, and was heading toward th [...] | 2009-04-06 13:22:00 | Embassy Port Louis | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PBTS PHSA EWWT MARR MASS MOPS SO SE |
09PORTLOUIS109 | DEMARCHE: COUNTER-PIRACY COOPERATION WITH MAURITIUS [...] (SBU) On April 13, CDA met with Mauritian Foreign Minister (FM) Arvin Boolell to discuss ref A points regarding Mauritian willingness in the future to prosecute piracy suspects. In order to obtain a legal opinion of Mauritian laws on piracy, the FM said he would to send the technical points t [...] | 2009-04-13 11:32:00 | Embassy Port Louis | CONFIDENTIAL | EWWT MOPS PHSA PREL KJUS XW MP |
09PORTLOUIS139 | MAURITIAN RESPONSE: ARMS/SECURITY TEAMS ABOARD [...] (SBU) A/DCM put reftel questions to Ambassador Jagdish Koonjul, Head of Bilateral Directorate I at Mauritius Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Answers are keyed to reftel questions. Q.1) The only special procedures required would be that any weapons would have to be declared to Customs and eithe [...] | 2009-05-08 08:58:00 | Embassy Port Louis | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KHLS KOMC EWWT ASEC MARR PARM PREL PHSA MP |
09PORTLOUIS146 | HOW SEYCHELLES CAPTURED 23 SUSPECTED PIRATES [...] (U) On May 7, the Seychelles government-controlled daily "Seychelles Nation" (or the "Nation") reported that since April 28, the Seychelles Police Force has captured 23 Somali pirates in its Economic Exclusive Zone (EEZ),in three separate operations carried out with the help of European and I [...] | 2009-05-12 13:15:00 | Embassy Port Louis | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PBTS PHSA EWWT MARR MASS MOPS SO SE |
09PORTLOUIS176 | MAURITIUS ASKS FOR HELP AGAINST PIRACY [...] On June 10, Post received a diplomatic note from the Mauritian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Regional Integration and International Trade soliciting USG assistance to intensify the combat against piracy in the Indian Ocean. On the morning of June 11 Post was asked by telephone to send representa [...] | 2009-06-15 13:47:00 | Embassy Port Louis | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PBTS PHSA EWWT MARR MASS MOPS SO MP |
09PORTLOUIS181 | MAURITIUS' EMERGENCY PIRACY MEETING: A TENTATIVE [...] (C) SUMMARY: A public outcry from the fisheries and shipping sector, coupled with fishing ships fleeing the Indian Ocean for safer waters and a 20 percent drop in fish suppliers for Mauritius since January, prompted Foreign Minister (FORMIN) Arvin Boolell and Attorney General (AG) Rama Valayde [...] | 2009-06-17 08:30:00 | Embassy Port Louis | CONFIDENTIAL | PHSA PBTS EWWT MARR MOPS MP |
09PORTLOUIS218 | SEYCHELLES SEEKS GREATER US TIES IN CDA MEETING [...] (SBU) Charge D'Affaires Virginia Blaser's June 30 courtesy call on President James Michel celebrated the U.S. - Seychelles bilateral relationship and addressed cooperative efforts to combat piracy and secure the seas. Set against the festive backdrop of the first July 4th celebration the Embas [...] | 2009-07-14 06:06:00 | Embassy Port Louis | CONFIDENTIAL | PHSA PBTS MARR MOPS EWWT SE |
09PORTLOUIS236 | TRIPARTITE APPROACH REVEALS LEGAL AND LOGISTICAL CONCERNS OF GOM PROSECUTING PIRATES [...] On July 20, Charge d'Affaires Virginia Blaser convened a meeting with British High Commissioner (BHC),Dr. John Murton, and the visiting Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) Legal Adviser, Katherine Shepherd, along with French Ambassador Jacques Maillard and his Minister Counselor, to discuss [...] | 2009-07-24 09:20:00 | Embassy Port Louis | UNCLASSIFIED | PHSA MARR MASS MOPS MP EWWT PBTS |
09PORTLOUIS365 | DEMARCHE IN SUPPORT OF U.S. CANDIDACY FOR THE [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-16 11:39:00 | Embassy Port Louis | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC EWWT PHSA MP |
09PORTLOUIS404 | PRIME MINISTER BRIEFED ON PIRATE TRANSFER AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: UNODC representative Alan Cole briefed Mauritian Prime Minister Ramgoolam December 8 on the UN program to assist the transfer and prosecution of suspected pirates captured in the Indian Ocean region. Ramgoolam was receptive to the programs and ideas but raised concerns regarding [...] | 2009-12-10 12:18:00 | Embassy Port Louis | CONFIDENTIAL | KPIR PREL MARR PHSA EWWT PBTS MP |
09PORTLOUIS410 | MAURITIUS AND PIRATE TRANSFERS/PROSECUTIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: To contribute to the international anti-piracy effort, Prime Minister Rangoolam seeks a formal "understanding" with UNODC which would authorize the transfer to Mauritius and prosecution in Mauritius courts of a number (unspecified) of suspected pirates seized by international forc [...] | 2009-12-21 12:33:00 | Embassy Port Louis | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EWWT PHSA PBTS KPIR MARR MP |
09PORTLOUIS411 | SEYCHELLES SERIOUS ABOUT PIRACY PROSECUTIONS; [...] (C) SUMMARY: Seychelles will charge the eleven recently-captured Somalis with piracy, but arraignment has been delayed for two weeks. Seychelles has accepted an offer from UNODC and the EU to construct a 40-bed maximum-security wing at the country's only prison to house pirates and other high [...] | 2009-12-22 12:07:00 | Embassy Port Louis | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPIR MARR PHSA EWWT PBTS SE |
09PORTOFSPAIN370 | FY2010 BUDGET - IN THE RED [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The FY 2010 GOTT budget totals $7.03 billion with a projected deficit of $1.2 billion, about 5.3 percent of GDP, based on average annual oil prices of $55/barrel and natural gas at $2.75/million cubic feet. This would be the second year in a row of budget deficits after a string [...] | 2009-09-14 16:36:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EPET ETRD EWWT BEXP PGOV TD |
09PORTOFSPAIN409 | TRINIDAD SEEKS BILAT AGREEMENT ON SMELTER WASTE [...] This is an action request for the Department. Please see paragraph 3. 2. SUMMARY. Post received a letter October 15 signed by the Minister of Foreign Affairs and addressed to the Secretary requesting the conclusion of a bilateral agreement for the reception and treatment in the United St [...] | 2009-10-20 13:40:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED | KTIA PREL EIND ECIN EMIN EWWT ETRD ECON TD |
09PORTOFSPAIN436 | REQUEST FOR TDY CUSTOMS CONTRACT ADVISOR IN PORT OF SPAIN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The GOTT Customs and Excise Division (TTCED) requests technical assistance to complete an overtime study designed to help it begin nationwide 24/7 port operations. Such a study would bolster GOTT efforts against drug transshipments, providing oversight at ports at all hours, [...] | 2009-11-04 18:12:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PBTS PGOV EWWT TD |
09PRAGUE674 | CZECH REPUBLIC: DEMARCHE IN SUPPORT OF U.S. [...] (SBU) On November 16, we followed up our September 22 delivery of reftel dipnote and accompanying aide memoire with MFA Multilateral Economic Relations Director Zikal who is responsible for IMO issues for the Czech government. He reported that so far the Czech government had been approached b [...] | 2009-11-16 15:52:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC EWWT PHSA EZ |
09PRETORIA1288 | SOUTH AFRICAN GOVERNMENT RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE REGARDING [...] (SBU) Summary. This cable responds to the items requested in paragraph four of Reftel A. Post delivered the demarche to South African Department of International Relations and Cooperation (DICO) Deputy Director of Maritme and Antarctic Policy Patrick Jacobs on May 7. Jacobs presented the req [...] | 2009-06-26 13:41:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EWWT ECON ETRD MARR PARM PREL PHSA KOMC SF |
09PRETORIA2660 | AFRICAN UNION CONFERENCE RATIFIES MARTIME CHARTER [...] (SBU) Summary. South Africa hosted a week-long African Union (AU) Conference for Ministers responsible for maritime transport in Durban during the week of October 12. The AU Maritime Charter was initially developed in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, in 1993, and was adopted by 36 AU member states at t [...] | 2009-12-28 08:16:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV EWWT PGOV SF |
09PRETORIA357 | SOUTH AFRICA AGREES TO MEGAPORTS INITIATIVE WITH CAVEATS [...] (SBU) Summary. Post delivered Megaports Initiative talking points (Reftel A) to South African Revenue Service (SARS) officials. SARS officials agreed to proceed with the Megaports initiative, given cabinet approval, but requested additional information before finalizing approval for a consulta [...] | 2009-02-25 06:23:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC ENRG ETTC EWWT PINS SF |
09QUITO460 | ECUADOR DEMARCHE RESPONSE - INTERNATIONAL PIRACY [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-16 18:48:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | EWWT MARR PGOV PHSA PHUM PREL EC |
09QUITO945 | Ecuador unable to decide on support for U.S. Candidacy to [...] Econoff delivered reftel demarche October 6 to Juan Carlos Apunte, in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Multilateral Relations Division. Despite regular follow-on calls, as of November 10 Ecuador is either unable or unwilling to share its position on the candidacy of the United States for [...] | 2009-11-10 21:45:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC IMO EWWT PHSA UK EC |
09QUITO967 | ECUADOR ON U.S. CANDIDACY FOR IMO COUNCIL [...] (C) PolOff delivered Ref A points to MFA Multilateral Affairs Director General Lourdes Puma on November 16, following a previous Embassy demarche (Ref B). Puma said that Ecuador was aware that 11 countries were competing for the ten positions on the International Maritime Organization Council [...] | 2009-11-17 22:05:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC PREL IMO EWWT PHSA UK EC |
09RABAT933 | MOROCCAN MARINE SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH AUTHORIZATION [...] (U) The Division of Legal Affairs of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation (MFA) is responsible for granting authorization to conduct marine scientific research for foreign vessels. The MFA has no formal written procedures or deadlines for requests. However, Chief of the Division [...] | 2009-11-25 14:42:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED | EWWT TPHY KRVC MO |
09REYKJAVIK200 | INTERNATIONAL MARITIME ORGANIZATION - DELIVERY OF DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-09 08:57:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC EWWT IMO PHSA IC |
09RIODEJANEIRO285 | Rio Radar - August 21, 2009 [...] (U) Rio Radar is a weekly compilation of key economic, political, commercial, and other developments in the states of Rio de Janeiro, Bahia, Minas Gerais, Espirito Santo, and Sergipe. This week's subjects: CLEANING UP THE FAVELAS: ECONOMIC BENEFIT TRUMPS COSTS ------------------------------ [...] | 2009-08-24 09:58:00 | Consulate Rio De Janeiro | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ENRG EINV EIND EPET EWWT PHUM PINS SOCI BR |
09RIYADH110 | SOMALI PIRATES AND THEIR SUNKEN SAUDI TREASURE [...] (C/NF) The release of the hijacked Sirius Star has widely been reported in the international media. A ransom payment of allegedly between $3 and $3.5 million ) down from the original $25 million demanded by the pirates - was parachuted onto the deck of the Sirius Star on Friday, January 9 by a [...] | 2009-01-14 13:19:00 | Embassy Riyadh | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ENRG EPET EWWT PHSA PINS PTER |
09RIYADH804 | DEMARCHE ON INTERNATIONAL PIRACY COURT [...] Pol/Mil Counselor delivered points in reftel on June 15, 2009 to Ambassador Adnan Baghdadi, Counselor in the MFA International Organization Department. 2. Amb. Baghdadi expressed appreciation for the information about the proposed international piracy tribunal and on the USG position opposi [...] | 2009-06-17 14:26:00 | Embassy Riyadh | UNCLASSIFIED | EWWT MARR PGOV PHSA PREL SA |
09ROME1156 | ITALY TO SUPPORT U.S. CANDIDATE FOR INTERNATIONAL MARITIME [...] (U) Embassy Rome delivered the diplomatic note demarche concerning the U.S. candidacy for the International Maritime Organization Council. The demarche was submitted to Roberto Pietrosanto, Coordinator of Office I, Directorate General for Economic and Financial Affairs at the Ministry of Fore [...] | 2009-10-15 09:33:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC IMO EWWT PHSA ECON IT |
09ROME1173 | POCS FOR MARINE SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH AUTHORIZATIONS IN [...] Per ref B, the POC for marine scientific research authorizations in Italy is: Ms. Jean Preston, Environment, Science and Technology Affairs Counselor (telephone: (+39) 06 4674-2691; e-mail: prestonj@state.gov). She will be in Italy until approximately August 2010. 2. The alternate POC is [...] | 2009-10-21 14:04:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | TPHY KSCA KRVC EWWT IT |
09ROME298 | ANTARCTIC/ARCTIC EVENT: MFA U/S SCOTTI TO ATTEND FOR ITALY; [...] Summary and action request. Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Under Secretary Vincenzo Scotti will represent Italy at the April 6 ministerial event on Antarctic and Arctic affairs at the Department. Senior working-level MFA Antarctic and Arctic officials are available for consultation by the [...] | 2009-03-13 15:56:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | TPHY SENV AORC KSCA PHSA EWWT PBTS IT |
09ROME30 | ITALY: SUPPORTS PROPOSED CONTACT GROUP ON SOMALI [...] (SBU) Political Military Counselor met with MFA NATO Director Massimo Marotti and UN Director Natalia Quintavalle on January 8 to extend ref A invitation for Italy to participate in the Contact Group on Somali Piracy (CGSP) and to brief them on the agenda and topics for the January 13-14 meeti [...] | 2009-01-09 16:41:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR PREL PGOV EWWT KCRM PBTS PHSA PTER IT |
09ROME433 | PIRACY: ITALY REQUESTS ASSISTANCE FOR ANTI-PIRACY [...] (S) The Government of Italy sent U.S. Embassy Rome an unclassified Note Verbale on April 16 thanking the USG for assistance provided thus far in the deployment of Italian Special Forces to Djibouti for possible use in an anti-piracy mission and requesting continuing assistance as needed. The [...] | 2009-04-16 13:48:00 | Embassy Rome | SECRET | MASS MARR EWWT KCRM PBTS PGOV PHSA PREL AORC |
09ROME618 | ITALIAN DEMARCHE RESPONSE ON SRMS/SECURITY TEAMS ABOARD MERCHANT VESSELS [...] (SBU) Post delivered the demarche on Arms/Security Teams aboard Merchant Vessels to Massimo Marotti, the NATO director at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Below are the answers provided by Mr. Marotti. He stressed, however, that this information should be considered to be preliminary and not [...] | 2009-05-29 10:24:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC IT KHLS KOMC MARR PARM PHSA PREL EWWT |
09ROME66 | ITALIAN SHIPPING COMPANY TO CUT TIES WITH IRAN [...] C) Summary: Italian MFA officials told Post that the Italian owners of the Irital shipping firm are seeking to divest from their Iranian partners due to concerns about the application of U.S. sanctions. End Summary. 2. (C) Italian MFA Deputy Director General for Economic and Financial Co [...] | 2009-01-20 16:14:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP ECON EFIN ETRD EWWT PARM PREL |
09ROME969 | ITALIAN REACTION TO EXPANDED CGPCS PARTICIPATION [...] (C) On August 19, Acting Political Minister Counselor and Poloffs informed Italian MFA Director for Political-Military Affairs Massimo Marotti of the U.S. interest in expanding participation in Contact Group for Piracy off the Coast of Somalia (CGPCS) fora chaired by the U.S.(Ref A). Marotti [...] | 2009-08-21 15:35:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS EWWT KCRM NATO PBTS PGOV PHSA PREL |
09SANAA1064 | YEMEN: NATURAL GAS EXPORT LAUNCH PLAGUED BY [...] (C) SUMMARY. Shipments of liquefied natural gas (LNG) from Yemen to South Korea and the U.S. originally intended to begin in December 2008 have been delayed until at least August 2009, resulting in costly penalties for the export company, Yemen LNG (YLNG),and more than USD 100 million in los [...] | 2009-06-08 11:49:00 | Embassy Sanaa | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EPET ENGR EWWT FR KS YM |
09SANAA1091 | INTERNATIONAL PIRACY COURT DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-10 15:29:00 | Embassy Sanaa | UNCLASSIFIED | EWWT MARR PGOV PHSA PHUM PREL YM |
09SANAA1092 | ARMS/SECURITY TEAMS DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-10 15:29:00 | Embassy Sanaa | UNCLASSIFIED | EWWT KHLS ASEC KOMC MARR PARM PREL PHSA YM |
09SANAA1123 | PIRATES SEIZE YEMEN LNG CHARTER VESSEL OFF OMANI [...] (C) SUMMARY: Pirates seized an empty cargo ship under contract with the Yemen Liquefied Natural Gas Company (YLNG) on June 12 off the coast of Oman. The ship was returning to Jebel Ali, UAE, after unloading a shipment of ethylene, a highly flammable chemical compound, at the Yemeni port of Be [...] | 2009-06-17 13:40:00 | Embassy Sanaa | CONFIDENTIAL | EIND EPET ETRD EWWT ECON PTER MCAP MY AC MU |
09SANAA1330 | RED SEA PIRACY: HUDAYDAH'S PUBLIC AND PRIVATE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In a July 21 visit to Hudaydah, political figures, business leaders, and the local Coast Guard commander described how piracy is driving up business and security costs for public and private sector alike, at a time when both are are feeling squeezed by the international financi [...] | 2009-07-29 13:42:00 | Embassy Sanaa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EWWT JA PGOV PHSA PREF YM |
09SANAA1484 | DONOR COUNTRIES POW-WOW ON PIRACY, DISCUSS WAY [...] (C) SUMMARY. Meeting on July 26, donor nations agreed that structural flaws, bureaucratic battles, and a lack of funding have hampered the Yemen Coast Guard (YCG) and the Yemen Navy (YNAV) in their mission to secure Yemen's coastline. The donor countries also discussed the need for a high-l [...] | 2009-08-11 13:50:00 | Embassy Sanaa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHSA PGOV EWWT MCAP EFIN MASS YM |
09SANAA1527 | ROYG PROSECUTES SUSPECTED SOMALI PIRATES, BUT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: With the prosecution of 22 suspected Somali pirates, the ROYG is now fighting piracy in the courts as well as at sea. The piracy trials warrant close monitoring, as the number of suspected pirates handed over to Yemeni authorities is likely to increase as a result of heighten [...] | 2009-08-17 10:02:00 | Embassy Sanaa | CONFIDENTIAL | EWWT KCOR KCRM PGOV PHSA PREF YM |
09SANAA1598 | PORT SECURITY WOES MAKE GULF OF ADEN "OPEN SEA" [...] (C) SUMMARY. The Gulf of Aden is an "open sea" for pirates and smugglers, the Yemen Coast Guard (YCG),Aden Port Authority, and independent journalists told PolOffs on an August 8 visit to Aden. The YCG's deep water patrolling capabilities are almost non-existent and the Port Authority's ab [...] | 2009-08-26 14:57:00 | Embassy Sanaa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHSA EWWT MCAP PREL MASS YM |
09SANAA1604 | CONTRABAND AND CONFUSION IN THE GULF OF ADEN [...] (C) SUMMARY. On an August 8 visit to Aden, PolOffs heard from a variety of sources that smuggling -- of drugs, diesel, weapons, alcohol, and human beings -- is thriving along Yemen's coasts. These illicit flows are difficult to disentangle from legal maritime activities, as well as piracy, [...] | 2009-08-29 12:15:00 | Embassy Sanaa | CONFIDENTIAL | EWWT MCAP PHUM PGOV PHSA PREF SNAR KTIP YM |
09SANAA2074 | YEMEN SUPPORTS INTERNATIONAL MARITIME ORGANIZATION [...] (U) PolChief met with the ROYG MFA Deputy Chief of International Organizations Idrees Al-Shammam November 16 to discuss points in reftels. Shortly after the meeting Al-Shammam sent a diplomatic note advising the Embassy "that the Government of the Republic of Yemen will support the candidac [...] | 2009-11-17 10:43:00 | Embassy Sanaa | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC IMO EWWT PHSA UK YM |
09SANAA2225 | YEMEN LNG PLANS SHIPMENTS TO CONUS, WORRIES ABOUT [...] (SBU) Yemen LNG, the liquefied natural gas (LNG) company operated by majority shareholder French Total Oil, is planning to ship LNG cargos from its plant in Belhaf, Yemen to Sabine Pass, Texas and Everett, Massachusetts beginning in early 2010 (REFTEL). Under the terms of YLNG's contracts wit [...] | 2009-12-16 09:52:00 | Embassy Sanaa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EWWT ECON EPET PTER PINS PBTS FR KS YM |
09SANAA274 | SANAA'S ANTI-PIRACY CONFERENCE PLUMBS THE DEPTHS [...] (U) SUMMARY. Attendance was high at the February 10-11 UK-funded maritime security conference in Sana'a. Participants agreed to better information sharing and increased capacity building, but were unable to decide on the mechanisms to reach these goals. Although constrained by a lack of reso [...] | 2009-02-11 14:23:00 | Embassy Sanaa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EWWT PREL PTER MCAP YM |
09SANAA44 | YEMEN CONFIRMS PARTICIPATION AT CONTACT GROUP ON [...] Abdul Hakeem al-Eryani, Director of the Office of the Foreign Minister, confirmed on January 10 that Yemen's Permanent Representative to the United Nations will attend the January 13-14 Contact Group on Somali Piracy. 2. Poloff provided al-Eryani with reftel draft agenda and proposed meet [...] | 2009-01-11 05:04:00 | Embassy Sanaa | UNCLASSIFIED | EWWT KCRM MOPS PBTS PHSA PTER YM |
09SANAA501 | MARITIME "LEGAL ARGUMENTS" USELESS SAYS FOREIGN [...] (SBU) Foreign Minister Abubakr al-Qirbi expressed concern with the tactics of some of the naval vessels currently on anti-piracy missions in the Gulf of Aden during a March 23 meeting with foreign ambassadors. He asserted that Yemeni fishermen are "starving" due to the presence of the Somali [...] | 2009-03-24 11:05:00 | Embassy Sanaa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EWWT PREL PTER MCAP YM |
09SANAA68 | YEMEN ATTEMPTS TO SEIZE REGIONAL ANTI-PIRACY LEAD [...] (U) SUMMARY. The Yemen Coast Guard (YCG) is expected to use a regional anti-piracy conference next month to announce its expanding operations and to solicit assistance from Yemen's deep-pocket Gulf neighbors. END SUMMARY. 2. (C) Despite its lack of deep-water capabilities, the YCG is at [...] | 2009-01-13 12:41:00 | Embassy Sanaa | SECRET | EWWT PREL PTER MCAP YM |
09SANAA936 | YEMEN STRIKES BACK AS PIRACY HURTS ECONOMY [...] (C) SUMMARY. As a result of piracy's negative economic impact on Yemen and its links to human and arms smuggling, the ROYG has stepped up its counter-piracy efforts in the Gulf of Aden in recent months. Yemen would like to take on a regional leadership role in combating piracy, but its effort [...] | 2009-05-17 13:21:00 | Embassy Sanaa | CONFIDENTIAL | EWWT PREL PTER MCAP YM |
09SANJOSE364 | COSTA RICAN PORTS: ANOTHER CAFTA SAGA IN THE MAKING? [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Stakeholders in the operation of Costa Rica's major port, the Limon-Moin complex on the Caribbean, struggle to find a solution to the competing interests of delivering international port services, developing the impoverished Limon region, upgrading long-neglected port plant and [...] | 2009-04-30 21:52:00 | Embassy San Jose | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON EWWT ELAB PGOV PREL CS |
09SANSALVADOR1068 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: U.S. CANDIDACY FOR THE INTERNATIONAL [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-17 16:46:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC IMO EWWT PHSA ES |
09SANSALVADOR1098 | EL SALVADOR: U.S. CANDIDACY FOR THE INTERNATIONAL MARITIME [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-20 22:50:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC IMO EWWT PHSA ES |
09SANSALVADOR463 | LA UNION PORT: A WHITE ELEPHANT IN THE MAKING? [...] (U) Summary. Four months after its inauguration, El Salvador's $187 million La Union port project remains in limbo due to a political deadlock over who will manage the port. The ruling ARENA party was unable to secure approval for a proposed port concession due to opposition from parties favo [...] | 2009-05-26 18:33:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV EWWT ES |
09SANSALVADOR713 | NEW PORT AUTHORITY DIRECTOR PUSHING FOR LA UNION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: According to Port Authority (CEPA) Director Guillermo Lopez-Suarez, President Funes and key FMLN legislators have dropped their insistence upon maintaining state control of the Port of La Union and are now open to a full private concession. Once a concession is granted, however, [...] | 2009-07-30 16:24:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EWWT EINV ECON ES |
09SANTIAGO436 | CHILE: DEMARCHE ON IMO SHIP RECYCLING [...] (SBU) Epoloff delivered reftel demarche with Australian DCM Maree Ringland to MFA Counselor for Environmental Affairs Jose Fernandez and Chief of Sustainable Development and Trade Edda Rossi on May 6. Both officials expressed support for Australia's proposed paper and noted that many multilater [...] | 2009-05-07 13:46:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EIND ETRD EWWT IMO KTIA PREL SENV CI |
09SANTODOMINGO990 | SUGGESTED FOLLOW-UP TO UNANSWERED U.S./UK/JAPAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: At a meeting on 8/27 of representatives from the resident diplomatic missions representing major maritime powers (U.S., UK, Japan, Germany and France - Russia is resident in Venezuela) to review the Government of the Dominican Republic's (GoDR) lack of response to prior demarche [...] | 2009-09-01 19:38:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | CONFIDENTIAL | PBTS PREL EWWT DR UK |
09SEOUL1388 | CGPCS MESSAGE DELIVERED - FOLLOW-UP QUESTIONS [...] (U) This is an action request. Post requests guidance on the questions below received from ROKG. 2. (U) On Agust 25, per reftel, PolOff informed Kim Yo-sup, International Security Affairs Division of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MOFAT),of USG views regarding participation [...] | 2009-08-31 06:01:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | EWWT MARR PGOV PHSA PREL KS |
09SEOUL1668 | U.S. COAST GUARD DISCUSSES COOPERATION WITH ASIAN [...] (U) This message is from the American Presence Post (APP) in Busan, Republic of Korea. 2. (U) SUMMARY: The Vice Commandant of the U.S. Coast Guard met with his counterparts from Canada, Japan, China, South Korea, and Russia at the annual North Pacific Coast Guard Forum. Through these mee [...] | 2009-10-21 07:54:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PBTS PREL PHSA EWWT MCAP XB |
09SEOUL39 | ROK FEEDBACK ON DRAFT CGSP ISSUES FOR CONSIDERATION [...] Poloff on January 8 presented the information in reftel A to Key Cheol Lee, Deputy Director-General of the Overseas Koreans and Consular Affairs Bureau, and Hyung-hwa Cho of the Security & Counter-Terrorism Cooperation Division, both within the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Please n [...] | 2009-01-08 08:18:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM EWWT MOPS PBTS PHSA PTER |
09SEOUL390 | ROKG INTENDS TO HOLD JUNE CGPCS MEETING IN SEOUL [...] (SBU) On March 12, poloff delivered to Oh Youjin, International Security Affairs Division within the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MOFAT),the information in reftel para 3 regarding the June session of the Contact Group for Piracy off the Coast of Somalia (CGPCS). 2. (SBU) Oh conv [...] | 2009-03-13 06:31:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | EWWT KCRM PREL KS MOPS PHSA |
09SEOUL647 | ROK NSA AND 6PT ENVOY DISCUSS NEXT STEPS WITH [...] (C) Summary: National Security Advisor (NSA) Kim Sung-hwan and Six-Party Talks Envoy Wi Sung-lac separately told Staffdel Jannuzi on April 17 that the timing of reengaging North Korea would be important and Seoul and Washington should not appear "anxious." Wi suggested a dialogue should be o [...] | 2009-04-21 07:04:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PARM KNNP OREP EWWT KS KN |
09SEOUL939 | ROK ADVOCATES REGIONAL APPROACHES AGAINST PIRACY [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-15 06:48:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | EWWT MARR PHSA PHUM PREL KS |
09SEOUL963 | SEOUL HIGH-LEVEL MEETING ON PIRACY OFF THE COAST [...] Summary: On June 9-10, the ROKG hosted the Seoul High Level Meeting on Piracy Off the Coast of Somalia. The introductory remarks advocated coordination of international efforts and stabilization of Somalia as key to effectively combating piracy. Meeting participants agreed that internation [...] | 2009-06-17 06:55:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | EWWT MARR PHSA PHUM PREL KS |
09SHANGHAI111 | ECONOMIC SLOWDOWN PUTS THE BRAKES ON SHIPPING TRAFFIC IN THE [...] (U) Summary: Previous unrestrained growth in the Yangtze River Delta has left the shipping industry making unprecedented decisions to cut costs, shift assets, and survive during the economic downturn. Shipping companies have dramatically cut rates and some are operating at below cost, further [...] | 2009-03-09 10:15:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EWWT EIND ECON EFIN ETRD PGOV CH |
09SHANGHAI117 | COSCO LIANYUNGANG SHIPYARD DETERMINED TO EXPAND DESPITE [...] (SBU) Summary: COSCO (Lianyungang) Shipyard Co., Ltd. (hereinafter CLYGS) has benefitted from Lianyungang's ocean-front location and central and local government support. Due to the economic downturn, business has not kept up with expectations, leaving unused service capacity. In spite of the [...] | 2009-03-12 09:21:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EWWT EIND EFIN ETRD ECON PGOV CH |
09SHANGHAI122 | SHANGHAI AUTHORITIES ON TRANSPORTATION SECURITY, IPR AND [...] (SBU) Summary: During a February 15-18 visit to Shanghai, a delegation of 11 U.S. Senate Finance Committee staff members and 4 U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officials engaged representatives from Shanghai Customs, Shanghai Entry-Exit Inspection and Quarantine Bureau (CIQ),China Shi [...] | 2009-03-17 07:58:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC CH CVIS ELTN ETRD EWWT KIPR PREL |
09SHANGHAI156 | THIRTEEN PERCENT GDP GROWTH TARGET: PORT CITY LIANYUNGANG [...] (SBU) Summary. Officials in Lianyungang, a major Chinese port in Jiangsu Province, have set their 2009 GDP growth target at 13 percent, a modest decrease from recent years' growth. Municipal Government and Party officials say that the Central Government and Jiangsu Provincial Government have [...] | 2009-04-07 09:14:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EWWT EIND EFIN PGOV EAIR CH |
09SHANGHAI293 | LIANYUNGANG OFFICIALS ELABORATE ON JIANGSU COASTAL [...] (U) Summary. Party and municipal government officials from the Jiangsu Province port city of Lianyungang extolled the city's investment prospects and development plans under the State Council-approved Jiangsu Coastal Region Development Plan at a July 1 seminar in Shanghai. New materials, ne [...] | 2009-07-02 03:35:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EWWT ELTN EAIR EIND PGOV CH |
09SHANGHAI335 | CHINA'S PORT OF NINGBO SEEKS CLOSER TIES WITH THE U.S., [...] (U) Summary: During a July 13-14 visit to Ningbo, the Consul General (CG) toured the massive Port of Ningbo, second only to Shanghai in container throughput. Officials of the Ningbo Port Company Ltd. (NPCL) gave an overview of the port's features while explaining how the port has fared durin [...] | 2009-07-27 08:19:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED | CH ECON EIND ETRD EWWT PREL |
09SHENYANG216 | PRC-DPRK BORDER: BIG PLANS FOR 2ND BRIDGE AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: Premier Wen Jiabao's October 4-6 meetings in Pyongyang produced a joint PRC-DPRK agreement to build a second bridge across the Yalu River. During ConGenOffs' recent trips to Dandong, officials openly discussed their development plan to include the to-be-built bridge, estimating a M [...] | 2009-12-04 02:32:00 | Consulate Shenyang | CONFIDENTIAL | CH EAID ECON EIND ETRD EWWT KN KS PBTS PREL |
09SINGAPORE1223 | SINGAPORE PORT DOWN, BUT NOT OUT [...] (SBU) Summary: Singapore's port, the busiest container port in the world, is beginning to recover from the global financial crisis that crippled international trade, but volumes are still dramatically off the heights from early 2008. The Port of Singapore Authority (PSA) saw its annual conta [...] | 2009-12-21 07:44:00 | Embassy Singapore | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EWWT SN |
09SINGAPORE308 | OUTLOOOK FOR PORT OF SINGAPORE FROM MARITIME AND PORT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The economic downturn has caused container volumes to decline substantially in Singapore, but it has not had a comparable effect on vessel traffic and daily operations at the port, Maritime and Port Authority (MPA) officials told Emboffs March 31. There are no ships laid up in [...] | 2009-04-02 01:46:00 | Embassy Singapore | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EWWT SENV EPET ETRD EINV ECON SN |
09SINGAPORE547 | SINGAPORE UNWILLING TO BE DRAWN INTO INTERNATIONAL [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-10 06:59:00 | Embassy Singapore | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EWWT MARR PGOV PHSA PHUM PREL PTER SN |
09SINGAPORE718 | SINGAPORE WOULD CONSIDER ARMED MERCHANT MARINE [...] (SBU) MFA Special Projects Deputy Director Iris Chen sent the below response in reply to reftel demarche seeking information on Singapore's laws concerning armed security teams aboard U.S. merchant vessels. In a follow-up conversation with Poloff, Chen acknowledged that the response does not [...] | 2009-07-30 09:03:00 | Embassy Singapore | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EWWT MARR PHSA PARM KOMC PREL ECON ETRD SN |
09SINGAPORE818 | SINGAPORE HAS QUESTIONS CONCERNING NEW [...] (C) Summary: Singapore has several concerns about the new U.S. proposal (reftel) to move beyond the concept of membership to one of participation in the Contact Group for Piracy off the Coast of Somalia (CGPCS),MFA Special Projects Deputy Director Iris Chen told Poloff August 27. Chen said S [...] | 2009-08-27 07:53:00 | Embassy Singapore | CONFIDENTIAL | EWWT MARR PGOV PHSA PHUM PREL SN |
09SINGAPORE88 | PORT OPERATOR POSTPONES GATE EXPANSION DUE TO ECONOMY; [...] (SBU) Singapore port terminal operator PSA Corporation Ltd. has decided to postpone construction to expand Gate 4 at the Pasir Panjang terminal due to a substantial drop in container traffic. Construction at the new gate was more than 50-percent complete, but PSA decided to mothball the projec [...] | 2009-01-30 10:12:00 | Embassy Singapore | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EWWT KNNP ETRD ECON SN |
09SOFIA626 | BULGARIA RESPONSE TO INTERNATIONAL MARITIME [...] (SBU) Embassy delivered reftel diplomatic note and aide memoire on September 25 to Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Milen Lyutskanov and Deputy Minister of Transportation, Information Technology, and Communication Kamen Kichev. 2. (SBU) In a diplomatic note received October 29, the Bulg [...] | 2009-11-03 14:56:00 | Embassy Sofia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC IMO EWWT PHSA BU |
09STATE104737 | SOMALIA: BUILDING BLOCKS FOR OCTOBER 8 BRIEFING [...] Action Request: USUN should draw from the building blocks in paragraph 2 below in drafting the statement for the UN Security Council briefing on Somalia on October 8, 2009. End action. 2. Begin building blocks: Thank you, Mr. President. I would like to begin by thanking Spec [...] | 2009-10-07 22:46:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | UNSC PREL PHUM PHSA EWWT KCRM SO XA XW |
09STATE106226 | EGYPT LEAHY VETTING RESPONSE - 382 AND 99204 THRU [...] (SBU) In response to reftel Leahy vetting request, the Department has reviewed its files and finds it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights at this time by the Egyptian officials listed below. Please note that if at any time the Embassy becomes aware of inform [...] | 2009-10-13 19:11:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC EG EWWT PREL |
09STATE10820 | JORDAN LEAHY VETTING RESPONSE FOR U.S. COAST [...] (SBU) In response to referenced Leahy vetting request, the Department has reviewed its files and finds it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights at this time by the Jordanian officials listed below. Please note that if at any time the Embassy becomes aware of i [...] | 2009-02-05 22:26:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | JO EWWT PREL ASEC |
09STATE108736 | EGYPT LEAHY VETTING RESPONSE - 99209 THRU 99249 - [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-21 13:58:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC EG EWWT PREL |
09STATE11221 | JORDAN LEAHY VETTING RESPONSE FOR U.S. COAST [...] (SBU) In response to referenced Leahy vetting requests, the Department has reviewed its files and finds it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights at this time by the Jordanian officials listed below. Please note that if at any time the Embassy becomes aware of [...] | 2009-02-06 20:45:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC EWWT PREL JO |
09STATE11320 | SOMALIA: LETTER TO THE SECRETARIAT ON USG EFFORTS [...] USUN is instructed to deliver the following letter to the Department of Political Affairs in response to their inquiry of January 28 asking for additional information concerning USG anti-piracy activities off the coast of Somalia. The Department understands an earlier letter containing the c [...] | 2009-02-06 23:38:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | UNSC PREL PHUM PHSA EWWT KCRM SO XA XW |
09STATE113298 | EGYPT LEAHY VETTING RESPONSE [...] (SBU) In response to reftel Leahy vetting request, the Department has reviewed its files and finds it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights at this time by the Egyptian officials listed below. Please note that if at any time the Embassy becomes aware of informa [...] | 2009-11-03 16:10:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC EG EWWT PREL |
09STATE113897 | EGYPT LEAHY VETTING REPSONSE [...] (SBU) In response to reftel Leahy vetting request, the Department has reviewed its files and finds it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights at this time by the Egyptian officials listed below. Please note that if at any time the Embassy becomes aware of informa [...] | 2009-11-04 19:11:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC EG EWWT PREL |
09STATE114151 | EGYPT LEAHY VETTING RESPONSE [...] (SBU) In response to reftel Leahy vetting request, the Department has reviewed its files and finds it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights at this time by the Egyptian officials listed below. Please note that if at any time the Embassy becomes aware of inform [...] | 2009-11-05 14:21:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC EG EWWT PREL |
09STATE115229 | DRAFT UN SECURITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION ON SOMALI [...] Action Request: USUN is instructed to share the draft resolution in paragraph 2 with the members of the Security Council, and to report reactions to the Department. End request. 2. Begin text of draft UN Security Council 1846/1851 renewal resolution: -- The Security Council, -- i. R [...] | 2009-11-06 22:57:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | UNSC PREL PHUM PHSA EWWT KCRM SO XA XW |
09STATE116584 | KUDOS FOR HOSTING SECRETARY CLINTON [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-12 16:02:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC EG EWWT PREL |
09STATE117724 | SOMALI PIRACY: BUILDING BLOCKS FOR UNSC NOVEMBER [...] Action Request: USUN should draw from the building blocks in paragraph 2 below in drafting the statement for the UN Security Council open debate on piracy off the coast of Somalia on November 18, 2009. End action. 2. Begin building blocks: Humanitarian -- It is clear that piracy o [...] | 2009-11-14 01:36:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | UNSC PREL PHUM PHSA EWWT KCRM SO XA XW |
09STATE121333 | GUIDANCE: ADOPTION OF UNSC RESOLUTION RENEWING [...] USUN is instructed to join consensus on the U.S. drafted UN Security Council Resolution renewing UNSC resolutions 1846 and 1851 to be adopted on November 30 (para 2). USUN should also seek out co-sponsors for the resolution. USUN should refer any further substantive changes on the Resolution [...] | 2009-11-24 23:14:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | UNSC PREL PHUM PHSA EWWT KCRM KPIR SO XA XW |
09STATE1223 | CONTACT GROUP ON SOMALI PIRACY ISSUES FOR [...] This is an action request. Per Ref A, action addressees are invited to the inaugural meeting of the Contact Group on Somali Piracy (CGSP) in New York on January 13-14, 2009. To better prepare its participants, the Department requests that posts solicit feedback from host governments on discuss [...] | 2009-01-07 00:21:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | EWWT KCRM MOPS PBTS PHSA PTER |
09STATE1225 | ADDITIONAL ISSUES FOR CONSIDERATION BY CORE [...] This is an action request. Per Ref A and B, action addressees are invited to attend a coordination pre-meeting for the Contact Group on Somali Piracy (CGSP) hosted by Germany on the afternoon of January 13, 2009. While briefing host governments on objectives requested in ref B, the Department [...] | 2009-01-07 00:58:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | EWWT KCRM MOPS PBTS PHSA PTER |
09STATE1313 | INVITATION TO ITALY TO JOIN THE CONTACT GROUP ON [...] (SBU) This is an Action Request, please see para. 3. 2. (SBU) Following the Government of Italy,s formal offer of significant naval assets to support counter piracy operations off the coast of Somalia, the Department concurs with Embassy Rome,s support for Italy,s request (Ref A) to be inclu [...] | 2009-01-07 14:16:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR MOPS NATO EWWT KCRM PBTS PHSA PTER IT |
09STATE13701 | JORDAN LEAHY VETTING RESPONSE FOR U.S. COAST [...] (SBU) In response to reftel A Leahy vetting request, the Department has reviewed its files and finds it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights at this time by the Jordanian officials listed below. Please note that if at any time the Embassy becomes aware of inf [...] | 2009-02-13 16:29:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC EWWT PREL JO |
09STATE16717 | RESPONDING TO JAPAN'S REQUEST FOR MEGAPORTS [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paras 2-3. 2. (SBU) As outlined in reftel, officials in the Government of Japan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs have repeatedly requested Megaports "reciprocity" and information-sharing (reftel) in the Port of Los Angeles/Long Beach (LA/LB). Embassy T [...] | 2009-02-23 22:47:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EWWT JA |
09STATE17943 | WHA PARTICIPATION IN US-CANADA-OAS BORDER [...] (SBU) This is an action request. Please see paragraphs 3 and 4. 2. (SBU) On March 16-18, 2009, the United States, the Government of Canada, and the Organization of American States, (OAS) Department of Public Security will co-host an important seminar for representatives of OAS Member States [...] | 2009-02-26 15:42:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM ETTC PREL PBTS EWWT OAS |
09STATE19468 | JORDAN LEAHY VETTING RESPONSE FOR U.S. COAST [...] (SBU) In response to reftels A-C Leahy vetting requests, the Department has reviewed its files and finds it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights at this time by the Jordanian officials listed below. Please note that if at any time the Embassy becomes aware of [...] | 2009-03-03 16:16:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC EWWT PREL JO |
09STATE20890 | JORDAN LEAHY VETTING RESPONSE FOR INTERNATIONAL [...] (SBU) In response to reftel Leahy vetting request, the Department has reviewed its files and finds it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights at this time by the Jordanian officials listed below. Please note that if at any time the Embassy becomes aware of infor [...] | 2009-03-05 23:37:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EWWT PREL ASEC JO |
09STATE2292 | CORRECTED COPY FOR STATE 1225: ADDITIONAL ISSUES [...] This is an action request and corrects information provided in Ref C. Per Ref A and B, action addressees are invited to attend a coordination pre-meeting for the Contact Group on Somali Piracy (CGSP) hosted by Germany on the afternoon of January 13, 2009. ----------- OBJECTIVES ---------- [...] | 2009-01-09 17:19:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | EWWT KCRM PBTS PHSA |
09STATE28824 | RESPONSE RE: SECURE FREIGHT INITIATIVE IN HONG KONG [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-25 20:03:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EWWT KHLS ETRD ETTC PARM PREL PTER HK |
09STATE34659 | DEMARCHE: COUNTER-PIRACY COOPERATION [...] This is an action request. Please see paragraphs 2 and 3. ---------- OBJECTIVES ---------- 2. Department requests Post expand discussion with the Government of Mauritius (GOM) on deepening cooperation with the United States to counter piracy in the Gulf of Aden and off the coast of Somal [...] | 2009-04-08 23:23:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | EWWT MOPS PHSA PREL KJUS XW MP |
09STATE35122 | ECONOMIC, ENVIRONMENT AND CARGO SECURITY [...] (U) SUMMARY: Top-level port officials met in Buenos Aires, March 23-27, for the Tenth Executive Board Meeting of the Organization of American States' Inter-American Committee on Ports (CIP). The Maritime Administration led the U.S. delegation, which included USOAS and Coast Guard officials. Th [...] | 2009-04-09 20:12:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | EWWT PHSA PREL SENV SOCI OAS |
09STATE39804 | UPDATE ON EU COUNTER-PIRACY DEVELOPMENTS [...] (C//NF) Diplomatic and military interlocutors from the UK Permanent Representation to the EU told PolOff on April 21 that if the U.S. wants NATO to take the lead for counter-piracy operations off the coast of Somalia, we will have to do the "heavy lifting." Our UK contacts also confirmed th [...] | 2009-04-22 10:27:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | MOPS MARR PREL EWWT XW XF EUN |
09STATE40237 | UKRAINE: REPORTING ON THE FEBRUARY 24-25, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-22 18:23:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | ETTC PARM PREL EWWT PHSA UP |
09STATE42321 | COORDINATING U.S. LEADERSHIP OF HORN OF AFRICA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Washington Inter-Agency agrees with the way forward outlined in USNATO 160 as modified below. 2. (C) Recently Secretary of State Clinton has called for U.S. leadership of international counter-piracy efforts in the Horn of Africa and Gulf of Aden. She also called for a stren [...] | 2009-04-27 22:37:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | EWWT KCRM NATO PBTS PREL |
09STATE4309 | PORT SECURITY DEMARCHE - PAKISTAN [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraphs 5-6. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) The United States Government is concerned that the current level of port security in Pakistan does not adequately reflect the current threat situation given recent terrorist events in Pakistan and withi [...] | 2009-01-15 20:47:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EWWT KHLS PK PREL PTER |
09STATE43234 | TORRES STRAIT: POST-MARINE NOTICE CHOREOGRAPHY [...] (C) Post is requested to convey U.S. appreciation for Australia's rapid response to U.S. concerns about the recently released Marine Notice; Australia's quick action has assuaged U.S. concerns. Please also convey the United States' continued commitment to the agreement outlined in the Frelick [...] | 2009-04-29 13:59:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | AS EWWT PHSA PREL |
09STATE45331 | DEMARCHE REQUEST: ARMS/SECURITY TEAMS ABOARD MERCHANT [...] This is an action request. Please see paragraphs two and five. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. Posts in or responsible for the following countries/entities are requested to demarche host governments on their laws/restrictions regarding armed security teams/weapons: Sudan, Yemen, Djibouti, Om [...] | 2009-05-05 13:20:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | EWWT KHLS ASEC KOMC MARR PARM PREL PHSA |
09STATE4610 | PIRACY: FIRST MEETING OF CONTACT GROUP CHARTS [...] (SBU) Summary: Pursuant to UNSCR 1851, the Contact Group on Piracy off the Coast of Somalia (CGPCS) held its inaugural meeting on January 14 in New York. Twenty-four countries and five international organizations met to discuss - and came to agreement on the way ahead - on six focus areas deali [...] | 2009-01-16 16:01:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV EWWT KCRM PBTS PHSA |
09STATE48073 | RESPONSE RE: SECURE FREIGHT INITIATIVE IN HONG KONG [...] No summary [...] | 2009-05-12 13:02:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EWWT KHLS ETRD ETTC PARM PREL PTER HK |
09STATE48527 | SOMALIA PIRACY: DEMARCHE CABLE ON UN ASSISTANCE [...] This is an action request see paragraph 2. 2. ACTION REQUEST: USUN is requested to demarche the UN Secretariat at the appropriate level to obtain the objectives in paragraph 3. USUN may draw from the background listed in paragraph 4-7 to achieve these objectives. USUN should inform the [...] | 2009-05-13 00:10:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | UNSC PREL PHUM PHSA EWWT KCRM SO XA XY |
09STATE50181 | 2009 AUTOMATED MUTUAL-ASSISTANCE VESSEL RESCUE (AMVER) AWARDS [...] This is an action request, please see para 2 and 10. 2. Posts in or responsible for the following countries/entities are requested to assist in the annual presentation of awards to owners of vessels participating in the U.S. Coast Guard's Automated Mutual Assistance Vessel Rescue (AMVER) shi [...] | 2009-05-15 20:07:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | EWWT ECON ETRD ELTN ATRN PREL |
09STATE50499 | ACTION REQUEST: MAY 29 MEETING OF CONTACT GROUP [...] This is an action request; please see paragraph 3. This demarche is info only for Embassy Nicosia, as Cyprus has not been invited to participate in the May 29 meeting. ---------------- OBJECTIVES ---------------- 2. Reference A announced the upcoming plenary meeting of the Contact Grou [...] | 2009-05-18 13:04:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR ECON PREL PGOV EWWT KCRM PBTS PHSA |
09STATE50709 | USG HOSTED PIRACY MEETING WITH INTERNATIONAL INDUSTRY [...] This is an information cable. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. The U.S. Maritime Administration (MarAd) hosted a meeting of the maritime community, key international partners and the U.S. government on April 23. This meeting was a follow-up to previous reach-out sessions to engage the shippi [...] | 2009-05-18 18:30:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | EWWT KHLS ASEC KOMC MARR PARM PREL PHSA |
09STATE50885 | DEMARCHE: EGYPTIAN PROSECUTION SUSPECTED M/V [...] Department requests that Embassy approach the Government of Egypt (GOE) at the earliest possible opportunity to gauge GOE,s willingness to accept for prosecution 17 suspected pirates, currently in the custody of the U.S. Navy, for the piratical attack on May 13 of the Egyptian-flagged, Egypt [...] | 2009-05-18 22:13:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EWWT KCRM MARR PBTS PGOV PHSA PREL |
09STATE51374 | DEMARCHE - GREEK PROSECUTION OF SUSPECTED M/V [...] Department requests that Embassy approach the Government of Greece (GOG) at the highest appropriate level to gauge GOG,s willingness to accept for prosecution 17 suspected pirates, currently in the custody of the U.S. Navy, for the piratical attack on May 13 of the bulk carrier M/V AMIRA, the [...] | 2009-05-19 20:47:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | GR ECON EWWT KCRM MARR PBTS PGOV PHSA PREL |
09STATE58579 | AN INTERNATIONAL PIRACY COURT: NOT THE RIGHT [...] Department requests that Posts relay the USG position opposing efforts to create an international tribunal to prosecute piracy suspects, and seek support for the USG position. Posts should leave behind a non-paper, the text of which is provided. End summary. OBJECTIVES ------------------ [...] | 2009-06-08 12:20:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | EWWT MARR PGOV PHSA PHUM PREL |
09STATE59021 | DEMARCHE - DELIVERY OF M/V AMIRA PIRACY SUSPECT [...] Department requests that Embassy approach the Government of Kenya (GOK) at the earliest possible opportunity to confirm that the United States wishes to deliver 17 suspected pirates currently in the custody of the U.S. Navy, for the piratical attack on May 13 of the bulk carrier M/V AMIRA. Th [...] | 2009-06-09 11:27:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | EWWT MARR PGOV PHSA PHUM PREL |
09STATE61210 | THE SECURE FREIGHT INITIATIVE: DEPARTMENT [...] Sensitive but unclassified. This is an action request. See para 2. 2. (SBU) Action request: Post is instructed to withhold action on U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) cable (reftel) directing post to engage with the Government of Jordan (GOJ) on the Secure Freight Initiative (SFI [...] | 2009-06-12 23:18:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KHLS EWWT ETTC PARM PREL JO |
09STATE62011 | INDIA AND THE SECURE FREIGHT INITIATIVE AND [...] This is an action request. Please see para 6. 2. Summary: The Departments of Energy - National Nuclear Security Administration (DOE/NNSA),and Homeland Security - Bureau of Customs and Border Protection (DHS/CBP) are prepared to meet in New Delhi with relevant Indian officials from August [...] | 2009-06-16 14:10:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | KHLS EWWT ETTC PARM PREL IN |
09STATE63866 | (S/NF) KUDOS TO EMBASSY SAN SALVADOR,S ECONOMIC [...] (C/NF) WASHINGTON ANALYSTS APPRECIATE POST'S REPORTING ON THE ECONOMIC CABINET OF THE FUNES ADMINISTRATION, AS WELL AS THE KEY CHALLENGES FACING THIS ADMINISTRATION, INCLUDING DETAILED CABLES ON THE CHALLENGES AHEAD FOR THE ENERGY SECTOR AND THE NEW MAJOR DEEP WATER PORT. 2. (S/NF) ANAL [...] | 2009-06-19 17:26:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET//NOFORN | PINR ECON ENRG EWWT ES |
09STATE64019 | RESPONDING TO JAPAN'S REQUEST FOR "RECIPROCITY" [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 4. 2. (U) BACKGROUND: The Government of Japan (GOJ) and the Department of Energy (DOE) recently commenced a Megaports Initiative pilot project at the Port of Yokohama. Discussions between the GOJ and DOE regarding a range of Megaports issues [...] | 2009-06-19 20:49:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EWWT JA |
09STATE65487 | ARMS/SECURITY TEAMS ABOARD U.S. MERCHANT SHIPS [...] This is an action request. 2. Reftel requested that posts ask host governments about their laws and restrictions regarding the entry into ports of armed security teams and weapons. The U.S. Coast Guard issued a directive in May requiring U.S. ships off the Horn of Africa and in the Gulf of [...] | 2009-06-24 16:08:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | EWWT KHLS PTER KOMC MARR PARM PREL PHSA |
09STATE66632 | CONTACT GROUP FOR PIRACY OFF THE COAST OF [...] This is an action request. See paragraph 7. ----------------- OBJECTIVE ----------------- 2. Post,s objective is to gain agreement by current CGPCS participants on the participation of aspirant countries Canada, Cyprus, Liberia, Malaysia, Panama, and Singapore, and potentially other [...] | 2009-06-26 19:26:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | EWWT MARR PGOV PHSA PHUM PREL |
09STATE68878 | DEMARCHE REQUEST: ENSURING FAIRNESS BY BIDDERS IN [...] (SBU) Summary and action request. Please see para 2 for action request. Response requested by July 7. The Panama Canal Authority (ACP) is expected to announce next week the winner of the nearly $4 billion third set of locks contract. This project is the centerpiece of the Canal,s overa [...] | 2009-07-02 15:56:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EWWT BEXP ECON EFIN ETRD PM SP FR IT |
09STATE69224 | DEMARCHE REQUEST: ENSURING FAIRNESS BY BIDDERS IN [...] 1. (SBU) Summary and action request. Please see para 2 for action request. The Panama Canal Authority (ACP) is expected to announce next week the winner of the nearly $4 billion third set of locks contract. This project is the centerpiece of the Canal,s overall expansion plan. The thre [...] | 2009-07-02 22:33:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EWWT BEXP ECON EFIN ETRD PM SP FR IT |
09STATE69816 | SOMALIA: TALKING POINTS FOR UNSC JULY 9 DEBATE [...] USUN may draw from the talking points in paragraph 2 for the UN Security Council's July 9 debate on Somalia. 2. Begin talking points: -- The United States remains committed to: supporting Somalia's Transitional Federal Government (TFG) in its battle against al-Shabaab and other violent [...] | 2009-07-06 23:02:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | UNSC PREL PHUM PHSA EWWT KCRM SO XA XW |
09STATE7018 | SOMALIA: TRANSMITTING PIRACY CONTACT GROUP [...] USUN is instructed to transmit the attached letter in paragraph 2 announcing the formation of the Contact Group on Piracy off the Coast of Somalia (CGPCS)to the Security Council President. USUN should also transmit to the Security Council President the Communiqu (para 3) referenced in the let [...] | 2009-01-26 23:42:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | UNSC PREL PHUM PHSA EWWT KCRM SO XA XW |
09STATE75018 | DJIBOUTI/ERITREA: TALKING POINTS FOR UNSC [...] This is an action request. USUN may draw from the talking points in paragraph 2 for the UN Security Council's July 21 debate on Djibouti and Eritrea. 2. Begin talking points: -- The U.S. calls on Eritrea and Djibouti to move forward to resolve their border issues peacefully, in accordan [...] | 2009-07-17 23:17:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | UNSC PREL PHUM PHSA EWWT KCRM SO XA XW |
09STATE7606 | INVITATION TO JOIN PIRACY CONTACT GROUP [...] This is an action request. The United States hosted the inaugural meeting of the Contact Group on Piracy off the Coast of Somalia (CGPCS) on January 14 in New York City, at which it was decided to invite four additional countries and the Arab League to join the CGPCS. Department requests that [...] | 2009-01-28 15:55:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | AL EWWT KCRM PBTS PHSA |
09STATE78768 | SOMALIA: TALKING POINTS FOR UNSC JULY 29 BRIEFING [...] USUN may draw from the talking points in paragraph 2 for the UN Security Council's July 29 briefing and consultations on Somalia. 2. Begin talking points: -- Thank you, Mr. President. Let me thank Special Representative Ould-Abdallah for his briefing, and Omaar of Somalia for his inf [...] | 2009-07-28 23:11:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | UNSC PREL PHUM PHSA EWWT KCRM SO XA XW |
09STATE80210 | RESPONSE TO OLA REGARDING UN ROLE IN COUNTER [...] USUN may draw from the talking points in paragraph 2 with the objective of strongly discouraging UN Office of Legal Affairs (OLA) proposals regarding the UN role in counter piracy efforts. 2. Begin talking points: -- As reflected in its prior written communications, the United States s [...] | 2009-07-31 22:10:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | UNSC PREL PHUM PHSA EWWT KCRM SO XA XY |
09STATE85758 | ACTION REQUEST: MOVING BEYOND MEMBERSHIP IN THE [...] This is an action request. See paragraph 6. ----------------- OBJECTIVE ----------------- 2. Post,s objective is to inform participants in the Contact Group for Piracy off the Coast of Somalia (CGPCS) of USG views and intentions articulated in paragraph 6 with regard to expanding par [...] | 2009-08-18 13:13:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EWWT MARR PGOV PHSA PHUM PREL SO |
09STATE86227 | EGYPT LEAHY VETTING RESPONSE [...] (SBU) In response to reftel Leahy vetting request, the Department has reviewed its files and finds it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights at this time by the Egyptian officials listed below. Please note that if at any time the Embassy becomes aware of inform [...] | 2009-08-19 12:04:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC EG EWWT PREL |
09STATE86567 | DEMARCHE: PROSECUTING PIRATES OF EGYPTIAN [...] This is an action request. See paragraph 2. -------------- Objectives -------------- 2. Department requests that the Embassy approach the GOE at the appropriate level with the following objectives: -- Express U.S. admiration for the courageous self-rescue of the Egyptian crews of t [...] | 2009-08-19 20:14:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EWWT MARR PGOV PHSA PHUM PREL EG |
09STATE89648 | ISPS CODE DEMARCHE FOR MADAGASCAR [...] This is an action request. See paragraph 4. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. As a result of a series of country visits conducted in October 2005, July 2006, and August 2008, the Coast Guard found that with the exception of the ports of Toamasina (also known as Tamatave),Antisiranana (also k [...] | 2009-08-27 18:53:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | EWWT ETRD ECON KHLS PTER PREL MA |
09STATE90069 | SOMALIA PIRACY: DEMARCHE REQUEST ON UN ROLE ON [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-28 17:55:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | UNSC PREL PHUM PHSA EWWT KCRM SO XA XW |
09STOCKHOLM11 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: NEW U.S. ARCTIC POLICY [...] No summary [...] | 2009-01-09 14:24:00 | Embassy Stockholm | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EWWT PBTS PHSA PREL SENV KGCC KPAO SW |
09STOCKHOLM295 | SWEDES TO REVIEW DEMARCHE ON ARMS/SECURITY TEAMS [...] On May 8, EmbOff delivered reftel points to Jonatan Bergstrom-Jurisoo, Desk Officer, Section for Peace Support Operations at the Swedish MFA. Bergstrom-Jurisoo told us he needed to consult with the Ministry of Justice on this issue and will contact Post once Sweden's position is clear. Post [...] | 2009-05-13 06:30:00 | Embassy Stockholm | UNCLASSIFIED | KOMC EWWT ASEC MARR PARM PREL PHSA SW |
09STOCKHOLM313 | SWEDISH RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE REQUEST ON [...] Jonatan Bergstrom Jurisoo, Desk Officer, Security Policy Department, Peace Support Operations Section, the Swedish MFA told post on May 26 that Sweden welcomes the efforts made by the ship-owners and insurance companies regarding their work with risk awareness, lessons learned and best practice [...] | 2009-05-26 12:18:00 | Embassy Stockholm | UNCLASSIFIED | KOMC EWWT ASEC MARR PARM PREL PHSA SW |
09STOCKHOLM402 | DEMARCHE ON INTERNATIONAL PIRACY COURT DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-02 13:31:00 | Embassy Stockholm | UNCLASSIFIED | EWWT MARR PGOV PHSA PHUM PREL SW |
09STOCKHOLM404 | SWEDISH COOPERATION FOR CONTACT GROUP FOR PIRACY [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-06 14:24:00 | Embassy Stockholm | UNCLASSIFIED | EWWT MARR PGOV PHSA PHUM PREL SW |
09STOCKHOLM425 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: IMPLEMENTING UN SECURITY [...] (C) Poloffs delivered refs A and B points to MFA Korea Desk officer Emma Nordlund on June 29, and Pol Counselor followed up with MFA Director General for Asia and Oceania Klas Molin on June 30. On July 13, Molin responded that Sweden is "on board" with the measures called for in UNSCR 1874 bu [...] | 2009-07-14 05:54:00 | Embassy Stockholm | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EWWT EAIR PARM PREL KNNP MNUC MTRE |
09STOCKHOLM426 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: IMPLEMENTING UN SECURITY [...] (C) Poloffs delivered refs A and B points to MFA Korea Desk officer Emma Nordlund on June 29, and Pol Counselor followed up with MFA Director General for Asia and Oceania Klas Molin on June 30. On July 13, Molin responded that Sweden is "on board" with the measures called for in UNSCR 1874 bu [...] | 2009-07-14 05:54:00 | Embassy Stockholm | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EWWT EAIR PARM PREL KNNP MNUC MTRE |
09STOCKHOLM451 | SWEDES POSITIVE TO NEW MEMBERS JOINING THE CONTACT [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-23 08:17:00 | Embassy Stockholm | UNCLASSIFIED | EWWT MARR PGOV PHSA PHUM PREL SW |
09STOCKHOLM495 | SWEDES REPORT THAT U.S. RESEARCH VESSEL VIOLATES [...] (SBU) Acting Economic Counselor was summoned to meet Deputy Director Andreas Ekengren, Security Policy Department, the Swedish Ministry for Foreign Affairs (MFA) on August 6 to receive a written protest from the Government of Sweden (GOS). Ekengren told Emboff that the U.S. research vessel T- [...] | 2009-08-07 11:07:00 | Embassy Stockholm | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EWWT KRVC PBTS TPHY PGOV PHSA SW |
09STOCKHOLM513 | Discussion with Sweden on Next Steps to Launch the "Next [...] (U) Summary: Swedish officials are enthusiastic about launching the "Next Big Thing," a U.S.-EU Alternative Energy Partnership modeled on the U.S.-Sweden partnership. State Secretary for Energy Ola Altera said he will contact Sweden's Perm Rep in Brussels as soon as he had reviewed this with [...] | 2009-08-14 13:19:00 | Embassy Stockholm | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EIND ENRG EUN EWWT KGHG SENV TPHY TRGY |
09STOCKHOLM630 | MARINE SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH POC IN SWEDEN [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-06 11:12:00 | Embassy Stockholm | UNCLASSIFIED | KRVC TPHY EWWT SW |
09STOCKHOLM724 | SWEDES WILL SUPPORT U.S. CANDIDACY FOR THE [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-18 12:25:00 | Embassy Stockholm | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC EWWT PHSA UK SW |
09STOCKHOLM95 | SWEDEN TO JOIN PIRACY CONTACT GROUP [...] Jonatan Bergstrom-Jurisoo, Desk Officer, Security Policy Department at the Swedish MFA, told Emboff on February 13 that Sweden will join the Piracy Contact Group (reftel). He commented that Sweden believes that joining is very important, especially since Sweden will assume the EU Presidency i [...] | 2009-02-13 08:22:00 | Embassy Stockholm | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM EWWT PBTS PHSA SW |
09SUVA233 | FIJI REQUESTS ASSISTANCE WITH RELEASE OF FIJI NATIONAL HELD [...] We have received a diplomatic note from the Fijian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, International Cooperation and Civil Aviation (Note No. 268/2009) dated 01 June 2009 requesting U.S. assistance in securing the release of a Fiji national being held hostage by Somali pirates. We request Department [...] | 2009-06-03 03:30:00 | Embassy Suva | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL EWWT PTER FJ SO |
09TALLINN368 | ESTONIA WILL SUPPORT U.S. CANDIDACY FOR IMO COUNCIL [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-16 11:29:00 | Embassy Tallinn | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC IMO EWWT PHSA UK EN |
09TBILISI1587 | GEORGIAN COAST GUARD CRACKS DOWN ON ABKHAZIA [...] (C) Summary and comment. On August 15 and 18 the Georgian Coast Guard detained two vessels for violations of the Law on Occupied Territories and other infractions, including for traveling in restricted Black Sea waters off the coast of Abkhazia. Although both vessels were stopped more than [...] | 2009-08-24 14:48:00 | Embassy Tbilisi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS PHSA PGOV EWWT ETRD CB FR PM RS |
09TBILISI1627 | GEORGIA: LEGAL QUESTIONS SURROUNDING OCCUPIED AREAS [...] (U) This is an action message; please see paragraphs 9-11. 2. (C) Summary. Recent seizures by the Georgian Coast Guard of Black Sea vessels suspected of violating various Georgian laws, including the Law on Occupied Territories, have raised questions about the legal basis for Georgia's enf [...] | 2009-08-27 14:41:00 | Embassy Tbilisi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS PHSA ETRD ETTC EWWT RS GG |
09TBILISI1643 | GEORGIA: CONCERNS OVER RECOGNITION OF ABKHAZIA, [...] (U) This is an action request; please see paragraph 3. 2. (C) Summary. Foreign Minister Grigol Vashadze called in the U.S. and UK ambassadors August 31 to request urgent assistance on two matters. First, the Georgians learned that four African countries -- Burundi, Central African Republ [...] | 2009-09-01 14:34:00 | Embassy Tbilisi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS PHSA EWWT UNGA BY CT ML PU RS GG |
09TBILISI1665 | GEORGIA: ABKHAZIA STEPS UP RHETORIC ON BLACK SEA [...] (C) Summary and comment. On September 2 Abkhaz de facto "president" Bagapsh ordered his naval forces to attack any Georgian vessel entering what he considers Abkhaz territorial waters. Following Georgian seizures of ships traveling to Abkhazia for violations of Georgian law and Russian prom [...] | 2009-09-04 15:14:00 | Embassy Tbilisi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS PHSA EWWT MOPS RS GG |
09TBILISI2024 | GEORGIA: RISKY SITUATION IN THE BLACK SEA [...] (C) Summary: Georgian officials confirm that they are neither interdicting vessels outside their territorial waters nor patrolling the waters north of the Enguri River in the Black Sea, and they continue to seek a way forward on shipping with Turkey. There have been no additional maritime in [...] | 2009-11-19 12:20:00 | Embassy Tbilisi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS PHSA EWWT MOPS RS GG |
09TEGUCIGALPA1012 | TFHO1: PORTS RECOVERING FROM DISRUPTION FOLLOWING [...] (U) Summary: Though the abrupt return of deposed President Manuel Zelaya briefly complicated the import, export and distribution of goods, business conditions have stabilized. The 48-hour curfew that began on September 21 severely disrupted operations, but one U.S. cargo company reported th [...] | 2009-10-05 21:39:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ELTN ETRD EWWT PGOV PINS KDEM HO |
09TEGUCIGALPA451 | HONDURAS CONSIDERS OPPOSITION TO INTERNATIONAL [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-11 20:15:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | EWWT MARR PGOV PHSA PHUM PREL HO |
09TEGUCIGALPA996 | TFHO1: COMPANIES COMPLAIN CURFEWS CRUSH COMMERCE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The business community has urged de facto regime leader Roberto Micheletti to consider the negative impacts of curfews to business and provide exemptions for maquillas and commerce, according to Honduran Private Enterprise Council (COHEP) representatives. A recent decree limi [...] | 2009-09-30 23:23:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON BBSR EIND EINV ELTN ETRD EWWT PGOV PINS |
09TIRANA740 | ALBANIA SUPPORTS U.S. CANDIDACY FOR THE [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-17 15:41:00 | Embassy Tirana | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC EWWT PHSA AL |
09TOKYO1315 | JAPAN AGREES: INTERNATIONAL PIRACY COURT IS NOT [...] (U) Poloff delivered reftel non-paper 11 June to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Maritime Security Policy Division Director Michio Harada and National Security Policy Division Principal Deputy Director Shingo Miyamoto. "We agree that this is not the right direction," Miyamoto said, and emphasized [...] | 2009-06-11 05:32:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | EWWT MARR PGOV PHSA PHUM PREL JA |
09TOKYO1414 | JAPAN PREPARING SPECIAL MEASURES BILL ON DPRK [...] (C) Summary: The Japanese government is preparing a special measures bill that would authorize Japan to inspect cargo on DPRK ships beyond the limits of Japan's territorial waters. The government plans to submit the bill to the Diet in the current session, which ends 28 July. Key aspects of [...] | 2009-06-23 08:40:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | ELTN EWWT MOPS PBTS PGOV PHSA PINR PREL PTER |
09TOKYO1448 | DPRK CARGO INSPECTION: JAPAN COAST GUARD TO LEAD [...] (C) The draft special measures bill authorizing Japan to inspect DPRK ship cargo (reftel) identifies the Japan Coast Guard as the lead operational agency, according to Ministry of Defense (MOD) Defense Policy Bureau Director General Takamizawa. The Maritime Self-Defense Forces (MSDF) will sup [...] | 2009-06-26 04:13:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | ELTN EWWT MOPS PBTS PGOV PHSA PINR PREL PTER |
09TOKYO1507 | CARGO INSPECTION LAW: CABINET SUBMISSION SLATED [...] (C) The Japanese government will submit a special measures bill authorizing Japan to interdict and inspect DPRK ship cargo (reftel) to the Cabinet for formal approval "early next week," Director General for International Peace Cooperation Headquarters in the Cabinet Office Takata told Charge an [...] | 2009-07-02 03:17:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | ELTN EWWT MOPS PBTS PGOV PHSA PINR PREL PTER |
09TOKYO1542 | MEGAPORTS: NEXT STEPS FOR JAPAN'S PILOT PROJECT [...] (SBU) Summary: A Megaports Initiative technical team met GOJ officials June 24-25 to review data sharing arrangements and to discuss proposed areas for technical cooperation areas. Both sides agreed to continue discussions in early October 2009 to address remaining issues. Japanese officials [...] | 2009-07-07 05:57:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC EWWT ENRG ELTN ETRD PREL JA |
09TOKYO155 | JAPAN PREPARING FOR MARCH MSDF DISPATCH TO HORN OF [...] (C) Summary: The Japanese government is preparing to dispatch Maritime Self-Defense Force (MSDF) vessels to the Horn of Africa and is aiming to have the ships on station by the time Prime Minister Taro Aso has his first meeting with the President, according to MOFA Foreign Policy Bureau Deputy [...] | 2009-01-23 09:22:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | ELTN EWWT MOPS PBTS PHSA PINR PREL PTER MARR |
09TOKYO1604 | JAPAN ON PIRACY CONTACT GROUP MEMBERSHIP [...] Embass Tokyo delivered reftel non-paper 7 July to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Maritime Security Policy Division Director Michio Harada and National Security Policy Division Principal Deputy Director Shingo Miyamoto. Japan agrees, in principle, with opening participation in Contact Group on Pir [...] | 2009-07-15 04:41:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EWWT MARR PGOV PHSA PHUM PREL JA |
09TOKYO1613 | JAPAN, U.S. SIGN CARGO SECURITY ARRANGEMENT [...] Japan and the United States have signed a Mutual Recognition Arrangement (MRA) aligning security standards in both countries' trade partnership programs. Under this arrangement, signed on June 26 in Brussels, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and Japan Customs and Tariff Bureau (CTB) r [...] | 2009-07-15 21:46:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC ELTN ELTD PREL JA EWWT |
09TOKYO231 | JAPAN TO LAUNCH MEGAPORTS INITIATIVE PILOT PROJECT [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 9. 2. (SBU) Summary: The GOJ recently announced it will commence a Megaports Initiative pilot project at the Port of Yokohama March 2. After five years of USG-GOJ discussions, and despite differences between the GOJ's particular implemen [...] | 2009-01-30 08:21:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC EWWT ENRG ELTN ETRD JA |
09TOKYO233 | JAPAN INCHES CLOSER TO SETTING MID-TERM CLIMATE [...] (C) Summary: A subcommittee of scientists and academics is close to finalizing its recommendations for Japan's mid-term climate targets, according to a Ministry of Environment (MOE) official. The Council on Global Warming Issues will weigh these recommendations and advise the Prime Minister, w [...] | 2009-01-30 09:10:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | SENV KGHG ENRG ELTN EWWT PREL JA |
09TOKYO468 | MEGAPORTS: JAPAN'S RESPONSE ON "RECIPROCAL" [...] (SBU) Despite the March 2 scheduled launch of the Megaports pilot project at the Port of Yokohama, considerable differences in expectations exist between the GOJ and USG about how and what kind of information-sharing will take place, MOFA Second North Americas Division Official Kako Sasai exp [...] | 2009-03-02 08:07:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC EWWT ENRG ELTN ETRD JA |
09TOKYO610 | JMSDF DEPARTS ON ANTI-PIRACY MISSION - WHAT'S NEXT? [...] (C) Summary: Two Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Forces (JMSDF) destroyers departed Japan on March 14 bound for the Horn of Africa (HOA) region on an anti-piracy mission. The vessels will operate independently from CTF-151 and other multi-national efforts in the region, but will interact close [...] | 2009-03-19 03:45:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | ELTN EWWT MOPS PBTS PGOV PHSA PINR PREL PTER |
09TOKYO638 | MEGAPORTS: DOE DELEGATION REVIEWS NEXT STEPS FOR JAPAN'S [...] (SBU) Summary: During a Megaports Initiative technical team's visit to Japan March 10-11, the USG delegation urged the GOJ to engage in more frequent, technical-level exchanges on implementation of its pilot project at the Port of Yokohama. The USG underscored that success of the GOJ pilot pr [...] | 2009-03-23 05:51:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC EWWT ENRG ELTN ETRD JA |
09TOKYO72 | JAPAN FACES NO LEGAL CONSTRAINTS TO ANTI-PIRACY [...] (C) Summary: Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) International Legal Affairs Bureau Director General Koji Tsuruoka told the DCM 8 January that Japan is working rapidly to determine how best to contribute in the near term to Horn of Africa (HOA) multi-lateral anti-piracy efforts. Tsuruoka also [...] | 2009-01-14 06:36:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | ELTN EWWT MOPS PBTS PGOV PHSA PINR PREL PTER |
09TRIPOLI273 | NEARLY 400 RESCUED BUT 200 MISSING AT SEA IN MIGRANT SMUGGLING TRAGEDY REF: A. ROME 205 B. TRIPOLI 212 C. VALLETTA 143 TRIPOLI 00000273 001.2 OF 002 CLASSIFIED BY: Gene Cretz, Ambassador. REASON: 1.4 (b),(d) [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-02 16:36:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PREF MARR SMIG KTIP EWWT LY |
09TUNIS714 | U.S. CANDIDACY FOR THE INTERNATIONAL MARITIME [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-29 15:24:00 | Embassy Tunis | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC EWWT PHSA IMO TS |
09TUNIS836 | NO RESPONSE FROM GOT ON SUPPORT FOR US CANDIDACY [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-16 16:25:00 | Embassy Tunis | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC IMO EWWT PHSA TS |
09TUNIS867 | TUNISIA TO SUPPORT U.S. CANDIDACY FOR THE [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-25 16:03:00 | Embassy Tunis | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC IMO EWWT PHSA TS |
09UNVIEVIENNA351 | MORE SUPPORT NEEDED FOR UNODC ANTI-PIRACY ACTIVITIES [...] This is an action request. See paragraph 6. 2. At a July 22 meeting, UNODC Operations Division Director Francis Maertens told Charge that UNODC seeks additional voluntary contributions to expand its anti-piracy programs off the Somali coast to additional countries in the region, and to exte [...] | 2009-07-23 09:18:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KCRM EWWT UNODC UN AU UK TZ DJ YM SO KE SE |
09USEUBRUSSELS1172 | COMMISSION PERSPECTIVES ON UNFCCC, MEF, AND TROIKA VISIT TO [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-25 10:05:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EIND ENRG EUN EWWT KGHG SENV TPHY TRGY TSPL |
09USEUBRUSSELS12 | EU TO ATTEND SOMALIA PIRACY CONTACT GROUP [...] (C) On December 23, PolOff delivered REF A invitation to the first meeting of the Contact Group on Somali Piracy (CGSP) to Didier Lenoir of the EU Council Secretariat. Lenoir confirmed on January 5 that he and Heli Pekka Heinonen, from the EU Military Staff, would attend the meeting in New Y [...] | 2009-01-06 17:26:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | EWWT KCRM MOPS PBTS PHSA PTER EUN |
09USEUBRUSSELS1331 | CONGRESSMAN MARKEY SHOWS OPTIMISM IN VIDEO [...] (SBU) Summary. Congressman Edward Markey (D-MA),Chairman of the House Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming and co-author of the American Clean Energy and Security Act (ACES, also known as Waxman-Markey),told Commission officials and reporters that the Senate could pass [...] | 2009-10-01 15:43:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EIND ENRG EUN EWWT KGHG SENV TPHY |
09USEUBRUSSELS1334 | CONGRESSMAN MARKEY SHOWS OPTIMISM IN VIDEO CONFERENCE WITH [...] (SBU) Summary. Congressman Edward Markey (D-MA),Chairman of the House Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming and co-author of the American Clean Energy and Security Act (ACES, also known as Waxman-Markey),told Commission officials and reporters that the Senate could pass [...] | 2009-10-01 16:32:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EIND ENRG EUN EWWT KGHG SENV TPHY TRGY TSPL |
09USEUBRUSSELS1477 | EU COUNCIL FAILS TO AGREE ON CLIMATE FINANCING [...] (SBU) This is an initial spot report of the climate outcomes of the EU Council. USEU will provide further detail next week after conversations with EU officials. 2. (SBU) Summary. Despite efforts from the Swedish Presidency and the European Commission, EU Heads of State and Government fail [...] | 2009-10-30 15:31:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EIND ENRG EWWT EUN KGHG SENV TRGY |
09USEUBRUSSELS206 | WORKING WITH THE EU,S COUNTER-PIRACY HEADQUARTERS [...] (C//NF) Summary: USEU representatives visited the EU's counter-piracy Operational Headquarters (OHQ) on January 16, where interlocutors described the EU's operations and information sharing arrangements with the U.S. and NATO. To make maximum use of a limited force, the OHQ collects info [...] | 2009-02-12 19:18:00 | USEU Brussels | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV MOPS PHSA EWWT EAID PTER XI XO XW |
09USEUBRUSSELS568 | GETTING THE EU TO EXTEND AND REINFORCE ITS [...] (C//NF) Summary. There is an emerging agreement among EU member states to extend the EU's naval operation off the coast of Somalia until December 2010. Discussions are moving beyond extending the mission to include addressing the root causes of piracy. We will have three opportunities in t [...] | 2009-04-16 15:53:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | MOPS MARR PREL EWWT XW XF EUN |
09USEUBRUSSELS587 | UPDATE ON EU COUNTER-PIRACY DEVELOPMENTS [...] (C//NF) Diplomatic and military interlocutors from the UK Permanent Representation to the EU told PolOff on April 21 that if the U.S. wants NATO to take the lead for counter-piracy operations off the coast of Somalia, we will have to do the "heavy lifting." Our UK contacts also confirmed th [...] | 2009-04-22 05:12:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | MOPS MARR PREL EWWT XW XF EUN |
09USEUBRUSSELS642 | EU ANTI-PIRACY FORCE GROWING STRONGER, MAY EXPAND [...] (C) Summary: The EU's counter-piracy force off the coast of Somalia has grown to 12 ships and four maritime patrol aircraft, with Member States still pledging new forces and in some cases keeping their ships in the operation longer than originally planned. As p art of the operation's mid- [...] | 2009-05-06 08:56:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS MARR PREL EWWT XW XF EUN |
09USEUBRUSSELS692 | EUROPEAN COMMISSION LAUNCHES COUNTER-PIRACY [...] (C//NF) Summary: On May 13, the European Commission committed to a 1.75 million euro program to support regional judicial capacity for pirate prosecutions in East Africa. The EU hopes this program, which will be implemented in concert with the UN, will allay the Government of Kenya's concer [...] | 2009-05-14 18:30:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | MOPS MARR PREL EWWT XW XF EUN |
09USEUBRUSSELS751 | EU MEMBERS WELCOME NATO COUNTER-PIRACY MISSION, WITH U.S. FORCE COMMITMENT [...] (C//NF) Summary: Over the past few weeks, several EU-based diplomats and military officers from key Allies as well as EU officials have told USEU that they see room for both NATO and the EU to fight piracy off the coast of Somalia. They add, however, that the NATO counter-piracy force, to [...] | 2009-05-29 17:48:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EUN EWWT MARR MOPS PREL XF XW |
09USEUBRUSSELS810 | EU CONSIDERING ADDITIONAL COUNTER-PIRACY ACTIVITIES [...] (C//NF) Summary: (C//NF) The EU is providing to the U.S. and other UNSC Perm Five and G-8 governments a copy of a letter that EU High Rep Javier Solana has sent to EU Foreign and Defense Ministers. The letter describes additional steps the EU can take to combat piracy off the coast of Soma [...] | 2009-06-11 10:45:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | MOPS MARR PREL EWWT XW XF EUN |
09USEUBRUSSELS839 | EU LENGTHENS COUNTER-PIRACY FORCE MANDATE [...] (C) On June 15, EU foreign ministers approved an extension of the EU counter-piracy Operation ATALANTA's mandate until December 13, 2010. According to the EU,s official public statement announcing the extension, the decision was taken with a view to facilitating future force generation for [...] | 2009-06-19 05:03:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS MARR PREL EWWT XW XF EUN |
09USNATO202 | RFG: U.S. CONTRIBUTIONS TO NATO COUNTER-PIRACY [...] (C/NF) This is a request for guidance. See para 6. 2. (C/NF) SUMMARY: While the U.S. has been pressing hard for a long-term NATO role in counter-piracy, we have thus far been unable to answer Allied questions about what the U.S. commitment/contribution to such a mission would be. Without [...] | 2009-05-20 15:53:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL NATO MOPS EWWT ZR SO XA |
09USNATO207 | NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL MEETING, MAY 20,2009 [...] (C/NF) Summary from the NAC Meeting: -- AFGHANISTAN: While initially objecting to a proposal to begin the committee work to formulate political guidance on the NATO Training Mission-Afghanistan until the May 28 release of military advice on the subject, France and Turkey did ultimately agre [...] | 2009-05-22 17:40:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL NATO EWWT MARR MOPS AF PK |
09USNATO224 | NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL MEETING, MAY 27,2009 [...] (C/NF) Summary from the May 27 meeting of NATO North Atlantic Council: -- AFGHANISTAN: The Czech Charge reported that Afghan security forces had demanded to open the cargo on a Czech-charted flight at Kabul International Airport, leading to an 11-hour standoff. Allies discussed the possibil [...] | 2009-06-02 18:16:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL NATO EWWT MARR MOPS AF PK RS |
09USNATO227 | ACTION REQUEST: NATO COUNTER-PIRACY: FISH OR CUT [...] (C/NF) This is an Action Request. See para 14. 2. (C/NF) SUMMARY: At the strong urging of the United States, NATO is moving forward with planning for a long-term counter-piracy operation. At the same time, Allies--including the U.S.--have been tepid in their willingness to actually contri [...] | 2009-06-04 15:21:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL NATO MOPS EWWT PBTS ZR SO XA |
09USNATO238 | NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL MEETING, JUNE 3,2009 [...] (C/NF) Summary from the NAC Meeting: -- AFGHANISTAN: At the June 3 meeting of the North Atlantic Council, Allies discussed continuing disagreements over the scope of the proposed NATO Training Mission-Afghanistan (NTM-A). Secretary General de Hoop Scheffer stressed the urgency of reaching a [...] | 2009-06-05 19:51:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL NATO EWWT MARR MOPS AF PK RS |
09USNATO257 | NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL MEETING, JUNE 10,2009 [...] (C/NF) Summary of the June 10 North Atlantic Council (NAC) meeting: -- AFGHANISTAN: The Secretary General said that hoped NATO Defense Ministers would agree in principle at their June 11-12 meeting to SACEUR's proposed changes to the ISAF command and control structure, pending additional wor [...] | 2009-06-12 19:18:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL NATO EWWT MARR MOPS AF PK RS |